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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-30

when the curtain falls saturday
night on the last Of the Ben Hur per-
formances' AZ The Grand. there will
hardly be any doubt that all records
fer theatrical crowds in montgomery
have been broken.
Never before has there been such
a volume Of bex once receipts here ~
has poured In for tickets to the. series
Of presentation Of Lew Wallace's dra-
matization. From points as far as
100 miles distant from MONTGOMERY has
come the demand for tickets and no end
OF them have been reserved for per-
sons hungry, to see Ben Hur."
BY careful and conservative estt-
mates there Will be approximately a.
500 visitors In Montgouaery for the pur-
nose Of witnessing these i've perform
ancas Of Ben Hur. The actual seating
capacity OF The Grand. where all per-
formancs will be given, Is 1850. Multi
plying this NUMBER by fve. one ng-
t,res the total attendance on the pre-
duction at. s,75e. Computing the limit
Of Montgomery Theatrical patronage at
three tirnes the stated capacity of the
Grand. the city Is credited with an az
arerate audience Of $3.50. which Is lib
eraf enough. according TO the. opinion
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-30

shoe Lumber Company at River FAILS
reached the State Convict Bureau yes
terday. A reward Of s2E has been OF
fered for his capture. The convict 10
Dallas county on eenvictien Of grand
larceny.
The eopyict's description 10 as fell
lows: Twenty-oue years cid. flte feet,
eight inches in height; weight, lse
pounds, color. dark. ginger cake; two
teeth out on left side Of meutA and
one out on right; two scars on left
side OF the head: pns on upper left
arm; thiFd flnGar Oft left hand and
burn on outside OF left knee.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-30
SPECIAL TRAINS.

This morning the Ben Hur special
vii come 70 Montgomery IS the sec
and section Of the Louisville and NASH
vfIIa train No. o, the Birmingham ae-
conu, otia lion, due at 1910 q. m. There
wifi be eight ears in the train, ave
ba ERaGe cars and three coaches
i've special trains 70 Mohtgomery
,.,r,re the Ben ITnr performances have
h@en announeed 70 far. The Louis
viIle and Nashville will run q spe-
cIaI from Wetumpka to reach here in
tinne FOR the performance tomorrow
nirht. The Mobile and Ohio will run
a special from Prattylile tomorrow
night, both specials leaving on the re-
turn trips after the performance
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-30


Services Wefe Cemaaesea at MoWnt
Meaga Yesterday ARteTmapn-.
The funeral Of Mrs. ]. M. Handey.
nee Nicholson, who died at 1850 o'clock
yesterday morning AZ e27 Adams Street,
whittier she was carried two months
ago from her homa in Mount Meigs that
she might have better medical atten,
tion than could be afforded at Mount
Meigs. took place yesterday afternoon
at 3 o'clock. Mrs. Haudey had
been i'll for several months and
two months ago her condition became
SO serious that she was brought to the
city for treatment. There was no i'm
pEovement. however, and she gradually
became weaker until death claimed her.
Mrs. Handey was the wife of ]. M.
Handey. OF Mount Meigs. where he Is q
wealthy merchant and planter, and q
very influential citisen. She was p
daughter OF the late Dr.. j, G. Nichol-
son, several times q member OF the
Legislature, and one of the most pop
ular men In the county. Mira Handey
was q woman of fine character and
during the years she lived here. aa well
As during visits made TO the city since
she has resided in Mount Meigs, has
enjoyed the love OF many friends. she
was q member of the Protestant Episs
eopai Church.
She is survived by her husband and
BY three children, the eldest Of whom
is Mason Handey, aged I6 years; the
other children are girl aged nine and
an infant.
The funeral services were held at II
o'clock yesterday morning at the res
idence ON Adams Street by Rev. Stew
art Mcqueen. pastor OF the Church OF
the Holy Comforter, and Rev. G. A.
stakeiy, pastor Of the First Baptist
Church. The body was carried to the
ray family burial grounds near Mount
Meigs, where the interment was made
The pail bearers were: Louis II
Moore, 3, J. cassels. G, A. Fonville
Ray Jones, W. r. Wilkinson. W. b.
Taferson. JP., Nose MeIsemore. Bolton
Pinkston, Thomas Barnett, Thomas
oliver, Robert Armistead and Frank
Charles.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-30
J SOC / e 7 Y

