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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-08-19

Jim Williamson, one of Hanni-
balls best known business men, in
this city, went into the Park Meth
odist church, of which he was a
member. at IL m. Tuesday and
placed bullet in his brain. De-
spondency is given as the cause.
(Jim) j. F. Williamson made this
town for years and was one of the
most popular business men making
this city.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-08-19

In 1902 the first canning establish.
ment in Asiatic Russia was opened at
Omsk. Exports of hides and skins
from Siberia increased from $500 tons
In 1899 to $500 tons in 1902. More
than 1000 tons of Siberian eggs are
exported annually, many of them find
ing their way to the London market.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-08-19
Not Yet.

When tailors see three-cornered hats
IN P1ccadilly and Bond street it will
be time enough to lay in stock of
pink dress suitings. But unless we are
mistaken, this sort of thing will not
trouble the present generation. The
present rage is for quiet tones
Tailor and Cutter.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-08-19
1t Is Always Seen First at the Big
Clothing Store.

Yes sir, an earnest desire to
please our customers; determine
ton to excel in business. and mer-
chandise furnished you that must
be just as good as your money or
your money back On this propo-
sition we have doubled our bust
ness. VIM. A. Sullivan,
Cash Clothier.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-08-19

Tom M. King came very near be-
ing killed Tuesday at the gravel
road crossing 4 miles west of Han
nibal. A Burlington train struck
his horse and buggy, killed the
horse and wrecked the buggy but
did not scratch Tom.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-08-19
Man Killed.

Another horrible accident has oc-
cured at Rensselaer,.
Monday night about 1915 the
Wabash struck John Wooden who
lives near there and killed him.
He was in wagon and one of
his horses was also killed.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-08-19
Too Much AhMlna

"You's got to put a certain amount
o dependence on yohsef." said Uncle
Eben. DE man dat goes aroun' look.
IN fob too much advice is liable to
md hisself in de position of de gem.
man dat gifts so interested readin' de
time table dat he misses his train"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-08-19
Trying.

II there is anything on earth that
Will try all the Christian graces of the
average man. it is to crawl into a
union suit on a chilly morning only
to discover that the washerwoman has
turned 1t wrong side out.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-08-19
Child Not To alams

My infant, madam" said the lady
In the bus with dignity. appropriated
and clawed your muff not from mere
wantonness but under the impression
that 1t was a pussy cat, as 1 have no
doubt 1t once was."-London Globe.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-08-19
A aenefaotor Of tha Race.

A man has invented a continuance
by means Of which womAn's waist
can be fastened in the back by simply
pulling a string. The HusbandS union
should send him an engrossed reso-
luton of thanks.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-08-19

You will regret it If
you do not attend the
chautauqua next week,
commencing Sunday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-08-19

You remember the span of pretty
sOrrel horses belonging to j. T.
Elliott. One of them died yester-
day from an ulcer of the throat.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-08-19

Miss Fannie A. Neal, Supt, of
nurses of the Baptist Sanitarium
St. Louis, is visiting her friend, Mrs,
W. W. Lauehlin.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-08-19
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ConqratuIatory,

The Morning Post in 1912 made the fol-
lowing statement: I'VE congratulate our
selves most on having torn on Corbett's
mask and revealed his cloven foot. 1t was
high time that this hydra head Of faction
should be soundly raped over the
knuckles."
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-08-19
Why Hide the Light.

