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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-09-04
West Eairlee.

Mr.. and Mrs. Rhineberger OF New York
and Mrs. Kimball Of Nanboo, ILL.,. are stop
ping at Ii. O. Johnson's.
II. @. Johnson has sold his meat market
to M. Darling.
School commenced on Tuesday with Miss
Carr Of Oxford. N. H., and Mrs. Ely OF YER
shire as teachers.
Mrs. John Cook Is somewhat improved In
hea tn but Ia still confined to her room.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-09-04

knowing what the result TO life would be
and being powerless to avert the collision.
The accident was most fortunate one, for
had engine 303 had train behind her there
is no doubt but the passenger cars would
have telescoped and great loss OF life
would have resulted.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-09-04

the law, the administering OF fjueti
would be continuous performance | n
some localities in that section of the
country.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-09-04

The fervor and JUNCTION with which
Acting Secretary Hackett assures his
"Dear Admiral Howison" that "tbe
department has no purpose of relieving
you of this duty"-as judge of Admiral
Schley-is quite characteristic of the
blind-eyed judicial quality of the ad-
ministration Of the navy department in
this Schley-Sampson controversy. The
department "has implicit confidence"
in the admiral's "sense of justice and
fairmindedness," and probably this
confidence and its ELUSIVE expression
was not lessened by the circumstance
that the person to whom it was address
ed had indicated distinct leaning to
the view the department had taken of
certain things, and in which this I'M
fortunate controversy was mainly bred.
The admiral is told by the gushing sub
stitute for the secretary that he "would
like to know if you have any objection
to my giving to the public your frank
and manly letter." etc., and concludes
with the assurance that "the depart
ment has been fortunate in securing
you as the third member of the court"
This is all extremely interesting and
suggestive as well as calmly and i'm
partially judicial. 1t is very much like
judge with bias against an appii-
cant for justice giving taffy to jury
man in whom he has encouragement to
believe that he has found confeder-
ate.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-09-04

Interest in the official speed trials
between Columbia and Constitution is
now second only to the races between
the actual defender and challenger.
Did the Herrschoff's skill eliminate in
the production Of Columbia? The trials,
thus far, seem to indicate that at least
in Constitution they have not produc-
ed 30 feet boat as Columbia. On
Monday, in weather in which Constitu-
ton had hitherto shown her superior
ity, Columbia led, though the time linn
it elapsed long before the boats reach
ed the home line. On Saturday, in q
fair breeze, Columbia was a winner by
good margin. But it is reported that
on Saturday q bet OF five to three, OF
$3.50, 900 to $780, 900, between Constitu-
ton and Shamrock III, was arranged in
New York. Is Constitution being held
back? Or is Columbia really the fas ter
boat? II the latter, is she faster than
when two years ago she defeated Sham
rock /? II the defender is really to be
Columbia again, apparently the race
will be closer than in any previous con-
test for the recovery of the cup.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-09-04

Dlphtheris, sore throat, Group. Instant
relief, permanent cure. DR.. Thomas Eo-
lectric OIL. At any drug store.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-09-04

The paper having the largest circu-
lation in the world IL said to be the
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-09-04
SURPRISING CHARGE.

The st, Adams Messenger printed the fol-
lowing in its Saturday evening edition In
connection with the account OF the St.
Adams liquor agency scandal:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-04
Should Succeed Himself.

Huntsville Mercury.
 The suggestion of pr. Russall M. Cum ningham for Governor of Alabama was doubtless conceived through desire to compliment the distinguished politician from Jefferson. Like General George P. Harrison, Dr. Cunningham has public record of which his friends are proud, and his alleged candidacy doubtless should be charged to one of those friends.
 But Governor Jelks deserves another term and he will get his deserts. Tho good people of Alabama have been prompt to honor favorite sons with second cleo tion. and it Is unfair to presume a de- parture will be wrong to the case of Gov ernor Jelks. True he was not elected
 Governor, but he became Governor under
 the laws of the State and if he wants to
 be reelected there is no good reason why
 his wish should not be gratified. Dr. Cunningham and General Harrison | are both young men and have an abund- | ance of time to serve in the executive
 office. They are both men of ordinary ability and will make good Governors | when their time comes. The only thing | is that they must not ask for the station until the preesnt incumbent has concluded | his service.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-04

