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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-08
DONNYBROOK FAIR
INTEREST CROWS AND TH1
 CROWD INCREASES.
'"rhe Homespun Dance" and "The Little Milliner's Dance" Were Attractive Features of Stage
 Program Last Night.

The Donnybrook Fair continues to grow in popular favor and each day attracts larger crowds. The lunches served yes- tterday were sumptuous, and the ladies in charge of that important part of the Fair program are congratulating them selves upon the success of their labors
 A splendid program was arranged for last night by Mrs. M Smith and Miss Anderson, the first number of which was The Homespun Dance" The young la- dies in this dance wore homespun gowns Of grey. with large grandmother lace collars and poke bonnets," decorated with red poppies and tied under the chin with red ribbons. Those who danced were Miss Ella Hargrove Sayre, who took the leading part, waving a small Confed- crate flag. and Misses Mary Meyer. Ev- elyn iBbb. Willie Stone, Mildred An drews. Nellie Beard. Lyra Meyer, Ethel Spiers. Rita Ament and Lucy Glenn. Miss Christine Glass played the mandolin and Mss Dora Marcus was pianist for this lovely dance. The young ladies were warmly appbauded and responded to the encore.
 The next on the program was a reel tation. splendidly executed, by MT. Mo Tween.
 The Little Milliner Dance" an extract from The Red teather, was especially fine.
 The young ladies wore picturesque cos- tunes of white, with trimmings of yell low roses and green leaves; white pc- ture hats with black ostrich tips and yellow roses, and carried hat boxes adorn- ed with yellow roses and tied with yell low ribbons.
 Miss Eleanor Weems was the soloist, which announcement of itself means that the singing was fine. The dance, a beau tiful feature, was admirably done The young ladies were: Misses Eleanor Weems. May Chaffee. Tdllie Meyer Mar tn. Regina Roswald and Camilla Web- Der. Twice the young ladies were re- called to the stage, and each time re- sponded gracefully. Mrs. J. c. Haygood was the pianist for the dance.
 Splendid music by an orchestra was the chief attraction for the young people. and dancing was the order of the even ing. after the program was concluded.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-08
COMPLETED ITS WORK.
SOUTHERN GOOD ROADS CON-
 MENTION ADJoURNS.
Series of Strong Resolutions Ad- vocating State and National Aid in the Improvement of Public Highways. '

New Orleans, April 7.-With the adop- tion of series of strong resolutions ad- vocating State and National aid. the Southern Good Roads Convention com pleted its session to-day. Many able ad- dresses were made at both forenoon and afternoon sessions and there was an in-
 teresting general oiscussion of the whole subject matter.
 Former Land Commissioner J.. B. Kil- lebrew of Tennessee. made a strong pre- sentation of the sanction to be found in the constitution for Federal aid to road improvement. A. M. Hayes. land agent of the Southern hallway. pointed out the deep interest of the great transports
 ton lines in the movement. President Alderman of Tulane, said good roads were unquestionably an evidence of civ iiization. He compared the neglected ru- ral road ways of the South with the roads of Holland and Continental Ei- rope, where country life had become 50
 civilized and the relations of the people
 so interwoven as to make connecting
 roads an absolute necessity. Mayor Capdevielle, A. S. Marn of Florida;
 Judge 8. McG. Lawrason of Louisiana. and R. W. Richardson, secretary of the
 National Good Roads, urged the impor- tance of the movement.
 President Stuyvesant Fish of the Illin-
 ois Central. spoke in response to a reso-
 lution of invitation. He said the rail- roads were, as deeply interested in road improvement as were the farmers.
 f Freight rates had been brought to a
 minimum, and if further economy in the
 handling of produce is necessary, 1t must
 be found in the development of the coun- try roads. MT. Fish said the fault in the past had been in the want of a sys- tematic campaign in the interest of road construction. Conventions of the charac-
 ter of the one held here would go a long
 way toward the removal of that fault
 D. W. Pipes presented the resolutions of the committee. They were adopted unanimously. The resolutions indorse the principle of State and national aid in the improvement, of public roads and highways. urge members of, Congress to support equitable Legislation along the line of the cooperation of national, State and local governments; urge the immediate organization of peEmanent good roads associations in various parn ishes and counties; ask the cooperation of the clergy and petition ministers of the Gospel to preach the doctrine of good roads; recommend that the good roads movement be made part of the pub, lie school curriculum; suggest laws for the employment of short term convicts on the public roads: appeal to the par ishes and counties to provide for direct taxation for road improvement, and ask the general assemblies of the States rep- resented in the convention to establish a comprehensive scheme of public roaGss construction under State contrsct and State supervision.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-08

