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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-08-25
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST Is, 1909.
Circulation Double That of Any
Other South Mississippi Paper
THE QUESTION OF
SANITATION.

Yesterday the News published a
communication from prominent citi-
zens of Hattiesburg with reference
to the disposition of garbage within
the corporate limits, and the expert
ence of these citizens revives the dis
cussion of proper sanitary ordinance
or a modification of the provisions of
the one now in effect.
That something is amiss in this con-
nection is obvious, and it is realized
that discussion of the matter will
help to bring about a correction of
the existing evils. This is not the first
time the attention of the News has
been called to this subject, and in view
of the fact that the season for typhoid
Is upon US, the need for a general
overhauling of the sanitar department
is imperative.
There is an ordinance covering the
disposition of garbage within the city
limits, and the ordinance imposing a
fine upon residents for placing the
trash which accumulates upon their
premises in private alleys, for the pur
pose of having it disposed of by the
city's garbage wagons, is all out of
sc ar land should be repealed OF modi
fled. If a citizen cannot have the gar.
bage removed from his premises by
the sanitary officer, he should not be
compelled to subject himself to the
payment of a fine for having it re,
moved himself.
The suggestion of the sanitary Off |
Ger that citizens might burn" their /
garbage is very consoling, in view of |
the fact that the tax payers of this
city dug down into their pockets to
the tune of about ten thousand dollars
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-08-25
ENCOUNTER ICEBERG AT SEA.

NEW YORK, August 24.-Passen.
gers on the steamship California, from
Glasgow, arriving. here today, told
stories Of an iceberg they saw at sea
That was, according to them, anywhere
from 800 to 1000 feet long. 1t was con-
SANITY breaking up, they said, and in
some way the broken parts of the ice
berg Kept getting ahead of the boat.
The berg was sighted first, it was
said, on Thursday at 1 o'clock In the
lfternoon. It followed the California
or twenty-four hours. AS it broke up
ONE of the larger pieces threw the
water to a height of fifty feet. Ac-
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-08-25
THE CLAY WORKING INDUSTRIES

The United States geological survey
has just published large chart show
ing the statistics of the clay working
industries in 1908 by states and prod
ucts, with comparative totals for 1907
fThis chart shows that the clay prod
ucts Of the United States in 1908 were
valued at $133,1977G2, compared with
$15S 942,369 in 1907, a decrease of
about one-sixth. Every state and ter
ritory except Alaska is represented IN
this total, fact which shows the wide
spread character of the clay-working |
industries. Ohio is the leading clay
working state, reporting products
worth $26,622, 400, or 1899 per cent. of
he total. Pennsylvania, New Jer-
'ey, Illinois, New York, Indiana, Mis-,
ouri, California, Iowa and West Vir-
'inia are the next largest producing
tates, in the order named. These
en- states produced wares valued at
98,494107, or nearly three-fourths Of 5
ne value for the whole country. The a
rst five states produced consider Il
bly, over one-haf of the total output s.
7yoming has the smallest production "
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-08-25
DEATH OF D. j. CoRSsEN.

The many friends of Mr., D. ]. NJ
! Corssen will learn with regret of his
death which occurred last night. Fol-
some time he has been in a very fee
BILE condition and it was thought that
he would soon be better but regardless
of the fact that everything that could
be done was done the end came last
night.
Mr.. Corssen was a machinist and had
for a number of years been employed
by the Gulf and Ship Island railroad
at Gulfport, where he was taken sick.
He leaves a wife, Mrs. D. ]. NJ. Cors-
sen, Altomont, III; a son, Julius, Of
and son, August, of Lau
rel, Miss.
His remains will be shipped tonight
% his former home, Effingham, Ill.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-08-25
NEW Works. BARGE CANAL,

