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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-18

(censlanea from Pawe Ten.) house is painted or whitswashsd, raise chickens and improve your cooking We are glad to note. in this respect, an improvement in some Of our country schools. where we are beginning to teach sewing. cooking. and. with the cid of . school farm. practical farm ing In connection with the other school branches.
 n. r. Smith. Texas.
 W. 8. Hagans. North Carolina,
 Jonss Roes. Georgia.
 J. l.. Thomas. Alabama,
 Joshua Compton. Tezas.
 Committee.
 pr. Washington, in oonductinw the conference.> said: There is power enough in this conference to redeem the race. If we will so home and put Into practical operation, In our 'differ- ent communities. the various questions ws have considered today. we shall come back to the conference next year . new race" He said the friends of the conference thought best to advise Q change of the lime of the meeting of the conference from the present date to a similar date In January. A short course in agriculture is held at the school which this year enrolled soc pupils. It Is proposed that the con. ference meet the next day after the closing Of this short ebursa.' This will save time for thob4 who attend the conference and abort course. and aisos from the conference by having It's les. sons taught earlier in The year This change met the hearty approval of all. and the conference will meet very near the middle of January, 1910. Tho exc act date will be ,anncunced in duv time.
 Ben Reynolds, as successful farmer of Telladega county. made Q stirring address to the eQnference urging all moment of time. He showed examples of work done by men and women at odd times and created storm Of en- thusiasm by offering a package of ini- proved cotton seed to aiI who would agree to plant and work it at odd times and on Saturdays. ets '
 R. l.. Smith, of Texas, enforced in a brief and lavish address the great lessons of the conference.
 God Be With You Till We Meet Again" was sung and Rev e. W. benedietion and the eighteenth annual meeting of the Tuskegss Negro Con ference adjourned to the barbecue din- ner and to receive the garden seeds and a neatly printed pamphlet con- taining suggestions to the farmers for the conference year.
 Eight large placafds were hung about the chapel oIi which were print ed the following. in large letters, 50 ss to be easily read from all parts W the chapel: M le. X
 Pay your debts. dSn.t buy what you can do without.
 Don't loaf, on Saturdays Have bank account. ess z Have a comfortable school house in your community, E
 Send your children to sehool.
 See that yoIF minister is not i'm. Have comfortable church in your If you don't own home begin buy Do not be eonsentsa with q one room house. s '
 women and girls should be kept from iOsfing on the streets and in Don't mortgage yourl crops. averS community should have local con ference. Attend farmerst meetlpss. Do not allow your children to run at large. Keep the school in session at least i've or six months.
 Raise enough meat for the year Raise cotton. vegetables. pigs. cows and fowls.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-18
AssATI.ANr OF JONES.
nnm vwno FmxpmaNmed Kansas City
 Msrckana sa TgsSEcent. -.

nanm yvno TnRpnaemed Kansas City
 Mercksln& sa HetHceat.
 xansas City, Mo, Feb. 17.-~"c. Fl. Cyernett,'' the man who yesterday tried So extort S7,O00 from Lawrence M. Jones. millionaire dry goods mer- chart, by the display of dynanite bomb, refused again today to tell nus real name or anything of his past.
 oarnett was arraigned In Justice Shepherds court todey on cherges or robbery and attempt to rob. He enter cd pleas of guilty to both charges ana waived preliminary hearing. Justice shepherd then bound him over to the criminal court.
 Owing to the fact that Garnetts erect carriage suggested his possible connection with the army, experts from the Federal prison at Fort Leav- euworth arrived here today to take an imprint of Garnett's thumb marks. These win at once be forwarded to Washington where the finger print re- cord of all soldiers that have served in the United States Army in recent years is on file.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-18
rRpCrHNa BUILDING.
BsrmnrA Franks New Place of Busi-
 meas UmAey Way

Bernard Franks New Place of Busi-
 meas Umdeg Way.
 The walls of the first hoor ana pase. uent If the new store being built at Taliapoosa and Lee streets by Abra- ham Bros.. for Bernard Frank, who will occupy the building conducting q wholesale business, are completed ana worikinen are now busy with the raLt- srs thaf will support the second floor. srhe building is being constructed or brick ana stane and is to be ready For occupancy by May.
 Az soon asAit is completed another building will be commenceQ. sns Messrs.. Abraham having already re- ceived reauesfs for a building there. the site sbeing considered exceptionally desirable, because of its nearness to the railroad station, and road and river rlstef tha two buildings will occupy nearly a third Of the square and VIII be four stories high each
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-18
HARTMAN IN CAMP.
RalIroad Magnate TaIIks of "Rscent
 nMwrU

