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The age-herald., 1901-05-11
ARRTVALs,

No. 1 from Macon. Albany, Columbus. Opelika, Americus, etc, $40 ?. m.
 No from Savannah, Augusta. Macon. Columbus. etc., 1920 D. m.
 Elegant through sleepers between Bir- mingham. Columbus Macon and Savan- nah on Nos and {.
 Connection is made at Savannah wftf, the fast freight and luxurious passenxer steamships of the Savannah Line from and to New York, Boston and the East For more detailed information, beauti- fully illustrated matter. write or apply to SOLON JACOBS. Commercial A6ent. w D. HAMMET, Travelling Passenger
 Agent, 1921 First Avenue.
 JACK w. JOHNSON, Union Ticket
 Agent. Birmingham. Ala.
 2. z. HAILE. General Passepger Agent B. H. HINTON. Traffic Nanassrs sa-
 xannah- On
The age-herald., 1901-05-11
DR. Y. E. HOLLOWAY
 Physfcian and Surgeon.

Three-fourths of the persons who come to me to get cured of Syphilis, Gonorrhoea, Gleet, Structure L 0 s t Manhood and other private diseases have tried to get well by using oth- CT means. Why not come as soon as you find that you
 are afflictod7 It
The age-herald., 1901-05-11
Treasury Statement.

Washington, May 10.-Today's state- ment of the treasury balances. exclusive of the general reserve fund, shows Available cash balances s1s1. .414.e74; gold S98, ,SS3,510
The age-herald., 1901-05-11
H. D.. COTHRAN & GO.

Members of Chicago Board of Trade and New Orleanx Cotton Exchange. ROOFS and Alabama National Bank
 Building.
 Private leased wires to New York, New Orleans and Chicago.
The age-herald., 1901-05-11
Birmingham City Bonds-
Fruit ana Produce.

Fruit ana froduce. Butter-ciover hill. pound prints. Nc; Elgin (standard), 23c; best creamery. Sc; Mississippi, best grade. 2oc; good country. I4n1ec; mixed country. il0c eia lsg4i Irish Potatoes-Per bushel, 65c. Sweet Potatoes-White, s150 per barrel: yams so.25 per barrel. Apples-Per barrel. $4 .50G4.75. Bananas. Per BAnch-c~lls, 5o@75 cent: straights, $1.25@150. 4aa |. Lemons-Per box. 8. 250350 Oranges-Per box. g. .75@3.25. Eggs-Per dozen, 1Sc. Poultry = Best friers, 25035c; medium, Isc: hens. 271k@30c; Pekin ducks. 30@s5c: puddle ducks, 20Q25e. turkeys on foot. SO Sc; drawn, head and feet on. ,2,sc. Onions at 3hc. Cabbage-Per pound, 2c; per crate, g. 30. Lima Beans-Per pounds 76D71kc. White Peas-Per bushel. s2.75
 Dried Apples-Per pound, 41kD6Mc. Local Staple Groceries.
 Flour-Best patent. @.75; Hugley's best, s65; Tennessee patent. $40; half patent. s3S5.
 sugar-Cranulated, 6Nc: Y. C., 5ssc.
 Coffee-Green l0913c. Arbuckie's pack. ages, s11 80; Lion packages, $11.S0
 Cheese-rvew York full cream. 13hc.
 Lard, sc basis.
 MeatsLC1ear rib sides, sMc; bacon bel lies, lV1xc' ory shiteu oeihes, 5ssc' pest hams, i2c four hams. l1c: California hams, sskc breakfast bacon. 13c.
 Misunderstanding i5@35c; sugar. house. 20d35c; Georgia cane. 36c.
 Rice-Per pound. f1fc; fancy. 7c.
 corn--Mixed 62c; white. s3c.
 Meal = Jim Dandy, n.o71s: Joe Darter. s1. .03is
 Hay Per Ton--Choice timothy. s20 oo No l, $500; clover mixed, s1S.50: prairie. 1.5o.
 Oats-Mixed. 40c: white, 41c. Bran--Mixed $20. %. pure wheat s21 .0oI
 Cotton Seed Meal--Per ton s22o0
The age-herald., 1901-05-11
Total Net Receipts.

