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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-24

The members of the Womans Christian Temperance union will visit the Industrial school at East Lake on Wednesday. and they are requested to meet at Norton's drug store at 80 o'clock to take the East Lake car leaving the city at that hour.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-24

Mrs. William A. Walker gave small luncheon during the week in compliment to Miss Hazel Dimmick, whose engage ment to MT. Porter Mitchell Walker was recently announced
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-24

relatives in England. MT. and Mrs. Welch and Miss Welch will make a tour of the continent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-24

MT and Mrs. Truman H. Aldrich, Sr., and Miss Morrison leave in June for their summer place at Lakewood, N. J., and later in the season MT. and Mrs. Aldrich will go to Alaska.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-24

Miss Avis Erhman will return tomor- row from Chattanooga, where she has been the guest of Mrs. John W. Sibley, who will return with Miss Erhman to at tend the Horse show.
The progress-advertiser. (Lexington, Miss.) 1902-1903, 1903-12-10
THE
GRAFTERS.
.POstOfficG Investigation Shows
That SeveraS Employees
Were Interested

The word graft" has been so fre-
Quently employed Of late that it has
come to have technical meaning, says
Bryan's Commoner. 1t is used to
describe the iIIegitimate profit which
a corrupt public servant makes out of
his office. The most common form
of graft is in the form of a rebate
on contracts made by the official for
the public. The postofce iDvestiga-
tion shows that several employees
were interested in contracts made in
their departments. Of course, it is
plain, bare-faced stealing, for the
official acts for the people as a whole
aud to pay a high price for supplies
with the understanding that a part
Of the price will be returned to him
personally is only an indirect method
of converting government money toI
his own use. All purchasing agents
are tempted to misuse their positions
and public opinion ought TO be such
as to restrain and strengthen those
who hold such positions Of trust, |
Even school boards sometimes become
venaI and sell their decisions to the |
book company that offers the largest |
bonus to the board, What a sad |
commentary on public morals to say |
that men especially selected TO su-
peryise the instruction Of the young
should become purcbaseabIe. In the
cities another form Of graft is to be
found in the selling Of immunity.
gamblers and keepers
of houses Of ill-fame, are sometimes
allowed to violate the law, provided
a stipulated sum is paid to officers
whose duty it is 10 enforce the law.
This form of crime should be made so
odious that every party organization
would, for its own protection, un-
ralentinplv punish its own members
The progress-advertiser. (Lexington, Miss.) 1902-1903, 1903-12-10
A BLOW TO
BLIND TIGERS.
COngressm an Hum phreys Aims
A Blow at The Blind Tiger
Industry.

Congressman B. G. Humphreys has
introduced the following bill, aimed
at the blind tiger industry:
H. R. 1861 To prevent the issu-
ance of retail liquor dealers license
to persons in communities where sale
of intOXica ting liquors is forbidden
by the laws of the State or munich
pality.
Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of representatives of the
United States of America in Congress
assembled, that no collector of in
ternal revenue, or his deputy, en-
ployee, Or assistant, shall issue to any
person or firm any stamp or stamps
indicating payment by such person
or firm of the internal-revenue tax
imposed by law on retail dealers in
liquors and retail dealers in malt
liquors until the person or firm offer
ing to pay such tax shall furnish the
collector satisfactory evidence that
sale by retail Of vinous, alcoholic or
spirituous liquors, or of malt liquors,
as the case may be, is not forbidden
by the laws of the State or of the
municipality where said business is to
be carried on, or that license has
been issued to such person or firm by
5he lawful authorities of the State
md municipality, if the business is to
De carried on in place where a
icence is required by the laws of the
State or the municipality.
Section 2. That this act be in
'orce from and after its passage
The progress-advertiser. (Lexington, Miss.) 1902-1903, 1903-12-10
BRYAN IN ENGLAND.

Col. VIM. Jennings Bryan was the
guest of honor at the Thanksgiving
Day banquet given by the American
Society in London, England, to 400
guests, including many of the most
ilIustrious men Of both EngIish-speak-
ing countries, who appreciate this
statesman as one of the greatest of
his people and the recent spokesman
representative ard standard bearer of
voters, who spoke for nearly forty
million of freemen Fortunately on
that day his lot was cast among men
of broad mental scope, and he was
for the nonce beyond the microscopic
vision of those who search for fly
specks upon we'll nigh spotless politi
cal raiment. Aberdeen Examiner.
English appreciation of Mr.. Bryan's
ability and characttl', is worm-wood
to gbld veneered democrats.
The progress-advertiser. (Lexington, Miss.) 1902-1903, 1903-12-10
NUMBER 36.

