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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-19

his first might In Berkshire at little Way
side inn, within stones throw OF where
the handsome residences and Thriving
mills OF his descendants now stand and al
most on the identical spot where his grand
son, formerly the Governor of Massachusetts
superintends the vast machinery OF the fam
Gus mill where all the paper for United
States money is manufactured. But the
pioneer. weary from the long journey on
horseback and without any capital save
brains and an independent spirit, could
scarcely have prophesled the proportions 10
which the seed he was about to plant would
grow. In fact, It was not until two years
later that the money was raised and part
ners secured to start a little one-vat mill
At the time the establishment of a manu-
factory in any part Of America was con
sdered bold and dangerous experiment
and hailed by press and people as a pat
rtotic act. Skilled workmen were rare
and 1t was more difficult to reach a market
few miles distant than II now Is to en-
circle the globe. There were only a few
paper mills and these were obliged to shut
down frequently for lack OF operators or
of raw material. There was no systematic
method of collecting rags and much OF the
product Of the mills was carted about the
country and exchanged for rags and a lit.
tie money. While the colonies were under
English rule IT was policy to repress colonial
manufactures. The few that grew up were
forced to their full capacity during the Rev.
dictionary War and threatened with ex
tinetion when the peace of 1888 permitted
the importation Of foreign goods, thus limit.
ing by competition the sale of domestic
manufactures
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-19
The Uses of the Rome.

MINES ana minerals.
While the longest ropes are used for
hauling purposes, some of the most in
teresting data in connection with wire
ropes are obtained with their use for
hoisting purposes. Hundreds of thous-
ands of lives are literally each day
hung by small wire thread as the
men are lowered into and hoisted
from the bowels of the earth. and in
many cases the only means of COM
munlcation between the surface and
the underground workings, which are
from few feet to a mile in depth. is
by comparatively small hosting rome
Think OF hanging from the end of a
cable only a few inches in diameter and
a mile long, being hoisted at q rate
which is faster tina nthat of the aver
afe raslroad train. and some idea of the
hosting problem can be gained. To
the honor of the wire-rope maunfac-
turers 1t must be said that very few
shaft accidents are dIe to the break
Ing of the rope, excepting where the
cage is overwound and unwarranted
demands are made upon the rope, or
which are tracable TO false economy
on the part of the users of wire rope
No part OF a mining plant Is more care
fully inspected and watched than the
hosting rope, and very few mine man
ayers will take unnecessary risks in
the hosting of men. The skill of the
w!re-rope maker is taxed to the utmost
to provide ropes for hosting from
great depths. To make a rope of
practicable, size that will be sufficient
ly flexible and that will bear even its
own weight is no mean problem for in
such cases the weight of the rope is
often much more than the material
lifted. Hence we have a taper rope in
tended to give a verying section de-
pendent on the amount of rope off the |
drum or reel.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-19
HOLT MAKES CLOTHES.
100 S. Court. Telephone 432


Senator Gallagher, of New Hamp-
shire, who is also a physician enjoys
telling of the case of a maiden lady
in Boston. an ardent member of the
WOman's Christian Temperance Union.
who was once taken violently i'll in
consequence of too free Indulgence
in lobster salad.
When the doctor. who was hastily
summoned to her relief arrived he at
once determined to administer a stimu-
liant: but the spinster, faithful to her
principle, baked at the brandy prof
fered her.
Brandy" she exclaimed as vigorous
ly as her condition would permit, Dare
you offer me brandy. sir?'
But it is necessary, madam" ex-
postulated the physicians you are
quite ill"
The Boston lady closed her lips in
an expression of extreme determine
ton. And I may die, sir. but I'll not
meet my Maker with brandy on my
BREATH"
She didn't" adds Senator GaIlinger;
but they made her take brandy ali
the same"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-19
ON FERRALL's ACCOUNT.
Money PniG into Treasury for ex-sherIfY
of Russell

The sum of $1,SS9.S9 was paid into
the State Treasury yesterday as part
payment of the indebtedness of former
Sheriff II. Ben Ferrall of Russell Coun-
ty.
The money was recovered though a
Judgment secured in the City Court Of
Montgomery making the property of
Mr. Ferrall liable to attachment and by
attaching land which Mr.. Ferral bought
while sheriff and which he sold later
The bondsmen of Mr.. Ferrall had
previously paid to the State $1,000.
The payment made yesterday with that
paid by the bondsmen aggregates about
half of Mr.. Ferralrs indebtedness to
the State.
Mr.. Ferrall retired from the ONCE
of sheriff of Russell County about four
years ago. An examiner of public ac-
counts after Investigating the accounts
of Mr.. Ferrall found that he was due
the State about $4,000.
Attorneys for the State filed suit In
the Montgomery City Court against the
ex -sherif and his bondsmen and con-
siderable litigation has followed
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-19
walnut stumps That Sold For srse.

