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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-21
METHODIST MEETING
WELL. ATTENDED CONFERENCE
 HELD AT NOTASULGA.
Ministers and Laynen Listen to Ad- dFessea by DR. A. ,. Lamar and by H. N. Hammill of
 Melville.

ever held by the Montgomery District of Methodists was held at Notasulga on Wednesday. Thursday and Friday or the past week. The conference was well attended and was instrumental in stirring up much interest in mission and other religious works.
 All of the Methodist ministers from Montgomery took advantage of the oc- casion to spend the few days in the entertaining Macon town. and came back much profited by their short va cation. The program carried out by the Conference was an entertaining and instructive one, and was partici- pated in by nearly all of the ministers and laymen present.
 The features of the program were the addresses of Dr. A. J. Lamar or Nashville. on the Bible cause. and of H. M. Hammill of the same city, who Is the General Secretary of the Sun day Schools. Both of these addrsses were masterly and entertaining ones.
 Three sessions of the Conference were held every day morning, after noon and night. Between the morning and afternoon sessions the preachers and laymen, of which latter class there were a number present, joined togeth- CT in an appreciation of the big out-of- door dinner which the Notasulgans prepared for their visitors. and which the delegates enjoyed with keen relish.
 The Montgomery ministers and lay men who were in attendance upon the Conference came back to Montgomery Friday night. and the preachers will fill their pulpits this morning and even- ing.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-21
enue MethOdista.

Forest Avenue MethOdists.
 There will be preaching by the pas tor as usual at the Forest Avenue Methodist Church at 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-21

HlGhland Avenue B Y. r. U.
 The Baptist Young Peoples Union of the Highland Avenue Baptist Church,
 will meet in regulas devotional service at the home of Miss Blanche Gardner. corner Plum and Buford Streets. Thurs day evening.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-09-13
Mississippi
Aews
Would Abolish Duty on Lumber.

George S. Gardiner, of Laurel, one
of the foremost lumber manufacturers
or Mississippi, has issued an emphetic
denial OF the frequent charges, allega-
tions and i%nsinuations to the effect that
a lumber trust exists in this State and
elsewhere among the yellow pine manu-
~facturers of the South.
The manufacturers of lumber" says
Mr.. Gardiner, ''know that there has
never been any such thing as a lumber
trust, or the control of prices by CON-
binations between producers of lumber,
and that at the present time the pro-
tective tariff has no appreciable infu-
ence on the price of lumber, except,
perhaps, in a limited territory neal the
Canadian border.
1T occurs to me that the easiest way
to correct the wrong impression which
so largely prevails in the minds of the
public is for the lumbermen of the
South to advocate abolishing the duty
on lumber. 1t seems to me hat con
siderable reduction in the tariff on all
commodities should be made by con-
gress, as o o as possible, and | believe
that many who are engaged in the yell
low pine manufacturing industry will
be glad to ask congress to abolish the
duty on other commodities"
The Tupelo journal., 1907-09-13
WAITED FOR GROOM
TEXAS YOUTH MISSING AND
SEARCHING PARTY FORMS.
DEAD IN The WOODS
Negro Is Arrested After Trying to
Dispose of Murdered
Mans Horse.

Nacogdoches, Texas.-D. d. Owens,
a prominent young man of the
county, was found murdered by
the roadside Friday by a searching
party. Owens came to Nacogdoches
last Saturday and secured a license to
marry Miss Maggie Wilkeron, daugh-
ter of a farmer. The wedding was to
have been held Thursday night.
Guests had assembled and the bride
was dressed for the ceremony, the hour
for the wedding had passed, but the
bridegroom did not arrive.
Searching Party Formed.
A party of friends formed a search
ing party and went out to look for him.
Going toward his home, they discov-
cred blood on the roadside, and traces
where something had been dragged.
Following the trail, they went into
the woods about 100 yards, and found
the dead body of Owens, with a rope
tied around his neck. They immedi-
ately telephoned the sheriff.
Tries to Sell Horse.
In the meantime the sheriff al Rusk
had phoned Sheriff Blackburn that a
negro had been captured at Rusk on
account of his trying to sell a horse
that belonged to Owens. His price
was so cheap that suspicious were
aroused.
Sheriff Blackburn secured a team
and went across the country to Rusk
to bring the negro back to Nacog-
doches. The people in the vicinity are
much wrought up i've the murder.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-09-13
TERRoRIzED BY PoAcHINe JAPs.
Alaska Border Towns Are at thu
Mercy Of LawIess Bands.


