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The Montgomery Advertiser from Montgomery, Alabama • 9

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He THE MONTGOMERY ADVERTISER FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 1919 NINE PICKLING CONCERN ORGANIZED BY ANDALUSIA MAN New $100,000 Business Will Handle Output of Ten Large Plants (Special to The Advertiser) ANDALUSIA, June Price -Booker Manufacturing Company is the name of a new $100,000 business concern has been organized here with Wright, of Andalusia, which. president; C. L. Huiter, Houston, secretary and treasurer; L. M.

Hays' Houston, Texas, vice presidential J. Waco, Texas, This new business enterprise will handle the entire output of the pickling stations, ten in number, operated by Wright Brothers and Caton, of River Falls. They will take these brine pickles and place them in bottles and barrels, bottle mustard and other by -products and place these goods on the market selling to jobbers and traveling men to dispose of their products to retail trade. The gentlemen associated with Mr. Wright in the business have for many years been connected with the Price-Booker Manufacturing Company of Texas and are well versed in the pickle bottling business.

The new enterprise will employ the whole year round 100 girlg in the big plant. The main building which is now being constructed will be 100 by 160 feet with sanitary connections and ventilated. The girls will wear uniforms supplied by the company. The plant will be located near River Falls which is two miles out of a This means that least ten representative familles will remove to this paid In and plans being made to The entire capitaonitock has been handle the 1919 crop of pickles. New Business Block the Andalusia Manufacturing Company Then contract hag been awarded to for the erection of a business block to be made of brick for D.

A. McArtan. The building complete will cost 000. The work will be completed by I. J.

BIRCHFIELD SUICIDE, IS BELIEF (Special to The Advertiser) TUSCALOOSA, June on a charge of using the mails for fraudulent purposes 1. J. Birchfield, merchant of Tuscaloosa is believed to have committed suicide, according to information given out by United States Marshal H. A. Skeggs.

It is reported that the car of Birchfleld containing his clothing, shoes and pocket book were found on a bridge over the Warrior river Saturday Deputy W. E. Garner who was sent to carry Birchfield to Birmingham to be sentenced by Judge W. I. Grubb.

The report is that Birchfleld sent out circular letters to Masons over the state saying that "Brother A. Beck' was in destitute circumstances and de' needed assistance. He asked for a donation to be sent to him to be turned over to Beck. Birchfield was tried before Judge Grubb over two weeks ago, but claimed to be so ill that the sentence was postponed until the term of court. Later reports assert that the accused was only faking and Deputy Garner was sent to Tuscaloosa to bring him back but returned stating that the belief was that Birchfleld had committed suicide jumping Into the waters of the Warrior river.

1st. This will give AndaSeptembers additional stores besides a number of additional offices, as the second story will be used for offices exclusively. Boll Weevil Appears. Considerable complaint is heard from Covington county farmers that the boll weevil is already in their cotton. More cotton has been planted in Covington this year than at any time since the boll weevil made its appearance.

The farmers will be hurt materially if the wet weathr continues as they will be unable to fight successfully this pest unless they have dry weather. GREENVILLE CLUB AGAINST INCOME TAX (Special To The Advertiser) GREENVILLE, June 5-A meeting was held at the Greenville Commercial club this week called proposedly to discuss the proposed State Income tax. The meeting was largely attended by the business and professional men of Greenville and resulted in a strong resolution against the proposition. Piggly Wiggly Stores DELICIOUS FRUITS QUALITY GROCERIES FRESHEST VEGETABLES Have you ever gone to market in a PIGGLY WIGGLY Store? Where you select what you want, you can hurry or take your time. Where you know you get correct weights and known brands at less money.

Prove our statements- no one to urge you to buy, compare the prices with others--it is entirely up to you to be the judge. To those of who have NEVER visited a PIGGLY WIGGLY Store we wish to give some you idea of the prices and quality of the fancy groceries we carry. COMPOUND 29c PREMIUM SODA LARD: Lb. CRACKERS: Pkg. 15c SNOWDRIFT LARD: BAKER'S CHOCO8-pound $2.48 LATE: pkg.

