davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-28
HER HAPPIEST TIME OF LIFE
When the Dutch Housewife Sees Life
with Her Own Instead Of Hus-
hands Eyes.

No. not even for the Tartjes would
care to bo a Dutchwoman, unless.
from the verv beginning, could be an
elderly Dutch widow with a fortune.
One day went to lunch with such
a lady, and l think, when / myself am
very old, and memories of earth are
growing hazy in the sunset which
lights the way to that other land be
yond, still shall see that tiny old
Dutch Mevrouw standing in one of the
rooms of her large old merchant man
sion, her dress of fine black cloth, her
little apron of silk with a founce Of
rare old lace, herr eyes bright and
merry as girls, her face eager with
the joy of living, her voice laughing
out her welcome.
These old Dutch ladies make one
marvel. They are like pears kept
close that they may mellow when
brought to the light. When their
men, as they call their husbands, are
too old or too wise with years to
bother over everything as they do in
their youth, or are gone to country
where for once their "ja's' and
"neeno" are second, these ladies seem
to develop and expand, and their I'M
derstanding to blossom. They are
then very spontaneous. They laugh
much, they chuckle over stories they
could not have even whispered in
their youth, they talk most entertain
ipgly in many languages and often
play the piano with skill and lively en-.
1oyment. The dust-rags have ceased
to interest them, the perambulators
are empty. and they seem to be taking
a joyful inspection of the world and
its life which they have heretofore
seen only through the eyes of hus,
band.-Harper's Weekly.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-28
FELT THE HOME INCOMPLETE
Excited the Envy Of Magazine
Editor.

The editor of one of the leading
magazines of New York has view
point which often cheers his friends.
His social affairs are such that on
some occasions he and his wife dine
in the homes of sumptuous wealth.
while on other occasions they par
take of chatting dish spreads in the
candle-lighted studios of artists more
or less struggling.
Not long since they dined with a
family where the evidences of wealth
were numerous. Among them was a
platter of rare and costly porcelain.
Mrs. Editor was enthusiastic over the
beauty Of 1t and its priceless an.
tiquity, and the hostess called atten.
ton to the fact that it had been
broken many times and that the
pieces were riveted together with gold.
In fact, she had a servant pass it
around for examination to show how
badly it had. on different occasions.
been shattered, and how, on the back,
it showed ID mass of gold rivets.
The next morning, when the editor
came to his own breakfast table. he
appeared to be in chas;ened. not to
say, depressed. frame of mind. Mrs
Editor inquired the cause,
Yes" he unused, refiectively. look
ing around on the dainty table and al
the neat little apartment. Yes. it is
a comfortable and well-kept little
home. but - so = ah - my dear - SC
sort of unriveted."
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-28
,WezVS From The Tripod,
THE ANTl.MAN QUESTION.

Another female candidate for con-
gress has come to the front in Colora-
do. Probably the crop will increase as
time goes on. An opportunity to get
mes name in the newspaper head lines
at small cost is not to be disregarded.
In the meantime the news from Colo
RADIO informs us that the men of that
state are beginning to show mark
ed and increasing disfavor towards
he woman in politics, and a very in
eresting state of aft airs may be ex-
pected when the campaign is inaugu
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-28

Fourteen feet through the valley"
is the slogan now. Instead Of paying
enormous and exorbitant freight
charges to railroad corporations every
year. it is beginning to dawn upon the
public mind that it would be better for
the people to improve their own water
ways and own and control them, and
in that way successfully control the
railroads. The strange thing of it Is
that we learn and move SO slowly.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-28
rated on the sex issue. "-Vicksburg
American.
EQUAL TO KANSAS,

You can't head Georgia. Now Mis-.
sissippi and other states have discove-
cred pellagra in corn, this state comes
along with a cotton disease. Well,
Mabel, amt this Southland of ours ad-
vancing orfully? Pellagra, hook worms
and anthracnose. So if you don't get
it in the skin or sctomach, you get 1t
in the nose. Still this may beat getting
it in the neck, amt it yet?-Green-
wood Chonicle. =,
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-28

Ulysses S. Grant liked tolerably
stiff drink" says the Memphis Com
mercial Appeal. Yes, great men have
their weaknesses. Gen. Grant drank
strong drink until he had cirrhosis
of the liver, and smoked strong cigars
so necessarily that he had a cancer
on his tongue, and died before his
time;-if that is any consultation to
our esteemed whiskey contemporary.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-28
Catholic Priest In CONGRESS.

