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The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-26

ate and negroes, might be created cleo tors without submitting them to the same tests as other citizens, and that although there might be disparity Tn fife numbers of each race thus admit ted. it would not vitiate the whole statute if the other provisions were so framed as to operate justly on the great majority of citlzens of the dl1- terent races-not subjecting them 10 difficult tests, because of race, etc' l am unwell, and can not well stand any longer. 1 will not detain the ConVeh- tion. I thank you very much TOT your attention. ...s
 MT. Cunningham-I move that IhAs Convention do now adjourn.
 There were expressions of dissent.
 MT Jones (Montgomery)-lf may be permitted to make suggestion 10 the Convention, l understand that the gentleman from Calhoun Will speak next. and it will chop up his speech very much to have him start ana speak for fifteen minutes, and then aoJourh' and | think 1t will save time ana pc more agreeable to him to speak III 'he morning. .,, from Montgomery finally takes his seat, I desire. in the interest of hlstorlcal accuracy, to ask him a question Tn re gard to the matter of negro troops in inc Federal army. Did understand the gentleman as assuming, or admit ting on the suggestion of the other gentleman from Montgomery, s,,,sfad that there were no negro soldiers enlisted in the Federal army until after Janu- ary. 1865? .n,,,, T said 1863. ,,. ..,4 T
 thnllOhI lQ. | also thought you assumed the correct ness of the suggestion of the other gen tleman from Mont gomery, and only de- sired to call your attention to the fact that the exchange of prisoners ceased as the result of a conflict between the Confederate and Federal authorities growing out of the refusal Of the Con federate authorities to recognize the negro as a soldier during the war ahc that was at a much earlier period than 1865. .A,,,, , said 1863. l know I fought against ne- gro soldiers in 1864. ,,,
 Thereupon the Convention adjourned
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-26

born capacity for enjoying the sensa- tions which alcohol produces and the second and third being acquired-per- sunal experience Of the pleasures of alcohol and the increased delight which continued indulgence confers in the case of the inebrlate. That one drunken generation often succeeds an other suggests a hereditary taint. The committee adds that there is no evil dence that acquired characters Of any kind are heritable. This appears to have been a much debated question.
 Popular opinion has taken for grant ed that the acquired characteristics of parents are likely to be inherited, and, of course, temperance reformerS we'll meaning, but often ignorant and misguided, have not been slow to urge upon the public that each mans drink ing is pretty sure to produce for him a generation of children who will be- come drunkardS. If this be not true the temperance reformer (who is gen. erally in favor of entire abstinence rather than of temperance) must bear a heavy responsibility for the vast amount of mental torture which he has inflicted on the moderate drinking citi- zen.
 The last word of science, however, as declared by teachers of physiology, biology and botany, is a very definite assertion that no instance of the hered- itary transmission of an acquired char acteristic has ever been demonstrated, either in the animal or vegetable king dom. If this be a fact man can only transmit to his son the hereditary taint with which he was born. and if man having no inborn tendency to excess. yet acquires drunken habits, his prog eny is in no more danger than are those of his neighbor, leaving out of consideration the effect of environ ment on youth. It is not denied that drunken parents who become thus mentally and physically weak are lia- ble to have children who are degener- ate-weak in body and feeble in mind; such persons, in fact, as under propi- tious circumstances. tend to become paupers, criminals. epileptics, and drunkards. The point which is denied is that the drunkard's child has the specialized tendency to become inebri- ate rather than vicious in some other direction.
 It seems probable that the question of environment is of more importance after all than that of hereditary and man of strong will is just as likely to exercise it in the qualification of his desires as in the contrary direction. If man of powerful will finds that al- cohol gives him pleasure he will take good care to repeat the experience.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-26
WE MAY GROW OUR SILK.
Agricultural Department Seeking to
 Encourage This Industry.

