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The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1903-09-05
CAPT. A. N. MULLER,
Former District Attorney.
BOY Cared of Collie After Fly
sician's Treatment Had
Failed.

NY boy when four ars old was
taken with colc and Eamps IN his
stomach sert for Re doctor and he
injected morphl lne But the child kept
getting worse hen gave him half
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Cholera and D( krrhoea Remedy, and
In half and hour be was sleeping and
soon recove red. IF l. WILKINS, Shell
Lake, Wis. Mr. wilkins is book
keeper for the Shell La Ike Lumber Go
For sale BY Estorge Durg Co.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1903-09-05


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The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1903-09-05

the best amateur talent in New
iberia for the fire play, " Lady
Audley's Secret" to be produced
at the Opera House Sept. the leth,
the entire proce eds to 60 to the
Ladies Guild of the Episcopal
church. Miss Holman will play
the principal part
Ferdenand King, of the firm ol
King Brothers, returned to biz
home IN this city from New Yorl
and the East, where be has beer
selecting fall and winter goods fo
his progressive firm.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-24
Concerning Smiling.

Manchester (N. H.) Union.
 From every part of the country comes complaint that the art of spelling is in sad decline, and that many otherwise educated people are today worse spoilers
 than Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough. Of course one reason is that while the from courses of study. and poetry Is be- ing ignored altogether every energy and l faculty of the human being are being de- voted to the acquisition of material wealth. For success in business, good spelling Is not absolutely necessary, as has been demonstrated again and again. But while the man of brains may not spell. or even understand the use of capi- tai letters. 1t is desirable that his type | writer and confidential clerk should pos sess at least the rudiments of orthogra- phy, and 1t is surprising that these, as well as their employers, should have neglected the subject of spelling. The New Orleans Picayune believes that the real reason for such general defective ness in spelling is due to the neglect of this once essential art in the common schools. It goes on to say: "In early times Walkers Dictionary was the high est authority in orthography and in the primary and grammar schools of that day the children stood up in rows and spilled aloud in competition. the successful spoilers going up head" or at least talk ing position above all whom they had de- feated.
 "Aftelr that came a period when Noah Webster became the standard in the United States, and his ancient blueback book of the most-used words had to be fixed in the minds of the children. The children who had gotten the beginning of an education in such schools under such discipline all became good spoilers, and if any. of them went to the colleges such as they were in those days, they became not only spoilers, but etymologists and | syntaxers also. or in a word they were
 grammarians according to old Lindley
 Murray.
 To-day in the primary and grammar | schools so many new-fangled subjects are Taught that the children have no time
 for spelling and that Is one reason why
 there is so little good reading except by
 professionals. Persons who spell poorely
 skim over what they read without giv-
 Ing to each letter in each word its proper value, and they do not unedrstand what
 is so read with sufficient clearness or ac- | curacy to be able to recite it intelligibly
 aloud. To be able to read we'll Is a fine accomplishment and is absolutely neces- sary if one would be an orator or an effec- i've public speaker.
 few university graduates are able to spell correctly, or to read properly, but unless they are proposing to become actors or orators, probably they will not feel the need of such accomplishments. What is wanted in education is knowledge that can be sold for cash. Every other sort is of comparatively little use in the esti-
 nation of the official educators"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-24
THE PlArFoRM AND THE MAN.

