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The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-10-31
Rold Robbery.

Philadelphia.-Two men walked III.
to the sub-treasury here, grabbed
$4,000 that was being paid out to =
national bank teller and starteq ~
run from the building.
The clerks and others gave cnase
and the two men were so hotly pur-
sued that they threw the money unoer
a street car. Both men were cap
tured and are now in the city haA'
One of them carried a revolver: l he
money was in notes and was all re-
covered.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-10-31
Protecting Depositors.

New York.-The Hamilton bank IN
West One Hundred and Twenty-flrss
street. suspended payment to deposi-
tors. A notice posted on the doors
oe the bank announced that the bank
was solvent, but in justice to deposi-
tors. payment had been suspended un-
til public confidence in banking III
st;tut;onS was restored.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-10-31
Cunard Liner Lusitania.

oueenstown.-The Cunard liner
Lusitania has broken the best previ-
ous eastern record. The best prev
ious record from New York to Qneea-
town was days, 4 hours and 19 min
utes. The Lusitania cleared Sandy
Hook listship at 5:44 p. m. Saturday
last. Her time of passage has been
4 days and % hours and 46 min
utes.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-10-31
To Advert Disaster.

Reno, Nev.-owing to the genera
feeling of unrest that prevailed IN
financial circles, Gov. Sparks decia:-
ed Friday and Saturday legal boil
davs. All the banks throughout the
state took advantage of this respite
TO oct their affairs in shape SO as %
make a failure impossible.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-10-31

No city in Mississippi has expert
enced more phenomenal growth than
Hattiesburg for the past four years.
1t has discarded the swaddling clothes
of country town and grown into an
up-to-date city with all conveniences
and necessities. Five and six storisd
buildings have replaced those of a
less protentious nature, the streets
have been paved, factories built and
the population pushed to above 20..
900 people. Hattiesburg is the de-
light Of all loyal Mississ1ppianS as d
live, hustling metropolis.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-10-31
Receiver Appointed.

Pittsburg, Pa.-Walter U. up.e-
craft. secretary to George Westing-
house. was appointed receiver Tor the
Nernst Lamp company, the fourth
Westinghouse concern embarrassed
by the severe money market ssEia sEn
oencv. His bond was placed at son.
000
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-10-31
Ginners' Report.

The census bureau made public
che result Of the reports of its spec
ial agents on the quantity of cotton
of this years crop which had been
ginned up to the 10Th instant, show
ing 4069,336 bales as compared with
4,931,621 bales ginnedoto the same
time last year.
In these figures sixty-nine counties
are unreported and these counties last
year ginned a total Of 320, ,123 bales.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-10-31
James B. Brady won the Hampstead
selling stakes at the Jamaica track.

And again, the machine cotton pick
er in in the land. Down near Mobile
one was tested out few days since
and the announcement made that II
proved highly satisfactory. This =
about the steenth' time some fellow
has invented an absolutely successful
cotton picking machine but strange
to say, they are rarely ever heard
Of after the stock selling stage and
the plantation niger and the long
sack still reign supreme.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-10-31
Disgorges Gains.

The Hartford Manufacturing com
pany, Of Hartford, Conn, which had
the contract up to July l, last, for
manufacturing stamped envelopes and
newspaper wrappers, has made cash
payment to Postmaster General Meyer
of 100000 as a settlement for all
damages and injuries which the post
office department has sustained by
reason of the company's failure to
furnish paper up to the contract. Sew
eral weeks ago, Postmaster General
Meyer suspended the payment of all
money due from the postoffice depart
ment to the Hartford company.
Chemical analysis of samples furnish
ed by the company disclosed the fact
that the composition of the envelope
paper had been below the require
ment of the contract.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-10-31

The headquarters for the Farmers
Educational and Cooperative Union
for Mississippi has been removed to
jackson, that point being more cen
tral and easy of access than Halle
hurst. In addressing the officers in
the future remember that they are b.
Gated in jackson now.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-10-31
An important feature of the join

An important feature of the joint
convention of the postmasters Of the
second, third and fourth classes, was
the address delivered by Postmaster
General Meyer. He urged the exten-
sion Of the parcels post, the creation
Of parcels post on rural delivery
routes and the establishment of pos
tai saving banks.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-10-31

Secretary Cortelyou deposited $685.
100000 Of government funds in New
York banks.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-10-31

