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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-24
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I the bushes-"Torine, 'Torine." He | barred his head to an old charcoal burn | CT, grime to the roots of his white hair and through 1t: he shouted a hearty | greeting to a crowd of young fellows going to chopping-theirh horses trot- 1 ting four abreast, the axes across their shoulders glittering in the sun; they gave back the greeting heartily. They | were thinking of anniset. and dancing. and coffee, and girls, he-why what | could he think of with a heart beat ing inside of him like that. He heard , the creak of his saddle the jingle of the bits and the muffled toe, toe of the | little mares hoofs on the road. And all he heard ran in to a refrain of one | dear name.
 An, there she was on the gallerie- all in white and rose-a white rose-in her hair. "Des diffent" he muttered.
 she use to like the red rose best" His hand shook so he could scarce fasten the little mares bridle to the picket half way up the walk he raised his hat. but he strode up the steps slowly. Madam arose, Victorine arose, Michell bowed over madam's hand. T hope. me das I see you well. madam" he said courteously. though his voice trembled. Yes, madam was very well She thanked him. And how was mad am, his mother? He thanked her Madam his mother was in good heal,h -lc bon sante. And at last he might turn to Victorine, who stood demurely waiting The same formal greeting and the state of his sisters health only this time the hand clasp was a bit tighter He could not help that It was so good to feel those supple fingers within his palm once more
 
 she asked, deliciously. Madam covered his stammered reply with a shrill or der to petit frere. Bidding him hurry rom the Kitchen with a chair for Michell: Porte la chaise, cher. porte la chaise." The chair came They all took seats. Petit frere offered his hand shyly to Michell. Victorine spoke kind ly.
 Francois caught big gopher yes- terday Did you know?"
 No; didn't hear bout das," said Micheil. and to the boy. Where you catch heem?"
 Down yondah," replied the lad. pride of his catch lost in admiration of the yellow spotted tie.
 Bon jour, Michell Comme ca va?' It was monsieur He rung the young mans hand. and to Francois, Porte Ia chaise. cher Porte la chaise. Keep you seat. keep you seat. We'll I see your pa yesterday. He teel me he go- in turpentine his land Yas?"
 Vas. das what he say"
 Well, don know bout das. me " They talked turpentine pro and con. Madam hustled to the kitchen and re- turned presently with the coffee pot. followed by petit soeur with cups and sugar Each and all drank coffee, Madam arose. she looked hard at mon sieur. But monsieur talked on-a neighbours disaster being too tempting to forego: An, l hear. me, he's goin' burn coal now das storm blow down mos his trees"
 Vas, I meet lot of young fellow goin' to his chopping little while ago"
 Why didn' you go?" murmured Vic torine, asserting her rights. Michell turned. T was coming here" he said simSly. And at last monsieur saw madam's signal
 Excuse moi" he said, hastily .T %
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-24
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provement is extending to all depart gregate there is less idle machinery than at any recent date. Railway earnings for September were five per cent larger than a year ago and for- eign commerce at this port for the last weeks shows a gain of S2. .945,667 in eX- ports as compared with 1903, although imports decreased $713670. There is no evidence of anxiety among consum- CTS of iron and steel to place large or- ders or to secure quick delivery, yet the tonnage gradually expands and 1t is evident that the lowest point of the depression has passed. Production steadily increases, prices are more readily maintained and the number of pending contracts promises well for the future. Haste in starting up coke fur naces augurs well for the future and better demand for bituminous coal Is encourag gingly. Tin is cratic in re. sponse to London fluctuations rathe : than any domestic influence but cop per is strong because of the heavy exports.
 Moderate gains continue to be made by the textile industries, particularly as to wooden and wcfsteds. Staple lines are quoted somewhat higher and prompt dellVerleS are urged by pur- chasers. Increased activity at the mills has helped to sustain the eastern market for wool. Irregularity in cot ton goods must be attributed to an er- ratic demand and uncertainty regard ing the raw material. Activity lI greatest in cases where stocks are low and this urgent business is dono at full prices. but concessions occur on other sales that call for future deliv- cry. Firmness continues In packer hides independent tanners making lib. eral purchases Large sales of brand- ed and Colorado hides are recorder Country hides are weaker, but receipts of foreign dry hides are quietly ab- sorbed.
 Lower grades of hemlock sole leath-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-24
THE CIRCUIT COURT.
Judge Sayrc Makes an Order ns to
 TOmpkins Estate.

