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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-15
E JONES GIVING Nl
PEEaLEsS BASEBALL LEADER IA
 INTERVIEWED.
states That He is Net Worth Figures Ike Demands Prem Comiskey and Hopes They Wiu
 Be Refused.

Mfr. Jones still has 'em guessing. but tt looks as if he is weakening from this telegram from Portland. Ore.
 Fielder A. Jones. the well known baseball player and manager of the Chicago American League team Of last season. over whose reported retirement there has been so much speculation of late, returned to Portland today from what had. been intended to be & sev- eral weeks trip through the timber lands of Southern Oregon.
 Jones spent a week In the foothills and mountains, but found the snow too deep in places to continue hts explo- ratfons. Immediately on his arrival grams and letters asking him to exc plain his stand in the present contin- gency of whether he is going to play ball or not.
 1t is not necessary to send anyone to Portland to get me to sign . con- tract" said Jones. ''Comlskey knows enough to slgn his ball players without Scslling S. TOT, TOT neip; p; ! do not believe z, not worth the price have asked. and I sincerely hope that he will not. As told you before (referring to a pre- ,.Ss ylous t ecnversaton S with FsprsSenta eere in my desire to quit the game. and purposely named price which l think prohibitive to C0miskey--and certainly to anybody else.
 T am convinced that he will not agree to the figures I submitted. don't want him to, for want to be free to conduct my interests here in oregon as I see it. and. furthermore. know that am needed here for that purpose. Of course, if Comiskey meets my figures I shall feel obliged to play for him another season, but-Well, what's the use of discussing 1t further? When some of the Eastern scribes learn the figures they'll shout that I am try ing to hold Commy up, but I am not doing anything of the sort. He can take my proposition or leave it. and. honestly, 1t would be far more pleasing to me if he refuses It.
 T am going hack to the tall timbers as soon as the snow clears away, and I hope that when I return next time thsro will be no speculation as to my intent smH."
 By Sndiclous investment Jones has been able to accumulate a fair income and this ie believed to have influenced his decision not to return to Chicago
 Today he received welcome news tc the effect that bis old friend. Pal DouEferty, also of the White Sox. had struck oil on the property he pur' chased at the advice of Jones last sum mer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-15

If some kind gent can extgfcate per- plexed balldom from thS aabytipth that has enmeshed the sKlpp soDb rksaprQn- Kaphan puzzle, he will not taEy confer boon on suffering humanity but put under his lasting gratitude Messrs Ed Greminger, John McGraw, William Ar mouth. George Reed and possibly a few more. eie
 If this tangle keeps up. much longer. somebody will be- candidate for the foolish house. Some time ago, it will be remembered that Clair, the iuheld- CT drafted, from the Cotton States by St. Louis, gave The Advertiser a line on the CapFon- -Robb tangle for the past three years. It was shown that this muchly mixed outfelder played with Mattoon, Ill., in the old Kentucky Illinois Tennessee League of, 1S06., He only played thirty two games in Mat" to0n, and down In the South Texas League Of that same year was an out fielder by the name, of Kapan. playing eighty games, with the Austins, Gal weston and San Antonio clubs or that league. So if this is the. Eauehly- mixed man. he only played t12 gaines during the season of 1906, with four different clubs-some class to that rec ord --5,.t.- ,.f 'fa
 sixty six games with Waterloo, in the Iowa. State. League. and, q Robb playing forty-three games with the San Antonio club of the reorganzed Texas League. During the season of
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-15

you do, that there is. quite an interest taking In Montgomery now in the deld . trial gamer Yes there are quite q number Of sportsmen who own fne dogs. doctors, lawyers and business and professional men generally, and have doctor friend who owns perhaps the best trained dogs in Alabama. and blue zbloods at that, and his oti1ce i4 only about one block from. The Advertiser and am sure he would be glad to tell you about them.
 Many of these dog lovers (and who doesn't love . good dogD would be glad to see a ne1d trial association have ite home in Alabama, and It's headguarters In Montgomery. Doubt less the Hon. Fell Gaston. of Birming- ham. c true sportsman, would bring down good list of subscribers. and other cities and towns. I am sure. would come In. Mir. Edwards, of whom have spoken. would assuredly take . great interest in this and Mir. Hishop, of Eutherford as would Mir. Dent, Of Eufauia, Mfr. Giichrist and others.
 Suppose you call for some express sions from sportsmeu and see what you A 5
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-15
WOMAN AUTO RACERS.
They VIII COmbete in New Orlean, . j Dnrin@ Carnival.

