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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-15
JENKINS MADE PRESIDENT.
Southern Machinery Dealers Conclude
 Their Session.

Southern Machinery Dealers Conclude
 Their Session.
 Memphis, Tenn. Nov. 1A.-The Southern Supply and Machinery Dealers Associa' tion adjourned sine die today after elect ing the following officers: President. c B. Jenkins, Charleston, 6. C.; First Vice President. L. N. Joyner. Richmond Va. Second Vice. President, George R. LQn- bard, Augusta, Ga.; Secretary and Treas urer, C. B. Carter. Knoxville. Tenn.
 Executive Committee-A. NJ. Carey Baltimore; s. M. Price, Norfolk. Va: J A. Reichman. Memphis: John G. Chris topher, Jacksonville. Fla.
 President Jenkins stated that the con vention was a success from every stand point, and a large amount of business was transacted. Matters of the great est concern to us." said MT. Jenkins were disposed of in executive session but ws do not feel at liberty to give ou the proceedings"
 The delegates left for their homes to night.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-15
Contract for Pier Let.

Baltimore, Nov. h-The contract for the new pier to be erected at Curtis Bay bv the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was awarded today to A. R. Morrison of Will rnington, Del It will cost $S0.000. The contractor will take ten months to build the pier. which will be one of the laggest
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-15
Battalion to Leave Isthmus.

Washington. Nov. 14.-As a measure of precaution. in view of the appearance of yellow fever. 1t has been decided to order the marine battalion away from the Isthmus of Panama. They will be taken on the Panther to Culebra Island where they will go into camp and re- main for the present.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-15
The National Grange.

Lansing. Mich. Nov. H.-At the first session today of the National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry listened to the reports of the secretary and treasurer which showed the order to be in flourish ing condition. At present 1t looks as If Syracuse, N. Y. will be selected as the place for next years meeting.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-15
CAN BURY WIFE ALIVE.
Western Judge Says Cannot Be Pro-
 hibited from So Doing.

Emporia, Kan, Nov. 14.-Judgs Mad den in the District Court last night de- cided that a man had the right to bury his wife alive. The case was the City of Emporia vs. Professor Vanora, ct al, an injunction being issued to prohibit the professor giving an exhibition of hypnot- ism by burying his wife under ground and leaving her buried six days. The city claimed the exhibition endangered life. The hypnotist claimed the city had no right to draw a distinction against this kind of exhibition.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-15
Accuaaa His Attornev.

Havana, Nov. N.-Col. Michael Dady of Brooklyn. has filed charges before the court here against his attorney Jose De weycoff. who he alleges has absconded with sum of $1O0OO which Mr. Dady for vysTded to be used in eeopEipg an option
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-15

at any seat6ard city. It will be double deck pie sover 800 feet long with offices. storage and baggage rooms. immigrant on4fters. etc, and is built for the use of 'the North German Lloyd Steamship Company.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-15

ing today that he could not bring his pack of dogs here, as he was engaged with a party of Chicago hunters.
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-15
rHE WEATHER.

wAsHrNdToN. NOV. IA- THIS FOLLOWING IS THE FORECAST FOR ALABAMA: FAIR SATURDAY: SUNDAY INCREASING CLOUDINESS; LIGHT VARIABLE WINDS.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-11-20

or the Spaniard or the Indian. 1t is
really right funny why this country
will do that and at the same time
boast of its Christian standard.
Bisl1okp Hugh Miller Thompson died
the other day and it is supposed that
he represented one of the greatest
Christian churches in the land. He
was not a Catholic, but an Episcopa-
liam minister. The Progress man is
not Catholic, but he does not be-
lieve that a Catholic would approve
of the policy that the United States
is exercising in the Philippines among
a set of people who have not sense
enough to get out of shower of rain.
We have the greatest respect for the
foreign missionaries, but they get
over into Cuba, Costa Rica, some Of
the South American latin republics,
composed entirely of negroes or In
dians and try to make Caucasian citi-
zens Of them. 1t will not work.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-11-20
FIRE ALARM.

