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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-22
BOB WATTS MUST DIE
WHITE MAN WHO MURDERED 4
 CONFEDERATE VETERAN.
Supreme Court Afffrms Death SsenaItx Passed by Circuit Court Of Marshall Upon Slayer of
 Mir. Wrinkles.

A Christmas and New Year cloud as dark as death was ringed around the already critical plight ofSBob Watts, white man of Marshall county. whose execution for murder was yesterday fixed for February 9, 1906.
 Ever since Watts was sentenced to be hanged. June 5, this year, he has enjoyed surcease in his doom by securing an appeal to the Supreme Court. That appeal, which was from the Marshall County Circuit Court, went Its last thread yesterday when the decision was announced affirming the Judgment Of the lower court.
 The only hope beyond the appeal will be executive clemency but withal 1t will be as sad Christmas with Bob Watts as. perhaps. with any other man In this world.
 The crime for which Watts was con- victed was the source of untold indig- nation among his fellow citizens of Marshall county. From ambush in a thickly wooded grove across the Ten nessee river in the county, this middle aged man, money-mad, shot and al- most instantly killed Jackson M. Win kles. Confederate veteran. This was January II, 1905. Wrinkles had only a few days before received his last sol- dier's pension from the State. It amounted to some s3S, and he was on
 
 fired upon by the man who. according to the evidence, had seen the old sol dier exhibit his green-back roll Win kles was picked up before dying on the ground where he fell, a neighbor who chanced to hear the rifle shot having come to the scene. Death fol- lowed the same day but net until the old man had told the name of his mur- derer.
 Further evidence showed that Watts had gone about the neighborhod of Wrinkles digging into the ground where he thought certain money had been buried. He drew on the assistance of his companions in this work which pre- ceded only shortly the murder and rob- bery.
 And the Supreme Court has said that Watts must die for this crime. If hanged he will be one of the few white native Alabamians to die on the gallows in recent years. It is said that Dick Hawes of Birmingham who murdered his wife and children was the last.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-22

The Travellers New Life Policy is .
 revelation to fnsurers. Nothing like 1t ever offered by my other Company. See D. J. We'll q Co. about ft. tf
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-22
FANCY MIXED NUTS.

10 cents per pound. English Walnuts, I7 I-2c. Jumbo BrazIls, I5c. TaragOna Almonds, 171.2c. f LOuialana Paper Shell Pecana' Extra Larges 20c.
 BROCK GROCERY e tu-wed- -thu-frt
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-22
Christmas Plants

Christmas Plants Largest assortment ever offered in
 the city. ROsemOnt Gardens, 100 Dexter Ave.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-22

FOR sALE-F'ins white first water diamond stud; worth s125. 000 for $l0O. 0O Mont gomerv Loan co tf-l0
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-22
MIsCLILAxEoUs.

YOKE OXEN-Found: a yoke of red steers, one of them darker than the other and slightly brindled. marked crop and swallow fork, were taken by this office from a noto- torous cattle thief, pamed WiN Daniel. alias eommunieate with eiIis office. G. A. Ritch' Sheriff. Union Springs. Ala.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-22
FOX SALE.

FOR SALE-New home. modern, convenient six large rooms. large bath room large buffers pantry; large closets; gas and elec- tricity; hot and cold water: porcelain tub iavatory and sink. Large stable with cleo tric light: block from Sayre Street School
 ,s esr ne ee cap GoSg6t sS4Iow s9 sos5 ps
 amount on the place at per cent. Ad- dress Owner. care Advertiser If
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-22

IF You WANT--A first class carpenter and builder Phone 230 or drop us e postal A j. Keynton Contracting Company. If
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-22

Were awarded ten prizes at the Georgia State Fair Why he "bluffed" by trust agents into buying an antiduated register at price SIPS. worth S2sO. Write for terms Southern Cash Register O.. Atlanta. Ga.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-22

FOR SALE-Boys' and girls bicycles, from .5e up to S22 50. special good values. Montgomery Loan co. tf-lo
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-22

CARD~-Patients desfri wards of the Montgonis cure cards by telbphonl
 nurse In chaEGe. at gomeTy InfiKN Nhrx-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-22

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-22

FOR sALE-Grocery and bar. good location,
 fine trade: owner compelled to go out of business on account of health. Address z, care Advertiser. thu-su
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-22

FOR SALE-Solid gold stickpins from 75c; solid gold cuff buttons from $1. 50 to S20. co.
 Montgomery Loan Co. tf-10
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1905-11-17
Making FIawIess Steel.

