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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-28
Officers of Western AnnuL
 Trains and Cut Expenses

leaving Montgomery at S;30 a. nl.. daily and arriving in Selma at 11:59. while No. 112 has been leaving Selma at 1:30 D. m.. daily and arriving in Mont gomery at 5:55 p. m. Now these days. Wednesday and Fridays. return ing on Tuesdays. Thursdays and Satur- days.
 Another decision reached by the offi cials was to make the time at the local shops eight hours instead of nine and ten hours as has been the case. It was also decided yesterday to- annual local freights Nos. and ?. No. for meriy left Atlanta at midnight and ar rived in Montgomery in the afternoon. No. leaving Montgomery at o'clock fin the morning and arriving in Atlanta at S D. m. At present there are eight passenger trains between Montgomery and Atlatna. four through and four local. While nothing definite has been done 1t is probable that local passen- ger train No. 34, leaving for Atlanta at 2:25 p. m.. and No. 33. arriving from Atlanta at p. m., will be taken off. A reduction of $7O0 is to be made in the pay rolls of the local freight house while a big reduction Is to be made in the force at the yards and shops.
 An official of the Western said last night that other material reductions are expected at any time. The local shops that shut down Tuesday night will not open until Moncay morning and the force is liable to be greatly reduced.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-28
JOHND. CARTER DEAD
QUIETLY PASSES AWAY, BEING I'LL
 NUMBER or YEARS.
Was Secretary of Andrew Jacks0n
 Lodge of Masons Many Years Time of Funeral Not .. AnnOuneed.

John D. Carter. one of the best known and most highly respected men in Montgomery. died last night at 6:30 o'clock at his home on. Burton Ave- nue, after an illness extending over several years. MT. Carter had not been confined to his bed for that time. but his poor health did not permit his leaving home. Pending the ar- rival of his daughter; Miss Margaret Carter. who Is visiting in South Caro- lima, no funeral arrangements have been made.
 Mir. Garter was 6s years old and had lived in Montgomery for about half a century. During his active life he was in the banking business and was reputed to be one of the most accu- rate men of his dayI He was for many years q member of the Andrew Jack tary of that lodge for a number of years
 He was born, in Columbus, Ga, but moved to Montgomery when about six teen years of age. He was employed by the banking firm of the late James A. Farley and later with Josia Morris & Go. He held the high es- teem of \ all who knew, him and his host of friends will. sadly regret his demise. K f,A ! Besides his wife, MT. Carter is sur vived by three sons and two daugh- ters, The sons are John D. Carter Jr.. who is connected with the Santa Fe Railroad at Atlanta, Weatherly Car ter and Colin Carter of Montgomery The daughters are Mrs. Davant. and Miss Margaret Carter. both of this city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-28
.SalDafion Army Gaue
 1000 Baskets in Charity

Never before has there been such an example of general charity as that last night. when the Salvation Army gave to more than 1000 poor women and children a real Christmas treat. Ev- erlone was made happy. Everyone re- ceived 8 present, and all left the crowded court room sounding words of praises for Captain and Mrs Odom and their co-workers in the Salvation Army. Montgomery has had some wonderful demonstrations of her pub lie charity. and four times has the Salvation Army given the. poor big outing or Christmas treat. but that of last night surpassed anything that had ever gone before.
 Long before 7:20, the time set for the exercises the court room began to i'll and by that time more people were in there than the old place prob- ably ever held before. They were in the windows, standing in the aisles. and every available spot was utiliz- ed. Even with all of this crowd. only one woman fainted. She was Mrs. Price of West End and she was sit- ting in a crowd at the rear of the room. She was removed in a car- riage to her home Immediately.
 The exercises opened with a short talk by Captain Odons, followed by an interesting little entertainment by the children of the nigh. school at the cotton mill. Although some of the exercises were not given owing to the crowded conditions, the little folks showed that they mad been carefully trained and their efforts brought loud applause. " fs
 After tho exercises the distribution of presents was begun. and such a sight was never before witnessed in Mont gomery. With more than 1000 per- sons in the room and about 1000 pres ents to give out the members of the army had giant task before them. A name was on each article and as the names were. called the persons made their presence known. The present was then carried to them by the ush- efs. When all. of these had been giv- en out. TOO sacks of fruit and nuts were distributed. and after that l25 baskets of provisions were given to
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-28
SHANNON IS BOUGHT
RYAN GETS BIG CATCHER FROM
 MINNBAPOLIs. f
Played at Oue T1me With wasbinE- ton And Led Western League
 While With Den


