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Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-05
Retail MERCHANTS
MEET LNVICKSBURG
SEVERAL HATTIEsBURo MEN
WILL LIKELY ATTEND.
Association Is Doing Great Work and
Now Has Local Branches In a Num-
ber of the Towns and Cities Of the
State.

There's going to be high old time
in Vicksburg for the three days, Sep
tember 1e, II and IS, when the Missis-
sippi Retail Merchants Association
have their annual session.
According TO tho. alluring literature
that is being distributed throughout
the state this is going to be the one
opportunity for the merchants of Mis-
sissippi to attend a profitable and
pleasant meeting and they are advised
to pack their grips and HE them to
vicksburg in time to get there by the
night of September 16, so that they
will be in time for all the fun.
They are promised the time of their
lives for the following two days and
in consequence Aere are some of them
who are, like the signs some times
say breakfast is-"now ready"
Whenever they are not having one
of these times the association pro
poses to discuss some very vital and
important questions such as the pure
food law, illigitimate retailing, cata-
Elogue houses, credits, short weights,
measures and counts and other things.
There will be excursions on the
fsvor fr~1lav .ar x;do. .,,@.zL.1.
trips and other pleasant offerings to
the, merchants and they will take it
all in and come as near to having ''the
time OF their lives as the law allows.
OF course there will be some of them
who will renage when 1t comes to the
river proposition-too much water
while there win be others who win
buck at the sight of trolley car and
still others who win Just naturally
run away when one of the gasoline
automobiles pulls up alongside
a-snortin' and a-puffin' and a-smellln'
like-well, it won't do to say.
Mr.. ]. B. Holland, of Meridian, was
In the city yesterday in the interests
of the association, but found that the
local outfit was in a state of inocuous
desuetude just as told in the Daily
News some time ago when this annual
meeting was mentioned in its columns.
At the time referred to this paper
had an interview with Mr. w. NJ. Con-
ner, who was president of the old
association, in which the matter of
the trip to vicksburg was taken up and
Mr.. Conner expressed his willingness
to call meeting of the old association
and canvass the matter. Nothing was
done, however at that time and the
matter had apparently been forgotten
until Mr.. Holland came.
1t is said now that several mer-
chants from this city will attend, but
as individuals.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-05

was doubly assured that he was safe
from attack. !.
Now as to the desirability of the To-
cation. If any citizen of our city will
take TIE trouble of going personally
over the two loca tons in question and
viii think of the matter in business
Ike manner. they cannot object to the
east side location In the first place
the east side is much more the prac-
tical side, for in this we have a loca-
tion where our passenger station will
front one of our broadcast streets and
unimpaired on the front side by any
railroad tracks whatever and is there
fore perfectly safe for any one who
enters or leaves the station.
On the west side we come in contact
with the Northeastern as wen a. the
Gulf and Ship Island tracks and have
all of them to cross al the entrance
to the depot, it matters not which way
you enter.
Another and very Important rea-
son why the east side Is preferable.
II the Northeastern were to place the
passenger station on the west side
they would be forced to move the
freight depot, round mouse and turn
table to the east side and this would
not only incur very heavy expense
to the railroad company, but they
would be forced to tear down and
rebuild a most important part Of their
station equipment, they having to
house from four to six locomotives for
repairs which they often have to do on
Saturdays of each week. The worst
feature of the removal from west to-
east side of the round mouse and turn
table would be the imposition Of plac-
ing this equipment in the already es-
tablished resident portion of our city.
We people who have our homes on
Newman street do not feel tha1a it
would be just to us. The freight
house, round house and other ecuip
ment mentioned, are already fixtures
on the west side and have been for
years, and anyone who feels. disposed
to buy property near them does so
knowing that they are already a fix
ture. but not the same on Newman
street. feel that voice the scnti-'
ment OF every home owner on Newman
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-05

