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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-11
COAL ADVANCES
IS A DOLLAR HIGHER THAN
 LAST YEAR.
Dealers Say Other Advances May Be Expected-Coal Strike and In- crease Demands Res
 ponsible.

The cold snap has brought before the people of Montgomery the local phase of the coal question in very practical and to some very portentous manner for the price of coal in Montgomery is high with the prospects of an even greater rise during the next few days.
 Many circumstances have caused the jump in prices of the dusky staple and all of these circumstances arising at one time have made the advance alarming.
 Last year good coal sold for A per ton. On the corresponding day of this year 1t is selling for s a ton and the in. dications are that the prices may take another jump in few days.
 The most potent factor in bringing about the steep prices is the strike in the coal fields of the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company, especially in their mines at Blocton.
 great part of Montgomery,s coal SUD- ply comes from these mines and the deal CTS are puzzling themselves in regard to how to All the demands made on them for fuel.
 The Bloeton coal is of the domestic class. too. and if the strike should con- tinue for a month longer, dealers say, there will be some suffering among the poorer people.
 ieiicSsSS lOdl anu Iron company tu5l is not the only class affected by the strike. All of the mir es have raised their prices in order to meet the demands. The advance of course affects the dealer and so not only the Blocton coal has ad- vanced in prices. but every other coal handled in Montgomery.
 Then, too, the Pennsylvania strike has much to do with the advance. Coal deal CTS from all sections of the country are now making continuous demands on the Alabama mines on account of the contin- ued inactivity of the Pennsylvania coal fields and with the increased demand the prices go up
 The demand for Alabama coal from for eign markets also contributes in a way to the high prices. Every year the for eign demand for Alabama coal increases and much of the coal mined in this State crosses the water.
 Steam coal has also taken few jumps in the local market, the advance being anywhere from 10 to 15 cents. This, of course, amounts to a large sum with manufacturers. who buy coal in im- mense quantities.
 It Is understood that a great many families of Montgomery have already supplied themselves with coal for the winter and no great suffering or incon- venience is expected
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-11
OBJECTED TO MEDIUM.
Boer Generals Declined to Be Pre-
 sented by Ambassador.

Berlin, Oct. 9.-It developed today that the Boer Generals declined in telegraph ic meshage to seek presentation to Elm peror William through the British Am bassador and the fact has produced an extraordinary :ommotion among politi- clans and courtiers.
 No later than last Monday the Foreign Office received a message from the Gen erals announcing that they had not the slightest objection to applying for an !n- terview through British government channels. On Wednesday came a dispatch saving the Generals were determined not to apply to the British government but would leave the Emperor to summ )n them himself.
 This of course would have put his Ma jesty in direct opposition to Great Britain and the announcement immediately fol- lowed that the proposed interview would not take place.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-11
ARE AFTER JOBS
26 APPLICANTS STOOD CIVIL
 SERVICE EXAMINATION.
Examination Held in Government Building Was Railway Mail Service and Department
 Qlerkships.

Twenty-six applicants took the civil service examinations yesterday morning in the United States Court room for de- partmental positions.
 The examinations were presided over by w. L. Campbell and L. H. Dawson of the local commission.
 There were twenty-one applicants for railway mail clerkship, two for govern mental compositors, one bookbinder. one messenger and one watchman.
 Their papers were forwarded to the Civil Service Commission at Washington who will pass upon them and acquaint the applicants with the results The aplicants were from Georgia, Ala bama and Mississippi and were working for positions in their respective States.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-11
NEW MERCANTILE AGENCY.
Papers Were Filed Yesterday in the
 State Department.