BY the use of the substance called
thermite, which consists principally
of mixture of aluminium and iron
oxide and which possesses the prop
erty of continuing to burn spon-
taneously after having once been
ignited, producing temperatures as
high as 5000 degrees c., it has be-
come possible to make steel castings
of enormous size and weight, free
from flaws. The thermite is intro
duced into the steel as, in molten
state, it flows into the casting mold,
and, igniting, it raises the mass to
an extremely high temperature,
thus filling up any flaws that may
have started to form. When liquid
iron is treated with thermite the
metal shows much finer grains when
it solidifes, and the surface pos
sesses. a remarkable polishing ca
pacity.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1905-11-17
Man and Woman.

Chicago Record Herald.
Comparing man with woman,
Professor Cham berlain of Clark
University says:
He is more gifted in art.
He has greater business Ca
pacity.
He is more Industrious in bus
mess affairs
He has more genius.
He is more intellectual.
He is more logical.
He is more gifted in invention
and IN composition in music.
He has more originality.
He has greater power in ora
tory.
We might add that:
He drinks more whiskey.
He uses more tobacco,
He possesses larger assort-
ment of "CuSs" words.
He stays out later at night
He yells louder when be is
hurt.
He has to have more covering
on his lungs.
He is more eager to kill things
He is more likely to be crazed
by love.
He bets on more horse races.
He gets in Jail oftener.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1905-11-17
Egyptian Emb aiming.

NJ. Berthelot, secretary Of the
Louvre museum, believes that he
has discovered the secret of the
agent used in embalming in ancient
Egypt. After laborious examina-
ton of the sarcophagi of the fifth
and sixth dynasties, which date back
as far as $500 B. c., M. Berthelot
has come to the decision that Il ;
oil employed was simply castor oil,
such as is still used in Egypt, whic'
has undergone some oxidation, but
retained during the long period its
preservative qualities.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1905-11-17
OUR BIG RETIRED LIST.

1t would not be surprising if
there was a revolt some time against
the retired list of the army and ma
Wy. Through recent legislation and
rapid promotions the retired list has
become topheavy. There are now
3 lieutenant generals, 20 major gen.
erals and $50 brigadier generals on
the retired list of the army. In the
navy of the three highest grades
there are 1873 rear admirals, Is COM
modores and 81 captains. The act
of congress two years ago raised
many men on the retired list one
rank if they had seen service in the
civil war and had not been advanced
a grade on retirement. This swelled
the list of brigadier generals great
deal, but $50 brigadier generals on
the retired list is entirely out of
proportion to the size of the army,
either now or what it has been dur
ing the past forty years since the
close of the civil war.-Washington
Post.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1905-11-17
Fined For a lauqh.

"Insulting behavior" is a very
elastic charge in Australia. 1t may
cover anything, from pitch and toss
to manslaughter. Its latest ap?li-
cation comes from Bendigo. In that
golden city, where the late Marquis
of Salisbury tried his luck as a dig
ger in 1852, the authorities Of one
of the churches decided to suppress
juvenile giggling. They introduced
policeman in plain clothes, and he
detected couple of small boys
laughing during the evening serv-
ice. The boys were brought into
court on a charge of insulting be-
havior" and fined 10 shillings each,
plus lis. cd. costs. There are very
few of us who have not been guilty
of this crime at some period of our
lives.-London Standard.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1905-11-17

Our right-of- way committee
has been industriously at work
for some days and has secured
right-of- way from the county
line to Plainview with two ex
ceptions, Through small tracts
and these will come through, it
is thought, when they take
proper look at the matter. figure
up the advantages to accrue, the
price of land at present, then
by the rule of single subtraction,
the actual amount of damage
can be arrived at. This looks
like fair way to arrive at the
damage, or to approximate it so
closely that no room is left for
contention. The speculator
seldom gets rich by selling
right Of way to his peighbors
who give it to the railroads.
Plalnyiew Herald.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1905-11-17
Glace Chestnuts.

