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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-21

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 Hemorrhoids, VaricoceIe, Hernia and Venereal diseases of every name, na.
 ture, form and characte. are also
 treated, and q legal guaran.
 tee of cure will be given
 In every case.
 Our equipment. consisting of well-stock- ed prescription department. X-Ray, Vio- let Ray. Static and Galvano- Faradic ap- paratus Super Heated Air. Arc Light Cabinet, Eureka Nebulizer and Ozone Inhalation for nose. throat and lungs and a thoroughly equipped Surgical Depart ment. modern and up-to-date in every par ticular, give us a prestige over all com- petitors in Alabama in our special line of practice.
 CORRESPONDENTS INVITED. Consultation and examination free. Terms liberal and condolences held in- violate Office hours 8 a. m. to 8 D. m. Sundays. a. m. to 1 p. m. A FEW OF MANY ENDORSEMENTS
 FROM THE PRESS.
 The Birmingham Ledger: Drs Dozier & Go. are without doubt the best known specialists in the south. and their fame Is due entirely to their great skill.
 The Birmingham News: Both Drs. O. T. and Byron Dozier are reliable and ex- perienced physicians and surgeons, who deserve the great success which has been and is theirs.
 Age-Herald: Dr. Dozier's long stand ing and approved abilities entitle him to the proud distinction of standing at f% bead of bis profession.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-21
FAIR GROUNDS ROUTE

During the Fair the special Fair Grounds cars will go out Sd Ave. to 7th St ,7th St. to 9th Ave, up 9th Ave. to l7th St., l7th St. to 4th Ave. up 4th Ave. to 18th St., 18th St. to 1st Ave, up 1st Ave. to 18th St, down 18th St. to 3d Ave. and out.
 South Ensley, Bessemer and Powderly passengers should use the 3d Ave. and 9th St. entrance.
 B. Ry., |. & F. Co.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-21
Colombian Congress Adjourns Nov. 1

Bogota, Colombia, Saturday, October IT, Via Buena Ventura, October 2O.- Senor Urico Echen was today elected president Of the senate, and Senor Au- gust Samper was elected president of the house of representatives. The house ap- royed the vice presidents message proposing that congress ad- journ November i. The senate is now discussing the same proposition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-21
Coal for Japan.

London, October 2o-The Daily Mail this morning says that since October IT eight steamships have been chartered in the United Kingdom to carry steam coal to Japan and that two other consIgn- ments are reported. The Port Arthur and Vladivostock freight rates have risen three shillings as a result of competition
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-21
Schillinger's Hof- Brau Beer.
NOTICE OF CHANGE OF
 STREET CAR ROUTE.

Beginning Oct. 2d and con- tinuing while the 22d street bridge is being refioored, the Loop, Highland Ave, Avon dale and Idlewild cars will come in and go out of the city via 2Oth street. Birm- ingham Railway, Light and Power Go.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-21
Nicaragua Selects Canal Aoents.

Managua. Nicaragua, October 2O-Ed- ward F. craigin of New York and W. |. Cook of Oregon today were appointed agents of the Nicaraguan government to represent it in canal matters.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-05-21
A Woman's Wealth.
Paine'SCelery
Compound
GIVES VIG0R ARD
STRENGTH 70 DEBILITATED AND
EUI D0WE WOMEN.

Il * maintained by many distinguished
wri..rj int the greatness Of & nation depends
much upon The physical condition of its
y.pI:.-,.. The general conditions which con-
ts..,s.c g.. ,.-al:n ard long lfc, are those which
ID ~. III: j. 4 rapid aad unequal exhaustion
II ti.os. 1,3.4crs BY Which life is maintained.
Will. W a,--r that the women of our land
stand peerless for beauty aad the virtues that
male them l3y4Llc, We cannot hide the fact
that there aIe thousands in our midst who,
owing to ovorwork, worry, household cares,
and an unequal exhaustion of life power, have
become weak, nervous, sleepless, and deblll-
tated.
We bling to the attention of all weary,
respondent, hopeless, and sickly women
earth's great rcscuer and health builder,
raine's Celery Compound. Thousands Of
healthy women around Us owe their present
vigos, activity, and robustness to Paine's
Celery Compound. Mrs. Stephen Smith, St.
The grave; she says:-
- had bad attack Of la grippe this spring
and vas at deaths door, and no one ever
czrcsI-d He 10 recover. l was so weak that
Is soon 5 ;hcy brought me out Of one faint
y.a= IN another. | could not take any
NUN 'i...1..;, ard doctors medicines did me
10 E3al. : friend advised my husband to
gct ne Io::!2 ot Pa;ne's Celery Compound,
w!:j@h IL iii, !ut had no faith in it. The
sacoaI day a:ter taking the Compound, l
j.-ra:. > st reel hungry and took an interest
in :A.:"s. had everything that money and
loving ca,c coald supply, and with that and
laine's Celery Compound, am now doing
M own work, while three months ago l was
almost il the grave. know that l owe my
health and strength to Paine's Celery Com
pound, and shall always recommend it,
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-05-21
This is a Correct Principle.
A sheyillp Citizen.

