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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-18
Az xCHo YnoIr rHn PAsT.

An echo sef the brutafity, inteisgancs ana
iawlessnsss which dominsted the extreme
sooliticnists forty or more years ego
comes up from reading Of the recent death
o. David stbbitt who forty years held the
once Of postmaster In 4 small Kansas
Town. He is'one OF the last, II not the
iast' OF the, men who were prominent In
an affair which exhibits the feeling and
me spirit -governing the New England
"Sharp's rifie'' emigrants- who went out
70 Kansas and Nebraska with the avowed
purpose OF preventing slavery In those
territories.
The particular case with which Sibbett
was associated was that Of one Russell
Kinds, and the slave of one of his Mis-
sour neishbcrs. The slave had escaped
TO Kansas, but had been caught by Kinds
and returned to his master In Missouri,
under the provisions OF the fugitive slave
law Kinds afterwards visited Linn
County. Kansas. and was there indicted
and convicted under the law of God"
as they expressed 1t, for he had COM
mitted no crime, One Colonel Jim Mont
gomery certified the fact of the mans
lynching in these words:
Russ Kinds. hung the 18th of Novem-
Der. O0, for manstealing. He was a
drunken border ruflan, worth a good deal
20 nan6. but good for nothing else He
had caught fugitive slave and carried
reward. He was condemned by jury
or twelve men, the law being found in
the 18th verse of Exodus, XXI
The scripturai passage upon which they
justified this act was part of the code
Of laws or commands given the Hebrews
ana which declares that ''he that stealeth
| q man and selleth him - shall
surely be put to death" 1t is true that
Kinds had neither stolen nor sold a man.
but the hide-bound puritanism of these
New England abolitionists didn't stop at
little thing like that. One Of their black
brethren had been returned to his right
fui owner and that was suficient.
This action not only illustrates the feel
ing which prevailed among the abolition
lists OF that period, but shows how the
fanatics would wrest the Scriptures from
their real meaning. If there was steal
ing In this case Il was on the other side
The negro ran away from his Missouri
owner, It IL true, but those Kansas people
who induced him to do It and who tried
to prevent his return to his master, were
the real thieves. II there were any. Kinds.
30 far as we can learn. was as clearly
within the law, as is any man now who
appprehends and returns a fugitive from
justice. but these fanatics were bound
TO Justify themselves. and. they could
bring a scriptural passage to Justify
lynching. for that Is just what the execu-
ton of Kinds was. neither more nor less.
Such things sound strangely now. espe-
cially when we remember that but little
more than forty years have elapsed since
this exhibition Of bloody fanaticism.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-18
LADY HENRY's VISIT.

It must have astonished Lady Henry
Somerset to be entertained by the smart
est society set in Washington, when she
was here the past week, for she is unac-
customed to that sort of thing in her own
country. Society in England has nothing
to do with Lady Henry; it no more takes
to her than the better people of all classes
in this country take to Susan Anthony.
She Is an educated Carrie Nation, the
chief difference being that she doesn't
carry Ratchet. -. -, -gs,s+-.~
Lady Henry Is one Of the, shrieking
type of anti-saloou crusaders" and will
pop I'D in the most unexpected places and
make speeches without any provocatton
whatever; she adores her own talk. Her
spaech and manner of speaking are ex-
tremely disagreeable One night in Lon
don at a peace meeting" organized by
that former jailbird and impossible ranter,
William T. stead, to prevent war between
America and England on account of the
Venezuelan trouble, Lady Henry recited
a "pome" which she declared was writ
ten by "the best-loved woman in Amer
ica''-a certain prohibition agitator-apd
wound I'D her perfervid speech by Shrek
ing in strident tones:
EnRland-I have made three visits to that
country
Only two persons in the audience
smiled; they were Americans.
The Washington society-folk who enter
tanned Lady Henry were doubtless lnfat-
uated with her commonplace title. My
dear Lady Henry! Ffddlestisck. More
over, tommyrot. Bah
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-18
now TO MAKE A TOWN GROW
Established Industries That Give
Employment to the Heads Of
Families.

