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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-28

suggestion carried out in many effect i've details. The receiving party were the regent and her stan of officers, all most attractive in the Martha Washington dress. They were Mrs. McCombs, regent; Mrs Mary King, registrar: Mrs Lee Holloway. chap lin: Mrs. Henry Newson, secretary; Miss Cozart, historian, and Mrs. NJ. D. Bibb. All regretted the absence from the city of Mrs. wyly, the honorary life regent, who thus could not assist in receiving the gsests of the chap ter. 5E a&
 m the second parlor. Mrs. Charles Newson served the tea and cakes in most becoming Martha Washington costume. making q picturesque figure in, the setting of handsome old-time silver and china. In the sun parlor Mrs. F. F. Glass served the Yorktown punch and sandwiches, amidst a wealth of flags, and pictures. appropriate to the day. s9 a5s.t Y
 At 6 o'clock the cadets of the Unit versity school. In full dress. marched in a body to the reception. Before entering the house. the two companies were formed into military lines by the commandant,s Maj. Dick. and from the ranks stepped Cadet owen Barry, who recited in. 8 most stirring, manner "The Star-Spangled Banner" the body of the cadets giving In unison the last verse. After this patriotic feature. the entire command was marched into the house, to be received by the mem. bers of the chapter, and to be regal ed with the. bountfu1 refreshments prepared for them. e.st.
 The boys presented a most inspiring sight in their cadet gray-the future defenders of the country-and were es- pecially attractice. surrounded by the mothers and sisters, in the old time costumes-a vsritable revolutionary picture. with another settling for The Spirit of 177s,"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-28
MISS ANNIE MORGAN DEAD.
oldest Woman in LauderdaIe County
 Passes Away

Florence, Feb. 27.-(Speclal. )-Nfiss Annie Morgan. an aged lady of s1. died Wednesday at the home of her nephew. John Crymes, at Cypress, this county The deceased was born in Kentucky in 1918 and came to L1auderdale Coun- ty in her infancy.
 She was perhaps the oldest woman in the county. She was a member of the Christian Church and an estimable woman. The funeral took place yes terday. followed by tnterment at Piney Grove Cemetery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-28
Authoritative Statement.

Eng lneerlng News
 We can say authoritatively on ous own responsibility and with full knowledge of the facts that the work at Panama Is proceeding in A manner of which every American engineer may well be proud, and that the plans and methods adopted by American engin- eers are absolutely sound and safe.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-28
Peter Fornex-Montgomery.

On Monday afternoon the Peter For ney Chapter was given a George Wash ington tea. by the Regent. Mrs. George H. McCombs. at her home on Court street Her hospitable doors were thrown open to the members of the chapter their friends, the Francis Marion Chapter and to all the visiting D. A R. in the city
 The spacious house formed an ideal setting for the elaborate decoration with American flags, palms and red lowers. and the George Washington
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-28
To Honor Paul Jones.

Washington. Feb. 1s.-The house committee on naval affairs has report ed favorably the bill passed by the Senate appropriating $135.000 for fin- ishing the crypt of the chapel at An apolis Naval Academy as the perman- ent resting place of the body of John Paul Jones.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-28
NEWS OF EUFAULA.
The Brennu Journal Makes It's Third
 Appearance.

Eufaula. Feb 27 Especial. )-The young men of Shellman. Ga. have sue ceeded in organizing q well regulated military band at that place and have secured Prof. F. V. DeTrinnis of this city as instructor.
 The organization have negotiated for $500 set of uniforms and will be equipped with a set of fifteen instru- ments of most modern design and ap- proved style. Professor DeTrinnis will not relinquish his position as teacher
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-28
REsOURCEs.

