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— loved To Polk Building fe: 110 EAST PINE STREET j t > | - F. W. Queen, Oph. D. OPTICAL SPECIALIST. 1 HAVE YOU NO SOLE? (ON YOUR SHOES) | Or perhaps your heels are running down, but your old shoes feel so comfortable that you hate to give them up. We can adjust that fer you so that you can retain the com fort and shoes too. We have a modern shoe re pairing plant, where every method of scientific shoe work is "employed. By our methods we completely re build your shoes and make them as good as new. Leave your shoes here in the morn ing and get them on your way hotne in the evening. installed We repair them while you wait—If you are willing. HALF SOLES SEWED 75c CERTAINLY WE REPAIR LADIES SHOES. NA THAN THE SHOE MAN Mclnnis Bldg. East Pine Street T THE American Printing Company HIGH GRADE » JOB PRINTING The kind that the peolpe appreciate ; We have purchased the entire stock of Stationery of the Daily News, and respectfully solicit a portion, at least, of the business formerly given them. n We Make a Specialty 4 of Delivering Work When Promised Hattiesburg, Miss. Hartfield Building .A 1 NEGRO GANS IS THE FAVORITE WITH SPORTS IN THE GANS-NELSON FIGHT lowed to Touch the Men if They weight championship honors, the negroj is a decided favorite. Bookmakers predict that many heavy bets will be made before the men enter the ring tomorrow. Nelson and his backers are confident that he will win a vie tory over his old-time foe, but this opinion is shared by only a small pro portion of the sporting experts con gregated in San Francisco today to witness the mill. According to the articles of agree ment, the hput will take place tomor row afternoon at Croffoth's Mission j Street arena and is scheduled to go i forty-five rounds. The winner will re j ceive 60 per cent, and the loser 40 per cent, of the 70 per cent, of the gross I proceeds which will go to the fighters, j The men will weigh in at 133 pounds ' at the ringside stripped. Jack Welsh has been agreed tipon as i referee. A clause in the articles is to the efTect that the referee must not I put his hands on the men if they should I be in a clinch. They must step back i at his command. This clause was in / Nelson's Friends Say That He Will Win But They Will Not Bet. .# 1 BATTLE TAKES PLACE TOMORROW AFTERNOON Jack Welsh Has Been Agreed Upon as Referee and Will Not Be Al | Clinch. Hearst News Service. San Francisco, July 3.—On the eve of the battle between Joe Gans and Batting Nelson for the world's light serted at the request of Nelson's rep resentative. The Dane never clinches, and this condition is thought to favor him. It was considered of so much importance by Ben Selig that he had a special conference with Gans before he agreed that it be made part of the articles. Nelson does his most effective work at infighting, hence this is ex pected to be'in his favor. There is every indication that a rec ord-breaking crowd will witness the encounter, anixous to see settled the dispute which Nelson and his support ers have tried to keep up ever since that memorable battle at Goldfield on September 3, 1906. There never has been any doubt in the minds of the fair ones as to the outcome of the straggle, for only the prejudicved gave any consideration to the ridiculous claims of Nelson that he had been fobbed of a victory, but the Dane and his immediate followers have not missed- a sihgle opportunity to question the right of the negro to the lightweight championship title, and repeated challenges for another con test hhve been mingled with the nu merous attempts to harm the flBttc standing of the colored man. Now it Is to all to be settled in the ring, and if the apparent form of the two men during the past year counts NEW YORK PREPARES FOR AN EXPENSIVE FOORTH If the Weather is Fair the Big Town Will Spend About Four Million Dollars in Its Cele bration of the Fourth. 1 Hearst News Service. New York, July 3.—New York will for anything the Dane is in for a worse beating than he received at Goldfield, and a beating too, that will leave no room for argument in future. In no fight since he escaped a knock out or an adverse decision on points by deliberately losing to Gans on a foul in the forty-second round in" Ne vada has Nelson displayed his old-time ability.. Nelson has pulled off one or two fairly creditable performances, all things considered, but nevertheless he gave in every appearance the impres sion that he wasn't the same Battler, showing in many ways a waning of the qualities that once caused him to be hailed as the king of the light weight lot. Gans, on the other hand, has gone right along in the same old way so familiar to fans who have seen in him for years the greatest fighting ma chine, big or little, the ring has ever known. His failure to stop Unholg in shorter time is not taken to mean the passing of his famous punch by those who know the remarkable ability of the Boer to stand punishment. That he is as fit as