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Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-06
Some Short ~
0Stories Anoat
He Set a Date.

e A merchant in a Wisconsin town
who had Swedish clerk sent him out
to do some collecting, says Harper's
Weekly When he returned from an
unsuccessful trip he replied:
"Yim Yonson say he will pay ven
he sells his hogs. Vim Olesen, he will
pay ven him sell him wheat, and Bill
Pack say he will pay in january"
We'll" said the boss, that's the
first time Bill ever set a date to pay
Did he really say he would pay in
january"
well, aye tank so,v said the clerk,
"he say it ban dam cold day ven
you get that money. l tank that ban
in january"
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-06
BLAcKSNAkE MISTAKES
SMALL oouRD FOR AN EGG
Swallows II and Dies Under Woman's
Surgical Operation-Another Snake
Pillows on Ewes Head.

MILAN. Ind, Sept. 5.-Mrs Lafayette
Jarvis, of the village of Benham, found
a blacksnake in hens nest. She, no
ticed suspicious swelling in the rep
tiles abdominal region. which suggest
ed that it had either swallowed an egg
or had bad case Of appendicitis. Mrs.
Jarvis obtained a hoe and performed a
delicate surgical operation on his
snakeship, disclosing the fact that it
had swallowed small gourd which
had been used as nest egg The
snake, which measured seven feet in
length. did not survive the operation.
After Mrs. Flora Black, of Rexville,
had retired for the night she was dis
turbed, by What she thought was a
mouse under her pillow Investiga-
ton shkwed that the supposed mouse
was q fiye-foot blacksnake. Both Ben
ham and Rexville are dry towns.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-06

The only menace to the perfect hap
piness of Houston was the fear that
the oall team would win the pennant.
With the assurance that this is impos-
sible the governor is welcome so far
as we are concerned to issue his
Thanksgiving proclamation Houston
Post.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-06
QUEEN HELEN OF ITALY.
srAE passs
. . . . . . . . . . = . . e
Anent Strawberries.

And now it is said that growers
have succeeded in producing a variety
of strawberry SO large that one berry
will fill a box That is far better than
to have the size of the box reduced to
fit the ordinary strawberry -Mize
Outlook.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-06
Manifest Daily nav
VACATION OVER.

M r" ~ T r r. ? -"
Alack
It is back
To thu books,
Away
From the spray
OF the brooks.
Vacation is DER;
We turn 10 the lore
With troubled
And ominous looks.
Yes, children, dear,
l greatly ear
The time is near
For you to hear
In accents clear
The words Of cheer
That call YOU back to study.
In other words,
The grand
Conspiracy
To fill you full
/. OF useful information,
Whether you will
Or no,
Is about to be pulled off.
Cheer up, children,
Don't get sore,
Others have been
There before.
Since. the school room
Was invented
Not a year have
They relented,
Even though a
Shack was rented.
So it cannot
Be prevented.
you may as well
Look cheerful
And take your medicine,
For
You are in a hostile camp,
Get your books and
Mosey.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-01-04

market to tender under the fraudulent
contracts of the New York cotton ex-
change. \ y
"Your petitioners further state that
they have no desire to jeopardize any
legitimate transactions that are made
through any Of the cotton exchanges
of this country. There is no fight
against the New York cotton exchange
as an exchange to be used for the pur-
pose of safeguarding, protecting and
furthering the legitimate cotton bust
ness Of the whole country, but the
charges here preferred and efforts
made are directed solely against any
and all debased and fraudulent con-
tracts and transactions which are at
present practiced by those who are in
authority in. making effective the
present rules and methods Of that eX-
change to the detriment and injury Of
the legitimate cotton trade Of the Uni
ted States.'
In addition to the formal charges
many letters and affidavits III sup
port of them were submitted to Post
master General Cortelyou. Represen-
tative Livingston urged prompt and
decisive action>in the matter and Mr..
Cortelyou said the charges would be
given attention by the department.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-01-04
What Did They Mean?

