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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-21
IS A NATIVE Of
old MISSISSIPPI
some Facts Not Generally Known
About President of Cumber-
land Telephone Co.

Apropos Of the publicity which the
Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph
Company recently has been giving tel
ephone methods through the columns
Of The News it, perhaps, is not gen.
orally known that Mr.. James E. Cald.
we'll, president of the company. who
resides in Nashville now, is a native
Of Mississippi.
Mr.. Caldwell. whose leadership of
the corporation has been highly sue.
cessful, was born at Sheppardstown
MISS, and spent the early years of his
life on his fathers cotton plantation.
on the Yazoo river. At the close of
the Civil war, his widowed mother
took her children to Nashville, Tenn,
where they could be given more pro-
lection than on the plantation and
better educational facilities than could
be ohered in Mississippi at that time.
Mr.. Caldwell became a director and
member Of the executive committee
OF the Cumberland Telephone &. Tel
egraph Company two or three years
after the organization of the COMPANY.
when the total number Of subscribers
was less than s.o0o-indeed, that num-
Der had not been exceeded whom he
was called to the position of presi
dent and general manager in the
spring Of 1890.
To-day the institution covers with
Its exchanges and lines the states of
Mississippi, Kentucky Louisiana. Ten.
nessee. and the southern counties OF
indiana and Illinois. 1t represents an
Investment Of $25.OOO,OOO and has 25O,.
poo instruments in operation.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-21
Mound City Paints may cost a trifi
more, butt Hawkins Hdw, Co.
LIQUOR Dealers
DO Big BUSINESS
Every Train Coming Into the City Is
Loaded Down With Booze" Con-
signed to Hattiesburg People.

Perhaps one of the most peculiar
and most unaccountable things in con.
nection with Christmas is the fact
that at this time more people drink
whiskey and drink more whiskey
than at any other time Of the year.
Anyone who doubts this statement
may be convinced Of its accuracy BY
visiting the various depots at train
time. and taking look at the packag-
es OF booze which are handed out Of
the express car and loaded on the
trucks for delivery to Hattiesburg
people.
The local Office Of the Southern Ex.
press Company is being kept open
nights in order to accommodate the
public. the business being so heavy
that It cannet be handled during the
regulation hours of the office. and At
least four-f1fths Of this extra work II
due to the heavy shipments Of LIQUOR.
1t has been estimated that durins
he past two weeks there has been
handled By the local express once
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-21

d. w. Holmes, who is student al
A. & M. College, Starksville, Miss, ar.
rived last night and will spend the
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-21
Will Be PLENTY
OF BOIL WfEV|ls
In Spite Of Recent Freezes WHICH,
Have Killed Millions OF the
Pest.


special to The Ne,os.
Jackson. Dec. 21.-While agrlcu'
turists in Mississippi believe tha'
thousands of boil weevils have peeh
killed by the extremely unfayoraoi"
weather of the past three days. dnrlhs
which time ice and snow covered inc
ground almost all over the state, they
have no hope that the insect has pee"
exterminated, or that the numpei
killed will materially affect the num-
Der that will appear next summer III
the cotton fields.
"The cold weather which we nave
already had was sufficient to drlVe
the insects into Information several
weeks ago" said Commissioner OF
Agriculture H. E. Blakeslee this morn
ing" and although doubtless many OF
them will be killed, most of them are
snugly tucked away in their winter
quarters, and will reappear in the
spring unframed"
Those farmers in the boil Teevil
territory and in the threatened dis
tricts who might have disposition to
hope for the determination of the in
sect, may therefore prepare thepl-
selves to be undeceived on this point
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-21
CHRISTMAS AT SEA.

CHRISTMAS AT SEA.
It was Christmas day on board and
all was wen,
And the breeze bore the tone of our
good ships bell;
And vision appeared of Home Sweet
Home,
And the bark glided swiftly through
the sparkling foam.
No Santa Claus to share his gift,
But the Lord was there with the wind
to shift,
Ard the man at the wheel hollered
hard to lee;
Just one more tack and the wind was
free.
A Christmas dinner awaited US there,
In our dear old home with a vacant
chair,
And the mothers heart was filed with
Joy,
And she prayed to God for her sailor
7 boy.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-21