This" says Fred Badger in his Neo-
desha (Kansas) Register, beats life in
surance all to pieces: A chemist has de-
termlned by painstaking analysis that
human body of the average size contains
three pounds and three ounces of cal
cium. The current value Of calcium is SSOo
an ounce, which would give us each A
value in the retort OF SIS. 800, or one-fourth
our weight in gold. You save the pre-
miums while you are alive, and have your
self made into calcium after you are dead
and 1t won't hurt much. Why hide your
calcium liRht?"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-08-19

Mrs. j. N. Southern and daugh-
ter, Miss Helen, went to Macon
Tuesday ia attend the Chautauqua.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-08-19

Mrs. Clarissa Crook of Tasting,
Mich, is visiting her rela tive, Mrs.
M. Crook, of near Warren.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-08-19

E. c. Nelson and wife, of Lorraine,
ILL.,, have been visiting Mrs. Nelson's
sister, Mrs. T. E Willard.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-08-19

Boulware and Redman Davis life
Tuesday for Seattle, Wash.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-08-19

Misses T. E. Priest and Elmota
Ennis, of Shelbyville have been
with relatives and friends in this
city.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-08-19

Bob Stevenson went to Moore
Mont, Tuesday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-08-19

he as a nail driven in a sure place. prnd
ing its roots downward and its BREACHES
upward.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-08-19

M. C. Hawkins was a business
visitor in Quincy. Tuesday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-08-19
Il y y

A metropolitan newspaper prints
the extraordinary news that the DO.
lice OF New York city arrest 112 per-
sons each day for intoxication." Why
stop at 112?
4 4 4
How the view point changes.
Twenty years ago we longed to have
money to buy all the apple pie we
could eat. Now we have the money
and would give it all to be able to eat
the pie.
l suppose the reason the water
wagon is always pictured as vehicle
drawn by horses, is because If the
wagon were a real automobile. some
of the passengers would want to drink
the gasoline.
The office boy that finds $40 on the
floor, gives 1t to the boss and doesn't
get raise, may wonder how honesty
has its own reward. And yet many
a successful man owes a part Of his
success to just some such trivial
thing as this. The boss may not seem
to have noticed-but he did!
4 4 4
When was boy a friendly old
banker once told me that a farm
mortgage in ten years would beat any
other investment for the same length
of time-and ever since then have
been anxious to try 1t. That is the
way with lot of good advice-a fel.
low never gets a chance to put 1t in
practice.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-08-19

Miss Annie Hardesty is spending
the week with friends in Perry.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-08-19

Go to the north park tonight and
eat ice cream and cake with the
ladies ofthe First Baptist church.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-08-19

j. B. and C. E. Gillian and Roscoe
Bell left Tuesday for Houston and
other points in Texas.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-08-19
'o~s SI,OO PER YEAR

ntered at the postoiIice at Monroe
City, Mo-, as srcOnd-class matter.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-08-19
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MetaphorlcaIIy SPEAKING.

A clergyman In an English town warned
his hearers lately mot to walk in a sin.
perry path lest they be sucked, mael-
stTom-like. into its meshesI" This mat.
a~SnS anRReSts that OF annthap ~IAresv.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-08-19
THE DEMOCRAT

r g J. ROUSE, Editor.
Z! F.. HTXSON, City Editor.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-02
Credit to Hattiesburg.

Hattiesburg did herself proud by the
manner in which her citizens met the
demands of the occasion. The hotels,
restaurants and boarding houses had
taken time by the forelock and made
extraordinary preparations for the big
day, with the result that no one went
hungry or thirsty long enough to
hurt
The scene as the crowd went to the
ball grounds was an inspiring one.
When the head of the vast throng
reached the Hardy street grounds, fill
ing Pine and Hardy streets from
fence to fence or curb to curb, others
still were leaving the central part OF
the city on their way to witness the
ball game and the balloon ascension.
All in all, it was the greatest day in
the history of the Queen City of
Southern Mississippi-a day that will
be remembered with feelings Of extra
ordinary pleasure and delight by all
who were SO fortunate as to visit
Hustling Hattiesburg on the most
memorable day Of her interesting his
tory up to date.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-02

hardships which he himself had exper-
fenced as youth having been born
in a log house and followed the pillow
barefooted, in an effort to force moth
err earth to yield the very best of
which she was capable. During these
times he learned from personal ex-
perience the motives which actuated
the manhood of Mississippi and in
stilled in it's citizens the determination
to rise above circumstances and compe
tie world to recognize them as leaders
of men.
In discussing the characteristics of
the citizenship of Mississippi and the
South, Senator McLaurin took occasion
to pay very worthy tribute to the
womanhood OF the land. He said all
women were beautiful. Although he
was sixty-one years of age, he had not
yet seen an ugly woman. AS mother,
wife and daughter, he had known wo-
man and from these three standpoints
he was able to judge by experience of
the excellences of womanhood and the
great influence which she exerted in
shaping the destinies of states and
nations.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-02
Day Ideally Lovely.

