Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-03-18

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mistakes, than the plans of our enc
miles," Let us raise the limit Il
would destroy it, to five million and
we can control them-big as we'll as
little. Then we can get rid of these,
"pesky" pine trees worth $40 each)
and hasten the day that we can peo-
pie these lands with hustling, agri-
cultural home-builders. For my own
part, have to admit that looking
back over my past&life, 1 cannot just
ly lay any blame on, any individual,
corporation or conditions, as causing
me not to have more of goods and
chattles, or from faiiing to fill a more
important position in the affairs of
men. If there has been any irrepres-
sible force, whatsoever, that has
held me back, it has been my own
self! Or in other words, it lay and
now lays in my power to overcome
that force. If not, it is a force that
cannot be overcome. In conclusion,
| wish to relate two incidents from
actual Life, both of which have a bear
ing on the subject of this article, but
l will let the reader of this observe
the bearings.
First, only yesterday l had con-
versation with well posted (?) thor
ougff going socialist The converse
ton came up over a certain mill.
man who was providing work-pio
neer work, as it was step backward
from anything yet undertaken in
South Mississippi, and from which
he could not possibly expect even his
principal under five years, possibly
never, at 81 per day. This man hat
. been forced to shut his mill down
. like most of this section, hence this
: pioneer improvement work. 1t hat
been rumofed that the work would bt
:. stopped, because he was only paying
!. in checks, good for necessaries o
. life, and the men were going to quit
. THE socialist claimed that this mai
: should not be allowed to starve mel
into terms in any such high-handet
manner. Now, it happened that
knew that this same employer hal
it come to this section a few years ag'
v as laborer, and now he owns tn,
I min he first worked at and employ
n men that worked with him. The SC
It cialist knew these things too. sal,
?. to this socialist: while l will no
0. state that every one of these mel
T. could now own saw mill, yet wit
e ten years of wages from So to S. pc
s. day they could now be Independent
f. home owners. So, if under wha
r. will concede was ten years of jus
" moderate, good times they accumula
It ed nothing, what Kind of a system @
n. government could be devised to prt
d. tect us. Nothing short of an as!
IS lum," and the conversation shifted 2
n once.
n Second: Three years ago I foun
N man working at Newman's mi
A. here in the city. He had come t
t. Hattiesburg with $175 and a big fan
t. lily, had been working two years q
If laborer's salary. Owing to a larg
a. non-producing family he had sper
Is what money he had and was Twin
Il. from hand to mouth. I prevailed O
X. him to go to farm. I secured a Il
m cation with Mr.. Boyd Smith, at Pc
s larville for him, to farm on halve
il. as he did not have anything at al
ID He now owns good truck farm on
,e half miles from Mcneil, two mule
n wagon, horse and buggy and lots
We other stock and has money in I'll
nj bank. If any one cares to writet n
re | will give all names referred to
I'd these two tales from life. No, 1t
i'll very true that thinking man ca
ct not be enslaved and one who do
is not think cannot be kept out of sla
he cry.
ed Now, Mr. Editor, no doubt you W
ng think that I have strayed and sea
he tered around from my subject, but
lin plead guilty, still think that a
We on lines that lead to the subject ju
DIV the same.
,ur With best wishes for continu
or prosperity for the Daily News, al
he asking you to join me in hoping tn
ho the present legislature will not for
ne us to secede, by turning down eve
SO crying need of this great section,
at? close.
ice JAS. A. HEARN.