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The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-09-23
TWO OPINIONS.

On the somewhat prominent subject Of
aiding needy Confederate veterans. and
pf the failure or ir ability of the South
fo do as mu n for them as they deserve,
NE copy two opinions from Southern pa
pars as fair expressions. The Chattanoo-
m Times says:
The opinion expressed by The Adver-
sfEer In the opinion of nine-tenths OF the
hasf men in the South. This question Is
rot /, palatable one to the whipper-snap-
oer organs, but when the people once De.
rome aroused on the subject and the right
nsrf 0f organization is effected, winch IN
kirne will be done, these pennyNa-liners
Rrf.l fall over themselves to get into rne
or secssdon and De nccratic platforms VIII
$nsriy bristle with declarations favoraple
10 generous legislation In heip OF tne
Weterans.
That refers to The Advertisers con-
eeu4ion that Southern men should not
ugbfect to aid from Union veterans as
sonx as our own people are not doing all
shat they could for their brother Con-
Ksderates, and of this The Pensacola
Press remarks:
Three-fourths of the people here in the
South who spurn Northern offers to AID
the Confederate soldier are the very peo-
4ole who do not offer but very little aid
themselves in this cause. 1t Is all very
sveil to have pride and independence, but
q generous offer should not be rejected
when 1t will remove distress and when
shose who make the ofker are actuated
s1y fraternal motives.
These opinions may both be rather
strongly expressed. but we give them as
tiae sentiments of two papers which are
kxiends OF the Southern soldiers, and
(which want to see them provided for.
we believe. with The Times. that sent
sment is going to rise in the South which
will make it impossible for any State to
refuse to provide some means of relief
for the veterans. and that all political
oarties will make it part Of their plat
Kor1ns
And although The Press may express it
n little too strongly. 1t is quite likely
that some of those who are most out
xpoken in their opposition to General
trorrances proposition are men who new
- do anything for the veterans and who
svbuld protest most loudly against beirg
faxed for them. The matter has narrow
I'd down to where there are just threa
races TO it. The Southern people and
southern States must be more liberal, or
nva must accept outside assistance. or our
rwn brothers must suffer. There is nc
Escape from this reasoning and we may
rs well face It,
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-09-23

" congratulate the decent white Repub-
iicans in Alabama that they have appar-
entity ridden themselves Of the body OF
death which has so long made their party
stencil in the nostrils Of all good men.
We say Apparently for we do not yet
know what is to be the outcome. Such
vital change may be permanent, but
we apprehend that when the leaders see
that they can no longer use the negro
to swell their numbers they may begin
to look out for means of making him
Republican voter again. Some of them
have already given out hints in that d.
rection, and we snail not be greatly sur
prised to see a retrogression from the
nigh position they are now assuming.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-09-23
poPULIsTs TO STAND ALONE.
Ex-senator Butler Says Party in
1904 viii Have q Presiden-
ffo1 TirEat


Washington Special to New York Times.
Ex-senator Marion Butler, elected as
Populist from North Carolina. who re-
tired from public life at the close of the
Fffty-sixth Congress, said here today:
THE Populist National Committee is
standing aside now. and allowing each
local section of the party do as 1t thinks
best in the Congressional elections. In
1904 va will have a ticket In the field for
the Presidency. We will poll more votes
for Populist candidates than we did when
We put up Weaver, and got over 1000 900
votes for him. Since then we have twice
fused with the Democratic party, and
given them our votes.
I'm 1904 we will not only get all the
votes we got for Weaver, but we will get
q largo part of the Democratic vote also,
as have no doubt by that time the DEM
ocratic party will be In the hands of the
Cleveland Democrats. cannot under
take to say what vote we will then poll.
but 1t will be very large, the very largest
We have ever had.
when we went into the campaign OF
1895 / endeavored to persuade the Demo-
cratic leaders not to talk of free silver
at 16 to 1, but to talk of the Quantitative
theory In, regard to money, with dis
regard for the metal What we contend
for Is that there shall be a certain ade-
quate quantity Of money to meet the
wants OF commerce at all times.
I'VE are coming into condition that
will show the importance of public own
ership OF the natural monopolies.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-09-23

