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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-04
TO MEET.
PROGRAM ANNOUNCED FOR THE SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION
 GATHERING.
New Educational Movements Are Ex- Heeted te Feature the Session, When the Annual Meeting fs
 H& sd Tn Atlanta.

The announced program for the an- nual meeting of the Southern Educa- tion Association, indicates that the At lanta meeting will offer probably the most attr active list of speakers which has yet graced . meeting of the Asso- ciation. The date of the meeting In Atlanta is announced as April l4.
 It will be recalled that announce ment was made at the annual meeting of the Association held In Memphis, that Dr. Edgar Gardner Murphy. who inaugurated the movement which has done so much for Southern education. would no longer serve as Executive Secretary. pr. Murphy retired from the active duties of the secretaryship. in order to devote his whole time to his literary work.
 pr. wickliffe Rose, of Nashville. Gen. eral Agent for the Peabody Education al Fund, Is now Secretary. and he Is most active In arranging the details of the coming meeting. His prelimi- nary letters indicate that the list or speakers is to be exceptionally hne They include such men as President
 Coulter of the University of Mime sota, President Hise of the University of Wisconsin, Governor Hoke Smith or Georgia, United States Commissioner of Education E. E. Brown. and Ma tional Forester Clifford Pinchot.
 The Southern Education Association Is headed by Robert c. ogden. the mil lionaire philanthropist, of New fork. who financed the movement and IS still at the head of the Association. His friends in the South will be pleased to know that his health has improved. Dr. B. J. Baldwin, of Montgomery, is Dr. Wickliffe Rose Of Nashville Ia Executive Secretary.
 Dr.. Edgar Gardner Murphy retains his membership on the Executive Com mittee and it is his intention to come to Montgomery for a few days before the Atlanta meeting. to spend few days with his old time friends The other members of the Executive Com mittee are wickliffe Rose. Chairman; S. c. Mitchell. w. H. Hand. s. A. Mynders. c. J. Ramsey, Harry Hods- son, J. H. Kirkland. Paul H. Sanders, J. H. billiard. John H. Hineman. J. Y. Joyner. J. B. Aswell and H. B. Fris- sell.
 In recent years new educational movements have been inaugurated In Minnesota and Wisconsin and these movements as explained by the Presl- dents of the State Universities of the two States are expected to furnish the most interesting topics for discussion.
 Alabama educators have always ta- ken a deep interest in the affairs of the Association and some of them do not hesitate to attribute to 1t a part of the credit for the remarkable advance ment of the school interests of the State to the campaign made years ago by funds set aside by the Association for that purpose. Alabama has al- ways sent a good delegation to the an nual meetings. but 1t is expected that larger delegation will go from Ala bama to the Atlanta meeting than ever attended previous meeting. It will be headed by State Superintendent of Education H. c. Gunnells.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-04
Everybody Who Pays Street
 Tax Nou Does H With Protest

The aftermath of the street tax rush entails almost as much work on the City Clerk and those in his office as did the actual receiving of money du- ring the past few days Hundreds of persons just thapded in their money with a slip of paper with their names and addresses and left. not waiting for a receipt, and now these receipts have to be mailed to them. City Clerk Black was buried in a mass of mail yester- day sending out the receipts. the job being punctuated rather often with collections from those who strolled in to get square.
 The fact that there has been some talk, with a halo of reliability about
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-04
THE BIBLE CORRECT
BISHOP NELSON TALKS OF THE IR-
 REPUTABLE EVIDENCE.
Urgeg All Men To Attend the Church. Where They Will Re Able To Breathe the Atmosphere of
 God.

