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The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-21
CHILD LABOR IN ALABAMA.
General Comment Increasing
 Throughout the Country.


 Throughout the Country.
 Since the inauguration of the move mtnt against child labor by the Boards of Trade, the Trades Councils. the Woman's Clubs, and the clergy or the State, there have been many express sions of interest in the daily journals North and South. Among the more re- cent utterances is the following lead ing editorial in The Churchman Of New York the representative organ or the Episcopal Church in this country. IL is as follows:
 ''The revelation of the abuse of child Iabor in Southern factories that have beer made by Irene NJ. Ashby, an Eng fish college woman who came to Amer ica to study manufacturing conditions on the spot, have been startling. some of them have appeared in che New York daily press, and have shown that there were States in the South that to- day represented that attitude of mind toward childhood and economic produc- tion. that we associate with Dickens's s MT. Gradgrind, and Mrs. Browning 5 "Cry of the Children" Her last study on this subject is ''The History of the Child Labor Bill in Alabama, and IS printed as the June issue of the publi- cations of The Christian Social Union, in the form of a report of the Executive Committee for Alabama, of which Rev. Edgar Gardner Murphy of Montgomery is Chairman.
 She estimates that between 800 and 900 children under 12 are working for wages. with perhaps half as many help ing their brothers and sisters without nav. She finds that these children are employed on an average sixty-six hours week, and that there Is no law against night work, children being "employed on night shift without re- gard to age" "One boy of had, I found. been employed the previous year for forty nights" The number of chill dten on the payroll, from to F, was about per cent, and the burning shame of it all Is, that far the larger portion of these are in mills operated by Northern capital, that comes to the South from States where the social con- science has been organized to brand such conduct as crime. Indeed 1t was at the instigation of a Northern mill owner that what little protection wo- men and children have, in Alabama, was taken from them by the Legisla- ture in 1895.
 The pitiful part of 1t all Is that this holocaust of the childl an really serves no one even from the purely material point of view, children being the most expensive of all operators. "All the practical superiniendents whose opin- ion I asked. except one, were entirely In favor of the proposed legislation, saying the children under 12 were in- efficient and .wasteful. laborers. ''~ - th~v all aapeaHeA stAntAA nD-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-21

healthy and unchildlike, pitifully worn by the time they reached the mature age of 12." To check this cruel wrong to the coming generation bill was prepared restricting labor for children under 12 to those of a widow or dis abled father, and prohibiting the labor of children under 10 and night work for all under Is. with other salutary restrictions. This bill was bitterly fought by legislative lobby, and sup ported by the indefatigable efforts of the Rev. Mir. Murphy and others. The bill failed in Committee. "It was open ly stated to me" says Miss Ashby, "that all the committees before which the bill appeared were already fixed be- fore any heering had been had, so that the hearing, at least of their own wit nesses. was an elaborate hoax. The friends of the measure are undaunted however. and believe that the result is due to want of knowledge, which we are glad to contribute our part to remedy.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-21

Summer complaint is unusually prev alent among children this season. A well developed case in the writer's s family was cured last week by the timely use of Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy-one of the best patent medicines manufactur- ed. and which is always kept on hand at the home of ye scribe. This is not intended as a free puff for the com pany, who do not advertise with us, but to benefit little sufferers who may not be within easy access of a physi- elan. No family should be without a bottle of this medicine in the house, especially in summer r-time.-Lansing, Iowa, Journal. For sale by all drug gists. t-r adv.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-21
ST. JOHNS CHURCH.
News Items Concerning the Clergy and Parish.

