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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-11
l1Jcmen and Society.
BY MRS. !. M. DE CoTTns.

Mrs. Smathers here Mir. and Mrs. smathers and daughter, Miss Ellen Smathers, and Mrs. Henry Bartlette. left this morning for Faunsdale where they go to visit friends and relatives. Mrs. Frank Fillmore, Misses Willie Elmore Jennings. Hettie Marks, Mary Belle Jones, Rosilee Higgins, Mir. Grims Jennings and MT. Stiles have returned from Pensacola. where they have been visiting MT. and Mrs. Gunter Fillmore since Saturday.
 Mrs. Anna G. Brown, of St. Louis. is the guest of her sisters Misses Mary and Ninmo Greene. Mrs. Brown is the author of Preside Battles, that lovely home story of the early days after the war.
 The reception of the Sunday school teachers that was to have been held at the Temple on Wednesday Is postponed until Tuesday, April 18th.
 After a two months visit to Mir. and Mrs. Mark Lewis at their beautiful home in Birmingham. Miss Carrie Stone has returned home.
 Miss Maggis V. Mabson is the guest of Mir. Tendon B. Mabson.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-11
Ano,.nt Love Letter.

The world possesses many love songi of the old Egyptians, but a genuine love letter had not heretofore beer found. only recently, in Chaldea, wal a love letter found, written on clay Though the letter has much formalit1 for such a missive, the reader can fec inc tenderness that lies hidden between inc lines, The document was written in the year 22oO B; c; and was found ApnarentIy the lady lived there, while her beloved was a resident of Babylon The letter reads:
 says Gimii Marduk (the favorite ot MerodachJ, this: May the sun god oi Marduk afford you eternal life. I write that I may know how your health is in Babylon and have not seen you, and for this reason am very anxious Send me a message that will tell me when you will come to me, so that may be happy. Come in Marchesvan May you live long, for my sake
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-11
BALL NOT GUILTY
NEGRO TRIED FOR MURDER OF A WOMAN.
Sequel to Tragedy at Highland Park a Year AgO-.Other News of the
 Montgomery Courts.

Henry Ball, a negro, charged with the murder of Inie Williams, negress. about a year ago, was yesterday ec- quilted by jury in the criminal di- vision of the City Court of Montgom- cry.
 Ball entered a plea that the ball which killed the woman was fired by him accidentally and the killing of the woman was never contemplated by him.
 The woman was killed at a sham battle for negroes at the Highland Pare baseball grounds about year ago.
 The jury was as follows: T. M. Da- wis. A. A. Janney, Jr., S. A. Solomon, A. NJ. Johnson, J. H. Galloway, w. E. billiard, W. D. Talley, ]. P. Ruff, T. A. Means, J. L. Wheeler, F, A. Rhodes, J. T. Bennett.
 Teen Richardson charged wi0l the same crime will be tried today
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-11
PreabyterY tn Nfeet.


 The regular spring meeting of the Presbytery of North Alabama will con- vene tomorrow evening in the First Presbyterian Church In Decatur. This meeting of the church body Is consid- cred the most important of the year and much business pertaining to church work throughout the Presbytery will be taken up.
 The church in which tho meeting will be held has just been completed and was dedicated Sunday a week ago by pr. John w. Stagg of the First Presby- terian Church of this city. The pas tor, Dr. John 8. Parks, has accomplish ed a great and good work during his pastorate in that city. the new church being a living monument to the work he has accomplished.
 The Presbytery will be called to order by Rev. U. D. Moody. pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church of this city, he being the last Moderator pres ent.
 The opening sermon will be preached by Rev. c. c. Weaver of Woodlawn.
 At the spring meeting the full mar rative and statistical reports of all the churches in the Presbytery are made and a general review of the work that has been accomplished in the last quarter discussed. A subject of the greatest importance that will be dis cussed by the members at this meeting will be the work of home missions. Much interest is anticipated in the talks that will be made on this sub feet, on account of its great import ance in the welfare of the church.
 Regular sessions of the Presbytery will be held three times each day until all business has been attended to.
 The ministers who will attend from this district will leave tomorrow at noon, as follows: Revs. John W. Stagg of the First Church, L. s. Handley of the Central Church. U. D. Mooney of the Second Church, J. A. Bryan of the Third Church and S. J. Foster of the South Highlands Church.
 The ministers from the suburbs who will attend the meeting are: w. A. Daniel of Avondale, c. c. Weaver Of I,oodlawn, J. M. Bait of East Lake ]. w. Orr of Ensley, W. W. Wolff of Pratt City, H. W. Flynn of West End c, E. Reynold of the Twenty-fourth Street Mission.
 An elder from each church will also he present at the meeting.
 The session will probably not last longer tha nthree days.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-11
WOMAN A SUICIDE.
Mrs. Alice Sims of Heflln, Shit Her

