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Probate Court.

Estate of O. Herbert Brown. deceased
application OF NJ. =. Foster for letters Of
temporary administration.
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Texas Optical Co srssts ~ "
nssgpy New Year from nes San gar
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clerical force was hard at work on the an
n ra statement and that II viii soon be
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Marriage Licenses.

y. b. Harrison 10 Miss Agnes Ia Rose
]. b. Maynard to Mlss Minnie Bell But
j.. W. Buchanan to Miss Mani. Halli.
burton
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suits Filed in Distriot Counts
Fiftv-fifth civil DIstriot Court

Roach & Co. VS.. ]. r. Fem ct al; iudg-
meut for plaintiff against ]. ] Fem for
nothing against J. R. Fem. to which plain
tin oxoepta and gives notice of appeal
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EIovnnth civil plntrlct Conrt

Wilson a Hannah vs.. p. NJ Cranberry.
defendants demurrer overruled.
W. &. Scott vs.. Texas and New Orleans
Railway Company; on trial.
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From a
Man of National
Reputation.

chancellor Canneld has been AZ the hssd
OF the state UnlvsFslty Of Nebraska iwhere
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From One of Houston's Prominent Teachers

is
asked
iOn o.
Dr. W l. seymour 4os4 Moore & Burns
received thank
Gallo
for while satisfactory and
did
need Of
, ~ vas " ' MAGGIE JOHNSON
writer treated
,
L A c. L. DEWITT
HEATH & HEWITT,
cOcery and Glassware
Texas Decemb
l.
and My
fitted
truly. A. HEATH
From Prominent Business Man.
s F.
r. G. HOLTON COMPANY,
%s. :s s si pr. chssDs for s9 rsa:
Manufactured by UNION CARBIDE COMPANY.
HOUSTON Texas. Decent
professional
O.. HoLroN. n
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One of The Chronicles Brightest News BOYS Tells
What DR.. Seymour has Done for Him.

While Dr.
In
Of
remembered bis
and
Wster without
children
them with and
This rsssd is city
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suits Filed for the County Court.
Jsphst 6 Co. vs.. George T. Jones at al;
debE
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A DAY in THE COURTS.
THE RESIGNATION OF JUDGE ALLEN
FREELY DISCUSSED.
Three More Damage Suits Against c. @.
Ellis Filed in the District Courts on
Transfer from Wharton County.

The proposed resignation Of Judge A. c.
Alien as Judge OF the criminal seurt for
tae district composed Of the counties OF
Harris and Galveston and the question rs
W who shall be his successor were the
topics Of conversation In almost every place
whore two or three or more lawyers Of
this city were eongregsted yesterday. the
determination OF Judge Allen to rasitn
WINS not surprise, 10, all OF. his friends
have expected this action on his part for
ssversl days.
As successor to Judge Allen those most
picn..rsntly mentioned In Houston are Sam
r. pertymen and J. x. P. aillaspie. In the
appointment Of either OF these gentlemen,
the Harris county bar, while having taken
no definite action, feels that the mantle OF
Judge Allen would fail on worthy saoui,
ders, aud the appointment OF either o,
them would give entire satisfaction and
give to the district judge who would
see that the laws were enforced ara VIC
iators punished. Suggestions THAI action
should be taken by The members ef>1'lS
bar In this city were made bS Several
yesterday. but none Of the suggestions were
Put ii'' ACTON +++|
Judge Ashe was reborted much better
yesterday morning. and uniess there is a
backset or SOME turn for the worse in his
iiffess, Which Is not anticipated he win
be able to be present at the converting OF
court Monday morning, and give his in
structions to the jury In the case OF II. +.
MacGregor against NJ. Uhlman, which has
already been argued and Is now ready TO
20 to the Jury.
Judge w. 2. Hamhlen seems 10 have a
knsck at getting hold OF long drawn out
cases when be is called 10 sit as special
Judge IN either OF the district courts.
When called to act in Judge wilson's stead
In the Etrty-hfth district court a rev
weeks since, the case OF w. 4. Patterson
against the Missouri, Kansas aud Texas
Railway Company OF Texas was put on
trial and consumed the time or the court
for nearly or quite a wHk. His IL now
sitting as special Judge Of the Eleventh
judicial district court during Judge Ashes
The Texas and New Orleans Railway Com
pany, which is on trial has occupied al.
most the entire tine OF the court duriug
Judge Hamblen's sitting.
Suits Filed in District Courts.
ThoHas Robinson VS.. G. g. Ellis; dam
ages
j. A. Grcber We. c. A. Eimen ct al; debt
Susie ~ Benedict VS. Victor Benedettl,
Marshall jackson vs.. c. G. Ellis; dam
ages.
Clare James VS. jacob James divorce
In the matter Of the estate Of ROBERT
p. Lawrence. deceased appealed from the
county court.
Rebeocs Milter VS.. Nora Mllter: divorce.
Ivy Habdy VS.. c. G, Ellis; damages.
FIftv-ffth Civil District Court
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The above is clipping from The Hous-
ton Post three years ago and the follow.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-05

