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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-12
TEACHERS OF GADsDEN.
VIII Attend Sessions of Alabama Edu-
 cati0DRl Association.

Gadsden. April 11.-(Special.)-Pro lessor W. E. Striplin and all of the teachers of the Gadsden public schools are preparing to leave Thursday for Birmingham to attend the annual. meet ing of the Alabama Educational Asso- citation. Professor Striplin is presi- dent of the association. and he will de-. liver his annual address Thursday af- ternoon. There are other teachers from this district who will attend.
 George Burlington, colored, was ar rested Monday night by Officer Thorn ton and placed in the city prison on the charge of murder.ng another negro in Bessemer last Friday night Cap- tain Thornton had suspected the ne- gro during the day and wired to the deputies at Bessemer. The answer came back that Burlington had killed in the county jail. being held for the Bessemer authorities.
 Mrs. Eliza Jolly, mother of N. A. Jolly, died at the home of her son, Monday night. Mrs. Jolly was so years old.
 Invitations have been received in the city to the approaching marriage of Dr. Tennant Lucian Lee, to Miss Nora Lawrence, both of Centre, Thursday evening, May 1st. at the Methodist church Dr. Lee is a recent graduate of the Mobile Medical College. and has been in Centre the past year. He is the son of Col Alto V. Lee and has a large number of friends in this city. Miss Lawrence is the eldest daughter of James R. Lawrence of Centre and is A most charming and cultured young woman.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-12
DEEDS PASS TODAY
WILL GET STATE FAIR
 PROPERTY.
Com mittee Visited che Grounds restera day--Pians for State Fair BuaiA- ing are Being Pre-
 pared.

The deeds of sale for the property to be known as Vandiyer Park. which the Alabama Agricultural Association has selected as the site for the big stats Fair. which is to be held in Montgom- cry. October 2s to a7. will pass into the possession of the Fair corporation to- day. This morning Col B. L. Holt. ths former owner of the property. will rs- linquish his title to the tract of 100 acres which the Association has bought, and the land will become the property of the organization.
 Preliminary to the final step in the transaction, the Committee on Location recently appointed by President ". F. Vandiver of the Association, made q visit to the State Fair site yesterday morning, to inspect the lines of the property as laid out by County En- gineer Stewart p. Washburn. An ins spectien of the engineers survey was pronounced satisfactory. The work of laying out the race track will begin this morning.
 Plans for the Fair buildings. are now in course of preparation, and it is prob~ able that these will be submitted to the officers of the Association before the end of the week. In that case a meet
 
 called. possibly on Saturday. to pasa upon the plans, and to make sugges~ tions and corrections for the numerous new features which have entered inte the consideration of buildings since the matter was first proposed.
 A number of architects. local, and from nearby towns have entered the competition for the bids, and 1t is thought there will be number of plans from which the Board will haya to select. .
 One architect from out of town, bus who Is expected to move to Moutgom- cry in the near future, is among those who are working for the bids for the construction of the Fair buildings, and will be In the city today to submit tha plans he has prepared. There will also be a number nF other plans. which will include the entire ground arrangements and the plans of all the separate build- ings which 1t is expected will ha erected.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-12
VERDICT FOR DEPENDANT. /
Dixie Cotton oil Company Wins Its
 Caae.

DA%AAS SOshOA& O-A N~e-F--.s ''-NS ssS
 Case.
 jury verdict for the defendant was returned In the case of the White Blakeslee Manufacturing Company against the Dixie Cotton oil Company, on an account, which went to the jury In the civil division of the City Court yesterday. The testimony in the case was concluded Tuesday evening, but the case was not given into the hands of the jury by Judge A. D. Sayre until court convened yesterday morning. The verdict was given the defendant on it's plea of recoupment, and damages were assessed at s33.1e.
 Sol Pugh was given the verdict and damages to the extent of $125 in his damage suit against David .Crom- well, for the loss of mule while cros- sing the Alabama river, in a ferry op- erated by the latter.
 The suit of the City Council of Mont gomery against R. H. Somerville, on official bond. was continued by consent. In the suit of Silberman and Todes against L. Gruchensky for the recovery of the amount of note. the case was continued by the defendant.
 Another suit in which the case was continued was that of Campbell Jones against The Advertiser Company, for damages. The continuance of this case was made by agreement of counsel.
 In the case of Dampe Williams against the Montgomery Street Rail- way, judgment was rendered by con- sent for the plaintiff for the property sued for, and the value assessed at SIS. The execution was ordered and a writ of possession issued.
 The case of J. T. Turnipseed against Charles M. Pfeifer, suing for an acc count, was continued.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-12
ELks' THEATRE LEASED.
New Play House at Huntsville Under
 Management of Littietohn.


