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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-15
THE BOIL WEEVIL PROBLEM.

The most serious problem that at
present faces the farmer is that of the
boil weevil. Within the past few
wears this menace to the farmers pros
perity has grown to staggering pro
portions, and has caused a revolution
in farming methods. The attention OF
many of the leading agricultural eX-
perts of the United States has been
turned to the solution of this problem,
with the result that much has been
learned as to the prevention and
destruction of the pest.
Among other things, it has been
conclusively shown that the case OF
the farmer is HOPELESS who has allowed
the weevil to gain hold on his crop
by the time that the bolls begin to
ripen Hence it is that early planting,
the use of cotton that natures early,
and heavy fertilizing, in order to har-
vest the crop as quickly as possible,
are of highest Importance. The sue
cessful farmer can no longer proceed
in a leisurely fashion to plant, Guilt
vate and harvest his cotton, for since
the greatest damage done by the boil
weevil is in the early fall months, it
is vitality necessary that the bulk Of
the staple be picked by that time.
To do this, the farmer must have
at his command the necessary facili-
ties. He must be able to compete with
other producers in the labor market;
he must have within grasp the neces-
sary cash He must either possess a
bank himself, or be connected as a de-
positor or otherwise with one that can
and will afford him the necessary ac-
commodations. The modern bank is
the business mans chief source OF
strength, and since the farmer is COM
ing to be recognized as the most inn
portant business man in the cour
try, he should make it serve him as
well.
The Citizens Bank OF Hattiesburg is
beginning a crusade among the farm
ers of South Mississippi in an effort
to help them solve the boil weeVil
problem along the practical lines men
toned above. 1t would have the farm
er plant and harvest his crop earlier,
and by the use of fertilizers produce
more cotton on less acreage. The Cit
liens Bank is one of the strongest
safest banks in the state, and in its
policy of liberality and public spirit
it is doing a great service not only for
it's depositors but for the country at
large. The farmer cannot learn too
soon that his business must be con-
Quoted on modern business principles
and this is impossible without con-
nection with some reliable, safe, yet
liberal banking institution such as the
Citizens.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-15
Deafness Cannot Be Cured.

By local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deaf
ness, and that is by an infamed con-
dition of the mucous lining Of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube is
inflamed you have a rumDling sound
or imperfect hearing, and when it IS
entirely closed, Deafness is the result,
and unless the inflammation can be TAX
en- out and this tube restored to its
normal condition, hearing will be de-
stroyed forever; nine cases out of ten
are caused by Catarrh, which is moth
ing but an infamed condition of the
mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case of Deafness (caused by
that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for circu
lars free.
F.. J. CHENEY G. CO., Toledo. o.
Sold by all druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti'
'ation.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-15
Five Years
of Heart Trouble Cured by
DR.. Miles Heart Remedy

Before I began taking DIR.
Miles Heart Remedy had been
suffering from heart trouble for
over five years. | had pains in
my left side, and under my
shoulder blade, could not sleep
on the left side, and was so short
of breath the least exertion
would bring on the most distress
ing palpitation. I had scarcely
taken half bottle of the Heart
Remedy before could see a
marked change in my condition.
When [ had taken six bottles |
was cured"
MRS. C. C. GORKEY,
Mortified, Va.
If there is futtering or palpi-
tation it is an indication of a
weakness of the nerves and mus
cles of the heart. 1t is not neces-
sarily diseascd-just weak from
over-work. The heart may be
weak just the same as the eyes,
stomach or other organs. You
can make a weak heart strong
by taking DR.. Miles Heart Rem
edy. Get a bottle from your
druggist, take it according to di-
rections, and if it does not bene-
fit he will return your money.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-15
THAT SPELLING SCHOOL.

The News trusts that the spelling
school at the Main street building to-
night will be a great success. Not
only on account of the money that is
to be raised to defray the expenses OF
five of the Hattiesburg scholars who
are to compete at Natchez, but also
because we feel that unless the par
ents of the city take an interest IN
what is being done to better the
schools. our progress in educational
matters will not be as great as 1t
should be.
Superintendent Woodley is contin-
ually exerting efforts to bring the
Hattiesburg schools up to the standard
of the best schools of other states and
to do so he must have the co-opera-
ton of every citizen who has the pub
lie welfare at heart.
We think that a revival of interest
in spelling will be of great benefit to
educational forces generally and such
an event as that at the Main street
school tonight ought to attract enough
people so that the school room would
not hold them. The admission fee goes
to good cause and we hope that the
effort tonight will bring good results
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-15
OUR SUMMER NORMAL.