Secretary of Agriculture Wilson will ask the next Congress to appropriate $l0.000 for experimentation with silk worms. He believes the money will be well spent, in that it will put the de- partment in the way of assisting to the production of a much larger pro- portion of the silk used in this country than is the case at present, says The Philadelphia Times.
 Last year we imported more than $45, ,0OO, ,00e worth of raw silk" says the Secretary. which. accoRSing to my no-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-26
See Niagara Falls

and the great Pan-American ExpoSi- tion for nothing How would you Ike to? It's easy. The Advertiser IS going to send a school teacher, clerk and a
 noliceman or fireman. Free railroad
 ticket to Buffalo and return and $2o spending money given to each or the three lucky ones. Ask about the plan.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-26
Correction.

In proceedings of fffty-third day, Tn sixth column first page, change ln- valid" to valid" in following sentence 'I know it can be said that whlie we lay down these general ruies' enat d narticular conception would be in valid"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-26
Food Values of Vegetables.

E H. Moves in What to Eat
 Tomatoes rouse torpid liver ana do the work, ordina rily. of a doctors pre- seription.
 Lettuce has soothing, Quieting ef-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-26

I6cIS, because we are nere QlSCuSSln8 the aftermath of that great war, in the conditions which confront us today, which constitute the chief motive and reason which called this Convention. Gentlemen on the other side are as confident now as they were that no harm would come to the Republic then.
 There is not a man, 1 think, in this Convention who loves the Confederate soldier more than l. When I was a lad I became one, and when they stacked arms at AppomatoX 1 took my parole there; but with all my love for them, I do not believe we should, even if it were not unconstitutional, introduce into the Jurisprudence of our country the doctrine that a mans son ought to vote because his father made a good soldier. I have many reasons for that opinion. I fear, MT President, when we do that, we put it in the power of Congress to say that we do not have a republican form of government; and they are the judges, and the sole judges, of the evil and the remedy. What it may bring forth in the future, 1 will not prophecy.
 Mir Robinsoa-Would not the same rule apply to the soldiers as it does to the descendants. and would not that be unconstitutional also?
 Mir Jones (Montgomery)-If the in tent and purpose of the plan, taken as a whole, as shown by inevitable results, had that effect. then it would be. You can put in some descendants, you might put in some soldiers; but if the natural and proximate result of the plan. in it's actual operation, was such that It was only a device to test one class of citizens by one rule. and another class by another-and let in the favored, and obstruct the disfavored. then it is my opinion that the Fifteenth Amend ment would make 1t unconstitutional. I believe, Mir. President. that the courts and Congress in deference to the opin- ions of civilized mankind, would up- hold a provision in this Constitution that the soldiers themselves. when we include all soldiers, Federal, Confeder-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-21

is. the price on sugar is $S6 ton more than it would be without tax. Taking this increase for all the sugar consumed, 2 360. .5S5 tons, the public pays $Si,9Sl, ,Oot more per year for sugar than it would 1T raw sugar were not taxed. But only S49, ,OOO, 900 of this goes into the national treasury, while the remaining $36.0Oo,0 0Ot goes to the sugar raisers in countries where the raw product is not taxed.
 Remove the duty and the whole $S4,- 9S1, ,O60 accrues to the public. That means cents a pound if there is no duty on raw sugar In October the quotation for Gu ban centrifugal sugar, 96 per cent test, free on board at Cuba. was l,96 cents per pound and the duty amounted to l.6S6 cents per pound, making raw sugar cost 3.645 cents per pound in Cuba.
 Ut costs something like One-quarteS of a cent a pound to carry it to New York, so that raw sugar costs the refined near ly cents a pound If the duty of 1.6S5 cents pound were removed the raw su- gar would cost but 22l cents a pound, making the refined product marketable at q trifle over cents.
 Protection Not Needed
 The planters If he United States and Hawaii do not need this protection and the government does not need the money therefore congress cannot do less than remove the tax on raw sugar and give the public the benefit of the tax"
 The beet sugar men deny the statement that they make an abnormal profit on their sugar and say that some of thc raisers of sugar beets lose money. They promise that a lively contest will folloy' if any attempt is made to remove the tax on raw sugar from Cuba.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-21
CAUSE OF DEAFNESS.
The Most Common Cause Only Re.
 gently Discovered.

