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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-25
Shattered 10 Death.

Coroner Taylor was called yestefedhy
10 view the body OF James Parker, a hVe.
months-old colored 10, Oh 40. = W., WI
80 5a,,b I'm nod bv an older child Sunday
n,-ht. The coroner decided that death
WIS duo 10 an accident.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-25
Innein Milwaukee.

ro,or., IL y. Decay. OF Newport
,svys PRESIDENT OF the State league OF
Tsr,hl,can clubs. and John Mitchell. Jr.,
left Yesterday for MILWAUKEE, Wis. to
attend she meeting OF tne ,bss nsana League
OF Republican Clubs. Al tnas pace' BE-.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-25
The c T.. Convention.

The interest among Chr1suan Endeavor
societ,es Concerning The c. L. State Con-
s seTtele' that is to be held at Charlottes-
VILE on the LIST. ID. and 30 or Septem-
Der, grows greater every day. Circulars
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-25
The Death Rate.

week or this number. II were white
For the corresponding week OF last year
there were 30 deaths. l6 OF whom were
ruhIfn rnnuln-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-25
GladneSS Comes

\AIith a better understanding of the
w transient nature of the many phys
zeal ills. which vanish before proper ef-
forts-gentlc efforts-p pleasant efforts
rightly directed There is comfort in
the knowledge, that SO many forms of
sickness are not due to any actual dis
ease but simply TO constipated condi-
ton of the system, which the pleasant
family laxative, Syrup of Figs prompt
" removes. That is why il is the only
remedy with millions Of families, and is
everywhere esteemed so highly by all
who value good health. It's beneficial
effects are due 10 the fact. that tits the
one remedy which promotes internal
cleanliness without facilitating the
organs on which it acts. 1t is therefore
all important, in order TO get its bene-
fetal effects, 70 note when you pur-
chase. that you have the genuine arti-
Gle. which is manufactured by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co. only and sold by
all reputable druggists.
III in the enjoyment of good health,
and the system is regular, laXatives or
other remedies are then not needed. II
afflicted with any actual disease, one
NAV be commended 10 the most slillfu
PHYSICIANS, but il in need of laxative
one should have the best, and with the
well-informed everywhere, Syrup OF
Figs stands highest and is most largely
Ned and gives most general satisfaction
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-25
WANTED,

TWENTY ENERGETIC YOUNG La
DIES Of good address To make MOUSE
toulouse canvass OF consumers on A,'-
MOTIFS SOAPS. WIN pay good SAL-
AIRY 10 right parties. Apply petween .
and 10 A. NJ. to-day TO ALBERT HEtN-
DON. al The Cohen Co. s. audit
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-25

Leary. Lewis Wcisigcr. Sinclair Old VIII
Pilkinton: Campbell Dance Louis Shafer.
VIII Old. and Kyland Wclsiger.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-25
WA NTED,

FIVE YOUNG MEN to solicit orders on
ARMOIR'S SOAPS. Good SALARY 20
right parties Apply between IL a.n II
t,-u"s W au2J-lt'
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ADJUSTMENTS.
MEETINGS.

-~~~~~~~-~~~-~c-~-~0-0-e =,
Headquarters Company Is,
Richmond Light Infantry
Blues Battalion.
TN COMPLIANCE WITH SPECIAL
| order No. -. the company Is hereby
ordered 10 assemble NJ their armory III
fatigue Uniform at 3:45 +. VI. on -
nav Arsrlat 20 1895. TO attend the III
neral OF GEORGE /. MAYO.
Nv order Of George y. Pegram' nrst
ne" G. G. BIDGOOD,
ouo,-tt First Sergeant.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-25
MEMS FURNISHINGS.

