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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-27
Southern District.

Barbour, Mount Andrew-Cotton opens
ing very rapidly: all crops needing rain
J. J. q. Willis.
Butler, Georgiana-Much depends on
late cotton, which in most instances IL
doing well: late corn doing weli.-R. 3.
Piliey.
Clarke. salitpa-crops failing fast: i&ts
cotton not fruiting well. top crop win be
nearly a failure; some late corn seods
sorghum and peas needing rain badly
w. F. McCorauodale.
Crenshaw. Brantley-Corn and cotton
Will make poor yield; all minor crops
paTched.-J. NJ. Wyatt.
Dale, Pinckard-Cotton being picked
rapidly. crop iightest for years: late corn
almost complete failure.-W. r. CIen.-
ents.
Escambla, Roberts-Lats corn doing
fairly well; cotton promises much below
average yield, no top crop of any note.
some ginned and sold; potatoes peas.
cane ana gardens suffering for rain.--J.
J. Parker.
Geneva. slocomb--Corn badly damaged
by drought; cotton crop nearly ruined
drought continucs.-J. T. Murphy.
Mobile. Mt Vernon-very dry; cotton
opening slowly, not fruiting much; corn
poor and fodder all puiled.-C. Becker
Monroe, McNeil-Rain badly needed.
fodder about all saved cotton picking
under way, yielding light. very little top
CROP. e. Cogburn.
Pike, Milo--Hot and dry: cotton growth
stopped; pastures failed; no late crops
planted.-J. NJ. Warren.
Frank p chaffee,
Section Director, Montgomery, Ala.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-27
Will Foxhall CAPTURED.

Union Springs. Aug. -(Special)-Dep-
uty Sheriff Carmichael with one or two
others succeeded last night in capturing
Will Foxhall who killed another negro
In the western portion of the County sew
eral weeks since. Foxhall has been in
hiding and while the Off GERS have several
times been close on his trail. he succeed
ed in eluding them until last night.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-27
CAPTAIN WHITE TALKS
THINKS AN ELECTIVE COMMITS
SION Is ASSURED.
In Jefferson County the Vote Was
: Overwhelmingly in Favor For
it-White Claims Majority
in the Legislature.

Birmingham, Aug 26.-(Special. )-There
is considerable jubilation on the part OF
the merchants land others who were lead
ing fight in jefferson County for an
elective railroad commission in Alabama.
In this county the Democratic Executive
Committee gave the people an opportuni-
ty Of expressing themselves on this ques-
ton. The returns show that the issue
has carried in every beat In the city and
that the result In the country had been,
IL anything, more gratifying. The issue
lost in a very few boxes. This is the
only county in the State in which the
issue was voted upon directly and in
which the primary plan obligated repre-
sentatives in the Legislature to vote for
laws changing the plan of electing COM
missioners and charging the scope Of the
commission.
Captain Frank S. White. chairman OF
the State Campaign Committee on this
issue, said this morning that he was con-
hdent that a good, working majority in
the lower house would be in favor Of a
change in the present plan, the Governor
now naming the commissioners. All the
new Senators, says Captain White. are
for the change.
said Captain White, was the fact that
our business men and people generally
took a special and active interest in
politics. This indicates that in future
the best people in Alabama are not going
to be silent or inactive in the politics OF
the State"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-27
Not His Kind of Library.

range OF scholarship was little known
to the public until attention was called
to 1t in his obituaries. had in his London
house a collection of some 10000 books,
many of them old and rare Joseph
Chamberlain at one time rented the house
by the season, and when he left to go into
a house of his own someone said to him
that he must miss that fine library. Lii
brary." replied the member from Brum-
magern, III don't call that a library. 1t
doesn't contain a single book of refer
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-27
WHITE BOY IN TROUBLE.
In Jail at Florence Charged With
Stealing a Mule.

Florence, Aug. 25.-(Special)-A white
boy. about Is years old. who gave his
name as Campbell and his residence as
Iron City. was arrested yesterday morn
ing by Deputy Sheriff Jesse Dowdy and
placed in jail
Campbell tried to sell a mule to John A.
Smith, a local Ii eryman. Smith became
suspicious and told the boy to leave the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-27
Woman Fatally Hurt.

