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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-25
LITTLE HEARTS MADE HAPPY
 BY GENEROUS MONTGOMERIANS
ELKS AS SANTA CLAUS
MEMBERS OF ORDER TO DIsrRI.
 BUTTE GIFTS.
They :Will Deliver More Than 100 Baskets Containing Christmas $ Comforts to Selected Ad-
 dresses This Morning. Ia..'

The big-hearted members of Montxon- cry Lodge. Benevolent and Protective Or der of Eiks will make happy hundreds Aof little hearts today by distributing Christ. mas cheer. " It must be said to the everlasting credit or these Eiks that they denied the news papers any information concerning their plans Tor seeking out unfortunate ones today and making them happy.
 Theirs was to be a labor of love, they said. and 1t was not the business of the newspapers to pry into it.
 Every Elk in Montgomery will consti. ute himself sort of Santa Claus thjs morning. and more than 100 baskets filIed to overhowing with Christmas comforts VIII be left at the doors of persons whose names have been quietly secured.
 Ihere will be no ostentation, no &C., claim, no embarrassment for any one. There will be . knock at a door and a nasty departure leaving behind the we'll filled basket
 The special committee appointed by the Aodge to carry out this work consists of l.. C.. Cardinal, Chairman; ". !. Greil, pr. Fitzpatrick, s. B. Stern, E. J. Meyer, c. Wehage. Sidney Gassenheimer, Walter Tuttle, J. E. Dow. Every Elk in town is helping the Committee. 'IHT."
 The Lodge raised $500 for the work. Do- -S~Nhc AtoNC suCcu Elhue 10 the WOn0n c Home. the Montgomery Infirmary, the poor house. West End and vesuyius school Christmas trees, United Charities, Soldiers Home and Hale Infirmafy.
 Eight delivery wagons will be employed and the distribution will begin at 8 o'clock this morning. One member of the Com. mittee will go in person with each waxon and see that the distribution is correctly ana thoroughly accomplished. The names and addresses were secured from Police Chief Gerald. and from all of the minis ters of the city. and from such other sources as were available. A route ha s been mapped out for each wagon.
 Each basket will contain one sack of nour, one can of lard. one peck of meal. one peck of grits, one ham, five pounds or sugar, two pounds roasted coffee. three pound sack salt, one can baking powder. two loaves of bread. two cans of syrun two pounds candy, nuts, fruits and toys.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-25
1. .srMMnNa N. sHARrE.

Ae eIMkot6 VI. SHARPE. 6.f s,s,v Preceedtngs for. q ssie up6sra execution. Appeal from the Circuit Court of, Ma
 reneo.,is, -s.s,, -ss{ ,.ss,l:es,.lt'
 | Vacation Of. sale, upSer execution; when granted for snadeauacy, of pries.- Hefere . sale. under an execution issued upon a judgment can be vacated for .ip- adequacy. Of price bid at said sale, the insdequ4cy must; be 70 xisrfpg and gross as at once sto shock the undeEstapding and conscience of an honest and just man. C, t-.- ~. ..sf'ss.
 2. Judgmept: sufsiciency of Judgment entry, to suppoyt execution Where. in a judgnient .entyy; the .piainti9g in ,whose faver. the. JIdefnsnt yis tenAer1H Are de- serfhed as "a pSrtnersbtp without setting out the .indiyiAnal. names. bgt the con piaipt sets out tie Individuals qsi part yieys !Gethg bueipees undEr tie firm name ss descyibed In tue Judgment, such juAK- meat is not sav6iaed byiressSn of its fail- ure to set out the ipdiyidualsl ccpposipg the partEershtp. Z. .t. s.
 3. Sens: sau,s. =7y Nlsen a tudsFsrt' ei,- try witch, after safkiugl out the 'Verdtct ot the Jury in favor pfs the plAiHtlfSs. then recites, s Tt. Is :thefefcre. ,considered ; by the court that the plaintiffs h4vef and recover of the defend dant, = etc. while somewhat infosmal,, is safacient to- sup port the exscution. E. Y ,s. .,{> ..s5,{
 Reversed and reipanded. -.as S,,5i
 . Opinion by Tyson. !.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-25
.5is f ..> ,e- My, ] Breath. } [ Is'. Shortn eaS of Breath Is One of. the Conls :. nnonest Sigma of
 Heart NhaeaSe,


