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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-02-02
SUMMARY OF WORK
OF ORGANIZATION
Was Read BY Clubs Secretary and
Showed Benefit Of Organization to
The City. Informal. Addresses
Future Plans Discussed.

The Commercial Club smoker, held
at the court house Tuesday night,
though not largely attended was
success in every other way.
Secretary Bixler read a report Civ
ing a summary of the efforts made
and work accomplished by the Club
during the year. 1t was a most COM
prehensive paper and a most encour-
aging one, the facts and figures sur
prising even those present at the
good results, and giving new inspira-
tion for future effort. On motion the
Secretary was instructed to prepar~
condensed statement from this re-
port and have the same published in
The News.
Following this report informal ad-
dresses were made and general dis
cussion had as to the work to be done
this year of 1910 by this Club for this
city. The general tenor of the argu-
ment was that the result of last year S
work was so gratifying, and so far
in excess of expectations, that more
effort and more money should be
spent this year, to the accomplish
ment of greater ends. Looking to a
more compact organization and to
more systematic effort, it was the
sense of those present that the Club
should have secretary who could
give his undivided time to the work
of building up Hattiesburg: that he
should be a capable man worth a
salary, and that he should be paid ac
cording to his worth. 1t was unani
nous opinion of all who spoke on the
subject that the present secretary
should be retained, al salary OF
$1,SOO or $4,000, if he would accept
the position and give all his time tc
it, and resolution expressive of that
sentiment to the directors, was adop
ted
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-02-02
ETHER DRINKING ON STAGE
(Ry Union Associated Press.)

New York, Feb. 2.-Ravages due
to ether drinking, now popular vice
in Paris. are depicted in realistic
manner in Alexander Bissom's new
play Madame X" which will have
its American premiere tonight. The
drama produced a great sensation in
the French capital. Jane Harding
will play the part of Jacqueline in
the American production.
Jacqueline is the wife of a Partisan
attorney who deserts her husband
and little boy. After twenty years o
dissipation she takes up ether drink
ing to drown her woes. Her compan
ion, Loroque to keep him from betray
ing her identity to her son, now al
attorney. Her son defends her ol
her trial and her wronged husban
is president of the court, but neithe
recognizes her. After the trial tn
son learns his client is his mother
and she dies as husband and son fol
give her.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-02-02

in the two wings of the mine at the
time of the explosion, but the htty IL
the west wing were uninjured and
easily escaped. The explosion was in
the East wing and it is believed that
over three fifths of the miners in this
wing were killed. Rescue work is be-
ing pushed today.
Bodies Recovered.
Primero, Colo. Feb. 2.-Several
more bodies were recovered from the
Primero mine today. Lives have
been risked recklessly in the rescue
work being carried on since the ex
plosion several days ago and scores
of miners are waiting patiently for q
chance to go below. There is ne
chance of rescuing any more men
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-02-02
TO KEEP EXPENSES
WITHIN Revenues
Is Proposition Which Confronts May
or And Board of Aldermen-Special
Suggestions Made But No Action
Taken Last Night.

How to keep the city's expenses
within the revenues to be derived
from twelve-mill tax levy without
seriously crippling or interfering with
the efficiency of any department of
the municipal government is the
proposition which confronts the may
or and board of aldermen at this
time, and which was discussed at
length at the meeting of that body
last night.
It will be remembered that at the
beginning of the present fiscal year
the council was confronted with a
deficit after examining the general
budget of expenses, unless a substan-
tial reduction should be made in ex-
penditures or the tax levy should be
increased, and the failure to raise the
tax levy necessarily left no alterna
tive but to cut expenses.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-02-02
| NOT INTERESTED
| IN Doing JUST
Ex-Governor Says Representatives Z
Trusts are in jackson, and r
Mr.. Percy Knows Who They
Without Calling Names.
Special to The NeaCs.

