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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-04
Claims That Cemetery Trust Exisfs Here

rites CoEnpany Is possessed of a vfr- tua1 monopoly. as to cemetery hold inxs. in that there is no room iu Oak wood Cemetery for further burials, and that the City Council of Mont gornery is morally bound not. to grant q franchise to any other cemetery firm. because of gift of 1000 lots in Greenwood made by the American Sc cuffties Company to the City Council.
 He asks that this gift to the coun- cil be set aside by order of the Equity Court.
 wilson ayers that the American se- curities Company. represented that the cemetery would be operated on the perpetual care plan. with trustee in charge. He alleges that the Am erican Securities Company. naming it. seif-as trustee. had interests adverse to those of the purchasers. and there fore was not it as trustee. In the prayer to the complaint Wilson asks that a suitable trustee be appointed.
 Further grounds for cornpiainant Wii- son. seeks in the allegation that the American Securities Company, Instead of setting aside 20 per cent. of the area of Greenwood Cemetery for. trust purposes and for the development and
 preservation. of the cemetery. as agreed, had disposed of many of the designated trust lots. He prays that
 the American Securities Company be
 made to account for the sale ,of the trust lots. and to dissolve the sales. He further declares that the con- pany has not developed the cemetery, or cause to be extended the car line. in |accordanca with it's promises, and asks in the complaint that this devel- opfnent and extension be ordered. As q personal grievance. Wilson ayers that he bought lot f0i accord ling to the original plat. but that q subgequent survey. made without his knowiedge, changed the location oi lot Iel, making him out as the pur- chaser of c lot, which he did not real. ! iy select. He asks that he be allowed his orfginai purchase. He further asks that certain clause in the con. tract of the company, which prevents i the purchaher from selling his loi without the consent of the company be declared void. as it Is in confiic' l with the laws of the State. prevent | Ing perpetuities In real estate.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-04
BOARD IN SESSION
WILL MAKE ASSESSMENT AGAINST
 ROLLING, STOCK.
tt is Believed TAat the Mestiag of the state l8sara ef Assessments Wtl1 Last Several
 Dnyss

/ The annual ssssion of the state Board of Assessments began yesterday with Governor Conner. Stats Auditor ". w. Brandon, Secretary of State Frank N Julian ana Attorney General Alex M, Garber present. state Treasurer Wal ter D.. Seed was absent, being In at tendance upon the reception which Is to be accorded Hon. William ]. Bryan at Ozark . ! The sension of the Board is attract ing much attention h view of the fact that the annual assessmant against the rolling stock of the railroads. as well as the property of the teiephone and telegraph lines of the State will be ari- nonnced.
 1t Ia probable that the sessions of the Board will continue for several
 days. and that untit Anal adjeurnznent the decisions and instructions relative to the assessments against the rail. roads, telephone and telegraph 1ines wiit not be announced
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-04

ss . compensation was argued yesterday befofe Judge Evans. The argumeuts consumed all of the morpfng session Tuesday s to the complaint which will probably cause the plaintiff to take non-suit. fiis bill of exceptions and carry tt to the Supreme Court.
 The amount the piaintin sues Tor IS
 A mad dog Was Killed here Sunday. No one knows to whom the dog be- Ioneed, and before 1t was killed It bit another dog.
 fs the guest Of Miss Hattie Curry.
 Mrs. Grant Frazer has returned from rIurtsboro where she attended the fn- neral of Mrs. oueenfe Long. most es- fin1able woman of that place.
 Mir ana Mrs. John Crook also, att tended the funeral. Mrs. Crook being c granddaughter of Mrs. Long.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-04
MURDER CASES TRIED
UALxAs COUNTY COURT IS GRIND
 ING AWAY.
nwo Nerroea whd Killed Third sIaek Agree To Take Life senfenees--NewH of Cen-
 trml City,

