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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-24
FINE BARN AND STOCK
 DESTROYED BY FIRE

7 TuseHmbia, Jan.4r 23--e esDecials1-- John A. CalbraIth. a we'll known -clti. zen and planter of Leighton, this county. suffered the loss at an early hour this morning of a. splendid barn together with sixteen fine horses and mules, 6 large quantity Of hay, corn and farming implements. a loss of Sg.000 to s7,000, with lnssrance of $500 The barn was . short distance from his home in Lsighton. and the nre is supposed to have been of incendiary Three of the horses Burned vert valued at e1,000. All that was saved were five mule cDltas which escaped from the building.
 Blood hounds from Lawrence Tenn. arrived this afternoon. the result of whose work Is not known as yet. Leigh ton is ten miles east of T,fscurnbia. ..
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-24
EIGHT CARS
 OF MULES

Eight solid car loads of mules and one car load of horses received yes terday and today. in addition to about zoo mules already in their stables, marks the vast quantity of live stock Abraham Brothers will have to dis play to their customers Monday morn. ing. The mules now coming in are of assorted sizes. and weights, and are ali fine. well conditioned animals.
 During the past week Abraham Brothers have sold over $50 mules. some of them being sent to Georgia, Mississippi and Florida. This consti- tutes a good illustration of the wide territory their operations cover, and 1t is widening every day.
 Their buyers are among the most ex. pert in the country. and the patrons of this company have learned to expect from them only the best animals, and only the fairest treatment.
 At their new stab1ee on the corner of Jefferson and Perry Streets they al- ways keep suficient number of good animals to enable their customers to make profitable selections.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-24
WHOL OLESALE GRocERs
CONVENTION AT BIRMINGHAM
 COMES TO CLOSE.
The Cenventsem Aaiaurmea te Meet % A@aim in snzentgonseFy en Thmrs.
 day. Jume 1s.-~<zeHeRmE
 Commfttee Mame&.

Birmingham, Jan. g Especial )- The final session of the Alabama Whble- sale Grocera' Association was held Sat- urcny morning at thas Hiiiman Hotel
 The work of the convention was completed and the convention adjourn ed to meet again on Thursday, June i7. At the Friday afternoon aeasion q general committee was appointed to simplify the work of the convention by the drawing up of resolutions and proposing of the measures to be adopt ed by the convention and carrying out the ideas of the members.
 The following officers were then elected: Lloyd M. Hooper, Selma. President; H. A. Forcheimer. Vice. President, and w. c. Ward. IT. Treas hyer. The Executive Board is az fol- iows.s Sam KAuifman. Montgomery; g. M. Lee, BErnlnkhanH; 6. g, Caldweli' t1adsden: M. O. Carroll, Ozark, nnc v. T.. Neville Mobile.
 Montgomery was chosen as the place of the next meeting and the cvnven- sion adjourned,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-24
co.
 ENTERS SUIT For Recovery of 1909
 License Tax. COMPLAINT FLED SATURDAY Probate Judge Castor is Made
 Defendznt. h Ayerres TA.t Fersss. cerserssssa Iaeshss Tax Violate. Fsssrsee.sA
 Anessne.t of con.tiessea CT Unitea sssses. '
COMPLAINT FILED SATURDAY

Declaring that the foreign corpora ton license tax provision of the Ala bana Code violates the Fonrteenth Amendment to the Federal Constitu- ton, among several other things, the southern Express Company has en- tered suit against Probate Judge Cas- ton. to collect tl,Os3.s5 paid to him 1909.
 The complaint of the Southern Ex1 press Company. which asks for the return of the license money. was filed in the office of the Clerk of gtse City Court of Montgomery Saturday.
 The complaint .incfudes numerous allegations against the provision for q foreign corporation license. among the weigntiest of which Is that 1t vio- Fourteenth Amendment to the Consti- tution. which provides for edual pro- lection of the laws fo all.
 The complaint ayers. In addition. tnnt the foreign corporation license tax em- bodies unlawful discrimination.
 It ayers that the tax rate. with the foreign corporation license tax, Is ex- cessivs and grsater than the rate all lewsd by the State law. 1t further avsrs that Section ga, Article I Of the Alabama Constitution, which provides that mo law making exclusive grants Of special privileges or immunities shalf be passed by the Legislature" s. |. :. is violated.
 Again. says the complaint, the pro- vision violates Section l0. Article Of the Federal Constitution, which gets down arbitrarily the rights of states In granting privileges. duties. etc.
 The attack of the Southern Express Company is one of the many on the foreign corporation license provision. Already several railroads have assaiied the provision in the City Court of Montgomery, to receive an adverse de- cision. The nearing on the complaint of the Sopthern Express Company will probably be set for q day during the present term of the City Court
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-24
CONGRESS
Hsuse sunsrsarx.