JOSEPH NORWOOD. Merchant and Planter SIMON GAsSENHEIMER. of S. Gassen-
 heimer & Co. Clothing. J. L. GASTON. Physician. EMANUEL LoBMAN. President Greii Bros.
 Company. ~. J. BELL Merchant. Planter and Capi-
 talist. LOUIS STEINER, of Steiner. Lobman q
 Frank. Wholesale Dry Goods VIM M. MARKS Marks Gayle. Cotton and
 Fertilizers
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-28
Statement of Condition s. z-1ssses The Exchange National Bank Condensed Report Comptroller af Close ot BusneS
 February 5. 1909 Y t'3
LIABfLirrDA
DirecfOrs.

| FRED S. BALL. Attorney at Law. JOS. c. HAAS. of J. c. Haas c Ca. .. 1
 Well q Go.
 SAMUEL oERsoN. ee A. osrssa . senA IsIpoR VEIL. of We'll Bros.. cottsn Msr. FRANK MCPHERSON. Merohsadiss 1rokss. F. A GULLEDGE. Capitalist. vsybsna, Ala. ERNEST MATER. Mayer q Nohf. Cigar Co MICHAEL CODY. Prsddsnt
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-28

"GoIng like hot cakes" doesn't half express the enormous sales of our Meal Mixture Fertilizer and High Grade Acid Phosphates. The people will have no others. MARKS & GAYLE.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-28

the following interesting program was rendered:
 History brings hack the past. and adds to. our own existence the lives of our forbears."
 ! Romance in the life of Sally Cary. Miss Leila Johnston.
 Mary Phillips. Mrs. M. B. Wharton. erts. M
 Anastasia. wife of Lafayette. Mrs. CUT. Fay.
 Responsive roll call. washinston's maxims.
 The Chapter of Twickenham Town,
 Huntsville The regular February meeting was held on Thursday the 25th when the hostesses were Misses Alice Reed Mur- ray and Mary Lee Murray. The pa- pers read were:
 "Massachusetts Colonies" Mrs. Lena Garth. ~. '-
 John Calvin's Influence" Mrs. sa- rah Strother Tappey.
 liam Bradford. Mrs. Leila Coles Ander- son. .
 Frederick W1lism Gray, Amiston.
 On February 26o the Chapter held its regular monthly, meeting with Mrs. A. F. Bullard as hostess. when the sub ject was "Washington's Birthday" Iris splendid to live so grandly
 That a nation stops on its way. And once year. with banner and
 Keeps its thoughts of your natal F. day." ste-s
 Responsive roll call. washington's ma xims. .-a..
 sketch of the Life of Mary Ball Washington" Mrs. Houston Smith, "Courtship and Marriage of George and Martha Washington" Mrs. W.
 'Tetters of Martha Washington" Mrs. R. E. D. Linn.
 Over. the Demitasse: Washington's ancestry. | Martha Wayles Jefferson, Opelilxa.
 Also on, February 26 was the regu- lar meeting of this Chapter. when 1t was entertained by the hostess, Mrs. H. c. Jernfgan. The spirit of the 22nd was carried out in the following pro- gram: ,.. At
 "The character of George Washing ton Is by common consent regarded as one of the grandest' in history"
 Washingtons Home Town, Mrs. J. C. Street.
 Mt. Vernon. Mrs. will Jackson.
 Discussion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-28
GENEALOGICAL.
 Harris.

Query No. 21.
 A lady who has accumulated consid- erable information concerning the CO., lonial history of the Harris family from the English ancestor through the States of Virginia and North Carolina. is anxious to discover some later de- scendants of the pre-revolutionary members. notably, Benjamin. whose parents are known but not his issue. Also the parents of Peter. who settled near Knoxville in 1771. and Peter. of Wilmington. N. C., Peter, Jr., of the same place. Also the descendants of John. who may have settled in Geor- gia and of Col. William Harris, of North Carolina, a brave and promi- nent officer during the revolutionary war. Will gladly exchange informa- ton. E.. s. H.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-28
Wants Uncle Sam to Buy Noted Bat
 tie Site.

