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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-27

least of all having anything to do VIII
The hanging themselves. That is why
so many governors and pardoning
boards favor committing hanging
sentences to life Imprisonment
| There's the rub. So few committed
| sentences are permitted to remain
committed.
The hanging man is continually
pointing with pride to Great Britain
as country where there are fewer
hangings than in Mississippi, and say
this is due to the enforcement of the
law. The enforcement of the law
there is no doubt rigid. But the few
hangings is due to the fact of the
rigid enforcement of the life sentences
of the courts. Over there, a life
sentence means a sentence for life,
unless it can be proved, as in the eel
ebrated Smith case, that an injustice
had been done. In Great Britain only
one man stands in between a pardon
and the king. That is the secretary
of home affairs. If he recommends a
pardon, then the king will consider it,
1t took the work and influence of sew
eral United States secretaries of state,
from James G. Blaine down, TO get
Mrs. Maybrick out of her English
prison, and then, pardon was denied
her. She was released on parole.
1t is easy enough to berate the mis-
use of the pardoning power, but what
is to be done about it? If by some
means it could be fixed in the law
that the sentences of the courts shall !
be carried out, that an insane man
condemned to an insane asylum shall |
stay there or go to prison for life |
after conviction following a recovery |
of his mental faculties, there would |
be fewer crimes committed in the |
name of insanity and fewer hangings,
because men bent on crime would soon
learn that a life or death sentence
meant what 1t says. Again, the ques-
ton arises, how is this to be done?
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practicable.

The News is fully alive to the neces
sity of good roads, but we must have
good streets in our city in order to
make the good roads in the country
useful. For this reason we think tina
1t is not out of place for some of the
bond money to be spent on the outly
ing streets in the city, which under
present condition prevents a full use
of the good roads. This money is
raised from taxation of city property
and ough to be available for use il
any part of the county, of which Hat
tiesburg is a very important part.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-27

Our business men who want to avoit
a raise in taxes must begin to study
the problems of city government Hat
tiesburg should be run as any other
business institution. Dead wood and
lost fHetion will kill any business and
the WelfaFe Of the city Is the Business
OF every man who has br9lefty or bus.
mess interests in Hattiesburg. Let
every man get his thinking cap on and
see how 1t Is possible to cut dowr
some Of Cur city expenses without de-
creasing the efficiency. 80.
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the city treasury.

