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The News Published Every Afternoon. (Except Sunday.) Office. 112 Front Street. EDGAR G. HARRIS M. J. EPLEY. A. B HOBBS. .EdL v .. .Manager Circulation Telephones: Editorial and Counting Rooms, Both 'Phones No. 35. Society Editor, Cumberland No. 429. Home Phone 254. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (By mail outside the city. One year .... Six Months . . Three Months $4.00 2.00 1.00 (By Carrier.) By the Week By the Month 15 cents 50 cents HEARST TELEGRAPH AND CA BLE SERVICE received daily, the ex clusive franchise for which is owned by the Dally News. Entered as second-class matter on May 22, 1907, at the Dostoffice at Hat tiesburg, Miss., under the Act of Con gress of March 2, 1879. OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE NEW COUNTY OF FORREST. SOUTHERN REPRESENTATIVE For Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas and Oklahoma: The Crockett Agency. New Orleans and Dallas. S N LABEL THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1908. -prove = ~ —~rw i 7 'he actual paid em ula tion of The News is ,685 Tuice the circulation op any South iMississippi paper ^ •4 o <• ❖ / NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS. ♦ ❖ All advertisers wanting ads in ❖ •> The News, and change of ads, on ❖ <• day in which ad. is sent in, must •> ❖ have same in the office by 10 ❖ ❖ o'clock a. m. In order to make •> ❖ the mails, it is necessary to make <• ❖ this rule, and The News hopes <• •> that all advertisers will accept •> ❖ this rule in the spirit in which it ❖ ❖ is intended. •> DAILY NEWS. •*« •*< .) <£• ••• •> #•» ••• ♦*. •> ''The people when rightly in-. <• formed will decide in a proper <• manner."—George Washington. **, .> •> THE PARCELS POST. A paragraph in a recent issue of The News, discussing the proposed estab lishment of the parcels post, seems to have aroused more or less antagonism among certain retail merchants in the Hattiesburg territory. In this collection, the following let-1 ter from Mr. T. T. Harper, of the Collins Hardware Company, will prove interesting: "Please advise us how to advertise in order that we may compete with the catalog houses with parcels post at v their disposal. "Advise us how to make up a cata log that will make Sears, Roebuck & Company's catalog look like cents to the customer. fiteei " Barrels "Are you familiar Rost" as proposed in this Country and as operated in other countries? with 'Are you familiar with statistics showing the amount of money con tributed by catalog houses to the dif ferent institutions throughout the United State? "Parcel Bost undoubtedbly serves to the disadvantage of retail mer chants, and we, the hardware mer chants, ask that if newspapers can • OPEN ACCOUNT IH OUR SAVINGS DEPARTMENT / - INTEREST P AID On"BALANCES" ('"L ■ r XjT ' A n~nuntsm. FtnuTonim— clTX , .AW* 7* ' souerr ACCOUNTS ' AAACt < SMALL JSCAMTtA r.W COOTf M rr ■cm vemretn Confederate Monument . The United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Hattiesburg Camp of Confederate Veterans have joined In a petition to the Forrest County Board of Supervisors for an appro priatlon of $5,00 for the erection of a permanent memorial on the court house common, and the News be lieves that every tax payer In the county would be glad to see the re- g quest granted. This Immediate section furnished a large number of brave and self sacrificing men for the Confederate army. Many of them died on the battlefield in defense of a cause which they believed to be just. Others have since answered final roll-call while engaged in peaceful pursuits, until only a fragment remains of the once formidable army. These few must soon join their dead comrades in the land of perpetual peace. Other counties of the State have erected monuments to their beloved j dead—some of them by public subscriptions; others by public appropria tions; such as that which is now contemplated by the Forrest County Heard of Supervisors. An appropriation is preferrable, for the reason that it rests more even ly on the shoulders of our citizens, and on each according to his ability to pay. Captain J. P. Carter, himself a valiant Confederate soldier, was Lieu tenant Governor and presided over the Senate when the act was passed giving Boards of Supervisors the au thority to make appropriations for this purpose, and in his speech beffore the Supervisors of Forrest Coun ty yesterday called attention to the fact that the law was passed with out a dissenting voice in that bod,.