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The age-herald., 1899-03-21
THE SCHOOLS OF GREENE COUNTY

TO the EQ1tOr or the ABe-t1eldiu.
 Eutaw, Ala, March IS, 1899. In your edition of the 17th inst. on the comments of the "Eutaw Mirror you say. "The Age-Herald would be glad to see the figures upon which this statement is based"
 I do not know, neither conceive from what source they were obtained. Below hand you a statement of facts collected from my last annual report, now on file in the state department. They will speak for themselves:
 Number of school children between and 21, whites, 1,O63; colored 6,629 Total. 1892 Number of school children enrolled whites, 502; colored 3,149 Total, 3,651. Number of schools organized and taught, whites, 35; colored, 53 Total, s.
 Average attendance, whites, SIS; colored 2,O9O.
 Average length of session, whites, 85 days; colored, S6 days.
 Average monthly salary, whites, $17.65; colored, $1S16
 Teachers employed, whites, 35; colored, 53. Total, SS.
 Amount paid white teachers. 8, 3,525.26. Amount paid colored teachers, $4,2n.n Appropriation, general fund, $6,562.91. White poll tax for the year, $495.46. Colored poll tax for the year, $1,20018 Thanking you for the stand the Age-Her- aid has taken in favor of better and long CT schools" and that these facts may be published so that our county may be vim dcated. JOHN G. APSEY,
 Co. Sup't Ed, Greene Co.,, Ala.
The age-herald., 1899-03-21
The Official Stumpers of the State.

The one hundred candidates selected on Saturday, soon to be reinforced by thirty three more, have important duties to per- form. They have been selected to make a new constitution; and as reasonable and in some cases necessary preliminary, they should go before the people and tell them why Alabama needs a new constitution. moralization that springs from corrupt ballot box. They should trace the evil to its source, and show how it can best be remedied. For after all the chief advant- age to be gained in a new constitution is the placing of the franchise on a new and enduring and practicable basis
 It was not nominated in the bond that the one hundred and thirty-three chosen candidates should appear before the people, but their own sense of patriotism and fit- ness of things will tell them that is what they should do. They should educate the people up to new constitution. They should convince the wavering. and appeal to the perverts. They should show that while the present constitution has many good features, yet it Is deficient in the mat ter of suffrage qualifications, and that the proper electoral basis can best be devised in a convention of chosen and carefully se- lected delegates. If there are any op- ponents of constitutional revision fin Jeffer- son county, they should be talked to, and ;. no six men in the county are better equip ped for that purpose than the six-the seven-are that Jefferson has named. No other seven men can command an equally favorable hearing, for no other men can speak in a representative capacity.
 In all other parts of the state there should be similar action. Every one of the one hundred and thirty-three candidates of the democratic party should take the stump, and the sooner they begin to discuss the franchise problem, and the pressing need of some remedy for the evils that it is bringing upon the state, the better it will be for all within the state. It is safe to say that every one of the one hundred and thirty-three is accustomed to public speaking and 1t Is also safe to say that the people expect them to exercise their gifts on the hustings between the present time and the July election day.
The age-herald., 1899-03-21
Fires and Fire Traps.

Insurance stocks should sell higher than 1t pretty plainly demonstrated that no prop erty Is secure against destruction by trivial accidents even in midday hours. The prop erty destroyed was only seven stories In height; 1t was located at a corner formed by broad, well-paved streets; in a rich city, amply supplied with the best of fire appa- ratus, and an abundant supply of water. Yet the building was quickly burned to the ground, with grievous losses of life and property.
 The building was none too good, it is true; 1t contained many staircases and courts that acted as fiues; it held a great deal of wood; but none of these explanations are convlnc'ngly explanatory. They afford no assurance against other fires. The wind did not blow It was a calm and quiet day. and the fire was started by accident within easy reach and within observation. The alleged f1ues did not largely promote the fire.
 The lrutn IS, no DullulIS IS Hfe-piool' ANob one In America or any other country has been built that could withstand all fires. for building in which not a particle of wood has been placed would have gone down in the Chicago fire. Walls of granite were melted by it, and as a rule there are goods enough inside any building to melt, or at least soften, when ignited under a wind, any column of iron. The most that architects can accomplish is a slow-burning building, and the degree of slowness de- bends upon circumstances. Nothing burns slowly when a great fire is famed by fierce winds.
 In the New York case none of these ad- verse circumstances were present. The fire department of New York endeavors to place the blame upon the building itself. Its of ficers say it was fire trap. So 1t was, but so are all other buildings. A lace curtain led in broad daylight, In the presence of thousands, on broad streets, in great city, to a fire that would have been considered a reflection upon the fire department of town containing ten thousand people. That is the long and short of it. The fire de- partment of New York cannot escape cen- sure by calling the building fire-trap. The department is paid to fight down fires in fire traps, and 1t did not keep up its end of the contract
The age-herald., 1899-03-21
FACTS OF THE FIRE