Bishop Nelson spoke at another fm- presstve noon-day service yesterday in the Majestic Theatre. Ills address was largely a preface to that which he will make today regarding the irrefutable testimony which proves the Bible cor rect.
 He also urged all men to attend church. where they would be able to breathe the atmosphere of God and un- derstand his religion.
 "A woman had gather have her hus- band go to church with her, rather than have a spring hat or a new auto mobtle." he asserted. What you moth- CT. your wife. or your daughter or your sweetheart wants is that you sus- tain the higher impulses in your life.
 Seek always to understand your re- ligion. I am satisfied that there ism. anything on earth so abundantly test. ed as religion as presented in the Bible.
 "If we believe the witnesses of men, we must believe the witnesses of God for he has provided us with equally good testimony.
 People are often asked the req. son for their religious proclivities. We get 1t by sheredity. say some. The req son why I was g. churchman Is because I was a churchman in the loins of my father. But that doesn't explain why I remain one. Then environment also plays Q large part in making mans religion what 1t Is. Men choose, too. their church, according to their tenn perament. as different churches empha- size different phases of the religious life.
 But these reasons for believing in one religion is not sufficient. We have to have better reasons for being Christian than that We are born one. If this Is how we get religion. we can not stand in the fact of the infidels and their arguments. We must meet them in a fair and square fight. We can win out, for we have indisputable argu- mef,ts."
 What these are Bishop Nelson will explain today.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-04
SEEK NEW HEARINGS
REQUESTS GRANTED BUT MATTER
 WILL AGAIN BE BROUGHT UP.
J. Finley Howard Wants n Change of Venue, and These Interested in Foreign Franchise Tax Law,
 Want Unanimous Opinion.

Alabama's Supreme Court is facing a novel situation-two novel situations in fact. For though the court grant, ed the requests of J. Finley Howard. who asked for new trial. after he had been sentenced to fifty years impris- onment for the prime of murder. and though 1t favored the State of Alabama in upholding the foreign franchise tax law. there have been filed applications by both Howard and the State for re- hearings.
 Howard desires that he be allowed a change of venue, and asks for a re- hearing that the grant of a change of venue may be embodied in the decis- ion granting the new trial. He runs the risk of the new trial proposition being over-ruled in the second appeal.
 The application for a re-hearing in the foreign franchise tax matter comes of a desire of the State that the for mer decision of the Supreme Court be made unanimous. There was one dis senting opinion when the fight was won.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-04

1t, that the tax ts invalid. has damp ened the ardor of those who were .a day or so ago very anxious to settle. and the rush has dwindfed to . mini- mum. Added to this those who do pay almost Invariably add the word "pro- tested" to their papers and this adds extra work to the clerical force. 2;
 But all the same the city has nearly 15.000 to its credit in the banks and possession being considered rather weishty In the eyes of the law, to say nothing of "bird in. the hAnd."' there is a smile of satisfaction on the faces of those who are trying to reimburse the city for the losses entailed by the prohibition fever. q
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-04
MRS. ALMoN VERY ILL.,.
 JUDGE GOES TO TEXAS

Florence. March is.--tspeciai.,- i.,-Judxs ChsTiss F. Aimon. who convened court here yesterday morning for the spring term. left lest night for San Antonio. Texas. in re- sponse to . teiesram announcing the crit ical, illnsss of his wife at that place.
 This morning a meeting of the. Florence bar was held and Hon. A. J. Carmichael of Tuscumbia. was chosen to hold court in the absence of Judge Almon. all the avail able attorneys in this county having cases on the docket.
 The civil docket is . heavy one. owing to the fact that Judge Almon was called away ct the last term on account of the illness of one of his children.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-04
NEGRO FREED so THAP
 HE COULD HELD FAMILY

Sam wiIkerson. negro. who had been sentenced in the United States Court for illicit distilling. and wAo has served six months of his term, was released from prison yesterday. upon the order of Judge Thomas G. Jones, following an application for pardon.
 The application. which was signed by many of the most prominent citi- gems of Elba and Coffee County. in which wilkerson lived and operated. declared that the negro's family was totally dependent upon his labors for their living, that his small farm was heavily mortgaged. and that his ab- sence would bring about Restitution of his dependents. and the loss of his means of livelihood. f-=
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-04
BIRMINGHAM "DOPES"
 TOO SICK TO TRAVEL

