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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-11-29
Feminine Charity.

Feminine Charity.
Maud-Ioung Simkins is what /
would call prize idiot.
,Clara-Then the report must be
1.,tue.
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Clara-That he has heen n.,,
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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-11-29
ST. l., |. M. G. S.
SPECIAL RATES.

The Iron Mountain will sell hoEe-
seekers excursion tickets at rate OF
enc fare plus two dollars for round
tip TO points in Mexico, Texas and In
dian and Oklahoma territories. Tick
cts on sale October and IS and No.
vember l and Is, also December and
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-11-29

International live stock exposition.
Chicago H., Noevmber 90 to Decem-
Ter 8, 1904. For the above occasion
the following round trip rates and ar
rangements are authorized to Chicago,
III: Rate, one fare plus 81 for the
round trip. Dates of sale, November
2t, 81 and IS. Return limit, Decen-
jer 5, leaving Chicago.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-11-29

The Iron Moutain will sell tickets al
rate Of eight dollars and fifteen cents
to ST. Louis and return, account the
worlds fair. Tickets on sale Sunday
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday Of each week during the
onths of September, October and
November. All tickets to be limited
for return passage to seven days from
date of sale. but not including date of
sale, but in no case later than Deem
Der s.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-11-29

Christmas and New Year holiday
1ates. Account Christmas and New
Year holidays tho sale of re,ma trip
tickets is hereby authorized from ait
ST. L. S. ". railway points, iaeu!din2
Memphis 10 territory specified herein
a. the following round nip raf@2 &ad
arransemens Telrjtory: Cotton
1Eeb route: All points Tickets viii
e 50 be sold to po,ars on qthar liae*
in territory outlined below: ATEaa-
81 ali points. nHaots C&iro and
Thebe= only. lnsjau Territory. all
points. Kansas. all points I.aoi#i-
ara. all points on the Cotton Bel
@ro5,a only. Missouri all point in
a. .SSaeri south q the Missouri river.
Nebraska. all points 0l1I2hqma fe@-
51itory. all points Tennessee Mem
81 his only. Texas. all points. Rate.
one fare plus 80 cents for the round
tf.p. Minimum adult rate will be
81 cents. Minimum child's rate Will
he % cents. Rates to and form Mem
nhis will be made Cne fare plus -
cents. Dates of sale, December -
25 and 81, 1904, and January !, 1900.
Return limit January 4, 1905.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-11-29

It's far liter - ne ter. on ee0t
ny than 5raso Al xfralacanee.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-09

craze of ten or twelve wheels week and have never before known the demand 10 be so active. E
 Taking into account the fact that Tn all other parts of the city the demand for them Is just as good as in this To- cality," said an old Nassau Street safes man, II should say something like oVV have been sold a week since the opening of the holiday season. l understand that if is a great fad now to have rouiet'e narties. Of course. draw poker al"dS S has been popular game among men an" women who gather at one ahotIel , homes on social visits. But thls seaso"' ii seems. roulette is the fashion, Nou- lete is one of the most fascinating 1olihs of play, as its action is quick and the pos abilities are great. For instance there are 36 numbers and O' and OO on thc layout. If you play a number that "lt,s ts you are paid at the rate or "o lor l. VI course, this gives a percentage ol tMo out of 3S in favor of the man ruhillhe the wheel. but the player never cons uels that of much account In the course oi an evening, however. the rake OIL amounts to quite bit of money.
 Not all these uptown prlVate houses confne themselves to these cheap little toy devices. I can assure you. Take one of those wheels of 20 inches in diameter and costing $40 for instance. Fitted up with full layout it Will make prett! good showing"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-09