The Advertiser is unable to agree with some of its Democratic contemporaries who argue that the platform next year is everything and the man nothing. We do not consider 1t sound doctrine or good policy to say that if we have a good plat form anybody will do for the candidate. It is essential that we have a sound and clear-cut enunciation of principles as a foundation. we freely admit. It ought to able Democracy which would have no double meaning in any of its essential parts; "a platform so plainly expressed and written that there could be no chance to give 1t more than one interpretation.
 This admitted, it is equally essential that the Democrats nominate a man who is not only qualified by character and at tainments. but who is in full accord with the platform adopted. Any kind of man on good platform would not only be a misht, but would endanger the ticket Does any observant man believe that Bry- an. or Hearst, or Tom Johnson, or George Fred Williams could be elected on any kind of platform? If Mir. Bryan should be nominated. for example, and should in- sist on adhering to his present financial views. though the platform might be out spoken for sound money what chance would he have with the thoughtful and conservative people of the country? If, on the other hand. he should be nomi- mated on a platform of sound currency, and should announce himself thoroughly in accord with the platform, could the people have any confidence in his sheer ity? Would they not charge that he had temporarily abandoned his cherished views merely for the sake of popularity ? Nothing else could be expected and they would refuse to support him.
 The Advertiser doesn't think that next year will be a good time for trying to jolly the voters with unmeaning plat itudes or windmill candidates. It will be a time for real Democrats to assert them | selves, say in plain language what they mean, and nominate a man of known character, undisputed qualifications and undoubted Democracy. The trimmers and dodgers should be relegated to the rear and the rainbow chasers given rest. We want a good platform and we want tc | plant good man on it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-24
Against Union.
New York Journal of Commerce

New York Journal of Commerce.
 In a recent case in Indiana, damages were awarded by jury for the injuries to an employer of labor by boycott di- rectly ordered by a labor union. The damages were clearly proved and a yer dict was rendered against the union. II is said that when the decree of the court is entered an order will be issued requir- ing the union to assess its members for the amount awarded. and if the officers refuse to levy the assessment or the mem- bers refuse to pay. they will be punished for contempt of court.
 It is expected that the matter will be carried to the Supreme Court of the State on an appeal, but in the meantime d number of other suits have been brought in different parts of the State, including one in Indianapolis against the Interna- tional Plasterers' Association for $20, ,00O damages. In this case firm of employ CTS refused to pay a fine of $500 imposed by the union, whereupon there was a strike and boycott resulting in seri- ous injury, for which the payment of damages is claimed. These suits appear to he brought in accordance with the principle established in England in the famous Taff Vale case. Of the fragrant wron gand injustice of the boycott as it has been practiced by labor unions, there can be no reasonable question:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-24
Walt. whitman as a Journalist.

Charles M. Skinner in The Atlantic.
 Whitman was not much of a Journalist. He had too much repose. His employers called it laziness. He was concerned with permanences. The nearer to nature, the more repose. Trees and hills do not dance, except for urging. Whitman, eemental. strong, placid, bovine, did not urge them.
 In The Brooklyn Eagle office Whitman is a clearer memory than in the office of it's contemporary. Yet 1t is oddly hard to secure facts. There is general and joking reference to his serenity as idle ness. He was not a typical newspaper man, for he was not to be pressed or hur- ried, and in our duty of precision and speed he would have been impossible. He never felt that stress from which the veriest Bohemian suffers. He did not want money enough to work hard for 1t. One of the coterie of writers and actors which used to squander its much wit and little wealth at Pfaffs tells me that of the whole party. Whitman was the only one who was never tipsy and never "broke. ' He always had a market. somewhere l for fugitive writings. Editors were friendly to him. He drank his beer, with the rest, but it's effect was to make him thoughtful, even sad. while the others were merry. According to that narrator he was an easy borrower, though 1t does not appear that he asked for large amounts or made needless delays in his | repayments.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-24
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER e4, 1908
sEArI. SPEED P LIMIrEpp

