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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-19

Madam Filter never thought of slumping. On the contrary, as soon as her mutiIated hand was well this royal American woman went calmly back to her old duties in one of the leading fashionable stores of New York city, cutting, fitting and draping gowns. skirts and jackets and supporting her children just as If she had not lost the forefinger of her right, hand. Through all the pain, the awkwardness and dis comfort of learning to do things in ew ways she passed without a word, gain ing presently her former adept skill.
 An odd thing about this American woman of the old stock is that sha nev- CT gives down, no matter what hap pens Just a day or two ago she was attacked with grip suffering as only grip can make people suffer. sympa- thizing friends said:
 "Oh,~you must so home and gU to bed"
 But the American woman Is no quit ter Grip only meant more grit to Madam Filter. She stayed at her post by sheer pluck till the day was over, then went home and soaked herself in a bath of hot water till the worst ache was gone. Then next morning she was back at her post, still suffering, but serene. courteous and good tempered as ever Somehow after that seance with the filter I felt as though would never dare to groan about anything again.
 JANE MOSES.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-19
THE CLEAR GRIT
 OF AMERICAN WOMEN,

When a gentleman in the talking professions runs out of something to say he generally utters an utter on the deterioration of the simon pure Ameri- can woman of the old stock. There Is nothing in 1t, find.
 This morning-just between us girls -I had new jacket and skirt suit stores, marked down half or oue-third sales.
 T will call the filter" said the nice
 girl clerk.
 ! Presently came the filter, pleasant faced good tempered looking woman with prettily arranged gray hair, red cheeks and bright blue eyes. She was
 middIed aged, but those bright blue eyes needed and looked through no glasses. They were as clear and strong evidently as when Madam Filter was a young girl. She spoke gently and leasantly-mirabile! In the same store at the same time I had struck two obliging women employees, a saleswo-
 man and a filter. At one place prev iously had just been crushingly snap ped off by one sales lady" high, mighty and a crosspatch. Madam Filter began to pull me in and puff me out and snip at me. As she did so I noticed that the forefinger or her right nand was entiTely missing
 She had broken the skin off 1t one day, and dyestuffs or other vicious sub stance had got into the wound. and after horrible suffering the chief finger
 she depended on for her living was sac rificed.
 Madam Filter was a widow with two little children. If she had been as much
 weakened and deteriorated as the talk ing gentlemen say the American woman Is she would have slumped down upon
 some relative or at least put her chill dren into a charity home. But here was a woman of the oldest, bluest
 blood in America except that of the h.
 dian. Her great-grandfather was a soldier under Washington. Her ances- try goes as far back as. any white ap cestTy in this land can so,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-19

Two well-groomed, smooth tongued young men came to Savannah with plan. A very plausible plan, and one which readily appealed to those to whom they suggested it. They were possessed of very large array of gentlemen's suit patterns, which they proposed to sell at a ridiculously small cost.
 "On this pattern they were to re- ceive $10, which represented only about half its value, as security. Later on a tailor representing the same firm, would come along. take the measure of the holders of the suit patterns, have the suits made and turn them over to the owners and re- ceive the balance due.
 This is an old one, but 1t worked, and scores of inquiries are already been made at the hotel where these suave young gentlemen made their headquarters while in the city.
 "The two advance agents remained in Savannah about two weeks, ard during that time took a large num- Der of orders. The suit patterns which they displayed were really of the very best material, and worth any where from SIS to S25 each.
 The offer to leave these patterns with the prospective purchaser, reoeiv- ins only $10 as a guarantee of good faith was fair enough, and really looked like a poor exhibition of busi- ness intelligence on the part of the young men. But they really cared very little about the niggardly busi- ness principals of a transaction, and were willing to take the risk.
 These patterns were left, however, with a string tied to them. "A con tract was made in which 1t was agreed t4hat the patterns were to be turned over to the tailor representing the firm which made the sales, who would follow behind the two salesmen.
 Tn due time the tailor arrived and commenced his collection of the pat terms. He missed none of tnem. and when he had finished his work he left. Since that time, which was January l9. none~Of the lambs have heard a word either from their s10 or their
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-19
TALES WITH MORALS.
If YOu Want to Trade Give the G'refer-
 ence to HOmefOlIks.

