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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-28
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 Fruit.
 The pure food agitation which has been principally over the question Of benzoate Of soda has now taken new turn and renewed interest win doubt less be aroused over this question.
 It fs said that In most of the can neries of the country peaches are stew cd in red-hot caustic soda to eat away the skins and thereby save the cost of knife -pecling. the difference in cost amounting to cent and half or two cents per can.
 Tn the process of this lye stewing, almost all the flavor of the peach dis appears and doubtless q little caustic soda Is left on each piece of fruit as a memento of its trip through the can- nery.
 Caustic soda strong enough to eat away the skin of an unripe peach must be anything but soothing to the inner man or child. The full significance of this is best understood In connection with the fact that caustic soda is used in making many kinds of soap; 1t fact. it Is the dirt eating part of soap.
 It Is said that the great majority of the cannerfes use the lye process in place of the knife-peeling method. At tempts have been made for sometime to get the Department of Agriculture to
  make ruling on this question which would compel the canners who use this method to say so on the labels of their goods It looks now as if the question will be passed up to Congress for specific law covering this phase of the pure food agitation.
 The use of caustic soda Is impossipie with ripe fruit because it discoiors ripe peach so. that 1t will not pass mus ter with the. users of high-grade ean- fed fruits fin consequence this process green fruit is purposely gathered for canning.
 owing-<o the absence of any marks on the cans to indicate the use of caus- tic soda. the only way the customer can teliNif he has purchased lye-pro- cess can of fruit Is by taste. open can of peaches. wash away the syrup from a piece of the fruit. Then taste 1t. If it Is void of flavor. wooqy ana nn,py. and has a soapy appearance. it i. undoubtedly the lye-peeled variety.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-28
N1i..en fsoolsby Entertain.

{ Samson, Dec. 27s-(SpeciaD-Miss Lula and Bessye Goolsby entertained at a Christmas party in honor of Miss Annie Mae McMurry and Mrs. Mathis of Macon, Ga.
 The Misses Milligan, who have been attending school in Mobile. and Miss willie Belle Morris, who is home from the Gainesville School. were honored
 The parlors and dining room were attractively decorated in holly and mistletoe.
 Delicious refreshments were served
 Sunday morning at the ditferen. , oh,,rches the Sunday Schools had Christmas exercises. and each child re- eeived a sack of fruit. nuts and can dies. bonse given by the different grades in the school were greatly enjoyed
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-28
WILL BE WARMER,
 BUT WITH CL0UDINESS

The cloudiness of Monday night will increase Tuesday and the weath- CT will be somewhat warmer. All though no rain is predicted for Tues day the weather will assume threat ening aspect. No rain is expected for day or two,
 Here are a few statistics of the To- cal weather bureau which win inter est theN layman: The temperature from Jahuary l, 1909, to last Sunday night was 2S1 degrees in excess or fine normal Up to and including De- cember 6. 1t was 4I9 degrees in ex- cess. The marked decrease corre- spends with the temperature deflc- iency of 63 degrees for December up to Monday. fOut of the 27 days in De- brought the mercury down to 70 de- grees or lower. The earlier part or the month, was warmer than usual; the cold snap began December $.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-28

least bs. .ooo enumerators places to be filiedby the middle of March in prep aratln for the enumeration begin ninglApril IS.
 .,Aplication forms. with full in- strukions for filling in. and complete infohnation concerning the test ana the method of appointment, can pc se- curb by writing to the Supervisor ol d cenIus for the supervisor's district m whbh the applicant lives. All appli- ca 1ons, properly filled in. must pc fflh with the supervisorB not later thin January 2b as any received af- td that date cannot be considered.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-28
A Dog That Climbed Mont Blanc
 Alone.