The, stupendous engineering work
: which the United States government
. is carrying on at the Isthmus of Pan
ANA so completely fills the public
= eye that very little is heard of thai
other great work of canal construction
Whlch is being executed in our very
midst in the enlargement and recon
struction of the old Erie canal be-
tween Buffalo and Albany" saws the
scientific American Certainly but
lew people outside of professional
circles are aware that in point of mag
hltude of excavation the figures for
the New York state barge canal rival.
II they do not exceed, those of the
Panama canal Admitting that there
can be no comparison on the score
Oh accommodations between a canal
Twelve feet in depth and one with a
| maximum depth of forty-five feet, it
should not be forgotten that whereas
the Panama canal from shore line to
shore line is but forty miles in length
the New York barge canal extends for
nearly 400 miles. Furthermore. the
latter work involves the construction
OF th1rty-four dams, fifty-three locks
and seven guard-locks, the construc
ton of which is complicated bv the
TACT that the canal being built through
the most thickly populated section of
New York state, the effect of these
works on adjoining properties and
water powers has to be considered and
due precautions against damage taken
involving additional costs in time and
labor.
IL is in the comparison of the
amount of excavation done, however. |
mat the surprising fact is developed
that the total amount of excavation
and its equivalent in concrete struc. |
lures, If compared for the same period |
OF time, is found to be actually greater
OH the state canal than on the nation |
al undertaking at Panama. Up to |
January 1, 1909, the excavation on the
Varge canal amounted to 1850 900 |
CUBIC yards, and if to this be added
the concrete and other CONSTITUTIONAL
work the total cost up to that date
reaches SS,7O1,000. On the Panama
canal up to January 1, 1908, the total
amount OF material taken out amount
ed to 22,255,000 cubic yards, and I'D
u tEat time practically no work had
oeeh done on the concrete structures.
VI Is stated by the engineers that if
the sum of money expended during
Inc period under consideration on con-
crete and other structures on the
barge canal had been paid for excava-
non at the prevailing rate, it would
nave been possible to remove an adj
iltional 1O,417OOO cubic yards of ma
.erlaL This would have brought the
otal of excavation up to $685. 900 Gil
bic yards, which would have been
equivalent to an increase of - per
'eht over the amount of excavation
lone on the Panama canal during the
anne number of years of operation
Is only fair in connection with these +
'gures, however, to bear in mind that 7
ne present rate of excavation in Pan l
ma is far mare rapid than that on r
ne state barge canal. This, however, r
oes not invalidate the force of the n
oove comparison, as showing the Il
laSnltude of the work now being +,
one between Buffalo and Albany" r
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-08-25
PETITION FOR PARDON.
State of Mississippi,
Forrest County.

| FORREST County.
To His Excellency, E. F. Noel,
Governor of the State of Mississippi
Your petitioner, Joe .Lewellen, re
specially showk unto Your excellenc,
that he was on the 18th day of No
vember, 1908, chafged, convicted
and sentenced p ths penitentiary for
a term of one Hear lfor burglary. and
was tried before AhesHon. w. H. Cook.
Circuit Judge in ahS for the Twelfth
Judicial District,S aid was thereby
sentenced and is5ndw serving in the
penitentiary. Arg your petitioner,
shows the following reasons why he
should be pardon&l.
1. Your petitiornsf is a young nan
in his teens of theEage of II and of a
good family of thE state.
2. That your tetitioner has al
ready been in prison about nine
and thathis punishment has
already been sufficient for one of his
tender years.
3. That your petitioner feels that
| pardon before The one year imprison
nent has been served out that the said
'ardcn would restore the young man
his citizenship with the rest of the re-
pectable citizens of this state.
4. We, the undersigned feel assured
hat he will be better boy; and we
SIX for such clemencies as your ex-
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-08-25

cording to some of the travellers, the
berg was a mile away, but the officers
said the floating ice never was nearer
than four miles. 1t was between 400
and 500 feet high, and the peaks were
covered with snow. When first seen
it was in latitude 46 degrees 81 min
ut5s north, longitude 46 degrees 81
west. The day was clear.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-08-25

OFFICIAL. PAPER CITY OF HAT.
v,EsBURG AND COUNTY OF FOR.
REST.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-08-25
Member Of the Associated Press

Entered as second-class matter on
hay %. 1907. at the postoffice at Hat
ffesburg, Miss. under the Act of Con-
gress of March 2, 1879.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-08-25

Miss Mabel Poole is extremely i'll at
her home in Petal
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-08-25
FOREIGN REPRESENTATIVE:

The S. c. Beckwith Special Agency,
Tribune Bldg. New York Tribune
Bldg. Chicago.
SOUTHERN PRESENTATIvE
FOR Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas and
Oklahoma: The Crockett Agency,
New Orleans and Dallas.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-12-16
In Nevada County Court

To The Honorable County Court:
 We the undersigned petition CTS of Nevada County, respect fully petition your Honor to grant us public road from Gale North to and intersect the Clark road near the Curtis place to runIas follows, to-wit:
 It is running on the line from Curtis to Nose Carters, from Carters to MT Ed Hicks place. Specify, on the line between Hig- ginbotham and Mir. Luther Westmoreland place, and also from that place to Mir. Dinwid- dies, on to MT. Jas. Riddling's and from there on to John Barksdale.
 w. T. Almand and others.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-12-16
BAILEY.

