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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-07
WANTED 30 BRIDGE AND coF-
 FER-DAM MEN.

At once 80 Bridge and Coffer-dan men; wages from $1.75 to $40 per day. Apply
 Montgomery Water Power Company
 St Tallassee, Ala.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-07

The wise woman binds a man to her when she nakss herself his companion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-07

The people are still hoping to secure the l.. and N. Railroad which. it is reported, will be extended from Selma to the mn- eraI belt within the next few months.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-07

A barrel just emptied of whiskey was placed in the back yard of Buchheits's s saloon today and as Will Baker twelve Sear-old colored hoy, was looking in the bung, the barrel exploded iSniting the boys clothing and burning him severely. The heat of sun caused the whiskey to ignite. resulting in the ex- plosion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-07

Oscar Price has bean elected city en- gineer to succeed M. A. Kirby. who went to Men phis to take charge of the parks there. MT. Price has been assisting in the work and his choice is promotion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-07
MANLEY's CASE MOL CROSSED.
Miss Benson Did Not Appear at the
 Trial

New Decatur June 6.-(SpeciaI)-H c. Hanley q Chicago picture agent. &C., cused of criminal knowledge of Miss Ella Benson. by aid of drugs. was arraigned in Justice Court today and the case was noll pressed, Manley was fined ten dol lars for public drunkenness. His people live in Tennessee and are well to do.
 When first arrested. Manley's life was threatened by d mob and he was taken to Huntsville for safe keeping. Miss Ben son is in Birmingham with an aunt and did not appear at the trial.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-07

Rev. R. DeOvies, who has been supply ing the pulpit at Trinity Episcopal Church
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-07

in this city, has been ordained a deacon by Bishop Barnwell in Birmingham. Mir. DeOvies is one of the youngest oeacons in the Episcopal Church in Alabama.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-07

During the month of May there were only two deaths of white people in Flor ence with white population of 6.0o0 Another evid snce of the remarkable healthfulness of Florence is that for seven weeks last year in May and June there was not a single death among the whits people of Florence.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-07

A committee consisting of Misses Olivs Rogers. Mamie Frierson and Elizabeth ONeal has been appointed to sell tickets in Florence for the lecture of Bob Taylor in Montgomery, June 14th. for the Falk. ner Soldiers Home. 1t is not likely that many will attend from Florence. but it if expected that the citizens will loyall! respond nevertheless
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-07

City property has already advanced 9 per cent and there are not thre vacant dwellings in the city. A general renova- ton and improvement of both resident and business property is now on and al- together the feeling of enterprise Is at fever heat.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-07
Local and Personal.

Jesse Seay. one of Selma's best police men and detectives, has returned from the Canebrake, where he went to try to arrest the negro who shot and broke Fiagman williams's arm the other day. The negro is hiding in the swamps and could not be found.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-07

Crops throughout this section have been exceptionally good up to this time, but unless rain comes within the near future they will suffer much damage from dry weather.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-07

Messrs. Alex Cawthon and George Clinic reached Mobile all right in their napthss. and had them lowed around In the Gulf from Fort Morgan to the mouth of Perdido Bay.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-07

Fox Grissett. a young printer who has for some years been connected with the job printing establishment of John Post in this city. has gone to opelilSa to work on The Opelika Post
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-07

The attorneys for Messrs. Firth. Caw- thon and Nichols. the three white men now in jail on the charge of murdering the old negro. Bill Cookery. will probably bring them before Judge Mabry on writs of habeas corpus next week.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-07

July 1st a mail car and clerk will be put on the B., S. and N. o. between Selma and Myrtlewood. This is great thing for Selma business men. and those down that line of road.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-07

Mrs. Rothrock, one of Selnia's oldest and~best women has been in an uncon- scious condition all day and 1t is not expected that she can live over twenty foiIr hours
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-07

Mrs Z F. Mahon of Kansas City, who has been the guest of her aunt. Mrs. J. S. wauchope. for some time past. has re- turned to her home in the far West. more charmed than ever with the beautiful Southls nd.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-07

Selma is now enjoying homegrown peaches and imported watermelons. It Is sight to watch negroes go by the stands and thump watermelons and throw up their hands in astonishment when they find that tkey cost 15 cents apiece.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-07

It Is announced that the through sched- ule over the Selma and Akron branch of the Southern will go into effect in about two weeks. This will give this section quick transit to all points north and west which has been greatly sought after for many years.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-09-02
The Monte Carlo Suicides.

