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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-24

RICHMOND. Va. May 24.-"King |
Cotton" will hold full sway in this,
the capital of the Confederacy this
week.
The occasion will be the thirteenth
annual meeting of the American Cot
ton Manufacturers Association which
will begin its sessions here tomorrow
and conclude its work on Wednesday.
Cotton-that greatest of all south
ern staples-will be the all-absorbing
theme of which thousands of delegates
from many sections Of the country will
gather here to discuss. Although this
industry is as old as the south itself,
1t is a subject regarding which the
southern man rarely, if ever, grows
weary of hearing.
Valuable contributions to the worlds
knowledge concerning cotton spindles,
of which there are now millions in the
Southern States, where once they were
a scarce product, and how cotton
goods are manufactured in the great
mills of the country, will be revealed
at this years convention.
The American Cotton Manufactur-
er's Association is a body which en-
braces all branches of the cotton goods
trade, and which has in it's member
ship the leading manufacturers in this
industry in the Eastern and Southern
part of the United States. 1t is ex-
pected that several thousand of those
interested in the cotton industry will
attend this convention.
To the Ricshmond Chamber of Com
merce belongs the credit for having
captured this years convention. 1t
originally had been decided to hold
the meeting in New York City, but
as a convention city. the board OF
when Richmonds claims were pre-
scented by the Chamber of Commerce
governors of the association recon
sidered their action and decided u
meet here this time. This city pos
sesses the additional advantage ovel
New York of being centrally located
between the cotton growers and the
mills of the South and the manufac
turers and markets of New England
and the North.
Aside from a program replete VIII
interest, the social features inciden
to the assemblage will prove quit
attractive In addition to a smoke
to be given in honor of the delegate
at the jefferson Hotel, the variou
commercial organizations of the Cit
have arranged for an interesting trl
down the historic James river I
jamestown island. The journey vii
be made on the steamer Pocahontas.
The convention formally will b
called to order at 10 O'Clock tomorrow
morning at the jefferson Hotel by !
H. Rennie, president of the assocli
ton, following which an invocatlo
will be pronounced by the Rev. ID
George w. Mcdaniel. An address
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-24
Bad Attack of pysentery Cured.

IAN honored citizen of this town
was suffering from a severe attack OF
dysentery. He told a friend II ne
could obtain a bottle of Chamberlain S
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Rem
edy, he felt confident of being cured
he having used this remedy in the
west. He was told that 1 kept it in
stock and lost no time in obtaining
it. and was promptly cured" says M.
]. Leach, druggist, of Wolcott, VT. For
sale by Hays & Field and Yellow Pine
Pharmacy.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-24
COTTON MANUFACTURERS
WILL MEET IN RICHMOND

welcome will be delivered by the
mayor, d. C. Richardson, to which
response will be made. Then Presi-
dent Rennie will make his annual adj
dress in which he will review the
strides which the cotton industry has
made during the year.
Addresses will follow by R. L. Nc
Kellar. assistant freight traffic man
afer of the Southern Railway on De
velopment of Foreign Cotton Goods
Trade" w. A. G. Clark, special
agent, department of Commerce ana
Labor on Cotton Waste Manufac-
ture;" August w. Smith, "Baling and
Handling Cotton" D. A, Tompklns'
of Charlotte. North Carolina, THE
Tariff on Cotton Textiles. The day
will be concluded with the presenta'
ton of a report of the committee on
Cotton Exchanges by f. A. Smyth and
a smoker given by the Chamber oil
Commerce and the municipality in the
auditorium of the jefferson.
On Wednesday, the concluding day
an interesting report on the lnterna
tional Cotton Congress held in PARIS
France. from June l to 8, 1908, VIII Dc
read by D. Y. Cooper. The reports OF
L. w. Parker and Charles H. Gorton
chairman. respectively of the commit
tees on Uniform Sales Contract an'
bv-Laws will be presented, which vii
no followed by discussion.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-24
WANTED.

