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The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1908-02-05
WILL START AGAIN
HIGH SCHOOL COMMISSIONS NEXT
ITINERARY.
VIII VISIT Geneva, Crenshaw and Cow
ingkon Counties and Expects
Hearty Welcome and Coop
erntion from Southeast

The High School Commission yester-
day announced Its itinerary for the
next tour Of inspection of sites pro-
posed for buildings. The itinerary will
begin next Tuesday with the arrival Of
the Commission at Geneva at 9:i5
o'clock In the morning and is to end at
Luverte on Saturday night following.
All members Of the Commission will be
ready for the Journey. or at least 1t ID
their present intention to make the
trip.
Competitive propositions will be con-
sidered for the location Of high school
buildings in the three counties of Cow
ington. Crenshaw and Geneva, In the
Southeastern portion Of the state.
Travel will be partly by rail and partly
BY conveyance Two jumps across the
country will be made by the party.
The following towns and cities viii
be visited; Covington County, Red
Level. Opp and Andalusia; Crenshaw
County, Glenwood and Luverne; Gene
va County. Hartford, Slocomb. Samson
and Geneva.
The full itinerary is as follows:
Leave Montgomery. $3.50 p. m. Tues
day February II, arrive Geneva, 9;1s
D. M; leave Geneva II q. m. Wednes-
day and drive across country TO Hart
ford, arriving at p m, spend after
noon and night at Hartford;
leave Hartford 0 a. m. Thurs
day, February 10, arrive Slo-
comb, 10 a. M; leave SIocomb 1905
D. M, arrive Samson 1:17 p. M; leave
samson 1:17 .. M. arrive Red Level
1880 q. M; leave Red Level. 1853 a. m.
arrive Opp 1905 p. m, Friday. Febru-
airy II; go by private conveyance from
Opp to Andalusia. arriving at the lat
ter place for supper; spend night at
Andaiusia. Leave Andalusia 6:l5 a. m,
Saturday. February is, arrive Glen
wood 7:43 a. M. drive across country
from Glenwood to Luverne; leave Luz
verne 1880 D. m. Saturday, arrive Mont
gomery s:15 p. M, Saturday. February
Is.
II IL believed that the section of the
state TO be visited by the Commission
next week will equal in patriotism
that of any other that has yet been
inspected by that body. It's people
have always been reported as being
Just as responsive to voting the spe-
cIai school taxes as any other people
ana It Is believed they will show q
corresponding interest in the high
school movement.
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BILE pardon" said wessex. Il have
made confession OF the crime imputed
to me and can refute nothing"
Nay. my lord, this Is madness. You,
the most gallant gentleman in England.
you. to have done deed so foul as
would shame the lowest churli BAIL"
she added. with q bitter laugh, twice
a grim farce. IL It were not so terrible
a tragedyw
Nay! not a tragedy, your Majesty.
Better men than have made failure
Of Their lives. SO, pray you. think
no more OF me-"
Think no more Of you. dear lord"
said Mary. with an infinity OF reproach
in her voice. "Ah mel / think OF
uaught else since that awful night
when they came and told me that
There was catch in her throat and
perforce she had to pause. OH the
irony of Fate! The bitter satire OF
that wanton god, called Love!
Wessex looked at this proud Tudor
Queen with a deep reverence, In which
there was almost thought OF pity.
This lonely, middle-aged woman. pas
sionate. self-willed, who loved htm
with all the tenderness Of pent-up
motherhood! Yet. try how he might
he could only respond to her true af-
lection with cold respect and deep, but
unimpassioned, gratitude. Yet was
not her worth ten thousandfold more
great than that of the wanton, whose
image still filled his heart?
The one woman he h onored. the other
perforce despise, and yet--such is the
heart of man!-he was more ready
than ever to give up life. honor. great
name, and still greater destiny, SO that
the worthless object of his whole-
hearted affection should be spared pub
lie disgrace.
He would not have named Ursula
Glynde In this chaste. virgin Queens
presence, the very remembrance of that
awful night was pollution; but proud
and naughty as he was, he dwelt on
that memory. for 1t was the last which
he had of her.
Mad, foolish, criminal, sublime Love-!
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CITY PROPERTY INVOLVED.
A Lot on High street is Subject Of LGt.
igatlOn.

