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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-29
DEATH OF AN INFANT.
Child of MT. and Mrs. J. s. Cade
 Dies at Eufaula.

C0llQ OK MT. anu I1iS' S' " ~e$N~
 Dies at Eufaula.
 Eufaula, Aug. 2s.-((SpeciaD-An infant child of MT. and Mrs. J. s. Cade died ot the home of its parents Tuesday night and was buried yesterday afternoon.
 The vote for Representative from this county is one of the closest ever known so far as can be learned and 1t Is not yet known positively who are the suc- cessful ones. Mcdonald leads the ticket with 592 votes with McTyer just one vote behind and W. H. Brasseli only sixteen in the rear of the highest count E. P, Thomas for Senator wins easily.
 The poles have been erected for the new telephone system that win connect this city with Texasville, Chessnutts crossroads, Blue Springs, Clio and Ozark and the work of putting up the wire be- gan today. M. R. Strickland of Clio. one of the projectors. is in the city and has established an office on Broad Street.
 The Eufaula Journal will continue to make it's appearance. George c. Williams assumes control and will be assisted in the editorial work by Miss Callie Couric Of this city The paper will be published semi-weekly for a month or more and will then be issued daily.
 The public school will open for the fall term next Wednesday. Prof. F. l.. Mo coy. the principal. has moved into the college building where the higher grades will be taught.
 Traffic on the Eufaula and Ozark road is increasing very rapidly and 1t Is thought the regular freight train will be put on early next monthe.
 Operations at the compress are now under full headway and from five to six hundred bales are being compressed for shipment every day.
 Miss Alice Everitt has gone to Cleve- land, Tenn, where she has accepted a po- sItion as art teacher in a college there.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-29

Right on the heel of the State primary city politics have opened up. The people need a rest from politics for while. al least
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-29
MAN FALLS FROM TRAIN.
Believed That Syd Wooten Wal
 Killed Near ChoccoIocco.

Anniston. Aug. &.-(Special)-Some of the excursionists on the Odd Fellows train that returned shortly after Il o'clock last night from Lithia Springs said that a man had fallen from the steps of the train near Chocoolocco. The men who told about the occurrence said that the train was going at high rate of speed and that in all probability the man was killed.
 One man said that he thought he knew the man and was trying to get him to come in, the car when the accident oc- cured. He said that the man was appa- r6ntly in drunken condition. His name is thought to be Syd Wooten. who Is employed as a puddler helper at the local plant of the Southern Car and Foundry Company.
 A special to The Hot Blast from Col llns, Ala, says the Piedmont Petroleum Company has let a contract to Andrews Brothers of Atlanta, Ga. to sink a shaft 1000 feet deep on the property of the company at this place. Collins is located about seven and one-half miles west of Piedmont. and the machinery for boring
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-29

Miss Mary Haralson. after spending 6 couple of weeks most delightfully."- in Bir. mingham and Atlanta. has returned home.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-29

R. H Burfett, committeeman from the Fifth Ward, handed in the returns and they were not lost as at first reported.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-29

W. l.. Kirkpatrick of Hagen is in the city today He says Johnston got only one vote in his beat. and that vote was cast by mistake.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-29

l. Matt Meyer of Tilden reports that he has the best crop of corn and cotton he has had in years, but his case Is an ex- ception to the general rule in the south ern part of Dallas. ss
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-29

Mrs T. W. Hall. Jr., who has been spending the heated term at Shelby Springs, returned home this afternoon.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-29

Capt. Dan B. Edwards says there was really but one Johnston man in King s beat, but by trade on local candidates seven were delivered to the candidate from Jefferson.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-29

At an election last night B. J. Schuster was selected President of the Harmony Club and Rudolph Richards was made Vice President.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-29
SMITH DAVIS.
A Pretty Church Wedding Occurs in
 Athens.

