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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-26
FOR RURAL SCHOOLS OF EDUCATION SEEKING INFORMATION. County Superintendents are Directed to Compile Full Statistics and
 Furnish Them To
 Mir. Hill.

State Superintendent of Education I. W. Hill is at present engaged in gath ering detailed statistics of rural schools
 in Alabama and to this purpose has sent to every County Superintendent a long list of questions to be accurately answered.
 Already many of the County Super irtendents have filled out the blanks and returned them to the Department here. When all the counties have been heard from the statistics will be com piled and are expected to show some interesting growths of the rural schools of Alabama in recent years. A complete return from all the coun- ties will show just how much money has been spent during the past year ir erecting country school buildings.
 Despite the spirited work of State Su- perintendent Hill for the benefit of
 rural schools. he himself acknowledges that the people will be surprised to
 know just how many public schools in
 the State are taught In churches. In fact surprises are predicted when ! full answers to all the following ques- tions asked each County Superintend- ent are. obtained: How many schools for whites are there in your county? How many schools for negroes are there in your county? How many public buildings for whites have you in your county? How many public buildings for ne- grces have you in your county7 How many new school buildings have
 been erected during the last year in your county?
 How many buildings of one room
 have been erected? How many of two rooms? How many of three rooms? How many of four or more rooms? What is theSapproximate value of the public school buildings in your countyl What is the approximate value of the
 buildings erected during the last year. l How many of the buildings erected
 during the last year are for negroes? I How many districts in your county
 are building or are preparing to build school houses?
 How many public schools in your
 county are taught in churches? l How many of the public school build.
 ings in your county are painted? | How many are seated with patent
 desks?
 | How many school buildings in your county are supplied with bells? | Over how many float the flag of the United States?
 | Has the one mill county tax been levied in your county.
 If not. do you contemplate voting on
 the question?
 l If so, when?
 State Superintendent Hill yesterday
 returned from Monroe County, where
 he attended teachers institute.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-26

years, consumption. February 24. Maggie Snowdon, age IS years, tuberculosis.
 February 24, Dean Buckner, age 52 years, Brlght's disease.
 Record of Births. The following births were recorded during the past week To MT. and Mrs. w. NJ. Bell, boy. To MT. and Mrs. George A. Creighton, boy.
 To Mir. and Mrs. Joseph B. McFadden, girl.
 To MT. and Mrs. H. Hillman. boy. To MT. and Mrs, Robert Green, a girl. To MT. and Mrs. A. J. Jenkins, a boy To Mir. and Mrs. R. s. Cloud. boy To Mir. and Mrs. W. NJ. Stanley. a boy. To MT. and Mrs. Thomas Spivey, a girl.
 To MT. and Mrs. Asa Burge, boy To Mir. and Mrs. Lon Odom. a girl To MT. and Mrs. Frank McColister, a boy.
 To Mir. and Mrs. W. ]. Meadows. a girl.
 Negroes.
 To Henry and Lena Thomas, a girl. To Fred and Carrie Howell. a girl. To Possie and Virginia Chisler. boy. To James and sallie Thornton, girl.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-26
DEATHS AND BIRTHS.
Weeks Record of Vital Statistics in
 Montgomery.

Weeks Record of Vital Statistics in
 Montgomery.
 The following deaths were reported to the office of the Montgomery Sani- tary Department during the week end- ing yeserday:
 February 19, Mrs F. B. Patterson. age S1 years, gastritis; body shipped to Pinckard.
 February 19, Mrs. Della Afford, age 22 years, la grippe; body shipped to So- cial Circle, Ga.
 February 22, infant of A. D. Fabrltis, age weeks. ehtero colitis.
 February 22, Leopold Shulein, age 62 years, chronic heart disease.
 February 22. Benjamin Harrison Screws, age 61 years. dysentery. February 22, George M. Lamar. age 25 years, asthma; body sent from Snow don for interment.
 February 23, infant of T. F. Spivey. February 24, Marie Lide, age 33 years traumatic tetanus
 February 25, child of w. c. Brannon age years, la grippe; body shipped to Eufaula.
 February 25. Theodore A. steed, age 65 years, pneumonia.
 Negroes.
 February 19, John Wallace. age 35 years, pneumonia; body shipped to Mo bile.
 February 20. Emma Neely. age 75 years, paralysis.
 February 21. Beatrice Brock, age 1 year. meningitis.
 February 21. infant of Hattie Ivey. February 22, infant of William John son.
 February 22. child of Viola Drew, age months unknown.
 February 23. Giles Lowe, age so years, body shipped to Union Springs. February 24, Annie Burrell, age 21
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-26
C. M. Dozier, Dosier; A. B. Curtis,

