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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-27
The Payments on the First Will Be
 Many MlIIIons.

 Many MlI1ons.
 New York Journal of Commerce.
 A careful estimate of the New Year dividend and interest disbursements makes the total for leading raj road and industrial companies. local nks, trust interest on the government debt about $134 coo, 900. This Is about $2OO0,O 0 larger than in January of this year. when total payments of similar institutions were about SIS2, ,2OO00O. but rather less than the July total of $136, 0O,0O0 the high reco d. Following is a comparative summary
 Dividend Payments-Railroad, January, 1904 $23, ,25O,OOO; January, 1903 2l sS2 l6O' Industrial, January, 1894, $2S 40O,OOO; Jan uary. 1908, S29 9S2.50l.
 New York traction, January, 1894, $1,- 5000; January 1sJS. a.7SOOoo.
 Bank and trust companies, January 1904 $5,650,OO: January. 1908, S5,0oS 10l.
 Total, January, 1904, $59.lbO.OOO; January 1873. S5s,672,76O, Interest Payments-Rai' road, January BOA. $59 900 Q O; January, lSOS SSt,s.s S,SoS uS2:
 Indus trial. January, 1904 SS,oOGCOO; Jam uary, 1908. E.JSS 940.
 New York traction. January, 1904, a.- $ 900: January IS13; S,7o7'Sdo. 3ao. aaoo 900; January. 1903 $456l, ,475. ,oo, Greater New York city, January l9oi' S1 .6oO,O0O; January. 1SS S!5e loC 0; noo. ro,,,- Grand iD5'' total. January. 1904, S1SS, $50 900; January 1903, $l32 2SS, ,75o.
 In July the total disburseme1ts were about S1S6, GOO 900 and fin July, 1902, about s126, ,0OC,CO0. The decreases from the midsummer fig ures is almost entirely due to the suspen- sion on reduction in dividends by num- 5er of industrial companies, including the cutting off of one-half the div dend on the common stock of the United States Steel Corporation, which alone means a decrease of about $2,5 0,0O0.
 Dividend payments of railroad corpora tions in January will be also I,3OO, % larger than at this time a year ago, which
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-27
The Marrow View.

New York Times.
 quires whether we are aware that 1t is reported and generally believed that Judge Parker voted for Mir. Bryan Tn ocrat who voted for MT. Bryan Is fit to be the party candidate for the Presi- dency next year
 To the question of political theory and party action raised in this inquiry very good answer has been given by the Jack sonian Club of Omahal a leading Demo cratic organization of the State of Ne braska. The Jacksonian Club has just passed resolutions reinstating certain oi its members who were expelled seven years ago for refusing to support MT. platform of lS96 The resolutions declare that time makes great changes in the thoughts and ideas of mankind" that the resolution of expulsion was passed over the protest of some of the members of the club. and that the gentlemen expelled had been and are now loyal Democrats;
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-27
AN A " IN TERMS.

The Chief of Police of Chicago re- gently said: T have not issued any or ders regarding the piclxeting around liv- cry stables or other places. am not making war on the unions by the order that have issued but a proper burial of tho dead shall be afforded in Chicago if the police have the power to make 1t possible"
 Where was the necessity for such a statement? If he has issued no orders to the police force to break up picketing what is his object in going before the public about 1t? And how does he pro- pose to assure proper burial of the dead as long as the strikers are permitted to keep up the picketing habit? Does this official believe, or does he think any one else is simple enough to believe that this system of picketing is harmless? Does he not know better? What Is the object of putting out pickets in time of war? Any one who knows anything about military affairs knows that the pickets are not placed around an army merely to see who comes in, and to report it dIlet WdIu5s 1AOJ ohS put NAASAS tO PAS- vent the enemy from coming in. or to give the alarm so that the army may defend itself.
 It is the same thing with strikers. When they boycott place, whether it is a shop, a store or an undertaking establishment, they put pickets around 1t to prevent people going In. If they fail to do this by persuasion and argument they resort to force. The courts have held that trades unions have the right to employ pickets, but that decision Is coupled with the proviso that "there must be no violence, no threats of vlo- lence and no use of insulting or oppro- brious language" There is no sense in such decisions. Picketing is not peace full nor is 1t intended to be 50. @ ob- ject of it is to prevent the picketed es- tablishment from employing non-union labor, and they will prevent 1t by force or in any other way. If persuasions are ineffectual hard words are tried and if that fails violence is the next resort Peaceful picketing Is an absurdity. The chief did we'll to put a condition on his promise that the dead should be respect ed. If the police have the power'' Is a saving condition. They apparently lack both the will and the power to preserve order. If they have any desire to re- store order to Chicago they should com mence by breaking up picketing.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-27
COOK COUNTY DEMOCRACY.
The Famous Club in the Tolls Be
 cause of Internal Troubles.
Chicago Special