washington POST.
Black walnut, so plentiful formerly. has
almost entirely disappeared-root, trunk and
branch said Mr.. James Harrison of Raj
eigh. N. c.
After the Northern manufacturers had
exhausted the supply OF log timber Others
came forward buying up the limbs ana
stumps' The stumps produce the curIei
Veneering used in the manufacture OF furni
ture and ] witnessed the sale Of a walnut
stump at Cranberry. Mitchell County. N. q.
Tor SiSS presume that before it reached
the manufacturers 1t brought twice that
sum.
The black walnut grows very fast in
virginia and further South. and why the
thousands of acres of waste lands in sor,s
OF the Southern States have not been plant
ed in walnut is a mystery In ter =,
Twelve years the walnut should pay for eul-
tivation by the sale OF the nuts ana co.
tinue to pay increasingly until the timber
became very valuable. At the old homs ~,
'he iate senator Manguin of North Carolina
Is large grove of black walnut tree. ,,,,,t.,-
were planted by him"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-19

Meridian took the last of the series
and the best two in three from Selma
Y. M. C. A. this afternoon by a score
of IL to 10.
The locals had the game until the
seventh inning when Meridian began
to pull ahead. In the eighth with two
men on bases Farmer of Meridian,
knocked a two Dagger, bringing in
two men and giving the winning run.
Other features of the game were the
batting of Christian of Meridian who
got four singles out of five times at
bat. and the batting of Kincey of Sell
ma. Cummings again distinguished
himself in center field by sensational
running one-hand catch of a long liner
when the bases were full. The bate
ries were, for Selma, Kinney and Os-
borne, for Meridian, Foster and Dris-
coll.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-19

the recent meeting of the Epworth
League board?
11:So-open conference on the mis-
son study class, Rev. John w. Shack
ford.
12:15-Open conference on the
League Institute course, DIR. II. Wal
ter Featherstun.
Thursday, 4:3O p. m.-BGsiness meet
ing.
Thursday, $50 p. m.-Address: The
Supremacy of Christ" Rev. F. P. Gull
yer. Huntsville. Closing service
Delegates will begin arriving In
Montgomery tomorrow.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-19
Juvenile MinstreIs.

Joseph R. Groves and Joe Spencer
are training thirty boys between the
ages of 6 and IL years for an unique
performance of the minstrel mid
gets" which is to be given in two
weeks. The boys are rapidly becom-
ing adopts in the work and their ap-
pearance will be attractive as we'll for
its excellence as for its novelty.
Mr.. Groves has charge of the mus
ical part of the program and under his
skillful direction the child wonders are
easily learning the new songs selected
for them. Mr.. Spencer will take care
of the stage management and has pre-
pared some fine bits of fun.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-19

r. P. Manly. contractor for the City
Hall and fire engine house. has not yet
resumed work and the term of ten days
allowed him by the Council will expire
tomorrow. it seems inevitable, there
fore. that the contract between Mr.
Manly and the city of Selma will be
ended.
The matter rests between Mr.. Manly
and Mayor Atkins. who will return from
Mobile tonight, but it is now probably
too late for any agreement to be
reached.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-19

Rev. A. l.. Andrews, d. D., will de-
liver two lectures tomorrow in the
Church Street Methodist Church of
which he is the pastor. In the morn
ing he will speak of John Wesley and
in the evening he will talk upon the
origin and the growth of Methodism.
DR., Andrews is a scholar and a pleas
ing orator and his lectures of to-mor-
row will be excellent
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-19

lika few days ago. He was rs years
old and was an honest, Woodworking
man. He owned a nice little farm and
had accumulated some property. He
had the respect and confidence of the
white people.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-19
In Compliment to Miss Never.

Miss Fanny Gusdorf has issued in
Vitations to a Dutch shower and
Dutch luncheon at her home, $50 Broad
street, at o'clock. Monday evening.
June 90, when she will entertain in
compliment to Miss Florette Meyer
and Albert Thalheimer, who will be
90
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-19
Dixie Picnic on june 20.

The Dixie Club has issued the fol-
lowing invitations to its friends:
The members of the Dixie Club will
be glad to have the pleasure of your
company at their annual moonlight
picnic to be given at Lake Lanier on
the evening of the goth day of June.
1904"
The Dixie picnics are among the
most delightful social events and the
picnic this year is anticipated with
much pleasure.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-19
odd FeIlown, Memorial.

