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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-27
DOT PROBLEM CLOSES JUDGES HAVE NOT COMPLETED
 THEIR WORK. They Will Meet Monday and Number of Dots and List of Prize Win ners Will Be Published ;
 Tuesday.

The Dot contest closed at o'clock last night. but owing to the great numbet of estimates received yesterday aud up 10 the last minute of the contest the lucky ones cannot be presented to an anxious public this morning as was anticipated. The result of the contest will be publish cd Tuesday morning.
 Many estimates were received last night after the contest closed According to the conditions governing the contest these estimates will not be accounted in the contest. Persons whose estimates reached The Advertiser after o'clock will, however, be given due credit for the amounts forwarded and will receive the paper as ordered.
 At o'clock last night the judges of the contest, A. J. Miller, J. F.. Worswick and Emanuel Meertief. met at The Advertiser office to begin their work. They organ ized by electing MT. Miller chairman. When the estimates were turned over to the judges they discovered that there were so many thousands of them that they would be unable to complete their work last night. Consequently they ad- journed until Monday when the work of asserting the estimates will begin.
 The answer to the problem was not re- ceived from the patentee last night as was expected and consequently the an- nouncement of the number of Dots is not made this morning This announcement will be made Tuesday morning with the names of the prize winners.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-27
A FATHER AT "A.
Aged John Harding Proud of His
 Latest Hopeful. -.

Trenton, N. J., April 26-'Live temper ately. don't smoke too much. don urlnk too much. don't worry at all and there : no reason why any man shouia nut pe ''
 Saying this. aged John Harding of 1'ren- ton began to raper for the very JOY m him. .,,,,,,,, I'm rich. That new boy of mine is worth s10O, 900 of any mans money. know what I'm talking about. He's my tenth. ..
 He weighs twelve pounds ana m n years old on April S. Born that day, lesS, way down in Cumberland County, South Jersey. My boy and l have only got one tooth between us. and that's mine.
 Then an uncomfortable fit of Laughter seized the old man. Even the walls oi ,ne little house where mother and haoy lay shook In sympathy.
 And she's only slip of a girl. just 2i. is Crieky. I'd turned 10 before she was born. Come to think of 1t. too, ceie- brated my 5Srd wedding anniversary witn my first wife. and the last thing l again. Just think of it! l was married 5o years ago today for the first time. and then year ago again
 Insi the cozy front room or their home IS the pretty young mother with her iirsl born. Her brown eyes sparkied when she pulled back the coYerlet 10 show her little one.
 John isn't half so proud of baby as I am." she said. softly. Some Of the toiks talked of naming him Theodore Roose- welt Harding,' but he's my boy, and I'm going to name him after his father. He will he John Harding. Jr.. and nothing else. Isn't he cnte?'
 But the nurses wouldn't let the mother go into any more raptures over her oa' by. and they bundled the proud father out into the woodshed. where he could make all the noise he liked;
 well" said he, wife died two years ago. I got awful lonesome. All my youngsters were grown up and hNed away. There was only Nellie Thompson took her in when she was little 1d around tho house and ma le herself al- fired useful.
 well. when she began to grow up 1 kind of noticed that she hadn't any eye for any of those gay youngsters that like to shine up to pretty girls. I asked her because they were all too young. Then she sort of blushed and ran out.
 q got to pondering. That night l thought I'd scare her just a little. Says l: Nellie, if you don't hurry up and mar ry some of your beaux Tn marr-- you my self
 'She only said: T wouldn't mind Well. that was enough for Uncle John. Me 14 and a pretty young thing a hankering to marry me. Not having more than twenty-five more years to live. hustled it along and in week the parson had spliced us. And here l am. And the best of 1t all Is baby boy and twelve pounds of him. Whoo- pee"
 As for the baby. he knocks into a cooked hat all the theories of tie medical profession that the child Of an extremely old man must bear the marks of senility and chubby as the child of a parent 50 years younger.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-27
THE ADVERTISER co