The mar who broke the bank at
Monte Carlo is probably an altogether
mythical individual, but he has, never
theless. been embalmed in song. The
men who cut their threats at Monte
Carlo would, perhaps, furnish too
gloomy a theme for topical minstrelsyI
but it would at least be one hat -
founded on many unhappy facts.
Every one, of course. is aware that
desperate patrons of thi S luxurious
gambling hall. maddened by their
losses. rise from it's tables to seek OBJ
livion and escape from poverty by a
self-inficted death, but few persons,
we fancy, are aware hat in the height
of the season the suicides at Monte
Carlo reach the appalling average of II
a day. And yet, if the following dis
patch from Paris can be credited, such
is the case:
Paris, August ia section Of the
Paris press has opened a campaign
against the gambling tables of Monte
Carlo
One newspaper has sent a special re-
Porter to investigate the condition of
affairs in the little principality. The
reporter has investigated the cemetery
Of the suicides n makes some disclo-
sures. He points out that there ale
two cemeteries-one called the Cam
po Santo, h other Campo Infernale.
The latter is the resting place of the
suicides. 1t is difficult to find. Hotel
keepers will not talk of it nor tell where
it is. If they criticise adversely their
business may be closed Immediately
and no satisfactory explanation offer
ed. The grave-diggers and others en-
ployed in the Internal field dare not make
disclosures. The graves Of the suicides
are not marked by names, but by num-
bers. On some of them wreaths of
flowers are placed bearing sue de-
scriptions as the following:
7 my neighbor of h Casino"
For Jeanne; to my neighbor Of the
table"
The reporter says the suicides aver
age twelve a day when the season is at
it's height and that the potter's field
will oon be too small to hold the num-
Der of unclaimed bodies. In appearance
and general care he compares 1T unfav-
orably with the dogs cemetery, near
Paris. 1t is far removed from Monaco
and is hidden away in the hills hard by
the French frontier, near Villefranche.
Augusta Chronicle.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-09-02
It's Every BOdy's Business.

Another Of the leaders in the little
group of men who control the mining
OF coal in Pennsylvania has been talking
in a tone watch shows a Bourbon blind
ness to the fundamental principles IL
volved. President Truesdale Of tn
Uackawanna Railroad, is quoted by the
Tribune as condemning the civic educa-
tlon, but for the Interference of which
he holds that there would never lave
been any strike, and then as adding:
Just fancy such men as Senator Hanna
and Bishop Potter, h know nothing
about mining, trying to settle differ
ences which concern us and u en-
ployes, n nobody else" Here is that
same idea that a controve1s y wni.h m
wolves the regular production of fuel
needed throughout the country is A.
purely a private matter between en-
ployer and employed as a dispute III a
single cotton mill or iron foundry. Nj.
Truesdale had better take a day on"
and read the comments of a few hun
dred newspapers upon the situation in
Pennsylvania He would discover be-
fore he was through that the people
consider that these differences concern
them in a very vital way.-New York
Evening Post Qnd.)
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-09-02
COMPULSORY EDUCATION.

