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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-29
WEEKS BIRTHS EXCEED
 THOSE OF THE DEATHS

Vital statistics of Montgomery for the week ending yesterday show an unusually larger number of births than deaths. Among the negroes, how ever. there was an equal number of births.
 The following deaths were recorded in the office of the City Sanitary De- partment during the week: w. R. Ray, age 62 years; shipped to Tallassee.
 Chas. A. Allen. age s1 years. William Sheridan, age 55 years. Infant of c. c. Player. age eight months; shipped to Columbus. Ga.
 Negroes. Henry I've, age "A years. Infant of Judge Franklin. age year. Anna Belle Cobb. age 2 years. Infant of Ed. Bell, age 1 year. Helen Burke, age IS years. Susan Hall, age 89 years. Pleasant Saffold, age 35 years. The following white births were re- corded:
 To MT. and Mrs. G. J. Thrasher. To MT. and Mrs. Vernon Wright, To MT. and Mrs. c. N. Jones. a girl. To MT. and Mrs. H. L. Bray, twins, boys.
 To MT. and Mrs. M. B. Ford. a girl. To Dr. and Mrs. Chiffon Thorington, a girl. To MT. and Mrs Walter Maddox, a girl.
 To MT. and Mrs. Ed Jones, a girl. To MT. and Mrs. Felix Morgan, a boy. TO Mir. and Mrs. W. c. Holt, a girl. To MT. and Mrs. J P. Kohn, a girl. To MT. and Mrs D. E. Laslie, boy. To Mir. and Mrs. Wm. Clarke, a girl. To MT. and Mrs. J. H. Meadows, a boy.
 To MT. and Mrs. Paul Spear. a girl To MT. and Mrs. w. B. Howard, a boy.
 girl.
 girl.
 To Mir. and Mrs. W. J. cronier. a girl.
 To Mir. and Mrs. John Cobbs, a girl
 Negroes.
 To Walter Gerald and wife, a girl. To Thomas Grimmett and wife, a girl.
 To Matthew Andrews and wife. twins, boys.
 To M. Duncan and wife, a boy. To Hozey Starke and wife. a girl. To William Bedel and wife. a boy.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-29
RAIN WAS GENERAL
 OVER GULF STATES
Prospects for Today Are for Fair and Cooler Weather in Alabama, So
 Weather Bureau Says.

The rain storm over this section yes terday morning was due to a storm center then south of New Orleans.
 The total rainfall here was 1.60 inches, and the rainfall was heavy to excessive throughout Southern Louis- jana, Southern Mississippi, Alabama. Northern Florida, Georgia and South Carolina.
 The winds were brisk to high along the Gulf coast yesterday morning, for which the Weather Bureau had pre- viously issued warning.
 Yesterday evenings reports indicated that the storm was moving eastward along the Gulf coast. By this morn ing 1t will probably be off the South Atlantic coast. and fair and cooler weather will then prevail In Alabama.
 The rain of yesterday and the night previous, was the heaviest received over this section in some time.
 As a result of the rains, the rivers of this section have started to rise. though no dangerous freshet is ap- prehended, as only moderate stages will be attained in the Coosa and Ala bama rivers, according to the bulletins of the local office of the Weather Bu- reau.
 This is fortunate as much of a rise at this season would do great damage to the corn, cotton and hay crops in the low grounds.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-29

