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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-21
LICENSE NOTICE.

Hammond, Ind. March 1. 1907.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-21

VA x1TED-H,xperieneed stenoEraDher.
Lion store.-3-19-3t.
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WANTED-Cook Apply at 2o2 south
Holman street.-3-19-tf-
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*Batted for Regain in ninth.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-21

FOR SALE-Lot 20 feet, with houses;
424 Indiana avenue.-3-12-1w
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FOR SALE-or Rent with privilege of
acres, 1000 feet side-track on Chi
cago and Erie r. r. one-half mile
south of city limits of Hammond
Phillip Mclaughlin, r. r. No. L.
Stiff
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-21

FOR sALE-Lot 94-147 with story and
a half house. 24S Oakley avenue
S-12-1w5.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-21
Old Paper Tells of City
 Officers and Affairs

of Police. Sso per month; Engineer of Steamer Charles Linn, $500.
 Most notable of the city omcers. however, Is the lamplighter. He was important indeed, for he was paid tl,- 900 for walking about and making for the streets of the country town whatever illumination few gas lamps afforded, The wharf1nger, too. must have had important duties in those times of river traffic; his salary was $1.2oe. ~
 X The Council elected officers at the same time. Twenty five police ofhcors, thirteen white men and twelve negroes, were elected. Tho Council resolved that the Mayor instruct the negro ofn- cers to arrest only those of~their own race who offend the law. The other news of the paper, though of course of vital interest. is not SO appropriate to the time of the finding this week.
 1t was in the time of the Republican domination of Montgomery, and Ala bamasand there were notices of torch light provessions, rallies. barbecues. speakings and other methods devised to bring the sentiment against the scalawags to Crisis.
 The advertising columns, as wei as the news stories, contain many tamil far Montgomery namsA
 Chief Browder prizes the find very highly and will keep .t as a memen- to, V szt l6 tN tffs
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-21
TRADE WAS BETTER
LAST WEEK BEFORE CHRISTMAS
 SHOWS IMPROVEMENT.
Although Actual Business Did Net in- crease in Leading Industries' There Was a Confidential
 Sentiment Regarding
adv.

New York, Dec. 20-R. c. Dun and comnany's weekly review of trade to- morrow. will say
 uoI,dav trade assumed normal pro nortions this week. recovering carrier losses in comparison Witn PIeVtous wears, and in staple lines, there was a better movement in response to ntolS Saasonable weather. Although actual business did not increase Tn the ioa9- ing industries, there was more cum dent sentiment regarding the iuture' numerous inquiries encouraging nlanu- facturers to anticipate steady i'm movement in orders early In isos. While several plants resumed others were added to the idle list and the net change was small. The pest Hews w .ba foreiEn commerce in November that Ial surpassed any previous monthly recor" of exports and supplied favorable m ternat1onal trade balance or $95,ooo'- 751. This shoulu hlaho ~ voors S maintain much of the net import ~ gold. ,....,n., centers of the iron and steel sindusttS increa sed activity being generally an ticipated after the holidays. No fur ther curtailment of output has occurren' reductions already made proving SUI
 ficient for the accumulation' ana Few changes were announced in quotations except that pig iron in BirminshaiH sold at less than $15,
 Plates sell more treeiy, ana new per
 mits for buildings promises a good dc
 mand for structural shapes. Plants are resuming that were closed and tess delay in securing payment is causing more readiness to accept specifications
 At some points 1t is difficult to ma improvement conservatism deferrlnR all action until after the end of the wear and advantage is taken for repairs and inventories. Increased inquiries are considered encouraging signs for cotton goods, although little new bus mess has transpired and improvement is thus far chiefly in sentiment. An element of strength is the reduced pro ductirn whicr as prevented any accu-
 mutation of stocks in the hands or spinners or converters. Nothing has oc, cured to alter the course of the market
 for wools. Nothing of interest IS ex-
 htbited in lines alerady opened and there is no encouragement to Supmll new lines to indifferent buyers,
 Footwear factories in New England report a slight increase over the vol une of the business in the two preced' ing months, but the trade Is stiil Tar below normal.
 Statesmen in the South and West, l however, report more encouraging news. Better inquiry for leather con | firms the belief expressed by tanners | that large consumers have lower stocks | on hand than at any recent date' put prices are still on a higher basis than | hide vdSues which accounts Tor the re- | luctance of leather consumers to pro- l vide for further needs. ..t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-21
BURKE,S FAMOUS HALF
 WILL PLAY nv SAV VANNAH.

