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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-12
MRS. DORoN IS DEAD BATTERY B. ELECTS
LONG AND USEFUL LIFE ENDED
 LAST NIGHT.
At the Age of seventy Years Widow of George R. Deron Dies at
 Family Home.

Mrs. Lydia King Doron, widow or George R. Doron. and one of the best known and most generally beloved wo- men of Montgomery. died at II o'clock last night in the family home. 622 Jef- ferson Street. where she had been Ill since the early part of November. Mrs. Doron'a funeral will take place Mon day but the hour of the services has not yet been set.
 Fears that Mrs. Doron would not sur vive the illness which proved to be her last had been entertained by the mem hers of her family land by her friends for some days. She became i'll in SNo- vember, the last days on which she was able to leave her home being those which she devoted to charity during the week of the State Fair. when she had charge of a booth in Vandiver Park. operated for the benefit of the Orphans Home to be established in CulIman by Independent Order Odd Fel- lows of Alabama Her old age and declining strength lesBened her chances for recovery and for the past several days her illness had been recognized as critical
 in Mount Holly. N. J, Soon after their marriage they removed to Montgomery where they lived the remainder of their lives. MT. Doron died twenty years ago. Mrs. Doron, at the time of her death, was TO years old. She Is sur vived by i've children, A. D. Doron, R. K. Doron, Thomas s. Doron. Miss Lydia K Doron and Miss Emma J. Doron.
 Mrs. Doron was a member or the First Presbyterian Church and was an earnest worker in many of the charit- able and patriotic societies of Mont gomery and of Alabama. She was the President of the General Assembly, Daughters of Rebekah of the State of Alabama; General Chairman of the Orphan's Home of the Odd Fellows in Cullman; an honorary member of the American Patriots; Treasurer of the Ladies' Memorial Association, and member of Sophie Bibb Chapter, Unt- ted Daughters of the Confederacy. For each of the societies Mrs. Doron was jealous and competent worker, and In them all, as well as in wide circle or friends, she was greatly loved. The arrangements for the funeral of the deceased will be announced later.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-12
A ForEotten Ineldenf.

FrQVidence Journal.
 Commentators on events at Washing ton are accustomed to magnify the diff ferenees between President Roosevelt and Speaker Cannon. The President, we are told. Is the chief reliance of the Republican radicals and the Speaker Is the mainstay of the Republican con- servatiVes Yet, according to the puh,s hshed report of an incident at Oyseaw Bay year ago last summer. this e what happened after a two-hour coN~ ference In which the President. tha Speaker. Chairman Sherman of the Congressional Campaign Committee, and Secretary Loudenslager and Treas urer Mckinley, of that body. partici- pated.
 As the President was bidding. gopd- bye to Mir. Cannon he said:
 You, Mir. Speaker win be the next President ef the United States"
 For a moment Uncle Joe was fluster cd. Quickly recovering his compositre he said:
 "oh. pshaw, Mir. President. you ars wrong. You, sir. will have to take the nomination if cah read aright the signs of the times"
 Don't talk that way--dont talk that way" impetuously exclaimed the Presi- dent 'T have spoken the last word on that subject"
 Concerning this story, which ap- peared in The Washington Post at the time, The Buffalo Courier. which resur- rects 1t. says that it encountered tone of those peculiar Oyster Bay denials. z but that The Post stuck to it. subfnitv 1 ting as a plausible theory to account for the Presidents reputed utteranee that in spite of his preference for other candidates his dispassionate Judgment told him that the Speaker would win the prize.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-12

states that during the coming spring and summer. . number of scandlnAv- ians from the West and East will move to Montgomery.
 The Scandinavian Club of Montgom- cry, with the assistance of the Com /mercial Club. which will take an active interest in the matter. will work to place every one of the newcomers in aositions. .
 At a meeting of the club held during the past week, the following officers were nomia itsd far the ensn'ng Ssaf: Paul F. Hanson. president; A. W. panl- berg, Vice president: H. E. Osling. sec retary and Paul Franson. treasurer . Thees officers will be elected and in stalled tomorrow night, together with the election of a Board of Directors. The officers serving during the past year were as follows: ~
 E. ]. osling. president; F. F. Han son, vice president; H. A, Culberg, sec retary: c! Ogren. treasurer; H. E. os- ling. recording secretary:
 Directors-J. l. Walstein, chairman Paul Franson, A. w. Dahlberg, H Heg- eleund, Joh Hansen, P. Joh, E. Brvkin, S. Brutin, B. $. Dahiherg E. Levin.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-12
BURIED IN TUsKEGEE.
Body of Mir. Alley Interred at the
 Cemetery.

