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THE HATTIESBURG NEWS
u»hM.t Every Afternoon (Except Sunday.)
. Editor,
Busins«« Manager
• Ö. LANDuR
» X. FARRELL.
7. it the postoffice at Hat
Entered as second-. mnE matter on Me
UiitiurK. Miss. under the Act of Congress of March 2. 1878
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WEDNESDAY. MAY 24. 1911.
LARGEST CIRCULATION OF ANY SOUTH MISSISSIPPI PAPER.
REAPING THE HARVEST
Memphis Is a "wide-open" town; second to New Orleans, which is sec
ond to none other, perhaps the widest open town In the south. Wide-open
Memphians for years have boasted how wide-open Memphis was.
heard one of its spokesmen and sponsors say in the Tennessee legislature
some years ago that "Memphis loves women and wine and good liquor, Sun
day baseball and horse racing, and don't give a damn who knows It and
don't want to be reformed." True he was two-thirds drunk when he said
We
it, but he is the type of men who have run Memphis these years.
Memphis is beginning to reap what it has sown; and the Commercial
Appeal, which all these years has aided and abetted In this wide-open way
with the dirty
at law en
of living, and which all along has trained
gang of politicians who thwarted every effort
forcement; even the Commercial Appeal,
through and through; advocate of whiskey and more whiskey; champion of
Ham Patterson and his dissolute crowd; even the old blear-eyed Commer
cial Appeal now sees the hand writing on the wall, and calls aloud for help.
antl-prohibitlonlst
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Hear their cry:
There are signs of the police department beginning to have
an appreciation of the enormity of the crime committed against
a young girl, several days ago, in a room on Union avenue.
Now let them stay at work until the culprit is caught.
This town needs a general moral bath. Too many loafers
here. They live without work and profit by the misfortunes of
others.
There are too many pitfalls for unprotected young girls.
There has been too much gambling; there are too many
dives; there are too many prize-fight clubs, too many handbooks,
too many negro dives from which white men get a profit.
Too many evils are accepted here as a matter of course.
Up with the law; put a premium on decent living.
What this paper's attitude may have been, is not the ques
tion before this people. The question is one of clean living, the
purity of the home, the observance of the decencies of life.
The thing to do is to make Memphis a good place In which
to rear boys and girls. And the way to do this Is to punish
crime, to destroy the instrument of crime, and to make this
city no resting place for men who live through crime and live
for crime.
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A SIZZLING NOVEL
The Nashville Tennessean says;
C. Goodwin IV—has gone and done It.
"Edna Goodrich—that is, ex-Mrs. Nat
"She has written a book. It Is called 'Mrs. Deynard s Divorce,' and
the heroine comes in for this description at the hands of incautious Edna:
Becomingly gowned in rich, dark seal velvet, with a sugges
tion of barbaric Orientalism in its striking scarlet and gold em
bellishment, she made a picture of sultry-eyed, warm-cheeked
and moist-lipped loveliness that held the indulgent gaze of
every man in the room, her husband alone excepted.
"Sultry-eyed, warm-cheeked and moist-lipped loveliness" is going some.
"But the best part of the book is an elderly husband jealous of his
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young and innocent actress wife, who is none other than the above-de
scribed lady, whose loveliness called forth so many hyphenated and over
heated adjectives.
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"There is something about this innocent actress wife which leaves a
"suggestion in the reader's mind that Edna has made this character a pen
picture of herself as she sees herself, and there is a very decided suggestion
that Edna hurled this description of the jealous husband directly at Nat's
head:
In spite of high living, not to say dissipation, he looked us
ually no older than his years. But as he emerged into the crys
tal, cool air of this cloudless midday, age seemed suddenly to
have set her mark upon him. His generally erect figure
drooped. His face was not merely bloodless, but below the
cheek bones, lacking its regular morning shaving, It. was dead
gray. His eyes were dull and b oodshot from anxiety and loss
of sleep. Wrinkles showed at their corners, and at the
ners of his rather lascivious mouth, from which depended
unlighted cigarette.
