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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-04-10
BUSINESOPROCRESS
PosTOFFICE RECEIPTS MADE A
GAIN OF 20 PER CENT.
shows That Volume Of City's BUSH
ness Has Been Increasing
A Steady Gain Through
the Years.

Abilene is making rapid progress
in the volume of business transact
ed. II the T9ceipts of the postotfice
are a measure. The year ending
March 81, 1918, showed the largest
business in the history of the Office
s24173.3O-an increase OF 20 per
cent over the preceding year. Post
master Harger has just completed a
compilation of reports OF business OF
the office for the past twenty years
and the progress OF the city 10 re-
Elected in the figures. Free city
delivery is due when a city's post
office business reaches $4,000. Abb
lene did that during the boom OF
the sos but then business de-
creased and ran down to $S,S67,S6
in 1895 and the low water mark OF
s8.13O.59 in 1897. After that It
steadily increased, returning to the
free delivery mark in 1900 with
s1O,333.6O. BY 1905 the business
was SIS 1907 and in 1910, 2l,-
21O.75. The next year it fell back
little and was $20,996.SS. In
1912 was another slump to $2O,2SO.-
"a but the past year has been al
most phenomenal in the growth OF
the business and gain OF 20 per
cent brought the figures to $24
I173.S0. The past three months
business was over $500.
DOUBTLESS some Of this increase
/ ia due to the coming of the parcel
pos-," said Mr.. Harger, but that
Is not q large factor. The parcel
post stamps sold during the quar-
ter, that is since January 1st' when
parcel post began, amounted tc
only $4S4.5O which is probably not
greatly in excess of the usual bust
ness for a quarter in fourth clast
mail. There have been no large
purchases Of stamps during the year
but the business has grown steadily
especially for about seven months
It indicates that Abilene is comint
to the front in its business trans
actions and Is thriving"
To the postoffice force the mos
interesting thing about the increas'
;, in business is that 1t raises the post
masters salary. When the bushes
is over $4,000 and less than SEA-
600 the salary is $4,000; from $24,
600 to $4,000! the salary 10 $27O(
a year, beginning in July following
the close of the salary year." Marcf
31st.
The postal savings bank now hat
$3,7S7; one year ago it was $26S1
Fewer transactions than were anti
cipated have been handled. TIT
number OF depositors now on tn
books is "A. Since the beginning
of the service, July L. 1911, 80
accounts have been opened and Al
of these have been closed by with
drawal Of the amounts deposited
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-04-10
NO SUFFRAGE IN CONNECTICUT
States Legislature Kills Bill to Civ
Women Ballot.

Hartford, Conn, April S.-Equal
suffrage was killed in the Connecti-
cut legislature today when the ss-
sembly defeated the bill to give Wo-
men the ballot. The question can
not be brought mp again to the leg
Sslature and q vote on q constitu-
tional amendment cannot be called
for SIX years.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-04-10
METROPOLITAN TOUCH AT
POST OFFICE CORNER

Abilene will have another metro
politan touch. The postofice de-
partment has granted a request for
a big package and letter box to be
placed on the sidewalk at the west
entrance of the postoffice on the
Cedar street sidewalk. 1t will be
a convenience to patrons of the Of
flee. It is expected about May LIST
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-04-10

Loss of Appetite is also loss OF
vitality, vigor, tone. To recover ap-
netite end the rest take Hoods sar-
senarilIa-that strengthens the
stomach, perfects digestion makes
eating a pleasure. 1t also makes the
blood rich and pure, steadies the
nerves,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-04-10
WO|IMRN'S ills
DISAPPEARED
Ike Magicafter taking Lydia
3. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
North Bangor, N. Y.-"As ] have have

uBeu Gyuio ~
hams We getable
Compound with
great benefit ! feel
Il my duty to write
and tell you about It
Twas ailing from fe.
male weakness and
had headache and
.backache nearly oil
the time. Iwaslater
every month than !
should have b en-
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-04-10
Hone Had Hail Storm.