Ashevie Citizen
The mere fact that property is bringing
no returns out OF the investment is no
argument that it should not be taxed.
They are paying nothing on the invest
ment but you Just try to buy some Of
this unimproved property and You will
learn more than we can tell you-Dur-
ham Herald.
And it is just this sort of thing that
often retards the growth and deveIop-
ment OF what would otherwise be a
thriving, progressive town. The best
remedy We can suggest for it is that
adopted by Atlanta by taxing desirable
unimproved property according to what
1t would return on the investment if I'M
proved. When that is done the owner
is forced to do one of two things. sell or
improve it unless he be stubborn enough
to go on paying tax on it as if it were
improved and yielding him an income on
the investment. \ former resident OF
Atlanta remarked the other day that to
this system OF taxation be attributed
much Of Atlanta's enterprise and rapid
growth. No holding OF dead property in
business nor residence sections OF the city
is permitted. The man who tries to sit
down on his lot and wait for his neigh
bors to make it valuable for him is sim
ply smoked ont by a high and inst tax.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-05-21
SunshinY Women.

Some OF Us like to complain OF the
world and the spot we are destined
90 occupy III it. Things are not Just
us we want them nor as we feel they
should be for us. But we overlook
the fact that the particular spot in
this world which we are given to oc-
cupy is, and will be, precisely what
we choose to make it. Wheth her we
DO right or wrong, whether we are
happy or otherwise, depends very
largely, if not entirely, upon our
selves.
We have all experienced the feeling
OF brightness which a sunshiny wo-
man carries with her wherever he
goes. She may have Just as many
worries TO face, just as many ankle
ties to bear, but she overcomes them
largely by IL bright sunny DISPOSE
ton. We are not all capable OF
laughing in the face of trouble or adj
versity. but we can at least make an
attempt and even il the laugh lacks
the ring OF heartiness. it is infinitely
better than the frown or sigh.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-05-21
The Weeping Willows.

The following bit Of history, taken
from an exchange, is well worth pre-
serving:
All the weeping willows in the coun-
try are said to be descended from a
twig planted by the step-son OF George
Washington at his place at Abing-
don, Il few miles from Mt. Vernon.
Young Custis, as a member OF Wash
ington's military family, sometimes
carried messages, under a flag, be-
tween the belligerent commanders.
In this service he became acquainted
with a young British officer, who like
Others, had come over with an i'm
preston that the ''rebellion" would
be speedily crushed out, and that he
would then settle on the coniscated
lands Of the rebels. He had even
brought q twig from the weeping viii
low near Pope's villa, at TWicken-
nam, carefully wrapped in oiled silk.
As his visions Of Il castle in America
faded away, he gave the twig to John
Parke Gusts, who on his return to
Abingdon in the spring, planted it
near his house. 1t grew and -four
ished. just how it multiplied may
be noted from one end OF the country
to the other.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-05-21
Cold Comfort ior Bloody Shirt Waivers.

News and t-.-",r.
We publish c,>>wh"r. an article
from the Washington SIR upon the
Supreme Court decision III he Ala
bama suffrage case. Til" Star i5Vcry
clos" 10 the administratioH#nd what
ii says is entitled o serious consider
alton. Tie Star thinks that The de
cisiOn throws til" supplicHnt back
upon Congress for he redress Of
wrongs" and adds: The outlook is
that he viii find cold comfort there.
for the present" II details ne story
Of the FIGHT IN the Republican cauru5
for tn" reduction Of Southern repre-
sentatiOn, which il says was Defeated
by Henderson and Cannon, assisted
by the administration. Il says that
"at his juucturc Il" political branch
OF the government j., most H--Dircily
stacked against the Negro. and pre-
diets that he Republican Iiumager
will not raise he question before the
presidential election.
The decision Itself is not as couc!n-
sive as We could wish. though t!so TO-
fusai Of thn petition is accepted by
most Of the papers ;- settling heat
titudc Of the Supreme toGrt. Most
OF them believe that it il II virtual
decision that the court either has 10
jurisdiction or thIJ, as Il court OF
equity, it has nc. the power to grant
relief against "a States refusal to
register a negro claiming that lie has
Il
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-05-21
Faith in South S Progress.
Baltimore News


