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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-01
FOUR BURNED TO DEATH.
Room 13 in New York Hotel Preve
 Unlucky Indeed.

New York, Sept. 30.-Three men were burned to death as they slept, a fourth was so badly burned that he died In a hospital. another Is in a dangerous condition, and several others suffered serious but probably not fatal injuries in fire in two-story saloon, restau- rant and lodging house at Nos. 221-22s West Street.
 The two men who lost their lives oc- cupied room 13 in the rear of the build ing They were overcome by smoke and burned to death in their bed. All the occupants of the house were sail ors and longshoremen. Those who suf- 'feTed death and Injury were suffocated and burned within a few minutes, the fire being extinguished before the damage had exceeded $3,o00.
 The dead:
 John McMahon, 30 years old, long shoreman, burned.
 Robert Vaughn, 22, longshoreman. burned.
 William McClelland. S2. sailor, es- capped from room with clothes on fire died in hospital.
 Patrick Dowd.
 The fire is believed to have resulted from the carelessness of a drunken sailor who is known to have entered the stairway to the upper floor early this morning.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-01
Perish the TAsssht.

RicnmOn0 NeWS-L6ddeT. E In Pittsburg, Pa, the other day there was a school race riot. resulting from the matricuIation of negro children in schools with whites, and what the white boys did for their little brothers in black was a plenty.
 In commenting on the incident, the Washin gton Post asks: Was 1t not in Pittsburg that owen Lovejoy opened Republican convention with what they called prayer in which he be- sought the Almighty to change Frank lin Pierce's politics, or remove him from the haunts of menT
 And again: Suppose negro children had been assaulted, beaten and bruised in a Southern community-Norfolk. Va. or Columbia, S. C., or Mobile, Ala.--for no other crime than that they were negroes. whot would Pittsburg have thought of it?'
 Really, now, we feel constrained to call down our contemporary. In view of the fact that Pittsburg has been for generations one of the head-centers of Republicanism and aegrophilism, The Posts questions are not only imperti- nent ard cruel, but indicate a. mali cious disposition to pile on the agony. Of course there could not have been involved in the scrimmage in which a number of negro children were sorely beaten anything like race prejudice. Perish the thought; for why should not Pittsburg be the exception that proves the rule that race prejudice is race prejudice the world over? The Post ought to be ashamed of it's mean ness,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-01

charged with miscegenation returned a verdict of not guilty. which was quite a surprise to Judge Aston; and after the clerk had read the verdict he re- quested the jury to be seated, and then
 Gentlemen. in the exercise of your power you have seen fit to acquit these defendants. You had the power 70 do 50, but wish to say to, you that q verdict of acquittal in this case with the evidence you had establishing the guilt of the defendants. IS severe blow to the morals of yourt country. Much has been !ustly sad ir wssS;ure sspsure ton and wannamaker. as step tow. ard social equality of the races. , nu, I say to you such a verdict as you have just rehdered Is far more dam aging than the act complained oL, woman can be acquitted py jury of this country with evidence as con- yincing of guilt as the evidence you had. 10 improvement in public mor- nor dict you lower the standard of the morals of the white race and set a dangerous and damaging precedent to the citizenship of your country"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-01
THE MERRY WAR.

When it began to dawn upon me- chanics and railroad men that the cleo. trio motor bid fair to supercede the steam engine it was something of a surprise, and much doubt was ex- revolution. The subtle fluid has gone on. however, until its power and its economy have been acknowledged in nearly all industrial pursuits. In every branch of human activity where a cheap, clean, effective and easily man. aged driving power is required the noisy and disa greeable steam-engine is forced to give way to the new power, and 1t began to look as though electric ity was to become the universal power producer. F
 But now we are teld that a new candidate for popular favor Is coming to the front and that It may drive out electricity as that was fast driving out steam. The new power is gasolene. Most of us are acquainted with gaso- lene. We hLve seen 1t driving autos. bicycles and small engines, but we sup pose very few had thought of 1t as q railroad power. The following. from The Kansas City Journal, shows what is to the fore:
 Last Friday the Union Pacific made | an official test of motor car driven | nounced a complete success by the | party ot railroad officials and others, l Including Vicc-President Mohler, United water. proprietor of The Omaha Bee, coSncil cG Biufs street Railway Com pany. In trip of sixty-two miles an was easily maintained. and for several miles an hour. The car Is fifty-flve feet long and constructed4t carry | fifty passengers. It is said that the | car, or a train of them, can be operated | at an expense much less than that of a steam railway or an electric trolley.
 We cannot tell yet, of course, wheth- CT this innovation is destined to be all that is claimed for 1t. but we do know that it isn't always safe to discount any claim in advance. for unexpected things happen every day, and this may be one of the happenings that will pro- duce results. It is understood that the steam railways are behind this ex- pertinent They have been looking
 
