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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-25
MAYOR IN A FIGHT.
Mr. Walker and Dr. DacIkett Adjust
 DaMleulty.

MFs WaLker and WEs UWcketf Adjust
 Da@eulty.
 Florence, Dec. 24.--tSpeciaLl-A difnculty occurred yesterday after noon on e crowded street corner. be- tween Mayor A. E. Walker and Form CT City Physician |. F. Duckett.
 The trouble grew out of the failure of the city council to allow Dr. Duck ett'e claims for his last years services, the council cutting 1t down from S6l3 to $500.
 Dr. Duckett apparently held Mayor Walker responsible and characterized, 1t as piece of rascality, when the mayor struck at him, but they were separated before any damage wa. done.
 Later pr. Duckett explained that the term was not meant for the may. or but for the city council and peace was restored
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-25
FIRE oAusHs nxCTTnMRNT.

DOSvMAown Alarm 1Bftngs EntRre Fire
 Depsrtnnent to Dexter Avenue.
 brought every flfe' company in the city to the corner of Court Square and Dex- ter Avenue, yesterday afternoon ct s o'clock. The cause offthe excitement proved to7be blaze in the ceiling of Rtitti's jewelry stoftes originating from the red shot stove pipe. The flames were easily extlngtfished with a; babcock. and practically no 'damage was done.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-25
CDE DE. CHA
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BIDS FOR CONVICT LABOR

Notice is hereby given that the Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners invite bids for the Convict Labor Of Mobile Coun- v for Q period of one year from January 18th. 1908. Bids must stats kind of work place of work. and conform generally to the state laws en the subject. Bids will be opened at 1e.so o'clock of Monday, January 11ths 1e0ss ct the court house. Address bids to Jno. T. Bauer. President and mark thers t4Convict Bid's
 ?. WILLIAMS. IT.. Clerk.
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-25
ROOF GARDEN SKATING.
Plans for Aerial Sport in New YOrI

City.
 New York. Dec. 3A.--New Workers have many novel diversions but a skating rink three feet in air and ice skating at that Is believed to be the latest. According to plans announced such a rink will be opened on top of the new ofice building at Broadway and 2Srd street although it Is expect ed that this almost eariaI sport will not be enjoyed until next winter as the building will not be ready for oc- cpancy until May1.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-25
NEWS OF RECORD

The following transfers of property were recorded in the once of Probate Judge Gastor. Thursdav:
 John Morris to Rosa Hawkins. Lot 8, Southern Land Company to w. !. Osborne, Lot 1S, Block 2, Uplande; con- slderatfon. S240.
 Julius Dunham to E. R. Burton. lot Sayre and Jeff Davis: consideration. si.o0o.
 
 The following marriage licenses were issued:
 To William Parham Fonville and Ce- lestine Gilmer: to Lester James Ingram and Cleopatra Mitchell: to 4. A. Klinge and Ethel Simpson; to T. J. 0Hafa and Alma 'Burdfck to Frank H Robbins and Cora B. McArthar.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-25
REAL BAHGAINs.
NEGRO IS ASSAULTED.

The suits made to order for s12.oO by Holt's Dye Works. Adv.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-25
NOTICE

Bids will be received for aii Shelby County convtcta for the year 1e0e. by the undersigned. up to December 29th. 1908. Correspoadence solicited I. A. JACKSON,
 Hard Labor Agent.
 A. P. LoNGsHoRE
 Judge of Probate. it Columbianas Ala
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-25
Stockholders Meetino.

The annual meeting of the stoclholdeFA Of The Firat National Bank of Montgomery, win be held ct its banking rooms on Tues day. January 18th, 1909. at 12 o'ci0ek. noon. for the transaction of any other business that may properly come before the meeting December 1StA. 1908.
 4. 6. wooLFoLE Cashier.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-25

AoIllvEay O Appoinfe4.
 Florence, Dec. 24.-t Especial. (--Is D. Hoiliway. of Rillen. this county. has
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-25

Ammsements
 The Grand Christnsas Matinee Today g O'clock and Tonight "The- Cat and the Fiddie.r
Chariton courier., 1908-05-15
An Isolated Farm.