will the time come, and that not far Tn the future, when the law will be com pelled to limit the speed of railroad trains, both steam and electric? There is apparently a limit beyond which IL seems murderous to travel, at least under present conditions. But a few days ago the civilized world was astonished at the announcement that electric cars on Ger man road had been run at a speed of i2S miles an hour. This was really extraor- dinary, but since that experiment, as we learn, a record of 1Ss miles has been made over the same road.
 This is running at the rate of two and be evident that cars cannot be run al such high speed with safety. It is not merely that wood and metal cannot bear such motion with certainty that there will be no failure or disaster, though that is a consideration not to be ignored. But aside from this is the certainty that at such speed the engineer or motorman can not see obstacles or breaks ahead in time to stop his train. Added to this is the impossibility of halting a train. running one hundred miles an hour or more, with in a distance or limit which would pro- vent a collision, even if the danger is seen. The momentum of a loaded train increases so greatly with every increase of speed that the danger of disaster is multiplied as the velocity increases.
 The papers almost every day contain accounts of disasters on railroads for which various explanations are offered. Faulty construction. negligence, incom- causes are given to the public which are more or less satisfactory, but the fact renainr that disasters are frequent. Un- less there shall be corresponding im- provement in materials, construction and management, it must follow that increase In speed must mean more numerous and more serious accidents. and moro killing If. as appears probable, increased veloc- ity means increased danger, will We not at last be forced to limit speed by law We nave laws in many cities to regulate the speed of street cars. automobiles, and even of hacks and carriages. These laws are made and enforced in the interest O. public safety. and there seems no good reason why the principle should not be extended to all public conveyances.
 Of course, it is not meant to argue that railway trains should go back to the slow schedules of half a century ago. for that is not necessary. There have been so many improvements in railway building and equipments that a much higher rate of speed can be now maintained with safety. than was possible in the early days of railroading, but that does not prove that one hundred miles an hour or more can be kept up without danger. In short, the speed of cars seems to have advanced more rapidly than has the means of se- curing the safety of those who ride on them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-24
Published in Birmingham.

The headquarters of that estimable pub lication ''The Gulf States Historical Mag azine' has been removed from Montgom- cry to Birmingham.
 Speaking of the removal The Birming- ham Age-Herald says:
 Prof. Joel c. DuBose, the author and scholar, has returned to Birmingham af- ter a brief sojourn in Montgomery. Here after his Gulf States Historical Maga- zine will be published in Birmingham and the first number issued from this city will be out in a few days. The mag azine was founded by Professor DuBose in conjunction with MT. owen of the State Historical Department and was conducted through several issues as a joint enterprise. Some months ago MT. Owen retired leaving Professor DuBose as sole editor and proprietor.
 Thinking Montgomery the better place for a publication devoted to historical matters. Professor DuBose remained there until within the last few days. The his return to Birmingham"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-24
"The Mainest Thing"

MODIIe It5BI5ItT.
 The Washington Post has given a series of short interviews with Democratia Congressman upon the Presidential Ques- ton. and we are thus provided with much opinion of more or less value. There is general favoring of MT. German for Democratic candidate; Judge Parker comes next; and few for Mir. Olney and one or two for MT. Hearst One would think from this that the whole business was settled. and it only remained for the Democratic Convention to ratlfv the nomination of MT. German tells us, however that everywhere. in hotels. counting-houses, on the streets, the people are talking of but one man, and this one rAn Is neither German. Parker. Olney nor Hearst but Grover Cleveland. The argument of these talk | CTS is simple We want to win!
 been against him. They have had the cold consolation of knowing that 1t is human to err
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-24
Gossip of men
 and nlatterS
Hunting season is Now on.

Now that the bird law has expired and real cold weather has come" said q sportsman, good shooting is to be found in almost every direction from the city. Ducks are reported to be in the rivers and ponds in large quantities and turkeys and wild geese are to be found. Small plentiful and they will be hunted for awhile. l desire to call the attention of lovers of the sport to the fact that in order to hunt on any of the land in Mont gomery County one must have the con- sent of the owner of the land. You must remember this or you may get yourself into trouble. Small game Is to be had in inviting"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-24

We are bound to get at Ann's true age filed an application or a brief in one of the courts of that city In which he sets forth that in order to further the ends of justice it is absolutely necessary to ascertain the exact age of Ann on the 2nd day of February. 1891. True, he de- signates Ann Murphy as the female whose age he is trying to learn, but we just
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-24
Free From Scandals.

