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The independent., 1903-09-03
THE ROOT OF THE MATTER.
He Cured Himself Of Serious Stomach
Trouble. by Getting Dewn to First
Principles

Rf1DClplee
A man of large affairs in one of our
urominent eastern cities by too close
attention to business, too little exercise
and too many club dinners, finally be-
gan to pay natures tax, levied in the
form OF chronic stomach trouble; the
failure of his digestion brought about
q nervous irritability making 1t I'M
possible to apply himself to his daily
business and finally deranging the
kidneys and heart.
In his own words he says: Il con-
suited one physician after another and
ca ch one seemed to understand my
case, but all the same they each failed
to bring about the return of my for
n,eF digestion, appetite and vigor. For
two years l went from pillar to post
from one sanitarium to another,
gave up smoking, l quit coffee and
even renounced my daily glass or two
of beer, but without any marked I'M
rrovement.
Friends had often advised me to
try well known proprietary medicine.
Stuart's Dyspepsl. Tablets, and | had
often perused the newspaper adver-
LlSCluCAIO vi JAC ACAOAJ, WI NV ~
took any stock in advertised medicines
nor could believe fifty-cent patent
Z. c.edicine would touch my case.
"To make long story short final
" bought couple of packages at the
nearest drug store and took two or
three tablets after each meal and oc-
casionally tablet between meals,
when I felt any feeling Of nausea or
discomfort.
Il was surprised at the end of the
Erst week to note a marked Improve
ment in my appetite and general
health and before the two packages
were gone was certain that Stuart's
dyspepsia Tablets was going to cure
completely and they did not disap-
point me. | can eat and sleep and en-
Joy my coffee and cigar and no one
would suppose / had ever known the
horrors of dyspepsia.
"Out of friendly curiosity | wrote
to the proprietors of the remedy ask
ing for information as to what the
tablets contained and they replied that
tile principal ingredients were asept!c
pepsin government test) malt diastase
and other natural digestives. which
digest food regardless Of the condition
Ct the stomach"
The root of the matter is this, the
digestive elements contained in Still
arts Dyspepsia Tablets will digest the
food, give the Ovcrworked stomach a
chance to recuperate and the nerves
and whole system receive the nour-
ishment which can only come from
food; stimulants and nerve tonics never
give real strength, they give a ficti-
fious strength, invariably followed by
reaction. Every drop of blood, every
nerve and tissue is manufactured from
our daily food, and if you can insure
lis prompt action and complete diges-
ton by the regular use of SO good and
Eholesome remedy as Stuart's Dys-
pepsia Tablets, you will have no need
of nerve tonics and saaitariums.
Although Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets
have been in the market only few
years yet probably every druggist in
the United States, Canada and Greai
Britain now sells them and considers
them the most popular and successful
OF any preparation for stomach trou-
BILE.
The independent., 1903-09-03

Readers of The Independent should
examine the advertisements in its COL
umns. 1t will pay you to read them
and take advantage OF the bargains Of
fered. Always mention The Indepen-
dent
The independent., 1903-09-03

Do you intend TO build? 1t will pay
you to get prices from the +. w.
Brown Lumber Co. on your lumber
and planning mill work. Their stock
IS large and complete and your order
can be filled in the shortest possible
time. They ara giving big discount
on lumber for a short time to reduce
the stock. The publisher Of The In
dependent is we'll acquainted with Mr.
Brown and advises subscribers and
readers to take advantage of this OPP
pcrtunity 20 buy lumber at real bar
gain prices. Please mention The In
dependent when writing.
The independent., 1903-09-03

Populists have always declared that
land should not be monopolized.
What that means only requires .
glance at English Honduras. Four
flfths of the land there belongs to an
English syndicate and although 1t is
one of the most fertile countries in the
world, the people are impoverished
and utterly wretched in their lives.
The time may come in the United
States when by the monopolization Of
land the people may become aliens
ir the land of their birth. The Dem
yer address says: Land for use rather
than for speculation and The In
dependent stands by the Denver con-
ference
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-18
Judge Alston's Censure.

