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mul VOL. XVII NO. 32 LAUREL. JONES COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1911 $1.00 PER Bailding Under Construction on Central Avenue, Laurel it keeping livelj step in the ranks of the Grand Army of Progress, and the visiting stranger has but to go over the city up one street or avenue and down the other to verify the above made. Improvement on every new buildings un er construction in every part of city In the business quarter here is activity in building, the test to be put under construction be- Jig the new mercantile structure of Morrison, one of Laurel's prog- sive citizens and a believer in the sent and future commercial im- tance of our city.

be new otructure will have a Cage of 33 feet on Central avenue a depth of 115 feet, and will be on loi immediately adjoining T. Ferrill building on the Architecturally, the new ing will be tasteful and pleasing eye. The entire building, will be constructed for tile use exclusively and the will be finished in present day style. The front will be pressed brick, and handsome plate glass show windows. Construction was started excaVating for the foundation nd, under the immediate supervision rfnd watchful eye of Contractor R.

Norris, it is not too much to 'say that the building will be built in a most thoroughly substantial and attractive style. Through Train Over G. S. I to State Capital. B.

E. Eaton, general coun for the Gulf and Ship Island rail- hd, has advised the people of Laur- Itbat the company la planning to es blish through passenger train ser- ku between this city and Jackson. Is will prove a boon to the people Laurel and vicinity that may occasion to go to the state itol, as it will do away with the lay over at Saratoga, the junc- i point on the main line, as is now i ease under the present arrange While the fact that through jjyice to Jackson will prove a great venience to the people of Laurel along the line of the branch road, to be hoped that the management the road will make no change in present time schedule as to the rrival and departure of the'train in find out of this city, as unde'r present pehedole the people along the line be ttweea here and Saratoga can come to p.aurel and have several hours in vhici to do shopping and transact bther business, and return to their homes ip the afternoon. A stung and numerously signed requesting the retention of bent train schedule has been I the G. and S.

I. management, la hoped the of the pe- oners will be granted. Poplanille Team Defeated Laurel Boys in Saturday's Game, On Saturday, November 11, the local high school football team went to Poplarville to play ball with the Agricultural high school of Pearl River county. The game was bard fought as the score to 3 indicates, but it was not nearly such a good ex hibition of football as it should have been. On a fresh plowed field, with a high wind blowing and outweighed twenty pounds to the man, the Laurel team fought its gamest battle for the season.

Bruto strength under such circumstances triumphed uver knowl edge of the game of football. The race for championship honors is not over, for the games with Poplarville do not count in summing up, inasmuch as each team played one man, not a student, in each game. Thus Laurel has played but two games of championship being the scoreless ties with Brookhaven and Meridian. On Saturday, November 18,, the boys go to Meridian to bring boma the honors. A good crowd will go along to cheer them on to victory, and they have the best wishes of their host ol friends.

3n jHemoriam Poplarville Laurel llrtj AIDA QUARTETTE Will Appear Under Auspices oi Tallahoma Club. The Aida Quartette is a popularly known musical organization New York City and will present a progrrm of artistic excellence in trumpet-mid piano music at the Tails' homa Club room on Friday, Novem her 17, at 7:45 p. m. The quartette wiij be accompanied by Mr. C.

Pol Plancon, a noted baritone and einger of marked dramatic ability. The an eminent musical critic, that the Aida Quartette has appeared in the same program with such world famous artists as Bisp bam, Schumann-Hcink and others in itself speaks volumes to musicians as to the standing of this notable east ern organization. Every musician Knows, for instance, that artists who appear with Madame Schumann-Heink must be those recognized for their musical attainments. The Aida Quartette is composed of Miss Edna White, the only solo trumpeter of her sex in the world; Miss Norma Sauter, violinist, a pupil of Frantz Kreisel; Miss Cot a Sauter, ceilist.a pupil of Leo Schulz, and Miss Ruth Wolfe, a well-known pianiste. A treat is In store for lovers of high class music in Laurel.

MEETING TO ORGANIZE. The Chronicle is requested by Mr. Walter Boler of Elilsville to announce that a Jones County Singing Convention will be oragnized at Ellisville, December 2 and 3 next, delegates from the local convention and classes having already been appointed. All those that expect to attend and spend the night in town will be hospitably entertained, and visitors as well as delegates are urged, to send their names at the earliest possible moment to Walter Boler in order that assignments to homes may be made. It is hoped that all duly accredited delegates will be present on Saturday, December 2, and remain over for the Song Service on Sunday, December 3, and give Lllisville one of the best days Jones county ever had in music.

GOOD MUSIC. The hlectric Orchestronat the pop- ualr Bijou Theater has been fully installed and is nightly discoursing choicest selections of choice music for the edification of the large audiences. This great instrument does not displace the excellent regular orchestra of the Bijou, but it Is in line with Manager Taylor's policy is too good" for the Bijou's p.ilrons. The Orchestron is an orchestia and band combined, dhd it is well worth the price of admission to hear it. w( Cotton lOc in Trade At Dunagin-Whitaker Co.