As a matter of warning to people elsewhere and to emphasize the idea of trading with home people. The Ad- vertiser copies from Tine Savannah Nenws two swindling games recetnly practiced in that city. The swindlers' are likely to appear in other places. The News says:
 Complaint has been lodged with the police of the operations of two men who are canvassing the city re- presenting themselves as Turks, direct from the Orient with fortunes of rare silks and embroideries.
 These men have been selling mer- ccrlzod waist patterns, with imitation hand embroidery edgings to ladies in the city for S, when they can be bought at any store for less than half that sum. In one instance the men were forced to return the money for one waist they had sold. or submit to the alternative of being tried for cheat ing and swindling.
 In this instance. however. the victim was not a lady. but gentleman who did not know a piece of silk from a piece of canvas. He happened to be in 0 place where the two fake Turks were exhibiting their wares, and great ly admired one of the phony waist pat terms. and decided to surprise his wife with nice present.
 He was told In confidence by one of the men that the pattern was worth double the prIce, but that they had smuggled it through, and could afford to sell 1t very cheap. When he gave the pattern to his wife, however. he was promptly ordered to take 1t to the police and get his money back"
 Swindle number two, is thus de- tailed by the Savannah paper:
 "A hundred or more Savannah citi- zans are now becoming uneasy be- cause a month has passed since they entered into a contract, and made a first payment, which seems to have been a repetition of an old game Of Wise ones.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-19
The MOrIn Tmrnn.

Ialivtin tIllD Democrat
 Don it mako you weary To read the rot of those Tattlc-braiucd idiots of the Chicago press who are repeatedly iidlculing the country papers on their locals: These tV'o-hy-four lunch counter ficuds think it awfully funny when some country newspaper says:
 Hiram Slocum has sold his Holstein cow to Ed Childress." But of course II IS just the proper caper when they say: Mrs. Franklin Oliver Lowden has just returned from the Epson Lori mer kennels. Oh, that's great! That bull pup would bring about 30 cents in the dog pound, while Slocans COW would sell for $5O in the dark. Be- cause Gussie Davis was over at Guards Point sunday to see his best girl they throw shoe, but if William Henry Harrison pook. the society leader was in Milwaukee last Saturday to see Miss Gertle Pabst they would slobber over haII column and have three pictures or Gertc and William Henry on the front page.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-19
MIR. POOLE IS SANGUINE
FEELS HOPEFUL OVER THE cor
 TON SITUATION.
Delegates Are Expected From Every County of Alabama to Attend te State Convention Here
 Next Tuesday.

Commissioner of Agriculture R. R. Poole yesterday returned from Ma rengo County, where ne attended the meeting of cotton growers Thursday.
 The Commissioner is more confident than eevr, that the Southern Cotton As- sociation will be able to retire 9,0Oo. 900 bales of cotton from the market as contemplated by the plan of the New Orleans convention.
 ''The Association will certainly pool the two million bales he said yester day. Within the next thirty days we will know definitely what the atti- tude of practically every cotton grow CT in the State Is towards holding their present cotton, and reducing this years acreage,
 '4The' farmers, merchants and plant CTS are just that well organized This valuable information is one of the prime objects of the New Orleans plan and the signatures of the farm CTS will be secured in that time to let the association know where they stand"
 The State convention here Tuesday, it Is predicted, will be a success in every way. . One accredited delegate will be present from every county in the State. Extra delegates will be here from some of the counties to at tend the convention.
 The delegates will assemble in the chamber of the House of Representa- tives at the Capitol. The convntion. in accordance with the constitution Of the Southern Cotton Association, will proceed first to organize permanently q State association, which will be an integral part of the Southern Associa- tion.
 Ths time for testing the cotton acre
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-19

age of 1905 has not arrived yet but the position of the Alabama farmers on the use of fertilizers this year be- ing emphatically demonstrated.
 Commissioner Poole yesterday said the reduction of the sale of fertilizers has for the whole month of February gradually approached twenty-five per cent under that of 1904. A few days ago the actual computation showed that the percentage of decrease was T 1-2 per cent.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-19

suit patterns. and since some of them have been laughed at and told that this in an old trick, they have threatened to have the men who sold the suits arrested unless they deliver
 Several years ago two smart young men brought this same scheme to Sa- vannah and carried or about S2,OOO without leaving anything behind but worthless contracts"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-19
EAcursion Raten to New YorI,.

The Central of Georgia Railway Company will sell on February 2S, round trip tickets via Savannah and Ocean Steamship Company, to New York at $3S.75, final limit March IA, 1905. Tickets include meals and berth in nrst-class state room aboard ships in both directions.
 For further information telephone, telegraph or write Fred B. White, Com mercial Agent, No. { Commerce Street. Montgomery, Ala. adv-tE.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-19

Comedian-I met McHanrm, the tra- gedian, today for the first time in two years. SCubrette-Indeedi Did you no tice any change about him? Comedian he wore the last time l saw him. Boston Post
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-19
Provoked Beyond Endurance.