Skin and blanch twenty to twen-
ty-fve chestnuts and boil them for
quarter of an hour. Make a sirup
with a pound of loaf sugar and a
pint of water to which is added q
teaspoonful of vinegar. Boil for fif-
teen minutes or till rich sirup is
obtained. Dip in the chestnuts, off
the fire, singly on fine skewer and
stand to dry on an oiled paper.
Some people like the addition OF .
slight flavoring to the chestnuts.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1905-11-17

The recent rain has put a fine
season in the ground. More wheat
and rye will be sown.
Farmers have been very busy
gathering in their crops; grain is
fine. The plans have been very
prosperous this year.
w. R. McClain is very sick at
this writing. Rev. J. 7. Burnett
and wife of Canyon, visited him
Sunday.
A. B. Cage has moved into his
new house.
Mrs. Frazier of Deaf Smith, visit
ed Mrs. B. T. Johnson last week.
think all the correspondents
ought to come to the front now and
keep up with the city news, as
"wreless telephone" on the plains
is so successful.
Hurrah for our Umbarger cores
pondent! "Tassie" heartily indorses
everv word he said; if farmers could
sell their produce in Canyon City,
there would be no need to 60 to
Amarillo to trade, or send orders
TO other points.
Would be glad to hear Of
"IJncle Dams" whereabouts as he
will likely 60 into winter quarters
soon, and to know if old "Pid:'
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1905-11-17
His Strenuous Wife.

Oldwed-Do you use condensed
milk at your house?
Newed - No, but my wife gets
busy occasionally and turns out a
condensed cake. - Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1905-11-17
TASSIE.
Best Treatment for Colds.

"Most ordinary colds will
yield to the simplest treat
ment," says the Chicago Trib-
une, "moderate laxitaveS, hot
foot baths, free perspiration
and an avoidance of exposure
to cold and wet after treat
ment." While this treatment is
simple, it requires considerable
trouble, and the one adopting.it
must remain indoors for a day
or two, or fresh cold is almost
sure TO be contracted, and in
many instances pneumonia fol
lows. Is it not better to pin
your faith to an old reliable
preparation like mberlain's
Cough Remedy, that is famous
for it's cures of colds and can
always be depended upon?
Then no unusual precaution is
necessary to avoid contracting
a fresh cold. 1t also counter
acts any tendency Of a cold to
result in pneumonia. For sale
by S. V. Writ, Druggist.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1905-11-17
l. l.. HUNT,
Cashier.

has enough forage to carry her
through the chilly breezeS of win
ter. :.
TASSIE.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1905-11-17

The nepotist in Office whether
governor or way down the line,
should be marked now and re-
tired to the shades of private
life as soon as possible.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1905-11-17

State Treasurer Robbins has APP
pointed his son, Brown Robbins,
chief clerk of the State Treasury
Department. Robbins as a nepo-
tist is a pronounced success and he
doesn't care who kenS it.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1905-11-17

Brandon has several good houses
for sale all the way from $4oo to
$500. Why not buy one?
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1905-11-17

AS usual with Tammany when
defeated, off will go the head of
the Grand Sachem.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-19
M. H. SCREWS RESIGNS.
JUSTICE OF PEACE GIVES UP Hrs
 OFFICE.
Popular Young Man of Montxouaery Will Go to the West for the
 Beneat 0R Ills

M. H. Screws yesterday rendered his resignation aq Justice of the Peace In Ward of Montgomery. The resfgna- tion was sent formally to J. B. Gaston, Judge of Probate, who in turn informed the Governor that Justice Screws he'd resigned.
 Justice Screws left Montsomery Fxi- day night for Beaumont. Tex, where he has gone for his health. While there he will visit relatives and he ox- poets to return to Montgomery in a short time. His resignation was due to the fact that he felt the pressing need of a complete rest for himself and, af- ter mature thought, he decided that 1t was essential for him to so to climate further west.
 He was formerly Recording Secretary to Governor Jeiks, which position nc resigned several months ago to accent the appointment of Justice of the Peace to succeed his father, the late Cap1ain Benjamin H. Screws. While Justice of the Peace. Mir, Screws followed Ahe practice of his father. which won him the confidence and respect of the conn munity. He was pronounced an affi- cient and capable official.
 The office which Mir. Screws resigned is lucrative and 1t Is expected thaf there will be many applicants for Che place. The iustieeship will be n1le4 hW appointment from the Governor. but khe Governor was out of the city yesterday and there is no intimation Ag get Ma to Che successor of Justice &erew&
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-19

