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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-04

Labor agents are creating their an
nual trouble in Mississippi, and the
planters are up in arms over the at
tempts being made to entice negroes
to other states, or to different sections
of this state.
In some of the counties protective
associations are being formed among
the planters, the main purpose being
to keep each other informed on the
maneuvers of labor agents, and in
some instances these organizations
have. arranged to employ counsel for
the prosecution Of agents who are
caught in attempts to entice labor.
AS rule. however, the average
planter would prefer to deal person
ally with the labor agent and he gen.
orally deals with the offender in a
very vigorous manner.
The demand for labor is very active
for this season of the year. One en-
ployment agency in Jackson is adver-
Using for $50 common laborers for
railroad construction work, and offer
ing exceptionally good wages. The
resumption of work on the New Or
leans & Great Northern from New
Orleans to Jackson has given employ
ment to several hundred negroes who
went direct from the cotton fields to
the construction camps. Resumption
of work on the Aberdeen & Tombigbee
Valley road is promised for the near
future, and labor gangs will probably
be organized during the next thirty
days. The Cumberland Telegraph &
Telephone Company is giving employ
inent to large number of laborers in
the construction Of its new long dis
lance lines. and several logging roads
in the piney woods belt are extending
their lines. creating lively demand
for labor, while the steady resumption
of work among the lumber manufact-
which is now being furnished from
the farms as the cotton picking season
draws to a close in the various coun-
ties.
Briefly summed up the present stu
alton warrants the belief that there
will be plenty of work for all classes
of labor in Mississippi during the next
few months. The oil mills will hardly
finish the crushing season until at
least three months hence. and they are
giving steady employment to several
thousand men. While wages are not
so high as eighteen months ago there
have been no sweeping reductions of
a nature to cause discomfort. The only
unfavorabTe phase of the situation is
the closing down of work in the ILL
nois Central and Y. & NJ. V. shops at
Water Valley. Vicksburg and McComb
City. which threw $50 skilled mechan-
les out of employment, and no state
ment has been made by the corpora
tion as to when work will be re-
sumed. r.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-04
Good Cough Medicine for Children.

Good Cough Medicine for Children.
The season for coughs and colds is
now at hand and too much care can
not be used to protect the children.
A child is much more likely to con-
fract diphtheria or scarlet fever when
he has a cold. The quicker you cure
his cold the less the risk. Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy is the sole re-
lance Of many mothers, and few of
those who have tried it are willing to
';se any other Mrs. F. F. Starcher,
of Ripley, w. Va, says: Il have
never used anything other than Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy for my chill
dren and it has always given good
satisfaction" This remedy contains
no opium or other narcotic and may
be given as confidently to child as
o an adult. For sale by Hays &
Field and Yellow Pine Pharmacy.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-04

the piece that helped to make the
lightful place for smart Gothamites
to 90 to, and it is the prediction for
long future career by well known crit
les. The many bouquets that the
critics of the larger cities have Law
ished upon The Runaways' would
fill a large size room and would fill
the air with sweet aroma! 1t was
at the Casino that The Runaways"
made its bow for recognition, and
for sweet financial recollection to the
owners of both the play and the thea
tire. II ran for seven months at the
Casino. Then it had to respond to
Urgent engagements II the larger
cities of the North. Then it went
back to the Casino, and back to the
larger cities again. Back again to
dear old Broadway il was called and
then-wel, 1t was a roseate path it
raced, pI9aSlnS mllllOnS ana lnnatlnS
boX-office receipts. Then came it's
general road tour, and as such. thea
night at the Auditorium of enjoying
its song and wit, its beauty and mer-
riment, its novelty and surprises. The
company that will be seen in this city
will be a large and most capable one
Headed by George Ovey, there will
be plenty of comedians, and led by
Sadie Etherton and Florence Ackley,
there will be a sufficiency of grace
full, pretty song-birds, while the chorus
York Casino Chorus.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-04
COUNTY Supervisors
CANNOT REFUND TAXES
Daily News Special.

Daily News Special.
Jackson. Miss, December An re-
Spouse to inquiries from Wilkinson
county. Attorney General Stirling has
issued an official opinion the gist of
which is that justices of the peace are
not entitled, under Section 21S2 of
the code of 1906, to collect from the
county costs in misdemeanor cases
where the state fails, or in other
words, when the defendant is ac-
quilted; and that boards of supervis-
ors has the right to refund commu-
tation taxes improperly or erroneous
ly collected, as for instance in cases
of double assessment, where a man
pays the tax himself and it is again
paid by his merchant, as is frequently
done. or where this tax is collected
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-04
4bOut Plays
and Players
COMING ATTRACTIONS AT THE
AUDITORIUM.
MR.. PoLLocK's BEST WORK.
His Collaboration in 1.-The Traitor"
With Thomas Dixon, Jr.


