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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-12-16
u. s. NAVY CROWDS GERMANY
bcrs. Tonnage aud Gun strength
britain Leads.

Washington. Dec. 9.-The navy year
book for 1909. compiled by Pitman Pulsi-
FER, clerk of the Senate committee on
naval affairs, shows the race FOR second
place among the navcs of the world to
be still very close between the United
States and Germany.
of fighting ships. tbatteships and ar
morcd cruisers built, building and pro-
vidcd for. this country has a and Ger
many 10, but the aggregate tonnage for
tho United states is t99.2i1 as against 65a-
33l Germany. however. has larger
number Of small vessels than this toun-
try and her total tonnage is 5000. as
against 1SA.iS1 for the United states. Ger
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-12-16
AUTO CAR PHILOSOPHY.

The man who owns a mOtOr-car
May see much less. though he 20 far,
'ris exercise that gives us health.
So envy not the man his wealth.
(Nor need he envy us our talk
For We can ride. and he can walk)
Tudor jerks in Puck
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-12-16
II the Daby II Cutting Tcet Il

BE sure and use that old and well-tried
remedy. Mrs Winslow's Soothing So
rup. for children tCething. 1t soothes
the child, softens the gums, allays all
pain. cures wind collie and IL the beS'
remedy for Diarrhoea Twenty five
cents a bottle.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-12-16
ITO BIC CONTINUED }
HIS PREFERENCE.

"Are you fond OF looking at the stars?'
asked Miss Boston, turning to her COM
panion between the acts at Broadway
theatre.
"Weli, yes" answered the engaging
young man, but as rule the chorus Is
road enough for me. "-Lippincotts.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-11-25


is now IN session in Atlanta
AS was expected, Asa G. Gambler, the Coca
Cola man, was one of the important speakers
to the Conference.
The Gamblers are always the important
figures when Methodist Conference is in
session.
DR.. G. A. Nunnally, of Newman, was sent
by the Baptists to ask the Methodists to lend
their aid In stamping out near-beer
BY a peculiar coincidence DR.. Nunnally's
address was delivered soon after Asa G.
Gambler had addressed the Conference on an
other subject.
The union of Georgia Methodism with the
Baptists for the death of the near-beer saloon
was urged by DR.. Nunnally, who also prayed
that the Methodists join in fighting for law
abolishing the near beer license at the next
legislature
Strange to say that Asa g. Gambler, the
Coca Cola man, should be followed by DR..
Nunnally with an appeal for the doing away
with near-beer when Asa G. Gambler is the
manufacturer of drink that is more poison
ous than near beer,-a drink that is sold in
every Prohibition town in Georgia, and
throughout the country:
A drink that is causing more nervous
wrecks today than any other one drink on the
market
A drink that is robbing thousands of young
men, and young o00moe7o OF their health, max
ing them slaves to the Coca Cola habit and
in turn wrecking their lives.
Far be it from the writer to try to uphold
the near beer dealer.
Near-beer means straight beer, the blind
tiger, and what goes with it.
DR.. Nunnally was ri ght in asking the North
Georgia Conference to help stamp out the
near-beer saloons; but the Doctor should have
gone a little bit further than asking the Con-
ference to use it's influence toward prohibit
ing the sale of nearbeer. The Doctor should
have also asked the Conference to give it's
opinion of Coca-Cola.
Without much trouble, DR.. Nunnally could
have put before the North Georgia Confer
ence statistics that would have made it look
very bad for Mr.. Asa G. Gambler and his
hellish drink.
But Asa G. is good brother; so he goes
unnoticed
The Gambler sky-scraper, which is one of
the sights of Atlanta, represents that amount
of money which Mr.. Gambler has collected
from his Coca Cola victims.
No near-beer dealer has made one tenth as
much off of his near-beer as Mr.. Gambler has
off of his cocaine-doped beverage.
In attacking near-beer dealers, DR.. Nun
nally Strikes popular cnOrd3 DuC WOuluhC
we all admire the Doctors courage little bit
more, if he should put Coca-Cola in the same
class with the ar-beer?
Just because Coca-Cola is made by one of
the faithful Methodist brethren, is it any rea-
son why it should be exempt from condem-
nation?
DR.. Nunnally, you can obtain proof that
Coca-Cola is damning drink, if you want
to. Now, Doctor, step forward, and save
thousands of young men and young women,
o-roo ;f ,ro11 do have to cnt down the enormous
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-11-25
BIG PASSENGER ENGINE.


