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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-07-08

He that will not be %counseled cannot
be helped. German Proverb.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-07

Continued on Page Ten.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-07
AGGREGATE BUSINESS
LARGEST IN THE STATE
Oepositors Are Secured in Sum of
Nearly o,ooo.-somethine of the
OFFICERS Who have Attained This
Splendid Success.

One of the most conclusive evil
dences of returning prosperity in
the Hattiesburg district is the state
ment of the First-National Bank of
Commerce, which appears in this is
sue, showing an aggregate business
of $2,121,914.S and deposits of ST.
1S6, 1866.
1t is doubtful if there is a bank in
the State that can make a similar
showing, and it is certain that there
is not financial institution in city
the size of Hattiesburg anywhere that
can surpass it.
The First-National Bank of Com
merce has a capital of $426,OOO and
surplus of $18,326.41. Under the ma
tional banking law the shareholders
are liable for double the amount of the
capital stock, making the total securi-
ty to depositors nearly 100000.
Its officers are among the best bus
mess men of Hattiesburg and South
Mississippi and the growth of the
bank Is silent but eloquent tribute
to their excellence management.
The president, Ex-Lieutenant Cover
nor j. P. Carter is one of the largest
property holders in this section and
a man of ripe experience.
The active management of the
bank, however. devolves upon the
shoulders of Mr.. Frank w. Foote, &C
tive vice-president, who is not only
one of the most successful bankers
in South Mississippi but who is an
important factor in every movement
calculated to advance the industrial,
commercial and material interests of
Hattiesburg and the territory tribu-
tary to the city.
Messrs R. c. and George ]. Hauen-
stein, cashier and assistant cashier.
respectively, are bankers of exper-
fence and have won the confidence
and esteem of the people of Hatties-
burg and the patrons and friends of
the bank throughout this section of the
State.
The First-National Bank of Com
merce is the depositary for the
United States government in this sec
ton. 1t is also the depositary for the
State of Mississippi, the county of For
est and the City of Hattiesburg.
A savings department is operated in
Continued on Page Ten.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-07
"FRAzzLE," A VIRGINIA WORD.
Hearst News Service.

Hearst News Service.
Richmond, Va, December 7.-"Fraz-
zle" the word which aroused SO much
comment in this country and abroad
when used by President Roosevelt,
has at last been run to it's original
lair and proven to have been of Vir-
ginia origin. In DR.. Green's "Vir-
ginia Word Book" the word is given
and defined, and it is declared that it
has been in common use in Virginia,
Georgia and other Southern states
since earliest colonial times.
DR.. Green's definition is as follows:
FRAGILE, noun, substance worn to
threads or small splinters. FRAGILE,
verb, to fray; wear out to threads or
small splinters.' DR.. Green also gives
"Frazzlings," noun, plural, meaning
threads of cloth torn or unravelled
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-07
FHLES HBOU|
H1ZZZESBURG

This number of The News may
reach great many people who have
never visited Hattiesburg, and who
know little or nothing of the impor-
lance of the city. To these the fol-
lowing facts may prove interesting:
Hattiesburg has $4,000 population,
making 1t the third largest city in
Mississippi.
Four trunk lines of railroad-the
New Orleans & Northeastern, Gulf &
Ship Island, Mississippi Central and
Mobile, Jackson & Kansas City-en-
ter the city from seven points of the
compass.
Hattiesburg has more miles of
,paved streets than any other Missis-
sippi city.
Hattiesburg has the finest business
blocks-including five and six-story
office buildings, palatial stores and
offices and the handsomest hotel in
the state.
Hattiesburg has three banks with
combined capital and surplus of more
than $1,000,000, and deposits of twice
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-07
GREAT TRADE EXCURSION
observation-disclosures

