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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-07
Jelks in Wilcox.

Capt. J. D. Jenkins, the commanding officer of the Wilcox Mounted Rifles. passed through the city today en route so Montgomery. He Is one of the most popular and influential citizens in Will cox County. Captain Jenkins was very free in expressing himself about Gov ernor Jelks. He said:
 'I am for Governor Jellks to succeed himself. He has made a fine Governor, and believe he will be repominated and alected. He ought not to have any oppo-
 ition. He came into the office of Gov ernor under very peculiar circumstances, and has more than fulfilled the expecta- tions of his friends. He has been modest. firm and courageous in the discharge of his duties. He is not a lawyer, yet he has shown great wisdom in administer ing the affairs of the State. The masses of the people feel a peculiar affection for Governor Jelks. and he will certainly be renominated by an overwhelming major ity. I am for him and hope that he will have no opposition. From the best in- formation that I can gather, Governor Jelks is popular from the Tennessee to the Gulf, and from the banks of the Chattahoochee to the Mississippi lines and I will feel exceedingly sorry for the de- luded politician who has the temerity to go up against him and contest with him the honor of a nomination at the hands of the Democratic party.
 Governor Jelks is a young man; he has als of the clements of a good Governor, and shall do all in my power to roll up a solid vote for him from the great old rock-rfbbed Democratic Gibraltar of Wil- cox, which has ever stood shoulder to shoulder with Dallas in keeping the An glo- Saxon on top in Alabama"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-07
BANQUET TO FUNSTON.
Colorado Invites Aguinaldo's captor
 to Big Affair.

Denver. Col. Feb. Ex-Governor Orman has received letter from General Fun ston, accepting the invitation rendered by the Governor to become the guest o! Colorado at a banquet to be given to Generals Funston and MacArthur at some future date. General Funston says he Is unable to set a date, as he cannot say when he will be released from the hospital, where he has just undergone an operation. It Is expected the banquet will occur some time in March
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-07
Coal Mines Change Hands.

c. E. Buck 6 Co.,, operators of the Trussville blast iron furnace. today pur- chased the properties and good will of the Graves Coal and Railway Company, which operates coal mines few miles north of the city. The deal was con summated through P. c. Shook and the coal will be used for coking and use in the furnace at Trussvilie. The state ment is made that a number of good orders have been obtained from the iron being manufactured at Trussville and a steady and lengthy operation of the plant is assured The Graves Coal and Rail- way Company's mines have been in steady operation for some time
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-07
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-07
BROKE WINSTON JAIL.
John Riddle and Mike Grubbs Gain
 Their Liberty.

Double Springs. Feb. -(SpeciaD-There was neat jail delivery here Monday night. John Riddle, under indictment for murder in the first degree, and Mike Grubbs, under indictment for assault with intent to murder, got away.
 The prisoners were assisted by outside persons. No guard sleeps in the Jail. and the indications are that a breach in the wall was made by persons on the outside and the cell doors unlocked.
 Riddle is a bad man. He is well ac- quaintsd with the country and an expert woodsman and will be hard to capture.
 Commissi Jners' Court is in session.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-07
Hanna,s son in Birmingham.

A son of Senator Marcus A. Hanna, the well known Senator from Ohio. and leading member of the Republican party, is visiting in Birmingham. The state ment is made that the visit Is not Of any political significance. though 1t IS ad- mitted that the Senator stands very high in the estimation of Alabama Repubii- cans and among some of the leaders.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-07
Robbed A Young Man.

