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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-07-14
New Orleans & Northeastern
Hattiesburg Central Time"
SOUTH BOUND

No. 6 has fifty minutes dead time at
Hattiesburg. No. passes No. 6 at
Hattiesburg. 10. and No. ) meet
at Hattiesburg. No. 5 has thirty five
miutes dead time at Hattiesburg.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-07-14
Mississippi Central

Leaves Hattiesburg, Sis a. m.
Arrives Rrookhaven HAS a. m.
Leaves Brookhaven 200 p. m.
Arrives Natchez $50 p. m.
No a.
Leaves Natchez s.: so a. m.
Arrives Brookhaven 12:40 p. m.
Leaves Brookhaven 800 p. m.
Arrives Hattiesburg $3.50 p. m.
No. g.
Leaves Hattiesburg $3.50 p. m.
Arrives Brookhaven 700 p. m.
No. p
Leaves Brookhaven sos a. m.
Arrives Hattiesburg 1875 a. m.
Mobile, Jackson & Kansas City
NoRTH5oUND.
No. IL arrives 11:45 a. m.
No. IA arrives 7:25 p. m.
soUTHBoUND.
No. 10 leaves $40 a. m.
No. IL leaves 1850 p. m.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-07-14

Columbia Division Via Silver Creek
and Corumbia.)
No. 10l No. 102
$50 a. m. Lv. Jackson Ar. 1885 pm.
2:55 pm. Ar. Gulfport Nv. 1880 am
No. 109. No. 10.
2:30 pm. Lv. Jackson Ar. 1905 am.
$3.50 pm Ar. Columbia Lv. 600 ain
Connections at Jackson, Hattlesburg
and Gulfport with all lines.
ALL TRAINS RUN DAILY.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-21

1tartford Courant)
doubt myself IL the actual reading
of any paper other than the Presidents
mastery opening address has amount
ed to much In the first place, every
essay was all IN type, waiting for read
ers, as soon as It's delivery was begun.
This rendered the delivery superfluous.
In the second place. most of the pa
pers were extreme and too pesslmistie
for unqualified acceptance. Here was
as great a man as James j. I'M (who
by the way has successfully punched
much of the iron orc in his own handsl
mourning the way we have used up our
ore and other resources, and basng his
figures of wastcfulncss on the ratio Of
increase developed in the recent boom
a boom which Is gone Hearing Mr.
INNS paper one would conclude that
industry was never SO rampant and in
sistcnt rs to-day, drawing tho oarths
supplies beyond all precedent. But,
reading Mr.. lllls interviews In the
newspapers, one would infer that con-
sumption had ceased and nothing was
being used at all Similarly from one
paper and another an upprehensve per-
son could discover that we are all on
the high road to Babylon and Uneven;
that soon we shall have no rivers, no
trees, no coal, no iron, no copper and
no civilization.
! Fortunately we have already learn
ed of Natures wonderful recuperative
powers, and the conference viii have
! proved Its own usefulness If It fixes
| public attention on the fact that now
is the time to begin saving and recup-
Grating The forests must be preserv-
ed and renewed. Agriculture must he
/ less wasteful The value Of water must
| be better realized Something must ho
! done and IT viii be done, The need
was for somebody to ring in a general
alarm, That Is what Roosevelt has
done and the bell has been heard. IT Is
! the common and reasonable opinion
| that the meeting itself w1s far moro
! important than anything said or done
! at It, Getting the governors all there,
! letting them see and talk with each
other mixing the people from all owe.
| the country, was a great achievement.
| All those things tend to better Interstate
/ acquaintance Governors look Il good
deal like other folks when in a crowd.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-21
CONFEDERATION DANGERS.