offices at s:3o o'clock Friday evening. after securely locking the doors, and with several friends, attended the per formance at the Montgomery Theatre. They had just gone from the theatre ed. b
 If the offices were set on fire, the complex problems of how the mis- creants entered the locked rooms and what motive could have been are mys- teries that win likely never be solved.
 The only clue of any description that has been obtained is furnished by H. c. Windham, bookkeeper for Algernon Blair. the contractor. whose offices are on the first floor were also damaged.
 Mir. Windham was at work in his of flee and turned out his light at II o'clock. proceeding to his home. When he left the building by the side exit he did not observe the slightest in- dication of fire. He went home and was preparing to retire when he heard the fire bell
 When MT. windham returned to the scene of the fire at 1 o'clock yesterday morning, he says he immediately re- called peculiar incident which oc- cured while he was at work in his office. Being located as the offices are on the Washington Street side of the
  Windham said that for several minutes he had heard some one walking up and down the walk. The noise of the to and fro movement of the person, he did not at first notice. but 1t continued so regularly and uninterruptedly that he finally took notice of the incident. The person, he says, must have walked up and down the sidewalk a dozen times or more and then the noise ceased.
 MT. Windham said that it Is possible the person might have been a patrol man. When he is at his office late In the might, he says, officers have fre- quently walked to his door to see that all was safe. This Is the reason why his attention was attracted Friday night With his office door wide open, his window screens down and being in the habit of having the officer call, he looked for the patrolman to make his appeArance when the footsteps were sounded on the walk. He saw no one enter. and it did not occur to him at that time to make an investigation.
 Whether the person on the sidewalk was patrolman or the miscreant eager to see if his work were success full are problems that are unsolved.
 As far as was known yesterday. no steps have been taken by the authori- ties to investigate the supposed in- cendiarism.
 One theory advanced is that the fire was caused by defective wiring.
 The Messrs. Shreve were the heavi- est losers, their loss, according to their estimate, being about $3,000. They carried $1, 500 insurance. Several other offices in the building were damaged, but not to such large extent.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-29
PROBING COMMITTEE
LOOKING INTO THE BTTULIrHrC
 PAVING.
Hfrmingham Council will InvestiGate to Ascertain Who Owns Com- pany and How Contracts
 Are Awarded

Birmingham. Sept. 2g.--(Special )-- The Birmingham City Council has a committee out to investigate the Bi- tulithic Paving Company and contracts which have been given the company in the last few years.
 In adopting the resolutions provid- ing for the committee. inference was given that some one was interested in the concern. Several hundred thou sand dollsrs worth of work has been done by the bitulithic company in the past few years in Birmingham, much of this work being done with the un derstanding that abutting property would pay for the improvement in in- stailments for ten years, of course, in- terest being counted.
 Recently considerable argument was raised as to who composed the com- pany and how contracts were being let Asphalt paving was mentioned and this is said to be at the bottom or the investigation. The bitulithic con- cern Is headed by Nashville people and the work done here so far has given satisfaction as to appearances and wear.
 The Council committee will hold a meeting and begin the investigation. What will be ascertained is only guess work but 1t is not believed there will be any sensational disclosures as in Mobile. The controversy in Mobile in- volved newspaper men as we'll as city officials
 Inasmuch as several hundred thou sand dollars worth of the work has been done in this city and many cities in the South have sent representatives here from time to time to look at the paving here, the result of the investiga- tion is of some interest throughout the South.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-29
BELIEVE FIRE
 INCENDIARY Shreve Brothers Are of That Opinion. BURNED IN PECULIAR MANNER Two Rooms Seem to Have Been Gutted Simultaneously axuch Speculation as to origin of Blaze That Damaged Hill Building
 And shreve Office. Fri
 day Night.
BURNED IN PECULIAR MANNER

George H. Shreve and Jesse Shreve believe that incendiaries lighted the fire which completely destroyed their offices in the Hill building late Friday night. From an examination of the freakish way in which the fire burned, the Messrs. shreve strongly suspected that it was the work of some malicious persons
 When day broke on the wreckage yesterday morning, an examination showed that the offices of Messrs- Shreve were the only ones completely wrecked by the fire. Practically every thing in the two rooms was Burned beyond recognition and the suspicious of the attorneys were aroused by the peculiar manner in which the fire did its work, pointing forcibly to the fact that fires might have been ignited in both offices simultaneously. This theory was advanced because of the almost unburneds condition of the peti- tion wall between the two offices whereas the contents of each chamber were complete loss.
 Both of the Messrs. Shreve left their
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-29
Linens and Bedding at Special Figures

Winch Damask, both the grass bleached Irish satin and our celebrated Ivory bleach damask, ev- cry thread pure linen, better in the world to- day for $t.25, special $t.t2 1-2e yard.
 3-4 Dinner Napkins, two extra values al- ready hemmed, special $t.69 and $2.39 dozen.
 Hcmstitched Heck Towels; large size and nearly all linen, all white or with red borders, special 25c each; $2.75 dozen.
 Russian Crash; the natural finish, all linen, f0c yard.
 Royal Hygienie sheets and pillow eases; 8Jx90 sheets, $f.00; $tt.75 dozen. 90xe0 sheets, $t.t5; $t3.75 dozen. 45x36 pillow cases, 25c; $500 dozen. t
 1t4 Princess Bed Spreads, fun large and good Marsefles patterns, special $I.t9.
 t8-ineh Battenhcrg Center Pieces. with ali linen center. round or squafe. 65e each.
 Table Linen Remnants; about a hundred of them, in all grades from the cheapest to the high est quality we carry. Lengths are from to s f-2 yards and their prices range from 45c for length up to $5.50.
 h the Linen Corner--Main Floor
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-29
NEWS OF RECORD