Dothan. Ala, Sept. Y, l9o2.
Editor The Advertiser.
Ny attention has been called to an ar
ticle In your Sundays paper Of the 7th.
in which you stated that j. Meyrovitz and
Ike Meyrovitz were in Jail In this you
were mistaken. We were arrested and
carried to Troy before United States
Commissioner and bound over to await
the action OF the grand jury in sums OF
q. 500 each ,as you stated. but neither Of
US were ever put In jail. My brother. l.
Meyrovitx, went on to Geneva where he
made his bond, and came to Dothan
and made mine.
Now, our arrest for the alleged viola
ton OF the bankruptcy laws 10 persecu-
ton. as the good people Of Geneva and
Dotfan will attest, and as we hope to
easily prove in the courts. Do us the JUS
tice to publish this. Respectfully.
J. Meyrovitz.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-09-23
Gen. Wheeler and Lord Roberts

Washington Times.
Every patriotic American, North or
South, Will be giad to hear that General
Wheeler was made mucn Of In London,
consequence. 1t Is not that this ADDS any
thing to the worth OF the little general.
or that 1t Ia a matter for him or any OF
us to feel proud OF; but there Is always a
pleasure in discovering that other people
appreciate our friends.
1t Is not at all strange that GeneSal
Wheeler and Lord Roberts should fra
ternize. They are mucn the same sort
of men. Both are unassuming, efficient,
thorough, kindly, and tremendously ener-
getic without ever making a fuss about
It. Both are noted tor the habit of do
ing necessary things which other people
only talk about. Both are idolized by
the private soldier and beloved by their
equals. 1t was a foreordained thing that
they should meet land that they should
be friends.
1t will some day be realized. even more
than 1t Is now. that Joseph Wheeler is
one of the unique figures In American
history. Commander OF the cavalry forces
of the Confederacy at twenty-six, WELD
ing that unequaled army OF rough riders
into a weapon that was always hitting
resourcefully, and effectively until hight
ing was at an end, and then he brought
out his good common sense and proceed.
ed to become a notable hgure In civil
lie. IL 10 rare lnuceu tHdt ihdu mas wv
such chances for distinguished military
| service as came to him, and rarer yet to
| find the man who can rise to the occa-
sion. He found his way to the front In
| the Spanish-American war as promptly
| as in the war between the States, thirty
years before, and the picture Of Fight.
| ing Joe" as he rose from a sick bed al
Santiago TO lead his men to victory, is
one which will not fade SO long as the
| Stars and Stripes hold their color. Simple.
honorable straightforward, just; reck.
lessly brave or patiently strong, as need
may be; never too busy to do favor or
make a friend, he Is one of those heroes
who are not only admired but beloved,
and their names are not SO many that
any of them are likely to be forgotten.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-09-23
The Economical Chinese.

The Chinese are a very economical peo-
pie. In North China the people will eat
morse. mule, donkey or any animal. and
they will eat all the animal. even when
It has died Of disease. The smallest chill
dren are sent out to gather fuel. One
may see boys up in trees beating Off
leaves as If they were fruit and not a
straw IL allowed to lie idle on the ground.
In ordinary houses a dim light which
costs almost nothing will be placed in a
hole in a dividing wall so as to light two
apartments. An old woman who was
hobbling along painfully was asked where
she was going, She explained that she
as to die in a place near TO the family
graveyard and thus avoid the expense OF
coffinbearers for a long distance.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-09-23
The New Ward McAllister.

New York Press.
The legitimate successor of the late d.
director of society, Ward McAllster, Is
Harry Lehr. Mrs Aston made McAllis-
ter, Mrs. Aston made Lehr, and Is deter
mined to enthrone him. He Is by long
odds the cleyerest man in the Newport
set that Watterson frowns upon With
acrimonious invective. 1t was no accident
when Mrs. Astor took UP Ward McAllis-
ter. The directors mother was a sister
of Sam Wards mother. and Sam Ward.
an intimate personal friend of William
Aston, married the latter's eldest sister.
Emily Aston. Ward McAllister. therefore.
was nearly in the Astor family, and was
named for Sam Ward. Naturally, Mrs.
Astor. owing TO these circumstances.
was kindly disposed toward the descend
ant of Robert the Bruce, l do not
know why she should be so fond of
Harry Lehr, who is not in the family
and has no pedigree. The young wine
pusher had three powerful influences to
start with-a clever wit, huge audac-
ity and Mrs. AStor.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-09-23
The Tariff,
New York Tim

