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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-05
ONE MAN IN A MILLION.
striking Case of Former
 NAT Who TolIea Twenty-Five

ss J LG8E1s
 A,r,.t. aa.. Especial )--James A. Bell. now of Portland. Oregon, native of Augusta, has demonstrated the Tact that he Is a man among few men m inc world. Twenty-Five years ago his fortunes and apparently every pros meet in life were ruined in the financial manic. He had been cashier and teller of The Commercial Bank and later stock and bond broker, handling large funds. In the latter circle he had par ticuiarly bright prospects. but when the financial crash came he was on the wrong side of the market He faiieo and his liabilities were between Soo,- 900 and S40000. He left Augusta pen niless in 1884 and nothing more was heard from him until 1890. James Bell was but a victim of circumstances, such as the world has known in ell its years and will know as long as if exists--but he was different from others In 1890 letter was received in Augusta, mailed from Portland, oregon, in which Bell stated that he had in those intervening years been striving to rebuild his wreckeo TOT tunes, and was then in a position to offer a compromise of 20 per cent to all his creditors. This was arranged, the compilation was effected. the mon ey paid and Bell discharged from all obligations.
 Since that time many of his credit ors have died believeing that Bell had settled with them, but in quiet way he had kept track, as well as he could, of every claim against him, and during the very recent past sums of money have been received here to the full amount due. after the payment of the 20 per cent settlement on each of the claims. In many instances the pay ment was made to widows and or- phaus. There stfll remained the claim, or originaH debt, for all the claims had been settled by agreement, and Bell was unable to locate that one man. In the past week. through the assistance of an intimate friend in Augusta that old claimant was lo- cated, the money sent to him, and now the announcement comes from Bells friend here that every penny lost to his creditors in Bells failure has been fully repaid, and he does not owe a man in the world. He Is president and active manager of a large wholesale fruit business in Port land, Oregon. and has established him. self in the minds of the people of his native home as one among many--an honest, upright man.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-05

mandamus. writ of mandamus granted. ANDERSON. T.
 The Empire Guano Company v. Jef- ferson Fertilizer Company, appeal from Jefferson Chancery Court Reversed and rendered.
 MCCLELLAN. J.
 .. F. B. Jackson V Birmingham Foundry and Machine Company. appeal from Birmingham City Court. Affirmed
 Tn the case of the Empire Guano company.A of Nashville, against the Jeff ferson Fertilizer Company, of Birm- inrham. the Supreme Court decided question which will protect the brand name of the product manufactured by inc first corporation. The erect of the decision yesterday is to reinstate an in- function which had been dissolved by the Jefferson Chancery Court. proh1b- ftinw the Alabama fertilizer manutact- urers from using the name, Empire. on sacks of fertilizer sold as 1t was deceptive and an infringement on tne rt~ht of the Tennessee corporation which claimed they had the name reg tstered with the Commissioner or AZ riculture of Alabama before u waS ever adopted by the Jefferson ferti- Iizer Company.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-05

election in November. 1908, and the first of october, 1909. when every su- perintendent will get an even start, VIII be filled by the present incumbents.
 This is regarded as an important ar- nouncement. It was the derire of the Department of Education that the om- cial information on this point be ob- tained as early as possible and Super intendent Gunnels yesterday succeeded in getting hold of advance sheets of the code containing the provisions wanted. ~
 The following letter sent out yes terday to county superintendents over the State explains the status of the off1ces:
 Montgomery, Feb. 2. 1908. To the County Superintendent! 8 This office has received an advanced sheet of part of the new code, and | give you below the two sections af- fecting the election and term of of- flee of the county superintendeuts:
 Section 1702--A county superinten- dent of education for each county after the first Monday in November, 1908, and every fourth year thereafter. and alll local. or special laws, in con flict herewith are expressly repealed. Section i703--The term of office of county superintendents shall commence on the first day of October next after their election, and shall hold ofice for four years and until their successors shall qualify and shall not be required to file their official bonds until fifteen days before the beginning of the term of office, and the terms of all county superintendents now in ofice are here by extended to the first day of October, 1909.
 By carefully reading the above sec tions. you win see that all county superintendents must be elected in Mo- vember, 1908. and that the terms Of all county superintendents begin in octo- Der, 1909.
 Yours very truly
 H. c. Gunnells.
 Superintendent of Education.
 When the new code committee
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-05
THE GRAND. Thursday Matinee sud Night. sSEawnfaF RPovwm.0

