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The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-10
GONE WILD AGAIN.

The Huntsville Tribune has kicked
 over the apple-cart again. There has never been a time when we. would un- dertake to locate The Tribune more than forty-eight hours in advance. and even that much was as risky as fond- ling the rear-end of a mule. Of late
 we had come to have some hopes oi
 The Tribune. notwithstanding our
 knowledge of its cratic nature. It had shown such a friendly interest in the Constitutional Convention question, and really seemed so sincerely favorable tc a new and better organic law. that we were beginning to think it had mendeo its ways and was trying to be good. Rut. alas for human calculations! The Tribune has taken counsel or The Birmingham Times. of all papers Tn Alabama; a paper that would feel very much astonished if. by any chance something should get into its columns favorable to the white Democracy Of Alabama. Taking its cue from The Times, The Tribune gets on its hind feet about the suffrage report of the Convention and this Is part of its howl:
 Having been illegally disfranchised for twenty-five years, we earnestly nopeo that any change would be for the better, | but 1t looks as if we are about to swap | inc devil for & witch. and the devil In our Judgment is preferable. 1T the pres | ent method Is adopted. the registrar consctence being the arbiter of who shall vote. we never expect to live long enough | to have our ballot counted as deposited III an Alabama election.
 Now. if The Tribune considers itself illegally disfranchised because the Re- publican Party has not been in control in Alabama of late years, we are un- able to ease it's pain. That was a na'
 tural sequence of Republican rascality
 when the Party was in power, and The Tribune need not look or expect to live long enough to see 1t repeated.
 l We may not be fully and thorough.
 satisfied with the suffrage plan whicl
 the Convention will finally decide on
 but we confidently expect it to be {
 wonderful improvement over presen
 conditions. By the way. if The Tribun,
 has such fears. let it turn one of it periodic somersaults and get back int the Democratic Party.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-10
Coinage-Production.
Chattanooga Times.

Chattanooga T1meS.
 The returns of the mint for the fiscal year ended June 30 are interesting. The output of gold coins was $99.065. 715 sil- yer. $35, ,265, ,49S. 50. Total gold and sil- yer. $134. 1881, ,21350. Of the silver coin age $24, ,29s, $50 was in standard silver dollaps emitted for the redemption of an equal amount of certificates issued for the purchase of bar silver under the Sherman silver purchase clause. This element of the coinage adds noth- ing to the volume of the circulation. be- cause the certificates or notes redeem ed are cancelled.
 In this connection some notice of the mining of the precious metals. for the last period reported on, ought to be in- teresting. The United States led the world as a gold producer in 1900, put ting out SIS. S.15s,674. which was S.eSS,6Ss gain on 1899. Our production of silver last year was 2.434,963 ounces larger than in 1899. We produced. of both metals STA, 736. .574: the worlds outturr of both was $36S, 600, 900.
 The world mined $255, ,000. 900 of gold against $311, ,00O, 900 in the previous year The great drop to practically nothing from an expected output of $11O, ,0S( in South Africa. the shrinkage in Aus tralia and China. account for this large decrease of s56. .OOO. 900 though the Uni ted States. the Klondike, Alaska anC Mexico. made good a great part oi what would otherwise have been fall ing off of more than $100, 100000, a. compared to 1899.
 The course of production, the futur, prospects of production, and the enor nous coinage of the world-these. coup led with the inevitable constantly ris ing supply of real money, to meet thu demands of commerce-ought to satis fy the bimetallic theorists. and cause that erroneous doctrine and all of it. corollaries to be dropped forever.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-10
THE ANTr-PAss PROPOSITION.