 Notwithstanding what many nhysio- fans GaV, he9yt di6eaae cen, be cufe4.
 pr. Niles New Heart Cure has per- manently restored to health many thouSands who had found no relief in the medicines (a1tepathIc or homOeo- patAic) of regular pFRcticlng pbyeiciaus.
 It has proves itseik. pniols in the his tory of medicine, by being so uniformly successful in curing these diseases.
 Nearly elweys, one 9f the first signs of trouble Is shprtness of breath. Wheth- CT it comes as a result of walking or running up stairs, ersof other exercises. if the heart is unable to meet this extra demand upon its punapiAg powers -theFe is something wrong with n.
 The very beat thing you can do, is to take Dr. Miles New Heart Cure. It will go to the f0uR9Atlop of the trou- ble. and make q peFmanept cure by strengthening and renewing the nerves.
 '1 know that De. NIIes. New Heart Cprs iS rsSt rsReSy ss,0 FSF nSmOef sf breath, sHoEheEtag slsIlS, and peing tp would hs unable to l.4 ca HAy !sft eida. sa s%Stser ' Hat .tFisaa sa ssyTses I SsinS s. NM! MI!es New Heart CIre. which I did with geOd results began 10 tmproVe at once. and after taking several bottles and other symp{oHs vanlslsed. I am now entirely WAA. All those dreadful smekherspe spsais aEe q thIng of the the druEgist wiii sesund lssE I saSIsy.. .ei RRRR WrIss to us Tor FFee TFI9f G & Paekage Of pF. k1lleer Antl- Paln EIIls, the New eciGntIHc Remedy sSs specsSs s w Al'U sSySgSs sygs09 or Sas . 9Ss tS you what is wrong, and h6w to giSht N, LABoRAYoRlEs. EtKHAkTs nsEa =
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-25
HOLIDAY TRADE GOOD
pjSRADsTREET TELLS OF COM
 MERCIAL sfTUATToN. ''
In Industrial Lines -s . Prominent Feature is. the DownweYd Trend =, of the Wasee to Meet, r.
 New Conditions. !, T.. ;,

New Fork, Dec. N.-Bradstreets itomor- row will say:s-t ii --'.' ,@> ,y' ,'rs
 Activity ii" holidays trade with Hssiss equal;to or in excess of last year at most markets, quiet ih wholesale lines as usual at this period, with fatr re.ordeFsS fraln jobbers and exceptionally strong and ac- tive pnakkets- for spaculatiyely dsait' in staples, .notably cotton: wheat, 'coifee and provisions are the salient rfsatures of the wsek. Other points brought out are the sustaiRed better feeling in, iron and steel, and excsptfonal ease in money at,a time when disbursement preparations might be expected ito Head to high rates. High prices for raH textiles are 9a drQwback with which the; gcettou misunderstanding trade particuleriy lis fstruggiing.; Hides, leather aHdswoql are stronger in stans. In industrial }itpsa the features are the end ing of the Colorado strikes and the grad ual downward readjustrpent of wages in coal, coke, qnd iron and steel. to meet changed conditions of supply and demand. The year is, however, closing in many lines with. a rather more cheerful tone than seemed possible some time ago.
 ReaAlrminE of billet, plate and structur. al steel prices has given a more coufi- dential tone to, some lines despite cyiti- cigm that ruling quetatioHs aisooursxed new busipess. It might be observed. how sver' mat nnlehed iron. and steel dld. not rise as high as crude material end there fore dld not have as great distance to fall. Large buying. is not expected until after January 1. S
 Eastern cotton mtlls not well supplied with cotton are, buying epsringiy. Cetton goods are stronger, fefcsd by the stFsnsth of raw ycotton, but prospective buyers are told that orders for two monthG ahead ia all that will be taken at current qupte- tons. c. :s"c H .' .
 Tue Eastern shoe trade fl. tipiih,ng well. with 3, gain of IA per cent in shipments
 Wheat, including flour, exports for the week ending December 2. ,aggregate D. SsSeos bushels ag8snst s.3ea.oSS last week and 3,5604sS this week last year. For twenty-nvs weeks of the cereal year they 1892 " '1t#.
 Corn exports for the week aggreRats siso64 bushels against ss7.$7S last week and 1,5o2.SS1' a, year ago. For twtenty-nve weeks of the present cereal year they aggregate T,7l5,422 bushels against s.12l,- eS5 in 1902. ss''t.
 Business. failures in the Uaitsd States for the five days ending December a number 243 against 2ss last week and 1Se in the like, week in '1S02. In CanAda fan ures for the same periqd number IS against 2 last week and 13 in t.1s02.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-25
WILL STAY IN TOWN
FEW STATE OFFICIALS LEAVING
 FOR HOLIDAYS.
Governor Jelks, Will Spend Christ mas in Eufaula But Most of Other Capitol Workers
 Will Remain Here.

