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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-31
Special Attention.

We have reduced every colored hat to such prices that it is a big saving and a good investment to buy this week. In many instances prices have been reduced one-third of its original price, while the hats are in the best condition and not stock worn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-31
Music Special for Monday and Tues day Only.

You will always find the latest music, both in vocal and instru- mental, in this store on the day of publication, and sold at one-haf and less than the publishers prices.
 Hiawatha, by Neil Moret. The greatest hit of the year. Only 19c copy.
 All of the music that will be sung by the bijou Musical Go. the com ing week on sale in the Music De- partment at cut prices.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-31
The News in the Shirt Waist and Skirt Department.

Here is good news, indeed "a shirt waist suit in walk ing length, made from sheer linen, in white or brown. The waist is prettily plaited in front and back, and trimmed with sty fish large pearl but tons The collar and cuffs are tucked and he stock is hemstitched. The sleeves are ultra, being very full. The shirt has eleven gores, a full flare at the bottom and three rows of hip trimming.
 It's a 1000 skirt, marked at $50.
 Then at special prices here are some skirts.
 BLACK OR BLUE DUCK SKIRTS, with small white dots, or dots and stripes, some have white piping. others have strap trimming, regular price sl.7o. Special price,
 1.25
 PLAIN COLOR DUCK SKIRT, in black or navy. The skirt has strap trimming and rows of duck straps at the bottom, regular value $2.00 Special, 1.oo
 We have received another shipment of silk coats, just the sort for travelling. They are made of black Taffeta or Peau de Soie Silk, full length, some are semi-tight fitting, and others have a loose or box-plaited back. Prices range from 15.00 to 5000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-31
The Time of the Sweet Graduate Is Near Some Appropri- ate Gifts.

In these days graduating time i: the excuse for making a pretty present to some pretty girl. By way of suggestion here are some dainty things in books. Most beau tiful and reasonable in price-les; than they are published at.
 An Old Sweetheart of Mine, by James Whitcomb Riley, with 10 illustrations by Howard Chandler Christy, the most important gift book in many years. Only 1.75 Lady Roses Daughter, by Mrs. Humphrey Ward, with Is illustra, tions by Howard Chandler Christy, Two volumes, bound in silk cloth, only 800 Lavender and Old Lace, by Myr. tie Reed, beautifuny bound in lav. ender and white silk cloth, only
 1.5e Heads In Pastel, by Howard Chandler Christy. K ideal headf reproduced in colors. only, set,
 $50 Pictures by Harrison Fisher. four reproductions of water color drawings. Only, set, 3.5o Heads in Colors, by c. Allen Gilbert. Four pictures In colored pastel. Only, set, s.oo Cartoons in Colors, by Howard Chandler Chi ,sty. Unl., set, 3.oo Pictures in Colors, by Henry Hut. Only, set, S.oV American Beauties, drawings by Thomas Mitchell Pierce. Only, set.
 500 Maude Adams, by Acton Davies, bound in white silk cloth, and con taining many illustrations, only sSc Among the new books of the day you will find quite a number that are suitable for graduating presents, all sold ~ cut prices.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-31
Other Specialties at Reduced
 Prices in Wash Goods.

French Hs'1ted Organdies, our own importation, all new designs. They sell everywhere at 50c a yard Our price, however, 35c
 Grenadines, solid colors and stripes, very sheer, are stylish goods that can be made into mag nif1cent dresses; they do not crush, and look elegant at all times. The prices were 59c, 69c and 75c a yard. For this week 49c
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-31
Special Black Taffeta Values
Sale of COlOred, Black and White Crepe de Chine.

This Crepe de Chine is not only good quality, but the shades are desirable in every respect.
 24-inch all silk Crepe de Chine, 1.25 quality, all shades, light and dark, black, white and cream. Special price 89c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-31
Special Sale of Chif-
 fOnierS.

Chiffoniers, 6 drawers, 90 inches high, 40 inches vice, made from oak, polish finish, cast brass, hand some castered. As Il comes to us so it goes to you at bargain, 7.5o. Regularly sold elsewhere from $10 to S12.50.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-31
Special Prices in the
 Art Department.