Charleston was represented by the ail- Navy team, composed of the pick of the fourteen battleships and cruisers " : ing off Charleston harhor at the that time. Savannah defeated this rugged set of men by a score of 34 to 6.
 This wound up glorious season, but it was last year that sayannan reached it's greatest strength. defeat- ing the all-Southern Stars in the Christmas game by q score of 3 to ., and tieing them on New Years, nei- ther side being able to score.
 In these games Savannah only had one man not strictly citizen or me city, Babe Wilson. Pee Wee". For sythe, the great all.Southern tackle, was captain and manager of the all Southern Stars. He had Frazier at center. Kiesler and Broman at guards Derrick and Turtle at tackles, Shtpp and Chappell at ends. McIver at quar ter. Forsythe at full, Burks at rignt half and Hogan Yancy at left.
 Savannah's team was made up or practically the same material that had played with the eleven for four years. Harry AL an old Clemson guard, s center; Munro, fireman, and Seeiy, business man, at guards; Rossiter. an old Georgia star. and Palmer. formerly of Sewanee, at tackles; Shuey of V. r. l.. and W. Artley at ends; George But Ter, formerly of Georgia Tech, at quar ter; Cornwell at fuh; John Artley al right half and Babe Wilson at left half. ,,,
 The team which Savannah will use this year is not as heavy as that or ast year, but it Is. said to be raster and equally as powerful in scoring. The team is being coached by BOD williams, the Virginia coach. who suc- seeded Glenn s. Warner, the former famous Cornell coach, and this season is in charge of the Carlisle nI hnuians' ts" dav by Burks, lare now training for the game at Columbia, and will go to Savannah the day before Christ mas. great game is expected, as Forsvthe has drawn on vanderbilt sewanee, Virginia end Georgia Iech for his material.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-21

Almost upon the day that the Coun- ell of Montgomery settled the sala- ries of the employees of the citS for the present year. Chief W. F. Browder of the Fire Department was presentt- ed by one of the men in his Depart ment with copy of The Montgomery Advertiser, Aug. 15, 1868, in which the most interesting story is that Of the meeting in which the salaries commit tee of the Council settled salaries for that year.
 And the fortuitous finding of the newspaper is quite as interesting as the matter 1t contains. Joe SykesA a member of the compsny at Five Points. moving frame in which once had been the charter of the old Dexter Fire Engine Company found the jour nal snuggied down behind a piece of the mat. MT. Sykes presented the newspaper thus preserved to Chief Browder.
 The Council met. the story begins, at 10 o'clock. and those present were the Mayor. and Aldermen Hatchett. Watson. Howard, Parker. Sanderson. Robinson, Bush. Simpson. Roberts and Craig (colored)
 The salary of the Mayor was placed at $2,500; clerk. fees and $1,500- Mar shal, $2.000; Deputy Marshal. $1,200; Treasurer. $500; Clerk. S1.200; Public weigher. $500; City Attorney, $l.200; Physician. $500; Hospital Steward. $50e; Street Oyerseer, $1.ooo; Captains
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-21
REVIEW OF TRADE
BRADsTREETss WEEKLY REPORT
 IS MORE ENCOURAGING.
Holiday Buying Has Had Center of Stage But Volume of Trade Ia Below thnt of Last
 Season.

New York. Dec. Bradstreets to- morrow will say:
 Holiday buying has had the center of the stage and retail business has the spirit e of the season. While much more marked than some time ago, how ever. the volume of retail buying, as a whole. is not up. to expectations and IS certainly cert well below a year ago at
 Wholeyame and iobbing business naturally tends toward quiet at this s in from ana te roae bat ae ths faiiing of in transatcoins in these branches from the normal is very marked at present and the tendency in industrtal lines IS still toward curtailment. instances of this being found in the iron and steel, bituminous coal. coke. lumber and cot ton goods lines, in which latter can yass is now being made by New Eng land manufacturers as to the future of production. Sentiment as to the mixed.
 Conditions in financial circles are still slowly. but quite surely. approach ing normal. From the country at large there is reported a continued easing up of the situation as regards cash payments and several cities are practically on a cash basis, with clear ing house certificates being cancelled and cashiers checks and emergency CuEECHCy DclHE FctiTdQ. OuI IL ID tO DC noted that the premium on currency Is still maintained at several large cities. The f1rmness in call and the scarcity of time money at New York with the
 ,aintenancy of the currency premium at or around ] per cent. however, is taken to indicate the conserving of
 ev supnlies pending the heavy first of the year disbursements.
 Commercial collections are very slow. A very favorable feature in the present period of depression Is the ter dency toward enlargement of our export trade. This is most notable in the. grain trade. and not by the way entirely on the east coast of the coun-
 1""use the movement Oh the North Pacific. coast Is very large and shows signs of heavy takings of heat largely for the United Kingdom. Mo- vember export trade was of record proportions.
 Business failures for the week end- ing DecemberTS19. number 29S against 2s4 last last week End 227 in the like week
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-21
THE RACES
Results st New Orleans.