Seattle, Neutrality-suspicious. from
Alaska state that Japanese seal
poachers are terrorizing the residents
of the coast, and have become SO bold
as to defy the efforts of the govern
ment to prevent their thievery. They
are also striking terror to the hearts
of the people, in the sparsely settled
region by pillaging whole towns.
The United States revenue cutter
service is entirely inadequate to cope
with the Japanese, and they are TAX
ing advantage of this condition. Seals
are being killed with impunity. Con-
spiracy against the inhabitants is an
ordinary occurrence.
Only recently a band of Japanese
thieves were caught robbing the
town of Uguiak. They had even
stripped the church of gold ornaments
when the white inhabitants returned.
The Japanese fed as soon as a white
man got within shooting distance of
them.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-09-13
Nephew of Tilden Is Sued.

New York, N. Y.-Alleging that
her husband, who is a nephew of the
late Samuel j. Tilden, a member of
the stock exchange and of the broker
age firm of Hornblower & Weeks, 120
Broadway, had taken a young woman
to their mansion on Riverside Drive
while she was out of town, Mrs. Marie
Louise Swan, wife of Henry Tilden
Swan, has brought action for an alb
solute divorce. Until the case is de-
cided Mr.. Swan has been ordered by
Justice Dickey to pay his wife $500 a
month alimony.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-09-13
P~ostoffice Clerks Elect Officers.

Indianapolis, Ind.-The National
Association of Postoffice Clerks Tues
day elected the following officers for
the ensuing year: Edward D. Goltra
of Chicago, president; T. L. Ladd of
Muskogee, l. T., vice president; Geo.
F. Pfeiffer of Milwaukee, secretary
and treasurer. H. j. Caveny of San
Francisco was elected chairman of
the national organization committee.
Louisville was selected as the next
meeting place.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-09-13
DEVLIN PROPERTIES SOLD.
Illinois Coal Interests of Farmer.
Banker Bring $221,o

Chicago-Receiver Walter Rosen-
field sold at public auction Tues
day, at Marquette, Ill. the Devlln coal
mining properties, consisting of 1900
acres of soft coal lands, 10 houses
and two mine shafts. The considera-
ton was 1921, 600, only $4,000 in ex-
cess of one-quarter of the receivers
appraisal at the time of the sensational
failure of Banker Devlin of Topeka
and Kansas City about two years ago.
The purchaser was the Walsh Bros
syndicate of Davenport, Burlington
and Clinton, Ia.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-09-13

President Buchanan had the mis-
fortune to be in a position which re-
CURED qualities which he did not pos
sess, yet he had some fine traits. 1t
has recently been disclosed that in
1859 a railroad company sent him
a pass over its lines. He returned
1t with the statement that it had
been the practice of his life to pay
his fare because he was opposed to
the whole system of granting priv
ileges to persons not connected with
the railroads. 1t has taken more
than 4 years for this feeling to be-
come strong enough to induce con-
gress TO prohibit the issuing of passes
on interstate railroads.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-09-13
JUST A GENTLE HINT.
One Remedy Appearances indicated
Nobleman Had Never Tried.

