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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-22
 PUZZLED BY
 REGISTRARS Big Registration Attract ing State Attention. NEW LAWS FIRST TRIAL Permission Wanted to Register
 Man in Bed. stm seems to Be Some Doubt As to Who Is Entitled to Resistra- tion Under The New
NEW LAWS FIRST TRIAL

From many sources. and particular. iy from Birmingham where a city primary is coming on. Attorney Gen. erai Alex Nj. Garber is being assaiied with inquiries about the registration law of the last Legislature. Although the Attorney General has rendered an elaborate opinion on the subject there has been and is now a wide discus sion of what powers are conferred on the county boards of registrars.
 The doubt seems to rest on the definition of who should be registered at the special sittings of the regis trars. There was but one change from the 1903 general election law and tETs provided that on Friday and Saturday next preceding the day of each primary" there shall be a special sitting of the registrars as well as before special. general or municipal
 The Attorney General contends that the law is specific on the point oi who are qualified to register at these special sittings. As whole. the class of electors so qualified are those who can show proof that they were unable to register at the regular sittings of the boards of registrars.
 Tn Montgomery County Friday ana Saturday of last week the new phase of the registration law had its first test of operation. Although nc criti- clsm has been made of the ce--iuci ot these officers. many have noted the heavy registration that has been aI- lowed on the two days hamed. To participate in the municipal primary tomorrow there have been registered over TOO voters. Great surprise has heen expressed In many quarters oi the city at such a large addition to the registered list of Montgomery County. It approximates one-fourth
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-22
SOCIETY AT DEMoPOLIs.
Approaching Marriage of Miss Larkln
 is Announced.

 Approaching Marriage of Miss LaFkln
 Is Announced.
 Demopolis. March 21.-(Special. )-- Mir. and Mrs. John Robert LarlSin an- nounce the marriage of their daughter Miss Lois Myrtle Larkin, to Mir. Will liam Henry Coleman. the wedding to take place on the evening of Wednes- day, April 8, at o'clock. at the Pres byterian Church in CotaoDa.
 The Sunbeam Band of the Baptist Church will give a Japanese festival at the city hall Friday night. March 27 |. Little Japanese maldens will give a cup and saucer with each cup of tea sold.
 Miss Annie Lyon entertained the Tuesday Afternoon Social Club at it's last meeting with Mother Goose par ty. Little booklets with hand-paint- ed goose on the covers were presented to each guest and they were requested to write Mother Goose rhymes. Re- treatments were served in goose shaped saucers made of crinkled paper.
 Miss Fannie Gusdorf is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Sig Mayer. on Commission CTS Street.
 The Young Ladies Sewing Circle were entertained by Miss Marland Mon nier on last Friday afternoon. The young women with their fancy work bags presented a lovely sight Miss Monnier served her guests a delicious luncheon at the close of the hours work.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-22

The following Is taken from the ad dress of pr. Geo. Waverly Briggs, the celebrated evangelist:
 Mamma. is my papa drunkard? \ And won't ever get my. rifie?'
 'Oh! My babyi"-and for moment the mother sat dumb, with white and frightened face. Then with a rush of tears: Baby! baby! What on earth do you mean? Who has been saying such
 "It was as Gerald" (his little neighbor). He showed me his shotgun. It's just a single-barrel. and l told him papG was going to get me a Marlin rifle. You know papa promised me one the other night. And just awhile ago Gerald was passing by the gate, and he says. Hello, kid; got that riffe? and I says No. papa hasn't got 1t for me yet And he says No. and he never will get it. My papa says your papa Is just a com mon drunkard and can't give you noth- ing Mama. Is Gerald telling the truth about my papa? And won't I get my rife?"
 It was the loss of the rife that dark ened the sky of the unth mixing child. The mother faced in dumb misery an infinitely greater tragedy.
 Not one word of the above is fiction. It is all the hldeous truthl And yet not ten miles from that mans home IS the James Sanatorium, for the cure of such as he. Three weeks treatment would send him back to his home new man. and bring light from heaven once more to all its darkened windows.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-22

