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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-07-07
DATE FOR MUSIC
FESTIVAL near
GIRLS WORK HARD TO
SELL TICKETS FOR WEEKS
ENTERTAINMENT

With the date for the opening of the
big chautauqua and music festival just
one week off, the young women of the
Philathea class of the First Baptist
Church, through whose efforts the
weeks entertainment has been secur-
ed, are working with increased energy
to sell tickets for the course.
One of the big features of the chau-
tauqua is the Ernest Gamble Concert
party. This organization has been
travelling Under the Alkehest system
for many years and grow more popular
each season. The party is small
numerically but large enthusiastically
Each artist is the product Of the
greatest European masters.
Mr.. Gamble himself is distinguish
ed basso and holds position SECOND
to few among American concert sing
ers. Miss Verna Leone Page, concer
violinist, plays with charm and sym
pathy that reaches the heart as vel
as the ear. Edwin M. Shonert, pianist
is one of the few concert pianists VIII,
can make real piano literature inter
esting to the average listener. Th
combination Of voice, piano and violil
is delightful and the entertainment
that this trio provide is regarded every
where as one of the best features o
the week.
The Ernest Gamble party, however
is but one of the more than twent,
high-class attractions which will al
pear during the week beginning mex
Tuesday. The other attractions ar
equally as meritious and the Philt
theas guarantee that the week will b
the most delightful seven days of Ell
tertainment ever offered In Hattie'
burg.
In order that the public general
may take advantage of teh entertail
ments, the Philathea girls have place
the price for the weeks course at
for single person or 81 for q coupl
Tickets me- tbe secured from any !
1.-The. nnlfs N>ktE 8 .='. q ~
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-07-07
JES' SHOVE HER BIT,
BUT DlDNT.HIT HER
Nicely coIored Eye 10 More Convine.
ing to Mayor eatson.

Jub Beeson, a negro man, today was
convicted Of assault and. battery. on
Sister Nero. a negro woman, and
fined $3.50. Jub says he did not hit
her. He says that it is against his
principle to strike a woman smaller
than himself. "Sister" says he did
hit her and she exhibited beautifully
colored eye as evidence that the blow
was not love lick.
The unfortunate incident, according
to Jub, occurred at the entrance Of
Candy Jim's" dance hall down on Mo
bile street. The old triangle was at
the bottom Of 1t all, he admitted
There was another woman and ISIS.
ter" had objected to his attentions to
her on the ball room floor.
ledge, I'm gon tell you de truf,
said Jub, II jes showed her little BIT
and she say hit her."
Philip Austin and Jim Gordon, two
negro boys, were charged with gaming
They were found "Skinnin" back o.
the Glenmore Hotel in Baptist Bot
TOMS. what has become of the olt
fashioned game of craps?" inquired
Judge Batson as he handed out to eacl
a S. fine.
Tossie House, chauffeur for M. Drey
fus, was tried on the charge of speed
ing, but the case was continued to ge
further witnesses. ..xsa;:
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-07-07
CONSOLIDATION IS
SMITHS SUBJECT
SAYS RURAL SCHOOLS MUST BE
COMBINED IN ORDER TO
DO BEST WORK.

w. H. Smith, newly-appointed super
intendent of education, spoke at the
Normal College this morning on the
progress achieved along educational
lines since the monastic reign of the
dark ages.
He said that he believed that in the
near future the churches of the coun-
try, especially the rural districts,
would yield to necessity and consoli-
date. He mentioned the fact that a
thousand churches had closed their
doors in Illinois, not losing their USE
fulness, but out of the strength and
solidity of consolidated churches, do
ing a better and broader work. He
prophesied that consolidation would
be the most important factor in rem
edying the educational standard now
thought to be so inadequate.
Examinations In Progress.
School examinations are now IN
| progress at the college. They Will
end Wednesday afternoon. Thursday
and Friday, state examinations will be
held for those who have not the neces
sary credits at the Normal for certiti
cate.
Graduating exercises will be held IL
the college chapel at o'clock tomor
row night. Governor Brewer is eX
pected to deliver the graduating ad
dress. The people Of the city are In
vited to attend.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-07-07
RAT killing IS
PUSHED FORWARD
1900 RODENTS EXAMINED BUT
NONE FOUND INFECTED
WITH PLAGUE. +
(By Associated Press.)