New York, May l0.-The following are the total net receipts of cotton at all ports since September 1, 190O
 Galveston. 1,939, 40; New Orleans, 2,254, PAS; Mobile, 27.6S3; Savannah, l,l6, AS; Charleston, 217 BOA; Wilmington. 256,210; Norfolk. 375,7S0; Baltimore, .G0,562; New York 15S, ,071; Boston, 1S9,0S7; Newport News. 1S,5G2; Philadelphia. 22,7S5; Bruns- wick, g., ,2sS; Port Arthur, 2O,654; Pensaco- la. 132,S12 Total 6S76,910 bales.
The age-herald., 1901-05-11

Free Concert at East Lake, Sunday. May l2, 3 p. m.
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Comparative Statement.


 week ending Friday, May 10. 1901:
 Net receipts at all United States ports during week, 75,O54; net receipts at all United States ports during same week last year, 24,S12. Total receipts to this date, 6,876, ,910; total receipts to same date last year, 6,227,773. Exports for the week, 1oO.- 5l3; exports for same week last year, 36.- l3 Total exports to this date, 5,597 .101, total exports to same date last year, D. 200. .9S7 Stock at all United States ports, 543, ,261 stock at all United States ports same time last year, 345, ,S26 Stock at all interior towns Al 613; stock at all interior towns same time last year, 194,762 Stock at Liverpool 75S, 762; stock at Liverpool same time last year. 6530O0. Stock of American afioat for Great Britain, 1S0,- 900; stock of American afloat for Great Britain same time last year, 10000.
 New Orleans Cotton Market.
 New Orleans. May 1O.-The market for spot cotton ruled quiet today. factors hav- ing sold rather freely at declining prices lately and now appear willing to rest up" Hence they are not putting out new lists as briskly as might be expected, and the assortment now on the tables Is hardly up to the average. Buyers are moving about but are willing traders only when the better grades and staples are in sight and, as but little cotton of that style is available just now, there Is no great amount of activity in the market Sales 300 bales including 500 to arrive. Quota tions 1-16 higher. A brisk line of trading in the July position and a moderately fair movement in August. with scattering in the other interesting months. marked op- erations in the market for contracts to- day. New Orleans opened to points off but immediately advanced points on July, only to drop back again to the ex- tent of 8 to points and then reacting, ad- vanced as sharply until at the close when prices were to Il points above yester- days closing figures. May. 7.54@7. .55; June, 747g7.4s; July, 7.42@7.43.
 New Orleans, May 10.-Cotton steady; sales SSO0 bales; ordinary 5 5-16c, good or dinary Sc, low middlng 13-16c. middling sssc, good middling S1-16c, middling fair 5-16c; receipts 4465, stock 2o4.644.
 Consolidated statement: Net receipts 75, ,054, exports to Great Britain 45.S53, to France 1866, to the continent b3, 29A; stock 54S. .261.
 New Orleans. May 10-Cotton-Future quiet and steady; May 7.64G7. .65c, June 7.55a7 .57c, July 7.51@7.52c. August 7.329 7.a3c, September 7.O4a7. .oec. October 6.94@ 6.e6c, November e.ss98. s1c. December 6.S9 Q6.91c.
The age-herald., 1901-05-11
Financial

New York, May lD.-Commercial-Adv tiser's London financial cablegram:
 London is waiting the settlement which will be begun on Monday. The tone was dull. Mining contangos were heavy; money is being held back for the ar ransement of American accounts and mines were being sold freely to make up the differences in Americans.
 In the best informed quarters here they say that the talk of failures and losses here are grossly exaggerated. The panic is looked upon simply as case of heavy profits. heavily diminished and the ex- pectation is those with good credit can easily be tided over.
The age-herald., 1901-05-11

F. s. Cannon. Third vice-President and General Manager. Washington. D. c. S. IT. Hardwick. G. P. A. Washington. D. c.
 c. A. Benscoter, A. G. P. A., Chattanoo. ga, Tenn.
 c. E. Jackson. T. P. A.. Birmingham. Ala
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The age-herald., 1901-05-11

Local Stocks and Bonds. Corrected Daily by Caldwell & Ward, Bankers, 2015 First Ave. Tele-
 phone 753 (See Card.)
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sIhMINGHAM MlNERAL-M.

