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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-11
SOCIAL and Personal
KATIE L. 1. ALLEN
\ 4 II MES IS
Il ATE l.. 1. ALLEN

order of United Daughters of the Con.
federacy founded, and the life story of
the founder-Miss Korndoffer.
Song, "A Token" Mrs. d. B.
Holmes.
Account of the foundation of the
order-Mrs McGregor.
Dates and places of Annual Con-
ventions.-Miss MCGOWAN.
em-"Lines on the back of a Con-
federate Note."--Mrs. D. B. Holmes.
A true Incident of the Confederate
War-Miss Moore.
Song-"Kathleen Mavourneen.''-
Miss Hyde.
The Presidents General, U. d. c.
Mrs. Mckay.
Song-"Love's Old Sweet Song
Mrs. Martin.
Review of Convention work.-Miss
Holmes.
Instrumental Solo-Miss Mamie
Seaman.
Tong-"A Fancy."-Miss Holmes.
Bonnie Blue Flag'-All
After the prgram, Misses Hattie
Pearl Langford and Gertrude Polk
served a two course luncheon, consist
ing of chicken salad, with olives, pick
les, and crackers followed by block
cream with cakes and nabiScOeS.
The decorations were flowers ant
Confederate flags. Mrs Polk was i
gracious hostess and made each guest
, feel welcome.
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By Choir
Solo-Thy Will Be Done-Rev. o. S.
Lewis
Address-Soul Winnings in Every
Department of the Women's Home
Mission Work.
Enthusiastically
Offering.
Address-Rev o. s. Lewis.
Closing Song.
| Benediction.
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In Honor of sixty-second Birthday.
Mss. F. e. Lovett entertained one
day last week at luncheon at her
home on Alkaline street in honor of
her sixty-second birthday.
Those in the party were: Mr.. and
Mrs. w. A. Lovett, and children, Mr..
and Mrs. T. M. Ferguson, and child
rem, Mrs. ]. R. Lovett and Mrs. S. E.
Lovett.
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SoWania Club With

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Sowania Club With
the Misses Connor.
The SOwania Club me- Saturday af-
ternoon for the first time since the
summer rest with Misses Bette and
Lucy Conner at their home on Sixth
street.
The Club will study this winter,
Our Country" Following is the pro-
gram:
Landing of the Pilgrims-Miss Mar
geret McWilliams.
Old and New Plymouth-Miss Bees
sic Powe.
Courtship and Marriage Among Pill
grims-Miss Lucy Conner.
Piano Solo-Miss Ethel Powe.
Leader for Current Events-Miss
Ethel Hill.
After the meeting a dainty two
course luncheon was served by Mis-
es Bette and Lucy Conner.
Misses Anna and Jane Fuller will
| be the next hostesses, on Saturday.
| The members present were: Misses
Laura Haney, Ethel Hill, Margeret
McWilliams. Mable Greer Manic
| Thompson, Ethel and Bessie Poowe
Minnie Hightower and Camille Thrash
The guests were: Mrs. E. L. Robbins
and her guest Miss Mary Bates Al
len, of st. Petersburg, Fla; and Mrs
V. NJ. Seaman and her guest, Miss
Mamie Seaman of Newton.
Public Nesting of the w n. M. Society
The Women's Home Missionary
Society of Broad Street Methods
] church held a interesting public
meeting Sunday evening at tbs
church.
A large number of visitors were
present and the following splendid
program was rendered:
The Voluntary-Is 1t Faith to Follow
Jesus.
Prayer-By the Pastor. Rev. o S
Lewis
Song-Volunteer Are Wanted--By
Choir
Paper-Equipment for Service
Quartette-There You'll Find Nc
Singing
Paper-Soul Winning-Miss Ethe
Innerarity
Song-Thy Home Path After ALI
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THE LURE OF THE WAND.