 Huntsville, April 1f.-fSpecial)- Thomas F. Littlejohn, manager of the Huntsville Opera House. has closed deal with the Huntsville Elk Lodge for ths lease of the new Blk Theatre for period of five years beginning at the opening Of the next theatrical season. The new theatre will be one of the hapdsomest in Alabama and will have a seating capacity of from 1900 to 1,500. The Elks had intended to oper ate the theatre for the benefit of the organization but the proposition of MT. Littlejohn was so attractive that 1t was accepted. The stage of the new theatre is of standard size an dwhen the place is opened the Huntsville pub lie will for the first time be enabled to see first class attractions. a luxury that has never been experienced here.
 The April term of United States Court was convened Monday by Judge Alex Boarman of Louisiana and the grand pury was organized with Her bert Chase of Huntsville as foreman. The court will devote two weeks to the criminal docket will be taken up. The dockets are large and this term of court will be busy one.
 Mrs. O. R. Staines, wife of the busi- ness manager of the Oakwood Manual Training School, died at her home in the county Sunday.
 General H. A. Tyler, commander of the Forest Division of Cavalry, United Confederate Veterans. has appointed K. A. D. Dunlap of Gadsden as commander of the Alabama Brigade of the Divis- ion and c. L. Nolen of Huntsville ad- jutant general.
 The report of Postmaster Hutchens for the year ending April l. 1906 shows that the business of the Huntsville postoffice for the year. amounted to s21,016 against $19.79S for the preced- ing year. a gain of $139 per month. The increase of business has been gradual during the last ten or twelve years. ..
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-12
COMMITTEES TO MEET.
Aldermen Will Hold Conference At
 Noon.

Calls have been issued for meetings of the judiciary committee of the City Council, for the joint committee com posed of judiciary and streets, and for the joint committee of judiciary and finance, to meet at the Council cham Der at 12 o'clock, noon, Auril 12. A number of matters are before these committees including the claims for the reward which the Mayor offered last summerfor information regarding yell low fever refugees. Two persons, who reported the same refugee, have filed claims.
 The petition of John w. Durr and A. A. Wiley, asking that the suit pend ing against them as bondsmen of R. H. Somerville, City Treasurer, will in all probability, be discussed
 Maj. R. E. Steiner. Judge J. NJ. Chill ton, James Parker, c. M Perryman, s. Miller and City Attorney C. P. McIn- tyre have been summoned to appear before the committees.
 A call has also been issued by Chair mas Ruth for a meeting of the water works committee at the Council cham Der at 8 o'clock tonighS
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-12
AN ANONYMOUS PRAYER.
Peculiar EpistIes Received Ny Resi-
 dents of COurtIand

Courtland. April 11.-(SpeciaI. )-An endless chain of prayer seems about to be started in this section, caused by the receipt of an anonymous letter by some of our people a few days since. Both the address and the handwriting recipient is guessing as to who has so much interest in the welfare of the citizens of Courtland and the surround ing country
 Many who have received this letter have pad no attention to it. while the greater majority though claiming not to be supersutious. yet have fol-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-12
PRISONER NOT GUILTY.
Ellison Stacks Acquitted on Charge of
 Assault.


