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(1 ✓ K V y DATES OF STATE CONVENTIONS A Deluge Of Conventions During The Week Commencing Next Monday. Mississippi is to have a deluge of conventions during the week com Three big mencing next Monday, gatherings are on the calendar lor the present week, and nine state bodies will meet during the week to come. The state chapter of the United Daugh ters of the Confederacy Is holding its session at Meridian, and the Missis sippi Teachers' Association will invade Jackson tomorrow, calendar for the ensuing week is as follows: j The convention I i Mississippi branch of the King s I j i DON'T PULL OUT THE GRAY HAIRS I I ! i pie Reme- ! A Few Applications of a Si dy Will Bring Back the Natural Color. I j I i "Pull out one gray hair ami a d will take its place. ' is an old saying, I , . , . .» which is, to a great extent, true, if no | steps are taken to stop the cause. When gray hairs appear it is a siy^i that nature needs Nature's call for help. Gray hair, dull. I lifeless hair, or hair that is falling out. . i is not necessarily a sign of advancing : age, for there are thousands of elderly , people with perfect heads of hair with- j out a single streak of gray. j ; I assistance. I it When gray hairs come, or when the hair seems to be lifel good, reliable hair-restoring treatment. | S or dead, some Special should be resorted to ar once. , ists say that one of the best prépara tiens to use is the old-fashioned "sag ■ ' tea.- which our grandparents used. The best preparation of this kind is Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair Rente-) dy, a preparation of domestic sage and I scientifically compounded j , j ' ! I i sulphur. with later discovered hait: V stimulants, thy .viidie mixture being j carefully Dalanced and tested by ex- 1 ann perts. Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur is clean and wholesome and perfectly harm-j .... re less. It refreshes dry. parched hair, removes dandruff and gradually stores faded or gray hair to its natural color. the public at fifty cents a bottle, and is recommended and sold by The Owl Drug Store. This preparation is offered Drug Store. in June. _ ^1 /P r Try Anything Once Try— News Want Ads First For One-Cent-a-Word you can talk direct to the home that wants to buy, *ell, trade, bor row, loan or exchange the very article you have in mind. Résulté ' A re Certain If You Use NEWS WANT ADS NO ADS TAKEN FOR LESS THAN 25c. CASH TO ACCOMPANY ORDERS J 4 Daughters at Meridian, May 8th to [ 11th, inclusive. Grand I.odge, Knights of Pythias in Jackson, May 8th to 10th. Mississippi Association of Elks at Greenville, May 9th and 10th. Diocesan Council of the Episcopal ; Church of Mississippi at Natchez, May ! 9th to 11th. Mississippi Press Association at Brookhaven, May 9th to 12th. Mississippi Retail Hardware Deal- : ers' Association at Gulfport, May 9th j to 11th. Mississippi Dental Association at Hattiesburg, May 9th to 11th. Mississippi Bankers' Association at Greenwood, May 11th and 12. Mississippi Intercollegiate Oratori cal Association at Gulfport, May 12th and 13th, with field day, athletic meet ing and baseball game to decide the college championship of state. 3f TWO DUELS. The Second One Was to. Avenge the Victim of the First. A certain English gentleman who was a regular frequenter of the green room of Drury Lane theater in the days of Lord Byron's committee and who always stood quietly on the hearth rug there with his back to th« fire was in Ills usual place one night when a narrative was related by an other gentleman, newly returned from the continent, of barrier duel that had taken place in Paris. A young Englishman, a mere boy, had been despoiled in a gaming house in the Palais Royal, had charged a certain gaming count with cheating him, had gone out with the count, had j wasted his fire and had been slain by I the count under the frightful elrcum i stances of the count's walking up to s him, laying his hand on his heart, say ing, "You are n brave fellow—have you a mother I in the affirmative remarking coolly, "I j nm sorry for her," and blowing ids i victim's brains out. and on his replying iUeumn on the hearth rug , a pinch of snuff to •ith The I paused In la I hear ! great placid!iv. i kill that I a a! A fe "I am afraid I must and observed this - ! 