WEI L SHOD.
If you value your horse and wish to
keep It In good shape for style and
speed, bring it befe when needing
shoeing.
Defects in gait are remedied by hav
ing the rignt kind of shes put on in*
the right way. We do it right.
OTIS SMITH,
320 East Pine Street.
Home Phone 723.
RUBBER TIRES FOR BUGGIES
A SPECIALTY.
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AUDITORIUM ELECTRIC THEATER
Moving Pictures and Illustrated Songs.
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Two Great Picture Series for Tonight
the Nick of Time.
Not Yet But Soon."
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ADMISSION 5 CTS.
MILLER TRIAL CONTINUED
Case Called For Preliminary Hearing Yesterday
But Witness Was Absent.
The'preliminary Jrial of W. C. Mil
rith the killing of Joe
ier, charged
Mitchell in the barber shop of the Ho
tel Hattiesburg on Monday morning,
July 6, was continued from yesterday
afternoon at 3 o'clock to tomorrow
-morning at 9 o'clock. The prelintin
' ary hearing will be held In the county
court house.
The continuance of the trial was due
to the absence of one of the important
witnesses In that case, F. M. Thur
mond, of Gulfport, who, it is alleged,
was in the barber shop a minute or
two before the shooting occurred.
The citse against Miller was called
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NEW CURRENCY MEASURE
Hearst News Service.
St. Louis, July 16.—Under the prq
visions oj. the Aldrich-Vreeland cur
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Teach Children Love of Nature. I
A love of nature should be implant- 1
ed in the mind of the youngest child,
A beautiful sunset gives pleasure to
the tiniest tot whose attention is ili
reeled to it. To love flow, ,, ,,-ees.
books, and all the wonders of nature
is one of the main tilings for a child
to learn at an early age. Science and
analysis should have no part in uis
roncy law, the National Currency As
sociation of St. Loui
as Innnerly
in- j
organized today
The
nembership
education at this time.
CANDIES
if CHOCOLATE
7 SYRUP at
Fount. :
and
our
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HELP TO KEEP OUR STORE
IN POPULAR FAVOR.
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THE REST OF EVERYTHING
" IS OUR MOTTO. *
HAYS & FIELD
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at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon in
the city hall and was transferred to
the court house. Before the hearing
was commenced the attorney for the
state, Mr. D. M. Watkins, announced
the absence of Witness Thurmond,
which circumstance, he said, he re
gretted. Attorneys for the defense,
Messrs. Sullivan and Tally then asked
a continuance and the case was set
for a hearing tomorrow morning, when,
it is expected Mr. Thurmond will be
on hand. He is wanted as a witness
by both the state and defense. The
hearing is to be held before Justice
J. W. Bolton.
linois.
| eludes leading banks of St. Louis and
Suburban cities in Missouri and II
W. H. Lee, president of the
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I Woman Tolls Funeral Bell.
1 One survivor of times gone by was I
discovered lately al Woodlawn ceme
tery. New York. There is an old
woman resident at the lodge gate
who can be engaged to toll the bell
for the departed. As the funeral cor
tege passes into the grounds the chap
el bell begins solemnly to toll, one
stroke for each year of the life of
the deceased.
St. Louis clearing house, will be the
executive officer of the new organiza
j tion.
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LIVE NEWS
Negro Prisoner Escaped Fiom the
Town Bastile During the
Night.
MAKING WAR AGAINST
' SELLING ON SUNDAYS
Bank Reduces Its Capital From $100,
000 to $50,000—Truckers Association
Doing
Club y Are
and Commercial
Good Work.
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-On yes
terday Charley Armstrong, the negro
held in jail here, in default of bond,
was allowed to walk around in the jail
outside of his cell, and when a suitable
opportunity presented itself, he dug
through the brick wall under the rear
window - of the jail and made his es
He has not been apprehended,
Lumberton, Miss., July 16.
cape.
and little hope entertained that he will
be, any time In the near future.
Mrs. Col. Geo. Soule, of New Or
leans, is visiting her- sister, Mrs. T.
L. Venable.
Miss Lockhart, of Dayton, Ala., is
visiting her sister, Mrs. C. M. Kelly.
MisSv Kate Anthony entertained in
formally last Friday evening in honor
of Miss Lockhart, of Dayton, Ala.
Mrs. Felker and daughter, Miss Fan
nio, left this week for the coast, where
they will spend the summer.