NeW UlIeAnS IICdyune,
 Now perhaps the most eminent citi- zen" of his country, 'astonished the American politicians and laid the founda- tion of his widespread unpopularity by declaring that public office is a public trust, and that as far as he was able to carry out that principle by insisting that only honest men should be fntrusted with the public business he would do SO He succeeded in creating for himself great numbers of bitter enemies, but no federal administrations since the Civil War were freerer from political scandals than were the two when he held the position ol President of the United States.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-24
Improvement in Suburbs.

'Tf you don't believe Montgomery su- burbs have improved and have been large ly populated, just go over in the north and eastern parts of the city and you will find in addition to many business enter prises, that dwelling houses have been erected in many directions and that the best people are living in them"
 These are the views of busy real es- tate man.
 Montgomery would do for residence pur- poses and yet the splendid system of drainage and sanitary sewerage we now enjoy makes 1t possible to live anywhere within the citys broad limits. It has been necessary for these people to live over there to be near and convenient to their work and if you haven't been over in that locality lately you will hardly recognize 1t when you go again."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-24

MesSrs. William M. Walker, A. G. Smith. s. D. Weakley and Lee c. Brad | ley. we'll known lawyers of Birmingham, are in Montgomery to attend the Su- preme Court this being the week in which cases from the Sixth Division of the Court | Calendar. composed of Jefferson and neighboring counties, will be called. Mir. W. Y Titcomb of Anniston is i'll at the Montgomery Infirmary. He ex- | poets to be out in few days. MT. Tit comb is Chairman of the Committed on Foreign Correspondence of the Grand Lodge of Masons of Alabama, and of the Grand Chapter.
 Governor Jelks returned yesterday morning from Eufaula where he spent Sunday with his family: The Governor will leave this morning for short visit to Birmingham.
 Hon. E. P Wilson of St. Stephens who member of the Constitutional Convention. was in the city yesterday.
 Mir. J. IT. Johnson of Talladega, Su- perintendent of the Alabama School for the Deaf and Blind, is in the city.
 Hon. A. w. Fucker, member of the Legislature from Fillmore County was Tn Montgomery yesterday.
 Mir. Francis J. Inge.. a well known young lawyer of Mobile was in Mont gomery sunday.
 Hon. R. P. McDavid. late Secretary of State. was in Montgomery yesterday on business trip.
 Major J. H.. Bankhead. Jr., of Jasper. ia in the city in attendance upon the Su- preme Court. -,.
 Hon. T. Sydney Frazer of Union Springs spent Sunday in Montgomery.
 MT. Charles w. Hare. prominent law yer of Tuskegee, is in the city.
 Hon. George IT. Parker of Cullman. Is attending the Supreme Court.
 MT. II. B. Bowling. a merchant of | Ozark. Is in Montgomery.
 Colonel E. H. Graves of Eufaula spent yesterday in Montgomery
 Mir. John P. Tillman of Birmingham was in town yesterday.
 MT. John w. Hood of Birmingham, is | in Montgomery.
 Mir. H. H. McCleIand of Birmingham. is | in Montgomery.
 MT. w. E. sstrunk of Tallassee, is in Montgomery.
 MT. R. L. scheussler of Roanoke is Tn the city.
 MT. T. E. St. John of Cullman' is in | the city.
 MT. John w. ChambIee of Birmingham is here.
 MT. NJ. M UIlman of Birmingham is | here.
 MT. R. NJ. Green of Opelika, is in the | city.
 General William c. Oates will leave thls morning for a trip to Washington ana
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-24
Didn't Have a Dozen.