TEEN of all.
The groom, while a stranger to us
| is evidently a prominent citizen OF
the community in which he lives and
/ If he be judged from what the bride
is worthy of he is a good and noble
man.
The Enterprise joins the many
friends of the bride and groom in
wishing them long, pleasant and
prosperous life.-McComb City Enter
prise.
The Ladies' Aid of the First Presby.
terrain Church held business yester-
day afternoon at the church. The Ia
dies cleared s11O from their annual
Christmas luncheon and bazaar. The
annual Christmas Offering has been
sent to the Presbyterian Orphanage
at Columbus. There will be no meet
ing until the first Monday in January.
Mrs. Mamie Farley has returned
from a visit to Mobile and Bendale.
where she went to be with her broth
er, Mr. w. H. Mcintosh and son, Mr..
J. M. Farley, who have been seriously
i'll. Mr.. Farley is rapidly improving,
but the condition of Mr.. Mcintosh
shows no improvement. He is now at
John Hopkins Sanitarium.
Mrs. John Stockton, of Meridian, ar
rived yesterday evening and is the
guest of her mother and sister. Mes
danes NJ. L. Harper and H. S. Turner.
on Elizabeth avenue. Mr.. Stockton
will join his wife Thursday and both
will spend Christmas here.
Misses Ruth and Marie Turner.
daughters of DR.. and Mrs. S. S. Tur-
ner, who are studying at the Univers-
lty of Virginia. Bristol, Va, will not
spend the holidays in Hattiesburg, but
will remain in Bristol
= + &
Duncan Draughn, student in the
medical department of Vanderbilt Col
ege, Nashville Tenn, will spend the
holidays with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. D. Draughn, on River avenue.
He will arrive about the 23rd.
= = E
Robert Cornell has returned from
Alabama Polytechnic Institute, where
lie has been studying the past three :
months. and will spend the holidays
With his mother. Mrs. A. H. Cornell,
N Newman street.
q . =
d. w. Holmes, who is a student at
|. & M. College, Starksvlle, Miss, ar
ived last night and will spend the /
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-21

not less than fifteen thousand dollars
worth of whiskey alone, and the shin.
'ments are becoming heavier as Christ.
mas approaches.
THIS business usually continues
Drisk until after New Year, sometimes
seins heavier Immediately after than
before Christmas. and If such be the
case this year. expressmen cannot ex.
pect much rest for at least two weeks
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-21
SDC1a/ and Personal
KATIE L.
B 9TH p II MES IS

| Snowfall.
At the home of Mr.. and Mrs. w. r
Holmes, last Wednesday afternoon
was solemnized the marriage OF Miss
Catherine Snow, of Springfield, Mo-
to Mr.. s. w. Hall, OF Laurel, Miss.
Rev. L. e. Hail, Of Hattiesburg, father
Of the groom, was the officiating cler
gyman who pronounced the ceremony
in most beautiful and impressive
manner.
At the close of the ceremony con.
gratulatiens were extended, after
which an elegant lunch was served.
The happy couple were the recipients
of number of beautiful and costly
presents which attests the esteem in
which they are held by their numer
Gus friends.
For the past season Miss Snow has
been milliner for the Denman-Alford
Co., and while she has only been in
our city for a short time, she has mum
erous friends here and enjoys the es-
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-21
holidays with his parents Mr.. and
Mrs. d. B. Holmes, on Hemphill street.

holidays with his parents Mr.. and
Mrs. D. B. Holmes, on Hemphill street
I: Z: :
Mr.. and Mrs. Stokes v. Robertson
will leave Friday for Corinth, Miss.
to spend Christmas, the guest of the
latter's sister, Mrs. P. H. Johnston.
& = q
Mrs. J. W. Thomas and children.
Agnes and George, of Purvis, were
visitors here the latter part of last
week.
= q =
E. s. Peck is in Scranton Penn.
where he will spend the holidays with
relatives.
Nelson Hardie of San Antonio.
Texas. was business visitor here
Monday.
additional Society on Page Five.)
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-21

Nothing shocks the big sinner wors
than little sins.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-21

Confession is the hardest of the
cure of some faults.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-21
SENTENCE SERMONS.

