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The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-05-26
SERMON No. ~.
BY w. e. HORNE.

..rala heed thou cleanse thee OF their
"aSss be the fresh herb far.
From the goats toothi, "t5en."
Brethren, my consregation seems 10
Ana ' for this, good friends. thank
In NV last sermon you all know
That every fact alleged was true
OF alcohol learned Hammond said:
cts III effects are all we'll known, :,
,,,,a Sarvas Of hands and feet are dead
When man is drunk and reason
flown
Experimenting once he killed
dog So drunk 1t felt no PAIN
Ava then pure alcohol distilled
Ont of blood cells in that dogs oraih'
And then he tried drunkard's BRAIN
And SI alcohol he found again. ,,.
Touched match to tt--burnt with oiue
flame!
II will like venomed serpents bite.
Coagulate the blood of VEIN.
Blur brightest eyes to sense OF nght
And paralize the heart ana Dram.
We gods! il one could look within
Smell fumes and hear MS trenzieo
plead not to let the demon in.
He'd never, never drink again.
And yet, my friends, some Christians
say: ,,, ,.,,., q, >,
Disnense with both is better way,
or else build an infrmary.
Not very far away there's one
Good thing? oh, yes! Good thing
for town.!
On saturdays go see what's done.
And count the men who've drunk and
down!
The drunkard's dying hour of gloom
Is weird, pathetic. one of FEAR;
He hears ghouls gloat and croak his
doom
And sees ghost flitting-flitting near
NV friends, drink not and go not near
Those dens of hell by day or night,
And then you'll never trembling fear
The shadows of the morgue OF night!
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-05-26
WORSE AND WORSE.

well. IT'S all OF again. Rather. it's
"o1 again, on again. gone again. Elan
nagin. I'VE refer to Jaekson's BIRTH
place, and we allude to it again be-
cause a new claimant has come for
ward in the person. of the state. OF
Virginia. The Norfolk Landmark has
a letter from one William Lamb. who
states that on looking over the pages
of an old diary or journal of the year
1855 he found the following entry:
To-day. while in fathers ONCE on
Bank street / heard Mr.. Peter F. Mayo,
who occupies the back roo room rf o. tne
Meade told him that he was once stay
ing with General Jackson in Petersburg
at the tavern afterwards kept DN
with him. Meade told him that Gen
eraI Jackson told him he was not born
in South Carolina. but at Jennings
Ordinary, Notoway county, virginia
This was before jackson was spoheh
of as President"
Now if that doesn't settle it quite
lot more we should like to know
wherefore not. Mr. Lamb heard Mr..
Mayo say that Mr.. Meade tod him that
Jackson told him that he was born In
Nottoway county Virginia. There's
regular sequence and its just as easy
as tumbling down the back stairs. II
Andy didn't know where he was born
who did? He was Johnny on the spot
all right, and he was not given to
lying, so far as we are informed. He
was right there. and it will do no good
to argue that he was too young to To-
cate his bearings. Andy was a sooner.
and don't you forget to remember it.
After all our philanthropic efforts to
fix up a compromise and bring about
harmony between contending factions
and allow the white winged dove OF
peace to hover over Tar Heel and Pal
metto, here comes the claims of the
Cavalier to upset the whole business
How is this thing to be settled? One
contemporary suggests that Andy was
twins, but that won't do. He would
have to be triplets or quadrupeds or
something of the kind TO suit the de-
mands. And the perplexing thing
about it is that it is not question
Of ill-defined State lines, for Jennings
Ordinary is fifty miles or such mat
ter from North Carolina. and the whole
Of that State intervenes between this
new birth place and South Carolina,
so II Is plainly not a question of dis
puted boundaries at all. 1t is plain
If anything about the matter is plain
that II he was born in Nottaway
county at night his mother could not
have slipped him down to the line of
North and South Carolina before morn
ing. we remember to have read of a
New Highlander whose birth place was
in doubt, and who was accustomed to
say that he was born at Cape Cod
and all along shore" About all that
is left us Is to admit that Andrew
Jackson was born-and We are not pre-
pared to swear to that,
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-05-26
Today In History

17O3--Samuel Pepys. famous diarist
died.
1746--Thomas Southerne. Irish dra-
matist, died
1S2S-Peter B. Porter. of New York.
became Secretary of War.
1S63--Dost Mohammed took Herat.
1S64-Montana organized as Terri
tory.
1867 Princess of Wales born
1S6SLast public execution in Eng
land outside of Newgate prison.
1S71-Miss Burdette Coutts gazetted
Baroness of Highgate ana Srookfieij.
1S95--Nalkyrie Ill, challenger foI
America Cup. launched at Glasgow.
lS96--Gladstone's body lay in state
in London.
1yO4--Japanese captured Kinch1w
after a battle lasting sixteen hours.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-05-26
Splendid Record.

