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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-31
IRON AND COAL MARKETS.
Steadily Improving Both as to De-
 nand and Quotafions.


 Chattanooga. Tenn. Aug. 3o.--In re- viewing conditions of the iron and coal markets The Tradesman says:
 Steadily improving, both as to de- rnand and quotations, the pig iron market conditions are most encourage ing in the Southern territory The producers are receiving a good inquiry for the product and many of the in quiries are resulting in business. Some inquiry has been received already for iron to be delivered during the first quarter of the year.
 Quotations in the South hover; be- tween sl2 and SIS per ton, number two foundry as the basis. A few sales for imm ediate delivery have been made at the SIS rate and some of the more prominent producers say that all in- dications point to the SIS rate being the minimum at no distant date. Tho present quotations in the Southern market $12 and better. is the best price that has prevailed since the great depression started in after the middle of last September. The inquiries that come in are from all sections The home consumption throughout the south is very strong and with the assistance of outside territory is re- pairing a steady on-slaught on accum- uIated stocks on the yards,
 Preparations are being made for a better output at the earliest possible moment Four blast iroa fureaces are ready for the torch when other condi- lions are settled. The producers are accepting all business and arc conf- . dent that they can be made at prom ised dates. Railroad facilities In all parts of this section are sufficient to meet any and all demands
 Railroad interests throughout the country are beginning to place orders for necessities such as cars, bridges rails. etc. and Southern producers in these commodities both iron and steel are getting their share of the busl- ness.
 In foundry and machine shop lines there is steady Improvement
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-31
News of Uniontoyyn.

Uniontown. Aug. 3o.-(Special.) )--Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Kelly and their nieces Misses Katie Spidel and Martha Neely, have returned from Asheville, N c.
 Col J. T. Russell. who spent the summer at witheville, Va. has got ten home.
 Mrs. Louise Mccorkle and children have gone to visit her father in North Carolina
 Mrs. c. P. Johnston. sr.. of New Orleans. has been visiting her son. c. P. Johnston. Jr.
 Mrs. A. c. Davidson, ST., and her granddaughters, Misses Adele Ellis Davidson and Adele Davidson, have re- turned from a visit to relatives in Birmingham,
 Mrs. J. E. Lister and Miss Annie Cunningham of Selma. are visiting friends here.
 Mir. A L. Morgan. who had spent several weeks at Utica. Miss. with her grand mother. Mrs. Lewis, returned home this week accompanied by Mrs. Lewis.
 Mrs J. A. Haynesworth and chii- dren are visiting In Atlanta.
 Mrs. R. M Siddons Mrs. Estelle Stol- lenwerck and Jack Stollenwerck have returned from their summers outing at Monteagle, Tenn.
 Miss Mary Thornton, of Mobile. is visiting her aunt. Mrs. J..J. Robert son. S5 1s
 orman Steele. returned to his old home in Entaw last week.
 Miss Benie Pitts has returned from a months visit in North Carolina.
 Miss Hamon Benton of Cuba Is here on a visit to her mother and sister.
 Prof. A. M. Spessard, Superintendent of the public schools, who spent the summer at Atlantic Citly, and with his father in Maryland. Is back at hts post of duty.
 Vivian Wilson, recent graduate of a business college In Montgomery has secured Q position as bookkeeper in Demopolis.
 Cotton has begun to come in here al a rapid rate.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-31
William F. Davis Dead.

Headland. Aug. 30.--(Speoial.) )-Wll- liam F. Davis, a prominent farmer and one of Henry county's best citi- gems, died at his home two miles from town last Friday and was buried here yesterday. He was about forty years of age and leaves a large family, oon- sisting of wife and nine children.
 Little Vassie Mack. the four year old daughter of Mir. and Mrs. Walter Knowles. died at the home of her graadfather, pr. Charles F. Sporman, of this place last Friday night and was buried here yesterday evening. She was sick only about four days.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-31
A Talented Young Minister.

