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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-21
Heavy Rain Last Night.

A heavy rain fell yesterday afternoon Ind last evening. the rain at o'clock be- hg almost a cloudburst Little damage was done by the storm in Selma. but it 8 reported that the continued wet weather will injure the crops. especially she cotton which Is likely to be seriously injured by the worms.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-21

Dbediah Moore Dead at Plantersville. Obedlah Moore died at Plantersville yesterday afternoon and was buried at Huntsville today. A large number of htizens of Selma attended the funeral.
 Mir. Moore was over 50 years of age and
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-21

Of long standing from any cause whateveEs Itch, Eczema, Salt Rheum, Burns immedi- ately relieved and cured by
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-21
NSz ANk2 2kd B E2LY

had lived in Dallas County for about half century. He was we'll known and highly respected in this section of the State and his death is generally regretted. He is survived by three sons. John Moore, James Moore, and Robert Moore.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-21
Back Was Broken.

Eufaula, Aug. 2O-(SpeciaI.) )-Charlie Simmons. who resides near Blue Spring, was thrown from a mule, which he was riding yesterday afternoon. and received injuries from which 1t is said he can not recover. The animal became sudden ly frightened while going along the pub lie road. and Mir. Simmons. without any warning, was thrown violently against a tree. His back, 1t is said, Is broken. and he is also injured internally.
 Mir. Simmons Is married and has sev- eral young children. He was prominent in his community and was highly es- teemed. and the misfortune is deeply deplored.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-21

Robert T. Nabors is in the city after several days absence. He Sas visited sections in Alabama and Mississippi in Interet of the University of Alabama.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-21

Harry Reid a popular member of the English Colony, has returned from visit to his home in Great Britain.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-21
New Officers of Phoenix Fire Com

The members of the Phoenix Fire Com pany. one of the most efficient companies in the volunteer fire department met last night and elected the following officers;
 E. R. Jones. foreman; G. M. Sharpe, first assistant foreman; Isaac Paplanus. second assistant foreman; R. c. Moran, secretary and Henry H. Bender. treasu-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-21

Miss Edith Jones. who has beAl spend- ing several months in Birmingham. is at home to the delight of her many friends.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-21

Cotton Is opening rapidly. and with a week or ten days sunshine. it will begin to roll in rapidly. Caterpillars have ap- peared in some sections, but no damasa Is reported so far.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-21

Mrs. l.. F. Barrett and children have returned from a visit to Highland Park
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-21

Mrs. George Scott and children of Mo bile and Mrs. Ida Knight left yesterday for rest at Butler Springs.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-21

Mir and Mrs. Monte Dlckerson are wis iting relatives at Louisville, Ky.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-21

MT w. L. Quinn, who ably represents the Fifth Ward in the City Council has returned from Mobile.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-21

Mir. and Mrs. Edward Graham were in Selma today on their way to Tuscaloosa.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-21
Harris Is President.

J. c. Scale of Mobile has been in town several days.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-21

Prof. E. NJ. somerville, President of the University High School. has returned from a business trip to Union, Ala.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-21

John M. Burns has returned from a visit to Biloxi.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-21

Colonel J. T. Patten of Eleanor was in Selma today.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-21

The prospects for fine cotton and corn crops continues this week. The corn crop is safe. The fodder has been pulled and saved and the ears are fast hardening. At
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-21

P. W. Startling, a popular young busi ness man of Selma, left today for Mont gomery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-21

A party of our citizens enjoyed a fish ing expedition to Black Hall last Tues day. The catch was large and the sport fine.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-21

Mrs. Isaac Eskew of Selma is the guest of her aunt, Mrs Kingsberry.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-21

J. H. Ellis of West Dallas spent today in Selma.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-02
DINNER AND COURTESY, TOO.
4 Picturesque Hungarian Restaurant on
the East Side where Everybody is
Friendly and Polite 10 Everybody
Else and the Guests Pass the Platters.