1t Is probable that the idea of a big
confiagration in New Haven comes TO
but few in the city outside of insur-
arce and fire department circles In
view of the recent fires in Chelsea and
Atlanta the report Of the national
board of fire underwriters for this city
should be of particular interest TO ev-
cry citizen. II hls been compiled with
every possible regard for accuracy and
thoroughness by a group Of men who
are doing similar work everywhere.
Each of them is IN expert in the par
ticular line he investigates. so that his
conclusions are Of great value.
The report is nothing to become
alarmed about. II simply calls for
well-tmed, conservative action In
deed It contains some high words of
praise for the work of the local FIRE de-
partment in General and 1t finds con-
ditions favorable as compared with
many other cities of the size of New
Haven. But the report of the under
writer's contains one very significant
statement. "1rires reaching contlagra-
ton proportions" II says, are proba-
BILE In the more congested portions of
the minor mercantile districts. The
reasons for these conclusions are vari-
Gus. Some of them are lack Of salts
factory fire-hghting apparatus, insult
cient number of men In some of the
fire companies, narrow streets, lack of
an ordinance requiring street wires
put underground fire alarm system toe
small for present needs and housed in
a non fire PROCEED building, and lack of
needed laws on and proper inspections
of electric wiring structural condi-
lions, and the housing OF explosives
and inhamm15les.
That New Haven may be today M
better off as regards a possible con.
Aagration Of the size Of the one which
visited unfortunate Chelsea the con.
illusions Of the president Of a promin
ent fire insurance company need but t
be referred to- He believes that SINH
lar conhagrations anywhere are only t.
be expected and advises insurance mer
to fix their insurance rates higher &C
cordinely. The only safeguard New
| Haven may have against similar con
! nagrations lies in better building con
structions and better apparatus, TIT
first may be obtained by building laws
! Whether the fire inspectors had com
peted their inspection of the city be
fore the new building laws were pass
cd by the aldermen, we do not know
Certainly these laws are a step in tn
right direction and must meet ap
prevail. But there undoubtedly Is room
for future growth in this direction an,
possibilities and needs should be fol
lowed up. one matter Of construction
however, does call for immediate ac
ton and is mentioned by the inspee
tors. 1t is the great need Of compul
sorry underground conduits for tn
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-21

win the incident end here? II the
judge believes There was enough eN-
dence to Justify him in believing the
students were guilty Of breach Of
the peace the public may feel Justified
In belief equally well found ID that
the police, on their part were guilty
OF much moro serious breach. In
spite Of tho judges admonitlon to the
students counsel, Attorney LOOMS,
that he did not wish to hear any tes-
tlmony that did not bear upon the
actions of the students, consl larable
evidence did get In on that point. Wit
ness testified that they saw the police
use their clubs with great violence
even before the FIRE ropes had been
put up. City Attorney Hoyt Is Of the
belief that the public has no rights at
a fire whatever and that, II any per-
sons are hurt while there, they have
but themselves to blame. On that
point we cannot quite agree with him.
AS long as they do not interfere per-
sons have every right to watch i fire.
The point at issue is not at ull the
fact that those who were dubbed
were Yale students; 1t Is whether, as
contingent of the public, they inter-
fered In such an obstreperous way that
the disabling blows given were nee
essary for the establishment of the
fire lines. Then, too, every citizen
will be interested to find out whether
he should expect to be arrested fol
merely asking an officer his number
as did Benjamin Wallis. who was dc.
quilted of having taken part in any
OF the trouble, An investigation may
well follow as to the police.
The trial is said to have been Tho
longest one for simple breach of Tho
peace that the local court has ever
had to deal with. II Is possible tina
appeals will follow. But, whatever
the result, the incident will have
taught all parties concerned a lessor
when things have again quieted dowr
to normal again. The students. oil
their part, will have learned that dis
erection is by far the better part o
valor, especially at fires in New Ha
ven and the police, on the othe
hand, will realize that they do no
necessarily have clubs and night stick
in their hands for the breaking o
heads and the splitting of noses
Now stop the fire bells from ringing
and the event will be forgotten in
general rejoicing.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-21
A LESSON FOR ALL CONCERNED.