CHRONICLE OF IMPORTANT NEWS OF THE PAST WEEK Friday, November 10th. Speech of Chancellor Von Bethmann Hellwig on Moroccan treaty, delivered in the German Reichstag-m Berlin, fell Hat where it did noi create bitter oppoiition. Manchu princes and nobles gathered In the Forbidden City to be ready for expected attack on Pekin. President Taft royally entertained during short stay in Nashville, Tenn. General TrafftVManager of United Fruit Company died in New Ynik Several foreign nations want the United States to put into effect the favored nation clause in regard to free admission of wood pulp.

Scientists hsve begun experiments to see if rubber can be made from tho Osage orange. The deal to float $1,500,000 bonds to build an annex tu the Monteleone Hotel in New Orleans has been financed. Saturday, November llth. Chinese imperial soldiers butchered men, women and children, and started numerous fins in Nanking. Rumored that Chinese convention will soon be called to elect president of proposed republic.

Determined attack by I'urks on pusitions near Tripoli repulsed with heavy losses on both s'des. A. B. Law succeeded A. J.

Balfour in the leadership of the English Unionists. The twu appropriation bills--pay for military and per of mamoers --passed the Mississippi legislature. Andrew Carnegie gave 525,000,000 more to promote the cause of education. New York street cleaners are out on a strike and much rioting in consequence. Donations made by Andrew Carnegie to date for philanthropic and benevolent purposes have passed far beyond the $200,000,000 mark.

Sunday, November 12th. Chinese imperialists hoped to save the Manchu dynasty through negotiations conducted by Yuan Shi Kai. According to Italian sources more Italian victories are reported in Tripoli. Storms in Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois caused many deaths and heavy property losses. Petitions filed with interstate commerce commission forecasts a sweeping investigation of telephone and telegraph companies.

Comptroller of the Currency Murray issued an order to all national bank examiners for banks tn end the practice of overdraft. A Jewish cadet dismissed from West Point Military Academy. President Taft delivered last speech of his trip at and is now in Washington writing his third annual message to Congress. An Austrian army officer brought suit for breach of promise against an American girl. Imports at the port of New Orleans for October, 1911, showed on increase approximately In Value over those of October, 1910.

Monday, November 13th Reports come of a serious division among the revolutionists in China. Yuan Shi Kai of the rebels agreed to consult with the Chinese emperiur. Italy said to have planned a demonstration in Asiatic waters. Heavy storms lu central portions of the country; score of lives lost and millions of dollars worth of property destroyed. Low temperatures for the whole country this week forecasted by the national weather bureau.

Sixteen persons saved from death in storm in Mobile Bay. Clans Spreckles, the Sugar King, renounced the Republican party. Muskogee, had a $225,000 fire. Former Senator Money of Mississippi left a banquet in Chicago, on account of presence of a negio, it is alleged. Unusually cold weather developed in Louisiana, as predicted.

Tuesday, November 14th. The crews of twenty Chinese warships mutinied and went over to the rebels. Yuan Shi Kai arrived in Pekin and went into conference with the Chinese imperialists. The selection of A. Bonar Law as leader of the English Unionists gave a fresh impetus to the tariff reform movement in England.

Turkish forces said to be united in front of Tripoli. England and Rnssia said to be making preparations to divide tlis Per sian Empire between them. Mexican insurgents, operations under Zapata and Jose Gomez assumed a more serious aspect. Bequests contained in the will of the late Joseph Pulitzer mado public. President Taft determined to make his campaign on enforcement of the Sherman anti -trust law.

Appeal in the Henry C. Beattie case denied by supreme court of Virginia, and the wife murderer will go to the electric chair November 25th, unless the governor grants a commutation uf the death sentence. Estimates on the loss to Louisiana sugar cane crop from tho freeze of Sunday varies at from $5.000,000 to $12,000.000. Wednesday, November 15st. After all night battle, Mexican insurgents under Zapata were forced to retreat before the federal troops.

French and German mining syndicates were placed on a basis of equality in Morocco. Chineoe Prince Regent granted interview to Yuan Shi Kai. Internatirnal Harvester Company of America ousted from Missouri by order of court. Indicated Chicago meat packers applied for writ of habeas corpus. In speech at Birminghrm, P.

G. Bowman, deposed tax commissioner, demanded the impeachment of Governor O'Neal, I'hos. McElroy, arrested in Texas by a private detective on the charge of murdering Miss Janie Sharpe in Winston county, in 1910, the crjme for which Swinton Permenter was tried, convicted and sentenced to lang, but whose case was reversee and lemanded by the supreme court. The detective said Le had evidence to convict McElroy. Fifth annual of Southern Medical Association opened in Halties- burg, Miss.

