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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-02
Supreme COURT Makes
AN IMPORTANT DECISION;
!. RAILROADS Are HARD HIT

$4,000 acres af lond lying in Franklin
and Jefferson county, taking as re-
ceipt a Memorandum which mentioned
the number af acres but not the de-
.scription of the land.
He afterward rendered Moyse the
purchase money for the land at $3.50
per acre, but Moyse was either unable
or unwilling to carry out the deal, not
being himself the owner of the land,
but apparently acting as agent for it.
In the record it was admitted that
the memorandum was insufficient to
make the contract good, but Sherck
sought to make it basis for damages
claiming that he had lost $4,000
which he would have made on resale
of the land at an advance of $3.50
per acre.
That court held that damages in
such cases would be recoverable only
on an action for fraud or deceit, and
that since this theory had not been
proceeded upon, damages would not
lie.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-02
Deafness Cannot Be Cured.

By local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deaf
ness, and that is by an infamed con-
dition of the mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube is
inflamed you have a rumbling sound
or imperfect hearing, and when it is
entirely closed, Deafness Is the result,
and unless the inflammation can be TAX
en- out and this tube restored to its
normal condition, hearing will be de-
stroyed forever; nine cases out of ten
are caused by Catarrh, which is moth
ing but an infiamed condition of the
| mucous surfaces.
| We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case of Deafness Caused by
catarrh) that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for circu
lars free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, o.
Sold by all druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti
patton.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-02
ROBERTSON SATISFIED.

Hon. Stokes Robertson, member OF
the legislature from Forrest County
and also a member of the committee
appointed to recommend to the next
legislature an equitable solution to the
tax equalization problem now foremost
in the minds of South Mississippians,
takes no stock in the complaints be-
ing made by certain citizens regarding
the personnel of the committee.
In fact Mr.. Robertson expresses
himself as more than satisfied with
the representation given South Missis-
sippi and is confident that this Sec
ton will be given a square deal
when the committee meets in Jackson
to formulate its recommendations.
This confidence on the part of Rep
resentative Robertson is most reas-
surfing, and The News feels much bet
ter already.
We all know that South Mississippi
is paying more than it's share towards
the expenses of the State government.
1t is equally apparent that South Mis-
sissippi is receiving less than its
share of the State school fund. And
there is no justice in an apportion-
ment which gives to Forrest county,
now one of the wealthiest and most
populous counties in the State, one
member of the lower house and fifth
of a senator.
Representative Robertson says that
these things are not disputed by the
members of the commission recently
appointed by Lieutenant Governor
Manship and Speaker Street, and he
believes that South Mississippi will in
Iure it's chances for the correction Of
existing conditions by protesting nov
against a commission which is dis
posed to treat all sections of the Stat,
with equal fairness in its recommends
tons to the next assembly.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-02
Daily News Special.

Daily News Special.
Jackson, Miss, March "A man
standing on a depot platform and be-
ing Struck by a train which he had
not seen or heard approaching, is en-
titled to damages on the ground that
the railroad company was negligent
in constructing the platform SO close
to the track as to make this possible,
according to the decision of the Mis-
sissippi Supreme Court, in the opinion
delivered yesterday by Chief Justice
Whitfield, in the case of j. P. Camp
bell VS.. Y. & M. V. R. R., from the
circuit court of Franklin county, in
which the action of the lower court IN
giving preemptorv instructions for the
railroad company was reversed. The
decision of the court, however, is not
final in the case at bar, but simply
means that the case was one for
Jury to decide upon as to whether
Campbell. in this instance, contributed
to the injuries he received, or whether
the improper construction of the plat
form was the approximate cause of the
injury.
In the present instance it Was shown
that the platform was within two in
ches of the train; that Campbell was
standing on the edge of the platform
shaking hands with a friend, claimed
he was sober, although others testi-
fed that he was drunk, and claimed
he neither saw nor heard the approach
ing train. The engine struck him,
knocked him down and one of his
legs was cut off.
The chief justice said the court re-
versed the case with great reluctance
because of the confusion in the testl-
mony as to whether the whistle sound
ed or the bell rung, or whether the
plaintiff was drunk or sober.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-02
Orinin of Picture Postals.

