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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-30
ROBBERY THE MOTIVE
FATHER OF YOUNG A1IsF&hILL IS
 SUES sdrATEaEEcNg.
Thls stateaaeht sets at Reats the vaFf- GUS Rnlners son thes subB Bect and
 Shows tke Real

University, Jan -s2a. .---( (Special. 1s-- Anent the assault made upon Mr. ". H. Merrill, "a member of the law class of the Uhiversttys on the night of Jan. 17. which rendefeds him unconscious for several days. the father of the younr man has given out "a at atement whio sets at rest the various ru. mors on the subject and shows that the motive of the attack was robbery. The Feason that it was not made sooner, was the fear that 1t might interfere with the detection of the criminals.
 When Mr. Merrill had sufficiently re- gained his memory, he gave full ac- count of the affaif. He left town uhoftiy after s o'clock to go to his boarding place :. As lie passed g. street where houses were rather scarce, he saw two negro men emerge but he paid no particular attention to them: He had gone but q short distance, however. when he received on the back of his head terrific blow, which Knocked him into the fence As he turned haIf dazed. he struck one Of his assatiants on the jaw, but tho tive oyerDowered him, and, as they cholxed him, tried to secure his watch.
 { About this time. however, some degs across the street began to bark and a man approeehsd The footpads: taking fright ran and Mir. Merrill attempted 10 pursue them; but they made their escape. 4 few minutes later, he stag gered into his boarding place and tainted.
 Last Monday morning Mir. Merrill was taken to his home In Eufaula. where he Is now recuperating. It is hoped that he win soon be able to return to the University to resume his studies. <,
 Preparations are now being made for the summer school of 1909. Owing to the fact that the main dormitory of the University is to be renovated this coming summer. it was for some time doubtful whether the summer ses- sion would be heTa However 1t was decided not to give ,up, and at present the selection of the faculty, and corps the services of some of the best known summer school lecturers in the coun-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-30
E. [. MAY LOSES SUIT
THE LAND c0AaPAMF Ex@MEmAEED
 or BLAME.
Jary tn s5.00o Dama9e snlt A@niAat the West Virwinfa Lmma C0sm-s
 Raay Gives Verdict eOr

After a .confefence of a couple of hours, the jury In the damage suit of E. l.. May against the west Virginia Land Company. couldn't see wherein the Land Company had been guilty Of peglIgence in the constrpetion of | the platform which later collapsed. causing alleged tnJnries, and returned verdict for the defendant late. Frf- day. Mr. May, the plaintiff. had sued
 By the verdict. The West virginia Land Company is entirely exonerated of the charge Of negiigsnces and the costs of the case Is assessed against Mir. May, who brought the suit. v
 The suit was interesting throughouC E. L. May. secretarysto Judge Jones, sued for S5.000 damages, claiming that he had sustained injuries in the col iapso of . platforms at Lee Place on June 12 of last summer. The platform had been erected by the West. Virginia Land Company. it4Swas aiIegeds upon the occasion of the unveiIing of the Lee monument. A large crowd attend ed the exerciseGa Gnd the platform was, thfonged, orators, a band and several onlookers being. stationed on, 1t. At it's collapse, several of those honored by a seat on the platform were inc jured, more or less serioiasly . ,e
 Mr. May. alleging negligent con struction of the piALOFHl, Suoas GoEt 9s,060. The case occupied the whole of. Fridays session of the City Court and a large part of Thursday.
 An Interesting fee Anrea oG lthe trial was thesintgoducti0n of the records of the local weather bureau as 4esttmony. One of the contentious of the defense, was that rain. which had oceurred-be-. tween the time of construction and the day of the exercises, had weakened the foundattops: and brought about the collapse. ME AGhaflee with his records was called h. to make elear inc con- tention.. That there bad been rain, though, not to q large exteut, was shown ... s..s |
 Much. argument [ was givsn9the point raised by the, defennes that the work of construction had not been accom- plished by the defendant company. hut by reputable ceatractorss hired for The purpose a, hss5 ~ssA
 There rainains. besldes the suit of Mr. May. four. other suits arIalnR, out of the platform eollapse, and aggTe~ Kating s45, GOO in Amount. Miss Katfi- crime Collins sues fer damages Of s5.000. Miss virglnia A. Maybin for el5.o0O. Miss Ellen T, Barry for ss.00O. and H. C. Brown for s20, coo, all foiir alleging injuries sustained in the, col lapse.
 The four remaining cases will prob ably come up for .dlspcsition todsS.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-30
lIzrs. Nirgnia Hilliayd Alter
 Visit Here, Dies in knoxUille

