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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-16
LUCKY ESCAPE
 IN COLLISION Street Car and Western
 Train Crash. EXCITEMENT MUcR; NONE HURT Street Car Was Whisked Off
 Track and Damaged. Nest of Passengers Jumped From Trolley Car, While Those Re-
 maining Were Given Good
 Shock.
EXCITEMENT MUCR; NONE HURT
Lookout! Jump!"

Lookout! Jump!'
 "Crash!'
 Helplessly standing on the rails where the Western of Alabama Rall- road tracks cross North Court street, near the city water works. a street car was rammel by a backing passen- n- ger train Thursday afternoon at $40 o'clock and some of the occupants of the street car were thrown out as the car was whisked off the rails amid the sound of splintering wood and falling glass.
 Matte Owens negro woman, or 14 Abbey street, was thrown violently from a seat, about midway in the car, and fell sprawling in the soft dust negro. of 118 Watts street, was also thrown out. hut was not hurt No one else seems to have suffered hurt or much inconvenience.
 The Western of Alabama passenger train had come In to the union station from Atlanta, unloaded, and was be- ing taken to the railroad yard by En- gineer J. c. McLain, of 626 Columbus street. and Flagman William Tut. The train backed rapidly from the pas- senger station, but the engineer says slowed up before 1t reached the cross ing, stopping to put off a railroad employe who was on board,
 Outbound, the Riverside street car crossed the trestle from the city and approached the crossing, In the care of Motornan G. c. Ledbetter. of l Vine street. and Conductor w. A. Sprinkel, Of 701 Palmetto street, High land Park. As the street car and train approached A. B. Passmore, of sol North Court street, the hagman at the crossing waved. he says. to the street car to stop, but seeing the railroad train about to stop, the mo- torman thought he could pass and it is said kept on.
 With its front platform over the railroad tracks the car stopped. the bell rang. and It seemed to those present that the car could have pro- ceeded. and escaped the collision. OF retreated. but the yells of the on- lockers seemed to have disconcerted the crew and passengers of the car and they jumped. the motorman IcaV- ing the car not until the backing train was but ten or twelve feet away.
 IL looked as though the train would stop before striking the street car and 1t did stop. but not until It's own rear platform was over the spot where the front platform of the great car had been moment before. The cars hit with a crash, the street car being whisked to one Rido and deraIl . eu, che ieit mana slde Of the front platform broken and several glasses smashed. The left hand steps of tb . passenger coach were bent and twisted ana the woodwork gouged and scratch. ed on the rear end
 .. Ihe contact of the vehicles threw tne coIored woma. who was trying to cllmo o out loaded with bundles, to the road and also bowled Culpepper over. o oas tne otner occupants of the street ina Cf1F1 ar0p stitch variety. jumped before the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-16
A Very Old Man.

Mir. Charles Sheppard who lives near Brannan Stand, formerly in this county. spent several days of last week in Ozark, the guest of his grandson. Mir. J. M. Oppert. MT Sheppard was born in Baldwin County, Ga. on the 2Sth day of September, 1907, and thus it will be seen that on the 2Sth day of September, just passed he was 101 years of age. He came to Alabama in 1S40 and settled near Blue Springs in Barbour county. where he lived continuously until five years ago when he moved to the home of his daughter near Brannon Stand where he now resides. He was in the Indian war of 1S36 and was also in the civil war. He has been married three times but has never raised but one family of children. Notwithstanding his ad- vanced age he Is hale and hearty and although very much stopped bids fair to live some time yet
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-16
VAIN V, KRESS
 IS MISTRIAL And Thereby History
 Was Made THIRD INSTANCE IN 50 YEARS Case Was Suit For Damages Against Kress Store Averred That She, Mrs. !. L.. Vann, Was Injured By Being Thrown
 Down stairs-Mistrial
 Last Winter.
THIRD INSTANCE IN 50 YEARS

