Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-05-12
ANNUAL EXERCISES OF THE PUB
Lie SCHOOLS.
Pastor r. o. Maum and Others Leave
for the Southern Baptist Convention
at Hot Springs, Ark.-other Items
of Interest.
Daily News Special.

Daily News Special.
Lumberton, Miss, May 1.-THE
home of Mrs. Anthony was visited last
Friday night by some unknown per-
son, and an attempt was made to en-
ter the house. 1t was supposed that
Mrs. Anthony, her daughter and aged
mother together with Mrs. Garner,
who with her husband board in the
house were alone, as the intruder came
before time for Mr.. Garner, who is
pharmacist for the Peoples Drug
Store, to come home. 1t happened,
however, that Mr.. Garner had closed
early and was in the house at the
time, and ran the would-be thief away.
No one has any idea who the intrud-
ing person was, so no arrest has been
made.
This is the first instance of at
tempted house breaking reported here
during the year, and it is supposed
that this was an effort to enter the
house for the purpose of obtaining
food.
The recent rains and cold weather
are telling on the crops in this Sec
ton. The rains badly washed the
land and in some cases uprooted the
growing crops, and in others the
crops were badly beaten by rain and
torn by the stiff wind which accom-
panied it. These followed by the un-
cold weather has at least
spoiled the looks of the young crops
thus affected by 1t, If the crops are not
injured.
The commencement exercises of the
High School will be concluded this
evening when diplomas will be grant
ed to Messrs. Will Huntley and Ed
gar Tunison and Misses Era Jenkins,
Alma Norten and Fannie Felker, the
graduating class. State Superintend-
ent of Education, ]. N. Powers, will
deliver the address to the class.
Saturday evening, the teachers
treated the graduates to a 1ery pleas
ant entertainment. The entire fac
ulty except Miss Eva Norten, accom-
panied by the class and the following
visitors, Miss Anna Mickey Camp, of
Hattiesburg, Miss Irene Hinton of
New Orleans, and Miss Evelyn Scott,
of Poplarville, took a two hours drive
in and around town, after which the
entire party went out to the level
ground near the turpentine still and
enjoyed an Egyptian Tea" The
party returned about 9 o'clock, and
pronounced the affair great sue
cess.
DR.. A. s. Applewhite is fitting up the
Bass building on Main street, for
drug store and an Office. The doctor
recently. graduated from the Atlanta
College of Medicine, and returned to
his home to practice his profession.
III i<OShC VIM lCCCnlly Ills
third year in the medical department
of Tulane University is at home with
his family during vacation.
DR.. H. B. Watkins returned, this |
morning, to his home in Hazlehurst,
after preaching the commencement
sermon for the high school.
Miss Mary Singletary, a popular
young lady of Mendenhall, Miss, is
visiting her sister, Mrs. R. d. Maum.
Pastor R. D. Maum, of the Baptist
church, will leave tomorrow, for Hot
Baptist Convention. He will go by
Springs, Ark, to attend the Southern
way Of Jackson and spend a day and
night with his sisters, Mrs. L. M.
Cooper and Miss Alice Maum, and
Join the convention party on the
through coach to Hot Springs, by way
Of Memphis and Little Rock.