davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-10
John Sharp Williams
For Vice-President.

The New York World is urging the
nomination of John Sharp Williams for
Vice President. The Brooklyn Eagle
believes that the distinguished Mis3is
sippian would be the strongest man
for the place. And the Cincinnati In
quirer gives him first place in thu list
of availabilities.
A great many of the leading news
papers of the South have also ex-
pressed the opinion that Mr.. Williams
LIQUID be nominated Among th9se
may be mentioned the Louisville
Courier-J ournal, Atlanta Constitution,
Atlanta Georgian, Mobile Register,
Florida Times Union. Houston Chron-
icle, Memphis Commercial Appeal and
Nashville Tennessean. There may be
others. but the mention of these is suf-
ficient to show that the sentiment in
favor of the nomination of Mr.. Will
liams is not confined to Forrest
County.
The South hasn't been represented
on the presidential ticket since the
war, and there are a great many good
Democrats in the North who contend
that the nomination of a Southern
man, even for first place, would adj
strength to the ticket.
The News is confident that the Sc
lection of Mr.. Williams for secour
place would not detract from the
chances of Mr.. Bryan. The recor,
which Mr.. Williams has made a
leader of the Democratic minority il
congress has endeared him to tn
whole country, and the Democrats 0
the north and east would be glad +
give him their loyal support.
The Mississippi delegation shoul
go to Denver instructed for Williams.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-10
Decrease of Accidents.

For the last quarter of last year the
bulletin issued by the Interstate Com
merce Commission shows a total of
twenty-one passengers killed in rail-
road accidents against 1870 Tor the
same period Of 1906.
In revising the report, the compiler
says that the decrease in the number
Of accidents is due to two causes pet
ter condition of the roadbeds and
higher efficiency on the part If rail
road employees.
/ Be this as it may, the record is sur
prising, dissipating pessimistic argu-
ments against increased speed Oil
American railroads.
Statistics show tilat railroad trains
are making faster time than ever be.
fore in the history of the world. and
that accidents are fewer and less ia
tai.
Here in the South, d great many o:
the railroads are comparatively new
Some of them have poor roadbeds
as yet, but these are constantly being
improved, and the time may YET
come when riding on railroad trains
will be \ NarativeIy as safe as walk
ing the "
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-10
. = :. Z. 4. 8 = 9 . = = . 4 Z, .
. HARD HEARTED.

. And very unusual parents are .
!: they who'll not sacrifice, If neces- .
= sary. to mark commencement =
. Day with some imperishable tok 8
. Ell for the lassies and lads who, :.
:: faithfully finished the school or =
. college course, are soon to APP =
. pear before them as recipients =
: of priced diplomas. =
= tits the proudest moment for I:
4. both scholar and parents, fit- =
:: ting. occasion for a substantial =
= gift that should be an heirloom =
:: for the new generation. =
= A fine watch 2 appropriately In =
described is the suitable thing for :.
:: the young man and locket and .
= chain. brooch, bracelet or ring =
Z. for the lassies. .
. H. H. GRAHAM JEWELRY co. =.
= Watch Inspectors M. C. & NJ. J. =
. & X. G. r.. =
= Look for the Clock =
9 4: q - g %$$<<$< q
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-10

A bulletin recently issued by the
United States department of agricul-
ture says that the yellow pine timber
supply of South Mississippi will be ex-
hausted in forty years. The same bull
letin says that the same region will
produce abundantly when it's soil is
properly prepared and intelligently
cultivated.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-10

The New York Sun is not Demo-
cratic newspaper, but the Sun doesn't
like Mr.. Taft. In fact that great news
paper is doing everything possible to
secure the nomination of Democratic
candidate which it can consistently
support against Taft.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-10
MEMPHIS LEADS.

