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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-12
SHERWOOD SUICIDES
FORMER DEPUTY SHERIFF oI
 BULLOcK COUNTY.
Mr. Sherwood shot Himself Through the Head, UsfnK Revolver, and Death Was AImost In-
 stnntnneous.

Union Springs. Dec. l1--(special.)-- Dick Sherwood. former deputy sherift of this county. s1nt it;ii instasI.ly killed himself early this morning.
 He shot himself through the head with a revolver, He leaves a wife and four children. MT. Sherwood was an uncle of sx-ssheriff Guy Ritch and for the past two years has besu en- gagged in farming about three miles north of Union Spfass.
 No cause Is assigned for his rash act except t9at he has been drinking and was despondent.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-12
ANTI-CONVIcT LEASING.

New Law VIII Take Effect In MiAsis-
 slppA January list.
 Birmingham, Dec. 11.-A special from Jackson, Miss, says:
 In twenty counties of the Stste the new anti-oonvict leasing bill will take effect on the 1st of January, follow ing the expiration of existing contracts $ and this method of working county prisoners will then beco ne q thing of the past in Mississippi. The antI-leas- ing bill was passed at the las. session of the Legislature by a vsfy large n a. jority and received the prompt ap- proval of Governor Noel. The con- victs are to be used on roads and on farms.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-12

Assistant State Mine Inspector EdEasd Flynn has returned from Braehead mines, in Bibb county, where he went to investigate the accident which caused the death this week of Archie Kemp, a negro miner. It seems that Kemp had made a shot and had failed to put in timber toy hold up the roof When the miner went back into tine room he was caught under a lot Of falling rock and his life was crushed rY.t
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-12
COACH POLLARD HURT.
TuscaIOOsa Man Goes to Boston For
 Treatment.

TWAC1400@A A&AM WOEE tW hOBlOM For
 Treatment.
 Birmingham, Dec. t1-Dr. J. ". II Pollard. coach of the football and base ball teams and physical director of the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa. one of the most prominent Southern coaches. has gone to Boston to be treat ed by specialist in the hope of pre- venting blood poisoning in an Injured finger
 It was an old injury and recently Dr. Pollard hurt 1t again. Mrs. Pollard has accompanied her husband to Boston.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-12
COUPLE ELoPED.

Young Girl Of HeadIand Weds Pros-
 porous Farmer.
 Headland. Dec. 1.--(special.)-M L. Yonce of Kincy. Ala, and Miss Lovie Livingston of this place. eloped today and were married.
 Mir. Yonce is a son of Mir. William Yonce, a well-to-do-farmer of Kency. Miss Livingston is q daughter Of Mir A. J. Livingston of this place. and 8 well-to-do farmer and capitalist. The Sunday schools here have agreed to all go together in Christmas tree on the 24th of December.
 A nice program has beeR arranged faS tho n0aAslon.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-12
sLAYERs OF MIR. DRAKE.
Taylor and Williams Go To woek in
 Coal Mines.

Birmingham. Dec. 1I.--(Special)- Charles Taylor and Shed Williams. two of the negroes tried and convicted for the murder Of former Sheriff Drak e., of Hale county. and who were rushed to Birmingham for safe keeping after life sentences were imposed. were talk en to Flat Top mines today to begin their sentences.
 The negroes are good specimens of men, and will In a short while, 1t is believed, make good coal diggers.
 Ed Howard and Joe McDaniel the other two negroes convicted and given a death sentence fer the same murder, are held here far safe keeping uatil the date set for tie execution.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-12
BARRIOs WILL RECOVER.

TvnvrOvement in Condition of GuRts-
 malan Minister.
 Washington, Dec. 11-Senor Don Juan Barrios. Guetenalan Minister of For eiRn Affairs, who was seriously injured in an automobile accident Tuesday, was considerably improved today and the physicians state that his recovery Is probable. tS ai ..4A&aAA
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-12
Why is Sugar sweeeY

If sugar did not dissolve in the mouth you could not taste the sweet. GROVES TASTE LESS CHILL TONIC is as strong as the strongest bitter tonic, but you do not taste the bitter because the ingredients do not dissolve in the mouth, but do dissolve read 1SoS for orown neonIs as Sor cbiiarsn 1s rSs First and Original Tasteless Chill Tonic.
 The Standard for 90 years. Soc -2
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-12
NEWS OF THONHAsTON.
wOOdmen of World Meet and Elect Of-
 ncera.