—a filing testimonial to the esteem in which the Confederate veteran is held by the lawmakers of Missis sippi. The News trusts that the citizens and tax-payers of Forrest County will show the same enobling spirit, and that not a word of protest may be uttered when the Supervisors decide to make the appropriation for the erection of this monumnt. v not inlist in our favor, that they not ! make favorable comment, unless they i have studied the matter thoroughly." ! The News has before expressed the | conviction that the progressive retail ! er in the smallest town or city could turn the parcels post to advantage, j and that its establishment would not the bugaboo which some are in dined to fear. The average retail merchant sells goods every day, quality considered, as cheap as they can be purchased from the big mail order houses, but the buying public is not apprised of While the average retailer cannot produce a "catalog that will make Sears, Roebuck & Company's catalog look like fiften cents," as our correspondent suggests, there are other and more effective ways to con vince the public that money spent at home will get more in the long run than if sent to the distant cities for merchandise of questionable quality. The coming of the parcels post is certain. President Roosevelt recom mends it in his message. It is urged by many Democrats as well. And the country has come to regard its estab I lishment as the next progressive step ! in the evolution of transportation and the bringing of the rural population into closer relation with the rest of the world. i | There is just as much reason for it . as there was for the establishment the fact. j nf ,he malls ' tho telegraph, telephone or the express. j Opposition to the establishment of I , __,. . . , ..... the parcels post originated with the express companies, and the antago ! nism of ihe retail merchant has been 1 »i iitsecl cniefiy prepared at their expense. ;h the literature ] But progressive retailers are not j sleeping. The slogan of "keep your; money at home" is being urged |through the columns of the local press, j an d the 'home trade idea" has spread I, , ,. ... to almost every section of the coun lry ' With the help of the local newspa pers. which is always at the com mand of the retail merchant makes liberal use columns. tho f its advertising The News believes that the enterprising retailers of Hattiesburg will welcome the establishment of the parcels post. With rural carriers selling stamps I and money orders and delivering pack ages front the stores, the volume of t-t'siness will Increase materially, and I the local merchant will save in clerk ht-e and Increased business more than the slight reductions in price neces arv to compete with the mail order I't t ses of the big cities. The parcels post is coming and [ had just as well prepare for it. we | _ CHAMP CLARK. j Champ Clark with bis eloquence, j logic and good-natured humor, is ; be the Leader of the Democratic Mi j nority. to ! While the gentleman from Missouri ] scarcely measures up to the intellect ual standard of his immediate prede cessor, he is by no means obscure by comparison. Mr. Clark has been in the for a dozen House years, and he cannot be classed as a silent member. He has had things to say—some of them im portant—and he has said them in a way that has convinced the of his ability as a legislator and the Democratic Minority with his talent for Leadership. country The fact that Mr. Clark the higher niche worthy. ularlty that few members of Congress enjoy and a confidence which will not be abused. But Champ is all right. We are bet ting on him. goes into unopposed is note It bespeaks a personal po li we trust President Roosevelt is right in his contention for the abolishment of the custom of promoting men in the by the Standard of seniority. Under such system it is often impossible for army a man to obtain high position lAtil he is too old to perforf action I VJ *''ce or useful tonal merit, not age, is IV | the standard by which | cations should be guaged. men of all avo 1 ! Tllf ' b 'S advertising agencies of the j country are recognizing the fact that , * 1e llle( ^* um through ! " ' ' ' '° rea ° h ,he peo P ,e of the Hat tiesburg district. I Numerous orders for advertising space have been book ed during the past week and almost | I every mail brings inquiries for rates. -4 Bat Crowe, | several ) j t 0 have klpnaped "Eddie" Cudahy, will i State of Ohio, City of Toledo, j I Lucas County. | I ; who came into notoriety ago when he is alleged eats ss. Frank J. Cheney makes oath that j he is senior partner of the firm | Cheney & Co., doing business in the j city of Toledo, County of V. J. and j aforesaid, and that said firm will ' the sum of ONE HUNDRED LARS for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure. state pay noL FRANK j. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of De cember, A. D. 1886. A. W. GLEASON, Notary Public. (Seal) Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inter pally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by all Druggists, 76c. Take Hall's Family Pills for con stipation. become an evangelist, preaching the gospel and the philosophy of life in an effort to lead young men from the primrose paths which he has traveled. It is announced that the Standard Oil Company of Indiana has made div idends of 5,500 per cent, during the past seven years. The stockholders ought to be satisfied. Those who are referring to the pres ident's recent exhibition of verbosity as his "farewell message" shouldn't be so cocksure. There may be numer ous postscripts. ❖ The Memphis Commercial Appeal asks, "Why not catch Bonl and Helie and lock them up together in a ca nary cage?" A starving woman with a sick child was turned down by all of the chari able institutions in New York. Pine Bluff is at least one city where a dry ticket would receive a unani mous vote. + The present