Blrmlngham News.
 Judge Alston Saturday at Huntsville severely censured jury for returning a verdict of not guilty in a murder case. It may be presumed that he did not do so except from deep sense of duty. It is not pleasant for judge to critic!se a jury. He makes enemies by it. An opportunity IS give nto those of demagogic tendency to deelaim anent the tendency of the judi ciary to overthrow the right of trial by Jury. The easy way would be for judge to be placid and serene; to permit jurles to override the law and bring in verdicts of acquittaI in the face of overwhelming evidence without rebuke. Fortunately. however. there are judges who are not who dare to stand up for law and justice regardless of personal consequences.
 The independence and fearlessness of the Anglo o-Saxon judiciary have been the glory or the race. The history of juris- prudence is replete with incidents where judges have stood for the right in face or temptation and in spite of power. The monarch and the political autocrat alike have had to bend to the decrees of an in- corruptible and fearless judiciary
 The victory of the Barons at Runny- mede would have been fruitless were 1t not for the race of English judges who saw that the provisions of Magma Charta were observed. Might would still be right were 1t not that Judges have withstood of the powerful for centuries. With such traditions shall the judiciary tremble to cenSure Jurors who fail to do their duty |? Has not society some rights which a jury Is bound to respect? Is it not the prov ince. or more, 1t is not the duty of the judge to censure jury recreant to a sol emn obligation.
 Perhaps the greatest fault of our turis- prudence has gI own from an oVersensitive regard for the rights of the accused. He haS been given more than fair trial and society has been given more than an un- fair trial. Techinicallties have multiplied and these. together with weak and incom- petent juries. make the pathway to free dom for criminals with influence one of comparative ease.
 Too many criminals are turned loose There can never be a well-ordered so- ciety where the law is not enforced. nor can there be peace, progress and happ.- punishment. ''
 Judge Aston deserves to receive more than congratulations. He is entitled to the gratitude of law-abiding folks for saying word for law and order Let tne blame for the miscarriage of Justice rest where it belongs. If jury in the face of overwhelming evidence turns a defendanI loose, let the condemnation be swift and sure and let us be thankful that there are judges with the courage and conscience to rebuke jury when It shall tail in its duty to society.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-18
TTfISaEy fafaREY HEkFIsER.

are to pay an additionsi s2o.ooo year tor something they have not asked for. Btves the opponents of corporations just the kind of argument they need and will well come
 This is q case where city council which has proper regard for the rights of the people can and should interfere for their protection. If 1t has no power to prevent an extortion which is really a breach of faith. 1t should license another company to engage in the business and let the present one 90 out. We suppose there is no question of the city's right to do this. under the circumstances, and it Is hardly to be doubted that another com pany would be glad to establish plant in that city and thus force the old one to go out of business or to recede from its proposed hold-up of the people. It Is not so much the actual cost of the new ser vice, for many cities pay more than the citizens of Chattanooga will pay rnder the new schedule. but it is the fact that the company violates its contract with the ely by forcing the people to take and pay for what they do not want and have not asked for.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-18

world are found in the central and east ern parts of Pennsylvania. In the neigh borhood of the Pennsylvaia quarries there are houses whose walls are entirely of slate. The blocks of which they are made are smoothly sawed. and are certainly most substantial. When slate is blasted in the auarrier the rough slabs are taken to the shanties of the split ters." The stone forms naturally the lay CTS. and she splitter following the grain or ribbon" with his large chisel. separates the blocks into strips. Then these strips are passed through trim ming machine, where by the blows of a heavy knife they are cut into rectangu- lar shingles" Then they are piled up into squares" ready to be used for roofing purposes.
 When slate is cut up for use in other ways the procedure differs. The huge horizontal saw, with it's scores of dia- monds, in the factory. is called into play; it is lowered upon one of the blocks of slate by a rachet at the rate of quarter of an inch a minute. The saw would cut through iron or steel at the same rate. The workmen play stream of water upon the slate to keep 1t cool, and wash the dust from the cut. After the saw ing the block is planed by being moved back and forth by machinery under a firmly fixed chisel. It is afterward pol ished, much as marble and granite are. The value of the slate quarries runs into the millions. fff-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-18
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Street Car Lines.