Information has just reached Selma of a highway robbery that occurred at PIantersville, in this County, last Sunday night The telegraph operat9r ana sgen. leave of absence and Joe Fiuker, a young man of Gastorburg, Wilcox County. was ordered to report there to relieve the reg ular agent. MT. Fluker arrived on a night train and knocked at the depot door. It was late at night and being stranger he did not know where to go to get lodging. so he piled up few old cross ties in a hupd.'ed yaros or so oi was soon doZing by the warmth or the roaring fire. Just before day he was aroused from his slumbers by the touch of a hand on his shoulder. Looking up he saw he was covered by a doubIe-bar-
 Turn over all you have got or you are a dead man." said the possessor Of the
 Mr. FIuker had no desire to die, so he shelled out his cash and watch, and the robber soon disappeared in the woods nearby
 MT. Fluker says he became thoroughly demoralized and started down the road for Selma. He reached the first depot about the time a train came along, boarded 1t and beat his way to Selma. At this point he boarded freight train go he got to Thomaston he walked across the country to Gastonburg.
 A negro was shot ana rooDed near PlantersvilIe a short while ago and there seems to be a ruff1an in that neighbor- hood who makes it his business to hold up pedestrians.
 Personal and Local.
 Robert Greene left today tor Mobile, by steamer, to witness the mardi gras festivities.
 Another orphan arrived this morning for the Summerfeld Orphans Home This one came from Pensacola, and runs the number up to ninety-ona.
 Mrs. Paul Anderson found a watch and some other things in her yard this morn Ing The watch had been lost by Mrs. Beers about three days ago. The thief, evidently fearing that he would be caught had thrown the stolen property over in Mrs. Anderson's yard.
 J. W. Loving, q prominent attorney of Centervlle. passed through the city to- day on his way to Marion. News reached Selma today that Sena- tor Sam Jenkins of Wilcox, would. on : Ssturdav next transfer his citizenship | from that County to Baldwin. and would 1 open an office for the practice of law nt Bay Minette-
 Mir. R. E. Mcwilliams. Jr.. of Camden. |
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-07

of an immense packing case. weighing upward of eighteen hundred, on his prostrate body
 case which. In the hands of half a dozen men was being balanced at just the right the truck and knocked 1t away, and the negro unluckly lost his footing and felF lat with
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-07

tho great box top of him. He shrieke5 m terror and groaned. 1t was said. like siren the thing bodily and pulled htm out, all he did was to screw his fists into his eyes hka a biK child, stretch his long limbs grotesQuely, and return to work, Of cpnrse. ha talknaf about this feat for many, dAN
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-07
Appropriate.

New York Mail and Express.
 Since Lord Rosebery is troubled to find a name for his novel. he might be al- lowed to choose one from among our American books. Either "The Minister s Charge "The Crisis" "In the Fog" or STarry Thou Till Come' would At his present position in English politics pretty we'll
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-07
Sues for s25 ,ooo Damages.

In the City Court this morning a suit for s25,O0o damages was filed against the Birmingham Southern Railway ny Boyo Underwood, who sues for the deatn or Felix Underwood. The allegations are that the deceased met his death in an ac- cident on this road.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-07
united States Court.

Judge Thomas G. Jones presided for the the first time at the Federal Court in this city today Juries were drawn for the March term of the court which will open on the first Monday in March.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-07
scipio Was Tough.

Leslie's Popular Monthly.
 durance are tenderly preserved in the folk lore of the waterfront. How, for another in- stance Scipio Flanagan. the biggest nigger in the business" supported the entire weight
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-07

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-07

passed through. the city today. on nj. wed Miss Maggie Turner. MT. McWil- iiaIns is leading young. merchant of Camden and the best wishes Of a host of friends accompany him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-07
MT. Pat Norris left today to spend a few days hunting on his Talladega farm.
VOTE OF LAUDERDALE.

MT. j.. McJones of Rosebud. Wilco County, Is a visitor to the. city today
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-07
Oil in Pensacola.

MT. w. M Gill of Selma has just re- turned from a two weeks stay at his .ummer home on Perdido Bay, where he and his son, Barney, have been fishing and hunting. He is infatuated with that section of Baldwin County. and has built a comfortable five-room cottage on Palmetto Bayou, where he goes to rest and have a good time fishing and hunt Ing. MT Gill says that he could go In the woods back of his cottage at any time and in a few hundred yards flush several covies of cartridges. The coun- try near his cottage is open pines and he birds are very tame.
 Mir. Gill informs your reporter that here Is a fine prospect of Pensacola find ing petroleum in paying quantities. When he went through Pensacola on his way to his summer home, he says, he could have bought stock in any of the three wells that were being sunk in Pensacola at 30 cents on the dollar. The prospects had brightened so when he came back through Pensacola ten days later, that he could not buy the stock at par. He says that petroleum had been struck in good quan- ,ities at a depth of three or four hundred feet, and experts in the business have made arrangements to go down to depth of two thousand feet, if necessary. MT. Gill was firmly of the opinion that good paying oil would be reached at much less depth than 1000. feet.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-07