Master David Haley entertained the
younger set at a birthday party Mon
day night.
Master Will Pigford entertained hi3
young friends last night in honor of
his cousin, Master Alec Pigford, of.
Meridian.
Miss Williams, of Selma, Ala., is vis
iting her brother, Mr. Will Williams.
Mrs. R. D. Maum and children left
yesterday for Mendenhall, where they
will visit Mrs. S. A. Singletary for
some days.
Mr. Miazza, of Vicksburg, was in
town yesterday, looking after the busi
ness of the New York Underwriters'
Association.
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A pronounced movement took for
mal shape, last Sunday evening against
Sunday work, Sunday opening, "blind
tigers," pool rooms, etc., When Rev.
R. D. Maum, of the Baptist church,
preached upon these evils to a large
congregation including the city offi
cials who were especially invited to at
tend the services.
There are very - few ^objectionable
things in the town, but the good peo
ple of the town propose to have no ob
jectionable things whatever.
A delegation has been appointed by
the Commercial Club to present Lum
berton's claims to the school board,
now in session, for the agricultural
school. A splendid site having been
Secured for this purpose, there is little
doubt that the school will be located
here.
In the recent meeting of the stock
holders of the First National Bank,
it was decided to reduce the capital
j stock from $100,000 to $50,000. The
bank has had a very successful year,
I and if. in fine condition, and there is
]i ttle douTxt that the full amount of
capltal wlll be £eqHlredi aB Boon as
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business becomes normal,
T, ' p C T°I> conditions in this
, l° n , ar e the most flattering in the
history of the county,
been well cultivated and the rains
though in some instances-excessive,
l have furnished abuntfant moisture to
insure a full healthy growth. In many
instances, the cotton crops are far in
advance of any previous year, with no
indications of drought or pests to re
duce the large yield now in prospects.
Corn Is good, with a fairly good acre
age and a splendid stand.
The truck and melon crops
good, and in some instances, brought
good prices, however, the cabbages
were an exception to the rule, they
bringing only a dollar to a dollar and a
quarter per crate.
Since the organization of the Farm
ers' and Truckers' Association, and
the Commercial Club, .a better feeling
as to prospective business conditions
have been evident. Very few com
plaints are heard, and the people gen
erally, are cheerful.
sec
All crops have
vere
CONDITION IMPROVED.
Mrs. E. W. Hanna, who was injured
last week by being thrown from her
buggy at the Main street crossing of
the Mississippi Central Railroad
has not recovered and it Is
feared that she has sustained perma
nent Injuries.
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BARBER HAS
FOUND FAULT
Says Committee Must Meet On
August 28 to Canvass
the Returns.
PRIMARY ELECTION
LAW FIXES TIME
Biloxi Candidate Also Reiterates His
Opinion That the Primary Should
Be Held on Saturday, But Date Is
Already Fixed.
Biloxi, Miss., July 16.—Hon. E. M,
Barber, candidate for congress, has
sent the following open lettbr to Hon.
J. M. Shivers, chairman of the con
gressional executive committee:
Dear Sir—I write to say to you th^t
from my construction of the primary
election law, section 3703, your com
mittee hasvmade an error, in that it
passed an order on the 10th inst., say
ing that the committee would meet on
tfle first of September, 1908, for the
purpose of canvassing the returns of
the election and declaring the result.
Said section 3705 provides among other
things as follows:
"The State and District executive
committees shall meet a week from the
day following the first primary election
held for State and District offices and
shall proceed to canvass the returns
and declare the result."
From this, I am of the opinion that
the committee should meet on Friday,
the 28th, of August, for the purpose of
canvassing the returns and declaring
the result, instead of meeting on the
first day of September,
seems to be mandatory and 1 therefore
request that you call your committee
together at once and rectify this
wrong. In this connection, permit me
to say that as the people are the
source of all power political, in Missis
sippi, 1 believe we should take into
our confidence the people and let them
know, as their servants, what we are
doing and why we are doing it. As I
said to the committee of the 10th inst.,
I believe Saturday would be a day
more suitable to the country people
than any other day of the week to at
tend the voting precincts, as you know
and other members of the committee
certainly know farmers are more in
clined to leave their farms and avoca
tions on Saturday and gravitate to
wards centers of public interest, than
I other day.
This law
wards centers of public interest, than
any other day.
