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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-08
Southern District.

Baldwin, Point Clear-Early corn doing well beans and potatoes being shipped; melons and cantaloupes not doing well; fruit promising -Broibeck & Zundell Bros.
 Barbour Bush-Cotton stands poor about one-half to be replanted: early corn looking well. but not growing.-D. D. Bush. Butler Manningham-Last planting of cot ton up to good stands, corn being worked rapidly. and looking well.--A. c. Simmons. Clarke. Thomasvlle-Much replantng of cotton: corn being injured by bud worms rain needed.-T N. Davis
 Coffee. Brockton-Corn being worked, stands fairly good; some cotton replanted; gardens no; good W. D. Dawkins.
 Crcnshaw. Salsoda-Some cotton being re- planted: corn small and being damaged by bud worms: gardens backward-P. c. Harbin Dale Pinckard-Some cotton being chopped both corn and cotton had to be replanted in many fields: cane being hurt by worms.-W F. Clements.
 Geneva. Geneva-Crops retarded by cool weather; worms damagine corn; cotton com in1 up poorly.-J. O McEachern.
 Houston. Crosbv-Cotton coming up to poor stands being plowed up and replanted: corn being damaged hy drill worms.-A L. Crosby.
 FRANK P. CHAFEE.
 Section Director Montgomery, Ala.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-08
Middle District.

Bibb, Harrisburg-Bud worms killing corn: early cotton failed to germinate. being replant- Bullock, Inverness-Upiand corn about worked out; bottom lands being prepared rapidly much oes early cotton being ,spanted late cot
 Chambers, Waverly-Bud worms destroying upland corn; oats not very promising; wheat doing well; much of the cotton to be re-
 Chiffon. Mountain Creek-Some cotton being replanted; corn being plowed; rain needed to
 Choctaw, Aquilla-Most of the cotton planted stands poor; upland corn up to good stonds
 Clay, Pinckneyville-Wheat heading, but rusty; oats not doing well; poor stands of upland corn; cotton planting about finished
 Coosa, Quincy-Cotton all planted little corn planted; oats above an average; fruit crop short.-B. r. McKinnon.
 Dallas, Kings Landing-Greater part of the corn planted and up; much of the cotton crop to be replanted; oats doing well-J; P Riggs planted; corn doing fairly well; oats medium; gardens doing wells. r. Thomas.
 Hale, Gallionncotton coming up slowly and not looking we'll; corn doing fairly well; gar dens backward.-J. T. Collins. Lee Auburn-Cotton coming up to poor stands, being replansed corn in all stages ing; minor crops fair.-T. J. Little Lowndes Burkvlle-Cotton stands not good; ; corn small; oats poor; gardens backward J. A Rampey.
 Marengo, Hampden-corn injured by bud worms cotton stands poor: early cotton being replanted; gardens doing very well.-A. P. Dumas.
 Montgomery, Mount Meigs-Poor stands of both cotton and corn; gardens backward; ; melons coming up poory.-J. M Handay.
 Pickens Ethelville-Too dry for all crops corn not coming up; cotton seed not germi- nating,-H c. Moorhead.
 Randolph, Wildwood-Cotton being planted rapidly, some are done planting: about all planted: wheat and oats looking well-H, D, Landers
 Russell. Hooks-Early cotton being plowed up and replanted; upland corn looking well. T l.. Mitchell.
 Talladega, Sycamore-An crops backward. on account of cool weather; little or no cotton up; corn up but not doing well,-Jos. Will Hams.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-08
MIR. MURPHY's MOVEMENTS.
He Will Return to Montgomery
 About May l2.

Edgar Gardner Murphy, Executive Sec retary of the Southern Education Board will speak in Atlanta on the evening of May 9. The address will he made at the National Conference of Charities and Cor rection. The subject will be Child Labor a National Problem;" the other speakers of the evening being Hon Hoke Smith and Miss Jane Addams of Hull House. Chicago.
 From Atlanta Mir. Murphy comes to Montgomery reaching here about the 11th or 12th. His stay will probably be a brief
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-08
GREATLY ALARMED
By a Persistent Cough, But Perma- nently Cured by Chamber.
 la;n'S CouCb Pao,adv

MT: H. P. Burbage. a student at law, In Greenville, S. C., had been troubled Tor four or five years with a continuous cough which he says. greatly alarmed me, causing me to fear l was in the first stage of consumption" MT. Burbage, having seen Chdmherain's Cough Rem edy advertised concluded to try it. Now read what he says of it: T soon felt a remarkable changa and after using two bottles of the twenty-five cent size, was permanently cured" Sold by all drug giStS. -odv
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-08
3o BANK CASHIERS sAY:

mitteemen now on the Great Northern System taking the vote of the men for or gainst strike, to report Sunday morn ing. If the vote is found. as the train men expect 1t will be- overwhelmingly in favor of ordering a strike, the matter of declaring one will be wholly in the hands of the grand officers and the committee men. MT Garretson said today that every yardman. baggageman, passenger and freight conductor and brakeman would quit work if an order to do so was given.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-08

Colonel Charles r. Humphrey, who told the President of the United States when he was colonel of the rough riders. to go to the devil" or words to that effect. will be appointed by the president as quarter master general of the army upon the re- tirement of Major General Ludington.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-08
Voting on Strike.