For the third time within the past fifty years second mistrial in the same case has been recorded in the civil division of the City Court of Mont gomery. The latest instance occurred Thursday noon when the jury in the case of Mrs. J. L. Vann vs. the $. H Kress Company, a suit for damages entered their box after an ail-night session and reported to the court that they had been unabl le to agree.
 In taking over, the matter Thursday afternoon, W. B. Whiting, bailin of the court and nominee for the County Treasurership, said. T have attended court for the past twenty years, and during that time have missed but one session of the grand jury. yet in this period there have been but two other mistrials in a civil suit.
 Tt Is usual for a mistrial to be followed by a verdict one way or the other being found by the second jury within thirty or forty minutes after the case is presented to them for the second time. can remember but two other instances in which this was not the case. In 1888 the case of T. l.. Mccullough vs. Collier & Pinkard. re- suited in two mistrials. and in 1906 the case of the State vs. Harrison Walker resulted in two mistrials."
 At Thursdays report of the jury in the Yam case. it was understood that the jury stood ten to two in favor of Mrs. Vann, while on the previous occa- sion last winter the jury was under stood to have been divided eleven to one in favor of Mrs. Vann. In & joking way 1t was said that if many trials were held of the case 1t would be finally decided in favor of the Kress store.
 The case grows out of a complaint by Mrs. Vann that she was thrown down the stairs of the local Kress store lost winter by an employe. and that she suffered much pain and men, tai discomfort, and financial strain as the result of such treatment. The trial of the case has been followed closely by an interested gallery of spectators, and many surmises were made as to the decision of the jury. The report of Thursday noon. there- fore. came as a great surprise in the light of the last report and the known peculiarity of second mistrials.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-16
Roosevelt Defends Corporation Con-
 tributlOns. c.D.in1fte1d Renublican


 tributIOns,
 Springfield Republican.
 In one of his open letters to MT. Bryan, the President defended the re- ceipt of money from heads of cor porations by party managers for cam patgn purposes, without publicity be- fore election, and justified such con duct as morally sound If the adminis- tration profiting from the contrlbu- tions showed by its acts that 1t had not been influenced thereby. Mr. Roosevelt pointed to his own record regarding MT. Hartman and others. since 1904, to prove that their financial aid in his campaign had had no cor rupting effect upon him. But this is an argument which morally JusttfieS Senator Foraker also. The Senator demonstrated by his record in the limited States Senate, especially in re- gard to the Elkins rebate bill, that hts earIer relations with the Standard OU Company had not corrupted him, since he labored and voted in that matter of legislation contrary to the interests of the oil monopoly
 Tt Is simple common sense to say that a political party, responsible for government, should no more accept or seek financial favors from such a cor poration as the Standard Oil Company than a Senator of the United states should. For the party bears immensa- Iy more responsibility to the people than any one Senator. To maintain that subsequent good acts justify the acceptance of such favors is as absurd in the one case as ip the other. We
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-16
TREASURES OF HERCULANEUM.
Prof Waldstein Plans for Rescruing
 Them Are Defeated. ro,,u rorresnondent Philadelphia Public

Prof Waldstein Plans for Rescruing Them Are Defeated.
 Rome Correspondent Philadelphia Public The heated polemics will be remember
 ed which accompanied and followed the proposition made by the American ChSfIes
 Waldstein, professor of fine arts at
 Cambridge, England with regard to ex- cavation at Herculaneum.
 Prof waldstein, and with him many oth-
 CT archacologists, think that even more important results might be hoped Tor from Herculaneum than those whicn tol- lowed from the opening Of the runs or Tcnneii If is in fact, ascertained ssthat | the disaster which buried Herculaneum was not destructive of the beauty of it's l precious manuscripts. Herculaneum was distinctly Greek. while Pompeii was Os- | can in character. so that the disaster which ! struck them both provided us with material
 which otherwise would not have sur
 vived as historical evidence of two lines
 In one single villa at Herculaneum ex-
 treaties of Aristotle or the plays or
 scripts were found together with works 1 of the finest art. Continuing the exca- | vations what treasures might We not ex-
 pect perhaps as lost books .h or nIsT Llyy tne ne | Sophocles? In no other spot could we ex- pect so vivid a reproduction of an an- cient city as at Hereulaneum, whose treas ures were surpassed only perhaps by those of Athens herself
 For this reason Prof Waldstein has al, | ways insisted that as the whole world is jntarested in such excavations which are connected not only with tho history of Italy but with that of all the European and American countries. the expenses and car rving out of the work shculG be plan ned on international lines.
 After having had his project approved hy the King of Italy and by the Italian 1overnment. Prof waldstein saw 1t defeat sS by the jealousy of Italian archaeolo- gists and by faction to exclude any fore l eign interference fin Italian affairs of any kind. Prof waldstlen has ready and Is about l to nublish contemporancously in England | America and Italy. large volume with | iiimstrofjons containing his project in all
 its details. and the difficulties he went | tbrou0h not abroad he had already the 1 adhesion of President Roosevelt, King
 Edward and the Emperor of Germany. but 1 |, Ttalv. on account of the jealousies above | nentIoned and some misunderstandings | nerhaps not altogether involuntary
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-16
CAMPAIGN IN MARION.
Democratic Nominees Travelling im the
 County.


