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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-20

coded 1t to the state as swamp land,
thus giving, in the opinion of many of
the leading attorneys of the state, a
clear title to the eproperty.
Later the land was acquired by a
man named Rabb, who sold it to a
Mr.. Sykes, and when Mr.. Cregan
bought it from the state ten years ago
and tried to get possession, Mr.. Sykes
refused to vacate. The case was car
ried to the courts and was in litigation
several years, Mr.. Sykes finally get
ting a decision in the circuit court,
where the Judge declared he had no
calm to the property.
Failing to get the land, which was
properly decided to him by the State,
Mr.. Cregan is now trying to compel
the state to refund the money he paid
for the land, but neither the Attorney
General nor Land Commissioner can
approve his claim, under the circum-
stances.
Assistant Attorney General Carl
Fox is preparing an opinion in the
matter, in which he will hold that
the state is in no way liable for the
money paid into the treasury by Mr..
Cregan for the land.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-20
BOMB FXPLODED;
EARTH TREMBLfD

New York, Oct. 20.-Somebody
dropped a powerful dynamite bomb
into a sewer excavation on Prince
street in the heart of New York's East
side italian district early yesterday.
The explosion shook the earth for a
radius of several hundred yards as if
by an earthquake, two nearby tenant
houses were badly damaged, two hun
bred windows were broken and all the
tenement jewellers in the two build.
ings were thrown from their beds.
No one was seriously injured.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-20
WHY SALVES FAIL
To CURE ECZEMA

Scientists are now agreed that the
eczema germs are lodged not in the
outer skin or epidermis, but in the
inner skin. Hence, penetrating
liquid is required, not an outward
salve that clogs the pores.
We recommend to all eczema pa
tients the standard prescription, Oil
of Wintergreen, as compounded in
lisuid form known as D. D. D. Pres
cription. A trial bottle of this D. D.
d. Prescription, at only 25 cents, will
instantly relieve the itch. We have
sold and recommended this remedy
for years, and know of wonderful cures
from it's use. We recommend it to
our patrons.
Owl Drug Store, F. E. Williams &
Sons proprietors, Hattiesburg Miss.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-20
DEPENDABLE PRoPRIE-
TARY MEDICINES.

1t must be admitted by every fair,
minded and intelligent person, that
a medicine could not live and grow in
popularity for thirty years and today
hold record Of thousands upon
thousands of actual cures, as has
Lydia E, Pinkham,s Vegetable Con.
pound, without possessing great virtue
and actual worth. Such medicines
be looked upon and termed both
standard and dependable by every
thinking person.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-20
WHAT'S THE USE
To Keep Coffee Complexion"

A lady says: Postum has helped
my complexion so much that my
friends say l am growing young again.
My complexion used to be coffee col
ored, muddy and yellow, but it is now
clear and rosy as when was a girl.
Il was induced to try Postum by a
friend who had suffered just as I had
suffered from terrible indigestion, pal.
pitation of the heart and sinking
spells.
After had used Postum a week I
was so much better that was afraid
it would not last. But now two years
have passed and l am a well woman.
| owe it all to leaving off coffee and
drinking Postum in its place.
81 had drank coffee all my life. l
suspected that IL was the cause of my
trouble, but it was not until actually
quit coffee and started to try Postum
that | became certain; then all my
troubles ceased and am now wei
and strong again."
There's a reason"
Look in pkgs. for the famous little
book, "The Road to Wellville."
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full Of human
interest.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-20
First Class Accommodations

herein according to the terms and
contract thereof, 1 will, on the 14th
day of November, 1910, offer for sale,
and will sell at public auction for
cash to the highest and best bidder,
at the front door of the county court
house at Hattiesburg, Mississippi,
during legal hours, the following de-
scribed property:
Part of lot two in block ia. &C.
cording to the first original survey or
addition to Hamper & Whinnery sur
vey to the city of Hattiesburg, Forrest
county, Mississippi, now the land and
parcels of land together with improve
ments thereon by the official man or
plat filed in the Chancery Clerks Of
flee of Forrest county, Mississippi, de.
scribed as part of lots No. three and
No. four, in block No. ia, of said
survey. The said land being more
specifically described as, beginning at
the South East corner of said lot No
4, where same corners on Sixth 18th
street,) running West sixty-one feet
to point of beginning, thence running
North 1873 feet, thence West
SO feet, thence South 1873 feet
to Sixth street, thence running East
80 feet, to point of beginning, and all
located in the city of Hattiesburg
Forrest county, Mississippi.
Y | will only convey such title as
vests in me as trustee.
Witness my signature, this 18th dav
of October, 1910.
.sD. cox Trustee.
2O-4 Thu.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-20
the crop, but Europe will have to
come to America to buy.

