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Smyrna times., 1905-11-22

'highfalutin notions, go on. have
nOthing more TO say" And she walked
out into tue kitchen, Rose and the old
man following.
Ester.y sark slowly back into his
troubled sleep. Then he heard Il move
ment beside the bed. Close to the pill
lows, on Il chair, Rose was putting a
wooden bucket, dark and dripping with
water. She slipped one hand under his
pillow and raised his head. With the
other hand she raised to his lips a
great dipper of water
Drink" she said And Esterly drank.
Never to his last day was he to forget
the taste of that first drink after the
long days of parching fever. He drank
with sobbing gulps, drank and still
drank until the girl put the dipper back
into the water.
"Now Sleep" she said. And Esterly
sank into a long, dreamless slumber
| that lasted until the window framed
the first gllmmerings of dawn; then he
had another deep drink.
1t was afternoon when he woke
again, with head clear and body weak
and helpless after the run of the fever.
Mrs. Frazee hustled in.
"ROse has made you a bed on the
stoop, and the old man and I'll carry
you out there. The water busted the
fever, 1 guess"
In few moments Esterly was lying
on a cot that snuggled under the vines
of the stoop. He lay and watched the
Splendor of the mountain view which
stretched down and down for miles be
fore him. Then he looked up. The girl
stood in the doorway with a plate in
her hand.
"Rosev he cried. Rose, Rose, Rose'
The girl set down the plate and knel
beside him. Isn't it strange? Isn't i
wonderful?" she asked.
81 knew you had come from th'
mountains" he said but
"They adopted me, you know. NJ!
own father left me a little money, bu
liked to live with them, just as the.
were. You must forgive them thei
ignorance. The mountains are a hun
dred years behind, you know, and
love these people"
Esterly lay back. 'Then so do l..
he said.
"Now you must eat," she said.
He stayed her with feeble hand
"You said you wouldn't marry me bC
cause didn't need you-that 1 merel
wanted you for an ornament to m
money. Dear, can't you believe tina
rich or poor, 1 need you?
The girl looked at him. She ha
: cared for him before, but always ther
had been something lacking, sOmethin
that kept her from feeling quite sur
: but now that something came. Wit
a gesture that was protecting, MI
ternal, tender, she put her arm acros
l him, her cheek close to his. In silenC
they looked across the blue haze of Il
l valley, where the swallows circled al
dipped, then scared again.
Yes, you need me-" she said.
Smyrna times., 1905-11-22

]. B. Corton,
farmer and lum-
b e r m a n, of
Deppe, n. c.,
says II suffer-
ed for years
with my back.
1t was so bad
that 1 could
not walk any
distance nor
even ride in
easy buggy. I
do nOt helievn
Smyrna times., 1905-11-22
Couldn't Lift Ten Pounds.

and Health TO the Sufferer, Maxi
ing Him Feel Twenty-Five
Years Younger.
Sick kidneys cause a weak, lame or
aching back, and a weak back makes
a weak man. Can't be well and strong
sntil the kidneys are cured. Treat them
with Doan's Kidney Pills. Here's the
testimony of one man cured.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-07

254 are from the South, and nine of the twenty-three are laborers.
 In the Bureau of Soils there are 152 employed, only twenty-two being from the Southern and Cotton States. Elm ployed in field, away from Washington are twenty-two agents of the depart ment, and not one of them Is from the South.
 In the Bureau of Entomology, which also has had to do with the study of means and plans for eradicating the Mexican boil weevil pest thirty-four persons are employed; twenty-five in Washington and nine in the field. Of the thirtyfour only ono Is from the South.
 Of the division of agricultural ex- pertinent stations. in which fifty-nine persons are employed fifty-four are from Northern and five from Southern States.
 In the Bureau of Statistics. now un- dergoing investigation, there are 13S persons employed. nine of whom only are from the Southern States, and this nine are all either female clerks or laborers.
 In the Office of the Secretary there are twenty-five employed as clerks of in higher places. and of the number only four arc from the South; all clerks on small salaries.
 Here is a total of 633 employees of the department having all to do with the great agricultural interests of the Southern States, and only sixty-three of the aggregate are from the South ern States-just 10 per cent
 The figures given are taken from the Blue Book, which gives the name of every employe of the United States government. It Is q fact worth pom dering that the Southern States. not withstanding their great interest in that department, have a smaller repre- sentation in the Department of Agri- culture than In any branch of the gov ernment
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-07
Checks, Instead of Money.

