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Hay and Eeedstuff.

Yesterdays receipts of hay were 977 TONS in
Guiding "a cars. The demand was fair and
the market was steady. There was no change
IN feedstuffs beyond ali advance In broom corn
seed.
The hay circular of Somers & Co. says:
In spite of the fact that the season is grow
ing late and that all hay out OF doors is in
danger OF damage from rain, yet there seems
to be quite a bit of hay not housed and we
note but little diminutivn in shipments to
ket the total for the week ending today
amounting TO $3.50 tons, in comparison with
$3.50 for last week. The situation remains un-
changed in every way, with a day of light re-
ceipts showing improved figures for the choicer
varieties OF hay, and a day Of heavy receipts
bringing material weakness to the market.
ordinarily we begin to anticipate showers about
the middle of September and very frequently
we have to begin drawing from the warehouses
about the first of October. We anticipate that
this VIII be 80 this year, btteas practically
all warehouses well filed we do not antici
pate any shortage market although should
anything IN this line develop we can draw quite
easily from three adjoining states for con-
slderaDie supply. The future therefore should
cause apprehension to no one, and, as we see
II, there should be but little advance over the
present range of prices during the remainder
of the season.
Local business continues rather quiet and al
though many Interested parties claim they can
see evidences of improvement, yet the more
conservative ones report that trade is very
quiet, and although they do not anticipate any
improvement for the balance OF the year yet
they report matters as being in fairly satisfac-
tory condition. Until trade in general improves
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London Closing Stocks

Bar silEer-Steady: % 13-16d per ounce.
Money-h@% of / per cent
The rate of discount in the open market for
short bills is ! 7-16d1h per cent and for three
months bills 15s per cent.
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Loans. Exchange and silver
Wheat and Other Grain.

"ncaI anu Otner UralnH
Wheat-The market opened quietly after the
holidays, with futures neglected and no change
in the cash wheat. The Chicago market was
higher.
CASH WHEAT
California club $L6715 ALTO; do milling
$1.I0@1. I21a; California white Australian, 81 rs
a kS0; lower grades of California 81 45ai i go:
northern club, $1675 CLIO; northern bluestem,
$1.75@1.so; northern red. $1.65; turkey red,
FUTURES
10:3O a. m. Session
2 p. m. Session
Barley-The market was easier yesterday Fu-
lures were lower and the spot grain was also
weaker. Business was slow.
CASH BARLEY
Good to choice feed, spot, $1.30G1 .32h COM
mon to fair s125@1. .2S% per ctl brewing,
81 BIZ al 40; shipping, S1.35 3715; cheyalier,
81. 55@ CLEO.
FUTURES
1920 a. IN. Session
Open. High. Low. Close
December I.-......sl. "a si.s4 s1.ss s1.ss
p. m. Session
December opsR san 81 Hsh sa I How w. 6 GlSse. ss
Oats-White quoted still higher The
other descriptions are unchanged, but the mar
ket rules firm.
oats-Choice white, 81 70@1 .7215; No. l do
81 .55@1 .62Ia; red. recleaned, for seed, 81 .90Q
2 10; feed lots, $1.756l1 80 for choice, 81. so
CLEO for good and 81 .40@1.45 for common
black $2@2 60 per ctl.
Corn-There is nothing new to report in this
market.
California small round yellow, nominal
large yellow, 81 50; white, nominal; western
cisco track. yellow, 81 79; white. s1.7o; mixed,
81 II; Egyptian, nominal.
Rye-S140@1.45 per ctl.
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Flour and Farinaceous Goods

The Northwestern Miller says: Material i'm
provement In the demand for flour was the COM
mon experience of both Minneapolis and interior
mills last week Not a single mill reported
selling less than full output. while few sold
three times much flour they turned out
In the first three days of the week some mills
had rush of orders and made heavy bookings.
The general situation TO trade is favorable
and millers feel that business until the close
OF navigation is likely to be the best in several
years. The Minneapolis -four output last week
increased 43345 barrels, being the largest out
put since the week of March 21, 1908. The out
pnt was 237,340 barrels, against 271,355 In
1907
Flour-California family extras, S5.4o@6 net
without discount; bakers extras, $5.4015.65;
superfne, $4.20M4.50; Oregon and Washington.
per Dbl, $4.90@5.40 for family, bakers and pat
ents and $475 cut on; Kansas patents. San
Francisco track. $3.50; do straight $40; Da-
kota patents $3.50; straight, $3.50 per bbl.
Farinaceous Goods-Prices in packages net
cash. no discount, follows: Graham -four,
So per 100 lbs; rye -four, $40; rye meal. $500;
rice -four, $6S0G7. corn meal, SO. .05@3.25; ex-
ira cream do, $3.55G375; oat meal $4.30@4. so;
oat greats, $4.3oGa45O: hominy $3.4093. 80;
buckwheat flour, $4.o5@4.25; cracked wheat,
S3.30@S.5o; farina. s4@42o; whole wheat flour,
$50; rolled oats, bbls. $G@1 30. in sacks $4.30
@650; rolled wheat, bbls, $4@4.30, in sacks,
90; pearl barley, S5.20@5.40; split peas.
boxes. IS. 80 Der 100 Ibs
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Foreign Futures
Portland Butter Market
st. Louis Wool NIarke,