the crop, but Europe will have to
come to America to buy.
Europe, 1t is said, fears such
move on the part of the American
financiers, and is willing to take
compromise. 1t has been suggested
that the various cotton exchanges of
the county validate bills of lading, but
this has found no response In this
country, and it does not seem that it
will be adopted.
Mississippi is having no trouble fl
nancing her cotton this year, and it
is moving about as usual for this time
in the season. The banks Of this
state have more money in hand to
use for this purpose this year than for
merly, and as cotton is shipped from
Jackson and other points in the state
direct to Europe there has been nc
inconvenience growing out of the pres
ent unsettled situation relative tc
handling the cotton.
Mississippi will raise about two
thirds of a crop this year, if not a
| little more, notwithstanding the loss
from the boil weevil and that the acre
age was reduced by planting corn ant
other crops, but the average yield Of
cotton per acre will be larger this
year than formerly, according to re
ports from those parts of the state
not infested with boil weevil
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-20
EauIe's Power Of SIoht,

When we consider the unbelievable
powers of the telescope eye of the
eagle. sunk back in his skull as in
telescope tube. there is no telling how
far that bird Of Uncle Sam can see.
Maybe thousands Of years ago he
saw the cold. glitteripg plateaus and
black shadow craters on the face Of
the moon. or straining his eyes viewed
the whirling rings of Saturn ages be.
fore astronomy or Herschel was born.
The wisdom of all life Ia amazing,
overpowering.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-20
Adjustment.

Divorce Is increasing, insanity is IN
creasing. parental authority is de-
clared to be PROSTATE. the boy is not
what he was! Surely we must be
heading for the bow-wows. and pro-
crossing fast. Not at all. We are
merely getting adjusted to the great
est changes in the conditions of hr-
man existence that any one genera
ton Of men has seen in centuries. And
possibly 1t is true that high prices On
food are helping our adjustment by
driving some city dwellers back into
the country.-Harper' Weekly.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-20

The pleasant purgative effect expe-
rienced by all who use Chamberlain
Stomach and Liver Tablets, and the
healthy condition of the body and
mind which they create, makes one
feel joyful. Sold by HAYS & FIELD.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-20

HAVE YOU-Anything for rent or
sale? Advertise it in the classified
columns of The News. tt
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-20
Campbell Bros.
Consolidated
Shows

Circus, Museum, Menagerie, Hippo
drome--The Only Big Circus Coming
This Season.
500 Finest Horses on Earth.
AZ Double Length Railway Cars.
20 Worlds Famous Bare Back
Riders.
40 European and American Aerial
lists.
30 Lady and Gentlemen Acrobats.
20 Happy, Jolly, Funny Clowns.
II Performing Elephants.
Double Menagerie, Hippodrome
Races.
7oo-PEoPLE ALL TOGETHER-7oo
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-02-09
His Odd Charity.

An auction sale of pa~wnbrokersl
goods having been advertised for thai
day the queer little man with misery
habits set out for the sale soon after
breakfast. :
always attends those things
doesn't he?" said the pert young man.
'yet he never buys anything"
"He buys, but he doesn't bring tho
stuff home," said the gray,headed
man. "There Is a man who m~aintains
in his modest way a queer charity
He hasn't much money to give away
but what little he has he gives to peo-
pie who were unable to redeem goods
they have pawned. All p~awnbrokers'
sales are haunted by men and women
who hope to get one last look at stun
that was once theirs. The old man
has been through the mill himself
lost everything belonging to his wife
once and has never got over It. He
can spot the soft-hearted unfortu-
mates In the thick Of the crowd. When
he a he buys the trinket that the
other fellow would sell his soul for,
and either makes him a present OF 1t
or else sells it for the few cents the
poor fellow can afford to pay. And
that is his charity. New York Sun.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-02-09
The Camera Sees More.

