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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1907-05-23

Is la mas arriesgada tentativa
hecha por los enthusiasts del de
porte automovilista. Una c2rrera
ell autom6vil ( trav6s del Asia y dc
Europa es enpresa verdadtramente
colossal.
Los intrepidos automovilistas
que Ell ese "raiI' extraordinario
pongan q prueba su resistencia ha
bran de atravesar China, Mongo-
In, Siberia, Russia, Alemania, Bel
gica y Francia. Y el recorrido dt
ese enorme trayecto presenta gran
des ( inn1meros obstaculos.
Hase tratado de veneer las di-
fcultades que ofrecs tan largo re-
corrido y creese haberlo logrado;
pero va Sc vera cuantos automovi-
listas llegan 4 la meta. Segura-
mente ningnno.
Fl recorrido parcial de los di
rentes trayectos 10 haceh actual
mente por Was de ensayo, distinto:
grupos de automovilistas: pero de
ESQ q recorrer todo el dilatado It'll
nerario hay grandisima diferencia
Rs de temer que la carrera Pekin
Paris Sera abundantisima en- in
cidentes lamentables; enue los gu
la emprendan no faltaran de segu
70 quienes paguen con la vida S,
temeridad.
Ante. toio hubo que veneer Il
resistencia opuesta por el Gobiern
chino a que los .expedirionario
atravesaron el territorio del Celest
1mperie. Para couseguirlo ha t.
nido que poucrse en- juego la diplc
macia; auuque a reg 'ila diente
han accedido los chinos que ger
tes extrangeras Sc paseen por su t
rritorio como Pedro por su cas-;
Is la vez primera que Sc logra II
! cabar de ellos tai concession.
Despues Sc tuvo que venct
otro obstaculo, que parecfa insup'
rable: el aprovisionamicnto de con
bustible con destiuo q los autom,
5 viles. Esa di6cultad solven ara
II estabieciendo en- distintos punt'
o de la ruta depositos de gasolina;
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1907-05-23

por el orden y estilo de las fabrica-
das hasta hoy zen la prolongaci6n
de la calle de la Reina, para Rrifarlas
por acciones entire los individuos
del mismo cuerpo q raz6n de 50
centavos Ia acci6n. Para el efecto
Sc han escrito ( impreso las condi-
clones para esta clase de rifas, don
de por ningdn concepto estas ipro
pie1ades podrdn paSar a manos ex-
traiias y solo podran ser siempre de
los bomberos y sue familias.
En- la madrugada de hoy
cayer IN dos fuertes aguaceros en- Ia
ciuiad y sus campoS.
CORRESPONSAL.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-21
THREE BLIND TIGERS
RAIpfO MONDAY.


On last Monday morning the polics
raided three blind tigers which proved
to be one of the most successful and
well executed raids OF this year. In
each tiger was found a large stock Of
intoxicants, having just received goods
for. their weekly trade. The whole
booty amounted to four barrels OF whis-
key and several barrels and cases OF
beer. The raid was easily effected, and
the guilty ones were carried TO the po-
lice station, while their goods we're
brought along with them to be used in
the trials as evidence.
The police force, composed Of Messrs.
Miller, Bonner, Slack and Austin, are as
competent and efficient a force OF officers
an can be found In any city in the STATE,
and their many successful raids and cap
lures Of these pests in a city Is evil
dence Of the fact. They are determined
10 roust all the sellers OF intoxieants
from the eiby, and are untiring in their
Efforts sud are deserving Of the hearty
cooperahion Of evsry citizen OF Green
wood. There Ar.s u Eaw nore OF these
in aar rshEs 2as aslr officers are
constantly ga ma szzrss, and with the
aeip 9f aia ,tessas1ss aassy will have little
iidigairT In uasS1ag them trtan aar
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-21

We at first thought this internal
rate bill was all right, and we advo-
Gated il in the interest of the pee
pull But since it has been used
sgn Us, we air dead sore on it.
Tcsher day the agent notified US that
hereafter when we cum home frum
Memphis, we would have to pay pas
senger fare fer ourself and the usual
freight rates fer the jag we brought
back with US. This here thing of
the CONVENT of the U. S. interfering
with our personal liberty is getting
to be to darned tiresome.--Harde-
man Free Press.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-21
Getting hot, isn't it? Light.
weight garments at BERN.
STEMS.