Philadelphia Press.
The Pottsville Board of Trade. which
| dustrfes for the town, has a proposition
before IT for a new silk mill. II also dis
covers that silk mill already In opera
ton cannot get enough hands.
industry in the towns in the Eastern
part of the State. They have spread
largely from New Jersey, and shirt fac
tories. knitting mills, and similar light
encouraged along with them. Women
and girls constitute the greater proper
ton of the employees in these mills and
factories. doing practically all the work
REQUIRED, As In Pottsville, 1t Is often
found difficult to get all the help re-
qutred. and 1t has been discovered that
these particular industries while very
excellent features In any community, are
| rot very effective as town builders.
They do not bring new families to settle
In the town. because they do not afford
en- ployment for the head of the family.
An industry that requires the labor of
men, and can give employment to men, is
certain to bring new families into the
promoting business. The city gets a sub
stantial growth in that way which Is i'm
possible to derive from tine establish
ment Of light industries. These may
| serve the excellent purpose of furnishing
employment for all the girls and women
in the vicinity who want employment.
but they do not bring more. Neither girls
nor women who seek employment in mills
usually go away from home for It.
II Is for this reason that some Of the
towns of the interior that have expended
a great deal Of energy in promoting va
rious industries do not appear to grow
| In the proportion they should. The kind
| OF industries they have secured, while
| excellent and giving employment to many
residents of the town. does not bring ad-
ditional population from elsewhere. One
| establishment that would require the ser
Vices of a few hundred men would be
worth dozen such as a town builder.
| This has been well enough understood in
some places for a long time; 1t is being
learned in others by little experience.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-18
THE "4oosv INVASION.


For the first time. as We are gracious
ly and condescendingly assured from New
York, Washington is to be in the coming
season the society capital of the nation;
the 400 having with unprecedented CON-
descension agreed upon the invasion of
the seat of government here to thrc.9
fits with their diamonds and throw. mur-
der with their automobile. The prospect
thus opened up is truly alluring, for we
may anticipate dog 1uncheons and mon
key dinners in the true Newport style, to-
gether with a mighty influx of porkbutch-
ers and soapboilers from the breezy w est,
whence comes in one day SO great, a de-
mand for grandfathers. ..... W.
We now have in the White House,
dontcherknow, the only gentle-folk VINO
have dwelt there since the plebian Buc-
hanan began his rule, nearly six ana
forty years ago. He was followed sue
cessively by railspltter, tailor. the
SON of tanner, the husband of a Pcohi-
bitionist, a canal boatrhan, "one of the
boys" the son of a country parson, a
prominent lawyer, the parsons son a
second time a mere officeholder, but now,
at last, we have the gentleman in the
White House.
All this is of a nature to make honest
American citizens very, very weary, and
none more so than Mr.. Roosevelt him
self who. like every well-bred man,
makes no society pretensionS whatever.
1t is impossible for a man of his type
to be guilty of such vulgar folly. Indeed,
Mr.. Roosevelt is perhaps the best mix
err as the popular phrase runs. who has
ever occupied the White House. When
he runs UP to the locom otive drawing
his train to sh AXE hands with the epgi-
neer end fireman, he does so in sheer
goodfellowship. He is the best Of all good
fellows, whatever else may be said of
him. Be-.
But ''the 4O0' who are mostly persons
whose sole distinction is the possessih'
OF money, seems to have made up their
minds to patronize the President and
his family-to come to 1.-The court during
the approaching season. They will bear
down upon Washington muca IN the aped
manner of the mobiles of France when they
swarmed in Versailles just before there
was a general decapitation of mobiles by
Seine-side, in Paree. Served EN- right.
There is promise of great doings at the
White House and in society generally this
winter. The season will be opened by a
State dinner in the White House, Decem-
Der 18th, fully two weeks earlier than
ever before The President and Mrs.
Roosevelt are generous in entertaining So
ciety, and with the improvements in the
White House building they have greatly
increased facilities for pleasing them
selves by adding to the pleasure of their
guests.
The talk about short society season
because of the short session of Congress
is nonsense. Every society season every
where ends with the beginning OF Lent,
which is before the expiration of the
short session of Congress, as concerns
Washington. This will be the longest
season the Capital has had.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-18
Get Them Together.