Hon. E. B. Joseph, Mayor of the City of Sir: On the 9th of last July. the City Council of Montgomery adopted an ordi- nance. which was approved by you on the ilth day of July. 1908. The ordinance operating cars upon the streets of Mont atsS by on said de co%pan esbe sgn showing the route or line upon which said car Is operated" panies should cause to be placed 'on lights. at night, to indicate the route or It permits transparencies to be used in lieu of the colored lights. ito indicate U the route outeu cr lines upon which such car The ordinance became according to it's terms, the law of the city. on the 11th day of this month. It requires. in addi; lights on the ends and sides of each car operated. the railway companies to file showing or the e Ehts WSeh are to be used to indicate the several II. lines ssI upon which said cars are to be op-
 Not one of the provisions of the ordI- nance has been entirely obeyed by either of the companies operating street cars in
 Your correspondent has observed that the Montgomery Railway Company has some of Its cars partly marked as re- AuiA Cu OJ Ia Uub d HuIlDeT Ol us cars has no sign on the sides and no colored lights on the sides at night.
 The Montgomery Traction Company, apparently, has made no effort to com ply with the law. Its cars are marked on the ends of them, Pickett Springs, but no sign whatever is placed on the sides; nor: is any eolored lights placed on the sides or ends.
 This communication is addressed to you, because it is your especial duty to enforce the ordinances of the city, and when any of them is violated it is be- lieved to be your duty to direct the chief of police to cause the violator of the ordinance to be arrested and carried be- fore the Recorder for trial. Any agent operating cars in violation of the ordi- nance may be fined not less than $1. nor more than $l00 Your attention having been called to the violation of the ordt- nance in several of it's provisions. 1t Is not deemed necessary to write further at this time, to you. Nor would Nhis letter have been written to you, did not the convenience of the people, require that obedience to the ordinance should be
 A Citizen.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-18
MISLEADING ARGUMENTS.

In a recent issue of The Chicago Chron- IcIe, we find an editorial on the subject of child labor. from which we take two extracts. The Chronicle says:
 The child labor bills come from tacit understanding between classes of morbid son of immature age should labor as previous generations have labored on the side and the rads union union trusts TSs aar market. on the other. It is a prohigate alliance of sickly philanthropy with labor union graft. '7 ''
 And again:
 The notion of some otherwise intelli- gent, humane and right-minded people should not acquire habits of industry. is incomprehsnsibls ns The road road of industry 1SsS 2, ness, generally ending at the Jail or the poorhouse.
 Such misleading and utterly unfounded statements should make The Chronicle very dear to the Manufacturers Record which has constituted itself the organ of the child-labor advocates, and the enemy of all efforts 70 ameliorate the condition of the over-worked children of the country. The assertion or inti- nation that those who oppose the work ing of little children in mills and fac tories twelve to sixteen hours day thereby proclaim that all children should grow up in idleness, is so palpably un- fair that any prominent newspaper ought to be ashamed of 1t. It would be just as fair to say that because we would object to keeping the little ones con- fined in schools twelve hours a day dur ing the entire year. we are thereby op' posed to educating them. One position would be as fair as the other.
 The advocates of laws which will regu- late child labor, and which will save the little ones from being stunted in mind and body by continuous labor at unrea- sonable hours, and at unhealthy tasks are not advocates of idleness and vice The Advertiser, for one, believes it is better for all children to be taught hab- its of industry, but it leaves to such publications as The Chronicle and The Record, the apparently congenial task of defending practices which prevail in almost every State in the Union, and which are a disgrace to any civilized community.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-18
ON A HIGH HORSE.

