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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-01-27

Aoung men and women wanted to
learn telegraphy. Railroads need oper-
ators badly. Total cost six months
course at our school, including tuition
Ctelegraphy and typewriting) board and
furnished rooms, $50. This can be re-
duced. Catalogue free. Write to-day.
Dodges Institute, Monroe ST., VAL
paraiso, IND. y
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-01-27

An Ionia county farmer sold 80, 303.-
IS worth of sugar beets the past season
which he raised from 24} acres Of land.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-01-27
LIfe-Lons Erie nds Die on Same Day

Lifelong Friends Die on Same Day.
Perry, Jan. 26,-Juner Marble and
John Ward, two of the oldest and best
known residents of this place, both aged
70 years, died on the same day. AS
boys they were schoolmates. Mr..
Marble leaves one child and Mr.. Ward
two children. Their birthdays were
only q few days apart.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-01-27

For Sale-A- fine 100 acre farm, adj
joining the village of Chesaning, Sagi-
nav county. Two good frame houses,
large grain barn, horse barn. granary
and other out buildings. A large
orchard and great variety of small
fruits, three good wells of water. 100
acres improved and 20 acres fine timber.
For further information inquire of Will
lis Miller. Editor Chesaning Argus, or
Wellington Ward, 521 N. Chapman
ST., Owosso, Union Phone No. 4s9. 4w
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-01-27

GA ST q II Z a.
Bear, the ,Ihe Kind YouHaw Always Bought
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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-01-27

BY KATHERINE e. KELSEY,
Probate Register.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-21
News Notes and Gossip
 of the Local Railroads

Frank Julian warne. in The Railway World, has presented some interesting data on immigration, and discusses the needs of the South along this line. His article. together with others. Is pub lished by The Railway World in pamphlet form. Among other things. Mir. Warne says:
 The need of such organized efforts on the part of the railroads of the South to secure immigrants for that section Is strikingly indicated in the Statement that the entire area south of Virginia and Kentucky and east of the Mississippi river has a less num- Der of foreign-born than has the sin. gle State of Connecticut. That Is. the total area of 424.s35 square miles in- eluded in Virginia. Kentucky. Tennes- see. North and South Carolina. Geor- agia, Florida, Alabama and Mississippi. has ouly 156,2S4 foreign-born. while Connecticut, with an area of only 4.990 square miles, contains over 23S.21o foreign born. These nine Southern States in 1900 had only Is per cent of the total foreign-borrv in the United States: Connecticut alone had over ? 2 per cent. Of the nine Southern States four of them-South Carolina, Kcn- lucky, Tennessee and Alabama-show a decrease in their foreign-born from 1890 to 1900, ranging from Is per cent for Alabama, to 15.S 8 per cent for Ken- lucky.
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-21
SLAPPED GIRLS FACE.
Arthur Mccarthy Fined for Assembling
 Miss Barton.

Arthur Mccarthy Fined for Assembling
 Miss Barton.
 Arthur Mccarthy, a white man em- ployed as an engineer by ah oil manu- featuring company in West End was fined s25 and costs by Recorder Airing ton yesterday afternoon on a warrant sworn out by a young white girl. Mary Lee Barton, who lives with her mother at 756 Clayton Street charging him with shaping her face Thursday night at her home.
 Mccarthy, 1t was alleged, went to the girls home to persuade her not to go back to her father. after the marriage of her mother yesterday to a man named williams. Barton and his wife had separated and on the second mar riage of her mother. the girl said that she was going to her father. Mc- Carthy argued with her against her decision and either accidentally<or pur- porsely knocked over a handsome lamp which stood on table.
 The girl upbraided him about it and he became angry and slapped her severely. Her mother heard the noise of the difficulty and telephoned for the police. When the officers, Fender grass and Avant. arrived a few minutes later. Mccarthy had left the scene and an immediate search failed to disclose him. He was arrested at his home on Fourth Avenue, West End at 2:30 o'clock by the officers and was taken to police Headquarters where a case was docketed against him on the strength of the warrant charging as- sault and battery sworn out by Miss Barton earlier In the day.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-21
TEMPORARY oH4NcELLoR NAMED
A. H. Benners to Serve During Illness
 of Judge Altman.


