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VOL II. NO. 94
HATTIESBURG. MISSISSIPPI. TUESDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 8. 1908
PRiCE FIVE CENTS
HATTIESBURG'S FIRST
ANNUAL LABOR DAY
Business Houses Closed and All
Joined in a Great Holiday
Celebration.
SOME PRETTY FLOATS
WERE IN THE PARADE
Speeches by Hon. D. M. Watkins, C. F.
^ Reddich and J. K. P. Showers—Paul
Johnson Was Master of Ceremonies.
Considered Great Success.
Yesterday marked a new epoch in
the history of Hattiesburg.
It was the first annual observance
of Labor Day—the recognition of
ganized labor, which Is due, and is
everywhere accorded. Organized labor
has grown so strong in Hattiesburg
that it was altogether proper and fit
ting that the hardest working class of
our citizenship should be honored with
a local observance and the start made
yesterday means that every year Hat
tiesburg will observe Labor Day in a
fitting and appropriate way.
All the different organizations
posing the Trades Council united in
offort to make the occasion a great
success—and they succeeded. All the
leading business interests of the city
-closed their doors and Joined in the
festivities of the day.
, At 10 o'clock the people had assem
bled at the cou rt h ouse in large
bers and the
was one of the aKt
posing ever seen in Hattiesburg. The
march was over the same route given
in the Daily News of Saturday, and
the great parade, with its many beauti
ful and unique floats passed along the
different streets, the scene was that
of a magnificent pageant.
Tljp Hattiesburg band discoursed the
latest and best of music, and this add
ed greatly to the pleasure of the
sion.
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The parade was made up as follows:
Mounted police.
Mayor and Aldermen.
Band.
Typographical Union.
Boilermakers.
Machinists.
Railway blacksmiths.
Hattiesburg Foundry Company.
Brotherhood of Railway Carmen.
Farmers' Union float, Alex. Quick,
jl. K P Showers' float.
J. S. Turner & Co.
O'Ferrall's.
Dixie Mattress Company.
Central Hardware Company.
Hattiesburg Tailoring Company.
McDaniel Bros.
Union Supply Company.
In addition to the floats mentioned,
nearly every Coco Cola factory and
several other enterprises were in the
parade.
Many of these- floats
novel and attractive.
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were quite
Arrived at the grounds, Judge Paul
Johnson assumed the position of
ager of ceremonies by request of the
committee and the speakers of the
casion were Hon. D. M. Watkins, Hon.
C. F. Reddoch and J. K. P. Showers.
The speeches made by these gentle
men were greatly enjoyed by all pres
ent.
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They spoke on Labor and its
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Washington, September 8.—For Mis
sissippi: Generally fair tonight and
Wednesday.
great and varied interests and the
benefits to be derived from organiza
tion. They were the recipients of
many compliments.
It was a pleasant place at the forks
of Leaf and Bouie River and basket
dinner and boat riding were indulged
in, and the occasion is generally pro
nounced to have been a great success.
Mr. H. C. Duggan, with his associ
ates, who had charge of the afTair, are
to be congratulated on its great suc
cess.
BALL AT THE MAJESTIC.
ball that was given by the
Trades Council at the Majestic Skating
Ring last night was one of the most
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interesting features of the ady. The
young people "tripped the light fan
tastic" to' their heart's delight to the
beautiful strains of the Hattiesburg
orchestra and of the whole number
whX attended, there was not one who
failet
to enjoy the occasion. The
ball was umjer the management of
Messrs. Boxtell,
ver.
and J. j. Oll
BILL PAPKE
WILL FIGHT
HUGOKELLY
Hearst News Service.
Milwaukee, September 8.—Bill
Papke, who last night defeated Stan
ley Ketchell, has been matched to fight
Hugo Kelly at Los Angeles on October
14.
FOUR PERISH IN
TENEMENT FIRE
Hearst News Service.
New York, September 8. —Four are
dead and many more are supposed to
be buried in the ruins of a tenement
house burned In this city early this
morning. All of the victims are sweat
shop workers. The fire is supposed to
have been of incendiary origin. Many
thrilling rescues were made by the
lice and the firemen.
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STORM'S DAMAGE
ALMOST $ 25 , 000 , 000
Columbia, S. C., September 8.—The
damage done by the recent floods in
South Carolina was today estimated at
REGARDED AS BEARISH
Washington, September 8.—The gov
ernment census bureau issued its es
timate today. The quantity of cotton
ginned up to September 1 is placed at
NINETEEN NEW
PENSIONS ON ROLL
The board of pension commissioners
for Forrest county met in the chan
cery clerk's office at the court house
this morning to consider all applica
tions for new pensions. Those pres
ens at the 'commission were Messrs.
McGee, Yates, Pittman and Currie.
It was found that there were twenty
applidations for pensions and all these
were endorsed except one.
The amount of pensions given to the
INO TRUTH
IN REPORT
Story That Somebody Fired On
President Roosevelt is Posi
tively Denied.
. Hearst News Service.