express companies shall be made subject to regulation by law. Their rates vary greatly and, often. very disastrousiy ar. Is compelled to quickly market his stock. A constituent told me this year of a car load of peaches which were to New Orleans, La. They sold in New Orleans for $1 per crate. Out of that dollar the commission merchant recetv- ed cents for handling the trans9ctionS press company 70 cents. Surely the producer Is entitled to better share of this joint investment of capital, energy and skill.
 "The bill approved by the Republican caucus last session established a new court, to consist of five judges, with power to review the findings of the 1n- terstate Commerce Commission and de- termine their "lawfulness, reasonable ness sion and tussness, under s this p0d prod lawyers that the court would have power to annul the decision of the Commission, not alone because it may have imposed a rate which was a denial of some legal or constitutional right of the carrier, but also where the court may be of opinion that the rate fixed by the Commission is not the rate it should have fixed. The court can not itself fix rate, because of the well known doctrine that rate-fixing is a legislative act. and you cannot confer leR1Slatlve IuncLlOnS upon a court, sO the Republican measure would leave the shipper in this condition. He ap- plies to the Commission. That body fixes the rate. The carrier takes the matter before the proposed Court Of Transportation." The court does not find that the rate fixed by the ConamIs- sion is confscatory, but is of the opin- ion that it should have nxed different rate. 1t, therefore, sets aside the ,tind- ing of the Commission. and yet is w1th- out power to substitute any rate of
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-19

prospect of a law which will clothe a tribunal with the power to speedily correct them when they are not so The law, as 1t now stands, prohibits unreas- enable charges and unjust preferences and determinations. and all that Is now proposed is to provide the machinery by which these prohibitions may be ef- Actively enforced.
 The bill which I shall present is the result of the examination which have given the measures which were In the last Congress, and the testimony before the two Houses. It will adopt what ap- pears to be the best features of some of these bills, rejecting or changing others, and embracing some matters not in any of them.
 Tt will substantially re-enact the
 first section of the act of 1887, except
 that it eliminates the language in said
 to avoid the operation of the act by re- fusing to publish joint rates for through
 shipments. l have also sought to eX-
 tend the. scope of that section by em- ploying language to expressly include bridges, ferries and terminal facilities
 when operated by independent compa-
 nies. The language making It applica- bIe to shipments wholly within ter ritory is probably unnecessary, as Con- gress can probably exercise that power anyway; but it can not make any law
 on this subject any worse to plainly say Tn the second section shall make it the duty of all carriers subject to the act to receive property offered for interstate shipment, and give bill of iading therefor, and have denied them the right to limit their common liabfl- ity in the transportation and delivery of the same.
 'SThis bill will also expressly Include all private freight car lines and express companies. neither of which are ex- pressly included in the bill adopted by the Republican caucus at the last ses- sion. 1 believe 1t to be important that
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-19
.pUcK. JONES RELEASED.
Younm White Man Who Was Held As
 A Witness.

"Buck" Jones alias H. F. Jones, a white witness In a case before the criminal division of the City court. was was vesterday released from the county jail bv order of the presiding judge.
 Jones, a young man, Is witness Tn tbe case of Herman Parker. a white merchant charged with receiving stolen property, which is set for trial In the ESity Court next Tuesday. Jones has recently been living in Georgiansa and nd ,gouId probably not be present at the trial and the case of the state would therefore be weakened by the absence of an important witness. An attach ment was issued for Jones and he was arrested and brought to Montgomery Friday morning. x..A . rones came from Opelikn and found his son in jail. Judge sayre; after ordered the witness re- leased and turned over to the custody nf his father on condition that he would have his son in court Tuesday. Jones Is also witness in cases pend ing against two negroes. George Tar. Iia1 IS and Win Dupree, who are charged With burglary and grand larceny. It is alleged that they stole the goods received by Parker.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-19
RAILROADS OF TEXAS
LONE STAR STATES EFFORTS TO
 CONTROL.
Representative Gordon Russell Wih An- troduce Bill in the Next Com Eresn Which He Thinks
 VIII Prove Effective.
By R. H. Watkins.

