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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-13
A Worlu-Sermon.
Savannah News.

Savannah News.
 ''I was walking up the aisle of the Church of the Transfgurat ton some time ago with Dr. Houghton," said Bishop Potter, in his Easter sermon, when he stopped to shake hands with a man in a rear seat. When the service was over Dr. Houghton called my attention to the act, and asked If l thought 1t strange I said 1t was, and he told me that man had just come out of Sing Sing after serving thirty years pr. Houghton told me he wanted to show the man ho was glad to see him in church. I said If the Lord Jesus Christ had been there he would have done the same thing"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-13
WEDNESDAY, APRIL IS, 1904.
GUNS AND auNpowpER.

The question of the inventor and earli- est use of gunpowder, and of guns and cannons is almost as uncertain as is the age of Ann. or any other unknown and unknowable problem. The authorities generally hold that it was invented about the beginning of the Fourteenth Century. yet Roger Bacon, fifty years earlier, speaks of tt as having been used before his day.
 Now comes a writer in Stray Stories who tells us that the Hindoo code, com piled before the Christian era, speaks of the use of gunpowder. and also states that 1t was used at least as early as AL exander the Great, three or four centu- fies before Christ The Chinese, also, claim that they were familiar with 1t in the remote past, but Chinese claims and records are not always reliable. At any rate. the claim that 1t has been in use not more than five centuries apparently rests on slight foundation.
 It is barely possible that guns as we understand the term, are of less remote origin. The pictures and descriptions of those used even as late as the Fifteenth Century are certainly as rude as can well be imagined The inventive mind of man An early days was very dull, and was slow to mark out or grasp any new idea, 1t is true. but 1t seems hardly possible that guns could have been used a thousand years and yet have remained as crude as those in, the days of Columbus. They ought. in all that time, to have gotten out something better than anything we find mentioned only five centuries ago. Still, it may be possible that some form of pow der may have been used long before any effective gun was made.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-13
CURE FOR DRINK HABIT.
John T. Stenson Says Apples Aid
 Good Morals.

Apples are a sure cure for the drink ho lit. the tobacco habit and low morals which lead to crime says John T. Stem son. director of pomology at the St. Louis Worlds Fair. Pamphlets setting forth the efficacy of apples as a cure for bad hahits will be distributed with 1.000,- O0O apples on apple day, September 2.
 To work @ cure by means of the apple dlet he advises that when one has a craving for q smoke an apple be sub3ti- tated If drink or liquor Is desired take an apple in it's place. If there is a ten- oenty to do something desperate sit down and quietly cat an apple and reflect over 1t. Just what medical property is con- tained in the apple to eradicate the to- baeeo and liquor habit MT. Stenson does not pretend to say.
 Senator Cockrell's moral life and states manship are cited as an incident of tho refining Influence Of apples It Is a well known fact that the Senator makes a luncheon of apples every day to the ex- clrsion of all other food and has kept up this diet for thirty years.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-13
RoosEvELr,s R CoMMoNPLAcEs.

What I like abuot your speeches, MT. President" said the late Mir. Thomas R. Reed on one occasion to Roosevelt, lis .he glad way that you daily rediscover the Ten Commandments.''
 The Washington Post Is edited, so far as the Administration Is concerned. in a most gingerly style. Before the Presi- dents accidental accession, when he was Governor of New York. great hero of the Spanish War. Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Police Commissioner and Civil Ser vice Commissioner, and so on through his earlier career, he was a pet subject for the sarcasm and ridicule of the Washing ton paper. It was unwearied in making laughter at his expense. Being President now, The Post is more cautious in hand- ling his name. The paper is independent, but manages edItorialiy to snuggle up to any administration in power. It would be too much for human nature. however. not to take dig at Roosevelt occasion ally even If 1t has to be sly dig, and The Post has gone at him in a clever way in mock eulogy of recent speech. It reads as if 1t was meant to fool the Presi- dent himself, and perhaps 1t did.
 Under the captain, MT. Roosevelts Timely Hint" The Post gravely brags about his commonplace: |,
 On the occasion of his address Thurs day evening at the banquet of the Peri odical Publishers Association, President Roosevelt gave utterance to a sentiment whcih, we feel sure, will command cordial approval in all quarters:
 We have a very large field for work ing against evil here at home. When we nave made things all as they should be in nation, State and municipality heJe a home, then we can talk about reform ing the rest of mankind; but meanwhile let us begin at home.
 There can be no two opinions as to the wisdom. the propriety, and the kindness involved in this injunction. Our Saviour preached it in the parable of the mote and the beam. The thought is immortal ized In the Golden Rule" It lives in a thousand ancient saws and pregnant aphorisms. Reform, like charity, begins at home Jr should begin there. And the President points the way to the truest and the noblest Christianity when he counsels Us to see to our own morals be- of others. Stages and philosophers of all lands and ages have put this precept first among the rules of righteous com duct. It is the cornerstone of every wholesome creed-ot every worthy ritual, religious or political. MT. Roosevelt never spoke a wiser word, and it ig well to bear in mind the fact that he seasoned theory with substance in no uncertain fashion. He did not content himself with saying that those who live In glass houses should not throw stones; he told us-as is the solemn truth-that our dwelling Is con structed of particularly brittle and trans- parent stuff. It was brave and timely utterance. Every thoughtful and right. minded citizen will thank him for it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-13
Assignments of Cnnsuls.