,na manhood of these United States. as the fanaticism of anarchy ,s niifi.ii against our social system. as psa ns in our form of government, our Sv-o s morals, our religions. The time is eome nie for every white man to cchsuer e,,,- emnly. if he does not owe their h i iif.-bIood for o,,r institutions, to vote for the legai nullification of the fifteenth amenomens. ~, as we have so long done vi ct armis or O' How any man loving his State. proud, p,oh 0n its splendid Anglo-Saxon s,o.. nio9u frnm ont fine foul slough's darkeninS mre'
 white faced have triumphed over the ne ero cohorts thrown on the prostrate man hood of the South, can refuse 10 accePs the charter of his rights as formuiaeeu by an able and patriotic body Of men as ever assembled. is indeed passing strsnss. nss n-Stallings triumxirate. !. Shelley loses he con go to Wasningtothn and find favor at the departments, with any claims he may have 10 push through, for a valuable consideratioh. Joe Johnston is like the fellow the Irish man commented on upon whose tomp was inscribed, T am not dead but. but sleep, sssd I'd be man enough to own il" Then Joe has 'opes, even when the Constitution is adopted; there'll have to be somebooy to raise political ell in the State and why not Joe-Joe? Jess Stallings is walk ing around with hi. political graye,. rave, all his imperfections in his head" there is no one who cares enough about him to say "alas. poor ghost! But to the inerate I will say for those who have N'p' '"'" " Percy Clark.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-04
The President and the South.

Chicago Record-Herald.
 President Roosevelt was twice chal- lenged for his attitude toward the South at a Mckinley memorial service held py a Grand Army post in Manchester. N H. Frank H. Challis, Past National com
 q confess that 1t was with some mis- givings that read the letter which rres, ident Roosevelt wrote to Soutnern friend, in which he said that ne Was proud of the fact that two of his uncles Served the Confederate cause. one as an Admiral in the Confederate Navy wnile the other had fired the last gun on tHe Alabama. I have some misg1vings as 10 the future. I don't like to see the peh- dulum swing that way .,.
 IJpon this Senator Burnham felt con strained to pursue the topic and to add the following cry of defiance: -.
 I've shall not yield one jot or title Of the principles that we fought for during the civil war or abandon the idea that we were right and that the South was eternally and wickedly wrong
 There was a great waste Of energy Tn all that excitement and a great muddling of ideas. The Presidents meaning was, of course, that he was proud or the per sonal courage of his uncles and their de- votion to their duty as they saw It. He was not considering the absolute right and wrong of the conflict. was not swing ing pendulum or yielding principie; Southerners themselves have admitted that it was best for them as well as for the North that the Union should be pre- served. That principle at least is as firm ly fixed as the law of gravitation, and IL is rank nonsense to bring it up as though 1t were a live issue in current politics.
 To say that the South was "wickediy' wrong IS equally irreverant unless the proposition Is wickedly made to prevent growing reconciliation and perpetuate sectional hatred. This, too. is historic question whose wholly devoted students will have to bury themselves between the years 1920 aud 1860 while the rest of the world keeps moving.
 Spirits less concentrated will probably agree. however, that if the South consid- cred as an entity was wicked the indi- viduai Southerner was. like most men the world over, the creature of his environ ment and traditions who earnestly be- lieved that he was in the right and found his justification in history. The North had the larger vision because 1t was free to have 1t. but it did not have all the good people and the Presidents uncles acted according to their light. They were not villains or towards or shirks, but hon est opponents of the strenuous life. fight ing for their homes, their families and the confederation which they mistakenly looked upon as their country. Why. then: should the President not be proud sf them?
 Are not the vast majority of us proud of General Robert E.. Lee?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-04
TWO CLAIMS
That are Disproven by the Facts

