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The Washington times., 1908-09-13
SOUND PHILOSOPHY
OF AL H. WILSON
Actor Would Be Newspaper Man
If Circumstances Had Not
Thrown Him on Stare.

Al H. Wilson. who opens a weeks
engagement at the Columbia Theater
tomorrow night, is a great admirer Of
the newspaper profession and has fire.
quently expressed the belief that II
circumstances had not thrown him be-
hind the footlights, nothing would have
pleased him more than to get into ac-
tive newspaper work The following
are few samples Of philosophical para
graphs that were found upon a scrap
Of paper in Mr.. Wilson's handwriting.
Have you ever noticed that there are
a lot Of people who would like TO see
the man on the top OF the ladder take
a tumble.
When broke, q bank ACCOUNTING mat
ter how small-has your best friend
beat a mile.
The poor man buys what the rich man
cannot afford
The ladder Of success IS not so narrow
ut that you can pass the man ahead.
1t is true that a barking dog never
bites. but then you can't always tell
when ne will quit barking.
The presen is likely TO be the future
for the man who sits around waiting
fo- something TO come his way.
The Washington times., 1908-09-13
COLUMBIA.

Al H Wilson comes 70 the Columbia
Theater tomorrow for a weeks engage
nent IN Sidney r Ellis latest uIlv.
When Old New York Was Dutch"
Mr. Wilson scarcely needs any intro
duction or extended praise as 10 his
dramatic and vocal ability since ne has
earned his unique and high position on
our conIempOraneOUs stage by well d.
rected and persistent EFFORT, aided by a
magnetic personality that has endeored
him 70 the public N fond and delightful
membranes
When Old New York Was Dutch"
is romantic story OF Americas early
history, and the plot ceuters in ard
around New York. In the DAYS when
the last Dutch governor. Peter S;uy-ves-
ant, was depOscd. and Col Richard
Nicolls installed in his position. IN de-
vising the dramatic scheme OF that
troublesome time and impartiug roman
tic colorinS 70 Il, considerable inseauitv.
originality and pleasing fancy has been
shown. and II depicts with remarkable
clearnesS an absorbing tale OF KnIclz-
erbccker history in the seventeenth cen
fury.
There viii be a number Of new SONGS
introduced by Mr. Wilson during III.
action OF the Play, the most prominent
being Helen The Old Chimnev Cor
ner.' Whispering Breeze ~Auf WED
ersehen FraUlien," and Around the
Camp Fire" This last named song y
q medley, which includes such enchanI-
ing recrains as a Song Of Home"
Annie laurie Tom NIOore's Believe
Me II All Those EnGearing Young
Charms" and SOuthlaud's Dixie"
The Washington times., 1908-09-13
PLAYED INDIAN"
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS
Louis Ungerer Has Acted Redskin
Parts So Long He Knows
the Language.

J. Louis Ungerer, this season appear
ing as the Indian, BlackhawIS, In the
James l. VerOnee Amusement Com
pany's sensational production, ''Bunc0
IN Arizona" is one Of the best known
actors OF Indian parts IN the world
Nj. Ungerer. who will appear at the
Academy this wee<, has been on the
stage for almost = quarter Of a century
and, strange 10 relate. has most OF the
time been playing Indian parts. To a
fine physique, with which Mr.. Ungerer
has been provided by nature. is added
unusually strong features in which the
characteristics Of the North American
predominant.
In years gone by, when Nfr Ungerer
was associated with the old Wallack
attractions, he was frequently surround
ed by real Indians, and in those DAYS
he took advantage OF the opportunities
10 acquaint himself with the IanpJa %
OF the different tribes. with the newt
able result that he speaks and under
stands the tongues Of several OF the
most famous tribes.
The Washington times., 1908-09-13
BELASCO.

