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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-06
Another z sUnloaded" Rifle Carries Its Deadly Missile

years old. one of the kind that rresun- ably have no last name, but whom ev- .ry one knows by the first. And they all knew the unfortunate as Leo, With out the rest
 Julius Underwood was overcome by his unwilling shot; so much 70 that iie stood on the scene, sobbing, refus-
 ng to be comforted. until Officers Payne and. Avant went from the Police Headquarters to srrest him. He was orought.te the station. locked up. with the charge of suspicion docketed against his. name. It is expected that Leo will die. as the bullet found It's way from the forehead to the back of the skull, entirely through the head.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-06

It all happened so suddenly that the boy with the rifle was stunned. He. Julius Underwood. aged '. had beef Ludic and Holt. Streets There was q gun in play. real rifie; he was show ing Leo how the caps exploded;s and one of the caps, which wasn't scap nt ali but a g bullet, plowed tits way through the forehead of the little 5- year-old.
 The little boy. a negro, as was thfi wieider Of the rifle. was taken in,me- djately to the house of his parents. oii Ludie Streets, where he lay until late last night in a preearious c3n1itiou. He was 2 little pickaninny about 2
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-06
serY.an cablnet Reslgna.

Belgrade. Servia. Jan. 5,--For. the second time lin two days the SeEvian cabinet has rendered it's resignation on the ground that 1t does not command the confidence-of Parliament. The King has refused to accept the, resig- nations of his ministers. pointing out that to do so while Parliament was not sitting would be unconstitutional.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-06
Pr9ee spf Texnn Tsere.

Houston. Tex, Jan. 5,--Following the charge made in an address by Presi- dent Clear. that the rice mills had boy- cotted the Japan variety for the bene-
 it of Honduras rice. the Tsxas Rice Growers Association in session here, has fixed the minimum price at which Japan rice will be sold at s3.25 . bag The Louisiana Association on January ts will take similar. action, 1t is said.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-06
INvEsTIaATINe sHERIFF.,

I Birmingham, Jan. Especial, )- Witnesses in the investigation into charges preferred against Sheriff Hig- don and his ofice will go before the grand jury Thursday. Quite number of witnesses will be heard in this case.
 Sheriff Higdon has written a letter to the grand jury asking for full in- vestigation and also to the Governor setting forth conditions. in the County.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-06
\ ". BAnEY SENTENCED
 FOR FALSE pREIENSE

Nsw York, Jana ss--For shis paft In the dispatching of the steamer Coids- boro to Honduras last spring with sso:ooo worth Of goods. said to have been obtained under false pretenses. Albert ". Baifsy. former secretary and treasurer of the defunct Export Ship ping Company. of thIs city. today was sentenced to state.sN prison for not less than four years and six months nor more than six years and eight months,
 s BaIlsys. brother. Franeis c. Bailey, president of the company. was cap- tured Il in Honduras at the sams time but efuded his guard and is still at largo.
 .~ Gofasbore in lfebale.
 Mobile. Ala. Jan. s.-The famous steamer Goidsboro is in this port ly- ing aground on the flats awaiting . purchaser and is in fairly good con1 dition. She was. brought hsre Hast September from Honduras and what cargo was Found in the vessel wal shipped to New York
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-06
Prescription for Bad stomachs.
RUNS INTO OPEN SWITCH.
EnRineer Thomas Edwards Killed in
 West Virgfmia.

Hinton, w. Va, Jan. 5.-Fast pas senger train No. on the Chesapeake and ohio. due here early today and running three hours late, ran into an open switch at Caperton. thirty miles west of Hinton. killing Engineer Thomas EdwardN next to the oldest engineer on the Chesapeake and Ohio and Fireman Peter Trent. both resi- dents of Huntingdon
 ' The engine and cars were ditched. Express Messenger W. l.. Crenshaw was slightly injured but none of the was seriously injured.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-06
DEMOCRATS ARE SEATED. ;
House Committee Reports Against
 Carolina Negroes.