Mrs. j. Whatley, was fatally hurt to-
day by being thrown from a milk wagon
which she was driving on Eighth Avenue
and West Twentieth Street. Mrs. What
ley lives OH Red Mountain, a few miles
south of the city. The horse hitched to
the wagon became unmanageable and
threw her out Of the wagon. She alight-
ed on her head, striking curbing stones.
Her skull was fractured. She was sent
to the St. Vincent's hospital where 1t was
announced that her condition was criti-
cal and that her recovery was very
doubtful. She has a family.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-27
LUTHERAN CONFERENCE.
Rev. J. Barthel of Mobile Elected
President.

Mobile. Aug. 26.-(SpeciaD-The Gulf
States Lutheran Conference convened in
the German Lutheran Church in this
city today, with good attendance. The
election Of officers resulted as follows:
Rev. J. Barthel. Mobile. President; Rev.
w. L. Ankenau. New Orleans, Vice Pres
ident: Rev. II. II. Helse, Birmingham.
Secretary; Rev. II. Meibohm, Meridian,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-27
FARMER BADLY CUT.
]. s. Whitehead in Critical Condition
as Result of Fight.

Russellville. Aug. 26.-(Special.)-J. l..
Whitehead, a farmer so year old, was
badly cut Sunday evening by the Hora-
ter brothers, young men, 10 or 20 years
CID
There has been bad blood between the
men, growing out of a prosecution of the
Horaters by Whitehead for swearing In
the presence of his family. All were in
town Sunday. Whitehead started home
and was followed soon after by the Ho-
raters, who ordered him to stop and
fight it out While he was fighting one
of the boys, the other cut him in the
neck from behind.
Whitehead is alive, but in a critical
condition. The Horaters escaped.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-27

mule until he could get papers from
home. saying 1t was all right. He agreed
to do this and left the mule. He had not
gone far before the sheriff here received
a telegram from a man named Pruitt of
Pruitton, a town on the l.. and N. Rail-
road near the Tennessee line. describing
the mule and instructing the sheriff to
look out for 1t. Campbell was caught In
East Florence and locked UP.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-27
Going Away This summerp

Then you should have a copy of Hints
to Tourists" fifty-page book issued BY
the Chicago & North Western R'y. It
describes briefly about 200 summer re-
sorts in Wisconsin. Michigan and the
Northwest. with information as TO hunt
ing. fishing and hotel accommodations at
each. copy may be secured by adj
dressing N. M. Breeze, %35 Vine Street.
Cincinnati, Ohio. adv--wed ~
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-27
,oId: peas sorghum and ribbon cane nee

sold; peas. sorghum and ribbon cans NEE
rain.--J. r.. Pjttman.
Russell. Seale-Good week for eowinx
late forage. but very hard on coftous
which 10 shedding leaves and forms, OPEN
ing very fast.-John II. Bush.
Shelby. vincent-corn and cotton parcls.
ed by hot weather Of past two weeks
B. H. Samuel.
Sumter. Galnesville--No general rain
here since early In April; cotton Yield
wifi be decidedly light: very littie corn
9. T. Jones.
Talladega, Talladega-Cotton crop %
very light; late corn Of no account: the
poorest crop OF corn and cotton grown
in this County since the war.-H. ~.
Burt.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-27
Extracts from Reports Of Crop Core
spondents.
Northern District.

Cherokee, DISQUALIFICATION opening
very fast. no prospect for top crop; late
corn would make fair yield, with rain
soon.-Robert 9. Hudson.
Colbert, Spring Valley-Very light crop
of cotton will be made; sorghum and hay
fine. d. Thomas.
peKalb, Collinsville-CottSn icing pick
ed. will make very light yield; corn
being cut down for fodder; little rain
since March-F. p. Newman.
Etowah, Keener-Cotton opening rapid
Iy, grade inferior, ST. .dding everything.
except grown bolls; late CORN poor.-F.
NJ. Tabor.
Lauderdale. Pruitton-Late corn fine
crop in general; cotton about average;
good shower Friday.-A. s. Goad.
Lawrence, Courtland-Cotton very poor
much rust and shedding. opening rapidly,
picking not begun; young corn will make
fair crop, IL 1t rains soon. "A. +. Rob-
man.
Limestone, Elkmont. opening
rapidly, cannot expect more than a very
light crop. without rain within ten days.
Joel w. Legs.
Madison, Monrovia-Cotton very poor,
promises very light yield In this section.
Oscar H. Thompson.
Marshall, Guntersville-Late corn be-
nefitted by local showers; corn and cot
ton will yield decidedly below average;
sweet potatoes poor. +. Bishop,
Morgan, Lacon-some local rains; no
top cotton to speak Of. late cotton max
ing some growth in weed. but little fruit.
ID. N. Patterson.
st. Clair. steel's Depot Cotton open
ing; II the dry weather continues, very
light crop of corn and cotton will be
made Fred Smith.
Walker. Townley-Cotton will yield de-
cidedly below average; late corn light
crop; fodder pulling begun.-John M
Guilty..
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-27

