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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-20

one of the leading business men of his section of the State. George H. Malone is one of the most prominent bankers of the rich Wiregrass country. and q man of influ- ence in his section. Mfr. Hobbs is a leading business man of Decatur. He will represent North Alabama on the Commission.
 The members of the Commission re- ceive no salary Their work is done for the State with no further financial return than the payment of'their peces- sary expenses while engaged in the discharge of their duties.
 It Is known that Governor Conner has taken an active interest in the rep resentation of the State at the forth coming exposition. Tn his interview given out some days ago in Birming-' ham. he called attention to the act of the Legislature making tLe appropria- ton and of it's possible benefits to the State He also urged the commercial and industrial bodies of the State to collect exhibits and assist In making the State exhibit a successs one that would reflect credit on the State.
 The industrial and mineral portion or the State has already man.-ested q live ly interest in the exposition and in the State exhibit. Efforts are already being made in that portion of the State for big exhibit and the Commission will see that the agricultural resources of the State are suitably represented
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-20
BARNETT IS JUDGE
OPELXExA LAWYER ELEVATED TO
 THE BENCH.
Governor Conner Names Him to Pre- side Over Lee County Law and Equity Court, Created by
 Legislature.

Hon. Albert B. Barnett of opelilka. was yesterday appointed Judge of the Lee County Law and Equity Court by Governor Conner. The judicial posi- tion to which Mir. Barnett was appoint cd has the rank of a circuit judge.
 The court was established by the Legislature at its recent session, being one of number of similar courts. The court will keep clear the legal docket of Lee County and it's growing city of opelilka. The Judge will be paid from the State Treasury.
 MT. Barnett, the new Judge, is one of the best known citizens of Opelika. Tn that city he has practiced law for many years and his standing Is of the highest. Mir. Barnett Is not only well known as a lawyer, but he is known throughout the State as a leading church worker.
 Mir Barnett has served as County superintendent of Education of Lee County. He was very highly endorsed for the position to which the Governor appointed him.
 The official announcement of the ap- pointment of Major B. H. Lewis as Judge of the City Court of Andalusia was made yesterday. Unofficial infor- nation as to the appointment was pub Iished several days ago. Judge Lewis's commission was issued several days ago.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-20
Good Prospects for Line from Tuscum-
 bEa to Gadsden.

Good Prospects for Line from Tuscum-
 bfa to Gadsden.
 Tuscumbia, March 19.--(Hpecial.)--s The Alabama Northwestern Railway, new line projected from Gadsden to Tuscumbia and Shefieid, has a good outlook for early construction.
 J. B. Sherrill. commissioner for the new road is in the field, actively en- gagged. and is favorably impressed with the outlook. the encouragement being given the new project exceeding his ex- pectatfons.
 The promoters have adopted a plan which insures the building of the road. They have the assurance of one of the big railroad systems that 1t will un- dertake the building of the road if the projectors succeed in obtaining the rfght-of-way and certain amount of stock subscriptions. This is the work that is now being pushed, and the com missioner to this end is visiting the points along the route and meeting and talking with the people. and securing their co-operation. He will visit Tus- cumbia and Sheffield again at an early day, for the purpose of receiving sub scrfptions. number of which he has already received.
 The new road will run through some of the richest undeveloped terri tory in North Alabama, opening im- mense tracts of virgin timber as we'll as coal and iron ore fields. Tuscum- bia and Sheffield will form the north ern terminus, and these cities, as well as ali towns along its route. will be greatly benefited by the new road.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-20

 BOARD NAMED Governor Appoints the
 Commission.
 ~ ARRANGE EXHIBIT FOR FAIR Appropriation of s25,OOo at Dis posal of the Members. xsufus N. Rhodes of Hirmingham, George H. szaIone of Dothan, ". H. Tayioe ef Uniontown, and T. M.
 aebbs of Decatur Are Named.

