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Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-07-31
Petition for Pardon of J. w. Clark, Con
yIcted of Felony.
mo Governor A. 81. LONGING:

To Governor A. II. Longino:
AT the May term 1898, of the circuit
court of the first judicial district of the
county of Perry, j, w. Clark was tried
and convicted ON charge or robbery,
and was sentenced to serve ten years in
the state penitentiary, to which be was
carried few days thereafter, and that
he has been in the said penitentiary
continually since that time.
At the time of said conviction sail
Clark was only twenty-three years old,
in good health, but that soon after his
confinement in the penitentiary his
health gave way and has since that time
continually to the present time been
very bad and that he il not able to do
much work; and that he il also'ruptured
and in the year 1900 he had very hard
spell of typhoid pneumonia, from which
he has never sufficiently recovered to be
able TO do manual labor, and he has
very little hopes of ever regaining his
health while he is confined
During all the time he has been serv
ing under said sentence, he has never
CAUSED any trouble to the persons having
charge of him. but on the other hand be
has always been obedient, in the com
pliance with the commands and require
ments Of those in whose charge he has
been.
We, therefore, believing that the ends
of Justice have been fu ly met in his
csse. and owing 10 the impaired condi-
ton of his health, together with the fact
that he has never given any trouble.
respectfully petition that he be granted
a full pardon.
Very respectfully yours,
signatures.
jnly3-Ew
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-07-31
THE PROGRAM ME
Of Woman's Work to Meet at Lau-
rel in September.

lCt III OCPLOihONl'
Following is the program of Wom-
ans Work, auxiliary to Lebanon As
ISOLATION, to be held in Laurel on
Wednesday before the first Sunday
in September:
l. Opening song.
2. Devotional exercises conducted
by Mrs. e. V. Clark, Ellisville.
3. Address of welcome by Mrs.
Lowe, Laurel.
4. Response by Miss Minnie Hall,
Lumberton.
5. Reports from societies.
6. Song.
Z. Paper, Young Peoples Work,
by Miss Lizzie Bostick, Hattiesburg,
8. Song.
8. Paper, Foreign Missions, by
Mrs. DR.. McCarty, McHenry.
10. Song.
IL. Paper, Home Missions, by Mrs
Smith, Lumberton.
II. Song.
10. Object of Woman's Work, by
Mrs. r. B. Stapleton, Hattiesburg.
Every church in the association is
asked to send us delegates and each
woman is asked to feel free to dis.
cuss these subjects, bringing out
their special needs. Especially dc
we beg that each society send us s
report of their years work.
MRS. r. B, STAPLEToN,
President.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-07-31
WANT TO SERVE ON COMMISSION.
Governor Besieged With Applica-
tons for Oyster Commissioners.

tons for Oyster Commissioners.
Special to the Daily Progress.
Jackson, July Ex-Governor Lon
gino has received applications from
a large number of gulf coast citizens
for appointment on the oyster COM
mission created by the last legIsla-
ture. The names of the commission
ers, five in number, will be announced
within the next two or three weeks.
They will receive as compensation S.
per day while employed, with
travelling expenses. The recent legls-
lature made a complete revision of
the oyster laws of the state, and it is
expected that the industry will in the
future yield good income to the
treasury of the commonwealth.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-07-31
A CARD OF THANKS.

In times of affection and suffering
there is nothing so comforting as sincere
and true friends.
In the serious illness of Miss Emma
Boozer were her friends her solace and
comfort.
Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. II. Boozer
wish to express Their heartfelt thanks to
all who were so kind to them during
their daughters illness.
They especially thank Drs. Moseley,
Howard and Ross for their untiring
visits. Respectfully,
Mr.. AND MRS. J. H. BooZER.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-07-31
1OTS AND DASHE\ ~.

