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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-07
Champ Clark's Campaign.

Out in Missouri Mr.. Champ Clark is
running for reelection in a district
that is uncomfortably close, and the
chances Of Democratic success have
been rendered all the more uncertain
from the fact that Mr.. Taft has Just
made number of speeches in the
larger towns and cities.
But Champ Clark has hit upon a
novel method of campaigning, and is
making the fight of his life. Accord
ing to the Birmingham Age-Herald,
he offers 5000 in five prizes in each
county. The first prize in each county
is 800; the second, $50; the third,
$25; the fourth, SIS; the fifth, $40. All
told the prize in the nine counties ag.
gregate $1,000, a sum that Mr.. Clark
proposes to pay young ladies', between
the ages of and 80, all unmarried.
The contestants are to secure sigma
lures to cards with which she will be
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-07
End of the
Roosevelt Era.

The New York Sun does not always
speak with kindly humor. 1t is not al
ways generous. There are times when
it is little concerned whether its YER
dict is or is not just Mr.. Bryan for
twelve wears has been the object of its
specit' attack. Every principle for
which he has contended. the Sun has
attempted to distort. and every posi-
ton occupied by him the Sun has been
pleased TO misrepresent. So that, in
the following paragraphs in which the
Sun gives itG summing up of the situa-
ton, the fling at Mr.. Bryan seems to
have slipped in more from force of
habit n the Part of the Sun than from
any fault of Mr. Bryan, whose conduct
of his side Of the controversy with NJ.
Roosevelt has been marked by singu-
lar good temper and good sense. With
the fling az Mr.. Bryan aside, it is not
to be denied that the Sun sizes up the
present .'iluation with some degree of
accuracy when it says:
"Out of the deafening and binding
whirlwird with which the Hon. Theo-
dore Roosevelt has replaced the Sc
date ard somewhat stupid processes Of
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-07
HoW's THIS?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re-
ward for any case OF Catarrh that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. P. CHENEY & CO.,
Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known
F. ]. Cheney for the last Is years, and
believe him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations made
by his firm.
Walding, Kinnan & Martin,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo. o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken intern
ally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Testimonials sent free. Price rs cents
per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
patton.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-07
FINANCE Committee
TOLD To RAISE FUNDS
Wrong Company Was Ordered to Put
a Light On River Avenue Crossing,
the Road Being the Property of the
Newman Lumber Company.

At Lac regular meeting of the city
council, held last night, the salaries
of the city officials for the ensuing
year were fixed. The same salaries
that have been in effect during the
past car were continued by the coun-
Gil, no changes being made in any of
them.
The council ordered the finance COM
mittee to make loan for the purpose
OF paying The officers and employees of
the city and the public school teachers
salaries for last month.
The order passed at pervious meet
ing requiring the Mississippi Central
Railway to place light at the River
avenue crossing was rescinded by the
council last night, it developing that
the portion of the road at that point
belongs to the ]. ]. Newman Lumber
Company, and not to the Mississippi
Central
1t was ordered that the excess due
Mr.. Benton on pound fees be turned
over to the pound keepers to help
them to pay the costs in a suit brought
against them.
Ii was ordered that Munford Adams
be exempted from street tax for the
wear 1903.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-07

The Natchez Evening Record is the
latest addition to the ranks of daily
journalism in Mississippi, and the ini-
tial number indicates that it is to be
vigorous exponent of all that is cal
culated to advance the interests of
its city and section 1t is well edited
and well patronized and presents a
very handsome appearance. The
News welcomes the Record into the
fold and wishes for it that measure
of success which it so well merits at
the hands of the public.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-07

Bad grammar is not a felony" says
George Bailey, of the Houston Post.
Right you are. If it were a crime to
butcher the language, then there are
some newspaper men in this section
of the state who couldn't stay out of
Jail long enough to vote, even if they
had paid their taxes and could quail
ify under the educational clause of
the Mississippi Constitution.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-07

