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Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1909-11-04
FARM TELEPHONE
AS DEVELOPER
nFIL RINGS NOW IN IsO.IOi RURAL
HOMES N THE SOUTH.
GROWTH IN FIVE YEARS
Rural Free Delivery. Newspapers ana
Telephone Hove Done Much lot
Figures for Dixie.

WASHINGTON. ID. C.-Spe"' In
the general uplift Of the rural South
three agencies have been specially po-
tent-rural free delivery OF mails. the
daily newspaper. and the telephone.
IL would difficult 10 decide which OF
these simple facilities of modern life
In the country districts have been most
/ beneficial in releasing the farmer from
ancient traditions and bringing him
into touch with the movements of the
F world. Each has been a power, and
f the combination has worked wonders
an over the Land OF Dixie.
But possibly the telephone is the
strongest arm of the combination
which is doing so much for the dweller
amid the solitudes of nature. IN former
years written TO the soil of his acres.
unemancipated. and apart from the
pulsiuC life of the cities. by means
- of the telephone ne can at pleasure
. talk with the nearby town or the dis
+ taut city. He can communicate with
a distant friend without toilsome
Journey over am abOminabie country
road. lie can transact business. can
learn the price of produce. can get
m touch with with the world at all
= Zines and almost mt amy point without
leaving the quiet and comfort OF hls
home. so wonder the development of
rural telephone lines in the last ten
y years has put 90 shame almost every
other line of progress iu this great
country of ours.
Increase SO Per Cent.
According 90 the last figures ON th
subject. made public n recent hul
|lcru of tle Census Bureau. iu the pee
giol from 1902 to 1900 the number @
ri- rural telephone stations iu the Unite
States increased ffu per cent ln 1870
ft is shown that -tGegn iarmhouses
the country were connected by tel'
phone. Five years the telephone be-
IS was ringing iu l.tti..,5 counti
~ homes. The lrures given refer direc
'0 ly to stations upon what are desi
de- mated iu the bulletins as rural q
has wires connected with exchanges
.rf- small towns in various parts of q
80 United States.
The bulletin shows that she Sou
nat has enjoyed it's share of this mea
ONE of communication. Following is a ga
he ular statement Cf the number Of rui
telephones n the rural districts
o"' each Southern State in 1902 and l9l
mas Telephones in the South.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1909-11-04
WEEKLY SHORT STORY