Special to The Ne10s.
Jackson, Miss, February 2.-y
terday afternoon ex-Govern
Vardaman issued a statement in
ply to the recently published CT
cism of Mr.. Percy, in which the lat
claimed that representatives of
trusts were not in Jackson cons
ing to accomplish the defeat of
former, and asking the ex-gover
to give the names.
! Mr.. Vardaman said that Mr.. Pert
statement to the effect that only
pure in heart were supporting Val
man, and that only such legislat
are to be found opposing him as h
been debauched and corrupted
trust and corporate influences
wholly gratuitous, and not justi
by anything written or said of him
There was nothing in the edito
quoted from to call for such a st
ment or to in any way justify it,
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-02-02

issue $4,000 bonds for the purpose
of erecting a new school building on
Main street, allowing salaries of Of
ficers, appointing a committee of two,
consisting of Messrs. Cameron ana
Greer to do all the purchasing for
all departments of the city, and max
ing one or two unimportant orders the
council adjourned to meet Thursday
night. when it is hoped to do some
thing definite in the way of reducing
expenses.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-02-02
TRAVELLING man
KILLED BY Train
J. e. McClune, Salesman for Chicago
House, Victim Of Fatal Accident
At ,RoseIand.
(By Associated PreSS.)

New Orleans, Feb. 2.-J. e. Nc
Clune, travelling out of New Orleans
for a Photographic supply house OF
Chicago, was run over and killed
when he slipped and fell beneath an
Illinois Central passenger train
which he was attempting to board
this morning at Roseland, La. His
body was brought to New Orleans and
placed in the morgue awaiting In
structions from his home in Evans
Vile, Ind.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-02-02
MOST SUDDEN
TRANSFORMATION
Physician Who Was Being Waited On
BY Another Jumps Out Of Bed
To Save latter's Life.
(By Associated PresS.)

Washington, Feb. 2.-Suddenly
transformed from patient to attending
physician, Dr. Albert Carroll leapeo
from his bed here last night to ad-
minister to DR.. William Penn Cromp-
ton. who was stricken with heart
failure while administering to DR.
Carroll Naught DR.. Carroll could do
however, proved effective. and DR..
Compton quickly expired. DR.. Comp
ton was one of the most prominent
physicians in Washington, and was
popular in club and society circles.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-02-02
To Cut Out Lights.

Another suggestion was to reduce
by five per cent the salaries of all
officers from the mayor down. This
proposition was discussed at length
and was opposed by Mayor Donald,
who said in effect that the present
high cost of living would not permit
the city's servants to work for a small
Ter salary than they were at present
receiving He was supported in this
contention by number of the coun-
cilmen who thought that the reduc-
tion would be made in other ways.
It v'as suggested to dispcrso 18th
several city lights, some counci'men
fayor;rg cutting out thirty-five street.
lamps while others favored cutting
out fifteen, and still others favored
keepirg the full number as at pres mt
A general revision of the working
of the sanitary department was sus
yested and discussed at some length
as was also proposition to lopp Oh
two more members of the police
force. No vote on any of these mat
ters was taken, the only thing don'
in the way of reducing expenses be
ing the suspension from the force o
one officer, Mr.. Cubley, who was ap
pointed to fill a vacancy caused o!
the resignation of Officer Sexton.
After adopting an ordinance dc
claring the intention of the board T.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-02-02
SCANDINAVIAN SOCIETIES.

Minneapolis, Mimi, Feb. 2.-Dele-
gates from the various colleges and
universities of the Northwest met to-
day at the University of Minnesota to
hold the annual meeting of the Fed
Grafton of Scandinavian Societies
The University of Minnesota is the
center of scandinavian education in
this country.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-02-02
Unaenerous Purpose.

AS further proof of the ungenerous'
purpose of Mr.. Percy in reproducing
these editorial excerpts, Governor Var
daman reproduces an extract from an
interview given out by Mr.. Percy in
May of 1908, in which the latter said
that if vardaman should be elected
he would give a clean and fearless
administration, one governed by pa
triotic impulses and high ideas, moi
Influenced by personal matters or a..
CONTINUED on page eight.l
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-02-02
MURPHY-HURLEY AGAIN.

