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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-26
Southern Dsssraet.

Baldwin. Magnolia Springs: The fore part of the week was hot and suTtry; the Iatte. ,psrs was more pleasant. with showers ia the average sunshine was rscsived,~H P Krueger.
 Butler: Mckenzie: Fair ana bot weather PsFSsahsd' !snn hain ls much needed in this sse- Clarke. Thomaavilie; The week has heen foo asrsss and Ies ss. ssss sass ss " good rains occurred towards the eIosa of the week. the total rainfall being i %. coffee. Elba: A three weeks drought was broken by good rains on Friday and Ratur.' in ,h. s,rus sspfSsSse 9a S vas gul,s sigh Our arnple.--w. s. Mullins.
 ceneenh. Bermuda. The first few davs the week was cooler and showsry. .--M extremely hot and dry until the goth. when "a light shower was received. after which more moderate temperatures prevailed good rains is much needed--P. P. H. Ro- Geneva. sellsrsyiiIs; Fair and warm weather prevailed during the early part of and a heavy sain occurred on FFtday.--B Houston. crosby: The woak aa a whels. vas dry and hot. though q shower occurred on the fsth.IA. l. Crosby. nal; the highest temperature was 9e de- grees and the lowest "A degrees. Fairly good showers occurred towards the close of the week. the total r4infall being 1 .00 inch. About s6 per cent. of the average gunshfna waa received. d.--Weather Bureau.
 Monroe. Turnbull: Hot and dry weather prevailed. except on Friday when light shower occurred. .-J. H. MecrarY.
 Washington. Deer Park: The days were hot. but the nights were pleasant Showers occurred on Thursday and saturday.--H. H. Best.
 Wilcox. Albarta: The week. as a whole was hot and dry. though . shower occurred on the 19th.--N l. Doak
 P. CHAFFEE.
 Section Director. Montgomery. Ala.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-26
AT THE UNIVERSITY
PRESIDENT ABERCRoMBIE TALKS
 or OUTLOOK.
New Buildings Will Greatly Facilitate Work and Prospectt For . Great Future Are Most Flat
 feFfnG.

President John W. Abercrombie. of the University of Alabama. arrived in the city last night for the purpose of attending a meeting of the Building Committee of the Board of Trustees of that Institution. The meeting will be held in the Governors office at noon today. and has been called for the pur- pose of considering bids for wiring the two new buildings now in course of construction at the University.
 In speaking of the development In progress at the States University Pres ident Abererombie expressed himself as greatly pleased.
 eour engineerins building, Braxton Bragg Conner Hall. will be the largest building of it's kind In the South. It's equipment will be unexcelled else where" he said.
 "The Board of Trustees have determ- fned that. hereafter. Alabama boys shall not be forced to go to other States in order to obtain the highest form of technical education. We are eQuipping for all forms of engineering. civil. eieo- trical. mechanical. and mininR. When compieted. our engineering equipment will represent an expenditure of ap- proximately s200.0ee.
 . aIn making this provision for tech- ntcal training. the other forms of edu- catio are not being neglected. All of the other departments--Academie. Law. Medicine and Pharmaey--are being Strengthened. A two-year pre-cliniea, course in medicine has been established and arrangements have been made by which student can obtain in six years both the degree of B. s. and the degyoe of M. D., thereby saving two years of time This promises to be vety pop ular arrangement
 { Work upon the new building for the rtx nF md Smith Hall. is progressing rapidly and when completed and furnished will be as good as the best. The geological coi- lection made by pr. Smith Is not excell Z ed In this country, and in order that it may be safely housed this building is being made fireproof." M
 When asked about the outlook for a good attendance the coming session. President Abercrombie stated that the prospect was excellent.
 We hope" he said, lat Tuscaloosa to reach during the session an enroll- rnent of 400, and at Mobile. 200, a total of 500, Considering the fact that we have no preparatory or sub-fresh 6e- partment, this will be very large en- rollmeht.
 when the new County High Schools have been well established. look for a largely increased registration in all of the colleges of the State. We are plan ming when that time comes to raise our entrance requirements one year. The University will then be the equal of any In America in admission and graduation requirements. as 1t is now the equal in the grade of instruction imparted.
 President Abercfombie will go to Dothan tomorrow where he, will de- liver an address to the teachers attend ing the Institute of the Third Congress sional District.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-26
THE PASSING THRONG.