Notice of the incorporation of the following concerns was received at the office of the Secretary of State yesterday:
 The Lakeview South Highlands Land Company of Birmingham, Jefferson, County. capital stock, $2,500; incorpoI- atoTs are A. J. Pickard. k. H. Levi. E. Solomon. James 5. DwYer and Jo- seph H. Loveman.
 Woodland Park Land Company Bir- ninghan,; carital stock. $6.0O0; inc )r- porators W. H. Thorpe, T U. Walter Turner R. Weakley and John B. Ros- enstill.
 The following appointments were made by the Governor yesterday:
 Notary Public-C c. Colquitt, Brant- ly. Crenshaw County; D. c. Vaughan. Geneva, Geneva County; Miss Bessie Copeland, Birmingham, Jefferson Coun- ty; O. K Park, Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County; L. N. Strickland. Flomaton. Escambia County; Leslie Long. Dothan, Houston County.
 A marriage license was issued yes- terday from the Probate Office to Charles B, Lewis and Pearl Brooks.
 Deeds were recorded yesterday in the office of the Probate Judge as follows:
 Henry H. Barnes and wife to w. G. Yelverton. lot on the north side of Alabama Street in that part of Mont gomery called New Philadelphia, meas uring 50 by 100 feet: consideration. s1,0OO.
 Thomas A Davis and Johnetta Da- wis to A. J. Stokes. lot at the north west corner of Columbus and Ripley Street, 50 by sS feet; consideration $500
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-29
NO TRADING STAMPS
But Walter Brooks Will Give a S35O Upright Remington Piano
 Absolutely Free.

In order to advertise his Wood and Grocery Business. Walter Brooks, the hustling Grocer, located at corner Lawrence and Jefferson Streets, has a very handsome $350 Upright Reming- ton Piano. which he will give away ah- solutely free to some one of his cus- toners. There are no strings tied to the contest-no red tape of any sort
 Just call Walter Brooks, at number 1476. and he will give you full partic- uIars of the Big Free Plano Drawing. The Piano can be seen at the store. Come down and look it over-it's a beauty. Adv.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-29
GAMBLE. IS SENATOR.
Selected by Twenty-fifth District to
 Succeed Gardner.

Succeed- GNFdMeF,
 Troy, Sept. 2S.--(Special.)-A a spe- cial election for the purpose of electing Senator from the Twenty Dis trict, Col. John Gamble was elected without opposition.
 Colonel Gamble was once Mayor of Troy, for ten years City Clerk and Treasurer, is a member of the Demo- cratic State Executive Committee and one of the most popular gentlemen of Southeast Alabama.
 A heavy rain fell here last night and today. It began raining in the after noon of yesterday and rained without cessation until o'clock this after noon.
 Cotton has been bringing a better price today than for several days, and it is hoped that this rain has been general and will help to raise the price still more.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-29

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 in order to prove to all who are sui fering from this dangerous and loath- some disease that Gauss Catarrh Cure will actually cure any case of catarrh quickly, no matter how long standing OF how bad, I will send trial package by mall free of all cost. Send us your name and address today and the treat ment will be sent you by return mall. Try 1t! It will positively cure so that you will be welcomed instead of summed by your friends. c. D. GAUSS. IO8 Main St. Marshall. Mich. Fill out coupon below.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-29
KNOW THE STYLE.

And How to Make Out of Date Car
 ments Conform to It.
 Holts Dye Works, 10e S. Court Street, employ skilled tailors who know what the style is and how to make old clothes conform to 1t. On repair work they are simply unsurpassed. sun-thur, p#
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-29
PARRISH BOUND OVER.

