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The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-21

lodge starts off with fourteen mem bers and the following officers: w. E. Crozier. Master; John Fisher, Vice. Master; T. w. Shepard, Past Master; G. H. Villiers. Secretary and Treasur- CT; John Summersell. Collector.
 The series of two games of baseball set for today and Tuesday between the University of Alabama and the Agri- cultural and Mechanical College Of Starkville, Miss, on the formers grounds, was called off this morning l,,u account of tine terrible downpour or rain here yesterday and today. The next game to be played by the Uni yersity will be with the Sewanee team on the 3rd, 4th and 9th days of June, commencement week.
 The commencement sermon of the Tuscaloosa Female College was preach ed at the Methodist Church in this place yesterday morning at Il o'clock by Rev. A. l.. Andrews and was one or the most eloquent sermons heard In this place in many years. Every one was deliRhted with Lne Montgomery minister. The night sermon was de- livered by Rev. J. R. Turner of Pratt City. and was carefully listened to py a large audience.
 News has been received here of the illness of Vernon Hope. formerly or this nlace. who is confined to his bed with typhoid fever in Havana. lie IS assistant chemist at the custom house in that city and Is now under the med ical care of Dr. Gorgas, who IS also former resident of this place.
 Messrs. George A. Searcy, William q. Fitts and J. Manly Foster left this afternoon for Montgomery to repre- gent Tuscaloosa Senatorial District ond the County in the Constitutlonai Snnventton which meets tomorrow. Mr. Searcy is the President of the Merchants National Bank and also or fine State Bankers Associatloh' MT Foster is County Solicitor ana a men ii ber of the law firm of Foster ana OIl OIl- yer. MT. Fitts is former attoFney general of the State of Alabama ana Q ,1resent District counsel of the Mo- biIe and Ohio railroad. When seen
 this morning by your representative MT Fitts said: "I am not in favor or tbe proposition to make a poll tax re- ceint A certificate entitling man 10 vote The Constitutional Convention was called for the purpose of disfran- chtsing the negro and l peheVe IL should be done by framing sucn Constitution as will not come in con flict with the Fifteenth AnenoLnent to the Cunstltution of the United States" MT Fitts has very decided views as to the new Constitution md he wih uh- doubtedIy be heard from in the con yention, as will also the two other rep resentatives from this County
 Trainmaster J. B. Murphy or the ar~Ln- ..a Ohio railroad, has reeeiVed notIce that a change of schedule VIII .ro irto effect on that road on the 26th i inst the nature of which not being given. Mr. Murphy has recommendeo an m Accommodation from this place ,a to Montgomery and return each week day but it is not known whether thls viii viii be put on. The present schedule of the Mobile and Ohio Is very nara m the men and on the traVehng pup lie. It has not proved at al popuIa. sa.. and the change was not unlooAoo A"i'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-21
TO BORE FOR OIL.
Selmians Think Petroleum Can Be
 Found Under Central City.
exanined

Selmians Think Petroleum Can Be
 Found Under Central City.
 Advertiser Bureau.
 Selma, May ?.
 The oil craze has struck Selma In a quiet way and for several weeks there has been some talk among several prominent citizens of this city of form ing stock company and sinking a well in the hope of getting a gusher. The promoters of the scheme are think ing of boring for oil either in this city or few miles out in the country.
 Ever since the discovery of oil at Beaumont, Tex, California and South ern Louisiana, the oil craze has become as epidemic as the discovery of gold was in California in '49, and every day fortunes are made and lost in the oil fields. In nearly every Southern city companies are being formed and wells are being sunk in the hopes that they will reach the oil strata and get Q gusher,
 Several days ago a company was formed in Mobile, which will sink well in Choctaw County. Last week an oil company was formed in Montgomery and 1t proposes to start drilling for oil in a few weeks.
 A number of Selmians, since the dis covery of oil in Louisiana and Texas, have recalled the fact that while sev- eral of the artesian wells in this city were being bored they passed through e small flow of natural gas. For that reason they believe that if well is bored deep enough they will find the oil strata and that oil can be found as abundantly about 1900 feet under the ground here as 1t has already been found in the Texas oil fields.
 The gentlemen who are thinking of forming the company have not as yet arrived at anything definite, but all of them are certain that oil can be found here in as large quantities as it has been in Texas, and they are, working quietly and are trying to form a com pany to bore for oil, but what success they have met with has not yet been made public
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-21
DOCK ADAMs'S TRIAL.
He is Accused of Shooting Roky
 Sharp.


