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The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-05-18
MORE MONEY
FOR COLLEGE
One Thousand Dollars
Added to the Fund.
SUBSCRIPTION IS ACCEPTED
Montgomery Light and Water
Power Company Donation.
Work To Collect Subscriptions For
woman's Methodist College
VIII Begin In Few

The Methodist College Fund. as orig
inally raised, was augmented yesterday
by contribution of $1,000 from the
Montgomery Light and Water Power
Company.
Preparations are being made by the
Commercial Club to collect the amount
subscribed by Montgomerians for the
location of the Methodist Woman's
College in this city. The action of
the board of directors few days ago,
announcing that the subscriptions will
be collected, is to go into effect in a
day or two, as soon as the details can
be arranged for starting on the work work
of blank forms which will be neces-
sary to have when the collecting be-
making these collections and the ex-
penses attached will be divided.
Robert J; Chambers, vice president
and general manager man Of the .t poWer
from the company's New York office
to contribute the large sum and he
has informed Chairman Fred 8; Ball Of
amount on the subscription list.
Information of the donation by the
light company was conveyed in let
ter to Frank p. Glass of The Adver-
tiser by Mr.. Chambers.
Dear SIR" the general manager said
81 have today received authority from
the New York oiiice to contribute N
y.
Water Power Company $1,000 towards
the building of the, Woman's College
Mr.. Bali by letter to put us on the list
for this amount"
II will be recalled that the Metho-
dist Commission required a bonus of
S50, 900 from Montgomery to locate the
college in this city After tedious
canvass of the city. the amount re-
auired was not only raised but the sub
scriptions reached approximately s52.-
900. Subsequently the Methodist Com
mission met here and selected the
THOMAS place on the Woodley road as
a site for the college.
While the city was being eanvassed
for funds, the matter of large dona-
ton from the light company was dis
cussed but not until Yesterday was Mr..
Chambers vested with the authority ~
give the money. .
Mr.. Ball said last night that the ST.
900 from the corporation would be &C
cepted and entered on the list. thus IN :
creasing the total amount to about
$4,000
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-05-18
LITTLE PROGRESS MADE.
Cumberland Presbyterlan General AS.
sembly Working I'm Committee


Cumberland PresbyterIan General AS
sembly Working I'm Committee.
Dickson, Tenn. May 17.-The Cen
eral Assembly of Cumberland Presby-
terrain Church made little progress
towards disposing of business on its
calendar, much Of the work was done
by committees but these were not
named until the night session.
Reverend S. j. B. Barbee and d.
n. Henderson were appointed as fra
ternal delegates to the General As
sembly of the Cumberland Presbyte-
srian Church, colored, at Providence,
Ky.
1t was charged by some of the com
missioners in discussing this matter
that the unionists are claiming that
they carried the colored members with
them. Rev. j j. McClelland, j. H.
RUSSELL J. II. Talley and Rev. M. N.
Smith were named as committee to
consider appointment of trustees of
the church.
DR.. Smith said a majority of the
old board had gone over to the union
lists. This board has in charge the
Dougherty fund and besides this, the
recent valuable estate left the church
by Plutarch Smith of Franklin, Ky,
and remainder bequest Of ]. w. Hab-
dy of WOODBURY.. Ky, needed to be
lookd afteeI
A feature of today's session was the
unwilling of miniature reproduction
of the old Meadow log cabin in which
the church was born. Addresses were
made by Drs. ]. l.. Goodnight. X. b,
Barker and j. l.. Hudgins.
The cabin was unveiled by four old
women whose lives are linked insep-
arably with history of the church.
Aunt Bette Sharon, oldest member
of Cumberland Presbyterian Church
in America, Mrs. Stevenson, great
granddaughter of Samuel King Mrs.
Sallle Sizemore, grand neice of Sam
uel Meadow and Mrs. Owen Agrat
grand niece of Aines Ewing, the only
surviving members fthe three foun-
ders of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-05-18
MARBLE.
PLUMBERs,

Curbow-Clapp Marble Co.
Marble and Granite Monuments.
209-21l Dexter. Phone las.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-05-18

This banks history embraces of panic and
pesence; depression and prosperity ebb tide and flood
de of the black years of 3 and 93 and &C. but from the
time of it's beginning to this day of graceneary 40 years
legal holidays its doors have been closed
and it has discharged all trusts and met all obligations
with absolute fidelity
1t has not heretofore paid and does not pay in
teres deposits of any character and it will not seek
business ''upon any erms with the accompanying
necessity for taking risks the endeavor to
make it profitable
1t stands upon this record
Accounts-large or small-solicited.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-05-18
Not Fitted For II.

