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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-18

The trusts. it may be repeated in all truth. without ventlring an opinion as to the good or evil of them, are the crea- tions of the Republican party and have been heretofore at once that party's crea- lures and it's masters. Without their ac- tive militant support. the Republican par ty can no more succeed next year than the decree of the President could tri- umph where old Canutes failed thous- and years ago in bidding the tide be stayed.
 Of course the Democrats are amongst the loudest shouters of the present day trust busters. But there is some excuse for them, while there is no real sheer ity in the Republican cry.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-18

The Kansas City Journal asserts it as 'the plain. honest truth that there Is no Northern -ei'g or town that would thank the President for giving it ne- gro womqn for postmaster" Then why
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-18

The Pensacola Journal has something to say about IS. Bradford Russ." whoever he is.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-18

". A. Scott. Circulation Manager of The Montgomery Advertiser. being duly sworn, says The foregoing statement of The Ad. xeftiserss daily circulation for the Inonth of December. 1902. is true and correct. and compiled after all returns from newsboys rows agents and leftover copies have been deducted. ". A. SCOTT,
 Circulation Manager. Sworn to and subscribed to before me this 7th day of January. 1908
 F. W. JACKSON, ISealJ N F., Ex-o. J. P.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-18

acn HoUoIeS py C!caHSIHg, pUfHy- ing, sweetening and strengthening the mucous membranes lining the stomach.
 Nature is willing that perfect di- gestion should be maintained, and a grateful stomach sweetly responds with growing appetite to the strength ening effect of Kodol upon the digest i've organs.
 Bottles only. St.oo Size holding 2Jz times
 the trial size. which sells for soc.
 PREPARED BY E. C. DewITT a CO.,, CHICAGO
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-18

Rev. John P. Shaffer has been writing some interesting "reminiscences for The Roarokc Leader and in one of them he says:
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-07
HEARD IN PASSING

MT Balfour aptly says that the rask of embittering the relations between nations is an easy one.
 Another farewell tour by Patti will at least make many anticipated concert goers feel young again
 Some one should give the trusts a pointer. It is not decorous for their stocks to go up just after the passage of an antitrust program.
 Senator Morgan, nearly 80 years old, has furnished the senate q remarkable illustration of physical endurance. lie appears to rest himself by making Q five hours speech.
 A little Tioga boy was looking at a drop of water under a microscope, anu seemed much impressed by the pres ence of microbes. Now know WnaC bites you when you drink soda water', he remarked Philadelphia Record
 Professor Adolf Wegner, the cele- brated political economist of Berlin, stys the Monroe doctrine is tan empty pretension, which is neither energetlc
 will nor actual power.' It IS presum- ed that the distinguished professor has been listening to the idle tWatter oI Poultney Bigelow.-Bridgepor Tele- gram.
 And just as we were congratulatlng ourselves that the state was pretty well rid of smallpox, behold it bobs up i'll
 New Britain and in Putnam almost simultaneously. But 1t is cold wealth CT disease, and with spring coming on
 apace to aid health boards which have long since become familiar with the
 handling of this disease, it may yet De
 kept in check-Ansonia Sentinel. At the present rate the British gov ernment will soon cease to be English.
 It will be composed of Scotsmen and
 Irishmen. The present prime minister | is a Scot; so is the leader of the opposi- ton, the chancellor of the exchequer, the attorney general and the secretary of the board of trade. The lord chan cellor, the solicitor general, the secre- tary for India. the foreign secretary, the war secretary and the chief secre- Iitary for Ireland-all are Irishmen.--
 Hartford Times.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-07

An amusing incident occurred in the national house of representatives on the day of adjournment. Representa- tive Cannon, speaker-elect, took the chair to try his hand, and it then devel- oped that the new speaker is left-hand- ed. Speaker Henderson, who wields the gavel with his right hand, had all his inkstands and other desk furnish ings safely placed on the left side of the desk. out of the way of his parna- mentary hammer. No sooner had MI Cannon assumed the chair than he seized the gavel and, in an attempt to restore order, brought it vigorously down on a cut glass inkstand. Shouts of laughter greeted his accident ana again the gavel descended, splintering a handsome ivory paper knife. By this time the clerks appreciated the situ' ation. The new speaker was using the gayel with his left hand, and they quickly removed everything breakaple on that side of the des-1.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-07
LIST OF PATENTS.

