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New-York tribune., 1907-08-25

disembowelled. had had not ceased to
breathe
The memory of the old Samurais and their
warlike deeds is stilI recalled with enthusiasm
by the japanese. and the ferocious spirit OF
these ancestors still lives in their descendants.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-01
SECRETARY OF STATE
 ROOT IS IN MEXICO
several Thousand People Greeted Him When He Arrived At Mexico
 City.

Mexico City, Sept 30-Greeted by sev- eral thousand persons, among whom were many members of the American colony in this city. Secretary of State Elihu Root arrived in Mexico City at o'clock this afternoon on the special presidential train which brought him from the border as the guest of the Mexican government. Accompanying him were Mrs. Root and Miss Edith Root. The party was at once conduct ed outside the station where carriages were waiting to take Secretary Root and party to Chapultepec.
 The gendarmie band played Ameri- can and Mexican patriotic airs. short ly after the arrival at Chapultepec tea was served. The officials of the city and federal government with their wives were present. There were no other functions on the entertainment program for the day and MT. Root and party will be left to recuperate after their long journey from Washington here.
 In accordance with the Mexican cus- tom, Chapultepec castle was formally turned over to Mir. Root, who was told that, the historic palace would be his residence during his stay in Mexico.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-01
< Schools In and Fl.. ]"
 Cry More Pupils Than Before

door, or anywhere else than the place one has been told to sit.
 Yesterda- 1t was to laugR--but yea
 Today 1t Is to work! For all o' them.
 And there are more of them than perintendent of the city's schools. Just how many more there are he could not determine last night because he had not received full reports from all the schools. but the increase was notable, Except for utilizations of school rooms vacant in the suburban houses last ses- sion. there would hardly be space enough for all the young ideas to get the first rudiment of shooting. and as 1t is there will not be any too much
 It is in the Sayre street school that the greatest congestion will be. It's space has really been lessened by the removal of an annex utilized last ses- i sion. Of none of the schools has there been an enlargement. 5 T
 The. pupils in the elementary schools gathered at S:30 o'clock and entered the buildings at 8:45 o'clock yester- day morning The members of the high schools followed a schedule hf- teen minutes later. Members of the schools for negroes were on sched- ule an hour later than the high schools. These hours, with the hours of re- cesses. 10 .. F., and 1 p. m., for the elementaries, Gna II 80 for the highs, will be mainf Sned during the session. Duly promd1ed pupils yesterday were awarded book lists and dismissed un- til this morning. New pupils and those delinquent were first examined and classified and then presented with lists and freedom. Regular work is com menced today.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-01

"Ding-dong. schools in. fun's over. and teacher has the whip-hand."
 The bells that marked the assemblins of most citisens of educable age at s;4s o'clock yesterday morning rang the kncil of departing vacation, and sound cd the tocsin in the ears of youth that peal from the borueriand of frolic giving warning of pedagogic uprising answered by that puerile translation ot sauye qui peut.
 "sh-sh! Teachers comin.'"
 All the clans are gathered; in high school and low. they came together yesterday morning to commence the got their book-lists yesterday. sized up their teachers and the new boys, and went screaming home. But today
 Today is the real morning after, and it is cold and gray. Whether they are stammerins the startling ejaculation A Fat Rat. or are spelling sympathet- ic crittQue of A Black Cat whose un- deriving principle is A Flat Mat: whe- ther they are despairingly goading a patient pony up steep Parnassus or wishing that they had crossed the Pons Asinorum before they soI 10 tt--who- ther, in short. they are elementary pu- pills with . priimcr and . snifIie or stu dents of the High School with class motto, yell and an enameled pin. they must begin work today.
 All the preliminary difficulties were got over with yesterday, and there fl nothing in the way of real work. It il so unnecessary as to be Illegal today to ask if one may use tile kind of booki Mommer used to use, or if one ma, not sit by the window or in the singl, desks on the first row back from the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-01

