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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-01
The Country Editor.

The Meridian Star draws this splen-
did pen-picture of a rapidly disappear
ing but interesting species, the coun.
try editor:
The country editor is an animal COM
mon to all parts of the United States
portions of Europe, Asia and NADIA
gascar. He is biped, quadruped, cen
tipede and every other kind of ped"
known to natural history. If he didn t
have so many hands and legs he
couldn't perform the duties of coun-
try editor. Your Uncle Tobey was
once a editor. But he had a strong
constitution and recovered. In a ma
jority of cases the patient does not
recover. The disease is not contagious
you have to run after it. After that it
has got you. AS a rule the country
editor is not ornamental but is useful.
Everybody uses him.
The regular duties of a country edi-
tor are to gather news from all over
the county, and all other counties
where his subscribers have relatives
living, write editorials. obituaries and
account of weddings; to set type, make
up forms" do job work, print fold
and mail the paper, solicit ads" and
locals, smoke cob pipe. swear at the
devil" and throw the Shooting stick"
at the cat. He is also expected to at
tend all political meetings, church So
Gals, baseball games and funerals of
his delinquent subscribers. In addition
to the above duties he must cut and
carry his stovewood, hoe in the garden,
feed the pigs, sweep the floor. put up
ashhopers,, stick peas, patch the roof,
repair the fence, put new hinges on the
gate. 1t is also his duty to get in debt
as much as possible to every mer-
chant in town, as this will induce them
to take more pace" in the paper
In the midst of all these duties the
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-01
Farmers Union Convention.

Prominent members of the Farmers
Educational and Cooperative Union
representing an organization more
than a million strong, are now assem-
bled in Fort Worth, Texas. to discuss
questions pertinent to the interests of
the real producers of the country's
wealth.
The Farmers Union now has a large
membership in almost every state, and
it is still growing. 1t has accomplished
a splendid work in bringing the farm
ers closer together, educating them
along all lines of commendable en-
deavor and teaching the principles of
cooperation so essential to the pros
perity of the American commonwealth.
Here in Mississippi, the union has
become an important factor in the
states agricultural development. IN
der the direction of wise leaders, it has
established a warehouse system which
enables cotton growers to hold their
crops and command what the staple is
worth in the markets of the world. and
there is really no estimating the good
that it has accomplished along this
line.
The Farmers Union has profited by
the mistakes of former organizations
along similar lines and there is every
reason to believe that the organization
is to become a permanent factor in the
affairs of the nation.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-01

editor is expected to have a good time,
wear a ginger cake smile, brass fin.
ger ring, and at least one 'gallus."
A country editor of light weight
can't afford to tell the truth. If he did
he'd get the "stuffin" licked out of him
every day. If the bride is hump Shout
dered, freckled, cross-eyed and has a
wart on her nose, the editor is ex-
pected to say she is beautiful and ac-
complished." If a candidate has a
record that ought to put him in the
penitentiary, the editor is expected to
say he is honest, upright and capa-
ble.'
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-01
Lumber Industry.

The News reiterates what it has said
repeatedly during the past several
weeks. The lumber business in this
district is GETTING ON ITS FEET
AGAIN.
Mr.. T. o. Watkins, president of the
Watkins Machine and Foundry Com
pany, who is doing splendid work in
the revival of local commercial and in
dustrial activity, was quoted in these
columns yesterday as saying:
The mills are getting ready TO re-
sumo. We are repairing the machin-
cry for them"
In the same breath Mr.. Watkins said
that his company had more work now
than ever before in its history-and
this in addition to a contract which he
recently closed for repairing 900 cars
for the New Orleans and Northeastern
Railroad
- Mr.. S. F. Tatum, head of the Bon
homie Lumber Company, who is con-
structing a railroad from Bonhomie
with Columbia as its objective point,
makes this statement:
"The four mile stretch is to be built
just as fast as we can get the men TO
do the work, and l am hiring
every man | can get, and there is no
reason just now why there should be
an idle laborer in Hattiesburg. have
work for every man that will apply"
President Peck, of the Newman
Lumber Company announces that he
will have a definite statement to give
out in few days and it is confidently
expected that he will announce the
| early rebuilding of the Hattiesburg
\mill.
Numbers of smaller mills in the ter
ritory have already gone into opera
ton and others are preparing to start
up as soon as their machinery can be
overhauled and put in condition for
service.
The future looks good to the Hatties-
burgan who possesses the ordinary
mental caliber necessary to recognize
a business revival when he sees it COM
ing.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-01
RAILROADS REPORT
NUMBER OF PASSES
ISSUED FOR YEAR
Daily News Special.

