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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-19

Peculiar Comedian, w. 3. Patton
Local theatergoers will be pleased
with Manager TayIor's announcement
of the engagement of w. B. Patton as
one of the seasons offerings. Each
year Mr.. Patton has added popularity
to his long list of admirers. who have
witnessed his performances. Very
few were aware of the fact that he
was the author of the plays he was
appearing it. which have furnished an
evenings enjoyment TO so many thou
sand people. He is also the author
of that delightful comedy. THE Block
head, that he viii appear in here Sun
day matinee and evening. He is sur
rounded with a clever cast, and with
out exception the play is excellently
acted and beautifully costumed. 1t Is
regarded as one of the best and most
wholesome of the Patton plays.
Peep Into the OIden Days.-Whorl
the AL G. Field MINISTRIES were organ
were IA minstrel
companies touring: Haverly's Masto-
don Minstrels. Thatcher, Primrose &
West, McNish. Slavin & Johnson.
Beach G Bowers, Hi Henry, Simmons
& Slocum. Whitman & Clark, George
II. Wilson's. Mcintyre & Heath, Rice
& Barton. Guy Bros, Carncross &
Dixey. Today there is not one of the
above organizations in existence.
There are but three large minstrel
companies touring today. However.
the number of people employed, ami
the expenses are as great. OF the three
big companies of today. as that at
tached to the IA minstrel shows %
more than two decades ago.
Has High Purpose.-A play with
high purpose is press agents descrip-
,,tion- of Elinor GYMS dramatization of
her book, "ThTee Weeks" which will
be seen this evening at the Illinois
The detail of the book. which was so
frank in utterance and created Sc
much criticism, it is claimed, is entire
ly eliminated in the dramatiZation,
and it has been made into love trag-
edy with a romantic atmosphere sim,
liar in style and quality to The Pris-
oner of Zenda" and Beverly of Graus-
tai ~. AS Idl do lOHC 10 COt--
eerned, It is far superior to "Sappho''
and "Zaza," or even Camille" and
East Lynne" 1t suggests a vast
number of thoughts that appeal mos
strongly to women and should be
| needed by men. Lessons can be
drawn from the story which, if applied
| to action, would make much more
happiness in the world
1910 Pattern of Burnt Cork Art
/ j. H. Decker. now that he has returned
| to the minstrel field, announces the
appearance at the Burtis. Davenport
tomorrow evening of Lew Dockstader
and his ninstrels along with Neil
/ o BTien. Al Jolson and Eddie Maziar
In Quitting his company this season,
!
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-19
i.lj|1'I'I'SIIG6'I'I''ii' IlzlSIis3

bIaIcTIoN CFsbraBERLIs.k q cortPAsN-
Friday, Oct. %.
Hello, Friends, We Are Coming Back.
The Rollicking Rhymeful. Musical
Play with reason; book. music and
lyrics by Joseph r Howard composer
of Goddess of Liberty The Time. the
Place and the Girl" "a Stubborn Gin
derella." Etc.
THE
DISTRICT LEADER.
All the Old Favorites-Allan X. Foster.
Minnie Jarbeau, Albert Denier. Ida
Marie Nelson. Frank Weed. Vera
Hamilton, William Hun
gerford. T.. p. Jer-
ONE.
20 Dancing Benuties-5O PeOpIe-The
Show with Real Music.
PRICES-25c. soc, csc. 81: box. s1.5O.
Phone west 224.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-19
THE ELITE.

Eighteenth street. between First and
a:15 p. nm.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-19
TheatricaIs in HiIIsdale.

HillsdaIe Post: The Montell vaude-
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-23

he a lesson to those of the Hatties-
burg territory
ION the settlement of our cutover
lands depends largely the future sta
bility and prosperity of this section
of the state, and our people seem to
be painfully slow to realize this fact"
Many other citizens are of the same
opinion, but an organized movement
for the securing of desirable immigra-
ton is necessary. What Northern
farmers are doing in the vicinity of
Lumberton Virgins, Laurel and other
smaller towns in the district can be
accomplished on any of the lands ad-
jacent to Hattiesburg.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-23
farm LANDS
ARE OPENED
TO settlers
Large Colony Of Northern Cid-
zens Locate Near Town Of
Lumberton.