Certificates of incorporation of the In- ternational Mercantile Agency were filed yesterday in the office of the Secretary of State.
 The company is organized and chartered under the laws of New Jersey. but its place of business is in New York The company's authorized capital is placed at S2,00o,00o and its working capital is sl, l,0Oo, O0o The puprpose of the company is to do general agency business. to col lect business information and report it to the company's clients.
 It will enter into competition with the older companies.
 Montgomery has been named as the place of business of the company in Ala bama, and A. c. Sexton as the State agent.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-11
mum and demand is good.

mum and demand is good.
 Increased supplies of farm products. notably cereals. cattle and hogs and raw cotton, have weakened the prices of nat ural food products during the month ot September, but manufactured food pro- ducts. like butter. cheese. groceries, tea and some meats have moved higher. Fuel of all kinds. rendered scarce by strikes and car shortages advanced heavily. To- bacco is higher on shorter yields.
 Wheat dncluding fiour) exports for the week aggregate 5,645,779 bushels. against 6,s70, SIS last week and 4.19.S9S this week last year. Wheat exports since July az gregate 73,130,4 492 bushels, against Ss,564,- 844 last season. Corn exports aggregate 1SO. .3j6 bushels, against A, ,423 last week and PAS last year For the fiscal year exports are 1,377.592 bushels. against 14,- 304,s1O last season and 47,2O7,6ss in 1900.
 Business failures in the United States for the week ending October number TO as against 164 last week. In Canada for the week 20 against IA last week.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-11
Parasites Cause. All Hair Troubles.

Nine-tenths of the diseases of the scalp and hair are caused by parasitic germs.
 The importance of this discovery by Pro- lessor Unna of the Charity Hospital, Hamburg, Germany, cannot be overes- timated. It explains why ordinary hair preparations. even of the most expensive character, fail to cure dandruff; because they do not. and they cannot, kill the dandruff germ. The only hair preparation in the world tn lt positively destroys the dandruff parasites that burrow up the scalp into sca.es called scurf or dandruff, is Newbro's Herpicide. In addition to it's destroying the dandruff germ. Herpicide is also a delightful hair dressing, mak- ing the hair glossy and soft as silk Send 10 cents in stamps for sample The Her picide Co, Dept. "K," Detroit, Mich. Sold by E. G. Fowler, Druggist. sat.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-11
Report of Bradstreets.

New York, Oct. 1O.-Bradstreet's to- morrow will say
 Cooler weather has brought the coal supply question home to millions of peo- pla and discussion of this has dwarfed all other matters in the public eye. There is a possibility, however, that the ten dency to exaggeration may be carried 10 extremes and that matter bad enough at best may be made worse by inJudicious talk.
 Special investigation by Bradstreet cor respondents a ntty cities and industrial centers east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio and Potomac Rivers seem to indicate that, aside from the damage to general business caused in the coal re- Gions themselves by the idleness of lp'- 600 industrial workers, the coal strike as vet has been the cause of a much small CT displa cement of industrial workers than IS generally supposed:
 Iron smelting alone of all the great in dustries. has been seriously curtailed, though brick manufacturing has suffered and small hand laundries have been crip- pied, including furnaces employed in Eastern Pennsylvania, brickmakers in and near the Hudson Valley, ana a large docks not to exceed 20,WO men, or only one-seventh of the number of actual strikers. have been rendered idle.
 Uneasiness as to future supplies O. fuel is widely noted, and 1t is worth mention that the scarcity of coke at the West-this being entirely distinct from the anthracite shortage and due to car shortage cotIplained of throughout the entire year-is displa ing some industrial workers in the iron trade. oil, both crude and Illuminating, has advanced in price.
 In the Northwest general activity reigns The easier tone of raw cotton has made manufacturers more inclined to do business. Stocks of cotton are small both at first and second hands.
 Woolen ds are active at all markets. Aside from the fuel scarcity, it may be truly said that every business prospect pleases. Fall jobbing, though necessarily not so active ss earlier is really better than anticipated. Recorders note difficult ty in fulhllment, indicating lack of de- pressing stocks. Spring trade advices are better than usual at this date and predi = tions as to the coming holiday business are optimistic.
 The curtailment of iron production re- suited in a smaller output for September than in previous months, but of late the domestic output of pig has shown signs of increasing. Imports of foreign Iron and steel are large. Rails plates and structural iron are active, strong and sold ahead heavily into 1903, but tin plates, wlre and nails are weak. Other industries are active.
 Flour production Is about at its maxi
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-11
SUITS MADE TO ORDER. Holt's Dye Works. 1o9 s. Court.
Teachers Passed.