A Lot on High street is Subject Of LIt-
igntlOn.
A warranty suit, that Of ID. r. Drey-
fus. ct al, VS.. C. s. DeJarnette, a me-
gro woman. occupied the entire at
tention of the City Court yesterday i.
The case was begun on Monday af-
ternoon. but the Judge postponed the
taking of testimony until yesterday
morning. The case was to be tried
without a Jury the judge taking the
matter under consideration.
The case in question relates to a
piece Of property sold to preyfus by
the DeJarnette woman. The property
Is on the corner of High and Balm
bridge Streets.
During last year. the city In building
sidewalks on cambridge and High
Streets, cut of five feet from Mr.
preyfus's property. This action Mr.
Dreyfus. brought suit upon. carrying
the matter TO the Supreme Court. The
case was finally decided in favor Of
the city.
The present suit is being brought
against the DeJarnette woman for the
recovery Of all costs, attorneys fees
and damages or a diminution OF the
value Of the property caused by the
cutting of Of the hve feet for the city
purposes.
Today there will be two cases called.
both OF them to be settled without the
help OF jury the decision resting
with Judge Sayre. The frst Of these
suits is that OF I. Levystein vs.. the
Southern Express Company, and the
second that OF Dave Fleming VS.. the
seiden. Brock Construction Company.
With the hearing OF these cases the
docket for the January call OF the
court will have been completed ana the
court viii adjourn.
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A remarkable discovery has been
made by a Washington scientist where
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1t is his desire to have every sufferer
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q free trial treatment will be sent to
any address upon request, by The
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BY taking advantage Of this liberal Of
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NEWS OF RECORD

The following transfers Of real es-
tate we're recorded in the Judge OF
Probate's ONCE yesterday:
c. @. Zirkle. ct al. to B. J. Nicely.
lot in the plat of Bel Air; consider
alton. $175.00.
I W. T. Chandler and Hartwell Doug
lass, constituting the first Of Chandler
q Douglass, and Mrs. Chandler and
Mrs. zirkle to l. Brickman, two lots
in Block 1, Peacock Tract. consldera-
tion $4,000.
The following marriage licenses were
issued by the Judge OF Probate yester-
day: To o. d. Watson and Miss Mat
tie May Cumbie, to William P. Hall
and Miss Anita Elizabeth Perkins.
The City Engineers once issued the
following building permits: To t. w.
Ashley, to build two three-room cot
tages on the corner Of Day ana Oak
Streets, to cost 500.
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TAXATION IS INCREASED.

japanese Diet is Scene of Long and
Heated Debate.
Toxic, Feb. AFTER a heated debate
lasting Ave hours, an increase in the
taxation bills on sugar, sake. alcohol
beer and kerosene, was passed today
in the Diet.
The Government had a majority vote
of 81 in every case except in that OF
kerosene, on which the majority vote
was "a Masahisa Matsuda, acting
Minister of Finance, stated that the in
crease In taxation was absolutely nee
essary. In the present financial condi-
ton of Japan. he believed the whole
people would be able to pay 1t.
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on 10 The Hague,

Buenos Ayres, Feb. arthur NJ
Beaupre. the retiring minister to the
Argentine Republic, has arrived here
to take his official leave. prior to going
to The Hague, where he will succeed
David ]. Hill as American Minister.
Yesterday Mr.. Beaupre paid his fare
well calls upon President Alcorla and
other Argentine ofiicials.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-21
SIR OLIVER LODGE.
His Ideas on Immortality and His Sci
entific Achievements.

His Ideas on Immortality and His Sci
entific Achievements.
The fact that man of the high
scientific attachments of Sir Oliver
Lodge should announce his belief in
the possibility of intercourse between
this world and the next has attracted
much attention. Sir Oliver and Sir
William Crookes stand ut the very
front among English scientists. and
both have recently declared their belief
in the genuineness of some spiritualist
ic manifestations. Sir divers ideas
on Immortality and his so called cate
chism" have also come in for much dis
cussion. The catechism is statement
of belief as to the existence of God and
the duties of men in reference to this
life and that to come from the stand
point of an evolutionist.
Sir Oliver thinks belief in the sur
vival of the consciousness and the will
lin other words. the Immortality of
the soul-perfectly reasonable from the
point of view of science and even goes
so far as to hold that science is per
haps on the point of being able to dem
onStrate the existence of another world
than the material one in which we now
exist. He is the head of Birmingham
university. an institution which is
spending millions of dollars for the de-
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-21
o. TIE Portuguese
Quaint Lisbon. the Capital. One
OF the Worlds Most Beau.
tifuI CitieS-ReIiCS
of the MOOrS.