Carolina Ne&fVes.
 Washington, Jan. 5--Three Congress sional election contests from South Carolina were practically decided to- day when election committee No. -re-. ported to, the House in favor of the per- manent seating of Representative James o Patterson. tDem.) of the Second Dis trict, over Isaac Meyers. (Rep). Rep- resentative Asbury Lever. (Dem.), of the Seventh, over Alexander Dantzler, fItcp.,, and Representative George S. Legare. (Denn. ),t of the First District. over A. P PrioIeau. lRep.1 ,s- All of the defeated candidates are ne- .wroes
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-06
No. ssss.
''''' NOTICE
 TO'CREDIToRs
oy vIRsr asEgTrMo

or rTRsT afEET1N0s In the District Court of the United stateA For the Middle District of AlAbama--In Bankruptcy. In the matter of J. D. Byrd, Bankrupt. 1@Post once Durham. County Butler. Aia-j bana-
 The aforesaid party having been aA5udx. cd q. bankrupt undsr the Act of coagrsss s1ptsm of Bankruptcy Throushouk the United States approved July 1sk. tsek. a meeting of the creditors Of knid Hanlrups 6 cailsd ae4sthe oxfsps of the undersigns0 Referee in the Unstsd sta4ae Court Houee. Montgomery, Alabama On the 18th day. Of January next at 10 o'clock. A. N, to make proof o1 debts and foesthe election sf a Trustee. and such osher matters as are nscsssary ana required by ths Act os - AsA \. srRATroN.
 2sfexsas Montgomery. Ala. Jan. {. 1908.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-06
NOTICE % TO CREDITORS
OF FIRST MEETING

U1' F1HsL MEEKAINV
 In the District Court of the United statsA For the Middle District of Aiabama-In Bankruptcy.
 Tn the matter of T. N. Butler. Bankrupt
 Post office Montgomery. County Mont Romery. Alabama. The aforesaid party having been adjudGed A Bankrupt under the Act of Congress ontitIed "An Act to Establish a UnIform systeua of Bankruptcy ThrouKhout the Uni- led Gtatea," approved July list. 1898. meet Ing of the Credftors of said Bankrupt la called at the office of the nndsrsIgned ref cree. in the United States Court Houss. Montgomery Alabama. on the 18th day of Jsnusrv next at 10 o'clock. A. M., to make nroof of debts and for the election of Q Trustsa, and such other matters as are neceasary and required by the Act of con- A-s-- AsAs E sTRATToN. Montgounery, Ala. JAn, 9th. lSeS.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-06
Mid Laxative
 for Baby Free

The child of today is the parent of the future. and whether it crows m
 healthy and strong. or puny and weak.
 depends upon the intelligence of its parents. for most chfldreh are born into the world healthy. but thousands
 become future weaklings between birth and the age of ten. when the parents are stiil in sreatest control.
 stomach. 4 baby that is digsstinx ifs food seldom cries9 and alwaya looks cheerful; the little child whose stomach is good rcnnps and plays and never at school and is eager for fun if its head is clear and its stomach light, ana that means If 1t has no constipation. 2 The best and safest way to cure any irreguisrity of the stomach and bowels wells Syrup Pepsis. This ts . liquid laxative wonderfui in it's effect as Mrs John " pnnhAm. Apple Crsek. O., Mrs. H L. Culiam. Pisfnviile Ind, and nu- to thsir children with extraordinary 4 bottle only costs 50 cents or ,i ac-s cording to the slze you want, and even amount of good in. . family. It can i be given to any member of the family fn constipation. sour stomach. indiges{iou torpid liver. dyspepsia. heartburn, sick heAdache and similar digestve trcublen tehlets. salts and powders, which should not not Dc given to children. women or old
 Ii you have child or other member used this grand laxative tonic. send and q free trial bottle win be sent te your home: In this way you can find expense. -. r.s.-s'&ss
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-06

is pr. W. B. Caldwell. 5oI caidweIi bldg.. Monticello. Ill.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-06
No. 2ss5.
OBOE
 NOTICE TO CREDITORS

OF FIRST MEETING
 Hn the District Cyurt oG the United Eta4sA
 For the Middle District of Alabama s In Bankruptcy.
 Tn the matter of Adelaide Pugh, Bank yupt Post Office Montgomery, County
 Montgomery. Alabamas
 The aforesaid party having been adjudged 6 Bankrupt. under the Act of Congress enti- tied "An Act to Establish Uniform System of Bankruptcy Throughout the United States" approved July lst, 1928, meeting of the Creditors of said Bankrupt is called at the ofice of the undersigned Referee, in the United States Court House. Mont gonnFy, iAlabama. on the 18th day of Jan-s uary next. at 10 o'clock A. M.. to make proof of debts, and for the election of a Trustee and such other matters as are necessary and required by the Act of Con- ex ASA \. srRArroN. 3 Referee
 Montgomery. Ala. Jan. 4th. 1909.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-06
A VALUABLE RECIPE
Tell. Hsw te Make Plat ef Good ouf-
 nine Hair renic fer Lafsic Money.