Hope had a little hail storm lass
evening with big hail stones. They
ratified around lively for a few mir-
utes but did little damage. A Few
window lights were knocked out.
Some of the stones measured more
than four inches in circumference
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-04-10
TAFTs FIRST DAY AT YALE.
Ex-President Attended Chapel and
Answered Present.

New Haven, April 4.--Prof. VIII
liam H. Taft's first days work at
Yale consisted in attending chapel
service and answering present" at
. ihculty meeting.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-04-10
w. j. MCDONALD is DEAD.
Body viii Be Brought to Abilene for
Burial.

W. ], Mcdonald died at Topeka
aaHEIs morning and will be brought to
Abilene for burial. The funeral ar
engagements are not yet announced.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-04-10
HAVE YOU INVESTIGATED
The Advantage Of Gold Roller Disk
Sharpening2

Sharpening2
There is nothing better to cut
stalks with or to put in oats than q
good sharp disc and the best way
to have your disc sharpened is to
have it cold rolled. This process
does not fracture or cut away the
metal but leaves a keen hard edge
that will last longer than when
in any other manner. Call
and get prices. /. g. Langley, Gem
eral Blacksmith and Honseshoer.
21s A. St., Abilene, Kan. Toliver's
shop. zOW4t
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-04-10

Bring your poultry and eggs to
Green Bros, corner Second and Null
berry. Highest market price. 2Twtf
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-04-10

when baby suffers with eczema
or some itching skin trouble, use
Doan's Ointment. A little OF It goes
a long way and it is safe for chill
dren. soc a box at all stores.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-04-10

Single Comb Rhode Island Red
eggs, 81 per hundred. Mrs. G. A.
Madden, phone 1011h. 6w-Smo"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-04-10

About 800 bushels for sale, both
yellow Jersey and yams. See Geo.
Hilton, phone 1865, Abilene.
dSt2OwSt
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-04-10

Clean old papers can be had ~
tho Reflector office at sc per bundle
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-06-20
EDITORS AT GRAND FORKS.

Grand Forks, N. D., June 20.-The
question of patent or home print"
was extensively discussed here today
at the annual meeting of the North
Dakota Editorial Association. The
North Dakota publishers have been
waging a fight for some time against
the placing of advertising on the So
called patent" or inside" pages Of
their papers by the companies furnish
ing them. More than 100 of the news
papers has adopted home print" ex-
clusively.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-06-20
FORREST COUNTY FARMER HAS
RECOVERED FROM THE
TEXAS FEVER"
Editor News:

Editor News:
I have just had an interview with
one of the men who fell victim to the
Texas fever" which has been raging
in our midst for the last month, and
feel it my duty to give this interview
to the public and let them profit by
his experience. The mans name is
eagle and he can be found most any
day in Hattiesburg, or at his home on
the farm of T. ]. Nixon, and he will
be glad to verify what l have to say
through the columns of your paper.
He tells me that he was impressed
with the glowing pictures painted by
some Of the agents for this Texas
land and by pictures and lectures
shown and heard at our county court
house; so he hiked himself hither to
this glorious land that hath no poor
or sorrowing ones In its domain, where
peace, happiness and prosperity reign
supreme ION paper and in the pic
tures.)
Here is what he tells me about this
country in his own words:
81 had listened to these fairy tales
till l thought it was the place I had
been looking for and l knew that If
hard work would bring success l would
be alright, but l knew enough about
the method of some real estate men
not to believe everything they told
me; so when l reached my destination
l looked about to find someone that
had come there the same as l had for
the purpose of making a living by cul-
tivating these lands, and there were
plenty of them who had given 1t a
fair trial and not one of them gave
me any encouragement. All that they
cared to talk about was to try and sell
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-06-20
10 INDICTMENTS
CONTINUED from Page One.)

