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The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1903-12-04

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-17
A SHAMEFUL ExHrprr

V It is matter of shame and humilia- ton to Alabamians that trusted official should have sunk so low as to rob the Confederate pensioners, as the late Pro- bate Judge of Clay County did. These diseased and often war-mangled veterans, tottering to their graves in poverty. often in actual want should be regarded as sacred wards of the State and of all the good people of the State. Alabama is al- most niggardly at best, in the amount set apart for the pensioners. The State Is not able to do all it would gladly do for them. but the amount received by each. though small. is sufficient to add some comforts and necessaries of life to the veterans and to the surviving widows of those whose lives were freely offered for their State and their Government. To such, even the pittance allowed By the State Is a welcome addition to their small means of livelihood.
 To think that a man of good family and of once good character, elected by the the county, could descend to such depths as Judge Whatley did. is humiliating. When a public man embexzles from the State or robs the treasury, while the crime Is just as heinous and indefensible, 1t lacks the element of personal wrong that attaches to this case. To rob the State is bad enough To rob the needy living is worse, but when 1t comes to robbing the graves. to making merchandise of death and to using the honored names of dead Confederate heroes for the small sum obtained from each, the hideousness of the crime is intensified.
 And there was no cause or defense for the crime, if crime can ever be defended The office of Probate Judge of Clay is not one to enrich the incumbent, but it is a good living for an honest man. The late Judge cannot claim that he could not SUD- port his family by his office, and even that weak excuse Is denied him. His acts seem to have been the deliberate wrong doing of a dishonest official. While 1t is not right to judge a man before trial, the evidence in this case is of such a character, so definite and well established. that it is doing the accused no injustice to say that Judge Whatley has pilloried himself before the people as a thoroughly dishonest official. It is humiliating, but true, and not the least shame of it Is that he has brought dishonor on his respected family.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-17
PERHAPS WE DO.


 When we observe the various develop ments of the lunchroom strikes we are impressed with the feeling that after all, the people of the South are, perhaps, bet proper way of regulating his vagares than We of the North can possibly be.
 Isn't that deliciously grudging? "The people of the South are, perhaps" says The Chronicle, referring to matters about which 12-year-oid Alabama boy knows more than the most learned statesman or editor in Illinois who has never spent any time down here. Knowledge of the negro is not academic. All the book learn ing that could be crammed into a North ern students head from now till the crack of doom would not give him as much knowledge of the negro as would six months of contact with them in their homes and at their daily occupations and diversions.
 The Chronicle will pardon us for saying that when Northern people shall get be- yond the perhaps stage and shall hon. estly admit that we not only perhaps, D but actually. know more about our own ,aftatrs than they do and that we are bet ter fitted to deal with race questions than they are; and then. when they convince themselves, as they should do. that we intend to settle racial matters in our own way, perhaps they will slack up a little on criticism, advice and interference, where they really have no call to butt in. We are glad they are improving in knowl- edge and grace-perhaps.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-17

There's no telling whats the world loses by the failurF oty sonfkthing to be done which might hays been done For example, we find this in a contemporary:
 In an Indiana city the Mayor heinz sharply criticised for detailing policemen to serve at Sunday ball games, which were being played in violation of law, re- taliated by appointing the four editors as special policemen and assigning them to the duty. Two of them were willing to take up the task, and actually made prep aration to do so: but at the last the Mayor weakened and selected other men.
 It pains us to reflect on what was lost by the want of backbone of that Mayor. If he had stuck to his guns and put those newspaper men on duty. there would have been something doing while the game was being played and after. Not only would the pencil showers have kept things straight during the game, but the lurid accounts they would have written would have astonished the natives. A great op- portunity was lost because the Mayor weakened.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-17

crease in the number of mosquitoes In the country. particularly epidemic along the North Atlantic Coast, Is attributable to the unusually heavy rains of this spring and summer. He said as a result of this unusual precipitation there are surface pools all over the country which largely increase the breeding places for the mos quitoes. Dr. Howard said that there are many natural enemies of the mosquito, but not one has yet been discovered that can be practically utilized in the exter- imitation of the pest.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-17
A LEADERS OPPORTUNITY.
The Democratic Party Ready to Take
 Up the Right Man.
Philadelphia RecOr,

