Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi.
1912. 80 sheet(s). 2 skeleton maps. Bound.
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1912. 80 sheet(s). 2 skeleton maps. Bound.
THE HATTIESBURG NEWS Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday F D LANDER t R FARRELL tclltor Business Manager Entered as secondclass matter on May 22 1907 at the postoffice at Hat tiesburg Miss under the Act of Congress of March 2 18J9 133 OFFICIAL PAPER CITY OF HATTIESBURG AND COUNTY OF FORREST MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SATURDAY NOVEMBER 11 1911 TELEPHONES Editorial and Newt Rooms Wuslnesg and Job Department 35 A SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM tees of the Columbia University who are also trustees of the Pulitzer en dowment fund for the purpose of establishing and maintaining that school The establishment of a school of journalism under the terms pre scribed by the late Joseph Pulitzer is already being discussed by the trus j Five years ago Mr Pulitzer deposited 1000000 in securities with the j Columbia trustees for a school of journalism considerable sum as an endowment fund for the school The income from the 1000000 securities held by Columbia which went to Mr Pulitzer until his death will henceforth be paid to the University He provided that the plans for the newspaper school should become effective automatically with bis death In his will he set aside a I It
c fffil yi rtm feT mmP Mm 2 fti ill wJÉLAjM pc ll 7 ijr m t in Heres To Your Good Health V and Pleasure r Comefollow the arrow r til you join the merry throng WÊ of palate pleased men and women who have quit seeking for the one best beverage because theyve found it Ü s w fa J a B Real satisfaction in every glasssnap and sparklevim and go Quenches the k thirstcools like a breeze i m Delicious Refreshing Wholesome 5c Everywhere THE COCACOLA COMPANY Atlanta Ga cr Send or our interestk ing booklet The Truth About Coca Cola Whenever you see an Arrow think of CocaCola 5 WORD FAN AS APPLIED TO BALL Doubtless a great many people have wondered as to the origin of the word fan as applied to the baseball en thusiast but so far no one has been able to speak authentically qustieon Quite a number of theories have been advanced but they have been nothing more than theories The Richmond TimesDispatch has the fol lowing to say Fan as all redblooded Ameri cans know is the bit of slang which denotes the baseball enthusiast The derivation of this world
t j r s t The Everlasting Building Material If concrete is cheap it is not sood and if it is od it is not cheap Good brickwork has to be painted does not disintegrate or BR CK never Cement block as ordinar ily made is both unsight ly and unsafe as a build ing material and this fact should be made known to those wishing to build permanent homes crumble away all di does not stands Riverside Brick Manufacturing Co Hattiesburg Office Ross Building Telephones 290 Yard Riverside Telephone 726 mates rot Miss I I TRIALS OF A REPORTER The newspaper reporter has a very difficult duty to perform when it comes to writing an account of anything wherein the slightest deviation from the course that parties on either side think should ba pursued may bring censure upon him It is not so difficult to write the account accurately if the m I j Ikf V Æm jvul S m l FT 1 Y ft I 1 I l Helpfor All Andrew Carnegie once suggested as an epitaph for hit own tombstone what he said w8 the secret of his success Here lies a man who surrounded himself with
r by all Try Anything Once J Try News Want Ads First to For OneCcntaWord you can talk direct to the home that wants to buy sell trade bor row loan or exchange the very article you have in mind ResultsJAre Certain If You Use NEWS WANT ADS NO ADS TAKEN FOR LESS THAN 25c CASH TO ACCOMPANY ORDERS J YOURE LOOKING we know you are for Just such a laundry as the Phoenix that will give you complete satisfaction at all We launder your color ed shirts m a manner that returns them to you looking as fresh us i new We also launder vour collars cuffs and linen shirts so that they will keep stiff on the warmest days ifsâaer m rt N ftÈ m times if 4 1 U I ifcjv if Phoenix Laundry Both Phones 36 I lilliELJ 200206 Main St Gulf Ship Island R R WEEKEND Excursion Fares TO GULFPORT MISS Beginning Saturday April 29 1911 sulf and Ship Island Railroad will put In effect the following round trip excursion fares summer MAIN LINE Stations Jackson to Star both inclusive raiton to Lux both Inclusive I 00 I From 1 AO II II Hs IAS
THE HATTIESBURG NEWS 35 j 133 _ j j The figure of Woodrow Wilson says the Worlds Work for May is rapidly taking on national proportions His administration as Governor of New Jersey Is a revelation in a day of colorless governors This revela tion the Worlds Work further says is what a strong man with an un j mistakable commission from the people can do In the way of destroying boss rule and compelling beneficent legislation from a reluctant Legislature j The notable things that Gov Wilson has done are thus enumerated He prevented his party sending a rich corruptionist to the United States Sen ate he ordered the State Chairman of his party to leave his presence when the Chairman ventured the insult of accusing him of misusing the patronage i of his office he forced through a Democratic House and a Republican Sen ate a direct primary and election law which will take the organization of both parties in New Jersey out of the hands of the bosses he is giving the state a taste of wise patriotic and practical government and he has 1 made himself the man to whom the Democrats of the progressive type