 Alfred H. Benners, of Birmingham, was yesterday appointed by Acting Governor Cunningham temporary chan cellor of the Northwestern Chancery Division for Jefferson and Fayette Counties.
 Chancellor Benners will hold the of flee until relieved by the regular in cumbent, Chancellor John ]. Altman.
 Chancellor Altman is seriously i'll In a hospital in Birmingham. He was elected last November to succeed Judge J. c. Carmichael.
 Other appointments were made by the Governor yesterday as follows:
 Notary Public and Justice of the Peace-Dugald Muir, Precient 5, Bald win County.
 Justice of the Peace-E. T. Roark, Precinct 27, Dallas County.
 Constable-T. K. Kendrick. Precinct 27, Dallas County.
 Notaries Public-J. S. Pinckard, Jack Thorington, D. P. Moore and W. l.. An derson, Montgomery; R. l.. Petty, Clay ton.
 A delegation of Birmingham lawyers came down to Montgomery yesterday to present applicants for the offices of Notary Public and ex-Oficio Justices of the Peace in Beats 37 and 21, one each, and two Justices of the Peace In Beat 21, Birmingham. The offices were opened up by virtue of the killing of the Birmingham Inferior Court this week on account of its unconstitution- ality.
 The applicants for the offices before the Governor at present are: For Notary Public and Justice of the Peace, Beat 37, Charles J. Martin and ]. Harold Ward; Notary Public and Justice of the Peace, Beat 21. W. J. Whitaker and R. B. Watts: Justices of the Peace. Beat 21, W. J. Whitaker. R. L. Williams, T. J. Hickman, J. A. Dick inson and E. A. Wright.
 The race for these appointment seems to be warmer than was that for the Bessemer offices a few days ago. The Justices of the Peace for Beat 37, Bir- mingham, were named Thursday by the Governor, the appointees being Judge H. B. Abernathy and I. H. Benners.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-21
OLD MAN SHOT DOWN
ALLEGED THAT HE WAS MUR-
 DERED FOR HIS MONEY.
Two Men in Jail at Guntersville Charged With Crime. One of Whom It is Said, Has
 Confessed.

scottsboro. Jan. l---- News has reached here. brought by the mail rider between Scottsboro and Grant postoffice, of the killing near Grant by Ebe Watts and another man named Stapler, of an old Confederate soldier named Wrinkles. It Is alleged Watts and Stapier were aware of the fact that Wrinkles had just received cash for his Confederate pension checls and also that he had in addition some money received from the salc of g steer. making a total of about $50. Watts. 1t Is charged, procured a shot gun and was to rob and murder Win kles. while Stapler went to dig the grave in which to bury him.
 After leaving store to so home Wrinkles was met by Watts 1t is al- legged. who demanded the money. Wrinkles ran and Watts emptied both barrels of q shot gun loaded with buck shot into Winkles's back. The old man. by his cries. attracted the atten- ton of some men who assisted him. Wrinkles lived only short time, but long enough to tell who 1t was who had shot him and for what purpose.
 The news of the crime spread in the little settlement rapidly and e posse was immediately formed to run down Watts. Watts became aware that his crime was known and believing that if caught he would be iynched, he made haste to surrender to the Sheriff of Marshall County. to whom it is al- leged,i he confessed. duplicating stap- Ter.
 Search was immediately begun for the accomplice, who had ned and was on his way out of the country when arrested at a railroad station with a ticket in his pocket for the Indian Ter ritory. He was placed under arrest and taken to Guntersville and put in jail
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-21
Percentage