ONAAAANCAG OEAE444 . j During Carnival. . New eOrleaHs.s La; Feb, 14--In the first automobile race open only to women ever run.s Mrs. Joan Newton Cpneo. of Richmond HiIl L. l., and Mss Alice Potter. of, Elgin, H., will meet for the 'champfonshtp of America during the Mardi Gras speed carnival to occur here under the auspices of the .. New Orleans Automobile Club February 20, 2f and 22.
 x Mrs. Cuneo Is to- drive a Vanderbilt cup racer and Miss Potter a high power racing car.
 Both of these women have won fame at the steering wheel of big racing automobiles, but always in road or touring contests. Tn practice spins on circular tracks, both have come neaI the minute mark for the mile.
 ,' All the other races on the program are open to women drivers if they care to enter and Mrs. Cunco has made hei entry in every event on the program to which her car Is eligible. She will compete in the 100-mtles worlds cham piohship against George Robertson. the Vanderbilt cup winner; Lewis Strang Ralph, deFalm and. others. There is every indication that thu three days meet win De one of th' most successful ever held In thu United States
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-15
Herman Jaeo Captured.

Huntsville, Feb. 14.-(speclaL)- Herman Jaco, a former cotton mill op' erative. who Is charged with commit ting a murderous assault upon Deputy Sanders in Abingdon village severa months ago. has been captur~d II Smithville. Ten. and will be brough hore as soon as requisition papers car be obtained. Jaco and two or thre' other persons assaulted Deputy San ders as he was making an arrest an' almost kIllSd him with knlves ap' s4iGiEa.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-15
LEAGUE ON HOME STRETCH Basket Ball Season Nears End. NASHVILLE IS HERE THURSDAY Tennesseans Tied for Lead in
 Championship Here, Begins southern Trlp. whieA win De- termine wAether Mshtls win
 Carry OR the First szsners
 ee the Year.
SOUTHERN LEAGUE.

The first Southern League basket naiI season IS on the home stretch, Mo- bile beginning the final trip next week. of her games at home, begins . South ern trip tonight, playing in Birming- ham. This trip Of the TennesseGISs, who at present are tied with Mobile for the lead. will Include games with the Birmingham r. M. c. A.. Birmingham Athletic Club. Montgomery. Mobile and ghursdsx Sisht The local team Snssiissy is sS. lRN gsFoHN at the present time and 9henlA Het have any great trouble in aateettnE the Tennesseans. Na4hvtlla sessful this Ieason AA aeP GeGn men Sesx sn- and strong. and at the same time az gressiye. The Southern Championship will fall to either Mobile or Nashville, and the showing of the local Quintetta against these teams will most likely tle- termtue the Anal standing.
 Montgomery is determined to finish gp tne season with 2 clean sheet on the home floor. No Southern team has been able to defeat the locals ct ho1ila thls year and in every instance Mont gomory has outplayed her opponentk winning the remaining two Southern League games from Nashville and Mo- bile. Montgomery will finish up the season with percentage og .s0e ana snis Sne loc&is are determined to ae-
 T6e local team ct present Is in fine shape. In the lnst two games against Vanderbilt and Birmingham. the Y, IF. c. A. ercwa played maRniflcent bail. passing and shooting goals at will. Special arrangements are being made to handle the crowds at the last tive games, as tl iB known that record breaking attendance will De shown,
 Both Nashv4Iie and Mobile are dee termined to win here. to further their chances for the championship, and Montgomery will do her best to staRrer both AsDlrants -, V
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-15
NTsas Dlllle scott Desa.

Hunt9Vtlfe, Feb. I4--Nbp0cIhI' J-AI8s DiIlle Scott. a popular and attractive young girl of this city, died yesterday. in Chattanooga while visiting her brother. ". u Scott. The cause of her death was pneumonia. Miss Scott was sIxAesn years old. The body was bPouaht to Huntsville today and in- toTTsd in Maple fzin cemtery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-15

a couple of runs Those runs won Boston the game and championship.
 Last year Theodore Breftenstein lost the pennant in a similar way, for New Orleans. It required the last game of the season9to decide the race and New Orleans. lost and on a fatal wild pitch which Breitenstein made. Hard luck to lose out that way, eli? "
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-15
NTrn. white no co no Mobile.