News Items Concerning the Clergy l. and Parish.
 ieqThe publication of the Year Book. |omhich has been delayed by one or two i accidents to the plates. may be expect ea about the 9th of August. The work upon 1t is going steadily forward. The music for the Church during the month of July, August and September is being provided by a volunteer choir. The choirmaster will take his vacation
 during the month of August, but he
 will provide substitute during his ab-
 sence.,
 little factory children at West End Is going bravely forward in spite of the strain of the hot weather. There have been a number of volunteers. but more are sorely needed. The Rector regards this as the most important missionary undertaking of the Church, and he asks for 1t the earnest cooperation of all. a. The mission for the colored people of Montgomery which was founded at the earnest request of the late Bishop ,Wilmer. has had the generous interest, and support of Bishop Barnwell. The Bishop preached there at the time of
 his last visitation. and confirmed a well instructed class of eight adults. The people still remember the Bishops sermon with the .keenest pleasure. The property is fully insured. and is now free from all debts and incumbrances.
 The Assistant Minister was allowed leave of absence till the 9th of August. but he will probably return within the next five or six days. The Rector leaves Monday morning for San An tonic. Texas, where Mrs. Murphy and the two little boys are passing the summer with Mrs. e. Murphy. The Rector will return to St. Johns for the first Sunday in August in order to officiate at the Communion service. There win be service at St. Johns on the 2Stho as well as on all Sundays this summer at 10 a. m. Service today at
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-21
Some Correspondence.

MT. I. Friedman, having offered the City Infirmary all medicinal liquors for dhe ensuing six mcnths, has received the following acknowledgement of his enerous offer:
 Montgomery, Ala. July 13, 1901. Mr. I. Rrickman:
 My Dear Sir-Your note of the 11th irst., rendering free of charge, for the next six months. medicinal liquors for the City Infirmary, has been received. Oi behalf of the Board of Managers, 1t gives me pleasure to accept your kind offer, and at the same time to express our thanks for and appreciation of your gsnerosity. Respectfully,
 Mrs. John A. Kirkpatrick, -adv. Secretary.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-21
Bastiani
 AND
 Cassirnus
Treasury Deparfme0f.

Onice of Comptroller of the Currency,
 Washington. D. C., June 2ith. 1901.
 Whereas, by satisfactory evidence pre- sented to the undersigned, 1t has been made to appear that 'the Fourth Na- tional Bank of Montgomery in the City of Montgomery. in the County of Mont 9ouaery, and State of Alabama, has com piled with all the provisions of the sta- trites of the United States required to be complied with before an association shall be authorized to commence the business NoW. therefore, I. Charles c. Dawes. comptroiler of the Currency. do hereby certify that ''The Fourth National Bank of Montgomery." in ths- City of Mont Somery, in the County of Montgomery, snd state of Alabama, is authorized to eomunence the business of banking as provided in Section. Fifty-one hundred And sixty-nine of the Revised Statutes of the United States.
 In testimony whereof witnee;S e;. my nanc ns
 and seal of office this Eth day or June. 1901.
 .ss.s.ss.s'. s.
 :: SEAL ;.
 sso' '''' ys CHARLES G. DAWES.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-21
THE CROPSOF ALABAMA
REPORTS RECEIVED BY AaRI-
 CULTURAL DEPARTMzNT.
Cotton is Late and Will Average About 76 Per Cent-Cofn Crop is Almost .
 Failure.

The State Department of Agriculture
 recently sent out letters of inquiry, to
 every section of the State. as to the
 condition of the cotton and corn crops.
 More than five hundred replies were
 received. and not one of them failed
 to state that all crops were suffering
 from the continued drought and heat of the past few weeks. Since the in- quiries were sent out good rains have
 fallen in all parts of the State, bene- fitting the crops to great extent.
 The cotton crop is at least two to
 three weeks late. The weed Is very small. but in & healthy condition and
 growing rapidly. In a few localities, especially in. portions of Russell and LHenry counties. the cotton has been Iattacked by black root rot" which Ifs very destructive and almost imros- lsible to eradicate. except by continued lpasturage for several years. or by TO- Itation of crops for at least five years, Iseeding with grains or grasses. There has been very little complaint of rust. lapd with good seasons during the re- mainder of this month and August, the cotton crop will average about 70 lper cent of a full crop.
 H The corn crop Tn Middle anu Soutn-
 Urn Alabama is almost a failure. The larly planted corn is beyond recovery.
 he drought coming upon 1t at its | most critical period. The late planted
 torn. while damaged. premises. with | food seasons, to produce a fair yield. m the Tennessee Valley the corn crop
 very promising. Many of the corre- tpondents of the Department state that he outlook is better than for several years past. It Is very noticeable, from
 he reports received. that all crops are very much superior in Northern Ala pama to those of the Middle and l Southern portions of the State.
 Any one interested may find detail- | I'd report by counties at the Depart | npnt
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-21
AspHAIT IN BAD SHAPE.
Heat Destroys Pavements, Causing
 Much Expense to the Trust.