The earl Of Surrey. afterward elev.
enth duke of Norfolk, who was a no.
torious gourmand and hard drinker
and a leading member of, the Beef
steak club, was SO far from cleanly in
his person that his servants used to
avail themselves of his fits of drunken
ness-which were pretty frequent, by
the way-for the purpose OF wash
ing him. On these occasions they
stripped him as they would a corpse
and performed the needful ;ab%lutions.
He was equally notorious for his
horror of clean linen. One day, on
his complaining to Dudley North at
his club that he had become a per-
feet martyr to rheumatism and tried
every possible remedy without sue
cess the latter wittily replied:
Pray, my lord, did you ever try
a clean shirt?"
The Tupelo journal., 1907-09-13
Snake With ~ Young.

w. B. Lamb moved a log near the
back of the mill pond at Kelly, and his
dog grabbed and shook a very large
copper-head snake. He and the dog
succeeded in killing it, and Mr.. Lamb
noticed several small snakes that seem
ed to have been shaken out of the large
one. Mr.. Lamb counted forty, then
called several reliable men to see his
find. One of them cut open the large
snake and found more: In all the num-
Der of small ones amounted to ~.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-09-13
KING CAUSES A DIVORCE SUIT.
Edwards Ate ntions to Kentucky
Beauty Break Up a Home.

Lexington, Ky.-It was learned
here that King Edward of Eng
land is responsible for the divorce
suit filed by Lewis T. Brown against
his wife, Margaret. Brown. The
Browns were living in London and at
tended a theatrical performance at
which the king was present. Attract
ed by Mrs. Browns beauty, the king
asked that she be presented at court.
Brown objected, and his wife being
anxious to be presented, an estrange-
ment followed.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-09-13
PLAY WAR is DEADLY AS REAL.
Austrian Troops Suffer Severely from
Marching in Hot Weather.

Vienna-The long list of casualties
among the troops engaged in the
yearly army maneuvers, now in
progress in the neighborhood of Wien
er-Neustadt, has aroused widespread
public indignation and concern Ten
deaths from exhaustion already have
been reported, and hundreds of men
have been Frustrated. In the Twenty
fifth regiment of infantry alone $50
prostrations have been reported. The
overworking of the troops in the ex-
cessive heat is responsible.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-09-13
KILLED IN HIS CELL
FIRE CHIEF SHOOTS WREcKER
OF HIS HOME.
SLAYER HAD SHELTERED VICTIM
Avenging Fireman Taken at Scene Of
Tragedy Is a Raving
Maniac.

Franklin, Ohio-William H. Mil
Ter, assistant fire chief of this city,
shot and killed James H. Littler, who
is charged with having eloped with
Miller's wife, is in a cell of the city
prison. After he had slain his enemy,
Miller became a raving maniac, and
is in irons in a cell adjoining that
in which he killed Littler.
Littler was formerly Miller's friend.
The fireman gave him shelter three
months ago when, as a tramp, hungry
and %footsore, he applied for help. He
then got Littler a position and took
him in as a boarder at. his home. Some
time ago Miller was found unconscious
tured. The same day Littler disap-
peared, and suspicion pointed to him
as Miller's assailant. A warrant charg-
ing assault with intent to kill was
sworn out against him, but he was not
apprehended.
Mrs. Miller disappeared three weeks
ago, taking her youngest child. Miller
wen in search of his wife and stated
that he found her in Springfield with
Littler. He forgave the woman and
had the man arrested on the old war
rant, and on another charging Littler
with breaking up his home.
Wednesday Littler was brought back
to Franklin for trial. The jail is in
the engine house. A loud report shook
the building and citizens found Littler
dead in his cell with the top of his
head blown off. Beside the cell stood
Miller, with a gun in his hand. He
fought like a mailman, but was placed
in irons and physicians pronounced
HIM hopelessly insane.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-09-13
WILL CONSISTS OF SIX WORDS.
Even Shorter CodiciI Later Is Added
to Make 1t More Explicit.