New York, Feb. 2.-TOmmy Murphy
and Battling Hurley are going to have
it out again in another ten-round bat
tie before the Sharkey Club tonight.
Murphy is a clever ring general, while
Hurley is an aggressive mixer, and
the combination is expected to be
great sport for the fans.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-02-02
Body in Cherry Mine.

Cherry, ILL.,, Feb. 2.-The body of
one dead miner and the carcasses of
sixty four mules were found $50 feet
deep in the st. Paul mine today by
the relay parties of repairers and ex'
plorers who began work in the burn
ed passages last night. 1t is believ'
ed that there are still one hundred
and sixty-seven bodies in the mine
Pumps were installed today to pump
the water from the bottom of the
mine.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-02-02
Switching Votes.

Several members have been switch
ing their votes around for some time
and these go to first one candidate
then another, till it is difficult to tell
whether a man has made a gain or
just been boosted Percy and Kyle
are holding their strength better than
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-02-02
Death And Destruction In
Recent Mine Explosions

alive, but the widows and orphans are
crying for the bodies of their hus-
bands and their fathers.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-02-02
Question of Finances.

The ever present money question,
the wherewithal to do things was
threshed over and over, finally re-
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-02-02

Further details of death and des-
truction in recent mine explosions
are told in dispatches today from
three different and widely separated
mining districts of the country. The
advices from Drakesboro, KY, are
that thirty-three miners were killed
in the explosion there yesterday
These three dispatches follow:
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-02-02
Thirty-three Dead.

ThIrty-three DEAD.
Drakesboro, KY, Feb. 2.-Thirty-
three miners are known to have been
killed, two are missing and fifteen
more are known to have been injur-
ed as result of,the plosion yestel-
here. There WI 1@o hundred men
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-02-02

on page eight
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-02-02

CONTINUED on Page Five.)
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-02-02

Continued on page eight
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-02-02

CONTINUED on page eight.)
The Winslow mail., 1910-11-19
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The Winslow mail., 1910-11-19

Seventh Anniversary Number
of the Los Angeles Examiner to
to be published Dec. 25, 1910. A
16O page paper profusely Illus
trated in half tones and colors,
giving full statistics of this re-
markable country, mailed to any
address In the United States or
Mexico, 10 cents q copy. Send it
back East. Send orders and
money direct to the Los Angeles
Examiner for the number OF
copies you wish mailed to your
friends. AS the edition is limited.
an early remittance is desired. y
The Winslow mail., 1910-11-19
Saves an Iowa Mans Life,

The very grave seemed to
yawn before Robert Madsen, OF
West Burlington, Iowa, when,
after seven weeks in the hospi
tai, four of the best physicians
gave him up. Then was shown
the marvellous curative power
of Electric Bitters. For, after
eight months of trightful suffer
ing from liver trouble and yellow
jaundice, getting no help from
other remedies or doctors, five
bottles of this matchless medicine
completely cured him. Its posi-
lively guaranteed tor Stomach,
Liver or Kidney troubles and
never disappoints. Only soc at
all druggists. =
The Winslow mail., 1910-11-19

True, there have been trials,
calamities in some places,
homes destroyed, losses and
sorrows, but taking the coun-
try over our blessings have
been very many and far out
numbered the dark apalling
things of life. In spite of many
evils there has been as much
of true sympathy, of genuine
benevolence, of a cordial
spirit, of brotherly love and
good fellowship, we can keep
our Thanksgiving in the spirit
of the scriptursl admonition,
"Be We thankful.
The Winslow mail., 1910-11-19

