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Holbrook argus., 1904-09-24
VOTING MACHINES
Supervisors
 Cy-Mechansm Simple And Averts All Chances Of Fraud

Los Angeles. Twenty voting ma chimes, such as are used in several of the large eastern cities, are to be placed in commission throughout Los Angeles city and county during the November election. One of these ma chimes is now at the county court house awaiting trial, while the others are en route from the factory in Rochester, N. Y.
 In New York and other places where the voting is so great the machines have been used for several years and have given general satisfaction. The mechanism is complicated, but it in sures absolute accuracy, and is con- sidered to be the finest invention of its kind yet placed on the market.
 Local officials are much interested in the trial of the new voting devices, and if they prove as successful here it is proposed to install one in each precinct throughout the city and county after the November election.
 The machine is easily handled and affords no trouble to the voter. When the voter enters the booth he pulls a lever which draws the curtains so that no one is permitted to see how he casts his ballot. The election inspec- tor, in the presence of the judges, re- leases catch lock on the outside of the booth and the machine is ready
Holbrook argus., 1904-09-24

structed that no one can vote for more than one candidate at a time. In other words, the machine is an inter- locking device and is SO arranged as to make fraud impossible.
 A man may vote straight ticket or he may scratch it in as many places as there are candidates, but in no case can he vote twice for one name, neither can he vote twice for candidates to the same office. The method of voting is simple and can be easily under stood by any one who possesses the necessary qualifications of voter.
 It is proposed to have men to ex- plain the machines to all the voters in the several precincts where they will be used in the fall election.
 The machines cost S750 apiece, but it is said thst they will more than pay for themselves in from two to three elections in the saving of time and the prevention of any possible fraud.
Holbrook argus., 1904-09-24
Thinks Soap Injurious.

An English writer asserts that the English people have greatly deterior. ated physically because of the too fire. quent use of soap. The English he says, are too clean. The Creator gave us natural oil to protect the skin and make 1t supple, and we pass our tma removing this oil with soap. In con. sequence, we are more vulnerable to colds, to rheumatism, and to all sorts of disease. Soap opens the pores of the skin, and disease enters with ease.
Holbrook argus., 1904-09-24

ora She has a deeply religious train- ing and spirit and determining fac tor in leading her to accept the offer was the hope that her influence and example, as well as her instruction. might lead to spiritual results as well as intellectual
 The opportunity to go to China came through the Carleton Mission Board. which has established mission station in China. Her homo will be in tho family of . missionary in Pekin and her work in the royal palace.
Holbrook argus., 1904-09-24

cut canal at Coles Bend to divert the surplus water west of the Sacra. mento, protecting Grand Island.
 Another advocated a canal through the Montezuma hills to Saisun bay. An effort is now being made to pro- tect the levees, which are of sand, from blowing away by using oil, grass be- ing substituted in some places with good results. The session will be con- tinued for several days. tyi
Holbrook argus., 1904-09-24

to receive the ballot. After the vote is cast it is counte by the machine, which keeps a tally of the total num- Der polled. Two counting devices are arranged on either side of the ma chine, which cannot be reached by any of the election board, so that 1t is practically impossible to "stuff" the ballot.
 Ample provision is made for splitting tickets, but the machine is 80 con-
Holbrook argus., 1904-09-24
SINNERS, ALL.
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 Mrs. Adams was very young moth- CT. but she had no hesitation in laying down the law about her first baby. This, says the Chicago News, was her most thrilling announcement: 'The baby Is not to be rocked, not in any circumstances. I know, mamma. Of course you will say you rocked me; but have attended ten lectures on the way to bring up baby, and this child Is not to be rocked The lecturer said rocking a child joggles Its brain. I'm sure you don't want your son to grow up an imbecile, do you, Harry?'
 Certainly not" said Harry, firmly. He had an idea that 1t would be fun to rock the baby, but of course Marie must know.
 Mrs. Adams had every rooking-chair removed from her room. When 1t was time for the baby's nap he was sim ply laid on the bed and left to himself. If he cried he had his cry out uncom- forted. At such times the baby's grandmother would retire from the scene in wrath.
 "What's baby for If not to take little comfort with?" she asked the nurse; but the nurse, smiling, said nothing
 When the baby was four weeks old grandma carried him up into vacant bedroom on the third floor. Her daughter was taking nap. Her son. in-law was down in the library. There was a glitter in her eyes and a red spot on each cheek. She drew a rock ing-chair into the middle of the floor, adjusted the wondering baby, and rocked fiercely, triumphantly. After about ten minutes of this indulgence she was brought to an abrupt pause by a voice from the doorway.
 "He seems to like 1t, doesn't hep asked her son-in-law.
 When she saw the covetous glint in his eyes, the erring grandmother took heart. Without word she got up, laid the baby in the young fathers arms and motioned to the chair.
 You try it," said she.
 For the next two weeks their guilty secret drew the two very near to- gether As often as possible they slipped away and rocked the baby. They marveled at the young mother who had the courage to carry out her Spartan theories.
 One day Mir. Adams came home early. There was low, melodious hum from his wife's room, and he crept to the door. There she was in a low chair, rocking back and forth, her baby in her arms. It was charming picture. A movement startled her, and she turned. She blushed guiltily, and then took on a look of bravado.
 "I-I couldn't help it," she faltered.
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The Hero's Plea,