ever in all other depart ments there is not the slightes doubt, and the only conclusion possible Is that in the coming contest Nelson is likely to discover for the first time in his life how It feels to be knocked out. spend abbut $4,000,000 tomorrow In celebrating the anniversary of the Dec aratlon of Independence if Jupe Pluv lus and the local weather sharps pro vide anything resembling a fair day. Incidentally, several persons, mainly small boyh, will lay down thetc lives upon the altar of patriotism. ject The number of Injured will not amount In to the hundreds—the list last year numbered nearly 400. A dozen or two youngsters will pick it up because it didn't go off right away, and will lose a few fingers or an eye or two as a re sult. The perrenial fool who didn't know It "Vas loaded will get in his work, and the customary ex plosions of fireworks will take place and the firemen of the' metropolis will be kept busy. The ambulance sur geons, too, will have an active time of it in administering first aid to the in jured. Altogether, it may be said that New York Is headed toward another glorious and bloody Fourth, and ur ing but the details are lacking for a fuH description. Dealers in fireworks, who have their habitat in Park place, admit to doing a bigger business than ever before. It is estimated that $2,OOQ.OOO is a mod est estimate of the cost of the explo sives and fireworks that will go up in smoke tomorrow and that the grand total for the nation will be the neighborhood of $25,000,000. Many new and novel ways to burn up money have been invented for this season's trade. If ail the folks within the greater city would stay at home and set off their fireworks and firecrackers, the biggest town in the conutry could easily give a $5,000,000 fillip to the day we celebrate. But from early today untl tomorrow is well advanced, every train and boat departing from New Ygrk will bear its share of a goodly slice of the city's population bound for the country, the seaside, or the mountains, where the air may be cool er but the noise will be as great, pro portionately. New York will have a go-as-you please celebration. No official cog nizance, in the way of exercises, will be taken by the pity authorities. Coney Island and the other seashore resorts are ready to handle the biggest crowds of the season, If it doesn't rain. Despite the defection of many of the big chiefs, who left today for Denver, Tammany Hall will have Its usual Fourth of July scream and the tail of the tiger will be pulled until he roars as never before. There will be nu merous sporting events on land and water. Last year's record In New York was four killed, about 400 Injured and 116 I fires. With fair weather, tomorrow's roll of the dead and injured "1 b expect ed to be even greater and more glori ous. FOURTH IN THE NATION'S CAPITAL II Hearst News Se/vlce. Washington, July 3.—Dedication of the new municipal building, which will be marked by especially signifi cant ceremonies, will be the feature of the Independence Day celebration in the national capital tomorrow. There is every indication that the observance of the day will be the most enthusi astic in years. The forty-sixth star, signalizing the admission of Oklahoma as a state, will be officially adde^to the flag tomor row. The field, or union of the National flag in use, In the arrqy will, from after tomorrow consist of forty-six stars, in six rows, the first, third, fourth and sixth rows to have eif?^t stars, and the second and fifth roj|B seven stars each, in a blue field. Second-Hand Furniture We Buy All Kinds of Second Hand Furniture M. S. HAISFIELD 128 Front Street, Next to Palace Restaurant, Home Phone 743. THE GREAT TONIC DRINK $Y V AIDS ■ DIGESTION QUIETS THENERVES BOTTLED BY M155155fPPf BOm/NC <5 MPV. CO HATTIES BURG.MJSS. SOLD AT ALL FOUNTAINS. And by all Soda Water Dealers. MUNICIPAL ANNOUNCEMENTS The Daily News is authorized to an nounce the following candidates sub ject to the actiou of the Democratic voters of the city of Hattiesburg: FOR MAYOrt. T. J. JACKSON. DR. R DILL. - DR. J. D. DONALD. C. W. RICH. t FOR POLICE JUSTICE. J. E. DAVIS. E. A. ANDERSON. C. F. REDDOCH. .-OR CITY CLERK. 0. J. BOWEN. A. FAIRLEY. J. H. SELBY. FOR ALDERMEN. (Ward One.) DR. E. J. MITCHELL. F. H. CLINE. W. A. McLEOD. of nu 116 (Ward Two.) R. A. CAMERON H. C. GREER. ' J. W. GAY (Ward Three. OHN F ANDERSON. M. DUNN. A. T. POWE. J. S. DEES C. F. LASSITER. R. J. COLLINS. (Ward Four.) r. c. McKenzie, n. r. McCullough. T. O. WATKINS. T. A. HIGHTOWER. ALDERMAN-AT-LARGE. J. W.MONTAGUE M. J. McGRATH. FOR CITY TREASURER. ' L. D. SMITH. E. B. GEORGE. JOHN WILLIAMS. CITY MARSHAL. O. E. BUFKIN. CHARLES POOLE.* J. F. WILLIAMS. STREET COMMISSIONER. A. C. DUCKWORTH. JEROME PEACHER. B. J. BRADLEY. M. W. CLARK. A. H. INNERARITY. ABNER SUMRALL. H. H. WARREN. CITY TAX COLLECTOR. J. F BENNETT. II i FOR i / ESTATE t > * * f Tornado t \INSURANCE Headquarters for the Best Bargains in the City • • V* M. J. EPLEY Phone 666