Thursday matinee and night The Grand will offer Buster Brown" . musical comedy that has withstood the crucial test of repeated presentation throughout the country. No better lit- tie chap. and no better known than R. r. Outcaults Buster has ever been given the fun-loving world. And yet all of the boys popularity must not be attributed to his own personality. for there is Tige. the sharer of Busters joys and sorrows and as Buster has grown, we have also Mary Jane." q trio that has never been surpassed in the realms of the cartoon. This sea son all new scenery and costumes have been provided, together with the latest and most popular songs and new mu. Sic. Jimmie Rosen will be seen in the character of Buster.
 Seat sale opens this morning for both performances. aov'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-05
CJT|CURA CURED MOTHER AND BABY
Southern Woman Suffered With
 itching, Burning Rash = Drove Her Nearly Crazy-Her Baby Had
 Sore on Neck, and Two Other Babies Had Skin Troubles Calls
CUTICURA 4 STAND-B
 THAT NEVER FAILS HER

"I just can't say enough for the Cutl- eura Remedies, can't Gnd words high enough to express my thanks t0 God for hearing of the wonderful remedies. My baby had c running gcre on hig neck and nothing that I did for it took effect until I used Cuticura. My faCa was nearly full of letter or some similar skin disease. It would itch and, after scratching, 1t burned so that I could hardly stand 1t. Two cakes of Cuti- cura Boap and box of Cuticura oint. Inent cured ne. Two years after it broke out on my hands and wrist. l cured it for a while, but 1t came again in the summer. Sometimes I would 20 nearly crazy for it itched 90 badly. | used ten dollars worth of so-called blood medicines which did no good at all, then went back to my old standby, that had never failed me. One set of Cuticura Soap, CutiouraA Ointment, and Cuticura Resolvent did the work. One set also cured my uncle'g baby whose head was . cake of sores, and know of another woman's baby who was in the same fix and nothing else did any good. l speak . word of praise for Cuticura whenever I see 6 case that needs it. Mrs. LiIlie Wilcher, TO Eleventh St. Chattanooga, Tenn, Feb. 10, 1907."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-05

brought out these two sections in their report and they were adopted at the last session of the Legislature. a com plicated situation was unraveied in the system of county superinteudents re8ardinR their election and terms of office. When Judge J. J.. Mayfeid. the official codfffer for the State, went to work on the acts of 1903. he found a wondrous lack of harmony in the general and special laws affecting the county superintendents of education. Some were construed as appointive, some holding office for two and some for four years. and many other un- even edges appeared in this phase of leEisiation then in effect.
 So Judge Mayfield set about the task of getting section or two sections which would establish uniformity in the matter of election of these officers and the tenures.s The sections quoted by the State Superintendent are those which were evolved by the codifier and were contained in the report of the code committee which sat in the recess of the Legislature last year, and were finally adopted by the sum- aner session of that body.
 It Is understood, of course, that such changes as these in the code win not go into effect until the volume has been printed and one thousand copies have been furnished to the Secretary of State This Is in accordance with the provision of the bill which was presented by the code committee to the Legislature with their report and was adopted.
 To illustrate the operation of the new sections. it is noted that the Montgomery Superintendent of Educa- tion. G. W. Covington. would be out of office on October 1 this year if he did not stand for reelection next No- vember and if the sections referred to But now he Is to be guaranteed an ex- tension of his term until October |. 1909, no matter who is elected as his successor in next November.
 All the superintendents will hold for four years beginning October l, 1909. and there Is to be a short crop of quo warranto proceedings and other scraps over these office in future.
 Another delight to superintendents of education in the counties Is the al- most certain increase in their compen- sation during the coming years. This will be due to the increase In their dis bursements under the generous appro- priations of the last Legislature. It is estimated that the average of their in- comes will be in the future on the ex- isting basis of disbursements as much as $i.000 per annum. This includes some officers at $5,0a0 or $6.D00 down to $500 for others.
 Appointments of the following trus- tees of the East Tallassee School Dis trict was announced by Superintendent of Education Harry c. GunneIs: 2. H. Stearns. They are to hold office for the two, years beginning January 16, 1908. Their terms expired on the latter date.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-05
OLD MAN PARDoNED
GOyERNOR's CLEMENCY FOR JAMES
 TATUM, OF AUFAUGA.
Has Served Five Years of Sentence for Murder of Neighb0r-BoaRd 0R
 PardOna Receives Ten
 Annnannhannn.

