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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-06-03
THE GAPS IN THE RANKS
Atlanta Georgian.

Atlanta Georgian.
One by one the old soldiers are drop
ping out of line. At Marietta on Mon
day last the veterans of the Grand
Army of the Republic gathered to pay
the customary tribute of sorrow to
dead comrades; and even to the most
superficial observer the spectacle was
full of tender pathos.
For the youngest of the men who
participated in the great Civil conflict
is no longer in the prime of vigor-
GUS manhood.
The stoop in his shouder-the touch
of frost on his forehead-the uncertain
rhythm of his footstep-the quaver in
his voice--these all tell of the fatigues
of the long march.
And the gaps in the ranks-how
frequent they are getting!
Further and further into the back
ground recede the fields upon which
the worlds greatest drama of heroism
was enacted.
The thunder roll Of artillery has
ceased to reverberate among the hills.
Both Federal and Confederate are
now wearing the Blue-and, alas, both
are now also wearing the Gray.
They are Union men now-stanch
and eager to defend the flag-but, in
the deepening dusk, they are all Con-
federates too.
God bless the old remnant, 1t will
not be long before the last of the
grenadiers will sleep with his face up
turned and with his hands folded. Let
us lift our hats to the hating legion
and pray heaven to make us worthy
of the men who are fastening into
bivouac.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-06-03
IMPERIAL TALK q; a.
MAKES FOR PEACE

ST. PETERSBURG, June "a
meeting between Emperor William and
Emperor Nicholas has been arranged,
and will take place in the waters OF
the Finnish Gulf. The exact date
of the meeting will be decided upon
later but it probably will be June H.
The German Emepror will arrive on
the imperial yacht Hohenzollern,
while Emperor Nicholas will be aboard
the STANDARD, accompanied by NJ. Is
wolski the Foreign Minister, and Ad-
miral Voc Vodsky, the Minister of Ma
.Hne.
The news of the proposed interview
between the sovereigns coming so
soon after the settlement Of the Bal
kan crisis has aroused eager specula-
ton among the diplomats at st. Pet
ersburg. 1t was supposed in some
quarters that German mediation, which
had ended the crisis, had left a heri-
tage of bitterness, which would es-
TRANCE the two monarchs and lead
Russia to identify herself more closely
with Great Britains Continental pol
icy.
The meeting, which, according to
some reports, has been arranged on
the initiative Of Emperor Nicholas, is
taken to mean that Russia prefers an
amicablo arrangement with Germany
to the doubtful issue Of an antalnostic
policy. If Emperor William also meets
President Fallieres, as it is reported
from Berlin he will do the European
situation may be regarded, as entering
upon a decidedly peaceful phase,
After meeting the German Emperor
the Russian ruler will go to Stockholm,
probably on June 26. Then he will re-
turn to Peteroff and, during the early
days of July, will receive King Fred
erick of Denmark there. His Males
ty afterward will proceed to Poltava
to be present July and at the Gel
ebration of the 2O0th anniversary OF
the battle of Poltava. The Emperor
will then depart by sea for a visit to
France and England and probably
Italy. The plans of this trip are held
in the deepest secrecy, but elaborate
preparations already are being taken
to prevent tampering with the rail
way lines to Poltava. Forty-eight
thousand troops will be stationed
along the route during the journey.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-06-03
SYSTEMATIC CHARITY.

Incidents which come daily under
the observation of the News shows
that there is a great need for a better
organized system of charity or per-
haps a more proper expression would
be, an organized system of humane
consideration for those who are in
need of medical or surgical aid. The
Kings Daughters are doing a noble
work, but there are hospital cases
which reach Hattiesburg quite fire.
quently, many of them from the coun-
ty for which there is no provision,
but which ought to be taken care of
at the expense of the city and coun-
ty. In some instances the sufferers
are colored who have no way of Sc
curing the treatment unless they can
find some surgeon who is willing to
do the work an dtake the chance of
getting paid some time and then there
must be some way to settle the ex-
pense at the hospital, so that with
these difficulties in the way, life
might be lost which could be saved if
the city and county would only make
provision in the hospitals here for
a bed for white and colored patients.
This would not entail an unreasonable
expense, and even if it did, there are
certain responsibilities which cannot
be avoided no matter how expensive.
Our county does not spend a great
amount of money on the poor and
it is able to meet the expense of car
ing for those who are absolutely in
need of medical and surgical attention
and it should be done at the expense
of all the people for that is the debt
they owe to society.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-06-03
CERTIFICATES FOR
CRIMINRL WEEK
THE NUMBER OF STATE WIT
NEssEs AND THE AMOUNT
THEY GOT.
The Jurors Who Served and What
They Cost the County, Including
Those Summoned on the
Special Venire.

