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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-17
SAM sMITHER IS DEAD.
s,omular Huwfneer for I.. & E. Expire
 fwS MeWw NgexfCn.

Popular Engineer for L. & Y. nxPHes
 in1 New Mexico.
 A telegram announcing the death of Samuel Lewis Smither at Las vegas. N M, was received yesterday after noon by M F. Hulst. Chief Engineer of Division No. 4e5. Brotnerhood or Lo- comotive Engineers.
 The news of the death of Mir. smith CT was shock to his friends in Mont. gomery as the latest news from him had been of an improvement in his
 Mi. MT. smither had been in falling health for more than a year and at he went to Las Vegas last December, hoping that the change of climate would restore him to health. He dld not improve as rapidly as was hoped joined him there in May and was with him at the time of his death. which occurred suddenly Wednesday. night
 Mr. Smtther was 70 years old and gomery thirteen years ago and was employed as an engineer on the Mo- bile and Montgomery division of tLe louisville and Sashgs S5s bath haf.roan baeae so bad as to necessftate his retirement from work he was running passen- ger train engine between Montgomery
 Possibly there was no engineer in the service Of the Louisville and Nash- vile Railroad Company who was bet ter kuOWu ana more p0puiaF lHdh Sam Smither" as he was generally known among the men on the road, and not alone among the railroad men was he well known but among the business men of tn city as well.
 He was a prominent member Of Dt- vision No. 495 of the Brotherhood or Locomotive Engineer and was an en- thusiastic member of the Capital City Gun Club
 He married about five years ago Miss Sallie Townsend, of Birmingham. He Is survived by his wife and his father and one sister who make their home at Decatur.
 All necessary arrangements for transportation for Mrs. Smither with remains of her hus nd, from Las Vegas to Montgomery were made by Mir. Huiet yesterday afternoon and he expects that she will reach here Mon- day morning. MT. Hulet, with a com mittee of engineers, will meet her at Birmingham and take charge of the body, which immediately upon their arrival here will be carried from the union railway station to the Dexter Avenue Methodist Church, where the funeral services will be conducted.
 The Brotherhood of Locomotive En- gineers will conduct the burial ser vices of the order at the grave. The inter1ent will be made at Oakwood Cemetery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-17

and was locked in cell An examin- ation of the dress suit ease revealed that tho case and it's contents tallied in every detail with the goods lost by Dr. Sykes Everything was found ex- cept the fruit
 At the residence, wilkinson stoutiy denied his guilt but, at the station. the letter of Dr. Sykes was shown him and tn epositive Identification of the goods was made known to him. Then the young man broke down and ad- mitted both robberies, according to the police. With his directions, officers visited the Martin residence few minutes later and recovered the property of Miss Mccullough under 9 pillow in bed room where Wilkinson had hid the goods when he saw the police coming. The gold watch was recovered and the purse which con- tained several pins and the gold rings. all with settings missing, It was at first believed that Wilkinson had clipped off the settings and disposed of them but 1t developed, according to Miss Mccullough, that she had lost all of the settings out of the jewelry.
 Wrote Offensive Letter.
 When searched at police headauar- ters, a letter in offensive language was found on the person of Wilkinson QITSClCu to MI 1AditfHs At AS OSAAS'N> he had intended mailing the letter to MT. Martin on leaving Montgomery.
 Mir Martin later swore out war rant charging Wilkinson with grand larceny and Chief Taylor directed letter to Dr. Sykes. informing him of the recovery of his goods. The grand larceny case was continued yes terday afternoon for hearing by Re- eorder Baber until this afternoon.
 "wilkinson seems to be bad fel- low, said Mir. Martin yesterday. members of his family we lost all patience with him. I saw his father day or two ago. He told me that his son had taken sf0 from him on leaving Hayneville and about as much from his uncle. He said he was tired of his sons conduct and told me to have him arrested and put in jail if | wanted to- He would not try to get him out The boy will not work He comes from an excellent family"
 wilkinson is an ordinary looking boy. He is IS years old, clean shaven and has red hair. He Is said to have been in bad company while in Mont gomery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-17
LAWRENCE ROACH PARoLED.
Negro whe Was Sentenced
 To TMenfy-Seyen Years.

