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Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-10

MIDDLEMEN
Southern Planters Prepare to Sell
Their Gotten Direct to the
Spinners Next Season.
FUTURE SPECULATION is
SUBJECT Of WARM DEBATE
Resolution Presented Asking the Gov
ernment to Discontinue Its Report
on Crop conditlon.-President Wal
y Clark Defends Department.

xpciated Press.
pber s.-The Inter
National = Of Cotton Growers
and SPIN NED at 6 O'Clock
business for =. the decision
to create a stan nittee of is
members to deviS& nd means
crop direct from the y the
spinners. This comm k.be
composed of two memberS3
the five associations repre-
the conference, two representa-
spinners of Continental Europe
two from the Sea Island Cotton al
citation. The fifteenth member is u
be the chairman Of the committee and
he will be selected by the other four
teen.
The Sea Island Cotton Growers as
sociation was admitted to membership
in the conference early today.
Contrary to expectations, no pro-
vision was made for subsequent in
ternationa1 conferences such as the
one which has just adjourned, but all
of the American members were ex-
tended cordial invitations to attend the
International Cotton Spinners' conven-
ton to be held in Paris next summer
SPRING SENSATION.
A sensation was sprung at the con.
ference early in the afternoon when
the committee on reports recommend
ed the passage of resolution asking
the United States government to
abolish its reports on crop conditions
The recommendation was voted down
but substitute was adopted refer
ring the matter to the Individual as
sociations forming the conference.
Several of the, members of the
Southern Cotton Growers association
urged the conference to condemn the
government reports on the ground
that they were at best only gusses
President Walter Clark of the Mis-
sippi division secured the floor and
defended the government. He said
that he did not want to be placed in
the attitude of defending the govern
ment reports, as they were of no use
to anybody except the spectators in
futures, but he believed that the de-
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-10
GOULD CASE
TO Be HEARD
Missouri Court Will Attempt to
\ Dissolve An Alleged Merger
Before Supreme Court.
STANDARD OIL CASE is
ALSO ON THE DOCKET
viii Try to Gust the STANDARD, the
Waters-Pierce and the Republic OIL
Companies From the state.-lce
Trust is Also to be Probed.

Jefferson City, Mo-, October -
The respondents in the suit brought
by Attorney General Hadiey against
the Gould lines in Missouri. to dis
solve an alleged merger, will make
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-10
$17,5s5 90

$17, ,585 90
y This statement was a more than
gratifying one to the board and after
some congratulatory mention OF the
amounts and the condition of the
county's finances the board adjourned
for dinner.
When the members of the board
re-assembled after the noon-hour it
was settled that the board as body
would visit the road built by the Gra-
ham Construction company and SO the
meeting was adjourned until this
morning when the session will be re-
sumed.
1t is more than probable that the
report of the committee Of the whole
will result in the acceptance of the
roads as they stand.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-10
CHICAGO Wins
SECOND game

Chicago, October 9.-In the second
game for the worlds base ball champ
ionship, Chicago today defeated De-
troit by a score of 8 to 1. Chicago
made 5 hits and error and Detroit
10 hits and two errors. Mullin pitched
for Detroit and Pfeifter for Chicago.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-10

solve an alleged merger, will make
their return tqDGEel
was argued be T. ~ M Y Il I X
on demnrref
the Missouri Pacific to hold a major
,ity Of the stock of the Iron Mountain
2snds Wabash roads, the Pacific Ex-
press company and several coal com
papaes. In the case of the Wabash,
it Is also alleged to be parallel and
competing line.
ttnother important antitrust suit,
TINT against the Standard Oil COM
parry, will also come up this month,
ha, ing been set for argument before
tn state supreme court October 2s.
Tf4c purpose Of the suit is to GUST the
Standard, Waters-Pierce and Republic
oil companies from the state for al
leged violation Of the antitrust laws.
Testimony was taken all over the
country, from Kansas to New York.
Judge Anthony, who conducted the
hearings, reported finding the com
panies guilty as charged of violating
the statutes by combining to control
prices. To this report the respondents
have excepted. While the purpose is
to GUST the companies from the state,
the supreme court may suspend this
action on the payment Of fine. It
is expected that this fine will be
about $4,000 for each of the three
defendant companies.
Y Other important cases Of this char
cter which the state supreme court
is expected to take UP this month in
clude suits to dissolve the ice trust
in st. Louis and Kansas City. In the
latter town Judgment has already
been rendered against some Of the
ice companies and custer ordered, but
they have appealed to the supreme
court.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-10
PERRY COUNTY TREASURE
5lII l| lIPER7isI5R, lE!sRE