During the progress OF the criminal
week of the term of the circuit court
the question of the cost of this weeks
session to the county was quite fire.
quently commented on and varying es-
Inmates were made, running up from
$1,000 to $1,000.
Today, Circuit Clerk Nixon made
his report to Chancery Clerk Batson,
as auditor for the county, giving the
names of the witnesses and jurors fol
criminal week and the amount credited
to each to whom certificates had been
issued.
AS a matter of general interest the
lists as reported by Circuit Clerk Mix
on were run over to learn the number
of witnesses and of jurors whose SER
vices were used by the court and the
total amount of the certificates issu-
ed
The result shows that certificates
amounting to $2,155 were issued to
224 witnesses and certificates amount
ing to $2,546 to 215 jurors, this in
cludes the grand jurors. These totals
make certificates of a value of $4,701
issued to 439 witnesses and jurors.
In the case of the State VS.. G. L..
Crosby % witnesses served to whom
were issued certificates amounting to
$19S. The extra cost of the special
venire in the Crosby case could not
be easily learned as their names APP
pear in the list of jurors without the
cases being designated. In this case
1873 persons appeared on the witness
stand to qualify as jurors in the Cros-
| by case.
1t should be noted that the certifi-
Gates in these reports apply only to
witnesses and jurors. To this cost
must, of course, be added the extra
expenses incurred in the carrying out
of the courts orders.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-06-03

honors came to him almost without
the asking when he first went to con
gress almost twenty years ago, but it
did not seem possible for him TO ar
rive to this position; he lacked mod
esty; he lacked balance; he lacked
discernment He thought so well of
himself that only those who wanted 20
make use of him for purposes of their
own were willing to seem to accept
him at his own estimate and his con-
sequent personal pride and belief in
himself as a great man, and mis-
understood man, has proved his undo
ing. He stands in rather a pathetic
contrast to his associate in the senate,
Senator Culberson, a modest man,
who is the kind of fellow who ought
to 60 to the senate from great state
like Texas.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-06-03
Visit the MODEL.
JOURNAL OF COMMERCE REPORT
Condition Given at S2.1 and Acre
AGE at 3.5 Per Cent Short.

SINGU at OIL anu SNNi
age at 3.5 Per Cent Short.
NEW YORK, June 3.-In it's month
ly cotton crop report today the Jorunal
of Commerce will show;
Compared with last year, the cotton
acreage has been reduced 3.5 per cent.
according to over 1900 reports from
our special correspondents of an aver
age date of May %. This is approx
mately the same result as given in last
months report. when the consensus
of opinion indicated reduction of 4
per cent On the basis of the revised
area planted in 1908 of 1890, 900 acres
he present season starts off with 3d.
100000 acres. The reduction has been
largely brought about through the high
prices of provisions causing more land
to be thrown into corn and small grain
at the expense Of cotton. Fear of the
boil Weevil in Louisiana and Nigsis-
sippi, especially in tn former. caused
heavy cur'ailment being ZG.0S and 81
per cent lass, respectively. All other
state show declines except Texas
Tennessee and Florida. The increase
of 45 per cent in Texas is due princi-
pally to drouth, which destroyed grain
crops. This acreage went into cotton
Percentage condition is S21, which
compares with $50 in 1908, 900 in 1907
and S2,1 in 1906.
Compared with last year, cotton
starts off with better prospects, the
soil being well prepared and compare
lively free fro mgrass. The season
ranges from one to two weeks late,
owing GLOW temperature and drouth
in Texas General rains have relieved
this condition and planting is being
rapidly pushed to completion.
Stands are generally good and with
warmer weather prospects are expect
ed to greatly improve. No insects
have appeared except the boil weevil,
but these are not yet in sufficient num-
bers to be seriously considered.
Complaints of scarcity of labor are
few and cultivation can be well taken
,are of unless rains become exces-
i've.
Since the date of these reports, por-
ions of Mississippi, Alabama and
louisiana have been visited by heavy
lind and rain storms and the damage
aused is not reflected in this report.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-06-03
DO TT NOW.