'lapsed, during which I the greenroom hearth rug was without j him, and tl I i as before and only incidentally meu iii n ti ii lie reappeared precisely I jioned in tij "Gentlemen. I killed that r no | I once »here, hnd tnUl Hi.. that he bud come i to avenge his young compatriot and : hnd done „ ,, v thP count , of tWg v ,„ rU1 * ÎU , (1 ,, im i nK back to the j hearth rug ns if nothing had happened f the v al.' Paris on pur be count to the He had !• n j pose, had tracked ; same I glass of had thn gaming house vn face in the pres it .ii puny assembled i.f all ( ut s Butterfly Belief, mid "iris in Russia often Russ | do not have the joy of butterfly chas S ing or collecting, for the popular and Small liny; , pretty belief of the peasants is that ■ ' aie the eurfhbouud softls of the dead, compelled to liU ger für 3(Jtue minor ex is piation 0 f sin. As the nurses of the children of all below royally are from I ehe peasant dus j tuem .at an early , j would be t ' and thus Imbue them ! tlon that lasts until I grown.—New York Tribune. i these swarms of fragile, lovely insects they impress on ige how wicked It catch and torture a soul j ex- 1 vith a supersti well hey | NEW YORK WOODMEN. .... Saratoga. N. Y., May 3.—Modern re- I Woodmen of America opened the i state convention of the order here to day. The state camp has completed the | preparations for its part in the enter is i minutent of the national head camp | delegates, who will gather in Buffalo ^Saturday p> NIGHT •SERMONS BY RKiWÔttW.PDlWBJlû Di'. THE ETERNAL WEIGHING. velglied In the bal Text. "Thou ( ance -' Dan. y, Education is really the cultivation oi t he critical faculty, judgment, setting , , . . , ,, . one thing over against another and rendering a verdict. Belongs to all con : ( ' dltlons "Robber!" shrieks Juvenile 3ip voice on bleachers. "Dal man wasn't make out at first!" It's the keenest, most in used faculty in human nature. We get Tt from the Almighty. Only no man be ever thinks be will ever strike the scales himself. "Judgment is archaic," p i an 'says the malefactor. "There's to be no , .... . udgment!" cries one rogue after an ither. So it runs on to the end of a oug, disgraceful chapter. Certainty of w bh a sure, swift, terrible judgment would ahead (have a magic effect on business and political methods in America today, age "Do I believe in a Judgment day? farms One or a thousand. "For all menr All or none. If none then the kingdom , . of heaven is worse than some cities that sit "corrupt and contented," fox can they punish violators of city ordl- ance nances—if they're poor and friendless, an "But men are suffering every day for their offenses. ' Yes, suffering conse- rivals quences, not penal«*». "Aren't von appealing to fear when you talk judg- „ ment?" Yes. fear and comfort also. that on I . ., • Anybody can weigh himself, »tout I' 11 J u Se le the when I come to tell. If too thin the prob lem's easier still. Figures don't lie, 1 crops. But then I myself j in A pound's u pound— j j s sixteen ounces. Not thirty-five, but tliir- j bas I yard. Right's right; wrong's wrong. I may scribble figures and multiply words, but all the while 1 hat I filled mv 1 found Your Own Scales. If I'm but liars figure, »know the truth. ty-six, inches is ' I in I the know. 1 know with shuttle before the .cloth was woven, The truest human register is in the age soul itself. One is his own district attorney, Judge and jury. Aye, suicide statistics show one may be his own executioner. Whether the Bible story of heaven and hell is correct or no doesn't matter. They are within us, And the black pages, with (Cow and here. the closed chapters, the hushed up must things, are ou the scales of our own ^balancing. acts Your Neighbor's Scales. The world's scales are u little un a certain. Depends on when, where and who. in oue age "witchcraft" is a serious thiug; in another it's laughed ut. The world swings from a Puritan to a "wide open" Sunday. I crowd on Sunday night in Toronto blood you'll go to church; in San Francisée l you'll go to the theater. One State hangs for