TOmpkins Estate.
 Judge T. S. Sayre yesterday ad- journed the Montgomery Circuit Court until Monday at noon. when jury cases Will be taken up. In the case of Alex Troy and W. S. Thorington as execu- tors of H. c. T2npkins, deceased. against Alabama Terminal and Im- provement Co.,. defendant. O. c. Wiley and Clarence Murphree. garnishees. the following order was made:
 Comes Alexander Troy and shows unto the court that Alexander Troy and W. s. Thorington have made set tlement and resigned as executors of H. c. Tompkins. deceased. and that said Alexander Troy has duly qualified as administrator de bonis cum testa- mento annexo of estate of H. c. Tomp- kins, deceased, and moves the court for leave to revive the suit in the name of Alexander Troy. as administrator. The garnishees object to granting of order of reviver. Objection overruled. Leave to revive suit In name of Alexander Troy as administrator Is hereby grant ed. Cause continued to await action of supreme court in case of Hall and Farley. trustees, vs. Henderson, ct als"
 All non-jury cases not disposed of will go over until the next term.
 The court will begin Monday t.e consideration of jury cases.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-24
BRADsTREETs REVIEW.
Cool Weather Stimulating to Whole
 sale and Retail Trade.

sale and Retail Trade.
 New York. Sept. 23. 3.-Bradstreets 8 tomorrow will say:
 Cool weather. while retarding or in- turing some late crops has been stim- ulating to fall trade, both wholesale and retail, which shows an apparent increase in volume over a year ago. The improvement Is most marked in dry goods, clothing, groceries, shoes and hardware. Distributive trade Is better throughout the South.
 The labor situation is rather quiet on the whole, although some notably large strikes continue unsettled. Among the industries some improve ment Is to be noted in the cruder forms of iron: buying of pig iron Is rather better, particularly in portions of the West, but finished products fail to re- spond liberally to recent price reduc- tions. The cotton goods industry still pursues a halting course. price uncer- tainties breeding conservatism. Wool has been firm this week, the statisti- cal position being a strong one D6ess woolens have been and are in good de- mand but mems wear fabrics have hardly moved as fast os desired.
 Failures in the United States for the week ending September 22 number 203. against 167 last week; 1855 ia the like week in 1903 TIP in 1902, 1y7 in 1901 and 169 in 1900. In Canada failures for the week number 27 against 29 last week.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-24
LE RUBAN ROUGE.
BY F. H. LANCASTER.

5
 fishing Co.)
 AIors Quoi. qu'est-ce qui vous vou- lex? Victorine had been away TO school now she was coming home. Monsieur. her father. had hitched the fat horse to the. high wagon and gone to the ferry to meet her; madam. her mother, had baked the cake petit soeur had swept the yard; petit frere had caught a gopher for the gumbo. Alors, and yet one another had done his part toward the welcoming. Mitch ell. he had bought the red ribbon yards of it--so bright. so rich, so shiney. Le ruban rouge! He spread it upon the bed that It might be ever be- fore his eyes while he dressed-bril- liant as a badge of courage: "Ders tree yard, yas. She's two inch wide" Mfchells fingers trembled as he knot ted his tie-blue and green with big yellow spots Si Jolie. but he had fore born to wear 1t until she came home.
 So it was with the new straw hat and the tan shoes-even the natty lin en suit and russett leather belt had been saved against her return. His mother and sister loo..ed on in Gdmira- tion as he stood tightening his saddle girths. A red handkerchief peeped from one pocket. a white one from an- other. None of them knew what 1t was that made his breast pocket bulge so.
 He looks nice," said the mother, softly.
 .Yas.' replied the oldest sister, T get das shirt just stiff enough La maftresse decole say one spoonful to one cup. I write das down, me-" She spoke with pardonable pride. They waved their hands to Michell-"Bon jour, bon jour" He drew up the reins: one brand new tan described an arc over the mares neck, he sat erect and waved his Bon jour ma mere; bon jour. mes soeurs." The little bay sprang at once into the gait at which he always rode her. steady lone. easy and swift, up hill and down. over dry roads and wet. and as she loped her masters heart loped with her.
 Looking after him, such a picture of eager young manhood he made madam's heart misgave her. T wish to know she said half to herself. T wish to know. me eef ,victorine is changed moch."
 MichelPs heart was troubled with no misstving. Le ruban rouge lay warm to 1t, and glad anticipation thrilled him through and through. What an after noon it was and how the birds sang In
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-24
Death of Mrs. Frances Hardeman.