During the absence from Selma ot Rev. E. W. Gamble. rector of St. Paula Episcopal Church. the pulpit of that church g being filled by Mir. Malcolm Lockhart, a son of Dr. and Mrs. R. P. Lockhart, of this city. MT. Lockhast filled the pulpit of the Episcopal Churer both morning and evening last Sunday and again today, and each service was attended by large congregations. who heard with closest attention the elo- quent and logical sermons which were delivered by this gifted young Selmian.
 Mir. Lockhart has been a student in the theological department of the Uni. versity at Sewanes for several years past and is considered one of the bright est and most capable young men that has ever attended the university. He has a brilliant future before him in the ministry as he Is an eloquent and gift ed speaker and is gifted with personal magnetism which draws and holds his congregation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-31
CANDIDATE NOMINATED.
Mass Meeting of Citizens of New De-
 cnfur.

cutur.
 Decatur, Aug. Especial. )---A mass convention of the citizens of New Decatur was held last night in the armory of Company E. Alabama Ma tionai Guards. In New Decatur, for the purpose of nominating candidates for the city offices of New Decatur to be filled by election on Sept. 2l.
 The following examinations were made: For Mayor, Samuel Blackwell and Edwin c. Payne; for Aldermen, J. Albert Thornhili, I. D. Sharp, John terson. John W. Hearst, J. E. Weaver, Dr. c. s. Chenault. John Hartung, Charles Hover. Jim Crow. S. T. Long, & L. Cook, B. w. Watson, S. G. For lines. pr. G. R. Sullivan and A. P. Johnson: for Marshal Charles K. Thomas. .r.
 Capt. Sam Blackwell. one of the nominees for Mayor. has been Mayor of the city for the past four years. Edwin c. Payne. the other nominee for Mayor. was Mayor of the city a few years ago. For some time past he has been one of the Aldermen of New Decatur.
 Five Aldermen are to be elected at the September election as well as a Mayor and Marshal. A new City Clerk will be elected by the City Council, as will also the new police officers.
 The race for Mayor between Captain Sam Blackwell and Mir. Payne will be one of the most exciting that New Decatur has seen in many years. MT. Payne has been all along an anti-ad- ministration man. In the Council he favored the reduction of salaries long ago. but the remainder of the Board opposed him until a few months ago, when the salaries were reduced. Whoever may be elected Mayor this time will have difficult position to hold from the fact that the city's financial condition is at a lower ebb than 1t has been for many years. There are now more vacant store rooms In New Decatur than there have been for a number of years past.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-31
win Float Paving Bonas,

The City of Selma has made arrange ments with the four banks of the city for, the floating of the bonds for the paving of Broad and Water Strees. The amount of bonds which will be foated to pave these two streets will amount to about $S0,00o and they will be equal ly divided up and taken by the different banks.
 With the issuance of these bonds and their being sold nothing now stands in the way of paving these two principal streets of Selma. The work of paving 1t Is now believed will be started du- ring the next month. Both of the paw ing concerns to whom the contracts have been awarded are only awaiting the word from the city officials 10 begin the work and this necessary order will soon be given now.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-31
LOOKING FOR MURDERER.
Deuuty Sheriff From Mississippi Ar
 rfves in Mobile.


 Mobile, Aug. 30.-(Special )-Depu- ty Sheriff Meyer. of Perry county. Miss. is here tonight looking for Mich ael Magi, who is accused of numbering a Mrs. Newburn. With him Is l. w. Newburn a brother-in-law of the dead woman.
 According to the story of these men. MaRi and the woman were part of & fishing excursion. The two went to one side of the river and were lost sight of. When time came to return home, there were loud calls for the two without response. Later the body of the woman was found with her throat cut from ear to ear.
 It was known that Mrs. Newburn carried considerable money on her person but when the body was found there was not a cent In evidence.
 Prior to the arrival of the deputy sheriff here. telegrams addressed to chief of police Rondeau had been re- ceived giving a description of MaRi and asking for his apprehension. He is supposed to have arrived in this city last night.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-31
WANT THROUGHLIN
SELMA CITIZENS TO ACT ON
 SCHEDULES TODAY.
Mayor Atkins Desires Selma Trains Over Western Railroad to Con- neet at Montgomery With
 Eastern Trains.

