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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-08
DIXIE MARBLE WORKS
one OF CITY'S MOST
DURABLE CONCERNS

Among the progressive business in
situations of Hattiesburg which have
weathered the storms of adversely and
financial stringency and continued to
grow and prosper notwithstanding,
one of the most notable of these is the
Dixie Marble Works.
This enterprise, under the direction
and management of Mr.. M. j. Nc
Grath, has grown from a small and
almost insignificant start to an insti
tuition which ranks at the head of the
column of industrial successes. Or
ganized with a modest capital stock,
about eight years ago, this concern
has continued to expand and enlarge
it's facilities until now it is domiciled
in substantial and commodious quar-
tiers of its own and enjoys a patron
age seldom accorded an enterprise of
this character.
Besides manufacturing marble and
granite monuments of all descriptions,
the Dixie Marble Works supplies in
terror and exterior finishings for pub
lie buildings, deals in ornamental
fences of all varieties and does a gen
eral contracting business.
An example Of the class of work
executed by this enterprise may be
seen in the handsome Confederate
monument recently erected in the
court house yard in Hattiesburg, while
many of the public buildings and bust
ness houses of the city are equipped
with interior finishings of their man.
ufacture.
Mr.. McGrath, manager of the Dixie
Marble Works, is a member of the
present city council and enjoys the
confidence and respect of all classes
Of citizens.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-08

education of the masses possible.
Reading matter is now so cheap and
80 easily obtained by the poorest, that
knowledge. and power to do better
work is within the reach of all in
this Southland of ours.
The need of the South today Is
knowledge of agriculture, a knowl
edge of those useful facts and prin
ciples underlying our chief occupa
ton. which will give greater power II
forcing from the soil the means To-
improving rural conditions.
The man who reads thinks; and thu
man who thinks has power.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-08
FoiIed.

WHAT" cried the brutal husband.
You gave that old overcoat of mine
to a tramp? You should have asked
me first. l had placed hundred dol
lars in bills in one of the pockets of
that coat, simply to have the money
in a safe place until you should want
to purchase some clothes"
civilian Henry Suddsworthy," re-
piled the fond wife, fixing him with
a judicial eye, you worked that game
on me two years ago. went through
the pockets of that coat and found a
wornout glove, six cloves, five carda
mon seeds, four matches and sub
urban timecard. I'm going shopping
for my dress tomorrow"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-08
Southern Farmers Read Too llttl

SOuIneTn dTHlCTS nCdS wv G'N
Our connection with the agricul-
tural press of the South, for the last
fifteen years, has given us an oppor-
tunity to observe conditions pretty
CLOSELY. The farmers are today PROB
ably spending twenty times more LOT
reading matter than they did twenty
wears ago, but the great majority OF
those who actually do the farm WORK
still do little reading. Much progress
has been made, but its influence on
the average man is small because thiS
average man does not read.
Put The Progressive Farmer anu
Gazette into the hands of any man
who does not now read, and induce
him TO study SO consecutive issues
and he is a better farmer in spite OF
his prejudices or habits in the past
Truth is mighty and prevails where
ever and whenever proclaimed. Inc
same may be said of any other goou
agricultural paper adapted to the
needs of our people.
There are many agencies at work
in these days, all tending to help
farming by educating the farmer
While generally overlooked because
of the more personal nature of mod
ern methods of extending agricultur
al knowledge, the reading of agricul
tural papers and books will ever be
the greatest means of extending ag
ricultural information.
Since the printing press has made
reading matter cheap, hundredfolo
more information is obtained by read
ing alone, than is impaired by all the
schools and colleges, and all the in
stitutes and demonstrations combined
In the dozen States which comprise
our territory, not more than 2,0OC
farmers institutes are held eacn
wear: two or three thousand boys are
in our agricultural schools, and few
other thousands are reached by the
various forms of demonstration work
Those reached by these agencies are
reached most effectively and profit
ably, but every week, fifty-two times
a year, The Progressive Farmer anC
Gazette reaches upwards of 100000
counting only two readers to eacl
household it enters.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-08
Get An Education Through Reading