J. M. Robertson, noble grand of
Central Lodge, No. IS. of the indie
pendent Order of Odd Fellows has
made the following announcement in
regard to the annual memorial serv-
ices of the lodge:
Central Lodge, No IS, I. o. c. F. will
hold their annual memorial services on
Tuesday night, June Fl at 8 o'clock, in
their lodge room over the Gilman
building. memoir on the following
named brothers will be read:
On S. A. Clinic by Brother E. S. Gar
rett. On ]. A. Russell by Brother H.
S. D. Mallory. On Charles Gibson by.
Brother E. S. Starr During the even
ing and Immediately after the read
ing of each memoir will be music by
a specially invited choir of young la
dies and gentlemen.
The public generally are invited to
be present.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-19

Chancery Court adjourned to-day af-
ter disposing of all the business on
tho docket Chancellor Kelly dis
patches business with great rapidity.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-19

20 Pounds Standard GRADUATED SUI
gar SI.OO, with every purchase amOunt-
Ing to three dollars or over, Monday
day and Tuesday.
BROCK GROCERY co.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-19

Dr. S. G. Gray of Selma came over last Fri
day evening to visit DR.. J. r. Goodloe He
was accompanied by Mrs. Gray and little
daughter, Corinne. who spent the night with
her old friend, Mrs ]. B. wilson-Demopo-
lis Express Dispatch
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-19

Miss Deli Hochstadter and Miss Rose Mayer
OF Birmingham and Miss Sadie We'll OF Mont
gomery are the guests Of Miss Florette Meyer
They will be bridesmaids at the marriage Of
Miss Meyer to Albert Thalheimer on June 22
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-19

schools is erroneous. Miss Byrne. who is the
efficient teacher of penmanship in the schools.
was reelected to her position by the school
boards yesterday and will continue her work
during the next session.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-19

General g. P. Harrison and the 9TH
er delegates from C'pelika have re-
turned from the Confederate reunion
al Nashville, They pronounce the reun-
ION grand success and are loud in
thelr praise of the hospitality Of Nash
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-19

Cap. Dan B. Edwards Of South Dallas Capt
John F. Burns of huntsville, E. L. Mckee Of
Selma have returned from Nashville, where
they attended the reunion of Confederate Vete-
rams.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-19
Thought Burglars Had Been at work

On last Monday morning quite a
crowd gathered on North Court Street
and considerable talk was going on as
to who the guilty party was.
The matter of discussion was the
large amount of Safe Doors lying on
the sidewalk on the outside of a prom
inent business place.
After the crowd had discussed the
matter considerably they were inform
ed that Todd's Gun Stores Expert had
just returned from a trip around the
suburbs of the city where he had open
ed FIVE safes and had brought the doors
to the store for repairs.
Just think of it. five Iock-outs in one
day and all opened by Mr. John N.
Todd and not a single one of them de-
faced in the least.
This is nothing unusual for John to
do as he has made a lifetime study of
this business and delights to go ''up
against" complicated jobs.
Ring phone 943 for the shop phone.
and 2o5 for residence. We work all
the time. We repair everything.
ADV.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-19
First Paper Ever Made.

Chicago Chronicle.
Zenas Crane was the first paper maker In
the United States. and it Is recorded in the
archives OF Massachusetts, that he spent
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-19

Tate Mason returned last night from Warm
Springs. Ga where he participated in
tournament shoot G. C. Vaughan and John
a McKinnon will return tonight
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-19
MIR. HODGE DEAD.

Respected Citizen of OpeIika Passes
Away.
Opelika, June Special. Mr.. r.
s. Hodge. one of the oldest and most
respected citizens Of Opelika, died quite
suddenly last night, it is supposed
from the effects of a stroke of paral-
ysis he had recently. He was 70 years
old and cousin of Sheriff a.. p.
Hodge
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-19

the statement that Miss Gonzella Byrne has
resigned frem the faculty Of the city public
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-19

Mr.. and Mrs. H. v. Ullman will leave town
tomorrow, Mr.. Ullman going to New York
and Mrs. Ullman to her former home in Chi
cago. They will be absent for fortnight.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-19

MI w. o. Harwell has commenced
the erection of another large brick
store on South Railroad street.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-19
SELMA'S CITY COURT
TWO MUREDER TRIALS SET ON
DOCKET.
large Number Of Criminal Cases Will
BE Tried During Week--PrO-
gram of Odd Fellows Men,
orial Service.
Advertiser Bureau,
Selma, June is.