the board that Dunlap had been one of the participants in what is known as the North ampton Bank robbery. Afterward he was in- strumental in returning to the bank. or to the parties In interest, $1 0O0, 900 of the securities which had been taken from the bank Subsequently upon the request of Lieu tenant-General w B. Herman and a number of other very prominent military officers who knew Dunlap, he pardoned. While it is true that 1t has been said that Dunlap was engaged in other robberies the PInkertons say this statement is not true and that Dunlap led an honest life until the burglary for which he was convicted in November, 1900. in Iro- quos County. After this pardon Pinkerton' detective agency set him up in business and were ready at all times, they claim, to help him in making honest living
 Some time before the robbery of the Iro- quois County Bank hls place of business was burned down and he had no insurance He seems to have felt that he had been a fail in business and was ashamed to go to Pinkerton and ask for help although they say the ystood ready to again set him up in busi- ness or, if necessary, simply to pay him a pension In this feeling he fell in with some other parties and went to Iroduois County and committed the crime. Mir Pinkerton wrote the Board of Pardous, giving the full history of the man, and said that from his experience with men he felt certain that Dunlap had reached an age when he would never again participate in a robbery, and that he would see that he led an honest and upright life in NiAN iNhuiN' anu Npulu slsll ms parole papers and take care of him. And he believes that 1t would work for the administration of justice If the man was paroled. MT. Pinkerton's agency is now. and has been for years, in the employ of the American Bankers Association Tor the purpose of running down and hunting men who rob banks His agency is also em- ployed much of the time by the State Bank CTS Association. Under all of these circum- stances the board felt no hesitancy whatever in granting parole to Dunlap. If there had been any SelHSnneSS in this matter WhafRypF. or any desire to discriminate against the pris- oner. 1t would have been manifested by the board because the chairman is a banker and the late president of the State Bankers As- sociation in this State but knowing Mir. Pink erton's relation to the American Association, and knowing of Mir. Pnkerton and his work. he had no hesitancy in believing that 1t would be best to parole Dunlap"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-09
GAMBLING AT HOME.
No Felony Laws Can Reach the
 Sportive Householder.

New York Press.
 Judging by the large number of toy roulette wheels being sold in Nassau Street there must be a great deal oi gambling going on in private families these days. Nassau Street is the heart of the toy and sportings goods belt. Onl dealer reports that he is selling 100 oi these little roulette wheels a week. 9th. CTS are selling nearly as many. In nearly all instances the wheels, which are per feet models of the large gambling de- vices. are sold for use in parlors.
 T could sell twice as many roulette wheels if I could produce them" said one of the dealers. "I make roulette wheels costing all the way from g to $500 but the biggest demand is for the grade costing $7 each. In the cheaper wheels the revolving parts are not imported, as they are in the more expensive ones. The wheels are made of solid hard wood and are as highly polished and as perfectly adjusted as the regular devices used in professional gambling houses.
 Where do they go to? Well, I sup- pose the big ones go to the gambling and clubhouses, but. of course, I do not ask what becomes of them. I sell them principally to persons in New York, and l understand that playing the wheel has become very popularAn the private houses on the upper West Side. We sell with tha wheels a regular layout-just as they have in the professional games-made of green cloth and green baize. and costing from 75 cents to $4 The wheels and the layouts are planned on the same system of numbering. with the O and 'OO' and red and black, as in the gambling-houses; and if one feels at all sportlve he can lose as much money on the miniature affairs as he can on the big wheels costing E 500 or 5000"
 Another large house that deals excIu- sively In sporting goods at retail is sell lette wheels day. all of which are i'm ported from Paris. The prices run from $6 for a wheel of 10 inches Tn diameter to $25 for one of 17 inches Some of the layouts. highly colored. cost $6 each. 9th CT dealers say they are selling on an av.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-09
THE pINKERToNs AND DUNLAP
Reasons Why the Release of the Not ed Rank Robber Was Favored.

St. Louis GIobe-Democrat'
 president Russell of the Illinois State Board of Pardons has just made statement rela- five to the pardon of James Dunlap, the ''gen- tIeman bank robber." Dunlap is alleged to have committed many daring roboeries in his tJr,a and if Is said he and his gang have in tbeir time stolen about A000,0O0. In 1900 he was sentenced to twenty years in the peni- tantiarv. and was recently pardoned. Presi- dent Russell says that William Pinkerton' head aS the detective agency which bears his name is chiefly responsible for Dunlap's pardon from Io1iet penitentiary. President RusselHs state mont follows
 "James R. Dunlap was parOlcd, by thc Euart t paT,lons it is fair to say, upon the repre- ~entations made to them by William A. Pnk- .rton. head of the great detective association hich bears his name. It was represented to
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-09
Statistics of Mine Accidents.