At conference of rivermen at Cincin
natl it was decided to start national
movement of steamboatmen for legis-
lation for inland waterways.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-10-31

The matter of protecting fish and
game is receiving considerable atten-
ton in Mississippi these days. A num-
ber Of counties have appointed game
wardens during the past month or so
and up at Yazoo a few days since a
barrel of fish was seized. The law
should be enforced, makes no differ
ence whether it be good or bad. r.
bad, have it changed.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-10-31

Attorney General Fletcher of Mis-
sissippi rendered important opinions
on the treatment of glandered stock
and separate school districts.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-10-31

Winona has just cause to be proud
of her water works system, several
fires that promised to be of large pro
portion, having stopped before gain
ing much headway within the past
few weeks. Water is a mighty handy
thing to have around, especially when
the fire fiend goes on a rampage. The
city with a good water system is fortu
nate in more ways than one.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-10-31

Mississippi chickens swept the neld
at the Louisiana State Far ana
brought back nearly all the cash
prizes. This is good showing for
Mississippi to go down and capture
60 much of the $4,000 donated by
the legislature of Louisiana for Stats
Fair premiums. Let's get alt next
time.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-10-31

Commissioner Schuler Of the Louis
lana State Board of Agriculture Is
sued call for meeting of the Crop
Pest Commission Nov A.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-10-31

Twenty persons were buried in q
street car collision in Chicago.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-10-31

Some days since an immense pine
tree was cut on the place of j. K.
Barber near Magee in Simpson coun-
ty that squared "a inches for 81 feel
and contained 1900 feet Of lumber,
board measure. Of course great
deal was wasted in the squaring, t
being too large and long for the saw,
requiring broadaxe and hewing,
The tree brought 500 as it stood in the
forest. 1t is distressing to consider,
that in a few more years such splend-
i'd pieces of timber will have become
thing of the past in our great state.
There can be no doubt in the wisdom
of the suggestion that something be
done now for the preservation Of our
forests and the continuation Of our
timber supply. 1t is a subject of the
greatest Importance.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-10-31

Four men were killed in an explo-
sion at dynamite mill near Ashland,
Wis.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-10-31
J. E. TINSLEY,
Dental Surgeon,
Scooba, Miss.

Offers his professional services to
the people cf Kempsr County. All
kinds of da,tal work dome neatly and
promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-10-31

A bale of cotton made into handker
chiefs will bring the manufacturer
something like $1,2OO.0O. The differ
ence of $1,15O is lost 20 the South
where little cotton is manufac! lred
into the finer fabrics, but there is a
change to take place that will save
this to US. The factories are grad
ually coming to the fields and within
few years more there will be diff
ferent tale to tell.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-10-31

Mississippi seems to be getting an
overdose of trust just at this time
General Flethcer's campaign against
them seems to make them more
greedy and defiant if anything. The
Gulf Compress is making wholesale
advance in charges that is stirring
up row in number of places. The
newspapers contain accounts of these
advances at great many points in
the state. The Cumberland Telephone
has cut out the night rate, the free
county service and it seems that the
Commission is at its rows end so
far as regulation is concerned. While
General Fletcher was in Nashville
looking into the affairs Of the con-
cern the General Manager writes Ed
itor Bean Of the Amory Times a warm
letter because that paper had seen fit
to criticise the methods of the compa-
NY. 1t may have been little late in
coming, but Mississippi has a cor
poration fight on at last, and the peo-
pie should give the officers who are
endeavoring to protect their interests
hearty and constant backing and
enumeration.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-10-31

A movement was begun for the cree
tion Of monument at Port Hudson
La, in memory of Massachusetts, sol
diers.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-10-31

President Bass of the Farmers
Union has been doing some strenuous
work recently to prevent too much
cotton going on the market and f.
ther depressing the price. It is to
be regretted that our people are not
all in position to give a solid back
ing to such movement as has been
inaugurated by the Union and Cotton
Association. The foreign spinners
frankly told the writer while on
their recent visit to this country, that
cotton was worth fifteen cents per
pound and the prices for which they
had contracted their goods would war
rant them in paying that price, but If
it could be had for less, Of course
they would buy it for less. The ware
house plan in a feasible one and
along right lines although some time
will be required to perfect it and
make it effective as it should be. 1t
is just as imperative that some plan
be devised, after the warehouses are
built now mind you, to take care of
the distressed cotton that comes on
the market first in the fall. The cot
ton forced on the market furnishes
the spinners with a supply for sever
al months and before that is used up
the planters get tired of holding and
more is dumped on, keeping the price
down all the time. We are beginning
to plan against such contingencies and
all will be well in the future. Don t
get in too much of a hurry, but make
these changes in a slow and safe man.
ner.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1907-10-31
FOR GREATER MISSISSIPPI

Devoted IadustEtal Commercial Agrioutaral
Items Of Interest from all Quarters
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-19
nrntinr INC Ru.llgs.