It has been stated on good medical authority that nine-tenths of cases of deafness are caused from catarrh or from sore throat trouble.
 The little tube which leads to the ear from the throat is lined with sort of velvety structure called mucous membrane. This membrane Is simply continuation Of the mucous membrane lining the throat. When disease of any sort attacks the mucous mem bTane of the throat 1t is very liable to extend into the Eustachian tube and up into the ear.
 The history of nearly all cases of deafness is like this: cold is contracted and neglect ed, other colds taken. the throat becomes sore and in1amed, which Is aggravated bN particles of dust and germs from the air. This condition causes the disease to spread into the tube that leads to the ear,
 It little far fetched 10 say that most cases of deafness are caused from catarrh. but 1t is certainly true, and anyone who has ticed how the hearing was affected while the cold lasted.
 With catarih sufferers this impairment of hearing becomes chronic and grows worse the longer the cataITh is neglected.
 You cure Qatarrh and deafness by the regular of excellent new prepafat ior called Stuart's Catarrh Tablets, composed oi antiseptic remedies which act both the mucous membranes but principally and mos, actually on the blood, eliminating the ca. tarrhal poison from the system
 People whose hearing is defective may think it a little remarkable that simple and harmless tablet would very often remove all traces of deafness, but when it Is remembered that catarrh causes the deafness and that the catarrh is easily cured by the regular use of Stuart's Catarrh Tablets there is mystery about 1t.
 If you are subject to nasal catarrh or ca tarrh of throat. bronchial tubes or catarrh of stomach and liver, the safest and most efec- tive treatment is the ne" Catarrh specific, Stuart's Catarrh Tablets, sold by all drugglsts at 50 cents for full sized package.
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-21
JESS IS OURS, SURE
FORMER CONGRESSMAN RENTS LAW OFFICE IN THIS CITY.
He Will Not Be a Candidate for Governor, Nor VIII He Bolt the Democratic Party,
 He Declares.

Carry the good news to the people. Hon. Jesse F. Stallings, erstwhile Con gressman, farmer and candidate for oat patch in the red clay hills of Butler and take up his dwelling place in Mont gomery. He will hang out his shingie and practice law in the Capital City ot Alabama. The Capital City will be glad. The good people of Butler will be sad, since the Honorable Jess is no more to put "Greenville. Alabama" behind his distinguished name when he writes 1t down In hotel books.
 Mr.. Stallings was in Montgomery yes terday. He, rented the rooms now eccu- pied by the Young Mems Christian As that organization moves into it's new quarters on South Perry Street. tne shingle bearing the illustrious name ot Stalllngs will swing to the winter winos. After making arrangements to remove his law office to Montgomery. MT. Stal. Engs unostentatiously returned last mSht to his home in Greenville. He VIII take q residence here and remove ms iaItls to Montgomery before the frst or an- other year.
 The most important declaration made by Mir. Staillnss while he was in Mont Eomery was that he would not De candidate for any office.
 It is we'll known that Mr. Stainngs aligned himself with Gen. C. M. shelley, former Governor Johnston and others Tn their fight against the new Constitution. General Shelley has announced the in- tention of himself and associates to xeep their organization intact, to have candidates for all State offices next year and to capture the State Convention or Democrats if possible. General Shelley has told The Advertiser emphatically that he would not be a candidate for Governor. This left 1t "up'' to MT. Stall fings or Governor Johnston.
 'sWill you be candidate for Cover nor next year?' Mir. Stallings was asked yesterday.
 No sirree,'' declared MT. Stallings; raising his voice to a high pitch. will not be a candidate for any omce next year or the year after. l VIII oe- vote. all of my. time to practicing law In Montgomery" ,
 It will be remembered that MT. Stal- lines made practically the same state nient to an Opelika audience during the campaign but he added that he reserved the right to change his mind when he saw any good things heading his way:
 MT. Stailings said he believed the anus should hold their organization intact put that 1t would be a Democratic organiza- tion or 1t would not be any sort or or Ranization so far as he was concerned. He will go to the meeting of the antis to be held in Birmingham on NoVem- her 2s and he said he would advocate organization for the purpose Of guarding the interest of the white men or Ala
 We will endeavor to see that the piedaes are kept and that no white men arc disfranchised under this new Consu- sution.' said Mir. Staliings.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-21
TRAINED CATS.
Wonderfully Intelligent Animals Go About Work in Systematic Way.