For summer needleWork, here at special prices, are g number of those things which needle women delight ir working under the cool shade of some sheltering tree.
 Swiss Battenberg in Scarfs, Shams and Covers to match.
 s2.50 quality for 1.75
 S1.75 quality fer 1.25
 $1.50 quality for LOO
 Drawnwork in Scarfs and Shams.
 Shams 20x20, soc
 Scarfs lSx54, 100
 Scarls 1SX72, 1.25
 Mount Mellick Centerpieces and Doilies, sizes from 9x9 to 36x36, just as fine stock as you will find in any larger city, all sizes and materials for working with. New patterns always arriving Prices from 25c to 1.75
 Handmade Japanese Linen, 36 inches wide. Our own importation, makes beautiful shirt waists. Reg ular s150 quality. Now 1.1e
 Hand-drawn Insertion for trim mings, skirts, waists
 5 inches wide. 1.25 2h inches wide, 100 !.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-31
Gloves 2lc, Soc and
 $l.OO.

In the Glove department you will find some Lislc Suede Gloves, 2-clasp, white, stitched back, 2lc.
 Long Lace Gloves. above the el- bow, in black and white at LOO.
 Long Lace Mitts, above the el- bow, soc.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-31
On Table No. 1
On Table No. 2

32-inch sheer BatiSte, some in solid light grounds with polka dots or stripes, other colored grounds, naVieS, and also blacks. Worth 124c, marked %.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-31
Beautiful Summer
 Gauges.

24-ln. Printed Silk Gauges and Grenadines. in navy, violet and black grounds, with coin spots, rings. small dots, and floral designs. These goods make up beautifully over lawn, are lighter and less perishable than Organ dies. The lot is small and will probably last only during the day. They are 1.25 and 1.50 values. Priced 79e.
 A few 44-inch designs, valued 1.50 to 2.50, at 1.29.
 A inches wide, new designs, all silk, value $1.25, at 79e
 45-inch Black Silk Grenadines, designs, value $1.5O to $200, at e3c
 45-ineh Black Silk Gauge and Grenadines, value up to $200 yard, at 1.25 Special Black Taffeta Values Special Black Taffeta values.
 36 inches wide. guaranteed to wear, offered to line those Grena- dimes. The value is $1.50. Special,
 95c
 27-inch, value $1.O0, at 69c
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-31

Sink Cleaners, 10c. Match Safes, in tin, papier mache, wood and zinc, former prices from 10c to 25c. Wire Soaps, Pc. Napkin Rings, 200. Straw Table Mats, from 6c to 15c.
 Papier Mache Mats, 10c. Muffin Rings, 5. Cake Cutters, 5c. Tea. Coffee, Currant, Beans and Farina Gannlsters, 15c.
 The Sc Table Napkin Rings, 25c. Card Hooks, Pc. Card Racks, 15c. Toilet Paper Boxes, 25c. Paper Holders, 35c. Sink Strainers, 25c. Sponge Holders, 12c. Cleavers, 200. 4,-.lk Shaker, 10c Canisters, Coffee and Sugar, 25c. Daubers, 10c. Egg Holders, 10c.
 The lOc Table Crumb Tray and Brush, 35c. Money Boxes, 35c Filters (Faucet). 25c. Cleavers, 35c and soc. Salad Forks and Spoons, 25c up to $IQ0.
 Coffee Canisters, nickle plate, 75c
 Plate Cover 40c. Pepper Boxes, 25c. -s. Lanterns, 25c. Strainers, Poo. Scoops, 25c. Towel Rack, wood, 40c.
 The 25c Table Meat Clevers, $1.00. Hot Water Boiler, S1.10. Steamer, $2.00. Hot Oil Carriers, $100. Continent Cabinets, soc to $2.00. Scoops, soc. Moulds, 25c up to S1.00. Double Boiler, 85c. Tea Kettle, copper rim, 75c. Tin Trays, up to .$1.00. Cocoa Graters, $2.00.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-31
A Closing Out of All Our HOusefurnish- ing Goods.

We have taken the entire stock of House Furnishings here and put them on four tables, and marked them at from 10c to 25c on the dollar. We are going out of the housefurnishings entirely that is, we will carry none of the things here enumerated.
 This is a fine chance to get
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-31
Some Special News in the Wash Goods Department.

Among the interesting sell ing will be two tables which will be loaded down with Wash Goods marked at about one-third off-and this is right season materials, for instance,
 On Table No.
 Pineapple Tissues, very sheer, in. solid colors, with mercerized stripes and some in fancy stripes, Worth 25c, marked 175c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-31
COlOred and Black Also Silk andDry Goods Spe- CialS.