 New York Special:
 Asphalt pavement in all parts Of the city, and especially on Fifth avenue, has been injured by the hot spell so yn,,ch SO that the various companies making up the asphalt trust will have to spend thousands of dollars to put the streets in proper condition again.
 Asnhalt experts never anticipated such a heated spell as that just ended fin this city. This pavement is made of varying consistency to correspond with the climate as hot weather rem ders it soft and pliable. The hardness is regulated by the amount of sand and lime used. Pavement in this city is nanufactured for an average tempera- ture of 70 degrees. During the first days of the hot weather the sun made inc 155 miles of asphalt pavement all most as soft as mud. Wagons passing over left the impression of the wheels and trucks cut down through the pay ing almost to the concrete foVndation. Tn some parts of 125th street truck traffic tore out huge pieces of paving.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-21
The Best Liniment for Strains.

MT. F. H. Wells. the merchant at Deer Park, Long Island, N. Y.. says: "I always recommend Chamberlain's Pain Balm as the best liniment for strains. used 1t last winter for a se- we're lameness in the side, resulting from a strain. and was greatly pleased with the quick relief and cure 1t effect ed" For sale by all druggists.
 adv.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-21
More tban 2O,OOo, ,ooO, ,oOO checks a,

More than 10000. .0Oo0 900 checks are used annually in the United States. and of this amount something like IS, 900 are raised" the loss falling on the drawer. for the drawer of check Is chargeable with the amount paid on it. provided his signature is genuine. TO matter for what amount he has prej- iaI,sly titled it in
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-21
arosvenor's Latest Handspring

Detroit Tribune. .rC 4T.
 General Grosvenor of. Ohio went into a frenzy over the disfranchisement of colored voters in the Southern States and indorsed the governments treat ment of the brown men of the "colo- nies" in the same breath in his Fourth of July speech. General Grosvenor as a mental acrobat has no superior in the entire circus.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-21
How Slang Becomea Good English

Detroit Journal.
 Our national life is so complex, our population so heterogeneous and cos- mopolitan, our invention so irrepressi- ble that word formation is inevitable. At first these words are called slang and their vogue is among the lowly; presently they slip into the vernacular of cultured people who are, pleased with the bright color; lastly They are taken up by the best authors and their struggle Is over,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-21
If the Car Jump

the track, are you prepared? Prepare yourself with an Advertiser Accident Policy All regular readers can have one. '' D'+~ sun -Wed-fri
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-21
Summer Rates to

citv Students. Only $4OO per month
 Sour hours each day-less than half LO rira Bookkeeping, Penmanship Shorthand, etc. Draughon's Practical Pmsiness College, Dexter Ave, oppo- -ita p O. adv--wed-sun-tf
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-21
If You were Up Higher.

Two miles overhead there is a pleas ant summer temperature. and eleven miles up 1t is f88 below zero.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-21
Neeroes in a Quarrel.

At 12 o'clock last night Kid Lewis and an ReinhrLSssa Akpset- sAas thA GRAitsl
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-21

For the Finest HAVANA CIGARS, wholesale or retail, go to Hermann Pnss, N'fr-> Ma Q N- GA,Art St if
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-21

Lewis drew a knife and stabbed Spencer several times and then made his escape. Spencers wounds are painful, but not dangerous.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-21

Fine Cutlery at cost. See Klein 6 Co.'s ad.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-21