Locomotive Recently Built by Baldwin Weighs
37645O Pounds.
With score of workmen cnging to it's great
bulk and giving finishing touches the largest pas
senger locomotive which the world has yet seen
stood recently track just outside of the Bald
win Locomotive Works, where it built The
men have named it Glib"
This huge locomotive weighs 376,450 pounds
without it's tender. Both together, and in work
ing order, will weigh about 800 tons. It has a
tractve power of So 900 pounds, which compares
with 81 1000 pounds for the largest passenger To-
connective now in service. The tender is the largest
built and has capacity of 10000 gallons of
water and 1000 gallons of petroleum, which is
the fuel the locomotive will burn.
Over all, the locomotive and tender measure
1O5 feet The wheel base of the locomotive it
self is just short of ffty-two feet. There are five
pairs Of driving wheels, seventy-three inches in
diameter, which work in two sets. The three pairs
in the rear set get their power from the high
pressure cylinders, twenty-fOur by twenty-eight
inches, while the forward set are driven by the
low pressure cylinders, th1rty-elght by twenty
eight inches.
There is a great system area, the total heating
surface being 4,756 square feet. feed-water
heater raises the water temperature to 800 de-
grees before it goes into the boiler. Steam goes
through a super-heater before reaching the high
pressure cylinders, and, exhausted from them,
passes through re-heater to the low-pressure
cylinders.
The boiler contains 294 tubes nineteen feet
long and two and ne-quarter inches in diameter.
In the feed-water heater are 314 tubes seven feet
long. This huge locomotive is for the Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, and will be used
by it to haul passenger trains at express time
mountain grades in Southern California and Ne
vada.-Philadelphia North American.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-11-25
g John Durham Watsom's Page g

Cherry, Ill, in which about 256 or more min
ers were entombed, and at this writing but
100 of them have been rescued
That the accident was due to gross careless
ness there seems to be no doubt
The electric light system was out of fix,
and instead of waiting for new material to
repair the break, the officials substituted open
torches for electric lights
In this way it is supposed that car of hav.
that was pushed too near an open torch,
caught fire and, in less time than it takes to
tell the facts, 256 men were doomed to hor-
rible DEATH
For the sake of saving a few dollars, this
mining company sacrificed numbers of human
beings; instead of waiting for the lighting
apparatus to be fixed they ran the risk Of
substituting the dangerous torch
Such cases of negligence should 90 to the
criminal courts, and the officials who are re-
sponslble should be prosecuted vigorously.
A few convictions and sentences to impris-
onment would soon put stop to such ac-
cidents.
One of the most important decisions rem
dered by any court of late is that handed
down by the United States Court for the
Eastern district of Missouri.
1hls decision declares that the Standard
Oil Company is an illegal combination, oper-
atlng in restraint of trade, and orders it's dis
solution.
This means that the case will 90 to the
United States Supreme Court for final set
Element, and the Standard Oil Company NAV
finally win, but the decision of the Circuit
Court will certainly prove jolt to the off
Gals of the Standard Oil Company.
The decision of the Circuit Court is so
plain and clear-cut that the lawyers for the
Standard Oil Company will have hard time
picking out flaw in it.
The Supreme Court of Iowa has decided
that the owner of private business may re-
fuse to serve food and drinks to negroes
OF course, newspapers of certain class are
bewailing this further curtailment of Cuff
fees privileges.
The first thing we know, the Booker Wash
mgtons will lose the precious privilege of
taking luncheon at the White House. On the
whole, Cuffee is decidedly losing ground
*
Senator Cullom says that if the negro vote
were eliminated, the Southern States would
60 Republican. He is not far wrong Our
bankers, manufacturers, lumber companies,
railroaders, etc, want the same sugar teat
favoritism that the Republicans give to the
"Interests"
Mr.. Louis Post, Of The Public, bemoans
the Cullom statement, and dismally admits
that the poor negro is about to cease to be a
political factor.
[ regret to relate, that so far as we have
seen, the Methodist Conference which met in
Atlanta made no provisions for the relief of
the great great granddaughter of Charles
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-11-25
PAGE THIRTEEN