VI .
 A parole was granted yesterday by Governor Jelks to Lawrence Roach. q Montgomery negro, who has already served seven years of sentence of twenty-seven years, imposd Decembr g. 1899, by the Montgomery City Court for assanlting a woman.
 The reasons for clemency toward Roach were set forth by the Governor In the following endorsement which he made on the papers:
 This man was convicted of assault to murder, and also an additional charge to ravish. on December 3. 1899.
 The woman whom he is charged with having ravished was a grown woman of his own race and a sister of his wife. There was no evidence except her statement There Is really very grave doubts If he really committed the offense and number of the best citf- zens In the place where he was raised insist that he could hardly have been guilty. He has served q sentence Of more than seven years. The trial judge writes I think the petitioner has prob~ ably suffered enough for his offense, and I recommend that he be paroledf
 Tt is ordered that the petitioner be paroled. dependent of his future law abiding conduct"
 Roach is classified as first class convict with a clear record. He has been leased by the State to the Tennes-l see Coal Iron and Railroad Company, and has been working st mine slope No 10.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-17
EscAMBIA's GOOD OFFICIALS.
They Are COmpIImented In Reports D,
 Examiner.

His accounts are neatly and cor rectly kept, and his office is conducted in accordance with law
 This is the substance of the report made yesterday to Governor Jelks by State Examiner John T. German as to his examination of the books and ac- counts of each of the officials of Es- eambia County
 The report filed by Examiner Cor man, and distinctly complimentary to the men who hold office in the court house at Brewton. Not a single error was discovered.
 The officials of the County on whom reports were filed are w, J. Holland. Tax Collector; NJ. R. Mcclellan Tax As sessor; J F OBannon, Superintend- ent of Education; J. W. Raley. Sheriff e F Rankin, Circuit Clerk. and M. P Brooks, Probate Judge.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-17
WARD GETS PLACE
APPOINTED COMMISSIONER OF ETo-
 WAH COUNTY.
Governor Selects Business Young Man Of Gadsden To Succeed J. R. Cam bron--Much Interest In the
 Contest.

Charles S Ward a well known bus mess young man of Gadsden, was yes to be Commissioner of the First District of Etowah County. to succeed J. R. Cambron. resigned
 Mir. cambron left the Commissioners office to become a candidate for Sherif of the County
 The vacancy in the office of the Com missioner caused considerable warmth In the politics of Etowah County. There were a number of applicants for the place and leading Democrats of Eto- wah were much divided in their en- dorsements of the applicants. Among the applicants were: w. F. Johnson. Charles D. Meeks. R. R. Yeates. J. K. Hendley and w. J. Melee.
 The new. commissioner. MT. Ward. is Vice President of the Queen City Bank of Gadsden. and is Interested in numer- ous enterprises of Etowah's capital.
 Notaries Public were named by the Governor as follows: Pauie Will son, Anniston: J. N. Russell, Pink. Cof- fee County. and claud Wright. Gantt Covington County.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-17
Deatb of Mr.. l.. ID. wat,s-

Enterprise, Aug. 16.-(speciaI.)- J. Last night at 12 o'clock Mrs. L. D. Watts died after an illness of several weeks. For a number of days her friends and relatives have had very little hope for her recovery. Friends
 relatives and skilled hpysicians have She leaves a husband and several chil- dren. The remains were inferred this afternoon at the city cemetery, and funeral services were held at the First Methodist Church by Rev. E. E. Cowan, The children of Mrs. Watts are Ed and Dan Watts of Hartford Julian, Misses Bessie, Emma and Bavie of Enterprise
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-17
LenoIa Toilet Soap.

California Lemola toilet sop discovery of the adoption of the medicinal properties of the lemon the Manufacture of toilet and bath soap Excellent for the complexion for the scalp and hair Highly recommended by those who have used it. high grade toilet soap very moderate price, cakes to the box. Sale nrce .... .... .... .... .25c Box
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-17
BANQUET OF ALUMNI.
I,omax Chapter to Have Dinner on
 August 3B.

