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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-19
JACKsoNvTLLr NEWS.
Water at Public Square Contains Many
 DfineraIs.


 Jacksonville, July 1s.-(Special J. MT. White Harrison has purchased of Mir. S. W. White the thirty-one acre tract of land just east of the city, and will turn 1t into a truck farm.
 The annual renuion of Confederate Veterans will be held at Sulphur Springs Wednesday and Thursday, the 9th and 9th of August. Several new features will be introduced. among them singing by the children.
 Rev. T. F. Mccullough leaves today for Delta, Ala, to hold a series of pro- tracted meetings.
 Miss Virginia and Dick Heine of Tal- ladega are visiting their aunt. Miss Florence Weatherly.
 Services at the Methodist Church Sunday night will be in charge of the Epworth League and the program is as follows:
 The Gloria. by the congregation; prayer. by Rev. Fl. W. Hickey; hymn by the congregation; Scripture reading, Psalm Is; solo. "Does Jesus Care" by Winifred Bostwiclx; address, Duty" by J. D. Hammond; address, Fruits of the Changed Life" Rev. H. w. RieISey; hymn. by congregation; benediction.
 Miss Lydia Borden is visiting in Talladega.
 The Jacksonville Gun Club had a .Ahooting of live birds this afternoon.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-19
NEWS or LowNDEsBoRo.
Death of Estinaable Resident Causes
 Much Regret.

Death of EstfrnabIe Resident Causes
 Much Regret.
 I,owndesboro, July 1s.--tspeciat.l- Miss Mary Douglas died here at me home of her nephew, Mfr. c. Douglas this morning. She was Christian wo- man. meeting alike with courage the 5ovs and sorrows that come Tn nfe. with sublimeness of faith pressing on- ward with pureness of purpose. She had reached the advanced age of about eighty seven years. The efforts of her life are crowned with good work. She is gathered Tn Godsg own season to reap the harvest of a noble life. She will be buried to- morrow morning in the cemetery at this place with the ceremony of the Episcopal Church. Mss Jackson of Montgomery is the guest of pr. P. N. CiIley and family Mir. R. S. Dickson has gone for Q months stay in Hot Springs. Ark.
 Mrs T. B. Holly and Miss Bessie Hol- ly are visiting in Prattville-
 Miss Dorothy stone and Mir. W T. Stone are at home after visit to San- dy Ridge.
 Miss Hulit Ellis of Sandy Ridge is with her grandmother. Mrs. stone for a few weeks.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-19
snnaax Lnw Violatorn.

Topeka. Kan. July ls.-Twenty-one proprietors of cigar stores. confectiou- erv dealers and Sunday newspaper men were arrested here this afternoon charged with violating the Sunday la bor law. Theatrical managers, whose houses had been closed. swore to the complaints in retaliation with tie city council today in the declared ice cream. cigars and soda water sales be- fore o'clock on Sundays are not q labor law violation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-19
DEoATUR's CITY ELECTION.
Mayor and Five AIdermen to Be Flee,
 ed in Senfemher.


 ed in September.
 Decatur July 13.~-(Special )-The city election takes place In September under the new municipal code. Al this election a Mayor and five Alder men will be elected. As yet there are no announced candidates for either Mayor or Aldermen, but several gre mentioned as probable candidates. Among the ones spoken of as possible candidates are: Mayor Henry A Skeggs. Marvin West. Dr. E. J. Cony- ington and John 4. Thomalson.
 Mayor Skeggs. the present Mayor, has. been. the city's official head for the past ten years or more, and he has made a very popular official Under his administration much public improve ment has been done. He has not said whether he will be a candidate or not, but if he Is he will be hard man to defeat The last time he was elected he was not a candidate, but the husi- ness men of Decatur entered him in the race anyway and he was elected by handsome majority.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-19
Eight Thousand see Gane.

Hamburg. Ark. July (Special.)--- The ball game today between the local Independents and the Monroe Cotton States Leageu team. resulted in sur prise for the leaguers. the locals win- ming the nornig game 20 and tleing the visitors 0-0 eleven innings in the afternoon in the presence of 5000 peo- pie who fiocked to celebrate the open ing of the A. 6. and c. R. R.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-19
OLD soLDIERs' REUNION.
Twenty.1ve Hundred People Spend Day
 @4 T,mvNFmA.