Birmin gham March s-(Special )-What to do with the dope fiends now in the county jail. too i'll to be sent to the farm opposite Montgomery. is a question that is puzzing the authorities Three of these pitiabie victims said to be in a pre- carious condition through the sudden rerrov- al of the drug. They have been raving at times, even though cocaine in small quan- titles has been administered.
 It is certain that they too far ad- vanced to be of service in the fields. and as they have already been sentenced to hard labor. it is uncertain what course may be pursued. Few arrests of this character have been made recently, The vigorous cam patgn of few weeks ago. having broken up the established joints, and driven most of the victims from the city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-04
R0HIBITpON
 CASE DROPPED Case Against Harrison
 Is Discharged. TIE STATE WAS NOT READY Montgomery Fails to Secure Con- viction in First Indictment wsaenas ef PrsAibition Fear That it is an EviAence That the strength
 e1 Liquor Law is
TIE STATE WAS NOT READY

Failure has marked the first two ef- 1orts Of the Montgomery officials to enforce the prohibition law. With the discharge of H. K. Alexander on Tues day. with the jury in his case out enly ten or fifteen minutes, and with the dismissal of the case against Thomas Harrison yesterday for want e persecution. the difiiculty of secur- ing evidence or conviction In such in stances was proven. The outcome of the two cases brings to friends of pro- hibttton the fear that much of the first strength of the liquor law has been lost. and violations are expected.
 Because of lack of prosecution. Judge Armstead Brown yesterday dis missed one of the cases against Thomas Harrison. the soft-drink proprietor. hibition law. Another case against Harrison goes over until Friday. March 12.
 William Thweatt, the young man who was witness against H. K. Alex ander. in the prohibition case of Tues day. was also the main witness against Harrison in the case which was dis missed Solicitor Stern announced that he was not ready to go into the case. and as there was no reason for post ponement. all witnesses being present. the case was dismissed.
 The second case against Harrison is being pushed by w. R. Martin. who occupies the dual role of witness and Dr0secutor. Because of Martins ab- sence from the city. the case was postponed.
 It is whispered that one of the req sons for the failure to go into the case in which Thweatt was witness was the desire to escape the effort which would be made to make Thweatt out as . professional witness. and one whose purchases of liquor were largely in the nature of an investigation. guided by interested parties.
 An effort was made by the defense in the Alexander case, to prove Thweatt q professional witness, but much of the cxamination relative to~such a denoue- meut was overruled.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-04
FIGHTING CEMETERY.
Birmingham People Obiert to L0catlG

Birmingham People Obiert to Location
 Planned for Negroes.
 Birmingham, March 3.-(Speciai l- Whether the location of a negro cemetery near West End would be pre1udicial to the public health is a question the county board of health will soon have to decide. It sp- pears that sixty acres near this popuious suburb, wera recently bought for the pur- pose of opening a negro burying ground
 Nearby residents are obtecting to this plan and warm fight Is to be made. It Is DO nted out that big spr ng near the prop erty is used by dairymen as A place from which their cows drink The Idea that this water may be contaminated from the negro cemetery Is creating some exclte- ment.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-04
SELECT SCHOOL SITE

High School Commission to Meet At
 Dlocton.
 To decide upon the site of the Bibb County High School. the State High School Commission will meet at Bloc ton on Thursday. March Il. heated light Is being waged between the towns of Blocton and Centerville for the location, and 1t may be that the rivalry will be settled at the meeting next Thursday.
 The High School Commission is com posed of Governor B. B. Conner. Su- perintendent of Education Gunnels, and Auditor Brandon.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-04
Error tn Name Gives Man
 Chance to Get His Freedom,

Respite was granted Jules Stern. white man of Montgomery, from prob able conviction in the City Court yes- terday. when he proved that the in- dfctment which had been found against him bore the wrong name.
 Stern was indicted by the grand jury on> the charge of forgery in the second degree, but the indictment bore
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-04

the name of Julius Stern. When brought for trial yesterday ons the charge. Stern proved before the jury that his name was Jules and not Ju. Illus. Because of the faulty draft the indictment was quashed. and Stern placed under bond of 14oe. whicf, he made. to answer any subsequent in. dfctment that might be found by the next grand jury. - :. -.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-04
nurnsd By Lt9htnin..

