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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-02-14
The February American Boy

The boys will certainly smile over
the picture lin colors) of the boy and
lemon which adorns the front cover
of the March American Boy. The
paper itself is replete with stirring
interesting and instructive matter.
There are further installments of the
fine serials: Jimmy Jones-Pirate;
That Dillingham; Boy; Canal and Jun
gle; and -Four Boys on the Mississippi.
Among the short stories are: A Re-
treat from the World, and Old Joshua.
The Tragic Story Of Pirates and Can-
nibals in the Big Aquariums will in
cite the boys to greater interest in
the inhabitants of the sea. The Boy
on his Muscle gives many pointers on
basket ball, and the Editors remarks
on, Loafing away from Home will ap-
peal to all parents. There are huDd-
reds OF shorter articles, all interest
ing, while the regular departments
are as usual filled with matter which
boys like. In addition there are
nearly 100 illustrations. SLIGO year.
The Sprague Publis hing Co., Detroit.
Mich. .> ... &C.. ...s> ID. j. . J., i:
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-02-14
Snake Story.

\ A story is current of a man living
npar Kirk, in Banner county, being
bItten twice by rattlesnakes. It seems
he had stepped over a fence when one
snake struck him in the ankle. He
killed the snake and sat down to open
TIP wound with his knife, and while
tn s occupied another RATHER bit him
on the back Of the hand. He trans
feted the knife to his left hand and
optned that also and then fastened
to the house, caught and opened a
chicken and placed it on the, wounds.
BeIond some swelling neither bite
proved serious and he is getting along
nicely. We could not learn the mans
name. Missouri Exchange.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-02-14

T. >. = t,{ T.
The students of the High School
will present their class play some
time next month The play chosen
is Goldsmiths famous drama, 'ssshe
Stops TO Conquer ...s,S. |S- !.
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son local agent for the Western Land
Securities Go, for plats and ali III ii,
formation. #1s
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least four years as comp ositors. can
secure valuable inf rmat ion 81 inter
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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-02-14
Pumpkin Pie.

Some low-browed, pessimistical stap
tistician has arrived at the deduction
that pumpkins are growing scarcer
year by year. This means, of course,
that by the time the city folks get a
vacation and hurry into the pastoral
country, the pumpkin pies will be all
gone. Some time ago the great prob
lem was "Shall we open the minis to
the free coinage of silver" etc. Later
the question of How to be happy
though married." agitated the COM
monwealth. Now we are up against
the real thing, if we may be allowed
the slang Of common parlance,-Ts
the pumpkin pie to become obsolete?"
Perish the thought! How we have
reveled in the luscious pumpkin slice!
1t recalls the halcyon days, the days
OF aspiration and faith, before the
rude hand of experience blue-penciled
few things on the page of life. Up
TO the present time, we have been
permitted to recall this joyous period
by occasional communion with pump
kin pie. Now we are to be forever
cut OH-the pumpkin is growing
smaller and smaller, fewer and fewer
each season, and will soon be mere
curiosity for the sideboard. Time was
when at cattle shows pumpkins were
fed the bovine beauties to keep. their
hair sleek, and the man who raised
the biggest pumpkin carried off the
finest prize. Alas, one by one the joys
of youth are being swept away and the
pumpkin rolls into the dim beyond
along with other beloved things, a
mourned luxury of the old-fashioned
days. Somehow these statisticians are
depressing. They shatter many hap.
py memory and create hobgoblins as
children build mud-houses. Vale the
pumpkin pie! But we still have plenty
of material left for mud-pies. Perhaps
we should be thankful for that
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-02-14
Copyright: 1907: by Byron Williams.

n szSopyr1gnI: 1SVI: by Byron Williams,
II The One Chance.
The man we need today is he
Who sticks through rain and sun,
The one who fights the bitter fight
Until the prize is won.
The secret of success is this:
Be always in the race
When Opportunity, my lad,
Comes shopping round the place!
Don't start thing with whoop and
whir
And push it like streak,
TO dWlndle down and quit the game
The next day night week.
1t may be just the hour you leave
That Luck will show her face
And Opportunity, my lad.
Comes shopping round the place!
When you begin task that's big,
Don't chase butterfly.
Keep doing what you planned to do,
Until the harvest's by.
You won't amount to beans, a hill,
If you neglect the race
And Opportunity, my boy,
Just passes by your place!
For once she goes, she ne'er returns-
At least this is the claim.
Don't be out chasing butterflies,
When she calls out your name.
Remember, she will call no more,
Nor leave single clew,
If once she finds you not at home
When she has raped for you!
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-02-14

The Western Guard, published at
Madison, Lac qui Parle county, j. F.
Jacobson's home, says the report that
Jacobson has agreed to stay out of
the governorship race in case Young
is candidate is untrue; that there
has been no conference between the
two and there will probably be things
doing between now and convention
time. This declaration on the part of
the Guard would indicate that ia
cobson intends to go after the nomi.
nation.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-02-14
Like Walking the Floor with Baby.

Like walking the Floor with Baby.
. Miss Bessie Horton uniquely enter
tanned few of her girl friends Satur-
day night with an owl house party.
The "owls'' went to roost at midnight
and were aroused by the alarm clock
lat intervals of two hours to sip cup
pf coffee, tell story or partake Of
Whatever form of entertainment the
fertile brain of their hostess might
fevise: The merrymaking lasted un-
I'll noon the next day when the tired
folickers were permitted to go to
their homes to sleep off the effects of
the nights fun,-Bernard (Okla.)
Press. t., &c.,.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-02-14

The politicians have already picked
delegates to represent them in the
national convention. 1t will be up to
the people to select delegates to repre-
sept themselves. Will they do it, or
simply ratify the choice of the office
grafters?
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-02-14

It has been gratifying to note of
late that a marked change has come
over the Pioneer Press. The corpor-
alton clutch on the editorial throttle
is notable for it's absence, and it's we'll
written editorials take account of the
public. AS newspaper it has no
peer in the northwest.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-02-14

"The Interests" and few politici-
ans OF the Office grating type view
with alarm the prodigious proportions
of the jacobson boom. Not so with
General Public, who views the situa-
ton with the greatest complaisance.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-02-14
Trouble Ahead.

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An exchange remarks that if the
average girl don't play the harp any
better in the next world than she does
the piano in this, there is going to be
trouble. b 81 5sz. s.s-. .=@: " :. a. =
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-02-14
. Call for the Unshaven.

Bring. your hides of all kinds to me
I'd be tanned, either with hair left on
OF off. III mile south and 2 west of
Fairview. F. f.: KUSCH.-Walton
(NGinn.) Express. -. 49,, ...... j..
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-02-14
Pleasant Hill News.

Frost will soon adorn our forests
with beautiful robe for burial. Sad
vet beautiful. p leasant Hill (Ark. y
Echo q. ....s5 .. & ! #5=5 81.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-02-14
No Men-vvives Need AnnIv.

##s We learn that one OF our best
clerks, = lady, will become a wife IN
few lays. Particulars next week.
Anderson (Minn.) Herald. . 81. !.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-02-14

Charter Oak Camp, M. ". A., OF
Sleepy Eye, will extend an invitation
to the camps of this district to come
to Sleepy Eye for the annual Southern
Minnesota Woodmen's picnic in June.
The camp will have the support
and co cooperation of all the business
men of the city, and the best of enter
tainment will be provided the visiting
Woodmen.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-02-14

At the harmony banquet of the
Roosevelt club at st. Paul, Tuesday
night, several of the speakers insisted
on having harmony if they had to
fight for it. If the Republican party
was freed from the malevolent infu-
ence of the political grafters of the
twin cities and Bob Dunn there would
be no occasion for harmony pow vows
Dunn sought to damn Jacobson's
prospects By giving him his balefu]
endorsement.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-02-14

Those who patronize catalogue
houses will be interested in the new
freight minimum charge on small
shipments which took effect Febru-
airy LIST on all interstate traffic. A ten
pound shipment will be assessed the
same charge as 100 pounds. For
example,, a ten pound shipment of
dry goods from Chicago will be as
sessed 81 cents freight. This will be
big blow to catalogue house trade.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-08-19
SENSATIONAL SHOOTING
IN LOUISIANA TOWN
ONE BROTHER KILLS ANOTHER
BOTH PROMINENT IN THE
COMMUNITY.
Hearst News Service

Shreveport, La, August ia spe-
cial to the Times from Monroe, La,
says:
The most sensational shooting affair
that ever took place in Ouchita parish
occurred about o'clock last night at
Bosco, IS miles south of Monroe, when
Ben G. Littlepage was shot and killed
by his brother, Joe r.. Littlepage, who,
1t is reported, is also badly wounded.
Both participants are prominent in the
parish and are big planters and mer-
chants
Ben G. Littlepage is president Of the
police jury and member Of the parish
Democratic executive committee from
Ward 4, while Joe r. Littlepage is a
member Of the school board from the
same ward.
Ben Littlepage has killed two men,
one his cousin, young man named
Mark Cam, and the other negro.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-08-19
NEGRO SUSPECTS
ARE UNDER ARREST
Sheriff Rushes Deputies to Pratt City
to Prevent Lynchins-sIacks viii
Be Carried to Birmingham Jail for
safe Keeping.
Hearst News Service,

Z Pratt City, Ala, August 19-The
home of Thomas Duggan, mine boss
for the Tennessese Company, was
blown up by dynamite last night. The
building was badly wrecked and shat
tered glass was thrown all over the
bed occupied by. Duggan's daughter
Two negro union miners have been
arrested charged with the crime and
these were lodged in the Pratt City
Jail.
Threats of lynching the negroes
caused Sheriff Higden to rush large
force of deputies from Birmingham for
the protection of the prisoners. 1t is
said that they will be carried to Bir.
mingham this afternoon for safe keep
ing.
The house of negro non-union
miner was also blown up by dyna
mite last night.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-08-19

BIG STRIKE
AT BOGALUSA

Mr.. H. M. King, machinist en-
ployed at the Great Southern Lumber
Company's plant, is in the city today
and states that there is great strike
on at Bogalusa La, where the plant
is located.
The Great Southern, which was be-
ing built at Bogalusa on the New Or
leans and Great Northern, was expect
ed to be complete and ready for bust
ness September l.. 1t is expected to
be the greatest lumber plant in the
world. For several months during the
financial stringency wages were grad
ually reduced. Monday morning no.
tice was posted that hereafter the men
would be expected to work eleven
hours day at the same price they
had been getting for ten hours work
The hands went on strike, all ex-
cept few that were unskilled. The
machinists and blacksmiths all quit
work. The pay they had been receiv
ing, it is claimed, was less than hall
of the amount usually received by good
mechanics.
About 500 hands were brought Out
from New Orleans Monday in antici
patton of strike, but as soon as they
saw the situation they retprned home
This mill was to have begun active
operations next Monday and it was
expected to give employment to 5000
hands, but the strike, which left only
about $50 men at work, and most o
them unskilled, will delay the opera
tion of the big plant indefinitely.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-08-19
FOR
OCEAN RACE
Hearst News Service.

Boston. August 19.-All the power
boats entered in the ocean race from
Boston to shelburne. Nova scotia, are
at the Hull station of the Boston Yacht
Club today, in readiness for the begin
ming of the race tomorrow. The affairs
will be held under the joint auspices
of the Boston and shelburne Yacht
Clubs.
The prize will be $3.50 cup, pre-
sented by the Binnacle Club of Har-
ward College. In addition the Boston
Yacht Club will offer prize to each
boat which completes the course with
in 36 heours after the finish of the first
boat. The distance is ESQ miles. The
race is open to seaworthy boats not
over So feet overall nor under 80 feet
overall.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-08-19
HATTIESBURG SHOP
GETS LARGE CONTRACT
Machinery Damaged in Fire viii Be
Repaired by Watkins Machine and
Foundry company-Burned Build
ings to Be Replaced.

The immense plant of the Kola Lum-
Der Company, recently destroyed by
fire, will be speedily rebuilt.
A rumor to this effect has been cur
rent in local lumber circles for several
days and was amply verified today
when the Watkins Machine and Foun-
dry Company received car load of
the machinery which went through the
fire, together with instructions to re-
build and return at the earliest possi-
BILE moment.
The mill of the Kola Lumber Com
pany is located at Kola. small sta
tion on the Gulf and Ship Island Rail-
road north of Hattiesburg, and has
large timber holdings in that section.
The rebuilding of this plant is anoth-
er indication of the early and complete
revival of the lumber industry in
South Mississippi and means much to
Hattiesburg.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-08-19
GOVERNMENT HAS
FRIENDLY FEELING
Great Fleet to Arrive on Port jackson
Early Tomorrow Morning and the
australian Flagship VIII Extend :
Warm Welcome. (.
Hearst News Service.

Sydney, August 19.-With the cher
ished ambition Of ecIipsing all previous
welcomes to the American fleet, the
people Of Sydney and of Australia are
awaiting with bated breath the arrival
Of the great Armada tomorrow. when
the enthusiasm that has been pent up
through months Of preparation will
break out in veritable pandemonium
Of noisy and tumultous greeting. Mil
lions Of dollars will be expended for
the entertainment of the visiting feet
to this city and Melbourne. Australia,
ttill an infant in the family Of nations,
tntertains great admiration for the
land Of Uncle Sam. The enterprise
that has made United States leader
among nations is expected, in the
course Of years to accomplish the
same result for the Yankees of the
Antipodes
There are diplomatic reasons. too,
why Australia is anxious to cultivate
and maintain the friendship Of Uncle
sam. The policy of. "A White Aus
ITALIA cannot always be maintained
unless the Australian government has
strong backing. England has no
feet in these waters and dependence
upon the mother country, the Aus
tralians realize, might some time
leave them in sad straits if Japan
should decide to insist upon the ad-
mission Of Orientals With Uncle
Sam in possession Of the Philippines,
the United States is forced to act as
buffer for the Asiatic menace which
is the nightmare Of Australia.
The great Yankee feet is sched-
uled to arrive off Port Jackson to-
morrow morning. The flagship
Powerful Of the Australian station,
with vice Admiral Pore in command,
will meet the fleet and extend a
-nayal greeting. In the evening Lord
Northcote, governor general of the
commonwealth, will give dinner in
honor Of the officers of the fleet.
The arrival Of the fleet tomorrow
will be made the occasion Of great
spectacular aquatic welcome on the
part of the public. From the heads
at the harbor entrance tens Of thou
sands Of spectators will hail the ap
proach OF the battleships, which will
proceed to their moorings between
lines Of pleasure steamers and other
harbor craft, bearing cheering multi
tudes, with flags flying and bands
playing. Once the battleships hayf
picked their noorings the feet o.
pleasure steamers will pass along the
line Of anchorage and another rous
ing welcome will be accorded th'
American bluejackets.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-08-19
I 7Denty Bodies Recouered;
Sixty Men Still Entombed
In MFdted English Mine

party were brought to the surface un-
conscious, and pathetic scenes were
enacted around the entrance, where
relatives and friends of the entombed
men were gathered to await tidings
from loved ones.
Many of the bodies recovered were
burned beyond recognition.
1t is believed that the explosion was
caused by naked lamp coming into
contact with gas in one of the work
ings Of the mine.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-08-19
APPLICATIONS
FOR PENSIONS

Applications for pensions for Con-
federate soldiers are now being filed
with the chancery clerk.
At the September term of the board
of supervisors, these applications will
be received, considered and passed up
on as to merits and those who want to
put in applications should secure the
blanks, fill them in and acknowledge
them, so that the board can give a
pension to those entitled to them.
Pension allowances are always made
at the September term of the board.
Several applications have already been
fled
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-08-19
PARDON FOR
R|CHBURGER
Governor Announces That He Will
Liberate Coahoma County
Embezzler Soon.

jackson. Miss, August 1s.-Gover.
nor Noel stated before leaving yester-
day for Meridian that in a few days
he will grant a pardon to George Rich
burger, the Jamestown bank cashier
who is serving two years sentence
for embezzlement.
The petition for this pardon has
been pending almost since his incar-
ceration, and it has been endorsed by
almost everybody connected with the
case. There seems to be an impress
sion, apparently shared by the Gov
ernor, that Of the several officials
of the bank Richburger was the least
guilty Of wrongdoing, and It is not
improbable that other prosecutions
Will yat be, had.
After the failure Of the Jamestown
bank and upon the trial Of Richburger,
the evidence disclosed the fact that
there was really little or no capital
stock in the bank. the stockholders, or
most Of them. having paid up their
stock with notes.
Just what reason the Governor has
for delaying the pardon of Richburger
after making up his mind about II is
not known, and he declines to say
Whether It has anything to do with the
probable prosecution Of the other offi
cials or any Of them. is purely q matter
! Of conjecture.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-08-19

Hine,ury ef the Ezeef.


Washington, August 1s.--The timer
airy Of the Pacific feet from San Fran
cisco to Samoa is as follows: The
feet win leave San Francisco on Aug
ust oath and arrive at Honolulu on
September 2; leave Honolulu septem-
Der 10. and arrive at Pago Pago, Sa-
moa. September 20, leave Pago Pago
September n and arrive at Honolulu
! October z: leave Honolulu October is,
and arrive at San Diego October 2s;
leave San Diego October 80 and ar
rive at Magdalena Bay November i;
leave Masdalena Bay November 80
and arrive at San Francisco December
4th.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-08-19
TWO KILLED.;
THREE HURT
Fast Speeding Auto Crashed Into
Moving Train Near ST. Paul
This Morning.


St. Paul, Mimi, August 19.-John B
Gluck, secretary of the Gluck Brewing
Company, of Minneapolis. and his wife
were killed here this morning, and
his two children and sister-in-law were
perhaps fatally injured, when train
struck the auto in which they were
riding at Cottagewood in Lake Min.
netonka.
Gluek was killed instantly. Mrs.
Gluck was pinioned beneath the
wrecked machine and suffered a slow
an painful death. The other occupants
were hurled many feet away, where
they were picked up manned and bleed
ing.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-08-19
ATTENDING SCHOOL
OF INSTRUCTION

The Masonic School of Instruction
for this district began yesterday at
Laurel and win continue through to-
day.
The following Masonic officers are
attending from here: G. w. Batson
worshipful Master; DR.. F. W. Queen.
senior warden, and Charles Fuller.
senior deacon.
The school of instruction in the
work of the order is being conducted
by Grand Lecturer Hicks and is de-
signed especially for the officers OF
the fraternity, but all members are
welcome to attend.
BY having these schools in the DIFF
ferent districts of the state. the offi-
GERS become thoroughly familiar with
their respective duties.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-08-19
NEGRO FIREMEN DISMISSED
BY MAYOR OF SPRINGFIELD

All negro members of the fire de-
partment have been discharged by
Mayor Reese "for the good of the SER
vice" Negro leaders are making vio-
lent protests against this action. as are
also prominent Republican leaders
who fear that it win have bad effect
on the prospects Of carrying the state
for Taft and sherman.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-08-19
Hearst News Service.

Springfield, ILL.,, August 1s.-The
First Regiment of Illinois National
Guard left this morning tor Chicago.
Two other regiments are still on guard.
The grand jury has gotten down to
work and the prosecuting attorney
says that indictments against the riot
ers will be speedily returned.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-08-19
Hearst News Service.

London, August ia message
from Wigan this morning says that af-
ter recovering the bodies Of twenty
miners. victims of the terrible explo-
sion last night, the rescuers were this
morning driven back by flames.
All hope of rescuing the sixty-fige
men still imprisoned has been aban-
doned, but desperate efforts are being
made to quench the flames.
Seven members of the rescuing
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-08-19
ALTERNATELY
BOUND over
Birmingham Man Charged With
Murder Must Await Action
Of the Grand Jury.
Hearst News Service.

Birmingham, Ala, August 19.-
Judge H. B. Abernathy, of the inferior
court this morning announced, his de-
cision in the conclusion Of the prelim-
mary trial of R. w. Thompson. charged
with the murder of Elbert Robertson
on July "a, binding the defendant over
to the grand jury without BAIL
The Judge said that he did not be-
lieve much Of the evidence presented
on either side.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-08-19

After pleasant visit to her sister,
Mrs. M. J. Epley, on Sixth avenue,
Mrs. Almond Henry and little daugh-
ter, returned to their home in vicks-
burg yesterday.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-08-19
HEARD SHERMAN
DELIVER Speech
Then ENDEDLI
Hearst News Service.

Utica, N. ", August 1s.-Rev. DIR.
James Phelps, secretary of Syracuse
University, committed suicide at no.
tel here this morning.
He came to the city yesterday to
participate in the ceremonies incident
to the notification of James S. Sher-
man. Republican nominee for vice pres
ident.