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Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-08-17

Jones county has the credit Of be-
ing the frs in the state to establish
county convict farm. The board
Of supervisors, it is said, bought II
large tract of land. placed it Though
prison labor, i'll high state of cul-
tivation ard now the product of the
farm brings to the county treasury
much of the revenue for running the
county.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-08-17
Notice to Stockholders.

In their banking rooms, Inc tcck-
holders OF the Citizens Bank vii, held
their ANIMAL meeting Monday, Sept !,
SI. IN. +. r. PHILLIPS, CasEi@r.
anglo til seDtl
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-08-17

The Yazoo Sentinel throws this
bouquet to the Gulf and Ship Island
people: IF the Gulf and SLIP
Island railroad expects to build to
Memphis, as is the report, it can't
afford to leave Yazoo City out, it
being, as the Sentinel claims, the
most important city between Jackson
and Memphis. =
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-08-17

Hon. $. NJ. Smith of Holmes
county is spoken of as q possible can
didate for the speakership of the
next house of representatives. We
never think of this Office without hav-
ing both sad and pleasant memories
revived of poor Jud Russell, nature s
nobelman. - After life of so many
good and noble deeds we kOnw hi!
sleep is peaceful.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-08-17
Wanted.

First class wagon blacksmith. Will
pay good wages, steady employment,
private concern. Address VIII
Douglas, room 80, Sugar Shed a.
augl3 st
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-08-17
Rnarders Wanted.

Roarders wanted at 921 Ma Street
Nice rooms; and table supplied with
best the market affords. Kitchen super.
intended bv lady of house. July Ii | IN
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-08-17

Remember that the Progress Is
prepared to do anything i'll the way OF
job work on the shortest notice, and
solicits your order.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-08-17

No one, says the Crystal Springs
Mirror, has had the temerity to
advance a reasonable cause for Lon
gino's inglorious defeat. Had the
primary, some say, taken place two
months ago he would have pclled a
larger vote than was given him, and
longer the race lasted more slim grew
his chances of nomination.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-08-17
FOR RENT.

Three nice unfurnished rooms all
connected, good location, convenient
to business part OF town. Apply at
this Office. a-t-t.f
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-08-17

The congressional district in the
northern portion of the state. through
the work CT Congressman Chandler,
has had seven new rural delivery
routes added to the list.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-08-17

The present state campaign will
80 down into history as being the
cleanest ever conducted. There has
been less of vitupertiaon, less of
ud-slinging, fewer fights and diff
culties, considering the white heat
worked up, than ever known.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-08-17

The Raymond Gazette can point to
a career such as but few papers ever
eclipse 1t is in its sixtieth year and
has been in the hands Of the same
family-the Harpers-from its birth
to the present time.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-08-17

The camp-meeting at Lake, Will
begin Sat urday, August 20, and will
continue one week. Every rrepar-
alton has been made to entertain che
large gathering expected.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-08-17

The manager of Noel's campaign
in Holmes county, Hon. S. n. Sam
pie, has taken the stump for Varda-
man. He is firm in the belief that
that county Will go overwhelmingly
for Vardaman in the next primary.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-08-17

Forest is getting beside herself.
She is putting on all sorts Of becom-
ing style. One Of her latest dolngs
was to vote a tax Of 1000 for a
general water works system. Other
towns could profit by keeping the
pace that this hustling little town has
set.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-08-17

Kinds county is Low the cynosGEe
Of all eyes, made so by the action Of
the C,arion-L Ledger and Evening
News coming out for Critz. All
are anxious to see the cut ONE CT
their influence as will be given in the
next primary. The Ficksburg
Evening Post. generally correct in
its calculations, says that Vardaman
will carry the county despite the
combined efforts of the two papers.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-08-17

Judge W. K. McLaurin, late cir
cult Judge OF the district of which
Warren county forms part, who
resigned that position when Longino
was made governor, made the race
for state senator in the late canvass,
running against Col. R. V. Booth,
and in the primary on the 9th was
nominated.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-08-17

trading points. 1t depends upon the
enterprise of the merchants and resi-
dents Of the towns.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-08-17