Father and Son. shubert's new
comedy drama will De presented at the
Belasco Theater tomorrow night. and
the rest Of the week The play Was
written by Edgar SeIwyn. Il was writ
ten especially for the Shuberts, with
William Norris, the comedian. in mind
10 play the principal role, that OF a vet
Urinary surgeon. Father and SON IS
said 10 be the best dramatic and
comedy Offering OF the season and IS
unique in theme and Treatment
The story Of the new play tells OF
Doc" FiIkins, a veterinary surgeon,
who has adopted Billy. the son OF a
woman now dead, whom he once loved
Billy discovers that the horse doctor Is
not his real father and begins 10 as
sOciate with bad companions. Finally
after many serious affairs, Billy is ar
rested for attempting TO set fire TO a
factory. but IS saved from going 10
prison by the doctor, who learns that
the president Of the factory is actually
BiHy's father and has been secretly
married to his mother
The comedy and dramatic situations
are blended nicely together and while
the play is essentially q comedy, tbs
dramatic situations are tense and give
splendid opportunity for good acting.
William Norris has been engaged es-
pecially for the role OF Doc" FiIkins.
the veterinary surgeon, and the 8IesSrs.
Shubert have surrounded this bright
and gifted comedian with a cast OF IN
usual prominence. Supporting him ara
John Wesley, George Staley, George
Dorr, Herbert Cortheu. Edward Chap
man, WadsWOrth Harris. Dwight Allen.
Nat Register, Madeline Louis. Alice
Gale, Maggie Fielding, George Law
renee, and Nina Amiscoe.
The usual maunees viii be given
The Washington times., 1908-09-13
SPEAKING" PARTS
FOR CHORUS GIRLS

The four positions most coveted by
the members of the .'Mary's Lamb"
chorus are those Of the football. auto
mobile, riding, and bathing girls. who
appear with Richard earle when he
sings II No. Met No. ," During the
appear as the football girl, Miss Flor
ence Williams as the auto gir Miss
Marjorie Gaines as the bathing girl
ana Miss Lola Dillon as the riding girl
The Washington times., 1908-09-13
Here Next Week
At the TheaterS

" TILLIAM FAyERSHANI will
NM make his first appearance as
Wv an actor-manager at the Be
Jasco Theater Monday even
ing of aext w k He viii present
Charles Frederic NIrdHnger's The
World and His Wife" an adaptation OF
Jose Echegoray's famous Spanish
drama. The Great GaIeato" When
starring in The Squaw Man" Mr. Fa-
versham gave a single performance Of
this play in Boston, and with such sur
prising success that he has chosen IL
as the initial Offering of the repertoire
which he is forming Nj Faversbam will
be supported by Julie OPP. Nellie Thorn.
Olive Oliver, Gertrude Augarde, Alice
Belmore, Cooper Gin, Morton Seton.
Charles HarbUry. Sheldon Lewis. Ben
ton Churchill Henry Redding. Emmett
Shakleford. Albert COWles. Albert
Lyons. and Frank BiXby.
The Washington times., 1908-09-13
CHASE'S.

Chase's bids this week for a contin-
uance Of the standing room only at
tendance that has prevailed since the
opening this season The program VIII
be special novelties and diversions. in
Guiding "Onaip,' the wonderful Hindoo
mystery; Melville Stoltz's Players, Eio-
1ContInued on Third Page.)
The Washington times., 1908-09-13
CHASE'S.

Chase's next week will present Vir-
GINA Harmed and her own company in
a sketch entitled The Idol of the
Hour" The added Offering will be S
Miller Kent in a sketch entitled Mar
Continued On Third Page)
The Washington times., 1908-09-13

CONTINUED on Third Page.)
The Washington times., 1908-09-13
Comedy Offering
And Music Shows
At the Theaters
New National Opens Season
Observation-Disclosures az
BelaSco and Columbia.

. HE regular season at The New
National Theater VIII open to-
4 morrow night, with Raymond
The Washington times., 1908-09-13

Continued On Third Page)
The Tupelo journal., 1908-06-12
Notice of Public Work.

Notice is hereby given that the Board
of Supervisors will on the first Monday
of July the same being the 9th day OF
July 1908, at ? o'clock p. m. award the
contract for the following work, to wit:
Bridge across Cambelton creek bot
-tscsa,a o. tl7e- -Bebia2 piece. 90. the
Guntown and Baldwin road.
Bridge across Slough in Chiwapa
Greek bottom on the Rogers mill road.
Bridge across first branch on the Rog-
ers mill road north of Mr.. Yancey
Bridge across McGaughys ditch in
Town Greek bottom on Verona
and Nettleton road % miles west off
Nettleton.
Bridge across Town Creek on Leigh
ton and Union road near Belden,
Bridge across Mud creek on the Leigh
ton and Oak Hill new road.
Bridge across Smith Creek on Rich
mond and Nettlet)n road II miles north
Of Nettleton. .....
This June 3rd 1908,
NORBIN JONES, Clerk.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-06-12
TUPELo, MISSISSIPPI, FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 1908.
The Old Argument
Good Roads