Washington. Aug. 2e.-(SpeciaD-It was
announced today at the Office Of the Su-
pervising Architect of the Treasury De-
partment that the bids for the construc-
ton of the new public building at An
niston. Ala. would be opened September
10. II will be remembered that the last
session of Congress appropriated $4,000
for this building.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-27
Writers Who Refused Titles.

The London Academy Is authority for
the news that Rudyard Kipling might
have been krighted along with Gilbert
Parker and Conan Doyle, but that he
declined the offer. The Academy states
that Mr. Lecky refused a peerage. con-
tenting himself with membership in the
new Order of Merit.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-27
SURGICAL OPERATIONS
How Mrs. Bruce, a Noted Opera
Singer, Escaped an Operation.
Proof That Many Operations
for Ovarian Troubles are I'm.
necessary.

"DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM :-Travelling
for years on the road, with irregular
meals and sleep and damp beds, broke
down my health so completely two
years ago that the physician advised a
complete rest, and when l had gained
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-27
CHARGE OF MURDER.
J. J. Johnston, a Negro, Must Face
jury for This Offiense.

Evergreen, Aug. 26.-(Special )-Thomas,
the negro who was shot in the abdomen
Saturday night by ]. J. Johnson. another
negro, in a row over a crap game, has
since died. and a charge of murder has
been laid against Johnson who is now
behind the bars.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-27

At l o'clock today the roof Of the Pres
byterian Church was discovered on fire.
and 1t was by hard work of the firemen
that the building was saved from total
ruin. The roof was destroyed. The fire
was from a spark from the smoke stack
Of the ice factory, which ignited some
trash between the ceiling and the roof
The fire company did good work
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-27
DISCOUNT SALE.

20 cents returned on every dollar
spent with US. Biggest stock to Sc
lect from. Sale closes Saturday
night. Make money by coming to
our store. Bullock & Fleming.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-27

Never before after an election has The
Advertiser been in such demand as it
was today. Everybody awaited its ar
rival to see the result of the election,
and when it was seen that Jelks had car
ried nearly every County, the people
were quite enthusiastic.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-27
Fell Dead in Field.

Troy, Aug. 2s.-(Special. MIR. Leg, a
reputable citizen Of this county residing
four or five miles southeast from this
place fell dead yesterday while picking
cotton in his field.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-27
DIED FROM HER INJURIES.
Eliza T y Who Was Assaulted by a
Negro, Succumbs.

Huntsville. Aug. 26.-(Special Eliza
Ray, a white woman who was recently
-criminally assaulted at Farley by ne
gro named Dunk Siedge. died yesterday
from her injuries. The woman was ter
ribly abused by the negro. He has not
vet been captured.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-27
Killed Over Gard.

Scottsboro, Aug. 26.-(Special.)-In
difficulty over card game last night.
George Coffey white, shot and killed
Sandy Simpson, colored. Cofrey is in
Jail here.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-27

Rapid progress is being made on the
construction of Huntsville's new $4,000
public school building. The corner stone
will be laid with impressive ceremonies
by the Junior Order Of United American
Mechanics.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-27
PLAN FOR JOINT PRIMARY.
Populists and Democrats Will Unite
in Butler County.

GreenviIle, Aug. 26--(Special.)-Thet Two
subcommittee. one from the Dem ocratic
and the other from the Populist Commit
tee. met this afternoon and finally agreed
upon a plan for joint primary.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-27
NEW COAL COMPANY.
Mines at Sligo viii Be Worked by
COMPANY.