since none of its members are expert
accountants, or familiar with the sys-
TENS of bookkeeping used by the state.
In 1910 and 1911 the books and &C.
counts of the big educational insti-
tutions, and several of the eleemose-
nary institutions were thoroughly aud
tied by Chas. J. Moore and new sys-
TENS of bookkeeping installed. 1t is
believed that the new methods are be-
ing closely followed in many, if not all,
of these institutions. Mr.. Moore also
audited the books of the state super
intendent Of education, the adjutant-
generals office, and several other de-
partments at the capitol building.
1t is estimated that the expenses of
the joint committee, and the auditing
work to be undertaken, will cost the
state from $4,000 to $4,000.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-06-20
Moov Great Men Losers
In the Courts OF Love

Winter lost his money and Maria
wrote asking Dickens to help them out.
But perhaps Dickens did not get the
letter. Perhaps he thought he had al
ready paid enough in heartache, chag-
rim and disillusion. For 1t is said. he
did not give the desired aid.
Byron, lady killer as he VASE or
claimed to be), was rejected by a girl
to whom he POLITICALLY offered his
heart and hand. She would have none
In pique he married Isabel Milbanks
And they lived wretchedly ever after
or until they parted.
Bismark, when he was just OF age,
became engaged to Miss Russell, vel
low-haired English girl, whom he met
at a German spa But she was Of
noble blood and her family looked
down on the big young Prussian soldi
err. And she Tilted him-so runs the
story-nearly wrecking his heart and
his future by doing 80.
John Ruskin adored French girl
Mile. de la Touche. He courted her
long and devotedly. When at last she
turned her back on him he married q
girl named Grey-and separated from
her within six years.
There are countless other cases
where men who were to achieve world
fame were turned down" by silly girlA
Or, perhaps, wise girls. For geniuses
are not always easy to live with. And
perhaps lesser man makes better
husband.
In any event, hundreds of men have
been driven forth into the world, into
loneliness and work-and consequent
greatness-by a woman's mol" For;
'High hopes faint on warm hearth
stone,
He travels the fastest who travels
alone"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-06-20
WIDER SCOPE IS PLANNED
FOR ASSOCIATED CHARITIES
MEETING AT HOTEL HATTEsBU THURSDAY
ED BY REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS INTERESTED
CARING uFoRTUNATEs.

What was described by V. NJ. Scan
Ian, one of the speakers of the oc-
casion, as an inspiration meeting"
was that of the Associated Charities,
held in the Palm Garden of Hotel Hat
tiesburg Thursday night, at which
quite a number of the leading benevo-
lent workers Of the city were present
Mr.. Herman Katz, president of the
association, presided, and a report of
what the association has accomplished
since its organization a few months
ago was made by Secretary W. s..
Pierce.
The president explained the methods
of the association and emphasized the
fact that careful effort is made to aid
every needy applicant. He said a
thorough card system of office records
is maintained and that the secretary
investigates personally every case pre-
sented to the association.
OF the SO applications for help re-
ceived to date, AZ have been aided
involving aid to 100 individuals. This
has been done with monthly income
OF less than 800. The need of the
association is a larger membership
and an income of at least $3.50. These
were the points grought out both by
the president and the secretary.
Community Need of Associated
Charities.
Several speakers were present with
assignments of subjects for discussion.
DIR. ]. D. Donald, speaking of the
Community Needs of the Associated
Charities" said by such an organiza.
ton only can the work of general
helpfulness to the needy be carried on.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-06-20

me their holdings so they could get
enough money to go back to the place
from whence they came. saw one
man with a fine team Of horses, with
large signs across each side Of the
wagon: This team and wagon for sale.
Price $100.00," and l asked him why
he would sell team like that for that
price and he told me that all he want
ed was money to get him back to his
old home in Georgia. He had bought
twenty acres of this land and spent
$4,000 on it and offered to take $4,000
for the land and throw his team in for
good measure. l found some fine al
falfa hay in feed store and they told
me it came from New Mexico. l
found some fine corn in the same place
and they told me it came from North
Texas. 1 saw piles of onions that
were worth sixty cents a hundred
pounds and it cost more than that to
put them on the market. found that
the same Texas land that is selling
for fifty dollars an acre in Hatties-
burg can be bought there for five dol
lars an acre. l found that a white
man had to compete with Mexican
labor and there was nothing for any
body to do except work on a railroad.
Mississippi sure does look good to
me and don't think l will ever want
to leave it again. l wish l could tell
everybody that is figuring on going
out there just what to expect when
they get there"
This is Mr. eagles own story and
believing as l do that we have the
best country in the land today, l feel
it my duty to give to the readers of
The News this mans experience so
that others may stop to think before
they give up any of their hard-earned
cash to these "realestaters," as Morris
Perlmutter would say.
A. e. HARRISON.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-06-20
PROTECTION AGAINST PAUPER
LABOR OF EUROPE"-FALSE CRY
OF HAWAIIAN SUGAR PLANTERS

