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The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-18
SANFORD AND POWELL.
Speeches at Georgiana in Favor of
 Ratification.

Georgiana, Oct 17.-(Special) )-Hon. John w. A. Sanford and Hon. ID: M Pow ell addressed the citizens of Georgiana today on the ratification of the new Con stitution. A delegation of citizens met the party at the train at 9:30 a. m. and made arrangements at once for the speaking. The public school building was used, the school suspending for two hours during the speaking. allowing the school as a whole to hear the speeches
 Hon. John W. A. Sanford was intro duced by Hon. J. H. Chapman. Chair man of the Democratic Committee here. Colonel Sanford began by saying 1t had been twenty years since he had addressed the citizens of Georgiana, and then 1t was in behalf of his candidacy as Con Rressman. 'I am not here in the inter est of the Democratic party. or as poli- tician." said Colonel Sanford, but in the interest of my fellow countrymen. ask you to ratify this Constitution submitted to you bv a body of men, composed of lawyers, doctors. preachers and some of our ablest and best men. who had the interest of their fellow countrymen at heart.
 tinct AIabamas-the white Alabama has S00 O0O men-now how to rule this white Alabama which is superior in everything that makes Christian men how to do this is a perplexing question.
 'arhe Federal Constitution says you can not disfranchise negro. or any man on account of his color. We had to act cau- tiOuslV in this mater. ]. HNselI, am d conservative. All of which Is good in inc Constitution of 1875 and all of which is good in the Constitution of 1901 l hope voiI will approve The new Constitution was made to save Alabama from politi- cal rottenness Don't be misled I do not sov that no Democrat will oppose it some good Democrats oppose 1t. Jess s0ur less a good Democrat of your County is opposing 1t, but he is wrong. Eaod inc TWO together and consider them. [ do rot say that the new is perfect. but if ia better than the old and should be ratified. I believe by our people. (Ap- piaTSe Hnn D NJ Powell of Greenville, was ,r+roduced and spoke next for a short tin1e saving among other things: You shn,id not ask me to try to make a snaecb after listening to the able effort oS m,. distinguished friend here. but I ono esnousing the cause of the new Con sttt,,tion I have no harsh words for either of my distinguished friends. who are onposing the ne" Constitution. name i,t Hnn l. F Stallings and Lee Long. while the majority or our people are stamdin, true Jess rd Long have gone wrong. C,,,,,,+,, %o5 u4 v,an, local hills during the last session nc. ,i' .o ba1 to nqse bills rubbing out what Nut NI C,hootharl ard oth"~s had done O,,r O0m, dis,ing,iished friend Mir. Stallings ,,.. @ ,ha iseisIgturc vill raise th" tax sIi SHH This is a mistake. I wanted to m, IiI,.,' .ha seeds of tho gospel and put the suS. hofors you asking you to unite for fsir elections and purity of the ballot box"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-18
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-18
CONCRESSMEN IN LINE
ALL FROM THE eTArE FAVOR
 RAT1FIOAT1oN.
N. [. Marooney of vins Hill Instant ly Killed by the Bursting of . Circular Eaw--gixteen
 Mules Cremated.

