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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-17
DIMMICK FILES BILL
ASKS COURT TO APPOINT RECESV-
 FIR FOR sT0KESs STOCK.
yUovyd Ouss Gsene.al nEanager Of Ala bama Central Railwny from Cer- poration---EEearing of Argu-
 meats Set for Monday


 A new moye in the Stokes Dimnick Allegation was made yesterday. This Ptlma Capt. J. W, Dimmick, is the az gressor Heretofore M. O. Stokes has Raea all tIaA bills in the Alabama Cen- tral Railway tangie, but now Captain Dimmick has recorded baii or com piaint in the equity division ex the City Court of McptEomsry' ailsosee
 The purpose of Captain Dimmfck Is to oust the Stokes interests entirets from the corporation, and, as the means thereto. Captain Dimmick asked JnAge Sayre to appoint a receiver to take charge of and to sell the stock owned by General Manager Stokes in the Ala bama Central Railway and certain fiHa- her rights which Stokes has with fhe corporation fin Autauga Connty.
 The bfIf of complaint asks the sale os Stokes's railroad stock on the ground that the value of the stock has been depressed since Stokes filed q bill in the Chancsry Court asking for a re- ceiver for the railroad. and also h or- der to clear up certain alleged oblj- eationa. The sale of timber rights of 400 acres of land Is desired. accordinR to the bill, on the ground that the rights on the lapd expired October l
 Judge Sayre set the case for hear ing next Monday.
 With the filing of Captain Dimm1cks bill yesterday there are three separate and distinct phases of the tangle.
 The first is an injunction, upheld by the Chancery Court, preventing inter ference with Mfr. Stokes in the dis charge of duties as general manager of the corporation This is new in the Sa- preme Court.
 The second is tine application of Mir, Stokes in the Chancery Court for a re- ceiven for the corporation which it is expected win be heard by Chancellor Parks tomorrow,
 The third is the. bill filed yesterday in the Equity Court by captsfn Dim- mick.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-17

sf sfna,s sss Rsss aS EFF easnss e sf sss.s, s William C. oates, Joseph F. Johnston and William D. Jelks.
 Changes fn Dn1es.
 The Committee on Jcint Rules pre- sented It's report through Mx9 Aang ef Butler. during the presentation of bills, but after soIiie argument. the consider ation of the rsp6H was postponed until the cofnpistion t0f the cAlsndar for the that that tine. Sui fhs report wss 6naaly adopted without | dissenting vote
 The principal change rem the oid se the new rules. and the. section of the report which caused the deba.s s.,., wss s and focal Bills should be accompaniea, whom filed, by three copies of the no tice and proof of publication. MT. Bui- ger of Tailapoosa, was fearful that the rule, If adopted, would be retroacave. but was assured by MT. Long Of Bat- Ter MT. Tupstail and others that such was not the purpose.
 ferred during the calling of the caien- dar to accommodate those members who had local bflls to introduce yes ,s.Say nisS thres r.s copies w of sf fhs notice and proof. The members of the Committee explained the purpose of the rule was to facilitate bnsfness ana to guara against mistakes 9n the tournsi and iesaitay sassg Ss tho S,iis.
 Refes Lee Hirthday Ressiutiss.
 A massaRe was received from the Senate. transmftDna joint resolution providing for adjournment Friday un- tl Monday, In recognition of the birth day of General Robert E. Lee. which falls on Saturfay, yanuary rs. xne resolutipn was referred te ene con'n'e-
 None pf the committees was ready to submit reports when that order CT business was reached, but notices ot several committee meetings during tne Afternoon and evening were sent to the Clerks desk end read, and it seems iikIy some of the committees VIII pc ready to report back, either favoraety sr upiayssrasly some .asaY. 0t tns ss.s,on mss'e
 Just before adjourninent. 2 fermai invitation from the Commercial clab at Rirp,ipgham for the members ot tne Leeislature to visit that city Friday. January fs, snd attend the session ef the southern Cotton Association con vsation, was read. The tnvitation, on ao..on ef MF Hslsy Of seaersspi ae s,,iss' was
 MT. Haley of Jefferson suggested tnat more could he accompiishedN for eae next few days hy short sessions giving the the clerks plenty of opportunity te get up with their work. and pernitang sessions of the various ccnmittees ss be held. He therefore moved tact until fuzthsr notice, the hour or meet, inc hour of adjcurnment at te:ss o'clock. The motion prevailed vita oa4 opposition, and, the hour of ad- iournment having arrived, the hsese adjeurnsd antu today.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-17


