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3j Days of the Big Sale Now
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7 Tie rush is still on and hundreds are profiting by the tremendous price cutting. If you wish to share in the grand distribution
of High Grade s Goods at Low Grade prices, you should come here tomorrow. Delay will mean dollars lost to you.
Sale positively ends Friday night at
11 o'clock. Store closed Saturday.
C DCr I A I C p f)D One lot special plaid Dress Ging- CZ*%
r Vyl\ hatnSygood / Oc quality , tomorrow
WEDNESDAY
One lot Arrow Brand Collars,
15c sellers, this day only
9c
Saturday Specials for Friday Night.
REMEMBER THE COUPONS. THEY ARE WORTH lO CENTS ON EACH DOLLAR PURCHASE
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10
Cut this Coupon
out and present
it for the I0 per
cent discount at
the Great 4th of
July Sale.
10
Cut this Coupon
out and present
it for the / 0 per
cent discount at
the Great 4th of
per
per
10
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10
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This Coupon is worth 10c on every Dollar purchase
at S. H. COPLON, the Dry Goodsman's Big 4th
of July Sale. Present one with each Dollar purchase.
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This Coupon is worth 1 Oc on every Dollar purchase
S. H. COPLON, the Dry Goodsman's Big 4th
with each Dollar purchase
at
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of July Sale. Present one
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THE DRY GOODS MAN
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SOCIALIST STATE
The state socialist convention met in
Hattiesburg yesterday and the follow
were represented by
ing counties
about twenty-five delegates: Lauder
dale, forest, Perry, Harrison, Jack
- son, Jones and Hinds.
A few of the delegates held proxies
from other counties that were not per
sonally represented.
Dr. L. L. Myer, bf Meridian, pre
sided yesterday as chairman, and W.
A. Kqlght, of Indian Springs, was se
lected secretary of the meeting..
After the appointment of a commit
tee on platform, the afternoon was tak
up In an Informal discussion of
matters pertaining to the welfare of
The members
activity in
en
the Socialist party,
were urged to renewed
pushing the views held by the Social
ists, and some time was taken in the
discussion of the manne- In which
the names of the electors of the party
could be gotten on the ticket and In
cidentally Secretary Power came In
for some-criticism over a past griev
The delegates seemed anxious
ance.
to hav3 representatives at the polls In
order to insure a "fair c tunr"
i Last night Mr. S. W. Rose, of Biloxi,
made a speech at the court house on
the subject of Socialism to a fairly
good sized audiejice. Mr. Rose Is prob
Defects of Vision
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Although slight, may cause
MUCH DISCOMFORT. If '
you are suffering from a
strained vision, our scien
tific examination of the eyes
will reveal the cause, and
a pair of our rightly made
and fitted lenses will give
relief.
F. W. Queen, Oph.D.
OPTICAL SPECIALIST. *
Carter building. Second Poor.
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Mrs. Delbert H. Cleland
TEACHER OF VOICE
Cumberland Phone 385
107 McLeod St.
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RAMSEY A CO.
UHKTAKKS
ably the leading Socialist of the state
and is considered 'the smartest man
within the ranks of the party in this
state.
Today's Session.
The Socialist state convention re
sumed its session this morning and
the following electors for their na
tional ticket was selected:
State-at-Large—M. P. Petty, Pasca
goula; H. L. Gurdy, Meridian.
First District—C. Y. Johnson, Ma
rietta.
Second District—David Kersh, Bran
don.
Third District—W. M. Broadways
Lexington. «
Fourth Djstrlct—G. W. Purcell, Hat
tiesburg.
Fifth District—C. W. Smith, Me
ridian.
Sixth District—Z. T. Riggs, Biloxi.
Seventh District—C. F. Myers, Hat
tiesburg.
Eighth District—J. D. Lester, Jack
son.
The following telegram was received
from the National Secretary: #
* . Chicago, June 29.
Summer W. Rose, Hattiesburg, Miss.
Congratulations to the Socialists in
convention. Capitalist Incompetency
demands working class rule.
J. MAHLON BARNES.
The following reply was sent by the
state secretary:
Hattiesburg, June 30.
I, Mahlon Barnes, Chicago.
Socialists of the state ot Mississippi
in convention assembled, send greet
ings to the national committee, and
promise to strike every blow possible
towards the freedom of the laboring
W. A. KNIGHT,
s Secretary.
A platform, somewhat after the us
ual Socialistic deliverance, was
adopted, in which Che Democrats and
Republicans were alike scored as the
promoters of trusts and combines, and
promising relief from these whenever
the Socialist party succeeds to power.
class.
LARGE CROWD WENT
ON THE EXCURSION
The excursion to Natchez which left
thlB morning carried quite a large
number of people from this city,
among them a number of' business
men.