Governor Conner yesterday named as the members of the Jamestown Exposi- tion Commission. which is to prepare an exhibit for the State of Alabama; Rufus N. Rhodes of Birmingham. George H. Malone of Dothan, ". H Tay- Joe of Uniontown. and T. NJ Hobbs of Decatur Under the act creating the Commission. the Governor is ex-officio Chairman, and the fifth member of the Commission.
 The Commission will have control of the expenditure of the s25,ooo. appro- priated by the Legislature for the suit able industrial and commercial repre- sentation of the State of Alabama at the big Virginia Exposition. The Commission will superintend the gath ering and assembling or the agricultur- al and industrial products of the State, and their installation at the Exposition.
 It Is probable that the Commission will name some official with salary to have active charge of the work and to supervise the exhibit while 1t is at Jamestown. No definite announcement of this. however, has been made.
 The members of the Commission are representative business men of the State. Rufus N. Rhodes is editor and owner of The Birmingham News, the leading newspaper supporter of the Governor during the campaign last summer. Judge Tayloe was for many years Chancellor of the Southwestern Chancery Division. He is now
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-20
roR pEvoTIoNAL sRRvIoNs.
List of Birmingham Pastors to Assis
 fin Sunday School Convention.

List of Birmingham Pastors to Assist
 fin Sunday School Convention.
 The program for the Alabama State Sunday School Convention, to be held in Birmingham. April ,s-11, is almost complete and will be put in the hands of the printer in @ few days.
 The State Committee has received from the Jefferson County Sunday School Association a list of the pastors of the city who are to conduct the de- votional services at the convention. Il is the custom of the committee to place the devotional services of the conven- tion in the hands of the pastors of the city in which the convention is held.
 The Jefferson County Executive Com mittee has secured the consent of the following pastors to conduct the devo- tional services:
 Tuesday afternoon, Rev. J. A. Dun can, D. D.; night, Rev. A. J. Dickinson, D. D.
 Wednesday morning, Rev. I. D. Steel, D. D.; afternoon, Rev. James A. Bryan; night. Rev. W. D. Hendrix.
 Thursday morning, Rev. A. R. Moore: afternoon, Rev. U. D. Mooney night, Rev. H. Mccormack.
 owing to the fact that the audito- rum of the First Methodist Church will be unable to hold all of the people, a simultaneous meeting will be arranged for in the Sunday School room of that church for the night ssrvioes- The
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-20
MUST RnMArN IN JAIL.
Atlanta Negro Having Hard Time Be-
 cause He Carried Pistol.


 cause He Carried Pistol.
 Otis Matthews, negro who halls from Atlanta, and who was arrested last December for carrying concealed pistol, pleaded guilty to the offense before Judge Thomas in the City Court yesterday. The jury assessed his fine at $50, and in default of the cash. he was sent back to jail.
 Not single case was tried in the criminal division of the City Court yes terday. Three negroes, including Mat thews, pleaded guilty. and another case, against Henry Menefee, negro accus- cd of failing to work the public roads. was nolie pressed.
 The negroes who pleaded guilty, be- sides Matthews were Tom Murray. who admitted an assault and battery with a weapon, and was fined $50. and Felix OTBrient, who pleaded guilty to grand larceny He was remanded to jail for future sentence
 The call of cases for today includes the case against Tillman Russell. a young white man. who Is accused of murder in the second degree, for kill Ing ,a negro. near Mount Meigs last Christmas.
 Other cases on the calendar for today arc: Boisy Pompey. grand larceny; Frank Queen, grand larceny; Clara Robinson. false pretenses; Louis Rob ertson, burglary; Dan Simpson, violat- ing revenue law; George stoffney. and Sandy Hooks. burglary; York Smith. grand larceny.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-20
twenty-four days of business. The largest days sales so far have amount ed to s1. .(Os. and the smallest s152.45.
NATURAL GAS IN MADISON.
Residents of Huntsville Have It in Their Homes.

Resident. of HuntsviIIe Have It in
 Their Homes.
 Huntsville, March 9--(Special. )-The residents of wide section of Hunts vile and suburbs are already enjoying the benefits of natural gas, which is piped to their homes and business houses from the wells of the New York Alabama oil Company. in West Hunts vile.
 The main pipe line of the company has approached the city limits on the west and within the next few weeks natural gas will be available to the en- tire eity. Experts who have tested the wells say that the supply of gas is practically inexhaustible.
 James w. Neal and Benjamin York, both of Jackson County, are in jail in this city on charges of illicit distilling. They were arrestedsby Deputy Collect or J. B. Campbell and Deputy Marshal H. c. Arnold. The two revenue men made a raid near Rosafie in Jackson County and found hundred gallon still in fu': blast York and Neal being there as operators. They offered no resist ance and were quietly arrested. Be- sides the still. which was complete in every respect, 100 gallons of singiings, 160 gallons of beer, and eight ferment- ert were destroyed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-20
HEALTHY cHILDREM.
Made So By The Right Kind of rood