 Height of building, seven stories. Built of brick and brown stone, with wooden beams.
 Owned by Elbridge T. Gerry estate. Loss (totaD, $1, ,000.000 Insurance, S, 900, ,0O0. Fire began at 3:10 p. m. Discovered by Walter Fay. Began on first floor. Number of people in hotel 75O Number of persons killed, 15. Number of persons injured (approximate). 40.
 Number of persons missing, 20 Number of alarms turned in, 5. Time elapsing between beginning of fire and first alarm to department, seven min utes.
 Time from start to arrival of engines, 13 minutes.
 Number of iron fire escapes, g. Length of railways, one mile. 8 Length of pipe in building, seven mileA Amount of water in pipes, none. Number of rooms, 600. 3 Cost of interior decorations, $25, 900. Value of hotel, $500,000. Value of contents. $500.000.
The age-herald., 1899-03-21
UP ON THE STATUTES
om the Now York Press.

From the Now York Press.
 Cincinnati people love to tell this story on General Benjamin F. Butler: He was one of commission to examine young ap- plicants for admission to the bar, and be- fore him came a youth who failed miser- ably on all that pertained to jurisprudence, case law, civil law, sumptuary law, unwrit- ten law and due process of law. Finally Butler, who rather liked the chap and wanted to see him through, asked: What would you like to be examined in? You have failed in everything we have suggest ed" The reply came: Try me on the statutes; I'm up on them" Butler shook his head soemnly. My young friend" he said, I'm afraid you won't do. You may be ever so familiar with the statutes, but what is to prevent fool legislature from repeating all you know?"
The age-herald., 1899-03-21
THE FOLLY OF IT

From the Bessemer Weekly.
 Besides nominating candidates for dele gates, voters in this beat are to elect fif- teen delegates to a county convention which is to meet and elect thirty delegates to state convention which is to meet and nominate what are termed delegates at large for every senatorial district in the state. fearful amount of pork for one little shilling. Think of some 200 or more delegates from all parts of this county meeting in Birmingham there to elect thir- ty delegates to go to Montgomery, there to solemnly nominate candidate for delegate at large from this county. People must have time and expenses to burn that would accept service of this kind
The age-herald., 1899-03-21
CUTTING OFF oUAY's ALLOWANCES

From the Philadelphia Telegraph.
 One of the chief sources of Ex-Senator Quay's power. it has long been an open se- cret has been the political contributions which he has commanded from the great corporations which he has been able, in one way and another to serve. Chief among these has been the Standard oil Company, a gigantic concern which transacts every branch of it's business on business basis. It has never shown any reluctance to ex- tend a helping hand to the ex-senator as long as he was in a position to make req sonably equitable return. and heretofore has never failed him when he has stood in need of the traditional ''sinews of war" But there is a limit even to the patience and the money of the Standard Oil Compa- ny, and word now comes from Harrisburg that this heretofore unfailing source of ma terial assistance has been abruptly closed.
 The "Old Man. has found the losing fight in which he has been engaged for the last two months very expensive one; his de- mands upon the customary contributors to his political budget have been ineessant and exhaustive, and one by one they have been shutting down upon him. The ex-senator, however, could still face his antagonists as long as he could draw upon the Standard Oil Company through the Hon. ''Bulr' An drews. the lobbyist and paymaster. of that concern. But Ex-Senator Andrews-Mr. Quay is not the only ex-senator in the pub- lie eye-is no longer able to respond to the calls of Ex-Senator Quay, and from this time forth a marked degree of apathy will be found to characterize the movements of the rounders and heelers in and out of the legislature who have taken such a lively interest heretofore in MT. Quay's fight for another term in the United States senate.
The age-herald., 1899-03-21
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
 The meanest dog has his good points; the best man has more bad ones.
 The discouraging thing Is that either the husband or the wife is victim. -
 The longer @ man remains single the moro some good woman deserves not to marx him.
 A woman may not approve it,, but she f1 never surprised when man covets her hus- bands wife.
 You'll find that the woman who likes to read nasty sexual problem books likes to wear the same sort of stockings.
The age-herald., 1899-03-21
THE GEORGIA MASSACRE