 Beaumont. Texas, Jan. 1e.--.The Oil Investors Journal tomqFFow will say; Texas and Louisiana produced ls.- 772,864 barrels of crude petrol~sm in 1906, compared with tatal yield in 1905 of s7.as2ss74 haFTsis, inAicatipg a decline in pFadnetieB sf l7,35a,sl0 bsr- Fels. The figured fer 1908 represent the aetpsi rnHs of oil frem the wells. tual sales Qf ernda oil la that year. Texas Is credited with 12.66s,52s bar- rels in 1sg6, agatRst 2s,162,25s barrels in 1905, or decrease of 15is5732 bar rels.
 Louisiana is credited with a total yield of 7176,3SS barrels in 1906 against s,s10.416 barrels in 1906. Indicating q decline of 1,SQ4,0f9 barrels, Twenty million barrels of crude oil were in storage in Texas and Louisiana ats the beginning of 1908. The total requirements in that year amounted to so133,49s barrels.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-17
.KETzkT BUYS STOCK.

Merchant PwFehesee Goods Of Rankrppt
 At aaetion yssteFday, the bankrupt stock eff ths Rice Dry Geeds Gompany was sold to William Kstzixy. a Dex- ter avenue merchant, fer $f1,s00. The sale was conducted in the store of the Rice Dry goeas Eonapany, R4 North Court street, by George Stuart. re- eeivsF, at al o'clock Report of the sale was made to Judge Jones and 1t will lie over ca asya for eonfirma- ton. s
 The property sold is composed of 9 stock of goods. fixtures and book ac- counts. The Rice Dry Goeds Com pany was forced Into bRnkruptev Christmas Eve
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-17
GOSSIP OF THE LEGISLATORS

anietly falds his tent and steals away, and # his. man wins, he gets g nice little book and has his name put on tbs
 da Au. ,,Is paas ? s,,, system E different; Hs Is ranges over both houses. The clerks jsbs all look alike to blm and hs would as soon bag one in the House as.in the Senate.
 He has been coming to Alabama Leg islature for the past ten years and every time he has served in some clerical ca pacity and served we'll too. He knows thoroughly the Legislative ma chinery and all the details of bills pass ling under the gonstitutien. He had
 ths eierkship of the Committee on Or der. Consistency and Harmony of the Whole. of the Constitptional Conventio and discharged his duties so faithfully and intelligentIy that the members Of the committee gave him an excellent written endorsement
 There was such crowd of candi- dates for clerkships when Dan got in the game last week. that his friends feared that the Wilcox County man for one time. had met bigger thing
 than he eeuld handIs
 But they underrated his resource fnlness. While the other fellows were
 standing around holding their hands and fayarishly waiting to heaF some thing. Dan was band shaking and Aastilag, As e result, the pay roll is made out and Dams name Is written
 there.
 waHt Maaicipsl Laws Changed. Dr. B. c. Burieson and M. M. Brooks, prominent citizens of the hustling town ef AtmeYe are In the, city, interested in the House bill which amends the
 mnnieinal lays. Atmare. which is growing rapidly, wants to be incorpa- rated, but the pgogPassiFes down there are held back by the municipal law which controls the organization of
 towns and mnnieipaiities
 Under the present law. before an election can be held to determine whether a town shall or shall not be incorporated, the petition for an eiea- ers and householders. The new bill re- duces the required number of signers to the lpetition to twenty-five house. holders The Atmore delegation Is vepy anxious to see the bill passed. They are of the opinion too, that there are quite a number of other towns in
 the state whish are as muoh interest
 ed iB this measure as Atmora-
 t
 The friends of Hen, Jeel W. Goldsby, who was President pro tenn of the last Senate. will learn with regret that he is dangeriousiy i'll in Mobile. He is at an infirmary in that city. and his cendltien Is so serious that his friends are alarmed.
 MT. Goldsby represented Mobile Coun- ey in the last Senate. It did not take his election as President pro tenn of
 the Senate so mark him as one of the leaders of that body. But he was chos- en as President pro tenn, and the nam- ing of the Senate committees was plac- ed in his hands. The session of the last Senate was one of the stormiest of recent years and in the repeated de- bates on the floor Mr. Goldsby had a prominent place. He was g ready and fearless debater. and made himself felt on all important qqestians which were passed upon by the Senate.
 Help to Rural School Houses.
 State help to rural school houses is extended in @ bill introduced by, Ssna- tor Herbert E. Reynolds in the Senate yesterday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-17
WANTED.