There is a certain actress who never appears before the public without wearing a bow, a rosette or some sort of ornament upon the left shoulder. As she often wears four or five gowns in play, and at times is subject to frequent changes Of bill this means that her brain is racked to think up enough novel devices for those left shoulder decorations.
 One day she invited me to go through her wardrobe. Most of her gowns bean the Parisian stamp so this was treat.
 An ivory broadcloth trimmed with mink showed tiny animals head peerlng through glass eyes on one shoulder. A simply and dainty little roSe-bespattered organdy was adorned with a wreath of artificial roses which were gathered into a large bouquet on that shoulder. A wonderful ball gown of lace was colorless save for a few jeweled butterfly in emer- aid and ruby which perohed on that shoui- der. In not one of the gowns was her rule broken
 ''Why on earth do you do it?' I asked her. Aren't you ever going to have a gown made alike on both sdes?"
 Dear me-" she answered, "rd be glad enough to have my gowns alike on both sides if Providence had only fashioned me that way, too. I was turned out in a bad mould somehow. My shoulders have never been even-in fact they are so con spicuously uneven that they counted against me in getting my first engage ment Managers said that my face was all right and that I was good dresser as far as I could be. but. as one truthful brute expressed 1t, I was warped. That cut in mighty deep, but 1t made me go home and look my cheval glass in the face and demand of 1t the truth. There was no getting around it; one of my shoulders was much higher than the oth- CT, and this fact took away all the smart ness from my severely tailored gown. In
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-08
BY KATHERINE MORTON. Copyright, 1908. by T. c. McClure.)

which I had invested all my savings for the sake of making a hit on the Rialto. q learned my lesson then and there That low shoulder must be built up be- fore I could appear to have the good figure which managers demanded. To that very tailor suit 1 added an odd leath . CT trimming, my own invention, which fastened with a stunning gilt buckle and leather loop on my erring shoulder. I got an engagement the next day. and I have never since appeared on the stage or the street except in a one-sided gown. 1 be- lieve, on the whole. my little deformity has been a mascot to me. for my gowns have had a certain individuality, and that pays"
 To be sure there are ways of bringing a bad shoulder into shape by physical training, and this is far better than to endure what can be cured. But there are occasionally reasons why nothing can be done to remedy natures defects. and in such cases I see no harm in a mild de- ceit for as our old circus friend. Bar mum, used to say, the public wants to be fooled" Surely the public is far bet ter pleased with a form or face that ap~ pears to be pretty than with one that IS fankly faulty. So you may as well use what ingenuity you have to hide the fault. even though you are working at the same time to overcome it.
 In the matter of height, bear in mind always the general law; vertical lines in- crease, horizontal lines decrease height. The trimming of your skirt means every thing to you.
 If you are afflicted with the figure of a giraffe. do not try to mitigate your height by stopping. That makes you appear merely ungainly and no shorter. Take a lesson from the beast himself. He is not afraid to unkink every inch with which he is endowed. Hold yourself erect and see to it that the bands of trimming on your skirt run around. Put on in this
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-08
Personal T11entiOn

Professor Henry Sales Halbert, of Me ridian. Miss, is visiting Director Thomas M. Owen, of the State Department of Archives and History. Professor Hal bert is perhaps the best living authority on the history of the Choctaws. He is a native of Alabama, and one who has been a deep student of archaeology. He is the author of a number of books on archaeology. and Indian hiEtory. He is visiting Alabama for the purpose of con- sultinG the records in the Department of Archives and History and of locating Indian mounds and antiquities of Ala bama.
 MT. A. L. Hastings, Mrs. F. c. Rund- lette and Mrs. Mary F. Parree of Lynn. Mass are spending a few days in the city, the guests of the family of Mir. E. o. Clapp.
 MT George A. Thomas, formerly of Montgomery, but now of Mobile, spent yesterday among his old friends.
 MT Max Hamburger, editor of The Mobile Herald. visited Montgomery yes terday.
 MT J. P. woodan of Demopoiie in in Montgomery.
 MT J. H. Harden of Anniston is in the city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-08
, VERTICAL LINES ADD To TIE HEl6HT
> To BROADEN MARROW SHOULDERS e