Washington, April 12.-The assignment to temporary duty of the three United States Consuls to Manchurian posts. hay. ing been left to Minister Conger he has slightly changed the original program so that now MT. Cheshire will go to tue legation at Pekin as an attache; Mir, Davidson is detailed for duty at the Shanghai consulate while Mir. Morgan. now en route to China. will be assigned to duty as an assistant consul either al Newchwang or Chefoo.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-13
Wants to Turn Him Down.

Chattanooga Times.
 MT. Bryan has turned Judge Parker down because the Judge hasn't submitted plans and specifications for the platform he thinks his party ought to build at St. Louis Judge Parker thinks the Demo- cratic party in convention ought to be left to make the platform 1t wants; if he likes 1t he will take it; if not, he'll probably decline to run on it. MT Bry- an, who has contracted the habit of thinking that he is the only man who has right to think for his party, doesn't understand that sort of a Democrat It's an innovation. however, the masses of the party appear to be rellshing very greatly.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-13
DIR. WILSON WILL NOT COME.
President of Princeton Cannot Visi,
 Alabama.

pr. Woodrow Wilson, president of Princeton University, will not visit Ala bama next week as was expected.
 A private telegram received in Mont gomery yesterday announced that Dr.. Wilson had been detained In Princeton by illness in his family and that he deep- ly regretted his inability to visit Ala bama at this time and deliver the ad- dresses he had promised.
 Dr. Wilson expected to reach Mont gomery April 19. He was to have de- livered lecture here and many persons were looking forward to his coming with great pleasure. From Montgomery he in- tended to go to Mobile thence to Marion, Tuscaloosa and Birmin gham., Tn the lat ter city he expected to participate in the great educational conference which is to begin April 26th.
 Alabamians are especially interested in pr. Wilson and his great work at Prince ton. He Is a Virglnian and one of the youngest Presidents of the great colleges.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-13
Cotton Goods Market.

Lewiston lMaIne) Journal.
 The outlook of the cotton goods mar ket Is brighter. The aggregate of sales Is increasing weekly. The impression Is strengthening among cotton buyers that the goods market must continue to be high because of the scarcity of cotton The curtailInent in Fall River tends to strengthen this impression. The market for warns continues active and high. The position of the cotton mills in Lewiston is greatly strengthened by the fact that they laid in heavy stocks of the staple early in the season.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-13
After Desirable Immigrants.

bdVdUIldH N6WS.
 South Carolina is going into the iclmi- grafton business in a way that will win desirable results. Commissioner of Com merce Watson Is going to Europe during the coming summer to lay before the people of Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Germany the advantages offered by this State to thrifty and desirable immigrants. In that manner he will reach directly the very classes of people wanted in South"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-13
The Press is Glad.

