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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-02
. FAMILY REUNION
Descendants of Mrs. Nancy whit
 Gather at UnioutOvyn.

Descendants of Mrs. Nancy Waite
 Gather at UnioutOwR-
 Uniontown. Aug. 1.--CspeciaL)--An occasion Of great interest to a large circle of friends and relatives was the annual reunion yesterday O. the de- seendantB of Mrs. Nancy N Waite. who gathered at her home and enjoyed a Ane barbecue.
 It was the celebration of Mrs. Whites s5th birthday and there were present about seventy-five of her descendants and relatives. There were present three sons Hon. George P. White of Marion and his family. Mir. R.. A. White at Newberne and his family. Mir. W. J. White of the ?. & M Bank. and her daughters. Mrs. J. J. Brown and Mrs. Frank MeCorkle and their famf- lies. Of her six children all were present except Mir. Joe White of B1r- mlnghan. She has living six children. forty grand children and eighteen great-grandchiidren. Among the grand children absent was Mrs. Victor Han son of Montgomery. This mother in Israel Is the second oldest lnhabitant of UnIontown and Is beloved by a large circle of friends and relatives.
 Miss Lucy Etheridge. who was rear ed near here and was a popular train cd nurse, died at the hon1e of her fath- ST, JOnn W. EIneElQBe Tn Meft0lAn yesterday, and will be buried here to- day.
 Company L, 1st Alabama Infantry. left here slxty-three strong Thursday morning, under Captain s. T. Town send. the best and strongest company that has ever gone to an eneampment from here. They were accompanied by Major W. J. Walden of the 1st Regi- ment and Colonel W. L. Pitts of the Governors staff.
 Mir. H. c. Patterson, who has been cotton buyer here and his mother. Mrs. P. P. Patterson, left yesterday for Raleigh. N. C.. and will make their home In Mississippi In the fall.
 Mir. B. F. Harwood, who has for number of years been proprietor of the Hotel canebrake today turns over the hotel to its owner, Captain R. A. Hardis. who will run the hotel under the management of Mir. Con Perkins. one of our popular and highly respect ed citizens. MT. Harwood Is remodel ing the Wrsnn place, recently pur- chased by him and will move Into his home as soon aB 1t is completed.
 Wednesday night ". s. Whit. re- Bpeeted negro preacher. on the planta- ton of Mfr. J. A. Haynsworth. of this place, dreamed that his son got Into a serious dihieulty from which he could not save him and he made his wife go to him and tell him, and then went to him In person to tell him about the dream. and that day his son. William Whitt4 got Into a light with Sam Roane and inflicted knife wounds which the physleian pFoiounced fatal; Whit es-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-02
NEWS or oPELIISA.
Henderson Allen Has Narrow Escnp'
 from Death By Train

from Death By Train
 Opelika, Aug. l.--tSpecial )--Hen" dersou Allen. a. fiagman on the west ern Railway, had a miraculous escape from death last night. as passenger train No. se was approaching West Point, Ga. At the time of the aeci- dent. Allen was trying to adjust the signal lamp on the rear coach. when, from some unknown cause, he fell to the ground and sustained painful in. juries.
 Mir. Allen Is painfully bruised. and 1t is thought he has sustained internal injuries. When he was missed from the train. telegram was sent 10 the officials at West Point. and they imme- distely started on hand car to search for him. andsfound him about l2 o'clock lying near the track in an unconscious condition. He was taken to West Point, and was at once given medical attention Mir. Allen is an old Lee County boy, and his father now resides about. three miles from Opelika. It is also said after .his. injuries that some one took s20 from the pocket of MT. Allen.
 It has been officially announced that the chairrnen of the district trustees will meet at the court house in Opeiika Saturday. Aug. 8. for the purpose of electing a Board of Education for Lee County.
 There will be a union song service at the First Baptist Church in opelika Sunday. Aug. g. at 7;s0 o'clock In tho afternoon, to which all the singers of the city have been invited.
 MT. and Mrs. Joseph H. Smith and party who have been spending the week at a house party ct McKennon's Mill, have returned to Opelika.
 Miss Maggie Taylor has gone to North Alabama to spend the month of August, with relatives and friends.
 Hon - T. D. Sanford and wife, and Mir and Mrs. Richard l.. Sanford, left opelika this afternoon. for East Brook Spring. Tenn. where they will spend about two weeks.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-02
News of camden.