Daily News Special.
Jackson, Miss, September 1.-The
Illinois Central and Yazoo and Missis.
sippi Valley Railroad Companies have
made partial reports of passes issued
during the past year, there being more
than 1000 on the Illinois Central list
and nearly 1000 on the Yazoo and Mis-
sissippi Valley list. Accompanying the
reports there is a note calling atten.
tion to the fact that the report is in.
complete, and stating that the remain.
der of it will be forwarded as soon
as completed.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-01
TO THE LADIES,

The Daily News has just received
large shipment of the famous White
House Cook Books. which it is going
to offer absolutely free with every new
six months cash subscription; also to
every old subscriber who will pay six
months in advance. This Cook Book
retails all over the world for $1.25. 1t
is the largest, latest and most com.
plete publication of its kind ever com.
piled. You can see them by calling at
the Daily News office.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-01

Real estate valued at $4,000 has
changed hands in Forrest County dur
ing the past week, yet some people are
SO blind as to believe that the panic
is still with us.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-01
Kinds COUNTY IS
GROWING RAPIDLY
DESPITE THE PANIC

Jackson, Miss, September 1.-State
Auditor Smith has just received the
personal assessment roll of Kinds
County for the year 1908. The total
valuation shown is s5,z1a,245 against
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-01

The New Orleans Progressive Union
realizes the value of newspaper pub
licity and is using full page adver-
tisements in many of the leading
southern dailies to boost the Crescent
City Other municipalities could profit
largely by the example.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-01

Paris has put the ban on big hats.
Ihis means that the fashion-monkeys
OF this country must dance to the new
music.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-01

Republican newspaper applaud the
protective tariff policies of the Republi.
can party in one column and denounce
the fairfield paper trust in another
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-01

A man by the name of Itching is a
candidate for office in PENNSYLVANIA.
Men by any other name. however. are
AFFLICTED with the same symptoms
when they get into politics.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-01

The Florida Times-Union ventures
THIS advice to parents: Name vo,,r
son Luxury and all of the girls will
want to sit in his lap.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-01
NOTICE.

To Whom 1t May Concern:
l, w. D. Dyal, have severed my con-
nection with the w. D. Dyan Lumber
Company, at Hattiesburg, Miss, on
July 9, 1908, by mutual consent Of said
partners and viii not be responsible
for any accounts or debts made by said.
firm.
Signed. W. d. OVAL.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-01
ALDER M EN-.

City-at-Large-M. ]. McGrath.
Ward I-E. L. MCGOWAN and DR.. E. ].
Mitchell.
Ward Pr. A. Cameron and H. c.
Greer.
Ward "a. T. Powe and C. F. Lassiter.
Ward Ar. c. Mckenzie and n. R. Nc
Cullough.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-01
EARN BIG MONEY.

$500 to $1,000 per day can be easily
earned by energetic ladies and men
handling the famous White House
Cook Book. Call for the Circulation
Manager, at the Daily News office.
Books on exhibition.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-01

Good citizens of Htatiesburg will not
petition against the proposed bond
issue, the pessimist and the knocker
to the contrary Notwithstanding.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-01

The campaign is on and the indica.
tons are that we'll get all the poli
tics we want from now until Novem.
Der.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-01

700 in 1902 an increase of
a The number of white men
>zz "a with polls is S,4s4. and ne
x1oes $50. a total of 14,SO4, against
{[ = E De 1907, an increase of 1857.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-01
THE U. D. c.'s TO RUN AUTOS.

