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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-12
JELKS GOES TO BLOUNT
GOVERNOR WILL SPEND SUMMER
 THERE.
Will Re Joined by His Family Tonight. Daily Communication With the Executive Omcer in
 Montgomery.

Governor Jelks came to Montgomery yesterday from short trip to Eufaula and left on the north bound Louisville and Nashville Railroad train in the afternoon for Blount Springs.
 The Governor will spend the summer in Blount Springs with his family.
 Mrs. Jelks and daughter, Miss Cath erine eJlks. reached Montgomery last night from Eufaula over the Central of Georgia Railway. They will most likely depart this afternoon to join the Governor at Blount.
 While in Montgomery yesterday the Governor spent most of the time in Ifs office making preparations for communicating with his private sec retary, Hon. J. Kirk Jackson. who will be in charge of the office during his absence.
 The Governor. in going to Blount Springs. is lodging the summet nights of this section of the State. No one more than he has a dread of swelter- ing nights and day travel on railroad trains. It has long been said of him that he frowns deeply on a hot night and natural scenery sliding by at a swift gait It Is noted that the Gov ernor traveled to the Springs in dark ness.
 It is the expectation of the Gov ernor not to allow a day to pass while he Is away without communiJat ion with the office here. It was once thought yesterday that the Governor would issue parting parole or pardon. but this was not done. although the State Board of Pardons was in ses- sion for some time during the after noon. The board adjourned without recommending any clemency.
 The Governor and family have se-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-12
WOULD KNOW HIMSELF.
Former Montgomery FoundlinG Seeks
 Information as to His Parents.

Former Montgomery FoundIinE Seeks Information as to His Parents. Acting Mayor c. P. Mcintyre yester- | day received a letter from Edward Fowler of St. Louis. inauiring as to his parents. and also as to an estate in which he believes he Is interested. The letter from Fowler is as fol- Jews: "St. Louis, Mo. July 8, 1905. ITO the Mayer of Montgomery, Ala:
 Dear Sir-Having heard that some parties have been trying to locate through the newspapers young man. an orphan. from 2l to 23 years of age. from your city. by name Edward Fow- lew, whom they claimed heir to an es- tate, and thinking l might be the par ty wanted, I decided to Write you (not knowing whom else to apply to). and will herewith lay my case before you and trust that you will lead my inquiry into proper channels. "In-the spring pr early fall of 1884. I was found wrapped in a shawl and placed in a basket with card tied to 1t stating my name was Edward Fow- Ter. MT. Fitzgerald. then Mayor of Montgomery. found me fin the court house yard, and there being no city or phan home then, he placed me in the poor house and put Jennie Philips. an inmate, In charge of me. I remained there till loSU, when MT. tom T. Beaver adopted me and took me with him to Crockett, Tex. and I remained with him till he came to St. Louis in 1899. and not wishing to keep me any longer. he told me to get employment somewhere, which did. and have made my living since.
 q have always had longing to know who my parents were. in order to know who 1 may be. and have. therefore. adopted this course to find out If pos sible.
 Hoping that you will give this your kind consideration. and favor me with an early reply, l am
 Yours respectfully.
 Edward Fowler.
 NO. sos Market Street"
 As 1t was apparent that the MT. Fitz- gerald" referred to wes Police Chief A, S. Gerald the letter was referred to that official by the Acting Mayer.
 Chief Gerald recalls that the boy adopted by Mr. Beaver was the son of a Mrs Frazier. who was an inmate of the county poor house. and died there many years ago.
 No one appears to have any informa- ton as to an estate in which the young man is interested and he will be so ad> Vised
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-12

at a Birmingham infirmary suffering with typhoid fever, She Is now con- valescent and is expected home in few days.
 The remains of Mrs. Dr. R. 8. Will Hams were brought to Wetumpka to- day and were laid to rest by the side of her husband, who was buried in the cemetery many years ago.
 John Cain. who has been in Mobile for medical treatment for four months. Is now at his home In West Wetumpka His health is not fully restored and Mir. and Mrs. Cain, with their son Aus tin will leave this week for the moun- tains of North Carolina
 Mrs. W. L. Lancaster and children and Mrs. J. A. Lancaster are spend- Ing the summer at Shelby Springs. Mir. and Mrs. J. R. Gamble and children are to leave this week for the Gulf Coast near Biloxi, Miss.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-12
GYPsIES ARE FINED.
Man and Woman Who Figured in
 Row.