MFs' Alice sims or Hefiin, Snit Herseh'
 Columbus. Ga, April 10.-(Special)- Mrs. Alice Sims, wife of John Sims, a merchant at Heflin. Russell County, Alabama, committed suicide yesterday afternoon at her home by shooting herself with a pistol
 She stood before a mirror and shot herself in the back of the head. Part of the head was almost torn off by the violence of the explosion and she was instantly killed.
 She had been in III health for some time and had been treated at a sani- tarium, having been a victim of the drug habit. She left note to her hus- band saying she could not stand her suRerings longer. It Is believed that her mind had become unbalanced. Be- sides her husband, seven children sur vive her, the youngest a baby five months old. She was the daughter of Dr. Dismuke, Irwin County Georgia
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-11

The Birmingham Age-Herald has the following to say of the engagement of
 Miss Kate Birch and MT. Lawrence of
 New York.
 The wedding to take place on the evening of June 1.
 The wedding will be one of the bril- liant events of the June season. Miss Birch is formerly from Mont gomery, and has resided in Birmingham only the past winter She is beautiful
 and very charming, typically Southern
 in her many graces and in the admira1 tion accorded her in Southern society
 she has repeated the social triumph of her mother, who was a lovely Alabama
 belle. Miss Birch has passed a season
 or two in New York. and she met her fancee during a visit to MT and Mrs. Frank Chambers at their magnificent
 house, Grows Nest" on the Hudson. which is in the same neighborhood Of Lawrence Park splendid private park owned by the Lawrence family, which
 is the home of many of New York literary set and of several we'll known artists. The Lawrences reside in New York city,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-11
Mir. sempIe JoIns Suit.

Judge A. D. Sayre, presiding over the City Court of Montgomery in Equity. granted the petition of Loren 20 Semple of New York. to be made joint complainant in the suit of Henry B. Gray and Judah T. Moses against the South and North Railway of Ala bama.
 MT Semple is a holder of seven shares of the stock of the South and North and like Messrs. Gray and Moses he desires that the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company be en- joined from voting 90 per cent. of the stock of the road owned by 1t for the purchase of the South and North by the Louisville and Nashville.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-11
CONFIRMED OLD CASE.
Philadelphia Woman Beneficiary of Lit-
 fRatiOu of Many Years.

Jacksonville, Fla, April 10-Judge Locke, of the United States District Court has confirmed the report of the Special Commissioner appointed to in- vestigate the validity of the grant of one million acres of land in West Flort- da, along the Appalachicola River, made by the Spanish crown to John Forbes.
 The case has been in the court since 1880, when suit was instituted against the government by Theodore Dalcour for the recovery of the lands. The on- ly direct living heir to the property is Miss Clementihe Dalcour of Philadel- phia As the case now stands, Judge Locke's decision awards the land to Miss Dalcour. District Attorney Strip ling has filed notice of appeal and the case will go to the Supreme Court of the United States for final decision.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-11
NEWS OF BIRMINGHAM

Birmingham. April 1o.--ispeeial)- The case of Hollis Parish. charged with the murder of George Leonard, a me- chanic, on an electric car. two years ago, was called in the Criminal Court today and continued until tomorrow afternoon. Several witnesses will be attached. Parish was tried last year and convicted of murder in the second degree and was sentenced to the peni- tentiary for ten years. He took an ap- peal and the Supreme Court reversed and remanded the case. Parish Is a young attorney and the son of min ister. He was drinking at the time of the killing.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-11
tricts in East St. Louis and St. Louis

tricts in East St. Louis and St. Louis proper.
 This charge varies from S3 to s5 per car and the company's action will have the effect of reducing the carload rates to that extent.
 It is expected that the action of Chi- cago and Eastern Illinois will be quickly followed by all the other lines leading from Chicago to St. Louis. It may be, however. that there will be reprisals in other directions and in- stead of following the action of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois may re- duee rates to other competing points in an effort to drive the Chicago end Eastern Illinois line out of its aggres- sive position on St. Louis business.
 Ever since the great war on grain rates last winter from Omaha to NAw Orleans and to the Atlantic Seaboard there has been much friction between western trunk lines. It is feared that the movement made today may lead to a general breakup in western rai1- road rates on competing traftic.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-11
Tuau.cted stnte Couyicts.