Gadsden. Aug. 2S-(Special.)-A. j.
Blount representing New York capitalists
has incorporated the Sligo Coal and Coke
Company and will develop the large coal
properties at Sligo. a few miles above
Gadsden. These mines and the coal and
ore properties of the Coosa Valley Coal
and Iron and Mining Company in
Etowah, DeKalb. Cherokee. Calhoun and
and Randolph Counties have been con-
dated by the Sligo Coal and Coax Com
pany which will erect a large number
of coke ovens at Sligo.
Invitations have been received in the
city to the marriage of Edward Phillip
Cobb and Miss Leslie Virginia Fox, which
will occur September 10th at the Bunga-
low, Santiago de Cuba. Mr.. Cobb Is an
Etowah County man and has been at
Santiago every since the outbreaking OF
the war with Spain.
Work has begun on the 100000 cotton
mill at Pell City. The foundation has
been laid and work is progressing rapidly
on the main building. The company will
employ about 800 men and women and
no one under IA years Of age will be en-
ployed.
L The anti-stock law men met at the
court house Saturday morning with Flex
King presiding. There were about twen-
| ty-five present and resolutions vert pass
| ed calling on the anti-stock law men te
STAY out Of the Democratic primaries,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-27

FIFTY AGAINST TWO. II il not rea-
sonable to expect two weeks Of outiux
to overcome the effects OF ffty wea]rs
of confinement. Take Hoods Sarsa paxfIIa
along with you. 1t refreshes the blood.
improves the appetite. makes sleep easy
and restful. (ll--ANy
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-27

General Conditions.
Another excessively hot and dry week;
afternoon temperatures ranged several de-
srees above 100 in some middle counties;
widely scattered showers were received.
In few localities being moderately
heavy. but generally insufficient to
motsten the ground. In many districts
the long drought continues practically
unbroken. and as . whole, tire weather
conditions during this entire crop season
have been the most unfavorable remem-
bered In this section. Cotton has failed
rapidly, and its present esleral cor dition
and prospective yield are decidedly below
the average; In q few loo iiities. where
seasonal showers have tsecn received, 1t
Is fairly promising. t.ut In many fields
1t is almost an entire failure; rust Is
still quite prevalent, and II 10 shedding
freely; most Of the upland cotton Ii open,
much OF 1t having opened prematurely.
and picking is being pushed. with the
yield 30 far the highest In many years;
In some fields only one picking will be
necessary, 40 IL has stopped fruiting;
lowland cotton 10 also opening freely
and being picked rapidly; practically no
top CROP will he made. Corn 10 gen.
orally poor. though. In some localities.
that on bottom lands will make o fair
yield; It Ia being cut and housed in some
sections; much fodder Ii being saved
Corn, sorghum. sweet potatoes. and pea
nuts are generally poor; turnips are dy-
ing in many places; in others, a second
crop has been sown; very little hay IL
being made: field peas are flso generally
poor; some early sweet potatoes are be-
ing dug in southern counties. with the
yield light. Grapes are in axlng gen
orally good yield. IN tome Elaees. wells
are falling and stock water 10 becoming
scarce, and, in q few places, forest trees
are being injuriously affected by the pro-
longed drought.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-27

Fortify the body to resist malsriaf
germs by putting the system in perfect
order. Prickly Ash Bltters is a wonderful
system regulator su-wed-fri,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-27
Underwood is Pleased.

Congressman o. w. Underwood of the
Ninth Alabama District, this morning
in commenting on the result of the pri-
maries held yesterday said: Il am
pleased with the result, because It endor-
ses the new constitution and shows that
the majority of the citizenship of the
State desire the new law instead of the
old. 1t was glorious victory and one
Of which the leaders for the new consri-
tuition can feel proud"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-27

The Advertiser was given a most cor
dial welcome this morning, and was
probably more eagerly sought after than
on any occasion in a long time. Every
body wanted to see how the State went
and knew that they would come nearer
getting all the news in it than in any
other way.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-27

Henry Bouldin, colored, was held up
and robbed on Meridianville pike yester-
day BY two white men. The robbers were
evidently expecting some one else and
secured a few cents by searching Boul-
din
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-27

Fat women aren't half as jolly about G
as some people think they are
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-27

Cotton is coming TO market as rapidly
as in the middle of September. The rust
has caused thousands OF acres to open.
and much of it prematurely.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-27
WILL LEAVE EUFAULA.
Father McQuillen Of the Catholic
Church Assigned to Whistler.

