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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-16

WANTED-Men everywhere. good pay; to distribute circulars, advertising mat ter, tack signs. etc. No canvassing. National Adv. Bureau. Chicago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-16

FOR SALE-Desirable two- story home, fronts car line at Elyton. Owner has re- moved from city, and must sell at once. G. F. Cramton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-16
EoR BALE.

FOR sILE-c6eSp; two business lots. 1x14o feet each. Second avenue near 24th street. Ought to double In value when new depot is commenced. smith & Stlllman, 2OO41s First avenue. 7-16-2t WE SELL silent salesmen show cases at s4.s5 per foot Acme Canopy Co.,, lI2s End ave. Bell phone S9. 4-lS-wo-su-l1 FOR SALE-French poodles. Apply Mrs
 1,onv e15 c 0ond street 7-15-3t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-16

YOUNG MEN-Our illustrated catalogue explains how we teach barber trade in
 few weeks, mailed free. Moler Barber College New Orleans, La. 7-3-3Ot
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-16

FOR SALE-A good runabout buggy with harness cheap. 2021 4th avenue.
 7-16-3t-s tli- wed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-16

FOR SALE1 folding bed, rocking
 chairs. 2 straight chairs, 1 cook stove, l small heater. 1 New Home sewing ma
 chine; cheap; object, leaving city. Ad-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-16

WANTED-Person to call on retail trade for manufacturing house; local terri tory; salary $25 paid weekly; expense money advanced; previous experience unnecessary. American House, Star Building Chicago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-16

WANTED-Men to distribute samples, tack signs, $3.00 daily. No canvassing.
 Continental Distributing Service, Chi
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-16

WANTED-Gardener and cook; will pay best of wages to right parties. Apply to D. H. Marbury. Marbury. Ala. 6-25-tf-su
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-16

FOR SALE-Maie fox terrier pups, eligi- ble to regiseration. Walker Reynoids' Nottingham, Ala.
 FOR SALE OR RENT-Subject to sale. lots and 5, block TIC; 17th st., Ensley; liberal terms to right party. Jno. Lee Evans, R. F. D. No. ?, city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-16
HCL? WANTEp-MAIE.

LADIES and men at g daily: home town; for manufacturing firm of $250.000 capital. Travellers paid s15 and $21 weekly, besides expenses. Work anywhere. Address with stamp, A. F. Jones, Birmingham, care general delivery. 7-l4-3t FOR SAIIE-Three pretty adjoining lots, facing south half a block from South Ensley car line at Williamson station; cheap. R. r. Manly & Co.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-16

DETECTIVE WORKING always want good men in places where we have no representative; references required Ad- dress American Detective association, Indianapolis, Ind.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-16

MOUNTAIN FALLS SPRINGS told Py- lant Springs)-Now open for guests.
 These Springs situated in Cumberland mountains, 2O0O feet above sea level. Sleep under blankets. Everything new.
 Cuisine most excellent. Five miles from Tullahoma, Tenn. For booklet and terms address, l.. J. Hardiman, Man ager. (Formerly of Duncan hotel, Nash vile, Tenn.) 7-S-tt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-16

FOR SALE-s300y-Tw large well situated lots in the best part of Birmingham- Ensley. This property will double In value in less than two years. City water in front. John B. Bethea Steiner bldg. Bell phone 232T.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-16
ROOMS FOR RENT.

FOR RENT-A large. nice, cool upstairs room, with bath. 2212 4th avenue. 7-7-tf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-16

FOR RENTING or three nice rooms in private family. furnished complete for light housekeeping. Gas, bath, electric lights No. TIT N. 23d street Peoples phone 220S
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-16
FOR KENT.