We refer the gentleman with the potato
to Esq. Turner of The .Headland Post,
who can get all the coons up one tree
on his hunts and would doubtless have
no trouble in finding possum large
enough for a nine pound potato.-ozark
Tribune.
Well. II your man and The Virginian
will pool their issues they might get up
a real feast. A potato weighing nine
pounds and q 'possum to correspond would
be a combination to send the average
darkey headlons into fits.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-18
How to Win in 1904.

We shall win In 1904 not by the weak.
ness Of this or that Republican candi
date, but by the strength of our candi
date and Of our platform; and IL we can
not win that way we do not deserve t.
win. Mobile Register.
OF course we should prefer to win al
the next Presidential election on a sound
Democratic platform and with a can
didate of the same kind, but II the Re
publicans put out weak man. on an un.
kick at this assistance. Strength on oul
side and weakness on their side will worl
together nicely.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-18

ant home from the school which they
nod ceen attending and most OF the pu-
pus with whom they had been associat-
ing were promptly vaccinated. Against
tne orders OF the health ofncers the In.
sscteo children returned to school last
Monday, before the period Of danger from
infection had passed. Twenty-four cases
~ smallpox have now been discovered
emong the pupils Of the school. Accord
mg 70 the health commissioner, not one
% the pupils recently vaccinated IL among
tne twenty-four. 1t 10 impossible to mis-.
take the Significance Of such q sigma
demonstration Of the practical valae and
emcacy OF vaccination
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-18

Softly, now, softly! The Advertiser Is
throwing covert threats at us because we
will not swallow its politics, it's pliosaurus
yarn and its mythology. But when it
comes up to start rough house ii had
better put on a breast-plate, shinguards
and a nose protector.-Virginian Pilot.
Don't overload your mind with worry
on account of The Advertiser. Thrice
Is he armed that hath his quarrel just. ="
or words to that effect, said Billy shaks-
peare, and as The Advertiser is always
on the right side 1t needs no armor ex-
cept the invulnerable panoply Of truth and
Justice. How does that strike you?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-18

Every once in a while something hap
pens which makes people think that the
world is certainly growing better. Here $
the latest. A Democrat who was elected
to Congress on the face of the returns
believes that his Republican opponent
actually won and asks that the certificate
OF election be issued to him.. Think of a
Democratic Congressman doing a thing of
that kind.-Leavenworth Times.
Y Being a Republican paper The Times
naturally finds itself unable to imagine
anything Of that kind. II well knows
that no Republican would be guilty of
doing such an unexpected and thoroughly
un-Republican thing.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-18

Yep, we have a woman of our own, but
upon your advice we can afford to hug
some other mans woman over this occa-
sion IL she be good looking and Demo
crat. You know how that is.-Cherokee
Harmonizer.
1t isn't our advice and we are not going
to stand for It. If you go into the bust
ness promiscuously and somebody puts a
head on you it is not to be charged up to
us. And we deny all knowledge on the
subject, SO there now.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-18
THE MONTGoNfERY ADvERTIsER.

wants somebody to isxpiAin ~ they can
+why It is that the American people are
never weary OF being told BY President
MsKinley's successor that virtue 10 really
% much superior to vice. and that good
man 10 a mighty sight better than . bad
man." The Times asks hard Quss-
lions. It 10 getting to be q fad with q
certain class to consider Roosevelt very
great man. and everything . great man
says must b applsuded. Of course. Some
applaud because It 10 the fashion and
some because they hope ID profit by Il
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-18
Power That NAV Not be peAed.