Jourudl.
 Dr. Thomas M. Owen, director of the | department of archives and history, in the capacity of secretary of the Horse Shoe Bend Battle Commission. will this afternoon send to Congressman J. Thomas Hefiin, in Washington. a me- | morial praying congress to erect at Horshoe Bend. this State, a monument
 comnemorating the. great battle be-
 tween the Americans under General Jackson and. the Creek Indians The
 memorial prays that Congress will; at once pay attention to the House bill providing for an appropriation of $25.- 900 for the erection of a park, and for the monumenting of the same.
 Accompanying the memorial will be a list of exhibits setting forth the sig
 nificance of the battle. its epoch -mak-
 ing history, etc. aA
 Of itself the memorial covers eight
 typewriter pages. in which premises are considered the facts relative to the
 battle. the place. the battles sgnifi- canoe and the results. In conclusion
 the memorial reads: The establish ment of the Horseshoe Bend Battle Park would not only be a long defer red recognition and commemoration of one of the great historic events in the
 life of our people, but 1t would be another expression of the patriotic and
 educatory value of the lessons of the past. It's esta blishment would be 6
 lasting memorial to the brave men who
 fought, and to those who fell in this trying days when hostile Indian ag- gression threatened our frontier cIvili- zation, but 1t would be more. It would mean that grateful government could always be relied upon to do It's duty. not only to its patriotic dead. but its patriotic living as we'll"
 The nraypr ia signed by Governor Conner, Dr. owen, Samuel L. Brewer. Thomas L. Bulger. John W. Overton, Felix l. Smith and James Strother,
 members of the commission.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-28
CHAPTER REPORTS.

Lewis Chapter, EufasIa. The February meeting of this Chap ter was with Mrs. E. T. Conner, when
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-28

RenEo Is for sale and recommended in Montgomery by E G. Fowler, 10 Dexter Ave: F. C. Andrew. ( Court Square; En- terprise Drug O., PIP Dexter Ave. c. A
 Knabe & Bro, Dexter Ave; Durr Drug Co, Wholesale Distributors l6s)
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-28
How She Got
 Rid of Her Fat
RengO Did It. No Starvation Diet, or Tire some Exercises Necessary. A Free Trial
 Package Will Convince

A woman's form Is essentially one of grace: the lines of beauty vanish as fat ac- cumuates and .insteadof beauty we see bulk and what was once fair becomes fright.
 Rengo will reduce you. IL is perfectly safe. You eat 1t like fruit or candy and easily and safely reduce your fat a pound a day.
 sized box, or by mail prepaid, by The Rem go Co.,. 32s2 Reugo Bldg. Detroit, Mich The Company will gladly send you a trial package free by mall. If you will write them direct to Detroit; no free packages at drug stores.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-28

CREAM OF KENTUCKY. quarts $500, express paid.
 GREIL TRADING co. P. O. Box S37. Pensacola, Fla.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-28
Gilbert stuart's Great Portrait
 George Washington.

Baltimore Sun.
 The first great portrait painter of the United States was Gilbert Stuart. who was born in Narragansett, R. l.. December 8, 1775. and who died in Bos- ton July 27, 1928.
 During his boyhood Stuart was fond of painting and often scratched like nesses of his playmates upon paper
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-28
 Millinery
I8~,South Perry.

Word comes to us that Millinery was never quite so pretty. Our buyers are enthusiastic and promise upon their re- turn to have surprises in store for the people of this section that will delight the eyes and the purse of every woman.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-28
DAUGHTERS OF THE
 AMERICAN REVOLUTION