The only Roman Catholic priest who
ever was in congress was Father Ga.
briel Richard, who sat from a Mich.
igan district and impressed his col.
leagues with his character and ability.
He has been recalled recently by the
centenary of the setting up of the
first printing press in the middle west.
Father Richard issued, in 1909, from a
press set up in Detroit. the "Essai du
Michigan"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-28

the cut could be made there. The
schools have larger attendance than
last year, and it would not seem that
the cut could be made there. The in
terest fund cannot be cut, but on the
contrary must be raised, to protect the
credit of the city. If one of the fire
engine companies is disposed of, what
effect will that have upon insurance
rates? The rates have been material
ly lowered since the present facilities
for fighting fire have been established;
will they not be raised if these facili-
ties are done away with? These ars
the practical business questions effect
ed by this tax proposition, and the bus
mess men of Hattiesburg should con-
slider them without prejudice or bias
or buncombe oratory.
We suggest this: The Commercial
Club certainly has the business inter
ests of Hattiesburg at heart, and this
certainly is matter worthy their con-
sideration. We suggest that President
Jackson call meeting of the Club FOR
the discussion of this particular propo-
sition, and nothing else, and that no
one except an active paid-up member
of the Club have any voice in that dis
lcussion.
We suggest that the Retail Mer.
chants Association be called to NEE.
for like purpose, and that at their
meeting the speakers be confined to
members of that Association.
This is no life or death matter.
but it is fraught with too much con-
Germ not to be given the consideration
that practical business men usually
give to matters of this character Let
the Commercial Club meet and recon-
mend what that organization of enter
prising, progressive, tax-paying. bust
ness men think is proper and for the
best interest of Hattiesburg. Let the
Retail Merchants do the same. And
when these two business organize
tons, composed of the leading business
men and taxpayers of the city have
spoken and given to the public their
reasons for the faith that is in
them, then will the people have bet
ter understanding of the real issues in
volved, and the better qualified the
will be to cast intelligent ballots.
AS it stands now it seems to be
nobody's business particularly to
look after the matter. 1t therefore
becomes the business of these two bus
mess organizations to look after it, and
thereby conserve the best interest Of
their community, in whose life and
growth and progress and prosperity
they are so vitality concerned.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-28
The Minds Power,

"Zola," said a psychologist, "once
wrote in lady's album that his ia
write amusement was writing and his
fayorite wish sudden DEATH" lola
died suddenly. And it is a strange
tfing," said the psychologist, that
those who prefer a sudden death usu.
ally have their preference gratified."
= philadelphia Bulletin.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-28
Sarcasm Probably Wasted.

friends box at the opera, was lis
tening to "Thais," or rather trying to
do SO. for his hostess talked inces-
sanity and deadened the music with
her shrill voice. At the end of the
opera she invited him to the nexi
subscribers night with pleasure
replied he; Il have never heard yoL
In Faust.'!"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-28
Left Over.

Barbara, aged four, had always been
allowed to make small cakes out OF
the scraps OF dough lett from the
mornings baking, so one morning
after being sent to gather eggs, she
came running in with very t!ny one
and exclaimed, "Oh. nanra, see this
little egg, it must BE- init 5 al tlie
dough the hen had aft !ineator-
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-28

1T Is the cant in the canteen that
seems to appeal to the Great American
Parader, Gen. Fred Grant" says the
Memphis Commercial Appeal. 1t is
the can't in the canteen that seems to
disturb the organs of the American Ii
quor Dealers Protective Association.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-28
Reforming Atlanta.

