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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-21
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OUR CANAL.

A French engineer says our Pan
anna canal is a failure. Well, it isn't.
1t may be that we cannot build a ca
nal over the mountains, because
there are no foundations at Gatun,"
but that is not final. After trying that
more fully, after having seen the full
amount OF water that can be rained
down and run on the canal, the en-
gineers can decide.
Discussing this proposition. the
Birmingham Ledger pertinently re-
marks:
IF we cannot build the locks and
dams we have one alternative that
doesn't require high engineering skill.
We can put Oliver, the builder down
there with big gang of Alabama ne
groes and cut that ditch from sea to
sea, splitting the mountains. There
is no doubt about a sea level canal.
IT VIII cost very little more money
and not a great deal more work to cut
a canal that there will not be any
doubt about. There have always been
doubts about the lock canal, notwith-
standing Mr.. Rooseyelts vehement
words. Great engineers do not be-
lieye the locks and dams can hold,
but there is no doubt about great
big. deep, wide ditch right across the
isthmus.
For this reason we refuse to worry
about the canal because it keeps
Dustin loose" We always have the
alternative of ditch from 'eend to
eend"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-21
A HOLIDAY INNOVATION.

The Saturday Evening Post pub
fishes the following interesting and
valuable story:
"A travelling salesman had an only
son with whom be had been liberal in
the matter of spending money, and
ather thoughtless. The boy began de-
veloping extravagant habits, and had
no appreciation of the value of money.
So the father made it a rule that all
the spending money he got in future
must be earned. The boys mother
was made the employer, and a regular
schedule of prices for definite chores
was drawn ur-two cents basket for
splitting kindling, five cents an hour
for hoeing garden, five cents hun.
dred for collecting potato bugs.
This reformed the boy in one way,
for it made him ambitious. He got
out of bed early in the morning to
earn money. There was always a big
pile Of kindling on hand, and he kept
an eye open for odd jobs of all kinds.
But the reason he worked for
money was that he might buy more
or less useless things that he had
bought under the old arrangement. So
a saving plan was added to the earn
ing plan.
THE boy was permitted to spend
one-quarter of all the money he made
in his own way, without supervision.
Another quarter went into a small
home bank, to be deposited in a saw
ings account at interest. The remain
ing fifty per cent of his earnings was
kept back by his father, half to be
invested in books and half in tools
and toys.
Before anything was bought out of
this final fund, however, father and
son had a conference and agreement
on articles to be purchased or books
selected. Thus the fund went chiefly
to the purchase of educational toys
such as printing-press, a scroll-saw
camera. No anticipation of pay
ments was permitted, nor any trans
fer of money from one fund to another
to hurry the contamination of a pur-
chase. In that way the fact that there
was a surplus on hand did not kill
the incentive to work for an object"
1t is the special business of our say.
ings department to take care Of saw
ings and earnings of this nature and
while being cared for they will be
earning interest at the rate OF 4 per
cent per annum.
On making the first deposit of one
dollar we furnish you with a small
private bank to take home with you.
You could not select a Christmas
present for any member Of the fam
lily that would be more useful and
more productive of happiness than
this. We shall be glad to explain
more fully if you will call.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF COM.
MERGE,
II. Hattiesburg, Miss.
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law, in good order to cowignee.

law, in good order to cousignee,'
This would leave all questions of
law or damage or failure to fulfill the
carriers obligations to be determined
by the laws defining their liability; but
these are state laws and they differ
somewhat widely in different states.
This would not only make the collec-
ton of claims a matter of delay, diff
ficulty and expense, but such bills
would be unsatisfactory to most ship
pers and to all bankers, who are ex-
pected to make advances on their Sc
curity. Bills OF lading represent title
TO an enormous amount of property
con stantly in transit from place TO
place to be delivered only on presenta-
ton of the bills. One of their most
important uses is that of security for
advances made by banks in discount
ing drafts for payment for the goods,
and for that they must be negotiable,
making the goods deliverable on order
to the holders of the bill. The bank
must have secure title to the property
until the drafts are paid, and be able
10 take possession of it and sell it
if necessary. The question of liza
bility for loss, impairing value or in
terfering with recovery, became inn
portant not ony to shippers and con-
signees but to bankers or anyone to
whom title may be transferred"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-21

Some of our esteemed exchanges
are devoting time and space to analy-
sizing the returns of the recent I'M
fcrunate presidential landslide, but
what's the use?
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-21

The Bay st. Louis Echo has been
enlarged to a seven-column eight-p
paper and is one of the handsomest
and most readable weeklies that
reaches this office. Editor Moreau has
recently installed a Mergenthaler typ
setting machine, and has one of the
best equipped offices in the safe.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-21

Lucas County.
Frank j Cheney makes oath that
he is senior partner of the flrm of +. ].
Cheney & Co., doing business in the
city of Toledo, County and state
aforesaid, and that said firm will pay
the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOL
LARS for each and every case of
catarrh that cannot be cured by the
use of Halls Catarrh Cure.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed
in my presence. this 9Th day of De.
cember, A. d. 1886.
A. w. GLEASON,
(SeaD Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter
nally, and acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Send for testimonials free.
F. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for con.
stipation.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-21

The Christmas number of the Yazoo
City Herald, consisting of thirty-six
pages, is before us, and a better edi-
ton has never appeared from the Of
fee of Mississippi weekly. Editor J.
G. Mcclure should be proud of his
achievement and the good people of
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-21

1t is, said that there were old fid-
dlers and ragtime tunes in China a
million years ago. But that was be-
fore the empire entered upon it's
period of disintegration.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-21

Every man who is in business ought
t. have the moral courage to go broke
if necessary.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-21

Let us hope that the weather mar
will smile again before Christmas.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-21

VIII Santa Claus balk at the sheath
stocking?
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-21
Stores TO CLOSE
FOR THE HOLIDAY

We the undersigned business men
of Hattiesburg, agree to close our
places of business from December "a
at II p. m. and to remain closed I'M
til Monday, December IS:
Southern Grocery Company.
w. E. Laird
Mcdaniel Brothers.
The Dividson Company.
O'Ferral Bros.
f. c. Nelly Company.
Central Hardware Company.
d. c. Beauchamp.
Abney Furniture Company.
Haisfield.
j. E. Herman
ST. A. Hightower
]. w. Pool.
The Jones Company.
Hawkins & Co.
Hawkins Hardware Company.
Odlnouh bankrupt Slore.
Hattiesburg Furniture Company.
w. L. Logan & Co. d.
John A. Mcleod Company.
N. B. Blount. 50. a.
J. S. Turner & Co.
Moore Bros. Grocery Company. -
Hattiesburg Grocery Company.
Joe Shelby.
Deas & Duke.
H. H. Graham Jewelry Company.
S. & H. Katz.
H. S. illus.
Conner Shoe Company.
S. L. Heidelberg.
Gotten & Woodruff.
s. H. Coplon. st
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-21

Yazoo City should not be slow to show
their appreciation of such enterprise.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-21
Hattiesburg has

This show opened its season in Hat
tiesburg last spring and Mr.. Swain
was so well pleased with the city at
that time that he has been debating
for many weeks as to whether to
winter here or to return to New Or
leans, where his winter headquarters
have been previously located.
He finally decided on Hattiesburg.
he says. for two reasons-the health
fulness of the city and the splendid
facilities for repairing and rebuilding
cars.
The show closed it's season at
Laurel Saturday, when the forty or
more employees were paid off and left
for their homes in various parts of
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-21

WANTED TO RENT-sMALL BARN.
Suitable for two horses and the
storing of show parephernalia. for two
months.
w. /. SWAIN.
Private care Inverness near Matties-
burg hotel. 1t
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-21

t h e wintering
place for the big
w. I. Swain Show
Company, the larg-
est and wealthiest
tented amusement
enterprise of its
kind in America.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-21
State of Ohio, City OF Toledo,

Hattiesburg, Miss.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-21

HEARST TELEGRAPH AND CA
BILE SERVICE received daily, the ex-
elusive franchise for which is owned
by the Daily News.
, 1908-04-06

plete many Of the manufacturing cen
tiers of the east, says the Denver Post
of Sunday. The opening OF the Moffat
fields and the Wyoming fields to be
reached by another road now being
projected, will, unquestionably, bring
to Denver opportunities unexcelled
by those of any other city in the west.
With a short haul from at least two
immense coal fields, with the suitable
railroad facilities it now possesses for
reaching the outside world with manu-
featured products, Denver may be-
come the peer of any manufacturing
center in the whole country. When
in connection with the coal deposits,
the illimitable fields of iron ore within
reach of Denver, are taken into consid-
Grafton, the possibilities which are
open to Denver enterprise can hardly
be estimated.
, 1908-04-06
Assistant Superintendent Here.

c. e. Fuller Of Omaha, assistant Sill.
perlntendent Of motive power and ma
ehinery for the Union Pacific, passed
through the city Sunday afternoon,
IN Official a No. OF, on his way to
ureen River and Ogden. He was met
on the depot platform by Manager W
n b Jacobus, but was unable to in,
FORM that gentleman just when he
mills would be reopened. The rolling
mllls has a considerable stock of man.
uldctured product on hand, enough to
meet the present demand, but bob
sehtiemen believe that new material
"ni o be needed and that the mills
VIII be started in a few days. Mr..
'acoous has the plant in excellent
shape and can start the furnaces on
short notice.
, 1908-04-06
A coineident Catherine.

sanding on the depot platform at
oue tlme yesterday were three rail
.oaa men who had held the position
VI district foreman of he shops here
u NJ Tierney of Rawlins, who was
~ cnarge of the shops when they
Ieu some six years ago; D. E. Sui
aa OF Evanston. The pre- sen. master
VI, uahic OF the Utah division. and j.
fIghleyman, the present incum-
h. Mr.. Sullivan was on his way
,ar from the annual meeting of mas
NJ. mechanics of the system at Omaha,
ana ,ierney had been here on a visit
,b0u Nr. Highleyman was just arriving
Pow" ron Cheyenne, where he had
H. 10 meet some of the oSicfals of
ensine department OF the road.
, 1908-04-06
MAKES APPoRTIoNMENT OF
LAND INCOME FUN

A statement issued from the office
of the state superintendent of public
instruction at Cheyenne shows hat
the apportionment of the common
school land income fund for 1907 gives
Albany county IS, 79O.42, there being
2,2S7 children of school age in the
county. In 1906 the amount received
was 0,97O.03, with 2,297 children,
and $5,679.S2 in 1905, with 1915 chill
dren, The per capita distribution in
the state last year was 1884, against
SAT- in 1906 and S3.66 in 1905.
The apportionment of the common
school land income fund for 1908 has
been made to the different counties,
but the sums received from the state
treasurer have not been apportioned
to the several school districts in the
counties. Albany county this year
shows a decrease in the number of
school children to 1919, the county
getting 5 S,S95,37 of the s127,31S.25 APP
portioned to the thirteen counties.
Daily Republican. SO osnts . month.
, 1908-04-06
DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS
STOP SCRAPPING LONG
ENOUGH TO PASS LA
BlllTY MEASURE.
Sterling of Illinois Has Bill to Take
Place of Employers Liability Act
Upset by Decision of United States
Supreme Court - Liquor Bill
Agreed Upon by Senate Sub-Com-
mittee on Judiciary.

Washington, d. c., April Ga truce
between the democrats and republic.
ans was declared for a time today,
when, under suspension of the rules,
the house took up and passed the
Sterling employers liability bill. The
democrats broke into loud applause
when the reading of the measure was
concluded.
Applicable to Interurban Lines.
Sterling of Illinois explained the
provisions of the bill and stated that
it would be applicable to the inter.
urban car lines between states and
street railroads in the territories and
the District of Columbia.
Meritorious and Constitutional.
The democrats %applauded Henry of
Texas when he said the bill was meri-
torious and constitutional, and that not
a democratic vote would be recorded
against it.
Only One Vote Against.
Littlefield opposed the bill and cast
the only vote against it. Three hun
dred affirmative votes were cast for
the bill, eight members being absent.
, 1908-04-06
REPUBLICANS AND TROOPS CLASH
IN LISBON AND STREAM OF
BLOOD FOLLOWS FIRE
BY SOLDIERS.
Government Has Not Given Out Of
fetal Statement Of Dead and
Wounded and Unofficial Statement
Not Allowed to Be Handled by the
Telegraph Companies-New Pre-
mier Addresses House of Commons

Lisbon, April 6.-The city is in a
state of intense excitement over the
election riots last night, brought on by
the indignant protest of the repub-
lican element that 1t would be de
frauded at the polls. Great crowds
filed Pedro square and were massed
in front of st. Dominique church, these
points being the chief center of the
republican disorders.
Troops Open Fire.
Troops charged the multitude and
were met with stones. After charging
repeatedly the soldiers opened fire.
Intense disorder followed. One OBJ
server says the streets were literally
red with blood.
Official Statements Lacking.
No official statement was made of
the number killed and wounded, and
pending authority from the govern
ment, nc unofficial or press statement
are permitted to be ~telegraphed.
No Republicans Elected.
The counting of the ballots at yes
terday's election proceeds slowly, and
some districts are being held up by
the governments order. Thus far no
single republican candidate has been
declared elected, although the result
of 107 districts is understood to be
complete.
, 1908-04-06

New York, April Cone woman lost
her life, nearly a score of men and
women were injured and as many more
were rescued from death in the
flames today, during a fire which de-
stroyed a tenement house on Pearl
street.
Jumped From Fourth Floor.
The dead woman was Julia Isola,
aged % years, who jumped from the
fourth story window after her night
clothes had caught fire. Firemen made
a number of thrilling rescues with
ladders.
Fireman Saves own Family.
One fireman, Michael Conway, had
a father, mother and six sisters and
brothers in the burning building and
succeeded in %rescuing them all. He
carried his mother down the ladder
from the top story, and. returning, car
ried his sisters to safety, his father
, 1908-04-06
Ready For the Merger.

Mexico City, April ct was an
nounced yesterday by the Mexican
government that the details of the
plan for the exchange of the securi-
ties of the Mexican Central and the
National Railroad companies for those
of the merger company would be pub
lished today in New York, London and
other money centers.
Plan Has Been Approved.
The success of the merger will de
pend on the acceptance of the pro.
posals by the holders of the securities.
The plan of the merger has been ap.
proved by the Mexican government.
, 1908-04-06
CENTRAL COMPETITIVE FIELD
AND UNITED NINE WORKERS
OF AMERICA MEETING
AT INDIANAPOLIS.
Hope to Be Able to Issue Joint Call for
Settlement of Differences-south-
western Coal Operators and Mine
representatives Confer at Kansas
City, With Expectation of Settling
All Differences.

Indianapolis, Ind, April 6.-The coal
onerators of the central competitive
field. consisting of western Pennsyl-
vania. Ohio, Illinois and Indiana, are
gathered here today to go into confer
ence with representatives of the Unit
Cd Mine Workers of America to take
the initial steps to revive the inter
state wage movement by issuing a call
for a Joint convention to fix a wage
scale for the four districts on which
the wage scales in other districts are
IN be based. The conference is sched-
MED to begin this afternoon.
, 1908-04-06
EVELYN BEGINS SUIT.
Seeks to Annul Marriage With Harry
Thaw on Ground of Insanity.

New York, April 6.-the counsel for
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw today filed in the
supreme court a suit for the annul-
ment of her marriage with Harry Ken
dali Thaw. The annulment is asked
on the ground that Thaw was insane
at the time of the marriage. The pa
pers in the proceedings were served
on Thaw several weeks ago.
, 1908-04-06
Looking for Special Car.

Hon. S. j. Kent of this city, general
manager for the Northwestern Land
and iron company, is looking for the
arrival tomorrow afternoon of the
special a Yellowstone of the Den
yer, Laramie and Northwestern rail.
way, filed with a party of eastern in
Vestors on their way to Elk mountain
10 examine the coal mines belonging
10 the company. Mr.. Kent will join
the party mere.
, 1908-04-06
Mill WAGES Reduced.

Boston, Mass, April Ga reduction
averaging 10 per cent became effective
today in the cotton mills of New Eng
land, employing 10000 operatives.
Last week the wages of go, 900 were
reduced and on next Monday the pay
of about $4,000 additional mill hands
will be cut, bringing the total affected
by the present movement to 1926, 900.
, 1908-04-06
Shops In Operation.

The railroad shops, which were clos
ed on Saturday, as has been the Gus
tom for some weeks, resumed opera
lions this morning. District Foreman
j. w. Highleyman returned Sunday at
ternoon from Cheyenne, where he had
been to meet c. E. Fuller of Omaha,
the assistant superintendent of motive
power and machinery.
, 1908-04-06
WILL START
MAY SECOND
GRADING TO BEGIN ON DENVER.
LARAMIE LINE AND ROAD
To BE PUSHED THROUGH
First Authoritative Announcements
Made Today by Vice President
Kent Of This city-RoIIing Mills
May Be Reopened shortly-Many
Railroad Items Of Interest.

S. j. Kent, an officer of the Denver,
Laramie and Northwestern Railway
company, announced today that, bar
ring unforeseen accidents, the work
OF grading for the building of that
road from Denver to Fort Collins and
Laramie would be commenced at Den
yer May 2, and that work would be
pushed, in the hope of completing the
line as far as Fort Collins this year.
, 1908-04-06
Operators and Miners Confer.

Kansas City, Mo-, April 6.-The
southwestern coal operators and mine
representatives met here this morning
and began a conference on a new wage
scale affecting the $4,000 men now out.
leaders of both sides express con
fidence that an amicable settlement
will be reached and the men will O
be at work again, probably within an
other weeks time.
, 1908-04-06
cotton Mills Again Running.

Plainfeld, Conn, April 6.-The Law
ton cotton mills here and the cotton
mills in other eastern Connecticut
towns, employing $500 persons, were
put on full time today, after a long
period of curtailment.
Rubber Works Resume.
At Naugatuck the boot and shoe de-
partment of the Goodyear India Rub
Der company, and the glove and re-
, 1908-04-06
FLEET AT
All the Vessels Now at n,agdalena Bay
At Rest.

Magdalena Bay, April Six tor
pedo boats arrived at shutdown last
night, n day ahead of schedule time.
The last week of the fleet at the bay
found all the ships at anchor, the Of
fcers and men resting from their ia
tiguing target practice. The feet will
leave next Saturday at 4 p. m.
, 1908-04-06
Caused Sensation.
Tried to Wreck Pier.

New York, April efforts to de-
stroy the pier and equipment used by
the McClintock-Marshall Construction
company in constructing a new pier
for the White Star line at West Seven
teenth street was made last night.
Two bombs were exploded with little
effect, although thousands were reused
from their sleep and a large crowd was
drawn to the place.
, 1908-04-06
viii Submit LIQUOR Bill.

Washington, d. c., April 6.-After
extended hearings and exhaustive ar
guments by members of the senate
committee on judiciary, that commit
tee today agreed upon a bill dealing
with shipment of liquors from one
state or territory to another state or
territory. The will be re-
ported by Senator Knox, who was
chairman of the subcommittee which
conducted the hearings.
Simple in Form.
Z is comparatively simple in form,
providing that there shall be nc "col-
lect or delivery" packages of liquor
shipped in interstate which
Is fictitiously named and used, and the
name of the consignor and consignee
shall be stated plainly.
Will Remedy Evil.
This provision is designed to elm
mate the practice of railroad and ex-
press agents acting as agents for the
liquor houses.
, 1908-04-06
Wyoming Coal Beds.

The discovery of vast beds of an
anthracite coal along the Moffat road,
the known existing bodies in Wyo-
ming and Kansas, presage for these
states a rush for sites at which cheap
coal a be delivered, that will de-
, 1908-04-06
viii Appeal to Council.

Philadelphia, Pa, April 6.-The city
council will be asked this week to ap-
propriate $4,000 to relieve the dis
tress among the unemployed and their
families, according to a meeting of the
unemployed yesterday.
Committee Appointed.
A committee was appointed to go
before the councils finance committee
and impress upon that body that more
than 200 1000 persons are out of work.
n at least $50, 900 is needed to pre-.
vent women and children from starv-
ing to death.
, 1908-04-06

d. e. Sullivan of Evanston, master
mechanic Of the Utah division, was a
visitor to the city for a short time Sun.
day, meeting many friends on the de-
pot platform and asking to be remem.
bered to all the others.
, 1908-04-06
More Grain for Overland.

"0'S NT'NH TUT OVeTTdHu.
The second carload of seed wheat
for the Overland Cereals company
was received here this morning, and
with it another carload of field peas,
to be used by the Laramie Develop
ment company for its own seeding and
for the benefit of other farmers on the
Laramie plains.
, 1908-04-06

Parks & Co., Nampa to Omaha, five
cars of cattle; w. A. Anderson, Idaho
Falls and Arco, Idaho, to Kansas City.
W cars; Charles Clayton, Monida.
Mont, to Kansas City, four cars of
cattle; S. S. Geddis, Glen's Ferry, Ida
no, to st. Louis, M car of horses.
, 1908-04-06
Cattle for Walden.

A carload of young bulls was re-
ceived at the st%ockyards here this
morning for Victor Hanson of Walden,
and Mr.. Hanson will take the animals
to the ranch for breeding purposes.
, 1908-04-06
Guests at Union Pacific.

The following guests were register
ed at the Union Pacific hotel last
night: Herbert King, Rock River; M.
]. Gilman, H. j. Krupp, Chicago; J..
w. linn, Baltimore; H. N. Boyd,
Cheyenne; Miss Ruth Adsit, Laramie.
, 1908-04-06
Cattle In the v,rd.

wa,a Following western livestock
here .eceived yesterday and unloaded
comnae Ieeding: Idaho Dressed Beef
Idahp Mountain Home and Boise,
70 South Omaha, three cars;
, 1908-04-06
Returns to Her Home.

Mrs. Dolph Walcott, wife of the pop
been visiting here for a few days, re-
turned to her home at Cheyenne Sun
day.