The State House will be closed today. Only pressing business of State was transacted yesterday and only necessary business will be transacted tomorrow.
 There has been no general exodus of State officials or departmental employees for the holiday season. Secure in thelr four years tenure of office, the State House workers have established homes in Montgomery Their families are here and they will spend Christmas surrounded by members of their families.
 Governor Jelks will spend today at his handsome home In Eufaula. He will probably spend two or three days with his family. His holiday will be quietly spent in drives in and around Eufaula with per haps an excursion afleld with dog and gun.
 Private Secretary J. Kirk Jackson and the other immediate members of the Gov ernor's official family have homes in Montgomery.
 Associate Justices Sharpe and Dowdell are with their families for the holidays. Justice Sharpe lives in Birmingham and Justice Dowdell resides in Lafayette.
 Secretary of State Tom Hefiin now lives m Montgomery as does all his office force. All the workers in the Secretary of State s office will spend the holidays in Montgom- cry.
 Auditor T. L. Sowell is another State of- fcial who finds Montgomery delightful place of residence. He is a resident of this city and will be for at least four years.
 Warrant Clerk c. B. Smith of the Au- ditor's office will spend Christmas with his mother who lives in Meridian, Miss. Land Clerk C. R. Hogue of the same off, flee will spend the day with friends in Sheffield. Bookkeeper Marcus Sowell Is spending a few of the holidays at his old home in Monroe County.
 Treasurer Craig Smith and his official family. with the exception of Cashier smith Robbins. will pass the day in this city. MT. Robbins will visit friends and relatives in Selma.
 Col Harvey E. Jones. State Back Tax Commissioner. is in Mobile for Christ mas.
 The office force of the Department of Education is satisfied with a Christmas in Montgomery. They will remain in this city with the exception of Bookkeeper w. c. Swanson, who will go this morning to
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-25
At Preshxterian Church.

In the Sunday school room of the First Presbyterian Church yesterday afternoon at o'clock was as attractive a scene as could we'll be imagined; an immense Christmas tree. charmingly decorated with tinseI ropes and balls. red tissue ribbons and chain of electric lights, apd a perfect wealth of dolls. books, toys of all kinds and description, gay-colored bags and cornucopias of candies and nuts.
 This Christmas tree was rendered the children of the West End Public School by the teachers of the school Mrs. Essie Sloan, Mrs. Lucy Holt Phillips. Miss Kate Simpson and Miss Pattie Gilmer.
 The Montgomery Street Railway donat- ed the use of three cars to bring the 16O children in to town and carry them back to their homes.
 The merchants of Montgomery contrib uted magnihcently of dolls. books, toys, and many other things to delight the heart of children. while the Elks donated the candies and fruits.
 As the children marched into the room they sang a Christmas carol, and after the song was ended and every one was seated there was a great sounding of bells and trumpets and with great ec1at and gustO-entered Santa Claus. a genu- inc, bons, ide Santa Claus-whiskers and all.
 The children were wild with delight and at each antic of the old fellow fresh screauI of merriment filled the building. Then the name of each child was called and bI every one was given not pres ent. fut an armfull of good things.
 IT every child in Montgomery does not exTSrience that little pleasurable thrill about the heart that comes only once in a year. at Christmas time. from the fDct of having been sweetly remembered, it will surely be the fault of either tho child or the guardian of the child.
 The great sympathetic heart of Mont gomery has drawn very close at this Christmas time to the cause of charity. The organization of the United Charities and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. the churches and individuals, to- gether have conspired to make of this Christmas a red-letter day, or event, in the history of Montgomery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-25

torily met all the points covering any improper action on his part with the pur- chase by the Postofice Department of the Brandt automatic cashiers. He stated thatlIn his capacity as lawyer and hold ing no Government position. he interested
 himself in the business of his son-in-law'
 who was a local agent of the Brandt-Dent
 Company to the extent of talking wlth
 Perry Heath and requesting MT Heath
 to look into the matter of the Brandt au,
 tomatic cashier. and If he was satisle1
 that the postmasters were deslrous "l
 purchasing the machines and that the
 machine was a meritorious ana useIul ue-
 vice, to at least accept and pay TOT the machines already in use and to purehase such others as there might be legltimaee
 demand for, ..,... .,,.. ,.,.,o,
 If both strome and Miller in the com pany as its selling agents, was precari- bns owing to their failure to satisfy the Presldent of the company with the kmount of their sales, and the correspond enee snbmitted by the Postof1ce Depart nent seems to indicate that these men were using every endeavor to strengthen heir position with the President of the | company Judge Baldwin states:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-25
his old home at cowikee. in Barbour