Advertiser Bureau,
Selma, June is.
The City Court of Selma will con-
vene in the Court House Monday
morning and take up the criminal
docket.
Two murder cases are to be tried,
the State against Bessie Harrison. and
the State against Wilson Smith. Both
the defendants are negroes. Harrison
is charged with the murder of a negro
in South Dallas and Smith is alleged
to have killed a negro near Eleanor
Both cases were set for Friday. June
"a.
Until Friday the time of the court
will be occupied with the trial Oh the
minor criminal cases.
The officers of the court are Hon. D.
w. Mabry. judge; Hon. w. w. Quarles,
solicitor; ]. B. Evans, clerk, ana r.
m. Blackwell. sheriff.
Teddy Bug Rampant.
The new destroyer of cotton, green
fly which has within the last fortnlgnt
attacked the plantation fieids near oei-
ma, continues to ravage COTTON neios
and the farmers are becoming more ana
more alarmed. In company with =. A.
McKinnon a prominent cotton man OF
Selma representative or Tne AoVer-
tiser today visited several fields near
selma ana IN every oHS tnC uCNoo.oeiOh
wrought by the pest was in evidence
Fields Comprising over twenty acres
were examined and scarcely plant
untouched by the bug was found.
Two of the destroying flies were
caught and will be sent by Mr.. McKin-
non to cotton men in New Orleans who
are much interested in the new enemy
to King Cotton. The insects are about
as large as a common house fly. and are
of light green color. They move from
plant to plant with great speed.
They attack the mature leaves of the
cotton plants. puncturing the leaves
from the under side In scores of places
until the leaves are dead and fall off.
The flies deposit there larvae on the
SCARED parts of the plant.
This attack upon the plant finally
robs the stalk of it's entire foliage, and
thus will doubtless cause its death
The stalk itself is not touched, the
squares upon the ravaged plants are
thin and fail to open and 1t is the opin-
ion of Mr.. McKinnon and of other cot
ton experts that the crop can come to
nothing where the new fly has done it's
work. Owing to the fact that the lar
vac lie upon the under side of the
leaves they cannot be killed with Pa
ris green and the condition is regarded
al very serious. The only name so far
given to the new fly is the Teddy
Bug"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-19

Sooe Melton, one of the old time
negroes, died at his home near ope-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-19

John F. Burns of huntsville, E. L. Mckee of
Selma, have returned from Nashville where
they attended the reunion of Confederate vete-
rams
Mr.. and Mrs. H. v. Ullman will leave town
tomorrow, Mr.. Ullman going to New York
and Mrs. Ullman to her former home in Chi
cago They will be absent for a fortnight
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. N Hasselvander who were
in Nashville during the reunion. went to s..
Louis, where they will be for several days
before they return home.
The many trends of James HARRISON. who
has been I'll in a hospital for six weeks, are
pleased to know that he has recovered.
Paul Jones. who was student at the South
ern University In Greensboro. has returned
home for the summer vacation.
Mrs j. W. Hunter left this morning for Co
den, where she Will be the guest of Mrs. ]. W.
Black for a week.
Mrs Marx Flies of Birmingham is the guest
of her parents Hon. and Mrs. NJ. ]. Meyer.
Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Morrison and family
have returned from Shelby Springs.
Mrs Joseph ]. sterne of Birmingham is the
guest Of Mrs Samuel sterne.
W. w. Berry of Orrvile a prominent
visitor to Selma today.
Mrs Leon Karpe of Delhi La, is the guest
of Mrs. H. B. EIkan.
W. l. Sheppard Of West Dallas was in the
city today.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-19

Mr.. and Mrs. ]. N. Hasselvander. who were
in Nashville during the reunion. went to s..
Louis. where they will be for several days
before they return home
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-19

The many trends of James HARRISON. who
has been I'll in a hospital for six weeks, are
pleased to know that he has recovered.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-19

Paul Jones. who was student at the South
ern University In Greensboro has returned
home for the summer vacation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-19

Mrs Marx Flies OF Birmingham is the guest
of her parents. Hon. and Mrs M J. Meyer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-19

Mrs ]. W. Hunter left this morning for Co
den, where she Will be the guest of Mrs J. W.
Black for a week.
Mower County transcript., 1904-12-07
TAs;:;lERs OF ENGLISH.