The frequency Of killings by light
ming is the subject Of mDch comment
everyw here. The other day near
Durant, lightning killed a young
man by the name OF Pearl Burt, who
was one of a party returning from a
funeral
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-08-17

A merge, James Leonard, made
his appearance in Vicksburg the
other day, on the mission OF organic
ing unions of negro cooks, and as
soon as his object was made known to
the white people a committee was
sent, ordering him TO get out OF
town, and quick, which he did.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-08-17

cream treezers, filters, poultry letting, gS1-
den hose for sprinklng, lawn settees, hem-
Knocks. etc.,.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-08-17

An exchange, speaking of courts
and mobs, says; SO long as the
courts find it difficult to get jury of
twelve men to hang man by law, 1t
is going to be easy to get thousand
to hang him outsides the law. y
There never was truer saying than
this
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-08-17

There is nothing more truthful
than the following from one of our
state exchanges: The trade terri
tory of town is not all dependent
upon the distance to neighboring
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-08-17

The Ocean Springs Progress talks
TO suit Us when it says: THE coun-
try having been saved in political
way, let's turn our attention now to
building up our town and county"
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-08-17

A state exchange figures it out
that a pretty good canning factory
can be erected for 1000, and this
being true, wonders why more Of them
are not established, especially since
those already started have been 30
successful, financially.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-11-20
Buff Turkeys.

From Farmers Review: nM
been raising buff turkeys for ten yeaA
l prefer them to other breeds Oh =
count of their quiet disposition lua
are more domesticated than w.
Bronze or White Holland and are ~"
layers and good mothers. Iney ~
not quite as large as the Bronze v.
are larger than the White Holauu'
have had hens at maturity 10 Sev
1872 pounds and toms 50 ana III
l had one that weighed IS pouhuS' :.
that is above the average. Inc! ~
ture early, and, taking eYerythiHs
consideration, | like them best Oh w
breed. | keep ten or a dozen n'D !.
one tom and think If any one W.
sired they could keep even mo'
good advantage. OF course tne I'I
thing is to start with healthy s'oeA
find q ready sale for all | can
and, in fact, | cannot raise elou' -,
supply the demand. | put ene VA
two clutches under chicken nen'
let the turkey have her thlra @ M.
| can sell their eggs at Csc eacn' N
would pay well, as one can eou (
thirty eggs from each hen' anu s.,,
not more than one-half wha' -
got, and l once had a hen lnas M
1853 eggs from in Il season. ~ sonlt,
is remarkable. feed the il''ie S.,A
bread soaked in sweet MILK anu a,.d
boiled eggs, with onion tops euV ors,
fine and a little pepper sprinhleu .ool
them occasionally, and Il 'nas S,rt
food for them. Little poulls al ,.ra
to raise in wet weather, ana a,,hr
to run out In rainy weather Deio eli
are pretty well feathered' .n,' uors
droop and die. Lice are pouirs vdu
enemies. Keep them from NV FROM
insect powder.-Mrs. 1. u
Mercer County, Illinois.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-11-20
MEMORY OF A KISS
CA A BOYS ATTEMPT TO VOICE
THE IDEAL
The Poetry Of Life Condensed Into
Cne Short Story Of a Summer Even
Ino-Comments OF the Older Men
Who Listened.

