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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-07
BRRADSTREET'S REVIEW

New York. March 6.-Bradstreets' to- morrow will say:
 Business Is ahead of last year and still expandlng. This Is indicated by the gen. eraily good reports received from East ern and Western trade centers and is con hrmed by largest on record February bahk clearings and enormous gross rail way earnings returns. Southern trade ana crop positions are dulled or retarded ny heaVy rains and rising rivers, but it IS 10 be noted that despite this informa- non. receipts of cotton are heavier than year ago and had some influence in bringing about reaction in cotton prices this week. Special activity is noted by ]pnoers 1 Tn all lines of wearing apparel dry goods. clothing. shoes, millinery, hats and caps, and retail trade in these lines Is also expanding. Active prepara tons TOT a heavy seasons building are indi- cated by large demand for lumber light and heavy hardware, paints and glass There is also a stronger tone to iron and steel.
 Finished products are in increased de- mana ana as result of inquiry cruder forms, both of domestic and foreign man ufacture are f1rmer In tone The strength Of the raw product though most of the week exercised an influence on cotton goods which reached the highest prices Tn years, further advances being noted in bleached cottons with firmer tendency in print cloths.
 The jobbing trade the country over ap- pears to be enjoying an exceptionally ac- tive business in dry goods
 Wool is dull and firm, the partial lifting of the Agricultural Departments em. bargo allowing freer deliveries of wool to manufacturers in New England. Woolen goods machinery is actively employed in mills that have finished spinner orders immediately taking up heavy weight work
 In iron and steel the demand is i'm proving. prices are hardening. A large business has been done in rails structural plates, sheets. wire and tin plates. Struc- tural material Is very active. Foreign Iron and steel are notably flrmer in price. Imports for January are fully six times as large as in the same time last year and for the seven months they already aggregate over 100000 tons.
 Business failures in the United States during the week ending March g. number Ill. against 1855 last week, 204 in the like week of 1902 173 in 1901. POS in 1900 and 1S9 in 1899.
 Wheat. incuding flour. exports for the week ending March 5. aggregate g. 491. .4S6 bushels. against 2,656S79 last year, 4,O95 9A in this week a year ago and .52S in 1901.
 Wheat exports since July aggregate l642S4, 134 bushels against 1S4, ,262, ,O43 last season and 3S, 525 4SO in 1900.
 Corn exports aggregate 3S17, ,609 bushels against 2,36S. .936 last week, 352, 409 a year ago. and 3,956 137 in 1901.
 For the fiscal year exports are 34.557. .19l bushels against 23, 396 last season and 135, ,736 46l in 1901.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-07
FIGHT WITH A NEGRO.
Marshal Campbell of Phenix City in
 Encounter

Phenix City, March 6.-(Speclal. )-This afternoon, about 2:30 o'clock Mar shal Wood Campbell of Phenix City had a desperate encounter with a negro be- leved to be the man who had a fight with officers in Buena Vista, some time ago. and who was shot at by Policeman Smith in this city one night last week and escaped after having been placed under arrest.
 Near the high bridge. Marshal Camp bell saw a big negro riding a new Columbia bicycle. At a glance, he saw that the negro answered the description of the man wanted at Buena Vista. The marshal halted the negro, and told him to get off his wheel. The negro dismounted and like flash seized the officers pistol Marshal Campbell was too quick for him. however, and closed in on his man. A fearful struggle ensued, during which Marshal Campbell recovered his pistol and beat the negro over the head with the weapon until he was ready to sur render. In the meantime. MT. Lee Lynn came up to assist the marshal After the struggle was over. the negro was very bloody, and his head was badly butt of the rnarshars pistol The negro is now in the PheniX City guardhouse Marshal Campbell telephOned police head quarters, giving a description of the negro. which tallied exactly with that of Garfield Thomas, the man wanted for as saulting a Buena Vista officer. The negro will be held to await Identification,
 The bicycle he rode is a new chain less Columbia. which Marshal Camp bell Is satisfied has been stolen. The number of the wheel has been filed off.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-07