Philadelphia Ledger.
 A philadelphia photographer tells this as having actually happened. A woman entered his studio.
 Are you the photographer" "Yes, madame
 Do you take chlldren's pictures?" Yes, certainly
 How much do you charger" Three dollars a dozen.
 'WelL' said the woman, sorrowfully I'll have to see you again. I've only got eleven"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-24

The Buffalo News is disgruntled because General Grosvenor places New York in the list of doubtful States for next year. At the same time it advises its party that "it may require the utmost resources of the party strength to hold New York in line next year. No doubt of that, and if the fight is between Roosevelt and Cleveland the State will be lifted out of the doubtful column with a suddenness to make Republican heads swim.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-24
Elections Next Year.

"Since we come to think of it, re- marked a gentleman yesterday, ''there are to be a great many offices to be filled next year. in spite of the fact that the Constitution made elections for all State offices quadrennial. There is a President and Vice-President to be voted for; elec- District: Congressman in each District. Supreme Court Judges. Chancellors and Circuit Judges and Solicitors; a President of the Railroad Commission, and in the counties there are Probate Judges and Circuit Clerks. Tax Collectors and Tax Assessors, Boards of Revenue and Com missioners Courts. Treasurers, Justices of the Peace. Coroners and long list it will make.
 "The Tax Collectors and Tax Assessors elected next year will not go into office until August 1905. nearly one whole year beginning of the tax year when the work on their books is to begin and 1t is good time for their terms to commence"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-24
Railway Station a Busy Place.

in Montgomery mornings and evenings
 said an observer yesterday, lis the Union
 Depot. In the morning up to Il o'clock trains arrive on all the roads and then in
 the afternoon trains come in on all the roads and it is life and hustle down there for awhile. In the morning people are coming in to the city to spend the day and in the afternoon they are going out again. With their bundles and their friends who so to see them off they pre- sent a most interesting sight At the Union depot almost any day one can see all classes of people in all stages and conditions of life. from the very highest to the lowest and humblest and there they meet on a common level and the ticket agent and the station master treat them all alike. politely looking after their
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-24
Union and Politics.
Mobile Item.

MODlIe Item. EF-- 7-1-
 The effort to commit trades .>unionism to socialism should be earnestly opposed by every union man who does not want to see his order tackled on to the tail end of political party. When trades union ism is thrown into politics then will 1t cease to be of benefit to those who main tain it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-24

know that the Murphy" is added to throw dust into the eyes of the public. What he Is really after is to know how old is Ann7 Courts are frequently con fronted by knotty problems and they ust- ally have way of settling them inf some manner, but if the proverbially sharp Yankee lawyers will settle Ann we sha.l feel much obliged to them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-24
A aood Haclk Town.

Do you know that Montgomery is the leading hack town of the South?' asked a travelling man. ''It is a fact" he con tinued. "and it is so noted among travel lers far and wide You can get better hack accommodations here than in any city know of and 1t has been so for years. Your splendid street car service ness and 1t will not be many years be- fore they will be driven out of the busi- ness almost entirely. and will be used only on special occasions and for extra ordinary purposes. Then the automobile will take the place of the horse and your streets will know the old horse and the old ramshackly hack no more forever"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-24
Should "a Changed.

IuSKegee NeWS. (
 We should not be surprised if the ad- mtnistration also negotiated a canal treaty in advance with the gang 1t authorized to steal the Isthn1us of Panama, the name of which should now be changed to the Isthmus of Teddy.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-24
They Will Revise.
Mobile Regist

nODuS RSSlSl6Ts
 When the conviction is driven home by the indisputable fact that Cleveland is the only man who has the power to move the masses ana get the necessary votes change will come like the turning of the leaf of a book.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-24
Solid and Substantial.

The appended statement of The Advertisers circulation for the month of october shows not only most satisfactory state of anairs 70 far volume is concerned. but goes further and proves concIusively that the clientele of Alabama's Only Metropolitan Newspaper IS both solid and substantial The Advertiser maintains that its circulation exceeds the ac- tual issue of any other two Alabama morning newspapers combined--and the statement re- mains unchalIenged.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-24

As General Grosvenor has settled the number of electoral votes that each party will control next year what's the need of an election? We might as well save the money and trouble 1t will cost.