The boy was telling the story to an
intimate. He was not exactly a boy;
not exactly a man. He had the sensa-
tions Of a man with yet only a boy S
experience. The boys story was an
attempt to voice the ideal, as he knew
it. Thus 1t ran:
It was one evening in summer. The
sun was setting, building fairy temples
In the sky, painting its domes n
miuarets with shlmmering gold. 1t
cast q shaft of light on the darkenlng
sea, which stretched to my feet like
a golden stairway leading to the tenn
pies in the sky. The summer sea
whispered q song to the sweet, de-
parting glory In the west, and tumbled
aimlessly as 1t sang, like a drowsy
child. But before the sea song the
universe seemed standing still, listen
ing to its own whispering melody.
Suddenly along the golden staircase
there came a woman lightly tripping.
She was of the stuff that dreams are
made. Softly n a garb OF clinging
white she moved toward me. Her
face was shining like the sur. Her
glowing tresses gave back the CLINT
Of the sky with subtle, answering
fires. Her eyes cleaned with the per-
lection of woman's eternal promise.
Her lips, soft, sweet and warm, were
parted with a glad, happy smile. She
zane to me radiantly, eagerly, with
white arms outstretched. She came
to me. She came to me.
AS she drew closer in the golden
evening light l saw all the glory OF
her face. Her face shone on me
Her eyes cleaned for me. Her lips
smiled for me. I looked into the face
in proud humility; it made tears In my
heart to know such a face was clad in
radiance because of me. II made hun
ger in my soul because | knew 1t could
not be; was too good to be.
She came to me as a lover and q
mother might. She held me tenderly
as If were very young and she kissed
me, and the music Of 1t was like the
tireless sea. Then l awoke.
There was no sea. There was no
anything, only a London morning.
Only breakfast, and the coffee was bit
ter and the bacon cold. The land
lady's head bore crimpy curls horribly
jangling, and she talked OF dead rela-
tons. From that day | have not
dreamed and there Is something want
ing in my life.
That is the story. On the whole 1t
is a silly story. If a man told such a
story in a club, his head would get
broken with a soda syphon. Men do
not tell such stupid tales-they think
'em. Else. they are old.
The man who listened broke a coal
on the fire and said: HIM" And an
other older man, to whom he told the
story, said: Adam dreamt that way
the night he lost his rib."-BIack and
White.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-11-20
KEEPING CHARLEY'S SEAT.
He Would Not Come Forward to Claim

1t.
Many amusing scenes are enacted
before the ~footlights at bargain matt
nees, especially in the theaters where
10 reserved-seat coupons are issued on
such occasions, and the rule of first
come, first served" obtains, says the
Philadelphia Record. At a recent mat
inee of this kind in a popular theater
much merriment was excited by the
efforts or a stout, good-natured look
ing woman to secure a seat for a young
man, evidently a relative, who had
come into the theater after the house
had pretty well filled up. She had
succeeded in securing a seat herself
and holding another one by the me-
dunn of sundry wraps and parcels,
alongside, pretty well down toward the
stage. In front of these she stood
sentinel, anyiously scanning every
new group that came in. Finally she
saw the young man and began wildly
to wave her handkerchief at him, but
apparently he was looking everywhere
save in the right direction. Meanwhile
several seat-hunters had espied me un-
occupied chair and were casting en-
yious and suspicious glances at It.
The situation was becoming critical;
so, without more ado, the stout party
put her hand to her mouth and shout
ed in stentorian tones across the en-
tire auditorium: Charlie! Here's
your seat!" Every one laughed; but
Charlie, evidently not counting unwel-
come notoriety, discreetly kept in the
background. "Charlie!" she yelled
again. in louder tones, and then the
denizens Of the gallery, quick to seize
an opportunity, began a chorus OF
Charlie! l say, Cbarlie!" "Charlie!"
where are your" and "Ho! Charlie!"
which strengthened the youth in his
wise resolution to stay just where he
was. Then the sentinel surrendered
the seat to a MISUNDERSTANDING wom-
an who wore s~pectacles.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-11-20
The Cost Of llvino,

What Is the cost Of living?
The price Of bread and a boner
The thirst of the parched lips for drink
Ana the cry for food alone?
Masters of fact and figures.
Ye who have writ the scroll.
Count ye the cost as a huckster's charge
With never q thought of soulp
Ye with the bIoodless story
OF figure and fact arrayed.
Heard ye no tale of the mothers pai,
On the bed where the child is laid?
Ye tell of the cost of living
Took we no thought on it;
The anguished price that a mother pays
And the patience infinite?
What Is the cost Of living?
Saw ye no blind and lame?
Heard ye no cry Of a souls despetrf
Saw ye no blush of shame?
Met ye 10 disappointed?
Dried We no fearful eye,
mat wept Ger the clay OF an IDOL. dead.
Ere the sun was MONDAY high?
Wha is the cost of living?
Heard we of none who died
High on a cross of shattered hopes
And longings unsatisfed?
Saw We no slaves. unwilling.
Heard ye no bitter cry
or men accursed with the faint of gin
Fearing to live or die?
What Is the cost of living?
All Of our toll and tears.
All or our doubts and sorrows
All of our woes and fears,
Grim and with greed unceasing
Life for his debt claims pay,
Never the sum decreasing,
NOW. or ever. or aye.
james Foley. Jr.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-11-20