"Brave youth" exclaimed the father of the girl who had been rescued from watery grave, "how can I repay you? How can show my gratitude?"
 "Oh, if you only will please let me off," replied the young man.
 "1.et you off? How do you mean?"
 Don't insist upon the usual conse- quences; I'm engaged to another girl"
Holbrook argus., 1904-09-24
HOTTEST SPOT ON EARTH.
Found on the Shore of the Persian
 Gulf at and Around Bahrin.

Found on the Shore of tho Persian
 Gulf at and Around Bahrin.
 "Death Valley, in Southern Califor- mia, is usually referred to as the hot test spot on earth, but 1t isn't quite that" Ralph Erling tells us. "This rather unpleasant distinctions belongs to a portion of the shore of the Persian Gulf at and In the vicinity of Bah. rin.
 Statistics prove that the mean an. nual temperature of the Persian Gulf furnace is Il degrees higher than that of Death Valley, and the aridness of both places is about on a par, though am inclined to believe, if my reco!. lection of the records is not bluntcd, that little brackish water has been found in a few isolated springs on the alkali surface of Death Valley, where as there is no water at all to be found on the shore of the gulf any. where within a radius of nearly POO miles.
 "Yet while Death Valley is inhabt. ed by practically none and permanent life there is deemed well-nigh lmpossl. ble, Bahrin has population of sev- eral thousand people and has had an existence as village for many cen- turies. Of course, the people are stunted mentally and to slightly less extent physically, a fact due to the fearful conditions under which they live; but they do live there, and are probably the nearest approach to sala- manders in the human family. What do they do for water and food? Why, the latter is brought to them in boats and sold in exchange for the fertilizer they dig from the desert, and the lat ter they have in fairly good abundance near them. You thought said there was no water within several hundred miles of the place. We'll, so I did-on the land-but there are number of fresh-water springs on the bed of the saline gulf within few hundred yards from the shore.
 "It is probably the only place on earth where 1reSn Qrlnklng water IS secured from a salty sea. The water gushes up in considerable volume from these springs and is secured by divers. The gulf is only about 30 feet deep at this point. The divers plunge to the bottom with empty goatskins and place the orifice of the skin bag di- rectly over the mouth of the spring. It fills in few seconds, and the diver closes the orifice and is pulled back to the boat by a rope. That is the way the water supply for the community on shore is secured. The springs are supposed to be due to underground streams which have their origin in the green hills of Osman, over 6O0 miles inland."-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Holbrook argus., 1904-09-24
To Control Flood Water.

San Francisco. Engineers of the river and drainage association held another session and listened to several suggestions for controlling the flood water of the Sacramento and Old rivers. One plan submitted was to
Holbrook argus., 1904-09-24
Modesty Explained.

Foreigner-Many of you Americans have distinguished ancestors, yet you never mention them. Why is that?
 American-It's this way. While we are poor we are ashamed to boast, and when we get rich we don't need ances. toyS.
Holbrook argus., 1904-09-24

the Dowager En- press. Her work will be to instruct them in the Eng fish language and her duties will con- sume two years. Miss Reynolds Is a graduate of Carle- ton College, North field, Minn., from which she graduat-
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Holbrook argus., 1904-09-24
Not . Pedestrian.

