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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-06-23

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watch case company The Keystone
works are tho largest ia this country.
employing over 800 hands ana having
branch Offices In New York, San Fraacis-
CO, Chicago and other large cities The
Rverslde works employ nearly so HANDS.
II Is said that there Is on foot big
combination 20 Include nearly al the
watch case companies IN the country
II Is stated that me concerns 70 be alb
sorbed represent an Invested capital OF
over n0.0g0. 900.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-06-23
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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-06-23

For saie-A good, fresh milch cow
also three horse sulky plow, cheap;
st 32l South First street.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-06-23

CAN HAVE THE WORK DONE TWO
HOURS AFTER ORDER is GIVEN.
The age-herald., 1899-11-24
Buffers Developing Plans.

The development of Sir Redvers Buffers campaign as he daily gathers strength is becoming interesting. The indications now are that his original plan will not be greatly altered by the Boer invasion of Natal. Sir Cornelius Clery, who outranks General Hildyard, is advancing from Durban with about 10000 men. He has not enough to fight a decisive battle at Estcourt or Co., lenso or anywhere else; and the belief gains ground that General Butler knows General White at Ladysmith can hold out month longer, and that he intends to simply keep the Boers employed in Natal. Between White in Ladysmith and Ciery advancing towards it he hopes, it is thought, to detain Joubert in Natal
 This theory does not look for the imme- diate relief of Kimberley or Mafeklng, both of which are expected to hold out, but 1t does involve, it Is believed. the formation af strong column at Brimont or some
The age-herald., 1899-11-24

other point of the line from capetown on or near Orange river. The objective point of this column win probably be Bloemfon- tein, the capital of the Free State. This would transfer the seat of war to the Or- ange veldt. All desirable points on the Orange river would be seized, and from them strong columns would be started to- wards, first, Bloemfontein. and later to- wards Pretoria. Joubert will find it difficult to suddenly transfer his forces to the new field, and he cannot muster there force to meet them unless he withdraws from Natal. This plan calls for battles in the open field There are no Drakensburg mountains in the veldt- The country is open and free from passes all the way to Pretoria, and it begins to look as if Joubert will have to scuttle out of Natal in order to save his own capitals in the Free State and in the Transvaal. C1ery and White are merely diversions, while Butler selects his battlefield
The age-herald., 1899-11-24
"SPARE THE UNIVERSITY"

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 In your issue of yesterday you call upon 'the two distinguished persons in the joint debate' to devote one days discussion to an elucidation of the mooted points in the recent sales of lands belonging to the young men and young women of Alabama. and your further statement in the same editorial that "the oAher subjects discussed at Sa- lem church concern the people of Alabama as much as the impressive man in the moon," displays purpose on your part to push to the front, as the only issue involved in the senatorial contest now on the ''mooted points in the recent sales of lands women of Alabama
 regard more the success of the Universi- ty of Alabama and the Girls Industrial school at Montevallo, than the success of any of the candidates for United States senator from Alabama. As an alumpus of the university. I enter my protest against any purpose effort of partisans of any candidate to make the university, already too much abused politically, a partisan in- stitution in this or other political contest.
 Whether Or not the trustees of the uni versity and of the Montevallo school were influenced by improper means, were parties to peculation, were implicated in fraud against the institutions they are bound in honor to protect, is not for the public, in political contest for offices by candidates, to judge and settle. The personal character of each gentleman composing the boards of trustees of the two institutions, is a refu- tation of any charge of corruption, and the alumni of both institutions have confi- dence in the ability and honesty. of each to protect their respective schools: but if the charges made are to be made an issue in the political arena against the honorable boards of trustees of the two institutions, the individuals should be given a fair and impartial hearing. m
 l contend that the university should have
The age-herald., 1899-11-24
WILL VISIT BIRMINGHAM
Industrial Commission Will Make a
 Southern Trip

Washington, November 2S-The indus trial commission has concluded to send out two special subcommittee, one into the south and one ineo the west, during Feb ruary and March, to inquire into all the lines of questions that the commission is considering wiun the exception of the trust topic. Inc meetings in Ithe south will be held at Columbia, s. C.. Atlanta, Ga-; Jack sonville, New Orleans, Memphis and Bir- ningham. The dates to be fixed for each place will be announced hereafter. The to oe selected. The Pacific slope commits sion will meet at Chicago. St. Paul. Los Angeles, San Francisco. Portland and Ta- coma.
The age-herald., 1899-11-24
Treasurer Fits Officially Answered.

