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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-04-19
COTTON MARKET

Liverpool: spots. 1856 sales, s.
900; June-July open. 7.52 1881 June
July close. ISL; sept.-Oet- open,
6.75-74; sept-Oct close GA IL.
New Orioaas.-OBening May, 1897;
July, 14.4l; low May, 14.S7: July,
HAL 2:15 z. n. May, l4.51; July,
14.55: Spot Kidding. "a 9-1e
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-04-19

Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets assist nature in driving all i'm
purities out of the system, insurinC a
free and regular condition and restor-
ing the organs of the body to health
and strength. Sold by HAYS &
FIELD
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-04-19

of Biloxi, were present at the meeting
Monday of the Westminster Aid of
the Bay Street Presbyterian church,
at the home of Mrs. l.. H. Wells
The ladies will give a Measuring
Party Thursday of next week at the
home of Mrs. R. C. Hauenstein, on
Bay street.
After the meeting the hostess
served cream and cake.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-04-19
A CREED.

10 De earnest; to be strong;
To make light the way with song;
Walking steadfast through the days,
Slow to anger. quick to praise;
Firm OF purpose sure of soul,
Pressing upward to the goal;
Upright, even. dismayed,
Sure, -ercH md unafraid.
To be patient, to be kind:
To be purposeful and find
Sweetness all along the way;
Lcath to judge, but firm to say
Truth with unrelenting tongue:
But 10 cavil veered or swung
From the right and to endure
lHopeful helpful clean and pure.
10 be gentle; TO forgive:
True to life, and glad to live;
To he watchful and to be
Rich with boundless charity:
To he N"mble in success,
Strong OF heart in bitterness:
In our -womanhood.
To he smiling; to be glad
For the yesterdays we've had:
TO BIG grateful all the way
For the beauties of today:
TO he hopeful and to see
In the days that Ere to be
Bigger, better. broader things,
Robes Of purple, crowns of kings.
N. d. Bismarck.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-04-19
PreciIIian Circle With Miss
Annie Carter.

FrecilIan CIrcle with Miss
Annie Carter.
A pleasant meeting of the Precillian
Circle of Court Street Methodist
church was held Monday afternoon
with Miss Annie Carter, on Walnut
street. After short business session
a social half hour was en-
joyed, during which the hos
tess, assisted by her sister, Miss Ruth
Carter served grape fruit salad,
waters and coffee
The members present were Mes
danes P. A. Carter, r. ]. Bryson. A
NJ, Jackson Leo II. Martin. George
Carter, Fred Austin, e. w.
Hannah, Misses Lena Thompson and
Leila May Smith; guests, Mrs. Rob
ert Burkett and Miss Erskine Thomn.
son.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-04-19

TomorroW's Social.

Tomorrow's Social.
Afternoon: Wednesday Club: hos
less. Mrs. H. S. Turner, at the home
Of Mrs. r. y. Collins.
Afternoon: Woman's Club; hos
toss, Mrs Leo H. Martin. at $3.50.
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l.. M. Mooring, of San Antonio, Tex
as. is visitor in the city.
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Felix McElroy is spending the week
. in Gulfport and Long Beach.
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The friends of Mrs. c. N. Spears
arr glad % welcome her back after
several months stay in Lumberton.
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Mr.. John e. Lawson has returned
from McComb City, where he was
called by the illness of his little sis
ter.
Ladies' Day Tomorrow.
Tomorrow, Wednesday is Ladies
Day at the ball park and number of
Arties will enjoy the game, While
the formal opening of the baseball
season will not take place for several
days. these practice games with
Greater Birmingham" are enjoyed
immensely. Yesterday society vas
largely represented and will be for
the next two games.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-04-19

Mound City Paints may cost a trifIe
more. butt Hawkins Hdw. Co.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-04-19

Returning special train will leave Mobile Alabama April goth at
$3.50 A. NJ Tickets sale and 27th 1910
Good returning special train April regular trains up to
May End 1910 Extension MAY 18th 1910
can secured by deposng ticket Mobile
urn - yment O cents
rther information call local. agent or address
N5<1 RD REEVES Passenger Agent
Hattesburg Mississippi
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-04-19
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Ladies' Aid With Mrs. George

