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The San Francisco call., 1909-11-06

HYDE ST. NEAR PACIFIC.
Fine large lot. west line Hyde st. 1I:6 south
of Broadway: 60x137:6 feet; street work all
complete and accepted by the city.
J. W WRIGHT & CO..
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-18
THE LEAKAGE OF EXAM
INATIO NOUESTlONS.

The leakage of the questions OF the
State Board of Health prepared for
the applicants for the practice of med
icine in the state of Mississippi which
occurred at Jackson last week, is an
unfortunate affair, and especially for
DR.. w. w. Hickman who laid himself
liable on account of the fact that while
enroute to the city to assist in holding
the examinations, he coached his
brother. who was an applicant before
the board.
When it was announced that there
had been a leakage of the questions,
and that they were being hawked
about the streets, DR.. Hickman, at
once told the board just what he had
done, and said that while some of the
questions put to his brother might de
the same as the official questions, yet
he was aware of the fact at the time
While there is no feeling that DR.
Hickman actually gave away the ques
tons, the board felt that he had beer
indescreet, and the resignation OF ths
physician at once followed. The mat
ter will be thoroughly investigated
and the responsibility of the leakage
placed if possible.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-18

Gulfport Record Tribune.
The railroads have all they can pos
sibly do now to pay their. dividends in
order to maintain confidence. and not
all are earning these dividends, and
probably are doing more than any 9th
err factor toward bringing about a
return of general prosperity.
So far as Mississippi is concerned
she should let the railroads alone fot
the present, and encourage rather thal
discourage improvements and con-
struction.
There will be plenty of time and op-
portunity to discuss reduction in rates
when business shall have grown in
volume and the financial depression
has passed away. If the commission
has nothing else to do at present than
to agitate the matter of rate reduction
It would better go fishing until such
time when the question is in season
and there is a demand for such pro
ceedinss.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-18
Circulation Double That of Any
Other South Mississippi Paper
WELCOME RETAIL MERCHANTS.

The people of Hattiesburg, regard
less of vocation extend hearty well
come to the visiting members of the
Retail Merchants Association, who are
holding their annual convention in
Hattiesburg this week, and the only
regret that can be felt during their
STAY will be because all of their mem
bers could not take few days OFF
from their business and come to Hat
tiesburg for this occasion. Modern
business conditions have made organ
ization and cooperation necessary and
there is no line of business which
needs intelligent cooperation more
than the retail merchant. There is
nothing that does the members Of that
organization more good than to get
out and exchange ideas and learn
of the methods of others we feel thai
their convention in this city will be
one of the best they have ever hao
because it is held in the best city IN
the state, containing the largest mum
Der of live progressive business meI
in every line of trade, that can DC
found in any city in the state and we
know that both host and guest will re
alize both profit and entertainment
because of this convention. We wan
to impress upon the delegates that this
is their home for the time being anl
we want to make them feel that Hat
tiesburg hospitality is the kind to d
remembered forever.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-18
MORE PROTEST AGAINST TINKER
ING WITH PASSENGER RATES
Passenger Rates.

Greenville Democrat.
Railroad Commissioner Hon. w. R.
Scott is making an effort to have the
Mississippi Railroad Commission at
tempt to force the railroads to reduce
the maximum passenger rates below
three cents per mile. We do not be-
lieve the people of Mississippi gener-
ally are caring very much about this
movement and we do not believe that
now is an opportune time to make the
fight for reduced passenger rates. We
are in thorough sympathy with every
movement that will hold freight rates
as low as possible because the whole
people are interested-the consumer
naturally paying the freight charges
whether light or heavy. The man whc
travels a few miles a year in Missis
sippi is not worrying very much about
whether the ride costs him three OF
is a natural monopoly and if the pas
senger rates should be forced down
the freight rates could easily b.
put up to cover the difference. The
best thing to do now is to watch thu
railroads, but not cross them tor
much: work with them and get the
best from them possible without at
tempting coercive measures.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-18

is void and that the original sentence
will obtain.
The question came up in the Geor-
gia court when two women convicted
of a misdemeanor and sentenced to
IL months on the changing, and who
were allowed to go on condition tina
they leave the state, refused to go, and
commended that the condition invali-
dated the sentence to the gang and
that therefore they could not be held
The court held that they could be
held as this sentence was the only
one that had been legal, and the lower
court had no right to make the con
dition.
1t has been the custom of many Of
the inferior courts of many states tC
sentence prisoners in this way, and il
NEARLY every case the prisoners would
rather obey the court than serve, ant
the question has never come up as Il
it's legality, and while it may not b.
, strictly constitutional, yet it is yer.
good way to dispose of a certai
class, and it will no doubt continue i
spite of the opinion of the Georgi
Judge.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-18

