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THE MONTGOMERY ADVERTISER: WEEDING THEM OUT. WORK OF THE STATE BOARD OF EXAMINERS Out of One Hundred Applicants for Certificate an Teachers, ate seven of the Failed State to Pass A Gradu. University Received a Third Grade Paper. Birmingham, Sept. A special to The News from Anniston says that the public school teachers of the State, whose papers are now being examined by the State Board of Examiners, in session at Oxford, under the operation of the new law passed by the last Legislature, are having a hard Of those passed upon yesterday sixty-seven of one hundred applicents failed to pass.

A graduate of the State University who has held vaimportant school positions, got a rious percentage of less than fifty, and received only a third grade certificate. The head of one of the State schools withdrew his papers before they had been regularly examined and passed upon, but they had already been glanced over and it was decided that he was not entitled to a first grade certificate. The answers to many of the questions show lamentable and ludicrous ignorance, and the result is a general weeding out of the old public school teachers for more competent mnen. Postmaster Hughes today received a consignment of mail boxes reception of letters, but instead of being Tanad on the street corners, these boxes wilt be fastened on the sides of the street ties living along the can thus deposit their will be taken to the The boxes will be on the for business by Monday will be placed on the ferent lines. Birminzham second city in the United joy such convenience.

having been the city the experiment cess, and the Government to introduce it in other mingham being selected place. President A. M. Shook mingham Railway and pany, WIll Not Sell The Consolidated Lines. Moll Poxes Pat on Street Care.

cars, and parroute of the cars letters and they city by the cars. cars and ready next. They cars on five difwill be the States to Hartford. first. In that proved a big SuChas decided places.

Biras the next of the BirElectric Comowners of all street and sucar lines in city, today dethe report that a movement is on foot for his company to sell out. An afternoon paper here printed a special from Chattanooga saying that a party of Chicago and Baltimore capitalists were in that city and were figuring on buying the car lines of both Chattanooga and Birmingham. Warner C. McCall of Chattanooga, was alleged to be engineering the Birmingham end of the deal, and J. C.

Shafter of Chicago, was said to be interested along with other capitalists. Col. Shook was shown the dispatch and in reply stated with great positievness that no such deal was pending. It is also officially stated that no one at this time has any option on the Birmingham Railway and Electric lines. It is known that outside capitalists did hold an option on the properties some time ago, but it is learned that this has expired.

The Birmingham Railwav and Electric Company has recently gobbled up all the street car lines in the city and it is understood that there is no desire on the part of owners to sell out at this time. R. L. Gourley, warden of city prisons in the day time, was tried this morning in the inferior criminal court on a Warden of charge of assault the City Prison THE HAPPENINGS OF A DAY IN ALABAMA. with that of a white man and a white woman, who claim to have seen the elder Ogletree in the neighborhood of the guard house just before the fire.

The marshal does not confirm or deny this latter report, but simply says wait for the preliminary trial Saturday, when he will show his hand. Mr. Ogletree protests his innocence, and his friends believe him, refusing to consider that there is anything serious in the charge, until it is proven. The theory of the prosecution is that Mr. Ogletree did not know that there was a prisoner in the guard house, and that he set fire to it with a view to destroying the building, over which the council chamber was located, containing the books kept by his son, an examination of which shows an alleged shortage of several hundred dollars.

Had the books been destroyed, there would have been. no evidence of importance left against young Ogletree. This is regarded as strong circumstantial evidence, but it has not yet friends in him. shaken the faith of the elder This afternoon James T. Ogletree's bondsmen withdrew their names from his bond.

He was placed in the same guard house he is charged with trying to burn. His trial comes up tomorrow. TUSKEGEE. Mayor Thompson Has Resigned and Wood Was Elected to Fill the Term. Tuskegee, Sept.

W. W. Thompson has resigned as Mayor of Tuskegee. The Council unanimously elected Hon. J.

R. Wood to fill out the unexpired term. Mrs. Cowart, nee Lewis, of Troy, is visiting here. Chaplain Catts delivered a fine sermon to the Macon Guards Sunday night.

His theme was the Christian soldier. Prof. Kurt Mueller, Mrs. Mueller, Mrs. Bessie Wadsworth, Misses Alice Adams and Annie Lide Smith, and Mr.