-aHicS Ala WIN Mrs. george
Calhoun.
The Ladies Aid Society of. First
Presbyterian church met Monday af-
ternoon with Mrs. George Calhoun,
and the following members were pres
ent: Mesdames w. L. Fulton. NJ.
Dunn, Alice Webb, S. Burr. L. l.. Ma
jor, NJ. Galbreath, J. H. Putnam, C. f.
Driver, S, J. Pettigrew, Jack Ken
nedy, r. A. Logan, Straham, John
Poole, j. D. Stewart, R. D. Reeves, G.
a. Rathman, NJ. E. Adams, Joe Shell
by. A. K. McInnis, E. McLennan
George Autry, D. e. McInnis, Albert
Herren; Misses Hattie McKinstrey
Lavinia Currie, Ida Clarke and EN-
ma Galbreath. Mrs Carmichael was
the only guest
The meeting was opened with a
song, after which Mrs. J. D. Stewart
read the - chapter of Romans.
At the close of the meeting Mrs.
Calhoun, assisted by Mesdames AL
bert Herren and c. f. Driver. served
a dainty salad course.
The National tribune., 1910-08-25
WIDOWS, PENSIONS.

Another eXaggerat ton which has bsan
used with full effect against The Na-
tional Tribune bill is as to the amount
that it will take to pay widows pens
sions, and it is represented that these
will more than make good the losses
from the death of the veterans. The
extraordinary longevity of some of the
widows of the veterans of the Rev6fu-
ton and the War of 1912 are decidedly
in support of this argument. The I'M
plication is. and we only wish it were
true, that the widows of veterans were
almost immortal Unfortunately this Is
not borne out by the reports Of the Com
missioner of Pensions. For the year
ended June 90, 1909, 10000 widows died
and 1,049 remarked. During the Same
year 32,S31 veterans died, SO that half
as many widows as veterans passed off
the roll AS a rule, the wives of vet
Grams are only a few years younger than
themselves, and consequently the death
rate among them must rise rapidly as
the years go by.
The widows that came down Is US
from the Revolution and the War of
1912 were very few in number, with
astonishing instances of longevity. The
great mass of the widows died off as
rapidly as their husbands. Last year
the mortality among the 6.633 widows
of the Mexican War Ieaped up to 2S1,
or nearly four per cent. One-half Of
these will be gone inside of six years
according to the best statistics. The
best estimate of the cost of repeating
the Limitation in the act of June 81, al
lowing pensions to all who had lived
with their husbands three years prior
to their death, was s3,000,00 instead
of from $1,000, 900 to SIC, 1000, 900, which
is usually given as the cast. The United
States Government can well afford to
pay $4,000 a year for a few years
to the women who have cared for their
husbands children with all the devotion
of real mother. and who have nursed
the dear invalids during the last sad
years of declining toward the grave.
The National tribune., 1910-08-25
THE TIMBER AND TURPENTINF
LEASES.

The harpies who are doing their ut
most against St. Cloud and John Nc
Elroy have been trying hard to revive
the old timber and turpentine leases
annoyances. This matter has been so
satisfactorily settled SO long ago that it
is absurd for them to raise its ghost
The explanation is exceedingly simple,
and has been made many times in The
National Tribune and thousands of
times more often personally to all who
inquired about it. The timber and tur-
pentine people were SO active and thoro
that they covered nearly every part of
the piney region of Florida with their
leases and 1t Is exceedingly difficult to
get any land not so incumbered. In
order to obtain what we felt was the
very best location in Florida we had TO
take a portion of it subject to these
leases The agreement with the lessees
was that they should clear off and ex-
tinguish these leases at the rate of 1000
acres a year, and this was subsequently
speedily cancel all the leases on the
lands owned by the Seminole Land &
Investment Company. These leases, it
should be explained, only referred to
the timber squaring four inches 16 feet
from the ground. All the rest of the
timber belonged to the purchaser. AS
the extent of these leases was naturally
uncertain, we had for safety to make
all deeds subject to them. AS fast as
the leases were Cancelled by cutting off
the timber or otherwise they were re-
leased in the office of the Recorder of
Osceola County. The Seminole Land &
Investment Company made good every
promise to it's purchasers. Where the
purchaser was dissatisfied for any rea-
son with the land which had been al
lotted to him or desired to go on and
improve 1t without waiting for the cam
collation. of the leases, he was imme-
diately transferred to land equally good
which was free from the leases or his
money was refunded with interest. To
this fact there are innumerable wit
nesses, all of whom are quite willing to
testify This is the whole matter No
one can gainsay it, and anyone who
wants to know the truth can readily
satisfy himself. The Seminole Land &
Investment Company has left nothing
in reason undone to satisfy its purchas-
ef4,
The National tribune., 1910-08-25
A LAST CHANGE.