The board Of supervisors was busy
all the forenoon. yesterday, but held
no session in the afternoon as that
time was given to an inspection Of
the roads built by the Graham Con-
struction company for the county.
During the forenoon, however, the
board was kept pretty busy allowing
bills and claims against the county
and doing some routine work.
Leonard Ward was appointed game
warden for the period between this
date and January 1 and was immed-
lately put to work. His remuneration
is to be all the fines assessed against
the arrests he makes and in conse-
quence he will hardly let any guilty
man escape.
The petition of A. X. McInnis and
others was received and read to the
board. In this petition the board is
asked to pay for the horses killed by
the orders of veterinary surgeons as
suffering with glanders and after a
discussion it was turned down where
upon the petitioners asked for the
withdrawal from the files of this
document.
Then came representatives of the
First National Bank asking that the
personality assessments against that
Institution be revised and reduced
from 100000 to $1150OO, and their
petition was granted and the reduc-
tion authorized.
| The Davidson company also had
representatives present for the pur-
pose of securing a reduction. That
company asked that it's personally as
sessments be reduced from $35,000 to
$4,000 which was also granted as
was the request of T. J. Jackson who
requested the board to reduce his
personally assessments from $4,000
to $2,1oo.
During the forenoon the county
treasurer, d. X. Hemeter, made his
report which was received and ap-
proved by the board and ordered
spread on the minutes. This report
shows that the county has now on
hand $17,5s5 divided among the diff
ferent banks Of the county.
The assets of the first district are
as follows:
General county fund ....... So ,02z. ss
School fund .......... 1928 .Ss
Pauper w. 49,. 1890. 615 2s
18th section. township 3,
range 10 ............ 8.12
18th section. township 8
! range IL 49,. -4.... ...... 31.97
18th section, township
range II ......s. ..... 299. 10
18th section. township
range IL 80. Az. 7.20
l6th section, township
range 8 ...e.. ...,. 600 90
10th section, township 10
range 10 ...... ~. .... $40 80
s12,sss ss
The assets 70 rthe second district
are as follows:
School fund ...s -. ...... 1855 10
Sinking fund -. ~. ~. LAOS As
Pauper fund ~. 66s 81
Institute fund .... 31.00
18th section, township 4,
range ~ 80. -. $685.. 1876 .S5
| 1efh aoof3or, q fomncffr . Gas r.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-10

Jackson, October "a solution of
the vexed telephone question as to
free country service was reached to-
day by the railroad commission,
whether, however, it will prove satis-
factory to the patrons of the company
and will be accepted as final solu-
ton of the trouble, or whether the
people will carry the matter further,
remains to be seen.
The fight has been a hard one and
has been in progress for about IL
months. The discontinuance of the
country service was one of various
reforms or rather economies in serv-
ice, which the Cumberland company
has been gradually enforcing. The
first murmur of complaint came from
the northern part of the Delta where
exchanges were scarce and where
country phones were numerous.
Clarksdale was sort of business cen
ter for the whole section and the
company began by cutting out the
free service with the Clarksdale ex-
change. The matter was fought over
at several successive meetings of the
railroad, commission while the prll
mary election campaign was at i
height, and the commission after
making an exhaustive inquiry passed
an order requiring the company to
establish free country service on the
plans it had been operating. The
company declined to obey thee
of the commission and ignored
steadily refusing to establish I'll
service where new phones we
in and gradually discontinuing
from time to time.
Today the commission, or
ity of it, Messrs. McNair and Br
decided to accept the companyi
position in lieu of the country
ice. This plan is sort of grad
mileage tax on the country 1
Under this scheme the country p6c
will pay for its exchange connecq
according to its distance iron ~
change. The fee begins with 8 8
for the first ten miles asa M i'm
and then runs up. and ever pone
must pay in proportiah. to IL t'eage
Commissioner Klncanso Fvoted
against this subsutuss psn holding
that it was an ,ektfe ebrse for the
country service nn1 W an increase
of just so much. - fter how small
the fee.
The schslae ~ - put into effect.
however. and workings will be
lHatched x<,n pte'est. The strongest
~ -, urs< the Cumberlanti
F ! - &6uHnuance of the country
,Ite, fsthe one which most
sf)fis 6ob1 Nd to the commission
e,I wtS ]jls 5f SsaQeged by the
bountry SERVES aGl
'cepted by the pAoll& ~ y bQQ = T
blessing, was grossly asp5
though the charge was SO sfA1
to amount to nothing. the fewest num-
Der of|'phone renters would pay it.
preferfing to use the phone of a
neighBor who did have the benefit of
the exchange connections. So that,
the company, claimed. nine out of
every ten renters would use the tenth
phone instead of making goed them
selves. This the company claimed
was an imposition
The adoption of this new plan is
In line with the policy of the company
to gradually stiffen up the cost of
phone service, and is in line with the
abolishment of the cheaper night
messages. The reduction in night
messages was done to meet possible
competition with the telegraph COM
panies, but as the telephone has made
Its own peculiar place, regardless OF
tho Telegraph business. there is no
longer occasion for the reduction, and
the Cumberland has abolished it.
JAMES +. CURTIS.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-10