OCaUeS supreme court is punlSh1ng SherlH
Shipp, of Tennessee.
The attempts to check the lynchings of
black ravishers, by failing the sheriffs, will
prove about as effective as the efforts that
the Irish tenants used to make to scare the
nonresident English landlord, by shooting at
his local agent.
They might jug every sheriff in America,
without stopping solitary lynching.
Indian Summer.
To the Editor of the Evening World:
In reply to the query regarding Indian Sum-
mer" I beg leave to inclose the following extract
from the Milwaukee Sentinel: after the au-
tumn has been well started, and before the winter
storms begin, says the head of the local Wealth
er Bureau, there generally comes in this lati-
tude, period of dry weather with moderate tenn
perature that has come to be called Indian Sum-
mer. 1t isn't bound to come like spring or win
ter. Some years long spells of fine weather
enjoyed. In other years get but a few days of
Indian Summer. Scientists recognize such sea-
SON." So it is up to the poets of the present and
future to cut out all mention of Indian Summer or
be guilty of fakng.-T. NJ W., in New
York Evening World.
Indian Summer is a season peculiar to
North America
The way in which the season gets the name
Indian Summer dates back to our fore
fathers.
1he Indians were In the habit OF setting
fire to the Western prairies to burn off the
old grass SO as to give the grass chance to
spring up the following Spring.
The settlers of Western Pennsylvania and
Virginia knew this, therefore in the Fall of
the year when that season we call Indian
Summer, with the tinted sky and hazy at
mosphere, set in, our forefathers believed
that the Indians were burning off the West
ern prairies.
The smoke from the burning grass causing
the haziness of the atmosphere and the fire
itself causing the red sky.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-11-25

The negroes of Chicago have held an indig-
nation meeting over the Cairo, Illinois, lynch
ing of the brute who raped and murdered
that luckless white girl. The indignant Chi
cago coons demand that the Cairo sheriff be
punished in the same manner that the United
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-23
MRS. CHARLIE MAY HEARN AR-
 RESTED.
For Shooting of Nita Patton, Who Died of Her WOunds-AIbert Heara Returned from
 Coal Mines.

It Is a strange whim of fortune that brings Mrs. Charlie May Hearn and her husband, Albert Hearn. under the roof of the Montgomery County Jail. both as prisoners. at the same time Mrs. Hearn was arrested yesterday on a warrant charging her with the death of Nita Patton. a negress: Albert Hearn Is held a prisoner awaiting q trial in the City Court of Montgomery on the charge of grand larceny.
 Nina Moore. . negroes. sister of Nita Patton, who was shot by Mrs Hearn over a fortnight ago. and who died Wednesday. swore out yesterday war rant charging Mrs. Hearn with mnr- der The warrant. issued by Justice N. N. Waller. was executed by Con- stable Paul Rapport. and Mrs. Hearn, without demur, was taken to the coun- ty prison.
 Throughout the day she remained at the jail, not locked In cell, but in q bedroom on the front part of the building, where she was seen by sew erai friends during the day.
 An effort was made to secure for her a preliminary trial soon after her arrest, that she might be admitted to bail or released, as the testimony might warrant. but because of dlf- ilcuity in rounding up the numerous witnesses. the preliminary hearing was set for Monday morning at 10 o'clock before Justice Waller. Until that time she will be held.
 Mrs. Hearn. Q young woman of pleas. ant appearance, Is distressed at her po- tears and with catch in her voice,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-23
FUNERAL OF JACOB KAHN
 WAS HELD IN THIS CITY
Former Montgomery CitlHen Who Died
 Ia Opeiika Buried Here.

The funeral services of Jacob Kahn enc of opelilxa's oldest and most re- speeted ,Gitlzens, who died at his home in that place Wednesday evening al [ ascl0ck after a lehga illness. wert held from the union station yesterday morning at Il o'clock, Rev. Dr. Marks of Atlanta, officiating. The interment was in Oakwood Cemetery. For a number of years he had been confined to his home but his death was not ex. pected and came as great shock to his relatives and friends.
 Mir. Kahn was born in Germany in 1S45 but came to this country when he was 19 years old and settled in Loach. apoka. After remaining there a few years he moved to opsllka, where hS resided until his death. Mir. Kahn was & prominent member of the Masons. be. ing master of the Lee Lodge of thlI city for four years. He was also q member of the Knights of Pythias and at one time he was Chancellor Com. mander of the Damon Lodge, of which he was one of the charter members He also belonged to the Jewish ordel of B'nai B'rith.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-23
Different Offense Brings Husband
 and Wife to fhe County Jail