body lad a right TO kick when things
didn't go ~ suit him. l don remem-
Der WI. iher that was what they fought
about in the Revolutionary Gar or net,
but I've heard my grand-pap say Tat
nearly all the Indian wars was about
that very thing.-only it was the In
dians that started the kicking. And
now, whether it starts another war or
not, I propose to do little kicking
myself
Mr. Editor, | am a taxpayer, and a
voter, and as such | ought not to be
hindered in the pursuit of happiness
As YOU know, l bring in a load of
garden truck every morning and when
7 sell it out, and hitch old Beck in
the shade, I'm entitled to get some
pleasure out of the circuit court, which
is nearly always in session. But l>ry
pleasure can I get.
| go up stairs every morning ana
' if they happen to be doing anything at
all except waiting, they quit it just
as soon as l sit down. There l sit,
till I go to sleep, waiting for some
thing to happen and it don't do it,
After awhile they adjourn for dinner,
and have to go home.
They may do that way because they
are afraid I'll hear what they say II
they knew it, I'm nearly deaf. Once,
last year | caught them at work, and
the lawyers and the witness had their
heads together at one end of the table
and were talking so low that I couldn't
understand one half that was said
when | sat right behind the jury.
l repeat it. sir, We the People-with
a big T mind you-haye to foot the
bills for this show. and we're entitled
to some entertainments
Hopefully yours,
SIMON BEANPOLE
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-18

$1,O74 worth of products on farms
averaging 144 acres, while the South
Central States farmer raises but 053G
worth of produce on farms averaging
1855 acres each. These figures are of
the last census year.
Therefore it is easily seen that the
farme must learn intensive cult
walton of the soil and turn from the
extravagant methods of the past.
There should be a fuller scheme of
public education, but new kind
of cultivation adapted to the real
needs of the farming people.
To improve conditions that may at
tract the large body of Americans
who turn from farm life every year
the rural free delivery system mus
DE improved and extended; states
should adopt a more liberal policy
for road development and farmers
should be educated up to the grea
advantages which accrue to all mem
bers of the household and in fact t
the work of the farmer himself by tn,
! installation of a telephone.
In this latter respect 1t is not amis'
to mention the fact that the Wester'
Electric Company, the largest manu-
facturers of telephones and telephone
supplies in the country, through tn
wide distribution of its instructive
literature has done much good worI
in educating the farmer up TO tn
many advantages of this instrumen
The question of satisfying the 1arn
ers' needs will continue to demand tn
attention of all thoughtful men in tn
country for some time to come.
is safe to say, however, that it wi
be some years before a solution to tn
problem will be found.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-18
THE BOY AND THE FARM.

Burn down your towns and cities
and they will spring up again as if by
magic; but destroy our farms and the
grass will grow in the streets of every
city in the land.-William Jennings
Bryan.
II there is one lesson taught by his
tory, it is that the permanent great
ness of any state must depend more
upon its country population than upon
anything else. no growth of cities,
no growth Of wealth can make up for
a loss in either the number or char
acter of the farming population.-The.
odore Roosevelt
Thus the two leading opponents of
public life in America plead against
the migratory movement Of the boys
and girls Of the farm TO the factories
and the cities, How to prevent this
movement has been a subject of study
by statesmen, sociologists and po-
litical economists for years; but as
factor of national Importance it has
never before assumed the proportions
it reaches today.
Contrarlly, every effort is being
made to induce residents of large cities
who are unable to get work to seek
employment on farms in the west and
the southwest. Strange as it may
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-18

Men who deposit their money with
this bank get privileges in return;
interest on deposits, collection OF
checks, opportunity to get loans, buy
drafts, the benefits of our bookkeep-
ing and many other advantages.
The bank provides the most conven'
lent, least expensive and most gener
ally used medium of exchange ever
devised-the private check.
Bookkeeping expense is free te
every customer. We invite you tt
open an account NOW.
Yours very truly,
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-18

