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The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-15
The President Congratulated.

Town Topics.
 I congratulate the President upon the appointment of Hon. Thomas G; Jones of Montgomery, as United States District Judge This sort of appointments in the South. though the appointees may be Democrats, will not harm the party that elected President Roosevelt. There Is no more eminent lawyer in Alabama, no man of higher personal character, no one more generally respected, and none more afrec- ties of heart and head by those who know him personally than eX-Governor Jones. Undoubtedly men of character and ability may be found in the Republican party In the Northern States to fill all government offices. and 1t is to be eXpected-and no one questions the right-that an admins tration will make its appointments from men are to be found. There are in the South some able and honest Republicans. and. for many positions. men worthy and competent can be chosen from that party. But I doubt If in Alabama there Is any lawyer who is a member of the Republ can party of the ability or standing to qualify him for q United States Judge ly will be found the motive of the Presi- dent in selecting Democrat for the ex- alted position Among Democrats the President could have found none more worthy or more satisfactory to the peo' pie than Judge Jones. The appointment is an Illustration of the sincerity of Pres ident Roosevelts declaration that he predecessor. President Mckinley had wor the respect of the South by his care in appointing good men for important Fed eral offices there, even though he was re- peatedly forced to select them from the Democratic ranks.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-15
Can't Keep Sampson Out.
Iadelphia North American.

Philadelphia North American.
 That Admiral Sampson considers him self a party in interest In the case be fore the court is sufficiently proved b! his efforts to secure representation b! special counsel, although he is virtual! represented by the judge advocate ant by the attorney who inadvertently le slip the term the accused in referrinl to Schley, Sampson has been doing hi best to get into the case and unless h. does get in there can be no final set clement of the controversy by the cour of inuuiry
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-15

In none of the States carried by MT Mckinley last year have the Democrats any hope of succeeding this year. save in Maryland, where MT. German IS can didate for the Senate and is making strenuous effort to carry the Legislature Nebraska does not enter into the calcula- ton, for in that State, almost alone, the opposition is still Populistic or iusion rather than Democratic.
 In general 1t may be said, in the par lance of the politicians, that tnls ls not a Democratic year." The country IS sun extraordinarily prosperous The shock or President McKinley's assassination elFes to his party strong sentimental ad- vantage. President Roosevelt mas thus far so conducted himself as to win the confidence, at least tentatively or the conservative classes and the general ap- proval of the country.
 On the other hand the Democra's are without a trusted national leader ana are not united upon any distinc'lVe ana dominating national issue. It IS possible that new lines of division may De marked by the action of Congress or the course of the administration. but at present and for the pending elections the hepuolicdHs have things their own way.
 The municipal elections Tn tnis ot'E gnu M in Philadelphia, where a deternlheu enor " is making to overthrow bossisn anu cor rupt local government, will reaiiS excite more general interest than is telt m any of the State elections to be heio tnls year.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-15
German Farmers for the South.

SaVannah NeWS.
 Mobile paper reports that a colony of German farmers Is to be planted in Escambia County. Alabama. at an early day. It is to be hoped that this will prove merely the beginning of a move ment of German agricultursts into this section of the country. Heretofore most of these desirable immigrants have gone west, until there is an atmosphere of Deutschland" about Chicago, Milwaukee and some other of the western cities and towns. We would like to see some hun dred thousands of them come into Geor- gia, where there is abundant room and land for them. The germans make good citizens and good neighbors, and after they have lived here a short while they become as good Americans as are those native to the soil.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-15

The Greencastle Qnd) Star Press as- serts that for every one hundred mar riages solemnized in that State there are thirteen divorces, and The Press thinks there is something wrong somewhere. There Is no doubt about that last propo- sition. Either the matrimonial harness is put on without proper reflection or the courts put 1t off without cause. In either case the truth is not creditable to the people or the laws.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-15
Certainly Original.
WI te13A11J Mobile ReOigter

Mobile Register.
 For unique brutality Republican ap- peal for votes in Philadelphia Is certainly original. Agree to vote for Weaver" says the appeal, land have your chil- dren vaccinated at the city's expense" Using a smallpox scare as campaign document could certainly have originated nowhere else except in the fertile bl ain of a Pbiladelphia machine politician.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-15

There gre indications that the people of South Carolina are returning to their right political principles. and that they may send General Wade Hampton to the Senate in place of McLaurin and it ap- pears that Tillman favors the movement
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-15
Always Reliable.

