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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-23
WEDNESDAY, APRIL go, 1902.
THE DRINKING GOES ON.

In the great city Of New Aork, IL IS almost impossible to get drink on sun day Why? Because the officers enforce the law, and have respect for their couh- try.-Bsssemcr Herald-Journal.
 That is one of the pleasant fictions with which some of our optimistic temperance friends regale themselves. but there Is little foundation for the claim. In fact. the Sunday closing laws and regulations of New York city lack very little of be- ing a roaring farce. That the saloons, not only in New York, but in other cities should be closed on Sunday is very true. It may also be true, as is claimed, that the real saloons of that city are practi- caliy cosed on Sunday, but that. as a matter of fact, really improves the situa- ton very title.
 This may sound like a contradiction. but it is not. for Sunday saloon closing in New York has little effect on Sunday drinking Under the operation of the ab- surd Raines hotel law. beer and other drinks can be had with practically no trouble. A hotel in New York under this law is allowed to dispense drinks as we'll as eatables. and under that same law. any house which has many as ten rooms for the acco mmodation of guests is q hotel Now. any man who wants to do saloon business has only to fit up ten or more rooms for guests It matters not whether he has any boarders or iodgers. Providing and fitting up the rooms after a fashion is but little trouble or expense, and then he is ready to deal out drinks ad iibitum.
 But that is not the worst feature of this dodge -thc-Sabbath business. It is charged that not only are many of these so-called hotels really saoons to all in- tents and purposes, but that their rooms are used as resorts and assignation houses for the very worst characters in the city. As one paper puts it:
 At least half the saloons that were closed yesterday by the rigid enforcement of the excise law are educational and re- ligfous institutions compared with some of the "Raines hotels that were left open to do business and spread drunken ness and immortality under the sanction of law.
 That is one of the most revolting fea-  it is more profitable to the owner of a house with ten or twelve rooms to let them be used by the viIest people of both sexes, and for the vilest purposes. than it would be to use them for respectable Rodgers. The class who use the rooms can and will pay higher prices for such use than respectable people could afford to do Thus the owner gets double profits and conducts his business in the name oi the law. As contemporary argues, this Raines hCtel law ''is d law which raises revenue and spreads vice. and that i: about the size of it.
 The Sunday liquor question in New Yorl is not vet solved, nor is it. likely to be unless different system shall be adopted As long as there are hotels where all the drinks wanted can be procured by eating d sandwich there will be Sunday drink ing.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-23
IN THE PUBLIC EYE.
Interesting Notes of Some of the
 Persons Prominent Now.


 Persons Prominent NOW
 nx xevds is ,rsa eizing "a dcmonstra- tion for coronation day. The continental an1 American nro- Boers are to snow fnnir feelings by displaying Bocr flags and sending telegrams to MT. Kruger
 A monument to rhe memory of Lieu tenant General Lennidas Polk wnlcn mas been erected on Pine Mountain, Is9i st sia ,,iIi ,,,ark the spot where the General Was Eiiied during the battle of EennesdW Tn nsse0 iss4' N ~
 Mayor Glover of Bluff City. Kas., has i,,st heen elected to his thirteenth con secutive term as Mayor. His i'ohor say . he found 1t rough sledding TOT coupte oS terms. but now has his job so well li hand that everything runs very smoothlS
 Mir. Corthell, an American engineer. will represent Argentina at a congress on matters affecting navigation wnlch will he held in Dusseldorf. tIermany, shortly. and will then come to tnis coun = try and lecture in the leading cities on Argentina
 While visiting Goslar, in the Hartz Mountains, recently the Crown Prince of Germany was bombarded with snowdrops by a band of women and practically mob he'd by school children. Before leaving the town the Prince scattered plenteous largess of sweets among his small ad- mirers.
 The late Dr. Emil Holub, who headed two South African exploring expeditions under the auspices of the Austrian gov ernment, made fortune by his diseov- cries. but lost it and spent the last years of his life in poverty. On January l, 1902 the government granted him pen sion of 5.00a crowns, but he lived only two months to enjoy 1t.
 It is said that the one thing of which Christian De Wet. the elusive Boer Gen eral, Is really vain is his descent from De Witt. the great Dutch Admiral ot the seventeenth century. There Is no doubt of the relation between the two, worthy of his aucestol Admiral Blake, the great English sailor, once said that he would rather meet Van Tromp or De Ruyter with sixty sail than De Witt with
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-23
Indiana Republican Convention.

