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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-05
FOURTH IN oPnLIKA.
Day Celebrated With Sports ana Fine
 Speech by Exr. Whitson.

Day Celebrated with Sports ana Fine
 Speech by H1r. Whitson.
 opelilxa. July 4.--(special. 1.--The sn- niversary of Independence Day was fttingly observed in opelika today.
 The town was gafly decorated in the national colorg for the occasion.
 At 9:30 o'clock this morning the song services commenced at the court house under the direction of Judge J. N. Hutchinson.
 Various teachers were chosen during the morning to lead the music. and prominent among the number was Prof. A.. J. showalter Of Dalton. Ga.
 At 11:4S o'clock Hon. Lum Duke inc troduced Hon. c. C. whitson, the
 The speech of Mr. whitson was an appropriate one. 1t was a serious speech. in, that 1t contained much ad- vice, which, if acted upon by the peo- pie. would result in a finer citixenahip and Q better government. He spoke upon the theme. Liberty Regulated by Law" sa
 After the speech of Mfr. whitson. the opslfka cornet Band rendered several
 This afternoon at the old Fair grounds there was a game of base bah between the hines of Alexander City and Opelika, which resulted in q score of 8 to in favor of Opelilxa.
 There were also several races by the fast horses of opeiika, and East Ala. baua.
 Tonight the exercises were conelud- ed by a "Fidd1erS Convention" in which thirty iddiers participated.
 Gen. George P. Harrison went to wayerly this morning. where, at 10 o'clock. he made an address before the waverly Camp of United Confederate Veterans.
 Tn the races this afternoon. between Roadbird, the horse of J. M. Thomas of Opelike and George Hal. the horse of Owen Akin Of Notasulga, the latter won every heat.
 Miss Aligene Driver, who has been visiting her brother, Willie Neal Driver, in Opelika, for several days, returned to her home in Birmingham Friday af- terncon.
 Hon, Milo B. Abercrombie. Judge of Probate, of Macon County was in Ope. IiIra today. and while here was the guest of Hon. John B. Lyons.
 Miss Lizzie Hawkins has gone to Morgansville, Ga, where she will spend the summer. ,i a!8Al&
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-05
KILLED WITH AN AK
0. s. BAssFoRD DEAD AND ROOM
 MATE IS MISSING.
The YoanE Men Quarreied at East Lake About a Dog and Unkaewn Italian Wfeided @Terri-
 bIes Weapon

Birmingham July 4.--Ispecial., .,-- Charles S Bassford, a young man, was Killed early this morning by having his head almost severed from his body with an axe. sa
 An Italian, who was room-mate of Rassford, known only as Joe" is ac-l cused Of tn he killing and1s being sought by the officers.
 The killing occurred while Bassfcrd slept. From the nature of the cut in- fiicted. the klseping man had his hand up to his head for one of the hands l. almost cut on.
 It seems that last night Bassford and ..Joe" quarreled about ( pet dog. Bass ford. "Joe" and another Italian room. by Edward wheeler, who is doing some grading in East Lake. The room is . zmalI one and Is located a short dis tancs from the center Of East Lake, suburb five miles from Birmingham. Basaford vented the dog to remain tn the room at night and Joe" took ex- captions thereto. The quarrel while it lasted was rather warm. The third man in the room states that he heard some one in the room, and in 2 rev moments felt lot of blood flowing after blow had been struck. He eays further that he saw -Joe' leaving the place rapidly and called to him and the pesing man replied that he had to do the cutting to save himself.
 The deputy sh erin In East Lake was immediately notified and the main of flee. also informed of the tragedy. Dogs were gotten out and trau struck but the Italian was not over taken.
 Bassford came to this district ten days ago. From letters found in his pockets he came here from Mir. PieaS- ant, Tenn, and the letters told of certain crimes being committed in that place and of trouble in store for the rsceiv- CT of the same.
 A full investigation Is being made inc to the tragedy and as to the character of Bassford
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-05
PosTa1AN wfIo eREw FAMous.
Jack London Was Carrying Letters
 When His First Story was