Choctaw Advocate.
 The Montgomery Advertisers large and attractive announcement Is found in this issue of The Advocate. The Advertiser Is a leading paper, always reliable and full of the latest and most interesting news. There Is no better newspaper rub- lished in the South. Read "Grandma's' advertisement send her your supscriP- ton and guess. You will be pleased and profted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-15
sentember Leads All Others.

detailed sworn statement Is herewith pre sented for the month of September just past Figures prove conclusively that :his statemenl outdoes any former circulation record ever a. tainrd by this paper. also lays open pare Iacs to The Adyertiser's former claims Of having d larger circulation than that of any other two morning papers in the State cf Aiaos"~ combined.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-15

Judge Thomass charge to the Grand Jury is an able and timely document. If all the judges in the State of Alabama will make up their minds to minimize. if not destroy,the pistol carrying habit. they will soon accomplish a world of good. It would not be lorg before public senti- ment would be behind those who seek to put an end to the mean and vicious huainass
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-15

Mark Twain says he had rather vote for Belzebub than for Seth Low. but men generally vote for their friends" remarks The Savannah Press. We don't know that old Bel. will be in the race. but there's no telling what may happen in New York.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-15
Let Us Have Peace.

Tuscaloosa Gazette.
 The discussion between Colonel Hisdon and Lieutenant Colonel Kyle oe the 3rd regiment must be something fierce as The Montgomery Journal declares VIC are 'likely to hear more of the anuoranodail- onilidddd." With such a prospect in sight peace should be immediately eff fected.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-15
The Mark Well Put.

Dadeville Free Press.
 The principal of the Opelika public school fogged the son of prominent merchant of that place several days SEQ, and received for his trouble severe thrashing at the hands of the irate father. In speaking of the affair, The Opelika Industrial News heads the article 'Honors @ Even" The question mark Is we'll put.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-15
Still Has Shivers.

Geneva Reaper.
 That cold chill Is still running down our backbone. The Reaper has pack bone, and lots of it. The Reaper Is little else than bones-no country weekly is much more. But, The Reaper be biest, if 1t doesn't feel cold since the nisger meetin." But yet, and yet. the medicine won't stay on our stomach.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-15

Speaking of The Advertisers prediction that the attitude of the President would remove much of the distrust which the South has for Republican administrations The Leavenworth Times says:
 It is that dlFtrust and hatred that the President hopes to remove in the South and if it is done his policy will have been completely vindicated. He hopes to show the people of the South that he has their interest as much at heart as the interests of any other section of the country. If the opinion of The Adver- tiser is true then President Roosevelt will have done what others have attempted and failed in doing. It is to be hoped that it is correct.
 That President Roosevelt is conducting himself with a dignity worthy of his position seems to be a matter of surprise to some of our esteemed contemporaries.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-15
Total for the Month. .3O7, 175 Average Daily Issue. ...... 1o,e7o Average Sunday Issue. .... 1S,6lo

W. Scott. Circulation Manager Of The Montgomery Advertiser, being duly sworn. says: The foregoing statement of The Adver- tiser's circulation for the month of September. 1901, is true and correct, and compiled after all returns from newsboys. news agents and
 W. A. SCOTT. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 7th
 N P. Ex-O. J. P.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-15

Whenever The Memphis Commercial Appeal runs out of something to kick at it coughs a few times and takes a fall out of the Dust Devil.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-15

The present Constitution of Alabama not only upholds in terms the Fifteenth Amendment, but goes beyond 1t. Here is the present thirty-eighth section of the Bill of Rights
 No educational or property qualification for suffrage or office. nor any restraint upon the same on account of race, color or previous condition of servitude. shall be made by law.
 How are we to reduce the number of ignorant negro voters in Alabama by amendment of the present Constitution in the face of such constitutional pro- vision as the above. It can't be done. The safe and sure plan is by the adoption of the new Constitution.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-15
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1901.