20c bucket PALM OLIVE SNOWDRIFT LARD: SOAP 72c 4-pound bucket $1.27 ING RUMFORD Powder, BAK- 24c CAMPBELL SOUPS: Can PEERLESS MEAL QUAKER OATS: 10-lb. sack 53c pkg. SWIFT JEWEL SHORT102c HIP-O-LITE: ENING: 2-lb. Jar can 28c 61c GOLDEN AGE TOMATOES: HandSpaghetti: Small 32c packed, No. 2 11c LIQUID VENEER: GOLDEN A AGE SPABottle 20c GHETTI: 7c STONE CAKE: BEECHNUT Each 122c JAMS: Jar 23c MICHIGAN The Sporting Peninsula Three Great Lakes join hands to give the Southern Peninsula of Michigan its Summer attractions.

Primeval forests, wooded lakes, alluring streams, clear, cool invigorating air, and outdoor interests, have made Michigan the "Sporting Peninsula." Along the shores and inlets of the surrounding waters -Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Straits of Mackinac and the "Soo" are summer resorts of great charm, each with its special appeal -motorboating, sailing, fishing, broad beaches for bathing. In the inland sections--streams, rivers and lakes with superior facilities for fishing and hunting. Accommodations -fine hotels, inns or summer camps, experienced in giving vacationists just what they want, and with prices to suit every purse. The United States Railroad Administration invites you to travel and offers Summer Excursion fares. Ask your local ticket agent to help you plan your trip or apply to nearest Consolidated Ticket Office, or write for illustrated booklet Summer Resorts' -to nearest Travel Bureau.

UNITED RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION Travel Bureau Travel Bureau Travel Bureau 143 Liberty Street 646 Transportation Building 602 Healey Building New York City Chicago Atlanta STOMACH FILLED UP LIKE ARMY BALLOON SAYS YORK. ALA. MAN Had Stomach Trouble for and Had to Be Very Careful, What He Ate FOUND RELIEF AT LAST Declares the New Root and Herb Medicine Dreco Helped Him From the First Dose "For a long time I've suffered agonies from stomach trouble, and no matter how careful I was about my food, my stomach would All up with gas like an army balloon," says Mr. Oliver Cameron, the prosperous farof York, Sumter county, Ala. meT, seemed like there was big lump my throat; my bowels were constipated, SO had to take something every night.

I often had sick headache, and my liver was lazy; pains in the small of my back and in my limbs caused me much suffering, and it seemed I could not sleep. "I have been taking Dreco now for some time, and it sure has, brought a change in my condition. food digests as well as it ever did In my life, without any gas at, all. I never have a headache, nor pain in my back, and I lie down at night and go right off into a restful eleep. Dreco has done me a lot of good and I gladly praise it to the public." Dreco is a pure liquid.

extract of the juices of many roots, herbs, barks and berries, which have a direct action on the vital organs. It assists the stomach to carry its load, rouses a liver; stimulates the kidneys to full action: regulates the bowels and purifies the blood of its poisons, thereby banishing rheumatism and catarrh. Dreco is now sold by all modern druggists throughout the country and 'highly recommended in Montgomery by J. D. Burke's Drug Store.

ONE KILLED AND TWO INJURED WHEN MILL BLOWS UP IN BIBB Scott Dies Instanlty and Two Men Named Langston Are Injured (Special to The Advertiser) CENTERVILLE, June large boiler at the saw mill of W. E. Belcher, seven miles west of Centerville, exploded Wednesday afternoon. The fireman, white man by the name of Frank Scott, was instantly killed, and two other white men by the name of Langston, perhaps fatally injured, one of whom was injured internally, while the other was terribly scalded about the face and body. injured men were hurried an infirmary at Tuscaloosa, but little hope is held out for their recovery.

Details as to the cause of the explosion are meager, it is understood that the direct cause of the accident was mud "caking" the A boiler owned by the same person located only a few miles from the scene the explosion yesterday occurred about a year ago injuring the fireman. Capt. Snead Dies. Capt. Daniel Boone Snead, died at his home here yesterday afternoon after a protracted illness.

Captain Snead was about seventy five years old and was a brave soldier in the Confederate war. He was one of the best citizens of the county. His remains will be buried at Mount Zion cemetery this afternoon. He leaves a wife, one daughter, and several brothers and sisters. Miss Oakley Dies.

A telegram from Phenix City. Arizona, announced the death at 9 o'clock Wednesday morning at that place cot Miss Frances Oakley the only daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Charles Oakley of this place. She had been a sufferer for several months. She was a girl of many attractive qualities.

One more day and the Sale of Floor Sample in our Furniture Department will be a thing of the past. Wonderful bargains now await you. MONTGOMERY FAIR. WORKERS FOR I UNCLE SAM MUST RENDER EFFORT TO HIM ONLY Texan's Resolution to Investigate Status of Employes Is Passed Associated Press) WASHINGTON. June 5-Resolutions by Representative Blanton.

