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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-01

ington correspondent of The New York Sun recites the following facts which make General Miles's action seem notably repulsve:
 General sherman, to have the retirement order held up so that he might become Major General on the retirement of Gen. eral Mcdowell, and then retire with that
 rank Mcdowell was just three days older than Ord, and if matters had been permitted to take the ordinary course, each officer retiring at 64 years. and the senior Brigadier being promoted accord ing to the principle which General Miles advocates in his opposition to the gen erdf staff bill, Ord would have succeeded Mcdowell"
 But General Miles was in such hurry for his promotion that he refused any consideration for a splendid old veteran who had fought fin three wars and was a Brigadier General of volunteers before Miles had joined the Union Army. Gen eral sherman was obliged to telegraph General Ord that nothing could be done. as Miless name had been sent to the Senate and could not be withdrawn The shame of the matter belongs largely to President Hayes who knew perfectly we'll that this power of the President arbitra- rily to retire an officer at 6 was only in tended to be exercised for the public wei fare when the veteran by his habits or his premature senility had become bur den upon the active army list, and was never intended to be invoked to create vacancy prematurely for officers backed by political pull President Hayes acted badly in this matter. as did President Harrison in the premature retirement or a very gallant and able officer, General Carr.
 Nevertheless, the chief shame in this matter attaches itself to General Miles for using his political pull to retire pre- maturely General Ord and rob a splendid old veteran of his gallarftly earned Ma jor Generalship. If General Miles is pre- maturely retired he can only blame him self. for he has forced it by his obstruct- iveness. When General Ord was retired in December, 1SS0 nearly two years be- fore the age limit, he was in active com mand of the Department of Texas, and was a remarkably sturdy. well preserved soldier. After his retirement when con- structing engineer of Mexican railroad, he visited Havana with his daughter on pleasure trip and died there In 1883 of yellow fever He was man of Southern birth and blood, who stood by the flag against the strong appeal of section.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-01
SOUTHERN PROSPERITY.

New York F'inancier.
 Transportation interests of the South have received more attention than usual of late but aside from the speculative prominence given to the railways of that section through manipulation move ments on the New York Stock Exchange the legitimate prospects of the South are such as to invite serious a aftenrlon to 10 the railways which draw their chief rev enue from the country south or Mason and Dixon's line, No attempt Will pc made here to show how these ranWays are increasing their business, or how, by reason of improvements in equipment and otherwise, they are retaining as proht larger percentage or gross revenue % than heretofore. These features nave been pointed out time after time in the railroad department of this paper. ana with them the investor in railway shares is tolerably familiar. The south IS en- toying no\ temporary boom. as the word is generally used. It's growth mas peer rapid but substantial in every particular 1t represents the firm foundation or permanent upbuilding, passed on natural advantages. Previous to le93 several Southern cities and sections went through the unfortunate experience of wild real estate speculation. but the financial wreckage has been cleared away, ana the South is beginning anew. In this connection a little pamphlet recently is- sued by the Land and Industrial Depart ment of the Southern Railway, outlining the growth of the cotton mill industry or the Southern States, Is of interest. This pamphlet shows that there are now To- cated in the eight distinctiVely Southern States tributary to the lines of the South ern Railway systenls no less than 556 cot ton mills. with 1300l5 looms and nearly 5,O00,0 600 spindles. During the calendar year Just ended the number of looms, add ed increased 2S,564, and the number of spindles 1,2l600S. Three years ago the erection of these mills was stiTl regarded as an experiment. five years ago the iuea that the South could manufacture cotton in competition with the world was dis
 puted in conservative Northern circles. and a decade ago theSouth itself was skeptlcal on the subject. Now 1t Is con ceded that the seat of the future cotton manufacturing industry is in the South, and so far from q purely agricultural outlook. the South seems destined to be one of the busiest workshops of the na- tion. The change Is taking place more rapidly than imagined. Nature has been prodigal in her gifts to this section, and the wonderful iron and mineral deposits Pennsylvania has grown enormously wealthy because of her coal and lime stone, even though she has had to bring her iron ore from Michigan and Minne- sota. Massachusetts has waxed rich by reason of her textile factories. the raw product of which comes from the South. But the Southern States have at hand the iron and coal. cotton and all useful ma tcrial which the hand of man can con- vert into value. This being the case it Is only question of time until the trans portation lines achieve distinction now lines which cover the Northern States.
 The cities of the South are showing substantial gains. The foreign trade of
 ms. for instance. is DOW 9A3 Der
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-01
, His Just Deserts.