Cemetery.
 Tuslxeeee, Jan. I1.-(Special.)-S urday afternoon the remains of Mir. Err nest Alley were brought from Mont gonery, and inferred in the Tuskegee cemetery.
 For many years Mir. AlIey was a resident of this place. He was an uncle of Representative Ernest Thomp- son of Macon County.
 Mrs. Mozelle of Atlanta Is the guest of w. w. Campbell. her brother.
 Rev. Samuel Cowan. pastor of the Southside Baptist Church of Montgom- cry has been the guest of Rev. E. E. Cowan, Methodist pastor here.
 Mir. and Mrs. $. F. Hern are in Montgomery visiting the latter's moth- CT, Mrs. shannon.
 The medical fraternity of Macon County expects to meet in Tuskegee Tuesday at the court house to consider topics of interest to that organization.
 The Baptist Church has recently re- modelled it's Sunday school room. and after painting, carpeting and seating with chairs, has a most attractive room for such work.
 Hurt Brothers, who recently lost their oil mill by fire, are preparing to rebuild before next season. I A lot has been purchased, and material Is being hauled for the erection Of buildings.
 Senator H. P. Merritt and family are back home from an extended visit to Mrs. Merritts family at Speigner.
 The Treasurer of Macon County, John B. Bilbro passed Ais 93rd birthday this week. He is hearty and hale and does the full work as Treasurer. No man of Macon stands higher in the peoples estimation than Mir. Bilbro.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-12
TEACHERS AT MIDLAND CITY.
Number of Interesting Papers Reaa A,
 Inatltmfa

Midland City, Jan. 11-(Special.)- Hon. L. c. Adams. in welcoming the members and other teachers present. at the Dale County Educational Asso- ciation and Teachers Institute, to Mid land City, expressed the attitude of the people when he said that ''the teachers have the cooperation and assistance of the parents in the great work they are engaged in."
 Prof. c. L. Mccarthy. of the State Normal College, at Troy, addressed the institute last night and again this morning, as did also Prof. J. J. Doster, of the State University at Tuscaloosa.
 A number of well prepared ~papers on various subjects of interest and bene- fit to teachers were read and dIscuss- ed.
 By unanimous vote-of the Association Mrs. W. H. Simmons paper on Meth ods of Promoting a Love of Truth, Honesty. Benevolence and Other Vir- tues Among Children" Is to be pub lished in the county papers.
 The institute was well attended by teachers and others interested in edu- cation in spite of the bad weather.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-12
A veteFan Editor.


 The Montgomery Advertiser and Will liam Wallace Screws are two names in- dissolubly associated. On New Years Day the employees of The Advertiser gave in honor of the venerable edttor- in-chief of that widely known and in fluential newspaper a banquet. Just fifty years before that date he had become a citizen of the Alabama cap ital. and forty-three years ago his re- latlons with the paper began.
 Next to Capt. William Rule, editor of our morning contemporary The Knoxville Journal and Tribune, Ma jor Screws is the oldest of the editors of the representative daily newspapers of the South. Between these two veter- an wielders of the quill only about two months differ in their ages. Hen ry Watterson of The Louisville Courier Journal is younger by less than a year, but has seen longer newspaper service tor of the Southern press in active service, if not in age. Gideon H. Bas- kette of The Nashville Banner is not so very far behind in age and point of ser- vice J. c. Hemphiii of The Charles ton News and Courier, R. M. Johnston of The Houston Post, Charles R. Pen dleton of The Macon Telegraph, Erwin Cralghead of The Mobile Register. J. P. Caldwell of The Charlotte Observer Alfred B. Williams of The Richmond News-Leader, and Walter Kennedy of The Memphis Commercial- Appeal, have long been knights of the quill. Only little younger in years and journalis- tic work are George W. Wilson of The Jacksonville Tlmes-Union and Citizen and Clark Howell of The Atlanta Com stitution.
 There are others worthy in point of time and successful experienced to rank in such distinguished company, whose names are imperishably linked with Southern Journalism. The newspaper is distinct entity from what 1t was of old. The personality of the editor is no longer It's overshadowing fea- ture as he made it felt in the eiditoria columns. Long since Southern news papers in the larger cities have adopted metropolitan methods. Along with these have come marked changes. In. the days of intensely personal jour- nalism the editors name and his pa- per's were synonomous. In reading the Journal it was George D. Prentice who spoke. It was John Forsythe who ful-N minated in The Mobile Register. It Wa Thomas Ritchie who doalinated The Richmond Enquirer. Robert Barnwell Rhett and The Charleston Mercury were identical.
 In his speech before the banqueters Major Screws grew reminiscent, and spoke of historic names in Montgom- cry journalim.
 The Sentinel adds it's felicitations to those of The Advertiser employ es. It sincerely hopes that Major Screws and The Advertiser may be long associated together for future service to the cit izens of a state honored by having at It's capital a newspaper so foreeful. conservative and Influential through all It's past history.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-12
TIME CARD CHANGES.
Numerous But Small Changes In
 Schedules