Hayneville Examiner.
Hon. H. NJ. Caffey. the tax collector,
has not found 1t necessary to levy up
on a single parcel of real estate this
year to collect the taxes, for 1906. This
is a condition of collections of taxes
that has never been known before in
the later history of the county, and
speaks well for financial condition OF
the people who own Lowndes county
property and also speaks well for Mr..
Caffey's energy and efficiency as tax
collector.
II is rarely the case that a tax col
lector can wind up all his collections
without leYYing on some real estate.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-05-26

The Columbia State IS just a little
careless in its language when it re-
9crs to number Of States. Alabama
among them, that "elect United States
Senators by dfEect vote of the people"
The state certainly knows that Sena-
tors cannot be constitutionally elect
ed in that way. If 1t had used "se-
lect'' instead of elect" II would have
been correct The state Legislatures
elect the Senators and there is 10 law
which binds those bodies to elect the
men who have been voted for by the
people.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-05-26
The Joe sIanning's Kind.

Tuskegee Standard .
The Greensboro Waterman thinks IL
strange that Boston audiences wli
listen to so-called messages from the
South carried by little Joe Manning,
the Republican postmaster at some
small place in east Alabama. We can
account for 1t onlv on the score that
Rostonians evidently want to hear all
the bad things possible about South
ern people The Northern people are
always eager to hear anything against
the South and it's people and take it
all as truth. without stopping to in
yestigate.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-05-26

what is whiskey2' Is the conun-
drum propounded by The Washington
Herald. 1t might Just as we'll ask
what is hash. Any properly Informed
person can tell what whiskey should
be-but the man who can tell what the
article we buy for whiskey Is may
safely pose as a competent chemist.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-05-26
Defends Young Men.

Editor AdVerllsei' ~,
The statement made in The Adver-
tiser by it's Selma correspondent that
Young Mcneil and Hollis did not de-
fend F. r. Hollis. in Marengo county
Thursday was a mistake. for Mcneil
empted a REVOLVER at the negroes and
reached for a second one which he has
in his pocket but his horse being ex-
cited by the shooting was raring which
caused his revolver to fall out of his
pocket which the negro took posses
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-05-26

Speaker Cannon is reported as pre-
dieting that the policy of the Republic
cans on the subject of tariff revision
will be to let well enough alone. This
policy. we may add. will be well
enough for the trusts.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-05-26

8 The announcement put forth by
15-year-old girl that Mabelle Gilman,
who recently became Mrs. Corey, is her
mother. looks like playing 1t low down
on Corey, who thought he was mar
ryting a charming young maiden
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-05-26

To the Kansas City Journal Mr..
cleveland's motto. Tell the truth, -
sounds much better than calling men
liars. which we take to be a sly Re
publican dig at Roosevelt.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-05-26

Tariff revision by a Republican
Congress does not mean tariff destruc-
tion," announces The New York Mail.
We know 1t. esteemed brother; it does
not even mean tariff correction.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-05-26

GreenVille living Trutn -..-
has grown to such proportions that
when people away from here are told
OF the amount of the. shipments they
seem to doubt that there are enough
people in the world to eat the radishes
that are raised in Butler county.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-05-26

They have found a three year-old
baby in Illinois who can read Snakes
peare, and he seems very much out OF
place. If he were Bostonian it
would be all right.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-05-26
Montgomery. May Is.