 Hamilton Oct. 15.-(Special )--The Democratic nominees are making their campaign of the county and will close at this place on Saturday. Oct. 31.
 They are H. V. Bostick for Tax Col lector, c. R. Franks for Tax Assessor. V. R. White for County Treasurer. and D. W. Rowland for County Super intendent of Education. The Repub- lican nominees of the county for the same offices are not making any com paign.
 P. V. Dunn, who has been engaged in business at Tampa. Fla. for several years is back home.
 The election officers for the County have been appointed by the Probate Judge, Circuit Clerk and Sheriff, and from now until election day the sheriff will be busy getting out the boxes and election supplies.
 The County Board of Education has made the apportionment of the public school funds for the year and there seems to be some dissatisfaction over the result.
 The corn crop seems to be short in this county. The weather continues good for saving crops.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-16


 battlefield extends oyer a third of the south ern cotton lands, and the finest minds or the Department of Agriculture have not yet discovered a way of extinguishinE him wholesale. But they haven't given up the light as score of experimental stations in the South will testify. Of the boil weevii q wrftef in the September Van Nordcn Magazine says: ''when nature designed the weevil. she fitted him out with everything needed for his line of industry-even to set of cutting and boring tools which would delight the machinest. His body IS appropriated like warship. encased with a hard. tough shell which usually pre- vents poisen from harming him His lorg legs not only carry him rapidly over the ground when he doesn't care to stretch his wings. but are also used to give him firm grip when he Is at work. % t
 His head. however. is the mechanical wonder. It is attached to the body by a kind of bali-and-socket joint. as the engineer would say. that allows it to turn in a half circle with ease. The head terminates In long shout on the end of which is 3 regular combination tool with which he can bore and cut at the same time. It could not be better suited for his purpose, as the daintiest dish to him is the contents of the bud which forms on the cotton stalk and the boil which later takes its place. This bud, or square is filled with soft juicy pith- the essence of the flower which springs from it, and makes a cotton field in bloom such beautiful picture"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-16
CARTER LOSES CASE.
Negress Who Sued for Runaway Lost
 in City Court.

Negress Who Sued fer Runaway Lost
 in City Court.
 The jury inethe case of O negress. Bama Carter vs. J. Nj. Keller ct all as the Montgomery Automobile Com pany, for damages in the sum of $3.000 resulting in injuries received some time ago by machine of the company. Thursday morning gave their verdict for the defendant in the case.
 The plaintiff alleged that the auto mobile caused her horse to run away. and that the machine in passing struck the buggy smashing it against tele- graph post on the side Of the road. The taking of the testimony Wednes- day afternoon and part of Thursday morning afforded the attorneys and spectators present much amusement.
 Cases of relative unlmportance are upon the docket for trial today.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-16
FIRST UNITED STATES CENSUS
Quaint Features of the Original Count q Families.