Oklahoma citizens have contributed
more than $4,000 to fund to be used
by Governor Haskell in prosecuting
libel suits against Roosevelt and
Hearst. Haskell may be guilty, as
charged, but he seems to have the
confidence of his home people-and
man can't be altogether bad and re-
tain the confidence of Oklahomans,
many of whom are former Mississip-
plans.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-07

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the campaign We Can now gather only
the smothercd cries Of the victims and
distinguish their scattered fragments.
We hear dislocaied screams and i'm
pressions. We see tortured and dis
severed members flying through the
air Haskell and Jorys, Foraker aid
Taft and Bryan, these contribute to
the storm: but of reason and logic,
of argument and demonstration, there
is nothing-nothing whatever. You
catch shrieks of liar 'whelp' and
villain but not vestige of contin-
ence and order The whole situation
has been submerged by wave of fren-
zy and hysteria.
Honorable gentlemen have been
discreditetd and branded. Men whose
whole lives certify to their excellence
have been denounced and thrown
aside. The customs and established
procedures under which this nation
has advanced from poverty into opu-
lence are eliminated by gesture and
a bawl and reckless demagogy tri-
umphant over the shattered wreck OF
decency rules the hour. The party
candidates are dismissed in short Or
der by the newspapers. Columns are
surrendered to the rank outsiders.
Haskell can obtain an hours hearing.
Unlimited space is accorded to Hearst
and Roosevelt and other dealers in de-
nunciation. The country no longer
considers the conflicting claims OF
Taft and Bryan. Men are bent on
hearing what the President has to
saw of Foraker and Haskell, and vice
versa.
what a spectacle the White House
now presents!"
Mr.. Roosevelts appetite for the
limelight has been fed fat and is still
feeding. On the Republican side, he
is even more the central figure of the
campaign than in 1904. The tone the
discussion has taken on is wholly of |
his making. It's not greatly to his in
dividual credit nor particularly condu-
Give to the success of the dummy fig
ure he has attempted to get up as his
Something better than first place in
a contest of fish wives might reason
ably be expected from President. but
)eing President, Mr.. Roosevelt unques-
-ionably has the right to choose his
role. After all Mr.. Taft, not he, will
have to pay the piper. Still it is a
rather unbecoming ending of a seven
years tenure of power in which so
much of good might have been accom-
Dlished had performance kept pace
with profession and opportunity.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-07
MERIDIAN PRESBYTERY
CONVENES AT MAGEE

Rev. R. L. Campbell, pastor of Bay
Street Presbyterian Church, will at
tend the Meridian Presbytery, which
convenes at Magee tomorrow. He will
return in time to take part in the re-
vival to begin at his church next Sun
day.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-07

cents a gallon, which will probably
prove a good thing for the country in
the long run. Millions of pine trees
have been destroyed by turpentine
operators in South Mississippi during
the past ten years.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-07

1t will soon be time for the cam
paign liars to get in their work. The
intelligent voter will put no confidence
in reports circulated on the eve of the
election, when there is no time to
correct them.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-07

Shakespeare must have had Theo-
dore Roosevelt's ancestor in mind
when he said: HE that is proud eats
up himself; pride is his own glass, his
own trumpet, his own chronicle; and
whatever praises itself but in the deed
devours the deed in the praise"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-07

An Ohio man has wagered $4,000
that Bryan will be the next President
of the United States, yet Ohio is sup
posed to be a rock-ribbed Republican
state.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-07

Mr.. A. P. Hicks and family have
moved to Winona, where they will re-
side in the future. Their Hattiesburg
friends will greatly regret their de-
parture.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-07

Georgia is voting today, but the Re-
publicans will get very little consola-
ton from the returns in the Goober
State.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-07

Some straw hats can brave most
anything except snowstorm-and we
never have snowstorms in Hatties-
burg.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-07

Mr.. Hartman probably enjoys the
fun all the more because of the fact
that it is costing him nothing this
year.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-07

1t will take some tall hustling to re-
build the Newman mill in five months,
but the men behind this industry are
accustomed to big undertakings.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-07