Selma, Aug. -(special)-- question of the schedule of the night train from Montgomery and of the morning train from Selma to Mont gomery over the Western Railway Of Alabama, has not been settled yet
 The majority of the business men of the city want these two trains to connect with the fast trans-continental trains in Montgomery so that Selma will practically be on through line to and from the East. The matter of the few at the meeting of the Commer- cial and Industrial Association last Thursday night in asking the railroad not to make these connections is still being discussed by the business men,.
 Tomorrow some action will be taken to get the railroad officials not to abide by the decision of the small meeting of citizens of last Thursday night. The principal citizen who is contending for the through connections with the East ern trains Is Mayor V. B. Atkins. Mayor Atkins is progressive and is a1- ways looking out for the best Inter ests of the city and in his effort 10 get the officials of the Western Rail- way Of Alabama to give Selma the de- sired Eastern connections. he Is back ed by all of the progressive business men of Selma
 During the past few days, there has passed between President c. A. Wick ersham. of the Atlanta and West Point route and of the Western Railway of Alabama, and Mayor V. B. Atkins. . number of telegrams upon the question of the change of schedule. The last telegram from President Wickersham gives Selma until noon Monday to come to an agreement as to what schedule the city wants. If no ac- ton is taken or agreed upon by them, the sch edule will remain as it now Is and the Eastern connections will not be made.
 The citizens who are interested in getting the schedule changed so that the Eastern connections will be made by the road, will probably take some steps in the matter tomorrow morn ing. meeting will probably be held and the connections with the fast trains will no doubt be asked for and if the meeting is held and such a request is made the railroad will make the change. 4tsa ses 9 1st
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-31
The Law and Clothes.
London Answers.


 "Sumptuary" laws-that is. laws about clothes-have been unknown in this country for many years. Some of these old acts were very curious. In the reign of Henry VII 1t was enact ed that Duke should not be allow ed more than sixteen yards of cloth to make a suit, while a Knight had to be content with six and commoners with an even less amount irrespective of individual bulk
 E In 1854 another law forbade all be- low the rank of Aldermen to wear silk upon their hats, under a penalty of 10 pounds.
 Charles K, of France. was even bold enough to interfere with the at tire of the women of his realm. In l56i he forbade the ladies to use any bands of embroidery. stitchings, or hxings of silk, except only & border ing the width of finger. or at the most two borderings with chain stitchings."
 But the French King of three and half centuries age was after all not so rash as the Rumanian Minister of Public Instruction who recently is- corsets by any of the girls attending the Rumanian Government schools. The head mattresses were made re- sponsible for the carrying out of the rule, but the result has not been all that the Minister fondly hoped. The girls have set the edict at defiance, and they are, it is said, secretly back ed up by most of their teachers.
 In most countries there are laws forbidding women to so abroad in the streets attired in mems garments. At Ems and one or two other German health resorts the municipal authori4 ties have been waging war against long skirts and dresses with trains. The idea is that such garments sweep up dust and collect microbes. But like all others who have attempted to interfere with the vagaries of fem mine fashion. these city fathers have found their task thankless and not very successful.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-31
NEGRO IS KILLED.

Greensboro Aug. 30.-An unknown negro was run over and killed instant ly by the train from Akron yesterday. About two miles this side of Akron the engineer discovered the negro ly- ing on the track, when the engine was almost on him. He blew the whis- tie and the negro raised up, but laid himself down again.
 It was impossible to stop in time to save him. Nothing Is known of the man, and the engineer thinks the negro was either crazy or drunk.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-31
NEW TRUSTEES INSTALLED.

Decatur. Aug. 3O.-(Special. )-The e new county school trustees were in- stalled yesterday. They are, J. F. Davis. R. L. Garner. G. W. Peck and Pierce Patillo.
 After taking the oath of office. these trustees held a meeting and elected the following teachers for the new county high sch ool, which is now being built at Hartselle: Professor J. H. Riddle of HartSelle, principal, and Professor J. H. Barnard of Albertville, assistant. The salary of the principal will be SLIGO a year and of the as- sistant $500 a year. The school will open Oct. 5,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-31
FIRE IN COLUMBUS.
Columbus Manufacturinx COInpany
 Plant fa namaNea

Columbus, Miss, Aug. 30.-tSpecial.) ) Fire broke out in the plant of the Columbus Manufacturing Company in Columbus about II o'clock this morn ing, and the plant was considerably damaged before the flames were ex- tinguished.
 The alarm was turned in from the drug store of J. R. Laws, on South Fifth Avenue. and the firemen made a mistake and went to drug store which MT. Laws operates on Market Street The Are. therefore. had made good progress before they arrived upon the scene, and the loss will abount to about $500. but is fully covered by insurance. The factory is devoted to the nanufac- ture of patent back bands for mules and horses, and A. A. Breast/is the principal stockholder.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-31
OUTDOOR SPORTS,
There VIII Be Little Doing This
 Week.