was purposely walked. Mullins bats for KilIian and flies to Seybold. Cough lin forces Cobb. No runs.
 Philadelphia--Crawf playing f1rsf and Downs goes to centre. Powers grounds to Donovan riank singles. Hartsel flies to OLeary. Nichols safe on O'Leary's tumble. Seybold fans. No runs.
 sixteenth inning: Detroit--Payne flies to Nichols; O. Lear,- singles. Nichols throws Donovan out. Jones strikes out No runs
 Philadelphia--Davis flies to, schaeffer and Murphy to Cobb. Collins grounds to Schaeffer. No runs. Score: Detroit, ?: Philadelphia, g.
 Seventeenth inning: Detroit = Schaeffer fouls to Powers. Crawford grounds to Murphy. Cobb singles and steals second. Cobb makes third on Powers's bad throw. Nichols got Downs No runs.
 Game called at the end of the seveD- teenth inning on account of darkness.
 Score by innings: R.H E. Detroit .010 900 412 010 900 o0-9 IS l Phila. ..302 020 100 U10 900 00-9 20 6
 Batteries--Donovan and Schmidt and Payne: Dygert, waddell, Plank and Schrecl and Powers. Time, $50. Um- pires, OLoughlin and Connolly.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-01
HEAVY FREIGHT TRAFFIC. Makes It Necessary For Demcp0lis To Have Specinl Switch Enxine.


 Have Special switch Engine.
 Demopolis. Sept. 3o.-(SpeciaL )-The Southern Railway has put in a switch engine at this place. 1t will be in charge of Conductor Wiley Hood, who will superintend all of the switching for Demopolis. The increased volume of business in Demopo1is has made this move necessary. Heretofore the locals nave been doing this class of work, but they could not possible make time and Superintendent Stanfield soon re- cognized this fact and hence sent the switch engine here.
 Contractors Peebles and Mckinley have begun the erection of the resi- dence of Henry McDanieI on Main street near the home of Dr. Hand. It will be an up-to date residence and will have all the modern Improvement and when completed vii add greatly to the appearance of that part of the city.
 Dallas Tucker of F'iorala, is now in charge of the Western Union Telegraph Company's office at this place, and Travelling Auditor Wise who has been temporarily in charge of the office here has resumed his regular duties.
 The Dozier Hardware Company, of Thomasville, was incorporated a few days ago with paid in capital stock of $12.000, with authority to increase to $30,000. The officers are: E. C.. Dozier. president; L. L. .Sledge, vice president and general manager; W. C.. Dozier. secretary and treasurer The new corporation has taken over the business of the Dozier Hardware Com pany, E. c. Dozier. proprietor, and will continue the business at the same place. L.. l.. Sledge, the vice presi- dent of the above firm, was connected with the Braswell Hardware Company of this for nearly eleven years and has of this city for nearly eleven years snd has many friends in DemopoIis who wish hm much success In his new en- terprise.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-01

Senator. alleging that she had been married to him in the Fifth Avenue Ho. tel. New York, in 1901
 J. D. Lee. representing the plaintiff announced the action as "Platt against Platt." and he said the motion was fov the purpose of framing an issue. Ha said he wanted the details to become generally known. M
 John B. Stanchfield, who appeared for Senator Platt. asked that the mat ter be heard in private by referee. He said Senator Platt was never mar ried to Mss Wood and therefore there was no ground for divorce. Justice Seabury reserved his decision.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-01
SMALL AND GOMPERS
 HAVE A CONFERENCE

Washington, Sept. SU-S. J. Small, National President of the Commercial Telegraphers Union, left for Chicago today on account of the serious Illness of his wife. He had conference with President Gompers. of the American Federation of Labor, regarding the preparation of the brief which Presl- dent Roosevelt has consented to receive from the striking teiegraphers. 1t is understood that the brief is not yet completed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-01
KICKED, BOY MAY DIE
SKULL or LITTLE GREGORY LUNDY
 IS FRACTURED.
Terrible Injury of Mobile County Far Sacr's Young son-He b Rushed to The City
 For Ala

Mobile, Sept, 30--By the kick of a horse, the skull of Gregory Lundy, ten year-old-son of J. S. Lundy. whose home is on the Halls Mill road. was fractured this morning.
 The boy is at the Province Infirmary where an operation was performed re- moving from his skull three pieces of bone which pressed upon the brain.
 About g o'clock this morning MT. Lundy sent the boy Into the pasture to drive up the horse which was to be hitched up. Half an hour later the horse cantered to the stable yard but the boy was nowhere seen. After wait ing for half an hour or more search was instituted and the child was found unconscious in the field.
 The unconscious boy was hurried to Mobile where he was attended by a surgeon
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-01
WILL INVADE MEXICO.
Capitalists to Invest Millions in Power
 Plants.