C. M. Dozier, Dozicr, A. b. Curtis, Gfenwood;.
 Choctaw County-A. L. Cooper, Is- ney; Fanny Bennett, Jachin.
 Butler County-C. c. Houston. Alvin; Lula Gamble. Troy; Alma Bar ganier. Ft. Deposit: Georgia Rials, Grenville: T. s. Steele, u negro. Man. igham.
 Baldwin county--simeon M. Dim
 kins, Fairhope; Vim. H. Dorchester, Barnwell; DelphIne Feminear. Bay Minette; Ida W. Jackson. a negro, Gre ola.
 Lowndes County-John D. Dickson, Lowndesboro: and Frank Smith Hayneville; C. E. Pearson. Calhoun Clinton Carson. Hayneville; Eugene Walker. Calhoun; J. 1T. Pugh, Char fty; Gilbert Robinson, Hayneville: All len Robinson. Hayneville; Eliza A. Carson. Hayneville; Lou Jackson Hayneville; Susanna Robinson. Hayne- groes.
 Madison County--s. R. Butler
 Huntsviile; F. NJ. White. Hazel Green; Tate Hayden. New Hope Jane Floyd. Tullahoma, Tenn: Lora V. Allen, Section; Mary Boone, Lynch
 burg, Tenn; Lydia Hackworth, Ander-
 son, Tenn; Alberta Proctor, Hunts vile: William F. Jordan. Ryland J. W. Tanning, New Market; A. J. Crowson. Gurley; Thos. Vert Sanders | Talley, Tenn; and Adam B. Thomas | Huntsville: Pearl II. McGill. Hunts | vile: Annie R. Ross. Huntsville; Sadi, Memo, Huntsville, negroes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-26
EXCELLENT STATEMENT. Made by the Phoenix Mutual life In-
 surnuce COnuany

The annual statement of the Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Company of Hartford. Conn. which appears in this issue--is one of the best old line com panies In the field. This statement marks the fifty-fourth year of the company's history, which has been one of progress and fair dealing. There is not a claim outstanding at this time unpaid, and not a contested claim du- ring the past year, which shows that the Company deals fairly with its pat rons. It increased It's insurance in force last year over FIVE MILLION DOLLARS. increased it's assets over a million and a half. and has more than a million surplus for the protection of its policy-holders.
 The Company writes all the up-to- date contracts. and pays large annual dividends. Otfers very liberal con- tracts to the right parties. Agents wanted in every County in the State. For particulars address.
 George G. Miles,
 General Agent.
 Rooms 1, 2, Moses Building,
 Adv. Montgomery. Ala.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-26
Foreign Relations Committee.

Washin gton, Feb. 25.-The Foreign Relations Committed of the Senate to- day was authorized to sit during the sessions of the Senate. The purpose of the committee Is to take up the San Domingo protocol and consider 1t as far as possible at this session. It is not expected to report it until the Senate is convened in special session for exec utive business. but immediate consid- eration of the protocol in the commit tee will greatly facilitate the work of that session.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-26
ESCAPE CAPTURED.
Negro Who Left Jail in Union Springs
 ia in Custody.