L.OuisViIIe COnrier-JOurnaI
The power of a nation of 5000, 600 peo-
pie. with such enormous advantages OF
soil. climate and transportation facilities
is almost unthinkahle and makes it in
evitable that the United States shall con-
troll the worlds markets. unless Europe
should unite her various peoples in the
zollvere!n so often suggested. Considering
the dificulties of the different languages
religions and social customs, to say moth
ing OF conflicting interests, such union
is impossible. but we already have it in
the United States.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-18

The Hartford Comm Times is not very
enthusiastically stuck on Roosevelt s
oratorical efforts. 1t quotes some OF his
recent utterances and declares that if
spoken by his predecessors they would
have been sneered at as ''platitudes" and
as Sunday school talk" but adds that
most elementary expressions Of moral
sentiment and be cheered to the echo" II
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-18

The Eufaula Times asks whether The
Advertiser. when desiring "a respectable
white Republican Party in Alabama, "
means respectable in regard to the char
acter or the number Of its members. We
mean both. We want party with suf-
fcient strength to make scrap with II
interesting and we want both leaders and
followers to be men Of such character
that there will be no discredit in con-
testing with them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-18

A fellow who makes figures asserts that
II all the files and their descendants pro-
ceeding from one mother fly during a
single year should live the product would
amount to over three billion flies for each
human being now on earth. This seems
incredible, but he produces the figures and
no man can get around figures. And for
that matter we sometimes feel as II sll
our portion of them were present.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-18
SOME COMMENTS IN PASSING
In q FREIGHT Car,

Az y EISlBuC VdKs
Carrie should be placed in q freight car
running down grade with a wreck every,
hundred feet. BY such an experience her
turbulency might become awed.-Hunts-
Vile Tribune.
That would be pretty hard on the train
men, but It wouldn't Jar Carrie. She is
immune against ordinary accidents.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-18

1t is stated that If all the Delaware
legislators, Republicans and Democrats
who are really opposed to Addicks would
unite they could elect two decent Senators
from that State. but there's the rub.
They are not likely TO unite, and it may
continue to be Addicks or nobody.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-18
Almost Cowardly.

There Is something almost cowardly
about the way the campaign statesmen
disappear after elections and leave the
misguided partisan press to work their
explanation department overtime. -Tus-
cumbia Dispatch.
What are the newspapers here for IL not
to bear the burdens? Many people look
on the papers as camels which should
carry all the loads and raise no objec-
ton.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-18
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NOTABLE EXTRACTS FROM
THE BIG DAILIES' GORE
SPoNDENTS y y -

At the same time he was disposed to APP
point a tariff commission, which should
be permanent body, and should make an
exhaustive study of industrial conditions
existing in foreign countries on the lines
indicated.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-18
Significant Vaccination Test.

Chicago News.
As an object-lesson as to the advant-
ages Of vaccination here is a case worth
remembering. A few weeks ago the chill
dren of an Evanstown household were
taken down with smallpox. They were
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-18

1t really looks as If Southern weather
has been waiting FOR the price of coal 10
go down before tArning freeze loose on
us.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-18
n circuiation cinoh.

rss cireula1ion statements that sptser u t ~
ysrffssrse claim that Il has larger circuiaaon
than an other two AiAbams mornlae ne"sD ~
pars combined has never been cuestone5 ths
3nls proves conclusiveiy the justice q sn
sialn- ''rhe proof Of the pudding u W ue
eating thsfscf."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-18

Remember. the people you would like
to see dead may be the pail hearers at
your funeral.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-18
Ring OF, Please.

We never knew before that Virginia
editors were either rabbits or patridges,
but we have heard of one man at Salem
Va, going to Africa to write a dictfon-
airy of the monkey language. The first
thing you know The Times will Dispatch
you for such slam and you won't even
have The Age-Herald to Pilot you out
of danger .-Bessemer Workman.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-18

w. A. Sect, Circulation Manager OF Tne
says: the foregoing statement Of This Adver-
tisers daily circulation for the month OF DC
4obsr 1902, ID true and correct. ana COM
piled after all returns from newsboys. news
6zefed w. A. SCOTT,
Circulation Manager
Hwcrn 10 and subscribed before me this eth
day OF November. lso2. r. ". JACKSON,
fssai.1 N. p, EXC. .. ..
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-18
Not Our Advice.