In the work of preparing his novel,
The Traitor" for the stage Thomas
Dixon. Jr., did not trust to his skill
alone. He enlisted the services in
collaboration of Claiming Pollock.
who for several years has been recog-
nized as one Of the best stage adapt.
prs OF novels in the United States.
When The Pit was the NEST popu-
lar book in the country the people
talked Of the possibility of its appear,
ance on the stage, the wise critics
said a dramatization OF the work was
absolutely impossible. Mr.. Pollock
performed the impossible, presenting
the stage with play which main
tanned the position on the top wave
of public favor for several years. He
executed the same feat in the case
of The Secret Orchard" and several
other novels which experts had con.
demned as unfit for stage purposes.
Mr.. Dixon. in conjunction with Mr..
Pollock. has evolved play from The
Traitor" which will come as a most
surprising revelation to the people
who have read the book. Mr.. Pollock
himself claims it is superior to any
of his previous achievements. AL
ready much interest is manifested in
The Traitor which viii be seen at
the Auditorium Saturday December
u, matinee and nisht, matinee at 2So
sharp.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-04

from a man over the age of fifty, who
should be exempt. In the case OF
state taxes the boards of supervisors
cannot make such refunds without the
sanction of the state auditor, as a
portion of the money goes to the
state, but Communication road tax is
used exclusively in the county, and
no authority from the auditor is neces-
sary.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-04

The undOubted musical success of
he season. Jules Murry's production
of Marrying Mary" with Florence
Gear in the role of Mary Montgomery,
will be seen at the Auditorium on
December II. Edwin Milton Royle
wrote The book and Silvio Helm com
posed the music.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-04
NEW ORLEANS RACING.
HearsI News service.

New Orleans, December 4.-City
Park race track will open tomorrow
the last to be held at the famous
course. owing to the crusade against
race track gambling in Louisiana. A
large number of horsemen are here
with the usual number of good
strings.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-04
THE Runaways" Tonight.

Musical comedies may come and
musical comedies may go, but The
Runaways' will gallop on forever.
That, so far. has been the record of
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-04

Gentlemen-Don't forget to go to
Grahams Monday and ring bell.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-04

Gentlemen-Don't forget to go to
Graham's Monday and ring a bell
The Washington times., 1908-11-29
IN QUARREL
OVER FIVE CENTS
Negro Known as Hard
tack" Chambers Gets Bull
let Instead of Pigs Feet.

Robert Chambers, a negro. better
known as "Hardtack." went into the
Iunchroom conducted by Charles Con-
tee. at % II street northwest about (
o'clock yesterday afternoon with two
companions to get some pigs feet
Chambers laid I1 cents on the counter
and CoUtee. Who is also coloUed, put the
money in the cash drawer. Chambers
demanded cents change, and it is said
the men had heated words over the
nickel.
III GO To Ill for That nickel" Cham
bers remarked.
'AU right, you'll go TO HI then, "
CoUtee replied. as he drew a revolver
and fired al the man
The bullet entered the negro's head
just above the left eve. He was taken
TO Casualty Hospital. where ii was said
at a late hour last night that he woul5
die
COntee was placed under arrest by BIZ
cycle Policeman Lauten- At the Sixth
precinct station he said he had fired in
Seif-defonSe- Chambers he said, ma "a
q mOtiOntOput his hand I'm his pocket and
CDntee claims that he thought the ne
gro was going to draw a gun. Several
witnesses who were i'm the place at the
time said that CEamb6 s put his hand in
his pocket TO get some more change.
Chambers was twenty-five years old
and lived at . Massachusetts avenue
northwest. Coutee is thirty-two and
lives at 30 Patterson street northeast.
The police of the Sixth precinct say
that before this he had never given
them any trouble.
The Washington times., 1908-11-29
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genuity In sizing up sportsmcn. The
season lasts Tor only about thirty days.
and in that time the constable comes
claim 10 be a son or MY Maryland
but whose face the officer can't place
somehow. Whereup0n the offender is
hauled before a convenient magistrate
and made 20 feel the majesty of the law.
Charles ". Harvey Is the real pdtTi-
arch OF the village. He saw the whole
business grow up around him. iHasmuch
as he decided the place was good enough
10 live in fOTty-five years ago. Mr.
Harvey used to raise tobacco, and can
sniT a mans cigar and tell whether IL
is a "three-fer' or a 'Jwo-ser"
Making a lightning change from talk
ing tobacco to politics. the ,ldest resi-
dent remarked that he had 40 sympathy
with a man who would y0le for some
body just because the party said so. Il
know some fellows" ne said who
would vote for a max If ne wasn't fit to
carry garbage 70 Grove OF pigs. pro-
Vided the party said so. Not for me; I
vote for the man ana what he stands
for"
Mt. Rainier and Brentwood, so Mr..
Harvey said. used TO have another name
Scotland" At that time Scotland
changed so much he doesn't know. all
agents had much to do with It.
Charles NJ Newman. dairyman is an
other old resident with twenty-five
The Washington times., 1908-11-29
Exclusive NeU Society
Arranging First Dinner
Membership of Order of Washington Must Prove Ions
Established Ancestry With Notable
Careers.