Subscribers The National Tribune offered las,
opportunity the Florida project rock
bottom The has extended August and
until that subscriptions property old
price
This project Washington County
is the best general farming and trucking section of the State
At Bay,
the largest and best natural harbor the Florida
The United States Government has authorized the expenditure of
quarter million dollars deepening the channel
of the harbo This work will early date
The following prices hold good until August 3Ist
One lot 5ox1o feet and ve-acre of farming land
outside the 500.
Two lots the latter constituting
solid body of ten acres S12ooo.
Three latter constituting
solid body of fifteen $4,000
Four and constituting
solid body of twenty acres $4,000
This will positively be the last opportunity property
the figures After August 3Ist
town % nd 6ve-acre will be $4,000
Address THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE. Washington, D. c.
The National tribune., 1910-08-25
DEATH OF GEN. JOHN w. KIsIBALL.

Gen. John w KimbalI. Lieutenant-
Colonel, 18th Mass, and Colonel, SD
Mass, died at Fitchburg, Mass, July Is.
alton from Richard Kimball. who came
to Massachusetts, in 1884. Gen. Kimball
was born Feb. 27. 1928, and became a
leader among the young anti-slavery
element Before the war he was a
member of firm which did a large
business manufacturing scythes. His
father and brother had been members
Of the Massachusetts Militia, and which
he entered and was Captain of the
Fitchburg Fusiliers, which was one OF
the companies which promptly respond
ed 10 the call for troops. The company
subsequently became part of the 18th
Mass. and Capt. Kimball was promoted
20 Major. The regiment lost heavily at
Balls Rluff. and especially distinguished
itself at Antietam, where Lieut.. Col.
Later he was selected Colonel for the
SD Mass, a new regiment raised for
the Department of the Gulf. Col. Kim
ball took it to New Orleans, and espe-
cially distinguished himself in the Port
Hudson campaign. particularly in the
assault on the rebel works. He received
the brevet of General for distinguished
gallantry. He re-cntered the militia al
the close of the war, became Colonel OF
the 10th NJ V. NJ, resigning the posi-
tion to accept an appointment in the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing at
Washington. He was appointed Post
master of Fitchburg by President Hayes
and reappointed by Arthur He took
an active interest in the Grand Army,
was Commander of Edwin b. Sumner
Post and Commander of the Depart
The National tribune., 1910-08-25
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE PENSION BILL

The following the bill The
Ito pass at the coming session:
AN ACT
To Amend the Act of June o. $780, the Act of April 9os and
Other Acts
Be enacted By tho Senate and House of of the
United States OF America an Congress assembled:
SECTION That person who the mil
a naval service of the United States during the late civil
60 days the with Mexico and who has been honorab dis
herefrom and who has reached the Of so
SHALL making of such according such rules and
regulations the Secretary of the Interior provide be placed
the roll and be entitled pension follows:
In such has reached the of 50 years s5 month";
IS $50 month"; 70 $50 month"; Is $40
month and such pension shall from the date of the
and approval of this Act Pr0 that who
laws whose claims pending the of Pensions
application the of Pensions such
prescribe receive the benefits of this and nothing herein
tanned shall pensioner entitled pension
from prosecuting his claim receiving pension under other
special Procdd that person shall pen
under other law the for the
receiving pension under the of this
th that who shall
greater pension other general special
would be entitled under provisions
sonable under this Act.
Sec That rank the shall considered appca
ions filed hereunder.
SEC B. That the clauses the Acts of 81 $780,
and April 49, 1908 denying widows oi
and who married their husbands 81 $780,
are hereby repealed.
The National tribune., 1910-08-25