the city treasury.
Sec. IL. Each policeman shall re
ceive as his compensation for services
required under this ordinance five pei
centum of all street tax money paid
to the street tax collector by persons
summoned by him, which compensa.
ton shall be allowed by the mayor
and board of aldermen, on due pre-
sentation Of the claim.
Sec. 10. Any person liable to streev
duty may pay the Communication money
herein provided for to the street tax
collector, without having been sum.
moned, and in such cases no commits.
sion on the sum SO paid shall be al
lowed to any policeman,
Sec, iS.-Any person liable to work
on the streets who shall fail to per
form such labor, or pay the commute.
ton money herein provided, when
Summoned so to aa shall, upon con.
viction, before the police justice, be
fined not less than one dollar nor
more than ten dollars. The police
justice In his discretion may dis
charge any person prosecuted for fail
ure to work on the streets, or pay
/ the Communication money before con
viction upon the payment of all com
mutation money and all costs of the
prosecution.
Sec. IA. 1t shall be the duty of the
street tax collector to make, or cause
to be made, an affidavit against any
person who has been duly summoned
to work on the streets, avenues and
alleys, and who have failed to per-
form the labor required or to pay the
Communication money, and he shall
cause such person to be carried before
the police justice for trial.
Sec. Is. That ordinance No. 221
and all ordinances in conflict with
this ordinance, are hereby repealed
Sec. 16. That this ordinance take
effect and be in force from and after
its passage and approval, for the rea
son that the public interest requires
1t.
Passed and approved, this the 6tf
day of April A. D., 1909.
M. ]. M'GRATH, Mayor Protein
Attest: A. FARLEY, City Clerk.
/, the undersigned clerk of the cit!
of Hattiesburg, Miss. certify that the
foregoing is a true copy of Ordinance
No. 31S, as appears of record or
pages ~. 70 and IA of the municipa
minutes book &c"
Given under my hand, this 18th
day of April, 1909. A. FARLEY.
4-27-3t-w. City Clerk
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tax collector. Such bond shall be
signed by sufficient sureties and shall
be approved by the mayor and board
of aldermen. He shall make a record
arranged in alphabetical order, of al
persons liable to work on the streets,
and shall revise the same from time
to time, as may be necessary, and
shall preserve the same as a record in
his office. 1t shall be the duty of
all policemen to assist the tax col
lector in making the record of per-
sons liable to work on the streets,
by making list of all persons so
liable, and delivering the same to the
street tax collector, and they shall in
like manner assist the street tax col.
lector in revising such list from time
to time,
See; a.-The street tax collecto,
shall cause to be pritad in duplicate
in blank form, II Books, a sufficient
number Of su1amonses, which shall
be in the following form:
No. ..,,%...
HARRISBURG, Miss, ..........1 $50.
MT ..................
You are hereby summoned to report
to the street foreman at the city hal!
IN thp daV Of
A. D. 190.., at o'clock am, to work
on the streets of Hattiesburg, as the
law directs. The city will furnish
tools.
You can on the above day pay to
the city tax collector the sum of three
dollars, which will exempt you from
further street duty for one year from
the first day of January A. D., 1870
The street tax collector shall de
liver one of the said books to each
policeman in the city of Hattiesburg,
and shall carefully note on a record
to be kept for that purpose, the de-
lively VI ouCu UOOh, tuC "hSA
delivered and the policeman to whom
the book is delivered.
Sec. 4. 1t shall be the duty OF all
policemen of the city of Hattiesburg
to receive such books and to summon
all persons liable to street duty, their
work to be apportioned by the mayor,
to appear at city hall at s o'clock am.
on the day named in the summons. 20
work on the streets for period OF
six days, or pay to the street tax col
lector the sum of three dollars in
lieu thereof. The policemen shall ex-
ecute such summonses by writing In
he blanks for that purpose, In the
original and duplicate, the name OF
he person summoned, and the day
IN which he is to appear, and SHAH
such summons and du-
licate, and deliver the original sum-
IONS to the person served. The du-
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-27
PICK CHAMPION TONIGHT.

CHICAGO, April Blowing to
conflict of dates between the Gotch
Mahmout match and the American
lightweight wrestling championship
tournament, Physical Instructor Mike
Dwyer of the New Athletic club, pulls
of his tournament tonight.
The original date set for the tour
new to pick an American lightweight
champion was April 16, =
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-27

The San Antonio (Tex.) Daily Light
and the Evening Gazette have been
consolidated to take effect May first,
thus ending an effort, covering a per-
iod of more than five years, to sustain
two papers where there was only room
for one.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-27

Eighty three cars of onions and cab
bage, passed through Houston, Texas,
last Saturday over one line of railway.
This produce came from a territory
which has been opened up in the past
five years and was raised on soil no
more productive than the lands in
South Mississippi.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-27

There is a certain parallel between
the case of the Young Turks and
the Republican insurgents in congress,
Uncle Joe Cannon hasn't as many
wives to worry him, as Abdul Hamed,
but he is about as impervious to re.
form as that worthy.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-27
Member Of the Associated Press

Entered as second-class matter on
May %, 1907. at the postoffice at Hat
tiesburg, Miss. under the Act of Con-
gress of March Q. 1879.
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OFFICIAL PAPER CITY OF HAT
TlEsBuRG AND COUNTY OF FOR.
REST.
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Street Tax Collector


