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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-08-04
WRECK ON ROCK ISLAND.
Golden State Limited Ditched in Ari.
Eona.

Phoenix, Ariz., Aug. 4.-The Chicago
Rock Island & Pacific Golden State
limited, was ditched near Wilcox, Ariz.,
early yesterday morning. Two passen-
gers are reported injured.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-08-04

Liberal association.
y. ID. King, NJ T."
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-07-07
TOPIC NsAngsr 70 HER HEART
Whether or Not He Was Married In
terested the Girl Chiefly.


Seeking to know how best to inter-
est her in my conversation, HE'D me
to the wise man, who spoke and said:
Speak thou of many things. So long
as she calculates, the subject thou
must change; but when she asks
question, then will you know the topic
that Is nearest to her heart"
Whereupon / returned unto the
maiden and lifted my voice most tune
fully into speech.
Il was talking to a friend of mine
as came along the street." remarked
/ unto her. HE is a writer of books
and has seen the strangest sights and
scenes"
She turned to me the face of inno-
cence. but nothing said.
He has travelled In distant lands,
has sailed the seas and triumphed DER
the mountain tops. He has braved the
SHOWS of Alaska and the tropic sun
of the Amazon. India has been his
stamping ground, and over China has
he widely roamed."
Just to Think" she cried.
HE has studied the picture gal
leries of the whole wide world: Lon
don, Vienna, Paris, Florence; he knows
them from vestibule to roof-column,
base and architrave"
1.-THE ideal" she cried
He has slept in the house where
Dickens was born and has paid his
pilgrimage to the room where the
great Thackeray breathed his last He
has sat at the table wherein Balzae
wrote, and Kipling and he are the most
particular friends"
you don't say!" she cried.
HE was war correspondent and
made record in the Boer war. At
Port Arthur he ran the blockades both
by land and sea and twice was left for
dead upon the field"
"Gracious!" she cried.
Before that he >was a dramatic
critic, and the boldest actor trembled
at the words that he might say. He
knew the stars that twinkled in the
armament and all the minor constella-
tons on the broad and great white
way"
Fancy" she cried
He has hunted the tiger in India
and the elephant in Africa. He has
tracked the lion to its lair and the leop.
ard to it's den.'
you don't sayt"
Whereat l paused, breathless and
discounted, for never an interrogation
had she made, and vainly did i cudgel
my mind for the topic that was near
est to her heart, but as | was about to
make retreat, 10, she raised her face
and queried:
rs he married?"<
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-07-07
BAD negro
RAN AMUCK
Tanked Up on Cocaine and Want
ed to Murder the Wife Of
His Bosom.

Daily News Special.
Meridian, Miss, July YESTERDAY
at noon Gus Campbell, young white
man residing at the home of James
Hobgood, seven miles east of Merid.
ian, shot and instantly killed John
Henry, a negro. Both barrels of a
double-barrelled shotgun loaded with
buckshot were fired into the negro's
head, neck and, shoulders from close
range. The negro and his wife loved
near the Hobgood home. Henry was
bad negro, addicted to the use of CO
caine, it is said. He was in the
habit of beating his wife when under
the influence of the drug. Today 1t is
claimed that he beat her so severely
range. The negro and his wife lived
protection, and appealed to Campbell
the only man on the place at the time
Henry followed the woman and de
| manded admittance into the house be
hind his wife, cursing at the top o.
his voice. Campbell grabbed up shoi
gun and told the negro not to enter un
der penalty of death. The command
WAS not needed and Campbell killed
the negro.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-07-07

The Cumberland Telephone Com
pany charges 65 cents for night talk
with New Orleans. 1t charges 90 cents
for connection with Jackson, which
is secured through the New Orleans
exchange. But maybe the concession
is made in favor of Jackson for the
reason that we have to wait so long for
the connection and from the fact that
we can't hear anything after we get 1t.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-07-07
VISITOR TO HATTIEsBURe DRoPa
INTO VERSE.
BaImy Hreezes Waited in Through the
Tall Pines Kindle in His Breast the
Spirit Of sons-An Excellent
Poem.