The page ad. of the Commercial
Club which appeared in the News last
night and which will appear again,
will be the means af attracting the
attention of thousands of people to this
country if the readers of the News
will only take little trouble to mail
out copies Of the paper containing
this ad There will be plenty of peo-
pie who will agree with this state
ment who believe it ought to be done
but who will not do it. The trouble
is that many of our people do not
ealize the Importance of action.
Do 1t Now, should be the motto of
every citizen of Hattiesburg and
South Mississippi.
Some people will read this ad and
say that it is a good thing, but will
lay the paper down and forget all
about sending it away.
Action is what is needed.
Talk will do up to a certain point.
Do 1t Now.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-06-03
BAILEY REDIVIVUS.
New Orleans Item.

New Orleans Item.
Every once in a while that consum-
mate statesman, Joseph Weldon Bal
ley, of Texas, comes to the front with
measure which is destined to restore
him to place and position in the es-
TEEN Of the people of the Lone Star
State, and then something happens.
This time Mr.. Bailey introduced an in
come tax. Just why fate selected hiu
! to revive this issue and to shine as
Democrat in the senate who would
chain the octopus we do not know,
an income tax is a good thing 1t hal
no more opposition than the proposed
tax on bachelors which is threatened
at every meeting of every state leg
islature in the United States, but it
never passes. Mr.. Bailey has been
conspicuous national figure for a
great many years; he has all of the
airs and graces with which the pop
ular Imagination surrounds the truly
great. In this he is more like a great
man ought to be than great men us.
ually are.
Since Mr.. Bailey applied his talents
to the development of the oil indus
try in Texas he has been in rather bad
standing with the folks out there and
this little income tax was calculated
to put him straight then along came
youn man named Oscar King Davis,
who writes Mr.. Bailey up in the New
York Times and says that Mr. Bailey
While the real introducer of the income
tax amendment to the tariff bill was
trying to strange his own child, so
Mr.. Bailey gets hold of some one
else connected with the New York
Times and they have a set-to. They
are separated and now Mr.. Bailey
says that anybody who has anything
to do with Mr. Oscar King Davis can
not have anything to do with him. So !
passes the glory of the world.
1t is pity that this statesman from
Texas should have had his career
blighted by such bitter and persistent
misunderstanding as seems to exist be-
.ween him and the gentlemen of the |
ourth estate. 1t is a shame that
loud should be cast upon his title
o the real fatherhood of the income
Ak If it passes. 1t is a shame II IL
lils of passage, those cruel words OF
IT. Davis in the New York Times Il
lould have been written. 1t is o
lame that the rest of the world cares CT
little about Mr.. Joseph Weldon Bal III
Y and his troubles and that so many
the people of his native state should
lieve him a counterfeit.
Mr. Bailey is man who could nave
ne far and have done much; great 81
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-06-03
Visit the MODEL.
MISS GILES COTTON REPORT
Condition Given at 90 and Acreage
~ Per Cent. Chort.

Condition Given at 80 and Acreage
~ Per Cent. Chort.
NEW YORK, June 3.-Miss Giles,
in a report issued yesterday, places
the average condition of cotton at 50,
against SIS last year and 63.4 in 1907.
The area is approximately 32,166,500
acres. against 1901 100 acres last
year, which is a decrease of $4,000
acres, which is equivalent to de-
crease of 81 per cent.
The area still to be seeded on an
average date of May % was approx
mately II per cent, compared with 10
per cent last year. and q per cent. in
1907. Weather permitting, planting
should be finished within a few days.
The states showing the largest areas
to be planted are Mississippi II par
cent, Texas = per cent. and Oklaho-
ma 20 per cent.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-06-03
$500 REWARD, 500,

The readers Of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at Least
one dreadful disease that science has
been able to cure in all it's stages
and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure now
known to the medical fraternity. Ca
tarrh being a constitutional disease,
requires a constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken intern.
ally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system,
thereby destroying the foundation OF
the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitu
ion and assisting nature doing its
work. The proprietors have so much
aith in its curative powers that they |
ffer One Hundred Dollars for any |
ase that it fails to cure. Send for
st OF testimonials.
Address F ]. CHENEY G. CO.,
Toledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
ipation.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-06-03