New York Times. :, q,
"Take heed to yourself, the Devil 10
unclaimed" So rarI the message Of warn
ing sent to King John when the news
came that Richard the Lion Heart was
out of prison. The wiser leaders OF the
Republican Party have for some years
occasionally turned an uneasy ear 10
the West, expecting and fearing mes
sage of similar import. 1t was the UNI
claiming of the free-trade devil that
they have waited-they call IT Tree trade
though 1t is not that: II Is the demanu
of the American people that Q tarin law
full of wrongs and abuses, OF special
privileges and expressions, shall be rad
ically amended and made wholesome.
The message has come at last. ana tney
are taking heed unto themselves. Speak
err Henderson needs 1t by declining re-
nomination in his Iowa district, wnere
the Republicans are 30 thoroughly com.
mitted to tariff reform that he IL forceo
to admit that he, an old-lne protection-
list, can no longer be their representa-.
tive. Senator Hanna and Senator Aldrich
take heed of the new and alarming con-
dition by hurrying OF to Oyster Bay Tor
q conference with the President, VINO
himself, II public reports are eorrect;
has taken heed of the swelling demand
for a reduction OF tariff duties. 1t is 2
time of stir, of confused councils, and or
perturbation among Republicans.
There could be no more conclusive
demonstration of the Republican Party's
need of new leaders and new minds than
the pitiful letter in which Speaker Hem
derson declines a denomination in the
Third Iowa District. He has no faith
that trust evils "can be cured or the
people benefited by free trade" In an.
other communication he says: Il cannot
acquiesce in administering free trade
poison to cure the trust evil, which l
abhor." The expression free trade" has
long been considered by Republican pro-
tectionists to be the most odious de:
mandatory epithet which could be applied
Henderson knows very we'll that his con-
stituents have no intention of demand
ing free trade. His use OF the expression
is a measure of his vexation at the dis
heartening discovery that his constitu-
ents. who once had confidence in him.
have moved forward. leaving him alone
aud for hehind
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-09-23
POST CHECK CURRENCY.
A Great Convenience and Saving OF
Time.

Buffalo IN. ~ Courier.
Although the Post Check Currency bill
failed of passage at the last session Of
Congress, there seems to be no doubt that
the measure can succeed in the coming
winter IL its advocates throughout the
country make their desire known to their
Congressman. The plan Of having
United States money so printed that
the bills of small denominations can be
converted into checks payable to order
at any postoff1ce Is no doubt familiar
to most of the people by this time. as
1t has been described with frequency and
in detail. The convenience which 1t
would afford, the losses which 1t would
save to the multitude who have occasion
to send small amounts of money through
the mails doing away with the trouble
of securing money orders, unquestionably
would be. in the aggregate. vast. The
scheme 10 so practicable. and so entirely
simple, that the wonder is that 1t was
not devised and adopted long ago. Almost
every newspaper in the country has COM
mented upon 1t, and we do not recall one
that has found reason for opposing it.
Congress should at the coming session
pass the bill and give the business public
the benefit of a really valuable idea.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-09-23
Or The Hardeman Free Pressp

Chattanooga Times.
THE subject of prohibition" solemnly
declares The Montgomery Advertiser, in
wolves something beside the abolition of
liquor, and the question presented to hui
manitarians 10, What IL best?" Come to
think of it. The Advertiser asks a very
hard one. We may say that tastes differ
never ask the question it's all good. In
Memphis and Nashville Lincoln county
stands well. and we are told three
feathers is popular with the haut ton
wants to know what is the very best, :"
1t can get an expert opinion from the hui
manitarians of the Memphis press.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-09-23
Cork Was a Tramp.

