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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-12
WANT ROOSEVELT
FOR NEXT MAYOR
PROMINENT NEW YORK REPUB-
LICANs HAVE STARTED
A BOOM.
1t Is Said That Col. Roosevelt Knows
Nothing Of the Movement But
That He Can Do Nothing
But Accept.

NEW YORK, May ia boom for
Theodore Roosevelt for mayor of New
York has been launched by Gen. Stew
ard l.. Woodford and other war lords
in the Republican camp. 1t has not
only the backing of Gen. Woodford's
prestige, but the support of other lead
ers who have for years been identified
with Republican politics and policies.
The announcement was made after
many conferences following General
Woodford's return from Europe a week
ago on the Hamburg, the same ship
that carried Col. Roosevelt to Naples
on his way to the African jungle.
1t is admitted that the boom has
neither the knowledge or consent of
Mr.. Roosevelt, but those back of it
believe there will be such an insistent
demand for him as the Republican can
didate that he will feel no othoI
course is open to- him except to cut
short his hunting trip and return to
lead the campaign.
1t will be necessary for Col. Roose
welt to be back in New York by the
midnight before election day and de
clare himself a resident of the city,
but it has been determined by those
back of the movement to nominate
him that if this formality is complied
with no question of his eligibility can
be raised, in spite of the fact that he
has had his voting residence at Oys
ter Bay, outside the city limits, for
the last eight years.
The question of eligibility was at
first regarded as a stumbling block, as
it was when Roosevelt was first talked
of for Governor; but with that settled
to the satisfaction of his friends, after
some of the most eminent lawyers in
the city had passed upon 1t, it was
determined to lose no further time
in pressing his candidacy.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-12

and almost without exception has
found that there is not only no demand
for disturbing the rates, but the coun-
try press which the News regards as
the best register of public sentiment,
which should govern Mr.. Lee, have
been almost unanimous in opposing
the proposed action of the commission.
This is a point which we wish to en-
phasize, for it reflects the sentiment
of those who overzealous people some
times imagine, are the only ones to be
considered in enacting legislation.
The fact is that the intelligent en-
ergetic farmer is the only individual
who has come out of the panic. in
good shape for the increase in the val
ue of his products, in the last ten
years. has made it possible for him to
pay his railroad fare without grumb-
ling and he has also had time to ac-
emulate a little information and ex-
perience, which has shown him that
when the railroads of his state are
not prosperous, their purchasing and
employing power is decreased to such
an extent, that it indirectly Injuries
the whole state, and that the farmer
loses much more by this depression
than he can possibly hope to save by
reduction in passenger rates, which
would not save him two dollars
year.
The News is banking on Mr. Lee for
the reason that he is endowed with
plenty of good, hard, common sense,
and that is really the only guide that
he can have in this matter, which in
wolves such vast interests, to be pass
ed upon by men who have had no ex-
perience in the operation of railways.
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Editor Daily News. ..
Dear Sir-Permit me little space
in which to answer some remarks
of the Rev. Martin (now conducting
a tent meeting on Main street,, in
regard to evolution. Mr.. Martin him
self would doubtless gladly accord
a woman the privilege of having her
say, of talking back, as it were.
If recall his remarks correctly, he
said that evolution had been wiped
off the map.
What map? l am curious to know
The map of darkest Africa perhaps
certainly not the many of the science
and the learning of our day.
Evolution is taught in all progress
sive schools, and is the jeweled thread
running through all modern thought
and literature. 1 for one consider it
snobbish to deny ones ancestry. /
acknowledge my forefathers, the tad
pole and the fish that side by side
on the ebbing tide sprawled through
the ooze and slime" l own up to the
amphibians scaled and tailed and
drab as a dead mans hand" l am
proud of those ancestors who Eight
and swift through the jungle trees,
swung in their airy flight" I am not
even ashamed of those that were
"thewed like the auroch bull and
tusled like the great cave bear" that
deep in the gloom of a fireless cave
mumbled the bones of the slain.
am glad and proud that we have
travelled so far from the primordial
slime, travelled even to Browning and
Swinburn, and William Morris, but !
humbly remember that on the long
long road we left out trail on the
Kimmeridge clay and the scarp OF
the Purbeck flags"
Having come so far, feel sure that
we will go still further, that we will
climb the golden ladder of evolution
until the animal that now calls him
self man, will be considered the gen
uine missing link.
Very truly,
MRS. J. L. BEESON.
COZ Newman ST
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-12
STATE PLUMBERS FINISH
THEIR BUSINESS AT BILOXI
Hattiesburg Man Elected Secretary
Rrookhaven Next Year.