August 50.
 l.omax Chapter of the Alumni Soci- ety of the State University will give a banquet at the Exchange Hotel on the night oS August 30.
 This was the decision of the Execu- tive Committee of the Chapter which met yesterday afternoon at the office of Major R. E. Steiner, President ot the Chapter.
 The Committee which will have charge or the arrangements for the banquet consists of Ben. GreIl, L. F. Woodruff and w. F. Thetford, Jr, President J. w Abercrombie of the University and President of the Alumni Society; W. Hill Ferguson of Birmingham. will be invited to attend the banuuet.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-17
 SUPPLIES FOR ELECTION.
They Have Been Forwarded To Count,
 Chnfrmeus

Ch0frmeus
 The last of the supplies for the Democratic primary election to be held August 27, were shipped out yesterday bs Hon. '. K. Jackson of Montgomery. who has been assisting Chairman H. s. b Mallory of Selma. with this feature of the work incidental to the election Mir Jackson said yesterday that be hoped the Democratic chairmen of the various Counties would telegraph him if they found they were short in their supply of baffofs. or any other supplies. Two ballots will be used. the State ballot and the County ballot. The first on white paper. Neither of the tickets ia very lengthy
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-17
Ice Cream Victims Recover.

s-.isburg Beach, Mass, aug 16- The six persons who were taken seri- ously i'll last night as the result of eating ice cream. which had been poisoned by unclean cans all passed the night comfortably and it was be- Meved today that all would recover.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-17
Al Economy Counter.

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 3inch wide and regular 1Oc quality, Friday the yard .5c
 1000 Yards Caicos in great variety of designs and prntings Friday the yard .. ... .:3 1l2c
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-13
B q o K S
Rv w . V


Have We hthlsIophobla7 John Bess-
ner Huber. AN, MD, in a most valu-
able and absorbing book, consumptIon:
Its Relations to Man and His civilization:
Its Prevention and Cure. says that
phthisiophobia. foolish mania OF fear Of
tuberculosis, possesses men, While he
clearly admits the seriousness Of the
problems offered by the dread disease
(and he knows those problems far better
than most men thru wide practice as a
specialist In consumption). he protests
against the cruelty that the mania of
fear Of the disease has engendered. He
says:
It is really deplorable to consider the degree
or cruelty and selfshness to which this phthisio
phobia has driven people. Consumptiyes mus
perforce give up light work, such as they are
sadly in need Of Employers will not engage
such men: they not going to run the risl
of catching the disease---nOt they. Here clerl
suspected of phthisis Is discharged; there
woman loses her place because it is Whispered
there IS consumption in the family" Ever
our powerful government at Washingt on-power
full enough to be merctful-sees to 1t that phthis
ical employees shall be dismissed without pen
sion.
He pleads for reasonable. grown-ur
behavior"
Dr. IIuber's book is a medical treatise
but It's scope is wider than that. While
1t Will interest the medical profession, Il
Will also interest the layman, for 1t Is no.
encountered in a forbidding manner will
1 technical terms s. Tt Is not at all revolu
1 tionary or the work Of an extremist DR.
Huber's position In the medical world i
guaranty for the work and demands fo
it a careful reading.
/ J. B. Lippincott company, Philadelphia.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-13
Duluth s Duty.

The Journal feels like congratu-
lating Duluth. Duluth is city by an
unsalted sea, and there is nothing fresh
or unsophisticated about Duluth. It is
city of practical men who have also
within their bosoms great deal Of the
poetry of life. There is nothing too
good for Duluth, and therefore it fol-
lows that the republican state conven-
tion is worthy of the city where it is
being held. It bids fair to be mem
orable convention. It is the first CON
vention in recent years which has. not
had its candidates picked for it in adj
vance. In the sense Of the uncertainty
of the outcome the Duluth convention
takes higher rank as a deliberative
body than any Of its predecessors in
the past six or eight years.
As corollary of the above PROPOSE
tion it may be said truthfully that there
is less evidence Of the fnesse of bosses
about the Duluth convention than usual.
It's delegates are largely unpledged.
There is not candidate upon the list
/ a majority Of the delegates were elected
as his men.
But to get back to and at Duluth. The
primary business Of the city is to enter
tain the convention. OF course st
Louis county has large delegation ane
st. Louis county has a candidate for :
ytate Office, but there is q difference be
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-13
Taxes on Personal Property.