Indianapolis, Ind, April 22.-The Re publican State convention will be called to order at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon by State Chairman Goodrich and the candidates and their managers are already engaged in active work. Sena- tors Fairbanks and Beveridge and all the Republican members of Congress from the State are here. The race for Attorney General promises to furnish the greatest interest. More bitterness is be- ginning to crop out in this contest than there is between all the other candi-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-23

The Advertiser stated some days ago that the Virginia suffrage clause included all sons oi their fathers, SO to speak. whcreupon The Norfolk Landmark asks:
 Where did that remarkable information come from. contemporary? The Virginia military clause is bad enough. to be sure, but 1t does not go SO far as Alabama's. The father" clause lets in only the sons of soldiers in the Civil War.
 Well, it isn't quite as comprehensive as we thought. though we certainy under stood it as we stated. The fact is. we are not as fully up on ancient history as we woud like to be. and your Convention has been in session 90 long. and has backed and filled so often, that an out slider may be pardoned for an occasional lapse. We are to infer. from The Land- marks statement. that any man can vote if his father was a Confederate soldier. Does that state 1t correctly?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-23

Some of our Democratic friends think they Sec some cause for rejoicing in view of the apparent split between Quay and fF:ikns in Pennsylvania. but We doubt if there Is anything in It. They are both strong men and they both know it. A permanent split between them would turn the State over 10 the Democrats, and that they also know. Then. the question for each lo consider is whether it is h. st for him to lose out temporarily or for both fo lose for m ind"liFitc time. aud we predict that they viii arraugc or com promise their difference and keep their Party in power
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-23

something you all have. You don't have if very often. just once every year. Even I have one. What is it? l'H give you minute to think and when you are sure you know raise your hand ,,
 .nMV'" sVo' sa,d S this bright young teacher. folks in ali this big school. They .S,,,n all think so fast. and I know they are ,ninR- ,n go- ins ins to let Morris tell I'm sure he knows v a,s,e in true military position. and like a shot from a gun, in response to tue "TeiI ns what 1t is,. Morris" came the "A clean undershirt teacher"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-23

been remains to be seen. but those having the matter in charge think there is no doubt about getting an appropriation We have the advantage over Kentucky in that We will already have done as much. when the Legislature meets. as is re- duired of the people of that State. And the needy Confedcrates of Alabama will have home, beyond a doubt.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-23
Unexpected Answer.

New York Telegram
 She was a bright young teacher. In of many foreign children To Increase their voca bularv she had hit on guess ing game. She told the class of what she was thinking. and they named the ob- iect
 This timo she had thought of the word birthday. and the lesson went on in this fashion:
 Nov. little folks. I'm thinking of
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-23
ReImont Hasn,t Heard It.

New York April 22.--August Belmont. chairman of the executive committee of the Louisville and Nashville road said today that he knew nothing of any propo- sition to exchange the stock of the Nashville. Chattanooga and St. Louis road for that of the Louisville and Nash vile Railroad Such a proposition, he said. had never been brought to his at tention
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-23

half the number for he Is the cunning est rascal of them all.
 Among the candidates for office in the coming French elections is grand nephew of that Briliat SaVarin tne Ia, cookery. His relative is opposing the re- election of Baudin, the French Minister of Public WorKs. Brillat-Savarin was 8 great lawyer as we'll as past master III inc culinary art, and all his family have been lawyers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-23

The Montgomery Advertiser tells of a handsome three-story building which Is being prepared for its permanent use. We hope "Grandma" won't get stuck up now.-Troy Messenger.
 Well, some members of the force will be stuck up a little farther from the pavement than they are at present. but that will be all.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-23
r.cfs Make Figures