Mrs. Frances Hardeman died at her home at Dinsmore, Ga, on Tuesday morning, September 20, 1904. She was born at Batesville, Ga, in 1S3S and was the daughter of Louis and Alphia Day, early settlers of Cherokee County. She was twice married In 1858 she mar ried Elisha Chamblee, who lived only a few years after this union. She was again married in 1867 to Bennett M. Hardeman. who preceded her to the grave only a few months ago.
 The deceased was the mother of seven children, three of whom survive her. These are Mrs. Jams Adams of Roswell. Georgia; James S. Hardeman of Mobile, Ala; and Benjamin F. Harde- man of this city. She was a member of large family circle, five brothers and three sisters being left to mourn her loss. Up to her last illness, she had enjoyed the best of health but she grew weak so rapidly that the end was not unexpected. Surrounded by her children. and a large number of sorrowing relatives, she passed into the great beyond. She was a consis- tent and devoted member of the Bap- tist Church for twenty-two years, and she will be sadly missed by her family her relatives and her friends
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-24
Marriage mt ButIer sUr,ua..

Butler Springs, Sept. 23.-(Special.)- )- Quite an unexpected event occurred here this afternoon. Dr. D. A. Mason of Activity, Ala. and Miss Anna Lou Hairston of Fort Deposit were united in marriage. Rev. Dr. David Adams, grandfather of the groom, performed the ceremony. This unexpected mar riage will no doubt be a great surprise to their many friends.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-24

Nash Streets at total cost of $500.
 John Brown was granted a permit to repair one story frame house on the Carter Hill Road near Hail Street at a cost of S527.
 To repair two story frame house on Moulton Street between Montgomery and Church Streets to the amount of $25, Charles Matthews secured a per- init
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-24
Mir. Mat Lilies Dead.

The body of MT. Mat Lilies, who died Thursday in Elba was brought to Montgomery at 10:30 o'clock yesterday morning and was taken to his home, TAT Clayton Street.
 The funeral will take place at 10 o'clock this morning from the residence and interment will be made in Oakwood Cemetery.
 MT. Lilies had been in i'll health for some time and had gone on a visit to relatives in Elba when he was taken sick, and died shortly afterwards. He was a man of genial disposition and had a great many friends.
 A wife and children survive him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-24

T regret that I cannot agreo in the conclusions of the majority of the Board of Compromise in the case The law does not authorize a Tax Collec- tor to deposit money in the bank and If he does so he does 1t at his own risk. and, in my judgment. the Board of Compromise should not ~elisve such Tax Collector for money lost by fail ure of a bank. If 1t be just and prop CT in small amount it would be so in a large amount
 The relief If granted at all should come through the legislature.
 R. M. Cunningham.
 Acting and Lieutenant Governor" The majority of the Board having decided in favor of Mir MT. Roberts he was of course relieved.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-24
DUN'S REVIEW.
Trade Expanding Steadily as Conf.
 dence Increases.

New York. Sept. o3.-R. c. Dun and Company's weekly review of trade to- morrow will say Trade expands steadily as confidence increases with the harvesting of the crops and mer- cantile collections are less tardily met. Lower temperature stimulates the de- mand for fall and winter wearing ap- parel and there Is more disposition to prepare for the future rather than confine operations within the limit of immediate requirements. The i'm
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-24
Three Building Permits.

City Engineer D. w. Ford yesterday issued three building permits which amounted to 1852
 w. D. Judge secured a permit to erect two two-room, one story frame houses on Magnolia Street between Day and
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-24
MRS. BUCKLEY BURIED.

Ohio Woman Who Came south for Her
 Health.
 The funeral of Mrs. William Buckley who died Thursday at her home, 412 Oakley Street, took place at g o'clock yesterday morning from the residence. MT. Buckley and his wife some time ago started from their home in Ohio to Florida on account of the i'll health of Mrs. Buckley. They got as far as Montgomery on the trip and were com pelled to stop by a more serious turn of her illness. They had lived here about six months. Consumption was the disease that caused her death.
 Interment was made in Oakwood Cemetery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-24
Death of Mrs. Johnson.