Very few of the State papers so far have had anything to say about the proposition to prevent State officials from receiving railroad passes. A number of the papers have criticised MT. Rsynolds's ordinance to cut off so- called passes from newspapers, but they have fought shy of the official pass question.
 It is gratifying, therefore, to see such an able paper as The Mobile Register coming out clear and strong on the question. It copies part of the inter- view of MT. Cantrell of Chattanooga with The Times of that place on the subject of Hon. Leslie Brooks's ordi- nance, and prefaces it with this leader:
 The drift of The Registers views upon the pass question had been, we thought shown with sufficient clearness in our comment upon MT. Reynoldss resolution but lest there be any doubt on the subA tect we say now that we heartily approve of the proposed clause whereby the Con- stitutional Convention purposes to forbid the issuing of passes by railroad com- panies to men )ers of the Legislature
 
 cials. and we hope that in this category are included members of municipal gov ernments.
 MT. Brooks's ordinance as to ! asses is said to be copied verbatim from the New York Constitution. and is self-eXe3uting The New York law has accomplished a great reform in the issue of passes, and a corresponding benefit to the public ser vice. The railroad companies will doubt less welcome the reform. They have a certain advantage from the influence the issuing of passes gives them, tut they will probably surrender that advantage very cheerfully in exchange for immun ity from the constant and often ur Justh liable demand made upon them fol passes.
 The talk about the Capitol is that the Committee on Corporations Is going tt report simply the provision in the pres ent Constitution. We will not believe this until the report is made. Fo twenty-six years that provision hal stood practically null and void. becaus, it provided no punishment for eithe the giver or the recipient of the pass If the Committee reports only the pres ent provision, it will virtually say tt the State, We want the official pas l GNn lO COHllHuGs we NOu lldAc lil' law effective" That would be very un fortunate, in the light of the fact tha there are so many railroad attorney on the Committee. It could never b, successfully explained to the people.
 It is to be hoped that the newspapers of the State. one and all. will voic, public opinion in this matter. Un questionably, the people do not thinl officials are entitled to passes. Nor dC they think officials should be exposed to the temptation of not doing theiI whole duty by the holding of passes. is a dangerous evil to tolerate. Ala bama has seen much of it in the past and if we are to enter on a period O political reform. next to the change il suffrage to purify the ballot box, noth ing will so help keep pure the men wh are hereafter elected to ofice as an ef fective anti-pass provision.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-10
Says The Mobile Herald:

The Birmingham Age-Herald says: "The Black Belt clique that controls the con vention Is plainly opposed to better schools" There are two statements here that should not have been made unless they can be proved. And we are by no means certain that they can be proved, The Age Herald should not De uhJus1 s.o .o Io the convention because it does not always follow its advice.
 The advice of our Mobile contem' porary is timely and to the point. The Age Herald really makes grave charges against the entire Convention and against the delegates from the Black Belt, and charges which. we are bound to say. lack foundation. That papel will find that it is good policy to b' just to the Convention as well as to th' Black Belt.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-10
sr CLAIR SPRINGS.

rbs Baden of Alabama, will be onened q as a first-clAss Health and Sum- Uner Resort on June the 1st 1901, by the Undersigned. We have built large din, img-room. bath house and pavilion and have fitted up a number of cottages with aii inc comforts of modern hotels. Our service. cuisine and accommodations will he nerfect, our prices moderate st. Clair Springs Is the best family resort of the Bon write us either directly to St. Clair Springe, postoffice Cornelia. St. Clair County, Alabama, or care our city address.
 tho new Metropolitan Hotel. Birmingham.
 Ala. Lesser & Gilardoni. su-Wd-fr
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-10
CHINA'S TRADE WITH THE
 SOUTH.