A wise exchlnge says that the men
who harm the town may be found in
those who oppose improvements: those
who don't advertise; those who dis.
trust public men; those who run it down
to strangers; those who show no hospi-
tality to any one; those who hate to see
others make money; those who treat
every stranger as an interloper; those
who put on long faces when a stranger
talks of locating; and those who oppose
every public enterprise that does not
appear to be a personal benefit to them
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-21
lAlnfRDut S1lIseS nCdC.

Meridian, Misa,. June l3,-sThe
big annual picnic and political gath.
ering Al Lsudcrdale Springs, eigh-
teen miles north Of Meridian, was a.
tended by from 2,5c0 10 5000 peo-
pie. 1900 going from Meridian on
special trains, The meeting was
addressed by Senator A. J. McLau-
rim. John Sharp Williams, S. b.
Watts, Wiley Nash, Earl Brewer,
7. U. Sisson, +. +. Noel and +, N.
Thomas.
The feature OF the occasion was
the address Of John Sharp Williams.
He declared himself unalterably OPP
posed to government ownership Of
railroads, citing as grounds for his
position the possibility that it would
fill the railroad service with negroes
and intrench one party in everlast-
ing power. He met arguments Of
Gov. Vardaman, advanced on other
occasions, squarely. He likened Mr.
Vardaman to Theo. Roosevelt, in that
both men speak before they think.
He said W. J. Bryan in all probable
ity would be the Democratic nomi-
nee for president, claiming to have
come out for him among the first,
and said, while at variance with Mr..
Bryan on the government ownership
question, that the national Demo-
cratic convention would formulate a
platform and would not inculcate the
new ideas Of Mr.. Bryan, but that
Bryan undoubtedly would sup
pert the platform.
Senator McLaarin spoke on IAN
Elective Judiciary" He made a fin
,saed and powerful speech in favor
ut esecting judges instead Of appoint.
M them. Eie said the people were
~ capable of elec!ing the Judiciary
they we're of eleting governor, leg
and congressman.
The picnic was marked by good
order and obriety. Not a man I'M
ter he influence Of liquor was to
BE- seen on the grounds. No acct
tent alarred the pleasure of the oc- ;
.asEcn The afternoon and evening
we're spent IN a big old-fashioned I;
country dance /;
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-21
A FratnNt spgnesr

GN1 .Hre - z4s H42gas 4zrx stsss
ar.Iae al aass Iss4SaA VI E.S lsils w. Val.
81s.ss EA8 fsa1 slsa lizs Eax FErx Life
a~tsz-ssazs CsHuss1T A. NJ sszasree.
katsas tE~ns asr Es sasu9aar, handed
NJ *A3bsa. wan IN tssassar "a the 5aax
E s7Tasa@ss- s s5seE Sc Ss.7 ~. Fais
Eka hE1 ssss rasrss II the gsI6sT sazesher
slsa Tae XHlsEza &C E-rsufzzRs gad
FS= - CAP 9as Of HsE1F grggngt aBy-
assass u SAas sgsvssa5 sssdT Aad
Mr. E~staere.s "a 80 re congratulated
agsga sasa q c1sgSEg-
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-21
I. 4 NJ. Y. R. R. Schedule. Effective
Dec. 9, 1906.