Nothing since the beginning of The Al. Al. vertiser's Amateur Gardeners Contest has given the nov sment more impe.un than the interest tu the movement maii- f.sted by the women of Montgomery They have expressed their approval M various ways of the effort to improve '"' home life of the city.
 Recently the Ionan Club. a literary or ganization of the city. passed reso'utlon' commenting the movement. These reso- futIons arc as follows ~ Whereas. the members of the ionian Club have noticed with pleasure ano justification the efforts of The Mentgon,- cry Advertiser to incitc an interest on the part of the residents of the city Tn beautifying their premises; and,
 Whereas. nothing so much appeals to the members Of this club as home iii' and all things beautiful appertainhs
 Whereas. a tastefuiIy laid off yard. ar tistic in its conception and well Kept furnishes most attractive set ting and pleasing surrounding fo' the home. be it ever So luxurious oi and finer feelings of the occupants oi such home: therefore.
 Be it resolved. hy the Ionian Club that the efforts on the part of The Montgom- cry Advertiser to create greater interest in the beautifying of the homes Of ou' city. by offering prizes for the best kept front yards. is most commendable, and Is deserving of the thanks of the clubs and all the citizens of Montgomery.
 Be it further resolver that the 1oniai Club hereby expresses It's gratfic8tfoi and it's commendation of this enterprisa User, and expresses the hope that the re- suit will be great improvement in the outward appearance of the yards about the homes of the Montgomery citizens.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-27
THE PERSEVERANCE CLUB.
BY JAMES ALBERT WALES

The suhjsct of organizing . baseball team was thoroughly discussed at one of the weekly meetings of the Perseverance Club early in the spring. Win Strattord wss elected manager oI the team, and it was decioed to oeler the election of captain till later.
 in my opinion" said Will, addressing the msesjng, there would be more inter- est In the team 1T We organized . league and had championship games. I would suggest forming a league with the Rang srs. the Golden Knights and the Invinci- bies. of Glsndale.''
 Barry. They can beat any team around here under l6. and you know they didn't lose game last season"
 Just listen to mel! replied Will, with deep feeling. One of our principles is not to be afraid of anything, and If we so into this league with the determina- ticn to win neither the lnvincibles nor any other team is going to stop us.''
 Wtlfs spirit was heartily applauded. At was voted that committee of three should confer with the officers of the three clubs named In less than a week the Invincibles, Rangers and Golden Knights had agreed to the proposition and had sent delegates to a meeting held in the Perseverance Club house. A league constitution was adopted and officers were elected as follows: Walter Gladwin. of the Perseverance Club, President; Fred Wilson of the Invincibles. Secretary AtVo1utSt. AC OISdihZdtlOu was CalIeQ the, Amateur Baseball League The four clubs were located within a radius of three miles. Each club was required to play in enclosed grounds and to give one half of the net receipts of each game to the visiting team. The following sched. vie was agreed upon.
 April 26-Perseverance vs. Invincibies, at Riyeryiew; Rangers vs. Golden Knights at Park Heights May 5-Rangers vs. Perseverance, at Park Heights; Invinci- bles VI. Golden Knights. at Glendale. May 10-Perseverance vs. Gold Knights, at Rtverview: Inv.ncibles vs. Rangers. at Glendale.
 Manager Win had an interview with the owner of Smiths lot, which had formerly been used by an athletic club, and secured permission for the Perse- verance Club to use the grounds.
 The first league game was three weeks away. end the boys had regular practice every afternoon and Saturday mornings. At first every member of the club ap- peaxed at practice, anxious for a place en the team. After the first few days of practice the club unanimously elected Jack Henderson captain of the team. for he had easily proved himself the best all around player and most conscientious tFainer.
 Captain Henderson saw that a coach was needed to bring out the best points of every player. He visited Stuart Eos ter. a young Riverview lawyer. who had been graduated from Trinity College the year before and while in college had been captain of the baseball team during the in the clubs success. so he agreed to
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-27
NEWS IN BRIEF