J. Allen, Kennebunkport, Me, plane; I. J. Burke, Hartford, Conn, steam en- zine; A. D. Charles, Bellows Falls, Vt, producing casein; o. 0. Coulon, MeI'i- mack, N. H., hoof shears;-J. A. Dan- serean, Woonsoclet, R. l., plate litter; W. A. Gay, Terryville, Conn, doll; l.. A. Gilpatrick, Gorham, Me, placket fastener: H. Gould, Auburn, Me, dis pensing can; T. l. Hartney, Collins vile. Conn, ball bearing axle; D. M. Heald, Milford, N. IT., routing table; IT. Maring, Darien, Conn, fireproof partition; W. H. Morton. Portland, Me, stopper for nursing bottles; I. +. Pal- mer, Middletown, Conn, fish trap; c. R.. Robinson, Concord. N. IT., hose nozzle: A. Sherman and !. k. Moore, Bridge port, Conn, adjustable miter box; E. II. Skinner, New Britain. Conn. chuck; s. X. Smith, Providence. R, l., auto matic mixer for fluids; A. ". Steiger, Bridgeport, Conn, ruling and erasing implement.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-07
Feline Discipline.

"I called the kitten,' writes a cor respondent, "who sprang from her basket where she had been lying with her mother and followed me into the next room. The cat fol-
 owed, growing warningly, and, talk Ing itl up by the neck, replaced it
 n the basket. Again called it, and again 1t came at my call. This time the mother, growing still more threateningly, followed us again; but this time she seized the kitten by the tail instead of the neck, evident ly as a punishment, and pulled it roughly along, the kitten moving helplessly. For a third time I called. and once more it came to me; but this time the mother was silent. She same, took up the Kitten, dragged 1t off, and then began to bite it again and again in order to secure it's obedience. This method was suc- sessful, and the next time called it was in vain."-Animal Life.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-07
SATURDAY, MARCH z, 1903.

An important change in the govern ment service involves the resignation of Governor Merriam as chief of the census bureau and his succession by ex-Representative David Mercer of Nebraska, who was defeated for con- gress by the bitter animosity of Editor Rosewater of Omaha. MT Nerriman, 1t is understood, expected to be select ed for the position of secretary of the department of commerce and labor, and, when Mir Cortelyou was awarded that portfolio, immediately accepted an offer from a New York commercial agency
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-07

The passing of the fifty-seventh con gress was attended with no blaze or glory. Worn with the fatigue or long night session, senators gathered in the senate chamber slowly on the morning of the 4th of March. The president and his cabinet came to the capitol, the former occupying the spresidents room'' and signing belated measures as fast as they were brought to him, the members of the cabinet taking seats upon the floor of the sen ate. All necessary legislation had been completed the night before and the concluding hours of the congress were chiefly occupied with a speech by Senator Mason, facetiously referred to by Senator Hoar as the 'swan-song of the senator from illinois" There was no turning back of the clock and precisely at F o'clock the gayel fell in both houses. For a session domin- ated throughout by prolonged fili- buster on the statehood bill in the sem ate and, during the latter part, by a flibuster on the part of the democrats in the house. remarkably large amount of legislation was accomplish ed A new department of the govern ment has been established. An immi- grafton bill, which is modification of all the laws previously enacted, has been passed. Certain antitrust laws have been placed on the statutes, laws, which whether they accomplish their purpose or not, received the practically unanimous support of both parties and the marked approval of the president. Bills recognizing the regular army and the militia have been approved. A bill revising the currency system of the Philippines is now a law. These are only the more important of the many enactments of the recent ses- sion. The total of the appropriations made is $753,4S4,01S. The total for the entire congress is $1, ,554, ,10S, S,514.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-07

smaller capitalization, they are already able to outrun us in the foreign mar kets until we come down to their cost of production. The latter event must fall with most severity upon American labor, because It's present extortionate policy plays right into the hands of foreign labor, enabling Germany and England to undersell the American product and secure a foothold from which they will be driven out only
 through costly sacrifices and struggle.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-07
wAKEFuL CHILDREN.

For long time the two-year-old child of r. l.. McPherson, 50 N. Tenth street, Harrisburg, Pa, would sleep but two or three hours In the early part of the night, which made 1t very hard for her parents. Her mother con- cluded that the child had stomach trouble, and gave her half of one of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tab- lets. which quieted her stomach and she slept the whole night through. Two boxes of these Tablets have ef- fected permanent cure and she is now well and strong. For sale by all druggists.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-07
RBAD TT THROUGH.
'Twould Spoil This Story to Tell It In
 the Headlines.

IWOuiQ 6pO4l lhlB kvtoAy " \ ASAA " AAA
 the Headlines.
 N To use an eighteenth century phrase, this in an 'so'er true tale.' Having. hap pened in small Virginia town in the winter of 19O2,it is story very much of the present. Up to n short time ago Mrs John H. Harmon of Melfa Station, Vt had no personal knowledge of the rare curative properties of Dhamberlains Cough Remedy. Last January" she says, ''my baby took a dreadful cold and at one time feared she would have pneumonia, but one of my neighbors told me how this rem edy had cured her little boy and be- gan giving 1t to my baby at once and 1t soon cured her. I heartily thank the manufacturers of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for placing so great a cure within my reach. I cannot recom- mend it too highly or say too much in it's favor. I hope all who read this will try 1t and be convinced as I was. ? For sale by all druggists.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-07
All Mixed Up.