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"Nat will surely have to write another book to even up scores with
She is many laps ahead of him in the wild scramble they have had
Edna,
for publicity."
BY WAY OF SUGGESTION
Pigeons are pretty to look upon and good to eat; but their billing and
cooing, especially In the early hours of the morning, is a nuisance. Besides,
pigeons, when they nest about a hous •, damage it; they fill the gutters and
pack the drains with their nests and litter, and make the gutters to overflow,
and cause standing water that makes damp places and causes decay.
Ail this is true of pigeons, and all this is being experienced at many
homes In this city. The complaint is more or less general against the early
cooing of the pigeons; and ladies are deprived of their afternoon
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naps be
cause of the cooing of the pigeons; and gutters are overflowing when It
rains because of the nests and litter of the pigeons.
Now, premises considered, our suggestion Is to the City Commissioners
that they select a dozen or more good shots and careful men, and give
special permits for two or three days or a week, to hunt and shoot pigeons
within the city limits of Hattiesburg. Precaution of course should be taken
against accidents. They should not be permitted to shoot at pigeons on the
ground. They should be cautioned and required to shoot them from the
tops of houses, or on the wing when they are flying high, so that their waste
shot can do no possible harm.
That we think would be a quick and easy and safe way to rid the town
of the pigeon nuisance. Life is made up of little things. A little thing
like the cooing of a pigeon at five o'clock in the morning may put a whole
household in bad temper and lead to a family row, divorce or suicide. Heavy
sorrows do not so often Mil, as little worries.
Seriously, solemnly, at the request of and for the sake of many. The
News suggests to the Commissioners .that they issue special permits to
few careful good shots, to go gunning for pigeons.
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The alleged and so-called Mississippi Valley Transportation Company
seems to have enough life left to talk some more.
Ladies' Checking
andSaving Accounts
Ladies' checking and saving accounts are invited
at this bank. We have a special room for our lady
patrons, and provide them with every convenience.
Every courtesy extended in providing an efficient and
satisfactory service.
A bank account induces the saving habit and
helps to^promote independence, which means that you
will have money to meet emergencies and for future
needs.
Then, too, a cancelled check is better than a re
ceipt. The best way to pay bills is by check.
May we not serve you?
Citizens Bank
Forum of the People ||
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INTER-HIGH 8CHOOL DEBATE.
Editor News:
One feature of the general com
mencement exercises will be a debate
between Hattiesburg and Meridian
High Schools Thursday night May 25
at 8 o'clock. The subject is, Resolved,
"That the government should own and
operate the railroads of the United
States." Meridian will be represent
ed by David Solomon and Crawford
Rivers on the negative; Hattiesburg
by Henry Selbe and Ransom McKeith
on on the affirmative.
Our representatives have already
won this debate over Meridian in their
own town, but lost the medal offered
to the best declamer In the debate,
this being won by Rivers, of Meridian
We have, through the generosity of
the First-National Bank of Commerce
the pleasure of again offering a very
beautiful gold medal for the beBt.
declaimer in this contest. An admis
sion fee of ten cents will be charged
to defray the expenses of the Meridian
representatives, who will be guests of
the High School during the visit.
The public and all friends of the
school are cordially Invited to be pres
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RAILROAD MEN COMING.
Gulfport, Miss., May 24.— The secre
tary of the Commercial Union, Is in
receipt of letters from G. A. Park, gen
eral immigration and industrial agent
of the Louisville & Nashville railroad
at Louisville, and J. S. Clair of Chi
cago, holding a similar office with the
advising that
Illinois Central road,
they will attend the State-Wide Immi
gration Convention in Gulfport June 23
and 24 in the interest of immigration.
BLIND TIGER FINED.
Biloxi, Miss., May 24.—Another al
leged blind tiger "got his," when Judge
J. C. Elmer fined E. Chapman, who has
a pool room and restaurant on Howard
avenue at the corner of Main street,
$50 and costs for having three dozen
bottles of beer in his ice chest, which
the defendant testified were the re
mainder of five dozen bottles which he
had tor his own use and which he was
in the habit of drinking with his meals.