Proctor furnished the music. Mr. D. E. Laslie and wife of Montgomery visited here this week.

The lecture on "Soldiers In History," which was to have been delivered by Chaplain Catts of the Macon Guards Friday night, has been postponed on account of Mr. Catts's illness. The Zion negro camp meeting, held last week at their camp ground, was remarkable in one respect; and that was good order was had. The public school opened Monday with elghty-six students. Up to the present ninety have been enrolled.

Tuskegee's public school has one of the best corps of teachers in the State. Rev. I. F. Bilbro, pastor West End spent Methodist Church in Montgomery.

part of the week here with his family. He returns to Montgomery Saturday. Tuekegee Normal and Industrial Institute opened a few days ago with between 1,000 and 1,200 students. About the same number were turned away, not having room to accommodate them. The old pavilion WAS burned Wednesday for fear that some stray germs of smallpox were lodged in it.

Alabama Conference Female College opens on the 21st. Julian Smith, Wilbur Roney and Griffin Swanson left this week for Auburn to attend the A. P. I. Miss Amorite Dawson nf Union Springs is a visitor at Mrs.

Annie Smith's. A delightful social was given at the residence of Mrs. Addie Howard, Tuesday night. A large number of young people were present. Rev.

S. J. Catts has been threatened with typhoid fever, but is now able to be up. It now develops that there has been cheating by the colored applicants at the teachers' examination. Superintendent of Education Paine has given notice that he will investigate the matter.

A text book was written out in a tablet and found in the room where the negroes were examined. GREENSBORO. In Some Places Almost the Entire Cotton Crop Has Been Picked, Greensboro, Sept. excessively dry weather still continues, though a refreshing cool wave has passed over. The dry and hot weather has caused the cotton to open so very rapidly that the crop will soon be completly finished up.

Many persons say they will not have to go over their crop a second time. One picking not leaving squares, bolls or cotton on the plants. The warehouses at Greensboro have received three times as much as was received at this date last year. Prices ranging here from 5.50 to 5.80. The meeting of the Sunday schools of the Newbern District of Hale County, was well attended, Saturday at Cedarville and the company well entertained with a bountiful barbecue, provided by the people of the town.

The following were the officers elected: Rev. J. E. Barns, president: Mr. R.

L. Bennett, secretary and treasurer; Mrs. A. R. Sanders and Messrs R.

A. White and F. L. Morrisette, executive committee. An interesting program has been arranged for the meeting of the Greensboro Sunday School District, which will be held next Saturday at Bethel.

After devotional exercises there will be an address of welcome by Mr. Stokes and response by Mr. D. W. Ward.

The schools will open next week; the Southern University on Wednesday, with a fine prospect for a large attendance. The new professors, Dr. J. W. Shraff and Prof.

J. L. Littleton, with their respective families have arrived and are most heartily welcomed to this place. Mr. W.

L. Taylor of Gainesville is in W. C. Tunstall, of Anniston is visiting Mr. H.

A. Taylor visited Meridian this Harmon Lovelace of Montgomery is visiting the family of Dr. Prof. E. R.

Turner has returned to Mrs. Louis Tucker of Pass Christian, is visiting her parents, Hon. and Mrs. C. E.

Miss Florrie Brown of Birmingham is on a visit to her brother, Prof. E. L. George Threefoot of Mobile was in Greensboro this Misses Martha and Thyra Young have returned from Mont Eagle Maggie Hobson has left for and Mrs. A.

A. Wofford of Columbus, are visiting John Cocke and family have moved to Greensboro, from their country W. D. Cain of Livingston was in Greensboro this week Mr. Elisa Young has returned from Sewanee, Syd Knight of Uniontown visited here this week.

DECATUR. An Unknown Man Killed by a Train of the Negro Rapists Con. vieted, Dee tur, Sept. unknown man was killed by a Southern freight train this morning. The man had been connected with a circus company, which exhibited here and was lying asleep on the depot platform.

He was jostled off by a switching train. There was nothing on the man to identify him. Louis Thompson, one of the negro rapists over whom there came near being a lynching in June, 1897, troops being sent here to protect him and his two accomplices, Walter Nevill and Rosa Buford, was, on his third trial, convicted today at Moulten. The other rapists case is now before the jury and a verdict is expected by morning. Senator John T.