On account of the recent large de- falcation of William W. karr, the dis bursting officer of the Smithsonian In- stitution and other shortages from time to time in the handling of money to be paid to department employees, the authorities have decided to try the ex- pertinent of paying salaries by check. instead of cash. The beginning was on Friday. the last day of the month being pay day. but was undertaken on- ly in part only the Department of Commerce and Labor and one division of the Treasury Department disburs- Ing pay in checks.
 It was at first heard with some mis- givings by the clerks that they were to be paid by check, as they surmised that there would be no little delay in getting their money on account of the thousands who would have to be paid. If the experiment satisfies the Secre- tary of the Treasury, assistance will have to be provided in a large force for the Paying Teller of the depart ment But clerks receiving checks may get them cashed at the banks or by any person willing to provide the money on Uncle Sans signature. It has been the custom for some employe in each room to be given envelopes containing cash for the others. The envelopes hereafter will likely con tain only checks. IS 1t Is believed that the check system will be generally adopted by next pay day. :~
 short Show for the South.
 It may be little interesting, Just now that some question has been raised as to the accuracy and integrity of certain persons in the bureau of statistics of the Department of Agri- culture, to be informed statistically of the personnel of that branch of the Department and of others that have most to do with the Southern and cot ton States.
 In the Bureau of Plant Industry, which is handling the cotton boil wee vii and all other subjects that touch plant life on the farm. there are 254 employees in the department in Wash ington. Only twenty-three of these
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-07

ignorance of some people about civil war claims, instances of most absurd and almost incredible misinformatlon and lack of proper advice might be given, It Is indeed not uncommon for Conrressmen to receive letters from commitments having claims to forward papers and ask the Congressman 10 look after the collection of the money at once, as though all the claimant had to do would be to present his little bill and get a check for the amount ne named. Yet people have come to Washington with claims who. without the claims, would be accounted we'll to-do, and have spent fortunes trying in vain to get the government to do something for them. Some of them have gone to paupers' graves, poor hapless sons of clay"
 The whole range of this suo)ect which has caused thousands Of good peorle to sweat in anguish has just been brought to the mind of this cor respondent by a letter to Congress- man from a lawyer in a Southern State "a lawyer! He wrote to the Con gressman asking him for information as to when the civil war claims would be all paid off!"
 Another sent a claim to the govern ment for $l00 that had an interest &C., count of about 5000. Uncle Sam new CT pays interest on claims.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-07
Another One Puzzled.

The law. of heredity. as we, call it, may be all rght. and probably Is, or But what puzzles us, as 1t seems to confuse our contemporary, is the cir cumstance that the exceptions are so son." and yet how often we observe that the son, although bearing his fla ther's feature. bears no resemblance to inc character of his parents. This is not only something that is difficult to understand. but it is grief of heart to many good people whO expect tneir children to be like them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-07

The steel car may supplant the wooden car on trolley lines In New York city. For week a steel car has heen running up. and down Broadway; decorated in perfect imitation of the wooden cars. It can be distinguished d from the outside only by the rivets. nish. The car is of solid steel. Inside It looks a good deal like the steel cars in the subway. An official of the Metropolitan Company said this week that the steel car had run satisfac- torily. and would be followed by many others. with the idea of entirely sup planting the wooden cars.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-07

have been well born. well nurtured. well instructed and well trained. often disappoint \ the expectations of their parents. And the worst of it-not the worst. perhaps. but still a deplorabie feature-is that the minimizing world points at children who illustrate the exceptions to the laws of hereditary and training, and say: Those chill dren had no raising"
 We would like to see a reasonable explanation of these things; but 1t is not worth while to continue the dis cussion. for we get Into deeper water the farther we carry it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-07
Repairing the White Hou...

