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The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-22
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 In a recent issue of The Kansas City Journal we find this paragraph:
 Considerable talk Is heard in New York regarding the extent to which society women carry fiasks of hquor while at tending the international yacht races. One very nautical young woman is said to have made herself particularly con- spicuous on every trip of a certain ex- cursion boat by the public fashion in which she lugge1 her liquor along. Her flask was suspended from a strap over her shoulder ard hung on one side. while a heavy pair of field glasses hung in the same fashion on the other side. She wore a mans felt hat and boots that looked sCspicously mannish. and if she had produced a cigarette and smoked 1t none of the people who found much en- tertainment in watching her would have been surprised. She was with a party of about dozen, every one Of whom male and female, carried more or less gorgeous supply of stimulant. All be- longing to what Is called good society.
 For the honor of womanldnd we hope this is a gross exaggeration, or that The Journal has been imposed on. Such state of affairs as therein set forth is horrible. If it related to the very lowest class of women in the great city, it would be bad enough, but the statement that the women belonging to good society in New York are in the habit of going out with whiskey fiasks hanging from their necks is giving us view of New York women which we prefer not to believe.
 The one sensible girl in the crowd, if one may speak lightly on such a sub ject. was the one who carried the heavy field glasses on the other side, as it show ed that she had an eye out for what might happen and wanted to preserve her equilibrium. But it is really no jok- ing matter. It would be bad enough to learn that the society young men of New York habitually carry their flasks of whiskey when they go out to the races or other outdoor amusements. but that the women also go provided with stimu- lants is not a pleasant revelation. Let us hope that The Journal has been i'm posed on.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-22
DANGERS IN A SURPLUS.

The fact that there is large surplus in the National Treasury acts as a spur to those who have designs on the public funds. These men take no thought of the people who are bled to pile up that sur plus, nor does it appear to enter their minds that if taxes were reduced the surplus would disappear under the legiti- mate needs of the government. and that there would in future be no large amount of extra money to tempt extravagance As The Pittsburg (Pa.) Post says:
 The way to get rid of the demoralizing surplus Is to reduce taxation. That is the fountain from which it comes. A surplus is more dangerous than a defi- ciency. The one imposes economy, while the other encourages extravaganza and jobbery.
 That is a truthful presentation of the subject. When there is an actual or threatened deficit an administration which has the good of the country or State at heart will reduce expenses and encourage in every practicable way so as to wipe out the deficit and save the public credit, but when there is a large surplus the tendency is towards extravaganza and reckless expenditure, and that begets hcentiousness in the management of public affairs and extravaganza in con- ductlng the public business.
 Under the operation of our present tariff and internal revenue laws more money is being collected from the people than the government has need of, and if present conditions continue and present laws remain in force, one of two things must inevitably follow: Either the sur plus will continue to grow, or there will be such an era of waste and squandering of public money as the country has not yet seen. If the coming Congress will do its duty, it will so revise and reduce taxes as will gradually bring the receipts down to the neighborhood of the legiti- mate expenses of the government and thus two good ends will be accomplished By this means the people will be relieved of some of the burdens they now bear and those who have designs on tn, treasury will have removed from then the constant temptation of an overflowinl governmental strong box. The Post i right in the declaration that a surplus i more dangerous than a deficiency.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-22
The Oldest River Pilot.

Editor The Advertiser:
 Just fifty-seven years ago last July I landed the steamboat Native of Alabama at the Montgomery wharf. Peter Carro master; Henry Pen1arvis and Jack Swan pilots; lief Pelham, mate; Robert Lowery and your humble servant engineers.
 I was a resident of Mobile. Ala. for thirty-four years and with the exception or four years l spent the balance of the happiest days of my life on the Alabama River. l was five years with Captain Andy Johnson engineer on the Old Lowndes and the Lowndes, Jr. I went out of the engine room to tho pilot wheel of that boat in July. 1851 and for the next ten years l was employed by the Mobile Trade Company. I ploted all of the famous boats of the days that will never return again. I was pilot with Captain Jesse J. Cox on the St. Nicholas at the breaking out of the war and remained with him during four years Of the war
 When the order came to bring cotton to Mobile to be distributed 1 was employed by Captain Bretling to pilot the Hazel Dell at $2j0 per day. l made $1l0OO inside of three months.
 From the early forties and through the fftics Montgomery was the livest little town that ever covered that much earth and a better class of people never trod the topside of Gods green earth. knew every man on the bank of the river from Mobile to Montgomery. l knew every man in Montgomery that was worth knowing and every man in Montgomery knew me as Yves" My full name is John Wesley Youman and being the only "Wes" on the river my first and last name was seldom used unless in a busi- ness transaction.
 The boys have all gone over the dark river with no return ticket. They have left me the oldest pilot on the Alabama River.
 John Wesleyt- Youman.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-22
Protests Against the Southern
 Clamor at the President.
to The Evening Star