Row.
 Dick Stanley and Belle Stanley. gyp- sies. were each fined $10 and costs by Recorder Arlington yesterday after noon for the part they played in a row at the gypsy camp near Hendrix Mill last Sunday afternoon.
 The specific charge against the man and woman was assault to mur- der The additional charge of carry against Dick Stanley but this case was continued until this afternoon.
 The testimony showed that Belle Stanley. the wife of Adam Stanley. and the wife of Dick Stanley were in a fight when their husbands. who are brothers interposed. This led to a general fight in which both of the women were injured.
 Adam Stanley failed to appear in court yesterday afternoon and his wife, Belle Stanley. said that her hus- band had deserted her Tn her trouble with his people. Dick Stanley de- clared that tho whole trouble was due to the fact that his wife was not 8 gypsy.
 She is not a foreign woman. Judge" he said. and they don't like her. She's a genuine Southern woman and Is kin to some of the best people in the South"
 This statment brought a sneering curl to the lips of Mrs. Adam Stanley. who is plainly of Italian ancestry.
 Dick Stanley said he was native of Ireland but he was reared in Ohio.
 Mrs. Adam Stanley paid her fine and flounced out of the court room. saying she would be present this afternoon to testify against her brother-in-law.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-12
MORE PENSION TROUBLE.
Veterans Show Little Interest In Aid
 inR the GovernOf.\


 The penslon fund of Alabama, a very big item in the tSate's budget will continue open to imposition, II seems, on account of the apathy of Confederate veterans.
 The difficulty which Governor Jelks has been experiencing in the selection of Pension Examiners of the various counties, difficulty already grave enough, has now assumed more se- rIOls phase.
 Examiners appointed have bolted this soon. They are offering their resigna- lions to the Governor. These are only a few at present. but there are indi- cations that others may soon give back their jobs to tie State. There Is prac- tically no money in the office of pen sion examiner. This Is the cause of most of the proffered resignations, 1t Is understood, and there Is no remedy at the disposal of the Governor.
 The Legislature which passed the ex- tsting pension law evidently counted too much on patriotism. The law makers of that day believed there would be volunteers enough to go on the examining bench in every county without compensation. It was believed that the spirit of the Lost Cause would thrive enough to thus safeguard. with out reward. a soldiers tax taken from the people to pension COn1eQcrate sur yivors and veterans. widows who are worthy and not the undeserving.
 The examiners. for a surprise. are scarce. Appeal after appeal has been made by Governor Jelks to arouse the interest of veterans in this matter so vital to them and the honor of the cause they represented. There has been little or no response to these ap- peals. It was desired that the veter- ans camps in the counties without ex- aminers should get together and recommend suitable persons for the offices. The Governor complains there was not much getting together of the veterans. They appear to have assem- bled gloriously to go to the reunion. but the examiner proposition has been somewhat of a chill. SO far as the in- formation of capitol officials goes.
 Considering that on top of this there Is prevalent talk of resignations and some have been actually offered. the Governor will hardly get satisfaction until the meeting Of the next Legisla- ture.
 The money given to the old soldiers and the widows annually Is a heavy sum. The last fiscal year 1t mounted to $337,002.6S. It is. therefore. appa- rent that the distribution of the pen sion fund is ever an important part of any administration of the State Gov ernment. To guard this fund in the future 1t is suggested that the next may provide a State Ex- aminer with a competent salary.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-12
SOLDIERS OF THE SECOND
 WILL GO INTO CAMP TODAY
Five Hundred Uniformed Men Of National Guard to Live in Tents in Electric Park--DresS
 Parade at 6 ?. m.