Arr1Ye No. 40 Fast Mall Blocton......t11: :05 am .No. 42, Fast Mall, Blocton..4..d 500 pm iNo. ao, Fast Mail, Oneonta. ,. 10:20 pm South.
The age-herald., 1901-05-11

DOUBLE DAILY SCHEDULE TO GIN CINNATI, LOUISVILLE AND
 LEXINGTON
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-16
"A LAMENTABLE MISTAKE" "

Recently in Indianapolis John Ross went to the city dispensary suffering from insomnia. On an affidavit of the matron and the evidence of some young doctors he was committed to the in- sane asylum, where he remained two weeks before his friends could get him out under a writ of habeus corpus. The judge who heard the case and ordered the release of Ross could find nothing more condemnatory to say than that there had evidently been "a lamentable mistake" The Indianapolis News calls attention to the outrageous affair and declares that the people of that city are not other men as sane as Ross now illegally deprived of their liberty"
 We frequently read in novels of just such cases as this. and occasionally come across one in real life, and are led to wonder at the carelessness or viilainy which make such outrages pos sible. In the case in question the real reason why Ross was committed. as we gather from the printed accounts,
  was the fees which the doctors and other officials made out of the job. A perfectly sane man was sent to the asylum in order that inefficient or un- scrupulous practitioners might get their fees.
 When an innocent man is sent to prison or sentenced to the penitentiary the country rings with accounts of the wrong, but committing sane man to an asylum is infinitely worse. Ordina- rily, it is a very simple matter to in- vestigate the guilt or innocence of a prisoner and secure his release, if he is wrongfully imprisoned, and ordinarily it is very difficult to secure an investi- gation into the case of a person wrong fully committed to an asylum. The people of Indianapolis should take steps to make such outrages impossible in future, as well as to ascertain if there are not other victims languishing in their asylum.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-16
Al cATAcLYsM PREpIcTEp.

There is a new brand of scientific crank in New York City who is pre- dieting dire things for that former de- mesne of Chief Tamenund. One of the dangers he predicts Is that the contin- uaI addition of immensely heavy build ings will eventually crush the founda- ton upon which the island rests and the whole caboodle will take a header towards the nadir. He reasons that at a certain depth below the surface there is a strata of stone forming the foun- dation of Manhattan Island. which stone. he reasons, is comparatively thin, and that under 1t is water of in- calculable depth.
 Having established this fact to his satisfaction. the scientist calls atten- ton to the further fact that every year millions of tons of metal and stone are being added to the already heavy bur den which the island is carrying, to be used in building the many sky-scrapers which, are annually added to the city's business and residence houses, especial ly in the southern part of the city. The premises considered. as the lawyers say. it Is plain to be seen that some day the load will be too heavy for the foundation and the result will be nat ural and fearful. It will be just what occurs when too much weight is placed on a sheet of ice-the ice breaks and the burden goes down into the depths.
 Although this mans reasoning may be entirely fanciful. and there may not be a shadow of foundation for his dire predictions it is not out of reason to admit that what he predicts may ac- tually occur, and it would require the pen of a Milton to describe the result History, both ancient and modern. is villages which have been swallowed by waves. engulfed by earthquakes and overwhelmed by volcanic eruptions, but none of them approach in horror what would be the result if all the southern end of Manhattan Island should lose it's support and make a sudden irrup- tion into the liquid domain of Father Neptune. If 1t should ever occur we should imagine the catastrophe or cat aclysm will be sudden and complete. There would be no time for escape or preparation.
 Imagine thousands of buildings and millions of people suddenly going down into the bottomless and boundless depths of the ocean. with absolutely no possibility of escape and no moment of delay. Of course the agony would be over in a few moments after going down. but civilized man has never wit messed such scene as it would be while 1t lasted. The commotion 1t would create among the inhabitants of the vasty deep would be wonderful and the hole it would leave in the face of nature would be something to gaze up- on. Perhaps it may never happen but the man has conjured up fearful pos sibility.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-16