The following appointments were an nounced yesterday from the Executive Department:
 Mrs EstelIe w. Baskins. Notary Pub lie. Birmingham: B. L. Williams, Con- stable, Beat IS. Lamar County.
 Appointments Announced.
 The following teachers have been pass ed by the State Board of Examiners and they will be granted certificates:
 Lowndes County-Josephine Elliott, Priscilla Jenkins, Florence Johnson Callie Hinson. w. E, Carson, Mrs, Mat tie I. Moore, C. M. Mosely, Lula Jack E. Pierson, J. c. Rice. Jno. Page, Fanny Coleman.
 Jefferson County-Alice Adkins.
 Tuscaloosa County-E. F. Woodward. Miss Bama Prewith.
 Pickens County-Ida E. Pratt, Miss Fannie Howard Lillie Jennings, F. G. Green, H. l.. Gleed.
 Marshall County-John J. Horsley
 Limestone County--Joe Baily, Ethel Bryant. z. K Goode. Edna Carter Mol lie Barksdale, Jas R. Ballard Leona Owen. Earl M Hodson. w. T. Barksdale. Nora Rowe.
 Geneva County-M. G. Merritt, Miss Elite Hatcher, Ozie Shiver, Kate Me hlnhon, mos. T. NoIeHiah' <1HiIie "i'.iiS .
 Fayette County-Myrtle Norton. John c. Clardy. c. M. Weeks.
 Colbert County-W. H. Chambers.
 Clarke County-Mrs. Fannie Cowan, Flossie Carlton. J. M. Megginson. Jus tina Armestead. H. c. Dickinson. Lucy Moyton, J. F. Pogue, Darsie Currie. M. c. Cleveland, Amanda PuEh, David L.. Mitchell, Annie L. Carter, Mae Burge, s. A. Berry.
 Chambers County-Laura Kaigler.
 Blcunt County-o. 1T, Conden. Mrs. M. E. Fitzpatrick. Mrs. Lila l.. Short Cenia Albert. Alfred Meeks, Mollie BoIls, Thom- as B. Self
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-11
DUN's WEEKLY REVIEW.
Despite Labor Troubles Business
 Outlook is Good,

New York. Oct. 10.-R. G. Dun and Companys weekly review Of trade to- morrow will say:
 Favorable symptoms still predomnate and the business outlook is ging despite the adverse factors of labor con troversieS fuel shortage and tight money. That the drawbacks have not seriously checked industrial progress testified to the strong position attained during re- cent months of uninterrupted activity and growing confidence.
 :, Manufacturing plants dependent upon steam for motive power are finding prof it's curtailed by the high prices for fuel and, unless normal conditions are soon restored it will be necessary to secure better quotations for products. The problem of adequate transportation is also disturbing. as there is already con- gestion in the coke region. When an- thracite coal mining is resumed and grain shipments attain expected dimen- sions. the railroads will find great diffi- oulty in meeting all requirements. Rail- way earnings in September were 9.4 per cent larger than last year
 Dun's index number of commodity prices proportioned to consumption was $l00.64S on october 1, an advance of 4 per cent compared with the position of Sep telnber l.
 It is certain that all records of pig iron production would be far surpassed if coke could be obtained even at the ex- ceptionally high prices now prevailing. Hence, reports of active furnaces meas ure the available supply of coke rather than the demand for pig iron.
 Imports continue on a liberal scale. al though new rulings as to tariff rates checked arrivals of steel billets. Railway equipment Is still the most active feature ot the market. High premiums are off, fered for locomotives but works have their books filed well into next year. Last weeks reduction in prices of sheets and wire has not been followed by any weakness in other branches of the trade. Shipments of footwear from Eastern shops continue on a large scale. Hides are dull and weaker
 Cotton mills in New England arc pre- pairing to shut down on account of the fuel shortage and the market for goods is strong because supplies arc alreaoy limited.
 Jobbing sales are fully up to the aver age for the season and collections are sat isfactory but uncertainty as to the fu- ture tends to restrict undertakings.
 Conclusion of the opening purchases of woolens has brought quiet market for spring weights and there is only a mod crate demand for heavy goods for qdick delivery. Complaints are still heard as to the delay in movement of sample pieces.
 Failures for the week numbered 245 in the United States against 23l last year and A in Canada against S4 year ago.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-11
A Sure Cure for Diarrhoea.