Greenville Advocate.
Ex-Engireer Wallace says that the
president is not fitted to boss the Pan
anna Canal Job But II may at least be
assumed that Secretary Taft will not
have to scold him for desertion as he
did Wallace.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-05-18

The Vandiver Circle will meet this
afternoon at 4:30 with Mrs. Hickey
Important business.
Mrs. J. NJ. Starke.
Chairman.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-05-18
Dr. Petrx Here.

DR.. G. F. Petry of Floraia is in
the city today. He has been attend
ing the Alabama Dentral Association
in Birmingham this week.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-12
Care Of Turkeys,

At the Manitoba Station an expert
ment was made as to the gains by tur-
keys confined In pens, as compared
with those that ran at large. Those
in pens were given all they would eat
clean of a mixture of wheat, oats and
barley, 2 i i. In the morning the grain
was fed the turkeys which were not
but in the evening it was fed whole.
Ii was noted that the turkeys were ap-
parently more fond of oats than of the
other grains, so toward the end of the
fattening period the proportion Of this
grain was increased. A little grain
was fed the turkeys which were not
confined In addition to the food which
they could gather. The FIVE turkeys In
pens weighed on an average, 6.55
pounds each at the beginning OF the
test During the forty-two days Of the
feeding period the average gain was
405 pounds. pounds Of grain being
eaten per pound Of gain. The turkeys
running at large also weighed at the
beginning Of the test $50 pounds each.
and made an average gain OF LIS
pounds. On both cases the greatest
gains were madc during the first three
weeks of the period. 1t Is stated that
the penned turkeys when dressed
shrank 5 per cent less than those run
ming at large and that they were plump
er and were In every way more inviting
in appearance
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-12
New variety of Red clover.

New Variety of Red Glover.
A recent Government bulletin gives
accounts of new kinds of clover obtain
ed from Russia. The variety that has
been most promising is that called
Orel. One great advantage of this type
is that it is hairless. Every reader
who has examined either red or NAM
moth clover must have noticed the
abundance of hairs, so-called, on the
stem, and the midrib and skeleton of
the leaf. 1t is this hair or fuzz that
renders red and mammoth clover so
exceedingly dusty, and we suspect it is
this that causes it to turn black and
spoil so readily in bad weather. The
hair furnishes the very best opportu-
mites for accumulation of the fungi
which are the cause of the heating of
clover hay. One of the merits of alsike
Is that it is smooth lille the Orel clover.
In most places where 1t has been
tested this variety yields much better
than any of the native varieties, and
where it has failed it has been in COM
parison with varieties Of similar orr
gin. 1t has much more leaf growth,
but is about two weeks later, coming
in along after the mammoth clover; so
much later, in fact, that it is not easy
to procure seed from the second crop,
except north of latitude 43. 1t is not
recommended as a substitute for the
common red or mammoth, but as sup
Elementary to either one, particularly
in sections north and west of the pres
ent limit of clover growing.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-12
Soil MuIchinE.