). J. Dunklin of GEeenviiie. Is visitor to Selma.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-07

Philosophy gathered at Q minstrel show: If you can't afford turkey put mackerel to soak
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-07
Death of Mrs. s. Fluker.

sylacauga, Feb. 6.-(Special.) )-Mrs. s. Fluker, known by all who know her as .'Aunt Duck" died here Monday morn. ing after a short illness. She was buried at the cemetery in "oldtown yesterday The funeral services were held at the Beptist Church of which she was prom ineft member and were conducted by Rev. A. E. Burns.
 The Central Mills are putting in 1000 new spindles to their mill here.
 The Federal census shows q preponderance of males equal to i.2 per cent. of the total population.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-07
NEWS OF CENTRAL CITY
VALUABLE SPANISH COIN OWN
 ED BY s. o. TRIPP.
Capt. J. D. Jenkins of Wilcox Coun- ty Favors the Nomination and Election of Jelks-A Young
 Man Robbed.
Advertiser Bureau.

Advertiser Bureau,
 Selma, Feb. G. Capt s. O. Tripp has a Spanish coin In his possession that he prizes very highly. It has no date or lettering on 1t, and. therefore, its age cannot be told. It ante dates any of the Spanish coins in Scott's Catalogue of Coins. however. It was taken from a wrecked vessel that was sunk of the coasts of Cuba during the Revolutionary War. The coin Is of A. karat gold, and Is about the size of a five-dollar gold piece. On one side of the coin Is a cross. and on the other side IS the coat of arms of Spain.
 It was sold to man in Mobile Tor one dollar. He brought it to Selma and Cap tain Tripp bought 1t from the man as old gold, and paid him for 1t by the amount that it weighed. Captain Tripp prizes the coin very highly. and says he does not know what it's value in the mar ket is. He has seen only one other coin like 1t, and this came from the same wreck. It was about twice the size of the one owned by Captain Tripp and the man who owns 1t says that he paid S2o for It. There are great many seekers after rare coins throughout the country Scott 3 Calendar shows a good many faces or rare Spanish coins, dating back into the seventeenth century. but this, one evi- dently ante-dates anything shown in that pamphlet.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-07
Personal and Local.

Another orphan arrived this morning for the Summerfield Orphans Home. This one came from Pensacola, and runs the number up to ninety-ona.
The St. Johns herald., 1902-01-11
REGENT JUDICIAL DECISIONS.

A deposit obtained by fraud when a
 bank is hopelessly insolvent is held in Richardson vs. New Orleans Debenture Redemp. Co. co. c. A. 9th O., 52 l.. R. A. .67, to create trust in favor of the depositor, and to be recoverable from a receiver of the company, even if the identical money deposited does not pass into his hands, where the funds received by him are in any event increased by the amount of the deposit.
 Subscribers to a contract for a cream cry to be constructed at certain price are held in Cornish vs. West (Iinn.), 52 L. R. A. 355, to be severally and not jointly liable for his share of the amount not otherwise provided for, when they signed their names merely, without fixing any amounts, at the end of subscription paper after the names of others, each of whom had specified the amount which he would pay.
 The general doctrine that life insur- ance policy having a cash surrender value constitutes assets of the estate, as shown in a note In 90 L. R. A. B, unless such value Is paid over in lieu thereof to the trustees is held in re Scheld co. 0. A. 9th O., 52 L. R. A. 18S, to obtain, even though the law of the State in which the bankrupt resides makes the policy exempt from the claims of creditors, since the bankrupt law, though 1t recognizes the State law exemptions in general terms, makes a specific provision as to such policy, which controls.
The St. Johns herald., 1902-01-11
AN UMBRELLA
 ooEPISODFoo