Editor-Miss Anne w. Wtntams, State Historian, sss South Perry street Remsmbsr the days of old; s;,sns: S0nsiIssKs ssK thy father and he will show thee; the elders and they. will teach shees
 "Rsmevs not tho anci6nt landmark which thy fathers have set."--Solomon. I, State Directory.
 ., Refent--Mrs. Aurora, Pryor AoS.s'' .Yice- ,gent-Mrs. Rhett Goode, Mo- ssorstsry-Mrs. William Harvey.
 Treasurer-Mrs. J. c. street. Opel
 onicial Readsr-Mrs. H D, Barr. An
 Histortan--Miss Annie Marks. Will nams, Montgomery.
 [ chaplain--Mrs. Ellen Pster-Brycs'
 Agent American Montnly--Mrs. J. M. Wyly Montgomery. r..,.
 Poet Laureate-Miss Metta TEomp- { Chapter Directory.
 General sumter--Birmingham; He- Sent Mrs J. V. Allen. p.~.nt Mrs. s'es 6. H. H0Hsns4xMSSSh's Hc4omSs. 'ms ~ Andrew Jackson. raliadeEa = Regent Miss Mittie McEidsrry. .n,n,, Regent, Mrs: George Duncan.
 Martha Wayles JefIerson--Opelik Regent, Mrs W. B. Watktns.
 John Wade Keyss.Athsns; Regent.
 caloosar-ruscsloosa; Regent. Mrs 'Isn Iswis@Euisula: ss.ianshSs' Regent: Miss Mary .Mobile-Mobile; .esent Mrs. Joseph
 stsnSsns-Nsw Decatur; Regent Mrs. R B. Sanders.
 Fredrick William Gray--Annison; Regent. Mrs Hirman Donald Barr.
 Francis Marion-Montgomery Re- gent, Mrs. Waiter Black. Bienyille--Anniston; Regent. Mrs. A.
 Katherine steel--oxford; Regent. Mrs. James R. Draper.
 Cherokee--Selma; Regent. Miss Nel- lie V. Baker.
 Colbert--Tuscumbia: Regent. Mrs.
 Twickenham fown--Huntsviiie; Re. gent Mrs Frances Tappey.
 Captain John Bacon-Alexander City: Regent. Mrs. Roberta Bacon McD, Russell. SrH/
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-11-04
BUILD FREIGHT AIRsHIP.
Pioneer Aeronaut Believes He Has
Problem Solved.

Pioneer Aeronaut Believes He Has
Problem Solved.
Los Angeles, CAL, Nov. AFTER
so years of activity in the field of con-
struction Professor Thaddeus S. c.
Lowe, of Pasadena, announces that he
is about to complete the labor of his
life and give to the world practical
freight carrying air craft.
"The day of experimenting has pass.
ed" said Professor Lowe today, "and
| hope before long to be able to start
the largest practical airship the world
has ever seen on trip to the Atlantic
coast"
While the plans of the airship are as
yet guarded secret, the inventor has
shown them to General Allen, chief OF
the United States signal service. an6
to the practical minds that have con-
ceived and reviewed them they contain
no flaws destined to prove fatal in the
| final test
eff you will imagine that had il
my balloon car when | went up for re
connoissance with General Mcclellan
the 100 or $50 horsepower motor en-
gines of 1909, you will see that coul'
have ended the Civil war in week.
will be able to carry 20 tons on my ex
perimental airship," he said.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-11-04

A wide-spreading oak which experts
have declared must have been grow
ing at the time of the discovery OF
America by Columbus, is a landmark
on the estate OF the late Arthur Hun
newell In Wellesley, Mass
The magnificent tree measures &c
feet in circumference at the base. 1t
Is a noticeable landmark on account
OF its unusual size. 1t intersects the
fence which separates the fertile fields
of the Hunnewell estate from the
highway, and thus arrests the atten.
ton OF the passer-by.
The late Mr.. Hunnewell took great
pride in the ancient tree 1t has with
stood the ravages OF pests for a great
many years and is apparently in con
dition 20 live for a great many more
decades. The late Mr. Hunnewell once
had the tree examined by an expert
from the Smithonian Institute. who de
clared that it was between 400 and
500 years old
Eliot, the apostle to the Indians. fire.
quently passed the towering cak whil'
going to and from South Natick. wher'
he preached to the Indians, The tre'
being beside what was the old trail.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-11-04