Made So By The Right Kind of Food.
 A family doctor was shocked when he found a mother had fed a three weeks old baby on Grape-Nuts- But let her tell 1t her own way:
 ''when my second baby was three weeks old it became necessary to feed it by means of bottle. At first we used cows milk. but 1t did not agree with the baby at all, although we tried a number of different formulas.
 we afterwards went from one food to another without Anding any that would agree. The child was not only weak and thin but would cry pitifully almost the whole day.
 "one day when giving my eldest child a dish of Grape-Nuts I thought I would see if the baby would take some.
 T prepared it by pouring hot milk over it and allowing 1t to cool. The child ate all I had prepared and went to sleep looking more satisfied than it had ever done before.
 "T told one physician about 1t and he was horrified--said child so young could digest only milki that I must not do 1t again.
 "so back we went to the bottle. Some weeks the child would gain an ounce, other weeks there would be no gain; twice she lost weight.
 Finally, without letting anyone know 1t, began giving her little Grape Nuts at bedtime. I noticed she would sleep longer; then I added q breakfast of Grape-Nuts to her diet
 Tt was not long before everyone remarked how much better the baby was getting. I knew the Grape Nuts was agreeing with her for she was steadily Increasing fin weight and her color became better.
 Now she is IS months old. weighs 2T lbs, and still has two meals a day of Grape-Nuts. My oldest child, now five years old, weighs 4S lbs. When a baby she would not take any of the soft cereals but took te Grape-Nuts at once. I encourage the use of 1t with the children because it does them good, and because it Is so convenient always ready" Name given by Pos- tum Go. Battle Creek. Mich. Read the little book. '"rhs Road to Wellvii1e." in pkEs. ''Thers's 2 rseson-"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-20
MUCH WORK TO DO
ESTABLISHMENT OF COTTON BU.
 REAU BIG TASK.
Director Seymour Tells of Communica- tion to Be Made With 3,zO0 Gin- nerieH Before statistics Can
 Be Compiled.

W. 1T. Seymour, who was named Tuesday as Director of the Bureau of Cotton Statistics, has already begun preparations for the permanent estab- llshment of the new department of the States government. MT. Seymours office is now in the Knabe building on Dexter Avenue and South Perry Street, but later the Bureau will have head . quarters at the Capitol.
 There is great deal of work to be done." said Mir. Seymour yesterday afternoon. There are nearly 3,7O0 gtnneries in the State and we shall have to establish regular communica- tion with these before we can be as- sured of getting the statistics Each ginnery must be first notified of the passage of the law and provided with copy of 1t. then report blanks and postage must be supplied to 1t. This Is the part of the work that must be done at once.
 During the ginning season we shall have to take care of the weekly re- ports of all the ginneries. The law re- quires the ginners to compile and mail them to the Director not later than the the reports. We are required to com pile all these reports and publish them not later than Wednesday.
 'aThe Bureau has of course no official connection with the Southern Cotton Association and after I have estab- lished the Bureau in the Capitol shall still maintain the office of the Cotton Association on Dexter Avenue and South Perry Street
 we members of the Association, however. regard the creation of the Bureau as recognition of the services of the Association and I expect that the Association will be able to help the. bureau. It is expected also that the State Bureau will be greatly as- sisted by the gatherers of cotton sta tistfcs in washington"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-20
AMERICAS FoREMosr TENOR
Ellison Van Hoose Tells Why He Is

Success.
 The rise of Ellison Van Hoose from a poor country boy to the proud posi-. tion of America's foremost tenor was achieved through work of the hardest kind; for his efforts to secure a thor ough musical education met with re- peated obstacles.
 The trouble with so many of our young American singers Van Hoose declared recently, lis that they are not willing to work. They expect to achieve the fame that only excellence in their art can bring without the years of labor that must .precede 1t. Personally. I am never satisfied with my work.
 T always feel that I can do better. and unless a singer feels that way I believe his growth is ended. Further more, we singers should be more will ing to accept intelligent criticism in our profession. Printers comment freely upon each others canvasses. They don't hesitate to tell each other what they disapprove nf---in fact. they do so quite as quickly as they point out what they like. Yet such is the bon camar aderie in their guild that no offense Is taken. But singers-well, you know how 1t Us among us."
 Van Hoose's career in England, where he spent several years, has been as successful as in tho United States.
 --adv.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-20
BENEFITBY NEWLAW
THIRTv-sIx EMPLOYEES or LOCAL
 P0sTOFFICE GET RAISE.
Enactment of Congress EfIectfve July 1, 1907, WfIl Increase Salaries of Montgomery Postal Clerks
 and Carriers A ,z5o.

