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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-28
What The Negro ls Doing
 For Himself ln 7he South

County. Alabama. attended the public schools and graduated from the A. and II. College, Normal, Ala.
 pr. Henry Roger williams, . young physjcIan of Mobile owns . valuable piece oe property In the central part 0f the city, ouns and operates three dyur stores with stock worth 5000. pr. WiiIisms coiiscts each month from hss sxtenslve practics and drug stores mora than sb1oe.
 CT. Johuson owns . fine two-story residenoe Tn keblle. He ia one Of the smost ssa oeesefui bnsiness men of Mobile and carries a large bank account.
 Several ysars ago Johnson was eie- vator boy at the Custom House. Hs was afterwaFds sInpioyed as coiisctor for white mutual aid association. and then went into business for him ssIf.
 are successfui negroes of Mobile. AL len is eecrstery and treasurer of the endowment department of the Grand Lodge of Alabama, coiored Mesons. and handles about s7s,oso annually of that fund.
 James |. pstsrson is the largest ne- ITO taxpeyer In Mobile and is regarded d one Of tho wealthiest In the South. -Four real estats agsncies collect rent from his homes, one of them collecting Sfo0 per month. He says taxes on sev- eral thousand dollArs of real estate in New York. He ts large depositor in four of the principal banks of Mobile. He was born in Calhoun. Lowndes County, Aiabama. He moved to Mo- bile in 1880 and wovked In hotels and club horses. Afterwsrds. In 1885. ne was employed In the postofFice and held his position under Postmastsr Wicker sham, siaughtsr. Brooks. Barker and the late Colonel Rapier. and he still holds fis position.
 The writer has known personally all these msn many years and has care. fully watched their careers.
 These are only few of the many prosperous negro men of Mobile. oth- CTS will be mentioned in future, to- gether with such men in Montgomery. Birminghafn. Selma, Uniontown. Tus- kesee and in Georgia. Mississippi. Leuisiana, Florida, Texas. Arkansaa. Tennsssee and the Caroiinas.
 My object is not to advertise wealthy negfoes, but to show what the negro is doine for himself in the South.
 appsecfate very much the liberty allowed by your great paper to show whatsnay race is doing for themselves moral uplift. religion. industry and along the lines of education. economy. moral upiift, religion. industry and good citizenship. A. F. Owens.
 Mobile. Nov. 24.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-28
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-28
Newapaper A1an an Prison .

New York, Nov. 27.---Cario De For naro, the newspaper writer recently convicted here of having criminaiiy libelled Rafael Reyes Icspindola. an editor of the City of Mexico. win have to begin at once serving his sentence of years Imprisonment. Supreme Court Justice Seabufy today denied De Fornaro's application for a certificate of reasonable doubt. which, had 1t been granted. would have acted as . stay of sentence.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-28

where he spends mest of his time smoking and stunning himself. He now styles himself as "the only walk ing human coat rack" and in the pur- Suit of hts new profession is making . bit of money.
 When Monk" appeared on the Bat tery wall the other day wearing . silk-iined overccat many were the ex- pressions of astonishment among hls acQuaintancsA Then they demanded an explanation. Monk" replied that longed to hls district leader, who was paying him to wear ito act as . peramhulating coat rack. The first cold weather coming on tcp of warm Indian summer found many winter oveFcoats stili packed away In moth balls, strongly impregnatei with their scent. The ordinary procedure on taking out such garments is to hang them out in the back yard to air.
 But in New York back yards are rare and sneak thieves many. 10 that many persons are obliged to wear their coats before the odor of cam- phor has disappeared. This. however. the district leader did not wish to do because of the comment 1t created. 50 he hit upon the idea of hiring Monk. whose honesty is unquestiened, to wear the coat for . couple of days. He even told . few friends about 1t, and as result Monk of late has worn the finest of overcoats, much to the envy of his friends. who watch the human coat rack striding up and down the ssa wall with the deodorixing breeses blowing away the odor of camphor. Trust kings here have enjoyed . quiet chuckie of late over the report emanating from Canada that cement trust is being formed across the hor- der.
 The merriment Is not due to plea sure over an addition to the ranks but rather to the conviction that if the cement merger be cited as an ex- ample. our neishbors across the line do not know . trust when they ses one.
 Although the Canadian organization is q thirty million dollar affair. aa- eording to reports. 1t falls except in sise to qualify with single character istic of trusts as they have been de- veioped in this country. In every de- tail it presents the antithesis of American trust methods as Is shown by ths fact that It's net earnings amount to more than six times the interest on the bond issue and to haif . million dollars more than the in- terest on all It's obligations.
 Furthermore. although the com sumption of cement in Canada has doubled in the last four years. the price Is now ten per cent lower than the average for the last five years,
 Tn these two essential features the Canadian combination is about as far removed from the ideas of a trust in this country as can weli be imGined If this be q trust. lat Canada make the most of H. is the sentiment ex- pressed by men who arc busy with the rumored billion 6ol1ar copper oom- bine. the telephone and telegraph mer- ger and other almost equally large deals
 While from the Wall Street point view Canada is hopeIessiy behind the timea In being without a trust. she is not likely to get out of the old. fashioned class in this respect. if the so-calied cement merger be taken as . sample
 Fate always has in store some part icularly hard knock for the man who tries to get more than his share. else why should John D. Rockefeller have
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-28