day afternoon at 4 o'clock at the liz
brary. Every member Is urged 10 be
Mrs. ,. l. Ccbbs. Chairman.
FnEznxAN-MEyER.
The, following invitation has been is
aMr. and Mrs. Emil J. Meyer request
the honor OF your presence at the mar
riags Of their daughter Matilda TO Mr.,
Bernhard Friedman on the evening of
Wednesday, February ~. at $50 o'clock
at Temple Beth Or. Montgomery. Ala"
The ceremony will be followed by .
reception at home on Montgomery
Street.
sADLER-BUTLER.
Miss Olive Butler and Mr.. Albert
sadler were married at the residences
OF Rev. w. M. Cox. pastor OF the Dex-
ter Avenue Methodist Church. Tuesday
afternoon at 5 o'clock, very much to the
surprise OF the friends and relatives Of
the young couple. MFR. Sadier's home Is
In Selma. where he and Mrs. Sadler
win make their future home.
NOTICE. FLOWER
GROWERS ASSOCIATION.
The regular monthly meeting OF the
Flower Growers Association win be
held Saturday afternoon when the
members will meet with Mrs. Mary Ar
rington at her home on Church Street
Mr.. Guss Santes has returned to his
home In Mobile after . visit to friends
here.
Miss Annie Rowan CASTOR has re-
turned home after an absence Of sew
eral months spent abroad and In New
York where she was pupil at Mrs.
semple's school.
Mrs. A. A. McLemcre has gone to
Aberdeen, Miss, to visit her daughter
Mrs. Walker Fowler.
Miss Emma Pitts, OF Pittsview. is vis-
itinG Miss Florence Tallman. at her
home on Beliinger Heishts,
Miss Marie Noble OF Tallassee 10 WIS.,
| itinr Mrs. A. 8. Lowrie ut her home.
| 500 South Court Street
Mr.. and Mrs. 8. r.. Nelson are being
congratulated on the Birth Of a/daugh-
ter whom they have named Grace AL
| len.
Mr.. ana Mrs. Charles p. Dexter of
| Birminghem ere visiting their sister,
Mrs. Gerald ware at her home on No
/ BILE Avenue.
| Mr.. and Mrs A. s.. Wright are visit
| ing their cousin, Mrs. G.. w. Covington,
at her home, s20 Montgomery Street.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-30
DEATH OF MRs. CoLEMAN.



After a brief Illness Mrs. Virginia
A. Coleman. seventy-Ave years old
died at 1890 o'clock yesterday morn
ing In her home, sol Forest avenue.
Mrs. Coleman had been resident uh u
Montgomery for only four years. sne
came 10 the city from Letohatehie, She
had numerous friends and relatives
here and in the viciuage MRS: Cole.
man was q member Of the Baptist
Church and her body will be inferred
in the graveyard Of the Hickory Grove
BAPTIST Church, near LetohRtchie' OF
which she was a member.
The decedent is survived v,s b. By Nt zig
daughters, Mrs: e; we peE ven s5e MI W.
A. a. Brooks, Of Luyeren; Mrs, a, O..
Grant, OF Bay Minette; Mrs. M n.
champion, Of Memphis. and Mrs. @,
81. Robinson, OF cambridge, Ga, and
by two sons, e. F. Coleman. Of orr
vile, and ]. F. Coleman OF Pensa-
cola. t,s ,.,o.,.
this morning to Daenport; whence tns
saptist Church for burial.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-30
cRnDrTORs AocEPT BONDS.



Creditors OF the state Fair AssocIa-
tion representing s14.2So OF the total
Indebtedness of the Association, met In
the once OF the Association In ths
Montgomery Light and Power Company
last night at 7;30 o'clock to dis
cuss. with the oficials. az agreeable
plan for the liquidation OF the fetal In
daht&6ness.
Robert ]. Chambers. Chairman of the
Finance Committee of the Association,
and one of the Vice Presidents Of the
Association, was chairman Of the meet
ing. He opened the discussion with q
statement OF the financial situation,
and was followed by President A.. q.
FORBES.
After the talks made to the cred
itors, 9 resolution was unanimously
passed to the effect that II was the
sense of those present that it was to
the interest Of the creditors % the Fair
Association to take bonds for the
amount OF their. claims, Those repre-
senting the si4.250 present at the meet
ing signified their intention Of accept
ing bonds in settlement OF their claims.
OYSTERS.
F'Tsnh Ptants and Selects received
daily. YeIveEt0n Palace Market.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-30