Copies of the Daily News.
One copy each Of the following
dates:
19OS-November 2, IA, II, q, &c.
December 3, s, 8, 10, IA, II, 81;
19O9-January 2, 16, 2S, 90.
Februay 3.
March 10, 10, 81.
April "a.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-24
The Most Common Cause of Suffering

Rheumatism causes more pain anu
suffering than any other disease LOT
the reason that it is the most COM
mon of all ills, and it is certainly
gratifying to sufferers to know that
Chamberlain's Liniment will afford re-
lief. and make rest and sleep possible
In many cases the relief from pain
which is at first temporary, has be-
come permanent, while in old people
subject to chronic rheumatism, often
brought on by dampness or changes IN
the weather, a permanent cure cannot
be expected; the relief from pain
which this liniment affords is alone
worth many times it's cost. 20 and
80 cent sizes for sale by Hays d
Field and Yellow Pine Pharmacy.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-24
For COLDS and GRIP.

Hicks CAPUDINE is the best rem
edy-relieves the aching and feverish-
ness-cures the Cold and restores nor
NAL conditions. It's liquid effects i'm
mediately. 1Oc, Csc and SOC at drug
stores.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-24
SHAME OF ARREST
LESS IN NEGROS
than in WHITES

NEW YORK, May 24.-According to
an opinion written by Justice Dur
go, of the supreme court made public
Saturday by the Appellate Division
a negro arrested uniustly does not
suffer as much damage and humiliation
as a white man, ordinarily. Justice
Durgo holds the fact he is colored
must be considered in assessing dam
ages he sustained. Justice Dugro's
opinion was made public when the APP
pellate Division affirmed it.
The suit was that of George w. Grit
fin. Pullman car porter against Dan
iel NJ. Brady, president of the Brady
Brass Company, for false imprison-
ment and malicious prosecution. Brady
is of brother Of Diamond Jim" Brady,
of this city.
Griffin alleged that Brady had him
arrested in Montreal in January, 1906,
on a charge of stealing a card case,
which contained about twenty dollars
The porter was arrested, taken before
Judge Choquet and dismissed on the
ground that he was innocent Griffin
sued, demanding $4,000 damages.
When the case was tried before JUS
tice Dugre the jury awarded verdict
of so 800. On motion of Brady's coun'
sci Justice Durgo set the verdict aside
as excessive. 1t came out in the tes
Itimony that Griffin had refused $500 in
settlement Justice Dugro granted a
motion for a new trial for Brady on
the following grounds:
mo such verdict would stand. The
man was earning less than dollar {
day; his loss of wages was, therefore
only two or three dollars. He was {
colored man, and while you had NJ
right to weigh him differently from
any other man on that account, yol
must consider men.
He was a porter, and while he
Just as good as the President of tn
United States, and if imprisone
wrongfully he should be paid for it,
would be a bad argument to say he
| just as good in many senses. He woul
not be hurt just as much if put
prison as every other man would b.
The fact that he is a colored man is
be considered. You cannot say he
t lust the same as a white man whe
l. YOU come to say how much shame /
d will suffer. He might suffer none.
II think if you were to take tt
ii mayor of the city and arrest him l
IS would feel very much more humiliate
e than this porter. In one sense a &C
e ored man is just as good as VIII
II man for the law says he is; but
a has not the same amount of inJul
ID under all circumstances that viii
10 man would have.
- Maybe in a colored communi
III down South, where white men we
= held in great disfavor, he might
~ more injured, but after all that is n
- this sort of a community.
j. 81 am quite satisfied that this plail
). if did not suffer $4,000 through tn
-, arrest. He did not lose his job, and
, does not appear that his employe
lacked confidence in him because
.. the arrest"
.. Justice Durgo also said: "A defer
So ant never has a fair chance in mf
m. cious prosecution case. The jury
IN nrone to say this was an innocent m
&c
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-24

Fresh fish every DAY. Prompt deliv
cry. Ring Home Phone 1868. West
Pine street Fist Market. s. McAuIay
The Delta independent., 1909-08-13
Lure of the Lottery.