 A verdict of not guilty was return ed in the case of Ellison Stacks ,eharg- ed with assault. which came to trial before Judge William H. Thomas in the criminal division of the City Court yes- terday. Stacks was charged with hav- ing assaulted Julia Brown, negress, near the L and N bridge on Coosa street, last summer. This is the third time the case has been called for trial. having been continued twice before. In the trial of Jesse Beasley. charged with murder, the jury returned yer dict of guilty of manslaughter In the first degree. and sentenced the defend- ant to imprisonment in the peniten- tiary for a term of ten years
 The trial of Alice Williams and Mary Perkins, charged with the murder of Grover Brown, was continued until April 13.
 Jim Williams. A negro. will be tried today for assault.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-12
OLD-FAsHIONED FLOW
 FRS IN DEMAND

Anaexehange has the following:
 ..Such a sale of old-fashioned flowers has never been known in the history Of the trade as we are having this year, remarked the fashionable florist as he finished placing a rustic vase of pur- pIe heather bloom inside the plate glass show window. The craze for new varieties of cultivated flowers has entirely died out. All our orders to De filled on Easter Sunday and the follow ing weak are for the simplest Kind or growing plants and cut blossoms Prim- roses, marguerites, bachelor buttons, bIuebeiis, jonquils and narcissus are prime favorites
 Lilies of the valley are the choicest and most expensive of all, though to be sure it would be difficult to find any kind of flower that is cheap around the Easter holidays. We reap our har- vest of the year right now.'
 He was interrupted by smartly dressed woman who entered the shop just at this moment. After an extended conversation he returned with the ex- planation:
 That was Mrs. V-, who depends on me to furnish the very latest floral decorations for her home during the en- tire winter season. Of late ferns ana an occasional vase of orchids have been all she wanted, but as soon as Lent IS over her orders will be large and very elaborate, and she insists upon having novelties.
 For her Easter Monday reception the decorations are to be boughs of cherry trees in full bloom. These will convert her spacious hall and receiving room into veritable orchard, while the dining room is to be supplied with at least ten rustic vases filled With early wild flowers"
 .gThese rustic vases are quite the most picturesque receptacleS for now CTS that we have ever offered, As ta- ble ornament they take the form of canoe eighteen or twenty inches long with covering of soft green moss over the outside. Another very pretty vase looks for all the world like a miniature log of wood hollowed out on top. The latter has an outer surface of bark with gray moss clinging to its rough cracks. Star flowers, -the-pul- pits, sprays of forget-me-nots for bit of color, and small ferns, are scattered carelessly about in the open space which holds a glass dish concealed be- meath a bed of moss, This gives an ef- feet as if the flowers were growing in a woody dell!
 Excusing himself a second time, the florist hurried over to speak with genial gray-haired old gentleman who had just stepped to the back of the store. The two strolled together among the blooming plants, the patron with his cane pointing out here and there long box filled with tender pink and white tulips, pot of English prim roses topped by great mound of royal purple, or most unique and irresistible of all, a plant of daffodils set in a tiny old d-oaken-bucket house. Brown and green moss gave this odd receptacle an ancient look and the whole thing fur nished a most artistic setting for the golden yellow of the lovely, blossoms.
 No sooner had the old gerNl leman left the shop than business-like looking
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-12
WILL VOTE SATURDAY.
Primary For The Nomination Of Sher-
 if Of Bibb.

Centreville, April I1.-(Special.) .)- Saturday Of this week. April IA a pri- mary election will be held by the Dem ocratic party of Blob county to select a candidate for the office of sheriff.
 Nine candidates will on that day submit their claims to the Democratic voters of Bibb county. All of them have warm friends, but so far the can vass has been free from bitterness.
 The northern part of the county has five candidates the southern, part has three candidates, and the eastern part of the county has one candidate. Chair man D. G. McSpadden has called the executive committee of the county to meet at Centreville April 20 to can vass the vote.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-12

Of her many treasures Queen Alexandra values most a modest milk jug of earth enware, which she keeps in the boudoir at tached to her dairy at sandringham. It was given to her by poor dying girl, whose lat ter days had been soothed by the tender nursing and sympathy of the Princess Alex andra. When the queen entsrtains any ex- alted guest at afternoon tea in her Swiss chalet, 1t Is from this humble but priceless jug that she pours the cream.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-12