Another evidence that there is
strong faith in the progress OF the
South, especially on the part Of Bal
tiEoreans, is that arecent bond issue
OF The state Of North Carolina was
nverbid fifteen times. The securities
were tour per cent. ten year bonds.
and investors seem to have been
anxious for them. North Carolina is
going forward very fast. There are
more cotton mills in that State than
i'll any i'll the union except Nassa-
chusetts. For the last years crop
the farmers received good prices, and
they start this year under favorable
conditions. The tobacco ~rop. the
fish and lumber interests and veg
etables are other things that are
contributing to the States prosper
lty. The relations between Balti-
more and North Carolina are close.
nearly every leading house doing
business in all parts OF the common
wealth. There are 50 many people
from that State in Baltimore that
n North Carolina society has been
formed in the city.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-05-21
Southern Educational Schamc.

Wilmington Mrs-cnger
The Manufacturers Prrom takes
to task Mr.. Ogden, OF the Southern
Educational Conference for failing in
his annual report to give Il full and
frank exposition OF all the features OF
the movement and for trying to sup
press questioning in the conference
and quotes the foil0Wingparagraphs
from Mr.. Ogden's report rs proof Of
its contention:
The reports OF former conferences
will he consulted in vain for definite
answers to the questions naturally
asked by the large contingent now
for the first time present.
"Thc intrusion Of disagreement in
Il domain Of thought and sentiment
50 vast and SO sacred would seem to
be Sucrilegc. Thus he nat ulll life of
the conference has been that OF unity
and agreement. The standing ground
OF common need Is 50 broad, he truly
vital points SO evident and SO emil
ncnt, as 10 forbid disscnsion; points
OF difference are so minor and incOn-
sequent that perfect accord has been
natural Any other condition would
be contradictory to the best human
Ity here III conference assembled.
This the Manufacturers Record
says may be an easy way to suppress
questioning iii the conferences. but
will not suppress it outside. That
the intentions outlined in the above
declarations OF Mr.. Ogden are such
as the paper maintains it quotes
from one of the members of the Og-
den great moral show" party OF
1902 as follows:
THE truth is there remain here
many 'unregencratcs' as the Younger
men of the South call them. and this
class. together with the humber
clergy OF the Southland. have to be
dealt with automatically before the
lastobstacle is out OF the path Of the
great just, humane and revolutions
ling movement which we OF Mr.. Ow-
dcn's party will figure in the renais-
sance OF the South and the solidifica-
ton OF America upon an Intelligent
foundation. The humber clergy who
are setting their faces against the
diffusion Of learning will not give as
much trouble to the cause Us they
may wish they could. They will get
out OF the way OF the steam road
roller or be lost under its pressure.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-05-21
The Happiest Man.
Says an exchange:

says an exchange:
The happiest man in the world is the
common every day chap who makes his
own living. pays his bills and has the re-
spect OF his neighbors. He saves little
money as he goes along, but he doesn t
strive to get & corner en- the local OUTPUT
and he is slave to neither ambition nor
society. He never expects to wear out
the seat of his trousers figuring how to
get rich OFF of Others, and when he slides
into his clothes in the morning he never
wastes any time trying to pick out the
right tint OF socks. suspenders and neck
tie that Will blend with the general effect.
He wears a billed shirt when he feels
like it. and when his pet corn begins to
jump he whips ont his jack knife and cuts
a four inch cash in the side of his boot.
and nothing is said about it in the papers.
He has an appetite like cyclone and he
never has to sit up at nights to poultice
his conscience. He believes in the doc
trine of live and let live and when he en-
counters one OF the needy be doesn't
stutter with his pocket book The plain
plug of man is happy because he is sat
isfied and doesn't spend the best of his
life in yearning for something about four
sizes too large for him.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-05-21
IIliIeraCy ia the South.
Atlanta Constitution