Does reading pay apart from the
pleasure and profit which must come
to any human being in communing
with the best thinkers of all ages in
all lands? Can the boy or girl on
the farm get an education through
reading?
The writer knows Of scores of men
making a success of farming today,
and who have a good working knowl-
edge of the facts and principles I'M
DERIVING modern agricultural prac-
tice, who never received a single
lesson in school bearing on this SUB
ject By reading they have acquired
an agricultural education superior to
that possessed by the recent gradu-
ates of any agricultural college. By
this we do not wish to belittle the val
ne of a college education. This writer
would give four years of his time,
right now, although nearing so years
Of age, for a four-years' course in in
agricultural college if he could do so
with only the sacrifice of his time,
and yet he has acquired a working
knowledge of agriculture which en-
ables him to do his daily editorial
work solely by reading, interpreted
through the experience of boyhood
spent on the farm.
To the parents of the boys and
girls on the farm, and to these boys
and girls themselves, We wish to
make an earnest appeal for the for
nation of the reading habit 1t will
of age, for a four-years. course in an
your farming, but if not in all cases
in greater material wealth, always IL
| the pleasure which it will bring.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-08
TO The PUBLIC

We have discontinued the retail ice
business for the summer, and our
wagons have been discontinued, but
we will reopen next spring. During
the absence of the manager, the neces-
sity for this notice to the public was
overlooked. All outstanding coupons
will be redeemed and the money. re
funded upon presentation at our Of
fice.-HATTIESBURG ICE & COAL
co. 3-6t
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-08

/ cannot dance the old steps
I danced year ago;
NY hobble skirt would trip me
And hinder me, you know
I dare not try the polka
Which once / danced with grace
Unless they will revise 1t
For half-a-foot of space.
/ used to do the two-step
And scoot across the floor,
But now stand serenely
And I two-step no more.
I tried It just last evening;
Ny partner was surprised;
He asked me very gently
II I was paralyzed.
cannot do the schottische; q.
/ stagger in the squirt
And find myself completely
Dissuaded by my skirt
o, tell the band to stop 1t!
My feet beg for chance,
Or I'll try in a minute
The old st. Vitus dance.
I cannot hear the music
Without a vague regret
That I no more may stalk through
The stately minuet,
They'll have to make new dances
If they would fill the bill;
Devise a jolly figure
We can dance standing still.
I cannot dance the old steps
For fear that I will fall
In fact, since I've been hobbled
I cannot dance at all
I can't sit this out with you
Don't lift your brows or frown
Because the solemn truth Is
That l cannot sit down.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-08
Gross Dereliction.

81 hear that the proprietors of the
Whoopla Magazine discharged their
editor in chief last week." says the
first literary agent.
yes; let him go on a moments
notice." replies the second literary
agent.
What was the trouble? Difference
of opinion?"
mo. Worse than that. He let the
magazine go to press without having
pictures of the Roosevelt family and
of John D. Rockefeller in it."
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-08
How Reading Pays.

Does this reading pay? Let us
take for illustration, modern dis
covery which has done so much for
dairying, the Babcock test for butter
fat. Who made this discovery? Did
the practical dairyman give this to
his business? No; it came from the
scientist in his laboratory and was
given to the world through books,
bulletins and papers. Not one in a
thousand now familiar with this
great discovery heard of it first in
school or college.
Again, let us take the question OF
plant foods and fertilizers, especially
commercial fertilizers, through which
by spending $5O,OOO0OO annually
we are able to maintain our crop pro
duction although our soils have beer
depleted because of our ignorance Of
agricultural knowledge. Who made
this development possible? The chem
lists, starting with Liebig and COMING
down through the modern laborato
ries. In no sense is the farmer-evel
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-08
Recoqnlzed the Method.

The victim of the holdup men had
been resuscitated, and after giving his
name and address, is asked what is his
business.
81 am a summer resort proprietor"
he says, feebly "and my assailants
got the entire profits of my season."
Did you observe them closely
enough to give us a description OF
them?"
mo, sir but from the rapidity with
which they cleaned me out l am
forced to believe that they must at
one time or another have been con
nected with my line of business"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-08
His Reason,

But" argue the royal cabinet, when
Pharaoh decides to begin the erection
of the first pyramid, why do you want
to put up this huge mass of stone?
Can you give a good reason for it,"
sam Hill! MOI" testify replies
Pharaoh. But in the centuries to
come our reign will be unforgotten be.
cause of the many reasons assigned
by scientists for the building of the
pyramids!
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-08
Watered.