I. The spirit of old blue Connecticut
is abroad in Atlanta. A travelling
man returning home from trip re.
Gently was fined for kissing his wife
on the street-Atlanta Constitution
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-28
sIsmsrck's Drink Capacity.
o'FERRALL BROS.

SSW1rcKB OTIHk ICdpdcIty.,
Bismarck Is credited with drinking
one gallon Of French brady In q ono.
night session. Bismarck claimed that
20 long as aicohoi wasted ito effects
upon the brain in keeping up. sprigtly
thought and conversation 1t had little
effect on ~ fesr Of the SYSTEM.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-28

FOR SALE OR EXCHANGED lot On
Adline and Sixth streets. North front
50x2oo. Bargain for cash or win ex-
change for country property. Ad-
dress Y. H. care The News 2S-6t
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-28

II the suffragees decline to use their
husbands names, to whom will they
charge their lingerie?
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-28

-o"oon ear9es Disappearing.
The picturesque red-sailed London
bragg. formerly so plentiful on the
river reaches 10 slowly vanishing. The
coasting trade In and out Of the
Thames has been SO bad lately that
barses have had to look elsewhere for
. Living.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-28

Notice: l am no longer in the butch
er business with W. H. Long.
2S-1t M. HAMBURGER.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-28

This fourteen feet through the val
ley" is a stupendous proposition, but
not greater nor whit less practical
than the canal proposition. 1t is by
no means an 'iridescent dream" 1.
is feasible and practicable, and it
would be put through in reasonable
time but for one thing: 1t would ben
eft the South so much more than the
North; and Republican Congress will
never lose sight of that. Then anoth-
er obstacle in its way will be the rail
road influence; and the railroads, with
their allied corporate interests, own
and control Congress. But for these
selfish and political interests water
would in the next few years be run.
ming fourteen feet through the val
ley"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-28

When 1t comes to shoes for the little
folks. We chose the best when we
selected our stock, and you may have
the advantage of our experience by
buying here.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-28
TRUE WORTH FIRST,

Profit next, is the way we select our
shoes for children. Result-Satisfac-
ton and . regular customer,
q wv ~ OFERRALL BROS.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-28

TO RENT-Three unfur.
nished rooms for light housekeeping.
Must be close in. Address Haywood.
care Daily News. 28-4t
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-28

ANY girl In need OF friendship. neip
advice. etc.. would ind ready AND
wiling assistance by applying to +,
maerons OF the Salvation Army Red
rue Home. s3rd st. and Avenue
birmingham. Ala. 10 10 Il
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-28
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE-Pedigree pointer pups by
Lady Glenmont and Puncch Faskal-
ly. No better anywhere. $500 and
$1,000 each. c. H. Hill. Epps. Miss.
us 25-6t
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-28

FOR SALE--Black mare. will work
anywhere. Apply 7O1 Hall ave. 27-3t
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-28

WANTED-Position as bookkeeper
and stenographer by lady with ex-
perience. Address IN" care News.
25-6t
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-28

WANTED-First-clas real estate
salesman. Permanent position to
right man. State age, experience
and salary. Lock Box 1873, Hatties-
burg. 22-tf
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-05-04

