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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-29
LOT Is THE SUBJECT.
Miss BlOdRett Delivers Lecture ol Dweller of S0dOm.

Miss BIodRett Delivers Lecture on
 Dweller of sodOm.
 A large gathering of ,tomen and girls attended the lecture yesterday afternoon delivered at thr Court Street Methodist Church " Miss Blod gett, the Bible lecturer who. under the auspices of the Young Women's Christian Associati ,n has ncen cou- ducting a course of Bible ectures for the women and girls of Montgomery
 Miss Blodget. selected at the be ginning of her course ten days az" the book of Genesis rom which t" decture. and the Ives of the char the subjects of the Caily e3sons.
 Miss Blodgctt c ner lecture ycste?- day afternoon dna!t 'yith the lessons to he learned far the l's of Lot She referred to h; { lassa ;e in : Peter. where Lot is spoken of as 7" righteous man and where 1t Is said that he "vHxo1 his righteous soul" drawing the pratical lesson that the spit in the i'fe upholds con stantly a hign ideal to which cannot he conformed worldly desires If one is wholly satisfied with an unsur- rendered life he may bc surr the HOLY Spirit is not in possession ot his heart
 lot apprlrs n Gods revelation f his character as given here 'Gen. l3' at tGc parting Q: ,h" was. From this point ,Is iita .s the result "f his choir" of wlvs. The lesson con . sidercd Lots life from the standpoint of the m 'ctcr stic" and results "r his choice.
 The "h"ia"t trrisiics were First. .that n" ch psc for h mself, II" di! not ask Gods cir 'ction. Tho lives or people today are !u,l 'f chcic"s. Oar" thcv choose without Cod In letting God chose. one h"N the hfn'ht O. His omnisrienc". 'Ic chooses wit" the whole trend of fife in Ills though ,.
 Secondly Lots -n''ce was entirely selfish
 Thirdly h" chos simply Cor tenn. poral advantaG" L [" IS So hrl' that it seems as if on de 't>ions cH" not amount to ""ch. But age we
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-29
ALLEGED DEsERTER TAKEN.
Bradley Tells Hard Luck Story-sus
 uected to be sailor.


 uected to he sailor.
 Patrolman Boiling Siedge. of the Montgomery Police Department, picked up a man on the streets about noon yesterday who Is believed by the po- lice to he deserter from the Uni- ted States Navy. A conversation be- tween the man. who gives his names as Charles H. Bradley, aged eighteen years, and friend, was overheard by the officer, in which Bradley declared he had deserted from the battleship Georgia at Port Royal. s. C.. five days ago.
 Bradley, although wearing a sailors uniform, denies he has never been In the navy He declares that he came south from Hillsdale, Mich, wnere he was a bellboy in a hotel. to try to get po- sition with the Jamestown Exposition, and that he fell in with d couple of sailors at Baltimore, en route, and they stole his clothes una money while he was intoxicated leaving him the sailor togs.
 He says he knows there Is sailor on the Georgia by the name of Ma honey, and that it is Mahoney's clothes
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-29

that he has on. The other sailor whom he met. to his sorrow. in Baltimore. was named Dunn Dunn left Bradle' his hat:
 From Baltimore, the young man ayers, he went to Washington, where he tried to prevail upon the Navy De- partment officials tc give him some civilian clothes without avail. Then, apparently forgetting his desire to go to Jamestown. he came South to At- lanta, and thence to Montgomery.
 The young man wiil be held at po- lice headquarters until the proper of- ficials can be communicated with. to determine if he is in reality a deserter from the navy, or merely a victim of hard luck circumstances.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-29
CIRCUS BLOCKS COURTS.
Many Witnesses In Criminal Cases
 tailed for Sneclal Duty.

Mnny WNnesHeN m 0f1m1n1l Caoee JG.
 tailed for Special Duty.
 Forty-four cases on appeal from the Recorders Court. are set for trial to- day in the criminal division of the City Court which will be convened at 10 o'clock this morning by Judge w. H. Thomas.
 The fact that the circus is in town. may prevent the trial of number of reason assigned for this is that mem bers of the police force are important witnesses in nearly every case that is on appeal from the recorder and many of these will be detailed on extra duty to handle the Grcat crowd that gem orally attends the showing of circus in Montgomery.
 When the court is called into ses- sion this morning. two iuries will be empanelled> to serve throughout tho week
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-29
LUST MARRIED" WRITES ACTOR
 BRIDEGROOM ON THE REGLS7ER

U. Francis Herblin and wife. Just Married" Later in the evening. after the performance at the theatre. re- ception was rendered by the happy couple to theil fellow actors.
 Both MT. and Mrs. HerDlin are popu- lar with the other members of the company.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-29

Womens Christian Association in- stead ot at { o'clock in afternoon at tho Court Street Ch lrch
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-29
PERSONAL ITEMS.