Rev. J. J. D. Hall, State Chaplain has returned to this district after a trip of three weeks. visiting the various convict camps throughout the State. He reports that the convicts of Alabama are being well cared for and are re- ceiving fairly good treatment. The convicts are being handled differently now than ever before, and very few of the unfortunates are being worked harder than their physical condition should allow. if any at all.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-11
PERSONAL ITEMS

An important event of this week will he the reception which win be given on Thursday evening in the Sunday school rooms of the Court Street Meth odIst church in honor of the visiting members of the Board of Home Mis- sions ofNthe Methodist Church South. The hour is eight o'clock. Tn every way this promises to be a beautiful social event
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-11
NInntrnnerr OwIn.

club of young gentlemen united in body for the purpose of having good times" is called the Montgomery Owls.
 The last meeting was held at MT Glen Jennings house on Saturday evening, April 8. 1905.
 The watchword is, watch our move ments.' ,-
 The officers are: George Harris, nresident; George Miles, vice president; William Davidson, secretary; Hubert Dent, treasurer; Morgan Browder, pre- sides over the meetings.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-11
Never Made an Arrest.

Patrolman Dennis Reardon, thirty broke his record the other day by ar resting John Mesbaum on a charge of failing to provide for his family. II was the first arrest that Reardon had ever made. The only other time he ever did anything besides walking his beat was some years ago, when he plunged into the river and saved little girl from drowning. For this he was put on the roll of honor. His salary is $S0 a month.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-11
bod Itemn from Everyrhere.

Indian twins are great curiosity, for it is said that Indians never per- init twins to live. Twins, in their be- lief, are heralds of impending evil, for. a great many years ago, the abduction of two beautiful twin daughters by members of a distant tribe was the cause of war and great loss of life. Hence, probably, originated the prac- tice of killing Indian twins as soon as they are born.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-11
Ino Willis Round Over.

Joe Willis, @ white man of Chiffon County. was arraigned yesterday be- fore United State Commissioner John A. Fillmore on a charge of illicit dis tilling.
 The still of Willis was raided Sat urday by Deputy United States Mar shal J. F. Goodgame and Deputy Col iector of Internal Revenue Battle.
 Willis was held to await the action of the Federal grand jury under $30O bond.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-11
The Confederate Flags.

Are being returned by the Govern ment to the south. They cannot send you any, but we will mail you 9 silk ones. 12x1S inches, battle and national upon reseipt of $1.50. Every south ern home should have the Confederate Flags.
 J. E. Quarles Co.,. Richmond. Va.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-11
Bessemer City Court.

The Bessemer City Court convened this morning and the jury criminal docket was taken up. A number of cases are set for this week. among them being that of the State vs. G. D. Nelson. the deputy at Adger, who shot and killed Robert McGee there in Jan uary. Nelson will plead self-defense.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-11
Arrested in Chattanooga.

A telegram received by the sheriff today announced that John T. Robin son had been arrested in that city on advices from Birmingham charging grand larceny. Frank Black of this city swore out a warrent against Rob- inson alleging that the latter stole a shot gun and camera from him. A deputy will go to Chattanooga as soon as requisition papers can be secured.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-11
seaboard Pas.enger Train.

Announcement Is made that the pas senger trains on the Seaboard Air Line Railroad which will start next Sum day. will run from and to the union passenger station in Birmingham, in- stead of from the freight depot as was first proposed. The first trains will be for local accommodation altogether be- tween Birmingham and Atlanta. A month later through passenger trains will be put on.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-11

Manufacturing Company, dismissed for want of prosecution.
 J. T. Letcher vs. John W. Chastain, judgment for defendant.
 The jurors for this week are as fol- lows
 Jury No. 1--J. D. Cody, J. H. Minnis, T. F. Spivey. B. F. Branch, Silas Ty- son. NJ. H. Stuart, J. J. Supplies, J. D. Baker. w. S. Smith. W. B. Howard. B. P. Johnson, G. W. Thompson.
 Jury No. 2. Gncomplete)-G. B. Jul kins, l.. P. Faber. J. H. Wilder. W. E. Bowick, Graham Chisholm, L. W. Me- Dowell, T. A. Watts, James Ellisoon, J. H. Hauser.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-11
The Civil Court.

Two cases of minor importance were disposed of yesterday in the civil di- vision of the City Court of Montgom- cry. Judge A. D. sayre presiding. They were:
 B. o. Watkins vs. the Tallassee Falls
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-11

filed bonds in the sum of $2,5o0 each, to answer any summon for trial that may be issued. They are charged with manslaughter sn the warrants issued so far, though no malice is asserted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-11

The meeting of the White House As sociation which was to have taken place at four o'clock this afternoon is postponed until half past four when the members will take place at the home of MT. and Mrs. J D. Beale at their home on Perry street
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-11
Accused File Bonds.

Messrs. E. T. and G. H. Schuler, A. W. Reed and S. Hartley, owners, op- orator and mine foreman, respectively, at the Virginia mine. In the lower part of the county, where an explosion in
 February killed III miners, today
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-11
TneonvepIent sIlver Money.