Sec. s. 1t shall be the duty of the
street tax collector to keep a record
of all persons paying street tax, show
ing thereon by which policeman each
of such persons were summoned, and
all persons paying street tax without
being summoned. He shall make
monthly reports of the facts shown
by such record, by filing a certified
copy of the same with the city clerk.
Sec. 9. 1t shall be the duty of the
street tax collector to pay into the
city treasury, on the first day of each
month, all money coming into his
hands as street tax collector. less his
commission and take proper vouchers
therefor, and Immediately make re-
port thereof to the mayor and board
of aldermen.
Sec. 10. The street tax collector
SHALL receive as his compensation
five per centum Of all street tax
money received by him and paid intol
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SOUTHERN REPRESENTATIVE
For Louisiana. Arkansas, Texas and
Oklahoma: The Crockett Agency,
New Orleans and Dallas.
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Credit-good CREDITS the vital eIe.
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A bank can, if it will, help material
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The Citizens Banks policy is to lend
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man who desires to build up a legiti-
mate business, and whenever it can
do so conscientiously. We invite your
patronage.
Yours very truly.
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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-27

To the woman away
from home, a cake Of
Ivory Soap is a veri-
table boon.
With it, she can wash
gloves, handkerchiefs,
belts, underwaists, and
the pretty shirt-waists
in which most women
look their best.
More than that; she
is Independent of laun-
dress and cleaner-to
the benefit Of her poe
textbook and the longer
life of the things she
wears.
Ivory Soap |
50 4>1ss Per Gent. Pure.
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plicate shall be the subject to the
inspection of the street tax collector,
and when all the summonses are used
out of any of said books, the duplicate
or stub shall be returned to the street
tax collector and shall be by him pre-
served in his office.
Sew. S. Such summonses shall be
returnable not less than three days
and not more than thirty days after
they are executed.
Section 6. No policeman shall re-
ceive any money in lieu of the work
required to be done on the streets,
by any person liable to street duty,
but all such money shall be paid to
the street tax collector and only his
receipt, in the prescribed form, shall
be valid and serve as a protection to
the person paying the money.
Sec. Z. The clerk Of the city of
Hattiesburg Shall cause to be printed
a sufficient number of street tax re-
ceipts for each year and deliver tn,
same to the street tax collector, and
shall charge such Street tax collector
with such receipts. The street tax
collector when he makes his final set
Element for each year shall return to
the city clerk all unused street taA
receipts, and shall be credited by
the mayor and board of aldermen with
the same. Said street tax receipts
shall be in the following form:
NO
Hattiesburg, Miss, ..... 100. .
Received from ...........!......
'''.'....'.'.' Doiihi o
For street taxes for one year from
January 7, $780,.
S.,.ss,-
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-05-27
MAULTSBY AGAIN LOST
HEAVILY BY FIRE
LARGE AND coMMopIoUs BARN
DESTROYED MONDAY NIGHT.

News was received here yesterday
OF another destructive fire at Camp
Vile which totally destroyed the barn
and all contents OF the Campyille
Brick Company.
Il has been only a few weeks since
the immense brick plant Of this con
Germ was destroyed by FIRE, and Il
seems as II luck has struck them In
rather a hard way, for the total loss
ON the two fires will reach into sew
.eIal thousand dollars.
The loss Of the barn. which was a
large and. commOdiOus twO-story
building. will probably be about So.
coo. with no insurance. The building
contained all OF the harness and wa.
CONS used by the company and had
Just been stocked with all OF the oat
yield made by Mr.. Maultsby. besides
a solid carload OF hay had just been
placed In the building.
The first known Of the blaze was
about 10 o'clock on Monday night
when a darkey who lives only a short
distance from the place was awakened
by the cracking noise OF the FIRE and
upon investigation Il was found that
the entire top Of the building vas In
a blaze.
lie az once went 10 the place and
by hard work aud with some assist
ance managed 10 drive the seventeen
head OF mules from the pen In the
building and save them, but within
a short while Il would have been i'm
possible 10 enter the place az all.
How the fire originated could not
be- learned. There was no insurance
on the building. and the loss Is a
total one 20 SIR. Maultsby.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-05-27
UNIVERSITY WORK
COMMENCES MONDAY
CppINs MFG. COMPANY SECURE
CONTRACT FoR FINISHING.

