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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-11
L. J. BRYAN
PASSES AWAY
Alabama Man With
Eventful Career.
WAS UNITED STATES MARSHAL
Prominent in Affairs Of the State
for Many Years.
During the Years That Followed the
War He Filled Many Positions
Under Feuerai OmciaIs and
in Lowndes County.
WAS UNITED STATES MARSHAL

Captain Leander j. Bryan, one Of
Montgomerys prominent citizens, died
at his home at Highland Parh yester-
day morning about 1880 o'clock. as
Captain Bryan, who was a man n years
of age, had one of the most sventful
careers OF any man in the State.
He was born in Autauga County in
schools of the county and the Coosa
River Institute.
At the age of IS Captain Bryan .r-
listed in the Wetumpka Light Guards,
3rd Alabama Regiment, Volunteer In
fantry, under Col. Tenant Lcmax, as
a private, and fought throughout the
war, winning distinction for himeslf.
For the first two years after he re-
turned to Alabama Captain Bryan was
engaged In the hotel business. He
then accepted the position of head
bookkeeper under United states Mar
shall John Hardy, and after that serv-
ed as deputy United States Marshal
under Gen. John w. Henley.
and for twelve years was actively Ell
gagged in public service, acting as
Clerk of the Circuit Court, then AS
Sheriff and lastly as general admins
traitor of the county.
In 1869 he was appointed jeputy to
United states Marshal George TUNER
When Turner gave up his duties Cap
tain Bryan sought for the position. but
was defeated. However, he went into
the Office of DR.. r. A. Moseiey, who
was then Collector of Revenue, as mis-
chief deputy.
Captain Bryan was appointed United
States Marshal by President Mckin-
ley, and was afterwards reappointed
by Roosevelt.
Captain Bryan was always affili-
ated with the Republican Party and
served his party for three terms as
delegate to the National Convention
In 1898 he was chairman of the State
Republican Convention.
AS he has been retired from active
service for only little over a year
the death of Captain Bryan will be
sorely felt.
he is survived by wife and two
children, Mrs. e. H. E. Warren and
Hoyle Bryan. both of Montgomery.
The funeral Will take place this af-
ternoon at o'clock. Rev E. e.
Cobbs of st. Johns Episcopal Church
will ofiiciate. Interment will be in
lakewood.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-11
WILL HURRY WORK
MORE TIME GIVEN CONTRACTOR ON
COUNTY JAIL.
Board Of Revenue at Special Meeting
Hears Reasons for Delay In Con-
structing, Lack of Material
and had Weather.

Contractor b. c. Bynum of Montgom-
cry. and Architect Lockwood of Mont
gomery. appeared before the Board of
Revenue yesterday, by request. to eN
had not been finished according to con-
tract.
The Board of Revenue called a spe-
cial meeting. which was held yesterday
cussing the matter in regard to the de-
lay on the part of the contractors in
making the Jail ready for occupancy.
The explanation that Contractor BY
mum made was that he had experienced
great difficulty In securing necessary
material to be used in the construction
Of the building. He made practically
the same talk along this line to the
new Board that he had made to the
old Board of Revenue, just before the
flee.
The contractor repeated that he was
doing all in his power to push matters
along. but that he could do nothing to
the material. He said also that the
weather conditions had been such that
he had been unable for much of the
time to work on the building.
The members of the Board accom-
panied Contractor Bynum and Archi-
ton of the Jail. The work being done
was investigated and after that there
WIS a further discussion of conditions
with the result that the Board decided
his assurance that the work would be
pushed along as rapidly as possible.
The jail was to have been finished
by December 1. iast and in the con-
tract made with the Bynum Construc-
ton Company of Birmingham. the con-
day for each day after that date that
the building was not completed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-11

proven by experience. and the old and
the new should be used electrically.
Mr.. Sherrod added that he. thought
that IL municipalities had q choice be-
tween the old and the new, they would
easily be able to adopt such of the
measures as were most advantageous to
them.
]. r. orteyheld. Chief of Police Of
Greenville, who has for years been a
close and Intelligent student Of NUM-
cipal legislation, spoke briefly on the
army OF Migrants" who infested smaller
towns, like Greenville, where the OFF,
cials having no authority to punish ade-
quately. were almost powerless.
The Migrants who came to the small
er towns. Mr.. Porterfield said, were the
most dangerous class of people in the
State. Many of them were escaped con-
victs, and were ready at all times to do
violence. The female vagrants too. he
said. were difficult to handle because
they could only be sent to Jail, where
they were an expense to the town and
yet were unimproved by Incarceration.
He advocated an extension of the
powers of the small towns so that they
could hire out their prisoners.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-11
TALK OF THE
QTY'S POWERS
Conference on Municipal
Charters.
OPEN SESSION OF COMMITTEE
Few Outsiders Are Present, But
Discussion Is Interesting.
Municipal Ownership of Public Utili-
ties Proves Fruitful Source of
Exchange of Interesting
Opinions.
OPEN SESSION OF COMMITTEE

