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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-11-21
MATTER IS Still
Being DISCUSSED
Suggested That Retail Merchants AS
ISOLATION Pay the Railroad Fare Of
Those Who Make Purchases to the
Amount of $25 or More.

The schedule of the Mississippi
Central Railroad between Hattiesburg
and Brookhaven will not be changed
for the present. Mr.. R. X. Smith,
general manager of the road, has con-
vinced committee from the Hatties-
burg Retail Merchants Association
that the railroad company is doing
the best it can under the circum-
stances.
The Railroad Commission compels
the Mississippi Central to make con-
nections with the trains Of the Colum-
bia branch of the Gulf & Ship Island,
the New Orleans and Great Northern
and the Illinois Central, and present
schedules on the Mississippi Central
have been made to this end.
The fact that people residing be-
tween this city and Brookhaven who
come to Hattiesburg to trade have on
ly two hours to do their shopping
ought to be remedied, and the Missis-
sippi Central is willing to do its share
toward overcoming the difficulty.
Extra Train Suggested.
The officials of the Mississippi Gen.
trail have suggested a special train
j a LEGAL rnnnins into Hattiesburg each
morning and returning to Brookhaven
in the evening-and this train will
be put on for the holiday trade, at
least, If the merchants of the city will
guarantee its expenses.
This matter is now being consid-
cred by the Retail Merchants Asso-
citation and the plan will probably be
adopted. 1t is proposed to offer free
railroad fare to ali visitors who buy
goods to the amount of $25 or more
from members of the merchants asso-
citation. In this way large holiday
trade could be drawn to the city from
the territory along the Mississippi
Central and the merchants who go to
the expense of providing the special
train would get the benefit of the
increased trade.
The plan has worked well else
where. The merchants of Memphis
have done the same thing for years.
Greenwood and other smaller towns
have found the plan profitable. and
there is every reason to believe that
Hattiesburg would be likewise bene-
fitted.
If the plan is put into effect. and
proves profitable on the Mississippi
Central 1t might be extended to other
roads.
The Commercial Club has expressed
a desire to cooperate with the Mer.
chants Association and a meeting will
be held Monday or Tuesday to de.
eide the matter.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-11-21
Three men KILLED
in MICHIGAN WRECK
Hearst News Service.

Toledo, Ohio, November 21.-An en-
gineer and two firemen were killed
and one other man badly injured in a
collision between two freight trains on
the Ann Arbor Railroad near Lake
land, Mich, today.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-11-21
JOE Cannon
GETS PLACE
Veteran Speaker Of the House viii
Have No Opposition, Says
Congressman Hull.
Hearst News Service

Washington, November 21.-Repre-
sentative Hull called on the president
this morning, when long conversa-
tion ensued. After leaving the White
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-11-21

James and A. C. Cherry.
The case occupied the attention OF
the court for three days and the eyi-
denee was not dissimilar from that
introduced year ago when the jury
disagreed and mistrial was entered.
The evidence is chiefly circumstan-
tial and public opinion is divided on
the question of his guilt
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-11-21
The TAFTS WILL
WINTER IN AUGUSTA
Hearst News Service.

Augusta, Ca, November 21.-Presi-
dent-elect and Mrs. Taft have accept
ed the invitation of Mr.. and Mrs.
Landon A. Thomas to be their guests
for a part of the Christmas holidays
at Sandy Hills.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-11-21
MISSIONARY MEETING.
Hearst News Service.

Louisville, KY, November 21.-Sev-
eral high dignitaries of the Episcopal
church in America will participate in
the missionary rally to be held in
Louisville tomorrow under the aus
pices Of the Laymen's League.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-11-21
JOE WILLIAMS
FOUND GUILTY.:
GETSLFE TERM

The jury in the case of Joe Will
liams, charged with the murder of Ed
Howell. this morning returned a YER
dict of guilty and recommended that
he be sentenced to life Imprisonment
in the state penitentiary.
An appeal win be taken by his at
torneys, Messrs. j. e. Davis, Luther
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-11-21
KILLED MAN Who
HAD Threatened
TO DO HIM HARM
Hearst News Service.

