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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-06-26
THE EXCURSION
TO GULFPORT

The teachers and students of the
South Mississippi College Summer
Normal are visiting Gulfport today
there having been an excursion run
over the Gulf and Ship Island railroad
for that purpose. Practically all the
visitors, besides many Hattiesburg
citizens, took advantage of the oppor
tunity afforded on account Of the
cheap rates to visit the gulf coast CITY.
The trip will undoubtedly be a pleas
ant one, especially so to those who
have never had an opportunity to visit
Mississippi's sea port.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-06-26
Standing of Hays and
Fields Piano Contest
June 25th.

NAME VP
Eddie
Rocker I'D
Columbia Baptist Sunday School
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Main Street Sunday kh
Baptist Sunday School
Methodist Sunday School IN
Fire Department =. "
Annie Mcdonald II
Alne Collins y ~
Bay Street Presbyterian Sunday School
Mt 1,a,orson yk\
Episcopal Sunday
Alma Logan
Alice O'Quin ~ S
South Mississippi College rs
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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-06-26
ORDINANCE NO. 322.

An ordinance creating the office of
Police Justice pro tempore; provid-
ing for his election and fixing his
compensation.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and
Board of Aldermen of the city of Hat
tiesburg, Mississippi:
Section 1. The Mayor and Board of
Aldermen may elect a police Justice
pro tempore for the City OF EIatties-
burg, who shall be a qualified clector
of the City of Hattiesburg and who
shall be an attorney at law and who
shall perform all the duties of the
police justice in the absence or dis
ability of the police justice.
Section q The police justice pro
tempore shall be elected by the Mayor
and Board of Aldermen, at the time
provided by law for the election of 9TH
er officers by them, but if the police
justice pro tempore is not elected at
such time, he may be elected at any
other time, and when this ordinance
takes effect police justice pro tenn
pore shall be elected for the unexpir-
ed term of the, present police justice.
Section The police justice pro tenn
pore shall hold his office for the term
fixed by law for police justice, and he
shall take the oath of office, and en-
ter into bond in the sum Of $4,000, pay
able to the city of Hattiesburg, with
sufficient sureties, to be approved by
the Mayor and Board of Aldermen con-
ditioned for the faithful discharge of
his duties.
Section A. The police justice pro
tempore shall receive as compensation
for his services when actually in the
of his duties, the same rate
of salary as the police justice and
same to be deducted from the salary
of the police justice.
Section 5. This ordinance shall take
effect and be in force from and after
it's passage and approval for the rea-
son that the public interest requires
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-06-26
EVERY
PIANO STORE
Well-Known Business Man Visits Every New
Orleans Piano House and Then Buys
at the Werlein Store.
ANOTHER REMARKABLE WEEK OF PIANO SELLING

And then at Werlein's Store-you
will always find just what is adver-
tised-no disappointment, no misrep-
resentation to annoy you-if the piano
is advertised at a certain price it is
here for sale-and just as represented.
SomeN one else may pick up the bar
gain before you get here and we will
at all times prove this by giving the
purchasers name and address, etc.
Bargain here, too, yes, perhaps ten
times as many as can be found at any
other store and twice as good
For instance-the great purchase of
the Gordon Piano Company's stock at
81 IL cents on the dollar Of factory
cost-sale now going on at savings of
a third to a half.
The known-to-be-high class Cor
dons' that sell regularly at $425, $3.50,
$475, $500 and $525 are now being
closed out at 1914, 1891, $294.5O, $780,
30, $3O5, and 1891. They are piaons
that appeal to musicians / ntone, ac-
ton and general workmanship-safe
pianos for your home. Write for full
particulars.
Then the Piano Exchange and Bar
gain Room contains this week some
of our best rentals Just returned and
being closed out at remarkably low
prices and on very small payments.
A call at the store will reveal to you
the magnitude Of this house in all
things music and just now the most at
bargains ever offered in the
South.
No matter what you have in mind
,ome here tomorrow and see if we
haven't it, if so you can save money
veil guarantee it.
Ours is an every day business
very day our best. Philip Werlein,
limited, 6O5-607--p9 Canal Street.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-06-26
FIRST COTTON BOIL
OF THE SEASON

