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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-24

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE LECTURE. Mir. Biekneli Young, c. 8. w.. ef CHss- cagos win lecture at The Grand Tues. day, February a5, at 8 D. m. fou apd friend4 are invftea.
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-24

CHRIs1fAN SCIENCE LECTURE. HEr. Bieknell Young, 0. s. B., of Chl- eago, will lecture at The GrnRd T'ues- day, February 2B, at D. m. You and friends are invited.
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-24
AnnnaI oratoficai Confs.f. }

The annual oratoricaI contest esat Howard College will take place. Mon- day night The successful orator of thiss contest will represent Howard College at the state contest tobe held in Montgomery two months hence But two orators will contest tomcrrow night. John Arthur Prescott whose seph Eugene Cook, who win speak on "Ainericanization off the Worids' A musical program will be rendered. In- asmuch as there is much interest in the, contest "a large attendance is look
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-24


 away from the May primaries. the county. state and district date. while others want the lining done with. just as quickly as possible. There are two announccd candidRteslfo for Mayor of Bir- miuEhem. Hon. Jere C. King. author of the Greater Birminxhar1 bill and Capt Frank P. otBriens one of tlhe best known citizens of Birmingham. Mayor Ward has been frequentIy mentioned as probable candidate. but he has ruasie known no such infeptiona ss yet. Fnnerni of !. c. Kyge.
 The funeral of Major J. c Kyle who died Saturday. took place this aftef-. noon the inferment being In the oak Hiil Cemetery. The deeeasSd .wss long resident of Bfrminghar, and the Birmingham district. He arnassed con- siderable property. He lived fof the past few years in West End, a suburb. His Illness prior to death was of short duration. The pail bearers were c. c. ElIis. . A Going. O. McGahey W. A. Harrison. B. A. Thompson. Christian Ensien, J. R. Copeland '. E. Parker. He died. from cancer.
 The funeral of J. C. Price. a former resiaept of Birmingharn, who died in Phoenix, iArizs. after an illness. of q couple of years. took place here this afterppon. the intefinent being at the Wdodlawn. Cemetery. The deceased wass flor q number of years In the livery DtAs DstAs7i NSNs hern. gsk
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-03-08
SULZBERGER AND THE SUBWAY g osa,n ' Spring.
GelstOn Spring.