Friendship is often a severe test of
love.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-05-01
River News

Burrwood is making ice, real ice.
The plant began operation on Friday
last to test the machinery and every
thing proved satisfactory. Two tons
every "a hours, is the output or in other
words, the capacity Of the plant.
The machine shop is completed too
and everything is ready now, to start
the town on a boom.
The great need of Burrwood has al
ways been a hotel and this great ne
cessity, we understand, will 0 be
overcome by the eve hustling citizen
and Judge Of Burrwood, the Hon. Geo.
W. Delesdernier. We can but speak in
the highest terms of the Judge, who is
always on the ''qui-vive'' to promote
the interests of this parish.
Dame rumor has it, that our genial
friend. j. L. Hortenstein is contem-
plating matrimony and that report is
based on the many sky blue envelopes
he receives through the mails and the
pink with blue borders, which he sends;
a further evidence that the report be
true, is his eagerness to have the work
on the new cottages begun. You have
started right "old boy" keep up your
nerve.
Parker Buras vs.. Jno. Lynch, afi-
dayit SANDER, was the case called by
the court crier in Judge Geo. w. De-
lesdernier's court on Friday, 23d inst.
Due to the very large attendance of
prominent citizens, the Judge convened
his court in the machine shop.
The witnesses in the case were, Jno.
Morgan, VIM. Golden, VIM. johnson,
Monroe Jackson and John Dublin. The
evidence adduced was so mitigating,
that the Judge felt that the dignity of
the court would be questioned were he
to render any other decision but dis
charged"
Dr.. P. D. Brown of Fort St. Philip,
reports his near transfer to Fort Sam
Houston, Houston Texas. The DR.. is
to:be congratulated on his transfer to
the largest military post in the United
Lower coast gazette., 1909-05-01
The Uses of Adyersitv

The Uses of Adversely.
"Grogan," said the head of the de-
partment store, cycling him sharply.
you've quit drinking, havn't your
Eyes, sor," answered the red-headed
Hibernian who worked in the packing
department. 81 hav'nt taken a drink Az
anything stronger thin iced tay FIR
three monts."
Il am glad to hear it, Grogan. III
make it an object to you to stay quit.
But how did you break yourself off the
habit"
BE hittin' me thumb nail wild q ham
mer whin | was packin a box o'goods."
81 don't see how that could cure
you"
"Well, Misther Barker, it was this
way. If Id been sober. dye moind. I'd
niver have done it. but | wasn't. Whin
! whacked me thumb instead Az the
nail ! was thryin' to dhrive it made q
black spot at the root Az me thumb
nail. I says to meself: Grogan, III pun.
ish We f'r tibet. Ye shan't have adhrink
av ayther beer r whuskey until that
blask spot has gone.
"Well sor, it was two months befure
it had growed out to the ind o me
thumb an ] cud cut it off, and be
thot time I'd lost all me appetite f'r
beer and whuskey.
"Ihin | says to meself: Grogan, III
reward We IF thot. Ye. re a sober mon
now, and ye'A stay SOBER That's the
whole story, sor." Youth Companion.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-05-01
The Importance Of a really important
man doesn't show on the surface.
A Hypocrite.

n T1ypOCF1te.
Frank Conway, = genial conductor on
the Santa Fe, who always has a rich
irish story, is irresponsible for this:
Casey" said MuIcahey, as they
met at Grogan's place, "do you know
that Dim after thinkin' that Clancy
is a blasted hypocrite?"
"0i dunno" says Casey, as he
scratched the lace curtain under his
chin. Clancy works every day on tn
section. keeps his family an pays his
debts an makes his duties. What
more cud ye be after askin' av a man."
well, Oi'n tell yez, Casey" earn
estly answered Mulcahy, "Ol have it
on depindable authority that Clancy
made tn Forty Hours Devotion an,
thin wint an voted tn Republican
ticket Daily Democrat, Ell Reno Ok
lahema.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-05-01

ieste, realizing, that after the sur
vivors reached shore they would neet
further assistance, saddled his horse q.
quickly as possible and went to motif,
the Sheriff Of the disaster. The mer
were taken to Pointe.a-la. Hache, where
they were given clothing and made Al
comfortable as the means at hand
would permit. The lost were;
Captain George George, Master Of
the Eagle, Algiers. as5
Richard lie Blanc, mate, Donaldson.
vile, La. ,a
Charles Martin, fireman., Gretns.
Charles Goodbub, second engineer,
Philadelphia.
CANINE Coleman, negro deckhsnd.
Alexander Moore, cabin boy.
Florence Morgan, negro chamber.
maid.
Unknown negro. deck hand, picked up
on Lower Coast.
The rescued were;
|: Daniel O'Driscoll, pilot Of the Eagle,
McDonognville.
Raymond CARTE, chief engineer, New
Orleans.
George E. Landlord, clerk and oil gau-
ger.
Michael Driscoll, watchman of the
Eagle.
Anthony Hubert, white deck hand.
Lewis Phillips, white deck hand.
Robert Brown. white burner man.
Abraham johnson, colored cook.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-05-01
Tow-Boat Eagle Turns Turtle.
The tow-boat Eagle, belonging to the