abdomen frequently swell, piles do their annoying work, there is vertigo, palpita- tion of the heart and debility.
 When any of these warning symptoms are experienced, the use of Paine's Gel cry Compound will do wonders for anx- ious and suffering women. Paine's Celery Compound used regularly for a few week0 will build up nerve force and physical strength, tone gestion, keep the kidneys and liver in working condition, will ban ish gloomy fears and give sweet sleep. It has saved thousands of women from terrible sufferings and death. Miss Annie Pasoid, of Dewitt, Iowa, tells how Paines Celery Compound made her mother well and strong; she says
 My mother was taken very sick by ap- preaching change of life and was confined to her bed for seven weeks. We employed the best doctor but his efforts were of little avail She could not keep anything on her stomach, could not sleep and she wasted to a shadow. We procured a bot tie of Paine's Celery Compound for her. Its use gave grand and wondrous results. She soon slept well at night, got stronger and Ter appetite returned. She is now we'll and strong and does her work with pleasure She would not be without Paine's Celery Compound for auy consid- eratiCn'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-07

tunes when he introduced that bill pro- vfding for the pensioning of negro ex- slaves. The idea of peslsioning the ex- slaves Is a graft which has been worked to finish throughout the South. A reg ularly organized gang of land pirates has been systematically bleeding the negroes of money with which to advance the cause" Recently MT. Scott received from a negro lodge in Kansas set of resolu- uons worded in extravagant praise of Senator Hanna and demanding of the Kansas delegation that they support the Hanna bill. MT. Scott forwarded these resolutions to Senator Hanna. He re- ceived a reply from the Senator, saying: T introduced this bill by request, and had no information whatever as to the pre- vious attempts to deceive the colored peo- pie of the South with such hopes" This statement, says MT. Scott. makes it clear that the Senator knows the bill will never become law, and that he is sorry to have lent his name through mere good humor to a scheme which interruptions and dishonest men are using to enrich themselves"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-07

One of the best burlesques on our Con- gress that we have seen was recently perpetrated by the City Council of Wind sor, Ontario, in the Dominion of Canada. It will be remembered that our Congress- man DeArmond introduced a resolution in our Congress providing for the purchase of Canada from Great Britain by the United States. As an offset to that reso- lution the Council of Windsor passed a resolution which authorizes the Mayor to sign a petition Ion behalf of this Coun- cil to be forwarded to His Majesty King Edward VII, through the Governor Gen eral of Canada, praying him to confer with the President of the United States and ascertain upon what terms. if any. consistent with their dignity. the people of the United States would agree to the annexation or sale of the United States to Canada. and in the event of such an- nexation or sale the country to be di- vided into one or more provinces, the peo- pie of the commonwealth to be guaran- teed the same laws and protection as the citizens of Canada now enjoy" Of course the resolution went through with a rush." as one account states, which is not surprising. The Windsorites were doubt less glad of a chance to get even with our own Congress in the matter of reso- lutng.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-07
A Neighborly Criticism.

Chattanooga Times,
 The action of the Alabama Legislature in refusing to appropriate sufficient sum of money to complete and make available for immediate use the Falkner home for dependent cX-Confcderate sol diers Is incompreheusible and is calling for indignant protests all over the State. The Montgomery Advertiser warns the people that they ought to remember, here after, the members of the Legislature who were guilty of this ineXcusable fali- ure to perform houndan public duty. The shame of it is that Alabama boasts of its generous regard for the survivors of the lost cause" and makes great preten- siOns of vencration for Southern tradi- tlons and Southern institutions; but in its representative capacity if finds it more to it's material liking to add to the salary list of a lot of politicians and legfslate for the expenditure of funds to promote somebody's political fortunes than to provide for the wants and necessities of
 the indigent veterans who are by such neglect liable to become charges upon charity. There is only one side to the question. and Alabama merits the sever est criticism for her niggardliness toward her own heroes and her lack of apprecla- tion for their claims upon her bounty.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-07
WEEKLY TRADE REVIEW
SOME RELIEF FROM THE CAR
 FAMINE.
Shippers are Still Complaining, However, and Pig Iron Furnaces Cannot Run Steadily-Num-
 erous Labor Struggles.