 Have purchassd owen shannon, Minneapolis: other deals pending: pn
 The above < ts1sxram from Manager Ryan to the Advertiser assures the local fans of three cathers, two of them at least--Tom Messitt and Buck" Shannon-can be depended upon. Ryan and at the recent meeting of the local association shannon was one of the men whom he was authorized to buy.
 Tt will take a good big bunch of %psss sa she eetns i bst when @ said that he thought he could buy the men 1t was the uDcnimous vote of the directors that Re be given carte
 .HwE" shannoa is one :, the lead- cies. In 1906 the Cantilions had him on the Washington team of the Amer to Des Moines in the Western League, another of their clubs. While with that club he had in twenty-six games ss times at bat. il runs. 27 hits. two batting average of .as1.
 Tn nelding he had isa putouts. 40 as sists-1s3 chances-three errors and a in fielding average of .ssa s leading an that ]. the leaders in hitting.
 Then the Cantillions seeing his value shifted him again. sending him to an- other of their clubs-Minueapoiis in the American Association. In rorty- one games with that team he had 131 times at bat. eight runs. 16 hits, eight sacrifice hits and batting average of .12L In fielding he had 173 putouts. 79 asslsts-252 chances-Iu passeo balls. n errors and fielding aver age of .95s. Just what caused the big discrepancy between his Western record and that of the American As sociation Is not known It is known, however, that Ryan had hard time making the deal and the chances are that in this Southern climate Shannon will return to his Western League form both in hitting and fielding.
 Ryan Is after several other good men but for various reasons their names will not be given out.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-28
NEWS or M'wrLLIAsrs.
People Enjoyed . Prospercu, .na Han. i, A py Chrfstmas .7-'

McWilliams. Dec. 27-fspecial J. Christmas passed of quietly, everybody enjoying the season around their own hearthstone. with plenty to eat and of good cheer.
 Quite an enjoyable evening wa q spent on December 24 the event being a 4Chrfstmas tree given for the c1il1ren at the schoolshouse, the number of, nioe presents being distributed made all feel glad i. s-' "
 H. E. Melton and family are spend ing the holidays at the home of Mrs. Melton's father, J. I. Bizzel. of Monroe ville., ~ 1,, - "
 Prof. J. W. Riley is at home at Mad awah for the holidays. His assistant. Miss Corriet Beard. Is at her home in Pine Apple until the resumption of her school duties M
 Dr.sand Mrs. J. V. carseweii gave an egg nog to their numerous friends Christmas morning. 3TEI Mrs. c. R. Costello and Charlie Cos tef1o. of Pensacola. are at home with Mrs. Carsewell for several days. Mir. and Mrs. C. R. Petite are with relatives in Evergreen.
 Miss Maud SadIer is spending her va cation at home with her parents, MT and Mrs. Dewitt Sadler.
 Work at the oil we'll Is being rapid 1y pushed forward. The. driller claims he is about five hundred feet into the iearth. having struck a rock through
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-28

the women. Each of the baskets had a name on it and the woman came up as their names were called.
 Although the exercises started ear- ly and Santa Claus appeared before o'clock. 1t was 10:30 when all the gifts of merchandise had been dis tributed. r.#
 Any one who had aided the salva- tion Army to give this treat would have been amply repaid had they look cd upon that audience. Probably nev- CT before fh the history of Montgomery has one just like it been assembled. It was made up of the poor and needy people of the city-people who are so poor that they cannot have a Christ mas tree of their own and depend on the Salvation Army to give it to them. Early in the evening, however, there were great many representative cit izens in the audience who came to look on this great work.
 There were persons in the crowd who probably never before enjoyed real Christmas and their. delight was manifest in their words of gratitude and in the expressions of their faces. While the names were being read, each one listened intently for his or hers to come. and when they heard 1t they loudly proclaimed their pres encc and reached for the gift. It was indeed a happy night for them all.
 It was with difficulty that the room was cleared after all the presents had been given out. for the crowd stayed around Captain and Mrs. Odom and thanked them repeatedly for the good work they had done and for the hap piness they had bestowed. They came up in front with their arms loaded with good things to eat and good clothing to wear and thanked and re- thanked the men and women who worked so hard to give these people a pleasant Christmas
 Many charitable persons who have done a great deal of the work in Montgomery looked in on the scene during the. early part of the evening and they knew that any effort along the line that had been made heretofore was surpassed hy what was going on last night. Ia
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-28
NEw rHnAsURsR,s soND.