Athens, Aug. 2s.-(SpeciaD-One of the most beautifI Il church weddings that has been witnessed in this county in long while was that last evening of Roy A Smith and Miss Mable Davis, at the Presbyterian Church. Rev. H. N. Barbee officiating.
 The church had been decorated with flowers and evergreens and the color scheme was green and white The church was filled to it's capacity long before the hour for the ceremony The bride and groom were attended by four couples as follows: Hon. Erie Pettus, Miss Mary Mason; Carl Cartwright, Miss Frances Russell; Hon. H. C. Thach, Miss Merele Cartwright; Eugene Horton, Miss Zella Russell The ushers were J. W. Frost D. l., Rosenau, John F. Walker and A. H. Mcconnell
 After the marriage the bridal party was entertained at the home of the mother of the bride.
 The groom is a prominent business man of this place and the bride is one of our most charming young women.
 Limestone claims to have the banner Democratic beat in this State. Pettusvile beat in the north part of this county. on the day of the primary election sent up solid Democrotic vote for Jelks. Cunning ham, Garber, Cory and Hefin of 101 votes The entire beat voted as one man, but by some accident one ticket was failed to be marked for Cunningham. This Is al- most the entire strength of the beat and this Is the second time within the past few years that 1t mas turned out in full and voted without change for the same ticket.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-29

A good season fell last night. the frs that has fallen since the 7th of April. Pc tatoes and peas are greatly benefited.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-29

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-29

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 SEE yous wucss sext and Osv . package 0s ~FORcE" whSh eO@posed of the VsAois ot the Wresa and barley malt.
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-29
Death of an Author.

London. Aug. 2S.-George Douglas Brown, the author of "The House of the Green Shutters" died here suddenly to- day.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-29

J. J. Rush of Dublin beat desires the re- port that he did not pay his poll tax cor rected. He was a school trustee and was therefore exempt.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-29

Col. R. D. Berry. the defeated candi- dase for the Legislature. takes his dose gracefully and says the other candidates allowed him to surrender. he retaining his side arms and heggage.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-29

The Johnston men in Selma all take their defeat good naturedly and are ask ing the Jelks men how it happened by such a large majority.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-29

Eufaula, Aug. 2s-((SpeciaD-An infant child of MT. and Mrs. J. S. Cade died ot the home of its parents Tuesday night and was buried yesterday afternoon.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-29

Mrs W. H. Mabin and Mrs. John Thompson of Montgomery are the guests of Mrs. J. Weaver on Selma Street.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-29

A good deal of the credit for c. F. Waller running ahead of Johnston in Sel- ma is due to the active work of his kins- man, J. E. Wilkinson.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-29

Prof. J. J. Williams who was defeated for Superintendent of Education. takes his defeat like philosopher He is toe good a Democrot to kick at the voice oi the people.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-29

The finishing touches are now being pu. on Baker School and it will be ready for occupancy by the time the city public schools open in October
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-29

A J. Finlayson and Miss Leila Butie were united In marriage yesterday after noon at the home of the brides parents Mir and Mrs. W. c. Butler.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-29

F. J. Laughlin has recovered from tho shock he received in the primaries and was able to leave his bed and be at his place of business again yesterday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-29

After the good rain of yesterday seve-a gentlemen wired their families to conn home from summer resorts. feeling tha the backbone of sumer had at last beer broken.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-29

There were necessarily some sores left by the State primary, and several mer are reported to be whetting their knives for the scalps of future candidates.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-29

A Jelks man here today made a bet that Jelks's majority in the State would be as large as Johnston's vote.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-29

Traffic on the Eufaula and Ozark road is increasing very rapidly and 1t is thought the regular freight train will be put on early next monthe.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-29

The public school will open for the fall term next Wednesday. Prof. F. l.. Mo coy, the principal. has moved into the college building where the higher grades will be taught.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-29

Operations at the compress are now under full headway and from five to six hundred bales are being compressed for shipment every day
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-29