How much rolling stock have
your" asks the possible investor of the
promoter of the Yukon & Ypsilanti
railway.
Rolling stock?" replies the promo
ter. I'VE haven't got along that
far. yet We're busy handing out the
floating stock, just at present"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-08
The Worlds Cynical Side

The philosopher who asserted that
truth was stranger than fiction evi.
IDENTIFY never dallied with the six best
sellers.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-08
The Close School Room

Into which school children are packed
at the period of physical development,
and the bending position which they
assume, are potent factors in produc-
ing eye defects. Don't allow the lit
tie ones to start with Iife's greatest
handicap-poor sight
Nearly all eye tToub'cs are caused
by optical defects. Glasses properly
fitted are the only remedy that will
overcome these defects and give per-
manent relief. We test and measure
the eye for every known defect or i'm
perfection of vision. Ctr examina-
tons are the most thorough and SCI
entifc possible, the most modern in
struments and our original and exclu-
sive methods are used in every case.
F.W. QUEEN, OPH. D.
OPTICAL SPECIALIST
Polk Building. 10 East Pine 81
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-08
Temporary Heat Quickly

Did YOU ever stop to think Of the many ways In which
erfec oil Is of value? If you sleep with win
dow open winter you sufficient heat from an oil heater
while YOU undress night and then turn OFF, Apply match
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-09-10
NEWTOWN

The funeral of Michael c. Hourigan who met a sad and sudden death last Tuesday night, as the result of having been struck by an automobile, was held from the home of his mother, Mrs. Martin Hourigan Friday morning and from St. Roses church at 10 Rev George T. Sinnott being the ce1ebrant. The pail bearers were Mi chael Brennan, John Brennan, Patrick Keating, Michael Heating, William Kelly, James Hassett, Internent took place in St. Roses cemetery. Friends present from out of town were Mrs, Crotty Miss Anna Kelly, Mrs. Wrp. Honan, Mrs. Michael Lillis. Miss Mary Sean1on of Bridgeport, William Kelly of Mattawan, N. Y. Deceased was employed at the home of David C. Peck on Mount Pleasant and has always been known to be of a quiet genial disposition His tragic ending has aroused universal sympathy Tor his aged mother, brother and sisters who are Miss B. Hourigan. Mrs Mi chae1 J. Hou1ihan, Mrs. Michael J. White and Martin Hourigan, the lat ter an emp1oye of the N. N H. 6 H. railroad at the HawleyVille sta tion.
 John A. Carlson attended the Con- necticut fair in Hartford, Thursday. NeWtoWnl Inn are: George F. Trow- bridge, J. B. Cox, T. C. Wallace, k. J. England, W. w. Campbell of New York, MT. and Mrs. J. s. Hall, Thomas ley of Bridgeport. MT. and Mrs. H. M Hoag of Sharon, Rev. P P.f Her rick of Matanzas of Cuba, George H. Dayton of New Havens l.. N. Potter of Hartford, E. Herrfck Brown Of Honolulu, Mr. and Mrs. A G.. Todd and daughter of New Milford, MT. and Mrs c. w. Bounty, Robert Beeh- Ter of Stamford, H. D. Bronson and family of Beacon Falls.
 Rev, O. w. Barker of Hartford will occupy the pulpit in the Cengre- gational church, Sunday, Sept. 1lth.
 Mrs L.. c. Gilbert, ST., has enter tained Mrs. Maud Gould of Bridgeport
 Miss AIIard of Bridgeport has been a recent guest of Mrs. Charles Payne.
 IA whist party for the benefit of the Newtown Library will be held in the Library building Saturday even ing Sept. 17th.
 Mrs. Ambrose B1ackman and Mrs. Charles Glover entertained the Ladies whist Club at the Beach Memorial Ibirary Thursday afternoon with six tables occupied Miss Patterson was awarded the first prize, centerp1ece and Mrs. w. A. Canfield, second prize, candle stick The usual refreshments Of punch and waters were served.
 Mrs. Mary Neville of Bridgeport has been the guest of Mrs. Frederick Briggs. . nosition in the office of the Harvey Hubben Co.,, in Bridgeport.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-09-10
STAMFORD