c,reek Tn June, 1862, he was captured at Bonneville Miss, but was paroleu oii account of his illness. September 2nd was exchanged and joined his battalon Ill Mississippi, (he was then Major) June' 1882. I received news that he was pros trated with camp fever near Cahtoh' Mics so I determined to hunt him up, hut how can I turn back the leaves oi my mental diary and relate to you the circumstances of that long drive over thai desolate mountain region, then in- fastad bv .''TOries." Well. left my home and three little daughters the eldest then 10 wars of age), in the care Of trusted sarv,nts. but how long could we count on their loyalty? and with my infant dovohter Cate. who was one day old when her father left us, good old nur7e and my faithful carriage driver. ohcIe Zack. with my pocket full of Confederate hns and a good brace of pistols we noada our way over the widest country in Alabama. Every night we were com n4lled to hide out the horses 10 Keep the Tories rom pressing them. Attcr
 te, days of hard driving and many anus ing and distressing experiences we rasched Canton, Miss, where l went to General Earlie's headquarters to ma the whereabouts of my sick huspaho' Nee1 I say that the sight of wife ana oaoe was all he needed to restore nm to health Our little daughter, then seVSl months old, we had christened Cate can ion. in her cotton coat, this was ner fathers fancy. and he promised when the war was over to dress her in SIX qua
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-05

broadcloth Then left him, and after many hardships I reached my home, found my children welk I had not heard a word from them or they from me. The first news 1 had from Major Pickett was that after the first hard march he had again succumbed, this time to ty- phoid fever. I determined to get him out of the infantry if my efforts would avail, so I again took Cate Canton and Uncle Zack and drove to General Rode's head quarters at Tuscumbia, where l succeed ed in getting Major Pickett commission >d Colonel of the 10th Alabama Cavalry. l then started the trusty Uncle Zack with the commission safely hid away in his hat lining to hunt up his master and deliver the papers. He had long ride all over Mississippi, but finally came up with the army near Vicksburg, where he delivered the commission and Major Pickett was transferred to the cavalry, in which he served to the close of the war, but not without my making him another visit, this time I found him at Cotton Gin, Miss. This was February. 1864 I nursed him back to health, and he was permitted to return home with me on a fifteen days furlough. After his recovery, he as Colonel of the 10th Alabama Cavalry, led that regiment through various skirmishes in which the command participated in North Alabama, Mississippi and Georgia. May, 1865. at Pond Spring. Ala, he was mustered out of service. Very sincerely,
 Mrs. R. O. Pickett.
 ApaIachicola, Fla.s Dec. 1Ss 1sO1s
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-05
UNITED DAUGHTERS
 OF THE CONFEDERACY.

We publish with pleasure the follow ing letter from Mrs. Fillmore. It is strong appeal to the Daughters of the Confederacy for the four Confederate flags, instead of the three that are so commonly pictured emitting the fourth. Let us faithfully guard these important facts in history, and thus accomplish one of the chief objects of our organization:
 Montgomery, Ala. Oct. 1st. 1902.
 Mrs. A. l.. Dowdell, Pres. Ala. Div. U.
 D. C.:
 Dear Mrs. Dowdell-A picture of three flags of the Confederacy is being widely circulated and accepted as representa- tion of c. s. A. flags. There were four. First, the Stars and Bars, adopted by the Confederate Congress at Montgomery; second, the Battle Flag, designed by Gen. e-Al Beauregard. adopted by Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, after the first battle of Manassas, and afterward by the Con- federate Congress, and remained as tho Battle Flag until the close of the wa. This flag was used because the Stars and Bars was easily mistaken for the Stars and Stripes of the Northern army. Third, the National Flag, adopted by the Confed- crate Congress on May 1st. 1863 (the Bat tie Flag with white); fourth. the Nation al Flag adopted on March 4, 1865 Qike No
 