Twenty.ave Hundred People Spend Day
 mf Luverne.
 Luverne, July 1S.-(SpeciaI )-Quite a large crowd attended the old soldiers reunion Friday. It is estimated that about 2,500 people were here.
 The day was quietly spent. The local militSry company. under command of Capt. W. H. Stoddard. did great honor to the old soldiers. and in the afternoon sham battle with blank cartridges was fought on a vacant lot near the ball ground.
 The local military company has been notified to hold themselves in readiness to go to Birmingham.
 sheriff w.. L.. Tatum is preparing to Ko to Cuba after Avery Hardage. who shot and killed his uncle, John W. Weatherford, short time ago
 Eight hundred and twenty-five men registered their names at The Journal office yesterday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-19
FERTILIZER CASES.
Government Has Now Exhausted It
 Resources.

Nashville. Tenn. July ls,-United States District Attorney A. M. Till man received letter this morning from the Department of Justice stating that the Government had exhausted its re- sources in the fertilizer trust cases, and it was not deemed advisable to appeal to the Supreme Court. get out a writ of error or proceed to reindict. The matter Is, therefore. finally settled.
 The decision just rendered by the Department of Justice is in exact ac- cordance with the views known to have been entertained by MT. TiIl- man.
 On July 8, the day the case was de- cided, MT. Tillman wrote the depart ment, and July 10 telegraphed that he was of the opinion that 1t was unnec- essary for the Government to take fur ther steps in the ease.
 The department, in it's recent letter, concurs in the position taken by Mir Tillman in every particular.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-19

Diego Yacht Club and 5svg-,,755 Ssi s. the Seattle Yacht Ciuh. in s,' oI race race Co this port. was sighted at e.za rce Hei.nough In the lead. the Luriina roav Ja which yh,9se ,s tS ne the winner of the race. o The Lurlfne crossed the f,nish Itr. sS Si a. m, making her time I'd dsys
 z. sl hours. 70 minutes She was fbs Ss. E. To start at San Pedro. "As me iast
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-19
Game Forfeited te snov-...s...,'

snowdoun. July 1s--(S Special l-Jrhe game between Legrand and snowdonn today was forfeited to Showdown with the score of g to 0. A good game wa ! promised but in the fifth inning a dis- pute arose and Legrand refused to doun (. Legrand. 3.
 The batteries were: for snow6oun -Pettus and Mitchell; for I,eerand Ma 1n.yre and Sharp. -A0
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-19

among those participating were Messrs. Geo. Rowan. M. Gunfher. Lee Burton. Will Sargent. John Caldwell Frank Wood and Dave Goodlet Out of forty i've birds, only nine were lost. Frank Woods making the best score.
 lives fin Tayiorsvilie. Ga.
 The following letter from the Uni- versity of Alabama to Mayor wfiker- son of this city has been received:f MT. s. R. Wilkerson, Jacksonville.
 pear sir--I enclose statement of analysis of the water taken from the well in the square in Jacksonville. From the analysis you can see that the water. whilst to be classified as an alkaline bicarbonated water with cal- cium predominant contains consider able amount of magnesium salts (chior- ide and bicarbonate) and also some not able amount of iron. Whatever min- eraI quality the water possesses is probably due to the presence of iron and of the magnesium salts above mem toned. An analysis followed showing the parts of the composition of the water.
 'sThe analysis shows the water to contain large amount of calcium and magnesium bicarbonate. It also con- tains considerable iron sufficient to give 1t decided chaiybeate properties. It IS quite hard and 1t would be necessary to soften 1t if used for boiler or laun- dry purposes. A number of merchants use this well for drinking water, ana one merchant declares that he has gained five pounds during the last few weeks since he began to drink this water"
 A lawn party was given last night by Miss Avery Caldwell and Miss Cuoa ana PosteIle Currier. in the avenue or oaks leading up to their homes
 The trees were gaily strung with coIored lanterns and the tables daint- ilv decorated. presented pretty sight. large number of young people and out-of-town guests spent an enjoyable evening together.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-19
MAY VIOLATE LAW.
Proposed Raise of Freight Rates May
 Be Illegal.

Be Illegal.
 New York, July 1s.-A special dis patch to New York Tribune from Wash lngton says:
 In the opinion of Judson c. Clements. A member of the interstate commerce. commission the proposed general in- crease of freight rates discussed in New York by the presidents of many of the eastern railroads in the trunk as- sociation would constitute violation of Sherman anti trust law and would render all the railroads concerned lia- bIe to severe penalties.
 Mr. Clements explained that the inter state commerce commission as & com mission Is not at all interested in the Sherman anti trust law. the execution of which is entrusted to the depart. ment of justice, but he expressed his opinion as lawyer, and. cited recent instance where the supreme court had so decided.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-19

call for the meeting. presided. Many of the leading business men spoke before the gathering. Both governor Hughes, of New York, and the manner in which the anti-racIng law was being enforced at race tracks were condemned.
 A committee was appointed which will meet here next Saturday to draft constitution and bylaws for the or ganization of "a personal liberty league" similar to that formed in New York
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-19
ALIMoNY IS STOPPED.
Mrs. Madden Married Again and
 C0uldnsf Collect.