Within sight of the town of
Jasper, Mo-, in the Ozarks, q
settler has farm which is prob.
ably unlike any other in the
world. This farm occupies the
tableland on the summit of the
ridge, and is inclosed with a
fence which no animal has ever
broken through. 1t does not
rise above the surface Of the
farm, but falls sheer from sthe
edge a distance of many feet.
The man who homesteaded the
tableland had a hard climb up
the face of the perpendicular cliff
to reach the comparatively level
summit. At one point a ledge
extends out a few inches and
along the face of the cliff at an
upward grade. BY following
this ledge and making use of 90.
casionalpoints ofrocks and shrubs
growing in the assures the man
pulled himself to the summit
and found a surface we'll covered
with soil and a luxuriant vegeta.
ton. Gradually he improved
the ledge until he could carry up
tools and seed. By blasting and
drill ng he cleared narrow trail,
up which he was able to take
first some pigs and then a COW.
Later on he took up a horse.
And that to-day is the condition
OF this curiously constructed
farm, No vehicle has turn ed q
wheel within its palisades. The
live stock has multiplied and con-
sumee the grain raised. Some
stones thrown ccross the trail
completely fencein the hogs ane
cattle. When the farmer has
stock TO sell he drives the AMI
mails down the private trail and
strikes the road to Jasper.
Chariton courier., 1908-05-15

The newspaper is for every.
body and hence must publish
som ething for everybody. If you
see mething which is of little
int crest to you remember there
are others and that the entire
paper is not printed especially
for you. The very thing that is
dull and uninteresting to you
may be the one thing in the
paper for some other readers.
There are whole pages in the
daily papers that are of no in
terest to us, butthey are to others.
A paper that contained such
matter that would interest any
one or another. of US would have
a limited number of readers.
There are many people of many
minds.
Chariton courier., 1908-05-15

We learn from the Constitution
that Chris Gladbach's team OF
mules ran away Saturday after.
noon and that they did not meet
with serious injury is truly
wonderful. Mr.. Gladbach had
just started home when his team
commenced to run. At the
Santa Fe crossing, near j: A.
Collects, they tried to beat No.
6, the passenger train due at
Men don at 5 :55, to the crossing,
but were q second late. The re.
suit was that they struck the
tender and were knocked to the
ground. The end of the tongue
was brok en-, being the only
damage done. That the team
and even Mr.. Gladbach were not
killed outright was indeed 8
miracle.
Chariton courier., 1908-05-15
Knockers Knocked Out.

Do you know what we think is
the best story in the Bible? asks
an exchange. 1t may surprise
you, but it's that one about Noah
and the flood. We say this even
in the face of the educated folks,
who turn up their noses and de.
Glare this flood story is a fake.
You remember Noah had to work
a long time on the ark. It was
uphill business, too, at best to 60
on sweating and toiling day after
day, in the hot sun, building a
boat, away out there upon dry
l and, while the localhammer and
the anvil club sit around, splitting G
tobacco juice upon his boards,
whiting up his soft pine with
their old jack knives, and telling
what fool he was to expect a
big rain in a country that was
too dry to grow alfalfa. But he
kept at it. Finally the eflood came,
an d every mothers son of the
croakers wassdrowned. This is
t he only instance that we know
of either in Esacred or profane
history where a bunch of knock
ers got exactly what was coming
to them.
Chariton courier., 1908-05-15
Two Tragedies.