Philadelphia Record.
 But the public sentiment of the party Is not focused upon any one man. The prob lem Is to so focus 1t. If the right man will make speech or write a letter re- af1firming in clear and ringing terms. and without circumlocution and evasion. the historic doctrines under which it has won victories. the Democratic rank and file will recognize him at once as their lead CT: he will be virtually nominated before form himself.
 this. Some fear that it would be so open bid for the Presidency as to make them ridiculous, Some are anxious for the nomination. and believe that silence is safer than speech. Under these circum- stances the Tarty may drift along to the conyentions theFtrick s.ers and ti1e time whom little or nothing is known and wh5 really represents nothing, and the party may go to its too familiar defeat But if 2 Democratic leader of sufficient person. ality. less interested in getting the Presi- dency than in rallying the party around the political principles that made it great, millions will rally around him, nominate him. and he will have at least as good d chance as MT. Roosevelt to be elected. It Is absurd for Democrats to pretend that the party has no chance next year. It has an excellent enhance. If there he an unwritten law that forbids the nomi- there Is also an unwritten law against giving the Presidency to a Vice-Presi- dent den who who succeeded to the Presidency as the Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of England. by the death of his predecessor. With all of MT. Roosevelt's popularity with the crowd there are strong elements in the Republican party that are lukewarm in their support of him. In more than one direction there is evidence of Republican dissension on pol lcies The, prosperity. of the country was not enough to save the Republican party 1t in 1904. What the Democratic party needs is a leader; and if he will step will see that he shall be nominated and his chance of being the next President will be excellent
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-17
IT MAY BE DONE.
Says The Milwaukee Free Press:

It will take more than newspapers to wake Pennsylvania up. An earthquake. if the responsibility for it could be fixed up on Quay and his gang, might do 1t. Pennsylvania has lots of the best people In the world but 1t hasn't enough who care to defeat it's rascals at the polls or send them to State prison. :
 We don't believe word of the earth quake story, provided Quay should be allowed to explain it. He would make the Pennsylvanians believe that the shake was the one thing needed to make them the richest and happiest people on earth, and that. he ordered it on purpose for their benefit. They can't down Quay with an ordinary earthquake.
 In our opinion the power of the press Is the only thing that will ever redeem Pennsylvania, and that will fail unless the newspapers work in concert. That Governor Pennypacker and his gang fear ed the press is evidenced by the enact ment of the Salus-Grady muzzling bill, which they fondly hoped would relieve them. That it has failed so far to have that effect is owing to the fact that 1t was going just a little further than even
 
 friends could stand for. They supported and defended him in almost everything he wanted, but this was one straw too much for even the Republican camel.
 It is difficult to over-estmate the pow CT of free and independent press when lt is united in a worthy cause. We ad- init that the labors of Hercules were slight when compared to the task of cleansing and purifying Pennsylvania S oeficial and political stablea, but if any thing short of Divine power can accomp- fish that feat it will be the newspapers. No State in the Union Is more thoroughly boss ridden. and in no State are political conditions more thoroughly disreptuable, but We are not willing to admit that even Pennsylvania is beyond salvation from boodiers and bosses. Quay and his gang appear to be as firmly fixed as was the Old Man of the Sea on the shoulders of Sindbad. but even he was shaken off and put to death, and it may be hoped that the State of Penn may be delivered from its grievous burden.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-17
COL. MCCONNELL, A HUMoR1sT
His Utterances About Criticism of
 His Regiment Amusing.
Fort Payne Journal.

Fort Payne Journal.
 Colonel Mcconnell of the 3rd regiment Alabama Nationa, Guard. is a humorist in his way He says as long as he Is in command his regiment will not encamp at or near Montgomery. and the whole trouble is this; The regiment has just been in camp at q suburb of Montgom- cry. and the first night of the encamp- ment some of the soldiers proceeded to celebrate the outing by getting drunk and gambling in the camp streets, and when arrested, demolished the guard house, alarmed the community and seri- ously disturbed the patients in hospital near by. The disorder was so pronounce ed that Governor Jelks notified the officers that if 1t were repeated he would dis band the regiment. Naturally the news sion. hence the Colonel's tears He says the newspapers should have passed in silence this exhibition of boisterous spirits and eXuberant vitality on the part of the boys, to use hs own words to one of the papers, If you cant say anything good about us, don't say anything at all" To those who have Vainly imagined that it is the duty of a newspaper to expose this sort of disgrdceful conduct, the humor of this injunction will appeal with special force. The Colonel evidently thinks the newspapers ought to do like Brer Rab- bit Hay low and say nothing" and let Is disturbed by their playful methods, why let them get out of hearing.
 The newspapers, however. are not the only folks that do not seem able to ap- preciate a bit of humor. court martia! investigated the affair and placed a fine of 2OJ on the worst offender. It is now in order to call the court martial to taw.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-17
THE TURNER MIsTRIAL.
Opinions of Some Northern Papers on
 the Subject.