that she welcomes visitors. Now, more perhaps than at any othef time, Is she overwhelmed by the unfortunate oc- currenee. through the circumstances of which she became a prisoner.
 'T had tried for a long time to keep from the trouble that foresaw from the arrogance of the woman, Nita Pat, ton, and 1t was in self defense and asr last resort that I shot at last" she. declares.
 Mrs. Hearn. from the assurances of her friends-and she has many---is confident that her present position ik merely temporary. and will last no longer than the time for preliminary hearing.
 She is the mother of two little chii-. dren and a woman who. with . hus- band now a prisoner on the charge of. burglary. and with the necessity to eke out an existence for herself anG her children by her own efforts. has seen much of the colder and harder side of the world. And now. still iit-S tie more than a girl. still fresh with youth. she Ia face to face with the hard est of her vicissitudes.
 Albert Hearn. the husband from whom she has been estranged since his arrest some months ago on the charge of grand larceny. was returned from the coal mines but two days ago. He nhd been sentenced 70 term m the mines in the City Court of .Montgom- cry. on the charge of the theft of sonae wire. While serving his sentence through his own election. as his case was pending on an appeal in the Su- preme Court. he was granted new trial through the decision of that triAs bunal, which set aside the verdict or the lower court.
 He returned for new trial wsdnese day. being lodged in jail the day be@ fore his young wife was brought 70 the same prison on a warrant charg- ing her with the murder of a negroes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-23
INDUSTRIAL CoMMIssIONnRs.
important Body of Men Meets ia BirA
 mfnEham.


 Birmingham. Jan.., 22-(SpeciaI)--%A special meeting of the Association of American Industrial Commissioners ue America. was held here today The at4 tendance was fairly good. st
 J. c. Claire, of the Illinois Central Railroad. headquarters in Chicago, Is president of the Association and he presided at the meeting here today. PGuy l. Stewart of the Cotton Belt Raii9 road acted as secretary.
 The annual meeting Of the associas ton was held in St. Louis and the next annual meeting win be held In Cincinnati in May.
 Col. T. q. Bush. President of the Shelby Iron Company and one of thS industrial magnates of the Birmink- ham district, delivered an address Sk the meeting this morning -
 Joseph B. Babb. secretary of thS Birmingham Commercial Club and e. 0rosvenor Dave, of Montgomery. secretary of the Commercial Club af that place were also speakers at the morning session.
 A number of members Of the orRanf- zation delivered short addresses, the greater portion of which were compii- mentary to the Birmingham dIstrict A trip around the industrial district ad- jacent to Birmingham was given in tls8 Iafternoon. luncheon being served aboard the train.
 The session here was an interesting one. asserted the president and proTnI- nent members and much will be heard Of later as to what was shown the visitors.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-23
r.,e-.r,.. w.me. E.sertala.

Enterprise. Jan. 22.--tSpecial.)-.- Yesterday afternoon and evening the women of the Home Mission Society of the Methodist Church gave a unioue entertainment in "Trip Around the World.
 The hospitabie home of MT. and Mrs. W. H. Holloway was America, where the hostess and a wealth of decoration of red. white and blue and American flags, received the guests and presented them to group of young women intpersonating charac- ters, among them Miss Columbia Pocahontas and an American Beauty.
 From here the party went to the home of Mrs. c. K Harrison, repre- senting Mexico.
 The home of MT. and Mrs. A. M. owen was for the time transformed into a scene of fair Japan and here amid the glow of Japanese lanterns and other quaint conceits a bevy of kimona -clad girls showed the artistic possibilities of this quaint costume as they served tea. sandwiches and dates to guests seated on cushions scattered on the mating of the apart- ment.
 The other nation represented was Ireland at the home of Mir. and Mrs. J. R. Midd1ebrooks,
 Quite a nice sum was realized, which goes to the fund the Home Ms sion Society has pledged itself to give toward the erection of hand some new parsonage for the Metho- dist Church.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-23
wETUmrKA PARAGRAPHS.

wetumpka. Jan. 22.--tspeclai1 1-rhe young people enjoyed an informal dance last night at the hotel. A mum Der of spectators were present.
 Miss Necie vann is the guest this week of Prof. and Mrs. L.. l.. Vann.
 Rev, J. A. Jenkins has recovered from a recent ilfness.
 Mrs. Clarke, of Nashville, Tenn, Is the guest of her daughter. Mrs. J. Nj. Jenkins, IT.
 Mrs. Mary C. Fitzpatrick is spend- ing a few days In Montgomery with her sister, Mrs. Adolph Le Bron.'
 Friday afternoon the members of the Thirteen Club and . few other guests were entertained by Miss Minnie Welch.
 Virgil Grifin, of Montgomery, spent the early part of this week In we- tumpka
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-23
FARMER FOUND DEAD
PEARY MALONE THROWN FROM
 HORSE.
Cifisen s4 FrankiiH Ceasty Meets . Violent Death While Aiene
 ---The News of Rus- sellvllle.