 Thomaston, Dec. 11.-(Special. )-- The Thomaston Camp, Woodmen of the World. elected officers last night R. O. Mosley. c. C.; E. M. Kelly, V. O.; F. M. Smart. Banker: J. E. Parker, Clerk; J, D. Cunningham. Escort: W. W. Parker. Sentinel: H. G. Byrd, Guard; pr. A. S. Frasier. Camp Phy- slcian: J. A. Buck. Frank Donald. Managers.
 Capt. R. V. Kelly of Ensley has been spending a short while with his son Professor Kelly.
 Work on the County High School is moving along. The walls are finished to the second story.
 Miss Lucie Thomas and Jack Thom- as are recent additions to the enroll ment of the County High School.
 The Forster Meigs Hardware Com pany, having been adjudged insolvent, has closed it's doors temporarily. Mir. Fowlkes of Selma has been appointed receiver.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-12
OFFICER SHOOTS NEGRO.
Waiter Benson is Fatally Injured at
 Pratt City.

Pratt City.
 Birmingham. Dec. 11.-(speciaL)- Patrolman c. D. Brown. of the Pratt City police force. this afternoon shot and fatally injured Walter Benson, a negro.
 The negro was at the pound and was giving trouble when the officer arrested him on a charge of carrying concealed weapons. The negro at tempted to take the officer's pistol when the latter fired, sending four bullets into the negro's body.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-12
rrsH oYsrERs nrnArs.

FISH, OYSTERS, MEATS. Phone OF come to us and get best and freshest market affords. We sell only the best, deliver promptly, for low cash prices.
 CARROLL FISH & OYSTER co. Phone 1888. Monroe St.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-12

Negro Killed i'm Mine. Birmingham, Dec. 11.-(speciaL)-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-12
ASSAHS TRUSTEES
 OF ORPHANAGE
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voluntary sobs burst out here and there and the preachers joined in a hymn at the end of the farwell.
 The yNoumnsm eyogfeme
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1908-08-15

arms to the window. he whispered
over and over: And Gods blue sky
over all. oh, it is good! 1t is good"
Although the old man had been Ill
from a complication Of diseases for
some time, his condition was not
thought alarming, and with his re-
stored sight he seemed to gain in
creased strength and vitality. The
doctors who came to him pronounced
his sight perfect. and for two hours
he sat up reading the papers vita
zest born of five years Of darkness and
watched with unfailing delight and In
terest the passing of the clouds across
the sky outside the window.
Then suddenly he turned to tho
nurse and said quietly: II am very
tired" Hardly had the words left his
lips when he slipped back upon the
pillows, and before the nurse could
reach his side he was dead.
Two reasons are given for his death
one that the shock Of his regained
sight caused heart disease, and the
other that the power to see was
merely the final rally Of a dying man.
Mr.. Bailey was born In New York
state August 5, 1881. and was a
sailor during his early life. He then
came to this city, where he was pro-
prietor of little hotel. long since de-
'stroyed. but known at that time as
the Aston house.
The old man was great favorite at
the Masonic home. and the news OF
his restored sight soon reached the
inmates, who came with bated breath
to the infirmary after dinner to visit
him. They found him dead. In his
hands were still clutched the pictures
and books which he had begged for N
his great joy, but his face was turned
toward the square of sky visible
through the narrow window.
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eRIcE-cuTTiho.
In the End the Consumers Are Not
Ones Who Gain BENEFIT.

The average merchant is informed
As to the evils Of price cutting. He
knows Just where to draw the line,
just how far he dares go in lowering
quotations for the sake of drawing
trade. He realizes that even II the
principle Of using leaders" to attract
customers is permissible, It is limited
in its usefulness and exceedingly dan
gerous when overdone. Not only is 1t
apt to degenerate into indiscriminate
cutting Of prices. to lead to dissatisfac-
ton among customers. and has ten
dency toward giving a store cheap
reputation. but 1t Is inclined to arouse
suspicion among other merchants and
the people as we'll.
While the merchant Is SO thorough
ly grounded in the matter Of price-cut-
ting, the public has not been so gen.
orally educated. There are those who
exult when store managers are at war
believing that they may profit by the
losses of the competitors. 1t is just
the old fable of Aesop over again
the lion and the bear fight over the
prey until both are too much exhaust
ed to move. and then the sly fox comes
along and picks up the dainty and
bears 1t away to eat at his leisure.
The public rejoices over the price
cutting campaigns. 1t profits by them,
and on account Of the fact that 1t
has been taught to consider prices
only, 1t feels justified in taking every
advantage offered 1t.
The store which starts a campaign
of price reduction and bellows and
roars and screams for the sake Of
drawing custom. will either go under.
because 1t has been foolish or be-
cause 1t has made up its mind to de-
fraud its creditors, or else 1t sells
goods which are far lower in merit
and true value than 1t pretends.
The public loses. but 1t does not
realize it. II store fails to pay its
creditors. the wholesalers and manu-.
facturers must make their losses good
in some way. II the store seeks to
foist inferior goods upon the public
at a lower price. the public gets what
1t pays for. no doubt. but believes
that 1t has been cheated and robbed.
and comes to have a low opinion OF
merchants as a whole. The whole
trouble lies in the fact that the pub
lie. instead of being prey to the
merchant, is really playing into the
hands of sharpers while seeking, too
often. to get the best of the mer.
chants.
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Seek to Attract Attention.