Portland Oregonian.
 The details of the story how General Miles in 1sS0, through his powerful friends-John sherman, then Secretary ot the Treasury, and Don Cameron, then Senator from Penpsylyania ia-obtalned his promotion are eXceeuhGly uiscl eu'eaoiV to that officer Miles and Don Cameron had married sisters nieces of John Sher- man. Miles first asked to be appointed Chief Signal Officer, but that had been promised to General Hagen, an Ohio vet eran of great political influence. Then Miles suggested that under the law the President could retire Brigadier General Ord, that officer having reached the age of 62 years. General Ord was graduate of West lNuint in 1853; had served with very great distinction in tho Mexican War. and so distinguished himself under Grant in the Iuka and Corinth cam paign, in which he was wounded, and at Wick sbuhg, that when Grant wanted a man to replace General w F. Smith in inc Army of the James in July. 1861, he selected General Ord; and when BuHer was relieved from command of the Army of the James, Ord was made it's com mander and commanded it in the pursuit of Lee.
 Ord was always a fighting man. He was severely wounded .n August 1884, leading his command into action. The correspondence of Grant and Sherman shows that they both deemed Ord an exceptionally able and gallant soldier The high esteem in which Ord was held is shown by the fact that he was among the first officers to he made a Brigadier General in the regular army after the close of the war. The first vacancy went to General Terry for his capture of Fort Fisher, and the next 10 General ord. Gen eraI Ord was still an able and energetic officer with nearly TWO years to serve before he reached the age limit, when President Hayes was reluctantly persuad- ed to place him on the retired list to make room for General Miles. The Wash
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-01

cent larger than in 1887, that of Savan- nah 9I.5 per cent larger. Mobiles con- merce is 466 per cent in excess of the 1881 figures, while Newport News shows an expansion of 3T per cent in the same time. The list might be swelled indei- nitely, but the several illustrations will suffice to prove the great revival in bus mess which the South is enjoying The entries and clearances of gulf vessels las year were about four and a half millions of tons each way, as against a little less than five millions of tons for the lake district and three and a half millions of tons for the Pacific district. With Com merce like this. to say nothing of local and other trade. the transportation in terests of the South have no reason to fear comparison with those of any other section of this country. The developmen, of banking has been in keeping with in. dustrial progress but within the next fev years the number will probably be in. creased materially.
 Copies of the 1902 Textile Directory oi mills along the Southern Railway. refer red to above can be secured by address ing Mir. M. V. Richards, Land and Indus. trial Agent. Southern Railway. Washing ton, D, c.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-01
A TRUST DREAH
No Grass-Fed Cattle Cattle in Texas
 to Ship to Market.