| BrookhaVen Next year.
BILOXI, Miss May 12.-The State
Association of Master Plumbers clos
ed its business sessions here yester-
day afternoon with the election OF Of
ficers and selection of place OF meet
ing for next year. Brookhaven is to
be the place of meeting for the next
session. Clarksdale also made an eff
fort to get it. The following officers
reelected: S. A. Carnes, of Laurel,
president; Martin Hass, of Biloxi, wee
president w. r. Williams. of Hatties-
burg, secretary. The convention has
been the most successful according to
the secretary and other delegates. Up
to last night the association attended
very strictly to business. Business
being over the delegates relaxed last
night and went on a car ride over the
city, and today will spend the en-
tire day on trip to Ship Island. l
was originally intended to be held two
lays but on account of the amount Of
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-12
LOOKING FACTS IN THE FACE.

Mississippi, with an area of 46, $40
square miles, in 106, had a popula-
ton of 1,551,270 whereas New York
City, upon an area of 32675 square
miles, contained 4,152,S inhabitants.
This startling contrast is brought
more closely home to us when we
consider that these figures give to
our state less than "a inhabitants.
the square mile, whereas the national
metropolis harbors nearly 1910 peo
pie upon the same area.
1t is a safe rule that extremes
should be avoided. We, with our
pure air, our homes and gardens, need
not envy New York's crowded tene-
ments and look with aversion upon its
slums, with their elements of moral,
mental, and physical degeneracy. On
the other hand, it makes us admit that
there is ample room for more people
in the state, and that in offering homes
to the industrious and thrifty denizens
of the crowded east, we would be
performing an act of humanity and
incidentally, benefit ourselves and our
children.
Soil untitled or held unproductive
is loss and an injury to the country
at large and to the state in particu-
lar, more especially so in a section
where the productive element is more
or less rapidly disappearing. South
Mississippi, at present, is largely de
pendent upon the sale of its timber
When that resource fails, the ques-
ton comes up: What then?
It is quite true that our yellow pine
belt is of vast dimensions; but it is
equally true that practical lumbermen
can calculate and have calculated
approximately the time when the soil
shall be demanded; and the gaps
made in the forest by every mill, ex-
listing or to be erected, draw that time
measurably closer. 1t is but few
years since when people spoke Of
Michigan's inexhaustible forests.
Where are they now? And the same
fate that befell that part of our coun-
try. may overtake us unless we prom
by the warning.
It is, therefore, of immediate import
ance to Hatiesburg and it's tributary
territory that strenuous efforts shall
be made to supply the cut over lands
with a sufficient number of tillers, to
offset the loss of the productive ma
terial; it is plain that every man who
owns property or is a householder in
or near this city is interested. On one
side the loss of annual revenue threat
ems the very existence of our Magic
City, and incalculable loss to the
property owners; on the other hand
the certainty of new revenues prom
ises it's steady growth and guarantees
prosperity.
Between these two considerations
there is no alternative.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-12