 The heads of famiIIA. ,vhcso no... =. the pages of the first United states census oI a.SO: now for the first time published at WaShlngton, were less than eight times qs numerous as the army of 10000 census takers that will be required to count the Popuiatlon Of 90.0Oo.00O in 1910 There were SIX persons in the average family so that exclusive of slaves, the total population ts,, iISo IS set at S.231.533. The schedules for tne State or Delaware, Georgia Kentucky EeW jersey Tennessee, and Virginia were 1estroyed when the British burned the Sapltol at Washington in the war of 1872 put the records of the rest of the Colonial States are complete.
 me cost of the first census was S44377 for the census of 1910 it will be approxf- mately $14,OOO,0 900. and the country is grow Ing 50 tremendously that Director North predicts 1t may thereafter require a com piete enumeration every five years, in stead of for each decenniaI period The United States marshals and their assist ants 65O in all, acting under orders from President George Washington. had greater difficulty, 1t seems, in obtaining answers to their simple questions about free per- sons and slaves than do the later enumer- ators with their more complex require ments. One section of the colonial popu- iation found Bible warrant for opposing the count, while other forefathers were somewhat fearful that increased taxes heads of families in this city and State did admit, however the possession of 21,- 129 slaves, besides many persons bound in service, and they freely gave their names. It Is of passing interest to those who are still in doubt about the pronunciation of in the original census sheets with sin gle O."
 The Costly Boil WeeviI.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-16
GENEVA COUNTY FAIR.
Prise Winning Exhibits VIII Be Sent
 to Montgomery.

Winning Exhibits Win Be Sent
 to Montgomery.
 Samson. Oct. 15.--(Special.) )-The second day of the Geneva County Fair brought a larger crowd to town.
 Over 100 exhibits are being shown ceptionaliy good.
 Two of the fastest pacing horses In this section win try for the purse Fri day, and some fast trotters are here. Several thousand people are expected Friday and Saturday, and the program for those days Is exceptionally good.
 Monday will be negro day. and the negroes from all over Southeast Ala bama and West Florida are expected to come.
 Prizes will be awarded Monday and arrangements are being made to send the prize-winning exhibits to Mont gomery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-16
Don't Give In For Taxes.

CenLefVIIIe FTess. =
 If all the watches. clocks. guns. and pistols owned in Bibb county, were properly given in. assessed and taxes collected on same, 1t would in- thousands of dollars. It would sur prise one to know how few people give in this property with their other assessable property. great many seem to think they have complied with the law, when they assess their real estate and live stock.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-16
ChILi,n Trunk Giren Amnr.

An elegant moroccoline leather trunk will be given away October 22 at the State Fair to child under twelve years forming most words from phrase. Alabama Agricul- tural Association" Send list to Sec retary of Fair. Trunk now on exhibi- tion in our show window. adv-tf
 Gilbert Trunk Co.,, 21S Dexter Ave.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-16

he had been relieved from his post here and would go to Mexico. Dr. Iazo Arriaga will succeed him.
 Considerable interest attaches to the retirement of Dr. Urgate. One runaor was that he had been relieved be. cause of e misunderstanding between himself and Assistant Secretary of state Bacon. pr. Urgate, however. de- nied this, saying that he ana the AS- sistant Secretary are the best og SraSnuAs+ ----
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-16

stevenson have been given notes signed by w. H. Bogart W. J. Tally. Mack Caffey and II. J. Jocoway. for the amount of their deposits. The notes bear i per cent interest.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-16
M'FARLANE IS HURT.
Foot of Young Man Cut on By Ca
 Wheela.

OOA OA AVuMB nun CuL OA ny CdE
 Wheels.
 Scottsboro. Oct. 15.-(speciaL)-Ca McFarlane, the only son of R. A. Mo Farlane, while swinging a freight train at Bridgeport. slipped and fell under the wheels of tht moving train. His foot was cut of by the wheels. Charley Webb. one of the most prom inent business men in the county, was stricken with paralysis at his home at Langston. and for time his condition was quite serious.
 He is somewhat improved and hope is now entertained for his recovery. Ridley & O'Neal. the contractors for the new public school building in Scottsboro, have completed the work on the building.
 owing to the delay of the seats reaching here, the school did not open until today.
 Professor Brewton who will have charge of the school. will move his family from Larkinsvtlle and will oc- cupy the Methodist parsonage.
 DepOsIt0rs Get Notes.
 It fHs.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-16

cannot condemn Mir. Foraker without condemning also the Republican party as represented by It's managers in the campaign of 1904"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-16
nuLLocK COUNTY FAIR.

mate. The answers will be frank as they are to be confidential.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-16
DIR. UGARTE RETIREs.
Ondurun Minister to Washington ia
 Recalled.
Washington,