New York, Sept. 30.-A combination has been made between two powerful American, Canadian and British groups of capitalists for the construction and operation of electric lighting, trac- ton and power system in Mexico which will represent an initial investment ol fully $15,000,000.
 New Workers are primarily interest ed in the first named syndicate. Among them are William L. Bull of the bank ing house of Edward Swell & Go. Frederick s. Pearson, formerly chief consulting engineer for the Metropoli- tan Street Railway; Sir William c. Van Horn of Monteral is also an in vRstors
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-01

other the victory. The liquor men say that there will be no public speaking in their interests. v
 The Haigier Mercantile Company has sold it's entire stock to M. McGrath and the building formerly occupied by 1t will hereafter be occupied by the SchuessIer Grocery Company. a new corporation of $25.0oo capital stock. with the following stockholders; Charle. Schuessler of Lafayette. c. D McGehee, W. D. Davis and w. P. Russell, all of Hayneville.
 This company will conduct a whole sale and retail grocery. Its stockhold- CTS. except W. P. Russell. are stock holders of the Hayneville Railroad Company, and all of them are stock holders and directors of the Hayneville Cotton oil Company and of the Bank of Hayneyille.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-01
"THE MASTER CRIME"
According to London Caterer Would Bs
 to Break Bank of England.

New York, Sept. SO.-Joseph Lyons. a famous English caterer. who pro- vides the Lord Mayors annual ban quet and controls more than a hun dred restaurants in London, has ar rived in New York to find a publisher here for a fanciful tale which Is hls pride. His story. The Master Crime, caused sensation ih Great Britain when 1t was published. It purported to show how easy 1t would be to break tha Bank of England.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-01
LECTURE AT HAYNEvILLE.
Prohibition Campaign Is Warm an,
 Both Sides Confident

Haynevills, Sept. Especial )-The cartecnist and temperance evangelist, J. A. Naples, will deliver & lecture on prohibition at the court house here at 7:3O o'clock Wednesday evening.
 The Judge of Probate today sent to the inspectors. in the various precincts of the County. the instructions and supplies required in the holding of the election on October 10.
 The prohibitionists and the liquor men are equally active in the cam5 paign. and neither has conceded the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-01
John Abbott Resigns.

John P. Abbott, assistant district sO- licitor under H. F .Heflin, has ten dered his resignation and will take up the practice of law. He was appointed assistant solicitor several months ago. He is one of the youngest attorneys in the district and has been in charge of grand juries since his appointment. He has a wide circle of friends in the district
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-01
GOVERNOR IS OFF
LEFT BIRMINGHAM FOR DEEP
 WATERWAYS CONVENTION.
VIII Deliver An Address At Memphis TOday--MOney For Jefferson County veterans--Other Bir-
 minghnm News.

Birmingham, Sept. So.--(Special)--- Governor B. B. Conner left here to- night for St. Louis where he goes to attend the waterways convention. He will deliver an address at the conven- tion. President Roosevelt will attend the convention. The Governor will be absent from the State. about week.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-01
SAYS SHE MARRIED
 SENATOR PLATT IN 1901
Mae Catherine Wood Files Formal Pe- titIon For Divorce Against United
 States Senator.

New York. Sept. SO--Mae Catherine Wood, the former government clerk who has been suing United States Sen ator Thomas c. Platt for several years. today brought action In the Supreme Court for absolute divorce from the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-01
LEE COUNTY CONNECTS.
Ten Negroes Here En Route To soutl
 Alabama Lumber Camus

AInbhmA Lumber Camps.
 husky looking set of negro conyfcts were brought to Montgomery last night from Opelika and lodged in the county jail by State Agent Parker. There were ten prisoners in all and they were ap- parently happy lot
 The negroes were recently convicted in the Lee County courts and are be- ing taken away to serve their sentences. It is likely that most of them will go to lumber camps in the southern part of the State.
 The crimes of the negroes range all the way from embezzlement to murder in the first degree. Among them are two life convicts who were convicted of murder The negro who has the smallest penalty is one who was sent up for two years for assault to mur- def.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-01
Annual Poultry show.