The reply to Treasurer Fits earnest and manly card, presented by the court journal itself is jewel. It consists-wholly con- ssts-of two points, namely:
 l. The university has done much for Mr. Fitts
 9 Mir. Fitts at one time claimed, as he still does that the old land grant was mis- managed.
 This is the defense that the court journal vouchsafes to the people of Alabama What relation it has to the Sloss-Sheffield deal the man in the moon only knows. No one in this world can see any relation whatever between the two. The real issue is wholly shirked, and a personal attack upon Treasurer Pitts is substituted.
 Let us look for a moment at this personal attack upon Treasurer Fitts. What has the university done for him? Through many years it paid him $500 a year, not enough to do the clerical work of his office: and when trustee moved to make his salary SG00, he asked that the sum be made $400 because that sum would cover clerical help. The salary was therefore made sl00, and there it stands to this day. It covers cleri- cal hire, stationery, postage stamps and the like. Is that doing much" for MT. Fftts? He has served the university thirty years, often loaning the institution money with out interest. serving it in season and out of season, and always keeping its funds in order and in safety. The esteemed oourt journal is hereby requested to name where in the university has done much" for such a man.
 The old land deal that the court journal has unearthed has nothing whatever to do with the latest land deal. They were two distinct transactions, and no journal whether attached to a court or not can confuse them, or substitute the one for the other. The question before the people of Alabama does not relate to musty deals but to a deal recently consummated. The facts as to the old grant are not pertinent to the issue. No one wants them. They do want the whole truth as to the Sloss- Sheffield deal. They want an answer to the points presented by Treasurer Fitts.
The age-herald., 1899-11-24
THE PRESIDENT AS A PEDESTRIAN

From a Washington Letter.
 Within the last week or so the president has taken to pedestrianism for exercise. During the summer he used to wait un- til the cool of the evening, and then go out driving in Gis dogcart, but now he has taken to walking, and as soon as he fin fshes his breakfast he strolls out of the white house and walks about for half an hour. The president generally finishes his morning meal about g o'clock and then spends the next half hour on the street, getting back to fhis desk before 10, when he begins to see his visitors. The presl- dent made it a practice to take long pedes- trian trips after his inauguration, and kept 1t up for several months, the eNer- else proving very beneficial. But during the war he was so busy that he had little time to go out, and when he did get chance he went for a drive. The presi- dent is very fond of walking, and often times after the cabinet meeting he will come down with one of his official family and go for long tramp. The fact that the president walks a great deal relieves him of the annoyance of being stopped or approac ched on the streets. He has always gone among the people. and he has never been bothered by any one.
The age-herald., 1899-11-24

nothing to do with politics. Whether the Hon. E L. Russell, Hon. Tennant Lomax Hon. William J. Sanford, Hon. John H. Caldwell, Hon. Daniel Pratt. Hon. M. L. stansel. Hon. Hubert T. Davis, Hon. Will liam Richardson or Hon. James E. Webb, voted to sell the lands donated by congress to the University of Alabama for $1250 per acre, because of fraud peculation or other improper motive. has nothing to do with political contest; and the dragging of the university and Montevalla school into the political arena is not the remedy. The courts of Alabama are wide open for trial of the 'mooted" question, and can settle to the satisfaction of all concerned and most vitally interested, "the mooted points in the recent sales of lands" referred to, and in proper manner and at once. Legal pro- ceedings should be instituted immediately to annul the sale by those vested with the authority to do so, if an injury has been committed through fraud.
 l beg you to spare the university. Do not split her alumni organization into frag- ments by dragging the institution into a political contest for office. An injury will be done which many years can not cure. and there cannot be any good to her in any event, which cannot be fully obtained in the courts of Alabama.
 If the sale is a fraud, or the honorable board of trustees have failed to protect the best interests of the university; or if they or any of them have permitted the gover- nor, as alleged, to improperly influence them to do a wrong, then resort to the courts should be taken and there, in the Dlapa nd bv ba rect the injury done annul the sale, punish the guilty, if any there be, and thus spare the university, that dear old institution, al- ready struggling in the grasp of too much politics and suffering very much from po- litical abuses. JOHN c. PUGH,
 Birmingham. November 23, 1899.
The age-herald., 1899-11-24
HE ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ALABAMA
Prohibition in Georgia.