Commenting on the story of the ten
tative sale of the Camp & Hinton mill
and timber property in the vicinity of
Lumberton, as published exclusively
in these columns yesterday a promi-
nent HattiesburgaT said
THE deal, if successfully consum-
mated, means much for Lumberton,
but there is another movement on the
part of the landowners in the vicin-
ity of that town, which means even
more to the community. I am told that
at least twenty prosperous Northern
farmers have recently purchased cut
over pine lands for farming purposes,
and that this property is being rapidly
improved.
These lands were sold at low prices
of course, but the purchasers are so
well pleased with their Investments
that they will use their influence to
get other farmers to leave the frozen
North to establish farms in the South
and this movement, from a small be-
ginning, may result in the rehabilita-
ton of large section of country
which is at present non-productive.
What the land owners in the vicin-
ity of Lumberton are doing should
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-23
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 inflamed con-
dition of the mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube is
inflamed you have a rumbling 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 in1amed condition of the
mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case of Deafness Caused by
catarrh) that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for circu
lars free.
F. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by all druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
patton.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-23
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A subscriber wants us to roast dog
owners who allow their NANCY CANNES
to tramp the streets. We'd like TO
oblige Mr.. Subscriber in fact, it is our
honest opinion that all vagrant dogs
and their owners should be shot on the
spot, but we are afraid to say So
Hattiesburg News. The News, editor
is wise; it is a trouble hunt when you
go to roasting any mans dog. It is a
great deal safer proposition to attack
the style of his wife's hat.-Mobile
Register.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-23
Roosevelt TO
THE <lGIES.


This is the day when Theodore
Roosevelt, erstwhile president of the
United States, sails for the jungles
of Africa, and there will be few tears
at his going; perhaps scant care II he
never comes back.
Mr.. Taft says that Mr.. Roosevelt
made a good president-that history
will accord him a place alongside of
Washington and Lincoln. But the
world is inclined to the opinion that
this is a polite way in which Mr.. Taft
has of rewardings the man who placed
him in way to become the chief mag
istrate of the land
In fact Mr.. Taft is demonstrating
daily his lack of faith in the Roosevelt
policies by appointing white men to
office where Roosevelt appointed ne
groes; by Strengthening the industries
which Roosevelt weakened; by heal
ing the wounds which Roosevelt made
with his Big Stick-by his reverence
for the constitution. which Roosevelt
trampled under his feet.
A perpetual and persistent menace
to all that is additionally right: a
thorn in the flesh of society-a Tester
ing sore on the body politic-was this
man Roosevelt. We are glad that he
is gone.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-23
TUESDAY, MARCH %, 1909.
Circulation Double That Of Any
Other South Mississippi Paper
THE TENNESSEAN
ON COOPER VERDICT.

The Nashville Tennessean, of which
Edward Ward Carmack was the ed
itor at the time of his death, makes
, the following interesting comment on
the verdict returned by the jury
against the two Coopers:
"The eyes of the civilized world
have rested upon Tennessee since the
killing of Quentin Rankin and the
murder of Senator Carmack.
"And the verdict of honest jurors
have redeemed Tennessee in the eyes
of the world from the suspicion and
stain both these cowardly, dastardly
acts had put upon the fair name of
the state.
But the verdict in the Cooper case
is of far deeper significance than that
in the nightrider case. In the latter
the whole might of the state admins
tration, supplemented by able counsel,
employed and paid by the state, aided
the sheriff, clerk and court of Obion
county in bringing the ignorant and
vicious murderers to a speedy and just
punishment. The governor personally
examined probable witnesses and I'M
earthed most important testimony.
While in the Cooper case the entire
power of the state administration was
united with the sheriff and other coun-
ty officials in rendering all possible
aid to the brilliant array of counsel
employed to save the blue-blooded de-
PENDANTS from well-deserved punish
ment, and the only assistance the at
torney general received was that fur
nished by the loyal and devoted
friends of the murdered man. The
governor helped to unearth no testi-
mony for the state in this case, but
was one of the defense's star witness
es. it being hoped that his presence
on the witness stand would have an
all but magic effect upon those of the
jury who had supported him in his
political race.
1.-THE verdict as to the Coopers, SEN
fencing the blue-blooded murderers to
twenty years in the penitentiary, was
a just verdict, tempered with mercy.
A harsher verdict would have been
sustained by the facts, but the five
Jurors who at first stood for murder
in the first degree acted wisely in
conceding something to lighter SEN
tence rather than to return no verdict
at all, and their conclusion will satisfy
the conservative element of society.
mo verdict could have wiped the
blood guilt from the souls of the men
who murdered the martyred Carmack |
sA1l the perfumes of Arabia will not |
sweeten their little hands They are
condemned of God and condemned of |
Man, and their own consciences will
lash them all their natural lives with
fury's scorn.
mo verdict could take one wreath
from the hallowed memory of the
scholarly gentleman. the unselfish pa
triot. the earnest statesman, the brave
journalist, the devoted friend of the
common people, the fond father and
loving husband and loyal friend whom
their cruelylust for blood sent to an
untimely but honored grave. He sleeps
beneath a mound moistened with the
ears of nations sorrow for the deep fl
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-23