Montgomery, Ala, and formed the
constitution of the Confederate states.
| A few months after Miss Shaw came
to Mississippi, at the age of l6, she
married Selden 5. Wright at the
Brook Home in Lexington. He was a
native of Essex county, Virginia, a
rising young lawyer and a gentleman
Of the old school. They commenced
life in Lexington, subsequently re-
moved to Yazoo City, where he be-
came in 1850 wise chancellor of the
Middle District, continuing in this
office, being elected again, until the
chancery court was abolished, and
its business merged into other courts.
Five years they lived at Carrollton,
and in 1859 they removed to Califor-
MIA, arriving in San Francisco in Jan.
1860. The personality of Judge
Wright is page in the history of
California. The impress of that per-
sonality was left upon the Judiciary
of the state. He was probate Judge
of San Francisco for eight years. In
1870 he was nominated on the DEM
ecratic ticket for the Supreme bench
but was defeated by the Republican
Judge A. L. Rhodes. He
was appointed city and county judge
subsequently by Governor Newton
Boothe, and was the choice of the
people for that position at the sub
election. In his death Cal
ifornia lost an able and gifted public
society lost one of its most
accomplished and refined members,
md his family lost their stay and
comfort, but they inherited pure
md spotless name, for he ever wore
;he white flower of a blameless life.
We now find the widow of Judge
W right the mother of twelve children
Jhe magnificent type Of Southern
woman, leading the United Daughters
IF the Confederacy West of the Rock
es, leading as only born leaders can.
She had been called upon to organize
he Colonial Danes and had done it's
he duty falling to her, as it we're, by
he right of inheritance. This took
,lace in 1895.
Continued on last page
The progress-advertiser. (Lexington, Miss.) 1902-1903, 1903-12-10
VACCINATED
ANYHOW.
Church Surrounded by Police
And Health Officers And
Darkios vaccinated.

Under the caption of Vaccine Raid
on a Negro Church" the Philadelphia
Record prints an article giving an ac-
count Of how large number of ne
groes were corralled and yaccinated
in spite of their objections to the in
PRODUCTION of the virus in their sys-
tens. While the church was crowd,
ed with colored worshippers it was
surrounded by several platoons of
policemen and the doctors of the
health department Of the city forced
their way into the edifce and fell
upon the assembled darkies like wolfes
upon the fold.
1t is stated that 423 negroes were
then and there yaccinated against
wills. In many cases it was neces-
sary for three or four policemen to
throw the patient down in no gentle
fashion and hold him, or her, to the
floor before the operation could be
performed. The Record says the up
roar caused by the howls, curses and
shricks was indescribable and the con-
fusion became 50 great that the
physicians losing track of those they
had operated on, vaccinated many
persons three or four times" and it is
quite save to say that there are
great many negroes in Philadelphia
today who feel very sore and feverish.
The doctors and the police, however,
had their orders, and they carried
them out to the letter, the police
using their clubs as freely as the
doctors did their lancets.
If such an occurance had happen
ed in this part OF the country 1t would
have been classed by the newspapers
Of the North as "a Southern outrage"
and another bill would have been pre-
pared for the reduction of the South's
representation in Congress and the
electoral college.
The progress-advertiser. (Lexington, Miss.) 1902-1903, 1903-12-10

when found guilty of trafcking in
police authority, nut back of all this
misuse of official power stands the
commercialism the soldid, greedy
commercialism which is stimulating
the love of money and condoning the
otrenses against law and good morals.
The only permanent remedy is to be
found in purifying p ,blic thought and
raising the ideals of the people.
The progress-advertiser. (Lexington, Miss.) 1902-1903, 1903-12-10