Baltimore, Md.-The shortest will
on record is that of DR.. Albert B.
Lyman, which was filed for probate in
tence, Il give everything to my wife,"
the testator, disposed of his. entire
estate, and then, fearing complications
might arise to give his wife trouble in
administering the estate, some years
later he executed a codicil containing
just four words and making more COM
plete the n sentence in the will. The
codicil reads: And name her execu-
trix."
The Tupelo journal., 1907-09-13
Confederate Reunion.

The county Confederate reunion took
place at South Union Camp Grounds,
three miles from Alderman, there
being fully 1000 people present. Hon.
Wiley N. Nash was the orator of the
day, and he held the close attention of
his large audience for over an hour.
Those who heard Che speech pronounce
it the ablest of the kind ever delivered
in the county,
The Tupelo journal., 1907-09-13
MAKES PIANO THAT WHISTLES.
Young Negro Preacher Patents Instru,
ment and Has an Offer.

Richmond, Va.-The Rev. James
0. Early, a young negro, has been
granted a patent for a whistling piano
of his own invention. The instrument
has a keyboard arranged on a scale
is capable of whistling the most diff
ficult notes. Mr.. Early already has
been approached by a northern mar
with a handsome offer for the patent
rights. He hopes to induce men Of
his rae to organize a stock company
to exploit the instrument.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-09-13
A Blow for "sIack Hundreds"

Odessa, Russia-"The Black Hun
dreds" suffered a severe blow by the
closing of the grain bourse and the
threat of the bankers to suspend finan-
cial transactions as a protest against
the anti-Semitic outrages of Sept. 2,
when three men were killed and from
SO to 60 wounded. The disorders of
last February were followed by SINH
lar steps, and financial transactions
were then practically suspended.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-09-13
Says Mrs. Root Is Insane.

Paris, France-The members of the
American Friendly society met to con-
slider the case of Mrs. Amy Root, who
to be related to the Ameri-
can secretary of state. DR.. Cowan,
an American of 16 Place Vendome,
who has been endeavoring to befriend
Mrs. Root since he found her dis
with a cabman, says she is evil
IDENTIFY insane.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-09-13
Pinkerton,s Body Arrives.

New York, N. Y.-The body of
Robert Pinkerton, who died at sea on
a recent trip abroad, reached this
country on the steamship Bremen of
the North German Lloyd line. Flu
neral services will be held in the
Dutch Reformed Church of Brooklyn
or Thursday, after which the body
will be sent to Chicago, where it will
be inferred in Graceland cemetery.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-09-13
New Corporations.

The following new industries have
been organized in the State and will
shortly submit their charters to the
governor for approval: Gulfport Ship
Chandlery company, G%ulfport, capital
lied at $4,000: Southern Commission
company, Greenville, capitalized at
$1,000; Lawrence County Warehouse
company, Monticello, capitalized at
$4,000; Morgan Smiley company, Held
elberg, capitalized at Sc, ZOO.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-09-13
CHEWING GUM CAUSES DEATH.
Young Woman of Philadelphia Con-
tracts Lockjaw Through Habit.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of her habit of
chewing gum almost necessarily, Miss
Elizabeth Goodwin, 81 years old, of
1928 Boston street, died in the Sa-
marian hospital from lockjaw.
For ten years she had been addict
ed to the chewing gum habit, and her
jaws became firmly clamped. She died
in agony as her iance, to whom she
was to have been married next month,
stood by her bedside.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-09-13

About this time," as the almanacs
used to say, there is always a fren.
zied cry for help from the harvest.
fields of the west. This year the
same cry has been echoed from the
east. Even in some parts of thickly
settled New England, offers of s2.75
a day have failed to procure enough
men to harvest the hay crop. Fa-
theirs whose sons feel that they are
In need of new tennis rackets, golf
clubs or home gymnasium appar-
atus, says Youths Companion, should
paste this bit of Information In the
sons hats.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-09-13
HUNDREDS MADE HOMELESS.
Four Squares of Residences and Mill
ing Plant Destroyed by Fire.

