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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-01
MRS. PULLUM DEAD
WE'LL BELOVED RESIDENT DIED
 SUDDENLY.
Recovering from Serious Attack, She suffered a Helnpse--Was Daurhter of Gel. warren s.
 Reese.

Mrs. William Pullum, well known and deeply loved resident of Montgom- cry. died at o'clock yesterday aiter. noon at St. Margaret,s Hospital. she had been i'll for about two months ana had almost regained her strength sew eral weeks ago when she sunereo relapse which rendered her condition serious. Death. however. came unex- pcctsdly to her bedside and to her many friends the shock of the news was a severe one.
 Born In Montgomery Mrs. Pulium spent her girihood and married life In this city. She was a woman whose character compelled admiration and whose disposition impelled those who knew her to love her, An earnest Christian, kind and charitable, the en- tire community mourns her death.
 Mrs Pulium is survived by her hus- band, William Puiium. by her mother, Mrs. Warren Reese, ST., by a brother, Warren S. Reese, former United States District Attorney. all of Montgomery, and by one sister, Mrs. Minnie Reese Richardson. of Stratford, Conn. The sad intelligence of the death of her sister was dispatched last night to Mrs Richardson. but because of her delicate health she will he unable to attend the funeral. Mrs. Puilum was the daughter of tho late Col. Warren g. Reese. who served as Mayor of Montgomery.
 The services will be held from St. Johns Episcopal church at 4:s0 o'clock this afternoon, and the interment will be made in Oakwood cemetery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-01

ins. Misses Maude and Marjorie Allen of Montgomery, Ala, Miss Marion Hull received the girls prize, a paper doll house. Mir. Rhodes Haverty. the boys box of magic tricks, and Miss Maude Allen and MT. Burton Wyatt the girls the-box.--Atlanta Journal.
 Miss Dorothy Bullock has gone to shorters to spend several days with. relatives.
 Miss Bernice Bell has gone to Leto- hatchie to visit friends.
 Miss Adele Voc smith will entertain a number of friends at an auction party this. evening.
 MT. and Mrs. Charles e. Abercrom- bic have returned home after trip of a month, during which they visited New York, Thousand Islands and spent some time in various points In Cam ada.
 returned from delightful trip to Washington, Niagara. Brooklyn, New York and Upper Fairmont.
 Mir. Meyer s. Gerson returned from North Carolina yesterday after a stay of several weeks. Mrs. Gerson and children are at Biitmore, N. C.. for few weeks longer.
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 Miss Carrie Behr is expected home today from a pleasant visit to Chatta- nooga. where she visited Miss Reba Markstein. who Is popularly known in Montgomery.
 Mrs, J. L. Harris and children have returned from a trip to Tybee and stop-over with relatives at Ozark.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-01
THE ADVENTUROUS ENGINEER.
The Third Man in the Great Army q
 World ConQuerors.

Scrtbner's Magazine.
 In the order of conquest the contract ing engineer in but the third man on the spot---tirst the missionary; thsu the soldier; then the contracting engi- neer. After that come the ordinary mortals known as population. And only bv the previous efforts of these three and over their white bones can the worlds population and commerce pro- ceed.
 foot as a mere constitutional to sleep on the ground. to steer by the sun. to guess his altitude by the trees. to sense tho characteristics or the country ne Journeys in as a sportsman Judges horse. He must ride and swim Gin water or qulcksand, as the case may be) and not be afraid of high places or deep tunnels. He must explore treacherous rivers in an eggshell of a boat and not miss a single feature which he passes nor turn up missing himself He Is supposed to he able to get ashore somehow in safety when rolled out of a boat in the heavy breakers on an unknown coast
 1 have met moro than one of him who had fought cannibals: so that should, no doubt, be put down as one of his accomplishments too. And some times he has to recover from broken leg or feVer Witn noDody put sup erstitious Cholo woman for a nurse and a fragrant mud hut for hospital and goodness knows who for doctor.
 All the while he is roaming over and learning the old planet in its natural magnih cenee; he is studying how to make 1t, possibly not so magnificent. but vastly more convenient to live in. Where you sweep gracefully round the curve on the clin and hang for a mom- ent in mid-air on the great steel can- tilever and catch a flashing look at what the guidebook calls It's scenic marvel, you will be making far better time than the fellow who blasted out the curve and climbed by inches down one side of the gorge and up the other leaving a string of stone piers behind him: and for comfort and convenience you will be tremendously more fortu- nate, but you will never see the region as he saw 1t when he was hewing his way and your way through 1t. nor ever know 1t as he did when he lived in a little hut on the lodges and watched his army working and heard the faint noise of his machinery drifting down the weird. lonesome valley. with the thin smoke of his donkey boilers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-01
TO NAME CHAIRMAN
FOR THE EASTERN nEMoCRATIc
 CAMPAIGN.
John l.. TomIinson, Head of 3ureau of Club Organization, Names Chair- man on College Club Organ
 izations of CounfRy.