When instantaneous Photographic
were subjected to a process OF elm
nation and selection 1t was discoVa
cred that there were practically only
two instants in the stride of the gaE
Looping horse that conveyed any idea
Of rapid fight to the human eye. The
first of these was at the very Begin
ming of the stride, when, with all'fout
legs hunched together under the
belly, the animal was preparing fot
the forward leap; and the second
was at the end Of the impulse, wheni
with legs outstretched to the limit
the horse was ready to take the
ground again for another stridea
Both Of these periods, 1t will be seem
were the instants Of arrest of motion
-instants when the human eye could
readily seize the action without the
Intervention Of the kodak. 1t was only
during the two instants Of arrest OF
motion that the eye had been able
to note the position of the horses
limbs. And these two periods Of com.
p~arative inaction had, through long
association, become to us the permai
nent and fixed symbols Of action IN
the racing horse.-Birge Harrison, in
Scribner's.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-02-09
THE BUNGALOW.
How the East Indian Creation Has Been
ADAPTED in This Country.

only. 1t is divided into as many
rooms as taste and pocketbook direct,
but usually it is a combination OF re-
ception hall, drawing room, library,
dining Dom and living room.
There is no suggestion Of luxury in
this type of architecture, and the fur
nishings, to be in harmony, should
suggest rest, ase and comfort.
Straight-back chairs, upholstery, onyx
tables and gilt stools are as much out
of place in the bungalow as a steam
piano in a fat. The type contributes
to happiness and content, and build
ers say a cynic never selects a bunga-
low. Brides rave over them.
So popular have they become that
builders are putting them up and
then Offering them for sale for the
purchasers Of the ready-made. Some
say this is the cheaper plan, but ths
man who has built his W will have
so much satisfaction from having 1t
as he wanted it that he won't agree
with this. In some cities shoddy af-
fairs have been rushed up by building
companies, and these are likely to be
gold bricks.-Atlanta Georgian.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-02-09
The Limit of LnZincss.

DR.. Charles A. Eaton, Of the Madi-
son Avenue Baptist Church, said in
the course of a brilliant after-dinner
speech in Cleveland.
"Laziness is responsible for too
much of the misery we see about US.
It is all very we'll to blame alcohol for
this misery, to blame oppression and
injustice, but to what heights might
we not all have climbed but for our
~iaziness?"
He paused and smiled.
We are too much like the super
numerary in the DRAMA" he went on,
who had to enter from the right and
say, My lord, the carriage waits
Look here, super said the stage
manager one night, I want you to
come on from the left instead Of the
right after this, and l want you to
transpose your speech. Make it run
hereafter, The carriage waits, my
lord
THE super pressed his hand to his
brow.
More study! Mere study he
groaned "-Cleveland Leader.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-02-09
CHEAP RAILWAY TRAVEL.
switzerland's System Operates to Pro-
mote General Business.

It Is not generally known that
Switzerland maintains a press agent
In the United States. His name Is
Hedley P. Somner, whom an advance
man of a theatrical troupe would call
a 'live wire" Ask him if he is really
the publicity agent for the Govern
ment, and he will explain that he
really represents the railroads which
are owned by the Government.
Mr.. Somner was at the Hotel Henry
last night. His entertaining talk re-
garding Swiss railroads Is an inter-
esting travelogue. MI. Somner is en-
thusiastic on the subject Of Govern
ment ownership Of railroads. In
Switzerland the people point with
pride to the fact that every mothers
o is part owner Of the railroads.
When Mr.. Somner discusses rail-
roads he describes the towns they
touch and the scenery through which
they pass. In these towns are hotels.
Visitors from America cannot pat
ronize one without the other. His
publicity work in the United States
has been profitable to his country. In
1905 1858 Americans visited Lu-
cerne, and the total has risen in 1909
to 20,628. The Government Of Swift
erland has figured that the cheapest
transportation that can be provided is
the most profitable for the country,
and for that reason they advertise
fifteen days unlimited travel over
2730 miles of railroad and lakes, with
any sort of stopover privileges, abso-
lutely first class, for $16.32. In other
words, for $1.09 you can travel an
entire day in Switzerland.-Pittsburg
Dispatch.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-02-09