According to figures given out by the State Mine Inspector, there were. fifty seven men killed in the coal mines of Alabama during the year 1903 Of this number nineteen were white men and thirty-eight colored. Only one man was killed by a gas explosion. showing that the ventilation of the mines in this State was very good. Four accidents took place during the year. in which four were kill ed in each. The number killed in 1902 aggregated 50. but the production this past year will probably be million and half tons greater than it was during 1902 By months the number of men killed in the coal mines in Alabama the past year was as follows: January, 5; February. 4: March. (; April, 1; May, 6; Jone, 3: July, l; August 8: September, 5; October. ,: November. 2 December '.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-09
EXAMINATION PAPERS
THEY ARE BEING RECEIVED BY
 STATE BOARD.
No Special Privilege Will Be Grant cd Any Misunderstanding is to Be Done in Regular
 Order.

The examination papers from the faachers of forty-four counties in the State have been received by the State HonTA of Examiners.
 The papers from twenty-two other counties will be received in the next two nr three days.
 No examination was held in Mobile county. and no papers will be received from that county. Mobile county enjoys one or two unique educational privileges. One of these privileges is that the pub- Hr school teachers of that county do not have to stand the regular State ex- animation. The educational authorities can require the teachers to do so or they can exempt them from the examination.
 This privtlege. which no other county in the State enjoys. was conferred by an amendment 10 the educational bill on its passage in 1892 The amendment pro- sided that if a teacher had a certifi- cate from the Board of Education of Mobile county, no certificate from the State board would be required.
 Mobile county teachers are required to stand the regular State examination. however. if they desire to teach outside that county.
 county board of education has charge of the educational affairs of Mobile coun- fy The school system of that county ts said to be very efficient.
 The State Board of Examiners com posed of Superintendent I. W. Hill, Professor w. F. Feagn and Miss J. Nfcholine Bishop, has already begun the grading of the papers.
 Secretary Feagin of the State board, announced yesterday that the papers of no applicants would be examined out of the regular order. Requests for special gradings out of the usual order will be Ignored. The board has found it neces- sary for several easons to establish this rule The statement that a teacher is waiting to begin his school as soon as his papers are marked will have no effect upon the rule.
 No applicants papers will be exam med until his county is taken up and his paper will not be graded until it is reached in the regular order
 well Known Georgia Negro Dead.
 Atlanta, Ga, Jan. S.-W. A. Pledger one of the best known colored men in
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-09
Pig Iron at &1O.bo.

Announcement was made today that the sloss-Shefffeld Steel and Iron Company had sold few tons of No 2 foundry iron at $10.5O per ton. an advance of 5C cents over the price that prevailed last week The statement was made that while the sales of iron were not very heavy for this year. that the conditions were better and that the prices frmer all around. The prediction is made that iron will go to $11 and SIP per ton again and remain around those figures through the year.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-09
Hiedon Goes to California.

Col F.. L. Higdon left here this morning for California. where he goes to make some heavy contracts for fruit durn ng the summer and next fall and winter. Birmjngham and the Birmingham district consumed large amount of fruit, mostly oranges, from California. and 1t has heen deemed advisable to make contracts from eight to. ten months ahead this year, hence the trip at this time. The trip will consume about six weeks time. Colonel Higdon has started big fruit farm In Shelby County. east of here on the Gen. traI of Georgia Railroad
 Street Railway Traffic.
 Statistics of the Birmingham Railway
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-09
OIL FOR THE BODY

You can't lose an atom without feeling it. The body is like an engine, a watch, a machine; must be kept in good order to run right
 That's the reason Scotts Emulsion is so successful in all wasting diseases. It feeds, nourishes and strengthens when ordinary food won't.
 Doctors say Scott's Emul- sion is the best nourishment for those who are not as well as they should be-young or old.
 wen send you sample tree uPou request SCOTT BOVINE. Apa Pearl Street. Nsv xork
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-09

Georgia, died at his home here to-day after an illness of four weeks, from tu- berculosis. At the time of his death he was chairman of the Republican State Central Committee. He was a lawyer by profession and the editor of The At lanta Age, a paper devoted to the in- terests of his race.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-09