FOR KENT.
 FOR RENT-Four. five and six-room houses, cheap and we'll located. Smith & Stlllman. 2oO4lh 1st avenue. 7-1s-4t FOR RENT-192O Avenue E, 1o-rooms. bath. In thorough repair. newly pa pered and painted. w. B. Leedy. 7-l0-It FOR RENT-709 S. goth st., S-room mod ern house, servant house and stables. Apply at Douglass Bros. Morris avenue. or J. L. Yancey R. E. and Ins. Co.
 7-16-7t NEW five-room fiat; every modern con- venience; 221s 9th ave. Owner. 43S First National Bank bldg. 7-16-St-su-we FOR RENT-Nice broom cottage with bath and reception hall; 25M Ave. G. Apply to H. E. Klein, 2601 Ave. E. FOR RENT-Nice 3-room cottages Nos. 1915, 1019 and 1921 11th street. north. $50 water furnished. Macke, 2113 3rd avenue
 FOR RENT-Furnished or unfurnished cottage of rooms; gas range, east front; close in; possession at once. Ap- ply 550 N. 24th street
 FOR RENT, OCTOBER 1-Most elegant family hotel In Birmingham. containing 27 rooms bath rooms and dining room 37x31 feet Steam heat furnished free This is the best equipped. best located and best built house in the city, and is an iedal location for select family apartment house. Plans and full partic- ulars at our office. w. B. Leedy & Co.
 7-12-7t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-16

AGENTS-On salary or commission, greatest agents seller ever produced; ev- cry user buys again; 100 per cent profit; write at once Rex Bitters Co.,, 1545 Michigan Ave. Chicago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-16

LOST-Gold brooch set with pearls and sapphire; one pearl missing; reward if returned to Avs c. Vigo. telephone 457.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-16

MORPHINE, opium. laudanum and co caine habits cured permanently at home of patient, without inconvenience or detention from business; have cured hundreds. Complete treatment slO. For
 full particulars write Dr. Long Co.,,
 Box 1125 Atlanta, Ga. u-20-tf-su
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-16
F. Cramton.

FOR SALE-In Eutaw, Ala. Sh acres. more or less improved; storehouse large garden. fruit trees. grapes etc. Two
 acres in pasture. All encosed. Fronts 200 or more feet, on principal street,
 near depot. Can be divided and sold in lots to a great advantage. Terms 5000 cash. Address Lock Box 2l, Eutaw' Ala. i-lo-zt-suh u,ou cArEA oood runa about buggy with
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-16

TYPEWRITERS-All pnaKes sold and re- paired. Smith-Premiers, so5; agents for the Underwood. Bate-Davis Typewriter Co o01s 2d ovenue phones 103.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-16

s475O-100xl90; avenue E;rented stead1Iy at s54 month; new improvements. B. F. Eborn. S01 Title Guarantee building. requiring salesmen, stock clerks, bill clerks, collectors. commits sary men, stenographers, draftsmen, bookkeepers, timekeepers, accountants, office and shipping clerks, call or write Southern Office Help Agency, 2003 Sec ond avenue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-16

WANTED-A hotel steward at Cooks
 Springs; man of experience; salary moderate. Address Louie Reese, Cooks 8 Snr,nps Ala 7-16-2t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-16

FOR SABE-Auction. Auction! Monday, July IT. 1o:9O a. m., 1908 7th avenue, north; 1 fine old mahogany bedstead with four large posts, 1 refrigerator, hat rack coal and gas range bedroom furniture of all kinds, carpets, rugs, Din inu-room furniture, wardrobes, iron beds; sale rain or shine. w. T. Parker. Auctioneer,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-16

FOR SALE-25O acres to miles of the city, size tracts and prices that will surely sell 1t. Investigate. B. F. Eborn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-16
IosT7 aTRAYED oP STOLEN.

private papers. Please return to edi- torial room of Age-Herald. John T. Evans 7-14-3t
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17

of buff pressed brick and stone, at NO. IS washington Street, is modern ex- change building. It is constructed on what is known as the slow burning mill construction plan, is three stories high with a basement extending undeF the entire building and the arrange ment of the various offices and depart ments is admirably adapted to the re- ouirements of each.
 The first, or ground floor of the buiid- ing contains the offices of the Excnange Manager and his force and the omce of the District Superintendent and nis assistants. Upon entering the building we find on the left the well-appointeo office of MT. Edward Lyle. Manager TOT the Company in Montgomery Just across the hall from the Managers or Ace is the Cashiers office. which Is one oS the largest and best appointed busi- ness offlces in the city. In. this depart ment the accounting, not only Tor the Montgomery Exhange, but for large number of other Exhanges In Central Alabama is done. This Is one or the largest departments of the business and when you take into consideration fhe large number of patrons and vast number of toll line messages handled during the course of the month, It can be readily seen that vast amount of
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17