Held to Grand Jury on Charge of Re-
 eeiving EmbexzIed Goods.
 William Parrish, the white man ar- rested Thursday charged with receiv- ing embedded goods, was tried before Justice Young yesterday and bound over to the grand jury. In default of a bond of $200 he was committed to the County jail.
 Parrish is the man to whom 1t is all legged w. s. westwood gave a pistol belonging to Captain l.. A. Odom of the Salvation Army. At the hearing, Parish swore that he had never seen the revolver. :...
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-29
A Splendid Showing of Beautiful Dress Goods & Silks for Fall & Winter Gowns

would which making Falrs attire for the women,
 bauu this Store the os Bfoadch the fine Panam vor the beautul y Vocs the handsone Sege the rich Fancy Mos wonderful
 
 O materials really
 Saks-for of such exquHte Brilliant their radiant effects, Silks inspiration, combining in perfect harmony with the woolen fabrics. Just fe1D of the tbn7gS uanf o read about Snk exquisite wide, $t50 yard Fe~~~ good shades A inches wide. $135 yard
 Al fabric s vnng gowns 5inches swidc.$2 % yard. Announcement DrcSmake Miss Margaret Mckenzie who turned a lew from the fashion will | fofb Dcssmaking Plord Floor.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-29
About Your Fall
 Draperies

Chances are that as we write this You think ing about buying some new Door or Window Ctr tains or interior decorations of some kind House- keepers heads are fu of such thoughts at this Let US show You how well prepared we are to serve you in OUT New DraperY Department.
 Wide new stocks of Curtains and Hangings of all kinds are there, and we can not only sell you the best ready made draperies, but make to order anything of decorative nature.
 The department is in charge of an expert who will checr rfuIy give his advise when You making your selections and who will subt estimates of cost either at your home office request.
 You'n find OUT qualities, varieties and va1ues the best at your disposal.
 Furniture upholstered and made new for a smal cost.
 Upholstery and Decoratfbe Dept.
 3rd Floor
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-29
TWO NEGROES ARRESTED.

Must Answer for Assault to Murder
 and Assault and Battery.
 Boisie Justice and Will Thomas, ne- Rroes, were arrested yesterday and committed to jail by Deputies Wilson and Hall.
 Justice is charged with assault to murder He is claimed to have snap ped a loaded gun at another negro in North Montgomery, with intent to kill him.
 Thomas. who is accused of assault and battery, Is supposed to have beaten a negress.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-29

A marriage license was issued yes- terday from the Probate Office to Charles B. Lewis and Pearl Brooks.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-29

The public friends will School Millinery PAloSoond Floor
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-29

The State health officers of Texas have notified the churches that they will be expected to live up to the new law which requires airing of all rugs. carpets and other movable upholstered material the day preceding its use. the sweeping of the floors after each days services and disinfecting the floors with a special solution.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-22
BLOWS HEAD OFF
WITH SHOTGUN
John Darwell Shot Down While.
Trying to Protect En-
ployer's Interests.
Especial to The Times-DIspatch.

HOT SPRINGS, VA. February 21-
Apparently a cold -blooded murder oc-
CURED on Back Creek. near Mountain
Grove, TINS county. this morning at
10 o'clock
~ dispute occurred between John
Darwell, who was cutting timber for
Tate Sterritt on the land of the latter
and some men who We're working for
the Hot Springs Lumber and Manu-
featuring Company.
/ seems that the Hot Springs Lum-
Der and Manufacturing Company have
been trying to get the timber from
the land Of Tate Stcrritt and Mr..
Sterritt sent John Darwcll there to
protect his interest. While Darwell
and two other men We're removing
some logs from the land they We're
ordered Off the land by men with shot
guns representing the Hot Springs
Lumber Company. Darwcll refused to
so. and one of the men named Nutty
took his gun from his shoulder and
blew Darwcll's head off. Standing
over the dead body he ordered the
other men to leave. Sheriff Gum and
his deputies have gone to the sccnG
of trouble. and reports late this even.
Ing that SIX Of the men are captured.
The Hot Springs Lumber and Manu-
featuring Company are Pennsylvania
men and their mill is at kincaid, this
county. II
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-22
SLAVIC SOCIETY
HONOR PRESIDENT
Present Him With Handsome
Gold Cup on Account Of His
Labor for Peace.

