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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-16

for its conyicts. The new con.rec' provides that boys and women shan 2 2 taken At the same rate, Heretofors thev nave been worked for their main tenance. - Probate Judge of the County. oesan his administration. Colbert County wal receiving ss.50 for its convicts, ano nothing for the boys and women sent up." except their support. He made ! new contract with the sloss- -Shemelc Steel and Iron Company. which nao been hiring the convicts for numpsE of years, increasing the monthly hirs to s10.
 The new contract made with the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company TOT the ensuing year. shows . net increase of s12.50 over the rate paid by the -shefYieid Company when Judge Simpson entered upon the discharge or his duties as Probate Judge, and 3 gain of nearly 100 per cent over last years contract. This is considered q fine showing.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-16
REPORT ON TWO COUNTIES. .xamineR Submits Statements c
 Franklin and winston.

Examiner Submits Statements On
 Franklin and Winston.
 Judge W. F. Wllkerson. Assistant State Examiner, made reports yester- day on the condition of the books of officers of Franklin and winston coun- ties.
 There was no comment except in words necessary to verify the correct ness of the books. accounts and vouch- CTS of the several officers and ex-ofi- cers.
 The property valuations in Franklin county for this years taxes are $1,- s51.Ol5. which the Examiner estimates to be about 50 per cent of the real values.
 The officers in each county exam ined were:
 Franklin-S. B. Hester. ex-tax col lector; l.. s. McRight, superintendent of education; B. F. Britneli, ex-clerk of the circuit court; R. J. Moody. judge of probate; D. H. Malone, clerk of the circuit court; W. s. Wilson, sheriff; w. P. Jordan, ex-tax assessor.
 WinstoE-J. s. Curtis, judge of pro- bate; z. McVay, ex-clerk of the cir cult court; R. A. Hill, ex-tax collector; L. S. Steele, superintendent of educa- ton; R. D. Dodd. clerk of the circuit court; J. M. Maxwell. sheriff, and R. J. Blanton, ex-Judge of probate.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-16
DIED IN JACKSON. GA.
Nils. Matte He.a.iek.. Former Rest

Miss Hattie Henarickss Former Resi-
 dent of Union sprfngs.
 Union Springs, Nov. 1s.--(Special)-- Mrs. C. R. Lee has received news of the death of her sister, Miss Hattie
 Hendricks. which occurred Sunday at
 Jackson. Ca. Miss Hendricks lived
 here several years with Mrs. Lee. Mrs.
 Lees health was too feeble for her to
 attend the funeral.
 | T. R, Morgan has received news of the death of his mother. Mrs. M. E. Morgan, at her home in Opelika. Mrs. 1 Morgan formerly lived here. The matter of graveling the main
 streets of the town was again before the council Monday night and the prob made through w. M Blount to fur nish the gravel will be accepted, and the work commenced at very early day.
 The Ladies Memorial Association packed a nice box for the Solaiers Home the past week. Mrs. James Glass McAndrew will en- certain Thursday afternoon in honor of Mss Annie McAndrew who is soon to leave town as 8 bride. Miss Elizabeth Fraser entertained the Jolly Jokers and other guests this afternoon with a Japanese party. All present were in costume and the scene was a beautiful one.
 A meeting of the ladies of the Bap- tist church was held Monday after noon to discuss ways and means or placing e fence around the church property. The sum of $52.5o was raised among those present ana committees were appointed to solicit from others. Miss Caroline Trawicls, sister of Mrs. w. A. Harrison will De married 70 Kelley Haney in opeiika next Wed- nesday and come here for two days to visit Prof. and Mrs, Harrison.
 Mrs. Mary Pittman and Miss Maggie V. Mabson and Mrs. W. W. Ratner will represent the Magazine Club at the meeting of the Federation of Women's Clubs. which will convene in Birming- ham next week.
 and a circus comes Saturday.
 Rev. F. H. Watkins left Monday to hold a meeting in Hartseli. Mrs. Wat kins and children accompanied him to Birmingham where they will visit rel atives.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-16
ARMEs-sEALE.
Pretty Home Wedding is Celebrated in < Greenvflle.