Of the total voting strength of the city of Montgomery.
 Undoubtedly there has been great seal on the part of friends of candi- dates in tomorrow's primary. This has manifested itself in the activity of new electors who have applied to the registrars for enrolment Tn one instance. man lay sick in his bed. solicited by an energetic candidate. The attention of tho registrars was called to the mans condition and . request was made that the Board send member around to register the sick voter.
 The registrars wanted to move cautiously. 1t seems. and one of them teiephoned the Attorney General to set his opinion on the proposition of visiting the sick with pen and ink ana registration books. There Is the law. however. which seems peremptory on the question. declaring that the regis trars on the occasions shall sit 'in the court house of each county during such days" The Attorney General re- ferred the officer to the statute passed by the last legislature and 1t Is not known what action was taken by the local Board in this case.
 But the law, according to the Att torney General. limits the powers or the registrars on these occasions. They are 10 register only those ap- plicants having the qualifications of an eleetor who shall have reached the age gf twenty-one years since the last date of registration, or who shalt prove to the satisfaction of the board that by reason of physical disability of himself or sickness in his family during the period the Board of Regis trars were registering the voters in the precinct where the applicant re- sides. or unavoidable inability to at- tend the registration at other times, or by reason of absence from the county. they had no opportunity to register prior to said time. and they shall not on such days register any other persons"
 i One lawyer who has made a close study of the registration law gives 1t as his opinion that not even a man can register at these special sittings or the Board whose period of residence Tn the State or county expired after the general registration period and oetore the primary or election. In other words. a man coming to Alabama from another state in March 1908 and who has paid his poll taxes cannot register at the special sittings not withstanding that he could not have registered at tho last general sitting of the Board because his two-years. residence in the state had not expired.
 This appears to be a hardship. yet there are instances known or where the law Is adhered to strictly on such points as these whereas. other regis trars. exercising wider discretion. opened up the books to men who may not have had conclusive proof that they were unable to register during the regular sittings of the board.
 The results of the operation of the new law will be awaited with interest Whether 1t will develop any Challenges of votes is problematicaI.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-22
Foreigners Were GiUen Wrong Tip; Are Not Nafuralized.

There was yesterday filed in the of ice of the Clerk of the Federal Court a petition from the United States Dis trict Attorney asking that the natur- alization papers issued to Erasmo San ta Maria some days ago be set aside and cancelled. They give as their req son the fact that under the new act passed bv Congress and approved on June go. 1908. the old State naturaliza- ton papers and methods are no longer valid
 Not only did the petition request the cancellation of Santa Maria's papers but those of Will Lingo and Santa de- Rosa were also requested to be can celied.
 The Federal authorities- have had a deal of trouble with the State natural ization laws since the approval of the recent immigration and naturalization laws. Bv the new law. the matter of naturalization Is taken entirely out of the hands of the State authorities and
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-22

vested In a newly created department of the Department of Commerce and Labor.
 The new department styled the Blu reau of Naturalization has entire charge of the matter of naturalization. Certain forms are furnished to the Fed eral Courts of all the States and cer- tain set of regulations must he gone through before an allen can become naturallzed. The State laws are there fore entirely superseded by the new act.
 santa Maria, VIII Lingo and Santa deRosa will. therefore. have to De nat uralized by the Federal statutes. the fees which they have already paid to the State authorities for naturalization papers being lost to them. and the naturalization papers which they thus obtained being of absolutely no valua.
 The men had paid their poll tax. hut the vote they expected to cast tomor- row will go unrecordsd.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-22