Huntsville. Feb. 14.-(SpeciaL)-The contest for the .nonination of e fair representative of Huntsville at the Congress of beauty to be held in Mo- bile during Mardi Gras, ended here last night. Mrs. Lawsen White was the winner. The contest was conducted by a local newspaper.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-15
J H. RoberrOn Bnnkrwpt

Huntsville. Feb. )-J. II Robersoh, a druggist doing business in C1Ilman. has placed 8 voluntary peti- ,xion in bankruptcy in the United States Court. Ills liabilities are t1,112 and a@ssks a8kA all aaAtmsd as 1ESmDt.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-15

A REAL. C0LDs AND GRIP REMEDY.
 The new scientihc remedy for Colds brought out. is Hieks Capudine. Re- lieves the aching and feyerishness- restores normal eondlfi0ns. It's UoIAd --pleasant to take--effects immediate ". adV-tf
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-15
CD G.!!::K \
 
FUNERAL NOTICE.

vited 10 attend hia funeral from Rtz Peters ckthoilc Church this morning at 2 o'clock. M ,t
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-09-23

drawn by a single Canadian pony,
satisfied the speed mania in business
during ,hc week and sumced for
l1ost peoples pleasure on holidays.
The very first Of the first Colonial
families Of the town used one of
those same carts while it was in
process of arriving IL had acquired
carriage I'm 1909 without becoming
ashamed OF the cart o. of the neigh
Dors VINO still sat lu 10 with the
blouse Of the driver worn over ais
trousers in 1909 I'm that year. l-
tlemen OF the best breeding and
family 'Il thought "users unIfg-
niied They wore brccchcs. not
pants TN ebrcacaoe still haI s..
80 % nIcs. There were uu ID
rh'c eontIcmol Of great dis1
w5o we've their dress ords waoI
tu'y D-omenaded I'm public.
All tar houses taou in the town
we're llllt along the two main North
a't south streets, with their barns
"H i"o tird street The most osty
oous" in he town hal two stories
or one tory and "a Matte Tint most
I'ominru' citizens. wh owcre pio-
r'rrs of business in tho whole cJun-
'rr Yves. Of the vi ssippi usually
lived fro the same house in which
they carried on business in fura. gro
rnrIr d,y goods and hardware.
leading business men still lived in
post houses which were log
houses of tho French style. builf of
Tors" ou ond There were 13s of
'n.o no bou " The resi- rr
built of So Louis limestone They
had orchards aad gardens around
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-09-23
SAINT LOUIS
A HUNDRED
YEARS AGO


In 1909 Saint Louis had less
than 200 houses. it is not easy %
understand now nov rs leading cit
liens could meet On the corners of it's
only two thorougurarcs and discuss
3. then as one OF the most important
towns ln the country. This some Of
trem certainly did. They left the
record OF their prophecies. to be real
Low when in the last ten years about
half "a million more people have
come into the United States across
tho Atlantic than tine total number
o. "thc American people" in tine year
otter Saint Louis was first inc0rpo-
Iated With not quite seven and "a
quarter million people iu the United
States and not quite a Thousand of
them iH Saint Louis % hundred years
ago. they were certainly the most
important opio in che world thsl
I'M the Saint Louis OF that year. the
visitor by walking uD One street and
down another could sce every house
in tho town in Jess than an hour lt
would Doc a trang. world 90 return
TO 5ut some might s.I bo charmed
with Of There W. uo roar and mo-
rattle iu So or iu thousand miles of
lu whole year. crossing tha
treets as often 700 you pleased you
would uo. have .g move faster no
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-09-23

them. Those who did not have goods
10 sell in the front room. rose with
the sun and were soon moving with
their carts 10 the fields where nearly
all the people Of the town when ii
was still wholly French. had worked
together. They had plots OF ground.
measured out for them by the syn
dies or oyerseers they elected to reg
ulate the business of the town farm,
as it was held under common town
ownership. This communism or
socialism" was disappearing Ia
1909 before American ideas OF prog
ress
AS fashionable entertainments. the
gentlemen danced French miluets OF
Virginia reels with ladies who wore
their hair done high and powdered
There was the utmost courtesy be-
tween gentleman ald gentleman as
well as between gentlemen and the
ladies who gathered their skirts to-
gether and curtised low 20 show their
manners. If one gentleman failed in
treating another with dignified cour-
tesy, the matter was open to settle
ment with pistols before shutdown
reXt day on Bloody ISLAND. But only
The army set" and the young law
yers understood these niceties.
Pierre and Jean, the boatmen, wore
their sheath-knives in the belts
around their blouses or buckskin
hunting shirts but they seldom used
them on each other
American initiative in 900 Saint
Louisans in 1909 is what Saint Louis
is inviting the United States OF 1909
70 help it celebrate. 1t will try to
Illustrate it's meaning in four great
pageants, historical, industrial, civil
and educational. II will show a city
covering 81 square miles. It will be
decorated and illuminated. There
Will be games, music, fireworks.
pageants, and assemblies and parades
IN the open air, with public recep-
lions in the Saint Louis coliseum,
seating 1900 people or more than
the population OF Missouri including
the county Of Arkansas" in 1909. In
Missouri and Arkansas then, there
weaO 1893 people, exclusive of In
dams not taxed. On Broadway alone.
Saint Louis has room for many times
that number of spectators. They will
sec miles OF automobiles in process
sion to represent the starting power
OF the French carts Of 1909. They
will see aeroplanes, airships and bal
looms overhead. The most remarkable
things OF the twentieth century will
be on view at the end Of its decade.
The Americans of 1909 would think
them miracles, but there will be
nothing greater among them than
the American initiative" OF 1909.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-11
E&|B7 CF1AIp