St. Paul, Minn.. May 7.-Messrs Gar retson and Newman, of the Trainmens organization, have instructed all the com
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-08
IN THE FEDERAL COURT.
An Acquittal and a nvictin Obtained
 Yesterday.

Two illicit distiiing cases were tried in the United States Court re- sultinG in one conv, ction and one acqut- tal.
 Frank King of Covlngton County. was convicted ol Illicit d!stllling in the morn Ing. He Was sentenced by Judge Jones to thirty days Imprisonment and $100 fine. The sentence Was however. suspended until next January.
 The jury in the case of R. NJ. Gibson of Crenshaw County charged with the same offense. had some difficulty in reaching a verdict. Gibson was put on trial yester- day afternoon. the case reaching the jury at o'clock, The jury was out two hours before verdict of acquittal was reached.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-08

A man can convince any woman he loves her, if he can afford to give her enough presents.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-08

Only the rich man can afford to be stingy
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-08
Genuine Panama Hats, $7.5o to $1o.

We have just received a large line of Genuine Panama Hats, that we bought at much less than usual prices and they will go at $7.5o and $Io. The $1o ones are all negligee styles---the real thing genuine one piece Panama Hats, that usually sell for $15 to $2o.
 Here is the opportunity of the season to buy the sWellest thing in Panamas at a big saving.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-03
C6oncs of a Lifeff,ne
 Came ar LaS1

ssStop, you scoundrel! Stand where you are! Move muscle and I'll put hole through your
 The burglar, surprised in the act, stood still.
 Hold up your hands!' further com manded the stern voice that spoke to him out of the darkness. He complied.
 teNow I am going to disarm you. Remember, I've got you covered with A caliber revolver, and know how to shoot"
 Tn few moments the intruder, re- Heved of pair of shooting irons, knife and sInngshot, was permitted to lower his hands.
 .'Do as tell you, now, no more and no less,' was the next command Reach your hand out for that watch on the bureau, as you were doing when I caught you at it. But don't you touch it. There Stand perfectly still till tell you to move. That will do, and I have secured an excel lent flash light picture of burglar in acuon-something I have been trying to get for the last ten years. I'll not detain you any longer You can go out the way eyou came. Goodby."- Chicago Tribune.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-03
AFRICAN RAILWAYS
Several New Ones Are Being Built
 in the Southeast.
When Completed They wilH Make Lourenco Marques One of the Leading Ports of the Con-
 decentralization Needs.

The construction of the Portuguese end of the Swaziland railroad in Africa has been authorized; the money has been appropriated by the Lisbon gov ernment and work has begun. The line will be laid through wel[known country, starting from Matolli, 8 sta- ton 116 miles from Lourenco o MarqueE, on the Delagoa Bay railroad, and rum ming in 8 westerly by southerly direo- tion to the frontier of the Transvaal. That part of the Transvaal that lies just over the border and west of Lour- enco Marquez is generally called swazi- land.
 The Transvaal government has as- sured the Portuguese government that this line will be continued from the frontier to Ermelo, a town 16o miles in 8 straight line from Matolla. It is generally understood that the line will cross the border in the neighborhood of Umbelusi Poort.
 From Machadodorp, on the Delagoa Bay railroad, private corporation is building a railroad line to Ermelo; and the Central South African railway con- ference, at meeting just concluded (that allotted some $25 ,ooo, ,ooo for rail- road extension in the former Boer states), has set aside the sum of $5,- Oo0, 900 for the construction and equip ment of line 1s7 miles long connect ing Springs, station on the outskirts of Johannesburg, with Ermelo. Work on this line is to be immediately com menced.
 The old Delagoa Bay railroad be- tween Machadodorp and Pretoria passes through an extensive coal coun- try. and the traffic along this section and to Pretoria and Johannesburg is now so great that the need of an alter nate line for general merchandise is strongly felt. The Machadodorp-E Err melo-Springs line will relieve this con-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-03
Brown and Green.