murder; another adds rape another train wrecking, another arson. Your friends, your enemies, you! neighbors, your community, is weigh ing you. But their scales are mighty imperfect, liable to Ignorance, mistake, prejudice. They know only part of tbi facts. You're neither so good as youi friends think nor so bad as your eue- pa mies think. Their judgments are a queer mixture of bate, love, kindness and selfishness. There's very little sympathy and n great deal of cruelty in your fellow's weighing, because he lakes your worst trait and measures it against his best. He doesn't mention his greed when he condemns your pas He forgets his uutruthfulness by Follow the free. â sion. ben be excoriates your fondness fot Nevertheless your neighbor's d rink. judgment can be deep, searching and fearfully just. If your shopinates unite I in declaring you are untruthful, ii your neighbors ns a whole declare you are an imprudent woman, if your best friends or even your worst enemies "I hint that your capital is empty, swell ing. flaunting, pretentious, then it is ! at least time to stop and take accouni ! of stock. It may be that you are mis judged and ill abused, but it looks as if the scales may be giving you youi true weight. it You cannot weigh all things in samt scales. Coal scales and gold scales ar< ! different. One scale will weigh i freight car, another an eyelash. Then 1 are others yet more important on I which thoughts and motives, conduc and character, are weighed. They ar« | try the Invisible scales of the Almighty Oue may be using world scales anc fee) satisfied. God balances afterwarc and says, "Weighed and wanting." Na poleon says, "God is on side of heav ! liest battalions." God's answer Is St ' God's Scales. Helena. A great constitutional lawyer rises In nntlonal firmament, swayt ! . *-»ii i_ - United States senate. Drink is on om ior pan of scales, presidency the other Weighed and wanting! God puts i great church In the scales—minister 'officials, choir, pipe organ, cathedral like structure on one side, spiritual lift on the other. Weighed and wanting Once upon a dn.v the Master stone over against the treasury and watched the wealthy Jews drop their rich gifts (Into the treasury box of the temple. A ipoor widow came, dropped in her mite H He declared she gave more than an« !that day. He weighed cost of gift und how much was left. There's no weight ing scales, binding beams, wrestin, pivots, altering figures after that. Hi* scales are awful in their exactness. But the weighing is really Just. Thank God for that! He takes heart desires, unexpressed feelings, just purposes,) bidden repentance, heredity, environ ment, opportunity, health. Into account iHe spreads our life out before him IHe sees it as a whole. He doesn't se lact one bad gnarled apple from undei our life tree. He notices Ute whob crop. EXPERIMtNTS IN COTTON GROWING Di'. J. C. Gathings, of the State Peni tentiary Will Try Cotton Raising in Boll Weevil Territory. , , ... .. „ „ . _ . Jackson, Miss., May 3.— Dr. J. C. , ' , , : ( ' 8th,n * 8 ' »»P^ntendent of the Mlssis 3ip f i Penitentiary, has planned to make experiments in cotton growing in the boll weevil districts this year, Despite the fact that the weevil will be generally prevalent in the middle section of the state, cotton has been p i an ted on the Oaklev and Rankin _, .. ,, , ,, , r places, and the cultural methods of , , „ „ a Propagation will be closely followed, w bh the hope of maturing the staple ahead of the period when the weevil commits its worst ravages. The acre age devoted to cotton on these two farms is small, but the result of the ex* periments wi „ be awaited with much , . ,, ... , , intereBt - 88 they wi » show just what can Accomplished by strict compli ance with government methods, and an abundant labor supply, which, for tunately, won't chase off to church fes rivals and picnics when the crop is a crltical conditton . „ , . _ . Superintendent Gathings reports that crops are in fairly good shape on the big farm in Sunflower county, where over 12,000 acres have been pianted in cotton, corn and other I 1 crops. The rains have been excessive j in that section, but the Parchman farm j j s well drained, and no