Tor O. small periodical the Literary
-lret had q remarkably weii-eQuip-
ned force. IL employed am editor-in-
chief. au assistant editor. % household
editor. a stenographer and general
Office boy.
Frederick Mallory Mason. a. b.. was
-re eFf-o~-fr--lIe and Tommy 'lasl
name and degree OBJ education want
/ irrI was the general Office boy -laI-
/ ra~et Van Aulur-l. j. 81 iDacA-lol
/ -r.ts4. held all tle other posll0ns-
mis- able trio kept things moFin-
.--fcaflv-a state Cf affairs due 90 ID,
-ffror.s uete--failiug good nature. i
-r-rr-r-s love ~ rhe lullCrols, ana l.
MISS Nan Aubureh 's-well. 90 Ae
combined rlertincss and eNtracrlll-l
Trto the midst % this center az ac
-fviries on one particularly eAactllA'
b / ef-e~roou. q minute piece OF paste
? board forced ms polite intrusion j Oh.
a. f my handed ~ % Miss Nan AL---"- p
D. 7rirh reminiscent grin
r she. told me- be announced,
I've 10 to Nr. Mason. but J promise
o. boss not 20 let any one get 1y n
Ia afternoon She came near
hough. Say. but she's winner
Mis- Van AmburEh glanced al Cd
10 name dropped her work and lgnoflI
or-rnv's gratuitous 01scrvations, vel
be- .rt M rr. n Miss Elizabeth Greene.
To Tommy's amazement De 500
y, s~..-1 hiue-lr ushering the WHINE
b. into the editors sanctum.
HIM" he sllIloQuizec. within Cd
D.. c,ilafeg earshot OF Miss Van A4l'ur1
-sorefr irc's UP. She ain't no autnc
81. .ef III bet my meal ticket
Tommy" reproyed Miss Van a
81 rrch with dignity. You are uol =
p loved 20 pass comments on MI y
ems visitors. Copy those letters
..aFartr nv words" he muttered
he moistened the copying sL0'
shes got the boss faded -sure.
nd And h looked so when an hour la
.be rnvsterious visitor. smiling
v-3fh tear-stained eyes. left the OF
H. soflowed by the attentive editor
Just close up the days business
hest YOU can. Miss Van Amburgh'
~tructed Mr. Mason In passing.
ano ahau not be back this afternoon.
,s,e ~Wot did I tell yer?" boasted T
nv INT Miss Van Amburgn was
busy 70 answer.
Tbfogs went on badly in the ofhc
nm. ,he LITERARY Ieahet the next
Tbe editor-in-chief vas noticeably
.,a trauRbt. lie dictated IN an abe
minded manner. and again leit
osHce early. Offering no eNplanaue
her. ,bfs most unusual proceeding.
:. Tommy waited until the door q
a''"h tight. and then whisiied
.,v Gone 10 meet the winner. ne
iectured I'll bet my
ebert Tommy. dust Mr.. Nason's desk
he oulet about g." directed Miss
49,. Amburgh. You grow lazier
10 day"
&, AZ suddenly a long chuckle came
the editorial sanctum.
can't Tommy, what are you doing
uanded Mis Van Amburgb, iacin
DNsh cuiprit sterniy
Get on 20 this" said the unab
Ut an Tommy. reading haltingly from
torn scraps Of paper Fleced toi
on the desk bIOtter before hil
many found them in the waste basket
hot stun: 'Well-thats--the--'
"a . feal-about-yo
800 With a sudden sweep or her
: Srho Miss Van Amburgh sent the u
ella. scraps flying.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1909-11-04
ra,e FamiIy Forecasler.

xvt|e--fsrn going into town TO-DAY.
- Sear. 70 my bootnaaksr.s. nililnef
go dressrsaaker's. What does me pa
,.~r say about the weather.
Husband--Rain. hail ano tnon0ei
u.orrne-Bon Ftvants
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1909-11-04
poIxrKn PARAGRAPHS.

TIE truth Is ali right. but so many
peopIe are ashamed 20 ten T.
N a rnan has a long head ana
strong arm he sht 20 make GOOD,
he IL a wise weather prophet VIZ
knows when 70 borrow an umbrella
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1909-11-04

These figures tell the story of the
activity OF the Southern farmer Wher-
ever the telephone has gone II has
brought better living, an increase IN
the productivencss of the farm, ana
money making opportunities for the
acrfcuIurist that were not dreamed
of before In 1902 the telephone was
not a new thing-it was used IN all
lines of business IN the cities and on
more prosperous farms and ranches
OF the country.
But when one considers that in this
fve-year period the number OF rural
/ telephones jumped from "a 10 5.Ot3 IN
/ MARYLAND; from $3.50 20 1855 in Nir-
ginia: from 27O 10 24.S7f in Oklahoma
and from 1879 10 1908 In Arkansas
the manner in which telephones have
heen raised from the station OF rich
mans luxury 20 that Of an everyday
necessity of all the people can %
readily understood.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-04

the city should abandon the code chap
ter on municipalities and adopt tn
commission plan. The proposition was
rejected by very small majority, an
since that defeat there has been
further agitation of the subject.
The commission plan, however, real
ly originated in Biloxi, insofar as thi
state is concerned, the bill introduced
by Representative Clark having bee
drafted by DR.. w. o. Talbot, of Ri
loxi, after a thorough study of the
Texas and Iowa commission laws.
was considerably altered and amendo
in the Legislature, and, according 10
the opinion of some able members of
the bar, still contains number Of de
fects that should be remedied befor
it is given a practical working test.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-04
BRUTAL ASSAULT
ON An OPERATOR
MADE BY A NEGRO ON ONE AT
MERIDIAN MONDAY NIGHT.
He Followed Mr.. Alex McFoIIard Into
An Ice House, Used Piece of Iron
Pipe, But Made Good His Escape.