Mr.. Herman of Macon is the guest
of M. w. Conner.
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DR.. Bayne was called to Monroe
today on professional business.
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w. E. Thrash, Jr., of Atlanta, Ca,
is here on visit to home folks.
w. P. Ferguson of Williamsburg
is registered at the Commercial.
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Phil Gilbert, prominent business
man of Vicksburg, is in the city.
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The Progress regrets to learn that
Mrs. A. S. Pitts has the slow fever.
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Miss Bessie Evans of New Or
leans, is the guest of Miss Ethel Hill.
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Misses Bessie Crosby and Leila
Smith have returned from Mont
Eagle.
The Sunbeams spent a most de-
lightful time at Hudson's Springs
today.
There will be preaching at the
Chapel next Sunday evening at 4
O'Clock.
Miss Gena MINIS of Utica spent a
few hours In the city this morning
while en- route to the coast.
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Rev. l.. K. Hall left this morning
for his home in Scranton after a
short visit to family of w. L. Pack.
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The execution of VIII Dantzler
will take place tomorrow at 1880
O'Clock. Everything is In readiness.
S. V. Burtin, Jackson; d. NJ.
Walker, Magnolia, and NJ. Pettus,
Ellisville, are registered at the Klor-
dyke.
Little Mamie Scanlan was so very
unfortunate the other day as to fall
and break her arm. The Progress is
pleased to state that she is dong
we'll.
Officer Sexton this morning poured
out the whiskey and beer captured
last Friday night over Preston's sta
bles, no one appearing to claim the
same.
Rawls Springs water will soon be
put on sale at some store in the city
so Mr.. Grout, the proprietor, I'M
forms the Progress. 1t will be q
great convenience to people who de-
sire to use this splendIed water.
49,
A negro giving his name as Henry
Dayton was arrested out in the coun-
try this morning and brought to
town. He had no visible means OF
support and stopped at place to ask
for something to eat. He appeared
to be typical negro tramp. Judge
Robertson sentenced him to ten days
on the county farm and to pay costs.
The negro claimed to be native Of
Canada, and that he had recently
returnedSs from South America.
BE had considerable Of a foreign
hrogue about bis speech.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-07-31
Excursion Rates via Mobile and
Ohio Railroad, Aug 10th.

To Cincinnati, o., Louisville. KY,
Old Point Comfort, Virginia Beach.
Ocean View, Roanoke, Hot Springs, Va,
Ashville, Hot Springs, N. g., Deer
Park, Nd, Niagara Falls, Jamestown,
Mayville and Lakewood, N. Y Rates
$12 to 500, depending on destina ton.
Tickets good for return leaving destina
ten until and including Aug 81, 1902.
Apply to any Mobile aud Ohio agent for
tickets and further information.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-07-31
THE MAYORS COURT.

There has been decided dropping
off in the mayors court this week.
There were just two cases before his
honor this morning-two negro crap
shooters, and both were fined $3.50
and costs.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-07-31
Cheap Excursion August 10 Via
Mobile and Ohio Railroad.

Round trip rates from Mobile, Ala,
Corinth, Miss, and intermediate sta
tons, to st. Leais $12; to Chicago SIS.
Tickets will be sold for trains leaving
Mobile August 10, and will be good to
return leaving either point until and In
Guiding August 81. 1902 Apply to NJ.
and o Agents for further particulars
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-07-31
Need More Help.

Often the over taxed organs of diges-
ton cry out for help by Dyspepsia g
pains, Nausea. Dizziness, Headaches,
liver complaints, bowel disorders. Such
troubles call for prompt use of DR..
Kings New Life Pills. They are gen.
tie, thorough and guaranteed to cure.
25c at Tucker & Greer's drug store.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-07-31

And say some other salve, ointment.
lotion, oil or alleged healer is as good as
Bucklen's Arnica Salve, tell him thirty
years of marvellous cures of Piles,
Burns. Boils, Corns, Felons, Ulcers,
Cuts, Scalds, Bruises and Skin Erup-
tons prove it's the best and cheapest.
25c at Tucker & Greer's drug store.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-07-31
Wanted TO Represent Mutual AS
ISOLATION.

Special inducements will be offered a
few competent men to represent a
mutual beneficial association, the objects
of distress, disabled or death. Also 10
assist its persistent members in securing
homes. Call on or address J E. Davis,
Secretary. Carter Building, Hstties-
burg, Hiss. jy23-2w.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-07-31

Through the efforts of George M
Foote a much lower freight rate from
Hattiesburg over the Gulf and Ship
Island for packing house products
has been obtained This means that
Hattiesburg will be the distributing
point for vast territory. Messrs.
Foote & CASTOR, brokers, will build
large warehouse north of the Gulf
and Ship Island depot at an early
date.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-07-31

The Hattiesburg kindergarten will
give its picnic Saturday at Mammoth
Springs. IRE pupils are requested
to wear their uniforms and to assem-
BILE with their invited guests at $50
O'Clock a. M, August 2, at the Gulf
and Ship Island depot where they
will be supplied with badges.
IUCIE T.. ALLEN, Prin.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-07-31

There will be meeting of Baptist
Woman's Missions Society on Mon
day after the first Sunday of next
month at ) O'Clock in the evening.
The ladies will please take notice
and be on hand as business of i'm
portance Is to be transacted.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-07-31
HAVE YOU NO HOME !