l9O3, takes US back to the palmy
days Of the south, when her people
enjoyed that freedom of ease and
high standard of civilization, her in.
stitutions made possible. The writer
of the sketch, Mrs. Green, (nee Miss
Sallie Morgan) is well remembered
all over the State, and she deals with
some of the brightest characters liv-
ing in our midst in nte-belleum days.
They are we'll remembered by the
old people of this town and county,
and retain relatives in this and neigh
boring towns of Carrollton and Kos
ciusko, and in the city Vicksburg.
Since the Confederate veterans
and the United Daughters of the Con-
federacy are arranging for a grand
reunion at Colusa, some sketch of the
first organizer of the United Confed-
crate daughters on the Pacific coast
and one of the first in America, may
not be out Of place. The history of
grand men and women, of whatever
country, creed or politics, is always
interesting, hence we present no apol-
ogy for printing the following sketch
of Mrs. Selden S. Wright.
Joana Maynard Shaw, widow of the
late Judge Selden S. Wright, of San
was born in Richmond,
Va, May. 9th, 1880, her father
being Rev. Oliver Abbott Shaw, rec
5or of the classic old episcopal church
If st. Marks, Philadelphia, in which
city she was reared. The clergyman
was of distinguished colonial fam
lily of Massachusetts, and his wife
was allied to most Of the prominent
families of Virginia, being a grand
laughter of Carter Braxton, one of
the signers of the Declaration of In
dependence.
In lS45 she was orphaned, and
vent to live with her uncle, Hon.
Walker Brook of Mississippi who
vas also a native of Virginia, the
lblest of lawyers of the South and
United States senatar, succeeding
Ion. Henry S. Foote when the latter
vas elected governor of Mississippi.
subsequently Mr.. Brook was amem-
,er of the convention which met in
The progress-advertiser. (Lexington, Miss.) 1902-1903, 1903-12-10

Messrs. r. L. Bennett, VIM. Hamel,
Chas. Clark and A. N. Roach, recently
purchased 5S4S acres of wood land
on Honey Island for about $4,000.
The company will erect saw-mills to
cut up the timber, and then put the
land iu cultivation. They nave a river
front near Random Shot, When
cleared it will make a fine plantation.
The progress-advertiser. (Lexington, Miss.) 1902-1903, 1903-12-10

Fisk's syndicate of shows pulled
out from here Sunday morning. Ow-
ing to the clemency of the weather
their business probably was not as
renumerative as it would have been
under more favorable circumstances.
They are a we'll behaved set of people,
and all who visited the different
shows, seemed we'll pleased, and had
no tricks played on them
The progress-advertiser. (Lexington, Miss.) 1902-1903, 1903-12-10
WANT MORE DISTRICTS.

The next Legislature will be called
upon to make some changes in the
different judicial districts of the state
and several new ones will doubtless
be provided for. The fifth district is
too large'and we ought to have a new
distsict in this part of the state.
Judge Stevens is scheduled to hold
court forty-four weeks in each year,
and this is too much work to put on
him. 1t is to the best interests of
the people, the bench and the bar
that new district be made. Acker-
man Plaindealer.
No judicial district should contain
over six counties. Each county has
two courts annually, which in a dis
trict of six counties make twelve
courts year, or one in each month
and that is enough.
The progress-advertiser. (Lexington, Miss.) 1902-1903, 1903-12-10

Since the little snow and rain falls
last week, smoke has cea 'ed obscur-
ing the sun, and seemingly has shone
all the more beautiful to make up for
being eclipsed. Astronomers and
scientists, before knowing the dense
smoke was caused from forest and
old sedge field fires, looked wise and
said, it was due to volcanic eruptions
in distant lands and planets, and
passed on.
The progress-advertiser. (Lexington, Miss.) 1902-1903, 1903-12-10

The longest fence in the north
west will be constructed by the
government for the benefit of Indians
on the Lower Brule Indian reservation
on the Missouri river. The fence will
be sixty-three miles in length and re-
quire 10000 posts.
The progress-advertiser. (Lexington, Miss.) 1902-1903, 1903-12-10

Those Of our people who have ripe
hogs never had better time for
saving the meat. The weather too
was most favorable for keeping
sausages, backbones and spareribs
fresh and untaiHted for home use,
while their staying qualities held out.
After telling her pupils about the
landing of the pilgrims The teacher
asked them to draw fror imagination
a picture Of Piymoutl Rock. lotre
was considerable confusion when
little boy arose and asked If she want
ed a hen or a rooster. Magnolia,
(ArkQ } News.
The progress-advertiser. (Lexington, Miss.) 1902-1903, 1903-12-10

The following from the Colusa,
California; Sun, published Nov. 4th,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-21
FREE DELIVERY DEFICIT.
Congress Will Be Asked to Make Good
in Both Branches.

