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The Imperial press., 1903-11-07
POSTAL MIX UP
DiscreditabIe Service in Imperial
 Valley Hay Not Long Continue

Valley Hay Not Long Continue
 The abominable condition of the pos tai service in Imperial valley will prob ably not last long, but it is as ugly sit uation as could be devised so long as it lasts.
 For instance, Sunday night there was piled up at Old Beach five full pouches of mail for Imperial. The train came us usual, but was not permitted to bring the mail, because the red tape of official circumlocution had not been spun out to it's full length. Monday more full pouches of mail were added to the pile, but twenty eight miles from it's destination, and once more the train left without the mail Tuesday more pouches were piled up, making total of twenty-two full pouches for Imperial, besides several for Brawley. Under the ree-times-a-week schedule now en- forced, the train was at last .',rmtt d to bring the mail. 1t r> ac. ed I'm t,erl.ll at midnight and Miss Clark succeeded in getting the great accumulation is- tributed Wednesday forenoon. Thus business letters mailel in Los Angeles Saturday W re in tn hands of the ? r. sons addressed four days later.
 The recipients of this mail who wished to answer business letters promptly were obliged to work it over and write all their letters in two or three hours to get them off the same day, and if they failed in that their let ters would not leave the valley until Friday.
 Under this abominable system, the person who sends a letter to Los Ange- les cannot count on getting reply in- side of week or ten days.
 Word comes from Los Angeles that the fact is recognized by the postal authorities that we are entitled to daily mail service, and that it will in all probability be restored in the near fut- ure. But the fact that five or six thous- and people are forced to see .l train pass
The Imperial press., 1903-11-07

their postoffices every day, without bringing mail which they know is piling up few miles away, is disgusting to the public and discreditable to the pos tai department.
The Imperial press., 1903-11-07
WANTED==lOO Men

to list all part of their holdings with for sale We give you good service, list with all out side agents and doing
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-15
MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT.

In a few weeks the people of this city will have to decide who shall be the Mayor and Aldermen. It is absolutely necessary that the very best men in point of business ability and character be chosen. The financier's skill is certainly
 needed now, as 1t has not been in many
 years, and this skill is needed in the AL dermanic Board as well as in the Execu- tive chair.
 Those citizens who are seeking, through meetings in the various wards, to select candidates who will meet the require ments of the situation, are engaged in a patriotic work. There should be such or
 ganizations in every ward in the city,
 and out of them all the result cannot fail
 to be far more desirable than has been
 the case in recent years. The coming Democratic primary means a great deal
 for this city, and every voter should re- solve to aid in securing the very best
 talent that is offered.
 Since the passage of the Police Commis- sion bill, which now only awaits the Gov
 ernor's signature. the responsibility of the Aldermen is greatly increased and the in- terest of citizens in the selection of the Aldermen should be correspondingly in- creased. There has been too much poli- tics in the police management, and now Is the opportunity to stop it. For many years it is a well-known fact that the se- lection of teachers In public. schools was
 made more or less of a factor in city poll
 tics. Since the creation of the School Board years ago there has been an abso- lute separation of the schools from all
 political influences. Such will be the case
 when the Police Commission is in full op-
 eration. The Council to be elected In May
 will have the selection of the men who are
 to constitute the Board and the latter
 will chose all the police from Chief down.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-15
THE DESCENDANTS OF PoCA.
 HONTAS.