Bank or Buenos Ayres, Nov. 10, 1879.
My Dear Sister.-I have read your
letter-the last one, in which yon ask
about Rob-at least six times. And at
every reading l reach a new conclu-
sion. Now, however, after the last
reading, think I have solved the
problem Of his future, and | have no
doubt you viii agree with me in that /
have solved it well. To return to your
letter, o have, as / understand, made
some arrangement to give I'D your
lonely housekeeping and make your
home with Mrs. Seymour, your old
school friend, and more than sister.
who lives in Brooklyn. You feel that
1t is time Rob began to think of ht. ca
reer, or for you to think for him. /
agree with you fully. If you were sure
that the boy was a'aTts' 20 q 1rofes-
sional life l would say keep him at col
lege, and / would sec that he got
through his professional studies and
had enough capital to start life upon
But there Is no certainty that this is
SO. l fear that he may have inherited
the scholarly tastes and fine temnera-
ment OF his father, together with his
lack OF worldly push. r. this we're SO,
II is time now to take him in hand end
make a man of hrm. II you thought
seriously of engineering which you
mentioned. I would say go ahead. But
| nave studied all the projects you
spoke OF. and cannot see that there is
any better n than / am about co lay
down to you. And / do not mind tell
Ing you that there is a strain OF selfish
ness In my plan, so you need not feel
that l am doing anything by way of
charity. This arrangement Will un-
doubleday be as advantageous to me as
to him. AS o know, my interests are
vast I have so many investments that
require personal attention that I am
busy every waking hour. And besides
myself there is no one In whom I can
place any confidence. Now, my dear
sister. / am getting old. I need a
younger head-a younger hand-to
take hold out here and help me. Rob
is young-so much the better-he will
be the more easily trained to my meth
DDS OF business. You see my way OF
looking at it-now to my proposition.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-11-20

with his ships and mines and things!"
said Rob.
Il fancy, If the relative value Of
money was considered, your Uncle
David would be found almost as rich
as Solomon" said Mrs. Cleverdale,
laughing at Rob's a~mazement. But
we must get on with our story. You
know that I have looked for a letter
from Buenos Ayres every three
months. Well, that letter contains a
remittance from Uncle David of FIVE
hundred dollars. That is what we are
living on-what we have lived on since
your poor father died"
oh! But III pay him all hHck some
day, mother. Don't fear. I'll pay him
all back"
Mrs. Cleverdale Rugged Rob, and be
did not see the tears that rolled down
her cheeks.
Eyes, dear, you will pay him. And
the time for that has ome I must
read you a letter | received from him Il
short time ago. 1t is in reply 10 one |
wrote him"
There was such evident emotion in
his mothers manner that Rob looked
at her in establishment. He could see
nothing to agitate her in the CONVERSE
ton they had. Mrs. Cleverda'e left her
chair and took from a drawer in her
desk a letter bearing the same stamp
as the package containing the pictures.
She opened this, but Gid not at once
begin to read. It was by this time ap-
parent to Rob that his mother was
feeling very sad. And if there was any
one feature in Rob's nature that was
stronger than another, it Was his love
for his mother. He put his arms
around her and said:
Don't read it. mother. If it makes
you cry. Put the old thing away"
NO" she replied. patting his head.
1T is for your good, my boy, ant |
must .be brave. Uncle David is wise
and shrewd. He knows what is best"
Solomon again." said Rob.
Listen" said Mrs. Cleverdale, begin
ming to read:
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-11-20
Passing of a Drudge.