TWO NEGRO BOYS. apparently 1J years old, became engaged in a light in the negro waiting room at the Union De- pot last night. One of them pulled pis' tol but before he could use 1t he was seized by negroes near him. A railroad man took charge of the boys and escort ed them to poEce headquarters. While he was going up the stairs the negro who had the pistol slipped by him and maht his escape. The second negro. Louis Key holds was allowed to go as the blame TOT the trouble rested on the negro who had the pistol. s... ,-.,.s. ....
 WILL MORRIS, a negro. was brought into police headquarters last night at o'clock and the charge of assault with In tent to murder was docketed against him. In a fight with his wife an hour earlier he had cut her badly. Her arms and breast were cut. She was seriously but not dangerously wounded. The trou- ble took place in Newtown. but what in- duced the assault is not known.
 NOTICE RECEIVED yesterday by Gov ernor Jelks of the death of w. C. McIn- tosh, a member of the Board of County Commissioners of Tallapoosa County. The Governor will appoint his successor.
 THE INFANT daughter of Mir. and Mrs. E. H. Manning died yesterday morning. The little one was only few days old. The funeral will take place today.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-27

Runs by tnntngp:
 Perseverapce Club ,.......oo 2lot2 0-9
 Left on bases--Persegeranos, 6; Golden Knights, 2; first base on eFrors-Perse- verance. g; two-bsse hits-Wheatley and Henderson: three-base. hits-sayies and out-by Rogers. il: by Sands. ,: bases on on balls-of Rogers. 5; off Sands. {; double plays-Ticknor to Olmsted to Graham f0 passed balis-aiiller; sacriface hit-Gra-
 ham. Umpire--Mr. Fostenr Time of gams Tom Barry, the club scorer. kept full score of every game In the form given above. and sent an account to the River view papers every week.
 It was supposed that the Invincibles had trounced the Rangers and thereby had secured the championship and silk pen- uant. However, we can imagine how much surprise there was when the news came that the Rangers, by grand np- ing advantagf of the fact that Dick Ives had had an on day and could not control the ball. The score was to g.
 This was an unlocked for state of sf- while the Rangers and Golden Knights were also tied. each with one game won and two lost.
 Delegates from the four clubs met in the Perseverance Club house Tuesday af- ternoon and decided that the Invtncible and Perseverance teams should play a deciding game for the championship. at Glendale, Saturday. May r.
 The f1ual game between the leading clubs went down into local history Rs the most exciting of the season. Lack of space forbids describing 1t this week, hut If you look for the next tale in the se- ries you will learn how the rival teams fought 1t out. and which of the two final ly won the championship and pennant of the Amateur Baseball League.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-27

wrong position when catching a ball. In- stead of holding the wrists together and spreading out the hands. which often re- suits in breaking a finger or two, you should hold the fingers together and the hands parallel, side to side, like this and he illustrated the point by holding drawing.
 When fielding a groInder or pickup keep the heels together and the feet at right angles, to prevent the ball from get ting by you. When picking up the ball always reach for 1t with both hands, so as to be sure of getting it. We shall finish the practice today by a half mile run, four times around the field. This will develop the lungs and staying pow CTS"
 On the following days the boys im- proved greatly in their playing. Although Mir. Foster could not always attend prac- tice. his suggestions were carefully fol- lowed out. On stormy days the boys went through light practice in the clubhouse.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-27

coach the team from to on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays.
 Take 1t easy at first" he said to the pitchers. "If you use too much strength ct the very start you will go lame and get what they call a glass arm Re member that perfect control of the ball Is more important than anything else.
 Some of the boys who were not batting would field the balls sent out by the hatsraen, who merely hunted the ball, the exercise being intended only for the pur- pose of training the eyes and learning how to hold the bat.
 Don't hold your hands close together on the bat advised MT. Foster. Hold them about two inches apart, and let the lower hand be at least an inch rom the end of the bat When you strike at the ball, don't chop up or down at it. or swing at 1t wildly with your eyes closed, but meet 1t fairly and squarely with direct blow. When the pitcher delivers a ball, keep your feet together. very near the plate; then step forward and meet
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-27
PROF PATERSON RETURNS.
Ogden Party Will be in Montgomery
 Tomorrow.

Professor W. B. Paterson, President of the State Normal School for Negroes returned yesterday from Athens, Ga. where he had been attending the confer ence of the Southern Education Associa- ton.
 The ogden party will reach Montgom- cry a II o'clock tomorrow morning. com- ing here from Calhoun. and Professor Paterson say he has assurance that the party will spend not less than one hour at his institution. The members of the party will he met at the Union railway station by 2 committee of business men. Carriages will be provided and they will he shown points of interest about the city.
 The party will remain here four hours, leaving at 3 D. m. for Auburn.
 Professor Paterson says the conference at Athens waa very interesting and he believes it will he productive of great good to this section of the country.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-27
DEATH OF MRS. YOUNG.
A Highly Esteemed Woman ot
 Lowndes County.