Maybe the city authorities will have
the streets swept once or twice
week when the funds from the recent
bond sale are available.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-07

The Houston Chronicle says that
there is politician behind every
Standard Oil can. Why don't you
turn the goats in on them?
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-07

The Republican party will make
up" with Foraker as soon as the cleo
ton is over
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-07

Roosevelt has elected Son-in-Law
Nick full-fledged member of the Ana
MAS Club.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-07

Maybe Mr.. Roosevelt is testing his
capacity to produce copy at the one
dollar-a-word rate.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-07

President Hardy, of the Mississippi
A. & NJ. College, is still an educa-
tional misfit.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-07

Hobson addressing the National
Peace Congress is the near-joke of
the season.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-07

No water is needed to float an en-
terprise worth while.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-07

Son-in-Law Nick seems to be play
ing the role of the Prince Imperial
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-07

Baseball blood seems to be mighty
thin in Hattiesburg.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-07

The price of turpentine is said to
have dropped from 65 cents to 80
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-07
ALDER MEN.

City-at-Large-M. ]. McGrath.
Ward 1-E. L. MCGOWAN and DR.. E. j..
Mitchell.
Ward 2-R. A. Cameron and H. C.
Greer.
Ward ga. T. Powe and c. F. Lassiter.
Ward Ar. c. Mckenzie and N. R. Nc
Cullough.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-07
BRYAN CAMPAIGN fluid.

The Daily News Acknowledges the
following contributions to the Mryan
and Kern campaign fund. Every good
Democrat should contribute at least
81 90 to the Democrattc cansa.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-07

So: -: :. : :. :. :. :. :. + Z: I: :: :. :.
& THE TICKET. :.
,: :. :: :: {. !: :. :. Z. :. :. :. {. {. :. :.
For Mayor-Dr. ]. D. Donald.
For Marshall. F. Williams.
For Police Justice. F. Davis.
For Treasurer-John Williams.
For City Clerk-A. Farley.
For Street Commissioner--Owe Reedy
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-09-25
BRYAps CHANCES HANGING IN THE BALANCES.

the Democratic
withdrawal National
particle
will
this will furnish the Republicans
babor will feel
councils
oohod
prospects
be
merely the political puta-
of fall in politics by his
and unfortunately undetermined
that will be difficult dproye 1t looks
political
for them n memorable campaign of 1908
unqueonab the weakness OF
HaskeIs position important altogether
President Prairie Oil and
Company Haskels determined intervention
General of Oklahoma
in the
believe that Haskell has
the speeder he is cut
The people
tolerate in public life
Governor who makes the
Standard Oil Company his official capa-
brought light Roosevelt
and Hearst sufficiently
the national
withdrawal better The
disappointed if he
ICES excuses paa anywtse wrongdong
the par of Haskell
presidential campaign just
its mind whether it
will little to
the candidates The Has
with absolute adher-
1c to the highest principles political will spell the
will
bunde
they probably with Democracys chances for 1908
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-09-25
THE SENATE FULL OF MEN LIKE FORAKER.

His seah connection with the Stand
special established The only thing for
his withdraw
public life wealth. and that compensation
public he grossly
resented S welcome to it
who has been guilty of SINH
their well
fare through favorable the blocking of nmica
laws or prosecuting officers and other officials
friendly to the corporations and the House doubt
quaking from fear that Hearst or
into possession of discriminating docu
Doubtless
positive will
hand in glove with Foraker in
public has been number
almost reached the conclusion that
number of tell where they got it, should be
retired o life
The Washington Louisville Courierourna in
interesting growing incident
The Standard Trust the Tobacco Trust put out
influence to DO their bidding
and their dirty of the people Men high up in
highest order OF and
will OF the
&
others Po-
Washington
magnificent beautifully
costing hundreds thousands
plenty of 1t 10
side of Congress could not be worth
dollars Ieglmately OBTAIN
ed in Denmark there has been here for at
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-09-25
THE FIGHT FOR GOOD ROADS.