ed the colonies in obtaining their in
dependence.
1t was the intention Of DIT. Bulloch
and Commander Rogers in organizing
the society to make it even more eX-
elusive than the Society Of Colonial
Wars. Sons of the American Revolution,
and Sons of the Revolution
AS Commander Rogers is now with
the Pacific fleet it is probable that vice
commander, Gen. Marcus J. Wright, will
preside at the banquet.
The list of officers includes: Com
mandeT Charles c. Rogers, l. s. N.
commander; Gen. Marcus J. Wright.
vice commander; EtheIbert Fairfax,
second vice commander; Dr. J. c. b.
BullOCh. chancellor and historian, DIT.
Charles H. BOwker, treasurer. Howard
p. Wright, secretary; Cuthbert Is.
Brown herald, and William NJ. Conrad,
registrar. Besides the officers the list
o. membership includes: DR.. Middle
ton Il. CuthbeTt, Lieut. Col. /. w. Lat
telle, Col. q. Noble Jones. Douglass st.
Cloud BullOCh, Eugene Baylor. r. Ma
son Ball Capt. Philip Walker, William
CASTOR Bulloch, Edwin AllstOn Hin
Admiral Stockton, Hart Preston Grigs-
by, and Capt. J. b. SCHMIDT
The Washington times., 1908-11-29
INFANT GETS THRONE
WITH GREATEST POMP

PEEIN, Nov. G.-The government
has decided on December . as the date
for the ceremonies attending Pu Yrs as
cension to the throne. on this day the
officials OF Pekin and all the members
of the imperial clan viii acknowledge
feaIty to the infant Emperor Of China.
It had been understood that this cere-
mony was to be performed on New
Year Day, when the era Of the late
Kuang-Hsu expired. The apparent ur-
gency Of the government is ascribed to
a desire 10 relieve the anxiety Of the
official class.
A reward OF 1000 taels has been offered
for the apprehension of the leader OF
the recent revolutionary outbreak at
Nanking.
The Washington times., 1908-11-29

Arrangements have been made Tor the
first annual dinner of the Order Of
Washington, "a recently formed associa-
ton in Washington. The dinner viii be
held on Washington's Birthday in one
of the local hotels. The organization
was formed last spring under the direc-
ton OF Dr. J. G. B. BulloCh. of Ros-
well. Ca, relative OF President Roose-
Welt. and its membership includes many
army and navy officers together with
many prominent representatives Of the
residential set at the Capital
A meeting was held last Wednesday
night in the Cairo. at which plans for
the dinner We're discussed. At the fTst
meeting of the society, held last May.
I'm the home OF Commander Charles G..
Rogers, who was elected the first com
mander OF the organization, plans We're
made for one Of the most exclusive or
ganizatiOns Of its kind. The eligibility
clause adopted at this meeting provides
that the ancestor OF each member must
have arrived IN America prior TO 1850,
and must have been a land owner and
held some official, military, or naval Of
ministerial position during colonial days,
ard that his descendant must have aid
The Washington times., 1908-11-29
College Will Raise Fund to
Supplement Money Put
Up by Carnegie.
LETTERS SENT OUT
TO SECURE OFFERS
Library of 10000 Volumes Accu-
INFLATED and Stored in
Basement.