No Grass-Fed Cattle Cattle in Texas
 to Ship to Market.
 Houston Special to New Orleans Plea.
 yune.
 An Associated Press item sent out of New York Sunday night stated that the high prices of beef would soon fall as a result of the grass-fed steers from Tex as reaching the market. If this be the only thing that will break prices, the prices won't be broken, for there are nc g ass-fed steers to reach the market. The Texans have been cleaned out of cattle. and only stockers remain on the ranges. The 2-year-olds and the yearlings have been shipped to the Northwest where they are to be fed. and the grown cattle have been marketed to nearly the full supply. There are several thousand head Of cattle in the territory. but they will not be more than sufficient to keep the market supplied to its ordinary capacity, and the fed cattle have already been sold. available ss yet, for they are not in any sort of condition and are being used to stock with. As nearly as can be gotten at. the supply of cattle in Texas April 1b olds, 6ao.ss9; 3-year-olds. 566. Oas. Many of these have already been sold and have not yet been shipped; thousands of oth- CTS will not be shipped this season, for the reason that there is more money to the cattlemen in holding them as stock CTS or feeders. The supply of cattle in Texas Is light. comparatively speaking and carrot be depended on to break the power of the beef trust.
 Rangemen who never tried to feed cat- tie until last winter are now realizing good profits on the experiment and they are not turning loose all their stun, as they. have in the past. but will carry over the poorer cattle with the idea of mak- ing them into beef on their own hook instead of selling them to the feeders of the corn states. The winter has been an open one and, despite the drought which has prevailed. the stock went through with small loss and in fair shape. There may be some hundreds of thousands of grassers next spring. as result of the Texans learning how. but they are not available this year.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-01
Notahls Extracts from the Big Dailiss' Core spoudsnta
CREAM OF THE SPECIALS

his orders to the scrutiny of General Chaffee, who, in turn. forwarded them to Secretary Root. The testimony before the Senate Committee does not actually show approval by the Secretary. but they certainly were rot disapprovcd, ana hence they must have been accepted by the Department.
 It is explained here that 1t is absolute- ly impossible for the War Department 10 approve or disapprove anything Tn the Philippines except general plans Of sam paign. The cable service is not only costly but is slow. and if . military com mande- in she islands Lad to comnnuni- cate with Washington every time ne wanted to inaugurate a campaign ne would not accomplish much.
 General Smith, it Is said has never sought to evade responsibility for his or- dery by passing the matter up to his su- pcrior. lie did what he thought best un. der the circumstances. 1t is said, and If he was unnecessarily harsh, he was re- sponsible for having originated the sit uation which was merely ~eported to hiB sl perior officers far distant from the ac- tuai scene of conflict.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-01
All rN A uunpIr.

Virginia, and the newspapers of Vir- sinis. are in condition of seething dis putation as well as disquietude as to the manner in which their new constitution. when it Is finished. shah become opera tive. As we understand 1t there are three propositions being debated and all are backed by more or less strenuous arguments One is that the new instru- ment shall be proclaimed and become operative. just as a law goes Into effect. without being submitted to the people for their approval or disapproyal. In other words, the advocates of this plan propose that when the convention finishes its work 1t shall declare or proclaim that the new instrument shall go into effect on a certain date without any action or vote of the people.
 Another plan is that he new Constitution shall be submitted to the people Of the State, and that all who are entitled to vote under the present Constitution and laws shall be allowed to vote on 1t. The third plan is that it shall be submitteo to the people for ratification. but that only those who are qualified by the new instrument shall vote on it. The con vention of Virginia. like that of Alabama has made important changes in the regu- lations governing suffrage, and this plan contempiates limiting the right to vote on the adoption of the Constitution to those only who are voters under its pro- visions.
 Each of these plans has its advocates and they are all sure that they are right. For example. The Suffolk Herald declares that there are no arguments to be ad- vanced for proclamation.A The Abing- don virginian says it may as we'll be- come law by proclamation" The Richmond Dispatch wants to submit It ito the new (white) electorate. The Richmond Times gives extracts from in-. terviews with prominent men and each side of the question is advocated by them. And The Culpepper Exponent wants . primary election held to decide whether the new instrument shall be proclaimed or submitted. That is, the people are to vote to decide whether they are to vote or not!
 Thus there are really four or i've propo- sitlons argued. but for the life of us we fail to see how Democrats can get around the definite pledge made at the Norfolk Convention last year that 'aftes the Constitution shall have been framed it shall be submitted to the people for ratification or rejection" That it seems to us was definite and deliberate pledge that the people should have a vote on the new instrument before 1t becomes valid. and we cannot see how 1t can be creditabiy avoided. Under that pledge. perhaps the vote might be limited to the new white electorate, but we really do not see how that pledge can be car ried out without allowing the people to vote on the Constitution when they get it framed, If they ever do. They have things in muddle at present.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-01