New Orleans, July 7.-Rat extermi-
nation to prevent the spread of bu-
bonic plague in New Orleans was push
ed forward today with increased vigor.
Surgeon General Blue has placed DR..
French Simpson, the Federal Health
service, in charge of thi swork.
A laboratory for the determination
and dissection of suspected plague rats
is to be erected on the roof Of the city
hall. More than 1900 rodents' haye
been exterminated up to date ~ l<11
have been found infsqfe
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-07-07
GOVERNOR BREWER on
STAND this AFTERNOON
Says He Has Paid $1,000 Out Of His
Own Pocket in Prosecuting Cases
Against Bilbo and Hobbs-FeIt II
His Duty as Governor of the State
To Punish Them. 80;
(By Associated Press,)

Jackson, Miss, July 7.-Testifying
in the trial of Lieutenant Governor
Theodore G. Bilbo, charged with So
liciting bribes, Ira H. Sample, a Chi
cago attorney, today told Of being ap-
preached by Senator Hobbs and Bilbo
last year with scheme to have dis
missed certain litigation pending
against the Edward Hines Lumber Co.
Sample swore that eiIbo wanted
$4,000 for his services, saying he
could not take the risk for less.
He said, according to Sample, that
he wanted 5000 for the attorney
general, whom he claimed he could
control, and 5000 each for two
special attorneys The state was
to be paid $4,000 for a eomp..-
mise Of the suit.
Brewer On Stand.
Governor Brewer was called to the
stand at the forenoon session in rebut-
tai. He told Of an interview with
Senator Hobbs prior to the return of
the indictment at which Hobbs, who
was Jointly indicted with Bilbo, and
later tried and acquitted, Altered to
turn states evidence, saying he had
been led astray by Bilbo and the latter
had received the lions share Of the
money; that 1t was Bilbo who formu.
lated the plan to get money from
Steve castleman, alleged to have
taken part in the passage Of bribe
money, and that they were trying to
leave him with the door Of the pen;
tentiary staring him in the face.
Governor Brewer was questioned al
length regarding his employment OF
attorneys in the prosecution and hir
ing of private detectives to work up
evidence. He declared he had expend
ed about $4,000 in the investigation
and prosecution, paying it out of his
own pocket.
81 felt it my duty as governor OF
the state, under oath to enforce the
laws, to see that these crooks and
grafters were punished" said the gov
ernor
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-07-07
COUNTYS PERSONAL
TAXES .S2,25O,OOO
Assessor II. e. Clark Turns Over List
to Clerk Gillis.
company.

The Forrest County personal roll,
or personally tax assessment amount
ing to about $2,225,OOO, which is only
a small increase over the assessment
of last year, was turned in yesterday
afternoon by H. E. Clark, personally
tax assessor. The tax roll was hled
with Chancery Clerk Gillis late yester-
day afternoon.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-07-07
PEREMPTORY ORDERS
BY JUDGES PROHIBITED
Park, of Georgia, Would Stop That
Practice In Courts.
(Bv Associated Press.)

Washington, July Trial judges
would be prohibited from giving per-
emptory instructions directing what
verdict a jury shall render In a bill
introduced in the House today BY Rep
resent3tiye Park, o. GeorgI !.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-07-07
A SEVEN DAY
Chatauqua and Muse
Festival

July 18th to goth, Inclusive
Reduced rates on all railroads.
Write Cor program.
L. {. BROWN, Manager.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-07-07

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The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1914-01-01
DIDN'T OBSERVE NEW YEARS
Purltans Regarded the Celebration as
a heathenlsh and Un-Chrlstian
Rite.

The sole record of the observance
Of the New Year by the Pilgrims in
the new world, named New England,
was most prosaic, most brief: 1--WE
went to work betimes." Many of the
good Puritan ministers thought the
celebration or even notice of the day
In any way savored of improper and
ua-ohristian reverence for the heath
en- god, Janus. Yet these English set
tlers came from a land where New
Years eve and New Years day were
second In importance and domestic
observance only to Christmas
Throughout every English county
New Years eve was always celebrat
ed: In many 1t was called by the
pretty namo Of Singing Zen. from the
custom which obtained of singing the
last of tho Christmas carols at thai
eiIae.
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1914-01-01
Some New Year Don'ts