F seIma. Feb, 3--(speciail--Since It |convened Tuesday morning and took up inc criminal docket the City Court ot |SelEna has been working fast and up 10 noon today four capital eases had been
 When the court opened this morning the cases against Fillmore Hatcher and Joe Payne, negroes. who were charged with murder, were called. The crime of the most brutal in the history of Dallna county and to Q number of
 white people they arc said to have confessed their guilt. Through their attorney the negroes made compro-
 mise and took . life sentence in the lpenitentiary.
 A few months ago near aafford Istation in the southern part of the bounty, the two negroes held up and
 robbed another negro Johnny Green of 1880, After robbing the negro they shot Ihlnl through the head. killing him tn-
 stantly and left the body in the woods. The next day they returned to the place where they had killed Green and
 taking . knife they mutilated the body.
 During the afternoon session of the
 court the case against Will Lake. a negro, who @ charged with the murder of Jerry Woods. another negro. was taken up. Jerry woods was killed in
 the negro building at the county poor house a few miles north of Selma just before Christmas.
 When the court convenes tomorrow
 morning the regular criminal docket
 of minor offenses will be taken up and
 e number of these cases will be dis posed of during the day.
 Friday there will be called three
 more capital cases. They are those of
 Nose Davis and Emma Rayford.
 negroes, who are charged with rnur.
 der. The third case set for Friday is
 ehat or Brazier Foster. negro. who is
 charged with arson.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-04
Bill of Complaint Is { Filed. WANTS GIFT TO COUNCIL
 SET ASIDE BY ORDER
 -----s---- Wants American Securities Com pany to Render Account .. D. wilson Alleges TAas the Cens- pasy Has Not Deveso.ed
 Prsperty As Per
 Agreeneat.

Declaring that thei American secu- original owners Of Greenwood Ceme- tery, are possessed of monopoly as to cemetery holdinsa. in the city of Montgomery because the City Council fs morally bound not to grant others a cemetery franchise by the gift of 1000 lots from the greenwood own- CTS: alleging that the American se- curities Company are not developing or conducting the affairs of the ceme- fery to the best interests of lots there fin, and that the company is not act ing In accordance to it's contract to the purchasers. L. D. Wilson. in, . bill asks for relief.
 IIe alleges that the American secn-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-04
played. After the games delicious re- Treatments were enjoyed.
4 Lovely E.mnehsaa.

Today at noon two charming brldss. Mrs. catlin Reeves of Mobile, and Mre. win Wood. IT,. of this city. werN guests Of honor at beautiful lunch con rendered them by Mrs. A. K. Cnw- thon. at her attractive home on 4na- derdaIe street. The large round table was most artistically decorated with sweet peas and ferns, and thn pIacss cards were hand-paInte6 in these nafs,a flowers and were tied with pink riA- bon. At the h0nofees plates were large clusters of exquisite sweet peas tied with pink bows. Covers were lkid board were: hfesdauiea Reeves, Weed 4. K Cawthon, Harrison. o. M. Caw- shon. R. E. l.. Mel, A. r. Reeves, Cnr@ eis Stewart and R. D. Walker.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-04
WRECK ON snABoARb.

Ensaneer Moore aaa Ffremsn Nic'rsis
 KfiIe1s
 Abbeviiie, 6. C.. Feb. ss--A collision last night between two freieht trains Or, the eeaboard AIf Line Railroad six miles north Of Abbeviiles resulted in the death of Engineer Clyde Moore, fireman T. H. Nickeis and negro brakeman. Two other trasnmen were The collision was caused. it is al. tered. . by one of the engineers watches being wrong and by passing \ siding where he should have side tracked.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-04
Fire in a Co46pme.

The fire department was called to the cottage occupied by Clay Williams negro woman at roc Mitchell Street this afternoon at 3 o'clock. The cot tage is owned by another negro, Etta Aeynolds and the blaze started from a spark from one Of the chinneys, hut was extinguished before much damage had been done
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-04
A BF,slecs Partx

One of the most delightful AsEhfrs ok the week was the bridge party tender cd Mrs. James Reed this ewentuw by home on PariSEnnn Street. The games were played at three tables and the coveted trophies were Q silver candle stick for the ladies' and military brushes for Che gentienen. The honoree was presented with q dainty souvenir. The gaInea were followed ny a delicious three-cOurBe iuneheon.
 Mr. and Mrs Niei entertain In . mlu12 gracious and pleasing manner nnd tholr fortunate guest of honor was foyMaeEiS Mics Mary Ella Woolsey of this city,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-04
surRnaIn comm DnCIsfoNs.
1hree Opinion. Were Hanaea Dswr
 Yen4ara1my.

