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Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-04-18

TRUST AGAIN
Wants Citizens Of Long Beach to
Erect Their Own Lines and
Then Pay Big Tolls.

Gulfport, April 1.-THE Cumber.
land Telephone company Is having a
row with the people and council of
Long BEACH. At a melting last week
in which the council and representa-
tives of the Business League parti-
cipated the following proposition was
made to the citizens: Those who want
telephones must erect the poles, string
the wires and keep in repair a tele-
phone line at their own expense. The
company would make the circuits for
1885 month for each circuit and
81 year for each telephone box on
the circuit The company could put
as many telephones on a circuit as
they chose. The company would re-
quire the subscribers to have their
own treasurer and collect the long
distance tolls and the monthly and
annual dues.
When this offer was presented
there was storm of indignation
swept over the assemblage and many
hot words were passed, in which the
telephone company was called some
very "uncomplimentaryy names.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-04-18
Editorial Refreshments.

Editor Harris of Hattiesburg dis
courses sweetly of large and lucious
strawberry shortcakes that will be
set as feast fit for the gods before
the press boys at the coming con-
vention. Strawberry shortcakes are
all right on the side, but what the
thirsty press gang wants to know is
about the quantity and brand of
booze Editor Harris is going to hand
out on that historic and fetsive oc-
casion.-Gulfport Journal.
Now wouldn't that stagger you
Isn't it the essence of editorial in
science to suggest such thing, and
to spell the stuff out in plain English ?
Booze.
That's the word. And 1t actually
makes our head swim to think of it.
The Daily News is prohibition
paper-refuses to print liquor ads,
even from the jag-shop across the
street from the Gulfport Journal Of
fice-and Editor Mosgrove knows it.
We're willing to furnish strawberry
Embellishments If you like it
but bo-o-z-e-not us.
We want the editors to see Hat.
tiesburg. We want them to admire
our tall buildings, our splendid paw.
ed streets, handsome banks and
stores. And it isn't necessary for us
to exaggerate things by making then
see double, however successful the
plan may have proven in Gulfport.
If Editor Mosgrove wants to, bring
private supply along for his owl
use, we'll let him deposit the stuff
in some of the sacred precincts o
our editorial sanctum, and We'll b,
glad to step out in the alley will
him and hold the stopper while he
does the rest-provided, of course, he
doesn't let Fred Sullens and Burgess
Dixon know anything about it.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-04-18
Up. K. is Coming.

Commenting on the short biograph-
ical sketch which recently appeared
in these columns, Editor P. X. Mayors,
treasurer of the Mississippi Press AS
ISOLATION, has this to say in the cur
rent issue of his Pascagoula Demo
crat-Star.
''The above is truly gratifying to
us, and is correct in all but one par
ticular, and that is in regard to hav-
ing missed four conventions. If our
memory serves us correctly, and we
think it does, we have only missed
attending one annual meeting and
that was the first one held at Green
wood, being confined to our bed by
sickness.
1--WE hope to be on hand at this
years meeting and If all goes well we
will be in the city of Hattiesburg at
the hotel Hattiesburg, Monday even
ing, May 18th, in company with our
better half, and the funds of the AS
sociation, which we have always
zealously guarded from thieves and
pickpockets. We hope to meet every
members of the press of Mississippi on
this occasion"
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-04-18


west of Tulsa in what is known as the
Red Fork District. This. is youched
for by w. A. Porterfield, secretary of
the Webster refinery, who says:
1.-THE well is producing four bar
rels day of almost perfect gasoline.
On test made by the general man
ager of the G. d. Webster Refining
company, which hts bought the out
put, it tested 81 gravity. In color,
pure crystal white-as clear as the
100 per cent. Usage spring water.
This natural refined Oil is ready for
use just as 1t flows from the earth.
Only two other freak wells are
known to exist One is in Pennsyl-
vania testing AZ gravity, and the
other in Utah testing AZ. Both Of
these are amber color. While we
cannot say more wells of perfect re-
fined oil will be discovered, we can
say, If they are it will maturity be
near Tulsa.
1--WE have samples of this oil at
our refinery and / can vouch for the
authenticity of the oil and the test"
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-04-18
FORMER HATTIEssuReAN.