 with disfavor on the encroachments of electricity. and have adopted this method of heading it off. we are told. That they will succeed we consider doubtful. for the lightning has evi- dently come to stay. Even If they suc- ceed we do not see how 1t will help theIn, provided the claims made for gasoline shall be verified by further and exhaustive experiments. However. to quote again from The Journal the public will look on with approving smiles at this merry war which prom ises to mPke so greatly for comfort and clear Ilness in travel. The smokc- less, cirderless passenger train, with crude oil as a fuel. is not far off. but in the meantime We hall welcome the 1 railway devil wagons with open arms. Long may they flourish. and under the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-01
Mercantile Paper Co. ,ao Commerce St. Phone 100

in the exercises proved conclusively that they are artists in their respective departments.
 The outlook for the college is very bright For ten years it has been dead, but today the building is thronged with bright, happy girls, the school rooms echo with the voices of teachers and pupils as recitations go on, the sound of a number of pianos are heard as the girls go about their practice and music lessons; through the window of the vocal department comes the tones of the voice, IS Mrs. Foster gives her voice lessons. and over In the cottage adioining the college Miss Brown, re- cently from a two years stay in Paris and Venice is quietly. though none the less successfully, directing the art de- partment.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-01
Granddad,s Cider.

Granddad's Cider. (Reprinted by Request) You can talk about the fluffy, puffy
 bread as white as snow, The apple tarts and golden marma-
 Jade; The pumpkin pies of monstrous size.
 all shinin' in a row, And various other things that moth But. as in vivid retrospection. live
 once again, the past, There is one thing from me naught
 can ever take It's the pleasant. recollection in it's
 spell 1t binds me fast), Of the apple cider Granddad used to
 make. remember-I remember long ago,
 when life was sweeS An we'd gather round the huge fire As we'd pile the logs on higher. keepin' An we'd ali scrooch up closc-my.
 twas a sight. Then wed roast cup O chestnuts.
 while the old folks told us tales, An we'd round off with a monstrous
 chunk O cake; Then we'd all look sorter solemn like
 we orient, but we did Drink the apple cider Granddad used
 to make.
 ward. dressed the old farm up in An we boys came in 70 supper, cold
 an blue,
 that he was cold an wet, An would recommend a cup O red
 hot stew; But old Granddad. eyes a-twinkle. an a
 sly old diplomat He was boy once-that is no mis-
 take. He would fetch us in a pitcher of his
 cider brimmin' full The apple cider Granddad used to
 make. An. many mile stones long the path
 way. in Life's journey l have An i've seen a little joy and lot O
 tears; have travelled near an far, rode on
 boat an 'lectric car Rode ev'rything, from elephants to
 steers. have drunk all kinds of liquids. from
 frappe to lemonade; From cold punch down 10 things that But nothingss touched my lip I'd not
 give for just one sip Of the apple cider .Granddad used to make
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-01
THE ALABAMA BRENAU.
Largest Number of stadents in Many
 YenYa.