A few days ago it was mentioned
in a French newspaper that picture
postal cards were originated by q
German. The French press has now
come forward in its characteristic
jealousy of the French reputation for
Invention, with the statement that .
French bookseller. Rernardeau. was
the inventor of picture postals during
the Franco-German war.
Bernardeau's cards were decorated
with a picture of the camp Of the
army of the Sarthe, and had the in
scription, Souvenir Of the National
Defense" Beneath were the words
Family. Honor, Fatherland, Liberty"
The postals were sold mostly to the
soldiers from Brittany, who through
them kept their family and friends in
formed as to their whereabouts.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-02
Wreckinq the Typewriter.

I'VE sold one OF our machines to
Mrs. Van Rensselaer, for her boy" said
the typewriter man when he had fxed
the machine so it would write: The
quick brown fox jumps over the lazy
dog all right. He was ten years old.
1t was Christmas time. She bought
It for one of his Christmas presents.
It cost her a hundred dollars. Two
days after Christmas she 'phoned me
to come up and see about the ma
chine. wish you could have seen it.
The boy had taken it all to pieces. He
hadn't left two little pieces OF it to
gether any more. He had it in SOAP
bcx. 1t was the worst wreck of ma
chine you ever saw. 1t took me two
days to put it together again. have
great hopes for that boy"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-02

needful, in every great civic movement
but there stands out as ever true the
saying: In unity is strength"
The organization of the Southern
Commercial Congress recently at
Washington, is, most auspicious
event, promising as it does a perman-
ent bureau for the establishment of
Southern propaganda.
The permanent organization effected
at this congress chose as its presi-
dent. John M. Parker, of New Orleans,
a gentleman well known to our sec
ton and one qualified in every way
for doing things" in connection with
the movement.
The property known as st. Mathews
church in Washington has been pur-
chased as a site for a splendid build
ing to be used as permanent ex-
position building. This site is oppo-
site the Southern hotel.
A call is made for one thousand sub
scriptions of one thousand dollars
each. with which to erect the propos-
ed building. This very feature has in
it the ring of a genuine business
method. The contributors are to have
a share in the property and are to
enjoy life membership in the congress.
The plans outlined by this organi-
cation are comprehensive and their
Inauguration means much for the
South.
MIR. Taft speaks with assurance OF
the completion of the Panama canal
| during his administration. This fact
means that a new era has come to our
section. Railroads mean development.
Railroad managers are usually keenly
alive to the prospects of section.
Never in our history have the railroads
been as much interested in our Sec
ton as now. Interest in the Southern
Congress should be spontaneous, per-
vasve and genuine. 1t means much LOT
the South. 1t means much for Mis-
sissippi. 1t means very much Tor the
valuable lands in South Mississippi
now offering as homes for an agricultu-
raj class seeking low priced lands for
| farms. Let us hail with gladness the
Southern Commercial Congress.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-02
Personal Damage Suit.

In two companion cases from Wiki
inson county involving large damages
for personal injuries growing out of
railroad wreck, both were affirmed, al
though the amount in one was reduced
one-half. Oddly enough, the jury had
awarded more to the fireman who was
injured than to the relatives Of the
engineer who was killed, the former
getting a judgment for $4,000 and the
latter for $4,000
Both suits were against the Yazoo
& Mississippi Valley railroad on az
count of a head-on collision near Har-
rison, caused by the failure of the con-
ductor to receive a telegram, instruct
ing him to wait at Harrison for the
other train.
This telegram had been laid on a
table at which the conductor was sit
ting by the operator. The conduc-
tor picked up the two of them and
read them. but left the other on the
table. The declaration had alleged
that the operator had been negligent.
In theh appeal this was charged as err
ror on the ground that the negligence
was that of the conductor and not of
the operator. The supreme court
though the conductor had sufficiently
neglected his duties as to make the
declaration good, and that it was his
duty to see that the conductor got
the telegram. The judgement for $22,-
500 for Mrs. Leona Parr for the death
of the engineer was affirmed.
In the case of the fireman, Leslie
Cobb, whose $500 judgement was re-
duced to $12,5O0 because the court
thought it excessive, a somewhat diff
ferent question was involved, in add
ton to the other circumstances. The
railroad company had made an effor
to escape damages on the ground thai
Cobb was a minor, but had obtained
employment under the pretense tina
he was of age. The court held tina
while this might affect his credibilit.
as a witness, it was not claimed tina
his minority in any way contributes
to the accident. Furthermore, 1t wa
not shown that there had existed
rule forbidding the employment @
minors, and that it was evident tina
such a rule, if it existed, was not ser
ously considered by the company. Tn
presumption was that the boy wa
being paid what the company though
his services were worth, and acceptin
his employment, regardless of his m
nority.
The opinions in these cases wei
) prepared by Justice Fletcher, but wei
read by Justice Mayes, Judge Fletc
5 er being in New Orleans engaged
Y the sixteenth section litigation pen
Y ing in the Federal court.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-02

