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j Sworn Circulation I, A. B. Hobbs, circulation manager of the Hattiesburg News, certify that the actual daily circulation of said paper, as shown by the books and records of the office and the press counter, is 1 , 8/8 I further certify that the increase for the month of September was more than 300 subscribers. A. B. HOBBS, Circulation Manager. Subscribed and sworn to before me, a notary public in and for the City of Hattiesburg, this October 1, 1908. J. E. Davi s, Notary Public. Jj V The News j Published Every Afternoon. (Except Sunday.) Office, 1X2 Front Street. .Editor .. .Manager Advertising .Circulation EDGAR G. HARRIS M. J. EPLEY. T R GORDON . A. B. HOBBS. Telephones: Editorial and Counting Rooms, Both 'Phones No. 35. Society Editor, Cumberland No. 429. HEARST TELEGRAPH AND CA BLE SERVICE received daily, the ex clusive franchise for which is owned by the Daily News. I Entered as second-class matter on May 22, 1907, at the Dostoffice at Hat-1 tlesburg, Miss., under the Act of Con gress of March 2, 1879. , j OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE NEW COUNTY OF FORREST. | FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1908. _ — J j 1 — v DEMOCRATIC TICKET ■ | For President WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN of Nebraska. i ! For Vice President JOHN WORTH KERN of Indiana. ; ❖ * « ❖ v THE TICKET. ♦ <• <• | 1 j > ❖ -j 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 StreetCommissioner-- Owen Reedy _. 1 | i ALDERMEN. City-at-Large—M. J. McGrath. Ward 1—E. L. McGowan and Dr. E. J. 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. Me-! Cullough. Letter Writers of the Campaign. In one of his recent letters ad dressed to Theodore Roosevelt, Wil liam Jennings Bryan says: ould misrepre ho are con "You fear that we sent the motives of those the Republican campaign unjust suspicion if the tributing ti fund, and cast an upon Republican candidates names and amounts were made known before the election. Your argument, if sound. would prevent publication after the election, for why should an unjust suspicion be cast upon officials after the election any more than before? Does not the secrecy before the elec tion increase this suspicion? We are going to give you an opportunity to misrepresent the motives of those who give to our campaign fund, and to arouse all the suspicion you can; going to prove to the people that we are making a fight for the whole people, and not for those who have been enjoying prLvileges and favors at the hands of the government, and expect that the honest sentiment of the country will rebuke tbe whose convention refused to indorse any kind of publicity and whose can didates are not willing that the peo ple should know until after the polls closed what predatory interests have been active in support of the Re publican party." In these words the great Nebraskan re we party an of punctures the strained logic of the President in his defense of the Re publican party's aversion to the pub licity of campaign contributions. i have ' In tone, Mr. Bryan's letters been in striking contrast to those of i the President. He has been respectful, j I Mr. Roosevelt j tactful and courteous, has been egotistical, bumptious and condescending. The spirit of his letter of to of published Monday morning was dis Its toplofti gustingly supercilious, ness, its conceit, its scorn, its sug gestion of celestial superiority made it intolerable. At least, the President might have been courteous. He might have been less of a bore and more of a gentle since the man to whom he was j man, , writing is the nominee of a great par j ty, a distinguished citizen and a man | second not even to himself in the es timation of the world. In fact the News cannot forget that time | Mr. Roosevelt himself at classed Mr. Bryan as one of the five one greatest Americans. ! Known Circulation. J For the first time in its history, the ] j Hattiesburg News today prints at its j 1 editorial masthead a sworn circulation | This Is in line with the j I ■ statement. | policy adopted by daily newspapers in the larger cities of the country* i where it has been generally approved by advertisers who want to know just ! what they are getting. The circulation of the Hattiesburg ; News is not as large as that of the big eily dallies, but it compares favorably I with similar publications in cities of | | Hattiesburg's class. 