DAILY NEWS
Published Ever# Afternoon.
(Except Sunday.)
Office, 112 Front Street.
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Advertising
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M. J. EPLEY.
EDGAR G. HARRIS
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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?
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Delay is Dangerous.
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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
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"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.
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"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
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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
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H.guretf talk.
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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.
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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
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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.
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INCREASE
IS SLIGHT
Property Values Hare Not Increas
ed Rapidly in Mississippi Dur
ing the Past Year.
COUNTY OF HINDS
HAS SLIGHT GAIN
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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. "
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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.
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The Pure Food Grocery.
M. A. SALLIS W. B. PARKER
THE CITY
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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.
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SATISFACTION GUARANTEED
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First-National Bank of Commerce
Of Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
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j Depositors as Provided'fey National Bank Act 425,000
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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
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. 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.
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W. A. BENNETt\A
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W. B. DICKERSON.
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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
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HATTIESBURG, MISS.
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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.
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ol teachers. Seseton open. September 8. i 908.
W. I. THAMES. President.
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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. •