The United Daughters of the Confed
eracy will have charge of the stree
auto line Thursday and they solicit {
liberal patronage from the public.
Q Of
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-01

*::** = :. :. :. I. : {. I: &: : I:
THE TICKET. :
For Mayor-Dr. ]. D. Donald.
For Marshall. F. Williams.
For Police JUSTICE. E. Davis.
For Treasurer-John Williams.
For City Clerk-A. Farley.
For Street Commissioner--Owe Reedy
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-01

Those Spanish-American war yeter-
ans now in session in Boston make q
fuss like men who had really been to
battle.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-01

A Chicago man while dreaming
stepped out of tenth story window.
He is still dreaming.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-01

Dollars are still rolling in for the
Bryan campaign fund. Let yours come
along today.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-01

The man who never gets angry rare.
ly ever does anything else worth men.
tioning.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-01

The man who really knows himself
is never an egotist.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-01

Boost and the world boosts will
you; knock and you knock alone.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-01
BRYAN CAMPAIGN FUND.

The Daily News acknowledges the
following contributions to the Mryan
and Kern campaign fund. Every good
Democrat should contribute at least
81 90 tn the Denocrat;o oo,so.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-01

Home trade Home trade!
It's better far than roam trade.
30 keep your darling dollars in the town.
Lend them. spend them.
But never, never send them
Around the world to wander up and down.
The celebrated American poet who
penned those immortal lines might
have added a prose footnote to the
effect that roam trade will cease when
home trade makes the same effort to
get business as roam trade makes
in other words. when the home mer-
chant advertises adequately in the
home paper.
Did THAT ever occur to you?
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-01

Age does not always bring wisdom
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-02-12

FOR SALE-Coal that will please you.
X. c. Co. Both phones. 12-7t
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-02-12
FINANCE SITUATION
IN CONDITION OF
CHAOS IN CAPITAL
CONTINUED From Page One.l

for one, is authority for the statement
that the idea is favored by Secretary
Cortelyou.
Mr.. Lowering is seriously inclined
10 believe that his bill. or something
like 1t, stands "a very good chance of
passing this session. There is said to
be nothing inconsistent in the passage
of the Aldrich and the commission
bills by the same congress, as it is rea-
soned that the mere passage of the
currency bill would rcaSsure the coun-
try and thus be of iuestimable benefit
TO business, while if it were accompa-
MED by congressional guarantee that
the currency situation would immedi-
ately be investigated by an authoritat-
i've commission. with view to legisla-
tive remedy, the sentimental effect
would be such that not dollars
worth of circulation would be taken
out under the provision of the Aldricn
bill.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-02-12
MURRAY SENTENCED
Man Who Has Been Trying to
Break Into Jail at
Last Succeeds.
JUDGE HAD A LITTLE JOKE.

Frank Murray, colored, has at last
succeeded in breaking into the county
jail-but for a shorter period OF time
than he was hoping for. To cure Muir
ray Of the county Jail habit he has
been given solitary confinement in the
dark city Jail; released on promises
Of future good behavior and other de-
vices-but all failed.
AS he faced Judge Converse this
morning Murray looked Xpectantly,
Here it is the middle OF February.
Suppose l send you down for six
weeks-that would let you out about
the first of April, which is the begin
ming of the warm season"
You have been mighty good to me
Judge and | would have no right to
kick if you did give me six weeks, "
said Murray Then with a laugh he
said of course l would rather have
my liberty than be kept in jail" Thi 5
statement was only a bluff-and tt 9
court knew it, so the court pcrpetra i
ed a joke
well Frank if such a long sentence
would grieve you I'll just send you
down for eleven days. When the
Judge spoke these cruel words all
the light of JOY died from Murray's
face. You surely do like to joke,
Judge said Murray as he was led
forth to the Meredith boarding house.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-02-12
mha md Temner.