The tow-boat Eagle, belonging to the
Louisiana Petroleum Company, turned
turtle and drowned eight of her crew.
The Eagle left New Orleans with a
barge of oil to be delivered to Damer.
on and White, contractors, who are at
present engaged in building the Plaque
mines East Bank back levee. Beginning
her journey down the river on Satur-
day last, about 6 p. M, the Eagle tied
up at Nestor Canal, discharged the
cargo Of oil, and then staraed to stem
the stiff current on her way back to
the city, having the barge, partially
filled with oil. secured to the bow by
rachel tow chains. When abreast Of
Pointe Celeste, at about 4 a. m. on
Sunday, she attempted to cross the
river to the point marked by the Gov
eminent light, and in so doing, one Of
the chains parted, and with the utmost
sudenaess men found themselves in the
river, dazed by the cold water and
from hurts from pieces of timber,
broken doors and windows that were
thrown when the Eagle foundered.
It seems, from all accounts, that a
steam pipe must have exploded when
the boat went down; screams were
then heard by the people on shore
Those who rnshed to the rescue, in
answer to thf cries for help, were,
Louis Chanove, Colin Chanove, Adrien
Pellegalli, Max Lighted. Louis Duplessis
and Nerval Goguire; with only pirogues
and one skif these men rushed out into
the darkdess, to save. Those who were
saved were found clinging to pieces Of
.wreckage. Window castings, doors and
were caught by the men in
their attempt to save themselves.
The crew Of the Eagle were all good
swimmers, OUT the catastrophe happen
ed SO suddenly that in the darkness of
the hour that proceeds the dawn, it was
difficult to get hold of anything that
would serve as a life preserver. The
water was as cold as ice and being
nuznhed thereby, the men were ; unable
to strike out.
The Eagle foundered, but the barge.
after drifting about twenty-four miles
further down, was picked up by the R.
W. Wilmot, the powerful tow boat Of
the Coyle Company, and lowed back to
the city.
At the time that every available boat
or craft went out to the wreck, Mr..
John B. Hiagle, who lives At upper
Lower coast gazette., 1909-05-01
Louis Leonhard & Son
LOUISA AND DAUPHINE STREETS,

States which shows his worth. THIS
bit of news will be received by his
many friends with regret, as the Dr..
was q jolly good fellow. He has our
best wishes.
Deputy U. S. marshall, B. F. Queen,
was in the lower end of the parish serv-
ing subpGnas on citizens to serve as
jurors in the U. S. court in the expro-
priation of lands fer the U. S. Quar-
antine, at Quarantine. La.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-05-01
The REGENCY of The Advent of Some Vegetables.

The REGENCY of The Advent of Some Vegetables.
Hume, in his histroy Of England, states that until the end of
the reign Of Henry VIII, carrots, turnips and other edible roots
We're not produced in England. The few of them that were used
were imported and the state papers contain numerous references
to the dispatch of messengers to the continent for rare vegetables
and salads to grace the table at important royal banquets. Gu
cumbers were also unknown until the 18th century and celery
owes its introduction in England to the French Marshall Taillard,
who was imprisoned in England after his defeat by Marlborough.
The parish of Plaquemines is now doing its part in supplying
the world with cucumbers, or at least the Western world, and we
are inclined to think that as rapidly as our Italians car. adopt them
selves to the vagares of our climate they will learn how to produce
tomatoes here as successfully as they are produced in Italy, where
the production of them is now so great that they became a staple
food article there even before they were used in this country. It
is said that the first tomatoes ever used by the public in the United
States were used alta banquet in the Aston House, New York, in
1920! On the Lower Coast the growth Of tomatoes is very prolific.
but apparently the vines need to be kept up off the ground by
some trelis work. This is no more difficult of doing than is the
culture of pole beans, which require similar care. If some Of our
enterprising gardeners on the Lower Coast would experiment in
tomato culture to some extent we are 'enclined to believe that they
could remedy the difficulties that have thus far prevented that in
dustry from developing as rapidly as the cucumber industry.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-05-01