One East Side Hungarian restaurant
has not vet caught the trick of catering to
the amateur bohemian. II was once merely
an extension of the barroom, but now the
barroom has become in "A measure merely an
adjunct OF the restaurant
The few tables stand In a moderate-sized
basement room. Close beside them in the
same room, and separated from them only
bv a screen, is the bar,
When guests enter the proprietor rises
with courtesy truly urbnne and shows them
10 seats at table where he and perhaps
half dozen others are eating. The cloth
is clean but coarse, and the napkins are
like unto it, The china lis Of the kind that
does not break in the hands of careless
maid and at need makes an effective weapon
OF offence or of defence.
Everybody at table initiates the courtesy
of the host. The food is served on large
platters, which the guests pass from hand
to hand, while the host urges everybody to
take large portion. There is ohesitation
in accepting this invitation,
Whether the meal be the midday dinner or
the o clock supper, which is in effect also
dinner. the guests all eat heartily. Soup
meat, two or three vegetables, a Hungarian
sweet pudding, which alone is enough for
an ordinary luncheon with black coffee,
make up the midday bill Of fare,
At night the meal is much the same thing,
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with some elaboration. Cheese goes with
the pudding. Almost every guest has the
very largest schooner full Of wine and self
ger. which is included in the moderate price
of the meal.
As luncheon or dinner goes on host and
guests talk freely together, No one stands
on ceremony. The fact that you sit az the
common table is sufficient introduction.
The talk is of politics. foreign OF domestic.
A portrait of kossuth over the table often
gives a stranger an opening with the host.
and all present are ready to talk Of Hungary
and her relations with the Austrian Empire.
A guest will occasionally make his fellow
guests forget his too great deXterity with
knife and thumb by timely and intelligent
opinions on the subject in hand. The host
sits ready TO interpoRe soothing word II
the discussion threatens to stir bad blood
As the meal goes on one or another GUS
toner comes in. If the main table il full
the late corners sit elsewhere but not too far
off to put in word occasionally when the
discussion takes on special interest.
Few drink at the bar, but the host is in
terrupted by calls from customers who
buy wine by the gallon. A Hungarian
maid f all work occasionally passes
through the room. seemingly Unconscious
of the glances AZ her slightly lOw-cut collar
Perhaps at the next table the converse
ton is in English. As likely as not il will
be on some public question or literary
topic. Shakespeare and his contempora-
aries occupied the table for the better part
of an hour the other day.
A stranger became No interested that he
left his place and, with apologies and some
hesitation asked if h" might Join the dis
cusson Room was made for him without
delay. and the discussion again went on.
The newcomer bore his part and was heard
with patient courtesy
When the time comes for the party at
table to break up the host stands and waves
his guests out with the suavity Of grand
seigneur. He hopes they have enjoyed
the meal. that the pudding will sit well.
that all will return. His smile ia a thing
to remember; it decoratas tho gloomy
apartment as with rich gildings.
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Eighth and Ninth avenues prove more

Eighth and Ninth avenues prove more
tempting.
Thirty-second street is being destroyed,
half at n time. One part of the brown
stone front remains \ score or more OF
the wreckers can be seen in this ruin every
evening.
Occasionally one OF them turns up a
good length Of pipe or "a piece of gas
fixture. Then there ia n rush for more of
the same kind. As soon as darkness falls,
the army fades away, each person carry
ing something.
Approaching Eighth avenue on Thirty
first street. a private residence has been
the object Of much curiosity. Half dis
mantIed at the present time, it is over
run each night, and the back yard has
been dug up in half dozen places
Rumor says wealthy woman died there
several years ago, and the treasure-seekcrs
seem to think some of her money will be
found hidden in the yard or behind rafters.
! The word has been passed along from ono
person to another until a crowd can be
found there nearly every night When II
policeman appears in the distance, the
crowd disappears. but sooner or later it
is back again searching for the hidden
gold which is believed TO be there,
While the crowd was Gecrching the
cellar and digging up the back yard a few
nights ago, a boy about II Owed down
under the front steps with cry Of delight
attracting u small mob ITS minc--its
here under the steps, in the areaway,
and he began to tear out the loose
stones feverishly.
The word was passed around that the
bov had unearthed kettle Of gold and in
short time the street was nearly blocked
A policeman came up and found half a
dozen men down in the areaway trying to
crowd out the small boy, who yelled Justify
and insisted upon keeping his place saying
that the rest Of the money was his.
what yer got, sonny" asked the police
man.
pocket,
Its mine" he said stubbornly Il
amt a-gon' to give it up, IT'S mine. And
the rest is, too"
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DOONSDlY ON NOS. %.
Georgia Negroes Alarmed by Printers
Error In an Almanac.