l. Greenvil1e.
 Greenville, Nov. 15.--(Special)--A beautiful and impressive wedding was solemnized this afternoon at the resi- dence of the brides mother. when Miss Mabel Scale and George Kerr Armes of Birmingham were united in mar riage.
 Rev. J. P. Hamilton officiated and the ceremony was witnessed by quite a number of relatives and friends. The entire house was thrown open to the
 guests and was charmingly arranged and decorated. An arch was formed in the hallway, another in the parlor.
 where an altar was arranged. The decorations were of palms, ferns. sn1i- lax and chrysanthemums, white tulfe blending with the foliage and flowers. Miss Metcalf presided at the plano and Mrs. will Beeiand sang Love Could SoulyTeil Thee" after which the bridal party entered; Miss Mary Scale, sister of the bride, and Miss Dorothy Armes, sister of the groom: the bride accompanied by her brother-in-law, Hon. R. B. Smythe: the groom. with his best man. Henry Hiden, IT,. of Bir- mingham. They formed semi-circle about a wedding bell of white chry- santhemums. The bridesmaids wore lively costumes of white Louisine silk Wltn kTcch P0uHG fCtNct 9AAhSSs oA,s carried chrysanthemums.
 The bride was gowned in a beauti- Mechlin lace robe over taffeta, the veil falling to the hem of her dress, and carried a shower bouquet of lilies of the valley and asparagus fern. She is young woman whose gentle and mod- est disposition is enhanced by cul- tured mind. Mir. Armes is the eldest son of Major G. A. Armes. U. S. A. (re- tired), and was reared and educated in
 Washington, D. C.. He is a civil and mining engineer, and has recently been busy with the construction of the Bir- mingham and Lineville Railroad, about completed.
 After elegant refreshments were served, MT. and Mrs. Armes left on the 5:20 train for Q wedding trip, the bride wearing a handsome tailored suit of blue. After a couple of days spent with Atlanta friends, they will be the guests of the groom's sister and broth erin Jaw, Mir. and Mrs. Claud, and his uncle, Leeds Kerr, pay director in the navy, at Washington, and here they will meet his sister. Miss Ethel Armes. the authoress, who has just given the public several fine works. At Phila- delphia they will be entertained by Dr. and Mrs. CHI, the latter sister, and will be rendered a reception on board the battleship Kearsarge. In New York they will visit their brother, Os- car L. Armes, who is on the stan of The New York Journal, and returning to Alabama, will reside at Birmingham during the winter.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-16
FARMERS ARE PROSPEROUS.
TheIr Financial Condition Better Thai < It Has Been fin Years.

Hamilton. Nov. 15.--(Special. l--Ev' ervthinr has been extremely dull hert lately except the rush of the farmers in saving and marketing their crops The farmers are more independent thar they have been for years. They ats out of debt and prosperous.
 With two weeks of court beginnine November 20 and a show during nexl week, 1t Is possible that Hamilton VII have lively times. It Is thought tnal the grand jury will have more 10 oc thia lime than 1t has had In years.
 Five west Virginia boys who had been in jail here for several weeks charged by the Aldrich Mining Com many of Brilliant, Ala, with gettinR transportation and refusing to work were discharged by Probate Judge Mack Pearce on habeas corpus proceed ings.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-16
Heavy Docket im Covington.

Andaiusia, Nov. 15.--(Special.) )-Cir- cult Court win open at Andaiusia next Monday morning. The civil docket shows ninety cases on call. The crim- inal calendar shows ninety-flve cases and the grand jury will probably cause the arrest of several more. About s3,500 has been spent in improvements to the courthouse since the last term of court.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-16
ROBERT EDWARDS BOUND O YER.
His Bond Fixed at s3,000 by Jsstice
 J. M, Snead.


 Andalusia Nov. 15.--(SpeciaL)-- Frank Williams of Cullman has been in Andalusia this week. It will be remembered that his father was con victed of killing Senator R. l.. Hipp. It will also be remembered that Frank Williams offered to hang in the place of his father when the jury brought in a sentence of death. Last month Sam Williams got into a dispute with the Edwards boys on a Jackson Lumber Company's train and Williams lost his life from shot from the revolver of Robert Edwards.
 Sam Williams is son of the Will Hams who killed Senator Hipp and Frank Williams came here this week to sec that hts brothers slayers were properly prosecuted. Justice J. M. Snead discharged Alonzo Edwards, and bound Robert Edwards over to the grand jury in the sum of s3,00o. Bail was not furnished.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-16
s2O,oOO ICE PLANT.
AndaIusia Will Have Up-to-Date Cold
 Storage Establishment.