Houston, TeX.-Four blocks of
residences and the Standard Milling
Co.'s plant were destroyed by fire,
which was not controlled until early
Tuesday. The greatest loss was to the
Milling Co, whose plant was valued at
100000. The remaining damage is
estimated at $4,000. The elevator,
-four mill and rice mill were de-
stroyed. About 400 people were made
homeless. Eleven loaded freight cars
were also burned.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-09-13

Cooperation is invited by the mayor
of Lichfield, England, in repairing the
house of Michael Johnson, where the
son, Samuel-the great DR.. Johnson
was born. In the house was the book
shop where proud young Samuel re-
fused to stand behind the counter.
Years later, after his fathers death,
johnson made a pilgrimage of re-
pentance to Litchfield, and with head
uncovered, stood for al hour in the
rain before the shop.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-09-13
Reese Successful in Nebraska.

Lincoln, Neb.-Partial returns in
dictate the nomination of Judge Reese
on the republican ticket for judge Of
the supreme court. His rival, Judge
Sedgwick, carried Omaha, but Reese
carried Lincoln, and returns from the
country districts show an advantage
for him.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-09-13
LOSES WHISPERS, WANTS $500.
Employs Attorney to Sue Barber Who
Gave Him a clip"

Memphis, Tenn.-The courts of this
state probably will be asked to deter
mine the value Of a fine, healthy crop
of whiskers. A. A. Marshall, a Balti-
more (Md.) broker, asserts that his
hirsute adornment was worth $500 IN
til a Memphis barber got hold of him.
Marshall has employed attorneys to
bring suit. He alleges that all he
asked for was a "whiskers-trim," and
that the barber cut his beard-long
and black-close to his face.
The barber who shaved him de-
clares Marshall called for his whisk-
ers to be clipped.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-09-13
Buffalo CITY Is Years Old.

Buffalo, n. Y.-'Old home week."
as the celebration of the sev~enty-fifth
anniversary of the incorporation of
Buffalo is known, was ushered in by
a salute of 100 guns. The labor men
turned out in full force, 10000 men
being in line. The Verdi monument
at Niagara, Morgan and Mohawk
streets was dedicated by the Italian
societies.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-09-13
Boys Charged With Killing Farmer.

Charged with the murder of Albert
Love, an aged farmer, three boys
johnson Eaton, Sidney Eaton and John
Mckenzie, are under arrest at Collins.
The farmer had had trouble with the
youths, and laid in wait for them. 1t
pickets from the fence, and, leaping
from the weeds, started at them when
thew shot him..
The Tupelo journal., 1907-09-13

The gunuboat Wolverine, which is
said to be the firstiron ship ever con-
structed, was present at Put-in-Bay, on
Lake Erie, when the monument to
Commodore Peary was dedicated there
on August 5. Since that ship was
built, iron has been used for bridges
and buildings, displacing stone and
wood to such an extent that iron
making has become a far greater in
dustry than numbering ever was.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-09-13
Fashionable women in Washington

Fashionable women in Washington
are planning a hotel for cats. The
women, in the kindness of their
hearts, are unwilling to leave their
pets without care when they go away
for the summer. They think that
there would be patronage enough for
such a hotel to make it profitable. Bos-
ton already has an endowed cat home,
not only for the care of pet cats,
but for the rescue of such aged and
INDECENT cats as have been turned
loose in the world.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-09-13

John Gresham Brooks, who says
that race suicide is encouraged be-
cause it costs so much to bring up
children in town, should take a trip
through the rural neighborhoods and
of the district schools for lack of
children
The Tupelo journal., 1907-09-13
JOHN D. HIRES TREE DOCTORS.
Makes Effort to Stop Decay in Timber
at Pocantico Hills.