Just the thing for summer skirts-as cool as any wash fabric, and having a style that no wash fabric can initiate.
 For skirts, navy, black, in fact other shades, A to 54 inches wide, all wool.
 Regular price L50 yard. Special price, 95c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-31
The 3c Table

some things Cheap.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-10-20
the former and the retort of the lat.

the former and the retort Of the lat
ter:
SIS there a hello Ask the wealth
pro iucer, who with wife and four
or five children to support, receives
one dollar per day. And President
Roosevelt thinks Americans should
have large families! Let him try
a dollar a. day living few years and
then give his opinion anew. tt may
be different. - Grander Age.
1.-The working man with large
family working for one dollar a day
is so rare that if one could be found
he could make his fortune exhibiting
himself as curiosity. Even the ne-
gro digging the streets gets more than
a dollar a day and the slien peasant
gets twice that much for his work in
Biloxi. Biloxi Herald
AS the Herald states, "a man
working for a dollar a day would be
curiosity" and if he were not get
ing but dollar day. what would
his two or three chi ldren be doing
when there is now work for every
body?
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-10-20
FERTILIZER FACTORY.
Meridian Industry That Has Come
II be Foremost Through Merit
If It's Products.

Starting with this issue of The
Progress will be found the advertise
ment OF the Meridian Fertilizer
Company.
This is one concern Of the kind that
farmers would swear by, since they
have made severe tests of the brands
of fertilizer that the factory manu-
factures and have found them every
thing that they were recommended to
be.
Here in these pine lands of ours
fertilizers are necessary and the Me-
ridian Fertilizer Factory has solved
the problem by skilltul mixture OF
chemicals and other substances which
wonderfully meets the requirement,
making good crops sure, where prop
erly worked, regardless Of seasons.
The advertisement fully sets forth
the brands, and to it we ask the at
tention of our readers and in doing so
lend our endorsement. having as we
do some know ledge of the merit of
these fertilizers.
Mr.. E. l.. Robbins ably represents
this company on the road in this ter
ritOry.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-10-20
Dry Goods Galore

The advertisement of Massengale &
Oliver on the front page has the bus
iness ring about it 1t gets right
down and expresses world of good
meaning to bargain hunters in few
words. Iu these few words tha whole
story is told 1t means that they
have got to vacate their present quar-
ters by January |. and that their
heavy stock must be closed out Civ
"a away If necessary to enable them
10 do 60. 50 now is the opportunity OF
! life time to supply all your needs
lar the winter while this sale has just
oknrted and the stock yet unbroken.
~ III means zee this stock
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-10-20

Armory of Company C, 2nd Battalion,
2nd Regi',ent. NJ N G
All members of Company G, Second
Battalion, Second Regiment, Missis-
sippi \ atiunal Guards, are hereby or
dered to report at the armory for drill,
at 8 p m. on the first and third Mon
days of each month, instead of every
Monday ne heretofore. until further
notice, ANY member failing to otey or
negle ling to report will be punished
under section of Code M. 1911. By or
der of jill. BUsCHMANN.
E. g. GHLIs, Capt. Comd. Co c.
1n-I4. At First Sergeant.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-10-20
Notiee.

A meeting of the stock holders of the
Nofional Bank of Commercial of Hat
tiesburg. will be held in the banking
rooms of said bank, Nov. 23rd, 1908. for
the purpose of deciding whether or not
the capital of the bank will be increas-
ed an additional amount of twenty i've
thousand dollars, or fractional part
thereof. All are requested to attend.
F. w. FooTT. Cashier.
J. p. CARTER, President.
Oct. 17th, 1905.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-10-20
Moore, Real Estate office.

Capt. ]. f. Moore incr ,ases his
space in today's issue of The Progress
ami besides sends out folded in The
Progress a circular to every su ubscriber
in the city Who gets his paper through
our carrier system.
Can't. Moore's announcement today
will be found of special interest as it
tells of many rare bargains he has
listed with him and which will not
stay with him long at the prices he
is quoting them at.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-10-20
Notice The Following; Take Advantage of II