A special from Marshall, Mo-,
to the st. Louis Post-Disratch of
May 9 says: Two violent deaths
here to-day so shocked thepeople
of Marshall that business was
suspended for several hours. S.
Goff, wealthy California ranch.
man and mine owner, was killed
by the Chicago G Alton s'Red
Flyer" in the railroad yards, and
Is minutes later William Piper,
an old citizen of Marshall, shot
his own head off.
Golf planned to take the Flyer,
and was hurrying to the depot.
He took q short cut through the
yards. In the meantime the
train had pulled into Marshall
and had started on its way again.
lyir. Goff, running along the track,
was struck by the train. His
head and right foot were cut off
Henry Hinton, brother in-law,
who accompanied him, was un-
injured. Atsthe same moment
Piper wasspreparing for suicide
in his bedroom. He propped
himself against the wall, sitting
on the floor, and placed shot
gun with the: :muzzle at his face,
holding the weapon with his feet
and knees. Then he pushed
the trigger with a yard stick. A
recent series of family troubles i;
believed to have unsettled Piper's
mind Last week his son, Bales
W. Piper, tried to kill himself or
train, near Odessa. The young
man was sent to an asylum {
few days later. The dwelling o.
another son, Mort, was destroyed
E by fire early this morning, ant
the family narrowly escaped
death in the flames.
Chariton courier., 1908-05-15

Edward F. Haley, assistant
postmaster at Moberly, is a can.
didate for congress on the Re.
publican ticket, and so is B. F,
Beazell of Chillicothe. The boys
are really candidates for the po-
sition of pie. dispenser, for they
know that on election day they
will fare worse than a poor man
ut a cash sale.
Chariton courier., 1908-05-15

"Cruisiig the Atlantic with
Mark Twain last SUMNER" said
W. G. T. U. woman, 81 asked
his opinion of the prohibition
law. His reply was very charac.
teristic, very humorous" 81 am
a friend of temperance and 1
want it to succeed" he said, "but
I do not think prohibition isprac-
tical. The German, you see,
prevent it. Look at them. l am
sorry to learn that they have
just invented a method of making
brandy out of sawdust. Now
what can prohibition have when
a man can take rip.saw and
go out and get drunk with afence
rail? What is the good of pro-
hibition If man is able to make
brandy smashes out of the
shingles of his roof, or if he car
get delirium tremens by drinking
the legs off the kitchen chairs?'
Chariton courier., 1908-05-15
Women--God Bless EN-!

The saving grace in any COM
munity is the women. They
furnish the inspiration, the en-
couragement, the cheer to the
men who toll for home. or labor
for a righteous cause. Without
the influence of good women life
would be UNDESIRABLE in any
town. They sweeten existence,
dignity and ennobIe toll, give a
glory to that commonplace and
are the power which makes for
righteousness everywhere.-Co.
lumbia Herald.
Chariton courier., 1908-05-15

A hint to the woman with a
new hat: Be sure you remove
the tag. The maddest party in
Paris, Mo-, last Sunday was the
wo man who went clear up to the
front seat and sat through the
sermon with The proud con.
sciousness that all eyes were
rivited on her huge mass of
flowers and straw, only to find on
reaching home that the most
conspicuous thing about it was
the tag which read: WAS S7.9S,
now S4.15.-Monroe County Ap.
peal,
Chariton courier., 1908-05-15

''Uncle" Tyre Baker of Sails.
bury tells the Salisbury, Demo-
crat that he has two Rhode
Island Red pullets that are lay
ing two eggs, each, a day.
"Uncle Tyre is said to be a
truthful man, but the editor of
the COURIER is from Missouri,
and would like to have the pull.
let's 'sshow" him,
Chariton courier., 1908-05-15
Clarence Kennedy O. H..