There, is dog living at Les Praz, near Chamonix," says a writer in the January Strand. "who. In the summer of 1908, distinguished himself by climbing Mont Blanc. His master, q workman. was employed on repairs to the observatory on the summit. and one morning. after having been seer by his owners wife at o'clock. the dog disappeared. He must have rap idly tracked his master by scent. fol he arrived at the summit at 2:sQ 1T the afternoon, having accomplished 1T six and a half hours what usually il estimated to require thirteen hours fol a man. The presence of some tourists at the top insured this fact being properly attested, and Mont Blanc, ai the dog is now called, is quite her' in his village.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-28
DIES IN CHARITY WORK.
Huntsville Fire Chief Weakened By
 Exposure.

Huntsville. Dec. In the death of Francis Guscio. chief of the fire department. which occurred Christmas night as he stood in Humphreys drug store. the Elks of this city lost one of their most popu- lar and most active members. He was assigned to an active part ID the dis trihution of charity every Christmas and never hesitated to put his whole heart in the work.
 The poor of the city will miss him more than any other class and when he died he had just returned from q trip to the outskirts of Huntsville where he relieved a destitute family by delivering ton of coal. His un- usually hard work of the day and the exposure that he was subjected to is believed to have weakened his heart and caused his slsdden death.
 MT. Csusoio was E son of Mrs. F. MiIllRan and was unmarried. He was a brother of Joseph Guscio. business man of Memphis and half brother Of pr. Leo MillIgan. of Georgetown Unit yersity, James Miliigan and Mrs. I. B Wyatt, of Huntsville.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-28
STATE MUST PAY
 $177,oo0 INTEREST

Semi-annual interest on Alabama's bonded indebtedness. which will amount to $177.000. is due January i. and Chief Clerk Boyd of the Treasury Depart mont, is busy drafting checks for the payment of the interest
 The payment is made either by di- rect checks. or through the New York depository of the state. to which the bond coupons are presented. The checks will be sent out December 31.
 Another heavy draft that will be made on the Treasury January 1. will be the quarterly pension payment, which is due on that day. and which amounts to about S300.0O0.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-28
NO JANUARY MEETING OF
 RAILROAD COMMISSION

The new year will open without January session of the State, Railroad Commission Four times in the last twelve months the regular monthly meeting of the Commission has been called off because of lack of cases docketed, establishing record for lack of public business.
 NThe case involving the freight rates m bricks. which was called for the December meeting and continued. will be heard at the February session of tha Commission.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-28
NEWS OF wEruMrKA.

wetumpka. Dec. 27.--(special.)--- Sunday morning. T. K. Davis and Miss Irene Fain were married and left im- mediately for their home in Eufauia.
 Mir. and Mrs. Davis have many friends in wetumpka where their Doy- hood and girihood days were passed.
 Mir. and Mrs. c. H. Smith have gone to Luyerne to make their home.
 One of the most brilliant affairs the young men of this community have ever enjoyed was a stag supper given Christmas evening by Mir. and Mrs Morris Hohenberg in celebration of the twentytfirst birthday of their son. Irv.
 w. P. Gaddis. of the United States navy Is paying a short visit to his mother, Mrs. c. E. Gaddis.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-28
WALKER COUNTY MAN
 KILLS FATHER OF GIRL

Jasner. Dec. 27.-(SpeciaD--At Nau- voo Iuther Johnson shot William Ma nasco three times. instantly killing him. N... os
 The killing occurred at the nome oh nr- Nanasco, It is said MT. Manasco nhtectea to his daughter going to Ssnce with Johnston, who was under inc Influence of whiskey
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-28
'N.~roen IcmuInte nogs.

Huntsviile, Dec. z7.-tspecIaLJ--JIII m Mci,onald and Harry Wade. negroes enraged in a fight at Ncheiacy, ne- gro town near here Sunday and MO Donald was shot through the heart wade using a shot gun at close fanse. .seDoraid.s heart was torn entirely o,,t of his body. The men had quar- rsIed because their dogs had fought :. wade was captured by Deputy ,sherin Miller and is in jail. Lem smith, an- other negro. has been arrested also ana is held as an accomplice.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-28
WOULD RAISE STANDARD
PHYSICIANS OF ALABAMA MUST
 HAVE DIPLOMA.
No Undergraduates Wtil Be Allowed to Participate fn state Examina- ton for License to Prae-
 ffce Hereafter.