The Memphis Commercial Appeal
asks this pertinent question: would
not it be cheaper for all the big ma
",ccEs to sign a treaty of peace and an
agreement to build no more Dread
naughts? The s2OO,OOO,OOO or more to
be put into these great hulks could be
spent to much better advantage by the
people themselves"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-23

The Associated Press correspondent
at Nashville says that Sheriff Borum
is zone of the gamest men in Tennes-
see" From whom did he obtain that
information. Sheriff Borum ?-Colum-
bia State.
Sheriff Borum's admirers are ready
to testify that If men offend him he
will take out his pistol and bore EN-
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-23
THE WILLING REAPERS.

The Willing Reapers of the Home
Mission society of the Court Street
Methodist church will give an enter
tainment on next Tuesday afternoon
and night, March 80 at the home of
Mrs. Reed. Everybody is invited
young and old. The admission will be
% cents.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-23

The tender-hearted correspondent
who retired Mr. Hartman from active
business life to save him from a physi-
cal breakdown has had his trouble for
nothing. Mr.. Hartman flatly refuses
either to retire or break down
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-23

Work on the Northeastern depot is
progressing wonderfully well, and
when completed it will be quite an
ornament to the city 1t will also be
one of the handsomest structures on
the road.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-23

AS minority leader Champ Clark
may not accomplish much in the way
of helpful and beneficial legislation,
but he can be depended on to make
1t as disagreeable for the majority as
possible. After all, that is what a
minority leader is for.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-23

The Hattiesburg News gives the fol-
lowing specimen of mississippi opti-
mism: Several weeks ago a Missis-
sippi editor advertised the fact that he
had lost his umbrella, and requested
theh finder to keep it. He now re:
ports: The finder has done so. 1t
pays to advertise. FLORIDA Times
Union.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-23
CARD OF THANKS.

We wish to thank those who minis
tered to our mother, Mrs Martha Polk,
in her last illness and death, and to
express our appreciation of the love
and sympathy shown us in this, our
sorrow. HER CHILDREN.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-23
MIR. HINTON CONFIRMS
STORY PUBLISHED IN
THE HATTIESbURS NEWS

NEW ORLEANS, La, March 23.-
Mr.. Hinton, of the Camp & Hinton
Lumber company, said yesterday that
the announcement from Hattiesburg
of the proposed sale of the property
of the company to Western parties
was premature, though correct. A
proposition has been made to buy it,
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-23

The Kansas City Journal thinks the
doleful suggestion that Roosevelt may
never return from Africa may be a
handsome compliment to the beasts
of the jungle, but it is a shameful un-
derrating of Mr.. Roosevelt's prowess
and skill as a hunter.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-23

Since the Meridian Dispatch has
heard of the prediction that Roosevelt
will not live to return from Africa. it
wants Bryan to accompany him. Per-
haps it thinks that each would be an
antidote for the sleeping sickness to
the other.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-23
SMALL SUIT FILED.