In the February issue of The Twin Ter xaforAes there is & very interesting article relating to the descendants of Pocahon- tas. As ought to be generally known, this young daughter of Powhattan. after sav- ing Captain Smith from the fury of her fatheS, was baptized and married John Roife. an Englishman. By him she was taken to England. where, as the account states, ''the wild flower, transplanted frcm her native heath to the moisture laden atmosphere of England, wilted and died on the 17th of March, 1917, at Crave send. England. in the 18th year of her age-a mere girl, almost a child, at her death."
 This child-wffe bore one son, Thomas. who'was brought back and grew to man. hoodlin Virginia He had daughter who married a Boiling, of a prominent Eng Iish family. and a granddaughter of this Boiling married a Randolph, and one of fhetr sons was the famous John Ran dolph of Roanoke" and other members of thats noted Virginia family. Through another member of this same family. descended Thomas Jefferson and General Robert D. Lee They were not of the PocahontaS stock, but were related by marriage. and descent to the daughter of old King Powhattan.
 And so we find that this wild fiower'' of the Virginia forests became the pro- genitor, either by direct descent or by intermarriages. of some of the most fa- nous people of a State famous for its great men. Probably there is not another instance in American history to match it. There have been doubts and disputes as to whether Pocahontas really saved the life of Captain Smith, but there is nc room for doubting the records of her mar. riage. nor of her descendants. These, al least, are authentic history. and prove beyond cavil that many a proud name ir Virginia is in some way descended from the Indian girl whose name and history have filled many a story of both fact and fiction
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-15
hence his resignation will occasion no

hence his resignation will occasion no surprise. Most people will regret that no way was found to retire him from active service, but the retiring boards had no alternative but to conduct their inyestiRations without regard to MT. Hob sons wishes or any other interest but the rules of the service.
 It is a pity that so picturesque a figure as Captain Hobson should pc reureo alto9efher from association with the Navy, to whose annals he added one of its most brilliant pages. As a private citizen, Captain HoDson will. of course. be less in the public eye, but, neverthe- less. the American people will always have a soft spot for the hero of the bold attempt to bottle up Cervera's fleet in Santiago haTbor.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-15
The Non-Union Workman.
New Orleans Times Democrat.

New Orleans Times-Democrat
 Judge George Gray, whose interrogAto- the hearings before the Strike Commission have been exceedingly suggestive, recent ly interrupted Mir. Lloyd of counsel for the union miners with this significant question:
 What have you to say regarding the non.union men who prefer to continue at work through the strike in the exercise of the right they have, those who are not strike.breakers and not loafers between times?
 To which Mr. Lloyd made this interest ing but not conclusive answer:
 ''Of course. in doing that, they are strictly within their 'egal rights, but to me me they seem to violate q moral duty of necessary struggle for the elevation of his own class and of society at large"
 Whereupon Judge Gray inquired:
 Which evoked this response from MT. Lloyd:
 The union certainly withdraws no le- gal protection from them. They are not protected by the union from being visited with that obloquyt which properly falls upon a man who will not join in 2 com. mon effort for the common good. shall class this man precisely with the loyal ists in the American Revolution. I char acterize the strike as an industrial war. "
 The opening offered by this reply of MT. Lloyds was promptly taken advant- age of by Judge Gray. Mark his mild yet whitening rebuke:
 Tn our theory there is only one war making power, and that is the great Union represented by the Government of society, and 1t tolerates no wars-strictly wars-inside of its influence or sphere. We may for the sake of rhetoric or anal ogy speak of a war, but there can be no war tolerated, fin the proper sense, with In any peaceful community governed by law"
 It is all very well for MT. Lloyd to at- man with the ioyalist in the period of the Revolutionary war, but he fails to under stand that the Constitution of the United States guarantees to all citisens of this nation freedom to think and freedom to work. and he fails also to recognize that the moment a labor union attempts to deny to men the enjoyment of these rights It tramples upon the institutions of free government
 This Is the weak link in the trades-union chain. the insistence that they have the right to determine what all workingmen shall think respecting the welfore of their kind" of their 'class'' and of "society." It is precisely this tendency that has ex- posed labor unions-and justly exposed them-to public condemnation.
 What was 1t that MT. J. J. Hill, the railway magnate. said the other day on this subject? Mark his words:
 "As labor unions killed industrial Eng land, so are they destined to bring about grave financial reverse in the United States, and the country Is swiftly ap- preaching that crisis. It may come in a year; 1t may be deferred till the Presi- dential year. but it is bound to come"
 This may be the prediction of an alarm ist and again. it may be the warning of a seer. Certain 1t is that freedom of thought and freedom of action can not be curtailed in this country with impunity. Labor unions should be prompt to recognize this important truth.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-15