that LUMBER TARIFF.


Another rousing meeting was held IN
Hattiesburg last night to discuss
means for preventing the passage OF
the bill to remove the duty of ~
thousand feet on Canadian lumber.
The mill men of the district are now
thoroughly aroused as to the serious
ness of the situation and are prepar-
ing to put up a stiff fight when the
matter comes up for final considera-
ton on the floor of congress.
At last nights meeting a committee
was appointed to solicit the necessary
funds to carry on the fight and to in
yite the members of the Mississippi
delegation in Congress to come to Hat
tiesburg sometime between now and
March Is, when President-elect Taft
is to convene congress in extra ses-
sion to enact soce sort of tariff legis-
lation.
The News does not believe that Mis-
sissippi Congressman will take readily
to this proposition. A majority of
them have thus far refused to commit
+ho,oeaI,,ae an +ba ,ronooi+ioo while
it is known that John Sharp Williams
Thomas Spight and Adam Byrd are
openly in favor of repeating the Ca
madam duty on lumber Mr. Bowers
is with us, of course. And it is be
lieved that Congressman Humphreys
of the Delta district will vote against
the repeal of the Canadian duty be
cause of the extensive hardwood inter
ests in his district. The attitude Of
the other members is unknown.
1t is going to take hard fight and
The News believes that the committee
should go to Washington to talk per
should go to Washington to talk per.
sonally with congressman of this and
other important lumber districts be.
fore the special session is convened.
Since writing the above, news has
been received from Washington thai
the Ways and Means Committee has
agreed on tariff of $3.50 q thousand
feet ON Canadian lumber which is sat
isfactory to majority of the mil
men, hence there is little accession TO
further protest.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-02
Enoine's Deep PLUNGE.

The turning of switch at the Ham
mond colliery siding of the Reading
company at Shenandoah, Pa, sent q
locomotive in charge Of Engineer
Koran over a 50-foot embankment
with the crew and two ''battle-ship'
cars. The runaway was 30 sudder
that the engineer and four others o
the crew were unable to jump. For
tunately the ground was soft and tn,
engine did not upset. thus saving thei
lives.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-02
A Strange Hairpln.

"rhis" said the bachelor, leading
bis visitors through the fiat, us my
famous collection Of hairpins."
The hairpins, hundred or more
filled Louis Quinze cabinet. Some
were of shell, some of silver, some
even of gold. This is the strangest,"
said the bachelor, this hollow glass
one, See, there is a fluid in 1t, per
fume. And here is a tiny hole, so
that when the pin lies obliquely in the
hair the perfume is emitted slowly in
delicate drops. 1t is Japanese hair
PIN" he concluded. "A geisha in a
Yokohama tea house gave 1t to me.
can still see her. as she sat on her
cushion, playing the samisen, while
very slowly, in drops resembling tears,
the perfume fell on her amber-colored
cheek"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-02
Good Liniment.

You will hunt a good while before
you find preparation that is equal to
Chamberlain Liniment as a cure for
muscular and rheumatic pains. for the
cure of sprains and soreness of the
muscles. 1t is equally valuable for
lame back and all deep seated mus
cular pains. 25 and so cent sizes for
sale by Hays and Field and Yellow
Pine Pharmacy.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-02
FOR SALE QUICK. NEW SAW MILL
OUTFIT AT A BARGAIN.