Eufaula. Aug. 26.-(Special)-Father Nc
CULLEN of the catholic Church here, will
deliver his farewell sermon Sunday next.
Father McQmllen has been assigned to
Whistler and will leave next week to en-
ter upon his duties in his new field.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-27

The grocery OF G. L. Miller on Meridian
Street was entered by burglars last night
and a large amount of groceries and pro-
vision were carted away.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-27

Little Misses Lottie and Kathleen Cork
er are at home with score or more OF
little girls in an all days picnic today.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-27
PROGRESS OF CROPS
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT
OF A0HICULTUHE.
Climate and Crop Bulletin Of the
Weather Bureau, Alabama
Section.
General Conditions.

For week ending Monday. August %
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-03

and sod of herbaceous vegetation, these
forests would be a never-failing fountain
Of wealth and beauty.
The cool shades OF the forest give rise
to moist beds and currents of air. and the
sod of grasses and the various Towering
plants and shrubs thus fOStered, together
with the network and sponge of tree
roots, absorb and hold back the rain
and the waters from melting snow, COM
pelling them to ooze and percolate and
| now gently through the soil In streams
! that never dry. All the pine needles and
rootlets and blades of grass. and the
| fallen. decaying trunks of trees. are dams.
storing the county of the clouds and dis
pensing 1t In perennial life-giving streams.
instead of allowing 1T to gather suddenly
and rush headlong in short-lfved devas-
tating floods Everybody on the dry SIDE
of the continent is beginning to find this
out. and. in view of the waste going on,
is growing more and more anxious for
government protection. The outcries we
hear against forest reservation come
mostly from thieves who are wealthy and
steal timber by wholesale. They have so
long been allowed to steal and destroy
in peace that any impeachment to Forest
robbery is denounced as a cruel and ir-
religious interference with vested
rights
Inasmuch as all sorts of local laws and
wanting, Mr.. Muir says the fate of the
remnant of our forests is in the hands Of
the federal government. and that IT the
remnant is to be saved at all, it must be
saved quickly. He adds:
Any fool can destroy trees. They can
rot run away; and If they could, they
would still be Observation-Disclosures and
hunted down as long as fun or dollar
could be got out of their bark hides.
branching horns. or magnificent bole
backboneS. Few that fell trees plant
them; nor would planting avail much to-
ward getting back anything like the noble
primeval forests. During a mans life
only saplings can be grown, in the place
of the old trees-tens of centuries old
that have been destroyed. 1t took more
than three thousand years to make some
of the trees in these Western woods, trees
that are still standing in perfect strength
and beauty. waving and singing in the
mighty forests of the Sierra. Through all
the wonderful. eventful centuries since
Christ's time-and long before that-God
has cared for these trees. saved them
from drought. disease, avalanches, and "A
thousand straining. leveling tempests and
floods; but he cannot save them from
fools-only Uncle Sam can do that.-The
Argonaut.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-05-03
THE "STUDY" OF POETRY.
A Protest Against II by John Bur
rOuEfS.

Young men and young women actually
go to college to take course in
Shakespeare Chaucer, Dante, or
the Arthurian legends. The course be
comes a mere knowledge course. My own
first acquaintance with Milton was
through an exercise in grammar. We
parsed Paradise Lost" Much OF the
little better than parsins him. The class
falls upon the text like hens upon a
bone in winter: meaning of word or
phrase escapes them every line is liter
ally picked to pieces; but of the poet,
himself, of that which makes him what
he is how much do, they get? Very lii
tie, ] fear. They have had an intellectual
exercise and not an emotional expert
ence They have added to their knowi-
edge, but have nor taken a step in cui-
ture. To dig into the roots and origins
of the great poets Is like digging into, the
roots of an oak maple. the better
TO increase your appreciation of the
beauty of the tree. There stands the
tree in all it's summer glory; will you
really know 1t any better after you have
laid bare every root and root1etE There
stand Homer, Dante, Chaucer, Shakes
peare. Read them. give yourself to them
and master them if you are man enough
The poets are not to be analysed; they
are to be enjoyed; they not to be
studied, but to be loved they are not for
knowledge, but for culture-to enhance
our appreciation of life and our mastery
over it's elements. All the mere facts
about a poets work are as chair COM
pared with the appreciation of one fine
poet at all after the manner of the dis
secting room? Why not rather seek to
make the acquaintance of his living soul
and to feel it's power?-Century.