Morgan has written to a friend here expressing his desire to deliver two speeches, one here and one in New Decatur, immediately after the industrial convention at Huntsville has adjourned. Arrangements are being made for the occasion. SEPTEMBER 16 1899. ALABAMA. and battery.

He Convicted, was charged with having had a fracas with a negro ones named Hilliard White. He fined $13.75. The negro was fined The warden is now a trusty around own prisons and says he will serve his sentence. Work hag been commenced on coke ovens, two hundred in number, Rushing Work on the Ovens. Pratt City to be built by the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company, and the same will be rushed to completion.

The one hundred ovens which were begun some weeks ago are nearing completion rapidly. The work on all open coke ovens in the Birmingham district is rushed so that the increased demand being for coke from the furnaces can be met. Tuere seems to be no doubt that the demand of the furnaces will be greater inasmuch as every preparation is being made to increase the iron output considerably. Through the Alabama State Fair A3- sociation, Governor Johnston today sent out invitations to the governors and The Governors staffs ef Georgia, Have Been Florida, Tennessee, Invited, Mississippi, North Carolina. South Carolina, Texas, Missouri, Virginia, and Arkansas, to visit the Fair.

November 7th to inclusive, and especially on the 17th of November when Governor's Day will occur. It 1s believed that very nearly all of the governors of the States named will accept the invitation. The Consolidated Electric Company is putting in machinery with which power and light will Power and be furnished to Light fur the Pratt City and EnSuvurbs. sley, the mining and steel suburbs, five and six miles distant respectively. The wiring to the places named is already up and it is announced that within a week the machinery, will be in place for the power on.

In the criminal court here today the grand jury returned a big batch of true bills. Five were for assault with intent Big to murder, four for Batch of burglary, one for Indictments, burglary and grand larceny, eight for grand larceny and the balance for smaller offenses. PHENIX OITY. More Particulars of the Charge Against Mr. James T.

Ogletree, Phenix City, Sept. The sensation which has been brewing in Phenix for several days reached its climax with the arrest, of the father of Clerk Len. R. Ogletree. Mr.

James T. Ogletree, on a charge of arson. The people here were simply amazed when the news of the arrest was noised aboad. No man in the town stands higher than Mr. James T.

Ogletree, who is connected with nearly all of the important enterprises in the city and stands high in church, business and social eircles. The nature of the case against Mr. Ogletree is not yet clearly understood by most of the people here. Marshal Campbell. who swore out the warrant for his arrest.

is reticent on the subject of the evidence he holds. It is known that the negro confined in the guard house when it was fired a few mornings ago said that he saw a white man enter the place a few minutes before the fre. The negro did not know Mr. Ogletree, but it is now said that he has since seen him and identified him as the man he saw enter the guard house just before the fre. It is also said that the marshal will attempt to substantiate this evidence STORE POLLAN SO.

DIE WE HEAR PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT THE SCARCITY OF GRAY GOLF HATS Which we can't there were plenty of them at the manufacturers when we bought. ours. But maybe those who claim they can't be had, don't buy from headquarters as we do. Be that as it may, we've got the jauntiest, dashiest and most stylish line of PEARL GREY EAGLE PLUMED GOLF HATS, with Folded Cream Surah Bands, Silk Binding, worth $1.25, which we put on sale TODAY At 74 Cents. priswas $10.

his out the at A BUNGLING JOB. HENRY GARDINER HANGED IN MO. BILE YESTERDAY. It Required Two Attempts Before the Negro was Dead The Sherif Was Either a Novice or Nervous -Supposed to be in Private, But Five Hundred Were Present, Gardner Mobile, Sept. was hanged this morning in the jail yard for having carnal knowledge of Lester Farrell, a child under the age of 10 years.

The case has excited considerable interest in this city owing to the efforts of Gardner's attorney to have his sentence commuted, during which the integrity of the sheriff was impugned and two of the jurors charged him with attempting to influence the jury, while eight other jurors acquitted the sheriff of any attempt to influence them. The Governor finally granted a respite till today from August 18th, the day set by the court for the hanging, but after investigation and letters from Judge Semmes and Solicitor. Webb, refused to interfere further. It took two attempts to hang the negro. The first time the noose slipped from his neck as he shot through the drop, his head striking one of the supports of the gallows and rendering him unconscious, the rope taking off a piece of skin from the neck.