Editor Daily News:
Referring TO the conference between
the Board Of Aldermen and MI. Cur
ran as to the New Orleans and Nortf-
eastern depot, which was held on
Tuesday night wish to can your At
tention to the enclosed petition ana
letter accompanying the petition
which hope you will make public
through your paper.
The petition that l am sending to
you Is blank OF signatures. the original
having something over $50 signatures
of some Of the best business and pro-
fessional men OF our city and all of
the signers are voter and tax payers.
AS the board had already made up
their mind and adopted the resolution
Of placing the depot on the west side
(and this before the people in general
had expressed themselves as to prefer
ence Of location for the new depot)
we were informed that 1t would not be
of any use to present the petition un-
less the resolution was revoked, there
fore the petition has never been. pre-
sented although 1t was generally un-
derstood that there was one in favor Of
the east side location. 1t seems that
the interest OF the citizens of Hatties-
burg was secondary consideration
(or at least those who favored the
east side location).
was not present al the first meet
ing In July but was present Tuesday
evening last as were a great many
others and 1t seems to me that the
majority Of the people present ia
vored the east side location. The meet
ing was we'll advertised and suppose
supporters Of both petitions on hand.
The meeting was certainly a wide
open one for everybody had a shot at
President Curran. who seemed to have
any ammunition at all, but | failed to
hear any guns fred from any of the
privates except those in favor Of the
east side; the only shouting donc In
favor Of the west side Cor the dear
people) was done by the councilmen
who favored west side location and
It was all free, did not cost us cent,
President Curraf announcing that he
would answer any questions put to
him which i think he did to the salts
faction Of q majority Of the people
present 's
Mr.. Cnrran plainly showed that he
belonged 70 the stand pattels for when
his hands Was called he had four aces.
In A. p. Draughn. DR.. Cook, Judge
N. G. Hill and w. Nj. Conner and ali
kinds of fun house and bushes: there.
fors he was assured BY these repre-.
sentative men Of the east side lhat
thsy were fqlly "a kithput preiu3lco
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-05
RODE WHITE HORSES and
CHANTED BATTLE HYMN
Still Another Engagement Is Reported
and Again the French and Algerian
Armies Proved Too Much for the
unschooied Moors.


Casa Blanca, September 4.--Severe
lighting between the Moors and the
French and Algerian troops has been
in progress since Monday. In Mon
days battle the Moore lost heavily
and were repulsed only after one Of
the hardest fought battles since hostil
tiles began
The charge Of the Moors from the
surrounding hills was picturesque
Gradually approaching the French
camp, mounted on white horses and
chanting the battle hymn, with ban
ners furled. they swept down within
400 yards of the French lines. The AL,
gerian cavalry and the French infan-
try then opened fire. sweeping them
like grain before a scythe. and fore.
ing them TO leave their dead and
wounded behind.
Other engagements followed, but the
Moors were severely crippled and lat
er retreated to the mountains from
which they came.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-05
ARMY RECRUITS
ARE in DEMAND
A
LIEUTENANT BENNETT IS HERE
TO SECURE MEN.
Regular Service In Either the Army
or the Navy Offers splendid oppor-
tunitIes for Young Men Of Good
Physique and Morals.

The recruiting station that formerly
existed in Hattiesburg, but which was
temporarily abandoned. will be opened
within few days and it is expected
that many good men will be enlisted
here
Lieutenant William E. Bennett,
United States Army, who as recruit
ing officer rs in charge of the terri
tory covering Mississippi, Louisiana
and Alabama, arrived in the city yes
terday accompanied by non-com-
missioned officer and a private for
the purpose of re-establishing the re-
cruiting station. AS soon as offices
any quarters are selected those in
charge of the station will be ready to
examine such applicants as may ap-
ply for enlistment in any branch Of
the army.
Lieutenant Bennett returned to New
Orleans, his headquarters, leaving the
station in charge Of Corporal Madden,
who will have Private Warner as an
assistant in fthe varied duties pertain
ing to the work. Corporal Madden
was formerly in the British army and
saw active service in the Soudan, but
he has long been in the American
service, where he has risen to non
CONS chevrons and stripes, while Pri-
vate Warner is in his ninth year In
the army and has proven his worth
as a soldier.
Lieutenant Bennett is an example
Of what man can do in the regular
service for by his worth and soldier
ly qualities he has risen from the,
ranks to his present position and a
captaincy in the near future will soon
be his reward. He has seen service
of all kinds, as Texas Ranger, then
in the regular army In Indian upris-
ings and most lately in the Philip
pines when there was something do
ing" AS a reconteur, he is splendid
and his adventures have been thrill
ing and dangerous and when heard
they make the blood dow faster and
the heart beat quicker--and brings a
longing to some people who would
rather hear "first call for revielle"
than the prosaic clang of trolley
car.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-05
FISH RESOLUTIONS
CHARGE COLLUSION