 New York. Aug. 30.-The doinRs of the outdoor sporting world this week will be meagre, owing. to the fact that the majority of athletes will take the time between now and Labor Day to get themselves in prime condition for the multiplicity of events scheduled for the holiday.
 M. J. Ritchie and J. c. Parke. the British tennis experts. will arrive the latter part of the week to take part In the games to begin at Longwood, Mass. Sept. [. the winners of which will go to Australia to play for the cup now held In Australia.
 Beginning Tuesday and running through to Saturday, the attention of the yachtsmen will be centered on the events arranged by the Atlantic Yacht Club. Cups valued at $2,500 have been offered for the carnival.
 The running horses continue aF Sheepshead Bay this week, while inc Grand Circuit harness races will he held at Elkwood Park, near Long Branch, N. J.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-31
Fight in HuntnviIIe.

argument over a small subscription &C., count. M. B. Jennings. collector for Col Hers. Weekly, and Horace McLaurine. soda dispenser at cantrell and Young's. came to blows and Jennings got a brok- en jaw bone. MrLaurine is a local ann ateur boxer, but hes claims he did not intend to injure Jennings. Both men were arrested and discharged latAr.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-31
First Fall Meeting.

The first fall meeting of the Selma and Dallas County School Improve ment Association will be held Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock at the residence Street. During the summer this or- ganization of the women have held no meeting but with the meeting which will be held Tuesday they will inaugur- ate a vigorous campaign for the im- provements of the schools throughout the county and a full membership of the association has been urged to at tend the meeting.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-31
Critical.
New York Sun.

New York Sun
 Four artillerymen were looking around the picture gallery in the Metropolitan Musuem the other day but they did not seem particularly inter ested. When they got to Meissonier's "Friedla land-1807" two of them. one a sergeant. went close to the canvas and gazed intently at the Old Guard in the background.
 "rhose guys are carrying old fash toned Springfield rifles" was the only comment he made.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-31
HUNTSVILLE MAYoRALTY RAGE.
Last Candidate Announces and Entrie,
 Are Closed

Huntsville. Aug. 30-The entries for Mayor of Huntsville have been closed the last candidate to announce being Thomas W. Smith. for two terms Mayor preceding the election of R. Earl Smith
 MT. Smith Is running as the adminis- tration candidate. Both factions of city politics are now represented. R. L. O'Neal. editor of The Morning Mercury, being the candidate of the anti-admin- istration faction. Henry c. Pollard, for several terms Clerk of the City, has annouced as a candidate for President
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-31

of the City Council. At least two other men will run for this office also. Aldermen. The fight started later than usual but there is no prospect that 1t will be any less interesting than the biennial tits that the two factions ai- ways have.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-31
Purse snatcher Arrested.

Late Saturday night Deputy Sheriff B. F. Cherry arrested Walter Hicks on the charges of purse snatching and for using profane language in the presence of females. The negro was caught while he was stealing a hand kerchief from the apron pocket of an old negro woman who had all of the money she had tied up in the handker- chief. The negro will be tried be- fore Justice Gayle upon the two charges during this week.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-31
Al Rarn ou Ffre |,

The Fire Department was called to the residence of MT. G. K. Cothran on Lapsley Street at 1:30 o'clock this morning. The fire was in & barn in the rear yard of the premises and the blaze was quickly extinguished by the department. Considerable hay and fod. der was damaged by the fire.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-31
Funeral of Eugene yViIliams.

The funeral services Of the late Eugene Williams took place from his late residence, 1911 Lawrence Street this morning at 10 o'clock. The ser- vices were attended by a large con- course of friends of the deceased and of the sorrowing relatives. and who followed the remains to the cemetery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-31
NEW PASTOR CALLED.
BruudidGe Baptist Church Selects Rev.
 Thompson, of Ozark.