(Midsummer Nights Dream,
vice. wlnsome Puck, dear laughing
sprite,
Lead sayly oil in wild delight:
We're following. Behold
On bush aud briar. manifold
The fireflies hang their lamps of gold.
iiarA' near the tender, faint entrance
ne music of Titania's dance
Inc fairies change by fond costrue
Each note of nightingale into
A lutte of silver, sweet and true.
Ohu' on without a stop to time
vi dreamy, dulcet, far-off chime,
Adown the cowslip's trail,
Ger wild thyme bank, pink clover
vale,
Through green and brown of acorn
dale,
Ehchanter, from our eyeids stay,
TAKE not the gentle charm away
A little while yet. Robin, lead
Us in and out of ribbon weed.
Around the rings of lilied mead.
VIM Of the Wisp, your magic lore
Hath brough to us a wisdom more
Acute than that we learn
In books-a mystical discern
Of simple things we fain would spurn.
You made us for time forget
The world, with all it's care and fret;
Taught us to understand and see
The wealth of your philosophy
What fools, what fools we mortals
be!
KOATLEEN KAVANAGH.
Tulane Normal, Shakespeare Class.
1903 Exchange.
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Historical Club With Mrs. Polk.

Historical Club With Mrs. Polk.
The threatening clouds had rolled
away. the weather was perfect, on
Saturday afternoon when the mem
bers of the Historical Club held their
regular meeting at the pretty home
of Mrs. Abner Polk on River avenue.
There were twenty-five members
and four guests present, Mrs. Causey,
Misses Sophronia Hyde, Mamie Scan
Ian, of Newton, and Miss Slara Golf,
of Moss Point. The historian, Mrs.
SCARBOROUGH was missed, being absent
on account of sickness.
The papers presented were strictly
historical, and compiled from the act
ual minutes of the order U. D. G.
The guests on entering were served
punch by Misses Hattie Pearl Lang
ford and Gertrude Polk.
l The following program was render
Song, Ben Bolt" by Mrs. Leo Mar
tin.
When, where and by whom was the
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dHu MO l. w. reTSuSOu, anu CIllu-
rem, Mrs. j. R. Lovett and Mrs. s. E.
Lovett.
Place Of Meeting of the Kings Daueh-
tiers Changed.
On account of sickness the Kings
Daughters will meet in the Palm Gar
den of Hotel Hattiesburg Tuesday
evening at o'clock instead of with
Mrs. Archie Farley
Spent Sunday in New Orleans.
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Dearman and
children, Gladys and Tom, spent Sun
day with friends in New Orleans.
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To Teach in Derby.
Miss Elma Powe left this morning
for Derby, where she will take charge
of school.
Mr.. Co,vin Leaves for the North.
Mr.. Fred P. Colvin left Saturday
evening for two weeks visit in the
north.
Miss Lillian Fisk, of Glacier, is the
guest of Miss Alice Sims, on Farley
street.
Mrs w. S. Thomas and daughter,
Miss Grace Thomas, left toby to
visit relatives in Barnett and Vos-
burg
Miss Bena Jordan and two little
nephews, Sidney and Leo, of Ellis
vile, are visiting friends and relatives
on Newman street.
The friends of Miss Addie Rhodes
will be glad to know that she is able
to be out again after a week of sick
ness.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. M. Campbell, of
Noxubee. Miss, are the guests of their
daughter, Mrs. J. B. Howe, on Main
street.
The arranging committee of the
Parent Teachers Association will meet
at the First Baptist church Tuesday
afternoon at four o'clock.
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Miss Lena Stars, of West New York
is the guest for a few days of Mrs
NJ. J. McGrath and Mrs. R. E. Lee.
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Henry Ellison left Saturday night
for a three weeks business trip
through Kentucky and Tennessee.
Home From the North.
Mrs. R. r. Akers and children, Kath-
leen, Vivian and Agatha, have re-
turned from a two months visit in
the North, They were Joined about
two weeks ago in Cincinnati by Mr.
Akers, who accompanied them home
Returned to Home In jackson.
Miss Josephine Spangler left this
morning for her home in Jackson, af
ter a ten days visit to her cousin
rr~-.,.1, WET Din.
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ts incentive individual effort
be measured by personal expectation gain that the energies thuf
aroused affect the whole character Of the community spreading
the ben6cent hope and high endvOr through channels
scarcely known workers in fields the II all this be
borne mind may perhaps unworthy the place have
assigned 10 it.
sOcial has being in magnitude not il
This the modern alliance between science and
industry.
mainly rely improvement
conditions which societies live opinion obvious
although would conjecture from historic Of political
controversy It's direct moral effects less obvious indeed there
excellent who would altogether deny their exist
regard fitted and sustain the energies
of nations voud them absurd.
believe this be utterly misleading, cOntounding accident
essence transient aeepanen with nssparae character
sucA
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Bp AcbiIle lOiaIIate.

