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this case he answered: ''1t 10 quite true.
We have little or no means 1t our dis
posnl for proper examination. There are
only seven men In this once. whose time
10 fully taken up examining vehicles and
attending to tho clerical work here.
having little opportunity TO 70 Into the
examination Of taxicab drivers.
CHIEF DNENNoN OEPLoREs
THE CONDITIONS.
at 10 depiorablc. indeed. to say the
least. and while Chief wallace 10 do.ns
all In his power 10 relieve this condition.
yet the present ordnance does not al.
init Of strict examination IN the choice
Of drivers. And until things are prop
eriy adjusted We cannot hope for better
conditions. 't'f
For example. In order TO OBTAIN q
license q man must have two citiSens to
vouch for hun. These citisens sign their
names to the vouchers. But Ne have
no System at our disposal by which these
vouchers could BE- Investigated - TO
their reliability. y would be . physacai
impossitility for this department to do
low up these things.
Il trust the Aldermen will 0ee the
necessity Of . more complete inspection
Bureau, that examinations may be con.
Quoted and authentic proofs Of . man .
character and ability thoroughly looked
into. We are practically powefless In
the matter Of enforcing the present law
and tho magistrates OF the city are
neceSs arily At variance In tho interpre-
tation of the same"
I asked Mr.. Drennon concerning the
decision Of MAGISTRATE Paul Krotel OF
the Fifth District who had dischargsd
q driver. Joseph Lebost. yesterday. who
had been arraiEned for operating with.
out a license and wilfuliy taking on
his taximeter.
Mr.. Drennon answered. There 10 an.
| other example. II all vehicles were com
PEELED to have taximetsrs such con-
ditions could not arise. For. when Z
man operates without \ taximeter hi.
vehicle 10 4 hack and when he puts {
taximeter on II becomes . taxicab. TIT
laws are at cross-purposes with tn
| conditions 30 that II 10 with dimcult!
that the same may be Interpreted. ant
this causes differences Of opinions amonl
magistrates.
THE whole thing needs adjustmen
badly and I trust the forthcomini
ordinances will contain all those n
| conditions SUGGESTED"
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Exceptionally Low Prices.
Limoges China. - natural floral design, 1Ol
pieces. formerly 2z.so' zO.OO
Limoges or Austrian China green or pink
floral border, 1Ol pieces. formerly $500. $500
Limoges China,-border decoration with coin
gold handles. formerly $500. $500
Limoges China,-green and pink border design
will -con gold handles formerly $500. $3.50
34th Street 23rd Street
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Sees Mother burn 20 Death.

Aged Mrs. Annie McGrane was
burned to death and her daughter. Mrs
Annie Murphy. was severely injured
yesterday afternoon In the kitchen,
Of their home. No. %A East Eighty
seventh street Mrs. McGranes dress
caught fire from the stove and Mrs,
Murphy. In trying to save her. was
burned on hands and arms.
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$1,000 for Dogss Death.

PHILADELPHIA. Feb. IA jury to-
day held that the Adam. Express Com
pany was liable for the death OF show
dog. Prince Regent. which was being
shipped from Braintree, Mass. to us.
owner In this city. ard awarded $500
damages.
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Q7,BOO . Year for O'Ryam.

ALBANY. Feb. 5.-Thc enactment OF
legislation to provide an annual salary
Of $500 for Major-GeA. John +. Organ
IL under consideration by Legislative
leaders.
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TAX|CAb Driver
FROM LONDON IS
+ LICENSED HERE
Doesn't Have to Know the
Streets of New York if.
He Has s..
TT'S A JOKE" HE SAYS.
At "Home" II Takes a Year of
Training to Get Permis-
sion to Drive.
TT'S A JOKE" HE SAYS.
BY SOPHIE IRENE LOEB.

