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Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-05-24
FIGHT WITH CHINESE PIRATES.
eloodthirsty Sea Rovers TO Be Found
In Eastern Waters.

We had been In the fog but two or
three hours when large junk sudden
ly loomed up on our port bow. Our
captain. who was an old East India
and China trader. took one look at her
and said: My God, Here's an in.
ferna Chinese pirate junk! Make all
sail, quick"
We did not need that order. Almost
as soon as can tell It We had the
sails up and drawing. but not quick
enough 10 escape the junk, which bore
down under full head. her decks
crowded with men, her grapplinc
irons on long pole. ready 10 hook
into our chains. The Oneco, being
built for the China trade. was armed.
We carried four guns In each broad
side and two swiyels on the ,arraii.
with an ample supply OF boarding
pixies, muskets. pistols and culasscs.
II the pirate succeeded In boarding us
.t would mean hsnd-tohand fight.
and what with making sail and getting
ready for battle. We had not fired
gun before graphing irons were in our
chains. But At this moment we let 20
n hrr -dside Of our four port guns.
which -ust have disabled the men in
charge he graphing line. fer they
did not succeed in making Il fas,
around their bits until they had drift
ed abou, 200 feet as,ern. We a..
tempted TO cut this line. but the hook
was attached first by long chain
which we could not sever and the
angle was such that we could not hi,
Il with a shot
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-05-24
LONELY LIFE IN DESERT.
Monotony Endured by Railroad Men
on Soudan Line.

Some OF the western railroads have
stations lonesome enough to drive the
keepers TO melancholia. but these lit.
tie shacks. where the only company 10
an occasional visit by freight crew
and the chat with the operators up
and down the line. become thriving
cities in comparison with some OF the
stations on the Soudan railway in
Egypt.
Situated In the middle OF tho Nubian
desert, the stations consist Of one or
two houses built Of mud. a well and
perhaps a stable for camel or two.
Instead OF the rush OF ,ransconti.
mental traffic there is only the stiffness
OF the desert and the appearance OF
train twice a week. Letters are infre-
quent and even chat along the tele-
graph wires languishes because there
is absolutely nothing to talk about
The intense heat is aggravated by
the glare OF the sun on the white
sands. and at least two station keep
ers are detailed to every stop In order
that they may keep one another com
prny. The stations are more properly
watchmen's huts, since the principal
duty OF the station master is to see
that the robber bands do not steal the
track In between trslns.-ohlo State
Journal.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-05-24
THE HONEST ASSOCIATION.

Commonwealth Life, City; Ira G. Har-
ris. President:
Dear Sir-Your payment of $500
to me for injury to my hand was paid
promptly and courteously and without
red tape. Your method of doing bust.
ness explains your great success in
the past three years.
Yours respectfully.
tSigned) II. r. HICKS.
2429 Welton St.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-16
RECESS IS TAKEN.
Two More Men Are Involved fin the
 Johnson LynchInG.

dRWhAuh GShNhhmRs
 Chattanooga, Tenn. Feb. 15.--On ap. pIication of the government, a recess was taken in the Shipp contempt case tneay until some date late in March.
 Two more alleged lynchers, Bar Justice and I.uther Williams. were named today.
 Announcement was made by officials of the government that Stonecipher. the star witness against four of the alleged lynchers had filed with Dis trict Attorney PenIand a letter signed after the hanging of Ed. Johnson the ranist This letter warned stone cirher so it is claimed to leave Chat tanooga or his house would be blown up.
 Acrorsing to the report these fo"r alleged lvnchers considered the matter and thinking hav had told Stanecioher too much. begged him not to reneet their statements to him. Ii Is alieT- cd that Stoneeipehr told ti,em that he would not voluntarily give out the infor ation, but if cslled upon by the government he would tell the truth At this the allered lynchers. 1t lG said became indignant and ioSd Stoneciphes thev would see him latcf.
 At that time Stonccipher was livnG with his family In q suburb. In day or two it is said, he received q letter telling him that if he did not Ieace Chattanoo ga and move his family his house would be blown up in forty eight hours. This letter was signed 'Jvnchers."
 The letter, 1t is alleeed. seemed to hove little effect on Sto- ecipher. hut his wife beco ming bauIv frightered st the contents of the letter persuaded her husband to move to Cohutta. Go. their former home and they have re- sided there since.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-16
ne saia ln

