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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-07-26
The Canny Scot.

In an English railway compart-
ment two travellers were seated, an
American and a keen eyed old
Scotchman.
When the guard came to take up
their tickets the latter had great
difficulty in locating his. He kept
the official waiting SO long while he
rummaged through his many pock-
cts that the ticket taker went on his
way, saying he would come back to
find out the result of the search.
When the guard had gone the
American saw the lost piece of
pasteboard protruding from the old
fellows mouth and promptly mott
fed its owner, thinking it was case
of observation-disclosures.
Whereupon the willy Scot rejoin-
ed:
Don't you think ! know it? But
the tickets a month old, and I'm
a-suckin' off the date"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-07-26

temptuously into the drawer upon
the heap Of ties, collars, invitations,
fasors, bills, cigars and matches,
"Yoa must be obtue not 20 know
.oye letters when you see them, she
said.
"Oh, no. You're mistaken" an
swered Jack eagerly wait and I'll
read you the last one she wrote"
From the wardrobe he extracted
an old blue coat, one not included in
the honeymoon outfit. From the
breast pocket, after some fumbling,
he drew letter.
Listen to this" he said:
Dear Jack-I have just returned from
the south and learn of your approaching
! marriage. / know you are very happy, l
am sure you will be in your new life,
and I wish you and your wife to be every
blessing heaven can give Your loyal old
chum, DIXIE.
''Now, Edith, that looks like love,
doesn't it?'
Edith shook her head wisely. She
took up her brush and began dress
ing her long blond hair.
at takes a woman to read a wo-
mans heart" she said. "Poor
Dixie"
She smiled at her own beautiful
face in the glass as she heaved
sigh for the girl who had lost Jack.
Jack returned to his mirror,
spending more time than usual in
adjusting his collar and tie. Edith's
words seemed to have torn a veil
from his eyes. He wished she had
not. 1t seemed to him like invad-
ing a sanctuary. What a blind fool
he had been! How many times by
bis careless words must he have
wounded Dixie's heart!
Yet how careful he had been never
to disturb the serene course of their
camaraderie. Many a time had he
been tempted to steal kisses from
Dixie's tenderly curved lips, but he
had always refrained, because he
felt that it would not please her.
81 like my friends to be friends
and not play at being lovers" she
had said once to Tom Darling when
he had made feeble feint at firta-
ton. Jack remembered how once,
when the red wine at a studio dinner
a daux with Dixie had warmed him
to sentimentalism, he had said
eve might get married, Dixie"
He had not been sufficiently seri-
GUS in his mood at the time to pay
much attention to her jesting reply,
but he now recalled that she had not
answered directly. She had looked
at him curiously, he remembered
now, but her merry answer had come
quickly enough after that:
ooh, three days would put an end
to the romance" she had said.
Was Edith right? Did Dixie love
him? How crisscross everything
went in this world! He wished
Edith had not read those letters.
He wished he had not been so care
less in leaving them about.
1t was too late now-too late for
more than regret.
"'Your loyal chum, Dixie" the
words repeated themselves in his
brain. He had not been so loyal to
her. Would she have left his letters
about where he who finds may read?
Edith's voice interrupted the
trend of his thoughts.
"You're ages fixing your tie" she
said. breakfast has been ready
half hour" Town Talk.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-07-26
NapoIeon,s Attemnt at suicide.

The most startling Of all Com
stant's revelations is that describing
Napoleon's attempt at suicide wien
Marmont, Berthier and the rest left
him naked to his enemies. Con-
slant in one of his earlier volumes
described talisman wrapped in silk
and leather which ever since the
Egyptian campaign Napoleon wore
around his neck. 1t contained, at
cording to Constant, the poison
which the emperor took immediate
ly after his signature of the deed Of
abdication. He then sent for Con
slant and thus addressed him: Coon
slant, l am dying! I could not bear
the torture any more and the hui
initiation Of seeing myself surround
ed by foreign agents. They have
trailed my eagles through the mire.
Marmont has given me my final
blow. That Berthier should have
forsaken me cuts me to the core!
Ny old friends. My old comrades in
armsw However, either the weak
ness of the poison or the skill of
IVAN, the doctor, saved his life
T. P.'s Weekly, London.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-07-26
Very Dear at the Price,