There are many ways In which the
average retailer can get up cheap
though efectual advertisement. An
advertisement recently put out by a
local concern was cheap one in so far
as the expense of preparing and circu-
lating 1t was concerned. The fact that
1t was a novel one, and one which
brought the subject matter to the very
door Of the consumer made 1t q good
one. It was the advertisement Of
dye and cleaning concern. The
proprietor Of the concern seemed to
be the owner OF a very pretty Spitz
dog. He advertised his business
through the medium Of this dog. One
day he would be red dog. another
day he would wear a coat Of green.
and SO on for the various days of
the wS~k. The odd colors attracted
the attention Of all at once and in
many cases awakened sympathy. The
dog. as II jealous about his masters
business, had become q perfect rover.
SO the advertisement was seen about
the town whenever the canine donned
. new coat. This is somewhat
after the idea employed by the man
agement Of 4 large sewing machine
company that uses greyhourds TO al
vantage.
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MONKEY DRIVES GIRL INSANE.
Organ Grinder Throws Simian Into
Young Woman's Face.

Peoria, Ill.-Driven insane by fear
of monkey thrown at her by Guisep-
pc Cansone. an Italian organ grinder.
Miss Minnie Reesor. aged IS years. 10
Sanger street, this city. lies at home
bereft of reason and prey to the
most piteous paroxysms Of terror.
Miss Reesor had gone into the street
with others to witness the antics Of
the monkey which Cansone held by
chain as he turned the handle of the
organ. He became angry because his
hearers refused to give pennies to tho
begging simian and he hurled the
monkey with all his might into the
crowd. The animal hit Miss Reesor
full in the face and she fell In faint.
On regaining consciousness she was
bereft of reason. Physicians have rec
commended that she be taken to an
asylum for treatment.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1908-08-15
SUFFERS FOR DAYS
ON BURNING SANDS
TWO WHITE MEN HAVE TERRIBLE
EXPERIENCE IN SOUTH
AFRICAN DESERT.
STOCK OF WATER GIVES OUT
Oxen Collapse When stiII Fifty Miles
from Destination and Travellers
Try to Complete Journey
on Foot.

kondon.-Two Vryburg men. Sidney
Smith, = well-known local farmer, and
j. N. Brymer have had terrible ex-
perience In the Kalahari desert, where
they were three days under q blazing
sun with neither food nor water and
hardly came through alive.
They left home together In a Cape
cart drawn by six oxen to visit George
Lennox. of Kingstown. a farm some
distance into the desert. The travel
ers were mainly relying for their
water supply on the trammas. a spe-
cies Of wild melon which grows album
dainty on the sand dunes and con-
serves its water for months. but they
faund to their dismay that these had
all been consumed by the flocks and
herds Of the nomadic natives Of the
Kalahari. The meager stock Of water
they had brought with them soon gave
out. and after trekking for two days
without drink the oxen collapsed.
The travellers were still about SO miles
from their destination.
Abandoning the cart and oxen they
determined to make the rest of the
journey on foot. Eight miles tramp
through the heavy sand reduced Mr..
Brymer to a state Of exhaustion, and
leaving him behind Mr.. Smith toiled
on with his native servant in the teeth
of scorching wind to attempt to
make the nearest water. Mr.. Lemons
farm. which was his only hope. In six
hours he had become quite deaf, one
eye was almost blind. his tongue had
shriveled up and his palate and lips
were coated with a thick skin. He
had left Brymer at $3.50 at night. At
dawn next morning his Kafnr boy
threw up the sponge, and sad at heart
Smith had to push on with his collie
dog as his only companion.
An hour or two later he was over
taken by two young Transvaalers.
Messrs. Gerber and LIE Roux, on horse.
back. They had lost horse and q
muls from thirst not far from the
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1908-08-15
Chinese salt Tag.