Mr.. j. A. Carter, a progressive farm.
er residing at Richburg, in this county
brought to the News office this morn
ing the first cotton boil of the season.
The specimen brought in by Mr.
Carter a splendid one, being extra
ordinarily large and well-formed, and
is far above the average.
Mr.. Carter says that there were sew
eral other bolls of the same size on
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-06-26
HATTIESBURG NEWS

the stock from which he picked the
speciman, and that as a rule the indi-
cations are that the crop will come
up to the average if favorable Weather
conditions prevail. Other crops, he
says, are very good although about ten
days later than ordinary, the last crops
planted showing better condition than
the ones planted earlier in the sea
son.
Mr.. Carter's last cotton was planted
on March 20, and the boil brought in
today was gathered from a stalk OF
4. this planting.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-06-26
MERCHANDISE
WAS THROWN
into STREET

Quite a commotion was created on
Front street at II o'clock this morn
ing when packages of good merchan-
disc were thrown from the roof OF
OFerrall Bros store into the street
An excited throng gathered in front
of the building, and men, women ant
children of both races participated il
the scramble, some of them securins
quite an assortment of more or les
useful merchandise.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-06-26
.oR THE HATTIESBURG BASE
BALL TEAM AT LAUREL.
Our Boys Did Some Hard Work, But
Lost the Game BY Score of
to 8.

Friday proved to be an unlucky day
for the Hattiesburg ball team at Laurel
yesterday. The visiting lads of Thurs
day taking the starch out of the home
team to the tune of to 8.
OF course, conditions were revers-
ed yesterday in Laureps favor, the
game having been played on their dia-
mond and the roofing" all in their
favor, which undoubtedly helps some.
Williams of the Hattiesburg team
did good work in the box, however,
having struck out eleven men, against
six for Stringer who twirled for
Laurel.
Considering the fact that our boys
have had practically no practice this
season, they play remarkably good
ball, and there is no occasion for them
to feel Inundated at yesterdays work
While the boys acknowledge thai
they were beaten yesterday, it's sale
that the defeat would not have beer
so bad had they received Impartial
decisions by the umpire.
Members of the team here feel yer!
much disappointed at the lack of in
terest taken by local fans, and say
that unless more enthusiasm is man
ifested and contributions more liberia
that they cannot play any more OF
the local diamond, as they went in ths
hole considerably on Mondays game.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-06-26

that a police justice pro tempore be
elected at once.
Adopted and approved this the 7th
day of June 1909.
J. D. DONALD, Mayor
Attest:
A. FARLEY, Clerk.
|, The undersigned clerk Of the city
of Hattiesburg, Miss, certify that the
foregoing is a true copy of Ordinance
No. 922 as appears of record on pages
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-06-26
No. 1911.
COMMISSIONERS SALE.

State of Mississippi,
Forrest County. In Chancery Court
p. E. Blount and NJ. V. Blount, VS..
A. NJ. Love and w. D Smith
By virtue of decree of the Chan
Gerry Court of said County, rendered
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-06-26

FOR sALE-Cheap. $4,000 gas stove,
nearly new. Inquire $50 West 4th
street 6-26-9t-p
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-02-01
Notice of Commissioner
Sale

Under and by virtue of an order Of
the Superior Court of Robson county,
made in the Special Proceeding entitled
J. l. Carter, Executor Of w T. Carter,
deceased, vs.. Wesley Carter and 9th
ers, heirs at law of the said deceased,
the same being No. 1913 upon the Spe-
cial Proceeding, Docket Of said court,
the undersigned Commissioner; will, on
the 1ss day Of March, 1909, at l2o' clock
M, at etae court house door in: Lumber
ton, North Carolina, esfer for sale to
the highest bidder for cash, the follow
ing tracts of land, desc ibed as follows,
to-Wlt:
First Tract: Beginna.g in J. R. Law
sons line and runs soEtn 81 west, SO
feet to w. O. Britt hne; thence north
thence sou tn 4S east, 5l feet to stake;
thence "a feet parallel with the third
line to the beginning, being lot No. 6
| on west side of second street and being
part Of the lands W. O. Britt bought Of
J. r. Lawson.
Second Tract: Beginning at a srHall
short strawed pine at the edge of the
bay IL William Rice's line, and runs as
| Rlee's line north 33 east, As chairs TO q.
stake by small pine and two black
gums in Zach Carriers line at tae edge
of spring head; thence as Garter s
| line north 81 west, 81 chaias and 50
! links to stake by two pines, Wilcox s
! corner; thence south 80 west, 9, chains
to the south edge of Wolf Prong bay,
and thence down the edge os the said
branch to its mouth or Ten M[fe swamp;
| thence west to Ben Lovett's corner;
{ thence along his line south 80 east. 10
| chains and so links to a stake by pine
his corner, thence along his line south
SO west, 4 chains and 50 links to a stake
in the edge of Ten Mile bay; thence
down the edge to the beginning, con-
tanning lie acres, more or less, except
however, rs acres of said lands convey
ed to Nora Carter and her child by the
will of w. T. Carter, deceased
Third Tract: Containing $50 acres,
more or less, lying on the west side of
Lumber river, beginning at a large
pine, John T. Pope's corner near tae
Old Place bay, and runs Pope's line to
Sam Stones line; thence southwest
across to Reddin Rice's line; thence
runs that line to the beginning, and be-
ing the same lands conveyed by deco
from Caswell Britt and wife to w. T
Carter, and said lands being known a.
the Daniel Ivey lands, excepting, how
ever, all of said tract of land hereto
fore conveyed by the said deceased am
, lying on the northwest side of the pub
lie road leading from Long Branch Bap
fist church to the Mt. ELAN and Ho
Swamp public road.
= This the Both day of January, 1909.
Z E. J. BRITT,
2-l-4mon Commissioner,
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-02-01