PoRILAND, Sept. -Butter-Extras, 31hc;
rancy' 2f1ac; choice, 25c; store, 1sc.
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WATER STOCKS
Marin Co - 81 SO is Wat Co. sf% 31X
GAS AND ELECTRIC
Nut L ctfs AZ IPac L COM. Il
Pac l. pfd.. 65 IStkn G. 4 E. 81
INSURANCE
Cal Ins Co.. so 95 IFireman's fd1A
BANK STOCKS
Am Ntl Bk.120 1870 ILon-Paris Bk-
Anglo-CsI -. so lMer Trust .190
Bank Of CaI326 $50 S + National
First Natnl .207 1910 Union Co..
SAVINGS BANKS
Ger s L. - 5000 s Say u. - SIS
Hum Saw Bk = 100 Saw & L So. 125
Nut Saw Bk. 90 80 Sec Saw Bk..
STREET RAILROADS
California 100 = IPresidiO 10 25
Uedry - t4O
POWDER
Giant Consolidated Co ............ 20
SUGAR
Hawaiian c. 90 lOnomea s. C. s9z 4ON
Honokaa $ 9 1874 Il Paauhau $ c. 10 1914
Hutch TIA 171l Union s Co.. AZ
kilauea c. - Do pool -. 43
Makawei C. 3S1s 50
MISCELLANEOUS
Alaska A. 5115 % iPac Aux III S
Asso OH Co. 31A 31Is Pac Borax 151
Cal A-100 Pae T&T pfd So "a
Cal Wine "A. III 4I12i Do com 10 1914
Mv& MtTm. 115 IS F. Oak & s
Oceanic Co IA - Con pfd. 90
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INFORMAL Sesslnn
CLOSING QUOTATIONS

TONoPAH AND GOLDFIEI.D STOCKS
Regular Session-9:30 70 f2.7O
900. Atlanta IS 1000 Hmestak K * n
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MISCELLANEOUS
SALES
Morning Session

IS Alaska Packers Assn ......-. sf.e2h
so Honokaa Sugar Co ............ 1875
100 Hutchinson p Co ..-........ II so
10 Onomea Sugar Co -..-..--. 1000
Pacific Tel & Tel (pfdl ........rS3. so
10 Spring Valley Water Co........ 81 so
) Spring Valley Water Co... 81. Is
so Spring Valley Water Co... 80. 90
$5 900 Spring Val Wat gen mtge As. 50. .S71s
81. 900 United r OF + 4s....... r. 25
Street
81, 900 Market st Ry 1st con 5s......1OS. rs
Afternoon Session
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Dried Fruits, Raisins, Nuts and Honey
Late mail reports from New York say OF fruits
and raisinss>
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-11

Wheat-The market opened quietly after the
holidays, with futures neglected and no change
in the cash wheat. The Chicago market was
higher
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-05
TENEMENT
IS BURNED
Building Soaked in Oil and Ten
Persons Perished in Flames
Which Defied Department.
Hearst News Service.

New York. October 5.--An incendi-
airy fire this morning destroyed large
tenement of the Mulberry Bend Sec
tion, and ten persons were suffocated,
all Italians.s Two persons are dying IN
the hospital and six others received
serious injuries. Fire Chief Jennings
said the building was a fire trap and
there was no chance to save the vic
time. Ten children were thrown from
the upper story windows, being safely
caught in the arms of policemen and
firemen. The police have a good de-
scription of the man seen rolling bar
rels of oil soaked waste into the hall
way.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-05
BOIL WEEVIL
CONVENTION
Bladeslee and Lloyd Will Deliv-
er Addresses at Vicksburg
On October Ia.