Camden, Aug. 1.-(speelal J--The July jury term of County Court ended yesterday after many cases had been disposed of. Owing to the fact that the code has restricted the Jurisdiction of Justices of the Peace the docket was pretty full.
 Two very interesting games of base ball were played between Camden and Carlowville yesterday morning and the afternoon before. Both games result ed in victories. for Carlowville, the first by a score of i4 to 2 and the second by a score of i4 to 2.
 The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs T. J. Jones died early yesterday morn ing and was buried at the Camden Cemetery yesterday afternoon.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-02
FoLIS TAISEs A HANp.

nEtssouri's GoveFBOr To Investigate
 LaVyIesnness in St. Louis.
 St. Louis. Mo. August LA dispatch from New Florence. Mo. says Governor Folk today announced his intention of making a personal investigation of the lawIessness in St. Louis recently and stated that If any official of the county or member of the grand jury requested it. he would consider the advisability of sending State militia to the county to preserve order and enforce the Sunday liquor laws.
 Reports of the sale of intoxicating liquors at resorts just outside of St. Louis on Sundays are the causes of the proposed investigation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-02

MT. and Mrs. John Keiner, Mfss De- leno. Miss- Foreman, Lieutenant and Mrs: Osborne. Captain Richardson. U. 2. ". Naval Constructors Watts and patch. l
 Professor c. F. Floyd will sail for Europe on August on the Lusitania, Cunard Line. Professor Floyd is now in Atlanta where he has been spend. Ing several days.
 Miss Pauline Eiiis has gone to Orr. vile to visit friends and relatives
 The friends of EMlss crae. Betty viii regret to learn that she is iii with typhoid fever at a hospital in Rich mond. Va. Her mother, Mrs. Thomas IT Betty. has gone to Richmond to bs at her bedside.
 Mir. and Mrs. charies fzarr,. nsva returned from Fillmore where they have been the guests of Mir. and Mrs.
 Mrs. F. F. Meyer and daughter, Miss Mary Lillian Meyer, have returned from visit to Atlanta and points in South
 Mir. George Waller will entertain. at dance on Wednesday, evening at the home of his parents. pr. and Mrs George Waller.
 Mrs. Edgar winter and Miss Helen Winter have returned home from six, weeks stay in Canada. and Cleveland. Ohio.
 Mrs. Alfred Jackson and children will leave today for Louisville and ver- sailles. Ky... where they will spend . month with Friends and relatives.
 Mir. and Mrs: James ware walker are at home with her slater, Mrs. Jack Thorington. at her home at Cloverdale.
 Miss Sadie Andrews. who has been visiting Miss Ida Tnompson, has re- panied by Miss Thompsono.
 Miss Lillie Lee has returned from tAt1afita, where she was, the guest of her sister, Mrs. Robert Alston.
 MT. and Mrs. Bsnjarnin ritspatsiek have taken the residence at cioverdsie recently occupied by Mir. and Mfs. !. W. Walker. and will move Into 1t to- morrow.
 Mfr. Matthew Peiiegrini. Miss Jeanne
 
 ertni will leave in few days to spend the summer at Biloxi.
 Miss Annie South has returned from Knoxville, Tenn. where she has been spending some time.
 Miss Evelyn Northingt6n of Pratt vile is the guest of Judge end Mrs. A. D etratton.
 Mss Liliis May Avenser win leave in a few days for Brownwcod and Lawson. ca.
 Mss Mamie Mcwhofter has gone to Birmingham 10 visit friends.
 Miss Ines Ashley. who has been at- tending house party In Gadsden has returned home, accompanied by her cousiu, Miss Kettle Simpson, who is her guest.
 Miss Della Mohr and Miss Flcssis Mohr will leave in 2 few dave Tor Cole orado Springs and Yeilowstone Park.
 Miss Nen stephs ems. after six weeks visit to her parents in San Antonio, Tex. ana other points in Texas and New orleans. has returned to Mont. gomery.
 Mss Mary Dee Vaughan Of this city ia visiting Miss Mary clai Wigieswcrth will go in a few days to Mathews to visit Mr. ana Mrs. W. s. Waugh.
 Miss Helen .Pesss Of Columbus. da, H ia the guest of Mir. and Mrs. A. T.. Bayne at their home. 1908 Highland Avenue.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-02
Misses Bell Are Entertaining Their
 Friends ct PrattviIle.