CmcaSo opeeldl.
 The Cook County Democracy, the fa- nous organization that has travelled all over the country, it's most recent triumph al tour being through the South, has been placed In the hands of a receiver because of internal dissension.
 Judge Brendno has appointed Jacob w. Richardson, former South Town assessor, as receiver to take charge of the books of the club and direct it's affairs. The row is between the Burke men and the followers of John Powers the alderman. The plaintiffs declare there are seventeen hundred members, and that the Democ- racy owns about $4,0O0 worth of property. A new set of officers is to take hold Jam uary l, and it is averred that these men fear violence when they attempt to as sume office. It is further charged that both factions are dissipating the money of the organization in a manner that threat ems to deplete the treasury and involve the corporation in endless litigation. Both sets of officers are made defendants, in- cluding Burke and Powers. The Powers men are now in control, but the Burke men carried the recent election, hence the appeal to court.
 Four suits are now pending in the fight for supremacy between Burke and his fol- lowers and the Powers adherents.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-27
ASK BRYAN's REMOVAL.
Objected to by Legatees as Executor
 of Bennett Will.

New Haven (Conn) Dispatch.
 Application for the removal Of William J. bryan as the eXecutor of the will of Philo s. Bennett was made tn the Probate Court today, on the ground that he has neglected and violated his duties and Le- cause his interests personally and as trus- tee are inimical to those of the legatees under the will.
 Judge Henry Stoddard, representing Mrs Bennett and other residuary legatees.
 In the petition this paragraph appears
 Said Bryan, by appe ll!ng from the :, der of the court admitting said will Ian ana u his own interests as an individual and ost as tor of said will and put himself and hls interests as an individual in antagonlsm to the legltees under said will to their in jury as such legatees and to his du,i 2 Bryan is Inconsistent with his retention in office as "xecutor of said will, and has render ed him an unfit and unsuitable pc i, son to continue exercising the duties and enioying the emoluments of said office"
 The signers of the petition are Mrs: Grace Imogene Bennett. the widow widow a2d Y., and George A. Gable of Yonkers, N. Y
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-27

fair treatment at the primaries between Democrats and Democrats as the law compels in a general election betw en Democrats and Republicans.-Norfolk Landmark.
 Parties. politics and partisanship should cut no figure in elections-now. If there was time when the vital law of self-preservation compelled white Demo- crats to manage elections in their own way that time has passed. For anything unfair in our elections there Is no justi- flcation in jaw, morals or expediency.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-27
CetterS tO tbe Gdftor
South Perry Street.

Editor The Advertiser:
 Will The Advertiser kindly draw the to the disgraceful condition of South Perry Street, between the Slough" and Mir Hubbard's residence, and ask them what they are going to do about it" It was bad enough before the recent rains, but now it is one of the worst strips of roadway in the city, and if the City Fathers will have d few loads of gravel judiciously distributed over it with out delay they will earn the gratitude of hundreds of Montgomery citizens and su- burbanites who have ocasion to drive daily over this important thoroughfare, which was once upon a time a popular and beautiful avenue.
 Subscriber. December 26. 1903
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-27
NO ovERPRoDUCTIoN
 OF COTTON
MT. Harvis Jordan ssys There Will
 Be No Such Thing.

Hon. Harvie Jordan adlrrssed the ia 'ders Of Stewart County, Georgia, a few days ago. There was a large crowd to greet him, and he made a splendid speech As a result of his coming, movement is on foot to organize a county fair to bring the people closer together and try to make Improvements in farming and stock raising. Mir. Jordan told the farm CTS that there could never be such a thing as over-production of cotton in this country again. as the consumption was increasing as fast the production.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-27
If the Day Ever Comes.