An Alabamian now in China and with unexcelled opportunities for learning conditions in that far-off country, writes to The Advertiser as follows:
 PEkIN, May 11th. 1901. Editor The Advertiser.
 Montgomery, Ala:
 1 think 1 have been here long enough to see and hear of two or three matters to write you about, believing they will interest you and through you may inter- est some of the people of our country. Whatever the future may bring to this unhappy country, and in spite of 1t, there are three articles of commerce that are bound to have great opportunities con- nected with them for those who first take advantage of them l refer to the future use of flour. cigarettes and cotton piece goods. The first will not concern our Southern States: the other two will, par ticularly the last one. Around this sec Chinaman you see Is smoking cigarette. Cigarette smoking, is one of the few luxuries within the reach of almost every Chinaman. At best they have but few luxuries and of course those within their reach are very popular. At present the majority of cigarettes seen in this sec tion are of Japanese manufacture; It seems to me there is no good reason why they should not be of American manufac- ture, for surely we excel in the manufac- ture of cigarettes-of cheap ones anyhow. I believe there Is some interest being taken in this article through the Ameri- can Trading Company.
 But the great opportunity for the South lies in the cotton goods. Cotton goods form the clothing of the entire Chinese population wherever they can get them. Both Summer and Winter they wear cot ton; they make no use at all or wooden goods. In the coldest weather they wear furs or sheepskin for the outer garment, but everything under It is cotton: One of the startling features of trade in the Orient in the last three years has been the increasing demand for American cot ton piece goods.
 Of course there is considerable OeAng done to exploit the cotton goods Of America, but doubt if the manufactur- CTS realize how much the trade of the future wil depend on what Is done in the next year or two. My private opinion Is that one of the chief reasons for Russia seeking to possess Manchurta at this time is the desire to have that as a market for the cotton goods she now ana will in the future manufacture. Manchuria formed our best market for cotton gc ods It has seemed to me if the Southern mill owners realized the conditions here they would put forth their most earnest ef. | forts to control this market; 1t would seem that a properly accredited represen' tative sent here now to see and study the conditions and to offer inducements would be a good step and in the right di- rection He should be a man of consider able prominence and be authorized tc make any contracts or offer any induce ments that his judgment jicldtes. To send A representative of no prominence and not empowered to act vii 10 no good I write YOU these few suSget tions thinking you may consider them Of sui. 6rient Interest to bring to the notice ol some of your personal friends.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-10

The Shelby (Tex.) Democrat, com- mehting on the failure of a friend in a neighboring town, thus seeks to con- sole him:
 We also failed in Garrison one time We could have failed there more times than that. but we didn't want to. If really was as many times as we wanted 10 fail. Of course some people wanted lis to keep right on and fail some more just to amuse them-but we stood firm and resisted the temptation.
 We commend our brother editors good senss, in not desiring to become a hrcnic failure.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-10
Fell Into Error.

Tuscaloosa Gazette.
 The Sheffield Standard hit the nail on the head when it stated that the Journalists" went to California while all of the newspaper men are at home issuing their papers as usual When some of the railroads treat the Alaba- ma Association like the Illinois Gen. tral did the Mississippi Press Associl tion it will do what the association has been unable, so far. to accomplish.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-10
ssSo-CALLED" PRESS EXCUR-
 SIONS.

It is time for the Alabama Press to relieve itself of the odium of so-called excursions made up mostly of those who have never been for one hour con- nected with a publishing establish ment. The scandal of last years visit to Colorado is still fresh in the minds of those who desire such trips to be confined exclusively to members of the
 press. When lawyers, doctors and others have their meetings. they are
 not made up of so- called representa- tives. but of actual working members of their professions. So it should be in newspaper meetings. If we cannot have our meetings attended and our ex- cursions enjoyed by real. live newspa- per pSople, then the whole business had better be abandoned. The Mobile Reg ister says:
 The Registers Jackson correspondent says the Mississippi Press Association will not make its annual excursion. for the reason that the Illinois Central Rail-
 road Company finds that a number of the persons slated for the journey are not really connected with the Missi3sippi press and therefore not entitled to the courtesy of the company. The ra,lroad d upon in the past and does not feel calied upon to be imposed upon again. There Is good ground for the assertion. untortI- nately. The actual newspaper people have been too complaisant in deslgnatlng outsiders as proxies for these excur- sions. The like has happened in Aia- bama, too notably last year when, out of a hundred or so excursionlsts, nol II Aad hIfatnRAg lationship to the profession. This yoar the Alabama Press Association oio, T its own motion. put stop to the PoAy practice. No others but bona nae Inctn- bers of the press were permltteo to so on the Alabama excursion, no" on -.s
 way to the Pacific Coast
 Unfortunat tely the effort this year 10 put a stop to the proxy practice was a dismal failure. Colonel Rhodes, the late President, and the Executive Com mittee of the Association tried to con- fine the courtesies of the Association to bona fide newspaper people. Quite number. without any claim whatever for the courtesies of the Association, were notified by the Committee that their applications could not be granted, nut every One or tHeHi "chl F"" sA California trip just the same. secre- tary Rountree Is to blame for this. and at present it is the duty of every paper belonging to the Association to aid in putting a stop to such scandalous prac- tices. Why should doctors. bankers lawyers, offlce-holders, and so on, be travelling over the United States with free transportation secured by a so- called proxy arrangement with some
 newspaper? The railroads are willing
 to make a fair exchange with papers
 of space for transportation for news paper people, but they are not willing | to be used for the convenience of those who seek to get cheap trips.
 If the mid winter meeting is held ir
 Dothan, that community should be pro-
 tected from imposition similar to that
 which has heretofore been practiced
 and when the annual meeting Is held
 in Mobile. newspaper people alone
 should participate in its sessions and it: | pleasures.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-10