Rome. Ga.. March s.--Half her hair singed and badly disarranged and her eyebrows burned by a flash of light ming was the experience of Miss Jen- nie Carson. while she was asleep al her home here Tuesday during thun- der storm. She was also slightly sh ocked.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-04
WEDDING AT BELMONT.
Miss Katie Spidle Beeomes the Bride q
 nF He~kMr

Livingston. March s.-tspeciaL)-Dr For est Lee Hester and Miss Katie Spidls of Belmont were married there at the brides home.
 pr. Hester is a fine young man who has many friends and his bride is an accom- plished young woman who has many friends.
 They will reside in Belmont. this coun- ty. '--'
 Miss Maude Biibro, who teaches school st Sumter Mills was i'll at her home hero for couple of days. Miss Emma Sanders. teacher at Mccain ville spent several days, here with her sis- ter, Miss Annie Sanders. who Is attending college at the A. N. C.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-04

It takes IS per cent. acid phosphate, per cent. cotton seed meal and mu- riate of potash to produce our cotton seed meal mixture.
 MARKS & GAYLE,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-04

You can't naake cotton see6 su>., mtxturs as good as ouss bscause you can't set the materiaIs eeoA enowwh.-
 MARKS. q GAYLE Ao~TT4fs
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-04

o'clock this morning The cause of the Ire is unknown. The loss will be about S1.s0o. partially insured. The place was situated on West Vine Street.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-04

Military Htn Heporte0. shington, March 3.-A full agree ment on the military academy bill was reported by the conferees to the Senate today and approved.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-04

Green has been heraIdsd as the uodish color for spring. but the very latest report says brown.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-04

If you are from Missouri look at our cotton seed meal mixture.
 MARKS 4 GAYLE.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-04

House Burns in Decatur
 Decatur, March a-(Special IA res- fdence belonging to Richard Hargrove, a negro, was destroyed by fire at 2
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-04
upbol$terfng for Gvery Want
l2 l-2c Silkoline 7 l-2c|

We have a limited quantity of these silkoines which are the very best make. In order to close out the entire lot we will on Thursday sell this regular l2 l-2c .1I siIkoline the yard for. 5Cl
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-04

This is a new arrival and repre- sens an up-so-da.e and complete line of newest styles and designs in couch covers. They are without fringe. } yards long and very wide. Thur.d.y' sale price &1 m.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-04-30

the case with many folks all sorts Of
explanations. foolish and otherwise.
were made OF the way in which they
happened to become interested. From
the start, however. these Dayton bi-
cycle manufacturers were keen for
aeroplanes. They believed that the
soaring and flying Of birds could best
be initiated by aeroplanes.
The manner in which birds kept on
mile after mile after vessels at sea.
merely moving their wings now and
again. interested these brothers. as
1t has interested thousands of per-
sons who are not wrapped up In aero
planes. The brothers knew or learned
that the birds occasionally tapped
their wings In the midst Of soaring
because they had to mount another
or different air current.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-04-30

ideas of the wrights. They studied
aeroplanes for years before they
evolved the idea. 1t was in 1908 that
after framing the machine Of parallel
box kites they got the idea OF putting
in a gasoline engine to run the ma
chine and to force those changes OF
plane that would be inevitable in un-
favorable windage.
They had a machine then that was
merely a glider. 1t was picked up at
either extremity by two men who ran
with II for a distance until finally II
caught the air and started of on its
gliding. 1t was about this time that
reports came east that there were
two men in Ohio who had a flying
machine that would fly. The Wright
aeroplane had glided for a distance
over ground. how great no one knew
but the brothers and certain chosen
friends.
That started the controversy over
them. a controversy that never was
even partly settled until when
the recent public flights began in
France. The brothers made 1t a point
that no unfriendly persons should see
the aeroplanes. and many successful
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-04-30