Don't sprinkle salt on the tail OF tempta-
zion.
Don't try to get the better of man who
hasn't any.
Don't snore in church. It's mean to keep
others awake.
Don't be satisfied to pay as you go.
Save enough to get back.
Don't get married with the sole idea
that misery loves company.
Don't follow the beaten track unless
you are satisfied to remain beaten.
Don't accept advice from a man who
never offers you anything else.
Don't expect Opportunity to come to you
with letter of introduction.
Don't trust to luck. Nine-tenths of the
people in the world guess wrong.
Don't buy your friends. They never last
as long as those you make yourself.
Don't envy the rise of others. Many a
man who gets to the top is nero froth.
Don't greet Misfortune with a smile
unless you are prepared for one-sided
Irritation.
Don't make good resolutions unless you
constantly carry repair kit with you.
Don't place too much confidence in ap-
pearances. Many man with red nose
Is white all the way through.
Don't forget in times of peace to pre-
pare for war. That's about the only use
some of US seem to have for peace.
Don't fail to have an object in view.
Many man leads such an aimless exist
euce that he could fire at random without
hitting it.--Lippincotts.
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1914-01-01
NEW YEARS DAY IN ENGLAND.

New Years day is kept very curl
ously In some of the old countries. In
England the ringing of bells is about
the only formal demonstration they
show for the anniversary at the pres
ent time, though years ago it was as
much of gala day as Christmas.
They used to give presents and have
great feasts, and there was a good
deal of revelry and drunkenness, more
than there ought to have been in a
civilized community On the whole
the new is quite as good as the old
way, to my thinking In Denmark the
cannon booms, as a sound Of joy to
welcome in the new year. Every
morning of the first of January, CopeL'
hagen is shaken by this peaceful can
nonading. The people In the rural
districts go to the farmhouses and fire
their muskets under the windows of
the sleeping inmates, to inform them
that new year is at hand. The GUS
tom is not a very nice one; 1t spacks
too much of old time roughness and
rudeness.
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1914-01-01

Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky,
The flying cloud, the frosty lights
The year is dying in the night;
Ring out the old, ring in the new
Ring, happy bells, across the snow.
The year is going, let him go:
Ring out the false, ring in the true
Ring out the grief that saps the mind,
For those that here we see more,
Ring out the feud Of rich and poor,
Ring in redress to all mankind.
Ring out slowly dying cause
And ancient forms Of party strifes
Ring in the nober modes Of life,
With sweeter manners, purer laws.
Ring out the want the care, the sin,
The faithless Coldness Of the times;
Ring out, ring out my rnournful rhymes
But ring the fuller minstrel in.
Ring out the false pride in place and blood,
The civic SANDER and the spite;
Ring in the love of truth and right,
Ring in the common love of good.
Ring out old shapes Of foul disease;
Ring out the narrowing lust Of gOlds
Ring out the thousand wars Of old.
Ring in the thousand years Of peace
Ring in the valiant man and free,
The larger heart the kindlier hand;
Ring out the darkness Of the land.
Ring in the Christ that is to be.
-Tennyson
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1914-01-01
Thls New Day.

Out of the tomb of night day has
stsen. BE not aaxlous; this day is all
your OWE. DO not hurry. for in time it
Is bke sll ctha days: neither delay.
Tor aow Is raszias. Early turn your
saeA 20 the dawn and lat its fresh
bealns bathe awsy al staias of night;
then. should the loon be dark with
storms. your smile ptil stli wesr the
fVse tints Of tho manning. Stsp soft.
sy among hglnan heartS. and leave SO
Enuch OF kindness along lies pathway
that gladness shall spring up. bearing
tribute In the cool entide OF the
worlds glad New Day.-Crcft
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1914-01-01

Take away the tnttered page
OF my erstwhile piety.
Dim and soiled and outraged quito
Mocked of bland safety:
Resolutions such as they
May greet the season with aplomb.
But when the year, grown old and gray.
Times not crutch to lean upon
OF all that lofty sentiment,
7 fain would close the veXing tale
And yet again experiment.
For like bloom perennial
And rosy tinted wake the dreams
OF all the morrows yet to come,
When life is really what 1t seems;
When tardiness and broken vows,
And duties shirked for Pleasures court,
And Mother Grundy's sad pow-wows,
And tickle Fashions mad report
Are strangers to my righteous heart
Tear up the old and frame the new,
For would make another start.
Maude DeVerse Newton.
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1914-01-01
wnat GOOD ones he useu TO make hsz>,