1 Of one fact we are reasonably cer tain. The circulation of the News is much larger than that of any other j newspaper in Hattiesburg or the Hat ' 1 . ..... • „ tiesburg territory, and it is increasing b 1 at a rate that is exceedingly gratify | ing to its publishers, i During the recent financial panic the I circulation of the News dwindled to | It has been steadily ; climbing for the past three months, le8s ,han 100 ° and tho ratlo of gl0 wth at the present I time is most satisfactory. The Hattiesburg News now guaran- ! circulation | • than any other TTattiesbcrg publication J ! or no charge • tising. open.to inspection. advertisers a larger tees t I ill be made for adver- I The books of the office are j I , A Serious Indictment Discussing the recent atrocious ; murder of Charles Fitzgerald l | if Indictment against the people of Clin | ton, mitted: | | j Vicksburg Herald brings this stinging where the crime was com "That this noble hearted man whose many virtues and engaging personality had endeared him to a legion of \ friends, should have been murdered by a wretched thief, whom in the line of duty Inspector Fitzgerald had detected in his crime, is a thing sad to con template. That the murder was com mitted in the presence of a crowd and not a hand raised to stay the crime, and his deliberate get away, is a scan dal on the state and a shame to the manhood of Clinton, stains that can only be lifted by the capture and pun ishment of the murderer Sorsby. Sure ly this is one case so flagrantly wicked where technicalities of law and tricks of lawyers will not cheat justice." For the cowardly assassin who took the life of a good and true man with out warning, depriving a beautiful home and a loving family of his suc to to at of cor and support, the News has no word of sympathy or commiseration, He deserves the destiny which the letter of the law imposes, and the reaches of eternity from whence only the grace of God can snatch his soul. But the News is loth to believe that the good people of Clinton are so much to blame. The statement of the dying man indicates that even he had no word of warning, and that the fatal shot was fired so suddenly as to pre clude the possibility of interception at the hands of the few eye-witnesses. | It is said that Sorsby remained in the town for more than an hour after the tragedy. If the people of Clinton knew of his presence, it was certainly their duty to effect his capture, and in their failure to do so they have in vited criticism—even censure. But the News will not enter into j wholesale condemnation of the people of Clinton until the real facts in the case are made known. A i Another Lindsey Story. ' Judge Ben B. Lindsey, of the Den i ver juvenile court, who is a former j Mississippian, knows how to tell a I j good story as well as a bad boy. In a recent article he tells a new one to illustrate the shortsightedness of the average business man in failing to appreciate the great economic value of public playgrounds. "Because the actual returns in dol lars are more or less invisible," ob serves the judge, "It is difficult for some people to see the necessity of public play grounds. They have as j little sense of real values as that boy whom I induced to go to Sunday | school. He said: all the little kids go and give up a 'It's a place where^ penny and don't get anything back.' He was thinking of the substantial stick of candy he got at the corner grocery for that precious penny. When asked if he hadn't learned anything ! there, he said. 'I learned about an gels, I did. I learned they had wings just like chickens, but I didn't learn or not.' One ] j whether they laid eggs | of the P ltiful tbin S 8 of the I> a8t has j been our confusion in dealing with the I problem of crime." Prosperity Is Here. Every line of legitimate business in Hattiesburg is experiencing a substan tial revival. This statement is made after a careful review of the situation and with full confidence in its ac. curacy. In some instances, the revival is | slow, of course. It is natural that the grocer should be patronized before the dry goods merchant; that men who have been out of employment for a long time should pay their debts and buy necessities before indulging in luxuries. sumed. tinualljt. The railroads are putting on a " °f tbe capable men they can se A great many of the mills have re Others are starting up con oure. This will be followed by the em ployment of additional clerks in the 8,ore8 and b >' the revival of real es tato * banking and kindred lines. ^ ithin a few weeks, possibly before tbe end * be Present month, the N ' ews believes that Hattiesburg will be almost as busy as during the flush times df a year ago. Present indications certainly point that way. <• Sometimes one good turn deserves a dozen A Kan saa City is to have a school for the purpose of teaching the art of "looking pleasant." It is said that the HOW'S THIS? We offer One Hundred Dollars Re ward for any case of Catarrh that can not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. P. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable In all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by his firm. Walding, Kinnan & Martin, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken Intern ally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price 76 cents per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for consti pation. large department stores are interested in the movement and that young women who apply for positions as salesladies will be sent to the new school for a course of instruction be fore they are placed on the pay roll. Hattiesburg girls, however, do not need such instrnction. A As to the failure of Hitchcock the New York Times sagely remarks that the management of a national cam paign is quite different from disciplin ing federal officeholders to get dele gates to a national convention—"Big politics are different from little poli tics." And yet who can play smaller politics than the Biggest Stick in All the World? A We are now told that Republicans have only followed the example of Til den in making a thorough organization at great expense. Did Tilden have an army of mercenaries at his back, paid by the people to rule over them? If Hanna followed Tilden it was only in time. A "The stock market last week was called a political market" says our dis patches. Why not call the forest fires a "political conflagration," since the political heat is reaching the blazing point, and a spark may be dangerous where material has accumulated so long? A All the opponents of My Policies have been bought by Standard Oil, of course. Since it is equally true that all the supporters of My Policies have been subsidized by United States Steel our character will look bad to others as our meat lately did. A The Chicago Record-Herald says: "In view of his connection with the powder trust, it is easy enough to understand why T. Coleman Dupont did not care to wait until somebody started a fire under him." A Even a great politician may err In choosing a time for making a raise in the ginger market. The tactics that won in 1904 will fail this year because the people will have time to investi gate and leisure to think. A Still there has been no denial that the Steel Trust is financing the Repub lican party, while ho proofs are pro duced that the Standard Oil is nearer to the Democrats than it was when Cortelyou demanded first $100,000 and then $250,000 in 1904. A It is admittetd that Taft opposes publicity before the election because he expects to get his campaign money from those whose contributions would cause the people to vote against him if they were known. A Bryan spoke in Taft's town a few days ago and was given an ovation. It was not more than right for the people of Lincoln to return the compliment. A The Charleston News and Courier notes that the states of the South Avoid Disappointment. - WHEN YOUR APPETITE IS KEEN for a toothsome breakfast or a substantial dinner, it v$ould be a pity to disappoint your self with an unsatisfactory meal. : : : : : : : Really First Class Groceries are never disappointing, and you get only the First Class kind here. Southern Grocery Company BOTH PHONES 136 The Pure Food Grocery. care as well as they can for their old soldiers, but are required to pay"$6 to their former foes for every dollar they can afford to their own. It Is a record for which the South need not blush though the load is staggering. A President Roosevelt's letter sounds much like that of a man who thinks it no harm to sell himself and get the price provided he afterward refuses to deliver the goods. Taft is' just like him. ' And he says A In admitting that he took the money of the "Malefactors of great wealth" and then boasting that he prosecuted them, the President seems inclined to make a virtue of treachery. a Old residents who have been watch ing the dogwood, and observing the thickness of the corn shuCk, tell us that we are to have an early frost. A The newspaper that faithfully chron icles the actual achievements of Hat tiesburg has little occasion to lndulgs in "hot air" performances. A How long can a flee go without eat ing?" askB the Houston Chronicle. Put one in a bottle and hold your watch on him. A Diogenes looked for an honest man with a lantern. Mr. Hearst has been looking for the dishonest ones with a searchlight. A Governor Haskell writes Mr. Roose velt that he is going to sue him. But most of us have gotten such threats ourselves. A Character and conscience are the treasures which we carry with us be yond the grave. A Judging from Mr. Taft's voice, Mr. Roosevelt must be suffering from a severe cold. A The man who has never failed has probably never done anything else worth mentioning. A The man who thinks most usually talks least. A Roosevelt says that he'll not reply Maybe he to Bryan's' last letter, can't. A Everybody is saying nice things about Hattiesburg now. No newspaper should have the right to inflict bad English. ' A The best way to forgive an injury is to forget it. A AUTO RACE MEET ARRANGMENTS MADE Kansas City, Mo., October 2.