Washington.Jan. 2s--A large number of pension bills were passed by the House of Representatives today and by the decisive vote of 42 to 103 the House refused to increase the pension of Ju- lis D. Coghian. widow of the late Rear Admiral Cogh1an. United States Navy, from $50 a month. as proposed in an amendment offered by Representative olcott of New York.
 Consideration of bill to prohibit the importation of opium. except for med fclnaI purposes. was prevented by Mir. Payne. aof New York, on the ground that such action would Feduce the na- tional revenue ei.0Do.O0O a month. and would not lesSen the use of the drug.
 At 2 o'clock the House adjourned un- til tomorrow. when memorial services will be held for the late Representative Dupwell, of New York 4
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-24
State s Counsel on Anti
 Shipping.
ON BEER SUBSTITUTES
Dsfsnse Ignores Allegations of Un-
 constitutionality.
vatceme of Case May Depesa Alter Aii On .wAether Near Beer Is witEin Dri.ks srrs-
 hisIfsd.r

Though presenting but a desultory 1 idefense for the anki-shipping bill of the Alabama code, as if sensible of ] its unconstifutionaiity, the states at- torneys, in the mandamus suit Of the Capitol Brewing Companys agalns. me phasized tho charge that near beer.'' .White-Top" and all such substitutes flor ,fntoxfcants came within the ban Of the pkohibiton law, and that they could not be shipped. no more than the intoxicants themselves, into pro- hibition territory.
 The Capitol Brewing Company asks. in its suit, for 2 writ of mandamns compelling the Louisviliet and Nash yiIIe Railroad to ship into prohibition territory the alleged aicohplic substi- tute, .sWhite-Top.n The railroad re- fused to carry the "White-Top" into prohibition territory, claining that, by so-doing they were liable to penalties in that the white Top was prohibit- cd by the general prohibition bill.
 The brewing company, in it's peti- wtltutionaiity of the anti-shipping bill, in an assault that bids fair. accord ing to intimatien Of every authority concerned, of success. But 1t was not pn the constitutfonalfty or the anti shipping law that Attorney General Garbek and Assistant Martin dweIt. but upon the fact that all substitutes for intoxicants were in themselves prohibited by the CarmichAcI bill as tcontaining alcohol no matter fin what Quantity. Such was the construction jof the State attorneys, and their in l&erpretation of the meaning of the carmichaei bill furnished the interest flor the nearing before Judge Sayre, bDn the petition for . mandamus. I The petition was taken. under ad-i ivisement by Judge Sayre. after the ar- lguments of the attorneys on either side. The contention of the illegality iof the substitutes is the main point Ito be considered.
 There is some curiosity manifested itn regard to the result in case the 'substitutes are declared to be affected by the prohibition law. That it will subject many who are now selling fhe near beers, etc. to penalties Is one of the results. it is assured, bes sldfes depriving the thirsty souls of their last lingering relief.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-24
ACCEPTS HIGnEN,s AFFIRMATION,
1sefls Court why Retarass Were Not euI
 awhueefmem '

Birmingharn. Jan. < zs - (Speciat J r4- Eherin Higden appeared bef6reS Judge Dan A. Greene, of the criminal. court sn response to the rule issued sev- eral days ago and showed how ft was that returns were not made promptly on subpoenaes in a murder. case.
 The explanation made by the siaerln was accepted by the judge and rul- ing, was ordered that hereafter the eheriff must make return on sub poenaes at $ o'clock at the latest on the day preceding the daae for which a case is set for trial The rule nisi against the sheriff was issued because no. returns had been made for witness es in the case of R. W. Thompson, who is charged with the kiIling of 10. W. Robertson. Upon investigation it de- veloped that a deputy in making his returns placed the papers in the wrong pigeon hole and the case was called with nothing having been heard from nhe shertff.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-24

son. lot Church Street near Moulton. consideratfon. t50al \ R. H. Bozssnan to A. NJ. Roper. l-a lots .1s and ia. block e. Highland Park. consideration. S1.0o0.
 W. C., cureton to O. D. Johnson, lot ga. Wilson plat: consideration, sl,375. < ]. W. Tu1iis to !. c. Haas. lots and
 Aubry Bedsole. ct als, to H. H. Tur- ner. 10 acres. IApine; consideration. s1o. .s.a
 Amelia B. Seelye. to velma Ramage, lot 16. Block c. West End; consideFa- ton. s200.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-24
ANNIVERSARIES SLOW
TAX COLLECTOR HALLS RECEIVING s LITTLE MONEY.
Fact That PezH Tnx Must Be Paaa Be- asre Febrmary seesap .ts HaSe Eseaped Minds of
 Cktfaema. &,