Marion Standard.
 If the day ever comes when the press of the country is prevented by fear cf libel suits or prosecution from criticisinG honestly and fairly however severely-the pointive servants, corruption will hold high carnival and popular governm7 mt be- come a mere memory. But that day is not likely to come. The generation and contempt with which the Pennsylvania gag law was received is evidence that the right of the people to condemn un- faithful servants through the medium of the press will be maintained in this coun- try.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-27
One Good May Come of Evil.

MODlLe heSIStSS.
 If the strike and violence of the union livery drivers in Chicago should teach the people of Chicago to dispense with excessive carriage display at funerals, there would be something of material gain from the strike. The people are dis covering that it is possible to bury their dead without a great parade of vehicles. It may prove to be a costly discovery to the livery drivers
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-27
Torture in Colombia.

It Is a common thing for a Colombian boy of l2 or I4 to be thrashed to death with cow hide whips for "deserting'' from the army that is to say running back home after he had been forcibly enlisted It Is generally common for a mere child to be hung up by the thumbs until he dies. because he will not-or cannot-say where his father is hidden. wo- men have been crucifed because they have re- fused to betray their husbands. and others have been treated infinitely worss.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-27
Visitors to the Capitol.

There were more out-of-town visitors to the Capitol today than any day since I have been here" said Joel Barnett. spe- "They were mostly ali Northern people. too. Only Q few were Ala oamians or Southerners. The Northern visitors come to the Capitol in crowds throughout the day. I can hardly account for the large crowds unless they were Northerners who were going farther South to escape the extreme cold the North Is now having"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-27

F. J. Kelly Circulation Manager of The Montgomery Advertiser, being duly sworn. says: The foregoing statement of The Adver- hser's daily circulation for the month of Mo- vemher, 1903 is true and correct and compiled after all returns from newsboys, news agents and leftover copies have been deducted
 P. J. KELLY. Circulation Mgr. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 9th day of December. 1903.
 F. W. JACKSON. tSeaL1 N. P. Ex-O. J. F.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-27
CHANGE OF NAME
Not to Be lefore Tri-ennial Conven-
 tion of Episcopal Church.

Milwaukee, Wis, Dispatch.
 No change will be made in the name of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the inmedi- ate future and the next trlennial council of that church will take no action whatsoever on the movement for a change In name. Ad- vocates of the change favored various substi- suAes, ''The Catholic Church of America" be- Ing perhaps most popular
 ''The statistics in regard to the vote on change of name were collected by the ''L.iv- ing Church" of this city. an organ of the High Church party. and are as follows:
 ''The vote which favored a change at once was: Bishops 22:' clergy. $40; laity. 64. .es3. The vote against any change was: Bishops, 2l: clergy. 3e4: laity. e2 655. The vote which favored an ultimate change but did not desire 1t at this time was; Twelve bishops 59 clergy and e2, 342 laymen, The largest vote did not pass at all on the question of a change, but considered 1t unwise to act on the question at this time"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-27
The Small Bow.
Mobile TtArn

Mobile Item.
 This period with the small boy is cherished along with that of the sore toe period in his life when manhood's estate Is reached. MT. Rockefeller would no doubt gladly give up his millions to again bo a small boy and wear a sore toe and shoot 'firecrackers."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-27
Men Who Come and Go.

Director Thomas M. Owen of the State Department of Archives and History. will leave for New Orleans Monday to attend Historical Society. which will be held in that city next week Mir. Owen will read before the society, which Is the greatest historical society of the Western Hemi- sphere, an address on "State-Supported Departments of History"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-27

The Raleigh. N. c. Post calls atten- ton to the statement that ls carloads of turkeys were sent to New York re- gently from the single State of Missouri. The cargo sold for 25 cents per pound and amounted to $IOO,COO. Think of that. farmers of Alabama, and plant turkeys.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-27

The Montgomery Advertiser says it ioes not wear a bell. Good. But will t tell usS confdentially. what 1t has been making merry notes with? Not a whistle ?--Skeffield Reaper.
 No-a horn-a great b g one, like that Sf Roderick Dhu, of which 1t was said:
 One blast upon his bugle horn
 Were worth a thousand men,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-27
Same old Drunk.
CentreviIle Press.