 Police Justice-P-isoner, you are charged with kicking your wife in the stomach, biting her ear off and knock ing out two front teeth. What had she done to provoke such a brutal as- sault?
 The Prisoner-she said I wasn't no gentleman.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-19

We are in touch with the Northern buyer and can secure you the best price Obtainable for your farm, timber and turPentine lands. Write us without de- lay. South Ala. Land and Imp. Co.,, Troy, Ala. sun-ot
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-19

John Lightsey, Heidelberg, Miss, raised on one acre of upland, I,Os2 IDS. lint cotton by exclusive use of Day. break Fertilizer. Marks & Gayle.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-19
Suit Department--Seecnd Floor.

Per Gent Discount of cratic ree.
 splendid line of woolen shelves All silk stylish colecion-l=3
 the %Zs7 O. the line
 aIkin9 Skirts the latest black and brown chevo bdoth and mannih mixtures $500 WaIkng Skirts blue mixtures p and button Elegant dress skirts trimmed with silk bands and buttons $4.So
 O kand brown sin change $SsO, $22Sc $zScc $27.sc $3coo S32so
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-19
COAL.

Carbon Hill-Great Elk Lump Coal, at $i.50 per ton. Prompt delivery. Montgomery Light and Water Power
 Company. adv.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-19
JANE MOSES.

Columbus. Ga, Feb. ls.-(special.)-- A. D. Marchant. aged v years, a prominent citizen of Girard, Ala, died suddenly at the transfer station of the street railway company In Columbus this afternoon. He was seized with an attack and died in the arms of July Gilbert, transfer agent. He had extensive interests along the Chatta- hoochee river in Florida A family survives him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-19
Completing inc 0uototlon,

PiLtSDurg Post.
 JOhnny-Paw, what's the rest of that quotation beginning. Truth ts mighty?
 Father- Scarce l reckon.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-19
Silks and Dress Goods.

Monday we fill arrivals fabrics We  attactvein price
 Plain and solid browns old
 
 Crepe de Chimes c'" ChHon Monday Aeoean, lavender, quality Monday only 75c in SIPS
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-19
Continuing Hnotber Ueek.
NabO Corset Demonstration

 eadu ne?
  any al % #
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-19
Carpet Departments Floor.

ti everything in d of Monday o 21-2cv Sc Vd
 
 7x3 good 22e Trunks of them worth $75o to sold $500 eaeb Cain Grips Shopping Bgs all prices
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-19
SIGnet Hat PIns.

SIGnet Hat PInS. Sterling. Gold and Gold Filled. Pret- tily monogramed free.
 NJ. 2. PEPPERMAN Je8elss
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-19
|HS.kNowEs
 ]: I DRY G0oDs CO
It St. Louis Exposition for being the most
Kabc GcrSetS.

Our big demonstration of this famous brand has itself into
 favor with all who have attended This week wish to call your attention several of the latest and popu
 uar shapes. Low bust tapeng waist dip hp made of baste for medium figure, II inch, ) hook steel 12 waist length. Lace trimmed top front and side supporters coors white and drab size IS to 30. Price .......... $100t Dip hip garment made of fine grade batisc with II inch
 clasp and nonrustabe bonng Made and trimmed in
 formity with latest vogue this in white only sizes IS to 36 Price ...................$10 00I Elegant garment made of imported batise with 10 inch clasp
 and dip front and hips, having quality attached hose
 supporters bonng extra heavy and stayed bottom with
 stitchng medium garment in height of bust and back non-rusable filling. White only, sizes IS to 30. 4 Price .. .. .. $1 50
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-19
FRESH SHIPMENT

 Kosher Meats. Ring NIenerwuFst, Bologna. Frahkfurters. Beef Fat.
 BROCK GROCERY co.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-19
Bcsiery==TirSt Floor.

The quality of hosiery has established itself substantially
 with all who have bought from Every pair is bination of quality and durability.
 Ladies' seamless black Hose ...................1 1O Ladies' fast black plain ribbed Hose ....... .15 Ladies' fast black cotton Hose .25t Boys Athletic Hose best quality made to stand against omT
 ana play '...''.... ...'...... .Z3 Childrens No Mend Hose linen heels knees and oes 23 Chilrens Hose extra spced heel and toe ...... .25 Ladies' Collars lace and embroidered stoc 15c 20 25c
 OOc ana .OU Ladies' turnover Collars plain white and embroidered 1Oc
 15c, 20c, 25c and .. .......................3 .35
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-19
CineI1 Department.