SOUTH HOUND,
No. 93i, Grenada to Jackson Arrive
TAO m. Daily.
No. 3l8, Clarksdalo to Jackoon Arrive
i;20 PM; depart i:33 pm. Daily.
No. 8o7, Grenada to Greenwood Ar.
rives 400 pm, Daily except Sunday
No. 100, Memphis to Greenwood Ar
riyes OBS pm. Daily.
NORTH BOUND.
No. Sli, jackson TO Clarksdale Arrive
1920 AIN; departs 1880 am. Daily,
No, a9S, Greenwood to Grenada De-
parts S:l5 ain. Daily except Sunday.
No. $40, Greenwood to Memphis-De-
parts 400 am. Daily.
No. $50, jackson to Grenada Arrives
7:s5 p. m. Daily.
A. r. MONTGOMERY, r. A.,
Greenwood, Miss.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-21

M 1sis ~szRsssss III tsss sasss sAa arsc aa-
l-azaa1l-tA OssssfassssS II 4 csi6a&1s ss@sis
slslH1a lSsss ssGasasaaza ~aEaecalen. The
reese -1iaGg ztkz zSsx We gsssn 8 Cham
fsrsais ! -asir1. rAaasra xaI 0naFra&ssa
saEassfr tsklmxsn& aT saszsar sa rs ilrscs-
nd v1 ss4.ia aEs%sa If asss -sEEss1v sor
sale aw < :. Ealllaz E-zz sa7rss saSi u.
Erss.a5Azr
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-21
Southern Ralf~ay Co. 10 M~SsSsgi

seAssiste, gseesivs AgtI a. s#e--
ESsvnaFS@
No. IS Fhaoazh TO BiswIagAsr ass
No, 20 Local g vile to %.a1a4 gy Eua
No. ~ Through 10 Birfajazhaa It's pm
wssrB0rSb.
No, 30 Local winona 70 G'viiin : ar
No. ~ From Birmingham s east li:tS Am
No. II From Birmingham 4 east SIS pm
Trains Nos. 80 and ~ make direct con.
n%ection at Birmingham for all points
east with the %Southern's Southwestern
Limited.
Trains Nos. ~ and II, take up direct
connection at Birmingham from the east.
Trains Nos. ~ apd M carry Drawing
room Buffet sleeping car between Birm-
ingham and Greenvillc.
WERR BRANCH.
Lv Webb 600 am Ar Greenwood $3.50 am
Lv Greenwood $3.50 pm Ar Webb sos pm
BEt2ONI BRANCH.
Lv Bolzoni 700 am, Ar G'wood $3.50 am
Ly G'wood 2:S0 pm. Ar Belzoni 500 pm
Local FREIGHT TRAINS.
Effective with now schedule April II, OF.
Local freight trains will not carry Pas
sengers between Winona and Greenville.
Every express brings new pictures
for the Electric Thentrn. Sec thnm-
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-21
June is. the month of rose S
straw hats, low shoes and
Bernstein's two-piece suits.
Home, Sweet Home.

Why continue to pay rent l have 85
lots for sale. Will sell you a lot, build
you a house and let you pay for 1t on
monthly payments. This is chance for
you to secure a home. II you wish to
make a success,I am offering the in
ducement. @. g. WASHINGTON,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-21
Joiner For Reelection.

The announcement Of Supervisor r.
A. Joiner, OF Beat One, for reelection
appears In this issue Of the Common
wealth. Mr.. Joiner lays his claims be-
fore the people Of his beat and asks Tor
reelection upon his past record as a
member OF the Board.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-21

FREE. Send IL names and address,
es Of Music Leaders and Sunday School
supt. and get a copy Of our great selling
Sunday School song book, "widows Of
Heaven No. g." $4,000 of this book made
In four months. J. B. VAUGHAN.
Athens, Ga.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-21
Collie and Dlarrh0ea.