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 and that doubt should unquestionabiy pc solved in favor of white supremaoy and honest elections. Who would hesi- tate to save his country fl om consclen- tious scruples, especially in case ot doubt? Who would hesitate to apply the remedy, even if that remedy may perhaps fail, provided there is chance for 1t to prevail? The loss of represen- tation, to my mind, is scarecrow, even If realistic, would be cheap prlce 10 free us from the evils that confront us. The hereditary right of sunraee. and that only for time, ana other nfnor objections urged to tnls oraho father clause. pale into inslgnilicahce when compared to the end sought to pe obtained. All this sentimental taik about the franchise not being party question, it seems to me, is to ioSs sight of this paramount issue. The dis- franchisement of the negro and purity in election, is . party measure. tJuse as much so as was the fl1teentn Amendment in reconstruction oaysl. whether to be expressed in convention or otherwise. The party cannot aHoro to dodge it. To do so will mean its dis integration. for it is the very founda- tion upon which the party stands.
 While have given the suffrage art- cle as reported. some consideration. and while must confess that 1t impresses me most favorably as being very able and well considered paper, l am not prepared to say that in some respects it may not be amended to advantage The one substantial objection nave IS that 1t has not gone far enough in the one direction, and perhaps too far in the other; but we are hampered by the Fifteenth Amendment as to the one. and by our perhaps foolish pledges as to the other. do unhesitatingly, how ever. and with every impulse of my na' ture, condemn the reasons given in the minority report for their disapproval Of the majority report of the Suffrage Committee. and especially that part de- claring and as applied we adhere firm ly to the Jacksonian Democratic doc- Urine of equal rights to all. special privileges to none." Reforms, so to speak. come by degrees. Iris seldom we plunge from one extreme to another. The quere suggests itself, whither are we drifting?
 l disavow all purpose to impugn the motives of the distinguished gentlemen who have signed the minority report, most of whom are my personal friends, and for all of whom I entertain high regard; but when statesmen disagree we must think for ourselves.
 Forget not, gentlemen of the Consti- tutional Convention, the barnacles on the ship of state threaten it's destruc- ton. Scrape them of if possible. Do your whole duty. and trust to the God of Justice and Right for the conse- quenceS, Cavite.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-16
Discouraging Lynch Law in Alabama

Brooklyn Eagle.
 The Convention to revise the Consti- tuition of Alabama sitting in Mont gomery, has given the Nation an agI eeable surprise by adopting an ar- ticle relative to the duties of the Ex- ecutive which, among other things, provides that when a sheriff allows a prisoner to be taken from his custody and lynched, the Governor shall imme- diately institute impeachment proceed ings against such officer and suspend him from duty pending the trial of the charges.
 This action on the part of the Ala bama Convention will be regarded with cordial approval by thinking people both North and South. The only ar gument in favor of lynching a negro even for the crime for which he often- est suffers is the argumentum ad hominem. To this there is but one wise answer, and that was given by the Rev. A. J. McKelway some time ago in The Presbyterian Standard, when in reply to an insistent demand of a Southern Methodist clergyman as to what he would do if a negro should assault his wife or sister or daughter he said: T would try to kill him, but my neighbors ought not to let me do it." This is the whole matter in few words. It Is neither unnatural nor sur prising that the man who is, or be- lieves himself to be, wronged in this way should want to take the law in his own hands and execute summary vengeance upon the brutal wrongdoer. Society, however, has rights which are paramount to those of the individual. Among other things, it is justified in demanding that an orderly and proper procedure shall attend the administra- tion of justice, that the miscreant shall be found guilty of the crime charged before he Is punished, and that in no instance shall the horrible injustice be perpetrated of murdering an innocent negro to gratify the passions of an in- furiated mob. When a white man wants to do this his neighbors should restrain him. His judgment is by no means infallible at any time, and least so when he is maddened by sense of unspeakable wrong. It is generally negroes have been destroyed by moos under misapprehension. No right thinking man would for moment deny that such a crime Is as great an out rage as that which 1t Is intended to discourage.
 The action of the Alabama Conven- tion Is a step in the right direction. Lynchings have become much too easy in the South, and equally so in parts of the North. They partake too much of the character of a coon hunt or other popular diversion. To hang a "nigger," or. in an aggravated case, to kill him with torture, gratifies a certain brutal instinct which does not find the dog fight or its equivalent pastime suf- ficiently exciting quite to satisfy the craving for blood. A good deal less than proof of guilt is sufficient in most cases, and in some a mere suspicion answers. It is impossible for the ne- groes to gain a respect for the law when lawlessness takes its place with enthusiastic approval. In the judg- ment of those best qualified to judge the inevitable result of popular tolera- tion of lynchings will be the outbreak
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-16
pERcENrAaE OF ILLIrERAcY.