The which threatened last week should remind you
 linens. Not only spoess but fauless and always
 such miniature prices almost make you doubtful of their
 quality. We sell the kind you want.
 36 inch Shirt waist Linen of finest and strongest weavs worth oOc Monday ......................... .35c Odd lots of good value Towels thrown into basket Monday
 let you gather your choice at ,19c These Towels all regular 25c and 50c values.
 45x9O heavy weight German Huck Towels special for
 Monday $500 value, at ....!......... .$400 81x90 Bleached Sheets of the reliable qualities of
 sheeting nicely finished with wide hem worth 75c; Mon day :. .. .. .. ........................... .63c 4236 Pillow Cases ready for 12 12c value Monday 10c 42x36 Pillow Cases extra nice quality worth 18 Monday 15c
 Monday only .. =. .. . ..................... 11c
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-19
WaSh GOOds=.Tirst floor.

These old substan which always good
 the day they first put forth We sell wash goods
 because everyone needs them le principally more Eton Coh in green bue brown and grey figures and all
 solid coo splendid selection for early Spring wear
 15c quality, Monday ... .. ............ .12 12c Satin Liberty Suiting in tan bue brown and black grounds
 with and attractive figures, worth soc; Monday 35c Latest creations in white mercerzed figured Madras worth 35c U Monday ..,........................ .29c 9 pieces of Chamos finish Long Cloth 25 Long Cloth of the prettiest qualities the market 25
 value; Monday ....................$1.O7 1.O7' Checked Nansook, good vaue worlds of it Sci
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-19
Embroidery Sale.

This week offer many attractive specials pretty embod cries. Our stock in this department complete and that means that we prepared to display artistic workman
 ship in every design 2500 yards of elegant Embroidery m dainty match of NainsoOk and Swiss Our buyer had the good fortune chance upon stunning values ill these goods making
 possible for to put them out at about half their actual
 worth. Many patterns fresh from the loom on the center table Monday at ... .................. 15c
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-19
Sale of Boys Suits.


 big sale of Boys Sut if anything far surpassed expec taiOns last week, but stock still crowded with of the choicest. This week continue the sale with newed enthusiasm
 All $175, $2OO and $225 Boys Suits, double breasted
 Norfok and Fances for this sale marked down 29 Entire stock of $2 50 $275 and 00 Su Monday. $1 89 $3. 50, $4 00 and $4 50 Suits; this sale $283 I$5. .00, $5 50 and $6 co Suits; this sale $369 This sale includes entire stock of winter cothng including also Boys Overcoats. Boys Knee Pants, 5Oc grade; Monday 37 12c Entire stock of Mems neggee Shirts ill broken lo 50c and 75c values ...........................3 .35c Lot of Mems urndown and wing Collars regular 15c quality
  Splendid lot of Boys Waists both coored and wh ages to 13 years, 25c and 35c values; Monday only. 19c We have just received handsome lot of Silk Windsor Ties in all the shades also bunch of nch four An elegant line of Mems Trousers has just been added
 stock. These goods tailored by the leading manufac
 of the United States and in all styles Lots of pretty pegtops Drop in Monday; will pay you we'll HG%SAA~--%S~
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-19
I11iIIimery==SeeOnd Floor.

This week put display first attractive line Readyto-
 Hats for early Spring. This line elegant assort ment of correct shapes in chiffon and the horse hair braids, all colors. The mushroom effects Charlotte es Corday, and Turbans .$2.98 tp $1O.OOj Ves-spendd assortment of fshe Vels with ribbon
 borders in red green, the ovegreen navy, brown and black .50c, 75c, and 98c Pretty line of drapery Chiffon Vei in all colors from DUG to .'..'.'.'..'.... S00U Gage HatsBg lot of handsome, arrivals in this famous
 brand, including the swell, Cordauy, Mushroom,
 leather shades the advanced shades of olvegreens from Pretty lot of chiffon, silk and braid Turbns for mourning F wear SoUO to .. .S15.OON misses and Gbifdren'S Shoes. Monday open big sale of Misses and Chldrens Shoes
 which will include of the desirable goods in our
 stock For this sale have named prices for two diff
 eren aortments of all fine leahers and just how cut deep you may see but do it alright anyway The shoes throw together $ 75 and $2 % vues this sale $1 AS; $1.25 and $1.50 values this sale $117( Our big reductions all winter shoes is continuing will A-. continue till the last pair is gone gAA
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-04-01
Death OF Samuel F. wiIcoxon.