The following is from the Jackson
Evening News:
"Mr. M. e. Wainwright, formerly
OF this city, but for the past year of
Shreveport, arrived in town last
night and is registered at the Lemon.
Mr.. Wainwright has host of friends
in Jackson who would like the best
in the world to have him move Back
and again assist in the work Of ad-
vertising the wonderful possibilities
of this vicinity. 1t was Wainwright
who put the jackscrews under the
capital city and sent the price Of Zeal
estate upward. II Shreveport will
give him half a chance he will do
the same thing there"
Mr.. Wainwright was formerly a
resident Of Hattiesburg and received
his real estate education under the
tutilage Of Thos. M. Ferguson.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-04-18
"H Fills the Foez. I"

Once more has Alfred Austin
taken his pen in hand" and sent
ringing down the musty aisles of i'm
mortality the memory of one of the
earth's greatest musicians. Thrice
blessed were Hector and Achilles,
for they had great Homer to pay
tribute to their memories. Happy
dbl and Aeneas, for Virgil reared to
them the commemorative monument
of his matchless epic, as Murat Hal
stead did to others in later years for
those who chose to pay the price.
But Mozart, the beneficiary of
Austin's genius, died too soon to read
the memorial ode committed to his
memory by England's poet laureate.
Couched in inimitable phraseoloey
embellished, garnished and wrapped
about withal in the graceful imagery
OF which Sir Alfred is the sole en-
ployer, it may be said assuredly that
no one else could have penned such
spacious tribute to his genius; and it
may be said with equal certainty that
no one else would have done so-not
even Murat Halstead, who made a
business of eulogizing the illustrious
dead.
For instance, who of our great sing
ers would have struck off this flaming.
white-hot and corruscating quantrain:
Where lies Mozart? Tradition shows
A likely spot. So much, so more:
No words of his own time disclose
Where crossed he to the farther
shore"
Then in another burst Of similar
melody, but more descriptive, Aus
tin sings again:
"The Sexton asked: What may this
be?
A kapelmeister? Hand it in.
The common grave to all is free
And for one more is room within.
Can you beat that? And then, will
one climactic flight of soaring mus
cry, the poet raptly cries:
1T fills the fooz. Now tread 1t down
With pauper, lunatic and clown"
What more is there to add? Whai
wealth Of laudation, could enhance
the fame. of mere human being?
When one has said: 1T fills the
fooz," can mortal pen say more?
Let the pages of history be closed
let the lips of panegyric be dumb
and let eulogiums cease Encomiumi
become merely perfunctory phrases
when we contemplate that matchless
line:
1T fills the fooz."
Wed almost be willing to. die Z
have such praise inscribed on oul
tomb. y
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-04-18
Shades of Decadent
Empires, This!

The case of Colonel William F.
Stewart. the regular army officer who
was recently banished to the isola-
ton Of Fort Grant in the wilds of
Arizona as a punishment for an Of
tense the nature of which President
.Roosevelt declines to divulge, is
without parallel in the history of
this country.
1t smacks more of the methods of
a decadent empire, where the right
Of trial by jury or the formality of
court-martial is supplanted by single
handed vengeance of the sort that is
vouchsafed to kings and crowned
heads, and nobody had previously
supposed that such trayesty would
come SO soon TO sta the pages Of
history in this land Nof the free
this home Of the brave.
The answer of Colonel Stewart to
the presidents command gives an
1nk]ing Is to why the travesty of his
banishment has not sooner shocked
he feelings Of Americans. With
no1dier,s nedelity. without murmur
Of complaint, he has elected to suf-
fer in silence, rather than complain
AGAINST the authority of the president
-fhe commender in chief of the
70 ~ story has leaked out. and
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-04-18