Experienced Shoe salesman-For part of Tennesses and Northern Alabama. who can show annual record sixty to hundred thousand sales. Can't consid- ist. Address. Geo. D. Witt Shoe co. Manufacturers, Lyachburg, Va. Adv.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-17

AUDET0nEUM RINK, Ladies and sezsoeI Ghild1eR ad@iffed free ewexy afternopn. Races every atsht this week. st.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-17
,Yeoder Lee. Dlsturh Nis sIeep.

representative R. B. Reete ot Lime stone County. is something Of a phil :asFsRst ar Si 4hs wsss fss good trait.
 A few days ago, The Advertiser pub- lishsd letter to one ef the SenataFs from 2 member Qf his constituency, who had the misfortune to lose a leg in the war between the States. Mir. Peete evidently read that letter, and yesterday presented bill for the relief of the veteran. It requires the pupii- cation of notice Of such an intention in a local paper for four successive weeks before aRy special or local bill can be introduced in the Legislature, and the fact that there was no time for such publication before bill must be presented for the relief of the old Lowndes County veteran went straight te the soul of Mir. Peets
 He slept over the problem. but it dld no good; so he slept over 1t another night. and the result was brilliant scheme for the relief of the one-legged . veteran through the medium of a gem eral, and npt-H special, bill Yesterday he presented 8 TneasuFe. House Bill Nc. 2Ie, which is entitled Ia bill for an act to provide an artificial leg fer every One-legged Confederate soldier in the State of Alabama"
 The proposed measure was referreu by Speaker Martin te the Committee en Appropriations, and a meeting of that committee was held in the office of the noon.
 Meanwhile, there Is reason te pPe- sume that Mr,Peete slept soundly last night.
 whE He stayed up.
 Representative Lamar Smith, of El- more, in the Exchange Hotel lobby on the night of the inauguration sat in a leather chair as big as a feed box and watched the fellows with silk hats and vide shirt fronts come down the stairs and go over to the inaugural ball A friend came up to him and said. why don't you go to your boarding house and go to bed? Here 1t IS near ly ten o'clock and you know when you are back home at Fleahop. you are in bed by eight o'clock every night"
 The Fillmore County man responded in that solemn firawl which has heipr cd make his reputation as a hpmorisf.
 I'm going to see whats going on. when I'm down here. Tin stepping at first class place. dian't come down with a cheese box full of "vittles.' two quilts tied up with a rope. and expect te sleep in a wagon yard"
 Dan Cook Lands clerkship.
 Dan Cook has landed. Dan has been appointed clerk of the Temperance Committee. of the House, and all ais friends are gratified.
 Dan is from Wilcox County, and the original hustler when 1t comes to poli- tics. There Is only one man in the State who can shake more hands in minute than he can. and that is Gen. gressman Sidney J. Bowie, who holds the record. When Dan comes up from Wilcox and goes after a committee clerkship. he hasn't been In the lobby of the Exchange fifteen minutes before every senator and exefp representative kaows that he is aftsf a clerkship. and before he has half g dozen influential Frieaas dropping everything they have and falling in behind in his hunt for elertship.
 As general thing the man who tries for &7elerkship. is tied on to some sem ator or member of the House. who may Se made chairman of some committee. if his man loses. the prospective clerk
The Glenwood post., 1907-08-03
Girl Prevents a Wreck.

Cheyenne, Wyo.-The presence Of
mind of Miss Rose O'Reilly of Buford
prevented wreck Of the Union Pacific
Atlantic express near Colores station.
The girl, who is a daughter of rail
road man, was coming to Cheyenne on
the train Near Colores a tire broke
on wheel of the coach in which she
was riding and the trucks were de-
rallied.
Miss O'Reilly realized in an instant
that something was wrong and jerked
the bell cord in stop" signal to the
engineer, who applied the emergency
brakes and stopped the train.
The train was travelling at a high
speed the crew was unaware of what
had happened and, but for Miss
O'Reilly's action. disastrous wreck
would have imperiled the lives of the
300 passengers On the express. The
train was delayed two hours by the ac-
cident
The Glenwood post., 1907-08-03