FIND ALL THE BODIES.
Natchez, Miss., May 24.—All three of
the bodies of the ill-fated pleasure
launch Sady L. L., which was swept
under the Pittsburg coal fleet barge
on the night of May 13, have been re
covered, that of Charles P. West be
ing found yesterday morning when a
barge was moved, and that of his af
fianced, Miss Kate Schwartz, having
been found at Alloway Point, forty
miles below Natchez. The body of
Miss Aby Darden, the young school
teacher who was the third member of
the trio, was found yesterday and tak
en to her home at Fayette.
It
RETAIL MERCHANTS IN
SESSION AT NATCHEZ.
Natchez, Miss., May 24.—The con
vention of the Mississippi Retail
Merchants' Association convened in
this city last night at 8 o'clock. The
business sessions, with one exception,
will be held at Carpenter school. The
exception will be Wednesday night,
when a big meeting will be held at
a
ent. Your home boys need your en
couragement.
TEACHER.
Editor News:
I noticed a few days since in the
"Forum of the People" column of The
News a communication signed "Citi
zen," and I want to thank you for pub
lishing the same and giving editorial
endorsement to it. It was a real pub
lic service.
Such publicity will do
the cause good.
I do not own an automobile, so have
had no tires torn, nor delicate ma
chine racked by the rough, dangerous
railroad crossings, but I do use a
buggy, and my Arm operates drays, so
I am personally and in a business way
interested In good streets; and the
two crossings in question of the N. O.
& N. E. R. R. have given me no little
concern, and my mind has often dwelt
upon the great injustice we suffer on
account of the neglect of these cross
ings.
Just think! It has been near four
years since the streets were paved,
and these crossings have not been
brought up to the usual standard.
1 hope this question will continue to
be agitated, until relief is given.
MERCHANT.
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who
few
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from
boat
for
Baker Grand theatre. Ben R. Varda
nian, of Des Moines, la., associate ed
itor of the Merchants' Trade Journal,
will deliver an address.
JURY FAILS TO AGREE.
Gulfport, Miss., May 24.—The jury
in the Simpson and Rolf Seeberg Ship
Chandlery Company case, which had
been locked up for two days, reported
they could not agree. Judge Barrett
explained that the case had been of
considerable cost to the county, and
requested that they return and try to
bring a verdict. They were released
at 3 o'clock this evening, and a mis
trial entered, and the jury stood six
for plaintiff and six for defendant.
Mr.
THE IDAHO AT NATCHEZ.
Natchez, Miss., May 24.—Natchez
shook hands with the Idaho yesterday
and for the next three days the city
will own the ship and the ship will
own the town to the benefit and
profit of both the city and the ship.
Captain Herbert O. Dunn, with his
magnificent war vessel, is making a
big hit and the cruise will help to
open up the great Mississippi River
for steamship and steamboat travel.
The reception In Natchez proved an
enthusiastic one. and the promise was
early given of a jolly good stay in the
historic city, with time for nothing
or
WOMAN BUILDS SEWER
ON HER PLANTATION.
Clarksdale, Miss., May 24.—Mrs.
Dorothy B. Page Is constructing a
sewer through Myrtle Hail for the
drainage of a part of her plantation.
The pipe crosses the Clarksdale and
Lyon highway one block above the
brickyard crossing, goes about fifteen
feet deep under the Y. & M. V. R. R.
tracks, thence out Georgia avenue to
the willow swamp. This drainage will
benefit all the north side of the plan
tatlon and convert thirty acres of
swamp Into the Inest producing land
on the farm. \
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THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
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1689—Passage of the well-known tol
eration act of England, which
so greatly relieved the dissent
ers.
1794—Battle of the Sambre, in the
Netherlands, in which General
Kaunitz defeated the French
who lost 3,000 taken prisoners
and 50 cannon.
1798—Several battles were fought at
different places between the
English troops and the United
Irishmen, in which the latter
were generally defeated.