Several of the weekly newspapers
of Mississippi have called attention to
the fact that somebody is offering to
furnish them free plate matter and
patent Sides booming Governor
Johnson for the Democratic presiden-
tial nomination. 1t seems, therefore,
that there was something more than
"hot air" in Mr.. Bryan's assertion
that money was being used in GER
tain quarters to encompass his defeat.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-04-18
ABOUT HATTIESBURC
HATTiEsBuRa HAS

nal mas
Four banks with combined capital
and surplus Of $1,000, 900.
Deposits Of 100000.
Lumber mills bringing into the
city's trade territory not less than
S15,O00.000 a year.
Wholesale establishments doing an
aggregate business of over $4,000
GOO year.
Seven miles of street car track,
five miles of paved streets, electric
lights, gas, sewerage, three fine fire
stations, five handsome public
school buildings, numerous fine
churches, handsome business
blocks, including five and six
story Office buildings.
Fine artesian water.
Health conditions unexcelled.
Four railroad systems, radiating
In seven different directions.
Numerous. mills and factories.
Handsome 100000 Hotel.
Come to Happy, HustIing Hatties-
burg. the Future Great City
Of Mississippi.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-04-18

And now they tell us that the new
senator from Florida doesn't look half
SO. much like "AlkaH Ike" as his
newspaper portraits would lead us
to believe.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-04-18

Herman Ridder is out with an
other circular exposing the paper
trust. This time he shows how the
American publishers have been rob-
bed of $64,0O0,0O0 during the past five
years. And yet some people are fool.
ish enough to believe that there is no
money in the newspaper business.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-04-18

Gulfport citizens who recently in
vested in Oklahoma gas producing
lands have struck a gusher that
spouts pure gasoline. A few strikes"
Of this sort would put the Standard
Oil company out of business.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-04-18
NOTICE.

! win give to teachers and pupils
on Friday. May LIST at jackson, Miss,
during the teachers convention one
new typewriter (your choice of either
an L. G. Smith or a Columbia No. 12)
and IA other valuable prizes, for
answering only 20 questions, answers
to all will be found In "Ferguson's
Lessons in Subdivisions of Land Num-
bers," book which should be in
every office. home and schoolroom.
No fee whatever, will be, charged
for entering this contest.
For further information regarding
the same see your county superinten.
dent of education or address yours
truly, Thos. M. Ferguson. Hattiesburg
Miss.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-04-18

Mr.. Bowers is sending out his ad.
dress to the voters. 1t reads all right,
except he doesn't say just what sort
of steamboats, he is going to place on
Leaf River
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-04-18

The Cumberland Telephone mon
opoly is willing to give the people Of
Long Beach telephone service, pro-
vided the subscribers will "erect the
poles, string the wiers and keep in
repair telephone line at their own
expense" Now wouldn't that jar
you.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-04-18

When an ordinary looking man gets
Rugged by strange woman he usual
ly loses a shirt-stud, a watch, or
something like that.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-04-18

The Mt. Olive Tribune is for sale.
This is rare opportunity for some
man who wants to earn a competency
in few years and go abroad for his
health.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-04-18
Free Employment Bureau
Established for Lumbemen

The Mississippi Pine Lumber Asso-
citation has established free en-
ployment department, and Secretary
Ewing A. Walker will be glad to fur
nish help to those desiring it. He
has sent out the following circular
letter to the lumbermen of this dis
trict:
Pursuant to motion passed at our
annual meetin, March 18th, we have
established, in connection with this
office, bureau to be known as the
employment department.
; Through the Inauguration of this
branch, which will be operated by
the mills themselves, the members
have the assurance of obtaining for
themselves and all other lumbermen
reliable services. ~
. This bureau IL open to all, whether
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-04-18

Mr.. Taft viii resign from the cabi-
net, but not until after he has been
nominated for president. The fat
secretary isn't going to let loose of a
sure thing on a mere speculation.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-04-18
FOR CONGRESS.

We are authorized to announce
HON =. J. BOWERS
of Hancock county as candidate in
the Democratic primary for re-nomi-
nation to the 61st Congress from the
9Th district of Mississippi.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-04-18

An Atlanta preacher says that he
would print the gospel red-hot dn all
of the daily newspapers, If he just
had the money. We're sorry that
men of his sort are usually poor.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-04-18

If the bogus official organ of Per-
ry county didn't own property near
the present county jail-well, it might
be different.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-04-18
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. SAYS DEMOCRACY is Il:
THE coUNTRY's H

. THE couNTRY's HOPE. +
- The Democratic Party is the :.
= only party sufficiently large to =
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. emily Democratic to give hope Of =
. relief after the victory has been I:
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Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-04-18
NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS.