Illustrated above is the home of the Southern Bell Telephone and Tele- graph Company in Montgomery and the handsome building. located at No. IS washington Street. this city. is also the headquarters of the Fourth District of the Company. The District com prises the State of Alabama and Of Florida west of the Apalachicola River.
 An Advertiser man. a few eHys ago, visited the home of the Soutl.-rn Bell Company in Montgomery and found many things of interest and learned great deal about the telephone busi- ness, One who has not visited mod ern exchange, such as Is operated by the Southern Bell people in Montgom- ary. would be astonished at the vast amount of complicated apparatus. as we'll as the space required and arrange ment necessary for the conduct of the business. The public usually associ- ates with the telephone business only the little instrument located in their office or residence, and the young lady In the Central office, overlooking the vast arrangement of wires. cables and Central Ofice apparatus necessary to the proper conduct of the business.
 The handsome building, constructed
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17

clerical work is necessary. In the rear of the business office is the foremans department This department has charge of the construction and main tenarce of the outside plant, which irl- ciudes the underground and aerial lines.
 The ofices of Mir F. L. Woodruff. Sue perintendent, and J. D. Andrews. As- sistant Superintendent, of the District. occupies the suite of four offices on the east side of the building and from this office the business of the company Tor this State and West Florida is handled.
 The second floor of the building con tains the toll operating. telegraph. power machine, distributing frames and a vast amount of other apparatus.
 The switchboard is probably the most interesting part of the telephone appa- ratus to the layman. as we'll as the most surprising. Upon entering this department one finds magnificent piece of mechanism. more than sixty feet long and seven feet high, with thousands of switches. small electric lights and connecting cords. During the busy hours of the day. there are twenty four young lady operators working at the switchboard and In ad- dition to this there are supervisors clerks and monitors. the entire room
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17
Dix Conyicfed.

The jury in the case of R. L. Dix. colored, charged with the murder of Bert Pesnell, a motorman, returned a verdict this afternoon at S:45 o'clock finding the defendant guilty and affix- ing the death penalty. The jury went ont at 1:45 o'clock and immediately took dinner. After returning from dinner tho first vote was taken by the jurors and the verdict was rendered in quick order. The case was hard fought throughout.
 The court room was crowded all the time, the deceased having many frlends. and the defendant being member or several negro lodges, in the city. The attorneys did all in their power for the defendant while strong legal assistance was given the State. The case VIII pc appealed. Dix was convicted for stao- ping Bert Pernell. a motorman on Gate City electric car a few weeks ago. His defense was that he did not stab the motorman but that someone else did.
 One of the witnesses for the defense is being held for not answering to his name when called. although summoned
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17

being presided over by the Chief op-
 One is also impressed. upon entering the room, with the extreme quiet ana discipline, one is reminded Of a well regulated school room, there are no bells or other noisy devices. When sup" scriber removes the hand telephone from its normal position. placing t' 10 his ear, a small electric light giows m front of the operator. This Is the call ing signal and here begins the first or the seven operations necessary In or- der to make a connection.
 The extensive patronage accorded the company in this community testifies the appreciation oy the public of the splen- did service given by the Southern Bell Company The growth of the teie- phone business can be regarded as a good barometer of the business prog ress of the city and the fact that the Southern Bell Company are equipping their entire plant in a manner that will admit of the connection of 1000 new stations, demonstrates their faith in Montgomery's progress. Their toll line system now reaches out from Montgomery in every direction. con meeting all of the adjacent towns and villages. which enables the merchants to promptly reach our wholesale and jobbing houses.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17
READ THE ADS IN TODAY'S
 ADVERTISER AND EARN $25|
Ten MiS-spellcd Words Are in the Display Ads In IOdays Advertiser Find Them and
 Earn a Prize.