—Pre liminary preparations were completed today by the Kansas City Automobile Club for its third annual race meet, which will be held two weeks from to The feature will be a ten morrow. mile free-for-all for a $600 cup of fered by a local newspaper. BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL MEN'S READ! THINK! ACT! Protect your wages against loss of time caused by Accident or Illness. POLICY INSURANCE EFFECTIVE Insurance against accidental injuries and accidental death takes effect im mediately on issuance of policy, and for illness contracted after policy has been in force 60 days. Combination Health and Accident Special Accident Policy SPECIAL BENEFITS Pays Principal Sum for accidental death caused by Sunstroke, Freezing or Hydrophobia. Tiiple Indemnity Travel Accidents Health and Accident Insurance for Women Travel Policy, Issued in 2 Minutes Good for a Thousand Years l All Honest Claims postlvely paid at sight. No delay. No Red Tape. Policy Fee, $5.00 payable but once in a lifetime. Square Deal I do not want all the Insurance. _Just My Part A. Li. LINDSLE Y , General State Agent. 106 West Pine Street Hattiesburg, Miss. A -3TTTW ' WORK ALL! THE I ■ MAKE * ALL C\Vm\v^taY\Vj i YOUR L kMOHCYj Vo THE BANK, <Dr. Helpful service, careful manage .none and ample resources place the ' people in Oebt to the banks. But it is a ibbt that each man and woman should be glad to assume. It is a debt that increases every day, ,that draws interest in the shape of financial benefits and business advantages for the people The people are welcome to all available facilities offered by this bank —the convenience of the check account safety for funds, personal coun sel frem our officers, and every banking tenefit rendered our customers. We ate glad to offer you our service free of all charge. We must de pend upon the people for business. Any service we can render you is in the spirit of mutual advantage. You are debtor to this bank whether you do business with us or not. because every help we give our customers is an advantage to the commu , nity and you receive your share. The community is aided indirectly by our service. YOU will be helped directly if you are one of our customers. We ask you to secure direct assistance for your financial business. Yours very truly, J. C. BALLARD, Cashier. DEMOCRATIC PRESI DENTIAL ELECTORS. The following are the democratic presidential electors for the state of Mississippi to be voted for at the presidential election in November— published in response to special re quest : State at large: H. H. Brooks, Jr., and A. W. Shands. First district: S. J. McIntyre, of Prentiss county. Second district: Robert Gresham, of Benton county. Third district: J. W. Henderson, of Leflore county. Fourth district: T. C. Kimbrough, of Clay county. Fifth district: Jesse D. Jones, of Newton county. Sixth district: J. C. Street, of Lamar county. Seventh district: J. T. Lowry, of Amite county. Eighth district: H. B. Graves, of Madison county. We will do your plumbing for the next 60 days for absolute cost—we need money. See W. R. Williams manager of the Sanitary Plumbing Co. 9 29 12t 9 29 12t STOP PAYING RENT I have a number of very attractive propositions to offer the man who is paying rent which will enable him to be his own landlord. I can sell you homes from $400.00 up in monthly payments of $10.00 up to $100.00. Among the list is a nice five room house, well built, wired, with four grates and ash pits to each, convenient to the public schools and churches, in white neighborhood, splendid water, for $1,500.00, $100.00 cash and the balance $25.00 a month un til paid. Now is your opportunity to get a home on small easy payments, In fact it is the only way to save money. Look over your rent receipts for the last few years and you will see that if you had bought a home from me then on my easy payment plan, you would not only have it paid for but the Increase in value would en able you to sell it now for double what it cost you and all of this rent money would be saved. Don't hesitate but come at once to see me. | THOS. M. FERGUSON. Good Photos Every Day <1 There are no off-days here. ' We make good pictures every day except Sunday, and when you have paid for what you get here you have the satisfaction of knowing that you have not only gotten the best work, but that you have it for the least money. Henley s Studio 120 Railroad St. /