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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-15

movement of the Society of Equity against the American Tobacco Com pany: T am for the elimination of the tobacco crop in Kentucky for all time to come. if that be necessary to give the citizens of this state their liberty from the tyrannical rule of that mon strous and rapacious monopoly"
 Says s. E. Barnett, of Hartford, Ky, President of the American Society of Equity: T desire to denounce, in the strongest terms at my command the recent conduct of those who composed the mob at Princeton and Hopkinsviile. and all other unlawful acts that have been committed in the name of the tobacco grove rs of the State. have no knowledge as to whether or not these people are members of the Socie- ty of Equity. If they are members they are its worst enemies. and those who are we'll -wishers for the success of it's principles will lend what ever aid they can in apprehendfng and bringing to justice these vioiators of the law"
 Says Governor wnlson, who last week took his seat in the gubernatorial chair: If 1t is in my power am not going to tolerate this condition of af- fairs moment longer than is neces- sary to apprehend the men who are
  on the fair name of Kentucky. The extreme penalty of the law. shall be their portion. The wholesale destruc- ton of property and the shedding of blood, for which acts they alone are responsible, can have no excuse.
 T am not taking up the cudgel in behalf of the tobacco trust mind you. I am merely deprecating violence. That the Night Riders are more ap- palling menace to the life ana pros perity of this common wealth than was the notorious Klu Klux Klan. Is not alone my opinion. They represent an element of barnarism which is totally unws rranted
 My hand and my office shall be used to eradicate this evil prior to any other with which the body politics may be threatened"
 Says the Trust: Nothing.
 Flock to Society.
 And meanwhile recruits. not only in this State. but in Indiana and Ohio. are f1ockins daily to the standards of the Society of Equity. The representatives cf inc trust are busier than ever be- fore, buying the product of the inde- pendent planters and engaging their future crops And the gospel of the baavv hand Is not suffering from negIect. Barns filled with the wealth of their owners, are being put to the torch: warnings. bearing the skull and cross bor es. are appearing on fences .nS front doors; whole neighborhoods are being terrorized by the prospects of riot and devastation and bloodshed The Night Riders are abroad in more than name; witness the burning of William Stevensop's property at Law
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-15
FURNACE BLOWS OUT
sHErFlELD COMPANY IN RECEIv.
 FRS HANDS.
Mir. stronr Has Money to Meet the Pay Rolls and Says That the
 Plant Will Resume Opera tfous Soon

Shefiield, Dec. 14-(Special.)- )--The furnace of the shefheld Coal and Iron Company In this city was blown out yesterday, and at the same time the company went into the hands of re- ceiver. Benjamin Strong. Jr.. of New York City. who is acting under pro ceedings instituted in the United States Circuif Court. bv the Bankers Trust Company, of New York, of which MT. Strong Is an officer. and which com pany is trustee for the bondholders.
 The trust company holds two mort gages on the property of the Shemeid Coal and Iron Company and the nrst issue of bonds having matured and the company being unable to take care or the principal, the foreclosure proceed ings were Instituted.
 MT. strong is acting as receiver of the company in Alabama and Tennes- see, where the property Is located. and in Now Jersey, where the company has its charter. Mir. Strong states that his appointment as receiver is in the na- ture of . friendly foreclosure proceod- ing. and a necessary step to raise more working capital. and plans to that end. he says. are now being made Tn New York.
 He has the authority and the funds with which to meet the pay rolls of the company in Sheffield, and this will be don@ promptly. W. M. Jones, at present secretary and treasurer, will have im- mediate supervision of the property Tn Shefield as the trust company's local representative.
 A gIeam of sunshine in the closing down of the furnace is statement from the. receiver that the company will, in short time. again begin op. erations in Shefiield. and upon lar. ger scale than heretofore.
 An item of important and gratify. ing news in this city is that the King Stove Foundry, which was recently de- stroyed by fire in this place. entafling the loss of the stove plant. aggregat- ing several thousand dollars. Is arrang- ing to rebuild it's plant. In fact. work has already started. and will be push cd rapidly to completion.
 The new foundry will be one of the most complete and modern in the South. ts
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-15
HAWK IS KILLED
 IN AN EVIL RESORT

