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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-08
LYNCHING INVERTED.
ANGRY MOB WANTED SLAYER OF
 MINISTER.
An Elghteen-yenr-eId Negro Boy Is Arrested in HouAton Charged With Muraering Rev.
 w, n. Hudson.

Houston, Miss. Feb. 7.--Surrounded by an angry mob of 500 citizsns. Roby Baskin. a negro boy. IS years old. was arrested here this morning by Deputy Sheriff J. L. Wilkinson of Houston and locked up for safe keeping on the charge of having murdered Rev. pr. W, T. Hudson. whose body was found Saturday night half submerged in the waters of Q pond half mile from Houston.
 immediately following the arrest of the negro, e secret meeting was held and 1t Is believed plans for lynching the negro were made at this meeting and that they are only awaiting for the decision of the coroner before car- rying cut their intention. E
 It is the general belief at Houston that Rev. Hudson was killed and robbed. Baskin, 1t is said. had been following Rev. Hudson for several days.
 Early this morning Deputy Sheriff Wilkinson went to Baskln's home and placed him under arrest. He was in bea when the oficer took him in charge and loudly protested his innocence. For a lime 1t looked like he would be taken from the officers and lynched. Finally the crowd was persuaded to let ,fha negro alone until the coroner re- turned a verdict, which will be some time tomorrow.
 Csoverror Noel has offered reward of $500 for the arrest of the murderer and the eitizens of West Point have guaranteed $10o.
 pr. FIudson's remains have been shipped to Memphis for interment. He
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-08
SANCTIONS CONTEST.
sEwANEE WILL MEET THE
 LOUIsIANA ELEVEN.
Auburn, vanaerhais and Alnbanna Have Positively Refusea te Renew Neso- tiatfonn With The Fanewm
 Loufsaana Eleven.

Sewanee,. Tenn, Feb. 7--fSpecial.)-- Taking advantage of e practical boy. colt placed on the Louisiana State University foot ball eleven by Auburn. Vanderbilt University and the Univer- ity of Alabama and forseetng the tremendous attendance that greets any first class eleven meeting Louisiana, athletic conseliors here have formally sanctioned the contest already arrang- ed by the managers but which awaited approval from the athletic comnlttee,
 New Orleans gets, the big game be- tween Sewanee and L.ouisiataa and the result will be regarded here as the best line afforded to judge which team is entitled to the 1909 foot ball cham- pionship of the South as advice re- ceived here through correspondence, shows that Auburn and Vanderbilt have positively refused to renew nego- tiations or open correspondence at all for feot ball contests with Louisiana.
 As Louisiana meets Texas Arkansas. Mlssissippa and Texas A. and M. and Mississippi A and M, Colleges. how ever, q champion squad should be seleeted as Sewanee will meet Wander biIt, Alabama and other prominent Southern teams. It is said recent charges brought against the purity of athletics at Louisiana is accountable for the refusal of Auburn. Alabama and Vanderbilt to meet the far South- ern eleven.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-08
DUEL TO THE DEATH.
TWO KILLED AND ANOTHER MORT
 ALLY WOUNDED.
Aa Axe Handie, Two Pistols And ahof Gmn Were the Weapons Usea--TROuble Caused
 By a DOg.

- Alexandpia.s ksa. Reba7.--eS@ws reached here today of fatal duel. at Hl1stonsi ten miles south Of Alsxandria9t late Saturday In which Henry. and Bud Harrington, father and son. on one side and Robert and Charles WeatheFford. on the other side. brothers, were the opposing combatants.
 As q result both of the BarrinGton's are dead and Robert Weatherford Hes m0Etally wounded.
 The tragedy Ia said to have grown out of the killing of Robert Weathar- ford's dog by Bud Burlington Friday The Weatherford brothers were in MarlerG store at Hinston when the Baryington's came in yesterday after noou. A shot gun was lying on the counter near which the Weatherford's stood.
 "J. suppose you are carrying that gun to shoot my son, because he killed your dogT the older Harrington is sail to have declagedi
 'T suppose I am." Robert Weather. ford is quoted as replying.
 Burlington. Sr. then seized an axe handle. Jt Is stated, and attacked Rob- ert Wsathsrford, The men clinched and then drew pistols Young BePriug. ton also produced a weapon and Charles WeathArfcrd veiaed the shot gun on the counter. In the fusifiaIe which follow cd. the BaFrington's were shot dead and Robert WeatharfOrd received wounds from which he is not expected to recover.
 Charles WaatharforG. who escapea being shot. immediately surrendered tN Deputy Sheriff Crawford at TfinstoO.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-08
Eufauia MetAeaisf Pay Tribute to De-
 ee~sea Preaf&fnr Elder.