rose or cultured the geranium Sitting on the piazza
one evening in her rocking-chair, she saw ladder
of cloud set up against the sky, and thought how
easy it would be for spirit to climb it. She saw
in the deep glow of the sunset chariot of fire. drawn
by horses of fire. and wondered who rode in it. She
saw vapor floating thiny away, though it were
wing ascending and grandmother muttered in low
tones GA vapor that appeareth for little season,
and then vanisheth away" She saw a hill higher
than she had ever seen before the horizon and on
the top of it king castle. The motion of the
rocking became slighter and slighter until 1t
stopped The spectacles fell out of her lap child
hearing it, ran to pick them up, and cried Grand
mother, what is the matter2" She answered not
She never spoke again. Second sight had come! Her
vision had grown better and better What she could
not see now was not worth seeing. Not now through
a glass darky! Grandmother had no more need of
T. DE WITT TALMAGE.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-11
Gbf OH Ulitf's Hiss


" voice of prayer ceased, tears were hastily
ALI wiped from wet cheeks, and long drawn
w signs relieved suppressed and choking sobs,
as the mourners prepared to take their leave
of the corpse 1t old man who lay there,
robed for the grave. More than threescore years
had whitened those locks, and furrOwed that brow,
and made those stiff limbs weary of life s journey
and the willing to be at rest where WEAKNESS
is no longer a burden.
The aged have few to weep for them when they
die The most of those who would have mOurned
their loss have gone the grave before them; harps
that would have sighed sad harmones are shattered
and gone and the few that remain looking cradle
ward, rather than to life s closing goal are bound
to and living in the generation rising more than in
the generation departing Youth and beauty have
many admirers while livng-have many mourners
when dyng-and many fearful ones bend over their
cofined clay, many sad hearts follow in their funeral
train, but age has few admirers, few mourners.
This was an old man. and the circle of mourners
small; two children, who had themselves passed
the middle of life; and who had children of their
own to care for and be cared for by them Besides
these, and few friends who had seen and visited
him while he was sick, and possibly had known him
for few years, there none others to shed
tear except his old wife; and of this small company,
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-11
Ghfntp grars aso

Gmfntp HfGrs ago
'VE wandered to the village, Tom, I've sat be-
~ meath the tree,
IN Upon the SchoOlhOuSe playground, that shet-
~ tered yOW and me;
But none ,Sere left to greet me, Tom; and fen
left to knoW
Who played NTH as upon the green, some t~e"ty
gears ago.
The grass just green, Tom; barefooted boys at
We're sporting just as @e did then, 0"h spTt 1@St
gay.
But the MASTER sleeps upon the HILL which, coated
afforded us Sliding place, some twenty gears ago.
The old schoolhouse is altered nOw; the benches are
replaced
Blu nep ones very like the same penkniUes once
defdced;
But the same old bricks in the ~dll, the bell
SUngS to and fro;
Its musics inst Inc same, dear Tom, 'tpas twenty
gears ago.
The boys ,cere playing old game, beneath that
old tree;
haze forgot the just nOtc-you'Ve played the
ruth me
On that same spot; tras played cth knves By
throwing so and so;
The loser had a task to do-there, tweny years ago
The rivers running just still, the willo~s o" us
side
Ire larger than they cere Tom; the stream appears
less Wide;
But the grapevine swng is ruined now, where once
played the beau,
And stUung our SWeehedrtS-pretty girts-pds twenty
gears ago.
The spring that bubbled meath the hill, close by the
spreading beech,
Is uery ow-t,UaS then high that We could scarcely
reach;
1nd kneeing down to get drink dear Tom,
started so,
TO see hon sadly changed since twenty gears
ago.
'Twas By that spring, upon an eln you k"ow cut
yOur name,
Your Sweethedrt'S just beneath it, Tom, and you d'd
mine the same;
Some heartless wretch has peeled the bark; 'twds
dying but SlOW,
Just as she died, whose name you cut, some tWenty
gears ago.
MY lids hare long been dry, Tom, but tears came IN
mig eyes;
I thought of her loved so Uel, those early broken
ties
uisited the old churchydrd, and took flowers
TO StrOW
Upon the graves of those we loved, twenty
gears ago.
Some are in the churchyard laid, sleep beneath
But few are left of our old class, excepting you
and me;
And Uhen our time shall come Tom, and
called to go,
I hope they'll lag where we played, Just tVenty
gears ago.
ANONYMOUS.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-11