progress Of
the the thiy
century
duless will rival the
this direction
the various cities by system of roads that will be equal of anything
n existence.
especially poverty
country
possessed superior
heavy
cotton and other farm products must be hauled distances of five forty
The
held immigration of desirable character retarded the
growth of the is held back by the lack OF attention to the public
Fortunately
intelligent
noticeable generally improved conditions otherwise during the
similar elsewhere Kentucky
this Referring to the Louisville Courier
our
Month by month Kentucky
permanent the
constitution embraced the Bosworh Bill its aim
Kentucky agriculture comfort wealth and life
Id roads than 5v anv other medium for poverty not much
"a an effect of dsreae roads y the Same token the rich county may
OF its highways be preserved in their wealth by
awakening the nemable value Of good
really European countries
other american states have fe @ systems h OF @
better today than they
body as the Kentucky aus
the result nope H uofe M have rQ e with
Fiscal Courts Tc nave ea fees before Persons cone %
should be grateful to the backing the
and all quarters Of the State should hurry recruits to the
movement.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-09-25

The Cincinnati Enquirer says that
the American public need not be as
tonished if some day between now
and the first Tuesday in November
President Theodore Roosevelt leaves
Washington on a special train for the
purpose of making speeches support
ing Judge Taft for election. This is
not the publication of a surmise or a
conjecture. 1t is firmly believed by
Republicans who are good enough to
be members of the national commit
tee. With Roosevelt and Taft both
blazing away at William Jennings
BRYAN the Democratic nominee will
find his Wanted ability TO meet any
and all corners put to a severe test.
And the moment Roosevelt takes the
stump for Taft it will be accepted by
the nation as an indisputable evil
dence that Taft is weak candidate,
that his chances of election are des-
perate, and that only the most her
culean efforts can defeat Bryan. And
it is quite possible that the people
may resent the idea of an outgoing
president selecting and electing his
own successor.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-09-25
What Indiana Means.
fPhilidelphia Record

After the Vermont election the Re
publicans smiled cheerfully Their
vote was smaller than it was four
years ago, but they took large
piece of paper and a lead pencil and
figured on percentage for some time
and then announced that they could
afford to lose all over the country as
they had lost in Vermont and they
would still have enough votes
They smiled little after the
Maine election, but it was very little
and it involved much effort. The smile
kept coming off. They admitted that
they could not afford to lose through
out the country as they had lost in
Maine; but, then, they were sure they
wouldn't 1t is true that the National
Committee sent money and speakers
into the State and every nook and
corner was covered as never before
in the history of Maine politics., but
then it was only a local election on
the liquor issue, and it signiied moth
ing.
So far as we can discover they are
not smiling at all over Indiana The
effort is too painful Several special
elections of members of the Legisla-
ture occurred on Thursday. Five
Republican counties in the northern
part of the State, which gave Roose-
welt a majority of $500, went Demo-
cratic by nearly 200. Three Democrat
ic counties in the southern part of
the State went against Parker by
1925 and on Thursday gave a Demo-
cratic majority of nearly 200. One
county where the Republicans had
majority four years ago of 1876, and
where they normally have a majority
OF 5000, they carried last week by
272. .Muncie, a Republican strong
hold, was carried by the Democrats
by 2200 In four counties making
one Senatorial district the Republi-
cans generally have majority in
each county and an aggregate major
ity of $500. On Thursday they had
80
Such changes as these will turn
Roosevelts majority of $4,000 into a
Bryan majority of 10000 Is any
Republican still suffering from over
confidence?
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-09-25


anything
The bill through Congress-
of
prosperous country of
How did he do
high
whole Republican policies.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-09-25

1t has come at last. That most
stalwart of all the stalwart organs OF
the G. o. p, the Philadelphia Press
openly admits that the presidential
election is a matter of doubt. II
says: THE present Presidential
campaign began with a sweeping tide
of enthusiasm in the Republican par
ty. The tide still sets toward Repub-
lican success, but Indiana is more
doubtful than was anticipated, the re-
duced majority in Maine has its eff
feet, the Democratic party in New
York State is closing up. The out
look plainly calls for renewed effort
and hard work to place the result be-
yond doubt The next fortnight is
certain to see a growing conviction
that the Republican party has before
it a serious contest and no foregone
conclusion"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-09-25
GEORGIA'S VICIOUS
LEGISLATIVE PROPOSAL
{ Hoo-Hoo Bulletin.)