4 Figures again tell the story of now ne ,hii sertiscr's March circulstion gives this .S ne, cation the credit of having guafailtessa ;ssrs
 paid circulation greater than the claneu ,hs of all other morning papers pupias.neo .act is 1state of Alabama combined. This iae' ,t isssesi or, inc latest reports furnished by the American Newspaper Directory.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-23

The man who suggested the water cure for crime in Kentucky surely forgets that cruel and unusual punishments are un- constitutional.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-23

The esteemed Mobile Item tells Us in a headline that the great beef trust is closing it's canticles." We suppose 1t will b. done to the tune the old COW died of.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-23


 VI. Scott. Circulation Manager of the Montgomery Advertiser. being duly s"oIn' says. The foregoing statement or me an vertiserss circulation for the month of Msrcn, loo2 Is true and correct, and compiled aL.es all returns from newsboys. news agents ""u w A. SCOTT,
 Circulation Manager Eworn to and subscribed before me this @tn
 F. w JACKSON. fSeal1 N P, Ex-o, j. F.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-23

The Chattanooga Times is away off in it's geography when it puts Walker Coun- ty in the Black Belt of Alabama.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-23
GIRL
 QUESTION

doesn't worry those who are provided with a gas range. It is always ready, whether you want to prepare a light meal or big dinner, and it is SO clean and convenient to work with, that you don't mind if you take a turn in the kitchen yourself. There is none of the dirt and trouble of coal or wood burners.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-23

"A Daily Average Gain of. .3i .oS "A Sunday Average Gain of. .o4 oi
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-08-12
United States Cigar Company

Philadelphia, August Ga combina-
ton of the leading stogie and cheroot
manufacturers of the country has been
formed in this city. George B. Han
ford, of New York. who arranged the
consolidation states hat h new cor
poration which is to be styled the
United States Cigar Company will eon
troll from 80 to 80 per cent. of the
stogie and cheroot. trade. The company
has been incorpoI ated under the laws
of Delaware, with a capital Of $6, 500, 900.
The officers are: President, Charles
NJ. Logue, of PitLsburg; treasurer, E.
w. Swisher, Columbus, o.; secretary,
w. B. Sharpe, Alleghaney, Pa; vice.
president. Edward NJ. Bras, of Allie
CLANCY. Pa; second vice-president,
Samuel Bailey, president OF the COM
~nonwealth real estate and trust COM
pany Of P~ittsburg.
The chief object of the combination
is said to be TO place the American
stogie in the foreign market.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-08-12
How the Fox Escaped.

a good story is related at the ex-
Little Rock. His hunting~proclivitias
are we'll known, and he has lhe reputa-
ton OF being SO skilful in this line that
seldom, if ever, does anything escape
when he gets on its trail. Last Satur-
day, however, he was defeated in a most
provoking fashion. He saddIed UP his
|steed n took up a trail that led to the
southwest from the city. A short dis
|tance away he started a handsome fox.
Away the animal flew. with Martin IN
close pursuit. He. seemed 20 he I'M
lucky, for no matter how fast he rode
the fox always kept out or reach. The
race lasted some hours, during which
the sly little animal doubled and re-
doubled his track. At last the fox
began to smile at thought of the salts
faction he would get. But, alas. they
struck a herd of hogs, and just as Mar
tin was preparing to CLOSE m" the fox
lsprang on the back of 4 long-Iegged
lpoker-one of the kind that can out-run
a race horse. The hog raised his snout,
lgave a frightened grunt. and away he
flew. Martin stopped, completely spell
bound with amazement. The fox held
his meat like a circus rider, while the
further the hog got away the faster he
seemed to go. Martin watched the
lstrange pair till they disappeared In a
brush patch and then returned to Little
Rock. He related the strange occur
renee t GA number of intimate friends
and from them it became known
Through the city.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-08-12
VILIFICATION OF THE SOUTH BY A
SOUTHERNER.