Memphis is leading thus far in the
fight for the next annual ~reuniol. II
is said that Memphis would have been
selected had the selection of the place
not been postponed for memorial exer-
cises. Atlanta is close second and
is still hopeful of securing the reunion.
The fight will be renewed at 1880
o'clock this afternoon.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-10

The Atlanta Georgian observes: AL
though totally blind, Senator Gore sees
with a clearer and deeper vision than
some of his colleagues who are
blessed with two good eyes"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-10

of 100000. This is more than it
cost us the year we had to lick Spain;
it is more than it cost the country in
dollars and cents in any one year dur
ing the civil war. In fact the war
measures of the recent congress ought
to be referred to The Hague peace
conference.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-10

The Confederate Veterans edition
of the Birmingham Age Herald, issued
as souvenir of the reunion, is very
handsome publication, replete with
pictures of famous men and interest
ing data concerning the South's part
in the great civil conflict.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-10

Jackson Miss, June 10.-The vari-
Gus sheriffs and taxpayers of the state
are turning thousands of dollars into
the state treasury this week, most of il
coming from privilege tax collection
for the month of May, during which all
the privilege taxes of going businesses
are required to be paid. Those con-
Germs started during the remainder of
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-10
WALL BOYS INNOCENT
Continued from First Page.

piece of spite work so far as his con
nection with the trial was concerned.
as he and vernado had been good
friends, and he knew absolutely notn.
ing of the killing. The other case.
in which the Wall boys were convicted
of shooting man named H. Hughes,
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-10

-Hattiesburg wholesalers must meet
the merchants of Natchez at least half
way in bidding for the patronage of
the small towns along the Mississippi
Central Railroad.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-10
. = :. :. : :. I: :: +: L. :. :. :: :. .

= . - - - - :" /" - = :" - = =
I: In modern journalism editors d:
{. must be alert with substantial =
{. evidence in support of their con- ::
& tentions. Newspapers are the :
{. ever watchful guardians of the :
e public veal. They are detectives, :
:: prosecutors and public account ::
= ants. Criminals hate newspapers, :
:: scheming politicians bitterly as ::
I: sail them, incompetent public Of .
{. ficials treat them with affected =
{. scorn. Only the honest man with =
{. his life free from possible entan- =
Z: clements looks upon the newspa- :
I: pers as his friend. 4:
= = 8 {. I: {. 1: I: . . I: 4: 4: . 4:
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-10

Forrest enjoys the distinction of
having been the first county in the
state to instruct for John Sharp VIII
liams for vice president.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-10
COUNTY SHER|FFS ARE
filling The TREASURY

the fiscal year will, of course pay
when they start business, but prac-
tically all the years taxes from that
source have been collected and are be-
ing turned in, tomorrow being the last
day allowed the sheriffs by law in
which to make their settlements with
the auditor and turn the money into
the treasury.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-10
QUARTERLY CONFERENCE.

!, Quarterly conference tonight at s
o'clock at the Court Street Methodist
church. All members of the confer
ence are urged to be present.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-10
VETERANS ARE BUSY
Continued from page one.

afternoon, after the conclusion of the
memorial services. officers will be
elected and much interest is being
manifested i'm the question of Gen
eral Lees successor.
Reports of the resolutions commit
tees win be heard atsthe night session.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-10

Some men can't understand how the
Almighty managed to create the uni
verse without their advice.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-10
FOR CONGRESS.

We are authorized to announce
HON E. ]. BOWERS
of Hancock county as a candidate In
the Democratic primary for re-nomi-
nation to the 61st Congress from the
9Th district of Mississippi.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-10

The appropriations of the recent
congress for army and navy and pen
sions aggregated the stupendous sum
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-10

Meridian polled 1900 votes in the
municipal primaries held in that city
Monday. Hattiesburg will do better
than that.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-10

Hattiesburg is maintaining it's repu-
tation as Mississippi's convention city.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-10

Experience is q good teacher, but
observation is a better one
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-10

Latin Proverb.
Better slip with the foot than with
the tongue.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-10

The municipal campaign is warming
up.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-10