 Is in Custody.
 Union Springs, Feb. 24.-(Special. J. few evenings ago two young negro men escaped from jail by getting pos session of the keys of their cells in some unaccountable way. When Dep uty Sheriff Knight went into the jail late in the afternoon he found the door to their cell open and the prisoners gone. One of them was~recaptured at Troy and brought back.~
 MT J. W. Faulkner. a prominent young man of Mt. Hilliard, this Coun- ty, suffered a stroke of paralysis yes terday. His left side is affected. He was carried to Montgomery. but re- turned upon advice of physicians there Mir Faulkner is a popular school teach CT, and an ex-member of the Demo- cratic Executive Committee. and has many friends who hope for his recov- cry. Yesterday afternoon at the Court House Mir. Drigger and Miss Hall were married by Judge Singleton. witnessed by a number of citizens. They were quite youthful couple from the south ern part of the county.
 Stanley Napier has purchased the mercantile business of A. D. McKinnon & Co.
 MT. S. c. Woodall is closing out his stock of goods with tho expectation of moving to Andalusia.
 Rev. F. H. Watkins of Birmingham has accepted the call to the pastorate of the Baptist Church here and will take charge the second Sunday in March
 Last evening the Westminster League of the Presbyterian Church gave a re- |ceptlon in order that pastor and people might mingle together socially and know each other better. It was quite a brilliant affair. the Sunday School rooms being beautifully decorated in evergreens and pink and white carna- tions being lavishly used. In the re- ceiving line were the officers of the League and Mir. and Mrs. Bell. Re- treatments beautifully served by the young ladies of the organization added much to the occasion. Late in the evening a musical program was rend- cred.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-26
NOTICE.

Plasterers, Builders and Contractors should consult their interest by caIl- ing on us when in need of WOOD FT- BIER PLASTER. Use this material and your walls will not crack. Is both water and hre-proof. Sets quickly. Dries quickly. Works easily and smoothly.
 We are sole agents for the sale of this superior wall plaster, manufac- tured by the Great Western Plaster Company.
 HOBBIE & TEAGUE COMPANY.
 EVl- tim. thu
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-26
TEACHERS LICENSED.
FOrty-three Applicants Awarded Cer-
 tificaten.

The award of teachers certificates to forty-three applicants of the Jan uary examination in Crenshaw, Choc- Jaw. Butler, Baldwin, Lowndes and Madison Counties was yesterday an- nounced by Secretary w. r. FeaKin, of the State Board of Examiners. , Madison County led the list with sixteen successful applicants. The names and address of those to whom certificates were yesterday given are as follows:
 Chrenshaw County--W. W. Moore, Brantley; J. c. Swanner, Luyerene; 1;
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-26

change from railroad control of the government to government control of the railroads is the way one writer puts it.-Elmira Gazette.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-26
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pany is to be at the Bijou Theatre all of this week, beginning Monday night
 Only high class royalty and scenic productions are presented by the Har- ris-Parkinson Company. and to proper ly stage these plays a carload of special scenery Is necessary.
 Mr. Robert H. Harris Is said to be young romatic actor of ability, and his support is composed of the pick of the profession; and the vaudeville ar lists with the show outshine all oth- CTS it is claimed.
 But seeing Is believing and after witnessing the first great production of Hearts of the Blue Ridge" the management says you can truly say you've seen a dollar show at popular prices
 Critics have said that 1t is a wonder that MT. Harris can give so much en- tertaiDment for such a small price. Mir. Harris Is well known throughout the South as a romantic actor.
 The claim Is made that no repertoire company travelling has such an excep- tionally large amount of beautiful special scenery and every play will be staged complete. The vaudeville num- bound to please.
 Marie CahiIl Wants a Song.
 Probably more of the well known song composers of today owe their first leap to fame to Miss Cahill than to any other three stars Cole and Johnson the negroes were known before Miss Cahill sang their Under the Bamboo tree" Shep Edmunds, another coon song writer of great popularity today, made his first ten strike when Miss Cahill sang his great character song. You can't fool All the People" Cliff ton Crawford was unknown to fame until she immoralized his Nancy Brown" and several other equally prominent composers hold their pre- sent eminence to the start which Miss CahiIl's singing of one of their songs gave to them.
 Nevertheless she has been trying, unsuccessfully, for over two months to find a song which in her opinion would be a fit companion to the two big hits she Is now using in the play. These are entitled Any Old Tree" and
 The Hindoo," neither of them coon songs, although Miss Cahill is perhaps more closely associated in the public mind with coon song hits than any other star, having brought into popu- larity such household classic as "Un- der the Bamboo Tree" The Congo Love Song" The Glowworm and the Moth,I t"The Katydid." The Cricke and the Frog" You Cant Fool All the People" and a dozen others equally famous. In her endeavor to find d song worthy to complete the trio which she would like to sing. she has been driven almost to despair, and. accord ingly, two weeks ago offered bonus of $500 for a song which she consid- cred suitable Thus far exactly 763 songs have been sent to her, and she is still undecided A song by Jerome D. Kern, entitled And the Silly Little Girl Said No," is at present strongest in Miss CahilTs fancy, but she will hold the $500 prize offered open for two weeks in the hope that something bet ter may be sent to her.
 Plays and Players.
 Paul Armstrong. the author of "The Heir tO the Hurrah" which Kirke La
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-26