The open session of the Legislatures
committee to draft a bill embodying
municipal legislation for the various
ed by few representatives of munich
palities yesterday. but the proceedings
were interesting.
Hon. John weakley of Birmingham
talked before the committee at length,
and J. r. Porterfield of Greenville
spoke briefly upon the needs of small
cities for legislation, in regard TO the
punishment of vagrancy and other mis-
demeanors
For Montgomery Mayor W. NJ league
and Aldermen T. Gardner Foster and
j. Lee Holloway were present. AIR.
Foster and Mr.. Holloway spoke upon
general legislation and addressed que
ries to the committee and to represent
atives of other municipalities upon va
rious matters.
The question of municipal govern
nent by commission, as has been insti-
tued in Galveston and few other
cities, was discussed briefly. The few
opinions expressed were favorable to
the employment of that form of gov
eminent for cities which were in finan-
cial straits or In a state of political
dissension, but antagonistic to a gen.
erous adoption of the commission for
the conduct of the affairs of cities and
towns
Municipal Ownership.
During the session municipal owne'-
ship of public utilities. the proper reg
ulation of those owned by private COR
porations or individuals, methods of
taxation and an expedient method of
obtaining, in the proposed bill, util-
ization of old as well as of new oene-
Ats, were discussed.
The open session of the committee
was held at 10 o'clock in the Council
Chamber in the City Hall. and was
attended by Chairman CASTOR Gunter
of Montgomery, Senator Gum of
Clarke, Senator Lowe of Morgan, SEN
ator Strother of Tallapoosa. and Rep
resentatives Crawford of walker, Sher-
rod of Lawrence. ]. H. Gamble of
Greenville was clerk.
Mr.. Weakley's suggestions of mat
ters proper for legislation were nu-
merous and occupied the greater part
of the session. AS his suggestions
were made, they were discussed ut
length by himself and members of the
committee.
Perhaps the question of municipal
ownership of public utilities was the
livest topic before the committee. Mr. +.
weakley had said that he thought a
telephone system ought to be monop-
ply, regulated properly of course by
municipal authority. and Chairman
Gunter asked:
Then, II II is a natural monopoly,
should not the city own it?'' to which
tation of the tax rates in most, IL not
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-11
CROPS IN AUTAUGA.

Prattvi1le, May 1o.-tSpecial.) 1.-THE
acreage of cotton to be planted and
already planted in this county will be
considerably reduced from what It was
last year.
That is not all the trouble about the
size of the crop so far as this county
is concerned. Definite information
from all sections of the county is that
nearly all farmers have had to plant
twice and quite a number have had to
plant already three times. and report
the poorest stand to date in the his.
tory of farming in this section
Constant rains for the past two
seeks has greatly delayed the farmers
In cuitivating their crops. and In tins
course of a few days grass will be IN
oreat abundance, and much of It Is al
ready larger than the cotton.
FARMERS are generally discouraged
over the prospect for good yield OF COT
ton.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-11