Arrangements Made Fer Bonding @ Treasuref Tait. N
 Arrangements for the bonding of Robert Tait. elected to be City Treas urer. have been practically completed and 1t is expected that the matter will be consummated Monday. In such an event Mir. Tait will probably resign from the Council, and his successof as tenant of the office of alderman from the Fifth Ward will be elected Monday night.
 The amount of the bond of the City's Treasurer is $40.00o. and the require- ments of the sbondsmen are strict The bond is practically an assurance not only of the honesty and the competen- cy of the treasurer but of the solvency of the local banks in which he Is authorized to deposit the city's moneys.
 Mr. Tait's resignation of his seat in the Council vacates an office to which there are said to be three aspirants. w. J. Conniff Robert Lowe and pr. T. J. Slough are named as the candi- dates and 1t is probable that the election will be spirited.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-28
I IN S OC I lE T "

pr. w. W. McGehee. who has been yfsitfnG his parents. MT. and Mrs. o. C. McGehee. has returned to his home In
 Mrs. Van Calhoun of Taft. La. who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. l.. B. Hamrick. has gone to Hurtsboro to
 Mr. Francis. E. Brunette has gone to
 Mr Nal Mcleod Of xndsiusia spent as wx,ans n moGstssmsry GrssSsmy And.lu.. spent yesterday with friends here.
 day in the city on business.
 the guest of Miss Mabel Gordon at her home on Mildred Street.
 MT. and Mrs. Vernon Harris,of Cairo, J, Warren Jones. at her home on Hui
 MT. and Mrs. J, T. Fisher of shreve- R1rt Psn; sa;; sa are the guests of MT. and MT. Fred EiseInan of Atlanta is visit ] Ing his sister. Mrs g. J. Winter m Miss Pauline Ellis left the city goes to spend the holidays .-s
 Miss Mary Beckett. who has been the mucn me -admired guest of Miss Kathleen Mobiie. Meon Ms. hss EEssIrned Es.rs to her home In the Sons of Veterans and Miss Harri- sen senn;nn was m maid of honor during. the last
 Mrs; Ella II. Smith and her daughter Miss Miss Bertie smith of Greer. s. e. and MISS Ruth Holtzclaw of Greenviljc
 G.' are visiting at the home of MT.
 MT and Mrs. Cecil Wilcox of Jack sonVhle. Fla. have been visiting MT. ana Mrs. William Stewart at Stheir nome near Fillmore. They are spendinr wick Ruth. 'i1 ''
 Capt. Samuel c. Jones of the ryn,t.a states Army. and Mrs. Jones. who have Deen the guest of Captain Jones' mother. Ieave this morning for Wash sng.on. p e. where they will be the si Clayton. who was formerly am Dassador to Mexico. From Wasfin gfon GSapfaln Sap and Mrs. Jones will go to sei, ho. Guoa. where Captain Jones
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-28
NO WAY TO RAISE A { COUNTY OFFICERS PAY
Must Serve Ont His Term at OId
 Salary.

Salary.
 According to a decision rendered by Attorney General Alexander Gar Der yesterday, 1t is unconstitu- tional for County Board of Revenue or Board of County Commissioners to raise the salary of any officer while in ofice, not even if he seek to abridge that section of the constitution regu- lating such matters, by resigning and being reappofnted.
 The particular case on which the decision was rendered was at the re- quest of State Health Oficer w. H. Sanders. Mfr. Sanders wanted to know whether or not the salary of a county health officer could be raised while in office. He was rather of the opinion that this would be q violation of the constitution, bsst he was not certain whether or not the salary could not be raised by abridgement. viz. the in
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-28
cumbsnt resigning and being appointed

cumbent resigning and being appointed over again.
 The section of the Constitution which prescribes the powers for raising saia- ries of State or County officers Is No. 2si. as follows: The salary. fees or compensation of any officer holding any civil office of profit under the State or any county or municipality thereof. shall not be increased or di- unfinished during the term for which he shall have been elected or appointed
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-28
M RAY TO STEAK.
Evangelist win Address Mems Meet