Damage to cane by late freeze" ceclared to be greatly overstimated. Thursday, November 16th. Yoan Shi Kai accepted ths premiership of China and will be given a free hand to restore peace to the now war-ridden ration. President Madero does not consider the present rebellion in Mexico a menace to his administration. Representative Henry of Texas will pjopose amendments to the Sherman anti trust law at the next seniun of congress.

Gould lines decided not to carry out contract with Frisco for joint use of lines from Memphis to New Orleans. Mississippi legislature ended its extraordinary session. Governor Mann of Virginia refused to commute death sentence of H. C. Seattle, the wife murderer.

Gutted by Fire and Stock of Goods Ruined. Ihe alarm of fire was sounded about one o'clock Sunday morning indicating that the scene of conflagration was in the second ward. The fire department promptly responded and found that the of E. W. Curry's grocery store on Central avnnue was ablaze.

The fire was fiercest at the rear of the store room and to that point thp firemen directed their attention and work, and it was fully half an hour before they succeeded in getting th) fire under control. When tho smoke had cleared away, it was found that tho flames had swept the Curry store from rear to front, and virtually destroyed the stock, which was valued at approximately $2,000, un which there was not a dollar of insurance. The fire at the rear ato its way through a plastered partition into the rear of the plumbing establishment of Cooper McCaughan, who sustained a loss on stock and material tu tho extent of about $500, fully covered by insurance. 'Ihe building is owned by Charles Rham and his loss is covered by in surance. Origin of fire not known, but it was evidently the work of an incen there had been no one in the Curry store since tho closing hour Saturday previous.

Appointed to Take Part in Civic Federation. The churches and clubs of Laurel that have so far appointed committees to act in unison with the Progress Club in forming a Civic Federation are as follows: Woman's Home Mission Society of the First Methodist church. West End Baptist Society. Laurel Association Alumni I. I.

and C. Woman's Mission Union, First Baptist Church. Ladies' Presbyterian church. Progress Club. Woman's Home Mission Society, Wesc End Methodist church.

Nahoula Chapter, D. A. Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, First Methodist church. Laurel Ladles' Cemetery Associa tion. Ladies' Auxiliary, St.John's Episcopal church.

Laurel Relief Society. Stephen D. Lee Chapter, U. D. C.

Catholic Altar Society. Jewish Society. Other organizations, which will affiliate with the Progress Club in this timely and worthy movement for the betterment of our city, will appoint their respective committees in due time. Let the good work be pushed. Laarel to Have Greatly Improved Telephone System.

Not a week comes but what irrefutable evidence develops to confirm what has been often said in these columns, that Laurel is rapidly forging to the front on all lines of progress and prosperity. On every hand and in every quarter of the city can the tangible marks of this progress seen. Not only is this advance beinjc made by private individuals in matter of erection of new dwellings and reconstruction of old ones, but matked porgreea is Been in tho enlargement of tbo plants of corporations. Tho latest improvement in public utilities in this city 13 to be made by the Cumberland Telpehone and Telegraph Coumjinny in its local plant. It has long been patent to this great corporation that thu phenomenal growth of Laurel, both in population and commercial importance demanded improved and up to the minute telo- phono service, and tu that end has dcciaed to install tho flashlight switch board in the local exchange.

Laurel now has BUbscribers tu the service and a largo number of these have cheerfully signed a petition requeuing the company to mako the proponed installation uf the improved system and argeeing to tuna telephones at the increased rate, $3.50 per month for business phono and month for residence, tho rate fixed tho Htutu railroad commission. The entire plant in the city will bo changed--rewiring of houses of subscribeTM, new instruments. Nono of tho present equipment of the local exchange can be used and will be replaced by tho new and improved HWticbhoard and accessories. Anticipating this improvement of the local plant and to meet tlio demand of the company's already large and steadily increasing A. J.

Ament, district engineer, and A.M. Uean, district plant foreman, are now butily engaged laying oul large anrunt of construction work necessary to be done. Pending tho installation of thp proposed change and improvement of tho plant, there will be no'change in tbo rate now charged to subscribers and none will be made until the system'is fully installed. The citizens of Laurel have reason to bo proud of the fact that the importance of our city is to bo ta substantially recognized by the Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph. Company.

Mr. S. Sampson Levy baa diligently in and out of searon to ae- cum COO telephone subscribers. tbvE' insuring the installment of the flashlight switchboard in tho local exchange and extensive improvements of the plant of the Cumberland Tefir phone and Telegraph Company throughout tho city, which will i vulve an expenditure of approximately $40,000. ODD FELLOWS CHRISTMAS TREE Lecture by RUFUS EVERSON KING Wednesday, November 22 In Odd Fellows Hall.

Proceeds to provide a Christmas tree for the worthy needy children of Laurel. A critic in a good Oklahoma town said of Mr. King's lecture: "He made two hours seem like thirty minutes." TM ADMISSION, Adults 50c; Children 25c I Cotton lOc in Trade At Dunagin-Whitakcr Co. i i i 11 ft NEWSPAPER! HE WSPAPEPJ.