 Friends in this city will learn with regret of the death of Mrs. Elrlina j.. Johnson at the home of her son, J. F. Johnson In Greenville yesterday after noon.
 Mrs. Johnson was the widow of the late Judge J. F. Johnson, who was Tor many years a prominent cott ,n broker of this ci,y. Sinco nIs .lsatn his widow had lived with her son in Greenville.
 Mrs. Johnson was II years of age and had lived a long, useful and ex- emplary life While lIviny here, she had a host of friends and those wh" are still surviving will learn uf Ter death with deep regret. The funeral will take place iron; the union depot this morning on the ar rival of the tram bearing the body from Greenville. Intermcnt will be made in Oakwood Cemetery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-24
UNPACK HEAVY CLOTHES,
And Send to HoIt's Dye Works Before
 Cold Weather.

Don't wait till cold weather compels you to put them on, but unpack your heavy clothes now and let us clean, press and repair them now so they will be ready when needed Telephone 4S2
 adv-tf.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-24

steady. but quet.
 Failures this week aggregate 225 in the United States, against 232 last year and thirty in Canada. compared with nineteen a year ago.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-24

A GUARANTEED CURE FOR PILES.
 Itching, Bleeding. Blind or ProtrudIns, Piles, Your druggist will refund money # PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure you in $ to IA oays' DUG tu-thu- sat-tf
The leader., 1904-08-20
Base Ball Craze in Mississippi.

Disheartening stories Of poIiti-
cal apathy are waited up from old
Mississippi at the very dawn of
the campaign. Where the popu-
lace, like Fuzzy Wuzzy, should
be ''all hot sand and ginger" for
the paramount issue, it is stand
ing on the bleacher boards and
cheering ecstatically for the home
team.
Booker T. Washington and
Gov. Vardaman are forgotten.
Nobody has ever seen their names
on the batting list. Where did
they pitch last year? John Sharp
Williams returns to Yazoo City
loaded with honors from the Dem
ocratic National Convention and
there is none to welcome him.
The entire population is out at the
baseball park, ready to vote for
anybody for president who can
hammer out a home run in the
ninth inning when the score is
tied. E. j. Bowers and Stone
Deayours are campaigning in the
Sixth district, but nobody will
listen to them. They want to talk
politics instead of fielding and
batting averages.
Mississippi is going from bad
to worse, or from good to better.
It was hardly more than a year
ago that the interest Of the ne
Igroes in base ball interfered to
such an extent with the picking Of
the cotton crop that the legisla-
ture was petitioned to restrict the
national game. Now it is politics
| that cries for relief.
Yet a compromise is not impos
lsible. Base ball is a good game
land politics is good game. Why
cannot Mississippi combine them?
Let there be political speeches
between the innings at ball games,
and ball games between the
speeches at political rallies. Then
Ieverybody's rights and liberties
will be conserved. Nobody's pur-
suit Of happiness will be hamper
led. Life in Mississippi will be
lone grand yell of delight. New
York World.
The leader., 1904-08-20
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

Meridian received her first bale
Wednesday.
Summit was visited by a bail
storm Wednesday.
Mrs. A. P. Lagrone died this
week at Magnolia; aged 80 years.
Volume 1, No. /, of the Maben
Press, neat all-home pint news
paper, has been issued.
Another infant has been found
dead in Jackson's suburbs. 1t
had been thrown in a brier patch
and was a mulatto. No light was
shed on the matter.
From twenty -one acres planted
in spinach last spring, DR.. E. w.
Smith, of Canton, netted ten
thousand dollars, and now has the
same ground planted in cotton.
Gulfport had a $4,000 fire
Tuesday night, and were it not
for the new water works plant,
just completed, the entire city
would have been practically wiped
out.
The first bale of cotton for the
season at Magnolia was brought
in Monday afternoon by Mr..
Leonard Ailmand, who lives five
miles east of Magnolia. 1t weigh
ed 452 lbs and brought 1917, and
in addition Mr.. Allmand received
a barrel of -four as premium.
The Remington Camp Meeting
Association Of Crystal Springs,
have decided not to hold the an
nual session, as advertised, to be-
gin on the 18th inst. It is stated
they fear small attendance and be-
ing unable, in consequence, to pay
expenses. This institution was
organized 33 years ago and il is
hoped the suspension will only be
for this year.
Mrs. Charles B. Galloway, wife
of Bishop Galloway, has received
a message from the bishop, dated
at Yokohama, Japan, in which be
announces his safe arrival at that
port. The bishop went from that
pace to Kobe, Japan, where he
was to hold the Methodist confer
ence, and from Kobe he will go to.
Shanghai, China, and thence to
Seoul, Corea, in both of which
places he will hold conferences.
Laurel will hold her Democratic
primary Aug. 81. The candidates
already announced are: For may
or, Torrey q. McCallum and J.
M. Consley; for marshal, j. W.
Martin, j. c. Clark, G. B. Smith
and E. Holiield; for city treasur-
er, j. w. Cowart, John W. sum-
rail- and III. G. Denham; for al
derman ward /, L. Stanton and
I. M. Travis; for alderman ward
2, Andrew Flanagan; for alder
man ward 4, G. M. Reddoch and
M. P. Bush.
The leader., 1904-08-20

In many instances considered soon be-
gin to place new fall goods shelves and need the
room.
The leader., 1904-08-20
close out.