Clarence Kennedy, a 14.year-
old negro boy who worked for
Judge B. j. Orear Of Marshall,
was dragged to death by a COW
Thursday. He was leading the
animal with rope and had the
rope tied around his body when
a dog ran from residence and
frightened the COW.
Chariton courier., 1908-05-15

In Lees Summit there are
45 widows, old maids and
marriagable girls, Al old
bache elors, widowers and men
who would make good husbands !;
two justices of the peace, two
ministers, three doctors, and
several vacant houses. And
with all the best possible chances
like these, still no wedding bells
are heard, so the cause mnst be
leap year and timid girls.
Chariton courier., 1908-05-15

We always feel sorry for naE
when we see him standing a.
round and being asked for adviee
when his wife is buying a new
spring bonnet.
Chariton courier., 1908-05-15

Bill Frank, a farmer Of near
Sumner, who lost a foot and had
four toe S mashed off his other pedal
extremity while boarding a north
bound Wabash local freight at
Sumner three or four weeks ago,
has instituted a $4,000 damage
suit against the Wabash. Had
Frank. boarded the train when
he should have done 80 he would
have doubtless not been hurt.
Chariton courier., 1908-05-15

Let Mexico boast her infant
wonder. Salisbury, too, has a
musical prodigy, says the
Piess-Spectator, in the per.
son of little.sl Oscar Bolton,
the 5.year-old son of Rev. H. A.
Bolton, ,swho is "a born musician
and is now .sbusy composing a
piece of music, which critics pro-
nouncesremarkable for one 80
young. Oscar works at his
composition little every day
trying itsout ION the piano, and
then coryingsit carefully on his
paper. We' look forward with
interest to hisSfuture.
Chariton courier., 1908-05-15

According to the Tribune,
Triplett is shedding thegarments
of village and is putting on the
modern clothes of urban life.
Chariton courier., 1908-05-15

The Swastika complains of a
drunken row at Prairie Hill Sun
day afternoon, and asks that the
law be sppliedsin all it's severity.
Chariton courier., 1908-05-15

cSCAe, oD5eA dOtCi VI oAeASoS WI
veyancer and accountant. 1t
you wish to buy real estate,
borrow or lend money, call on
or write to him at Keytesville
Mo.
QUIT. CLAIM DEEDS.
frankie Stark and Richard q.
Stark, her husband, to Clar ence
McCurry, one.fourth interest in
sw sw 21.55. Isl.
Abner Trigg to Isaac w. Smith,
one.half interest in 80 acres, de-
scribed as lot 2 of e2.55.17-S1.
Joe w. Ingram to J. w. Top.
ping, loti17 in blk 19in Mendon-
81.
BenjaminiR. Collet and wife
to A. B.sChrane, SO sw, and Q hf
sw sw 13-53.18-S1.
Joe w. Ingram to ]. w. Top.
ping, lot 8, and 5 # off north
side of lot 8 insblk 8 in Mendon-
S3Os.
John H. Buddenberg and wife
to Henry H. Arensmeier, NV NV
26, and sw sw, and 8 hf NV sw 23.
54.1S-S1.
Lncy Mansfield to Wallace
Mansfield ct al, lot 3 in blk 8 in
Salisbury-S1.
WARRANTY DEEDS.
J.sA. Engleman ct al to John
B. Accola, lots IL, Is and IA in
blk 2 in Mendon-S600.
James M. Long and wife to j
| A. Engleman ct al, lots II, Is
and 19 in blk 4 in Mendon-S4OO
A. B. Chrane and wife to B.
R. Burlington, Sc sw Is. and hi
sw sw 13, ali in 55-1S-$2, 400.
VIM. G.. Wright to w. 81
Wright, 80 acres, pit ne sw 10
53.17-S1 and love and affection
VIM. &C. Wright to c. C.
Wright ,snw Sc, and l acre in n.
cor ne sWi15. 3.17-S1 and love
and affection.
John Sparks and wife to Chas
K. Nancy, sw "a, and 80 acres
east side SO 23.51. .2O-S14,3OO.
| B. F. Ford and wife to Charles
A. Clarkson, II acres in sw CO..
sw ne 24.55.18, described by
metes and bounds-S85O.
Orien S. Prosser to Elizabeth
Prosser, lot 4, and W pit of lot
in blk % in Brinker's addition t.
Brunswick-S2,0 900.
J. M. DeMoss ct al to DAME
j. Holman, lot in blk 2 in Red
ding's SUBJ b-division of the W b
&c SO. 54.19-S1, 900.
]. W. Topping to Chas. A
Light, lots II to 80, inclusive, il
blk 6 in Mendon-S8O0.
Chariton courier., 1908-05-15

Ben Shoemaker of Sunni er
had a horse killed by lightning
We dnesday night of last week.
Chariton courier., 1908-05-15
COURIER POINTS.

