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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-24

4 The strongest current of love
= that this old world knows flows
4 around it at the Christmas season.
= It tuches even the heart of
= Scrooge and thaws out all its
+ cold selfishness. 1t floods the
= home with joy and gladness; it
Z makes lovers tenderer toward
4 each other. Everywhere it pene-
{. trates with its warmth and cheer
+ and good will, and for brief sea-
{. son the world basks in such a ra-
= diancy of love as no other season
= knows.
& It is a time set apart for express
= sions of love. People deliberately
: do the things that warm their
& own hearts in the doing and the
= hearts of others in the receiving.
= The spirit spreads, everybody
= catches 1t and the whole world
. beams.
= But why should this spirit of
= kindness and good will be con-
= fined to a single brief day or
= week?
= Why is it we give the news.
Z man on the corner a cherry smile
= on the 25th and wish him a Merry
Z Christmas, and on every other
= morning have a crouch on when
= we see him. snatch the paper,
= toss the penny and say never a
+ word?
= Why is it we can load the chill.
= dren with kisses and caresses on
10 Christmas morning. but on every
IL other day Of the year tell them in
q 4 q 4 q Z . . 4 Z = q . . q .
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-24
TO MY CHRISTMAS GIRL,

Tow Yuletide comes, I'd like to he
~ christmas girls. ermine fur
FOR when she strolls about the street
shed take me out with her;
I'D hang about her slender throat
In graceful clinging strands,
But best of all I'd be her muf,
And hold her little hands.
From the "Mere.Man" Standpoint.
The Christmas Fires.
In the Land of Judea the precious
babe has been found asleep in the
manger where the brown.eyed oxen
breathed the perfume of the clover.
The Star of Bethlehem has risen! All
hail the King of Kings!
r In commemoration of that glad
morning when the angels lifted their
silvery voices to the skies in paeans
OF praise. we light the Christmas can
~ASS e&Au SVihC tuC dUOuL Tie
home nest. Our hearts glow like the
rosy flames at the hearth, and for a
day, at least, we act and feel nobly!
Men, women and children dispense
charity and sit tete-a-tete with kind
ness and goodness. For day we for.
get to be selfish, forget to be snobbish
forget to be unjust. We ring the tin
tinnabulating bells, chant the Joy of
giving and make the day benediction
and prayer!
But when the morrow breaks we
men set our thin lips, square our stern
shoulders and go back to the arena OF
life to exemplify the commercial adage
that to the victor belongs the spoils !!
But the woman in the home-the
wife, the mother-does not thus ruth
lessly throw aside the holy robe OF
holly and Of mistletoe. Her heart is
still attuned to goodness and gentle
ness and love! On the glowing EN-
bers of the Yule log she heaps new
fagots and keeps lighted in the child
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-24
MARK twain DENIES
THAT He IS Dying
(By Associated PreSS.)

Redding, Conn.,, Dec. 24.-Mark
Twain has given out the following
statement as a result of various re-
health, following his recent return
from Bermuda:
Il hear the newspapers say am
dying. The charge is not true
would not do such thing at my time
of life.
Il am behaving as good as | can
Merry Christmas to everybody
MARK TWAIN"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-24

arrive tonight to spend the no
with his father, Mr.. Frank d. Lander,
at Hotel Hattiesburg.
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Miss Erskin Thompson, who is
teaching at Soso, arrived last night to
spend the holidays with her parents,
Rev. and Mrs. G. H. Thompson, on
Elizabeth avenue.
this morning for Tallulah, La, to
spend Christmas with the latter's par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. T. Teton.
Miss Elma Powe, who has been
teaching at Derby, Miss, is spending
the holidays with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Will Powe, on Walnut street.
Mrs. M. L. Ripley and granddaugh.
ter, Miss May Farley, left yesterday
to spend several days with relatives
at Jackson, Miss.
Mrs. A. L. Caldwell, of Tyler, Tex
as, is the guest of her son and daugh
ter-in-law, DR.. and Mrs. Leo H. Mar
tin, on Bay street.
Miss Birdie Manor, member of the
public school faculty, left yesterday
for her home in Mt. Olive, to spend
Christmas.
| Mrs. Julia Crawford, of Montgom
cry, Ala, is expected Monday to be
the guest of DR.. and Mrs Leo H. Mar
tin, on Bay street.
Miss Marion Huddleston, who is a
member Of the public school faculty Of
this city is spending the holidays al
her home in Harpersville, Miss.
Myrine and Curtis Welborn left to-
day for Ellisville, where they will
spend the Christmas holidays with rel
atives.
= 4 =
| Mrs. A. T. Powe will leave to-mor
row morning for Enterprise, where
she will be the guest of Mr.. Evans
Boney and family.
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| Currie Hemphill, who has been a
tending Mississippi College, Clinton
is spending the holidays with relatives
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Jack Thompson, Of San Antonio
Tex, was business visitor here
Thursday.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-24
LITTLE PROBLEMS OF
LOVE AND MARRIAGE
LOVE AT CRAFTSMANSHIP.
BY Barbara Boyd.

