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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-16
THAT CORPORATE EXCESS, TAX

It has been for many years the GUS ! tom of Connecticut municipalities to encourage the institution and growth Of manufacturing enterprises by 1en- fancy in assessments for the purposes of taxation, and the result is that Connecticut ranks high in the list of manufacturing States, with a constant ly increasing number of industries and an equally regular growth in popula- ton. This policy it is which has kept Connecticut from such industrial stag nation as prevails in very material de- gree in Vermont and New Hampshire. To what could this State turn for pros perity and growth if its manufacturing industries should become special vic tfrns of the tax-gatherers? Only ag- r1culture would be left, and that has been nearly ruined by Western compe- tttion.
 The Corporate excess measure, now sending in the General Assembly, is in ofxect a requirement. that all manufac- turing corporations shall be taxed upon their full value, ascertained from the market values of their shares, or oth- erwise. This is blow at the prosper ity of these corporations. As an ab- stract question, the measure is right. It is the matter of expediency which should be considered-that is, whether the ultimate result will be beneficial to the State and the municipalities. Is is wise to adopt a measure which may operate to repel the coming new in dustries, and to check the growth of those now located here.
 Especially, would it be wise to do this, merely to carry into effect Re publican Boss F>yler's threat of last year, in substance that manufacturers would pay dearly for their opposition to the nomination of MT. Lilley for Governor?
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-16

The Pure Foods act has brought to public attention a more extended use of adulterants or alleged adulterants than had been supposed to exist, and the question arises. Is there any con- nection between this fact and the oc- casional discovery of new diseases or the increase in cases of previously known diseases. Some of the adu1- terants are such as, to the layman, appear necessarily deleterious to health, and it is quite reasonable to as- sume that they are responsible for more or less sickness and perhaps for deaths.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-16

Twelve years ago, the present tariff was enacted at a special session of Congress which began on March 15 and ended it's tariff work on July 24. Pres ident Taft has predicted that the tar in bill to replace the Dingley measure of 1897, will be ready to go into effect on June 1. This is possible but not at all probable. Congress is likely to be as dilatory as were President Taft and the Ways and Means committee, the former not having completed his mes sage, nor the latter its bill, on Sun day.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-16
CANYONS POWER LEssENED.

Speaker Cannon secured his re-elec- tfon. as expected. but the rules which gave him autocratic power in the past. were so changed as to lessen it. The moral effect of such an adnonition to him should be very material
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-16

use of the roads and streets shall be given over entirely to the racers for a certain number of hours.'
 But, action by the General Assembly is really required to secure such sane tion, for public highways can be clos ed for repairs only, and these races cannot be called road-repairing agen- cieS
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-16
PERSONAL MENTION.

Fred Hutchinson. in former years with the Barnum and Bailey, also the Buffalo Bill Shows. will be a memb er of the official staff with the SeLs-Floto Shows this coming season.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-16

The Hartford Times suggests that future automobile races, called -.endur- ance runs,s' "hiH climbing tests.'' etc, shall occur lon some day when, by ar engagement with the authorities, the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-16

PILES CURED IN TO IA DAYS PAZO OINTMENT is guaranteed to cure any case of Itching, Blind. Bleed ing or Protruding Piles in to 14 days or money refunded. soc.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-16
HOTEL HAMILTON

1oo rooms. 100 baths. addition for this season: Most dssirahly located A stone structure. with all the com forts and conveniences. Send for it. 1ustrated booklet and information to our New York Hotel Arlington" 25th St and Broadway. GA most corven- tent hotel to stop at en route.l
 Wm. F.. Ingold, Mgr, Hamilton, Bermuda
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-16
B R M U D A

Eneland's most favored possession. An ideal climate with the most ex- n,;aite co,orinr of flowers. water, birds and Gshes Delightful drives, charm. ing scenery. Absolute rest and quiet nnder baImy skies. A short. pleasant sea voyage. by large new steamer. CoYe tennis boating, fishing.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-16

WANT ADS. GENT A WORD
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-03
HATTIESBURG CAMP
ELECTS OFFICERS
Vote OF Thanks Extended Hattiesburg
News for courtesies Shown, and
Enthusiasm Was Great.