1804—As a testimonial of the coun
try'» high esteem for Lieut. De
catur's gallant conduct in tak
ing the frigate Philadelphia, a
commission as captain in the
navy was issued to him.
1819—The late Queen Victoria of Eng
land born.
1829—Nicholas of Russia crowned at
Warsaw as King of Poland.
1864—John W. Andrews, leader of the
anti-draft riots In New York,
sentenced to Sing Sing prison.
1871—The French Communists set Are
to public buildings at Paris.
1873—French National Assembly de
feated attempt to establish a re
public.
1879—Warner Silver Bill passed the
House, opening United StateB
Mint to the unlimited coinage of
sliver.
1888—Marriage of Prince Henry of
Prussia and Princess Irene of
Hesse at Chorlottenburg.
1962—Lord Paunceforte, British am
bassador to this country died.
1903—French and Spanish government
n
ordered the automobile race
from Paris to Madrid discontin
ued.
Six persons had been
killed and many Injured.
1910—Halley's comet visible In Bos
ton.
TO BUILD GAS PLANT.
Moss Point, Miss., May 24.—Some
months ago F. Lynn Brown, of Chica
go, was granted a franchise by the
mayor and Board of Aldermen of this
city for the establishment of a gas
plant here to be used in furnishing
the residents of this place with light
and heat. Mr. Brown is expected here
within the next few days for the pur
pose of filing a $5,000 bond as an evi
dence of good faith In his undertak
ings. The erection of this gas plant
with the necessary equipment will
mean the expenditure of about $150,
000 .
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CITY BREVITIE8.
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The celebrated Imp stock company
of players is now touring Cuba, and
the first of a series of sensational
dramas with all the scenes taken in
beautiful sunny Cuba, will be shown
at the Gem tonight. It is called "Pic
tureland." Mr. Tyree will sing and all
who have visited the Gen for the past
few nights know what a treat his
songs are to music lovers. He's the
original "Alabama Kid" and can make
a hit with any audience with any song,
from the highest classic to "Steam
boat Bill," in fact Mr. Tyree has a
reputation from Maine to California
for hi s rag time songs.
Dr. Shephard, one of the State Rail
road Commissioners, was a visitor to
Hattiesburg today on busitiess.
At the Lomo tonight "A Peace Of
fering," one of the funniet comedies
ever shown, will be enjoyed by all.
Also Madam Rex, a Biograph drama.
Mr. Joseph Albert will sing two songs
which everyone will enjoy. Mr. Al
bert is making quite a hit with the
theatergoers of Hattiesburg and his
songs are always enjoyed.
TOMATOES SHIPPED NORTH.
Crystal Springs, Miss., May 24.—
Yesterday was the greatest day this
season here for the shipment of to
matoes. By daylight wagons loaded
with produce began to arrive in town
and until nearly nightfall they contin
ued to come. In all about twenty-five
or thirty cars were loaded. The farm
ers are getting splendid prices for all
vegetables and consequently wear the
smile that won't come off.
WANTS
FOR SALE—Fine Jersey Cow and
young calf. W. S. Stapleton, Petal,
24-2t.
Miss.
WANTED—Paperhanging and Paint
ing. Home Phone 224 Blue.
24-lm.
PRACTICAL
FURNITURE
wants to reflnlsh and repair your
furniture. Will guarantee all work!
Send postal. Me Cafe 201 W. Pine
street.
MAN
Million Dolla r .Facte
-OF THE
Continental Casualty, ComRâ." v
Seven
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DURING 1910
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millions
millions
millions
millions
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More Than Three and One-Quarter
More Than One and One Quarter
More Than Two and One-Quarter
..More Than One MILLION
ee-quarteri c? a MILL.! 1 '
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Premiums Written .
Cash Income .
Claims Paid .
Gross Assets .
Reserves .
Capital and Surplus .NeaPy
For the Protection of Policyholders
THESE MILLIONS Protect the Producing Hours of the p0 ^ cy ' i
of the LARGEST Health end Accident Insurance Com- j
pany IN THE WORLD. (
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COWAN & HARPER, District Managers.