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 The Birmingham Age-Herald dis putes the correctness of The Advertis- CTS statement that Alsbama's total per centage of illiteracy is sS. No doubt The Age-Herald would like to figure 1t out as high as 13S per cent. The Advertiser on Sunday. published the official census report of literate and illiterate males of voting age, from its correspondent, MT. F. W. Gist. in Washington. It was given by counties. The total number of voters in Alabama foots up 413,S21. Of these 200. .795 are whites who are literates and 31,6s1 whites who are illiterates. This makes the per centage of white illiterates about IA. and of white voters who are able to read and write 86 per cent.
 There are 73,3s9 negroes of voting age who are literates and 107,s4 who are illiterates. This makes the per centage of illiterate negro voters about 60 and of literates 40 per cent.
 The per centage of illiteracy, based upon the total number of- illiterates, both white and black is 8 1-3 per cent
 These figures are we'll worthy the consideration of the members of the Constitutional Convention. Of the 31, ,6S1 white illiterate voters at least 40 per cent would be allowed to vote un- der the soldier clause, leaving less than 10000 unprovided without the grand father clause. The greater portion of them could easily obtain the voting privilege under other clauses of the Constitution which could not be over turned by the United States Supreme Court. These facts should give pause to those who are clsmoring for the es- tablishment of voting upon the idea of heredity.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-16

The Advertiser publishes commu- nication signed Cavite. on this page. which does not meet with it's concur renee. The writer of that communtca- tion ought to know that every Demo- crat in Alabama favors white supre- macy and honest elections, and none more so than the Democrats of the the majority report on suffrage. All of his fine flowing sentences will not con- vince any one that 1t is the part Of wisdom to refuse to look solemn facts in the face. Take his ideas about ne
 gro education. Suppose every dollar of appropriation by Alabama for that purpose was stopped. who is so vision ary as to suppose that it would stop negro schools? Every dollar withheld by such a course would be made up from Northern and unfriendly sources. He is simply darting straws against the wind. The expression in the minority
 report about Equal rights to all and | special privileges for none," comes in | for his denunciation. but he forgets
 that it was combating proposition which will lead to class distinction and | give one white man a privilege by reason of birth. which is denied to oth- CT and equally as good white men. It was largely to that monstrous inequal- ity to which the expression quoted was directed. Cavite is especially unfortu- nate in referring to the Republican ac- ton in making the Fifteenth Amend ment a party matter. They have long since discovered their error anH we should profit by their expArience.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-16

If the convention shal yet adopt just and fair franchise provision all true men will sustain it. but if, on the contrary, it adopts a pernicious provision all true men will aid in defeating it.-Birmingham Times.
 It would be a wonderful contribution to the literature of the English lan- guage, however untrustworthy such contribution might be. if The Times would define its conception of "a just and fair franchise provision" and also it's idea of who are the true men,"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-16
That Ohio performance has placed

That Ohio performance has placed some of our esteemed contemporaries between the two horns of a very un- satisfactory dilemma. Either the gold Democrats have again taken charge of the politics of that State. or else the silver men have abandoned their error and come back to Democratic princi- ples. Either horn is an undesirable one tor those who thought free coinage was the chief political good.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-16

of race riots in the South. The best people of the South are undoubtedly opposed to lynching. It has brutal ized those engaged m it, and has tend ed to destroy the respect for the law without which civilization is imposst- ble. Moreover, it has not had the ef- feet sought and which alone could ex- cuse 1t. The plan which the statutes provide should at least be given a fair trial, and in Alabama it is iikely to be if the sheriff who lets a mob take away his prisoner and kill him is sure of inn peachment and official disgrace. If the orderly plan of procedure does not work at least as well as the present one, 1t will be time to try another.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-16

One of the paradoxes of our govern ment is that the Union veterans keep on dying and the pension list keeps on growing in equal ratio. Just how many pensioners there will be when all the old soldiers are dead Is a mathemati- gal conundrum.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-16

About twenty-two centuries ago If a Grecian married woman wore silk clothing her husband was heavily fin ed. on the theory that the husband could and should control the wife's tastes in dress. We have advanced nnce that time.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-16

The German medal for soldiers who Jerved in China represents an eagle holding a dragon in it's talons. In view of the reports of footing done in China a more appropriate design would be a aack-daw with claws full of plunder.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-16

Those who apprehend war with Eng land. or almost any other European power should remember the shutting off of any of those nations from our tood-stuffs would mean practical star ration
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-16

If the dampness of the damp had been equal to the hotness of the heat last week it would have been awfully uncomfortable in Montgomery. As it ras no one was overcome.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-16

The result in Ohio proves that the old Democratic trumpet will still re- sound to the call of duty when real Democrats blow their breath into it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-16

Tn paying that money to our govern ment the Sultan no doubt put in mental reservation that the act should not be looked on as a precedent. ga.