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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-24
A NEW PHASE OF THE MATTER.

An entirely new feature Is added to la bor unions and union labor by the ver- dict Of Vermont court which awarded $500 damages to a manufacturing con- cern on account of a strike. The suit was against the members of labor organi- zation and over 100 men were made defen- dants. A local paper says:
 The suit was the result of a strike. and the company showed that 1t had been injured by the acts of the strikers, who by intimidation prevented the company from emp.vy ing non-union men. Under this decision the individual members of the labor union. upon whom service was the damages awarded must be paid from their property, which has been attached, whether or not the labor union owns any property. If this verdict Is upheld by the tions in that State cannot engage in boy cotts. intimidation and violence with legal iEpupity.
 This, 1t should be borne in mind, Is not a question of the right or wrong. the pro- priety or impropriety of unions or other labor organizations. It is simply and solely matter of equity and honesty. The question Is as to whether labor organization has the right to institute and carry out general strike by which the business of the employer is affected and pecuniary loss results. Then. if the em- ployer suffers loss from strike for which he is not to blame Is he not enti- tied to money damages from those respon- sibie for the strike?
 In this case the suit was brought against the individual members of the organiza- ton, probably for the reason that they could not otherwise be held responsible, and a verdict could not be rendered against the organization itself. The case will be appealed to the Supreme Court of Vermont and If the verdict Is sustained it will settle the law 50 far as that State is concerned and may become a precedent for other States. It will be well if the courts of the country will decide how far labor organization can go in the way of injury to employers of labor without the latter having any legal redress.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-24
FRIDAY, APRIL 24. 1908.
DOUBLE GOLDEN SYMBOL.

The American Newspaper Directory uses cer- tain signs to denote the relative standing ana merit of the whole field of newspaperdom which comes under it's notice, and one of these signs is the mystic symbol 1 9l denoting golden which stands for high quality, and is thus explained: -----
 '.Advertisers value this paper more for me class and quality of its circulation than for the mere number of copies printed
 Such papers are credited with single sym bol; but there is a higher grade. according to this standard authority. which have BOTH QUALITY AND QUANTITY. and require the DOUBLE GOLDEN SaMBOL L~~l to describe adequately their standing.
 The Advertiser has been accorded this double golden symbol WI and IS the only paper 50 distsngulshsd in this section os the South.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-24

Homes" of London. This Association gathers up the waifs, the homeless, the crippled and incurable children of the great city and provides for them until they can find good homes and are able to care for themselves. There are now about 7.ooo children in the home and the magazine is illustrated with fine pictures of the little ones who have been rescued from the streets and slums of London. It is a great work that this Association is engaged in, and the little magazine gives some graphic and instructive accounts and illustrations of the good that is be- ing accomplished.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-24
Letters to The Editor.
ALABAMA AT ST. LOUIS.
A Patriotic Citizen Sets the Ball to
 Rolling.

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 Rolling.
 Editor Tho Advertiser:
 see that the Governor for prudential reasons cannot see his way clear to promise more than $10,0oo for an exhibit ot Alabamas wonderful. mineral resurces at the St. Louis Exposition. It will be a very great mistake on the part of Ala bama not to exhibit her wonderful wealth or minerals to the outside world. To promote and insure an exhibit will rro- pose 1T the Governor will assure the ten thousand dollars tsi0,o0O will be one of one hundred citizens to give one hun dred dollars G1eD. which will augment the ten thousand dollars to twenty thou sand dollars tS2o.000) or I will be one of two hundred or three hundred tr more. each contributing one hundred dollars. The larger the numDer of contributions the larger the amount raised and win make our exhibit more credilaOie to tar e3ieady growing State. Birmingham snd its territory, all of which are interested in the minera. resources of our State, should of itself respond to this proposition. Other portions of the State would no doubt cooperate with her in this under taking. Visitors, to the exposition will look tor Alabama's exhibit, which could be made more attractive in many particu- lars than any State of the Union.
 Aiabamian.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-24
Why Notp
Editor The Advertiser:

Editor The Advertiser:
 You will permit me to say that greatly court houses. May I ask why Mont gomery should ..ot have a modern court house? Do you 'ay you thought tt had? Then you have not looked in on it? am frequently there, and have noticed w.th regret Its general lack of neatncss, com fort and fitness. l am almost |, mpted to say that it scenes to me to be dirty. It lacks modernity, in many respects. When it rains. the judge cannot bear him. self think tas he seems to be doing) nor the lawyer talk. When 1t is cold, the stoves, each with thirty feet of pipe accu- pying conspicuous places, refuse to burn. but smoke only. The roof leaks. the walls are patched and ugly. The judges have no offices. Jurors are treated fke cattle. Why should not Montgomery have decent court house? The cost of one mile of gravel would go far to fur- nishing 1t. Lawyer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-24
WANT ANOTHER HOLIDAY.

The New York Legislature has passed a bill, though we believe the Governor has not yet approved it. making October F a legal holiday n honor of the discovery of Am erica, and we note that the best pa- pers of the state are roasting 1t as it de- serves. There is nothing whatever to jus ttty such a law. It Is not claimed that Columbus discovered New York, or that he saw Manhattan Island, even, and the only reason given for the proposed holi- day is that on the day in question Co., Iumbus bumped against one of the Ba- hamas. That Is all the excuse tn ere ,s for celebrating the day, and if there is to on October z, which now corresponds to october 12 of the calendar in use n his aay.
 Of course the State of New York has no special reason for celebrating the dis- covery of America, any more than any of the other States. Besides. if they are bound to have a Discovery Day. why rot hark back nearly a thousand years and try to fix on the day when Jeff Eric son butted into North America? He came very much nearer New York than Co., lumbus did, and if either is entitled to credit it should be the old Morse nan and not the Genoese. And, as to that mat ter, there are too many legal holidays now in most States. without adding one for which there is no reason.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-24
Hanna and Parry.
Mobile Register.

Mobile Register.
 Senator Marcus \. Hanna, very large employer of labor in industries, does not share the views of Mir. Parry, president of the National Association of Manu- lecturers. In recent address he said:
 'I think am competent to reply to MT. Parry. l have been an employer Of labor long time and get along with my men. I suspect 1 stand as well with the manufacturers of this country as Mr. Parry.
 will come from the address of the presi- dent of the Association. It must he made plain that it does not reflect the modern tendency in thought. l know broadminded men they are, men who do not share the pessimistic views of MT. Parry.
 There is no thought on my part of eondoning or apologi;in for wrong done in the name of unio lism. No sane man countenances violence, but I tell hy audiences that you might as well con- demn a whole community because 1t has blackleg or two in it, as to condemn unionism as whole because it has bad spots in it."
 It sems to us that the truth is to te found about half way between the tx- treme of Parry and the extreme of Han na Unionism has more merit than more responsibility for what is done in its name than Mir. Hanna seems to recognize. We take 1t that the very existence of such views as those. express ed by MT. Parry Is a sign of cNnditols existing that need a remedy Mfr. Han na would have us believe that union ism Is not accountable, but we think that observers will decline to accept that view There is great good in labor organi- cations, but it Is a power subject to abuse The aim of every member should be to make the organization stand first for good and efficient work. fair day s work for fair days pay; then for Jaw and order; and for strict compliance with contracts. We rear. that some of the best of them look upon 1t now as but q convenient machine for raising wages The ideal union. according to our lshts, is that of the Brotherhood of LOG pm 'tive Engineers If all unions were like that. there would be no speeches by men like Mir. Parry, or, at any rate. TO applause | for his speeches.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-24

Anent MT. Cleveland's remarks on the race question, The New York Herald says: His belief that neither the free ing of the slaves nor the sudden grant of the suffrage purged them of their racial ard slavery bred deficiencies reminds us that New York is one of the States that after deliberate reflection rejected the fifteenth amendment, which insisted on universal enfranchisement."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-24