! + ! ! / /
Half. hearted effort is doubly
discounted.
The man who tries to taper off
generally tapers on.
Personal liberty is often mis-.
taken for individual license.
Refraining from evil is not all
there is to the upright life.
Getting engaged is alright, but
getting married is serious prop
osition.
There are seldom any regrets
in the pay envelope that the wife
handles.
One of life's funniest spectacles
is the man who takes himself too
seriously.
Even the vilest man will hesi-
tate before teaching sin to an in.
nocent boy.
Laughter is the lubricant that
makes the wheels of life run
smoothly.
Charity is giving something we
have and.wantsto somebody who
has not andsneeds it.
A Wisconsin son eloped with
his fat hers wife. Hereindeed is
a true and dutifulison.
Isn't,it. wonderful what brilliant
repartee we thinkiof after theop'
portunityihas gone by?
When a mans mule kicks you,
it doesn't help the hurt much to
know itswasn't the man.
Many a young man who has
sought sweetheart's hand has
gotten a father 'ssfoot instead.
When a.man endures an evil
that he could remedy at the ballot
box he has no right to complain
The artist that makes pictures
for ''UnclesBy": should be a fine
poker player-heldraws so we'll
The manswhol has not tried to
better the.world during his resi-
dence on earth has lived in vain
A poor man with large family
Of daughters! should remember
that it. pays to husband his re.
sources.
When an American heiress
marries title she usually finds
out that the title is all she die
marry.
There is a:lot ofss money in il
for the manEwho will invent q
nicklee in .the. slot smachine fol
granClnS divorces.
If we know tive are not going
to visitswith the man who whose
children shrink away from hin
when he gets home.
We'd,have to eat a lot of rare
bit and lobster before we coult
dream such shapes as this years
female headgear sshows.
It takes 80 little to make chile
happy,landsthe dividends are &C
great, the wonder is that NOR
men do not make the investment
No goodsfghter is afraid of al
enemy who fights on the square
It's the sneaking, cur kind of en-
emies that q brave man is mos
wary of.
Ben Shoemaker of Sumne
Chariton courier., 1908-05-15
BOTH house and senate ad,

journed without permitting the
presidents last special message
to be read the day it was re-
ceived. 1t was the most pro-
nounced piece of discourtesy and
contempt any president has ever
rev eived at the hands of hie
party in congress.
Chariton courier., 1908-05-15

Harvey Eagan, an old and re-
spected citizen of near Bynum-
vile, vast buried at Mt. CaT. .
mel cemetery Saturday afternoon.
Chariton courier., 1908-05-15

Reaches the spot.
Stops pain. The
Great Pile Rem.
edy. Put UP in
tubes with rectal
nozzle, so cents.
Chariton courier., 1908-05-15

Ask your doctor to name some of the
results of constipation. His long list will
begin with headache, biliousness,
dyspepsia, thin blood, bad skin. Then
ask him il he would recommend your
using Ayers Pills.
.-ATade by the j. G. Aver Co, lowell, Mass.-
Chariton courier., 1908-05-15
Real Estate Transfers

Reported weekly by E. B. KEEL.
LOG, real estate and loan
agent, abstracter of titles, con-
veyancer and accountant. 1t
you wish to buy real estate,
borrow or lend money, call on
or write to him at Keytesville
Mo.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-11
DEAD IN HIS CELL
THOMAS DUGGAN PASSED AWAY
 WHILE A PRISONER.
Locked Up For Drunkenness in the AternOOn, He Was Found LIfe-
 less a Few Hours Later.
 Kept Rar Several Years