The absence from the courthouse
Yesterday of the usual coterie OF local
politicians was accounted for by the
high temperature, and also ny the taot
that the people who want to elbow
the sovereigns thought the best place
to find them was on some OF tho nu-
rnerous trains that carried people to
the Jamestown Exposition for ltich1-
mond Day
"But," said a known observer OF
Henrico political affairs. who was IN
terviewed yesterday, this Is not JUST
the time to find the politicians the
wire -pullers and the candidates apost
the courthouse. They are skirmish1ns
in the bushes now, and Will be for
some time to come, certainly until the
watermelon season gets well on. Hen
rico people are beginning TO have sun
day. Two minor civil cases occupied ms
country gatherings, and II you want
to sec the candidates You Will have TO
attend these meetings."
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-19
TAX ROADS
ON ACTUAL VALUE
Governor Smith Urges Georgia
Legislature to Fix Value as
Basis OF Taxation.

ATLANTA, GA, July 1s,-Governor
Hokc Smith, in special message to
the Legislature. asks an enactment TO
fix the value of corporate property
within the State as basis for taxa
ton. He calls attention to the fact
that when the valuation returned by
u tax payer is not acceptable to the
Comptroller, a plan OF arbitration is
provided. but the arbitrators, under
the present Jaw, are not sworn and
have not the power to administer Inc
oath to witnesses. He calls attention
to the fact that the Central Of Georgia
md Southern Railway have made re-
turns on the valuation OF their tangi-
BILE property Within the state. the for
ner at less than one-half q the amount t
which the company officials declared
on oath in IA judicial hearing was Us
value, and the latter at one-thrd sueh
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-19
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.

NEW YORK. July 1s.-FLoUR-ouiet
and unchanged Rye Plour-Dull Corn
meal--steady. Rye-Dull; No, 2 western.
S5c. f. o. b. New York. Wheat-spot firm;
No 9 97Sc. elevator Options A9&c. net
higher July, ss:24c.; September sl.0o5s
December. si.otit; May, sl07h. Corn-Spot
easy: No. 9 6lc elevator. Options NC. net
lower. July, 6lbc.: September. size; De-
cemoer Gle; May, 6o!.c. oats-spot steady
mixed. I9i7c. 6 %,.s 90
Beef-s,eady Cut Meats-Dull. Lard
Easy; western prime. ss.s5Gs.75; refined
easy; continent 1920: South America, 800;
compound, so.67is s.12i4 Pork and Tallow
Steady Petroleum-Firm. Rosin-Steady.
Turpentne-steady at 59IsG soc.
Rice and Enthusiastically, Sugar-Raw,
firm; fair refining, a53isc.; centrifugal, IS
test, $685.; molasses sugar, 3osta; refined,
steady. Cofee-Spot quiet; Rio No: I, 73sc.:
Santos, No. =, TIC. mild dull. Futures
points lower to 3 points higher. Butter
Strong; extra creamery, 26kd27c.; cream
cry, common 20 extra, 20d26c; Western,
factory, common TO frsts. lsa2lhc. Cheese
Firm and unchanged Ipgs-Ftrm and
unchanged
Freights and Peanuts. Cabbages and Pc.
tatoes-unchanged and steady Cottonseed
| Oil--Easy under bear pressu!, and with cot
| ton. Prime crude, f o. b. mills nominal;
| do summer yellow, SAC. nominal; off sum
MGR yellow, 5lM tic; good off summer vel.
low, 5ll5ihc,; prime white. s2a CSC; prime
| winter yellow. G. a SIC.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-19
southern's Mig Denl.