Couldn't Collect.
 Cincinanti, July 1S.--Remarriage stopped the aiimony paid by John E. Madden to his divorced wife, accord ing to a decision handed down today by the Circuit Court reversing the rui- ing of Common Pleas Judge H. Pheger. An allowance of s150 month had been made by Judge Pneger. but this will be stopped as the decision is sus- tained by the Supreme Court.
 Madden. who is widely known as q horse breeder and owner. has objected to the payment of alimony since Mrs. Madden became the wife of Louis ". Bell of New York City.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-19
RAGING MEN MEET.
Tn Organize aPersonaI Liberty League'
 gm ErSmfvseKxV

Lexington, Ky, July ls.-SeVeral hundred thoroughbred horseoreeders. land owners and business men of this section met here today to take action on protecting racing interests in ken- lucky from adverse legislation.
 The meeting was an outcome O. the new racing laws in New York and Lou isiana. Cole F. Clay. a member of the State racing commission, who Issued the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-19
NruRpER oF wILLIAnrs.
Mystery of Maryland Farmer Ia !
 Cleared.

Cleared.
 Dover. Del, July 1S--Police onicials of Queen Ann County. Md. express the opinion that William Williams, the Marydel farmer. whose body was found hanging to 8 tree last Tuesday. was murdered for his money as he was known to carry anywhere from S10 to $50 with him at all times.
 The authorities are frank in stating that the Walls family are entirely eliminated from any suspicion in the death of Williams. The reasons tho Walls family have been so closely questioned Is because of Williams's freouent visits to the farm and appar- ent affsction for their daughter
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-19

On July 203h, the seabeara win op- crate their Annual Percussion to Tyhee, Ave dolIaEs for round tr1p, good for Ave dnyss givfng those desirfng R chan&e a pleasant trip to che seaahore. Tickets will be sold for both morning
 and might trains. sleepcrs on night
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-19
wuI Accompany FairbanIxs.

Washington, July I8--Brigadier Gem aral Arthur Murray. Chief of Artillery. United States Army. has been detailed as the ranking military officer of the suite O. Vice President Charles w. Fairbanks to go to Quebec to attend ths Ter.centennial celebration there.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-19
RETURNS FROM DENVER.
Walter J. NesbIt Says Democrats VIII
 Win in November.

Decatur, July lS.-(Special )--walter J. Nesbft, of Decatur, alternate Dem ocratic elector from this Congressional district, has just returned home from the National Convention at Denver He also visited MT. Bryan at his home at Lincoln. Neb-
 MT. Nesbit is of the opinion that the Democratic ticket will prove a winner at the coming election. He says that Mir. Bryan Is very popular in the West, more so than he thought he was
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-19
HESTER ON BOARp.
Cotton statIstieIan To Serve As An
 Arbitrator.

New Orleans, La, July Is--Ncw Or lenas' permanent arbitration board for labor disputes was completed today by the selection of Henry c. Hester as fifth member. Mfr. Hester is Secre- tary of the New Orleans Cotton Ex- change.
 In addition to Mir. Hester. the Board included, W. B. Thompson, E. F. Kohnke. H. D. French and R. M. Ruiz.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-19
nr. Hnxnes Tlrpwnell.

New Haven. Conn. July 1S--Rev. Dr. Artemus Jean Haynes. pastor of the United Congregational Church. of this city, was drowned last night while ashinK on long pond. near Harwich,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-19
SoU7HA7LANTzcLEACuE
..i .Jaciksonvxille. Fla. July 1s-Tae,r. sonvtile-Columbta. no game: rain

no game; rain.
 savannah. Ga. July ls.-Rv q s.o.. eh, os 70 I savannah took the first Sanns tnis nis afternoon from Augusta in s1,s ths nsarhed ssnrh d,nEnlng. E.. s; The second game was @ or Augusta. Six Innings wern NY peEt savannah $ s winning by the score os A wind storm broke up the secona and in the mix-up the oficisi inning went ass salling over the fence. Savannah :. 900 0oi oo0 t-Is n
 Batteries--Ifixor ana rshisr.s1. gan and Carson. teea- Second game
 Savannah, asYannn 1.a 70. Augusta. ma HoS satteries-Hon and Kahikofr; Habrs
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-19
THE RACES
nratthevra RuIed on.