 Eufaula Metheafsf Pay Trfbute to De-
 ceased Presidiag Elder.
 Eufaula, Feb. 7-tSpecial.) .)-Immed- lately following the morning service ct the First Methodist church here Today, short conference session was held when suitable resolutions respect ing the death of the late and lamented pr. J. M. Mason were unanimously adopted.
 The resolutions set forth the high esteem in which pr. Mason was held by all classes and creeds during his residence here. commenting him as a man deeply consecrated and possessed of c warm generous self sacrificing heart. His career as soldier and a scholar and one unswerving in his de- votions to duty: Is commended and the sincere sympathy of all is extended his grief stricken family. A copy of the resolution were ordered sent to his family and to be published in The Christion Advocate and the home paper here.
 Quite a nice sum towards the fund to be applied In the erection of suit able monument to the late pr. M. B. Wharton has been secured and 1t Is be- perienced In securing the requisite amount. It is hoped to have the shaft completed at least by Memorial day.
 President A. W. Van Hoose of the Alabama Brenau and his wife are spending several weeks at the insu- tution here the guests of the Principal Prof. Wilkerson and family.
 |. E. Methvin will soon be ip the erection of handsome private resi- dence on Barbour street adjoining that of H. c. Policeman which will add greatly to the appearance of that por- ton of the city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-08
SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES ARE
 AFTER NEGRO MURDERER

Gus Walker, a negro, Is dodgtng members of the sherifI's force in the woods near Spragues Junction, twen- ty miles from the city on the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, having killed Ben Dandridge. negro, Sunday evening at 3 o'clock.
 The negroes. several of them. were in @ house at Sprague's and Walker who was drinking. had a pistol. Those present say he pointed 1t at Dandridge and asked the latter how it felt to face.a gun. Dandridge Is said to have tried to get behind others in the crowd. while begging Walker to put up the pistol. In the scramble about the place Walker shot, the ball enter ing Dandridge's right temple, killing him instantly.
 Walker ran from the place, crying he had not intended to shoot, but all the same he took to the woods, and up to a late hour last night had not been heard from. Deputies Hood and Mccree were sent from Montgomery to assist Jesse Reynolds, constable of Beat 10, in the hunt when the kill ing was reported here.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-08
The Nationnl Holiday.

New York, Feb. 7.-The progress at Washington of. the measure to make February 12 national holiday. has stimulated interest in the centenary anniversary of Lincoln's birth. which will be observed next Friday through" out the country.
 Strictly speaking there can be no national holiday, for in this matter, the states make their own legisla- ton, and this measure. if 1t becomes a law, will apply in a legal sense only to the District of Coiumbia and Fed. erel institutions, Eight States, have made February 13,a holiday but the observance this year will not be lim- ited to these States. In many cities and towns, churches schools and so- cietles will make much of the day and in some instances. Legislatures will officialiy recognize it
 The most notable gatherings of that day will be at Hodgenville. Ky, Whera President Roosevelt will lay the corn CT stone of . memorial hall on the old Lincoln farm. At Springfield, H., there will be addresses by William ' Bryan and Ambassador Bryce, and Ambassador Jusserandp President elect Taft will speak ct a banquet al Now Ofleans and Vice President elect sherman will make an address at the chamber of commerce dinner at Pitts burg. At noon. United StateS senator Lodge will address the Massachusett' IeRfslature at Boston, In New York City there will be several Lincoln din' ners of 6 notable character
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-08
CEREMONIAL EVENT.
FORMAL RATIFICATION OF THE MAJ
 TEONAL ELECTION.
Simplicity and DigRity Wi1l AEaRk Ev- cry Feature of This Function Both Houses of COn-
 gress to Attend.