About Work in Systematic Way. Richmond Times.
 Why is a black cat the best mouser Is a question which very few people can explain" remarked prominent feed dealer the other afternoon. Well. I'll tell and prove it to you. Most of the rats are caught at night in the dark. and a rat cannot distinguish a black cat ip the darkness, whereas, If they were fly seen. l now have at my store score or more of jet-black cats, which prize very highly and would not part with them. 1 have them as thoroughly trained as a company of Zouaves, and when one of the rodents is heard in the building 1t means that his days are numbered. for the cats immediately line up for their prey. The old ones start when the sound Is heard from, while the others do, guard duty at the holes from which the rodents came, and 1t is seldom they get back.
 Cats are a wonderfully intelligent au- final, and the black cat is the genius of them all Naturally rats will make their home in a place where cereals are stored. but 1t means death to them if they attempt 1t in my store. When l first opened here a number of years ago the building was infested with rats. bought every cat that came along and remember very distinctly of advertis- ing for twenty-five. In few days the eyes on the cats to try and discover which was thc best mouser. This did not take long, and l soon discovered that the black cat was the best
 ''I will stake my cats, all of which are tet-black, against any in the State as mousers. I loaned them to a commission merchant in the block below few weeks
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-21
Only Fancied Security.

Washington Times.
 Those whO taking the late elections as a cue, imagine that the American people regard the Dingley tariff as inviolable as the ten commandments, may ere long awaken from their dream with jolt similar to that which man feels when he falls cut of bed in his sleep Th-re iI literally nothing to justify or sustain such a view. Great numbers of Republicans at this time are firmly impressed that the Dingley law shoul dbe essentially modi- fled. They are clinging to the party in the hope that it will do something along that line. If it fails to respond to this hope it Is not in the least unlikely that something may happen in political way. and that before very long.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-21
TWO GET STATE JOBS
W. K. THOMAS OF MARENGo AND BEN JENNINGS OF RUSSELL
They Were Appointed by the State Superintendent of Education to Fill Vacancies in
 0fice.

The State Superintendent of Education, Hon. J. w. Abercrombie. yesterday ap- pointed Superintendents of Education Tor Marengo and Russell Counties.
 W. K. Thomas of Linden, was named as Superintendent of Education of Ma rengo County to succeed C. T. Saunders. deceased. Mir. Thomas is a former Superintendent of Education of Maren- go County and Is one of the best known men in that section of the State. He was endorsed by the County Democratic Executive Committee, the members Of the legislature, the delegates to the recent Constitutional Convention and many Marengo County Democrats.
 Ben Jennings of Scale was named as the successor of c. w. Field of Girard. who died while serving as Superinten- dent of Education of Russell County. MT. Jennings is a leading Democrat of Rus sell County and is we'll acquainted with school affairs. He had the endorsement of the most prominent Democrats in the county.
 County superintendents of education re- ceiye 4 I-2 per cent of all money disburs- ed in their respective counties. The superintendents of Marengo and Russell Counties receive between s4Oo and $500 yearly.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-21
THE JURY COMPLETED.
Taking of Testimony Against Mrs
 Bonine Begins Today