PaVdOna Receives Tea
 Applications.
 After serving i've years in the peni- tentiarv for murder in the first degree. of which he was convicted in January. 1903. James Tatum. an aged white man of Autauga County. was given pardon vesterday by Governor Conner. Tatum was under sentence to life imprison- mont.
 The crime of which Tatum was con- victed was shooting from ambush q white citizen of his neighborhood in, Autauga County, Louis Webb. The ev- idence on which he was convicted was of a circumstaarial nature. as thcre was no eyewitness to the tragedy.
 The dead body of Webb. when first discovered, was Tying on top of wag- on load of corn which he had hAan driving nome on the day of tlIe killing. 4 search was made for he testify that in their opinion the tracks leading from inc sceen of the murder were those of the convict who was par ,Ioned yesterday. The Governor states that since the trial. mitigating circum- stances have developed. The exact words of the Governor are as follows;
 Facts not brought out in the trial of this case show mitigating circum- stances. All the evidence was circum- stantial. The suffering has been great --conduct exemplary. can see no pood in keeping him in prison longer. I hereby pardon and restore his civil and political rights.
 Let pardon issue.
 "B. B. Conner. Governor"
 The State Board of Pardons met yes tarday just prior to the action of the Governor m granting the pardon to Tsfun. Recommendations we've made m about ten applications for clemency. hut not necessarily were they favor abia. The full Board was present, con- @Stina, of Attorney General AlexandeT M. C3arber, Chairman; Secretary of state Franks N. Julian and State Auditor ". w RrSudon. The Board adjourned to moot on February 2ss unless sooner dnsn ig 1atsr daeaaad on
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-05
CUTICURA OINTMENT
The WorId's 0reatese Skin Cure and purest and Sweetest of
 Emolll0nts.

Cutict1ra Ointment is one of the most st1cceaafIll curatiVes for torturing, dis figuring humors of the skin and scalp, including loss of hair, ever compounded, in proof of which Q single amounting with it, preceded by hot bath with Cuticura Soap, and followed by mild doses of Cuticura Pills. Is often sum cient to afford immediate relief in the most distressing forms of itching, burn Ing, and scaly humorg, eczemas, irrtta- and sleep, and point to q speedy euro when all else fails.
 Sold throuqhous the world. Potter prug and Chem. Corp, Sole Props, Bossons Mass.
 9E Post Ffoe. HcW co Cure eEin HuIAols
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-05
ORDER IS
 WORKED OUT All AnSuperintendents Must
 Be Elected. ss - CODE MAKES LARGE CHANGE Each County Will. Elect Next
 November. xsrp. Of omee Besi. october I, 1900, Pay Reli Of County ssperin- ts.as.t. wm De in
 creased.

Dug from the voluminous files of the Code Committee of the last Legisla- ture, the Department of Education yesterday gathered two sections of the code regarding future election and terms of ofIice of county superinten- dents of education, and State Superin- fendent Harry C. Gunnels immediately issued letter to all such officers in forming them that the offices will be filled by election on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in Novemb er They are to hold for four years begin h. with October 1, 1909.
 he interval between the time of
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-05
rWONE 2Ee

For Pompano, Mackerel, fresh and salt water Fish, Ane Oysters, plants and seleetsg Roe and Buck shaa, Poultry live and dressed.
 TATUM a ROBINSON.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-11
HOW HOUSEWIVES HELP THE
VACATION SEASON BURGLAR
Closely Drawn Shades and Doors Carelessy Loft Unlocked Make
Protection by the Police Difficult.