Pains in the stomach, collie and diarr-
hoea are quickly relieved by the use of
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Dlarr-
hoea Remedy. For sale by s. L. Raines
drug store and g. d. Classify.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-21

A few dosc2 Of this remedy will in.
variably cure an ordinary attack Of
diarrhma q.
1t can always he depended upon,
even in the mura severe attacks of
cramp collie aud cholera morhus,
1t is equally successful for summer
diarrhpa and cholera infantum in
children, mud is the means Of saving
the lives Of many children each year
When reduced with water and
sweetcued Il ip pleasant to take.
Every man Of a family should keep
this remedy IN his home, Buy it now.
PRICE, CSC. lARGE SIZE, DOC,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-21

See "Tommy's Wife" at the Opera
House on " ednesday night, June goth.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-21

Hon. N. B: Grace had business ut Car
rollton Monday.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-21

Mr.. H. Gwin came up from Tchula
on business Tuesday.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-21

Electric fans always in operation at
the T~heatorium.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-21

Cook with "Oleo" and save money.
White Star Grocery.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-21
Can fruits, Amoar's teri-
best Canned Meats, Soups,
etc, retailed at wholesale
prices at r. r. JONES co.

Y09E patronage solicited and sstistsc-
stCa Saaran.sed-
Waite Star Grocery.
The skating rink runs only two nights
in the week, bas there's always some
thing doing at the Thcatorium.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-21

Hon. Geo. A. Mclean, o. winona,
made q business visit 70 the city Tues.
day.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-21

Music "all time ct I'll . Theatorium
Stroll In and 80 what tho blind cannot,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-21

sss "Tommy's wife 1t the opers
House on Wednesday night, June Goth,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-21

Mr.. r. r. Streatsf, Of Minter City
Wal In Greenwood Wednesday.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-21

Every express brings new pictures
for the Electric Theatre. See them,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-21

sehaslate, EFsGtfvs AptfL "a sa
ESsFBaFN@
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-21

with new schedule April ID, OF.
Local freight trains will not carry Pas.
sengers between Winona and Greenville.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-21

Our motto; "a Square Deal"
White Star Grocery,
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-01
IT HAS GROWN.

slave 20 never heard Jimkins
relate about the time he got half
way up Mt. Blanc with one of his
little nephews and no guide?" asked
one man of another.
"How long ago did he tell you
about it?" was the eyasive reply.
'Last March, when he just got
home," said the first man.
'Well," said the other, Sin the
eight months since then he has
climbed the rest of the way, sue
cored a fainting guide and sustain
ed a snowstorm on the summit, re-
suscitated two benumbed strangers
on the way down, and guided the
entire party to the foot, where a
group Of frantic relatives we're wait
ing."-Stray Stories.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-01
HAS NO ROOM FOR MONEY.

President Stillman Of the Ma
tional City bank of New York was
born in Texas, but is a clean cut
Yankee from Connecticut. As
president of the National City bank
he is almost as powerful as the
Rothschilds are in Europe.
Said one Of his intimates recent
": ''Thcre arc no fireworks about
Unjust plain ordinary get there.
md he carries the qucerest lot Of
ruck in his pockets. One day
sJne of us made him turn out his
collection.
"Iie had a couple of penknives,
a buckeye, a shoe butIoner, a rab-
bit foot, two or three rubber bands,
a silver pencil, a bunch of keys, a
cigar puncher, a gold watch, @
leather washer, a corkscrew, a seal,
a memorandum book, an elevated
railroad ticket, some theater passes,
three safety pins, a box of matches,
and "a newspaper clipping"
"You haven't mentioned money"
"Money? Why, the nan didn't
have a cent"
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-01
IDEAL PLACE FOR CHICKENS.

The mania " CITY people to keep
chickens as soon Ms they move to a
suburban section, even if the neigh
borheod is well built up, is APPLY
illustrated in a block of new houses
in Mount Airy.
With great ideas of the charac-
Ter Ct people he was going to sell
lis houses to, the builder provided
lecp back yards with a wide alley
in the a His avowed object was
to enable the purchasers to erect au-
tomobile houses in the yards and
to run the machines in by the al
leys.
The houses are now all occupied,
and, while not a single automobile
shed appears, nearly half the yards
contain chicken houses and the barn
yard feature is the most conspicu-
Gus in the new section.-Philadel-
phia Record.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-01
BellevlIle.