The city authorities of Glasgow. Scot land, have been putting two and two together, and think they have fallen onto good scheme to promote temper ance. They note that where pretty bar maids are employed the saloons are much better patronized, and reasoning from cause to effect they have passed ordi- nances abolishing the bar-maids. That is expected to knock out one of the pleasures of drinking, and doubtless it will do so.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-01

The Kansas City Journal has advanced far enough to say that mo Intelligent protectionist has ever asserted or be- lieved that the foreigner pays the tax in every case" That Is an admission which may cause the K. c. J. to gst itself disciplined by some of it's protection brethren It has been one of the stand- ing arguments with that class Of states men to justify their tariff on imports by telling the country that the extra cost falls on the foreigners and none of it on consumers in this country, and now for a Republican paper to jar the theory that way is likely to cause hard feelings.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-01

S etc; but no title is more significant than that given Bismark the Man of "Blood and Iron" It typifies the vital force as well as the physical and mental strength necessary to unify Ger many.
 Blood and iron have really been insepar. able since the Creation, and when in perfect harmony mean perfect health and strength Dr. Harter's Iron Tonic is calculated to pre- serve this harmony, supplying the blood with iron in proper form and proportion. Iron has always been used as tonic for the blood, but it remained for Dr. Harter to dis cover and perfect Q combination of iron and other tonic ingredients. A trial of half a-century has proven that Dr. Harter's Iron Tonic is 6 perfect blood purifier. Most of the ills we are heir too come from impure or impoverished blood. The blood carries necessary supplies to every part of the body. If it fails to do so, some part of the bodily machine will lag Lagging means sickness. Don't permit tagging. Don't wait until you are down sick Use Dr. Harter's Iron Tonic aud keep we'll. It is a scientific compound (not a crude mixture) of iron with other tonic ingredients "a blood purifier and builder.
 Auburn, Texas, Aug. 1, 1901. "I think it my duty to write you that have been using your medicines for twen- ty-four years, l do not think Dr. Harters Iron Tonic has an equal.'
 E. A. Gilmer.
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-01

A few days ago The Nashville News issued very creditable special edition in honor of the completion of the Ten nessee Central Railroad into Nashville. It tells of the great benefit to follow the building of the road and the splendid territory opened to Nashville enterprise. A copy of this issue is well worth filing away. It will be valuable for drawing on in the future.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-01

The Pensacola News remarks that 1t seems easier for a camel to go week without drinking than for some men to pass one Sunday without. There's where the camel has more sense than the man for he lays in a supply beforehand.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-01

That the worm, which means the great public twill sometimes turn is an old and time-worn adage. and 1t sometimes comes true in real life. More than that. 1t actually comes true in street-car life, although that assertion is calculated to strain the believing faculties of most readers who have had experience with that kind of locomotion. The following from The New York Commercial. Is proof of what we claim:
 The bold action of that passenger on a leave his seat the other day and take storm so that the original car could be switched to the uptown track. has had most beneficial effect. The car had been placarded to go to the Battery. and this passenger-the others supporting him --insisted that 1t should do so, and he forced the conductor and motorman tc go to the end of the route, A sequel to this rather ''nervy" proceeding fs now furnished by the Board of Aldermen In the passage of an ordinance giving to any passenger who is forced to take the car ahead the right to secure damages to the amount of $50 against the railroad company. If Mayor Low signs this ordi- nance-as the public generally demands that he shaiI--the Metropolitan Street Railway Company will undoubtedly pay more respect to the accommodation of It's patrons than it has been accustomed to do in the past.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-01
GENERAL SMITHS CONDUCT.
His Campaign Said to Have Been Approved by Secretary Root.