Visiting Relative-You don't walk around the city much, do you?
 Boston Hostess-Oh, no. It is . lsAs distance around the city. But ! walk about the streets good deal
Holbrook argus., 1904-09-24
GIRL TO TEACH ROYALTY.
Iowa Young Woman Is to Be Tutor to
 Chinese Nob1emen.

A bright Iowa girl, Miss Mary Key holds, of Sibley, will sail for China to become tutof to the grandnephews of
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-19

be reduced cents per 100 pounds, and the reduction goes right down the scale. terminating at 2 cents reduction on grain. In the past Columbus job bers have been hanpered in their eff forts to secure trade In Southeast Ala bama by the lower freight rates en- joyed by Montgomery and Mobile.
 At e meeting of the teachers of St. Luke's Methodist Sunday school last night at the home of Superintendent John T. Fletcher, they arganised foi the years work. This is the largest Sunday school in the city, having bit teachers, oficers and pupils.
 A number of basket ball teams have been organised among the members oi the boys department of the/Youns Mems Christian Association.
 At a meeting of the Columbus bal today, the docket of cases was arrang' ed for the adjourned term of Superior Court in January.
 A building boom is on in Girard quite a number of buildings being IT progress of erection.
 Girard has had 6 street fair thit week. So far there have bee no trage' dies.
 Captain Robert 1T. Blandford, ths popular ticket agent at the Union Pas senger station in this cioy. IS very seri' ousIy i'll with smallpox at his home IT wyrnton. It Is said that he caugn the disease from handling infected bill' given him by negroes in purchasing tickets.
 A telegram received by Professor A c. F1eweilen brings the sad news ol the death of his only sister, Mrs. J. A shinEleur, in Jackson, Miss. She wal related to several prominent familie' in Russell County. Alabama ''
 Creditors of Garrett & Barrow, shoe firm which closed its doors severa days ago. a $s,o00 mortgage upon tht stock held by B. A. Bass being fore closed, have filed 6 petition against tho firm in involuntary bankruptcy in the United States Court, alleging that the mortgage given Bass was fraudulent and without consideration! Judse Newman appointed W. del. Worsley re' ceiver. and the sheriff has turned over the stock of goods to htna.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-19
PURE FOOD BILL.
Includes Everything in the shape of
 Food or NruRM.

Includes Everything In the shape of Food or Drugs.
 Washington. Dec. iS.--(Special. )-- Everything going into the American | stomach, from patent medicine to em-
 baImed beef. is to be affected, in the event of the passage of Senator Hey- burns pure food bill. The bill Is ard
 ently urged, especially by the Western Senators.
 The bill begins by making 1t a mis- demeanor to introduce into any terri tory under the Jurisdiction of the United States any domestic or foreign
 drug or article of food, or to ship from
 any place under the jurisdiction of the
 United States, or to offer for shipment into any place outside the limits of
 the State in which the goods is offered.
 any misbranded or adulterated food ar- ticle or drug. The penalty for the first
 offense is fine of $200 and for the sec ond & fine of $500 and not more than one year in prison.
 The Chief of the Bureau of Chem istry of the Department of Agriculture Is called upon to make analyses of all food products which are the subject of interstate commerce, and If he finds that the pure food law has been vio-
 lated, the Secretary of Agriculture will
 have a hearing on the case, and if he finds the law has been violated, the facts are to be certified under oath to l the proper United States attorney. who shall proceed against the offenders. Drugs for the purposes of the meas
 ure include all preparations recognized | in the United States Pharmacopeia, and any substance intended to be used for | the care, mitigation and prevention of disease" Food, under the bill includes
 everything either to eat or drink by
 mankind or by domestic animals.
 whether simple, mixed or compound. It
 will include with equal rigor the Ken- lucky coloners Bourbon, the tired to- rers gin rickey, the old cow's cotton | seed cake and the lowly donkey's bale
 of hay.
 Drugs are ordered to be what they
 seem on the word of the vendor. They
 must be of the quality strength and purity set forth in the United States Pharmacopeia, or they must be labelled to show exactly their strength and in-
 gredients. else they shall be deemed
 adulterated.
 If the drugs are limitations or their
 labels bear any false statements as to
 their ingredients, they shall be deemed misbranded.
 Confectionery is regarded adulter-
 ated, if it has in 1t terra alba, barytes,
 chrome yellow, or other mineral sub
 stances or poisonous substances or in- gredIents deleterious to health. | When the quality or strength of food
 Is lowered on account of any substance lpacked in it. 1t is adulterated. If Il icontains substitutes for the article named or valuable constituents have
 been in whole or in part removed. il lis adulterated Anything added mak' ling 1t injurious will give 1t the same
 bad reputation. But this does not ap' Iply to goods intended for foreign ex lport, provided these goods follow th'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-19
LEE CHANcERY COURT.
ChanceaIor whiteside Has Completed
 His December Call.