What" she gasped, Selling him BY
the arm, did he open the parcel an
see what was in it or-or take it
away with him, SAM"
NO" said the man, ''he didn't do
nuthin' to it, 'cept scratch tn dirt on
tn top, an when he got Whit of 1t
l guess it wuz all he wanted, fur when
| seen him he was a-comin' daown til
hill like tn old Nick wuZ after him.
surmised what he'd been up to, an
SO i went back an covered it up
again"
THANK God for that she muir
INJURED, 'and you did not touch it
or open it Yourself did you, Sam?'
NO" he replied. Il jest left it lay,
like you've allus told me to do, an
covered it up again 'thaout askin' no
questions, one way nor tother. But
| tell ye, Matilda, it's all goin' teh
be known fore long, an | do wish
yed tell me naow, fore it's too
late
.'Nes!" l exclaimed, stepping sud
denly before them, and l wish you'd
tell me, too, Mrs. Bruce"
They sprang back in amazement,
and for an instant l thought that
jerks was going to strike at me, but
| continued earnestly:
Il have come here as your friend
tonight to ask and beg of you an eX-
PLANTATION of this mystery that is up
setting the whole place. | know, Mrs.
Bruce, that you can put everything to
rights if you will, and / am prepared
to do almost anything that you want
me to if you will only made a clean
breast of the whole business. | don't
believe there's been any very great
wrong on your part, Mrs. Bruce, al
though | must admit that | did think
so at one time, and | want to say now
that | am sincerely sorry for the man
ner in which Dr. MacArdel and l
treated you both last summer"
They said nothing, and after paus-
ing for a moment, l continued:
''As | say, | come here as a friend
to ask you to explain this matter once
The Glenwood post., 1907-08-03
GOT s75o,ooo BY FORGED CHECKS
Noted Criminal Tells How He Worked
the Game.

Canon City, Colo-CharIes B.
Hogge, alias Maddox, alias Benton,
who has been in the county jail since
July 18TH, charged with passing a
70. ged check on the First National
bank of Florence in the sum of $1S5,
on July 2nd. entered a plea of guilty
before Judge Bailey in the District
Court.
When asked if he had any state
ment to make to the court, Hogge
said:
My name is Charles b. Hogge..
was born in Scotland in 1874 aud came
of good family. When nineteen years
old | came to the United States, ar
irving here in 1863, during the Civil
War. | enlisted in the Union army
aid served three months. ! am civil
engineer, and after leaving the army
procured employment at my prCfes-
sion, earning about $500 a month
While doing engineering work at
Vera, Mexico. | lost the sight of one
eye, and was rendered partially deaf
through a prolonged attack of fever.
This untitled me for work, and while
in financial distress | persuaded a
preacher to indorse for me bogus
check, on which ] secured 5000.
| found this method of raising
money so easy that | began to study
forgery as a business, and have fol
lowed it successfully for fifteen years.
| formed the habit of gambling with
easy money. and had become addicted
to the curse. 1t required much money
and | had secured it through forgery
on banks usually working preachers
for its production. | have served
three terms in penitentaries, one each
in Tennessee. New Mexico and Utah.
1t is impossible for me to tell the
amount of my forgeries, but they
probably amount to $75O,OOO OF this
amount | haVe $4,000 on deposit in
Kansas and Nebraska banks. ! am an
old man now, and my race is about
run, and it makes but little difference
what the future has in store for me.
| have been chased all over this
country by Pinkertons, but they have
never caught me. | am satisfied that
| must spend the rest of my days in
the penitentiary.
Judge Bailey then pronounced SEN
tence of from ten to fourteen years in
the penitentary. Hogge received the
sentence calmly, and as he was sent
back to Jail he remarked: "Once
more Brownie He was taken to the
penitentiary to begin a term which
probably will mean the rest of his
natural life. Hogge was recognized in
Pueblo July 3rd, by a preacher who in
dorsed check for him at Trinidad d
eighteen months ago. He was ar
rested and taken to Trinidad, and
later turned over to this county for
trial. He has been sought by the
American Bankers Association for
years, and is one of the smoothest
criminals in the country
The Glenwood post., 1907-08-03