CentreVille Press.
 Christmas whiskey maketh drunk come just like the every day article. and when a man Is drunk, he is more or less a fool. Some are just bigger fools than others. Just because 1t is Christmas Is no excuse to try and have four legs like hog.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-27

One of the funniest features of our pol itics is the pertinacity displayed by the Republicans in claiming everything. The increased output of gold and silver. tha good crops, the high price of cotton. the increase in population-all are credited to the Republican administration. As chalmers, the esteemed enemy leave noth- ing out
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-27
A skifP to a stsamboat.

Greensboro Beacon.
 Maybe 1t is cherishing dead hope. but The Beacon would like to sec old Grover get in this fight. Sat beside him, Parker. German, Olney, and-save the mark Hearst look like sklff to steamboat or terrier to a maStiff.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-27

A contemporary springs the horrible thought or suspicion that the reindeer team of Santa Claus may have bern driven by a non-union driver. Is it not also possible that the harness was made 1 by non-union labor?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-27

The statement that an Oregon book agent has become insane is hardly cred ible. unless he has formed the habit of talking to himself.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-27

Mir. Charles E. Halls, a former weli- known citizen of Montgomery, 5ut now engaged in the real estate business in Birmingham, IS in Montgomery spending the holidays with his family.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-27
JUST FOR FUN.

How are you; old fellow? Are you No; only, just managing to. keep out of my grave"
 "oh, I'm sorry to hear that."-chicago Journal.
 
 Howes-Dont like this cold weather. eh? Why, only last summer you were complaining of the heat. Barnes-Not of the heat itself. but rather because of it's untimeliness. It would be all right if reserved for such weather. as this.-Boston Transcript Jean-AMaud says she believes in being young while she can.
 Ethel-Oh, she's done better than that for at least five years. She's been young while she couldn 't.-New Orleans Times Democrat.
 That distinguished-looking man is a veteran of seven wars" You don't mean 1t! Why, he looks too young to have seen service like that How does it happen?" He spent a month in South America one time. ."-Cincinnati Times-Star. Miss Withers-When Harold kissed me he told me that he loved me. The Friend-What q waste of words!- Town Topics.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-27

Hon. Hubert T. Davis, a member of the Constitutional Convention and a member of the present Legislature from Etowah County, spent yesterday In Montgomery. remainder of the holidays with his mother.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-27

MT. Charles G. Burkitt of Nashville, Tenn, is visiting in Montgomery. Mir. Burkitt is pleasantly remembered as a member of the faculty of Starke's Unl- versity School for several years.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-27
Should Be Cautious.

Chicago News.
 Daughter-Edwin says he wants a wife with good lungs. It shows how consider ate he ls of he. health.
 Mother-I wouldn't be too sure. He might want her to blow the kitchen fire in the morning
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-27

York Times. We are willing to be searched
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-27

increase is due almost entirely to an in-
 crease in the amount of stock on which dividends are paid and not to changes in the rate of dividend
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-27

The Portsmouth Star intimates that when the time comes that it is necessary for men to fly they will do so. Perhaps. but then they'll be angels.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-27

"Shadowing Drunkard'' is the title of one of the newest books. How did they keep track of him. If he walked as crooked as they usually do?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-27

Messrs. Troy Hailes, Edward Devinney, Walter Ausfeld, Otis McAdams and JJ- seph OLeary, students at Spring Hill Col Iege, near Mobile, are at home for the holidays.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-27

Of all that we have read in defence of the Presidents course in the Wood case the Petersburg. Va, Index-Appeal goes the limit when it declares that Gene al Wood was the only product of the Span ish war among the army officers that proved himself capable of doing things" Isn't that pretty heavy on all the other officers? We doubt If the President him self can endorse such a claim as that.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-27

MT. Kent K. Parrot. who has been on a visit of some months to his friend, MT. Gaston Troy. has returned to his home m Boston. MT. Parrot made many friends during his stay in Montgomery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-27
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When He is Forty.