Professor Sledd, of Emory college, has
an article in The Atlantic Monthly on
the negro question, which has brought
him into sudden notoriety of a kin
naturally to follow a bitter arraign-
ment of the people of the south by a
southern man for their manner OF
handling and trying to solve a problem
hat has puzzled the minds of the
greatest thinks of both sections OF the
country.
There is nothing too harsh for this
professor 10 say against his own peo-
pie for their treatment of the negro.
Professor Sledd charges that the ne
gro at the south is .dehumanized and
treated lower than a brute" He de-
clares that 1.-The average white man of
the south would sooner kill a negro
than a forty dollar mule; that IF the
negro is thought of at all in a general
way It is with the most absolute loath-
ing and contempt" Another serious
cause of complaint by him ID hat when
negroes travel, "at the depot they may
not enter the room for the whites and
on the train they nus occupy their
own separate cars. Reaching their
destination they Ia not eat at the
restaurant of the whites or rest at the
whites hotel
Professor Sledd's article can be di-
vided under two heads-one is the mis-
statement of facts and the other is ask
ing more for the negro along the line of
social equality han the negro asks for
himself. Every one knows that his
charges as to brutal treatment are false
That needs no argument. The leaders
of the negroes of the south have re-
futed them time and time again. AS
to his plea for social equality-no mat
ter how much Professor Sledd may de-
sire to associate with the negroes on
terms of perfect social equality, he will
find that the negroes do not want to
be on these terms with him. On these
two subjects this professor should read
the speech of Booker Washington,
President Dudley and other colored
men of their character and standing.
America is not sufficiently civilized
for Professor Sledd. We advise him to
move to Hayti or San Domingo, or
perhaps the inhabitants of these islands
may be rather too exclusive for him III
their distinctions of even shades of
color. So to find his true level he may
perhaps have to travel as far as the
wilds of the upper Congo.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-08-12
Charged With Perjury.

North Adams, Mass, August g.
Shortly after midnight a special officer
from Washington, D. c., awoke Cor
poral Richard O'Brien- at his home in
this city to place him under arrest on
the charge of perjury in his testimony
before the senate committee last May
regarding affairs in the Philippines on
a. bench warrant from the supreme
court of the District of Columbia.
O'Brien took his arrest quietly and
said that he expected to prove every
statement that he had made before the
senate committee and that he would
call several witnesses to confirm what
he had said. 1t is expected he will be
taken to Washington today.
O'Brien was corporal of County NJ.
26th regiment, of which Captain Nc
Donald of Boston was commanding
officer Inc O'Brien made severe charges
against his captain, to which Captain
Mcdonald replied in a vigorous denial
Senator Lodge was quoted at the time
as saying that the prosecution of
IO'Brien would follow.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-08-12
DEAD On HIS ENGINE.

There was a wreck of a passenger
train near Horizons, New York, last
Sunday in which four persons were
killed. the engineer and fireman among
them. The coroner's jury is 1nvesti-
eating the cause of the accident. From
evidence already adduced it is believed
the engineer was dead in his cab when
the accident occurred. It is thought
his head was struck by some obstruc-
tion too near the track. The conductor
had several times signaled to him.
without response. before the accident
occurred.
The newspapers of late commented
q good deal on the risks run in having
one man only responsible for the lives
of whole train-loads of people. This is
not the first instance on record where
trains have run for some distance with
the engineer dead in his cab.
There is nothing said in the reDoIt
in this case as to why the fireman
could not have stopped the train if the
engineer had met a violent death. 1t
seems tina the engineer, just before the
accident, passed over several stations
without slowing down at all, though
repeatedly signaled by the conductor.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-08-12

Some time ago The Messenger pub
lished an article from The Freeport
Ills.) Daily Journal regarding the debt
owed by the state TO the late Governor
Swain for moneys advanced for the
benefit Of the state university. The
News and Observer OF yesterday pub
fishes the same extract n editorialiy
defends the state against the charge
OF the editor of the Illinois paper that
our state has refused 10 pay a just debt.
The News and Observer says: "Of
course the debts Of the university to
Governor Swain, Rev. DR.. Solomon
Pool. Colonel Martin, ETC., were by the
corporation and not by the state. The
state saw fit TO pay DR.. Pool and Colo
mel Martin in part" We ask for infor-
nation. Why did the state pay these
two the claims they held against the
university and refuse TO pay the Swain
claim?
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-08-12