biting tones we wish they would :.
not make so much noise-that they :
are worse than a lot of hyenas I:
about? =
We give the washerwoman on =
Christmas morning a warm petit {.
coat and glad smile and inquire =
affectionately after her offspring; :
but on other days we only wonder :.
what she does with all the soap I:
and wish she would not use so >
much washing soda with the =
clothes. =
We are happy Christmas, and it :
isn't the presents we get nor the =
ones we give that contribute most I:
to our happiness. 1t is this spirit ::
of kindness that overflows in our :
heart. =
just as well as at Christmas. And +
everyone will be the better for it, ::
The home will be brighter and :.
cheerier and the domestic machin- =
cry will run more smoothly. The 4
associates one meets will be the :
happier and their days the more 4
pleasant. :
When the anniversary is past +
and the litter to be cleared up and Y
the left-overs eaten it is so easy =
to drop back into the old pre- =
Christmas spirit. But It is worth =
while to make fight against this =
and to keep the Christmas heart =
beating right ON through the year. =
II everybody would do 1t, what a =
happy. kindly year 1t would be! =
= $$$$<$<$$<$<$<$$
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-24

KATIE l.. I. ALLEN
B 9TH PHO IVES IS

ish heart the fires that never entirely
die-the memory fires of Christmas
that teach truth, nobility, right living!
Through the falling snow this mother
carries food for the needy and dan.
ties for the sick. Her heart has read.
not SKINNED, the true meaning of
Christmas fireplace. No matter where
he goes or what he does, those mother
lighted fires will struggle fitfully with
in him as beacons that draw him
closer to the harbor of integrity.
And the girl who blooms into wom-
anhood never forgets. The lessons
she has learned have blossomed in
her heart, to seed again and perpet.
uate in the hearts of her own tousle-
heads the beautiful story of Christ,
whose coming spread above the earth
that glorious benediction: Peace on
earth; good will to men!"
Wife and mother, you are the keep
er Of the fires of home. Look to your
vigil, for without your watchful care
there will be but ashes and chill and
death! And as you guard well the
roseate hearths. may the good will
and the peace He brought come aud
abide with you always. Amen!-By
To the Christmas Maiden.
Here's to the Christmas maiden,
Caught meath the mistletoe;
Here's to her dear lips laden
With sweetest fruits that glow.
-rww~lwwrxwFvWEwW
Here's to her charms enhancing
Bow to her happy rule!
Her merry mirth's enchancing
The joys Of carefree Yule!
Following is the we'll prepared pro-
gram which will be rendered Sunday
evening at 1880, at Columbia Street
Baptist Church:
In the tableaus, fourteen little girls
will be dressed to represent angels
and one to represent the Christ child
in the Manager.
/. Orchestra.
2. Anthem, choir.
3. Volcal solo-Miss Annie Lou
Thompson.
4. Double quartette.
S. Instrumental solo-Miss Teulala
Mcmillan.
6. Reading-Miss Pearl Denham.
7. Instrumental trio, 2 violins ant
piano-Miss Hessie Hickman, Mr. Wi
ley Jackson and Spivey McWilliams.
s. Tableau-Peace.
9. Tableau-The Herald Angels.
10. Alteration
II. Instrumental duet-Misses Eth
ell and Mackey Powe.
-. Quartette-Mrs. R. R. Akers
Miss Annie Lou Thompson, Mr.. Wiley
) Jackson, Mr.. John Perry.
10. Solo-Mrs. r. R. Akers.
IA. Instrumental Trio-Miss Sigler
Miss Hessie Hickman, Miss Frances
Ferguson.
10. Solo-Miss Lucille Hightower
IA. Anthem-Choir.
Is. Orchestra.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-24