Union-ss.o0o telephone system.
Hermann-S6.000 lumber company.
Mississippf.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES plant.
seminary--water works.
Braxton-S10,00 gin and mining
company.
Hattiesburs--s25,o 900 lumber compa-
areenville--ss5o,o cotton harves-
ter company.
coIumbia-s5o,oo 900 lumber company.
North Carolina.
Asheville-$10,0 900 construction COM
wiiliamston-s5o, 900 light and power
plant.
pany. an.
works.
$4,000 wheel factory.
EIizabethtown-$40,0 900 lumber COM
pany.
Ciarkton--s25.oo 900 planning mill.
Pittsboro-Oil mill.
Maiden--Cotton mill.
Oklahoma.
Oklahoma City-s10,00o investment
company; 100000 gin and mining COM
pany.
Neutrality-suspicious. s'0'
pany.
company. Am
Guthrie-Mining company; $4,000
cold storage plant; 100000 automobile
company; 100000 mining company
$500. 900 oil and gas company; $1,000
600 mining and milling company.
Pawnee-s50,0 900 cotton gin.
Thomas-ss5,o0o water works and
electric light plant.
Hooker-Cement works.
south Carolina.
Columbia-s200,0 900 cotton picking
machine company.
Newberry-s1o0,o0 900 building and loan
company.
Lawrenceburg-Elec light plant
johnson city-s6.ooo leather COM
pany.
Lewisburg-s40,00 water works.
Rinley-s4. 900 warehouse company
Jefferson City-$15,000 railway, lign'
| and power company.
Chattanooga-$S0,0o 900 boiler works
| Texas.
Itasca-s20.00 900 hardware company.
San Angelo-Oil mill; $4,000 min
ing company.
| Arlington-s25. 900 lumber company
| NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. water WorhS'
FloresvilIe-Cotton gin.
Acton-$Ss125 telephone system.
Denton-s75 900 woven wire plant
Huntsville-$12,O0 900 /oil mill.
Dayton-Oil company.
Rule--Brick works.
Houston-$250,00 steel works
| Virginia.
Norfolk-s10.000 ice factory; $4,000
development company; $4,000 automo-
bile company: $1,000 lumber company.
| AIexandria--50.00 900 furniture factory
PuIaski-$50o,0 900 coal and coke COM
pany.
Roanoke--s2o.ooo manufacturing COM
pany.
Appomattex-$5,0o0 telephone sys-
| tenn.
Christianburg-s25.O 900 packing plant
Richmond-$25.00 900 lime works.
| West Virginia.
Martinsburg-$25,00 900 brick and tile
works.
Char1eston-.$175,00 900 development
| company; 100000 mining and railway
| company; glass factory.
MacDonald--$300,0 900 cement works
Marlinton-$10, 900 lumber company
Shfnnston-$10, construction COM
pany. -
Richwood-$5.000 telephone system
Film Grove-$5O, 900 -four and grist
mill.
Chester-s15O,oo pottery.
Matoaka-$50. 900 milling company
Bridgeport-s12.o 900 pottery.
Dola-Mining company.
Eugene-S5O,000 mining company.
] McMechen--s75.0 900 manufacturing
| company.
Fairmont--$fo000 oil company
A man makes as much fuss over do
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-11
Alabama.


mingham-$10,0 mining and
land company; $1,000 development
company; $4,000 coal company: cleo
trical company; $4,000 laundry; $751;
900 manufacturing company; ore COM
pany: land company; $4,000 pipe and
fittings company.
Cullman-$12.000 warehouse and
manufacturing company.
Columbiana-Water works.
CaIera-Brick works.
900 sand and grav
ell company
peny.
SIS, 900 development company.
Jasper-Machine and engine compa-
ny.
Clavton-$10 900 fertilizer factory.
Taylor-$5o.OO0 lumber mill.
Arkansas.
notwithstanding factory.
Berryville-$25,0 900 hardware compa-
ny.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. company.
observation-disclosures light plant;
water works.
Heiena-s5. 900 woodenware factory
Rlvthevilie-$1o,oO gin and ware
house company.
Coal Hill-Coal company.
Fordyce-s5O, 900 lumber company.
Hardy-Saw mill.
Georgia.
AtIsnta-S1O,000 blow pipe ana
Misunderstanding company; $4,000 land
nomnanv. $50, 900 star vending match
company; $1,000 shoe factory.
Observation-Disclosures factory.
Indian Territory.
r,,Iso-S5O 600 oil and fuel compa-
nv. $4,000. 900 cement company.
Hugo-S90, 900 oil mill.
KentucISy.
Frankfort-$25.00o land company
onjsville-Concrete company; So
Morton's Gap-$1oo,Ooo mining COM
| pany.
Giasgow-Saw mill.
plafo-Telephone system.
decentralization canning factory
royington-$2O,OO 900 distillery, $4,000
| lumber company.
Irnion star-Telephone system.
Tuiton-S1O,Ooo buggy factory.
observation-disclosures factory.
TatonIa-S20, 900 brick works.
Louisiana.
Ration Rouge-Car shops.
Mark-Ice factory.
MniNs4O, 900 oil and mineral COM
pany. s,oooo ,rohar comnanv
0nelousas-$250,OO 900 lumber company
Shreveport - $4,000 construction
| company.
Houma-$25, 900 ice factory.
Missouri.
st. Iouis-S10.OOO hardware COM
nanv. 100000 rubber coat factory;
$4,000 shoe factory; $4,000 manufac-
turing company; $4,000 lumber COM
pany; $1,000 construction company;
| 800 900 land and lumber company,
webb City--$200.0 900 mining com
many; 100000 powder factory; $4,000
mining company.
| a0unnanKa 100000 land company.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-11
TRADEsMAN's WEEKLY REVIEW
New Industries and Industrial Deyel-
Opmen1 I'm the Snufh