Mems Cheviot and Madras Shirts re-
duced 10 3sc.
Mems Percale Bosom Shirts. sizes 10
and Is IL, reduced TO ESQ
Mems Cream and Gray Sweaters re-
duced TO l5c
Boys Cream Sweaters reduced 10 lie.
Boys Percale Waist. Mothers Friena
Wristbands. reduced to 25c.
Mems Balbrsgan shirts. long ana
short sleeves reduced TO l9c.
Mems Nainsook Shirts and Drawers,
reduced to 81 l-2c.
WASH GOODS.
A splendid lot OF ss-inch Fast-color
Percales. regular p 1-2c. goods. clear
ance price SC. the yard
A lot OF about 1000 yards OF Black Fig
ured TurkeyRed Prints, Merrimac Shirt
ing Prints. Dress Gngbams. and Suit
ings. regular &c. Sc. and 10c. goods.
clearance price &c. the yard.
NOTIONS.
Brass Embroidery Rings. &c. dozen.
Silver Fasclnator Beads. &c. bunch.
! s-nch Whalebone. PC. dozen.
Needle Books. &c. each.
Odd lot Velvet Bindings. &c. each.
100 Hair-Pins meat cabineD. Be- each.
s-inch Enameled Shoe Hooks. &c. each.
Red Embroidery Cotton, &c. ske.n.
Velvet Cord Binding. &c. yard.
Black Pins 0ull boxes). &c. box.
Celluloid Thimbles &c. each.
o.,
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-03

firmly maintained it, instead of repeal
ing the Sherman law or flying from free
coinage, a very different state of things
would have existed in the world today.
Our national management for years has
been like a people ashamed of what
comes out of our soil and of the example,
of our fathers. Blaine was the only man
in many years who had the popular in
stincts He was the last American
among these statesmen. There is John
Sherman; my brother went with him to
the first republican national convention.
He has been a glorious man in the past,
but for the last two or three years has
lost his courage and consistency. and,
having let go of silver, is now calling us
into foreign war"
Then you think this country with freq
silver coinage could easily handle all
that coin?"
"Of course. You take a railroad as a
parallel. 1t is not the through business
of a railroad which makes money; it is
the way business.
1.-The Pennsylvania railroad does 90
per cent of it's business between local
stations, and the Pacific railroads have
the same proportions probably. SO do
nestle use of silver would be 80 per cent
of it's general use as compared to the in
ternational uses of the metal. We have
done everything the goldbugs have de-
manded, and how much better off are
we? We are revolving down a crater
toward the volcano at the bottom"
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-03
AN OUTRAGE OR A FRAUD.

There has been circulated in Elmore
county a dodger announcing the times
and places where Clarke will speak in
that county next week and appealing to
the people to turn out. The circular
winds up in this language:
Done by order of the executive COM
mittee of the democratic party this Soth
day of March, 1896"
Now it is bad enough for man acting
in the capacity of chairman of the dem
ocratic executive committee of a coun-
ty, as in Tallapoosa county, for instance,
to be telegraphing partisan newspapers
as such chairman that the Clarke lines
are impregnable in his county, and that
according to his best information other
counties are tearing their hair for Clarke.
but when 1t comes to a county demo-
cratic executive committee ordering no.
tees published and sent out for one dem.
ocrat against another it is going rather
farther than we are ready to believe the
committee of Elmore county has gone.
We are constrained to believe that
Clarke's partisans in Gilmore have over
stepped the mark and practiced fraud
on the committee in that county which
can but react upon them.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-03
A BANKER TALKS.

Gath" has in the Commercial Adver-
tiser a long interview with Jay Cooke,
seller of government loans during the
war and one of the best known bankers
in the country in which Mr. Cooke ham
dies the enemies of silver without gloves
After the fiat declaration that 16 to
coinage is the only solution of the pres
ent financial problem, and that he is not
interested in silver mines. Mr.. Cooke
says:
81 would put tariff, and a high one,
against both foreign silver coin and every
article manufactured out of silver
abroad Our American silver would then
stand upon footing with every other
protected product. They could no more
smuggle in silver than diamonds or man.
ufactures. I would also raise the entire
line of our import duties against those
silver until they couldn't sell one dollars
worth of anything they manufacture in
this market, whether it be English or
German. Tariff goes with silver Raise
again our duties to the war standard, IL
necessary, and keep our silver in ctrcula-
ton, as the French do, Notwithstanding
their adherence to normalism of gold"
rs there any way to correct the Excess
sive production of silver in case we re-
store it?"
I'VE have now no great deposits OF
silver like the Comstock lode and Horn
mine to be worked. The gold premium
has also increased the activity In gold
mining But we could afford better Than
any people on the globe To resume our
American standard OF coinage. Had we
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-03
AN APRIL FIRST JOKE.