 Accepted.
 When all the beIated dispatches heralding the progres of Jack Lon don, novelist, about the uncharted seas in his yacht Shark have been col- lected there will be ample material for another autobiography or a maga- zine contract from the pen of the author of 'The Call of the Wiid." Yet there are a few items concerning Lon- don's youth which the author and his friends have overlooked in the past
 For instance. it has never been told that when London had his first piece of fiction accepted he was a postman. Just about the time that his check ar rived from a well-known short-story magazine of the newsstand type, pub iished in Boston, London's name was posted in the postofice at oakland, Cal, in the list of those who nad suc- cessfuIly passed the civil service ex- animation for the position of carrier.
 His rank was higher than that ot any of the other ten or dozen suc- cessfuI applicants. London carried the mail pouch for short time only, and then suddenly began to find him self famous because of the vogue Of his first Alaskan stories and he gave up his job with the postonce.
 When London came back from his cruises on a sealing schooner to enter the Oakland high school ne was a shock -haired, unkept youth about 21, who always wore a blue sweater ana who rode to school on dilapidated bicycle. Because of his age he ap- peared to the other 5t idents there ss a man full grown, who was hardly to be approached on the footing of com radeship.
 1t was not until he began to write little monolgues in tramp dialect for the school paper that London attract ed |. attention. Some of the things he wrote for that school paper h could sell under his name today, for they were far and away above the caliber of the school paper story.
 The awe in which the students held the husky young man increased one day when after he had been attending school for about a year he was ar rested for addresing an outdoor Socialists meeting in oakland's city hall park without police permission. That capped the student wonder, ana he was generally considered either genious or a bug"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-05
GEoRGIANs ASK BRYAN
 TO RETIRE FROM RACE

Brunswick, ca. July 4--Hon. v. c. Brantley was formally nominated for reelection to Congress today Dy the Eleventh District Democratic conven- ton.
 A feature of the convention was fhe introduction. and adoption unanimously. of a resolution calling upon William dacy for the first place on the national ticket. yielding to John A. Johnson of Minnesota. Second place was spoken for Mr. Bryan. When the vote on the resolution wes taken. the convention rose as one man in ifs advecacy.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-05
I N S OC I lE T Y

turned to their homes. Mss Densofi and Miss Anderson have been guests
 of honor at a number of delightful en-
 tertainments given during their stay
 in Montgomery
 Mr. and Mrs. !. F. Mcciniey of sa-
 vannah, Ga. are the guests of her sis- ter. Mrs. w. l.. Sherwood. at her home
 on Martha Street. Mir. and Mrs. Frank Ansiey, Jr., of Coosada. have come to Montgomery to
 make their home and are with Mrs. M. S. ntbb at Highland Park. me friends of MT. and Mrs. John Hardaway will regret to learn of her Illness at the home of his parents, MT.
 and Mrs. J. H. Hardaway. on Jackson street. f4 A Mrs. Electra semnses cofsten of Mo- bile. is the guest of her brother and sister-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. Raphael
 5emrnss. at their home on Goldthwaite Street.
 MT. ana Mrs. W. c. Hunter have taken an apartment in the sayre build
 ing at 4o1 s. Court Street.
 pr. ?. H. adcconnico has returned from visit to his brother in Colo
 rado Springs.
 Miss Elizabeth wiiiingham. who is
 the guest of Miss cecelia Payne. will day.
 Mrs. M. F. willinghan of Atlanta | is the guest of Mrs. W. s. Payne at
 her home on Court Street. m,.. A~m,. na.~,.. c.. IF. ..,. \ Starr and Mr. ED Starr. havs gone to | Patsburg to be the guests of Mrs. S. J. Clark. Miss Starr will return home tomorrow ana Mas Starr win remain for two months. Mfr. anod Mrs. J. r. Jones have gone I for an extended trip to St. Louis. Chi. oago. Grand Rapids and Cincinnati.
 Mr. and Mrs. Richard TiIiis. Miss | Alma TilIis, and Mir. and Mrs Charles I Jones win leave Tuesday for Atlantic
 City, where they will spend the sum-
 mer.
 Mrs. Harry Mattocks. who has been | the guest of Mrs. James Hodgson has l returned to her home in Troy.
 Mrs. James Hodsson and children will leave Monday for Mont Eagle, Tenns where they will spend several | weeks.
 Miss Fqoy Smith has returned from
 Anniston. where she has been visiting | friends.
 Mrs. T..J. Reynolds will entertain the members of the Lee Reynolds Sew
 ing Circle Tuesday afternoon at 5 o'clock.
 Dir. and Mrs. H. J. Parrish have re- l turned home from a trip to Rainbridge 1 and Cairo, Ga They were accompanied by his sister. Miss Ethel Parrish, of
 Cairo, who will be with them for three weeks.
 | Miss Lottie Dievieux Of GrsenvilIe | S. c, Is the guest of Miss Bertha Fitz- l patrick at her home .on South Court Street.
 l MT. and Mrs. william A. Gayle and I children will leave Monday for Perdtdc
 Bay. whore they win spend the sum-
 rnsrs
 Miss Alligene Driver spent yester- l day with Miss Corrie c, Smith. sn | route from opelilxa- where she has
 been spending some time. to her home I hEr. ana Mrs. Leo Kraus. who have l been visiting her parents. Mir. and Mrs. | Sam Strauss. en route from their we'd ding trip. have gone to their home in I Selma.
 l Miss ophelia McLemore has return 1 cd from Troy whore che has been at | tending a house party given by Miss | Helen Bashinsky. | + 1 Miss Marjorie Holmes has gone to | Pensacola to spend several months. 1 Miss Mary Atkinson and Master l Claude Atkinson. have gone to Birm- l tngham to visit friends. AmoRg the Fourth of July picnics at Electric Park was one which was en-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-05
MALICIOUS SHOOTING.
White Man Is Said To Have Wounae&
 Three Negroes.