Queen Caroline, the wife of
George H., seriously thinking of
closing st. James park, in London,
and turning it into a garden for the
palace, asked Sir Robert Walpole
what it would cost to do SO. ga tri-
file, madam; only a trihe," replied
the minister. "a trihe ?"H rejoined
her majesty. 81 know it must be
pretty expensive, but can't you tell
me as nearly as you can guess ?" To
which Sir Robert answered, "Why,
madam, l believe the whole thing
will cost but three crowns The
queen had sense enough to see Wal
poles allusion to the crowns of Eng
lang, Scotland and Ireland and said
at once that she would abandon the
notion.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-07-26
KIDNEY TROUBLES
lncreaSing Among WOmen, But
Sufferers Need Not Despair
THE BEST ADVICE IS FREE

Of all the diseases known, with which
the female organism is afflicted, kidney
disease is the most fatal, and statistics
show that this disease is on the increase
among women.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-07-26

The Lady-Ah, my poor man, l am
glad to hear you sayyou never miss a
bath. Gritty George-No'm haven't
taken one in ten years, and l don't
miss 1t bit.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-14
NEW TRIAL FOR N0RDON
AHBEvILLE MAN WHO POISONED
 HIS WIFE.
Supreme Court Reverses Decision of Lower Court Whereby Young Man was Sentenced to Life
 Impris0nments

Walter L. Nordan of Abbeville. the white man who was convicted in the Henry Circuit Court some time ago of poisoning his wife under scandalous circumstances. will stand a new trial. The respite from confinement in the State penitentiary was given yesterday for technical reasons by the Supreme Court of Alabama
 The opinion in the case which was appealed several months ago was writ ten by Justice Dowdell and in effect quashes the indictment, reversing the sentence of the lower court. which was for life imprisonment. and remanding the case back to the same court for a new trial The allegations which avail ed this much for Nordan were that the indictment was defective.
 This turn in the case brings to pub lie mind again the heinous charges that were brought against Nordan. All Southeastern Alabama recalls that last year Nordan was forced to marry the girl whom he is alleged to have after wards poisoned. The testimony in the case brought out unreservedly the re- lations between Nordan and wife be- fore marriage, severely damaging the defense of the former.
 The conviction was based on the sus- picion that the death of Mrs. Nordan was due to the wishes of Nordan to get rid of her summarily.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-14
POSSE UNSUCCESSFUL
SENATOR HIPP's SLAYER IS STILL
 AT LARGE.
Believed That Williams win Be Cap tured Before End of week--Fun- eral of the Victim Large
 Iy Attended

Cullman, April 1s-(special. Usher if O'Rear, the bloodhounds and a posse who were In pursuit of John Will Hams have returned, without the de- sired game.
 Williams made his way to the edge of Marshall and Etowah Counties, and it is thought by many that he will be captured before Saturday night. He is a bad man in a bad country, and some little strategy will have to be used to get him, which the sheriff is now using.
 The remains of Senator Hipp were taken to their last resting place this afternoon at o'clock and the fun eral was one of the largest eyer wit messed in Cullman.
 Deputy Dunlap is progressing nicely and before many days will be upon the streets and at his old post of duty again.
 The council met last evening to qualify the newly elected officers but adjourned through respect of the dead Senator.
 The bar attended the funeral in a body,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-14
FOR THE SAKE OF MILDRED
RY H. S. CANFIELD, yR.

(Copyright, 1905, Daily Story Pub. Co.)
 Harry Daggett sat gazing with uh seeing eyes, at the closely ngureo pages before him; his mind had trail ed off into memories. He was thlhk ing of Mildred Arnold as he had first seen her. her brown eyes. half-laugh- ing. half-serious, peeping from neatn the great, fiimsy garden hat. She rao flashed him a smile that had set ms heart to wildly beating and blushlng for his self-conscious awkwardness' he had stumbled past.
 He saw her often after that, and +hev were introduced. One evening she playfully tossed him rose as he passed the gate. With one stride ne reached her, seized her hands ana pressing them to his heart, held them there, while he poured out his hopes' ambitions and his love. She did not encourage him. neither did she dis courage him, and he left her, alter nately hoping and fearing.
 It was only a short time after thiS that Jack Stayton came home from college; Jack was handsome, fasci- mating, worldly. Harry was none or these. It was at ball that Mildred and Stayton met; Harry was present at the meeting and went home with heavy heart The wedding was on- nounced within year.
 Obviously the union was a happy one, and, generous to a fault. Harry harbored no i'll feeling; he sincerely rejoiced in Mildred's happiness. But the old love was smothered--not dead. and he would have given the best of his years of his life had Mildred never set eyes on Stayton's handsome face.
 They were working side by side now, he and Jack, rivals In work, as
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-14
STEVENSON EXTENSION.
Said That work Will Begin Within
 Thirty Days.