The Frightening skies reflects the
opportunity of the farmer. The whole
crop is not ruined; only the beginning
and We have plenty of time in South
Mississippi to raise something which
will bring money, if our farmers will
only use their brains to figure out
what it is. Energy and intelligence
are invincible where opportunities are
as plentiful as they are in South Mis-
sissippi.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-06-03

In the Crosby trial one of the wit
nesses testified that the accused said
to him before arrest: Partner, the
first time 1 was counted a murderer.
it nearly scared me to death. Now,
] don't mind shooting a man any
more than l would a dog. I shot one
man and he is not buried, either"
Now that jury of his peers have ac-
Quilted him in a case where the muir
der was not denied, and which did not
lack a single incident of deliberately
planned assassination. Crosby will
mind shooting a man" even less than
he would a dog. "-Vicksburg Herald.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-06-03
Visit the MODEL.


The following Transfers of real es-
tate have been filed in the chancery
clerks office =.
d. Y. Yarbrough and wife to the
heirs of A. Vizor. About 200 acres in
section SO, township 4 and north of
range ID, west; $50 acres in section
4, s and 81, of townships 3, 4, and ;
north of ranges 9, 10 and II inPerry
county; 500 acres in section 2, town
ship moth range II, west; also small
parcels of land in Marion county.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-06-03

Are you interested in the develop
ment of South Mississippi? Then you
should not only read the News but
you ought to induce your friends to
read it. There is something in it
every day that is calculated to benefit
every town in this section, as we'll as
the country surrounding it.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-06-03

Advertising in the News pays. We
can prove it to you and we feel sure
that careful study of sensible ad-
vertising, will convince our business
men that big page circulars are I'M
necessary if you want to reach the
spending public in Hattiesburg and
South Mississippi.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-06-03

The News wishes to impress upon
the people of South Mississippi that
the work of the Commercial Club,
which is being supplemented by the
News, is not merely a Hattiesburg
movement, but 1t is intended for the
development of the whole of South
Mississippi. The business men of Hat
tiesburg realize that they will be in
directly benefited by the develop
ment of this whole section and are
ready to cooperate with every town
In the ten thousand miles of territory
surrounding Hattiesburg, which is I'M
developed.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-06-03

The old fiddlers of Meridian are fol-
lowing the plans of the old fiddlers of
Hattiesburg and are going to give
concert for the benefit of the old SO
diers Remember that our old fiddlers
will give their entertainment at the
Auditorium tomorrow night.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-06-03
THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1909.
Circulation Double That of Any
Other South Mississippi Paper

Whenever you miss an issue Of the
News, you miss an opportunity to
equip yourself to help develop South
Mississippi.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-06-03
MARRIAGE LICENSE.

The following marriage license has
been issued by Circuit Clerk Nixon:
Mr.. w. C. Bayliss and Miss Bessie
Kennedy.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-06-03
Member Of the Associated Press

Entered as second-class matter on
May %, 1907. at the postoffice at Hat
tiesburg, Miss, under the Act of Con-
xress of March Q. 1879.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-06-03

OFFICIAL PAPER CITY OF HAT
TIESBuRG AND COUNTY OF FOR.
REST.
The state herald., 1909-04-02
AMITIE.

Z. l.. Harmon was in this vicinity
Monday.
Jies Smith and wife spent Saturday
and Sunday with their daughter, Mrs.
Alta Poe.
Dallas vanMeter spent Saturday and
Sunday with the Mitchells.
Don't Forget the Sunday School at
Amitie, Sunday April 4, at 2o'clock.
Our weather man, Mr.. Hazen, re-
ports fall or .now ths-Isst 4 months
to the Depth of I II. and Q inches which
must be the greatest since the first
settlement Of eastern Colorado.
We were very much interested in the
"Reminiscences OF the early settlement of
this county by Mrs. Reynolds. Well do
we remember some Of the old time
gatherings at Fairview and Daggy
school houses, debates. socials, Sunday
School, and last but notleast the church
services. We also remember the drink
ing fountains (l3 IN number) which was
and is a curse TO any nation or land.
The state herald., 1909-04-02