The decision of Judge Tyner IN the
students cases seems to be a very fair
one. AS a Yale man. he said, 1t pain
ed him to think that some considera-
BILE i'll repute had come to his alma
matters name because of the incident,
yet he had TO do his duty as he saw
it. The judge said it was his belief
that the evidence had shown two Of
the students were in the crowd push
ing and showing, and that they did
not obey the orders of the police with
the alacrity they should have shown,
and, judging from the reports printed
Of the trial, he had a right to that
belief Consequently two of The boys
were fined and two were let 10.
That settles the case as far as their
breach of the peace is concerned, 1ut
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-21
Flight Ycnrs from Vow.
Boston Irerald)

We all know that Mr. Taft viii he
an excellent president He Is man
we all heartily admire. bar none. 1t
follows, then, that when, eight years
hence, he appoints his successor. the
national loyalty to him, the national
faith In his good intentions and judg-
ment, and the national desire not Of
fend him even by the suggestion of 4
difference Of opinion can best be shown
by abstinence from voting. Popui IF
approval OF the presidential success
sion can sufficiently be shown by cheet-
Ing In the streets, after business hours.
by gazing at fireworks and by reading
the proclamation Of the new head of
the state Later on further popular ap-
prevail can express Itself IN Pennsyl-
vania avenue on Inauguration day.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-21
All Too High hut Salaries.

CAS- to the cost of living, there /,
room for debate on some features, but
none on the following, all of whicr
come too high. The foes of receivers
The purses TO prize fighters. The sal
aries of grand opera singers. The price
of a carriage ride, The tip expected
or eXaeted at luncheon time--I1veninl
Mail)
Not to speak OF drinks and dresses,
Eyes and butter crepe and silk,
Paper pulp and printing presses,
Tea and milk;
Theator aud railroad tickets,
Collins, oranges and fats,
Tennis balls and croquet wickets,
Shirts and hats;
Peanuts, chewing gum and candy,
All the latest magazines,
Beer and whiskey, rum and brandy,
Pork and beans,
Paints and collars and bananas,
Soap and books and condiments,
Prunes and prisms and real Havanas,
Ink and rents
might mention more II but
Cared TO swell the list of these, :.
Almost everything's too high but
Salaries. Puck.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-21

street wires of the city. "No ordinance
requires wires placed underground,
says the report, but telephone and
fire alarm wires are generally under-
ground IN the business districts; all
others are overhead forming d serious
hazard and continually obstructng fire
department operation" There can be no
doubt Of this Even IN the center of
the city there are hundreds Of poles
supporting yerItabe spIder-webs COM
posed Of power, telegraph and other
wires. which make the streets hldeous,
aside from any obstruction to the fire.
men or the ever-present danger of
short circulting and thus causing fires.
The matter of fire department Inn
provoments Chief Fancher has long
urged as crying need. For some years
he has been trying to obtain them but
the finances have not been available.
May the remedy not come when 1t is
to late and New Haven has had It's
connagratlon. The inspectors call for
three new engines, more ladder COM
panics, and an increase in the number
of men In many Of the existing compa-
MICS, aside from the need of q flreproof
headquarters and new alarm appara-
tus built upon system large enough
to meet present conditions. 1t does
seem as if the warning should be heed
ed and that the board of finance, when
next 1t comes TO consider these mat
ters. should have the wisdom to see the
necessity for this action which has
been long deferred by it.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-21