The announcement of the faculty OF
the State Normal to be held at the
South Mississippi College, reveals the
fact that a splendid array OF talent
has been enlisted and that large at
tendance of teachers is assured on ac-
count of the superior facilities which
will be offered. .
In this connection it Is not out OF
place to say that Hattiesburg Is unoer
obligations to the conductors OF the
Normal to raise $500 to help pay some
of this talent, as it is not expected
that this term can be made self sus-
tanning on account of the fact that the
course prepared is much more expen-
siye than any heretofore ATTEMPTED
and It was felt that special induce
ments should be held out to show the
teachers that they could get instruc-
ion here which was worth coming FOR
ind as Hattiesburg wants the perm
Inent State Normal School when 1t IS
established, Professors Thames OF the
outh Mississippi College and Super
,tendent Woodley Of the city schools
1T that making this term schooi
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-15
Something Serious.

Mr.. Will D. Semmes, of Hatties-
burg, is in the city visiting his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Nate Semmes.
There is said to be, however, some
thing more serious in the visit than
has been given out.-Meridian Dis
patch.
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A consolidation of newspapers took
place in Hattiesburg during the week,
when the two dailies, the News and
Progress merged With this combin-
ing of forces, the new paper should
be able to give the metropolis city OF
Southeast Mississippi daily in every
way commensurate with the needs
Memphis News-Scimitar.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-15
THE r ATTIESBURG NEWS

are some of the things which the Even
ing Record says that city is going to
have: the bridge across the Mississip-
ri. the board walk on the sandbar, the
seaside resort under the bluff and
we'll attended farmers institute. Co
ing up?
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-15
Progressive City.

Hattiesburg expects to have troll
ley cars by August LIST. 1t will be
an important event in the history of
that progressive little city.-Meridian
Dispatch.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-15
FINED FOR GAMING.

Newt Cooper and Will Cooper were
nm before Police Justice Davis TINS
morning under the charge of gambling
with cards. Both entered plea Vi
entity and each was fined IS. Newt IN
talking about his arrest, said 1t was
the first time he had been In game
in three weeks, and "dey kotch me
de fust time"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-15
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1t is reported that the Mississippi
Central R. R, which is now running
from Natchez to Hattiesburg, is
negotiating with the Mobile and Kan
sas City r. r. to use the line of the
latter company into Mobile.-Magnolia
Gazette.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-15
STILL IMPROVING.

News today from the bedside OF
Treasurer Edgar A. Sanford of the
Pole Stock Lumber company, his
friends will be pleased to learn, is
to the effect that his condition was
better than it was on Wednesday,.
Though yet seriously ill., hopes of his
recovery are brighter.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-15

Don't hear any talk in congress
about March being too early for
Inauguration day this year, do your
Newark Star,
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Ambassador Bryoce says: Your
President is well informed on every
subject" Chorus of senators and rep
resentatives: Far too well. brook
Ign standardization,
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-15

Maxim's silencer is well enough in
its way, but the thanks of civilization
awaits the man who invents a method
If muzzling the noisy kids.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-15

Game is said to be so plentiful in
East Africa that hunting is little more
of a sport than shooting cows in the
backyard.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-15

Rev. R. L. Campbell, pastor OF the
Bay Street Presbyterian church, leaves
today for Leaksville, where he IS 10
assist in a series of meetings. Rev
A. B. Colt, of Laurel, will fill the
Bay Street Presbyterian pulpit SuRS
day morning and night.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-15

1t is a pity that congress and the
president should part on terms of mu-
tual disapproval.-Detr News.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-15

The Natchez Evening Record is six
months old and looks as bright anu
cheerful as ever.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-15

If there ever was case in the
criminal sistory of Mississippi in
which the extreme penalty of the law
was demanded, it was that of William
Sorsby for the killing of Postoffice In
spector Fitzergald The crime was a
capital one, and it may be assumed
that a sentence in accordance with
that act was confidently looked for by
the people of the state; and, while
surely Mississippians cannot be
charged with bood-thrstiness in de-
handing the lives of offenders against
the law that says: Thou shalt not
KILL" still in this case, it was felt
that the credit Of the state, the neces-
sity for the preventing of such TRACED
les in future, and the atrocity of the
crime itself called for the extremity
of punishment Under the circum-
stances the verdict can but be regard
ed as a miscarriage of justice and
the influence it exerts will bear evil
fruit in future-Vicksburg American.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-15

G. I. Wilson, a prominent BROOK
haven citizen, spent wednesday IN the
city.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-15

The neighboring city of Natchez has
high aspirations. For instance, here
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-15
Member Of the Associated Press

Entered as second-class matter on
May %, 1907. at the postoffice at Hat
tiesburg, Miss. under the Act OF Coh-
gress q March Q. 1879.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-15
FREE KIDNEY CURE VI ;.