610 Carter Building, Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
SALE—3 fine full blood R. I.
Red Cockrels. October birds. One
fine buff Leghorn cock. 812 Rebec
24-2t.
n >it
ca avenue.
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE—What
ever the article, you v*!l reach a
prospective buyer through the w
limns of The News.
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Phone 255 both phones, J. L. Reynolds
New Livery Just opened; good
nice buggies. Automobile
teams,
service in connection with stable.
Will answer all calls. West Pine
street, 124, Hattiesburg, Miss.
20-1 mo.
FOR 8 ALE—we can s:.v« you money
all kinds of building material,
fence posts,
on
best heart shingles,
wood, etc. At Cross Arm & Cresot
Cumberland Phone 154,
ing Co.
Home phone 793 R.
4-24-lmo
perfectly
SALE—Handsome,
gentle Shetland pony. R. C. Mc
18-5t
FOR
Kenzie.
At our night school,
Bookkeeping, Pen
manship, Short
hand, Typewriting
Will open on May
Learn
and Telegraphy.
22nd; hours, 7:30 to 9:30. We will
offer special rates to all entering on
the first evening. Call to see us. or
write HATTIESBURG BUSINESS
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COLLEGE.
BOARDERS WANTED—At 701 Main
street. Nicely furnished comforta
ble rooms with bath. Wholesome
home cooking. Desirable location.
Home Phone 211.
18-4t
FOR SALE!—Household goods and
kitchen furniture. Apply 728 River
23-2t.
ave.
LOST—Bracelet engraved "Henry to
Mabel" at G. & S. I. depot, Hatties
burg, Sunday evening at 7.15. Lib
eral reward for return to Henry
McClelland, Howlson, Miss.
23-41.
FOR PRICE—And terms on desirable
beach frontage property near Gulf
port, address Lock Box 188, Hatties
4-10-eod
burg.
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DO YOU KNOW
That, "Back to the land" is now the national cry?
That, The South is the only section in the union
lands can be had?
That, South Mississippi affords every element required for
farming?
That, Never before was there such demand for the products
farm?
That, The eyes of a nation are turned to the South?
That, South Mississippi is attracting the interested
ands?
That, If you do you will show your wisdom by getting
acre tract of land while it is cheap?
That, If you fail to do so this year, you can only do so next
paying largely for your delay?
That, We can supply your wants?
IF SO COME TO SEE US.
here r^heap farr^
succe
of
attention of thous
a 20, 40 or 80
year by
Bennett & Perkins
^Office Citizens Bank Bldg.
Both Phones 169 .
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FOR SALE—A number of first-clai
Davis
Dairy, Hattie
dairy cows,
burg.
17 -lmo
WANTED—You to ring Cumberlar
203 or Home 265, when you
furniture packed or stored,
tiesburg Packing & Storage Co.
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FOR SALE—Old Krebs home, situate
on Pascagoula river, south L. & )
railroad; contains 11 acres more 1
less.
Apply to J. A. PELHAM, PUSC
goula, Miss. 12-'5 G£b >
About 650 feet river froi
Crystal White Orpington eggs t
sale, $1.50 per setting until Augu
1st. Phone 875 Cumb.
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FOR RENT—Nice room with boari
also room for a few table boardei
Both phones 584. 119 New Orleai
street.
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C. H. DELMAS, PASCAGOULA,M1SI
wholesale fish and oysters. Loi
in business. Good facilities for g<
ting stock. Orders solicited Nov. I«.
When Headaches Are
Caused by Eyestrain
nothing but the use
of glasses will ef
fect a cure.
But the glasses
must be correct In
every detail; noth
ing must bfttf,
6 u e b b ■ f|
chance.
I can giiÆ
the exceptional {
vantage of my
years'
in this most 1
portant work. I do nothing else. I
business is no mixture. I have ht
died every known form of eye troul
where glasses were indicated.
If I find that glasses are not m
essary then I decline to supply the
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experien
F. W. QUEEN, Orn. I
optical special; ;t
jPolk Building, 110 E. Pine Street.