The appointing of quite a large num-
Der of Joseph f. Johnston voters as vice
presidents at the R. H. Clarke meeting
on Thursday night is quite 1st of April
joke But as all are democrats with diff
ferent notions, it is very amusing COM
pliment to the popularity of the Johnston
people.--Mobile News.
The aboce paragraph from the Mobile
News indicates the desperation to which
the Clarke men are driven. In their call
for a Clarke meeting they published as
vice presidents a long list of citizens,
among whom are we'll known supporters
of Captain Johnston. In the list they
embraced also nearly every candidate
for local offices, not because these men
were supporters of Clarke, but because
being candidates 1t was supposed that
they would not denounce the use of their
names. 1t was a small trick, but we
judge from the comments of the local
press that no one is deceived by such
fraudulent devices. The Clarke men are
badly ratified in Mobile. Mr.. Clarke is
not so strong in that county as was Col
onel Oates. The loss of Mobile to Cap
tain Johnston two years ago was due to
overconfidence on the part of his follow
ers and bad management on the part of
some of the machinery. With no speaking
and an imperfect canvass that county
was lost to Captain Johnston by only
dozen votes in one ward. This time the
gaps are all guarded. The people there
admire the ability of their townsman,
but they know that Johnston is the man
who can save the state.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-03

which would be enough to start a good
many industries.
Captain Johnston has brought $1,000 to
Alabama for high class industrial devel-
opment where Mr.. Clarke has persuaded
10 cents to come here for any such pur-
pose. If Mr.. Clarke has brought any
money to Alabama outside of his salary
as congressman and contributions from
the goldbug money lenders Of the New
York chamber of commerce, intended to
corrupt the suffrages of the white men
of Alabama, no advocate of his can
point to cents of it.
But bless your souls, brothers, we are
going to have that steel plant. as Mr.
Clarke says, in spite of Captain John
ston and free silver, and we are also
going to have it, Captain Johnston might
well say in spite of Mr. Clarke and the
Internal single gold standard.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-03
Selma Journal.

tlser was forced to admit that three Of
the leading men heretofore for Clarke in
that county had abandoned the CAUSE
of the Mobile man, and he dared say
these three were not among the most
influential men in the county. The
truth is, there Is no formidable opposi-
ton now to Johnston in that county. No
doubt the distinguished chairman" of
Tallapoosa had not heard of this when
he wired the Advertiser that Coosa was
all right, and it is also very likely that
the distinguished Chairman had not
heard that Clarke's forces had called for
him to come to Elmore and campaign
that county or 1t was gone when he
wired the Advertiser that the Johnston
forces, according to his "best informa-
tion," were retreating in Gilmore. The
people are in the saddle this year and
"chairmen" are not going about with
their counties in their pocket.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-03
LIFE.

Fern McCreary. Student of Rutiedge High
School, Rutledge Ala)
Is a series of mistakes,
A garden of withered hopes.
gloomy aisle through which
The doubtful spirit gropes
'Tis a grim reality;
path whose every bend
Displays the unexpected,
And ever wells the end.
mixture of remorse and resolve,
OF hope and the might have BEEN"
A strange, weary waiting
For something yet unseen!
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-03
FRAUDULENT USE OF MAILS.