Vicksburg, Miss, October 5.-Com-
missioner H. E. Blakeslee, of the state
department of agriculture and COM
merce, has accepted the invitation of
the Nicksburg Board of Trade and
Cotton Exchange to attend and deliv-
er an address before the boil weevil
meeting to be held there on Wednes-
day October IA.
Prof. E. R. Lloyd, of the Starkville
A. & NJ. College, has also been invited.
and will very likely attend. Efforts
will be made to have government ex-
perts, men employed by Uncle Sam to
tell how to fight the weevil, and how
to grow a cotton crop in spite of him,
and it is likely there will be an ad-
dress by at least one of these experts.
The two Vicksburg organizations
have pledged themselves to get out a
good attendance, and all indications
point to a meeting similar to the one
held in Natchez a short while ago, the
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-05
WAREHOUSE MANAGERS
REFUSED To RESOLUTE
No Importance Is Attached to Occa-
sional Threats Posted on Cotton
Gins-No Organization Is Believed
to Exist Among the Outlaws.

Jackson, Miss, October 5.-Follow-
ing the refusal by large majority
vote of the Farmers Union Ware
house managers, in session here few
days ago, to adopt a resolution con-
demning the practices of night riders,
almost every county organization and
local branch in the sbte has adopted
such a resolution. Many of these
have been furnished the local papers
and as a whole the sentiment of the
union on the subject has been given
very wide publicity.
In view of the fact that no new
threats have been made within the
past few days, no gins posted, and no
carry out of the threats previously
conveyed by this method, it has come
to be regarded as matter of no great
consequence. and as having been In
stituted as joke or was nipped in
the bud early by a general revulsion
of feeling throughout the country.
The state officials of the union
whose offices are located here, attach
no Importance to the threats made
in different parts of the state, and es-
pecially do they repudiate the idea
that there is any organization, or that
it has any connection whatever with
the Farmers Union, as has been sug-
gested in some quarters.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-05
PLANTS STARTING UP
ALL over THE DISTRICT
: Many of Them Have Enlarged and
Others Are Building Railroads to
Tap New Tracts of Timber-A Com
prehensive Summary of Conditions.

The lumber industry will be normal
again in less than four weeks.
This is not matter of speculation,
but matter of fact, ascertained by
direct information from the mills OIL
the Hattiesburg district.
Out of a total of 233 mills to which
inquiries have been sent something
like seventy replies have thus far been
received. Out of this number only two
mills have gone out of business, four
teen will remain idle until November
1, while eleven are preparing to start
this week or next. The rest of them
are running.
At least seven miles of new railroad
is now under construction and several
plants have been greatly enlarged,
some of them doubled in capacity
since last season.
In all of the replies received from
these inquiries not discordant note
is sounded, but the lumber men of the
district, with one voice say that bust
ness is improving and that the future
'1ooks good" to them.
The replies from the mills follow:
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-05

results of which will be of the greatest
benefit to the cotton interests in the
state.
The appearance of the boil weevil
in various parts of the state, the as
surance that the insect will do much
harm by next year, and the certainty
that by that time the state will be
practically covered with the destruc-
tive bug, so far as the cotton growing
sections are concerned, have aroused
a great deal of interest in the subject,
and cotton planters from all the ad-
iaceht territory will doubtless be in
Vicksburg for the purpose of getting
all the enlightment possible on this
important subject.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-05
LUMBER INDUSTRY IS NOW RAPIDLY Y REVIVIN(
The HatieSbmrg Nezvs
Strikes the Key-Note

Gano Miss,
The Hattiesburg Hattiesburg,
GentemenWe the key
note when it begins give the mill lumber
The writer has often thought papers
making this
The Simpson County Lumber
the Laurel branch the Ship
Their specially
prepared to furnish timber Lobloley
present holdings will las them for twoye years.
At they buying of delivered
outside parties,
truly
SIMPSON COUNTY LUMBER co.
w. j..
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-05
Business Picking UP.

Gulfport. Miss, October 5.-Oficials
of the Gulf and Ship Island Railroad
say that practically all of the mills
or the road between Gulfport and
.Mekson will be in operation before
the first of November. Many of them
have already started with full forces
of hands. The j. e. North mill at
Bond is still idle, the plant being In
the hands of a receiver, but an effort
will be made to reorganize the com
pany.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-05
Big CONTRACT
FOR SEWERS
jackson City Council Will Pro-
vide For the Building of
Twenty Miles of Mains.
Daily News Special.