That are Disproven by the H8e'S
 Editor The Advertiser. ,o ,,o,,r
 I was very much pleased 10 see tL S ,a- paper that the self-gratulatlon ot Io inc groes gathered in Birmingham; ds S V with H authorship of the hymn. Goa pc rorsriv Us Till We Meet Again" was pi p5 Tyo punctured by MT. Atkinsons ca[IL aUI other of their vain glorylngs neeff .hose ing as lies The sworn testimony 1 hooS present at the time knocks III ,S l doU,n the negro claim to having knochtsu testi- President McKinley's assassin, Irie tbat mony at the trial flatly dlspToNee
 any negro took part in the a1an. to
 Again, the negro continually Pp aPp then his patron saint, Abraham Lincoii' a s
 the question of his right to voSe 1eSro sailed and yet every educateu or.s diae knows that Lincoln more than o"to to the claimed any intention of glNms to horde of ignorant Africans tne no,x,e vote. The negro who evidently sOtL sSts Rir. of his historical facts used lI II,storv st0 of mingham speech from "The Hls.orS Ir,.o u1 the Negro Race" by Williams Na ne s,.o lawyer r-prcacher) knows two p1ihI.Sh hrah Q a, n, 1 strongly presented by him; that %Ng, +;,,aa ~ in Lincoln never intended at any slrn orrne .ha his political life to give the neSu s Wossne st,e franchise. that the great state A 1hniition- chusetts. the resting fplace Hi the crowr ists, lis entitled to no star lIi ,, n. +n r attempted to be placed on 'i nGL s's n v,nrds
 the negro" very nearly Nlillaus "r, ,ts.s" us firmly believe that the youuntaf, yu af,oeet et, eraton of voters will yet see the is ,,.. amendment repealed. because ~ QuestionAbly aS great a cr'nA0 ~S~AD''
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-04
As to the Schools.
Birmingham Age-Herald.


 We ask every earnest and sincere friend of the public schools to consider the difference between the old constitution, which appropriates but $l00,000 to the schools and a 3-mill tax. We ask them to consider the great gain that will be- come fact when the new constitution is ratified. as it will be if all good citizens will carefully study its provisions; Then we ask them, when it is ratified as it asuredly will be in every county in the State, to stand together and fight shoulder to shoulder for local taxa tion. We need the new constitution as basis for stronger and better efforts in behalf of the schools. Let us take in other words, what is offered, because it is better than what we have, and then be- gin an agitation for all else that is need ed. Public sentiment is sometimes slow in formation, but Alabama begins to ap- preciate her public schools and The Age Herald anticipates no trouble in securing within a reasonable time the additional school provisions that she needs and that other progressive States have long had.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-04
LIFE TOO. SHORT.
To Deal With Men Who Do Not Read
 Newspapers.

Lott CT xas) Clarion
 When you ask man to subscribe TOT your newspaper and he says: 70, never read much. aild besides, the times are too plagued hard" for Gods sake apolo- Rize and leave him. Life is too short to teach a jack to sing soprano. All gentle men nowadays read newspapers, and lots of them. Show us a man who lives for years in a town or community and never subscribes for the papers published there, and We will show you a man whose head is shaped like piece of pie, with the point up, and whose ignorance is only exceeded by his gigantic gall. A country newspaper Is an institution that works
 day and night for every decent man in
 the community, therefore every decent
 man in the community is in honor bound
 to assist in it's support. The great trouble with us is that some galoots think that when they take the paper they are mak- ing us a present. If that poor fellow was to encounter an idea in the lane he would
 turn and fly the other way and you
 could play a game of cards on his coat tail. Yes, we have the profoundest sym | pathy for the man who lives in a county | fer years and never subscribes for his | county paper. Don't waste much time | on such cattle. One of them hasn't enough sense to keep warm in hades.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-04
BURNING ELECTRIC WIRES.

