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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-07
AWAITING TEST CASE
ANNIsToN To PROFIT BY, BIRMHNG-
 HAM CAEE.
Anniston win Not Institute Immediate Proceedings to Compel County to Pay City its Store of
 Special Road Fund.

Anniston. Sept. 6.--.Special. l--It is improbable now that Anniston will in. stitute any immediate proceedings to compel the County Commissioners to pay the city its share of s4.5oo from the special road and bridge tax fund. not that the city has abandoned it's claim and surrendered without c eSht. but because a test case is likely to be made of the matter by Birmfng ham. according to a letter received this morning by Captain Agee, the City At- tornuey from E. D. Smith of Birming- ham.
 Tn writing to Captain Agee. Attorney Smith said that he had prepared a move against the Treasurer of Jeffer- son County to compel him to pay over to Birmingham the city"s portion of the special road and bridge fund. which he would probably do in a few days. so as to bring the matter to the su- preme Court (to which tribunal tna matter will likely go for final 9dtu- dication) in November.
 The case in Birmingham differs from that in Anniston only in the fact that the County Board of Revenue--which is equivalent to our County Commits sioners-has allowed the claim or Birmingham, but the County Treasurer has refused to pay 1t. The proceed inEs on the part of City Attorney smith, therefore. Is against the Coun- ty Treasurer. County Treasurer Glo- yer. however, says that he would re- fuse to countenanaee the order as the County Attorney said 1t would be an illegal charge against the county. Sap tain Agee said today that 1t would not be necessary for Anniston to bring a test suit against the Commissioners of Calhoun County. as the determination of the suit against the Treasurer Of Jefferson County on behalf of Birm. inKham would cover the same ground and decide the same question
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-07
LABOR DAY EVENTS
AN ATTRACTIVE PROGRAM AR-
 RANGED FOR SPORTS.
There will be Athletics, Golf, Tennis, Cricket, Baseball, Automobile Races, Horse Racing, Prise
 Fighting, Etc.

New york, Sept. 6s--Labod Day holds forth an attractive program of sport ing events throughout the. country There will be. athietics. golf, tennis. cricket. baseball, automobile races, h orse racing prjze-fighting, etc.
 Probably the ,rmost interesting ath- letic meeting will be that at Celtic Park. L. T.; where the Irish h-American Athletic Club will hold their track and ield sports, in which large number of the athletes who won honors m the olumpic games will compete Next Saturday at Travers Island, the sum mer home of the New York Club, the senior all-round Metropolitan cham pionship will be decided.
 During the week, the tennis games between M. J. Richey and J. O. Park, the English players. and an Anaerican n team win begin at the. Longwood sent to Auatralia in an .endeayor to win. tho D. F. Davis tnternational trophy, which is held by Australia.
 Tn water sports, the program for Labor Day embraces the middle States associations, rowing, regatta on the Potomac at Washington and. at St. Louis races on the Mississippi.
 For the autonaobilist there has been arranged d 250-rnile race to be run Monday at beweli. Mass. and road races at Denver. Colo. Beginning 6 Friday and ending Saturday. a twenty. four-hour race will be run over the Brighton Beach track.
 The grand circuit harness races will De run during the week at Hartford
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-07

Feminine indignation has been aroused If you don't believe t ask the Chief of Police or the day ser gaapt at headquarters. Hardly fifteen minutes of the day pass but that some feminine voice does not call up head quarters and denounoes in a righteous voies the action that the police chief Is about to take.
 ''ChieS. are you really going to Kill all of the little dogs you have caught on the streets in the morning,
 That's the mayors orders. ma am. says the chief iansuidly over the I aWeil, think it's a shame What have the dogs done that they should be herded in a pen for a week and then drowned like rats? It looks like"
 T beg your pardon. madam. but you will have to register your protest with the mayor. am acting entirely under specific orders from him. Good bya."
 Hardly has the phone been hung up when in walks a citizen with prominent grin spreading over hts face.
 "Chief, what IS the rate on 6 good bull terrier, or little toy dogp want to get one or both: one for my
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-07
BIRMINGHAM COURT
GRAND JURY 10 BE ORGANIZED
 TO-DAY.
This session VIII Deal With a Large Num- her of Alleged Violations of the
 Prohibition Law in the