That the payment of poll tax is q fundamental duty of the American cit fzen seems to have impressed itself but superAciaIIy on the memories of the Montgomery County residents. for the most parA this year. For the p0ll tax payers are straggling slowly to the of flee of Tax Collector Halls at the Court House. So slow that despite the fact that February 1. the last day for the payment of the tax. is but week of, and there is but sI1 payments made to date.
 Eight hundred and eleven payments to date with an acknowledged, voting strength of nearly 5000 in the county, stands evidence that payments are slow. There is no election to transpire during 1909. however. and the fact that the political side of citizenship is to be lacking seems to account for the slack payment.
 Last year, 1908. there were on Jan .uary 23, the date corresponding to yes- sterday, 1870 payments made, or 559 more than have been made to date this season.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-24
NEWS oFREcoRD

The Gates-Irwin Lumber Company, of Evergreen. The authorized amount of the capital stock is given at $5,000 of which amount $2,S00 has been paid in with which to begin business The in- corporators are given as: J. M. Gates. M. L.. Gates and R. F. Irwin.
 The Business Mems Club of Gadsden. There is no capital stock mentioned. The incorporators are: c. F. Smith, E. R. LeFever, 4. V. Lee, Jr., ct al.
 The w. o. Bryales Stove and Fur niture Company of Birmingham. IThe authorized amount of the capital stock la given at $l0,O00, of which amount S5, ,000 has been paid in with which to begin business. The incorporators are: Nv. O. Brayles. Mamie Brayles J. L. Mcwhprter and s. D. Murphy,
 The9Atlantic Furniture and Lumber Company of LInevil1e. The authorized amount of the capital stock of the company is given at S25,Oo0 of which amounG 214,990 has been paid in with which to begin business. The incorpo- rators are: Watts Bros. Manufacturing Company. M. M. Eppes, J. L. Handley, w. J. Green and T. G. Watts.
 The Roanoke Grocery Company, of Roanoke, Randolph County. The au- thorized amount of the capital stock is given at S5.000 all of which has been paid In with which to begin business. The incorporators are given as: l.. J. Awbrey, R. P. Price and H. B. Price. - Tn@S following appointments. to the olEice Of Notary Public were yesterday approved by Governor Conner: H. M. Moover of Evergreen, E.. g.. Jack of Greensboro. c. W. Donaldson of Pratt City, R. L. Warner of Haynevilie, s. c. Henson. of octagon.
 To the office of County Tax Commits sioner of Cuiiman County, S. P. Me- Donald of Cullman.
 The following transfers of property were filed for record In the office of Probate Judge Gaston Friday:
 Abraham Profit to Perry and Slough. Lot 4 and q 1-2 Scheussler property; consideration. $500.
 Western Railway of Alabama to Perry and Slough. lot 8, block 42. East Alabama plat; consideration. $10.
 Eieonora Parker to Irene Davis. 1-3 interest lot 50. New Philadelphia plat, AIabafia. street; consideration. e250
 Alice Rutiedge to Irene Davis. f-3 interest lot 50. New Philadelphia plat. Alabama Street. consideration, s250.
 n A. Bachelor to Ed Rugeley. 14.77 acres g. 1T. T. 1T, R. IS; consideration. 320o.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-24

pected if Hundley ia not defeated and
 another man named for judge. Representative Burentts bill provid-
 ing for Circuit and District Courts of the United States at Gadsden has been
 favorably reported to the e,aouse. Alfred J Stofer
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-24
McoURT HOUSE