Washington, Feb. 7.-The formal ratification of the election of William H. Taft of Ohio, and James School- craft sherman of New, York to be Pres- idsnt and Viee-President of the United States. respectively, to be held in the next Wednesday, will be one of the most ceremonial events attending the political life of America.
 Simplicity and dignity will mark ev- cry feature of this function which will be witnessed by the two Houses of Congress. by members of the diplo- matic corps, by leading officials of the Government and by brilliant assemb- lage consisting of members of the fam lilies of Senators, Representatives and officials of the Government.
 The Senate and House will assemble at noon as usual as being called to order by their respective presiding of- fcars and listening to the usual pray CT of thelr chapiRins. the Senate will proceed to the hall of the House, where a joint meeting will be held to count formally the electoral votes.
 The ceremony will begin at o'clock. Shortly before that time Vice-Presi- dent Fairbanks will leave his chair as presiding officer of the Senate and will proceed to the east door prepar- atory to leading the processions of Senators to the south wing of the Cap itol, The procession will then move along the marble corridor to the House of Representatives. The assistant doorkeepers of the Senate. carrying two boxes containing the electoral votes previously received by Mir. Fairbanks from special messengers from the sew eral States, will closely follow the Vice. President.
 Speaker Cannon will be informed of the coming of the Senate and Repre- sentatives occupying seats on his right will vacate them in order to make room for the ninety-two Senators.
 The vice-President will take seat provided for him at the right of the speaker and will be presented with the gavel.
 Mir, Fairbanks will then unlock the wooden boxes and announcing the pur- pose of the gathering win open the packages in alphabetical order, hand l ing certificates to the four tellers. Sem atorn Burrows of Michigan and Bailey of Texas, and Representatives Gaines 1 of West Virginia and Russell of Texas When the counting has been con eluded. showing that Taft and sherman nave received s21 votes and Bryan and Kern I62, the vice-PreBident viii in- uuire whether any one desires to He q protest against the result as an- l nounced. and in the absence of such protest he will declare the Buceessful { candidates duly elected.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-08
S2OO,OOO FOR IMPROVEMENTS Plans Of The Traction Company. BIG BOOST FOR THE SYSTEM 4 Sum of $4o,ooo Has Already
 Been Expanded. yAe New Compaay Finds TAst. Mach ef the Trnciage Must Be Re-
 iayed te Attain Ef- E acieney.

Improvements. costing $200.000. will De made before the end of the year by the Montgomery Traction Company. Already in the three months that the company has been controlling the street railway system of the city. about $40. 900 has been expended Of this s25,ooo has been for new rails and ties.
 Montgomery will soon be able to boast of as fine system as any other city in the South" said Mir. W. J. Ginnivan, manager of the company. last evening. us back" he continued. i've win be able to progress with our new work tewen the two old companies brought about much duplication of tracks. It is our purpose to tear out those tracks that are not needed and to lay new ones in other parts of the city tN&t we may give more efficient service.
 Tn addition to this kind of develop ment, we need to relay many of our tracks, as they are in sad need of re- pair, owing to lack of care. On Hall, between Houston and High Streets. as well as on Adams Street from Bain- bridge. the whole system must be re- newed--that. is, both new ties and new rails laid. Already 35,000 pine ties have been ordered from q lumber yard in this State. The new switches that the company has found necessary to buy will arrive Tuesday, allowing inn- provemeiets now under way to be com pleted immediately.
 By Friday the line along Dexter Av- enue will be entirely restored to use. At present only the section between Hun and Lawrence Streets remains Co be completed: that done. the entire way from the Capitol to Court Square will be laid with brand new tracks.
 ! The entire rolling stock .is befng brushed into shape. Twenty-Five of the open ears will be painted within several weeks. In addition sixteen new motors and four new trucks have been. ordered that they may be in as good condition as when they were houtehE .
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-08
JOHN D.'s S0N-IN-LAW
 ATTACKED BY MAD MAN

New York. Feb. 7-Charles A. Strong professor of physiology of Columbia University. who is 6 son-In.law Of John D. Rockefeller, was attacked on the North German Lloyd liner Barbarossa Saturday morning by a young Brazil jan. Louis Leite, who Is now a prison- CT on Ellis Island. pending an Investi- gation of his sanity.
 Prof. Strong was bitten twice on the face by his assailant who sprang upon him suddenly and after. striking sev. were separated by the ships attend ants The Barbarossa arrived today.
 Leite says he was followed around the world by Prof. Strong and accuses the latter of having attempted to put poison in his food.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-08

dead. 4 son. James. who was sleep- ing up stairs. ran down at the sound of the shots and Stewart. whose rifie was empty, beat. out the boys brains with the butt of the weapon.
 stewart then started for his own home but stopped on the way at the house of Edwin Pounds, who af the time was absent. Here he attacked the hired man. George Beaumont, and the house keeper, Mrs. Gowans. with the empty weapon, beating them both into unconsciousnass. fracturing the man skull. He was arrested this af- tsrnoon At hts home
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-08
MYsrrnY Nor soLynp.
No New Developments is Eulhart Mur- aez Case.

No New Develepments Ia ralhert Mur-
 aex Case.
 Dayton. O.. Feb. 7.--Wfth the con- ciusion of Q microscopic examination Of the stomach In ssarch of particles Of poison, the finai autopsy on the body of Elirabeth Fuihart of vandaiia, O.. Dayton's latest murder victim. today failed to reveal the immediate cause of the girls death.
 The only tangible theory left. the police say. Is that the girl may have been drugged for brutal purposes. which accidentally proved fatal. and the body thrown into the abandoned eistern to cover up the traces of the crime.
 Roy Cooley. . close friend of Miss Fulhart. who was detained by the DO. lice for examination. was released to- day. Albert wilkey, reputed to De the girls Rance. still Is held, but tt Is ex' pected that he will be released s9on. Chief Aiiaback said tonight:
 There ia absolutely nothing new. believe, however, thst we will make at least one arrest early this week"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-08
HARRIMAN MERGER SUIT.
Hearing wIlI Begin in Cincinnati on
 TuesdaY.