Up at Hattiesburg the other day
son and Kansas City road the train
being President Merrill's special,
having arrived there about an hour,
a switch engine of the Northeastern
road stopped near the station and
played a most remarkable whistle
solo, splitting Hattiesburg air with
a series Of prolonged shrieks. Imme-
diately the town was in connection.
The people left off doing business
and rushed to the spot, the whistling
being taken for an alarm of fire. The
engine having done its duty went off
to lower yard, but the people came
in great numbers, and reached the
morning hours had broken out again :;
yet there was no cloud of smoke visi-
bic. Later it was discovered that
the switch engines noise was in
tended as salute to the Kansas City
train. Then the assembly dispersed.
Mobile Register.
There was nothing of the kind sup
posed in this city. The city gave the
first train on the Mobile, Jackson and
Kansas City road a good ovation, as
any other city would have done under
the circumstances, but it did not make
q crank of itself.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-11-20
CURIOUS COMBINATIONS.

In London there are more fires on
Saturday than any other day in the
week
Judges have worn the peculiar wigs
they now wear ever since the reign
of Charles II.
The Mexican dog has no hair. The
hot climate makes the covering super
fuous.
The ants of South Africa have been
known to construct a tunnel three
miles in length.
To drink sweet milk after eating
onions will purify the breath so that
no odor will remain.
Silk is considered unclean by the
Mohammedans, because it is the
product of a worm.
Bread as a daily article of food is
used by only about one-third of the
population Of the earth.
To model, dress and keep in repair
some of Madame Tussaud's wax fig
ures- cost over So, COO each.
Prisoners when arrested in Morocco
are required to pay the policeman for
his trouble in taking them to Jail.
Mushrooms generally consist of 80
per cent water, but the remaining 10
per cent is more nutritious than bread
If great cold turned our atmosphere
to liquid air it would make sea 35
feet deep over the surface of the
whole globe.
Each year about 500, 900 is expended
in sprinkling the streets in London
with sand, to prevent horses from
slipping.
1t is one of the privileges of Chi
nese commanding officers that they
may only be beaten by the hand of
their generals.
So difficult is the art Of cutting
gloves that most of the principle cut
tiers are known in the trade by name
and by fame.
Eaton Square is the largest square
in London. Its area is 607 600 square
feet. This is nearly one-sixth greater
than Lincoln's Inn Fields.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-11-20

Commencing Sunday, Novemb-r 8
1902. The Vicksburg, Shreveport &
Pacific Railway will inaugurate new
m Senger train between Monroe and
shreveport, leaving Monroe at 1880 a IN.
IRWIN g at Shreveport IL: 10 a. IN. and
returning leaviI & Shreveport at sos
p. III. aud arriving at Monroe 9:45 p. N.
This train will accommodate that
class of travellers from Monroe and all
stations west thereof who want 10 go
int Shreveport in the forenoon and
return In the evening.
1t will also facilitate the movement
Of commercial travellers desiring to
visit the towns between Monroe and
Shreveport, as ly the addition of this
train there will be three passenger
trains daily in each direction on that
portion of fhe cad, two OF which will
make the LEGAL stops each way, the
third being thu fast train stopping only
at the larger stations and carving the
dining car and through sleeping car
and coach between Shreveport and
Chattanooga.
East bo1nd, the new train will leave
Shreveport after arrival of Texas &
Pacific train from Fl. Worth and
Dallas, Texas. The west bound train
will arrive in Shreveport in time TO
connect with the Texas Pacific for the
west.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-11-20

Governor Longy went up to Mem
phis yesterday tc see Luke E. Wright.
1t viii be remembered that Luke is
fresh from the Philippine Islands, a
little old country 10, 900 miles from
this country, but which is owned by
the United States. But just what the
United States wanted with it will
never be understood That is it will
never be understood by those who are
not on the inside track. There are
few capitalists who went over as soon
as Dewey fred his first gun and took
possession of the first piece of land
they.conld get their hands on. Not
only this, but they began TO shoot
CRAPS with the niggers over there, or
rather the Indians II is characters
tic with the American people, eau.
casian people, to jump on the negro
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-11-20
trustees Sale.