Mr.. Scott Cummings, we'll known
Chicago attorney, was a business Wis
itor to Hattiesburg yesterday. 1t was
his first visit to the South and he was
so we'll pleased with the country that
he dropped into verse. The follow
ing letter and the attached poem tell
his story:
Hattiesburg, July 6, 1908.
Dear Mr.. Editor.-If the enclosed
verse, expressive of the sincere senti-
ments of Northern man journeying
through Dixieland, are deemed wor-
thy of record. in your valuable paper,
they are offered in the fervent hope
that the authors sentiments may be-
come universal, and that the South and
the North may come into a closer
brotherhood, and that the only con-
tention between the two grand sec
tions, be one of friendly strife in the
common effort to make all mankind
better.
Should the verses not harmonic
with your views as to the require
ments of poetry, etc, should be pleas
ed to have them returned to me at
292 E. And street, Chicago, ILL.,
If accepted kindly favor me with a
cOnV of vOIIr manor contoinino than,
at the same address, and greatly
oblige,
Yours,
SCOTT CUMMINGS
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-07-07
sticking Pins in Paper.

The modern pin-makihg machine
works automatically and completes
the pin, with the exception of coloring
and polishing, without the aid of hui
man hands. In 1841 the device for
sticking pins in rows of papers was in
vented by Samuel Slocum of Connecti-
cut, and put in use in the factory
where pins were made by DIR. Howe's
machine. II was later improved by
Thaddeus Fowler. This machine is de-
scribed as scarcely less ingenious than
the pin-making invention. By the use
Of these devices the total pin product
in this country, chiefly in Connecticut,
was a little over 50.O00,00O gross in
1900, of which about 47,500,000 were
ordinary pins, about 100000 were
safety pins and about 100000 were
hairpins.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-07-07
The Woman and the Feline.

A western judge-let us hope he
had been singularly unfortunate in
his female Enthusiastically re-
marked that all women were cats
Women read that press dispatch
everywhere, one morning. and for a
few hours at least the ears of that
judge must have burned, writes Isabel
Still, there are women who Endorsed
his Judgment, although they feel that
he might have qualified his remark
and said: Some women are cats"
One can't help wondering why poor
pussy, from time immemorial, should
have been picked out as the prototype
of mean, treacherous, back-biting
woman, for a cat which is well-fed and
kindly treated is a loyable animal,
and, queerly enough, it is the animal on
which most women lavish their love.
A man who studies the traits of dumb
creatures tells us, however, that the
| female cat treats the species of her
own sex in a peculiarly mean and
vicious manner. 1t bites instead OF
backbiting, and, at the first throb OF
jealousy, will scratch like good fel
low. If that is so, we have to con
fess that there are catlike women
everywhere, in the lowest rank of life
and in the highest, for we have had
catlike queens; clever old Queen
Bess had many pussy-cat trait.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-07-07
Yours,
ODE TO DIXIE.
SCOTT CUMMINGS

oh land of Dixie, soft the bloom,
That gathers on thy landscape
green,
The land of sunshine without gloom.
oh land of light, of joy serene.
How glorious, yet how TRANQUILITY,
Does nature on thy bosom lie.
How wondrous bright and peacefully,
The stars that shine in Southern
sky.
The Palmetto. and Sycamore, e
The Umbrella or China shade.
And dark Magnolia; Regal four
We group them in regal grade.
They all are thine, fair Dixie land,
And more than these Behold the
brave.
Behold the strong and steady hand,
Ready to strike the blows that save
But on the billtops of thy fame,
oh Dixie, fair, immortal grand.
We see enshrined in beauty's frame
A majesty, that rules the land
Here's to the beauty of the South,
Her fertile soil, her sun and sky!
Her canopy of stars.
Her brave that face the cannon's
mouth .
! Her fair, for whom the brave would
diel
Her peace and virtuous wars.
SCOTT CUMMINGS
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-07-07
Democrats at ,DenUer.