her of Alleged Violations of the
 Prohibition Law in the
 County.
 Birmingham. sebt. s.--(special l--The fall term os the criminal court bsgIns Mon. day morning and the grand jury vii be organized tomorrow morning and charged by Judge Samuel Weaver.
 It is expected that this session of the grand jurS will be one of the nnost inter esting hEd in many months inasmuch as it will Seal with large number of allsg. ed violations of the prohibition laws in the cqAnty. Judge Weaver. it is announced. will make a special charge on this subject ThAAiaw and order league folks are anxious to have fair test of the prohibition law and for that reason may appeal to the grand jury to take some steps that may \ bring to the bar of justice some of the ai' I legged offenders in this county. Judge Weaver recently made a statement In which he stated that wherever he sat on "a case of alleged violation of the prohtni' Ption law brought up by the sheriff of the county and the evidence was strong enough he would extend the full limit of the law, kno u,attsr who the person was.
 The grand jury promises also to have Kbusy session by reason Of the fact tha' kthe recent strike in the coal mining sec kions of the state brought about consider kbls disorder and many arrests were made ho flaw of the accused being held over tc Ae grand jury in the justices courts. A Tklv, sensational eases will also be present. & fo the grand jury including the recently HE,rr of @. W Robertson by R. W xhomnson' It is believed also that the eAapd jury will consider number Of al Trsd vioiations of automobile speed laws X inasmuch as solicitor Hsflin has beer ,hsping a tab on rreliIninariss In the past .Xo months. it is believed that he VII p&fsonaly work with the grahe luIy iH' sT hv ene of his assistants as in years Y,Ast
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-07
Fine Work With the Bat
 Is Bringing Climbers Victory

games. All the pitchers are neldinq well, Bliss. error feins In the outfieid
 Tn omas record on this trip is . wonder. Tn his three games he has struck out four men q game. given one base on balls game i've hits e game have been made on him, while he has won them all. Guose has won one of his two games. beating Little Rock easily and losing In thirteen ins savidgs beat juui in Memphis Bliss and Juul iosing In Little Rock. Jul beating Kiliian In Mobile:
 fifteen inning battle In Memphis and lost by score of so 70 Fisher in Mobile.
 Biiss won the 13 inning to Q game In Memphis. he and yuui losing In Little Rock. All of them have shown good control, though Thomas and Juul have the best of 1t In this
 The batting, neldinE and pitching averages for the eleven games, includ-a
 HnfffuQ.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-07
FORECAST OF NEWS
WIDER ACTIVITY IN FIELD or
The Week win Open With the Labor Day Holiday and Everywhere There
 VIII be Ceiebrntfons


 Greater and wider activity in the field of politics. is foFeshadowed as this week unfoids itself and there will be much of importance in the news of this character The week will open with the Labor Day holiday and everywhere there will be labor parades. sport carniyais and other obser- vsnces of the day.
 William J. Bryan the Democratic can didats for the Presidency. will make . speech in Chicago Mir. Bryan has said that he would take advantage 3f this op. portunity to discuss the attitude toward labor Of his Republlcan cpponents for the PresIdancy as val d MT Taft's recent tariff and other utterances.
 Mr. Taft will spend the day on Middle Bass Island, He win leave early an Tues day for Sandusky. Ohio, and make morn ing and afternoon addresses there. leaving the same day for Cincinnati It Is thought he will remain in Cincinnati through the remainder of the month Thomas |. His- gen. the Presidential candidate of the In dependence party and William R. Hearst, the leader of it will be the central fiGureS of q rally in Rock Island. Ills, Monday
 The final touches will be put to the plans for the Democratic campaign in Chicago on Tuesday where there will be meeting of the full national committee with all the various sub-conmittees for this pur- pose.
 Maine is the next state on the list to hold ran elections and the week will zee the Republican party sending national speakers into the New England state Tn the effort to roll up an impressive ms1ori- ty a week hence.
 primaries for both parties will be held ii, c,reater New York on Tuesday. While there are several stirring contests In New york county and while in Brooklyn the results are expected to be of deep interest either way for ssnateor Patrick H. MecsF- ren. whose leardsrship is threatened yet the wide significance VIII lie m Ine ,nos N. rsnonnination of Governor Hughes which the day may give forth.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-07
EDWARD M. SHEPARD
 WILL SUPPORT MIR. BRYAN

New york, Sept. 6.-Edward M' Snep- ard weil-known In the past as CisSe. C,s, lana Democrat and prominent in tarin refolrna agitation, today issued sute- merAt announcing his intention of sup nortling William j. Bryan for the Pres idenlcy G .o
 MN. Shepard says he is unable to see Now Americans who cherish the tradiAional and beneficent Democracy renreAented by Grover Cleveland can do othlerwise than support MT. Bryan ." Tn making this declaration, he Is in no way 6eterred by Mir. Cleveisnd's ar tieie bublished after his death. which MT. Shkepard declares was not prepared for thAe campaign and the issues it now pEesents. No such conclusion as that b1r Cleveland intended to sup mort Msr. Taft and oppose MT Bryan, can be karrived at, argues Mir. Shepard. from a lreading of the article in ques- tion
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-07
FINDS BOIL WEEVII
COTTON FEST APPHARs iv TUsCA-
 L00sA COUNTY.
Mir. Hyche Discovers single Insect h His Fleld--fsun Club Tournament
 VIII Begin Today.