Bob is an old negro janitor in one of the New England colleges, and through long service has become part of the institution. Indeed Bob secret ly believes that he outranks the pres ident of the college in importance.
 He is shrewd and quick witted, a ready match for the students who joke with him. One day he had burned off some of the dead grass in the college campus, when freshman came along and said:
 Well, Bob, that grass is just the col or of your face.'
 "1es, sah," said Bob, suavely; but dat don't matter. Tn about three weeks ie'l be jes' de color O yo' face. ' -Lipp1neott's Magazina.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-03

gestion on the Delagoa Bay railroad west of Machadodorp and will give Lourenco Marquez another route to jacent thereto. ,.e
 The connecting link between Ermelo and Umbelusi Poort will pass directly through the heart of a rich coal dis trict in the eastern part of the Trans vaal or Swaziland. Many known coal properties on this line are situated at distance of less than 100 miles from Delagoa Bay.
 A large extent of country (the Zout- pansberg district) that is known to be rich in both reef and alluvial gold, but that has been practically inaccessible, will be opened up by the Selati railroad when it is completed. The distances between Petersburg and several important towns in Mata- beleland are: Miles. Petersburg to Tuli. li.,........,........-..... 1855 Pietsrsburg to Rhodes, Drift t'...,'".'..' 1ao aEo Petersburg to Victoria. 2S0
 Rustenburg is in the heart of 8 rich agricultural district, producing the best tobacco in the country. Rusten- burg is about 100 miles in direct line from Mafeking, on the railroad be- tween Cape Town and Buluwayo. The Central South African railway confer ence has allotted the lump sum of 3D. 433,250 for railroad line connecting Rustenburg with the main lines, but it has not yet been decided whetherit will connect at Pretoria or at Krugers- dorp.
 The new lines will be practically parts of the Delagoa Bay system, radiating from Lourenco Marquez, and will find their principal employment in trans porting imported merchandise from the port to important mining and agri- cultural centers in the Transvaa1. Their secondary employment will con- sist in the transportation of agricul- tural products from the outlying dis tricts to the towns: in carrying coal from the mines to the centers ofindus- try, and in carrying hides, wool and coal to the coast. With these new fa- cilities Lourenco Marquez will advance to be one of the leading ports in South Africa. W, STANLEY HOLLIS
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-03
He Used a Tack.

AS the story goes an Irish under taker was laying out the deceased bus band of a weeping Htbernian widow Y The corpse wore wig and it was very difficult to induce it to stay OF straight, as wigs ought always to do even If they don't. The bereaved widow was called in to assist. ''Go an git me pot of glue, Mrs. McGovern,' , said the undertaken, ''so that I may keep his wig where it belongs"
 Mrs. McGovern set out after the sticking material, and after time she returned. Here is the glue for ye,' she said with sigh.
 "Mrs. McGoyern, you kin take back the mucilage," said the undertaken "the difficulty is fixed. I used a tack.' Buffalo Times.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-03
Reflections of a Bachelor.

There is ne way of getting out of a love affair that succeeds like not get ting in. ,..
 The way to praise anything wo- man wears is to tell her how pretty she. looks in it.
 The fun that a woman gets out of an argument is the chance to cry, and a man to get mad.
 When woman confesses her age she thinks to let yon know how much younger she is than her younger sis- ter.
 A woman can stand being kissed against her will all right, but it makes her very indignant if you don't pretend to use foroe.-N. Y. Press.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-03
Good Reason.

The sagacious wife watches her hus. bands angry efforts to find the collar button that has rolled beneath the bu- reau.
 ''I should think" she says, "that you would have two collar buttons"
 'You shouldw he shorts, reaching under the bureau for the fftieth time and rasping his hand along the floor. 'tIt takes a woman to figure out some way to double mans troublesm-Cht- cago Tribune.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-03
FIRE ALARM.