 The high price Of the imported ready made puinine Hair Tonics keeps many people from using this excellent prep aration. A bright chemist has experi- mented with the results that he has taken all the medicinal agents that % to make a high-ciass Quinine Hair Tonic made them into . concentra- ton which he calls Beta Quinoi. Ali you have to do is to get an original one ounce bottle of this Beta Quinol from your druggist. also half pint of aico- hoI when you get home mix the alcohol with half a pint of warm water and add the Beta QuinoL Mix well, let 1t stand e few hours and It's ready for use. No better Quinine Hair Tonic scan be made at any price than this simple mixture, and the cost will not be as much for the pint as you would have to pay for one-ha1f pint of the ready made kinds. This homemade Hair Tonic will positively cure dandrun and stops falling hair. Used daily 1t will keep the hair soft, fluffy and light.
 Prescription for Bad stomachs.
 Thousands Of people will be glad to know of the following excellent pre- scription for bad stomachs: Get from your drug store one ounce Compound Tfncture of Cinchona; Prossue Com. sherry wine Mix together and take a teaspoonful before meals and at bed, time in a little water. People who have tried this claim 1t Is simply marvellous in its effects. wed-sun.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-06

The Y. N. c. A. basketball team which win play, a Southern League gatne with Friday. night held d spirited practice last night. The local players showed the best form since the game with Columbus in tfiis city Thank sgivinT' night, and simply siaugh tered a strong scrub in two ffteen-mfnute halves. The. Anal score was ff4-14.-
 Quite large crowd gathered Tn the gallery and witnessed the practice. The line up and score of last nights game were as follows: f4 Montgomery Positions. Reserves. Myers. ........ Forward .... Mcqueen, Morfarty. .s,.. Forward :. ..J. Marcus PaterSerl Center ... Randy W d sisb urr,> .is- Guard ... Bledsoe Susong Guard ..A. NJ Marcus
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-06
Your Opportunity

CAME applies to this special price,: O of course they are higher grade values than the other price, in-fact some of these suits sold up to $27.50 but we are going to apply the knife just the same. Here's an opportunity to buy Hart, Schaffner & Marx. "Amenca's highest grade clothes at greatly reduced prices. At the above price we guarantee every suit to be absolutely all wool and to give good service.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-06
If there Is anvth,r, ,

If there is anything about your afirnent that you don't un- defstapd, or if you want any medical ad. vice. write to the doc-, tor. and he will an- swer you fully. There is no charge for this
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-06
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

OF FIRST MEETING. In the District Court of the United gtatss.
 For the Middle District of Alabamas
 In Bankruptcy.
 In the matter of A. J. Candy. Bankrupt. Post ohice Banner, County Montgomery. a Alabama.
 The aforesaid party having been adjudgs cd a bankrupt under the Act of Congress entitled 'An Act to Establish Uniform System of Bankruptcy Throughout the United States" approved July ist, 1888, . meeting oe the creditors of said Bankrupt Refsree. in the United States Court House Montgomery. Alabama. on the 18th day of January next. at, 10 o'clock. A. Nj. to make proof of debts and for the election ef Q Trustee. and such other matters as are necessary and required by the Act oe couGTsas afoFssaia 4
 ABA N. sTRAlTON. E. z Referee. Montgomery. Ala. Jan. 4th, 1908
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-06
Your Opportunity

BESIDES big reduction that we U will give on any suit--overcoat or odd trousers in the house, we have assorted our entire stock and.where there are only one or two suits left of a lot, put them on seperate counters and offer extra inducements In order to close them out entirely. For in- stance, at the above quoted price you'll find suits that are new, that were sold this season for $22.50 and $20 are now on sale at the above low price.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-19
He Marched With the
MuIIigan Guards and
Played With Sullivan