what good ones ne useu 70 make lxsxnr
SELF
II know IT, said Mehitapie, He
wanted to make some himself, when
we were first married. but vetoed that
I wasn't goin' to have a man messin'
round maxim pies, and wasn't soin'
to have him eatin' OF 'em after they
were made. Pies ain't good for MIN.
But / declare ! dunno what does mako
him act so kind Of spiritless. : told
him tosay thought he'd bett-,r yiaka
a resolution for the New Year and
stick to it, and see if 1T woIlln't put
ST me spunk in'a MIN"
Pretty soon ehe went hcrSo. could
see she was real kind Of s;oubled. She
| always did think n COCO deal OF Lem.
NC! in spite of everything.
The next day was New Years, and
| In the afternoon Mehitable cainc in
again. She didn't have her sowin' az
she generally did, she was very in
| dustrious woman. She jest sat down
and begun t-7isting the fringe of her
! shawl as IL she was real nervous. Her
face was puckered up. too. ~ iudno
| what to make of Lemue,," said she,
; rally.
I Why, what's the nattor?" said I,
| kird of scared.
| "Hc says he's made n resolution fcr
/ tho New Year," said she, and thai
he's goin' to keep it,"
"Wcll, what is it?" saia =.
! II dunno" eaid she.
"Wcll, il it's a good one, you don't
care, do you?" said /, "aad it cou>Gu't
be anythin' but good one if my broth.
er made it."
81 dunno what it is" eaid she.
Wont he tell?"
"No, he won't. l can't get wcrd
| himself"
Well, I must say l never saw such Il
change as come over Mehitable and
Lemuel after that. He wouldn't tell
what his resolution was, and she
couldn't make him, though she almost
went down on her knees. 1t began to
seem as if she was fairly changin'
characters with Lemuel, though she
had spell of boin' herself more'n
SNSl az HloI, llyih " loiCS Alul "
tell what that resolution was. Then
she give that up, and she never asked
him where he was goin, an he could
come in my house an sit jest as long
as he wanted to, and she bought him
a short-tailed coat and some store col
lars and shirts, and he looked like an
other man. He got to stayin' down to
tho store nights, an talkin' politics
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1914-01-01

Carry into the new year only the
choicest thoughts and inspirations. As
In the olden days when men approach
ed the Parthenon they cleansed their
persons and arrayed themselves In
white robes before entering that glo-
rious temple, 80 cleanse your gar
ments from transgressjcn. eiotbe your
self with aspirations Farewell to the
past! Welcome and all hail to ths
future!-Nswell DwiShs Hillia
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1914-01-01
New Year Resolutions.

/ will try to be kind.
l will try to find the good In others.
/ will carry sunshine with me. espe-
cially iIto the dark places.
l will try to make someone happy
each .day.-Woman's Home Companion.
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1914-01-01

with the other men real loud. I heard
him myself one night, and couldn't
believe il was Lemuel.
Well, Lemuel he never gave in, and
he never told till the next New Years
day, when he'd said he would. He'd
said all along that he'd tell her then.
I'd got most as curious as Mehitable
myself by that time, and New Years
mornin' / run over real early-they
wasn't through breakfast. knew the
minute | saw them that he hadn't told.
He said he wouldn't till he was
through his breakfast. He was most
through--was finishing up with a big
piece of mince pie, and he'd made IL
himself, too. When he'd swallowed
the last mouthful, he looked up and he
laughed. real pleasant and sweet, anc
yet with more manlineas than I'd ever
seen in him.
"S'pose you want to know what that
New Years resolution was?" said Lem
uel.
II guess can stand it while long
err" said Mehitable. Now the time had
come she didn't want to act too eager,
| bub ohO"Su ouI JSSS WhdI iSlt'
For the land sake, Lemuel Babbit,
what was it?" said /.
Eemuel he laughed again. well, It
wasn't much of anythin'," he said.
in his gentle drawlin' way. Il didn's
make no resolu-
tion, really" \\(lj/(
what, Lemuel SSNI"/~
i: !: !. !: !: I: !" 4 i ! ;
Babbit!" cried ---I
Mehitable. XjSNMN>
NO." said he; (//Jl5}N\l
81 couldn't think "/INN\>I
of none to make, /T M N\i
so made a res III EW ~,
olution not to tell t, i, EN WI
that / hadn't En-
made any," ~ 50
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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-13
ORGANISMS TO MEET
Lecture on Music to he Followed by
Recital mt Grncc Church.

