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The Detroit times., 1909-01-15
New Secret Service.
BY WEEK JONES.

BY WEEK JONES.
! lVaHHO are these stealthy men who
IIM follow Mr.. Taft from the goli
IU course To his home, and peep
through the windows OF ms
dining room?
Who are these other stealthy men
who sidle up 10 the table next Mr.
Taft's at luncheon: who observe 90
closely what Mr.. Taft orders and what
he eats?
Who are these gum-shoe men who
watch Mr.. Taft at breakfast. and even
trail him 10 any midnight suppers that
he may join in?
Simple reader. do you not know
Those men are all members OF the
new and improved secret service. or
ganized TO get at the basic facts oil
anything in which the nation Is In
terested
And why their watchfulness In the
present instance? All. they are try
ing % discover II Mr.. Taft really likes
possum.
Again those mysterious strangers
disguised as Childish Admirals. Men
dacious Ambassadors and Unveracious
Congressmen--who are they and why
do they hang around that magnificent
building which Is SO beautiful speci'
men Of Romantic architecture?
That building. surely you know H.
That's the Ananias club. and the
sleuths OF the secret service are try
ing to gain admission, with the OBJ
ject OF letting the country know
whether the members are as black as
or any blacker than they have been
messaged.
See the old man with the cigar up
tilted In the corner of his mouth? The
simple, kindly old man clad in home
spun, his mind evidently absorbed In
thinking Of his cows and sheep back
on the old homestead. not thought
of city guile In his head.
Should we not rush up and warn the
unsuspicious old man that he Is being
logged by two fiends In human form
You see the two large men who are
following the poor farmer everywhere
he goes? Very we'll then. shall We
not tip him on?
No: no; stranger In Washington.
The old man is Uncle Joe Cannon;
the two you suppose TO be thugs are
but members Of the improved secret
service. They are lodging the speak
er TO learn in the interests OF the pub
lie II he really intends. with premedi-
tation and malice aforethought. to
murder the defenseless tarif.
And so all over the country the new
and improved secret service Is busy on
behalf Of the people. The agents will
tell you II the foreign count Is In love
with the heiress or her money. They
will tell you IL Bingham knows he's a
Joke or thinks he is policeman. They
will trace Carnegie's jokes TO their
source. and run down the human mon
sters who write anecdotes. In a word,
there Is no end 10 the useful activi-
ties OF the secret service as II 10 to
be.
The Detroit times., 1909-01-15
Bliss.

What sort OF time do you ex.
pect to have during the social season -
Fine" answered Mr.. Cumrox;
mother and the girls will be SO busy
thinking about their clothes that they
won't have time TO notice my graIn.
mar."-Washington Star.
The Detroit times., 1909-01-15
The Tvvfb No Matter
Whom IL Hsips or Hurt.

A young man by the name Of
Louis Satt occupies a cell in the
county Jail. where he awaits SEN
tence for having forged a check.
His sister. it appears, is quite
prominent for acts of charity in
Chicago, and the attorney who
appeared for the boy here wrote
her and asked her TO communi-
cate with the judge asking
clemency.
The Detroit times., 1909-01-15
"SAMSON' 2
Bly,.
JOSEPH
O'BRIEN

"a novelizaton of the play Criterion
Tieater Der author Thiefs aDa
Israel" published permission of Frohman1
The Huttig news., 1909-04-10
GOING 6e MILES AN HOUR.
High Speed Made Complete Wreck oi
 Damsel's Feather Muff.

Last night, or rather this morning about 1:30,' said man in an Olive line car, throwing his arm over the back of the seat and speaking straight into his friends ear, T came in on the Clayton road in my new Burns60 I've had the car month. but I hadn't be fore had chance to try it out.
 The road was clear; it was a bright night, and I just ent loose. The speedometer indicated 60 miles all hour for little over a mile. I give you my word Of honor that's what it said. Say, it was fearful and exhilarat ing. Going some? We'll, I guess.
 T had two young women and an other friend with me. and when stopped at the home of one of them she began to poke around under the robes for her huff. Then we all searched, but we couldn't find it. She had one of these fancy, feather things they call muffs-they all show, you know But we couldn't find it and had about concluded it had dropped out when the owner found bare and stripped roll of stuffed silk at the back of the seat. It was what had been the huff There wasn't feather left O.. it. All blown off. That's what G miles an hour will do to a feather huff. It looked like a plucke0 chicken. St. Louis Republic.
The Huttig news., 1909-04-10

