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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-02
SUNDAY, MARCH 9, 1902.
Al spLENp1p PUBLICATION.

1.-TWO Decades of Southern Progress is fhe. appropriate heading of the Twentieth Century number of The Manufacturers Record--a number which ought to be cir culated and read throughout the South, and especially in Alabama. Part con- tainsJ g large pages of matter pertaining specially to Southern progress and Southern industries of every kind. agri- cultural. manufacturing mining and everything else relating to the develop rnert of our section and the advance made fin the past twenty years.
 In addition to the excellent editorials, there are special contributions from some Among them being "The South as the Gsrden of the World" by Abram S. Hewitt; "southern Money in Banking" by James H. Eckels. late Comptroller of the Treasury; "The Southern Iron and Steel Industries" by James M Swank; s-The South's Resources Hardly Touched" by Charles H. Schieren, of New York; saThe South as Seen Through English Eyes" by J. Stephen Jeans, of London: ';Some Industrial Needs of the South," by Edward H. Sanborn; Best Things of the Old South Unchanged" by David R. Francis; "Cottonseed," by Edward Flash; 'Review of the Agricultural Advance ment of the South Since 1sso" by J. B. Killebrew; Progress, Resources and Progress of the South" by H. M Atkin- son: "Infiuence of Industrial Expansion in the South," by Theodore c. Search; tnent," by John P. Meany; Sugar Inter ests of the South" by W. c. Stubbs; 'Realism of Southern Dreams of Material Profress," an exhaustive article by Ed ward Ingle; Development of the Mineral Resources of the South." by David T. Day; Progress in Southern Phosphate Belt," by Hugh Wiley; '"rhe Industrial Development of the South," a splendid paper. by Hon. William R. Merriam; s'Signifcance of Cotton" by Alfred B. Sheppersoni Equipment of Alabama" by Governor William D. Jelks, and a number of others.
 Besides the articles above named, the titles of which. and the names attached, are sufficient guarantee of their scope and importance. there are many short and interesting articles on special sub jects. and others relating to towns and localities. all of which are interesting and instructive. Taken as a whole, 1t is really one of the best publications we have yet seen, and forms a hand-bo of dnformation which the people of Ala bafna and of the entire South can study with profit.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-02
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 There ars soihe things that Montgom- cry wants. somesit needs. and some 1t must have, and prominent among the lat ter is e creditable street railway system. The people of this city. like most South ern people. are patient and long-suffer- ing. They suffer themselves imposed on. en nasse. when. as individuals. they would be quick to resent the wrong. They have endured the imposition of . dis creditable street-car service until for bearance has long ceased. to be a virtue, and they should submit no longer.
 The present apology for street rail- way fs not merely reflection on the city but is'an injury. People from other cities ara talking of 1t and ridiculing Montgom- cry for it, and the citixens for submitting to it. They are judging the city and the people by our street-cars, and that judg- ment is humiliating and Injurious. In some cities such make-shift. would be improved or would soon be put out of existence. @
 Montgomery and her people owe noth- ing to the corporation now holding the street franchises. They have patronized 1t literally and borne with it patiently. It has shown that it cares nothing what ever for the good of the city. or the well fare of the people. or for anything else except the money 1t can get from them. It has beeh offered the equivalent of half a-million dollars for its franchises. for its physical plant is worth not mora than one-fifth that amount. at liberal estt- mate, but it will not sell. and why? Be- cause it knows that the right to use the streets ef Montgomery will continue to increase in value and in ten years may be worth q million. That is why the company will not sell. and why it con- tinues to take money from our citizens for which 1t gives no adequate return.
 There ought to De and must be way to put stop to such gross imposition If the city can not or will not give relief, then the citizens should do it. They should raise fund and test in the courts whether or not the present corporation has not forfeited its rights to further use of the franchise and if possible dispos- sess the present corporation of franchises which it will neither sell nor improve. If it will not give us reputable and up-to- date service, and will not sell at fair price. then let it be busted, through the courts. and forced to make way for company that will do what this one ought to, but will not do. We tell the citizens of Montgomery that they are not only being wronged and imposed on, but are being laughed at and ridiculed. The peo- pie who patronize the miserable rattle traps which do duty for street-cars know they are wronged. Win they. always sub- init to it?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-02
\ CAUSE OF HEADACHE.
One Very Common Cause, Generally Overlooked.