Meridian, May A negro as
saulted and attempted to rob Mr.. Ale
McFollard, Telegraph operator for
the Queen and Crescent at about |
o'clock Monday morning as he wa
going home from his work. The as
sault was made while he was on Twen
ty-siXth avenue, between Davis al
Seventh streets. He noticed a ncgr
come out of the shadows of the ice
house as he passed and the negro
followed him, but as he was whistling
Mr.. MsFollard did not suppose the
negro meant any harm. The negro
came up on him and hit him in the
back of the head with a piece of iron
pipe and knocked him down. Mr..
McFollard soon regained his feet AM
the negro fled and nothing has 5ncI
heard of him although an effort wa
made to trace the negro with blood
hounds, the dogs failing to take The
scent on account of so much passing
DR.. Gully dressed the injured man
wounds and found it necessary to
take two or three stitches in the
back of the head where the scalp
had been rent by the blow. The IN
juries are not of dangerous charec
ter.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-04
DOG FRlGHTENs BURGLAR.

NEW ORLEANS, May 4.-Early
this morning the watch dog belonging
to Mrs. C. McGees began to bark and
peering out through the window she
saw a man run from the yard. Patrol
man Eugene Dupriest, of the First
Precinct, was summoned and he dis
covered that some Stats in windoN
had been broken off by the would-be
burglar in his attempt to gain entrance
to the house. The dog was 1nstru-
mental in preventing a robbery.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-04
BUSY BUSINESS Men
Science Helps Them Out After Reck-
lessly Abusing the Stomach.

The most reckless man in regard to
health is the busy business man. AT
noon he rushes out for little bite to
eat. He bolts his food without proper
mastication, and heaps on his stom-
ach an extra burden greater than it is
able to carry without breaking it
down.
His overworked stomach is crying
for help; it appeals to him for relief
in various ways; Expulsion of sour
gas; waterbrash, sour taste in mouth;
heaviness after eating; shortness of
BREATH bad breath, etc.
One Mona tablet taken with or Of
ter each meal will help any sufferer
from dyspepsia wonderfully. 1t aids
the stomach in the work of digestion
which it must perform.
Mona tablets are sold by Hays &
Field at so cents a large box, with
rigid guarantee to cure dyspepsia and
all stomach troubles, or money back.
They make eating a pleasure.
Mona cleanses and purifies the
stomach and bowels and puts vigor
and strength into the overworked It's
sues. It is the surest stomach tonic
in the world.
Mona is sold by leading druggists
everywhere.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-04
TAX ASSESSMENTS
AS TO RAILROADS
DENIED BY THE SUPREME COURT
THE RAILROAD COMMISSION
HAS THE RIGHT.

JACKSON, Miss, May 4.-The de
cision of the Supreme Court toda.
in the case Of the Yazoo and Missis
sippi Valley Railroad company agains
the board of mayor and aldermen o
the city of Vicksburg, sustains the
exclusive right of the railroad com
mission to fix the assessments of rail
road property, denies the municipal
ity any authority in the matter, not
withstanding its charter provisions,
which it was argued made it an excep
ton to the general rule, and incident
ally solved the railroads entering
Vicksburg a great many thousands 0
dollars in taxes, the city's assessment
having been about four times as mucl
as those taxed by the commission.
The case decided was only one o
several similar ones, and was made a
test case to cover all. The lower cour
had decided that, owing to the fac
that Vicksburg had not elected to
come under the code chapter on mum
cipalities, it was not bound to the as
sessments made by the railroad com
mission, and this decision was re-
versed, the demurrer of the railroad
company sustained and the cause re
manded. The decision was prepared
by Justice Mayes.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-04
DEPRIVED OF A RIGHT.
The State Supreme Court Reverses a
Verdict on MansIaughter Case.