crusade against divorce is not necessarily a personal attack on Nat Goodwin. Keep this to yourself—the shopper will get the bargains—after Christmas. late The most popular book just now is —the pocketbook, of course. Formosa's Sugar Exports. Formosa, with its population of 3,000,000, is running the Philippines neck and neck in the export of sugar. Each exported a value of $4,000,000 in 1907. An Everlasting Trait. Woman may some time win the right to vote, but she will cease to hide things under the bed tick. Bellows Long Known. It is proved by ancient carvings un earthed in Egypt that the were in use for forcing fires in the fifteenth century B. C. bellows A HOLIDAY INNOVATION. The Saturday Evening Post pub lishes the following interesting and valuable story: "A traveling salesman had an only son with whom he had been liberal in the matter of spending money, and •ather thoughtless. The boy began de veloping extravagant habits, and had no appreciation of the value of money. So the father made it a rule that all the spending money he got in future must be earned. The boy's mother was made the employer, and a regular schedule of prices for definite chores was drawn up—two cents a basket for splitting kindling, five cents an hour for hoeing garden, five cents a hun dred for collecting potato bugs. "This reformed the boy in one way, for it made him ambitious. He got out of bed early in the morning to earn money. There was always a big pile of kindling on hand, and he kept an eye open for odd jobs of all kinds. "But the reason he worked for money was that he might buy more or less useless things that he had bought under the old arrangement. So a saving plan was added to the ing plan. "The boy was permitted to spend one-quarter of all the money he made in his own way, without supervision. Another quarter went into a small home bank to be deposited in lngs account at interest. The remain ing fifty per cent of his earnings was kept back by his father, half to be invested in books and half in tools and toys. earn a sav ♦ ♦ "Before anything was bought out of this final fund, however, father and son had a conference and agreement on articles to be purchased or books selected. ♦ * ❖ Thus the fund went chiefly to the purchase of educational toys, such as a printing-press, a scroll-saw, No anticipation of a camera. pay ments was permitted, nor any trans fer of money from one fund to another to hurry the consummation of a pur chase. In that way the fact that there was a surplus on hand did not klH the incentive to work for an object." It Is the special business of our sav ings department to take care of sav ings and earnings of this nature and while being cared for they will be earning interest at the rate of 4 per cent per annum. On making the first deposit of one dollar we furnish you with a small private bank to take home with you. You could not select a Christmas present for any member of the fam ily that would be more useful and more productive of happiness than this. We shall be glad to explain more fully if you will call. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF COM MERCE, tf. Hattiesburg, Miss. A GOOD STOMACH. Means Good Health, Cheerfulness, Ambition, Persistency and 8uccess. Mi-o-na will cure your dyspepsia or any other stomach trouble by build ing up the flabby walls, and making the Btomach so strong that it will di gest food without pepsin or other arti ficial aid. In other words, Ml-o-na cures dys pepsia by removing the cause. Hays and Field are the agents for Mlona in Hattiesburg, and they say to every reader of the News whose stomach is weak, who has Indigestion or dyspepsia, that Mi-o-na is guaran teed to cure or money back. The price is only 50 cents a large box, and one box Is all you need to prove that you are on the right road to health and happiness. "I can't say enough for Ml-o-na tsj lets; they have done more for me in one week than all the doctors have for the two years that I have been der their care, and I will do all I to recommend it to my friends. You can also use my name in your ad. il you like, for Mi-o-na is better than gold to me. I am like a new man, and am able to work once more for the first time in over a year."—W. A. Ennis, 328 Green St., Syracuse, N. Y. 12-10, Thurs-Tues. 3t. iin can Marriage and Wisdom. Borne women will believe anything you tell them until you marry them. —Dallas News. NOTICE. The annual meeting of the share holders of the First National Bank of Commerce, of Hattiesburg. Miss., will be held in the office of the bank, Tues day Jan. 12, 1909, at 11 o'clock a. m. At this meeting the directors for the ensuing year will be elected and all general business of importance will be discussed and disposed of at this meeting. Shareholders please take notice. J. P. CARTER. President. R. C. HAUENSTEIN, Cashier. ❖ ❖ ❖ •> ♦ •> <:• •> •> * * * .j. .J.q. •:< .j, * .j..j..