his old home at Cowikee. in Barbour County.
 Private Secretary Lee JMcCord of the Supreme Court, will spend the holidays at his old home among the hills of Mar shall County. The other members of the clerical force of the Supreme Court are Montgomerians.
 President John V. Smith of the Rail- road Commission, will pass the day quiet ly at his Montgomery home. Associate Commissioner W. c. Tunstall Is spending the holidays at his Hale County home and Associate Commissioner W. T. San ders Is at home in Athens.
 President J. M. Carmichael of the State Board of Convict Inspectors. will visit friends and relatives in different portions of East AlahaIha. Associate Inspector Thomas Bradford is at his home in Cher okee County. Physician Inspector Shirley Bragg after Christmas day spent at his home in Montgomery, will make a tour of inspection of the mines at which the States convicts are employed.
 Commissioner of Agriculture R. R. Poole is spending the day at his MarenEo County home.
 Adjutant-General W. w. Brandon is en- toying the day at Tuscaloosa and incl dentally keeping an eye on developments in the race for Judge of Probate or Tus. caloosa County.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-25
TWO CHRISTMAS TREES
MANY LITTLE ONES OF WEST
 END REMEMBERED.
Happy Exercises at the Settlement House and Remarks by MT.
 Cobbs-School Children
 Entertained in Town.

At the "Settiement House." in West End, yesterday afternoon the children oi the St. Johns Episcopal Church sunoay School rendered the children and the con greuatjon of the Church of the 1nnocents splendid Christmas tree. In the chapel adjoining the Settlemen! House, Rev. E. E. Cobbs held short ana appropriate service. in which the cniloren sang a number of beautiful ChristIpas carols among which ''The Holy Chiio' or Bethlehem" was sung by the congrega- ton with a touching patbos lacking Tn many of the larger churches and more pretentious congregations.
 Mir. Cobbs addressed sincere and earn est remarks to the congregation lie spoke of the fact that in our time the continued celebration year after year oI any event or happening grows less ana less animated at each recurring season,
 tiil in time we forget, but in the cele- bration of the birth of the Lord Jesus st-Christmas-it Is quite the oppo- site.
 Today" Mir. Cobbs said, Christmas IS observed more generally. and with more meaning and with more charity than ever in the years gone by-a striking prooI or the divinity of the Lord Jesus Christ. The fame of men pass away, but the fame or Christ lives and grows bright with each recurring Christmas time"
 Mir Cobbs spoke earnestly of the mes sage" that Christmas brought to all, 10 the children and the grown people as well to the young and joyful and to those Who have grown old and grey and to those who are hastening on to the grave. The ''message'' is for all-'tis the lesson that the angels sang that morning nearly two thousand years ago to the watching snep- herds on the hills of Bethlehem, Peace on earth, good will to men,"
 At the conclusion of the services In the chapel the children marched into the Kim dergarten room of the Settlement House and they beheld the beautiful Christmas tree in all it's splendor of decorations and lights and it's wealth of toys and books and good things to eat-such as rrults' nuts. raisins and candies.
 Every child had been remembered not only with the gifts from the tree, but with nice gifts of clothing and many suo- stantial things.
 One attractive feature was large num- Der of weIl-filled stockings sent to the Sunday school by the members of the Ionian Club.
 After the distribution of the gifts, light refreshments were served by number of ladies to the entire assemblage, which was much enjoyed and many bright eyed, happy hearted child slept and dreamed last night of the Christmas tree and the gifts received on "Christmas Eve"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-25
CLAY IS FOR CANAL.
Georgia Senator Talks of Pending
 Panama Treaty,

Marietta. Ga, Dec. 24.-In an interview today regarding the Panama canal treaty United States Senator A. s. Clay is quot ed as saying that the honor of the United States must be preserved in the ratifylng of any treaty with Panama.
 Speaking of the balloting on the Pan- anna treaty now before Congress Mir Clay stated that he was opposed to making it a party question and first of all stated that he desired that all facts concerning the Panama secession be made pu...c The resolution of Senator Hoar was endorsed.
 If the recent developments in the isth- mus concerning the relations of Panama and Colombia had come as the result of certain conditions for which the United States was not responsible. Then" said Senator Clay. such facts would Justify me in voting for the ratification of the Panama treaty"
 If we fail to secure the necessary land by way of the Panama route 1t becomes the sworn duty of the President to pro- ceed at once to construct the canal by way of tho Nicaragua route If the law is administered the canal cannot posgt- bly, fail'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-25