Commissioner J. A. Wilkinson. of the Department of Agriculture and In. dustries. accompanied by Prof. H. T. Lile. newly elected president of the Second District Agricultural School. will go to Evergreen this morning to look over the school prospects prepar- atory to the opening of the session. Commissioner Wilkinson Is a member of the Board of Control of the insti- tuition.
 Chairman Charles Henderson. of the Alabama Railroad Commission, spent a few hours in Montgomery yesterday on business connected with the commis. sion. The commission will assemble in regular monthly session Monday, Sep temher !.
 state Senator John J. King. of Ma rengo county, was in Montgomery yes- terday on business. Senator King has many friends in the Capital City who always greet him on his visits here.
 Judge J. B. Gaston, Judge of Pro- bate of Montgomery county. Tn com pany with Watt McDade spent yester- day at MeDade's Crossing. The Pro- bate Judge and his clerk enjoyed the finest of barbecues at the home of Mr. and Mrs J. ". Filler, who were celebrating the birthday of their son, J. W. Filler, IT.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-26
N COMPLEMENT TO MISSES

SMITH AND UNDERWOOD
 A delightful occasion of last evening was the receptionN given by Miss Willie Rufter in compliment to her guests Misses Lollie " Smith. Bessie smith and Bert Underwood. The home of MT. and Mrs. J. J.. Rutter. con Holt Street. was decorated tastefuIly in a plan ot pink and white. which was carried out by an artistic placing of carnations ana roses. palms and ferns.
 Miss Rutter was assisted in receivs ing her callers by her guests of honor. and Miss Maud Atkinson. of Macon. Ca COLLEGE GIRLS cLuB TO
 The members of the College Club will meat this morning at 10 o'clock in the parlars of the Y W. C. A. feature of the meeting will be that the members of inc club, will. during the latter part Of the time. adjourn tc the swimming pool.
 MT. and Mrs Albert J. Lord have gene to Birningham to visit Mir. and Mrs. Robert Meyer. From there MT. Lord will go to Cobalt. Canada. where he goes to investigate some silver mines in the interest of some southern capi- taiists.
 Mss Louise Thornton has returned from visit to friends in Eufaula :,
 Miss saliie McMillan left Sunday morning for Meridian. Miss, where she goes to spend the rest of the summer with her sister. Mrs- Pruett smith. n
 Mrs. walker and little daughter Erin. are the guests of her mother. Mrs. Har- riet stubbs.
 . 4 Mrs. ]. A ynng has returned home after a stay of some time at Tate Spring.
 MT. and Mrs. Hamp Flowers. of Ia. kin. Ga, and. Mir John Flowers. left Sunday night for Mexico.
 Mrs. w o. Brown. who has been vfs- iting her mother. Mrs. Linstead. at her home in Clayton Park. has returned tn her home in Atlanta
 Mrs. S. F. Rice. Miss Emma Fitzsin- bons. Mir. Samuel Rice and Captain H B. Furgerson, have gone to Waynes- vile, N. C.. to visit Mir. and Mrs. George Smathers.
 Mrs Clayton Tullis and children have returned home after stay of several weeks in Gainesville. Ga.
 The Sewing Circle will meet this af- ternoon with Miss Errna Bernheimer. at her home on MouIten Street. q
 Miss Rehecea stringfellow has re- turned home after a visit with friends in Atlanta. 1..s.g
 Miss Brteken. who Is visiting Miss Kirkpatrick. will return to her home in Luverne today.
 Mfr. and Mrs. " D. Martin, Jr.. and daughter. Lillian. who have been visit ing her mother. Mrs. W. E. Graves. have returned to their home in Dothan-
 Mir. F. D. Mckee, who has been the guest of his sister. Mrs W. E. Graves. has returned to his home in Lowudes- boro.-4.. aa
 Mir. c F. Crossland has gone 10 Lake Geneva, Wis, where he will represent the Southern Baptist. Sunday School Board at a .confereneAs held by the Edu- rational Committae of the Intefnational Association.
 Rev. D. E. cohhs and family. left last evening for Lake Toxaway. N. C.. for a summer vacation. It Is announe. ed that Rev wills c. Clarke. assistant
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-26
SHOULDPERFECTLAW
MAYOR BLACKWELL TALKS AGAIN
 ON PROHIBITION.
Measure Has Not Been a Success in New Decatur, Hut Pending Ord- finances May Improve the
 CAmAtffoum