Or. W. Il. Page, ore Of the gentle
men prominently identified with tie
''f>oitlein education" movement,
made / he statement iii an address de-
liyerel recently that ''there are more
illiterateS among the negroes OF the
South today than there were i'll
1865 llliteracy among the South
ern negroes, he said has increased
faster than educational facilities
could lie provided for them.
OF course, any one who is at all
familiar with the South can see the
absurdity of this statement at once,
for it is no eXaggeration to say that
ten negroes in the South can read
and write today where one possessed
these accomplishments at the close Of
the war.
But the manufacturers Record has
fortunately, taken the pains to con-
trOyert Dir. Pages statement with
some figures that are absolutely con-
elusive. The Record makes it very
clear that the many millions of dol
lars spent by the Southern whites
for it is upon the whites mainly that
the school tax has fallen-in cdu-
eating the negroes, have hada better
result than DR.. Page believes. The
Record shows that in the former
slave-holding States, excepting Della
ware and Missouri. ''while the color
ed people OF the South 10 years OF
age and over increased during the
twenty years from 3,961 1913 to s.
6i2, 22o, or II per cent. the litter
ates OF that age decreased from p
99G,922 to 2,699, $40, or 8 per cent.
At the same time the colored popu-
latiOn OF that age i'll the rest OF the
country increased from $50, PA to
1,0SG,GS1, or 50 per cent, while the
illiterates among them increased
from 31,761 to 40,299, or 26 per
cent" Meanwhile, in New England
the native white illiterates increased
from 31,761 TO 4O.299, or 26 per
cent. There was an increase in white
illiterates in New York State alone of
is per cent, while the population III
creased 10 per cent.
The South very much appreciates
what those who hayeinterestedt them
selves in the cause of Southern e;iu-
cation are endeayoring to do. but it
is well that they get their facts
straight before they begin. As much
as we value the help that these gen
tlemen offer us, we prefer that they
give Us justice first
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-05-21
Wha: Il fiji Means.



Our usually we'll informed contem-
p0rarv, the Charlotte Observer, seems
to be somewhat mystitied over the
present tendencies; OF the times, rs
the following discloses:
"What does it al mean? In the
ceremonies at St. Louis last week Mr.
Grover Cleveland was easily the CELL
trail figure HIS visit was Il continual
ovation, Friday night banquet
was given to the many Washington
correspondents in the city. Mr.Cleye-
land was present and the banquet
took the form of Il demonstration in
his honor. When he arose from his
seat to acknowledge the compliment,
the 800 guests sprang to their feet,
waving napkins and shouting. He
spoke brilliantly, and when he con-
Guided the audience started the re-
frain, -Four years more for Grover.
Every day newspapers and indlvld-
uals are prophesying that he will be
the Democratic nominee for Presi
dent next year; his praises are sound
ed from one end OF the land to the
other; criticism OF him haseeased. ex
| cept in Nebraska, and he who, six
years ago, was the best hated manin
thecOuntry, is in danger OF becoming
again the most popular. What does
| it all mean?'
Simply IL demonstration OF the So
Der second thought OF the people,
| whose cOnscienccs as to the danger
Gus tendencies OF extreme men have
| become aroused and been quickened
| TO recognize the one man III the cOun
try who has shown that he can with
| stand the storms OF passion Orpreiu-
| dice or miSdirected enthusiasm or
! selAshness, however severe. No one
is more thoroughly convinced Of the
courageous integrity Of Mr.. Cleveland
| than the Observer; no one more thor
oughly satisfied that the country IS
| indebted to that same rageOus
| adherence to what he believed to be
right for its unparailelled-tO many
even alarmine-prosperity Of today.
| And the country now realizes that he
became the willing victim to the
maelstrom of prejudice and misrep-
resentatiOn that lie might save the
people from greater and more lasting
disaster and dishOnor. It is not
necessary to impugn the motives OF
those who st,addied the waves OF
popular unrest during the epidemic
which seized upon the people from
1893 to 1897. Hoping thereby to ride
into power and, let Us even admit,
thus be able to control and direct the
storm. Almost alone Mr.. Cleveland
stood to his post and to the last
struggled to point out the rocks
upon which the party was recklessly
speeding.
The country has weatIerad the
storm. and III calnness can look upon
the man who was Wisest in our day
OF trouble and whose ripper Judgment
is still manifested by his conservative
views OF conditions. Other storms
are pending and thepeopie-the body
OF the Democratic party which repre-
sents more completely the great
masses than all other parties com
fundamentally turn to him who
has ever proven true 10 his party 5
principles as the only sheet-anchor of
his country's hopes. AS the Brooklyn
Eagle says, Mr.. Cleveland is he only
man who can beat Mr.. Roosevelt.
The party is rapidly coming to the
same conclusion. =
This, we will say to our friend, is
| "What it all means
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-05-21
Investigating Fra;d5 in the Postciiice
Department.
II limiHGjOn Messenger

