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Charlevoix county herald., 1906-04-21
THE CARPENTERS SQUARE.
History of Its invention and Manu-.
facture.

Carpenters who use the common
steel square, a very necessary adj
junct to their trade, perhaps give lit
tie thought to how, when and where
this article was first produced. While
there are millions Of squares manu-
featured and used annually, all over
the world, when the nineteenth GEN.
fury was born there was not one in ex-
istence.
One dull, rainy day, Siler Howes, a
poor Vermont blacksmith, who lived in
South SALISBURY, was called upon by
peddler of tinware to shoe horse.
| These peddlers travelled up and down
| the country calling at every farm
house, buying everything in the way of
| barter. This one had a number OF
worn out steel saws that he had picked
up at various places. Howes bargain
ed for them, shoeing the peddler'S
horse and receiving the saws in pay
ment, and each thought he had an ex-
cellent trade.
The blacksmiths idea was to polish
and weld two saws together, at right
angles thus making a rule or measure
superior to anything then in use. After
few attempts he succeeded in making
a square, marked it off into inches and
fractions of inches and found that 1t
answered every purpose that he in
tended it for.
| In the course of few weeks during
his spare hours he made number of
| these squares, which he sent out by
peddlers, who found every carpenter
anxious to buy one. Soon he had or
ders coming in faster than he could
supply the demand. One of his steel
squares" would sell for s.. or sc.
which was five times as much as it
cost him.
He applied for and obtained patent
on his invention so that no one else
could deprive him Of the profit it gave
him. It was just after the war Of 1872,
and money was scarce and difficult to
get. But he worked early and late,
and as he earned money he bought
iron, and hired men to help him. In
a few years he was able to erect q
large factory and put in machinery fol
! the making of squares, which by this
time had found their way all over the
country and had made their inventor
!. famous.
Such was the small beginning or 6
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-04-21

men of that splendid city nothing i'm
pressed me so much as the pride they
take in relating the achievements of
some of the bright men who have
come down from the North, to join
hands with the old native stock in de-
veloping the country.
They told me of one remarkable
man who came from New York in
1876, and proceeded to make himself a
leader III several different lines of
work, all of which are related to the
prosperity Of the whole region rather
than to that of an individual or Of a
single community. The story is well
worth telling, because it shows that
human resources are quite as import
ant as the material advantages which
are usually grouped under the head of
natural resources, such as climate,
soil, timber and minerals. A country
may be richly endowed with the lat
ter, but it must find the genius to use
them in the best way before it can be
great country. This fact is fully
appreciated in Georgia, which is con-
sequently proud of the enterprising
men it has attracted into its citizen
ship from other parts of the United
States and anxious to get more OF
| them.
The Cure for Weakness.
Mr.. Benjamin W. Hunt was the
credit man for a great New York
establishment which did an extensive
| business with the South and had made
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-04-21
WHISTLES TOO NOISY.
W0HAE PHILANTHROPIST WOULD
PREVENT UNNECESSARY DIS.
TURBANCE OF SICK.
Mrs. Isaac L. Rice, a Wealthy New
Yorker, States that Half of the
Vast habbub Raised by Boat
Whistles Is useless.

Mrs. Isaac l.. Rice is one of the
few rich and influential women OF
New York who is constantly looking
after the needs and comfort of those
less fortunate in the awarding Of
the worlds goods than herself.
Mrs. Rice is philanthropic woman
who has never permitted her wealth
and comfortable surroundings to
blind her to the want and suffering
around her and has recently been
making a strong effort to have al
least one nuisance abated-a nuisance
in one sense and a menace to many
lives.
This is the constant and, as Mrs
Rice declares, the unnecessary blow.
ing OF whistles and signals in New
York harbor. Night and day these
ear splitting whistles and sirens can
be heard for distance of thirteen
and a half miles over the city and
through careful investigation Mrs.
Rice has found that hundreds of in
valids in hospitals and nervous wo-
men in homes areldriven almost to
distraction.
From her palatial / home lin New
York's most exclusive resident section
Riverside Drive-Mrs. Rice has
gone forth to investigate this and
see If there were not some means by
which the sufferings of the poor ana
invalid people might be relieved.
She first took her case to the au-
thorities in New York who told her
any remedial measures were without
their jurisdiction and that she must
make an appeal to Washington.
Leaving her handsome home in
New York Mrs. Rice went to Washing
ton and laid the matter before the
Department Of Commerce and Labor.
She told the officials of the depart
ment of the $4,000 sick people in
New York whose suffering was made
two fold by this unnecessary noise;
she told how nervous men and women
were unable to get sleep because OF
the continual, piercing shrieks of the
river boats and she told them, too,
how river men themselves had said
that so many unnecessary signals in
duced collisions.
Mrs. Rice's fight was not against
the lawful signals but against the In
Vulnerable blasts that were sent out
as particular meanings to river men
and their crews. Scows coming up
the river would begin blowing two
miles down and never cease until they
reached their wharves. This was a
warning to their crews to make ready
to get out.
For weeks and weeks Mrs. Rice
worked to have all but necessary sig
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-04-21
FAYORS POUR.YEAR TERM.
BOURKE COCHRAN DECLARES II
WILL INCREASE EFFICIENCY
OF THE HOUSE.
Under Present Two Years Term,
He Says More Time is Spent IN
Looking for Reelection than In
law Making for the Nation.