Mrs Judge NJ. N Manning. of Tal ladesa. is visiting her brother. Mir. A A Manning, at 501 South Hull street,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-04-29
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
 Wants Pine Bluff 10 pari;s;ua'e

Capt l. B. Johnson, secretary of tba Pine Bluff board of trade is in re- ceipt of letter from j. F. Ellison. secretary and treasurer of the na- tional rivers and harbors congress. written for the purpose of interesting the Pine Bluff board of trade in the great undertaking of the organization toward the Improvement of the water Ways and harbors, thus giving the country the advantage of reasonable equitable transportation rates.
 This organization at it's meeting in Washington D. C., a short time since declared for an annual appropriation of S50,000 by congress for the rivers and harbors work, declaring that agri- culture and commerce, from which is derived the entire revenue of govern ment, harbOrs, for the past ten years received less than per cent of the entire annual appropriations to inn prove the natural and economic high ways( rivers and harbors) and the army, navy and pensions receive 40 per cent of the entire revenue; $50, 100000 for rivers and harbors is less than [ per cent.
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Pine Bluff, Ark, April 17, 1906. To W. o. Taggart,
 Foreman of the Grand Jury.
 We, your committee. appointed to visit and ire,ect the county poor house, beg leave to say that we have this day visited the same and beg to submit the following report:
 Everything so far as we could fin' is in a very clean, neat and home like condition. The beds, bedding. cooking stove and utensils seem to be ample and we'll kept.
 The inmates all expressed them selves as having been we'll cared for. and the food seemed wholesome and ample.
 With but few dollars expended for two or. three sanitary chairs, few boards bought for rear walk, and several loads of dirt or cinders placed under the main building, which
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Rivers and harbors bills in tho past ten years have been past eyerv three years instead of annually and Inc average carried by such bills has only been s19,250.7S1 q year.
 Capt. Johnson stated that Pine Bluff s greatest need is an improve. ment of the condition Of the Arlansas river, to give the city cheap trans rortation, and that if this was done enabling the city to receive coal from the Indian territory and have other advantages resultant from the inn proved condition of the natural and economic highway, the stimulating effect upon the commercial interests ot the city would be at once apparent and that it would be very easy mat ter under such conditions to secure the location of large number of manufacturing concerns, which can not noG be had on account of tue high transportation rates.
 This matter of river navigation is a most important one to Pine Bluff, and the Pine Bluff board of trade will nc doubt give the national rivers and harbors congress it's financial and moral support.
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Ca.SE (;1)Ng
f'aheas Corpus Proceedings orowin 5)us of Sn'a1laox Gaso Consumed Enfi.4 3ay in chaneery eoart Saturday and lHi!y Be Concluded Monday. Doctors Disagrze

A2=&!thstandia4 tast th ha5aa. e7fpHs easa growing oW If Ghe +mall- f'A laz5'e5 consumed the entire day 2 the etlareery court Saturday inc e..ze Was not finished. the ar24t4oH- being reserved for Monday, owing to silg 3at9nes~ of inc hola. at which fhe f"stimohy WIS eoHcinded
 Dfs,lnek, Thompson Jordan, Ca ndhefs. BlankensAip. Williams. JcnIl iHs and Gratchcf were examined as ttneases for the petitioners, and Dis. Blackwell, Clark, lIankison and 6a+li2hel upon the behalf of the city
 The testimony was positive upon He part of all the witnesses. those Tor the petitioners stating that the disease with which Mr Hammond Vas suffafiH@ was chickenpox, while fho,e
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NEARLY $I,000
Secured By Relief Committee For San
 Francisco Sufferers.

President W. N Trulock of the Pine Bluff board of trade stated Sat urday afternoon that very satisfactory progress is being made by the com mittees recently appointed by Mayor White and himself to solicit subscrip- tions 10 the fund for the relief of the California earthquake sufferers.
 While none of the committees have made final reports, the amounts se- cured up to Saturday afternoon was between $600 and 5000, and the in dications are that the 5000 mark, set at the beginning of the campaign, will be easily reached.
 MT. Trulock stated that if all the committees did not report Monday he would call for their reports, as it is very important that the money be forwarded to the unfortunate people at once
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SURRENDERED DEsERTER FROM UNITED STATES ARMY, TIRED OF WANDERING
 GIVES UP TO OFFICERS.
Fred Grafried, Who Escaped From Guardhouse at Des Moines, Vol
 untarily Goes Back.