Opment I'm the South.
Chattanooga. Tenn, May 1O.-(Spe-
cial. 1.-The more important industries
established in the Southern States dur
ing the week ending today are shown
by the accompanying list which is au-
thorized by The Tradesman. The list
Is conveniently arranged by states and
localities. showing the nature of the
new industry and, in most cases, the
capitalization involved. Among the
most notable of these new concerns are
lumber mills and mining companies in
Alabama: coal and lumber companies
in Arkansas; oil and fuel company and
cement company in Indian Territory;
mining and lumber companies in Ken
lucky; lumber companies in Louisiana:
cotton harvester company and lumber
companies in Mississippi; mining, land
and lumber companies in Missouri; ma
chine shops. lumber companies etc, in
North Carolina; mining companies In
Oklahoma: cotton picking machine
company in South Carolina; water
works. steel works. etc. in Texas:
lumber. coal and coke companies in
Virginia; cement works, development
company and glass factory In West
Virginia.
The complete list for the week as
given out by The Tradesman is as fol-
lows:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-11
THE TEXAS WONDER.

matte troubles. Sold by all druggists,
or two months treatment by mail for
81. DR.. e. w. Hail. 1926 Olive St.. st.
Louis, Mo. Send for Ala. testimonials.
adv,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-11

A man makes as much fuss over do
ing his duty as a boy over getting hi
tooth pulled.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1907-10-15

Candidates should nave their csrds
printed at the News Job room.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1907-10-15
COURT NEWS
Husband Says Wife Spit In His Face.
Mckinley Estate sued-cases
Dismissed.

William Winterhalter fled an ac-
tion In common pleas court yesterday
praying for an absolute divorce from
his wife. Maud E. Winterhalter, and
ihe care and custody OF their sixteen
months old daughter named Pearl
The parties reside at 1884 Louis ave-
nue..
The husband says they were mar
ried on the 25th day OF March. 1906.
He declares his wife regardless of her
marital duties has been guilty OF ex-
treme cruelty towards him. claiming
she calls him vile and indecent names.
splits In his face. and has hit him In
the face at least dozen different
times He claims that two days be-
fore she left his bed and board she
swore at and abused him without any
cause. According TO the a. ,tions
OF the petition his wife Is Ii living
at her fathers residence and refuses
to return to his homo. G. c. Upham.
attorney.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1907-10-15
MAY Be CANTON MEN

The following telegram was receiv
ed at police headquarters last night
and is self explanatory;
"Cieveland. o. Chief Of POLICE. Can
ton, o. Two deckhands lost on steam
sr Cypress which sunk in Lake Su
perior Friday last. believed 10 be from
your city. Wish you would publish
these facts in your papers and II any
inquiry Ii made advise US promptly
as 10 description of parties. We have
no means at present Of knowing their
names. Bodies now at 800 awaiting
Identification. Paolhands. Mather q
Co."
The local police say that they know
of no one from this oity who was \
sailor who is missing but II anyone
can furnish them with any informa-
tion on the subject they will notify
the Arm making the inquiries at once.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1907-10-15
II Is q good thing to know hov

II Is a good thing to know how
to select food that will 80 thor
oughly feed and nourlsh the
body that there ID no indication
OF hunger or fslntncss from one
meal 10 another.
Grapc.Nuts will carry the user
longer, probably, than any other
food known. A young lady at
tending business college wrItess
"Beforc began using Grape.
Nuts got SO hungry before the
dinner hour that was faint and
almost sick, but since I have
had 6rape.Nuts for breakfast I
study harder. and walt longer
for my dinner without expert
cncinG any Of the former trouble.
SOnc OF the great sdyantsaes
10 that II requires no cooking or
psepafstIon. ! wish everyone
knew Of the value Of Grspe-Nuts
jos chlldren In school" |" there's
= Reason. Read ''The Road to
Wellvlllc." |" In pkps.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1907-10-15
FOREST DEPLETION.