Azariah T. Bailey, the subject of this sketch, was born in the state of Georgia, Sept. IS, l84O, and died November 18th, 1909.
 For forty years he was an ac- tive and conseerated member of the Missionary Baptist chur oh, always ready to obey the call of his church, his country, or his God.
 He was married to Lucy Ann Warmack on January 31, 1861, and from this union there were born two children, both of whom are still living-Mrs. May Walk CT, of Stamps, and Mrs. w. A. L. Waters, of Irma.
 He served four years as Con- federate soldier. As citizen he was always ready to lend a help ing hand to any movement I the betterment of humanity.
 The community has sustained a great loss in the deaGh of this man. His life stands as an ex- ample to all who obey the injunc- ton: Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, do ye even so unto them"
 During his last illness he ex- pressed himself as being ready and willing to go, and his great est desire seemed to be to meet his wife, who had just preceded thim few months before. He was confined to his bed nine weeks, but died rejoicing in Christian faith. A FRIEND.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-12-16
ST. LOUIS, IRON MOUNTAIN AND SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY.
SPECIAL STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that spe- cia meeting of the stockholders of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Rail. way Company will be held at the principal office of said Company, In Room IO6, Mis- souri Pacific Building, in the City of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, on the 2d day of February, 1910, at nine o'clock In the forenoon of that day. to consider and act upon the following propositions
 (a) To purchase and acquire all or any part of the railroads and other property, as sets and franchises of all or any of the fol- lowing-named railroad companies Arkan' kansas Midland Railroad Company, Arkan- sas Southwestern Railway Company. The Brinkley, Helena and Indian Bay Railroad Company. Coal Belt Railway Company, Farmerville Southern Railroad Company, Garland Western Railway Company, Gurdon Ft. Smith Railroad, Gurdon and Fort smith Northern Railway Company HerrH dIendS Company, Kansas and Arkansas Valley Railway. Little Rock and Hot Springs West ern Railroad Company. The Little Rock Junction Hallway. Mississippi River. Ham. burg, and Western Railway Company, Natchez X Western Railway Company, New Orleans X Northwestern Railroad Com; Company, Springfield Southwestern Railway Company, St. Louis, Watkins and Gulf Rail way Company, and Wabash Southern Rail- way company.
 tb) To increase the capital stock of this Company by the amount of S60,O00,O0o, such increase of the capital stock to consist of 600,O00 shares of the par value of Slo9 each. so that the total authorized capital stock shall be $190,000000.
 Co To consent to, concur in, approve and authorize an Increase of the bonded Tn, debtedness of St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway Company, by the amount of $25,000.O00, by the issue of Gold Bonds of the Company, limited in the aggregate 10 the principal amount of $25 .o00 0o0 at any one time outstanding, and to be secured py mortgage and deed of trust on and or the whole or part of the railroads and other property and franchises of the Company whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and to consent to. concur in and authorize the execution and delivery of such mortgage and deed of trust. and to consider and ac, upon the form and terms of such bonds anu of such mortgage and deed of trust, and tne sale of all or any of said Gold Bonds to The Missouri Pacific Railway Company.
 td) To ratify the proceedings of the Board of Directors heretofore taken Tn ana ana about the matters aforesaid, Including tne authorization of said bonds and mortgage and deed of trust. and the. use to be made of said bonds. and to consider and act upon such other business as may properly DC transacted at the meeting.
 The stock transfer books of the Company VIII be closed at 3 M. on Friday, ,, rys,msin sIe closed unti, 10 A. M on Thursday, the 50 day of February, 1910.
 Dated New York, November IT. 1909.
 By order of the Board of Directors,
 GEORGE J. GOULD,
 A. II. CALEF. President.
 Secretary.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-12-16
FOR TAX ASSESSOR

We are authorized to announce G. K, Blake as a candidate for Tax Assessor of Nevada County, subject to the action of the demo- cratic primaries.
 We are authorized to announce Martin Full Ter, of Parker to wnship as a candidate for Tax Assessor of Nevada county, subj ect to the ac- ton of the Democratic party.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-12-16
Ube Prescott Daily NeWs
 PUBLISHED BY The News Printing Go.