ATLANTA, Ga, Aug, The error Of
compositor in substituting the figure
for the figure in setting up the matter
for the 1903 issue of an almanac has resulted
in a state of excitement almost approach
ing panic among the negroes or Gaines
vile, Ga, who think that the day OF judg-
ment is near AT hand.
The excitement was started by sermon
by the Rev, J, d. Lovejoy, pastor of the
st. Paul Colored Methodist Episcopal
Church of Gainesville, in which he declared
that the day Of final doom will come on
NOV. IS. To dispel all doubt on the subject
he pulled a copy Of the almanac from his
pocket and pointed out the incorrectly
set item
In the November table of the rising and
the setting of the sun the astronomers
calculated for the 25th that the sun will
rise at $50 and set at sol Right here was
where tn" printer got in his work. BY sub
shutting a for a 5 he made it appear
that on Nov Is the sun is to set at i;0l
in the afternoon,
Mr. Lovcjoy in looking over his almanac,
came to this item Being close student
of the Holy Scriptures, he AT once recalled
that passage of Amos viii, ~, which
reads
And s shall come to pass in that day, saith
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must be deafened by the noise, for to
the lay mind the thought of being in room
where there are 1850 girls, each answering
from one to two hundred calls an hour,
conveys the impression of a pandemon-
ium alongside which momentary expo-
sions of the subway would be like the tick
ing of watch in dark room.
AS matter Of fact, considering the
amount Of important business that ia ac-
complished in one of these telephone sta
tons, it is marvellous that SO little confu-
sion and noise exist
There are sixteen branches of the tele-
phone company in Manhattan proper and
an average of 12O girls to each. The
branches are distributed in the centres of the
city and each branch has about 5000
lines under its supervision. Three thou
sand six hundred lines means how many
calls day? And from how many people?
This is sum in arithmetic for the am
bilious.
The waiting room of one Of the branches,
taken az an example, has always it's COM
plement of applicants. 1t is an interesting
fact that most OF these applicants are the
sisters or friends Of the girls already en-
ployed, or of those who have left places
vacant by resignation.
These girls are usually graduates Of
the public schools. for while there ia no
civil service examination in regard to
fitness. still an assured mental activity
is necessary. An ignorant girl could not
fill the requirements, and in the telephone
business, as in every other, there ia always
room at the top. If one has strength enough
to push away those who cucumber the
lower lines of the ladder There are pro-
motions for the fitting as there is unbroken
monotony for those who prove themselves
incapable of meeting opportunity with
open hand.
The price paid to an expert operator is
81 week, while the beginner has 81; not a
Vanderfeler income. it is true, but when
one considers that many professions offer no
wages to the learner, the smallness Of the
sum assumes a different aspect
The fact that so few girls resign and
that there liz always a long waiting list
speaks well for the telephone industry.
which at present keeps 1000 girls busy
every day in Manhattan alone.
One of the most interesting, as well as
| one OF the first, places to which the visitor
| in one Of these branch establishments is
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sized by the telephone receivers fastened
TO one side OF the head by nickel supports
and accumulated by multiplicity Of rhine
stone combs, shell pins or butterfly bows
One notices the head-dresses Of the tele-
phone girls the first thing.
These girls are usually about II or 10.
Few are out of their teens, They face
the switchboard. which ia divided into
spaces, giving each operator cortain
number Of calls.
To the uninltiated the switchboard looks
like perpendicular game ofparcheesi or
an ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS chessboard with
modern improvements. There is a con-
fusing array of rubber plugs, Of long SER
pentine cords which writhe in and out with
out apparently any reason or excuse; there
are queer little buttons which look like
miniature poker chips. although the vLSi-
tor is solemnly assured that they are not.
The most engrossing article in the equip
ment are the tiny lamps which burst sud-
denly into brightness in their glass bulbs,
miniature incandescent burners about the
size Of the diamond studs in the shirt front
of a successful old clothes man,
As in the parable, 1t is the wise virgin
who attends to the lamp For the lamp,
according to the explanation of the super
intendent, Is the secret Of the telephones
prompt service TO its patrons.
When number is called for the little
lamp responds quickly and burns until
the connection is made. Then 1t Is quick
" extingushed If it does not go out, the
operator is made aware Of some obstruc-
zion on the line, and, whatever the delay.
it is her place 10 remedy or explain its sig
nficance.
so quickly are these connections made,
so deity do the brains and hands move.
that the onool1er feels az if at sleight-of-
hand performance, About 1850 of these
connections are made every hour, an aver
age of 21a minute, and when one realizes
what that means all fear as to important
conversations being overheard by the telc-
phone girl becomes ludicrous in its impos
sibiiy.
There never was a safer method adopted
for the man of fears. He who has hasitated
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Four hundred houses are to come down.
Fifty of them have already been levelled.
Others are coming down every day In
spite of police, in spite of night watchmen,
il is impossible to drive away the night
pirates that nfest the scene OF destruction.
The houses torn down are destroyed
singly, not in groups The piles OF rubbish
are separated sometimes by half block.