The Supreme Court Of Alabama will
take up the hearing Monday Of cases
appealed from the lever courts Of
counties composing ths Eighth ptvi-
sion. These are Colbert, FRANKLIN,
jackson, Iauderdale, LawFence. Lime
stone, Madison. Marshall and Morgan
counties. After sitting en- cases OF
this ana the second divisions fer two
consecutive weeks, the Supreme Court
Will have no more hearings uRtil Aprtl
9, when q week will be devoted to the
counties Of the FiTat Division.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-30
DIABE les CURED
Fhousamda ~ Man-amd wemea Have Ktdney
Disease and do Nos Know Il until
Toe Late.
WARMERS SAFE CURE
;s the onIv positive remedy for an foYms


is the only positive remedy for al forms
Of kidney disease.
Mr.. n. s. Brewer. q prominent
real estate dealer. Of Rochester. N, r.,
has been cured Of a bad case Of dia-
beles by Warnes's Safe Diabetes Cure.
which IS their special preparation for
TIN form Of kidney trouble.
After suffering greatly from Dia-
betes Mellisus foF some time and nds
experiencing any relief from different
courses OF treatment prescribed. CONF
menced the use Of Warmers Safe Dia-
hetes Cure and soon noticed . great
improvement in my condition.
The excessive thirst and abnormal
appetite have disappeared. = The flow
Of urine has been reduced to The
normal amount. The amount Of
sugar is greatly lessened. my weight
has increased and ! am surely Eecev-
ering my usual health.
therefore consider It q duty to
recommend the use of Warner's Safe
Diabetes Cure to the many sufferers
from this dread disease. feeling con
6dent that they will experience the
same beneficial results from its use. "
III. S. Brewer, Rochester. N. T..
r. ~ tOfl7
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-30

The Copneips Committee on SANTA
tion, OF which Alderman 9. II. Saul 10
Chairman, and Aldermen y. NJ. Perry
and W. r.. Brassell are associate menu
bers, met in the City Hall yesterday
afternoon and considered several mat
ters OF Importance. The transactions
Of the Committee were not made pub
lie last night,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-30
CONVICT ESCAPES.

Reward % s2S Ii offered BY state For
HIS Capture.
News Of the escape Of q convict
named Mack wheeler from the Horse
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-30

WaDfea--So rnen, - httIe girls, 20
little boys.
Apply o a. ns., to-day, Stage Door,
atemsgomery Theatre Ferry street.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-30
CURES KIDNEY DISEASE

When the kidneys are diseased the
uric acid r. not carried off, and this
causes Gout. Lumbago. Rheumatism OF
the Joints. Rheumatism Of the Muscles,
Rheumatism Of the Heart, Rheumatism
everywhere. Warmers Safe Cure
drives out the uric acid.
In kidney disease the bowels are
often constipated and the liver torpid.
Warmers safe Pills quickly relieve this
condition, ana no I'll after effect 10 ex-
perieneed.
WARMERS SAFE CURE is put up
IN two aisea and is sold BY all drug,
gists. or direct, ct 80 CENTS and $500,
A BOTTLE. Refuse substitutes contain
ing harmful drugs which injure the
evataun
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-30
Trial RattIe Free. .u: 70 i ."ss.nss

from disease OF the Kidneys, liver, blRdr
der and blood that WARMERS EAFk
CURE will cure, q trial bottle will
WARMERS SAFE CURE Co.. Roehes-
ter, N. r., and mention having seen
this liberal offer in The Montgomery
Advertiser. The genuineness OF this
offer Is fully guaranteed BY the pub.
Usher.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-30

LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES
OF FEDERATION TO MEET.
There Will be an important meeting
Of the legislative Committee az the
State Federation OF wemen's Club Fri
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-30
IN HoNOR or MISS KAHN.

Mrs.. ]. Levystein gave a beautiful
card party yesterday afternoon IN nor :
or OF her guest. Misa Cora Kahn, Of
Chicago. There were eight tables al
which bridge was played and In the
apartments . plan OF decoration In
which pink was the tone pFedeminating
was effectively carried out with an ar
rAngement OF sweet peas ana pink
shaded lights.
Two beautiful prizes fell to Miss Jes-
sanaine Rice, who won a pair OF silk
stoekings, and to Miss Carrie Rehr.
who won handsome silk kimona.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-11
SHORT METER SERMONS.