New York, September 4-Former
President stuyyesant Fish, Of the II.
1inois Central Railroad. today placed
before the board or directors resolu-
tion outlining swh6t 4 week ago
brought bout the personal encounter
between him and Mr.. Harrahan, presi-
|dent Of the railroad. The resolutions
contain serious charges against the
management Of the road. They
heclare that the affairs of the Illinois
Central are virtually conducted from
the office Of the Union Pacific, and
they question the legitimacy Of cel-
tain financial transactions in which
the Illinois Central has been engaged.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-05

site. 1t has been understood that the
depot would be near Newman's mills,
which / suppose must have been a ty-
biographical error as Plum street is
only about $50 feet from corner of
Newman.
When the depot is built the main
entrance to the depot will front River
avenue, a distance Of 292 feet from
the corner OF Agnes Tor MOBILIZE street
and Newman. There Will be cemented
walks between the tracks with UNI
brella sheds extending on end of
passenger station and nice drive
way to the entrance.
What more do we want? Let us
have the approval of the board and
citizens and hurry the depot.
c. f. LASSETER.
415 Newman Street.
Citizens Petition.
Hattiesburg, Miss, July IS, 1907.
To Mr.. D. d. Curran, General Manager
oof the N. o. & N. e. R. r. Co., the
Honorable Mayor and Board of AL
dermen. and Citizens of Hatties-
burg:
Il We, the registered voters OF the
city Of Hattiesburg, petition that the
N. o.. & N. e. R. R. Company give us
an upAto-date passenger station as
soon as they can possibly do so.
AS there seems to be division
among the citizens of Hattiesburg as
to the location of the new depot in
question. We therefore respectfully
submit our claim. and request that the
depot be located on Newman and
Plum street. on east side of main line
of the N. o. q NJ =. Railroad.
We understand that the depot facili-
tise are to be modern and up-to-date in
every respect, The depot. as outlined
by the management. win be second
to none IN teh state For the benefit of
those who do not understand the
plans. w will say that the whole
length Of tic depot win be $50 feet,
the umbrella. sheds with >their walk
ways (Which, Of course. \hould be
cemented waikiki, will be I Mobile
street, in1k ACROSS from resent
depot. 1he main body wi
be locatsa about opposi
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-05
FILES Big CLAIMS OF
MISSISSIPPI LUMBERMEN
Aggregate of 100000 Involved in the
Litigation and This Step Is Taken
So That the Claims viii Not Expire
by Statute of Limitation.

Washington, September f.--MasceI-
lus Green. of Jackson, one OF Missis-
sippi's Jest known lawyers, who has
practiced much before the United
States supreme court, successfully
conducting number of important
cases, who is here ON business before
the interstate commerce commission.
speaking of the lumber interests in
his region said today:
Since 1908 the lumber interests
have been compelled to pay cents
freight on 100 pounds of timber. The
lumber people protested against this
advanced rate and instituted proceed
ings against the railroads before the
interstate commerce commission.
which body sustained. the protest Of
the timber merchants. The railroads
appealed from the commission. The
case was then taken TO the United
States supreme court which sustained
the lower court, holding that the
charge was unreasonable. go
MY clients claims against the rail-
roads since 1908 amount to somethfnr1
like s1,0O0.00Op and I have come p
Washington to file these claims in
der to protect them against the
ute of limitations"
Timber the Best Investmep1
Timber is the best inv
these days" said M Green.
years ago the ~ OF 1000
timber was today It is
There is more money in timber than n
any other product of nature. Then.
after having cut down all the lumber
the place can be reforested without
any trouble in twenty-five years. White
pine is practically all exhausted, but
there is enough yellow pine on hand.to
last for thirty years, at least OF,
course, l am speaking for the pine-i
growing states of Arkansas, Louisiana,
Mississippi. Alabama and Georgia. Yel
low pine is even better than white
pine. Its tensile strength is greater
and it is harder. Then there is an
other growth of pine which we can
"culy pine" Its grain is something
like mahogany, and it looks very artis-
tic when finished.
Business down in our parts Is good.
The business scare does not affect us.
The prospects for good crop are ex-
cellent, and everybody is working and
making money. Our Mississippi farnt-
ers don't have to go to New York any
more when they need money; theycan
get all they want right at home. Bank.
ing facilities in the larger centers a.
the south are much better than they
were years ago.
About the political situation? T.
really don't know. Never made politi-
cal speech in my life. When the Judge
handed me my diploma on graduation
day, he asked me what was going to
do>w with it. said l was gong to prac-
tice law with it. He said, II that's the
case, keep out of politics, and have
followed his advice and strictly adj
here TO it,"
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-05
MAN SKIPS With
ALL THE funds
Daily News Special.