Washington, November 21.-George
w. Gasgoyne, an employe of the bu-
reau of printing and engraving. was
shot and killed early this morning
by Thomas R. Griffith a steel works
employe. Griffith claims that Gas
goyne had threatened him. .-.t
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-11-21
REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE
SPENT sum OF $l,7OO,OOO
To ELECT WILLIAM II. TAFT
pended to elect Taft.

pended to elect Taft.
Charles P. Taft is the heaviest con-
tributor, having given s16O.OOO to the
campaign fund. J. P. Morgan, An
drew Carnagie, William Nelson Crom-
well ana Whitlaw Reid each gave
$4,000.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-11-21
Hearst News Service.

New York, November 21.-When
the report of the financial operations
OF the Republican party are made pub
lie by Treasurer George M. Shelton,
it will show that $1,7OO,OOO was ex
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-11-21
CLEVELAND fire
CAUSES LOSS OF
over Sl5O,OOO
Hearst News Service.

Cleveland o., November 21.-Fire
early today caused losses aggregat-
ing $15O,OOO in the downtown fac
tory district.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-11-21

\, The thing that you want badly
enough to advertise for, is the thing
'Npu win secure.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-11-21

Alarm clocks, "The America" war
ranted one year er $1.00. H. s..
Lilius Jewelry Store. If.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-11-21
GOMPERS
ELECTED

Denver, Col, November 21.-Sam-
uel Gompers was today reelected
president of the American Federation
of Labor without opposition.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-11-21
Ewing A. WALKER
VISITS ALABAMA
TO See MILL men

Secretary Ewing A. Walker, Of the
Mississippi Pine Association has re-
turned from a trip to Birmingham.
where he went.,to. inquire into ium-
ber conditioh e A'abama. He met
a great mar zI AZ mill men from
South Alaba ndt and found them opti-
mistic over rroz1ec<s for better trade
in the ear The Alabama
mills are ~ orders ahead.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-11-21
Three men KILLED;
Others BURIED ALIVE

this city this morning. The dead and
injured were all members of a steam
shovel crew engaged in cutting away
a hill.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-11-21

House, Mr.. Hull said that he thought
Speaker Cannon would be reelected
without opposition. He placed no Gre
dence in the report that Uncle Joe"
would be fought by Taft.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-12-11
NEW DEMOCRACY.

Again, the Democratic party has
not preserved inviolate its traditional
doctrines as to States rights and other
issues and has for the time adopted
new doctrines Of possibly doubtful
economic truth and wisdom. Southern
men adhering to the party find them
selves, through the influence of ira
dition and the fear of restoration of
conditions which are now impossible
supporting platform and a candidate
whose political and econmic theories
they distrust.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-12-11

in the South and its political bearing
that takes away any justification for
maintaining the continued solidity of
the South to prevent the so-called ne
gro domination. The fear that in
some way or other a social equality be-
tween the races shall be enforced by
law or brought about by political
measures really has no foundation ex-
cept in the imagination of those who
fear such a result. The Federal Gov
ernment has nothing to do with social
equality. The war amendments do
not declare in favor of social equality;
all that the law or Constitution at
tempts to secure is the equality Of op-
portunity before the law and in the
pursuit of happiness, and in the en-
joyment of life, liberty and property.
Social equality is something that
grows out of voluntary concessions by
the individuals forming society.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-12-11
STARTLING
INFORMATION
Money That Belongs To
Negroes of This State
ANNUALLY APPROPRIATED BY
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

$4,000 COMES TO TENNESSEE
HALF OF THIS AMOUNT FOR
THE NEGRO YOUTH - READ
CAREFULLY EVERY LINE-WHo
NEEDS THE BENEFIT OF AcRI.
CULTURAL KNOWLEDGE MOST?
WILL THIS STATE CONTINUE
TO WITHHOLD THE BLACK
BOYS PORTION FROM HIM?-
TIME FOR UNITED ACTION.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-12-11

quarters away from Nashville. It
comes from authoritative sources that
DR.. Searcy is not in favor of even the
moving of the secretary's Office, as he
has already arranged to make a trip to
Nashville soon after the holidays for
the purpose of permanently locating
the offices of his board as we'll as for
the purpose of outlining a more sub
stantial plan and to put on foot ef-
forts for doing something with the
proposed seminary before the next
convention meets at Columbus. O..
Just what effect DR.. Klugh's action
will have upon the chairman's pro-
posed plan is not known. The minis
ters of this city have promised DR..
Searcy their support and protest
will no doubt be sent up from the
city and the state against the moving
of any board or headquarters from
Nashville, as the city is looked upon
as headquarters of Negro Baptists of
the world. The Baptists have abso-
lutely, in the way of on1ces. no other
headquarters in cities except Nash
vile, Tenn, and Louisville, Ky. The
coming of DR.. Searcy will remove all
question of doubt concerning this
matter. 1t may be that he will call
a meeting of his board and then give
out statement as to whether the Ed
ucational Board will or will not re-
main here.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-12-11
A. M. E. REVIEW FOR OCTOBER