The day itself was an ideally beau
tiful one, and the humor of the
great concourse of humanity
that thronged the streets of
the city was in keeping with the love
illness of the day. 1t was jolly, fun
loving, fun-making crowd and be-
haved itself beautifully.
In the concourse were visitors from
every part in the state and a number
from other states. There were people
her from Alabama, Louisiana and even
from Tennessee, and any one who
watched the crowd could see that they
were delighted with all they saw or
heard in happy, hustling Hattiesburg,
The carnival spirit was rampant
from the early hours of morning I'M
til after the picture shows closed at a
very late hour. And the magnificent
and indescribably beautiful display of
fireworks was the GROWING event Of
the day which capped the climax and
sent all home in good humor and de-
light
There were no accidents of A Sc
rious nature to mar the joys of The oc-
casicn. The nearest to serious ac-
cident that occurred was when Major
Virgil Jones, of the Hattiesburg mill
tary company, sustained fall at the
corner of Front and Main streets
about 10 o'clock in the morning. Major
Jones was mounted, and as he went
to turn the corner his horse slipped
with him and Mr. Jones struck the
ground heavily on the right side of his
head. At first it was feared that he
was fatally hurt, but he rallied later
and is now reported to be on the road
to rapid recovery.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-02
Reared in Piney Woods.

Having been reared in the piney
woods and experiencing the difficult
ties and hardships with which the PEG.
pie of South Mississippi have had to
contend, he could more thoroughly ap-
preciate the spirit of determination
which had characterized its people in
forging their way to the front and gain
ing a place in the front and foremost
ranks of advancement.
He said it was pleasure which he
would not soon forget to be allowed
the privilege of rejoicing with the cit
liens of Hattiesburg and South Mis-
sissippi over the return of prosperity
to this section. The splendid courage
and determination which had been
displayed by the people of Hattiesburg
in surrounding difficulties and over
coming obstacles was a source of per
sonal qualification to him, because
he felt that he was one of them and
reioiced in their prosperity and sor
rowed with them in the time of ad
versity.
The senator related some of the
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-02
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh That
Contain Mercury

as mercury will surely destroy the
sense of smell and completely derange
the whole system when entering it
through the mucous surfaces. Such
articles should never be used except
on prescriptions from reputable ply
sicians, as the damage they will do is
ten lold to the good you can possibly
derice from them Halls Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney
& Co., Toledo, o., contains no mer-
curry and is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. In buying
Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you get
the genuine. 1t is taken internally
and made in Toledo Ohio, by F. ].
Cheney G. Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists. Price 75c per
bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-02
No Place For Crones.

Senator McLaurin said that in this
age of activity and personal achieve
ment there was no place for
drones. THE man with a business"
he said sis the man who must he re-.
sponsible for the future of this coun-
try. BY this | do not mean exclu-
sively the lawyer the doctor and the
merchant, but any man who has work
to do and does it. The shoemaker,
the blacksmith, the carpenter, the
farmer, all these are business men,
and none of them should lose sight of
the fact that they are on integral part
of the greatest nation on earth, and
the future greatness of the country is
to large extent dependent upon the
course they pursue through life"
In speaking Of the possibilities of
this section, Senator McLaurin said
that 10 portion of the country was
more favored by providence than Is
South Mississippi, and particularly
the piney woods section.
Just before left Washington a few
weeks ago." said the senator, I had
occasin to go into grocery store, and
while there | heard conversation be.
tween two Washingtonians which
made me prick up my ears and listen.
One Of these men was saying that he
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-02
Senator Gratified,