If the average citizen, however suc-
 cessful in business, should have his
 house repaired and painted every sum
 mer, two things might be inferred It
 would be presumed that the owner was
 both extravagant and careless of his
 property. Yet that Is what happens to
 the executive mansion of the President
 of the United States. The last two years of MT. Roosevelts administration
 have seen the most extensive and thor
 ough repairs of the White House. cost
 ing many thousands of dollars, includ-
 ing the construction of the two wings
 on the east and west sides of the main
 building, and embracing the executive 1 office. which has come to be commonly remarked as resembling the office quar- ters of brewery establishment. The White House will be closed to visitors while the Improvements are in prog ress. With all the numerous retouches,
 the repairing and the painting. there is no house of any kind in the country that has more scrupulous care than the White House. Watchmen are at hand
 night and day looking to the safety of every part of the premises.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-07
City Buyers of Farm Truck. {.

The Department of Agriculture has directed some of its versatile ability to advising the farmer to get wise about how some of the products he takes to town are handled in the market, and the author of the particular bulletin handling the subject grows quite face- tious with his theme which he treats in a pamphlet devoted to the "Fancies of Consumers"
 This production of the Federal farm
 CT says that ono of the weaknesses Of the city consumer is an admiration for foods, fruits and the like that are pol ished or given an alluring gloss, and that this ''nickel-plate fancy plays
 some queer pranks.
 The lifelong resident of the city," says the bulletin. 'who has no first hand knowledge of an apple orchard may buy from an apple woman on &
 street corner a pretty red apple with d wax-like polish on its surface" and will always take 1t in preference to the one without the polished surface.
 little knowing that the gloss was prob
 ably secured by an application of sa- liva, "eibow-grease and a dirty rag" Another fancy of urban ignorance out of which the bulletin takes fun ny fall Is that which puts the porter
 house steak far ahead of any other cut of beef. It is pointed out that the
 farmer does not pay much attention to
 these things and. Ll days of high
 priced beef, 1t might be better If his
 twin brother did not The bulletin
 says that the neck of the beef is
 equally nutritious and very palatable,
 if properly prepared by the cook. and
 that although epicureans admit and
 chemists demonstrate that 1t Is tooth-
 some and assimmilates benevolontly
 with the digestive system, it bears an
 ignoble price compared to the aristo- cratic porter house. selling at 3 cents.
 while the porter-house demands 20 cents. It is suggested that If the cook had the art and ability of the
 French housewife to make attractive and pleasing dishes. porter-housc steaks would have no great call over neck cuts.
 Other "fancies" that are given Q scornful ha-ha are those which dis cover the city buyer haggling for yell low-leg chickens. brown or white eggs, yellow or white c'.rn meal. and
 sick and sich."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-07
Mobile Society News. nIt.. AInnI ]

The marriage of Miss Maud Crawford and cantain Alfred Sully Morgan, U. S | A., took place this evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William a1nt H; of Mas t5e tin, Mrs. Mastin being an aunt od tne ne
 tbe p5toei City limited number of the bride friends were asked to the he, ceremony S,nry and reception, and about ntty or more more e'ciock the bridal party entered the narIors where the marriage was per. formed by Rev. Edmonds Bennett eo or ars were used to decorate the rooms and Mrs. Mastln's artistic. touch was noted in the draperies d of the ,o Prie hd sr deu ried The bridal party entered to the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-07

Miss Kate Robinson left today for New York to visit her brother, MT George Robinson and family.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-07

s. l.. Davis of Pensacola is in Mo bile on a business trip and a guest at the Bienville.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-07
Steel Cars nn TroIlcx Llner.

c. D. Tallman of Montgomery is registered at the Bienville. *-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-07

MT. Gaylord Clark spent yesterday and today in the city, leaving this af- ts-noon for Point Clear to visit the Bestors. +:" ...t.''.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-07