Three Negroes.
 Birmingham. July 4-(Special.)-- Deputy Sheriff George ". Jones of hessemer. in the lower part of the county, is working on a malicious shooting that took place on the road between DolomIte and Brighton. in which two negroes were fired on and Injured, one of them fatally. by white man
 The shooting. it appears. was done for "fun." the white man ehooting to the road.
 John McMiller. who stands wall among the white people, Is about fo die from his wound. while John Gayle. only has . flesh wound. An arrest will follow,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-05
ENTENTE WEAKENING.
Russia Msy Throw Her Lot wisA oAsRa
 and America

Harbin. uJly t.--fn well intormea circles in Tzarbin. 1t is believed that the Russo-Japanses entente fn the matter of Manchurja is weakening and that Russia eventually wflf threw kn her lot with China and America
 Various circumstances lead to thfa conviction. but chief among them t4 the fact that following the recent mia- sion to st. Petersburg of Baron 0otte. president of the South ManohuFfan Railway, the Japanses spent several weeks in negotiations with Russia h Harbin with the object of securing the co-oparation of Russia in the matter of the main-land railroad iins. These negotiations are said to Do total failure and as one result the reported agreement in che matter of c0-cperas tiou announces by the St. pekerebuFs government fs discredited.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-05
wAREHoUsR FED11I TIoN.
Representatives wiII Meet fA Barnaa9
 ham July %.

Hirmingham. July <--(SpeciaI. aA-- A meeting of the representatives of the aixty-eight warehouses of the State will be held in Birmingham July go tpr the purpose Of effeoting federation and making the Birmingham wate- house State institution.
 Federation was proposed at the re- cent convention of the Farmers Coz operative and Educational Union haId in this city. but on account of the lack of notice and pressure of business could not be effected ct that tinu9
 improve the packing of produces mals- ing 1t more saleable. It is proposed te increase the capital stock of the Birn- tnRham warehouse. The stock. VIII De distributed over the State.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-05
Water TnnIE nurnfa.

Prattville. July 4-SpeciaI. 1---one of the large water tanks on the cotton mills building burst at 12 o'clock to- day and made considerable noise ln that part of the city.
 As the mill was closed down. nc one was hurt. and the damage ts not great amounting to but little more than the cost of a new tank The accf. dent was due probably to the breaking of a hoop. The tank was built about ten or eleven years ago.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-05

A score or more passengers were in- sured Muntz was today placed under rresf al a New Orleans hospital. where he has been confned on account ag iniuries received in the wreck. lt ls alleged that Muntz could have avcid- cd the wreck by stopping his train oe- fora che crossing was reached.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-05
sra. BILLUPs HERE.
Party Of n.,lre.a ons..l. 'e Pass

Party of Railrosd omeials to Pass
 sunday tn Montgomery. hoials came to Montgomery late last night in charge of the excursion tram of the western Railway of Alabama which returned ron Atiansa bringing many Alabarna people who spent ln- dependence Day in the Georgia capi- tai.
 '. P. Riilups, the energetic General Passenger Agent of the Western Raii- way was in the party. He was ac- eoronanied by Division Passenger Agent Thompson and several others who will spend today In Montgomery
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-05
YieI6Ing \. . condIdate-

Birmingham, July 4.-(SpecIal. )- Snap and ginger was injected into the municipal campaign today when F. B. Yielding announced as a candidate for the office of Police Commissioner. MT. Yielding is one of the well-known men in Birmingham and is a member of the present commission.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-05
GATHERING IN oOLUmnUs.
Knixhts oR Columbus To Initiate Big
 CIaam.