Worshippers of cheap money can go over o Venezuela ard buy dollars for about a nickel each.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-15

If the newspaper pictures of Miss Stone do her justice the price put on her by her captors Is not regulated by her beauty.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-15

It was William Pitt who originated the in come tax in Great BrntAin in l799 as a war tax The Napoleonic wars were fought with it. From that time to this 1t has been the resort of all ministries to meet war expendi- lures
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-15

Oct II is the anniy yersary of t;a the 1at{le tbe of Hastings in 1O66. between Mlitin of the saxs ons t.arn ,,,hIob %o event dates the conquest of England by the Normahs'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-15
What It Costs to Crush Competition

Boston Post.
 If the sugar trust can sell granulated sugar at Missouri River points, where cents a pound why should it not make a reduction in price for New England dealers and consumers? Unquestionably 1t could make such a reduction, but 1t does not make it because the Republican tariff enables it to hold it's monopoly and squeeze ? cents a pound out of every sugar bowl in the east while bullyragglnG the beet sugar producers at the West
 The Swedish government has under consid- eration the substitution of electricity for steam on all the Swedish railroads, the abund- ance of water-po in the country not only making the project feasible. but holding out promise of a great saving.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-15
NOTABLE DAYS OF THE WEEK

Oct IA is the beginning of the month [atI Hesvan in the Jewish Galenaa2ar a2d TOT IT t'Jt, ;s also also the the begin beginning of the Mohammedan month Raiab.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-15
The November Elections.

New York World.
 On the 5th of November eight States will hold elections. The list, with the re- suit of the vote for President last year, is as follows:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-15

Oct 15 Is the day of st; nT IRerSSa; nirad1ss Pss troness saint of Spain MSH' bY her % relics ii are reported as wS wroSgs among various churches of Europe.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-15

The anti-Tammany convention which nominated Seth Low for Mayor of New York declared for one thing that 1t would give the city "a progressive, business-like and non-partisan administration" of its affairs. That is all we'll enough, as far as 1t goes. but they should have added the assurance that New York should have an honest administration, something 1t is almost an entire stranger to- The present city government Is progressive enough, in one sense, and 1t is certainly business like, if business consists in put ting money into the pockets of the of- ficials and their tools. How far MT. Low could go towards purifying New York's administration we do not know. Judging by his reputation he would do all he could in that direction but he could accom- plish little without the assistance of all others who have any influence or control over the affairs of the city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-15

Oct IA is the anniversary or the e,,air 6i[tn en in l64i of William Penh' 'n9 founder of Pennsylvania
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-15

Oct IT is dedicated to St. Etheldreda. ."Twice A widow, and always a virgin. was Anna, daughter of king of the East Angles.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-15

Oct. IS is the anniversary ot dintinarn ine pisrn in l758 of Noah Webster "4i0Se N~'''-' '
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-15
WITH ALABAMA EDITORS.
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 What It Shows.

Stevenson ChronlcIe,
 When you see a married man button ing his suspenders to his pants with eight penny nails you may know that he has been disappointed in love.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-15
Only in Journal omc,.

Tuscaloosa Times.
 The Montgomery Journal in an account of a crazy negro girl and box of cab bages asserted that "the stolen box and the negro girl proved to be Identical Queer things happen in Montgomery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-15