This Is onIy another instance to show that in regard to any statement regard ing South Africa no matter by whom made, we are well advised to keep an open mind.
 As the English people misjudge the Boers in their treatment of the blacks so the Northern people misjudge their Southern brethren. There was disposi- tion on the part of the English to confer the right of suffrage upon the black natives of South Africa, but after the war was over and after they had time and occasion to ascertain the facts they came to a different conclusion, and decided that the Boers knew better than the English how to deal with this practical question.
 We believe now that every fair-minded man at the North Is satisfied is his own mind that the Fifteenth Amendment was one of the greatest builders ever commit ted in this country. We believe that they understand tine situation in the South as they have not previously under stood it, and now that the truth Is known and confessed by the intelligent whites in all parts of the country, we are nearer than ever before to a solution of the so- called negro problem. which is the same wherever 1t exists. whether in South Africa or the Southern States of America.
 The Humanitarian League has petition ed the British Home Secretary to abolish or largely restrict the custom of flogging
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-24
The Best Part.
Eufaula Times

EutauIa Times.
 Ex-President Cleveland's remarks on the negro question have been generally commended by the Southern press and people. And the best part of 1t is that the remarks were made by a man who knew what he was talking about
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-24
Would Like to Swap.

HuntsVIIIe Mercury.
 The Montgomery Advertiser suggests that John D. Rockefeller would be vastly better off as a hod carrier with good di- gestion. That may be true, but the aver age man would swap his digestive appa- Tatus for the Rockefeller millions
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-24

For a paper which occasionally pro- fesses to be Democratic The Chicago Chronicle can say some as mean things as any paper on our exchange list. Here is a sample:
 With all deference to MT. Cleveland s wisdom, it is not exactly clear how edu- eating colored citizen at Booker Wash ington's Tuskegee establishment would aid him in lodging a load of buckshot- and that is undoubtedly the accomplish ment which the colored brother will have to acquire before he succeeds in exercis- ing the elective franchise in the Sunny South.
 The negroes, generally, have more sense than the writer of that paragraph for they are not trying to vote in violation of law. and hence there is no necessity or call for one of them to dodge a load of buckshot." If some newspaper writers who want to be smart would get the fact into their heads that truth is not out of place in an editorial they would improve their reputatlons
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-24
A New Plank.
MniilA Reristar

MoblIe Register.
 If we may judge by the tone of Gov ernor Stones denunciation there will be plank in the next Democratic platform condemning the 'slireling press and putting 1t upon a plane with the ''vora- cious trusts. A press that does not agree with "Gumshoe" Stone must be corr rupt, of course.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-24
The Voting Privilege.
Nashville American.

NNBuVIfIe AMeIIcHn.
 Whether the basis provided by the Fourteenth Amendment is wise or not is another question: While it's purpose was to guarantee equal rights. it would. If put in operation. bring pressure to bear on the States to debase their electorate. States which. like Massachusetts, tried to secure intelligent voting. would be penaiiE94, as would Southern States
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-24

Reggie Vanderbilt gave his occupation as that of gentleman" when he applied for a marriage license. The occupation is all right enough. if he works at 1t reg ularly.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-24
On the Sun .

Guntersvilie Democrat.
 A Harvard professor has discovered that the moon was covered with frost during the recent eclipse. The temperature of last week leads us to believe that he might have found something of the kind on the sun.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-24
The Wonder of It.
Mobile Herald.

MoblIe HeraId.
 That the New York Republican Club is considering a. resolution of Southern rep resentation in Congress Is not surprising. The wonder is that such organization does not demand the entire elimination of Southern representation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-24
Wants to Amend.

Birmingham News.
 Mayor Hayes of Baltimore, who not long since was boasting that there were no grafters in his city. was recently bad ly defeated for the Democratic nomina- ton for his present position. He is now doubtless trying to catch the eye of the chair to offer an amendment.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-24
Not Yet Agreed.

Birmingham Ledger.
 The mouthy fellows who do nearly all of the talking north of the Ohio are not yet agreed whether they will repeal the punitive amendments to the Constitution or cut down our representation in Con- gress.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-24
Nipped by Frost.