Three Optnioms Were Hnndea Down
 Yesterday.
 There were but three decisions hand. cd down by the Supreme Court yesl terday. one of them being by Assosis opinions involved matters of small ims port, being Of importance only to the parties concerned.
 The following is the list of opinions; SIMPSON, J.-
 Howell IT. Hefsin. as Adrnr.. etc., vs. Jesse I. Allen, ct al: appeal from 5ef. ferson Probate Court: affirmed. DENEON. y.--
 CharIie,s Transfer co., vs (Mrs ) s C. Malone. appeal from Birmingham City Court; reversed and remanded. MAYFIELD. J.--
 George Hallmark ys. State of Ala. bansa, appeal from St. Clair Circuit Court: reversed and renanded
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-04
Ola woman Cats Teeth--l1Eea.

pittsburg. Feb. s.--Cutting her third set of teeth at the age of 7s yearB and complications produced by t, are as- signed as the cause of the death oK Mrs. Therese Suekfiel at McKsespovt, a suburb. yesterday. Ten grandchif- dreu and thirteen great-grandchiidren are among her descendants, and seyr eral of the latter were teething simui- tanaously with their great-grandmoth- CT.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-04
NEra. puncan Hesteaa.

Mrs. Walter Duncan was the charm Ing hostess this morning for the mem- bers of the Bridge Whist Club and a few other guests. Frequent bowls of jorduils and narcissus and ferns formed the simple but pretty decorations for the rooms. where the games were
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-04
Held Payfnw senalom.

When the session of police court opened this morning. there were eight cases on the docket which were heard. seven of these cases were against negro crap shooters who were caught by fine police department last night. Fines to she amount of s71 were assessed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-04
AIeetlnr of ae,rinr crnI,.

The members of the Wednesday Sew Ag Club were agreeably entertained this morning by Miss Rosa Chisholm at her home on Mabry Street. Delicious refreshments of charlotte and cake and chocolate and wafers were enjoyed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-04
First Negro DrunlE Of Year.

BFiney Johnson. well known negro. was arrested by the police, department about noon today for being drunk. Johnson is the first negro that has peen arrested by the police department this year on the charge of druntsns ness.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-04
HFeesinr o9 rTnaf. fyI,,n

Mrs. Daniel Partridge. Jr.. was the gracious hostess this morning for the members of the Music Study Club when an excellent program was thoroughly enjoyed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-04
RAILROAp ooMaIIss1oN.
Only Routine Buslness at the Monfhly
 Aaeettng Yesterday,

Meeting Eester0ay,
 The Alabama Railroad Commission met yesterday morning at the State Capitol and ofice routine for the past month passed upon, there being no case dockefed for the regular meeting of the ComEnisslon on last Monday. Present at the meeting yesterday
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-04

Mrs. o. N. Hendricks win be hosteaa tomorrow afternoon for the members of the Comus Bridge Club.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-04

rEr. and Mrs. g. |. Strauss will ieave tomorrow for Seattle, Wash. where they win spend several weeks.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-04

Mrs. James Wood Reed and son. Min thorne, of waynesvilie. ". C.. are tne guests of Mrs. c. Woolsey. on Fremont Street.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-04

MT, and Mrs. Catiln Reeves. who have been visiting pr. and Mrs. A. Ts Reeves. will leave on Friday for their home lA Mobile.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-04
aoeaal mnll Iaersonnl,

Mrs. Kent, who has been whiting haF daughter, Airs. FowlIGee on Union Street, has returned to her hnns in Birmingham.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-04
COURT AT UNION srRINas.

suat of Mrs. DaRhy Against cIty in Ar.
 wue0.
 union Springs. Feb. 3s--f Especial. l--- circuis Court convened here Monday. The civil docket while quite full. has oniy a few important cases on t, One of tlie most important is the suit against the city of Union Springs by Hrs. Ida Darby, for the Killing of her 1o-year-old son by an electric light wire last spring.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-04
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 o.oeo.F FOR SORES @ULCERs

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-04

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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-06-10
la TOILETTE ANSWERS ATTACKS
Wisconsin Senator Completes Long
Speech Attacking Changes in
Dingley Rates.