Tuscaloosa, Sept. s.--(speclal.) )--The boil weevii. the dreaded pest to cot ton, has at last put in its appearance in this section.
 MT. Manly Hyche. a planter on the Columbus road near Northport was in town yesterday and stated that he had found q single specimen of the weevil while walking In his fields. The insect was carried to the home of Mir. Hychs and there compared to @ photograph of the boil weevil in an Agricultural text book. The insect found had ev- cry characteristic Of the cotton de- stroyer and 1t was established beyond a doubt that the specimen found was true form of the insect.
 No other reports Of the appearance of the weevii have been heard in this city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-07
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Dfvidies ffie Monors.

Chicago, Sept. 6.--chicago threw away one game today and came near losing sscead to Pittsburg. Pitts burg won the first game by scoring three runs In the seventh inning on a scratch double allowed by grounds rules. a error charged to overall, Clarke's single a bad throw by Chance and a wild pitch.
 The second game was one of free batting and Chicago narrowly escaped defeat when Pittsburg made 9 furious rally in the ninth. Abbattichio, Will son, Phelps and Gibson made singles Pfelster quit and Brown was hit safe by Leach, but managed to stop the hitting after four runs had scored Scores:
 chicaso.. 900 900 ooo--0 2 Pittsburg..5'.. '. 00e 900 So0-S
 Batteries-a-Overall, Frazer and King i; Maddox and Gibson. Time -i:+s. csieaso Sesona game 400 o4o oo.-s Ii , Pittsburg .... 900 900 so4--7 IA ]
 Batteries--PfeiSter. Brown ana Kling; Leiiield and Phelps. Time goo. Umpire O'Day.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-07
CRAP GAME RAIDED;
 ONE NEGRO WOUNDED

Deputy sheriffs J. B. Clements. Geo. Wilson and Dan Wilson yesterday af- tsrnoon pulled a Sunday crap game In North Montgomery composed of eight negroes. Little diflculty was experi- enced in pulling the gang. as the sar. prise was almost complete.
 One of the negroes. Nose Ray. in the attempt to run for his liberty was shot in the. calf of his les by one of the deputies. The wound was trivial one, but It prevented Rays escape. The negroes registered at the county tau are: Peter Lowe. Ed Duncan. George Ward. Ed Taylor. Jake Carter. Nose Ray. James Tolliver and Anthcny Harris
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-07
TO BEGIN CAMPAIGN
upeE TAFT WILL LEAVE MIDDLE BASS TO-DAY. z
IT. Haa Written the Repuhlican Conn- u,ittee to Arrange an Itinerary For Him--TO Make Many
 gmNaeheH.

 speeches.
 u,dalA Bass Island. Sept. s.--W. Fl. Taft will leave here tomorrow Tor the acttyitles of his campaign. He mas r,rItten the Republican national com mittee to arrange for him a speech. . making itinerary and has sugsessso that the States of Missouri Seoraska a. Kansas. Iowa. Illinois: indiana anu anu New York be included in any tour tbat may be decided upon.
 The reuuest 9f the candidate to pc assIened soeaking dates is regarded as showinE his fixed determinatien 10 pc neraanally in the light wherever It may be the th.eKest and also his ae- terfn!na ton that no doubt shall exist as to hls attitude
 "I can't conceive of anything more ssnressinR than to be denied partiei- patton In active campaign or to be kept quietly In one place, depending wholly upon necessarily fragmentary reports as to what is going on ana as to what conditions are
 This was the recent summing up oy Judge Taft of his personal feelings m tha situatlon. The Taft party will Iaavs here at 10 o'clock tomorrow on Comm odore Rlchardson's yacht Jes- samlne for Port Clinton. the nearest shore port There automobiles Will be taken for a sixteen mile irlve 10 Spiegel Grove. near Fremont. there to be entertained at luncheon at the Hayes homestead as the guests of Col and Mrs. Webb Hayes sandusky will be reached by trolley before dark The trip to Cincinnati which begins Tuesday afternoon. will be punctuated with at least ten speeches from the rear platform of the train. A. l. Vorys chief of stan of the candidate. return ed here to-day from Youngstown where he presided at the opennig yes torday of the campaign. MT: Nerys was very enthusiastic over the oee<- sion.
 eve selected Youngstown espeeiail' for the opening of the campaign, nc said /"because 1t is a great industrla center. The idea has been promul' gated that union labor is against th' Republican ticket and we wanted t6 show the falsity of those statements More than l2OOo mechanics were 1T line in the Youngstown parade to re- ply to the charges. being more thar three-fourths of all the mech anies 1T that great industrial center"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-07
TRIAL OF THE SLAVS
MEN WHO ARE ACCUSED
 SHOOTING INFO TRAIN.
Hearing of Union Miners VIII Begin at CenterviIle To-Morrovv--- Several Important Cases
 Have Been Heard.