The idea OF compulsory ID
rapidly increasing in popularity Where
lust a few years g only a person here
and there could be found who v
Gated the system now heir name is le-
gion. and their ranks are being added
to every day. The agitation of the
question of child labor IN our cotton fac
tories will work in favor Of this system
and the two will go along together.
The last legislature Of Maryland en-
acted a compulsory education law.
Though it was at first intended for the
whole state it was finally made appllca-
BILE only to the city 1f Baltimore and
county of Allegheny The law goes into
effect tomorrow, September LIST. 1t re-
Quires that all children between eight
and twelve years Of age, unless men
tally or physically disabled, or unless
going to school elsewhere. shall attend
the public schools. 1t also requires that
all children between the ages of twelve
and sixteen years shall go to these
schools, with the above exceptions and
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-09-02
Brave Men Fall,

Victims to stomach, liver and kidney
troubles, as we'll as women and all feel
the results in loss Of appetite, poisons
II the blood, Deckacne. nervousness,
headache and tired, l~istless, rundown
feeling. But there's no need to feel
like that. Listen TO J. w. Gardner, Ida
vile, Ind. He says: Electric Bitters
are just the thing for a man when he is
all run down, and doa't care whether
he lives or dies. 1t did more to give me
new strength and good appetite than
anything I could take. l can now eat
anything and have a new lease on life"
Only so cents. at r. r. Bellamy's drug
store. Every bottle guaranteed.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-09-02

the additional nes Of such children as
a read and write M English lam
guage and are employed at some kind
Of labor. Officers are appointed in the
school districts whose duty IL is TO see
that those children to whom the law ap
plies go to school.
The people of Baltimore are very anx-
ious to see what will be the outcome Of
the new system. 1t is said to be a
grave problem In the city as to how
all the new scholars are to be accom-
modated. as the schools are crowded
now.
In the south the negro is one great
system, especially with those VINO ad-
vocate the use of taxes paid by the
whites for the education of their chill
dren alone. and only that paid by the
negroes for their schools. With this
plan the compulsory attendance at pub
lie schools OF negro children would be
impossible. for the negroes OF the state
could not raise sufficient funds for
keeping up their schools. The carrying
out Of the two systems would be an i'm
possibility. One idea or the other must
be abandoned unless by a constitutional
amendment the white people be made
exempt from paying taxes for the edu-
cation Of negro children.
We expect to see this question Of
compulsory education as we'll as that Of
child labor in our cotton mills occupy
prominent position before the legisla-
ture at it's next session and look for
some action on the latter at least. Both
are important questions and difficult of
solution and We hope 10 sec no hasty,
radical action on either
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-09-02
Women as Mems CIothiers.
From the Boston Herald.) q.


To what is the world coming?
Within a score of years it has become
the habit of fashionable women to en-
ploy man tailors. The Ladies' Pictorial,
in a recent issue. thinks hat on the
whole "men are really the best judges
of what best suits the female form di-
vine.' But this is only a part or Its
body of doctrine on the subject OF dress.
It also holds that women's taste in
mems clothing is far better h that Of
men. "She is quick to detect any mis-
take in the choice of a tie, to note the
angle OF a hat, the set of a coat, the
pattern of a tweed, the shape OF a col
lar. and she never falls into the error Of
urging her men folk to adopt any afro
cious things merely because they are
described as very fashionable. The
conclusion of he whole matter is that
perhaps IL men and women alike
more freely expressed themselves in
fashion journals about each others
clothes it would be better for both"
II this is a prophetic look into the fu-
ture, a sad day for the male part OF hui
manity Is in prospect. For one thing, 1t
will be necessary for men to carefully
read all the ladies' magazines CT fashion
to find out what it is appropriate for
them to wear. What a bore that
will be-
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-09-02
American Wives Wanted,