~ W' G' REVIEW FOn w ObEhs
The fourth issue of the A. M. e.
Review for 1908 comes up to it's
timely appellation, namely, "The
Cream Jug" 1t is truly the cream
Jug" of the African Methodist Con-
nection, and a magazine to be ad-
mired by all thinking people. The
number issued in October is up to the
usual high standard of that publica-
tion. The editor and publisher, Prof.
H. T. Healing, is one of the foremost
thinkers in this country and is a flu
ent, convincing writer. The contri-
buttons in this number are exception
ally interesting and contain that in
formation that will aid in the uplift OF
the people. The frontispiece is a pho
to of DIR. Booker T. Washington
printed in duplex brown ink. Henry
o. Tanner, Exile for Arts Sake" is
an interesting story of one of the
worlds most famous artists. OF this
contribution the editor says: "This
able article should be preserved by
our readers, both for its present and
future worth" Other contributions
are:
did Jephtha Offer His Daughter
for a Burnt Offering Unto the Lord?"
N. B. Sterrett.
Booker T. Washington's Tour
Through Mississippi a New Form of
University Extension" H. T. Keal-
ing.
"The Negroid Line in History"
Geo. w. Parker.
"The Duty of a Primary Teacher
and How to Perform It." Nellie Free
man.
Industrial Education Not a Racial
but a Human Need" E. L. Black
shear
Address of Hon. VIM. H. Taft at
Fisk University"
Prayer a Fine Art" s. G. Crutch
er.
"The Person of Christ Geo. Gil
bert Walker.
"BetheIs One Hundred Nineteenth
Anniversary" (Sermon). B. T. Tan
ner.
Next in order are the special de
partments, which come as follows
Sociological, Women, Religious, Mis-
cellaneous, Editorial and Business
All in all, the Review for October il
truly Cream Jug" full of pur,
, cream.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-12-11
CONFIRMATION AT HOLY TRINITY
CHURCH..

The Bishop of Tennessee will on
next Sunday evening, 1880, December
13, visit Holy Trinity Church for con-
firmation. A few of Nashville's most
talented singers will assist the choir,
and with anthems of their own selec.
ton.
The services on Christmas morn.
ing will be at o'clock, when the
choir, ably instructed by the organ
list, will sing the Christ Mass.
On the following Sunday at IL
o'clock a. m. and 7:3O o'clock p. m
there will be two programmes of the
most beautiful and helprul Christmas
music, in conjunction with the serv.
ice.
The Monday evening following St.
Nicholas will distribute his gifts to
the members of both church and Sun.
day-school He has already sent on
his box for safe keeping. We be-
speak right merry evening with
him.
To all these services the public is
warmly welcomed.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-12-11