cause uneonscieusness which would give q resulting fatality the appear Ance of an accident.
 Hardening of the arteries. or artero- scicrosis. which frequently results ip cerebral apcpiexy. is to be guarded against.
 So also is paraiysis of the esephagur and vocal cords, a condition that re- suits firm very slight hemorrhase in the brain. Tn some eases the attack of apopiexy is not recognised, and no treatment is sought for this condition. While this paralysis is present the in- dividual may swallow something which, instead of going Into the esophasus and then integ the stomach. may so ints the iarynx and bronchial tubes. caus- inB q violent fit of coughing. and this who has already had a slight attack of apopiexy may produce . more severe one. and this time tt may be sufficient to cause . fatal termination.
 Tn such a case there are many situa- tions in which the appearanca of an &C., eident would be 70 closely approximated that it would Dc hard to tell Co which cause the loss of fife was due.
 Beginning october tss the Hayscoa Transfer Go, win require cash for all service performed. the same ss all other public service companies.
 Drivers of vehicles viii be provided with the proper amount of change.
 For the convenienes of patrcns. books of tickets ranging from q to e will he sold for hack service ana can De had at 10 psf cent otx Ak our once. it Montgonsry street.
 as tee Asygood Transfer ca a a-@aaeas@ MOTfCM
 On ans aftef October ist we win is. sue dupiieate checks tor bsggags handled by us. whether going to or from depot. These duplicates will be required upon delivery os baggage by our agents.
 HAygood Transfsr O. sa-su-wa.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-28
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 Salvar Medicine Co.,,
 Sskar Bldg. S. Louis. U. s. A.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-28

Wired ribbon bands. embroidered with beads. go around the head to the knot at the back and end under It or have perky ends that give coquettish touch.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-28

perfectly weii-known. 1t seemed to all the silent people Father Tom lined 1t out with his brick fingers and as he thus sang swiftly with rapid hn- gers the congregation followed him, word for word. sign for sign
 LonEacre.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-07

Continued from Page One.)
avenue and Euclid for over an hour
trying to get drivers to go in after
her. The William Radford family at
1909 and the TrueSdale family at 1913
were the others who were hauled out
The police took to the work with
zeal, stating that they had been paid
in advance for their trouble. They
were merely taking care of their
clients they stated
Chief Eaton spent the entire fore
noon driving about the high water
avenues. After $50 o'clock the high
water commenced to drop slightly at
the western extremity of the district,
Bauehman's ice cream factory, and
Lincoln street bridge were in no
danger.
The Van Buren, school house was
surrounded by water, lacking but a
few inches of running in under the
door. At this place the children were
making the most of the weather and
water for a holiday. Eight boys,
black and white, and a dog were seen
floating rapidly down the street on a
long section of fence which had fallen.
The raft was no more than four feet
in width but nearly thirty feet long
Numerous other improvised boats and
RATS were being padded about while
the less fortunate were wading In
water up to their necks- III
AS the water receded in South To-
peka it rose in Parkdale and through
out the east town low lands. The
water was just tapping the planks of
the Eighth avenue bridge while it had
backed up several blocks in the
streets.
The crooked wooden bridge on
Chester street across the creek to
Hancock was found to be in a dan
gerous condition. Great tree trunks
had damned up against it and the
water surged about the bridge seek
ing a passage.
The bridge appeared weak but in
a daredevil moment the chief drove
across while the old rotten structure
wavered and the chief and reporter
held their breath. Il would not do
that again for a farm said the chief
recovering his normal good sense,
The street commissioner ought to be
here right now closing up that pas
sage.
At Hancock and Sixth avenue the
water was flowing backwards filing the
low corner to a depth of four feet.
The little shack where Fred Johnson
kicked q woman to death a year ago
was topping into the creek and will
likely never stand for another crime.
A strong current about four feet
deep at Lime and Sixth prevented a
look at the Locust street spillway
and prohibited the passage of the
cemetery cars
The bridge between Fifth and
Sixth on Lake street was in no safe
condition and the cars were reaching
it through is inches of water.
Along the creek past that point the
backwards were fun of water to a
depth of ten feet and out buildings
with roofs showing in some places
were roped to tall cottonwood trees
to keep them from settling on neigh
bors property.
a crowd gathered at the bridge
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-07
New York stock Market.