Andalusia. Nov. 15.--(Special)- )-An- dalusia is to have an Ice plant This was settled yesterday. when land was purchased for the purpose near the Louisville and Nashville depot. Those behind the project are F. K. Feagin. a director of the First National Bank of Andalusia, and the Andalusia Bot cling Works.
 They will commence immediately the erection of a plant to cost $2O,0OO. It will have a capacity of fifteen tons daily, and next seasons supply of ice for Andalusia will be made here.
 Some of the contracts for work and machinery have been closed, and the remaining contracts will be closed in a few days.
 An up-to-date cold storage plant is to be built and operated in connection with the ice factory.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-16
WANTED TO LYNCH NEGRO.
Citizens of Ohio Town Formed Mob, bu
 Are Frustrnted.

Springfield. O., Nov. 15.-The town of Rushsylvania, near here, is in the midst of great excitement and last night came near repeating it's performance of twelve years ago when a. negro was lynched. Henry Jenkins, colored, was arrested last night charged with as- sault on his T-year-old stepdaughter.
 number of men at once began or- ganizing mob to lynch the negro. He was given a hurried trial before Mayor Bower and spirited away to Belle Fon- taine and placed in jail,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-16

September 90, 1904, the Board of Trustees transferred to the improve ment fund the sum of $2,1so.19, the balance remaining in the hands of the Treasurer on that day.
 'Mr. w. c, Harris. the Steward. makes all purchases for the asylum. taking q receipted bill fors each pur- chase. which receipted bills are kept at the asylum. and draft drawn on the Treasurer for the various amounts. There were 5000 bills and drafts which I checked. They were all numbered and filed according to number which makes them easier to check than if they were irregularly filed away. 'The officers of this great institution are painstaking in all their transac- tions and keep their accounts. books and vouchers in a correct and busi- ness-like manner. The patients are we'll cared for and seem to be as happy and contented as possible under the circumstances.
 T append hereto statements show ing the receipts an disbursements of the Treasurer and Steward, marked exhibits "A" and "B." which are made part of this report"
 The exhibits "A" and "B" are shown as follows:
 Debtor, John Little, Jr.,- Ire asurer.--Receipts, Gem eraI Funds--
 July 1. 1904. To balance on
 hand ..................s 2.7ss. s5 July 2. 1904, To amount re-
 ceived from State Treas
 urer ..........,........ 5s.ss5 .oo Oct. 1, 1904. To amount re-
 ceived from State Treas
 urer ................ $500. % Jan. 6, 1905, To amount re-
 ceived from State Treas urer .................. 5s.es7 50 April 6, 1905, To amount re-
 ceived from State Treas
 urer .................. 5b,0b5 %
  Total .....,...,........s .s21s.4 .46s. .s5 Disbursemenfss-- Sept. 30, 1904, By amount
 paid Steward drafts. .....$ 56,15l .35 Dec. s1. 1904. By amount paid Steward drafts ..... 54,600. % April 1, 1905, By amount paid Steward drafts ...... 5s.s57 50 June 30. 1905. By amount paid steward drafts. ..... 53,s50. ss Balance on hand ........... 1,704.67 Total ..................$ 1s.463. .S5 Improvement Fund,- July 1. 1904, To balance...$ 1,720.67 Sept 30. 1904. To amount transferred to general fund .................. 2,1S0.1s Feb. IS, 1905. To amount
 swamp and overflow lands ................. 5000 % Total .................$ 11,900. S6 Disbursementss- July l, 1904. By amount paid on stewards draft ....... SIPS. s5 Balance .............. 6,774. 51
  Total .................$ 11,900. S6 w. c. Harris, Stewart, Re- ceiptss-
 July l. 1904. Balance in hands of Steward ........$ 1.050.3 38 Amount from State ........ 217,759 IS Amount from indigent pa tients ................. 1'S5I.O3 Amount from pay patients,
 average 71 per month";. 12,746. 5S Amount refund by counties. 302. 36 Amount from sale of sundry articles ........... 3,9s1. .47 Amount from rebate .. POT. 99 Total ..................s2szs14.o .oe Expenditurest- Sept. 30, 1904, Transferred to improvement fund .......$ 2,lSO 19 Total amount expended to June 30, 1905 ............ 234,311 50 Remainder to credit of Stew ard, June 30, 1905. ....... LAT. 80 Total ,,,...............$ .$237,0l4. .se
  This report was filed with Governor To1tr. x,aafardav
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-16
coNvICTs BRING a1a.
Good Contract Is Made by Probate
 Judge of Colbert.