Last night Hattiesburg Camp, No
449, Woodmen of the World, held its
annual election of officers, which re-
suited as follows:
Past consul commander, A. F.
James; consul commander, L. NJ
Nash;. banker, Fred Volking; clerk,
A. J. Morson; escort, Charles Lang
ford; Waterman, G. F. Gilmore; SEN
try, F. M. Reynolds; managers, J. R.
Scarden, G. H. Williams and T. ].
Presley; physicians, DR.. L. H. Martin
and DR.. S. s. Turner.
The meeting was an interesting
one, was well attended, and much en-
thusiasm was manifested. All the new
officers Of this lodge are among the
prominent business men of Hatties-
burg, and the lodge is to be congratu-
lated upon their election.
BY a rising vote of the camp a
unanimous vote of thanks was ten
dered The Hattiesburg News for the
kindly interest which it has manifest
ed in the affairs of this lodge during
the recent past.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-03

cashire." "The Drain Man" was true
to life. He is the man, who because
of some mistake in his youth, suffers
hell on earth. He is the man who,
because he is weak, weakly yields to
some misfortune and drinks deep and
deeper Of the dregs Of life. He is
the man both sinned against and sim
ming. He is the man who Outlines
needs a Comrades" hand to raise
him up out of the Slough of Despond
and by an exempliflcation of the gos-
pei of the Brotherhood of Man teach
him the yet higher gospel of the
Fatherhood Of God.
But the Drain Man" does not need
sympathy more than the "Vicar."
One had sinned against himself; the
other had sinned against his brother.
One was maddened with, the fire of
hate. revenge and malice. The heart
of the other was being eaten out by
remorse and regret. They were both
and each of them in bells of their own
making, and from which there was no
escape save through service; unselfish
service to others, which neither of
them had ever known before, was to
lease their bonds and set them free.
The underlying criticism of the
church was somewhat severe, but it
is recompensed by the conclusion of
the, story; for at last, the good that
comes to them all, the blessings that
brighten and sweeten their lives
comes through the ministration of
"The Servant in the House" the one
and only true disciple who had con-
secrated himself and his all to Service.
The company did their parts we'll,
Mr.. ohm s. O'Broen as
"Mauson," THE Servant in the
House" and Mr.. Mitchell Lewis as the
Drain Man."
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-03
EVERY TOWN HAS THEM.

lndianola has bunch of boys whose
sole delight, when not reading the
blood and thunder, hair bristling, yell
low backed impossible heroics of
some handy shanked ,one eyed ad-
'venturer is to hang around the pool
room imbibing all the meaner things
they see and hear and passing by un-
noticed the better things. They can.
not expect to grow up into useful men
while wasting their time in places
where they do not belong and imbib-
ing stuff they should neither see or
hear. There is always something they
could do at home and their morals
would be far better If they would cut
out the unnecessary. Their future
good demands that a radical change
occur in the habits of our boys. They
are too good and too valuable to 20 to
ruin.-Sunfiower Tocsin.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-03
1.-THE SERVANT IN THE HOUSE"