a supervising principalshp, They do
not work along tho line Of grammar
school work and generally lack that
experience. Frankly we do not un-
derstand this. II proyokes the IN
quiry, What Is there about school work
In other cities which does prepare men
for supervising prlncpalships but
which is lacking here entirely? II else
where the men work along lines which
ft them for supervising principalshlps
here and therefore gain the necessary
experience to justify their appointment,
why Is that practice and policy unre-
speeted here? Is a system of education
such as apparently we have here,
which steadily refuses to train teach.
ers for a higher school station and
makes New Haven dependent upon the
system which prevails elsewhere for IT.
managing genius, exactly the system
we want2
We confess that the more we consider
this odd state of affairs the more con-
fused we become, even to the extent of
being forced to regard the New Haven
system Of education both in the
schools and the university, as faulty
In the extreme, 1t Is disagreeable ant
discouraglng to be told that we cannot
direct our schools without a majorlt,
of the supervising principals being i'm
ported and to be told In addition that
even they do not bring with them thu
capacity to make teachers. Somewhere
between the sound proposition, that al
inferior New Haven man is not more
desirable than superior outsider, AM
the second proposition, that New Ha.
ven cannot turn out efficient teachers
there is room for more thought thar
the board Of education seems to hay,
given the subject.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-21
THE LILLEY REPORT.

The report OF the committee APP
pointed by Speaker Cannon to inves-
tigate the charges brought by Con
gresham Lllley of this state against,
fellow members of congress in con-
nection with submarine legislation is
severe In the extreme. As Mr.. Llley
himself says the most painful aspect
of the report concerns the reflection
upon his personal honor. and under
the circumstances he does well and
acts wisely in withholding any com
ment until he has read the complete
report He is now simply in posses
sion of the formal findings of the
committee: the reasoning which leads
to them has not been published.
Whatever ones opinion may be Of
the injudlclorsness of Mr. Lilley's
conduct and the disappointment over
his failure TO prove his charges. no
one in Connecticut, who knows him.
will accept the accusation that he was
moved by improper motives without
indisputable testimony. 1t Is not diff
hcult to understand the irritation Of
the members of congress who were
brought by him under suspicion as to
their political integrity, and the III
/ temper which the committee brought
to the discharge of their duty. but
neither Of these attitudes of mind
/ justlfies, even In the absence of the
evidence he promised to present in
order to convict, the conclusion that
I he knew he was proceeding in a man
ner to deliberately deceive Mr.. Lii
ley Is a man possibly of impulsive
judgments and quick emotions but he
Ia yet to be revealed as lacking In in
telligence, which he would be If he
proceeded without regard to what he
thought he had reason to believe was
the truth
The whole episode has been a most
| unfortunate occurrence from start to
finish. The attitude Of the lnvestigat-
ing committee has not been such as
to encourage the idea that the truth
and nothing but the truth was desired.
though on the other hand Mr. Lilley's
case has suffered in popular estima-
ton since the fact was disclosed that
his sources of information led to the
council rooms of the company which
has considered itself aggrieved by the
unimpartial appropriations for sub
marine boats and which had an Incl
dental interest in the progress of the
inquiry 1t is impossible not to con-
clude that Mr.. Lilley has been grossly
deceived, on the one hand, while. on
the other, circumstances have tended
to aid him in decelvlng himself. The
reflection on his personal honor will
however, receive but scant attention
here In Connecticut. IL he has erred
in judgment he has not erred In hon
orable intent.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-21

Cspringhoid Republican J

tSpflnRneld RepuDncanj
The house of commons plan Of paral-
lei tiers OF benches without desks seems
to be the best Of all, and the one At
least to be chosen In substitution of
any new arrangement for the lower
chamber at Washington Here the
members Of the two opposing parties sit
facing each other and in cloge enough
proximity 10 be easily heard from the
extreme limits of tho chamber The alb
sence OF desks further serves 10 com
pei the closer attention Of members to
what rs going on, and the arrangement
Is altogether favorable for cultlvnting
the practice of speaking briefly and ex-
temporaneously upon pending measures,
Instead OF bringing in long written
speeches, either TO he delivered 70 mem-
bcrs engaged In writing or talking nj
their desks or printed In the Record
without delivery.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-21

The committee on supplies of the
police board has found that the city
can establish and equip its own sys-
tenn of police signal and telephone
boxes at cost less than the amount
the city is now paying In rental to
the telephone company for the same
number of boxes Such a discovery Is
happy one, but the wonder If / Is
that 1t has not been discovered long
before.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-21