Froebei kindergarten Christmas Tree.
This popular and select school
closed this morning for the holidays
with an interesting exercise.
The rooms were lovely in their dec
orations of holly, mistletoe and GRIM
son bells, but prettiest of all was the
Christmas tree which the little chill
dren had decorated.
The program rendered was excel
lent, and at the close hearty good
wishes were extended to each one for
a merry Christmas. and happy New
Year.
For the Seniors.
Another pretty affair to occur dur
ing the Yuletide will be the party Civ.
en- Tuesday night by Miss Jeanette
Currie, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. e.
J. Currie.
The party is complimentary to the
class 10 of the H. H. S., of which she
| is a popular member.
= I: 1:
Mrs. H. T. Allen returned last night
from three weeks visit to Monroe
Miss, where she was the guest Of hel
ons-in-law and daughters, Mr.. and
Mrs. Duncan Matheson and Mr.. and
Mrs. Ashton Toomer.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. l.. Keithley, of Jack
son have named their winsome little
daughter, who came to them on Dec
10Th, Dorothy Jackson Keithley. Mrs
Keithley will be remembered as Miss
Evelyn Jackson, daughter of Mr.. ant
Mrs. T. S. Jackson, of this city.
Judson Girls Home for Holidays.
Misses Lucille Hightower, Myrtle
Byrd, Bertha Trotter and Annie Lo,
Thompson, students at Judson College
Marion, Ala, are the guests Of rel
atives for the holidays.
I: : I:
Duncan Draughn, student in thu
medical department of Harvard Col
llege, Nashville, Tenn, is the guest TO
the holidays of her parents, Mr.. ant
Mrs. A. D. Draughn, on River avenue
| a a 4
Cottrell Stapleton arrived last nigh
from Mississippi College, Clinton. t
spend Christmas with his parents, d.
land Mrs. R. B. Stapleton, on Ba.
street.
Miss Jamie D. Knox, popular men
Der of the South Mississippi Colleg
faculty, left Thursday for Gulfport t
lspend the holidays with Mrs. A.
Ramsay.
Miss Lillian Hamper and little sis
ter, Mamie Louise, leave to-day TO
Meridian to spend Christmas wit
their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Kan
, per.
= :: =
Mrs. ]. L. Mcmillan will entertai
this evening the members of the Phi
? lathea and Baracco classes Of Colun
bia Street Baptist Church.
= = =
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas L. McWi
liams, Jr., are spending the holiday
with relatives at Selma, Ala.
q + =
Mr.. Frank d. Lander, Jr., Vande
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-24

The Hotel Hattiesburg dining room
and palm garden will wear the sea.
son decorations and be made a social
rendezvous the next few days. The
Christmas dinner, from 6 to s, Christ
mas day, will be enjoyed by several
small parties, friends entertaining
friends.
4 = 4
The Flower of the Ranch" fine
musical comedy, which will be given
at the Auditorium tonight, will be wit
messed by a number of young people
who will compose theater parties.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-24
BETTER THAN SPANKING.

Spanking does not cure children of
bed.wetting. There is a constitution
cause for this trouble. Mrs. M. Sum-
mers, Box w. Notre Dame. Ind. will
send free to any mother her successful
home treatment, with full instructions.
Send no money, but write her today If
your children trouble you in this way.
Don't blame the child, the chances
are it can't help it. This treatment
also cures adults and aged people
troubled with urine difficulties by day
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-24

Fish and oysters, the kind tina
please you. Reyes Market. 1913
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-24
The Gem
The Ruby
The Crescent

Special Programs for Christmas Day.
Matinees begin at 10 a. m. and shows
run to 10 .. ms CENTS.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-10-27
Items Gathered in
From Far and Near
New Works. Real Issue,