Birmingham, Oct. 1T.-(Special) )-Every member of Congress from this State Is in line for the ratification of the new con- stitution and dates have teen made or will be made for ah of them to speak This Announcement was given out at the Democratic State campaign headquarters today Congressman G. W. Taylor of the First District was one of .he callers at Democratic headquarters. He came ex- pressiy to confer with the campaign managers with reference to his dates for speaking. It has been arranged for Mir Taylor to make his opening speech at Grove Hill on the 2eth. Speaking of the outlook for ratification in the First Dis trict MT. Taylor said that he felt con- fident that every county In his district would vote to adopt the new constitution. Congressman John H. Bankhead has re- turned from Tate Springs where he went to recuperate from an attack of fever.
 Dates have been arranged for him to
 speak for ratification as follows: In
 Lamar County. Millport, Vernon and Sul-
 ligent on October A, 25 and 26 respect
 lively. Marion County, Guin, Hamilton.
 Gainesville and Hackleburg on Oct. %, 30, 31 and Nov. 1, respectively. Walker County, at a place to be agreed upon November 2. Congressman Thompson of the Fifth District Is the only Congress- man for whom dates to speak for rati- fication have not yet been made and he Is in line for the new constitution and will speak for 1t. All the other Congress- men as well as Senator Pettus are either now on the stump or will be in few
 days.
 Fred J. Williams. vice-president of the
 National Amalgamated Association of
 Iron, Steel and Tin Workers and one of
 the most prominent labor leaders in this
 district today announced that he would
 not serve on the county committee of the
 anti-ratificationists. He says that his
 name was used without his authority
 when it was placed among the members
 of that committee.
 Lee Cowart. Chairman of the County Anti-Ratiflcation Committee today ad- drersed a letter to Chairman H. B. Gray Committee, suggesting that each side election places in this county on election day, the sheriff and other county officials having already accepted the men recom- mended by the County Democratic Com mittee for managers and returning off, cers. To be more explicit the county of- ficers accepted the-tw managers and one returning officer suggested by the Demo- crats for each polling place. the third
 manager being Republican. The Repub- licans are thus accorded minority rep resentation. whilo the standardization Democrats have not been officially rec ognzed and have no representation pro-
 vided for them. They are now seeking a
 division on clerks and markers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-18
WEDDINGS AT GREENVILLE. Two Pretty Home Ceremonies Wed.
 nesdaY Might.

Greenville, Oct 1Z-(SpeciaI) - Two home weddings occurred last night when four of Greenville's young people were
 At the residence of Mir M. W. Vim berly his only daughter, Miss Katie Wimberly, was welded to Mir D. Park Smith. Rev. E. NJ. Stewart of Sheffield, cousin of the bride, officiating. The bride entered from the rear parlor lean ing on the arm of her father, the groom entering from the hall The fair young bride wore a beautiful costume of cas- tor, combined with pink and white, and
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-18
Buffalo Bill Day.

This has been Buffalo Bill Day to Street Fair and several thousand persons from the country are in the city. They all enjoyed the procession and a great many of them took in the Street Fair. The attractions outside the inclosure and the lunch stands were liberally patron ized The country darky was in the city several thousand strong and 1t was amus- ing to watch them as they viewed the many different sights. There was very little drinking by the immense crowd and very little disturbance of the peace was noted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-18
Sixteen Mules Burned.

Sixteen mules were burned to death last night in a small stable on Morris Avenue near Twenty-third Street. The Hardware Company. The total loss is S4.0O0. including mules, vehicles. feed and building No one knows how the fire started and when the flremen arrived the mules which were locked in had been rramafad
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-18
Selma Paragraphs.

from the Johns Hopkins Institute in a day or so. He has greatly improved and the prospects are fine for his permanent restoration to health. Judge Mabry Is one of the best beloved men in Dallas County and there will be general rejoic- ing at the gratifying information that he is to be entirely restored to health. Judge Mabry is no less beloved as judge than he is as a man, for he has the confidence and the respect of all classes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-18
Woman,s Missionary Union.

The annual. meeting of the Womans 8 Foreign Missionary Union of the North Alabama Presbvtery came to a close to- day at noon. The following officers were elected: President. Mrs. James Lapsley. of Anniston, reelected; Secretary and Treasurer. Mrs. John B. Knox of Annis- ton; Corresponding Secretary, Miss Morse of Anniston: Vice-Presidents, Mrs. c. H. of Gadsden. Gadsden was chosen as the next place of meeting. An open discus sion on The Demands of the Hour" was one of the features of the closing session. Miss Boardman, a returned missionary from China, also made an interesting aneech ..-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-18
OPELIKA.