Sam Whitman is visiting rela-
tives in Montgomery City.
Mrs. Nettie Whitman is making
arrangements for an entertain
ment the last day of her school at
Oak Hall.
". O. Beabout departed for
Marshall, ILL.,, Thursday for an
extended visit to relatives.
Chas. Dyke felldead while gath
ering % last Friday evening.
Heart disease was supposed to be
the cause. He was about 81 years
of age, and leaves a wifo and six
children to mourn his departure,
He was buried in the Jonesburg
cemetery Sunday.
Atelephone meeting was called
at Wyatt school house Saturday
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-01
Sorghum Hill.

A few sleds out Sunday trying
the snow.
Health is good on the Hill at
this writing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Hensley spent
Sunday with his brother r. L..
Hensley and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. J. Williams
visited at Alex Woods Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Osborn
called on MI. and Mrs. Edgar
Anderson Sunday eve.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. T. Reed and
Mr.. and Mrs. T. B. Wood spent
the day Sunday with their bache-
lor friend Joe Blackshaw.
G.. T. Stansbcrry converted an
old chicken house into a very
useful sheep house last Thursday
with the help of a few neighbors.
A.. j. Burnsides is now on String
town telephone line, having rented
Frank Ives box.
Dan May delivered three fine
hogs to G. w. White at Buell. last
Saturday that netted him S77.60.
Mrs. Hamp West of near Gamma
spent two days the past week with
her daughter Mrs. Crayton Kinks.
Mr., and Mrs. Delbert Bethel
moved last Thursday to his grand
mothers farm on Pea Ridge.
H. w. Bethel and family spent
the day Sunday with their daugh-
ter Mrs. Epgar Anderson.
The Founders met at Frank
Bourne's last Friday. All had Q
fine time.
Geo. Farthing is Shedding corn
for the Leverette Bros. this week,
Fuhr Bros. have just received a
car of Nebraska corn which is
fine.
w. w. May went to Montgom-
cry City to mill last Friday. He
says it was pretty rough sailing,
too.
John Clarke and daughter Miss
Emma who have been living the
past several months with Uncle
Milton Snow, have moved to P,
Wells near Marling.
SLIvERS.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-01
Quite a Spell Of Dry Weather.

.'It has been so wet the last three
or four years." said, "Walt"
Davis, that a good many Geary
people have forgotten how dry
the Canadian river used to be. l
remember n year when the
Canadian was dusty all the way
through. OF course, the river was
running all the time, but the water
in it got SO dry that it turned to
dust and blew away. l took a boat
down the river at that time, but it
was SO dusty on the boat that L
couldn't see the hind end of it
when l stood in the front end. 1t
was a little the worat l ever saw.
My mouth got so much grit and
dust in it that l could strike a
match on the roof of it any time.
One day the boat got stuck in
fifteen feet of Canadian water. 1t
was so dry and dusty that the
wheel wouldn't turn. What did
we do? Well, sir, we went out
and hired afarmer to haul fresh
water for fifteen miles to mix with
the river water until it was thin
enough to run the boat through to
Bridgeport."-Geary Ok. Bulletin
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-01