w. H. Reeves has been employed A' Sheriff Hood, in accordance with the authorization of the Board of Revenue, as trainer of the hounds. which are used almost daily9by the Sheriff and his officers in trailing criminals.
 The course of training through which these canine sleuths are put consists in daily runs across country, always on the trails of some negro who may be found willing to become the sub- ject for the detective sseances. Be- sides the running and trailing, the dogs are groomed and fed and cared for, under the supervision of the train- CT.
 The Circuit Court of Montgomery County with the exception Of few minor, cases, has about. completed it's docket for the term, Judge Pearson having dashed through the cases with an efficient vim that soon ,dfssipated the cloud of litigation. All of the cases for the term have been unim- pOrtant. and entaiiing small amounts.
 On Monday at 10 o'clock the City Court of Montgomery will continue the call of the civil docket, jury cases. The coming week win probably see the conclusion of the civil jury docket for fine term. There win be. sthrougt- { out the jury docket, the call for several cases of interest which require no jury.
 The payment Of taxes. other than the poll tax. Is exceptionally good Tor this season of the year, according to Deputy County collector c, B. Tea9- lev. Tax payers are reiinquishing their coin with greater frequency this year than last season. Altogether an ex- ceiient report fs expected when the time for a summary comes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-24
Sehlfts Beer S1e.Bo per casEx.
 f. .. D. Pensa0Ia.
 GREIL TRADING co. P. O. Box ssg PensasIa. Fia.
Census Of New Orleans.

New Orleans. Jan. 2s.--About 2.OoO volunteArs., men and women. began This morning to take what is termed a religious census of New Orleans, Iunder the direction Of ward and pre- cinct captains. Q house to house can-
 vass is being carried on throughout
 the city for the purpose of ascertain
 ing the church. affiliations. religious in. clinations, etc, of all residents.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-24
NEGRO SPEAKS OUT.

Bishop K.ampton, . Negro, spenfn on
 Crinae Against women.
 Franklin, La, Jan. 23.--T stand ready to go with the white man today right into hen to protect . woman. white or black, against hend." said Bishop E!s "? Hampton, Of the Afri- can Methodist Church, In his charge to the Louisiana conference of his church here last night. ''yvomanhood must be protected; let ,ua do our part"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-24
CIVIL WAR CLAIMS
REFRESHMENTS COOPER Or TEX
 As, PUSHING HIS BILL.
Letters Are Bexinnsng Ts Reh fnts senafers Bankheaa ass Sehnston In Regard tp Judge Hunaiey's r
 Ccmnrmmfson.

Wa arlington, D. O., Jan. 2s--tSpe- cial. )--Next week. Representative Coop CT. of Texas, will make . move In tne House through which he.fhopes to sss confederation of his bill to restore 70 rightful owners. the money Tn the Treasury under the captured ana apsn .l., doned property act durins the~ civa' war. -
 ThIs measure was unanimousiy re- ported last February by the War Claii1s Committed. It has been hanging up ever since on the House calendar. The Judges of the court of claims figure that fhe total amount due these claimants .approximates s1o.oeo.eeo. The bulk of the claimants were. residents or the States of Alabama. Mississippi ana Louiaiafia. with a sprinkiing in otner Southern States. "A.
 This money, which has been tied up all these years. is rightfulIy theirs. and cannot be used for any other purpose by the government. and the bill pro- noses that it shall be paid back to those who sustained tfie losses of. property. or course, most of the people are dead, hut their heirs are entitled to recover { Senators who are interested In the om. nibus claims Dill. will try to push that measure along next week. Most or these oiaifns. with the exception of the FEGuGu Southern people, and as there ts to pc no general river and harbor bill passed this session, the Southern members want to save something that will be of direct beneft to their section. Churches and educational institutions are 10 receive the larger amounts to. be found in the omnibus biil.-- = A. -'- '
 Letters are beginning to roil into Senators Bankhead and Johnston In re gard to the latest phases of the Hund. ley case. showing that the people in Northern Alabama are taking deternl. ined stand since this nomination has been referred back to the Senate Judi ciary Committee and additional hear- ings arranged for.
 Some of the letters the Senators are getting are favorable to Judge Hund- lev, proving thar his friends. and back erx are determined to do everything they can to pull him through. Others are simply red hot in their op- position, particularly those coming, in from members of the various bars. It ia understood that the latter point out the complications that will arise, and
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-24
FREE MONDAY.

; A valuable household necessity-- Coffee--freshly roasted for this saie--at 25 cents per pound i
 BROCK GROCERY CO.
 The Pure Food Stores. Ad,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-24
FaANK cARTER,s DBATH.
A4Ianta Man Lived Seventeen Yeara
 With Broken Neck.