New York, March CIR. c. Dun & Co.'S weekly review of trade tomorrow will say: Further improvement in the move ment or freight and fuel makes the gen. shippers are still constantly complaining and pig iron furnaces are not able 10 run steadily. Numerous labor struggles also Interrupt manufacture, yet mills and shops are producing freely as a rule Job bers and wholesalers are busy, while spring retail trade has opened very well in many lines, notably wearing apparel Permits for building operations show iarge gains oyer last years figures. Prices or commodities scarcely altered in the as- gregate during Febr Iary, Dun's index number being Sl01.06 on March 1, against Nc9-O a month previous. Foreign trade continues very heavy. During the past week there were liberal purchases of pipes tubes, agricultural implements. structural shapes and railway equipment. A heavy tonnage of steel rails was placed. particularly for trolley lires. Quotations are firmly held in all departments of this industry and in several instances the week has brought higher level. Spinners are growing conservative in regard to accept ing contracts calling for distant delive- ries of cotton goods, owing to uncertainty as to what raw material will cost Even on present stocks there is an upward ten dency in quotations. While new business at first hands ts only fair, there is much activity in Jobbing lines. Export trade is SLOW Print cloths are higher. Fine cot ton fabrics for the spring of 1904 are opened. although only limited business has been done Dealings are small Tn woolens and worsteds, but mills are fully occupied. The spring clothing trade is satisfactory, especially fin staple lines. New lines of fancy worsted goods have not sold freely, and opening prices are maintained with difficulty. frmer tone Is reported in the dress goods division. Footwear has lost nothing in strength. but somewhat inactive, as buyers are placing orders cautiously. large vol ume of contracts could be taken at old prices.
 Failures this week numbered 299 in the United States against 116 last year, and lb In Canada. compared with IT a year
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-07
THE SHAME OF THE SENATE.
The Combination of Quay and Nor
 gan Criticised.
New York Times.

New York Times.
 The block in the Senate during the lat ter half of the short session was due pri- marily to the machinations of Senator Quay. who for reasons of h.S oWn thor oLgMy discreditable so far as he chose to make them known, sought the admis- sion of Arizona and New Mexico in op- pC sition to the deiber lte policy Of his own party. He was aided in his plot by Senator Morgan, who, for reasons eX- tremely unSound, but not dlscredltable to him personally, sought to defeat the Pan anna Canal treaty, in opposition to the policy of his party and to the will of the great body of the American people. In other words, the public business of the nation was delayed and important meas ures were killed by he action, stubborn in both cases and disgrdcetui in one, of two Senators, seeking no great party end and representing no serious national in terest.
 Naturally the leaders If the majority in the Senate are dsgusted, and are de- nounc.ng the imm aditte authors of their troubles in unmeasured terms. They are utterly unjustited in doing so. It Is not the fanatical senator Morgan or the con scienceiess Senator Quay who is respon- sible for the harm that has been done. It Is the majority of the Senate, and espe- cially 1t is the very lea iers who appar ently suffered most at the session that closed yesterday. Mir. Aldrich, who lost
 