A man going out to market asked
Schneider the price of sausages
Fifteen cents q pound" replied
Schneider.
why, Schultz sells them for 12h
cents a pound" answered the man.
"Vhy don't you buy of Schultz %
asked Schneider.
"Oh, Schultz was out of them" re-
piled the, man.
"Vell,"i returned, Schneider, when ]
ana out of them I sell them for 12Ia
cents, too
This is about the situation with cur
Democratic friends who are promising
the dollar a-day bill. AS they are not
in a position to give anything. they are
perfectly willing to promise S1-a-day
pensions. If they get in, it will be like
when they came in under Cleveland.
They will interpret their victory as a
protest against all pensions and pro-
ceed to cut them down. The Democrats
nave frequently appealed to the veter-
ans to help them into power, but as
soon as they did get in they attributed
their success to everything else than
the veterans help. and a man who
made any appeal for recognition on the
strength of what he might have done
reminded that the war was over many
years ago, and no waving of the bloody
shirt was wanted.
The National tribune., 1910-08-25
A FRIEND OF THE VETERANS.

Those who are making war upon
Speaker Cannon as an enemy of the
veteran are rankly untruthful as well
as ungratefuL Speaker Cannon has
been an active helper in putting tpon
the statute books every pension law
that is now there, and it was due 20 his
quick, energetic helpfulness tfat the
McCumber law was passed as promptly
as it was and the veterans given its
benefit Immediately, instead of 1t hav-
ing to follow the tedious course that
most all previous pension legislation
has had to take. The veterans of the
whole country and their widows owe
deep gratitude to Speaker Cannon for
this, and they should resent the bitter
attacks made upon hiEi by men who
never were for an instant in favor of
the veterans, never have done anything
helpful for them, and would not do it
if they had all the power of the Gov
ernment.
The National tribune., 1910-08-25
OF SHERMAN AND
CURTIS

What everyone has expected who
knew those gentlemen is that the Burke
Investigating committee has completely
exonerated Vice President Sherman and
Senator Curtis from any shade of
wrongdoing in connection with the In
dian lands. Senator Gore left with the
Burke investigating committee a writ
ten statement expressing regret that he
had been forced to mention the names
of these gentlemen, and earnestly re-
questing that the committee at the
earliest practical moment make an au-
thoritative finding and statement to the
effect that no evidence has been ire
sened tending to establish any improp-
er conduct on the part Of either Vice
President Sherman or United States
Senator Curtis respecting the subject of
this investigation"
The National tribune., 1910-08-25
Things TO REMEMBER.

The Government has always given
large pensions to individual veterans Of
previous wars as they passed certain
age. This has been done ny special
acts. and what The National Tribune
pension bill contenplates is that thsre
shall be a general law that veterans
after passing 20 shall he treated alike
and given Increased pc ms without
any Discrimination OF political inilu-
ence. IT will not cost the Government
very much to do this. as man who
has passed 20 cannot hope to enjoy his
pension very long nor he serious bur-
den upon the Treasury. The last widow
pensiOner of the Revolutionary war
was Esther s. Damon. Plymouth Union,
Vt. who died Nov. II, 1905; aged 80
years She had been the only one or
her class on the roll for years. The
only woman now on the roll on account
of the Revolution is Mrs Phoebe raj
menter, of Brookfield, n. Y. aged SS
years. She was pensioned by speclai
act rs the daughter of Jonathan
Wooley When anyone starts in to fig
ure on the cost of The National Tribune
pension bill it would be well for him to
remember that most of us have lost in
terest in the rate for 62 years, as only
a small number of veterans are row in
the class between 62 and 65. The rate
between Go and 10 is of importance to
a much larger number. while that be-
tween 20 and rs is of the highest i'm
portance to the great majority. June
30. 1909. there were 395 widows on the
roll on account of the War of 1872; rs
died during the year, or nearly enc IN
every five According to the Commits
sioner of Pensions, for the ear erded
June 30, 1909. the pensioners of the
age of n and upward to lOS numbered
in all 63,329. To pay each OF these S4o
a month, or $3.50 year, would cost
$30,397,920. From this sum must be
deducted s15,19S,96O, which represents
the present rate of pensions for those
at 75 or over. From it also must be
deducted a considerable sum for those
who receive in excess of $40 T1onth.
The mortality among men past rs must
be so great that this expenditure must
be reduced by several millions Of these
a year and in constantly increasing ra-
ito. This seems to be indicated by the
number now on the roll, for while there
are 15,S43 on the roll at 75, there are
only S,575 at rs, showing a decrease of
almost so per cent in one year.
The National tribune., 1910-08-25
THE COST OF THE NATIONAL TRIB.
UNE PENSION BILL.