with American industries. He said h part.
 of the world and our surplus or tnis staple will always sell itseif The world never has six months food in advance, and we need have no anxiety about a market for our surplus food nroducts. 1t, therefore, requires no international merchant to dispose of our surp us agricultural products to world that needs them and has no other place from which they can be obtainea
 We seem to be slowly awakening to the imperative necessity Of increasing our markets for the surplus products of America. Many oi our people seem to think that our sole anxiety should De to increase our foreign purchases. They take the bold position that if we Will buy of Europe the things which We now m1nufac urc. we will have no di' ficulty in selling to Europe any possible surplus output of eiir Gart "ries.
 The United States government has done much to foster foreign commerce 1t has improved our harbors and 1t is now building an isthmian canal Let the good work go on. It has given the exporter the opportunity 70 use the cheapest material obtainabie anywhere. Let this policy be ampli- fled and the restrictions liberalized. In addition to all this we must have
 merchant marine.
 How this shall be accomplished is relatively immatcriai. I have learned that good things are invariably high priced, but at whatever cost mer- chant marine with which to ex 'ioit the product of American mahinery and American commerce Is absolutely necessary
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-16
ENORMOUS GROWTH.
American Trade Making Rapid Stridcs E
 in NOn-Contiguous TerritOry.-----,-

American Trade Making Rapid Stride 6
 in NOn-Contiguous TerritoEy.-----.-
 Washington, Feb. 1s.-The enormous growth in American trade with it's non-contiguous territories in the last calendar year, as contracted with the preceding one, is shown in figures compiled by the Bureau of Statistics of the Department of Commerce and Labor, made public today.
 In value. this commerce aggregates $131, ,0o0 900 compared with less than $100, 900 in 1904. Of this trade, $59,- 100000, in round numbers. consisted of merchandise shipped to those ter ritories and $72O00 900 worth of mer- chandise received from them.
 In addition to this. there was re- ceived from the Alaskan territory more than $1S,500, 900 worth of gold being its own production, and $6.50O 900 of foreign gold, principally from the British territory adjacent.
 The following figures show how American shipments of merchandise have increased in 1906 as compared with 1904:
 Porto Rico, from s12.00O. 900 to $22. 900 000 Alaska, from s11, 500 900 to $l7.500,000; Hawaii. from $11,000 000 to $12, 900; and to the PhlUlippnes from s5,000,000 to little over $i,000,- 900.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-16
SEARCH FOR BODIES.
Men Standing Waist Deep in Frcesint.
 Water.

Block Island k. l.. Feb. i5.---Search for more bodies of the victims Of the Larchmont was continued by the pat rols of life saving stations all last night but no more corpses were found.
 From the time young Fred. Hierge- sell was pulled ashore through the breakers early Tuesday morning until the dead and living were semoved to Providence members of both the New Shoreham and Sandy Point stations were on duty continuously for nearly forty eight hours without stop. Waist deep in the water that had chilled the Larehmont victims to death before they could drown, these men laborcd without intermission, hauling bodies weighted with thick coatngs of tce through the surf and up the beach to the stations
 Their quarters were so. crowded by the dead and living that they were Hts orally turned out of doors.
 The weather after affording some re- lief yesterday through it's rise in tenl- perature, today became cold again The wind was from the northwest and the beat covered by each patrol was ex- posed to the full sweep of the rising gale.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-16
X nosrox PRODIGY.
An Eight-Year-OId Boy Speaks Fons
 Languages.


 Languages. @.. Boston Special to the New fo5A A' S''
 can. .s
 II little willie sldis. the s.year-oid son of Brooklyn physician, keeps on absorbing knowledge at the rate ne has been going since the tender age - 2, there will be nothing left Tor nun to learn by the time he reaches tnF age at which mos. boys enter soiss, At s this youthful prodigy has the Lo.. lowing accomplishments to ms creas
 He speaks four Languages With sase'
 lie is a freshman in high school. He takes sophomore physics witn pu. pills twice his age.
 He is proficient In higher mateeH'ar ics.
 He has devised new system o' logarithnis.
 He is writing an advanced gram mar
 He makes astronomical ealcula ions.
 He instructs pupils In classes in ac- vance of hls own.
 He is . puzzle even to Boston ana to famous Harvard educators.
 From the cradle Willie Sidis has been n wonderful seeker after Knowledge He mastered tne rudinents before his parents knew what he was about IRey soon mad to hide his books to Keep hHni within reasonable bounds. He rushed through ordinary ar 'hmetic, hurdied fractions and was seen manulacturihs problems for his own active braln,
 Two years ago, at the age Of D. ne was put in school. To reach the piack- board he had to have stool, yet at times he was able to stagger the teachers. E -
 Now that he is in high school, win pupils twice his age and more than twice his size, he Is still ahead ot ms class. His classmates do not Know what to make of him, and he is not ex' actly popular, as his unusual ability shows normal youths up badly m reel tation.
 There are some drawbacks to being such an educational wonder. Already his eyes are failing, and. he has % wear double lens glasses His physical health is causing lis father, Dr. Boris Sidis. of fl University road, Brookline, some anxiety.
 Among the educators whose atten. tion he has attracted is Prof. James or Harvard, who declares him the most wonderful pupil of his years that he has ever seen.
 Willie is four feet six inches in height and very sligh. build. He is not proficient on the athletic field
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-16
PROTEST AROUSED BY PENDING
 LAWS AGAINST MONEY LENDERS