 Lodge, who lost his Philippine tariff bill, have been supporters and benehciaries for many years of the system that arms one or two Senators with fatally obstruct- i've powers. Both of them are hidebound protectioniSts; both have been active and persistent advocates of the policy of
 truck and diCker" by which the various interests affected by the tariff have had their schemes forwarded in legislation; neither of them has led any effective op- position to the rules the effect and aim of which are to foster log-rOlling in the Senate. They may vince now when they seem to suffer from the working of the rules, but they have known for years that
 the rules worked in that way, and must do so and they have never shown any intrigue which the rules provided. and which their party constantly has seized ard prohted by.
 The present situation of the Senate Is not one of helpessness It is one of open guilt and deserved disgrace. The Senators maintain 1t because on the whole they like 1t and get advantage from 1t. Their rules are of their own making. and can be un- made when they wish. They do not change them because they know that these rules make of the Senate chamber and its com mittee rooms an exchange for exceedingly profitable traffic. Unquestionably the in- fiuence that has done more than any other to bring the Senate to this wretched Republican Party, which compels deals in legislation. But there have been other causes which have aided. And 1t comes with bad grace from the chief operators on the exchange to denounce their sue CpSSful rivals.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-07
SATURDAY. MARCH 2, 1908.
DOUBLE GOLDEN SYMBOL.

The American Newspaper Directory uses eer- tain signs to denote the relative standing and merit of the whole neid of newspaperdom which comes under its notices and one of these signs Is the mystic symbol denoting ''gOlden," which stands for high quality. and is thus explained:
 Advertisers value this papsr more for the class and quality of its circulation than for the mere number of copies printed.'
 Such papers are credited with a single ~ym- bol; but there Is a higher grade. according to this standard authority. which have BOTH QUALITY AND QUANTITY. and require the DOUBLE GOLDEN SYMBOL { erS to describe adequately their standing.
 The Advertiser has been accorded this double golden symbol 00I and is the oaly paper 90 distinguished in this section of the South.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-07
POLITICS OF oPELIKA.
Mayor Palmer is Candidate for An
 other Term.

Opelika March 6.-(Special. )-The City Executive Committee of the Democratic party has called a primary for March 23 to nominate a mayor and eight aldermen for the city to be voted for at the regular election in Apil. Hon. J. c. Palmer the present efficient mayor is a candidate for reelection. It is under his administra- tion and to great extent the result of his tireless and faithful work tha. Opelika has a modern school building cost ing $25O10 and many other improvements. The laws have been rigidy enforced by him and the city is at the high tide of Its prosperity. Hon. J. B. Lyons, one of the most popular young men of the city has also been mentioned in connection with the race, but has made no announce ment
 N. l.. Wright Joe O'Neal, J. IT. Thoma- son, c. W. Brooks and Orrin Brown, will, it is said erect handsome residences at an early date, while a number of other inn provements are already in process of cree tion The new school building is nearing completion and the city will vote bond issue of $25, ,0O0 w. C. Goodwin has purchased the home now occupied by Mir. Oneal paying therefor S3.5O0. Rents have advanced slightly on account of the de mand for houses.
 If the receipts of the Opelika postoffice for the month of March are as large as they were last March, Opelika will be en- titled to the free delivery of mail. The receipts will have then gone to over SlO,- GOO per annum. In order to get the free delivery, however. the city will have to have all the stret corners marked with signs and all houses numbered systemati- cally.
 Miss Persia Hutchinson of this city and G. w Williams of Columbus were married at the home of the bride here Sunday. They will reside in Clumbus.
 c. B. Gullatte and Maggie Mae Rut- ledge of Phoenix were married there yes terday.
 A number of negroes crossing Ossanippa Creek few days ago in wagon had a narrow escape. One of them, a small negro boy was drowned.
 Hon. Isaac w. Hill, State Superinten- dent of Education spent last night here en route to a teachers institute in Phenix City.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-07

