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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-05
Not Business, But Gambling.

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ing control of tn,
destroy every nat
rule that the out
the laws of each
OF the nation sh
as laws can. the
mercial activities
poses. there must
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cities to consider
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who profess to
and to have respe
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-05

"AIy political and public life has been
an open hook he commenced, and Z.
wish the legislature to know my acts
You stated In your examination An
CHIEF that the Federal census could
not have had any bearing on the estabr
lllshment OF. the Corporation Court OF
Bristol. did you not?" asked Captain;
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-31

goods damaged. Mr.. Kola stated that
he could not state the exact damage.
but it is supposed to be between 5000
and $500, and was partially covered by
insurance.
But for the prompt action of the fire
department Herman's store would
probably have suffered great damage.
AS it was the flames from the restaur.
ant reached room up stairs, but very
little damage was done.
The fire department deserves great
credit for the splendid work done
This fire was in the business district
and had there been much delay, the
result would have been disastrous.
The Star restaurant building I.
owned by D. P. Myers.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-31
Actual Average Circulation
2,785
UPLIFTING THE FARMERS.

Discussing Mr.. Roosevelt's commits
sion to inquire into the conditions of
rural life with a view to it's eleva-
ton, the New York Sun says:
What tender soul does not rejoice
in this gifted band of inqusitors and
its shadowy mission? In the South
they have tested the effect of peanuts
on alimentary tracts of the Georgia
and Virginia masses, estimated pot
liquor in its relations to ambition and
to adipose. calculated the action of
snuff dipping in the hill country with
reference to pianos and periodical lit
erature. and weighed the comparative
merits of corn pone and yellow legged
chickens in the developments Of the
finer sensibilities. OF course we do
not expect them TO enter into razor
back hog meat. They are hopelessly
urban and unconscious of the nobler
aspects of the bucolic environment
We hope for the best, however, when
it comes to 'posum and persimmons.
catfish and cymblins. sausage and
syrup, and their respective influences
upon the domestic life of the prov
inces. The field is practically unlimit-
ed. The degrees of cookery are more
numerous than the shades of autumn
foliage, and the contents of the store
rooms and the smokehouses vary with
every mile one travels.
I'm the North the labors of these
elevators have been equally fruitful.
no doubt; but has anything been done
for those toiling masses. the COM
muters. those struggling, Industrious.
hopeful. but too often disappointed
planters and gardeners"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-31
RESTAURANT
DAMAGED BY
fire TODAY

About 10 o'clock this morning fire
originated in the kitchen of the Star
restaurant, which is owned by Charles
Kola and located on Front street. It
is supposed to have originated from
barrel catching fire which was next
20 the stove, and also close to the wall.
The fire department was on the
scene promptly and did some fine
work. The kitchen was made of franz
ing and was small addition in the
rear. 1t blazed rapidly, but the work
of the fire department was equally
rapid, and the damage was confined
to the restaurant and to Herman's
store, which is adjacent to the build
ing. The high plank fence in the rear
also caught on fire, but the flames
were soon extinguished. Considerable
damage was done to the interior of the
restaurant, several show cases being
spashed and the shelve and other
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-31
WHY THE HATTIESBURG NEWS
GIVES AWAY $4,000 IN PRIZES

An inquisitive subscriber wants to
know why The News is giving away
$4,000 in prizes. when the paper al
ready has the largest circulation of
any other South Mississippi publica-
ton.
The answer is easy. A newspaper
with a list as large as that of The
News necessarily spends a great deal
of time and money each year collect
ing and renewing its subscriptions.
Experience has shown that the use
of liberal prizes and the employment
of experts TO do this work is a wise
investment, especially since it usually
results in the addition of several
thausand new names to the list, a
majority of whom will become perman-
ent subscribers.
AS most readers know, the adver-
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-31
WHITE HOUSE
RECEPTION IS
NOWPLANNED
New Year Entertainment VIII
Be An Elaborate Affair
Tomorrow.
Hearst News Service.