The excursion will make all the reg
ular stops and will no doubt take
on a large number of people, especially
at Brookhaven.
It Is said that the Natchez people
have made great preparations for this
excursion and that several thousand
dollars will be expended. In the way
of affording entertainment tonight.
Everybody reads News' Want Ads.
cut CAMPAIGN BEBINNINO
TO AHRACT MORE ATTENTION
The campaign for city offices is be
ginning to warm up and it may be
safely expected that there will be
something doing fcom now until the
polls close.
The button-hole stage of the cam
paign has been reached and it is noth
ing uncommon now to see the genial
candidate take a man to one side and
tell him just how it is and just why
he should be elected to office.
In addition to this, most of the candi
dates are keeping tab on the poll books
and a visit to the city clerk's office
r'lllT n Iin T'nimiT ilir'iTT' i
GUN CLUB-TOURNAMENT
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The annual shoot of the Millionaires'
Gun Club will take place at the trap
grounds on the Hemphill farm on the
evening of July 4, and an attractive
.list of prizes have been arranged.
The public Is Invited to witness the
sport and It is expected that a large
number will avail themselves of the
opportunity.
These are some of the e^nts:
20 targets Entrance $1.25
20 targets Entrance 1.25
20 targets Entrance 1.25,
20 targets Entrance 1.25
20 targets Entrance 1.25
20 targets Entrance 1.26
Event 1
Ev.ent 2
Event 3
Event \
Event 5
Event 6
Event 7 Merchandise Entrance
.25
Events 1 to 6, 80 per cenL of en
trance money will be returned to
participants, dividing, 40, 30, 20 and
10.per cent.
Event 7. Libera) prizes for fills'
event have been offered by the fal
lowing merchants:
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most any hour of the day will show |
some candidate looking over the poll
books to see who lias recently regis- j
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So far, the campaign has been very j
pleasant and all of I he candidates have j
been and still are in splendid humor, j
Each one is confident that he is going
to win the race and none of them are
likely to be convinced to the contrary
until the vote Is polled and counted.
The good nature that has so far
characterized the city campaign, it is
hoped will continue as the canvass be
comes nlore active.
tered.
O'Ferrall Bros., The Davidson Co.,
Love Drug Co„ Bufkin & Co., Owl
Drug Co., Independent Cigar Co., Cent
ral Hardware Co., Hattiesburg Hard
ware Co., and Hawkins Hardware Co.
Any shooter, to be elegtble to event
7, or merchandise event, must have
participated in at least four of the pre
ceedlng events.
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All ties to be shot off, miss and out.
Interstate rules to govern.
Shooting will begin promptly at 1:30
p. m.
THE STORE NEWS
FOR WEDNESDAY
The Davidson Company's store will
be closed tomorrow for stock taking, j |
On Thursday and Friday it will be
open a?id special bargains will be of
BIB NEW BATTLESHIPS
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Washington, June 30.—The battle
j ship South Carolina, a sister ship of
j the Michigan, which left the ways at
j Camden, New Jersey, last month, will
j be launched from the shipyards in
Philadelphia on July 11th. Doth ves
sels have a displacement of 16,000 tons
fered on those days,
the store will be again closed for the
Fourth 04 July holiday, and buyers
are urged to supply their Fourth of
July wants on those days.
On Saturday
Xeelly ' s daily specials are proving
Rubeustein Rios., I2S Mobile street,
announce a great ten days' Clean
Sweep Sale in a conspicuous ad in
today's News. The sale begins tomor
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row and exceptional bargains are of
fered J
S. H. Coplon, the Dry Goods Man, j
will bring his great Fourth of July
Sale to a close at 11 o'clock Friday
night and the special bargains offered
fQr Saturday will be put OI1 Krldav
night. The store will be closed Satur
day.
BN THE WANE
Washington, June 30.—Tobacco
chewing In the navy is on the wane,
| U8 tead sailors seem to be turning to
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ward cigarette smoking. The surgeon
general of the navy In his last annual
report said that cigarette-smoking in
the navy was becoming so wide-spread
that steps would soon have lo be tak
en to restrict it.
BALL TOSSERS GO
TO COLUMBIA TO
PLAY TWO GAMES
The date for the baseball game be- ]
tween Hattiesburg and Laurel has
been changed and the game will be |
played Thursday afternoon
week instead of Friday as was first
arranged.
There is no change in the time of
playing Gulfport. Three games will
be played next week, July 6, 7 and 8.
This morning the Hattiesburg nine
left for Columbia, where they will play
today and tomorrow'. They will have
with them a new pitcher, Luke M.ver,
who-has been doing slabwork for MiU
saps College.