So that when policeman strolls up one
street, the salvage crew goes around the
corner and begins upon enother green
spot where wreckage may be found.
Sticks of wood disappear during the
night. Beams are chopped up and used Tor
firewood in the nearby tenements, Even
bricks have been carried away.
Some one stole n stone window ledge
from Thirty-second street last week. Metal
of any kind is eagerly grabbed. Lead
nine melts out of sight over night,
A norcelain bathtub which had been re-
moved from house about to be demoNshed'
was stored in the cellar over night IL
was gone the next morning
Pieces of broken mirrors are snapped
mo eagerly whenever found. Sometimes
brass faucets that have been lelt pehlhd
a{The pennsylvania Railroad is spend
inc nearly 100000 to clear out these
biildinCs," said Charles NJ Jacobs. the
engineer in charge OF the wrecking crews,
abnt the whole place would have been
swept clean if we had permitted the Ten
derlon vandals to have iili sway yorn dmsy
have carried of even the iounua'ion
But az some of these buildings are still
occupied by tenants who refuse to vac9te
them until they have to, law and order
must be- preserved, even if the property
carried of by the vandals were not worth
something to the contractor who has charge
Of the job. al. .,,,. a.,
older and cheaper buildings which are
being torn down. The flat houses and
private brownstone fronts found between
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lhe girls mere are ranged IN rows FACING
the switchboards as IN the schoolroom,
but there are no teachers here and the
work is that OF knowledge rather than
OF attempt.
The most pleasing impression IN the
summer day visit TO the telephone girl
is that OF her health and vitality. Here
il no anemic. nervous high strung woman,
wrestling with problems OF health as well
as business The general impression is
that she Is better poised than most OF her
class engaged IN other pursuits. After
me prenimlnary Nervousness Has rs over sn e
has well-trod path before her with no
new problems to answer.
Every DAY is me repetition OF me one one,
before, but the apsolNte q'Ickmess OF hlnd
and body necessary to accomplish her work
prevents stdEh"tioh OF 'hougHt. one can
keep her gowns and ribbons immaculate,
for there is no wear and tear on them, and
TO do her credit, she is always dressed with
fitness of material ana make
There are only two causes for resig-
nations, said the superintendent IN answer
to the usual question
And they
"Marii GO, or the promotion 10 some
private Office whe there Is sWHchpoard
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the Lord God, that J will cause the sun to go
down ut noon and ] will darkcn the earth
in the clear day,
The thought of doubling the time set
in the almanac did not occur TO the
preacher last Sunday. He took for his
text the passage quoted and then, with n
voice trembling with excitement, called
attention to the statement i'll the almanac,
and announced Nov. % as that great day
of the Lords"
Gainesville on June | suffered from a
storm which in an instant snuffed out more
than hundred lives and destroyed
thousands of dol lars worth of property
With the roar of the tornado still in their
ears the negroes We're more than usually
ready to believe in such prophecy, and
a season of repentance and prayer at once
began.
Runners soon carried the news to other
negro churches in the town, and in short
time the entire negro population of Gaines
Vile was gathered at the Methodist Church,
praying and wailing The morning meet
ing became an all-day affair and the praying
was kept up until late AT night,
The next morning many negroes failed
10 appear AZ WOTk, ana lot TWO uayS lile
labor of the town was demoralized, The
negroes declared that they cared nothing
for earthly things AS they were all soon
to go to their reward. The excitement
spread to outlying farms and many negroes
deserted their crops and came TO town
to talk of the impending doom.
White citizens have now persuaded nearly
all of them to go back TO their work with
the idea that they will have to live until
Nov rs, even if the judgment is to occur
them but all efforts TO explain TO them the
error which caused the prophecy have
been unavailing, and Mr. I.ovejoy and his
hearers are still in mortal fear of Nov, 20
and all because the compositor used the
wrong figure and the proofreader failed
to catch the error,
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doing cake walk dances that she usually
dresses in gowns that would put con-
cor hail singer TO shame and that her sal
ary must b" CONNIE nsurate with herneeds,
The real telephone girl is quite differ
ont person, as a summer day with her dis
closes She does not appeal TO the sym
lathios a. he first might do, neither does
-" appeal TO the emotions as the second
would surely do, did she exist in reality.
BIT, " says the disbclicver, asking ques-
tons according To his wont, AT least she
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to put his promises on paper for fear OF
future court summons may telephone his
lady fair at once and may make his decla-
rations as long and as lurid az he pleases,
So long as the insulating arrangements are
not burned out the telephone company
makes no extra charge, and the telephone
girl is in reality as unconscious of what is
going on right under her eyes as the most
ardent lover could desire.
The telephone girls happiness and good
health under what might be considered
trying conditions are due, perhaps, chiefly
to the absolute concentration of her atten-
ton. There is no second of the dav when
Miss Hello is not actively employed except
at her recreation hours. and this applies
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BIG TREASURE HUNT IN TOWN,
AidHYLI An iRNY VISITS THE
PENNSyIliNIi ST ALTON SITE.
'> Plumber Varies From Piece Of Lead
Pipe To II Porcelain i1athtub -Ieum0rs
vi Hidden Gold AlsO-Once the Crowd
Thought II Had struck the Hoard.