! store, So at another and So at still
another, making SIS in all. and takes
receipts from the different merchants
for the amour. purchased, all that
VIII be, necessary will be to take
these trade receipts to Secretary Lar
son, at the Commercial Club and he
will do the rest, but the visitor should
trade with the merchants whose
names appear in a list elsewhere in
this paper. In order that there be no
possibility of mistake in this direc-
ton 1t might be we'll for the visitor to
cut out the list of names of merchants
who propose to help pay your fare in
the manner mentioned, and bring it
along for reference.
Everybody Invited.
The invitation is a general one, and
it is hoped that the people along the
line of the Mississippi Central will
come and take advantage of the great
bargains that will be offered on Trade
Day." The columns of this paper
show that the merchants are offering
bargains for that day that are out of
the usual, and a cordial invitation is
extended Hattiesburg's friends and
neighbors to come in and enjoy the
great bargains that are to be Of
fered.
See 1.-THE Traitor"
Those who enjoy first-class show
should see Thomas Dixon's great
Southern play, 1.-THE Traitor" which
will be presented at the Auditorium,
matinee and night on the 18th. After
the play special train will be wait
ing to take the visitors home. This
play is said to be even greater than
"The Clansman", which is known to
ALL
Courteous Treatment.
People who come to Hattiesburg on
Trade Day. may BE- assured of cour-
teous treatment by all the people of
Fattiesburg. 1t is the desire of the
peonle of this city to get better ac-
qra'nted with their neighbors and
friends along the Mississippi Central,
and it is hoped and believed that this
first Trade Day" will be but the
beginning of many others of similar
character. and that the relations thus
established viii be mutually beneficial
to the people of Hattiesburg and the
people along the Mississippi Central.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-07
HOLIDAY SHOPPERS
GIVEN RARE CHANCE
Special Train to Carry Visitors Home
After the Show in the Evening"
Event Arranged BY Merchants and
Business Men.

1t is barely possible that there are
some few people living adjacent to the
line of the Mississippi Central be-
tween Hattiesburg and Silver Creek,
who have never seen the Magic City
of Hattiesburg. This is barely posi-
BILE, but in no wise probable, unless
it is some persons who arc On at
f1icted that they are unable TO traveI.
If there is one such person, how
ever. the opportunity of visiting Hat
tiesburg on Saturday, December ~,
should not be missed, or If there is
any person who has not seen Hatties-
burg within two years, they should
come back on the excursion just to
see the sights-see how the city has
grown since they lAst saw it. A visit
to Hattiesburg at any time is worth
the price and at this season of the
year when everything is assuming
holiday attire, it should be the mecca
of all travellers, and those who sell
dom leave their homes will be more
than repaid by a day spent in Hat
tiesburg.
A Handsome City.
1t is pretty generally conceded that
Hattiesburg is the finest and most
prof ressive city in The state aad that
its growth has been little less than
oh hAs 81
paved streets than any other city in
Mississippi, it has more sky-scrapers,
finer residences and finer churches
and schools than any other city in
Mississippi. If anyone doubts the
beauty of the city just let him or her
Take an Auto Ride
through the principal streets for fare
of five cents each way-the same that
street cars charge. Visitors to the
city should first do their shopping, re-
membering the old adage, "BUSI-
NESS BEFORE PLEASURE" and
having bought all the goods they de-
side, it would be we'll for them 10
have some pleasure while here. A
person can't see the whole city on a
five cent auto ride. but they can get
good idea of how the city looks.
The main object of the excursion on
Saturday, December IL, is to show the
people along the line of the Missis-
sippi Central that Hattiesburg mer-
chants have
Some Great Bargains
in all lines of trade. 1t matters not
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-07

that sum.
Hattiesburg has numerous mills and
factories, including the ]. ]. Newman
Lumber Company's plant, now rebuild.
ing, which will be the second largest
fire-proof saw mill in the world.
Hattiesburg has numerous hand
some homes, magnificent churches,
fine schools and colleges, and a moral
upright citizenship not surpassed in
any of the older cities of the state.
Hattiesburg is larger than any two
other cities in South Mississippi and
Is consequently the commercial, in
dustrial and agricultural metropolis
of the finest country in the world.
Twelve years ago Hattiesburg was
a village-a country town. just emerg-
ing from the woods. Today it is a
splendid city-the pride of an enter
prising, progressive and loyal citizen
ship, and rejecting the Judgment and
perseverance of it's builders.
Greater things are in store for Hat
tiesburg. and it is for this reason that
the merchants of Hattiesburg are Of
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-07
TRADE,AT THESE
Stores and GET
FREE R. R. FARE