/ have inst bought in ALT the shares
of the McLendon Business College
and shall in the future give my entire
time and attention to the work in the
college, teaching shorthand, book
keeping, spelling, writing, arithme-
tic, English, typewriting, commercial
law, sketching, designing, ETC., and
with able assistance of other teachers
we are determined to do all that can
possibly be done for our patronage
making qualified accountants and
stenographers In the shortest time
possible. We have been honored
within the last week by several calls
for stenographers and bookkeepers,
and shall try hereafter to be able to
supply the demand, (and this has
been utterly impossible heretofore,
having on an average of five calls o
where we were able to supply but
one); but we are determined to in
crease our patronage, from this and
adjoining states. and thus be in
position to supply the demand. Now
In order to increase the number of
pupils, / shall set apart TEN
SCHOLARSHIPS, at S45 EACH,
and these [ shall sell to the first ten
calling at the McLendon Business
College; this is plain, practical
business proposition, and should it be
your pleasure to take course with
us, come in, buy the scholarship for
$45, whereupon we shall give pou the
entire course, and furnish you with
your bookkeeping and shorthand
books free.
Yours very truly,
o. HI. ECLENDON, Pres.
oct19-2t
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-10-20

Jackson, Oct 90. : Several addi-
tional Insurance companies have
made application TO the au ulitor to
comply with the necessary formaii-
ties required for the beginning of bus
iness in this state.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-10-20
HattieSburg Steam Bakery.

Manufacturers of all kinds OF Breads,
Cakes. Pies etc. All new ard mp to-
tate machinery in use Capari y $500
loaves daily Mail orders given prompt
attention. No 408 VI l.in St, Phone No.
l60. TO a6 Jn0. r. DoIFUS. Pop.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-10-20
WELL ANSWERED.
PeSsimiSt;c Socialist Journal Taken
to Task for UtteranceS by BIZ
ioxi Herald.

The socialist paper the Grander
Age, published at Biloxi, finds it's
match in the Herald of that place as
will be seen by the charge below of
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-10-20

The One Day Cold Cure.
Kermott's Chocolates Laxative QuiLine fof
aold in tho head and sore throat Children
axe tb .sr Nrse cantt
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-01-07

a modest but DESTROYS man prints
this advertisement i'll a Missouri I'IL,-I.
"Wanted-a flsr. Nell educated wifi.
from Il to 3 years old, good form and
neat appearance, must be good c~ok
and neat houSekeeper kind and afS"c-
tionate. Send photo in first letter
Christian preferred.
This isn't much for a man to want,
is ii: The modest advertiser doesn't
tell why he thinks he deserves such d
prize as he advertises for, but doubt
less his merits are fully equal to those
he seeks in wife. Probably he has
manly beauty, is between twenty and
fifty years old, dresses neatly and we'll.
is a good provider, is kind. affectionate
and true Christian. Such man de-
serves such a wife as the advertisement
describes, and if it is such a man who
advertises it is to be hoped he will find
his equal, and live happily with her
ever after.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-01-07
LIKE THE PIED PIPER.
Ezra Bowden Clears Castine, Me, Of
Rats by a Method All His Own.

Ezra Bowden Clears Castne, Me, Of
Rats by a Method All His Own
AS soon as the colony of summer Wis
itors went away from here this year,
the rats which had lived upon the fat
of the land among the plethora of good
things thrown away by the wealthy be-
gan to invade the barns, granaries and
larders Of the regular residents and
great was the havoc they wrought.
Every method of rat killing known to
mankind was tried, and when traps and
poison and dreadfalls had been set out
and proved of no use, the rats were
thicker than ever. They seemed to
thrive from the persecution A week
ago when the question was one of life
or death with the citizens, Ezra Bow
den came over from Orland. Hearing
of the situation, he offered to rid the
town of rats on commission by agreeing
to do the whole job in two days al a
maximum cost of one cent for every
rat slain. Everybody wondered how
he'd do it.
Ezra called for strip of soft pine
and an auger. With these and small
fox terrier, which had followed him
from his home, he began his campaign.
On entering a room infested with rats
he first went about and stopped every
rat hole but one with broken glass and
bits of brick. Next he sawed a square
piece from his pine board, fitted it over
the open rat hole, and bored hole in
the board so it, would serve as a con-
tinuatiOn of the hole. Then he drove
five or six finish nails through the block
and nailed it over the rats runway in
such a position that the nail points
would form a funnel, the narrow part
of which would be inside the room.
After this he closed up the room and
went to the next house, where he fixed
up another room similarly. During the
first day he visited twenty-one houses
and granaries, all Of which he supplied
with these traps Of his own invention.
The citizens jeered. While he was
smoking his pipe at the hotel in the
evening. Bowden was waited on by a
committee and asked to explain him.
self, as the matter was too serious to be
treated as a joke.
But it wont cost you anything if l
don't get any rats" said BpWden.
You know I'm working by the piece
no rats, no pay"
But those sharp nails reaching into
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-01-07
IERSFSTENT