Tomorrow morning at the Congrega- tional church Rev. Willard L. Beard of New York, district secretary of the American board, will speak pr. Cyril H. Hass and Mrs. Ruth Dietz Hass will receive from the secretary their commissions as missionaries of the board in Turkey. In the evening Sec retary Beard will give an illustrated lecture on Medical Missions Around the World Dr. Hass will go to a hospital at Adana, Turkey.
 Burr Mills and family of Georgetown have been visiting in town.
 George Dennison has taken his fam fly from Putney to Bridgeport.
 Town Clerk Lowell went blue, fishing of 4S fish.
 Miss Pearl Porter has been cruising down New London way.
 Rev. Arthur Shirley is home from an outing in Maine.
 Our village baker, John Assun, has given to Father OConnor, for the fair in progress at the town hall, a tooth
 Frederick Townroe has returned from camping at Lake Champlain.
 John E. Judson and family, of East Orange, N. J., have arrived in town
 Mrs. Orton, who has been visiting in town, has returned to Housatonfc, Mass.
 Miss Helen Reynolds has returned from a visit to Waterbury.
 Mrs. Florence Baldwin, who spent a portion of the summer in town, is now doing Paris.
 william B. Mccarthy and wife are soon expected home from Europe.
 Mrs. D. c. Wood recently entertained her Sunday school class.
 Tonight the ''Allegory of the Seed Corn'' will be presented at the Grange
 There will be preaching in the Neighborhood church tomorrow morn ing at 11:15, followed by the commun- meet at 1o:So. Preaching in the even Ing at 30
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-09-10
DANBURY FAIR GROUNDS
Big Changes There Include New Midway and Mammoth New
 Auto Building

| Visitors to the Danbury Fair this fall will be most agreeab1y surprised for the~grounds will present a greatly improved appearance. The officials have made extensive changes, which include the erection of a large building for automobile display, the construc- tion of a new midway, the changing in situation of the cattle and horse barns, and the change in location of one of the roads leading into the grounds.
 The erection of a large building, for the displaying of automobiles, had been contemplated by the officials for some time, but it had not been de- cided where to locate it. as no con- venient place offered itself. The so- lution of the problem was found in the destruction by fire of three horse barns, last fall. The horse barns were situated in the shape of a horse shoe, and the cattle barns in the shape of a complete circle, ne@rby- After idea was conceived, whereby the horse and cattle barns could all be included and yet make room for the proposed new automobile building The barns have been shifted, so they now form a huge semi-circle, one half of which are cattle barns and the oth- ter of the enclosure formed by this semi circle, that the large new auto building is placed.
 / The dimensions of the building are
 
 building in construction, being board ed up to about six feet from the floor, the remainder of the distance to the caves being glass. This building fills a want long felt. In previous years. the auto exhibits have been scatter ed about the grounds, wherever there could be found room for them, caus- ing annoyance to other exhibitors, to say nothing of the auto men them selves.
 But with the new building great many firms will exhibit their ears. in building in which there will be plenty of room for both the cars and the people who want to see them; new auto hall, straight to the main building. at the point where the of fees are situated. The midway will be over thirty feet wide at the new auto building and will gradually in building it will be sixty feet wide
 Altogether the appearance Of that section of the. Fair Grounds will be very radically altered, when the next Fair opens Oct. 3 and the Fair will truly, be Digger and better than eVer'2
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-09-10
BUILDING LOTS

If you are looking for building lot ina desirable location at a req sonabIe price. see us before buying elsewhere. We. can give you your choice of central locations in Bridge port and in Stratford, and can save money for you.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-09-10
FAIRFIELD