Sheffield. Dec 14.-Special.)-Arth Hawk. a young man about 25 years old. yard switchman in this city Tor the Southern Railway, was killed last night by Lillian Jones, an inmate or house of ill-repute.
 He was shot through the neck with an automatic revolver. The killing is claimed to have been accidental. Hawk and another young man were at the house. and Hawks companion had an automatic revolver. which he Is said to have exhibited to the woman. The woman claims that she drought the weapon was unloaded. and that she playfulIy pointed it at Hawk, when It was accidentally discharged. the ball passing through Hawks neck and kill ing him almost instantly.
 Hawk was unmarri" l, and his rela- tives are said to reside somewhere In Texas. He had been in Sheffield only a short time, coming here from Geor- eia.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-15
KENTUCKY TOBACCO WAR
 AND WFzATIT MEANS.

and sold by independent growers. were burned; the jail and crty hall were rid- dled with bullets; all who ventured forth were fired upon and an officer who fell into Nheir hands was beaten beyond recognition. The rattle of shots drew recruits from all directions armed men rushing to the defense of their property--and pitched battle followed in which two of the Night Rid- CTS were seen to fall from their sad- dles. The remainder wheeled to make a dash for liberty, but as quickly turned, and calmly. in the face of terrific fire. picked up their fallen comrades. Then. pointing with de- rision at the burning buildings and hurling curses in the direction of the advancing citizens they rode away Into the night.
 Scores of detectives have been sent out for clews. A bloody handkerchief dropped after the fight by one of tho riders, was found. This finally led to named William Gray had been carried to the home of his father, several miles below the town of Cadiz, the morning after the raid, by number of masked men. Here is the body of your son." they said, being men of few words. Later. Edward McCook .anoth- CT young farmer. was discovered at his hohiO AEiSS SOtuty, QyinS tHe effects of a gunshot wound. He would say nothing.
 This Is all the human bloodhounds have been able to unearth. The iden- tity of the members of the dreaded Riders is as mysterious as when they began their depredations a year ago.
 The gruesome intelligence that the Night Riders were again in the war path. more desperate. more determined than ever, has had the effect of plac-' ing many communities on their guard, condition bordering on martial law prevailing in numerous towns.
 At Lexington, Sharpsburg, Winches- ter, Mount. Sterling. Owingsville. Maysville and other towns. alarming reports have been received concerning the movements of bands of riders and armed men have been on guard day and night Every breeze brings a warning; the striking of a match upon the streets at night suggests the torch and is an invitation to death at the hands of some quick-triggered guard.
 Agitation is Grow ing.
 Meanwhile the public agitation of the question of the rights of the tobacco growers, of the trust. of those who place their faith in violence, Is grow ing. Says Senator J. c. Cantrell. of Scott County. one of the largest plant CTS in the State and a leader in the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-15

Fruit of the Loom or Lonsdale Bleaching. full yard OF. wide for Monday only. 10 yards for 1JC
 36 inch Black Tafeta Sk-exa heavy and fully guaranteed he regular $l.50 quality very high usre. co. for Monday only. =. VOC Black Silk Velvet the $l.25 quality for Monday 70.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-15
MISS SARAH PRICE DEAD. Passed Away in Florence After Long

Florence. Dec. Special )-After an illness extending over several months. death came to Miss Sarah H. Price Thursday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock.
 The deceased was a devoted. Chris tian and met courageously all the du- ties of life. She was the daughter of the late pr. William Price and is sur vived by her mother. three brothers, Dr. Percy Price of Florence. Dr. Hous- ton Price of Somerville. Tenn, and Dr. William Price of Lauderdale Coun. ty. and five sisters. Mrs. Will Fort Price. Mrs. O. E. Miller. Mrs. Joseph Nichols of Louisiana and Misses May ard Kate Price of this city.
 The funeral was held from the First Meth odist ChuIch
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-15
VvAat is at stake-what Has Been Ds.s-wAat senator cantreil Says -wAat Governor wnlsen ssys-- whst President of Equity Society says-what the Trust says-Tke Cause, EGect and Possible Future of Remarkabie Movement.
ny '. n. HORNADY.