ChauceIIer whiteside Has Completed
 His December Call.
 Opelika, Dec. 17.--(Special J. Chancery Court convened yesterday with Chancellor W. w. Whitesides presiding. Business is being rapidly dispatched and the docket will be cleared and court will adjourn today
 United States Deputy Mayshal Gib- son brought John Scales. coiored, from Randolph County yesterday, on q charge of illicit distilling. On a pre- Iinainary trial before Commissionel Sanford, he was discharged as the evil dencs was not sufficient to convict About q week ago, his brother. Sam ueI Scales, was bound over to the United States Court in Montgomery for illicit distilling.
 An infant childe of O. W. Heath died at Gold Hill on December 15.
 Hon. George P. Harrison attended the annual meeting of the Eagle and Pheonix Mills in Columbus, on De- cember IS. He is one of the directors of the corporation.
 The Opelika public school will close on Friday December 23. The exercis- es will be resumed on Monday, January 2, 1905. This has been the most suc- cessful session in the history of the school.
 ChristmaS trade is improving and the merchants are doing good busi' ness.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-19
RAIDED CRAP GAME.
Negroes Broke Up Furniture In Ate
 tempting to Escape.


 In to o'clock yesterday morning, the police had busy day and night for during that time they made thirty one cases, among which were nine Tor gaming.
 The gamesters were arrested in 4 a house in North Montgomery by Bicycle patrolmen Downs, williamson. Russell and Evans, and the men were Alien Holley. Mack Wilson, Bob C!anton' Emanuel williams, Jessy Henderson' Him Brown. Tom Brown, Anderson Armstrong and George Ward. all n.y. groes.
 When the police raided the crap game in A room of the house in wnich tweIvo negroes were playing, nuFrieo a tempt to escape was made py the neii and three succeeded in getting away from the officers Two or these Tan through a nearby pond, which was Lnee-deen in water, and in that man ner eIuded arrest. The sight of the nolicemen caused a general panic Tn fhe room. and pandemonium reisneo for several minutes. Chairs were turn ed over, window panes were smasneo' tables and furniture of all sorts were broken into bits, and the entire mouse looked as if 1t might have oeen III 'As route of a Kansas cyclone
 Jucinda Albert, a negroes, wno oc- cupied the house, came to police neao quarters and swore out arainst eleven of the men, charging disorderly conduct.
 The cases will be heard by Recorder A. H. Arlington this afternoon
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-19
Phone 345.

specifications of the purchaser, which
 specifications do not violate any law of the country to which the goods are
 to go. Any part of diseased animal
 or part unit for food is deemed adui- terated.
 If food is offered under the name Af another article, if 1t js colored or yelled
 to conceal it's identity or decsive or tend to deceive the purchaser, if it ris ceive or purports, to be foreign pro- duct when 1t is not ,or if 1t initiates a substance with an established rcputa- ton, or a trademarked or patented ar- ticle, or if the label contains any false statements about the article or the place at which it is made, it Is deemed q misbranded article. Proprietary foods. mixtures, blends, etc.. If sold for what they are. do not come under the ban. A dealer cannot be convicted under the act if he can show a guaranty from q domestic man. ufacturer or Jobber or wholesaIer stat Ing that the law has not been violated. It is made a misdemeanor to refuse to give specimens of food articles or dlngs to representatives of the Agri-
 cultural Department who offer the
 price. Cost of analysis <nd prosecu- tion must be paid by the offender as well as his fine.
 The act does not apply to food or drugs which are the subject of state
 trade only, nor does 1t supersede in any
 way State regulations or police meas
 ures. It does not apply to common car
 riers. Neither does 1t require the own CTS of foods warranted to make giants of everybody to give away the formula. I If the bill becomes law. Dr. Wiley. Of poison class" fame, will have to | have assistance or work over time. and the Agricultural Department will figure at every breakfast, dinner and supper. R. H. Watkins.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-19
FREIGHT RATES CUT.
Columbus and Atlanta Get Benefits of
 Fight.