Huntsville Tribune.
 The Sunday School delegate who wore his light straw hat and seersucker coat Is liable to have to be replanted on ac- count of being nipped by the frost.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-24
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Not Sure of It.
Age-Herald,

fANG-1IGfdEu.
 President Roosevelt is thinking more about securing a second term than he is or any term anywhere afterwards, He is not cocksure ot a second term.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-24

One of the most suggestive publications that comes to this office is The National Waits Magazine published under the aus Nces of the National Waits Associa- unn. eannatimsS called "Dr. Rarnardes f
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-24
ALABAMA AT ST. LOUIS.

The Mobile Register of the 22nd inst con- tained an article looking to an Alabama exhibit at St. Louis. It looks to indi- viduai or community subscription to be supplemented by an appropriation from the State Treasury. A citizen of Tusca- loosa has so much pride in his State that he is moved to be one of a given number to subscribe $10O each for the cause. It is not too late to raise enough money to secure creditable exhibit at St. Louis. Every newspaper in the State ought to copy and commend The Register article and the letters which are published oil this page of today's Advertiser.
 The question of an Alabama house. of course, is not now to be considered, but $25,00o to S4O,O0o ought to secure such a display of Alabama articles as will fill A large space in one of the great buildings at St. Louis. The Legislature will un- doubtedly appropriate $1o.0OO and the Gov ernor will approve that much. If people in all parts of the State will go to work the deslfed end can be accomplished,
 In Texas there is a movement on foot similar to the one now proposed for Ala bama and The Houston Post in one issue published subscriptions from that city to the amount of $4,300. Two citizens gave $1,60O each. Where there's a will there S way. Alabama will make a fearful mis- take not to be represented at St. Louis.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-24

''The lady doth protest too much, me- thinks" said Shakespeare. and he might have applied the remark to some men s0e William Joel Stone of Missouri for psAsanlA.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-24
An Honest Confession.

to t..e credit of MT. low he has been to me into contact with 3. he confesscs in the he was misled as to of the natives. We nberlain to speak fv- Mir. Chamberlain in
 the House of Com
 mons, March 19,
 1903.
 But there is one thing l am bound to say in justice to our late foes. We have been led, prob- ably the majority in this House were led, by statements which were made, to believe that the treatment of the native by the Boer was very bad: and in that belief we expressed the hope that when the war came to an end we should be able to improve 1t.
 Now, the war it. self Is evidence that this charge against the Boers was ex- aggerated. l freely make that admis- sion. If it had not been exaggerated 1t $ impossible to be- heve that the Boers could, as l know they did in hum dreds and thou sands of cases, leave their wives and children and prop erty in the care of the few natives they had had previously on their farms.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-24
LARaEsT IN ALABAMA.

The sworn detailed circulation statement of he Daily and Sunday Advertiser for March, 1908. as published below, shows that It's cir- eulation is not only larger than that of any other morning paper published in this state but larger than that of any two of them com hned-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-24

Together with the tools that were stored inside it. an entire house has been stolen brick hx brick near CasSel. Germany.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-24

MT. CnamDeffaln in
 the House of Com
 mons. October I9,
 1sse.
 When we have talked of grievances against the Boers hitherto we have confined ourselves to the grievances of the whites * ' But how have we kept our promises to protect the na- tives? Sir, the reat- ment of the natives of the Transvaal has been disgrace ful. It has been brutal. It has been unworthy of a civ ilizedpower.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-24

The Humanitarian League has petition ed the British Home Secretary to abolish or largely restrict the custom of flogging for breaches of discipline which still ex- ists in English prisons.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-24

Some time ago The Advertiser received from Mir. J. M. Jenkins of wetumpka a very interesting little pamphlet on bees and bookkeeping. It has over sixty pages of illustrations and descriptive matter and we have perused it with a great deal of interest. for It appears to us to contain about all that any one can desire or need to know about bees and honey, and it is a subject. by the way. which should re- ceive much more attention in Alabama than it does. There is always a demand for honey and good and pure article al- ways commands a good price in the cit- ies.
 MT. Jenkins seems to be thoroughly posted on every phase of his subject, not only as to the bees and their manage ment. but of the best hives and best meth- ods of keeping the busy little insects and insuring profitable returns.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-24

City Subscriptions should be paid to the fol- lowing authorized collectors only: T: H. But ton. City Circulator; T. J. Higgs cotlector' z. L Eason. Collector, Fillmore Cohen. and at the Counting Room.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-07-11
The Golfers Paradise.