WASHINGTON, February 21.-President
Roosevelt to-day was presented with a
splendid cup of honor two feet high. a
sample Of Savonic art The cup was
given by General Count Arthur de Tche-
rep-SpiridoYitch. the president OF the
Slavic Society OF MOSCOW.
he. cup is of gold and silver, with
an incrustaton OF enameled handwork. It
Is Of old Slavic style, standing on three
lion legs and Is capped with helmet.
In handing President Roosevelt the cup
the general expressed his great honor
and pleasure in presenting n nodest evil
dcnce of esteem, love and admiration of
ali the Siavonic people "for his noble
work in bringing about peace between
Russia and Japan"
President Roosevelt. with warm express
sions of gratitude. asked General Spirido-
witch to cordially thank the society for
the gift. The President presented his
visitor with two OF his favorite photo
graphs with his autograph one for the
Slayonic society and one for the generals
own use.
e Following the presentation, bcauti-
full wreath was deposited on behalf of
the general on the tomb of Washington
a. Mount Vernon, on which rested the
following inscriptions:
'Slavonic Society, Moscow, to George
Washington. slavs wait impaticntly their
Washington liberator."
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-22
JUDGE WITT To
MAKE AK INQUIRY.
sational Escape Of James
Weathers to Be Investigated
BY Court.
SQUIRE q = RE LYLE's sTATEME MENT
Claimed That He Intended to
Recognize James Jones, Charged
With d Drunkenness.
SQUIRE LYLE's STATEMENT.
With Drunkenness.
3 ~ u z

4 negro charged with housebreak king
ana .a,s liable az to q long term In the peni-
trate charged with releasing the ties-
perate criminal on his own recognize
ance, and an Inquiry into the rcmark-
anle affair are the striking features
yesterday. 5a5I si,''.! i'e,t
Inc negro who, it is assumed, imper-
sonated another charged with drunken
ness W9as 4 and nd thus escaped, was James
magistrate who released the desperate
On MS own nrecOgnizance in the sum Of
500. Is Justice James d. Lyle. The "ius-s
tlce. II IS claimed, intended to recoE-
lIl,1, nize ia a mes Jones, q negro, charged
With drunkenness and confined iii the
same cell with Weathers at the First
Police Station. The affair occurred II
:, II ,,; NJ yesterday. The Justice got his
eailing . fee and the criminal secured
1reeootl. and Is yet at large.
How It Happened.
Desk Sergeant Whitlock was on duty
IN. He had been succeeded by Desk
Sergeant 3. +. Howard formerly chiaf
OF police. an hour before the reicase of
vne negro 9 ,,t on q straw bond. Justice Lyle
that James Jones, the drunk. desiraii
ball. Went to the cell and talked no Ia h
believed, with JONES' AS tho sen,,el
pponen, Il It was as Weathers. not Jones, Who
A1i Ottli. NVlelner With Or
without the consent Of Jones, Wea Wtt1 tbcps ps
miRersonated mn hai N him and having tho where
soon arranged. The negro was duly recs Mas
pearance before the Police Court yes
terday morning. and he walked from
the .I.a pollce station He Is probably still
walking many miles from Richmond
un unless o,,rnin he was fortunate enough to JUMP
Is sailing undcr now is a matter Of un. m
limited conjecture, but Sunny Jim Ia n
pretty fair guess, 5a = :
The failure OF Wcathers to appear in
Police Court yesterday. and the sub
appearance, developed the story. it was
aseertained tanned that the Jones population
changed r!afcs With Jones. The search M
for f, inc smart housebreaker has proved
fru1tless. hut Judge S. B. Witt will give
the magistrate, to whom 'all coons ions
looked i,,se a., alike" the chance TO explain this
why y, he g, undertook to release either negro
upon his own recosniZance, unless Tor
the fec that was In it.
When seen last night Magistrate
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-22
CHILDREN SLAVES
In MASSACHUSETTS,
Discovery Of a Boy Ten Years
Old Working Under an
Assumed Name.

LOWELL. MASS. February 2l.-rhe
discovery OF boy ten years old at work
In u mill here under the name OF another
boy who was killed In tho Dover Mills
fire recently, and for whom the school
certificate had originally been Issued, has
led to investigation by the state police.
and revealed amazing conditions
The matter has been called to Governor
Guilds attention, and officials say that
hundreds of little ones are In bondage
TO Greeks and other patrons AS slaves.
working for their masters In the mills
under fraudulent certificates
The arrest OF -Panalotls Funtas by the
authorities IN Boston develops the fact
that the immigration laws are also yio-
lated by Wholesale, and Boston immigra-
ton officials Will be forced to prosecute
tho man who has brought many children
to American under the claim that they
were his own offspring, Special Officer
Regis says hundreds of Greek children
have been here under fraudulent repre-
and put to work In the mills
under bogus certificates.