If you have any more of that in stock
please put on ice. 1t gets US mixed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-18

Daily net average for NTH. II ,5s0
Sunday net average for me-. .1@,SAo
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-07
TO PREPARE FOR FIGHT
CHAMPION JEFFRTES PICKS HAIR
BIN SPRINGS FOR TRAINING.

CHICAGO, March 6.-The world $
champion heavyweight pugilist, Jim JEFF
fries with brother Jack and Kid
Eagan, stopped off in Chicago yesterday
en- route to the coast, the trio leaving
the city at 10 o'clock last night Jim
no i'll effects of his recent cold, which,
ne says, was exaggerated.
The big fellow is outlining his future
plans said: Il am going direct to Les
Angeles, where l will remain several
days with my folks and visiting friends.
From there l will go to Hardin Springs,
where l trained for my fight with Rub
lin. You can state for me l will be in
harness within ten days from now and
will work hard to condition myself for
my coming fight.
''Fitz may be well along in years, but
no carries the punch that brings home
the money. and ] am going to be right
when l meet him"
Speaking of the prospective battle
ground Jeff said he doubted whether the
battle could be pulled off east Of the
Rocky mountains.
A Louisville club he said, wanted to
bring Sharkey and me together, but
when the management preached the sub
ject to the powers that be they were told
to keep their hands off. Cincinnati look
ed all right for me and Rubin, but they
stopped us. Clubs east of the Rockies
but 1 doubt it. OF course. / want to fight
where 1 can get the biggest amount of
money. but a small purse in sight is bet
ter than large purse under cover 1t
looks as if California will get the bat
tle'
Jack Jeffries. Billy Delaney and prob
ably Bob Armstrong will prepare jeff
for the battle which. according to the
articles, will take place on or before
May Is.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-07
ADOPT THE CHANGES
AMERICAN LEAGUE MAGNATEs APP
PROVE THE BUFFALO CON-
FERENCE AMENDMENTS
FOUL STRIKE RULE KILLED
Club Owners VIII Permit johnson
to Do as He PIeases Regarding
Transfer Of Organizations
Headquarters.

DETROIT, Mich, March 6.-The Amer
lean league magnates. at their session
this afternoon, adopted the changes in
the playing rules recommended by the
Buffalo conference of last month, with
the exception of the foul-strike rule
which will be played in the American
league the same as it was last year.
The most important of these recon-
mendations is the one providing that the
umpire shall call a ball on the pitcher
each time he delays the game by failing
to deliver the ball to the batsman when
he has been in position for more than
twenty seconds This exception is made,
however, that in the case of the first
batSman in each inning, the pitcher may
occupy not more than one minute in
delivering not to exceed five balls to
one Of the basemen for the purpose of
warming up.
The ACCESSIBILITY Of removing the head
quarters Of the league from Chicago to
New York was brought up, and after
some debate a resolution was adopted
leaving the matter to the discretion Of
President Johnson.
A resolution was also adopted designat-
ing A. j. Reach's Guide as the official
American league guide.
Adopted Playing Rules.
The playing rules were the first bust
ness before the meeting today and the
report of the committee which went to
the Buffalo conference from the Amer
lean league was presented. 1t recon-
mended that all the changes suggested
at the conference be aSsented to except
ing that in regard to the foul-strike rule,
which it was recommended be played the
same as last year.
Excepting the rule compelling a pitcher
to deliver the ball in twenty seconds, the
changes recommended were in regard to
phraseOlogy and of comparatively little
Importance. The changes were read over
and discussed and the committees rec
concentrations were unanimously adopt
ed.
Before adjournment r. L. Hedges, of
the St. Louis team, invited the league
to hold it's next meeting in st. Louis. No
action was taken on the invitation and
the magnates adjourned without place
being fixed for the next meeting.
President Johnson, who was asked aft
er the meeting whether he would move
his headquarters to New York, said:
Not before the middle of the summer,
if at all. In fact the change may not
be made until next winter"
Tonight the members who have attend
ed the meeting and the newspaper men
were rendered banquet at the Griswold
house by President Postal Of the Wash
ington club and MessrS. Angus, McNa-
mara, Doyle and Cook, of the Detroit
club