News reached Montgomery last night of the death of Mrs. Brooks Young. a highly esteemed woman of Burkville. Bowndes CouHeS. Mrs. Young died at the residence or her son, Berry Young, night.
 Mrs Young had been ill some time. Her husband preceded her to the grave about two years ago. She was a woman of many excellent traits of character and had a large acquaintance in Lowndes County.
 The funeral of Mrs. Young will take place at the family burial ground near Burkville this afternoon.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-27

the ball as it comes toward you-don,t step away from the plate. Again. re- member that a well-p1aced hit, even if it is only bunt, is better than a long drive sent at random"
 After the. batting practice the boys formed two teams and played a practice game. When they had played several innings. the coach called the players in and explained few principles of fielding.
 Some of you hold your hands in the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-27
schiey to Visit Memphis.

Memphis. Tenn, April 2s.-Reaf Admtrat and Mrs w. s. Schley will arrive in Memphis from Washington early Sunday evening and will be the guests of the citN until Wednesday night. Preparations have been made for public receptionss river excursions and other entertain~ ments. While here the Admiral will ba presented with magnificent silver ser- vice bought with contributions solicited by The Commercial-Appeal
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-27

case would come up with the Lide hapeas corpus hearing which Is set for tomor-
 row Lide and Moore are on Sherin. Wat- ier's farm which Is being used as a de- tention camp They will be, brought into
 the City Court tomorrow for the hearipgS
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-27
InVincibles

On May 10 the final games in the sched- ule were played. The Perseverance boys tried conclusions with their old rivals. the Golden Knights at Riverview. and the Invincibles played the Rangers at Glendale, hoping to win the league cham pionship by third victory .
 Roy Rogers pitched against the Knights, and his work was of a high or der. During the nine innings he allowed only three base hits. struck out fourteen men and gave but five bases on balls, four of them in the last inning, when he got rattled and let down. Perseverance batted hard and consistently, securing a well-earned victory. The story of the game is best told in the tabulated score:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-27
Champ Clark Renominated

MeSico Mo. April 9e- e--Congressman Champ Clark was today renominatcd hy the Democrats of the Ninth District
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-27
PASSING THRONG.

pr. w. ]. Cox Of Atlanta is visiting his cousin. Mr W. x, Cox.
 The many friends Of MT. Leon -F Sweatt will regret to learn that he has ben quite ill for the past week in St.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-27

At the age of 6 a girl begins to make a specially discovering affinities.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-27

' Ten ($1oOO) Dollars reward ! will be paid for the arrest and
 ' conviction of any person found ! stealing flowers, plants or shrubs from any yard either back or front, in Montgomery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-27

Mr. W T. Perry has so far recovered from his recent illness as to be able to return to his home. 609 Columbus Street
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-27

vincents Hospital in Birmingham with He has. however. passed the crisis and will return home. in few days.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-27
HABEAs CORPUS HEARINGS.
Sam Lide and Joe Moore to Be in
 Court Tomorrow.

The hearing on the writ of habeas corpus for Joe Moore. convicted of be- ing a pickpocket was postponed yester- day until tomorrow at 10 o'clock.
 The postponement was had so that the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-27
 ADVERTISER AMATEUR GARDENERS CONTEST
 IONIAN CLUB COMMENDS THE MOVEMENT
REWARD.

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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-11-20
CALDWELL FOUND GUILTY
HE WILL, HOWEVER, ANSWER ONLY
FOR MANsLAUGHTER.
The Jury Considered the Cases for
Many Hours-NO Verdict in Case of
Mrs. CaIdweII-Court Cases.