Tarrytown, N. Y.-Half a dozen
tree Doctors are at work at John
John d. Rockefeller's place at Pocanti-
co Hills, treating trees for the pur-
pose of preventing decay. Many Of
the trees that indicate an age of 200
years or more Mr.. Rockefeller is es-
pecially anxious to preserve. He
learned that there were such individ-
uals as tree DOCTORS" and he i'm
mediately sent for them.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-09-13
Burglar Kills Policeman; Escapes.

San Francisco, Cal.-PoliceX1an
Edward Mccartney was shot and
instantly killed at 2:30 o'clock Tues
day morning. Police Officer Peter
Mitchell and the dead officer had ar
rested two men for burglary, AMI as
Officer Mccartney was about to call
the police station, one of the prison
ers shot him. Both men escaped.
There is no clew.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-09-13

A New York millionaire is reported
to have gone to his boyhood home in
Indiana, bought the old barn door on
which in youth he had carved his ini-
tails, and moved it to New York, to be
set up somewhere in his city house.
His "reminiscences must be of an I'M
usually cheerful kind. To most men
the old barn door of their youth was
the ~drop-curtain to scenes which they
do not care to recall.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-09-13

Locomotive drivers in all countries
are obliged to pass tests for color
blindness. In Germany the drivers of
automobiles are o required to sub
NIT to examination of their color
vision. A color-biind chauffeur may
be quite as dangerous as one who is
reckless.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-09-13
GOVERNOR HocH IN WRECK.
Escapes Through Car Window When
Colorado Flyer Is Derailed.

Topeka, Kas.-The fast Colo
RADIO flyer passenger train of the Atch-
ison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad was
derailed at Warkarusa. IL miles west
of Topeka. Three Pullman cars anc
n tourist sleeper left the tracks.
Governor Hoch was Slightly bruised.
He escaped through a car window.
None of the passengers received
other than minor bruises.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-09-13
Wounded Robber Will Recover.

Union, Mo.-Charles anderson, the
alleged burglar who shot the assist
ant marshal of Pacific, Mo, and was
then shot by DR.. McNay of that place
ing well in the county Jail. and DR..
S%t;erberger says he will recover, but
with the loss of one eye, which was
pierced by a'shot.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-09-13
Receiver for Fabian COMPANY.

observation-disclosures of the mystic
rious disappearance in New York of
Seward Heidelbach. president of the
Fabian Manufacturing Co. in this city,
NJ. E. Moch was appointed receiver
of that concern and placed under a
bond of $4,000
The Tupelo journal., 1907-09-13
New York Brokers Fail.

New York, N. Y.-The failure Of
Watson & Co, grain and commission
brokers, was announced on the New
York stock exchange. 1t is under
stood that the firm has been very
active in trading in Northwestern
railroad stocks lately.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-09-13

To prepare the people of China for
their duties under constitutional gov
eminent, an imperial decree has been
issued granting provincial self-govern-
ment to the provinces of Pechili and
Kiangsu. The Chinese are moving
slowly, but that they are moving at
all is the remarkable thing.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-09-13

People who are afraid of lightning
ought to be treasured by the statis-
tics showing that on an average only
500 people are killed in the United
States each year by lightning strokes.
This makes the average persons
chance of being killed by lightning
in any year about l in 100, 900.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-09-13
Farmers Union Shows Big Gains.

Mississippi's delegation to the an
nual convention of the Farmers Edu-
cational and Cooperative Union of
America at Hot Springs, Ark, will
make a very encouraging report to the
convention, the membership in this
State having increased more than 90
600 during the past year, and in all
lines of endeavor to which the Farm
ers' union is pledged a good showing
has been made.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-09-13
Four Trainmen Injured.

Peru, Ind.-Engineer Charles A.
Wilcox, Fireman H. Massmore,
Brakeman H. C. Evans and Conductor
J. H. Molloy were seriously injured,
Wilcox perhaps fatally, in a collision
between a Wabash freight train and
a gravel train at West Lebanon.