We viii buy you one and allow you to
pay for Il at $500 a month without in
terest, E DAVIS. Sec'y,
Carter Building, Hattiesburg.
Z 20 ct.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-07-31
GREENWOOD ISLAND SOLD

FOR 5000, the purchasers Being
Jackson Capitalists.
Special to the Daily Progress.
Jackson. July 81. = Greenwood
Island, at one time famous as a mill
tary reservation on the gulf coast,
and which played a prominent part
in the operation of naval fleets during
the civil war, was sold at the govern
ment lana office in this city yester-
day for $500. The purchasers were
Messrs. l.. Brame, Charles II. Wood
and r.. H. Wilson.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-07-31
ANNOUNCEMENTS
FOR CITY OFFICERS

FOR MAYOR.
The Progress is authorized to announce
]. w. BOLTON
as candidate for mayor of the city of
Hattiesburg, subject to the action or the
Democratic party at the approaching city
election.
The Progress is authorized to announce
G. w. RICH,
as q candidate for reelection for mayor of
the city of Hattiesburg, subject to the action
of the Democratic party at the approaching
city election.
FOR CITY TREASURER,
The Progress IS authorized to announce
M. GALBREATH,
as a candidate for treasurer of the city OF
Hattiesburg. subject to the action of the
Democratic party at the approaching city
election.
FOR CITY MARSHAL.
The Progress is authorized to announce
BIN. MOFFETT.
as a candidate for reelection to the office OF
marshal of the city of Hattiesburg. subject
to the action of the Democratic party at the
approaching city election.
The Progress is authorized to announce
O.E. BUFKIN,
as a candidate for the office of marshal OF
the city Of Hattiesburg, subject to the action
OF the Democratic party at the approaching
city election.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-07-31

Kindly look this list and
yOur troubles try supply
you
running good money
make a reasonable prices.
good farm five rifles from the city, reasonable
good so acre) farm miles city
for 81 10000.
large plenty grass dairy
money addition
to stock the farm will supply him.
Twoh houses
ssOOooo 100000 or one of the best
Building and
Forty city it,
public
you this you at whs $500 100
city
nicely painted good high dry good
nighborhood
in mill compress
ready renter per gives jon very
per your
o he property within the few
Hoping you my opposite
court house within the next few days am
Thomas N. Ferguson.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-07-31

-. : Jonnsyen's saEsaparilla Is the most powerfna
blood pnre; Quart Bottles"
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-07-31

= Brick for sale by Laurel Brick and
Tile Co., Laurel, Miss. jy29-1w.
Evening star., 1902-02-15
THE BOTTLE BABY.
The Milk Companies Now Furnish Him
With a Doctor.

From the New York Commercial Advertiser
her head unduly about the baby's diet.
It's scientific father, who writes articles
on the evils Of rocking and the errors OF
feeding small babies on rubber dolls and
silver rattles. may beetle his brow over the
question of baby's menu, but the modern
mamma takes her baby less grimly
Ono Of the milk companies has special
baby service Sufficient milk Of the proper
kind for each baby customer is sent to his
house every day. What is one baby's milk
Is another baby's poison, so a doctor is en-
ployed by the milk company and his duty
is to visit each new customer and pre-
scribe how much and of what strength his
daily tipple shall consist. 1t works like q
charm. too, and the trust and faith Of the
modern mamma are amply repaid by the
welfare Of the prescription-fed baby.
Ii is bit startling, just the same to call
on a modern mamma some fine morning
and hear her ring up the milk COMPANY
on the telephone and request that their
doctor be sent to see the baby. Tod
dies hasn't been well for a day or two"
she explains, as she hangs up the re-
ceiver and meets the bewidered stare of
her guest. Il think the milk he drinks
is too rich for him. So I've sent for the
milk DOCTOR" In due time the milk com
pany's doctor arrives, feels baby's pulse.
asks his nurse questions looks at his tongue
and examines the milk he is being fed on.
Then he prescribes a menu suited to the
babys individual case. Baby braces up
mammals confidence revives and the honor
OF the milk company Is saved.
Evening star., 1902-02-15
A Curious Transformation.