Communicated to The Evening Star:
 The President of the United States, In the exercise of his right to invite whom he pleases to dine at his family table, needs neither apologist nor defender, and it is not as such that l write, but only to express the opinion that the papers and people now making senseless at tack on him for having invited Booker T Washington to dinner do not voice the sentiments of any considerable num- Der of persons in the south Had the President inviAd q number of Southern gentlemen, or even one Southern White man to meet Booker T Washington it would have justly excited general in dignatiOn, because the racial feeling in
 the South is so generally understood that such action by the President could only have ben construed as an intention
 al insult to the white people of that
 the kind. Booker r. Washington met, or is reported to haVc met, only the PrCSi-
 dents family. and if they did not object
 to 1t certainly no one else has right to.
 But this Is Not alL If it be conceded that
 the moral improvement of the negro
 race in thu south must tend to the
 general good of that section, and if Booker T. Washington is lahoring intel 1 iiEtntY and faithfully to that rnd-and Southern people ought not only to feel no indignation at the Presidents having bestowed on this Coloryd man some signal mark of the esteem in which he holds him. but should applaud that act as an additional evidence Cf the President ; good will toward the South, and I be- | lieve that Southern people, with few eX- l captions, will so accept it.
 Lawrence Washington |
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-22
Letters to The Editor.
In Favor of Ratification.

4
 Buffalo, N. Y., Oct. 20. Editor The Advertiser:
 The overwhelming sentiment among the hundreds of Alabamians who have visited Buffalo is in favor of the ratification of the new Constitution in Alabama. It is almost the unanimous opinion that the new Constitution Is superior to the old, especially in reduction of the rate of tax ation, better provision for the public school system and a more economical ad- ministration of the government; but the almost universal and preponderatlng cause for it's ratification is the disfran- chisement of the negro and his elimna- tion from politics. They all know that the right of suffrage was a political crime and was conferred upon the negroes to humiliate and mortify the white people of the South, and they want to disfranchise him and forever establish the rule and the supremacy of the Anglo-Saxon race on an mpregnable basis. The most intel ligent Northern opinion realizes the diff faculties with which the South has to con- tend in the negro problem and think that 1t should be left to the South for solution without interference on the part of the North, and they think that Alabama is acting right in dsfranchising the negro It will be a proud day for our grand and glorious Commonwealth and every man in Alabama should do all in his power for the accomplishment of that magnificent result. It is emphatically contest be- tween the Caucasian and the negro, and there should be no question under which banner Democrats and patriotic citizens enlist Roscoe w. German.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-22
Farmer WaIaum's Find.

John WaIaum. a farmer fin Ia Crosse Wis, found in a bag of wheat a sack o' gold. notes and securities, placed .her' lv his father, who died over two year. ago. Ever since the death of h,s fathc, Mir. Walaum has been looking for nom which he was convinced his father had concealed somewhere on the fIrm, Nhiit measuring wheat. preparatory [" taking iL to market the son found the sack q. money and securities tho value of whil runs over S2,000.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-22

Scientists are worrying themselves over the difficulty of telling the age of fishes. but there are some fishes with teeth and others with horns, and a veterinarian ought to be able to get at their ages.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-22

A late woman writer says if men "would do all that women think they ought to do, Eden would be regained" Per contra, if women were all that men think they ought to be, Eden would be already here.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-22

In some portions of Peru eggs are used in place of money. but if the prices there vary as they do here. the merchants would go crazy trying to maintain the parity.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-22
sentember Leads All Others.

A detailed sworn statement is nerewitn pr scented for the month of September Just past Figures prove conclusively that this statemen. n ! outdoes any former circulation record ever a, fained by this paper, also lays open pare 1acts to The Advertisers former claims of having n larger circulation than that Of any other two morning papers in the State or AlaDams rombined:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-22

The Mobile Item suggests That the Naval Board of Inquiry, when it finishes the Schley investigation, reorganize itself and go through the entire Navy, but in our opinion it will be so tired when it closes the present investigation that it will be glad to rest.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-22