BUNGALOW IS an elastic word. The
idea is old and it has been adapted to
this country within the last few years.
There has always been the cottage at
the seashore or mountains and the
colonial mansion had been here be-
fore the days Of the Oldest inhabitant.
In the West they had shacks and In
Italy they have the villa. India had
to have something, so in the Ben
galese district they created the bung-
allow. Now it is here, but far differ
ent from the Bengalese affair. For in
East India the bungalow is Of flimsy
construction, with matched roof, YER
andas surrounding the house and
with one room divided by a curtain.
Al first the bungalow was a cooling
off place, a garden or q lodge.
With the name and the idea AmeTi-
a architects have somewhat changed
things and have shown East Indian
people that in this country a bunga-
low really is something. When the
idea was new in this country an arch
itect when asked the difference be-
tween a bungalow and a cottage said
about $4,000. But that doesn't mean
you cant get a bungalow for less
than that amount.
The bungalow, as built in this
country to-day, is a permanent struc-
ture, a home for all the year around,
except for those VINO have money
enough to own one for summer use
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-02-09
Embarrassing For Her.

"A Milwaukee man and his wife re-
Gently received a call from an old
friend whom they had not seen for
years. Just before the three sat
down to a little supper in the Ger
man style, the wife, Selling a favor
able opportunity, whispered to her
husband:
1--WE have only three bottles of
beer in the house-just enough to go
around. Don't ask him to have
more"
Every WE'LL" answered the hus-
band, who CHANGED to be thinking of
something else at the time.
Half an hour later the host, to his
wife's CONSERVATION, asked the guest
to take more beer. The invitation
was politely declined, but still the
host did not desist. A dozen times
the caller was urged to drink; a doz-
en- times he firmly refused.
When he had departed the wife
took her husband to task. What on
earth made you persist so? Didn't
tell you there were only three bot
ties? Why did you insist upon his
having more beer, more beer, more
beer?"
Mercy" exclaimed the husband.
II forgot entirely"
But" continued the wife, why
did you suppose I was kicking you
under the tablet"
my dear" blandly replied the
husband, you didn't kick nell
Lippincott's.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-02-09
How He Helped Her.

A lady who occupied a fifth floor
apartment, purchased a piece of Ice
from an Italian around the corner
who dealt in this commodity. When
it arrived and in response to the whis-
tie she called down the dumb waiter
shaft, an order to send it up please"
a small voice replied, you help-a
me pull-a the rope" This the lady
cheerfully did, but found the dumb
waiter so heavy that several times IL
its upward progress the rope almost
slipped from her hands. When at last
she succeeded in hosting it to her
floor to her surprise a small boy
sprang out.
"This piece ice so big, he explained,
my father, he say, go up and help-a
the lady take it off-a the dumb wait
er.'"-NeW York Times.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-02-09

from the light that falls u~nbecoming-
ly full upon her through the open
window. Belinda, dearest, my very
old acquaintance, Captain Temple.
Now mind"-with infantine candor
II shall never forgive either of you
if you don't fall in love with each
other at once. I have been like that
always-Miss Ingram used to say I
was quite absurd. Whoever I am
fond of must be fond of all my
friends!"
But long before Rose has ceased
twittering her small falsities Beltn-
da's eyes and Roger Temples have
met-met and spoken the truth.
I'm life as on railways" a master
hand has written, "at certain points,
whether you know it or not, there
is but an inch this way or that into
what train you are shunted."
Into what train has Belinda's pas
sionate heart been shunted, all IN
knowing, at this moment?
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-02-09
A White Partridge.