The plan of putting electric wires of all kinds under ground is becoming more and more popular. and in this connection we find in a recent issue of The Boston Her aid an editorial from which we copy this rather lengthy extract to show how they propose to do 1t in England.
 There is now going on in England an agitation in favor of improved municipal facilities which deserves to receive the careful consideration of those in this country interested in civic matters. It is pointed out that hitherto the growing tendency to place different classes of pub lie conveniences and services underground has not been scientifically or systemati- cally treated, and that the time has come when a change in this respect should be made. These municipal reformers insist that hereafter, when new highway Is constructed. there should be at the same time built underneath it a subway of suf- ficient size to provide accommodation for sewer, telephone, telegraph and all the other conduits, pipes and enclosures which are now separately installed, and which lead, by their separation. to the continued disturbance of the surface ot the streets. The proposition is advanced that the municipality should build these subways and lease their use out to those
  such reasonable rental as could be ob- tained, limiting the income thus secured | to a sufficient sum to pay interest upon | the cost of construction and build up sinking fund to pay for the work at the end of a term of years.
 i That this is a move in the right direc- tion must be apparent. and If it could be applied to the old streets of a city, as well as to the new ones, it would be an | excellent idea. It is apparent to all ob servers in cities that the multitude o1 overhead wires of all kinds is both a nuisance and a menace, and that they arc continually becoming more so. They are unsightly at all times, are frequently very much in the way at fires and not infre
 ouently their breakage or other acci dental injury or displacement takes ol
 seriously endangers human life. To re
 move them entirely from above ground and to put them underneath is the prob lem which municipal governments arr
 trying to solve.
 To d limited extent an effort is beinl made in Montgomery to do away wit
 overhead wires. and it is proving costl
 and troublesome experiment. One of tn
 great obstacles in the way of doing tn
 work is a city where the streets hav
 been practically finished Is the necessit
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-04
An Appeal.

Immediately after the close of the war the first Confederate Memorial Associa- tion. in the South. was formed at Win chester. its purpose being to gather the remains of the soldiers who fell in de- fence of the Southland. A piece of land was secured on the suburbs of Winches- ter for this purpose, which for beauty or location is unsurpassed in the Valley Of Virginia. Tn this spot nearly 5000 South ern dead are buried. In the center of this cemetery costly monument or ed by statute of the Confederate Pri- vate Soldier has been erected, To the Memory of s15 Unknown and Unrecorded Dead who lie beneath this Mound"
 Around this mound, separate lots have been apportioned to the different South ern States, all of which except Tour; namely Florida. Arkansas. Alabama and Tennessee. have marble or granite nead- sons while a number of them have monu- ments@to designate the State to which the lot belongs.
 This Cemetery has no endowment and no source from which to draw funds TOT its care except the voluntary offerings of friends who cherish the memory or the Lost Cause. and as the burden mas fallen most heavily upon the ladles or help us care for the dead now resting Tn Stonewall Cemetery. The old wooden head-boards which have marked the graves for so many years nave ai.,,os. nos. fallen away and we want to replace tneHi with substantial marble ones and if pos sible erect shaft on the ground mat the Tennessee dead may not haNe iess honor paid them than the dead who re- pose in neighboring lots in the Ceme- tery. e .1o
 We feel that a simple statement or the ne facts is the strongest appeal thdt can oe made to Tennesseeans who honor Eaior Il everywhere. and who must be especiail! 1T solicitous of keeping from oblvI3n tne tne names of those from Tennessee wno lelI with their faces to the front so far rom home. +o
 |Auu' 0'0 Miss Lucy W. Russell, vice-President Ladies Memorial Associ- ation, of Winchester. Va; ro, Since this was written Florioa, Ten. nessee and part of Arkansas nave hao 1 atnnes fn mark each grave.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-04
REMEDY FOR FLIES AND Mos-
 QUIToES.