Muzzle that dog.
The sun., 1908-03-16

to tho gratings Of the basement windows.
you could spend all day listening 70 Harry
Mooney telling the life story Of each Of his
elephants that swung 10 and fro In q line
that stretched into darkness. Qyp has a
paralyzed trunk, for instance, and can't
keep the tip OF the ground and 20 gets
stone bruises all over the delicate end, and
Harry Mooney 10 going 70 made a sling for
the poor trunk a. he hopes for salvation.
Poor Hattie has lost her mind she's
almost light salmon color In two big spots
just back Of the ears. and for sixty OF sew
enty years she was proud Of those two spots
But az she emerged from girIhood the light
areas took on freckles and from that time
on she has had great secret sorrow Now
she 10 the only insane elephant in cap
tivity and has delusions. Sometimes she
imagnes that William Faversham Ia her
keeper and at other times she fanoies she
Is trunk line and begins straightway to
make a noise like merger, But the only
real trouble she gives is when she gets the
notion that she is stepladder and tries to
climb up on herself.
You we're glad Of the gathering dark
ness when you worked your way down
TO the far end Of the elephant line. because
right there was one window that the boys
had overlooked, and the shaft Of bright
ness that shot downward from IL was a
spotlight on a picture. II lighted just
enough Of the open flaps Of barred tiger
wagon 10 show q frame Of fresh red paint,
and there was absolute blackness FOR a
background. Right In the spotlight was
the calm face Of Julius Cesar, an aristo-
crat Of Bengal, who held the very centre
Of the spotli ght, as a monarch should.
His eyes were unwinlIing and he looked
at you like a craven thing hewn from sa-
from rock striped with pitch. One magnih-
cent paw stol ole gently from under the bars
and he reached out with splendid claws
extended as II to welcome you. And Harry
Mooney went toward him then and handed
the beautiful king OF the jungle a slam
in the Stats with the hard end Of broom
that made noise like the chairman Of
Democratic convention.
Whereupon the press department, now
increased 10 the extent Of Jim De Wolfe
once with the circus but now exploiting
Marie Doro over in Philadelphia, and who
came all the way TO smell the sawdust-
the press department again led the way
across Fourth avenue 10 that Certain Place,
quite ignoring Mr. Hawks, the author,
who was busily standing in the gathering
rain.
The sun., 1908-03-16
rLGnr OVER PrMPING STATIONS.
Rival Labor Unions can't Agree which
shall Get the work.

Rival Labor Unions can't AEree which
shall Get the work.
The D'Olier Engineering Company which
has the contract for installing the pumping
machine works at the Joralemon street
and st. Edwards street high pressure sta
tions in Brooklyn. ia having such trouble
with unions which are competing for
certain part Of the work that strikes are
likely no matter what union gets the work
A representative OF the Steamftters
Union. which n not represented in the
Central Federated Union, at yesterdays
meeting said that the stesmfitters il they
had the work would. according to the
union scale, make $40 a day by working
overtime. while the men who bad the work
were working overtime for single time
Delegates OF the plumbers, machinsts.
and others took the floor and said that their
unions could do the work and had right
to il.
A letter was read from j. W. Mckay,
acting chief engineer for the work. stating
that the disputed work on the .Ioralomon
street contract was given TO the pipe calkers
and tappers and that the machinists and
steamitters wanted Il. This matter was
referred, as he understood, TO the American
Federation of Labor. When the pipe
calkeTs got the work on the 81. Edwards
street Job the steamfitters electrical workers
carpenters and plasterers went on strike,
the plasterers afteTward returning TO work
II Was decided az the American Fedora
tion Of labor has charge Of the matter
and the Steamftters Union is not repre-
sented in the c. +, T., 10 let the A, +. Of l..
pus6 OH the question.
The sun., 1908-03-16
SEA SLGPS NEV YORE'S FACE