The Southern Railway lie providing
in ample time against any prospective
EAR shortage. The company will at
once purchase 90 new locomotives, 70
passenger coaches. dining cars,
combination mail and baggage cars and
200 cabooses. .
1t is stated that the general purpose
in view in ordering this new equipment
is the strengthening OF the passenger
and freight service OF the railway. ne
rev coaches are to be Of the most ap-
provel modern type. It is the purpose
of the company in ordering these
coaches not only to supply immediate
needs, but, in q measure, to anticipate
future needs. The fifty locomotives
Will be of the lighter type, and for
service on lines not now requiring the
type of engine in use on some Of the
main lines
The 200 new caboose cars are neces-
sary to supply a need which has grown
out OF the rapid increase In freight
train service, the cabooses now in ser
vice not being sufficient In number to
properly equip freight trains.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-19
RAILROAD NEWS
FROM ALL POINTS
Southern Railway Management
Providing Against Any Future
Famine in the Car Line.

Around the general offices of the
and Ohio Railway In this
city yesterday was a pleasing rumor
to the effect that all, or nearly all, tho
suspended work of construc-
ZION on the road and on the extern
sions will be resumed at an early date.
The suspension was due simply to
q shortage of cash In hand, and the
basis of the rumor that all OF the sus-
pended work Is to be resumed is found
in the well-grounded reports afloa
that the financial crisis has been passed
and that arrangements have been mad e
whereby the Chesapeake and Ohio VIII
have all the money it needs for i'm
provements. Nobody is in a position
to give any official sanction to the re-
ports, but the feeling of qualification
apparent about the Chesapeake and
Ohio headquarters has. tendency to
create faith in the .rumors.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-19
CATTLE MARKETS.

CHICAGO, July 1s.-CATTLE-Receipt
about $500 head Market steady. Com
mon to prime steers, s475@7.35; cows. 81 Is
a SIS: heifers. $50 $50; bulls, s3.1595.25;
calves, ss@7.75: stockers and feeders, So g
500. Hogs-Receipts about $4,000 head.
Market steady Good to prime. heavy, $3.50
q 30; medium to good. heavy, $50 @ 5.s5
butchers weights. $500 6,o5; good to
prime, mixed 1915 45.S5; light. mixed,
$3.50 q 500: pigs $3.50 @ 500; seated. $50
ceipts about 10000 head. Market steady.
Sheep, s3.75@ 500; yearlings, $3.50 $500
lambs. $3.50 7.T5.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-19
ACTIVE BUSINESS

The Cary Street commission merchants
who handle country produce were not espe-
cially busy yesterday, but they were far
sufficient volume to remind them that Rich
mond Day at the jamestown Exposition did
not necessarily mean a holiday for every
body. Receipts of peaches were somewhat
in excess of the demand and prices went
off sharply. the. best grades selling at $3.50
to SO per crate Watermelons were In larger
receipts than on former days OF the week.
but the active demand forbade a cutting OF
the prices. All offered were. readily taken
at $40 to sp5 per hundred. Canteloupes
were also in large receipt, and prices went
off fraction
Other goods that are usually to be found
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-19
LOVER SEEKS FEDERAL AID.
Rejected by Girls Father, He Wants
President to InYeHtlgnte.

Rejected by Girls Father, He Wants
President to Investigate.
OYSTER BAY. July 1s.-An excited
young man. who said he was S. c. Met
calf. of New York. tried to see the
President to-day to unfold a, tale OF
what he called the outrageous perfdy
~ former well-known State official.
Mrtcalf walked out to Sycamore Hill.
e I'D W. stopped by Secret Service
man. Metcalf said a politician. whose
name he mentioned, had promised him
the hand Of his daughter in marriage.
when the time for the wedding
came" he said, "the girls father told
me couldn't marry her. l want to
lay the matter before the President and
have him Investigate"
The Secret Service man promised to
see that the affair was taken up" and
Metcalf departed satisfied.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-19

g mount. He urges that the taxation
should be on such valuation as these
CIR other corporations are allowed to
maintain in court OF law. Tho South
ern Railway, he declares, is resisting a
valuation Of s26,00o,0oo On Its property
in Georgia, when an officer OF the road
at recent hearing In. tho Federal
courts swore that the property is
worth not less than S48,150.000. The
Southern returned the property for tax
alton at s14,SS4,923 ins1e07.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-19
FOR NEW YORK
1iirgiiniia Navigation Co. s
~ .yslxMEasR1vER DAY LINE
y Il o4I Jamestown Exposition.