So far in the Legislature there has been a pretty general observance of the idea of allowing the majority to rule. That certainly was one of the prime objects of the new Constitution, and safeguards were thrown around legislation for the purpose of preventing any coterie or combination from thwartng the ascer- tained will of the majority. Several very important measures have already become laws and others await the Governors signature. Of the latter two of the most prominent are the child labor bill, and making an appropriation for enlarging the Capitol grounds and improving the build- ing.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-15
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY Is.
DOUBLE GOLDEN SYMBOL.

The American Newspaper Directory uses eer- tain signs to denote the relative standing and merit of the whole field of newspaperdom which comes under it's notice. and one of these signs IS the mystic symbol 01 denoting ''golden." which stands for high quality. and Is thus explained:
 ''Advertisers value this paper more for tine class and quality of It's circulation than for the mere numbes es copies printsd.'' ..-
 Such papers are credited with a single sym bOi; but there is higher grade. according to this standard authority, which have BOTH QUALITY AND QUANTITY. and require ths DOUBLE GOLDEN SYMBOL LerI to descraba adequately their standing.
 The Advertiser has been accorded this double golden symbol I0vl and Is tho only paper SO distinguished In this section of the South.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-15
KISSING THE BIBLE.

The Washington Post has an editorial on the law recently enacted by the Lesis- lature of North Carolina to abolish the practice of kissing the Bible in court. The following extract is interesting:
 The custom originated in a time of su- persution, when 1t was an article m everybody's faith that if the murderer could be made to touch his dead victim the wounds would break out afresh ana blood proclaim the miscreants guilt when "witchcraft" was seriously regard ca as mortal sin, and ghosts, astroio- gers. and magicians figured in every creed. In those days they believed that 1T person kissed the Bible and then toid lie he would drop dead-stricken by an angry and offended Jehovah. Modern en- lightenment, however has shown us that the perjurer kisses and survives. The liar prospers. He kisses the Bible as readily as he would a table or a cnair, and then reels off his falsehoods with m unrufhed brow. It is no longer possible for any. intelligent man to believe that the Kissing of the Bible adds the smallest value to the testimony of the witness. Honest men will tell the truth without any prompting of superstition. Dishonest men will lie as fluently in the. presence Of the Bible as in that of the dictionary or the atlas.
 The practice in question, therefore, IS as futile as 1t Is unclean. North Carollna has done well to reiegate it to the limbo of credulity and ignorance.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-15

MT. Bryan declines to have anything to do with Democrats who do not approve of the Chicago and Kansas City plat forms. He has preferred to form alliances with the Populists. but according to news from his own State the leaders of that party have determined to tote their own skillet" and require the Democrats to do the same. The Populist State Executive Committee, at a meeting held day or two ago, passed a resolution to the effect that they would go it alone hereafter be- heving they would be stronger without Democratic aid"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-15

At the Hearst boom banquet in Colum- bus. O., Thursday night, MT. Bryan re- marked: There can be no harmony be- tween Democrats who carry knives for each other, ana who hate each other" Pity he doesn't practice what he breaches, for his hate and abuse of some of the best Democrats in the land is notorious And 1t was wholly unnecessary for him to say that he hasn't changed his principles, for he is the kind of man who neither learns nor forgets anything. As The Chatta- nooga Times says:
 MT. Bryan is a narrow, selfish and thor oughiy unbalanced politician, lacking the qualities of greatness essential to the successful leadership of national party. He Is petty and therefore incapable of harmc rizing the multiplied differences of men, even of the same political faith; a fanatic who sees no force or attractive ness in men who do not hold the silver fetish. Fortunately these defects so un- accounably overlooked by his party here tofore have become so glaring that We nave good reason to hope his influence for harm has spent itself.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-15

cided falling of. '.rhe negro has himself to blame'' if the attitude of the Republi- can party towards him has changed" Of course If the negro wanted aid. assist ance or sympathy from white Repubii- cans, he should have continued to swell Republican majorities. Having fallen from political grace. he also falls from the bosom of the Republican party. All of which Is very sad, but there is no rem edy within the ken of this writer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-15
vermont's Latest Election.