In China the salt tax is q govern
rent monoroly. II IL one Of the prin-
-re7-es Of the empire. yielding
ah-rt 80 0no, 600 a year.
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KEEPING UP-To.oATE.
Pertinent Suggestions to storeksspsrs
As to Doing Business Rightly.

Greatest successes In the retail
field. have been made by men who
have employed system In all branches
of their business. Men Of Anticipated
methods who have made successes
would have made more money had
they been systematic in their bust
ness. Upto.date methods of book
keeping, q system for checking over
goods as they arrive and as they go
out when the orders are filled are most
essential. Stock should be kept In
such way that the merchant does
not have to waste considerable time
before being able to know whether
he has any need of any line to I'LL
stocks.
One excellent way in which the
country merchant can keep his ideas
up-to-date is by spending day or
two each year in visiting the large
cities and studying the methods en-
ployed by the firms engaged in his
line of business. A day of occasion
ally in some strange town where q
study of windows and store interiors
and methods may be made is more
than helpful.
In the home town one can never get
away from the practices Of his fellow
tradesmen, unless he benefits by ex-
periences had elsewhere. In strange
place. we are Of the gazing crowd.
and we see things from different
point of view than when at home.
Some 'ticism may point out .
-
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REGAIMS HIS SIGHT
JUST BEFORE DEATH
BLIND INMATE OF MASONIC HOME
HAD LoNGEp FOR A glimpse
OF THE HEAVENS.

Cincinnati.-"I can see! Father. In
Heaven, l thank Thee"
The cry startled the nurses Of the
infirmary at the Masonic home. at
Broad and Ontario streets. 1t came
from Hezekiah T. Bailey, who for five
years had been totally blind, and had
been an inmate of the Masonic home
since last June.
Sitting up in his narrow hospital
bed. the old man. with an awed face.
described with delight the various
articles In the room. One by one he
mentioned the chairs. the table and
the medicine bottles, In their method
ical rows, and then, stretching out his
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1908-08-15

Muskogee, Okla.-Apparently sleep
ing with her eyes open. suffering NO
pain. but taking NO nourishment and
actually not sleeping as that word II
generally understood, the case of Miss
Dolly Smith. IS years old, has banned
local physicians. She complained Of
feeling dizzy a week ago. and. falling
on her bed. has not been able to move
since. She lapses into unconscious
ness and appears to be dead.
The attending physicians have re-
sorted to the old-time method Of bleed
Ing, but no change in her condition 10
perceptible.
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point where Mr.. Brymer had been left
lying on the weld. They had found
Brymer still alive, but having no
water themselves were unable to help,
and had pushed on for the farm. LIE
Roux was in a state of collapse from
thirst, having to be held on his horse
by Gerber The two mounted men
went on ahead, promising to send back
help to Smith and the others.
When still a long distance from Mr..
Lennox's farm Mr.. Smith met some
Damara women refugees from German
Southwest Africa, carrying water in
1t may seem, these inhuman people
absolutely refused 70 give Mr.. Smith
either water or assistance. Eventual
" he managed to obtain a small cup
full by force, but he was too exhausted
to struggle for more. At this point his
fine collie lay down and afterward sue
cumbed to thirst.
Slightly invigorated by his meager
refreshment, Mr.. Smith toiled ON. The
sun was now high overhead and the
heat intense. He was following the
course Of an old river bed, and for
tunately was able to obtain some
slight shelter from few trees along
the course. His method was to dash
forward for couple of hundred yards
to It'd oarsst' tree and then lie down
to terate for the next effort. So
I'd "a to his task until at length
Esnnox's farm came in sight. Here
kiAd hands took him in charge and
tended him 30 well that after q few
hours he was able to talk nationally
and walk about.
Mr. HEM, Of the camel CORPS of the
Cape mounted police. who happened
to be at the farm with his camel, i'm
mediately saddled UP and set ous with
the most commendable diligence to
search for the poor fellows who had
been forced to remain in the desert
Thanks to Mr.. Henn's promptitude
and energy the lives Of Mr.. Brymer
and tho natives were saved, although
they were in the last stages Of exhaus-
,tion and presented . deplorable sight
vAsA they were brought in.
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Everything in nature 10 useful, .
said the philosopher. Even the beasts
Of the wilderness perform some ssrv-
Ice In the great scheme of things."
That's right" answered the man
who 10 not profound: III It were not
for the beasts Of the wilderness We
wouldn't have any zoo to % 70 o.
MISUNDERSTANDING.
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Loud and Lusty Advertising.