Marshall Field had the reputation Of
being the most honest taxpayer in Chi
cago, and no doubt he deserved it. Yet
Marshall Field rebelled at making
clean breast of his personal-property
holdings. He sent word to the assessor
that he would stand for a $2,500,OOO
personal assessment or he would move
out Of Chicago. The assessor marked
him down for $2,5oO,ooO- The true
amount Of his personal estate was near
ly $17,000,000, as shown by the ap-
praisal after his death. x
The trouble with Marshall Field was
not dishonesty nor disinclination to
bear his share of the burden Of taxa
ton. He was exceptionally open and
frank about his real estate, and never
made any Of the familiar pleas against
the valuations set upon his holdings.
sessment appears to have been based
on the inequality Of the operation Of
the law. He knew that other rich
men were paying very small personal
taxes, and he felt that, by making a
full disclosure Of his personal property
he would be making taxes not ~ as
nearly equal as possible" but as far
| from equal possible. No man, no
matter how rich, likes to feel that he
is being made "sucker' Of, and that
is exactly the feeling of the man who
pays his full quota Of personal taxes.
At the average rate Of taxation Mar
shall Fields personal-assessment taxes
would have been between $95O,00O and
100000 annually. If such tax had
been collected just once, the assessors
and auditors Of Cook county would
have fallen dead of heart disease. The
other rich men of Chicago would have
looked upon Mr.. Field as having Mr
Easy Mark backed off the board.
The personal assessment has not yet
been solved. It very likely never will
be solved until the state makes a hard
and-fast rule about citizens listing
their property and swearing to the re
cita1. A few criminal prosecutions fol
failure or refusal to do this woulc
work wonders in the solution Of the
vexed problem. s
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-13
TYRANNY OF THE PosToFFlcE
Senator Bailey Of Texas.

Mr.. President doubt if there is des-
potism on the earth today that holds any
single man in it's dominion with the same
power over the business Of the citizens
as the United States vests in the post
master general Of this country. j, He can
close any mans business by simply say
ing that he believes it is conducted fraud
ulently. A clerk, upon an insufficient ex-
animal ton, can order mans mail dis
continued, interrupt the current Of his
correspondence, destroy his standing in
the business community, and the citizen
is absolutely without access to the courts
to right the wrong. His business can be
destroyed, his reputation ruined, his
profits can be diverted to his competitors;
and yet he is powerless to appeal, except
to the same officer under whose. order he
has suffered this great wrong.
Now, undoubtedly it is true that the gov
eminent Of the United States ought not
to allow its service to be employed by
scoundrels and cheats, but this way of
lodging in the hands Of one man the pow
err to destroy the business Of the many
Is un- American You deny the man whose
business is thus assailed resort to the
courts of the country. If you take his
horse, even for public purpose without
making him just compensation, he can
call you to the bar Of justice; but single
Individual, responsible to nobody but his
own conscience, can destroy mans bust
ness, injure or ruin his good name, and
drive him into poverty and disgrace, from
a business that he has built up by his in
dustry and sagacity, leaving him without
a. remedy in the courts.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-13
Kindness to a Dog.

AS a friend of mine and I were walk
ing home from the store we saw
puppy who had his foot run over. I
took out my handkerchief and tied it
up tight. I picked him up and car
ried him home Mother asked me
what had there and I told her dog
I took him up in my room and put him
in doll bed. He stayed there because
his foot was 50 sore it hurt him to walk
on it. asked mother what to put on
it and she said any healing salve. So I
took vaseline and put it on. His foot
healed and he was soon running about.
I called him Pluck, because he was
SO smart. I taught him to sit up,
shake hands, speak, go for stick, play
sick or lame, and look ashamed when he
was scolded. I never whipped him but
once: he ate silk dress of my doll s
and I lost my temper and whipped him.
When he did his tricks well gave him
an apple.
He lived to be years old and then
our neighbor shot him. They said he
killed their chickens. Papa was very
angry and made them pay for him. /
would not have another dog because it
made me feel bad to think Of him.
A Sixth Grade. Helen Garrigues,
z Emerson School. 1921 Stevens av.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-13
THE OCTOPUS BANK
Detroit journal