THE HATTIESBURG NEWS Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday r a lanDlR H FARRELL Editor Business Mansfer Entered a ucondisii matter on My Ti lvu at the poatofflce at Hat cWsburg Ml under me Act of Congress of Marcb 2 1871 v Telephones Editorial and Counting Room Both Phones No 86 SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year Six months Tnree months By the Month nj the Month By Carrier 100 160 60 eente 60 cents OFFICIAL PAPER CITY OF HATTIESBURG AND COUNTY OF FORREST MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS UNION LHJ jpP TUESDAY APRIL 11 1911 LARGE8T CIRCULATION OF ANY SOUTH MISSISSIPPI PAPER W ORKIM G ON Si DAILY In a lecture before the School of Journalism of Marquette University Milwaukee Oscar H Morris city editor of the Milwaukee Daily News gave some interesting and valuable advice to young men soon to embark upon a career of journalism Mr Mcrris said among other things I think the greatest vocation of the average young man who contem plates newspaper work Is to interest himself in one thing In one idea one plan and that is to do good If you want to be a reporter and an editor merely that you can have a
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THE REVEILLE TSDBPHONB NO 29 THURSDAY JULY 14 1910 H H CRISLER ft titered at the Postoffice at Port Gibaon Miss as secondclass mail matter FOR CONGRESS We are authorized to anuounce HON T M SHELTON as a candidate for Representative in Congress from the Seventh Dis trict We are Authorized to announce HON W A DICKSON candidate for reelection for as a Representative in Congress trbm the Seventh District THE SUNDAY NEWSPAPER The discontinuance of the Sun day edition of the Memphis News Scimitar and the statement that it has never paid in proportion to the weekday editions indicates that a change of sentiment is taking place among newspaper readers As a matter of fact God created us for six days work during each week and when we violate this physical law we must of necessity suffer both physically and morally There is a growing tendency among business men to cast aside com pletely on Sunday every thing that reminds them of their weekly labor and among these will be this liter ary hashthe Sunday paper Commenting on the NewsScim itars abandonment of its Sunday edition the Atlanta Georgian says The explanation is to be found in the tact
THE rtAt G NEWS tt rSTSfr F D LANDER Editor a R FERRELL Business Manager Telephones Editorial and Counting Rooms Both Phones No 35 SUBSCRIPTION RATES 3600 One year Six months Three months 300 150 By Carrier By the week By the month 15 cents 50 cents Member ol the Associated Press Entered as secondclass matter on May 22 1907 at the postofflce at Hat tiesburg Miss under the Act of Con gress of March 2 1879 OFFICIAL PAPER CITY OF HAT TIESBURG AND COUNTY OF FOR REST LABE T WEDNESDAY MARCH 9 1910 Circulation Double That of Any Other South Mississippi Paper THE WEATHER Washington March 9Unset tied with showers tonight or 5 Thursday BUSINESS ANNOUNCEMENT The News heretofore has been a seven column eight page paper The regular size of The News hereafter will be a four page seven column paper The reason for the change can be told in very few words Hattiesburg will not support an lit page seven column daily news I er he experiment has been tried and it has been a losing game Under for especially the management of Frank Birdsall one of the very best newspaper men In this state The News
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A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE COMMONWEALTH Being handicapped by the seemingly impossible improbability of having oth era bring as into print we deem it not inappropriate and not an unpardonable imposition to exercise oar high pre rogative and relieve oar systems of a little history and dope that may per haps be of little interest to those inter ested in The Commonwealth and its management The Commonwealth is now enjoying its fourteenth year of newspaper life After having been established and con ducted by former Governor Jas K Vardaman for a number of years Hon F R Birdsall of Yazoo City pur chased the office and successfully ed ited same for three years Nearly five years ago the present management came into possession of the paper The Commonwealth now owns its home on Market street and is here to stay The Commonwealth greets its readers today with as comprehensive an edition of a newspaper as ever issued from a Green wood press and in that affirms Its primacy corresponding to the primacy of the city that it represents and re flects Iu rejecting this special edi tion we called it our Holiday Edition which title has been abundantly jus tified
