Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-08-13
SALUTATORY.

es OF the editorial department ue-
volve upon me-.
The wor1 is not new one to H.
bat the fact that am totally Ut
familiar with the local condition
prevailing here will tend to place L.
1t disadvantage for while.
In the. very outstart 1 will say thar
the paper. in politics, will be IN
ccmpromisingly democratic, and may
at al! times be depended upon to dc
valiant and telling work along this
line, when there are issues needing
lis attention.
But III matters industrial and COM
mercial it expects to put forth its
eraatest efforts, and in its broad and
liberal view the shack of the hum
blest industry, such as the black
smith, wheelwright, and tinker OF
whatever kind, just so his industry
turns into circulation each day al
honest penny to give impetus to the
business whirl, will receive as much
consideration at the papers hands as
the factory where hundreds of labor
ers are employed
And the cause of the humblest in
div:d ial, this is white mans
pQper), though his place of abode bt
shanty and his temple of worship
the categorical 'vine and fig tree,
will find as great champion of his
lights and advocate of his wishes in
the Progress as the capitalist whose
easy circumstances will admit of hi
closing his office at 5, retiring to
gaily lighted halls at early even
tide, and at night lie down TO undis-
turDed ana Pheasant dreams.
The Progress, true to its name, will
be found progressive in all Of its
bearings. 1t will have no patience
with old ''fogies, croakers' and
ca'amity howlers, - and hopes tc
forget that there ever one existed,
in the effulgence that it expects tc
create by its work for the promotion
of the public veal and furtherance o.
any move having for its tendency
the upbuilding of Hattiesburg ant
bringing before the eyes of the pub
lie more appreciative idea of tn,
slumbering resources of the countr.
around
The Post has already sounded it
tocsin along these lines; is nobl.
keeping faith with the people; feel
ings fraternal have been pledged be
tween the two papers, and the sail
are set and the outlook propitiou
for greater achievements for Hatties
burg than were ever dreamed of be
fore, as there is nothing SO potter
for such work as united press.
Many are too prone to feel that
every case where there are two paper
of the same proclivities in city thu
the all-pervading desire of one is |
down" the other, and that all ma
know the spirit of The Progress
this regard, under my guidance,
will state that if at any time COZ
tract is taken and it afterwards d
yelops that it was at the expense
1.-THE POST the full amount of
will be refunded without furth
question.
There is need here for two paper
Hattiesburg has long since cast c
her swaddling clothes; has assum,
the city mien and in her march
distinction in the sisterhood
rapidly growing cities she needs ty
mouth-pieces to proclaim her comm
Brother Booth and fully understaI
each other and this little partnersh
couplet of the two papers-one to Il
other and vice versa expresses it:
If you get there before lido,
Just tell 'em I'm comm, too."
In this connection it would n
be ont of place to say that one of Il
much talked of enterprises that wi
receive attention in future numbe
of the Progress, until it is no long
q dream, but consummatiop, vi
be an electric railway, betting Il