< telegram was received yesterday by Mr. ". A. saffold announcing the death of his aunt. Mrs. Virginia Hsi- Hard at Knoxville. Tenn. at Il o'clock yesterday morEings Ssss
 She left Montgomerys where she had bsen waiting for a short while and rNached her home in Knoxville only, on Wednesday last. While, here she was most cordially greeted by the friends of herself and family who had for her 1t was noticed that she Mad a slight hesitation In speech. result of stroke of paraiysis some years ago. she ap- pearej to be otherwise In good health. She stllf possessed the remarkaisie beauty for which. she had always been noted. 4-s sts
 It will be, great shock to the friends who saw her after so long au absence to learn Of her death.
 Mrs Virginia Whiting Hiiliard was
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-30
Old AdDerfiser Files SholO Little
 Change in Customs of the People

Two numbers of The Advertiser. bear ipg the date-lines of January 1 and 22. is4d. were discovered among the pa- pers of Major W W. Screws. in the arrangement of his library. Though brown and brittle with age. and ahaint with their slave advertisements and chfvairous personals they shaw that history from generation to generation. does little more than chanRe the riu- morals in the years. 4
 To those who count the hairs in their brushes every morning it may be relief to know that their forefathers put Just as much blind faith in hair tonIcs. as we do nowadays. and that to become baids is merery a historic prcce- dent. One of the largest advertise inents in one of the papers. Is that of tfc sometime Balm Of Columbia" ]" wSssh warrants Human hair. staid and rest sred.''
 Many. too. may have the notion that the temperance movement In Alabama
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-30
Mn. srnHaEAb. xccEets.
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INV Nf5tEr4@xtE<<@Hlts' v ~ s+.<1stE z " v OHe'
 opsiika< s5n d. ;ss s--f fspeciaf. -4fses. " D. Bnrkhead ef crottdss, VA wiid has been extesided aecaii to tiie pas. forafe of tfie Fresbyfefian church .ir opelIi<a. natined tfies coinhriff6e here Thursday s74t after ayerfnf ccnstd- eration of the inRttersise had decided td
 Mrs Eurlxheaa isl an abie nfnfster and he wiIi De extended "a hearty wei come to opelikA. regardless of denosss- Inatibhal ffnea sfss. .ss.s VI. ~ 1a.
 Mr Buri<head '1s ,a man Of fan1ilv. having wife. oue son ana three daueiiters. He will come te 0pelfi<a as soon as iss can sever hissconnsctions with tine Virginia Pfcsbytery. which will be about three weeFs
 Dan Lewis, Ben Wilson and Joe Hunt. negroex were erraisneds before Judge Barnett of khe Court of Law and EqdIty Tnursday on the charEe Of murder in the hrst degree and their cases were set trial MondaSs Feb ruary i. . E
 They are cisafgsd with having kilied Irving Baker. apother negro. near lManitts Mil. in thss cpunfy.
 Fred Buchanan n ( and Henry BuchaiI- an. white men. wiId have heen indtcf- ed In Lee countyzfo robbery. were ar rafened before Judgs Barnett Thurs day and tieEr cases were set for trisi February 3, 1,s .s slz ( -
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-30

lis entirely recent But as far back as the Forfies there was learned para graph announcing that persons with disturbed or troublesome digestions'' would do we'll to drink pure water ia stead Of wino.
 The following Is the sensation of the issue of January 1. under the daring caption aLusus Naturae.
 "A negro woman in the County of Matthews. Va. was delivered on the 2?th of November. of three children. One was perfectly formed child and is naw living and hearty. The other two are Lusus Naturae, more remarkable iu every way than the Sfamese twins. The two children are united from the umbilical cord to the shoulders, side ways. They have four perfect arms. two heads and two chests. The forma i. .tion from the umbilicus down is that of a single child, They were living until q few moments before blrth.'
 And yet 1t is said that yellow Jour
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-30

a daughter of John and Elizabeth Whiting She was born In this city In a house on Commerce street. where now stands the Fourth National Bank. At that date that was residence part of the city which was really but little more than village. She was educat- ed at Mrs Murray's School, Fredericks- burg. Va. which was famous school for girls. and in New York City. Y In 1852 she was married to Preston H<lIiard a son of Henry W. Hllliard. Montgomery was her home until after the marriage of her daughter. but for the last .thirtySffve years she has lived with her daughter. Mrs. A. H. Nave. ip Knoxville. Tenn.
 She is survived by her daughter. one grand daughter and one great grand child, one sister. Mrs. W. H. Graves, of Birmingham, one brother, W. B. Whit Ing. and number of nephews and nieces
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-30