Washington Post.
 The complete returns of last week Vot- ing in Vermont shows a large poll and a close result. Local option wins by a majority of 1.O37 in a total vote of 6O' '1I. But, small as the majority is. 1t will sut- flee; and for the first time in Its history Vermont will have a genuine prohibition over a large part of her area. There are fourteen counties in the State. six Of which voted for license and eight for pro hibition Naturally, the cities, Burling- ton, Bare. Montpelier. Rutland, and St. have for fifty years seen continuous repetition of farcical prohibition. Know ing that the anti-saloon law is absolutely impossible of execution in urban com license-for a system under which the liquor traffic will be regulated and com pened to bear. g. large share of the cost
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-15
substitutes for Tobacco,

Dried holly leaves, the bark of the willow and leaves of the stag's horn sumach are among the substitutes for tobacco used by the American Indians. In Switzerland weed called mountain tobacco is smoked in great quantities. It Is powdered before using. and causes the smoker to become a mental and physical wreck. The natives of South Africa are peculiarly affected by smoking the dried leaves of the camphor plant. The smoker trem- bles with fright at nothing, weeps bitterly and uses all sorts of words which do not in the least his meaning. The wild dagga, another South African plant. poisons slowly any one using 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-15
INDICTED FOR MURDER.
True Bill Returned Against Jesse
 Durham in Madison

Huntsville, Feb. 14.-(SpeciaD-Jesse Durham has been indicted by the Madi- son County grand jury on a charge of murder in the first degree. Durham killed Frank Blackwell and John Scott last fall on West Clinton Street The three men had previously had a quarrel and when they met on the street, Blackwell and Scott attacked Durham, one drawing a stick and the other making a feint at drawing a pistol. Durham pulled a Colts pistol and shot both men to death. All three of the men were employees of the Dallas Mills. Since the killing Durham has been in jail.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-15

The Fort Gaines Recorder truthfully says that "the editors of the daily and weekly papers take greater interest in, and do more for the welfare of the con- munity in which they live. than any other class of business men" Of course they do. If the average business or profes. sional man should be asked to do az much gratis work for his town as the average newspaper does. he would look on the request as an impertinence, but why should there be difference?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-15
A BIG DOCTOR
From Alabama Lost Place as Assis-
 tant Surgeon.

Washington Special to New York World.
 Dr. A. H. Slmonton of Alabama, is the first man to be refused an appointment in the navy on account of his great size.
 pr. Stmonton was a contract surgeon in the army and had an excellent record He aspired to become an acting assist ant surgeon in the navy. The Navy De- partment is wofully short of medical of- hcers. and on the face of his army rec ord pr. Simonton was regarded as a promising candidate. But when he ap- peared for examination the officials threw up their hands. The doctor has a beam of about five feet and looks even broader, Measurement developed the fact that he would have trouble in navigating the in terior of tne large ships and that 1t would be impossible for him to get through the ganEways of the torpedo boats and other small vessels
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-15

Take any trust bill you like says The
 Portland Oregonian. (Rep) and the Re- publican leaders will tell you it is N. G.
 There Is Hoar bill. there is a Littlefieid
 bill. there are two Knox bills and there are bills too numerous to mention and too diversified to describe. What the country is waiting to see is Hanna. Ali son. Aldrich. Spooner. Lodge. Platt Of New York, Speaker Henderson. Chairman Payne and Chairman Jenkins coming for ward and speaking in unison in this wise:
 Here is an antitrust bill that is honest | and will do what 1t pretends 1t will, and
 that will hold water in the course, and 1t will be passed"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-15
HIMSELF TO BLAME.