Save for my daily range Among the pleasant fields Of Holy Wl'' might despair. -Tennysoh' First Quarter. Lesson Il. Matt. iii,
 1-12. January 10, 1904.
 Preaching of John Baptist. Twice in her season of decay,
 The fallen Church hath felt Elijah 5 eye Dart from the wild it's piercing ray:
 Not keener burns in the chill mornink
 sky
 The herald star
 Whose torch afar
 Shadows and boding night-birds ny
 Keble, In Christian fear' The person and mission of John Baptist seemed a last efort of Providence to awaken the Hebrew nation. Had ne never uttered a word, his very salf would have been a sermon. His plain fare ana coarse raiment were a protest against purple and fine linen and faring sumptu- ously every day. He took some jutting rock for a pulpit, had the whole heavens for a sounding board, and river for a baptismal layer. Add to these scenic incidents the most fearless and searching speech that ever fell from human lips' and is it to be wondered that whole nation went out to hear him, and went down into his font, confessing their sins He was no reed, lowing obsequiously under the breath of imperialism. The burden of his preaching was the immi- hence of the kingdom of God. The ap- plication was a call to repentance and thorough reformation; the sign was baptism.
 All Israel experienced a great awaken ing. The Sabbatical year gave leisure for hearing and meditating Even those who did not honestly accept his preach ing were pleased with the novel sensation of it's electrifying rays. It was well worth ones while to see and hear him. The measure of his success is evident in the common belief that he himself was the Messiah-a mistake that he instantly rectif1ed with the most complete self-ef- facement. Yet the inference was still drawn, What must the King be like whose herald is decked in such moral grandeur"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-09
Maneum for Solicitor.

The fixing of the date of the Democratic
 primary has already stirred things politi-
 cal in Dallas County, and the first formal announcement was made this afternoon
 when Robert H. Mangum of Selma pub lished his candidacy for the Solicitorship of the Fourth Judicial Circuit to succeed
 Solicitor Quarles who wll not ask for re- election. MEs Mangum. is a successful at torney of Selma and upon the heyeraf oc- casioBs he has acted as Solicitor in the prosecution of cases has shown marked
 the Circuit. He is expected to have three OIjponentS. ''s+
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-09
MANY VIOLENT DEATHS
CORONER OF JEFFERSON GIVES
 OUT STATISTICS. o.,r
Efforts to Pan Mine Gold in Cleburne County-Pig Iron Sold for $1O.50 a Ton in Bir- ...
 mingham.

Birmingham, Jan. S.-(Special)-The records kept by Coroner w. D. Paris of Jefferson County, show that during 1905 he had 190 cases for investigation. Of this number 149 were violent deaths, 20 of them suicides. Thirteen were killed by trains and the majority of the balance were murders. Forty-one deaths were wrapt in mystery, some were assigned to alcoholism and other causes, with no signs of violence. The books show about 100 murders during the past year. which demanded an investigation by the Coro- ner. Most of the murders were commit ted by shooting, though there were those with knives and razors, crow bars, axes, picks, hatchets and other instruments. During March. May, July. August and October there were from twelve to fif- teen Investigations of violent deaths.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-09

The inhibitory measures in Germany against the importation of foreign cattle the price of meat in the country caus- ing a considerable reduction in the con- sumption thereof, as the middle and working classes cannot afford to pay the high prices demanded. In consequence of this. the consumption of fresh, dried and salted fish has largely increased.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-09
Officers Elected.

Naomi Rebekah Lodge. No. 10, at their last regular meeting nominated and elected their officers for the ensuing term. Noble Grand, Mrs Maggie Tisdale; Vice Grand, Mrs. Matilda Frances Sec retary. Mrs. H. c. Rose; Treasurer, J. R. Wing
 Representative, H. L. Rose.
 Alternate, Mrs. Sallie Thomas.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-09
Inspector of Meat and MUIR.