rivalry capable neutrazng
pesevere the obstacles which
with differences origin civilization which
render difficult profound understanding between AngoSaxons
and Lans the end which they seek not impossible 10 attain
Already established OF pan-Amercan
enons where delegates from the three Americas meet and discuss
In the beginning Of 1905 held
international OF American students where
the United universities
Spanish and Portuguese speaking countries Some months later in
the year PanAean scientific held in Chile
The cIcunavgatng the globe which the American
feet has ended has been the for manifestations Of
pathy in the South American ports where IL touched
PsnAmecanis Pan-Amercansm aggressive snd ambitious
Of territorial but peaceful PanAe-can ambitious cn
and moral VIII become and OF
the capital articles the political exterior Of the United States and
spite Of obstacles il does al unreliable
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proportions between himself and other and things He negcs
to take stock Of himself With relation these and things They
the
he may hope to attain To accomplish anything he must be able
make himself
Instead OF that however be begins look these
and things the that
are associated with his failures necessarily In his mind therefore
they have caused them Had been JONES' Smith
Brown and this and that everything would have all
anywhere and everywhere find, IN the older
especially that whining type Of failure which persists recOunng
and will listen just Of
circumstances and conditions which brought him where be
ago ne ceased to look himself
circumstance innocent hard luck victim As story
ordinarily runs Just at that point in his when everything
at It's brightest this that thing all and al things
combined suddenly appeared in his athand ruin overwhelmed
Trace this typical back enough you
that somewhere he began his training
VIII discover IN all probability that the only thing trained
methodcay thoroughly the business gutter
this you may ind that his sefchoong has been perfect Working
discover where and when and why failed something
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outlook the notifications detail
and that they collectively revolution
is science theoogans philosophers
On these, indeed and weighy being
They have harmonic and coordinate prevent the from
being sided the valuable old
But science the the greater
because its object change its silent snu
praton of this dominant amid political ana
gous strife is the vital Of all the revolutions which
the development modern civilization.
1t faneful find in single aspect
luton influence which resembles religion patriotism appeals
the higher side OF ordinary
cUomed regard the appropriation by industry
cries merely multiplying convenences life
But it be remembered that this process sections
industrial community into admng
tecual achievement and the dnd for truth that
tho who live by mnsteng the average human
iy Ian for those who among
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Distakee Dangerous Habit ps spn r,.o

making the likely to suspect
Mistakes always have characterized the human
which operates to turn product distorted proportion
out Of ORDER The who thing purpose
simply has made mistake just frequently man.
the machine he IS out Of ordecapab
may be mental physical lapse man,
anything which mnmizes this mistake making
serve as an encouragement to other such shortcomings he
excuse for himself he is the less
In two ways this search for the making
operates in subtle manner against him. To the
TO clear himself he is led mistake effect
he reach that state Of gom prompts
believe hatexcept for explanatory tongues en-he
infaIfble.
That man who always is searching
eoings is bugbea business life almost always
involves some his fellows To
tends place his or less under csu and whether the
censure be just or unjust friction inevitably.
1t IS out OF this subtle growth disposition upon
others that so many find themselves finally
This habit Of trying shift responsibility themselves leads the
man away from the thought nrospeon sense Of
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Bp 3obn Fl. DowIano.