The sixth Correct List gets Sl.oo.
 The Seventh Correct List 9ets S1-ooL
 The Eighth Correct List gets 3l.oA
 The Ninth Correct List gets Sl.O0.
 Aside from winning one of these cash prizes. which anyone can easily do by carefully reading the advertisemonta. you can save at least 20 per cont. on . planned expenditure by buying tho goods advertised.
 No person can draw moro than enc prize.
 There are no conditions attached to this contest. All you havs to do is to read the advertisements in thls grea9 Christmas issue. lind the mis-spelisa words. Then write out the words, nam- ing the advertisements in which they occur. sign your name and send or mail to the 'ContaNt Editor" The Advertiser.
 The contest Is open to everybody. So get busy. read all the display ads. Ind the words and send in your list Adv.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17

The Advertiser will give s25.o0 in cash prizes to readers of the display advertisements in today's great Christ mas issue.
 Here's the plan.
 A purposely mis-spelled word ap- pears in ten different display ads. Only one selected mis-spelled word in each of the ten ads.
 Read all the display ads. over careful ". Find the ten mis-spelled words and send list of them. with your name, to The Advertiser ofiice.
 The twenty-five dollars will be divid- ed into nine prizes.
 Tie first person sending In correct list of the ten advertisements contain ing the mis-spelled words, and naming the words will get $10.
 The Second Correct List gets $500.
 The Third Correct List gets ss.o0.
 The Fourth Correct List gets $3.0o.
 The Fifth Correct List gets st.00.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17
THE TERM OF BURGIN
SOME OF JEFFERSON COUNTY'S
 CRIMINAL HISTORY.
Nineteen Men Have Been Hanged Under the Direction of the Present
 SherfM-NegrO Dix la Convicted.

Birmingham. Dec. 16.-(Special. l-- sherifr Al W. Burgin today gave out a gtatennent of some of the work perform ed during his term, already four years mast. During the term nineteen men have been hanged. Sixty-eight men
 ave now confined in the county jail awaiting trial for capital offenses. Ot inc sixty-eigb+ there are forty-eignt charged with murder committed In this county and four men are neid cnarseo with murder committed in other couns t,as civ thousand, six hundred and ~jxtv-fhree misdemeanor cases have nsssed through his hands. During ms once s.7Do felony cases were handled
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17

to make their places attractive to the enormous number of out-of-town peo- pie who are doing tneir Christmas shopping In Montgomery. All of the big stores. practically have window dressers brought from the larger clues and their work here would more than reflect credit on some of the windows they formerly worked in. Nothing catches the eye of the shopper more than a well dressed window and if half of the people purchase who glue their op- tics on these windows the merchants are already beginning to double their orders for their Christmas dinner,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17

number of the leading citizens of tho town passed resolutions to inaugurat4 . fight against the selling of whiskey within the corporate limits. They formed themselves into $ Law and or. der League and drew up a pstition which. when signed by those who will. will be presented to the city council men at their next meeting. The peti- ton asks that the city tax on whiskey be raised 60 high that nc one can af- ford to handle 1t. The three Saloons also have out petitions and the nRhk promises to be interesting.
 Your Home
 Made neautffua.
 Buy Pictures.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17
Enrfciture Tnken.

A forfeiture was taken on the bond of W. S. Taylor. charged with being a fugitive from justice from Sherman. Grayson, County, Texas. in Justice H .. A. Abernathys court this afternoon. The defendant failed to appear in court. His bond was for $500. Sheriff W. s.. Russell of Grayson County, was in court to fight the case. Taylor was arrested at the depot in this cty several days ago as he was meeting his family. con- sistlng of wife and several children who were followed to this city ali the way from Sherman.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17
BIG FIRE IN ANNISTON
THOMAsoN GROCERY COMPANY
 LOSES e10,0oo.
Ware-Rooms and Onlces of Cudahy Packing Company Destroyed. 0riEtn Unknewn and Fire men Have Hard Battle.

Anniston, Dec. 1e.--(Special. )--Fire tonight destroyed completely the large wholesale grocery store of the Thoma- son Grocery Company. The loss Is about S50,oo0. The building was val ued at about ss.ooo with s5,o0o insu- rance and the stock at about s4o,000 with about s3o.o00 insurance.
 The origin of the fire Is unknown. The firemen had hard work to pre- vent the fire spreading on account of the great headway it had obtained before the alarm was turned in. The firm has one of the largest trades in here two years from Oxford.
 The Cudahy Packing Company had office and ware-rooms adjoining which were also destroyed. Their loss will amount to about sz,oo0 with insurance All their books were destroyed
 HA- AR
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17
THE SOUTHERN BELLS MODERN AND
 WELL=EQUIPPED TELEPHONE PLANT

Glimpse the Inner Workings of One the Important Factors O the Growth and Development of This SectiOn Complicated Mechanism of Great Interest to the Layman. Toll Lines
 Radiate in Every Direction from MOng OmeTy.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17

Our work Is done by specialists. us- ing the best materials on the market ana every garment is inspected at least twice. so Is almost impossible for any spot; wrinkle rip, snas. loose but attention.
 Catalogue1 adv
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17
Longs Appointment.