When the serni-annual State exam ination for license to practice medicine is held January II. more rigid regula- tions will be enforced than hernto- fore. No person win be allowed to undertake the examination. uniess he has acquired a diploma signifying gsad- uation from some reputable school Of medicine. No undergraduates can sake part.
 The regulation has been largely Spro- mulgated, and is intended to enhance the standard of Alabama's medical guild.
 Fewer applicants there are to take the mid winter examination than in the summer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-28
FORECAST OF MEETING
 OF EDUCATORS COMES

State Superintendent of Education H. c. Gunnels has received copies of the program of the annual meeting Department of Superintendence, Ma tionaI Educational Association. which ia to be held in Indianapolis. March l. 2. 3. 4.
 It Is anticipated that fifty to seven- fy-five teachers, and other interested in education. will attend the meeting. and arrangements for special train to bear the Alabamians will be made.
 At last years annual meeting of the department, a large crowd of Alabama educators attended.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-28
TEST WILL NOT BE DIFFICULT. rnsus Examinations Are E Simple.
 LTEMENT BY DEPARTMENT Sto' Judgment and Ordinary Education Alone Necessary. , Places Must Be Filled Fly March IMAM ,na Applications Must Be in
 wsshinston By January Many z5-work Begins
 Aprn IS.

} Sam. through Director of the Big Durand Is anxious to have all
 contemplating taking the test
 VI lpointment as census enumerA-
 ,iderstand that the test will not icult.
 stated by the census bureau
 lose possessing good Judgment
 common school education may
 in the test with an assur-
 at they have a good chance to
 9 examination. A bulletin is- New Washington Monday says: of the Iperson of good judgment. who masted eived an ordinary common ,ducation, can readily and cas- the test to be given appli- .4al ooi or census enumerators' places ruary 5, the date finally set seses sus Director Durand, according .ne Announcement from the census slese This will be a comforting as- ,anu, I to the several hundred thous- pared 10 are believed to be contem- Cap application for the places. feared that tha tast ,yi,t ba an emi- and st rea sonable ana nractfcal one. will hf to that annIIea to applicants VT twelfth census. It win consist today ing out a sample schedule of Davis tion from description. in nar- the V form. of typical families: and. the case of enumerators whose has n will be in rural districts. they Int called unon to fill out an ad- ket I sample schedule of agricui- Voiui from information furnished by preee lsus bureau.
 ten m persons. whether women or
 slo may desire to become cen The merators must be citizens of ashore ted States: residents of the posed for's district for which they fate of ,e appointed; must be notiess believed nor moret han 70 years of On tIst be physically able to do the vineyaitust be trustworthy, honest are bel good habits. must have at crews ordinary education and must At to write plainly and with is agr. Ble rapidity
 mout!ose who can comply with these CTS ements are invited to put in Thpapplications. as there will be at
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-28
WILL WORK ITS OWN CONNECTS Revenue Board Decides
 Monday. SYSTEM NEW IN STATE After February Court Term, No More Convict Leases. At Special Mestins the Board settles Pians for wsrss.s Convict. on County Reads--outlinss
 General Adninistrstien
 of sy.tem.