With $4,000 pledged for a library
building for Howard University by An
drew Carnegie, its president. DR.. Wilbur
p. Thirkheld. has launched a movement
10 raise the endowment fund Of $4,000
for the library. which is the only condi-
ton necessary to secure the Carne-
gle donation
A library of 5000 volumes has been
accumulated during the forty-one years
the university has been in existence
and half Of these are now stored in
the basement because of lack of room.
The only library now available is a
single room. 20 by Is feet. on the third
floor Of the main building, where the
1901 COIored students who daily need its
books, are naturally unable TO be cared
for in the limited space.
In the letter which is about 10 be sent
out to prospective donors to the fund.
President Thirkheld lays stress on the
fact that the university sends out doc
tors, teachers. and preachers who have
great influence over the 100000 colored
people of the country
IN the EFFORT 10 raise this endowment
fund. President Thirkfeld is aided by a
committee composed of Judge Stanton
J. PeeIle, Of the Court Of Claims: Book
CT T. washington. and Justice Bar
narC.
II is proposed to build the library tc
the north of the chapel on the western
end OF the Howard University campus
convenient TO all students and placed
so as to be a thing Of inspiring beauty
as well as permanent and incalculable
usefulness.
The Washington times., 1908-11-29
WON'T LOSE MARTIN
EXCEPT BY PLANTING

1.-THE only way my home can be bro
ken up is by planting poor Martin,
Mrs. Martha Moran told Judge DeLacy
LAS long as he is alive, Martin is my
husband, the husband the good Lord
has given me. and I win stick TO him.
I don't care If ne is a worthless drunk
ard as these witnesses have said He is
my husband. and God Almighty Will
not permit us TO be separated"
Martin Moran, with a record of forty
three convictions in Police Court, was
sent down to the workhouse today by
Judge DeLacy TO serve out a six
months sentence because he had started
drinking again after taking the pledge.
The Washington times., 1908-11-29
DROPS BANANA SKIN;
COURT FINES $40

''Ah didn't done it, judge. your honor
Charles Jackson asserted yesterday
when asked by Judge Kimbau why he
had thrown a banana peel on the side
walk. ''Ah dropped de skin an when
An stopped to PICK it up de officer
era bbed me"
We'll throwing banana peels on the
sidewalk is one of the most dangerous
things you can do remarked Judge
Kimball as he fined Taohson Si0.. Il get
a case here about once in six months
and i am glad to harc them brought in.
IL is something that ought to be pun
isked severely
The Washington times., 1908-11-29

years 10 his credit lie says he voted
for Bryan last time because he #aed the
fellows IN the Democratic Cab, al
though naturally hes a Republican.
Noting th5 Bryan banner was still float
ing. he has recommended that IL be put
in moth balls for possible use four years
hence.
AIT. Newman says much OF the land
which IS now 1IL Rainier once belonged
to Senator Carter of Montana, tbe proud
posse=sor OF one of the most famous
and brIsrIIuE bunch OF whiskers that
ever doaJed 20 the breeze in the halls of
Congress lie thinks the Senator sold
Democrat f. $. White-they nearly
all seemed to be Democrats-says that
Mr.. Newman is just one of the thirty
The Washington times., 1908-11-29
POPULACE COMMENTED.

Beyond these trivial matters of civic
improvement. / found the village of Mt
Rainier Il shall call It that meaning
both the Mount and Brentwood is pop
uiated by a co1tented populace, who are
so optimistic that some Of the residents
feel that the town win eventually crowd
Washington on the map
To return to the question of the game
hunters, who not only try to eyade the
license. but also shoot promisCuOusly. 4
heard some rumblings to this effect, but
] know Of no better way TO size up tho
situation than 10 quote from the Week
~ Review of this week. containing a
leading editorial from the trenchant
pen of young Albert A. Henning, editor
in chief. Says Mr.. Henning:
zone Of the most dangerous problems
thas confronts the suburbanite during
the regular hunting season IS that OF
hunting OF cunning IN the villages where
houses are so close together.
since the season began gunuers have
been In the habit of shooting at game
around the houses in our town. making
il very unpleasant and exceedingly dan
gerOus for the residents II be in their
yards.
1--WE do not mean to say that these
men are not careful in the handling OF
firearms. but in their anticipation of
getting a shot at a bird or rabbit. the
shot will very probably strike some one.
thereby lniuring or perhaps killing, and
accidents Of this kind are sure to happen
while shooting near the dwellings is per-
mitted to go on.
The law strictly fOrbids the hunt
ing of game when snow is on the
ground or firing within 900 yards Of q
The Washington times., 1908-11-29
YOUNG FOLK FLOCK
TO CLUB OPENING

At the formal opening Of the South
east Club last night i'm its new club
house at Virginia avenue and Fifth
street an enthusiastic crowd of boys and
girls, their parents. and their elder
brothers and sisters, enjoyed a pleasing
musical program, and several interest
ing talks regarding the plans and hopes
for the club by members or the tenn
porary committee
The Washington times., 1908-11-29
a Defeated CANDIDATE.