naiism began only a score of years ago!
 Evidently the people of those days were as appalled, by the tendency to- ward absolutism during the reign" of William Harrison as they now arc during the reign of Theodore Rocse- welt
 The editor works himself up to a flne pitch because of the audacIty of Tippecanoe. in presumlng to dictate to sor. and cites, by way of iilustration. the feeling of the people. when Andrew Jack son stood out for Martin Van Buren.
 In those days the dreams of a com- mercial Montgomery must have been distant indeed. The nearest railroad station was 200 miles away. some eight miles the other side of Madison. Ga, on the Georgia railroads. All the ship.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-30

ping to and fsom the city. had to bn done via wagons. to this point. Maybe this explains why the fifteen dozen slender. Frech corsets that arrived in time for the January sale of local .department. store. were SO prlzed hy the ladies here. k
 One firm advertised that 1t had re- cefved two whole casks ot strained oil for lamps, probably with satisfaction equal to that of the Standard oil Com pany, with It's present corner on this variety of iiluminating supply. Another merchant, who does not explain wh,s- ther he seiis liquor or books. adver- tises thus Hard Caderi A Poefs Jus, received and foe sale" Possibly good cider was as.ssarce as good poetry then as now.
 Dotting the whole paper are slave ads shere are fifty healthy negroes for sale
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-30
NURSE FOR CHARITY
GnADUATE NURSE ASSOCIATION z s'AskEs ;IsaF sQIs'TlaNT PART.
Eaeaa One ef fIiee Memkefs ysEi Give Y Rve Wekks af Her servaeesF
 Anmaal1y Witheat ss. y

The Graduate Nurses Asaociatfonk ef Montgomery, reaifzings the need in tbe city Of a district nurse. at their regu. lar meeting yesterday morning decid- ed to supply this need. free. each mem her of the Orgsnization ysiunteering her services for A period Of two weeks
 Following the action of the assoel- ation. Miss ,EItftkon.A fiie president. nati- ned every physioian ins the, tcity thatsa nurse would be- supplied him for his charity patsenfs,, whenever he deen1si Alch attention necessary There VIII be no scliar&e to the patlents or to- fiie physician. for the serviFes Of the nurse. thes members of the aseCciaticn having determined that the scheme be known ss tue Charity District Nursing Corps
 At the meeting yesterday rnofninE when the sch enfe was proposed every one Of the Sthlrty-tonr nurses scornposs ing the association 'ih Montgomery xofsinteered to work for charity for two weeks. Tn volunteering for the 'werl each nurse spbIaittsd to the fol-- lowing rules: ;. 2, sf5s z z. i.s If.
 First--The Golden Rule. a l.
 seccndrNo fes.sshaif be charged for this service. Il 2, ;, <. f Thlrd-sThe feelings !. of the patient shall be considered and 4the attending nurse si1ail be as conscientiouh. in3- her work as-if she were receiving heF ses- ular feS. "a q U ! :,
 Fourth--No unpecassary uuts shall be spent in any one home. This 10 i'm pnftan4. soAshAt her time bet given. to the calls, from other yphyslci
 Fifth The nurwe on duty must not 'GanaIderN other prfvEte z calls. nor fst ont side. duties, conlliet or fhtesfeFe with the hours assfgnsd for duty. ss sixth---A slate win be at F0wler's drug store and the nurse onxSuty shaii at regular fhtervaIsf during tifes day. inspect the same. so that no feali shsll be overlooked Or neglected. <
 SeHenth--Wrftten reports shall sbs made. when needed. and submitted Ey tho ntirses who have served during previous months and said report read at the. regular nlonthly- meeting ,of the asneciation."
 when the 1eterfninatf0n of inc nurs- ca had been told Mayor Teague he immediately announced that he would donate an emergency klt to the dls. frict nurse. The kit will be that reg ularIy used in emergency hospital ana. buIances. at the best hospitals. : The work of the district nurse is to ccmmehce at once.
 aees judges say eur Cetten se<a
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-30