Years.
 EufauIa. Sept. 30.-(Special. )-The day to which all citizens or Eufaula have been looking forward with the greatest interest has come and gone, and 1t is not too much to say that every hone and every anticipation has been fulfilled and the expectations of the people fully met. Since last April the citizens of the Blum City have been hoping that the opening of the Ala bama Brenau. recently leased by Pres idents Van Hoose and Pearce of Ere nau College Conservatory, Gainesville, Ga, would be a success; their interest was manifested first by a large cash subscription which they gave these gen tlemen to assist in improving the build ings and grounds; the interest of the people of Eufaula was further shown on the opening day, when the chapel was packed to suffocation with the best people of the city, to see the machinery of the new school put into operation.
 The opening exercises were extreme Iy interesting. The speeches of DTS. '. Brown, Wharton, Hill and Mayor Dent were strong and appropriate. while the opening prayer of Dr. Johnson was a banediction on the school and the stu dents and all who are in any way con nected with it. Col c. S. McDoweli introduced the speakers in his usual erac efui manner and his talk on the re- lation of the Trustees to the Collese was one of the most chaste addresses of the day.
 President Van Hoose outlined the plans and purposes of the college in an interesting manner and predicted great things for the Alabama Brehau. He said that twenty years ago the worK at Gainesville was begun with a pat- ronaxe of one boarder and twenty local pupils. The Alabama Brenau opened with forty boarders and about fifty local students; today there are at the Gaines vile school about 800 young ladies from all over the South; with the present suspicious beginning of the Alabama Brenau he predicted that there would be 150 boarding pupils here next fall, if the people of Eufaula will only pro- vide a place for them.
 Then followed the program by the faculty of tho college; every one was charmed with every number of the pro- gram. and the teachers who took part
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-01
TALKS ON EDUCATION.
Cunningham and Sanford Delight Au- dlence Win Their Speeches.

Greenville. Sept. so.--(speciaL)--A teachers institute was held at Searcy in this County yesterday, and several distinguished speakers were invited to be present. Those who accepted the invitation were Dr. R. M. Cunning ter from Troy. Colonel Samford was introduced to the audience at Il o'clock by Senator D. M. Powell of Green vile. The speaker for a few minutes entertained the audience with several very striking anecdotes. He then for nearly an hour gave the people of the little village of Searcy and surround ing country such talk on education as they have seldom if ever heard. The question of a special school tax levy will come before the people of this County on the 9th of October, and it was in advocacy of this tax levy that he spoke and from the applause he re- ceived 1t was evident that the voters In his audience were with him on this important question.
 After dinner one of the best ever spread under the welcome shade of Buffers old oaks, Dr. Cunningham was introduced and he, too. delivered a masterful lecture on the same ques- ton, and clinched tho arguments made by the first speaker. The people were delighted with the two addresses. Not one Woru was salo Dy eltner Bentle~ man about politics.
 Both of she speakers were solicited to come to Greenville and speak here today. Dr. Cunningham accepted the invitation and came down from Mont gomery this morning and a large au- dience, among which were a number of ladies, met him in tho court house, and for an hour and a half he kept their undivided attention. Never in the history of Greenville has a better speech been made on this important question than was made by the gifted doctor. Again he refrained from any allusion to politics. He began his discourse by saying that this was not meeting where politics had a place; that all parties were interested, and every citizen had a vital interest He said Jefferson County paid into the treasury of the State about S150,O00 of her taxes to the school fund. and received back for that fund about S5O,- 900, the $100.000 going to other coun- ties and that was right. He showed also from the Auditors report that Butler was receiving more money for schools and old soldiers than she was paying into the treasury. and urged her people to vote for the tax The doctor was highly compiimented by many in the audience who crowded around him after the speaking was over. There Is hardly a question but that the people of the County WI vote for the tax on the 9th of October
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-01

The York (Pa.) Dispatch informs us that 4Mr. Roosevelt would have been elected just the same ana by exactly the game majority if there hadn't becn cent expended on his campaign. The people did the voting and the politi- clans got the money" We don't know whi h to admire most, the creduiity or the assamacy of The Pisratch. For . newspaper 10 assert that the Repubii- can vote would have been as large if no money had been spent :n the campaign as it was Is to infiict very hard strain on the readers of the paper.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-01