]. s. Runnells, MaEee, Mss, raised on one acre of upland, $50 lbs. lint cOt- ton by exclusive use of Daybreak fer tilizeP.
 Marks & Gayle,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-26
MONTGOMERY THEATRE. Tuesday Night-"Sergeant Kitty"
BIJOU THEATRE

The Harris-ParkensOn Company all week, with the usual matinees, open- ing Monday night in 'The Hearts of the Blue Ridge"
 Sergeant Kitty" will return to the Montgomery Theatre Tuesday night and the Harris-Parkinson Stock Com psny will be at the Bijou all of the week.
 This is the sum total of theatrical amusements for the week in Montgom- cry.
 The comic opera, Sergeant Kitty" with its pretty star, Helen Byron. are pleasantly remembered In Montgomery. and being the only bill this week at the Perry Street playhouse, it will probably draw a large audience.
 For popular price repertoire the Har- ris-Parkinson Company. which comes to the BiJou all of the week, is said to be at the head of the list of amuse- ments of that character.
 sergeant Kitty to Return.
 Sergeant Kitty" a comic opera that was pronounced by some critics to be the best of this style of theatrical en- tertainments offered to the public in many years and whi,h made Q record run in New York last season at the Casino and Daily's Theatre. will re- turn to the Montgomery Theatre Tues day night.
 It is under the management of George R. White. MT. White has as- sembled the best company that could be found in the country for production. the book and lyrics are by R. H. Burn side and the music is by A. Baldwin Sloane.
 The chorus is one of the strongest features of Sergeant Kitty" The girls are not only pretty but they can and do sing as few choruses can or do.
 The play tells in a rational way the story of a pretty winsome headstrong girl, Kitty. who Is determined to be married to the man she loves despite the opposition of an eccentric old ount. The elopment, the marriage by proxy, the pursuit by the aunt the tricks played by Kitty upon the aunt, the com plications which arise from the neces- sity of keeping the marriage a secret and the added troubles of another cou- pie, who are also married secretly and the love- making and disappointment of a funny captain are the ingredients that go to make one of the most comic of all comic operas.
 The music Is sprightly, the costumes are new and elaborate and the scenery is painted with faithfullness to mili- tary detail and complication to the plot that all help to make the produc- tion noteworthy in this day of comic operas in name only.
 Miss Helen Bryon is Kitty, mischie- vous. magnetic witch of a girl; Miss Edith Blair tall, beautiful and statu- esque, is the prima donna Charles Wayne is the comedian and others in the long list of principals are Virginia Palmer. Myrtle Lorimer, Clara Ster- ling. Vera Curtis, Frederick Knights. George Pearce. James Furey, Tom Hadaway. Sylvian, Langlois. George Lloyd Wheeler Earl and Joseph Chill lee.
 Harris-ParxinsOn Company.
 Tho Harris-Parkinson Stock Com
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-26

To Rufus and Sadie Jones, boy. To Lottie Johnson, a boy.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-26

The Harris-ParkensOn Company all week, with the usual matinees, open- ing Monday night in '@The Hearts of the Blue Ridge."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-26

Hafris-ParkinsOn Company. Tho Harris Parkinson Stock Com
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-26

Plays and Players. Paul Armstrong. the author of ''The Heir to the Hurrah," which Kirke La
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-26
MONDAY BARGAINS.