From the New fork Herald.
There is a deal of needless personal
abuse and vituperation in the munich
pal campaign. When the sharehold-
ers in a corporation elect directors to
raj their affairs they give little
consideration as to whether a given
candidate was baptized by sprinkling
or immersion, whether he was ever
married OF divorced and whether he
has voted the republican or the dem
ocratic ticket. They look for business
honesty and capacity. The city OF
New York is a corporation-probably
the biggest one in the world. Citizens,
whether taxpayers or rentpayers, are
the shareholders. and they need men
of honesty and ability to manage their
affairs. The directors of this giant
corporation are the members of the
board of estimate and apportionmenr
and, disregarding party labels and the
rhetoric Of campaign liars" the peo-
pie should select from the candidates
for membership in this all important
body the men they can trust to man.
age their business and handle their
money.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-10-27
Suffrage Campaign is Launched
By Women in Washington Slate

Spokane. Wash. Oct. 27.-Efforts
are being made by the Washington
Political Equality league and the
Women's Christian Temperance
Union to enlist the mothers. wives.
sisters and s~weethearts of the male
population in this state in two cam
paigns, as follows:
Suffrage for ome the campaign
to be formally launched in eastern
Washington on November l, under
the direction of Mrs. May Arkwright
Hutton, of Spokane, president of the
state league.
The release of Jim" Dalton. serv-
ing a life sentence at Walla Walla
for the murder of H. A. Stotko, a mem
Der of the police department of Spo.
kane; direction of Mrs. Edith Ash.
baugh, president of the Central w. C.
T. U. of Spokane.
Mrs. Hutton is opposed to the mill.
tant plan. saying hat the matter OF
equal suffrage in Washington is pure.
ly a family problem n should be
worked out by the men and women
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-10-27
ORUMOFTHEPEOPLE
Articles Contributed for This Column
Must Not Be in Excess of 400
Words. The Identity o. All Con-
hibnfors Must Be known to the
Editor. Articles viii Be Printed in
the Order Received.
DISTRESSING REVELATION.

A d%eplorable condition of things has
just been revealed in a report submit
ted by experts who, on behalf of the
Children's Aid Society. have been eX-
amining the teeth of New York City
School children. This examination
has included 800 boys and girls from
fourteen to sixteen years Of age who
applied for permission to work for
wages during the summer. They
we're from all parts Of the city and rep
resented many nationalities.
The, report asserts that only Il OF
the 500 children had sound teeth: that
in 45G children there were 2.S0S, I'M
sound teeth. of which 2,551 could be
saved by dentistry: that gangrenons
pulps or pulps SO decayed that the
roots we're exposed were found in PAT
boys and 152 girls: that only twenty
five out of the % children had ever
had any dental treatment other than
extraction.
The New York Dental Council is en-
deavoring to bring about the cooper
alton of hospitals. d~ispensaries. med
ical colleges, school officials and phi
lanthropists for a comprehensive edu-
catienal program to prevent similar
conditions hereafter: and the Chi1drens'
Aid Society will equip a dental clinic
in fifteen industrial schools if dentists
| will volunteer their services or If mon
ey is subscribed to pay dentists to
treat school children. This New York
movement will be watched with much
interest.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-10-27

A Grave Apprehension.
The things they have said in political
life
Is film my bosom with sorrow.
l tremble at night lest some new form
of strife
Will be brought into action tomor-
row
Controversies is CROWN more boldly
intense.
Out home. where we're earnin' our
Twin,
We're afraid that this year there
won't be any sense
In haviu' an old-time Thanksgivin'.
The north pole has put all the world
in a chill
An the suffragettes aren't contented,
The statesmen are handin' out cpl.
thets till
There can't be no worse ones in
vented.
They've raised their umbrellas in
fierce frames O. mind.
I'm suspicious hat next they'll go
grnnin',
An us innocent bystanders maybe
will find
That Thanksgivin' day amt in the
runnin'!
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-10-27

solely for his own ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
Pessimi&ts saw In the contemplated
moral union merely an opportunity
Zelaya to become the dictator OF
Central America. He has been
to manage affairs within his
own land, but has continually inter-
fered in the domestic politics OF his
neighbors. A report is now on file
at the state department which virtually
accuses him OF undertaking to control
the elections in Costa Rica. In these
circumstances it was not difficult to
interpret the proposed union as a plan
devised by Zelaya for his own end.
Nobody wondered when the entire pro-
ceeding came to naught, as far as prac-
teal results are concerned.
It is understood that the state de-
partment will not be distressed at the
success of Estrada. 1t is most sin
cerely to be hoped that If there is a
change Of rulership in Nicaragua it
will not be merely a change of person
atty. but that it will make for real
progress in Central America through
the institution there of sound govern
mental principles, which will serve as
an inspiring example to the countries
north and south.-Washington Star.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-10-27
A Use for Vacant Lots.
From the Chicago Tribune.