from one cent a pound to
something near what the de
partment declares is the ap-
proXimate cost, that is, 823
cents per pound. Why it costs
so enormously to carry second
class mail will not be consid-
cred at this time, but it is evi-
dent that there must be great
waste somewhere; for the ex-
press companies, which are
notorious eXtortiOnists, do not
average such high rates, and
they callfor and deliver parcels
free to their patrons in the
larger cities.
1t is of Importance to news
paper publishers to investi-
gate this proposed increase on
the postage of magazines, for
there IS no reason why the
Sunday papers, at least,
should not be dealt with in
the same manner. But the
metropolitan papers are amply
able, as are most of the maga-
zines, to take care of their own
interests, and it is the smaller
dailies and the weekly news
papers which must be prepar-
ed for higher postage rates in
the near future unless they
take the necessary steps to
protect their interests.
If postage rates on maga-
zines and newspapers are in
creased, the publishers must
increase the price of their
publications, and the public
will have to pay the bill.
The Winslow mail., 1910-11-19

The supply of talk always ex-
ceeds the demand.
Worrr never accomplished
anything worth while.
There is no time lock on the
door of opportunity.
All things came to those who
go halt way to meet them.
A loaded automobile is about
as dangerous as an unloaded
gun.
Do you know that a close friend
is one who will not lend money ?
If we never left anything un-
done we would have nothing left
to live for.
1t little troubles the flea how
much you scratch after he has
bitten you.
Life soon denies all pleasures
to those who deny themselves
none at all.
Paper money was first men
toned in the Bible when the
dove brought the green back to
Noah.
Do not trumpet out your de-
viltry; go about it quietly. 1t is
the buzz of the mosquito, not the
bite, which guides the slap.
The Winslow mail., 1910-11-19

T Let your advertising sell your
goods, instead of the sheriff.
The Winslow mail., 1910-11-19
In Requiem
Rv Robert Graham

u NODClL vi dIldIu
Copy writed by the Devil"
All rites preserved-in Eastside
beer.
A local merchant in this town
is fond of being lauded, considers
that it is his due to ever be ap
plauded. Yet he sends his "iob-
work" all back east, because.
there prices are the least. He
rises in the early morn, with
naughty brow depicting scorn
for his competitor who dares to
advertise his stock and wares
This merchant, with his moldv
stock, will yet receive a vital
shock, for the people of the town
will say: Like him we'll also
send away This man decries
Montgomery Ward, yet says he
really can't afford to pay the
local printers rate for Job
work" that is up to date. Still,
he expects the editor to "roast"
the mail competitor. But the
editor knows that time will show
and the moss. back merchant will
have to go, giving place and
room to men more wise who
have sense enough to ADVERTISED
The Winslow mail., 1910-11-19
Gentle "Roast" Does Work.

Caliente, New, is still on the
map and will remain there as
long as Robert Graham is editor
and proprietor ofthe Prospector
at that place. Editor Graham
recently took exception to the
practise of certain local mer.
chants who were sending out of
town for their work by publish
ing the following article. The
article netted him $40 in job
work which he declares is more
than any magazine would pay
h m for the same kind of Dope.
The Winslow mail., 1910-11-19
How This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward foI
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure. F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo, Ohio.
We, the undersigned have known F. ]
Cheney for the past Is years. and believe hin
perfectly honorable in all business transact
ions. and financially able to carry out any
obligations made by his firm
Walding, Kinna1 & Marvin
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent
free. Price. 75c. per bottle. Sold by all
Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills ior constipation
The Winslow mail., 1910-11-19
1HOSE NEWSPAPERS
" which are endorsing the
Hitchcock plan of charg-