and for ALL or at least go away and
leave us in peace
oh, | can't go away, sir!" ex-
claimed Mrs. Bruce. Il can't do that.
sir, whatever you ask, and l can't
tell you anything, either, for the pres
ent. sir"
"Oh, nonsense!" I cried inpatient
ly. You can tell me just as well as
not, and | give you my word that
you can trust me in every way if you
will only take the right view of this
thing and side with me in helping to
rid Carney-Croft of all further an
noyance."
No. she returned, weeping silent.
ly. Il can't tell you anything now, sir,
although | say it with no disrespect.
AS you are friend of Miss Carney
and the other lady, don't ask it of
me, beg"
THE other lady?" l exclaimed in
amazement, and with some sudden
suspicion in my tone. DO you mean
to say that you don't remember her
name when you know her well enough
to have written her SO many letters
that she is perfectly familiar with
your hand, and you have even had
her here in your house,"
Written her letters?" cried Mrs.
Bruce in a bewildered tone. why,
sir, /"
Here she was interrupted by jerks,
who suddenly broke out into outlaws
of uncomfortable mirth.
Mrs. Bruce eyed him in puzzled
way for moment, as if she thought
he had lost his mind and then, com
ing to my side, she drew my head
toward her and whispered in my
ear:
I'm Gods name, sir, trust me as you
would yourself and ask no questions
about the letters or anything else.
Do this, for PHYS sake, and for the
sake of the sweet young lady you
love-"
To BE coNTI1'uEDs
The Glenwood post., 1907-08-03

pleasantly as she spoke, IT remember
you very well indeed, sir"
I smiled at this in spite of myself
and stopped her as she would have
passed me and gone up the stairs.
What are you doing here. Mrs.
Bruce?" l asked. Il had no idea Of
meeting you in this way
why you know, sir, l was a nurse
in the old country, SIR" she returned
in the same sweetly modulated voice
that l had noticed before, land when
the young lady took SO bad, sir, they
sent for me to take care of her until
the 'ospital nurses came from town"
''Who sent for you?" l continued
curiously. again impeding her prog
ress up the stairs.
Miss Carney, of course" she re-
joined. She asked the rector and he
recommended me most ighly, sir. You
ical cases 'ereabouts, when l can find
the time for it, sir"
She caught her breath at this last
clause, as if she would have wished it
unsaid, and bushed violently as l re-
marked: You are very busy most of
the time, l presume?"
Yes sir, l am, sir" she retorted,
detiantly, land my business is my
own, sir, and it i'll becomes outsiders
to NEEDLE with it,"
With these remarkable words she
swept past me and proceeded to Miss
Weston's room with all the impor-
tance of an idealized Sairy Camp from
whom the Objectionable qualities had
been eliminated
AS | watched her ascend the stairs
with a little self-relant poise to her
head and manner of absolute non
chalance, | came to the sudden and
positive conclusion that the woman
had not bad trait in her makeup,
and that the only way to deal with
her was to approach her frankly and
in all honesty of purpose. / was con.
vinced, too, that Miss Weston had
played no small part in persuading
Miss Carney to send for her as a
The Glenwood post., 1907-08-03

nurse, and wondered how and
through what sort of argument she
had been induced to admit to her
house a woman whom she had every
reason to suspect of bearing her no
great amount of good will.
From the housekeeper. who chanc-
ed to pass through the hall, ! learned
that the nurses from town were ex-
pected on the evening train, and that
Mrs. Bruce would go home as soon
as they arrived, and l determined to
see her and talk with her that very
night at her cottage.
Shortly after dinner, which, like all
the other meals of the day, had been
conspicuous by Miss Carney's alb
sence, | again started out in the di-
rection of the widows house, and ar
rived Just in time to find her and
jerks in heated arguments at the
gate.
! slackened my pace as | saw them
standing in the light of the doorway
and feeling that the circumstances
warranted me in playing the part of
eavesdropper, | stepped stealthily for
ward in the shadow of the shrubbery
until | was within hearing distance.
Wall" jerks was saying doggedly,
9TH hull things baout teh come aout
fore long an ye nights well tell me
naow an hev done wit it,"
"I'll tell you when the time comes,
Sam" she said, soothingly, and then
she added something in a tone SO
low t.iat could not hear.
Course I'll trust ye, Matilda" said
jerks earnestly and in evident re-
sponse to her last remark. "Haint
allus trusted ye frum tn start; an
got them pesky -sundles fur ye, an
buried 'em, too. 'thaout never askin'
no questions? But l tell ye, Matilda.
th' hull things comm aout fore long,
an, what's more, that lawyer cuss
wuz up on tn hill this mornin' right
after we left, an dug up tn last one
we planted"