The puzzle department of London
Truth recently had a competition or
examples of unintcntionally funny
paragraphs, either true of "ben tro-
vato.' Here are few of the amusing
specimens sent in:
"We regret to announce the death
at Cairo of Sir A. b. Smith, his Lon
don physician having recommended a
warmer climate
In a discussion on the dress of the
clergy a Nonconformist minister de-
clared: Gas for me, I will wear no
clothes to distinguish me from my fel-
iOwmen.'
This came under "In Memoriam"
column: "In loving memory Of --,
beloved wife Of -, who died ---.
This is inserted by her sorrowed
daughters. 'What is home without a
mother9' 'Peace, perfect peace. -
Extract from a last weeks para
graph in a fashionable advertising
journal: "Persons desiring to buy
sell or davertise any article, should
give our advertising columns chance
Don't go elswhere to be swindled.'
The following advertisement ap-
peared in morning newspaper
"Wanted, a gentleman to undertake
the sale Of a patent medicine. The ad-
vertiser guarantees that it will be pro.
fitable to the undertaken.
The following obituary notice ap.
peared many years ago in Somerset
weekly paper, now defunct: "Aftel
a long illness Mr.. B---passed away
on Monday to the inexplicable grief
Of his family.'
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-01-04
LAWS IN CHINA.
They Take No Account of the Inten.
tions of the Accused.

The incompatibility Of laws based
on diverse civilizations is nowhere
more marked than in China, says Ho-
sea B. Morse in the Atlantic. There
no bankruptcy law is possible. If a
debtor's own estate will not suffice to
pay his debts the deficiency must be
made good by his father, brothers or
uncles; if a debtor absconds his i'm
mediate family are promptly impris-
oned; if the debtor returns he is put
in prison and kept there indefinitely,
so long as he can find money for his
daily food until released by payment
in full or by death. This is the law.
When in 1895 Admiral Ting found
himself forced to surrender Weihai-
wei and his fleet, he committed sui
eide. BY this courageous step, tech
nically dying before surrender, he
saved his immediate family-fathcr,
mother, sons and dauyhtcrs-from de-
capitation and their property from
confiseatipn, the penalty when a COM
manderi surrcndcrs an imperial fort
ress, This is the law.
When iii the old days an English
gunner caused the death of Chinese
by firing Il salute from Il cannon from
which by oversight the ball had not
been removed, he was seized, tried
and executed. And in 1889, when il
the course Of Il disturbance with Eng
lish and American sailors at Cantor
a Chinese was killed, the authoritic!
demanded that if the guilty pcrso.
could not be detected and executed
the whole party should be handed
over for execution. This is the law.
Intention is never taken into ac
count. A dollar for 4 dollar, an eye
for an eye, life for life, and al
for The emperor and his representa-
tives-this is the law of China.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-01-04
CHARGES PRESENTED
- AGAlNg EXCHANGE
LIVINGSTON AMI JORDAN ASK
THAT 1T BE 1TLAWED.
Allege That New Y,Sk Cotton tx
change Has Deveoped Into a
.. Gambling Machne to The
Detriment of Iouth.

Washington, Jan. 2ACol. Living
stone and Harvie JordMt late this af-
ternoon filed their charss against the
New York cotton excharse and asked
the postmaster general . issue a
fraud order. There are sight counts
in the charges and alons swith them
are submitted number o5exhibits. A
striking one Of these IS the official
market report of the New York cot
ton exchange issued Bee. 29, emo
tice" day. The price Qnosh on fu-
ture contracts calling for dtivery the
same day was 9.02 while tn price of
spot cotton was 1865 a diSarity of
1853 points, difference Of Sis per
bale. Discussing this Col. Livingston
said to this correspondent:
eff McFadden or any othe cotton
operator had bought cotton n that
date at 9.02 and could have ecured
the actual cotton he could haze sold
it in the spot market and makel pro-
it on the 114,000 bales tradedin on
the exchange that day OF $11 $4,000.
He did not buy because he kneN5and
everybody else knew there was ntcot-
ton to be had. IF the New Yorkcot-
ton exchange operated on the ame
plan as the stock exchange or the oln
exchange. and l am informed tat
such is their character, they MIST
keep on hand for actual delivery dc
cotton traded III just rs does the brig
er who sells railroad or other stoc$
I do not know that such is their Gh;t
acter and I have been unable to fit
out, but if it is true, they must ket
commercial salable cotton on hand
meet their contracts.'' ....
Harvie Jordan says if he had fit
or hundred thousand dollars to en-
ploy the legal counsel he would pl
the New York cotton exchange con
plctcly out Of business if its chart'
is the same as those Of the stock e,
changes.
Zach McGhee.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-01-04
Julius Caesar -