Cincinnati, Feb. 7.--TRe case of the government against the Union Pacific Railway Company. D. H. Hartman and others, filed e year ago ih the United States Courts. to break what Is claimed to be a merger of the Hartman lines Is scheduled to be heard in this city on Tueaday next, having been trans ferred to Cincinnati recently.
 Special government examiners have been here the past week and have sub poenaed witnesses whose testimony Is desired. These include prominent rail. road men, receivers and shippers from this city, Hamilton. Springfield, Colum- bus and other Ohio cities.
 The action Is one In equity against E. H. Hartman. his associates and friends in the alleged merger of the Union and Southern Pacific Railways along which large number of sec 0ndary lines. 'tr
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-08
MAN WHO DARED .
Death of John n. Moran Reealls His
 Interesting Career.


 Interesting Career.
 Boston, Mass, Feb. 7.--John B. Mo- ran, District Attorney of Suffolk Coun- ty. who died last night in Phenix, Ariz., where he was seeking to restore his health. had gained the popular sobriquet of sThe Man Who Dares.
 Tn 1906 he ran for Governor on four tickets, as Democrat, Prohibitionist. Independent League and Citizen, and lost the election to Governor Guild. Republican, by a narrow margin. In ykie campaign he summarily dtscharged Ms thres riianagef4 and c6nducted his campaign alone.
 At one tine he summoned the entire Massachusetts Legislature before the grand jury to give evidence as to al- legged bribery in the ''anti-bucket shop bill" Eventually one member of the Legislature was expelled on charges or having received a bribe,
 Although nominally a Democrat, Mr. Moran refused to support. Bryan in the recent Presidential, campaign and al- lied himself with the Independence League. He was 30 years oid'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-08
SCORES THE STAGE.
Arehbiahop Farley Breaches on Iueu-
 ence of . Bad Example.

eMee or B@d EHNmPIe.
 New York. Feb. 7--"Tkat stage is worse today than 1t was, In the days of paganiam." said Archbishop Farley in his sermon in St. Patrick's cathedral today. He was preaching on the in- fiuence of a bad example. The Arch bishop said:
 All about us. men and women are setting evil examples. Men hoary with aRe often inspire with evil the minds of the young They go to the public places and to the theatres in shame laEsness and they bring with them youngsters who cannot escape corrup- ton. We see today men and women who ought to know peter, bringing the young to the orgies Of obscenity"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-08
FARMER RUNS AMUCK.
KiIIa Two Persons and Seriously In
 jures Three Others.

jures Three Others.
 SheIbourne, Ont, Feb. 1.-Two per- sons dead and three Ao seriously in- jured that they may not recover, is the result of series of murdsrous at- tacEs made today by George Stewart, a young farmer of Maple Valley.
 Stewart, who is mentally unbalanced, was staying with his brother at Red. dfckville and started out in the early morning with a rife. His brother at- tempted to restrain him and was at- tackled and beaten. but not seriously injured Stewart then went to the nome of John SpanhouSe and fired up- on Mrs. Spanhouse twice, wounding her in the eye and arm. Her husband rushed to her assistance and was shot
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-08
Fonr Lunataou Encape.

Columbus. O.. Feb. Flour crimi- nalIy insane men. two murdereFS and two burglars. armed with knives made their ShoeB. today broke from the keepers ct the Columbus State hospt- tai. Two of EheEn aro 0ttll at large.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-08
Elne in NaahviIIa

Nashville, Tenn., Feb. Fire here today destroyed the stock and build ing of the Rothsehilds and Luskycap, manufactures of furniture, at the cor ner of Houston and Drown Streets. The loss is estimated at $52,000. par tially covered by Insurance.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-08
DR. F. A. RODRIGUEz DEAD.
A @0ahvf1le Minister PasSes Away ia
 San Amt0uaO, Texas,

San AnfoalO, Texas,
 Nashville. Tenn, Feb. 7.-News reached here today of the death in San Antonio. Texas. of the Rev. Dr. PrIm- five A. Rodriguez, of Nashville.
 pr. Rodriguez was native of Mex. leo. and had recently been made a member of a committee to revise the Spanish new testament under the di- rection of the American Bible School
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-08
DIR. MAsoN rHAIsED.

was formerly pastor of the Seventh Street Baptist Church of that city.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-04-09

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they sometimes give Us In return. 1
remember the case Of a farmers wife
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would you mind II I slept In that big
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tramp. befOre ! say good night win
you please have me called at 4 O'clock
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train to market"
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-04-09

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The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-04-09

7 HEREBY GIVE NOTICE THAT WILL
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