Centreville Press.
 The Press is glad to note that the Montgomery Advertiser. heretofore a persistent Cleveland advocate, comes out strongly and unequivocally for the nom- nation of Judge Parker for President. We welcome The Advertiser into the Parker Phalanx and none will give nm more efficient support if nominated TOT President q
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-13

SnEHleId Reaper.
 The patriot, not so many years ago. voted early, late and often, but now he IS man of some consequence who can
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-13

H. L. Johnson. who announces his de- termination to keep the paper up to the high standard 1t has heretofore maintain ed If he does this, he win do we'll. for no cleaner. fairer paper comes to us than The News.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-13

Some of the Republican organs are claiming that Roosevelt Is an earnest and consistent friend of labor This is poach- ing on the Hearst preserves most abom- inably. He's the only real, genuine friend of labor that ever ran for office, don't you know
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-13

The Albany Herald has the assurance to speak, of 'the campaign methods of the Clevelandite-Ps organs in Geor- gia" as being "shamefully scandalous." This from a newspaper which loses no opportunity to defend the Hearst move ment is what We may call cheeky.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-13
Was Tnn Late.

Tailadega News-Reporter.
 Senator Burton should have gotten his million before going to the Senate. He would not have needed the money"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-13
Would Keep 1t Up.

Birmingham Ledger.
 MT. Bryan says the Democratic party can get along without New York. MT. Bryan has compelled us to get along with out it for some time.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-13
Nervy Enough.

HODlIe Recorder. A Philadelphia physician has succeeded In grafting a nerve. It Is suggested that Philadelphia's grating ought to be suf- nclently nervy of itself from all reports.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-13

The Eufaula Daily Progress is the name of a new morning paper just started at Eufaula by s. R. Blanton. It Is a neat sfx-column paper. well filled with local and general news. and we hope MT. Blan- ton may find his venture successful.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-13
River Bulletin.
Indicates rise. Indicates fall.

The upper Coosa will fall slowly tonight and Wednesday; the lower Cocsa and Ala bama will remain nearly stationary during next two days, except the lower Coosa will fall slowly during Wednesday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-13

The last issue of The Tuskegee News announces a change of management. Ern- est W. Thompson retiring on account of pressing business matters which demand all his time. He is succeeded by Mr.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-13

It is about time for the fish to commence biting and the reporters ought not to bother MT. Cleveland about politics. He will be in better business for a time.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-13

We agree with The Chattanooga News that two Hearst delegates from Kansas is just two more than he should have.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-13

The Raleigh Post remarks that there is nothing common or uncommon, which can show a sensible connection between real, honest DemoC 'acy and Pettigrew and his ilk." But Pet. is a typical Hearst HowleF.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-13
Fit For Anything.
Mobile Item

M0biIe Item.
 It is gwen out that John Sharp Will Hams. leader of the minority in the House. win be temporary chairman of the St. Louis convention. Williams is fit for permanent chairman or any other position to which he might be called.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-13

The candidates who failed to get there have the satisfaction of knowing that they made 1t lively for the other side.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-13

a. m. 30. % 1 5s 1 10 l .0o Clear--sw p m. 2s. 98 66 It. .oo Ciear-Nw
 Maximum temperature for the day, "A degrees.
 Minimum temperature for the day. 5s degrees.
 Average temperature for the day, 65 degrees.
 Normal temperature for the day, 63 degrees
 Accumulated excess since January 1st, 21 degrees
 Average relative humidity for the day, 60 per cent.
 Total rainfall since January 1st, 14. 10 inches.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-13

What's the good of being Senator if one can be sent to prison just as other rascaIs are? is doubtless the view Burton takes it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-13

1. The Republicans have something else to brag about, They have just elected the
 Mayor of Muskogee, I. T.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-13

Now we can have more space to boom the new hotel and other good things for Greater Montgomery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-13
Executr x'S Notice.
mon-t thu-sat

Notice is hereby given that on the sth day of April. 1904, the undersigned was ap- pointed by J. B. Gaston, Judge of Probate of Montgomery County, Alabama, executrix of the last will and testament of Jacoh Roberts, deceased. All persons having claims against the estate of said Jacob Rob erts, deceased, are notified to present the same within the time required by law, or the same will be barred
 LUCY ROBERTS,
 Bxecutrix Of the last will and testament of Jacob Roberts. deceased. wed-3t
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-13
Let 1t Go at That for a While.