@ete.%Aeo @t aNGW oEkG4ncs
 New Orleans. Dec. 20--Favorite play Grounds when Lute Foster. held at 9 to 2, was returned an easy winner.
 Light Note, after finishing third in the third race today, ran away four miles. He ran into the fence, break ing a leg and slightly injuring Jockey Mountain. who had the mount. Light Note was shot. t New Orleans Dec. 2O.-F'irst race. five and one-half furlongs; selling Lute Foster. 105. (RCsenl. to 2, won: Ed Kane ss, SFlynnn),, to ?, second; Time. l;I4 s-5. Rustic Inauguration, Agnes Dorothea. and Mason ran. AsSeon ssSSnd ,os rsce slT fS,FbSngs ssins No Trumper. 100. (Deverieh), to I . l; third; Time: l:22 Is: Heart of vasion and Investor ran.
 Third race. mile and seventy yardE-- Mckay Mex ola los. ids fMsennessy1 Tsn t9 > won; end: Light Note iios 1.2 (Mouutain} ' to 2. third. Time. 1'5S 1-5. Javan
 Fourth race six furlongss handicap -Keator. 114 ,(Brussep. to s. won: Sally Preston. 10S. (McDaniel), 5 to l, second: Coon. s4. (Deiaby), 30 to i, third. Time, 1:21 1-5. Platoon. A"~ ter. Oraculum. and Yadd6
 Fifth race. seven furlC Pride of Woodstock, 106,
 2 to 2, won: Adesso. 11t
 to 1. second; Fay 96, N
 1. third. Time. 1887 2-5t .t. Suffice. Rebounder and
 Sixth race. mile and 4 a.- ing-Rio Grande. 107 l. ..,. to 10. won: Warner t4 (Notter), 2 to 1. second +H (Roberts). 12 to 1, t Jr 1:57 3-5. Dar.o. Milshort., anu Aiazie O'Neill ran.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-21
CROP ESTIMATES
DEPARTMENT IS-
 SUES FINAL REPORT.
The Total Value of Farm Crops for 1907 Shows Handsome Increase
 Over That of Last Year.

Washington, Dec 20-The Depart men of Agriculture today Issued re- port giving final estimates of acreage. production and values of farm crops showing winter wheat acreage, to be 2S,1S2.0OO; production, 409, ,442,000 bush- els; value per bushel SS.2 cents.
 Spring wheat acreage, 17.07S,O0O, production, 224,645.000; value. SC cents
 Corn, acreage, 99,931 900; production, 2,592, 320, 900; value, 51.7 cents.
 Oats, acreage, S1,S37 ,000A production, 754,443 000; value, 44.3 cents.
 The average weight per bushel is shown by reports received by the De- partment to be 56.9 pounds for spring wheat, 5s.9 pounds for winter wheat. and 29.4 pounds for oats 4A
 It was announced that the total val ue of the farm crops for 1907 was $3. .404 000 0OO an increase of $47S,0OO.- coo over 1906
 The farm values on Dec. 1 of the four crops already mentioned are as follows:
 Corn, $l l,340, 0,446,00o; winter wheat, $36l PIT 900; spring wheat $1e2.2200Oo oats, $334 56S.0O0.
 The acreage production and farm values December last of other farm crops follow:
 Crons AcrAs Production Value.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-21
TRAGEDY IN COFFEE
HENRY STEVENSON KILLS NEGRO
 WHO ASSAULTED HIM.
Manager of The Camp Says He Was Attacked by Three Men
 Jack Pope is Denied \ HlgH

Ozark, Dec, 20-(SpeciaD-Another tragedy is reported from Coffee Coun- ty. this time near Enterprise.
 Henry Stevenson, who runs tie camp near there shot negro yester- day morning. and it is stated he can not recover.
 Stevenson states that while in the woods three of his negro employees as- saulted him. when he opened fire. shooting one in the head. and the other two fleeing.
 At the preliminary trial of Jack Pope charged with killing Walter Yel- verton at a woman's house near Cof- fee Springs last Sunday morning. evil dence showed they had first engaged in cutting affray; after that Pope got a shot gun and on his return shot down and instantly killed Yelverton.
 The Justice sent him to jail without bail.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-21
TOW MACHIAS
GuNROAr ls TO nE SENT TO NEW
win Not De Completed at Pensacols Navy Yard as Men Are
 Out of Work In East.