Friends at PTattviIle.
 Prattviile. Aug. 1.--(special.)- Misses Marie, Julia and Adelaide Bell are entertaining a number of their friends at a house party in the pala- tial home of J. B. Bell, their father.
 This home has been a scene of gaiety and nlrth during the past few days. The following young ladies and young men compose the party. Misses Anna D. Downing. Carrie Park. Iva Lee Mil- Ter of Brewton. Sumpie Martin Of Her. ,rington, Nell Curtis of Atmore and 1u- lia Northington of Prattville. and Messrs. Malcolm McMillan. Wiley A. Downing of Brewton, Edward North ington, Merrill Pratt and Leonard Pratt of Prattville.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-02
Parrish and Debue, with their nairth-vrodueing aong1s at OFpheum this week, ( to oss0. S to 10t30.
ar. LlvImwrton Not Tmprovea

Prattville. Aug. l.--(Special. )--Mrs. Ella S. Livingson, mother of Judge c. S. Livingston. of this place. who has been suffering from slight stroke of paralysis several days since, Is not much improved. She is greatly missed from the Sunday-school work about which she always took great inter- est.
 Mrs Livingston is a member of one of the most distinguished families Tn Alabama She Is the daughter of George Stewart. deceased. who was in his day a man of wealth and influence. He was the owner of large tracts of farm lands in Autauga, Lowndes and Dallas Counties. She was married to Col. H.. Livingston, who dIed last year. in about 1862, and came with him to reside in Autauga County. about four miles west of Prattvilie, on what is now known as the Livingston Place, where she lived until a few years ago, when they moved to this city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-02
Pettibona Hns Cancer.

Denver Colo. August l.--An opera ton performed today at St. Jossph's Hospital in this city on George A. Pettibone, formerly a member of the executive board of the Western Fed eration of Miners. showed that he Is suffering from cancer and the physi- clans in attendance agreed that his life could not be saved;
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-02
THE NEW AUToLNE
LANGsroN HAYeooD WILL PUT ON AUTO. 1t viii Look After Wetuuapika Dusi" ness.--Trip From River to We.
 tumpka by Stage.

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 That MontRonaery's business with It's surroundin& cities Is shown by the raet that another automobile line iB 70 pc established between Montgomery ana vNetunpka. Machines will run every two hours from both ends from ' o'clock in the morning until s o'clock in the afternoon. The promoter ot the line is Langston Haygood, well known in Montgomery aa the owner or the Montgomery Transter Company. , Mir. Haygood said last night that the first machine would leave Montgomery on Monday morning at o'clock to river, leaving that town at the same time the machine left Montgomery.
 Tt has been found impossible to run an automobile over the road from Wstumpks to Montgomery from Wo. tumpka to the river" said Mr. Hay good. And for this reason have ar ranged with .. livery in Wetunpka to run d stage down to the river over ths corduroyed swamp to meet my machine on the other side of the ferry"
 . MT. Haygood further stated that q machine would make the trip to and frem Montgomery every two hours. and that for the present but one ma chine would be operated. The machine
 
 The starting point of the nlachine from Montgomery will be the Haygood stables. located on the corner of Mon- roe and Lawrence streets, one block north of the postofiice. The terminal point of the stage line from the river to wetumpka will be the stables of DeBardelaben.
 conditions at the present time" said Mir. Haygood. warrant the run ming of but one machine. but f. the trafac between the two points war rants the placing of extra machines into operation. they will be imnae- diately put on the line.'
 The lower Wetumpka road from Montgomery to the Tallapoosa river is as pretty an auto road as one could wish. An absence of any great hill with the one exception of the one near the river, and we'll kept gravel construction make the way of the au. tomobilist easy The bad part of the road lies on the Wetumpka side of the river, where the road leads through iowlands that are constantly wet; through trees that seldom let in the rays of the sun to dry the cor4 duroy. This bad stretch Is. however, but a short three miles. while the trip on the Montgomery side of the river more than makes up for the te- diousness and the bumps of the low lands.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-02
oaped .nd at last accounts Roans was

caped and at last accounts Roans was stiil alive.
 The Uniontown Warehouse Company has taken charge of it's property that was leased to the Gulf Compress Com pany and will conduct the wareh ouse business under the management of MT. !. P. Brown.
 Work has commenced upon the ten- room dwelling of MT. D. P. Coleman. which will be one of the most elegant homes In Uniontown.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-02
Insure in The MUTUAL BENEFIT LIFE INS. co. Low Rates, Large Divfaends, Few
 RestE1eftons. R. s. stFtnsfeIIOvT, AEent. Montgomery, Ala.
sir chlnnnen Arreataa.

