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DAILY NEWS Published Ever# Afternoon. (Except Sunday.) Office, 112 Front Street. i .. .Manager .....Editor Advertising .Circulation M. J. EPLEY. EDGAR G. HARRIS T R GORDON . A. B. HOBBS.. Telephones: Cumberland, 904 Home, 30. HEARST TELEGRAPH AND c! BLE SERVICE received daily, the ex clusive franchise for which is owned by the Daily News. Entered as second-class matter on May 22, 1907, at the postoillce at Hat tiesburg, Miss., under the Act of Con gress of March 2, 1879. OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE NEW COUNTY OF FORREST. FOR CONGRESS. We are authorized to announce HON. E. J. BOWERS, of Hancock County as a candidate in the Democratic primary for re-nomi nation to the 61st Congress from the 6th district of Mississippi. DEMOCRATIC TICKET For President WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN of Nebraska. For Vice President JOHN WORTH KERN of Indiana. q .;. % .;..;..;. •> •> -I- <• *1* •> ❖ THE TICKET. .;..;..;. <• •> •> <• •> •> ❖ •> •> •> •> ♦ For Mayor—Dr. J. D. Donald. For Marshal—J. F. Williams. For Police Justice—J. E. Davis. For Treasurer—John Williams. For City Clerk—A. Fairley. For Street Commissioner—Owen Reedy » ALDERMEN. City-at-Large—M. J. McGrath. Ward 1—E. L. McGowan and Dr. E. J. t Mitchell. Ward 2—R. A. Cameron and H. C. Greer. Ward 3—A. T. Powe and C. F. Lassiter. Ward 4—R. C. McKinzie and N. R. Mc Cullough. V Jt is well enough tP bear in mind, that the Cumberland Telephone Cont is still robbing the people of pany Hattiesburg. The public is anxiously awaiting to morrow, when Mr. Bryan will tell usJqqq whether or not he is going to accept the Democratic nomination for Fret dent. Atlanta Georgian thinks that There is The Ohio may go Democratic, certainly more likelihood of that state going Democratic than there is Georgia going Republican. \ Of The Jackson News assures us that L Tom Watson who Is running for President on the Populist ticket Is not tie Dr, Watson we read about in the ShVlock Holmes stories. tl \ The Hffckory Reporter-Index says; Some peopte think that we ought, to be proud o/Vresident Hardy because he is a NewtM4 County boy, but that's the reason whtV^we are ashamed of him. A of the Cumber The annual repor land Telephone Complany . shows profit of $34,000 in Mftesissippi last year. Something more t\an $1,000 of this sum was unlawfully Jjk?n from the pockets of the people o' Hatties burg. X a Tom Lawson says that a bull market is Imminent—that all good stocks double In price, and that one particu lar stock will double some twenty times over. ■ell that "particular stock" to the dear people. rill Now watch Tom try to Mayor Don .id says t'.akthe Cumber land Telephone Company has prom ised to refund to the people of Hat tiesburg money wh'ch it has unlaw fully taken from their pockets in ex orbitant rentals based on a padded ex change list. But when? % : Delay is Dangerous. Jb Every medical society and ass oclatlon urges the necessity, of mu nicipal milk and meat inspection. It Is not so many years since an epi demic would appear and drive the people frantic with dread. ^The med ical fraternity took, the Initiative to prevent the recurrence of the scourge and with the powerful assistance of the government succeeded to extent which deserves the gratitude of the people. Restlessly active in the interest of humanity and science, investigations continued to prevent the less dreaded, because less Budden and fatal epidemics of scarlet fe and other diseases which are often and unjustly looked 'upon as un avoidable. Here again, the government assisted and we have now positive proof that such" diseases may be prevented by the use of inexpensive pre cautionary measures. Since health is the greatest boon and it is but our duty to safeguard it, it follows that a municipality falls In Its duty when, from any reason whatsoever, it refuses to adopt such precautionary measures as have stood the test of experience. It has been proved beyond contradiction that milk may contain the bacillus of typhoid fever, scarlet fever, and diphtheria. To press the danger home, the following official account giv en in Bulletin No. 41 of the Hygienic Laboratory, published by the gov ernment at Washington, will be quoted In full: It gives the cold facts re garding the scarlet fever epidemic in Norwalk, Conn. "In November, 1897, an unusual number of cases of scarlet fever oc curred in Norwalk. Population of Norwalk South Norwalk, and East Nor walk, 22,000. Previous to October 25 scarlet fever cases had been report ed, as follows: August, no cases; Septemper, 5 cases; October 10, one case. The source of infection in most of these cases had been traced. Between October 25 and November 9, 29 cases developed. The 29 caseB were distributed in 25 families and 24 houses. School