 Of all the. matters that are scheduled to have the consideration of the City Council, when 1t convenes next Monday night for the January session, none is Of more interest, perhaps of more import ance, to the people of Selma than the or dinance making provision for the crea- ton of the office Of inspector of meat and milk publicly offered for sale: and if the Committee on Ordinances, to whicn was entrusted the preparation of tae measure makes a final report there will be. according to general view, a parlia- mentary battle we'll worth the seeing and the hearing.
 The Councils Committee on Ordinances of which Mir Berry of the Fourth warG is Chairman. has prepared a law whiLn has, at the request of the Committee been supervised by City Health Olicer I. C. Skinner. County Health Officer 5. G. Gay. and President B. B. Began of the Dallas County Medical Soicety. The ordinance, it is understood, is modelled closely after a similar ordinance now ob- taining in Montgomery, and with the ex- ception of a few suggestions on minor points the physicians, who were acting on behalf of the Dallas County Medical Society. advised no changes and the or- dnnance is expected to go to the Council Monday night almost exactly as it now stands.
 If the office should be created it's wages will probably he fixed at $50 the month. and there may be several applicants Tn case. however the Council decides that an expert bacteriologist is required, it is possible that the office will be combined with that of City Physician.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-09
Selma Cotton Market.

Buyers and sellers of cotton in Selma were 1-2 a cent apart today and there Is no record ot an agreement between those who bid F 12 and those who asked 13. inal, .
 The movement yesterday was: Receipts, IFS; shipments, g.; since September 1: Re ceipts, S0,379; shipments, 72,S19; stock, 7,560.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-09
Solicitor ouarles to Have Help.

The news of the indictment against Em- Ray, for the murder and arson alleged to have been committed by them in Pine- aple December 26. lends interest to the known lawyer of Selma, had been en- gagged to assist the States solicitor, Hon. w. w. Quarles, in conducting the pros- ecution of the case.
 So far Mir. Quarles alone has been the counsel for the State. and though shortly after the arrest of the defendants in the case It was announced that assistant counsel would bet engaged, no other at- torDey was engaged until yesterday.
 , The defense has engaged four attorneys, E. N. Jones, Paul Everett Jones, J., N. Miller and B. M: Miller. all members of the Camden bar. and regarded as among the most learned and skilled lawyers .: Alabama.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-09
NEWS OF CENTRAL CITY
INTEREST IN MEAT AND MILK
 INSPECTION ORDINANCE.
Meeting of the City Council Next Monday Night is Expected to be Lively-Jenries to
 Aid ouarles.

Advertiser Bureau,
 Selma, Jan. 5. The City Court of Selma convened this pied with the settlement of pieadings, nothing of general interest being trans- acted.
 Inc criminal work of the court will l,t taken up Monday, January IS, which be- Of court. On that day the grand jury will be organized.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-09
THE SUPREME COURT.
Will Meet Monday to Take up
 Seventh Division.

Seventh Division. The Supreme Court of Alabama will meet Monday at noon to consider cases coming up from the Seventh division.
 In the number and importance of the cases submitted, the Seventh division is the second largest in the State. It is composed of the counties of Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cieburne, De Kalb r.to- wah, Randolph. Shelby, St. , Clair, and Tailadega. .
 It is expected that cases touching the new acts pertaining to the Montgomery city government will be decided by the court at any early date.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-09

For Stomach, Liver and Bowels. {. Laxo Pills are a mild. gentle and re- liable laxative, designed to promote the healthy and normal action of the stom- ach, liver and bowels, and to correct habitual constipation. Druggists. 25 cents.
 adv.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-09

It was the aptest moment in the annals of the world for the introduction of the Kingdom of God. Philosophy, art, gov ernment. were seemingly allowed to come to perfection in order that their futility might be the more manifest. They were all at one end of the beam; and, as they
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-09

Light and Power Company, show that 1S.- 72O.659 persons were carried over the lines of the company during the year 1903.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-09
Gold Mining in Cleburne.

Isaac Morgareidge has arrived In tha city from Kemps Creek Cleburne Coun- ty, Ala. where he reports enthusiastic efforts are being made to operate pan mining of gold. Already a canal for this purpose has been built six and a half miles long. The operations are headed by Frank F. Taylor. an author ized gold mining expert from Cripple Creek. Colo. It is estimated by MT. Morgareidge that the ore will yield from Sl to $5 per ton.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-09
REV. ANGUS BOWLING DEAD.

For Forty-five Years a Member of
 Alabama Methodist Conference. Ozark, Jan S.-(SpeciaL)-Rev. Angus Bowling, forty-five years member of the Alabama Conference Methodist Episcopal Church, South, died at Dale vile, Ala. this morning.
 He will be buried from Ozark Saturday or Sunday He was known and loved over all the State
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-09

In this paragraph the curtain of the New Testament rises, and the greatest epoch since worlds were made begins.