What is it that makes men great
papa"
Persistent advertising, my SON" -
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Shut up" exclaimed the model par
ent. Didn't / tell you never under
any circumstances to say anything rude
to any one?"-Baltimore American.
Sunday schoo! teacher-"And it took
Noah a hundred years to build the
Ark
Street Arab-"What was the matter
was there a ?"-Puck.
You think 1 make some pretty bad
breaks, don't you, Fred" asked the
young wise. Yes, dear" replied the
husband kindly. but they're not like
the breaks mother used to make. '-Yon-
kers Statesman.
For Keeps - Mamma: Don't be 50
selfish. Let your baby brother play with
your marbles a little while.
Tommy-But lie means to keep them
always
Mamma-Oh. I guess not
Tommy guess yes, cause he's swal"
Tered em-Philadelphia Press.
II am afraid the nobIeman who is to
become your snn-in-law has not much
talent Cor business.
Il don't know" answered Mr. Cum
rox IF he can manage to get as good
prices for other merchandise as he does
for title I'll trust him to take his
chances in business" - Washington
Star.
Natural Conclusion. - Maudie-Why
should you think I'm engaged to him ?
If you had seen us together you would
at once have seen there was nothing be-
tween us.
Frank-I did see you together. and not
seeing anything between you, at once
concluded you were engaged.-London
| Tft-Bits.
He Could Remain L0nger,-The blind
chaplain Of the house has discovered
why men like to be senators. Being told
that if he left the house and went to the
senate as hanlain he would be going
from a flower garden to a cemetery, he
said: THAT is the reason | want to r.
there: fellow stays longer in a cemH-
terry than in a garden" - Seattle Post
Intelligencer.
Not Yet Rine.-The physicians wore
holding consultation beside the cot
Of the man supposed to have appended
It's concealed about his person.
II believe" said one Of the surgeons,
that We should wait and let him got
stronger before cutting ir TO him.
Before the other prose- ,@tiV, opera
tors could reply the patient turned his
head and remarked feehly:
What do you take me fora cheese?
| Baltimore American.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-01-07

the room can't catch more'n one rat?"
replied the committee. There isn't
much profit in catching fifteen or TWEEN
~ rats a day at cent for every rat. y"
THAT isn't your lookout" said Bow
den. And my board is paid in adj
vance for two days. I can walk home. q"
Early on the following morning Bod
den began to visit his traps. When he
opened the door of the hotel granary he
had to shut it again in a hurry, and
even then half dozen rats ran by him.
He called his dog, and opening the door
a few inches showed him inside the
room. There was a loud noise of
schambIing and screaming and barking
for a few finutes. Then quiet reigned
and Buwden threw the door wide open
and walked in.
There We're one hundred and seventy
three rats lying about the room and one
rat nearly dead was impaled upon the
nail points above the rat hole. The
nails had been driven at an angle to
permit the ingress of all the rats that
cared to come, but the first rat that
tried to go out by the hole ran against
the nail points and was caught in the
hule, after which no more rats could
quit The fox terrier did the rest.
When Bowden returned to Orland the
following evening he carried more than
thirty dollars of Castine money in his
pockets, and the people treated him as
if he had been a second Pied Piper Of
Hamlin.-Castine Me, Dispatch to the
New York Sun.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-01-07
SEGREG .4TION.

Chicago is a place Of progress, and
the University of Chicago is especially
a place of progress. But the Univer-
sity has made the rather surprising
discovery that the sexes cannot wisely
be co-educated. So it is going to teach
them while segregated. AS explained
by President Harper. the policy now
inaugurated guarantees the freedom of
the women students to enjoy all the
privileges of the University. but they
must partake of most of these apart
from the men. 1t permits co-instruc-
ton in those courses offered to junior
college students for which the registra-
ton is not sufficiently large to warrant
division on an economical basis. For
example, at the present time one third
Of all the courses offered to junior col
lege students. roughly sreaking, will be
offered to men. one-third to women, and
One-third will be open to both men and
women. AS students increase the num-
Der of courses retained as co-instruc-
tional will be diminished. The plan
makes necessary the provision of sepa-
rate class rooms and laboratories. and
implies that officers of instruction shall
divide their time with approximate
equality between men and women.
Well well! and perhaps also tut. tut.
What does this mean? And If the Uni
versity of Chicago cannot wisely CO.
educate boys and girls what school
can?