I think when your committee is
called together for "the purpose of
changing the date of the meeting of
the executive comlttee, that it should
also change the dote for the election,
to Saturday, the 22nd of August, for
the reason that the people's interest
should be considered in this matter
and not that of the candidates' or
either one of them. This being a mat
ter of great public interest, I take the
liberty of giving this letter to the
press for publication at once.
Very respectfully.
E. M. BARBER.
He Understood.
During a financial flurry a German
farmer went to the bank for soma
money. He was told that the bank
was not paying out money, but was
using cashier's checks. He could not
understand this, and insisted an
money. The officers took him in.
hand, one at a time, with little effect.
Finally the president tried his hand,
ami after a long and minute explana
tion, some intelligence of the situation
seemed to be dawning on the farmer's
mind. Finally the president said:
You understand now fully how it i3,
Hans, don't you?" "Yes," said Hans,
I tink 1 do. It's like dis, ain'dt? Ven
my baby vakes up at night gnd vauta
milk, 1 gif him a milk ticket."
Burning the Candle.
"So Parker shot himself, did he?"
mused one of Marshal Field's whole
sale salesmen. "Yea." answered the
silk buyer, sadly. "What on earth did
he do it for?" queried the salesman.
"Oh, I don't know; he was hitting a
pretty fast pace," answered the other.
"Burning the candle at both ends, eh?"
remarked the salesman. "Yes, I guess
that's what you'd call it," admitted the
buyer. For a few moments both men
were silent, then the salesman looked
up. "Funny, isn't it, that when a fel
low burns his candle at both ends he
never thinks of blowing out the
candle; it's always his brains."
If you wdnt a good riding bicycle
Just p'hone us. Home phone 771 We
wlll bring it to you. S. Parker, atev
ens building, East Pine street.
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ROGERS RATHER OPTIMISTIC
OVERTHEBUSINESSOUTLOOK
meeting of the directors of the Amal
gamated Copper Company, says that
a solid ground of optimism dominates
present business conditions and that
Hearst News Service.
New York, July 16.—H. H. Rogers,
who came to town to preside over a
On Some Occasions You
Could Afford to Pay . .
One Dollar a Word
For want Advertising
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W ASiT . . .s
* ~ lowest-priced thing of value you can
" This phrase of the matter probably never occured to you.
Suppose that the rate for want ad
one dollar a word! A
ADVERTISING SPACE is about the
buy in this city.
But think it over,
vertising in this newspaper were
prohibitive rate, you say?
business.
Perhaps, for some classes.of
But if you were compelled to sell real estate, a dollar a
word for an ad. would still be a.profit-returning rate for
you if it found the best market for your property. It
would be a cheap rate for* a Situation Wanted,ad. if it,
found twice as good a job for you as you have ever had.
It would be a profitable way to secure a tenant for vacant
property.
In fact, perhaps half of the want ads. would pay the
advertisers at a dollar a word- and a great many of them
would be paid for at that rate if this newspaper charged
that rate.
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The purpose of this comparison is not to announce any ad
vance in the want advertising rates-but to bring to your mind
the fact that want adv > space, as now sold, is a genuine 'bargain' .
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decidedly better times are imminent.
Mr. Rogers says that the steel indus
try, with which he is pcsminently iden
tified, is rapidly approaching its normal
conditions. This, he regards as a
splendid barometer of general business
conditions.
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TO RESIGN
Hearst News Service. '
Washington, July IS.—J. 3. Sherman,
candidate for vice president, has de
cided to resign the chairmanship of
the congressional campaign committee.
He will probably be succeeded by Con
gressman Tawney, of Minhesota.
BLEW OUT BRAINS,
Hearst News Service.
Houston, Tex., July 16.—John C.
Witt, for fifteen years manager of the -
local office of the Postal Telegraph
Company, suicided here this morning
by shooting himself in the head. Ill
health had made him despondent.
.
M'CURDY DEAD.
Hearst News Service.
Owosso, Mich., July 16.—IJogh Ms
Curdy, past grand master Knights
Templar and grand master of Masons
of the United States', died this morn
ing.
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Of course, ''amount of space used" is
not everything in advertising. But.
just in* the pursuit of wisdom keep
track for a time of the amounts used
by the various stores in this newspa
per—and see if you ,coi>i d not safely
classify the stores accordingly.
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