Columbus. Ga. July a->(speciak1 1~< Knights of Columbus from aeveFa1 Southern Statss are gathering in Coz lumbus to attend the initiation Of ha1g a hundred Of new members into Hiehy op Gross Council Of that otdef toEnor. row
 Among the initiates will be c party of eighteen from Albany. Ga. and two Marist priests from Atlanta. ca.
 The work will ba conducted by the Chicago degree team of the Knights delegations from Chattanooga, Mont. gomery, Pensacola. Albany. Annricun. Macon. Savannah. Atlanta, Augusta. and Columbia. S C.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-05
ENGINEER INDICTED.
AdoIpt Munts is Charged With Man
 alauEhter.

slaughter
 Baton Rouge. La. July 4--In the District Court here today, an indict- enent was returned against Adolph Muntz. locomotive engineer of the Louisiana Railway and Navigation Company. in connection with the re- cent wreck near here at the intersec- tion of the Louisiana Railway and Ma Vigation Company's Road, and that of the Baton Rouge and Hammond Line. Muntz is charged with manslaughter. Tn this wreck, Representatives Jones of Livingston Parish. lost his life and
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-05

Rev. Father Paul c. Rhode of St. MiehaeI's Roman Catholic Church. South Chicago, has received oficial notifica- ton from the papa1 legation at Wash- ington that he has been appointed aux iiiary bishop of Chicago.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-05

All the trade of Zanzibar and Pemba goes through Zanzibar and these two islands produce, according to recent @. tImates. s5 per cent, of the cloves used in the world. and the clove crop of the last two years was excellent
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-05

Twenty per cent. of the population of Canada earns its living in connec- ton with the country's carrying trade. Railroad employees alone number 24o.. 900.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-05
FAILING WALL KILLS ONE.
Crash oK Building i'm BtxmAnwhax
 Cnusen Excitement.

Causes Excitement.
 Birmingham. July 4--(Special. ,--. John slaw A negro workman la ex. cavation' work for the fifteen story buitdipE on First Avenue. between Twentieth and Twenty-hrst Streets. was killed. and a dozen other siaborers had narrow escapes, when . wall of the building formerly occupied bv the Postal Telegraph Company. crumbied into the big hole being dug out
 The crushing wall attracted . large crowd. and for a while 1t was believed that there had been e big fatality list.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-05
n..fn os Mics KIish.

Huntsvfile. July 4.-tSpecial )--- MisK May Klish, an attractive ana popuiar young woman of Madison. died yesterday after a lingering illness. She was q daughter. of Albert Klish. and was 25 years old.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-05
Tur TrsnAIr oRcHEeTnA,

THE TTsDALE oRCHEsTRA-
 Out of twenfy-feur social affairs in June, The Tfsdale Orchestra furnished the music for fsenty-tsse. We appre- cfate patronage and strive to piease.
 J. F. TIsDALE, aIsr., Phone 2057.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-05

3oysd by MT. and Mrs, ". A. sprinkel. MT. and Mrs. Whit. Rev. and Mrs. !.
 H. Bush. Mfr and Mrs. O. P. Atkinson. MT. and Mrs. T. T. Higgs, MT. and Mrs. Rosner and MT. and Mrs. W. !. Ray.
Evening journal., 1908-09-30
COUNTY DECIDES
TO REBUILD ROAD

The Levy Court yesterday afternoon
decided to go ahead with the improve.
mont Of the road from White Clay
Creek bridge to Red Clay Creek bridge
through Stanton. At the morning ses-
sion of the court Mr.. Scott opposed
the Improvement on the ground that
the county had not sufficient funds to
do the work. but at the afternoon ses-
sion Mr. HOPKINS showed that about
$1,000 was available for the purpose.
whereupon the improvement was
ordered.
When bids for the construction Of
this road were received some time ago,
It was found that Stewart and Dono-
hue were the lowest bidders. their bid
being about S6,7OO They will now
proceed with the work
A bill of $3.50 presented by Warren
b. Weston for extras in connection
with engineering work in the New.
port turnpike caused a discussion, as
Mr.. HOPKINS was inclined to think that
IL was excessive. The bill was re.
ferred to the highway commissioner for
examination and a written report
Bills for the Democratic and Re-
publican primary elections aggregat"ng
about S2500 We're passed.
Evening journal., 1908-09-30
CASHPAID FOR CORNS
$40 to be Paid for Seven
Germs From Wilmington
Toes