1 should not leave this entertaining
subject of politics without referring
TO the Eear-Ho3 orable Kennedy Sims.
formerly Of BellsvHIe, and a recognized
leader Of the Republicans. Mr.. Sims
ran for the Legislature several years
ago, he said, but owing 90 the faction.
al differences among his own party
members. bit the dust Of defeat He
happened to belong 10 the wrong fac
tion, or didn't belong 10 both factions,
whichever way you want to put il, but
anyway, "a Democrat got IN. Mr.. Sims
has since discovered that merchandise
ing is better than serving i'm Office any
way. and viii not run again
When we came upon him he had just
sold his sore. the postonice being a
side issue thereof. TO Myer EdIsyiJcu. a
man Of most energetic manner. Mr.
Edlavtch viii be the 7. N. as soon as
The Washington times., 1908-11-29
Inhabitants of Twin Towns
Have But Few
Troubles.
Defeat of Bryan and Kern
Is One of Minor
Grievances.
Bv THEODORE H. TILLER.

r RAINIER AND BRENT
N "a WOOD-twin towns. I under
VI stand, as We had a nerve rive
\ raclzing time finding where the
one began and the other left of-have
but few troubles. and those not so seri-
Gus as to keep the inhabitants awake
al nights.
Epitomized. it appears the leading
local dissatisfactions are:
!. The careIessuess OF alien hunters
who persist in shooting too near the
residential sections. causing numerous
small shot 10 fan about the defenseless
heads of persons who stand out in their
back yards. See below for particulars.
>. To Incorporate or not to incorporate.
g. The defeat OF Bryan and Kern, Nj
Rainier leaning 10 the rOck-ribbed Dem
OCracy.
4. Much delay in building the new
5000 school building, which should have
been ready for this term.
g. The question among the citizens as
TO whether il is best 10 have a real
early morning mail or a real late after
noon mail Too much mail, 1t appears,
is punched in the middle OF the day.
g. The difficulty in experimenting game
hunters who don't care TO fork over
$3.50 for the game fees Constable
Payne is awfully Overworked-
The Washington times., 1908-11-29
MOB THREATENS MOTORMAN

NEW YORK. Nov 2S.-Five hundred
angry. persons surrounded Max Stone, a
motorman, and threatened him with vio-
lence today after car he was operating
on the Third avenue surface line had
run down and killed an unidentified boy
about eleven wears old. A call for the
reserves was sent in. and IL was with
considerable difficulty that they sue
ceeded in restoring order
The Washington times., 1908-11-29
HUNTERS ARE LUCKY.

MILWAUKEE, Wis. Nov. 2S.-With
two days left before the close of the
present hunting season, the number of
casualties this season IS smaller than
that OF last year, but with this eXcep-
history.
The Washington times., 1908-11-29

seven Republicans WHO turned turtle
and voted for Rryln because OF the
gOOd-feIIowship existing is the Bryan
club. The club. ne AYERS, is a perma-
uent thing and proposes TO be heard
from ln Seventeenth district politics
for years 10 come. The Democrats
elected f1rty-tWo out Of forty-fOur
county officers, twas said. which should
be some consolation. unless they are
an awful greedy bunch.
The Washington times., 1908-11-29
DEMANDS PROSECUTION.

Editor Hennins demands the penalty
OF the law for these malefactors, and
concludes: so far no one has been hurt
by stray shots. but there is no telling
when some one viii be fatally injured
or perhaps killed
Editor Hennlng and other citizens
talked freely OF the proposal to incor-
pOrate- Some OF them think IL high
time now. although they voted It down
? 10 1 a year ago. Says the editor:
There was an election held one year
ago to get the sentiment OF the people,
and the result was 10 l against it,
The writer held the election and was
clerk, judge. and teller, and questioned
each voter as to his sentiment"
Editor Heuuing is quite young, a
bachelor, and. IL is limited. ladies' man.
He IS also notary and general utility
man of legal learning
AS we alighted from the car at Mt
Rainier our view was INSTRUCTED by an
immense Bryan and Kern banner hung
across the main street. We asked II the
election wasn't over, and were told that
the Mt Rainier Democrats knew this 10
be the case. Later in the day i. $.
Smith, one Of the leading merchants and
a dyed-in-the-wooI Bryan man, said that
the Democratic Club had held a meeting
and ordered the banner taken down, bat
that somehow the comuittee appointed
I TO perform this function hadn't had
[ time to get around 10 &C..