The soil is protected by mulching.
not only because mulching assists in re-
tanning moisture by preventing evapo-
ration, but also because the covering
supplies moisture In dry seasons by
capillary attraction Of the soil, which
gradually brings up moisture at time
when 1t Is most needed. There are
many conflicting opinions and theories
regarding the effects Of punching, al
though many of the difficulties may be
traced to the materials used for the
purpose. In It's consideration some of
the leading horticulturists maintain
that dry earth Is the proper material
Of use, it being cheap and more easily
applied. If the material used be ma
nure. the labor Of spreading and re-
moving it Is often greater than the
value Of the crop. A coating two inch
es upon one acre amounts to about 300
loads. which may cost from S25 to $50
In labor alone, and this sum Is still
further increased IL the manure is
worked into the soil, while coarser ma
terial, such as straw, leaves and corn
stalks, must be applied and afterward
entirely removed In order to allow of
cultivation. 1t is claimed in favor Of
dry earth that it is an excellent non
conductor and holds between its parti-
cles a large volume of air, which not
only prevents an attack Of frost to
certain extent, but retards loss OF
moisture and heat. Every rain, how
ever, compacts the covering Of earth,
forces out the air and lessons the util-
ity Of the earth as a mulch. To avoid
this. the farmer must resort to fire.
ouent cultivation By stirring up the
soil. 1t is due to it's service as mulch
that dry earth Is capable Of mitigating
the effects Of drought by being fire.
auentIy loosened by cultivator, and
for a long time this fact, in connection
with cultivation. was not properly con-
sidered: but the value Of cultivation Is
due to the entrance Of air Into the soil,
which Is not only Of itself a mulch,
but assists in Fastening chemical ac-
ton and the preparation OF plant focd,
while the constant working of the soii
destroys weeds that would deprive the
growing plants Of food and moisture.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-12

dress, coated with snow that was rap
idly melting. She did not look up at
hin when she spoke.
Il want q dimes worth Of carbolic
acid" she said, In low tone, pulling
the shawl about her face.
Summers gazed at the poor creature
with a plying glance. He was not SEN
timental, but the detected droop Of her
shoulders appealed to his sympathies.
what do you want with it?" as asked.
Something in his voice made the
woman look up at his quickly. AS she
raised her head the shawl fell from
her face and they looked at each other
squarely. The recognition was mutu-
al.
"Gilbert" she exclaimed. Her tone
bespoke the anguish in her heart, but
the pleading note in her voice failed
to touch him. All the old bitterness
was aroused anew and at the sight of
her face Summers steeled his heart
resolutely.
No one would have suspected that a
torrent of emotions had been awakened
in his breast His face hardened, and
to all appearances he became cold and
cynical.
At that moment little Sunbeam
ventured out from behind the prescrip-
ton case, and as she caught sight of
the pitiful figure standing there with
the tired, hunted look in her eyes, the
child ran forward with a shout of JOY
and threw herself In her mothers arms
The woman sank to her knees and with
heart-broken sobs rained kisses on the
child's up-tnrned face.
Mammals back home, papa" cried
the child. gleefully. The woman looked
up appealingly. The mans eyes soft
ened and he put his hand tenderly on
his wife's head.
YES" he said slowly: Mammals
back home. Chicago Journal.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-12

A jolly old steamboat captain with
more girth than height was asked IL
he had ever had any very narrow es-
capes.
Yes" he replied, his eyes twinkling.
''once fell off my boat at the mouth
of Bear creek. and. although I'm au
expert swimmer. l guess I'd be there
now If 1t hadn't been for my crew.
You see. the water was just deep
enough SOS to be over my head when
I tried to wade out. and just shallow
enough"-he gave his body an ex-
planatory pat-"so that whenever l
tried to swim ouS ] dragged bottom"
Every
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-12

made no effort 10 follow her. but cot
tinued the even tenor of his way. and
as far as the world knew, he quickly
erased her from his memory.
When Summers. the business man.
left his drug store with courteous
goodnight to his clerk. he became Gil
bert Summers. domesticated. the father
aud the mother OF his little sunbeam
Those long and happy evenings sum
mers spent alone with his child wer,
sacred
The little village where Summers did
business did not wonder nor lament
when n sign over his drug store an
nounced he was going TO move TO Tie
city and enlarge his business. They
snapped up the bargains he offered and
exchanged remarks about the weather.
wished him good luck in his new ven
ture. and went back home
These remSrks measured the extent
of his friendship In the village. He
had but one friend and that friend
stole away his wife. Therefore, Gil
bert Summers called DO mar friend.
month later saw Summers estab-
liShec In his new store IN the heart OF
4 great city. Ii represented his entire
capital and he dedicated IL TO his little
sunbeam"
He was cold and calculating and
knew he would succeed. His was :
strange philosophy: he pitied his child
on account of the stigma cast on heI
name by her mother. but somehow felt
as ii it was all his fault and he wanted
10 make II up 10 her In some way.
Summers was at his desS one nigh
after the clerk had gone home, and tn,
druggist and his little daughter wer'
alone. Wien the tap of a coin on III,
showcase announced a cushomer.
lie moved briSkly 10 the fropl OF th,
store and saw the figure OF a woman a
the counter. She was poorly and thin
ly clad and the cold blast that clun;
to her frayed shawl chilled Summer
to the bona He noticed her raggsS
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-12
Wisconsin
State News
Court Rules President Has No Right
10 suspend Village Ordinances.
.~~NN~N/
TOWN CHIEF is sHoRN.