From the Eufaula Times.
 That shooting at Palmetto, Ga., was one of the most horrible in the annals of the history of this country. It was inconceiva- bly, brutal and outrageous. The lynchers should be apprehended and hung, every one who had the least particle of connection with the diabolical deed It shames the cheek and paralyzes the heart. Horrible, damnable are not words of sufficient force to describe it. The people of the little com- munity see to 1t that the law is en- forced, if they will.
The age-herald., 1899-03-21
POLITICS IN TALLADEGA.
Whitson One of Nominees for Constitu- tional Convention Other Uncertain.

Talladega. March 2o.-(Special)-The beat meetings were held in the county Saturday to select delegates to the county conven- ton. which meets Wednesday. c. c. Whit son will beyond doubt be one of the nom-
The age-herald., 1899-03-21
IT CANNOT BE

From the Talladega News and Reporter.
 All this talk about retiring Senator Mor- gan is bunkum. The people should and would tar and feather any legislature that would dare to do such a thing, so long as this grand old tribune of the people Is spared the strength to rise in the senate chamber.
The age-herald., 1899-03-21
Colonel Roosevelt in Second Place.

Beyond all question every possible eff fort has been and will be made to advance Governor Roosevelt to relieve the odium of maladministration in connection with the war department. by accepting second place on the republican ticket of l9OO-McKinley and Roosevelt. New Jerseys son is to be sacrificed in any event. Governor Roose- welt being preferred, with a far western
The age-herald., 1899-03-21

Neither William Vincent Allen nor Matthew Stanley Quay, both of whom held long-talk records, are now members of tine United States senate.
The age-herald., 1899-03-21

The southern delegate scheme. and how to work 1t in 1900, is now under consider alton in committee of the whole at Thomas vile, with Hanna in the chair
The age-herald., 1899-03-21

The United States should not demand ports in China, but it should demand free dom from tariff discriminations in that country, even if there is at home tariff stuffed full of robber schemes.
The age-herald., 1899-03-21

The fashion of dropping the vice presi- dent for some one more persuasive is agi- tating the breast of Mir. Garrett A. Hobart, who has bravely tried to popularize him. self into renomination-and failed.
The age-herald., 1899-03-21

Between testimony furnished by General Miles and testimony elicited by Major Lee, his counsel, the esteemed Dr. Connor of the whitewash board is having an unhappy time
The age-herald., 1899-03-21

The Oregon steamed up Manila bay full of guns and grit, and as ready for busi- ness as she was when she was turned over to the government.
The age-herald., 1899-03-21
From the Chicago Record.

c run the SiliCd5o INeSOTu
 Little Old Fighting Joe" Wheeler has accepted an invitation to command a divis- ion in the Chicago federal building parade next October eff he Is in the country at that time" Let us hope the general will not permit himself to be scared out by Speaker Reed or the people who are trying to marry him off.
The age-herald., 1899-03-21

Letter Writer Grover Cleveland has re- ton, and the ducks are happy.
The age-herald., 1899-03-21
GEN. wHEELER's DENIAL

From the Chicago News
 General Wheeler denies the report that he Is about to marry. thus giving his friends to understand that in spite of his we'll known bravery he is not at all inclined to be reckless.
The age-herald., 1899-03-21

New Jersey fosters trusts, but her stom- ach turns at canned roast horse neat and the legislature is devising a law to keep 1t out.
The age-herald., 1899-03-21

Maggots found dead in the Alger brand of canned roast meat mean that they were in the meat before it was canned.
The age-herald., 1899-03-21

rest. He Is particularly wanted as an in- ducer. He Is to Induce Teddy Roosevelt to tail up the new beef ticket.
The age-herald., 1899-03-21