We have never doubted that Tennes- see Is some pumpkins'' as State. but 1t remained for The Nashville News to is the-whole thing. Listen to this:
 Have no fear about the action of the loyal Democrats of Tennessee. They Will write the deciarations ot the county and state conventions. and the right kind or men will De sent to the National con With see Sy and a dltlons are deemed necessary to nt cnanged conditions, will be adopted, anu Democrat Will be nominated.
 By loyal Dernocrats.' bear in mind, The News refers to those who still ad- here to the Demo-Popullstic ticket and platform which twice defeated the party, and which only waits an opportunity to sink 1t deeper than ever before. They are the same Democrats. it must be re- membered, who are to bolt, along with their Nebraska tin god. II a real Demo- crat is nominated on real Democratic platform. Pledged in advance to q bolt we do not look on them as entitled lo | lay down any laws or to formulate any platforms tor genuine Democrats to bt governed by.
 But. 1T Ihe News. knows what 1t is
 talking about, the Democrats of that | state are going to capture the Nationa | convention, buid pIallorm. nominate I a ticket, and tell the rest of the country
 eo 80 hang. if nothing else will do it, Upon what meat aotn this, our Ceasar Iced.
 | 1naG ne is grown so great?
 and who made Tennessee Democracy and The News the arbIter of all Demo.
 cratic action? And, If We may be per.
 .nItted to whisper a few words in the ear of The News. we can assure it thal It the delegates from that State are going to the National convention witt
 the expectation Of securing an endorse l ment of the Kansas City platform, or oi securing the nomination of u man of the Bryan brand of politics, they may as wei
 hold a convention of their own in Nash. ville or any other place at which they
 can get together, and launch their owr | ticket and platform. Such combination as The News evidently desires will not again be fathered by a National Demo I cratic convention, even though the as
 sumedly all-powerful loyal Democrats
 of Tennessee go there Tn a body to de
 mand it. The News should get off it. high horse and try to get it's eyes and
 ears open to the inevitable logic O. events
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-18
IT IS WELCOME 10 THE RI


 The new Mobile Herald insists that 1t has not done Judge Jones or The Adver- tissr any injustice. but urges that The Advertiser has admitted all its charges. And notwithstanding The Advertisers frankness. the new Herald refuses to diVulge the name of the enemy of Judge Jones, who has been revamping for 1t so many of the old yarns from POpulite sources, which were long ago exploded. Furthermore, the new Herald says that 1t is ready in the ring to bite. kick, scratch with her lrhe Advertiser) until the cows come home" The Advertiser re- joices that 1t does not belong to that species of fighters. and has never in dulged in that style of argument. It prefers antagonists who employ brains. self-contral,, candor and parliamentary language. The new Herald can have the ring all to itself. There is no use wasting space on a paper that either cannot or will not see facts and truth, and that is reckless in its methods.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-18
SNAKE, LADY AND BULL.
Reptile and Beast in Deadly Combat Charmer Injured in Trying to
 Stop 1t.


 New York World.
 A fight to the death between a Burmah bull and an eighteen-foot python took place at Far Rockaway yesterday after noon. Not until the lower part of the serpent's body was torn terribly did it remove its fangs and release the bull from its coils.
 In the combat Mile Van, a snake charmer, had her arm lacerated by the serpent's fangs The wound was eau terized by Dr. E. s. Parker, of Grand view Avenue, Far Rockaway.
 The fight occurred in a side-show of Welsh Brothers Circus. Both bull and snake are natives of East India. When the charmer raised the snake from it's cage. 1t sighted the bull and wriggled from her hands. Children screamed and woman tainted when the snake struck the ground. It sprang for the bull and partly coiled around him just below his hump. As if experienced in fighting reptiles, the bull lay on his side and ripped his horns under the snakes body.
 Nile. Van tried to remove the snake, but it struck it's fangs in her left arm. She dropped to the ground and tainted. She was resuscitated by Dr. Parker.
 The bull sank his horns in the reptile brought his head forward and tore the snakes body for foot. The serpent gradually released its hold. Ten minutes afterward it was dead.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-18
Some Costly Saws.
Philadelphia Ledger.