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 SMITH & WORNUM.
 Phone 6O6.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-26

A spectacular play that is designed to appeal especially to children Is be- ing written by Fred Ranken and Regf- nald de Koven. It will be presented in New York theatre at the begin ming of next season. and will be put on for a run in the expecation that 1t will outlast the season. It will be, per haps. the biggest thing in the way of a spectacle that wm. A. Brady has ever produced.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-26

shelle is to produce soon. has just sub mitted to MT. La Shelle another fin ished play of Mexico and Texas Called 'T.aska."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-26

De Wolf Hopper, who has been coin- ing money through the country in the William A. Brady and Sam s! shuberts revival of Wang" is to appear next season ina new opera. entitled "Elysia, by Reginald De Koven.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-26

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-11
YEAGER A HIGHLANDER.
Will Be Used as a Substitute by New
York Americans

Manager Clark Griffith yesterday, in New
York, received the signed contract of Joe
Yeager, who will be used as a substitute
by the Highlanders. Yeagers release was
purchased from the Buffalo Eastern League
club last fall. just before Ned Hanlon be-
gan the work of covering up" Eastern
League players. This will be Yeager's
third appearance in fast company. He was
drafted by the Brooklyn club in 1897, after
pitching the Lancaster club of the Atlantic
League into the championship. His work
as O. pitcher was not good enough for the
National League, and he became a sub
stitute infielder for Brooklyn. His next
appearance was with the Detroit club of
the American League. He played third
base for the Tigers. and was traded to
Buffalo in the fall of 1903. He has steadily
improved as an inf1elder. and last season
did splendid work for the Eastern League
pennant winners.
Griffith also received communication
from Happy Jack Chesbro, from his home
in Conway, Mass In which the great
'spit-ball'' exponent notified Grit that he
is ready to accept Pop Anson's offer to
wager that he can bat six spit balls out
of the lot. Chesbro writes: II will stick
to my original proposition and bet dear old
Pop that will pitch him six balls and that
he can't catch any of Them let alone hit
them" To this Griffith added: Il will back
chesbro and will let my old manager wear
an apron, and then bet he can't even stop
the balls that Ches will pitch him."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-11

history of the organiF4t ion{ due chiefly to
the proposed amendmiehts 10 the constitu-
ton regarding the twbfciasSes of members.
After a deal of wrangling,' it was decided
to vote on the amendments one at time.
Regarding the selection of championship
courses the first matter brought up dealt
with the amateur championship. The Chi
cago Golf Club of Wheaton was the only
applicant. and there Twas no dissenting
voice.
The second week Of August was finally
decided upon as the date
The wornen's championship then came up
for discussion. Applieati tons were received
the Country Club of Atlantic City. When
put to a vote Morris County won-1S to 5.
The date was not fixed, but 1t will UNI
doubtediy be In either September or Octo-
Der. The Myopia Huf7t Club was the only
one to offer its course for the open cham
pionship This was readily accepted and
the week Of September II selected.
No opposition was raised to the new list
of officials so that the following ticket as
presented by the nominating committee was
elected unanimously.
President, Ransom ii. Thomas, Morris
County: vice presidents. Albert G. Ripley,
Boston land Theodore Sheldon, of Chicago:
secretary, W. Fellows Morgan, Baltusrol;
treasurer, Samuel Y. Heebner, Philadel-
phia; executive committee, Daniel Chaun-
cey, Dyker Meadow Herbert C. Leeds,
Boston; HI. G. Leavitt, Omaha, and e. M.
Byers, Pittsburg.
The first amendment dealt with the prop
osition to strike out the word associate
and substitute active" The votes cast
were 16 for and IL against the amendment,
which was, consequently, lost, as a two
thirds vote is necessary. The next matter
referred to the place for holding the an
nual meetings, and it was voted to leave
the matter in future to the executive COM
mittee.
A long squabble occurred when the prop
osition to reduce the dues of the associate
clubs from 500 to $50 was brought up.
When finally put to vote the count read
Is for reduction and IL against and, of
course, was lost.
There are thirty-one associate club men,
bers and 25S allied members making a to-
tai of 2S8, showing a gain of eleven over
the previous year. During the year two
new clubs were elected to associate MEM
bership and fifteen to allied membership.
Two allied clubs have been dropped.