Foreigners In China buy nearly everything on credit, giving signed "chifs" for every purchase. the reason being their unwillingness to load them selves down with silver or native coin.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-11
WILL REDUCE RATES.
Chicago and Eastern Illinois will Ob-
 serve Switching Charges.

Chicago. April 10.-The Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad Company has given notice of it's intention to absorb the switching charge on all carload freight destined to the switching dis
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-11
Ennnn

5O,OOO yards of coarse sand and gravel for cOncretlng. Orders deliv- cred promptly. H. A. LOveIess, Phone 245. zt.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-11

Mir. and Mrs. w. J. Korlin and Mfr. and Mrs G. E. Stoval have taken tho house recently occupied by Mir. and Ms. Ike Loeb on the corner of Sayre and Mildred streets.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-11

ExDert Sewing Machine Repairs,
 A1so sewing machine oil of absolute nIirity- and the best needles and parts for ali machines at Singer stores. Look for the red S. 104 Dexter Ave. Mont Romery, Ala. adV-tu.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-11

Mir. George smathers, of Wayneville, North Carolina. came yesterday to join
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-11
PARKER-srANLEY.

The following invitation has been re- ceived In Montgomery:
 Mir. and Mrs. James BerneN Stanley invite you to be present at the mar riage of their daughter, Ethel Byrd. to Mir. Henry Bragg Parker, on Tuesday evening, April the twenty-fifth. nine- teen hundred and five. at half-after eight o'clock. Methodist Episcopal Church. Greenville. Alabama.
 An accompanying card states that there will be a reception Immediately after the ceremony at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. c. Parker, parents of the groom.
 This marriage is of interest to a large number of friends In Montgom- cry, where both of the young couple are we'll known and where they and their families have hosts of warm friends.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-11

There will be a very important called meeting of the Young Women's Society of the Court Street Church, Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock. The chairmen of all the committees are urged to be present. Mrs. Phares Coleman, Mrs. E. M Graves. President Secretary.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-11
FOUR ROSES FOR TWENTY-FIVE

FOuE. fine pOt-grOwn rOsesi Meteor,
 MarechaI Neil, Maman COchet, Golden
 Gate, all ever-biOOmers, at Spann's
 Drug Store Tuesday morning. ROsemOnt Gardens, If. Telephone 200.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-02
KANSAS WOMAN'S LUCK.
Former Kingman County stenog-
rapher Now Rolling in Wealth.

Kingman, Kan, June 2.-Aceording
to a story which has reached here
from Denver. a former Kingman
county woman has become worth her
millions. though a few years ago she
was stenOgrapher, working for the
wages which good stenographers ordi-
narlly earn. She is known as Miss
. Bryan, though she has been mar
RED. About the year. 1884 she came
to Kingman county from Keytesvflle
Mo-, and proved I'D a claim near Muir
dock. She lived there about four
years, until 1888. She had been mar
ried to man named Mix.
Mrs. Mix, or Miss OBryan, which
was her maiden name, was quite well
known in the vicinity of Murdoch.
When a girl she lived in the same
town and attended the same school
with County Commissioner c. r. Fur
row.
The story runs about like this:
Ten years ago Miss O'Bryan lived
in Lake City, Colo, and thought that
what of her fortune was to give her
the comforts and luxuries of life must
come from pounding the keys of a.
typewriter. At that time she was but
slip of q girl, but possessed all of
the characteristics that made the Irish
descendants a part and parcel of the
most successful in America.
while perfecting herself in stenog-
raphy in the little Colorado town she
received a letter from the then new
camp of Cripple Greek, urging her to
come to that place where high prices
were paid for competent work She
accepted the invitation. and the fall of
1903 found her engaged in taking die
| tations and writing out contracts and
options for the mining men of the
greatest gold camp on earth. Quick
of perception and eager to learn the
ms and outs of mining parlance she
absorbed the rudiments of mining
usage that have been invaluable to
her since as a mining operator on her
own account.
ct wasn't long before Miss O'Bryan
was making a few investments herself
Her keen foresight told her that the
| possibilities of the incipient gold dis
trict were great. She bought stocks.
They advanced in value. In a short
time her bank account was sufficiently
organization of stock companies. One
of her ventures was the Teutonic
Holding the major portion of the stock
she was. of course. made president. It
was we'll located-in fact. it is located
on Ironclad HILL adjoining the famous
W. P. H. mine. At the present valua-
ton her interests in this mine alone
will soon be worth a quarter of a mil
lion dollars.
miss O'Bryan is also president of
the Gold Bond Consolidation COM
pany, with property on Gold Hill and
most of the great gold producing hills
of the CAMP
companies of note are entirely too
numerous to mention. It would no
doubt be a tedious process for her to
recount them all. but receiDting for
the dividends derived from them could
scarcely be called an irl1sOme task"