Scottsboro, April 13-(Special )-As published in The Advertiser several weeks ago, the Southern Railway will build the Stevenson extension, a dis tance of thirty-eight miles be- tween stevenson o,,na- ana ( chatta- Ga we'll known contractors of Knoxville. Tenn, have the contract for the tun- mel that the Southern has decided on, which will penetrate old Lookout. The report is that the contractors will be- gin work in the next thirty days and 1t will be rushed to completion as fast as possible, the work to begin at both ends of the proposed line as surveyed by the company's engineers.
 Although the. amount of the cost of the contract is not authoritatively given out, 1t is understood that 1t will be more than $1,00o.o0o.
 The building of this extension, which is certainty now, means a great increase in Jackson County's tax receipts as the proposed line will tra- verse many miles of the county's land and will open up comparatively new part of the heretofore isolated section. The citiztns of Stevenson are greatly rejoiced over the building of this road and say that it will give their town better freight rates and in many other ways be of great financial benefit to them.
 The building of this road will, in all probability, necessitate the Louisville and Nashville Railroad erecting a bridge over the Tennessee River at De- catur as 1t is using the bridge of the Southern at that point.
 At the recent session of the Robert Donnell Presbytery the following com missioners and .alternates from Jackson County were elected to the General As- sembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, which meets at Fresno, Cal, May IS:
 Commissioners-Rev R. D. Shook. Rev. William B. Bridges, Elder John B. Tally and Elder H. l.. Davis.
 Alternates--Rev. W. A. Kennemer. Rev. A R. Willis. Elder R. M. Lusk and Elder S. W. Frazier. These dele gates go to Fresno instructed by the district assembly to vote as a unit against reuniting the two great bodies of the Presbyterian Churches. which will be one of the principal questions brought up before the general assem- bly on the date mentioned.
 John Reason and Miss Grace, eldest daughter of the late William Trice of Paint Rock Valley were married at the home of the brides mother near this place Tuesday morning. April 12, Rev. W. w. Thompson officiating. This was a beautiful morning wedding and the contracting parties are both quite pop uIar. number of exquisite presents were received.
 MT. J. E. Jackson, an old and highly respected citizen of this county, died at his home in Bridgeport Saturday morning at an early hour of consump- tion of the bowels, after an illness ex- tending over twelve months. Mir. Ev, leaves a large family connection in the county.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-14

at the annual exhibition of the Amer ican women's Art Association. Miss Bartleson and her parents. pr. and Mrs. H. c. Bartleson, have been re- siding in Paris the last year and a half while Miss Bartleson pursued her art studies.
 The teachers of the county will hold an institute at Sylacauga next week the goth and 21st. Among the prom inent visitors will be President John w. Abercrombie of the State Univer- sity.
 Talladega's cotton receipts have reached 14.500 bales. and there Is much still stored on the farms of the coun~ ty. From ali sources it appears that the acreage reelection Is general over the county. While fertilizer sales are large. it does not indicate the size of the cotton acreage. as fertilizers are being used under crops this year that were never before fertilized in the county. It seems that the farmers of the county want to make every acre produce its full capacity.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-14
FUNERAL OF MIR. UHLFELDER.