serious damage j bas v , suited 1 1 found on the Belmont place in Holmes minify, last year, and the cotton acre j ! i The weevil has not put ' I in its appearance on that farm during I the present year. A few weevils were age at that place lias been reduced. disease, and in order to cure it you Hall's CATARRH CANNOT BE CURED with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot reach the seat of the disease. I Catarrh is a blood or constitutional must take internal remedies, Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces. Hall's Catarrh Cure is not a quack medicine, a blood purifiers, acting directly on the mucous surfaces. The perfect combi nation of the two ingredients is what produces such wonderful results in tbi pa tion. a he it — Mrs. Lena Gresham, of Clinton, Miss., Has a Few Facts to Tell Our Readers About Cardui. It was prescribed by one of the best physicians in this country for years and is a regular pre scription. It is composed of the best tonics known, combined with the best curing Catarrh. Send for testimonials free. F. J .CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, price 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for const! â Mississippi ENTHUSIAST fot and ii you Clinton, Miss. —"Thanks to Cardui, best writes Mrs. Lena Gresham, of this place, "I have been greatly relieved." "I suffered for three years from female haci taken medicine is ! inflammation, and ! roni four different physicians without h benefit. as "I have received more benefit from seven bottles of Cardui, than from all the physicians." Just try Cardui. That's all we ask. it speaks for itself. It has helped so iany thousands, it must be able to ar< ! iieip you. i Trying Cardui won't hurt you. It is 1 afe, harmless, gentle in action, and on I purely vegetable. Ifvouare weak, tired, down and out, ar« | try Cardui. if you are sick, miserable, and suffer anc rom womanly pains, like headache, backache, dragging feelings, pains in Na '^..arnts, legs, etc -try Cardui. ! It is the medicine for all women, St ' It is the tonic for you. yj B —Wr/te/o.-Ladies'Advisory Dept, Chatla ! wnca Medicine Co.. Chattanooga^Tenn., tor Specla - instructions, and t)4-pa«e book. Home Trent mem om ior Women." sent in plain wrapper, 00 requchu / \ Daily News Telephones Vi Business and Job Printing' Offices Phones - Editorial* Society Editor, [Reporters Phones 133 35 s J \ * \. — LIBERTY SOUGHT FOR PEHMENTER Louisville, Miss., May 3.—Messrs. Hopkins. Brantley and Rogers, attor neys for Swinton Permenter, the al leged murderer of Miss Janie Sharp, who was granted a new trial last week, will at an early date make application to have their client released on bond. At the July term of the circuit court the lawyers will ask for a change of venue, which will no doubt be granted as an impartial Jury cannot be obtain ed to try Permenter in this county, It is generally admitted. _ C. to r of , is PROGRESS. What pains and tears the slight est steps of man's progress have cost! Every hairbreadth forward has been in the agony of some soul, and humanity has reached blessing after blessing of all its vast achievement of good with bleeding feet—Bar tol. OR. W. A. CHARPING Optician and Optometrist Graduate New York, Chicago, Atlanta end Boston. Office Carter Bldg. Room 303. RAILROAD TIME TABLES. GULF &. SHIP ISLAND Main Line—Southbound. Train No. 3 leaves at Train No. 5 leaves at.10:35 a. m. North Bound. Train No. 4 leaves at.10:30 a. m j Train No 6 leaves at.7:53 p. m. | Columbia Division—Southbound. No. 10T Lv. Mendenhall .... j Ar. Maxie . ! Ar. Gulfport. 1*:21 p. ui. (No. i No. 109 7:13 d tn put 7:10 a. m, ! -11:39 a. m ! you I Lv. Jackson ..2:39 p. m , Ar. Columbia .6:00 p. in Columbia Division—Northbound. Ar. Mendenhall .10:33 p. m. [ Lv. Maxie . Lv. Gulfport. Ar. Jackson . Lv. Columbia ... Laurel Branch—North and Seuth Bound. and . G:05 p. m i . 4:10 p. in .10:02 a. m. . 0:25 a. m. not the in ^ i this pre . 3:30 p. m . 5:00 p. ui. j 11:60 p. in. (No. 0) I .10:00 p. m (No. 3) ! I.v. Laure! ., Ar. Saratoga Ar. Jackson Ar. Gulfport Lv. Jackson (No. 5) . 6.00 a. m j Lv. Saratoga (No. 201) . 