Headache is a symptom, an indication of Arrangement or disease in some organ, and the cause of the headache is difficult to locate because so many diseases have headache as a prominent symptom; de- rangement of the stomach and liver heart trouble, kidney disease, lung trouble, eye strain or i'll fitting glasses, all produce headaches. and if we could always locate the organ which is at fault the cure of obstinate headaches would be a much simpler matter.
 However, for that form of headache called frontal headache, pain back of the eyes and in forehead. the cause is now known to be catarrh of the head and throat; when the headache is located in back of head and neck it is often caused from catarrh of the stomach or liver.
 At any rate catarrh Is the most com mon cause of such headaches and the cure of the catarrh causes a prompt dis appearance of the headaches.
 There is at present no treatment for ca tarrh so convenient and effective as Stu arts Catarrh Tablets, a new internal remedy in tablet form, composed of an- ticeptics like eucalyptol. guaiacol and blood root which act upon the blood and cause the elimination of the catarrhal poison from the system through the na- turaI channels
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-02
DIsHEARrENING SHOWING.

A correspondent of The Grenada CIiss.) Sentinel writes to that paper as fol- lows:
 In the hill portion of Mississippi, the farmers are generally too small and poor to justify the employment of an overseer. The owner, as a general rule has moved to town. The negro is in full charge and generally furnished or "run.'' as it is generally called. by some merchant who begins in March to advance-when 1t is too late, even if the laborer was inclined to push his work. which, as a general rule, he is not The whole country, or at least the greater portion of 1t, Is un- der mortgage either to syndicates or to individuals. There Is no corn, meat or money to make this crop on except as it is procured elsewhere.
 The writer goes on to say that the negro laborer, as a general thing, Sits by the fire and refuses to go to work un- til after he gets his advances, and then, as any good farmer can see, 1t Is too late to do the work necessary to make a good crop. The writer also adds that the land lord rarely gets enough to pay expenses and taxes, the latter being three per cent ~S @-o that I see from absolute want" he says. because the old negroes are fast going out and the young ones refuse to work, and the writer declares that there is no hope for better times, and that lin few years the assets of the credit merchant will be gullies, sore-back mules and a few broken tools'
 This Is gloomy picture, but what bet ter could be expected, and who is to blame? The white people of the South ought certainly to know by this time that when they "move to town" and leave their farms to be managed entirely by negroes, there can be but one result, and that is the result pictured by The Sentinel correspondent. It is only in very rare instances that any other re- suit need be expected There are some negroes who will successfully manage farms of their own, but to manage the farm of another. depending for supplies on the advancing merchant is only a short cut to ruined farm and an im- poverished owner.
 There is really grim and pitiful humor in the statement of this writer that ''the farmers are generally too small and too poor to justify the employment of an overseer." We should think so. The large and wealthy farmer can employ a capable superintendent who will profit ably carry on his bu,iness, but the owner of small and poor farm. who moves to town and hires white man to look after his farm will do very we'll if he makes enough to pay taxes and expenses. leav- ing nothing for himself. It really seems that the owners of these small farms which lie contiguous to each other could remain on them and live an independent and contented life. Certainly that must be better, and produce better results than those outlined by this Mississippi farm CT in The Sentinel.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-02
THE EGG FAMINE.