Measure Has NOt beem success m
 New Decatur, But Pending ord
 finances May Improve the
 Conditions.
 Decatur, Aug. 25(-Special.)-"I want to give you another interview" said Mayor sam Blackwell after reading the story in yesterdays papers containing a statement from him regarding the pro- hibition laws
 "You kuoted me correctly" said Mayor Blackwell, but the inference you draw that prohibition in New De- catur is a failure and farce is in- correct said that the law needs per- fecting and because a law is not perfect 1t does not necessarily follow that 1t is a failure. If I had house with leak in the roof I would not condemn the entire house and tear 1t down, but I would repair the leak. There is no such a thing as making law that Is absolutely prohibitory. We have law against murder. yet murders are com mitted.
 T think the prohibition laws are good thing. but they need perfecting. Under the prohibition law in New De- catur crime has decreased and the rec ords in the police court show that ar- rests and convictions for drunkenness have decreased materially.
 Mayor Blackwell admitted that the City of New Decatur now has only one police officer on duty at time ana that it was impossible for him to see avery drunken man who might appear on the streets of New Decatur and 1t would necessarily follow that two or three men could see more than one man and that they would make more ar rests. . Under the prohibition laws the City of New Decatur reduced the salary of the Mayor from S1.000 to $500 year and reduced it's police force. This was made necessary on account of the loss of the saloon license. as Mayor Black well said at the time.
 Tn his interview as printed in yes terdays papers. Mayor Blackwell ad- mits that the prohibition laws are im- perfect and that 1t is necessary for the city to pass ordinances perfecting these laws. It has been almost eight months since prohibition went into effect and still these prohibition laws have not been ::perfected" as Mayor Blackwell says they should be.
 These ''perfecting ordinances are now in the hands of the Police Com mittee of the City Council of New Der catur. They will be taken up by that body oqF the night of September l and 1t ik likely that some hnal dispe' sition will be made of thss
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-26
I N S OC I E T Y

al St. Johns Church, will conduct the weeks and Sunday services until Mir cobbs's return.
 Mrs. Adams. who has been visiting Mrs Wiley Hill. has returned to her home in Birmingham.
 Y
 Mir. and Mrs. George A. Beauchamp have gone to waynesvilie. N. c
 Mir. and Mrs. Ross Helms, and Ross Helms. Jr.. spent yesterday with Mrs. c. P. Ison on Catoma Street. Mir. Helms has been a pitcher for the Jacksonville. sfSouth Atlantic League) team. and as the season for that league Is concluded, he left last night to join the Little Rock team Mrs Helms and son will remain in Montgomery for some time.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-26
DUNCAN IS HELD.
Relieved to Know somethins of Mys-
 tertous Cutting.


 tertous CuttinE.
 Fletcher Fountain. negro whe was stabbed last night. supposedly by Jim Duncan, is resting easily at St. Mar garet's Hospital where he was car- rlaa shortly after being wounded. Fountain was stabbed in the lung and it was thought that the thrust might prove fatal. His condition last night. however, showed great improvement.
 Duncan, who, 1t Is alleged made the murdarous assault upon Fountain Is in a cell at police headquarters. He does not admit that he stabbed Foun- tain and conclusive evidence of the fact has not yet been obtained despite the fact that tfe affray occurred h the very midst of a crowd of negroes who were indulging in a frolie near the corner of Hall and High streets. Questioned by officers. Duncan de- nied all knowledge of the cutting but they entertain no doubt of his guilt.
 He will be held at headquarters awaiting his trial. which will be held when 1t Is definitely known whether or not Fountain will recover. from his wound
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-26
MIddle niatrict.


 Blob. Brierfield Light rains fell on the sunshine was recoived.--Frank Fitch.
 Chambers Boyd's Tank: The tempera. ture was quite high during the early part of the 17th. 18th, 20th and 2ist- The sunshine was ample.-M. R, Boyd.
 choctaw. Pushmataha; The highest tenn perature was 100 degrees, and the lowest 70 the isth. The sunshine was ampls-E. A. Clay. Ashiand The week was the warm ast of the season. Several good showers Eimors, Tallassee: with the exception of a good rain on Wednesday. dry and hot weather prevailed. The sunshine was am ple.-p. c. Wendell.
 ture was i0o degrees. and the lowest 70 de- Erses Good showers occurred on five days the total rainfall being 1 % inches. About so per cent. of the average sunshine was re- ceived.-Guy P. Brugh.
 ture was S2 degrees; the highest was 96 de- Kres and the lowest T2 degrees. 4 heavy rain occurred on Tuesday and the total rain fall for the week was 3.l2 tnehes-W. F.
 Iee' opelika: The mean temperature was 90 degrees; the highest was 9s degrees, and the lowest 65 degrees. Rain occurred on three days. the total rainfall being 2. 0i inches. There wac plenty of sunShine.--A. {.
 Marenso' DemoDOiis; There was an abun- dance of sunshine, and the temperatures were quite high. There were several good local rains.-B. [. Garber. .- perature. s3 degrees was degrees above the normal: the highest teHperature was eT degrees and the lowest 73 deRrees. Showers occurred on three days. and the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-26