who went to New York Monday to ad-
dress the North Carolina Society of
that city, was given tumultuous re-
ception by the members of that or
ganization and by prominent men
from all parts of the South at the an
nual dinner of the North Carolinians
at the Hotel Astor.
Mr. Taft, in the course of an ad-
dress which was confined entirely to
the South and it's problems, did not
hesitate to follow up what he regards
as the advantages of his trip through
the South during the recent campaign,
and urged again that the voters of
that section should break away from
the outlived sentiment and traditions
of their past political affiliations and
cast their ballots in accordance rather
with their economic and real political
beliefs. Mr.. Taft said:
what is it that sets the South apart
and takes from the Southern people
the responsibilities which the mem
bers of republic ought to share in
respect to the conduct of the National
Governments"
He continued:
"Why is it that what is done at
Washington seems to be the work of
the North and West, and not of the
South? Should this state of affairs
continue? These are the questions
that force themselves on those of us
concerned with the Government and
who are most anxious to have a solid
Of mil "a
course of the Government shall be an
intelligent Interpretation and express
sion.
1--WE can answer these questions as
the historian would, and we can eX-
plain the situation as it is; but I don't
think we can justify or excuse a con-
tinuance of it.
II am not going to rehearse the
painful history of reconstruction or
what followed it. I come at once to
the present condition, stated from a
constitutional and political standpoint.
And that is this:
ELECTION LAWS.
THAT in all Southern States it is
possible by election laws prescribing
proper qualifications for the suffrage
which square with the Fifteenth
Amendment and which shell be equal
"a ly administered as between the black
land white races, to prevent entirely
Bthe possibility of a domination OF
Southern State, county or municipal
government by an ignorant electorate
white or black. 1t is further true
I, ,oJ, Io,
ed are applied with exact equality and
Justice to the two races, the better for
the moral tone of the State and com
munity concerned. Negroes should
be given an opportunity equally with
whites, by education and thrift, to
meet the requirements of eligibility
which the Legislatures in their wis
dom shall lay down in order to secure
the safe exercise Of the electoral fran.
chise. The negro should ask nothing
other than an equal chance to qualify
himself for the franchise, and when
that is granted by law and not denied
by executive discrimination, he has
nothing to complain of.
RACE QUESTION. ST.
"The proposal to repeal the Fif
teent Amendment is utterly imprac'
ticable and should be relegated to the
limbo of forgotten issues. What we
are considering is something practical
something that means attainable prog
ress. It seems to me to follow, there
\ fore that there is, or ought to be, a
common ground on which we can all
stand in respect to the race question
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-12-11
RUMOR GRE.
ATES SENSATION
DR.. KIugh The Central Fla.
ure In The Case.
DESIRES TO MOVE THE BAPTIST
EDUCATIONAL BOARD.

HEADQUARTERS NOW IN THIS
CITY - THE SECRETARY RE-
SIDES IN NEW JERsEY-BE.
LIEVED THAT STATE Is HIS
PREFERENCE cHAIRMAN N
sEARcY KNOWS NOTHING OF
THE PROPOSED CHANGE - MA.
TIoNAL THEOLOGICAL SEMI.
NARY WOULD GO WITH EDUcA.
TloNAL BOARD.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-12-11
JUDGE TAFT
is UNSHAKEN
Believes The Negro Should
Be Treated Fairly.
.FiFT TENTH AMENDMENT NOT TO
l BE TAMPERED WITH.

STRONG ADDRESS TO THE NORTH
CAROLINA SOCIETY IN NEW
YORK clTY-ELEcTIoN LAWS
SHOULD BE ADMINISTERED TO
ALL EQUALLY-WAR AMEND
MENTs DO NOT DECLARE FOR
SOCIAL EQUALITY - RACE
QUESTION NOT THE ONLY
BARRIER TO souTH's PROG
ness.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-12-11
DELICATE SITUATION.

I'm welcoming to a change of party
affiliation many Southerners who have
been Democrats we are brought face
to face with a delicate situation. which
we can only meet with frankness and
Justice In our anxiety to bring the
Democratic Southerner into new polit-
lcal relations we should have and can
have no desire to pass by or ignore
the comparatively few white South
erners who from principle have con-
sistently stood for our views in the
South when it cost them social ostra-
cism and loss of all prestige. Nor
can we sympathize with an effort to
exclude from the support of Republi-
canism in the South or to read out
OF the party those colored voters who.
by their education and thrift, have
made themselves eligible to exercise
the electoral franchise.
We believe that the solution of
the race question in the South is large
ly a matter of industrial and thorough
education. Some Southerners who
have given expression to their thoughts
seem to think that the only solution
of the negro question is his migration
to Africa, but to me such a proposition
is utterly fatuous. The negro is es-
sential to the South in order that ii
may have proper labor. Their ances-
tors were brought here against their
will; they have no country but this.
They know no flag but ours. They
wish to live under it and are willing
to die for it. They are Americans
The proposition to increase the sup.
ply Of labor in the South by immigra.
tion from Europe, it seems to me, in.
stead of being inimical to the cause
Of the negro will aid him. AS the in.
dustries of the South continue to grow
in the marvellous ratio already shown
the demand for labor must increase.
EDUCATIONAL NEEDS.
Primary and industrial education
for the masses, higher education for
the leaders of the negro race, for their
professional men, their clergymen
their physicians, their lawyers and
their teachers will make up a system
and their improvement, which sta.
tistics show to have been most note.
worthy in the last forty years, will
continue at the same rate.
Continued on Page ~
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-12-11
SENTIMENTAL REASONS.