Fred Grafried, deserter from the United States army, surrendered to Officer Higginbotham in this city Sat urday afternoon. Grafried went to the officer on the street and stated that he was tired of being a fugitive, and requested that he be taken into custody, which Was done.
 Grafried stated that he escaped from the guardhouse at Des Moines, Iowa. on April 22. 195, and that after a year of wandering. with the con. stant expectation of being apprehend. ed, he wanted to return and take the penalty of his offense.
 He was locked up and Chief A. J. Stewart will take him to Fort Logan Fl. Roots at Little Rock Monday.
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No Charge
 Against M'can.,

The Monroe county grand jury. which Was in session this week, dis missed the charge against D. G. Mo- Cam. who cut the throat of Train Au. ditor Sarber on a Cotton Belt train several weeks ago as result of an altercatiOn concerning the payment of fare.
 MT. McCann, who is now a resident of Pine Bluff and has proven an excel lent gentleman and citizen. was com. ing to Pine Bluff from some point in Illinois, and when near Brinkley Audi. tor Sarber demanded his ticket. MT. McCann stated that he had paid his fare and after some discussion a fight ensued, in which the auditor was cut on the throat by the passenger. The auditor was taken of the train at Clarendon and his wounds dressed and he is now all right and again at- tending to duties.
 It was claimed that Mir. McCanu acted in self-defense and after exam. ming a number of witnesses the grand jury dismissed the charge against him. Both gentlemen are well known in Pine Blun. 1rr~. xI.
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&ho Hefe#oSamiHed nl'aIGtde pa5 of the city. #efe= equally as q5sai.a if WIS sma1lPaX Tin #95r4asse5 9556= 10th sides are among tse best p4l sieians in he city and state.
 fAe citz authorities produced in court two teleerams rom nlstrop has stating tlrat Dan Dalton and wife Nho "ete former inmates Of t6e boarding house of Ml- cus.aa. OH West Fifth aHoRue, whaso the caso ne" iA dispute k lec9t =e~ i:5 t5e smallpox pest housr at sassrep Eel. Ion is the man whom saa city a1f- 1herittes 9'la@ed was sau z2lad ont of f'iis hoase after teco,a5o~ ill. before an examination could Ee mule by the authorities a5 to tlla nature if The disease %ith which he was saf icrins.
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ttis city, for boarding the O." COTS de- tailed to the station and thn recruits during their stay ill the city The re- ceiviEg of recruits will begin on May l. and will continue until June 30, This award of the contract to Mir.
 Sullivan is quite distinction. as there were number of applicants for the contract, and the award was not so much matter of the amount of the bid as a result of the poDularitv 0, Sullivan's cafe.
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CONTACT AWARDED
D. SHELBY WILL FURNISH W.T. RlFfGD BRICK FOR PAVING
 WEST BARRACUE.
77!2e Contract Calls fer 5oo.ooo Brick Ard the Price to Be Paid Is
 S7o00.


 The board Of public affairs met Sat ulaay and awarded the contract to L l. Shelby for furnishing the brick for paving West BaFraque street
 The contract is for 50o.09o for No. i Coffeeville brick. the price being s..0Q0.
 The scrip has been ordered issued commissioners of the districf who are R C. Thompson, Henry Marx and J x Simpson, The scrip is in two pieces of $500 each, one due July 10, 1906, and the ether July 10, 19hl.
 The bonds were taken by the Tray e,ers Insurance company at par
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ERAnD JURY REPORTS
lakes Final Report 10 (3ourt and Asks 10 Be Discharged for Term. Recommends No Liquor license Be Granted in Radius of Three Miles of tify.

The Jefferson county grand jury lcade it's final report to the circuit E1urt Saturday morning, and was dis tharged for the term. The jury returned 107 true bills. dismissed twenty-four cases and re erred two to the next grand jury. Twelve of the indictments were ksainst Frank Walker, coored, for burglary and grand larceny. These Indictments resulted from the num- brous box car robberies which have heen committed in this section of late by gang of which Walker was the leader.
 A large number of the indictments returned were for misdemeanors. hrous box car robberies which have lot been made public, on account of the fact that large number of the defendants have not yet been arrest ed
 The full report of the grand jury as submitted to the court follows:
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we think is too low, the investment t:-"'''d prove very beneficial. We have examined the records as kept by Dr. Saconi and found them very clear, neat and explicit, and must congratulate our honorable ooun- ty judge in his selection of Dr. Saconi as keeper of this institution, which is managed as we'll, according to our judgment, with the limited means, as could well be expected.
 Respectfully submitted,
 w. E. Mullikin,
 J. M. Simpson,
 W. Riley.
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ROAD WORK
Progress Is Being Made In Providing
 Highways.