I j j I The Junes County News seeding the KUluvilh IDO A It U 11 ARRIS Koitor Friday Mornii IublUhed Ever t 100 a Year ity of Jon tfl a Journal of the Col the City of Ëlliiville T elephones looming Room No 107 Editorial Editor R 18 N Friday jt inner 10 1900 NOTE WORTH V ACHIEVEMENT The usi coming cl mastery of the ai worthy achieve for tho i ew coni art When the curtain tho alose I tn which boon marl and in volition it was bolievod that little else r rimmed for the mastery of man But we reolti no 1 wrong And who krmvs hut that in tho near futuro marvels of which wo now little tires in may bj wrested from tho groat m known and dedi cated to I he service of tho race and tho glory of Iid Already the wizirds of invention nro flu ting with mysterious currents in the hope cf tinally gathering from tho elements light hoat und powerby which night may be transformed into day and winter into summer Who known but that they may enoooed Tins is a fast agetho fastest perhaps that tbo world has
mi pim i The Official Journal OF TU CTTT OF BAT BT LOUIS Subscription 180 Per Annum JEWELRY WATCHES DIAMONDS SILVERWARE CUT GLASS CLOCKS Ours is a complete jewelry store No line of goods more reliable is carried by jewelers anywhere We buy direct from the worlds best manufacturers and sell on smaller margins than others making two sav ings for you that amount to considerable Whatever is worth having in a jewelry store is to be found here Watches Arc our specialty and we can supply anything you want C O Johnson BAY BT LOUIS MISS THE NEWS FROM WAVELAND TOWN Miss Loretta R Doerr is spending the week with her cousins Misses Vir ginia and Marguerite Bourgeois Miss Doerr is one of this summers graduates of the Now Orleans High School Mr Charles Platz has leased the Mo rere cottage for the fall months and will come over Friday with his family and his brother Constant Platz who is convalescing from a lecent illness Mrs John Morere and daughter Miss Bertha have returned to New Orleans after spending the summer at ther cozy cottage in the Terrace Miss Fredda Kcppel has returned to her home in New Orleans
lATTIESBURG NEWS Ef AND PROGRESS let Published Every Afternooa P iwxcept Sunday THE HATTIESBURG NEWS If Incorporated I Office 112 Front Street Telephone Mltorlal and Counting Room Both Phone No 36 Variety Editor Cumberland No 757 Home No 232 SUBSCRIPTION RATES GOO 300 fi Ou year tlx months j three months 150 By Carrier 15 cent 50 cent v r the Week L ty the Month Member ol the Associated Press I entered as secondclass matter on Kay 22 1907 at the postoffice at Hat ttaaburg Miss under the Act of Con te gross of March 2 1879 OFFICIAL PAPER CITY OF HAT TIE8BURG hND COUNTY OF FOR REST FOREIGN REPRESENTATIVE e S C Beckwith Special Agency Bldg New York VI Tribune me Chicago r OUTHERN REPRESENTATIVE SkJr Louisiana Arkansas Texas and The Crockett Agency I Oklahoma New Orleans and Dallas I R J Collins is the only authorized I traveling representative of The Hat tieiburg News and Is authorized to col I iact tor subscriptions and advertising ft THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 2 1909 Circulation Double That of Any Other South Mississippi Paper becoming editor and f haps no other section of the South is and Hattiesburg is the capital and
the HATTIESBURG NEWS AND PROGRESS Puhllhed Every Afternoon veept Sunday V THE HATTIESBURG NEWS Incorporated Office 112 Front Street Telephones janitorial and Counting Rooms Both Phones No 35 4 tety Editor Cumberland No 757 Home No 332 SUBSCRIPTION RATES soo r year 300 l months vT8f months 150 By Carrier 16 cents 50 cents 1 the Week 8y the Month Member ol the Associated Press Entered as secondclass matter on May 22 1907 at the postoffise at Hat tiesburg Miss under the Act of Con gress of March 2 1879 OFFICIAL PAPER CITY OF HAT TIESBURG ND COUNTY OF FOR REST FOREIGN REPRESENTATIVE The 9 C Beckwith Special Agency Tribune Bldg New York Bldg Chicago Tribune REpSksENirfive SOUTHERN for Louisiana Arkisas Texas and The Cfbckett Agency Oklahoma New Orleans and Dallas R J Collins is the only authorized traveling representative of The Hat deaburg News and is authorized to col lect for subscriptions and advertising WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 1 1909 Circulation Double That of Any Other Sooth Misausippi Paper TO PATRONS OF THE NEWS 0 With his issue of the Hattiesburg lily News m rsp aibll t y for management ends as I have trane 1 ferred my interest to Messrs
THE HATTIESBURG NEWS AND PROGRESS Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday jr THE HATTIESBURG NEWS Incorporated Office 112 Front Street Telephones Mltorial and Counting Rooms Both Phones No 35 Beclety Editor Cumberland No 757 Home No 232 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Om year 3800 Mx months three months By Carrier y the Week Uy the Month 300 150 15 cents 50 cents ft Member oi the Associated Press Entered as secondclaBS matter on May 22 1907 at the postoffice at Hat tiesburg Miss under the Act of Con gress of March 2 1879 OFFICIAL PAPER CITY OF HAT TIE8BURG AND COUNTY OF FOR RE8T FOREIGN REPRESENTATIVE The S C Beckwith Special Agency Tribune Blilg New York Tribune 81dg Chicago SOUTHERN REPRESENTATIVE Tor Louisiana Arkansas Texas and Oklahoma Nw Orleans and Dallas The Crockett Agency R J Collins Is the only authorized traveling representative of The Hat tiesburg News and is authorized to col lect for subscriptions and advertising IN ION label SATURDAY JULY 31 1909 Circulation Double That of Any Other South Mississippi Paper DO YOU PAY YOUR SUBSCRIPTION The News has had much to say in the past few days about paying sub We have not meant to scriptlons take anybody to