Tt would seem from the correspondence sent me that from this one effort both Miller and Strsme conditionally used my name in their correspondence and pre- sumably for the purpose of impressing upon the company that they were not idle and that evidently through some in- fiuence I possessed as a satisfactory are rangement was ultimately made to pur- chase the machines. In most instances they have used my name without the slightest warrant based upon any con- versations with me whatsoever about al. legged conversations with them and prom ises made are as mythical as most of the statements made about my connection with the matter"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-25
GREATER POWERS
 TO GOVERNOR. Russia Graphing With Its Problem iu Efn1a~H

St. Petersburg, Dec. A.-The Governor of Finland has been empowered summari- ly to remove administrative officials and school teachers. excepting university teachers. and to stop their salaries altogether or partly without waiting for the conclusion of an inquiry into their conduct.
 Among the officials subject to the new powers are mayors. aldermen and others in the municipal communal services.
 It is officially explained that the powers granted to the Governor General in Au- gust proved inadequate because of the continued agitation and obstruction of Russian measures by officials and owing to the fact that an inquiry of this nature often lasts six months.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-25
ENNIS V. LOVEMAN. SURVIVING
 PARTNER, EFT AL.

GAhI N ElFp EI AL.
 Statutory action of ejectment. Appeal
 from the Circuit Court of Fayette.
 1. Action of ejectment: admissibility in evidence of mortgage.-In an action of ejectment, to recover one hundred and sixty acres of land. where the plaintiff claims under a deed executed by the grantor and his wife, conveying the lands sued for. together with other lands, upon which the grantor resided as a home stead, but there was no separate descrip- tion of said lands and the defendant claims under a mortgage executed by the plaintiffs grantor and another. sew eral years prior to the execution of the deed to the plaintiff. and In said mort gage the lands sued for were conveyed. together with other lands, and it was de- eided in said mortgage that said lands were jointly owned by the plaintin's . grantor and the other mortgagOP, and there was no evidence that the one hun dred and sixty acres. sued for had ever been set apart or allotted to or claimed by the plaintiffs Grantor as a homestead. the mortgage under which the defendant claimed is admissible in evidence, and it is no objection to the introduction oi said mortgage in evidence that 1t had never been sxaeltAd hx the wife of the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-25
SUPREME COURT
 v. DECISIONS
MOORE V. HOLLOWAY & co.

~ASSh G OtdtCu account, AnDeaI
 from the Circuit Court of Jefferson
 l. Action upon an account; verificafion provided by statute refers only to open account-The statute providing for the verincation of accounts sued for. and that such account so verified Is compe- tent evidence of the correctness of inc account sued on Code, Section 1s0I) re- fers only to suits upon open accounts and mas no application to an account stated
 z' Action upon an account stated: when account though verified not admissible in evidence.-To maintain an action upon an account stated, although there is en- dorsed on the complaint the fact that the account sued on is verified by af- hdaNt, the plaintiff must prove an ac- count stated as averred in the complaint; and an account which has not been stat. ed, although properly verified. as author ized by statute in suits upon open ac- counts, Code. Section 1s04) is not ad- missiuIe in evidence; and the plaintiff ia not entitled to recover upon the intro auction of such open account.
 Reversed and remanded
 Opinion by Haralson, J.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-25
BALDWIN, 1x 1xdSSERIATED.
Had no, Connection With Pest ofaee
 '-, = Scandals, i..

. ,eg i~ Scandals. ' '.3.
 Washjhgton Dec. 24.-In the report of Messfs. Canrsd and rRonaparte of their investigatiops of the irregularitiss: in the Postoflce Department. allusion is made in connection with their, inquiry in the charges of fraud regarding the.placing in the department of Rrandt-Dent cashiers to pnssibie connection with the. case of Judge BsldYiB, United States Consul at NuTemburg, Germany. The, allusiop was made In such a manner ass to reflect upon the integrity of that oficial. The matter was referred to Third Assistant Secretary Herbert D. Pierce, who, after making an exhaustive inyestieatio9, has submitted to President Roossvelt an extended report fully exonsFating Judge BSldYtn. ,, ..-
 In response to. q request from Secretary Pierce. Judge Baldwin, submitted a full statement of his connection with the mat ter under. investigation. Referring to this, MT. Pierce says in bis repost: :'~ ' ;. ".
 Judge Baldwin, .seeIas to have, satIsfac-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-25
New Mindow alass Trust.

Pittsburg. Dec. 24.-A charter was granted today in New Jersey to the Manufacturers Window Glass Company, the proposed combination of the principal interests of the country. The capital Is q, 100000. The company has not yet been perfected but the promoters are confident that the plan will be successful. If it is not the project will be declared off and there will be an open market for window glass. A heavy drop in prices will fol- low and wages will be cut from 8 1-3 to q per cent.