BY SOPHIE IRENE LOEB.
Here IL the experience OF . London
'cabbie" who 10 now . fuli-ncdGed taxi
cab driver Of New York City:
AsyivsA n Hsw York niAs weeks
ego.
Declared his Intention Of bsoom.
Ing . efsassn Of the united States.
Procured states license 4%,oo3.
Imns1istsiy received license +,eso
fer tazieab.
The laxity OF our laws for granting
licenses In comparison with Europe was
evidenced this week In the case Of q
London cabman obtaining . license to
carry passengers through the streets Of
New York. lie came here nine weeks
ago from London. where he has been
driving for the last four years.
''Its = joke" he said, when I talked
with him about II. when f,rst came
to this city got acquainted with some
drivers and asked them how ] must
proceed to Get an examination a. .
driver.
your two dollars and you can get away
with II. all right they said. and.
strange to say. I did." added the cab
bic. 1T 10 certainly amasins. Over In
London was six months getting my
license. 20 strict are they about every
point In connection with II. -
HIS SEVERE EXAMINATION IN
LONDON.
"And some OF my driver friends over
there. after several trials. have been
unable 10 pass the examination In .
years time. When I FIRST tried for o
license at home ! had to drive the In.
spector throush London wherever he
told me to drive. I had to learn how
70 turn at . moments notice In the
various sections. and you know how
London 10 cut up into squares and cir.
cles. and the enormous traf7ic there.
''If went down hills and did notDut
on the necessary brakes. or In the man.
ner which no thought was Just right
u was . demerit for me and against
my procuring . license. Besides an.
swering many personal questions. I had
=" w ""'e' ." VIM e~s""seuo"' W teu
now to drive from one point to smother
10 the nearest way. avoiding dead mile.
age. and woe to the driver who can't
tell Il!
If you do not satisfactorily answer
sIl the questions and do not drive with
the skill they require. the examiner will
tell you to come back In two or three
months and you 60 away less wiss
than you ever thought you were. Oh.
It's . sih performance. that on the
other side. You have to give your whole
ptdigree over there. and the nnes are
- heavy for every slight oi1ense that q
map has 10 know all about the business
before he Is q real driver.
But here. rs they say" IL Ii q clnch.
Most any man who knows how TO turf
Q wheel or put on q brake becomes Z
driver. II II astonishing that the Gov
enment allows a man 20 get mrous'
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-01-30

! our climate is what places the value OF
our lands. If you will look about us
you will see this prairie is only about
three miles long and one mile wide
with mountains on four sides OF us.
Can you make a good living on SC
small a FARM"
well, not so very good, but this eli
mate is great, and If we don't make
as much money as we did in Indiana
we enjoy the mountains, and Wash.
ington is certainly a great country"
We babe our Hoosier friend goodbye,
and driving back to the city could not
help contrasting the farming condi-
lions of that territory with those of
the South. Here were miles and miles
Of mountainous country, not foot of
which could be cultivated, with now
and then a valley in which a few
farm products could be grown, while
in the South, with climate fully the
equal of Washington and nearly ev-
cry foot of land cultivatable, and
where a great variety of products are
grown nearly every month of the year,
and where the transportation facilities
are all that could be desired, reaching
direct the best distributing markets of
the world, and yet farm lands in the
South of the best quality were sell
ing at $50 to $50 per acre, while in
Washington, with poor transportation
facilities and a long distance from
where only one crop a year
can be grown, and a very limited va
riety, land sells at from $500 to $500
per acre. From Spokane we journeyed
to Seattle, passing immense lumber
mills which seemed to be doing large
business. On INJURY, however, we were
advised by prominent millman that
hey were so far from the Eastern
markets that at that time there was
10 money to be made in milling in
Washington; but, says he, I'VE have
he greatest country on earth" On in
luiry as to how many pleasant days
hey had the past month, he replied:
oh, our frequent rains don't amount
o anything. No one here pays any
Ittention to rain" We again con-
rasted the milling business of Wash
ngton with that of the South, where
here was a demand at good prices
or every stick Of timber and every |
DOT of lumber that could be sawed !
From Seattle we visited San Fran
isco, and from there made a trip to
ne of the largest prune orchards in
california. We were driven through
he immense orchards and shown
through the packing house by the SUI
erintendent himself, who, like every
ne we had met, was boosting for the
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-01-30