fists and social and religious worker throughout the nation. the state com miftees in afdliation with 1t comprise the same sort of people, and the Ma. tionai Committee. through cooperation with the State committees, has sue. ceeded in securing the passage of child labor laws or needed amendments tc existing laws in thirty States. The program begins with a reception to the members of the committee and It's guests at the Piedmont Hotel Thursday evening. April 2. The morn ing an dafternoon session will be held at the Piedmont Hotel auditorium and the evening sessions will be popular meetings at the Grand Opera Hall.
 The program is as follows. and the readers of this paper are cordially in- vited to attend the exercises: General theme: "Child Labor and Social Progress"
 Thursday norning-Reports from State Committees. Symposium, what Is Good Child Labor LawT' Presid- ing offieer. General Secretary, O. R. Lovejoy. Address. Uniformity of State Laws" Senator Algernon B. Roberts of Pennsylvania
 Friday afternoon-"Child Labor and Education" Presiding off7cer, A. !. McKeiway. "Child Labor ana Practical Education" 0. R. Lovejoy; "CompuI- sory Education the Solution of the Child Labor Problem" Lewis W. Par ker of South CaTolina; scholarships for Working Children" Homer Folks, New York City.
 Friday evening--Annual address by pr. Felix Adler. chairman of the com mittee. "The Basis of the Anti-child Labor Movement in the Idea of Amer ican Civilization; Child Labor in New England" Everett W. Lord. Secretary for the Southern States; poem. The Child and the MIL Don Marquis. Ed- itor of Uncle Remus's Magazine.
 Saturday morning-Reports of State and Local Committees: Essentials in Factory Inspection" a symposium of factory inspectors of the various States, Hon. John Morgan of Ohio. Miss Jean Gordon of Louisiana. Hon. Charles Daugherty of Oklahoma. and others.
 Saturday evening--Presiding oficer. Dr. Felix Adler. General theme. The Child and the state.' "The Federal Investigation of Child Labor" Hon. Chas. P. Neill. U. S. Commissioner of Labor; "The Consumers Responsibility for Child Labor" Mrs. Florence Kelly: Social Cost of Accident, Ignorance and Exhaustion" Prof. Chas. R. Tender son of Chicago University: The Scope of National and State Regulation of Child Labor" Dr. S. Nj. Lindsay of Columbia University.
 Sunday afternoon-General theme, "The Ethical and Religious Aspects of Child Labor. Presiding officer. Chancellor Kirkland. of Vanderbilt Uni versity. "The Employers Responsibil- ity for Child Labor" Hon. W. A. Cow ington of Georgia: Child Labor and Criminaiity," Judge N. B. Feagin of Alabama The Psychology of the Child" Rev. John W. Stagg, D. D., of Birmingham. Ala; The People and the Protection of Children" Hon. Hoke Smith. Governor of Georgia.
 For further particulars. address.
 A. J. McKelway.
 Secretary for the Southern States.
 604 Century Building. Atlanta, Ga.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-22
NORTH ALABAMA WEDDINGS.
Two Jackson County Young Women
 Are Brfdea.

are Bkt0ee.
 Stevenson, March 21--tSpecial. )--Miss Hattie Oyler. daughter of Mir. and Mrs. Smith Oyier. was married to William Mayberry, at the home of her parents, Rev. A B. Blazer officiating.
 Only the immediate members of the family and a few friends witnessed the ceremony. Mrs. Mayberry is a popular and well-known young woman, having always lived here. and her marriage was great surprise to her many friends
 After an extended Southern trip, Mir and Mrs. Mayberry will be at home In Bridgeport.
 A marriage of wide interest was that of Miss Florence Jarrett. an accom- plished yung woman. to Walter Mo Campbell. proprietor of the Richard City Hotel.
 The wedding. which occurred at the residence of MT. and Mrs. B. A. Heard at Deptford. Tenn. was a very quiet affair. and was made known only a day or two ago. The ceremony was performed by Magistrate W. M. Pat ton.
 Mir. and Mrs. Mccampben are now with the brides parents, Mir. and Mrs. E. C. Jarrett
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-22
NEWS OF HAMILTON.

Hamilton. March 21.--(Special. J. Marion County Teachers Institute Is in session at Byrd School House. eight miles west of here. Many candidates are in attendance.
 Prof. David W. Bolin of Guin is a candidate for County Superintendent of Education. This makes four announce ments. Prof. H. W. Mckenzie. the pres ent incumbent. Prof. L. c. Bottoms. of Bear Creek. and Prof J. l.. Smith of Texas.
 Mrs. J. D. Bottoms Is seriously i'll at her home one mile west of town.
 The Tax Collector has advertised much land for delinquent taxes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-22
HUNTSVILLE SOCIETY

Huntsville, March 21-(SpeciaD- Mfr. and Mrs. Robert Chase entertained at cards at their home at Mercury on Wednesday afternoonl A large party from the city attended. The Westminster Circle of the First presb yterian Church was enter tained on "wednesday night by Mrs. Frances Tappey at the Presbyterian Manse.
 Mir. and Mrs. George Vanderventer have returned to St. Louis after visit ing relatives in Huntsville.
 Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Smith of Coalton are visiting Mir. and O. B. Laxson.
 Miss Octavia Darwin of Meridianville is visiting Mrs. Joe McCown.
 MT. and Mrs. Robt. F. McDavid and Mir. and Mrs. Ned McDavid have re- turned to Birmingham.
 Misses Odelle whitten and Mary Turner cianton are visiting in Elkhart' Ind. ..
 Mrs. Bessie Daniel and Mrs. M. M. Blount have returned from Tuscum- bia. ing Mrs. Kate Pride.
 Mrs. V. L. Adams of Anniston Is vis- ting Mrs. M. M- B1ount.
 Mrs. Harris Bentley Is visiting in
 MT. and Mrs. Frank Gray have gone to Nashville.
 Miss Lillian Davidson has returned to Jeff.
 Mrs. Julius Jacoby is at home after visiting in New York.
 Mrs. c. M. Mcknight of Memphis Is visiting MT. and Mrs. Warner.
 Miss Manice Massengale of Ryiand Is visiting friends here.
 Msss Frances Jones has returned from a visit in Birmingham.
 Misses Kate and Minnie Arnett have raturned from Scottsboro.
 MT. and Mrs. F. H Esslinger Of De- catur are visiting friends in this city. ..... visiting in Gallatin, Tenn.
 Mrs. John Glenn and MISS Mary Hail have returned from Atlanta.
 Mrs. IL. S. SeweIl of Decatur Is vis- ,t.ngs Miss Florence Gooch.
 Miss Annie Bradford has returned from a visit in Birmingham.
 Mias Marian Wellman is at home af- ter visiting in Decatur.
 Miss zeta Carter has returned from New orleans and Montgomery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-22
INVESTIGATING GEOLOGY.
Auburn Students Make a Trip to West
 AlahamR.