Mr, Bryan and the Presidency.
New Orleans Times-Democrat
The New York World yesterday Pup
lished a dispatch from Lincoln, Neci'
saving that friends of Mr. william -
Rrvan were stating. with extreme pos
itivenass. that he would not accept
domination from the Democratic parry
~ PRESIDENT Roosevelt was renominat-
ed II was also said that whiie MT
Rrvsn had SO far refused an apsoiute
Endorsement of President RoosevelL, ne
considered that the Presldent hS S
nearly represented the policies toI
which Mr.. Bryan stood in 1885 ana
iaoo than any other man. In concIu-
sion n was said that Mr.. Bryan Pc
iieyed that no harm could be done tne
narty's principles by giving Mr. Hoose-
yeit an uncontested election, SO iar as
This dispatch seemed SO remarkaoiSS
that The Times Democrat telegrapheo
tha eminent Nebraskan to learn wnetn-
az there was even a shred OF truth IN
tha statement. Last night the follow
me dispatch was received from MT.
'Idncoln, Neb., May Il, lso1.
ord,tor Times-Democrat:
.S1ertainly not, and 1t seems stranSs
"a me that any intelligent editor wouio
I've snace to a report of that KIND NO
ssaa1 friend would assume 10 speak lot
me on sucn w. ]. Bryan"
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-05-26

"W can't win every game" philoso-
phically remarks The Spartanburg
Herald. Thank you for the consoIing
thought. We need II.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-05-26
MAncR CIRCULATION.

Tho Montgomery Advertiser Enarant1 s
IT. advertisers tand makes II a part OF Ine
CONTRACT when reuuested) that its Daily CIR
culation 10 larger than that of any inott''ns
newspaper printed In Alabama--and Una, az, us
OF sny edition of any newspaper prinieo ="
Alabama without exception -. Su,..
This figures for March. printed petow'
reprerent the actual net circulation. all re-
tur1s ha wing been deducted
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-05-26

A contemporary says that the most
popular drink at the jamestown Ex-
position is the "Pocohontas Punch.
THAT ought to be popular with Vir-
.sxfnians, and "Powhatan flzz' might
go along with It,
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-05-26

Twin the tariff be revised?' queries
rhe Portsmouth star. Ask US some
,khiug easy, please.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-05-26

A young New York man threw of
coat and shoes and plunged into the
ria6r to save a woman from drowning
and while thus engaged thief came
along and stole his apparel. That
thief deserves drowning in tub of
standard Oil.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-05-26

we learn from The wedowee Star
that there is considerable talk of
binding a railroad from Admission,
Ala, by way of Wedowee, to Column
bus, Ga, and The Star says that men
Of wealth are behind the project who
are fully able to carry it through
Saeh a road would be an excellent
th3ng for Columbus, but not for Mont
gomery 1t would carry to the form
er city the trade of a rich and prac-
ttealIy undeveloped region which
should come to this city. What Mont
gomery ought to have is road from
Admission, bringing to this city the
natural and artificial products of
large portion of the counties of Cal
h6pn. Clay. TaIlapoosa and Gilmore. If
such a road should be built 1T would
bring to US much trade that is bound
to ind an outlet before many years.
TmAt region is too rich to remain neg
lected much longer, and if Montgom-
esy fails to profit by it some other
city is sure to get 1t in the end.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-05-26

sion of when 1t fell to the srouno,
cd with bird shot. fired at the negro
Ed. Glover. but not injuring MIN SER
iously. Dav,s
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-05-26

biAV PAOpOSAtiCi ~
make the cost of retail liquor license
I'M Montgomery $3.50 or $1,000 The
Roanoke Leader says: ..
Is the, inference that a higher Ii
cetlse makes the saloon righteous. or
that IL merely buys up the voters who
otherwise would condemn the SALOON
as an Ubiquitous institution?
srhe selling of liquor is a business
recognized by the laws of Alabama
where not prohibited by local regula-
ton. If the requirement of a higher
license is evidence of desire to buy up
voters. what is to be said of those
communities. which are directly in
terested in the sale of liquor through
the dispensaries, which have been es-
tabIished in lieu of saloons? We have
montgomery nearly 100 saloons and
many of them ought to be shut up,
and they will be If the higher license
prevails. The higher license is cal
cuiated to bring saloons directly un-
der police watching, which Is difficult
when they are located at distant
points, some of them just on the edge
of the city limits.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-05-26

II. g. Mobile Circulation Manager OF The
montgomery Advertiser. being duly s"'fh'
The Foregoing statement Of The Adver-
tisefss circulation for .he month 81 March.
ali returns from news-boys. news agents.
spoifed ana isft-over copies have been de-
Sucfed e S. NOBLE.
~ n Circulation Manager.
sworn 10 and subscribed before me this
18th day Of April. 1907.
fseaIY RIGA ALEXANDER.
( ssssHsss- Notary Public.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-05-26

Look to 1t wellF .ha,r
Take heed thou cleanse 'hee oh 'Ne--
waSs be the fresh herb far.
"From the goats tooth: 4.
fio'" Dante in Hell.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1907-08-16

Big reduction in toilet waters at Stu
arts Drug Store.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1907-08-16
ON TENNESSEE FLAT
Here Nestle Many Beautiful
and Substantial Homes.
Sam Stephens, Native of Tennes-
see, Gave 1t Its Name-Home
of McCroskey Family.