torial charge of that paper in we'll written salutatory. The press Of Ala bama will greet her with a warm ana kindly welcome. both for herself and in remembrance of her father, MT. w. U. Monroe. who made the paper one or the best weeklies in Alabama. May the daughter find both pleasure ana profit in her work, will be the feeling or all newspaper workers in Alabama.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-10

It is sometimes a good scheme to take time by the foreIock, but we must confess that The Courier-Journal rath- CT overdoes 1t when it solemnly warns its readers not to wear muffs, and goes on to tell them how they can prevent their ears from freezing with out the muffs. We don't know whether the advice was specially aimed at members of the polar expeditions, but we are sure it is ahead of time down here.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-10

heard" predicts The Chicago Tribune Rep.). There is a pretty general agreement now that the Fifteenth Amendment cannot be made to apply in the States for the special benefit of whose colored citizens it was framed" :"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-10

Why don't those papers which accuse Colonel Herbert of supporting Repub- 1icgn policies, because he accepts the situation as to Cuba and the Philip pines. turn their batteries upon Senator Morgan and ex-Senator Pugh, who oc- cupy identically the same position2
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-10

We do not agree with The Savannah Press that it is a misnomer to call this the Sunny South. passing its opinion on the fact that we have so few sun strokes down here. It is sunny enough, for that matter. but it isn't the kind of heat that kills.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-10

A Michigan man. writing to a news paper about barn that was struck by lightning a few days ago, says the owner of the barn was killed by light ming two years ago while in the same building, and argues that there is something mysterious about it." He writes as if he suspected that the barn was destroyed to get insurance money. He is certainly suspicious character
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-10

The statement that a man in New York died lately at the age of no leads The Norfolk Landmark to the sugges- tion that he died from the effects of to- bacco. Don't you believe 1t; he was a moderate drinker. was what killed him
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-10

The latest venture in the newspaper feid to reach us is The Geneva Reaper, by Jornson & Bro.. Geneva, Ala. If future issues keep up to the measure of the first one. they will have a paper which will deserve a liberal patronage from the people of that section.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-10
S1ncKTON HOTEL, CAPE MAY,N.J.

Largest and most spacious on the coast; every modern comfort and facility; bill iards, tenpins. tennis connected with the
 Maxnificent beach driveway and prome- made; two miles long: golf, fishing, ocean sTc,,fsions to Breakwater twice daily. Write for booklet. Special rates for Ju.y. H. M. CAKE.
 Also Hotel Normandie. Washington.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-10

One doctor advises as a sure method of obtaining sleep in hot weather the ..emptying of the mind of all thought" 1" That would be dead easy to some peo- ple we wot of.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-10
WEDNESDAY, JULY 10 1901.