Miss Alice Everitt has gone to Cleve- land, Tenn. where she has accepted a po- sItion as art teacher in a college there.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-06

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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-06
THE SENSE OF FREEDOM

story a mother who
running away something
him, acquiescence.
packed away suggested the
the added, course Harry
really
YOU
The picked his bundle the
gate opened house. flung
tears treatment
not again.
boys plan tears repToache
punishment spoiled
hands morning years
really away
dealing Young
continually uninportant things gets
fighting he rights
justified in assumption
brought principle equally
without fail Such
develop perspective which
does always get Strengthened years
boy figures story runways
very peace
thought
brought
indicating clearly thought
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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-06
.BU mess AND
SENTIMENT
By L. L.

Mrs A Logan found the side Of the reaetionists
in the discussion the eoedueaton question It little odd
find taking this of problem which
if had been for odueaion carried somewhere, at
sometime, there would have been any writers all
the beginning had practical monopoly Of school ad
vautages.
The whole thing itself question of business
sentiment. The things probably be mixed every
day life
Women have been pushed into the business world through
their VIII of men, bit through TIE irresistible force of
cstane and there they viii have remain for least gen
Grafton There has been time when they have done their
share Of the work world there likely be
such period; but owing The specialization Of industry the
day. both doing their work factories
and Offices instead of IN their homes their estates Il
therefore the best of all parties that well
houd be efficient workers their department Nothing gained
by spshod and ignorant labor anywhere
The great disadvantage under which business labor pres
unfanariy with the actual conditions of their life. They
get the practical knowledge which they need only by working
cooperation with and absorbing much possible Of the mans
special knowledge They this if be forever
mixed up with business
It kindness TO the workers them the
plea of gaanry would Re the eay them fair
chance to become efficient workers
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-06
DUMAS AS A COOK

Dumas pere was IN producing the
slave OF his pen, and never studied il
his life. No author ever owed less TO
education or book learning ard more to
perpetGaIly fresh and unsophisticated
mind and 10 s0ciable intercourse with
the bright spirits Of his day, the upper,
Bohemia. the best artists, dramatic au-
thors, and lions Of various kinds of his
time. His one accomplishment was his
neat flowing cIerkI~ handwriting. But
he knew nothing Of science. of any kind
Of serious literature. and as he had
never thought Of punctuation before he
burst on the world as an author. left it
always 10 the proofreader. Like Ros-
SIM. if Dumas had not been the author
of Monte Cristo'' and other loveIs that
brought him each fortune (Which ne
spent as soon as he made il, he might
have been a great cook.
I paTtook OF a lunch he cooked two
years before his death al the house Of
Gudin. the painter He came to cook It
in this way: Gudin, meeting him on q
Friday on the boulevard, said: ~
friend has just sent me three splendid
turkeys from Devonshire. What shall
do with them" You should let me
cook Them" said Dumas "Au right.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-06

But must go tomorrow to prepare thez
tor the spit" Dumas arrived next
morning With a hamperfuI OF truHez
for the turkeys, AID. not 10 allow any
70 so to waste, brought calves sweet
breads and other delicacies which are
the better fer trufIe ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
He prepared his ''plats" carefully. and
suggested that If Gudin wished 10 in
vite friends TO q particularly EeIl-cooked
lunch then was his time. Perhaps" he
added, you had better call on AIbani
and ask her TO ceme. She viii crown
the feast BY singing a brindisi' % SO
said. so done Dumas acted as chez in
the kitchen until II was almost time ta
serve the lunch
A most brilliant company had bean
invited TO Judge CO lie grand Alexan-
dre's" culinary talents. They declared
he deserved the name OF Alexandra Ia
Grand" and expressed their sorrow that
his literary genius had deprived the
world of the greatest chef OF the nine
teenth century Dumas used also IA
cook the grand dinners which Nine Rat
tazzi gave st Florence when her hrs
band was prime minister OF ItaIy.-I.os-
don Daily News.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-06
A FOOL AND HIS MONEY
New YOrk's Former Deputy Commissioner of Police
By WILLIAM S. DEvERY,