1t is a revival of an old SUBJ
ject to editoriaze on the snbject
of good county roads, and it
seems almost 8 dead waste Of
time and space. With the ex-
ception of the beach driveway
which is is a tolerable condition
nearly all of the public roads,
outside the municipalities, in
Harrison County approach the
limit for general cussedness; and
that too, in the richest county
in the state.
Good roads more than railroad
or electric lines are avenues of
progress, and are the proofs of
the thrift and intelligence
through which they run. They
aid the social, religious and ed
ucational advancement of the
people and increase the market
value of the products from the
land.
Good roads are the first source
of commerce and they save the
citizen such time, labor and
money that their construction
instead Of being figured as loss
should be calculated as a profit.
There need be no envy of
those sections of a county first
served with improved highways
in a movement which contem-
plates the eventual improvement
of all the county's roads, for the
public roads are common prop
erty of the county and their
benefits are shared by all. When
one needed road is built and
property maintained it will lead
to other highway construction
and the only difficulty is to make
those charged with such duties
to see the need of a beginning.
The benefit is shared bv all
and all should contribute,
through the regular channels of
taxation and distribution to the
building and maintainance in
Harrison county of a system of
good roads, north and south, as
well as east and west, that
would make this section the de-
light of those who travel by
road, whether in an auto, car
rage. mule wagon or on the
hurricane deck of Ba laam's beast
Biloxi Herald.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-06-12
Organizing the Negro.
Hattiesburg News.

Hattiesburg News.
Colonel Tom Haynie, editor of
the Union Advocate, organ of the
Farmers Union of Mississippi,
has carried out his treat to organ
ize negro branch of the society
and the dispatches from Jackson
tell US that a newspaper has been
established to boost the move
men..
President Hightower, of state
Farmers Union, is known to be
vigorously opposed to Haynie's
negro movement, and the News
believes that a majority of the
white farmers of the state will
take a like view of tho matter.
The farmers Union has accom-
plished a great deal of good as an
organization of white farmers,
but the movement to hold cotton
has been seriously handicapped b.
promiscous SELLING on the part
of negro producers. Editor Hay.
ME hopes to stop this tendency
by bringing the negroes into the
organization, but many good cit
izens seriously doubt the wisdom
of the movement.
The Farmers Union is secret
society, and those who know the
nature of the negro are vel
aware of the fact that secret so
cieties have caused his undoing
in the past.
/ Un.tss lne white +; rmers Of the
sta : t;tAc proint,t s.ctlOi, 70 Stol
this movement to organize the ne
gr0 s. the entire union move
m ut will collaps G.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-06-12
The Negro in the West.

The reliable story comes from
Des Moias, Iowa that the cit
liens of that city are organizing
a strong league to supplement the
law by quick action in protecting
the VII. tie women from assault by
assuls by negroes. This means
that the negro broblem is y7)Y;ng
north and those people will cease
to take Uncle Toms Cabin as
their guide on the subjedt and
will get down to the facts in the
case. Thrt is just what we want
fertile problem will never be sol
we'd un til it is brough home with
with stern realism to the north
as it is to the south.
Now is this not a most remark
able situation in the state Of Iowa?
If it had come from the south
there would cave been no surprise
but we would cave thought that
in the north rnd west they would
have the dear" negro under
better control. Seriously, the
lower class of negroes and whites
everywhere are getting Wosse
every day, and euch law and or
der leagues will have tie organized
to protect our women against the
beasts. 1t is pretty we'll under
stood that they take their lives,
in their own hands in all cases,
and they should be made to
more fully realize and plainly
understand.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-06-12
HON. CHARLES
SCOTT TALKS.

Hon. Cnas Scott was a visitor
to the Governors Conference at
Washington and attended all the
meetings of that great body.
Here is what he says of Noel and
Williams:
''As a Mississippian. | was
greatly pleased that Gov. Noel
was selected to reside over the
conference duringthe presidents S
absense on part Of the first day,
and Notwithstanding The little
passage at arms between him and
Gov. Blanchard 5suching a mat
ter of parli .lentiary law, the Mi
sissippi governor ably supported
the splendid and stat esman-lik :
resolutions or declarations OF
principals prepared by his Louis
ana neighbor. in 4 short but eff
fective speech which pleased his
audience and was literally ap-
plauded.
while it has nothing to do
with the conference, | want to
say, that as Mississippian, l
was also especially gratifed dur
ing my stay in Washington to
hear on all sides, universal praise
OF Mr.. Williams, commendatory
OF his brilliant leadership of the
during the present ses.
sion of congress. John Sharp is
universally recognized as one
of the ablest statesman in the
and he is certainly one
OF the most popular men in pub
lie life at the national capital. p"
-EX.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-06-12

Of it to ride iuto Office, but this
is one time the man and the op-
portunity did not meet. rHatties-
burg News.
1t is we'll that thi important
question should be given pue
consideration and as soon as the
crops are laid by the question of
improvement of the roads should
be taken up and looked after.
No better Investment can be
made.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-06-12
The Georgia Election.