4-Cor South Main and Grand stas
 5-Scovill Manufacturing Go Pl
 6-Cor Bridge and Magill stss
 7-Exchange Place.
 12-Rogers & Bro PJ
 13-Cor East Main and Niagara sts4 14-Cor East Main and, Wolcott road.1 15-Cor Cor High and Walnut stg. 16-Cor Fact Main and Cherry sts. 17-Cor East Main and Cole sts. 21-Cor North Elm and Kingsbury stu 23-Burton street engine house. 24-Waterbury Manufacturing Go (PN 25-Cor North Main and North sts. 26-Cor Buckingham and Cooke stsss 27-Cor Grove and Prospect sts. 2S-Cor Hillside avenue and Pine stgs 29-Cor Ludlow and N. Willow sts1 S1-Cor Bank and Grand sts. 32-Cor Riverside and Bank sts. 34--Cor W. Main and Watertown rds 35-Conn By & L't'g Go, car h'se EsSl 36-Waterbury Brass Go (P) 37-Cor Cedar and Meadow sts. 38-Cor Grand and Field sts. 42-Cor South Main and Clay stgs 43-New England Watch Go (P) 45-Benedict & Burnham Mfg Go. 1Pk 46-Waterbury Buckle Go. P) 47-Cor s. Main and Washington stsA 51-Cor Baldwin and River sfS. 52-Cor Franklin and Union sts. 53-Waterbury Clock Go, case fac. .(PT 54-Cor Clay and Mill sts.
 56-Cor Liberty and River sts. 57-No 5 hose house.
 5S-Cor Baldwin and Stone sfg. 62-Cor Doolittle alley and Dublin sta 72-Cor West Main and Willow sts. 73-North Willow st. cor Hillside. 74-Cor Johnson and WatervilIe sts. 142-Wo1cott st, beyond Howard. 162-Cor East Main and Welton sts., 212-The Platt Bros Go. P1 Buckle Go. (Pl 214-Waterbury Clock Co,m'v't fac lfsSa 216-Cor North Main and Grove sta. 251-Cor Round Hill and Ward sts 261-Junction Cooke and N. Main sts. 272-Grove, bet Central & Holmes avg-l 311-s. N: E. Telephone % building (PG 312-Cor Bank and Meadow sts. Y & Cloves (P1 314-PIume & Atwood (Pl 315-American Ring Go, (p1 316-Electric Light Station (pg 31S-Holmes. Booth & Haydens (PI 321-No { Hose House. 823-Cor Washington ave & Porter staA 324-Cor Charles and Porter sts. 325-Cor Simons st & Washington aya5 371-City Lumber 6 Coal co. (P1 412-Tracy Bros P) 432-Cor Liberty and S. Main sts. 451-steele S Johnson Mfg Go. fpl < 5s2-Cor Baldwin and Rye sts. !
 P) Private
 SIGNALS.
 i. One stroke calls superintendent to the City hall.
 II. Two strokes, fire out, recall.
 Ill. Three strokes, 12 m, 9 D. m.
 1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1. Ten strokes ouicR will indicate general alarm ana VIII call the entire force into service.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-03
Strictly Business

Mrs. Smick-Why do you pay your maid such exorbitant wages?
 Mrs. Smack-Oh, it pays in the long run. She never breaks those expensive vases any more for fear we will take it out at the end of the month.-Chi- cago News. rT.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-03
Out of Question.

Kwater-Well, you know, its poor rule that won't work both way.
 Wiseman--Nonsense! You couldn't possibly expect a headlong man to be long headed, for instance.-Ph Philadel- phia Press
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-03
Agile.

Oldhand-Got an automobile, have you? Strange never see you on the road.
 B. Ginner-That's because as soon as I land there I pick myself up and scramble back into the machipe.-Phil adelphia Press.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-03
rrom rorce of Hah1t.

Absent minded? I should say he is! He did something this morning that broke the record.''
 @? :? ?"
 t'He was standing in front of that big French mirror and tackled himself for a fiver."- Baltimore News.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-03
A Lone Wait.

Native-By gum! I'll complain ter ther directors Ther trains six hours, late. Tourist-T Thinking of travelling, eh?
 Nattve-Oh, no; I'm only waitin' ter. borry chew of terbaccer off'n theI conductor.-San Francisco Examiner. 3
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-03
A Trihw&o.

IA very able divine, isn't he's
 Every. It is wonderful how he can adapt the Bible to the requirements of fashionable congrega ton. ."-Phila- delphia Ledger.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-03

Your last pay envelope in your old job carries pang with it, perhaps. But the new job-if you hustle for it and advertise for twill soon cure the heart-ache of losing the old one. A 10 cent ad in our Want Column will surely help you.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-03
.Always Reieofed. .

Corinne-so the dear boy thinks mar. riage is failure7 Has he tried it?
 Mabel-No. But he has failed every time he has tried to try tt,-Puck.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-03
Tnspawaa xsaaov.

"There may be honor among thieves" said the inspired idiot, 'sbut Ghere isn't much honesty. BaIti- rnoP@ Herald.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-03

Dr. Samuel Smiles is the oldest liv- ing author in England. Prof. Marcius Wilson, of Vineland, N. J., is thought to be the oldest in America.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-10-16
WISE WOED-.