He reached home at o'clock in the morning
Miriam sitting up in bed. 81 did IT," he an
nounced. He kissed her. How did you come out?"
he queried.
She laughed excitedly. "All right" she answered
except the Tannerville Times of Tannerville New
Jersey They wouldn't stop the ads for love or
money"
They wouldn't" he sputtered. They've got to.
don't you see?"
"Yes" she said. it'll be stopped. had to buy the
paper plant and ALL Over the phone It's now,
the Tannerville Times We've stopped it. Yes"
That day New York knew that the Second Avenue
subway had caved in. New York knew that
how 1t was the fault Of the contractors. And the
claim agent of the contractors called on Suzberger
Sulzberger only shook his head
II don't care to SETTLE" he announced, I'LL sue"
do you mind letting me know how much you
claim?" asked the clam-agent
Sulzberger yawned. 'This is no insurance adjust
ment" he said. "I won't tell you but thing.
had that store filled to the chimneys with the best
goods in New York City and when the proper time
comes I'll prove 1t. I'm going to sue, that's all"
For three months the New Store stood empty. For
three months Sulzberger worked up frst-class dam
age suit against the contractors for the Second Ave-
nue. subway. For three months they asked him to
name figure. And for three months he wouldn't do
it, But there were things that he was finding out.
There were wheels within wheels, and influences
within influences And he knew, and the contractors
knew that the contractors were facing big damage
claim for the loss of SulZbergers goods that might
run up to three quarters of million dollars
And one day Sulzberger came out into the OPEN
I'm coming down to you" he announced to the
head contractor
He came, and the contractor saw him In person.
What do you want?" he asked of Sulsberger.
Sulzberger smiled. I'm dollars, he returned,
nothing"
The big contractor opened his eyes. What then?"
he queried.
Listen" said Sulzberger. and leaning over ne put
his hands on the knees of the contractor and told
him his plan.
At the end of the conference the big contractor
nodded his head "rn see what can do" he prom
ised
And week after week Napoleon Sulzberger looked
down into the of the paper to find the Sub
way Changes"
One day he turned to Miriam. Tomorrow, he
announced, 81 begin to stock up my New Big Store
ON wind"
Napoleon Sulzberger and his wife boarded the Sec
ond Avenue subway train at the Bridge and went up
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matter" said Napoleon. He got the choice position
next day, himself through himself, the proprietor
and advertising agent of the Big Store. Napoleon
always got his rake-off, and always asked for it.
Now" he told his favorite papers, which meant all
the newspapers in New York. and good many out
of it, lust it is. No mistakes, and no delays. 1t
goes Just 1t Is"
The I'D was to appear Sunday morning. BY Thurs
day night 1t had been all set up everywhere and by
Friday night possibly 1t had been actually printed
on the sheets that to come out Sunday.
It was Friday night that Napoleon strolled down
after supper long after supper, to look at his new
store and to look at the subway that wasn't
a subway corner. And he continued down toward
his old Big Store stocked to the chmneys with goods
that would set the public crazy Monday morning
Suddenly he stopped and shivered
whats that?" he gasped What it? Some
shuddering noise, as of a snowsde Something
strange uncanny. Then he looked behind him. Then
he yelled at the top of his voice and ran.
Look QUIT" he cried Look Quit" For he had
seen vision as of foundations giving way of roofs
tumbling in of walls bullying out caving in. break
ing into fragments. There had been sound like
thunder huge cloud of dust, and he was running,
running into safety Look out!" he cried to pass
ers-by Look QUIT" He was half a mile away and
in dark side street before he knew that he safe
Then he crawed back The crowd was there by this
time and Second Avenue was choked up. With what?
People? No. Debris
Something had happened. The people were wild.
Gongs rang Ambulances appeared on the scene
though no one was actually hurt But the havoc was
tremendous
What is it?" he queried the outside of the
crowd.
No one answered him. Then he saw curling up
above big mound of ruins tongue OF flame. In
another instant there cloud of smoke, and
furnace Of fire beched forth. Then he came to his
senses.
"Its Sulzberger's" he heard some one say The
cry went through the crowd: "Its Sulzberger's Big
Store!"
1.-THE subway" The crowd was taking up this cry
now 1.-THE subway has caved I'M! For the first time
Sulzberger saw 1t ALL The subway running as 1t did,
in front Of and under his old big store had caved in
under the weight of the big building Its walls had
not been properly strengthened, some engineer had
been at fault and Sulzbergers Big Store had dropped
into the subway and was afre.
Somebody's got to pay for this!" Sulzberger as
sured himself when the whole truth dawned upon
him. He ran home fast as his trembling legs
would carry him and told Miriam about It.
Miriam hit the nail upon the head. How much
will they have to pay?" She was all business. They
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town. The new subway, completed six months be-
FORE had become wonderfully popular. The train was
crowded to the limit The crowd hung onto the straps
and surged and swayed good-naturedy, as is the way
with New Workers in and out. of rush hours.
Where can they be going?" asked Miriam.
"Huh-umph street." yelled the guard And the
train came to stop, the tnkle of the bell echoed
from car to car and the motorman swung his lever
again
Suddenly the guard broke out again. Hay-no-
humph street." he announced once more. The crowd
swayed toward the door This station was different
from the rest Far to the right the wide en-
trance of a well-lighted basement of a store
Hay-ho-humph street." repeated the guard and
stopped Then in stentorian voice that might be
heard for half sulzbergers" cried the guard,
as plain as day. "Sulzberger's"
This is our corner" said Sulzberger to his wife.
And they passed out with the crowd.
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know what is to be done by these subway engineers
and what they have planned. l have the knowledge
just little knowledge"
"A dangerous thing" his young wife quoted
Sure" answered Napoleon decisveiy this little
knowledge Is dangerous but not for Suzbergers Big
Store. No. Dangerous for others You watch out
You'll see. Think of 1t! Nobody even knows that
there is to be a Second Avenue Subway. Oh, talk.
talk talk? Yes. And prices have gone up OF Second
Avenue real estate. Sure. But nothing certain But
look When the old subway built. people didn't
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know-they did not know, how it would go. Would