The second attempt the rope caught in the negro's bound arms and sustaned the weight of his body so that Deputy Sheriff Humphrey unloosened the tangle and the negro fell about three feet breaking his neck. The hanging was witnessed by about 500 people. In a match race this afternoon, at Prichards betwen Hal Rapid, Monogram and Ideal, all local horses, Monogram won in three straight heats in 2:22, 2:24 and 2:27. There were about 500 people present. UNIONTOWN, The Cotton Crop Being Marketed Very be Very Short.

Uniontown, Sept. continuous hot and dry weather has caused most of the cotton to open, and it this weather continues a month, the crop will all be marketed. The farmers assert that the crop is off from 30 to 50 per cent. from last year, and I am satisfied that the figures will come nearer to the true estimate. I took a ride of forty miles Tuesday through the Canebrake country, and I was surprised to see such poor crops.

In a great many fields they are getting about all of the cotton at the first picking. The large ginnerles put up here are causing the country ginneries to close down, and cotton is brought here from a distance to be ginned. This saves the farmers all handling of cotton and seed at the ginneries. A consequence of this state of affairs is that instead of cotton being held by the planters at home, it is brought here as fast as it is gathered and either sold or left in the warehouses. Cotton seed is now worth about double what they were last year, and this brings in considerable trade.

All of the new industries opened up here has made it hard for the waterworks to keep up a full supply of water, so they were forced, Sunday, to put on larger pipes. The city had no trouble in disposing of its bonds to raise the money for the improvements in water works and for the electric light plant. The young people of the city gave an elegant german Monday night in honor of Sumter Lea Harwood and bride, who were expected home from Chicago, but they did not arrive here until the next D. Hudson left Wednesday to visit his brother at Alice Marx has returned from New Mrs. S.

H. Knight returned from Eutaw last Capt. E. M. Booker spent Sunday Miss Estelle Marx is in Marx of Demonolis was here this week W.

H. Tavloe and wife have returned from Miss Helen Brown is visiting in Mrs. B. F. Harwond.

Mrs. J. E. Ware and Miss Lena Ware are in D. Wren.

Edgar Ware, W. H. Hudson Charles Fesler. W. 0.

Thompson and Thomas Hudson visited Marion this Fred Braswell And Misses Fannie Braswell and Mande Monier of Demonolis visited here this W. H. Welch returned to Demopolis Miss Gertrude Tallichet of Demopolis is the guest of Miss Isabell Miss Kate Nonnenmacher is in Mr. Thornton Munford went to Meridian this week. OPELIKA The Boys and Girls Off for CollegeBig Receipts Cotton.

Opelika, Sept. large number of Opelika boys and girls have gone off to college. Most of the boys have gone to the Auburn College. Mr. J.

M. Burt and Mrs. W. S. Harris will at once begin the erection of handsome residences on Calhoun street.

The compress has recelved 3,000 bales of cotton to date. It is all of a very fine grade much better than last year. Cotton is opening very rapidly these hot, dry days. The farmers Say that if the weather continues it will all be open by October 1st. They are leaving nothing undone to get it out before a rain.

Prof. J. M. Phillips, one of the oldest citizens, a Veteran of the Indian, Mexican and civil wars, died at the residence of his daughter at Pinkard, a days ago, where he had gone on few a visit. He was a school teacher in Tallapoosa and Chambers counties for many years.

He went to California when gold was discovered and spent three years there mining. He was 86 years old. Mrs. A. L.

Dowdell of Opellka, has been selected as Lee County's representative on the board of lady managers of the State Fair. Mr. G. F. Gengenback, a former citizen of Opelika, died in Mobile a few days ago.

EURAULA Marriage at Louisville Which was A Surprise Senator Jelka' Fishing. Eufaula, Sept. of the marriage of Miss Maud Stevens and Mr. Ned Pierce of Louisville was received here yesterday. An effort is on foot to establish a bank at Louisville and the outlook is very encouraging so far.