A coal-less age Is what Or. Charles
F. Steinmetz, consulting engineer for
the General Electric company, sees
ahead In the near future. In qiew Of
the recent governors conference in
Washington, the assertion IS Of i'm
mediate interest. DR., Steinmetz be-
lleves that water power will prove the
only available solution for the prob
lem. The governors. however, have
been trying to save the water, the
waterways and the coal. suppose We
lose all.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-21

The population of the earth by con-
tlnents (from proceedings by the Royal
Geographical society Is ms follows:
Africa 127 1000, 900, North America So
$50. 300, South America, 36,420,o00, Asia
$50, 600, 900, Australasia 100000, Eu-
rope 9S0, 100000, polar regions 100000
total i.4S1,900,0O0. The above estimate
was made by Ernest George Raven
stein, +. II. G. S., the geographer AMI
stailsticlan. and Is for 1890. The popu-
latIon In North America in 1900 had In
creased TO over l00.00l,000. An esti-
mate of the population OF the earth
made by Drs Wagner and Topaz US9ll
gives total OF l.i79.72o 400.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-21

4 few Of them wore tall hats and main
tained executive dignity, but most Of
them were lndistlnguishable, however
distinguished, Governor Hughes stuck
to his high hat but he proved much
more Of mixer than was 10 be infer
rod from what has been written OF
him. His reception by his associates
q the conference was altogether cor
dial.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-21

Luther Burbank of California de-
clares that for the first ten or twelve
years of life the human plant needs
sunshine and fresh air more than books
and schooling. There are many of uS
who believe this but what can be done
about II after child has been put
into our great public school machine
The average parent has TO take that
which Is provided for him.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-21
SAYINGS AND DOINGS.

Measles come near TO being epidemic
In Philadelphia. between 5000 and
5000 persons having the disease. When
It assumes that form II becomes dan
gerous, especially when adult persons
have 1t.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-21
our CONTEMPORARIES.


IIIarIIOrd TImps,J
Three cents is an absurdly high price
to pay for the privilege OF riding on
the Cleveland street cars these days.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-21
NM VII ThcY Do ~,

cleveland Plain Dealer)
With little practice almost every
body can learn to say conservation of
our natural resource8,"
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-21
JUST FOR Fun.

when will the obsequies be7"
"Obseduies of whatY"
"Of your business. l notice you've
stopped Advertising
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-21

Gle says the duel was burlesdue,'
"Whpi does he mean by that?"
u dunno. Maybe, instead OF swords
they used slapstlcka.'
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-21

"Who got up those hanging gardens
OF Elbvlon?'
Some king"
For what purpose?"
ii Judge be wanted TO outwit the
nelghhors' chickens"
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-21

Yes" remarked Hamlet Fatt,.
may say have inherited the mantle OF
Kemble." .
responded Vortex Hamm. Now with
good free lunch route, you'll be fixed
for the summer"
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-21

Tie refuses TO Join the actors club
But Why
such action would constitute taclt
admission that there are other actors
, 1908-10-01

ing to him. mo one could have been
more to me than you have been. and
you are all | have left in the world.
Everything | care for goes away from
me-. Life is so hard, 80 hard!"
Yes, little girl, l know" and the
MAI stroked her hair tenderly, his
own voice faltering. It's all hard: l
learned that sad lesson long ago, but
I've tried to make ii a little bit easier
for you since We first came together.
Still, | don't see how | can possibly
help this. I've been hunting after that
fellow a long while now. a matter OF
Is years over a mighty dim trail, and
1t would be a mortal sin to permit him
to get away scot-free. Besides, II his
AFFAIR only manages to turn out right,
i can promise to make you the hap
piest girl in America. But, Nadia.
dear, dom cling to me so; it is not at
all like you to break down in this fash.
ion.'' and he gently unclasped her
hands. holding her away from him
while he continued to gaze hungrily
into her troubled face.
Sometimes l feel Just like a cow
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