Thomas Duggan, arrested at I:15 o'clock yesterday afternoon on a charge of drunkenness, was found dead in a cell at police headouarters at 6;30 o'clock last night.
 Unlocking the door of the cell to in- troduce into the compartment another prisoner. an officer of the force ob- served Duggan lying motionIess upon the floor, and, Investigating. discover ed that life was extinct.
 The Coroner and the City Physician examined the corpse, both expressing the opinion that death was the result of alcoholism.
 The deceased has lived in Montgorn- cry for seven or eight years working in various bars of the city. For a long time he had been addicted to the use of drugs. and only a short while ago returned from Memphis, where he had gone for curative treatment
 In addition. he was a heavy drinker and is said to have frequently used absinthe.
 Within the past week he had been arrested three times for drunkenness, and was released from confinement at headquarters only Tuesday night. his fine of s5 being paid by a friend.
 The mans death was not unexpected. as his health had been geratly impaired and 1t was stated last night at head quarters Dy one or HIS IrlendS that he had for some time feared such an event as occurred last night.
 Mir. Duggan had no relatives in Montgomery. He had a sister, Mrs. Judge Miller of Camden, who was im- mediately notified of his death by tele- graph. Funeral arrangements will not be made until Mrs. Miller is heard from.
 MT Duggan belonged to a promin- ent family of Wilcox County He was once editor of The New Era, published at Camden.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-11

Miss M. Cawthon, Pensacola, Fla; Miss Mattie Lou Brown, Columbus, Miss, Burt Parker Richardson. Greensboro, Ala; Chas. c. Washburn, Nashville, Tenn: Mrs. Juanita Hanna, Jackson. Ga: W. c. Utermoehlen, Columbia, S. C.: Misses Eda Flotfne and Mamie Ma loney, New Orleans. La; Mrs. W. T.. Bailey and Mrs. Elizabeth H. Wilson. Savannah, Ga; Mrs. Rebecca Johnson, Shreveport. La; Miss Kate Long, Ma con. Ga, and Mrs. H. N. Dunbar, Co., lumbia. Tenn.
 Every musical organization in the city of Mobile is taking an active part tn the convention and entertaining the visiting delegates.
 Despite the threatening weather a largo audience enjoyed the concert pro gram given by Mobile musicians to delegates and their friends in the Mo- bile theatre tonight. Each and every number of the program was enthusias- tically received.
 The following program was carried out In detail.
 Poleniase Springhiiliensis-A. J. Staub, Prof. A. ! Staub, Conductor.
 Soprano Solo. (a) Introduction Bar Der des Seville; (b) Valse Brilllante Piugi venzano--Mrs. Eva F. Cohen.
 Flute Solo. seiected-Mr. Hinton Touart.
 Vocal Duet. Calm as the Night tGoetz)-Mrs. W. F. Tebbetts, MT. IT, win Little.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-11
KILLED BY CURRENT
MOBILE MAN DIES BY ELEcTRIo
Making Light in sfable He Loses His Life Through Explosion of Bulb, several 0ther Persons
 Shocked.

Mobile, June Especial. )--Whiie in the act of turning on an electric lishi in stable in the rear of the family residence at the corner of Cedar and Palmetto Streets. early tonight VII liam H. Matzinger. Jr., 24 years of age was instantly killed by 2,200 volts oi electricity passing through his body.
 From best information obtainable, \ 1t learned that an arc wire several blocks away had fallen across the light service wire, making a cross cir cult which caused Matzenger's instant death. Several other persons in the neighborhood are reported to have been shocked in the same manner. but no' seriously.
 Young Matzenger entered the stable for the purpose of feeding his horse and when he turned on the current tne bulb exploded and his body receiveo the full power of the arc wire. His body was discovered shortly afterwards by a member of the family and reinoy- ed to the house
 William H. Matzenger, IT., Is a son of William H. Matzenger, Sr, who con ducts a grocery store at $50 Palmetto Street.