Entered as secon1 class mail matter November 4th, 1905, at the postoffice at Prescott, Ark, under the act of Congress-, March 3, 1879.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-12-16
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M. l.. Moore
 ALTERNATIVES. c. M. Brockman. w. l.. Hines. T. H. Whitehead. J. w. Nelson. J. D. Parker.
 PETIT JURORS J. D. Pelt. A. G. Wren. w. T. Woodul. R. E. Porter. H. E. Britt. J. T. Luck. J. w. Coppock. w. w. Smith. J. C. Ingram T. J. Hay. w. T. Hart. J. B. Jordan. A. M. Ellsworth. J. E. Butler. T. l.. Barlow. Dave J. Bean. R. c. Haltom D. E. McCargo. J. M. Hardwick. J. M. Henry. J. L. DeWoody. J. c. Bolls. J. M. Duke. w. w. Orr.
 ALTERNATIVES. D. G. Mcclure. Lee billiard. T. H Lamb. J. R. Mcfarland. w. A. Grumpy. J. A. Parker. Eva Ward. J. M. Cummings. w. T. Edwards.
 w. B. Waller,
 w. L. Britt,
 J. A. Nelson,
 Commissions
The Prescott daily news., 1909-12-16
LIST OF GRAND
 AND PETIT JURORS
The Men Who VIII Dispense Justice at
 the January Term of Court.

GRAND JURORS Wm. M. Mum. Clint w. Hamilton. T. A. Garrett. l. H. Stuart. J. H. McDaniel. w. c. Barton. Sam Westmoreland. B. w. Potter. J. B. Starrett. s. o. Logan. o. R. Mcdaniel. w. H. White. T. B. Barham. s. H. Johnson. H. B. Askew
The Prescott daily news., 1909-12-16
FOR STATE SENATE.

We ard authorized to announce Mir. Luke F. Monroe as a candidate for the ArkanSaSS enate from the Twentieth district, composed of Hempstead and Nevada counties. subject to the action of the Democratic primary.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-12-16
FOR REPRES ENTAT1VE

Weare authorized to announce J, H. Rogers as a candidate for representative from Neya- da County in the next Arkansas Legislature. subj ect to the action of the Democratic Party
The Prescott daily news., 1909-12-16
FOR SHERIFF

We are authorized to announce Mir. D. l.. D!llard of Albany township candidate for sheriff of Nevada county subj ject to the action of the Democratic primary
The Prescott daily news., 1909-12-16

w. c. T. U. meeting Friday af- ternoon at 3 o'clock, with Mrs. H. Stainton. Let there be full
 attendance please. President.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-12-16

All are new and perfect and X worthy---just such gift goods as s will be appreciated by anyone; s with great credit to the giver. E Now you will want to see & these Christmas goods; and we B Want you to see them. Make 8 it a point to come now. The @ assortments are good--but they B are extra fine goods,'' and they s are going to go fast. so come @ in today now, for the best se- B lections. Let US help Eyou in 8 the most suitable selection for & your needs. 8
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-18
GAELIC DANCES FEATURE
OF RED BRANCH OUTING
Program for Fourth Annual
Picnic of Irish Organization

Gaelic dances and athletic contests
will be picturesque features of the
fortieth annual picnic of the Knights
of the Red Branch, which will be given
at Shell Mound park, Berkeley, Sun
day, May 30. The proceeds of the
picnic will go to the building fund for
the Irish hall now being erected by
the Knights of the Red Branch in Mis-
sion street near seventh.
Prizes are to be awarded to all clln-
dren appearing In costume who show
a proficiency in the Gaelic dances.
reels by the champion step dancers of
the Pacific coast. There will be Gaelic
dances in costume by adult as we'll
as youthful dancers. Prof. William
Mcmahon will furnish the music for
the Gaelic dancing and Professor Foley
will render the music in the main pa
yilion, where dancing Will continue ali
day.
Among the athletic events will be
the relay race between Catholic COL
leges for the Frank j. Sullivan trophy.
the relay race between high schools
for the Green, Ryan and Donohue
trophy and the two mile race for the
Joseph p. Kelleher medal
The following are the commit in
charge: angements-Joseph p.
Kelleher chairman, j. j. Leonard, John
Fay Captain Thomas McNabee. Frank
Dugan, T. Moynihan, d. O'Sullivan.
William Minehan, J. f. Waters secre
tary: press and printing
Thomas McNabee chairman Francis
Dugan, ]. Waters, John Fay William
Minehan; games committee--William
Minehan chairman, d. O'Sullivan, j. J.
Leonard, Francis Dugan and Tom Moy-
nihan.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-18
Big Jeff Signs Contract as
Ball Player
Especial Dispatch TO The Call