Coming. as 1t does. in the busiest sea- son, when a man can least afford to lose time, a sure and quick cure for diarrhoea is very diserable. Anyone who has given 1t a trial wiN tell you that the quickest, surest and most pleasant remedy in use for this disease is Chamberlain's Colic. Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. There is no loss of time when it Is used, as one or two doses of 1t will cure any ordinary attack. It never fails. not even in the most severe and dangerous cases. For sale by P c. Fowler. Druggist. adv.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-11
CONFEDERATE VETS FUNERAL
Burial of W. P. Molton Took Place
 Yesterday.

The funeral of Mr. ". P. Motion took piaoe yesterday at Il o'clock from the residence of his nephew. Mir. Robert Mol ton, on BelLnger Hill, Rev. ]. H. James or the South Perry Street Methodist Church officiating.
 The services were largely attended and were unusually impressive.
 The deceased was 77 years old and had spent much of his life in Montgomery He entered the armies of the Confederacy at the beginning of hostillties and served with distinction throughout the struggle MT. Motion was never married and leaves no immediate family.
 The interment was at Oakwood Ceme- tery. The following gentlemen served as psll-bearers: s. L. Smith. R. P. Dexter. W. B. Davidson. J. M. Falkner. George W. Ellis James Brame and s. T. Vest colt.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-11
DAMAGES WANTED.
James Farrior Wants S25, ,ooo from
 the Western.

Suit was filed yesterday in the office of the Clerk of the City Court of Montgom- cry for $25,0oo damages against the Vest ern Railway of Alabama by James A. Farrior.
 The bill of complaint alleges that June % the complainant was a passenger on a tr ain of the Seaboatd Air Line, near Ft. Davis, and through recklessness on the part of the employees of the defendant corporation, a collision occurred. In this collision, the bill of complaint ayers, that the plaintiff was mangled and bruised on the right side and right lung and was rendered permanently weak.
 The suit will be tried during the October term of court before Judge A. D. Sayre.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-11
Beautiful Flowers.

The Advertiser is the recipient Of waiter of beautiful flowers from Mrs. Ben Jones, 622 South Court Street.
 Mrs. Jones~was one of the prize win ners in The Advertisers Amateur Gar den Contest, and the flowers, which are dahlias, were grown in her amateur gar den. They are exquisite specimens rep several varieties of the dahlia.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-11
ANOTHER SUPERINTENDENT
J. W. Harris Succeeded by J. W.
 Hallan.

Still another resignation of a County Superintendent of Education was received yesterday by Superintendent Gunnels.
 This time it was Superintendent J. w. Harris of Pike County. who wanted to step down and out Mir. Harriss resig- nation was accepted. To the vacancy J. W. Hallan was appointed, Mir. Italian the new County Superintendent of Educa- tion was nominated for the office in the August primaries by the Democratic voters of Pike.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-11

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-11
For Distress After Eating

Take Horsford's Acid Phosphate. It relieves immediately, by stimulating the secretion of the digestive fluids. Makes the digestion natural and easy. adv-tu--thu-sat.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-11
Central Presbvterian Church.

The Sacrament of the Lords Supper will be administered at the Central Presby- terian Church on Sabbath morning. The offering will be for the cause of Foreign MissionA
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-11
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 Name and Address.
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 Drink Habit.