BY rtue of the power and authority
conferred on rue as substituted trustee
by the provision Of certain deed of
trust executed by j. Z. Foster and w.
s. Temple to V. W. Draughp,- as
trustee for F. A. Drsughn. dated July
8, 1901, and recorded In Book IN, "
pages SEQ and $50 in the records Of
deeds of the 2nd Judicial District of
the county of Perry, state of Mississippi
made to secure an indebtedness therein
mentioned for seven hundred dollars
with interest rs evidenced by two
promissory notes, one for two hundred
dollars, due the 9Th day Of July 1902,
and the other for five hundred dollars
due the 9Th day Of July. 1902 and re
corded in book M. pages 529 and
$50 of the records of deeds of sal I 2nd
judicial district, Perry county, Missis
sippl. made to secure the payment on
N. y OF N. W. "a Section twenty-five,
township four, North Range Thirteen
West, Perry county, and whereas Ge-
fault has been made in the payment Of
said indebtedness, therefore, |, the
undersigned substituted trustee, In
conside, alton of the premises and pur-
suant to the terms of said deed Of trust.
will on the first Monday. the first day of
December, 1902. at the front door of the
court house in the city of .Hattiesburg,
Perry county, Mississippi. proceed TO
sell within the lawful hours. ut public
outcry, TO the highest bidder or bidders
for cash. the lRpd embraced in said
deed of trust. lying and Icing in the
county of Perry and state of Missis Sippi.
and described as follows. to wits: N.
- of N. w. d Of Section %, Township
four n Range therteen West.
Thi the 18th day of November, 1902.
r. F. L. EATON,
novl4 At Sub. Trustee.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-11-20
PIE. WILLIAMS
Of Lumberton is a Candidate for
Railroad Commissioners.
Special to the Daily Progress.


Special to the Daily Progress.
jackson, Nov. 20. Friends of Hon.
P. E. Williams of Lumberton, state
that he is practically sure to be can
didate for railroad commissioner from
the southern district of Mississippi,
and they will strongly urge his name
in the state campaign early next year.
State Senator McGehee of Franklin
county, is announced as a candidate,
and it is believed that Hon. r. B.
May of McComb City. will be in the
race
The rumored candidates against
Commissioner J. D. McInnis in The
central district, are very quiet and
there are no surface indications OF
campaigning being in progress. Nc
less than a half dozen have been
mentioned for the place.
In the northern district it is still
undecided whether Commissioner j.
G. Kincanron will stand for re-elec-
tion. The candidates who are expected
to enter the list against him are DR..
5. R. Dunn, of Greenville, and Hon.
j. T. Senter of Columbus.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-11-20

Hawkins g. Company have the best
hats on the market. nov17 ct
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-11-20

It'would be a very fine idea to
change the municipal election law or
change the managers.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-11-20
Contest Notice.

| Department of the Inferior, United
States Land Office, jackson, Mississippi,
September %, 1902.
A sufficient contest affidavit having
been filed in this Office by William Fl ar
rison. of Beaumont, Miss G. nfest. ut.
against jackson series homestead entry
No. 35237, made April IL, 1900, for n hf
ne or section 81 and NV or NV or sec
ton p, township 3, range 8 west, by
Elisha Worsham, contestee, in which it
Is alleged he is we'll acquainted with the
tract CT land embraced in the said entry
and knows the present condition of the
| same also that said Elisha Wol sham
| Dever lived on said land and has not
| complied with the law as to reside nee
and cultivation, neither has he placed
any improvements on said tract, and
that said allegtd absence from said land
was not due to his employment in rhe
Army, Navy or Marine Corps of the
United States as private soldier, officer,
seaman or marine, during the war with
Spain, or during any other war In which
the United States may be engaged, said
parties are hel eby notified to appear. re.
spond anu offer evidence touching said
allegation at 10 o'clock a. IN. on Novem.
vember Is, 1902 before T. j. Nixon,
clerk circuit court in and for the county
of Perry, at his Office in Augusta, Miss,
and that final hc airing will be held at
1000 O'Clock Il. III. on Novemb.r %,
1902 before the Register and Receiver
at the United States Land Office IN
Jackson, Mississippi.
The said contestant having, in a prop
CT affidavit, fled September %, 1902, set
forth facts which show that after due
diligence personal service of this notice
can not be- made, it is hereby ordered
aud directed hat such notice he given
by due and proper publication.
oct1O 5wks) FRED w. COLLINS, Register.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-11-20
Asleep Amid Flames.