San Antonio, Texas. Feb. 17.-E. H. Hartman and party arrived here tooay and immediately went into camp m tented city on the outskirts Of san Antonio which had been preViousiy prepared IA. snirtta and remarked facetiouBly that he might build Q railroad to Pata" gonia- ,..
 sDon't let me give you the imprss- sion that the railroads are entirely free from blame." said Mr. Hartman to a reporter. "I think they were In a measure responsible for the row raised recently. That is what inclines me to the belief that there is strong need for more cooperation between the railroads and the people ana through them, the lawmakers"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-18
salss sfAsoN DEns.
sAe Was ps.fi.seisasa e Nsrss
 for Confederaey.

She Was U1sffngufshsd e . Nnrss
 fer Csafederaey.
 Washington. Feb. 1f.--M1ss Bmiiy Virginia Mason, of famous Virginia family. who won fame during the civil war as . nurse Of confederate soldiers and who administered to union soldiers at Libbsy Prison. died last night in this city. aged sA
 stephen Thompson Mason. first gov. ernor elected in Michigan. was her brother and her father was General John Thompson Mason. first territorial governor of that state.
 Miss Mason, who was born In Lex. ington. Keyt. was commissioned by President Davis of the Confoderacy ta organise hospital camps during the war After the conflict she wrote the first life ot General Robert E. Lee, who was her intimate friend. Later she went to Paris, where she conducted Q school.
 The funeral win take place in Bal timore next Thursday, from the Cas thedral. and the interment probably will be made there.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-18
WEATHER cONDETGoNa.


 The storm that was centBAl over West Virginia yesterday morning has moved off to the northeast, after causing very general rain or snow over the northsastern quarter of the country with light rain sOuthward along the east coast to Florida. Fair half of the country this morning. under the influence of an area of high baromoter central over northern Alabama which is giving moderately low temperatures in the South, the freezing line dipping southwArd to the middle Gulf coast. An area of low barometer is central over northern Montana and has caused precipitation ct nearly all Tompsraturas have continued to rise from Texas north to the Dakotas. Fair and warmer weather will prevail in Alabama during tonight and Thursday.
 u, g. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE,
 WEAEMER BUREAU. TsrapsTatuFs end precipitation reports from selected 9oetheFn stations. For the aA hsurs ending at I am,
 Fsbruar:' 1T. 1908
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-18
nvnamlte KlIIn Two.

Dallas Texas, Feb. II.-ChaFIVs Banss and James Young were Killed by the explosion of dynamite m west nniIas today. The men had the dy- nan1ite in their pockets and set en fire cracker which exploded the dyna. mite, The bodies were badly mangled.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-18
Ssay Run all Summer.

Washington. Feb.1T.--As an indica- ton of the probable length of the special tariff session of congress. Sena- tor Frye, of Maine. has written |" friends at home that he expects to have to remain in Washington dur ing the entire summer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-18
Arrn. Thomnann pnnA.

Mount Airy, Ga. Feb. lT.-Mrs. Yenry Hill thompson, daughter of Benianin H. Hill. of Georgia. who. dur ing the Civil War period was prom inent figure in the south. died here today
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-18
Togt Knox and RoOaeveHt.

Washington. Feb. 17.-President- elect Taft and Senator Knox called at the White House today and conferred with President Roosevelt. When they left they said they had nothing to make public.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-18
Alfonao An Arhltrntor

Madrid. Feb. I7.--It iB announced here that King Alfonso has accepted the role of arbitrator in the dispute between Germany and England re- gardlng the boundaries of walfsh Bay. on the southwest coast of Africa.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-18
n., on Cigarettes in Onto.