total rainfnli was .7s inch About the av- craze sunshine was received.--weather f3u- reau.
 Pickens. carreliton: High temperatures prevailed. Two good rains occurred The sunshine was ample.-W. L. stucley
 Russell saale: good rain occurred heya on saturday though more rain ia needed erstaff. N@f~~
 shelby. Harpersviils: The week was very weeks continues in some part Of he coun- ty--R. R, Posey.
 sumter. Ramsey: Fair and hot weathsE prevailed. though showers were rece1vea on the last two days---T. l. Jenkins
 tahadega- Ltncolp; The first part Of the week was very warm: more moderate taua- psratuFss obtained during the latter paTt wnen showery weather prevailed sn1 Tuck ".
 Tailapoosa. Camp HiIe The highest teu. perature was 9s degrees. and the lowest 7e deuees Fair weather prevailed though a shower occurred on the 21st About 70 per cent of the average sunahina was re- ceived--C. r. Yaunsy
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-26
POLITICS IN HUNrsvILLE.
R. l.. o'NeaI Announces As Candidate
 For Mayor.

R. l.. O'NeaI Announces As Candidate
 For Mayor.
 Huntsville. Aug. 25.--tSpecial)- )--The announcement of candidate for mayor and three candidates for aldermen started the ball to rolling in municipal politics today.
 R. L. o'Neai. editor and publisher of The Morning Mercury. is the candidate for mayor while D. T. Middleton and T. M. Phillips, the present incumbents. and J. W. Blake. are the candidates for aldermen.
 ,. A mayor. president of the council and eight aldermen will be elected on the third Monday in September | Never before have the candidates been so slow in announcing them selves They will all have to be in the race before the end of the pres ent week.
 The fight will be between the same old factions, the administration and nti-administration. and with the iiquor question eliminated only the old time antaeonism renains as the issue of the campaign s;:--.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-26

baseball team of Honoraville for the purpose of crossing bats with them in double-header tomorrow.
 Mrs. Eva Reynolds of Highland Home visited here yesterday.
 Miss Ora Lee Naftel of Naftef was in the city yesterday. .tt
 Highland Homes second nine de-. feated La Pines second nine in . game of baseball here last Saturday. Score. 6 to Q. fss
 Herbert Webster. who has been wis., ting his parents here. will return to Nashville. Tenn, in few days.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-26
MAY MOVIE SOUTH.
0n1eers of New England Cotton MfIls
 Seek Reformation.

Huntsville, Aug. 25.-6Special.)- )--The fact that several large cotton mills in the New England States are looking forward to the time when they will md economy in moving to the South in order to obtain cheap labor Is dis closed in a letter which the Huntsville Business Mems Club has received from syndicate of cotton manufacturers. l.
 The letter states that several cotton manufacturing. plants may seek loca- tions in thtS section in the next few months. Information as to available supplies. location of mill sites, wages and efficiency of labor and other mat ters of like import are sought.
 The names of the industries that may come South are not given
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-26
WEATHER BULLETIN
u. s. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 AI.ARAAxA sECTION.
GlimateloEieal Service weather Bureau Weekly Weather Bulletin for the Week Ending Monday.
 Aug. 24, 1908.
General Summary.

The weather was fair and hot during the Fore part of the week: the latter part was showery and not so warm. The rainfall insufficient in many counties About the average sunshine was received
 The mean temperature. S2 degrees, was anout three degrees above the normal, and slightly higher than the mean for the pre- vious week The maximum temperatures averaged hIsh in the nineties during the first four days. slightly exceeding 100 de- grees at several of the interior stations. Moderate temperatures prevailed during the last three days.
 The rainfall was poorly distributed. being heavy in some of the middle. southeastern, and northwestaru counties. but was insuf- fleient over much the greater portion of the state. Where the rainfall was heaviest 1t was most needed. though rain ts still need ed tn scattered districts. The heaviest weekly total rainfails were : 60 inches at Goodwater and 3.i2 inches at Greensboro.
 The following table shows the tempsra- ture and rainfall at selected stations;
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-26
NEWS or LA PINE.