Station Master Berry Grant yester- day had printed a new local time card. There aRe several minor changes in the arriving and leaving time of the trains at the union passenger station affecting the Mobile and Ohio. Atlantic Coast Line and Seaboard Air Line.
 Beginning this morning train No. of the Mobile and Ohio will leave one hour and forty-five minutes earlier, getting out for Tuscaloosa. St. Louis, etc. at S:IO a. m. instead of 9:55 a. m. Train No. 3 of the same road will ar rive Ave minutes earlier-6:36 D. m. in- stead of $40 D. m.
 The Atlantic Coast Line train No. 44 --Dothan accommodation--lea at 4 p. m. instead of 3:55 p. m., five min utes later. All four of the SeaboRrd Air Line trains change except No. 72, which leaves for Savannah at the same time--7;20 a. m. Train No. "A of this road leaves fifteen minutes earlier TAO D. m. instead of 7:55 D. m. Train F3 arrives fifteen minutes earlier-6:55 a. m. instead of 7:10 a. m.. while train n arrives ten minutes later-S:l5 p. m. instead of S:05 p. m.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-12
PEANUTS IN TEXAS
INDUSTRY HAS BECOME ONE OF
 INxPoRTANCE.
Large Faeferies are Estab1ished and Growers Find that Their Prod act Yield Very Fine.
 RetuPna.

San Antonio, Tex, Jan. 11--(SpeciaL) The lowly and neglected peanut mas sprung into popular favor in Texas as a forage crop. and wave of peanut enthusiasm is sweeping over Texas.
 Already two large peanut mills have been established, one in East Texas and one at Falfurrias in this section. This latter now building will have a capaciy of 100000 bushels of peanuts a month and will give employment 70 100 persons. This factory announces that it will pay 75 cents a bushel Tor peanuts of the right variety.
 Arrangements have been made for the farmers in the adjacent country to plant 5000 acres in peanuts this spring, Tn addition, hundreds of acres over Southwest Texas are being put Into peanuts. Tn some localities, they are pulled up by the roots and baled for forage as hay or alfalfa. At other places the hogs are turned into the peanut fields and fatened for market.
 As feed for hogs and mules the pea nut Is considered superior to all other forage plants. As food for human be- .ings .t Is also highly nutritious and much used. Roasted peanuts and pea nut candy are common, and experiments in making peanut flour have been tried.
 A large St. Louis commission firm has bought large farm near here and is raising high grade peanuts for the market.
 From the commercial the peanut has passed into the social life of South west Texas, and progressive peanut parties are all the rage, occupying a place in popular favor analogous to euchre and bridge in other sections. The skill of the game consists in con- veying peanuts upon the blade of an ordinary table knife from one part of the room to another. The peanuts are then roasted and philopenas are eaten by the young folks with kisses as for feits.
 place in Southwest Texas just now and is proving valuable addition to the States Droducts.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-12
FIRST TO COMPLY WITH THE DICK BILL.
Montgomery Gunners Muster l3S En- listed Men, of Whom Thirty are Ofzlcers--Banquet Followed
 Electi0n Friday Night.