CHARLES G. DAWES.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-11
SHIP ABANDONED AND
SIX OF CREW PERISH

Aberdeen, Wash, Dec 10.-Wednes-
day night the Scotch bark Pinmore,
master Jameson, owned by Clink
Brothers of Greenock, Scotland, bound
from Santa Rosalia, Mexico, to Port
land, in ballast, went into the surf at
the mouth of Raft river, north Of
Gray's harbor. The crew of thirty
abandoned the ship and took to TWO
boats, one of which was caDsized short
" after leaving the vessel and six men
drowned The other boat reached
shore safely, after being out for thir-
ty-six hours and one man died from
exposure.
Following are the dead: Joseph
White, H. White, r. Draak, T. Prior,
H. Deveen, Stanely Siberian and Carl
Nelson.
The crew made their way by land
to Oyehut, where the tug Ranger
brought them to Hoquaim. One of the
seamen. P. Pearson, is nearly dead
from exposure and is in the hospital
at Hoquaim. The crew report that the
vessel disappeared, but it is believed
she has been towed off by a tug from
Astoria.
Captain Jameson says he was off the
Columbia river Nov. p, but the gale
blew him north. He worked back to
the Columbia on Dec. and was close
enough for a tug or pilot, but another
gale blew him north and he was
pOwerless.
The Ernest Reyer ashore north of
Gray's harbor, is broken in two and
is a wreck
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-11
EARTHQUAKE DOES
DAMAGE IN TURKEY

Washington. Dec. 1O.-An account Of
a serious earthquake in Erzoum, Tur-
key. Nov. last. is contained in dis
patch just received at the state depart
ment from Vice Consul OgalvO, at En-
zoum The shock brought down q
shower of stones and plaster from roofs
and walls, and the people were COM
PEELED to put up tents in the snow in
the streets
Many houses were destroyed, twenty
persons killed and fifteen injured. The
damage to the United States con-
sulate was considerable, and the vice
consul was able to save only the type
writer and registers from the office.
Report has it that 200 houses have been
destroyed and a large number of others
rendered uninhabitable.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-11
MANY PEOPLE
SELL PASSES
Abuse That Railroads Are In
VeStigating.
TRAFFIC IN C0URTESIES
BUSINESS MEN AND CLERGY
MEN ACCUSED.
IN COURTESlES

The sale of passes has reached a sur
prising extent, according 20 reports re-
ceived by the passenger departments OF
the Utah railroads. Both the Rio Grande
Western and the Oregon Short Line have
had incidents come to their notice re-
Gently in which prominent business men,
employees Of the roads and even clergy
men have imposed ON the courtesy of the
railroads by securing free transportation
or reduced rates, and then selling the
passes or cheap tickets.
IL was partly due to occurrences such
as this that The Short LINE some time
ag9 put on couple Of passenger agents,
Mliler and SnielCs-tWO shreWd and eX-
perenced cOnductors-to run between
salt Lake ana ogden and watch for bar
/ tered passes and sCalpers tickets. As a
result or this some respected citizens OF
salt Lake and elsewhere have been
caught trying 10 ride on passes issued
10 others. 1t is even charged that some
/ heavy shippers and at least one minister
have made a practice of traficking in
railroad cOurtesies- The amount involved
is usually so small that il is surprising
that men of wealth and prominence would
stOOD 20 make or save it by such methods.
The railroads are keeping an extra
ordinarily close watch for this class Of
/ ''gretters, however, and the list is be-
/ ing trimmed as Iast as the discoveries
are made
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-11
Railway Notes.


Travelling Passenger Agent H. VI. Cush-
ing of the Rio Grande LETT for the north
last night
There are evidences that the anti-pass
agreement of eastern trunk lines will be
Sh0rt-liVed.
Homeseekers' rates will be continued
during January and February, and prob
ably longer.
Ii is announced in New York that %
per cent of the Rio Grande Western
shares have been converted into Denver &
Rio Grande stock
George Gould has completed his tour of
his southwestern system. and has re-
turned 10 New York, accompanied by
President F. T. Jeffery of the Rio
Grande system.
A great deal of interest attaches to the
future policy Of the Colorado Midland.
it is stated on good authority that, de-
spite the appearance OF Gould interests
I'm the directory, President Frank Trum-
bUl viii remain i'm active charge Of the
road
The Mexican government has made a
ruling which win prevent the running
of trains across the Mexican border This
TuunE IS made. II Is announced, as "A
pFesentiye against smuggling. Tt is
also provided that dining cars must be
entirely stocked in Mexico.
General Manager W. r.. Bancroft, Cen
era Superintendent +. +. Calvin and
nus sEiL tllEti 81 4iilcNi +ASiLHu OF A-At
short Line have returned from Calientes.
The work On the joint survey is progress
ing without dispute although with less
TaUiGity than had been hoped for 10y
some of the parties interested The sur
NeEOrS are not much beyond kleTnanS
and the prospects are that the work will
not he completed before some time next
month.
Manager Herbert of the Rio Grande
system was expected to reach Denver
-f-.4s d -
I Inspection since he took charge of the
road The new manager created favor
able impression among the employees of
J the road. He showed himself to be
/ courteous to suborC.nates. possessed of. a
Z thorough knowledge of TailrOading. quick
as a flash with decisions ard conveyed
I the idea of energy, ability and determine
I tiCn TO carry out whatever ne undertakes
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-11
MRS. STANFORD'S GIFT.
Immense Amount of Money and
Property That Goes to University.