Washington, Dec. 31.-For the last
time President and Mrs. Roosevelt
will officiate at the New Year recep-
ton at the White House tomorrow.
The niceties of diplomatic etiquette
will be religiously observed in the
conduct of that part of the reception
that has grown during the last hun
dred years and more to partake large
ly of the nature of an Official func-
tons.
In this way but without appearance
of pre-arrangement, the President
greets first the vice president and
then the members of his cabinet, then
each foreign nation represented in the
person of ambassador or minister: the
judiciary, through the personnel of
the supreme court bench and the
judges of the local federal and dis
trict courts: senators and represent
tatives in congress; officers of the
army, navy, marine corps and militia
of the District of Columbia; heads of
the bureaus and members of commits
sions; organizations of veterans. in
Guiding the society of the Cincinnati.
Azetc club. 1874 Associated Veterans
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-31
NEMESIS OF JUSTICE.

President Roosevelt has been caught
literally in the meshes of his own
impulse for tyranny and wilful mis-
representation, just as Holy Writ
means when it says His own iniqui-
ties shall take the wicked himself, and
he shall be holden with the cords of
his own sins" (Porv. 5:22)
1t is remembered that Teddy in one
of his books went on to malign Jeffer-
son Davis by saying what evil things
Davis had done while governor of Mis-
sissippi, when in truth. Davis was
never governor at all The error was
called to Roosevelt's attention and he
refused to correct it. What at first
seemed only an oversight was made a
malicious SANDER by declining to right
the wrong done after due notice.
Now Mr.. Roosevelt is raging at the
newspapers for saying things about
him, which statements, to say the
least of them were far better founded
than his statements about the chief
tain of the Confederacy. Let him take
his medicine. Verify the mills of the
gods grind slowly, but they grind ex.
ceedingly fine
General Miles placed the shackles
on this same Davis in order to court
the applause of the rabid element in
the North. Then Mr.. Roosevelt came
in as president and kicked the said
Miles out of all place of authority.
The Nemesis of irrepressible Justice
is camping on their Shiny trail. Let
the sure work of retribution 90 on.
Wake up ye lovers of right and behold
our traducers as they play us a pleas
ing comedy in the tragedy of a Kill
kenny-cat fight of mutual extermina-
ton.
1t may be that some of our younger
citizens do not know of the facts here
narrated; and it is meant that they
should know in order not to be swept
from their reason by every wind" of
policital doctrine.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-31
THE FARMERS
TO MORE INVESTIGATION

The state department of agriculture
and commerce and the Mississippi
agricultural experiment sations have
promised their active cooperation
with the plan of the Southern Railway
and Mobile and Ohio to run a DIVERSE
fication Train" over the lines of those
systems during the month of January.
Similar support has been pledged by
the United States department of agri-
culture, bureau of plan industry and
these three departments will send
corps of experts to accompany the rail-
way officials on their tour and deliver
addresses to the farmers setting forth
the importance of crop diversification,
cultural methods. and preparation for
the advent of the boil weevil in the
north central and northeastern sec
tons of the state, which will be in
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-31

tiser pays three times as much toward
the cost of publication of a newspaper
as the subscriber, and the larger the
circulation the more valuable the
paper becomes to advertisers So
newspapers can afford to make spe
cial inducements for new subscribers
for the benefits that increased cir
culation brings to advertisers.
The News now has approximately
5000 readers. We want to increase
the list to at least 5000 before this
contest closes.
The prizes are the most attractive
ever before offered by a Mississippi
newspaper. The plan is excellent, for
the reason that the territory is d.
vided into districts and the out-of-
town contestants stands an equal show
with those in the city.
1t is not necessary for you to spend
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-31
sEGREGATE SEXES IN
BIG UNIVERSITY