New Orleans, October 9.-zE. F..
Kerker, aged rs, and native of Ger
many, declared upon making appli-
cation today to number of Republi-
can leaders in New Orleans for aid
q assist him infighting certain arch
mics in Mississippi, that he had
>illegally deprived of large trast
in Livingston Parish, that
n that he feared to let the
- know his address for fear
thu ~ to take his life.
MI F said he had been a
life-ions of the Republican
party am score he asked
help of som fell known mem
bers of that po recently left
the Charity ho( 1t an illness
of several weeks.
He tells remafS of his
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-12-28
The song of Bridge.

tfrOm Lille.
With eylids heavy and red,
With cheeks that flush and burn,
A woman sits in her gladdest rags,
Playing her cards in turn,
Bridge. bridge. bridge,
Daytime and night the same;
And still with voice at excitement's
pitch
She sings the "song of the Camel
"Play. play play.
The whole Of the evening through;
Play. play. play!
Till the milkman's almost due.
Morning and noon and night,
The same thing every day
What is it. then, that men call work
If this be only play?
"Play, play play
For we must be in the swim!
Play, play. play!
Till the cards grow blurred and
dim.
Diamonds, hearts and clubs,
All in mist they seem.
Till when | am Dummy fall asleep
And still play on in dream!
20 but for one short hour
To feel as used 10 feel,
When ] played my round of golf a
day
And longed for a hearty meall
A day on the links | would dearly
love,
But at home | needs must stay.
For they must have another hand,
So play. play. play!
20 men with sweethearts dear.
o men with sisters and wives,
IT'S not the rubber you're playing out
But foolish women's lives.
Nervous. tired and worn,
Excited. flushed and rash
Paying at once double price
In health as well as in cash.'
With eylids heavy and red.
With cheeks that flush and burn
a woman sits in her gladdest rags,
Playing her cards in turn.
Bridge, bridge, bridge,
Winter and summer the same,
Till the breakdown comes. as come il
will,
She will make and double and play
and still,
VIII sing this "Song of the Game.
j. w. Merrill.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-12-28

There Is said to be more real
strength and human interest and
genuine American spirit in "A Dan
,gerous Friend" which will be at the
Kentucky. Paducah, Ky, saturday,
January IL, than in a dozen ordi?
nary plays: and more Convincing
power in its natural situations than
in dozen dramas full of cheap SEN
sationalism. and rough. raw or clap
trap effects. The loyalty of man to
man, fidelity of true friendship In
contrast with the treachery of the
false. the fine influence OF genuine
sentiment are declared to be seldom
oDsnever better brought out than In
"a Dangerous Friend" II has five
acts of almost equal merit, instead
of being play in which one big
scene or effect" is supposed TO
make up for an otherwise weak and
worthless play.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-12-28
IN METROPOLIS