Columbus. Ohio. Feb. 1T--The House Committee on Temperance today unanimously decided to report for pas sage the Dltmars anti-cigarette bill, forblddinK the nanufacture or sale of cigarettes within the state A new asctscn amends ess old tobacco law and
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-18
rnn CASE RnvnnsED.
Texas Lawyer wants To CeSset

Texas Lawyer wants To Collect
 Austin. Texns. Feb. r7--The State Supreme Court of Texas today reversed and remanded the case Of District At. tornsy Hamilton against County Attor- nsy Brady. wherein the former seeks 10 prevent Brady from collecting c ttoo.ooo fee out of the judgment for sl.foo,ooo the state hes secured from the water-Fieroe oil Company for violating the Texas anti-trust laws.
 District Attorney Hamilton .contands that unaer the law Brady and his as- sociate lawyers are entitled to about tso.eee instsad of ssee.ooo in fees.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-18

makes it a crime to self tobacco of any kind to minor under IS. The present age limit is 1e.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-18

and the last she heard from him was in . letter written from counefl Biuffs. in which he said he wes going to
 drown himself in the Missoued rtvsE
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-18

paramount duty of the church to de- vslop and sustsin men for service In the militant forces for the eondner. ing of the world for Christ
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-18
pan.nv.a E,a ne van Amberx.

Des Moines, Iowa, Feb, 17-Mrs. Lester Van Amberg, believes that the man in the Kansas city jail accused of holding up Lawrence Jones is her bus band. He left home two weeks ago
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-18
sr. LOUIS WOOL NIARKEr.

St. Louis, Feb. iT.--Wooi firm; medium grades eombing and clothing 1SQ24c; light fine I6@ BOG; heavy fine 10 Q I6c; tub wash ed 2383ic.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-18
cr.ua mn. u..s.

Grand Duke Uend. St. Petersburg. Feb. 17.--(rand Duke Vladimir Aiexandrovitch died here this evening. Death was caused by asthma. Yesterday he participated in Q miii- tary parade here.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-18
z-Saliins.
RrvE& FORECASTS.

The upper coosa win remain nearly Rta.- tionary. The lower Coosa and the Ala bama Will continue to rise slowly during the next two days. probably reaching pre- Viousiy estimated stages of 35 feet at Mont KomeFy and S7 feet at Selma.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-18
1. THE wEATwnR.

tjnItsd statss Dspaftmeng of AkrieultuFs, weather Bnr6Au. Local ObssrvatIon (Centfel Ttmel
 Montgomery. Feb. 1T. 1909. ,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-18

Iwindl Raia state oe Weather Time CTsmp lpf.hrj in. q and dlrectAon : am. se.s 2. .SSS clssE-M,w. Maximum tsnpsrature for day, Sa deg Minimum temperature for day, 30 deg. Average temperature for day, 4l deg. Aocnmui. excess sInce Jan, sc2 dsae. Av. relative humid. for day, sA per ct Total rainfall since Jan. 1. 9.eO inches,
 RxvER BULLETIN.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-18
Work in the Congo.

NNOSA AAA eAS OSAAAWs
 There are In the Congo territory ssventy-nve young evangelists, made Up of the flower of the young manhood of sections. These young men have received offers of positions from busi- ness men that would pay them thirty or forty times their salaries as mis- sionaries. We have yet to lose the first one" said MT. Martin. ThIHstate- ment was greeted by applause.
 The speaker said that the mission aries had shown force of character thAt was e revelation. They refuse of- fars of luxuries with the statement | that they were not in the work for the money, but for the good of their souls. When Christian converts were being | put to death, others came right ahead | For baptism. stating that they would trather die in Christ than to live with out Him.
 \ The last speech at the morning ses- ! sion was a brief talk by Charles H. Pratt, Of Athens, Ga. secretary of the LLaymen's Missionary Movement whose sub ject was the 'rhe Call of Christ to men"
 The greatest need. he said, is a larger educational campaign to sus- tain this movement
 Jesus is calling for more know l ledge and more prayer" he said. The unselnahneBB of christ in prayer was emph asiEsd by Mir. Pratt. The impor- tance of a right view of Christs prayer life is great. according to him. The Laymen's Missionary Movement stands for an unselfish, prayerful life.
 "There ig power enough in this meet ing" said Mir. Pratt. "to go far to- ward saving the twenty-five million souls for which we are responsible. Christ Is pleading with us here for action. The men in the field are plead ing for health and better equipment. One man in Africa writes that three men will make just that difference between failure and sucoeBs The men of our church have their eyes centered on Birmingham today. Are we going to disappoint them?'' Our King isn't crowned yet-the crown He wants is the whole world. Can't we go out and get 1t for Himf"
 Az to stewardshiD.
 Under the head of stewardahip In the second part of the conference. D. T. Glasgow, a prominent Virginia lawyer. made an able talk this afternoon in which he took up the tlthe in plain and pointed language. landing Inst ths
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-18
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'TUSKEGEE MEETING

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-18
A@ tO NteVV9Fu@hID.