OF all the beauty spots in Whitman
county there may be several to compare
but none to excel that of Tennessee Flat
All that it lacks to make it another
sweet Vale of Avoca" s a purling
stream, with shadOwy tints. The val.
ley of Rasselas could not have been more
enchanting. Here nestes many beauti-
ful and substantial homes, where wealth
and plenty predominate and hospitality
is meted out on every hand.
Tennessee Flat has something Of his
tory. 1t is about four miles in length,
running into Dry creek. Steptoe Butte
rises above all else 1000 feet two miles
away, and the en- semble of mountain
hill and vale is complete. Now that the
Spokane Il Inland is running cars daily
through this beautiful and rich section
OF Whitman county greater attention
will be called to it. The embryo town Of
Steptoe is located here, and gives prom
ise OF developing into a place of import
ance. The term fiat" applied to this
particular spot is a misnomer. 1t is a
valley from q half mile to a mile in
width, with gently sloping hills that rim
it on both sides. Samuel Stephens,
father of Mrs. Howard Bramwell of this
city, was the first settler here. He
entered this region in 1871, and liking
the country decided to make it bis future
home, so in 1872 be drove with his fam
lily from Walla Walla and took up the
first homestead on Tennessee Flat. Sam
Stephens, as he was affectionately called
by the early settlers, was the first sheriff
of Whitman county. He was called to
the great unknown in September, 1897.
Mr.. Stephens was a native son of Tennes-
see, and gave that name to the beautiful
vale in which nestled his home
Mr.. Stephens was followed in 1873 by
j. ?. T. McCroskey, another staIwart
son of Tennessee, who still lives here and
enjoys ripe age OF 73 years in peace
and plenty. Here he has reared family
of seven sons and two daughters. Five
of bis sons own broad acres in adjoining
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1907-08-16

Post cards from everywhere at the Elk
Drug Store, Colfax, Wash.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1907-08-16
STORE IS BURCLAR|zED
RevOIvers. RazOrs and Knives,
Valued at $500, Taken.
John Fletcher Confesses to Guilt =
Caught Red Handed With Plum
der--CIever Work of Officers.

A bold burglary was committed in
Colfax early Friday morning Of last
week. The hardware store OF Simon
Dreifus & Co, southwest corner Main
and Wall streets, was entered, and about
$500 worth Of pistols and cutlery stolen.
1t is gratifying to know that one of the
culprits was caught red-handed with the
goods and most OF the stolen property
has been recovered. A passageway
separates the main store from the repair
shop in the rear. This is covered with
tin roofing and double doors lead there
from onto Wall street. 1t was through
the transom of these doors that the bur
glar or burglars gained entrance into
the passageway. Then taking a heavy
cycle head the iron shutter closing the
rear window was pried open, when en-
near as can be ascertained IA revolvers,
40 razors, about 200 pocket knives and
several pounds of shells were tumbled in
to a gunnysack and carted away. Early
Tue neAb uloTHlnS, Oi cOuTSe, Tue ldCJ JndI
the store had been burglarized became
nOised about. The chief of police and the
sheriff's Office soon had their eyes on four
men and took turns in watching their
movements. The thing came to a eli
max, however, when conductor on the
Spokane & Inland was approached by
couple OF these suspects and asked the
privilege of riding to Spokane, they
telling him they we're broke, but that
they had valuables in grip worth $40O
or $500 and when they got to Spokane
they would pay double fare. The con-
ductOr Immediately told Agent Abbott
and Mr. Abbott loat no time in inform
ing the sheriff's Office. At the noon hour
Sheriff Ratliff, whose turn it was to
watch the suspects, the Others having
gone to dinner, saw them make for the
Inland depot. One stood on the plat
form at the depot, while the other, simu-
lating drunkenness, staggered across the
tracks to the old Warner warehouse and
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1907-08-16