Hopkinsville, Ky- Dec. 14.--(SpecialD --The history of Kentucky is nothing If not picturesque. There is scarcely . chapter but chronicles some tragedy of more than State influence; bloody feuds among mountaineers have loom ed large in the public eye from time to time and even now the gruesome details of a dark plot. eliminating fin the death of a chief executive of the State, are being rehearsed at Georgetown in the trial of Caleb Pow CTS.
 The play, of course. has shifted-- from wartime drama to. a beauty show (with occasional melodramas for curl tain raisers.3 But thriller of the good old-fashioned sort now holds the boards. "At War With the Trusts" of "The Night Riders."
 For many years the people of the Blue Grass State have not faced such a business crisis. The third act of the drama is on and the elements are con- ventionaI; 1t Is precedent that blood shall be shed. The condition of con- troversy between the organized plant CTS and the trust and the havoc cre- ated by the lawless element among the farmers Is not confined to one county or even a section of the State. Like wildfire, especially in the last seven days. it has spread from boundary line to boundary line. There are 75,000 farmers interested--and vitally. At least 0,o00, 900 pounds of tobacco, rep- resenting s34,7s1,000 are involved.
 In q word, the bread and butter of 75 per cent. of the planters in the State fs threatened, both by the trust, and that even worse enemy--internecine warfare. Feuds. prohibition, politics to the background. Men are sleeping on their arms. The Night Riders are lbroad!
 Stnte of Martial Law.
 law. and, it might be added. almost un- royernabIe hysteria. A week ago the Night Riders were in possession of the streets. Huge warehouses, containing thousands of pounds of tobacco. raised
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-15
HOLIDAY EXCURSION RATES vau C~mfrn1 of (seOrwfn Railway.

VEM OEmNlWl VI VcVh0HN H@s.s@ 'V"-S"
 Tickets will be sold on December goth to 18th. inclusive, December 3oth and 31st. 1907, and JanuAry 1st. 1908. with limit good to leave destination returning not later than midnight Jan- uary 9th. 1908.
 For full particulars apply to nearest Ticket Agent. or R. c. Brookes. Com mercial Agent, Montgomery. Ala.
 Dec. 12-4-5-7-9-22-4-5. adv.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-15
Holiday Rafen-

The Louisville and Nashville Rail- road will sell round trip tickets to all points in ths Southeastern Passenger Territory Dec. 20 to 25, inclusive, Dec. 30 md S1, 1907, end Jan. i. 1908, at rate of one and one thiTe farez plus SJ cents,
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-15

MEMS SUITs---Ail wool Worsted, the
 kind sold elsewhere at SIS te SIS, for this week only. ......... SI0.0S Specinl values at .@13.0S and @14.9S
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-15

YOUTHS SUITS. $s.ss up to. .si4.O0 BOYS' SUITs-s1.80 up to ..... .s5.50
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-15

0EaN TO EUGNINx1lNG6. NEGLIGEE sHIRTs-More than 50e neat designs to select from and every one fin the lot worth $1.so, all 65c Negligee shirts fer all week, 4sc R1.25 Grey F1ahnea shirts for s0c.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-15
LADIES' WEARABLEs.

LADIES' LONG COATs-Fine qaniits black, castor, navy, brown and tan
 . large variety, diHerentiy trimmee
 not a coat in the lot worth less thas e10.00. for thfs week ......... Ts~S'se
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-15
wIII NIuke Contest.

Phcnix City. Dec. 14.-(special)-- Lee Long who was defeated for Al derman of Phenix City. states that he will contest the election.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-15
Ra cket Store 1o5-7 DEXTER AVENUE TELEPHONE 24s
 Mail Orders Receive Prompt Attention
Gift Giving of Useful Selections
 Made Easy Here.

In selecting Christmas gifts the useful evceabe kind are really the appropriate and oene remind the recipient of the donor Presents the tokens love and friends relatives and should be useful well ornamsnta fully portray the meaning
 It's your then. trade where useful gifts are sold and at prices in conformity with stringent money market
 We claim that this is the place and the time
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-03
Mr.. DooIey In England.

The latest Dooley book, Dissertations
by Mr. Dooley (Harper's) is continuing
to attract wide attention in England,
where it has made an impression most
unusual for a work of humor from this
side of the Atlantic; and the English
papers continue to quote such extracts
as the following to show that wisdom
is the basis of MIR. DUNES wonderful
humor, and that 1t is for that reason
that the humor wins such popularity:
NO, sir hotel life is not FIR tn likes
iv us, Hinnissy. It's FIR thin that loves
mad gayety, tn merry rattle iv TIL tilly-
phone bell. tn electric light that GIBBS
an flows. TIL long an invigoratin' walk
to tn bath, tn iivator that shoots We
up an down or passes We by, tn clink iv
tn dark ice In tn pitcher, an TIL mad
swirl iv tn food In tn RESTRAINT where
tn warm. moist waither rubs ye'er plate
affectionately with TIL other mans nap
kin an has an attintive ear FIR iviry
wurrud w ye'er private conversation. All
this is FIR TIL rich. Gawd bless thin an
keep thin out " our detached semi
detached novels or homes, tn only pos
sessions TIL poor have left"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-03
REALM OF COOKS