"The Servant in the House" ap-
peared at the Auditorium last eve
ming. 1t is a great play. 1t breaches
sermon and points a moral and
reaches down and disturbs the self
centered selfishness in ones being.
There were three brothers, the story
goes. One of them went to the bad,
and the other two just let him 60.
Another one of the brothers went into
the clergy, and, unwittingly as it
was, became narrow conventional and
ambitious. The third one went away
into a far country, and became a
Bishop. He returns in time to visit
his brother, the Vicar, and finds
conditions all awry. He enters the
home and becomes the Servant in the
House." He typifies, not as some mis-
taken critics have said, 1.-THE Christ
but a true disciple of the Christ. He
has consecrated himself-heart, body
mind and soul-to the Universal
Church "The Brotherhood of Man"
Under his influence "all things
work out together for good" His
brother, the Vicar, is made to see that
his ministry is fruitless, because he
is living an inane, hypocritical lie.
His ambitious wife, loyal and loving
though she is-comes to realize that
her hero worship is all in vain. The
drain man." through his "comrade-
ship with 1.-THE Servant in the
House" sees rift in the clouds which
have lowered upon his life and is
permitted to taste the sweet of
child's love; and it all came through
"Comradeship," the result of embody-
ing into ones daily life the doctrine
of the Brotherhood of Man."
OF course the types were somewhat
exaggerated. Manson, "rhe Servant
in the House." was typical Of what
true disciple of the Christ ought to be;
but his actual counterpart is not
found on this mundane sphere. The
Lord Bishop of Lancaster" repre-
sented the opposite type; that type
OF the clergy whose hearts are set on
Mammon, whose selfish greed for
gold dwarfs all finer feelings of their
natures and prostitutes their sacred
offices to purposes base and mean.
There are greedy, grasping, selfish men
in the ministry; but they are few COM
pared with the devout and holy men
of God who go about daily doing
good; and there are few if any quite
so bad as this Lord Bishop of Lam
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-03
SECRECY SEVERELY
CONDEMNED.


In talk to a Progress Club at Far
Rockaway. Justice Brewer of the
United States Supreme Court, struck
the balance between the yellow jour
naf' and divorce secrecy of the 400.
The occasion was. the Astor decree,
which placed the seal of concealment
upon the record of cause, allegations
and testimony. After a strong de-
nunciation of the newspaper exploita-
ton of divorce scandals and family
closet skeletons, he said that which
ought to go in all courts and in all
opinion without saying:
II regret as much as anyone the dis
position on the part Of some jour
nails to hunt out the nastiness of life
and lay it before their readers. yet
against any concealment of secrecy in
judicial proceedings l must earnestly
protest.
Better no divorce than divorces OBJ.
tanned by secret judicial proceedings.
If there is one thing which justice
should always seek, it is the light of
day-no dark chamber performances
in this land Of equal rights. Let no
man be rich enough to buy veil to
cover the records of court of JUS
tice.
IF he will come into court, if he
will ask judicial action, let him do so
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-03
CHEEREUlNESS.

Alleen Hackett, leading woman in
THE Right Of Way" breaches a
cheerful philosophy, which, more re-
markable still, she is said to practice.
Here are my care dispellers," she
says:
Most people have lots of good in
them.
TITS only the unhappily married we
hear about. No one talks about the
happily married.
In America alone, more than three
million people travel safely on the
railroads. 1t was only the accidents
you read about.
Most stage women are good wom-
en-. 1t is chiefly the other kind you
hear about.
IF we got what we want when we
want it, we would never know the joy
of anticipation.
"If you have good health, you are
lots better off than most people.
Money is good thing to have, but
there are other things just as good,
and that go further toward making
for happiness.
People who talk about you aren't
to blame. It is a sort of disease of
the brain with them"
To which may be added that a
cheerful disposition is the "cure-all"
for most of the ills flesh is heir to.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-03

only upon the condition that every.
thing there is to be open and public
No Judge who is fit for the position
would need to be prompted against
the vice of the secret divorce for the
rich. But as there seems to be one at
least capable of such prostitution OF
the judicial authority, the legislature
of New York should, in common de.
cency, write Justice Brewers protest
in the statutes.-Vicksbur Herald.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-03