One or two strong mercantile firms have recently opened up business there and the little city is on the up grade. A bank is conceded to be all that is needed to put the town on a solid footing and its business men seemed determined in the effort to secure it this fall. Mr. and Mrs. E.

P. Payne of Batesville have returned to their former home in Cleveland, Ohio. Quite a pleasant evening was afforded some of the young people at the home of Mrs. Elizabeth Vining last night. The hours were devoted to music and social chatting and refreshments were served at a small cost for the benefit of the Primitive Baptist Church.

A nice sum was realized. Senator W. D. Jelks, in the absence of any pencil pushing to do. has been enjoying fine piscatorial.

sport in TORN PAGE the waters of the Cowikee Creek and returned laden with the usual luck of long stories which he delights la to relate. The home of Wash Burke a well known negro here was burglarized Wednesday night. TUSCUMBIA. Candidate for the Legislature Tells Who He is For for Sena. tor.

Tuscumbia, Sept. James R. Crowe of Sheffield, in his announcement for Representative in the next State Legislature from Colbert County, declares that if elected he will support Senator John T. Morgan for Senator, unless otherwise instructed, and that he favors the renomination of Wm. J.

Bryan for President. The position of every candidate throughout the State for Representative ought to be clearly and definitely stated with reference to the United States Senatorship, so that the people may vote intelligently in this important matter, and Colbert's candidate has done the proper thing in stating his position. A special term of the Commissioners Court of this county has been called by Probate Judge Delony for the purpose of electing a treasurer for Colbert to serve out the unexpired term of R. L. Ross, deceased.

There are already about fifteen applicants, with others in prospect, for the position. Edward Stanley cf this city, aged about 18 years, and eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. A. S.

Stanley, died this morning at the home cf 'his parents here after a lingering illness from typhoid fever. Colonel E. L. Bickley and Mrs. Susan Puckett were married this evening at the residence of the bride.

Rev. W. F. Andrews officiating. A reception followed at the home of Colonel Bickley.

Mrs. Edna W. Perry has returned to Kentucky after several weeks spent with the family of Mayor 0. G. Simpson.

Miss Frieda Luddeman has gone to Bolivar, to attend school. Robert Lloyd of Kentucky is visiting in the city. The public schools of this city will open next Monday, having been delayed a week on account of repairs on the build.ng. Lucien Thompson has gone to Trinity. to attend school.

Empson, the 8-year-old son of L. T. Pride, fell out of an apple tree and fractured his skull a few days since. MARION. The Remains of Mrs.

Hogue Borne to er Grave by Her Six Brothers. Marion, Sept. remains of Mrs. Cyrus D. Hogue reached here this morning from Sheffield and the funeral services occurred from the Episcopal Church, the six brothers acting as pall bearers.

Mr. E. H. Bernhard is still critically fil. Mr.

H. Y. Christenberry of Livingston is the guest of Ur. R. G.

Patrick. Tuesday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. D. A.

Dew, a reception W19 tendered Miss Katie Cunningham. Tonight (Thursday) Miss Annie Chaires will give a garden party in henor of her guest, Miss Grace Hunter. Hen. It. Clay Armstrong will visit Marion on the 19th and 20 instants to assist J.

Bailey, High Priest of Marion Chapter in conferring the degree of Royal Arch Mason upon the following candidates: H. Y. Howze, H. C. Howze, and Rev.

J. W. Haggard. Rev. J.

A. Bryan of Birmingham, is visiting here. Capt. W. J.

Vaiden of the 38th regiment is in Marion recruiting for his company. The following have enlisted: Mesers. Laurence Findlayson. Dave Arnold, Smith Lester, Jas. Harrison and Ben McAulev.

John Trotwood Moore of Columbia, is visiting here. Mr. S. H. Ford and family have moved to Selma.

Mrs. Rosa Moore opened a private school for small children on Wednesday. J. C. Lawrence made a trip to Montgomery and other points this week.

SCOTTSBORO. New Church Building Teachers' Institute Well Attended. Scottsboro, Sept. members of the Baptist Church are building a pretty new church at Bethel, on Mud Creek, this county. The Jackson County teachers institute met at Paint Rock Wednesday.