1t be success? Should 1t be a failure. Helm? No
body could say. But now when they know. Why. all
the world will buy up Second Avenue"
With his finger Napoleon drew his rough map on
the counterpane and placed his hand fat upon por
tion of it. Napoleon Suzberger." he concluded.
shall buy this here block by this here subway sta
ton, for this here new Big Store"
Next day Sulzberger went two blocks north. to look
over the ground. Yes 1t all right. There was
The cross-town horse-car line That the logical
place. the only place for the subway station For ten
blocks north and south there no other place.
II shall buy this block" he whispered to himself
He unused as he stood there the corner. The de-
velopment in rapid transit reminded him OF his own
career. He had begun not many years ago, selling
soed cloaks at Schiffein's little stand along the
horse-car line He and Miriam had lived in one room
Then he had bought up little eight-foot wide cloak
store the avenue and there had been the Elevated
noisy numbering clumsy. thing that had to be- Just
as secondhand cloak-stores had to be. And when
the cables and the trolley-cars had come in on the
avenue, sulzberger had stepped into plate glass
front and had sold new goods.
And now he owned the Big Store-a big bunch Of
old buildings reprinted connected together In huge
mass added to- remodeled. strengthened, coaiesced.
Ugly 1t was but it Sulzbergers, where you could
buy anything from toothpick to a portable house.
"If this here subway only to me instead of
my going 10 tnlS mere SUBWAY! was nE udhy tuou6Ht
But there was no help for It, In week he had Sc
cured options the whole block two streets north.
He paid for them and he got long options.
But Sulzberger who had been haggling all his life.
didn't haggle now He wasn't buying real estate as
real estate: he was buying ground which the New
Big Store would stand, sucking into its open NAV the
tens Of thousands who would pass that way when
the Second Avenue Subway had become an, accom-
plished fact He secured his options. Their totals
staggered him. But he knew that there was but one
thing to do He must that block Otherwise
somebody else might build big store that corner.
Three months later he opened his newspaper one
morning and the blood rushed into his face as he
read headline:
SUBWAY FOR SECOND AVENUE"
Yes, the public had 1t 1t was every mans
secret And there rush for Second Avenue prop
erty. Sulzberger laughed in glee and that night
again stepped into his wife's room, and again found
her sitting up in bed.
II have been offered i've prices for my building on
that subway corner" he said.
"Then you should SELL"
Napoleon only laughed. "Who OFFERS do you think?
Yergmannl"
Miriam gasped. "Yergmann-of Fourth avenuel
"Ah! He. the biggest OF all, he would invade
this here Second Avenue he and his stores. Sure!"
IF he should pay ten prices" ventured Miriam
Napoleon Sulzherger snorted His blood rose in his
veins. IF he should pay twenty prices" he said
''he does not get it."
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knew about losses And she OWNED at that
the profits of their big moving sale had gone, to
return. eve ought not to lose dollar by this, she
said land yet
Then Napoleon shrieked at the top Of his thin
voice. Those ads!' he cried Those ads!"
''what?" queried Miriam.
We've got to stop EN-" he said, every of
'em If they see those prices in the paper they'll ap
praise our goods when it comes to the showdown.
at half their actual cost to if they those ads
Napoleon Suzberger stood for an instant motion
less. Then he sprang to the telephone and ordered
his big touring car.
"I'll stop every paper in New York City on those
ads he declared "Tll see the head men. They've
got to stop EN-. I'll pay EN- to stop 'em. l don't
care whether they've got 'em all printed not He
strobe to his desk. Miriam" he said here is the
out-of-town list. Call up every newspaper in Jer-
sey or anywhere, that's got Of those ads and
stop it, Stop It'll Understand"
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Napoleon sank into chair at the bedside. He
waved his hand expressively "Ah!" he exclaimed
wiping his brow, ''such times! Such champagne sup
pers! Such Coney Island entertainments Such tour
ing-car runs! You such things. Miriam. as
have been doing And money--t ran like water
like water"
Whose money!? gently asked his wife,
MY money" groaned Sulzberger. mime He
leaned back and was silent for an instant. Then,
with a finger his lips he rose, stepped to the door.
and shut and locked it.
81 got it," he whispered to his wife, the
room.
you got t." she repeated her eyes widening with
excitement mo. Never!"
81 got It, Miriam" he assured her again. He
smiled into her eyes, but he was smiling himself
AS he sat there seemed to him that every crisis in
his life had been attended by Mriam's sitting In
bed at night and hearing about it, He remembered
the first time, when he had bought old Schifleins
second hand place. years before, for seventyfve dol
lars 1t open stand the street: not store.
On that night as tonight he had come home late, to
the one room where he and Miriam had lived. and
Miriam with sleepy eyes and tousled hair sitting up
In bed, had been told about 1t.
Tell me-" Miriam insisting.
Napoleon seized piece of paper and placed 1t on
magazine upon his knee Once more he looked
steathy about the room. Then, with quick nervous
strokes, he sketched plan upon the paper.
"Ths is Second Avenue" he said; here is Suz-
berger's Big Store &c. And this he continued, sis
where 1T runs
1.-THE subway" exclaimed Miriam
His hand across her mouth in instant.
"Sh-h-h-h-h!" he Kissed "Such thing this cost
me dollars on dollars to get" He leaned and
whispered, still with his hand over his wfe's mouth
This here is the subway; the Second Avenue Sub
way Of New York"
Miriam brushed his hand away and placed finger
on the map. What should this be?" she inquired.
1.-THE station" he returned; "the subway station.
It's Just two blocks from the Big Store"
She groaned with disappointment. That there sta
ton should by the Big Store she protested plant
lively She was disappointed. But Napoleon Sulzber-
ger shook his head.
%You don't the point" he explained True.
there is the Big Store. and here is the staton-two
blocks apart That is not the point The point is,
that there are just six people in New York-in the
whole worldwide know about this here route and
these here stations. One of these six is you one is
me- three is chief engineers who would not let wild
horses tear this here thing from them This sixth
man is this here young engineer who has been doing
things-all such things be done by young
gneers on my money, every night Tor the last ten
days. SO. got 1t out of him. He showed me; he
showed good and hard and fast And know.
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Copyright. 1908, By Thomas H. Mckee.