Detroit, Mich, July ls.--W. F, Mat thews of New York. was ruled on the prejudiciai to racing" together with his mare, Jersey Lady. W. O. Joplin, who has been training for Matthews, is denied all privileges of the course.
 First race. five and one-halt furlongs ---0iovanni Raggi, won: Fielder, sec ond: Martha Jane. third Time l:to l-S.
 sst.r rSSs wssp Son sSss SSss senond; Bild Boy. third. Time, 4:4s:
 Third rahe. the. Detroit stakes+ i've and q half fyrlSngs-Richsrd Keed' Reed third. Time. los s-5.
 Fourth race. windsor Merchants' Handicap; one mile-Reidmoore. won; Polly Prim. second: The Clown. third.
 Eff Fifth race i've furiongs-Many Col ors. won: Lady Irna. second: Cheek. third. Time. i:os les.
 TGn; Time, f"Hs i:is sas. 00
 Seventh race one mile and a quarter --Holscher. won; schroedsrs Midway, second; charlatan. third. Time' S:il.
 Results at Brighton.
 New York. July is.--Big Chief. who was recently sold for S12,000. ran in the colors of his new owned H. wave Handicap. one and q quarter miles, at Brighton Beach today. Mil Ter had the mount and rode a fne race on the Williams colt who stepped the distance in the remarkably fast time of
 First race. handicap: six furlongs-- Tom McCrath. 100, (hicCahey), b to ], second; cohort, loo. iDuganl. II to 5. third. Time. 1:lS 3-5. Live Wire, Jacobite, Tony Bonero. Explosion, Pan- touffie, and Colloquy ran.
 Second race, selling, one and half miles--Brother Jonathan, ,ns Ss; yl }Syweetl,' to s, second; Sailor Girl. 101. (Shreve), 10 to i, third. Time. 2;34. Miss Craw- ford and Red Friar also ran.
 Third race, five and half furlongs-- The Pippin, .99. (E. DuganO, 13 to 10, won; CiVita. 99. (Gllbert), 5 to 2, sec ond; Home Crest. 1o2, lMnsgrovel. 20 to FTauItiisss. Guatemolzin. Dandy Dixon, Mugwump. Tom Hayward, and Killie- Fefa Fourth nah race. the Ocean Wave Han dicap; one and one-quarter miles-Big Chief, III, (Miller). 2 to l. won; Frank Gill, 121, (Dugan) to 5, second Be- Time. 2.6S4 4-5. Laiiy ran
 i5o, (MeKinney), 8 10 6, won: Economy, 145, 0BlcAneel, 2 to 1, second; Sinister. I42. (Dupee). to 1, third Time, 3:57. Key Boy ran.
 Sixth sixth Tses Psts isp ieT G pagan sdS fSr9nss to won; a Ragman. iOs, lMurgrave5, 'toF5' second; Cathrine simpson. 104, (Mc- Carthy), 20 to 1, third. Time. 1:l3 Terror. o. U Kid, Timbuctoo, St. Withhold, Weymouth, Harry Rogers and Chaperon ran.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-19
CHAPMAN MuRpERED.
IT. wna a Wealthy Citizen Of Wesi
 Virginia.

Virginia.
 winchester. Va, July is.--Jonn Chapman. a wealthy resloent o1 sss ass crate was murdered last night at sianesville. West Virginia. The motive is believed to be robbery.
 MT. Chapman had large business in- tedests at Slanesville and had gone there to look after his mill and stores. Incsndiarles recently burned some of hts property there.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-19

Mass. His body was recovered today.
 Dr. Haynes came to New Haven from
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-19
LURLINE WINS RACE.
Yachts san From Paeine Coast to HOn'
 

OIuIu.
 Honolulu. July ls.-The yacht Lur- line, of the South Coast Yacht Club, of Southern Caliofrnia, which sailed the yachts Hawaii. of the Hawaiian Yacht Club, the Lady Maud of the San
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-19

For Sale. Just received car fruit jars all sizes. Can hll orders promptly.
 GreiI Bros., Co.
Arizona republican., 1908-07-16
zhs People and Their Grievances Ed ucating the Rising Generation Im- proved Agricultural and Com
 mercial Conditions.
nercial Conditions.