A good attendance was present and matters of general interest to the public schools was brought up and passed upon. Married in Paint Rock this county Sunday, September 10th by the Rev. D. W. Ward, Mr.

William Dillworth to Miss Nora Keel, all of Paint Rock. In The Citizen this week, Mr. Chas. L. Hackworth writes an open latter to the State Superintendent in answer to the charges prefered against him and makes a good defense for himself.

Miss Veda King is in Mobile this week and will leave for Vera Cruz, Mexico, in a few days with her aunt, Mrs. Dr. Hodgeon. Frank King has entered the Catholic school at Cullman. They are the two children of the late Mrs.

Fannie V. King, so well known to the press of Alabama. The farmers of Jackson County are beginning to prepare for another large wheat crop. CENTERVILLE. Row and Shooting Serape Among Negro Miners, Centerville, Sept.

was a considerable scrap among the negro miners a day or two ago at Martin's mines, near Woodstock, in the northern part of county. They ended it with a shooting affair, one of them being wounded in the thigh. Deputy Sheriff E. H. Crawford arrested them yesterday, and brought them in, and now they are recuperating at the expense of the county.

Yesterday the negroes on the work train at the depot had a row, and one knocked another in the head with a shovel and then escaped to Tuscaloosa. Mrs. Elizabeth B. Bryden opened a private school here this morning. The work of today was only organizing and classifying.

She had an attendance of eighteen pupils, with a prospect of about six more Monday. Hon. S. D. Logan has been elected mayor of this city, Dr.

M. C. Schoolor, having resigned. TALLADEGA. Death of R.

McMillan, one of the old Residents. Talladega, Sept. R. A. Melillan, one of the most prominent and righly fespected citizens of this county, died at his residence in this city this morning.

Mr. McMillan was down town yesterday morning, apparently in his usual health. About 6 o'clock he was taken sick and died as stated above. He was a native of East Tennessee was born near Knoxville in January, 1830. A residence of a long number of vears in this city firmly established him in the respect and confidence of jour people.

No man stood higher in business and social circles. He was recognized as a safe and conservative man. The funeral services will take place tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock from his late residence. The Coosa River Baptist Association has just closed a profitable and interesting session of three days at Wilsonville. The body adjourned to meet with the Alpine Baptist Church on Wednesday before the fourth Sabbath in August.

1900. The woman who invented satchel-bottompaper hags was offered $20,000 for the patent before she could get away from Washington IN THE STRONG CHAIN That binds the public to my store every link is carefully watched by me. All the little details of hat excellence are studied--my store methods are up to now. I'll return your money if you say so. At $2, $2.50, $3 and $5 You can have your choice of several Fall Styles.

All shapes and shades of Hats are here for your inspection. SAM WILE Moses Building, Levystein Formerly. S. J. ANDERSON Montgomery, Ala.

Sept. 14, 1899. Mr. R. J.

Chambers, Supt. Coal Department Montgomery Light Power City. Dear -I want to congratulate you on securing the exclusive agency for the Elk River Coal. I have handled all the good grades of coal in Alabama. I consider the Elk River the best coal I ever handled.

It burns freer, makes less ash and the hottest fire of any coal handled in this market. It takes less coal in the grate for a fire, therefore, the most economical in price. Yours truly, S. J. ANDERSON.

"HEADQUARTERS FOR HIGH GRADE BUTTER," Kennedy's Delicious Cakes. I have just received 8 full assortment of Kennedy's Delicious Assorted Cakes. Order early today. J. A.

SCHNEIDER, Imported and Domestic Groceries. Telephone 26. 107 Dexter Avenue! BELTING Made of either Leather or Rubber should be of best quality. We are experienced machinery men and thoroughly understand what is required of a belt. It will pay you to send us your orders.

FORBES LIDDELL Dealers and Manufacturers of Machinery and Mill Supplies, 234 and 236 Commerce Montgomery, Ala OLD SEWING MACHINES Taken as Part Pay for NEW MACHINES I sell the Ball-bearing White and the new No. 9 Wheeler Wit son and think I can al low you more for your old machine than you can get elsewhere. I have the best equipped Repair Depart ment in the State and repair all makes of sewing machines all kinds of musical Inst ruments. Will rent anything in my Call 108 DEXTER I R. L.

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