Some of the Southern residents of Washington wonder If President RooSe- welt will persist in his social recognition of negroes. They fear that he may get. stubborn about the matter and invite other colorcd men to dine with him and even go SD far as to ask whites and blacks to meet socially together, in such case, of course Southern men and wo- men will refuse to enter the White House socially The friends of the Pres ident say he will never do anything of the sort; that he understands the South and will not violate it's sacred traditions; that when he asked MT Washington to his table there were no other guests and that the invitation was extended partly as q matter of business. as he wished an opportunity to consult with the leader of the colored race without Interruptions. In the Presidents circle there is much surprise at the outburst of indignation in the, South over such a tritling matter.
 Southern men say they are sorry for Booker Washington, as this episode will hurt him in the South and lessen his influence. They say Washington has been strong with the whites because he has always recognized the social barrier and has never sought to strike it down. W hen MT, Washington comes to this city he puts up at negro inn and makes no effort to invade the regular hotels. lie does the same. of course, wherever he goes in the South There is surprise that Washington accepted the Presidents in- Vitation, and it is recalled that when Colonel Roosevelt was at Tuskesee. partly as Mr. WashingtoGs guest. ho was not invited to MT. Washington s house.
 t is. also said that Washington has always eschewed politics and has won the favor of the whites thereby, but that now he has become the President & political representative in Alabama-the new Republican boss of the State. This statement is most emphatcally denied by the friends of the President Mir. Wash
 A NA principles and methods. but he is in no sense the Presidents representative nor will he have anything whatever to do with politics.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-22

A French enthusiast affirms that the problem of aerial navigation has been one-third solved, but he is too modest. It has been more than half solved, but the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-22

A Massachusetts contemporary declares that there are few professional tramps in that State, probably because tramp ing over the hills is too much like work.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-22

W. A 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 leftover copies have been deducted.
 w A. SCOTT. Sworn to and subscribed before this 7th day of October, 1901. F. W. Jackson.
 N P, Ex-O. J. P.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-22

an incident that was not meant to be Interpreted as we in our fears have done. Mir Roosevelt has acted impulsively and imprudently, but he did not intend to insult the South or to upset it's wise and necessary barriers against social equality. He has started out to give the Southern people the best federal of- ficials he can find, and we should not throw damper on his ardor by any in- justice to his motives. Neither should we weaken the influence of the ablest, wisest and most useful negro in all the South the man whose life has been devoted to undoing the bad teaching his race has had, and to starting 1t out in the right paths of character building, to the exclu- sion of foolish and injurious attempts at social equality or political activity.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-22

That Diss De Bar woman ought to be lynched The White Caps ought to get her. The Kuklux ought to visit her, and the-but perhaps that is enough even for her.-Birmingham Ledger.
 Suppose the woman was being tried in Alabama and a crowd of our citizens should take her out and lynch her, would The Ledger approve the act?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-22
Dining of Washington Not to be Taken So Seriously.

know where our safety lies, and we are l not to be deterred from taking all proper measures to conserve 1t.
 i "This is the explanation why we will not tolerate any social recognition even of the best negroes In some cases the rule seems harsh, and there are times
 when we all regret the severity of its application. But it Is obvious that there
 can be no degrees in this sort of thing. If the rule were relaxed in favor of one
 negro, eminently respectable and worthy of honor, then it would have to be relaxed in favor of score hundred, a thousand
 or more. Invidious distinctions would have to be made. Social recognition of
 the best negroes by the best whites serve
 as an example for those lower in the social scale, and it is an example which would be followed.
 "Once permit the wedge to enter and the barrier would soon go to pieces. Mis- cegnation would surely follow beginning at the bottom of society and working it's way upward. Therefore, we are deter
 mined not to let in even the thin edge | of the we" Te. Every Southern man of in- | telligence nonors Booker T. Washington. | But no Southern gentleman would sit at
 table with him under any consideration
 whatever. We are willing to pay him | homage for his good works, and we honor
 him in our hearts. but we cannot admit
 him to social equality. because that in-
 wolves principle which is vital to the preservation of the Southern white race l from the evils of intermarriage with the l blacks.
 l What you of the North think Is
 blind, unreasoning prejudice on our part,
 Is really necessary and wholly justif-
 able measure of preservation"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-22

The United States buys goatskius y9h an sperm oil from the Cape Verde Islands.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-22

'"There is this to be said for President Roosevelt. He is President of the whole country. He Is the President of nearly 5000. .000 negroes, as well as nearly TO- 100000 whites. In his official capacity he is compelled to entertain men with black blood in their veins; men of all races in fact. While l regret that he had Booker T. Washington at his table, I also regret that the Southern press has had so much to say about 1t. The best way would have been to keep still and not advertise the fact; to let it pass without exploitation. Above all, l deprecate in- temperate expressions. 1 am convinced President Roosevelt had no intention of setting an example. He does not wish to advocate social equality. He does not lack respect for the social traditions of the Southern people. In my opinion, he acted impulsively, without any thought of the effect upon the South. He was within his rights as private gentleman. but it is a serious question whether 1t is wise in him, as President, to set an example which, innocent enough in itself, may do harm in ways of which he did not dream.
 What l contend for is toleration and mutual forbearance. You of the North and we of the South have different point of view. You have no negro problem to contend with and we have. President Roosevelt has shown that he is true friend of the South, and the Southern people should not get angry with Eim about one mistake. Nor is it. in my opinion, unreasonable in the people of the South to ask that, in so far as may be possible public men who live in the great white light of fame should not set ex- amples which tend to irritate the South or to add to the difficulty of the problem which the Southern people are manfully cOntending with
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-22