Work Of iemodeling and completing
the University buildings will com
mence az once. the contract for the
needed improvements having already
been awarded
The successful bidders on this
work was the Eddins Manufacturing
Company OF this city. and they will
put a force Of men upon the buildings
by the first OF the coming week and
complete those already erect
ed at the University grounds.
This contract provides for the com
pletion OF buchanan Hall and IL will
require a number OF weeks TO COM
pleee the contract Besides the car
penter work. the entire building Is TO
be painted and stained on the inside.
which will add very materially to the
attractiveness Of the present quarters.
Thomas Hall is also 70 be repaired
and finished up In flrst-class style.
Cement floors are TO be placed In the
uaAn I0NnAns INC wits aAN W " ~
plastered and In all the entire build
ing will be overhauled where IL Is
found necessary.
This Is only the first step taken by
the Board OF Control In better equip
ping and arranging for the comfort
of the students that attend the Uni
versity. and Il Is believed that work
viii commence on the other large
buildings before the end Of the sum
mer.
With this work started. the Federal
building now in progress and a
score or more residences being work
ed upon. shows that business Is good
in Gainesville even during the dull
est season. OF which the merchants
and people generally are very thank
full.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-05-27
AttsntIon, stonewaIl camp.

The Stouewan Camp Of Confederate
Veterans Is invited by the Lew Wal
lace Post. C.. A. r., TO join IL 10 It's
memorial service 20 De held a. the
First Baptist church in this city at
1880 o'clock on next Sunday morn
ing: and also invited 10 accompany
such Post on the next day 20 the
cemetery 20 decorate the graves OF
all the soldiers buried there. Car
riages will be- IN waiting on the north
side OF the square for the members
OF stonewall Camp who will go to
the cemetery.
As many as can should accept the
invitation. HORATIO DAVIS,
Commander
JOHN c. McGREW. Adjutant.
The Elevator will please copy.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-05-27
A Birthday Greeting.

On Saturday. the 23rd, a host Of
friends and relatives enjoyed a de-
Ilehtful dinner az the home OF J. {.
Manning given by the Manning broth
ers I'M honor OF their aged mother b
seventy.nlnth birthday. Three sons
and one daughter, friends and rela'
lives. sixty Ia number, were present
10 partake OF the toothsome dinner
and delicious ice cream that vas
spread under a. shade trees In the
ward. where Il vas more pleasant for
the crowd.
Elder J. T. Johnson preached
very interesting sermon for the oe'
CASTOR. concluding With the hymn,
Jesus. Lover Of Ny Soul" May COD
bless the sons aud daughters WIN
the presence Of their devoted mother
many more birthdays They show %
tbelr Kind deeds that they have not
forFotten the kind care Of a mother
A FRIEND.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-05-27

We have here a black Dove. a black
man who Is Green. a white man who
Is Green, also. a young lady who
likes Coffee. a married woman who
loves Porter. a sedate man who n
always Jolly. a man who gets thirsty
though always Atwater, a wife who.
when she gets impatient with her
husband, says o. Shaw. Winter ala
summer. an English negro, a young
lady who Is a Belle and a married
man a Bell also. and every piece OF
mail matter has one mans name on
it-Waldo.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-05-27
MEMORIAL SERVICE
OF GAR. SUNDAY
SERMON TO DC DELIVERED AT
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.