lions for tho 9<p deHts, viii be fz1intst- CT ct the Untvereity and tn itiis city- .
 The slectff39re the dr6taetfc siub 6f the Uptverstf fis slp 6x thar riaks re- hearsais of a.AEGebe fh- 2 tfis pidy for this year trhe csst js ifh h.ie slsspe. and q fhlsheds rf0rfaa nee To expectstl at the f1fst pef3ofna noe. which will he slven in rnsc&ioosa some time duf-
 The nrat Of stlsss snt IT -elass footbsil games coinex on omtrrow . afterpoon, when the teams, Of s<h< freahri1en and sophomore classes meet In bleody frays The sopils arc somewhat heavier . nd are more expetienced than their op-. ponents. but q nrrt-ciass exhibttlon of. the gridfron aport iss looked for. ,. - '
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-30

cheap: there. Is "a stray negro boy of 27 years, who has been found and awaits his owner"
 Ofsextreme interest to those who take pride Min Montgomsrys great men, is the modest card of pr. J. Marion Sims. who offers hfs professional services te the public. Dr. sims later became the most renowned physician in the world. being cailed to Paris because of. alxiIi- ful diagnoses. monument was erect ed to him in New York City.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-30
SEASON NEARS END
sA.r Has y,..g ssrs <, .ss ssssT'vg. \
The Law Has n<epIfes Is the Disbasd- ffss efsthe t<sfcet Hsfde
 ef Pot Hanter&. s ', ,7

Game has been most: plentiful in Ala. . bama during tho past yhunting season. That ia, one may caiI 1t a past sea son, inssmuch as the prohibitoryl game law goes into efYect. for quail. sduying the coming month, and the open season on many kinds of game, IS rapidly draw
 Every report which has been received by the comr,issiener. tends to show a great incrcase In the same of the State. every hunter befuxS able to see. if not to Kill the Hnlits bak snsder the law. evs cry day ins the field with his dogg
 Under the law, tf1e closed season on deer and squirrel began January i. and the last day on wii1ch quail may be on doves ends lon March I. while thas for wild duck and geese explres on March IS Piover and sripel may be le- gnlly killed as late as May |. and the wild turkey gobnler until April I <
 In speaking pfttie. quantity of quail which hunters hava been able tc Kill during the season the Game comuiir-
 ssThe. extreme ;hsats q nd dry weather. which prevaiTed dntinR the early part of the season, bas resulted lin saying for the state. hpndrsds Of thousands of quail. I have heer frequentH aield and in every section F svfsftedsI I have found game to be plentiful. The re- ports Of the game wardens Indicate that there has been large increase in every species Of birds and gurie over last season. This Is no doub< true. for hunting has been cut dewn In Alabama more, than zfty per cent under the op : eration of the game law
 Nc Fak@Rnntern~ e
 sarhe great black horde. that formerly patroiled the fQhestseand helds. with pot medal xunss fsas been dtsbandcd in the main. ana the pot t-hunters that fof- rneriy fIourishsd nav been driven to more, proatabIe and fsRynans avacations. than that ofsanpihil ting the game of this state. x
 .sMors ssntnusiasm sshasrs pssn p,ani- Tested by sportsnien than ever hsfore: this has stimulated the organization Of game preserves, and the purchase of high class poiuters and aetters. fer'sit is realized that stherc Is .iiow soIiies thing in Alabama to hunt
 "Whiie 'it iss truas that many convict fons hsArek been had-for AoSfenees aFisiHg unaef the me and fish laws. this is .only apisndfd testsinnHialscfstlea viK-' fIance of the game warden system. yet in the main. ctr people are law-abidinR and manifests no general sdi4position.e .eto violate sfatiltes hat con tain provisions so palpably for their good. d.s Our citi- zens have reafized saf last, that the game the birds. the fish, the forests constitute in reality valuable assets and they seem @ eer,{ not to waste. but to properly iise tie g0oa things cfANq. ture's storehouss, and Ste 'uake an effort to transmit. at least. q vestige to gen. erafions yst,to be- ss z +.s-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-30

Montgomery, Alabama.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-30

Our Cotton seea Meal Mixture is |. . class by itself
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-30

The Japanese Government is wag. ing successful war on rats by pay ing for every dead ono brought in, and giving each rat slayer ticket to lottery with valuable prizes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-30

Coed tnd&es soy. emg Cotton Seed Meal nIsxfure is the ersal thfn8:
 MARKS S& GAYLE. <
The new era., 1909-04-22
Her Answer.