Looking for Reelection than IN
law Making for the Nation.
Bourke Cochran, of New York, who
has introduced a constitutional amend
ment making the term Of Office OF a
member Of the House four years, in
stead Of two years, as at present, be-
lieves that such a change from exist
ing conditions would be all that is es'
sential to establish the predominence
of the House over the Senate, if the
House only saw fit to exercise the
power lodged in it by the Constitu.
ton.
Discussing the subject recently, Mr.
Cochran said:
"There is but one change, one
amendment, that, in my judgment
could possibly increase the conse.
quence or capacity of the House to de.
fend ITSELF and that will be simply the
question of the term of a member.
am perfectly willing to admit that, as
at present constituted, where a mem
Der is chosen for two years, we are
placed in the position that just as
soon as a member takes his seat in
Congress and begins the discharge of
his duties he is at once thrust in the
throes of contest for reelection.
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-04-21

husband, she was the keenest possible
Liberal politician, though the daughter
Of an old Tory squire, Major S. f. Wild
drington (whose ancestor is men
toned in the ballad OF Chevy
Chase) and her personal popularity in
the Border Country was responsible for
much of its liberalism. For Sir Ed
ward she worked necessarily and bril-
liantly, from his first political cam
paign, two months after his marriage
in 1885, down to the last battle, from
whose triumph she had been so trag
ically called away.
Lady Grey had a large desk at Fal
loden devoted to political papers, ans
wered many of Sir Edwards letters
frequently took notes at his opponents
meetings of points in the speeches
which she thought needed reply.
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-04-21
s,,e and f-ruprtant industry.

tssge and irrrortart industry. PEG.
kple carno miles to see the wonderful
FORCES, the showers Of sparks flying
from beneath the heavy hammers, and
to listen to the din of the thousand
workmen.
Silas Howe lived to be a millionaire
and he did a great deal of good with
his money. Squares are still made on
the spot where the first one was
thought out more than ninety-fve
years ago.
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-04-21
English Woman Politician.

The considerable part which women
play in politics is well expressed by the
London Mail in an article upon the re-
cent death Of Lady Grey, wife Of Sir
Edward Grey, Secretary Of State for
Foreign Affairs 1t said in part:
Even apart from her devotion to her
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-04-21
CHICAGO OF THE SOUTH.
ATLANTA FAST BECOMING A
GREAT INDUSTRIAL AND Dis
TRIBUTING CENTRE.
Story of a Northern Man Who Went
to Georgia and has Nearly Over.
turned Old Southern MethodS-Is
One of q Type.
BY WILLIAM E. SMYTHE.

Atlanta is the Chicago of the South,
except that some of the people OF
that enterprising city put it the other
way and tell you that Chicago is the
Atlanta of the Middle West. In either
case, the point remains the same. And
the point is that Atlanta is full of new
men, new industries, new buildings,
and the new spirit which is making a
New South. In mingling with the
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who gained money from our contests
but only be worked
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Charlevoix county herald., 1906-04-21
CROSS ZEBRA AND HORSE.
Prince of Abyssinla Sends big Afri-
can Zebra to u. s. Government.