The Norfolk Landmark, having slipped from under the Mathuselah discussion, turns the weight of its intellect to domes- tic affairs and tells it's readers how to rid their houses of flies and mosquitoes. All that is necessary is to domesticate a few toads and rats, which are to have free access to all portions of the house, and there you are. A properly trained bat, argues The Landmark, will not only snap up all the mosquitoes which it finds on the wing, but will pick enc off your face before it has time to get its gimlet through the skin. The same policy. &C., cording to our contemporary, works equally well in the case of flies. Keep a few common toads on hand and the flies will either be all gobbled up or driven off. True, there are people who go into mysteries if a bat comes in the house, and others have fits at sight of toad, and such people will prefer the flies and mos quitoes to the suggested remedy. but. as The Landmark says, 'let 'em go and suf- fer' If they had rather be bitten by mosquitoes and annoyed by flies than to have about them the silent-winged bat or the bright-eyed toad they are not worthy of sympathy.
 But there is another pest, and rem edy, which The Landmark fails to men, tion, and that pest is rats. and the rem edy Is snakes. Rats and mice cause
 more worry than almost any of the many pests which vex housekeepers, and they are about as difficult to dispose of. Of course we will be reminded that cats are intended to catch rats. but they some times fail to do it. Rats have many holes
 and hiding places where they are safe from puss, and that Is where the snake comes in. We mean that the rat hole Is
 where the snake goes in. and we are as- sured by those who have tried 1t that a properly treated rat-snake will destroy or
 drive off the rodents better than a dozen
 cats. Of course. there are people who l couldn't bear to have snake in the
 house, but '1et 'em go and suffer. then. "
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-04
IT WAS CARRIED OUTSIDE THE
 BLACK BELT.
Florence, Ala, Oct

F10fenCc, Aia., OCts T. iSvh- Editor The Advertiser:
 Some who are opposed to the Constitu- tion (men claiming to be Democrats, at that say that the Convention was badly defeated all over the State, except in the "Black Belt" and there they counted enough votes for 1t to overbslance the rest of the State. Please let us know the facts.
 But. hoping that the Constitution may be adopted by much larger vote than before. notwithstanding the Johnston shelley-Stallinss opposition.
 In the entire State. 7o.So5 votes were cast for the Convention and 45.5OS against 1t. being a clear majority of 24soo votes. In the Black Belt, g1.1s5 were cast for it and 2,o4s against it, making the majority in the Black Belt 1869. It will be seen. therefore, that If there had been no cleo ton held in the Black Belt at all the majority in the State for the Convention would have been 5,7I1. But why should not the people of the Black Belt have felt a deep and abiding interest in the matter? They have more at stake in limiting the suffrage than any other part of the State, alt sough the effects of a corrupt suffrage are felt in every nook and corner of Alabama.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-04
CONTROL THE MoNoPoL1Es.

The Springfield tMass.) Republican says: The city of Atlanta, Ga. has been trying to cultivate competition in street railroading with the usual re- suit--the two competing companies have now practically consolidated. As a conse- quence, the city Is relieved of the corrup- tion and disturbance growing out of the rivalry of the two companies for extended privileges, but it falls at the same time under a single monopoly in street trans portation where it was bound to fall soon- CT or later, no matter what effort was made to keep up competition under condi- tions which made it physically impossible. What is to be learned now is the art Of regulating monopoly. and a city which is incapable of controlling Its monopolies on behalf of the public interest deserves to be plundered."
 Here is the key to the situation-control the monopolies. This city. unfortunately, has just given away a franchise for fifty years to come, when the present right had only twelve months more of life. Un- der the new gift, the maximum price for gas is s1.62. There could have been no harm to the city by waiting the develop ments of another year. Within the past few days Birmingham has secured gas at a maximum of SIPS until July 1st, 1902, and then at $1.Oo per 1000 feet.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-04
A Political Motive.

Covington News.
 The opposition so far developed will cut but little figure in an attempt to de- feat the new constitution. The move is purely a political one. and is com posed principally of ex-politicians, who are without an office and are looking for some way to get back in again.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-04
Its Cardinal Principles.

Choctaw Herald.
 The new constitution cannot fail to be ratified. Its cardinal principles-white supremacy. fair elections, better educa- ton. and lower rate of taxation, appeal too strongly to the sound judgment of every true Alabamian.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-04
Will Not Be Overlooked.

WILCOX EId. =.
 The St. Louis Republic seems to think that because there will be so many younger Roosevelts in the house, that the fact that Teddy is the youngest President we ever had will be overlooked. We venture the assertion that Teddy will not be overlooked from any standpoint.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-04
More Than They Can Stand.

Decatur NeWS.
 Saying nothing about tho good features of the new constitution, the Joe Johnston Renublican negro opposition is a little more than the sclf-respecting white man of Alabama can stand, and they are going to effectually stamp the opposition out and adopt the constitution over whelmingly.