III and round, so that when she thing
she saw it, There was a crack the
upper part of the glass, for many a baby had made
them plaything, and all the grandchildren had at
some time tried them on. They had sometimes been
so dimmed with tears that she had to take them off
and wipe them on her apron before she could see
through them at all Her seconds sight " had now
come and she would often let her glasses slip down,
and then look over the top of them while she read
Grandmother pleased at this return of her vision
Getting along so we'll without Them she often lost
her spectacles. Sometimes they would lie for weeks
flap unified She could now look off upon the hills,
which for forty years she had not been able to see
from the piazza. Those mistaken who thought
she had no poetry in her soul You could see it in
the way she put her hand under the chin of prim-
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-11
TIE OLD
Farm 9arb Song

ShudOW t6HgtH6HS
|" a giant staff in his giant hand;
&/ In the pOpldr-tree above the spring
The kdtydid begins to sing;
The early deus are falling;
into the St0nehedp darts the mink,
The SWdllOUS skim the riUers brink,
And hom1 to the woodland fly the crOws,
When ouer the hill the fdrm-bOy goes
Cheerity calling"
''Co', boss! CO. boss ;! CO.! CO.! co'!''
Farther farther, the hill,
Family calling, calling still
eco, boss! CO., boss! CO.! co'!'
Into the yard the farmer goes
With grateful heart at the close Of day;
Harness and chain are hung array;
In the WGgOn-Shed stand yoke and plough;
The straw's in the stack, the hay in the mow;
The cooling deWS falling.
The friendly sheep has iCelcome bledt,
The pigs come granting to has feet,
The ichinnying mare her master knOWS
When into the yard the farmer goes,
His cattle calling
"Co', boss! co boss ;! CO.! CO.! co'!'
While still the cOW-bOy far drdy,
Goes seeking those who hare gone dstray-
"CO', boss! CO., boss! CO.! co'!''
Now to her task the nakmaid goes;
The cattle come crOWding through the gate,
Loucipg, pushing, little and great;
Abom the trough, By the fdrmydrd pump,
The frolicsome yearlingS frisk and jump,
While the pleasant deus are falling.
me n6W mLCh H6Uer Is qUtch ana shy,
But the old cor traits Uith tranquil eye;
Ind the uhite stream into the bright pail ftOWs,
When to her task the mIkmaid goes,
SOothingly calling
$50, boss! so, boss! so! so! SO!'
The cheerful milkmdid takes her stool,
And sits and miIkS in the Twilight cool,
Saying, $50, so, boss! so, So!''
To supper at last the farmer goes;
The apples are pared the paper is read,
The. stories told then all to bed
Without, the crickets' ceGSeleSS song
Makes shriH the silence all night long.
The hedry deus are falling;
The houSeWife'S hand has turned the lock;
Dro,USily ticks the kitchen clock;
The household sinks to deep repOSe;
But still in sleep the farm-boy goes
Singing, calling
"Co', boss! co. boss :! CO.! CO.! co'!'
And oft the milkmdid, IN her dreams
Drums in the pail NTH the flashing streams,
Murmuring, $50, boss! sou
J. T. TRoWBRDGE.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-11
Granomotbfr's SptttafIfs

~ UT sometimes these optical instruments get
Ay old and dim. Grandmother S pair had done
HM good work in their day. They were large
klD and round so that when she thing
she saw it. There a crack the
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-11

80 'FE wandered to the village, Tom, I'Ve sat be-
~ meath the tree,
IA Upon the SchoohOuSe playground, that shell
tered yOW and me;
Bat none Uere left to greet me, Tom; and feW
Oft To Lnop
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-11

"Co', boss! CO. boss ! CO.! CO.! COPE
Farther, farther, over the hill,
Family calling, calling still
eco, boss! CO. boss! coz CO'!'