The annual exhibition of the Ala bama Poultry and Pet Stock Associa- tion will be held in Birmingham Octo- Der 21-24. Judge Marshall, of Atlanta, Ga, one of the best judges in the South, will award the ribbons and prizes in this exhibition. Something like eight hundred birds will be placed on exhibi- tiOn,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-01
TOronto Wins Again.

Columbus. O.. Sept. s0--Toronto to- dak won the fourth game of the so- riee with Columbus for the Class A minor league base ball championship. Torohto has won three games and Columf9us one Score: RH.E Toronto\, ... .O02 900 050--7 13 o CoiumbuS~.... 100 900 003--4 2
 Batteries-b -bMcGinley and Carrigan; RobertailIs,' Townsend and Blue.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-01
THE FOURTH VICTIM.

Body of Unknown Negro Taken From River.
 Mobile. Sept, 30-(Specia1)-The Mobile river today claimed It's fourth victim in the last ten days, when the body of an unknown negro, his face and neck almost entirely eaten away was found floating in the stream at the foot of Government street.
 This is the largest number of river victims to be found in this length of time in the history of the city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-01
Veteran. To Get Money.

Twelve hundred dollars will be dis tributed here tomorrow among Con- federate veterans under the new pen sion bill The warrants were received from the Auditor of the State. This will be the first quarter distribution from the soldiers fund. The sum distribut- ed will range from $12.5o to s25 per head.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-01
Trailer Split Switch.

When the trailer on Pratt City electric car split the switch just, out side the city limits here at Il o'clock the car was wrecked and four negro passengers received injuries which made it necessary for them to be car ried to the hospital. Other passengers were slightly injured. The car was not making a great speed, hence the number of passengers injured is not large.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-01
KILLED AT CANTON.
Member OG Twelfth Cavalry Run Down
 by Switch Engine.

Canton, O.. Sept. 3o.-Quartermaste Sergeant c. G. Plaskett of the 18th U. s. Cavalry, Fort Oglethorpe. Ga, |, was killed by a switch engine here tonight as he was making his way to the train which was to bear him back to Georgia
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-01
owens Wa. Acquitted.

J. R. Owens, a young white man, who was convicted in the police court on @ charge of betting on pool game, Kelly pool" was acquitted in the crim- inal court today. The case was ap- pealed from the police court.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-01

FILES CURED IN . TO IA DAYS
 PAZo OINTMENT is guaranteed to cure any case of Itching. Blind. Bleeding or Protruding Piles in 6 to 14 days or money refunded. 5oc. tu-sat
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-01
INDICTMENTS FOR CHAPTERS.

Pennsylvania Capitol LoOters tO Be
 Tried for Conspiracy.
 Harrisburg. Pa., Sept. 30.-True bills against seven of the fourteen defend- ants in the capitol prosecutions were returned in three of the thirty-two suits by the Dauphin County grand jury today. All of the defendants are charged with conspiracy and in addi- ton four are charged with obtaining money by false pretenses.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-01

MOBILE PLANTS. On half-shell at Yung's Restaurant daily.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-08-28
BASEBALL AND SALARY.
Future of Professional Baseball in
the South Hangs ON Reduction in
Expenses.