EUGENE O'ROURKE, like most big
i men. is sensitive. He is not
- touchy about his girth. which is
great, but about his age, which ism t.
He will refer with fine frankness to
the length of the belt he wears about
his waist in his role of the trainer in
Going Some,' but he will dodge math-
ematies like an unprepared schoolboy
when you commence to figure years.
He is strong on longitude, but weak on
time. You see, he has been on the
stage more than 80 years and that's
quite spell: but he started after
fame's bubble at an age when most
boys are blowing them from soapy
pipes. Add 80 years to boy. says he,
and that doesn't make an old man.
Just the same. ingrates who reyel in
theatrical performances like to talk
about their entertainers to the latter's
dispara cement 1t is perverse but true,
and We dearly love to figure about 10
years extra to the life of our players
just to vex them and make them mad.
That is what O'Rourke resents, and so
when 1 asked him, in his dressing
room at the Valencia theater, how old
he was when he first saw the upturned
faces of an expectant audience, and
then asked him how long he had been
on the stage, he refused to answer
either question unless I'd publish both.
IF" said he, II tell you 1 have been
on the stage for 80 years you'll say.
or some one else will say. that should
be retired on pension and given a
cane and an ear trumpet; and if 1
tell You started when l was Is,
somebody will ask if was one of
the kids I'm RIP Van Winkle' when
jefferson first played the role"
o'Rourke began his public career as
madrigaI boy Do you remember that
title? 1t will bring back recollec-
tions through the >cobwebs of many
years. He has been a star, in ro-
mantle Irish plays. of course; he has
been promoter of John L. Sullivan's
theatrical endeavors, and he has been
an associate with Harrigan and Hart
Though he does not cover his expan-
sive front with medals he is veteran
of the MuIligan guards and was a
gallant sixty ninth lad, dressed in gray
with peaked cap.
The present trainer, Larry Glass,
athletic coach. masseur and nerve spe-
ciaiist in Going Some.'' Eugene
o'Rourke. has an unbound. unwritten
book of memories, which is not on any
library shelf or stored away in any
trunk. but which he carries around in
his heart, and he will on occasion.
read therefrom with e1oquence and con-
victions n.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-19
EOGENE
OROORkB
TkA1NER

o'Rourke, earnestly, 1.-THE big fellow
if he'd kept off the booze
He's the champion Doctor Jekyn
and Mr.. Hyde of the world Also he's
still champion fighter. according to
London prize ring rules. Look it up
and see if he isn't. He's never been
beat at that game. They don't fight
that way any more. and he was the
last man at it, without any man that
could lick him.
'But Mr.. Hyde is in the ascendency
now. No more Doctor Jekyll for the
big fellow. He hasn't touched a drop
a fact. He's a rich man. He wrote
me letter not long ago. He said:
Gene, no more OF the down and out
for me- I've been a good fellow long
enough. 1 am grown up now His
sister has been putting his Dloney
away from him for him. She has
salted down $4,000. and the big fellow
writes me that when he has that
doubled he's going to fall for the
farming game and buy himself a big
slice of landscape somewhere and
settle down. He has long since set
tied up. When he Strengthened him
self out and cracked his last bottle he
had enough debts TO satisfy even a
prodigal scion of nobility. He has
paid 'em all and he's $4,000 TO the
good now. There isn't crooked bone
in his body. and there never was"
RI HAD been starring in The Wick
low Postman' for several sea-
sons said o'Rourke. and struck
Chicago with the show in 1893. John
L. Sullivan was about broke then. and
his friends were trying to fix up a
benefit for him In these days of bene-
fits" continued O'Rourke, '.it would
seem easy to pull off the stunt but
it wasn't then. for the reason that
Chicago had a law which prohibited
even a pillow fight. Two men could
meet each other in deadly combat on
the croquet field. or they could beat
each other to death on the rostrum
with epithets and rhetoric. but they
couldn't mix with gloves. no matter
how heavy the mitts were nor how big
the grudge was If the contestants
had anything to settle between them
they could go out behind some sub
urban barn and fight it out. but they
couldn't charge anything to see the
mill. A fight in those days was not
a luxury; it was a necessity.
But as Sullivan needed some money
and as we were willing to go out and
get it for him. revamped my Irish
play and fixed 1t so that boxing
bout might reasonably be introduced
to the action OF the drama The law
permitted a mixup IL it was part of
a play. Sullivan's cut on the proceeds
OF the night was about $4,000. and
then Parson Davies and I took him
under our wing and grabbed Paddy
Ryan for his sparring partner. After
we left Chicago we put the boxing
stunt on when the curtain fell on the
play. We played 40 weeks and ap-
peared at the old Columbia theater in
this city. Sullivan was bigger favor
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-19