Democrat. Texas, calling on Government Departments and Agencies to report wages earned by Government employes in addition to their salary paid by the government, were adopted today by the House after long debate. The information, Mr. said, would be use. ful in the contemplated reclassification of Government salaries.

After the author of the resolutions had charged that many Government employes did outside work on government time and that several members of A family were on the government payroll, Representative Stevenson. Democrat of South Carolina. developed by questions that two sons of Mr. Blanton, had been on the government payroll since he entered Congress. Mr.

Blanton explained that having several office employes he spent more for office help the amount drawn In the name of one son and, that the other son was a Congressional page In the last Congress because no one in his district would suggest another a p- pointee for the place. SOUTH AFRICANS BUSY (Associated Press) l'ARIS. June 5-A deputation of eight members of the Nationalist party in South Africa called on Premier Lloyd George today. Their call was in advocacy of the independence of the Union of South Africa. CAPTAIN WILEY DEAD (Associated Press.) KNOXVILLE.

June tain E. F. Wiley. aged 80 years died here today. He had been in the coal business for fifty years.

His father was the pione.r coal operator in East Tennessee PEDERSON AND SON BEGIN DEFENSE IN SEA MURDER TRIAL Judge Says He Will Set Aside First Degree Murder, If Returned (Associated Press) NEW YORK, June 5-Captain Adolph Pedersen of the Bark Puako and his son, who are charged with the murder on the high seas of Axel Hansen, a seaman, began their defense today after Judge Hough. presiding, had announc. ed that he would set aside a verdict of murder in the first degree If one were returned the Jury on the ground that the prosecution nad Called pro to show premeditation. Dudley Field Malone, counsel for the defendants, declared in his opening address to the jury that it would be shown that members of the Puako's crew had conspired to. kill the captain and his two sons.

declared that Hansen was the leader of the mutiny. that he was an W. W. agitator, and that all during the voyage he had preached his dictrines to the crew. "We will prove," Malone said, "that from one to seven members of the crew were in irons all during the voyage and that the coast of Africa, Captain Pedersen signalled to the steamer Magdalene to have the thorities in Cape Town ready to arrest his crew." tion, Malone declared, and when CapHansen en jumped overboard of his volitain Pedersen was called on deck he gave orders to rescue the seaman, but this proved impossible because squall came up suddenly and it was necessary for the Captain to put the ship back on its course.

Adolph Pedersen, 18 years old, indicted jointly with his father, was the first witness called. Last day of Sale of Furniture floor sampels at reduced prices. The savInge are worth investigating. WIll hold and deliver when wanted. MONTGOMERY FAIR.

BILL FINISHES HIS 2000TH TREE MERONGEN, April Emperor William sawed his 2.000th tree recently in the presence of the Bentinck family and the Burgomaster of Amerongan. The tree has been cut up into blocks inscribed "2000 W. I' and seven have been presented to his friends in Ameronged. There were festivities at the castle in honor of the confirmation of Count Bretinck's youngest son, Herr Hohencollern's sawing companion. After the religious ceremony, the boy was summoned to the castle where the one time monarch congratulated him and gave him a gold tie- pin representing 9 crowned eagle, personally attaching the pin to his companion's tie.

In the village one occasionally hears such questions as: "What is the fellow doing formerly he had no use for Amerongen." The sooner he clears out the better for you never know what may happen to us while he is here." One more day and the Sale of Floor Sample in our Furniture Department will be a thing of the past. Wonderful bargains now await you. MONTGOMERY FAIR. WILSON SIGNS BILL (Associated Press) WASHINGTON, June Tumulty announced today that President Wilson had signed the emergency deficiency appropriation bill which included appropriations for war allotments and pensions for the fiscal year ending June 30. COMMITTEE NAMED FOR INVESTIGATING WAR EXPENDITURES Speaker Gillett Selects Ten Republicans and Five Democrats (Associated Press) WASHINGTON, June 5-Fifteen members of the House, ten Repuolicans and five Democrats were appointed toSpeaker Gillett to conduct five investigations of war time tures of the War Department.

Itepresentative Graham, Republican. of Illinois, was elected as chairman of the General Committee and the division of sub-committees one for each investigation, will give the Republicans two members to one for the Democrats. The investigations will cover expenditures for aircraft, ordnance, camps and cantonments, quartermaster supplies and purchases abroad. The committee personnel, announced by, the Representatives Speaker follows: Graham, Illinois: Hamilton, Michigan; McKenzie, Illinois; Johnson, South Dakota; Reavis, Nebraska! Magee, New York; McCullough, Ohio; Bland, Indiana; Jefferies. Nebraska, and MacGregor, New York, publicans, and Representatives Flood, Virginia; Garrett, Tennessee: Doremus.