Copy for advertising will not be re
ceived after 6 o'clock on the evening
preceding date of publication. Ad-
vertisers viii please bear this in mind
and have their copy in the office be-
fore that hour.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-04-18

Judge Parker is a delegate to Den
yer. 1t is safe to say that he'll not
vote for Bryan.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-04-18

Some newspapers ought to talk less
and say more.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-04-18

If silence is golden, some of the
municipal candidates are rich men.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-04-18

Anyway, Mr.. Bryan is one of Roose
velt's five greatest Americans.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-04-18

Some men probably reason that a
poor reputation is better than none.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-04-18

Even easy money" is hard to get
these days.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-04-18

To be Merry Widow is one OF
woman's~ rights.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-04-18

= = = = e 90 = - = = .
OFERRAILS SHOWING Millinery
garments department
= handsomest exhibited Hatiesbug
efforts We the ladies this
to make their selections the
= OFERRAIL
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-04-18
Lost and Found

sARczlN MATINEE AT AUDI
JoRiuM AT 8 O'CLOCK THIS -AFs
TERNooN ADMISSION 10 AND zoe.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-04-18

FOR SALE OR ExCHANGE-For
Hattiesburg dirt, one good Victor
safe, size 20x3O inches. M. J. Epley.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-04-18

members or non-members of this or
ganization and all acquisitions for Of
fee men, skilled or common labor
will be given our prompt attention.
When you are in need of employees adj
dress us. When you learn of party
seeking position refer him to this Of.
fee.
Until we have thoroughly adver-
tised this department and exploited
same we may be unable to supply
all your wants but we feel confident
that after few weeks we can put
you in touch with the men you wish
to employ.
The services.o of this department are
offered you gratis; there will be no
charge made against you for supply
ing you with men. Simply file re-
QUESTION with us, giving specific in
formation as to what you want. 7
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-04-18
Situations Wanted

WANTED-Position by experienced
bookkeeper contemplating a change.
References, Address P. o. Box 331
city. 49,
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-04-18

Upon army officers
d the enmity of their sup
mot even from Roosevelt, who
as thus far usurped whatever powers
that seemed necessary for the furth-
erance of his personal ends, regard
less of congress and the Judiciary.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-04-18
Help Wanted

WANTED-By Al male stenographer;
6 years experience; will work for
$12 a week. Address d care Of
Daily News.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-04-18

WANTED-Four hustling boys to
meet early morning trains and
sell the Daily News.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-04-18
For Sale

FOR SALE-A lot of cypress lumber,
suitable for making boats. Apply
to Carley Manufacturing Co. >a16-St
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-04-18

Four banks with combined capital
and surplus Of $1,000,000.
Deposits of 100000.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-31
PLAN TO LEAVE FOR
GERMAN TURNFESI

Representatives selected by the Pa
cific turnbezirk TO compete in the ma
tional bundles turnfest at Frankfort-on-
tae-Main, Germany, viii leave San
francisco via Baltimore for Frankfort
bout the middle of June. The turner
competition viii be international In
character and members from turner So
cieties from all parts of the world will
participate. 1t will take place July Is
to 25.
Several hundred American turner's
have been entered in the competition
and the following prize teams have al
ready been entered by the Pacific turn
bezirk to represent California:
Gus Liebold, Eintraeht turnverein. San Fran
ciscoi John kopp. Albin Gentschl and Henry
Lo-entz Of the Mission turnTerein. San Fran
cisco; r. Bier, o. Busse and W. Koch Of the
San Francisco turnTerein and II. Stoyer of the
Sacramento turnTerein. Professor Robert Barth
instructor Of the Mission turnvereIn and turn
wart Of the bezirk. viii accompany the prize
team their leader.
Previous to the departure of the rep
resentatives two farewell benefits will
be given them, one TO be held at the
San Francisco Turner hall tonight and
one at the Mission Turner hall. located
at Eighteenth and Valencia streets.
next Sunday evening. At these enter
tainments the prize team will appear
and give exhibitions. Besides the gym
nastic features of the programmes there
viii be a literary program, to be fol-
lowed by dancing.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-31
ENGINEERS RESTORE THE
OLD STREET MONUMENTS
Records Destroyed by Fire Have
Been Replaced and Will
Be ComDIefed

The work of restoring the records
and street monuments of the CITY bx
the engineering department, which has
been going on contin uously since the
hre, is rapidly nearing completion and
soon the records in that Office will he
In better condition than ever More
damage was sustained by the engi
neer's department than any other de-
partment in the city. as all records
were completely destroyed and nra 4
tically ali monument lines wined out
While the smoke was rising from tho
smoldering ruins, men from the eneio
neering department began locating the
reference points in the burned district
and today the work Of the depa artnnent
is more advanced than it was before
the confagration.
All monument lines south of Market
street from Eighth 10 the bay have
been restored. stone monuments being
set in concrete nine feet below the sur
face OF the street. The lines in the so
vara district north Of Market and east
Of Larkin streets 10 the bay have
been replaced; also between Mission
street, Potrero avenue, Fourteenth and
Twenty sixth streets, as well as nor
tions of the Potrero, Precita valley
lands, Richmond, Sunset and Lake
View districts.
According to Charles H Holcornb in
charge Of the bureau of surveys In the
engineers Office, who leaves this morn
ing for a three weeks vacation AZ
Bartlett Springs, the work is being
rushed and probably viii be finished
by the end Of the present year.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-31
SET ASIDE HALF MILLION
FOR PURCHASE OF BOOKS

The board of trustees of Stanford
university has set aside 100000 as a
permanent fund to provide books for
the library Of that institution This
marks the elimination Of the efforts of
the trustees 10 meet the request made
in Mrs. Jane L. Stanford's last com
mUnication TO the board just before her
tragic death at Honolulu. At that time
the surviving founder OF the university
requested that her personal jewels, the
gifts Of Senator Stanford. be sold to
provide books for the magnificent new
library WI ich was subsequently de-
stroyed by the great earthquake
Before the sale could be consun-
mated Mrs. Stanford died, and the
Jewels went into the hands of the ex-
ecutors of her estate. The litiga ton
over her personal estate has just been
settled and the Jewels turned over to
the university trustees.
The Jewels zvarc soid at q private
sale, held in New York, ana it is sal.
tfaat tn, price received Tor them was
$500 600. In view OF the fact that Mrs.
Stanford sold some of her Jewels at a
great sacrifice when the resources of
the university were tied up by the
government suit the trustees felt ~,
the value Of those gems should be add
ed to the proceeds of the present sale
and the whole made a worthy memorial
to her devotion.
The appropriation will be known as
the Jewel fund" and the income from
1t viii be used exclusively for the
purchase Of books.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-31
CITY MAY TEAR UP
ILLEGAL SWITCHES

without securing any street permit
from the board of works or applying to
the board of supervisors for the priv
ilege, the United Railroads and the
Presidio and Ferries railway company
installed a quadrant turn switch con-
Meeting the lines of the two roads at
Polk and Vallejo streets one day last
week. The work was done in connec-
tion with the track laying on Vallejo
street, which the Union street line has
been putting in and was accomplished
before any knowledge of the move
came to the authorities
President Casey of the board OF
works sent answer yesterday to the
inquiry of the supervisors public utili-
ties committee that No permit has
been issued or applied for covering the
switch connection at Polk and Vallejo
streets between the United Railroads
and the Union street lines"
Supervisor Murphy stated before this
report was received that If the roads
had proceeded without permission the
track must be torn up. Chairman Gil
annini and Supervisor McLeran were OF
the same mind, and the committee will
recommend TO the board Monday that
Casey be directed to tear up the switch.
No one at the office of the Union
street line admitted yesterday any