sat down on the steps at the north end
leading onto the side platform. The
sheriff was trying to watch both, and
for moment, with his eyes on the one
at the depot, they were taken off the fel.
low sitting on the steps. 1t was then he
vanished. Thinking he had skipped
around the corner of the building to es-
cape the sheriff rushed to the steps, only
to discover that the culprt had passed
through them and was making his way
in the darkness under the warehouse.
1t should be stated that the warehouse
stands about three feet above the ground
on stills and is boarded all round. Then
the fun began. Mr.. Ratliff called rail-
road emplOye and had him phone for
Chief Mackay and Deputies White and
Daley while he stood guard at the en-
trance. Mackay was there in next to no
time and was under the big warehouse
securing around in the dark for the
burglar, for such he proved to be. The
other officers had surrounded the build
ing, so there was no chance for escape
Mackay soon had his man, and when
brought from cover Deputy White was
ready with pair of. bracelets and took
him to jail
A search for the pIunder than began,
which was found in grip. After leaving
the store with the gunnysack they had
evidently gone under the warehouse and
taken all the articles stolen out OF the
boxes in which they are shipped from the
factories and dumped them into the grip
prOmiscuously to save bulk. The boxes
were all found there empty. Eight re-
volvers, 81 razors and most of the knives
were recovered, showing that six re-
vOivers, 10 or II of the razors and some
of the knives are still missing.
Monday morning he appeared in the
superior court before Judge Chadwick
and pleaded guilty. He gave the name
of John Fletcher and is about "a years
of age. He is small in stature, light
complextioned. Judge Chadwick told
him his offense was all the more aggra-
waited from the fact that labor was in
great demand at remunerative wages,
and there could be no extunating circun-
stances. Fletcher was given an indie
terminate sentence of not less than FIVE
nor more than 4 years at Walla Walla.
After Fletcher's arrest two hobo-loOk-
ing fellows, who were seen in consultation
with him at divers times during the
morning. who are evidently pals of his,
we're placed under arrest, but there being
no positive proof against them they
were discharged.
The big fellow mentioned above, dur
ing the episode under the warehouse,
made his escape and undoubtedly got to
Spokane. He probably has the rest OF
the stolen plunder.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1907-08-16

farms, embracing an area of over 2OOO
acres It seems like the transplanting
OF colony from Tennessee. This tall
"son of Anak," standing six feet in his
stocking teet, is hale and hearty, bidding
fair TO live many years to come. These
children are all prominent in the bust
ness, professional and political life Of
whitman county, and when McCroskev.
pere, shall have passed away the Me
Croskey name will be one to conjure with,
forever linked with the history of Tennes
see Flat. Frank is the Oldest son and
lives near Oakesdale, where he owns
fine farm as does also George H., the
next oldest son Robert l.. is a promi-
nent attorney living In Colfax, but is the
owner in fee simple of fine estate on
Tennessee Flat James H. cultiyates his
rich land and is always glad to welcome
friends; Fred lives in Sprague; Milton
t. is treasurer of Whitman county
virgil I. is prominent druggist in Col
lax. The Oldest daughter, Mrs. M. Nj.
Browder, resides in Colfax while the
youngest daughter, Mrs. Foster Hoag.
lives in Spokane.
Tennessee Flat was on the pioneer
trail that lead from WalIa WaIla to and
through the Lolo Pass, and the early
settlers witnessed the stirring move.
ments that made possible the settlement
OF this part of the northwest. To record
all this would fill large volume. Some
OF it was full of danger, for hostile In
dians filled this region at that time. all
OF 1T bespoke the spirit OF adventure, re-
quiring the brave men who gathered and
made possible what we now enjoy. Peace
to their ashes
The scene now is quite different. Pa
latlal houses, large outbuildings, we'll
kept orchards, fields of alfalfa, thou
sands OF acres Of the premier cereal and
other grains cover hilltop and fill every
indenture, presenting a picture of plenty
and pastoral beauty rarely met with.
The soil is the richest loan, never re-
quiring fertilization, and the easterner.
on his arrival here, throws up his hands
Tin astonishment) as if told to do so by
a highwayman.
But this particular spot must be seen
to be appreciated, and once seen the
memory Of it all will never fade.