New York, Aug. y1--fn the quest for the manager of the Eastern Democratic campaign. consideration has narrowed itself down to two or three well known Democrats of the Hast, and it is DO. lieved that the appointment will be made known tomorrow. Mir. Mack mad nothing to say about the Eastern chair manship today.
 John L. Tomlinson, head of the bu- reau of Club Organization. leaves on Wednesday for Baltimore to arrange for the organization of Democratic clubs In Maryland. Mr. Tomliuson to- night made known the appointuent of Roger s Hoar. of Cambridge, Mass, aa chairman of the National Committee on College Club Organizations, which will include the following members;
 F. W. Brown, Jr.. secretary. Lincoln, Neb.: 10. W. Weston. South Carolina; II. Fl. Wallace. Athens. Ga. M ormond, Alabama; William W Roper. Pennsyi@ yania; A. A. Murphree, Florida; M. M. Nealy, West Virginia: Luke Lea. Ten- nessee; c. Irving Carey, Virginia; R. b. IL. Saner, Texas; Joshua W. Herring, Maryland; J. W. Swartz. Oklahoma, and Fred Johnson. Indianapolis. Ind.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-01
GENERAL MANAGER RAGLAND@
 TALKS OF STREET CARS
Returned from Ills Vacation He says the Service VIII be Improved Steadily.

General Manager W. H. Ragiand of the Montgomery Traction Company re- turned home last night from a vacation of three weeks and reports that dur ing that time has let business cares slide. It is the first vacation which the local street car magnate has taken in a number of years, and on leaving he determined to take no business cares with him.
 When asked about a reported dir ectors meeting of the Montgomery Traction Company held recently in Philadelphia, Mir. Ragland could give no information. He stated that he had heard of no such meeting. and that if such had really taken place he would not hear of it until he took up his duties again in his official capacity
 During Mir. Ragland's absence Mir. Vessels was left in charge for a cer- tain period. and during this time coTi- plete statistics were compiled showing the amount and class of travel on each of the lines in the city. With these statistics it is reported that vast im- provements will be shortly made upon the service all over the city.
 Upon this subject Mir. Ragiand had nothing to say with the exception that Montgomery was to have the best ser vice possible at all times.
 Recently several Improvements have been made upon the lines of the com pany. notably those on the Cloverdals line. The asphalting of this street nec- essitated the relaying of every foot of track on the line in concrete. The new steel tie. in place of the old wood is being tried, and promises to be 8 great success.
 The lines also on Montgomery street have been put into excellent shape caused by the laying of pavement on that thoroughfare. Other improve ments are rumored with persistency, but Manager Ragland had nothing to say yesterday, as he had been absent from his office for many weeks.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-01
DEBS CAMPAIGNING
MAKES SEVERAL SPEECHES FROM
 PLATFORM OF TRAIN.
Mr. Deba Made His First Principal Ad- dress at 0pera House in Daven-
 port, Iowa, Last Night.