Considerable work is now being done on the highways of the county consisting of building and repairing bridges and work on the roads. A number of bridges have been repaired in Plum Bayou and Dudley Lake townships, and considerable work on the roads has been done in the east ern portion of Vaugine, in Whiteville, Spring and Niven townships, and Ov- erseer Reed of Victoria and Melton townships will begin the work on those roads next week.
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Pine Bluff, Ark, April II, 1906. To Mr W o. Taggart.
 Foreman of the Grand Jury.
 We. your committee, appointed to visit the county farm on the plant5- tion of John M. Oracle at Hanna berry, Ark, beg leave to submit the following as our report:
 Your committee left Pine Bluff on "Wednesday, the 1lth instant. and pro- We examined the records of all con v;cts received and find that they are thorough and explicit. We also ex- amined the daily record of labor per formed and of punishment received by prisoners.
 Many convicts have been punished the majority of them for refusing to work, their punishment averaging about six blows from a strap. We found on examining the prisoners that while their punishment was se- were in some cases, it was not brutal nor inhuman
 We examined the stockade and on that day found fifty-nine prisoners confined. The stockade is in good, sanitary condition, the buildings are hitewashed, the bedding and bed clothes are ample and in as good con- dition as could be expected in a pris- on. The hospital had ample accom- citations. we'll ventilated and clean. No prisoners were in hospital during our stay, and the physician reports and the record shows that the gen. elal health of prisoners is good. We examined the kitchen and ar engagements for preparing food. They have good steel range and suf- ficient supply of utensils and other necessities for preparing and serv- ing food.
 We were present during the dinner hour and saw the prisoners fed., They had an ample supply of subst1ntial and we'll prepared food and individu- ally expressed themseves as satisfied with their treatment.
 The committee appointed a sub- committee to remain over at night and see the prisoners at supper and examine them individually in the stockade, but could elicit no expres- sion from them of dissatisfac ction or improper treatment.
 Respectfully submitted,
 B. F. Clegg,
 William Simons,
 James Baughman,
 D. I. Spires.
 Charles F. Moore.
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HEPJ5Li5.N5 ......E .... l: l.
MAY t7A5 TIE DATE SET FOE HOLDING 44E COUNTY CON.
 NENTiON
Committee DepIores Act 5n Of Pfesi. dent ja Rejecting Rscemsnenaa-
 tfons for Postmaster.

Ihe Jefferson codnta itapa'llean central committee met it Pine Bluff Saturday.
 The committee nama4 Thursday. May i, DOC. es tae dat tot holding lhe county convention and the ap# rcintmeuts for the various townships Y ere made.
 The committee eu resolutions sub nstted the Following report.
 Resolved. Hy the Jefferson county Republican central committee that We have cause fae congratulation on the universal prosperity of our eoanz try and for the unswalyina zeal with which tAe ascending party of prog ress and good government has con ducted the affairs of the country, leg. islative, judicial and administrative.
 We commend with pride the firm stand the president has taken looking toward the cHrbing of the insatiate greed of such iniqHitous trusts as have inflicted themselves on the body polite and We have great hopes that through his valiant efforts and those of his assistants and eo-worEers the said trusts may ultimately be divest. ed Of their unealIed for power and oppression.
 We extend to the sufferers of Cali fornia and other states recently visit ed so disastrously by earthquake and fire our earnest sympathy and con. doence, but we point with pride to the universal feeling throughout the land embodied in the munificent gifts now flowing into the afflicted region in the shape of money and supplies for the suffering and needy.
 We exhort the faithful of our party il this locality 70 maintain that in ragrity which has for forty years been our pride In all that time no critic ism Or disorder has arisen in the party affairs of Jefferson county. We are now and have been and hope to remain a house not divided against itself We cheerfully ask and urge cll Republicans and others desiring good government to affiliate with us to the end that we may show a solid and unbroken phalanX to fight and en- deavor i'll the cause of humanity.
 We 1eplcre the action of the State Central committee in rejecting our recommendation for postmaster at Pine Bluff We do not by any means maintain any i'll will or disfavor to- wards the State Central committee for this seeming unkindness and in- consideratcness. We merely think it bad judgment. Tn the spirit of harm cnv and good will we cheerfuly ac- ouiesce in this action and promise that the enthusiasm of this locally will not be surpassed by that of any Cher county for the unbuilding and maintaining the Republican party in state and nation.
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Mysterious Shooting