1t was suppressed by the Taft admin
istration. The Bureau of Labor sent
a man to Hawaii to get out another
report on labor conditions. This re-
port flatterred the planters and was
published.
The government investigator who
wrote the whitewashing report was
shortly thereafter given a good Job
with the Hawaiian territorial govern
ment, while Secretary Nagel later
busted himself preparing charges look
ing to the removal of Keefe.
Senator Reed, however, resurrected
the suppressed report and brought 1t
before the lobby committee. The
CONTINUED on Page Eighth
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-06-20

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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-06-20

He said that since the association has
been organized there has been mark
ed decrease in street begging. 1.-THE
state" said DR.. Donald, "shold do its
duty toward the poor" and he stres-
sed the point that families of prisoners
on the state farms should receive d.
rect help from funds derived by the
state from prison labor.
Being called upon for an address on
ways and Means" for the enlarge
ment of the association, Mr. Seaman
said that this meeting had proven an
inspiration to him. He had often
thought this town needed an organiZa-
ton like this one. He believed the
righteous thing for self-respecting
community to do is to rise up and say
1--WE will take care of our own poor"
All people, deep down in their hearts,
are just, said he. In referring to mans
relation to duty, Mr.. Seaman said the
sin Of commission is punished by law,
either of God, the state or the social
order, but society has no law for pun
ishing sins of omission; conscience
alone can chasten the man who "seeth
that his brother hath need, shutteth
up his bowels of compassion from him"
Duty of the Fortunate.
He said there are but few who can
spare nothing, and If attention of
needs are properly presented, relative
ly few but will spare something to
help the needy. He said 1t is hard for
and one to have to suffer actual want.
Not only so, but useless for them to
do SO in Christian community. He
believes in organized charity and is
sure it has an ethical as well as an
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-06-20

Juse because q man happens 70 De
a genius is no sign he has genius 1or
winning love, The next time girl
ignores your charm and wit and your
promise of greatness and has the pau
taste to throw you over for some little
whippersnapper with twenty-caliOei
intellect, just bear the following rac'S
in mind
James A. Garfield, as young man.
is said to have been Tilted by girl
whose family wanted her to marry d
man with better prospects.
Abraham Lincoln was unmerciiuiiy
snubbed by a girl whom he courteu
and who married man whose very
name is now forgotten. Z
George Washington is credited Win
no less than three fittings on the part
of Colonial girls who either could not
care for him or who thought they
could do better.
Napoleon III, Emperor Of the French
was rejected by about half OF the
princesses in Europe.
Mighty Miles Standish was refused
by Priscilla for meek John Alden.
Charles Stewart Parnell was engag
ed to a rich American girl. She broke
the engagement because she wanted
to marry famous man, and Parnell-
then in his early years-was not ye'
famous enough to suit her. 1t nearly
broke his heart. He threw himself
into politics and in few years wal
world-famous.
Charles Dickens, as a young man
adored Maria Beadnell, who was oldel
than he, and whose portrait he late
drew as Dora in David Copperfield.
She amused herself with the youni
novelist and at last dropped him tt
marry a man named Winter.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-06-20