 Sharp.
 Advertiser Bureau,
 Selma, May 20. Dock Adams, a negro, was tried be= fore Justice Peter Lewis today on the charge of assault with intent to mur- der. He is the negro who was with Deputy Sheriff Joe Edwards the night he was Killed by John Dawson. Dock was handcuffed to the cart when MT. Edwards went in to Dawson's house and Dock got in the vehicle after the killing and drove two miles and gave himself up to constable. The prelimi- nary trial has been postponed this long on account of Roky not being able to attend court. Two shots entered Roky's body, one in the fieshy part of the thigh and the other entered the small of the hack. She has been in a serious con- dition since the shooting, but has gradually improved until she is able to attend court. The woman had been living with Dock four or five years and quit him and went back to live with her brother. She says Dock was cruel to Ter and did not give her any clothes and that she had to quit him in seif-defence.
 The woman claims that Dock came up to the window of her house about l2 o'clock at night. stuck a double barreled shot gun through the window and fired. She says she saw and recog-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-21
WARDS BODY IS FOUND.
REMAINS OF BOY DROWNED
 NEAR SELMA.
Great Many of the Friends of His Family Dragged for the Corpse in the Hope of Re-
 covering 1t.
Advertiser Bureau.

Advertiser Bureau,
 Selma, May 20. This morning the body of young Will liam c. Ward was recovered. A great many friends of the family had re- mained at the river since the drowning Saturday and had dragged the river with hooks in the hope of recovering the body One of the most faithful men in working to recover the body was Captain Philen. He was certain that his hook had touched the body several times, and when it came to the surface it arose in the exact spot that Captain Philen predicted that it would rise.
 A crowd of watchers were on the banks Of the river and saw fSe body as it came to the surface. It came up about seventy-five feet below the mouth of Valley Creek, where he first got into deep water and was almost in the exact spot. where the, little boy was seen to sink for the last time.
 The body was not at all disfigured and was carried to an undertaker's es- tablishment, where 1t was prepared for burial, before 1t was taken to the home of the parents.
 Young Ward was popular with all who knew him, and the sympathy of the entire community goes out to the family in their sore bereavement
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-21

and comfort of the veterans who will attend the reunion in this city on the 18th inst.
 "I find all the work nearing completion and everything perfect and satisfactory in every particular. The large sum of money, approximately $1000O0. which has been raised, has enabled the Memphis committee to introduce features and comforts which the veterans never en- joyed before. The Executive Committee is earnestly and periodically striving to do everything possible for the comfort and pleasure of the veterens ..he.:sr wives and daughters: and the citizens of Mem- phis are enthusiastic over the prospect of the coming Of the veterans. No one need stay away for any cause, as all classes of the good psople of Memphis are earnest in their efforts to give you q genuine and royal welcome. I am happy to report that the greatest success has attended the efforts of the Reunion Committee in securing cheap and com fortable board and lodging for all the veterans who will attend the reunion. Provision has already been made for 70, 600 visitors. out of which 35.ooO have been assigned
 For all veterans who arc not able to pay. cots and meals will be furnished free.
 Confederate Hall is a very large and beautiful structure. tastefully arranged. and embracing every comfort. I consider it perfect. for reunion purposes"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-21
HAPPENINGS IN s* .x
 THE CENTRAL CITY.