The Department of Agriculture will
be able to conduct further experiment
tai work along breeding lines through
the gift to the Government of an Abys-
sinian zebra which has been present
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-04-21

Lake Titicaca, Peru, is the highest
navigable lake in the world. 1t is to
be tapped to provide electric power for
the Peruvian railway and manufacture
ing plants.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-14
TO IMPROVE ROADS
THE BOARD or REVENUE DIs-
 CUssEs ITS PLANS.
Much Money Is to Be Spent on High ways of Montgomery County During the Next
 Year.

The condition of roads of Montgom- cry County was carefully discussed and an active campaign of improvement was formulated yesterday morning al a special meeting of the Board of Rev enue of Montgomery County
 All members of,the Board were pres- ent and for two hours conditions and the best methods of improvement were discussed by the members.
 The Board has large fund for road and bridge work, paid to it by the Fi- delity and Deposit Company of Mary land, after the famous suit of the county against Treasurer J. Cochran and his bondsmen. For the past year there has been little road building. On account of lack of funds the Board has had to content itself with using the county road outfits on nothing but the most necessary work but in the year coming great work of repairs will go on.
 The Board has contracted with John Roquemore to furnish the county with as much gravel as Is needed until a spur track can be built to the gravel pit which was purchased by a former Board several years ago.
 It was decided at the meeting yes- terday that for the present the ener- gies of the road outfits would be di- rected toward fully repairing the mag nificent system of gravel roads running through the county. When this work is completed it Is the idea of the Board, as expressed at the meeting yester- day. to apportionf the rest of the fund to each section of the county as the wisdom of the Board directs In con nection with this various petitions that have accumulated for months and are on file were read and taken under con sideration' by the members of the coun- ty executive body.
 An adjournment was taken until Mon day.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-14
CLOPToN-BRADsHAW.
Quiet Wedding Oecurus In HuntsviIle.
 Girls Arm, Broken,

Girls Arm Broken.
 Huntsville, Feb. 13.---(SpeciaL)- )--- James Blunt Clopton, well-known and prominent young business man of this city, and Miss Annie Bradshaw were married last night at the home of the brides mother, Rev. B. c. Mitchell, pastor of the First Cumberland Presby. terian Church, officiating. The cere- mony was witnessed by a small party of relatives and friends. The wedding was quiet affair owing to recent be- reavements in the brides family. Mrs Clopton is a daughter of the late Prof R. s. Bradshaw and is young woman of more than ordinary accomplish. ments.
 While driving to dance in the coun- try last night with Willis Garth. IT,, Miss Gertrude Hopkins of Jasper. Ala, was thrown from a buggy and sus- tained broken arm. The accident was the result of a runaway and the buggy was thrown into a ditch.
 The members of the Huntsville Bar Association held a meeting yesterday and adopted resolutions of respect to the memory of the late Chief Justice Thomas N. Mcclellan.
 Prof. w. R. Webb of the Webb Train ing School at Belle Buckle, Tenn, de- livered his lecture, Tales of the Civil War;" to the students of the Conder School last night The lecture por- trays the life of the private soldier and gives accounts Of his camp life and in- cidentsc of heroism.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-14
MIR. PARSONS IS HERE
NEW DISTRICT ATTORNEY TO As- sUME HIS DUTIES.
He VIII Succeed MT. Reese and Is Ready to Take Charge-0niy
 one Assistant Attorney.