infection was elim inated. Many cases did not attend school, and some were In families where they had no school children. The cases were widely separated; 17 of the infected houses were In South Norwalk, 3 In Norwalk, and 4 In East Norwalk. The families were of different social positions and con tact infection seemed improbable. The only factor In common to practic ally all the cases was the milk supply. Twenty-seven out of the 29 ob tained milk from one dealer. H. The other two were in one family in East Norwalk; they were a girl of 12 and a boy of 9 years, and were taken ill on November 7 and 9, respectively. They had no connection with the milk route, nor could their Infection bs traced to any source The estimated daily supply of milk in Norwalk was , 2,500 quarts. Dealer H. furnished 450 quarts, or about one-eighth of the whole, whereas he had twenty-seven-twenty-ninths of the scarlet fever cases on his ff < V •** t ' "He bought his milk from three producers. There were no cases of dis ease in the family of the milk dealer nor in those of two of the producers, A. and B., but on the third producing farm, K., a case of scarlet feyer was found. This farm was in the Bald Hill district. The district school had opened September 7 with a registration of 25 pupils. On September 20 one of the pupils fell ill with scarlet fever; other cases followed, and the school was closed October 19. In all there were 20 cases, all in school children, or in those coming in contact with Jhem. Two of the above cases, living near farm K. were exceedingly mild and frequently visited and played at this farm with K's son, a lad of 4 years. This son broke out with a scarletinous rash October 24. an ver route. 1 i | "Milk from this farm was carted to Norwalk and all of it sold to and | delivered by dealer H., who placed the cans of milk from K., in his wagons with that from the other two producers, A. and B. No attempt was made to keep the cans separate, and, therefore, one day part of his customers might receive K's milk and the next day it would be delivered to otheri. H. supplied about 300 families, of which 24 were Invaded. The sale of this milk was stopped November 7. The number of cases and the dates on which they occurred would indicate that the milk was not continuously infected. During the outbreak several cases of sore throat occurred among users of H's milk, which may possibly have had some casual relation i i to the infectious milk. "It would seem that cases of scarlet fever belonging to a school out break and visiting a diary farm, and possibly also the boy on the farm. In fected from his playmates, were the source or sources rendering the milk infective. The relation here of the two outbreaks is of interest, the one spread by school contact being the original source ofjhe milk epidemic." This record shows how painstaking, minute, and reliable are the in vestigations and that they may be accepted without questioning. A Jackson special says that the in crease In the personal assessment for the entire state will not exceed $300,* Forrest or $ 400,000 this year, County—the newest county in the state—will furnish half that amount. Hinds County, in which the city of Jackscn In located, shows an increase tin its p> rsonal assessment of only $40, Fo rest County, in which Hatties burg Is located shows an increase of $155,000 rftOO H.guretf talk. ' Forrest C' ■.n'y's sixteenth section school mone is in good hands and there is no uubabillty of the people losing a cenl 1 it, despite the sensa tional reports printed In some of the city papers Monday. - $ - The city council meets tonight when an ultimatum should be issued to the Cumberland Telephone Company. EXAMINATION. For I. I. & C. Appointments. Notice is hereby given that ail new applicants applying for appointment to the I. I. & C. for the scholastic year 1908-9, from Forrest County are re quired to take an examination before a certificate of appointment can be granted unless they hold a certificate of graduation from an affiliated High School. The examination will be held August 14 and 15 in (he office of the County Superintendent of Education. All applicants are requested to be pres ent Frh morwv.ig, the I4th. The >n will begin promptly 9 E. J. CURRIE, §§|||Hfckuit lit' Education ixai o' ce used" la ling. But, ■cm keep Fnts used I newspa lot safely Of not pvA lust In 1 .rack for jy the vi per— andi classify 4 City Brevities Mr. E. C. Neelly has returned from a visit of a couple of weeks at points In Alabama. Henry Haynes, of Lumberton, is In the City today. Alex Lott, of Seminary, was trans acting business in this city Monday. H. E. Hartzog, of Collins, was in the city yesterday. W. E. Crosby, of Seminary, spent Sunday and Monday in the city. , N. Hatton passed through Hatties burg yesterday en route from Lumber ton to his home in Wiggins. Messrs. J. W. Lampson and G. T. Tisdale, in charge of the sewer ex tension in this city, spent Sunday with their families in Ellisvllle. Mr. Bob Welborn-, of Ellisvllle, rep resenting the Wbeeland Machine Works, of Chattanooga, Tenn., is a bus iness visitor today. Mrs. Josephine Weems and daugh ter, Mrs. A. B. Hobbs, and little son, returned last night from a pleasant visit to relatives In Ellisvllle. Messrs. Cp Z. and John Stevens spent Sunday with their uncle, Mr. J. 8. Stev ens, who Is critically 111 at the home of his daughter, Mrs. C. S. Myer, in Ellisvllle. 