The State Supreme Court Reverses a
Verdict on Manslaughter Case.
JACKSON. Miss. May 4.-The cas-
of Ned Hill VS.. State from the circuit
court of Yazoo county, in which tn
appellant had been sentenced to fou
years in the penitentiary for man.
slaughter, the case was reversed by
the Supreme Court in an opinion by
Chief Justice Whitfield because tn
lower court had allowed an instruc
ton to the jury which took away from
the defendant the right to plead tn
apprehension Of great bodily harm at
the hands of the man he killed, on &C.
count of the great physical difference
between the two men, the dead negro
having been shown to be a powerful
man and the defendant a weaklins
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-04
COUNTY SHERlFFS.
OnIv Few Have Made Settlements
With State Auditor Smith.

JACKSON, Miss, May 4.-The sew
enty-eight sheriffs and tax collectors
in Mississippi are now closing up their
privilege tax accounts for the past
year and making their settlements
with Aditor Smith, as well as begin
ming the collection of this years priv
ileges, which must be paid this month
else the taxpayers will find themselves
assessed with heavy damages in ad-
dition to the taxes.
The privileges of railroad companies
and other concerns under the super
vision of the railroad commission are
exceptions to this rule, their privilege
taxes being due in December.
Only a few of the sheriffs have thus
far made their settlements, either for
these privileges or for state taxes col
lected during the month of April, but
it is expected that all of their settle
ments will be in by May 10, the limit
of time allowed by law, since the col
lections for the month have been ex-
ceedingly light all over the state.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-04
Bad Attack of Dysentery Cured.

IAN honored citizen of this town
was suffering from severe attack of
dysentery. He told a friend If he
could obtain a bottle of Chamberlain S
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Rem
edy, he felt confident of being cured,
he having used this remedy in the
west. He was told that I kept it in
stock and lost no time in obtaining
it, and was promptly cured" says M.
Leach, druggist, of Wolcott, VT. For
sale by Hays & Field and Yellow Pine
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-04
MURDER AND SUICIDE.

STAFFORD SPRINGS, Conn, May
4-Driven insane apparently by the
sight of memorial card which she hoe
ordered for her daughter Elsie, VINO
died about a month ago, Mrs. Bernard
Rister beat Charles E. Emory, OF BoS
ton, who had called to deliver the
cards, on the head with an AK, inflict
ing very serious wounds; shot ARD
killed her two-~ear-old son Bernard
and then took her own life by sending
a bullet through her heart.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-04
HOW MRS. DAVIS
LOST HER Watch
STOLEN BY A FEDERAL SOLDIER
ACTING AS HER GUARD.
Dropped it While She Was a Prisoner
and Found and Quickly Concealed
BY Man Whose Duty it Was to
Protect Her.