WHO would exchange this fine ex-
Vibrating Iowa atmosphere for this en-
eryating, pertume-laden airs OF Cali
fornia?'-Charles City Gowa) Intelli-
gencer.
"'Not the Caliiorlians. II they own
ed heaven and California, they would
rent heaven and live in California;
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
There may be something to that
With an earthquake to tumble one out
Of bed in the morning, an earthquake
to settle ones dinner at noon and an
earthquake to rock one to sleep at
night, it is possible that life might be-
come such a grand, sweet, merry-go.
round as to dull the sense of apprecia.
ton for any other land or cline"
These little pleasantries INDUCED in
by Iowa and Illinois editors will not
disturb Californians IN the least. On
the contrary, they will rejoice to know
their methods Of advertising have been
so successful as to interest newspapers
east of the Rocky Mountains. It is a
well known fact that thousands of ex.
cellent families from the East and
Middle West are immigrating to Cali
iornia and paying handsomely for a
patch Of ground in the valley or on the
hillside where they may establish a
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-01-30
EVERY SOUTHERNER AN
IMMIGRATION Agent
BY CAPTAIN r. MERRY, MANCHESTER, IOWA. IN THE MANU-.
FAcTURERs' RECORD

Those who have Travelled through the
West have noted the booster spirit
that character1zes every man, woman
and child who is permanently located
beyond the Rockies. A few years since
the writer, on an inspection trip
through that territory that he might
compare the West with the South,
stopped for day at Spokane, Wash,
with view to visiting some Of the
farms adjacent to that hustling city,
of which wonderful things had been
published both as to the city and the
productiveness OF the soil in that To-
cality. Calling at a lively barn, we in
CURED as to the general character OF
the farming lands in that vicinity. We
were amused at the prompt and Wig
orous response in which the speaker
eloquently proclaimed that the farm
lands Of Washington were unquestion-
ably the finest in the world, and he
Immediately proceeded to enumerate
a meager variety of grains and fruits
for which that country was noted.
We remarked that the country seemed
quite billy as we looked from the car
window on approaching the city. He
replied: Certainly, but our farm
lands are In the valleysl" How far
is 1t to some good farming section?"
we asked him, and his reply was
About five miles out" This prompt
ed us to say: Have a good team
hitched up at once and furnish a good
driver who is familiar with the coun-
try" After an hours drive, we came
to what they called a prairie, dotted
over with very modest farm homes. |
This the driver suggested as fine farm
Ing land, but not so good as another
valley ten miles away. Noting a gen.
tleman blowing, we halted, and climb
Ing the fence made our way across
the field, and introducing ourself to
The plowman, was not little sur
prised to have him say:
you Captain Merry of the Illinois
Central? Why, formerly lived in In
Hama, and when we decided to change
'ur location I wrote for and received
ome of your printed matter concern.
ng the South, but, having relatives at
'pokane, we finally decided to come
Iere."
"How do you like it?"
well, this is a great country"
What Is your land worth per acre?"
Three hundred to five hundred dol
lrs."
what do you grow?"
Wheat and fruits" I
This soil don't look very rich in I
umus." ,
mo, It is not 30 rich; but, you see,
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home. Why is this? Not because the
soil is especially fertile; not because
the markets for their fruits and gar.
den truck are near at hand; not he.
cause the climatic conditions are en-
superior. What, then, is it that makes
California so attractive? One of the
great attractions, and one that has
induced many family to locate there
is the joy of being located among live
people. 1t is an old saying that "only
live fish swim upstream" Californians
are alive, and it is really a Joy to
mingle with them. What would be the
result if our Southern friends would
adopt some of these Western methods
that have been so successful? Every
one of the sixteen Southern states have
agricultural, commercial and industrial
resources and possibilities not equaled
by any state in the far West They
have a soil that will produce nearly
every staple farm product. They are
within easy reach of Chicago and New
York, the two greatest distributing
points for all farm products. They
have climate in some respects su.
perior to that of any other state in
the nation, and what should and would
attract homeseekers and investors, il
properly understood by people looking
for new homes, is the astounding fact
that the South has over 300 million
acres of unclaimed and unreclaimed
fertile lands that can be bought at
prices ranging from $40 to $50 per
acre-lands that will grow a greater
variety of products and furnish more
satisfactory net results than the thou.
Sand-dollar-per-acre lands of Califor-
nia' oregon and Washington. May
not we who love the South and are
interested in its development study
conditions until we are bub-
bling over with its marvellous oppor.
.unities, and, laying aside our modesty,
proclaim it from the housetops" and
elsewhere that the Southern states are
'ut half developed and that a hearty
yelcome awaits all good people-even
'alifornians-who will come and To-
ATE In them. Nature has done every.
ming for the South, and engineering
XIII and millions Of Uncle Sans mon.
y nave constructed a canal connect
ns the two oceans that will soon be
pen to commerce, affording quick
assage Of steamships bearing South
m products from every Atlantic and
ut port Of the South to every mar
e' OF the Orient Is it not time for
all to assume the role of immigra-
on agent for the South and speak
pom all occasions for and advertise
every conceivable way the innumer.
'ie possibilities of the sixteen South
n states?
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-01-30