Few men become drunkards from choice or inclination-all welcome release from the awful habit Golden Specific will cure the worst habitual drunkard. This won derful remedy can be administered by wife or daughter, in food, tea, coffee or
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-11

"old man Tellum thinks he Is sure to get a Government job"
 .'Why? He has no political pull"
 But hc claims he has. He says he ate the oyster that Oyster Bay was named after, er,"-Baltimore American.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-11

GARLAND" STOVES 6 RANGES Awarded First Prize. Paris. 1900, Buffalo.
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-11

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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-08-07
SOUTH STAFFORD.

Mrs. Franklin and family have moved
TO STAFFORD
Mrs. sarah Kendall spent Sunday with
her mother.
DR.. Huntington of Hanover was IN
town last week.
A small party from here were at Fairies
lake on Saturday.
Edgar Wood is critically i'll at the Mary
Hitchcock hospital.
Mrs. Bessie II. Kendall is visiting her
parents in Corinth.
Capt. j. Mayhem Wainwright has re-
turned to New York.
Messrs. Locke and Lord OF Coppertield
spent Sunday in town.
Several from here attended the circus
at White River Junction.
Miss Lena Richardson has been spend
ing week in Manchester, n. II.
Mrs S. B. Buell. and children were in
White River junction Thursday.
Guy Ross with friend is home from
Bellevue hospital for his vacation.
Rev. Geo. II. Gray has arrived and ser
vices were held in the Baptist church
Sunday morning.
Robert II. Duncan Of Brooklyn, y. V,
formerly OF this town when he was con-
nected with the copperas works at the
Hill, died at Meriden, n. H., last week,
al which place interment was made on
SUNDAY
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-08-07
WILLIAMsTo

Albert whitcomb was in town last
Friday.
Elmer d. McAllister was in town last
Thursday
John Calcania has moved his family
10 Barre City.
John Wilfore and Frank York were in
Mortified last Saturday.
Maynard Kiser OF Montpelier was in
town last thursday night.
Mrs. Thomas Matson Of Concord. n. H.,
is visiting at Wallace Hunters.
Il is reported that the hotel has been
leased to Mr.. Courser Of Royalton.
The Misses Kmball returned from their
visit in Maine last Saturday evening.
The band will 20 to Chelsea next week
10 furnish music FOR Old Home week.
Rev A. W. Smith, wife and two sons
returned to West Concord last Friday.
Mrs. Janette Farsell and Mrs. Sarah
Drew Of Barre visited in town last Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hosea Carpenter OF Chel-
sea visited his sister, Mrs. Olney Seaver,
last Sunday.
B. 7. Sibley has recently purchased the
little house on Quarry street Of Mrs.
Andrew Mayo.
Mrs. Della Whitney and Miss Dewey
of Chelsea were in town making calls
last week Wednesday.
Mrs. Lucy Curtis and daughter from
California recently visited her brother,
Kinsman Martin, and family.
Over one hundred people went from
here on the excursion to Highgate Springs
last Saturday. Fontani a Co. have gone
into bankruptcy.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-08-07
THETFOED,

Lewis Z. Vaughan is visiting his broth,
er. Robert Vaughan.
Harry Gerry returned to his work in
Pennsylvania Friday,
Ethel Prescott visited her aunt, Mrs
Bernice Clark, recently.
Mrs. May Bliss is visiting her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Goodwin.
Mrs. George Cummings is having
serious trouble with her eyes.
Mrs. W. S. Coombs and son spent las
week with her parents in Canaan, \. IL.
Miss May Woodbury., a teacher il
Gloucester, Mass, is visiting her friend
Helen Slade.
Rev. William Slade and family OF East.
hampton, Conn.,, are stopping at theil
summer home.
Miss Julia Fletcher is at home. Miss
Kate Fletcher is spending a part Of bel
vacation in Quebec.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Porter, William
Porter, Jr., and wife are spending the
summer with Mrs. Frank Bond.
Lyman Vaughan OF Worcester, Mass,
spent a part of his vacation with hi,
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G. L. Vaughan.
William Cummings, former principal
at the academy, was in town recently
He is now superintendent Of schools in
Hadley Mass.