'But why do Southern men object to social equality between Northern whitesS and negroes? Have not Northern gentle men the right to ask wh6m they please to their tables?" ~'
 This is one of the most difficult phases of the problem. As a rule Southern men who have acquired breadth of view do not critcise Northern gentlemen who recognize negroes as their social equals. It Is their affair. not ours. I am speaking now of private gentlemen. When it comes to a public character, like the President of the United States, there is a difference. We recognize the Presi- dents right to do as he pleases, for he like all other gentlemen, is master of his own house and his own table.
 What we deplore in such case is the influence of his example. It runs all through the South that negro has dined at the White House. Ignorant negroes. many of whom may never have heard of Booker Washington, conclude that If one of their race Is good enough to dine with the President he is good enough to dine with his white neighbor The in- fiuence of this example is to produce un- rest socially among negroes everywhere. It unsettles them and fills them with vain thoughts. It helps to destroy or i'm pair the lesson which. as a measure of self-protection, we have so long and so carefully taught.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-22
THAT WHITE HOUSE DINNER.

 New Orleans. Oct 90. A19ol
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-22

In recent issue of The Kansas City Journal we find this paragraph:
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-02-14
OF Practical Aid to Women.

The March number OF The De!inea-
tor in admirably suited to the vari-
GUS needs OF every woman. There 10
something in it Of a practical char
acter for everv woman who has
household cares or who wishes to
understand the tendency in modern
styles. One of the most valuable
articles is on "The Servants We Do
Not Keep" by Prof. Ellen H. Rich
ards OF the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology. This is subject
that should intesest every woman
who has troubles with the domestic
problem.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-02-14
..s:,... .=... REE HEIGHTS

Mr.. Whitcomb left Wednesday
morning to spend q few days at
Aberdeen with his wife, who is not
improving as ra apidly as her many
friends wish.
Mr.. VIM. Price has succeeded at
last in getting well OF water. Mr..
Roleewitch did the work.
Rev. E. p. Swartout OF Gannvalley
occupied the epulpitlast Sunday, and
gave an excellent discourse. His
many friends here are always glad
to have "a visit from him.
Mr.. Charles Camp and wife arrived
Friday night and stayed over Sum
day with home folks. The bride was
Miss Florence Heath OF Wolsey, but
is teaching at Washington. Wewish
Charley and wife all the happiness
and prosperity that falls to the
human race.
Mrs. Newman Gardner is visiting
relatives here.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-02-14
Brave Men Fall.

Victims to stomach, liver and kid
ney troubles, as well as women, and
all feel the results in loss of appetit g
poisons in the blood, backache, ner-
yousness, headache and tired, list
less, rundown feeling. But there's
no need to feel like that. Listen to
j. w. Gardner, Idaville, Ind. He
says: Electric Bitters are just the
thing for man when he is all run
down, and don't care whether he
lives or dies. 1t did more to give
me new strength and good appetite
than anything could take. can
now eat anything apd have a new
lease on Iife." Only SO cents, at
Fitzgerald's Drug Store. Every
bottle guaranteed. Sti
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-02-14
Political "Charges. |"

The Tribune has read much about
Col. Ainsworth and w. III. Tomp.
kins, ex. superintendent and super
intendent OF the state reform school
at Plnnkinton. If one was to be
lieve all he read about these two
men he would have q we'll defined
suspicion that both of them should
be in a reformatory and eventually
GO to the "crematory." No sane
man believes that Messrs. Ainsworth
and Tompkins are SO thoroughly in
competent and distlpnest as they
have been painted.-Volga Tribune.
This is largely true OF all partisan
political charges and factio nal
fights. The interests OF certain men
conflict in politics, and then each
side begins charging this thing and
that thing upon their opponents in
the hope OF influencing public opin.
ion. These charges are often based
upon nothing-or at best, are fla
grant exaggerations. In many in.
stances they are the feyerish imagin.
ations of minds that have been
brooding over personal differences,
determined to see some ulterior mo-
tive and corrupt incentive in every
thing the opponent does. live could
- II, -
differences rs clearly as We can upon
those OF other people, how easy it
would be to dismiss them from
mind with the thought that they
are not worth worrying over. How
easy to think the world is big enough
tor all OF US, and We had best employ
our short stny in it in more pleas
ant and profitable ways than to
be pursuing the phantom OF spite!
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-02-14

Sensational Mrs. Nation, the Kan.
sas saloon smasher, is thought to be
preparing the way for a life on the
lecture platform. Her success is as.
sured of course, because of that
large bump OF curiosity SO common
to humanity. Like many reform
ers,' Mrs. Nation wants to carry her
way with rush. Her pace is too
fast, and she will soon fade from the
sce-e.