Well, if Governor Jeff Davis, of Ar kansas, goes to the United States Sen ate. Senator Tillman won't bs so con Globe. - '
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-12
Hosts of Butchers
a0''s' Bullock Shoe Co. ao'&''
 Before Buying ses uyoA n Bullock sstoe

day. This Is the second time in the history of the institution that 1t has failed to close on Good Friday, the previous occasion being in 1898.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-12
CONCERNING WOMAN
 AND HER INTERESTS

man in faultIess attire entered, and the florist turned to pay his respects to an- other customer. apparently of long standing. The peculiar, quiet smile of the newcomer spoke volumes to crfti- F cal eye. and he slipped a tiny white box into the shopkeeper's hand. the lat ter man gave an understanding smile in return.
 Those are the men we like to serve best" he said as the customer passed out of the shop. Hes found the one woman In the world and she is to re- ceive the seal of the bond tomorrow in the finest box of Jacqueminot roses and lilies f-the-vallay that we can make up. Men like this never stop al expense. and before Easter hoiidays are over his bill for flowers VIII ai- most equal the price of the ring. The Atlanta Journal has the follow ing to say of Mrs. George Ball. who has occupied the position of Editor Woman's Department of The Georgian, the new evening paper of Atlanta:
 "The selection of Mrs. George Ball to be editor of the woman's department or The Georgian. Atlanta's new evening paper. is a matter of congratulation not only among Mrs. Balls good friends and admirers, but in the inner circles of newspaperdom, where Mrs. Balls work has gained a wider recognition than is usually accorded women in the newspaper field. because she did mans part. She has masculine grasp of large affairs. and an easy. forceful way of expressing herself that made her editorial work one of the very strongest features of The Birmingham Age-Herald with which she was con- nected for many years.
 s Mrs. Ball has made her home in Att 1anta for the past five or six years, and since coming here has abandoned act i've newspaper work. She will be well comed back to the field as & pleasant comrade, and a worthy foe"
 All Alabama will congratulate The Georgian on the fact that the editors have secured the services of this bril- liant woman and gifted writer, whose work Is so well known in this State.
 Mrs, Ball is expected soon to be a visitor here for few days. She will be the guest of Mrs Charles P. Ball.
 The Birmingham Ledger gives &C., count of a reception at which MT. and Mrs. George W. Hughes celebrated the fifteenth anniversary of their wedding day. Mrs. Hughes is well known here where she has visited her sister, Mrs. John V. Smith, Mrs. Smith and Miss ,Corrie c. Smith attended the reception and were among the members of the receiving party,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-12
NOTICE, CITY MISSION BOARD.

There will be a meeting of the iCty Mission Board at the Parsonage of the Court Street Methodist Church this, Thursday, morning, at 10:30 o'clock All members are urged to be present.
 Mrs. W. H. Thomas. President
 Mrs. Ollie Edwards, Secretary.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-12
MIII no Rusineas FrIdax.

New York, April 1.-The governors of the New York stock exchange voted today not to close the exchange on Fri
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-12
BULLOCK-ELY.

Miss Ida Katherine Ely and Mir, John William Bullock, Jr.. will be married on next Wednesday evening, April 18th, at the First Baptist Church.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-12