st'tutionsi law Of the land which ts
s-s s.rra 70 n cd. zen e p-s
pets sted the ,ad,a GA o so ~
fe cofn'i, ils .sea.ss II waS The
q o. z, os9,st la ofsrss was n
r - 81 . y 70 l,ss arp p..i.g
al. sl.ef t.-.-i Lefore. The Standard
Oil Company is notorious law break
er; and yet the Standard Oil Company
employs a goodly company of law
yers to protect it's legal rights, while
the scion of the house of Rockefeller
sings psalms and leads a Sunday
school class. The Sugar Trust is a
law breaker and convicted thief.
and yet there are honorable men"
who direct the affairs of the Sugar
Trust.
There are laws in all the states
against the employment of children
under fourteen years of age to do man.
ual labor; and yet the Telephone and
Telegraph companies grow rich off
the sweat of messenger boys, illegally
employed to do their errands. Little
boys in knee pants, all hours of the
day and night, carrying their yellow
messages to and fro into the palaces
of gilded sin and into the marts of ex-
change and trade; coming from their
tired little legs and sleepy bodies div
idends for the rich, contrary to law. In
sweat shops of the east and in cot
ton factories of the south this same
law, made for the protection of the
weak, is daily violated by the strong.
In Louisiana now there is great indig-
nation among a certain class OF law
breakers because this very law for the
protection of children is being raised
from the dead and called into court;
and public sentiment, instead of ap-
plauding is to large extent condemn
ing the officials of the law, for their
meddlesome interference with "busi-
ness" if the parents of these chill
dren," who are their natural protec-
tors" do not object Just as if pa
rental authority or business economy
had the right to say to LAW, stop
here, or stop there.
1t all comes from lack of proper
appreciation in the public mind of
what the individual owes to Law; a
lack of understanding of the respect,
reverence and obedience he owes to
Law; a lack of appreciation of the
benefits and blessings derived by him
from Law; the lack of knowing how
he hurts himself and endangers So
ciety every time he violates or coun-
tenances or condones any violation OF
Law.
There are enough laws, good and
wholesome laws on the statute books,
to preserve peace and order, and pro.
mote happiness and prosperity. The
duty of the hour for the individual
citizen is to obey these laws, to select
officers who will conscientiously and
impartially enforce them, and to re-
quire of friend and foe alike, respect,
reverence and obedience to these
same laws, because they are the LAW
of the land, and without them there
would be no safety to life or protec-
ton to property.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-03

The Knoxville Sentinel finds no oc.
casion for surprise in the announce
ment that Mr.. Bryan has decided to
throw the weight of his influence
against the liquor traffic. Every
well informed man." observes the
Sentinel, knew long time ago
where his sympathies were. He has
stood for local option as long as II
was expedient, like many other moral
reformers. Now that local option
has served its purposes in the most
OF the states, Mr.. Bryan's good sense
and his loyalty to all moral reforms
dictate different course in dealing
with the problem. He will be pow
erful factor in the fight for temper
ance In the middle West and through
out the entire nation"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-03

RUM AND BOARD.-Can furnish
room and board for couple. 300
forrest st. Home phone 10. 1877
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-03
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1908.
Circulation Double That Of Any
Other South Mississippi Paper
FOOTBALL.

The Detroit Free Press reports the
following football fatality:
He made a run around the end,
Was tackled from the rear,
The right guard sat upon his neck,
The fullback on his ear.
The center sat upon his legs,
Two ends sat on his chest,
The quarter and the halfback then
Sat down on him to rest.
The left guard sat upon his head,
A tackle on his face,
The coroner was next called in
To sit upon his case.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-03
PUBLIC SENTIMENT.

Laws are sometimes made without
public sentiment; the few who happen
to be in power make them, nolens
volens, without consulting public
opinion. But public opinion is the
final arbiter of all laws; and laws
that are not upheld by public opinion
are not upheld at all; they soon be-
come obsolete; dead letters upon the
statute books, or are repealed. The
consideration of any law is secondary
to the consideration of Law itself.
LAW in this country is not given
the respect, reverence and obedience
which is its due. None too much at
tentiOn has been bestowed upon the
enforcement of any particular law;
none too much attention can be be-
slowed upon any law; but too little
attention has been given to educating
and cultivating the public mind to
reverence and respect all LAW. just
because it is LAW.
Law means system and order, peace
and quiet, safety and protection. In
country where Law is reverenced
and where it reigns supreme, every
man Is safe in the enjoyment of life,
In the pursuit of happiness, and in
the protection of his property. In
country where Law is not respected
1t will not be obeyed; and where Law
Is dagrantly disobeyed, all is chaos;
there is no order, there is no peace
or safety; there is no rule for any
thing. No mans life is safe from the
fnfiamed passions of the mob, or the
black hand of the vendetta, or the
vengeance of the night-rider or the
merciless temper of the wiretapper.
Every man, If he will stop and think
about it, for his own self-protection
owes it to himself to yield obedience
to every law because it is the Law.
and to cultivate in the public mind in
SO far as he can a reverence for and
obedience to LAW. Reverence for
Law, obedience to Law, enforcement
of all the laws-that should be the
shibboleth of the South in every cam
paign in the immediate future.
Where 80 few people obey the laws
OF the land, it is not surprising that
. general disregard for Law disturbs
the country. The evils springing
rom this cancer upon the public
mind and its resultant evils upon
public conduct, are SO plain and griev-
BUS that q man who runs may read;
md yet there be so few who are will
ng to apply the real remedy for its |
liter eradication and cure; that is,
obedience to Law them
elves and persistent, loud and in
lignant demand for Law Enforcement
y all law officials.
S $3.50
From the highest to the lowest,
rom the greatest to the meanest cit,
ZEN Of the land there is lacking a
Fue regard for Law. Theodore Roose.
cit ruthlessly and fiagrantly, will |,
~ and maliciously violated the con- |,
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-03
BANKER walsh
DENIED HEARING
(By Associated Press)