', The officials of the car company have cut two avenues through the pine woods % that visitors may have two | ways in getting from the cA- line te | the camp. The firss camp station is about 200 yards from the park del ot
 Here visitors leave the cars .nd walk about 100 var.is through the woods
 to the tents. This avenue brings them | to the side of tue camp The sec ond entrance. and what Is intended to l be the public entrance. is directly from the car station at Electric Park. An avenue leads trom the station throuG h the woods to the baard tent which Is the regular camp entrance. It ia expected that the double tracks of the Street Railway from Highlan Par will be completed today and an un- interrupted schedule will be main- tained no matter how large the crowd ot visitors may be.
 Colonel Graves. Lieutenant Colonel c. R. Bricken onI practically the en- tire stan of the 2nd were in the city yesterday. Captain Donald Conner who
 assumed his jutlcs us rcgImental
 ouaratermast?r is a veteran soldier. having seen four years of active ser
 vice in the Philippines. The other members of the stan are Captain Dud- ley Williamson, adjutant; Captain J. A. Clifford. commissary: Major I. N. Stowe. surgeon, Captain Wnl T. Shee- han. instructor of the guard; Captain Sam Friedman, ordinance officer; Cap tan J. Hunt Taylor. inspector Of rifle practice. and Capta,n I. Q. Adams. chaplain.
 The majors of the regiment are c.
 F. Anderson of Montgomery, Ernest
 Carter of Selma and John D. Elliott of Birmingham. It Is regarded as im-
 probable that Major Elliott. who Is
 one of the most popular officers of
 the regiment. will be be able to att tend the camp. In the absence of any of the majors, Captain E. F. Baber. of the Montgomery Blues. as the rank ing captain of tho regiment. will serve as a major.
 The various companies will arrive to- day as follows: e" selma. 7:25 a. m; B" Birmingham, II a. m.; "E"
 Wetumpka, 9 20 a. m; "G" Eufaula, 1l:1O a. m.; I'll" Opelika. 10:30 a. m. |: K Tuskegee. 10:3o a. m: T" Lu- verene. 10;so a. m.; IT. Phenix City. 1l:lO a. m: "M' DemopoIis. 6:30 p. m: "F'' Tuscaloosa. 6:30 p. m.
 Because of their inconvenient rail- road schedule the Tuscaloosa and the Demopolis companies will be unable to participate in the first dress parade this afternoon.
 Each of the companies. as they come in today. wiN be met by a slan ofil- cer. Special cars will be sent by the Street Railway to bring the men into camp as they arrive at the unt1n rail- way station.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-12

At night fall last nigh the camp of the 2nd Infantry had assumed definite
 shape. Most of the tents had been
 pitched and the little canvas city on
 the wooded hill above Electric Park
 was more than half built. couple of hours of work this morn- ing will put the camp In rcadtnsse for the march of the regiment. Although nearly finished the canvas city was
 uninihabited last night. but tonight 1t will contain more than five hundred
 inhabitants.
 Colonel E. H. Graves commanding the regiment spent all of yesterday supervising the work os laying oIt the camp. marking the company streets and pitching the tents. In charge of
 this work were Captain Donald Conner and Captain E. J. McCrossin, members of the stan of the End. In clearing out the remaining bushes a large f,rce of workmen was busy.
 Captain J. A. Ck1ord. commissary of the regiment, accompanied by his assistant, w. H. Jordan, wes busy in
 the city throughout the day purchas-
 ing the regimental supplies and pre- pairing for the feeding of the men of the regiment on the first day without delay. Several other members of the stan, in fact practically the entire
 staff were busy with the multitudinous
 details connected with the preparation of a regimental camp. AS a result nothing remains to DC done today ex- cept to put up the remainder of the tents.
 The first company to march into camp will be e" company or Selma which will get in this morning at 7:30 o'clock. The ouartermaster ser gcant of that company spent yesterday in camp to have the comIslny's quar- ters in readiness upon the arrival Of the men this morning. Tho companies of the 2nd will continue to come In
 throughout the day until 6:3o o'clock p. m.
 The first military exercises. and the
 only exercises of today. will be the
 dress parade sR o'clock this evening.
 At that time the first regimaItal or
 der naming the camp will be read.
 The camp site Is on the hill to the
 right of the car tracks just before the
 car line touches the Electric Park depot. The camr is on the very top of the hill and Is well drained and shady.
 The military men express themselves |as being very much pleased with it's character and its location. The drill
 ground of the regiment Is across tho
 tracks from the camp on the left of
 the car line near tho rake. The off cials of the Montgomery Street Rail-
 way have cleared large space in
 the pine woods and graded it almost to a level. 1t will be ar excellent drill ground unless too m any rains keep n
 muddy.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-12
CHOCIAW'SLOW VALUES
EXAMINER sEDBERRY CRITICISES
 TAX ASSESSMENTS.
In Report to Governor He Calls Attem' tion tO Absence of COmmisslOaef. Other Omcials In Good
 Shape.