Democrats from every section OF the
United States are gathered today at
Denver, Col, to nominate candidates
fer President and vie president ant to
promulgate platform OF principles I'll
which the Democratic party confident
Iy expects to win a sweeping victory at
the polls in November.
For the first time since the second
nomination of Grover Cleveland, the
Democratic party is practically united.
The candidate for president was NOM
mated by the press and the people of
this country many weeks ago and the
chief planks Of the platform have been
scarcely less we'll defined in the cruel
BILE of public discussion.
For these reasons. and because of
the friendly spirit that exists among
all good Democrats, whatever their
past differences and dissensions, this
seems to be Democratic year.
Be that as it may. there is no gain
saying the fact that the chances 10
win at the polls in November are ex-
cellent. The labor vote, admittedly
the balance of power in this coupAS
win go TO he Denioor--.1-- nominees.
The Populis socialist and Hearst
league parties will as usual, cut little
iigure. The "lur dinner pail" argu-
nent of the Republican party, so eff
fective in the past two campaigns, will
be ridiculed by intelligent men who
take into consideration the fact that a
financial panic of alarming proportions
visited the country in the midst of
plenty, and while the Republican party
was in charge of all branches of the
Federal government.
Mr. Bryan is bigger and broader
man than he was eight or twelve years
ago. Hundreds of Democrats who bolt
ed the party then are now giving hin
loyal support, and the fact that he vii
be nominated on the first ballot, prac
tically without opposition, evinces hi
growing popularity with the American
people.
This is the sentiment at Denver
1t is the summing up of the blendet
wisdom of the great Democrats of TIL
country-and the Daily News pins it
faith to Bryan and pledges it's cordia
support to the ticket. And, if all thu
states were like Mississippi, we'd be
money on the result
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-07-07
FOR.
CHURCHG0ERS
Novel Theory Expressed in a Well
Written Communication to
The Daily News.

The Daily News is in receipt of the
following well written communication,
advocating the adoption of uniforms
for church goers. Ridiculous as it
may seem at first blush, there is a
great deal of wholesome philosophy in
the theory, and it will repay careful
reading:
Editor News:-The writer in COM
mon with all other observers notes
with pain the loss of church teaching
and church influence on the poor. This
is the reason the church at large is
losing its hold on the public. Church
pews look more liken an effort to
reproduce the Hanging Gardens of
Antiquity, than the humble assembly
of worshippers of the lowly Naza-
rene. Hats of rainbow and peacock
hue and tint debeck the prayerful
heads of the mock -pietists. Poor peo-
pie stay away feeling that they can't
look fiowery enough to be planted as
specimen in this church-pew horti-
culture, this aurora-borealis display
of silk and feather and gold and dia-
mond and plume and ribbon.
A church. uniform is the only remedy
to conditions which keep the poor
from hearing HIS WORD. The cloth
adopted must be cheap and within the
reach of all who desire it. Such a
uniform would in few years fill our
churches with eager, serene hearers;
and the good resulting is simply in
calcuable.
The writer has through all his life
had painful personal experience with
poverty. He has staid away from
church many Sunday because he
could get drunk on a dollar; but il
took more than he could raise to pre-
pare for a decent appearance at the
church.
The church like the dodo, great aux
bison and common honesty will soon
become extinct unless it plans some
way to reach ali the people. For after
reaching all. only part are convin
ced of the truths of Holy Writ. Hence
with only small proportion of the
populace attending church, and the
interest largely sustained by desire
to exhibit colors and frills, gems an(
ribbons, satins and feathers-a sort o
competing bazaar in the realms o
pride-the church had as well hold it
own funeral services and acknowledge
fashion wrought suicide.
Uniforms is the only relief to de
clining religious faith. Some will re
fuse to don vesture. this will onl
assist the church to ''lay aside tn
weight" of pride and do the good tina
belongs to it in its right and in it
possibilities. Get uniforms, and fewe
hypocrites will attend. So much tn
better for the church and for human
ity.
D. Fl I
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-07-07

in touch with the Denver conysetion.
Bob used to be a newspaper man him
self and he knows the big news when
it gets square under his nose just as
well as he ever did. By the way, sinee
there is so much discussion about the
vice presidency, it occurs to us that
Bob would be a mighty good man for
the place-and Hattiesburg would ap-
preciate the honor by going good and
Democratic in November.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-07-07
The MeIodrama Again.