Opelika, Oct. I.-(Special.) )-Court is still rapidly disposing of business. The grand jury returned 31 indictments this morning and still a large number of cases to investigate. There will be four murder cases this term of the cQurt-two negro men, one negro woman and one white man.
 Posey Brooks returned from Zebulon. Georgia, yesterday with a mule that was stolen from his plantation near Opelika a short time ago. and with Hugh Walker the negro who stole 1t. Walker carried the mule to Thompson, Ga.. and got his brother-in-law to sell 1t and he had gone on to Zebulon. where he had been arr rested by the sheriff and lodged in jail.
 Hon. George F. Harrison left for Rock ford today, where he will speak tomor- row for the ratification of the new Con- stitution.
 An agnostic is generally fellow who thinks he knows all about everything and that other
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-18
IT.. Reed the little nephew of Mrs. Gull

Ira Ree0, the little nepheW or MrB. NUI- ver who has been i'll at her home here for several months, died Monday night and his remains were carried 10 his form CT home in Georgia Tuesday afternoon;
 The Thursday Club was entertained this afternoon by Miss Fannie Toomer.
 Mrs II J, wilmore entertained the mu- sical coterie Tuesday afternoon.
 ;rg for New York City where she will spend the winter with her brother, Dr. Rcmus Persons of the United States Navy. and his family, T.. puest of Pref and Mrs. A. C. Dunstan.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-18
Death of C. Royal.

c. Royal, an old citizen of Birmingham. died suddenly at his residence on Avenue H shortly after noon today. Mir. Royal was 53 years old and was a blacksmith by trade, but made much money and &C., quired considerable property here in the historic hOon dav9
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-18
KiIled bv Bursting Saw.

Information reached here today from Vine Hill. Ala. to the effect that by the bursting of circular saw at that place, N l.. Marooney, sawyer for the Eden Lumber Company, was instantly killed. No one else was hurt so far as could he aarertainaH
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-18
Councilman Pollock Resigns.

Councilman Joe Pollock. who now holds a good position with a large machinery establishment in St. Louis. Mo. arrived in the city last night and will remain here a day or two with his family, when he will leave for Mississippi for a few days. MT. Pollock while here, wrote out his resignation as a member of City Council from the Fourth Ward. Under the law passed by the last legislature the City Council cannot i'll the vacancy as 1t formerly could, but the matter of MT. Pollocks successor will have to be acted on at the polls. Mir. Pollock has served the Fourth Ward as Councilman for over eight years and he has made a most able and conscientious represen- tative. He has, at all times, been on the side of the people, and has done what he thought was to the interest of the whole city and especially of his own ward. He was elected by direct vote at the last election. without opposition. as recognition of his faithful and efficient services. Mir. Pollock has rendered his resignation because he does not think 1t right for a man to live in one city and hold an office in another, though his family is still resident in Selma. MT. Pol lock likes St. Louis very much and says that he thinks the prospects for the busi- ness he Is going to engage are very flat terinR,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-18

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-18

MT. W. L. Kirkpatrick and wife, and daughter, Miss Melena of Hagen, were at the Street Fair yesterday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-18

rh. "rrs of con='antinoPle" extensively SeFa9 9 % s a ss1 2'o0 < o' s5os Sos V2'5a Fb, which " hHeI O. e,i 7 ad by the adherents of era era Wss rssE Church and prevailed in Russia mi, rn tSs r..sn of Peter the Great
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-18

Jack Lavender. a prominent young planter of Bragg's was visitor to Selma today.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-18

There was a small blaze at an early hour this morning at the Southern freight depot The fire occurred in the office of J. W. Hunter. contracting agent. A good many papers were destroyed, but the damage cannot be established at this time
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-18
Pickpockets are Present.

A great many pickpockets are attend ing the Street Fair and they have made some rich hauls. Sheriff Frank M. Black we'll was touched for a hundred dollar diamond shirt stud. He thinks it was taken of while he was in dense crowd going into the moving picture show. He says that was the only crowd that he was in where he could have been touched and he not know it. He did not discover his loss until he went home about 12 o'clock at night. MT. Frank Shields was also robbed of a $50 diamond stud. The "grafter' who Is doing the work is an artist in his line for neither of the men remember to have been touched. Women are warned not to wear their watches or diamonds when they visit the fair, espe- citily at nights. The pickpockets from the big cities keep moving about fairs of this kind and follow them up. and 1t mat ters not how vigilant the local police may be or how careful the management of the street fair is, they cannot prevent people from being robbed when they wear their diamonds exposed to the delft fingers of these "artists.' There have doubles been many other persons who have lost their diamonds and other jewels, but the fact has not yet been made known to the police.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-18
AT WORK
DIAMONDS STOLEN AT SELMA
 STREET FAIR.
Sheriff Blackwell One of the Persons Robbed-The Elks' Show is Drawing Immense Crowds
 Central City.
Advertiser Bureau.