lokat .too.zof loV
 While certain districts in the South ern States mentioned have as much as per cent of the foreign born in the United States by far the greater por- tion ot this area has much less than this small per centage. As a general statement, this section of the country has been practically free from the for eign elements which have become such a conspicuous factor in our economic upbuilding.
 What is the reason for this ab- sence of foreign born in the South? From various authoritative sources. including prominent railway officials of the Southern States, the reply Is: The presence in the South in large numbers of the negro race. But Is this the fundamental explanation? The presence in that section of the negro
 has no doubt been a deterrent factor to the immigrant making his home in the South, but have not stronger posi- tive forces drawn the immigrant to other sections? Accompanying the large immigration to our shores down to about 1900 two very important fac tors have been conspicuous--the abun- dant supply of free land in the West. and the building of railroads which made this land accessible. Both these factors have now become of less im- portance--nearly all the available free lands have been reached and occupied, and the railway development of the West remains only to be filled in rath- CT than to be extended.
 While records of land sales by American railroads during the fiscal year 1904 appear large. in the aggre- gate, as made up from statements in the annual reports, the average Of prices received for the land indicates that only second grade lands were sold. and in many cases these must be sub- jected to irrigation before they become agriculturally productive. There Is still an immense territory in the hands of the Western Railroads. awaiting an era of irrigation or of some new de- velopments in intensive agriculture which shall make it profitable for the companies to sell. During the past year the receipts of land departments in some cases did not pay expenses. Compared with decades gone by, the rush for new lands in the Western States appears in very large measure to have fallen off.
 These forces then, operate with less strength than formerly. At the same time vast areas of fertile land in the South are now being opened by the railroads for settlement and conse- quently for greater agricultural and industrial development. The statistics of railway construction the past sev- eral years place the South in the front rank of the sections which are con- tributing new mileage each year to the railroad net of the country. There are indications from other sources that the industrial South Is awakening to its opportunities. A number of the State governments have created immi- grafton bureaus which are putting forth efforts to secure immigrants; the more important Southern railroads have established immigration depart ments with experienced and competent officials at their head, who are suc- ceeding in diverting along their lines portion of our immigration stream.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-21
FIRED PISTOL IN CITY.
Jim Lee n Negro Fined Heavily by
 Recorder.


 Jim Lee. a negro arrested at an early hour yesterday morning on Bell Street by Mounted Patrolmen Avant and Pen dergrass on charges of discharging fire arms within the city limits and carry ing a concealed pistol was fined s1OO and costs by Recorder Arlington yes terday afternoon on the concealed pistol charge.
 The other charge was mol pressed.
 When Patrolman Avant told the negro that he was under arrest for shooting his pistol in the street, Lee denied he>had pistol or anything else to fire with. and when the officer at tempted to search him he drew the pistol from his hip pocket as if he meant to use it. Quick action by the ohicer in wTenching the weapon out of the negro's' hand probably saved bloodshed as Patrolman Pendergrass stood by to help his comrade If he lost , control of the prisoner
 In default of the fine assessed Lee will work on the city streets for lsl ! day&
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-21

an examination of the position of tht grower discioses his past apathy tow. ards the doings of his customer. How many farmers follow the ups and downs of the cotton goods market Keep informed as to the volume oi demand and read what the spinneis Ars thinking and doingy Yet their pros. perity Is in the end dependent on these things. The daily press gives little at- tention to such matters. because of the neutrality of the planters. If they ov. CT develop real interest In these af. falrs. their numbers bulk ifage enough to command a ready response from the news-gatherer, who ever has an ear to the ground to discover as far as in nd. vance as he may, those things his readers arc likely to be interested in.
 Biased Information.
 Today the only information he is supplied with springs from those who are blasted one way or the ether. and this is sent out with the direct sinten- ton of influencing the speculative ele. ment. Contract this with the attitude of spinuers. commission and tobbing houses, and all the important dealers in cotton goods. They read with avid- ity every scrap of information they are able to find pertaining to the crop. This Is as serupulously pursued and as carefully digested as are the daily quotations for goods and yarns. Crop news instantly affects sales and purchases of finished products. Daily papers seize on such matter as live news because so many of their readers are anxious to be kept informed. It is equally important that everybody connected with our cotton raising in. dustry keep informed as to the com petitive developments which are being strenuously pushed and iiberally it. nanced in foreign countries.
 " Orgnnisat3on.
 Time was whom cotton spinners and manufacturers both at home and abroad. thought little and cared less about organization. Since then events have forccd upon them the necessity of concerted action. They began by forming scattered associations In the several manufacturing countries of Eu- rope, which gradually merged for gen. eral purposes into larger and more important federations, from which was evolved at Zurich, Switzerland. in May of last year. The International Feder- ation of Master Cotton Spinners and Manufacturers.
 To accomplish lasting results. con- servatIsm, intelligence and integrity must dominate the actions of any large body. At New Orleans q gigantic co- herent force will be on the anvil. but unless individudf interests are subor- dinated to the general welfare, little real good will be accomplished.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-21
THE NEW ORLEANS MEETING.
And the MOmentOus Issues to Come Be
 fore ft.