One of the most popular actors that
the American stage can boast today
is Charles B. Hanford who will ap-
Thursday Jan. 10 in a brilliant revival
Of "Julius Caesar" The play is one
which requires enormuos resources
both as to scholarship and pccuniary
outlay9 Mr. Hanford has contem-
plated this revival for a number of
years, the enterprise being especially
congcnial to him because it was in
"Marc Antonv' that he made his firs
great success as q star. His perfor-
nance of this part with the Booth
Barret company was hailed by the cri-
ties with so much enthusiasm and ell
dorsed with such unmistaknble nppro-
val by the public that there seemed
no other course left open to him eN-
cept to grasp the golden opportunity
which the foresight and generosity OF
Booth and Barrett had placed with
in his grasp. The Hanford production
this year will surpass all the previous
presentations under the auspices OF
this favorite actor.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-01-04
Associated Press Account.

Washington, Jan 2.-Charges Of
fraud were filed late this afternoQp
with Postmaster General Cortelyoi
against the officials and members OF
the New York cotton exchange by
Representative Livingston Of Georgia
and Harvie Jordan, president OF the
Southern Cotton association of Allan
ia. On the charges they fled they
base q request that the postoffice de-
partment issue a fraud order against
the officials and members of the New
York cotton exchange in order to bar
them from the use of the United
States mail in conducting what the
charges term fraudulent pratices. The
postmaster general referred his call
ers to Judge Goodwin, assistant at
torney general for the postof1icc de-
partment. 1t is likely that hearing
will be held by Judge Goodwin before
a determination of the question is
reached.
Representative Livingston and Mr..
Jordan submitted to the postmaster
general the following letter accom-
panying the charges:
Washington, D. c., Jan. 2, 1907.
Hon. George B. Cortelyou, Postmas-
ter General, Washington, D. c.
3: Dear Sir: We, the Hon. L. F. Liv
ingston, M. c. Of Georgia and Harvie
, Jordan, president Of the Southern
Cotton association, Atlanta, Ga, here
by respectfully request the issuance
Of a fraud order by your department
against the use of the United States
mails by the officials and members Of
the New York cotton exchange and
present our reasons for the same in
the. following charges as outlined be-
low, and TO- which we most respectful
ly invite your careful attention.
Yours truly,
.. l.. r. Livingston,
a5 Harvic Jordan.
3r Charges in Detail.
= Following are the charges presented
to- Mr.. Cortelyou:
IS CIV charge that New York has
ceased to be commercial 'pt cot
ton market and that the Ne> York
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-01-04
An Attack on the Cloth.

Gov. Higgins, in the course of a dis
cussion about churchgoing, told a
story Of a quick -wittcd Scot.
81 don't at all approve of this
Scot" he began, "but I think he had
a ready wit.
ellis minister took him to task one
day because he never came to church,
golfing instead all summer, and cruI-
ing all winter long.
CONAN, man, the minister ended
'if We dinno mend yen land ycrscl
where ye'll no. be troubled wiz ser
mons, lang or Short
"'Wcel, aibln So he said, 'but
o for the want o meenisters. y
New York Tribune.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-01-04
A Cruel Insinuatfon.

Careless Acquaintance-How about
that man you operated on for appen-
dicitis last spring9
Young Physician (nervously)-
Don't talk shop so. Let's bury the
subject.
Careless Acquaintance-Good gra-
cious, man! You don't mean to say
they haven't buried him yet7-Balti-
more American.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-01-04
COL. BOYD'S CONDITION
IS NOT ENCOURAGING
Passed Bad Day and He is Regarded
T." :. as Somewhat Worse.
The State.

The State.
Greenville, Jan. 2.-Col. John C.
Boyd, who suffered stroke Of para
lysis here Monday afternoon, passed a
bad day today and his condition to-
night is worse. He was moved from
his partments at the Normandie hotel
this afternoon to the Greenville sani-
torium.
A report from his bedside late to-
night says he is resting we'll. His con-
dition is serious.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-01-04
Paw In Advence, Please.