El Paso, Aug. l,--six smugglOd Chi narnen were arrested today at Alamo Gordo. New Mexico. They were locked in a refrigerator car loaded with fruit bound from Los Angeles to Kansas city The seal had been broken, the China, men put in and the car resealed en route.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-02
,u.n.er Footvyear Tsarrains.

Summer Footwear Bargains. Ninety-three pairs Ladies white. grey and blue canvas oxfords and pumps, formerly priced e1.B0 to S3.So Monday at s7 cents pair
 sl pairs white canvas oxfords, low heeie, pIaihi toes and tips, sizes Ia to l-z. Were Sl.5o and s2.5o, now e7c a pair.
 17 pairs Misses white canvas button shoes, were t2.0o and $500. now TIC e pair. i1e pairs Children's white canvas and kid clippers and oxfords. worth easily s1.00. now 3Tc pair.
 The above extraordinary values are of odds and ends Of the season and will be on sale Monday. Only a few pairs of kind. but the biggest bar gains you ever saw.
 See window, display.
 Bullock Shoe Co.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-02

Parrish and DeLuc, with their mirth-producinx songs, ct orpheum this week,
 { to 6,30. to I0f30. ft
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-02
MAY CALL BIC sTREKE.

Cassno this Afternoon ana Tonighf. Free Concert by Lyric Opera Go.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-02

Parrish aud DeLuc, with their nfFth-pr0duciaG songs, at 0rpheum this week, { to 0t30. 8 to IOt30.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-02
A HOUSE PARTY

Casino this Afternoon and Tonight.
 Free Concert by Lyric Opera Co.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-06-04
Mars as Prophet.

Study of Mars proves that planet to
occupy earthwise in some sort the post
of prophet, for in addition to the side
lights it throws upon our past it is by
way of foretelling our future. 1t ena-
bles us to no mean extent to foresee
what eventually will overtake the
earth in process of time inasmuch as
from q scrutiny of Mars coming events
cast not their shadows, but their light,
before.
1t is the planets size that fits it thus
for the role of seer. It's smaller bulk
has caused it to age quicker than our
earth, and in consequence it has long
since passed through that stage of its
planetary career which the earth at
present is experiencing and has ad-
vanced to further one, to which in
time the earth itself must come if it be
not overwhelmed beforehand by other
catastrophe. In detail of course no two
planets of different initial mass repeat
each others evolutionary history, but
in a general way they severally follow
something of the same road.
Lowell in Century
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-06-04
CROSSING the Ocean.

The following bits of conversation
may be heard several thousand times
each day:
Il think those people down in the
steerage have a much better time than
we do. But don't they look just like so
many animalsf'
Don't those clouds over there look
just like landE"
Somebody said we aren't far from
an iceberg, but | don't know whether
it's so or not. You hear so many false
reports on shipboard."
Have you met the captain yet? /
hope you didn't ask him any foolish
questions, poor man.
"No; l haven't seen a whale yet, but
there We're lots of porpoises around the
ship today"
"Who is that man? | haven't seen
him before. He must have come ON
board during the night" always fun
n.y.
"Dii the postman bring you any
thing this morning?" (Sure of a how'll
'Is this your first trip to Europe?
My, but you have treat in storep'-
Princeton Tiger.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-06-04
An Admirals Stories.

One of the English admirals has a
choice collection of stories at the eX-
pense of laymen placed in office at the
admiralty as Il consequence of a turn
of the political wheel. OF one lord of
the admiralty he told delighted house
Of commons how, receiving a report of
disaster to ship couched in technical
phrase, he wrote reply demonstrating
with the officer for his use of bad Ian
guage. Another civilian lord, looking
over Il chart and observing that one of
his majesty's ships, homeward bound
passed within space of two inches
on the chart an island where cast
away sailors We're sheltering wanted
to know why it could not call and re-
lieve them. The admiral explained
that the two inches on the chart meant
a distance at sea of 1000 miles.-Lon-
don Strand Magazine.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-06-04
The Worship of Serpents.