 Davenport, Iowa. Aug. 31.-The So- cialist special train bearing Eugene V. pebs. candidate for the presidency on the Socialist ticket. James H. Brewer. Socialist candidate for Governor of Illinois and other prominent Socialists on trans-continental campaign tour arrived here this afternoon after days run from Chicago, interrupted by stops at Joliet. Ottawa and Spring Valley where Debs and Brewer made rear platform addresses. Tonight Mir. Debs made his first address at Turner opera house in this city. He said:
 '"The capitalist system has again broken down. Industry has again been partially paralyzed. millions of people are idle. The capitalists can no longer manage industry under the pres ent system. This is becoming so ap- parent that even the capitalists them selves are alarmed.
 "The panic of 1893 came under Democratic administration--the panic of 1907 under Republican administra- tion. There is today a larger number of unemployed than ever before in the history of the country President Yoa- kum of the Rock Island railroad sys- tenn has made a statement within the last week that 400. 900 railroad men. or one out of every four. are idle.
 This exists under the highest pro- tectivel tariff the country has ever known.
 "when we asked Mfr. Taft. Republi- can candidate. what the starving workers are to do. he was candid enough to say. God knows, implying that he does not know.
 MT Bryan has nothing to say on this extremely vital proposition Both the Democratic and Republican plat forms are silent on the burning ques- tion of the unemployed.
 '"rhe working class has entered the political arena this year with its own party upon its own platform which de- clares against the wage system and in favor of the social ownership of the modern machinery of production. so that all shall have an opportunity to work the year round--so that indus trial depression shall no longer doom millions to suffering and want in this land of fabulous abundance. so that thu workers may not only have work but leisure. that they may improve their minds. enlarge their vision and com prehension and live complete. whole some lives of really civilized human beings"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-01
MEET TRAGIC DEATH
THREE CARPENTERS FALL FROM A
 sGAFF0LD.
O'Hlniisyss Body Tore Threugh The skyIt@ht And Fell Te The stene
 Pavement On The Ground


 New York. Aug. si.---Thres carpen- ters working on a temporary seaffold suspended on wire cables under the dome of the old custom house build- ing on Wall street, now being remod- eied for the National City Bank. were hurled through the air to q skyiight eighty feet below, late today. when one of the supporting cables parted.
 Andrew OMaliey, twenty-seven years old. was dead when picked up. Charles Clark, thirty years old. died few minutes later. The third man. James Graham. thirty years old, re- ceived . fracture of the skull and in- ternel injuries and was taken to q hospital in a dying condition. o'Mai~' iey's body tore through the skyiight and fell to the stone pavement on the ground floor. eight stories below the scaffold. q distance of 12B feet The bodies of Graham and Clark struck the iron frame of the daylight and were caught there.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-01
GENERAL A. ?. STEWART'S
 BODY PASSED THROUGH CITY
Remains of the Distinguished Confed- crate Leader Were on the Way
 to St. Louis.

The body of General Alexander P. Stewart. who died in his home in Biloxi, Miss. Sunday morning. passed through Montgomery yesterday en route to St. Louis where they will be inferred. General Stewart was one of the last of the Lieutenant Generals of the Confederate army. Only one other. Gen. S. B. Buckner. survives.
 Because of the early hour at which the body reached Montgomery no of- fcial steps were taken by the local camp of veterans. The funeral ser vice will be held in St. Louis We'd nesday afternoon fin order to give vet erans wishing to attend the ceremony time to reach the place of interment.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-01
AmuSen1ents
Al The Majestic.


 Headed by a singer having two voices. a baritone and soprano. the Majestic Theatre this week presents a bill worthy of the patronage of Mont gomerians. Unquestionably. Miss Mont rose sings in admirable voice. and her songs is the feature of the bill, and yet there are numbers of excellence both before and after.
 Appearing first on darkened stage. that the audience may not see the face of the singer, Miss Montrose sings in admirable voice, and when the lights is amazed to hear the clear notes of a trained soprano.
 Gifted with two voices as Mss Mont to be expected that one voice will suf- fer in comparison with the other; yet quite the contrary Is true In Miss Montrose. In the first instance, the notes are as clear and as easily taken as la the latter instance. and last nights audience appreciated the sing ing by giving her the only spontaneous, genuine encore.
 Jack Anderson, baritone singer in his illustrated songs, opens the per- formance, singing several selections pleasing to the audience. Miss Mont rose follows, and the bill Is concluded with the sisters, Deliver and Rogers, in their latest songs and dances. Both dancing and singing of these sisters pleased.
 The bill is concluded with the moving pictures, which are always clear and di- verting.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-01
NEWS OF RECORD

The Dravo Contracting Company of New Jersey. yesterday notified the Secretary of State of change in the location of it's Alabama office from Tuscaloosa to Lock No. IA on the Black Warrior River and the agent deslg- mated thereat Is William H. Boyd.
 The following appointments were announced yesterday by the Cover nor;
 Justice of the Peace: R. D. But Ter, of Blount County.
 Notarles Public; c. O. Jsggars, of Cullman, and J. E. De Laney, Jr. of Tuscumbia.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-01
TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
Hugh Bates Defeats Chamberlain, ths
 Southern Star.