Repose upon her soulless face.
Dig the grave and leave her:
But breathe a prayer that. in his grace.
He who so loved this toilin2 race
To endless rest receive her.
Oh. can it be the gates aiar
Wait not her humble quest.
Whose life was but a patient war
Against the death that stalked from far.
With neither haste nor rest
whom were sun and moon and cloud.
The streamlet's pebbly coli.
The transient. M~ay-bound. ~feathersd
crowd
The storms frank fury, thunder-browaa
But witness of her toll;
Whose weary feet knew not the blis.
or dance by Jocund reed:
VINO never dallied at a kissf
IL heaven refuses her, life Ii
A tragedy indeed
-CentYrv
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-11-20
HOW HE WON HER.
Showing Good Results from Use Of a
Little Jiplomacy.

showing GOOD Results from Use OF q
Little Diplomacy.
Then you will be a sister to me?"
"Tha. is all | can be-"
He paused and looked at her
thoughtfully.
81 already have seven sisters" he
said, land | am not quite sure | can
make for you. They are very
kind to me, and on several occasions
my socks have been darned a half a
dozen times in the same spot. They
are so thoughtful, too. Each OF them
has picked out a wife for me, but
strange to say not one of them men
toned you. Of curse you won't feel
hurt If l add that there Is a general
and deep-rooted Impression that YOU
are not half good enough for me. Sis
tiers are like that sometimes, you
know.
The girl flushed hotly.
Not good enough" she cried. "Ill
show them. Consider MY refusal
withdrawn"
And so she married the foxy fellow
out of spite and made him happy.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-11-20

married a wealthy lady Of Buenos
Ayres. and he felt rather In W Of the
proud face with the black eyes that
looked at him from the card.
II hope so. Rob-"
But so far away" said Rob. Don't
they I'VE come to New York to see
your"
"Your Uncle David is a very busy
man." she said. 81 don't suppose he
ever has any time to go visiting. He
owns SO many interests in all parts OF
that country that they keep him occu-
pied. fancy, If you ever do see him.
you will go there"
GO there! What! Me 90 to South
America"
There was SO much eager delight in
Rot's words that Mrs. Cleverdale
wiped an unbidden tear from her eye.
Eyes, Rob-" she said. 81 have not
mentioned this before, because the SUBJ
ject was very painful to me. But it is
time now for you to know something
Of the future that has been arranged
for you. AS you know, we are not rich.
Your father was not one nf the money
making kind. He was a good man, and
q scholarly one. But he preferred to
work for a stated salary rather than to
strike out in risky enterprises for him
self. SO. when he died. he left us with
nothing. My brother, David Horton.
was just the opposite In nature. He
went to Buenos Ayres when he was
young, and started his career raising
cattle and horses. He made money and
married a lady of Buenos Ayres who
wassQuite wealthy. Then he branched
out and took up other lines Of business,
and o he Is the controller Of many
OF the Industries In the Argentine Con-
federation. He Is a banker In Buenos
Ayres. and is the friend of the presi-
dent. In fact, he is known to be the
mainstay Of the government in finan-
cial matters. Then he has silver mines
on La Plata River. and gold mines on
distant islands. He owns vast cattle
ranges On the pampas, and ships that
go to every country In the world. He
Is . merchant, yes. a merchant prince.
His ships bring him t~reasure from all
over"
why. he's just like Solomon was.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-11-20
OLD ACTOR WORLDLY WISE.
oliver Coud Byron Has New Idea for
Worldly Success.

oliver Coud Byron Has New Ioea TOR
Worldly Success.
Oliver Doud Byron invests and rein
vests at Long Branch the handsome
fortune accumulated during his forty
years connection with the American
stage.
It Is now a little more than half a
century since the elder Byron made
his debut. Very few Of the ~playgoers
of u day a recall the perform
ances when he played Iago to the
Othello of Edwin Booth and Othello
to the celebrated tragedian's Iago.
Those events belong to an earlier
age.
But the senior Byron chortles Of re-
mote epochs as glibly as if they were
occurrences of yesterday. He walks
with the stride of the early eighties
and shows the same-or they look
like the same-well conditioned and
polished mOlars hat cleaned at the
critical moment in Across the CONT
nent."
"Oh, yes" he Will tell you, 81 sup
pose I'm one of the few actors Of the
old school who have managed to keep
their money. Booth lost most Of his,
and | hear Irving almost came to
grief. The trouble with both of them
has been too much genius-too much
zeal to keep ahead of their era"
You mean you never tried to do
that?"
That's just what mean. l am a
living example Of the wisdom Of an
other policy. He who writes my cpl
taph should say: Here lies a man
who played a new trick and kept be-
hind his age It's worth thinking
over"