wall St., New York, July 7.-STOCKS-
Opening prices of stocks today were only
slightly altered from last night and the
movement was irregular. Minneapolis, St.
Paul and Sault Ste. Marie and Southern
Pacific preferred rose !, and the common,
fractions. Erie declined q and Hooking
Coal point
Small amounts of stocks were offered
and as there was no apparent support, the
bears extended their operations. The
metal stocks. Reading and the local trac-
ton stocks were he weakest point. The
market was quiet, but showed a better
tone at IL o'clock.
Some special demand for stocks of corn
carrying roads had a strengthening effect
on the general list by sympathy. After
Rock Island preferred had risen a point
and Atchison q, the demand died down.
Bonds were irregular.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-07
LOOKS LIKE A BIG DAY.
Taft the Central Figure of the Cham
plain Tercentenary.

Plattsburg, N Y, July president
Taft as the guest of the New York
and Vermont ChampIain tercentenary
committees found himself the central
figure today in series of events in
conjunction with the celebration of
the three hundredth anniversary of
the discovery of the Champlain coun-
try that promised no cessation of ac-
tIvities until far into the night.
Early in the day the president mo-
tored to Cliff Haven, half a mile from
Bluff Point, where he addressed a
large gathering at the Catholic sum-
mer school of America. Returning
later to the Hotel Champlain he re-
ceiVed the foreign ambassadors Gov
ernors Hughes and Prouty. members
of the New York State legislature and
others of the guests. While this was
going on the Indian pageants, which
have proved an attractive feature of
the weeks celebration were given on
the floating island which has been
towed up from Fort Ticonderoga dur
ing the night and anchored at the
mouth of the Saranac river.
Further plans for the day included
a luncheon given by Smith M. Weed
at his residence in this city to the
the distinguished guests, including
Ambassador and Nine. Jusserand,
Ambassador and Mrs. Bryce, Cover
nor and Mrs. Hughes, Governor and
MIS-. PrOuIy, RuQOlpn LeHllSuX anu
Nine. Lemieux, Sir AlphonSe Pelletier,
Sir Lomer Gouin, Senator and Mrs
Root. Secretary of War Dickinson,
Cardinal Gibbons, Seth Low, members
New York and Vermont Champlatn
of the commission, several legislators
and military men.
The afternoons program included
a review of federal and state troops,
mounted and afoot, and civic organic
ations at Plattsburg barracks. follow
ed by literary exercises, the speakers
being the president, Ambassadors
Jusserand and Bryce; Postmaster
General Rudolph Lemieux of Canada.
Senator Root and Daniel L. Cady of
New York.
Senator Roots was the formal his |
torical address of the day, his topic |
being 1.-The Iroquois and the Struggle |
for America" Following the literary |
exercises there is to be an evening re- |
view of the troops at the barracks at
the conclusion of which a special /
train will take the official party to the /
Hotel Champlain, where a banquet is |
to be given tonight in honor of Pres
ident Taft at which Governor Hughes
will preside.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-07
LIGHTER BETTING ON KErCHEL
His Showing Against Papke Not
Great One.