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of this i
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each, and will carry a main battery
of eight 12-ineh guns. The four tur
j
rets containing these guns will be
placed on the ship's center, line so
as to give them all a broadside fire, |
which will he equal to the broadside i
fire of the English Dreadjfeught.
LOSSOFCHIIMEN
AND BIBLE STUDY
CRAZED THIS MAN
ibis morning when Mr. f. C. Waller,
one 0 f the best citizens and farmers
Qf PorreBt Collntv was brought to he]
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city in almost an insane condition. He
was lirought in by his brother and
oilier neighbors who were of the cpin
j 0n (| la i the best thing that could be
done, was to send him to ail asylum
hospital. *
Some time in January, two of Mr.
Waller's children died and he brooded i
over the matter continually mid he
gan au active and energetic study of
the Bible. It was the only thing he I
would read, and he continued to grieve
over the death of his two children.
The wife and mother, although herself
suffering from the crushing blow, tried
to cheer the husband and father, hut
toms of a disordered mind, but the
symptoms were so slight that the fam
•ily did not expect any serious con
sequences. On Sunday he appeared
to be all right and joined the Green's !
Creek Church and insisted on imme |
A pitiful spectacle was presented
i
with poor success.
Last Friday he began to show symp
diate baptism and his request was
granted.
He then said it was liis du;y io
preach the gospel. He was in Hatties
burg yesterday and a local physician
was consulted and it is said that the
physician advised the family to keep
him under constant surveillance,
This morning, at about 2 o'clock
he awoke, and for the first time
seemed desperately crazy and offered
violence to those who tried to reason
with him. He walked up and down
j the hall constantly repeating, "Oh.
God, tempt me not,"
j lead me not into temptation."
and "Oh, God.
Tills
was the constant cry that came from
] his lips. He was finally overpowered,
and the doctor who had been called In
| advised them to bring him to Hatties
:
i burg. To do this it was necessary to
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bind his hands and feet. When he »:■
,
rived here he was still giving veni to
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the same exclamations, hut he Insisted |
that there was nothing wrong wltn |
him. He recognized and spoke to ail
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of his acquaintances.
If Mr. Waller doeH not improve, it is
probable that steps will at once he
taken to send him to the insane hos
pital. He lives about five miles from
Hattiesburg and about three miles |
from Petal. He had never show; m
symptoms of an unsound mind'
recently and it is believed that lie
death of his two children, together
with the brooding over the matter and
the constant study of the Bible brought
on the trouble. By the death of the
two children. Mr. and Mrs. Waller
The wife. Aim
were left childlei
came in with her husband.
vas an ob
1ect of pity, her face showing teey
j lines of sorrow.
Carried to Hospital.
Mr. Waller, on the certifies
physicians was carried to the En
sisslppi Insane Hospital at M
| this morning by Ed Rawls, whet
i hoped that the attention he v
ceive will restore his mind to j
mat condition.
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WANT
FOR SALE.
LOST—Between Hotel Hattiesburg
and First National Bank, fob and
locket with engraving on locket,
"Grace to Beatrice." Return to thtt
office and receive reward.
$2,500 to loan on improved city prop
erty in sums of $500 or more. T&oa.
. M. Ferguson.
FOR SALE.
FOR SALE—1. f>od grate
coal in any quantity.
A. L. Hodges. Home 'phone S04
and :
Telephone.
FOR SALE—One of the 1 est home*
on North Main street, at a bargain,
good term*. M. J. Epley, 'phone
666 .
FOR SALE—20,000 yards fluent
screened gravel. G. C. Roh.-itsoa,
second floor. Carter build i.g a24tt
FOR RENT.
FOR RENT—Nicely furnished front
room, close in, all convenience*.
Both phones 300, or Home phono
517 blue.
jun29 ft
LO&T AND FOUND.
MISCELLANEOUS.
June3 at
WANTED—To craie your furniture <>■
short notice. Ring Cumb phone No.
jun24 5t
254.
WANTED—To buy or rent Lnderwoo#
typewriter in good condition. CaH
Cumberland 904 or Home 30.
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WANTED—Italian lumber stackers te
v contract 25 M per day. Apply at
Richbuig, Miss.
WANTED—One copy of the Daily
News of Saturday, June 20 and five
copies of Monday, June 29. Both i»- J
sues were sold out and the office JB
files are eoi»fequently incomplete.—
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WANTED—Everybody to know that 3a
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S. Parker has moved his Bicycle Re- ,a
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pair Shop to Stevens Building, next a
| door , o Merchan(B Qr Company. J
| Wheelg for ren( whoo , B for satat j
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Phone us for wheels. Home Phone —
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WANTED—All bicycle riders to know '
that we are going to run a bicycle
picnic to Rawls Springs all day July
| 4. S. Parker, East Pine street.