n NE frequently hears the statement Et nowadays that the Porto Ricans " have grown inimical to America and its people The only foundation for this assertion Hes in the fact that the edu- cated and weIl-to-do class are disgruntled and disappointed by reason of our failure to extend citizenship to the islanders. Without discussing this question, which admits of strong arguments pro and con, we may examine the extent of the disaf- fection that has grown out of it.
 The last census gave the literates of the isIand-those able to read and write as no more than per cent. of the total population. Whilst the proportion has grown considerably larger under our com mon school system, the small class rep resented by the enumeration made In 19O0 Is stin tha; which controls the do- nestle capital and business. It is also the class which, under Spain, supplied the majority of the officeholders. The remainder of the people are poor peas- ants. who have never had any interest in politics. Naturally. the well-to-do Porto Ricans see-or fancy that they see-polltica advantages to themselves in the inclusion of the island in the union of states which comprises our re- public They claim that Porto Rico was @ province of Spain, and that the trans fer of the country to the United States worked political retrogression upon its inhabitants. This is literally true, but the Islanders have suffered no substan- tial loss, for their representatives in the
Arizona republican., 1908-07-16

ton on account of its proximity to the new roads. American capital has been largely invested In the sugar and tobacco industries. and both have been thoroughly reOrganized on the most up-to-date mod ern methods. Here are two directions in which the demand for labor at good wages Is large. and constantly increasing In fact. there Is plenty of work for all .the able-bodied men in tho island.
 As by far the greater part of the pop ulation is rural. almost all the people are affected by the improved agricultural con ditions. But the lives of the poor In the cities have also been materially bettered. Scientists have heeE puzzled to account for the fact that the mortality in San Juan during the Spanish regime was not excessively high. Some mysterious natural agencies must have exe-ted a strong counteracting influence against the extremely unhealthy conditions un- der which all the classes lived. Persons of some means occupied the upper stories, the rooms of which were ill., ventilated and poorly lighted. The ground floors of most of the houses were divided into small duHgeon-like apart uenls, lnlO WHICH lne sun never peue- trated, and which received but little air. Whole families crowded into single rooms of this description. that opened ou to tine patio or inner court, where cooking was done and clothing hung to dry. For water they depended upon the rain drained from the roofs. The most ordln- ary sanitary arrangements were lacking and all the conditions were favorable to endemic diseases of the worst kind. We have greatly improved the state of af fairs in San Juan, but without entirely rebuilding the city. or inducing the patio dwellers to live out in the nearby sub- urbs, it is impossible to reduce the place to anything like the American standard of sanitation.
 On the whole, we have the right to feel satisfied with our treatment of Porto Rico and its people. A continuance of the same liberal and farsighted policy will work a complete reformation. The next generation of the islanders will be en- tirely free from the terrible disease that has acted like a bali and chain on the feet of progress for century or more.
Arizona republican., 1908-07-16

capital, and the expansion of agricultural industries, as well as by the extensive public works that have been carried on by the government. Hundreds of miles of good roads have been constructed in the Interior, and the railroad system has been enlarged and improved. affording the small farmer better opportunities for marketing his product and creating de- mands that did not formerly exist. The results of these Improvements are very marked in the rural districts. The peas antry are eating greater quantities of meat and living more comfortably. The import of shoes and other articles that we deem necessaries and the Porto Rican used to consider luxuries, has increased greatly. Better agricultural implements are used. and the land Is better titled with consequent rise in values. Hun dreds of thousands of acres of fertile soil that lay fallow, because lack of transportation facilities made 1t useless,
 Is now brought under profitable cultiYa-
Arizona republican., 1908-07-16

Cortes had no more influence with that body than have their delegates to Con- gress. if as much, and the form of gov ernment granted to Porto Rico by Spain was scarcely superior to the colonial sys- tem by which Cuba was ruled. and de cidedly less liberal in essentials than that at present in force. The small mi- nority of better-class natives have no solid ground of complaint in this respect, and the bulk of the people, who have never seriously concerned themselves about political affairs, are well-satisGed with existing conditions.
 Another source of grievance-and one which Is less theoretical-lies in the fact that in certain directions, and par ticularly that of coffee export, trade has deteriorated since the American occupa- tion. The loss in these cases has been felt almost entirely by the merchants and capitalists. They have not, however, been without compensation, and there Is no doubt that in a few years time their con- dition will be much better than ever be- fore. We have done great deal toward the betterment of the Porto Ricans, but up to the present our benehces have fallan mainly upon the poorer class-a consummation much to be desired.
 The Porto Ricans have long had the unenviable reputation of being the most illiterate of all West Indian people and the laziest. The former disqualification was accounted for by lack of opportu- nlty for education. The Spanish govern ment maintained but few schools, and