, Lumberton needs a commercial
club, if ever any town needs such
an organization, and one reason
why now is a good time to begin
working for it is that when the
office building of the Lumberton
Cotton Mills is completed there
will be an excellent chance to Sc
cure good club rooms on the third
floor of that building. There are
no suitable rooms to be had now,
which is probably the main rea-
son why there are now no club
rooms Of any kind here. If the
right men will take hold of the
matter it will be an easy matter
to organize a club that will mean
much to the town in a social and
business way.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-02-01
A SENSATIONAL MARRIAGE
Mr.. Cain Raises Cain, But All
Ends Well.
Fayetteville Observer, Jan. 20.

Fayetteville Observer, Jan. 20.
There was a marriage at the
court house at l o'clock this
afternoon which was preceded
by quite a sensation.
A youthful couple, giving their
names as George Hargrove and
Lucy Cain, and their place of
residence as Parkton, Robson
county, appeared in the register
of deeds office and applied for
a marriage license. They had
hardly finished explaining their
mission when Mr.. NJ. J. Cain, Of
Parkton, father of the would-be
bride, rushed into the Office and
forbade issuing of the license,
giving as his reason that he had
heard that young Hargrove had
negro blood in his veins. The
bride-to-be broke down and wept,
and the youth protested stoutly
that there was no truth in the
report. A big crowd had gather
ed around the interested parties
by this time. and there were
many suggestions offered as tc
how to ascertain the presence of
negro blood.
At this juncture, Squire James
M. Faircloth, of Cedar Creek,
appeared on the scene, and as
young Hargrove was raised in his
neighborhood he set all doubt al
rest by declaring the report
false.
The license was at once ISSUED
and the happy young people
were married by Squire Fair.
cloth, and were cheered by the
crowd as they left the courr
house. They had driven through
the country from Parkton, while
Mr.. Cain came by train.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-02-01
MAXTON NEWS ITEMS.
So cial acknowledgements of the
PEOPLE.
correspondence of The Robesonian.

Correspondence of The Robesonan.
Miss Mabel Peacock, of Lexing-
ton, who had been visiting her
uncle, Mr.. Peacock, left for
Greensboro Wednesday morning.
Miss Blue Bell McCallum, of
Red Springs, is visiting her sis
ter, Mrs.Leak Smith. Mrs. CIV.
Pillow and daughter, Miss Hazel,
of Hamlet, spent Friday in Max |
ton.-Miss Edna Purcell is in |
Maxton spending a few days this
week. Miss Pattie Lee, of Mon
roe, returned to her home Fri
day night. Miss Gibson, of Nc
Coll, SC, spent Friday in Max
ton with the Misses Barnes and
left Friday night with Miss Lee
to spend some time in Monroe. =
Mrs. O. C. Spaulding is in Char
lotte this week. Mrs. Aydlotte
and son, Mr.. Eugene, spent sew
erai days in MaXton this week
en- route to Charleston, S. C.-Mr.
Al. McKinnon spent a few days
/ in Raleigh this week.-Mr. D. D.
French, of Lumberton, was in
; Maxton Thursday night. --Messrs.
Sipher, McAllister and Webb, of
l Lumberton, were in Maxton
t Thursday. Mr.. D. L. Blue, of
r Clarkton, spent Friday in Maxton.
t Miss Jimmie Groom is visiting
!; in Red Springs this week.
The old Presbyterian church is
E being torn down and moved.
\ Miss Bee Weatherly went tt
- Hamlet to meet Mrs. Ernest
n y. Weatherly, who is returning home
I Z after visit to her parents il
i Camden, S. C.-Mr. Mckay Nc
o Kinnon returned Thursday nigh
e e from the West, where he hat
!. been to buy mules. Miss Mabe
y Groom, of Wilmington. who is il
y, Red Springs at school, is expect
II ed to spend Sunday with Mis-
n Virginia Everett.
,e The Edinburg Book Club wa
= delightfully."- entertained by Mrs
st r. D. Groom at her beautif,
" home Thursday evening.
oe The Merry Co. Round Boo
J. Club met with Misses Margar,
ne and Leila Barnes Friday ever
h. ing. In spite of the bad weatl
OF er, nearly every member VIZ
C. present. The chief feature {
he the evening was an auction sal
IT, Dainty and delicious refres
tie ments were served. Misses CT
tn son, of McColl, S. C, .Pattie lie
es of Monroe, and Martha Everett
to of Laurinburg, were the QUITO
IL town guests,
&C. Maxton. N. c., Jan. 20, 19C
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-02-01
News Items From Mt. Tabor
Public Debate Friday Nixht.