institutions of religion into sources OF
revenue; it has drawn up creeds and
enforced them with the sword; it has
ktndled the fires Of martyrdom AMI
invented the horrors of tle Inquisl.
ton; it has prosecuted churchmen
and dissented with equal ferocity, AMI
has drencned many a battlefield WITH
fraternal blood.
Notwithstanding pope or priest,
creeds or ecclesiastical ~anathemas
every a has free access to the Word
of God. Not only may every man in.
terpret for himself, but he must do
so; for thought is eternally free, and
neither men nor devils can put it in
chains.
Having in this general way stated
the Baptist and Disciple position on
these matters upon which they differ
from other religious bodies. 1 now
want to put in a more systematic form
the matters of agreement between Bap.
Insists and Disciples. For the sake
of convenience and that you may the
more readily remember, I shall elias.
sify these agreements as historical,
ecclesiastical, doctrinal, and general.
When visiting the great Worlds
Fair at st. Louis in 1904, we were ad.
wiser to first go around the largest
circumference Of the grounds and then
ascend some high place for a birds
eye view Of the Exposition buildings
having secured the general impress.
sions of such a survey, we were then
told to study each building or exhibit
more in detail. We have taken our
walk around our Baptist and Disciple
Zion; we have had our birds eye
view, and now let us study the agree.
ments OF u lions more in detail.
1. AS to Historical Agreements, l
can not stop long, to develop these,
even the limits Of an entire sermon
would not suffice. Permit me to say.
however, that Baptists and Disciples
are not Professionals and never were.
1t must be conceded that Baptlsts havs
the unique distinction of having an.
tedated P~rotestanism by perhaps three
centuries, and having contributed to
Professionalism about all there is Of
value in It Before the days of Henry
VIII, Of England, or of John Calvin
of Geneva, or of John Knox, Of Ediu.
burg, or Of Charles and John Wesley,
of Bpworth, yes, before Luthur, OF
Erasmus. Long before the dawning
Of the Reformation, there lay conceal.
ed in almost ali the countries of Eu.
rope persons who adhered tenacously
to many Of the leading principles held
In common by Baptists and Disciples.
These persons never had affinity with
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-05-04

Rome. they had for centuries been bas-
thing against the Papacy. Historical
ly both bodies have stood not fol a
theology, but for a new life in Christ,
end for the principle of tolerance AMI
democracy in religion. and such hero
ic christian leaders as Roger Williams
and Alexander Campbell were GER
tainly the foremost advocates for the
liberty of the soul. The plea Of these
giants OF tae faith for real religious
liberty, rises to their eternal honor like
a white shaft to the clouds.
II. DoctrinaI Agreements. - Bait
fists and Disciples have no formal
creed to which their ministry must
subscribe, and their lay members as.
sent. Some Baptist churches and a
few Disciple congregations nave what
are termed Articles of Faith, but the
many do not, Neither Baptsts or Dis.
ciples have ever issued an autlorits.
tive creed statement, because there
is no body authorized to say that every
Baptist and Disciple must believe. 1t
is because both bodies have been loyal
to the Divine ordinances and con.
sciously or unconsciously, have rec.
ognized their value as a confession Of
f.ith. that they have been kept from
the eccentrcfties and alterations Of
doctrine which have wrought sucn mis-.
chiuf and been so troublesome to many
denominations. Faithful and true 10
the simple plain Gospel of the Son Of
God as recorded in the Sacred Scrip.
lures, In the preservation OF the Or
dinances In their original, prlvltive
apostolic form, and in their true reIa.
tIon to each other has been the best
kind Of a bond of unity.
A Baptist or a Disciple .Aay be a
Calvinist, or he may be an Armenian
or neither one OF these, and to-dav
be one the less a Baptist or Disciple.
Perhaps more Baptists than Disciples
would respond as Ca1vinists of a mod.
ern type, and doubtless the majority
Of Disciples would claim to be neither
Calvinists or ArmenIans. But in our
day such Standards are not applied IN
either Baptist or Disciple congrega-
tons. A man Is never asked whether
he is a Calvinist or Armenian, who
wishes to unite with the church, blu.
both churches do insist, however, tina.
he be a christian, and no one can be a
christian except By his own deliberate
choice. and both believe that nothing
can make him a christian save an ex.
'erclse Of personal faith in. and sub.
mission to Christ In His threefoid Of.
sce. as Teacher, Savior, and Lord.
RaptizingSo or imsneraing aim; does not
make nina Christian; i do not wans
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-05-04