do to have done 70
merely o why he didn't
Could anything absurd2
many involving mistakes the
who called upon explanations rarely more than
himself a deeply
"I it, SAYS took il for granted
that be knew what he taking
Yet in using Jones clearing himself willing 70
leave the inference that Jones is the dependable
world Why, mistake to depend upn
Jones the first would piece constructive
genius IT, suspeeng Jones knowledge authority oues-
TONED saving turning possibility
into best possible result
talking day who had made
his history business
Years before had been split the houseo
drop the
And dropped wrong line" he cheerfuy We eouSd
have made Eve money easy we hadn't made
that in judgment"
But he had offer judgment And be had
made than average with the other.
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browsing peacefully meadow does appeal
intimate does the sight dog his whole prone
the forepaws caspd upon
eagerly miser clutches his gold and the
tent his task IL life itself depended finding
shred griste upon knuckle
teeth already have sped and paned the heness
OF polished ivory.
Perhaps il that seeing him thush jaws
point OF dOcaon mpotent compass
enee OF huge shin OOn else making OF the pair
OF nnterekers TO seruneh wky
would think. splinter
the which human beings every nerve
hearts almost trivial penny triumph
barren OF result gnawing and
worrying OF the meatlesS
As he sits by the fender his held the
fascinated bird held by serpent myself what
thinks Perhaps be looks spirit
the Of all religion all worship awakening
Perhaps he is thinking such thoughts
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Each about large the other the the
climate propous effort while
ated tropical climate And whereas the white population
the United where races have disa
pead in South America the Indian population by consider
able number the whites And has produced important mixture
Of the OF 100000 hsrdy 6fh be-
longs &c the pure white
And the the population coonized
the continents United
States the AngSaIOn which have definitely
imposed their language and their ideal
America coonzd in the epoch Spanish grandeur
its language and its ideal whose civilization
has remained faithful What differences
order bind each in reality have
nothing in the
Independence snd to free themselves from the yoke
cities.
Happily for the United States they any serious
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worse sins and great times than
you words but
neither dog has been
the other his wishes words be
poor little dog who doing his poor little
To there is something pathetic the thought
fdence in and dependence the whms upon
master by careless
generally shift prison in
chain a a kennel in
perhaps In the enjoyment Of fedom the pursuit
pleasure the following
the faithful fretng and pnng
Of that tiny martydOm
suffering the Of hunger perhaps the thirst
be guilty Of a cruelty not easily be forgiven
is for this perhaps that gnawng
at bone without OF pity There
noble Independence in the fearless Tending
beasts and birds in the open. devourng
their hunting pity
quarry Even the sight Of innocent and harmless
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Brazil have succeeded sumountng the difficulties
thrown during the period their opened
for these countries With and muscle the only things
they favored they the point
a rapid development is assured them.
But this happy situation snguay pressing
izaOn the design the United
quickly under pain Of seeing these
huence, and seeing developed South partcuar
spirit which would the good feeling Of the world
v is the because the European
relations with these profit By
their wealth and to consolidate and develop their commercial relations
with them
Without doubt the idea Of similarity Of interests OF ensemble
Of conditions presents itself the mind viewing
map the American continents
from the OF the world
But what physical and ethnOgaph differences there
the continents Of North America and Of South America themselves
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Bp CouIson Kernaban.

God.
Perhaps his dog soul appehends that who
the srter his power
life and death only maker;
only himself somewhere
dog soul, aEaksns dim idea OF God
OF thing least certain ny dog knows
at al acknowledge higher power J. I
Gods deputy him IT, anything destroy
dogs beautiful and confidence
ist destroyer trust golden
that Is Gods vii should bind shall
creation God 20 his
mutual confidence
For that in al dealings with dog be honest
and 10 be just make hin promise fu6l
lest fan under the epoof good old Thomas
who said that he would give nothing the Christianity
o whose and dog better it
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life.
Critics have made the naive sefmpoance which
represented the and final the and
conceived the StupendOus mechanism primarily designed
satisfy his and minister his there
another and opposite danger into which it is possible fall
The material world, howsoeve may gained subim
has under the touch Of science lost domestic where
affects the immediate needs may
from the Of that in the majority will Curl
osiy while of those who fascinated
be chilled by impersonal Indifferent inmensity.
The appropriate remedy is the perpetual which
fuence science the business mankind sluggish
curiosity.
And now believe this influence be underrated
in hundred years setting
has altered neither politicians political institutions
We the combined efforts science
and those who have applied it.
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not the evil be hewed that study
be developed Our thought Of vice vice whereas
thought Of virtue harmonizes with its gracious practice
Physicians preachers teachers acting on this
principle They studying health il
health that Is desired nfrm Upl
the perqustes for good citizenship and
duOns Of crime and delinquency The breaches
pansons and happnesses and blessings Of rather than
the horrors
The less said about crime and evil the they
The less money spent study they viii dis
appear.
1t probty, and attention energy
expenditure As this becomes fully understood
oughy applied viii be realized that anything else is 1t viii
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Bp Aoa Map KrecRer.