Montgomery county will lead the State in the new system of working convicts on the public roads early in the new year. This decision was reached at special meeting of the Board Of Revenue Monday morning held for the purpose of formulating improved plans for working the coun7 ty roads.
 The present system of leasing State convicts to corporations and private concerns for various kinds of work has fallen into unpopuisrity, and the change, perhaps, was suggested by the reforms in other States. notably in Georgia.
 Inasmuch as every convict sentence ed in Montgomery is leased at present, the system cannot take effect until after the February term of the crim- inal division of the City Court, when q considerable number of prisoners are expected to be convicted
 The county will be divided into seven road precincts and a hired over seer will be in charge of each pre- cinct. The convicts will be appor- tioned to each precinct. and until a sufficient number of convicts are available. extra men will be hired to assist in road work. At present, only two overseers are employed by the county -for road work. and the system is very irregular, some roads neces- sarily receiving more attention than others. Hired guards wall be posted at each convict camp. The salaries for the overseers will be $50 month.
 Incident to the expansion in the road working system. thirty addition al mules will be purchased by the county. The purchase was authorised by Inc board Monday.
 In order to facilitate his work Of superintending the road work throughout the county. County Engi- nesr r.. Bullen will have an auto mobile for official use upon the De- ginning of the new work. The pur- chase was authorized by the board Monday
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-28
FOUR OF LEACH FAMILY
 HELD FOR FRUIT THEFT

W. W. Patrick. proprietor of a store on Bell street. complained Monday afternoon to the police that several small boys were creating disorder In his place and were stealing fruit from him
 Bioyoie policemen sent to investi- gate. arrested John Leach. aged 14 Rufus Leach aged II, Adler Leach. aged 9, Giles Leach, aged and a small negro, who was with tho four brothers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-28
FIre Tn Newspaper Plant.

Huntsville. Dec. 27.--tSpecial-)---A fire in the press room of The Evening Tribune yesterday afternoon caused great deal of water to be thrown by the fire department and considerable damage was done. The paper will miss two or three issues The blaze started Tn . defective flue and the pine ceiling was soon in flames.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-28
MANY WANT TO TEACH
ABOUT 2,Iso STAND TEACHERS Ex-
 ANIMATION.
Number Comes as Surprise--Papers are Sent to state Examiners for
 Grading--WoFk is
 Heavy.

About 2.15o men and women under took the examination for teachers li- censes last week. according. to calcuIa- tions made by Secretary H. J.. Will linghanf of the state Board of Exam- iners. The examination Is the first to have been held under the new law, hnd it's first ever held at this season ot the year. In consideration of its novelty, the number of applicants comes as somewhat of 2 surprise.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-28
BLACK PATTI COMPANY.
Negro Show Company is Billed Here
 for December 20.

The Black Patti Musical Comedy Company comes to Montgomery for an engagement of two performances. matinee and night. at the auditorium, corner Monroe and Perry Streets, Wednesday, December 29.
 This organization Is headed by Black Patti, the original. and Jolly John Iarkins, and is supported by q company of forty.
 Seats are now on sale at the Audi torium box office. Aos
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-28
of the Mont- b and other Iiments of the
 of Rochestar.


 N. r.. president .. Ia- ational Asso- citation of Cominerciai Executives, ad- dressed the following letter to Secre- tarv E. H. Hyman. of the local asso- citation. which he received Monday morning:
 May 1 extend to you, and through you. to the good citizens of your com munity the compliments of the season ana nv very best wishes that the coming year will be heavily laden with prosperity and success.
 .srhose of us who are members or the advance guard of progressive Am erican municipalities must carry on the good work in a ufilitarian sort or way, trusting that the result or exneriment and the lessons taught through our experi- epce will give encouragement to other more timid cities. and will result In the establishment of a higher plane of municipal activity.
 "I,ochester, and the undersigned. will always be interestedin news of your progress"
 The association includes the secre- taries. presidents and vice-presidents of all the commercial organizations in the country. This association has on- ly three Southern members and Secre- tary Hyman is one of them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-28
Adalngton-HardIn.

Huntsville, Dec. 27 7--fspecial)-- Henry A. Addington, of Baltimore. and Miss Clara Hardin. of this city. were married Friday evening at the home 0f the bride in the presence of few friends. Rev. Francis Tappey. pastor of the First Presbyterian church per- formed the ceremony
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-28

house at 1s2 Oak street. which is valued at S1.o00. his stock of goods, valued at &20o. and number of minor pieces of personal property.
 r. c. Hale. a railroad empfoyee, filed a voluntary petition in bank ruptcx Monday
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-28
TWO yoiuutnry PetItious.