The Judge in Montgomery, Alabama, evidently knew his Pappenheimers when he told the jury in a peonage case that they would violate their oaths if they should not render a verdict of guilty. In failing to agree some of them at least entirely confirmed his opinion of them.- Philadelphia Record Dem.)
 It is hardly thing to cast up against the South that the Alabama jurors who heard the trial of J. F. Turner for peon- age were unable to agree upon verdict, despite convincing proof of the defen- dant's guilt. Other sections of the coun- try manifest from time to time in other lines similar invasion of popular pre- tudice upon the administration of strict justce.
 to be regarded as an indication that con- victions for peonage cannot be had by jury trials. There are many signs that the best public opinion of Alabama Is against peonage, and that 1t will be strong enough to win out in the end. The grand jury that indicted Turner along with a score of other offenders was com posed wholly of Southern men-three- fourths of them Democrats-and its action was unanimous.
 It is worth while, however, to recall the proven facts against Turner by way of showing how deliberately the petit jurors blinded their vision when they refused to convict him.-Chicago Record-Herald Qnd.)
 The conclusion to be drawn from the miscarriage of justice in this case is that no man indicted in Alabama for holding negroes in peonage will be convicted un- less he shall plead guilty. If he plead not guilty it will be impossible to im- panel twelve men all of whom will vote to convict him. No matter how strong the evidence may be or how atrocious the cruelties he may have committed he will escape punishment. There will be on the jury one or more men who either approve of the system of quasi-slavery which has sprung up in Alabama, or who, while not approving of it, still will not send a white man to the pententiary for maltreating black man.
 If Alabama juries will not convict the United States, courts can do little to break up peonage in that State. They will be able to accomplish nothing in other South ern States where the same evils exist and the same vicious public sentiment is found as In Alabama. If the federal courts, even when presided over by men like Judge Jones, who as a Southerner and an old Confederate soldier ought to secure for the blacks the protection which the laws of the United States give them on paper. what agency shall give 1t to them? It cannot be assumed that the reduction of the blacks of the South to a state of peonage in which they meet with worse treatment in some respects than they met with when they were slaves will be acquiesced In by a nation which made great sacri- fees to get rid of slavery.-Chicago Tribune tRep)
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-17
OPENING THEIR EYES.
Assaults on Women in the North Have a Wholesome Effect
 


 on Opinion.
 Here are few more expressions of Northern Republican journals and of a distinguished Northern divine suggested by the recent race conflicts and lynchings Ill Delaware. Illinois and Indiana;
 St. Paul Pioneer-P Press CRep)
 We are tired of negroes and the ne- gro problem. and we are outraged with without word of condemnation for the negro brutes that cause them"
 Kansas !.n City Journal ,(Rep0:
 The negro race is but one generation out of barbarian. When he reverts to harba rism and commits a crime against womankind the punishment will be fully as swift and horrible in the North as in Minneapolis Tribune tRepA:
 The wave of black horror that is late be met and stopped and ove rwheimed by wave of horror that will leave the superior race rid of everything of the in- der,oS nd t put b the brutal barba r9us passions horror that hangs over the South is creep ing across the Potomac. the Ohio. the MlSSisslppi and menaclng the North as pr. Lorimer the famous pulpit orator and platform lecturer declares:
 Instead or holding meetings to de ings with a view of forever stopping bar ba rous assaults on the women of our land They are too frequent-and what wonder human nature boils over before such bloody deeds? We should make it plain that white men will not tolerate at racks upon their wives and daughters This is the imperative duty of the hour and trust 1t may not be overlooked by our colored citizens in their talk about racial prejudice The lynchng Is a re- grHttable affair, hut the wanton murder or a detenseless woman is more so. This butchcrY If our women must be plotted out some way or other"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-17

South Carolina has discovered an as- bestos mine, and Sam Jones can locate Avernus whenever he pleases,' remarks The Savannah Press. But what has Aver nus, or Averno the birdless lake" to dc with heat, against which asbestos is a safeguard?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-17
Two southerners on Retired List.

Washington, July 16.-(Special 1.-TWO gallant Southern army officers were placed on the retired list today. They are Major Luther R. Hare, 12th cavalry, a Texan graduate of West Point, who greatly dis tinguished himself during the war with Spain and the Filipino insurrection, win ming promotion as Brigadier-G General of Volunteers, and Capt. Robert W. Dowdy, native of Mississippi. and appointed to West Point and the Army from Arkansas Captain Dowdy had been retired in 1888 on account of delicate health, but volun- teered for the war with Spain and but for continued disability. his promotion would have been certain and rapid. He per formed efficient and gallant service in Cuba.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-17

The California firm, which cornered the Lima bean crop and then discovered that there is no demand for Lima beans, will doubtless look at both sides of the ques- tion before embarking in another scheme of the kind. If all who try to monopo- lize foodstuffs would come out as this one did. 1t would be a good end for them
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-17
TALKING TO THE eALLER1Es.