Hidden sins grow fastest
Condemnation cures nothing.
Revenge never is so sweet as when
foregone.
The critical eye remains longest in
ignorance.
No man is undone as long as he has
work to do.
You cannot bless men until you be-
lieve in them.
He is lost already to whom sacrifice
appears as folly.
The doors to heaven are often in
earth's lowllest places.
Spiritually the most helpless are
those who refuse to help.
Our neighbors are not lifted up by
looking up their records.
Life barriers that resist all force
crnmble before friendship.
Keep the heart healthy and happi-
ness will take care of itself.
Men are to be known by their aims
rather than by their origins.
The weariest man in this world is
the one who is running from work.
The man who has grit in his makeup
will not throw it in his neighbours
face.
The enemy soon would be on the
run if saints were not so strong on
the rest.
Morality because 1t pays to be moral
is simply the immortality of civilized
seIfishness.
Every time you beat your neighbor
you may be sure your adversary has
beaten you.
The pessimist is the man who al
ways goes straight for the chair with
a pin on it
A man has no greater capacity of
heaven than he has power to create
heaven about him.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-11
FELLOWSHIP, GREATER GOOD.
BY Henry F. Cope

But one thing is needful and Mary
hath chosen that better part which
shall not be taken away from her.
Luke 1912
When you read that story of the
Good Master commencing the sister
who seemed to slight her share in the
household duties, especially when you
hear the usual Interpretation of the
incident as showing that Martha was
neglecting her soul while Mary was
caring for hers, you cannot but wonder
that the apparent laziness Of the one
should be praised over the kindly, hos
pitable activity of the other
But the Good Teacher was not CON
demning the hospitality of Martha; he
was commencing the larger, deeper hos
pitality of Mary. To him, as to us all
there Is hut one thing that is absolute
" necessary. That Is not food and
dainties; it is not furniture and ux.
uries-it is the open heart of friend
ship. There was greater refreshing IN
the friendship Of the one who sat Of
his feet than in all the food that the
tables might bear.
Do we not all need often to near his
saying-we who are careful and cum
bered about many things. about food
and tables. about clothes and houses
that we are likely to miss that good and
mperishable treasure Of friends and
human fellowship? And when we would
entertain our friends might we not well
think less of the things we would set
before them than Of the riches of per.
sonality, our own selves. we can give
them?
The great need of every life. that
for which our hearts are hungry. is not
food and drink. it Is not even books ar
thinking. is not silver or gold-it Is
just folks, people, to know one another
TO read open hearts, to taste the fruits
OF friendship The one thing needfu|
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-11
HOW THE HoBos RIDE FREE.
rhey Have Various Ways of Travel
ing--Bat All Are Full of Danger.

rhey HIVE Various Ways of Travel
ing--Bat All Are Full of Danger.
Everybody knows that there is a
lass of people called hobos. Every
'ody has heard of almost unbelievable
rips, completed in almost unbelievable
lme, considering that not a cent of
'aflroad fare is ever paid.
In the first place all railroads are
Classified among the fraternity of ho-
Jos as either good or bad.
On good roads the crews are lax
the enforcement of their orders re-
atiye to keeping men off their trains.
md there are not many railroad de-
:ectiyes or bulls" as they are called.
On bad roads the crews attempt.
measure at least, to keep the
ramps off their trains, and there are
host of detectives
Inc nrst move on the part of a man
Who wishes to beat IL out of a town Is
o go down to the railroad yards and
ocate a freight made up to 90 his
way, that is, of course, if he wishes TO
raVei by freight. His further action
depends entirely upon the classification
II the road, the layout of the wards
ma the position of the train. If it be
good road and the yards are not hos
lle' then he is likely to climb into an
empty box car, softly close the door
ma wait quietly until the train pulls
1ut. This is the simplest and most
desirable manner of riding, if time is
lot an object
Should he, however, consider it M
wise to make the train in the yards
n should there be no empty cars. his
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-11