AAHR RAlaA&s
 Demopolis March 21.-(Special. )- S. L. Green and M. C. Ellis. of the Alabama Polytechnic School at Auburn who have been in the city four or five days Investigating the geological for nation and chemical properties of the raw material used in the manufacture of cement in this city. returned to. Au- burn Thursday.
 The gentlemen were appointed by their school at Auburn to write up this data for their class.
 The steamer New Haven has been tied at Lock No. since early Thurs day morning. owing to the accumula- tion of mud and other obstruction there. Considerable freight Is tied up and a large amount is on the levee to be loaded and shipped to the different landings and has consequently caused considerable annoyance and inconveni- ence to the steamboat men.
 The DemopoliS Driving Club has se- cured an expert trainer in the person of Fred Olsen of Selma. The track will be finished In a short while and will prove a source of much pleasure to our people. There are already some 'Ane bred horses and colts and others are expected shortly
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-22
OHILp LABoR coNlA1TTTEE.
Fourth Annual Meeting at AtIan
 AmrfI 1 A. auM K

April 2, S, and s.
 The National Child Labor Commit tee was organized four years ago with the objects of promoting the welfare of society with respect to the employ ment of children in gainful operations, investigating and reporting the facts concerning child labor. raising the standard of parental responsibility and public opinion with regard to the em. ployment of children, and assisting in protecting children against premature or otherwise injurious employment by suitable legislation and the enforce ment of law. The active members of the. committee include some of the most distinguished publicists. philanthrop-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-22
LANES HOME CURE REMEDIES

For Drug Addictions. Alcoho olism. To- bacco and Cigarette Habits, Nervous ness and Insomnia will be furnished at ths following prices:
 Whiskey, Wine or Beer .... SI2.6O Tobacco, Cigarettes or Snuff .... 500 An forms of Nervousness or In-
 Prices for Hypodermic or Internal Home Treatment for Drug Addlctions will be furnished on application with d free sample treatment. charges pre- paid.
 Booklets on Drug Addictions. Drunk enness and Tobacco and Cigarette Hab- It's. containing testimonials. etc, sent ence confidential Address Charles B. James, or James Sanatorium, i33 Pop- lar Avenue, Dept 10. Memphis, Tenn.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-22
PARKER-BULGER.
Georgia Newspaper Man wifi Wed At
 Dadeville.

NCOh8h1 NGWhH0HGf m0m WhLl Wed At Dadevflle.
 Columbus. Ga. March 2I--(special.)- Invitations have been issued by Mrs. Amanda Elizabeth Bulger. of Dadeville. Ala. to the marriage of her daugh- ter. Miss Ruby Buiger, to Mr. Alexan- der Mckay Parker. of Columbus. the ceremony to take place on the evening of Wednesday, April 8. at e:s0 o'clock, at the Baptist Church at ,Dadeviiie.
 The brfde-to-be is a charming young woman and a member of one of the most prominent families in Alabama. She is granddaughter of the late General BulRer.
 MT. Parker. who is a bright young newspaper man, formerly of Montgom- cry is member of the stan of The Columbus Enquirer Sun, where he has done exceptionally creditable work. He Is also a member of a well-known Ala bama family.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-22
WE'LL KNOWN MEN FIGHT.
Messrn. sfrauss and .Morris Come
 Blows

Blows.
 Tn tho course of 6 heated alterca- ton Hiram Strauss and Joe Morris, well known citizens of Montgomery, came to blows yesterday noon. The scene of the diffieulty was at the cor- ner of Perry and Monroe Streets. Both men were arrested by oficer H. L. Duke on the charge of disorderly con- duct.
 The cause of the dificulty is some what obscure. but Is said to have or- iglnated in an intended purchase of some chickens by one or both of tho parties concerned
 Neither combatant was serIouslv hurt. as friends separated the two men before much damage was done.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-22
NEWS OF RECORD