Shall a man retire at ffty?" is a question being discussed in the news papers. Ask Russell Sage and Hetty Green
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-10

''Should the suffrage proposition to disfranchise the negroes, now before the Alabama Constitutional Conven- ton. be adopted. few pratesta SEilI ba
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-10

The Advertiser win be found on sale in n. Y6 following cities at the places namec' hRMINGHAM-Morris Hotel. Onon De-
 pct Diningroom, Parksr's Drug store. |CBILE-A. 4. Hall. Battle House. 8ET,MA--Hotei Albert.
 XTEANTA-Rimball House News stand NEW YORK-Brentanos. Union SQra.e' Ia b q m Exhibit. Pan-
 American Exposition.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-10
circulation High water Mark.

During the month of June. just passed; eee circulation of The Advertiser reached the highest point since tho paper ~1s h,sS- es est yet attained by any Alabama morn
 Here are the figures by days:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-10
BOTH ANNUAL CAMP-MEET1N6 AT SEA SHORE CAMP GROUND.

Begins July 10th to continue eisht days Presiding elders have charge of the re- w5iI assist. Sea Shore Camp Ground Is located on Mississippi Sound. two miles west of Biloxi. and Is most delightful Summer resort. The Louisville and Nash Sth to 12th, good to return till Aug. 3lst. Artesian water, electric lights. sea breeze: bathing, sailing, fishing. Hotels and boarding houses give reasonable rates Via Biloxi; J. H. Bancroft, Mobile; J, H Lakin, Montgomery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-10
Haywood White Sulphur Springs Hotel.
WAYNESVILLE. N. C..

WAT NESN LILLE, N. C., Situated in the beautiful mountains of North Carolina, on Murphy branch of Southern Railway. 2S miles west of Ashe- vile, and about 700 feet higher One-ha' mile from courthouse at Waynesville. tn highest railroad town east of the Rock | Mountains. Nearly 5000 feet above SC Fine mineral springs. Hot and cold sul- phur baths. The hotel and furnishine4 are new and modern and in all of its ap pointments f1rst-class. The service and table are unexceptional. For rates etc, apply to J. M. COPELIN,
 Proprietor. wd .su
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-10

W. A. Scott. Circulation Manager or rr6e Montgomery Advertiser, being duly sworn, says: The foregoing statement or as frne 1sfy1. is true and correct, and camuiied after all returns from nswsboys' agents and leftover copies have psen Ge- ducted. w. A. SSoA tS, 2nd day of July. 1901. .~,oy
 N. F.. Ex-O. J. F.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-10

Mrs. J. duBois Monroe Rutherford daughter of the late owner Of The Eu' 4hw whiE and Observer. has taken edi-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-10

In London fully one hundred thousand inhabitants work at night.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-10

MAMAKATING INN, Mamakating Park. Wurtsboro. N. Y. Elevation 2.OO0 feet. Beautiful lake. Cool, dry atmos- phere. 1000 acres 9l miles Ontario West ern. Furnished cottages. Table. music scenery. Water unexcelled References required Exceptional clientele. Booklet. Address Mrs. Chas. Spear.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-10

Victor H. Hanson. Manager or AoVeF- &1oiue. Foreign and Local.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-10

An Alabamian now in China and with unexcelled opportunities for learning conditions in that far-off country, writes to The Advertiser as follows:
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1901-04-24
COUNTY NEWS.
For additional County Ne,os, see other pages


North PenobscOt.
Many OF our young men have engaged
work for the season, and will leave about
the first of May.
Schools will begin next Monday. Most
OF the schools will be taught by outside
eachers-Penobscot teachers are scattered
in distant fields.
Gladys Hutchins arrived home last week
from Portland, where she has been at
tending Gray's business college. She will
teach in Abbot village during the sum-
mer commencing next week.
Farm Economy was the subject for
discussion at the last session Of Highland
grange, and will be continued at the
next. 1t is question of wide appi-
cation, and of much practical value, and
should be thorc ghfy ventilated. Four
candidates were proposed for membership.
Rev. Mr.. Garland closed his labors with
this charge last Sunday, and starts for
East Maine conference this week. 1t is
the unanimous wish of the people that he
be returned. He is young man OF I'M
common ability, ready speaker on any
occasion and subject, live, Wide-awake
social man, and with the aid OF his most
estimable wife, is doing much for the
community.
April %. ii.