One thing must be kept constantly In
mind in considering the cost of The
National Tribune pension bill. In all
previous calculations there has had to
be a wide margin left for the ''un'
known army" that is. there was q
number estimated frequently as high
as 10000 of honorably discharged vet
Grams who had not yet taken advantage
of any pension law. but who could be
expected to come in under the new leg
islation. This, thought. by force OF
habit, enters into all present caicuIs.
tions of those who are either for or
against The National Tribune pension
| bill. 1t comes in to swell the figures
given by many that the bill will cost
| $40, 600, 600 or more Where these es-
! timatoTs make their capital mistake is
in forgetting that there is no longer an
unknown army" Substantially every
man who is entitled to a pension has
! been gathered in by the operations OF
the age law and finally the McCumber
law. This is conclusively shown by the
report of the Commissioner Of Pen
sionS. The last report available, that
for the year ended June 30. 1909.
shows that there were only 5S3 original
claims pending under the general law.
but 1.545 under the act of June 81, and
only 2.7S9 under the act of Feb. 6. we
are confident that the report of the
Commissioner for the year ended June
80 1910, will show a very great reduc-
from, fold pf nnSSihIp
claims for pensions has been thoroly
CLEANED, and very few remain anywhere
who are entitled to pensions and have
not yet applied for them. Thus has
come great change. Instead of add
ing q large percentage for the margin
of increase on any proposed measure
there must be kept in mind that there
will be large decrease. This cannot
be too strongly impressed upon those
who attempt to give pension figures
The report of the Commissioner of PEN
sions shows that there was dropped
from his roll during the year ended
June 80, 1909, 51,5S1 pensioners. or al
most exactly 1000 a week. OF these
1892 were removed by death. In the
very nature of things this awful inroad
upon the pension roll by death must
continue in a rapidly increasing ratio
with each year. Therefore, the plus
mark of many millions in their estimate
must now be replaced by minus mark
representing several millions to indi-
cate the shrinkage below all estimates,
no matter how late the figures may be:
When veterans are dying at the rate Of
four every hour of the day, and Of
more than 5000 month, statements
of things which are true to-day will
have a vast sifinkage before next
month and a Mammoth Cave in them
by the time that Congress meets.
The National tribune., 1910-08-25

The row in Nicaragua seems to be
over, with a substantial victory for the
insurgents and President Jose Madriz
in flight. The war has had the usual
accompaniments of South American
revolutions in general robbery. pillage.
murder and destruction of property. 1t
is estimated that about 1000 men have
been killed in the actual fighting during
the war If there has been that num-
ber killed, a great portion of them
have been murdered in private resent
ment or robbery. Gen. Juan Estrada is
now President, but he will at once have
a fight on his hands to maintain him.
self against those who only united with
him to overthrow Madriz. Our Govern
ment has prepared for this, and has a
strong force of marines in readiness for
a dash across the country to the Mica
raguan Capital to protect Americans
and their property.
The National tribune., 1910-08-25

st. Louis has heard from the Census
Office, and is putting on a good many
friils about it She will show a popu-
lation of 6S7.029, which she thinks will
hold her in the fourth place among the
cities of the country. In 1900 she at
tanned the fourth place. with Boston a
close competitor. Now ST Louis feels
that she is so far ahead that Boston
cannot possibly catch up; but. all the
same, she is waiting with anxiety for
the report of how many the imrligra-
tion from Europe poured into that
classic metropolis. In 1900 Boston had
s60.s92 10 ST Louis 575.23S. The cities
which outranked them both were New
York. Chicago and Philadelphia.