form, the malicious enemy" theory suddenly alive in his mind.
 Presently the figure crossed a moon 1t street and entered an alley leading between two business blocks. Through the alley ran the wires of both the telephone and power companies, and Prindle crept carefully through the shadows at the base of the building, keeping his eye on the man ahead of him. Suddenly, and to the lineman's astonishment the man began walking up one of the telephone poles.
 Pon my soul gasped Prindle, If he hasn't got spurs strapped on his shoesi 1 guess Manager Towne must be right; some ones tampering with the wires. I'll nail the rogue when he comes down"
 With tingling nerves he crept near CT; but, to his amazement, the climb CT stopped before reaching the cross arm and skillfully threw the iron hooked end of rope ladder over the sill of an open window in the side of the building, some six fe away The other end of the ladder he strapped to the pole, then carefully crept across the bridge thus formed and disap- psared through the window.
 Prindle fetched a low whistle and looked all around "Whew!" he half whisre cred, this is interesting and no mistake, That chap has gone into a room above the bank! Must be he's figuring on getting down into the vault room!'
 He stood in silence, locking up at the window and listening The slow soft rasping of some sort of instru- ment came to his ears. Placing his his hand on his hip pocket to see if the little pistol he carried when out his shoes and began climbing the pole. Slowly and carefully he drew himself up until his hand was on the strap of the ladder. then he paus d. The rasp- ing noise had ceased.
 "If that fellow hears me he will likely come to the window and shoot me in the face was Prindle's thought. He hung perfectly motionless for a time, hearing nothing louder than the strong beating of his heart. Then the rasping sound began again.
 Immediately the linsman drew him. self higher. Then, taking h.s pistol in his hand he crept warily across the rope bridge and i'll al the window. Let ting himself down on the floor, he stood still. The rasping sound came from a closet at the back end of the i room.
 He is saving through the floor with the expectation of working his way through the brickwork covering the top of the bank vault" was Prindles mental comment.
 With pistol in hand he began step ping craf;ily toward the closet, but a
The Huttig news., 1909-04-10
4 RObber
 FOiIed
By ALVAH MILTON KERR.
(Orie inai.

tOfle mai
 Prindle, our line repairer, was rath CT slender, but with highly developed muscles in fingers, arms and shoul- ders. and with nerve to face anything Several years of labor with the pliers had given him a finger-grip which caused his chums to avoid shaking hands with him. lie could make an nsulator tie with No 6 iron wire with apparent ease. This remarkable DOW CT of concentration in the finger mus cles once saved him from probable death
 In 1893 local company in Layton had installed a te ephone exchange. Several of their wires paralleled the telegraph wires along the tracks, and also those of the lighting and power company in the streets The result vas a bad case of induction, that mys- erious transference of electrical i'm .ulse between wires when there is no lirect connection.
 So great was the influence of the telegraph and power wires on the gires of the telephone company that the rattle and clicking of our instru- ments could be distinctly heard in the telephone receivers, and the singing snarl of the dynamos at the power house annoyed every one trying to use the phone.
 The manager angrily declared that some enemy of his company had thrown thread-like copper wires across from wire to wire, thus tangling up the currents.
 Prindle went over" the wires care fully twice and reported that he could find no ''cross" of that sort. Still he kept his eye upon the wires, mainly because the telephone managers daughter was his very best friend
 Emerging from the managers house one night near the hour of 12, he no- ticed dark figure stealing down side street. Touched with suspicion. Prindle followed after the skulking
The Huttig news., 1909-04-10
s avinq Energy.

l lunch daily at a place where Jap anese of the higher order take theil meals, and have been impressed by the apparently wellsconserved energy of their demeanor In talking there is nothing wasted in gesture. The takers periods are acknowledged bs the listener with a quiet lfa" or "Ha ha." as denoting deeper interest, muct as we say Yes or Yes. yes' There is always dignity of bearing. ane while what is wanted is asked for no litely. there is no room left for doubi of the intention to get what is want ed The I.atins throw eff in the air as it were, lot of spirit force. bu' the AngloSaxcns, of whose ways wt Americans partake largely. indnlge il little or no gesticuiation. Doesn't al this have something to do with worIc pIcdominance ?-New York pssss-
The Huttig news., 1909-04-10

merchant pays his meat bill with 1t; the butcher hands it back to the farmer to finish paying for a calf he had purchased; the farmer then takes it to the bank with some oth- CTS for deposit. and is informed that it is counterft. Now the question arises: Were all these debts paid or not9- -Ex.
The Huttig news., 1909-04-10