The patriarch of the ''profesh" Is Editor Patrick Donatoe of the Boston Pilot. who is in his eighty-sixth year.
The age-herald., 1899-03-21

The Filipinos cannot understand the American soldiers who refuse to take a siesta after dinner.
The age-herald., 1899-03-21

From the N. Y. Mail and Express.
 General Joe" Wheeler Is evasive and shy in his denials of the report that he is about to marry; likewise sly.
The age-herald., 1899-03-21

Yale college and the Congressional library are the only contemporaneous in- stances of offices seeking the men.
The age-herald., 1899-03-21

The concensus of opinion Is that Gen. eral Joe Wheeler's denial of the marriage story Is not strong enough to be convinc- ing.
The age-herald., 1899-03-21

The beef packers also want a scapegoat, and they have selected Full-Pay Fagan.
The age-herald., 1899-03-21

All should pull together to carry the con- vention through by an overwhelming vote.
The age-herald., 1899-03-21

American volunteers prefer roast beef without maggot trimmings.
The age-herald., 1899-03-21

The New York democrats seem to think presidents are made at banquets. It Is New York mistake.
The age-herald., 1899-03-21

Now that the snow is gone, automobilsm is becoming rampant in New York specula- tive circles
The age-herald., 1899-03-21

The sovereigns of last Saturday were the real thing They came out six thousand strong.
The age-herald., 1899-03-21

Senator Tom Platt Is hurrying to Thomasville, Ga., to help the president
The age-herald., 1899-03-21

Governor Pingree's new party will be put off in June at Buffalo.
The age-herald., 1899-03-21
From the New York Times.

From the New York Times
 What is to be done? That is the ques- tion for the community immediately affected to answer. If nothing is done then there will be reason to attribute to the communi- ty which protects the criminals the quali- ties which they have exhibited. It Is grat- flying to observe that the governor of Georgia is quite aware of the disgrace which this performance has brought upon the state, and is anxious to remove it. The reward he has offered for the apprhen- sion of the criminals is an earnest of his good intentions. There ought not to be much difficulty in detecting these cowardly murderers nor in convicting them. One conviction and punishment of the lyncher of negro would do more for the material prosperity, as well as for the good name, of the state of Georgia than all the pro- spectuses that could be issued by corpora tions desirous of attracting capital and inn migration within her borders.
 From the Chattanooga Times.
 The governor of Georgia is absurd, when he attributes the alleged crimes of negroes at Palmetto and it's vicinity, to the bad example of negro soldiers" Such rot as that can only be put forward by a man who is casting about for excuses. for the butchery of men who were confined teth- cred, helpless.
 And when the governor goes out of his way to attack and berate negro commands in general, he exhibits any other than a spirit of fairness and truth. No doubt the negroes in the community where the mob murders occurred, have been engaged in heinous criminal conduct few of them, probably, ought to have been hanged for arson; but there is no sense in seeking remote causes for the crimes they commit ted. These causes will be found right in the community. In ninety-nine eases out of every hundred, negro crimes of the kind laid to the Palmetto negroes can be ac- counted for by aseertaining what kind of treatment the negro population gets at the hands of the white people; and the whole sale murders of prisoners, at Palmetto, points plainly to the tyrannical and savage disposition of large white element, there residing. If such people do not literally drive the laboring class about them, be that class white or black. into crime, 1t is because there isn't enough of energy left in the serfs. to resent oppression and rob- bery.
The age-herald., 1899-03-21