!
Hoke Smith, former member
of Cleveland's cabinet, owner of
the Atlanta Journal and one of
the best known men in America,
has been defeated for re. election
to the office of Governor OF
Georgia.
Two years ago .Hoke Smith
carried the state by a tremen-
dous majority. He made his cam
paign on an anti-railroad plat
form and the people rallied to
his support. believing that they
were being needlessly oppressed
by aggregations Of capital en-
gagged in the business of trans
portation.
AS Governor of the state, he
carried out his promises, sugges-
ting and securing the passage of
a drastic railroad rate law.
The triumphant election ef
Joseph M. Brown, comparatively
unknown in the World d of politics,
is nothing less than a rebuke of
Hoke Smiths policies.
Georgians have learned in the
bitter school of experience that
it does not pay to NAL Ike the busi-
ness of railroading uhprofitable
to stagnate industry and to
drive capital from the state.
Joseph M. Brown is a plain
citizen, scarcely known outside
the limits of Marietta, where he
lives. He is a lawyer and a farmer
possessed of sssome wealth, but
not a capitalist. But he is in fa-
vor of giving corporations the
same rights and protection under
the law that private citizens enjoy
no more, no less. During the
campaign he made no speeches
and no promises beyond a plain
statement of his position on vital
issues. The delnagogue charged
that he was being by the liquor
interests and an effort was made
to marshal the prohibition forces
Oh the side of Smith, but the
people were not led into the trap.
Mr.. Brown is a local optionist,
but promptly pledged his sup
port to the temperance cause
in whatever form it might be
presented dur ing his official in
cumbency.
There is a lesson in the Georgia
election. 1t presages the return
of the South to sanity and COM
mon sense and a rejuvination of
industrial and material develop
ment.
The News is glad that Misaiss-
ippi did not follow Georgia
Alabama, North Carolina and
other Southern States into
a senseless fight on the
railroads. There was a strong
anti-railroad sentiment in Mis-
issibpi at one time and a political
demagogue of the Hoke Smith
sort might have taken advantage
The Tupelo journal., 1908-06-12
N office TO the Travelling Public.

The West Bound Accommodation due
at 5 40 a. m. will reach Tupelo in the
future between and 6:10 a. m.. max
ing connection with NJ & 0. North
bound.
L. w. MCLEAN aa
Ticket Agent.
The Lamar register., 1908-05-27
Three pemiiohns of Liquor Recovered
After Thirty Years.

Many stories are written and told
lost treasures found. but the md by
'bomas Yancy. an old eX-confederate
older. equals that of any yet told.
brings back to the older residents
If this section memories of the past
vhen they used to thread through the
bickets and forests and swampy lands
asreabouts. During those days, over
10 wears ago. there stood near what Is
NV known as odd Shady Grove
bridge stillhouse known to every
man in this section. This stillhouse
was owned and operated by Bill sta
ZEN. Not far distant. coming out of the
side of a red clay hill, is beautiful
bubbling spring running the same to-
day as it did nearly half a century
ago. From this spring comes the wa
ter used in the stillhouse. After it had
operated for many years the revenue
officers made a raid and Bill Staten
vas captured and sent to jail, but Sta
,en's assistant. T. b. Torrance. made
The Lamar register., 1908-05-27
THE SPIRIT THAT is NEEDED.
seif-Abnesation, If Necessary, for the
Country's Welfare.


William T. Stead, the noted English
journalist, was talking in New York
about the worlds governments.
There is some truth in the saying.
he concluded, that nations have the
governments they deserve. Good gov
eminent is impossible without unself-
ish work, without self-sacrifice, on the
part of the citizens. What govern
ments need are citizens of the Lincoln
stamp. Lincoln, at the commencement
of the awful war that you are soon to
commemorate. was much abused by
one of his generals, Pennsylvania.
He was even openly insulted by this
man. In his splendid way he put with
that mistreatment imperturbably. But
when the thing kept on and on, grow
ing more and more fragrant, his friends
demonstrated with him. They told
him he was suffering more than was
reasonable or right.
But Lincoln only smiled his odd.
sad, humorous smile.
~T'll hold Gen. IS horse for him.
he said, If he will only bring us sue
cess"
The Lamar register., 1908-05-27
oolaen.LIttls,on Irritation District.