H. D. Lea today filed suit against
the Union Manufacturing Supply COM
pany for the collection of certain
notes, aggregating about $4,000. The
case will be heard at the mex team
of court.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-23

and has been submitted to the credi-
tors of the company, which is in the
hands of receivers, and the sale de-
ponds on the approval of the creditors.
The purchase price assures the pay
ment of 100 cents on the dollar to the
creditors, and already as much as 80
per cent of them have accepted.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-23
TRIAL Of ARCHITECT
HUDSON BEGINS TODAY

HARRISBURG, Pa, Mar. 23.-Capi-
tol Architect Huston was put on trial
today on a charge of conspiracy in
yolying alleged fraud of S17,7S9.70 in
hills for metallic furniture. In this
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-23

The Jackson News insists that the
census taker must find 10000 names
in that city next year. Do you want
him to count the epitaphs on the tomb
stones?
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-23

The Augusta Chronicle, which is a
real nice Sunday school paper, assures
us that there are no plumbers in
hades. Then there is, evidently, no
hereafter for plumbers.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-23

A Memphis preacher recently mus
tered enough courage to remark that
Sunday baseball is no worse than So
cial gossip.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-23

1t was "23' for democracy when
that number of democratic congress
men voted with the republicans to re-
adopt the rules of the former session.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-23

Outside of the Hattiesburg district
million dollar business transactions
are few and far between in Missis-
Gippi.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-23

action, besides Huston are Congress
men Cassell, Snyder, Mathues, Shum-
aker, Frank Irvine, travelling auditor,
who made the measurements of the
metal casing.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-23

An Hungarian baron, fresh from the
African jungles, reports that ''lions
are plentiful. but timid." Timid? Of
course they are. Just see who is COM
ing.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-23

Mrs. Hamlin has returned from W.
Comb City, where she went as a ue'e
cate from the Court Street MethodiS'
Home Mission society
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-23

Get your money together. Another
batch of canal bonds are to be placed
on the market.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-23

One-cent letter postage would be
welcomed all right.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-23

AS an evidence of the care. with
which Manager Hirsch of the Gem
and Crescent theaters looks after the
attractions at his places, with the one
aim to always give his patrons the
very best talent for their money, he
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-23

from New Orleans, and after trying
him out, it was thought that he was
not up to form, and without any to'do
whatever, the artist was given MS
weeks salary and his transportation
back to New Orleans, and another
singer at once employed
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-23

1t takes a good man to keep the
faith.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-23

lowed forever in the ever green mem
ory of tens of thousands of devoted
friends
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-23
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-
gress OF March 2, 1879.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-23

OFFICIAL PAPER CITY OF HAT
TtEs7uRe AND COUNTY OF FOR
EST.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1909-07-16
Wash For Nursery Stock

Dipping nursery stock I'm lime sui
phur wash or other insecticides has
recently been much advocated as n
substitute FOR fumigation with hydro
cyanic acid gas. The station nj &c
neva. y. Y. finds. however. that this
treatment, If used at all. must bc han
died with care To secure scale de
struction without injuring the trees.
With the sulphur wash, exposure Of
tho trees for too long time or at too
high temperature resulted I'm injury,
while with any OF the materials used
exposure Of the roots to the mixture
resulted I'm serious injury To- the stock.
For NURSERY men the station stlll rec
ommcnds Il migation as most effective
and least liable 10 injury and would
advise orch" rdistS To- use the lime sui
phur rs n spray after the trees are set
rather than ns II dip when they are re-
celv1d
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1909-07-16
Virginia Polytechnic
Institute
Black sburg, Va.

Degree courses in Agriculture, Horti-
culture, Applied Chemistry, Applied
Geology, Civil Mining, Mechanical and
Electrical Engineering, Metallurgy and
Autobiography, and Preparatory Yeti
rinary Medicine. Sixty-four Instruc-
tors, thoroughly equipped shops, labo-
ratories and barns. Steam heating and
electric lights in dormltories. Library
Of 10000 volumes, farm LOO acres.
School of Agricultural Appren-
tees.
Zone year course for young farmers)
Total cost OF session of nine months,
including tuition and other ices, board,
washing, uniforms, medical attendance
etc, S276.60 Cost to Virginian stu
dents, $226.60.
The next session opens Wednesday
Sept. %, 1909.
Paul P.Barringer, M. D., LII. D.,
President.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1909-07-16
SEXTON & ROBERTS, p. q.