The Senator appeared to be extreme
ly gratified at the presence of so large
gathering of citizens, and prefaced
his address by paying a very fine
compliment to the spirit of thrift and
enterprise which had been the chief
characteristic of the people of this sec
ton for many years.
Knowing as he did the character of
the people who composed the citizen
ship of South Mississippi, Senator Nc
Laurin was not surprised at the won
derful progress which had been made
in this section during the past few
years.
He said that he had been reared in
in the piney woods, and was familiar
with the early history of South Mis-
sissippi. Although not an old man,
he stated that he could remember
when those who lived in this section
but a comparatively short while ago
were compelled to go to New Orleans
and Mobile to do their trading.
The ground upon which now stands
the proud city of Hattiesburg, the most
prosperous and progressive city in
South Mississippi, was at that time a
virgin pine forest. The sound of the
ak and the saw had not disturbed the
peaceful quietude of the few inhabi-
tants of this section. He could re-
member distinctly when the Illinois
Central railroad was built when the
construction of the New Orleans and
Northeastern, the Gulf and Ship Island,
the Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City
and the Mississippi Central railroads
had not been so much as dreamed of,
and the very mention of such pro-
jects would have been scoffed at as
unreasonable and not to be thought of.
The senator's remarks were confn-
ed almost exclusively to "reminiscences
of the past and speculation of the FIJI
ure possibilities of this section, and
only as they affected the prosperity of
the people were politics mentioned
during his discourse.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-02

on the schedule Of the days events,
but this cut no figure as Governor
Vardaman had not completed his ad
dress when the Senator reached the
scene of action
The crowd which attended the great
Prosperity Celebration is variously es
timated at from 5000 to 10000. It
was hard crowd to estimate be-
cause all of it could never be gotten
together in a lump. When Governor
Vardaman began speaking there prob
ably were $500 in his audience, but
as the day grew warmer and the sun
got on to the seats, the audience
dwindled considerably, but more than
1000 persons heard the speaking clear
through Senator McLaurins address,
which was not completed until after
1 o'clock.
Throughout the day, as is invaria-
bly, the case when excursions are run,
big crowds remained about the depots.
There was no time during the entire
day that there were not hundreds OF
people at the stations and they staid
there. Taken altogether, the number
of Hattiesburg's visitors yesterday
probably reached in the close neigh
borhood of 10000.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-02
Public School System.

Senator McLaurin dwelt at some
length upon the public school system
of Mississippi, and said that the pub
lie schools were the greatest and most
important institutions of the state. No
citizen should begrudge the small por-
ton of taxes which he pays into the
state treasury for the maintenance of
the public schools.
He said that he heard some men of
wealth complain at the burden of tax
alton, and explained that for selfish
reasons, if for no other, no one should
begrudge the small pittance which is
set aside for educational purposes.
The future peace and prosperity of
the state and nation, he said, de-
pended to a larger extent upon the
efficiency of the public schools than
anything else.
In them the child gets the first
ideas of government; spirit Of
patriotism, and love for home and
country is instilled into the young
mind more effectually in the public
school than perhaps anywhere else
except in the home.
In speaking of the home, Senator
McLaurin urged upon the people the
Importance of owning home, place
which in all civilized worlds was right
ly considered most sacred to the heart
of every lover of liberty.
above all things" said the sena-
tor, do not sell your home. Beg or
borrow and work your finger nails to
the quick in order to preserve to
yourself and family the sweet satisfac-
ton that whatever befalls, we have n
home to which our hearts will cling
and from the environments of which,
no matter where we may go or what
may befall us in after life, we cannot,
and would not If we could, escape"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-02
An Orderly Crowd.