In compliance with The annual Gus.
tom Of the association. on next sun.
day morning. May 3Oth. there viii De
a memorial service held 40 the First
Baptist church az 1880 o'clock. The
sermon will be delivered by the celc-
brated divine. Rev. lr Juo. r. Ia
nari Of Cartorsville. c.. assisted in
the pulpit by Rev. s. o. Rogers.
Dr. Ranard. who has accepted the
invitation 90 deliver this sermon. is
one OF the most talented and finest
orators OF the Southern Baptist
Church. one whom Il will De treat
10 hear. and this fact alone will serve
20 call out many.
Invitations OF the most cordial ma
ture have been extended the local
Camp OF Confederate Veterans. the
two chapters OF the Daughters Of the
Confederacy. the Blue and the Gray.
the Spanish-American War veterans,
the Patriotic order Sons Of America.
and the general public TO attend this
service.
The battalion OF the various organi-
cations will assemble az the Post
Headquarters I'm the Dutton building
and headed by the Gainesville Brass
Band, who have generously offered
their services. with Company III" Of
the Second Regiment. Florida State
Troops, acting as an escort OF honor.
will proceed TO the church. returning
I'm the same order. The usual choir
OF the church will be augmented by
special music arranged by Col. /. Z.
Webster.
On the following day. Monday. May
3lst, services will be held at the
cemetery and the graves Of all the de-
parted veterans OF both the Blue and
the Gray will be decorated with flow
ers. In addition 20 the usual ritual
istic service on this occasion, there
will be an address delivered by the
talented young lawyer. Col. w. Z.
buhNAs AlAN ANet4aAAH " y ANNA1NAN It'll
coins address at Gettysburg and spe-
cial music by selected singers under
the leadership OF Col. !. r. Webster.
Carriages will be in waiting on the
north side OF the square at . o'clock
for any Confederate Veterans. Daugh.
tiers OF Confederacy and any others
who desire TO attend the ceremonies
and hear the address Of Col Baker.
Those fortunate enough to have flow
ers are requested to make a donation
for the decoration OF the soldiers
gTayes.
The Grand Army Of Florida. az the
present time. under Department Com
mander General James skinner OF
Archer and his able stan. are In a
flourishiug condition and doing much
20 inculcate the principles Of fratern-
itv. charity and loyalty among the
Blue and Gray veterans who are still
with US.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-05-27
THE COOPERATIVE CONTEST.
Business Houses That Are In the
Plan Which Will Issue Votes.

Business Houses That Are In the
Plan Which Will Issue Votes.
The handsome pianos and diamond
ring to be given away in the Co
Operative Contest will be the grand
est distribution OF prizes ever offered
In Alachua county.
Parties trading with any Of the fol
lowing stores will be given one vote
for every penny spent:
Gainesville Furniture Company.
furniture: Phifer & Morris Co, cloth
ing and furnishings; Gainesville Hard
ware Co. plumbing and hardware;
Mrs. r. r. Mccormick. millinery; w.
NJ. Johnson. drugs and medicines; l..
c. Smith. shoes and jewelry: Mrs. Il.
Wilson. dry goods and notions; Saun-
ders & Earle. groceries and feed
stuffs; City Bakery. bread and pastry:
r. Y. Smith. fresh meats; Crawford
& Davis. livery and sale stables: The
sun. printing and publishing; The
Brown House. meals and lodging: ~
Francisco. Banana House. fruits. etc;
Eddlns Mfg. Co. lumber and building
material; Standard Fertilizer Co.
fertilizer.
Votes will be given on all orders
for Job printing az The Sun Office.
and on subscriptions as follows:
The Daily Sun.
1925. three months subscription.
old subscribers. 500 votes; new sub
scribers. 200 votes.
$3.50, six months subscription. old
subscribers. 1900 votes; new sub
scribers. 800 votes.
s.. one years subscription. old sub
scribers. $500 votes; new subscrib-
ers. $500 votes.
For a club Of Ave one-year subscriD-
lions before ~ o'clock noon. Aug.
is. 1900. old subscribers, 10000
votes: new subscribers. $4,000 votes.
For a club OF ten six-months' sub
scriptions before ~ o'clock noon,
Aug. rs. 1901. old subscribers. 10000
votes; new subscribers. $4,000 votes.
There Is no limit 10 the number Of
clubs each contestant may secure.
The seml-Weekly Sun.
81, one years subscription. 500
votes
For a club Of Ave one-year subseTip-
tions. 5000 votes.
There Is no limit 20 the number
OF clubs each contestant may secure.
A little want ad. will accomplish
big Eesulta.