fss aire1ay reechcd the capital of Will cox County. The impression in that soll llLa IS lhat the kiant System has something to do With the survey and that it Is feeling around for an outlet in that direction to New Orleans and the great Southwest. This is only sur mise, and later on 1t may develop that some other system is seeking an out let.
 Mayor Mcleod was seen by a repre- sentative of The Advertiser. and he was very much surprised at the caustic resolutions that had been passed by the Board of Health while he was in Montgomery. He says he had no idea of meeting with the Board, but sent the Secretary of the Board of Health word that he thought it would be ad- visable for members to hold a meeting and discuss the condition of smallpox among the negroes and take some steps to exterminate the disease. The Board Of Health has evidently miscon- strued Mayor McLeod's intentions, else 1t would not have passed the resolu- tions, printed in the Selma Department of The Advertiser.
 Invitations are out for the marriage of MT. Matt Meyer of Tilden, and Miss Julia Patterson of this city, which event will occur at the home of the brides mother on Parkman Street, June 1. Immediately after the cere- mony the happy couple will leave for a tour of the East, and will visit the Buffaio Exposition before returning. MT. Meyer has not yet decided wheth- CT he will move to his farm, five miles out of Montgomery, or remain on his ax. fv Qnfffh Dallas.
 The Dallas County Board of Revenue heard arguments Friday as to the re- spective merits of Joness Switch and Vine Hill for the iron bridge that 1t is proposed to build across Mulberry Creek. Messrs. Candy and Taylor, members of the Autauga Board Of Revenue, were present and proposed to pay part of the cost of the bridge if 1t should be located at Jones's Switch, but were not willing. to pay a cent if the bridge was carried up as high as Vine Hill. After hearing all of the arguments in the case, the mat ter was carried over till the June meet ing of the Board of Revenue, when the question will be decided definitely as to which locality shall get the new iron bridge.
 The combination on one of the big record safes at the Court House is out of fix and it has been impossible to get at the books locked up therein for sev- eral days past.
 Tomorrow afternoon the United Daughters of the Confederacy will meet at the residence of Mrs. A. w. Cawthon for the purpose of electing of finars for the ensuing year.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-21
MooFMAN INVESTIGATES.
Report on Memphis Preparations to
 Entertain. Veterans.

Memphis, May 2O.-George Meorman, Adjutant- General and Chief of stan oi thorough Inspection of the arrangements being made for the entertainment of the ex-soldiers and visitors in this city on the occasion of the Confederate reunion ol May 2s, 20 And 90. and tonight he appeared before Sleunion Executive Committee and submitted a report, the following of ,Whicb jS part
 . "E [the information of the United Con -SsdA 16te Veterans. l make the following stN Ament: As has been my custom at pL Nous reunions, I have today made a tSf4ough inspection and examination of alf the arrangements for the reception
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-21
A Chinaman Arraigned.

New York. May 20.--Fou Loy Tai. alias Louis Joy. alias Tai Hook, senior mem Der of the Chinese firm of Lou Loy Tai & Co., of New Orleans. was arraigned in Police Court here today on q charge of having embedded $30000. The charge was made by the chief of police of New Or leans. The Chinaman admitted his iden- tity, but denied that he was guilty as charged. He was remanded to await ad- vice from New Orleans.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-21
Dallas Court House Contract.

Montgomery, Ala, May 20. 1901. Editor The Advertiser:
 Please correct the item of special news which you published Sunday in reference to us and our contract for Court House at Selma. Ala. We have not abandoned the contract, but have taken steps to compel the Board of Revenue for Dallas County to comply with It's part of the contract.
 John W. Hood,
 M. o. Burchell
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-21
TUSCALOOSA EVENTS.
Rev. A. L. Andrews of Montgomery
 Preached an Eloquent Sermon.

Tuscaloosa. May 21-(Special.)-C.
 w. Maier. Third Vice-Grand Master of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire men. has just organized a lodge of that order in this place among the firemen of the Mobile and Ohio Rail- load. The new lodge is entitled the A. w. Baggett Lodge. No. 5S0. in hon or of A. W. Baggett, who was killed at Booth. Ala, a year or so ago. The
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-21
Mrs. Cages Funeral.