Ddiiy NEWS opeClal.
Meridian, Miss, September A.
Quite sensation was sprung in Me-
ridian when 1t was announced that ].
F. Morrell, chairman and treasurer of
the special committee of the local
Trades Council in charge of the Labor
Day celebration, had skipped for parts
unknown, taking with him all the
funds in hand for the payment of such
Indebtedness as was incurred by the
council In carrying out the splendid
Labor Day program. The amount of
shortage will not exceed 5000, it Is
thought. but this cannot be told until
all the matter has been gone over by
those left in charge.
Vigorous efforts are being made by
\police to locate Morrell. 1t is sup
e left here for Memphis. Nor.
here from Tucson, Arizona,
: to have been one Of Roose-
b riders in the Spanish.
rar. He also says he saw
Ae Philippines. He Is above
clean shaved, weighs
neat dresser and Ii oi
nee.
of tho lat LABOR
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-05
Another Engagement.
Associated Press.

Casa Blanca, September 4--Another
engagement between the Moore and
French troops occurred today and the
former again lost heavily.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1907-12-24
RATHER
IN A SUIT CASE

Los ANGELES, Dec. 23.-The
largest live rattlesnake ever seen in
this city was brought in this evening
by two Imperial Valley men, who
hoped to get a good price from a
museum or taxidermist. They had
him in a large suit case, which they
handled so gently that sneak thief's
attention was attracted, and when OPP
portunily offered, he made away with
it from a car
1--WE have been robbed, and we
want the dead wagon sent for the
thief" the owners reported to the
police. That snake was bad one,
and if the suit case was carelessly
opened, the man who took him is a
goner.'
1t is believed one man in Los An
geles had the surprise of his life to-
night.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1907-12-24
PLAIN AND SIMPLE.

A member of the Cleveland bar
tells of country justice in Ohio who
was fond Of enjoining upon every one
in court the necessity of brevity in
Offering testimony in ordinary suits.
On one occasion this worthy sue
cessor of Dogberry was admonishing
an old man who appeared as wit
ness in trifiing case. 49,.
"You must not, SIR observed the
justice in his most solemn manner,
"use so many words. Do you under
stand?"
'I do, your honor"
"Then you must, in the fewest
words of which you are capable, an
swer the plain and simple question
whether, when you were crossing the
street with the child in your arms,
and the carriage was coming down on
the right side and the truck on the
left, and the express wagon was try
ing to pass the carriage, you saw the
plaintiff between the truck and the
express wagon, or whether and when
you saw him at all. and whether OF
not near the carriage, truck and car
rage, or either, or any two, and
which Of them respectively, or how II
was. ''-Harper's Weekly.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1907-12-24
Mining ENGINEER
At GOLD Circle

1t is my opinion that the Gold
Circle district, located north of Win
nemucca, will eventually become a
big producing camp" said D. H..
Skea, the we'll known mining engi-
neer from Mazuma, to a Tribune man
yesterday. No great amount of
development work has been done as
yet, but the surface showings and
formation are ideal indications and
when the lodges are opened at depth
an abundance of shipping ore should
be found
Mr.. Skea has just returned from
Gold Circle and Golconda, where he
has been examining properties for
Oakland, CAL, and Eastern capital
lists, and in giving a report Of his
trip said that Gold Circle was surely
in line for coming producer.
A popularity of the Gold Circle
district" continued Mr.. Skea, lis the
large quantities of gold found in the
soil. From numerous paintings taken
from all over the district, the show
ing is great and it is believed that
not only will the Lodges fbe/rich and
productive, but that vast amount
of gold will be taken out of the placer
beds. The gold is very fine, but the
paintings are among the richest
have ever seen"
In speaking of the lodges, Mr.. Skea
said that they were not very large
varying from five to sixteen inches IN
width, but were well defined and
showed permanency. The veins al
the surface are purely silicious and
the ore is free milling. The values
run all the way from $50 to severa
hundred, and owing to the abundan
supply of water in the district, the
values can be extracted at a small
cost, thereby doing away with the
haul to the railroad.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1907-12-24
SHOSHONE MILL
RUNNING NICELY