cantarville Sept, 6.-(Special.)- The third week of the circuit court at this place will begin tomorrow morning. Two murder cases and a number of other cases are set for trial to-morrow.
 Two capital cases were disposed Of Friday Ed Herring negro ehsvsed with murder. received "a sentence of seven years and Sam Jacob a white man charged with crImlnal assault re- calved sentence of ten wears In the
 The jury trying Ben Thrasher. 8 young white man charged with, mur- der. brought in a verdict Thursday findlnK the defendant guilty of man. slaughter In the first degree and fixed the punishment at one year hard la- bor for the county.
 The first case in which the defend ant Is a Slav Is charged with the murder of Conductor Collins. will come up for trial Tuesday of this week. It is probable that both sides will be ready for trial.
 The defendant is represented by Frank s, White & Sons of Birming- bar and A. s. vandeRraaff. of Tusca- Ioosa. Quite a number of witnesses have been summoned and the case will no doubt be bitterly fought.
 The other cases where the parties are under indictment for participating in the murder of the conductor will be tried during the next week.
 Many important cases have been tried at this term of the court Prob ably the most important civic case tried at thIs term was the ease of Holmes Lumber Company vs. Southern Equipment Company. which was a suit for damages. The jury brought In verdict in favor of the plaintiff and assessed the damages at $5.5S0. The cases will probably be appealed to the Supreme Court.
 Protracted services are being held at the Methodist Church here.
 s. D. Logan a prominent attorney of this place who has been quite sick has about recovered.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-07
Misu Jones volnnteers.

At the conclusion of the talk on Foreign Mission at the Baptist Associ- ation held in this city Thursday. a call was made for volunteers for the mission work.
 Miss Vera Jones. of Northport, arose and expressed her desire to be sent to the foreign neids. Her decision to become missionary worker is of great interest here. she is a devoted Christian worker, and will be a great power of good In the foreign fields.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-07
IMPROVEMENT ON ROADS. Contractors and Experienced Workmen Reach AnniRtOn from Kentucky.

Reach AuntatOn from Kentucky.
 Anniston. Sept. 6,--(Special. ID. B. Lacy came in Friday night from Ken lucky with a number of experienced men to begin work for the county on public roads as per contract recently entered into with the County, Commits sioners.
 His purpose was to begin work Sat. urday morning. but owing to the fact that the county's road machine, which Mir. Lacy is to use in the work, is out of repair. he will not be able to begin operations until the machine can be put in working order. which will prob ably be Monday. It will be recalled that the commissioners have under taken an experiment. for the improve ment of the public roads. having made contract with Mir. Lacy to use the county's road machine and work with the different road hands. Mir. Lacy to furnish the teams and expert help. The commissioners are hopeful that the ex- pertinent may prove entirely satisfac- tory and that the system may solve the road problem
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-07
AN EXCITING FINISH
RACE FOR TENANTS IN THE BIG | LEAGUES.
There Were No Changes in National League Yesterday, Bat in Amerf-
 can League Chicago Takes Second Place.

yesterdays games in. the National and American Leagues. because of tne close races in each and the fact tna, near rivals were playing, were watcned with intense interest by baseball en- thusiasts ali over the country.
 There were no changes In the Na- tional League, as honors were even with Chicago and Pittsburg In the the result that each club dropped two p1ints ls gsr issntsse sT inter val. With these two teams killing each other of, the New York team, although not playing. increased its lead over both by two points and this age over Pittsburg in second place:
 The race between the leading clubs for the lead in the American League is no less exciting. Yesterday, De- troit held her own position and gave St. Louis q setback by defeating that team. while Chicago, by Its victory aver Cleveland and prohting by St: Louis's defeat, stepped up into second place. The Chicago club Is now but nine points behind Detroit.
 The standing of the three leading teams in each league. Sundays games included, Is
 Mf-& .aI.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-07
: Gun Club Tournament.