ly to use a mileage book within the
time required, when a person that does
not ride but two or three times each
year is compelled to pay three cents
per mile. 49,
OF course, you will hear persons use
the argument that a travelling sales
man should be allowed to ride for
two cents, because he rides so much
more in year. If this argument will
hold good for passenger rates, why
not freight rates. Why should a man
that ships one car of lumber per day
man that ships ten or fifteen cars
per day, but. I dare say that if this
rule were applied the man that ships
only one car per day would not re-
main in the business, very long.
Suppose that every person in Missis-
sippi, other than owners of railroads,
should request that a certain rate of
freight be reduced, or by petition to
the various railroads, ask them to re-
duce a rate on any article. do you
suppose for a moment they would pay
any attention to the petition? Do you
think they would reduce the rate, I'M
less forced to do so, after a long legal
battle?
A few years since the railroads
raised the rate on lumber to certain
points 2 cents per 100 lbs. This rate
and unjust by the highest courts in
our country, and the Interstate Com
merce Commission decided it must be
refunded, but, after fighting the ship
pers all the way to the highest court,
they are yet delaying settlement of
this refund and in one or two states
where they have settled, they have
compromised on about a 81 per cent
basis, whereas, if they were to pay
every claim that is now pending, dol
lar for dollar, they would be many
thousand dollars ahead, for the reason
so many people never expected to Sc
cure a refund and lost or destroyed
| their records, furthermore, the rail
roads have used this enormous sum
of money, without interest, several
years.
AS said in the beginning, if &c is
too little fare to charge let them make
it 1-2c or Sc, but let them make the
same rate for every person that rides,
whether on ticket or mileage, and for
bid them issuing passes to newspa-
pers, lawyers, in fact. to anyone not
! directly employed ny the railroad com
pany.
| The railroads are always calling up
on the people to protect them from
unjust legislation" but do they ever
show desire to meet the people half
way? Do you think they treated the
lumber shippers right, when they arbi-
trarily raised lumber rates cents per
100 lbs, then used all of their legal
machinery to enforce and collect this
unjust rate, and they are now using
every technicality for the delay in re-
funding the money that is justly due
the shippers.
1t is my opinion that when the rail
roads begin to deal fairly with the
people in every respect, they will find
the people will see they are protected
in every right and that no unjust leg
islation will be enacted against them
Yours very truly,
LUMBER"
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bUl NeWWdn y.
Hattiesburg, Miss, May II.

Mr.. NJ L. BiXler, Editor Daily News,
Dear Sir:-I have been requested To
sign a petition to the Mississippi Rail
road Commission, against a proposed
reduction of passenger rates to cents
per mile, and was informed that if
this rate was put into effect, it would,
no doubt. cause a reduction in the sal
ary of the various railroad employees.
While I doubt very much, the wis
dom of a 2 cent rate, at the same time
it does not seem just that | should be
allowed to ride for two cents per mile
simply because l can purchase mile
age hook or because ride sufficient
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-12
NOTHING AGAINST JUDGE eRUBB.

WASHINGTON, May Ex-senator
Clark, chairman of the Senate judici-
airy committee, has referred to a sub
committee, consisting of Senators De-
Pew, Warner and Bacon, the nomina-
ton of William I. Grub, for the
Northern Alabama district. Senator
Clark stated that he had received no
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-12

ample, which he does not want other
people to follow. Business men who
find their trade hurt because people
buy goods out of town, experience the
same feeling that the man does who
makes brooms in Hattiesburg and can
not sell them to the local dealer. The
moral is for the dealer to set a good
example by buying all he can at home
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-12

word to the effect that charges would
be filed against Judge Gurbb. Sena-
tor Bankhead also discredits the re-
ports wired from Alabama that the
Judge would have opposition. Senator,
Clark expects the subcommittee to re-
port in favor of Judge Grubbs nomi-
nation next Monday and confirmation
will follow.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-12

The State Summer Normal School
which is to be held in this city next
month, will not only be one of the best
Normals of the state, but it will be a
great financial benefit to Hattiesburg.
Please do not forget this when the
money needed to defray part of the ex-
penses must be raised.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-12

business on hand it was extended to
three days. The officers were tender
ed a vote of thanks for their work in
building up the Association. Votes
of thanks were also rendered the
mayor of Biloxi for his address of well
come and courtesies, and to the local
press.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-12
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 F..
J. 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
Is ceEts per bottle. Sold by all drug
yists.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
patton.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-12

Home industries cannot thrive with
out home support. The dealer who re-
fuses to buy a Hattiesburg made pro-
duct, because he car get it out of
town little cheaper, is setting an ex-
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-12

1t is said that there are two thou
sand healthy bachelors in the north
west who want wives. We do not be-
Iieve it; it is just an advertisement,
by clever boomers who want to attract
attention to that section.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-12

If you read The News you should
pay for it. We are not going to force
anyone to subscribe, but we expect
those who do so to pay with reason
able promptness.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-12
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.
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FOREIGN REPRESENTATIVE:

The S. G. Beckwith Special Agency,
Tribune Bldg, New York. Tribune
Bldg. Chicago.
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r. J. Collins is the only authorized
travelling representative of The Hat
tiesburg News and is authorized to col
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SOUTHERN REPRESENTATIVE
For Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas and
Oklahoma: The Crockett Agency,
New Orleans and Dallas.
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OFFICIAL PAPER CITY OF HAT
TIEsBURG AND COUNTY OF FOR.
REST.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-21
SEA GIVES UP BODY
Woman Is Found Floating
Alongside Steamer.
CAPTAIN BELIEVES IT SUICIDE
Mrs. Annie V. Saabye Apparently
Jumped from Steamer which Had
just Come In from Richmond.
Bank Book on Christiansburg In
stitufiOn Found in staferoom.

Norfolk. Va, April 2a-Apparenuy a
suicide. the body OF Mrs. annie Y.
Ssabye. formerly OF Norfolk. and widow
OF o. F. Saabye, was found floating in
the west slip OF the Old Dominion Steam
ship Company's wharves to-day She
had been a passenger on the steamer
Berkeley. which had Just come in from
Richmond and It IS believed that she
jumped from the deck OF the vessel into
the water Her body was floating along
side the steamer. and was clad in only
her nightgoWn.
That Mrs. Saabye committed suicide is
the belief OF Capt Shelley. Of the Berk-
eley. She was in her room fifteen min
utes after the boat landed. and her body
was discovered IN the slip an hos,r and
a half later by Sam Taylor. the colored
fireman Of the electric lighting plant Of
the Old Dominion Steamship Company.
The last seen OF Mrs Saabye was when
Celie Smith. q coloTed stewardess, went
into her room 10 carry her breakfast.
Except a ticket reading from Wash
ingtOn 10 Baltimore, bearing her name.
and a bank book or one Of the banks OF
Christiansburg, Va. showing a balance
OF about 800 10 her credit, there was
nothing left 70 identify the woman. No
note was found in her stateroOm, and
nothing OF value appeared in her belong
ings She had seven cents IN her pocket
book and two rings on her fingers.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-21
KILLED IN YARD COLLISION.
Passenger Train Hits Freight in
Roanoke,

Passenger Train Hits Freight in
Roanoke.
Special 70 The Washington Herald
Roanoke. Va. April pa misplaced
switch in the Roanoke yards OF the Nor
folk and Western Railway caused the
death to-day OF one man and the injury
of seven other persons. when a passen-
ger train crashed into a double-header
freight The dead:
J. r sHARRETT. fireman On possszger train;
aged 2. married; Bristol. Tenn
The injured:
J. A. wiIkias0n. Brissl; J. 4. Person, Boone
Mil. Va G. A. Mclean. Roanoke; ". ". Smith
Lyncnburg; L. z. Snide. Lyuchburg. Lee Dooly
Roanoke James CGr1gT RO1nOkU-
The last two named are trainmen.
Smith and Saide are postal clerks. None
o. the injured was seriously hurt. Shae-
.rett was standing between the engine and
tender Of his train when the collision
occurred. and was killed instantly. The
blame for the accident has not been
placed.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-21
WARRANTS FOR TEACHERS.
Charged with Having Pupils Not
VaccInafed in schools.

Hsgerstown, April 2O.-1Tarrants were
ron T. Statley, teacher OF the public
school at BreathedsviIie. and Barry G.
Sheiss, teacher at Ringgold. charging
them with having pupils "a their schools
who are not properly vaccinated-
This action was taken al the instance
Of Dr. Caleb Q. " R0hrer. Of the State
Board OF Health. Baltimore, and IS IN
keeping with the determination og the
health authorities 20 rigidly enforce the
vaccination law In Washington County.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-21
Plead Guilty to Pension Frauds.