7 Pensacola. Fla, Dec. 20--Instruc- tions received at the Pensacola navy yard today are to the effect that the collier Hannibal, now at Trinidad with coal for. tho big fleet en route to the Pacific. will come here, early in Janu- ary and tow the gunboat Machias for the New York navy yard.
 Efforts have been made by citizens and by F1orida's representatives in Congress to have the order sending the Machias to New York countermanded. for many thousands of dollars are to be expended in rebuilding that vessel. and it was the desire to have this thus give employment to all of the men now employed there for many months to come. From the instruc- tions received It seems that these ef- forts have been unavailable and the departme ent Is determined to send the vessel to the larger navy yard. This is not because of the inability Of the local navy yard to rebuild the ship. but because of the fact that the de- parture of tile big fleet has placed thousands of men in the larger yards out of employment.
 So far the local navy yard, which em- ploys about 400 men has not been ef- fected. as there are number of war vessels being rebuilt there. a
 
 Luzon, winch has been here for two years. is now nearing completion. and 1t is expected that early, in January she will be ready to be turned over to the Louisiana naval brigade. although the work of preparing the Machias for sea is now retarding the progress of the work on the Isla de Luzon.
 Handsomely Autographed bonds to the amount of $350.000 were received here today by the Board of Trustees from a New York lithographing firm. They represent the new issue of im- provement bonds of the City of Pensa- cola, and as soon as the, signatures of the city officials are attached they will be turned over to the purchasers. This will be done before January 1.
 The issue has been purchased by William H. Knowles of this city, who is representing Cleveland capitalists.
 The money so derived is to be used in purchasing a water works plant and in additional sewerage work
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-21
GETS OUT OF BED TO WED.
While HI Dr. Pitts Claims Miss k
 Win gs Bride.

While HfE Dr. PLUS Cl3tns MISS h1f-
 Win gs Bride.
 Selma, Dec, 20-(SpeciaD-At the home of his father, Hon. P. H. Pitts, about 4 o'clock this afternoon. pr. Mc- Lean Pitts married Miss Ella Kirvin.
 The ceremony was performed by Rev. E. W. Gamble, rector of St. Paul's Episcopal church in the presence of the family of the bridegroom.
 pr. Pitts is a well known young physician of Selma and is exceeding ly popular. The bride for some months has been head nurse st he Union Street Infirmamy. She came to Selma from Pine Hill, where her mother resides. She is very popular and greatly be- loved by all who know her
 While the intimate friends of both have known that they were engaged the marriage this afternoon proved a great surprise. pr. Pitts has been sick in bed several days and this after noon he got out of his sick bed and went down stairs to the parlor where the marriage ceremony was performed.
 Dr. and Mrs. Pitts will leave tomor- row morning for Baltimore where Dr. Pitts will enter the John Hopkins Insti- tute to be treated.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-21
CENSUS BULLETIN
NUMBER OF BALES GINNED SHOWS
 A DECREASE.
Report Issued Ia Up to December 13 Total Number of Active Ginneries is over Twenty
 Seven Thousand.

Washington, Dec. 20--The Census ing that inc total amount of cotton of this years growth in the United States ginned up to December 13 last was g. 2sI,077 bales. as compared with IT,. 112.7s9 bales for the same period last year and s.297.s19 balesf for the same period in 1905. As H ceg-sE -
 The total number of active gin neries was 27.152. In this bulletin. round bales are counted as half bales The number of round bales included is 1s7, ,4s5 for 1907 and 24s.oss for lsos ciuded s5.145 for 1907 and 4S.S6f for 1906 and so.s3s for 1905.
 The total crop for 1908 was 12,ss3,2Ol and for 1905, 1o,4s5,105. The per cen, tage of crop gfnned to December ls was s5.s for 1908 and ss.6 for 1soe. In the total for this years growth gin ned to December 13. the running paies, counting round bales as half bales, ana excluding linters, are distributed py states as follows:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-21
WEEDS IN MEMPHIS.
Tuscaloosa Young Persons Surprise Their Fami1fes.