All broken lines, odd lots and stock we wish to
close out.
The leader., 1904-08-20
Must Have a Good One.

Oyster Bay, Aug. Is. Little
Kermett Roosevelt got a spanking
today. He asked bis father for
the United States naval vessel
|SyIph to play with this summer.
as he had played with it last year,
and when the President told him
that be couldn't have the ship un-
It'll after tho election he set up 4
yell. Mr.. Roosevelt had TO give
him good spanking right before
u group Of correspondents and
photographers.
The leader., 1904-08-20
Program Farmers Institute.

The Monticello Farmers Insti-
tute will meet in the courthouse
Saturday, Sept. 3. The following
is the program for discussions
1st. Fruit Growing. (a VIII
it pay (b) How TO start young
orchard successfully.
2nd. Truck Growing. Can we
grow successfully {a Tomatoes; /;
(b) Irish potatoes; (cl Beans; ld)
Cabbage.
Everybody cordially intiged.
w. 6. MAXW ELL,
S. M. DOUGLASS,
R. III. TOWNSEND,
Committee.
Aug. s, 1904.
suuus
Hausa for rent. S. Kohlman.
The leader., 1904-08-20

z. B. Tabor. former owner and
editor Of the Brandon News, and
who went to Earlville, Ill, and
has since been issuing the Earl
Vile Leader, has purchased tbe 1.a
Sale County Gazette, Express ct
The leader., 1904-08-20
JOB PRINTER WANTED,

September ist to 18th. Must be sober, genteel
industrious, quick and capable "a good all-round
job and ad. man. No other need apply. Per-
manent employment at good wages to the right
man. Address THE LEADER,
Brookhaven Miss.
The leader., 1904-08-20

House for rent. S. Kohlman.
The leader., 1904-08-20
Husuet Closing
Out Bargaine

are still being offered in every department of the big store
In the Clothing Department ice cream suits and straw
hats being closed out regardless and special bargains
offered in light weight wool garments and odds and
ends in suits and trousers.
The leader., 1904-08-20

Meridian received her first bale
Wednesday.
The leader., 1904-08-20

Mrs. Eliza e. Barnes died We'd
nesday in Summit.
The leader., 1904-08-20

Our new windows reflect the modern styles and great OF
ferngs of our store and you will watch them you can save
money.
The leader., 1904-08-20

the same place and will continue
the publication of the two papers
as separate propositions. Tabor
is q hustler
Amador ledger., 1904-06-10
A Queer death superstition.

A curious relic of the superstitious
ideas of the middle ages still exists in
many parts of England - the notion
that when the death of a person is i'm
minent the fastenings of the door of
the death chamber or of the other
rooms of the house hinder the depar-
ture of the soul from the body, thus
making final dissolution doubly pain
full.
A gentleman writing about half a
century ago for a collection of anti
quarian papers states that when he
was curator at Exeter he had a call
to the deathbed of one of his parish
toner's. Upon arriving there the wife
of the patient told the minister that
she had expected her husband to die
during the previous night and on that
account had left the doors all open or
unlocked Upon asking for reasons for
this odd proceeding he was told of the
neighborhood superstition.
Amador ledger., 1904-06-10
Our Debt to Asia.

1t is noteworthy that out Of Asia
came our alphabet and our Arabic nu-
merals. The compass we owe to the
Chinese, who knew the magnetic nee
die as early as the second century A.
D. Gunpowder originally came out Of
Asia, and so did the art of printing and
the manufacture of paper. The Chi
nese invented movable types in the mid
die of the eleventh century, $50 years
before Gutenberg. They also made
silks long before Europe and porcelain
that has never been equaled by Eu-
rope. Truly, Asia is the cradle of the
race. On the original ideas of the Per
slams, Arabians, the Hindoos and the
Chinese our modern society has been
built.-Portland Oregonian.