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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-01-29
A GLOOMY EVENING.

Even though the day has been damp
and gloomy there is always a way where
there is will to dispsl the sbsdows
which may be scattered around ones
lite and the best way to accomplish this
end is by going up to the Elite Motion
Picture House tonight and seeing the
magnificent pictures which will be
thrown on the CANVASS, "Besuty and
the Beast" Gan Uosel6sh Guest, Z"
Hurry Up, Please" and "For the
Sake of a Uniform" These are all
good
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-01-29
uRIOSSOMLANDb

As heretofore stated little play en-
titled "Biossomlsrd" will be given at
Christ Church Parish Hall, tonight, by
the Christ Church Guild of the Minis
teriug Childran's League. The proceeds
will be used for a cot at the Alexandria
Hospital. The children for some time
past have been rehearslng their parts
under the management Of Mrs. 0. F
Carter, and a good rendition Of the lit
tie play is expected. The entrance will
be from the Washington street front OF
The hall,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-01-29

Mr.. William a. Ksllsud, 30 old and
well.koown resideD., died at his home
on south Royal st-ett a. an esrly hour
TINS morning He leaves widow AID
six children-hve sons aud one dsugh-
ter. Mr.. Keusnd was born ia Charles
county. Mi, aud he became r5.ident
of tins city 10 early manhood. Many
years sgo, when the Gerry Tavern, "
foo, of Fayetts slley, was an Alexandra
institution, the deceased was one OF The
attaches.
Mr.. Chsries Price, a well-known resi-
dent of Alexandra county, died at his
home, Lloyd station, near this city, thii
mOr0iUg.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-01-29
FUNERAL.

The funeral of Miss Eliza W. Smith,
who died in Philadelphia Tuesday, took
place from Christ Church at 1870
O'Clock this moroiDg The services were
conducted by Rev. W. J. Morton, rec
tor of that church, and Rev. DR. R. II.
McKim, of Washington. The burial was
in the family lot ia The old Presby
teriau cemetery. The body arrived in
this city yesterday and was taken to
The home OF Mr. George 5. French.
The yalbtarsrs were Messrs. h. r.
Barke, Douglass Stuart, Henry Waffle,
E. @. Leadbesier, Malcolm Mclean and
Dr.. Z. b. Slanghter.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-01-29
ELECTED BANK CASHIER.

M George R. Gay, Of Woodstock,
has been elected to succeed Mr.. O. j.
B)wman as cashier of the NJ. Jackson
National Bank. Mr.. Gesry is tho mayor
of Woodstock, and brother of MIR. NJ.
Gsar7 of HsrrisonburZ, who is clerk
at the KavsnaUgh Hotel. Nj Bowman
and DIS wife will shortly go to Alexau'
dris, from which point be will tfsve
for New York banking firm Harrison
burg Times.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-01-29
DIED.

At his home, at LlOyd's station, Alexan'
dria county. on Friday morning, January
%. 1909. CHARLESP P. PRICE. The funeral
will Ike place from the Methodist Chapel ct
Del Raw on Sunday afternoon at O'Clock.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-01-29

The Red Gross Shoes for tender feel
The .a1ies who wear the Red GROSS
shoe always wear q smile. Sold only
by ]. A. Marshall & Bro, 422 King
affsat.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-01-29
TO CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY

The Lincoln Memoir a. sud Enamel
rsion Association OF this city will on
February y celebrate the one hundred b
anniversary Of tee birth OF Abraham
Lincolu 10 The HUFF Iodustr'al Hall on
Mlu'gomert ste t VIC. Payne OF Wash
inston will be ,he ofat Of the occasion.
Prssiden.-elec, TAFT, 5 nator Chandler,
Jadge Terrell ard others haze been in
vile1 TO be pr -sen,. Mlgaus l. Robin
sou will preside and samuel r. Bill
will be the cha rna1 ., Toe committee
OF arrangement
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-01-29
POLICE COURT.

TJustice Fl. B. Cation presiding.J
The following csses we're disposed Of
this morning:
RI. B)Wmsn. charged with sssauli-
log and beating Belle Brlmmit, forfeited
his collateral by failing to appear.
Thomas PeudletjD. Louisa Taylor,
Ma tie Baker AID Lula Hugh's, sill col
ored, charged With disorderly conduct,
were 6oed So each.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-01-29

3 For this section rain tonight and Saturday;
warmer toni ht colder SATURDAY afternoon OF
night. high southeast to-south winds.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-01-29
Local Matters.
Sun and Tide Table.
Weather ProbabiIities.