One 11x15 cylinder, 40 H. p, Far
quhar Ajax C. C. Engine on Cornish
Boiler, and Boiler on stills. One No.
2 right hand, wire cable feed saw mill.
80 in. carriage, IS in. ways, 3 blocks.
duplex dogs. This optfit Is Brand New
and in first class condition. Located
It Hattiesburg. For prices and terms
address, Malsby Machinery Co., %
Ocean street, Jacksonville, Fla. 2-22-tf
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-02

atty O. its citizenship. A substantial
business revival has already been set
in motion and the summer season will
witness a great many rapid strides
forward. The News has more conf
dence in the future of Hattiesburg now
that it has ever had before. and The
News has never been given to pessim
ism. f--
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-02

The subscription list of The News
is twice as large as it was three
months ago The advertising patron
age is better than ever before in the
papers history. And The News is
only beginning to develop.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-02
ScaIioped Hash.

Grind leftover meat fine, season
and mosten with gravy or stock, then
place in a baking dish. Grind cold po-
tatoes, season, and spread over the
meat. Over the top of the potato
spread cream and place in a not oven
to brown.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-02

Hattiesburg will yet be the largest
city in Mississippi No other city in
the State can companre with Hatties.
burg in the extent of it's natural re.
sources and In the enterprise and 10y
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-02

With seven United States Senators,
nine congressman and a member OF
the cabinet, Mississippi ought to get
along very well.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-02

After Thursday it will be President
Taft, and the headline men will be
glad. Roosevelt is an awful ugly word
in type.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-02
THE souTH's POSSIBILITIES.

Not since the civil war, indeed. not
since the discovery Of America, has
there been such interest in the South
and Southern resources as is now ap-
parent throughout the country.
The possibilities of our section have
been written about talked about
preached about and believed in, but
effort necessary to turn this way the
tide of immigration, which has for SC
many years been led on by the cry
westward hol"
Individual effort is useful, If not
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-02
Land Suit Decided.

Another rather interesting decision
by Judge Fletcher was in the case
of R. T. Sherck VS.. J. l.. Moyse Shreck
had purchased for $50 an option on
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-02

1t takes an awful lot of money to
convince people they can afford to act
as if they didn't have any.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-02

Only two more days of Theodore
Shout the glad tidings.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-02

The peach crop is said to be prom
Using.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-02

Sure results from the Daily News
want ads
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-02
The Saturday Evening Post.

Buy the Saturday Evening Post from
Chauncey Camp, and help him In
the pony contest. Ring Cumberland
Phone 69S or address,
CHAUNCEY CAMP,
2-17-tf Care Pole-Stock Lbr Co.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-02

play BALI will soon be the wor
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-02
Member Of the Associated Press

Entered as second-class matter on
May %. 1907. at the postoffice at Hat
tioaburg, Miss. under the Act OF Con-
gress Of March Q, 1879.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-02

OFFICIAL PAPER CITY OF HAT
TIEssuRo AND COUNTY OF FOR
EST.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-02

2-17-tf
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-04-21
BAD TRIO PLOT TO
KIDNAP RICH MEN
Donald Boyd Is Convicted of Steal
ing Seattle Lumberman i'm
Woods Near Dow.

BHLINGHAM, Wash, April H.
At Mount Vernon last night Donald
Boyd was convicted of kidnapping Pat
rick Mccoy, a wealthy Seattle lumber
man, in the woods near Dow last au-
tumn, with the intention of holding
him for ransom. Leo BeZmer. serv-
ing 20 years for kidnapping Edward
English, admitted he was one of the
Mccoy kidnapers, but tried to save
his pal from conviction by swear
ing a man named Boyle helped him.
1t developed during the trial that
Bezmer, Boyd and Boyle planned a
series of kidnapings of wealthy men
in Skagit county. and that all three
participated in both crimes. Boyle
will be placed on trial at the next term
of the superior court.
Under the statute Boyd will receive
an indeterminate sentence from five
to 20 years in the penitentiary.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-04-21
COMPLAINTS MADE
ABOUT THE GARBAGE
ton Work Is Not as Thorough and
Prompt as Possible.

