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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-22
POWDER TRUST
LITIGATION IS
NOW UNDER Way

Wilmington, Della, September o.
The first legal steps were taken by
the government today against the pow
der trust. The suit is against the
Dupont Powder Company and is being
heard before the United States COM
missioner. The company is charged
with conspiracy in restraint of trade.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-22
LEGISLATORS TOO
DRUNK TO VOTE
FOR LOCAL OPTION
Hearst News Service,

Indianapolis, Ind, September 22.-
The invasion of the city was con-
tinued today by friends of local op-
ton, more than a dozen cities sending
delegations on special trains. Charges
are made that some of the members
of the house are being kept drunk by
the brewers lobby.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-22
ARCHBOLD
INNOCENT
Hearst News Service.

New York, September 22.-John D.
Archbold, vice president of the Stand
ard Oil Company, declares that what
his company has done will stand full
investigation. He says that his COM
pany is not going into the political
campaign, nor is it going to take any
part in it.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-22
WISCONSIN town
WAS NOT BURNED
Hearst News Service.

Menominee, Wis, September 22.-It
is announced today that Foster City,
a small town yesterday reported to
have been burned with a loss of six
lives, is safe and untouched by forest
fires so far. but is in great danger.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-22

WANTED-A first class family to oc-
cupy a nice five-room house for six
months-free of rent. Lock Box 1888.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-22
Members Of higgins Lodge
Acted rs the Pail Bearers

The funeral of the late H. C. Scoville
was held this morning at II o'clock
from the residence of Mr.. Scoville's
parents, on West Pine street. The
funeral was attended by members of
the Hattiesburg Lodge of Odd Eel
lows. Mr. Scoville having been a men,
Der of the Odd Fellow Lodge at Wig
gins, and the pail bearers were mem
bers Of the Virgins Lodge, who
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-22
COMING EVENTS.

Auditorium-Wednesday night: Fan
ny Rice in "At the French Ball"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-22
THE COTTON
MARKET.

Ned observation-disclosures S.67c;
December, 5000.
Liverpool-10:2O a. m.-September-
October, AID; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS,
4 esd.
New Orleans-Spots steady; mid
ding, 91-16c.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-22
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE-Good piano cheap. AID.
dress A-42, care Daily News. 9 10 If
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-22
ADJUSTMENTS.
Attractions Tonight.

'NtNT dONIOTTo OTITYHIs
New Empire-Moving picture: "TEe
Power of Labor" a strong dramatic
production. New illustrated song.
New Gem-New moving pictures and
new song tonight, a special program
being arranged which will surprise and
please the people.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-22

formed lart of the delegation of Odd
Fellows from Virgins, who came down
to attend the funeral.
The services at the residence were
conducted by Rev. ]. R. Jones, the
services at the grave being conducted
by Noble Grand VIM. Busby. of the
Hattiesburg Lodge. A number of sor-
rowing friends attended the services
both at the residence and at the grave.
ton has no jurisdiction in the case,
the impounding having been, they say,
in another magisterial district. In any
event they say an appeal will be taken.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-29
MORE EVIDENCES
 OF BOIL WEEVIL

Jackson, Miss, October 2S.-(Special.)- Commissioner of Agriculture Blakeslee. who is also president of the Mississippi State Fair association has kept rummag ing around till he has found the boil weevil right in the western suburbs of Jackson, and 9 miles from the nearest locality in which they have heretofore been reported.
 Mir. Blakeslee was not hunting for bugs he had not suspected them of being here-but was after few green bolls on which to feed several live specimens of the pests that have been sent to him from other sections of the state for iden- tification
 There was evidence in abundance to show that the weevil has been in Jackson about a month. A large number of pune tured bolls were found in this patch, proving that the weevil has been here long enough to raise a large family or two. They had been very busy in that little cotton field and several fine speci- mems were brought back to town to add to the already large collection that will be placed on exhibit at the fair, where all farmers may see and get acquainted with the insignificant little fellow that is going to make them change from the all- cotton system in another year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-29

man, as chairman of the House commit tee on Indian affairs, reported a bill to allow railroads operating wholly or in part in the Indian Territory to lease other roads and operate them. The meas had read report upon the bill which he had prepared and which report said that the bill contained clause providing that the proposed law should not apply to parallel or competing lines" In the rush of legislation members accepted the statement which MT. Sherman made in his report as to the prohibition of com bnation of parallel or competing lines.
 After the bill had been passed Repre- sentative Todd of Michigan made the dis covery that the prohibition against com- peting or parallel lines was not in the bill, although MT. Sherman in a printed report had stated to the House that such a provision was contained in the in the act of attempting to get through a railroad, merger bill while the members of the House were not looking. When discovery was made, MT. hSerman at first protested against a reconsideration of the bill so as to include the language which he had omitted but was finally forced to yield. His omission was clear ly in the interest of railroad mergers, but he was caught in the act.
 