San rises tomorrow at 7.CS and sets at 5:ls
High water at l.5l o. m. and BIZ .. M
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-01-29

A pairs Of Ladies AID Children's
7T Shoes, mostly soal ,izes, which
iornerly sold rom 3 % SO 90 4 osir m
the bargain counter ,6mouow Sc DC a
pair. John a. Marshall & Bro. 422
King street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-01-29

The Hess Hopkins FOOT FORM
SHOES makes life 8 plea'ure. Sid
only By J. A. Marshall & Bro, 422 King
street
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-01-29

Don't mi SIS seeing AvaanO, the Renowned
p slmist, Annory Hail, February to Y ID.
elusive
The Baltimore County union, the Towson news., 1909-10-09
The Old Garret.
(From Good Housekeeping.)

(rrOm GOOQ dOuSeKeeplngJ
A charming old place was that great dusty attic,
With its dim hooks enlivened with spider and
The store room of rubbish. the joy of the
children.
That precious old garret in grandmothers
housel
There were chairs lame and backless. and books
minus covers,
And another much smaller that went by a
treadle,
pair Of wool cards and queer little reel.
There we're punches of odorous herbs on the
rafterS,
Much better than drug stufs," grandmother
And we daintily tasted of mint and of catnip,
swe spent in the garret some long rainy day
Going up the steep stairs with our clatter and
While grandmother's chiding up after US steals
NOW children, be sure and not get into mischief,
And whatever you do, pray, dont't trouble the
But how could we help it, when there they were
Just longing for some one to give them twirl!
So out OF sheer pity we patted them lightly,
And sent them a-swing in the dizzy old whirl.
Then there was cradle. the quaintest of cradles,
With a roof DER the head, and with red painted
sides;
How many dear babies had slept in its shelter,
And cooed as they went on their lullaby rides.
There were roomy old chests that were filled to
o'erf1owing
With treasures and relics of years long since
gone;
We dressed in the garments of obsolete pattern,
And made the place ring with our chatter and
song;
No zest of the pilgrim in search of rare relics
In old moldy ruins or catacomb's gloom,
Can equal the eager and patient ransack1ng
OF children let loose in an old attic room.
We made believe visits and parties and weddings
We sewed for the dolls, assumed housekeeping
cares,
And had circuses gay with the dogs and the
kittens
We carried or coaxed up the steep narrow
stairs;
Alas for the children, the poor little children,
Who never in such an old garret may play
garrett stored full with its treasures of rubbish,
The dearest of dens on long rainy day!
The Baltimore County union, the Towson news., 1909-10-09
Beavers Inspire Respect.

II have yet to meet the man who
can walk for the first time through
beaver works, as the range of col
ony of beavers is called, and not feel
something of the sentiment of human
association, says writer in Baily's
Magazine.
"It is a sensation very similar to
what we feel when we come out un-
expectedly into woodland clearing
after long day spent in the unbrok-
en- solitudes.
81 once stood with a learned pro-
fessor of Columbia College on the
bank of a stream in eastern Canada
and looked down on a freshly made
beaver dam-one of the best in point
of construction that l had ever seen.
1t was indeed a really stupendous af-
fair for beaver to have made. Built
of alder poles and brush, weighted
with mud and small stones, it was
fifty feet long, six feet high and
raised the level of the water by about
sixty inches.
"Seen from the upstream side it
presented the appearance of more
or less evenly disposed array of short
sticks protruding from long mound
of mud just level with the surface of
the restrained water from below the
brushwood supporting the dam proper
was plainly visible apd the ingenuity
of its placing at once apparent.
"There was of course none of that
pile driving or basket weaving
which at one time played so large a
part in the picturesque description by
fanciful writers, but despite its rough
ness it was a really remarkable piece
of animal engineering. My compan-
ion inspected it for several minutes in
impressed silence.
"'I should be afraid to kill thing
that knew so much, lie said thought
fully"
The Baltimore County union, the Towson news., 1909-10-09
Fish That Have Gone West.