There can be seen every once In .
while the front Of some erstwhile dig
nified store plastered with flaming red
signs, announcing unheard-of bargains,
tremendous reductions. sensational,
disastrous. ruinous cuts In price, and
the rest Of the well-worn expressions
so common to the cheapest grade Of
stores. 1t seems that n merchant
is extremely apt to succumb to the
wiles of the man who believes in i'd
vertising through megaphone and
with q bucket of red paint. What man
has the most influence-the man with
the loudest voice? What friend gives
advice which Is heeded-the man with
the heaviest tone. who yells in your
ear and enforces 1t with crazy gestic-
ulations? Does the man who exag-
gerates extravagantly claim faith and
trust the most? Advertising il right
and proper, but advertising with such
methods is cheapening and harmful.
1t appeals to the senses in the wrong
way.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-01

CONTINUED on age three. ].
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-01

Howard shamefully! She was walk
ing slowly. her thoughts outstripping
her Grant feet but it seemed that
neither her thoughts nor her steps
were leading her toward the neglected
gentleman within. for presently she
found herself at the breezy veranda
door looking rather fixedly at the stars.
The stars, shining impartially upon
the just and the unjust, illuminated
the person of Siward, who sat alone,
rather Imply, one knee crossed above
the other. He looked up by chance
and, seeing her star gazing in the door
way, Strengthened out and rose to his
feet.
Aware of him apparently for the first
time, she stepped across the threshold,
meeting his advance halfway.
would you care to go down to the
rocks?" he asked. 1.-THE surf is ter
rife"
''No-I don't think | CARE
They stood listening a moment to the
stupendous roar.
"a storm somewhere at sea-" he
concluded.
''Is it very fine-the surf?"
every fine-and very relentless" he
laughed. 1T is an unfriendly crea-
ture, the sea, you know"
She had begun to move toward the
cliffs. He fell into step beside her.
They spoke little, word now and
then.
The perfume of the mounting sea sat
urated the nighe with wild fragrance
Dew lay heavy on the lawns. She
lifted her skirts enough to clear the
grass, needless that her silk shod feet
were now soaking. Then at the cliffs
edge, as she looked down into the
white fury of the surf. the stunning
crash of the ocean saluted her.
For long while they watched in ST
lence. Once she leaned a trifie too faI
over the starlit gulf and, recoiling, in
voluntarily steadied herself on his
arm.
81 suppose she said, "no swimmer
could endure that battering"
mot long,"
"Would there be no chance"
"Not one"
She bent farther outward, fascinat-
ed, stirred, by the splendid frenzy of
the breaker.
''I-think"- he began quietly; then
a firm hand fell over her left hand,
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LEGAL NOTICES
SsS;sENsNA;NSNsNSNsN:N xN3HsN2NEsS.

STATE of Elizabeth Prior. deceased.
Grant county-In Probate.
Notice is hereby given that at the special
term OF the County Court. to be held in and
city of Lancaster, in said county, on the
fourth Tuesday Tue! Of February A. D.. 1908. be
ing the 18th day OF February 1903. at the
lowing matter will be heard and consid-
cred.
The application of Ed. NJ. Lowry to ad
NIT to probate the paper purportino to he
the last will and testament of said deceased
and for letters teStamentarY thereon
Dated Jan. 22d. 1908.
By order of the Court
JAMES MCBRIEN
Register in Probate
Grant County, Wis
1St InS. Jan. rs; last Ins. Feb. 9Th.
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that outbreak Of Stephens means to
those whose families have been New
Workers since New York was. 1t is
Ominous, it is more than ominous. Ii
means that the master vice has seized
on one more Siward. But [ shall new.
er, never admit it to his mother"
The younger tgirl sat, wide eyed
silent The elders gaze was upon her,
but her thoughts, remote, conferred on
the hapless mother of such a son.
'Such indulgence was once fashion
able. Moderation is the present fash
ion Perhaps he will fall into line, -
said Mrs. Ferrall thOughtfuIIy. The
main thing is to keep him among peo-
pie, not to drop him. The gregariOuS
may be shamed, but if anything. any
incident happens to drive him outside
by himself, if he should become soil
tary. there's not chance in the world
for him. It's q pity l know ne meant
TO make himself the exception to the
rule-anC Iookl Already one carOuse
of his has landed him in the daily pa
persr'
Sylvia flushed and looked up. Grace,
may ! ask you a question:"
yes, child" she answered absently.
HAS it occurred to you that what
you have said about this boy touches