b- HB police will tell you that housekeepers are largely responsible Tor the
many burHaries which arc committed; hat in many cases unlocked
- doors and open windows invite intrusion, n that he ease with which
fhefts are committed does away with any hope OF securing the Offenders A
cae is cited where n omcsr has found the same open window lin the same
house we successive summers INK has rsmeded the carelsssnsss before notify
ing III absent tenants.
It is surprising that ths burgarls are so few when nAMs Of this kind are
offered as warnings I know that police officers prefer % have houses which
temporarily deserted left with the shades pulled up. 1t enables them tt
keep a closer watch on h premises Closely draws shades peak plainly of
a long absence, but wen after drsperis have been taken down thersi il M
surety that a place is untenanted. It is the custom in many homes to reduce
the worK Of daily life IN anthe-year-ronnd houses by removing hansings Of all
kinds and drapng tn furniture In cool linen or cotton covers
for lit seaso with, treasure In papers. plate and Jewery lying ready to the
n enough money found to repay n touble IF III thief It had been
ing for it did lot occur TIL after the visit of the thief H would have taken
that household goods are confscated, and even or these occasions they must
I have heard # a few cases OF this kind. but I know If only me. A rea-
fitted apartments to pay a visit to hsr parents. some W hundred miles away
She remained a month, and on her return found a deserted suite and a bill for
rent The janhor had received what purpored o be a request to allow three
expressmen to pack the goods and carry them away and to tender whatever
assistance might b e needed.
Being obnging, he actually assisted In covering valuable pieces and packing
small and fragile articles 1t VA an an-day job. for no haste was displayed
and such a successfuFo on that n o clue to men or goods was ever found. OF
course, the jantor was careless, FOR he should have been impressed by the fact
that TIN express teams bore nc names, says Betty Bfadeen. Had 10 been ordi
narny careful he would have taken the lar OF he company nj tried t
verify he order at the office before allowing valuable furnishings to be taker
away during the wners absence
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-11
COPYRIGHT REGULATIONS.
or of the Evening Star:

To the Editor of the Evening star:
What articles, outside of books and
music, are possible to copyright!
Please furnish particulars. C. FL. +.
[The articles specified by law as
proper subjects of copyright are:
Books, maps, charts, dramatic COM
positions, musical compositions, en-
cravings, cuts. prints, photographs,
Photographic negatives, chromos, ntho-
graphs, periodicals, paintings, draw
ings, statuary and models of designs
intended to be perfected as works OF
fine art. Any one wishing to secure a
copyright should send to the librarian
Of Congress for a blank application.
This must be filed out according to the
printed directions, which will be found
plainly given on the blank itself. A
printed or tyewritten copy of the title
of the article to be copyrighted must
accompany the application; in the case
of paintings. drawings, statuary or de-
signs, descriptions must be incloseo.
On or before the day of publication
two complete copies Of the book or
other article must be sent to the H.
brary of Congress to perfect the copy
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-11

delphian, all with their single
breasted coats open to the summer
breezes. Nobody has paid any at
tention to the fashion plate.
where then do the masculine
fashions originate? Well, 1steiy
they have burst full-blown from
the Harvard and Yale campuses;
the peg-top trousers started in
Paris, the box-back overcoat saw
the light in London, where clothes
DON'T ft--only hang. Fashions
spread entirely through initiation
ana reach their extreme through
exaggeratiom What the customer
orders the tailor makes. One man
in a makeup on Broadway that
strikes the mascuiihe fancy will see
it reproduced a hundred fold with
In a week.
Curious as it may be that a man
can never tell what a woman has
on he is never so unobservar1t Of
what a man has on. Ills eye IS as
sharp for a novelty in dress as It is
for a S. bill.
MEMS fashions sweep the coun-
try as swiftly as womep,s and with
scarcely any variation. Uniformity,
not diversity, is the ideal of the
Steiner sex. Instead of desiring a
costume singular and alone, he
wants 1t like everybody efse's.'
Whether this is due to his In
herent social nature or to fear
hasn't been developed"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-11

THPEADBARE ECONOMY NOT
ECONOMY IN THE LONG RUN
Ada LYNN Delivers a Little Preachment on the WISDOM Oh hs0'a'hs
Sbabbiness-- Same Old "Stitch in Time"
BY ADA LYNN.