Chicago Special to Baltimore Sun.
Three self-styled scions of noble fam
lilies are seeking wives in Chicago, and
each has asked the local police depart
ment to aid him in making an alliance.
Not wealth, but young women of beau
ty and good family are desired in each
instance. The APPLICANTS are FL Hassan
Ben Ali, Algiers; Luigi Campagana,
Venice, Italy, and Kizo kishamawa,
Toxic, Japan. All have written letters
to the police headquarters.
Lieutenant Rohan of the detective bu-
reau, has decided to create a temporary
matrimonial agency in his office for
their benefit and that OF any young
oma who may be willing to enter the
contest for their favor Detective Ser
geant Charles Hefton will be III charge
The latest communication IS from Ell
Hassan Ali. His letter translat ted is in
part as follows:
Il am an Algerian nopleman and my
family is prominent and stands high in
the government. / am 20 years old and
wealthy. In my country we marry at
an early sc, but so lar I have been
Unable to find a woman who suited me,
although I have Travelled a great deal
in search of one. Having heard of the
beauty OF ChicagO'S women, I take the
liberty of writing you. The woman I
take as my wife need rot be wealthy,
as L have enough money and an extern
sive estate. Tell the young women to
send me their photographs and I will
return a likeness of myself"
The writers all say they have never
visited this country, but that they have
heard from friends who have toured the
United States that the Chicago women
surpass all others in beauty and accom-
plishments.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-09-02
A Remarkable Patient.

There is a remarkable patient at
the Acknowledgements sanitarIum. He
is a white man named Taylor McAlpin
Edge, Of Sampson county, and though
one can look into his skull and watch
his brain beat, he has mis- senses and will
talk nationally and in quite an ami
mated manner. He was brought to the
sanitarium Saturday with the breach
of a shot gun buried W. inches deep
in his brain and, when it was cut out,
some of his brains came with it, leav-
ing a hole in his forehead as big as a
silver half dollar, into which one can
look and see the brain. The man was
out shooting squirrels, Saturday when
his single barrel muzZe loading gun
exploded, the breech-a piece Of iron as
big as ones forefinger and about W.
inches long-burying itself directly in
h centre OF the forehead. He walked
to the house Of the nearest physician,
who brought him to Fayetteville on the
train, and he walked from the train to
the sanitarium with this piece of iron
in his brain-Fayettevule Observer.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-09-02

Forty-three a ago Ar. A II.
TwftcheIl went from New Yorx to Spar
tanburg county. S. G.. and started the
first cotton factory in he Palmetto
state. a primitive and small affair. To-
day be is president OF a company that
operates -four big mills, agsregating
owe 100000 spindles and $3.50 looms, in
the same county OF Spartanburg. which
Is the banner Industrial district OF the
south In conversation with = Post re-
porter at the Raleigh last evening. Mr..
TwitcheIl said:
"Our company Is engaged in putting
II a new mill-our hfth-at Clandale.
the site Of my original factory, which
Will manufacture fine cotton goods. Up
to his time We have made only heavy
sheetings. for which we nave a large
and growing demand N the Orient, at
least IS per OF our product going
to a eastern lands and the Red sea
1.-The cotton mills that VIII be built
hereafter in our state, and, indeed. all
through the south, are going to engage
in the production Of prints and finer
goods that the north has heretofore
manufactured exclusively. b business
is in a satisfactory condition. and be-
cause of the money that has been made
in it a great many people have con-
tracted what might be termed the cot
ton mill craze. Nearly everybody in
South Carolina that can command suf-
ficient capital seems bent on establish
ing a cotton factory"
rs there fear of OVERRIDING the bust
neSS?"
Eyes, principally because of the dam
ger that threatens our labor supply. The
politicians have raised a howl against
child labor, and 1T looks IS though they
would force a law through the next leg
islature preventing the employment of
children under twelve years III the mills.
The laboring classes want their chill
Gren to work in the factories, and often
q poor widow is enabled to get along
comfortably by having her offspring
employed. The labor is not heavy, and
Is more of a benefaction than a detri-
ment, especially as the mill owners fur
nish the children Of the operatives ad-
ditional schooling to thai given by the
State. '-Washington Post.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-09-02
A YOUNG LAOY's LIFE SAVED
At nam Colombia, by Chamber
lain's Collie, Cholera and D~iarrhoea
Remedy.