The fish Of the Atlantic carried
across the Rockies in milk cans some
forty years ago have thriven and mul-
tiplied all along these shores.
From 1871 to 1880 Seth Green and
Livingstone Stone between them
toted Goo, 900 young shad from the
Hudson across the continent and re-
leased them in the Sacramento and
Columbia rivers.
In 1873 fishermen in San Francisco
! harbor caught them in 1882, says
Harper's Weekly, they had reached
Puget Sound, and in 1890 were found
among the catch in Fraser River and
the streams of Alaska.
Five years ago shad were taken
away up at Cooks Inlet, and now
the coast rivers TEEN with them.
The clean, cold Pacific waters were
to their liking. The annual catch
of shad on the west coast so far as
traceable is now a little more than
I, 500, 900 pounds, and even these are
taken in nets set for other fish.
If there were demand-which is
merely to say if somebody would
start the business and get the fish to
inland markets-the catch of shad
could be quadrupled without difficulty.
In Seattle in November l have, eaten
shad that brought back the good old
hungry days on Staten Island.
Striped bass from Jersey waters,
brought across in 1882, were ances-
tors of the 1000, 900 pounds that are
now taken every year almost without
an effort along the Pacific coast from
Los Angeles away to British Colum-
bia.
The Western waters have oysters of
their own, coppery little things, one
of which might fill thimble, but
the sIoops bring into North River no
bivalve more tempting in quality
than the Toke Point or the Drayton
Harbor oyster, which, born in Long
Island Sound or along the Rocka-
ways, makes the journey in carloads
across the continent in his infancy
and at maturity finds his fate on the
tables of Portland, Tacoma, Seattle
and Spokane.
Within the last few months for
the first time in history several small
catches of mackerel have been made
by the Seattle fishermen. 1t has
been steadfastly set forth by the
people who are supposed to know
that there were no mackerel on this
coast, yet here they are, bigger, finer,
If possible, than their cousins of the
Atlantic banks, and the transplanted
Yankees who make up a large part
of Washington population have
snapped them up at a price that
would have abashed Lucullus.
When to the Dungeness crab,
which covers platter, the many de-
licious fishes of California, the almost
fabulous rock oysters of Yaquina and
the spicy Columbia River crawfsh,
which Is first and noblest cousin to
him OF the Black Sea, the Govern
ment fish culturists shall have Sue
ceeded in adding permanently the
Channel, sole the Pacific coast will
have on its bill of fare list of sea
foods unequalled throughout the
world. And it will be so until the
dire day when the coast population
shall have multiplied and the waters
of the Columbia, now so clear and so
sapphire blue, shall flow heavy with
mill refuse and city sewage to the sea.
The Baltimore County union, the Towson news., 1909-10-09
Cost of Living Climbs.

The cost of living, which has been
increasing so rapidly for most of the
last thirteen years is again advancing
from the slightly lower levels brought
by the depression of 1908. All
through the past summer the prices
of the necessaries of life have been
slowly advancing, reaching on Aug
ust I the highest figure reported for
that date save one in 1907.
The average cost of the supplies
practically every household must buy
has increased over 4o per cent. since
1906, but the Review of Review re-
marks that it is rather interesting"
to note in the Bradstreet statistics
that the commodities controlled by
the trusts have generally shown
smaller increase In price than the
average.
Thus refined petroleum sold in 1896
for 7.S cents a gallon and the whole
sale price now is 81 cents. Sugar
cost in 1896 AZ cents pound and
costs now 4.85 cents. Anthracite
coal in 1886 cost $4.25 a ton and is
now $4.oo.
The Bradstreet agency has selected
100 articles of domestic consumption
and has kept a careful record of their
prices month by month for seventeen
years. The highest point ever reached
was in March, 1907, after which came
the moderate slump caused by the
financial disturbances of that year.
We are now marching steadily back
toward this high record and the
August figures are only 6.S per cent.
below it.
Some of the individual cases of in
creased costs are much more impress
sive than the average. Rubber has
advanced from 81 cents pound in
1896 to $I.o8 a pound now; pork
from 1925 a barrel to $2I.75; eggs
from I2H cents dozen to 2S cents;
mutton from 5A cents pound to 1
cents; corn from "a cents bushel to
so cents; wheat from 64 cents a
bushel to 81. 20, and so forth. The
figures given are wholesale prices and
as a rule the advance to the ultimate
consumer has been decidedly greater.
Street Car Manners Test of Christian.
You can tell a genuine Christian
by his street car manners, Bishop w.
A. Quayle told large audience at
the Methodist camp meeting at Des-
PLANES, Ill. "If you are hanging on
a strap in a crowded street car" he
said, land the conductor calls out
step forward, please and there is no
place in front where you can step for
ward, the way you act will be test
of your religion. Ifyou are woman
and man gives you his seat and you
act as if you thought it was your right
and not his kindness that gave you
the seat, the way you act will test
you more than answering questions
in theology. 1t is not how you treat
some big body, but how you treat
little urchin, dirty and in tears,
that tests your religion"
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-04-25
OPINION ON TAX
GENERAL. CARRIER DE-
CIDES POINT FOR STATE EA-
AMKNER.
says TAat Mortgage Tax is ColieStabie
on the Amount Of the Indebtea-
ness at the Time the Tax
is Imposed.