Dothan Siftings.
 The Montgomery Advertiser. in speak, ing of that troublesome problem says. Why not follow the fashion and call 1t The Uneeda Hotel!' Good: let it go at that till it has been remedied.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-13
FEBRUARY, 1904.
Daily Average for February , ,ooo ,o Sunday Average for February. l4,ooo

P. J. Kelly. Circulation Manager of me e'tsc:nery Adyertisr- h~ing duly s%orn' r fise~ss daily rircn,at,nn for inc ncrth of February. 1904. Is true and correct and com piltd after all returns from news boya news agents and left lover copies have been oe- ducted. P J. KELLY,
 Circulation Manage. Sworn to and subscribed before mo this eth
 F. W. JACKSON. fsealI N, P. Ex-o. J. F.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-13
THE WEATHER.

Daily Local Weather Report and River
 Bulletin. U. s. Department of Agriculture, Weather Bureau. MONTGOMERY, Ala. April 12 1904
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-13
Precipi-

T Indicates trace.
 FRANK P. CHAFFEE, Section Director, Weather Bureau.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-13
Weather Conditions.

The Northern storm center has moved eastward to the upper St. Lawrence valley. after causing light to moderate precipita- tion over northern and eastern districts, with scattered showers south to northern Alabama; temperatures are higher in east ern districts. though an area of high ba- rometer over the Great Plains Is giving fair weather over western and central districts, with sharp temperature falls from the east slope of the Rockies to the Mississippi, and freezing weather in the middle West and upper Lake Region; fair weather, with more or less cloudiness now prevails in the South.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-13
SURE
TRY IT

There's a reason" ville," in each package.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-13
Weather Repart.

Temperature and precipitation as report ed by the Weather Bureau for selected Southern stations during the 2t hours end ing a. m. April 12, 1904.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-13

Sold by Druggists, Price si.00 per boist~
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-13
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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-03-03
GRATTAN.

Mr.. and Mrs. Will Hall gave din
ner party March |.
Regular communication of Grattan
f. and A. Nj. Lodge was held Feb.
~ with work in the third degree.
Mrs. Perry Purdy of Alton former
ly of Grattan enjoyed her birthday
Feb. %, the first in eight years
Friends were invited to help in max
ing the day one to be long remem-
bered
The neighbors made Mrs. Hollis
Brooks a woodbee Feb. q the ladies
meeting also and sewing carpet rags.
Mrs. w. ]. Atkins died at her
home in Lowell Feb. 10. She was a
resident of North Grattan from 1861.
The Oldest neighbor will remember as
a very gifted person with lovely
traits of character The bereaved
husband also long resident here,
has the sympathy of all.
The social held with Mr.. and Mrs.
w. Pond brought in S535 which was
voted to be put with a purse raised
for the benefit of Mr.. Wicks, now in
the Grand Rapids hospital.
Uncle Lon Clemens and wife also
Grandma Elkins are still sick, Grand
ma Richardson is also on the sick list
while any number of people have bad
colds.
Mr.. and Mrs. John White of Lowell
are visiting Mrs, A. S. Holmes.
Misses Margaret and Grace Doyle
with Messrs. Geo. Bement and Frank
Randall took dinner with w. j. Lessi-
ter and mother
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-03-03
BARTONvILLE.

Sidney Gardner and wife spent
Sunday at Fred Richmond s.
Several from this place attended
the dance at Smyrna Feb. 26.
Bert Scheidt and family visited rela-
tives near Saranac this week.
Ben Tower visited his son in Lans.
ing last week.
Mrs. Chas. Holiday entertained
her sister and children of Bedding for
a few days.
Geo. Richmond sailed from San
Francisco Feb. 26 on the Pacific liner
China. for the Philippine Islands, he
expects to be gone two years or more.
1t takes thirty days to make the trip
and he expects to stopat Hong Kong
while enroute.
Last Monday was Sidney Gardner S
birthday and although he was 76
years old that day, he has never had
but 10 birthdays. He says however,
that he would have had 20 if some
one had not cheated him out of one
four years ago.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-03-03
Order of Publication.