Tuscaloosa Young Persons Surprise Their Families.
 3- Tuscaloosa Dec. 1s.-(Special.)--- A telegram was received yesterday by the families of the contracting per- sons. announcing the marriage of Luther Ward and Miss Maggie Pettus in Memphis. Tenn. on Tuesday.
 Miss Pettus has been visiting in Memphis several weeks. and when MT. Ward went to see her they decided not to postpone the wedding longer.
 Their friends were greatly surprised when thew learned the ceremony had taken place. The bride Is an attractive, young girl. The bridegroom is the son of MT. and Mrs. J. M. Ward and is widely known for business ability and personal cleverness. He is mail agent on the Mobile and Ohio. his run ex- tending from Artesia to Montgomery.
 c. B. worthen. a prominent lawyer of Iowa City. Iowa. is in the city. MT Worthen has some property holdings near Tuscaloosa. and is much interested in the development of the South. He Is the son of the former State Geologist of Illinois. and he is we'll yersed in the mineral wealth of this section.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-21
Unprecedented Rush at Post
 office Being Hand. ed Rapidl,

as bright as they might be. the re- ceipts at the postoffice do not show 1t. Postmaster Dimmick stated yesterday that although he did not recs" e'e exact figures of the same time last year. that he knew he was doing more business tl.an Ee did then. Not only has the regular business been better. But it is thought about the postoffice that the On risttnas business will be as good. if not better. than last year.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-21
NOTES AND NEWS !.
 OFWORLD SPORTS

T, Is said that "sandow" Mertes is dua for removal from Minneapolis for inc good of the service" ! Eraadie weeks and Kid" wolgast have been signed to box at Frank selee's club in Pueblo. Colo.' next month.
 Before Stanley Ketchell crossed ms hath Joe Thomas looked to De the agenuine stones" among the weiters'
 Phoenix cinched the Arizona base ball championship, recently with ey Young, third. in the box
 The former Iowa League Is now the Central Baseball Association. Mar shalltown has been dropped from the circuit and Wewanee. Ill. given the vacant berth.
 Tim Hurst. Jack Sheridan and Hank o'Day are touring Europe, In other have taken trip to Ireland.
 Things should be pretty lively at the Polo Grounds next summer with Man ager McGraw and Captain Donlin or the New York Giants both In the game.
 The recent trade between the New York and Boston teams of the National League came very close to showing something like syndicate ball between Pittsburg and Boston.
 Savannah, Ga. will be the scene ,@ a big automobile road race next month. if plans now being made are carried out.
 A new walking wonder has walked to the front. He is Charles Jenkins | of Ironton, Ohio, with a record of six miles in thirty-seven minutes,
 Paterson. N. J.. will have team ir
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-21
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING

The annual meeting of the stock holders of the Fourth National Bank of MontRomery will be held at its bankinrr rooms on Tuesday. January i4. 1908, at o'clock, p. m. for the elec- tion of a Board of Directors and for inc transaction of any other business that may properly come before the Dee. I4. 1907. 2. A. Joshua Jones.
 Cashier
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-21

With the aid of four extra clerks at the postofiice. the early holiday rush Is being handled with despatch. and so far there has been no room for complaint from sny one. Yesterday the registery deoartment was busy. but thv extra clerks who wepe. put on W ere assigned to that department so every one was waited on promptly.
 Even with the reports from all sides that the financial conditions are not
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-21
Time For Action.

There are laws enough in the South
 ern states to punish offenders against the rules of decency which should pro tion of the races. but there has not heen heretofore any general awaken ing of the better elements in the white race to the necessity for organized eff
 forts to root out existing evils threat. ening racial purity. 6
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-21
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING

The annual meeting of the stockholders of the First National Bank of Montgomery will be held at its banking rooms on Tues day. January 14th. is0S.s at 12 o'clock. noon. for the el ction of a Board of Directors and for the transaction of any other business that may properly come before the meet ing
 | December Ilth. 1907.
 .--tf A. s. WOOLFOIhs Casnaet.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-21
BASEBALL CONTRACTS.
President Pulliam Announces Releases
 in National League.

New York. Dec. 20--President Harry Pulliam of the National League, today announced the following contracts and releases: Contracts--Chicago. Curt Ell son, with Pittsburg; s. Howard Cam nitz.
 Releases-By Pittsburg to Cleveland. GA L) Harry Hinchman. by St. Louis to St. Poul-(A. A.) Justin A. Bennett
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-21
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.

A meeting of the Shareholders of The New Farley National Bank will be held at its banking house at 3:o0 p. m., on Tuesday January 14th. 19os for the election of q Board of Directors andNthe transaction of such other business as may properly come before it. L. w. TfSON.A
 --yf Cashier.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-21
Mrs. RamalIor Dead.

Mrs. HamuIIOf UtHu'
 This afternoon about 5 o'clock at an infirmarya Mrs Joe Ramallor an Italian woman died. She was brought to Selma a few days ago from McWil- Hams for treatment. Funeral services will take place from the Catholic church tomorrow morning at g o'clock.