I ask but little when I'm dead
AZ recompense for earthly woes.
No golden crown upon my head.
No harp to weary hands and toes:
No halo would wear, indeed.
No purple robe beyond my means
I only ask a well rolled mead.
With eighteen holes and putting green's
A caddy with a lynx-like eye.
And wings upon his shoulder tips.
Shall watch me whack the balls. then fly
To follow on their airy trips;
And when I come gentle wing
He'll hand me then, the watchful soul
A putter fit for prince or king
That's guaranteed to make the goal
The tees shall be the sort from which
One drives two hundred yards at least.
While over hurdle. bunker. ditch
The balls shall rise though of yeast:
The niblick, maShie and the cleek
Shall never miss or make a slip,
While only those who Scottish speak
Shall have a card of membership
Here this field of perfect strokes
I'll play a winning game with all
Who beat me when earth, the f01kA
Who say 1 cannot hit the ball:
And best of all, the games between.
When Ger my nectar I am heard
My triumphs to recount, I ween,
There'll not be one to doubt my word.
William Wallace Whitelock in Life.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-07-11
Pats CapahiIitY.

what'll you charge for taking away
these ashes, PATTI" 1 asked, pointing
to the Winters accumulation.
"Sivin dollars an a half, Sor,'
promptly replied the owner of the
village garbage cart.
"What?" exclaimed. why,
thought you charged Is cents load?'
''Thot's right. Sor," agreed Pat.
"Sevinty-five cints q load ut do be-
WELL" I estimated, eying the pile
of ashes speculatively, there isn't
any ten loads here. There's not more
than five, or maybe six at the out
sIde.'
Don't be afther frettin' yersilf over
thot now, Sor," said Pat, cheerfully.
"Shure. just lave ut to me entoirely.
Sor, an Oil make tin loads out av ut
widout amy .botheration at all. at
all, Sor."
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-07-11
Eccentricities of Genius.

zone of the first things she did AZ
soon as the success of her book be-
came the talk of Paris was to fly from
the city into a hidden retreat, and
no communication from the outside
world was tolerated by her-not even
her letters were forwarded" The
lady with this remarkable genius for
shyness is Nine. Marcelle Tinayre,
author of La Maison de Peche." She
gave some interesting advice at a
later time to another lady who be
came the talk of Paris This was
Mdlle. Thohret, who tried to shoot
M. Marcel Provost. M. Provost had
made free use of Mdlle. Thouret's pri-
vate letters in one of his romances.
''Why shoot at him, my dear?" wrote
Nine. Tinayre. 'You did not hit him
and Paris now laughs at you. Now
if you had printed his letters Paris
would have laughed at him."
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-07-11
you mean the windmill man


Il do mott meanI mean-well,
you ought to have asked me to go to
spelling school with you"
But you had better company.
$50 did you"
Miss Taylor!"
Mr.. Dixon."
1t was just growing dusk when Tom
and Bessie reached Taylor's. Tom
had a handful of leeks and Bessie
had big maple chip, with big lump
of sugar wax on it.
why, Tom, is this your" exclaimed
Mrs. Taylor, as the pair walked in
Yes, aunt SAL" he replied, .'and
here's the 1eeks and maple sugar and
Bessie, and-and-"
well, / never, never did see," she
remarked, as she turned from her
work of peeling potatoes to give Tom
hug and Bessie a kiss--Cyrus Der
ickson in Boston Globe.