4 4 4 MR. BUSINESS MAN. ♦ The fact that your advertise- 9 4> ment appears continously In $ 9 ❖ reputable newspaper stimulates 4 ❖ public confidence. Your firm ad- 4 <• vances step by step In the estima- 4 tion of hundreds of people who 4 ❖ may be months getting around •> ❖ to make their first purchase. 44444444444444444 * ) INCREASE IS SLIGHT Property Values Hare Not Increas ed Rapidly in Mississippi Dur ing the Past Year. COUNTY OF HINDS HAS SLIGHT GAIN -rr Several Counties Are Making Special Tax Levies to Establish and Main tain Agricultural High Schools' at Provided by Special Act. Daily News Special. Jackson. Miss., August 11.—The boards of supervisors in most of the counties-of the state have contemplat ed their work of revising flte assess ments fur this year, many of them hav ing adjourned on Saturday, after devot ing an entire week to that work. The larger counties, however, are still at It. and some of them will consume all this week on the task. Hinds County, which was for a long time In the lead In the matter of tax able values, and which Is now sur passed bjf Harrison County, alone, has an increase of only $40,000, and It is not believed that the entire Btate will show an Increase of more than $300,000 or $400,000. ' There has not been a disposition lately to Inflate values, and no very large increases In assessments are to be found In the state. In many counties the supervisors have up the question of deciding upon and fixing levies for agricultural high schools, and the reports indicate that ft , arge number of tbem are favfirahly upon this question, with very little local opposition. In Hinds County, where the school board has already decided to have such an Institution, the boards have practically agreed by advance pledges to vote the levy. Four towns have al ready signified their Intention to make strong bids for the location of tbe school. Raymond, the county seat of the second district, located only about a mile from t{ie geographical center of the county, has offered the necessary twenty acres of land, within a half mile of the town, and in addition will undertake to raise approximately $5, 000 in cash. Clinton, whqye Is locat ed the Mississippi College and Hill man Institute, proposes to sell land cheap for the purpose, while It Is un derstood that Bolton and Edwards, in the western portion of {he county, are to make a fight for it, their plans not yet having been made known. The Deceased Wife's Sister. The law against marrying a deceased wife's sister, which caused so much discussion hi England, grew out of tbe ancient tribal law forbidding a fa ther to sell more than one daughter to the same man when the Briton was emerging from polygamy and when for 21 shillings of tbe present money a man might dismiss his wife or kill her If Bhe would not go. As civil law It was to protect the living wife and knit tribes closer together by Inter marriage. When ecclesiastical law be came supreme a misreading of some Scripture text was -used to put tbe sister of a man's wife among the pro hibited degrees of relationship. This was the act of 1541 (32 Henry VIII): "A man may not marry his deceased wife's sister or her daughter, but he may marry his first cousin."—London Staudar(L Brittle Lizards. Some kinds of lizards break in two when suddenly startled. In the bush In Australia the traveler often comes across a number of these little silvery reptiles basking on a log or piece of old bark. As soon as they perceive the invader there Is a great commotion. They dart hither and thither so quick ly that the eye can scarcely follow their movements. Tbe effects of the shock are evident from the quantity of wriggling tails lying about which have been cast off in the hurry, while the mutilated owners may be seen scurry ing away to safety still wagging the stumps that remain. Dsnsity ef City Population. Although there la a certain area of about three and a half acres on Man hattan Island where tbe density of population la at tbe sate of 630,000 to the square mile, yet the city of Paris shows a tar greater average density of population than New York, the fig urea for Paris being 79,300 a square mile and for New York city proper 40.000 a square mile. The average density of London's population la 37. { 000 a square mile and that of Berlin •7,000V-Federation Review. " ■Skfe DREDGING DEGINS ON INUND CANAL BALTIMORETOSEA Hearst News Service. Baltimore, August 11.