were dying; by the exchange, the Gus
tom house and other public buildings.
while on the remaining side is the river
Tagus. 1t is on one of the hills that
the Ajuda palace, the principal resi-
dence of the royal family. is situated
1t is an imposing structure of white
marble. King Carlos spent much time
in the country palace at Cintra. The
cathedral of Lisbon was once a Moor
ish mosque and there are numerous re-
minders of the days of the Moors.
among them the Church of the Mar
tyrs. erected on the spot where AL
fonso l. mounted the walls of the city
and rescued it from its Mohammedan
conquerors. The occupation by the
Moors lasted from 716 to 1147. Even
today there is large population of
Moorish descent-in fact. Lisbon is di-
vided into two parts. occidental and
oriental
Very soon after the death of King
Carlos and Prince Luis their bodies
were embalmed. 1t has for some time
been the custom to embalm the bod
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-21
0|GHI RIDERS OF
Why Kentucky and Tennessee Ware.
houses Are Burned and Their
Plantations Euined.

~HE so called tobacco war" in
# Kentucky and Tennessee is the
III latest industrial ruction to at
tract national attention. 1t was
back in the days Immediately succeed
ing the Revolution that there was
what was called in those times
whisky rebellion" The enforcement
of the laws respecting the fragrant
weed and the products of the distill-
cries have more than once in the his
tory of the nation threatened disturb
ance of the peace. The events of the
past three years in the so called dark
tobacco district of Kentucky and Ten
nessee recall the days of the famous
KukluX Khan. The new band of
masked marauders is known as the
might riders" Its operations have
left burned warehouses and ruined to.
bacco plantations in their train Dam
age to the amount of hundreds of thou
sands of dollars has been done by the
members of this mysterious oathbound
conspiracy, and the subject of suppress
sion of the raids has taxed the execu-
tives of the two commonwealth to the
utmost Both Governor Augustus E.
Wilson of Kentucky and Governor
Malcolm r. Patterson of Tennessee
have declared in the most positive
manner their determination to main
tain the law and suppress the raiders
and their organization.
1t is in the dark tobacco district that
the government tobacco monopoies Of
Spain. France and Italy and the I'M
perial Tobacco company of Great Brit
ain obtain a large portion of their
supplies of the weed Formerly the
grower sold his crop to the buyer who
offered the best price. Then it was
only in years when crops were larger
than the extent of the demand that
prices were low. The scale was fixed,
generally speaking, by the operation
of the law of supply and demand. The
foreign companies kept buyers in the
district, and the competition between
them kept up prices, but after a
time the spirit of combination resulted
in the elimination of this competition.
The foreign buyers got together To
what extent the American Tobacco
company, commonly known as the to-
bacco trust. was involved in the com
bination has been matter of dispute.
This company recently issued state
ment saying that it was not affected
by the night riders operations 1t
asserted that in the districts where its
purchases have been chiefly made
there has been no disorder
Whatever the facts in this regard
when the growers found that prices
had dropped to a point which made the
production of tobacco minus profits
they on their part tried combination.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-21