the Jesse Harold farm from this
neighborhood, was moving his
corn Friday.
j. L. Hayden was hauling his
hay from the old Payne farm he
bought at the late George Will
liams' sale.
The literary and debating So
ciety at Swope still survives with
increased interest spite of bad
roads.
Van See returned to Chillicothe
Normal Sunday. Van intends to
have an education in spite of costs
and trouble. Would some more
of our young citizens would get
busy in that way, instead of
humping cat-guts and making
goo goo eyes at some mans pretty
daughter. Such youths usually
wind up their single youthfulness
boarding with their wife's people.
The friends and schoolmates of
Mrs. Leila Higinbotham will be
sorry to learn of her unexpected
death. Her maiden name was
Miss Leila Heyden. She GRADUATE
ed at the Wellsville public school,
went with her parents to Big Bend
county, WASH, in 1893, where she
taught for two years and married
a rancher, Mr.. E. E. Higinbotham
in 1901. She leaves two dear little
girls, motherless, but kind ones
will care for them.
j. F. Catlander, who lives on
Jesse Gatewoods farm has just put
in q phone. His neighbors kept
him standing at the phone the
night of it's completion till he be.
came exhausted and had to be re-
lieved by his wife.
"Summum bonum" "Sub Jud.
ice" "geve qua non." l don't
know what a bone maxium mean,
but 1 used to study novels anc
read latin and it helps to fill uI
the space. SAM TWINKLE.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-01
Not Away. the Gators Fault.

A dearth of local news often
leads to murmurs on the part Of
those who prize local gossip above
all else, and it is not the fault of
the publisher. Any live publisher
will not fail to give all the local
news worthy of note, therefore
when the local department is
short you should not rail at the
editor but remember you might
have committed suicide, got mar
ried, quarreled with your neighbor,
stolen chickens, let your team run
away or done q hundred other
things to make a local.-Diamon-
dale, Mich, News.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-01

evening. We understand a few
stockholders on the south end Of
the Truxton- Pin Oak line will pull
of and q few new stockholders
will join them and run q new line
into Jo%nesburg. We a give
more particulars later. This Is q
good thing, push 1t along.
Miss viene Giles is visiting rel-
atives near Hawk Point.
Fritz Hensick bought a young
mule from Harry Spencer Friday
paying 1925.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Conard OF
near High Hill, spent Sunday with
the latter's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
S. s. Whitman.
Fred Hensick sold his pony to
Lee McCune for $40.
Harry and Girrard Spencer re-
turned to ST. Louis Sunday.
Our sick are all much improved
this week, except Zelma Jackson,
who is about the same.
G.. B. Bently was kicked by q
horse last week. He was not seri-
ously injured, but considerably
bruised up.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-01

1t was only thus for a moment, then
with the wildness of madness he
caught You roughly to his heart
and showered kisses upon your face,
hair and hands. You can remember
with what concentrated passion he
gasped out:
Margaret! Margaret! My Godl
how ! love you'll"
The very force of his madness
seemed to tear your soul away.
bearing it onward on mighty wav-
ing pillows of fame, and in one mo-
ment you lived a lifetime-an eter-
nifty. Everything was forgotten
the world-time-God only You
and he existed in the universe.
When you r released you sanl
back in the chair, overpowered ana
trembling, while his face was VERY
pale and his eyes glowed like live
Goals in the dim light. You can
not remember all that was said aftes
the first white heat, but it Was :
tide Of eloquence that mastered IN
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-02-01
THAT BRASS IDOL INDUSTRY.
Birmingham Finds Their Manufacture
Is No Longer Lucrative.

The interesting details Of the
in brass idols at Birmingham
make it plain that here once more
the British manufacturer has gone
down before the c%onquering Amer
lean, says the London Daily News.
The manufacturers say that there
used to be a trade in idols, hut
that competition has skilled the in
dustry in Birmingham" 1--WE make
brass images" said N Of the idol
founders of the city, "and really
they are so beautiful that ! don't
wonder the heather falls down and
worships them"
A curio dealer who stocks idols
said that idols are still made in
Birmingham. There was a certain
demand for them, but it was a
small one. They were made for
curio dealers and were sold by them,
not to the heather, but to Christians
interested in missionary work, who
liked to have on their mantel pieces
a ~''real" heather idol. Years age
brass images were freely made fol
foreign agents, and, Bishop Thorn.
ion Notwithstanding, | fear they
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