A farmer finds a one-dollar bill and appropriates it by right of dis covery. He goes to town and pays it to the newspaper man on hls subscription: the newspaper man hands it to the merchant to pay for something he has just bought; the
The Huttig news., 1909-04-10

It is customary in Spain when an infant first begins to notice things to place before it a silver coin, a sword, silver cross. book and some fruit. The object to which the child stretches his hand indi- cates. according to accepted be- lief. his future vocation. The coin is for commerce, the sword for the army, the cross and the book re- spectively point to the church ana the law or learning. while the fruit denotes a farmer or landowner The Englishman.
The Huttig news., 1909-04-10

New Zealand's population at the close of last year was estimated at 1 1.02O.OOO. the death rate being only o.5z a thousand.
The Huttig news., 1909-04-10

Ralph Gihon's new physical cul- ture class started operations this week; the members of the class are full of enthusiasm and eager to gain and show results of their strenuous work.
The Huttig news., 1909-04-10

Marshal E. M. Cabaniss, Dr. R. E. Rowland and Mayor c. A. Berry were among the court visitors at Fl Dorado from here ti-is week.
The Huttig news., 1909-04-10

Mrs. H. McGraw of White visited her parents. Mir and Mrs. J. H. Knox, just west of Huttig. the first of the week.
The Huttig news., 1909-04-10

Hugh Woolley of Center Point, Aia., was in Huttig the guest of his cousin, E. F. Woolley, the first of the week. He returned to his home Thursday accompanied by Mrs. J. w. Towns, who will visit relatives there.
The Huttig news., 1909-04-10

Mesdames R. E. Rowland, c. s. Watkins and c. T. Thompson and Miss Eva Richardson went to Monroe Thursday morning to spend the day with A. w. Corkins who was passing through on that day.
The Huttig news., 1909-04-10
nLttip PubI' 'Ibrary Hours.

The Library is open to all frcn 7:oote 3:co o'clock, pm. on weel days Sundays from LOO to o:ue o'clock.
The Huttig news., 1909-04-10

Mrs. T. A. White left Wednesday for Fort Worth, Texas. to join her husband who is now located there.
The Huttig news., 1909-04-10

Mrs. T. c. Rowland and little daugter, Claudine, leave Saturday for a three weeks visit at Monroe and New Orleans. The Union Hotel will be in charge of Mrs. F. P. Fenton of Monroe during their absence.
The Huttig news., 1909-04-10
Caviar Made in Ma,sitoaa.

Caviar is now made in large quan roe. It is shipped to Hamburg in keg and comes hack to this country in tim and jars as Russian caviar.
The Huttig news., 1909-04-10

~ G Jones, J. R. Bishop and J. M. Wallace were the jury com missioners selected by Judge Hays to select the juries for the next term of the Union County Circuit court.
The Huttig news., 1909-04-10

Kodaking seems to be all the go now with some few as we can see them out every afternoon.
The Huttig news., 1909-04-10

Davis, son of C. c. Malone, who resides just south of Huttig, is at tending business college at Waco. Texas.
The Huttig news., 1909-04-10

John McClendon left the first of the week for Homer, La, where he will visit with friends.
The Huttig news., 1909-04-10

Delicious home made taffy fresh every day at J. U. Brown & Cos. place.
The Huttig news., 1909-04-10

Home made taffy at Brown s place, fresh every day.
The Huttig news., 1909-04-10

P. M. Knox was down from Fl Dorado to visit his family Sunday.
The Huttig news., 1909-04-10

J. M. and M. Bradshaw left with their families Tuesday for Glen wood.
The Huttig news., 1909-04-10

D. F. Collett visited with his family at Fl Dorado last Sunday.
The Huttig news., 1909-04-10

All kinds of job printing neatly done at this office.
The Huttig news., 1909-04-10

The Weekly Commercial Appeal and The News, one year for $1 .OO.
The Huttig news., 1909-04-10