The beautiful heroine stamped her
tiny foot on the tigersskin rug.
And you dare deceive me?" she
Kissed. Didn't you make VOW that
you would never tell me another bare
faced falsehood?"
In reply sthe heavy villain flashed
a pair of automobile goggles from his
pocket and put them on.
And l have kept my vow, Helene
Hominy. am barefaced no longer"
With cryS of despair the beau.
tiful heroine jumped into the paste
board river.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-07-07

Lions. tigers, and other beasts Of
prey at geological gardens and men
ageries follow the example of mankind
in eating by day and sleeping at night.
In their native state these animals
sleep away the hours of daylight and
hunt for their food at night.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-07-07

That,.wa severe jolt to Governor
vardaman when Governor Longino de-
1eated him IL to for the chairman
ship Of the Democratic delegation at
Denver. But those who remember the
graceful manner in which Mr. Varda.
man accepted his near approach to a
senatorship do not doubt that he will
survive the ordeal and return to the
editorship of The Issue bigger and
better man than before.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-07-07

The Philadelphia Record predicts
the election of Mr.. Bryan-and the
Philadelphia Record is not Demo
cratic newspaper.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-07-07

Whisky is a great stimulant. 1t eX-
cites both those who take it and those
who do not take it-and it is hard 90
say which it hurts the most.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-07-07

A man named Music was killed over
in Georgia the other day and the of
fcers are now after his slayer-but It
isn't every one who murders music
that the officers get after, more's the
pity.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-07-07

Two funeral professions got mixed
up in Richmond Va, the-other day and
each followed the wrong hearse to the
cemetery. This is merely mentioned
as one instance where honorees did
not complain about an mintentional
slight
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-07-07

Maybe the coming of big touring
cars to Hattiesburg will stimulate in
terest ia better country roads. In that
event We may call them a blessing in
in disguise.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-07-07

Hattiesburgans are giving the Daily
Neys loyal support these days. In re-
turn. we are giving them the best
newspaper possible with the means at
our command But Hattiesburg and
the News will continue to grow.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-07-07

Chicago physicians have been given
authority to arrest all persons who re-
sist vaccination within the prescribed
area" 1t is not stated whether this
prescribed area" is on the arm or
on the foot.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-07-07

Maybe Mr.. Roosevelt now regrets
the fact that he once mentioned Mr..
Bryan in his list of five greatest Amer
leans.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-07-07

The Augusta Herald says that there
is more building going on i'll that city
than ever before in its history.
Wouldn't it be great for Hattiesburg
lumbermen if all cities were growing
like that ambitious Georgia metrop-
oils
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-07-07
A Relief to Both.

cat last" he sighed, we're alone.
I've been hoping for this chance"
$50 have l. said she very frankly.
"Ah!, you have guessed, then, that
I wanted to tell you that loved you"
Yes; and want to say No and get
1t over with"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-07-07

Some of the new novels are said TO
be unpopular because the binding does
not match the Merry Widow hats.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-07-07

The emperor of China's Zoo is Civ
ing him great satisfaction. When the
animals arrived at Peling they were.
carried to their new home by coolies.
1t is stated that even the elephant
was carried In that way.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-07-07

Let us hope that no one will at
tempt to Shermanize the Denver con-
vention.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-07-07

There is always a good salary await
ing the man who can make himself a
necessary part of the business.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-07-07

1t is now stated that more than a
dozen of the Fourth of July victims
were innocent bystanders.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-07-07

Don't make de mistake. said Uncl{
Eben, .of measurin' out yoh thanks
by de mount dat you kin eat or drink.
cause maybe OATS whut'll form de
basis fob figurin' up yoh remorse."
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-07-07
CORONER'S JURY CHARGES
Continued from Page One.

the tragedy, but number of them
We're introduced to testify as to the
movements of the men the night be-
fore and to ascertain if they had had
any previous trouble. The jury could
not ascertain any previous trouble
nor were the whereabouts of the two
men on the night before accurately
traced.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-07-07
I, . 4: I. (. :: :: {, 4. . I. = & 8
= THE DAILY NEWS
. DURING VACATION.