Thirty-six employees of the Montgom- cry postoffice will benefit by the new law increasing the salaries of the clerks and carriers of the first and second-olass offices throughout the country. which was passed by Congress just before it's adjournment. The amount of the increased disbursements at the local postofisce because of the new law. which becomes effective July i. 1907. is $4,T5o annually.
 Postmaster Dimmick has not yet been officially notified of the passage of the law, but its provisions are we'll known. It divides the clerks ct the first and second class offices and the carriers in city delivery service into six grades, with salaries as follows: First grade, 5000 per annum; second. $500; third, $1,20o.
 The employees of the Montgomery of- ice under the classification, are to be advanced steadily, year after year, through the successive grades. to the fifth grade, carrying a salary of s1,i00 DOT annum. The law provides that af- ter any employe has served for full year in any given grade, he shall be promoted, beginning with the opening of the next quarter. to the next higher grade.
 There are fifteen letter carriers in the Montgomery postoflce who will be affected by the new law, their salaries being increased from sS5o per annum to s1,ooo.
 Sixteen clerks, who receive at the present time from $500 to $t.o00 per annum. will each receive an increase of s100. The clerks now receiving sl,2oo win not be benefited by the new law.
 The five rural mall carriers connect ed with the Montgomery postofice will also each receive an increase, their pay being raised from s72o to $500 per annum.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-20
IMPROVING THE CEMETERY.

Preparations Being Made for Observ-
 ance of Decoration Day.
 Owners of private lots in Oakwood Cemetery are being requested to im- prove them before Decoration Day, April 26.
 MT. Lobman, Chairman of the Coun- ciPs committee in charge. Eaid yester- day that the city would improve the walks and drives in the cemetery with gravel, would whitewash the trees and otherwise improve the cemetery. The work by owners of lots would therefore be cooperative and the resultant ef- fects would be entirely satisfactory.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-20
ADKINS IS RELEASED.
Nc Evidence to Convict Him With
 Murder of Mrs. Fowler.

NO klttHGMCe tO OOmWtCN htlm Wtt1
 Murder of Mrs. Fowler.
 Dothan. March 19.-(Special. )--Ma- for Adkins. the half brother of Frank Fowler. who has been held under ac- cusation of complicity in the murder of Mrs Fowler near Cottonwood three weeks ago. has been released from cus- tody.
 Fowler. it will be remembered, had a preliminary in Dothan a week ago and was remanded to jail without bail by Judge Leslie.
 There did not appear to be any evil dence against Adkins, who was arrest ed with Fowler. and the Solicitor agreed to his release.
 It is charged by the State that Tow Ter killed his wife who was the moth CT of several children because she op- jected to his operation of an illicit dis- tillery on his premises. The next grand jury will investigate the charge.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-20
A n1ErAMoRPHosIs.

wrought By The Magic Touch Of Holt's
 Dye Works.
 It is hard for 6 man who has never tried 1t to realize what transforma- ton can be wrought in the looks of an old suit by the touch of the ex- perienced hands employed by Holt's Dye Works. adv.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-20
MONTGOMERY THEATRE.

James o'NeiIl's Farewell to @MOnte
 CristO."
 When James o'Neill, the distinguish ed romantic actor presents Monte Cris- to" at the Montgomery Theatre Friday nightSit will be the last time that he will be seen in the famous old piece in this city. The company is an ex- eeedingly competent one which Is sup porting him this year.
 Seat sale opens Thursday morning.
 adv
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-20
BiJou Matinee Today, 1A Child of the Regiment"
oongratuiates Grover Cleveland

New York, March s.--The New Jer- sev Assembly, in session at Trenton. N. L., last night adopted a resolution congratulating Grover Cleveland. @the only living ex-president of the United States and the leading citizen of the republic" upon his seyentieth birth day.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-20

devotional services at thAss meetings win be conducted Tuesday night by Rev. l.. 8. Handlsy, D. D., and We'd nesday night, by Rev. W. O. Wood
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-20
REV. R. D. LEn DYING.
Huntsville Minister ia ut staffor
 Springs, Miss