Dip a fine brush In glycerine and rose water and with it work your eyebrows into the curving line desired. As to mak- ing your eyes larger: there are drops used for the purpose. Belladonna is their basis. But know of no frst-class ocu- list who approves of their use. l stronS- ly advise you to leave well enough alone and increase the briliiancy of your eyes by wholesome diet and many hours spent out of doors.
 Nellie.-Why not save the expensive skin food which you like for your face. end use on the hands lotion made of 1 oz giycerine, 3 oz. rose water. 10 drops carbolic acid. Use glycerine soap and cold water, and don't wash your hands too much. I am sure that you can whiten them in this way despite your work. Make face powder by mixing 3 OF. pure oxide of zinc and 1 oz. fine cornstarcn. Sifi several times through bolting silk. Agnee.-Whiten your hands by using the following cream at night Rub it in and sleep in large kid gloves. Dissolve iA OF. cemphor gum in l OF. olive oii, then add 1 OF. spermaceti, 1 OF. white wax, 1 OF. nut oil. Melt the ingredients together and whip them to cream. 
 Stella E-wash your face with not wa ter at night and rub in cold cream. Use cold water iE the morning. Do YOU eat plenty of acid fruit? Try the juice of a lemon in water every morning when you first get up. I judge that your pimples come from a physical duilness. Take ex- ercise.
 A B. C.-Vaseline is good for the eye brcws and cocoa butter for the bust Use both every night. .as. Lenore.--Mat work and bicycle will reduce your hips. If you will look back oyer the Beauty Quest papers for few weeks you will find prescription. for reducing the bust Use the neck and throat exercises with the elastic band and exercise the face to reduce -its flesh by thrusting the tongue repeatedly against the cheeks. Is your diet not one that tends to produce flesh? s
 InQuirer.-The cream you mention should not cause a growth of hair if yod wipe 1t of immediately after using.
 s D. and Sensitive,-A, prescription for th.. removal of superhuous hair was pub lished a few weeks ago. It contained sulphydrate of quickllne, Try to find it, as 1t is very long to repeat.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-08
PREACHER UNDER ARREST.
A. L. Johnson Held on a Serious
 Charge.

scottsboro. April 7.-(Specisl )-Sheriff D. o. Austin returned yesterday from Fort Payne, bringing with him A. L. Johnson, a white man, who was wanted here on a charge of violating the age of consent law The offense Is alleged to have been committed March 4. last, on Sand Mountain. near Scottsboro. John son is now in jail here awaiting a pre- liminary trial before Judge of Probate Hon. C. L. Cargile.
 The prisoner denies most bitterly the charge and has the looks of more intelli- gence than the average mountaineer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-08
Answers to correspOndents.

Jesse and Waiting. - am very doubt full whether face massage is beneficial unless given by a professional masseuse. To manipulate the face muscles prop erly one should understand thoroughly the way they are constructed. In gener- a the movements are all outward and upward. If you do not feel like employ ing d professional to give you face exer- cist try the following lotion: F fluid OF, rose water, fluid oz almond milk, l20 grains sulphate of aluminium. Apply at night In the morning, bathe the face in cold water and rub in all the cold cream that the skin will take. wiping of the superfuous cream before applying powder.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-08

The Cook-sthay bit longer Pat, 'etis love thot makes tn wor-rld so round" The Policeman-Yis. Norrah. darlin', but 'tis not love thot makes tn inspector e round.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-08
supply of DWARF HAsTuRT1uMs just received

His trial was set for yesterday but was postponed on account of the delicate con dition of the girl, whose name is Miss Hamilton. Johnson is a preacher and the girl is a sister of his wife.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-08

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-08
LUNCH,

Brunswick Stew. Spring Lamb, Crabs, Salad, Strawberries. Ice Cream at Donny- brook Fair today -ady.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-08
MONTGOMERY THEATRE

First appearance of ottokar Ma lek, one of the worlds most famous pianists.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-08

Violet.-What can you mean by wanting narrower shoulders? There is no one point in which the girl of 1904 is so great an improvement upon her grandmother as in her shoulder development How ever. the new dropping shoulders of the gowns should help yov
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-08
THE BEAUTY QUEST.
SECRETS OF DRESS AND FIGURE