n q snlendfd thing in its way, but 1t has often maae "s0o"
=. sao nracised il lot wisely but too we'll 80 many peopa
- aran ennv wise and pound foolish. A wonan WI wear q sM.
a.. us.,,,ross hos made it noticeable d think that se is sacr"N"s N"si
- ~. nho os saving the price Sof a new oe tut II her economy "as o1 IN
,hr,t smt she would have put a strong binding m thu BOTTOM WHEN !" n "'s""
- ,r.v ,ro,one;nr boht the life and the good appearance OF "e safheA"
rverv woman we it to herself to looks as good a possipe uuo0'
cunstance and. in spite of thu opinions of the few old losies "o Nc. "'
- :. -. count vou and I luo that they play an Important pat IN ].
s.-au.o, re e. Vic. 70 watch our wardrobe carefully, mendfng Inc hoes When
new N tiny If yu want to practise true economy. oe s
,nn.ake win thinks she saves by wearing raggy, shabby cotnes ne pruoeh
buvs when articles need replacing, always with ar y 10 We Wa""S
br purchase M III avs a good price knowing thai IT "n py ni IN us
II "a The falsest of economy to buy cheap things particularly ciones
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-11
Man Finds His Fashions In the Crou'd,
With Uniformity the Prevailing Note

by men who are not practical
t~ailors. and some of the patterns on
the plates you couldn't cut to save
your SOUL
'As an object of curiosity, the
fashion plate may be looked upon.
One season you study it attentively
and are informed by its immacu-
late pictorial representative that
double breasted coats are to pre-
vail, not only to prevail, but to
put any other kind of a sack
coat into outkr darkness. AS the
season advances you look for
the double-breasted coat. 1t does
not exist. The man from Boston
arrives, eiad as Of yore; likewise
tfse Hisn from the Crsat White
WaR. the Chicagoan and the PhiIA-
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-11

nY forays into the realm OF So
ID GEOLOGY one finds much that
is of interest. One of the lat
est discoveries is that fashion
plates. which are a terror to
persons who think that one of
the duties Of life is to follow
the styles, really serve no pur-
pose as guides to correct dressing.
Here Is a conclusion reached by a
writer in the st. Louis Globe
Democrat: "~Forty-fve st. Louis
tar IS assembled together speak
slightingIy Of the fashion plate. and
thereupon all man must rejoice. for
In years long since zone every man
has given up hope Of v 2 looking
like the fashionplate- Most Of the
plstss. says one tailor, are meas
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-11
LEADING ORATORS.

To the Editor of the Evening Star:
Will you please publish he names of
some of the principal orators Of the
last century in this country?
READER.
Edward Everett, 1794-1s65; Sergeant
Smith Prentiss. 1S0S-1S50; Rufus Choatc,
1799-1S59; Judah Philip Benjamin, 1911
1884; Charles Sumner, 1S11-1874; Stephen
Arnold Douglas, 1S13-1S61; Wendell
Phillips, 1S11-1SS<: William Henry
Seward, 1SO1-1S72; Robert Toombs, 1870
1885; Abraham Lincoln, 1So9-1Se5;
Henry Ward Beecher, 1S13-1SS7; Thad-
deus Stevens, 17s2-1S6s; Alexander
Hamilton Stephens, 1S12-1sSs, n
Henry Clay. 1777-1S52.-Ed.l
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-11
MAKING IT PLAIN.

Fare, please"
81 paid my fare
"If o paid your faro I wvu1dnS ba
here asking you for It."
"Oh, you're one Of those bright con
duotors who never make . mistake,
I'm bright enough to know yours
trying to beat the company"
"Yes?"
'"That's what I sai6''
"You run right along now. I wasn't
to finish this story in the paper about
the fight"
what fight is that?"
e "Why, a fresh conductor thought he'd
buildoze a passenger out Of a second
fare, and he got an awful t~hrashing."
"You can't bluff me-"
That's what the passenger said as
he handed out an uppercut."
Then you won't pay, chr
mot a second fare."s
"Say, when did you get on this es~4
anyway
About a week ago, It seems to me.
I got on at Beverley street"
"oh, o did. Maybe you a mem
ton a few things that happened to show
you got on away back there?"
Sure thing. AT Blank street four
people got on. ana you only rang up
three fares. AT James place you took
a quarter from a woman and blufred
her out of the change. At Nelson ave
nue. you collected six fares, but the
company win get only three. AZ Larly
street you"
But at this %tuncture tho conductor
seemed to have very important bust
ness On the back OF the car. At any
rate. he hurried back there, and for
the next twenty minutes he was as
frustrated as an old maid about to make
a leap year proposal.-Judge.