toying herself hugely. Why had she never before had such a good time with her aunt and cousin? The friend was not at all in the way. He told capital stories.
 John Wakem was the first to leave. As he was going out of the door Mar Jory looked at him with a start. She had not forgotten the circumstances under which she had seen that back, the same overcoat and hat. No, she could not be mistaken. At last she was sure of the owner of the umbrella. She wanted to hasten after him; but she could not make a scene before her aunt. She wondered If he"had recog- nized- her. Yes, she was certain he had. She remembered one or two queer looks he had given her, as If compar- ing her with some one. How mortified she felt! What a predicament!
 If her aunt thought her somewhat distrait after her other guest left it was not surprising. AS soon as possi- ble Marjory made her adieus and hast ened home.
 Once in her own room she thought 1t all over. MT. Wakem must have his umbrella; but was ever anything so embarrassing? Finally she decided her only possible course was to write him a note asking him to call for his dm- brella.
 He did call on Marjory, and although that call was the end of the umbrella episode it was by no means the end of the history of the people concerned therein. MT. Wakem found 1t conven. tent to call many times afterwards, and before the March storms came the next year there was a wedding in Mrs. Nc Rants four-room f1at.-Chicago Trib- me ie.
The St. Johns herald., 1902-01-11
hEIR,, s jSbB5

There are 13O public libraries in Mex leo, containing nearly a million vol umeS.
 In the matter of population Herman! (56,345,O0O ranks after European Rus sia Q06;159,O0O and the United States (76,3OO,O00y.
 In 170S the Spanish navy, manned by seventeen thousand seamen, was the greatest in Europe. Now 1t Is the smallest of any sea power.
 In the Gettysburg National Park 225 mounted cannon have been placed, and total of BIO monumental tablets and about five hundred monuments have been erected.
 With the exception of a few small concerns in Warsaw, there Is only one large shoe factory in Russia. This con- cern does an enormous business; and Is one of the most prosperous stock companies in the empire.
 The Swedish mile is the longest mile In the world. A traveller in Sweden when told that he Is only about mile from desired point would better hire horse, for the distance he will have to walk, if he chose in his ignorance to adopt that mode of travel, Is exactly 11,7OO yards.
 Women in China have the privilege of fighting in the wars. Tn the rebel lion of 1850 women did as much fight ing as men. At Nankin in 1854, 500,- 900 women from various parts of the country were formed into brigades of :13,000 each, under female officers. Of these soldiers 10000 were picked wom- en, drilled and garrisoned in the city.
 The cinematograph for the blind Is. a machine which passes under the fin- gers of the blind a series of reiiefs rep resenting the same object in different positions branch of a tree, a bird or any other object. The blind person has the illusion of moving scenes, just as photographs passing over a lumin- ous screen lend the Illusion to those with sight.
 The negro population of the United States is not diminishing, as many sup pose, but Is on the. gain. The percent age of increase since 1890, according to the census of 1900, Is 1878, which Is a greater percentage of increase! than that of the previous decade. The actual figures, according to the latest census, are as follows: Colored popula tiOn, S,500,000; increase, 1929, ,960. That Is the largest increase shown by any census since, 1790, excepting that of 1880, when the gain was 1,700,7S4.
The St. Johns herald., 1902-01-11

pelago, the most northerly known land in the world, and made it possible to prepare a fairly accurate map of the Greenland coast. He struck out across the sea ice for the pole, but was stopped by broken ice and open water at about S5 degrees north-the highest altitude yet reached in the western hemisphere. There are a good many people who be- lieye that all the pole hunters are stark, staring mad, and that the whole arctic exploration business is rank folly. Ii is pretty good thing to learn all that is possible about this big world that belongs to mankind, and the debt that humanity owes to explorers is so great that it can never be settled. The men who reach the pole may not discover gold mines or precious stones, or any, thing that can be turned into money. Most of them are fighting ice and dis ease and starvation in the awful north because of the restless energy that is in them, and not because there is hope of financial reward. They are working for the glory of the whole civ ilized world and to satisfy human am bition that is wrestling secrets from Nature one by one. Let us hope thai Peary finds the pole, because he Is inn relled by noble ambition to increase the sum of human knowledge and be- cause he is an American.
The St. Johns herald., 1902-01-11