The following transfers of real ... tate were yesterday recorded in tba os. lice of the Probate Judge:
 J J. Hutter and wife to Lizzie r,n zier. lot 8. in the plat of Renslnrtor Heights: consideration 3iso,
 l.. M. Boyd and wife to pr. s. q Eubank. thirty acres of land at MoDni MeiKs known as the Tom WjlIlams place. consideration s3.e0e.
 The Highland Park Improvenen, Company to Josephine Williams. Iot , In block F: consideration S100.
 The following marriage iicensea wara yesterday issued by the Probate Judge:
 To. w. L. Davis and Miss Winnie Bedsoie; To J. T. Boxeman and Miss 5. Faulk.
 The following petition in hankruptcv was yesterday filed in the ofice of inc Clerk of the Federal Court:
 W. L. Slough, of Notasuiga. Macon County. Tn his petition MT. stouRh's liabilities are scheduled at a tride over sl.oo0. Of this the schedule shows the following Montgomery creditors: Abe Well. s173; Teague and Sons. sSs: The Montgomery Candy Company, S6s, and a number of other firms for small amounts.
 His assets are given as stock of goods valued at about S20a.
 The Gov@no appointed the follow ing Notaries Public yesterday:
 w. B. Inge, of Mobile: l.. A. Mark, of Montgomery; R. A. French, of Flor ala, and J. E. Roe. of Mobile.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-22
FOR STEALING CLoTHEs.
Dan Irwin, . Negro, Stable Hand, Waa
 Bound Over.

Dan Irwin, a negro employed at the stable of J. W. Chastain. on Decatur Street, was arrested by Officers Robert and Sprinkle at l2:50 a. m. yesterday morning on the charge of grand lar ceny.
 The indictment claims that Irwin took from the stable of ]. W. Chas- tain on March suit of underwear valued at $7.5o and a shirt valued at Si.50. the property of Arthur Greil.
 Irwin claims that he had a difficulty with Mir. GTeil. immediately preceding struck. The negro said he was ar- rested for that.
 He was bound over by Recorder Ba- ber yesterday In the sum of $150 to await the action of the grand jury.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-22

Vote for the man for Mayor who stands for real and not fictitious pro- Greas and prosperity. No municipality, corpormtion or individual can he pros- perous whose income is smaller than lfa. OF his. expenses.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-22

We can clean and dye anything. Our process new 10 doing the work.
 French Dry Cleaning Co, Phone 113. 2OS Dexter Ave.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-22

M. A Q. train No. { will be held at Montgomery until ss30 .. m., tomor- row, March 23, to allow passengers an opportunity to vote.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-22

Tyson stands for the separation of the races on the street ears of the City, and # elected Mayor, this ordinance win be enforced.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-22
FREE nRrn nuRn

l FhEE DMUU NUMM l Chas. B. James, l33 Poplar Ave, Dent | 10, Memphis. Tenn. Please send to my l address. all charges paid. a free trial bottle for patient using Cstats here num- | Der of grains used each 24 hours) =.
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-22

Tyson stands fer the separatsOn of the races on the street cars of the City, and if elected Mayor, this ordinance will be enforced.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-22
Mamma, Is
 My Papa
Nothing But A Common
 Drunkard? I

ASKED LITTLE BOY OF HIS
 MOTHER. His Father Had Promised Him a Fine Ride, But the Boy Was T0ld Hts Father Was a ~COmmOn Drunk ard" and Would Not Keep His prOmiae.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-05-13

Circuit Court, May Term, 1905.
West Virginia,
Mercer County.
w. C. Pollock, c. b. Hancock and
c. o. Wright, trustees of the Presby-
terrain church of BlueGeld. w. va.
ex parte, in chancery.
Il, w B. Honakar. clerk of the
Circuit Court of Mercer County.
West Virginia, do hereby certify
that w. c. Pollock. c. b. Hancock
and C. o. Wrightf trustees of the
Presbyterian church of Bmeheld. w.
Va, have filed their petition in said
court, praying for a sale of certain
real estate in Bluefeld, said county
and state, conveyed to said trustees
by dead duly recorded in said coun-
ty and state in deed book 80. p. AS.
said property being known as the
Presbyterian mansa and located on
Tazewell street in said city.
Attest: w. b. HONAKER. Clerk
May 10, 1908. 5-13-4w