Washington, May 21.-Congress will
De asked a the opening OF its next
Session to make an approximation to
cover deficiencies in both the regular
delivery service and the rural free de-
livery service of the postoffice depart
ment Postmaster General Payne today
announced that this deficiency now ag-
gregates~ exactly 1927, 467, OF which S105,-
eoO IS IN the rfee delivery branch. The
postmaster general said he very much
regretted, the existence of the deficit
and for the first time publicly criticized
the administration of A. w Naehen
the general superintendent of the free
delivery system, who is now on indef-
mite leave of absence.
This is not the first time that a de-
ficiency has occurred in the free de-
livery service said Mr.. Payne but l
regret its existence. At the opening of
the last congress Mr.. Machen pointed
out that without additional apprOpria-
lions no more routes could be establish
ed besides those ready to be installed
January l. He said however if congress
appropriated $500 900 for the purpose the
work could be continued during the rest
of the fiscal year. This appropriation
was promptly made. but it was exhaus-
ted. Despite this fact this office, the
free delivery Office, was going on in
creasing the deficiency and if we had
not taken steps to curtail the expendi-
lures and suspend the establishment of
routes until the beginning of the next
fiscal year the deficit would have been
much larger It was not good admins
tration."
Continuing the postmaster general
said that part of the deficiency was dis
covered before. Mr.. Machen was given
his leave.
He reported a part of it himself
Ma. Payne added. First Assistant
Postmaster General Wynne reported to
me recently that 600 deficiency ex-
listed in the rural service and Mr.. Wynne
and I agreed that by economical meas
ures the department might eliminate
that. suppose that was the amount
reported to Mr.. Wynne."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-21
FIVE EXPLOSIONS
Gas House ExpIOdes in New
York City.
Flames Shot Up to Height of
100 Feet.

New York, May PA fire started to-
day IN one of seven gas houses at 155tn
street and Sheridan avenue There
We're five explosions.
me explosions occurred at intervals
OF one OF two minutes. and were hear.
all over The Bronx. The oil tank that
exploded was opposite 155th street. IN
Il the gas was made with which the
cars are lighted.
me tank was about 40 feet in diane
Ter 50 feet high and contained nearly
zoo0O0 gallons Of OIL The fire shot 100
1eet INTO the air. An adjacent building
used as a factory was totally DESTROYED
as was repair shop nearby which was
~ by 90 feet in size. The fremen saved
the large machine shop. The origin of
the IRE is not yet explained but from a
report it is said that the fire started in
a number of tar barrels Worknen
started to take the barrels away but
the fire communicated with an oil ear
and this communicated with an inn
mense oil tank where the gas is made
When the explosion occurred sections of
the tank were blown in all directions,
two sections landing a distance of 500
rect from the scene of the blaze
Joseph ChernO, one of the injured men
IS reported as having died, and it is said
an unknown man died in the Lebanon
hospital as the result of the injuries re-
ceived at the fire. All trains on the
New York Central railroad, going both
directions were stalled. There are at
least 500 cars of all descriptions in the
freight yards
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-21
EDITORIAL COMMENT.


All QQlQuH Law
indianapolis Journal
NO law passed within the memory of
any person now living has been so uni
Nefsally condemned by the American
press as the new Pennsylvania libel
law. Universal indignation has been
expressed at its vindictive spirit and
Its tyrannical provisions. Every lead
ing paper in Pennsylvania has declared
It's purpose to keep right on criticising
PUBLIC men and measures. doing its
duty cOnscientiOusly. and letting cOnse-
quences take care of themselves. Gov
efnor Pennypacker, who approved the
measure, IS defied in cartoons and efi-
torials, and the press is having more
run with him than ever. As a well
known journalist expressed it, Wi.hin
Two weeks Governor Pennypacker ~
wish that he could bury himself III
could see him"
There can be but one outcome Of the
opposition which the measure has
aroused. The law viii be repealed, as
all laws have been that attempted 10
muzzle and gag the press. The sedition
law OF 1898 provided for the filming and
Imprisonment of any person guilty of
printing or publishing any false, scan
dalous and malicious writings against
the government of the United States, or
either house of congress, or the presi-
ueut, with intent to defame them. or to
bring them into contempt or dispute
rms law creating a new crime of lesa
majesty contributed powerfully to the
downfall of the federal party two years
later The constitution of every state
IN the Union contains provision guar
anteeing the liberty of the press, and
nearly every state has well considered
libel laws which newspapers understand
and obey American editors, as a rule.
are careful and conscientious and far
more considerable of the personal feel
lngs Of public men than most persons 4
are aware of. At the request of indi-
viduals or of their own motion they
suppress many things they might pub
hsh. If paper makes a mistake as
may happen to the most carefully con
Quoted, it is always prompt and gener-
Gus IN explaining and apologizing But
public interests would suffer vastly
more by the muzzling of the press than
they ever have or could by the occa-
slonal exercise of too great license. The !
press of Pennsylvania is not a Hcen- /
tious one, and it has never exceeded the /
bounds of decent Journalism in critics.
ing or cartoonfng public men. The new
law IS direct blow at the liberty of
the press, and the publishers and edi- |
tors of newspapers in Pennsylvania /
should make common cause against it /
until 1t shall be repealed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-21
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago NeWs.1