woods Of a Louisiana parish some
years ago and inquired as the char.
acter of the soil, what was the re-
ply?
The poorest on earth, sir"
What do you grow here?"
Not thing but crawfish. We send
to the New Orleans French Market
for our vegetables and fruits and to
Mississippi for our milk"
What encouragement for a railroad
man, looking for a location where he
could establish a homeseekers' point
and where he could direct Northern
homeseekers who would invest their
money and make permanent homes in
the South.
Being somewhat familiar with the
unfortunate custom of some of our
Southern friends at that time (not
nearly SO bad now of saying uncom-
plimentary things about the South, and
the crawfish story having no terrors
for us, we began to advertise for set
tiers. Today that siding in the pine
forests has grown into an enterpris-
ing and beautiful city of 1000 popula-
tion, and the last season over 10000
acres of those despised lands were
cultivated in Strawberries, the fruit
from which was shipped to Northern
markets with gross returns of about
three million dollars Do the citizens
OF that parish now send to the French
Market for their vegetables? Hardly.
Hundreds Of carloads of the finest
vegetables grown are now annually
shipped from that parish Do the good
people of that section now send to
Mississippi for their milk? This ques-
ton would be fully answered If the
readers of this article could stand at
the milk sheds any evening Of the
year and see the thousands Of gallons
of milk and pure cream being loaded |
for New Orleans. The gentleman who |
spoke so disparagingly of the country
needs a few lessons from our Cali |
fornia and Washington friends, who |
never see anything but good in their |
section Of the country. A few years
since we called at a small Southern
town with a view to looking into the
agricultural conditions of that partlcu-
lar locality. Seeing a gentleman on
the street whom we thought might
bear the name of planter, we made
bold to engage him in conversation
about as follows:
"You reside here?"
Eyes, sir; I own place about three
miles east of here"
What is the character of your
and?"
Poor, sir; mighty poor"
"You run the place yourself?"
"I manage the place, sir; have five
families on the plantation"
"How many acres in your place"
zone hundred an twenty, SIR"
"How much of it under the plow?"
Eighty acres, sir, and forty acres
n wood lot and pasture"
"How many mules on the placer"
IT reckon about a dozen, sir"
At this point suggested we take
seat in front of store and, turning
% him, said: I
Lest you think I am prylng into !
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-01-30
THE HATTIESBURg NEWS

West. AS we were about to say good
by to our genial host we ventured
to inquire If the net results from the
prune industry were entirely satisfac-
tory. His reply was: Now, you have
touched a tender spot. For some
years we did very well, but for the
past two years there has been no mon.
ey made growing prunes in California"
Passing on to Southern California
we saw from the car window fine rails
: in grape vineyards, and from gentle
men on the train we were advised that
the raisin industry was not always
remunerative. Again we contrasted
the growing of prunes and raisin
grapes in California with the peach
and strawberry industries of the
South. We are not personally acquaint-
ed with the net results from peach
growing in Georgia, but we do know
that strawberry culture in Louisiana
and Florida is one year with another
profitable industry, and we are also
advised that the peach growers of
Georgia are satisfied with their re-
turns. What seems strange and be-
yond comprehension is the fact that
lands in California adapted to prunes
and raisins are selling for five to ten
times the price charged for peach and
strawberry lands in the South. Be
fore we are through with this article
we shall give some of the reasons for
such conditions. Two years ago we
again visited Southern California and
was entertained with friends at On
tario, one of the orange districts of
the state. Our friend with whom we
were stopping had only few months
before added to his possessions by pur-
chasing another 10-acre orange grove
about mile from his home place, for
which he had paid $4,000, or $1,000
per acre. Just few nights before our
arrival Jack Frost made his appear
ance and practically ruined the crop
On land that cost $1,000 per acre ont
would naturally expect annual bumper
crops, but such is not the case, and
this season we are advised that our
friend has installed heating process
by which under every orange tree is
placed a small oil stove ready to light !
whenever the weather man announces |
the coming of frost.
In Florida, where no such expendi-
lures are necessary, splendid oranges
and delicious grapefruit are grown, the
equal if not superior to those found
n California, and on land that can
De purchased and planted and cult
rated ready for bearing for one-tenth
If the prices that obtain in many of
he orange districts of California. We
eligiously inquired of every ranchman,
armer, merchant and mechanic as to
low they liked the country, and in not
single instance from the time we
the Rockies, through the Pu-
get Sound country and through North
ern and Southern California, did we
ind a man, woman or child who did
lot as we thought at times go out of
lis or her way to boost the country.
is praises were on every lip and on
III occasions. Is this true of our
friends in the South? When the writ
II stopped off at a siding in the pine
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-01-30