Washington Special to Chicago Tribune. It is said by those in a position to know de.s of General Smith re rarding the cam paign in Samar. but these orders were ap- proved long after the campaign was ac- tually inaugurated, and the Secretary's 6 friends explain that he approved only the substance and not the details.
 The testimony regarding the Philippines taken by the Senate Committee shows that General Smith subjected most of
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-01

The iisauieting information comes from Boston that Miss Stones audiences at her initial lectures in Massachusetts were not at all large, but 1t may be that when she gets out from under the influences of goston "culchaw' she will find larger crowds.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-01

The papers are telling of man who lost his mind as the result of going up in a balloon, but that seems to be getting it backward. If 1t had been stated that he went up in the balloon as result Of losing his mind we might understand it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-01

The late Republican Convention in Indiana proclaimed itself in favor of establishing absolute peace in the United States. Now that the Party knows what is expected of it there seems no reason why 1t shouldn't go ahead and do it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-01

As well as we can make it out Senator Money issued his declaration of inde- nendence at the wrong time and under the wrong circumstances flor the street. car motorman had the right on his side, whether his acts were or were not fully unsuitable.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-01
Warned in Time.

Miss Mary Pierson Eddy. an American missionary, is about to undertake a triI into the widest parts of Syrian terri tory. despite the warnings of the Turk lsh government. We hereby notify Miss Mary Pierson Eddy that weshave just ex pended our share of her ransom money for sweet pea seeds. and we do not pat rcnize lectures-even free ones.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-01
An Appropriate Suggestion.

Louisville Courier-Journal
 The St. Louis Worlds Fair managers have agreed on the conditions for the capital prize of $100,00 in the airship race It might be well for them to agree now upon prize for decision as to when lhe worlds fair is to be held.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-01

We are not sure that our Mergenthaler can stand it but several papers have in formed us within the last few days that among those licensed to wed the other day were Wojciech Czyzykowski and L.eokadya Sroczynska." If those two names should get tangled up in scrap the case would be a bad one,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-01

Senator Money was arrested for refus- ing to pay a street-car fare and Senator Clark was lacked up for running his auto too fast. The Galveston News wants to know if policemen don't know Senator when they see one? But how can
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-01

Have yer little joke" but get your differences straight, please. The Land mark said that the father clause lets in only the sons of soldiers in the Civil War" So far as We can see, the plain inference from that is that any man can vote if his father was either a Con federate or a Federal soldier, That Is the fact. What makes The Advertiser so hard of hearing g?-Norfolk Landmark
 Well. you sometimes talk so loud that the sound goes clean by us without stop ping. But 1t doesn't matter. for your soldiers and their sons will die of old age beforA you get new Constitution.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-01
Coghlan's Promotion.

Philadelphia Bulletin.
 The approval which greets the promo ton Of "Eioch der Kaiser Coghlan to d rear admiralship shows that the country Is not disposed to worry the least bit over triffng indiscretion in comparison witt. long and honorable term of service.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-01
Especially for Little Denmark.

Philadelphia Bulletin.
 However loudly the politicians of Dem mark may quarrel over the cession of the Danish West Indies the chances are that the scheme will go through Five millions of good American dollars make rather 8 tempting proposition.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-01
Competent Testimony.

ChlCagO Journal. Grover Flint, who tesiied before the Senate Philippine Committee yesterday, was newspaper man before he became soldier, and if he says the water cure Is all right. it's all right
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-01

The theory of that New York doctor that indigestion makes men liars may be correct, but it isn't broad enough. We've encountered some robust liars with the digestion of an ostrich.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-01
Yacts Make Figures

Fieusss aenin tell the story of nov .,. nn,.hii. Vor1Innrss March circulation gives sn. s..ed net catto1 the credit of having guaian.SS ,.sue paid ciroulafion greater than the siaii sianI in ths Of au other morning papers pue1,sss fact Is I'M on the latest reports furnished os '"' American Newspaper Directory.