And the MOmeht0N8 Issues 70 NOno nee
 Charlotte. N. C.. Jan. 1s.--The next issue of The American Cotton Manu- facurer" will say:
 This wave of discussion which is sweeping over the cotton growing States proves\ the earnestness with which the growers Of cotton rebel against prices being forced upon them which are below the cost of produc- tion-
 It invariably takes a lot of punish ment to overcome the inertia of such a large and unwieldy body as the cot ton planters. Manufacturers are Tn a better position to protect themselves than are tho4e who supply them with their raw material Each heel of the farmer Is vulnerable, and until one is shielded by information and the other fortified by organization he can never hope to be be co-equal with his custo- mer. the spinner.
 The growers now have an unexam- pied opportunity and their use of 1t at the New Orleans meeting will excite world wide concern. At the conven- ton will be foo-ssed the result of the ideas presented by tens of thousands of planters in their preliminary town ship. county and State gatherings They must entirely discard the notion that there is any reason for antagon- ism between themselves and tho spin ners. Large profits to mills do not necessarily follow low prices for cot ton Indeed. the reverse generally holds. Abnormally high prices. how ever, such as obtained during the height of the Sully campaign. are con- fessedly inclined to the manufactures He desires reasonable stability much more ardently than he crayes for low prices.
 Past Apathy of Planters. With this as cleartng the ground
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-21
wErUMPKA POLITICS.
MeCaskey, So Far, Has No Opposition
 for Mayer.

MeCaskey, So Far, has NO VPpOshuVn
 for Mayor.
 wetumpka. Jan. 2o.--(special. )--city politics. while not as hot perhaps as 1t might be, is exciting good deal of attention. F. B. Mccaskey Is the only announced candidate for Mayor so far, and II. H. Robison has no opposition for Aldermani in West Wetumpka J. M. Jenkins and !. R. Gamble. who stand for reelection are opposed by W. c. Edwards and J. T. Ruffin. A big light is on in the East Ward. W. E. Thomas, D. D. Askew and Alex Kelly, running on the old ticket, are opposed by John Collier, G. E. Enslen and T. J. Williams.
 Allan Rowell, one of Elmore County's oldest inhabitants, died Tuesday. He was no years of age.
 Misses Fine Lancaster and Ruth Gamble have returned from Birming- ham, where they witnessed the pro- duction of Ben Hur. Mir. M. D. Still also went up to see this play. Mrs. James J. Cain, who went to See Ben Hur, will remain to hear Paderewslki. Miss Clara Luil and Mrs. Sarah Sea- man are visiting relatives in Birming- ham.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-21
SEEKS POSSESSION OF OFFICE.
Recently Elected Superintendent
 Education of Colbert Sues.

Education of Colbert Sues.
 Tuscumbia, Jan. 2o.--(Special.)-- Suit has been filed In the Circuit Court in which Captain J. W. Johnson of Shenield seeks to obtain the ofiice of Superintendent of Education of Col bert County from Charles A. Wornble, the present Superintendent, who re- fuses to surrender the office. Captain Johnson was regularly elected to the office in November last. and he has made a demand on the defendant, who claims that he has no authority to va- cate the office pending 8 decision of the Supreme Court.
 The Supreme Court has recently handed down a decision in the matter of the Probate Judgeship of Marengo County, in which the newly elected Judge was declared to be entitled to the office. the old Judge being busted. and on this opinion of the Court, Cap. tain Johnson seeks to accomplish the busting of Superintendent Womble. The latter has held the office two terms, and was a candidate for re- election before the Democratic pri- mary, in which Captain Johnson de- feated him by Q very small majority.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-21
MIR. HILL URGES BILL.
Superintendent of Education FavOrs
 Measure in Congress.