whether mortgage tax should be as
sessed against the note tor the prin-
cipal. or against the notes for prin-
cipal and interest ALSO was the prop
osition OF law propounded by Stare Ex-
aminer Rurifoy to Attorney General A.
In reply, Mr.. CARRIER declares,
through his written opinion that mort
gage tax IL cbll esctable on the emoupt
Of irldebteiifiess 1T the time the tax IL
imposed. thus excluding theeeinterest
notes. unless, however. the interest 10
consolidated In total indebtedness
designated by the mortgage.
The opinion. In full, 10:
Hon. John Purifoy Exasniner OF
Public Accounts, Montgomery, Ala.
"Dear Sir:--I am In receipt OF your
letter of April 20. in which You make
the following inquiry: Foster exc
cutes a mortgage to Hanley, showing
the principal to be $1,000. Three notes
for $3.50 each, making q total Of $3.50
additional, shown TO be for interest
on the principal And you desire TO
be advised as to whether the principal
amount only 10 taxable under the pro-
vision Of law exacting q tax on mort
cages. or whether the mortgage tax
should be paid on- the entire debt Sc
cured. Including the amount OF the In
terest notes. 81
IT have held that the mortgage tax
is only collectable on the amount of
the Indebtedness at the time the tax
IL imposed. This construction excludes
the interest, unless the interest Is
merged in the indebtedness expressed
in the mortgage. so that 1t is impos-
aIble to ascertain from the instrument,
what part Of 1t Is original Indebtedness
ard what part of Ii Is interest, in
which case the tax should be required
on the whole amonnt Of Indebtedness
expressed on the face of the paper.
Ny predecessor. Hon. Massey Wilson,
held the same views, expressed by him
in an opinion to Hon. Thomas L. Sow
ell, state Auditor. dated December 8.
1903.
yours very truly,
"A1ex M. CARRIER,
Attorney General"
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-04-25
REVIVAL SERVICES
REV. r. M. WELLS Ar ADAMS AVE-
NUE. CHURCH.
Assailnnt OF Army Canteen and Liq-
nor Sales to Soldiers WIN BE
In Montgomery For Some
Time.

Beginning next Sunday morning,
May I'd, the Adams Avenue Baptist
church will hold a series OF revival
services in which the pastor win be
assisted by Rev. Frank M. Wells, or
jackson, Tenn, who Is an evangelist
OF national reputation.
Captain Wells is a native of Tonnes
see, and was appointed by the Hon.
Benton Mcmillan. Governor of Tennes-
see. as chaplain OF the LIST Tennessee
regiment, United States army, serving
IN that capacity both in the United
States and in the Philippines. Upon
his return from the Philippines. Cap
tain Wells was brought prominently
before the public by his relentless
tight which he waged on the army can
teen and the illegal sale of liquor
aboard army transports and at Ma
Mia. He appeared before the com
lnittee on military affairs at Washing
ton and presented his cause. While
In Washington making this hight Pres
ident Mckinley received and heard
him, and later said, Chaplain. you
have done your duty. You are the kind
of man we want"
For the past four years Captain
Wells has been engaged in evangelis-
tic work in America. He has travelled
widely. having lectured and preached
on every continent of the globe. He
has reviewed the Bible on the ground
where 1t was written, and has traced
the steps of Christ from Bethlehem's
Inanger to the Mount of Ascension.
His Bible addresses, prepared while in
the East have had an extensive hear
ing wherever he has held meetings.
He comes to Montgomery with the
very highest recommendations coming
from some of the ablest and best
known men OF the day. He has preach
ed and lectured in some of the larg-
est and most prominent Baptist
churches in the United States. among
them being the Hanson Place Baptist
Church, of Brooklyn, N Y, the Gar
field Memorial Baptist Church, Wash
ington, d. c., and the Tabernacle Bap-
list Church, Atlanta, Ga.
The lecture Jerusalem Under the
Turks which will be delivered on
next Sunday afternoon at 8 O'Clock
has been heard by raore than one hun
bred thousand men and more than one
thousand have been converted at these
meetings. In speaking of this address
The Memphis Commercial Appeal said:
at is the very best ever heard in
Memphis"
The Sunday afternoon meetings will
be for men only and every man In
the city is especially invited to be
present.
The meetings beginning on Sunday
May 2. will continue from day to day
at and 1880 p. m.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-04-25
DEATHS REPORTED
DURING THE WEEK