Judge of Colbert.
 Tuscumbia, Nov. 15.-(Special. Jun der new contract, made today by the Commissioners' Court of this County, sitting in regular session, Colbert will receive $19 a month each for its con victs the next year. The contract was made with the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railway Company, and Is the high est rate ever received by this County
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-16

No Joy or pleasure on this earth quite equals that which comes into the home when baby arrives. Who can describe the happiness of man and woman, joined in wedloek, as they look upon the fragile, delicate mite that is blood of their blood
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-16

and flesh of their feshl And who can depict the hopeiessness and dejection that hover about the home where the wife Is incapable of becoming mother Barrenness proceeds from some derange- ment of the distinctly feminine organs. Many of the common ailments known as "female troubles" cause 1t. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription overcomes barren ness by stamping out diseases of women, and by healing and curing ulceration. It tones up the system, stops drains, and restores strength. During gestation 1t nnodifies morning sickness, gives elastic ity to the overstrained parts concerned, makes the hour of baby's coming short and almost painless, and gives wonderful recuperative power to the patient. By making the mother strong and cheerful, it makes the little one healthy, vigorous and good natured. Insist upon the med icine dealer giving you Dr. Pierce's Fa- vorite Prescription when you ask for it. Substitutes are often dangerous.
 Mrs James W Biacier, of 6ao Catherine St., Syracuse, N. Y, writes: Your medicines have done wonders for me. For years my health was very poor; had four miscarTiages, but since taking Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Favorite Prescription have much better health, and now have fine healthy baby"
 For aI oue-cent stamps to cover cost of mailing oNiy, you can get free copy of that celebrated doctor book. the Common Sense Medical Adviser, Ioo6 pages, illus trated. Cloth-bound. 3I stamps. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce. Buffalo. N. Y.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-16
$237,9l4.se

This report was filed with Governor elks yesterday.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-11-11
A NEW SEA GIANT.

The new twin screw, America, which
came sweeping into New York harbor
the other day, after her maiden voyage,
Is one of those new leviathans of the
deep, the dimensions and appointments
of which would have petrified even the
owner Of Aladdins lamp, had he been
able to produce such a result. The
America is said to be the largest ship
ever built for passenger service and is
sister to the Kaiserin Auguste Vic.
toria, now in progress of construction.
The America is some 700 feet in length,
IS feet wide and over so feet deep. Her
capacity is $4,000 tens, winch is some
thing over twice the tonnage of the
famous Oregon, Captain Ciarke's great
battle ship which made the long jour
ney around the Horn in time to con-
tribute to Cervera's defeat.
Although she is passenger ship and
has accommodation for 3,400 passen-
gers and 600 crew, she has also capac-
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-11-11
THE WEATHER FOECASTS.
In Spite of Raileries the Government
PropheSieS Remarkably Accurate

Fifteen per cent. of error, said Chief
Willis l.. Moore. in an interview, is
the record of the Weather Bureau. Not
only is this proportion lower than in
any foreign bureaus, but in ten years
not criticism of its work, he adds,
has come from any commercial, mari.
time or scientific organization. Ger
tainly, if it does what it sets out to
do, eighty-ive times out Of hundred,
the weather service ought to enjoy an
enyiable degree of popular esteem.
What praise would be shOwered on a
Congress that acted unwisely only Is
per cent. of the time!
In spite of the constant gibcs d.
rected at the Weather Bureau, there Ia
undoubtedly among farmers and ship
pers an underlying sentiment of friend.
liness ard confidence. 1t has grown
into a national joke that the forecasts
are always wrong, just as Bostonians
live invariably on beans and Philadel-
phians are always lethargic. But these
whimsical articles of faith do not in
the least affect anyone's practical at
titude toward a forecast, Bostonian,
or Philadelphia.
A contributing cause to the railing
at the weather bureau is the activity
of the long-raEge PROPHETS. The su,
perior usefulness If forecast for next
month over one for tomorrow being
manifest, even sheer guesswork for
the former period is preferred by thou.
sands TO q scientific determination for
the latter. Recently a moneyed indi-
vidual offered substantial prize for
the best weather prophecy six months
ahead. II the Government bureau
should try for that and win it-and It
ought to be able to guess as we'll as
anybody-it would become the most
popular institution in the country.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-11-11
THE FLATIRON BUILDING,