II Capt Kidd had lived in the Tenderloin
his hidden gold could have aroused no
greater excitement than the destruction OF
buildings on the site of the Pennsylvania
ht'Id station has created among the
Residents in TIE neighborhood. Each night
a o'cock, when the laborers finish their
DAY work. their places are taken by eager
men, women and children, who pore over
~" ruins and dig in the cellars amid rub
hl~Ir searching for anything valuable.
lie moment something bright is I'M
etrllcd there is a fierce struggle for pos
session.
'Gwau. Won blolsc, seen it first" you
may hear.
IT'S mine. jim; my stick turned it up"
Is the angry response.
Drop it or I'll bat your head, is the next
stage
Yer sn't-Ouch! Let go my hair"
BIT, bang, a scuflle, crowd, and some
one else disappears with the cause Of the
dispute about a foot and a half of old lead
pipe
Down in the dust and dirt of the ruins,
coping ON their knees, prodding with
sticks, digging under piles of old plaster,
looking for anything which can be carried
away and turned to value elsewhere, you
may see hundreds Of persons aiding in the
devastation Of the four blocks between
seventh and Ninth avenues and Thirty
hrst and Thirty-third streets.
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to explain the reason for it,"
what effect" the superintendent was
asked does this work have on the girls
nervesp"
$50 far as car be learned, there is no effect
after the preliminary weeks. Then they
are a little ratified at times, but no more
than they would be while learning any new
profession.
"And the hearing-does it affect that?'
1T renders il more acute, If anything
II certainly does not injure it in the least"
The personal comfor Of the telephone
girl is also matter Of concern. There are
Perfect ventilation and cleanliness In the
operating room, and on the warmest days
with the electric fans going the current OF
air il always ready to cool and soothe,