Washington, June 2O.--A land of OPP
preston, misery and sorrow-that is
the picture drawn of the Hawaiian
sugar plantations by testimony
brought out by the Senate lobby inves-
tigation.
The very crowd Of men whose legis-
lative activities in Washington brought
forth the recent lobby accusation from
President Wilson, are the representa-
tives of rich planters whose cruel ex-
ploitation of their wage slaves has
no counterpart under the Stars and
Stripes.
These sugar growers, earning profits
of so to 80 per cent. and asking for
the continuance of tax of over $780,.
100000 annually on the American PEG.
pie that they may continue to reap
their golden rewards, are coming be
fore Congress in the name of "protec.
ton against the pauper labor of Eu.
rope" all the while they maintain a
labor standard that is blot on Ameri-
can civilization.
So terrible are working conditions
In Hawaii that European and Asiatic
laborers, deceived into coming to the
island, literally starve themselves in
order to save up passage money for
San Francisco and escape the trap
into which they have been inveigled.
A horde of these pauper laborers are
beginning to arrive in California, in
their extremity willing to work for
any price, thus depressing wages Of
Americans on the Pacific coast.
Incidentally, Senator Reed, of Mis-
souri,, member Of the lobby commit
tee, showed that report exposing this
condition was written by Daniel F.
Keefe, commissioner of immigration,
who went to Hawaii at the request of
American Federation of Labor. to
Samuel Gompers, President of the
study the industrial conditions. The
report, however, was never published.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-06-20

economic value. Indiscriminate giving
often does harm, hence organized help
fulness that supplies immediate needs
and then sets about to help men and
women to help themselves, thereby
helping the community. The fortunate
and prosperous man owes his COM
munity a greater debt than the unfor-
tunate or distressed, said Mr. Seaman,
and one of his duty debts is to help
these unfortunates.
Mr.. Seaman suggested that the prac-
teal way to get the means for the ends
of this association was to have COM
mittee of ten men and ten ladies make
a thorough canvas of the town, solicit
ing members and stated and steady
income for the association, so that all
the work required may be inteligently,
thoroughly and systematically done
He felt sure that such method would
secure a membership that would sur
prise every one.
Others present made practical and
encouraging talks, among whom were
H. A. Camp, e. H. Buckner, H. L.
Jackson, Rev. C. w. Crisler, Rev. 1. P
Trotter, Rev. ]. L. Green, E. A. Har'
beson, w. j. Haynan and Miss Addie
Greedy.
Campaign of Education.
Rev. G. w. Crisler advocated cam
paign of education and suggested as
one means to that end, personal let
ter to those whom it was desired tc
Immediately reach. Mr.. Crisler and
Mr.. Trotter and Secretary Pierce were
appointed a committee to prepare ant
send out such letter.
The committee of ten men to can
vass for membership and means was
named as follows: V. M. Seaman, DR.
J. D. Donald, E. H. Buckner, E. A
Kearnighan. A. e. Harbeson, H. A
Camp, ]. C. Ballard, W. ]. Hayman
H. L. Jackson and Herman Katz.
The committee of ten ladies will b.
announced later.
After adopting resolutions thanking
the management of Hotel Hattiesburt
for the use of it's Palm Garden for thi
meeting, Mr.. F. D. Lander, editor o
The News, for a recent timely editoria
of endorsement, and The News pub
fishers for the encouragement and sup
port given the association through 1T
news reports, the meeting adjourned a
1915 p. m.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-06-20
HOT SPRINGS MOB
(Cnnftnuad from paUa 0na

absence of other members of the fami-
ly. When she attempted to fight off
her assailant the negro dubbed her
into insensibility, fracturing her skull
and forced her into a closet where she
was found some time later by a young
er brother
Norman, who was employed at the
Huff home was captured shortly after
nightfall at negro cabin where he
sought refuge after evading posses
with bloodhounds during the day. He
made no denial of his identity nor of
the crime but pleaded that the mob
be prevented from burning him. An
effort was made to hurry him to Jail
but before the prison was reached
news Of his capture had spread and
mob was quick in forming. He was
taken from his captors on the jail steps
and despite the pleadings Of several
city officials, hurried to the center of
the most frequented thoroughfare and
hanged.
After the body had been burned on
hastily constructed pyre half block
from the scene Of the lynching, the
mob dispersed and at midnight COM
paratively few people were about the
streets. No further disorder is an
ticipated.