feats The name of this man is John
Garrick, and he is called The HUI
man Fly" His occupation is hanging
and removing awnings. To do his work
he simply walks up and down the Out
side OF buildings while other worAmea
go from story to story by means Of the
stairway or the elevator.
John Garricll before he took up the
trade of awning hanging was a sailor.
He followed the sea from bOvhood to
manhood, and during his service on
deep-sea sailing ships he learned to
climb and cultivated his nerve.
A few days ago he was engaged in
removing awnings from the Flatiron
building, IN New York. Broadway was
choked with people watching the HUI
man Fly at work. Incredible as il
may seem, he climbed the sheer wall
of that building from pavement to COR
nice, TWO hundred and eighty-siX feet
and down again.
Five years ago Garricll married.
Naturally his wife wished him to quit
seafaring, He got employment as an
awning hanger and in that capacity he
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-11-11
COAL STRIKE PROBABLE,
AGREEJiENT MADE THREE YEARS
AGO BETWEEN MINERS AND OPE=
RATORS EMPIRES NEXT APRIL.
Miners Will Then Demand Eight
Hour Day and Recognition of Union.
Owners Will Vigorously Oppose.


With the coming of winter many a
householder has calculated upon the
probability of a strike in the anthra-
cite coal regions and wondered whcth-
or he should take the prccaution to lay
in full supply Of fuel. The day
whom +hn nr0yident man laid IN great
stores for fine frozen period of the
year, filed his larder with good things
to eat and his bins with fuel, against
the inclement weather, has departed
so far as the cities of this country are
concerned. Now rich and poor alike,
the provident and the improvident,
look to the merchant to keep their lar
ders filed. Their only providence is
in laying up the money with which TO
purchase supplies when needed.
II is this change in the method of
proyiding for the home. that has made
the strike in recent years 50 terrible
to the humblc consumer. who nav
live a thousand mics from the scene
Of the industrial discomfort and know
nothing of its causes except that
which he reads in his daily paper, and
yet be the principal sufferer from the
shortage of supplies that follows
The effectiveness OF the strike is its
power to create such shortage In
supplies and to bring the country up.
on the verge of famine as bad as
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-11-11

made his climbing skill pay. Though
married five years his wife has never
seen him at his work of scaling the
outside of tall buildings until he I'M
dertOok the removal of awnings from
the windows of the towering Flatiron
building. Until that time" said the
lady to reporter, Il never saw him
at the work. | knew he was removing
awnings from the Flatiron building,
so | went over to Manhattan to meet
him yesterday afternoon, and | took
our two children, Lawrence, two and
half years old, and Hazel, four years
old, and waited for John in front Of
the BarthOldi Hotel. OF course l
never thought John would climb that
| frightfully tall building. l was stand
ing there when one of the workmen,
who knows me, came over and said:
Your husband will be with you soon,
he's just coming from the ninth story
now | thought he meant John would
be coming by the elevator, so l didn't
look UP to the windows.
"The workman told me to look up. |
did, and | nearly tainted, for there
was my husband with his hands on the
sill Of a window on the ninth story
and his toes in the groves between the
stones. | grew dizzy and wanted to
turn away.
Something held me fascinated,
though, and l watched him coming
down in a sort of criss-cross fashion
as quickly as a man would run down
a ladder. l said to Lawrence, There's
your papa and the baby laughed and
clapped his hands with joy He didn't
understand the danger, but Hazel did,
and she began to cry. | couldn't look
any longer and I turned my head
away, bat | could hear the noise Of
the great crowd that was watching
him. | looked again, thinking he
must be on the sidewalk BY this time.
Imagine my horror when l saw he had
started climbing upward after | had
turned away, and was then just up to
the cornice. He looked like a little
black fly against the white stone. He
waved one hand and then began to
move down. | watched him, but some
times closed my eyes when it seemed
that he had made a misstep. The
crowd was so great that when he
swung down to one of the store avn
ings l could only see him drop off and
disappear into the maze of men gath
cred about"