Russellyiiie, Jan. s2--tSpeclal.) )-- Perry Malone. living near Pleasant ySite. in the western edge of this Coun- ty. was found at night with his head crushed in and dead.
 He had gone to Belmont, twelve or fifteen miles away. That night hiA horse without bridle, came home. His alarmed family started out to look for him and two or three miles from home found h!s beay in the road with the top of his head cruHhed in and the bridle reins wrapped around his legs
 A jury of inquest has been empan- neled to look into the matter.
 MT. Malone was an excellent citizen, q brother -in-law Of Circuit Clerk D. A. Malone. He was the son of Colonel R D. Malone.
 He was about 50 years old and leaves a wife and four children.
 Isaac ComtreIl. who was brought from Texas to face an indictment for murder returned in 1892. has been Al- lowed bail. which he has furnished. and has gone back to Texas, his home.
 It is said that all the eye-witnesses to the killing are dead
 r The high school moved Into the handsome new high school building this week. The new building Is q very handsome one.
 The reorganized Sheffield Coal and Iron Company has leased the Good Springs property for a period of twsn- tyr years and will begin mining and shipping ore as soon as washers can be built.
 The new mine is three miles north of Russellville and belongs to the es- tate of ". D. Bullock. Mrs. D. H. Law Ter and Miss Anderson. The ore is said to be very fine-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-23
|ORPHANAGE TO
 BE REMOVED Meeting of Institutions $
 Directors. GREENvnLE MAY BE NEW SITE Methodists Appear Dissatisfied ! With Summerfield. Property offer of ,. P. Flowers Hss called Fer Appeintme.t of Csmnittee te Investigate
 
GREENvnLE MAY BE NEW SITE

At meeting of the directors of the Methodist Orphanags of the Alabama Conference at Summerfield held yes- ferday afternoon at the Church Street Church, the question of the removal of the institution from Summerfield to Greenviiie was grayely considered. / So impressed were the directors with the offer of J. b. Flowers, of Green ville, of valuable property in event of the location of the institution near Greenviile, that & committee of three directors was named to visit Green Vile, confer with MT. Flowers and report back to a subsequent meeting or the directorate In Selma on April G.
 The committee named consisted of A. w. Smith and w. s. Brown. of Bir- mingham~ and Rev. T. Y. Abernethy of Selma.
 The directors came to Montgomery unheIalded. and met Friday afternoon Tn the Church street church, in ses- sion that came as q surprise to all in- terested in the workings of the orphanage. The directors were: Rev ,. ". Newman, of Decatur; A. w. Smith, w. L. Brown, Rev. s. P. West and Rev. J. s. Chadwick of BirmIng- ham; Rev. W. P. Dickinson. Rev, T. Y Abernethy and pr. T. P. Whitby. oi Selma.
 Many matters of interest to the orphanage were considered, the ques- tion of the change of site being, ot course. the most important. The |Orphanage of the two Alabama Metho. dist Conferences has been situated al Isummerfield since 1884. and the little town of Dallas county has become as- sociated. in very name. with the charit- able institution.
 It Is supposed that the meeting of the directors was called in response to a suggestion of the last South Ala bama Conference, at Greensboro. that the body look into the condition of the |Orphanage, and work for it's welfare las thoroughly as possible. V
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-23
DuBoSE SENT 10 :. JAIL FOR KILLING NEGRO

Tuskegee. Jan, 2s--t -tspecGal) )--Aftef a preliminary trial. lasting three days. tn the case of the State vs. Dudley Dubose. charged with the killing gf Henry Kennebrew, negro, an acS count of which appeared in The AdS vertiser some weeks ago, Dubose waA remanded to jail without bail. S5
 More than fifty witnesses were examined, and in this wsyss much tiraa was consumed N j.
 After the concluding speech by state Solicitor Bowling, Judge Vaughan, stated that as an officer of the law. he must execute it, and although a painful duty. he must according to law and testimony. commit the defendargt to jail without bah. a