"Fifth--A tax on gross receipts,
 impossible to estimate.
 The only way any foreign mort gage company could do business m Alabama would be to occupy the heid by Itself, and to charge the maximum interest allowed by law, and fees ana commissions in addition thereto
 When you remember that thus money is taxed primarily at the domi- cile of it's owner, or, In other words. when the party who owns this mono, has to pay taxes on 1t where he lives. you will possibly get some conception of the burden these laws put upon the ioaning Of foreign money in Alabama and can easily understand that v these laws pass the bringing of foreign capi- tai into this State Is at an end.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-16
"The Missouri Girl" Gives Second Per-
 Surmguec.

"The Missouri Girl' pleased a large audience at the Bijou Friday night. when the play was presented for the second time in Montgomery. It was well received and frequently app 'auded.
 Fred Raymond. as Zeke. again dis tinguished himself by his admirable comedy work. As a maker of fun and q causer of laughter he Is Q great sue cess and his work was source of de- light to his audience. Augusta Bell, the pretty player of the part of Daisy, strengthened her reputation with the patrons of the theatre. The other members of he cast were pleasing.
 ''rhe Missouri Girl' will be present. ed at Saturday matinee and Saturday night.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-16
Mhnt RuIer. Cost Citizens.

A statistirian undertakes to answer the question as to how much d citizen has to pay for the head of his State The Frenchman pays for his Preside nt annually tho low sum of g centimes (not quite cents). Considerably higher is tho amount which every Ger man has to pay for his emperor namely 3i centimes annually. The dearest rulers are, however. those of Greece and Belgium, for every Belg an or Greek contributes 50 centimes an nually to tlte maintenance oftdhe royal house in his country. A
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-16
CONGO RESOLUTION.
President UrrAd '" 70 Forward by
 the Senate.


 NVashineton, Feb. 15.-The Senate in evocutive corr-n'ttee todsv adopted resolution extepding cordial support to the president in any stsns he may deev1 wise in relation 10 Congo affairs, SO long as his action Is not in"onsis tent with our treaty or with other in- terra+ional ohlieations or with the t~aditional Aroe~ioan foreien polici which forhids part'c'nation of the Irrited States in foreign political sit uations.
 The resolution has been pending practically throughout all of the roresent se@sian. It was oNered hV senator Lodge hut was opnoeed bv Senator Bacon on the ground that it involved the Tinted States in 2 for eten rolicv contrary to all tradition. SavoraI tin1as substitutes were p~e- pared and all met with objections. The one agreed on was prepare1 by Sera- tor Lodre and 1t was accepted with out debate.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-16
Was Formerly Agent for Plant systen In Mont q emery.

Was Formerly Agent for Plant system
 in Montgomery.
 W. V. Lifsey. formerly Division. Passenger Agent of the old Plant Sys- tenn, located in Montgomery, dropped into the city last night. Mir Lifsey Is now Travelling Passenger Agent of the great Canadian Pacific system,
 With MT. Lifsey Is R. L. Thompson, General Agent of the Canadian Pacific Company with headquarters in Chem natl MT. Thompson is an English man, who is now making his first visit in the South.
 The appointment of Mir. Lifsey with headquarters in Cincinnati was the first occasion upon which the Canadian Pacific ever recogn' 'zed the South He will travel this territory almost entire ly. His present visit Is the first to the Capital City in many years.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-16
PIo,,mnker Honured.