Complaint has been made to the
Herald from a number of sources that
the work of cleaning the alleys is not
being conducted with that care the
public had been led to expect by the
promises made. 1t is thought by those
who make the complaints that the city
health officer and the sanitary inspec-
tor are probably not aware of the con-
ditions and that any neglect is rather
due to the fact that those engaged
in the actual collection have bigger
job on their hands than they had an
ticipated and are falling behind in the
work. 1t was the experience of the
men formerly engaged in the work
that if they lost a half day it was a
dead loss as the work was as much as
they could attend to even if they used
all their time.
Collectors have called at some homes
and procured the money alleged to be
due for garbage or ash collections and
though that was two and three weeks
ago have not since been in the alleys
to remove the refuse for the removal
of which they had collected. Since
the matter has come to a direct tax
the public attention is more closely di-
rected to the matter than formerly
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-04-21
FRUIT WRAPPERS
IN GOOD SUPPLY
Delay in Purchasing by Local Grow
ers and Shippers Brings Several
Additional Carloads Out

Wrappers for fruit are appearing
in greater supply than was antici-
pated. A brief time ago representa-
tives of paper companies were point
ing out that there would be no fruit
wrapping paper this season and that
those who wrapped at all would be
compelled to use the wrappers manu-
men, as no paper such as is used here
would be made and there were but
four carloads in sight for all the east
ern Washington district. Local deal
ers and growers however, didn't buy.
Now the number of carloads in sight
is thirty-five or Whereabouts and still
there is no buying. The price at
which the paper is offered is five and
a half cents pound at Seattle. This
is too high
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-04-21
MINNESOTA COLONY TO
FARM IN SELAH
Dozen Families Are to Move to Selah
Heights and Make Fruit Culture
Their Future Occupation.

II. Sundquist of Minnesota is pre-
pairing a large tract of land in Selah
Heights for group of IL buyers and
friends of his. who will come to North
Yakima to cultivate it. Some of the
owners will come within a week or
two and some will not come for an
other year, their land in the mean
time to be cared for by their neigh
bOrs who make the trip first. All these
people were old friends in Minnesota
They decided to invest their savings
in Yakima valley land and to build
up their own little community IN or
der that their socia' life here should
not be dreary. Mr.. Sundquist has
been here doing the spring work, or
having it done, and those who intend
to come this year will answer his sum-
mons that all is ready for them. They
propose to become fruit producers. Mr..
Sundquist is a farmer newspaper man
and he says the people who are COM
ing are of type of which the county
can be proud.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-04-21
GIVE AID
TO WIDOW
REFUSE TO REVOKE LICENSE
nancial Ruin to Widow and Child
rem Attorney Parker's Plea.

To save a widow and her three
children from financial wreck, the city
council Monday evening voted not to
revoke the license of the Palace Sal
Don, owned and operated in life by
James Byrnes, now deceased. Alder
manic clemency was extended to the
widow, on the grounds that the revo-
cation of the license, would mean a
financial loss to her. 1t was charged
that liquor had been sold from the
Palace saloon on Sunday in violation
of the city ordinance. Mrs. Brynes
appeared in the council chamber
dressed in the garb of mourning and
was represented by Attorney Parker.
Strong Plea for Leniency.
Chief of Police Storey and Mrs.
Brynes were called as witnesses. At
torney Parker made a plea that the
widow be allowed to retain the con-
troll of the saloon until she could re-
alize enough out of the sale to release
the mortgage on personal property
in Modern addition. During Attorney
Parker's address the widow broke
down and wept at the mention of
her dead husbands name. Council
man Meigs spoke in favor of revok-
ing the license and Councilman Mil
Ter and Smith were against the revo-
cation, on humane grounds. When put
to vote the council voted not to
revoke the saloon license by a vote
OF five to one. A brother-in-laW of
Mrs. Brynes will run the business
hereafter.