snip Had N si8p ~ serure thr iaUse tHd
tHalhrr tarao NJ H0Hneis ami
GIWRs Nmeriean PearIs vim = tgn.
sular IsFtlnraie Held - at me Piet.
The American liner Now Work me NJ .
fcw " the big oCeun cruzsers With clipper
slem and q hgufehead found hcr course
nom southampton n sandy Hook iull NJ
crested hill, and yawnng holows On the
trip she finished yesterday afternoon. Her
hpirchead. that ~ very proper white
lady representing Ncw YORK whcn she Is
good was SCARED y bit by the impolite scas
that apat In her face, and her bobstay got
such yank that u Sas torn from ~ fasten-
INK under the bowsprt and slashed around
about five minutes before II was secured.
In those five minutes the bobstay, which
IA a 20 foot length of two inch steel hawser,
beat the drum on the how Of the ship m
vigorously that Capt Roberts did not need
10 he told by the lookout forward exactly.
what had happened
The liner was plunging heavily In the
seas and the bobstay slambanged at every
plunge There we're not very many OF them
before the captain had stopped the ship.
An able seaman was lowered over the bow.
captured the loose end and made n line
fast TO It.. Then Il was hauled inboard and
finally lashed with stout hawaer to the end
Of the bowspri, II WAS swift and clever
lob. done In "A very heavy sea, and Capt.
Roberts was proud OF It.
After that the liner dipped her curving
nose under frequently, and II the bobstay
had not been properly made last the DOW
spirit might have been carried away ana the
handsome igurohead somewhat disfgured
All this happened on Thursday morning
in midocean on the worst day Of a very
bad series OF DAYS,
Aboard the New York we're ten dress
makers and milllners with Easter hnery
in thirty trunks and boxes, They had
declared them properly and the goods
were taken to the Public Stores 70 give
the appraisers a chance to find out whether
or not the valuations Of the owners Of the
goods were all right. -.
g. b Umsted a young man VINO leit
New York in January with American pearls
TO sell abroad, according TO his own dec
laration, got into trouble with Assistant |
Deputy Surveyor Alexander McKeon, who |
had charge Of the customs men on the per;
Plain Clothes Sleuth Tim Donahue noticed |
that MIR Umsted was having time e1-
planning something TO the inspector who |
was examining the baggage. Tim hove |
alongside Of Mr.. Umsted and telt ms mp |
pocket There was something in II, and |
Tim asked the young man to take 1t out
He did and disclosed leather case con- |
tanning a number Of pearls. Mr. umsted
said that he had a consular certificate |
showing that the pearls were Of American
origin There were about $500 worth |
Of pearls in all which Mr.. umsted had
neglected 10 declare under the impression |
that the consular certificate was sufficient
he found ont otherwise before he left the
pier. as it was decided to send the gems
10 the Public Stores and have the appraiser
determine their origin.
The sun., 1908-03-16
BtTTLE or DUFFEYS HILL,
Italian LAbOreS al New Car Barns Fight
over the Foreman


over the Foreman,
Edward Dixon, foreman OF the day shift
Of the gang which is laying the concrete
floor Of the new car barns at Ninety-ninth
street and Lexington avenue, being built
by the New York City Railway Company,
discharged four Italian laborers last week
As the day gang came on at $50 yesterday
morning the four laborers dropped in, too,
and one Of them after telling Dixon what
he thought of him started 20 fght
Dixon put him out easily enough, but the
three other disgruntled ones jumped in.
A number Of the gang coming on also sym
pathized with the four discharged men
They started to wade in and IL looked as II
Dixon would have a quick passage TO the
hospital He is popular with his men. how
ever, and the rest OF the day shift, about
$50. came to his assistance.
FrOm then on IL was an Italian battle
Dixon kicked himself free Of the fracas
hut the laborers kicked and cursed one
another all over Lexington avenue and down
steep DIffeys Hill. Many Of the com
batants rolled down TO the bottom, four
blocks away. The starter at the car barns
sent in a riot call 10 Police Headquarters
Lieut.. O'Connor with a wagonload Of blue
coats hustled over from the East l04th
street station. The driver made the mis-
take Of ringing the bell, however. and
when the police arrived the combHtants had
vanished Duffey's Hill, however, was
literally bestrewn with brickbats, old
shoes and a knife or two. There were no
arrests and no ambulance calls.
The sun., 1908-03-16
MORAN WANTS rO RrN AGtIN.
BOstOns District Attorney StIIl NspIrrs
10 he Governor.

BOSTON. March Is District Attorney
Moran expects to he a candidate for Gov
crnor again this fall. He announced that
fact last night. Mr.. Moran will leave the
hospital early his week and is going south
to regain his voice and his health and ilt
himself for the coming campaign. he
hppes 10 leave Boston on Monday or Tues
day and will 60 TO Florida.
The District Attorney also passed out
this tip to the Democrats:
1T Ia pretty generally understood that
when the Democrats assemble m taneuil
Hall at an early day for the purpose Of
choosing delegates 10 the national cOnSru-
tion AT Denver there Is likelihood of n repe-
tition OF the scenes Of disorder which char
acterized last falls State convention at
Springfield. ,-
'aThe Democratic delegates want 10 bear
in mind that when they meet IN taneull
Hall they will be in Suffolk county and
that the laws Of the Commonw ealth make
IL a crime for certain kinds OF conduct IN
any public meeting, convention or church
gathering.
Before | leave for the South ! intend
10 instruct my assistant TO confer with the
Commissioner ~ Police and to act with
him for the purpose Of having the con
vention conducted in accordance with the
Law
The sun., 1908-03-16
LABOR SERMON ~ : CHrRCH.
The Rev. Charles stelzle Talks TO the Fifth
Avenue PTesbyteFians.