HAPLEss MAN BECOMlNG B1Iin
 To the hapless male, at least he Is nothing more vastly excitihB u
 magazines today than papers w. by learned ladies for The Westmine.*s, to prove that the male IS mere se. ondary thought of nature. so to spesM' a temporary link in the chain ot evo. lution soon to be discarded. He IS me mere destroyer, and all the real crea- tive and progressive force Of Hfe is m the female. Now certain Margaret Eady Hughes sends to the magazine lettey which must be read at length to be appreciated. The beginning we may quote in her own words;
 Ever since the publication in your review of treatise by Mrs. Frances Swiney on the .Evolution of the Male. in which she demonstrates that the masculine element is destined to die out and become unnecessary in the eyoiu- tion of humanity. l have felt an ear nest desire that the male element should be proved to be as enternal as the female in the development of the human organic system. Taking into consideration the honor and worship which have existed between the sexes throughe Ut the ages; in all cases or the highest natural affinity, it seems a rude shock to be told that one or the clements is destined to be discard ed and considered useless. Being de- voted, but an amateur, student of phys ical science, all could say in the mat ter could not be regarded as mora than mere guesses or surnaises on tho subject. Modern scientific thinkers have come to regard electricity Cor the aether) to be the basis and sub stratum of all matter, and that motion, or the possibility of motion. represents all energy. If in the earliest dawn or the history of the human organism the aether, or electrical basis, became in- : fluenced through the motion Of otheR evolutionary systems into forming the nucleus of the human organic system, we can conclude. from the revelations of spectroscopic analysis. that the or- ganism could only be held tosethes through the synchrony of the vi6ra- tions of some of the composite atoms: if acceleration on the one hand (kinetic energy or the male elementl. ana re- tardation (the potential or female ete- ment), on the other hand, rendered at last severance an absolute necessity, the act of division would give rise to a definite amount of potenttality--the energy of position. for the one organ ism to act upon the other. 10 the ex- clusion of the influences of the evolu- ton of other system: to quote the words of Thomas Hohbes, given by J. B. stallo in his work, Concepts and Theories of Modern Physics" there is no cause of motion in body, but in another body contiguous ana moved"
 The conclusion? Apparently. in language free from this scientific Jar gon. man is to be absorbed back into woman with marvellous results to CIV ilization. One might suppose the prayer of science now to be; Lord, deliver me from my friends.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-12


 At the meeting of the Council of Jewish Women held yesterday after noon a feature of the occasion was a beautiful tribute to the memory of Susan B. Anthony and Miss Martha Wollenstein of Cleveland, Ohio. the tal- ented young Jewish authoress whose early death has been so lamenting.
 MT. and Mrs. Woodford Judkins went to Atlanta yesterday to witness the opening game of the baseball sea- son between the Climbers and the At- lanta team. H Mrs, Kate Cunningham of Marion is visiting MT and Mrs. Archibald Cum ningham at their home, 15 WilkersoD street.
 Mrs. E. c. Perry, of Glennville, Is visiting her daughter. Mrs. T. D. Mo- Cough. at her home, Sl7 South Perry street.
 Mrs. Kate Cunningham, of Marion. is visiting Mir. and Mrs. Archibald Cunningham at thcir' home on Wilker- son street.
 MT. and Mrs. W. W. Waldo are be- ing congratulated on the arrival at their home of little daughter. born April 4.
 MT. and Mrs. Hardwick Ruth are spending some time at Pass Christian.
 Mir, and Mrs. W. B. Friedman are oc- cupying apartments at 116 Holcomb.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-12

Mrs. E. c. Perry. of Glennville, Is visiting her daughter. Mrs. T. D. Mo Cough. at her home, s17 South Perry street,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-12

Mrs. Kate Cunningham, of Marion. is visiting Mir. and Mrs. Archibald Cunningham at their home on Wilker- son street.
The Rich Hill tribune., 1906-03-08
22l FISHING BOATS
SAID TO Be LOST

TRONDHJEM. NORWAY--A fish
Ing fleet. consisting OF 500 boats and
operating off Trondhiem. was caught
IN terrific storm Friday and it IS
feared the greater portion or Il was
wrecked. as many boats are reported
10 have been seen floating keel mp
ward. Thus Tar seventy-nine OF the
boats have been reported safe at Fla.
tanger. Koksvik and the Giaosling
erne Islands and possibly others have
reached shelter az some Of the thous
ands OF islands dotting the coast
Steamers are cruising IN the hope Of
picking mp survivors Eleven boats
and thlriy.throe lives are now known
TO have been lost,
The fisher boats are usually man.
ned by three OF four men. so that the
aggregate loss of lifr must be great
The weather is bitterly cold and even
II the ahipwrecked fishermen reach
luninhabited islands they must perish
unless they are rescued Immediately
ITho village Glaseryacro Is the great.
EST sufferer as most Of the fleet had
headquarters there.