More than hundred thousond people
with an itch for the unattainable have
bolted off to the northwest to be in at
the deal in Uncle Sans fake land
drawings. In spite of all precautions
in the interests of justice and the pres
ervation of good order the registration
is little improvement upon the govern
ment land lotteries. The fair at Seattle
has attracted many who otherwise
would not pursue such forlorn chance.
The inducement presented to these
travellers that they could kill two birds
with one stone by registering for the
land drawing and attending the Seattle
fair at the same time was a clever trick
and it is amazing that the government
continues this method of disposing of
public lands when it has always proved
unsatisfactory. cumbersome and provo
cative of cruel hardships upon the
great mass OF unfortunates who regis
ter. The present scheme of drawing
by lottery was the outgrowth of pro-
tests against the former plan of allow
ing mulutudes to wait on the boundar-
les of the various tracts to be opened
for settlement and at a given signal
run for the land. This was the method
employed in the opening of Oklahoma
and it was most vigorously criticised as
putting premium upon brute strength,
bullying and the possession of horse
racing equipment. Field and Farm.
The Delta independent., 1909-08-13
.Apple Show Assured.

President w. p. Dale of the Business
Mems Association, has received notice
that the Apple Show at Denver is now
assured and the date set for January
3rd to 9th, 1910.
At that date it will be possible to put
ON exhibition the best specimens of all
the keepers and the exhibit will be one
of the finest ever on display.
Colorados' competition will be keen
and the rivalry for place with best APP
pies will do much to stimulate and edu-
cate orchardists in growing the King
Of Fruits.
To have an apple show in Denver is
the right thing in the right place and it
is pretty sure to be big success, and
the Western Slopes exhibit will be
one Of its best, If not the very best
feature.
The Delta independent., 1909-08-13
Della Lady Wandering
About Grand Junction.

The following appeared In both Grand
Junction dailies Tuesday. We have not
been able to find anyone in Delta to
fill the description:
Staggering Ground in the railroad
yards. every minute in danger of being
run down by the switch engine. the
wife Of a prominent retired Delta at
torney, 76 years of age was found by
Special Railroad Policeman c. c.
O'Neil. On examination it was found
that she had lost control of her mental
faculties and did not even know her
name. However, her address was
found in the handbag which she carried
and her husband communicated with.
The aged lady was turned over to the
sheriff who made things as comfortable
as possible for her She gradually
regained control of her reason. but was
not in her right mind when her husband
arrived. The woman had boarded the
Salt Lake excursion train at Delta and
from all appearance she lost her mind
before arriving here. The woman is
well known in Delta and vicinity and
although she has had slight spells of
the same nature she has never before
completely lost the control of her fac
ulties. She was taken home yesterday.
The Delta independent., 1909-08-13

The INDEPENDENT is informed that
Delta will have new station building,
plans for which have already been ap-
proved by the Denver & Rio Grande
company, and work on which will begin
soon after the new year.
Specifications are not at hand, but
the building will doubtless be one suited
to the needs and commensurate with
the Importance of Delta as growing
city and great traffic center.
At present the d. & X. G. company
is making a number of important i'm
provements at Delta. Five new side
tracks are being built for permanent
use, giving Delta two miles of addi-
tional car room. all Of which and per-
haps more. will be needed this fall in
handling the immense fruit, sugar beet
and other shipments.
A great coal chute is being built and
is now nearing completion, providing
Delta with all the equipment of coal
ing station. Doubtless additiona. switch
engines will be put in commission in
the yards.
Last fall the capacity of the COM
pany's ice house here was doubled. and
the evidence as well as the information
at hand indicates that continuous i'm
provements are to be made.
The Delta independent., 1909-08-13
Greek Arrested for
Burglarizing Freight Car.

James Tam, a Greek laborer was
arrested Monday charged by special
agent of the D. & R. G. road with
taking goods from a car. He was
taken before Justice Coombe and On
request of his attorney his hearing was
postponed until next Monday.
The special agent claims ample
evidence to convict in possession of
certain articles missed found with the
Greek and his associates.
On the other hand Attorney Baird,
for the defense, says that it will be
easy to prove how the goods came into
possession of these parties and that the
special agent held them up before their
arrest for sl3O. claiming that to be the
valie of goods taken, and that, by
display of arms he induced them to
make up and hand over to him that
amount. Attorney Baird promises
these and probably other sensations at
the trial Monday and intimates that
heavy damage suits may follow because
of the alleged action of the special
agent.
The Delta independent., 1909-08-13
Underwood Man Here.