Another remarkable feature about
the day was that in all that vast
throng of humanity, not a drunken
man was seen, and only two or three
were seen who appeared even slightly
under the influence of liquor.
Up to the noon hour yesterday every
train rolling into Hattiesburg bore its
capacity of human freight all bound
for the great South Mississippi Pros
perity Celebration. Coach after coach
discharged its cargo of humanity and
at the hour of noon the streets of the
city looked like half a dozen three
ringed circuses had come to town and
all were going to show at the same
time.
1t was a great day for the business
men of Hattiesburg, too, for the crowd
that came had money to spend and
they spent it. Hotels, restaurants.
soda fountains, and picture shows did
an especially large business. The
Kings Daughters served lunch and
supper on Main street and did ire
mendous business The local chapter
of the Mothers Congress did the same
in the baggage room at the handsome
new depot, and also did a splendid
business in another most worthy
cause.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-02

ders in the past, yet, the Senator said,
there was yet much which remained
to be done. It would not do to relax
the vigilance and enthusiasm which
has worked such marvels within such
short time, but the good work should
be continued until Hattiesburg and
South Mississippi had attained to that
prominence and Importance in the
eyes of the commercial world to which
she is so justly entitled and which
she so richly describes.
Senator McLaurin, on account of the
limited time in which he had to de
liver his address, was compelled to
talk very rapidly, and at the conclu-
sion of his remarks stated that there
was much more which he desired to
say on this occasion, but for fear that
he would encroach upon the time al
lotted to some other feature of the
program, he concluded with another
expression of appreciation to the peo-
pie for the kind and respectful atten-
ton with which they heard him, and
hoped that the occasion which they
were celebrating would be but a be-
ginning of an era of prosperity which
would eclipse the most hopes of the
most optimistic citizen.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-02
FINE SPEECHES BY
VARDAMAN and M'LAURIN
Continued from page five.)

concluded his address Senator Nc
Laurin, accompanied by several men,
bers of the reception committee, as
cended the platform. and as the "Old
Commoner" mounted the speakers
stand tremendous cheer went up
from the threats of thousands of his
admirers.
He exchanged courtesies with his
political antagonist, and listened at
tentively and courteously to the re-
mainder of Gov. vardamans remarks.
After the students of the South Mis-
sissippi College had rendered a pa.ri-
otto anthem, the Senator was intro
duced by DR.. Crawford.
AS was the case when introducing
Gov. Vardaman, DR.. Crawfird was put
to considerably disadvantage in pre-
senting man who was so well known
to the citizenship of the entire state,
man who had so acceptibly served
the people for four years as their
chief executive and for six years in
the senate of the United States, and
one, who by reason of his personal
statesman could not have been more
of the people, is perhaps more init
mately acquainted with the needs OF
the people of Mississippi than any cit
izen of the state but the Doctors re-
marks in presenting the distinguished
STATESMAN could have not been more
appropriate or conveyed a better idea
of the personality of the man who has
been so intimately identified with the
interests of the people of the entire
state and this section in particular
When Senator McLaurin arose to
address the gathering he was welcom-
ed by an enthusiastic cheer, which
was very gracefully acknowledged
with bow. He explained that his ar
rival in the city had been deferred on
account of the train schedule, he hav-
ing been at Shuqualak, where he de-
livered an address yesterday and not
being able on that account to reach
Hattiesburg as early as he had ex-
pected.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-02
Careful DRUG
Buyers
Read This

1t tells a clear story to any in
elligent man.
We save hundreds Of dollars
yearly in rent by being few steps
rom a corner. Still our store is in
a prominent location, as we are
opposite the Postofice.
When you trade here you are
not helping to pay high rents,
which must be paid out Of the
profits on goods sold.
Our business is practically cash.
When fyou buy here you are
not taxed for anyones bad debt.
You don't pay for anything but
your own goods.
We have no branch stores or
outside business, but give our indi-
vidual attention to our. Drug Trade
and put our energy into our One
Store, so We stop all leaks that
drain the bushes where It'll spread
out on branch stores.
That's the story. Isn't there
many reasons why you should
trade here.