Chicago, Dec. 31.-Under new rule
adopted by the University of Chicago
effective today, women students will
not be allowed to live at the same
boarding houses where male students
are housed.
1t is the custom of the university to
assign students to suitable board.
ing places and as landlords are thus
somewhat dependent upon the insti.
tuition, the faculty hopes to be able to
enforce the new rule without diff
Guilty The landlords are to be in
structed to provide reception parlors
for the young women where they can
receive calls at suitable hours"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-31

feature of the disaster pales into ut
ter insigniicance in the face of the
awful sacrifice of human life.
Within the life fthe average citi-
zen only two great earthquake dis
asters have occurred in the United
States-in 1886, when Charleston, c.
c., was shaken from its foundation
and forty-one lives were lost, and in
San Francisco where the lass was ap-
proximately 1000.
But these are mere incidents COM
pared with Sicily's horror, where the
dead can only be counted by tens of
thousands.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-31

mas week: Holiday trade expanded
further and reached its maximum this
week with a majority of cities report
ing this class of business larger than
a year ago. A few cities even report
the volume larger than in 1906.
though qualifying this by saying that
the aggregate money value is smaller,
owing to the cheaper grades of goods
bought"
The census report of cotton ginning
to December 10 shows a total of H.
S92,115 bales ginned. as against o.
2S4,O7O bales ginned one year ago to
the same date, and 11,112,7S9 bales in
1906. The Texas figures are. 1908. g.
365, 9S9 bales; 1907, 1,9S7,7S1 bales;
1906, 3,4S1,5 SOP bales.
The headings in Bradstreets giving
the state of trade show the basis of
the optimistic feeling that pervades
the country: Holiday Trade Expands.
Excess Over Year Ago. Below 1906,
However. Regular Retail Trade Below
Expectations. Wholesale Trade Quiet.
Years Business to 20 Per Cent. Off.
Small Orders and Price Concessions
Reduce Profits. Collections Irregular
and Fair as a Whole Wool Strong and
Active. Railroad Earnings Smaller.
Snow Helps Wheat. Securities Mark
cts Active. Bond Sales Immense"
Nineteen hundred and nine is going
TO be good business year; 1907 was
a panic year; 1908 was the year of re-;
covery; 1909 is going to show the
harvest and its sheaves. With the ire
mendous crops of this country and a
time of profound peace, it is inevitable
that business should show the most
prosperous conditions.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-31
BANK ADVERTISING IN DIXIE.

Under the above heading the Ameri-
can Banker is a recent issue has the
following about Southern bankers:
" Away Down South in the Land of
Cotton is where the banks appreciate
the value of advertising and up-to-date
publicity methods-possibly more so
than in any section of the country
The Southern banks do not believe
that the mere appearance of their
names, their officers and directories,
and stilted notices of their statements
of conditions published at intervals
of long duration, are all that is re-
quired to advertise their institutions
and build up their deposits. Even
banks of limited capital have regular
advertising departments under the
management of capable men, and con-
slider such departments as necessary
to their business as any others con-
nected with their institutions"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-31

1t is said that the new city council
will reduce the salaries of the firemen.
The News does not believe it. Hat
tiesburg has a good fire department,
which is saving the taxpayers, thous-
ands of dollars annually in reduced in
surance rates. And it would be unwise
to cripple this department for the
niggardly sum whuch would be saved
by curtailment of salaries.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-31
THE BUSINESS OUTLOOK.

According to statistics compiled by
the Railroad Age Gazette. 3.214 miles
Of new railroad were built in the
United States during 1908.
This total indicates a decrease Of
1898 miles, or 81 per cent. from the
mileage constructed in 1907.
Nevertheless, as Bradstreet's re-
marks, the figures in general indicate
a fair amount of activity in railroad
construction, but no large expansion
in that respect"
But railroad building is only one
indication of business conditions. The
authority last quoted declared Christ
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-31

of the War of 1S46-47, military order
of the Loyal Legion of the United
States Grand Army of the Republic,
Medal of Honor Legion, Union Veter-
an Legion, Union Veterans Union,
Society Of the Army of the Santiago,
Spanish War Veterans, Army and
Navy Union Minute Men, Sons of the
American Revolution, and Oldest In
habitants' Association of the District
of Columbia, and then the public.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-31
State of Ohio, City of Toledo.
Lucas County.