BY PAL PRY.

t"rhe Art of the Singer" by w. Hender-
son. Published by Charles Scribner's
Sons.
THE Art of the Singer by w. j.
Henderson, has been mentioned in these
columns before, but in view of the effort
on the part of our music loving people in
this city to bring Madame Sembrich here
in April, it will be of interest to hear
what Mr.. Henderson has to say of Mad
anne Sembrich In a thoughtful and deep
ny suggestive chapter, concluding his
valuable book, in which he dwells and
insists on the "Muscanship' of the
singer, he says, What threw the operate
world into confusion on the appearance
of Wagner? What made singers say this
new music was unsngable? Its demands
mIpon the voice? Nonsense, Its demands
npon the singers musicianshlp caused the
trouble The old simple diatonic progress
,sions, the stock phraseology of song, were
laid aside for new harmonic diction
and the singers could not intone the un-
1amillar intervals" Then the author says
also: Every singer ought to be ac-
,uuainted with the history of music
Hgvery singer should be a master of vocal
sight reading y First and fore
imost the singer ought to acquire some
Iuneasure of ability to play upon an in
Instrument. Naturally his choice Will pre-
ider the piano. for this instrument can be
utilized in the study of his own branch of
art"
He then concludes: Il may be pardoned
sat this point for inviting the reader
lattention to one singer who mas all the
qualifications demanded in this chapter.
lit not infrequently happens that super
S1cial operagoers ask why Madame Sem
hrich receives so much critical praise
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-03
ACUTE, CHRONIC LAzINEss.
Ireland Has the Champion SIuggard Of
the World-ln Bed Since 1877.

Special Cable to the New York Sun.
Dublin-The Board of Guardians of
Lurgan assert that a villager named
Thompson is the LATEST man on earth.
Thompson went TO bed in 1877 and did
not leave it until two weeks ago and
then only OH compulsion.
His aged mother. with whom he lived
alone was taken i'll and had to be re-
moved to an intirmary, and then Thomp-
son was compelled to get up. The effort
rendered him too tired to walk, and he
was taken to the worknouse in an ambu-
lance where he remained until his moth
err returned home.
Thompson followed her Immediately.
but was compelled to walk this time. the
Poor Law Guardians refusing to furnish
an ambulance. He is now comfortably in
bed again. He is supported by his old
mother, who receives occasional help
from her more energets sons in Austria
liza and eight pence a week from the
guardians.
The doctors tried irritating plasters and
electric currents on Thompson to make
him get up but they had no effect He
is quite healthy, but suffers from acute
chronic laZiness.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-03

in spite of the indisputable fact that she
is no longer in the bloom of her years nor
the springtme of her voice. Her ex-
quisite art is entirely lost upon those who
nave no knowledge of its qualities The
truth is that Madame Sembrich enjoys a
unique superiority by reason of her thor
ough musicianship She began her career
as pianist and next became a volnist
She was an accomplished vrtuoso on
both instrumtnts and learned the funda-
mental principles of music from the point
of view of the instrumental musician
When she discovered that she had a voice
she took up the study of singing .
All her singing is instinct with musician
ship. Her phrasing is both dramatic and
musical. Her feeling for rhythme is ex-
quisite. Her treatment of recitatiVe is
that Of singer who has played Bee
thoven and Chopin. Her knowledge of
style is perfect
The author then concludes: I'm an
experience of years this writer has seen
hundreds of singers who ruined their
most ambitious attempts through want
of the musical knowledge needed to carry
out their wishes. He has yet To see the
singer who destroyed the precious gift
of temperament and voice through excess
of scholarship
THE Sovereign Remedy" by Flora Annie
Steele. Published by Doubleday, Page
& Co
'The Sovereign Remedy is quoted as
being among the six best selling books in
England. Possibly this is not difficult
to believe, for it is a fine novel of Eng
lsh life. exceptionally well written 1t
appeals strongly in its finely drawn char
acter work and the musical style of its
conception, but after all it is difficult
of comprehension and only satisfying at
the end in the very meagre satisfaction
that may be CLEANED from a heroic and
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-03
ARMOR VERSUS THE SHELL
*" OR half century this game has
r. gone on" says an article in APP