w. II. Mitchell was in Delta Tuesday
representing the Underwood type
writer. Delta business men and their
stenographers take very kindly to the
Underwood. of which machine there
are large number in the city. The
editor of the INDEPENDENT has an
Underwood which he has used for ~
years and which has never been out of
fix except to require an occasional clean
ing, and it works as well today as when
new. In the meantime, of course.
great improvements have been added
to the Underwood, making it so perfect
q type writer that most of the other
standard factories have begun to pattern
after its build.
The Delta independent., 1909-08-13
The Present Work at Delta Is Of
Much Importance.
Great Coaling Station Is Nearing Completion,
and Five New Side Tracks, Aggre-
eating About Two Miles,
Under Construction

ordered that the banks surrender sl6.-
600, 0of the reserve by August 10th
and this comes at time when the
demand is the heaviest for funds to
move the crops. The tax on emergency
currency however is SO great that it
initiates against its use except in times
of direst need to meet the emergencies
of strained money market. Expert
ence has taught that the banks are
more likely to feel the demand for
small bills and the treasury department
puts out the dope that it is now CO.
operating with the national banks to
furnish this demand just as if little
patch of sticking plaster would cure an
attack of appendicitis. Is it not time
for the people Of this great nation to
rise up and demand a circulating medi-
um that circulates without having to
pay three per cent for emergency
scrip
The Delta independent., 1909-08-13
Vide Open Gl-n.pood.

Glenwood Springs is getting consid-
cradle notoriety for rottenness. judging
from the open statements of its own
newspapers.
The town. which is little more than
half the size of Delta. has sixteen sa-
looms, with the accompanying number
of gambling houses and brothels. One
of the news items in Glenwood Springs
papers recently was about l6-year-old
girl being assisted along the street by
two men, the child being too drunk to
walk. Another was an account of a
tourist losing $4,000 against roulette.
He afterwards complained to the police
that the wheel was crooked but
when they tried to raid the place they
were met by the proprietor with gun
and that settled it. Glenwood ought to
give herself bath pretty often.
The Delta independent., 1909-08-13
Delta Is a Thriving City of
Pretty Homes, Schools
and Churches.
Climate, Water, Health and Con-
tentment characteristics of the
Most Beautiful City on
the Western Slope.

Delta is city of homes, of schools
and of churches. Its business repre-
sentation is of the best and highest
class. Its climate the year around is
better than the average, it has good
mountain water, excellent average in
health. A very high standard of
morals prevails among the people,
whose fine social qualities are not
excelled. The buildings, both business
and residence, are substantial, many of
them being beautiful in architecture.
Fine lawns, flower and vine adorn-
ments please the eye in the residence
portion. Cement sidewalks of best
make extend practically over the whole
city. Int he business portion substan-
tial and many beautiful blocks have
been reared. the material being our
own manufactured pressed white brick,
made of finely ground shale, and of
which there is nothing better or
handsomer made in the United States.
improvements in buildings, both resi-
dence and business, are constantly
being made. Last year close to half
million dollars was expended in new
buildings.
Delta has all the elements for sub
stantial growth and prosperous busi-
ness.
The Delta independent., 1909-08-13
PASTE THIS IN YOUR HAT
Delta County Produces More Fruit
Than the Entire State
of Oregon.

1t is safe to say that Delta county
will this year harvest as much fruit as
any other three counties in Colorado.
Compared with oregon-based upon
the report from the Orgonian, Delta
county will ship double as many apples
this year as the whole state of Oregon,
and three times as many peaches.
Oregon boasts of being fruit country,
yet its estimated output of apples last
year was 1900 car loads and peaches
about 500 car loads. while the estimate
for this year is so per cent of last
in apples and peaches 10 per cent,
whereas Delta's fruit crop is estimated
at more than double that of last year.
These are plain figures and eye
openersl
The Delta independent., 1909-08-13
An Incomplete Fruit Map.

The Colorado Springs Telegraph last
Sunday published in red lines what ap-
peared to represent fruit section map
of the Western Slope. Large red rings
showed where the towns should be. but
Delta and Hotchkiss points on the map
had nothing whatever to mark them.
Grand Junction and all the Grand val
ley towns were shown, along with
Montrose and Paonia. The Telegraph
may consider that fair, but it looks to
us like deliberate snub.
The Delta independent., 1909-08-13
State and Montrose Fairs.