An Atchison girl had proposal OF
marriage Sunday night and asked
week to think it over. She went to all
of her married sisters One, who used
to be belle, had three children. did all
her own work and hadn't been to the
theater or out riding since she was
married. Another, whose husband was
n promising young man at the time
she was married. was supporting
him. A third didn't dare say
her life was her own when her hus-
band was around. and fourth was di-
vorced After visiting them and hear
ing their woes, the heroine of this lit
tie tale went home, got pen, ink and
paper and wrote an answer to the
young man. You may think it was re-
fusing him, but 1t wasn't. She said
she could be ready in month.-Atch-
ison Globe
The new era., 1909-04-22
5RoA0 JVRExT NulE17yzAD.

back to the stream again.
Marvellous is the equipment of this tramway. 1t
consists of one small bobtail with seating ca
pacity for about six persons and straps and
one weary detected little donkey. When the car
reaches the end of its run the motive power STANDS
three legs and goes to sleep. The car cannot
start back until he wakes up, and Willemstad
perpetual traction problem is How long will the
donkey sleep this timer" 1t would be most
annoying problem If anyone cared, but no one TO
whom time is object uses the tramcar
anyway.
Dutch architecture, somewhat modified to suit
tropical conditions prevails in Willemstad. The
business buildings are large and not unattractiVe
the public structures decidedly picturesque, and
many of the residences are very handsome The
merchants as a rule are wealthy and, as has been
intimated, not lacking in enterprise. 1t is only
fair to say that many OF them confine their actlV
ties to business that Is above suspicion. The port
is important transshipping point for trade IN
the Caribbean Its business men are wondering
just how the opening of the Panama canal Will al
feet their prosperity.
Though Curacao is Dutch colony, and has been
for centuries, the visitor will find few Dutchmen
there the population is almost wholly negro and
the merchants nearly all Jews. AS for language.
you may have your choice. Address the almost
naked lad sitting the dock ready to dive for
pennies, in Dutch, Spanish, English or French, and
he will reply in kind-wth request for money
Speak to him in "papaimiento" and he Will take
you to his brown bosom. Papaimiento-literaly
common people and is curious compound of the
several tongues named, together with African and
Indian. 1t is like all and yet strangely unlike any
of them.
The tourist landing Curacao for the first time
naturally expects to be confronted at every turn by
bottles Of the liqueur which the island has given
it's name, but he is disappointed. 1t is there OF
course, and for sale. but 1t is not obruded on the
passerby. The small bitter orange from which 1t
is made is grown the island, but the liqueur Is
not manufactured there and never has been. 1t is
a product of Europe. Gold filigree work. hampers,
inlaid caskets are offered tourists.
Altogether, though the ordinary sights OF Gu
racao may be exhausted in day. 1t is well worth
longer visit by the lesurely traveller and he VIII
find the inhabitants most hosptable. With its riot
of color it's far over-reaching caves, its long
wrought iron signposs, its quaint forts and
crooked streets, its waterways and boats and gayly
clad people Wiemstad should be a paradise for
painters.
The pirates" who infest Curacao nowadays
prey only governments.
The new era., 1909-04-22

all three left the steamer at Willemstad.
Castro who while president OF Venezuela, often
tried, in the wrong way. to do the right thlng 1or
his country attempted to break up this vast
smuggling conspiracy. But his efforts resulted
only in precipitating a bitter quarrel with Hol-
land that barely missed becoming real war, and
in Fastening his own downfall. His successor
backed down as gracefully as possible, and much
of Venezuea's imports are still oelng trans
shipped at Wemstad
One other industry has Curacao that is of espe
cial moment to her neighbors of the mainland
That is the manufacture of revolutions The
island is favorite refuge for deposed presidents.
defeated revolutionists and other refugees. They
may always be found in the clean little cafes OF
the capital, cuncocting plots to regain lost power
and awaiting the psychological moment for
starting new rising of the people against the
"tyrants" These patriots" are always ready to
talk voubly of their hopes and plans, and SO VIII
lemstad has become the great distributing point
for sensational and unreliable news concerning
our volatile sister republics.
Curacao really is the top Of almost sub
merged volcano, like many other islands Of the
coast of Venezuela. For many months at a
stretch not drop of rain falls there, and the
whole island looks like a big bare brown and gray
rock. Then comes a wet week, and grass and
shrubbery spring up by magic and clothe hill
and valley in mantle of green. But it Is only
grass and shrubbery, for there Is not tree on
the island more than ten feet in height. The an
cient crater has become large, beautiful lake Of
irregular outline, known the Schottegat. This
connects with the by the stream which
flows through a break in the crater's rim. The
stream is Willemstad's harbor, but the larger
steamers have to go into the Schottegat to
around. On both sides of the stream is built the
quaint city, which looks If 1t had been brought
bodily from the Zuyder Zee. Its two parts are
Joined by a long pontoon tollbridge at one end of