Cincinnati. Aug. s1--The second days play at the tenth annual tourna- ment of tho Tri-State Tennis Associa- ton furnished one surprise when Hugh Bates. of Cincinnati, defeated 1T. 8. Chamberlain, the Southern star from Chattanooga. 6-4. 6-1.
 The principal match of the day wal between R. s. Seaver. of Boston and 2 L. Lincoln of Cincinnati. which Saavef won. 6-1, 7-5.
 The feature of the day was the i.iatcil between Miss Ruth Kinsey and Miss Natalie Breed. in which Miss ninsey won the first set. 6-4 and lost the Sexf two, 1914. 7-5, thus making what Ia claimed to be the record in a woman's match of thirty games in one set.
 Quite a number of out of town players defaulted. Among them Being Cowan Rogers. Atlanta; R. M. Grant. Atlanta; Nat Thornton. Atlanta. and R- D. Little. New York.
 Nat Emerson defeated Raymond Marty of Cincinnati, so, e-1. and AL bert Cole. of Cincinnati. 6-i. s-4.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-01
WHEAT QUALITIES
MORE ExPosURE or so-cALLED
 ALAgFxA WHEAT.
Conamissioner wilkinsen Gets Another Letter From Washington Buresu Taking Mssk From Adver.
 tfaed Article.

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 As furnishing further evidence of the fake" character of some brands Of wheat now being extensively ad- vertised, Commissioner !. A. Wiikin- son, of the Department of Agriculture and Industries. yesterday made public another letter from B. T. Galloway. Chief of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Washington, D. c. This is In the na- ture of a retraction by the Saturday Evening Post of a certain article print ed In that periodical on the alleged virtues of the Alaska wheat. ' The correspondence follows: United States Department of Agricul-
 ture. Bureau of Plant Industry.
 Washington, D. C.. Aug. 3s, 1908. Hon. J. A. Wilkinson. Commissioner
 of Agriculture. Montgomery Ala
 hana.
 My Dear sir:---For your information I am handing you herewith copy of a printed slip just received from The Saturday Evening Post, retracting their statements relative to the so- called Alaska wheat. It is self explan- atory.
 Very truly yours.
 D. q. Galloway.
 Chief of Bureau.
 "A Miracle In wheat.s
 The Saturday Evening Post and many newspapers throughout the country have recently printed articles about wonderful new wheat which one Adams claims to be raising on his farm in Idaho. If the claims for this wheat were true 1t would revolutionize farming the world over. but, so far as further investigation can bring out, they are not true. The Saturday Eve- ming Post dispatched thoroughly re- liable man to Idaho to examine the wheat on the ground, and his wired report, which We have just received. and which follows. pretty thoroughly punctures this newest agricultural bubble:
 Assertions of huge crops of good fiour-making quality not justified. Adams only claim of proportion of two hundred bushels an acre is with an eighth of an acre patch two years ago. For last year admits farm average only thiry bushels. So far this year only twenty-fiv or thirty-five an acre. Offers excuses such as weeds and un- dersowing. Not true that wheat has been successfully grown elsewhere. Misleading to say frost proof, for ad- naits some injury by snow. Flour qualities unknown. Adams has given experiment station analysis last year and told with 1t that milling test was necessary to show the quality with certainty. Has not had the test. The wheat in appearance as much like oer- tain large coarse wheats not valuable for flour"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-01
To Give Up Compress.

Monroe, La, Aug. 51.-It was an nouneed today that the Gulf Compress Company would give up the big cotton compress here and that the plant would again be taken over by the Standard Warehouse and Compress Company.
 The officials of the Gulf Compress company which has been operating ex. tensiveIy throughout the Southern states. declined to say whether recent decisions in the courts affecting their company had anything to do with the change.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-01
THE GAP CLOSING UP
 IN THE PENNANT RACE

Pittshurg, Aug. 31.--vietories tsT Chicago and Pitfsburg yesterday, Eiaiia New York had an on day clo&#d ur stiIl more the gap between tW two National League and the presfnt lead. CTS. So closely are the three cluhs grouped now that only seven points separate the first and third clubs and a days playing may serve to change the positions of all.
 The standing of the leading clubs in the pennant race this morning foi- lows:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-01
SPANISH WAR VETERANS.
Over Three Thousand Veterans Gather
 in BoSt0n.