Persons coming in on the excursion
on the 18th inst. and who trade with
the following merchants, will be given
trade checks, which, if they amount
to a total of SIS, and are carried to
Secretary Larson, at the Commercial
Club, will entitle the visitor to a refund
of the fare paid, thus giving them a
free trip to Hatiesburg and return:
w. M. Conner,
John A. Mcleod Co.
w. L. Logan Furniture Co.,
Conner Shoe Company,
O'Ferrall Bros,
Hattiesburg Hardware Co.,
Central Hardware Co.,
Hawkins Hardware Co.,
Hays G Field,
Century Drug Store.
Davidson Company.
N. B. Blount.
T. A. Hightower.
S. H. Coplon.
Deas & Dukes.
S. & H. Katz.
Kress 5, 10 and 25 Cent Store.
Jones Bros.
Joe Shelby.
Palace Restaurant.
Windsor Restaurant.
H. H. Graham Jewelry Co.
e. c. Nelly Co.
Fabacher's Restaurant.
Love Drug Co.
Abney Furniture Company.
Bufkin & Co.
j. s. Turner & Co.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-07
GREAT MONUMENT
TO HONOR CARMAcK.

Chattanooga, December IA spe-
cial to the Times from Nashville, says:
At meeting today of the commit
tee of a memorial for ex-senator Car
mack, appointed at the recent mem
orial mass meeting, it was decided
to erect a $4,000 monument, the
monument to be placed on Capitol
Hill. A memorial association was
formed with Allen G. Hall of Camden
bilt university president; DR.. H. B.
Carr of Vanderbilt, secretary, and Col.
A. M. Shook, treasurer.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-07

what you want to buy, from locomo-
tive engine to paper of pins, ii. will
be found in Hattiesburg. The ladies
can get the very finest dress goods
here at prices that cannot be dupli-
Gated in many places. All kinds of
dry goods, dress goods, everything
that delights the feminine heart, even
to costly diamonds and other jewelry,
every make and weave, and every
character of goods can be found here.
This is one place where people can
come and get what they want, and
they can get it on TRADE Day at
greatly reduced prices. Besides ev-
erything that the ladies desire the
men and boys can get what they want
at prices that will surprise them:
Holiday Goods.
Santa Claus is making his headquar-
tiers in Hattiesburg this year, and the
father or mother who wants to make
their little ones happy should come
to Hattiesburg to do their trading
What father or mother is th9e who
does not delight, to see their little
ones happy on the dawn of Christ
mas morn, the native day of our
Savior, according to observance, and
hear them prattle and sing over the
things that Santa Claus has brought
them? This is the happiest period of
child-life and as they pass this way
but once, parents should make some
sacrifice in order to make them happy
during the season that is given over
to holiday pleasures. This being the
case parents should visit Hattiesburg
and interview Santa Claus and ar
range for him to visit their homes
Christmas morning. The merchants
of Hattiesburg have all kinds of hol-
iday goods from the very costly to
the cheapest, and speaking of the
Cheapest" a person will really be
surprised what nice things can be
purchased here for cents each. It
will pay people living as far out as
Silver Creek to come to Hattiesburg
just to make their holiday purchases.
A Free Trip.
In order to make it easy for their
friends to visit them on Saturday
December ~, the Retail Merchants
Association and the Commercial Club
of Hattiachuror houa orra;,oad r,;f1,
the Mississippi Central railroad for a
rate of one and one-third fare for the
round trip from Silver Creek and in
termediate points to Hattiesburg and
return. Persons coming in will take
the regular passenger train for Hat
tiesburg Saturday morning and when
they get to Hattiesburg they will, of
course, want to do some trading. If
purchases to the amount of SIS are
made, from merchants whose names
are given elsewhere, all that the visi-
tor will have to do is to take his trade
checks, or receipts for the goods pur-
chased, to the Commercial Club, and
Secretary Larson will see that the
visitor gets back the full amount of
the railroad fare. Purchasers need
not buy the whole amount of SIS from
any one store-just so the whole
amount traded with the MERCHANTS
named amounts to SIS, the visiIbr will
be refunded railroad fare. For in
stance, If visitor trades So at one
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-07
HATT|ESBURG BANK
MAKES FINE SHOWING