With Broken Neck.
 Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 23.--At a eoroner's inquest here today into the death or Frank Garter. 60 years old, it was tes- tifed that he had broken his neck eighteen years ago, and had lived without. serious Inconvenience from this accident. Carter died of apoplexy.
 Wien the police found that his neck was broken they suspected foul play and ordered the inquest, with the re- suit that the testimony that the old mans neck had been broken for sey- enteen yeAxs was aeeePted asSsatia- factoEz-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-24

MAllRE.E-AGRANITE-sTONE.
 Be sure to set estimates from the Capital City Marble Works on any vy0rk of thls kind. Hest facilities, ex-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-24

We de naore mnrbIe end steae work than any tive cempanies fn Alabnnsa. sThe reasen--besf facilities sad best work. Capital City Marble Works.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-24
TO OPPOSE HlJNDLEY
NORTH ALABAMA LAWYERS GOING
 TO WAsHxNGTON.J
|It e Expected Thaf fhs rfwht WfHl Ceme Up Befere the Judiexary
 Cemmfttee ek the

Birmingham. Jan. 23.-- Special )---rt is reported that large delegations Of North Alabama lawyers. both favcrAbfs and unfayorable to the eonfFmation Of States Judge of the Northern District of Alabama, win leave early next week for Washington.
 It Is expected that the fight win come up before the Judiciary Commit tee. to which the nomination has bean |recomraftted. and that in the event the committes takes favorable action, the nght will be carried to the floor of the Senate. It is probable that twenty or thirty weIi-known lawyers will spend the greater part of the coming week at the Capital.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-24
BLOOMING PLANTS.

Beautifnf hlsomsng Asafean ca bar. sgainS tAis week oniy, at ef.o0 eechl reguIar priee, 91.Ee. Can be shspRes safely by express.
 { Fhome or write us your order todny Fhome zoe. ROsEaEONT GARDENS
 City Store, 1o0 Dexter Ave.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-24

We are agents for Lewis co, Cascade, CanadiaA Club. Upper Ten and Three Feathers and Blue Rabbon Beer.
 T. -Drlcl<nAan q Co.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-24

D6NsT FORGET s We are an Rensaceia hna ready ts serve you at once. 54 AZ.
 !. Bricknian q lCe.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-24

SPECIAL NOTICEs Send your orders tesus at PensaesEa, EIa. I. Brsskman { Co, whelesaie Iaeaors.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-24

The MaxheweP is in Pensacola bat we win send yea four quarts of it for RA.OO delivered bottled in bond.
 m '. Friedman & Co.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-03-30
Lena stratton Bennington County
George stratton June Term. 1909
ORDER OF PUBLICATION.

ORDER or PUBLICATION
WHEREAS lena StattOn of Bennington in
said County of Bennington in the state of ' err
mont. has this day filed in the office of the Clerk
of the County Court. for said County, her libel
for divorce against George A. Stntton, setting
forth i'm substance, that she was on the 2bth
day of August, a. ID. 1909, lawfully mnrried TO
the said George A. Statton. at MCDonOugh, In
the County OF Chenango and State of New
York; that during the COVerturs. the said libel
liant, on her part has faithfully kept the mar
riagc covenant, land performed all the duties
appertaining thereto; hut that the said libelce
ON his part has not kept the marriage cOvcn-
ant hut hath violated the same; for that the
said George A. Stptton since said mnrriagc
hath ut divers times treated the libellant with
intOlerlbe severity; that ON the LIST day of June
A. d. 1901, the said libelee wilfully deserted the
ibeant and has continued such desc .tiOn for
upwards of three year., ANA being OF sufficient
pecunary and physical ability 60 provide suit
able maintenance for the said libcllant. without
cause grossly, Iwantonly and cruelty refus, d
and neglected so TO do,
And paying that FOR the causes afO rcsaid
the Court would grant Il Bill of Divorce TO
the said lihclant, and that she may he allowed
to resume her maiden name of Lena Sh0pley.
And II appearing that the said libelec is with
out the State and that no summons can be
served upon him, 1T Is ORDERED, that the
Hbellnnt notify the said George A. StrattOn
OF the tendency of said petition and summon
him 90 appear at the term of the County Court
to he held at Manchester, within and for the
County of Bennington, on the first Tuesday In
June, A. ID. 1909, ON the first day thereof, and
! to answer to the same, by causing the substance
| Of said petition and this order To hc published
three weeks successfully In the Bennington
Evening Banner, newspaper published ut
Bennington, In said County, the last puhlicn'
tion 10 bc at least six weeks previous To the
commencement of said term
| Dated az Bennington, In said County, this
| 2Qth day of March, A. ID. 1909
JACOB J. SHAKSHOBER
CHAS. A. MAURER County Clerk
Atty. for Llbellant,
Bennington VI.