Washington. Nov. 20.--At few minutes past o'clock today the jury which is to try Mrs Ida Bonine on the charge of nurdering James Seymour Ayers, the young census clerk, was completed and the court adjourned until 10 o'clock to- morrow when a presentation of the case for the government will be made hy the district attorney. Mir. Douglass repre- senting Mrs. Bonine said after the court adjourned that he would reserve his opening until all the witnesses for the prosecution had been heard. It is there- fore thought that the taking of testimony will begin during the forenoon tomor- TOW.
 The entire time of the court today was given up to the completion of the jury and it was after , o'clock before a single acceptable juror had been sworn.
 'rhirty-nine talesmen were presented during the day and out of this number only three were accepted. nine of those left in the jury box yesterday being re-
 tained. As on yesterday, a number of
 colored men were called, but all of them
 were excused either for cause or upon the
 peremptury challenge of Mrs. Bonine's
 lawyer
 During the day Judge Anderson direct
 ed that the names of two of the men called for the jury duty be taken per
 manently from the jury box, because, he said, the men evidently were unfit for jury duty. One of these was white man who said that he had reached a conclu- sion as to the merits of the case and the
 other a negro who appeared very igno-
 rant on all questions. Quite a number
 of men called expressed themselves as opposed to capital punishment. PrOba- nlv d half dozen stated that they were opposed to the execution of d woman. The defense used only eleven arbitrary challenges, leaving nine of the number allotted to them unused. The jury a. finally agreed upon Is composed as fci- lows: John D. Robinson, coal agent Walter J. Frye, coachman: w. P, Col ley hotel manager; w. L. Koontz. coal dealer; George B. Mury. druggist, Cor | nalius J. CarmodN grocer: Harry F. Armstrong, awning maker; Thomas r Keane. carriage maker; George w | Thomas carpenter: Andrew J. Bcyer i truck farmer; Thomas Humphrey | plumber and August Goetze, carpenter
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-21
SUGAR WILL DECLINE
TRUST AGENT PRoPHEsIEs 4
 DROP IN PRICE.
Sees Hope for Public in Reciprocity Convention-W. A. Havemeyer, Chicago Representative,
 Talks of Tariff.

Chicago Chronicle.
 .ConCress will remove the duty on raw sugar within d year and the rehneu pro duct will ell at , cents pound. saio " A Havemeyer. Chicago representative "A the American Sugar Refining company yesterday, when asked whether the lecl- procity convention, which meets today m Washington. had been packed with friends of the sugar trust He denied that any effort had been made by the sugar trust to control the reciprocity cohVeh- tion but said that the inevitable actloh of Congress would be to remove the tax on raw sugar. ..-, officers of the Illinois Manufacturers Association deny that the ten delesates sent by that ol ganization to the fee,proc- ity convention are unduly friendly 10 the sugar trust. John M. Glenn' secretary ol the association, refused, however, to elNe out the names of the delegates.
 President Against Removing Tar1n' ue,hart Mvrick. chairman of the Ieapue of Domestic Producers, Is voucher for the statemen that President Roose- welt has promised that the tariH on raw suear coming to the United states rom Cuba shall not be removed or tampereu with. If this stand is taken and main taiued by the President 1t Is said that a fight in Congress between the champions of the cane sugar and beet sugar inter- ests will ensue.
 Those who are interested Tn the sugar trust are authority for the statement that the bset sugar trust Is responsible Tor the prevailing high price of the commod- ity.
 "The government does not need th' sS4. coo GOO that consumers and refners oi sugar are paying to maintain the present | high price of the commodity, salu MT, Havemeyer. ''1f the duty on Cunan ana other taxable raw sugar is removed re- fined sugar will be profitable at ptlce of about 3 cents a pound Congress VIII remove that tariff within year al most because the people will demand IL anu LII circumstances warrant 1t.
 The producers of beet sugar now make an abnormal profit of T barrel Tn adul' | ton to the normal profit. More thah sSo'' GOO. GOO Is b, ing paid annually to the sugai producers of America. Hawaii ana Forte Rico. and thus the price of sugar IS kep, up. With the tariff on raw sugar relloNe" and that on refined sugar malhtaiheu ti United States can supply the Woriu witl refined sugar. Here are some lhlerestI"e figures that will cIarify my argument:
 Tons 1 Total consumption of raw sugar Ill ,eo 70,
 the United States in lsOl '@SSH' sSH oo oo | From Louisiana ,,..............'' d9o' wv W | Beet sugar dso0 i20V' Hawaii. free of duty. ....'.''.'''''' 1?0'V 1?o SS Porto Rico, free of duty. .''ir;.,,''' rr i'''''
 Public Pays the Tax
 This makes total of lWo'V%' o,tnf tnn' | that comes to the renneI 'a,bicb o J,It, | of S36 a ton ia maid Most Of thiS d1tl- l able raw sugar comes rom unS' s.s no, | other words. the consumers pay Sir,Ssl' | 060 a year as duty on ra" sUe''' ii'l