 Battery B, lst Artillery Alabama Ma tional Guard, of this city. Is the first of the batteries of the State to comply with the Dick bill.
 Friday night held it's election 60 eomplY with the new regulation. hav- ing required 133 enlisted men in &C., cordance with the Adjutant-Generafs orders, No. l.
 The following officers were elected to serve for the next three years: Cap tain, George H Todd, IT,; First Lieu tenant, J. F. Rembert; First Lieutenant, Hugh Sewell; Second Lieutenant. D. V. Todd; Second Lieutenant, W. c. Wynn,
 The following appointments were made for the non n-eommissioned stan:
 First Sergeant. Aubrey Semmes; First Duty Sergeant. J. W. Norris; see- Third Sergeant, Sidney Hearn; Fourth Duty Sergeant. H. H. Higgins: Fifth Duty Sergeant. Charles Breckinrsdge. (ElectricaI Sergeant); Sixth Deuty Sergeant. A. E. Wilson! Guidon, C. c. McGhee; Cook, Joseph Hyatt; Cook, William Albright; Cook. Charles Duke First Corporal. Joseph Kane; Second Corporal William Stanley; Third Cor porai, A. F. Crusius; Fourth Corporal. Fred Brown; Fifth Corporal, John 0Brien; Sixth Corporal. c. E. Simpson; Seventh a Corporal, M. ", Crusius: Eighth Corporal. R. ". Daai1an; Ninth Corporal. Norman 1forison; Tenth Cor poral, John Thompson; Eleventh Corpo- ral, Georg6 Marshall; Twelfth Corporal, Herbert Leach; Quartermaster. Edward J. Harwell; Stable Sergeant. lillian H. Pruitt.
 Immediately after the election, the company had its regular muster drill, which was followed by a delightful banquet at the home of Captain Todd. The committee which had charge of the preparation of the banquet Twas com posed ofe First Sergeant Aubrey Semmes, Quartermaster Edward J. Harwelk Fifth Duty Sergeant Breek- inridge, and Private R. II. Thorn.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-12
SUES L. AND N. FOR sSo,OOO.
Heirs of Rich Alabama Negro Bring
 Action.

Decatur, Jan. 1t.-(Special. )-The heirs of Willard Breeding. a negro, have just filed a damage suit against the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company n the Morgan County Law and Equity Court, in this city. for $5O,- 900.
 Willard Breeding was a negro, and was one of the wealthiest men of his race in Morgan County. He owned farm property near Somervllle, which Is said to be valued at about $30,000. This property he inherited some years ago from a white man. The will was contested in the courts and was one of inc most noted legal conests that has ever been had in this county. The courts finally decided the will valid and Willard Breeding came into pos- session of the property,
 few weeks ago Willard Breeding was run over and killed by a passenger train at Hartselle, fourteen miles south of Decatur.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-12
READY TO GIVE NAMES
 OF VIOIATORS OF LAWS

Birmingham, Jan. 1f.--tSpecial)-- Mayor Ward today received a letter from J. D. Carlisle, who appears to be well-informed, announcing that the ac- cusations made by Mayor Ward and T.. T. Ashford. weli-known citizen In regard to<gambling houses with drink ing attachments thereto. were very, mild and stating that he stood ready to back up the statements and even go further and make a public speech thereon.
 Much talk is still being indulged in concerning the matter, though no steps of interest were taken.
 T. T. Ashford has been requested to name the member of the Police Com mission he says is interested in gam- bling house in Birmingham.
 Carlisle writes plainly and in de- termined manner, and says that he IS ready to give names and other data.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-12
WORKFOR CULBERSON
MOVEMENT TO BOOST HIM FOR
 VICE-PR'SsIDENT.
Friends Would Put Forward Texas Man for SeeOnd Place on Democratic Tteket--RepubIican
 Are Active.

TieIket--Re epubIicans
 Are Active.
 San Antonio, Tex, Jan. 11.-(Special.) Friends of Senator Charles Culberson have started a movement in this city looking to his nomination for the Vice. Presidency on the Democratic tick ct.
 Democratic leaders al over Texas have been enlisted and urgent tele- grams and letters are being sent to the Senator in Washington insisting that he allow the Texas delegation to present his name for this high office. So far the Senator has not been heard from, but his friends here declare that he will do what isfasked for the good of the Democratic party.
 Some time ago he refused to be con sidered as a candidate for the Presi- dency, and intimated that he thought William Jennings Bryan the logical nominee. He intimated further that he thought the time not yet ripe for the nomination ofSa Southern man for the Presidency.
 The Democratic leaders of Texas point out that the nomination of Sena- tor Culberson for second place on the ticket will serve to gratify the grow ing demand of the South for recogni- tion, and pave the way for the nomina- ton of Southern man for President four or eight years hence. Further more, as Senator Culberson is the Dem >ocratic minority leader in the Senate, and has an unimpeachable record both in and out of this State, they claim that he is the logical candidate and will add much strength to the ticket in the East.
 The Republicans in Texas are also shaping up to take a hand in the Pres sdential contest It is generally con ceded that the Republican deIeRation to the National Convention will be soI- idly for William Fl. Taft. Col. Cecil Lyon, who dominates the Republican party of this State, is a warm personal friend of President Roosevelt. and Is known to be a Taft man. His close political friend. Eugene Nolte. United States marshal for this district, return ed lately from a trip to Washington and declared emphatiGally for Taft.
 Although there is a small rebellious faction among the Texas Republican leaders, it is certain that the rank and file will be solidly for the big Secretary of War. As -l
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-12