People who ridiculc fools are usually
in the same boat.
Men are seldom thankful when they
get what they deserve.
The desire of appearing c.eVcr often
prevents one becoming so.
Progress is the activity of to-day and
the assurance Of tomorrow.
To be vain of ones rank or place is
to show that one is below it,
The rcadicSt ana srrcSt way TO set
rid OF ccnsure Is To correct ourselves.
One night OF n foolish carouscl may
destroy the result of years intelligent
labor.
Experience is IL keen knife that hurts.
while it extracts the cataract that
binds.
The use of slang may he that it
keeps many takers from assassinating
real English.
Nobody can hope TO get into good So
ciety who does not call ores salary
ones income.
EgotiSm and vanity are tircicSs
horses With which one can plow the
field of folly.
Freedom OF conscience and freedom
from conscience should not be incontro.
vertible phrases.
The difference between having pride
and being proud is worth while learn.
Ing early in life.
With too many persons charity
means only the getting rid of what
they don't happen TO care for
all see aud judge better in the affairs
of other men than in their own.
Try to enact your highest aspirations
in the environment in which you are.
Thus you will lift everything about
you.
The mind that is much elevated and
insolcnt with prosperity and east down
by advcrsity is generally abjcct and
base.
A person who cannot argue is like
Il person who cannot chew; he Swal-
lows the facts OF life unprcparcd for
digestion.
Though your life be a tangled skcin,
patience hath an eye which can find
the end of the thread. which Will cn-
able you TO unravcl the snarl.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-10-16
WCnen BILLIARD PLAYERS.
Lots CT En- in France-Spmc Well X Kuown
one. Here, Too.

"Of lat" wears iic game of billiards
has been growing in popularity amon@
memhcr> of the fair sex, and scores o!
women have become expert with III"
cue" said a well known clubmau 10 :,
Star reporter. Many wcll-to-do peG-
PIE have their own private billiard
rooms 1t their homes, ana these civ"
the women of the house hold ana 'hrt
friends Il chance to indulge i'll the III ~
oratin. sport freely.
In France n gentleman Ia rot
ashamed to take his wife to see u pro
fcssional billiard game. French woin-
en- are good billiard players. AID iih" t"
So" all the fancy SLOTS made by proics-
sionalS as soon a> they begin TO at'rn't
attention. They read the billiard news
in the daily papers, and subscribe for
journals published especially for bill
liardists.
"Thcrc arc many expert women bill
lard players in the large cities o: the
United States, hut they are never sean
at the professional matches, ard SCI
dom at III" amateur contests. At Tie
Hanover club. in brooklyn, and at the
Licdcrkranz women are invited ana cI'-
couragCd to zee the contests of natIOnHl
clubs. That j. n move in the rlgLi d.
rcction. In the old Windsor Hotel,
New York. who~c the billiard room
was right off the corridor. Fatti used
To stand at the entrance and watch ihr
play for Il few moments before going
to her room. She never would nCc"pt
Il seat inside, because some men who
had more money than manners used IL
stand in groups and stare at her. Mrs.
George Gould is n capital billiard play
or. So are Mrs. Amcric Pagcf Mrs.
Burke Roche. Mrs Edwin Gould aud II
| number of other society women. Lii
! liam Russell can play almost as well rs
n professional. She takes to !hp game
| AS Il part of her daily exercise TO trim
down her weight and keep her in good
! condition.
The efficacy of billiards as hcaI,h
rcstorcrsis beyond dispute. The mo
tions gone through viii reach every
part of the body and operate on the ell
tire system. They completely diSpel
languor ana that tired feeling. III"
muscles are exercised and the blood
sent in Swificr circulation through tEc
veins. Washington S;ar.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-10-16
Good Manner.

Once upon 4 time. DIR. Edward Bed
Ice of Philadelphia, diplOmatiSt, writer,
racontcur and several other attraC-
lions, was ut railroad rcstauran!
table. across which sat Il very clabor-
ate gentleman who showed plainly
that he was nCt pleased with the de-
mOcracy of his surroundings. But even
his kind are compelled to eat some
times, and it was up to him to eat in
that common place or 90 hollow for
six hours at least DIR. Bcdloc was do
ing much better. and was almost en-
iOying the viands, Notwithstanding he
had fed on Clover Club spreads and
had had intimate relations with 4
Boldt bil-offare.
During the feast. the doctor wanted
one of the condiments which had wan
dcrcd over to the other side of the
table. and he asked the elaborate party
10 hand 1t To him.
Il am no waiter sir" replied the T..
T.. with freezing hauteur
"Oh. l know that" responded Rcdloc
brecZily. reaching for what he had
asked for. "A waiter has 10 have
much better manners than you have
Golfers Weekly.