The Montgomery ShoshOne mill
has been running steadily this week.
with the exception Of a few hours
when the power was shut of on ac-
count OF the break in the line above
Palmetto. The new screens are work
ing nicely. Manager Turner announ-
ces that three shifts will be employed
in the mill about the first % January,
which means that the mill will be
brought up TO capacity, or nearly so.
One car Of concentrates and two cars
of ore were shipped this week to Salt
Lake. The triple compartment shaft
has reached the 6O0-foot point, and
a station is now being cut.-Rhyolite
Herald
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1907-12-24
HAS
A Big SURPRISE

j. A. Tibet and Fred Lazone of
this place, who, for some months
past, have had grub-staker out in
the region few miles north of Ell
dorado Canyon and on the Arizona
side, this week received from the
same party small bag of specimen
gold rock, with advice that it repre-
scented new locations and also that a
larger quantity would soon follow.
The ore was from the surface, as
claimed, and plainly from one to
two-inch stringers. 1t was very hand
some and indicated surprisingly rich
ground.
These gentlemen also received an
other surprise in the same connection
and quite without precedent Their
field partner had no use for more
funds at this time or for some time to
come. He explained that in the
course of tramping about in the back
country he had found an old aban-
doned stamp mill, that was so ancient
that nobody appeared to have any
knowledge of it, The owners or
workers had left it in such haste that
they had not cleaned the mill plates.
He, forthwith, made a cleanup, took
the bag of amalgam to Chloride,
where he cancelled his obligations
and laid in a fresh stock of supplies.
He did not explain how much was
left after all this dissipation, but,
evidently, had not yet cashed in the
plates. AS is well known, these, in
an old mill, are of considerable value.
All suggests another hint of ro-
nance of the old chloride days. Also
hint of large values yet remaining
for modern methods to realize on.
Tibbet and Lazone have plainly a
prince of a field prospector. He had
previously located some high grade
copper and 1t was on this develop
ment work that he was engaged when
he made the new gold ind.-Search-
light Bulletin.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1907-12-24
GREAT RICHES IN
GOLDEN SCEPTRE

= For some days considerable inter-
lest has been manifest in the doings
of the Golden Sceptre at Rhyolite
1t has been known that the manage
-ment has been expecting great things
from the new tunnel which was driv-
en- to cut the Hobo vein only a short
distance from the workings on the
Tramps property. A few days ago
this tunnel entered the vein and, ac-
cording to the latest reports, was in
some thirty feet and had not reached
the opposite wall, where it carried
the big values in the Tramps prop
erty.
Nearly everybody interested in the
property was watching the daily de-
velopment and about the time it was
expected the rich ore would be en-
countered the work was stopped. One
may hear various reports regarding
this move, but as the management
has made public no explanation the
definite cause is unknown. Reports
in circulation, said to have started
with the men working on the prop
erty, are to the effect that a wide
streak of high grade has been tapped
while others say that in addition tt
this the whole thirty feet of.ore runs
better than $25 per ton.-Goldfeid
Review.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1907-12-24
MUTINY AMONG
Chinese SOLDIERS
(By Associated 1,ress.l

VLADIVOSTOK, Dec. 23.-News
of mutiny which occurred fort
night ago was received here today.
A detachment of Chinese soldiers, It
was stated, murdered their officers
and looted Chinese-Russian caravans
on their way. A force of 500 caval-
rymen, together with artillery, was
sent in pursuit, and yesterday met
the mutineers, who numbered 900
men. They engaged them near Nor
gehen. The result of the encounter
is unknown.