A monument 10 commemorate tn man who invented and manufactured the first sdchill blow will soon be erected in Peru, Me, according tn pllns recently formulated. The blow was first designed and then cast at little furnace on the top of mountain in Peru, seventytiVe years ago by g man named Warren. The invention proved success, and lately one of tn . inventors sons, a wealthy resident or Philadelphia. visIted his birthplace and made plans for raising a suitble me norial to his father,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-16
Deny Rnce Mnr Reports.

Lynchburg. Va, Feb. l5.-Reports from ThaXton's today deny the report struction camp. A disturbance occur red Wednesday night. but this, it was sad, was nothing more than occurs almost daily.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-16
roo LATE.
The Company Had Eaten Up All the s .DeSails.-

Illustrated Bits.
 The reporter, a young lady. who usually "did' the weddings of cer. tain provincial newspaper. was unfor- tunately i'll on one of these fes- i've oc- casions. So she had to call on the following day to obtain as much infor- nation as possible
 On arriving at the home of the brides parents, she remarked to the servant who opened the door:
 q have come to ge: some of the de- tails of the wedding which took place yesterday"
 An expression of intense regret came to the countenance of the servant.
 I'm awfuiiy sorry, miss" she ex- claimed, but everything is finished. You ought to have come last night The company a.e up every scrap"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-16
MutIny Aboard Turkish Ship.

Suez, Feb. 15.-A serious mutiny Oc. cured on Turkish transport while the ship was passing through the cJ- nal. It ended by 300 soldiers jumping overheard. Ten of them were drowned or shot dead by the royal marines
 The others reached shore and escaped.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-16
Xmas Nnt Drowned.

New York. Feb. 15.--A. l.. Kass, of this city, a steamship agent, whose name appeared in the list of those missing on the steamer Larchmont. was not on board the steamer. NJ. Kass said today that he supposed one of his cards was found on the body of a Larchmont passenger.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-16
Died Without Black Can.

Barbourville, Ky, Feb. 15.--Jessc Fitzgerald, a negro, was executed here today for the murder of Mrs. Robert Broughton in August last. Fitzger- ald's request that the black cap be not put over his face, was complied with.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-16
Paducah Carrie. Target Screens.

Washington, FcL. l5.--lt was stated at the Navy Department today that the gunboat PadLcah. which left Mo- bile yesterday for Pensacola. is going to Guantanamo to deliver a number of target screens for the Asiatlc fleet now engaged in manoeuvres off Culebra.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-16
GieorrInn Get. Annnintment.

Wasoineton, Feb. 15.-Thc Bureau Of Manufactures of the Department of Commerce and Labor, probably will ap- point ]. l.. Benton of Georgia a spe cial agent to investigate the market for cotton seed products in this coun- try and abroad.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-16
No rWrct nm Tr.D.portotiop.

Chicago, Feb. 15.-The strike of the freight handlers of the Chicago June ton Railway had no effect on the trans action of business q. the stock yards. Trains and shipments of cattle were handled as under ordinary circum- stances.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-16
IOWA SOCIETY MEETING.

secretary Si,aNv and chairman ShOntS
 Guests of Honor.
 New York Feb. t5-The second ban duet of the Iowa Society of New York, was held at the Waldorf Astoria to- night. The Society had for it's guests Secretary nf tho Treasury Leslie NJ .. Shaw. and Theodore P. Shnnts, Chair man of the Tsthmian Canal Commission. Secretary Shaw's speech dealt chiefly
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-16
Ecnther Meirh1s Eirh4

Milwaukee, Feb. 15.-"Kid" Murphy of New York and young Fitzgerald O. Milwaukee fought ten lively rounds to q draw before the Milwaukee Boxine Club tonight. The boys weighed in at 1n5 pounds
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-16
For Jamestown Expedition.

Jefferson City, Mo. Feb. 15,-The Senate today passed the bill appropria ing $45,000 for the NJ ssouri exhibit at the Jamestown Exposition.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-16

wLtch c,,nstsls of PULLMAN BUFFET SLEEPING CARS and Day Coaches between Mont tguincrJ and Savannah without change; innkinv close cOnrCctiun al Savannah for 3ii EASTERN POINTS Richmund. Washington. New York and with Cuastwse Steamships for Baltimore Philadelphia, New York and Boston For full informa tion write or cali on
 JOHN Fl kETNER.
 Commercial Agent. ExrhnnRe Hotel Montgomery Ala
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-16
RIp Safe RnI,hery

Peoria, H., Feb. l5.-The safe of the Bank of Ellisyille was. broken open today by burglars and $l,400 in gold and $1,600 in currency stolen.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-16
The Po.nt of View.