than stuffed with medicines and books
There are hard times in this world
that need attention now-not next week,
next month, next year. And the man
that gives quickly for immediate use
gives doUbly.
There are those who. through their
own fault or that Of someone else, have
fallen. and they need help now And
what they need first is practical help
from man 10 man or from woman to
woman Their bad traits want correct
ing now, and. nine cases out OF ten, a
little temporal relief Immediately ap-
Piled is what they need most II some
Of our wealthy men want to know how
70 give away some OF their suPerfuous
millions. let them buy some land just
out OF the city and build institutions
that viii give Immediate aid and succor
TO the needy; help the fallen man as
well as the fallen women, but help him
now
There are many grades of trouble and
many grades Of help The rich man car
so give That those who receive from
him en- in turn give to those below
them. and so on all down the line; and
instead Of one benefactor there viii be
d dozen; instead Of one company Of
happy, thankful recipients, there viii
be q score I tell you the honestly
earned applause of one minute by rea-
son OF heIpfuiness 10 and sacrifice for
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-06
BULL'S-EYES.

Castles in the air are seldom fur
nished.
You are undoubtedly a superior man,
but do you practice it?
Wisdom. my dear youth. is that in
teIIigence which you possessed before
you began TO learn.
If good advice were legal tender it
would not be given so freely
Be not afraid to be a leader. but care
not whether there be others in the
army
II a bull may be permitted: There
are many beautiful things in life that
We never see until they are out Of
sight
It is easier to lose your own battles
than to fight other peoples.
Il some people were wiser other peo-
pie wouldn't make so good a living.
Some philanthropists take more pride
/ in lifting man from the gutter than
/ in helping him across IL
# some men were as big as they
feel they would have TO live out Of
doors
Other people NEEDLE where we in
! vestigate.
Wisdom Is greater than wealth, but
It is our wisdom and the other mans
wealth.
Some people are an adornment to
their profession. while others do the
work
20
Society is the cloak we wear for other
peoples inspection
20
Argument is that which we employ
to convince ourselves that We are right.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-06
THE NOISELESS MOSQUITO

A seriors situation confronts Bloom
field. y !. and The inhabitants Of the
cid Revolutionary town are in state
bordering. on panic. says the New York
Evening sun \ peculiar variety Of
mosquito has opened its sumner cam
paign IN the town, and just what meas
ures to employ in dealing with it is now
occupying special attention. The ordi-
nary type Of mosquito Is net feared.
Every enc there knows its ways. knows
how 10 checkmste its rapacity. ToDac-
co smoke, pennyroyaI. fans-au these
and more have proved eEectuaI in past
summers against the voracious designs
Of the little pests But this year it is
different, and unless the emergency
calls forth the man, the inhabitants OF
Bloomfield are likely 10 lead a pcriIous
existence until the frost comes The
mosquitoes this year are voiceless. That
Is the whole trouble. Instead Of q word
and z blow. il is q blow al alone. with
cut the slightest sign Of a preliminary
coEpaninent.
Their ways are iusidious, and therein
they suffer by comparison with their
brethren OF former summers. who at
least gave warning Of their approach
By that long-dFavn. tremulous battle
speech. which so often preceded their
demise under the palm OF some irate
JeTseynan. But this year they give
10 such warning They are steaIthy,
silent, sulleu- The reDoseful Bloom
fielder, peacefully smoking on his lawn
OF Teranda. suddenly jumps in the air
With oatas or inpatient ordinations
as the case may be. some ten or fifteen
mosquito bites the gs.iner- Seated there
he mad thought that there were no mos
qUitoes-bceause he had heard 30 buzz
ing. That WAS where he erred
i vas about a weel, before the towns
people awoke to the new condition which
confronts them, and as yet no remedy
has been devised. Only they have
grown more BatchfUI and suspicious,
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-06