Chicago, Dec. 3.-John B. Walsh,
convicted of misapplying funds of the
Chicago National Bank, of which he
was president, was denied a rehearing
in his appeal to the federal court of
appeals here today.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-03

From the highest to the lowest,
from the greatest to the meanest cit,
isen Of the land there is lacking a
true regard for Law. Theodore Roose.
velt ruthlessly and fiagrantly. will
fuly and maliciously violated the con-
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-03

DlscONTlNUEs SERVICE
TO BRUNSWICK, GA.
Brunswick, Ca, Dec. 3.-With the
The Washington times., 1909-01-17
IOWA DELEGATION
INDORSES WILSON
Unites in Letter to Taft Urg-
ing Continuance of SeCre-
tary in Cabinet.

Friends of Secretary James Wilson, 2t
the Department of Agriculture are nc a
little wrought mp over the recent re-
ports euauatmg from Augusta that Mr.
Taft may not retain him i'm his Cabinet
As result of this feeluE, they arc
sending to Mr. Taft many letters and
kilograms urging him 10 retain Score
taTy Wilson. They are doinE this Nolun-
raIiIy, ard not at the instance of the
Secretary.
Members of the Iowa delegation ia
Congress have united on letter, headed
by Senators Deliver and Cummins. uTg
Ing Mr.. TAFT to appoint Mr.. Wilson.
This letter was signed by all the mem
oers Of the delegation who we're m
Washington, when it was sent
It has been pointed out that for MI
Wilson to have the longest record of
Cabinet service, along with Senator Al
lisons record Tor longevity of Senate
service would be peculiarly credItabls
To Iowa
But the members of the Iowa delega-
ton i'm writing 10 Mr. Taft did not put
their case on length of Cabinet service.
They represented TO Mr.. Taft that there
were more substantial reasons why 1T
was desirable TO have Wilson remain IN
the Cabinet Among these are his cN-
celient record, and the fact that through
long experience and training, as well
as natural bent for administration OF
agricultural problems me is better fitted
than any man who is likely to be found
to discharge the duties as mead of the
Department of Agriculture some II
the members of tie Iowa delegation
have written personal letters to Mr.
Taft.
Secretary Wilson Will ave served
twelve years ut tie end of this admin
tsTation as Secretary of Agriculture. 81
that time ne viii not have e0ualed the
record OF Albert GalIatin, who as Sec
retarV of the Treasury, 1nder jefferson
and Madison served continuously from
January IS, 1902, to February ., 1914 or
twelve years and thirteen days.
The name of Clifford PinChOt CHEF
forester. continually recUrs as that of
The man who is most likely to- succeed
Mr.. Wilson whenever the latter does
retire. IIs is not the only one men toned.
however. One name heard is :nat OF
Prof Liberty IT, Bailey. of Cornell, VINO
IS a member of The Presidents farm
life commission. Henry Wallace, of
Iowa, also % member of the same COM
mission, has been mentioned.