Court Rules President Has No Right
TO suspend Village Ordinances.
Judge Ryan has handed down a decis-
ion which robs the president of Little
Chute of a prerogative. which for more
than half a century has been exercised
by that functionary. Little Chute is one
of the oldest settlements in the vicinity
and is populated almost entirely by Hol-
landers. Twice each year these people
hold kermiss and on these occasions
they dance for one solid day and night
At these times the village president is
sues an order permitting the saloonkeep-
ers to keep their places of business open
after the hour prescribed in an ordinance.
At the last kerrniss one of the saloon
men, whose place is said to have been
open all night, was complained of, James
Van Camp being arrested and arraigned
before Judge Ryan on a charge of yioIat-
ing a village ordinance. rhe attorney
for the defense attacked the village ordi-
nances as a whole, declaring all to be lille
gal and not binding. The court took the
matter under adyisement and has de-
clared that the ordinances are legal, but
the village president will no longer be
privileged to grant special privileges to
citizens or in any way modify ordinances
or suspend regular rules. This shears
the head official of right he has exer-
cised in the little village of 1 800 people
for more than fifty years. The case will
be carried to the Supreme Court 1t is
said the question involves points of wide
spread interest, inasmuch as there are
said to be number of villages in Wis
consin where circumstances are similar to
those in Little Chute.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-12

The London Times says that the
work Of pioneers in color photography
has reached promising stage and that
plate is now on sale upon which a
fairly satisfactory heliochrome trans
parency may be made with one expos
ure, and with little more trouble than
when making an ordinary negative.
An English government report shows
that France now has thirty-nine sub
marine torpedo boats in service and
fifty under construction. England ranks
next with twenty-five built and fifteen
under way. The figures for other ma
lions are: Russia, Is and 10; United
States, 8 and 4 Italy, and 4 Japan,
and 2; Germany, L In course of con-
struction.
A curious electric machine is the phre-
nometer. The sensitive part of the in
strum-nt is huge metal cap which is
brought slowly down upon the head,
and clasping the skull gently but firm
ly indicates the size of the bumps" at
twenty eight different points. The turn
ing Of handle not only registers the
size of each bump" but prints and de-
livers the record.
Ten or fifteen years ago authorities
writing on the subject, stated that II
only 1t were possible to make engines
so light as to weigh but ten pounds per
horsepower. there would be no difficult
ty in constructing flying machine. A
few years after, petrol engines were
made Of such a weight. To-day, says
Technical Literature, they are made,
and on the market. weighing no more
than two and half pounds per horse
power.
A few years ago the late Professor
Langley expressed the opinion that sud.
den changes in the intensity of the
solar radiation were responsible for re-
markably cold summers or warm win
tiers. During the recent International
Congress on Solar Research held al
Meudon, near Paris, Monsieur .Deslan.
dres called attention to a new method
Of research bearing upon this question
Remarking that hitherto it has been
found exceedingly difficult to determine
the variations in the suns radiation by
comparing its amount at different times
from the whole solar disk, he showed
that better estimates might be made by
measuring and comparing the radiation
from separate parts of the sun. In this
way, he thought, tke amount Of the to
tai variation might be ascertained more
| accurately.
In July, 1906. quarrymen near Engi
houl, Belgium, unexpectedly opened
passage into great and previously un.
known cavern. It's existence, however,
had been suspected by local miner.
alogist, Mr.. E. Doudou. on account of
the disappearance of small streams in
the neighborhood Mr.. Doudou at once
began an exploration of the new cav
ern, which has since been continued. 1t
contains may large and beautiful cham
bers. but is especially remarkable for
its concreUoES, and for a kind of min
eral snow covering the floors, so light
that breath sends it whirlIng. In
some places are found little basins filed
with limpid water, which has begun TO
cover itself with a fine film Of crystal
line glass. The innumerable crystal
stalactites in the cave are remarkable
for the musical tones they give forth
at the slightest touch
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-12
@ae;s36set
G;:.ly::>G::::)''ii.J',
5O.QOO ana a.OO0 and ga. We get de %.