The common busy bees may be grad
ually replaced by the Italian or Cypri-
an varieties, by removing the old
queen and substituting a new fertil-
lied queen OF either kind preferred.
II she is carefully guarded in a small
cage for few days the bees soon
recognize her, and in the course of a
few months the old bees will all be
dead and the new ones viii be OF the
desired kind. The queen is compelled
to lay numbers Of eggs daily in order
to supply the great loss constantly
recurring by the destruction from
birds, storms and other difficulties.
There should be left plenty Of honey
for a winter supply, and the hives
should be well protected from storms
What the beekeeper should aim to dc
is to SOW such crops as VIII enable
the bees to lay In large supply Of
honey, and he can well afford to do &C
II he has a number of hives.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-11-04

The time is near when farmers VIII
be digging their potatoes, and then Is
the time to select the seed for another
year; when a hill OF nice. smooth po-
tatoes is found. free from scab or rot,
and goodly number are the
shape and size wanted for6e use.
put them one side. At night gather
them up and put them away for seed
next spring. You will be surprised to
see how you can change the type and
improve them In few years, says
Vermont contributor to the American
Cultivator We do this every year
and. while our townspeople are com
planning Of their potatoes running out
and buying of us to renew their seed
we are planting potatoes (Greer
Mountains) that started from the seec
that was bought for IS bushel wher
they first came around. II farmers
would take as much pains In selecting
their seed potatoes as they do theii
seed corn, we would not hear so muci
complaint about potatoes running out
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-11-04

The substance left in the ground
after the fertilizer has decayed Is
known as "humus" In order to Sc
cure the greatest results from the fer
tilizer and to get the largest possible
quantity of humus, it is necessary that
the soil be moist when the fertilizer
Is plowed under. Only a small amount
of humus is obtained from the turned
under fertilizer should the ground be
dry.
When the fertilizer Is allowed to lie
upon the surface for a period. exposed
to the sun. much good is lost from
the fact that 1t forms but small
amount of humus when plowed under.
Therefore 1t Is important that the soil
should always be moist when fertilizer
OF any kind is plowed under.
In many ways h1mus benefits the
soil. In the first place. 1t makes the
soil lighter as well as looser. This
condition allows good ventilation ant
gives chance for poisonous gases L
escape. The soil does not become over
heated. and. in clay territory, thu
ground is lightened. making it NOR
easy to work 1t is equally beneficial
in a sandy soil. inasmuch as It as
sists in binding 1t together. allowing
more substance.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-11-04
KiIIinr aunck Gras..

A Michigan farmer gives these In
structions for killing quack grass;
Pillow five or six inches deep In the
growing season, say April, May and
June. Give it a good digging. then
cultivate with a cultivator that has
teeth close enough SO they will cut
the roots two or two and one-half
inches under the ground. The secret
is to keep 1t from getting to the sur
face 1t wants holding down six
weeks. 1t does not take expensive
tools. l use an old-fashioned Guilt
yator that was bought fifty years ago.
1t has seven teeth, three In front. four
in rear; each tooth cuts six inches
wide. 1t is good to drag 1t over after
three or four days. l cultivate once
week for six weeks; 1t has never
failed me yet. The roots Will be deac
as hay. 1t is good for Canada thistles
II one is doubtful, take rod or more
square and keep 1t down for 81,
weeks and see how It works. This wa
done with a hoe on two acres, and lu'
bushels of smutnose corn were raised
to the acre, planted In drills one 100
apart and hoed to kill.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-11-04