NI
 Washington, Nov. 1S.--(Speclal: l-Od t all the States that have attempted to solve the troubles with the railways Texas is said to have come the nearest: Representative Gordon Russell, Of that State, will at the next session, introduce a bill on the subject about which ne
 T am not one of those who believe that in the enactment of railroad rate regulation we will find Legislative cure all Undoubtedly much reiieI can be obtained by the people from the passage of a proper bill, but do not thjnk that any measure which has been proposed justihes the hysteria with which the railroads tustifes 1t, or the hone on the part of many that In 1t will be found remedy for all our ills
 .'The avowed purpose of the measures introduced and proposed to be intro duced is in the main, to empower the Inferstafe Commerce Commission to suhstitute a reasonable rate or practice for one which it finds, upon tnvestiga- tion. to be unreasonable.
 Ut is not to give the Commission the general power of rate fixing, but, Tn proper case. of rate revising.
 "The weight Of authority seems to settle the question as to the right of Congress to enact legislation in favor of that right. If the railroad compa- 1. nies are correct when they assert that their rates and practices are now reas- 3onable and just, then there is no reason swhy they should be disturbed at the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-19

s fSxfS Linen Center Pieces, hem st;tchei and one row of drawn work at foc
 f3xtS H. s. Center Pieces with three rows of drawn work at 35e
 f8xI8 Plain hemstitched heavy linen Center Pieces at 25e
 24x24 Plain hemstitched at 49c
 24x24 Hemstitched, with three rows of fancy drawn work at 49c
 30x3O Both Plain hemstitched and with three rows of drawn work at 65e
 "A and 30 in Hand drawn Japanese center Pieces, beautiful designs, from 75e to $5.50
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-19
Courl street chnrch.

The services at Court Street Meth odist church this morning will be out Of the usual order. A large congre- gation Is expected and 1t Is hoped the hour will be of unusual benefit to all
 Tonight the series of sermons to young people will be continued The pastor. Rev, J. A. Rice, has a number oL answers from some of the most cul- tured women in the East, West and south 10 those two questions: What Are lne Elements of Ideal Woman nooo n,s ana what Are the Most Com Women to Reach This IdeaiY'
 He VIII tonight read several of these answers.
 Large congregations have been at- tending these Sunday evening services ana ,,1 s,, ,eeosnssa9qeraoie esss9 interest has been
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-19
its own. And so the shipper is Just

its own. And so the shipper is just where he started.
 T do not think any new courts should be created until thefr necessity becomes apparent If the finding of the Com mission ts not satisfactory to any party before it, let resort be had to the courts as now constituted--with the power to annul the decision of the Commission only when 1t Is shown to be in violation of some legal or con- stitutional right
 T hope some goodN and wise measure will pass. The consumer and the pro- ducer are vitally interested. Anti rebate laws and discrimination laws have been enacted for the protection of the shipper and the dealer. Safety appliance laws have been passed for the benefit of the employe. Transpor- tation rates largely affect the prices which the producer gets for the result of his toll. He is entitled to his day in court. He asks that unreasonable rates shall be made reasonable. More than that, he does not ask--less than that he ought not to have"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-19

Ali 60 White Radium chiffon A I1.~O waists with fine tucks over yoke in front and back, five clus- ters of neat tucks on sleeves to elbow and tucked collaf, vefy elegant waist this Is.
 A. 700 And upwards all over xAs S'O0 Lace waists, embroidered nets, baby irish point etc, variety ot styles beginning at S7.00 and range with dollar or so rise up to $27.5O.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-19
Beautlfy Your Home
 Bay Pictures. Tressiar's, 14 Dexter.
Lnyv of Nlotherr-In-I.n,y.

Judge Swarts, of Norristown, Pa, in a recent case laid down the law relat- ing to mothers-in-law as follows: Tt should be distinctly understood that the husband is master of his ownhouse. The wife has no right to invite or admit her mother or anyone else to the house against her husbands will. The wife can. however. go to see her mother whenever she wishes. so long as she does not go so often as to neglect her duties to her husband and her home"