Jackson, Miss, October 5.-At it's
meeting tomorrow afternoon the Jack
son city council will let contracts
for the laying of more than twenty
miles of new water mains, in addition
to the taking up of several miles of
small mains and the substitution of
larger pipe.
The pipe for doing this work was
purchased a month ago, and several
car loads of it has already arrived.
The remainder will be shipped in am
pie time to be laid as the contractors
need it, and the work can begin at
once and can be pushed to a rapid
finish.
The plans contemplate the putting
of water within reach of every house
located within the city limits, with a
fire hydrant near enough to any house
to afford fire protection. The cost will
be more than 100000, major portion
of the 10000 of municipal improve
ment bonds having been set aside for
that purpose.
The next largest item in the appro-
priation from the bond funds is that
for the extension of the city sewerage
system, and this work will be taken
up as soon as the waterworks exten-
sion is finished, if not before. =. In fact
the two jobs may be handled stimuli
taneously in the territory where both
are necessary.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-05
GIN
IS BURNED
Twenty Bales of Cotton Destroy
ed and Loss is Estimated
at About $500.

Prentiss, Miss, October 5.-Dr. J.
]. Parker's gin, two miles north of
town, caught fire Friday about l
o'clock and burned down in a few
minutes, destroying the entire plant
and about twenty bales of cotton. A
large crowd congregated, but with the
high wind to contend with they could
not accomplish anything in the way
of fighting the fire. The loss is esti-
mated at $500 with no insurance.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-05
Ruildinn Railroad-Needs Men.

Gandsi, Miss, October 5-The mill
of the Mason Lumber Company at this
place did not stop during the financial
depression. 1t has a capacity of 75,-
900 feet day and employs $50 men.
Entire output is sold for 60 days. This
company is now engegad in the con-
struction of three miles of railroad to
tap a new tract of timber and is need
ing men.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-05
NEWMAN MILL CONTRACT IS
AWARDED IN SCRANTON, PA,
SORSbY AND FERGUSON
ARE STILL At Large
Daily News Special.

Daily News Special.
Jackson, Miss, October 5.-Nothing
has so far been heard from the search
for viii Sorsby, the fugitive murderer
of Postoffice Inspector Chas Fitzger-
aid, who escaped last Tuesday night
shortly after the tragedy. The United
States detectives are working very
quietly, and if they have made any
reports of their progress they have
been kept very close by the authori-
ties.
All sorts of rumors and speculations
are still going the rounds, but each,
when traced to it's source, proved to
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-05
Carson Mill to Resume.

Carson, Miss, October 81. N.
Stewart, president and general man
ager of the Geneva Lumber Company
of this place, announces that his COM
pany is preparing to. resume operation
in about three weeks. The capacity
of the plant is now 10000 feet a day
and this is being doubled. The COM
pany is also putting in two and one
half miles of additional railroad and
new boilers and engines, new dry
kilns, pumps, etc.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-05

be founded upon nothing at all.
Nothing has yet been heard from
Austin E. Ferguson, who killed Ethel
Maxwell, an inmate of house in the
redlight section of this city early Sat
urday morning, was captured in a su-
burb of Brookhaven Saturday after
noon, and an hour later escaped from
the officers who had him in charge
bringing him to this city, leaving them
on the train somewhere between Gall.
man and Crystal Springs If any spe.
cial effort has been made to effect his
recapture they have not been reported
here
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-05
Has Doubled Its Capacity.

Picayune, Miss, October 5.-The
mill of the Pearl Land and Lumber
Company at this place has just
changed hands and resumed business
on October 5 with new slate. The
capacity of the mill has been doubled
by the addition of new machinery
and equipment and will cut at least
10000 feet day, giving steady en-
ployment to 300 men. J. c. Morse is
the new manager of the mills and
will devote his entire attention to the
business.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-05
Mill is Rebuilding.

Kola, Miss, October 5.-The plant
of the Kola Lumber Company, burned
several months ago, is being rebuilt
and will resume on October 10 with
a force of $50 hands. 1t has capacity
of $4,000 feet a day. The new mill
will be an improvement over the old
one.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-05
Output Already Sold.

Norfeld, Miss, october 5.-The But
terfield Lumber Company is running
on full time with 45O men and the out
put of the mill is sold for ninety days
ahead. This mill is cutting more
lumber than ever before in it's his
tory.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-05
FIRE RACES
ON FRISCO'S
WATER FRONT

San Francisco October "a fire
which started in the bunkers of the
Pacific Coal Company last night is rag
ing on the water front today. Sew
eral warehouses have been destroyed
and the loss already amounts to half
a million. The entire fire fighting
force of the city is at work.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-05
Increased Capacity.