Maxim Cork, the celebrated Russian
novelist, was for years little better than
a tramp, says American Tit-Bits. At Is
ne ran away from home. and up to the
age OF 25 he scarcely had sufficient food
to keep him alive. He worked alternate
" as a day laborer, a sawyer, cook
and a lighterman. Then he heard that
zan, and, having no money to pay for
his Journey, he walked there-a distance
of over coo miles He there worked for a
salary of shilIings a month, studying
hard during the evenings. Then he be-
came a clerk in a lawyers Office, where
his literary talent was discovered and
he eventually made his mark.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-09-23
TUESDAY, SEPT. %. 1so2.
DOUBLE GOLDEN SYMBOL.

{ ma American Newspaper Directory uses car
lain signs to denote the relative standing and
nsrit Of ths whole Geld Of nswspApsrdom
which comes under iu notice. and one OF these
signs 10 the mystic symbol tol denotins
s.soldsn.- whish stands for high auaiity' ana
D. thns explained:
Advertisers value this paper more for the
GLASS ana quality Of its circulation than for the
mers number Of copies printed"
such papers are credited with o sinsie sym-
mol: but there is . higher grade. according to
this standard authority. which have BoTA
QUALITY AND QUANTITY. and require the
DOUBLE GOLDEN SYMBOL Gel to describe
adsuuatsiy their standing.
The Advertiser has been accorded TINS
double golden symbol [00] and 10 the only
uaper 40 DISTINGUISHED in this section OF the
Eoukh.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-09-23
The Oldest Man.

Prince Wolkonswi, writing to The Svet
(vienna). quotes a most remarkable case
of longevity in the village of Marewka, in
the government of Smoleuski Snip. is
the son Of a serf and was born May. f7I5.
He is therefore 1N years old. Sight and
hearing have not failed him, and he is
sufficiently active to be able to walk two
versts to the village church, to do odd
jobs in the farm yard. to weave sandals
and knit stockings. The old man, whose
father died at so. and whose mother
remember quite distinctly the days Of
Empress Catherine II and the Napoleonic
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-09-23
The Child La JOE Question.

Marion County News.
The men with the ballots Will constitute
one side and II their will Is defeated oS
a lobby they have a remedy that VII
bring about the desired result. Ihs
members OF the next legislature who line
up with capital against the poor children
OF Alabama villa be signing their owr
political death warrants. Aianama
wants cotton mills. but not at the sacri,
fice Of her boys and girls who are forced
to work long hours and destroy their
health for wages barely sufncient to kecI
soul and body together. There may be
two or more sides to the child labor
question, but they will be honestly con-
sidered and justice melted out to all con-
cerned before the question will be settled
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-09-23

The foxes have holes. the birds Of the
have nests, but the son of Ham hath
not where to put his ballot.-Franklin
Times.
They could put 1t In hole in the ground
and derive as much benefit from it as
they have obtained in Alabama in num-
Der of years. Let US hope that by the
time any of them are fully qualified to
vote they will have intelligence and in
dependence enough to vote without being
either bribed or bulldozed.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-09-23
A prettx aaneral opinion.

Hereafter let the Democratic State
Executive Comhmittee abolish the second
primary. 1t Is a failure as far as draw
Ing out good vote Is concerned.-Scotts-
boro Citizen.
That opinion seems to be held almost
universally land it may be that the next
Legislature will enact a primary law
which viii make one election final. 1t is
certain that people will have to be
educated up to the idea that party pri-
mary Is a very important and vital
element In politics. and that the people
should take more interest in 1t than they
did in either the first or second one this
year.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-09-23

Mr.. H. w. Barron. an old newspaper
man who was formerly connected with
The Atlanta Constitution, sends us the
first issue of his new paper, The Brennan
Gateway, published at Bremen. Ga. He
has had much and varied experience in
the newspaper business and We hope his
new venture will put money in his purse
and be in every way a satisfactory bus
iness.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-09-23
DR.. Harris an Early Riser.

DIR. W. T. Harris, United States Com
missioner of Education, firmly believes
that success comes to-or at least is de.
served by-those who are early to bed
and early to rise For years 1t hal
been his custom TO retire about the time
chil kens seek their roost and he Is al.
ways up by O'Clock. Most of his best
work In done between that hour and thS
time when his clerks arrive at the bu'
raa1l
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-09-23
Alps' Death Roll.