There Is an old saying that "a fool
and his money are soon parted" Per
haps we. are all fools Of one sort or an
other. There are more spendthrifts
than misers in the world. More men
want 10 give than want 10 get. II is be
cause they give fooIishIy that they are
fools.
believe man ought 10 get what he
really wants. man, what he needs
And as health is the greatest thing on
earth, he ought 10 get that and to keep
It; and to keep it, he needs the sinews
Of war-'grub,' In other words. his
physical machinery needs attention be-
fore his mind does.
II you have loiler and you want 1t
to work, you must keep your fires going.
Man is bit OF machinery with per
petual motion, and to keep that perpet-
uaI motion you must have perpetual
steam.
This is one way to give away ones
money properly.
He is fool, in my mind, who places
education before health, who feeds the
mind before he feeds the body
There is plenty OF disease aud
trouble and worry in this world that
might well be avoided. There are the
crippled and the injured, the poor and
the sick. that with q little food AMI
proper clothing would be far better eff
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-06

So much has been said about the al
Iowance that the wife should have that
1t is idle &c speak Of it further. since
there are ROW few men vith any aspira-
ton toward social decency who do not
afford the wife a separate sum. in ac-
cordance with their acknowledged
means. which she shall be at liberty to
spend unquestioned.
OF course. If il is not fiction, and
the husband was not uttering false
hood at the altar when he said, with
all nay worldly goods I thee endow. ."
the allowance is only q portion OF her
due; and even II marriage were nothing
but q civil contract her rights under
that contract as an equal mariner would
entitIe her to all she is likely TO re
eeive
How much better is this fashion than
the old one. in which the wife was
obliged to humble herself and ask for
every penny she ever had 10 spend, had
TO exhibit the condition Of her shoes.
tell Of the lack Of her wardrobe. often
go without her new bonnet rather than
say. another word about it. often forget
I her own needs altogether in order that
johnny and Janey might have what their
little souls had Ionged fora fashion
under whose sway her heart beat and
her nerves trembIed for days before she
could summon her courage 10 ask for
what she could do without no longer;
and If then her husband gave her some
unexpectedly large amount, she more
often than not burst into tears Of sur
prised gladness that ought to have filled
his soul with shame whether OF not they
did so.
There was in the day Of that cruel
custom Of giving no fixed sum for the
private and personal use Of the wife,
but Of waiting to see what was indIs-
pensable and then skimping on that.
many q man who. willing to give and TO
give generously, yet preferred 10 have
the spending Of the money himself. This
man had the theory that women do not
know how TO spend the money, and if
there were any spending to do preferred
to do It. so that il his wife asked for
the pennies TO buy a spool of cotton he
went and bought it himself. bought per-
haps two sgools Of cotton, whether, as
Just mentioned. he had the theory that
women are unskilied in spending or be-
cause he feared the change" might be
lost to him. or that he felt It took the
bloom off wonankind to go shopping,
while vaguely forefeeling that new
woman who not only goes shopping, but
keeps shop and does large wholesale
business and miHgIes freely with the
world OF men. and keeps her bloom and
asks no man for money.
It was in those old days that more
than one woman felt she committed her
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-06
ORIGIN OF THE OPAL

4 dewdrop came. with a spark of fame
He had caught from the suns last
ray.
To a vioIet's breast, where he lay at
rest
Till the hours brought back the day.
The rose looked down. with a flush and
fFown,
But she smiled all at once, to view
Her own bright form. with its coloring
warm
Reflected back by the dew
Then the stranger took a stolen look
At the sky. so soft and blue:
And Ieafiet green. with its silver
sheen,
Was seen by the idIer. TOO.
a cold north wind, as he thus reclined.
OF a sudden ranged around;
And a maiden fair. who was walking
there,
Next morning an opal found
Anonymous.