Mrs. Florence Willis is visiting her
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. William Towle
Mr. VIII Tune. wife and daughter
Miss India, and Ivis Tune went tc
Grantsburg to attend the funeral OF
Mrs. Tunes mother Christmas.
J. l.. Starks. who is now located
at Canton. H.. is visiting his father
Reuben Starks.
Mrs. RollAe Ragsdale spent Christ.
mas in Brookport with her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Dink McCrosy
Two small boys about and l.
years Old came in Christmas eve on q
freight and were arrested. They had
run away from their homes at zeig
Ter. III. Their uncle came Christmas
day and took them back home.
Mrs W. II. Tabor is visiting heI
parents at Mt. Vernon. o.
c f. Mural came down from
Murphy sboro. H.. TO spend Christmas
with his mother. Mrs. Henry Baynes
Miss Nellie Rampendalph. who i
going to school at st. Charles. Mo
came home to spend the holidays
VIII Rampondalpn. OF Muskogee
okla. is spending the holidays with
his father. VI. II Rampendalph. ST.
Howard Hays. former Metropo-
lis boy. is visiting his grandmother
Mrs Burton.
T,ff.p nr,uh ,,-r ~ uarrf-h,,rs,
is visiting his mother. Mrs. Jerry
Mizcll.
DR.. Albert Wills is visiting Ms
father, Or. J. 7. Willis.
Jack Poulson visited his mother
Mrs. Trail Tuesday.
Thomas Cutting. who Is working at
Paducah. is spending this weelS with
his family.
Miss Lizzie Young. OF Chicago. Is
visiting her parents. Mr.. and Mrs
Geo. Young.
There was a masked ball at Fritts
hall Christmas night.
Clyde Schrader and his grandmoth-
err. Mrs. WiHers. went TO Vienna
Christmas day to VISIT Mrs. Winters
sister, whom she had not seen for
many years.
Mrs Nan Leffingwell and Miss Ef-
fie and Little Miss vitrude are visit
ing MEs. Mary Haste at Mound City.
John Kraper. OF Paduoah. is visit
ing his. daughter, Mrs. VIII May.
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INGLESIDg LODGE
l.. W. TEEzoR ELECTED NOBLE
GRAND FOR YEAR OF 1908.
independent Order of Odd Fellows
Hold Annual Meeting anJ
Choose Officers.

Ingleside lodge OF Odd Fellows
last night elected officers " serve Tor
the coming six months as follows:
Noble Grand. W. Feezor.
Vice Grand-M. G.. Gilbert.
Secretary-P. J. Beckenbach.
Treasurer-Charles f. Jennings.
Next Friday evening these officers
will be Installed IN their proper
places.
Thursday night Mangnm lodge
NAMED its new officers, who are:
Noble Grand-E. 7. Mckinney.
Vice Grand-Samuel Whitmer.
Secretary-Harr Judd.
Harry r. Hank.
These officers will be installed next
Thursday evening.
On the night OF the installation
both lodges. the noble grands will
name ue appolntlye officers who are
to serve with them for six months.
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EVERYBODY DELIGHTED.
Ncwbro's Herpicide Destroys the Dan
druG Germ and Prevents Badness.

Quinine and rum and "a whole lot
of other things, are pleasant to rub
on the scalp after washing It free of
dandruff, but not one preparation Of
the general run cures dandruff and
falling hair. II Is necessary to kill
that germ, to be permanently cured
of dandruff. and to stop falling hair.
Newbro's Herpicide will positively
destroy that germ, so that there can
be no more dandruff. and so that the
hair will grow luxuriantly. DE
stroy the cause, and You will re-
move the effect" Sold by leading
druggists. Two sizes, soc and $500.
Send 1Oc. in stamps for sample to
The Herplcide Co., Detroit Mich
w. b. Mcpherson. Special Agent.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-12-28
RIVERSIDE
WELL REMEMBERED BY CHART
ABLY INCLINED PEOPLE.
Acknowl esIgcmcnt Made Of Gifts 10
Institution and Patients Dur
ing tlie Year.

The people of Paducah have be-
come more Interested in the River
side hospital than ever before, this
fact Is well demonstrated by the
number OF donations received dur
ing the year.
Mrs. l.. s. Levy and Mrs. Jake
wallerstein originated a unique plan
to provide delieacies for the charity
patients IN the Institution, by asking
different ones 20 donate Jar OF
fruit, preserves. Jelly or fresh frdlts
OF anything that they desired 70
give, the fruit jars are TO be returned
in the spring and refilled for the
charity patients. The donations were
as foliows:- One hundred and thirty
six jars OF fruit and preserves; 10
glasses of jelly: two dozen lemons
three and half dozen bananas and
one pound OF honey. Donated by:
Mesdames NJ X. Scott. Frank Scott
George Wallace. J. +. Harth, Chas
Kiger. Don Gilberto, c. w. Hall. l.
| W. Emery. Louis Rubel. 5. Fels, Hen
Iry Rudy. Herman Wei. Herman
Friedman. W. !. Levy. Geo. Baker
Louis Rieke, Fred Nagel. Harry Mey.
eHs. Sol Dreyfuss. J. wallerstein, Il
Livingston, Adolph Well, A Living
ston, John Keller. I. Nauheim. Louis
s. Levy. Geo. b. Hart, Chas Hinkle
ID N Tsfamopfa Ia S1.oth 81 l.
Williamson. Gus smith. Wheeler
Campbell. c. II. brothers, B l.
Bradley. Van Meter. Frank Hin. II
T. Rivers. George KatterJohn. A
Bauer. S. b. Pulllam. Dave Levy. b,
wellle. ST.. J. +. Reddlck, Hal Cor
bett. Leia Wade Lewis, p. II. Stew
art. Il. W. Baker. S. Winstead. A
Berry. Jas welIle. Ben Weille
James Uiterback. VIM. Wright a
Rasch. T. c. I.eech. Sol Lesser. Mike
Michael, Mohr Michael II. @. Har-
melting, VIM FULLY, J. Well. saun
ders Fowler. James A. Rudy. Ed
Briughurst. Frank Boyd. Jake Bene
dict. Geo. Robertson. Misses Lizzl,
sinnott Rubie Cobb.
other donations were received dur
ing the year. a basket OF fruit from
Or. and Mrs Bass. Three cakes
from Gockels bakery.
Numerous baskets OF flowers for
the charity wards. An ofiice ciocb
from J. L. Wolf The superlntend
ent and nurses of the institution were
royalty remembered by their friends
during Christmas for which they
thank them very kindly.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-12-28