Has nen any human 1ntelngence! IS what we should like to find out. Plato, or some other old party, defined man to be "a two-legged animal without feath- ers,% and why may not hen be a human in the matter of eggs. Under our beau- tiful tariff system trusts rise and flourish and grind the people, and under that same tariff there is a duty of five cents per dozen on eggs imported into this country. Just how the tariff-makers made out that the business of egg-laying is an infant industry" which should be protected, we are not able to say. When the pilgrims landed at Plymouth we've no doubt they brought hens with them and their descendants have been engaged in the business ever since. so that there really seems no good ground for consid- ering this among the infants which need protection.
 The ostensible object of. the tariff was to prevent our own hens being driven out Of business by the down-trodden fowls of Canada. It was represented that Ca- nadian hens could manufacture eggs much cheaper than our own stock could do, and that unless the latter were pro- tected, the country would be flooded and deluged with the results of cheap foreign labor in the shape of free trade eggs. The duty was put on and now We see the inevitable result The con- founded hens have formed a trust and put the price up beyond the reach of any, body but millionaires, and, to make the matter worse, they. have evidently gone on a general strike and determined to lay only when they please.
 That Is the human in the hens. They are following in the lead of the two- legged animals withous feathers. and we don't like 1t a little bit What do we care if Canada can lay over us in the matter of egg-production? What is it to us whether their hens are free-born or are subjects of monarchy? We want eggs, and we want them bad, and we don't care whether they are made in Canada or Kalamazoo. There is neither sense nor reason in the way the hens are acting, and we believe they know 1t. Right at this time there is an unusual demand for this kind of food Thous- ands of good people refrain from eating meat during Lent, and eggs form a good substitute, but what do the hens care? They know that this is the reason when they ought to be on double duty to sup. ply the demand. but instead of rising to the occasion they just loaf around doing nothing and don't seem to care a toad's blessing whether there are any eggs or not.
 And there's no use trying to coax or force them to go to work. One might as well try to induce a Kentuckian to drink nothing but water as to try to influence hen just now. Feed her on red pepper and she only winks her other eye at you. Fill her up on bone dust and she steps around as if she owned the earth, and even sings you lullaby. Even red aI- bumen fails to make her come down. She knows she holds the trumps and takes a mean advantage of the fact Will not some enterprising individual dig a tun- mel under the Canada lines and let in a few millions? Hang it all! We want eggs!
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-02
Is Mere Rot.
Ashville Aegis.

ASHVIIIt RtgIS.
 Why doesn't ex-Governor Johnston get out of his pet and quit aiding the enemies of the South by his talk about disfran- chisement? lie ought to know that such talk is mere rot No white man in the State. perhaps, has been disfranchised except he wanted to be. We know 1t as d fact-Governor Johnston knows it-that there are hundreds of white men in Ala bama who seldom vote-many of whom if they vote, have to be dragged to the polls by some friend. It may be that number of these not caring enough about voting refuse to accept the terms of eligibility, and will not register. They simply don't want qualification and only voted before when begged or forced to do it by some one who thought more of their votes than they did themselves.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-02
The Editor is Sad.
Sheffield Reaper.

Snefnelu Reaper.
 The editor is sad over the loss of good COW. After waiting many weary weeks and finally trading everything he had that was tradable for her; had set his heart upon having a feast of milk and butter, but, while waiting, in comes a messenger and said, While was watch ing the time to bring you your COW, the calfites came and took her; and 10. l am only here to tell you" And we now sing the song the COW, died on. It could have been worse, had two cows died, but then one would have been someone's else's COW.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-02
A Dresser's Definition of Lady.

M. A. F.
 The following little conversation actu- ally took place between certain we'll known actress and a "dresser" in a large provincial theater. Perhaps you don't remember me, miss?' said the dresser, in . half-vague, haif-conhdential maner of her kind. T remember you very we'll" replied the actress, hut ] think 1t was your sister who dressed me here before?" "Oh, no. miss! I've got a sister, but she's never been here with me. Oh, you'd have liked my sister, miss" Then, in a tone of conviction: "Oh. she's a perfect lady-looks so nice always wears a black silk dress, and in all my life!'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-02
TODAY. Anastasia Holmes.