Washington. May 20-Funeral services oyer the remains of Mrs. Lyman J. Gage were held today at the Secretary's resi- dence on Massachusetts Avenue. Rev. Dr. Hills of Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, conducted the services, which were ex- ceedingly simple.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-21
Tive Negroes sentenced to Re HanR.

Sylvania. Ga. May 2O-rhe five ne- groes, Arnold Augustus, Richard Sanders, Andrew Davis. William Hudson and Sam Baldwin, convicted of the murder of Messrs Herrinton and Mears In this county last Summer, were resentenced to- day by Judge Evane to be hanged June 14.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-21

nized him, and that there can be no doubt but that he was the man who shot her.
 The trial is still in progress and about fifteen more witnesses are to be examined
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-21

Wise men are conservative. Only fools give their candid opinion on all occa- sions.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-21
BRIEF SELMA ITEMS.
Advertiser Bureau.
 Selma May 20

Selma was affected very little by the machinist strike today. All of the men in the various shops of this city went to work this morning as usual. The shops in this city are non-union and but one of them, the Southern Rail- road shop, was affected by the strike. This morning about fifteen men who were working there quit their jobs and walked ouh
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-21

Surveyors have been at work in Southeast Dallas for some time past, in the Tilden-Boykin neighborhood., They have made the preliminary sur vey for a railroad from Camden to Jackson, Ala. They are very reticent about what their intentions are, but by running the line from Camden 1t would seem that the l.. and N. had something to do with the surveys, as that road
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-21

Tomorrow afternoon the United Daughters of the Confederacy will meet at the residence of Mrs. A. w. Cawthon for the purpose of electing of ficers for the ensuing year.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-21

The combination on one of the big record safes at the Court House is out of fix and 1t has been impossible to get at the books locked up therein for sev- eral days past.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-08-30
MOderniZed Palestine.

In spite of all our philosophy the
invasion Of the birthplace of Chris
tianity by modern devices and modes
of life CRATES harshly on sensitive
minds. Names hallowed by religious
associations seem out of place on rail-
way timetables or subscription lists
Of long-distance telephones. or
course, all this is Illogical, for we
need not expect any part Of the
world to remain in infancy, still prim-'
tive habits and modes of life are SO
naturally blended with the Biblical
narrative that we cannot entirely sup
press a wish for their perpetuation.
But modern innovations are strangers
to sympathy The railway from Joppa
to Jerusalem, at first an experiment,
IA now run on strictly business prin-
ciples, and branches are under con-
struction to familiar places up and
down the Jordan. Trolley lines are
protected to connect Jerusalem with
bethlehem, Bethany, the Lake of Gal
lice. Samaria, Jericho, Nazareth and
other places, while in the city itself
there are electric lights, telephones
and other modern conveniences. In
stead OF the workman longing his
shadow, he now consults cheap Am
erican watch for quitting time, and
all other modern supplies are han
died by commission houses through
out Palestine and Syria. More than
200 monographs were recently i'm
ported, one-half going to Damascus
and the rest to Jerusalem and near
by places.
A commission house at Beyrut has
bought q $3.50 windmill from an Illi-
nois firm, and there is an important
market for all kinds Of irrigation ma
chinery. The all-conquering syndi-
cate is In evidence, and the once fer
tile valleys are to be reclaimed by ir
rigation on a large scale, and once
more transformed into land flowing
with milk and honey. Many of the
rich foreigners making investments
are Jews and leaders in the Back to
Jerusalem" movement. The figurative
prophecy of the two women grinding
at a mill is recalled by the setting up
of a 17-horsepower Chicago windmill
in the interior west of the Jordan to
run a large grist mill. Bicycles are
common on the streets, and the NUM-
cipality Of Beyrut had added ,$S.Soo
steam roller to its public equipment.
The Turkish government has given
many Important commercial conces-
s,ons to foreign nations, and the Sui
tan is watching the modernixing pro-
cess with interest. Trade ID the great |
cementer Of nations, and is also the !
s~eat iconoclast. No spot, however
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-08-30
Diminutive and Engage
ing Little Pets
from RraziI.
from Brazil.