| Al Mrs l.. NJ. Reynolds, in her re-
centvery interesting communication to
the HERALD, referred to the
building of the Holyoke Methodist
chuych, we give below the ac-
count of the laying of the corner stone
Of this building as published in the Lo-
gan County News Of Apr. "a, 1888.
LAYING OF THE CORNER STONE.
East Saturday afternoon was OBJ
served in laying the corner stone OF
the N. E. church building, A large
nunber of people, from both town and
country, assembled. Elder Adair con-
ductea the services which consisted of
reading of appropriate passages of
scripture and the usual forms of discl-
plirs. The cornet band rendered sever
al pieces of appropriate music and the
choir. led by Miss Blakely at the organ
sang several hymns. B. F. Williams,
of the News, made an impromptu
speech on the occasion Of laying the
corner stone and erecting church, the
only one within twenty-five miles of
this beautiful young city. The box de-
posted in the corner stone contained a
testament, discipline, hymn book, a
copy Of each newspaper published here,
a copy of the Rocky Mountain Advo-
cate list of the names of the trustees
Of the church, the name of the Pastor
and a few coins. After the close of
the exercises, Mr.. Photographer took a
vieR pf the assembly, with the organist
at$he organ and the crowd standing a.
round, while the echo of the last song
reverberated. A copy Of the photo
graph can be seen at this Office. The
collection taken up on the occasion to
aid in building the house was $50. The
services were quite satisfactory to all
interested"
We give the News account Of the
laying of the corner stone as we do not
have in our possession the copy of the
HERALD containing the account Of the
same.
If any reader of the HERALD has a
copy of the photograph referred to in
the above article, please notify us Of
that fact.
The state herald., 1909-04-02

Business men may save some money
by buying envelopes of Uncle Sam but
can they do so and still insist that other
people SHOULD be governed by the busi-
ness principl, Of patronizing home in
dustry. II IL is good business princi-
pie for the lo cal business men to pat
ronize Uncle Sans printing Office in
preference TO the home printing Offices.
how can business men consistently
claim that it is not good business prin-
ciple for other people to patronize the
mail order house Of the large city. The
home new spapers are generally found
loyal to the principle Of patronizing
home industry, are always loyal to the
business of the home business men a
long this line and they are reasonable
in expecting other business men to
practice what they preach ind patron
ize the home printing Office even as a
gainst the attractive offers from Uncle
Sans printing office.
The state herald., 1909-04-02
John H. Olson.

John Henry Olson @as born on Feb.
s, 1856, at GplesbuIf, ILL.,, and died at
his home neat HaTun, Colo, on Mar.
25, 1909. lie WIS Christened in the
Swedish BaptiS church at Galesburg,
III. On Dec. ~. 1873. at Nakoma, Hen
ry county. H., be was married to Miss
Cynthia Thorp. To them were born
3 ehildred, Boys II. Roy, John F.
Charles o. James @. and William Ii.
and 3 girls, Cynthia l.. Alice u. and
Mary +. all OF whom with their mother
survive him.
After their marriage, they resided in
Henry county H.. till 1882 when they
moved To Taylor county Iowa and from
there in 1883, they moved to Colorado
and located on homestead near Hax-
tun where the family now reside.
He was one OF the carly settlers OF
our county and was highly respected by
large acquaintance. In the fall OF
1908 he was elected TO the Office o;
county commissioner and was holding
this Office at the time OF his death. i'
was an Industrious, hard working man
lie was OF cheerful and hopeful dif
position and. through all Of the harI
ships and diseouragements OF the un
usually dry years Of tho nineties. he
never lost faith In his home county bu
instead OF giving way to discourage
ment US many did, he pushed his busi
ness enterprises just us vigorously a
though success was In sight and, nj
though starting in 1888 with no eapita
yet Mt his death he was the largeS
land owner In the county and also own
cd much other valuable property.
Although he had been subject t.
stomach trouble for some time yet n
he had recovered from one very sever
sickness and continued TO insist that h
would get up from this sickness, man
Of his friends had hopes Of his recover
but II was not TO be.
As he was member OF the iloiyok
Lodge OF Knights Of pythiaa, the lodg