a soul in this house to go away. ana
ever make the statement. that either
Baptlsts or Disciples believe in i'm.
cerslon as a saving ordinance. Ifewa
did, we certainly would baptIze our
babies at an earlier age than any
church on earth, baptize them TO make
sure their salvation. This very be.
lief, that baptism Is not saving or
dinance, this very belief that confess
sion Of faith and conversion mnst pre-
cede baptism mas always compelled
Baptists and Disciples to reject infant
baptism, even though 1t be administer:
ed by immersion. We boA.have a.
ways taught that an infant can NOS
be a christian. because an infant can
not believe, repent, obey or trust. Al
an infant a not have faith SO IL can
not be baptised. Baptism Is the III
vine ordinance in which men make5a
profession Of their faith In a risen
Christ, an infant mas no belief and
nothing to repent OF, and can make M
profession. Those only were baptized
in the apostolic cnurcn who were be
'lieying, penitent, confesson. Baptfsm
Is the faithordinance. 'rWhat hinders
me to be baptized? I I thou belieyest
thou mayest." In the very nature of
the case, then, where there Is no faith
there can be no baptism Genuine
faith voluntarily end personally held
true repentance heartily exercised.
and public confession openly mads
are indispensable scrtpturai prerequis4
ties to the validity Of christian hap
tism, and their absence vltiates It's
validity and renders Il nugatory. The
apostolic church knows only beliey-
ers baptism, hence only believers can
be admittedw, as we must build by ON
model. 1t is conceded by all denom-
nations that the action Of baptism
In the primitive church, was fmlrner
sion. The word SO meant The prat
tice Of the Greek church from the be;
ginning until now so proves. The
practice OF the Latin Cnurcn for 1900
years and then its change to affusIon
without scrtptural warrant so testi.
fies. The allowance Of II now IN an
churches as valid, gives 1.-THE seal Of
catholicity. About immersion there
has never been and viii never be any
doubt OIL scruple in the ppbIic Chris
tian consciousness. This Is the one
baptism OF the Christie joaannean.
Petine and Pauline Praises IL Us
primitive church. Christ commander
repentance. faith, CONCESSION and bap
tisn He prescribed the mode 81 baps
tisn by His own, example ana ~ the
word He used. BapaSts aud nisclplss
CONTINUED q page rour.l
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-05-04

am both a Baptist and a Disciple.
l find much in churches other than
Baptist and Disciple,} to admire; !
can accept in the main, the doctrinal
articles in the Episcopalian Prayer
Book; I certainly believe most heartily
in many things in the Presbyterian
Westminster Confession Of Faith,
the Methodist Episcopal Book of Dis
cipline states some things in a way
that evokes my hearty amen; in the
church polity of the Congregational.
lists l find my own views almost exac=,
ly reproduced. Tie Friend Quaker
plea for Peace and federation and a
nigh standard of ethics meets my mos.
hearty appreciation. In other churches
not e cepting Roman or Greek Catho.
lie that I have not mentioned, | finl
one thing and another with watch |
agree fully, and yet | am a Disciple,
If | am not a Baptist. For the reason
that Baptists and Disciples have NIL
these good things which I rejoice Il
see in other churches, and they seem
to be punched together, arranged IN
their proper order, and hch in Their
Scriptunl relation to each other. Not
because Baptists and Disciples hold
to the evangelical faith or 10 INNER.
sion as Bible baptism, or to church
independency, or to liberty Of con.
science, T Baptists and Disciples
distinct from other churches where
God is loved and worshtped.
Other churches, as we have already
noted, believe some in one and some
in another of these things, but both
Baptists and Disciples are peculiar, az
compared to all other religious demon.
nations on earth, in That they hold
these truths in their relation. to each
other.
In the minds OF so many people
there exists the idea that Baptists an |
Disciples believe chiefly in the use Of
a great deal of water in baptism, Or
stating IT in a better way, people who
believe in immersion as tine only
proper mode of baptism. This is a 50.
rious and misrepresenting idea. True,
Blptists and Disciples do believe IN
immersion as the only baptism taught
and practiced In the time Of Christ
and His Apostles, but this alone does
not make them Baptists or Disciples;
many others believe and practice the
same thing but they are not Baptlsts
or Disciples.
Orthodox or evangelical faith alone
does not constitute one a Baptist or a
Disciple. Hosts Of Chrisaans hold
M lLHmfHH lila