Standard Oil is growing almost in
genuous in it's candor, possibly because an
announcement of the inevitable doesn't
cut much figure one way or the other. It
is reported that the National City bank
Of New York, the Rockefeller institution,
will soon be converted into q bank with
a capital Of $75O,000,oO0. The purpose of
this colossal undertaking is, as usual, al
truistic.s It is to regulate money rates
and prevent periods Of money stringency
and accompanying high rates Of interest :
Think for minute of the tremendous
influence of a billion dollar bank. It Is
a large bank that has capital of $1,000
900. The Rockefeller bank will be a
thousand times larger than one Of these.
The bankers Of the country will be moth
ing but clerks Of the National City bank.
It win not only regulate money rates, "
but It will control the money Of the
country. It shall say who can and who
cannot borrow money and what stagger-
/ ing rate shall be paid for 1t. Now the
standard Oil interests thrive by sitting
competition. With billion dollar bank
standard OIL can virtually say who shall
! and who shall not engage in business
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-13
$50

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The Men Who Explored the Pacific
Under the title Vikings OF the Pacific. A.
G. Laut, author Of Pathfinder of the
West" has told in most readable form
the stories Of the men from Bering to
Baranof who searched out the unknown
Pacific The book is much more than a
mere chronicle; it, retains much of the
romance and adventure Of the lives of
the men who explored the Pacific, and
at the same time the history Is based In
large measure upon original records or
careful digests Of such records. Imparti-
atty is shown, and there is no attempt
to paint as perfect such men as Drake,
Cook and others. Cook, for example, is
shown to have been clearly at fault in
the encounter that resulted In his death
In the Sandwich islands. The daring and
the brute flerceness Of the life that bat
tied for knowledge of the unexplored
seas grips the interest and makes the
book one that the searcher after readable
history Will not wish to miss. 81
The Macmillan company, New York.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-13
"A Foolish Policy.

The agricultural committee Of the
house is destined to become the center
of good-sized cyclone about the time
it's report on the. meat inspection bill
goes to the house. The packers have
taken possession Of majority of the
committee and are having things all
their own way. The bill reported will
be their bill. But there are enough in
the minority to expose the situation
and where they fail the correspondents
will do the rest. The packers are only
prolonging the agony and increasing
the injury to the whole meat producing
and manufacturing industry. The SEN
ate will not accept and the president
will not approve bill that nullifes the
whole result Of the investigation.
The packers might as well make up
their minds to accept strict and close
supervision of their business now as to
wait awhile. They have earned it and
they are going to get it and the quicker
the country has assurances that thei,
products are wholesome and safe the
quicker their business will recover from
! its present demoraliZed condition. They
are wasting time and money in resist
ing the inevitable. It's a foolish
policy.
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-13
Not Taking Any Chances,

The Minnesota Bankers association
have issued an artistic invitation and
program for their annual convention to
be held at Lake Minnetonka this month.
Supplementing the program they have
printed the national hymn and the
"Battle Hymn Of the Republic. y They
may want to sing the national hymn,
and they do not want to be caught as
the members of the Minnesota Editorial
association were some years ago at VIM
nipeg. This happened before the Span
ish.American war and before the war
spirit developed at that time had
aroused the national feeling, making
the use Of the national hymn common
and the people acquainted with the
words as they are now. The editors
were handsomely entertained by the
citizens Of Winnipeg at a banquet.
The Manitobans sang their national
hymn and the Americans joined in
"God Save the Queen!' Then the
hosts proposed that they join their
guests in singing the national hymn of
America. Hosts and guests arose
Hosts looked at the guests and guests
at each other and then they all sat
down again. No one in the editorial
party who could sing was familiar
enough with the words to venture to
start them. Probably the bankers can
sing the national hymn now, as we
have progressed in this particular dur
ing the last eight years, but they are
not going to take any chances. f.