Two shots were fired by an un- known person on Texas street, be- tween Barraque and Second avenues, Friday night, after which negro m was seen to run to Second avenue, thence east to Tennessee, after which he turned south toward Third ave, rue. People residing in the immedi- ate vicinity stated that the police were after the negro, but it was stat ed at the department Saturday morn ing that nothing was known of the affair.
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WEDoEo IN PINE BLUFF.

John Higson of Louisiana and Miss Iona Standefer of Sherman, Texas, were married Saturday morning. The couple met here by appointment, the bride being accompanied by her sis ter, Miss Lizzie Standefer, and Miss Nell Lingo of Texarkana.
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Report of the Grand Jury for March
 Term, 1906.

Pine Bluff, Ark, April 2s, 1906. To the Hon. Antonio B. Grace,
 Judge of the Jefferson Circuit Court
 We, the grand jury, beg leave to make this, our final report.
 We assembled on March 19, 1906, and were in session to March 31. on which date we made a report to your honor of cases disposed of. The
 grand jury took adjournment until Monday April 23. and appointed con- mittees to examine the poor house and the county farm. with lnstruc- tions to report upon the re-conven- ing of the grand jury.
 The grand jury has been in sessio sixteen days We have examined 2S- witnesses, investigated six cases re- ferred from the last grand jury. which were disposed of, have referred two cases to the next grand jury, have returned 161 true bills, have dismlS- sed 3s cases.
 The report of the committee ap- pointed to examine the county farm is attached hereto and marked exhibit A.
 The report of the committee ap- pointed to examine the county poor house is attached hereto and mark ed exhibit B.
 After the return of these reports the grand jury visited the county jail in body We found 45 inmates In the county jail, B males (4 white, l Mexican and 34 negroes), 6 females Gall negroes) of which are com mitted for insanity. 6 of these are males-2 negroes and 1 Mexican). 0 gre women, all negroes.)
 The prisoners were examined lndl- yidually and all expressed themselves as having been kindly treated Dy their taller and as having recelveo an ample food supply of satlsfac- tory quality We examined the klteh- en and the food which was prepared for their supper. The kitchen was clean and thoroughly equipped. The food was we'll prepared and in sum- clent quantity for all the prisoners.
 The sanitary condition of the jail Is not good. We attribute this to some deficiency to the plumbing ana possibly ventilation. In view of the increased business of the court ana the number of prisoners ordinarily confined in the jail, we are of the opinion that the jail should be en- larged and that improvements should be made in the sanitary conditions so that the county officials may prop erly care for the prisoners.
 We further recommend that in fu- ture our county judge refrain from issuing license for selling whiskey, teer or any other intoxicating liquor to any person within three miles Of the city limits of the city of Pine Bluff. This does not mean to ex- c!ude the sale of liquors within the oity limits as prescribed by city or dinances.
 This jury has given careful consld' eration to all matters brought before it, and having disposed of all busi- ness referred to it. now begs to be
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GETS CONTRACT
Suliivan's Cafe Will Feed Applicants
 At the Recruiting Station.

R. J. Sullivan, proprietor of the popular Sullivan's cafe, has been awarded the contract by Maj. Smith CTS. who will have charge of the United States recruiting station in
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-04-29

SULLlVAN'S CAFE. 127 Main Street.
 DINNER.
 Soup
 Vegetable. Prime Rib Roast of Beef. Roast Pork, Qlie Boat La. Boston Brown Potatoes. Butter Beans.
 Stewed Corn. Maccaroni and Cheese. Green Onions.
 Radishes.
 Dessert. Ice Cream and Cake. Dinner, 12 to 2. Tables Reserved for Ladies. Price 25 cents.
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aaf3Gd.
 Respectfully submitted, W. O. Taggart, Foreman, Charles r Moore, Clerk, F. A. Howell, Clerk. Gabe Meyer. J. F. Rutherford, ] NJ. Simpson. B. F. Clegg, William Lemons. Monroe Meeks, James BaHghman, C. Moodson Poss, J E. Isbell, ". F. Mullikin, T. F. Gillespie, HuHter H. Knox. D. I. Spires.