 cause No. looked like a flag of truce when limp. Now 1t Is right that the | Daughters of the Confederacy should protest against the selling of the three | flag picture, and that they should ask | for the removal of this imperfect repre- :. sentation from all public and education- | al halls. Every time 1 look at it l think | of the rhyme of the ten little nigs who l met with accidents till the last one was | drowned, and then there was none. The U. D. C. has a clause in its Constitu- | tion bearing upon the preservation of true | history and we cannot afford to omit | one of our sacred flags. Each one rep resents an epoch in the great struggle | of the South. The first when hope was | brightest; the second typically red, for
 the fast flowing life blood shed for it's | upholding; the third touches me most | tenderly, the white seems to cry aloud | in vindication of the pure, unsullied prin- l ciples for which the South went to war;
 the Battle Flag in the corner means
 those principles will be upheld with the
 last drop of our blood. Look at that
 flag. It says plainly. war for principles.
 pure and white. The last was when all
 the instincts of manhood revolted against
 the insinuation of carrying an intention | ally deceptive flag. I can almost hear
 our men say, "A flag of truce. indeed
 we will dip the end in their own red
 blood" We must keep all our flags and
 beg every Daughter to help in this litte | matter of trus histury-at the same time
 we remember that the Union Is ours
 and that the new South must shine forth | in the present, holding the old South as a dear, sweet memory, precious and | grand. I love the living present, but il
 must revere my dead past. Excuse my | long note, but do not overlook the mat.
 ter of the flags. Sincerely,
 Nelly Gunter Elmore.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-05
Asthma and Hay Fever Cured.

The truly marvellous cures of Asthma, which are being effected by Dr. Schiff- mann's Asthma Cure certainly call for notice.
 Rev. c. L. Taylor, of Washburn, H.. says: Some 2 years ago my wife used several packages of your Asthma Cure which resulted in a permanent cure"
 AHay Fever sufferer writes: "1 have been a sufferer from Hay Fever for over 20 years, and it seemed harder every year. The first night I used your Asthma Cure | was greatly relieved. It cured my cough after using a few times. I shall recom- mend it to all sufferers of Hay Fever" Mrs. Martha Simerson. Laingsburg, Mich.
 Sold by all druggists at Soc and q l!0o. Send 2c stamp to pr. R. Schiffmann, Box S95, St. Paul, Minn., for Q free trial package.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-05
That Fool of a Blackstone.

A certain county judge having arrived, previous to a trial, at a conclusion upon a question of law highly satisfactory to himself, refused to entertain an argu- ment by the opening counsel.
 If your Honor pleases," the counsel replied, 'I should like to cite a few au- thorities upon the point.
 Here he was sharply interrupted by the judge, who stated:
 ''The court knows the law rrd is thoroughly advised in the premises, and has given It's opinion, and that settles it."
 "It was not" continued the counsel with an idea of convincing your Honor that you are wrong, but should like tC show YOU what a fool Blackstone was."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-05

of virgin pine left standing in the tract
 and let us estimate that it will cut t0.0O0
 feet to the acre.
 Now let us see what is being cut. The
 Kirby Lumber Company expects to turn
 out coo, GOO. 900 feet a year-that means that
 they will annually clear 60.000 acres. At
 Lake Charles the annual cut is about
 l75. 900 900 feet Going up the Watkins
 Route' to Alexandria. and up the Kan
 sas City Southern to Leesville, or fur
 ther, we find that practically every sta ton is a saw mill town. And these mills are running 300 days in the year. Some
 have been running twenty-two hours out of every twenty-four. It Is safe to esti- mate the cut of these mills at 50o.000 900 feet a year. Thus. If we lump all the other mills in this territory and call their annual output another 800 000,o00 feet, l think we win not be putting 1t too strong. What result have we?
 From 100000 acres of virgin pine we have an annual output of 1,77b, ,000. 900 feet
 of lumber, or a cleaning up of 17.5Oc | acres. Thus I think am not far wrong in stating that this belt of long-leaf vel low pine in Southwestern Louisiana and Southeastern Texas will be practically gone within twenty-five years from now These figures must admit, look pret-
  | where all this lumber goes to. Let me | cite just two examples-the renewals re l quired by the railroads and the amount | of ties consumed each year. For exam ple-in the State of Texas alone the rail roads require for renewals about 300, 900 Oo'
 feet a year. Now let us consider thu question of railroad ties. The last edi l ton of "Poor's Manual" tells us tha there are now over 100000 miles of rail road tracks in the United States. Thi! | entire trackage has to be re-tied abou | once fin every seven years. There art l thirty-two feet in a tic and about 800 | ties to the mile. For the sake of dealing | in round numbers, let us call tie thirty | feet; thus we require 5000 feet, board measure, for a mile; multiply by 2Oo.ooC and you have 1s,00o00o,000 feet-the amount of lumber holding up railroad tracks today. Divide this by seven and you get about 2571. .0Oo. 900 feet, the annual consumption of railroad ties in the Uni ted States.
 I think it will be hardly necessary to
 say anything more about the question of demand. So long as railroads exist there will be a demand for lumber. and during the next few years I expect the demand for Louisiana and Texas pine tc be very strong, because the tide of immi- grafton is now turning toward the South l and Southwest. People in the North are just beginning to realize what great nat ural resources this country has and therefore they are coming here to live And where goes the emigrant there also l is the railroad.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-05
Trust Robbery is Rampant.