Al Iowa man courted a Kentucky woman. but flew the track and now she is suing him for breach of promise, claiming s25.ooo damages. According to The Brooklyn Eagle here are some samples of the love-letters he sent her: "Ail want for Christmas is 105 kisses, l4 mince pes, blackberry cakes. a peek Of doughnuts. a 2o-poupd turkey and a pan of hot biscuits" And in an- good kiss from my sweetheart and a big piece of blackberry cake is the only thing I like better than baked beans"
 We fail to understand what any wo- man wants with a man possessing such Gargantuar appetite as that. nor why she feels sggrieved or damaged because he proved to be quitter. It may be that she enjoyed his literary style and vented him to keep 1t up. A man who will mix solid food. pies and kisses simultaneously. volumlnously and promiscuously in his style would not strike one as the kind of man to mar. If she married him she could have expected nothing else but to re- main in the kitchen cpeG ding all her time trying to i'll him up. And then to think of a man telling his sweetheart Axhat he likes a dish of baked beans |better than he does kiss from her!
 b must hail from Boston, but where
 >E he came from she ought to be
 AkfuI that she missed him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-01
FARMERS OF CHAMBERS.
Cotton Growers Hear President Sey-
 nour and Organiser Williams.

oakbowery, Sept. 3o.-(Special. J. The Southern Cotton Association of Chambers County was fortunate in hav- ing MT. Williams. the county organiser for Montgomery County, and President Seymour with them on September 2S. Mir Williams was the first speaker and in a brief address set forth the aims, objects and purposes of the organiza- tion.
 President Seymour followed Mir. Will Hams. and for more than an hour he held his audience by bis earnest, lucid and logical presentation of this great movement that means so much to our own Southland and country generally. Mir. Seymour has the subject we'll In hand.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-01

Just as has been the case in various other cities. so 1t has been in Atlanta: an automobile. driven along . public street at reckless rate of speed. ran over and killed little boy. And in Atlanta. as in other cities after mur- der has been done, there Is strong talk of regulating the speed of such wee hicles. The time for caution is before, not after. life has been needlessly sac- rifced by people who are little better than murderers. A
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-01
STREET CAR FATALITIES.
Two are Killed and One Severely In-
 jured i'm Memphis.

Memphis, Tenn. Sept. 3o.--John T. Baker. clerk IS years of age and stephen Harrison, 5 years old, were killed and Miss Susie Bell, 10 years old was severely injured by street cars in this city within the past twenty-foui hours. Baker and Miss Bell were walking home after the pertormance at East End Park last night. when they were struck by an east end car. Baker died at the hospital today
 The Harrison child was instantly killed at Main and Court Streets this afternoon while crossing the street with his mother, who lives at Pearly this county. and who was in The city shopping.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-01
The Chadwick Case.

Cleveland. O.. Sept. 3o.-Attorneys Wing and Dawley will go 10 Cincinnati Monday morning to argue before the United States District Court of Appeals for a new trial for Mrs. Chadwick. They allege numerous errors tn the trial at her conviction before Judge Tayler in the United States Court here.
 Mrs. Chadwick. who has remained in the county, tail here since her arrest
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-01

A North Carolina paper wants z law passed under wtich railroads can be .n- dicted for hauling bum showc through the State. Why not try quarantining them:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-01

The latest indictment against the humble cabbage is that it spreads ty. phoid fever. Sometimes it spreads trou- ble in tho erigastric regions.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-01

Speaking of a shooting scrape con- temporary says. the. man was shot in the dining room.' Hit him in the mouth, we suppose.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-01

We drink too much beer." said The Atlanta Journal some Jays ago. Is that why it supports Hoke?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-01

Tom Johnstn of Cleveland and his Republican opponent for the Mayoralty are tossing nice little bocuets to each other as ttey pass along.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-01

E- 6. NsbiA Circulation Manager ef The Montgomery Advertiser. being duly swern. The foregoing statement of The Adver- 1isers circulation for the month of August 1to6, is true and correct, and compiled after isft-ever copiss havs been deductsd.
 E. 6. NOBLE.
 Circulation Manager. owosn to and srbsoribed before me this sfst Gay of September 1908.
 foeaf) Notary Public.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-01

We don't know that any objections will be made to Emma Goldman's dec- laratiou that she Is just plain an- archist." Her pictures show her to bs about as plain as they make them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-01

