Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-19

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hut his project. and the Gulf and Shin
Island was double streak OF rusty
b Fails when Captain Jones began to In
-vestirate. HIS was no superficial
work: IL it had been, the Gulf and ship
Island Railway would have died still
I born. While studying the present. he
kent his eye upon the future and.
atisfied with its prospects. he pur-
chased valueless piece Of property
with the Arm intention Of making it
valuable.
You agree with me: he has accom-
plished his purpose.
Hattiesburu IN 1895.
/ leave it to you, ladies and gentle
men Of Gulfport, enjoying the breeges
coming from far of Mexico. to express
your feelings to the man who created
this city out Of nothing. TO q certain
extent / represent Hattiesburg which
is scarcely less indebted to our friend
Captain Jones. observe that came
to Hattiesburg at the time when Can
tain Jones left Buffalo-in the wear
1895. What was Hattiesburg at that
time IA struggling little village with
its future in the clouds. / win tell YOU.
ladies and gentlemen. it took some lit
tie courage and a vast amount Of
faith to open bank there at that
time But what was our courage. we
who risked hundreds. where our hon
ored guest was prepared to risk ten
thousands? Still we did SO. and are
very far from sorry for it.
Hattiesburu Hotel.
Hattiesburg at that time grew slow
". What was there to attract the
stranger? What prospect did II hold
out 10 induce man to break III
stakes and share its future? No one.
/ dare say, had the slightest idea Of
what the near future had in store We
had accommodations for strangers
but they were the accommodation Of
village. One day a guest appeared
at one Of our hotels registered. and
in due time retired. His nights rest
probably did not come up to his ex-
pectations, for he was overheard to
say the next morning, II will see If this
condition cannot be improved. In the
course Of short time, the site where
the Hotel Hattfesburg now stands.
passed into the possession Of cant III
",
Of you know by experience that Hat
tiesburg has hotel now. and that
there is no complaint about the ac-
commodations.
Some Statistics.
It is my purpose to deote some mo-
ments to the development Of South
Mississippi, which must be largely
statistical If / cover the ground thor.
oughly, but will not tax your patience
and endurance-by entering extensive
ly into statistics, with most Of which
you are as familiar as am, and none
more familiar than our honored euest
who helped make the statistics. will
observe only that when we opened
the Bank Of Commerce at Hattiesburg
twelve years ago, it had a paid up
capital Of $4,000. AT the present date,
Hattiesburg has four banks with a
combined capital and surplus Of $780,
900, and aggregate deposits Of $2,3OO,-
900 The sixth congressional district
in 1902. had a capital Of ss19 a45 in
vested in banks; their deposits were
$2,o9o,14s, distributed over sixteen
banks. Mis- year the aggregate CAPT
tai is $3,04S,493 and deposits amount
to ss,6S1.2S7, distributed in forty
eight banks. Thus in ave years the
capital and deposits have Increased
ave times whereas the number Of
banks has been multiplied by three.
/ will give YOU some figures regard