> <> <• ♦ ❖ ♦ ♦ ♦ <• ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ❖ ♦ ❖ ♦ ❖ ❖ ♦ We fully realize that the time is fast approaching when we have all got to turn our attention and pay mogg respect to the farming class of people. We are well aware that what is to your interest is to our interest, thereby making the cause a mutual benefit to all. So having this in mind, we have gone about to try and secure for our farming friends a complete and up. to-date line of agricultural implements, consisting of one, two and three horse plows, disk harrows, walking and riding cultivators, stalk cutters, combination planters. In fact everything in the improved implement line. In doing this we have secured the exclusive agency for the ♦ ♦ ❖ ♦ ♦ ♦ «0> ♦ * ♦ v * * ♦ ♦ ♦ Celebrated Jno. Deere Line <• ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ❖ ♦ * ♦ ♦ ❖ ♦ *> which we consider the best and most complete line on the market, are strictly high grade In every particular, and every article Is guaranteed to give entire satisfaction. They ♦ 4 ♦ We now have on exhibition at our store a complete line and invite you to come and inspect them, pleasure In showing and presenting to you the points of interest in the im plements. ❖ We will take 4 4 4 We are told by parties who travel all over the United States, that the farmers of this part of the state seem to be at least twenty-five years behind other sections of the country and we do not want these con ditions to exist any longer. There Is no excuse for it, we have as good lands here as you will find anywhere. You can raise anything that can be raised in any other country, and a great many more by the use of a little commercial fertilizer. I <• ♦ * ♦ <• ❖ ♦ * ♦ In fact, we have got the garden spot of the We want our friends to wake up to the situation and put In these Improved Implements, and turn your lands in the fall. Get all the grass, weeds, etc., turned under, let them stay there and decay, and hy spring your land will be very much stronger and will also be in good state of cultivation. Now these are facts as you all know, and with just a little outlay of money, you can buy enough Improved implements, whereby one man and two mules can cultivate as much land as three men and three mules in the old way, and can do It with a great deal more ease. We have gone to a great expense and trouble in selecting I his line and putting It within your reach and hope you will not fail to take / advantage. ❖ world, but we do not seem to realize it. <• ♦ ♦ ♦ ❖ ♦ * ♦ ♦ ❖ ♦ ❖ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 4 ♦ ❖ ♦ * It may seem a little hard for you to take on the full line at first, but let us insist, it will be money well spent and will come back ten-fold the first year. ❖ ❖ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Saturday, November 28, we gave a little public demonstration here with these Improved Implements, and was very much gratified to of the farmers present and manifesting so much interest. We will arrange to have another of these public demonstrations in about ten or fifteen days. We will have an expert here from the factory, who will take the plows out in the field, where you can see them actually at work. We will advise you when the next one will be and hope you will be on hand, as the in formation you will get will do you good, whether you buy or not. We are here to furnish the Implements that will make for you the biggest crop in 1909 that you have ever made, and will do It with less pense. We Want to Serve You and want Your business. « « see so many ♦ * ♦ ♦ ♦ * ♦ « ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 4 * 4 ex * ♦ ♦ ❖ * ♦ We are also exclusive agents for the celebrated Ellwood Field Fence, and anyone wishing to purchase this line will do well to get our prices before buying elsewhere. * ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 4 4 ♦ 4 ♦ Yours very truly, 4 ♦ ♦ ❖ HAWKINS HARDWARE ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ it COMPANY ♦ ♦ ♦ 44444444444444444*444444444444444444444444444444444« C MAKE ALL. r WORK ■ ALL * SURPLUS $25,000 Your Purse and Your Business U\\U'\YS\kw\V I. YOUR l MONEY j CAPITAL $100,000 The money in your purse tells Just what, cash This Is our grandfather's method of business. The careful man of today avails himself of the check accouat aid celves distinct advantages over carrying his money on his person. Keeping your money in your purse has the same relation to your bus iness as the physician who guesses at his patient's pulse. There is a risk in either case—neither eliminates the chances of The check account indicates with acuracy the condition of your busi ness pulse. It records receipts and expenditures, the record is anent and reliable. It costs less to use a check book than you have oa haad. re > error. perm This bank gives a purse. you protection for your money that no purse can offer. Shift the responsibility for keeping your money safely from your purse to US. Yours very truly, /. C. BALLARD, Cashier. r 1 r * NOTICE! A nice farm for rent; fine chance for right man. A four room house near Newman mill for $400.00 all cash. A splendid six room house, lot 123 ft by 210 ft. all modern conveniences, 200.00 cash, balance 50.00 per month, or will rent for 25.00 month. Your choice of fifty houses at right prices on the monthly payment plan. Twenty-five choice building [lots either ca<h or credit where you want to build a none Lot FREE to a good man wanting to build a home and not able to pay for a house and lot. Yours, THOS. M. FERGUSON. J