Died, at the home Of his father, S.
E. Wilcoxon, on 8th street Tuesday
morning at 1870 O'Clock Of a compli-
cation Of diseases, Samuel Fisher
Wilcoxon, aged % years.
Mr.. Wilcoxon was born in Carlisle,
Ky, September, 1882, and came to
Lexington with his parents at the
age OF IL years. When taken i'll he
was employed as a cigar maker in
the factory Of W. F. Hinesley. Less
than year ago he was married to
Miss Bessie Frazier.
Mr. Wilcoxon was a quiet, unas-
Stunning young man, an efficient and
faithful employee and had many
friends in Lexington. He leaves a
wife, father and the following broth
ers and sister; o H., G. H., Chris
topher and Noel Wilcoxon and Mrs.
Xenophan Miller.
Funeral services conducted by Rev
r. B. Brlney were held at the res
idence on 9Th street Wednesday
morning at 10 O'Clock. Interment
at Machpelah.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-04-01
Sacred Song Service.

1t has been the custom Of Rev. j
W. Howell to hold a sacred song
service at least once a year. the object
being to encourage singing and to
increase the interest Of his member
ship therein. This service was held
at the M. E, church, South, last
Sunday evening and many were turn
ed away after the main room was
filed to it's utmost capacitr,
Rev. Howell was assisted by Mrs.
Alfred Franklin Smith, Lexington,
NO; Mr.. Hillard Brewster, tenor,
and Mr.. A. Sauter, Boonville, Mo.
The programme, which we give
below, was given in an intensely i'm
pressive manner:
Prelude.
Hymn. Seymour-Softly now the
Light of Day Weber
Prayer,
Scripture Reading.
Soprano Soil;
(a.) Salue Regina-"Humbly with
Loving Heart Boex
o. Savior, Come Westendori
Tenor Soil:
(a.) The Lost Chord Sullivan
(b) There isa Land Mine Eye Hath
Seen Croniu
Two Duets:
(a) God That Madest Earth and
Heaven Rathbun
(b) Jesus, Lover of My Soul Nicolai
Offertoire.
Hymn. Abide With Me Monk
Soprani Soil:
(a) Crossing the Bar Behrend
o. Lead Kindly Light
Eduardo MarzC
Tenor Soil.
(a) Ave Maria-"Cavalieria Rus
tlcana" Pietro Mascagn
(b) A Broken Heart l Bring Th {
d let: "The Lord is My Light
(Twenty-Seventh Psalm)
Dudley Buck
Hymn. Nearer My God to Thee.
DoxolOgY.
BensdiCtion.
Postlude.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-04-01

despised. Envy is oanker that guaws
at the heart and makes folks sour, dis
gruntled and unhappy, Jealousy
Warps the intellect aud makes you
unfair IN passing judgment Hatred
doesen't pay even from a sordid point
OF view. The man you dislike is the
mau you don't know. Every human
being has his good points. an English
sparrow isn't a nightingale, but why
remind him of the fact? Life Is short
aud complex at best. Why not make
the best Of it? Why not speak good
instead of evil? Why not look for the
silver lining in the cloud? Why not
be fair and reasonable and justP And
above all don't be an idler. Only the
busy man or woman IS happy. AS a
well known writer has so aptly said,
"Do your work as well as you can and
be kind-snd be kind "
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-04-01
Speakers For W. M. A.

The Baccalaureate service Of
Wentworth Military Academy will be
held at the Baptist church on Sunday
May 2l in conjunction with the Lex.
Ington Ladies college, Rev. W. A.
Crouch will deliver the sermon.
The address to the graduating class
at the opera house on Tuesday even
ing May 20, will. be delivered by
Brig. Gen. ]. F. Bell, comd't of
Infantry aud Cavalry school and staff
college at Ft. Leavenworth. Gen.
Bell was the commanding officer Of
the Sd separate brigade in the
Filipines and was intrusted with
some of the most responsible work 10
subdulng the Islands. He was assign
ed the difficult task OF clearing North
Luzan Of insurgents and in two
ponths he captured 5000 stands Of
Yarns. Besides being foe soldier he
has the reputation OF being a captiva-
ting speaker and very prominent 10
educational circles in the army.