Geneva letter to The London Express.
Statistics have just been published
showing that this season has been the
most disastrous for climbers in the
anais of Alpinism.
Since the beginning of the year no
fewer than sixty-two people have lost
their lives on the Alps, in addition to 1853
meeting with serious accidents.
The number OF minor accidents, such
as cut heads. sprained ankles, or contu-
sicns lis too numerous to chronicle with
any degree OF accuracy.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-09-23
Rattsr watch Out!

Johnston to his own shame is still
sulking and nursing his sore toe. He
is encouraging and comforting the enemy
in every conceivable way. There Is bit
terness in his mind in his heart and In
his utterances.-Moulton Advertiser.
Now you've done it! You don't know
how many names the Birmingham Spitz
will call you in its next weekly yawp
Better get IAN ounce Of civet. good
apothcary," G. something else to keer
the scAnt off
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-09-23
should Capture the House.

Before the Republicans elect new
speaker they should first capture a new
House of Representatives There are
Democratic hunters afield.-Birmingham
Age-Herald.
They seem to feel themselves sure OF
a majority in the next Congress. but
politics are uncertain. and much stranger
things have happened than that the
Democrats will control the next House.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-09-23
It's AdvantaR es,

A st. Louis Judge has rendered a de-
cision unfolding woman who used her
hatpin as a weapon of defence One OF
the advantages OF this weapon Is tnat
IL does not have to be worn concealed
Mobile Register.
Other advantages are its suddenness
and unexpectedness. Experts who can
lodge a pistol or sand-bag find them
selves at the mercy Of the hat-pin. and
NAV have their anatomies jabbed full Of
holes before they know they are in
danger.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-09-23
Crown Prince Rode Fourth Glass.

The German Crown Prince recently
caused much embarrassment TO the rail
way officials at Bonn by insisting upon
travelling fourth class when making an
excursion to Laach with some fellow
students. He stated that he preferred
travelling fourth class. as the carriages
were better ventilated than any other
compartments on the line.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-09-23

The Indiana Democrats are bound 20
get all thei- coons up one tree, anu
adopted plank in their State platform
declaring themselves Democrats of the
Jefferson, jackson and Bryan type, and
nailed it by endorsing all the platforms
adopted by the party since its Iounda-
ton. As well as we can make 1t out
they take 1t all.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-09-23
A Dogged Paragraph.

Sheffield Reapear.
Some of our exchanges speak of their
towns seemingly going to the dogs.
10 growing and is 80 attractive that the
dogs are coming to town and are pre-
empting everything they can get their
mounts on There are dogs and dogs
hare and more a-coning; dage OF high
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-09-23

We are getting accustomed to seeing in
the Indianapolis papers the expression
Another disgraceful negro saloon riot
on Sunday" In fact. some reading of
that kind is part of the Journalism of
that city.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-09-23

degree, dogs of low degree. dogs OF
pedigree, dogs without any degree and
plain dogs. The town dog, the country
do the tramp dog, the bum dog and the
thief dog are all here. and this town
never went to 'em, but they just inn
migrated. "
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-09-23
What It NAY Be.

1t 10 reported that there are signs OF
a volcano eruption in Ohio lnvesuga-
only the rumblings from Tom Johnsons
sociological outft.-Birmingham News.
Tome rumblings seem to be entirely
above ground SO far. but he may be deep
enough below the surface later on. AT
all events he Isn't jarring creation very
much yet.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-09-23

Referring to the publk led report that
q man In KENTUCKY mixed poison with
whiskey for his little child. The Savan'
naa Press argues that "a man who would
limit"
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-09-23
Anrrsf Circulation Facts.

WIN newspapers rs with all other lines o.
lrsSa Aurust is retarded Is the duliest Of the
naf Sunmer months. In face OF this iacs
Iho Advertisers circulation for the montn 9,
AnGust, Just passed. not only matntaineo Al
kr1vious high water marks. but made sratify-
4ng Galns. Each month OF the past year nas
Uo0o substantial increase IN The Adser-
ltslrs Subscription output and al indications
Do1Qt to the l2.ooo mark tor the aonly ana
1oooo for the Sunday by January, iSos.
Hore are the August figures: