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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-21
NATCHEz Was A
SEAPORT town
Old Records in the Official Archives
of Adams County Reveal Facts
Not Generally Known.


Special to The Neos
NATCHEZ Miss. September 21.-
Old records have just been unearthed
in the official archives of Adams coun-
ty, showing that in 1887 ocean going
vessels from Liverpool, New York and
elsewhere used to come as high up
the Mississippi river as Natchez,
where they would discharge their car
goes, and load back to those ports
with cotton cotton seed oil and cake,
the first mill for making these pro-
ducts in the United States having been
located in Natchez- Under-the-Hill, inn
mediately on the river bank, and the
trade must have been profitable as
some of the big vessels made several
trips in the trade. =
These facts show that Natchez was
the head of deep water navigation on
the Mississippi seventy years ago.
Some of the imports were in the
shape of iron utensils, some of which
are still in existence.
That deep-water navigation at one
time extended as high up the river as
| Natchez should greatly encourage the
akes-tothe-Gulf'' movement to Sc
cure the much desired deep channel
all the way to st. Louis, Mo-, which
would readily become feasible if TIE
national government would unreserv
eddy place itself behind the project
The wealth that would be added to
the great Southwest, with the leyee
system completed giving incidental
protection to the riparian lands hor
dering the great stream, heretofore
subject to annual foundations, would
amply repay the Federal government
for every dime that it mieAt ovnonf
by reason of improving navigation d
the Mississippi.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-21
A HARD STRUGGLE
Many a Hattiesburg Citizen Finds the
Struggle Hard.

With a back constantly aching,
With distressing urinary disorders.
Daily existence is but struggle
No need to keep it up.
Doan's Kidney Pills VIII cure you.
Hattiesburg people endorse this
claim:
S. r. Brannan, S1S Mcleod St.,
Hattiesburg, Miss, says: When first
procured Doans Kidney Pills at Hays
& Fields drug store, two or three
years ago, l was suffering a great
deal from kidney complaint The kid
ney secretions were dark and con,
tanned a heavy sediment. My back
was weak and painful and at times ]
suffered so intensely that l could moi
sleepat night. My condition gradual
ly became more serious and / coulJ
hardly arise from chair without as
sistance. Finally l was forced to stoI
work and although I took a number Of
medicines, did not receive any relief
When feeling miserable, Doan's Kid
Iney Pills came to my attention and
began taking them according to di
rections. They helped me from thf
first and at last l was free from thu
trouble. I stf1l appeal to Doan's Kid
ney Pills occasionally, finding them al
excellent tonic for invigorating tn,
kidneys and keeping them in health
condition"
For sale by all dealers. Price 8
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo
New York. sole agents for the Unite
States.
| Remember the name-Doan's--an
take no other.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-21
SCHOOLW'NE ORGIES
Charged That Expense Accounts
Padded to Exorbita,it Degroe.
Pittsburg Trustees Hear Stories of
High Old Times Where Young
Idea Is Taught in the
Steel City.

Pittsburg.-The opening round in
q school scandal of seeming magni-
tude was made public here the other
day, and before it is finished it is
promised that there will be much of
interest made public, and it is threat
ened that suits will be entered.
1t is charged that expense accounts
In the last year were padded to an
exorbitant degree, and an expert ac-
countant, who has just finished an in
vestigation, has made a return set
ting under the head Legitimate ex-
penses," $4,000, while under the head
questionable" he has entered items
aggregating $4,000.
The real sensation came when Di-
rector Edward Edwards, who appears
10 be most centrally under fire as the
man who had charge of the finances
of the school, openly accuses Mrs.
W. d. McAuliffe, the buxom janitress,
and her invalid husband, of giving
wine parties in the cellar of the school
building two or three times a week.
Mrs McAuliffe, who it appears is
nut Oliiy tuC J1ultlcoo Dut tHC Cu5lhSSl
of the school building as well, came
back later in the afternoon with a
statement that Edwards statement is
false-that she never had anything
more than "a little beer" at her par
ties-and she announces that she is
now prepared to go into court and
show how certain drunken directors
have in the past been in the habit of
coming to the school when in session
and trying to dance with the
teachers"
The janitress, who is both young and
pretty, received newspaper men at her
home in the school clad in fine black
skirt, neat white shirt waist and hat
bearing valuable plumes. She admit
ted that after a serious injury to her
husband, who was janitor, she had
taken up the work and that the board
has raised the salary from 500 to
$3.50 per month.
with reference to the story that
we have wine parties here l want to
say it's a lie," said Mrs. McAuliffe.
1--WE have had some parties, it is true,
for my husband, who has been hurt,
and perhaps we did drink some beer
but what of that? Just let those direc.
tors start something and | will finish
1t for them"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-21
STAR SOUTHPAW
GOES TO "OLD MISS
Special 10 The Mems

Special TO The Mems
COLUMBIA, Miss, September I'll
Jack Guess, the star southpaw OF the
famous columbus Red Devils ana
generally regarded as the best anna
teur twirler in South Mississippi, will
matriculate at the University of Mis-
sissippi, and his friends in Columbia
expect to see him become star at
"Ole Miss" next season. Guess was
offered a try out by Manager Mike
linn, of the Little Rock Southern
Leaguers, but he is not just ready to
enter professional company, preferring
to spend few years in school. Guess
is 10 years old, very speedy, has quick
curves and good control, and his per-
Torrance in the box strongly resem-
bles that of Willie Mitchell.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-21
GIVES MEDALS FOR BABIES
Boston Committee Adopts Unique
Plan for Reduction of Mortality
Among Infants.

Boston.-The Boston committee on
hygiene will offer gold and silver med
ais to mothers who bring them babies
which conform to the standards of the
board of health. Mothers who have
the healthiest babies will receive
a gold medal Those whose babies
are healthy, but not in the gold medal
class, will receive silver medals. Then,
too, there is to be some form of rec
ognition for the mothers who start
out with SICILY baby and bring it
to a high degree of health.
This scheme is a direct result of
the Huddersfield plan for the proven
ton of infant mortality, although a
great improvement upon the Hudders-
field PLAN" says DR.. J. M. Connolly,
the medical director of the COMMITTEES
on milk and baby hygiene. "The Hud
dersfield plan arose in the following
way: Mayor Broadbent, of Hudders-
field, England, offered five dollars to
every mother in the Longwood district
of Huddersfield who should, during his
term of office, produce at the city hall
a healthy child of one year of age.
At the same time mothers and pros
pective mothers were visited by vol
tary lady helpers, who showed them
the most approved methods of feeding
ing and caring for the babies.
There are four cities in the United
States which have improved upon the
Budin and the Huddersfeld plans
These four are New York, Cleveland
Rochester, N. Y, and Boston. Bos
ton, whose committee has been able to
profit from the experiences of foreign
as we'll as American cities, has a sys.
TEN for in advance of them ALL"
Conditions are different in every
locality, and treatments must be modi
fled to suit the conditions"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-21
SPOTLESS TOWNS IN
Lone STAR STATE
Blu Associated Press

GALVESTON, September 2l.-
Throughout the whole Lone o,ar
State" there is genral cleanup
movement with a view of making the
cities of Texas as clean as any in the
country. State officers have shown
an active interest in the plan and the
mayors of the principal cities have
not been slow to appreciate the finan
cial as well as the sanitary advan
tages of clean municipalities.
Women's clubs and civic associa-
tons many of which are affiliated
with the American Civic Association,
have been the leaders in the move
ment. In nearly every city, a "Clean
Up Day was set apart in the spring
time and the school children were en-
.couraged to help in the removal OF rub
Dish from alleys and vacant lots.
Beaumont is virtually new city,
compared with what it was eight years
ago. All the business portions of the
city has been reconstructed, with
many new homes that are evidence of
the awakened civic pride. AS result
of the gift of small park n the mid
die of Beaumont by J. F. Keith, other
parks are to be established.
Houston has an energetic civic as
ISOLATION, managed by the club women
of the city. This is ever prompting
the municipal authorities to do those
things which go to make a beautiful
city, The civic associations are cor
Quoting an aggressive campaign fol
more parks and children's play
grounds.
From being the dirtiest city II
the state, Dallas has become cleanl.
and is setting a pace in civic improve
ment. ss.sssaasgvssaanssaasiss s..sa.s
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-21
Cat Saves Mans Life.

Franklin, Pan. G. Cole, farmer,
living near Tionesta, perhaps owes his
life to the family cat. Cole was sleep.
ing under a tree near the house
when a four-foot rattlesnake emerged
from bushes and crawled toward him
The cat sprang at the snake, which
was too quick and sank it's fangs into
the animal.
A daughter of Cole, who heard tbs
warning rattle of the snake. saw the
incident and reused the father Cole
killed the snake. The cat died from
the bite It received.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-21
Big titles BUT
SMALL PURSES
European NobIemen Have Large In
comes But Are Said to Be Exceed
ingy Stingy.
Special 10 The Neuos

Special 10 The NeOs
NEW YORK, September 20.-A spe-
cial cable to the World from London
SAYS: Ducal closeness in money mat
tiers has been amusingly illustrated this
week in two examples that lave come
to public notice through extended ad-
vertising in the newspapers. One was
furnished by the duke of Buccleuch,
whose chamberlain announced in his
behalf that on account of the new tax
alton he cannot afford this. year to
pay his annual subscription of S. to the
football club on his estate.
When this was published twentyo one
radical members of parliament sub
scribed one shalling each and sent the
guinea to the club, so that it might not
be disconnected by the financial
straits of it's titled patron. Not liking
ridicule better than does the average
commoner, the duke is trying to put
the responsibility for the announce
ment on the chamberlain, and to dis
claim any intention to withhold his
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-21

usual subscription. His income Is esti-
MA ed at about $15OOO00 year
Brccleuch is not alone the object OF
lampooning, the duke of Bedford get
ting his full share of it. With an IN
come estimated at 100000 a year
he has sent word to his tenants tnat'
owing to the budget imposts, he VIII
not be able to entertain them at tea
in celebrating the birthday of his cid
est son, who will soon come OF age
This notice is sent in connection with
an acknowledgment Of present from
~ -
the tenants to the young heir.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-21
PAINT THAT DESTROYS GERMS
Days by Invention at Chem
nitz, Saxony.

Berlin.-An invention to destroy
bacterial disease is reported from
Chemnitz, Saxony.
1t is highly lustrous paint, applied
to all surfaces in the ordinary way
with a basis Of white lead or zine
white.
The German office, after exhaustive
tests of 'vitralin," says that when ir
contact with a vitralin coating the
bacilli of tuberculosis are destroyed in
three days. Diphtheria bacilli require
five hours and typhoid becilli eight
hours.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-21
nRatso Passe, Says Actress.

New York-Miss Lillian Russell re-
turned the other night from a trip
abroad on the steamer New York.
DO you know, puffs and rats are
doomed forever" she asked, "and you
must wear your own hair parted in
the middle and draped down over
your ears and then brought around
the head in coil Simplicity itself.
That is, il you have the hair. If you
don't happen to have hair enough for
that 60 out and bury some.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-21
JAPANESE Add MEAT
To Their DAILY Diet


WASHINGTON, September 21.-
The people OF Japan are gradually
adding meat to their diet, according
to Mr.. Haspimoto. head of the cattle
breeding department of the japanese
government.
The eating of meat has been on the
increase in Japan ever since the theory
was recently advanced that an over
great consumption of rice is a source
of beri beri. For the past ten Of
twelve years Japan has been import
ing European cattle in an effort tC
improve Japanese breeds.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-21
Columbia MAY GET
COTTON FACTORY


COLUMBIA, Miss, September I'll
The Columbia Commercial Club is ne
gotiating with party of Memphis
capitalists looking to the establish
ment of a cotton factory here. The
matter has been referred to the COM
mittee on manufacturing and mercan-
tile enterprises, and as Columbia
never falls down on a good PROPOSE
ton, it is generally expected that the
deal will be consumated.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-21
Careful Drug
Buyers
Read This

1t tells a clear story to any in
telligent man.
We save hundreds Of dollars
yearly in rent by being a few steps
from a corner. Still our store is in
a prominent location, as we are
opposite the Postoflce.
When you trade here you are
not helping to pay high rents,
which must be paid out Of the
profits on goods sold.
Our business is practically cash.
Whsn you buy here, you are
not taxed for anyones bad debt.
You don't pay for anything but
your own goods.
We have no branch stores or
outside business, but give our indi-
vidual attention to our Drug Trade
and put our energy into our One
Store, so we stop all leaks that
drain the bushes where tits spread
out on branch stores.
That's the story. Isn't there
many reasons why you should
trade here.
The ,
OwlDrug Store
! "The Home Of Rexall Remedies"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-21
Death OF YAzOO
PHILANTHROPISI
Joe F. Powell, One of the Most Promi
nent Men of the State, Died at
Yazoo City Sunday.
Special 10 The Mems

Special TO The Mems
YAZOO CITY, Miss, September 81.
Mr. Joe F. Powell, one of the wealth
lest and most influential men of this
city, died at his home on Madison
street Sunday morning.
He was one of the largest land own
ers in this section of Mississippi, prac-
tically owning all cultivatable lands
from here to Satartia, 25 miles south
on the west side of the Yazoo river.
Mr.. Powell had been in the genera
mercantile business in Yazoo City for
40 years, besides conducting several
plantation stores upon his country es
tates. He was vice president OF the
Bank of YaZoo City, and identified
with many other progressive enter
prizes. Mr.. Powell was nearly rs
years of age and had lived a life OF
usefulness and activity For the past
several years he has suffered with
kidney trouble and has made fire.
quent trips to Hot Springs, Ark, and
other resorts in hopes of getting ben
eficial results. But relief, after three
visitations, was only temporary. He
spent several weeks at Mineral Wells.
Texas the present summer, but since
his return from there has been stead
lily losing strength, being too feeble
of late to attend to his daily routine
business.
Was anthropist.
Mr.. Powell was in many respects
charitable and philanthropic and in
some respects eccentric. He gave lib
orally to worthy causes and furnished
means every year to educate two
young ladies in some collegiate and
business schools, and scores of young
women now in this section owe Their
efficiency in a professional way to the
generosity of Joe F. Powell.
His wife died last year and only
one son is left of this once prominent
family. The funeral services of Mr
Powell will be conducted tomorrow
morning from the Methodist cnurc.
here, Of which the deceased was {
lifelong member.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-06-24

that adopted
bills be allowed Motion seconded.
called and all members voted aye.
REPORT OF AUDITING SETTLEMENT
Ladysmth, Wis;
the undersigned committee whom referred the annexed bills
mend to the Boardth that they be allowed as follows: - ~
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Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-06-24
TO Rusk COUNTY FARMER BOYS

In last weeks article | promised to
show you this week how to get into, or
create, business without money, and to
do this / have to presume that the far
mer boy has at least, a fair record as
person of good intention and integrity,
and that he desires to buy two bull
or steer calves, grow them, handle
them, until they are grown and fully
broken as useful OK team should be.
First look around quietly, and by
yourself, until you find calf that
suits you. In order to be a good look
lag OK and and an easy keeper ne
should be straight in the back, broad
in the hips, with straight legs, in color
,oi..l red or roam preferred. Next get
the owners price, which will likely be
too high, as he will class his calf with
an average of others about him forget
ting that bull calves are undesirable
in dairy country, and it is your duty
in self-defence to make him see these
conditions as they really exist, and In
the meantime you need not be acting
as if you must have his calf, but as if
you were simply willing to help him
out if he wants to get rid of it, and he
will come to time and put a decent
price on it. If so, now is your time to
make him an offer. Just say right out
that you have no money, but you will
make written contract with him to
pay stated price for the calf in three
months with interest at 10 per cent per
annum Gf that time suits your conven-
ience). That you are to take the calf
at once but the contract is to show
that the property in question is to be
his until paid for, and that you are to
take good care of the same and keep it
growing.
Perhaps you think he will not sell in
that way, but he will. The responsibility
is mainly on you, and his security gets
better every day, as the calf improves
every day.
SNAA ASSA 80
machinery, household furniture and
many other things in that way. 1t is
true that the seller usually gets small
payment down on such deals, but it is
also true that the security decreases at
very rapid rate with wear and break
age.
But if your man will not deal in that
way there are others that will, and
there are othere ways to buy the calf.
The way mentioned above is only one
of several ways, but is good one.
Next week we will look into the deal
farther. Very truly,
R. 0. SINCLAIR,
Pres. State Bank of Ladysmith.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-06-24
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING NOW

In accordance with assembly bill
No. 794 A, which has passed both
houses, applicants for third grade
certificates must have attended pro-
fessional school for teachers at least
six weeks. Second grade and first
grade certificates will not be issued
until the applicant has taught sue
cessfully in the public schools for at
least eight months. This means that
henceforth there will be no beginners
in teaching who have not had at least
some professional training. The re-
quirements as to professional train.
ing are waived in the case of appli-
cants who have taught successfully
in the public schools for at least eight
months prior to July l, 1910
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-06-24
SUBSCRIPTION: $3.50 PER YEAR

President Taft's message advocating
a tax upon the net earnings of corpor-
ations and the submission OF an amend
ment of the constitution to empower
Congress to enact an income tax has
caused more comment than any other
act of the President. 1t is now ex-
tremely doubtful if any amendment
taxing incomes can be enacted at this
session. The Progressive Republicans
in the Senate were reasonably sure
that such an amendment would be
adopted until the message was pre-
scented.
Independent of the ACCESSIBILITY of
adopting the corporation tax as sub
stitute for the income tax, the effect
of sending the message has been to di-
vert public attention from the schedules
of the tariff bill and to center it upon
this proposed new form of taxation.
In so far as it has had this effect the
message plays directly into the hands
of Senator Aldrich and those who stand
with him in the tariff fight. The Rhode
Islander was beginning to feel the
pressure from the country. 1t was
plain his bill was not framed in the
interests of the consumers or in the
interest of the small manufacturers.
The constant hammering of the Pro-
gressive Republican Senators upon the
various paragraphs of the bill was tell
ing. Nineteen Republicans had given
pledges to vote for the income tax. 1t
was necessary for Mr.. Aldrich to head
off this disaffection. He hit upon the
corporation tax plan. Mr. Aldrich don't
want corporation tax no more than ne
wants an income tax but he will take
such a tax in preference to an income
tax. The income tax was surely COM
ing. He foresaw it and the President
was summoned to have him line up for
new plan. Conceding that Mr.. Taft
was sincere in his change of front on
the income tax his message could not
have come at more inOppOrtune time.
He had steadfastly refused to take a
hand in tariff legislation during the
framing of the schedules. The Pro
gressive Senators were left alone tc
make their fight. They have done sc
well that with few exceptions the Rep
ublican newspapers of the country have
come out squarely against the bill. L
was the time when the hardest blow;
could be struck to lower the schedules
President Taft then sends a message
which sidetracks the talk of the
schedules which is the thing Mr.. Aid
rich desires more than he d o S in
come or a corporation tax. 1t was I'm
timely and unfortunate. If the Presi
dent had remained silent the income ta1
would have been enacted.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-06-24

INV Kirvan, groceries finder. ..,........S
2 do Silas Bartlett.
3 Hattie Thatcher, nurse Joe Gruber
a Archie Barrett, committee work.
5 Nate Hand, board Joe Gruber ....,........
Felix Bedard, exp. burial John Stabba.
Z Archie Barrett. committee work.........
State Public School, treatment Edith
and John Farrell and Ralph North.
9 Lee VanPatter, mdse. Poor FARM.
10 Frank Rada, baling hay poor farm.
IL w A LaHeup repairs and bPksmithing
10 E nj Conrath mdse. Siias Bartlett .
Is ] w Kirvan, mdse. finder, So lai