CHICAGO. May thames ]. JEFF
fries pugilist, thespian and farmer, is
now a full fedged ball player and mem
Der of the White Sox team, having an
nexed his signature today to a. two
weeks contract submitted by Charles
Comislxey after he had considered the
terms carefully.
Jeffries and Sam Berger arrived at
the bali park this morning before any
Of the Sox players put in an appear
ance. The custodian of the clubhouse
was apprised OF Jeffries coming and
invited him into the players sanctum.
A suit had been laid aside for the
Jeffs large frame and he had to con-
tent himself with wearing a pair of
street trousers and an ordinary pair of
shoes.
After jeff and Manager Sullivan had
played catch for several minutes Sully
thought he would play a trick on the
fighter and ordered the infielders to
take their positions for practice. He
then sent JEFF TO cover first base. Sully
gave the players the signal to throw
wild at first. so that James would have
trouble in getting them.
II took a long time for Jeff to get
on the Job which had been framed up
on him. and when he finally did get
wise he made Sullivan, who was catch
ing at the plate, go through all kinds
of acrobatic stunts to catch the ball.
Few balls got by Jeff at first, for he
managed to block them with his gigan-
tie frame and made several fine one
handed stabs on wild throws.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-18
Personal Brevities

Major c. H. McKinstry is at the st.
Francis.
V. A Mowatt of Fresno is staying
at the Stewart.
Dr. NJ A Miller of Schurz is staying
at the st. Francis.
Charles f. Dodd of Reno is regis
tered at the Stewart
A. b. Nye of Sacramento is registered
at the Union Square.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. S. Brown of Seattle
are staying at the Manx.
Governor and Mrs. James N. Gillett
are guests at the Fairmont
W. F. Whitaker of Bakersfield is
registered at the st. Francis.
Ben c. Holt, a manufacturer of
Spokane, is at the st. Francis
B. III. Burton, a banker of Colusa. is
at the Stewart with Mrs. Burton.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. Fl. Pitcher of Joplin,
Mo. are registered at the Fairmont
DR.. Southworth and Mrs. Southworth
of Bolinas are guests at the Manx.
II. p Knight. proprietor of the
Hughes hotel, Fresno, is at the st.
Francis.
H D. Clark. proprietor of the Airing
ton hotel. Santa Barbara, is guest al
the Manx.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis E. Latin and
party of Lake Front, Ill, are at the
Fairmont
John l. Ferguson of Chicago. c. c.
Carpenter of Minneapolis and George
ii. MacRae of St Paul are at the st
Francis.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-18
"ORAL BETTING" is
NOT PROFITABLE
FOR BOOKIES
Layers of Odds Win Desert New
York for the RacefrackS
ia Canada

NEW YORK. May 17.-As soon as the
racing season opens at Montreal To-
ronto. Hamilton. Windsor and Fort
Erie many of the leading book makers.
who have operated on the New York
tracks for wears. will take up their oc-
cupation there. Announcements made
at their club last night indicated that
they did not believe in their ability to
make living at the New York tracks
this sumner because Of the restric-
tions on betting and the limited num-
Der of racing dates.
1t is believed that the invasion of
the Canadian tracks by New York book
makers will drive the home book max
ers out of the field and win result in
hvelier times on those tracks.
After canvassing the results OF the
two days experience on the Belmont
track last week the book makers
seemed to be of the opinion that there
was no money for them this year in
New York. Under the oral betting
permitted by recent court decisions,
the book makers are able 70 accept
bets only from persons whom they
know personally and whom they can
trust for a later settlement of their
accounts. 1t so happens that most OF
the persons whom the book makers
know are as we'll versed on the
chances of the various horses to win
as are they themselves. Therefore
their chance to win is very small and
from an exceptionally limited Held
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-18
CREDITORS SEEK ARREST
OF ALLEGED SWINDLER
Fugitive Disappears With Goods
and Bride as Well

The strong arm of the law is reach
ing out for /. Kostman, who fed from
this city some weeks ago, taking with
him several trunks of goods and a
bride and defrauding his creditors.
Yesterday afternoon S. l.. Leszynsky,
154 Suffer street. Pacific coast repre-
sentative of Winderman & Weingarten
of New York obtained warrant for
Kostmans arrest on a charge of pass
ing fictitious check. The check was
for $7S.25, drawn on the Merchants
national bank April 5, and was in pay
ment of goods purchased by Kostman.
Kostman, it is said. PLAYED the same
trick on other wholesale merchants
and packed the goods after delivery at
his store in Fillmore street into trunks
and left the city for parts unknown,
probably British Columbia, taking the
trunks with him. He was at that time
proprietor of the Orpheum cloak and
suit house.
few days prior to his disappear
ance he was married TO Lena Stein and
in his fight was also accompanied by
his bride.