The drift of public sentiment in the cotton states is unmistakably towards prohibition. It takes various forms In South Carolina and in some detached districts it takes the form of a dspensary, in which the people conduct and monopolize the sale of intoxi- eating liquors. In Georgia and Missis- slppi, and generally throughout the south, except in South Carolina, local option pro- hibition by county action is the rule. In this way three-fourths of both Georgia and Mississippi have become dry" In Ala bama, there is a tumble of "dry" counties, dispensary counties, and license counties. The dispensary counties will not be in full working order until January 1. but that time is near at hand There will then be twelve dispensary counties.
 The university city of Athens, in Georgia, } is dispensary city. It claims to have de- vised this plan. But. as a rule, Georgia leans to prohibition, and each year the prohibition sentiment becomes stronger. It contains 110 "dcy" counties out of 1S7. These dry counties, 1t is plain, concluded that they could be thoroughly "dry" by forcing their neighbors to be ''dry" also, and this probably accounts for the passage of the sweeping Wilingham bill in the lower house of the Georgia legislature by a vote of 93 to 65. This bill would make Atlanta and Savannah as dry as the most strin- gent and unreenting backwoods county. It applies to the entire state It closes all saloons. shuts down all breweres. and puts all clubs on soft drinks exclusively. It is all that Neal Dow would have desired in his most Jealous moments.
 Whether it will become a law or not is still an open question. It now goes to the upper house of the Georgia legislature. but if public sentiment be behind it the forty four members of that house will be very apt to discover the fact, and vote accord ingy. Public men study public sentiment, and very properly, too.
The age-herald., 1899-11-24
LINES TO A CREMATION.

Carration. upon you l gaze And think of happy by-gone days, Days now gone beyond recall, Whose memory now is all in all To me, because they did reveal The worth of my beloved Lucille. Thy petals bring before my face Her fairy form and nymph-like grace; A form such as befits a queen A goddess CT such sprites, I ween, As anciently were said to dwell In wood and glen and shady dell. Carnation, tell me if t can be That she speaks through you to me? Speak out the words l fain would hear; Tell me the old. old tale so dear. Do not in silence mock my pain. And cut my aching heart in twain. Thy leaves and petals may decay; Thy odor last but for day, Btft memory in her silent tomb On monuments of chiseled stone A fadefess image hath impression Of her who wore you on her breast.
 -RONALD. -a- Uk-tl A- A.. s-
The age-herald., 1899-11-24
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 A woman will never forget man for finding out that she has wronged him.
 Making love to a strange woman is most as dangerous as kicking a strange dog.
 Every man has his times when he wishes he could put his wife away in moth balls till he wants to take her out.
 When woman passes another woman that she knows knows she doesn't like her she always imagines that she looks at her queerly.
 After a man has been married year, the same woman that used to stick fluffy cush- ions under his neck and smooth his head begins to examine the best parlor chairs and then look suspicousy at his feet.
The age-herald., 1899-11-24
From the Fort Payne Journal.

For several months past the Montevallo discussion and press comment throughout the state Something appears to be wrong about the land deal with which the people are now familiar; but until recently no tangible statements were made that pointed directly at maladminstration on the part of the governor Now, however, Captain H. c. Reynolds, whose standing seems to be guarantee of his sincerity, at least, has boldly charged Governor Johnston with having manipulated some 3, 400 acres of coal land belonging to the university, 'in fur therance of his political ends" These lands were sold to a syndicate or pool at $12.50 per acre. They lie in Walker county, which is decidedly the richest coal-produc- ing territory in the state. The beneficiaries are the poor girls of the state. and the ap- parent inadequacy of the price has led to a widespread suspicion that the wards of the state have been infamousy fleeced. Gov ernor Johnston thus far has simply denied the charges, but has not asked for or de- manded an invest stigaton of them. This he should have promptly done, if he is inno- cent. He cannot afford to ignore such grave accusations made in so public a man. ner and corroborated, as they are, by two other as yet unimpeached persons. Nor can the people of the state afford to ignore such charges. Let the governor make his de- fense, if he has any. We devoutly hope he has; and that this alleged fraud may not be traced to the door of the states execu-
The age-herald., 1899-11-24
HIGH-PRICED REAL ESTATE.
New York Letter in Chicago Tribune.

New York Letter in Chicago Tribune.
 Woodbury G. Langdon and representa- tives of the Mitchell estate have been nego- tiating with Chicago syndicate for the sale of a $1,5OO.OOO piece of real estate at S6 to 42 Broadway. The western capitalists want to erect a s2,OOOOO0 skyscraper. Re- ports that contracts had been signed today were denied by MT. Langdon and the Cruik- shanks, who have charge of the Mitchell holdings. The plot is covered with anti quated buildings. It contains about 15,O0O square feet.
 The old Commercial building, and A Broadway, owned by MT. Langdon, is hive of bucket shops. MT. Langdon has an- nounced his policy to sell valuable holdings because the taxes are too high. The syndi- cate has offered $l .50e.0e0. The owners de- mand an average of s11o square foot, or 1,650. 900.
The age-herald., 1899-11-24
Birmingham Lad Weeds

From the Talledega Mountain Home.
 Norman Wells, of Birmingham, and Miss Hattie Horn, of Coleta, Clay county, Ala bama, were married in the probate office Monday afternoon, w. B. Newman, Esq, officiating. Mir. Wells is a worthy and re- spected young man of Birmingham, while his bride comes from that study and noble family of Horns of the far-famed Horn s velley. The Home congratulates the happy pair.
The age-herald., 1899-11-24
Slave Works for St. Clair From the AshVille Aegis.