Washington, June 6.-Through fore
noon, afternoon and evening sessions
the senate yesterday lahored on the
cotton schedule. Mr.. La Toilette COM
pleted his long speech attacking the
changes in the Dingley rates which
were recommended by the senate
finance committee and replied to Sen.
ator Penrose's charge Thursday night
that he was shamn.ing sickness as an
excuse for his absence from the night
session. He said he was not sick, but
was very tired and was resting in Or
der to be in shape to continue his
speech in the senate yesterday. He
asserted that MI. Penrose might per-
form greater service for the country
and his state if he would account for
his own time when not in the senate.
At the night session Chairman Aid
rich replied to Mr.. La Follette's as
saults upon the work Of the finance
committee and made a general de-
Tense CT the amendments, which he as
serted were necessary to carry out
the intent of the trainers of the Ding
ley law Throughout the entire day
the temperature in the chamber was
sweltering.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-06-10
Rumor That Great Northern
May Use H4iins1,, to Block St.
Paul Roads Plan.
LIVELY SCRAP ON EXTENSION
Stevens Thoroughly Familiar With Ter.
ritory-To Investigate
Water Power.

st. Paul, June SIS John F. Ste.
Vens coming back to the Great North.
ern to help the Hill line in the fight
with the Chicago, Milwaukee & ST.
Paul for strategic points in the West?
This is asked in railroad circles, rela.
tive to the information that Mr.. Ste.
vents is coming West to take up work
with the Hill road. He left New York
several days ago, but so far has not
appeared in st. Paul.
A battle is being waged between
The Great Northern and the st. Paul
along the Pacific coast extension of
the st. Paul. 1t is said that the st.
Paul is encroaching on the other
transcontinetal line Mr.. Stevens is
thoroughly familiar with the territory,
and no one is considered as able as
he to help the Great Northern.
Into Thick of Fray.
The official statement was that Mr..
Stevens was going to investigate the
company's water power in Washing
ton and Montana and do "other spe-
clal work" 1t is considered by some
In railroad circles as likely that this
special work is more than usually i'm
portant.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-06-10
CASUALTIES.

William Donahue and three italian
employees drowned while boating on a
mill pond near Atglen, Pa.
N. L. Peel engineer, and E. G. Gair
second mate of the British steamer
Northumbria, anchored off Gulfport
Mass, drowned. Gair had gone to
Peel's rescue.
Santa Fe train No. g. west, known
as the California fast mail, was
wrecked at Peabody, Kan, and H. c.
thompson, postal clerk, of Kansas
City, was killed. No passengers were
hurt.
George, the three-year-old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Ingraham of Mason
City, Iowa, borrowed his fathers
5ackknife, and while playing with it
jabbed it into his eye, completely de-
stroying the sight.
Two thousand feet of the Nevada
grain docks at Port Costa, on the San
Francisco bay, in which all the grain
from California for foreign ports is
loaded, was burned. The loss is esti-
mated at more than $1,OO0,OOO.
A ten-year-old daughter of Stephen
Litherland, living near Hazleton, Ind,
is dead from the effects of drinking
concentrated I've eight years ago.
Since the accident the child had been
unable to take anything but liquid
nourishment. A tumor formed in her
stomach and caused her death.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-06-10
PERSONAL.

G. M. Sheppard, general assistant
In the traffic department of the New
York, New Haven & Hartford rail-
road, died at New Haven from acute
gastritis.
David M Parry, for twenty-seven
years president of the Parry Manu-
featuring company of indianapolis,
has resigned to take up another line
of business.
The marriage of Miss Beatrice
Thaw Of Pittsburg, to Don Francesca
Thaw, daughter Of Alexander Blair
Theodoli OF Italy took place at the
Thaw residence in Rome.
John H. Gregg, a prominent grain
dealer of st. Joseph, dropped dead
following a game of golf at the Coun-
try club. Mr.. Gregg was apparently
In good health when he began the
game.
Col. James M. Wakefield is dead at
Louisville at the age Of ninety-nlne
years. So great are the numbers of
his children and his childrens chill
dren that from Shelbyville. KY, alone
a special train will bear only kin
folks to the funeral.
That a permanent memorial to
Abraham Lincoln will be erected on
Government Square, Cincinnati, was
practically assured when it was ON
cially announced that Mrs. Frederick
h. Aims had signihed her intention
70 give 100000 OF the $25O,0OO re.
quired to provide for the memorial
contemplated.
DR.. John M. Bischoff, "blind organ
LIST Of Washington" who lost his sight
when two years old, is dead. FOR the
last thirty-five years DR.. Bischoff has
been organist of the First Congrega-
honal church in the capital city, anu
was considered one of the greatest
composers and organists of this coun.
try, among his compositions being
Good Night, Sweet Dreams" .Un.
answered" and sBob-o-Link."
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-06-10
FROM OTHER SHORES.