"By her thumb We shall know her" Is
a guide to the young man who contem-
plates matrimony and yet is doubtful
how the chains Of wedlock will sit on
the girl Of his heart. Delightful a COM
panion as she is before marriage. will
she turn out a termaGant? He can
learn readily, say the modern ages.
and by the folding Of her thumbs. He
should take her to church and watch
her closely. When she crosses her
hands piously he should note II she
folds her right thumb over her left, or
vice versa If the left goes over the
right she has a dominating mind, and
he will be walking chalk line when
he's hers. II the right goes over the
left she will be a docile. uncomplain-
ing mate who acknowledges the supe-
riority Of the masculine mind.-New
York Press.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-02-12
MANS WEAKER HALF.
One Side of His Body Always Stronger
Than the Other.

The popular belief is that the left
side Is weaker than the right, and as
in all popular beliefs, there is much
truth in this. In most cases. says the
Grand Magazine, the right arm is de-
cidedly stronger than the left, the
bones are larger and the muscles more
vigorous.
When we come to consider the lower
limbs, however, we find precisely OPP
posite state of affairs; the left leg is
stronger than the right IN the great
ma jority of cases. This want OF sym
mctry is noticeable all through the
body. Nine times out of ten we see
better with one eye than with the 9th
err and hear better with the left than
with the right ear, or vice versa.
Not only so, an injury to the body-a
burn or a cut, for instance-CauseS
more pain on one side than it would
were it inflicted on the other. Even
diseases attack one side on their first
onset in preference to the other. Ecze-
ma, varicOse veins, sCiatiCa and even
tuberculosis begin invariably to mani
fest themselves on our weaker side.
A blistering plaster, too, will provoke
an eruption only If applied to the right
side in certain individuals: in others,
only if applied to the left side.
The simplest way. apparently, of dis
covering which is our weaker side is to
observe which side we lie upon by
preference when in bed. as it is GER
tain that we will instnCtively adopt
the attitude which is most agreeable,
or, rather. which causes the least in
convenience. In other words. we Will
lie upon the side the muscles of which,
being more vigorous, are less sensible
to the pressure upon them of the
weight of the body.
Statistics and observation go to prove
that in about three cases out of four
it is the left side which is the weaker,
thus giving reason to the popular die
tum. Curiously enough, however, pneu-
monia, 1t has been noticed. unlike most
diseases, usually attacks at first the
right-that is to say, the stronger-side
of the body.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-02-12
A BIRD OF GUIANA.
1t Can Speak Every Language That
1t Once Hears.

There is bird Of Guiana which de-
serves to be widely known. This is
the ton ton pronounced tee-yawn
tee-y awnl on account of its cry. This
bird is valued by the natives for its
brilliant plumage. especially the tail
feathers, which they wear In their
headdress and make clothing Of but
the most interesting characteristic of
this strange bird is its initiative fac
ulty.
A naturalist became acquainted with
the birds powers in a curious man
ner. He was awakened from his sleep
one night by hearing cries OF distress
in French. Some one was being muir
dered not far away. so much was alb
solutely certain. There were cries for
mercy and help. uttered in excellent
French, shrieks Of agony and groans.
Jumping to his feet he awoke his In
dian guides, saying that they must all
go to the assistance Of the victim. at
that moment the voice uttered shout
Of ironical laughter, followed by "tion-
ton" and the guides turned over. with
a grunt Of vexation. The learned natu-
ralist had a great deal to learn, they
remarked sarcastically.
The tion-tiOn is the worst of chatter
boxes. 1t can, and does, initiate every
sound it hears. with the utmost fidelity.
1t can speak all languages. giving the
proper accent and intonation. This is
a strong statement, but it is correct. 1t
will shout for assistance in the best
English or German. and you will really
believe that some fellow countryman
is in dire distress until the bird inter
rupts its own pleadings with a derisive
laugh. Then you feel like one who has
been the victim Of list of April joke.
If the bird could be caught and so far
domesticated as to be happy in con-
tinement the parrot would go out OF
fashion as a homo pet.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-02-12
Terror Saved Her,