 The Gawk makes best advertising illustrations in town. Age-Herald build- ing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-29
VALUABLE WORK FOR PURE FOOD LAW Exhibit of Methods Will Be
 Made At Macon MANY PRODUCTS ANALIZED Interesting Situation Arises When old Confederate Veterans Are Allowed to Sell Near Beer" Without
 Paying Tax.
MANY PRODUCTS ANALYZED

Atlanta. october &.-(Speeial 1.-The state department of agriculture, following similar action at the Atlanta fair, will make exhibit at the State Fair in Macon of the work it is doing in the matter of enforcing the pure food law.
 The state chemist. pr. R. E. Stallings, is taking a special interest in this line of educational work, for few of the people have yet learned the value of this law or how to profit by it's provisions. Dr. Stallings has spared no pains in making these exhibits comprehensive and instruc- tive.
 The state department has done particu- larly valuable work in preventing the sale in Georgia of poor and adulterated cattle and stock foods but the general public is most interested in those foods of which they themselves are the consumers.
 Probably no state in the south has been more vigilant in prosecuting this work than has Georgia Hundreds of samples of bottled and canned foods have been analysed by the state chemist, after hav- ing been selected at random from mer- chants shelves by Pure Food Inspector P A. Methvin and his deputies. In not a few instances has the sale of dangerous or falsely represented foodstuffs been stopped.
 But there is another feature of the law to which the public has given little thought. The average purchaser is in clined to think that so long as the man. ufacturer complies with the law and prints on the label the name of the pre- servative or chemical used in It's manu- facture, the article Is all right.
 The Georgia officials have been endeav- bring to instruct the public as to how to discriminate between articles which are all right and those which are dele terious Illustrations were given with cer- tain tomato catsups preserved with ben zoate of, soda, and damaged pickles put into marketable state by the use of alum. both of which chemicals are regarded as deleterious to the human system. Yet numerous articles preserved with these and similar chemicals are sold freely and there is no way to stop them so long as they comply with the law by printing the name of the chemical on the label. It is to protect the public against such articles as these that the state depart ment has begun it's campaign of publicity through state fairs and otherwise
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-29
PIERCE PLANS TO
 RETURN TO TEXAS

St. Louis, October 2S.-A dispatch to the Post-Dispatch from Austin, Tex, says:
 Henry Clay Pierce is coming back to Texas to answer the indictment re- turned against him in this county. charging him with false swearing. Gov ernor Campbell was today advised by Judge Barclay of St. Louis, who rep resented the state at the hearing of Pierce. that the St. Louisan will leave for Texas and be here November 9 to stand trial.
 Judge Barclay also says that Pierce said he would have come earlier but his health prevented it. Pirece is now at his summer home in Massachusetts.
 Private Secretary Barten said for Governor Campbell that this will put an end to any efforts to get a requisi- tion from the governor of Massachus- etts for Pierce.
 The case will be called before Judge Calhoun of the Fifty-third district court, but it is believed that an eff
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-29
Sentence Is suspended.

Monroe, La, October 2S.-Because he was not present in the district court to- day when jury brought in a verdict of guilty as charged, attorneys for Charles Miller established the claim that the ver- dict was null and void, and sentence was suspended. Miller was charged with un- lawful cohabitation. Soon after the jury retired he got permission from the court to leave the room in the custody of an officer. While he was out the jury returned and announced a verdict of guilty. Millers attorneys thereupon took advantage of the law stating that no yer dict is legal which is returned when the prisoner is absent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-29
HERMAN BILLEK
 MAY BE HANGED

Chicago October 2S.-An order termin- ating the stay of execution of the judg- ment against Herman Blllek, sentenced to die for the urder of Mary Vzral, was en- tered today by Judge c. c. Kohlsaat in the United States circuit court.
 The action was merely formal, conform ing with the mandate of the United States supreme court. which on October 19 dis missed the appeal from Judge K. M. Lan- dis denial of a writ of habeas corpus for Billek It is expected that Assist ant Prosecuting Attorney James J. Bar bour will appear before Judge Barnes to- morrow and ask for resentencing of Bill lek.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-29
Millions of Dollars 10 Be the Reward of the Inventor of a Successful Cotton Picking Machine.
 NO. 2. UE. rT7EFE. MIA CHINE.
HAVE: TETE: MACHINE:

tools the cotton picker may be operated three
 times without serious injury plants bOlls"
 want to acknowledge my indebtedness to Prof Bur- kett for inspiration have avoided complicated ma chinery and produced simple, easily managed ana ei fective machine.
 have invented machine which will do for the cot ton M S the ~ed all caf rFSI Machine @ specification It is the result of thorough understand ing of the needs of the cotton grower.
 My machine is beautifully made In every part, IS con sructed of the best material to last manufactured with full appreciation of the to which 1t may be picker is sold at price and such terms will make the marketing of these machines cheap and simple fac ket the reward to to the inventor of successful cotton picker will be distributed among the stockholders of the Vacuum Cotton Picking Machine Company
 The proposition make to the public IS no stock job bing' scheme. I ana not schooner or promoter ana manufacturer president of the General Compressed Ar and Vacuum Machinery Co.,, of St. Louis, have large factory and nay cleaning machinery 500 cities in the United States besides plants in opera ton in Europe and South America. There is solid sub gtantial business back of every statement make.
 told you yesterday that wanted to build plant
 going to build this plant and while 1t not abso utey necessary in order to do that with yet fully convinced that 1t will make the company stronger and better if several thousand people par ticpants with in the profits of the Vacuum Cotton Picking Machine Company which as certain as IS the fact that the sun shines I! Tn the the south
 and never will be the property of any trust
 have organized the Vacuum Cotton Picking Machine Company under the laws of the State of Missouri with mon stock and $1OOO o00 is cumulative preferred in shares of s100 each bearing per cent annual dv dend guaranteed expect to sell enough of the preferred stock at par build the plant which have mentioned
 will give with every two shares of preferred stock share of common so that the hoer of preferred stock may participate in the management of the company voting stockhoder and such additional dividends as the common stock will
 Do you want to come inf
 Do you want to participate in the profits which mnt come from the manufacture of this machIne7
 Remittance of one half the must be made with the reservation
 Read the papers tomorrow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-29

industry will receive fair treatment in the revision of the tariff.
 With such alternatives before us the prosperity of our industry, at least at this time, seems inseparably linked with the success of the republican party, particu- larly in the forthcoming election of mem bers of Congress"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-29

James s. Sherman, republican candi- date for Vice President, became known as an advocate in Congress Of railroad combinations and mergers at least 10 years ago On April IS, 1see, Mir 5her-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-29
JOHN s. THURMAN, President, Vacuum Cotton Picking Machine CO

fort. will be made to get change of venue
 Judge Barclay. when informed of the above dispatch, said that he did not feel at liberty to discuss any let ter which he may have sent to Gov ernor Campbell Asked when Mr. Pierce intends to go to Texas, he re- piled: Very soon."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-29

But. reminds in this day of labor saving ent on hand labor It said that within fifty years the has four hours to our minutes mi utes to ten minutes while it is doubtful human a69 required wbs ss world has begun to demand 25ooOOoO bales s, of the built lands as to find no difficulty here shall we kns the crop9 9s Clearly therefore the max % Hs S hnma manaon spd and are the Sz rewards a%ans the a maR wh9 vi n ~eeu a m be % at expect to % @ aqd ona E 0@9 n not or yeI M many who succeeds is likely to be done if it be This was written by Mir Burkett three years ago. Il this book farther along, page 1877, under tn head The Cotton Picker ' statements which, had talent could not have written more to the pont In rel to my invention. This IS what Prof Burket says, speaking of the necessity of cotton picker profits greatest picking sathsT cotton today Just as a was uone m o 3 % b ya % b{ @ H a tb only method of gathering the lint
 final phase of thet5 pseducon With wheat % s corn a oats ducion beenl time. of Slave labor Dssed paid labor took its place And labor cost ssdtS, increasing o costs % more ss a than of the South then. lies direction ion Some | w come s of for better pspsa ing yield but the greatest improvement will be s crop Rs1 d P obtains Ga s ha sne vezting of other
 we were ay years producing the xss, harvester, s ing ft-a not as involved a in the harvesting of cotton?
 ~"fhe cotton picker win In it's experimental it Is not to be dismissed with the hand t picks That much Is certain. time it will pick prohtabay
 ~The successful cotton picker he work efficiently cheaply. It be to pick without injury to plant unopened bolls.
 ~The fact the cotton slowly as has three, four, pickngs, piicates cotton harvesting; but at distances fields planned for drawn OFFICE AND FACTORY,
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-29