your business, let me introduce my
SELF" which l did by handing him one
of my business cards. Grasping my
hand, he said
"Are you Captain Merry of the Hi
nois Central? Why, one of your men
from Iowa bought a farm adjoining
mine, and he is doing wonders on the
wost WORKOUT plantation in the state"
"All right, want to hear more about
him later, but I want to talk a little
more about your place. You say the
soil is poor?"
Yes, sir; mighty poor"
And yet with only eighty acres I'M
der the pillow the place sustains six
families-your own and the five negro
families-and about a dozen mules.
Now, in Iowa or Illinois only one fam
lily would think of living on farm of
100 acres, and only one man with three
horses would be necessary to work
eighty acres. Indeed, many of the
SO-acre farmers rent an additional
twenty or forty, and yet these farm.
ers on the rich black prairie lands of
Illinois and Iowa make little more
than a comfortable living, and you tell
me that eighty acres of your land sup
ports six families and dozen mules.
and that the land is very poor"
Our new friend, looking us squarely
in the face, said:
Captain Merry, that is a Just re.
buke. I never will again say my land
is poor"
He then turned the conversation to
his new neighbor from Iowa. "Whv. |
sir, do you know the first thing he did
was to get rid Of every family on the
place, tore down the cabins and made
them into hog houses and sheds. He
hired the best niger in the neighbor-
hood and pays him SIS per month,
and they are building as good a house
as there is in this town"
We had accomplished our purpose
At least one man had been converted
% the theory Of speaking for rather
han against his lands. If It were nos.
'ible to instill into the minds and
hearts of our Southern people a spIrit
kin to that found everywhere west
u the Rocky Mountains, we would
within two years create such a senti.
nent through the North In favor Of the
south as would turn the attention Of
INVESTORS and homeseekers in that di.
ection. Letter heads and envelones
rom California call attention to some
I the wonderful things in that state
low would it do for our Southern
rlends In writing to their friends IN
ne East, North and Middle West To !
lake mention Of their splendid cu ]
tate, beautiful flowers, delicious fruits
nd the cheapness of their lands? Tho
ritter believes in the South. Eventu.
lily 1t Will be fully developed, and farm J
lnds Will sell at four times their nres. t
ut value, but to us 1t seems a ns. I
lotto duty that we at once enter more
Enthusiastically into the work Of ad 7
in a strong and dignified wav :
le resources and possibilities of the a
outh, and to this end wish that ev a
y southerner might at once become c
persistent immigration agent for the + +
'uth. Only today we clipped from !
e Des Moines uowa) Daily Capital y
e following: X
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-01-30

came. / had numb
spells and was dizzy,
mad black spots be,
! fore my eyes, nv
back ached and /
was so weak / could
hardly standup. Ny
I ace was yellow,
even my fngernails
were colorless and |
had displacement 7
took Lydia E. Pink
hams Varo4I,
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compound ea1tS and now am stout well a OlS
n nealtny; can do all my own v msll ana
can tnaS walk to town and back % and TUr ok and
Flred, would not give YOUR riIG not get
zines; zines IN the world. tried docto ors med
i M1e and they did me no e pooSo :, med
Ohio. = N'F'D. No,3, Utica
Az Another Case.
vo Meoo, HI was botbo,.,
tors S with . female troubles s1d Tor ten
and 5V evs that could not a. 80 weak and
I HyS N D bed Tread many I Sptnd few
bottIs curing N female troubles tse. Com
cured s5in gs else took aUS goo good than
Com yssro and tell everybody wan Shl. have
hal. HSt'1 not be living TO-DAY Pss elk
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