Recital mt Grace Church.
The first recital of the current sea-
son, under the auspices OF the Virginia
Chapter OF the American Guild of Or
ganists. will be given tonight at $3.50
and Main Streets. by w. Henry Baker,
organist of that church.
The recital Will consist OF a fifteen
minute lecture. followed by the play
ing OF compositions OF Max Roger. a
eele tgi,s m :qsIa Gsrman composer
'.kyrie EleIson," op. SO, No; I; Con-
50. No. II; "Fuga" in e major, OPP. s5.
No. II.
At $40, when the recital will con-
clude: there will be, an open discussion
Registration"
The American Guild of organists.
under whose auspices this recital is tc
be given, was organized In 1895, aud
is to the church organists what the
bar associations arc to lawyers. medi-
cal fraternities to physicians and as
ISOLATED guilds to men OF letters.
One OF the chief objects of the guild
is that of raising the standard of music
In the churches; another is the foster
ing of concert playing and giving OF
recitals and another Is to provide
members with opportunities for meet:
ing for the discussion OF professional
topics.
The guild in 1896 was composed OF
las members, but 1t Is estimated that
5000 copies Of the 1915 year book will
not be. more than adequate for the
demand.
Every organist of Richmond and It's
vicinity is expected at the recital to-
night, and all lovers of good music are
cordially Invited.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-13
SPECTACULAR ESCAPE
MAY BE "M0VlE" SCENE
Police Grow Doubtful Over Reality OF
SensatiOu Mt POst-Omce Satur-
sIt,x altafr

Poss %fGe las, sns
post Office building Saturday morning
being as real as It was reported. They
nde pr eeses
staged the escape for peouniary, rea-
been frost from beginning to end.
This possibility was recognized when
reports that q motion picture operator
building directly opposite from the
post office, and had made "a film of the
But although the possibility was
recognized aud WAS strengthened by
the II fact that nothing has since been e. !,
-E:chmond. presumably for Oklahoma,
the; local police continue to keep strict
watch over the railway stations and to
. has been seen in various places in
the city and in the surrounding coun-
He was "seen" by a squirrel hunter
IN the woods back of Forest Hill yes
terday morning. and county officers
seen" last night in the Seventeenth
Street railway yards. and one officer
on tho force. has discovered where no
But i'm. spite of all these clues vann
has vanished. Absolutely nothing OF
dents nhtrS has been seen see Of the
picture actor since he ducked into tho
lumber yard near the river after es-
Gaping from Cope in the post. Office
and dasbing through the streets and
the Lexington Hotel with u revolver
In his hand.
The chief of police of Bartlcsville,
Oklahoma, last night telegra phed Tia jor
Werner asking for details of the "ar-
rest" The sheriff ut that place was
unable to state that the man who
represented himself as Cope In this city
vas the county attorney OF Usage
County when QuerIed by The Times
Dispatch concerning the matter last
night.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-13
M ! Nj STERlAL UNION
HEARS WILLIAM r. ELLIS
Speaks on "DutIcs OF the Minister
In the Present World
81 -

Ministers of all denominations as
sembled In the auditorium at the Young
Mems Christian Association yesterday
morning TO hear an address by William
T. Ellis. of Philadelphia. The meeting
was that of the Richmond Ministerial
Union, and Mr.. Ellis spoke on tho
World Crisis"
Owing to pressing business Mt home,
My. ELLIS made "a short address of less
than twenty minutes, stopping in time
to make train. His talk was on
generalities principally, but several
concrete illustrations of his points
were given.
The minister, said tho speaker, should
national being. He belongs to all,
and IT is their duty to spread His teach
ings with this idea always in mind. Mr..
| Ellis severely criticized the warning
European nations. and predicted an
era OF universal good feeling after the
Titanic struggle ends.
Following the address OF Mr.. Ellis
business meeting was held. After
disp9sing of routine matters. the union
tain the Federal Council of the
Churches. of Christ. which will meet
here In the winter. Rev. Yates Down
man, president of the union, is chair
man of this committee.
The Federal Council OF Churches OF
christ ls tho organization which per-
suaded President Wilson to name Peace
tative churchmen of all denominations
and is headed by DIR. Smaller Matthews
president OF Chicago University.
1t Is expected that eighty OF the
most prominent churchmen in the
country VIII attend the meeting here