Evangelisf VIII Address Mems Meet
 ing.
 Evangelist W. J. Ray will address the mems meeting of the Y. NJ. c. A. Sunday afternoon when he will take as his topic "A Man Astray."
 Mir. Ray is an. evangelist under the direction of the Baptist State Mission Board and for the past eighteen months has been speaking on an average of twice a day at various meetings which he has attended. He has a very mag netic personality. and will no doubt draw large audience to hear him Sunday afternoon.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-28

Mrs. Meehan gave Iuncheoh at IHe Country Club yesterday afternoon in Atlanta, who Is visiting her daughter, Mrs Benjamin Noble; A game soi bridge followed the luncheon and al it's conclusion Mrs. Patterson, the guest of honor. was presented with a Beautiful engagement book as souve- mir of the occasion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-28
WhoIe Family Rurn..

Boston, Mass. Dec, 27-Five. per- sons were burned to death in fire which destroyed the house of John Clark at watertown, 8 suburb. early today. Every member of the Clark family met death in the flames.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-28
...Rnr.I c.rrier N.,nea.

Washington. D. C.. Dec. 27--tSpecial) -Elbert T. Bright has been appointed regular, Wallace c. Bush. substitute, rural free delivery carrier. Route No. 3. at Sy1acauga.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-28

which he bored or drilled. thirty feet( before striking any soft substance.
 Miss Maggfe Roberts. of Turlxestan.l ts visiting relatives here.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-02
CHANGE NAME ON APRIL [
RathbOne Sisters Will Then be known
rs Pythian -Coalesce
With Pythians.

April LIST marks the date OF the
changing of the name Rathbone Sis
tiers to Pythian Sisters, but until that
date this organization will be classed
under that familiar title, Rathbone
Sisters.
Many people wonder why the change
is to be made. The solution is simple
There has always been two branches
of the ladies organizations of the
Pythian lodge, the one in the north
going under the name Rathbone Sis
ters while the southern organization
was always known as Pythian Sister
hood. Both of these have been clam
oring for recognition at the hands of
the grand lodge but it was not until
the last meeting in October at New
Orleans that any definite settlement
was made. Then it was suggested
that the two ladies' organizations COM
bine forces under the official title of
Pythian Sisters. This suggestion was
acted upon favorably and the coall-
ton of the two branches will take
place on April LIST.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-02
HAAsAM IS COMING MIRO FAVOR

Considerable sentiment in favor OF
the Haasam pavement is being created
among the tax payers by the repres-
entatives of that class of paving who
have been in the city for several days.
The Haasam pavement is made up of
cracked rock firmly embedded in ten
per cent mixture of cement making
the whole a durable mass about eight
or ten inches in thickness. The upper
layer is made up entirely of cement
not easily listintegrated and firm
enough SO that horse shoes can not
penetrate.
The Haasam is a much more mex
pensive class of pavement than the
creosote blocks the latter costing in
the neighborhood of So per square
yard while the Haasam can be laid
down guaranteed against cracks, etc.,
in the neighborhood of 81 per square
yard.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-02
THIS IS GROUND HOG DAY.
Everybody Watch for the Appearance
of the Wonderful American
MlrMOt.

Today is grounding day." and /,
day of great significance to those who
place their faith in the Farmers AL
manac" in preference to the govern
ment weather reports. According to
the ancient superstition. if the groun'i-
hog sees his shadow when lie issues
from his hole at noon today he will
crawl in again and prepare for six
weeks more of winter If, on the
other hand, he finds the sky overcast.
no matter how stormy and cold the
day may be, he will stay out, secure
in the knowledge that the backbone
of the winter is broken and warm
weather will come soon.
The weather bureau, which relies
more on scientific observations than
on omens, is of the opinion that the
country will have an early spring this
year, basing the prediction evidently
upon the fact that in most sections the
winter so far has been rather more
severe than usual
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-02
A GREAT MUSICAL
EVENT FOR NEXT
WEEK
Coming of Country Girl" anc
''The Cingalee" Hailed
With Delight.