The annual tournament of the Tus. ealoosA Gun Club will open tomorrow. and continue Tuesday. The shoot will be held at the club grounds in tho eastern part of the city.
 It is thought that the event will be an unusually successful one. as 6 number of out-of-town trap shooters are expected. coming from Birming. ham. Greensboro and other places. It nt-town shooters will be present
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-07
rlrhtr Anto. wreeked.

Boston. Mass, Sept, 6.-A gasoIIne explosion in the basement of the Tay' lor-Palmer garage, three-story structure in the Back Bay early today, practically ruined nearly eighty auto nobiles and wrecked the interior of the building. causing loss estimated at S2o0, 900. None of the seven or eight employees In the garage at the time was In.ul ed by the explosion. but two firemen sustained painful injuries.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-07
Lew Library Aasociatson.

The lawyers of Tusealeosa have or ganised the Tuscaloosa Law Library Association. and will have q room in the new court house in which to store the books owned by the association. The association will purchase we'll selected series of necessary books that -Qlls lawyers want. es. The officers of the association are Henry Fitts. President; A. s. vande- graf. vice president: M. T. Ormond secretary.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-07
I'M EZZELL IS KILLED IN
 PISTOL DUEL IN RUSSELLVHLE

Russellville. Sept. b.--(speclal.)- Him Ezzell. twenty-five years old, son of John T. Eszell. was killed in a pistol duel on the streets here tonight by Herman Hall. ex-clty marshal. Sew eraI shots were fred. Ezzell being hit three times. Hall was untouched and is in jail.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-07
Government Reimbursement.

Papers have been made out by T. II. Van Pelt, farmer living near: Selma, and filed with the Federal Court of Claims and sent to Washington. asking imhurse him for the loss of ten. bales of cotton which were destroyed in 1865 by Wilson's raiders. 4.s a s-4.
 The damages asked for. ia based. np- on the current price of cotton st the time the ten bales werel destroyed. ~
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-07
Mr. ppReer Appolnted.

appointed Disbursing Agent for the Treasury Department Of the United States for the disbursing of funds for the appropriation for the postcffice and court house at Tuscaloosa Mir. Dug. ger is one of Tuscaloosa's most ener- Getis business men.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-07
snIlt pouhIeheaaer.

Cincinnati ohio, Sept. s.--Cincinnati and st. Lotus each won a game in inc doub len eader this afternoon. Tn the first game the locals combined their inE an easy victory. The second game went to st. Louis because of the ef- ficiency of Baldwin. a new pitcher. with men on bases. The visitors bunched hits on Rowan. the new Cin- cfnnatf pitcher. Scores;. clneinnsti.. .. oos oSs sGS saS 5sdds:-s 5sdss ,s l
 Batteries--CampbelI and Schlei; Lush and Ludwig. Tinae l:43. r,,SsSS@sti Sssond game Oco 1000 ooo-i Sf I'nIIis. 051 900 000--3 o
 isattsries--Rowen and Mclean; Bald win. Beebe and Ludwig. Time li4O. Umpire Rtgler.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-07
vvon One, Tiled One.

Chicago. Sept 6.-,-smtth proved ,na a 21nhbiie 21oInbie. hnnader m @ today between cleve- land and Chicago, the locals winning, : to l. The second garae was sa Rsrses nasuee between Owen of Cnteag9 ana 9 beTSer b;ss Sna or Co one score. The contest was, called account of darkness. Score; ,a |, Chicago ..'5ll TX HHHat 2 Cleveland ... :OO0 4OV e,t,,,s'. .
 Batteries-Smjth and sullivan Iva. : Rhoades, Leibhardt and Bemis. rms i:i5. Unpires, Eagan and sneTidaMn Fl IF cbiesSo 900 900 100 o0--l 5 2 Cleveland .. 900 100 900 00-.i
 Rafteries--Owen, Sullivan and Shaw; Rerrer and Benis Time. 2:20. um- pires, Egan and Sheridan.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-07
sTra. Jarvis Resisna-

Mrs. K. NJ. Jarvis. who for some years has been librarian of the carne. gle Library here. has rendered her re- signation, which will take effect SAe- tember 26. Mrs. Jarvis will go to New York the latter part of. the month. where she will remain for a year. She
 will be accompanied by her daughter.
 Mss Ida Jarvis who will study art In New York.