Southern Democrat.
 When a man is forty years old he usual ly is sorry that he did not spend the last twenty in trying to learn what he thought he knew during the first twenty.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-27

It was a wet night in Montgomery but Santa got here all the same.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-27

MT. C. Gunter Fillmore, who is engaged in the cotton business in Pensacola. Fla, is spending the holidays with his parents MT. and Mrs. F. H. Fillmore.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-27
Prosperous Negroee.

Canehrake Herald.
 At nof thime in the past decade has the negro farmer in the canebrake been more prosperous than now. Thousands celled during the past two months.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-27

It is enough to make us blush that in Virginia and Alabama. with the race question practically eliminated by new constitutions. We have to fight for as
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-27
Dropping the H
New York V

NeW fOrk world.
 With Hay sick, Hanna i'll and Hoar in disfavor, the administration is dropping the "h.'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-27

The last Sunday Montgomery Advertiser would cover half an acre if spread out. = Cumberland (Md.) Courier.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-27

The Christmas number of The. Mont- gomery Advertiser, issued last Sunday, was one of the greatest papers ever is- sued in Alabama.-Cleburne New Era,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-27

MT. Howard Butt, who has been at. tending school at Marion, is spending the holidays with his parents, Capt. and Mrs R. L. Butt in Montgomery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-27

The Montgomery Advertiser puts in a big "ad' for itself and Alabama's Capital in it's magnificent Christmas edition.- Nashville News
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-27

The Christmas edition of The Montgom. cry Advertiser was just what anyone would expect from Alabama's leadins daily. 1t was a big thing in every re- spect.-Pensacola Journal.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-27

MT. John W. Watts. who is taking a medical course in Tulane University in New Orleans. is iu Montgomery on a visit to hls parents.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-27


 MT. C. Gunter Fillmore, who is engaged In the cotton business in Pensacola. Fla, is spending the holidays with his parents, MT. and Mrs. F. H. Fillmore.
 MT. Howard Butt, who has been at- tending school at Marion, is spending the holidays with his parents, Capt. and Mrs. R. L. Butt in Montgomery.
 MT. John W. Watts. who is taking a medical course in Tulane University in New Orleans. is iu Montgomery on a visit to hls parents.
 MT. Robert E. Troy. who is at present living near Birmingham, is in Montgom- cry to spend the holidays at his old home.
 Hon. M. M. Baldwin of Birmingham, who once represented Bullock County in the Legislature, was in town yesterday.
 MT. Pat Costello. young Montgome=. ian who Is studying for the priesthood in Maryland, is at homo for the holidays.
 MT. Seaborn Boyd. a student at the Ala bama Polytechnic Institute at Auburn, is spending the holidays at home.
 MT Henry Seibles, formerly of Mont gomery, is spending the holidays with uIs mother, Mrs. Emmet Seibles.
 Gen. B. L. Holt and Mir. R. L. Harmon have returned from hunting expedition into Pike County.
 MT. William Tatum, a student at the Marion Military Institute, is at home for the holidays.
 MT. T. M. Steger, a prominent lawyer of Nashville. Tenn, spent yesterday in Montgomery.
 Mir. Spetgner Wilcox, a student at the University of Alabama is at home for the holidays.
 MT. Clyde Smith, a student at the Uni versity of Alabama is at home for the holidays.
 Messrs. J. J. Barter and D. T. Iern- don, well known citizens of Mobile, are in town.
 MT. H. M, Schuessler of Lafayette .4 in the city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-27
No--m -mhar

Mo-a>n1ber n.
 The Advertiser takes pleasure in sunmittins 2 sworn. detailed statement of It's circulation For the month of November. These figures show the actual net issue. day by day. the abatement having been compiled after the re- turns from all souyces have been deducted
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-27

honor on the ~17th by getting out an eighty-page issue, which was well filled, and filled well, with some of the best reading matter that could be produced. - Florala News.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-27

MT. Robert E.. Troy, who is at present living near Birmingham, is in Montgom- cry to spend the holidays at his old home
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-27

City subscriptions should be paid to the fol lowing authorized collectors only C. Calm City Calculator: 2. l.. Eason. J. e. Jones' M Ashley and w. s. Duncan. collectors. anc at the icounting"room.