Wilmington Messenger.
Another sensation has been caused
in the investigation OF the frauds in
the p0stoiiice department by the slis-
pension Of Mir. i. ". Machcn. general
superintendent OF the free delivery
system and the transfer OF that svs-
tenn from the control OF the first as
| slstHnt postmaster general to that
OF the fourth. SO now Mr. BristOW,
| who has i'll charge lie Investigate
OF the rOttenneSs in this entire de-
partment has full control Of this
branch O! the business in which it is
| expected much fraud will be unearthed
ii Il full investigation is really to be
made. The suspension OF Mr.. Machen
was rather Il surprise and was made
| on the recommendation Of Mr.. Bris-
tow. The former is one OF he best
known and most prOminentHcn con-
nected with the mail service His
suspension would hardly be ordered
unless the department a8convinced
that there was good reason 10 sup
pose that Ii" was guilty of unlawful
conduct or that there was fraudulent
conduct in his bureau of which he
would be cognizant we're le properly
attending TO his duties The deeper
Investigation goes into postotiice at
fairs the more widespread do the
frauds appear to be. At the same
time one of the greatest frauds upon
the people is perpetratcd by the head
OF the department by order of the
| president-thc continued closing of
the Office at lndianoIa and the keep
ING i'll office OF the negro woman as
| pOstmistress SO that she can draw
hnr SHINY
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-05-21
A Truthful Tale.
Magazine OF Humor.

1t was a Topeka buyer who told a
salesman that lie must cut short his stay
in New York and hurry home He had,
he said, just received Il wire from his wife
telling him to hurry bac', to Kansas
and rescue their only son, who had
foolishly climbed a stalk Of corn i'll the
garden.
The corn had grown upward more
rapidly than the boy could slide down
ward, and axes and saws were Of 70
avail, since the stalk grew SO fast that il
was impossible to chop twice in the same
place.
The last wire, averred the Topeka
buyer, stated that the boy was out OF
sight, but was presumably living on raw
corn, as they had picked up four bushels
OF cobs at the base of the corn stalk
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-05-21
Outside Aid m Education.
Charlotte Observer

Charlotte Cbg~rrer.
While admitting the need Of educa-
tion in this State and emphasizing
the Obligations resting upon thepeo-
Die 10 see that their children attend
school. the Newton Enterprise is IL
clined to Shy 1T tie tender Of outside
assistance, and asserts that North
CarOliniaus must assume this prob
lem as exclusively their OWE" that
I'VE can work it out unaidcd from
abroad, and keep our social status
free from Northern faint" Continu-
ing, the paper quoted says:
'Last ycarwe accepted some assist
ance of the Southern Educational
Board 81 New York in the way Of
campaign expenses. No conditions
| were exacted IN the tender OF this as
aistance, and none has yet been asked
Tor Il continuance OF this assistance,
but recent developments give ulti-
mate ground to believe that the ulti-
mate aim of these New Workers is to
undermine the sentiment in the South
against separate schOOlsfOr the white
and colored children, and pave the
way for mixed schools. They have
never declared any such intentiOn.'
we hear some people saying. The
! Greeks did not make known that
| their purpose was to gain an en-
trance into the city Of Troy when
they rolled the wooden horse up to
the city's walls"
This is pretty strong language, and
| the Enterprise viii be likely TO hear
from it. = The Enterprise gOe.;
on to tell Of an Interesting local Incl
| dent along the line OF Northern aid
to Southern education, as follows:
Not many years ago an offer was
made by certain parties at the North
having the disposition o. money i0r
educational purposes TO furnish d
large sum 10 C@taWbH college at this
place to improve the equipment and
increase / h cndOWmauJ-&ryeral nun
bred thousand dollars, we think it
WIS. All tie preliminary correspond
eucc looked perfectly lair and square.
and no intimHti0n was made that
there would BE- q string to the offer.
But when tie negotiations reached
the closing stages Il condition was
made that before any money would
be paid over the trustees Of the col
| Ia~e should open It's doors 10 cOlOred
Toys and girls TO enter along with
lie whites. The trustees, OF course
rejected tie proposition, and nc
money WIS received from hat source.
We had better break loose from