Under the head of stewardahip In the second part of the conference. D. T. Glasgow, prominent Virginia lawyer, made an able talk this afternoon, in which he took up the tithe in plain and pointed language. landing nrzt the
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-10-29

polar gateway to it's sweep OF the
northern ice at midnight. From the
end of the polar night late in Febru-
ary to the first of the double days and
midnight suns we had forced trail
through darkness, blood hardening
Temperature and over leg breaking L.
regularities of an unknown world OF
ice to an area 200 miles from the pole.
The Midnight Sun.
Now we had the sun unmistakably
ut midnight. and its new glory was
quite an incentive to our life OF shlV'
ers. Observations on April 8 placed
camp at latitude IS degrees SO min
utes, longitude o. degrees . minutes.
In spite of what seemed like long
marches we had advanced only 1O6
miles in nine days. Much of our hard
work was lost in circuitous twists
around troublesome pressure lines and
high, irregular fields of very old ice.
The drift ice was throwing US to the
east with sufficient force to give us
some anxiety, but with eyes closed to
danger and hardships the double days
of fatigue and glitter quickly followed
one annjher.
The temperature. ringing between
Sc and Is degrees below zero f., Kept
persist"ntly near the freezing point OF
mercury. and. though the perpetual
sun gave light and color to the cheer
less wastes. we were not Impressed
with any appreciablc sense of warmth.
Indeed. the sunbeains seemed to make
the frost of the air pierce with more
painful sting.
There was A weird play of orgies
seemingly most impressive at TINS
time-clouls of steam rose from the
frozen seas. In marching over the
golden glitter SHOW scaldS the face,
while the nose is bleached with frost.
The SUN rose into zones Of fire and SET
into burning fields Of ice, but with
pain we breathe the chill Of death.
In camp grip of the knife left pain
full burns from cold metal. 10 the
frozen finger the water vas hot. Win
wine spirits the fire was lighted Whl'e
ell delighted the stomach. III dreams
heaven was hot. the other place was
cold. All nature was false. We seem
ci - l,c ilrArill@ the chilled flame CT 4
new hadp<. IN our hard lie there
WIS nothing genuinely warm. Ihe
ccf!.c:ial appearances We're all decep-
ton. but death offered only cold COM
fort. There was no advantage in sui
eide.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-10-29
of the Pole
I'm the Heart of a Storm.
New Land Sighted---M
Polar Basin a Lifeless
World * * *
[EIGHTH ARTICLEl

ed the hummocks and piled up the
snow in large dunes like the sands of
home shores.
The SNOW house was not cemented
with water. The tone Of the wind die
not seem to indicate danger, and, fur
thermore, we were beginning to real
ize the great need Of fuel economy.
We therefore did not deem it pru-
dent to use oil for the fire to melt
snow. except to quench thirst.
Not particularly anxious about the
outcome Of the storm and with senses
blunted by overwork and benumbed
with cold, we sought the comfort Of
the bags.
Buried Under the Snow.
Awakened in the course Of a few
hours by drifts Of snow about our feet.
it was noted that the wind had bur
rowed holes in the weak spots through
the snow wall. Still. we were bound
not to be cheated out Of a few hours
sleep, and with one eye open we turned
over. Later was awakened by fall
ing snow blocks.
Forcing my head out of the ice in
cased hood, I saw that the dome had
been swept away and that we were
being buried under dangerous weight
Of snow. In some way had tossed
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-10-29