Washlngton, Oct. l6.-Dr. Angel UEarte. the Minister from Honduras. called at the state Department today and announced to Secretary Root that
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-16
ASK YOUR MEIGHBORS

g dis inner n have cedb PiesW h by atoghh vii people about h e to DOG word
 
  4mOn6 Dr. cree FapOrt hb a by of rem
  these and i w o met sincden 
 Peoples D, ,hewh edhong all o functions an how ordna f 3 one Why NOW The New
  A THEY MUST KNOW
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-16

DepOsItOrs Get Notes. Scottsboro, Oct. 15.-(Special )-Tne depositors of the defunct Bank of
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-16

The Costly Boil WeeviI. The boil weevil cost the United States something like S1OO, Ooo. 300 annually. His
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-16

is worth your while
 to learn.
 w TE believe that the way W to do best from our
 W standpoint as we'll as yours, is to make .yoalr stand point, ours.
 That means decidedly not to drive bargains and force sales. It means keeping faith and keeping customers.
 We show the new Kuppen- heimer styles as a strong evi- dence of this policy, They are 100 per. cent value clothes as full of genuine value as a gold dollar.
 You'll find not only the design and patterns that please you, but the after worth and wear that keep on pleasing. you throughout the long life of the garments. Exclusive in style and fabrics, but most approachable inprice. lm=
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-08-07

lawyers who have given the dissent.
ing opinion to the Views of the refsrm
"four.fushers.
Then some scintillating genius
among the brethren suggests that an
Injunction be obtained from some per
fectly unbiased Judge. a descent
is made upon the courts, perfectly
unbiased" and complaisant jurist is
picked out, who issues an injunction,
and the "four.nushers" gather to offer
up thanks. An appeal being taken
from his ruling, the state court, or the
supreme court Of the United States,
hands down an opinion that the "un.
biased" Judge is an Ass" or words to
that effect, and the injunction is dis.
solved.
Thereupon the "four.fushers" hold
additional meetings in which they dc.
nounce the supreme courts, amt NJ
soon as q new set of authorities come
into power. resume the old bluff or
asking that the business which they
do not like be suppressed
One of the most unique of political
"four.fushers" is the man who Is
"bucking the game" solely on his
nerve. recollect one such indivld.
ual, and he was certainly a classic
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-08-07

stronger of the two. "A" finances the
nomination of an independent can
didate, or n Prohibition, Labor-Social-
ist or any old candidate whom he may
think will weaken BIS" chances. II
"B" thinks the move will weaken him,
he may up with an independent" can
didnte of "A's" party stripe, and pay
his expenses to cut into "As" vote.
All this is "four.fushing" to make
the voters believe there are four or
FIVE "Richmonds in the field" when, in
fact, "a" and b" are the only real
figures In the contest, and the extra
candidates are fakes" And the
beauty about It is that these "inde-
pendent" or other campaigns are often
waged valiantly and tremendous
amount of dust and excitement kicked
up about them.
Reform is a prolific source of politi-
cal "four.flushing." Take some bust.
ness which offends certain OF the more
puritanically inclined citizens. This
business may be regularly licensed
and declared legal, and there may be
constitutional grounds which, until n
change In the constitution. would alb
solutely prevent interference In the
business on the part Of the authori.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-08-07
Kills Bride and Self.

Lebanon --Groycr c. Willoughby,
aged 20 shot and killed his wife, then
turned the weapon upon himself and
ended his own life here Last week
young WilIouehby made an affidavit
in regard TO the age of Miss Nora
Loguc. so as to obtain a marriage H.
censc. They were then married. and
when they went to the brides fathers
TO get her belongings, her father gave
the young man severe beating aud
prevented her from going with him.
Logue was arrested and paid fine
for assault The young man was
arrested for perjury, and his trial
was pending at the time Of his death.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-08-07

vote we can rake and scrape. There's
lots of ugl! talk about this thing in
my neighborhooG. and it's the same
everywhere. Well, SO long"
No one but rank "four.fusher"
makes these senseless breaks" but
the large cities simply swarm with
rank "four,hushers."
A favorite scheme OF the standard
"four.hushcrs" IN elections was to put
up an independent" dummy candI.
date. Sometimes two dummy can.
dldates were put forward ~ the race.
Suppose. for instance, that "a" and
"B" are the regular candidates Of the
main parties. "B' we will say, is the