Correspondence of TLe Kobesonian.
School is progressing very nice
~ under the management Of Miss
Josie Mcneil. She seems to be
a good teacher.
The farmers of this vicinity
are now preparing to make their
next years crop. We wish them
success.
Several Of our young people at
tended services at Buie Sunday
afternoon.
There will be preaching at Mt.
Tabor the first and third Sunday
of each month by Rev. Joseph
Evans, at three o'clock in the af-
ternoon.
There was a party at the home
Of Mr.. Atlas Prevatt last Friday
night which was enjoyed by all
present.
Mr.. Buchanan, missionary
from Japan, was to have made a
lecture at Mt.Tabor church We'd
nesday morning at eleven o'clock.
We have not yet learned why he
did not come.
Quite a number of, the boys
and girls around here have had
their beauty struck lately.
There is to be a public debate
at Philadelphus Friday night,
February 5th. Let's all go and
see which side will come out vic.
torious.
Mr.. J. T. Dewy has his new
saW-mill in operation now.
Well, girls, leap year is gone
and you that didn't succeed ir
popping the question will have tx
wait four more long years to try
your luck with the young mer
again. Isn't that too bad?
With best wishes to the deal
old Robeson;an.
cold Beauty"
Red Springs, N. c., R. F. D
No. 4, Jan. 20, 1909.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-02-01
Raft Swamp News Notes.
ndence of The Robesonian.

CORRESPONDENCE of The RODeSOnlan.
Mr.. Amos Willoughby, of St.
Paul, was a welcome guest at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. J.D.Davis
Friday night.
Mr.. W. T. Swanson delivered
an excellent address to a large
audience Monday night at Raft
Swamp school house onthe Farm
ers' Educational Cooperation of
America. He also organized a
local lodge of twenty members.
We all enjoyed the address to the
fullest extent, and hope the men
and women of this community
will put their shoulders to the
wheel and push the grand work
forward.
Mr.. Rowland Carlyle and Miss
Lena Wright spent last Sunday
with relatives and friends at
Fairmont.
Messrs. F.G.Odum and Carson
Bruce left yesterday to attend the
Union at Ashpole.
Miss Bertha Townsend, who
had been spending some time
with her sister, Mrs. Dock Gear
cher, of Lumber ton, returned
home Saturday,
Mr.. John E. Carlyle visited his
son and wife at Fayetteville this
week,
Mrs. and DIR. N. H. Andrews
left yesterday to attend the I'm
ion.
. Best wishes to The Robeso
MAN,
Polly Ann.
Raft Swamp, N. c., Jan. 80
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-02-01
ORIGIN OF 20. K"
Term Came Into General Use
In America About 1928.
Chicago Record-Herald.

How many of the countless
thousands of persons who daily
use the popular abbreviation 20.
K" ever give thought as to
its origin? Yet a very interesting
story is told of it's birth and at
one time 20. K" was the slogan
of Presidential campaign. There
are, in fact, several explanations
of it's meaning, and quite a few
legends are told to explain it. 1t
is plausibly held that in early
colonial days the best rum and
tobacco imported came from Aux
Cages, in Santo Domingo. Hence
the best of anything came to be
known locally as Aux Cages, or
O. K. The term did not, how
ever, pass into general use until
the acknowledgements of 1928,
when the supposed illiteracy of
Andrew jackson, the Democrat
) ic candidate, was the stock in all
trade of his Wing opponents.
Seha Smith, the humorist, writ
., ing under the name of Maj.
i Jack Downing, started the story
that Jackson Endorsed his papers
k O. X. under the impression that
t they formed the initials "Oll
: Korrect. 1t is not at all i'm
l. possible that the general did use
8 this Endorsement, and that ii
f was used by other people also.
J. But Mr.. Parton has discovered
l. in the records of the Nashville
J. court, of which Jackson was E
!, judge before he became Presi.
t, dent, numerous documents in
: dorsed 20. R." meaning Order
Recorded. He urges, therefore
o that it was a record of that cour
- with some belated business tina
Major Downing saw on the desl
of the Presidential candidate
However this may be. the Dem
t. ocrats in lieu Of denying tn
ne charge, adopted the letters 0. K
IS as sort of party cry and fas
tened them on their banners.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-02-01
Bound by Promise.