with the elimination of the race
question can we say that there are re-
moved all the reasons why the people
OF the South are reluctant to give up
their political solidity and divide
themselves on party lines in accord
ance with their economic and politi-
cal views? No, there are other rea-
sons; perhaps only reasons of senti-
ment but with the Southern people.
who are high-strung, sensitive and
outspoken people, considerations of
sentiment are frequently quite as
strong as those of some political or
economic characters.
I'm the first place, it is now nearly
forty years since the South acquired
its political solidarity, and the intensi-
ty of feeling by which it was main
tanned and the ostracism and social
prescription imposed on those white
Southerners who did not sympathize
with the necessity for such solidarity
could not but make lasting impress
sion and create permanent bias that
would naturally outlast the reason for
its original existence"
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-12-11

Dr. w. B. Wilson, Of Chattanooga
visited his sister, Mrs. Shoffner. OF
North Hill street, recently.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-12-11

Statement in support of Senate
BIZ No. $3.50, entitled "a Bill to pro
vide for an increased annual appro-
prlation for the colleges for the ben
ent OF agriculture and the mechanic
arts established and maintained un-
der the provisions of the act of Con
gress approved July 2, 1862, and the
act OF Congress approved August 80,
The oasis., 1908-01-25

supervisors of Yavapai, were out hunting some distqnce east of Prescott. They were looking for Apache Indians as well as for game, for one was about as plentiful then as the other. But they came across a lobo wolf, which Mir. Brown shot and skinned.
 He had forgotten all about the incident and perhaps would never have recalled it again but for an official proceeding by the board of supervisors of Yavapai county the other day. The action of the board is described by the Prescott Courier as follows:
 The board of supervisors yester- day wrestled with the wolf-hide question and decided, after some discussion, to classify the hides of wolves which had been brought in as lobos, as coyotes. The exhibits in the controversy were the raw and shrunken hides of the so-called lobos and a magnifcehtly mounted hide of large lobo which was killed on the Upper Verde some years ago by George E. Brown, which is now the property of Super visor Smith
 Mir. Brown is of the opinion that it is hardly fair for the board of supervisors to make that hide the standard for wolf skins on which the bounty for lobos will be paid. He says that if such a rule is adopted, it will be equivalent to a decision on the part of the board to pay no bounty on lobos at all, for there never will be as big q wolf skin brought in again, if his recollection of the size of it is any where near correct. It Is his inn pression that 1t was as big as a buffalo hide.
The oasis., 1908-01-25

MINING APPLICATION No. 334 United States Land Office, Phoenix, Arizona Territory, Dec. 30th, 1907.-Notice is hereby given that Meriette Phelps, whose residence and Post-otfice address is Mowry, Santa Cruz County, Arizona Terri tory, has made application for patent to the Roadside lode, Mineral Survey No. 2S5l in approximately township g south range l6 east c. X s. R. M., unsurveyed in the Patagonia Mining District, Santa Cruz County. Arizona Territory, described with magnetic variation at l2 degrees 45 minutes east, as follows, towit; {; Beginning at Corner No. l whence U $. Mineral Monument No. 8, Patagonia Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona Territory, bears north degrees IS minutes west 1030 feet: thence south 64 degrees 12 minutes cast 1900 feet to corner number 2 1; thence south 45 degrees 49 minutes west 600 feet to corner No. B; thence north 62 deg. 07 min north A degrees Il minutes west 642.01 feet to corner number 5; thence north 45 degrees 49 minutes east 346.2 feet to corner number l, the place of beginning: containing 13.401 acres. This claim is bounded on the north by the Mowry Camp lode, on the west by the Mowry No. lode both of survey number 2l90, on the south by the Butinsky lode, unsurveyed, and on the east by the Echo lode, unsurveyed. the original notice of said Mining Claim being of record in the office of the Recorder of Santa Cruz County, at Nogales in the County and Territory aforesaid, in Book of Mining Loca tions, at pages 446-447-44S, and the amenc ed notice of location being also of record in the said office in Book of Mining Locations, at pages 3J6 and 357.
 LYMAN W. WAKEFIELD, Register
 First publication January 1 last publication March :.
The oasis., 1908-01-25
2 Vivid Recollection.

When George E. Brown, who is now looking after the agricultural and general welfare of the Indians |ol the lower reservation, killed a E:''T 6oo9 wolf In the early seventies, he ltlle thought that that act would eat any figure in the financial
 lalrs of Yavapai county just a generation later.
 MT Brown and Barney Smith,
 'o" chalrman of the board of