srEAMERPocAHoNT LEAVES FROM
Old DtoMINION WHARF MONDAY, WE'D
SESpAYT AND FRIDAY. STEAMER HAMT'-
TON ROADS TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND
SATURDAY at z a. NJ for Norfolk Ports
mouth Old Point, Newport News, Claromont
and James River landings connecting at Old
Point for washington, Baltimore ard the
North. staterooms reserved for .he night
nj mod crate prices on Pocahontas. Electric
cars direct to the wharf Tickets on sale
at Richmond Transfer Cos. $40 n. Main
steamer Fare to Norfolk, one way, s1.6o
Round Trip. S2,50
Steamers stop at Exposition Grounds Pier,
104th Street.
Freight received for above ma med places
and all points In Eastern Virginia, North
JOHN f, MAYER. Agent.
y IRWIN WEIsIGER, Gent MEr.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-19
Ratlrouns.
Southern Railway
TRAINS LEAVE R1cHMoND.

TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND.
n. Z. --Following schedule figures pub
lished only as Information, and are not
Guaranteed. ft17i
200 a M.---Daily-Local for Charlotte.
connecting at Keysville for Chase City
and Clarksville. y,
A1;1b a. M A-Daily--Litnited - Buffet Pull.
man to Atlanta and Birmingham, New
Orleans Memphis. Chattanooga, and
all tho 'Eouth. Through coach for
Chase City, Oxford. Durham and
500 p NIX. sunday--Keysviile Local.
1880 p M.-Daily-Limited Pullman ready
$3.50 p. NJ. for all the South.
YORK RIVER LINE
$3.50 z Nix. sundny-Limited-To West
Point--Connecting@ FOR baltimore
I:l5 Y. MEX. Sundnys,al
$3.50 A.. Mex sunday--Local to west
TRAINS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
6:bb Am. $40 p. M--From all the South.
4:1o T. M.--From Charlotte. Raleigh, Dur.
ham. Chase City, and local stations
ESQ a. M.-From Kcysville-Locnl
9:2o A.. M-From Baltimore and West
1o:4s 4. M..eB:1s P. M-1ocai from west
Point. - -
=. CIV wEsrBunY. D. P. A..
$40 p. Main Street Richmond va.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-19
GRAIN RECEIPTS ARE
RATHER LIMITED.

The dealers in grain, and the mill men.
are little disappointed that the receipts
OF new wheat are not larger. The offerings
on change yesterday were smaller than en-
pected. All manner of grain Is in active
demand at outside hgureo, quoted elsewhere.
The millers sdo not want to begin Just yet
to file orders FOR Western wheat. but the
limited receipts OF New Virginia grain may
compel them to do It. Good and dry mill
Ing wheat Of the 1907 crop is eagerly
sought, and much more than Is coming In
would be taken readily.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-19
SAILED.
Alabama Cotton crop.

MONTGOMERY. ALA, july 1s.-1n
reports made to President Seymour, OF
tho Alabama section OF the Cotton
Growers Association, 1t Is indicated
that the cotton crop in Alabama. with
average condition from now on, will
make 65 to 10 per cent. OF crop. With
ideal conditions so per cent. may be
made,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-19
pcnnsy Mt jamestown.

The exhibit of the Pennsylvania Rail
road at Jamestown Is said to be the
largest and in all respects the most
complete that entecprising company has
ever made at any previous exposition.
1t is a well-known fact that the Penn
sylvania has been famous exhibitor
at all tho expositicns.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-19
DRY. GOODS MARKET.

NEW YORK, July 1s,-The dry gooda
merchandise is being placed under order for
future delivery. Staple dress goods are
selling good. Mems wear goods are quiet.
Raw silk is higher under the impetus of
more active buying anroad.s,The jobbing
trade in printed goods and domestics is ac-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-19
OLD OFFICERS REELECTED BY
yIRGINIA-CAROLIN CHEMICAL
Especial to The Times-Dispatch.l

Especial to The Times-Dlspatch.l
NEW YORK. July 1S.-At a meeting
here to-day OF the board Of directors
Of the virginia-carolina Chemi ca
meeting In Jersey City yesterday, at
which the entire board. with the ex-
ception Of ]. B. Dennis and p. G stotss.
and ". NJ Reynolds, was reelected. all
'of the retiring officers were re-elected.
and the board reorganized. No other
business Of Importance was trans
acted.