The future of professional baseball
in this part of the south Will depend
upon the observance Of a salary limit.
If those who control the affairs Of
the South Atlantic league are helpless
to enforce their own bylaws and if
local raanagements cannot be found
to live faithfully TO the obligations of
the league, professional baseball will
die.
Whatever salary limit is fixed upon
must be no higher than the weakest
city in the league can pay without
embarrassment. If Columbia can af-
ford nothing better than a $1,000 a
month team and Charleston enters
a $4,000 team, the Columbia team will
drop behind in the pennant race and
the people of Columbia will become
lukewarm in its support.
The season is not yet over and the
Columbia team is barely able to re-
main in the field. The Macon team
has been compelled to sell one Of its
best men in order to obtain money to
meet expenses Deficits must be met,
in all likelihood, in two or three other
cities, and even in Charleston, where
the attendance on the games has been
the best, it was necessary to appeal to
the people to make special contri-
button on Directors Day. These
conditions cannot continue from year
to year. Enthusiastic directors who
have generously and gamely put up
their money will tire at the last. Base
ball may q hang.
In a great city new people attend
the games each afternoon. In a small
city, the attendance must be- made
up practically of the same people ev-
cry day. Consequently, in a small city
it is absolutely necessary that interest
in the games shall not flag, but this
it will do unless the people are salts
fed that heir team is not outclassed
and that it is in the race on fair
terms with the teams Of the larger
cities. A salary limit rigidly enforced
and not evaded by outside contribu-
tons of money to players is the only
conceivable method of equalizing the
cities in the league. Charleston and
Savannah can afford to pay more for
baseball than Columbia and Macon
can afford, but if the latter teams are
to be retained in league with them
the two larger cities must content
themselves to take their chances with
players OF the same grade as measur-
ed in money.-News and Courier.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-08-28
The Leg-crossing Habit.

Says DR.. Josef Garzouska, Of Buda-
pest. now in this country:
.'In no country of the Continent can
women be seen sitting in public with
their legs crpssed I have observed it
in New York. and here in Philadel-
phia it is also the custom. No wonder
your women are nervous. Such po-
sitions as they assume while sitting is
to my mind sufficient cause to under
mine their nerves and health. In
Hugary the women sit up straight
and erect. They do not lean against
things. They do not like rocking
chairs. The American women seem
10 like nothing but easy lounging
chairs
Says DR.. Alice seabrook, of the
Woman's Hospital, Philadelphia:
-tI deplore the fact that a foreigner
can come over here and make such a
violent criticism of US which is true.
We all cross our legs. 1t is comfort
able, and we don't stop to consider the
injury that it works nor the appear
ance we make. In past generations
in this country athe women sat as
straight on their chairs as the doc
tor says the women Of Austria do
now. I personally remember the time
when I was not allowed to sit in a
rocking chair. Observe the elderly
women that one sees right, here in
Philadelphia. The great majority OF
them sit straight, not even resting
against the back Of straightbacA
chair. And that it the correct way to
sit. 1t indicates poise, and physical
poise means, as a rule, mental poise.'
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-08-28
OUR MURDER RECORD.
Negroes and Italians Contribute Four
sevenths Of the Homicides.


Everybody knows that this country
mas a very bad murder record. At
present We are having about 5000
murders a year, which is from eight
20 25 times as many in proportion to
population, as such countries as Eng
land, France, Germany and Japan
have. Why all this unauthorized kill
ing? For many reasons, which help
70 an understanding, even though
they do not excuse. We have about
100000 negroes and a great many
newly imported foreigners, some OF
whom are very impulsive with wea-
pons The negroes kill pretty freely,
Out Of 1856 persons charged with
homicide in this country in 1890, p,
73e were negroes and 1913 were
foreign-born whites. These two
groups, comprising one-fourth of the
population, did four-sevenths Of the
murders. That, Lett 3,165 murders
to be distributed among about 49,
100000 people, which is not so very
bad. It will probably be found, when
the census bulletin comes out. that
the ratios Of 1890 were maintained in
1900.
In recent years We have had a large
immigration of italians. including, it
would seem, a good many that are not
desirable. The Italians are very
useful here, and the good ones are
very welcome. But average italians,
good as they are, do not help much
in keeping down the murder ratio
They have very obstinate ideas on
that subject. We read that only one
European country has ever had a
worse murder record than ours, and
that is Italy. We read. too, that there
was very lately dying at Foroham
Hospital. New York, an Italian who
had been kicked nearly to death 10y
some Of his countrnlen. Amputation
was urged upon him to save his life,
but he declined, saying: eff I live to
goi out, shall kill my assailants and
then will die in the electric chair. I
might as weel die now. One may ad-
mire his reasoning and sympathize
with his feelings, but Italians of his
sort do not help our murder statistics.
LHarp per's Weekly.