HOW RosErrE WILL RIDE A sLoPINa sHoULDER-cIRcULAR SKIRT TRIMMING REDUc HEIGHT-A WORD ABOUT PADS AND THEIR EFFECT wFARER's HEALTH - HOW TO REMEDY AN ABNORMAL WA IsT cF ANY SORT
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-08

MT. J. H. Harden of Annlston is in u city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-08

S. D. and Sensitive.-A prescription for tli. removal of supernuous hair was pub lished a few weeks ago It contained sulphydrate of quickllrre Try to find 1t. as 1t is very long to repeat.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-08

Inuuirer-The cream you mention should not cause a growth of hair if yod wipe 1t off immediately after using.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-08

MT. J. P. woodan of Demopoiis in Montgomery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-08

MT. Max Hamburger. editor of The Mobile Herald. visited Montgomery yes- terday.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-03-29

ated for the crop of 1909, COMPARED
with 3O,949 for 1902. In the final
canvass for this crop where ginners
had not finished ginning they were
requested to prepare careful esti-
mates of the quantity of cotton
which remained to be ginned at their
establishments; their estimate
amounting to 75,4O1 commercial
bales have been included in the to-
tails of the above table.
The distribution of the crop, eX-
elusive of linters by States and Ter
%ritories, giving the total commercial
bales as follows:
Alabama, 1,123,959; Arkansas,
741,236; Florida, 58,572; Georgia,
1,329,279; Indian Territory, 312,776;
Kansas, Is; Kentucky, GA; Louis
lana, 858,568; Mississippi, 1,439,294;
Missouri, 1888; North Carolina,
555,33O; Oklahoma, 2O4,957; South
Carolina, 914,351; Tennessee, $780,
437; Texas, 2,562,632; Virginia, 49,
681.
The complete annual report on
cotton ginning will be published
about May 1.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-03-29
NEWS
The Lesser Events of Last Week.

An imperial edict opens Yongam-
pho, Corea, to foreign trade.
Japan's loses since the opening of
the wal are said by Russians to be
four cruisers and five torpedo boats.
Democratic Senators will continue
efforts for an investigation of the
Postofice Department.
The Senate in executive session
confirmed the nomination Of General
Wood to be Major General.
Sensational developments are ex-
pected when the receivers begin in
vestigation of Sully & Co.'s books.
Gen. Nelson A. Miles suggests that
the Prohibition National Convention
be held after the other party conven-
tions.
The House Committee on the Jul
dietary has voted to impeach Judge
Chas. Swayne, Federal Judge for
the District of Florida.
T. G. Craft was nominated by the
people of Aiken, S. c.. for the unex-
pired term in Congress of his father;
Colonel Tillman has withdrawn.
The Japanese feet again lombard
ed Port Arthur Monday night and
the Russian land batteries and yes
sells in the harbor replied. The full
effect Of the engagement is not
known, but it was not decisive.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-03-29
S75, 544 LESS THAN 1902.
The 1903 Cotton Crop Was 500, 558
Bales-The Distribution of the Crop
by States and Territories.

Washington, March 25.-The final
report of the Census Bureau on cot
ton ginning showing the total cotton
production for 1908 gives the follow
ing:
Number of commercial bales, in
Guiding linters 1O,399,5 58, against
~11,275,1O5 for 1902.
The following table distributes the
crop exclusive of linters, in the
United States: 1O,2O5,O73 CONNER
cial bales, 9,359,472 square bales, no.
2O9 round bales, 1898 Sea Island
bales.
The total crop reduced to a COM
mon basis as to size of bales is an
equivalent of 9,851,129 five hundred
pound bales against 1O,63O,945 five
hundred pound bales in 1902. The
number of bales, counting round as
half bales, including linters, was TO-
O14,454, against 1~O,784,473; the
equivalent bales of a five hundred
pound standard, including linters
were 10,O45,6 $40, against 1O,287,168 in
1902. The square bales upland crop,
reported from ~ginneries, which ag-
gregated 9,359,472, shows a decrease
of 633,193 from 1902; the round
bales, upland crop, reported from
ginneries were 77O,2O8, a decrease of
211,O56; the bales of sea island cotton
reported from ginneries were 1888,
a decrease of 29, $3.50, and the bales of
linters reported from cotton seed oil
mills, we're 194,4S5, a decrease of
1,738. These statistics we're collect
ed through a canvass of the individ-
ual ginneries of the cotton States, by
631 local special agents, who found
that 3O,21S ginneries had been opsr-
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-03-29
Notes from Our Washington Cores
pondent.
pondent.
Editors Progressive Farmer:

Editors Progressive Farmer:
The administration feels hat it
scored a very clever turn the other
day when the Pension Office an
nounced that disability on account
of old age would be accepted as a
proof for a claim for a pension when
other evidence was lacking. Under
this ruling a veteran over 62 years
old may secure a pension of So a
month on account of old age, n IS
years old may get IS a month; n
IS years old $40 a month, and one
20 years old, $12 a month. 1t is eX-
pected that this will add to the an
nual pension bill about So, 100000.
The Republicans regard the measure
as a stroke of good policy just at this
time as it successfully slaves off the
service pension bill, which had a
good prospect of passing, and which
would have caused an annual deficit
OIL dDOuG POO,OOOsOOO
Members of Congress are bored
beyond expression at the almost GER
tain prospect Of continuing the SEES
sion until sometime in June. Both
Republicans and Democrats had
been anxious to get away from Wash
ingtOn not later than the LIST of May,
and as a matter of fact, April % had
been tentatively fixed for closing up
shop. While these plans we're being
SO carefully made, a cloud no bigger
than a mans hand appeared on the
horizon and has now grown to such
proportions that it will doubtless re-
quire the almost undivided attention
of the Senate and a part of the
House to dispose of it. The cause
of all the rumpus is the charges look
ing to the impeachment of Judge
Swayne, of the Northern District of
Florida. His case has been before
the House Judiciary Committee all
winter, and it is announced that that
committee is about to recommend his
impeachment for high crimes and
misdemeanors, the chief of which
seem to be that he is h~abitually alb
sent from his circuit; a nonresident
of his district; imprisoning a lawyer
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-03-29

In order further to insure our neu-
trality, President Roosevelt has is
sued IN executive order to all officials
of the government to abstain from
speech that may cause irritation in
either Russia or Japan.-Country
Gentleman.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-03-29

other similar items. Inc
is said to be such that the House will
unqu~estionably vote to impeach the
Judge whose case will then be taken
to the Senate for trial. There the
prosecution will be conducted by
members of the House. A two-
thirds vote of the Senators present
is necessary to convict. An effort is
being made to postpone the trial un-
til the short session, but this will
probably fail.
The ship subsidy bill is submerged
and though the name of the dead
Hanna is, or was, a name to con- lure
with, it is not likely hat it will bring
it to the surface this session. The
Philippine shipping bills drawn ex-
pressly for the benefit of American
commerce at the expense of Filipi-
nos, may (thereforeO keep at the
front and be enacted into law. Sec
rotary Taft has been violently OPP
posed to these bills, and told your
correspondent that such a policy
would be "the robbery of the Fill
pinos;" but it is reported to-day that
he has changed his mind, and will
withdraw his opposition. Why?
T. 4
The canal commissioners intend to
sail for Panama next Tuesday to
look over the ground and plan the
campaign. They have a gigantic
task, but will receive all the backing
which the President can give. In an
open letter addressed to them he
expresses his wish that the work be
thoroughly and economically done.
He declares hal there is no politics
in it; that he does not know the par
ty affiliations of his appointeees;
that it is for the benefit of all man
kind. He warns the commissioners
that they must do the work as we'll
as it can be done or he will find some
other engineers to take their place.
He also expects all subordinates to
be efficient and honest, otherwise,
they must be discharged out of
hand" Evidently the President looks
upon this work as the browning glory
of his administration.
The hearty acquiescence of the
Northern Securities Company in the
decision of the Supreme Court with
out further contest, and its haste to
comply with the law as interpreted
by the distinguished tribunal, pleases
and encourages the officers of the
government. The company graceful
ly submits to being disbanded and
~retires from business, thereby vim
dicating it's assertion hat in it's or
ganization Nh. Hill intended no vio-
latiOn of the law. Democrats in
Congress insist that other great
trusts shall be prosecuted with equal
vigor, to which the administration
responds that they will be attacked
as fast as the Attorney-Genera &C
cumulates evidence on which to base
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