Free TO all tho Sick-W1'to W ,.oro
fto0 AZ Of this paper who suffers IRON
Any form Of kidney trouble bladder
Or ssn Ssf TTsi Iynots
writing 70 IN Neither the rich nor the poor VIII
Of Chlcago; E Nc has sent thousands free treat
t6ey we're %op nSo Ah TSGss or
any or mc from kidney COMPETENT like too re-
saees desire to urnate prostate tr0 Sas
DER any Of d the atter de-
iug now YOU suffer and he will send you
sree treatment at his expense also iettet al
rped advice and big illustrated meoicSi
hnoit describing these diseases Write t souas'
m. T. FRANK LYHoTT. A550eeldsniaI SIus:: ..s.sS:
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DR.. H. A. Minor of Macon, accom-
panied by his son, DR.. Launcelot MI
nor and bride, are the guests OF MIS-
T. P. Crymes.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-15

Mr.. Victor M. Seaman returned to-
dav from a business trip to Detroit,
Mich.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-15

Sorsby would be willing to change
places with Fitzergald. This is the
way with all men who kill fellow
creature. The great pity is, that a
man does not consider his family
himself nor any one else before he
takes human life.-Natchez Democrat.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-15

OFF tlAL PAPER CITY OF HAT
T,EsBJRe AND COUNTY OF FOR
REST.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-15

SOUTHERN REPRESENTATIVE
For Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas ana
Oklahoma: The Crockett Agency
New Orleans and Dallas.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-02-05
LORD ROTHsCHILD'S COWS.

When we consider that the average
milk yield of the ordinary dairy cows
of this country is variously put at from
400 to $50 gallons a cow a year, and
that 700-gallon cow is a remarkably
good one, it is interesting to know that
in the Tring herds, belonging to Lord
Rothschild there were four cows each
of which gave considerably over 1000
gallons of milk during the year that
ended with Michaelmas. A 10 year old
red polled COW, Clarissa. gave Is, 3,577
pounds of milk (roughly. 1850 gallons)
during that period, and has further
given an average of 1928 pounds of
milk year for the three years since
she has been in the herd. The other
three cows were shorthorns. Darling
ton Crauford 18th gave 1928 pounds
of milk in the year, and has given ar
average of 10,033 pounds a year fol
eight years; Red Rose Sd gave II, ,65t
pounds of milk in the year and Barring
ton Duchess 31st 10,O47 pounds. Lon
don Globe.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-02-05
ULTIMATE FATE OF FISH.

"Fish never die a natural death, q"
said an old fisherman who has observed
as he fished. eff they did bodies of
dead fish would be floating on the sur
face of the water about all the while,
because such bodies if unmolested would
have to float.
'Imean, of course, fish in nature never
die natural death, not fish in captiv-
ity. And perhaps it should not be cal
led natural death that fish in captivity
die. Their environment induces NOR
tality that fish in their native habitat
would escape, and these causes might
be probably classed as among the ac-
cidents that carry the captive fish off.
''If fish in their native element were
never molested / believe they would
never die. If they had sufficient food,
which would be impossible if they no
longer preyed on one another, there
would be no reason for their dying. 1t
was to prevent such uninterrupted ten
ure of life that all fish were made
fiercely predatory, if not remorselessly
cannibalistic, as many kinds are.
"A fish's life is constantly strenu-
Gus one and one entirely selfish. A fish
lives only to eat and to avoid being
eaten.'
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-02-05
BE UP AND DOING.

Whoever becomes man of influence
by sitting, grieving and moaning under
the harrow of dependency? What
drone ever benefits the world, his
friends or himself? There is nothing
like action coupled with cheerfulness.
We see it everywhere. Who is he sit
ting on that empty barrel at the corner?
A man with no energy-a prey to grief.
He does not know what to do or how to
start. Who is that man standing in the
market place? A lazy do-little, shift
less sort of fellow, hardly earning his
bread and butter, whining hard times
and nothing to do. Do you wish to
become such character? If not, arouse
yourself. Away from the arm chair,
up from the gutter, out of the downy
beds! Move your arms, kick your feet
and stir about. Give the blood chance
to circulate through the veins, and the
air of heaven to enter your lungs.
Seize the first job presented and dis
patch it at once; up for the pay anc
get another forthwith.
You will soon earn enough to pur
chase wheelbarrow or hand cart anC
then you will begin to live. VIII.
knows what you will become? Energ,
is half omnipotent-small beginning,
and large gains. A penny well turned
brings large fortune. Resolve, then
to do something and be something, ant
our word for it you will thank us fo
this plain spoken advice.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-02-05
THE COST OF A BOY.