Bert G. King, complainant, VS.. Jessie ;,
King. defendant
Suit pending i'm the Circuit Court for the
county of Ionia in Chancery, at the city OF
Tonia on the goth day Of January, A. ID. 1904
In this cause. Il appearing from the am
davit on file, that IL cannot be ascertained In
what state or country the defendant, Jesste
s. King. resides.
on motion of Dwight G. Sheldon, complain
ants solicitor. IL Is ordered that the sait De
PENDANT. Jessie S. King cause her appear.
ance to be entered therein. within hve 90
months from the date OF this order ana In
case of her appearance that she cause her
answer To Complainant's bill of complaint 70
he filed and copy thereof to be served on
said Complanant's solicitor within twenty
600 DAYS after service on her of copy OF said
bill and notice of this order; that In default
said bill be taken as confessed by said de
/ PENDANT
And il is further ordered that within TWEEN
IL COO days said Complainant cause notice
Of this order 70 be published In the bsldint
i Banner newspaper published and circulat
/ ed i'm said county. and that said publication
1 be continued there at least once In secf
week for six 90 weeks in succession; or tina
/ he cause a copy Of this order to be person
i ally served on said defendant at least twent1
| (2O) DAYS before the time prescribed for he
| appearance, FRANK II. NJ DAVIS,
! Dwight c. Sheldon, Circuit Judge.
Complainant's Solicitor.
business address, Bedding, Mich,
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-03-03
LASTS Week Sd

David Thompson and wife were
guests of Newton Douglas and fam
lily last Tuesday.
Harry Younger and wife of Beld-
ing spent last Sunday at Sam Davis
Miss Grace Moon spent Sunday at
Fred Richmond's.
Miss Ruby Douglas visited her par
ents here Sunday.
f. j. Richmond and wife were en-
tertained at Morris Trumbull's last
Friday.
Several from this place attended the
show at Smyrna last Friday night.
N. Douglas family have been hav-
ing seige with the German measles.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-03-03
Disco.

A number from here attended the
dance at Smyrna Friday night.
Fred Wilson spent Sunday at c..
NJ. Hubbard S.
|. r. EggIeston who has lived on
the Boss farm the past year is NOV
ing his family on the f. Nash farm.
Shafter Arbor of Cleaners will hold
their next regular meeting with Sam
Snyder and wife, Saturday evening,
March s. A picnic supper will be
served.
J. L. Morse and wife were callers
at F. McNitt's Sunday.
Mrs. A. Spicer and two sons and
Geo Spicer and wife of Grattan Sun
day with Mrs. A. NJ. Spicer
w. Wilson and wife OF Montcalm
visited her parents Sunday
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-03-03
DROUGHT NOT KNOWN
FORTUNATE DISTRICT IN EAST
ERN CAPE COLONY.
River klippIaat, Fed by the Streams
Of the Darkensberg Mountains, A.
fords Moisture When All the Plains
Around Are Seorened.

During the past sSss son a large part
OF Cape Colony has suffered from So
we're drought. The poorly nourished
cattle have looked pinched, the grass
has turned yellow and the crops have
been partial failure.
In the midst of the parched re-
gions, however, there has been a long
ribbon of green. where oats, wheat
and tobacco have yielded great crops
and the farmers are happy, though
they have not had an inch more rain
than their less fortunate neighbors-
Their prosperity is due TO very re-
markable river.
The Klipplaat in Eastern Cape Col
ony is a friend in need when all the
other streams may be as dry as a
bone; and the curious feature about II
Is that the Klipplaat itself has hope
less aspect most of the time, with only
little puddle of water here and there
In the lower parts OF its bed.
Suppose we had stood on the bank
OF the Kllpplaat in December last. the
summer season in Cape Colony-the
sky was brazen all the days of that
month--and we should have seen only
the dry bottom OF the river, with o
mudhole here and there TO relieve the
monotony.
But IL we happened to be there at
the right time we should suddenly
have observed a great stir among the
farmers and have heard excited shouts
from farm TO farm carrying the news
that had just come in telegram from
far UP the river. The telegram was
snly Ave words long but II brought
Joy and hustle and eager anticipation
70 every soul. The message read:
The river is coming down"
1t would be hours before the arrival
OF the travelling waters, but every
minute was full Of work for all hands
The pumps were to be rugged, every
clod OF dirt In the bitches that would
impede a free flow was to be crushed
and busy spades were preparing the
land for a thorough flooding; and the
children were on the banks pricklng
up their ears TO catch the first faint
sound announcing the approach of the
| coming food.