A Georgia legislator, who might
have turned his thought to more
important matters, has Introduced a
bill providing that if a woman en-
snare a man into matrimony through
the aid of cosmetics, artificial teeth.
drop-stitch hose, puffs, rats" and
other artifices,' the marriage shall be
null and void. The idea of this light
weight legislator is that the disillus-
ionment of the husband after mar
riage is the most frequent cause of
divorce, having in mind perhaps the
old rhyme
He loved her for her lovely hair,
So beautiful and rich,
But when he found that unaware,
She had mislaid it on a chair.
His train of thought was, then and
there,
Wrecked by a misplaced switch"
The shallow Georgian is wholly
ignorant of the far-reaching conse-
quences of his foolish bill if the said
bill should become a law-it would
mean the end of organized society.
Without illusion there would be no
matrimony. Indeed most of life is
illuSiOn-we deceive ourselves no
less than we deceive others We live
and move and have our being in a
realm of shadow and mist and I'M
reality We cannot endure life as it
is-we constantly fly to a make-be-
lieve life, a world-as-it-is-not. Some
of us read novels, some frequent the
theatre and some seek unreality in
the 'wine-cup," as the preachers
phrase it. Some play cards, and 9TH
ers plunge into the round of social
dissipation. But in one way or an
other We are all seeking illusion
striving to escape from the depress-
ing realities Of life. Far more sensi-
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-09-25

Archbold wrote Foraker that the
Jones bill was very offensive. 1t
now appears that the proposed meas
ure of Senator Jones made several
sections more drastic than the orig
inal Sherman Antitrust law, but
the grievance of the Standard Oil
Company and other corporations was
found more especially in five propos-
ed new sections that provided for
prosecutions and publicity in the trial
of cases brought under the proposed
law, that appeared to make evasion
of its provisions simply impossible.
It was worth $4,000 to have such a
bill piegon-holed. Foraker earned
those certificates of deposit"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-09-25

The Republicans do not believe
there is any danger in changing hors-
es while crossing the stream. 1t is
announced that Senator Crane is to
practically succeed Hitchcock as the
head of the campaign. Hitchcock
will keep the name of chairman, but
Crane will be the real article. Hitch
cock is very valuable in corralling
delegates to a convention but as a
national campaign manager he has
so far proved a fasco. He strengthens
the old contention that "a blunder is
worse than a crime
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-09-25

The New York World puts it in
this fashion: Senator Foraker's
punishment has been swift, thanks tc
an enlightened and irresistible public
conscience. Mr.. Taft has severed re-
latiOns with him. The Republican or
ganization has abandoned him. His
State will repudiate him if he is
candidate for reelection His
political career is ended. But the
Standard Oil Company remains today
what is was yesterday and what il
has been for many years, the great,
est single corporation agency of pol
itical corruption known to American
history
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-09-25

The prophecy is freely made in
Ohio that the next legislature of the
State will be Democratic and that
Foraker will be succeeded by a
staunch Democrat. Former Governor
Campbell is looked upon as the win
ner. Hearst has buiIded better than
he knew.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-09-25

On October /, Harry A Garfield
will be installed as President Of
Williams College, at Williamstown,
Mass. He and his father, President
Garfield, graduated from this institu-
ton. Garfield is the first ayman to
be selected as President.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-09-25

As the Philadelphia Record well
says: The reconciliation of Ohio's
favorite sons, which the Taft manag-
ers considered wonderful stroke Of
policy turns out to have been a blum
der of the worst kind. 1t may be
that genial shake of the hands at the
G. A R. reunion may yet cost Taft
Ohio's electoral vote.