l read the other day that it cost nearly
81, 900 to bring up London boy and
educate and dress him we'll. / said to
myself, That is because everything
in the city has to be bought and living
is high; but began to study the thing,
and | found that boy costs his parents
good deal.
When we count what boy eats and
what he wears, and the school-books he
must have and the Doctors bills which
have to be paid when he gets the
measles or the scarlet fever. he will
costs his folks at home at least $100 a
year. If boy is given to breaking
things, kicking the toes out of his boots
and so on, he costs more than that; so
when | am 81 and old enough to do for
myself / shall have cost my father
more than $1,000.
Mother cooked my food, and made
my clothes and patched them, and
washed and ironed for me. and took
care of me when l was a little fellow
and whenever Twas sick, and she never
charged anything for that. If she were
dead and father had to pay for all that,
it would cost two more thousand dollars,
worth of work mother will have done
for me by the time am q man.
Four thousand dollars for a boyl
What do you think of that? These are
hard times. When parents put $4.O0O
into a how what bava tbav q r;obt 20
expect from him? Is it fair for boy to
play truant at school, is it fair for him
to play ball, go swimming, or hang
aroung town all the time, when maybe
his fathers potatoes are not dug nor
the wood brought in for his mother? Is
it fair for him to disappoint them by
swearing and drinking? Is it fair to
forget his parents when heleaves home?
Physiology Journal.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-02-05
THE GUTTER.

It amt the failures he may meet
That keeps man from winnin';
It's the Encouragement complete
That blocks new beginnin';
You want to quit your habits bad;
And when the shadows flittin'
Make life seem worthless like an sad
You want to quit your quittin'l
You want TO quit a-layin' down
An sayin' hope is over
Because the fields are bare an brown
Where once we lived in clover,
When jolted from the water cart
It's painful to be hittin'
The earth; but make another start,
Cheer up, an quit your quittin'l
Although the game seems rather stiff,
Don't be doleful doubter;
There's always one more inning if
You're not down and outer,
But fortunes pretty sure to flee
From folks content with sittin'
Around an sayin' life's N. c.
You've got to quit your quittin'.
Washington Star.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-02-05
ECONOMIC FARMING.

'"The great economic question of the
day is the elimination of waste, and
especially the waste of human labor"
says George Maxwell in "Maxwell's
Talisman.
'The man with five acres of land,
who knows how to cultivate it to diver
sified fruit and garden crops, and who
knows how to raise poultry and to care
for a COW, applies to the motto Direct
from the producer to the consumer" to
everything he himself produces and
consumes on his own table. He pays
no commissions, or middlemen's profits
or freight transportation upon anything
that he produces for home consumption
on his own garden farm-his home
croft 1t needs to be transported only
from the place where it grew at that
home, to his own stomach. He need
bear no burde nof factory waste, unless
it takes place in his own Kitchen
1t is truism that human life is the
cheapest of all commodities. A man
will take great pains to avoid hurting
his stock; he feeds his cattle carefully,
he husbands his beast strength, but he
spares not himself or his family, vast
ing. in too many instances, the strength
and force that might by forethought
be spared. But it is one of the real
satisfactions of farmers life that he
will in any case have enough to eat.
This grows at his hand, and the other
clothing, shelter, etc.-is secondary.
The burden of the artisan is first, how
shall he get that to eat which is neces-
saryi He must toll for that, and may
even miss the gain.
Maxwell says further that ''any in
telligent, Sndustrious, thrifty and eco
nomical man who knows how can so
cultivate five acres of land. almost en-
tirely with his own labor, that he will
produce from it not only the principal
part of the food for his own family
during the year, but in addition a net
profit in money of over one thousand
dollars
This writer knows of Hiarket gar
den a few miles from the city of Wash
ington. comprising acres, and the
owner employs three hands and uses
fo0r horses. He has put in bank from
his seven acres at the end of one years
operations $2.7O0 clear of expenses.
True. me is close to good market, and
hauls many tons of stable manure from
the city at small cost
Peter Henderson, in his book on
Gardening for Profit, tells of a man
at Macon. Ga, who had an acre in
asparagus, and that his crop was sold
year after year in New York from the
one acre for $1,000. A gentleman in
Westmoreland some years ago sold the
first crop from a quarter of an acre
planted in dwarf pears for $S3. The
trees were four years old from the
planting. 1888 from an acre! 1t well
nigh paid did he get only one crop. In
deed in Delaware it is stated that now
a-days if peach-grower gets one good
crop from an orchard he thinks he is
paid. the trees having short life in
that State.