DR.. Chas. II. Utter, a prominent ply
stefan, Of Panama, Colombia, IN a re-
cent letter states: Last March I a
as a patient a young lady sixteen years
of age, who a a very bad attack OF
d~ysentery. Everything I prescribed
for her proved Intellectual and b was
growing worse every hour. Her parents
were sure b would die. h had be-
com so weak that she could not turn
oy r in bed. What to do at this criti-
cal moment was a study for me, but i
thought of Chamberlain's Collie, Chol-
era and Diarrhoea Remedy and as a
last resort prescribed It The most
wonderful result was effected. Within
eight hours she was feeling much bet
ter: inside OF three days b was upon
her feet and at h end OF n week
was entirely well" For sale by r. R
Beuamy's Drug store.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-09-02
Women and Jewels.

Jewels, candy, flowers. man-that Ia
the order OF a woman's preferences.
Jewels form a magnet OF mighty power
to the average woman. Even that
greatest OF all Jewels, health, Is often
ruined in the strenuous efforts to make
or save the money to purchase them.
IL a woman will risk her health TO get
a coveted gem, then let her foTtify
herself against the insiduous conse-
quences Of coughs, colds and bronchial
affections by the regular use or Dr.
Boschee's German Syrup. It VIII
promptly arrest consumption In It's ear
ly stages and heal the affected lungs
and bronchial tubes and drive the dread
disease from the system. It Is no a
cure-aIl. but It 10 a certain cure for
coughs. colds and all bronchial troubles.
You can get this reliable remedy at r.
r Bellamy. Get Green's Special Al
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-09-02
safe Predictions for the Campaign.

Perhaps it is a little early In tie sea-
son for a campaign prophet. but We ven
ture to make a few safe predictions.
says Puck:
The registration will give great sat
isfaction TO the leaders OF both parties.
Mud-throwing will be severely d.s-
cou%ntenanced by the candidates ot
whom the mud is thrown.
A few unimportant kickers and sore
heads will break away from our side.
but the other party will suffer large
and significant assertions. The better
elemen Of our opponents. including
many dyed-in-the-wool party men.
who voted anything but a straight
ticket. will throw aside their shackles
this year and vote with US far every
thing that Is good.
All estimates make by campaign mat
ayers will be extremely conservative.
The outlook will be particularly rosy.
The people will be so enthusiastic fcr
US that we will be able to elect a y"i-
low dog this year. This being the case.
IL will not be surprising IL we nave a
few yellow dogs on the ticket.
AS we ave already intimated. we
look for an epidemic OF color blindness
around election time.
The other side will be showed unde-.
otherwise, there will be a lucid expia-
nation why Ii wasn't II, by n
chance. through intimidation. coloniZ-
ing. fraud or pure cussedness on the
part Of the voters, the other ticket wins,
then We will be found standing SHOULDER
to shoulder the day after election, DO
ing a little rag-chewing. perhaps, ovcr
the question whose fault Il was, npr
preparing u~ndauntediy for the great
struggle of 1904.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-09-02
ROOSEVELT VERY MILD ON THE
TRUSTS.

If President Roosevelt continues to sof-
ten down at the rate he a teen going
of late we look for him to declare for
trusts or at least to deny their exist
ence or the need of any legislation for
their control before he gets through his
New England tour. Did you read what
he said Friday ait Newport, N, H.? He
said good laws only rendered it possible
to have good citizenship. The balance
depended on h people. He seemed to
lose sight entirely of the fact tina it
was he province of the executive de-
partment of the government TO enforce
those good laws. He then told the peo-
pie that they did not know what can
and what cannot be @ by the gov
eminent. We suppose he intended this
speech to be an apology for the govern
ment, Of which he is the head, for do
ing nothing in the past to suppress or
control trusts as we'll as a warning to
them not to expect any great things
from him in he future.
When the president sent his second
message to congress on the Cuban re-
ciprocity question and followed it up
with his Pittsburg speech We were in
clined to place belief in his sincerity
of purpose as to the two things which
he seemed to be very much in earnest
about accomplishing; but his recent
speeches have been so different in lone
that we have about given up hope of
seeing anything done through his in
strumentality for establishment of re-
ciprocity with Cuba or control of the
mGn0noliSfin