The jury in the Caldwell murder trial
returned a verdict of guilty of manslaugh-
ter in the case of William Caldwell and
reported that il unable to agree on the
guilt of Belle Caldwell yesterday afternoon
at 2:S0 o'clock after considering the two
cases from $50 o'clock Tuesday until that
time. The jury in finding Caldwell guilty
of manslaughter surprised many of the at
taches of the court, who expected verdict
of murder in the second degree from the
length of time taken to consider the case
In Mrs. Caldwell's case there was said
to be little opposition to her conviction
for manslaughter, but that little opposi-
ton was so persistent that compromise
of the jurors on the degree of guilt of
the husband resulted in the disagreement
in the case of the wife.
Caldwell is liable TO a punishment of
from two to twenty-one years in the State
Prison and this sentence will be passed
upon him soon by Judge Afford. 1t is
doubtful If Mrs. Caldwell will be tried
again. as the states attorneys think that
they cannot hope for conviction of her
after the conviction of one of the princi-
pals in the crime She will probably be re-
leased after a motion by the State to nollie
the indictment against her is entered. Cald-
wells attorneys are not much disappointed
at the verdict and motion for a new
trial is expected in his case.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-11-20

those who do not drink intoxi-
cants at home or in the saloon. This
being the truth, but not the whole truth,
it is obvious to every intelligent man that
anything more than an occasional spas
modic enforcement of the liquor laws is
moral impossibility. The police are not to
blame; the sentiment back of the police
is responsible, and that only. They are
not to invade the unlicensed club room:
why should they invade the haunts of
the poor?
But is this to continue forever? Are we
drifting back to the standard of three-quar-
tiers of century ago? By no means. God
every rising tide. The apparent recession
of wave may surprise careless observer,
but the tide moves on to high tide mark
Notwithstanding the dashing about of the
waves that are affected by winds. Some
day, not far distant, the attention of
preachers and others will be directed to
the sin of dram-drinking, instead of devot-
ing sermons and lectures wholly to the
crime of dram-selling. and parents will see
that the seeds of dissipation are not sown
around the family hearthstone. 1t is not
the saloon exclusively, or even chiefly that
is responsible for the skeleton that is in
so many closets in the form of drunken
sons and sons-in-law. Home drinking and
drinking in club rooms and drug stores
are chief in these causes that have led TO
these sorrows. But drug stores and club
rooms are not ALL the family grocery comes
in for no small share The empty bottle
fies much, and a spell of sick headache
soon after the meeting of the euchre club
points to school of dissipation. and tells
why the liquor laws are not enforced.
This backward step, which began with
the war period, has been much promoted
by our vociferous clamor for legal protec-
ton and outside help in duty that is
almost purely individual and personal. The
pulpit and the rostrum have clamored for
prohibition all these thirty years. with
hardly a whisper about total abstinence
the only sure preventive of drunkenness,
and some of us have segregated ourselves
into a little band of very good people who,
proclaiming that no law can be enforced
without a party behind ii, have formed
a party which, in thirty years, has already
mustered per cent of the voters. If
party behind a law is necessary to the
enforcement of law, how long at this
rate. before the liquor laws will be en-
forced? u. L. SEE.
Indianapolis. Nov. IS
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-11-20
Barrett Law Case.

The decision of the Marion Superior Court
in the case of the American Bond Com
pany, trustee, against Allie Blakely was
reversed by the Appellate Court in a de-
cision handed down yesterday. The re-
versal of the lower courts decision upholds
the statute providing that the failure to
pay an installment of a street-improvement
assessment on which advantage of the Bar
rett law has been taken makes the prom
erty owner liable TO lien on the property
The case in contention was based by the
bond company on the payment of the in
stallment in January, when il was due in
the November preceding. About $500 was
involved in this case
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-11-20
Damage Case Remanded Back.

The decision of the Appellate Court in
reversing the decision of Judge McMaster,
of the Marion Superior Court, in the case
or Susan Carnahan against the Adams
Express Company, was remanded back to
the Superior Court yesterday. The litga-
ton mas been in the courts for some time
The original contention of the plaintiff was
that the express company was liable for
S5eO damages because of the loss of pair
OF diamond earrings by the company in
transit, the value of which was erroneous
ly given as 800 by a sister who expressed
the Jewelry from Chicago. Judge McMaster
neld that the express company was liable
Tor the value of the property, but the APP
pellate Court reversed the decision and at
tached the costs of the case to the plaintiff