$4,000 and 1000 and 900. we get the to-
tai reading $50 feet.
But cries some one: Il haven't used
$1,000 feet OF gas in one month" Do
not make the mistake OF thinking SO.
Take the last reading OF your dial-you
will find II on your gas billiard sub
tract ii from the present reading and
you will get the exact amount of gas
that has passed through the meter since
last reading. You see. gas meters can
not be turned back. and they must
measure their full 100000 cubic feet be-
fore all the pointers stand at 20 again.
For this reason 1t is necessary TO sub
tract the old reading every time the
meter is read in order to get the
amount used since the last reading.
All this may sound very complicated,
but 1t is really very easy IL you will
experiment in reading your meter few
/ times. II hOusekeepers would learn
to read their meters ard compare them
with their bills they would be sure not
to be overcharged-Chicago News
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-12
HOW TO READ A GAS METER.
Here Is the Way to Keep Tab on the
Amount Used.

Here Is the Way to Keep Tab on the
Amount Used.
Few of the thousands who pay gas
bills every month know how to read the
meter and fewer still know how to reg
ulate it So the bills will not be excess
sive.
You keeptab on the bills of your Ice
man, your grocer and butcher; why not
on the gas company? Reading the gas
meter is simple matter when once I'M
derstood. If you will look at your me-
ter you will see that there are four
disks or faces on the front The top
one is for the gas company to test and
ascertain if there is leakage, so you
need pay no attention to it. The three
dials in a row underneath show the
amount of gas used and the little points
on these faces tell the story.
Each dial is numbered from one to
ten. The dial on the right measures
gas by hundreds of feet. The middle
dial measures it by thousands of feet.
and the left-hand dial M assures it by
ten thousands of feet. In other words
every time a hundred feet OF gas is
used the hand on the right dial moves
one number. Every time the hand on
this dial goes completely around the
pointer on the middle dial registers
1000. and when the pointer on the mid
die dial has made a complete revolution
the indicator on the left dial shows that
10000 cubic feet of gas have been meas
ured.
No matter how far past a figure the
dial may be that figure is taken until
the next figure is actually passed.
Take this illustration: The left-hand
pointer is at Ave. Each division on this
dial being 10000 feet. this makes So
GOO.
The middle pointer is at two. Each
division of this middle dial registers
LEGO feet, so the reading here is 1000.
The pointer on the right-hand dial is
just beyond nine. but we read 1t at
nine, aud as this Is the dial that regis
tiers by 100 feet. we have 900. Adding
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-12
OLD MAN SAVES BABIES.
Marinette County Patriarch Is Hero
in Log Cabin Fire.

Marinette County Patriarch Is Hero
in Log Cabin Fire.
News comes from Middle Inlet of the
brave deed of an old man, Charles Win
dorf, who risked his life to save three
children from being burned to death in
log cabin. The fire started in the kitchen,
while the parents, Mr.. and Mrs J. J.
Kohler, were away and before the eldest
of the children, aged s, could give the
alarm, the whole front of the house was
in flames. Old Windorf, who was in the
neighborhood, dashed to the front door to
find it locked. He ran in through the
rear door, which was outlet for a great
cloud of binding smoke. In another
minute he stumbled forth exhausted into
the air with two babies in his arms and
the girl clinging to his coat tails. The
smaller children were 4 years and IS
months old. Not one of them was harm
ed, but old Windorf was seriously scorch-
ed. Windorf is almost 20 years old and
his townspeople are talking of bringing
his act to the attention of the Carnegie
hero medal commission.