i"fing to pay your railroad fare and
TO entertain you for an entire day.
We want to make your acquaintance
10 show yon what we can save you on
Your purchases-not only during the
Holidays, but throughout the year.
AS the city grows we much reach
cut after new trade and new terri
rnry-and this involves the necessity
Of forming new friendships.
Come to Hattiesburg December ~.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-07
SUPPER FOR IS CENTS.

The ladies of Columbia Street Bap-
fist Church will serve supper on the
night of the excursion, December 70,
in the fairfield building, for the
sum of 35 cents.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-24
WIFE WOULDN'T WALL
a FOR JAILBIRl

PORTLAND, Ore. Oct. "a
Wife. furniture and money gone.
And in the greatest hour of need.
That is the discovery which
Charles Gill, in the county Jail
awaiting trial in the circuit court
for Passing Il bad check ON Mrs. A..
Becker, proprietress of womans
furnishing store on Washington
street. made yesterday afternoon.
Gill has been in jail for several
days past. and yesterday, when his
bail was set at $1,000 by Judge Gan
tenbein, he thought of a valuable
paper which he had at home. He
asked the court to send an officer
along with him so that he could
gain possession of the paper, and In
that way secure the bail But when
he reached his home his wife,
clothes and even furniture were
missing. So Gill went back to the
jail to avail; trial and news of his
wife.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-24
lR<SS L5z1 ezS2zx @ :;, AZ
k&I1S6& Ne7 cRUkLYG IN 2{k65MN PRISeatS

dispatched with a convoy along a
road, there to be shot under the
usual pretext of an attempted es-
cape. he left his convoy, which had
been amply provided with doc
tored" vodka beforehand by one of
his friends, intoxicated upon the
road. He succeeded in reaching
England, "the land of freedom"
and gave several interviews, which
appeared in London papers. But in
the beginning of 1908, becoming
homesick, he returned to Peters
burg under an assumed name.
There he was arrested, recog-
nized and dispatched to Riga.
Early one morning l saw him led
out to newly dug grave on the
place of execution and tied to a
pole. A sack was drawn over his
head, and | heard the officer give
the order to shoot. Pidrikson was
saying something in a loud voice,
but what it was | could not hear.
After the first volley he still re-
manned standing and continued to
speak. The officer then approached
him and discharged a revolver at
his head. The warders finally
pushed the body into the grave and
covered it with earth.
l saw many other prisoners in
the Riga central prison who were
recently tortured, but l do not re-
member their names.
myself escaped final death only
thanks to the devoted assistance,
protection and solicitations of sew
eral kind hearted friends.
On the LIST of April Q4th), 1908,
during temporary absence of
Governor General Mellor Zakemel-
sky, the military procureur of Riga
allowed me to leave the prison on
| a bail of 500 roubles. When the
governor returned an order to re-
arrest me was given, but / crossed
the frontier in time and so escaped
with my life. My brothers were
them rearrested instead, and given
over to the court martial, which,
however, acquitted them. They are
now at home.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-24
READY FOR BLOW UP
The store
will re m a ! n
o p e n U til
$3.50 tonight.

TACOMA, Oct. 24.-Charges that
the Tacoma Gas Co.'S plant is liable
to blow up any minute because OF
incompetent engineers and INSULT
cient help Boiler Inspector Tanner
had Superintendent Brown of the
gas company and ]. B. Bowling, his
engineer, in police court under ar
rest, charged with violating the
boiler inspection ordinance.
Tanner says the gas company has
persistently refused to obey the
law. They attempt to compel the
engineer to be engineer, fireman,
stoker and general factotum around
the plant and maui coke and run
errands instead of attending to his
boilers, and furthermore the COM
pany has refused to abide by the
law in employing licensed engin-
GERS,
This condition of affairs has been
going on for some time, according
to Tanner, and he is getting
alarmed for the safety Of the plant
and the people in the vicinity.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-24
ASK REHEARINC ON
CICARET LAW