Erastus Jonathan Parsons, appoint ed United States District Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama by President Roosevelt and confirmed by the United States Senate after a des- perate and somewhat sensational fight for confirmation reached Montgomery yesterday and will as soon as his com mission arrives. be sworn in by Judge
 Thomas G. Jones as District Attof- Iney.
 Mir. Parsons was accompanied to
 Montgomery by his father, Hon. Lewis E. Parsons sometime District Attor. Iney for the Northern District of Ala bama. The young attorney with his father visited the Government build-
 ing yesterday and paid their respects to Judge Jones.
 Mir. Parsons later in the afternoon was in conference with Captain Charles H. Scott National Republican Commit teeman and referee of Federal patron iage in Alabama who led Mir. Parsons's { fight fer the position to which he was appointed
 T will be in Montgomery from now until my term expires said Mr. Par sons yesterday afternoon. T expect my commission to arrive tomorrow or next day and will immediately be sworn in and take charge of the of- fee. I have no idea, who my assis- tsnt attorney will be. He is appoint ed by the Attorney General and I have nothing to do with his selection. You know that I will only have one assis- tant. the Department having decided that there Is only need for one assis. tent in this district. 1 am very glad to have finished my fight and am still more glad that I came out winner. My friends stuck to me nobly but I new Ter doubted the final outcome of the issue"
 Mir. Parsons is a very young man, having several years to spare before he reaches the thirty mark. He has been an active practitioner since 1902. when he was graduated from the law department Of the University of Ala bama. While at the University, Mn Parsons in addition to being a hard student was good athlete and was one of the best football ends the Uni versity has had. He received his acade- mic education at Auburn.
 His appointment as District Attor. Ley was a considerable surprise, the appointment practically having been assured District Attorney Warren S. Reese by the President. Referee Scott. however. fought Mir. Reese bitterly and secured the appeintment for the young CT man.
 District Attorney Reese in turn waged an active fight on Messrs. Par sons and Scott. He alleged that MT. Parsons was not a resident of the Mid dle District, having practiced law in Tslladega since his admission to the bar. Charges and counter charges were brught. By q close vate the Senate Judiciary Committee reported favorably on Mir. Parsons's nomina. ton.
 Mir. Parsons is a Republican and comes of an old Alabama family, his grand father having been Governor of the State shortly after the war.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-14
JUDGMENT FOR ONE CENT.
P. L. Taylor Get. verdict Again

P. L. Taylor Gets q Verdict Against
 J. F. Downing.
 A jury in the civil division of the City Court of Montgomery yesterday rendered verdict for one cent in the old case of P. L. Taylor vs. J. P. Downing.
 It will be remembered that at the last term of court Taylor secured a large Judgment against Downing for damages Incurred by him through Downing shaking him forcibly and calling him other names than P. l.. Taylor.
 Judge A. D. sayre granted a new trial and the jury yesterday decided that the shaking and the swearing did not hurt Taylor more than a copper cents worth.
 In the case of Abraham Bros. vs |. the Southern Railway Company, a suit for damages incurred by a delay in the shipment of a carload of mules, the defendant set up the plea that the rail- road company had no authorized agent in Montgomery County upon whom pro- cess could be properly served and therefore the company was not liable Tor damages in this county. The jury held that the plea of abatement was good.
 The case of J. Walsingham Smith vs. charles H. Scott, ct als, was on trial when court adjourned
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-14
LABOR LEADER TALKS.
W. H. Stanley wiII Speak In MOntgOua-
 @Fv Thaa VVNek.

w. H. Stanley Will Speak In MOntg0ms
 cry This week.
 The union labor organizations of Montgomery will be addressed some time this week by W. H. Stanley of Birmingham who Is president of the Alabama Federation of Labor and pres ident of the Labor League of Alabama.
 Mr. Stanley passed through Mont gomery yesterday morning en route to Mobile to arouse interest and en- thusiasm In the labor organizations of that city with a view to having Mobile send representatives to tho la- bor meeting of the State which will be held in Birmingham in April His address here will also be for the pur- pose of having the labor organizations of Montgomery send delegates to the meeting.
 Mir. Stanley. in an interview at the railway station, expressed himself openly on labor questions. One of the main points that he brought out was his view that the organized laborers of this country and this state should in the future, take more active in in the future, take more of a part in legislation, and to do that they must become more active in legis- lation, and to do that they must become more active in politics, local, state and national. He said that la. bor should take a part in Legislation for q number of reasons among which are to eradicate convicts from the mines. to compel the payment of poll taxes, to school the cotton mill chil- dren, and to edualise taxes.
 The labor president will deliver his address in Montgomery when he re- turns from Mobile to Birmingham. The exact day has not been determin- ed,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-14
r..,. 0. rrnr Rines.