The small town of Werda, in the
kingdom of Dahomey, is celebrated for
its temple of serpents,' long building
in which the priests keep upward of a
thousand SerpentS of all sizes, which
they feed with the birds and frogs
brought to them as offerings by the
natives.
These serpcnts, many of them Of
enormous size. may be seen hanging
from the beams across the ceiling,
with their heads pointing downward
and In all sorts of strange contortions.
The priests make the small serpents 90
through various evolutions by lightly
touching them with rod, but they do
not venture to touch the largest ones.
some of which are large enough to in
fold a bullock in their coils
1t often happens that some of these
Serpents make their way out of the
temple into the town, and the priests
have the greatest difficulty in coaxing
them back. To kill serpent intention
ally IS a crime punished with death,
and If a European were to kill one the
authority of the king himself would
scarcely suffice to save his life. Any
one killing serpent unintentionally
must inform the priest of what has
occurred and 90 through the course Of
publication which takes place once Il
UQ1r
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-06-04
WhY Sailors Don't Swim.

"You think it's strange, do you" said
the sailor, that us shellbacks can
hardly ever swim? 2"
"Strange and almost criminal" re
piled the druggist firmly. Sailors who
can't swim-I don't understand it at
ALL"
The sailor frowned
"Supposin'," he said. ION cold,
black night you found yourself in the
sea, not n spar left of the wreck,
every shipmate drowned, nothin' any
where but the cold, the blackness, the
bitter water. In them conditions" he
said, what would you ruther do
swim and swim and swim in agony
till you died or sink right down and
die at wunst"
81 think I'd rather die at once" said
the druggist, shuddering.
$50 sailors Think" said the other,
"and it's to spare themselves possible
long hours of agony that they like not
to learn to swim. And they encourage
their sons not to learn, too, if there's
any likelihood of the lads follerin' the
sea."-New Orleans Times-Democrat.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-06-04
Ridino an Ostrich.

81 don't believe the stories told about
the natives in Africa and Australia
riding oStricheS," said q Californian
who gives riding lessons in New York
riding academy, "and | saw this pretty
well tried on one occasion in my state.
a cowboy who had vanquished every
pony he ever undertook to break in was
induced to try an ostrich. After an
hours hard work he succeeded in
mounting the bird, which ut first tried
to shake and roll him off, but these
tactics of course had no effect upon the
cowboy. Then in spite of all the man
could do the ostrich succeeded in get
ting its head around and Selling the
rider by the calf of one leg. Finally
the man, after much frantic kicking,
got his leg free. He then doubled his
feet under him, and the ostrich reach
ed over his wings and got Il good, fast
hold on the mans back, throwing him
heavily to the ground and trampling
on him. 1t took three of us to chase
the infuriated ostrich away, and we
accomplished it barely in time TO save
the mans life. That's why I don't be-
lieve the native Australians can ride
ostriches. New York Press.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-06-04
Artificial Limbs.

"a manufacturer or dealer in arti-
fetal limbs who wears q cork arm or
leg himself is much better equipped for
business than his competitors who are
sound" said a man who uses a cork
leg In fact, it has become Il sort of
unwritten law among us to patroniZe
such men when possible. Sentimental
reasons may have something to do with
the case, but | guess the chief reason
is that we consider that il man can
make Il limb for himself that fits like
the paper on the wall he can make
it for others. Manufacturers of arti-
fetal limbs know this, and frequently
you will find an advertisement like
this: The So-and-so artificial leg is
built by a man who is wearing one
and who knows from experience what
you want for comfort This is strong
argument, for it's no easy thing to get
an artificial limb that just fits. Per-
sons who have trouble getting shoes
that are just right are in great luck
compared to us."-New York Sun.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-06-04
faiorltY and Plurality.

In politics the plurality is the great
est of more than two numbers and is
also the excess of the highest number
of votes east for any one candidate
over the next highest number. When
a candidate receives out of 10000 votes
cast 1000 ana two other candidates
receive respectively $500 and 2.500,
the first is elected by plurality
though he has received less than Il
ma ajority of The whole vote, and he is
said to have Il plurality Of 800 votes.
If the numbers are G,O00, 5000 and
1000, the majority is 1000 and the
plurality is 5000 \ majority, there
fore, must be more than half the en-
tire vote cast and candidates ma
jority is, then, the difference between
the number of votes he received and
the combined number of votes cast for
oil other candidates; his plurality is
the difference between his own num-
ber and the number received by the
candidate nearest to him. Oftentimes
a candidate receives a plurality but
not a majority. Unless there is Il tie
there is always a plurality. - Path
finder.