It is scarcely likely that there will be any prosecutions of recently elected state officials under the Boykin Wright law, which requires that there shall be filed with the comptroller general within 20 days after the election a sworn state ment of expenses of the candidate, the source of the funds and what they were paid out for.
 The law applies both to state and coun- ty officials and requires the filing of expense accounts by the latter with the clerk of the superior court.
 As there were no contests of any mo- ment in the state election of October z, everybody seems to have overlooked the law which was passed at the recent ses- sion of the general assembly. Nobody, perhaps, attached any importance to it. Naturally it was connected more with the primary in which the real political fighting takes place.
 Anyhow it was forgotten until Monday of this week, and the time was out to- day It was. brought to the attention of those state officials who are now at the capitol on Monday afternoon and they made haste to comply with it. Some others who were not here and had over looked it did not file their statements, and today was the last day allowed by law.
 Ln default of, compliance with the law the state official or candidate for state office is held to be guilty of a misde- meanor, and it is provided that he shall be so punished.
 In the state election, however, most of the officials who had no opposition were like Judge R. B. Russell of the state court of appeals who made an affl- dayit that he didn't spend cent in con nection with his race for reelection. It is doubtful if any of them spent anything outside of the candidates for pension commissioner, and there were seven of these all running as hard as they knew how
 Gov.-elect Joseph M Brown had no ex penses incident to the regular state cleo tion, outside of his traveiing expenses in visiting various sections of the state. His opponent, w. Yancey Carter, filed a statement showing that $450O was spent in behalf of his election, and he only got e,Ooo votes
 While the forgetfulness of the newly elefted officials and candidates has catsed considerable amusement in view of3 the interesting possibilities, it is not iii 1ely that there will be any prosecutions
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-29

In that valuable book Cotton by Prof Charles Wm Burket of the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts in collaboration with Clarence Hamilton Poe this statement is made:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-29

There are interesting possibilities in the decision this week of the state court of appeals which holds that a Confederate veteran has the right to establish and operate a near beer saloon without pay ing any tax or license for the privilege.
 The result of this decision is not only to turn into a practical dead letter all the municipal ordinances which have sought to suppress the near beer" bus mess by prohibitive tax, but it is pre- dicted 1t will also result in the loss to the state of a large amount of revenue which it had hoped to secure under the recent legislative act taxing near beer" dealers $20O each.
 Owing to the fact that they did not know their status, few Confederate vet erans have as yet ventured into near beer dealing. The one who made the test case tried 1t in Ocilla, where the town ordinance had put tax of s3OO0 upon it. He was convicted in the lower court but the court of appeals holds that this tax cannot be required of him, neither can the state tax.
 There is no scarcity of Confederate vet erans who are looking around for some sort of business at which they can easily earn a livelihood. There will be plenty of them turning up now in nearly every county in the state Municipalities might as well. therefore. dispense with their prohibitive tax ordinances, and get what revenue they can from the business, for the veterans are going to run it without let or hindrance.
 Just to what extent this decision will have the effect of reducing the states revenue can now only be surmised. It looks very much as if another cog had been slipped in the state prohibition law. Where it will break out next is be- coming an interesting subject of specu- lation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-29
The
 Home Of Good Pianos

This Company has al ways enjoyed the rep utation of selling only high grade pianos and organs. It has never been our practice to handle "cheap" pianos in the sense of inferior instruments. Every piano we sell or manu- facture is strictly high grade, the best that money and experience can furnish for the price we ask.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-11-28
RAILROADS SPEND LARGE SUMS
FOR NEW EQUIPMENT

Chicago, ILL.,, Nov 2S.-Powor and
equipment to cost s1.6OO,0OO was yes
terday practically ordered by the board
of directors of the Chicago. Rock Is
land & Pacific Railway system. 1t
was agreed that this sum should be
expended Immediately and bids will
be asked for the improvements at once.
The order will include thirty noun
tain type locomotives. large, than any
thing now in service on the Rock Is
land. These are to be used on the
overland trains
Seventy all-steel passenger cars of
the most improved type are also to be
Fought. In this connection i. l..
winehell announced that the Rock Is
land has adopted the all-steel cars for
all branches of the service and no
more wooden cars will be bought.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-11-28
CONSERVE
,dA RESOURCES
OF The NatiOn--C Commits
sion Will Meet In
Washington

Washington, Nov. 2s-The National
Conservation Commission will hold its
initial session In this city next Tues
day, at which time the first steps will
be taken toward putting into tangi-
BILE shape the results of the six months
hard work on taking stock of the ma
tons waters, forests, lands and min
erals One week later. after the com
mission has gone over the much talked
of inventory of the country's resources,
1t will hold a joint meeting in this city
with the governors of the states and
territories, or their representatives. At
this meeting the inventory will be
further discussed and the report which
President Roosevelt has requested the
commission to mike to him by Jan l,
will be formulated.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-11-28
Southwestern Oklahoma
Teachers at LaWtOn

Lawton. Okla, Nov. 2S.-With to-
days sessions the Southwest Oklaho-
ma Teachers Association will close its
tow days convention. The programs
which have been cgrried out have been
OF the greatest interest and have in
cluded every phase of pedagogy Some
of the most prominent educators Of
Oklahoma have participated in the ses-
sions, and addresses have been deliv-
cred by such we'll known public men
as State Superintendent e. D. Gamer
on, President A. Grant Evans Of the
state university, President F. Sharp
Of the Weatherford Normal. It Is es-
timated that nearly five hundred teach.
ers have been in attendance at the
convention. The organization Of teach
ers in the southwestern part Of the
state is the first district organization
to be effected In Oklahoma.