Hotel Clerk (suspiciously)-Your
bundle has come apart. May 7 ask
what that queer thing isl
Guest-!This is a new patent fire es-
cape. I always carry it, so in case of
fire can let myself down from the
hotel window, seeq
Clerk (thoughtfully)-I see. Our
terms for guests with fire escapes,
sir, are invariably cash in advance
New York Weekly. >. ....
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-01-04
A Good Judge.

Yorkshire Farmer (who has laid h
wager, to gentleman on Weighing ma
chine)-"Will ye tell us how mooch
We weigh, mister9" Gentleman-Wcll,
I'm seventeen stone sevcn.' Farmer
-"What did A tell yc, lads7 A
couldn't be wrang, for AS t. best
ioodge o swine in t. country!''-
Punch.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-01-04

Mr.. observation-disclosures, does it
cost anything to ask you whether I
need medical treatment or not9' Doe
tor-"Not cent. My answer, though,
will cost you SIS. .'A-Chicago Tribune.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-03-28
WIFE WOULD NOT BE CHATTKl.
Farmer Who Had Bought Her vesY
Promptly Sues Husband.

Paris March 26.-Two farmers
living near Araulis. In the Depart
ment of Haute Loire, met at the
village Inn and talked farming, poll
tics and other topics, absorbara
meanwhile, several bottles Of demo-
cratic red wine.
Jean, 1t seems had plenty OF Hive
stock and grain, but no wife, whereas
Jules had wife but was short sn
corn. Thus It was easy for the men
to arrange a bargain that would za-
pear to suit to a nicely their respee-
tive cases.
Jules signed an agreement to cc6s
his wife to Jean for 300f. ($6ql-
The money was paid over. Nine
Jules. however, refused to go to live
with Jean, whereupon Jean. the pxr.
chaser. was furious over the nom
execution of the contract, broughg
suit against Jules for 3,000f. t$6oel
for breach of contract, and duly eu-
tered an action before n magistrate.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-03-28

the revival of dogmatic older than
the dogmatic of the churches. 1t is
the dogmatic of the prophets, the
wise men and the scribes who are
sent from God from time to time for
the restoration of his people. 1t is
the dogmatic of that Teacher, come
from God, whom the Christian
Church has enthroned at the right
hand of God.
THE God whom we would substi-
tute for the God of Athanasius and
Augustine is the God OF Isaiah and
the God Of Jesus. In the spiritual
consciousness of Jesus we find that
revelation of God which Ia most salts
flying to the consciousness of man in
geIeral-a God of life; God of
truth; q God of love; God whose
mercy Is over all His works; a God
who forgives sins, because 1t Is His
nature to forgive. He does not cry
for blood; He only asks for repent
ance. He knows whereof we are
made, and His infinite pity is equal
to the infinite pathos of our lives.
The new dogmatic gives to man
q history that displaces the old.
Man is not fallen being; he Is a
rising being. His history did not
begin In perfection lost by prime
val disaster. He began low down
In the scale of being and has risen.
by little and little, with many a
backward slip and many Il twist and
turn, from lower to higher condi-
tions, according to fixed laws and by
means of resident forces. Man has
been developed by man.
THE old dogmatic teaches saliva
tion by substitution. You lay your
sins on Jesus. He suffers you 60
free. Such plan of salvation is un-
worthy of God and degrading to
man. The new dogmatic. which Is
the old, teaches salvation by love,
salvation by service. Jesus saved
not by His godlike character. but by
his overpowering human love.
THE church of the new doginatic
will not be vast political organiza-
tion with popes and orelates and
palaces. 1t will not be a school for
the discussion and determination Of
the nature and attributes OF God 1t
will have no authority, and 1t will
claim no authority in the realm OF
philosophy. astronomy, geology b!-
ology or history. The church of the
new dogmatic will not seek to pro-
pitiate God by mystic rites and cere-
monies. 1t will offer Him no flesh
to eat. no blood to drink. 1t will
worship Him, indeed, but 1t will wor-
ship Him in spirit and IL truth"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-03-28
A Real Bridal Coach.