 Keith Webb, formerly of Attalla. now of Chattanooga, southern superintendent of the F. G. Oxley Slave company, was in our city last week. We learn from reliable source that his object was to locate for his company a site for a slave mill at Coker's Ford, near Ashville, on Palmetto creek The machinery is expected to arrive in a few days. This is the mill that was thought would be located at Cobbs. The company has purchased the Putnam timber and all other timber around Coker's Ford. MT Webb is well known to many of our citizens and would not discuss his business while here; but We obtained the facts above from other sources.
The age-herald., 1899-11-24
Renort uiscreaited

Memphis, Tenn, November 2S.-A special to the Commercial-Appeal from Little Rock, Ark, says:
 'The report coming from Fort Smith that a cyclone, which is said to have almost de- stroyed Magazine, Logan county, at 6:30 D. m Tuesday. is discredfted by later ad- vices. A telephone message this morning stated that nothing of the sort had occur red there, and that beyond severe hail storm. xhieth swept over the country, there has been no disturbance whatever"
The age-herald., 1899-11-24
Party Loyalty and Discipline.

Tine recent joint debate in Limestone county brought out point that should net escape the attention of all who believe the safety and highest good of the state rest in the maintenance and support of the democratic party. eff the state. Those who believe the state can prosper when the discipline and prosperity of that party are ended need not of course consider the pcint as at all serious; but those who think there is danger in any impairment of the old historic party of the state should give 1t considera tion.
 In that debate the man who holds the highest office in the state at the hands of honest and unselfsh democrats who want neither office nor the oppor- tunities it brings, unblushngly kicked away the ladder by which he had risen, when he declared that he did mot pro- posed to be shackled by any executive com mittee."
 What is an executive committee? A state executive committee is a body of
 
 people, from all parts of the state, whose duty it is to conduct and manage the panty between conventions. In this, as in all other states it is the official head and gov erning power of the party between con- vertions. This country, like England and al! other freedom-loving lands, is party governed, and it is important in very many respects that parties should be at all times efficient, ready to meet any emergency And when a man, no matter who he is or how high placed fle may be, declares that he will not obey an executive committee, he simply puts himself in law, equity and as it's inter-converltion agents, an execu- tive committee composed of some of the best and most representative men in the party.
 No matter how much he may have been crowded anent the swallowing act aof the constitutional convention, he had no right to repudiate the official and recognized sole governing power of the party. He is Ilu ulOIG dDONG lue party t1ldH lkle HuIl DieSI member of it. He owes much more to it than the humblest member does.
 The repudation of the committee that alone can call a convention for the seiec- tion of delegates to the next democratic presidential convention-that alone can call convention for the nomination of demo- cratic candidates for state offices-taat alone can prepare the way for new dem ocratic platform in the stase, Is the most hurtful utterance of the joint debate. One of two things is true to all straightforward men-e1ther the speaker in question did not lcnger consider himself member of the democratic party of the state, or else he gave notice that he intends to organize democratic party No. 2. One or the other was unmistakably meant, and 1t would be we'll on the part of all those who have the welfare of the party and eff the state at teart-one and the same thing-to consider the effect and meaning and real pur- port of the declaration.
The age-herald., 1899-11-24
CAN'T GET AHEAD OF BIRMINGHAM

Birmingham is fortunate in getting the prevailing sensation; in fact, sine keeps en- trely up to date in this line She had no sooner finished in entertaining and showing her great card, Admiral Schey, when she sends out word ,>Llat the stars had fallen there, though not one had fallen anywhere else, although anxiously looked for by an expectant public. If that comet had come which it was predicted would strike the earth and destroy E on Wednesday last, we have not the slightest doubt it would have struck square at Birmingham.
The age-herald., 1899-11-24
Morgan ,he Choice
From the Troy Messenger.

From the Troy Messenger.
 We have made some inquiry among our people as to their dloice between Governor Johnston and General Morgan for lle United States senate. We find msny who favor and endorse Governor Jolrs,.on's $ ''business admins. tion," who say rAat for the senate General Morgan is by far the most suttab ble man; that he is regarded as one o,' tle ables't men in the senate and carries prestige that it would take any ether man years to win, if he could ever do Morgan is the choice of our people.
The age-herald., 1899-11-24
A Mammoth Cabbage
From the Eufaula Times

From the Eufaula Times
 mammoth cabbage was on exhibition at Weedon's drug store today. It was perhaps the largest ever seen here. With stalks and leaves it was nearly four feet high, and the circumference of it's head was something enormous. Several families could get a dish of greens" off this one catSage. It was raised by MT. A. B. Bush at his home near Cotton Hill and it Is sad there are others of it's kind.