8:00 a. m. j 10:00 a. m At Laurel ! : MISSISSIPPI CENTEX. Train No. 1 leaves at. 6:35 a. m. Train No. 3 leaves at Train No. 2 arrives at.12:10 noon. Train No. 4 arrives at 2:40 p. in 7:30 p. m. J NEW ORLEANS & NORTHEASTERN j North Bound. Arrives 2b a.in. 20 a.m. . in ■* p.m. .11:05 p.m. South Bound. Arrives. . 5:20 u ni. .10:25 a.m. . 4:58 p.m. . 9:00 p.m. NO Dei-art b ! 10:30 a.m 11:25 a.m 9:20 p.m 11:08 pm . 10 : I No. Depart n 5:23 ».in 12:15 p til 5:08 p.m 1 6 I ... 4:10 a.m t n.,o. M. & C. R. R. 'rain No. 13 leaves at_ 7:60 a m. Train No. 16 leaves at.... 6:20 p. m Train No. 14 arrives at.... 10:32 a. m. Train No. 16 arrive* at.... » 92 p. ra from the ask. so to is and out, suffer in « r cures ^ MEN & WOMEN Dm 61c Q tor ennatara) discharge*, inflammations. | irritations or oloaraUons of m a cous msmbranss. Fslnlsss* Guaranteed not to strioture. Prevents contagion. Bold by Drafflata, ■ Circular sent on request, i Ln« Brus (Steaded Oh CINCINNATI, O. . Sa Ii Chatla Specla mem y 5 3 1 ' o ♦ CURES • SKIN DISEASES A perfect condition of the skin exists as long as the blood is normal, but when it becomes contaminated with humors atul acids its sv»iV ÿ . nutritive properties is greatly lessened, and it becomes a sharp, ac: H» • which diseases instead of preserving the natural h^uth and textuiew skin. Then come Skin Diseases; the character of the eruption upon the nature of the humor with which the blood is infected. It V'tV* an excess of acid in the circulation the trouble is-characterized by itching and burning eruptions. Other impurities produce watery blisters, rashes, etc., commonly known as Eczema, Tetter or Salt Rheum, \v.iile still other morbid matters in the circulation cause Acne, pimples and like troubles, it is right and proper to get what relief one ir. from the application oi w lies, salves, etc., but such treatment should not Le depended on alone to produce a cure—only a thorough purification of the blood can accomplish this. o. S. b. cures Skin Diseases of every character and kind, because it purines the Rood.. the humors and acids, builds Book ou ma al of It It goes down into the circulation and removes tile weak, acrid blood, and completely cures all skin affections. S. S. S. i.i fur sale at drug stores. ni Skia Diseases and any medical advice free. THE SY/IFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA. YOU'RE LOOKING, we know you are, for just such a laundry as the Phoenix, that will give you complete satisfaction at all We launder your color ed shirts in a manner that returns them to you looking as fresh as it new. We also launder your collars, cuffs and linen shirts so that they will keep stiff on the warmest days. iw ■ V I Mmes. a ; J Phoenix Laundry Both Phons« 36. 200-206 Main 8t. 4 303. rTl Gulf & Ship Island R. R. WEEK-END Excursion Fares m. m j m. | tn m, ! | m ! I m , in m. [ TO GULFPORT, MISS. m i in m. m. l| I Beginning m ui. j 0) I 3) ! Saturday, April 29 1911 . m j m. j m ! : \ m. noon. in Gulf and Ship Island Railroad will put In effect the following summer round trip excursion fares: m. M MAIN LINE From Stations Jackson to Star, both inclusive Braxton to Lux, both inclusive. Hattiesburg. McLaurine to Maxie, both inclusive. Bond to Howison, both inclusive . Saucier. Lyman . .$ 2.00 j 1.50 1.35 b ! a.m a.m j p.m i pm | . 1.00 .80 .70 .35 COLUMBIA DIVISION From Stations Pinola to Goss, both inclusive .. Columbia ... Hub to Lumberton, both inclusive. $1.50 n ».in til p.m 1.35 1.00 Pic-Nic on the Pier and View the Large Ocean Steamers. a.m m. m m. ra ENJOY A TROLLY RIDE The Gulfport & Mississippi Coast Traction Company's Interurban Ik run to Biloxi, Sea Shore Camp Ground«, Long Beach, Pas« Christian, EtcJ All Tickets sold at these fares are limited to return Monday following date of sale. Return limit will not be extended under any circumstances. NO SPECIAL FARES FROM FLAG STATION8 OR PRIVATE SIDINGS In addition to above the G. & S. I. R. R. Co. make a week-end rate of one and a third fare between all Stations. Dates of sale, all regular passenger trains, Saturday and Sunday; final return limit, Monday. All regular passenger trains. I Ii For full Information call on Agents of the Gulf & Ship Island Rail road or write to J. L. HAWLEY, General Passenger Agent, Gulfport, Mississippi.