A bridal coach designed to boom
matrimony in Pittston, Pa, and to
do away with the custom of decora-
ting the ordinary hacks with white
ribbons for weddings has just been
completed in that city. This novel
equipage is in the shape of a huge
heart and costs $1S00.
1t is maroon and black with gold
trimmings. There are twenty hearts
on the vehicle, including eight heart
shaped windows, two large hearts
joining to forming the dashboard
and two more cropping out of the
rear springs. The lamps, which have
electric lights inside, are each sur
mounted by a Cupid with his bow
and arrow. The wood carving Is
especially beautiful. >
The coach is upholstered in cream
colored velours finished with old
gold buttons with two sets of wat
cred silk curtains, and overhead is a
cluster Of Gala lilies In the heart of
which are concealed red. white and
blue electric lights.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-03-28
A REAL GLOBE TROTrER.
A Much-TravelIed "Fire'nan" on The
Liner st. Paui.


The American liner st Paul, on a
recent trip from Southampton to
New York brought real globe
traveller in the person of Hugh r.
Hall. who had worked his way across
as II fireman only to be sent to Ellis
Island as stowaway. Hall went
to work with the fireroom force soon
after the vessel left port on the other
side. He wore a guernsey, on which
was stamped Fireman" and he was
not questioned.
When the vessel got III Chief Ofi-
Ger Osborne was at the crews gang
way when Hall started 10 go ashore.
He recognized the man as a fellow
who had crossed once before, and
wanted to know where he was going.
Getting ashore. Sir" said the
man.
Osborne did not recognize the man
as a member of the crew In spite of
the word Fireman" prominently
displayed. He questioned him and
became assured that the man was
the same fellow who tad crossed
once before and gone ashore on the
plea that he was an American citi-
zen The man was detained, and q
search of the ships papers failed to
reveal Hugh Hall as fireman.
A search brought to light his
papers issued by the British Board
of Trade, and showing that he was
an Englishman, and born in Lyon,
Norfolk County, England.
The crew of the American Line
steamers sign articles in New York
for the round trip, Hall. desiring to
make the trip across, had simply de-
pended on his guernsey and his
knowledge of the sea to mix with the
regular crew and take q chance OF
getting off undetected on this side of
the Atlantic.
Hall is said to be constant trav-
eler, although without money. He
shipped from London and made
trip to Australia, whers he stayed
SONS months From there he re-
turned to England only to make the
same trip later. Once he shipped on
Calcutta steamer, and visited
nearly every port on the other side
of the world before returning to his
native heath. He has been all over
this continent.
His wide knowledge of the country
served to impose upon the immigra-
tion officials, and he not only showed
familiarity with the city in which he
saio he was born, but he mentioned
the street where that event took
place and evidenced such a know
ledge of American affairs and loca-
tions that he was passed through an
a native-born American.
Il have seen almost every country
in the world" he said. 1 think my
next tour will be to Tibet. l am in
terested in that country"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-03-28
Oysters in May,

Rear AdmiralBuhler, lunching at
an Atlantic City hotel, said, as the
waiter brought him Little neck
clans, that he was sorry the oyster
season was over.
II prefer oysters to clans, but of
course" he said, IL obey the rule of
r strictly. and from the beginning of
May till the end Of August l never
touch an oyster.
mo wise person will eat an oyster
after the first of May"
"One afternoon at about this time
In the month Of May, man entered
a restaurant, and the waiter recon-
mended the oysters to him.
The man started in surprise.
"'Oysters?' he said. But oysters
are not considered good in this
month
I know, sir, answered the wait
er, but these are left over from last
month";"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-03-28
S[RV|A' 5 UNHAPPY KING
He Lives inCOnstant Fear
of Assassination.
HIS PEOPLES ANGER
King Peters Failure to Punish
the Regicides of King Alexander
and Queen Draga-Exports to
England Shrink From $5OO.OOO to
$500 Per Annum.

King Peter waded to his throne
thi ough blood The fear that he
will leave it by an equally CORY route
makes Servia's ruler the most un-
happy monarch of Europe to-day.
For three years in succession he
has suffered all the agonies of \ man
condemned to death in the days i'm
mediately preceding each June IL.
This is the anniversary of the assas-
sinntion of King Alexander and
Queen Draga. The superstitions and
fatalistic temperament of the Ser
vians would make an anniversary
seem to them the most appropriate
time to end a dynasty.
King Peter has successfully passed
June IL three times, but there is no
comfort in this fact to the sorely
pressed Karageorgevitch. for now the