Rody of Prominent Insurance Man Laid to Rest. The remains of Mir. Augustus Uh1fel- der, who dropped dead in New York Monday in the Equitable Building, were inferred yesterday afternoon in Oak wood Cemetery.
 The funeral services took place yes terday afternoon at o'clock from his late residence. 26 Holcombe Street. Rabbi A. J. Messing. IT,. of Kahl Montgomery oficiated.
 The esteem in which the deceased was testified to in eloquent terms by the vast outpouring of his friends. Not only did Montgomerians attend the services, but friends of MT. Uhlfeldcr from far New York were present.
 The Elks. both Emanuel and Ala bama Lodges of B'nai Frith. and the Masons attended the services in body. Many Alabama agents of the Equitable came to Montgomery to pay a last mark of respect to one of the great company's most esteemed laborers. Among the many magnificent floral designs were design from the officers of the Equitable and design from J, H. Hyde, the first Vice. President of tho company.
 The pail bearers were: Honorary. pr, R. F. Michel, S. B. Marks. Dr. s. J. Steiner, Harry Lyon, Dr. M. l.. Wood, E. c. Andrew, Dave Krauss, B. F. Ad- ams G. A. Revere, J. w. Henry and Milton B. oehos
 Active, W. I. whitEman. B. Frafk. Nose Sabel, E. Meertief, H. Levystein, Ira Virgin. Jacques Loeb, A. J. Kauf- man. T. J. Reynolds.
 At the grave an elopent eulogy was delivered by Rabbi Messing and the fm- pressive services of the various orders were read.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-14
HIS NECK BROKEN.
Peculiar Death of B. F. Moore, Well
 Known Farmer.

Talladega, April 13-(SpeciaI. )-B r. Moore a well known farmer of this county. while en route to his home from the city last night fell off his wagon. The wheels ran over him and broke his neck. Mir. Moore was under the influence of whiskey and a sudden jerk or lurch of the wagon threw him off.
 The Talladega military, Company L, 3rd Regiment, was inspected by Capt. J. c. Goodfellow and Gen w. w. Bran don. The company made a most cred itable showing and was complimented by the officers. Captain Goodfellow said that Talladega tied Selma for first place among the companies he had in- spected.
 Gen. w. W. Brandon of Montgom- cry will deliver the address in this city on Memorial Day. The John T. Nor
 gan Chapter of the United Daughters
 of the Confederacy will present Crosses
 of Honor to a number of Confederate Veterans on that day. For the past
 two years Montgomery has furnished the Memorial Day orator for TaIladega
 Major W. w. Screws delivering the address last year.
 News comes to town that several cabins at Chandler Springs, a noun
 tain resort fourteen miles south of this city, were burned Monday night.
 The City Council met last night to canvass the returns and declare -he result of the municipal election held Tuesday. The following ticket was elected without opposition: Mayor, Wellington Vandiver; Aldermen, Ward 1, w. L. Miller. W. H. Cobb; Ward 2, NJ. Jackson. F. c. McAlpine; Ward 3, w. E. Dickinson, c. w. Lakey; Ward 4, Jno. w.. Heacock. w. R. Bishop.
 Mayor Vandiver has been elected for the third time and the city has made progress under his administration.
 Talladesa County is now deriving benefit from the local taxation for pub lie school districts, the State fund has been exhausted and with the county fund the school terms are being ex- tended to seven, eight and nine months Superintendent Jno. c. Williams is making his first contracts for the cOun- ty funds this month All the white schools in the county will run for a term of not less than seven months The public schools of the county are having their most prosperous year. much of which Is due to local taxa ton and Talladega can now say to the world that 1t has a system of free pub lie schools for at least seven months in the year
 The Court of County Commissioners met yesterday and accepted the plans of H. K Chapman. of Atlanta. for the and improvement of the Court House. The Judge of Probate will advertise for bids which will be passed upon a the May term of the Commissioners Court. The inn contemplated will cost in | the neighborhood of s10,000. |
 From the Paris edition of The New York Herald it is learned that Miss Malote Bartleson of this city received special mention for a. picture exhibited
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-14
JOHN LEE CONVICTED.
Negro Boy Who Killed Another Some
 Time Ago,