PhiladeIphia North American.
 There are other ways of robbing people besides knocking them down and rifiing their pockets, and many of them are so ingeniousIy contrived that the victims not only are unconscious of loss, but so enamored of the processes by which they are plundered that they resent all efforts to protect them from the thieves. The enormous profits of some of the trusts are derived from the operator of tariff schedules cunningly devised to extort tribute from the people. and yet the peo- ple are told by their leaders that those schedules cannot be revised without bringing disaster to honest labor and thrift and destroying the prosperity of the country.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-05
HISTORICAL.

Tn the year 1861, Hon. R. O. Pickett was a member of the Legislature and was unanimously elected spy that body an Adjutant General under Governor Shorter, but resigned the position to en- ter into active service for the Confeder- ate cause. He raised a company Tn Law renee County which became Company H. 35An Alabama Infantry.
 line first company was through Missis- sippi and Louisiana from Baton Rouge to Yazoo City. He was in the battle of Champion Hill. Baton Rouge and Baker
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-05
Boy Cured of Collie After Physicians
 Treatment Had Failed.

with collie and cramps in his stomach. I sent for the doctor and he injected mor- ph.ne, but the child kept getting worse. I then gave him half teaspoonfui of Chamberlains Colic, Cholera and Diar- rhoea Remedy, and in half an hour he was sleeping and soon recovered.-F. L. wilkins, Shell Lake, Wis. Mir. Wilkins is bookkeeper for the Shell Lake Lum- Der Co. For sale by E. G. Fowler. Drug Rist. -aoV.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-05
FALL SUITS CLEANED. Holt's Dye Works. Telephone 432.
S5.s4 Round Trip, Montgomery t1 Macon, Ga., via Central of
 Georoia Railway,

Account Farmers National Congress- tickets on sale October and 9th, final limit October 20th. Correspondingly low rates from other ticket stations.
 For further information. apply to R e. Rogers, T. P. A; S. T. Surrat, U. T. A. Montgomery, Ala. or any other agent or representative of the company.
 adv-su-tu-t thu-sat.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-05
PROMINENT PEOPLE
Testify to the Efficacy of the New
 Scientific Dandruff Treatment.

Scientific Dandruff Treatment.
 A F Lanier. Denver, says: "Herpicide Has made my hairs grow rapidly"
 Mrs A. Guerin, Great Falls. Mont, savs: q find Herpicide an excellent dan druff cure" IT Greenland. Portland, Orel says: ,.Newbro's Herpicide stopped my hairs falling out" ,GIarnicide has completely cured my dam Charles Brown, President First Ma .,onaI Bank, Vancouver, Wash, says: .IIerpicide is excellent for keeping the .caIn clean" Send 10 cents in stamps for ssmple. The Herpicide Co. Dept. TX, Detroit, Mich. Sold by E. G. Fowler Druggist gun"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-05

I. H. Stoddart, who looks back to a career of seventy years on the stage. is the Nestor of the profession in America, antedating Joseph Jefferson by several years. He has no intention ot abandoning the profession.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-05
Private School.

Miss Woodruff will resume the exercises of her school, at her resi- dence, No. POI, cor. Lawrence and Alabama Sts., Wednesday, Oct. I.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-05

'MrA 4. L. Dowdell, President.
 Editor-in-C Chief. Mrs. !. Asa Rountree, Birmingham,
 Chapter Editor. Mr1. Harvey E. Jones, Historian Historical Editor.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-05

Our Fallen Heroes: "The manner of their death was the crowning glory of their lives. Davis.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-05
DIRECTORY.