seem these people who, in great ma
jority Of cases are reduced to a state
of dire poverty and distress refuse
to leave their crowded and filthy ten
ements, which breed disease with ev-
cry succeeding day, for a place where
they can satisfy their wants and
breathe the pure air of freedom.
The situation is a paradoxical one
and we'll worthy of the great amount
of attention being given it. 1t may be
said however, that efforts toward the
correction of this evil can hardly be
expected to meet with any marked sue
cess for years to come.
Reasons for this are many. Sociol-
ogists may advise what action to take
to make the farm boy satisfied with
the calling they would force upon him
Statesmen may enact legislative meas
ures which would make that calling
more attractive; but what can they
offer the country boy which will make
his life so promising financially as q
business career in that city
The mistaken idea is prevalent that
the farm boy leaves him home because
he is disconnected with his social en-
vironment, and that his country lii
does not offer enough of amusement
-, hot hn &c licgaticfinI
with his home life. This is not true
The farm boy leaves his home, its
surroundings, loves his parents ant
it causes him many heart aches tc
leave them; but he does leave, because
he sees in the city more opportunities
for commercial and financial enter
prises, better social advantages, moro
opportunities for meeting people
, financially, socially and politically
T. prominent, and more opportunities fol
making a mark in the world.
The desire of the farm boy to ente
commercial life of the city is, in ;
vast majority of cases, first instillet
5 in him by his parents. With natur
= al pride they over-estimate his capa
2 blities and believe he can establish
Y a name for himself that will be as il
5 lustrious as that of many farm boyi
who have preceded him. The result il
T. a large percentage of cases is that HI
r ekes out a bare existence at som,
e small clerkship from which he canno
d or never does rise above
), OF course this is not true in al
r cases. Men who have been most sue
= cossful in business careers spent thei
. boy-hood days on the farm. But
great many farm bred boys would hay,
f been better off and far more content
{ ed in life had they been satisfied tt
S be "a big toad in a small pond, rattle
S than a small toad in big pond
$ Agriculture is the foundation 0!
y our national prosperity. To Safeguard
+ that prosperity some financial induce
g ment must be offered the farm-bre
S boy to follow his fathers occupation.
5 The North Atlantic States farme
raises 1884 worth of products fror
: farms averaging SO acres each. TIL
5 South Atlantic States farmer raise
( only s4S4 worth of produce on farm
/ averaging 10S acres The farmer O
: the north Central States raises
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-18
YELLOW PINE CURTAILMENT
MUST COME NOW.

Every mill man who is a member
of the yellow pine association has
been receiving for the past twenty
days a daily report of the cut and ship
ment of about 1875 of the association
mills. He knows what the situation
is. He has it put before him every
morning in figures that can be taken
in at a glance. Probably the reports
as yet cover less than one-fifth of the
mills cutting yellow pine, but they are
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-18
couRTS CANNOT SENTENCE
TO PUNISHMENT.

A Georgia judge has held that court
cannot legally suspend judgment in n
criminal case upon condition that the
convicted person leave the stare, as
srcb a condition on the part Of the
court is equal to Punishment and that
il is contrary to the constitution for
a court to sentence to Punishment.
This nudge holds that such a sentence
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-18
HOW'S THIS?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re
ward for any case Of Catarrh that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
f. J. CHENEY & CO,
Toledo, o.
We. the undersigned. have known T.
]. Cheney for the last Is years, and
believe him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations made
by his firm.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O..
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken in
ternally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of the sys-
TEN. Testimonials sent free. Price
rs cents per bottle. Sold by all drug
gists.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
patton.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-18
Citizens Bank

proposition it may be put down mat
the man who holds the debt is the
one most afraid of the wreck ahead
If the men who now complain that
they cannot shut down because OF IN
terest charges and sinking fund re-
ouirements would manifest the same
Napoleonic ability in dealing with
their finance ministers as they eXhi'
tied when their mammoth operations
were formulated there should be no |
difficulty in arriving at an agreement
on the obvious and sensible basis that
the interests of both will be subserved
by leaving the timber in the woods.
A Napoleon was more needed at Leip-
sic than at Marengo.
There is little excuse for the mill
in debt as the mill out of debt to con-
tinue to cut timber, much of which
under the most favorable conditions
affecting the sales office must be
marketed at a level of the lowest
quotations made-prices that would in
volve an actual loss even If the tim
Der cost nothing and the mill with
which it is manufactured represented
not a cent of investment This is the
, point to which these lowest quotations
have gone. Can they go any lower?
| OF all the singular excuses that have
been put forward by men for continu-
, inb to operate full time is that they
t were shut down for so many months
l last year and that, therefore, they VIII
5 continue to operate. This seems based
Y on some sort of vague idea of tit for
l tat, or of getting even with somebody
4 that having done an obviously sensi-
BILE thing one time removes the neces-
r sity for doing it second time. 1t is
. hard to see validity in this reasoning
e The mill man who shuts down for any
y period and for any reason suffers
} loss and inconvenience, but if he does
l. it only to escape a heavier loss there
+ is no reason why he should not do II
It as often as the necessities require
II Unless the yellow pine manufacturers
n can bring themselves to a general rec
d IGNITION that the production of lumber
e must be held down to what the coun
II try will absorb, it will always, eXcep
1. at intervals of brief duration, as il
n the past be sold at an actual loss
y viewing saw milling strictly as man
IL ufacturing proposition Invested of a.
features of stumpage enchancements
~ This has been the history of the bus
~ ness in the South. A just valuation
NJ put upon the timber, the manufactur
~ of yellow pine into lumber may b
III said to have always been at a loss.
IL will continue to be until recognitio
10 comes that the country can absor
IS only so much and that production b.
ond this means loss.
'1 We have hope and confidence th7
- .uItailment sufficient to escape di
T. aster win occur. The next few week
ny will determine. The present statu
~ cannot endu e. The consumption II
-te der the circumstances is all that coul
'e- be reasonably expected and a contil
ne ued moderate increase is all that ca
OF be counted on for months to com
III There is not the remotest hope of an
H. sudden thing occurring to increase
- The sole remedy is in reducing II
as amount produced Lumbe
VI man.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-18
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, 1909-05-18