The following deaths were recorded
in the once of the City Sanitary De-
partment during the week ending April
"a. 1909:
Mrs. Unity T. Matthews. aged eighty
one years; shipped to Ozark. Ala.
Mrs. Esther o'Dwyer. age seventeen
years.
Mary e. ozmont, age ave montha
Hirsh Sommer, age seventy-seven
years; shipped to New York.
George w. Jones. age forty-one
James s. Armstrong. age sixty
infant Of T. b. cosbey. age hvs
months.
Negroes.
Anthony Williams, age thirty-eight
years.
william Butler, age twenty years.
Eleanor Ross age twenty-one years.
Cornelius Arlington. age tifty-eight
years.
Moses Floyd, age eighty years
]. David Matthews, age thirty-two
years.
Lewis Brown. age ninety years.
Otis NJ. Williams, age three years.
Alsenda Aston. age 1fty-six years,
Charlotte Cosby, age forty-eight
years.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-04-25

Court Street have started the runor
that q strong committee OF citizens
living on the Court street line will be
present at the meeting Monday night.
to voice the protest OF the entire street
Prominent citizens living on Court
Street Perry street. Sayre Street and
interesting avenues, say that with the
proposed change Of traffic. the most un-
desirable citizens OF Montgomery will
be forced to patronize the street car
line catering to the most fashionable
residence section of the city. They
say that the move on the part OF the
Traction Company Is not to be toier-
ated. and to prevent Its being passed,
all pressure possible viii be brought to
bear upon the Aldermen representing
the wards through which the Court
Street line. passes
Rumor yesterday stated that the most
prominent residents of Court Street and
neighboring streets. would appear In
the city Council on Monday night when
the proposition is to be discussed In
open meeting to voice strenuous pro-
test against such move, on the part OF
the Traction Company.
The discussion and strong opposi-
ton on the part of the citizens of Court
Street, to the proposed scheme OF
handling the red-light district trafic
over the Court street line. has led 70
a well-dehned scheme, to have the red
light district of the city placed where
II should properly belong. so 1t Is said.
In the downtown district, where ade-
quate police protection may be easily
had.
Citizens of Church Street, Clayton
Street. Holcombe Street and Mildred
Street, protested the traffic being ham
died over the stone Street line. before
the Traction Company saw at, several
weeks ago, to abandon the line. Citi-
gems on every car line Of the city pro-
test the handling of such traffic. WIN
such general protest, those fayoring the
segregation of the red-light district.
in the downtown section, see chance
to carry their wishes through the Coun-
ell. whether this proposition Will be
touched upon on the floor of the coun-
ell remains to be seen.
The citizens Of Court street are,
however. considerably disturbed over
the proposition of the Traction COM
many and every effort will be made at
the meeting ON Monday night and be-
fore that time. to have the proposition
turned down.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-04-25

sity, proposed the adoption of a reso.
luton expressing sympathy for the rel
atives Of those who have suffered from
the Armenian, massaeres and to memo
rialize the President. without any
other member addressing the meeting
on the subject the society referred the
resolution to its executive council for
action.
President Elihu Root and the other
ofhcers OF the society were reelected.
A resolution was adopted directing a.
committee OF seven to report at the
annual meeting In 1911. or. If possible,
In 1910. modification OF the rules and
principles OF International laws appli-
cable to international differences.
The members were received by Pres
ident Taft at the White House.
We want you to try one gallon Oh
eur 400 proof Eye delivered for $500.
!. RRICKMAN q co.