gar Gardner Murphy, of the Southern Ed ucation Board, who prepared pamphlet on the subject and made one of the strongest arguments in behalf of such legislation that we have seen.
 The factory has wrought revolution In the South. Before the war We had no problems of this character, because we had no factories and, as the Rev: pr. Wines said recently in this city, discipline of labor was largely a home affair. each plantation owner regulating 1t for himself. But the factory brought problems to us, as it brought problems to the North long ago. and we must take these problems up as they come and solve them. We have an advantage over the North. for we are in position, if we will, to profit by their experience and to avoid the mistakes which they made. If we fail to benefit by the North's experience 1t will be our own fault. Virginia Is now. manufacturing State and her manufacturing enterprises are growing rapidly. The factory proh- lems are ours, and 1t is our business to address ourselves to them intelligently and conscientiously and find the best so- lution possible. We must have law to regulate the employment of children in factories, and the sooner we enact such a law the sooner the factories will adjust themselves to it and the sooner the fric- ton will cease. It Is, in our opinion, a great mistake for the factories to oppose the very reasonable bill which Delegate Cabell has introduced. The men who conduct these factories are sensible men and they must read in the signs of the times demand throughout Virginia for such a law. If the law does not come now 1t will come by and by. and the factories will he Tn a state of uncertainty until final action Is taken. It Is better, there fore for the factories to take time by the forelock to meet the situation at .Once and to put an end to the agitation. Business men can stand almost anything better than they can stand uncertainty and agitation. It is the part of wisdom to accept the bill which MT. Caben has proposed and settle the question now, once for all
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-07
NEGRO EDUCATORS ADJOURN.
Will Ask Their Race to Remain in
 Rural Districts.

Chattanooga Tenn. March 6.-The first annual conference of the negro Presi- dents of the Colored and Mechanical Col leges of the Southern States was con cluded today.
 The results of this conference are epi- tomized in the declaration of principles adopted by the conference which the colleges will live up to themselves and urge upon the colored race.
 The conference attached considerable importance to the movement to establish a ,central normal school under the aus piccs of the Peabody Educational Fund IL was the opinion of the educators that the establishment of such school for colored teachers. as is contemplated by the trustees of the fund. would he a great impetus to the cause of negro edu- cation.
 It was agreed that the industrial schools should try to impress upon the colorcd people that it Is best for them tc turn to agricultural pursuits to better their condition and to shun the cities and towns
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-07
HILLS CANDIDACY.
Has Been Made Preposterous by Re-
 cent Revelations.

New York Evening Post
 This pronounCement of Hills creature and mouthpicce, Chairman Campbell, has not had the happiest result for either him or his master It has led to more com plctc exposure than W. have before had of the treaoherOus course of Hlll. 1t was treaCherY not only to Judge Parker, but to his party. which led nlm to force upon the Stlte Convention the nomination of Colcr, with the pretense that 1t was not possible under any circumstances to in- ducc Judge Parker to stand. The Brook lyn Eagle now makes, on authority, the dellbCrAte charge that Hill miSrcpreSent- ed the facts and deceived the convention. It states that Judge Parker wo lid have accepted the nomination for Governor, If 1t had come tU him unanimously and un- sought, and. more than that, that he mad already written his telegram of aC- ceptance." This vas. u1 course, on the supposition that the convention could not be kept from rejecting the iantaS 'ic Coier and rushing to Parker. But Hill kept it, by means of gross deception.
 It is imp s~hle that such grave charges could have been made The Eagle un- less 1t knew that it was speaking by the book. The controversy cannot stop here IL Is certain to go all over the State, and to have it's echoes in Demo- cratic circles throughout the country, One result is already assured. The Candi- dacy of Hill himself Is made preposter- ous. TreaChery pilAd on defeat is too much for any party to endure in would be leader. Of course, 1t is an old story with Hin Many a man he has flung from him like a squeezed orange, after using him Betrayal has always been on" ut the rudimcuts of politics with him. But he was never before caught in sucn a cold-blooded and disastrous act of bad faith as this. He cheated not only a friend. but his party, out of the Cover norship-and all for what reason? Simply a fear that by cloCtng strong Governor he might glVc the Democracy candidate for the Presidency whose name would not be David B. tin.
 Even the tentative candidacy of Judge Parker has. therefore, had one good et- feet. It has left Hill lying in the ruins of his own carefully constructed edihcc of intrigue and deceit. Whatever he may l the handcufed and padlocked ergates
 that he could rake together in New York would do him no good in a national con- | venton. He Is found out, and that was
 all that was necessary in order to destroy | him,