Der all dead quiet; no sound of mirth: A dark chill mist rests on the earth. The day is dying. In the sky Low, restless clouds are scudoipg by; And following their ragged nignt In haste comes on the low-broYed night. o, gloomy Mist, tho dark thou art, Darker still, 0 Mist, my heart. So cold, 0 Mist, the god of day Greets thee in vain with his warm ray: But colder still this heart of mine, For there. today. no light doth shine.
 II. But .yester-morn.- at daybreaks hour. The skies were clear,. no storm did lower {; Sweet fieeting dreams so sped the night Scarce touched seemed the couch before
 it, was light. The mecking bird sang, the flowers were My life-blood leaped like stags at play. o gladful Day. where hast thou flown! o blood, why hast sluggish grown? The floods which fell from the clouds so
 gray
 StiIled the sweet song, swept tho bright
 ness away: So fall the tears. when hope has fled. Into the heagt-then It. is dead.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-02

of It. S.
 MT. Richardson, the party leader in the House, makes the worst of it. He puts his party in the attitude Of useless op- position to a definitely fixed national pol- icya what is more, he aAignss the party with the flag furlers. It ts . fatal mis- when the Democrats are to aslr'.that they be trusted with the power to conduct the affairs of this government The Repub- licans could ask nothing better than that the leader of the opposition should put himself and his party .so violently at va- riance with the sentiment ofs the people.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-02
Belongs to the Past.

Mobile Herald.
 The State is now in the hands of its best people. Those who continue to carp at the new constitution will be compelled before long to acknowledge its beneficient effect. The time for winking at corrupt electoral practices and talking about them as a joke has passed. Such treat ment of corrupt practices was demoraliz- ing the manhood of the State. White men began with cheating the negroes, and finished by cheating each other. All of this now belongs to the past
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-02

4he war, on rum in New Hampshire is gsI5ins hotter,. ,.every day." says a paper of that qtete. but the statement contains nothing new. Rum Is the favorite stand by in New England and the people there have been making war on 1t and downing 1t as-long as we have had any knowledge of them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-02
A New Platform.

Talladega Mountain Home.
 MT. Bryan says the Manhattan Club of New York should support the Demo- cratic platform once at least before talk ing part in shaping the future of the party. The Manhattan Club, like the most of us, wants new platform, Is The Homes opinion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-02
EDUCATION IN LOUISIANA.

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 In recent editorial, The New Orleans Picayune calls attention to the great disparity in the amounts devoted to the common schools of Louisiana and that devoted 2 to the higher schools and col leges. putting it this way:
 saoo.oeo fM $500 students. sslSs0oo for. 200 900 students.
 The per capita expenditure for advanced students Is $57; for public school children. A.65 'f sel f.
 , It will be seen from these figures that the students in the various high schools get about thirty-five times as much. per capita. as do the common school children. Commenting on this disparity. The Pica- yune says:
 1t is a grievous wrong that not only Is the provision for primary pupils so small In comparison, but that there are thous- ands of children who do not attend any school and for whom there are no suf- ficient school accommodations There is not provision for the education of all the children in fthis city in the primary schools, and.s by consequence, many go without it, while great deal of money is spent on high schools in which a seml- collegiate education is afforded.
 Certainly all will agree that higher or collegiate education is a good thing. but we are equally certain that 1t is not the whole thing in the life Of people. To great extent the higher education is for the few and the common school educa- ton is for the many. The great mass of our male citizenship is of those who have not the opportunity or the means to at- tend college or to acquire complete edu- cation. and whose only chance of educar tional improvement is confined to the common schools. If we admit that edu- cation makes better and happier citizens. then it is both a duty and a sound policy to make education as nearly universal as possible. The State cannot afford to carry all it's children through all the branches of acquired knowledge, but it certainly can give all of them such an education as will fit them for the ordi- nary duties of intelligent citizenship and enable them to succeed in the fight for success.
 There is another view of this subject which should not be lost sight of, and which is a most important one. Many. of the States are adding an educational clause to the requirements of suffrage, and hence it becomes imperativefy obli- gatory on the State to give the children ample opportunity and encouragement to prepare themselves for the demands of citizenship. Otherwise the State places itself in the attitude of requiring certain conditions from its citizens and at the same time depriving them of the means of meeting those requirements. It is not in high schools and colleges that the chil- dren are taught to read and write, but in the humble and unobtrusive common schools of the country. and these should be made as free and. effective as the State is able to do. It is no wonder that The Picayune speaks of educational shortcomings and consequent illiteracy in Louisiana as "a bitter disgrace"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-02
Shrinks Within Herself.