call for help comes from one of the sta- tons the person in charge of the hos pice at once sends man to relieve the lost pilgrim.
 Wouldn't that jar your Under the old system we imagine a bewildered traveller hopelessly lost in a snow-storm. Finally he gives up the struggle and curls himself up 90 as to die easy. but just as he is getting ready to pass in his check his face Is touzled by something soft and warm. and he opens his eyes to see a huge dog with a flask of something good and a lunch basket waiting for him. He takes . drink. possibly a pair of them. eats cheese sandwich and then gets up and follows the dogs lead to the ranch.
 That's the way they used to do things. and it was as romantic as sparkling a pretty girl by moonlight, but 1t Is all past and gone. Now, when the moun- tain-ciimber finds the cold and the snow getting the best of him what does he do? He surveys around till he gets to a way station, takes down the telephone horn and something like this follows: Hello. central! Give me St. Bernard. Say. send down a flask of cocktail and broiled steak, and be in hurry! I'm stuck and want a bracer."
 Where's the romance in that? The next thing will be to keep relay of donkeys to send out when a man tele- phones for one, or they will build tram road right up the mountain. All the romance is knocked endwise, and the man who travels in Switzerland might as well go by rail to Kalamazoo for any big stories he will have to tell about it. We are almost disglisted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-15


 So far from the new Constitution in- creasing courts and court costs as op- ncnents of ratification ailege. 1t is just the opposite. Look at the matter as laid down in both instruments and see for yourself. Here is what the old says: Article l, section1. The judicial power of the State shall be vested in the Senate acting as a court of impeachment. Su- preme Court, Circuit Courts, Chancery Courts, Courts of Probate, such inferior courts of law and equity to consist of not more than five members. as the General Assembly may from time to time estab- fish, and such persons as may be by law invested with powers of judicial nature There is no limit here to the power of the Legislature in establishing courts. The new provides as follows:
 The Legislature may confer upon the Circuit Court or Chancery Court the Juris- diction of both of said courts. In counties having two or more courts of record, the Legislature may provide for the con- seldiation of all or any of such courts of record except the Probate Court, with or without separate divisions, and a suf- fcient number of judges for the transac- ton of the business of such consolidated court.
 Not only does it authorize the con- solidation of useless courts, but provides that there must be sufficient property and population to warrant the establishment of new courts. It says by way of pro- viso to above evtract:
 But no court of general Jurisdiction al law or in equity or both shall be estab- lished in and for any county having a population of less than twenty thousand according to the next preceding federal census, and property assessed for taxa tion at less valuation than three mil lions five hundred thousand dollars.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-15

Oct. 17 is the anniversary of the sur render of General Burgoyne and the Brit ish army at Saratoga, Tn TIT, when re suited in the recognition of the new re- public by France.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-15

Oct. IS is St. Luke's day. He Is the patron of painters and Is supposed to be the beloved physician spoken of by st. Paul. In other respects Scripture IS si- lent about St. Luke. Tradition, however, says that he was one of the seventy; that he preached the gospel in Egypt ana Greece; that he was an artist ana took portraits of the Virgin and of Christ; that he was hanged to an olive tree Tn his S4th year. He Is supposed to nave written the gospel bearing his name, ana also the Acts of the Apostles.
 Oct 19 Is the day of St, Frideswide: patroness of the city and University or Oxford She was daughter of Sidnn, Prince of Oxford, and became prioress of a nunnery in 7b0. Her life was luii of adventure.
 Oct 1s Is the anniversary of the sur, render of General Cornwallis and the British army at Yorktown. in 11S1, and the beginning of the end of the Revoiu tionary war.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-15

and spelling book did more to unify the English language in the United States than any other instrumentafity.
New-York tribune., 1901-12-16

