Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-10-02


Circuit court will conAene here in
regular term on the fourth Monday
of the present month.
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All Baptist ladies who are interest
ed in the frontier box are invited to
meet at the Baptist church Monday
afternoon at 80.
ID. ID. Carter, one of our popular
and progressive real estate agents,
has Just returned from trip in the
interior in the interest of his agency.
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The Northeastern railroad has
made a dead line to keep people
away from the trains at the depot.
Now the police should See that
same people toe the mark.
Tom Dearman went north on the
Gulf and Ship Island railroad this
morning. He is one of the most pop
uIar drummers in all Mississippi and
sells more goods in his line.
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Laurel Chronicle: John GrOut of
Hattiesburg, an old time railroad
man, and one of the cleverest that
ever took out train, spent yester-
day in Laurel and paid the Chronicle
an appreciated call.
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J. Frank Smith is now with the
popular drug house of w. A. Dozier
where his many friends will find
him as busy as a bee, but not too
busy to wait on the many customers
that frequent that house.
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Give us this day our daily bread,
for meat is too high to buy. Perhaps
with the incoming of the next cen
sure the farmers will learn to raise
at home all meat necessary for home
consumption. But they are not do
ing it now nor have they since the
women raised it during the war.
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Col. G. G.. Miller, chairman of the
state democratic executive commit
tee, came down from Meridian yes
terday evening. He said to a repre-
sentative of the Progress that he
never saw a city build up as fast as
Hattiesburg is, and seemed to admire
the many new buildings going up.
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The Birkett building on Front
street is reaching away up yOnder,
the third story being put on, while
the Hawkins & Co. building next to
1t covers more ground than any other
building in the city. These build
ings are Indications of prosperity in
this city and go to prove that the
people who live here have confidence
in the future of Hattiesburg.
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Now atelephone company Is get
ting up line to run from Laurel to
Hattiesbury by Ellisville and it is
stated that hello words or words to
that effect, will pass between Laurel
and Hattiesburg within the next
three weeks. That is all right-wt
had as soon shake hands with Laurel
over the shoulder of Ellisville as any
town on the Northeastern road.
A Hattiesburg resident intended
to put in CRATES and burn coal thl:
winter, but seeing in the papers thai
coal was selling this early III the
season at 500 per ton he concluded tC
enlarge his fireplace and sit with hi.
feet on the mantle and spit into
wood fire. But it is not every city
so fortunately situated and iii conse.
quence there will be much suffering
this winter.
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A great delay IN the completion o
the several brick buildings in this
city is on account of the difficulty ir
getting the material. All the rail
roads have all they can do--so muct
so that it is impossible to get frelgh
: ever them promptly. But they ar,
doing the best they can and tht
builders as we'll as others have to II
patient. TneS stone for the FRS
National Bank has been expected fo
some time, but it has not arrived We
and consequently work has been
. completely stopped on it, as it canno
proceed without the stone.
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There was no mayors court thi
mornng-everybody getting good a
the same time. Just how long thi
+ will last no one can tell, but perhap
not many days. But really Hatties
burg is on its good behavior just nov
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