IT is generally agreed. l take IL, that
the best sketch that the Orpheum
has seen in many q month is now
on in ~Circumstantial Evidence" At
any rate, I think so, and Gerald
Dillon. press representative of the Or
pheum, who ought to know; House
Manager Morrisey. and three of the
members Of the company, at least,
agree with me. and that is more than
ever agreed with anything 1 have ever
said before in my life.
RoyaIe Thayer, who plays the blus
tering role OF the foreman in the
sketch; Frederick Weber. who is the
guilty party; George Schaeffer, the
gambling man.. and I discussed the
ethics of the sketch al length. and we
concluded that the old time theory that
it was better for 90 guilty men to es-
cape the gallows than that one inno-
cent man should be hanged was wrong.
Here is the proposition in .'circum-
stantisl Evidence which is one of the
best of sketches and which comes west
with the approval Of a Lambs club
gambol:
man is arrested for killing another
man. He is caught pulling a knife
) ON the body Of the victim OF course
he is guilty Why not? He has had a
quarrel with the murdered one; he
hates him-that has been determined,
and besides there are -bioodstains on his
coat sleeve. Naturally, or rather un-
naturally, the accused is murderer.
The jury is out but a few moments
when all Of the members but one vote
for hanging the accused One man
holds out and says the man in the
dock is innocent The following day
is Christmas and everybody is anxious
10 get home. but Carlisle insists on a
verdict of not guilty; and says he
viii stay in the jury room until some
thing very hot freezes and becomes an
ice pond before he viii concur in the
judgment. A compIacent deputy brings
Carlisle a telegram. II announces the
death of his wife. Then Carlisle says
TO his associates: within 10 minutes
we viii agree on verdict
They look at him in amazement and
wonder. thinking that he has changed
his mind. He tells them story. sim
liar in kind TO that which has been
unfoIded tc them in the courtroom.
He shows them a situation in which
an innocent man leans over the body
OF a murdered man and plucks knife
from his heart He tells them how the
real murderer. goaded by the vicious
ness OF the murdered one. stabs him,
hal. in anger and half in self-defense.
TO cIiRch his story, he tells. them how
he, Carlisle, is the murderer and how
lie has snea ked his way into the jury
1ox. knowing that the accused is inno-
cent. and that he, Carlisle, is guilty.
THAT is the reason, in short, why he
has held out so persistently for vote
OF acoufttaI. and now that his wife is
dead and he has no one to live for, he
is ready to tell the truth and die or
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-19

with the tragedy except to pull the
knife from the fatal wound
Besides said .Webber, who in the
sketch is the real slayer and the per-
Jured juryman. "I believe that it is bet
ter that one INNOCENT man be punished
unjustly than that SO guilty men go
free. s 1t is better for society that one
man incapable of committing a crime
should be sacrificed than that SO men,
hearts should be turned loose on the
world to rob and murder and commit
all sorts of crimes. The one innocent
man to be sacrificed on the altar of
civilization would get his reward, let
US hope, in heaven
n EORGE SCHAEFFER. who plays
1 4 the gambling man, tells story
~ of how he had been playing poker
with Bob Hilliard in New York the
night before the latter saw the sketch.
Says Schaeffer in the playlet: Pm
the original natural born gambler
Said Hilliard, who sat in the front row
before, You bet your life you are
Schaeffer admits to having been in
FIVE raids, but he will not admit that
he ever played in a strange room hung
with mirrors.
.If you could only get Mr. Arm
strong TO cut out that line in Cireum-
stantial Evidence about being from
Missouri" said Schaeffer, II. would be
happy indeed Here is this poor fell
low who has just lost his wife and
who turns to us after we have read
the sad message to tell US that he
in a few minutes. Then L have to turn
from the poker table and say that we
are from Joplin, Mo-, and that he will
have to show US. 1t is a heartless
line L have known gamblers all the
way from New Orleans to Nome. but 1
never met one that was capable of
that line. When the audience laughs
at the sally. it makes me mad"
Schaeffer was formerly with John
stone Bennett in Jane and played in
that piece at the old Baldwin theater
He produced Prince Chap" in London
three years ago and afterward re-
hearsed two companies TO play the
provinces. Those two companies are
running yet" he said. Webber was
with James X. Hackett in the Madison
Square production of THE Greater
Love- which ran for IL weeks in
New York, but which didn't go else
where. Four seasons ago he was with
Nathan Hale at the California thea
ter. and last year he was with "Ari-
zona" at the American theater. The
show said he, closed in Ell Paso.
Augustus Thomas got hold of it again,
and that is fortunate. because 1t would
be pity to see SO good drama
turned over to the mercies of barn
storming organization
But we ALI agreed that "Circum-
stantial Evidence" though it might
be. ethically wrong. was most grip