Breaking into blazing homeJ some
firenIen lately dragged the sleeping in
mates from death. Fancied security,
and death near It's that way when
You neglect coughs and colds. Don't
do it. DR. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption gives perfect protection
against all Throat. Chest and Lung
Troubles. Keep it near, and avoid
suffering, death and doctors bills. A
teaspoonful stops late cough, per
sistent use the most stubborn. Harm
less and nice tasting. it is guaranteed
TO satisfy by Tucker and Greer
Price 5oc and 81 90 Trila bottles
free.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-11-20
o1AR1oN-LEDGER EDITORIALS

AS sample of editorials published
nearly every day, the Clarion Ledger
has the following reproduced. We
do not mean to reflect on that paper,
but it seems to have gone estray.
That paper should live in the present
not in the past:
1.-THE top crop seems to have an
other chance.
1.-The citizens of Memphis seem to
be real glad to have Hon. Luke E.
Wright back home
1.-The queen of Italy has presented
her royal husband with a daughter,
and Rome seems to have howled.
1.-The doctor books tell us that man
kind is now subject TO 1879 various
diseases. No wonder some folks sport
anew one every day.
If Mr.. Roosevelt had gone bear
hunting with Lamar Fontaine there
would have been some very different
stories sent out of those woods.
An Illinois farmer suicided the
other day by jumping in his we'll
Funny how sensible man will ruin
the family drinking water in such a
way as that
The Arkansas Baptist state con-
vention adjourned yesterday, but not
before it had adopted the usual resolu-
ton about not voting for men who
drink whiskey. beer or other nasty
stuff.
Mississippi is due TO have three
legal hangings on the last day of the
year, 1902-one white man and two
negroes. 1t is understood that all the
executions are to be in private"
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-11-20

Roosevelt has gone home and the
bears Of the Mississippi delta country
have held another Indignation meet
ing. They are not indignant because
Roosevelt has left that territory, but
because he made such a long cared
mule of himself, 1t is really humili-
ating to have it stated that the negro
who was with Roosevelt had more
bear sense than he. Teddy should go
over in Alabama and hunt-eoons with
Booker.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-11-20

The weather is about as nice as it
pie have the idea they should have
the credit for making it, but the truth
is some people have the idea in their
heads that they had something to do
with the making of heaven, when the
fact is they could not get into the
kitchen of heaven. And some of those
people do not live a hundred miles
from Hattiesburg.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-11-20

The Mobile, Jackson and Kansas
City railroad trains come in every
day just like the trains on other
roads. The road is new concern,
but it gets there all the same. 1t will
be we'll remembered that the road is
here to stay-not as a plaything.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-11-20

The Progress has not had much to
say about the election held Tuesday.
When it takes fourteen lawyers and
pack of cats to construe the meaning
of the municipal election law the
Progress would rather not have any
thing to do about it, And that is the
case Tuesday.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-11-20
ACCIDENTALLY KILLS HIMSELF

Saratoga. Nov. 19.-J. 2. Ware, a
merchant of Smith county, shot him.
self by accident this Afternoon. He
lived only half an hour. He was one
Of the prominent citizens of his
county.
Walters and Robertson, charged
with the murder of Sullivan, will
have a preliminary hearing at this
place tomorrow. Mcintosh Brothers
of Collins will assist in the prosecu-
ton.
Cheap Rates to Texas, Indiana and
Oklahoma Territories Qneen
& Crescent Route via VickS-
burg and Shreveport.
Nov. 4 and Is. Dec. 2 and 10. 1902
Jan. 8 and 90, Feb. 3 and II. March,
and II, and April and 81. 1908.
For full INFORMATION, address,
r. w. BONDS, T. P. A.
Meridian. Miss.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-11-20
RAILS FOR GULF AND SHIP
ISLAND.