Copyright, 1908, bv Thomas n. MCKEE.
NAPOLEON sULzBERGER of sulzberger's
~ Big Store, YEARLY climbed the steps OF
" the high stone stoop Of his Lexington
Avenue residence He entered and as
YEARLY assembled to the second floor
above. low light was burning in his
wife'u bedroom His wife sitting up in bed.
.'Napoleonl" she exclaimed gladly. Where have
you been these times?'
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-05-03
YESTERDAYS wINNERs

the two races IL which he recently rods
the hozse- -C-ielzet- Kelly did not get
OF any tuo wei with him yesterday,
and th- horse was cut on when Kelly
started 10 make his run along ths,
rail ~ the Tar turn. 20 which point
he had been lying IN behind the pace.
In spite OF losing several lengths
through that biz OF bad luck. Flittner
was able 10 join issue with the leaders
after slipping through on. the inside al
the head OF the stretch and easily
beat them 10 the wire The lightly
Weighted J. g Cleni. 10 which he waz
eonceding Is pounds. made a thrilling
stretch run and compelled Kelly q
hustle F1ittner out AT the end after Ne
had begun 70 take thinks easily. with
the belief that he had the race Won
Fiittner showed that he had plenty left
By drawing away from Glenn IN The
final strides. after that horse had got
uncomfortably close 70 him SO yards
from the wire Marster. thu second
choice OF the race. got on poorly and.
after being far back in the early staxAE
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-05-03
Clam Feast and Fun
for Yachfsmen

OAKLAND. May 2-oDening day for
the season of 1905. was celebrated BY
members OF the California yacht club
at the new location on Brooks island
In the upper bay tonight The anchor
age about the clubhouse was filed with
gay,y deckei yachts. whose owners
haze been spending much time recently
IN getting the vessels into tune for
coming events.
clans formed the base of very sub
staniisl repast served under the d.
Tection OF former Commodore George
IL Shaw. who in the opinion Of the
club members and their guests has
learned all there is to know about pre-
pairing the bivalves for human con-
sumption A feature CT the re9ast was
the reading of paper entitled why
the Clam Does not Talk Back by 4.
c. Byxbcc. Heavy contributions of
beans from Ventura county by Vice
Commodore Jack sherry added variety
70 the feast
Talent secured from the cities BY E.
s BroaGwater. F. Shay and Augustus
r r Brandes- committee on arrange
me1ts. furnished entertainment during
the evening
The trip was made from the West
Berkeley wharf. where the steamer
Victory had been engaged TO meet
members and their guests The re-
turn from the clubhouse was made in
time TO catch the last train for oak
land
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Continued on Page 80, Middle CoIuna {
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RuddiCk and Thorpe Are The Stars
of interSChOIaStC Meet
Marks Set by High School Boys
By r. ". Smyth