T. H. Garner, a merchant of 252 Oak street, filed @ voluntary petition in bankruptcy in the United States Court Monday. He gives his liabilities as ei,154.60. consisting of unsecured debts to Montgomery concerns. Ills aeeets are placed at s1,tes.so. comprising his
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-28

tants were able to I1. Tor the Christmas celebration this year he says Is the greatest ever collected by the Army in Montgomery for a similar purpose.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-28

..sts Bachu aaa Juniper Compsnha :. [ Il liver and kidney srsnAlsa. RslIeyes BAsAts Disease. Al Druggists q %.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-28
COMPLIMENT afCHANcED BY
 ADVANCE C bARoC ? PROGRESS

Wishing the gomery Comm Montgomerians season. Woodw N. Y.. presiden'
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-04-08
Maine Fox Skins.

1t is estimated that about seventy
five thousand fox skins are sold out Of
Maine every year, Very few Of the
sly animals are shot. Many are killed
by the use of poisoned bait, while
hundreds Of others are killed in
drives" known as the New Hamp-
shire method" This is not sportsman
like, but the fur hunters are in the
game for cash, not sport. No accur-
ate statistics are available as to the
number Of foxes captured in Maine in
a year, but some time ago Charles E.
Oak Of Caribou, then land agent, said
at a committee hearing that more than
$4,000 fox skins were sold out of Arros.
took County alone every year. Out
eide of Aroostook County, where sever
al men make a business of fox hunting
perhaps $4,000 pelts are taken in a
year, making the total output of the
state $4,000. The price of good fox
skins reached the highest notch last
winter, even red pelts commanding
from $3.50 to IS each, as against $3.50
two years ago and $3.50 five years ago.
For silver grays, which are rare, and
blacks, which, are very rare, prices re.
main very much as in former years,
though the rates have advanced some
what, and the market is much stead
Ter since the close of the war between
Japan and Russia, as nearly all these
expensive skins are marketed in Rus
STA. One fox skin in 200 is from a
"cross" fox, and is valued at $50; one
in 10000 is a silver gray, and is worth
from 5000 to $500, and perhaps one in
100000 is a pure and radiant black,
which may bring $500 or even $500,
thus making the coat Of the black fox
the most valuable garment worn by
any animal on top of earth.-Kennebec
Journal
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-04-08
Scottish Fishing Colony.

A delegation of Scottish fishermen
is now visiting Australia, and its mem
bers have proposed to Sir Thomas
Bent, Premier Of Victoria, the es-
tablishment of a fishing colony on
Snake Island some seventy miles to
the southeast Of Melbourne. They
promise to bring out $50 families from
scotland and settle them on the ISL
and where the canning, curing and
oil extraction industries would pro.
vide plenty of employment. They have
satisfied themselves that the waters
thereabouts are well stocks with fish
of considerable commercial value.
snake Island has an area Of 5000 acres
and is at present used as a sanctuary
for the preservation Of birds and 9th.
or animals.-London Chronicle.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-04-08
WHALING A Thing OF TIE PAST.

they were a mistake They frightened
The whales from the grounds they had
frequented, and there were other cir
cumstances that were a drawback The
masters of steam vessels are required
to take out a license, and some of the
best whalemen could not meet the re-
Quirements. So It happened that the
bO3t-header' system was introduced.
Men of the merchant service were
placed in command Of the steam
whalers in some instances and eX.
pert whalemen were shipped as boat
headers 1T lay above that allowed the
masters Of the vessels. The boathead-
err was in command Of the boats when
they lowered for whales, and at other
times he was an anomalous figure
aboard ship.
Tho disasters Of 1871 and 1879 de.
stroyed the vessels By Wholesale, the
Shenandoah prcyed upon them, and
the ice pacl; picked them of one by
one. To the cycr-preseUt foes OF nature
lhe United States government contrib
uted its menace to the investment, and
so ends another incident of the bravest
industry in which daring men ever en-.
gagged"