Advertiser Bureau,
 Selma, Oct r, 1901.
 Yesterday was the third day of the Elks Street Fair and the attendance in- side the inclosure was larger than it has been any day yet The tickets taken in at the gates show that over 2.300 went inside the .nclosure. The Pony Show and the moving pictures are the two most at- tractive shows on the grounds and they have dcpc a land offica business. The electric current had not been placed on the grounds for the electric fountain and 1t did not get in full blast until tonight, when 1t had great run. The ''speiler" for the Filipino dwarfs IS an artist in his line and he attracts great crowds to see the little midgets. Honolulu Pete" the wild man is also on exhibition. This attraction is under the management of Dave Whitby, a Selmain and being a pretty fair 'speiler" Dave manages to get | a good many to go in to see his wild man.
 There was a good deal of boisterousness last night. The throwing of confetti has gone on at a lively rate. but no one has lost his temper on this account. But the throwing of the rubber or pull back balls" was a great nuisance last night. Grown men and boys would throw these balls just as hard as they could and the blows recei ycd from them were very painful. A little girl about F years old was struck on the ear by one of these balls and bled profusely. The little girl was hurt so badly that she could not restrain her tears. There came near be- l ing several fights on account Of the man. ner in which these balls were thrown and unless the Street Fair authorities or | the police take the matter up there will | be trouble. Many girls and young women were heard to complain that their bodies and faces were sore from being pelted SC | hard with these balls. Unless the fair management takes some steps to abate | this nuisance it is going to keep good many away from the entertainments, who | would otherwise be glad to attend.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-18

An agnostic is generally fellow who thinks he knows all about everything and that other people know nothing about anything.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-18

Nothing boosts Il girls self-conceit like two proposals in one week.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-10-31

was of no avail, for on he went. What if he should stumble now? The only consoling thought was that carried an accident policy with W. K. Newport of New Haven; we passed all the donkeys in the race but one, and at last neck and neck with Q large donkey whose rider was one of the priests, we reached the monastery. l dismounted and paid the Bedouin an extra franc for so nearly winning the race, which l am quite sure no one enjoyed but the don- key and his owner, and the spectators.
 Leaving Nazareth we returned to Haipha, where we boarded the Prime steamer for Joppa. We had now visit ed the section of country where most of the Masters mighty works were done.
 I longed to see the Promised land as others did and do, that l might visit the place where He was born and see those fields at Bethlehem, in which the shepherds kept their flocks, that night the gates of Heaven opened and the an- gelic choir sang "The Gloria in Excel sis" I wanted to climb the hills of Nazareth that I might walk where the Son of Man walked and sit where He sat I was anxious to visit the village of Bethany that I might think of Him who so often was entertained in the home of Mary Martha and Lazarus My heart yearned to see the Mt. of Oliver, that I might place my feet in that foot print of my Lord when He stood on Oli- vet brow, and beholding the city of Jerusalem "wept over it, that l might with mine own eyes, see Mt. Zion beau- tiful for situation, the joy Of the whole earth
 But from what rises to-day this world wide attraction to the Holy Land. Is 1t because of the excellency of it's government. An! government it has none except that exercised by the bloody and ferocious Turk, whose chief business is to keep the people in abiect servitude at the point of the sword and dagger. Is it because of its territorial extent? No. The Palestine is among the heart of countries only 140 miles long and 40 miles wide. It is endeared to the hearts of men because the Son of God once walked it's Holy Hills and made it forever sacred by His holy life, sacrificial death, glorious resurrection and triumphant ascension.
 "JERUSALEM AND ENVIRON
 MENTS."
 Landing at Jaffa is quite an experi- ence to a novice. The water in the har- bor Is nearly always tempestuous and the sea rough. It was no exception to the rule for when we were lowered into the small boat, a biz wave washed over us and for time it looked rather seri- ous, but we were landed safely and sue cessfully passed the Turkish officials, and the custom house. Here I said
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