w "IllCh dl Z SHuOI sing the
Hitchcock plan of ofcharg-
ing increased postage for the
advertising part of the maya
zines are only digging their
own graves, for they will be
the next sufferers. This Re
publican administration pro-
poses to save at the spigot,
by advocating increased pos
tage on second class mail
matter and a reduction on
first class mail from two cents
to one cent for letters, while
wasting millions at the bung-
hole. But very few people
have been benefited by the
decreased postage on foreign
letters from five cents to two
cents, the banks and impOr-
ters being the principal bene-
hciar1es of the decrease. Com
paratively few Americans
write to or receive letters from
foreign lands, so the reduc-
ton in postage is for the bene-
fit of the few at the expense
of the may who pay by far the
most federal taxes in proper
ton to their incomes.
To increase the postage on
magazines will be likely to
force the ten cent magazines
to increase the price to fifteen
cents per copy, and the yearly
subscription price will be in
creased from one dollar to one
dollar and fifty cents or even
to two dollars. There again
those with small incomes will
suffer.
While millions are annually
wasted on extravagant appro-
prlationo for the army and
navy; for expensive commits
sions for this thing and that
thing; for highly paid attor-
neys to investigate corpora
tions by the Department of
Justice, which has never re-
suited IN one malefactor Of
great wealth being put behind
the bars, the saving by the
Post Office Department is a
mere flea bite. The evolution
of the determination to make
the postal service self-sustain-
ing should be lesson to news
paper proprietors.
The so-called reform began
by refusing the cent a pound
rate to what the department
III its 1908 report called
trashy publications, issued
principally for advertising
purposes. There was not
much objection to that; but it
was just the opening wedge,
for the next reform was to
curtail the issue of sample
copies; the next to cut off the
giving of credit for subscrip-
tions. Now the next reform
is to charge extra rates for the
advertising pages of maga-
zines.
All this, however is but pre-
liminary to the real object,
is to cut off the free
postage on the weekly news
papers within the county
where published and 70 in
The Winslow mail., 1910-11-19
Some Small Thoughts.

A leaky barrel is like a coward;
it runs.
You can't keep a good ther-
mometer down.
The Winslow mail., 1910-11-19
Shall Women Vote7

If they did, millions would vote
DR.. King S New Life Pills the true
remedy for women. For Danish
ing dull, tagged feelings, back
ache or headache, constipation,
dispelling colds, imparting appe.
tite and toning up the system,
they're unequaled. Easy, safe,
sure. 25c at all druggists.
The Winslow mail., 1910-11-19
@HE GREATEST OF

the people. This is the thanks
for the blessings of the year.
Thanksgiving Day was first
established in the United
States by the Pilgrims at Ply
mouth. New England, replac-
ing Christmas as the great
family festival, and has been
gradually adopted in other
parts of the country. Congress
recommended days of thanks
giving annually during the
Revolution, and Washington,
in 1880, after the adoption of
the constitution. Other DAYS
of national thanksgiving have
been proclaimed, and since
1868 the last Thursday in
November has been annually
proclaimed by the president
as a national Thanksgiving
Day.
Let US be thankful that
however difficult and full Of
temptation life may be, we are
given wisdom that sufices for
daily living. No part of mans
nature is SO strengthened by
right choice as the conscience.
1t is the still, small voice that
we must listen for, and the
oftener we hear it and obey
the clearer and fuller is its
tone. 1t is the delicate intuition
that is dulled and finally des-
troyed by the doings of evil.
Let lis be thankful that most
men are blessed with the
righteous desire to do good
and to deal fairly by their
neighbors.
Whatever may be the feel
ing of the average citizen, the
country at large certainly has
a great deal of cause for thank
fulness. 1t is not plunged in
any costly wars, it is enjoying
a large measure of business
prosperity, most industries
are in a condition which ena-
bles them to keep a full force
busy at satisfactory wages,
and the crops are SO big that
a mere statement of their size
in terms of bushels or dollars
conveys a very inadequate i'm
preston of their value. Stand
ing out large in the totals is
the corn crop of 3,ooO,OOO,O 900
bushels-and corn has been
selling lately in New York at
90 cents a bushel. For once
the axiom that big crops mean
low prices does not hold good.
1t would seem as if the farmer,
of all people, had a right to
be thank ful. And he has, but
he would have a still better
right if the proceeds of his la
bors were not so inequitably
divided. Too many nonprodu-
GERS take toll until, when the
crops reach the consumer,
they are marked up to figures
which appall the humble wage
Garner. The farmer is the most
prosperous man in the country
today, and the rush of pupils
to the agricultural schools and
colleges proves that many are
going to seek on the farms a
portion of the prosperity which
everyone attributes to the far
mer.