T. O. Thompson, Collector Of Internal Revenues, and one of the referees Of President Roosevelt In Alabama. Is in receipt of a telegram from member of the Senate, announcing that as soon as the Judiciary Committee meets again the appointment of Pope M. Long for Marshal of the Northern District of Alabama, which was recently held up for investigation, would be recommend- cd and the Senate would promptly con- firm the appointment
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17
Prsces TAat Pay Buyer and seller

Our prices, while the highest in Montgomery, are the lowest that can be quoted on strictly first-cfass service. and are slightly lower than those of most reliable houses in other cities.
 That the Kind of work to hold trade cannot be done for less ss proved by the failure of over twenty cheaper places here since we began business In 1890.
 No matter how limited one's means, 1t pays to get the best rather than the cheapest in our line. for one suit prop erly renovated occasionally outiasts several neglected or ignorantly clean. ed and looks well till worn completely out.
 (Extract from Holt's Dye Works Cataloeue.l adv
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17
wiIr Cut om r,eaabcaa..

Baltimore. Mir, Dec. ls.--Tha an- nouncement was made today that with the close of the year the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad will. csast to issue passes and reduced rate transportation of all sorts. except to ofiicers and em- ployees of the Baltimore and Ohio and connecting lines. to whom transporta- ton will be issued as heretofore.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17
vardamsn offers Dig Rewa,

Jackson, Miss. Dec. Ex-Governor Vardaman has offered reward of $6s0 for the arrest of the unknown negro who attempted to crimInally as- sault Miss Minnie Dupriest, a. young white lady, near the Greenwood cerne- tery. last night. One suspect is in jail but no tangible evidence has been de- veioped against him. The negro was unsuccessful in his effort
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17

HamAseme Show Windows.
 T don't believe that any city in the country the size of Montgomery has any more attractive collection of holi- day show windows" said a well known citizen yesterday. "AIi of the mer- chants seem to have exereed themselves
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17
White MaA Hurt.

". B. Roberts, white. employed by the Southern Railway, was injured. though not fatally, by falling timber at Coalburg. eight miles from the city. The fniured man was brought to the city and carried to the Copeland Infirm- ary on Fourth Avenue
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17
Your Home
 Made Beautiful . Buy Pictures.
AT rIsAcTros OFFICE.


 Conductors and Hzesornaen sx Cenaoli- dated Companies Report to RagIand. Conductors of the Montgomery Street Railway turned in their fares at the Traction Company office yesterday Tor tho firat time and with the rnotormen received their weekly stipends from General Manager W. H. Rasland of the yellow car line.
 With this exception only there was no apparent change yesterday in the street railway situation. Although the Traction Company now owns eli the stock of the Montgomery Street Rail- way the companies win be operated separately until the Council grants the rights to make necessary physical con 7 nection. The joint Committee on Franchises and Privileges and Streets that has these connections under consideration held meeting at the Council Chamber last night but no report was agreed on The ordinances has had It's iarst read ing. It will come up for Its second reading and final passage tomorrow night.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17
ChlcaE0 Fostmaster ronnrued

Washingto Dec. I6.-Presiden' Ro0ssveit ro.o, today sent to the Senate tho postmaster at Chicago and if was con. 1rmed by the Senate.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17

For sale--1,SO0 yards of best river sand for any purpose. Delivery prompt.
 H. A. LOveless. Phone 245
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17

stolen. It Is alleged that two chick ems were found in her abode and iden- tified as the property of E. A. Little, whose place of business is few doors below her. Mir. Little has lost many fowls during the past twelve months and the%o other night nine were stolen out of his chicken house at the back of the store. A reward was offered for the apprehension of the offenders and the accused woman was arrested yes terday for having in her possession two of the chickens. She was fined s100 and sentenced to sixty days. It is un. derstood that an appeal will be taken and that an effort will be made to get the woman out of jail on a writ of ha- beas corpus. Pinckney Scott is the at- torney for the defendant.