In the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
last evening there was a meeting which
was announced as a labor mass meeting
in the richest New York Presbyterian
church. The meeting was very much like
the ordinary evening service in Presby-
terian church, with the principal address
or sermon delivered by the Rev Charles
Stelse. superintendent Of the Presby-
terian depar tment Of church and labor.
instead OF by the pastor.
Mr.. Sickle was formerly a machinst
in the employ OF r. Hoe 4 Co., printing
press manufacturers Five years ago.
when the Presbyterian Church decided
to establish a church and labor depart
ment, he was put at ts head.
IF five years from tonight the Church
does not care more about the conditions
Of labor than she does Tonight he said
last evening, I'm hold myself largely re-
sponsible"
Mr.. Sickle, however, said that the Church
did care about the conditions Of labor, and
that that with his own interest in those cou-
ditions was what placed him and kept
him where he was.
After all the whole labor question Is
to give every one the square deal, he said
And 10 do that it seems 10 me that il i
necessary 10 get at the other fellows view
point To my mind the laboring man is
too close 10 the labor question 10 under
stand it. And so is the employer
The labor union is not the labor question.
IC aI the unions were wiped out Of exist
ence the question would remain This Is
the era Of the common man. The common
man, the working man, is coming TO his
own. Unless that victory is based on
sound principle the last state will be- worse
than the first The square deal for every
man should be our ideal. We are making
mistakes, but we are making progress. II
the Church did not care about the cond-
tions OF labor | tell you right now III get
out Of the Church, out Of any church But
the Church does care.
You hear the Socialists and the anar
Chists say that Christ was a socialist or an
anarchist Both cant be right. Christ
gave no social system; he Get out To better
the individual. Josh Billings once said,
Before you can have an honest horse race
YOU must have an honest human race;
and guess there was lots Of horse sense in
that statement. II is not 30 much a Ques-
ion Of a mans surroundings, but what he
is within. within himself, that has TO do with
composing the social unrest.
The Church herself has created this iT-
creased social unrest in showing people
the heights to which they might attain.
ThPt i AZ Jesus Christ would have il, q
hoalthful dissatisfaction with personal cor
ditions to teach men how to rise higher.
The sun., 1908-03-16
JERSEY DELEGATES 70 enc CAGO.
Senator Briggs Is Doubtful As to EN,'GO'.
Murphy's Proposed state.

NlupNHNN
WASHINGTON. March l5.--When the at
tention Of Senator Briggs was called to the
slate proposed by former Governor Murphy
for the four delegates at large from New
Jersey to the Chicago convention he smiled
and replied that the making Of states was
a harmless diversion for any one who had
the leisure to indulge in IL, He said, how
ever, that he had no part IN arranging any
Of the proposed states believing with Gov.
Fort, as he was quoted in a recent inter-
view, that It appeared too much like boss
ism. There would unQuestionably be-
full and fair expression Of opinion on the
part Of the Republicans Of the State which
no doubt would be satisfactory to the ma
jority Of them.
senator Briggs expressed some doubt
AZ 10 two Essex county men being chosen
as delegates al large and called attention
to the fact that ifthis was done Essex county,
with a smaller Republican vote than lIud-
son county. would have one-fourh Of
her total number Of delegates from the
State, two delegates Al large and four
district delegates. or slK ol the twenty
four. The Senator was Of the opinion
that this would meet with considerable
opposition from other parts of the state
He was sure, however. that whichever
Essex man received the largest vote in
his county would receive the support Of
the State convention, as there was no lis
position on the part ~ Republicans in
other parts Of the State TO interfere IN
Essex county politics.