The St. Louis Globe Democrat, true to its role of chief misinformant on matters connected with Democracy, takes occa- sion to champion the cause of MT. Bryan and to read the Democrats a lecture in connection with the proposed Tilden Club banquet. It gravely tells us that "an alleged representative Democratic gath ering which will not have William J. Bryan in it, and which has taken pains to keep him out, can hardly be as represen- tative as it pretends to be-" Then 1t speaks of "the attempt of Eastern and Southern Democrats which is now being made to efface and insult Bryan" and adds:
 It is plain, of course, that the men who are running the so-called Tilden "har- mony assemblage want to abolish Bry- an And yet to attempt this openly, as they are doing, is eminently calculated 10 precipitate discord instead of har- mony.
 All this it rot. He has made it impos- sible for a self-respecting committee to invite him, by his own contemptuous statement in advance that he would not accept such an invitation if Mir. Cleve- land is to be there. If he is not at the dinner 1t will be entirely his own fault, If there Is to be a meeting of Democrats to consult and to consider the best plan of harmonizing the party, 1t IS manifestly essential to have the attendance of those who represent divergent policies If MT. Cleveland had prematurely refused to at- tend the dinner because 1t was proposed to invite MT Bryan, there would have been columns of criticism from all over the country, yet the case would not have effaced, he can blame himself.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-15
Polar Difficulties.

New York Press.
 The reason why the north pole has not hssn discovered and why the accounts of expeditious in search thereof are so meager and misleading Is that the intense cold aims the intelligence of all who ven- ture among the arctic ice packs. 1 do not at this moment recall slngie arctic explorer who was not "nutty' after the first or second trip.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-15

of local government. h the rural sections where the anti-saloon continent b always vote was strong. Maine and New Hamp- shire are now the only New England States that adhere to statutory prohSbi- ton. In fact they are the only States wearisome farce, West of the Mississippi the States of Kansas and North Dakota complete the list There are now twenty four local option States, and that policy is rapidly gaining in public favor.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-15
Is Very Terrible.

CIantOn Banner.
 William Jennings Bryan has declared that he will refuse to attend any banquet to which Grover Cleveland may be in vited. That is very terrible. but the ban quets will go on just the same, and Grover will tuck his feet under the ta- ble quite as often as William.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-15
DUFFY'S PURE MALT WHISKEY


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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-15

The New Bedford Standard says if the argument of some Southerners is sound, that pensioning negroes is right because it would make money more plentiful, then the Government fought to pension every body" We'll be bound that some Yankee will try to get ahead of us in that way, thinking they will get most of the money.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-15

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-15
The Matter With Kansas.

Blrmlngham NeWS.
 John Chapman of Galena. Kas.. fell down a tramway and dislocated his shoulder. He managed to get home. but stumbled down the cellar steps. The shock threw his shoulder into place. John took drink and went back to work. Now whats the matter with Kansas1
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-15
There are Two Reasons.

BIrmingham Ledger.
 Reed Shoot does not apprehend any difficulty in getting his seat in the Sem ate. There are two reasons why he should. One Is that he was fairly elect ed to it, and the other Is that he has served the Republican party so well that he has given Utah to them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-15

Charles P. Lane has resigned the po- sition as Secretary of the Huntsville Chamber of Commerce and Robert A Moore has ben elected to the vacancy. Ali a meeting of the organization the sum ot $500 was placed at the disposal of the Ad
 vertising Committee to advertise Hunts vile in the Northern and Western States
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-15

While Hearst and Bryan and Parker and others are chasing presidential booms around the country. Mir, Cleveland is chasing tarpons in Florida, and no doubt is enjoying himself much better than, the others are-and may get more out of it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-15
Old Legal Conundrum.

New York Press.
 The aged slim-wits who are asking each other. 'sWhat's the world to man when his wife Is a widow?" are reminded of that ancient legal conundrum. Can a man marry his widows niece|"