Denver.-With only two dissenting
votes out of nearly 100 landowners
with water rights under tho Agricul-
tural and Welch bitches. the stock
holders in the above.named bitches,
voted Saturday to form new irrisa-
ton district to he known as the Col
den-Littloton irrigation district. com
prising all land lying between West
Colfax avenue and Bear creek and Den
yer and the foothills. to turn in the
rights they possess in the old bitches
and in return receive rights from the
Intermountain Water Company from
the tunnel that will bring water from
Williams fork through the range to
the Clear Creek valley
The Lamar register., 1908-05-27
whet?"


Lock the door"
81 don't know" he answered. hon.
estly. Il didn't think you would no.
tice the click. Ask Paul.
I'll explain in a minute" said Lang.
ford. He stepped to the windows and
drew the blinds closely.
Now that | have you safe" he said.
lightly. III confess | had an old
woman's scare. 1t came to me that
as long as you are not, strictly speak.
ing. on kind and loving terms with
every one west of the river-and this
being such an all-round nasty night
anyway, why, I'd just spirit you home
and give the charged atmosphere a
chance of clearing a little"
Gordon locked at him steadily a
moment. His face did not pale. Yet
he knew that Langford had heard
or suspected-more than he intended
to tell-then. 1t was good to see him
shrug his shoulders in unconcern for
the sake of the two white-faced girls
who sat there in his stiff office chairs.
You are an old duffer, Paul" he
said, in pretended annoyance. You
treat me like child. | won't stand
it always. You'll see. Some day I'll
bel-and-then-"
Meanwhile. I'll just trot these
ladies back to the hotel" said Lang
ford. But you must promise to keep
your head inside. We're fixtures until
We have that promise"
What. lock me up and run off with
all the ladies, | guess not! Why
didn't we round up that way. I'd like
to know? This isn't Utah. Paul. You
can't have both"
Paul meant for him to lie low. then.
He was also in a hurry to get the girls
away. Evidently the danger lay here.
There was a tightening of the firm
mouth and an ominous contraction Of
the pupils of the eyes. He stirred the
fire, then jammed huge, knottod
stick into the sheet-iron stove. 1t
seemed as If everybody had sheet-iron
stoves in this country. The log caught
with a pleasant roar as the draught
sent flames leaping up the chimney.
But Paul made no movement to go.
Then he, Gordon, had not understood
his friend. Maybe the menace was
not here, but outside. If so, he must
The Lamar register., 1908-05-27
He Sat Down on the Step if He Were Drunk

Langford, in low voice. Come
quick-let's go back to your rooms.
Why, girls"
we will go, too" said Mary, with
quiet decision. She had caught a
glimpse of Red Sanderson's face
through the crowd and she thought he
had leered at her. She had been
haunted by the vague feeling that she
must have known the man who had
attempted to carry her oif-that dread
full night: but she had never been able
to concentrate the abstract, fleeing
impressions into comprehensive sub
stance-never until she had seen that
scar, and CHANGING away in terror saw
that Langford, too, had seen; but she
was not brave enough to lose herself
and Louise in the crowd where that
man was. She could not. He had
leered at Louise, too last night at sup
per- They could not ask the protec-
ton of Gordon and Langford back to
the hotel then, when Langfords
handsome. tanned face was white with
the weight of what he had to tell.
1T will be best" he agreed, unex
pectedly. "Come-we must hurry"
1t was Williston's little girl whom
he took under his personal protection.
diving up the street in the teeth of the
gale which blew colder every moment
with force and strength that Kept
Mary half the time off her feet. A
gentler knight was Gordon-though
as manly All was lark around the
premises. There was no one lurking
near. Everybody was dancing at
tendance on the courthouse holocaust.
Gordon felt for his keys.
How good it is to get out of the
wind" whispered Louise. This pro-
ceeding smacked so much of the mys
terious that whispering followed as
natural sequence.
They stepped within. 1t was inky
black.
Lock the door," said Langford, In
a low voice.
Gordon complied, surprised, but ask
ing no question. He knew his friend.
and had faith in his judgment. Then
he lighted lamp that stood on his
desk
why did you do that?" asked