The ease with which Selectnan Char les Fox, captured the Democratic eau GUS and secured renornination for First Selectman by a large majority of votes, shows that there is very lit I tie opposition to him in his own party, and it is known he is we'll thought of 1 by many Republicans. It is generally admitted that he has made a good Selectman. and the opinion now pre- vails that he will be easily reelected. The probability is that next Monday night the Republicans will nominate MT. Rowe, already a member of the board, for First Selectrnan. Henry and Richard Smith and Fred Buchanan are fishing for, a few days | at Cold Spring, L. l. A few nights ago the Ladies' Mis- sionary Society of the Congregational church in Southport held a very sue pr. Hetze1 will soon move into the E.. l.. Wells house on Pequot avenue. Mrs. J. K. Robinson, formerly of Verna Farm, Greenfield Hill, gave a
 dinner last night at the Hotel Gotham
 in honor of the approa ching marriage
 of her daughter. which takes place to-
 When last heard from George Mills
 and wife were in Paris. They will soon return to New York.
 Alfred Perry, John B. Boyle. A. B.
 Sturges and c. V. BrothweIl will soon
 go to Hartford as delegates to the
 Congressional convention. All are to
 wear Prince Albert coats and tall silk
 hats.
 The following ladies have charge of
 exhibits at the Greenfield fair which
 opens on Tuesday next: Mrs. S. c.
 Bradley, ladies' industriaI; Mrs. w H.
 Wilson, food; Mrs. A. c. Buckley, can
 ned goods; Mrs. George Merwin. flori- culture; Mrs. Charles Gray, niscellan- eous.
 Mrs. Lulu Bedding is visiting her father, Franklin Banks.
 Mr. Pickett says his yacht is all
 ready to go on cruise again.
 The following ladies will make candy for the coming fair: Mesdames How
 ard Gray, W. O. Burr, Wilrner Pratt, Hamilton Shelton, D. B. Adams. FL
 mer F. Bulk1ey, Harry Edwards and
 Ethe1 Knapp.
 James D. Jennings and family have
 moved from the Bowers residence to the D. M. Banks house. Ruth and Clara Holman are home
 from the Berkshires. Henry H. Perry and wife have gone to Maine for a month. Simon Sherwood and son have gone to the White Mountains. Miss Hattie Smedley has been able to resume her duties as teacher at the
 Center school, after a long period of ill health.
 Miss Annie Warehouse has gone to
 Hanover, Vt, where she will meet Charles Jennings and wife This evening, in Dr. Guilbert's gar age, the well known play which orig
 mated in Stratford, called "Prof. Bax- ter's Great Invention, will be given by the Sasquamaug Village Improve
 nnent Society.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-09-10
.J.F. SeIIeck yr: &Co: REAL ESTATE
 No. 1o94 Main Street
RENTS

764 North Ave, rooms. SIS 1764 Main St. 5 rooms. .s 14 112 Pacific St., 4 rooms. .......' 10 237o Park Ave, rooms. 10 731 Wood Ave-, rooms. ... IS
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-09-10

Farmer Want Ads. Cent 2 word
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-09-10
Children Cry
 FOR FLETCHER'S c A s r c R E A
POINTS OF INTEREST.
CoAhe to the Woman,s Drue St,

Cohe to the Wonan's Drug Store for your pure spices for picking. Ab- soIute1y pure and unadulterated, any of them or mixed just as you want them. Come here for any other drug store needs and get the best, always the best. This is one of the best times of the year to take care of your hair. Our Rum and Apple Hair Tonic is guaranteed by us to stop the hair from falling in the use of one bottle or your money back if it: fails; we make it and stand back of every word we say about it; it also cures~up dan druff and itching of the scalp. Creams. lotions, powders, and all accessories for the toilet always to be had here. Rubber goods of every description and at the right price. Lady always in attendance, privacy assured on or ders for elastic stockings, abdominal belts. trusses, etc. Prescription work a speciality with us, just what the doc tor ordered is our motto. The Wo- mans Drug Store, 129 State street. one door below Main street. Tele- phone 288-4.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-09-10
N o IC

For forty-four years we have been conducting business at the same old location, corner of Main and John Streets, Bridgepors. Conn.,, and our Private Bank has been established 9here continuously. We have received and paid out on demand without mo- eice millions. of dollars of money de- Uosited with us and we continue to receive money subject to deposttor's check at sight, on which we allow three per cent. per annuxn. creoteU fhe accounts of individuals, business men, firms and corporations. and an who want bank account where tnSv can deposit money, checks or dra4Iss and leave 1t for one day, one Nyeek,one
 month or one year, and draw inteFess on it for any time it is left with nSs@ personal attention as the oldest firm of private bankers fin this state
 IT. WATSON 6 co.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-09-10
1NFLAMN1ATORY RHEUMATISM
 CURED IN 3 DAYS

Morton L.. Hill, of Lebanon. Ind, saws: My wife had Inhammatory Rheumatism in every muscle and joint: her suffering was terrible and her body and face were swollen almost for six weeks and had eight p11ysi- clans, but received no benefit until she tried Dr. Detchon's Relief for Rheumatism. It gave immediate re- lief and sine was able to walk about in three days. I am sure it saved her life" Sold by Curtis Pharmacy. Drug gist, 1149 Main St. G 2~ 6 tf.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-09-10

For the protection of the states forests from fire a new law in New Jersey requires railroads traversing each side of the track clear of all vegetation and too wide for a blaze to leap across.