Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 242, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 October 1917 — Jitney Trust Busted. [ARTICLE]

Jitney Trust Busted.

Hattiesburg, Miss., pct. 24.—Gen. E. M. Lewis, commanding general at Camp Shelby, is some trust buster. He knocked out the jitney trust today and at the same time deprived a Hattiesburg bakery and a grocery store of soldier patronage. The bakery and grocery store were in an unsanitary condition, so Gen. Lewis issued an order that the soldiers must not patronize the two places or eat food that came from them until they met with the required sanitary rules, but the big job that Gen. Lewis did was to make the road between the camp and the city of Hattiesburg much safer for the innocent bystander than it has been since the camp J opened and at the same time he i fixed a rate of fare that does not put a dent in an ordinary bank roll. Folks at home must understand that the great song here is “Get the money,” and the chorus is also “Get the money. The worst pirates were the drivers of the jitneys that carry passengers to and from the camp and the city. They charged all sorts of prices, even as high as $5. In fixing the fare, Gen. Lewis insisted that 50 cents a passenger each way, day or ■ight, should be the tariff. It was at night that the jitneys pulled a big graft, because many officers and soldiers who missed the train, at 10 o’clock were anxious to get back to camp, so as not to overstay their leave, and of course, they were easy victims. _