sIEoR half a century this game has
gone on" says article in APP
pleton,'s for March. "since the
old British Warrior was belted with four
and half inches of plate secured to
eighteen inches of teak. To this the
gunmaker responded with Palliser
pointed chilled iron shot, which easily
pierced this novel protection. In 1873
came the compound plate. with wrought
iron back and separate hard steel face
welded together This last broke up the
Palliser projectlles on impact, while the
wrought iron backing lent roughness and
support to the mass The solid all. steel
, plate came next. but it was beaten in
the race by a certain pointed shot made
of high carbon forged steel, before whose
impact even the all steel plate gave way
Clearly there was limit to the thick
ness of armor which a ship could carry
When % inches was reached va halt
was called. The gunmakers had won, for
even this was pierced by a snot from the
110-ton monster, firing shell of 1873
pounds propelled by $50 pounds of pow
der. But though this gun vanquished
it's first terrific roar proclaimed its own
DOOM and in spite of its enormous cost
the monster was found to be practically
dead, or at least dangerous TO its friends.
after eighty rounds had been fired.
'"rhe gun man had chance once
more, however, for in 1885 Lord Arm
strong-of the famous British works
In Newcastle, employing nearly 10000
hands-decded to follow natures meth
cd of growing onions layer over layer,
and clothe his gun tubes with skins of
steel. which. shrinking as they cooled.
impaired just that amount of tenacity
whose absence had made the old monsters
so dangerous.
Thus We arrive at the most terrific
naval gun of today, the Pinch rife.
wound round with 113 miles of steel
wire. This throws a 7l9-pound shell at
the inconceivable speed of 1851 miles an
hour Against his terrific weapon the
armour people brought the Cammeli-
Harvey plate of heated steel suddenly
chilled with sprays of cold water.
THE next stage of the game shifts to
Krupp's Titanic works at Essen. in Prus-
STA. Here we have the Kingdom of the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-03

Cannon presided over by a girl of
twenty, who is absolute mistress of 40
coo men, and a revenue of tens of mill
lions "a year. Bertha Krupp's vulcans
produced a plate which made its Harvey
forerunner little better than cheese-cloth.
'The material used is multiple alloy
of iron an dother metals in fixed pro-
portions. The making of these plates is
a matter of such amazing delcacy that
1t has becme a science in itself. In
credible care is taken at every stage lest
the delicate surface set up spontaneous
disintegration through cold or sudden
chill. Merely to produce the stuff means
setting up a special plant valued at 81
0O0, 900.
''The work of melting the hundred-ton
steel ingot at a tempertare of 2500 de-
grees is a story in itself-a long and Gu
rous story until the plate energies
'glass-hard and uneuttape faceted
diamond. Next comes the 'ballistc test
laid down by the worlds governments.
whose duty it is to see their people get
the best possible value for the untold
millions poured out IN this scramble.
Each thickness of armor plate must
resist a certain number of rounds of
armor-piereing projectiles, with intensely
hardened noses. There must be no per-
foraton. and no portion of the projectile
must fall behind the plates; nor must
there be any serious cracking. The very
best modern hard-faced armor for war
ships of today is made up to thirteen
inches In thickness. At this three 80
pound shells will be fired from twelve
inch gun, with a striking velocity of
1916 feet per second.
at seems inconceivable that any sub
stance on this earth could withstand
such a stroke. yet there must not be so
much as crack; for in such event
second shot striking the ships side would
undoubtedly shatter the plate. and leave
large gap To put it in another way.
the total striking energy of the three
shots on the plate under test equals So
o6s foot-tons. and vet that plate must re-
main in a condition to stand still further
attack And so for the moment the VIC
tory lies with the armor.
A Mind's-eye View.
From Harper's Weekly.
and is your castle in Spain a sky
scrapero'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-03
Urgent Business In New York

requiring quick trip. may be facilitated
by taking the shortest route from Gin
cinnati or Louisville-the PENNSYLVANIA
lines Frequent daily trains make fast
time. Valuable suggestions sent upon re-
quest addressed to r. H. Lacey. S. Z.
Agt., Nashville, Tenn.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-03
A Mind's-eye View

A Minds-eye View.
From Harper's Weekly.
'And is your castle in Spain sky
scraper?''
YES fourteen fairy-stories high