Negro Boy Who Killed Another some
 Time Ago.
 John Lee, a Is year old negro, charged with the mArder of Glasgow Robinson. a negro. in Beat 12, about a year ago, was yesterday convicted in the City Court of Montgomery of man. slaughter in the second degree and was sent enced to six months hard la- bor and a fine of s250.
 The following jury tried the case: W. H. Smith, c. L. Hicks, S. T. Nichol J. H. Jackson, J. T. Gaston, J. p. Ruff. James Mcintyre. c. F. Dove. w. D. Sayre. J. T. Slough. E. M. Riley. c. Fl. Broadway.
 John Bardell, a negro, was tried for the robbery of venerable ex-slave, York Macdonald. It was alleged that the young negro. accosted the old man on the Western road and compelled him to give up all of his weeks earn ings.
 . "UncIe York" took the stand in his own behalf. He Is S2 years old. ac- cording to his testimony and is a pe- gro of the old school Ills kinky hair is white and his every answer was as polite as that of a dancing master. He bowed his acknowledgements of re- spect to the court and to the a;tor- neys, whenever questioned and could hardly be forced to keep his seat while ans TcltnG.
 It was a cooling and refreshing breeze in the usual fetid atmosphere of a criminal court room.
 The jury that tried Bardell was as follows: T. N. Davis. J. H. Gallo way. s. B. Kent. J. s. Wing. J. P. Mex eithen. E. J. Foley. A. A. Jam ney. Jr. T. A. Means. L.. W. Carter, H. H. Reynolds. F. A. Rhodes. s. A. Solomon.
 Bardell was convicted and sentenced to twenty-five years imprisonment.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-14
Our Daily Sport Story

they had been in love. What was de- ficient in Daggett's appearance vas more than made up for in his aplIity, and he stood well up in the line or promotion.
 Mrs. Stayton came often to the bank and she and Jack lunched together or walked home in the cool of the even ing, But the visits had become less freouent of late, and Daggett, whom he chanced to meet her, noticed that the fair brow was drawn, and that the lips. and not the eyes smiled when she spoke. Had he taken serious no- tice of stayton he would have noted the change there also, and read the whole story in the marks of dissipa- tion and reckless living.
 With sigh he pulled himself to- gether and brought his mind back to his work. His pencil ran rapidly across and down each page as he critically and surely scanned eacn item. Suddenly the pencil hesita.od and then lowered over the red figures of a balance. He had detected an error almost by intuition and 1t took but a moment for the clear brain to verify it.
 Half fearing, he scrutinized entry after entry and found error after error. Overwhelmingly the truth burst upon him; the books nad been tempered with and unmistakably the figures were Stayton's. He buried his face in his hands.
 Poor Mildred! Poor child" he cried to himself.
 When he looked up his eyes met those of Jack seated at nearby desk, but the mask had been torn from the handsome face and Daggett saw only the weak chin, the blue encircled eyes and the lines about the mouth; to him 1t was the face of criminal-a thief. He could see that the man was pale
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-14

the box" an ordinance was passed making 1t unlawful, subject to a fine of s1O to $50. for any person, except the proprietors. to enter saloon on Sunday. Also imposing a flne of SEQ to $50 for any saloon to keep screens, shades, blinds. in front of, behind, on, over. or against the doors or windows from 12 o'clock Saturday night until o'clock Monday morning. The ordi- nance requiring property owners to build sidewalks. and other ordinances of special beneht to the city already on the statutes books are to be en- forced. The majority of the Couu- cil was elected on the anti-adminis- tration ticket. and they have started in to fulfill the promises and pledgea made to the neople of Tuscumhia.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-14

his masters family. It is said of him that on a memorable night in the spring of 1867 he heroically fought a band of night marauders who came to battle with his young masters. Jake and William Alexander. the marauders being put to flight with one dead and one wounded. Uncle Peter accumulated a nice little fortune after the war, and bought and paid for a good farm on Bear Creek in this county He has made as many as thirty to forty bales of cotton and had credit for thousands of dollars.
 Tuscumbia's new City Council prom ised, if elected. there would be some thing Going.p and at the first meeting. held this week the wheels were set in motion. At the first dash out Of
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-14
BIrmIng ham Organization Gives Notice
 Of IncOrpOratiOn.

HiFmHnE nam OrSomlAAthOm UtNeb NOttcS
 Of Incorporation.
 The Alabama State Fair and Exhibit Association with a capital stock of $50,000, and headquarters in Birming ham. yesterday filed a notice of it's in corporation with the Secretary of State.
 The articles of incorporation extend to the association the privilege of hold ing fairs or exhibits at any point in the State.
 The incorporators are Loveman Joseph & Loeb, Birmingham Railway Light and Power Company, J. Black & Sons. Meyer Marx Company, Birming ham Ledger Company. Roberts & Sons A. A. Gambell. c. H. Nabb Nose Levy and others. all of Birmingham.
 The Magnolia Springs Land Company of Magnolia Springs, Baldwin County also gave notice yesterday of it's in- corporation with a capital stock of $10,000.
 The incorporators are John B. Foley, Henry B. Foley and F. S. Stone.