It toward these ideals that al our modern thought is tending
The New Thought them utterly New
with profound truth that all good They ressy rivet
mind the ends they cherish They decline admit mentally
the pobyOf failure, dieu6es They allow
Of unhappn COnaEis they ped with
Elections their perfect bliss wholesomenes wealth. pros
pe They give thanks benefits
They world ideals the state peace
and prosperity fraternity, union, harmony, love.
The traveller through Europe the
torture the primitive and horrible jai esnes progress
realizes that the good Old times have been succeeded By present
times No the viii not
punish him We viii teach him And then while teaching
him may realize that he is teaching
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Els Ere Our Ubouobts SO Ere UQe Also.

was in one Of Prof. James talks to teachers
that he suggested ways for teaching temper
ance. He begged them 10 dwell less on the
ills Of inebriety and more on the superior joys
Of sObriety, the clear mind, the even pulse,
the sweet intoxicatiOns Of sunlight morning
dew, and landscape glOries and their whole
some stimulations. In fine. he wished to in
spire the school children with ideals, TO cult
vate in them the virtues rather than 10 try to
uproot from them the vices.
His are sane pedagogies. For they apply
the psychological truth that we tend to do that
which we think about And il our minds dwell
on that which we would shun we are more
D were our minds rivited on something else 1t
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be realized that need prisons prisoners police Rather
that we need schools Of citizenship hospitals the denque
cation for the savages.
aay H. That criminal mind criminal mind. criminal
thought encounters criminal thought snd ngnders
ke thief TO catch thief and cminOogy detect But
after II has been detected what th7 Only crime only
Evil to be good II good
liens.
When goodness is understood its beauty charm bsse blessings
no preachers will be required laud il ITS claims Every
body viii seek his verify
happy Nor win need evil
pore it. picture its miseres Evil and its offspring disappear
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Nan=Amertcanism Not Wnrealt3able

HE ambition Of the Americans to exercise
hegemony, at least moral if not material, over
the nations Of the new world is considered by
them as a sort of right OF priority. II has been
fortified by their rapid development, their mar
velOus accumulation Of wealth, the stability Of
their government. The revolutions which have
followed each other almost without cessation
until these last years in the Latin republics
have inspired in them for these nations an III
dissimulated disdain. II has seemed TO them
that protection is necessary in order TO insure
to these peoples the benefits OF peace.
Circumstances have not yet permitted the
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science Change psson ub James naor

Do not believe myself that this age is less
spiritual or more sordid than its predecessors.
/ believe, indeed, precisely the reverse. But
however this may be, is it not plain that If
society is 10 be moved by the remote speeula-
tiOns Of isolated thinkers it can only be on con-
dition that their isolation is not complete.
Some point of contact they must have with
the world in which they live, and if their in
iuence is to be based on widespread sympathy
the contact must be in a region where there
can be, if not full mutual comprehension, at
least a large measure of practical agreement
and willing cooperation. Philosophy has never
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Man ano Ills Best frieno, Ills Doa.

GORGE ELIOT says somewhere that many
men are kinder TO the dumb animals Of their
household than they are 10 the women who
love them, and adds, cruelty: is it because
the animals are dumb:" Fear OF my own
womankind, 10 say nothing Of suffragettes
prevents me from attempting an answer TO
that question.
But in regard to my dog, l am by no
means sure that he and I would get on any
better could be answer back. When he and
l fall out, and he turns a reproschful eye upon
me. my anger passes. Sometimes even I am
rebuked. Perhaps had he flung a reproaehfu
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OW was it that you chanced to make such a
mistake the other day? 1t was embarrassing
and almost inexcusable, only that something
or somebody brought it about. How did it
happen?
Probably more ingenuity and mental effort
are expended in explaining the causes leading
up 10 mistakes than are required for the task
out Of which the mistake itself arises. Uncon-
seiously the young man at large is led to feel
a necessity for explanations in such emergen-
eies. After a few experiences Of being held
himself the cause Of others failures, it
becomes easy TO adopt the policy Of " standing
from under IF he can
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time remains unchalenged to
shift Of blame the business world
destructive and waseful Of all organization evils involved When
and wherefores
canvsssd and accepted than explanation
nothing constructive in it. 1t the point
poverbial split milk"
methods may demand the explanation The question Where
you going 0 place the blameY
For this question of placing the blame
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by my that
dumb appealing look resist
1t What have done amiss do
did would mend it for love and have
Perhaps sometimes unintenonay dpase your
he you, he always
knows his mind besides which orgves you great many
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gion. And though the parallel complete say
will them unadd by applications
It's wonders be cataogued purposes education
be illustrated interesting
tudes which sare fatigue the imagination they will
familiar portion ordinary
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both glorious and profitable Absorbed by their progress
only Of late that they have been able have political
exterior and apply themselves the realization
During their period naeton, however
American republics suddenly progress Chile Argentina and