IHIIdUtIpIIId I1VUBVE'
 Probably the most expensive saws in use anywhere in the world are those in the factories of Pennsylvania where va riCus articles are manufactured of slate. In one of these factories there are 300 horizontal saws. F feet in length. each of which is furnished with 75 cutting diamonds, each saw being worth 5000 The slate land which furnishes the ma terial for these costly saws to work upon was once so little valued that the tract upon which the famous Chapman quarry in Pennsylvania is situated was sold foI a pint of whiskey. Its subsequent own CTS have taken millions of dollars from the land.
 The most valuable slate deposits in thu
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-18

One of its State contemporaries charges The. Montgomery Advertiser with saying that MT, Cleveland is a free trader. It is hard to believe that so well informed a newspaper as The Advertiser said this. If it did. it was a slip of the pen.-Columbus Enquirer-Sun.
 Our contemporary has mixed the ba- bies. It was The York. Pa. Dispatch that declared its opposition to Cleveland because he is a free trader" The Ad- vertiser sarcastically remarked that he also believes in polygamy. cannibalism. Dowieism and anarchy. The Advertiser knows that he is no more a free trader than German is.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-18

Some judge needed to give that Jett- White jury a lecture after it made it's verdict. 1t was shameful thing to put those two murderers In the penn tentiary instead o1 hanghRg them. AL and all the powerful influence of the Breathitt Mana is in operation to delay and to defeat justice. 1t is such veF5 a mob and d rope would punish the men and save all that laws delay. = Birmingham Ledger. ,sin
 The Ledger needs to don a suit of Al4Y4 before endorsing a judge who lectuHes a jury. It should know that such an act by judge is held to be an unpardona- ble crime in certain quarters, and the newspaper advising or endorsing the judge may expect annihilation. if talk will do it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-18
VETERANS AT aooDwATER.
Generals Harrison and Sanford De
 livered Addresses.

Goodwater, July 15.-(Special. )-Good- water entertained the Confederate Veterans of Coosa today. Camp Bill Atkins invited the vets to meet with them and large number responded.
 The gathering met at Il a. m. at Grimes Lake where they were entertained by music and refreshments. Eloquent speeches were made by Colonel John w. A. Sanford of Montgomery and General George F. Herrison of Opelika. It was pleasant day for our people and the soldiers who fought together in the sixties talked over many interesting events. Gen. erals Harrison and Sanford seemed to enjoy the ocasion and Goodwater was proud to be honored with them and the veterans who gave the best of their lives for their country.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-18
Judge Jones Endorsed.

Monticello (Ga.) NeWs.
 What a blessing 1t would be if all of our judges were like Judge Jones, who occupies the position of United States District Judge in Alabama. He has pre- sided over most of the peonage cases that have been brought to trial ana it has been pitiable to note the powerful influences that have been brought to bear upon the juries in these cases. He said in one of his charges to the jury, that while he had no power to put them in jail for contempt of court if they did not bring in verdict of guilty, they would tlishonor themselves in the sight of man and he perjurers in the sight of God Judge Jones is an ex-Con- federate. There Is not decent man North or South that should not endorse his sentiment.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-18
AsU rsaD1aNANr CONTEMPORARY

fn The Chattanooga Times Is properly in- dignant over the determination of the Telephone Company of that city to in- Urease bheif charges for telephones 75 per scefit Tor both residence and business phones. At present the charges are SIS a year TOT residence and $50 for business
 phones, and this is to be raised to 50 and $4S respectively. The company las a contract with the city by which it was pledged not to increase It's rates, and in order to get around this pledge it Dub fishes notice that hereafter all the phones must be long distance" for which they are allowed under thelr contract to charge $25O per month to citizens and SI per month to business houses.
 We agree with The Times that this pro- posed violation of the contract is an out rage. As that paper says, not one citizen in one hundred wants or cares for long distance service. The determination of the company to force all subscribers to use the long distance service, at an ad- vance of almost 75 per cent is not very different from robbery. as we view It. We know that there Is a great deal of denun- ciation of corporations, much of which Is little better than rot. but such acts as this, by which the citizens of Chattanooga
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-18
Great on Freaks.

BeSSemer RustIer.
 The American public Is great on adver- Using freaks but they don't give them responsible positions Mary Ellen, Aunt Coxey and Billie Bryan have swung around the circle, but they never landed anything like hit. simply sawed the air before the grand stand in a dramatic style and retired to the bench. Of course they occasionally attempt to but in" and try to come to the bat but they will never reach first base-mu0h less make a home run.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-18

They have dug up the skeleton of a The fact is. since Joe Folk got to dig ging in the St. Louis deposits they are liable to unearth almost anything.