Columbus. Ga. Dec i7.--(speciaI.)--- Columbus merchants and 5obbers are rejoicing today over the fact that re- auctions in freight rates from North ern, Eastern and Western points have been granted to this city by the rail- roads.
 These are the same reductions given Atlanta and one or two other Georgia cities, as the result of the active hght waged by the Atlanta Freight Bureau. While Columbus did not actively paru- cipate in the agitation for low rates. yet this city reaps the benefits in tne same proportion as Atlanta. It is un- derstood that the reduction VIII sppiy to all flrst-class rates. ana sooo many a;. commodity rates. First-class rates will
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-19
BURIAL OF J. D. BIBB.
Tribute Was Paid to . Good Negro
 Citizen.

Citizen.
 The funeral of Joseph D, Bibb. the negro educator of Atlanta. Ga. former ly of this city, and one time principal of the Swayne School for negroes, who died in Montgomery Thursday night of stroke of apopiexy at the home of his father. Price Bibb, IS Julia Street. took place at II o'clock yesterday morning from the Old Ship A. M E. Zion Church.
 A large crowd of negroes attended the funeral. and the church was well filIed when Rev. Mayo. pastor of the church, preached the funeral service of the former member of the church. The services were heard by a number of white persons and a great number of the best class of negro citizens of Montgomery. as Bibb was born and reared in Montgomery and had many friends among both races. A large number of floral tributes, which were laid on the casket, testified to the dead mans popularity among the people who knew him. and the negroes feel that they have lost one Of the most intelIigent and best educated men of their race in his death.
 Interment was made in oakwood Cemetery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-19
MEETING Al Y. M. (. A.
REV. B. L. MOORE SPOKE ON THE
 GOLDEN RULE.
A Large Congrewation of fesng Men Heard MethOdist Minister af the Regular sunday Afternoon
 Services.

The meeting for men at the Y. M. c. A. yesterday afternoon at S.So O'CLOCK was well attended.
 Rev. B. l.. Moore, pastor of the Perry Street Methodist Church. whe delivered the address, found his audience a most appreciative one, and spoke for about thirty minutes on the ,suoJeor Tne Teachings of Jesus"
 He said. in substance: The great question, who Is my neighbor, and how am I to deport myself to my neighbor? is and has been the paramount question of all ages.
 .srhis question propounded by the lawyer, Who is my neighbour hnds its only correct answer In the reply made by Jesus our Lord.
 If in every life the living personality of our Savior abided the whatsoever ye would that men should do, you do ye even so to them would be the solu- ton of every social question. "'God and one man. says Dr. Park hurst, could make any other religion. but it takes God and two men to make Christianity the personality of Jesus by the Holy Ghost working in the hearts of men brings the ends of the earth to- gether.' Jesus was the friend of every man. He talked with the great and the lowiy with the, same equanimity and in Him they found the very friend they most needed
 q have read great sermons in books. They were but embalmed thoughts com pared to the original sermon. mighty In sweep and influence, because of the living personality of Jesus working In and through the messenger revealed through the Holy Ghost.
 The great problem that comfprts us m our social and political life of to- ings of Jesus and carried out. there would have been no gigantic strike of 8 few months ago, when more than a hundred thousand wage-earners were making their desperate struggle in Colorado and Pennsylvania. The la borer, the capitalist and the 1ong-suf- fering public could bring their trou- bles and lay them at the feet of the Great Teacher and ind a happy solu- ton in the Golden RuIe.' f
 T commend 1t to you. young men, as the solution of happy living. wheth- CT it be extended to you in turn or not. Indeed the grace of Christian living appears and develops under the most adverse circumstances.
 'In happy cooperation more lives would be blest. but in case of opposi. tion he who overcomes evil by the whatsoever that ye would that men should do to you. do ye even so to them does not lose the rich blessing of a conscience void of offence toward God and men and will In the end hear the welcome plaudit, well done, good and faithful servant, enter thou into the joy of thy Lord"