MERIDIAN, Miss, May 4.-"The pro-
posal of New Jersey regiment to re-
turn to the Fourth Georgia, what was
claimed as the Fourth Georgia's Regi-
mental colors, taken at Spottsylvania,
and the denial of the surviving men,
bers of the Fourth Georgia that they
ever lost flag at SDottsylvania, OF
elsewhere, recalls an article which
read in Michigan paper while there
some few months ago, said Ed Racine,
travelling man at the Great Southern
Hotel, to the Daily Dispatch last
night.
President Davis of the Confed-
eracy was captured, it will be remem-
bered, at Irwinville, Georgia, and ac-
cording to the article mentioned, Mr.
Davis, his wife and two body servants
were taken from Irwinville under a
heavy armed mounted escort to Ma
con, Georgia, where they were pris-
oners in the Hotel Lanier, prepare
tory to sending Mr. Davis to Fortress
Monroe.
During the tedious trip to Macon,
one of the Federal guards following
the closed wagon in which Mr.. and
Mrs. Davis were temporary prison
ers, noticed something fall from the
wagon and hastily dismoundng,
picked up what he at first thought
to be an article of food of which the
troopers were very much in need. 1t
turned out to be ladies' gold watch
instead and he hastily slipped it into
his blouse and kept it until after the
close of the war. 1t was a solid gold
hunters case watch, belonging to
Mrs. Jefferson Davis, and was en-
graved with her name and the date
on which it was given her
1.-THE article appeared in the De-
troit News, and stated the the watch
mad been given to the troopers
daughter, prominent society woman
of Ypsilantia, Mich, who at that time
was exhibiting it with a great deal II
pride, and who priced it very high
ly-it having belonged to the First
lady of the Southern Confederacy.'
my first impulse was to write the
lady in question, and invite her,
since her prize was not a spoil of
war; and since the very possession
OF it was questionable-to at LEASE
offer to retrn it to Mrs Hayes, of
New York-the only surviving mem.
Der of Mr.. Davis family, but instead,
l clipped out the article and thought
to have one Of my newspaper friends
present the matter editorially. Be-
fore l was aware of it, 1 mislaid the
clipping.
Doubtless, Mrs. Hayes would be
glad to have this relic of her l1ment-
ed mothers, and doubtless too, the
Ypsilantia lady would be equally glad
to return to Mrs. Hayes, this ever
present reminder of her fathers I'm
gallantry."
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-04
Let Kodol Digest
What You Eat
Then you can Eat what you ike, for KodoI will do
exactly what your stomach does when it is well.

You once could eat anything yor
wanted, and your stomach would
digest it.
But now there are some things
which your stomach won't digest,
Your stomach absolutely refuses to
accommodate you when you eat
certain food-so you have been
forced by your stomach to eat food
which you digested and pass up
those delicacies that you would
have really enjoyed.
There is way now to eat any
thing you like, If you will let Kodo1
digest 1t.
Kodol will do this, too. 1t won't
talk back or command, but will go
right ahead with its work and d.
gest all the food you eat. Kodol
VIII let you eat anything you like. |
You will not have that heartburn
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-04
VICkSBURG STREET LIGHTS.
The Eectric Company Asks for New
Contract from the City.

Contract from the City.
VICKSBURG May 4.-"Our two of
fers made to the council for light
ing the city for period of five years
still holds bood," said Manager Moor
man, of the Vicksburg Lighting Com
pany yesterday. The rates at which
we offer to take the contract are muc!
cheaper than those paid in any town
or city in the South, Memphis or New
Orleans not excepted, everything per
tanning to lighting considered. Jack
son, which has the same coal rate as
Vicksburg. pays STA per arc light on
an allnight and every night schedule
Memphis, it is true, pays only $75 per
annum per arc light, but they have a
81 coal rate as against SLIGO for Vicks-
burg and $50 or nearly six times as
many lights. Natchez pays $50 per
light. Hattiesburg pays $96 per year
on a moonlight schedule. Pine Bluff
pays 100 per light per annum, and the
coal rate is only $1.15. Columbus
pays $50 per year light and has 80
cent coal rate. Our proposition is to
give the city 81 additional small elec
trio lights to which it now has and II
additional arc lights for the sam
amount of money the city is now pay
ing us, the new offer calling for an
all-night schedule as against the pres
ent moonlight schedule. This is a
particularly good offer and I see no
reason why the city should not accep
it"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-04

Hicks capudne Cures Sick Headache
Also Nervous Headache, Travellers
Headache and aches from Grip, Stom-
ach Troubles or Female troubles. Try
Capudine-it's liquid-effects immedi-
ately. Sold by druggists.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-04
CITY GOVERNMENT
BY COMMISSION

JACKSON, May 4.-The movemen
launched at Biloxi to secure the es
tablishment of the commission foru
of government, in accordance with tn
terms of the Clarke bill, is the second
effort of this kind since the new stat
ute went into effect.
About six months after the Clarke
bill became a law a special election
was held in Jackson to decide whether
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-04
DON'T BE BALD.