When an era of competition has re- suited in an excessive investment in fixed capital, much of which is of low competitive power, little can be gained by mere combination of plants and an effort to pay dividends on the whole volume of stock If prices are kept high enough to pay such dividends, the inevitable result Is fresh competition from the outside. If dividends are paid without proper provision for better ments, the result is disaster. If no div idends are paid. there is dissatisfaction. The remedy in either case is found in reorganization, which means the elimi- nation of fictitious values.
The St. Johns herald., 1902-01-11
ABsENr-MINDED SCIENTIST.
The Professors Remarkable Feats of
 Lack of Memory

The Professors Remarkable Feats of
 Lack of Memory.
 The absent-mindednes of pr. Alfred Emerson, the archeOlogist, formerly of the Johns Hopkins University, and who is now abroad making a collection of antiques for the museum of the Uni versity of California, is we'll known among his Baltimore friends.
 The memorable occasion when, book ed for public lecture at the Hopkins, he let his audience wait in ghastly sus- penSe while he, all unconscious of the engagement, was found busily employ ed unpacking a box of casts, will long be remembered. His carefully adjust Ing a fresh collar over one already on, his going to the station and forgetting to take his train, are historic in uni versity lore; but. 1t remains for his friend :anda eolaboreE Joseph Thatcher Clark of the British museum, to tell the following story:
 The pair were en route to make some important excavations, and had reach VI ONAShCAh AoAOPOy UASFA OAs son appeared with an indignant face and letter from America in his hand. He explained that the letter was from one of his several brothers, accusing him of having absent-mindedly carried off several shirts belonging to the brother when starting abroad.
 ITO prove how basely false and un- just his suspicious are,'" said the trou- bled doctor, T will get all my shirts and spread them out before you, and see if you can find single one bearing any initial other than my own."
 The shirts. eleven in number, were produced, and consteEnation followed when they were found to be variousIy labeled Arthur Hale, G. Emerson, H. Emerson; L. T.. N. F: K. In fact, all except two-these bearing no label at all, and presumably pr. Ehierson's- bore initials other than his own.-Balti-. more Sun.
The St. Johns herald., 1902-01-11

The first annual report of Governor Charles H. Allen. of Porto Rico, gives q clear idea of the nature of the task the Americans have before them in bring ing the islandDf Porto Rico up to mod ern ideas of civilization. Sanitation as we understand 1t. Is unknown in Porto Rico. Filth is everywhere. There are no sewers. Cesspools open into kitcb- ems and bakeries. The water supply is commonly contaminated and the masses sleep in close rooms, despite the hot weather and bad ,odors. Cisterns are polluted by filth accumulated on the fiat roofs and wells are almost uni yersally close to the ceSspools. The waterworks of San Juan and Ponce are in bad condition and the water supply is positively dangerous. Garbage dis posal has never received attention. Cemeteries are crowded and skulls lie in piles on the surface. Foodstuffs. wines and milk are extensively adult erated. However. the same energy that has cleansed Cuba has begun on Porto Rico, and the Porto Ricans will, have to learn to be clean in spite of centuries of incidence and filth.
The St. Johns herald., 1902-01-11
Scotch Economy.

A Scottish noble lord. famed among his friends for his saving, or, as he would have put 1t himself, his careful propensities5went out one day shooting in. his broad moors. accompanied only by his keeper. After an afternoons hard work. he sat down to rest, and, ruefully contemplating his "bag," ob- served thoughtfully, And to think that each brace has cost me, first and last, at least 15 shillings, Donaldr' "Eh, ehi" answered Donald, consolingly, then it's maircy we're lairdship miss ed the many ye did to-day, for it's a nice bit ye've saved. Pm thinkingp-- London Sketch.
The St. Johns herald., 1902-01-11

The truth is that stamping out an archy" is one of those things which |. are easier said than done. The only effective way of doing 1t is to raise a generation of people none of whom be- lieve ln anarchy. There is no warrant or excuse for anarchy of this type in the United States. We must do every thing that is possible to discourage It's existence and to prevent its spread. But it is hard to see how we can go much further than to enforce the spirit of existing laws. We are dealing. with evil traits of human nature, which are not to be eliminated from the race in- simultaneously.