Mir Willie Taylor. who has been wis iting his sister Mrs. Charles Vincent, for two weeks, will return tomorrow to his home in Chicago.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-07

Mrs. James P. Moreland has gone to Rome. Ga, to visit relatives, accompa- . nied by her sister, tt whG has been her gone to French Lick Springs.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-07

J. L.. Bedsole of Thomasville, Ala. Is in the city on a business trip.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-07

J. H. Brownson of Selma is regis tered at the Southern. "~:a "ss
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-07
Gossip From the
 Nations Capital
2 By
 R. H. w atkins

as Secretary of the Navy, vice Paul Morton, resigned to go after mere lucre'' with the Equitable Assurance Society.
 Mir Morton was on hand when MT. Bonaparte called at the department to meet the admirals and the others offi- cers and division chiefs of the civil clerical force of the department. Mir. Morton told MT. Bonaparte what a nice job 1t was and what pleasant time he had with his force. Indeed, Mr. Nor ton said that the place and work were fascinating; the field world d-wide, and the tasks constantly new. Thus he went on with little speech seeking to make the shrinking little Mir Bonaparte feel good. MT. Bonaparte seized the obvious opportunity and expressed the hope that he would be as we'll liked as MT. Morton and also ultimately as highly esteemed.
 The admirals and other officers, some people had expected. greeting a Bona parte as their new chief, would appear in full dress uniform, but they did not: they were attired in everyday summer citizens clothes.
 Mir. Bonaparte, with true Bonapar- tian spirit. announced to those present that he was in favor of a big navy"
 The new Secretary has taken resi- dence in the Portland. an apartment house of modest dimensions and ap- pointments. on Fourteenth Street, front Ing Thomas Circle.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-07

Work on the Peoples Bank. annex was begun this morning in earnest, It will run back from the present build Ing to the new City Bank and Trust Company's building, which IS compiet- ed except for the interior work
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-07

Miss Sadie Maxim, a charming young lady of Aberdeen. Miss. Is in Mobile and will be the guest for some time of Miss Florence Simon at her hospitable home on South Jackson Street.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-07

A movement is on foot to have ice water n i'i in plenty placed in Bienviile Square every night during the open air concerts by the 1st Infantry band'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-07

Chairman Jouillan of the Golden Ar. rangement Committee, writes t9at all is in readiness at that place for the Alabama Press Association Bayou la Batre, one mile from Coden. will CO., operate in entertaining the visitors.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-07

The family of George A. Riviere arc now comfortably housed in the Carr Home, Athens. Ga. where the will re- main until cool weather when they are to return to their home here
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-07
Scarce Labor in the South.

Visitors from the Southern States continue to bring reports of insufficient supply for the demand for labor.
 Capt E. S. Broussard of New Iberia, La. who is here with a young bride. and who Is a brother of Representative Rob ert F. Broussard of that State. said today.
 The general situation in Louisiana would be highly satisfactory but for tho scarcity of labor. One can go through the country and see great many emp ty negro cabins. a condition that was formerly unknown In our section. There has been no diminution of our popula ton, but large part of our black popu- Iation has abandoned the plantations"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-07

The grandnephew of the great Ma noleen. Charles Jerome Bonaparte, has entered upon the discharge of his duties
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-07

Rabbi Alfred G. Moses, . .ho has for some time been confined with illness at Providence Infirmary and whose life for time was despaireo of. is greatly improved and on the fair road to re- covery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-07

In the Peoples Bank has been de posted check to the credit of Mrs (. T. Hearin, the amount of which IS s100 OOO The check was paid on d Single policy on the late Charles T. Hearin, by the Equitable Life Assu- rance Society. .@.~ =
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-07

The Inge apartment house, which is in course of erection at the southwest corner of St. Michael and St. Joseph Streets. bids fair to be a magnificent structure. The walls and floors have been completed to the third story and the work is being rapidly pushed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-07