La Pine. Aug. 25.--(Speciai. l--Stough 6 Sons are very busy ginning cotton The prospects for a large cotton crop in this section are not good. owing to the recent dry weather.
 w. R. Ivey is visiting his friends here this week.
 John Bradley will take the La Pine
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-26
INQUIRED COUPLE WEEDS.
They Were Hurt in a Runaway Bu
 Sought PreaeheE.

Huntsville, Aug. 5.--tspecisl. )--Not in the least daunted by being in a runaway in which both were injured George Powers, a dry goods saiesnaan, and Miss Nellie consliy, of Belle Fac tory, went t0 the home of Rev. H. E. Rice in west Huntsville on. sunday and were married. e
 The runaway occurred while the cou- ple was driving to West Huntsville. having eIoped from the home of the young woman's parents at Belle Fac tory.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-26

Biount, oneonta: Warm showery weather pssyailsd. th1Ssh sa sns niSnss @ ,~Ss wsss ,ha al weekly total being but o's4 inch.--Aquilia ' caihoun' Annistcn showers occurred on every day. being mostly very light The day tempsratures were moderately high. and the weekly mean tempssaturs vas somewhat
 Cherokee Maekey: The days were quite warm. but the nights were very pleasant. Geod ahowers occurred on the ifth. 18th.
 Colbert, Riverton; The week was charae- tsrised 6y warm days and pheasant nights; ,a.,, shower occurred on the 18th, There was much bright sunshine.---E, R. Nelles. cuiiman. cpilman: Partly cloudy weather RPsnts s.as fna aS i Sehss s' The The @ tures were high during the early part of the week, ~ D1s ss were Ssknsaes oHeaase % erayot ot 's
 Etowah. Ghdsdeu; The first half of the week was quite warm. but more reasonable part. Showers occurred on several days. the total rainfall being A.As inehes'-D. F. Goodhue.
 mean temperature. sa degrees was four de- grees above the norraaL The highest tenn degrsss. Several light showers occurred. but more rain is nesdsd. About st per cent. of the average sunshine was received
 Lamar, Crews Depat; The weather was unusually warm. and there was plenty of sunshine. A good rain fell here on Tues day.-J. J. Weeks.
 ! Iauderdale, Florence: The early part of the week was warm: the latter part was pleasant. Light showers occurred on four days. Less than the average sunshine was received.--G. B. Smith,
 Madison. Madison: This was the Warmest weok of the year at this place. the temper ature reaching 101 degrees on the 18th More seasonabia temperatures prevailed to- wards the close of the week, when two good showers occurred.--Aibart Klish.
 Morgan. Decatur: The mean temperature was s2 degrees: the highest was 96 degrees. and the lowest 70 degrees. Three light showers occurred during the last half of the week About s6 per cent. of the average sunshine was recaived.--E A. CaFrigeF.
 St Clair, Pell City: The temperature was rather high during the early part of the week. Several heavy rains fell in this sec tion.--F E. Spears.
 walker, cordova; The week was a warm one the highest temperature being ss de- grees No rain worthy of note was received. Scott Maxwell.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-26
peafh of Mis. purton.

died at o'clock yesterday afternoon at the residence of her father, R. J. Burton. 724 Heron street. The fun eral will be held at o'clock this af- terRoon from the residence. The in- .terment will be made in Oakwood ceuaetary
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-26
Northern District.

Extracts From RepoEas of Correspondent
 Icounty-Piace.l
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-09
Diabolo in the Past.

More diabolo discoveries. In the
National Library at Paris are Two
prints, one entitled The Game of Dia-
holo at the Beginning of the Last Cen
fury" the other entitled The Devil
for -Four (the old diabolo)." Two
couples are playing diabolo eXcitedIy
in roon the furniture is upset and
the mirrors broken. Another design is
entitled The Good Devil, How He
Goes" A young woman throws Il big,
simple fellow in the air, and from his
pocket fall pieces Of gold. III the same
picture is another woman, with her
diabOlO cord round the neck Of man,
with the inscription below: See how
we lead them" Diabolo raised q
furor in France in 1872. 1t was then,
according to the Figaro correspondent,
imported from England, and an Eng
liSh caricature Of later date repre-.
sents a great Wellington sending to
St. Hclena's very little Napoleon rid
ing on a dabOlO. Long before the
revolution of 1889 some missionaries
in Peking sent an exact reproduction
Of diabolo To a French minister of
state who collected Chinese Guriosi-
ties. The Chinese are always found to
have forgotten everything we are be-
ginning to learn !-Dundoo Advertiser