If there is any vitality in the hait
roots Rexall 1913" Hair Tonic will pos
itively grow new hair and cure bald
ness. We want you to try this prep
aration at our risk. Well return IL
money you paid us if you are not en-
tirely satised. Two sizes, SOC and
$1.OO. Own Drug Store, 113 Front St.
THE Rexall Store"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-04

which Is so annoying at times, IL
you will let Kodol digest your food
| a while.
You don't have to use Kodol long
only for little while-just long
enough for your stomach to rest a
little. 1t gets tired sometimes, too
just the same as anybody or part
of your body that works.
Kodol will do the same work as
the stomach, when it is well and
strong. Every tablespoonful will
digest ~ pounds of food.
Our Guarantee. G Garbd e e9 Of
Kodol. If you are not benefited-the
druggist will at once return your mon
ey. Don't hesitate; any druggist will
sell you Kodol on these terms. The
dollar bottle contains 21A times as
much as the Soc bottle. Kodol is pre-
pared in the laboratories of e. c. De
Witt e. Co., Chicago.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-04
FIRE LOSSES FOR
'OS in MISSISSIPPI
WE'RE GREATER BY $7s1,o58 THAI
FOR THE PREVIOUS YEAR
OF 1907.

JACKSON, May 4.-Losses incurred
by fire insurance companies doing
business in Mississippi during the
year 1908 showed a very heavy in
crease, according to figures compiled
at the office of Insurance Commission
er T. M. Henry.
Although the number of companies
operating in the state was consider
ably increased during the year Their
was but little increase in the tota
volume of business written or ne
newed, which was less than $4,000,
900.
There were IS companies author
lied to do business in the state at the
close of the year, and the recapitula
ton showed that they collected prem
iums on business written amounting
to $2,S0O,26S, against S2,S09,27S.06 fN
the year 1907, while the losses in
Cured amounted to $2,2S6,202 agains
losses incurred in 1907 of 81, 505, 1850
1t is thus shown that the loss ratio of
the state for 1908 was SIP per cent
which is the heaviest in its history
Figures are now being compiled
showing the business written by TN
life and miscellaneous companies. |
is expected that the life companle
will show a small increase over The
volume of business for the former
year, with practically the same loss
ratio.
The evening world., 1909-01-30
NELSON TELLS OF STRUGGLE
AGAINST KNOCKOUTS BY HARD LUCK

Here was one ray OF hope tore open
the message and inside was an offer to
go to Milwaukee and fight Cyclone
Johnny Thompson, another Dane, ! had
defeated him before and felt sure that
| would have a cake walk this time.
Blu. how was TO get there ! couldn't
borrow money and | didn't know what
to do. Suddenly thought OF my s. bill
that | had gotten a. the stag" !
quickly showed this down IN the solo OF
my shoe, stole silently up Central avenue
and headed toward the Little Rock and
Hot Springs Western railroad station
yards
The fast train to St. Louis was Just
rolling out OF the yards and ! chased
hard after her, and in few moments
rad lodged under the mail car and was
huddled over The trucks. Boys, par
t!cuiarly You kids who are perhaps In
spred over the success had so far at
timed as u champion boxer, take heed
here There was, Battling Nelson. tho
hero even then Of almost half hun
dred ring battles-seven years OF con-
t!nuous fighting cutting and mauling-
driven to the choice Of losing out on a
chance 70 win money and laure,s by re-
naming at the Springs, or risE!ng my
neck by riding b,neath the trucks OF a
mall train to keep the engagement In
Milwaukee.
| accepted the desperate chance, and
though the trip was fralght with many
dangers. starvation and pain / finally
managed to reach Milwaukee in time to
fight.