In an advertisement appearing in this
issue Of THE EVENING JOURNAL
attention is called to the fact that
there are about one hundred and eighty
thousand feet In the city of Whining
ton, or about nine hundred thousand
toes, and that scattered throughout
the city and clinglng 10 some OF these
toes there are about one hundred thou
sand corns and bunions It is fair to
assume that out of the 100 900 Will
mingtonians possessing these "cuss pro-
ducing" toe ornaments there IS not
one who would not be willing to pay
a dollar or more TO rid himself or
herself Of Il, but along comes the offer
TO buy some Of these corns and to pay
from a dollar 10 $3.50 a piece for them
The offer Is being made by Cassada-
Cartmell Manufacturing Co, Sixth and
Madison streets, Wilmington, who make
the following bid for nice, large. full
grown corns.
$3.50 a piece for the two largest and
$1.00 a piece for the fve next largest
The conditions imposed by the above
concern upon those with corns to sell
are as follows:
That the corn must be IN one piece
and that its removal must be brought
about by the application Of Corioide
corn plaster. and that the envelope in
\ hich the plaster was purchased be pre-
sented along with the prize winning
corn, together with name OF druggist
from whom Cornicide was purchased
In view Of the fact that the Cassada-
Cartmell Manufacturing Co. guarantee
that their plaster, Cornicide. viii posi-
lively remove any corn without leaving
a sore It is quite likely that out OF the
estimated one hundred thousand corns
in Wilmington they will secure some
very hourishing and attractive speci-
mems. Their offer holds good only
during the month OF October, and all
corns must be in and labeled by No
vember 1st, 1908.
Evening journal., 1908-09-30
VIEW FALLEN
RAILROAD BRIDGE
Visitors Flock to Aiken to
See Collapsed B. & 0.
Structure

ELKTON, Sept 3o-Since iass Wednes-
day morning the hamlet Of Akin has been
the Mecca in this county, thousands OF
persons from Maryland. Delaware and
Pennsylvania coming there to see the Bal
tirnore and Ohio railroa1 bridge, ac.oss
the Susquehanna river which collapsed
while a freight train was passing over Il.
Up to late yesterday afternoon the 3. ard
o. trains were run over the Fhiladel-
phia, Baltimore and Waahinyton railroad
between Swan Creek and Wilmington. a
distance Of about 40 miles. AS soon aC the
bridge collapsed the officials Of the q. and
o. laid plans to build connecting line be-
tween the p, B. and W. track at Perry
VILE and their own tracks at Aiken.
Thursday morning nearly 1000 men were
put TO work building the cutoff, which
was completed yesterday afternoon-at
least completed far enough TO allow
freights to be run over IT. Passenger trains
we're not run over the cutoff until to-day
Another cutoff is being built between the
B. and o. tracks and the p, b. and w
tracks at Darlington. II will be completed
about Thursday or Friday Then 1t will be
only necessary for the B. and O. trains
to use about three miles Of the Pennsyl-
vania tracks. whereas up to last evening
1t was compelled to use about 40 miles.
Evening journal., 1908-09-30
MORE PRAISE
FOR POLICEMEN

At the meeting Of the Board Of
Police Commissioners yesterday after.
noon. the members took the occasion.
10 commend the men on the force for
their excellent work in bringing about
the arrest Of Frederick p. Turner. who
is now a Federal prisoner. charged with
using the United States mails with in
tent to defraud.
The arrest OF this man is believed
TO be an important capture and the
words OF praise from the Police Conn
missioners following the commentator
made bv District Attorney John p.
Nields. as was stated in THE EVEN
ING JOURNAL yesterday. is due the
officers who were interested in the
case.
The board decided TO commission
Daniel Dohl, Joseph EcKman and John
c. Kersey as special officers at the re-
quest OF the Street and Sewer Depart
ment. bv which they are employed
These men have considerable property
of the city in their care.
The board instructed James GRAY.
superintendent of police and fire
alarms. TO obtain the cost Of laying a
new submarine cable across the Chris
tiana river at Third street The cable
formerly used by the city is worn out,
having been discarded some time agr,
since when the city has been using the
cable of a telephone company.