Bassfeld, Miss, October 5.-Stead-
man and Wentworth, proprietors OF
the big mill at this place, are optimis-
tic over the lumber outlook. Their mill
is now running on full time with a
daily capacity of 1000 feet and en-
ployes $50 men. The output is larger
than at this time last year.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-05
PopuIarviIIe Mill to Resume.

Popularville, Miss, October 5.-The
Popularville Lumber Company an
nounces that it will resume operation
in about three weeks with capacity
of $4,000 feet day. 1t will give em.
ployment to 100 hands and cater to
both the domestic and export trade.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-05
Output Sold at Hathorn.

Hathorn, Miss, October 5.-A. H.
Ball is running his mill at this place
at daily capacity of 10000 feet Civ
ing employment to 32 men. The out
put of the plant is sold for several
months ahead.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-05
Preparing to start.

DLo.. Miss, October 5.-The Buck
walter mill at this place is in opera
tion. The D'Lo Lumber Company mill
is preparing to start.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-05
Business at Richton.

Richton Miss, October. 5.-The
Richton Lumber Company, Beaver
Dam Lumber Company, and Cantren
and Graham mills are all running. The
former is operating on full time.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-05
SHOT HIS Wife
IN JEALOUS RAGE

Chicago, October 5.-George H. Gill
son this morning shot and probably
fatally wounded his wife and attempt
ed to kill Miss Jennie. Barnes, who was
with Mrs. ellison, then he turned the
pistol on himself and committed sui
eide.
Gibson and wife were recently separ-
ated and the act is attributed to jeal-
ousy.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-05
Ship Island Mill Running.

Sanford, Miss, October 5.-The Ship
Island Lumber company's mill at this
place is running, the daily output av.
eraging $4,000 feet. The present force
consists of $50 men.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-05
*****************'

The ]. J Newman mill, destroyed by
fire early last spring, is to be rebuilt
in Hattiesburg. Work on the rebuild
ing of the mill is to begin at once and
the big plant is to be ready for opera
tion by the first of next March.
These statements are all based on
telegram received from President F.
L. Peck this morning, and which is
herewith reproduced in full.
Scarcely less important is the fact
that the new mill is to be of steel con-
struction absolutely fre-proof through
out, thus assuring its permanency as
a local industry.
Nothing is said in Mr.. Peck's tele-
gram of the size and capacity of the
new mill. but the News learns on alto
gether reliable authority that the new
plant will be larger than the old one.
it will be more modern. Its capacity
will be materially increased and the
number of men employed in the mill
and in the immediate vicinity of Hat
tiesburg will not be less than 1000.
A representative of the contracting
firm of Filler & Sowell is now en- route
to Hattiesburg with the plans for the
building and the work of clearing
away the fragments of the old mill
preparatory to the erection of the
new one will begin Immediately on his
arrival doubtless before the end of
the present week,
The contractors have only five
months within which to complete the
great building and to install the neces-
sary machinery. In this length of
time more than $4,000 will be dis
bursed in Hattiesburg for labor, mate
rials and supplies.
While it will be approximately five
months before the new plant is in
operation. Hattiesburg will feel its eff
fects from the moment that active
construction is begun on the plant
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-05
Eastman-eardner Mill Running.

Laurel, Miss, October 5.-The mill
of the Decentralization Lumber Com
anyp, one of the largest in the belt
is running on full time with force OF
about 500 men. No information is
available as to the output.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-05

on full time. The mills of w. c. Wood
Lumber Company and j. M. Russ
Lumber Company are also running,
giving employment all told to some
thing like 1000 men. Business is
booming here.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-05
Sash. Door and Blind Factory.

Gulfport, Miss, October 5.-The
plant of the Gulfport Sash, Door and
Blind Factory did not shut down. 1t
is now working force of 25 to 30 men.
Mr.. r. L. Skinner, the manager, says
that future prospects are good.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-05
Good at Columbia.

Columbia, Miss, October 5.-The B.
l.. Anderson Mill Company, Haney-
Wesson Company, Marion Lumber
Company and Watts Lumber Company
are in operation.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-05
BOOMING at Collins.

Collins. Miss, october 5-The Will
liamsburg Lumber Company's MILL
which recently passed into me hands
of a New York syndieate q running
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-05
Mize Mill to Start.

Mize, Miss, October 5.-The mill of
w. D. Cook at this place will resume
operation on November l with daily
output of $4,000 feet.