Mrs. Guy Hartwell will leave Satur- day morning for Chicago where she will visit for some time with her rela- tives. She will later be joined by Mir. Hartwell when they will make an ex- tended tour of the East
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-07

Owing to the continued illness Of Rabbi Alfred G. Moses, the pulpit of the Jewish Temple, Shaarai Shornagim, will be occupied Friday evening ana Etelsor of Fort Wayne, Ind. a young Mobile minister, who is visiting ms parents here. ,,..
 CT. Rabbi Etelson will make special mention of the lamented Secretary of State Hay. ~...+ .-.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-07

parties this afternoon for trip down the bay, MT. E. c. Rice being the cap tain. Miss Nell Hall. hostess and her guests, Misses Corinna kirkbride, Clara Ross. Virginia Sims, Camille Caffee. Emily Boone. Lily Radcliff, Messrs. Philip Krauss, Carl Martin, Jim Radcliff. William Ross, Chester Goud, Tom Sims, shannon Hunter. Henry Clarke and Mrs. NJ F. Kirkbride. Refreshments were enjoyed on board and the party returned reluctantly to the city atout 8 o'clock.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-07

Many and many a time these difficult ties have been stated to persons who desired to present claims against the government and the press has not in frequently published enough at least to indicate the wisest course to be pur- sued by the intending claimant.
 The paramount question to be settled in all civil war claims Is the loyalty of the claimant. If there is the least doubt on that question, the claim be- comes worthless. The natural pre- sumption is that a claimant living in a State accounted disloyal was himself thus tainted, and his proof of loyalty must be the most satisfying part of his evidence. notable instance of the rigidity of the government in this respect was furnished in the case of citizen of Nashville. William B. Bay less MT. Bayless lived in 1864 in suburb of Nashville His house was torn down in the process of erecting defenses of Nashville against the as- sault of the Confederates under Hood. Mr. Bayless presented a claim for the property destroyed, with complete proof of his individual loyalty. His claim was reflected for a remarkable reason. but which, nevertheless. illustrates the strickness, to mention no other per suading cause, which operates against the Civil War claimant. MT. Bayless had a son in the Confederate army. federal captain delivered to MT. Bay less d message that his son whom the Union officer had met on q fagof truce barley had requested him to ask his father to send him some underwear. Mir RayIess said he could not do that. as il would be aiding a Confederate. The officer laughed at the idea and went with MT. Bayless to see General Rosecrans who was in command at Nashville at the time. General Rose- crans without hesitation gave his con sent for the clothes to Dc sent to MT. Baylesss son But for that act MT. Bayless claims was rejected Many another claim has been rejected for even less reason.
 The great majority of war claims are required to go through Congress and then are referred to the Court of Claims. Those not so referred are in- variably for public buildings such as churches. or institutions In which, from the nature of things, the question Of loyalty does not enter. Individual claims must go through Congress, be referred to the Court of Claims. and after favorable action there, returned to Congress for an appropriation to cover the amount allowed. Yet 1t does not always occur even after the Court of Claims adtudicates a case favora- bly, to the claimant that congress Is willing or ready to appropriate the money for 1t. The parliamentary situa- tion, or politics. may evolve some fel- low in either house who will inter pose an objection that will knock out the claimants bill at the last moment. at least for the session. Claims have had such fates session after session. ahout which there had been no dispute. Melancholy Ignorance.
 Referring again to the stark-naked
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-09-08
Warnerville.

The Omaha Elevator company
shipped a car of hogs to South Omaha
Tuesday.
DR., and Mrs II, o. Munson Of Battle
Greek visited with the doctors pa,
rents Sunday.
The Werneryille school will open
next Monday, Miss Carrie Castle will
teach the fall term.
The republican voters of Warner
vile township will meet in caucus
Monday evening, September 4, to
elect delegates to the county conven.
tion at Battle Creek.
Mrs o, d. Munson went to Omaha
Thursday, where she will make her
future home. Mr.. Munson will follow
as soon as he can dispose of his per-
sonal property.