IFrom the Chicago -NeWs.1
A well wisher is. one who invests his
coin il oil lands.
The will Of the people disinheritz a
good many candidates.
Ewes fondness for apples was a
mighty good thing for tailors and dress
makers.
The labor question will never be
solved until the necessity for work is
eliminated.
A wise man doesn't believe all he
hears. and a fool believes a good many
things he doesn't hear.
When some men have to walk Eons
on a very wide street it takes them ali
night to get there.
If q man wants to get a line on his
popularity as speaker let him hire y
hall and charge so cents admission.
Harsh measures are not always bea
as the woman who marries a man to
reform him is apt to discover to her
sorrow
It serves man right if he marries a
woman because she has more sense than
he has If she never allows him to for
get it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-21
GLOBE SIGHTS.
IFrom the Atkinson Globe.l

Iron the Atkinson Globe.J
Those who hear good deal always hear
much that is unreliable.
Another of those items which are diff
fcult to handle" is floating around.
We have been wondering why some one
doesn't invent d breakfast food called
Strenuous"
When anything in the way of gossip is
AL over town it usually means that half
a dozen persons know it
What is the proper thing to do with
mildly insane people, Atchison is asking
this question today in two new cases
Notice is served on an Atchison man who
thinks he is a mighty good husband. that
everyone is feeling sorry for his wife
We always admire the kind of VIC
man who is called to the telephone to give
recipes in cooking to some struggling be-
sinner.
1t is explained that the success of a for
merly Of Atchis0n man is largely due 10
his wife giving his business affairs treat
ments of Christian Science.
1t is said that two words which caused
Sol Miller to go up into the air We're BAG
calaureate' and '.mesdames-" And who is
there who likes them any better?
Notice is served on Topeka society wo-
men that an AtchisOn woman who will
visit there shortly is tired of vim 4g
she would like to add to her collection OF
shines.
It is related that an Atchison man never
gave his wife chance to show her de-
vOtiOn unless he was very sick and needed
her; upon all other occasions he refused
to believe that she could do anything u.s.
full.
They are telling of the seldshness of an
AtcEisOn daughter to her mother. but be-
fore abusing girls in general listen to the
upon her daughters That is really the
most sensat ionaf tale of the two.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-21
GRAIN men HERE.
Cooperative Organization Is
Holding a Meeting.

About fifty delegates from Kansas
Nebraska and Oklahoma are in session
at the city council chamber this after
noon engagedin the business of organiz-
ing the Farmers Cooperative Shipping
association, which viii absorb the old
Kansas Cooperative Grain and Live
Stock association.
The new organization has a capital
stock Of 5000, 900, and of this sum &c..
600 has already been paid in. Eacn
town which has subscribed to the stock
is entitled to delegates at the conven-
ton.
]. A Bucklin of Thomas county is
acting president of the meeting, and
Miss Owen is acting secretary. Per
manent officers viii be elected by the
directors. and it is probable that the
stockholders will elect the directors this
afternoon
A committee is now at work prepaT-
ing the charter and bylaws, which VIII
be drawn under Kansas laws c. s.
Hoffman is chairman OF this committee.
James Butler and S. H Allen are. the
other members The committee fled its
report this afternoon
It is the purpose of the organization
to bring under one manage cement all the
farmers grain elevators and shipping
associations in Kansas. Nebraska ana
Oklahoma and it is thought that the
work will be accomplished in time for
the handling of the approaching har-
vest.