The government, through the forest
service, is waging an interchangeable
campaign OF education with view OF
conserving the timber supply. A re.
cent circular issued points out plainly
and bluntly the danger Of the total
destruction Of the hardwood supply
In the United States. Although the
demand for hardwood has increased
the annual cut is already falling off
because. OF injudiclous methods and
recklessness. The cut In Ohio and In.
diana. which seven years ago lead all
the states, has fallen one-half. Ill.
nois. Iowa. Kentucky. Michigan. Min
nesota, Missouri. New Jersey. Tennes-
see, Texas. West Virginia and Wis
consin have also declined in hardwood
production.
About the only supply that is left
is to be found In the Appalachian
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1907-10-15
MOTION TO oUAsH ARGUED,

Monday afternoon Judge Amber
took up the hearing of the motion to
Quash the indictment returned by the
last grand jury against A. McCarty.
charged with attempting to perpe-
trate directory swindls In this city
some time ago on the Percy McIaiu
company. After the close OF the argu-
ments the court took the matter I'M
der advisement The attorneys for
the defendant contend that the indict.
ment does not state facts sufficient
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1907-10-15
MASSILLON NEWS

MasSillon. Oct. li.-fn the opinion
OF the Baltimore & Ohio railroad OH
cials the new double track will not be
completed through Massillon for sew
erai months. No new obstacles have
been met with but the stupendous
amount Of work necessary In the con.
struction OF the line was somewhat un.
derestimated. A side track that runs
through the busiest part OF the city
has been almost completed. All the
grading has been finished and this
morning the Grew of Hungarians was
set TO work 10 spike down the rails.
Both OF the signal towers at fremont
and Main streets will be moved soon
but In the meantime the gates at
those places are out OF commission
and the crossings are most dangerous.
Vogt q Son, contractors. have com
menced grading Summit street prep
aratory TO the paving that is to take
place. Summit street runs parallel 10
the railroad and much traffic passes
over It. II Ia the nearest approach TO
the railroad and all the unloading OF
cars goes on by way OF this street.
Owing to the complaint of the resi-
dents Of the west side. the county oom.
missioners will be asked to put up o
foot bridge until some action is taken
on the present state OF affairs over
the fremont street bridge. The plan
of repairing the old bridge has met
with disfavor among the Massillon citi-
zsns and II seems that the proposed
plan will fall through.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1907-10-15
Death OF Mrs. AIsn,ndsr l4urford

Mrs. Alexander Hurford died at her
residence. 4s7 North Market street,
last night at 10 O'Clock. Death was
caused by tuberculosis from which she
had been patient sufferT since June.
Besides her husband slse leaves TO
mourn her death sister. Mrs. vii,
liam Wood. and two brothers, Thomas
and George McKeeyer. all OF Pitts
burg The funeral arrangenlents will
be announced later.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1907-10-15
CASES DISMISSED.

The following cases have been dis
missed from the common pleas court
calendar: Flora Warstler VS.. Daniel
Warster; Frank Lupson vs.. GILL Lup-
son: Trustees OF Bethel First Church
OF God, Canton. vs. George Leininger
ct al; Isabella Sawdy vs. Ralph Saw
dy; Rose Halter VS.. william II. Hal
ter; Lunuis Lerdtke VS., Zua b.
Lerdtke; Massillon Loan g. Building
company VS.. Augusta NJ. Russell ct al.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1907-10-15

mountains. They contain the largest
body OF hardwood timber left in the
United States. but much of the forest
has been so damaged that II will be
years before It will again reach
high state of productiveness. Rightly
managed. the government estimates
that twenty billion feet would be the
annual production Of the Appalachian
forests, but not being rightly managed
and no oare being taken. there will
probably continue to be "a hardood
shortage.
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upon which to base a charge OF torg-
cry. II was also claimed on the part
OF the defense that because OF the
clever wording OF the instrument 70
indictment could be drawn against
the defendant that will hold water or
stand in court under the provisi ms of
the criminal statutes now in force.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1907-10-15
MCKINLEY ESTATE SUED.

Another suit was commenced In
court against r. 8. Shields as admin
istrator OF the estate OF Abner Nc.
Kinley. deceased. The plaintiff is the
Union National bank OF Massillon.
They ask for judgment on promis-
sorry notes for s6s0.S4 and s53s.6s
together with interest from October 1,
1907. Willison & Day. attorneys.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1907-10-15

20. F, HoUCK. SEC.
IGN. F. HoRsTMANN,
Bishop OF Cleveland"
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The ladies' Of the parish. We are sure,
will give their heartiest support TO
make the fair a success In every IN.
stance. The total receipts from these
fairs. or whatever means or raising
money are substituted for a fair. be.
long to the orphans and must be sent
10 the Chancellor before New Years.
MAY the peace OF the Holy Ghost
dwell in your hearts and abide with
you always. Amen.
Cleveland, o.
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The Government of Victoria; Aus.
tralia. is going to build factory for
wire netting. with capacity OF 800
miles of/wire year. This, II Is ex-
pected, will lower the present price
of $195 q mile to S12S.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1907-10-15

Candidates should have their eards
printed At the News Job room.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1907-10-15

that
numbers OF oil n
tdbws:
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Fun Fund
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