Attention was recently called to the
fact that Sound money" literature was
being printed by the Advertiser and
fraudulently circulated through the
mails in violation of the postal laws. No
attention was paid to our protest. the de-
partment evidently being too busy con-
sidering Postmaster Sparkman's heinous
crime % of defending the good name of
the citizens of Morgan county against
the slanderous attacks of the Montgom-
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-03

Gilmore is one of the counties that MIR.
Clarke's friends assured him was so over
whelming for him that 1t needed no Wis
itation. Captain Johnston went through
the county last week and now the word
comes that Mr.. Clarke is to make four
speeches in Gilmore
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-03
You Are Called

To your phone many times a day (eigh-
teen or twenty is the Birmingham aver
age). The extension desk set plan en-
ables you to use the service without
your chair See the convenience?
TELEPHONE EX-
CHANGE,
w. l.. Woodruff. Manager.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-03
Notice to Merchandise Brokers.

to hustling merchandise broker of Bir-
mingham with good references to sell
first-class article of sugar direct from
plantation to wholesalers.
c. S. MATTHEWS,
Georgia Plantation,
4-3-2t Raceland, La.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-03

The Johnston men are serene. From
every county comes news of steady and
persistent gains. Mobile and Marengo
are moving steadily towards the john
ston column and no Committees" can
impede their march
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-03

On account of the early date for which
the state convention is called, Mr.. Clarke
has been unable to make more than ten
speeches in some of the counties, where
his cause needed at least a months hard
work to be properly braced.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-03
4-2-tf

We are headquarters in California
wines, such as sherry. port and clarets
We canot be excelled in quality and
prices on imported and domestic liquors
of any kind Give US a trial and be con-
vinced M q A. WISE.
Cor. Morris ave. and Twentieth street.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-03

On Monday. April Is. the esteemed
News will have experienced as great a
change in its political convictions as it
recently has in respect to some other
questions. Nothing like dropping some
thing to convince one of the error of
his WAYS
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-03

Now that the Clarke lines are breaking
in almost every county in the state where
they were once established, "chairmen"
should not hasten into print until they
hear the very latest as we'll as the best
information.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-03

1t is said that the reason Mr.. Clarke
is not busying himself to find "the lost
cause" in this campaign is his knowledge
of the fact that his part of it was ship
wrecked while running the blockade, and
he prefers awaiting the allotted time of
the scriptures for the sea to give up its
dead
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-03

Developments in Coosa county have
stunned the Advertiser and lot Of its
heelers, but nevertheless the fact re-
mains that the Clarke lines in that coun-
ty have gone utterly to pieces. The
Goodwater correspondent to the Adver-
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-03

1t is hardly probable that Ex-Governor
Jones while in north Alabama will visit
the county of Limestone and drop tear
over the grave of effigy.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-03

If Mr. Clarke will follow DR.. Cunning
ham and Mr.. Porter they will not only
teach him lessons on the financial prob
lem, but the gentility that should ever
exist between opponents for office who
are members of the same political party.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-03

The State Herald has information that
leading administration democrats in
Shelby county are following the example
of their brethren in Coosa and lining
up to the support of Johnston as the man
who can most certainly carry our ban
ner to victory, having inscribed upon it
federation, moderation, salvation
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-03

curing its passage, and has worked
faithfully for the advancement of the
department since; consequently he thor
oughly understands its purposes and ca
pabilities for the good of the agricultural
interests of Alabama. No man In Ala
bama Is better qualified to fill this re-
sponsible position.
Russell Register.
He is peculiarly the best fitted man for
the office in Alabama. being one of the
original designers of the department. IL
Colonel Hawkins should be nominated
no state in the union will have better
commissioner of agriculture, or an agri-
cultural department which will be OF
more real benefit to the farmers than
Alabama.
Colonel Hawkins is widely known as
one of our states most successful farm
ers-one of those solid, enterprising sort
who conducts his agricultural operations
upon the latest practical and scientific
methods He is the author of the bill
and one of the prime movers In the enact
ment of the law establishing the Alaba-
ma department of agriculture. He, there
fore, understands its purposes, as well
as the duties that may devolve upon the
commissioner. Colonel Hawkins has for
years been master of the state grange.
and was president of the agricultural
society of the state and manager of the
state fair when 1t made its most notable
success in Birmingham 1t will thus be
seen that he has peculiar training and
special capacity for the direction of the
agricultural department. Such para
mount claims WILL in all probability,
make him the nominee of the state con-
vention.
Eufaula Daily Times.
Success has distinguished him In all OF
his undertakings. whether as legislator.
| farmer or business man. He had charge
of two fairs held in this county, ana
through his earnest and enthusiastic adj
ministration he made a success of both;
He is a man of tireless energy and of an
intelligence and capacity to fill any posi-
ton in the state. -
Selma Journal.
Colonel Hawkins Is a gentleman or
high character, of sterling integrity. ana
the department of agriculture would be
certain to be conducted ably, honestly
and with pra ctical usefulness under his
| administra ton, and taking all his special
| qualifications of the office In considera-
| ton, as commissioner of agriculture he
| will be pre-eminently the right man in
the right place.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-03