Lucas County.
Frank j. Cheney makes oath that
he is senior partner of the frm of +. J..
Cheney & Co., doing business in the
city of Toledo, County and state
aforesaid, and that said firm will pay
the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOL
LARS for each and every case of
Catarrh that cannot be cured by the
use of Halls Catarrh Cure.
FRANK ]. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed
in my presence. this 9Th day of De-
cember, A. D. 1886.
A. w. GLEASON,
(SeaD Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter
nally, and acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Send for testimonials free.
F. J. CHENEY G. CO., Toledo. o.
Sold by all Druggists, Use.
Take Halls Family Pills for con.
stipation.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-31
SlClLYS HORROR.

The world stands APPALLED, at the
stupendous enormity of the awful hor-
ror visited upon Sicily and portions of
of Southern Italy.
Measured by the catastrophes of the
past, it fairly staggers the magma
ton in it's terrible isolation, the mum
Der of estimated dead exceeding all OF
the similar disasters since 1851.
The property loss is great, but this
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-31

Some people say that prohibition
does not prohibit and other say it
does. But there is one thing we can
agree upon. No law is going to pro
hibit unless it is enforced.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-31

If memory fails us not, it has been
only few years since the newspapers
announced that the beef trust had
been dissolved But now comes the
report that the government is after it
again. Why don't these Internal
trusts stay dead when they are Of
ficially killed?
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-31

The Manufacturers Record predicts
that within less than a dozen years
the business interests of the South
will be demanding a protective tariff.
South Mississippi lumbermen are al
ready committed to protection against
competition from the forests of Can
ada.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-31

money in order to obtain one of these
prizes. The paper is WE'LL worth the
subscription price and your friends
will subscribe readily if you will only
ask them to do. so, giving you the
benefit of the votes thus obtained.
Get busy.
FINE DIAMONDS. y
Every contestant is invited to call
at the H. H. Graham Jewelry Company
and see the magnificent stock of dia-
monds from which the winers in this
contest will be privileged to make
their own selections.
The other prizes will arrive in a
few days, when they will be placed on
exhibition.
The $500 in gold (or something bet
teri will go to the lady receiving the
largest number of votes in all of the
districts combined.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-31
new JERSEY CONGREGATION
REWARDS FAITHFUL PASTOR

be made by members of the congre-
cation and will not be taken from the
funds of the church. DR.. Ludlow has
resigned from the pastorate with the
proviso that he be made pastor
emeritus for life without salary, au-
thority or duty"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-31
Hearst News Service.

East Orange, n. j., Dec. 31.-A
purse of $4,000 will be given to the
Rev. DR.. James NJ. Ludlow, pastor Of
the Mum Avenue Presbyterian church
here, on the occasion of his release
from that charge today. The gift will
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-31

evitable within the next two or three
years.
The advocates of the doctrine of di-
versification declare that it is not
their purpose to unnecessarily alarm
the farmers of Mississippi, or to
create feeling of uneasiness in bust
ness circles, but at the same time
they think it is of vital Importance
that the farmers should be made
thoroughly acquainted with the prob
lem that they must inevitably face,
and this opinion evidently prevails
among the railroad officials of the
various lines traversing Mississippi,
judging from the interest they are
manifesting, and their willingness to
cooperate with state and government
agriculturists in preaching the doc
trine of diversification.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-31
THE AUDITORIUM NEXT WEEK.

The attraction at the Auditorium
next week is the Wayne Musical
shows and all the newspapers agree
that they give better show for rs
cents that some of the attractions
which get $3.50. The engagement is
for Monday and Tuesday night and a
special matinee Tuesday.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-31
MEETING POSTPONED

The regular meeting of the Hamper
Park Commission is postponed until
notice of called meeting.
CAPT. J. P. CARTER, Pres.
MRS. ANDREW McGREGOR.
Sec.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-31

when in need of the best coal in
town or oak and pine wood, phrone
Southern Lumber G. Ice Co., Cumber-
land PAS, Home $50. Full weight and
prompt delivery.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-31
WRITE 1T 1909 TOMORROW.