I'VE can't get enough of them"
said a man who makes a business of
selling pets. IT have one here that /
have been offered $50 for, but the av-
erage price is $25. They are the finest
little acrobats I've ever seen. For in
stance here's cage made on purpose
for a pocket monkey. You will notice
that it resembles miniature gymna-
sium. There are trapezes. horizontal
bars and all sorts OF things Of that
kind. Now, If pocket monkey didn't
find them in his home he would be
heart broken. OF course they don't
perform just whenever one wants
them to, but in the morning, just after
they have walked up, you will find
them doing every conceivable gymnas-
tic stunt. and if you don't laugh, you
are person with no sense of humor."
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-08-30
Chinese Mournsssgs

If son, on receiving information OF
the death of his father, or mother, or
wife, suppress such intelligence, and
omits to 60 into lawful mourning for
the deceased. such neglect shall be
punished with 60 blows and one years
banishment. If son OR wife enters
into mourning in lawful manner, but
previous to the expiration of the term
discards the mourning habit, and, for
getful of the loss sustained, plays up
on musical instruments and partici-
pates in festivities. the punishment
shall amount for such offense to 80
blows. Whoever, on receiving infor-
nation of the death of any other rela-
tive in the first degree than the above
mentioned, suppresses the notice of it,
and omits to mourn, shall be punished
with 80 blows; if, previous to the ex.
piration of the legal period of mourn
ing for such relative, any person casts
away the mourning habit and resumes
his wonted amusements, he shall be
punished with 60 blows. When any
officer or other person in the employ
of the government has received intel
ligence of the death of his father or
mother, in consequence of which in
telligence he is bound to retire from
the office during the period of mourn
ing, if, in order to avoid such retire
ment, he falsely represents the de-
ceased to have been his grandfather
grandmother, uncle, aunt, or cousin,
he shall suffer punishment Of 10G
blows, be deposed from office, and be
rendered incapable of again entering
into the public service.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-08-30
Old Err, from Chinese Statesman.

Moy Kee, Chinese restaurateur of
indianapolis, Ind, received a royal
gift few days ago in the form Of
100 eggs that had reached the remark
able age of 100 years. They were still
good, in fact, according to the Chinese
view, better than they were the day
they were laid. They had been cured
by some process known only to the
cooks of China, who cater to the man
darins and the higher classes exclu-
sively They had not been cooked,
nor had the shell been broken. The
eggs came from no less a parsonage
that Ii Hung Chang, and the enclosed
card, bit of queer paper. half a
foot long, expressed to Moy Kee the
compliments of the Chinese statesman
and wished the son of the Flowery
empire long and happy journey
through life.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-08-30
Pocket
Monkeys

The latest fad in the way of pets is
the pocket monkey. 1t is only about
two years since the little fellow made
his first appearance in this country In
his present capacity, and he might be
said to have taken the hearts of pet
lovers by storm. Now his popularity
has become so great that the men who
make business Of catering to the
whims Of the people who like pets say
that the demand for the pocket mon
key is five times as great as the sup
ply. They predict a bright future for
the new favorite just as soon as the
people down in Brazil can be made to
understand what good commercial
article they have and thus be induced
to make a regular business of captur-
ing these monkeys and shipping them
up here.
The pocket monkey dwells so far in
the interior Of Brazil as to be almost
out of the reach of traders. He is,
perhaps, the smallest member of the
monkey family known, being about
five inches long, but with tail that is
sometimes three times as long as his
body He belongs to the marmot fam
lily of monkeys, and is extremely neat
In person and cleanly Of habit. If it
wasn't for those characteristics. he
would not be holding the place he does
vested in him.