The Washington Post thinks our South ern people regard too seriously Senator Hopkins and his jackassdcal remarks about sending negroes to Congress. It intimates that he was only making a gallery play for the benefit of his colored constituents. and adds:
 Surely no public man would so address class Of constituents for whose intelli- gence he entertained the slightest re- spect. Everybody knows that neither MT Hopkins nor any other Republican leader in Illinois proposes to send negro to Congress from that State. They could do it easily enough If they wished to, and the fact that they carefully refrained needs no comment whatsoever. There are many Congressional districts at the pends absolutely upon the colored vote There the negro Is in truth the newer of wood and the drawer of water, and there, if anywhere. he. deserves his re- ward: but in none of those districts has it ever been seriously proposed to send a negro to the Capitol to represent his race.
 Doubtless The Post is correct in its estimation of the Senator's honesty and sincerity, but that doesn't make him any less disgusting and ridiculous. We do not in the least suppose that any Republican In Illinois who has political ambition would think of stepping aside and giving up his own aspirations in order that colored brother should hold down a seat in either House of Congress. We know of no Republican who has the self-abne- gation to. stand aside that a negro might get good office. Republicans of that class do not flourish in any Northern community. any more than they do down South And the Hopkins brand do not be- long in that category.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-17
FRIDAY, JULY IT, 1908.
SUMMER TRIPS.

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-17

According to the always truthful re- porters, Joseph w. Folk is bound to be elected Governor of Missouri next term for we are assured by them that if the Democrats refuse to nominate him, the Republicans will certainly do so. If that is the way matters are. MT Folk may as well stand and take it. or one party will lasso him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-17

''Matrimony is like boating-the man rows and the woman steers" says a cyn- icaI exchange. We have seen cases where the man was too lazy to row and the wo- man too contrary to steer; then they don't get anywhere.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-17

We are all liars" remarks The To- peka Capital, in an excess of self-abase- ment. One of the first steps towards genuine conversion is an honest confes- sion of sin, and we hope The Capital will be firm in it's new course.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-17

Lynching a negro in the North is "a tragedy" in the South it is ''an outrage, " all according to Northern vocabularies.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-17
Mosnnitoes Plantiful

Washington, July 16.-Entomologist l.. o. Howard of the Department of Agricul- ture, today said that the enormous in-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-17

W. A. Scott. Circulation Manager of The Montgomery Advertiser. being duly sworn, says: The foregoing statement of The Advertisers daily circulation for the month of June. 1908. is true and correct. and compiled after ali returns from newsboys, news agents and leftover copies have been deducted.
 ". A. SCOTT, Circulation Mgr. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 3rd day vf July. 9O3. F. W. JACKSON.
 iSeall N. F., Ex-O. ]. P.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-17

The Colorado Legislature at it's last ses- sion passed many bills for the benefit of women. Women vote in Colorado.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-17
Little Gratitude for Hel

These negro tenants left without any effort on their part to examine into their new farms, and found when it was too
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-17
Failure as Independent Farmers.

"I tried to force my negro ten ants to save some money in spite of themselves. I made them the most liberal kind of terms and put the whole transaction on a strictly husi- ness basis, although my motives were entirely in the direction of helping the negroes. l gave them one. two and even three years time in which to purchase a mule and the necessary farm imple- ments l held them down on all advances of provisions and supplies and did my best to force them to become indepen- dent. am sorry to say that the effort has not been successful. I have divided up sixty-seven small pieces of land and in each case made such terms as would enable the tenant with ordinary industry to buy his own mule and the necessary farming implements, so as to render him independent of the owner of the soil ex- cept for the ordinary ground rent.
 We make our new arrangements with the colored people along about the holi- days, and last Christmas no less than seventeen families which l had helped to become independent no sooner found themselves with a mule and a little property paid for than they left the pan tat!on and forced me to seek new tenants and go through the same long operation again. They were induced to leave and to go to work on a nearby plantation which had previously been worked by convict labor, now being with drawn to the State camps.
 Little Gratitude for Help.
 These negro tenants left without any effort on their part to examine into their new farms and found when it was too
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-17

Even the warm Summer months do not af- feet the circulation of The Advertiser. The following detailed statement for the month of June proves conclusively that the usual high water mark Is be;ng maintained:
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