Exceedingly low values on real es. tate," Is the only criticism made or the conduct of Choctaw County officers in a report made by Assistant State Examiner G. F. Sedberry yesterday to the Governor. MT. Sedberry having re- gently returned from that county after an examination of the books, accounts and vouchers of the officers.
 This criticism of course, is aimed at the tax assessor and is mainly due to the absence of any Tax Commissioner in Choctaw County.
 There is no Tax Commissioner in this county" says the report of the Examiner. and 1t seems difficult to get anyone to serve in that capacity" The office of Tax Commissioner in any county is rarely sought with any extra amount of zeal as 1t Is unfortunately against the favor of taxpayers. There are, however, more or theee Commis- sioners now than there have ever been in the history of the State and they are reported as being very active. es- pecially in the lower section Of the State.
 The books of the Choctaw County Assessor, W. J. Sparrow, show that lands are given in at $2.05 per acre. Hope Is expressed by the Examiner. after a conference wien the Assessor. that there will be some raises for the current year.
 A small error of $1.50 was found .n the accounts of the ex-Sheriff of Choc- Jaw. A. D. Cook. Remittance to the State was promptly made when the at- tention of the ex-Sheriff was called to the mistake which consisted of an overcharge for feed of prisoner.
 The other officials and ex-oficials whose books were examined are as follows: w. D. Wilcox, Sheriff; w. H. Lindsey, Clerk of the Circuit Court; Thomas A. Littlepage, Tax Collector; oscar l.. Gray, x-Superintendent of Education; Charles Mccall. Probate Judge.
 Examiner Sedberry also reported on the books of County Superintendent of Education, G. E. Gordon. of Lowndes County There was no criticism.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-12
RAILROADS PROSPER
ONLY FIVE OUT OF FOG ROADS m
 COME INSOLvENT IN 1905.
Neither of These Trace Trouble te Business Conditions of Coun- try-Only 2S Roads In
 Hands of Receivers.

Thus far in the prosperous year Of. ls05 only five small railway companies. aggregating 270 miles of lines. have defaulted in their interest obligations and been placed in the hands of rec ceivers. and none of them attributos their insolvency to the existing busi-E ness conditions" says The Hallway Age. The largest of these roads. the Ohio River & Western, Is the successor of the Bellaire. Zanesville < Cincinnati. q lnarrow-gauge road. which had lon9 been in the hands of receivers. was re. organized in 1903. and widened to- standard gauge, and was to have been converted into an electric road and mada part of the Appleyard Electric system in Ohio. The project failed and the road must again go through the process of reorganization. The com- pany next in importance. the Pontiac. Oxford & Northern. is also the product of previous reorganization. some twelve years ago, and never had been firmly established financially. of the three other insolvent properties, one 10 a twenty-nine mile road of the excep- tional gauge of two feet. built in the interior of Maine fifteen years ago. which has been accustomed to show a deficit in It's balance sheet; another is a narrow gauge with twenty-four
 
 Der company, and the last represents a few miles of track in the State of Washington. the commencement of an undertaking of some importance. which failed to materialize further.
 This is a showing even better than for the corresponding six months Of 1904, when six roads. with 302 miles of lines and $10.514.o0o of bonds and stock, went into receivers hands, com- pared with five roads. 270 miles and $7,s30,000 of capital this year. The first half of the years 1903. 1902 and 1901 were still more notable for the small number of railway insolvencies and. in fact, the four and one-half years since 1900 have been a period in which receiverships were few and comparatively unimportant. There since that year. and there seems to be no reason to fear such an occurrences during the remainder of 1905.
 It Is encouraging to report. in this connection, that of the more than 1000 roads in the United States, indepen- dent. subsidiary and private. repre- senting today probably 214.0oo miles of line, only twenty-eight, operating about 2,600 miles. are at present in tho hands of receivers. These are all small roads and most of them have re- main ed in the charge of the courts for some years with the acquiescence of their owners.
 Foreclosure sales also have almost ceased for lack of material. In the past six months only three roads were thus forced into reorganization. but the inclusion of one important line In the number makes the aggregate of mileage and capitalization involved much larger than fin the corresponding period of the three preceding years
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-12

tors are Joe Baker. J. R. Young. John Sanders, W. T. Singletary and Travis Mixons.
 Other notices of interpretations were yesterday filed as follows: Southern Asbestos Wall-Plaster Company. of Birmingham. with a cap ital stock of $S,0o0: incorporators. J. M. Mcclellan. C. E. Griggs. r. M. Boy kin. E. N. Spencer and c. s. Ellis: pur- pose of the company to manufacture wall -plastering and other articles from asbestos.
 Britenshon- Cohen Decorating Com pany, of Anniston. with a capital stock of $4.O00; incorporators. John B. Britenshon, Lou Ella Britenshon and c. w. Cohen.
 The Montgomery Freight Bureau. with a capital stock of of. i2.ooo. and incorporated by prominent business houses of Montgomery for the pur- pose of securing more favorable inter- state railroad rates.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-12
How Do You Account for Judds