Oyster Bay, September 8.—Official
denial has been given to the rumor
that President Roosevelt
upon by an unknown man while out
horseback riding Saturday,
pointed out that a man could not get
to the place where it is said that the
attempted' assassination is alleged to
have taken place without the knowl
edge .of the secret service men who
keep up a constant patrol.
was fired
It Is
PROJECTED
Electric Line From Birmingham to
Huntiville is Said to be Al
most Assured.
Hearst News Service.
Birmingham, Ala., September 8.—E.
L. Pulley and associates, of Hunts
ville, who- have been in thife city for
several days ascertaining the senti-.
ment relative to the construction of an
electric line between the two cities,
say that they have met with substan
tial fencouragement and that the line
will be built without delay.
SOUTH CAROLINA
ELECTING SENATOR
Hearst News Service.
Charleston, S. C., September 8.—
South Carolina is today holding
off for the United States senatorship
made vacant by the recent death of
Senator Latimer. E. D. Smith and
John Gary Evans are the candidates I
and the chances seem to favor the for -1
mer.
a run
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$25,000,000 by commissioners selected
for that purpose. It is said that the
damage may even exceed that sum'.
397,924 bales, counting round bales
half bales, against 200,278 in 1907 and
407,551 in 1906.
as
The bulletin is re
garded as bearish.
old soldiers is not great, ranging in
prifce from $27 to a little upwards of
$30.
TWO LIVES LOST
IN DENVER BLAZE
Hearst News Service.
Denver, CoL, September 8.—John D.
Kane and H. M. Moore lost their lives
in a fire today which destroyed their
boarding house in this city. Eight
other persons were Injured.
GREAT DAY
AT JACKSON
On
Labor Day Pageant Was Greatest
in the History of the Capi
tal City.
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VARDAMAN'S ADDRESS
WAS MUCH ENJOYED
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Parade Was Distinctive Feature—Big
Big Baseball Game and Grand Ball
at Night—Many Handsome Fliats
Participated lin the Parade.
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Dally News Special.
Jackson,
Miss., September
Pleased with the unqualified success of
the big Labor Day celebration here
yesterday, undoubtedly the biggest
thing of the kind ever attempted in the
state and the first effort ever made in
this city, the local labor organizations
express a determination to make the
event in future one of Increasing inter
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est and proportions.
Reports from other cities in the
state indicate that there Is on awaken
ing of interest among the
which, which are undoubtedly better
organized than ever before, and in a
saner and more respectable manner.
There was no rowdyism in yester
day's celebration. There was much to
admire in the way the entire program
was carried out.
unions
Business men
tered into the spirit of the occasion,
and there were many excellent
mercial floats in the parade.
The city governm^gt did Its full
share on the occasion and had in the
parade a special squad of mounted
police, headed by Chief Allen, and the
entire fire department contributed
attractive feature of it.
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The labor unions themselves
were
well represented in every line, and the
Farmers' Union had a hundred or
men In line.
more
I features were successful in every par
-1 ticuiar.
The address by ex-Governor Varda
man at the Coliseum building at the
terminus of the parade was a distinct
ly attractive feature o t the day's pro
gram, and the two baseball games, the
big wind-up at night, and the musical
I Henceforth, it appears, Jackson is to
have a Labor Day celebration of grow
ing interest.
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up
few
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Jerome Refuses to Allow Him to
Journey to Pittsburg As
Planned.
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Hearst News Service.
New York, September 8.—District
Attorney Jerome today declared that
Harry Thaw would under no circum
stances be allowed to go to Pittsburg
to appear in answer to the petition of
his creditors. He made It plain that
Thaw must remain In New York until
the case is finally decided.
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JUMPED TO DEATH
FR0MF0URTHFL00R
Hearst News Service.
New York, September 8.—Driven In
sane by continued illness, Mrs. Lillian
Reynolds, aged 60, committted suicide
today by plunging head first from a
fourth story window to the pavement
below. Her body was horribly man
gled by the fall and death was Instan
taneous.
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Another Monster Mill
For Hattiesburg District
CAMPAIGN OF EDUCATION
WAS A SPLENDID SUCCESS
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Powers and Blakeslee and Farmers' Union Of
ficials Greeted By Good Audienees.
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Daily News Special.
Jackson, Miss., September 8—The
"Campaign of Education," carried on
for the past several weeks by the
Farmers' Union, has come to a close,
and the officials of the union who have
watched its progress are well satisfied
with the result.
For some time past there has been a
concert of action between the two in
terested state officials—State Superin
tendent of Education J. N. Powers and
Commissioner of Agriculture and Com
merce H. E. Blakeslee—and the offi
cials of the Farmers' Union, in the
work of establishiug county depart
ments of education and agricultural
high schools, as well as in persuading
the farmers to adopt diversified farm
ing methods. And in this work they
have had the co-operation and assist
ance of the United States department
FIFTEEN PEOPLE LOST
AT SEA IN FRAIL DARK
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Hearst News Service.
San Padro, Cal., September 8.—The
fifteen persons who were on board the
gasoline fis hing launch "OK," missing
Five Hundred Convicts
Are Asking For Pardons
Daily News Special.