—Frank Furst, president of the Furst Dredging Com pany, says that active dredging on the Pamlico Sound will begin about the middle of September. This project is the beginning of a gigantic scheme on the part of the national government to *>pen an inland waterway from the North Carolina coast to Norfolk, thence to Chesapeake Bay and along that waterway to this city. NO TRUTH IN RUMOR, A report was current this morning that a member of ehe Hattiesburg mili tary company had been killed in Co lumbus. It was-later stated that it was a member of the Laurel Company. The Daily News wired the Columbiis Dis patch for partlculare and received the following reply: ."No truth in rumor that sobHe;; was killed." Hotel Hattiesburg Barber Shop, un der its netv management, has in creased Its capacity from two chairs to three. Get the news while it is news In the Hattiesburg News. JUST LEI US KNOW What you need in groce ries and we will save you time, money and worry by filling your wants promptly and satisfactori lyy Only the Purest in Food Products are Sold Here. a of un in are not Southern Grocery Company BOTH PHONES 136 The Pure Food Grocery. M. A. SALLIS W. B. PARKER THE CITY PRESSING CLUB of fa to was kill law and be some tbe pro This Polk B'ld'g 110 E. Pine St. Clother Pressed and Cleaned to look like' new. Ladles' Skirts a specialty. All work given careful attention and delivered promptly. WE CLEAN HATS. HOME PHONE 545 SATISFACTION GUARANTEED __/ _5_ First-National Bank of Commerce Of Hattiesburg, Mississippi. \ t depositary U. S.(GOVERNMENT, state!'OF MISSISSIPPI, FORREST COUNTY, CITY OF HATTIESBURG. / . $425,000 Capital stock - Adnitional Liability of shareholders to j Depositors as Provided'fey National Bank Act 425,000 ■v'; . f $850,900 Total. \ : i ■ SAVINGS DEPARTMENT gf «a t Enninnwf Under the National Bank Act otection ef Govanrnei.ul supernaif*4ttA4iMttafc>lde a. TLiaSuTaJs / .J! 1 ( ;Sg $850, •* FIRE DESTROYS RESIDENCE CORNER PLUM AND DIISCHMAN About 3 o'clock this morning the residence occupied by Mrs. Elia Coker, comer Plun and Buschman, was discovered to be on fire. Thfe of the house was seen to be burning by a lady who boards at a house near the Coker home and it was she who gave the first qfarm. The fire was well under way in' the rear when first discovered and its progress was rapid toward the front. When the family were awakened they had to hustle to get out or the burning building and saved very little of their clothing, and but a small part of the rear Gas Connections Free! For 100 Stoves Our fiee .connection offer which expired May 1 st, gave us so many new customers and has placed a gas stove in so many homes, we make the jollowing offer. For the next 100 stoves purchased of us at our regular cash schedule price, we will make all necessary house connections free of charge , and connect the stove up ready for use. Following is our schedule of prices: Singls Oven Stove Double Oven Stove Triple Oven Stove .$ 12.00 , 16.00 ' » . 23.00 We *lso have a nice line of Hot Water Heaters for water tank connections. For further information apply at the office of the company. - This offer is made for connections along the line of mains as now coftstructed and does not contemplate any main extention. our Hattiesburg Traction Co. IK W. A. BENNETt\A f? ff G. A. PARSONS. W. B. DICKERSON. ♦ ENTERPRISE BOILER & MACHINE WORKS. CORNER FRONT and KAMPER STS. TELEPHONES; CUMB. 626; HOME 324. Hattiesburg, Mississippi. - Boilers, Engines, Mill Supplies Repairs of all kinds, Locomotive and Saw Mill Work a Specialty. . Gas and Gasoline Engines Installed and Repaired. Brass and Grey Iron Castings and Gen eral Foundry and Machine Work. . . ALL WORK DONE PROMPTLY AND SATISFACTORILY. WRITE US FOR PRICES I Enterprise BoiSt? Works HATTIESBURG, MISS. J vr CO-EDUCATIONAL v New $100,000 equipment. 400 students Fir* c!a**'accomi»io<k^ bon* at reasonable rate*. Course* of study equal to those given by any other college in the State and lead to the usual degrees. 4 Special atten tion given to Domestic Science. An. Music. Expression, and the training Hattiesburg. Miss. n ol teachers. Seseton open. September 8. i 908. W. I. THAMES. President. LmJ m furniture, Several alarms were turned in to the fire department, but when the com hide ef the building, pany arrived the whole interior was ablase. 'They did some good work, however, and saved most of the out The house was occupied by Mrs. ,Coker and,her family, but was owned by Miss Jennie Neal, who is now vis iting in Philadelphia, Miss. Mrs. Coker has moved into a house on Buschman street. It Is thought the fire was the work: of anJUcendlary. •