= If you are preparing to leave
: on a summer trip, phone to the :.
= Daily News and the paper will =:
: follow you-wherever you go. You I.
: win Of course want ito know /.
. what is soing on at Home while 4
. you are away
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-07-07

The religion that does not enter into
our every day lives is the basest coun.
terfeit.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-07-07

Business may not be good. But no
body will deny the fact that it is bet
ter.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-07-07

I In optimism, at least, no one out.
ranks Mr.. Bryan.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-07-07
Shipped to New Orleans.

If you want good riding bicycle
Just phone us. Home phone I'll. We
will bring it to you. s. Parker, Stew
ems building, East Pine street.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-07-07

WANTED-Ten hustling boys to
sell the Daily News every afternoon
Ask for the Circulation Manager.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-07-07

= Business is good with this newspa
per.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-07-07

Remember that no policeman can
arrest booster.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-07-07

Saw the End.
What lis the final end of man?''
queried the Sunday school teacher.
THE letter NJ answered the small
boy at the foot of the class.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-07-07
SAVE YOUR HORSES!

Pain and real injury by having US at
tend to their shoeing. Same yourself,
money, besides. However sound or
weak their hoofs, we can please them,
and please you. Do they interfere or
tover-reach? Bring them here. Are
you after certain gait? Again, bring
them here! Lame? Bring 'em here.
In any case where skillful horseshoe
ing at fair cost is needed, here's the
place to bring your animals.
OTIS. SMITH,
800 East Pine Street.
Home Phone .723.
Rubber Tires A Speciality.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-07-07

HEARST TELEGRAPH AND CA
BILE SERVICE received daily, the ex-
elusive franchise for which is owned
by the Daily News.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-07-07
Preliminary Trial.


1t is expected that within very
short time that Miller will employ
counsel and that steps will be taken
to secure preliminary hearing to as
certain if he is entitled to bond. Mil
ler's people are said to live in Ken.
lucky and while he said yesterday
that he did not want them to know
of the affair, especially his mother, II
is probable that under existing circum
he will now communicate with
them.
Shipped to New Orleans.
The body of Joe Mitchell was
shipped to New Orleans by Undertaken
Ramsey, as per instructions. 1t is sup
posed that the burial will take place
tomorrow and that some of the famil,
will be up here to look into the case
and after the personal effects of tht
deceased within the next day or two.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-07-07
FOR CONGRESS.

We are, authorized TO announce
HON Il. j. BOWERS
OF Hancock county as a candidate in
the Democratic primary for re-noml-
nation to the 61st Congress from the
9Th district of Mississippi.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-05-22

Mr.. I. D. Wall, representing
East Feliciana, and to the indie
pendents behind him. He OBJ
jected to the old rules last Thurs.
day and the issue was there
joined. It looked just before
Yesterdays session as though
the bottom had dropped from
the insurgent movement, but il
apparently re lived on the floor.
Mr.. Wall had prepared an
amendment to the rules making
it obligatory upon every com.
mittee to report any business in
its keeping directly to the full
House upon the demand of a
majority of the House member
ship, and making the consider.
ation>of this report by the House
itself the privileged order OF
business-doing away, that is,
with any and all delay in the
consideration of any important
matter which a majority of the
House may ever want to con-
slider.
The organization in the House
apparently feared to force a vote
on q proposal so obviously fair
and so entirely correct in prin.
ciple and in public policy. Mr..
Dupre accepted the amendment
gracefully and no fight was
made against it by any of his
party.
We congratulate the Louisiana
House of Representatives upon
the action which has probably
made it for the first time the
real master of its own business.