aeXt choice would probably be the
bumpers" The bumpers" are the
projections on the end of a freight car
Just above the coupling block. On
some cars they are broad and extend
he whole width of the car On other
cars they are barely three inches wide,
scarcely more than Il narrow block.
The hobo who intends to make the
bumpers walks down the track few
hundred feet ahead of the locomotive
and waits for the train to pass him.
He NAV see some cover for hiding, or
he may assume an air of nonchalance
to throw the crew off its guard. As
the train approaches he steps along
side the track and waits for Ibis car"
which he has previously sized up, to
come abreast of him. AS it passes he
runs alongside, grabs for the handles,
and swings himself up to the steps
Then he crawls up between the cars
and stands with one foot on the
bumper of each car.
1t is a dangerous position, especially
on fast freights for the cars, I'M
equipped with the absorbing springs
with which passenger coaches are
fitted. sway and jerk and jounce
alarmingly, and there is no hint of
unison between them Nevertheless a
trip of 80 miles is looked upon as
nothing by the seasoned hobo.
les
particularly hostile against excursions
Of this nature, it is quite frequently
necessary to ride the rods over
considerable stretch of country When
this mode of travel is used there is
always an attempt to avoid the watch
full eyes of the crews. This is COM
paratiyely easy under the cover of
darkness, but In the daytime the .'bo''
must take advantage of any strate-
gically placed box car or pile of ties
for concealment until the train comes
abreast of him. Such a hiding place
must not be too far from the track.
for in such an event he could be seen
from the top of the train as he stepped
out.
As a car with good rods comes he
steps out and runs alongside When
the car door comes even with him he
clutches the handle in the middle and
with a springing jump he lands with
his feet upon the outer rod. From
this position he stoops down and
reaches underneath the car to grasp
some of the mechanism Of the air
brake in order to steady himself
while he crawls down beneath the car
and stretches himself along the rods.
This is probably the most dangero is
Of any way to ride. 4 mans position
is cramped and uncomfortable. The
passing of innumerable ties
and the monotonous click of the
wheels over the rails make one care
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-11
noNT,s FOR cHuRcHMEN.

Don't try to define beyond your ex-
perience.
Don't attempt perfection without
pruning your faults.
Don't shut out the light if you would
find the narrow path.
Don't appeal to prejudice if you
would become n real leader.
Don't paint people with depravity
IL you would produce desire for purity.
Don't underestimate the Importance
of little things in your effort to attain
true goodness.
Don't expect an hour at church to
counterfeit all the influences Of six
DAYS of active business life.
Don't attempt to gain spiritual
wealth without willingness TO expert
ence material poverty If necessary.
Don't avoid the hard places on the
road TO heaven if you would have
strength to ascend its final heights.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-11

less and drowsy. And the Gina,
end dust are binding.
The blind baggage is the most =,
den part Of passenger train ~,
most fast trains there is a vestih,laI
door on the end of the bageaoo
mail car next to the tender. And az.
door is invariably locked. To be snra
the crews have a key to the door o.,
sometimes, if they see a man mali.
the blind at stop they open IL ava
put him off-"ditch him. the bob,
calls it. Some cars, however. ara s++,,
up with one end made wItbon+
door, only a blind end. Both Sow
OF ears are ridden, but the hobo nv,
fers the latter.
The hobo who wants to mako e.
blind hoyers about some ston,ir-
place of the passenger Gather a s+o
ton or water tank, usually cboos,r,,
train which win arrive 81 +bae
darkness may cover his movement,
As the train starts he steps ont from,
some cover up ahead of the train and
climbs up between the tender and tba
hrst car by means of the step on the
end of the tender. Then. If the car is
Vestibuled, he stands with his hacl-
against the door. If not it is SIM
lar experience to riding the oumpars
on freight train, only the car is fitted
with better springs and runs smoothly
From the blind he may crawl I'D onto
the tender and make himself comfort
able over the water tank or in the
coal.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-11
THE GREAT AMERICAN HEN

permitted to range over garbage dumps
or manure heaps. Her eggs should re-
ceive the most careful attention, and IL
possible should be placed in sanitary
cases Immediately after they are gath
cred. 1t should not be forgotten that
contamination is likely TO come any
where, and for that reason constant
care should be exercised. And if posi-
bic, don't eat an egg that is over thirty
days old. 1t is not fit
Aside from the professional poultry
men, the amateurs and the farmers,
there is still another class interested in
poultry work, They are the thousands,
or perhaps hundreds of thousands, who
have no desire to go into poultry as
money making matter; who have not
the room for extensive breeding pens,
and who are prof1tably engaged in 9th
er work, and who have not time to de-
vote to any considerable number of
fowls. They are the people who have
lagos. with ground rightly regarded as
going to waste, or at leasy not earning
These people would like to
go into the chicken business more for
a diversion or hobby than anything
else, and supply their own table with
eggs and an occasional fowl. There is
surely no good reason why they shothd
not. Let man who has the ground
take up the matter just as he would
were he going into the business as a
means Of livelihood. That is, he should
use the same precautions in the selec-
ton of his stock, and the same iudg-
ment in it's care. With little attention
given to a small flock of chickens, many
families would find the income from
other sources would go much farther.
The numerous poultry associations
the country are of great SER
vice to their members. At their meet
Ings they discuss intelligently the diff
ferent matters of interest, and protect
each other from those who would im-
pose upon or act unfairly with them.
OF great use and interest are the an
1ual poultry shows in various localities.
Not only are these exhibitions of prod
nets of interest to the professional and
but to the general public.