Jackson, Miss., September 8.—Gov
ernor Noel was in his office bright
and early this morning, after a day of
celebration on yesterday, in which he
took a prominent part, but with a good
deal of time in which to rest. He has
, ,
The'governor has already cleaned
up all the old charters which Gov-1
been busy most of the day with two
days' correspondence and with routine
matters chiefly,
few visitors to,the capitol during the
day, and a good day's work has been
the result.
There have been
TWENTY PEOPLE HURT
BY FALLING SCAFFOLD
Hearst News Service.
Philadelphia, September 8.—Twen
ty p*oj8® were injured this morning by
tho'-falltng of a scaffold being used
for making repairs on the old Hammer
stem Opera House building, which is
FRENCH AMY ROUTS
BLOODTHIRSTY MOORS
Hearst News Service.
Paris, France, September 8.—Hun
dreds of men on both sides were killed
in a fierce battle between French and
Burmuda troops at Blmenbib on the
CHOLERA KILLS 3,000
OUT OF 6,000 IN RUSSIA
Odessa, Russia, September 8.—Out I
of approximately 6,000 persons strick j
en with cholera in Russia this season,
by this department having traveled
with these men
added their influence to that of the
others for the purpose of aiding in the
crystalization of sentiment along that
line.
on occasions and
One or the latest thing* upon which
Commissioner Blakeslee is working is
to get county departments of agricul
ture established particularly in those
counties where the cattle tick has been
at work with such disastrous effect, In
order that there may be a closer co
operation in the work of eradicating
the tick.
The state livestock sanitary
board created by the last legislature
has been doing all it could along that
line, but the appropriation for th'e
maintenance of the work is very small,
and as the work covers several North
Mississippi counties, it is desirable,
and probably necessary, that local co
operation be obtained to a greater
tent than
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| since Saturday, have been given up
dead.. Search for the little vessel has
| so far proven futile and it is believed
| that it sank after an explosion.
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ernor Vardaman declined to approve,
and It develops, after all, that very
few of them
were in such shape that
they could be approved, most of them
being on the old forms, 'which are now
out of date,
There are still something like 500
pardon petitions ponding in the execu
tive ofTice, and these will be taken up
by the governor at odd times and spare
moments for disposal. Only a small
proportion of them will be granted, as
many of them, too, are out of date, the
prisoners having died or been dis
charged, their time having expired.
nearing completion,
precipitated four stories to the pave
ment and several of the injured cannot
recover.
were pedestrians caught under the
falling scaffold.
The men were
Two of the seriously hurt
Algerian frontier. News received here
today confirms -the report that 15,000
Moors who were surrounded by French
troops and routed, resulting in a com
plete and overwhelming victory for the
Fresch.
more than 3,000 have died, according
to official figures made public here to
day.
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Plant Will Be Located Near New
ton On Mobile, Jackson and
Kansas City Road.
TO BUILD RAILROAD
FIFTEEN MILES LONG
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Timbered Lands Comprising 20,000
Acres Already Secured—J. B.
Buckwalter, of
Head of Big Enterprise.
Wingate, at the
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J. B. Buckwalter, of Wingate, Miss.,
was in the city this afternoon enroute
to Union, Miss., where he goes to
close the final arangements in the
consumation of one of the largest lum
ber development deals incident to this
section of South Mississippi since the
panic.
Mr. Buckwalter owns 14,000 acres
of the finest timber lands in Newton
and Neshoba counties. To this he is
preparing to add 6,000 acres more,
making a magnificent tract of 20,000
acres.
Present plans contemplate the erec
tion of an immense steel mill near
Newton on the Mobile, Jackson and
Kansas City railroad and the building
of 15 miles of standard guage rail
road. The first six miles of the road
will he rushed to completion and the
rest will be built as needed. *
From an altogether reliable source
the News learns that Mr. Buckwalter
has already secured bids from the
United States Steel Corporation and
the Virginia Bridge Company on a mod
ern steel mill of 60 thousand feet a
day capacity, with provisions for en
largement as the occasion may de
mand.
Most of the rights of way for the
railroad have also been secured and
the probabllty is that active work
will begin on the big industry before
the first of October.
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TAFT TALKS
Hearst News Service.
Sandusky, 0., September 8.—Wil
liam H. Taft today made two speeches
before his departure for Cincinnati at
1:45 this afternoon.
HATTIESBURG MAN
IS SERIOUSLY ILL
Mr. R. N. Steadman was brought to,
the city from Bassfield this morning,
suffering from a second attack of apen
dlcitis and was carried from his homo
to South Mississippi infirmary, where
he will undergo an operation. His.
numerous friends trust that the opera
tion will prove entirely successful and
that he may soon be restored to health
again.
GREAT HONOR TO
HATTIESBURGAN
Mr. D. B. Holmes, of this city, has
been appointed to represent the South
ern States at the International Insur
ance Cosventlon, which meets in a few
days in Quebec, Canada. He will leave
the latter part of the week to attend
this meeting. This is a very high
honor when it is known that he repre
sents a number of Southern States In
this great assembly of life insurance
men.
Old subscribers to the Daily News
can get the famous White House
Cook Book by paying six months la
advance at the office only.
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