lrisn1aaen SPEAK it Better Than the Eng
lis,a Themselves.
It IS no new suggestion that Irish
men talk better English than the Eng
lish. Dean Swift wrote to Pope ex-
pressing his regret at some sighting
remark of the latter's concerning the
Irish: 1.-THE English colonies, who are
three parts in four, are much more
civilized than many counties in Eng
land, and speak better English, and
are much better bred.'' It will be re-
membered that the Dean was an Eng
lishman, and would thank every one
to remember it. It is possible here to
give only a few illustrations of the
survival of old words and pronuncia-
tions in Ireland. The many-headed
multitude who are "agin the govern
ment' use the old proposition which
they learned before it was modernized
into against" The word survives,
of COURSE in many rural districts Of
England, where there is little reading
of books. Ireland keeps to the old
fashions because the peasants are illit-
crate beyond English comprehension
The popularity of pronunciation which
most strikes the tourist is the broad
sound given to such words as <please,
sea, beast, complete" Waller, Dry
den and Pope habitually pronounced
them as 'splaze, say. baste, complate, .
as all students of seventeenth and
eighteenth century poetry have no.
ticed. Dryden, for example, wrote:
Neptune, yet doubtful whom he should
obey, .5,.-~. - 5.<sS SIS " Il -
Held TO them both the trident Of sths
/ Pope pronounced tea In the, same
manner as . Tipperary peasant does.
Ono example. referring to great An
ma" IS we'll known; here 10 smother
Soft yielding minds to water glide
And zip, With nymphs. the elemental
So IN Munster the country folk talk
OF the ''lay," meaning lea" that pret-
ty word which Englishmen have absn-
doned to the poets. II was the influ-
ence Of French that made our ances-
tors pronounce .complate'' SIS ss and
'sthame," and the influence still holds
good over here. Listen to Pope again:
Here swells the shelf with Ogilby the
great; SSs. $s 5 g. s35S8ySs
There, stamped with arms, Newcastie
shines CON plete. s,g ss:a So 81
English. with characteristic incon-
stancy, has kept the broad sound ii
great - London Aca denny sS. ss:
Mower County transcript., 1904-12-07

i. pSut FARMER: Ar.J. D. shssey,
5eeGf xu5tin HaU Ia Cyclone NutRs
Insurance Co. Of Austin, comss In din
tact withzas missy farnheftsl perhapsESs
any man In thestAte. He sayshe hids
that wherever there is q good dairy the
owner is prosperous, andHhis farm pf0-
ductiye. Mr.. Sheedy' observations hre
similar to our own, or that of any other
man who has large acquaintance
among the farmers. It would be q shfe
proposition to challenge any ons to
point to 3 first class dairyman who is
not prosperous. |
2 Minneapolis = Tribune: Minnesota
won all her football games in 1904 and
wanted to play Michigan. Michigan
won all her games in 1904 and refubed
to play Minnesota. The impartial bn-
thusiast can draw his own conclusions.
Michigan has given one reason after
another explaining her refusal to play
Minnesota, but all have fallen Eat.
The charges of rough play las" fall
have been proven hollow this yearfby
Michigan's foul tactics on several grid
irons, while not word has been heard
in complaint of the conduct of the
Gophers. Michigan has lodged Min
nesota at every corner and hereafter
there can be no refusal unless it be due
but to one cause. Any sidestepping
by the Michigan men must be taken
as q sign of fear.
Brownsville Leafet: The officers of
the Mayville Coal Co. met November
26 and by the report given, they are do
ing large business. According to the
books of the secretary, there was Fl ON
November l to 26th, sold 122 tons and
the book of the treasurer showed un-
divided profit at shares par, the nice
sum of $165. And not this alone the
company has set the dealers of the sur
rounding towns to thinking and N most
of them have reduced the price fro ON
so cents to 81 per ton. The object is
to have them come down below our
price ond then the people are making
still more to get it here as the profit
goes back to the share holders. The
Farmers Exchange also met at the
same time with the coal company and
it was decided if buyers would not pay
40: cents for barley by December Is,
they would build an elevator at May
Vile, capacity 10000 bushels. -
Mower County transcript., 1904-12-07

BY recent decision the New York
State court of appeals declared uncon-
stitutional the labor law which pro-
hibits contractors from employing his
men more than eight hours day on
city, county or state work..s..A corpora
ton refused to pay contractor be-
cause he had employed his men over
eight hours a day. The court holds
that the contractor must be paid. 1t is
a sensible decision.
Mower County transcript., 1904-12-07

OVER 100000 attended the interna'
tional live stock show in Chicago last
week, an increase ia attendance of
one third over the previous year. It is
a great educator and Minnesota as u.s.
ual came off one Of the conspicuous
winners of prizes.