~ URING two days Of chilly blus-
@ ter the sleds were forced along
80 with encouraging results, and
on the evening of March 26,
with a pedometer and other method
dead reckoning for position. We
we're placed at latitude 81 degrees
|B minutes. The western horizon re-
|haiaed persistently undisturbed. A
risk storm, it SEEM was gathering,
Hut it was a long time in coming
Eastward. On the evening Of the 26th
Ee prepared for the blast and built the
gloo stronger than usual, hoping that
he horizon would be cleared by good
RloW on the morrow and afford US q
lay Of rest. The long, steady marches,
kltheut time for recuperation, had be-
sun to check our enthusiasm.
aIn the daily monotony Of hardship
ke had learned to appreciate more and
bore the joy Of the sleeping bag. 1t
has the only animal comfort which af-
erded relief to our life Of frigids,
lnd with it we tried to force upon the
keary body in the long marches a
&leasing anticipation.
4 I'm the evening, after the blocks Of
Bnow walled dome in which we could
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was at hand, however, to consider serl-
ously the necessity of an early return.
Nearly half of the food allowance
had been used. In the long marches
supplies had been more literally used
than anticipated, and now our dog
teams were much reduced in numbers.
A hard necessity had forced the cruel
law Of the survival of the fittest, for
the less useful dogs were fed to the
steady working survivors. Owing to
the food limits and the advancing sea-
son we could not prudently continue
the outward march fortnight longer.
We had dragged ourselves 300 miles
over the polar sea in twenty-four days.
Including delays and detours, this gave
an average of nearly thirteen miles
dailv on an air line in our course.
There remained an unknown line of
16O miles before our ambitions could
be satisfied. The same average ad-
vance which we had made on the pack
would take US to the pole in thirteen
da:S. There were food and fuel enough
to risk this adventure.
WORK ant Observations.
~ the diary Of the succeeding days
Gui::.sS ti:;r, appear numerous tabu-
lalior> ut w. i; a-G observations. IL
the new cracks the thickness of the
ice WIS measured The water was ex-
:ir:::,:,I t,.::. lie. The technical details
f." ,%. 4; King; and breaking of ice
were S;Ut.:tG. and some attention was
given IT, tie altitude Of uplifted and
submerged irregularities.
AtnuSnhrric. surface water and ice
temperatures were taken. the barome-
ter was noted. the cloud formations,
weather conditions and ice drifts were
tabulated. There was a continuous
routine of work which does not appear
here. It belongs to the specific details
of the history of the explorG lion,
which will appear in the later publica-
ton of scientific data.
This work. like the effort of the foot
in the daily drive Of duty, became
more or less automatic and does not
at any time enter as an active part Of
thu story. AS we now run along over
seemingly endless fields Of ice the
physical appearances come under a
careful scrutiny. I watched daily for
Dossible signs Of dangerous failure in
strength. for serious disability now
meant fatal termination.
4 disabled man could neither con-
tinue nor return, but every exa@i2a-
ton gave another reason to push hu-
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-10-29
By DR.. FREDERICK A. COOK

~ YER the newly discovered coast
M lines was written Bradley Land,
W in honor of John R. Bradley,
the benefactor of the expedi-
ton. AS we passed north of this land
there was nothing substantial upon
which to fix the eye.
There was at no time a perfectly
clear horizon, but the weather was
good enough to permit frequent nauti"
cal observations. The course was lined
on uninteresting blank sheets, but
there were elusive signs of land fre,
quent enough to keep up an exploring
enthusiasm.
Thus day after day the marches
were forced, the incidents and the po-
sitions we're recorded, but the adVen-
lures were promptly forgotten in the
mental bleach Of the next days effort.
The night Of April Z was made notable
by the swing of the sun at midnight.
For a number Of nights it made grim
faces at US in it's setting. A teasing
mist, drawn as a curtain over the
northern sea at midnight, had given
curious advantages for celestial stag.
ing; settling into this haze, we were
unable to determine sharply the ad-
vent of the midnight sun, but here was
spectacular play which interested us
immensely.
Now the great bulk was drawn out
egg shaped. with horizontal lines
drawn through it. Again it was press
ed into a basin with flaming fires,
burning behind a curtain of frosts;
blue at other times, it appeared like a
huge vase, and it required very little
Imagination to see purple and violet
flowers.
The change was often like magic
but the last display was invariably a
face-distorted faces of men or ami
mails were made to suit our fancy.
We had therefore followed the suns
northward adyance-from its first peer
at midday above the south ice Of the