The business men of Concord, n. c.,
have taken a sensible move to increase
the trade OF the town n in a general
way better the condition of the people
of their county. They have inaugurated
what they call Cabarrus day, that is,
a certain day set aside as general mar
ket day for all country produce and
farm products, something on the order
of the old English market days. On
this day the people from all sections OF
the county are invited to came to
town, not only for the purpose of bring
ing their commodities to market, but
to mingle in social intercourse with the
town people and their fellow farmers
from other sections of their county and
from adjoining counties, for the invita-
ton is not confined to the people of
Cabarrus. Ample accommodations will
be made for all corners IND Concord
will extend a warm welcome to all Wis
itors. Those who wish to buy not only
from the town stores but from their
fellow farmers such as cattle. stock,
ETC., are invited as we'll a those who
have articles for sale. 1t is intended to
make this a general sales and barter
day as well between country people as
between them and town A
good idea this, and it would be well for
other towns to follow Concord's ex-
annie.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-08-12
HORRIBLE DEATH OF CAsT-OFF
DAUGHTER OF RICH PARENTS.

In a lonely house on Long Island
near the summer home OF the president
OF the United States there died one day
this week a oma who formerly
moved in good society in New York and
Brooklyn and who al the time of her
death had wealthy relatives living in
these cities. This woman lived and
died all alone. No one knew anything
about her or who her family were. h
died of starvation and the effects OF
excessive drinking. Her neighbors say
the house rent vas paid and money
sent her regularly by some one in the
city Of New York. but by whom no
one knew Her money, though. all
went for liquor. The story goes hat
she had become such an habitual
drunkard that ner family put her in
this house all alone and there kept her,
supplying her with money enough TO
complete her run and bring an end to
her miserable life as quickly as the
vicious, degrading habit could do its
work.
What a blot upon the Christianity
and civilization of the American peo-
pie of this enlightened Twentieth CEN
fury.
NeighbOrs seeing no signs of life
about the place for several days forced
an entrance in the house and a most
appalling sight met their gaze. On a
mattress in one corner of the room lay
Il ST. I
lirious from the effect of starvation
n heavy drinking. In the house with
her were five dogs living, but in
emaciated condition, and two that had
evidently died of starvation. Two
dead chickens were found near the bed
on which the woman lay and several
live ones in other parts of the house.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-08-12

Voodooism is so deeply rooted in the
mind OF the negro hat 1t will TAX gen.
erations of education to eradicate it. 1t
Is not found alone among negroes who
live to themselves and have never had
the advantage Of education or Christian
teaching. 1t will be iound among all
grades from the lowest intellectually to
those we'll educated. III Orange, ". J..
a magistrate has just convicted a negro
minister of practicing this C"aft on q
woman who employed him to bring
back to her her best man" with whom
h had quarreled. The voodou doctors
treatment was for her 10 chew an herb
which he gave her, spit in her hand and
then shake hands with her former
lover. The charm did not work 50 she
had the doctor arrested.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-08-12

Z have stood by the bedside of hum
Edreds of dying people, said an old ply
stefan at Topeka, according TO the Kan
Isas City Journal, land 1 have yet to see
a dying person shed a tear. No matter
what the grief Of the b~ystanders may
be, the stricken person viii show no
signs of overpowering emotion. I nave
seen a circle Of agonized children
Iaround a dying mother-a mother who
lin health would have been touched to
the quick by signs of grief IN a child
Iyet she reposed as calm and unemc-
tional as though she had been made of
stone. There IS some strange and mex
Iplicable psychological change which ac-
the act Of dissolution. 1t is
well known to all physicians nat pain
disappears as the end approaches. And
mature seems to have arranged 1t so
mental peace shall also attend our
last lingering moments"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-08-12

William S. Devery's plan of campaign
in his candidacy for leader of the de-
mocracy in the Ninth New York district
has been we'll laid and will probably
succeed. He has gone in to get the
backing of the women and children of
the district. The other day he gave an
outing on the river 10 10. 600 people,
mostly women and children. 1t took
two big steamers and four barges to
accommodate the party. Besides sup
plying plentiful refreshments and fire
works, he employed for the occasion
several surgeons, trained purses n
life savers.