Up to date six cases OF bubonic
plague have been officially reported
in the outbreak at Caracas, with three
deaths.
Reports received from the provinces
LOT Kangusu, Anhwei, Kiangsi, Hohan
and Shantung in China indicate Sc.
we're drouth, which seriously threat
ems the crops.
! Jeanne Naudin, workman earning
about dollar day at the Toulon
arsenal In France, has invented what
| is said to be vastly improved wire
less apparatus.
The French chamber of deputies by
a vote Of 338 to al rejected motion
for the reinstatement of the postal
employees who were discharged from
their positions because of their con-
nection with the recent strike.
The vital statistics of France.
which in 1907 showed an excess of
1882 deaths over births for that
year, fact which led to the most
pessimistic predictions for the future
of the French race, have now been
published for 1908. Their study
brings to light more reassuring Off
cial figures and shows an excess of
46,441 births over deaths for that
year
Prince Henry XXI. of Reuss has
Just passed his examination at the
Commercial academy at Cologne,
whereby he secured diploma as a
qualified merchant. He will enter the
office OF a great Hamburg merchant
as voluntary unpaid clerk, and in
this capacity will serve his appren-
ticeship. He is the first royal prince
IN Germany who has trained himself
for commercial career.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-06-10
OTHERWISE.

John Clark Robinson, aged seventy
one, one of the founders of the New
York Life Insurance company, died
at Los Angeles.
It is reported that the Japanese
have invented an airship destroyer
fitted with shells that explode on con
tact with an airship.
DR.. w. T. Linn, said to be the old
est citizen in Illinois, celebrated his
hundredth birthday at Pana, ILL.,, by
entertaining 1000 people in park
The condition of the growing crop
Of cotton on May 26 showed an aver
age of S0.6 per cent and reduction
| in acreage as compared with the cor
responding date of last year of 2.S.
Bloomington and Decatur of the
Three league broke the worlds pro-
ifessional record for long baseball
games in contest which went TWEEN
ty-six innings last week, Decatur win
ming, to /.
Twenty-Five stockholders of the
Sanitol Chemical Laboratory compa-
/
ling for receiver. The bill charges
mismanagemento on the part of execu-
tive officers of the company.
If the Marshalltown city council
will make low water rate, low
taxable value and will give proper
sewerage connections, group of To-
cal capitalists are ready to erect an
immense denatured alcohol manufac-
turing plant.
Formal articles Of agreement for a
fight, in which AL Kaufman of Cali
fornia will endeavor to wrest the
worlds championship honors from
Jack Johnson, the Texas negro pu.
gilist, were drawn up and signed in
/ New York last week. The time and
place Of the bout remain to be decid-
i ed upon.
! An Important real estate deal was
4 made at Edmonton, Alberta, when a
4 lot was sold for $4,000 cash to the
Dominion bank, which will erect q
large building. The vendor, P. Hy
4 rons, is a shoemaker, who is still
i working at his trade in a little shop
on Jasper avenue. He bought the lot
.I5tifteen years ago for 1915 and after
wards sold fifty feet from it for $500
The sweet Valley Wine company
4 of& Sandusky, Ohio, was indicted at
Toledo BY the federal grand jury for
4 violation Of the pure food laws. 1t is
Il olleptsa the company shipped adulter
4 ated wine into Pennsylvania under
s the label select"
Sun baths taken by patients in a
4 physical culture rest were the OBJ
q iect Of complaints received by the
q Chicago police and health authorities
4 by indignant neighbors. Sun bathing
I and outdoor exercise as close as pos
4 sible to nature are the two main Scura
4 tive agencies the .srest" recommends.