Thompson, of Ozark.
 Brundidge, Aug. 30-(Special )-The Baptist Church of Brundidge met in conference Sunday morning. after Sun day School for the purpose of calling a pastor for the ensuing year.
 Rev R. A J. Cumbie. who has served this church as pastor for the past four yeaxa, presented his resignation sever al months ago. and although ha is ono of the best pastors the church has ever
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-31
FRANKS OF MADMEN
QUEER PAsTIMEs AS SHOWN IN
 PARIS MUSEUM.
Opportunities Afforded to Escape from HaIlucfnntions Furnishes Many Ex- amples of Ingenuity Among the
 Insane.

One of the most interesting of the Paris museums is that of the insane. es- tablished by pr. Marie. head surgeon of the mems section of the asylum at villejuif. pr. Marie Is the physician who introduced the system by which the harmless iunitic and the idiot are separ- ated from the more violent types. and permitted to follow their harmless pur- suits in the belief that they are living at home in freedom.
 Under this system. says Harper's Weekly. the first task of the doctors and nurses Is to distract their patiants from the fixed idea" When gentle treatment. indulgence. and the required regime have reduced the patient to re- lative calmness. he is encouraged to make himself at home to act freely-if his impulses are harmless--and to do any kind of work that may please his fancy. As the result of this wise sys- tenn. most of Dr. Marie's patients fol- low some kind of trade. Men of artis- tic instinct model in clay, paint or carve wood. In study of lunacy. Dr. Marie declairs that his experiments have convinced him that one of the best ways of reconciling madman to captivity is to encourage in him the de- mind forgets its obsessing evil when intent on an aggreeable task.
 few years ago the first prize offer- ed by the Academy of Science fell to man confined in the madhouse at Char enton; at another time an engineer In the lunatic asylum at Ville5uif was sec- ond in the open competition for the de- sign of the Metropolitan Railway Sta- tion in Paris.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-31
The Wrong Sort Is Rampant In AIa-
 bama.

Piedmont Journal.
 Unionism is a good thing, conducted along fair participates and right lines. with the right men behind 1t but that kind of unionism which has for it's guiding spirit, the heighth of Iawless- ness, riot and violence. is a disgrace to It's constituents and a menace to civilization.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-31
Nature of Insane Art.

 tile. It is often melancholy. and almost always irrational. The chief defect is greater or less lack of perspective and proportion. For instance. an architect who has lost his reason often imagines that a house ought to be broader at the top than at the bottom.
 sense of art is often developed for the first time in the insane. Men who have never drawn line discover the artistic instinct as soon as they have been placed in confinement. But their work Is always similar to the attempts of primitive races. Thus an Apache" or thug" of Paris made sketch of his life as he understood 1t. He began mak ing a picture of the woman he had low ed. Then he remembered that before he met her he had lived In Africa. Africa made him think of palm trees and pyra- mids; and pyramids made him think of Napoleon. His picture was an extraor- dinary mixture of palm trees. negroes. pyramids, and Napoleon-invoking the centuries to encourage men to Kill one another.
 One of the patients an insane ex- physician, manufactures bludgeons used hatchets resembling the weapons used in phehistoric times As he is too violent to be trusted with any sharp instru- ment. he makes his tools by breaking one piece of flint against another, by rubbing two pieces together to wear them down to the required shape. Hav- ing shaped them to his intention, he fixes them in handles made Of pieces of Jasmine vine, or between. strips made from the soles of old shoes. Some of the ingenuity exhibited by the violent insane gives cause for grave anxiety. It is impossible to watch an ingenious lunatic so we'll that he will not pick up something at some time to shape into dangerous weapon. Some of the Harmless" cases demand surveillance by night and day.
 VaTrnahla TuvNmkf0nm.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-31
AIfu adFs
 Valuable Inventions.

Some of the inventions Of the Insane are of scientific value. A patient at Villejuif invented a "panification ma chine" by combining bottle. a plank. and shnail metallic tubes, to which he had fitted faucets. Having set up his machine, he produced loaves of bread the size of a mans head. The bread was good-so good that 1t was decid- ed to make the machine known. One day when it was in action the doctor suggested taking a photograph of it.. The inventor watched him as if petri- fled for a moment; then he fell upon the machine, wrenched 1t apart and trampled 1t underfoot. The invention an exceedingly useful one-was lost. because no one had seen him make it.. and no one dares to speak of it to him, To allude to 1t is to bring on furious attack