"A Kansas man. 1t s4Ss here tood off his grocery bill with a revolver"
 "Umph I couldn't soak revolver for enough to stand off mine,'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-16

ALL TRAINS DAILY. For further tnf"smation write or apply to C L. Wolf City Passenger Agent. i02 Mont gornery Street. r saratt. D A.. Mont gomery Ala.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-16

DEPART For Union Springs. Troy. Andolusia. Eufaula, Ozark. Amertcus. Alba nI Columbus. Macon. Savannah and Augusta. ..... ........ .... 4a;pm For UrIon springs. Troy. Andaiusia. E.,,fnuia Fort Gaines Dawson. Americus Albany. Colbus. Macon s:loam
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-16
ARRIVE

From savannah. Augusta Macon.
 Columbus Albany, AmaricuS.
 Ozatk Eufaula. Andal1Sia, Troy
 and Gnion SprinES :... ...:....Ii:Ioan Ft"IG Macon, C"iumbIs Albany.
 Eufaula. Andausia, Troy. Union
 Strings. .... .... .... .... s:Oopm
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-16
MIR. LIFsEY IN cITH |.

Biiou, Matinee and Night Toans, The Missouri Girl. Phone 1s5i.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-16
Central of Georgia Railway
DEPART

Arrival and departure of trains Dnion las trnger Station Montgomery. Ala. Effect i've January s, I9t7. 90th Meridian time
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-16
SEABOARD
AIR LINE RAILWAY

tnproteu A-assN s-cr SsrNIce 40 SAVan- nah WIah Pu.llllan BufTet Sleep
 Ing LAT.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-11
UNITED STATES HISTORY AND
CIVIL GOVERNMENT.

I. Give a brief account of an un-
successful attempt by the English to
found colony in North America
2. What was the New England Con.
federation? How long did it exist?
3. Give the purpose and result OF
Braddock's expedition of 1855. What
part did future president take in the
expedition?
4. Who were the leading British
and Colonial generals at the begin
ming of the Revolution? At the close
of the Revolution?
5. When and how were Washington
and Oregon settled?
6. Give a short account of one Of
the following: The State of Frank
land; Shay's Rebellion; the building
of the National road
T. Explain the formation of the state
Of West Virginia.
s. What purpose with regard to
slavery did Lincoln express at the be-
ginning OF the Civil War? How and
why did he change this purpose?
8. Explain the method of electing
the president of the United States.
10. Explain the relations which
have existed between the United
States and Hawaii since 1898.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-11
Eats as Milk Feeds

1t was formerly believed that the fat
in the food was the main source of the
fat in the milk A good COW, however,
will produce in a year Il much larger
amount of fat in the milk than she con-
sumes in the food, showing that the
fats are in part produced from other
nutriments, says the American Guilt
vatOr Investigations that have been
made show that it is not possible to in
crease either the percentage or the to-
tai amount of fat in the milk for any
appreciable time by the feeding Of fats
or oils. Where fats have been fed to
cows, even at the rate of two pounds
or more per day of tallow, o,Gtonseed
oil or other fats, the fat content of the
milk was not permanently increased.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-11
ARITHM METIC.

l. A speculator bought so shares of
stock at so, and sold them at SS. How
much did he gain, brokerage in each
case being $50?
2. If a horse tied to a stake by a
rope 7.13 rods in length can Craze
upon just one acre of ground, how
long should the rope be to enable him
to Craze upon 61s acres?
3. | bought land at $50 an acre.
How much, per acre, must | ask for
it. that | may fall $3.50 from my ask
ing price, and still make 20GG on the
purchase money?
4. What is the fractional difference
between 1850 Of a hhd. and 3/5 of a
pint?
3. On bill Of goods amounting to
$500, what Is the difference between
a discount OF 800 and three success
i've discounts Of 1870, 1870 and SO?
6. In class examination, 1G5 ques-
tons were submitted to each of the
5 members; A answered 1870, b 1876, c
SO, d l1O, and e 100. What was the
standing of the class?
7. Divide $1596 into parts proper.
tional to 2/3, 3/4, AS.
s. A note Of $1,000 dated April 4,
1905, was indorsed as follows: June
], 1905, 500; May s. 1906, $3.50 How
much is due today, interest at GO?
.. 10 you believe it better for pupils
to use an arithmetic with answers or
without? Why?
10. Give the units Of length, surface
and capacity Of the metric system.