Troy, Feb -(SpecIaT J-Ihe Ih- spection of the Troy Rifles will take place tomorrow night at their army m the Carroll Building. The Government win he renresented by Major Sickle and the state by Adjutant- General w. w.. Brandon.
 A farmers institute will be held in Troy tomorrow and the next day. Al fred oaskiil Assistant Forester of the tinted states Department of Agricul-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-14
MISS KELLER's HEALTH GOOD
Denied That She Has Broken Dew
 from OyerwOrlk.

from OverWOrks
 Florence, Feb. 13.--tSpecial)- despatches sent out from Wrentham, Mass, to the effect that Miss Helen Keller, the wonderful deaf. dumb and blind girl of Alabama. was i'll due to the strain of oveTwork. and that her physician had ordered a long period of complete rest is denied by members of her family in this city. Mics Keller continues at her work at her home in Wrentham and letters from her of recent date make no mention of any breakdown. The people of Alabama are proud of the work Miss Keller has accomplished and her friends through out the State will be glad to know that reports of her breakdown are unfound- ed.
 Friends of George Bascon Ashcraft of this city have received invitations to his marriage to Miss Alice Hale Walters, of Birmingham, Ala. The wedding will take place Wednesday afternoon. February 2Sth. at the First Baptist Church in Birmingham. Mir. Ashcraft is connected with the Tennes- see Valley Fertilizer Company of this city
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-14
nnx. Are Gaming Home

Luther Haynic and Devereaux Ash- ton, the 12-year-old white boys who disappeared from their homes here Sunday afternoon and turned up in Birmingham Monday right will prob ally return to Montgomery this morn ing. A gentleman connected with the family of the Ashton youth, left last night for Birmingham to bring the boys back with them. The boys made the statement in Birmingham that they had been kidnapped by negro who tied them, put them in box car and took them to Birmingham
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-14
pnre Irnnh lInnrlnr.

Washington, Feb. l3.-Pure food hearings began today sefore the house committee on interstate and foreign commerce. The committee decided that all statements before the committed should be made under oath William BallinEer, of the KeokulE Canning Company. Keokuk. said interests ag- gregating between $25,000. .O00 and $50, GOO, 900 will be affected by any law prohibiting the use of preservatives
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-14
Iron Company Tssues Bonds

The Lookout Mountain Iron Com pany, of Battelle, will Issue an addi- tional $200.000 worth of bonds, as in- dicated yesterday by filing d notice to that effect with the Secretary of State.
 The bonds are six per cent. sinking fund securities and are issued for the purpose of extending the work at their plant.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-14
Help q Good Cnnne.

Those who go to hear Mrs. HaskeTs recital will not only have an hour or more of real pleasure in listening to a famous woman, but they will have the added pleasure of aiding the Young Women's Christian Association. one of Montgomery's most laudable institu- tions. Tuesday evening, February goth, 3 o'clock. at Lecture Room First Pres byterian Church. wed-sat-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-14
ATKINS WILL STAY
COMMANDER or CAVALRY TO RE-
 MAIN IN THE SERVICE.
Governor Revokes Order for Election of Major of the saaadron---Other News of National
 Guard.

 Major V B. Atkins of Selma. who re- signed two weeks ago. will continue to command the 1st squadron of cav. airy, Alabama National Guard, and the election ordered by Governor JeiRs to select his successor has been indefinite ly postponed.
 was issued to the troops comprising the squadron: State of Alabama, Adjutant-Generars once.
 Montgomery Feb. 18th, 1906. General Order No. g.
 '1A The General Order No. s, Under date Nof February 5th, 1906, ordering an election for Major of the 1st cav. airy squadron, A. N. O., Is hereby re- voked.
 '2. Troop commanders will take due notice; Major v. B. Atkins is in com mand of the aforesaid squadron and will be obeyed and respected according ly.
 By command of the Governor,
 'Wm. W. Brandon.
 "Adjutant-General"
 The reason assigned by Major Atkins for his resignation was his pressing business affairs. It is said that officers of the squadron expressed so much re- gret at the resignation of Major Atkins that upon the urgent solicitation of these officers and the field, staff and line officers of the Guard, Major Atkins con- sented to continue as commander of the cavalry branch of the service.
 An order was issued yesterday for an election of First Lieutenant in Com pany 'E." 3rd regiment, infantry, First Lieutenant E. T. Ryan having removed his residence from the State.
 Selma officers Resign.
 Adjutant-Genera1 Brandon yesterday received and accepted the resignations of Captain W. F. Aycock, Jr., and First Lieutenant Bruce K. Craig, Company "C." End regiment, Selma, and of Sec ond lieutenant E. A. Chapman, Company "I," fst regiment infantry, and issued orders for elections to fill the vacan- cies. to take effect upon the election and qualifications of their successors.