its significance with especial force in its per-
haps unintentional association with Mr. Fran
ton it was which "the people wanted and
didn't get at the last session OF the legislature
measure presented there will suffice
On February y, 1901, bill to which. among
others the above quoted Republican referred.
entitled AN act regulating companies organized
for the purpose of supplying electricity for light
heat power and providing for the formation
and operation of such companies was present.
ted. This bill was No. 161 and was introduced
by Senator Fraacis. 1t pronounced by sew
eral Senators to be of the most iniquitous
measures that had been presented to the legis-
lature in long time, and justly. was not per.
mitted to leave the hands of the president OF
the Senate xfor action. 1t was a measure IN
which were large possibilities of an understood
but unmentionable kind But, passing that con-
sideration. glance at some of the provisions
of the bill will at show its contemplated
yrdSping intentions and comprehensive injustice.
In the first section it is provided that every
such (electric) corporation shall have at least
two incorporators and directors in each of the
cities. towns, boroughS. villages and townships
named in said certificate" (of incorporatton)
In the second section it is provided that the
capital stock of any such corporation
shall not be less than 5000 for every thousand
Of the total population Of all the cities, towns,
boroughs. villages and townships named IN It's
certificate of incorporation" The third section
CORPORATION shall not be filed recorded
in the office of the Secretary of State until at
one-haIf of the amount of the entire capital
stock mentioned in the certificate of incorpora-
lion is subscribed thereto and 90 per centum
paid thereon in good faith and in cash TO the
incorporators named in said articles OF incor-
poration."
To say that these extracts are in harmony
with the fourteen provisions of the blu explains
.ts Intentions and capacities throughout That
a bill so audacious IN its provisions. so SUB
versive Of the enactments and principles OF the
present general incorporation law OF the state
and of such monOpOlistic, grasping. freezing OUT
possibilities, should have been introduced in the
Senate by any who had due regard for his
rolitical future seems incomprehensible: Dut IL
was so introduced and for 1t Senator Francls
stood sponsor. And this is one specimen or the
kind of legislation which the people Wahteu
and didn't get at the last session of the leg!s-
lature." It would appear from this that the
hopes of some of the supporters OF senator
Francis for president of the Senate run hSh
Il ought TO he, indeed, If should be, IN oehaiI
of the reputation of the State government under
the party in power, that no risks shouId De taken
in the election OF any candidate for president
of the Senate who might In any possibility be
regarded as the advance agent Of this inspiring
hope.
New-York tribune., 1901-12-16
GIVE SKIN FOR COWRADE.
TWENTY SPANISH WAR VETERANS SUE
FER LOSS OF CUTICLE TO SAVE
BURNED COMPANION.

E,ng1evood " j. Dec. u (SpecaD.-An ex-
tensive skin grating operation was performed
in tbe Fnclewood Hospital this afternoon. and
will be continued next Sunday and probably the
following Sundays until the raw spots on the
bodv of Henry Blaze. of Highwood. are covered
Rlace is thirty-five years old, and last August
was frightfully burned about the head. face
left side left arm and breast in the explosion OF
a private gas tank on the Barling estate at
F4Iebwood where he was employed He was
taken TO the Englewood Hospital Immediately
after The accident, but the attending physicians
thought the man would live only few days.
DR. D. A. Currie Mayor-elect of Englewood
became Interested in the patient because Blace
was 2 member of the Colonel Currie command
Of Spanish-Annerican War Veterans. named atter
T1r t,urrie. who was colonel of the ID New
Jersey Regiment during its stay in Jackson
WILLIE Fla. Blaze had served through the war In
the 14+h New-York Regiment, but Joined the
local command after moving here. DR.. Currle
saw that 10 new skin was forming on the
burned flesh and he decided that grating would
be necessary to aid Ihe patient Between five
and six square feet of skin was needed
.T decided TO put the affair before the men IN
nv command at the meeting last NedhesoaE'
cold colonel Currie to a Tribune reporter this
aftarnoon There were about sixty members
vrasent and I carefully explained TO them the
skin grating operation tllaI nav "
Nearly every man in the room rose TO his feet
~ the came instant. Captain Frank 5. De
Ronde was the first to sign his name TO the
list and all told ffty-six promised to submit
10 the operation This made it necessary 10 cut
onlv two square inches off the arm OF each .
Il asked twenty of them to call at the hospl'aI
.1,;e afterroon for it would not be possible TO
handle ell on the same day. Every one OF the
twcnty showed up and barred their arms lot Dr.
Proctor and DR.. Lansing, who assisted me III @ th
attended
ordeal very we'll ,.os
The operation began at 3 o'clock and lasted
for nearly four hours. biace eNpresSee9 4ho tlo
thanks IA his comrades through one OF the