wounding him in the arm His full
name is Manuel Maria Philippe Carlos
Amalia Luis Miguel Gonzaqua Xavier
Francisco dAssisi Eugenio. and be-
fore his accession to the throne he held
the title of Due de Beja. He is a
handsome young fellow and devoted to
his mother, Queen Amelie, by whose
counsel he has been guided in the re-
cent crisis. He was born in Lisbon
on Nov. 10, 1889, educated under pri-
vate instructors, entered the navy at
fifteen as midshipman and rose to be
lieutenant. He has fair hair and COM
plexion and has always been in much
favor with the Portuguese people.
The first diplomat to offer coincidence
to the bereaved royal family of Portu-
gal was the American minister, Charles
Page Bryan. Mr.. Bryan succeeded
Francis B. LOOMS in his present post
about five years ago and previous to
that time had made good record as
our minister to Brazil. 1t was while
he was in South America that he ac-
qoiiNu q NOllCCllOu vi COChdlOOS WHICH
learned to surprise the natives by cry
ing in chorus, AHurrah for the United
States" Minister Bryan was born in
Chicago in 1856 and graduated from
the University of Virginia and Column
, bia Law school, Previous to his dip
lomatic service he was a member of
the legislatures of Colorado and Iii
nois.
The city of Lisbon, the capital of
! Portugal, sits grandly on seven hills.
like Rome. 1t is one of the most beau
tiful cities of Europe The sides of
The steep hills are terraced with white
blocks of stone, capped with tasteful
balustrades, and at varying elevations
gardens may be seen luXuriant with
flowers. The city is full of small
parks and beautified squares, or plazas.
ofteptimes Astounding in statuary. The
finest street in the city is the Avenida
da Liberdade. In the center is
broad driveway, 1anked by granolithic
walks twenty-five feet in width, Then
on each side come twenty-five feet OF
grass and flowers and twenty-five feet
of walk again. Roadways with car
tracks and sidewalks again reaching
to the houses complete the space be-
tween the rows Of splendid residences.
There are eight rows of trees, and out
of jars in the hands of two huge river
gods spring two rivulets which wend
their way along the avenue. crossed
here and there by bridges. and disap
pear at length into tunnels in cross
streets.
It was as his carriage was approach
ing one of the handsome squares of tAf
city, the Praco do Con1mercio. thai
King Carlos was asSaSSinated ana
with him the Crown Prince Luis This
square is surrounded on three SIZES 10.
the naval arsenal. to which the mpn
arch and his son We're taken rs the
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-21

his revered wife. and within it and
about the grounds of the estate are
many things intimately associated
with the customs and daily pursuits
of its former owner On the contrary
nothing remains of the house in which
Washington was born, as it was burn
ed to the ground over a century ago.
At the same time there is a senti-
mental interest attaching to spot
rendered historic by the occurrence
there of so important an event as
Washington's birth, and it is appro-
pirate that the associations of the
place should be preserved.
Wakefield plantation was known in
!. Washington's time simply as the
Pope's creek farm. or the home on
Pope's creek. NSometimes it was call
ed the home on Bridges creek. The
farm has been the home of six gen.
erations of Washingtons. but early in
the last century passed out of control
of this famous family. Its present
owner, John e. Wilson, has lived on
the plantation for over sixty years, his
father having bought it in 1916. Curl
ously enough, Mr.. Wilson married a
member of the Washington family.
Miss Betty Washington. granddaugh
ter of William Augustine Washington,
and thus gave the historic spot a mis-
tress related to the man whose birth
there made it famous.
the home of John Washington. 1t de-
Seconded to his son. Captain Lawrence
Washington. and next to the latter's
son. Augustine Washington, father of
President George Washington. Angus
tine Washington. who died April II,
f, 1743. left quite large estate. and DIFF
ferent portions of it were given to his
children. To George was bequeathed
the farm on the Rappahannock. 1t was
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-21
IMMORTAL GEORGE
Monument Marks the Site of the
House. Which Was Burned
Long Ago.

Augustine who inherited the part of
The estate including the family home.
Augustine left the Wakefield planta-
ton to his son, William Augustine
Washington, and the latter left it to
his son, George COrbin Washington.
who sold it in the year 1918. 1t pass
ed through the hands of various own
ers previous to its purchase in 1916
by John F. Wilson, father of the pres
ent owner.
1t is difficult task to picture how
the Washington home looked on that
eventful 22d of February, 1872, which
marked the arrival of little George
Perhaps the best description of it that
can be obtained is that given by Wash
lngton Irving, who wrote more than
half century after the house in which
the great patriot was born had been
destroyed. He said: "This house COM
manded view over many miles of the
Potomac and the opposite shores of
Maryland. 1t had probably been pur.
chased with the property and was one
Of the primitive farmhouses of vir-
ginia. The roof was steep and sloped
down in low, projecting caves. 1t had
four rooms on the ground floor and
others in the attic and an immense
chimney at each end. Not vestige of
it remains. Two or three decayed fig
trees, with shrubs and vines. linger
about the place, and here and there a
flower grown wild serves to mark
where garden has BEEN"
Over the. spot where it is supposed
the house in which Washington was
born stood the national government
has now placed stately monument.
George Washington Parke Gusts plac-
ed stone marker on the site of the
house in 1918, but that disappeared.
and for time there was nothing to
indicate the historic character of the
place. An agitation against such neg
lect led congress to take the matter up
and provide for marking the spot in a
suitable manner. The Society of Colo
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-21
A Lost Apology.