escorted to this city by Special officer Avant, was released Iaft nieht, vJhas. she made bond in the sum of ssoo.
 Ihe woman was charged Svftb ths emoezzlement of diamonds. vaIuaa ss $500. which 1t is said were lent to bss ny an acquaintance. She went to Rirsns ingham with the gems. and 1t was a,,a. nectSu that she intended to sell them AHcy were recovered to their owner.
 fore Recorder E. F. Baber vasterds., sss ss' ternoon when hor bond was fixed e.. ly last night, '@'A ear
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-12
NEWS OF wETUSEPKA.
Interesting Basket DaIl GamW at
 School Gymnasium.

Interesting Basket Ball G@mM at
 School Gymnasium.
 WetumplEa, Jan. 11.--(Special. )--F'ri- day evening in the school gymnasium quite an interesting game of basket ball was played between the local school team and the Wetumpka Ath- letic Association.
 The game resulted in a victory for the school by the score of IS to l6.
 Before this game there was played a game between the girl teams of the school The Whites" winning from the Reds 14 to 8.
 Miss Mary RObison is out again after an illness of several weeks
 Mir. and Mrs c. Fl. Wright are at home with the formers parents, Mir. and Mrs. J. Wright on Tuskena Street.
 Posters are out announcing a carni- val to be held January l7 at the court house under the auspices of the Young woman's Auxiliary of the Baptist Church.
 H. H. Golson has been appointed by the city authorities to take the census of the town, under the municipal code.
 The regular term of the Circuit Court which Is fixed by law to meet Mon day. will be adjourned on that date on account of the uncertainty of the valid ity of the act fixing the time.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-12
ADD FOUR CHARGES.
Alleged User of Foreign Coin Held by
 Police.

Henry W. Wilson, alias Hayssen, convicted before Recorder D. F. Baber Friday afternoon in five cases in which he was charged with false pretense, was yesterday made the defendant in four other cases in which the allega- tons against him are similar to the accusations in the cases first made. Hayssen. as in the first cases, will now be charged with having defrauded by utilizing foreign coins, dollars from the South American republics. as currency of the United States.
 When convicted on Friday he was fined s5 and costs In each case. He is still incarcerated In the city prison. The new cases, made yesterday were set for trial January lA
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-12
MADE A HIT.
Senator JOhnstOnss Speech i'm Boston
 Captured the Audience. Aupf&tap Cfar

Senator JOhnst0nss Speech i'm Boston
 Captured the Audience. AnniSton Star.
 Senator Joseph F. Johnston. in ac- knowled9ing the receipt of a letter from an Anniston friend congratulating him on his speech before the Algonquin Club in Boston recently, has this to say:
 q can only say that when I con cluded every man present was with me, and one man rose and said: Gov ernor, I want you to know that hence forth I am a Northern Southerner. The whole audience cheered the sentiment, and the club immediately and unani- mously invited me to speak to them again at their next annual dinner, De- cember 31, 1908.
 T never had a more enthusiastic audience from start to finish and think that I have done something to make those people feel more generous to the South.
 "As new Senators must be seen and not heard for a year. l was glad of a chance to be introduced to the North ern folk. My speech was printed in tion."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-12
Montgomery Experiences Some
 Very Unusual Weather

the thermometer doing stunts away dp in the air was due to the rampageous "high" that Is having things its own way up in the northwest and which is making It's presence felt even to Alabama. The low of yesterday was rapidly moving off towards the af- tarnoon and the high was coming in rapidly, It will be here today and will give Montgomery clear weather. It would not be surprise if the ther- mometer would closely approach the freezing mark.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-12
SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE
 HOLDS ANNUAL MEETING

Savannah, Ga., Jan. 1.-The South Atlantic base ball league held its an- nual netting in this city today
 Charles W. Boyer was reelected president and wm. c. West, of Jack sonviIIe, vice president; N. P. Cornish, of this city, was made chairman of the board of trustees.
 The constitution was so amended to discontinue the practice of suspending a player for three days when fined by an umpire.
 4 schedule of games was presented by President Boyer and adopted. It provided for the opening of the season on April 6. The salary. limit will re- main as 1t was last year.