A tale OF paralytic and a stroke Of
lightning: For twenty-five years wo-
man had been paralyzed. unable TO
leave her room. One night when she
happened 10 be alone in the house a
fierce storm broke The poor woman
was terrified by the thunder and the
binding glare OF the lightning. With
an effort Of which no one had believed
her capable she struggled from her bed
and TO the house of neighbor Barely
had she reached safety when the place
she had just left was struck by light
ming. The room in which she had lived
so long was rent in two and every
thing in it was bl--ned or smashed
Power OF locomotion had been restored
TO the cripple JUSTIN time to save her
lne.-Chicago News.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-02-12
Witness in RatIiff Divorce
Case Claimed That This Is
What Defendant Called His
Aged Wife in Pique.
ASSERTED HE ACCUSED
HER OF "RAlSING HE'LL"
All of This and a Little More
Is Being Submitted by the
Prosecution in the Sensa-
tionaI Divorce Hearing.

Thee is damned old hypocritc.
This is alleged to be a sample of
the shocking language used by Joseph
c. Ratliff in addressing his wife, Ruth
Ann Ratliff
This afternoon the divorce action
brought by Mrs. Ratliff was given a
hearing in the private office Of Judge
Henry c. Fox. Several witnesses for
the plaintiff testified 10 the effect that
Mr.. Ratliff, who is one Of the most
prominent members Of the IIiCkSite
Friends meeting, North a street, fire.
qucntly sWOre like Il trooper when he
became angry at his wife. Witnesses
also testified that Ratliff treated his
wife in a cruel and inhuman manner
At the opening Of the hearing Abel
Study, attorney for the plaintiff, read
the complaint to the court. In this
complaint Mrs. Ratliff charged her
aged husband with treating her in a
cold, cruel and inhuman manner" 1t
was also charged in the complaint that
Ratliff had told his wife, who is eighty
years of age, that he would rather
live with a niger woman than with
her She also aVcred in the COM
plant that he had frequently rebuked
her for speaking at the Friends meet
ing. She also charged that he had ac-
cused her of raising He'll"
One time, the complaint set forth.
Ratliff' became enraged at her and
chased her from room to roor~ She
finally ran out of the house and took
frequently beat and choked her. the
plaintiff avered.
Mrs. Becker of Cincinnati tcsti-
fled that she visited the Ratliffs last
May and that one morning while she
was dressing she heard Mrs. Ratliff
ask her husband if he had taken his
medicine. Mrs. Becker was Mortified
10 hear him savagely tell his wife, by
way of an answer, that thee is
damned old hypocritc."
Mrs. J. II. Jenkins who formerly
lived with the Ratliffs testified that
at the dining table Ratliff would never
pass things to his wife and that when
she asked him TO pass things to her
he would grab the plate and shove it
in her direction. She also testified
that he had one day in her presence
vigorously cursed his wife. Several
witnesses will be examined this after
noon. Ratliff is not attending the
hearing. He is represented by Attor-
ney w. II. Kelley.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-02-12
TO CHASE RIDERS
Uncle Sam viii Try to Locate
KentuCkians Who Sent
Threatening Letters.
CONTENTS OF MISSIVES.

Frankfort, Ky. Feb. 1.-The United
States Government has decided 10
take a hand against the night riders,
especially those who are sending
warning notices to growers. Postmas-
ter Barnes, OF this city, has received
word from Washington that Postoffice
inspectors will be sent into Franklin
County to apprehend the persons who
have been violating the postal laws
by sending the warning notices
through the mails.
Allen Hamilton and Rowland Evans.
living near Benson, last night received
letters, mailed in this city, warning
them to be prepared for call from
the visiting Committee"
We understand" said the letters.
that YOU have purchased a number
Of shOtguns and Il lot Of ammunition
to protect yourself against us night
riders, but we will make you eat
them when we come to see you. If
YOU attempt TO raise any tobacco this
year We will burn your stock, barns,
house and family"
The letters were printed in order
not to betray the handwriting. Hamil-
tons tobacco beds were scraped last
spring.