A petition for the rehearing of
the anti-cigaret case was made
yesterday to the higher court. AL
though the matter Is brought in
the name of II. S. Winsor, the de.
PENDANT in the case that was car
ried into the supreme court, it APP
pears that all the tobacco dealers
in the city are back of the action.
The petition recites that no attempt
was made to regulate the cigaret
traffic, but that 'an industry in
volving hundreds OF thousands of
dollars Is struck down." The pro-
viso that the provisions hereof
shall not apply to the sales of Job
bers doing an Interstate business
with customers outside the state"
was no more regulation or attempt
at regulation than II 1t had read
shat the provisions hereof shall
not apply to the sales of cigarets
In New York"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-24
REGULAR CITY EXPERT

Hereafter the city will have an
expert accountant of it's own, to
be under the supervision of the
comptroller's office. This was
agreed upon yesterday by the city
council in making its appropria-
tons for the coming year. The
employment of such an expert was
suggested by City Comptroller
Farley, whose idea Is to have the
accountant keep tab on all city de-
partments receiving public monies.
1t is thought that by the employ
ment of an officer of this kind such
discrepancies as were revealed in
the recent expert examination of
the city books by experts Cannon
& LeMasters can be avoided.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-24
IS. P. 8 s. WORK
HUNG Up

p. WEIGH G Co.. Spokane con-
tractors, are centering the bulk of
their construction force on the new
Waterville extension of the Great
Northern, extending north from
Columbia River station, on the CO.
lumbia, to Waterville, distance
of so miles. This line will pass
through the great wheat belt in
the west end of Douglas county.
In less than month p. WEIGH &
Co. will complete the grading of
the Spokane, Portland & Seattle in
the vicinity of Cheney, which will
practically complete the roadbed
from the Columbia north into Spo-
kane county. No further work will
be done at this end of the line UNI
til it is finally determined how the
S. P. & s. shall enter the city of
Spokane.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-24
NO CARDS, HE SAYS

III. Peterson. proprietor of the
Golden West hotel, this morning
denies the story of Chris Schiller of
the Berlin hotel. who yesterday in
formed the police that he was
buncoed out of 500 In the Golden
West. Peterson says that game
of cards has not been played. even
for the drinks, In his place In
months. He said that a policeman
brought Schiller into the saloon
and Schuler was uncertain as to
whether the Golden West was the
place he was robbed In or not.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-24
ONLY CATS CAN SAVE THEM

ment, after examining into rpeorts
Iof experiments with cats in coun-
tries where plague is constant
menace, has appealed to the people
of the city to Immediately provide
cats for their homes and places of
business. For the purpose of ascer-
tanning whether as a matter of fact
cats are having an appreciate eff
feet on the mortality of the rat col
ony. the rat squad has carried on
an investigation in the retail sec
ton of the city. DR.. Bourne de-
clares that business houses where
cats were placed are now free of
rats, while the place without them
are, in many cases, overrun with
rats
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-24

SEATTLE, Oct. 24.-That every
family and business house in the
city should provide itself with a
house cat to help solve the rat
problem and rid Seattle of these
plague carriers, was the declaration
made by DR.. F. S. Bourns, chief
medical examiner of the city health
department, who stated that expert
ments in Indian and aJpan, where
the bubonic plague is prevalent,
have demonstrated the usefulness
of cats, in bringing about a remark
able decrease in the spread of the
plague.
Unable to cope with the pests,
and helpless to prevent the rapid
increase the Seattle health depart
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-24

second time the Alaska Central
railway was thrown into the hands
of the receivers. o. G. Labaree
of Spokane and John Goodwin of
Valdez were appointed receivers.
The headquarters of the road is at
Valdez, Alaska. John Ballaine,
formerly of Spokane, one of the
owners of the road, filed an affida-
Wit denouncing Labaree, but the
instrument was not permitted to
become a court record.