Air resistance is a harder thing to
tackle than water resistance. There
are more quirks and twists to the
stream Of air than there are in the
Mississippi water. All these things
made dirigible balloon flying hard.
and 1t had killed absolutely aeroplane
endeavor up to the time the Wright
brothers began. The earlier aeroplan.
lists had not been able to work out a
scheme whereby the air resistance
could be accommodated so that It
would help the flying machine instead
OF dashing It to the ground.
The Wrights. too. believed that a
man could make a much better wing
than Nature had done. The resistance
of feathers would not be present in a
wing made Of silk. Furthermore. be-
cause a bird sometimes has to alight,
Nature has fixed the wings so that
they may be folded. With an aero
plane that has nothing to do but fly
there need be no device for collaps-
ing the wings. They may stay extend
ed all the time.
The earlier attempts at aeroplanes.
Lillienthai's. Pitchers. Langley's and
Chanute's. all lent something to the
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-04-30

models were destroyed because the
brothers didn't want to risk having
any one steal their ideas.
They started on to F,ance. which
has been and Is the foremost In avi-
alton. and tried there to enlist funds
for their enterprise. They apparent
Iy wanted the French government to
take their aeroplane mostly on trust
As a Frenchman remarked long after
ward: IF 1t were fraudulent gold
mine every one would have been Will
ing to subscribe. But this turns out
to be an honest enterprise. so OF
course there was no eagerness to pos
sess It for France"
II was their manner OF conversation
that aroused the antagonism of the
Frenchmen who came in contact. Not
ALL but some. of the aviators frankly
did not believe the Wrights and
thought II all a bunco scheme to get
money for nothing. The Wrights kept
close mouthed and let the discussion
run on. They started experiments
down In a spot in North Carolina.
near a town called Kittyhawk. From
this place day after day came reports
OF flights. accidents. successes.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-04-30
Work for More kindersartens.

Mrs. Kate Douglass Wiggin Riggs
addressed the meeting OF kindergarten
enthusiasts who met the other day In
the New York home OF Mrs. J. Green
ough for the purpose Of establishing
kindergartens in small towns and vii
Iages. The scope of this new kinder
garten society will be national. though
its members declare that nowhere In
the country Is there such a demand
for the schools as within n radius OF
100 miles OF New York city. Richard
Watson Glider, Nine. Maria kraus-
Boelte and Rev. DIR. David G. Wylie
also made speeches in favor of the
movement
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-04-30
Special Round Trip Homeseekers
Rates to New Mexico and Texas

On the first and third Tuesdays OF
each month. during the entire year.
the Colorado & Southern Railway will
sell round trip Homeseekers' tickets
to a great many points in New Mexico
and Texas ut one fare plus $500 for
the round trip. Final limit twenty. five
days, allowing liberal stop-over privil.
eyes. For detailed information. rates.
etc. call on the Colorado & Southern
agent, or address T. E. Fisher. General
Passenger Agent. Denver. Colorado.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-04-30

and the industry is not so old in the two We srerr
states. But the improved conditions under which
turpentnc and rosin manufactured in Texas
and Louisiana will not account for more thar
one-iourth of the increase in yield
To demonstrate more fully that the of i'm
proved methods is largely responsible for the
remarkable increase shown the. reports from two
of the large establishments in Texas, using
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-04-30

the first year and timber and weather
conditions were practically the same.
The two establishments reporting
these figures employ a high standard
OF business methods and the figures
given are reliable. Forty.two barrels
Is considered n fair average yield for
the first year the trees are bled and
where boxes are used.
In Texas and Louisiana q greater
percentage OF operators own their
own timber. Some OF the most exten-
siye places In these states are oper.
ated by large numbering companies
or corporations who are bleeding
their trees for turpentine and rosin
previous to converting them into
lumber These companies have care
fully and systematically studied both
methods of turpentining and the fact
that the new methods are more gen
orally in use In those states indicates
their advantage over the old.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-04-30
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flying were founded on fact, but for
a long time they were under suspi-
cion. They merely kept on saying that
their aeroplane had solved the flying
problem, but they never showed the
machine and they never discussed its
= 7t,akeup or plans. This reticence had
J the effect naturally Of making the
French say: That's Just blur"
The wrights. Wilbur and Orville.
always have been very secretive about
thair invention. As Is most generally
X. Ovn they took up the flying in
dustry about eight years ago. As Is