Society is dying Tt the top.' says a late writer. We thought society was all top.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-01
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 Stray hofses and mules are again uecominG nuisance in the heart of sns ne cisy said 4n old citizen of Mont gomery .yeoterday. T Should rather say they are becoming the peril to the people that they have been these many be passed by tho City Council. I think, than 10 now cslcuiated to prevent horses snd mules to De driven at reck- less speed through the city.
 ThS danser df T stray horse was Court Street near the Methodist Church ~ the eNpense of bad injuries to a little negro boy. The boy caught sight of horse that had broken loose from drove running up the street. He volunteered, to catch the animal and turn him over to the owner. Just as he reached the haunches of the recall citrAnt he lent stih kick to the mouth and jaw. of the boy which knocked him uncQnscious to the pavement. He had hie front teeth smashed in and his jaw fractured. The horse strolled on but volunteers were shy.
 ishment Of the owner of stray horse, doQ. COW or any other dangerous ami. mal found straying upon the streets of Montgomery. It seems that beasts have more liberties here than some people. I know the mules and horses have the right of way over everything end everybody else when running In dfoves."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-01

annah will not welcome Messrs. and Greene with bloody hands itsble graves" but may well a with onen priaon doors.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-01
Pointers.

The chronic growler is wont to talk with the bark on.
 The skin game Is one kind of graft.
 The man who stretches the truth sometimes find 1t flys back and hits him.
 People who give advice seldom live up to 1t,
 The fellow with short comings" Is very welcome when he calls on a girl according to the old folks.
 Health Is wealth but t won't get your overcoat out of soak.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-01
4 SEVERE REBUKE

To q Jury For n Verdict of sNOt
 Guilty" Tallapoosa Spot Cash.
 The jury in the case of the State va Lon Knight and Emma LQckett.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-01

The only thing that you can tie a good man down with is an anron string. Dallas News.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-01
SUNDAY. OCTOBER |, lsos.
younNALrsrrc NOTES.

At the recent meeting of the Associ- ated Press in New York Colonel R. N. Rhodes of The Birmingham News was elected Second vice-President. The Associated Press is the greatest news satherer in the world and 1t is quite an honor to any man to hold posi- ton in its management.
 Editor Da, is is being felicitated upon his succes sful management of The Tus- cuntbia Dispatch. If remaining years are as propitious as the first both fame and fortr4e will be his just reward.
 The New Decatur Advertiser is one of the neatest and newsiest papers that comes to The Advertiser. It has been since it's establishment under the cap able management of MT. c. J. Hildreth, who is to be rgratulated upon the receut celebr ation of its sixteenth an- niversary.
 All the newspaper men of Alabama a few years ago knew John H. Ketch- um. wLo for several years published The News Dispatch at Oneonta, Blount County. They will be glad to learn that he has on the harness again and is cr.ditably conducting the local de- psrtment of The Southern Democrat at Oneonta
 The Gadsden Journal has found it necessary to increase its size and it's daily issue is now seven columns to the page. It is a staunch advocate of evtryti ing calculated to benefit the gro wing city of Gadsden.
 The Lafayette Sun has just com pleted quarter of century under its s present nyme. It reaches back under other rafres twenty-five years more. During all these years 1t was never more capably conducted than 1t Is to- day. In a notice of its twenty-fifth an- nivcrsary 1t well says: Among the happiest experiences prescribed by fate is the fact that many have indulged mistakes for a quarter of a century and are yet loyal subscribers, lending in- spiration and good will in preserving the fair rame of the past and in striv- ing to accomplish something better in the future"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-01

eivilising influences of the railroad men may they soon cease from tneir satanic, murderous propensities."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-01

Editor Da' Is is being felicitated upon his succes sful management of The Tus- cuntbia Dispatch. If remaining years are as propitious as the first both fame and fortrae will be his just reward.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-01
True Enough,

True Enough. He is nutty."
 No, he is cracked" Well. he couldn't be cracked with out being nutty, could her
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-01
IMPROVEMENTS.

midst in the line of bud with Looseeaf Books isS for Be up.
  o old
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-01
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He is the most modest man I ever knew"
 He is?" Yes; he Is so modest he won't tell the naked truth"