SpFIMBH8 NIINW
 Huntsville. March 19-(Special. J, Rev. R. D. Lee pastor of 3ryson Chap el at Merrimac, Is dying at Stafford Springs, Miss, where he went few weeks ago in the hope of regaining his health.
 The Madison County di=penSary has closed It's first months career. and dur ing that period the sales amounted to 37. 7.7s6.7O, or an average of $27s.31 for
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-20

The United States Court was occu- pied yesterday with the trial of the cases of the United states against Morning and Ezekiel Brooks. both of whom were convicted of illicit distill- served.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-20

A decree was entered in the Chan. cery Court yesterday, confirming the report of the Register in the matter of the accounts of Bessie K Massie executrix of the will of P. c. Massie deceased.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-20

The Sanitary Committee of the Coun- ell met yesterday afternoon and de- cided to recommend that the Council grant the petition of the First Ma tional Bank that 1t be allowed to use wrought iron instead of cast iron pipe in it's sewerage connections in the building 1t will erect on Court Square
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-20
rMPonTrD DrLL pICKLns

A fresh ensk Of Imported DfII Pie- IkIen, Toe per quart, sweet ynfxed pie kIes 25c per quart, sweet Mangces 25c per quart Pure home made Lard s ID. pull G5e; 10 Ib. pail $1 .25.
 n. H. YeIverton, Phone 2z7. No. Court Square
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-20
WILL BUILD RAILROAD.

Bf5ou Matinee To-day, "A ChiId of the Regiment :"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-20

William Bell, Jr.. a negro, indicted by the grand jury of the City Court some time ago for murder in the sec- ond degree in having killed another negro, was brought to the city yester- day by Deputy Sheriff George Nor man. who had captured him after a long chase
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-20
Neu,s M Brief

Notice of the incorporation of the Alabama Cooperage Company, was filed in the office of the Secretary of State yesterday by the Judge of Probate of DeKalb County. The company will en- gage in the manufacture of "cooperage stock" in the town of Fort Payne. The company has a capital stock of $25,- 900. The incorporators are l.. w. Nicholas, Dr. W. E.. Quinn. F. c. Sto- vail and H. L. Quinn.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-05-03
People Talked About.

Andre Theuriet, the novelist. is
dead at Paris. He was born in 1888.
Thomas w. Bishop, one of the hes,
known newspaper men in South Dako'
ia, died of paralysis at Salem, S. D.
Mrs. Lawson Sheldon, mother OF
Gov. George l.. Sheldon, died at her
home at Nohawka, Neb., aged seventy.
three years.
Fren Kjellman, professor of botany
at Upsala university, died at Upsala,
Sweden. He accompanied Nordensk-
1old on several of his polar expedi.
tons.
Mrs. Esther Mcneil, the founder OF
the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union and first president of the or
ganization, died at her home in Ere
donia, N. Y.
Thomas Venners. who was promi-
nent in the iron business for many
years, and at one time was associated
with Henry Bessemer. died at his
home In Brooklyn.
Rev. LIE Roy Belt, d. D., aged sew
enty-one, ex-president of the Ohio
Northern university and. one Of the
prominent men in the Methodist Epis-
oopal church Of the United States.
died at his home in Kenton, Ohio.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1907-05-03
Parry IS SHORT Of FUNDS.
EXPLORER MAY HAVE 70 ADAM.
DON HIS DASH TO THE
POLE.

New York, April 30.-Lack Of money
about 100000 finance the expedi-
ton. may mean the abandonment Of
the dash to the north pole which Com
mander Robert E. Peary has planned
for this summer. The explorer, who
has earned the distinction of having
reached ''the farthest north" and who
may truly be said to live for the pur.
pose of revealing to the world the
mysteries of the pole itself, is deeply
downcast at the possibility that he
may not be able to try again.
This is work which must do, a
work. great work, for which was in
tended" said Commander Peary yes
terday to representative of the Asso-
ciated Press. He was not boastful, but
modest in manner and with the SIM
plicity of speech of a man convinced
that he was born for this great pur-
pose and that he must accomplish it.
And with a confidence that his work
must be helped from somewhere he
added:
THE money will come; somehow l
feel certain of that. But if was only
assured now, what a relief it would
be and how could concentrate all my
energies on the details of the expedi
ton.
Remember we were but ia nauti-
cal miles from the goal on our last
trip. It would be pity, indeed, If we
could not try again."