President-Mrs. A. L. Dowdell. Opelika.
 Honorary President-Miss Sailie c. Jones, Camden. First Vice-President-Nrs. Rose Garland Lewis, Birmingham. Second vice-President-Mr c. w. Tavlor. Demopolis. Recording Secretary Mrs. B. B. Ross. Auburn. Corresponding Secretary-Mrs. W. Williams, Opelika. Treasurer-Mrs. J. N. Thompson Tuscumbia. FIistorian--Mrs. Harvey D. Jones. Spring Hill. Mobile.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-05
CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEES.

Historical Committee-Miss M. E.
 Bullock, Eufaula. Monumental Committee-Mrs. l.. G. Dawson, Montgomery. Children of the Confederacy-Mrs. F. I. Wood, Troy. Chapter Extension Committee-Mrs F. H. Fillmore, Montgomery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-05
HE WESTERN RAILWAY OF ALABAMA

e,eo-ers between New Ycrk and New Orleans. sIoanar. oetween New York and New Orleans, New Orleans with superb dining car service. D. P ORoURKE c. A. Selma. Ala. R E LUTZ, T. M, Montgomery. Ala
 and General Manager. Atlanta, Ga
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-05

Trains 37 and ss have Pullman Eestinuied and through coaches between Washington ana a. B. TYLER. C. A. Montgomery; Aia''
 j. P. BILLUPS. c. F. A. Atlanta' Ga.
 CHAS A. wICKERSHAM. President
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-05

Schedule Ezective Sept. 7th. 1908.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-24
AFTER MANY ADVENTURES.
Troup b. Hodges Lodged in Jail on
the Charge of Lunacy

TrOup b. Hodges Lodged in Jail on
the Charge of Lunacy.
Troup B. Hodges was arrested for
lunacy yesterday on a warrant sworn
out in the Ordinary's Court by Detec-
tive Nose Davis, and was placed in Jail
until the return of Judge Henry Nc
Alpin, when an investigation will be
held. Hodges is well known in Savan-
nah. He was for many years a clerk
in the Central of Georgia offices, then
he wandered off and finally wound up
in South Africa, where he was during
the early part of the war between Eng
land and the Beers.
He returned to Savannah some eight
cen months ago, filled with stories of
his adventures and experiences, but he
came most prominently before the pub
lie when he volunteered his services
to fight a duel with an Englishman
who had challenged Col Rufus e Les
ter, to answer for some insult that he
imagined Col. Lester had offered his
country and countrymen.
More recently Hodges has been keep
er of the powder magazine, but this
position he resigned some days ago.
Men who know the unfortunate man
we'll say that his trouble is due to the
use of narcotics, and that when not I'M
der the influence Of such drugs he
shows no mental weakness.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-24
THUNDERBoLT'S WAGON TAX.
Mayor Nelson Says 1t Is All Right
and VIII Stand.

VII
Mayor Nelson of Thunderbolt says
that the Savannah merchants who OBJ
ject to the license tax on delivery wa
CONS for Thunderbolt have the right to
test the legality of the tax, if they de-
sire to do so.
You see,' he said, ''the situation is
simply this: We have out there fine
shell roads which are expensive to
maintain and keep in proper repair
Now these wagons come along and use
these roads whenever they please and
in a certain sense they do so for gain
inasmuch as they are there for the
transaction Of busin ass. So we think it
is only proper that they should pay
something toward the maintenance of
the roads. 1t is stipulated that the
money derived from this source go to
the road fund. That is the whole thing.
1t is not new law and it is not just
now being put into force. 1t has been
the custom for some time and the
greater number of merchants whose
wagons use the roads in question have
paid up without any delay. AS to the
constitutionality of the enactment,
well. that is a matter for the courts to
decide if need be. 1t may be Illegal,
but the township attorney, Mr.. w. P.
LaRoche, who framed the ordinance,
says 1t is sound, and we do not fear
the result.
There are no merchants concerned
in the collection of the license at ALL"
said Mayor Nelson. so far as know
they, one and all, want the wagons to
come from Savannah as a convenience
to them. The whole matter is that the
township is poor and has no great
amount of money. and we think the
people who use the roads are the ones
who should pay for keeping them up"