Tuscaloosa Gazette.
 It is probable that Auburn shrinks within itself whenever The Opelika News rises to remark upon the sights cast upon that institution. It is clearly a case of defend me from my friends"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-02
But They Will Not.

Gadsden Times-News.
 Ex-President Grover Cleveland is at home again after ten days duck hunt and Is in splendid health. If the Demo- cratic party Is wise and wishes to see a Democrat in the White House again soon, they will nominate Grover Cleve- land at their next convention.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-02

What is going to be the next excite ment in our midst? Miss Stone has been released. the 'schley matter is resting. the Prince will soon go nome. and 1t really looks as if the newspapers are in for dull time. However. there will be politics this year and that will help.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-02
Are Always Lacking.

Birmingham News.
 There are no details'' is the way the telegram announcing a reported lynching in Illinois concluded. Details are always lacking when the lynching occurs away from the South.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-02

The Charleston Post takes occasion to remark that inasmuch as South Carolina has set the example, 1t will be in order for the Senate in future to celebrate Washington's birthday by having a fstic encounter between the two Senators of one of the original thirteen State. That lets Alabama out, at all events.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-02

The Southern Republican League which has lately been organized in Washington by the negroes is the right thing in the right place. Such . league can do as little harm in Washington. where nobody can vote, as it would anywhere.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-02

Almost everybody thinks they know" isaa specimen of the grammar used by contemporary which usually employs cor rect English. This is only another evi- hence of the fact that the very best of us sometimes slip up. or fall down. in the hurry of newspaper work.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-02
Headless Statesmen.

AIaDd1ud EnQuIItI.
 Eighty corrupt government officials in Corea were recently beheaded. If this was the mode of punishment in our coun- try we could boast of headless as well as sockless statesmen.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-02
Who Has This Poeme

Editor The Advertiser:
 I regard George D. Prentice as really the greatest of American poets. l have no work containing his poems. Will you kindly publish in your invaluable paper his "Ode to a beautiful girl" It would delight thousands who have never seen IA
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-02

Prince Henry should have reached Washington day or two earlier. A Senatorial -prize-fight would have been something to remember when he goes home
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-02

Canebrake Herald.
 Who can bring order out of this con- fusion? Who can point us to the road to political success2 Time alone can tell. and time seems to be distressingly silent on the proposition just at present.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-02

The Lafayette Sun proposes to donate ten per cent of its cash subscriptions for any three months of the present year to fund for building up and maintaining a home for Confederate Veterans, pro-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-02

The Roanoke Leader says "a better ticket might be selected" in 1904 than Cleveland and German. Possibly, but we doubt 1t, and are dead certain That a better one will not be put up, especially the head of it. But there is not the most remotest probability of such a selection.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-02
A Discordant Note.

Attalla Mirror. s Kad. e.c% Wheeler brayeds g discordant note around the world. At some past time
 he was evidently the boss donkey on a Kentucky stock farm. ''' 't @-c-lsG.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-02

In Spain a man who works on a farm. re- ceives about 25 cents day. In the vine- yards wages range from l@ cents a day for women and boys to 2i cents for unskilied men and to 42 or 56 cents for those upon whose skill the whole responsibility of the raisin crop rests.