Superintendent of Education FavOra .
 Measure in Congress.
 State Superintendent of Education L W. Hill yesterday addressed letters to Senators Morgan and Pettus and the nine Congressmen from Alabama urg- ing them to use their influence to secure the passage of Representative Randelfs bill in behalf of education recently introduced in the House of Representatives.
 The Randell bill provides that the United States Postal Service shall transmit free of charge all bulletins circulars and reports sent out by State Superintendents of Education and such officers to schools or school authorities
 This measure has the support of the Association of Southern Superinten- dents of Education of which Mir. Hill is a member.
 In the letters of Superintendent Hill sent out yesterday the belief is ex- pressed that there will be a saving to the Alabama Department of Education of about $500 annually.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-21
PALACE MARKET.

Holland Herring, 25c per d0z., Ina- ported Dill Pickles and sauerkraut, IOe per quart, New Tomatoes, 15e per quart, BGInce BIeat1 a full line of Fresh Vegetables to arrive this morningy OyateFsJ Dressed Chickens, and the Finest Fat TuFikeys you ever sawj Ex- trA Fine Beef, Pork, Veal and sautton.
 R. H. YELvERTON, 'PhOne PAT. Nc. Court Square,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-21
FINEST CUT FLOWERS

For Funerals, For Weddings. For Receptions, Roses ana Cmrna- tions, fresh from our own greenhousem daily.
 Ten thousand rose plants, Held grown, everbIOOning varieties, remdI' Sor prompt delivery.
 ROSEMONT GARDEN. Telephone 200. MOntGOmery. Ala.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-21

100000 annual interest due to the city. The November average would earn less than half of that. The test will come in the spring and summer months, when open surface cars are again an attraction. It Is not yet certain. though it Is reasonably probable. that operating expenses can be kept down to 45 per cent There gre also in view two interior considerations--the fact that five years hence a sinking fund of some half-million dollars annually is required against the city loan. and the further fact that fifty years hence, Lif the lease is surrendered. or seventy. five years hence in any case. the sub way must revert along with the com pany's own property Cat an arbitrated valuationo to the city. Undoubtedly for the two or three years to come the 1nterborough position is favorable. because. even if it's own facilities were to become overcrowded. the overflow during most of the twelvemonth would be back to the Elevated. and if the Elevateds profits were thereby to expand the Interborough wo,Ih he at liberty to distribute part of the surplus to it's own shareholders.
 It is estimated that something like $40.000,000 Is tid up in the treasury of the Northern Securities Company and It's controlled properties. During the last fiscal year Northern Pacific earned a surplus of s15.22s,s11. Great Northern earned a surplus of Si4,32s.- 145 and Burlington earned a surplus of $12.Si4,914. making a combined sur plus of the three roads controlled by the Northern Securities Company of $42,373.3T0. Out os this surplus there was paid $s.sa4,749 on the Burlington joint four per cent bonds. leaving a balance of $33,53S,621. Owing to the Hartman suit over the distribution of the assets of the Northen Securities Company practically this entire sum is tied up in the treasuries of the three companies. In addition at the open ing of the last fiscal year all three companies possessed a handsome sur plus. so that the estimate that fully l $4e,o0o. .ooo"is at present tied up does not appear to be an exaggeration. Northern Securities Company appears to be earning between eight ana ten per cent on its s4oo.OO0.ooO of capital stock.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-21
Conflrmea hy the Senate.

Washington. Jan 20.--The Senate te- day confirmed the following nomina- tions. Postmasters--Ark J II. Edwards, Blythevllle; Ernest Ritter
 Marked Tree: Edward F. Blackmer Augusta: B. w. Allen. Hamhusg ln- dian Territory--Harry 2. yenninGA
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-21

The present industrial development of the South, following largely from the investment there of Northern capital means the opening of coal and iron mines, the erection of railroads. and like enterprises. There is resulting an active demand for labor other than that of the negro which has already begun to effect change in the direc- tion a portion of the immigrants are taking upon landing in the United States. They form. for the most part a frugal. industrious and peaceable la- boring population. What seems to be most needed at this time Is greater support from the people of the South and a more effective advertising of that sections favorable industrial and agricultural opportunities. The pros poets for the South are indeed bright but they must be made known to the immigrant.