az Paramount, Mimi, says: Frank
Mahara's Minstrels here the 9Th to Z
packed house; people well pleased.
The list OF comedians was headed by
that great comedian, Skinner Harris,
who kept his audience in confirm
Gus roar of laughter. Others in the
company deserving special mention
are Richard Lewis, the wonderful
Iyric-tenor. whose equal has never ap-
peared on the stage. Harry Gilman
in a new and novel act entitled Tan
gle Foot showed himself TO be a fin
ished artist"
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promise which the children called
THE Three Of Us after themselves.
All the scenes are enlivened and
made convincingly true by close at
tention to the little things Of every
day occurrence. This use OF detail
Is exhibited by disclosure that is sim
pie and human and devoid of all he
roles. The language used at all times
Is spontaneous and natural. II is
said that Miss Crothers has dressed
Me play in dialogue of a rare aud
beautiful kind Every speech seemt
fitted to the occasion and appears not
TO have been written at all, but to
come out of its own accord, as the
proper and inevitable expression to
which the characters must give utter
ance. The cast includes Mabel Cam
erOn. a California girl, who has late
ly won notable success on the New
York stage: Elise Scott. Jennie la
Monte. Walter Horton, Henry Hall,
Thomas V. Emory, Henry Fearing
ard Master Harry Wright.
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Plain city Lodge.

The Plain .City lodge OF Masous
met last night and elected officers
as follows:
Fred Roth, master; s. p. Martin,
senior warden: x. S. Robertson.
junior warden: j. W. Gleayes, treas
urer; George o. Ingram, secretary.
Slavic Mall. senior deacon; j. w.
McNeely. junior deacon; J. H. Ash
craft. senior steward: W. T. Miller
junior steward. and c. o. Brown.
tyler.
The report or J. f. wilhelm, pres
ldent OF The Masonic and Odd Feb.
lows Building company. showed the
Fraternity building TO be paying
Investment. The Indebtedness of the
company is sii.23i. while the esti-
mated value Of It's property is s75,-
OYo.
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persistently solicited to give 1t some
kind of a test said: Take 1t to Wal
ter Lawrence. of the Madison Square
theatre. he is looking for an Ameri-
can play" She quickly sought Mr..
Lawrence who took the Mss. from he
and two days after 'phoned'' her to
call and arrange terms. This she
did and "The Three Of Us" was soon
produced and caught en- from the
first. The piece is In four acts and
tells of 1.-The Three Of Us" Three
children who were orphaned but left
BY their dying father a mine of little
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-12-28
1.-The Three of U.s."

Theatre-goers will be interested to
learn that THE Three of U.s." which
was the success OF the New York
theatre season last year. will be
seen at The Kentucky tonight. For
.22T nights this play filed the Madl-
son Square theatre with delighted
people who vented their appreciation
to the utmost. The newspapers and
magazines gave il unstinted praise,
which was taken up and added to by
the Boston and Chicago press during
its presentation in those cities. "The
Three OF Us" is another typical Amer
lean play success. Rachel Crothers
wrote It and vainly tried for time to
get some one of the many New York
managers to produce it, but no one
had the temerity to do so. One dag
however. a manager whom she had
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-12-28
CHRISTMAS TREE
GIVEN To POOR AT UNION RES
CUE MISSION SUCCESS.
Four Hundred Presents Distributed
Among Children aud Clothing
To Older Ones.

The Christmas tree given last
night at the Union Rescue Mission
was one OF the most successful ever
given. About 400 presents were dis
tributed among the poor children.
who were present, while.a rumber OF
useful articles OF clothing were Civ
zen the older people,