Boston, Aug. 3i--over three thousand Veterans of the Spanish war, were gathered in this city tonight for the formal opening tomorrow of the fifth annual encampment of the United Span. ish War Veterans. Nearly every State in the Union was represented.
 The chief event preliminary to the opening of the encampment tomorrow. was the banquet rendered by the State branch at the Quincy House tonight to Walter s. Hale. of this city, the com mander- in chief.
 Already there are two active candi- dates to succeed Commander Hale, Cap tain Charles A. Simmons. of Rochester, N. Y., and Captain Charles W. Newton. of Hartford, Conn. For the next con- vention city. Tacoma, Oklahoma City, and Saratoga are in the field.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-01
Newnorf,sNe,rrnt sInnn-

in Nswnor psw slang phraSs hISS,s mas been coined a trifle of a bubble on last night" may signify anything from a dinned to a bout of cards. But whatever the mean ing. 1t rhymes with trouble. Who was 1t who said the other day that slang. like shellhsh. must be fresh to be toIo- rated. or have reached the authentic taste of Chinese buried esS9 Well, "bnbbie"is certainly fresh.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-01
CAPT. HANS TRIAL.
District Attorney Jerome to Plan the
 Prosecution.

New York, Aug. s1.---After q confer ence today with District Attorney Je- rome. with regard to the plan of the prosecution to be adopted in the trial of Captain Peter c. Hains. IT,. and his brother. T. Jenkins Hains. charged with the killing of William F. Annis on August IS, District Attorney Darrin of Queens county. said that he was going to be largely governed in his prepara- tion of the case by Mfr. Jerome.
 MT Darrin said he would do this because of the similarity between the case of Harry K. Thaw. the prosecution of which MT. Jerome directed. and that of the Hains brothers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-01
GOLF TOURNAMENT.
Professional Players on LinE<R oi
 Scoftish-Amertcan Club.

Scoftish-American Club.
 New York, Aug. 31.--Most of the professional golfers who took part .n the annual open championship which was finished over the links at Myopia. Mass. last Saturday. were on hand today to try for a slice of the money Golf Club at Van Cortland Park.
 There were 55 starters and only two of them failed to turn in cards for the first days match play at 33 holes. To- morrow's play also calls for 3s holes. making the two rounds equivalent to the test for the open championship.
 IT. IT. Barker, of Garden City, car- ried off the honors in the first of his match of 14s. while Willie Smith, who was the runner up to Mcleod for championship honors last Saturday was ten strokes behind finishing in thirteenth place.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-01
PAYS OFF LOAN.
Trust Company of America Makes .
 Most CFeditabIe Showing.

AoSt StFNsaNDss SAOWhNb'
 New York. Aug. sl.--The Trust Com pany, of America, of New York. upon which a sensational run was precipi- tated during the financial panic of 1907, has managed it's business so suN- cessfully as to enable it to pay off loan of twenty-five million dollars which 1t then effected. in It's entirety.
 The company. In point of assets and liabilities. was the second largest in cessfully sustained, exceeded any ever known in the history of America. The ordeal through which 1t passed de. monstrated that it was clearly on 9 sound basis and its administration had been a prudent one.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-01
H The Crescent.

Endowed with real baritone voice. singing cleverly and with expression little Lueta Pullen. a 1s-year-old girl, highly entertained a packed house at the Crescent Theatre last evening. In addition 10 the extraordinary vocalist. the bill included the Brattons. in comedy sketch amusingly rendered. and a series of moving pictures reproduc- ing the famous automobile races held near Paris several months ago. The pictures were amazingly lifeiike, and the skidding of the wheels at the dangerous turns. the cverturning of the machines and the consequent trag- edies entaiied upon the unfortunate occupants of the cars were productive of thrills of excitement and shudders of horror.
 As the opener of the performances. Miss Lucia Pullen made a great hit. She Is pretty, graceful and possesses voice of unique quality.
 The Brattons, particularly the male member of the pair. as black face comedian. were as comical as a lean man desiring to laugh himself into fatness could wish.
 The pictures were as good as ever presented in Montgomery and with them the performance concluded.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-01
Lusknoyv Memorial.

It Is proposed to build a medical coI- iege at Lucknow as memorial of 1905, at cost of $l,250,0oo. It Is to be the most complete of any institution of that character In India. and will have all modern appointments and a Europ- can faculty.