Delta county is out again for the big
prizes at the State Fair to be given in
Pueblo, and the Western Slope Fair at
Montrose. 1t is hoped that the records
made in the last two years, when the
county carried off all the big premiums,
including those awarded for the best
general display, will be eclipsed this
year.
Every ranchman and fruit grower in
the county is urged to send in anything
he thinks in the prize winning class to
the committee which has charge of
collecting the exhibits, or notify mem
bers of the committee as soon as possi-
BILE, in order that Preparations may be
made to care for the Delta display.
All kinds of grain. in the sheaf and
in bulk. potatoes, sugar beets. and in
fact every kind of farm products and
every variety of fruit will be included.
All transportation and express and
storage charges will be free to the
grower who not only has a chance in
this way to advertise his wares indi-
vidually, but will by his efforts aid in
boosting the county. Fred Mcconnell
and Arthur Graham have charge of the
exhibit for the State Fair. and Harry
Richardson will arrange the Montrose
display.
The Delta independent., 1909-08-13
Subscriptions Received.

The following subscriptions to the
INDErENDENT have been received since
last weeks report:
Harry r. Haywood, New Berlin. New
York; J. M. Jaycot, Breckenridge,
Colorado; Mrs. Edward Arch. Nappan-
nee, Indiana; o. Palmer. Montrose; w.
A. Tulene, Plattsmouth, Nebraska; ].
G. Prestage. Austin; G. II. Dondono.
Harry Stockham, Prof. Dana, M. C.
King. Herman Mayer. E. C. Heck. w.
l.. Pitcher, E. B. Morris. Delta; Mrs.
Hannah Omundson, vernal. Utah.
The Delta independent., 1909-08-13
Important Tariff Items.

Hon. Simon Guggenheim sends the
following tariff items effecting Colo
rado Industries:
A number of items in the bill are of
great interest to the people of Colorado
because of the home industries which
are affected by them
of the farm products duty of l0Ss
ad valorem is placed upon sugar beets.
On honey, of which Colorado produces
about $4,000 per year the Dingley
rate of twenty cents per gallon is re-
tanned.
The potato crop of Colorado amounts
to about So, $50, 900 a year, a large
amount of which is marketed abroad.
A protection of twenty FIVE cents a
brshel is maintained on this item.
On the dairy products. Colorado's $
production of which reaches over $27,-
900. 600 yearly, the present rates are
retained in the bill.
The hay crop of Colorado last year
amounted to SIS, 500, 900. being two
thirds of the gold output of the State.
The Dingley rate of 81 per ton on hay
is unchanged in the present hill 6
The production of starch from pota-
toes is new and growing industry in
Colorado. Under the Dingley law the
duty on starch. from whatever sub
stance produced. was one and one-half
cents pound. Under the new bill
potato starch is given a protective duty
Of one and one-half cents pound,
while the duty on starch made from
other substances is reduced to one cent
per pound.
Colorado's output of wool amounts to
about 81. 900. 900 yearly. The Dingley
rate on wool remains unchanged.
Cattle hides were placed upon the
Free list by the Conferees.
The rate on mechanically ground
wood pulp was decreased from one
twelfth of one cent per pound to ex-
emption from duty on pulp from any
country not imposing export duty, etc.
on certain forest products.
A reduction was made on printing
paper. valued at not above 81, cents
per pound, from Sc per ton to So 10 per
ton: valued above 2i4 cents a pound
and not above 2is cents a pound. from
IS per ton to sS.75 per ton.
Paper envelopes We're reduced from
35ea to POS ad valorem
Rough marble, large quantities of
which are now being produced in Colo
rado, and the industry of which is just
beginning. retains the present Dingley
duty of sixty-five cents per cubic foot.
The present Dingley rate on Fuller's
earth-crude, ST.. 80, and refined. IS per
ton-is retained in the bill. Consider
able capital is invested near Sterling,
Colorado, in this enterprise, and large
production is predicted for the near
future.