Gulfport, Nov. 19.-The bark Man
tanza, 800 tons, Mayet, master, ar
rived from Baltimore. She carries a
cargo of steel rails for the Gulf and
Ship Island railroad, and draws 20 I-2
feet. She will carry out large cargo
of lumber.
Hawkins & Company have a big
department store and sell train loads of
goods. They keep everlastlngly at II.
nov17 ct
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-12-02
BUSHES

WANTED-To sell for cash or exchange for
good. clear real estate our So 90 stock o. drv
goods. shoes and groceries. all in nrst-class Con-
diticn and located In a good town OF t,sN p1pIli-
tion. with fine farming section surrounding: now
doing a big cash trace. for good reasons must
make quick deal: give full description If your
property. Address Lock Box ZIG. Butler. No.
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VISTA Ave. 35B-One large. second-stor.
room. neatly furnished. with first class tabl
board; all modern convenicnces: references re
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CHEAP FLATS.
TO LET FOR BUSINESS PURPOSES.

VISTA Ave. H7s-Three-ronm frame. 81: 41:
Carter ave. four-room frame. Sl. 4il5A Lee
ave. eight-roGm frame. SIS.
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HOUSEHOLD %

A~BSOLETELY full valle paid for househol
C1ocs; entire contents Of Hats and houses wanted
d. Dickson. 2.fi Washington aIe.
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SPRING Ave. SCI y. tNoar Wa hinston Avs.)
Neatly furnished front room. wISi good board.
all convcniences: house Thoroughly hes ted.
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/ ALL kinds OF furniture. stoves and feathers
h5!. price paid, send postal. Ml.ieT :. !49' ran"
N ave.
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DR.. ANNIE

t"nf!n~reDiS so; trained nursing elegant ac-
o"nrncGations: free homes for infants. u desired;
la.iieS treated FIR 81 Treatment cuarantfedb reg
ulato- 81 only: private. reliable. secluded: ~
c"nSed horae. where ycu ere We'll treated and
'NoGr car. gIaranteed: pirate diseases d spe-
cialty. 2S29 Olive 81.
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DESK room in nicely furnished office. with
use Of both telephones: nice accommodations
cheap. Clio Burlington building. $40 Olive s.
GRAND Ave. N. fNear .Easton)-Large store:
suitable location for any business: with Use OF
kinloch telephone. 2. J. Cavanaush, 1857 ".
Grand.
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WASHINGTON Ave. cheerful.
SECOND floor front room: modern home. excellent
rahsa- ynod cooking
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SAN FRANCISCO. 442!-One or two connecting
front rooms. furnished or unfIrnished. with OF
without beard: convenient 10 cars: take the Tay-
lnr aNA car
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ROOM and board. near park. On three best car
lines: owner offers handsome second story front
room, ell late appointments. at $50 to 2 gentle
men with unauestionable references. NJ los. Re
DrhIic
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WARRINGTON Ave. a?23 Nicely ful nished
rooms. all conveniences: Nth or without hoard.
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WASHINGTON Ave. 5&S-Neatly furnished
all conveniences.
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PINE St. I2lc-Two large rooms on second
floor: l.50D square feet: for business OF any kind
will divide: rent so.
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ST, 7a ". Near Deiniar-Three FUR
rishei rooms. second floor. all cClveniences. with
meais- reasonable.
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PIERCE bicycles. trisd and true: bicycles. su-
tomobiieS and tire repairing. Morgan 4 Harding.
:sJs Olive 81. Bell p5one, Lndeii i1fA-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-10
KNIGHTS AT MARSHALL HALL
Pythian Lodge and Its Friends Take
an Outing

The members and guests of Justus II.
Rathbone Lodge, No. 30, Knights of
Pythias, participated in an excursion last
evening to Marshall Hall. The party made
the trip on the steamer Charles Manchester,
leaving the wharf in this city at about 6
o'clock, so that the ride to the Hall was
made before dark The evening was most
propitious. the excursionists taking advan-
tage of the mild weather and remaining on
deck during the whole of the ride.
One of the principal enjoyments of the
evening was the dancing in the pavilion,
which began as soon as the visitors landed,
and was continued till the warning whistle
of the Manchester sounded the return trip.
The committee on general arrangements
for the excursion consisted of L. H. Trout
mann, W. w. Souder and George W. Rob
son. The dancing and social committees
included c. f. SWEET, ]. NJ. Williams, r.
D. Cromwell, c. F. Roberts, W. 7. Thomp-
son, H. W. Thompson, A. T. Hendricks,
F. l.. Richmond and W. II. Frank. The
committee on entertainment was composed
of d. n. Hoover, J. NJ. Griffin. w. w.
Duffield, d. l.. Daniels and j. A. Frank.