The convention held on last
Wednesday in Wilcox county was
to nominate county candidates.
At the convention a new executive
committee was elected, and this new
committee was captured by the Johnston
men, Every time the masses get a
chance now they are declaring for the
jefferson county man.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-03

Mr.. Clarke has entirely lost his temper
and is indulging in innuendoes and filings
that in his calmer moments he will
doubtless regret. OF course Mr.. Clarke
has a good deal to try his temper. If he
had any reasonable hope of the nomina
ton he would be as serene and sweet
tempered as Captain Johnston is. There
are few men who can look overwhelming
defeat in the face and be cheerful, and
Mr. Clarke Is not one of the few.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-03
Selma Journal.

Selma JOUTNdI.
Colonel Hawkins has had great expe-
rience in public affairs and has been
prominent in the politics of the state as
one of the leading members of the lower
house of the legislature for two terms.
and also the senator from Barbour,
which position he now holds, and he is
the able chairman of the committee on
agriculture of that body. He was the
author of the bill establishing the state
department. of agriculture. active in Sc
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-03

The Evening News says that Captain
Johnston spoke at Blossburg last Satur-
day This shows what a terror the cap
tain is to his opponents. Captain John
ston spoke in Gilmore county at Eclectic
at l p. m. and Tallassee at p. m. but
the News thinks he also spoke at Bloss-
burg, in this county. The News is moth
ing If not accurate. and 1t does not seem to
be accurate. However, it has been indulg-
ing in some recent recreations that make
it wabble a good deal.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-03
Tuscaloosa Times.

Tuscaloosa Times.
Colonel Hawkins has many friends in
Tuscaloosa county who, aside from their
personal regard for him, would be
pleased to see him receive the nomina-
ton knowing his pre-eminent fitness for
the office. No man in Ala bama is better
qualified to fill this responsible position
than Colonel Hawkins.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-03

One of the noteworthy men of the state
is Col Hiram Hawkins; indeed, none
more so.
He has many friends in Jefferson and
needs no introduction at our hands. He
is well and favorably known over the
state as one of our most prominent and
leading men.
He is a candidate for state commission
err of agriculture before the approaching
democratic state convention, and it af-
fords us pleasure to transfer to our col
umns some of the many complimentary
notices from the press of the candidacy
of our distinguished fellow citizen.
Eufaula Daily Times
The cclonelAs, we presume, easily the
ablest gentleman who will go before the
state convention for the position a sue
cessful farmer all his life and an expe-
rienced lawmaker, with special capacity
for the direction of the agricultural de-
partment. He will, in all proba bility, be
the nominee of the state convention.
Luverne Journal
Colonel Hawkins is widely known
throughout the state as one of the fore
most and most progressive farmers in
Alabama. No man in the state is better
qualified to represent the wishes of the
farmers and business men In general
than Colonel Hawkins. He is true and
tried democrat; too much cannot be said
of him for past services rendered the
party. His methods of agriculture are
of interest to every farmer in the state
who has desire to place farming on
higher and more prosperous plane. Such
paramount claims will, In our judgment
make him the nominee of the state con-
yention,