Michigan: Donovan, New York, and Lea, California, Democrats. AMERICAN MAJOR HAS QUARREL WITH COSSACKS IN SIBERIA TOKIO, April 24 (by John Reifsnider, formerly of Frederick. now of Tokio, who is attached to the American Red Cross in Siberia, has arrived here preparatory to escorting 1,500 Czecho-Slovak soldiers from divostck via the Suez Canal to Trienste and thence to Prague. The troops are chiefly incapacitated by illness: Major Reifsnider who is assistant to Colonel B. of Virginia, the head of the Siberian' Red Cross, has had some exciting experiences in Russia.

He has conducted Red Cross trains to Omsk on two different occasions. Difficulties were created by Cossacks as he conducted his trains into the heart of Siberia, he said. Small detachments living in railroad cars in various places would connect their coaches to Peachrathe on front. the plea Sometimes that they the moans numbered nine and ten, thus overbur. dening the long Red Cross train.

"On my recent trip to Omsk." said Major Reifsnider to the correspondent. "we had rather a dramatic tableau in the station at Kransnoyarsk. The Cossacks hitched on eight cars without permission, and I ordered them taken off. The Cossacks refused. The station 'commandant' threw up his hands in despair, exclaiming: 'What can I do- If I interfere on either side.

1 will be shot for my Then he went away, whistling. "The Cossacks began to threaten, and two of their officers 'covered' me with their revolvers. They said they could lick me and my small guard of American soldiers. of course, I said they couldn't. Just behind me, one of my soldiers in his turn was 'covering' the Cossack officers and further off other American soldiers and Cossack riders were glaring at one another, their hands on rifles or revolvers.

It was all 'bluff', of course, but I didn't want any awkward incident. happen. "I telephoned too commander of the British forces stationed at Krasnoyarsk, explaining the situation. He said was quite within my rights in going west without the Cossacks He said he would send a detachment right down to the station reported my conversation to the station 'comman- 'commandant' was no longer in doubt as to his attitude. He said: 'My dear sir, you will leave in fifteen minutes -without the Cossacks'.

And we did. "Before pulling, out I again tele-' phoned to the British officer, saying had no further need of his assistance. He replied: 'Oh, I knew it would be all right. Of course, I had no intene tion of sending down a detachment." U. S.

GUNBOAT CRUISING Associated Press) SAN JUAN DEL SUR. NICARAGUA June 5-The United States Gunboat Machias arrived here today, She will leave tonight for Punta Arenas, Costa Rica. COFFEE Three soldiers crouched in the front line trench cold, weary, hungry. Suddenlythey sniffed, smiled and said in unison "Cafe," from the Poila; Cawfee," from the Tommy; and from the did TOFFEE its bit is in the the war fighting right man's manfully. drink.

In It the camp, on the march, at the front, in the hut and hospital, wherever men fought and bled and suffered and died there' was coffee. Ever and always the cry was coffee! Because it gives cheer and comfort, and courage. It is soothing, quieting, sustaining. The tired man calls for it. Exhausted nature asks for it.

After the lesson of this war- who shall say that coffee is not healthful and needful? Be thankful for coffee -for the delight of it, the benefit of it, the real downright goodness of it. There is nothing in the world you would miss one-half so much as coffee-if you were suddenly deprived of it! Indeed -coffee is one of the truest and "realest of friends that Nature has given to men. Let us rejoice in it, and revel in it. Let us glory in the charm and flavor and piquancy of it. Let us toast our friends in it-" Here's to your health and happiness!" Coffee--the Universal drink Copyright, 1919, by the Joint Coffee Trade Publicity Committee of the United States JAVA Cher a Cola Supreme! 6V On the summer porch in MIN, the parlor or the kitchen, the housewife's favoriteAUTHORITY UNDER NONE Chero-Cola SO THERES NONE 50 COOL GOOD COLUMBUS, "In a bottle -Through a straw' NEVER Bought by the case and kept chilled in the refrigerator, it is an everpresent pleasure -always ready to serve.

Its refreshing qualities satisfy. Gide our Soldiers and Sailors a Job- They DRINK Deserve it. (Chero-Cola THERE'S NONE SO GOOD.

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