Up to within recent years, and we presume even now, it has been
a problem with hog rasers in North Louisiana, where the hog crop
is a very important incident of general agriculture, to make sure
of weather sufficiently cold to warrant the killing Of hogs with
some certainty of saving the meat by the ordinary methods of pre-
servation. In fact, at some agricultural meetings it has been
urged that packing houses should be encouraged as they, equipped
now with artificial refrigeration, would make hog raising a much
more certain business, furnishing a certain market for hogs, their
methods insuring the saving of the hog products, while the domes-
tic methods now current sometimes fail in this state.
AS the center of hog production proceeded westward, Chicago
became the chief packing center and there artificial refrigeration
was introduced very early in the sixties, and the enormous de-
velopment OF the packing industry at Chicago, Omaha and Kansas
City has been largely based upon artificial refrigeration and cold
storage.
At about the same time that refrigeration and cold storage
were commanding attention and were generally adopted in Chi
+cago, the same idea was applied to the preservation of fruits. We
recall the fact that one of the early cold storage establishments
was located at Wheeling, West Virginia, and among its advantages
was the fact that apples could be bought at a very low price when
the market was glutted and could be held in cold storage and pre-
served for many months, when the best temperatures for such
preservation were known. That phase of the business has been
developed enormously and here in Louisiana, when we use up our
own orange crop, we are fed on California oranges and other fruits
for many months, the California fruits being made available the
year around because of their facilities in the way Of cold storage.
We are not familiar with the method Of handling bananas, as
to whether or not they are shipped in refrigerator cars, but our
Louisiana produce, such as lettuce, cucumbers, radshes, straw.
berries, etc., are shipped in refrigerator cars and these cars start
with their ice bins full Of ice and are always iced once and some
times twice while in transit. The low temperature thus secured
are a wonderful preservative, 50 far as the vegetables are con-
cerned and, in fact, one of our leading shippers told US recently
that in filling a car with vegetables for shipment to Chicago, or
any other distant point, with a full refrigeratng outfit, if any
damage occurred, it was in the top layer of barrels or hampers,
the middle and lower tiers always being the best. OF course, we
all know that cold air sinks to the bottom of any container and any
warm air that may develop rises to the top. The New Orleans
Gardeners Association has had this matter we'll in hand for some
years and practically all the shipments of Louisiana garden truck
going North, goes in refrigerator cars.
If we had meetings of our gardeners, where all of these matters
could be discussed, we believe that the results would be found to
be eminently satisfactory.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-05-01
Court Proceedings.

Court Proceedings.
Court convened, Thursday, April q,
1909, and the following cases were dis
posed of; State vs.. r. NJ. White, sell
ling liquor without q license, arraigned
and plead not guilty.
State vs.. Clous Bienieme, non pay
ment Of road tax, plead guilty and sen
fenced to FIVE days work on public
roads.
State vs.. Willie Stewart, non pay.
ment Of road tax, plead guilty and sem
fenced to five days work on public
roads.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-05-01
PARISH NEWS.
Venice.

Venice.
Messrs. Ernest Albert and Benil
Biaggini were the guests of the Misses
Bernard.
A game Of ball was played Sum-
day between the single and married
men. By permission Of the single boys
Mr.. Albert joined the married mems
team. Everyone enjoyed the game,
the young ladies rooted for the married
men. Our official members were E.
Albert, catcher, B. Biaggini, score
man and Jos. Oscar Buras, umpire.
The score was S to 6 in favor of the
single men.
On Thursday, April q, Mr.. Leroy
entertained his friends with a launch
ride to Buras, with the intention of
meeting our friend James Wilkinson,
but were disappointed. MIR. Leroy,s
hospitality wa highly appreciated.
Mr.. and Mrs. de Armas Jr. are the
guests Of Mrs. Eugene de Armas.
Mrs. Jos. Clark and daughters, Irene,
Doris and little Magdalene, visited Mrs.
Aug. Buras, Sunday.
Mr.. Fred Conway, of New Orleans,
is visiting here. Miss Gertrude Con-
away, returned to her home in Port
Eads, after spending several days here.