from the chicago fFioune
The annual report of the first years
work of the Chicago Gardens Associa-
ton is such as to encourage any who
have despaired of practical ways by
which to aid the needy and to hearten
the association itself to renewed eff
fort for the future. Briefly. upon s
tract of land lent to it the association
during the last summer has given a
den space to 100 families, and each OF
these families has, at an expense tc
the association of Sc, made a profit
Of $50, besides, in most cases, getting
vegetables enough to support itself
during the season. Many of these
gardeners knew nothing about the
work. bu: by means of a little instruc-
ton and the example of their neigh
bors they got successfully through the
summer, and in no case was there a
failure OF crops. But the remarkable
percentage of profit from the invest
ment was MOI all that was gained. In
many instances health came % sickly
workers and to all there came a spir-
it of independence not before pos
sessed.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-10-27

of the state. The league is not affil-
lated with the national organization,
for the reason, Mrs. Hutton says. that
it caters TO the militant, which meth
cd, she added. is not wanted or needed
in Washington or in any other state
in the Union.
Mrs. Ashbaugh declare that Dalton
did not have anything to do with the
killing of Officer Stotko. who was
shot down by a gang of safe blowers
while on duty the night of April 4.
1905. Mrs. Stotko, widow, also lays
Dalton is not the slayer of her
husband. Dalton was arrested. follow
ing the murder and tried and convict
ed on purely circumstantial evidence.
He was sentenced to be hanged, but
this was afterward committed to life
imprisonment by Albert E. Mead, then
governor of Washington.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-10-27
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II You Are Losing Your Hair Read
this Interesting Letter.

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August 81. 1909.
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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-10-27
Councilman, Fifth Ward
+. E. KING
Councilman. Sixth Ward
HENRY C. KAUFMAN
Councilman, Eighth Ward
JOHN r. BURDSALL
THE MCARAGUAN REVOLT

NE t1NANAOCA ne WILL
II the accusations brought against
President Zeleya Of Nicaragua as the
chief Central American trouble maker
are justified. there will be no regrets
here over the indications of insurgen4
success in the country ver which he
has ruled for a considerable period.
The dispatches tell of a victory by
the Estrada forces in the first import
nj battle of the revolution, in conse-
quence of which the insurgents are in
possession of the entire Atlantic coast
line. While it may be impossible for
Estrada to take possession quickly of
Managua, the establishment of his So
called provisional government through
out a considerable portion of the Mic
araguan territory will give the United
States cause to recognize him as an
actual bclligerent force, which is of
material advantage in all such enter
prises. The possession of the coast
line on the Atlantic side is likely to be
followed by the capture of the Pacific
territory, where sentiment against Ze-
laya has for some time been dominant
The hemming in of Zelaya between
the oceans would probably foreshadow
his ultimate downfall. He could ex-
pect little If n assistance from the
neighboring states, where his inter
ferences have bred him enemies as bit
ter as any now in open revolt against
him in his own country.
Some time ago a conference was held
in this city attended by representatives
OF the countries Immediately south of
the United States. the object of which
was the formulation of a Central
American understanding which, short
of an international organization
should effect the rescue of the five
Central American republics from the
constant turmoil of revolution and in
trigue. A scheme was planned bind
ing the five states morally. if not po-
litically. into a unit. On paper the
proposition promised we'll. Sentiments
OF progressive union we're expressed at
the meetings. Some eloquent speech
es were delivered in laudation of the
possibilities of this region under an
intelligent pacific administration. Ev,
cry one present professed in public t.
believe firmly in the plan to create :
series of i~nter-republic institutions OF
education. of improvements. of law and
of diplomacy certain. if honestly and
intelligently administered. to redeem
the land from strife and to place the
people on a plane of progressive civ
ilization.
At every stage Of these proceedings
fear was privately expressed that ths
president of Nicaragua. whose figure
doomed large on the horizon, was seek.
iug to effect the proposed combination