Danvilie. Va. April D.-Jemes 7.
Steele. Of johnson City, Tenn. pleaded
guilty in the United States court here
to-day. TO committing frauds on the pen
sion department He was sentenced 10 a
year and one day IN the Federal prison
at Atlanta steele served IN the Spanish
American war and recently made appIica-
ton FOR the pension He was charged
with forging the name 20 one OF the
sf1davits he submitted He has been in
jail for several months. at Abingdon.
Va
The Washington herald., 1909-04-21

Beasley. OF East Spencer. who danger
ously shot James Keesler. at the lattsr's
home. IN a family dispute. has sur
rendered TO Sheriff J. II Mckenzie
BeasIey gave bond in 500 and went
home.
Richmond, Va--AIayor Richardson has
sig1ed the ordinance regarding he con
solidation Of Richmond and Manchester.
The ordinance provides for a conference
! Of two committees representing the two
cities. The terms and conditions Of an
nexation are made a part Of the ordin-
ance which the committee is 10 guide
! themselves by.
| Richmond. Vain the absence Of a
State encampment for the Virginia troops,
it is probable that the State militia may
meet in Richmond on the Fourth Of July
and engage in mimic battle. the troops
being divided in to armies. The First
and Fourth regiments are mentioned as
| possible participants in the ARRAY.
Buckingham Court House, va.-Murder.
robbery. and arson is the verdict brought
by a corcners jury after a. inquest over
the charred bodies OF William and Tom
Stewart. found beneath the burned ruins
Of their home near here.
Buckshot was found in the brains Of
each OF the brothers. although the fire
had gone far TO wipe out the work OF
the murderer. Blo0dhounds have been
sent for and every man In the county
has joined the posse which IS hunting
for the murderer. The Stewart brothers
were very popular and well 20 do. Il
Is feared that II any one is caught and
connected with the murder there viii
be lynching-
Richmond. va--An aged lady. who sup
ports herself by doing needlework. called
at ST. PauTs Church and handed 500
in gold into the fund for the rebuilding
OF the steeple, as a memorial 20 Davis.
Lee and the soldiers who fought IN the
Confederacy, and who were members Of
the famous old church. The woman IS
one OF two sisters who were actresses in
Richmond when Il was the capital OF the
COhfederacy. Her name has been with
held at her request.
Bristol. va--It is the opinion Of lead
! Ing medical authorities that smallpox
and other contagious are being spread
in this section by passenger coaches
coming from the coal fields, where
Thousands OF foreign Iaborers are en-
ployed. There has been three epidemics
or smallpox within recent months, and
they have started among car cleaners at
the railroad shops Steps may be taken
10 compel railroads 10 be more careful
| about funigatlng their cars
The Washington herald., 1909-04-21
SHOT FOR REFUSING VOTE.
Political Quarrel Likely TO Have
Fatal Ending.

Wheeling. ". Va. April 20-Because he
would not support him for a county Of
fee. Tom Trent. OF Williamson. W. Va.
shot David Howell, a prominent farmer
Howell viii die
The men met at a blacksmith shop and
90, into an argument concerning the
country election during which Howell
said he would not vote for Trent. Trent
wes on his horse and Howell attempted
70 unhorse him Trent then drew his
revolver and fred. He has not been ar
rested.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-21
JAP ALONE DARED DO IT.
Adjusts Stars and Stripes at Top o.
Pole on "Skyscraper."

Adjusts Stars and Stripes at Top of
Pole on "Skyscraper."
SPECIAL 70 The Washington Head
Richmond, Va. April 2o.-An immense
crowd held It's breath this morning while
q japanese climbed to the top Of q forty
foot swaying pole on the roof Of the ten
story building OF the American National
Bank and calmly adjusted a pulley that
swung the Stars and Stripes
No one could be found who would
risk his neck TO adjust the American
flag until the little japanese.
Sarkee. by name, offered 20 swing for
ward Old Glory. On a bet OF SO Ssrkee
took of his coat. mounted the elevator
and climbed out on the roof. At the
top Of the pole he seemed like a tiny
speck. but he continued his work with
unCOnceTn-
When he reached the ground. amidst
number OF cheers. he was stili putting al
a Turkish cigarette.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-21
Used Dynamite to Arrest Fire.

Grafton, W Va, April 20.-Tea frame
cottages and g small clearinghouse
burned 20 the ground yesterday at Ham
mond. a village Of 800 inhabitants. nine
miles west OF Grafton. on the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad, and two others had
70 be blown down with dynamite before
the flames we're subdued. The properties
were owned by the Hammond Fire Brick
Company. The loss Is $4,000.