Jackson, Miss, Nov. 2. President
Taft would have young men of America
stay on the farvm with its plenty and
certainty, rather than decide on life
in the city. Mr.. Taft indicated his
sentiments in this respect in an ad-
dress at the state fair here yesterday.
"We must admit" he said, "the oc-
cupation of the farmer is among one or
two of the most independent occupa-
tions that go to make this country
great-and state which is great be-
cause of it is entitled to recognition as
typifying Americanism in the highest
degree.
"We have arrived at time in the
development of this country and the
world when old methods Of agriculture
must be discarded, if we would keep up
with the procession. Land is becom-
ing too valuable to treat it in the old
wasteful way. | am glad to note Mis-
sissippi has one Of the best agriculture
institutions in the country.
"Here you have been able to restrain
that tendency of your young men tc
come into cities and live in tenements,
in order that they may be where the
wheels go round. If were advising {
young man as to his future profession
should say to him there probably ii
greater opportunity for real reward il
the profession of agriculture than il
any other"
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-11-04

Some farmers think that a straw
rick Is a good place for the SOW and
her brood to sleep. This is a mistake.
1t is best to keep them away from the
straw pile winter and summer. In the
winter the pigs will burrow beneath
the straw, get too warm and take cold
when they come out into the freezing
atmosphere. Coughing and wheeling
Is the result. and the pigs do no good
or die. Besides. II burrowed beneath
the straw they are liable to be stepped
on and seriously injured or killed by
the stock running to the rick.
During the summer months especial
ly should the SOW and her young bt
fenced from the straw pile. II the,
burrow down into the half rottec
straw they will be very apt to con
tract some disease.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-11-04

It can not be that the butter fat In
milk is obtained from the fat stored
In the tissues Of the COW, otherwise the
animal would soon become emaciated.
Cows obtain the butter fat In milk
from the food they eat and digest, and
not from the reserve or accumulation
Of fat In their bodies. Reason as well
as observation teaches that cows ex-
tract butter fat from the food they
consume and digest, and to produce a
large percentage of cream the rations
Of the COW should be rich in the ele-
ments of nitrogen and carbohydrates,
which are found in linseed meal, mid
dlings, bran, corn meal and ground
oats. At the Cornell University cows
that yielded 200 pounds of butter fat
annually under ordinary feeding yield
ed 80 pounds when given liberal
rations Of feed rich In nitrogen and
carbohydrates. Cream will not make
butter unless 1t contains fat, and
profitable fats will not be produced
unless COWS are fed on rations rich in
the elements that produce cream
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-11-04
BLIND MAN READS MINDS.
Russian Studies Medicine Through
His Sixth Sense.

Chicago, Nov. blind from birth,
but able through telepathy to take the
different courses of medicine and sur
gerry without study, is the remarkable
condition of ]. w. Bowlotin, student
in the Chicago College of Medicine and
Surgery.
Bowlotin, ayoung Russian, asserts
that through sixth sense, which he
cannot explain. he can read the minds
of his friends and classmates, and in
than manner acquire from them the
knowledge they obtained through hard
study.
H. Wolk, a roommate of the mystic
rious blind student, said yesterday that
after completing his studies for an
evening, Bowlotin, even though no con-
versation had passed between them,
would be familiar with the subject
which he (Wolk) had been reading
Bowlotin does not believe his power is
anything supernatural nor anything be-
yond what any man could do if he
would think hard.
"The whole thing is largely thing
of memory and sound reasoning" he
said. "With Wolk here get along
nicely. We understand each other
thoroughly"
sis it true that Wolk reads reads tC
himself and you understand what he il
reading?"
He replied that it was
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-11-04

Rye is good grain to feed horses.
It is equal to oats and wheat, but 1t
must be ground middling fine and
mixed with cut straw or cut hay.
The straw or hay should be cut into
half-inch Lengths. moistened with wa
ter and the rye meal well mixed with
It. 1t is very sticky and horses can
not get the meal without eating the
straw or hay with 1t. In feeding corn
to horses we always grind half rye
with the corn to make the corn meal
stick to the cut straw. Corn and rye
ground together in equal proportions
and mixed with bright cut straw
moistened with water make well-bal
anced ration, equally as good. as eager
ly sought after by horses and a cheap
er horse feed than oats and hay.