Scottish Chief.
1t is testified to that Represent
tative Mcleod made solemn
promises that he would oppose
any proposition to divide Robe
son county. And further, that he
we'll knew that without that
promise he could not have been
successful in the second primary
held. He knows whether or not
he made the promise. If he did
he is honor bound to keep his
promise, and we feel certain that
he will.
This is certain: no man who
had let it be known to the people
that he would support a division
Of the county for the purpose of
making Red Springs a county
seat, could have been nominated
by the primary, OR elected at the
polls.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-02-01

An omnibus bill providing sep
arate Statehood for the terri
tories Of New Mexico and Ari-
IONA was introduced in the House
Of Congress Saturday.
Howard, 15-year-old son of
Rev. j. N. H. Summerell, pas
tor of the Presbyterian church
at Newbern, was accidentally
shot and killed while hunting
Friday. 1t is thought that he we s
shot as the result of the trigger
Of his gun getting caught in
briars or underground.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-02-01
Sentiment Against New County
Senator Shaw's Bill Fixing
Compensation of Commission
ers of Robson.

Saturdays News and Observer
says that Chairman KluttA of the
Senate committee on counties,
cities and towns, said, when ask
ed what the outlook is for the
numerous new counties proposed,
that of course the committees of
the House and Senate would
carefully consider all the coun-
ty propositions and that he
would not express any opinion as
to the merits of any of the prop
ositions, but that in his opinion
the sentiment of the General AS
sembly is such that no new coun-
ties will be created at the pres
ent session.
Senator Shaw's bill fixing the
compensation of commissioners of
Robson county, which passed
final reading in the Senate Fri
day, provides that the chairman
of the board shall receive $500 a
year for his services as chair
man and member Of the board,
and that the other members of
the board shall receive 5000 each
per annum. The bill provides
that absolutely no other compen-
sation shall be paid them. This
amount is a little more than they
have been receiving heretofore,
but very little more, considering
the fact that they have been al
lowing themselves per diem and
mileage for more than one meet.
ing each month for almost every
month.
Senator Shaw drew the bill of
his own motion, without sugges-
ton from anyone.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-02-01
Just an Every Day Stunt.

Raeford Facts and Figures.
Roosevelt rode ninety miles
on horseback in one day, seven
teen hours. just to show the
folks it could be done. Pshaw!
SPHINX Maness showed US that
back in the seventies, and Spinx
was only twelve hours at it; and
T. B. Upchurch drove from Rae
ford to Carthage and back, seven.
ty miles, in a day not long ago
and he turned his horse loose il
the lot next morning and he raj
over a calf for amusement. Ted
dy would be: a common mar
down here.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-02-01

C. R. Kluger, the Jeweler, 1860 Vir-
ginia Ave-, indianapolis, Ind, writes:
Il was so weak from kidney troubles
that could hardly walk hundred feet.
Four bottles of Foley's Kidney Remedy
cleared my complexion, cured my back
ache aud the Irregularities disappeared,
and | can now attend to business every
day, and recommend Foley's Kidney
Remedy to all sufferers, as it cured me
after the doctors and other remedies
had failed" Sold by all druggists.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-02-01

Hoarse coughs and stuffy colds that
may develop into pneumonia over night
are quickly cured by Foley's Honey and
Tar, and it soothes infamed membranes,
heals the lungs and expels the cold from
the system. Sold by all druggists.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-02-01
Executors Notice.

Having qualified as Executor of the
est ate of Ethemore C. Branch, deceas-
ed, late of Robson county, North Car
DINA, this is to notify all persons hav-
ing claims against the estate of said
deceased to exhibit them to the under
signed at Prostorviile, n. c., on or be-
fore the 25th day of January, 1910. or
this notice will be plead in bar of their
recovery. All persons indebted to said
estate will please make Immediate pay
ment.
| This 25th day Of January, 1909.
T. F. BARNES, Executor,
/ l-25-6mon Proctorville, N. c.