"a Country Girl' and "The Cinga
lee" are to be presented here by tn
Augustin Daily musical company nun
bering seventy-five people. Thi
event brings to this city for the frs
time the greatest musical comedy SUE
cesses of the east. They were bot
written by James T. Tanner, with /,
RIGS by Adrian Ross, additional lyric
by Percy Greenbank, music by Lion
Moncton. Most of these men were IL
terested in writing San Toy" "Tf
Geisha" and "A Runaway Girl, b.
the former two are the gems" of the
combined efforts and will be present,
here the same as they were at DAILY
Theatre, New York. The comedy
both plays is bright as to lines al
situations, the music is catchy throug
out. Each play has been written
two acts, and are both set in a fran
work of fanciful grace and imagin
tive beauty. The company will op
Monday evening with "a Count
Girls" Tuesday evening they will pl
sent THE Cingalee." The cast is
important one, and the chorus is spt
en- of as being the handsomest a
best singing chorus that has e,
graced musical play. The regu
orchestra will be augmented with
company's own musicians. The (
gagement promises to be one of
traordinary merit and magnitude 4.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-02
ANNUAL. MEETING OF
THE !, v, 6. A.
HELD
Membership Large and Fin,
ances Good-Trustees
Were Elected.

The annual meeting of the Grand
Forks Young Women's Christian As
ISOLATION was held last evening in the
rooms of the association, 211 North
Fourth street. Weather conditions
Notwithstanding, there were thirty
present, which is larger number than
was expected.
The election of four members of the
board of trustees came up, and the
following were named: Mrs. w. A.
Gordon, Mrs. c. M. Cooley, Mrs. j.
M. Sturtevant and Mrs. R. B. Griffith,
reelected.
The report of the officers was made.
The report of the treasurer showed
that during the past year $500 had
been raised, two-thirds Of it by the
membership. The financial end of the
association this year is better than It
has ever been before. The association
now has a membership of 300.
The next meeting of the board of
trustees will be held on next Satur-
day, when the officers will be elected
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-02

The fierce blizzard which has been
brewing in the oRocky Mountain dis
tricts for several days descended upon
North Dakota yesterday afternoon and
ragged over the state all last night. To-
day there has been let up though 80
slight that trainmen and snow shovel
ers have not deemed 1t advisable to
start work clearing out the drifteJ
cuts.
For great portion of the way be-
TWEEN this city and Minot the banks
on either side of the tracks are six
and even ten feet in height and the
wind which has swept the prairies for
hours has filled the track level with
the banks. AS a consequence the snow
can not be removed until the wind
stops blowing.
The Northern Pacific railroad Is
having hard row to hoe, No. 8 bound
north on Thursday morning is stalled
at point four miles north of Grafton.
The north train Friday morning was
not able to pass it's predecessor ami
is therefore being held at Grafton.
lOWo uoSO OOOA AuSuOu lno SCCu0
and officials are doing their utmost tn
"unstick" the trains.
Forty Below In Winnipeg.
A message today from Winnipeg
states that the cold in that vicinity
is something intense. The tnermomet>
er this morning registered forty be-
low zero This is the coolest place
yet recorded. Grand Forks is SUI
fering more from the sharp wind than
from the cold as the thermometer shows
only eighteen below zero. In May
vile the blizzard ragged all night with
the temperature at the ten below fig
ure. Grafton experienced the same
hard blow with the mercury around
the fifteen below notch while Hoople
was hit hard not only by the blizzard
but by the cold. twenty-five below
was the warmest temperature record
ed.
The storm which struck this state
yesterday is travelling eastward and
will probably pursue this course until
1t reaches the, Great Lakes. st. Paul
reports cloudy day with stormy
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-02

both men have had much experience
in this work, the ones to be held are
sure to be successful.
Mr.. Hunt is a clear cut forceful
speaker Of international reputation.
He has preached in England, Scotland,
United States and Canada during the
last thirteen years. Previous to that
time he was engaged in the practice
of law for eleven years. Since start
ing on his work of evangelization, Mr..
Hunt has met with marked success il
all parts of the country. He comes
to Grand Forks from Waupaca, Wis +,
where he went from Syracuse, New
York. In both these cities he met
with much success. He is tireless
worker and holds several services each
day. Besides this he does a great deal
of personal work.
Alexander B. Davidson, a vocalist
of much repute accompanies Mr.. Hunt
in his work, and will be in Grand
Forks.