M#z x X X x X x X X x x x x x x X <; x x <: < Es Local News
 The Weekly Commercial Appeal and The News, one year for $l .OO.
 Home made taffy at Browns place, fresh every day.
 P. M. Knox was down from FL Dorado to visit his family Sunday.
 D. F. Collett visited with his family at Fl Dorado last Sunday.
 All kinds of job printing neatly done at this office.
 J. M. and M. Bradshaw left with their families Tuesday for Glen wood.
 John McClendon left the first of the week for Homer, La, where he will visit with friends.
 Delicious home made taffy fresh every day at J. U Brown & Co.'S. place.
 Mrs. T. A. White left "Wednesday for Fort Worth, Texas, to join her husband who is now located there.
 kodaking seems to be all the go now with some few as we can see them out every afternoon.
 Davis, son of C. C. Malone, who resides just south of Huttig, is att tending business college at Waco. Texas.
 Marshal E. M. Cabaniss, pr. R. E. Rowland and Mayor c. A. Berry were among the court visitors at Fl Dorado from here tris week.
 Mrs. H. McGraw of White visited her parents, Mir and Mrs. J. H. Knox. just west of Huttig, the first of the week.
 New Zealand's population at the close of last year was estimated at 100000. the death rate being only o.5z thousand. ~k G Jones. J. R. Bishop and J. M. Wallace were the jury com miSslonerS selected by Judge Hays to select the juries for the next term of the Union County Circuit court.
 Mesdames R. E. Rowland, c. s. Watkins and c. T. Thompson and Miss Eva Richardson went to Monroe Thursday morning to spend the day with A. w. Corkins who was passing through on that day.
 Ralph Gihon's new physical cul- ture class started operations this week; the members of the class are full of enthusiasm and eager to gain and show results of their strenuous work.
 Hugh Woolley of Center Point, Aia., was in Huttig the guest ot L E C W1olla,, tha fret
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-06
YOUTHFUL NEGRO
GETS A WHIPPING
Mother of Boy Administers chastise
ment in Compliance With Order
of Judge Davis.

Ed Oliver, a small negro boy.
charged with assault and battery, was
soundly whipped at the city Jail this
morning by order of Judge Davis
The, boys mother administered the
chastisement, which was of a some.
what strenuous character.
The boy has figured in the city court
to a considerable extent in the past,
but is too young to be sent to the
chain gang.
4 am getting tired of having these
young boys brought up into the city
court said Judge Davis this morn.
ing and I thing few sound thrash
inGs would do more real good than tc
place them on the chain gang with
older and more hardened criminals.
Which sentiment on the part o the
cttg Judge all will agree is &C, 4,
s,.n d, common sensa
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-06
TO Begin WORK :
ON new PLANT
BEFORE OCT |
Plans For New Structure of Armour
& Co. Not Available At Pres
emit, However.

While no definite date has been
set for beginning the erection of Ar
mour & Cos. new plant in Hattiesburg
it can be authoritatively stated that
work on this building will be COM
menced before Oct. 1. The rumor
that work would be begun this week
could not be verified, but the local
manager for the Armours stated to o
News reporter that work surely would
begin within the next twenty or thirty
days.
The plans for the new plant are
not obtainable at present, being in
Chicago, and the local manager stated
that he knew nothing of these plans.
However, as the present plant is one
of considerable capacity It stands to
reason that the new plant will be of
larger capacity in every respect.
AS the Armours are not in the habit
of investing money in dead towns,
their definite determination to erect
a large new plant in this city speaks
loudly for their confidence in the fli-
ture of Hattiesburg and Southern Mis-
sissippi.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-06
Has Made No Decision.

Yes, many of my Friends have So
hclted me very warmly to become
candidate, some urging me to make
the race for governor and others for
congress, and while | have as vet
made no decision in regard 70 the mat
ter, If the demand should become gen
eral on the part of my friends, / might
become candidate for either office.
Whlle at present | am Ill no sense
candidate for office, l try to be =
good citizen, and as | deem II the
highest duty of a gooHcitizen to serve
what the majority may deem to be
their best interests, will not say thar
l VIII not be a candidate. If a suffif-
cient number of my fellow Democrats
should believe that could best serve
their interests by becoming a cam
didate for constable, would feel
it to be my duty to yield to their
wishes"
"Then, Dr. Donald, you may be said
to be in the hands of your friends, As
the phrase runs?" qIel-ied the repor-
ter.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-06
LORENA LANGUISHES
Behind The BARS
Negress Charged With Retailing Ii.
quor and Assault With Pistol, Ar
raigned in City Court.