Naturalists have long been familiar with
a newt-like creature, breathing by gills and
lungs both, and inhabiting the lakes of Mex
ico and other American waters. This Is the
Axolotl. 1t was also discovered that in
certain localities this creature, which, by
the way, breeds freely in Mexico sheds its
skin. casts off its gills and its tail fin, de-
velops another color of body and leaves the
water to become land newt. Under this
latter guise it Is known as the Amblystoma.
Naturally, the explanation Of this curious
transformation rests on the fact that the
AXolotl is really the young or tadpole stage
OF the Amblystoma form, but the peculi-
arity here is that In its first stage ii should
breed and multiply, and continue to repro
duce Axolotis, as il 1t were a perfectly ma
ture animal. The occurrence of such cases
points out to us one way In which speciee
can be evolved. for, had we not been 40.
quainted with the relationship OF these
forms, nobody would have hesitated to de-
scribe them as two essentially distinct anil
mails. Lately II has been shown that. WINE
in Colorado and Dakota the transformaS1on
is complete, In Mexico the Axolotl stage -
apparently permanent. Here. probably the
influence Of environment on living oein8
Is typically illustrated.
Evening star., 1902-02-15
ECONOMY IN SOAP.
There is None in Using Soft Instead
Of Hard Water.

From the Lancet.
1t is commonly supposed that the use OF
soft WATERMAN water, for eXample-for
washing purposes economies soap. But
while it is perfectly true, and the lime salts
in hard water nullify to some extent the
soap by forming insoluable lime soaps, yet
the expenditure of soap, at least in toilet
purposes, will be found to be considerably
less than when rain water is used, while
the cleansing effect is just as good. The
explanation of this is that soap is SO very
readily Soluable in soft water that conSid-
ably more soap is used than is necessary.
Everybody knows the slippery feeling of
rain water in which the hands have been
washed with soap, and no amount of rims
ing would appear to remove the sOapiness
when soap is used whether, after ALL rain
water or soft water is better for the COM
plexion or skin than hard tap water 1t is
certainly not so refreshing. In manufac
turing processes or in the WaShtub it is true
the use Of soap in soft water is an econO-
my. 1t is in this way. of course, that the
addition Of soda, throwing out the lime salt,
saves soap. 1t has been estimated that il
London were supplied with soft water the
saving of soap would amount to tens Of
thousands of pounds per annum, and Glas-
gov is estimated to save $4,000 annually in
the matter of soap since using Loeb Ka-
trine water. That may be SO. but in the
matter Of personal washing there is a waste
Of soap produced rather than an economy
by using soft water. The fact that a alb
let Of soap disappears much more quickly
when rain water is used instead Of hard
tap water is proof of this assertion.
Evening star., 1902-02-15
The Talbot Steel Process.

From the London Times.
The rockingham Iron and Steel Com
pany. Lincolnshire, which has successfully
worked the open-hearth basic steelmaking
process for eleven years, has this week
commenced the working of 1OO-ton Tai
bot continuation process furnace. 1t is the
first of its kind in Europe, and with the
exception of small experimental furnace
in America is the only one in the world.
The inventor of the furnace is Mr.. Benia-
man Talbot, native of Shropshire, who
received his preliminary training in Eng
land before going to the United States
The principle is a combination Of the open
hearth worked on the continuous process
The bath Of molten metal in the furnace is
worked up to certain point and then
portion of the steel is poured out the
charge in the furnace being then made up
to its normal strength by molten iron taken
up in ladies from the adjoining blast fur
naces and poured into the furnace. The
furnace will be tapped, or rather, a portion
OF the steel will be taken from 1t, at very
short periods, probably about every four
hours. and this will constitute a very rapid
process of manufacture. The furnace Is
Wellman fitting furnace fitted with an
electric charger. The whole Is worked me-
chanically. There Is electric crane and
even the doors are lifted by hydraulic
power. The builders are Messrs Tannett
Walker & Co. of Leeds.
Evening star., 1902-02-15
INTERESTING EXPERIMENT.
Bursting Strong Cask With Half a
Pint of Water.