In the early part of this week a
gentleman residing in M~ontmorenci
killed a snow white partridge-so
far as known the only one ever heard
Of by residents of this city or section.
The bird was seen in a covey OF
ordinary cartridges near Montmor-
enci by Mr.. Louis Mills, who CHANGED
to have his gun with him. The other
birds flew when Mr.. Mills came near
them, but the white one left his COM
panions and took refuge Inder some
bushes. In this way Mr.. Mills got a
shot at it and succeeded in bagging
the most peculiar bird ever seen here.
Aiken journal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-02-09

I during the summer and u custo-
mers either buy them to take back
North with them or send back to
friends left behind. We began the
business with almost no preparation,
| but now it keeps US working hard the
| entire summer making preserves,
| pickles and wines for the next sea-
| sons use.
Made 1t by the Barrel.
eve make persimmoD beer by the
| barrel und usually get rid Of all that
| we can supply. Buying b~lackberries,
m~uscadines and other wild fruit Is
| easy enough, since the negroes are
| accustomed to gathering them for
sale, but it is about the hardest thing
in the world to get persimmons.
| Why, the first autumn that we deter
| mined to make an extra supply of
beer I had go into the country for
days with our cook and maid and
gather the persimmons myself.
eyes, we had many demands for
possum during the last two seasons,
and when possible we had 1t for
lunch. Persimmon beer is the natur-
al beverage for baked possum, and
my father always had them both for
New Years dinner.
1T is seldom that a persimmon tree
is cut down in our part of the South.
Even when they are little slips they
will be left in the fields.
This is not only because OF the
fruit and for the convenience of hav-
ing a natural 'possum trap on your
place, but because the tree is beauti-
full and affords a delicious shade for
man and beast during the entire sum-
mer. Any Southerner will tell you of
seeing mules and horses in the pillow
stop of their own accord when they
reach a persimmon tree.
"Of course the main reason for our
success is that W. were the first In
the field. People say they like our
things because they are not to be had
anywhere else. My mother has al
ways been considered a good cook
and h~ousekeeper and is certainly fond
of both. We give just the dishes we
would have at home could we afford
them and prepared in just the same
way. To begin with all u china,
silver and glass were old fashioned,
and now, instead of buying new
things, we hire it of a neighbor who,
like most of US, knows the need Of a
few dollars.
"The furnishings Of our little home
are also old, and this seems to be an
additional attraction to our custo-
mers. At first mother and I did all
the serving, but now that u bust
ness has increased SO mother remains
in the pantry to serve while I sit at
a desk in the front oom to receive
the checks and give change. OF
course making $1,000 in four months
is pretty good business for two wo-
men in the South"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-02-09
TELESCOPES NOW AMPLE
FOR ALL PURPOSES.
Prof. Pickering Refutes Theory
That Larger Lenses Are Needed
to Detect Life on Planets.

TO 6SGCCI GitS ~"
1T Is not the big telescopes which
are needed in the observation ct the
planets so much as good dein1dona
and that can be had only when the att
mssphere is perfect for observation
Professor Pickering, Of Harvard OBJ
se%rvatory, declares. He also says
that so important is this condition OF
the air that he has seen more with a
telescope of five inches diameter IN
Jamaica than he has been able to see
at Harvard with a telescope of fifteen
inches diameter. Professor Pickeri
ing was speaking on the theory that
it is only bigger telescopes which are
needed to reveal life on the planets. I
Instead of spending large sums OF
money on bigger telescopes than we
now have, a part Of that money
might more usefully go into publt4
cations and other astronomical work
connected with observation" he de.
clared. 1T has occasionally been nec4
essary, when the atmospheric condti
tions are not good-though 1t Is not
usual with astronomers-to diminish
the aperture Of even the largest telet
scopes; and DR.. Lowell has said thai
he was obliged sometimes to reduce
the aperture Of his twenty-four-inch
glass to sixteen inches. It would be
useless in any eastern part Of the
United States to use a telescope COST
ing, say, 100000, though such a
telescope, if located In a suitable clt4
mate, would give very much better
results than we could yet from It
here.
I'm Cambridge, when I went te
study the moon, or n Of the planets,
I use a little six-inch telescope, and
it gives with the atmosphere we
have, as good results as q hfteen+
inch. It is very doubtful II in any
part Of the earth there are atmos4
pheric conditions good enough to use
for observation of the planets a tell
escope with an object glass Of greater
diameter than t~wenty-four inches"