"What beautiful woman Mrs. Ray
mond isr' he exclaimed as he entered
the sitting room. 81 have just had
such pleasant talk with her In the
bookstore"
His wife looked up from her sewing.
"John,' she exclaimed, "where is
your colar?".
He put his hand to his throat 81
must have left 1t at the barber shop.
Yes, that's it. went to the barber
shop, then to the bookstore. Why"
he ended lamely, Mrs Raymond
would think it very careless of me to
appear in public without my collar.
wouldn't she?"
Rather" said his wife. perhaps
you'd better call her up and tell her
just how it happened"
He went to the telephone.
''IIello, central; hello! Hello! Is this
Mrs. Raymond? Yes? Well, really, it
was very stupid of me, Mrs. Raymond;
but. YOU know, had been thinking Of
something very important. and quite
forgot to put on my collar. I-oh-ah--
Goodbye
He suddenly hung up the receiver
and gave utterance to mild exclama-
ton.
"Johnw exclaimed his wife.
'She says she hasn't been out Of the
house today" he groaned.-Harpers
Magazine
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-21
Did He Sec the Point?

A young woman Of the official set in
Washington at public function found
herself bored by the attentions OF a
fresh young man, the son of senator.
Soon after his Introduction he pro-
ceeded to regale her with story Of
some adventure in which he had fig
ured as hero.'
did you really do that?" she asked,
not knowing what else to say.
Il done it," was the proud response,
and he began forthwith another
lengthy narrative. more startling even
than the first. The young woman
again politely expressed her surprise.
EYES," said the hero. that's what I
donew
A third story followed. with another
81 done itr' whereupon the girl re.
marked:
do you know, you remind me so
strongly of Banquos ghost in the
play?"
"Why?"
"Don't you remember that Macbeth
said to the ghost. Thou canst not say
did itr "-Lippincott's.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-21

KING MANUEL H., THE BOY MONARCH OF
PORTUGAL.
les of members of the royal family.
and sometimes in this way a favored
traveller is permitted to gaze upon the
face of dead monarch. One writer
describes seeing the features of Ferdi-
nand of SaXe-Coburg. the King consort.
who was grandfather of the late sover-
eign. The visitor looked upon him
through pane of glass. and the long
deceased monarch seemed merely
asleep. Although the embalming Gus
tom is not of very ancient date. it has
for centuries been the habit to place
the collins containing royal remains in
the pantheon of the old monastery of
ST. Vincent on one of the hills of the
city and the place of interment of
Carlos and Luis. Most of the mon
archs of Portugal for nearly 800 years
lie here in boxes ranged along the
walls. and tourist once said the sight
reminded him of old fashioned trunks
set in rows and all in readiness for a
hasty journey should one become nee
essary.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-21
TIE TOBACCO NAR
Competition Destroyed by Comb.
nation Of Buyers -IndepeRd.
emf Growers Attacked.

They formed the Dark Tobacco Dis
trict Planters association, their object
being to pool their tobacco in the ware
houses and hold it for their own prices.
Not all the growers Joined the asso-
citation. however. The independent
farmers and the tobacco companies
have been made the victims of mid
night raids which have resulted in
such widespread damage. The Dark
Tobacco District Planters association
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-21

ing appearance behind the footllghts
that won the fancy and then the heart
of her husband. who is regarded as
the present head of the Gould house.
She has appeared on the stage but
once before since her entrance into
the Gould family. and that was at a
house party at the Gould country
home at Lakewood. n j.. Gee ,gian
Court The society affair in which
she recently participated was called a
dramatic tea" and Mrs. Gould filed
the leading role In the farce by Ed
ward Van Zile entitled Mrs. Van.
Vechtens Divorce Dance" The tea
was given by Frederick Townsend
Martin. The principal male role in
the play was taken by Kyrle Relew.
The performance was one Of the lead.
ing events Of the society season in
New York. The stage was set with
properties furnished largely from Mrs.
Gould's home, and she wore In the
play a French gown Of point lace
built on cream satin and chiffon and
trimmed with strands Of pearls. She
wore as ornaments tiara of pearl
four ropes Of pearls and collare.
of uears bordered with diamonds