Chicago Journal. The case of Judd Is interesting. How can a man of his heredity. early envi- ronment and mental capacity fali so low7
 Judas father was one of tho fore- most citizens of Chicago, a man of honor, intellect, cultivation, force. His son was born into the best society here and could have inherited his fathers friendships and honorable al. dances. In his boyhood and early manhood the sons associations were with decent high minded people. He had the benefit of the best educational advantages money could provide. He studied law, was admitted to the bars found clients readily and for some time practiced his profession with credit and success
 Yet this same man, stiil young. has practically admitted on the witness stand that he is race-track tout, a gambler, drunkard. a blackmailer. an adulterer who deserted his wife and children. a complete degenerate who has violated every moral law.
 Judd was not abashed as he told his story. He saw no shame in 1t. He Is a perfect moral idiot.
 Scientists have mastered the secrets of heredity pretty well, so far as lower animals are concerned. They can fore- tell the qualities of a colt by consjd- ering its breeding. and can change the qualities of It's future brothers and sisters almost at will.
 But when 1t comes to intellectual and moral qualities in human beings. our present knowledge of heredity Ia feeble. According to our imperfect notions of the science. this young Judd should have been the exact opposite of what he is. Instead of sinking into the dregs of humanity he should have taken a high position in the world
 Evidently there are factors operat- ing in the consolation of the human pro- duct that scientists have overlooked.
 Otherwise. how account for Judd and his degradation?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-12
NEW ACID COMPANY.
Articles of Incorporation Filed in Pro-
 hate Court.

Articles of Incorporation Filed in Pro-
 bate Court.
 Articles of incorporation of the Mu- tual Acid Company were filed yes terday in the Probate Court of Mont gomery County.
 The papers indicate that tho acid company is to be an adjunct of the Tennessee Fertilizer whose plant was located in Montgomery some time ago.
 The capital stock of the company Is placed at $20O,000. Its headquarters will be in Montgomery. The incorpor- ators are: J. II. Carpenter and J. w.. Howard of Columbia, Tenn. and the Tennessee Fertilizer Company. The officers of the acid company arc: J. H. Carpenter. President and Treasur- CT. J. w. Howard. Vice President. and R. w Sparrow of Columbia. Tenn. Sec retary.
 The purpose of the company is to own and operate phosphate mines. pyrite mines and other mines and to build and operate plants for manufac- turing mining products.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-12
LECTURE ON "soCIALIsM.'v
George H. GoebeI at Courthouse TG
 morrow Night.

The few Socialists of Montgomery are very much interested in the lecture at the county courthouse at s:30 o'clock tomorrow night of George H. Goebel of Newark, N. J.
 MT. Goebel is the national organizer of the Socialist Party and he Is de- scribed as an earnest and eloquent speaker His remarks. it Is said, are always free of rancoT and bitterness and are interspersed with witty anec- dotes.
 The subject of MT. Goebefs address will be "Socialism-Shall the Trusts own the Nation or the Nation Own the Trusts"
 No admission fee will be charged to the lecture and the public generally is invited.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-12
MOBILE COUNTY TAXES.
Collector Dorian Made Good Showing
 of Collections.

The County of Mobile made a good showing through its Tax Collector. Hon. P. B. Dorian, when that official came to Montgomery Monday to make final settlement for 1905 taxes with the State Auditor. The total collec- tions for the past year were $780, 3SSSS. The collections for the speci- fled purposes were as follows: Real estate: General State tax. ESQ., 7353 specified soldier, $15.s94.14, and special school. $47,6SZ42
 Personal property: General State State tax, $25.622.97; special soldier, s9,44919. and special school, $2S,347.56.
 By tax commissioner: General State tax. $91.60; special soldier. $l75.4G, and special school. $Ss7S2.
 Interest collected: General State, $150.74: special soldier. $61.S2, and spe- cial school. $1SS.93.
 Totals collections from all sources: General State. $64,200.66; special sol- dier, $25,5S0.59. and special school, $76.- 60763. ::- .:.-~"=
 School warrants were drawn during the year to the amount of $29. 400.