to tail up the new beef ticket. al
 
 The United States should not demand ports in China, but it should demand free dom from tariff discriminations in that country. even if there is at home tariff stuffed full of robber schemes.
 Between testimony furnished by General Miles and testimony eicited by Major Lee, his counsel, the esteemed pr. Connor of the whitewash board is having an unhappy time
 The southern delegate scheme. and how to work 1t in 1900, is now under consider alton in committee of the whole at Thomas vile, with Hanna in the chair.
 Neither William Vincent Allen nor Matthew Stanley Quay both of whom held long-talk records, are now members of the United States senate.
 The Oregon steamed up Manila bay full of guns and grit, and as ready for busl- ness as she was when she was turned over to the government.
 New Jersey fosters trusts, but her stom- ach turns at canned roast horse meat, and the legislature is devising a law to keep 1t out.
 The concensus of opinion Is that Gen. eral Joe Wheeler's denial of the marriage story IS not strong enough to be convinc- ing
 Yale college and the Congressional library are the only contemporaneous in- stances of offices seeking the men.
 Maggots found dead in the Alger brand of canned roast meat mean that they were in the meat before it was canned.
 The patriarch of the "profesh" Is Editor Patrick Donahoe of the Boston Pilot, who is in his eighty-sixth year.
 The Filipinos cannot understand the American soldiers who refuse to take a siesta after dinner.
 The New York democrats seem to think presidents are made at banquets It Is a New York mistake.
 Now that the snow is gone, automobilsm is becoming rampant in New York specula- tive circles
 The sovereigns of last Saturday were the real thing. They came out six thousand strong.
 All should pull together to carry the con- vention through by an overwhelming vote. The beef packers also want a scapegoat, and they have selected Full-Pay 1agan. American volunteers prefer roast beef without maggot trimmings.
 Governor Pingree's new party will be put
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-04-05
COTTON.

New York, April 4.-The cotton market
opened steady, with prices unchanged TO
/ point higher but soon eased off under
disappointing cables from Liverpool and
selling by outside longs, with the feeling
in the pit bearish in the absence of spec
ulative interest from outside sources. Tel
egraphic reports and the official bulletin
from Washington stated in effect that a
big drop had occurred in the temperature
over the southwest. while in the central
and eastern sections of the belt light 10
heavy rains had been recorded over night,
with snow noted in North Carolina. Shorts
became uneasy following the receipt Of
this news and sought cover in a small
way. This demand buoyed the market I'D
for a time, but later prices saCged again
under light liquidating orders with trading
quite professional.
New York, April Spot cotton closed
quiet: midjliuS uplands. Slice; middhng
gulf. 7-l6c. Sales 4S3 bales Futures
closed quiet and steady; April, SO. May,
S. 10; June. $5.H5; July. s. 30: August. S5.9I:
September, $50; October, $5.93: Novem-
her. $5.9i; December. 1914; January, $6.0l
February. 500.
Galveston, Tex, April 4.-Cotton-Easy
; 15-lec.
Liverpool. April 4.-Cotton-Spot. quiet:
prices unchanged. American middlinS.
S2sd. Futures easy; demand moderate.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-04-05
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
ROLAND REED.

One OF the best attractions OF the season
will be at the Crawford Grand on SAT-
urday night next, April S, when Mr.. Reed
will be seen in his new play. Mr.. Reed
is one of the bright partic liar stars Of
the theatrical armament and It is to be
hoped he will have a house lars5 enough
to induce him to come again. Sol smith
Russell has cut Wichita off his route, as
did not have but $500, which is not enough
TO pay him for coming. Mr.. Reed wants
from $1,000 to $1,000 and If we are to have
the best class of shows they must have
enough to pay them to come.
The advent Of Ro,and Reed is always
one of the pleasing events of the the
atrical season. Mr.. Reed has a host of
admirers and many friends in this city,
who look forward to his appearance with
a great deal of pleasure. Mr.. Reeds tour
this season has been one of the most sue
cessful he has ever had. This year he
will present an entirely new comedy by
Sydney Rosenfeld, called His Father
Boy which gives Mr.. Reed splendid op-
portunities in one of those peculiar roles
that are admirably adapted to his quaint
style and method. The play Is uproar-
ously funny, and its scenes and incidents
provoke no end of laughter. The amount
of humor to be extracted from the pay
can well be imagined when it is known
that the character portrayed by Mr. Reed
is that of a man who has married a
wealthy woman and who is inclined to
keep him upon a short allowance. and the
basis of the play is the schemes that he
devises TO add to his allowance.
Mr.. Reeds company is an exceptionally
strong one, and includes that fascinating
actress Isadore Rush. who has most
congenial role and has the opportunity
of wearing some extraordinary gowns
which are sure to please her feminine
admirers. Apart from Miss Rush. Mr.
Reeds company includes Mary Myers
Lottie liter. Althea Luce. Sheridan Tup-
per, Charles Wyngate, L. P. Hicks. Juliar
Reed Chores 5. Able, James Douglass
Charles Lothian