Immense Amount of Money and
Property That Goes to University.
San Francisco. Dec. 10.-The deeds
Of gift executed by Mrs. Jane L. Stan
ford conveying property valued at
from s2S 900, 600 to $9O0O0,0OO to the
Leland stanford. if, university do not
affect her control Of that institution
during her life time. The total Of her
endowment is said to be three times
greater than was ever before given by
one individual TO educational purposes
in the history of the world.
The properties given to the univer-
sitv. now the richest in existence, are
enumerated as follows: Interest bear
ing stocks and bonds of highest class,
conservatively appraised at SlS.OOO.OOO,
and mostly bought with the following
estimated possession two years ago:
2S5. 600 shares Southern Pacific stock at
$40 a share. S11 .400. 600. 10000 shares
Central Pacific stock at $25 share,
$3.50. 900; 10000 hares Central Pacific
stool 1t 81 a snare. $50. 600. Market
Street Railway stock. 81 500. 600; one
fourth interest in Pacific Improvement
company 1900, 600; total $50, 100000
Real estate in tWenty-siX counties,
/ aggregating about 100000 acres of land
valued at $4,000. 900; VIVA ranch, Te-
hama county, % 900, enormous brandy
and agricultural place; Gridley ranch,
Butte county 1900 acres. largest
wheat ranch in the world; Palo Alto
ranch, Santa Clara, 1900 acres, IA
nous stock farms: Stanford mansion
/ Mob Hill San Francisco: Stanford
! residence. Sacramento. and extensive
/ tracts of real estate in seventee other
counties of the state. the lands aggre-
eating about 100000 acres.
| Since the university first opened its
/ doors. Oct. J. 1881. after being legally
founded in May, 1857, it has received
about 4.500 matriculated students from
all parts Of the world and has con-
/ ferred degrees upon 1000. The GROUP
Of buildings, all in soft yellow sand
stone with red tile roofs, has steadily
grown and is still growing and large
campus settlement has developed with
/ beautiful residences and a neighboring
town of Palo Alto has sprung up. with
/ a population of 1900. Instruction al
! the university is free.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-11
KiTCHENER'S REPORT ON
DISASTERS TO Beers

London. Dec. 10.-Lord Kitchener. in
a dispatch from Pretoria dated Mon
day, Dec. 9, reports that the result Of
the weeks work is thirty-One Beers
killed. seventeen wounded, 552 made
prisoners, 'thirty-tw0 surrendered and
quantities Of supplies captured
By advancing the line of block houses
in the eastern part of the Transvaal,
Lord Kitchener is now able for the first
time to carry out systematic and con-
tinuous operations in the vicinity Of
E-melo. Bethal and Carolina.
Columns have cleared the southeast
ern districts of Orange River colony
and are now operating nOrthward Of
the Thaba NChU line.
The Beers ere still in force in the ex-
IRENE west Of Cape Colony They are
there commanded by Maritz, who re-
Gently ATTACKED TontellbOsch Kop. The
Beers were driven of and Maritz was
severely wounded.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-11
Explosion Does Damage.

Sharon. Pa. Dec. 1O.-An explosion
that shook the earth for miles around.
shattered windows in hundreds Of
houses at South Sharon, moved ad-
jacent buildings from their founda-
tions and caused the injury Of nine
men, two perhaps fatally, occurred at
the Sharon Steel cOmpany's plant to-
day. The explosion occurred in the
casting department of the pig mill.
The metal was being poured from the
label into the casting machine when it
came IN contact with some water,
which caused a blast that was felt a
great distance The casting house was
completely wrecked.