The year 1908 will go down in his.
tory as the year in which man first
navigate the air in a heavier-than-air
machine.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-31

WANTED TO BUY-lf you have a
small cottage, rs #. front lot. or lot
only. close in at bargain, for cash,
address. Box 357. 10-31-tf.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-31

New Year resolutions are all right
provided you keep them.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-31

No use to make respolutions unless
you have the backbone to keep them.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-31

Start the New Year with a will.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-31

Quit your meanness.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-03-20
American Fence

MATERIAI4-Hard, Stiff Steel The develop.
ment Of American Fence, the years of expert
ment and hundreds OF thousands of dollars
that have been put into the work of perfecting
machinery and. producing the grade of ssecial
steel that makes American Fence what it is to:
day, would be long story Suffice it to state
that about one year ago we succeeded in pro-
ducing composition in steel that for fence
making is simply par excellence By the use
Of this special steel the value of American
Fence to the user is increased many fold and
we firmly believe it to be as near absolute per-
lection as can be attained or the necessities of
the case demand. Wire drawn from this steel
while hard is not brittle. It is stiff and springy
but pliable enough to be nicely spliced. There
is such "a distinction as live steel and dead
steel. Every wire in American Fence as now
made Is live wire, doing business all the
time, always ready for emergencies and abso-
lutely reliable.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-03-20
Velie Wrought Iron Buggies

Are known the world be the best value in High
Grade Bugges offered to the trade. We carry the
largest line of different styles of bugges in the state out
side of Minneapolis and position to you money
We bought buggies before the last raise which
from u to 10 per cent That raise by all manu-
facturers of buggies Besides buy from 800 to
bugges time. This enables to save you from $40
to $500 buggy surrey.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-03-20
, p
.eadqu,a'::r''ter
for
Farm
Machinery
Our Motto

Is to handle the BEST line of every
thing Theref ore, we need not change
our line from time to time, trying to get
something that is right We have
line in the John Deere line that is right,
and you can get repairs when you need
them.
WESTERN IMPLEMENT co.
A. M. RENNER, Manager.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-08-20

Cal, as all the other cutters on the Pa
cific coast have been withdrawn from
their regular stations for duty in Bering
Sea.
. 1t was expected that the Vicksburg,
belonging to the Navy, would be turned
over to the Revenue Cutter Service
under the recent Act of Congress au-
thorizing the transfer of the vessel and
1T was the intention of the Department
when this should be done to assign
revenue cutter to duty at the port of
Honolulu. The transfer of the Vicks-
burg, however, has not been effected
and no action can be taken looking to
the assignment of a vessel to that port
before the return of the fleet from Ber-
ing Sea which win not occur prior to
the 1st of November next.
''The Department recognizes the ne
eessity that exists for a revenue eutter
at Honolulu and viii assign a vessel to
duty at that port at the earliest prac-
tieable date. -
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-08-20
INTENTION IS TO SEND
REVENUE CUTTER HERE

If the United States Navy makes a
transfer of the gunboat Yicksburg to
the Revenue Cutter Service in the near
future revenue cutter will undoubted
ly be sent to this port to be kept per
manently in Hawaiian waters. Beck
man Winthrop, Acting Secretary of the
Treasury Department, in answer to
letter from Secretary Wood of the
Chamber of Commerce, says on the sub
ieet of revenue cutters:
ssReferring to your communication
of the 10th ultimo asking as to the
final disposition of the Revenue Cutter
Manning, in which you state that it is
understood said vessel is TO be assign
ed to duty at the port Of Honolulu, you
are informed that the Manning is now
stationed at San Francisco, California,
and is the only cruising cutter avail
able for Revenue Cutter purposes from
Port Townsend, Wash, to San Diego,