New York, July 7.-sporting men
in the east are of the opinion that
Stanley Ketchel and Billy Papke must
engage in another fight to conclusively
demonstrate the superiority of one or
the other. Accepting the story that
Ketchels hand was broken in one of
the early rounds of the battle in Cali
fornia, many of his admirers here who
were anxious to bet to L on him adj
nit that he did not make the showing
which was expected. There is also a
belief that Papke has improved Won
derfully since his last previous fight
with Ketchel and that if he is not the
master of the cowboy pugilist, he is a
most serious contender for the cham
pionship.
The result of Mondays battle has
already had a perceptible effect on the
betting for the Ketchel-Johnson fight.
Ketchel's fine showin.' with "PhiIadel-
phia jack O'Brien and the fact that
O'Brien had fought Johnson to
draw, induced his supporters in the
east to offer even money on KetcheL
But around Forty-second street and
Broadway now the odds have changed
with Johnson carrying the long end.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-07
TODAY's MARKET REPORTS

Chicago, July 7.-WHEAT-RadicaI re-
boupdS from yesterdays severe slump in
wheat prices marked opening trades today
initial quotations showing gains of shade
to nc compared with the final figures of
the previous session. The majority of pit
traders went home short last night and
trading began today. There was also
considerable buying based on comparative
ly steady cables and on wet weather gen
orally throughout the harvest belt The
distant deliveries displayed more consist
ent strength than the July option which
failed to retain all of the opening gain,
s1.145s
The market continued strong the entire
day, helped by an improved eport demand
and by advances in the price of the cash
grain at St Louis and Kansas City. In
the final hour the July delivery sold up to
81. 14zs- The close was strong with July
CORN-The strength of wheat had
bullish effect on the corn market and
caused a mild rally from opening weak
ness due to ideal weather for the new
crop and to more liberal receipts here
than had been estimated. The December
delivery particularly was decidedly firm
off to $3.50 and then advanced to 67Ac.
Later in the day July advanced to CSC.
The market was strong during the last
half of the day and closed strong with
July up a407sc at 67Sz667Isc.
OATS-Further delay to harvesting due
to wet weather caused considerable
the deferred months Prices at the start
were unchanged to 1zc higher, July being
at 471sc to 471zc. Later July advanced to
PROVISIONS Provisions were weak
owing to a 10615c decline IN the price of
live hogs Trade was light early in the
to 15c lower than yesterdays final figures.
RYE-Cash and September, soc.
TIMOTHY CSePtemH4dber: SS7oqs- S21k
RARLY-CaSh: 60T75c.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-07

| the heavy. rains did not extend much
| west OF Manhattan, and that nowhere
! else IN the state did the rainfall ex-
| coed one inch The river has risen
| and 4-tenthS feet at Manhattan the
| rise being occasioned not by the local
rain, but by floods in Western Ne
braska last week. The extra rise be-
tween Manhattan and Topeka is the
! result of the same floods. augmented
| by the heavy local rains. At 10
| o'clock it was still raining slightly
along the KaW valley.
Soldier creek rose about six feet
last night and continued to rise very
slowly this morning. However at noon
1t seemed to be at stand still
Several cellars on the North Side
were flooded by the rain pouring in
through the windows.
River Is Rising.
Information received at the local
weather bureau at o'clock this after
noon indicates a dangerous situation
relative to the Kaw river. At 2 o'clock
the stage of the river in Topeka was
reported as 1862 feet Raises recorded
at points up the river indicate rising
which will reach from 20 to 21.5 feet
This in itself will comfortably fill the
riverbed but will not be sufficient to
cause any serious trouble. The danger
mark is q feet. However, if heavy
rains fall again tonight or tomorrow
night the danger of food will be in
creased, and the water will be high
test.
At Blue Rapids the Blue river has
raised 17.S feet during the past two
days due to the heavy rains in south
ern Nebraska. This water will natur-
ally increase the height in Topeka. At
the river at noon today
reached stage of 12.1 feet which will
reach Is by tomorrow.
Without further rains there will be
no raise in the Republican and Smoky
Hill rivers which form the main tribu-
taries to the Kaw. The Smoky Hill
river at Abilene is receding, the water
having fallen IL feet since morning.
Little Rain in Wheat Belt.
The rain was lighter in the western
part of the state, graduating from a
light rain at the Colorado line to the
At Great Bend, in the wheat belt, the
rain did not amount to half inch OF
while around Garden City
and Syracuse it was still lighter.
Rains West of Topeka.
Manhattan, Kan, July IA hard |
rain fell at this point during the night |
the precipitation amounting to 1.85 of |
an inch. The rain ceased falling early |
this morning though the conditions |
remain threatening. The river is high |
at this point and measures 12.1 feet.
Concordia, Kan, July IA heavy
rain fell at this point during the past
IL hours the precipitation measuring
LIZ of an inch. The river has raised
slightly as a result of local rains as
we'll as rains west of this point.
Abilene, Kan, July 1.-Two inches
If rain fell at this point during the
hight and caused a slight rise in the
liver at this point. Reports from the
vest indicate a further rise during |
he day.