Miss Rosa PeIlman who has been
singing at the Gem Theater for the
last several months has left for a much
needed vacation.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-18

SOUTHERN REPRESENTATIVE
For Louisiana. Arkansas, Texas and
Oklahoma: The Crockett Agency,
New Orleans and Dallas.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-18
OFFICIAL PAPER CITY OF HAT.
TIEsBURo AND COUNTY OF FOR
REST.
FOREIGN REPRESENTATIVE:

The S. c. Beckwith Special Agency,
Tribune Bldg, New York. Tribune
Bldg. Chicago.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-18

R. J. Collins is the only authorized
travelling representative Of The Hat
tiesburg News and is authorized to col
lect for subscriptions and advertising.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-18

Mr.. E6tor:-T have been told ever
since was a little shaver that every
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-18

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Tombstone epitaph., 1909-03-14
Commissioners Are
 Coming to Arizona

The interstate commerce comDiis. sioners will be in Phoenix from Wash- ington on March P to hear the com- plaints which the Maricopa County Commercial club has filed against the Railroads operating in Arizona, to- gether with numerous eastern lines. The hearing of these charges before the commissioners will constitute one of the most important events of the territory for many years, says the Democrat, according to what seems to be the concensus of opinion, for the reason that the probable reduction of freight rates resulting therefrom will have so potent an influence in promot- ing the welfare of every Arizona in- dustry, and in giving 60 yitalizing an impetus to every branch of territorial trade.
Tombstone epitaph., 1909-03-14
The New Mexico
 Booze" Bill

The bill to license drinkers that vas pending before the New Mexico legis- lature received its death blow Sstur- day when the committee attached to it an amendment providing that li- cense to-"bJoze" could be had only to men whose mothers, wives or fisncees ccuDtersigned their applications for license, and says the amendment:
 "Should the application for such li- cense have neither mother, wife nor fiancee, then he shall not be consid- cred of good moral character and, therefore, cannot be granted a license under the provisions of this act"
 The amendment further provides that the license must be in book form, carry the holders photograph and a diary with the months of the year and dates with space under each date for bsrtenders to make such notations as feeling good slightly intoxicated,' 'drunk;'" and after the third stage is noted it shall be unlawful for any dis penser of intoxicants to cell the holder another drink within 24 hours.
 When tine bill carrying this amend ment reached the legislature it was promptly laid on the table, indefi- nitely.
Tombstone epitaph., 1909-03-14
From Mondays Daily.

The Improved Order of Red Men meet tonight. The blasting which is now being heard daily. is being done near the surface of the Northwest Shaft. The Huschuca Water Co. is re. building ten miles of its private tele- phone line.
 The Sunset Magazine for this month has an excellent article of the new Arizona. The article is profusely illustrated. The Cochise Club will entertain the Entre Mons Club on Saturday night.
 Courtland has about seven town sites on the market and others "com- ing up."
 "Black Patti" is in Bisbee tonight and tomorrow night.
 Tickets are out for the Protection Hose Co. dance on St Pstrick's Day, Wednesday evening, March l7th. This will be the 2lst annual dance of the company, always held in honor of the patron saint, and an enjoyable time will he had.
 The stork visited the residence Of W. c. Gilmore yesterday and left a cherubic youngster to gladden. the family household. When Papa Gil. more is not at his law office these days he is certain to be found at home singing lullabys to the young heir and oblivious to the doings of the Bronco 18th" at Phoenix.
 Dr. Bacon reports that advices re- ceiyed regarding the condition of Mrs Frank Myers, who recently underwent an operation at the Copper Queen hospital, is favorable and hopes are entertained for her early recovery, which is pleasing news to her many friends here.
 The Ladies Aid Society of the Con. gregationsl church will give a social at the church on Thursdsy evening, March 1lth.
 Thomas Dwyer, & former wellknown Tombstoner. arrived yesterday from Bisbee on 6 brief visit to the county seat.
Tombstone epitaph., 1909-03-14
To Protect
 Mining Investors

An important law relating to the mining industry has been proposed by the governor of Washington. Tie ob. iect of the law is to protect investors in mining companies. In his message the governor says, in effect:
 Incorporation based upon unpst- ented claims should be declared illegal, since such holdings may lapse at any time; or else the board of directors of such corporations should be made per. sonally liable for all debts until the claims are patented at the expense of the promoters. No transfer of pro- moters stock should be permitted until all the treasury stock has been dis posed of"