From the st. Louis Globe Democrat.
That a small quantity of water, say half
a pint, may be made to burst strong cask
seems a startling statement to make, and
yet is 1t true. 1t is a well-known law OF
physics that the pressure exerted by liquids
increases in proportion to their depth. Sup
pose, therefore, that we have strong cask
filed with water and standing on end. The
slaves of this. cask may be made to burst
apart by adding a very small quantity or
water to what is already in the cask AS
the cask is already full, some way Of ad-
ding the water must be devised. To do this
a hole is bored in the end or head of the
cask and long tube of small diameter Is
inserted upright. AT the upper end OF the
tube is a small funnel into which water is
poured until the tube becomes full. and
when that point is reached the cask will
burst. This seems almost increditable but
1t is only demonstration Of the law that
has been cited When the water is poured
into the tube it unites with the water in
the cask, and the depth Of the water is sew
eral times as great as that In the cask
alone. The fact that there is only small
quantity of water in the tube makes no
difference for 1t is now one body, and its
depth is gauged from the top Of the tube
to the bottom Of the caSk.
AS a matter of fact this experiment is
only an artificial reproduction of what we
know takes place In nature Some Of her
grea test commissions are caused by this
very process. Suppose. for example, that
there is a great mass of rock, under which
there is a cavity filed with water that has
no outlet Suppose, moreover, that there
is a crack extending from the surface of
the ground through this mass of rock to
the Water-filled cavity underneath. A rock
in this condition is common thing in ma
ture, the crack being caused by some dis
turbance of the earth, or by it's splitting in
the natural order of things Now when it
rains enough to fill that crack, thus in
creasing the depth Of the water in the cav
ity, the pressure will become SO great that
the rock will be torn into hundred frag-
mentS.
Evening star., 1902-02-15
Circulating Love Iettera.

From the New York Commercial Advertiser
In these days when SO much is being
written and said about love letters and
upon their sanctity and the question as to
whether they should ever be published,
even after the death Of those who wrote
and received them, 1t Is interesting to note
a passage in Mr. Scudder's life Of James
Russell Lowell relating to the poets court
ship of Maria White. whom he afterward
married. Mr.. Scudder relates that Lowelps
love letters to Miss White were so admired
by her that they were passed about among
regularly sent from house to house as soon
as they were received. The annals Of
amatory literature can probably show no
parallel to the incident, yet 1t IL very like
Boston In the early forties.
Evening star., 1902-02-15
NOVEL OYSTER BEDS,
Seems to Be Chief Use of the Funny
Turkish Navy.

Turkish Navy.
Constantnople Corr. London Telegraph.
The Turkish navy in 1873 retired behind
the bridges up the Golden Horn, and there
remained rotting until 1897. the only pur-
pose the vessels served being to act as
mussel and oyster beds, from which the
dock yard hands occasionally got a good
feed The ships were dismantled in many
cases parts of their engines were used for
marchant vessels, and it is even said the
propellers were taken to the palace 10 pre-
vent anybody making use of them. When
the Greek war broke out, and daily rumors
came OF the Greek fleet doing immense
damage to Turkish seacoast places a feel
ing arose that the Turkish navy must be up
and doing, and the sultan also saw that he
must make move. So orders were given
for the fleet to get under way, and all the
musSelS were scraped off, the boilers patch
ed with cement, and the fleet started. Not
one of them was seaworthy, but tney made
fine show. and the populace was satisfied
Their engines, however, were useless, and
their decks so rotten that in some cases
they could not carry the weight of the
guns Even when Warping themselves out
they had TO borrow each others cables. AS
they We're only provided with one each.
When they got into the Marmora they did
not know what to do. but luckily captured
a small coasting steamer, which piloted
them to the Dardaneles. There several
We're leaking so badly that they had 10 De
beached. while others went ashore of their
own accord, and there they are to this day.
Again the sultan thought something
should be DONE so he entered into a con-
tract with an Italian firm to repair and
"re-everything'' eight of the warships a
cost of fl 100000. But the Italians wanted
something to begin with, and after two
years 100000 has been forthcoming. Now
the sultan thinks that his plans will be un-
remunerative, and he wants to break the
contract supporting his wish with all kinds
Of excuses. The "Shadows latest pro-
posal is that the Italian firm should build
new cruiser as compensation for breaking
the contract.