Lorena Hicks, a negress, was ar.
raigned before Judge j. E. Davis in
the city court this morning on two
charges, one being that of retailing
whisky and the other swapping der
ringer in the face of Martin Newman,
white.
Newman testified that he had pur
chased two drinks of whisky from the
negress and that when she saw a po.
liceman coming she drew a derringer
pistol and ordered Newman to get a
move on. AS his movements were not
so alacrious as she desired, Lorena
snapped the gun in his face to accel
crate them.
Lorena swore by the seven kings OF
Cologne that she neither used the CUR
nor had any booze in her house, ant
while Judge Davis wore an expression
that might have been interpreted skep
teal as to her testimony, he postponed
action on the case until he can heal
statement from the officer who made
the arrest The officer in ques
ton was unavoidably absent from thu
court. and in the meantime Loren:
anguishes behind prison bars.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-06
ORDINANCE To
PROTECT women
About Depots of City Probably Will Be
Passed by Council Tomorrow
Night-WilI Be Drastic.

The Hattiesburg city council VI
meet in regular session tomorrow
night.
Among the proceedings at this meet
ing will be the passage of a new or,
dinance for the protection of unac.
companied females and others at the
various depots in this city. On sew.
eral occasions in, the recent past wo
men have been subjected to annoy.
ance and insult by a set of loafers
who hang around the depots, and the
new ordinance is of such drastic char
acter as will prevent any recurrence
of these annoying acts.
| Routine work probably viii take III
the greater part of the councils ses
sion tomorrow evening.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-06
PEARY EXPEDITION
REACHED THEP0LE
STRONG sermon
BY DR.. Campbell
Pastor Of Bay Street Presbyterian
Church Delivers Discourse on Christ
and the Lepers.

At the Bay Street Presbyterian
church yesterday morning Rev. r. l..
Campbell, the pastor, preached a
powerful sermon to an appreciativa
congregation, taking for his text Luke
XVII, 15: And one of them, when he
saw that he was healed, turned back
and in a loud voice glorified Cod
Before beginning his sermon, DR..
Campbell read frc III the chapter, which
included his text, the story Of Christ's
meeting With the ten lepers in Samaria
who cried to the Savior to heal them,
and who were healed while on their
way TO present themselves to the
priest as they had been commanded
to do by Jesus.
Taking the fact that only one of the
lepers who had been miraculously
healed returned to praise God, the
speaker made it the basis for a pow
erful lesson to those who accept Gods
gifts and mercies and then fail to go
to his houses of worship and render
to Him praise and glory. DR.. Camp
bell said he did not read the story of
the lepers in order to talk of diseases
of the body, but to speak of that dis
ease which held on beyond the grave
unless the soul was cleansed before
the death OF the body. 1t was hard
to make a man realize that he had an
incurable disease of the body, Duc 1t
was as hard to make him realize that
he needed healing in his soul. A spet
cies of literature was now in vogue,
to which the speaker did not give his
approval which sought to teach that
in order to be healed in his soul
man must live the perfect life, as did
Christ. No man, DR.. Campbell de-
clared, could live the perfect life un-
less he had a clean soul.
1t was at the conclusion of his ser.
mon that DR.. Campbell so warmly
commended the announced policy Of
the Hattiesburg News in regard to the
liquor traffic.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-06
BUT IS One in NO
Sense AT PRESENT
Deems It His Duty as Good Citizen to
Run Should Demand Become I'm
perative-Is in the Hands Of HE
Friends.

Persistent rumors to the effect that
Mayor ]. D: Donald soon would yield
to the insistent wishes of friends In
Hattiesburg and also from other Sec
tons of the state and announce his
candidacy either for congress from
this district or for governor. was the
cause of News reporter calling upon
Dr. Donald this morning for the pur-
pose of obtaining from him an express
sion as to what action ne will take
in the matter.
For quite long while past friends
of DR.. Donald have been urging him
to become a candidate either for con-
gress or for the governorship but he
has up to today refrained from max.
ing any announcement of his inten-
lions. In response to questions by
the News representative this morning.
Mayor Donald said
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-06
In Hands OF Friends

Well, yes" was the mayors reply.
that about expresses my attitude.
But | do not want to be misconstrued
IN this matter. | desire it to be un.
derstood that at the present time I am
not a candidate for either office men
toned and will not be unless the de-
mand on the part of my friends be-
comes imperative, although I deeply
appreciate their kind expressions and
good will I am not seeking office,
but should the office seek me, will
do what conceive to be my duty as
good citizen and Democrat"
Judging from what the News repre-
sentative has heard from prominent
men in this city, the foregoing state.
ment from Mayor Donald is practic-
ally equivalent to an announcement
for either governor or congressman, as
the strong pressure which already has
been brought to bear upon him doubt
}sss will be made very much stronger.