high Of their own
with the sturdy youngsters from throughout the Yesterday
they competition the third ofthe Stan
ford nechoatc athletic the splendid
Stanford Meyer OF Lowell
and Rbone Of Berkeley high school the only capture
first places the former winning the quarter mile while
accounted for the broad Jump
The individual honors OF the day Ukiah
both hurdle and second the high jump. He
was competing in hurdle was his
part the shot put and thus lost chance he might have
the sticks being that OF any Of
the college He had escape from defeat in the low
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-05-03
Seals Finally Take Brace and Give The Heavy
Hitting Beavers Decisive 10 TO 3 Beating
BIZ w. ]. SIaffery

For the first time this week the Seals
hung one on the Beavers al the yaien-
cia street lot yesterday afternoon. The
score was 10 10 5. and the Portland
contingent or q portion OF II. played
such sloppy ball that the Seals simply
were compelled to win. Though every
victorE counts. and yesterdays figures
with the others. i can not be put down
as q c-editabie one. for the game did
not know a live moment Wild pitch
ing and heavy. chcpry wird robbed it
Of any interest 70 the fans.
McCredie made the mistake Of put
ting Busher Bloomfield 10 work just
when his team was rounding into WIN
ming form The young man was very
bad. indeed. and the Seals put the roll
ers under him for fair in the fourth in
ming. when he retired under an ava
lanche OF hits and bases on balls. AID.
made way for Pernoil. whose reception
was quite as rough s5cd-
The work OF the slender Nj Henley
on the Seal slab was not SO high class
as to shine out brightly. either. He
contracted that old nebi; OF walking
men with the bags crowded. and in the
third inning he issued transportation
to Ryan. Danzig and Bassey in row.
forcing in Casey and Bloomfield and
tying up the score
SEALS PILE Up Runs
However. the seals were rot to be
stopped BY the busher. and IN their half
OF the. same round they swung IN with
a pair After Hide hed singled and
Meichoir had drawn another pass Zei-
der lifted a high nv 70 left The wind
carried the hall away from Basssy- and
il went for two sacks and put both
runners over the hurdles. giving the
Seals q lead of two.
The run that the Beavers grabbed Of
in the fourth spasm only spurred. the
home team on TO go in and gather in
plenty during the same period. McArile
waited fo- q pass. was sacrificed along
By Berry and landed when HENLEY
soused the sphere safely into left
Hildebrand also got lis walk and
Bloomfield vas quickly walked to the
bench TO make way for PernoiI
The Tom si.arkey like south curve
shooters soup bone was not. at all
warmed I'd and he tossed up a soft one.
which Nick Williams slammed against
the right field fence. sending in HenIey
and Hiidebrand ahead of him Piper.
who had previously worked Pernoll for
a walk. arrived after Melchoir laid
down the bah on the first base line
This little rally Melted four runs and
put the Seals on velvet with eight in
all.
IN the fifth and eighth san FRANCISCO
again touched ND the benders of the
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scuthpaw for two more. runs. which
were aided by a couple Of errors and
the inevitable bases on halls which
were SO popular with all three pitchers
during the afternoon. Portland evil
IDENTIFY figured that the game was in.
for not one of the boys ip blue showed
any speed with the stick after they had
put their third run over in the third
inning.
Just as soon as his team forged into
the lead Henley seemed to regain his
confidence and from the third inning
on be pitched shutout ball The entire
team incidentally took a brace and tore
OF the sort of STUFF that marked their
work when they were leading the
league few days ago. The only error
charged agains.sssem was a dropped
fIy by Piper IA the center garden. and
this was hard chance.
Tie Tvizo blew so ferccIy that 1t was
nexs TO Impossible for the oushelders 10
Judge high ilIes The crowd was rather
small for half holiday and it is likely
that most OF the regulars took the
weathermar,s tip and remained home
by the fireside. Those. VINO dsd were
lucky. indeed