IN the Clerks Office Of the Circuit
ACourt Of the County of Tazewell. on
the 24ih day Of June 1909.
Pocahontas Consolidated Galleries
Company, Incorporated, n Corporation
Chartered under tn laws Of the State
of Virginia.
Plaintiff.
against In Chancery Attachment
j, II. Jervis, Defendant.
The object OF this suit is to enforce
the payment of damages for the sum
of $500 90, with interest thereon from
the Sth day of February, 1909, until
paid in favor of the complainant IA
gainst the defend ant, and an attach
ment has been sued out in said cause
and has been levied upon certain real
estate belonging to the defendant,
namely, two certain lots of land, lying
in the county of TaZewell, State Of
Virginia, situated on Laurel Greek,
near the head of Abs Valley, be;n e
lots Nos. and 10 on map and plat of
the Town of Smithtield, which said lots
were conveyed to the defendant, j. H.
Jervis. by Isaac Belcher. land Charlotte,
his wife, by deed dated Doth day of
February, 1906, now of record in the
county of Tazewell, and to subject the
same to the payment of the claim as
serted by the complainant against the
defendant, hereinaboVe set out.
An affidavit having been made and
filed that the defendant, j. II. Jervis,
rot resident of the State of Virginia, it
is ordered that he Go appear here with
in fifteen days after due publication
hereof, and do what may be necessary
to protect his interest in this suit. I
is further ordered that a copy hereof
be published once a week for -four
weeks in the CIINCH VALLEY NEWS, n
newspaper published in the county OF
Tazewell, and that a copy be posted al
the front door of the courthouse OF
this county as prescribed by law.
A copy-Teste:
S. NJ. Graham, Clerk.
Henry and Graham, p. q.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1909-07-16
MONEY IN TRUCK FARMING.
Profit Of $4,000 In Seven Years In
Iowa.

Iowa.
The most sensational disclosure TO
agriculturiSts has Just been made by
Francis SeStier of DcS MoiucS. la. a
young man who has made $4,000
worth of permanent improvements on
thirty-two acre farm I'm the last
seven Years ana paid for IL al from
the product of tho soil II is a demon-
stration of what application will do.
Francis SCSticr is the sou of n
French Stonccuttcr. who came To Dcs
MoincS i'm 1870 to work ON the con
struCtion of the state capitol. But
st0nccuttiug is an unhealthy business,
and one day hc determined 60 quit IT,
lie bought Il farm within sight of the
golden dome of the StatrhouSc he had
helped To construct and struggled
along for years. paying OF the mort
cages and at the same time raising a
family. Seven years ago he died. and
his son. Francis. took the active man
agement. II is he who has worked
the miracle OF the soil
He has turned his farm into n truck
garden. which Is now said TO be the
finest truck farm west OF the Missls-
sippi river. The beauty OF his success
is that. unlike truck gardeners of the
east, he does not have To spend great
sums Of money for fertilization. Dur
ing all these years his fertilization has
not cost him more than 30 cents an
acre year.
Among the permanent improvements
built since 1901 and paid for from this
small farm are an $4,000 house. under
which Is modern cold storage; Il
steam pumping plant that draws wa
ter from the river half mile away
and lifts II 10 feet into monster res
ervoir ana eight greenhouses.
Mr.. Scsticr 10y his management Is
making his farm yield gross income
OF $500 or $500 an acre. Like every
successful man. Mr. Scsticr can handle
some things better than others. To
matoes seem 10 he his favoritc crop
He introduced the method of raising
tomatoes on poles ana plants 1900
vines To the acre. getting n yield Of
$50 bushels of perfect fruit thai
brings the highest price on the market
He makes az much as $1,000 on let
| tuce I'm "A year. Such figures for Il
thirty-two acre farm in Iowa are sen
sational. To say the least. especially
when they arc made to come 10y the
son of French stonccutter VIII,
knew nothing OF agriculture and VIII,
never attended an agricultural college