 "Is 1t correct to say that Gen. Blazes received reception?" "Er-no-well it doesn't sound just right, but ,"Wen. the citizens gave him one, didn't tfrey?"
 "Yes.''
 t'And he received it, didn't he?" "Well, he didn't refuse it, anyhow: but, see herei He was received by the citizens, wasn't he?''
 "Yes''
 How could he receive and be re. ceived at the same time?''
 "Yes; but when they gave him the re- ception he received them all and shook hands with them, didn't he?" ITO be sure, and they received him with reception at which he received them and accepted their congratula- tions with a cordial reception-oh. hang this language, nyhow!"-Wash- ington Times.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-07

The only unsettling factor in the business situation to-day is the threat ening and often unreasonable de- mands of labor, says Banker Henry Clews In his weekly letter. There are signs that these demands have been pushed to the breaking point, simply because costs of production have been pushed so high as to seriously curtail,
 if not destroy, profits and to check new enterprise. Such an attitude on the part of the labor leaders is foolish to the last degree and will prove most unfortunate, not only for capital, but for labor, which in the end will be the chief sufferer from its own excesses. Should present demands be enlarged and pushed to the point of rupture, it may easily start reaction which.
 If wisdom and moderation prevailed, could be indefinitely postponed Those who control large capital and large enterprises view the situation with serious concern. American labor is already securing generous reward; and If costs of production are to be further raised our industrial suprem- acy like that of England few years ago, will receive a blow requiring years of suffering and repentance for recovery. It should not be forgotten that we are unavoidably an important factor in the worlds markets. and we cannot withdraw if we would. Great Britain and Germany, our chief rivals, are rapidly adopting all our best meth- ods of organization and equipping
 their plants with improved machinery, so that. with lower costs for labor and
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-07
Morocco,s Progressive sultan.

progressive young man, whose mis- fortunes are quite undeseryed. Though he grew up in the seelusion of an ori- ental palace, and had no real education from the western point of view, he has thrown off the cramping influence of early training and is keen to acquire knowledge. Europeans who have vis- tied his court have been struck by his unusual intelligence, and they say he actually does possess a rough working acquaintance with the practical side of modern science.--N. Y, Sun.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-07
nog,s Death Notice.

The following notice appeared in the death list of a Newark (N. J.) paper recently: "Died, January 19, 1903, Jack, a dog, and friend of sterling quail ities, in his second year, after a finger ing illness. He is mourned by his own CT, William T. Harris, and host of triends."-N Y. Times.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-07
a yeritnbIe sensation

"Oh! there goes Mildred and that duke to whom she has engaged her self. And there is the greatest sem sation about it in to-day's papers,"
 Mercy! What do they say?"
 "That he is a real duke."-Detroit Free Press.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-07
Painful subject.

The Admirer-"The fringe of mag nolias beyond the lagoon.' There is something poetic about the word fringe"
 The Poet--Yes, except when it re- fers to trousers. Stray Stories.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-07
vices of Civilization.

The Aluets are rapidly dying off since civilization has led to changes in their habits and clothing. The vices of our civilization destroys every ab- original people exposed to them.- Knowledge.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-07
In the BiIl.

Lawyer (to grumbing client) )-Well, have you at last decided to take my ad- vice and pay this bill of mine?
 Client-Y-e-s.
 every well; Thomas, just add six and-eightpence to Mir. Smiths bill for further advice "-London Tit-Bits.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-07

TO CURE GRIP IN TWO DAYS. Laxative Bromo-Q Quinine removes the cause. E. W. Groves signature on box; 25 cents.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-24
Social News.

The Fun club" composed of number
of young girls, was recently organized
with a large membership. The following
are the officers of the club: President
Miss Carmelia Fulton; vice president
Miss Stella Grace Spencer; secretary and
treasurer, Miss Lula Allen. 1t is purely
a social organization and meetings will
be held every two weeks at the homes
of the members The first meeting was
held on Saturday afternoon at the resi-
dence of Miss Carmela Fulton, when the
club was entertained with a Flower con-
test" in which Miss Bessie Brown won
the prize. The club will meet next with
Miss Stella Grace Spencer.
Mrs. j. Fred Robertson returned Sat
urday from Mobile, where she has been
spending several weeks visiting her pa
rents. the Rev and Mrs. r. A. Mickle.
Mrs. w. II. Johnson of Birmingham
will be the guest of Miss Bessie Spencer
this week.
Mrs s. Erick and Miss Lula Snider
returned Sunday from St. Louis. Louis
vile, and Cincinnati.
Or. w. H. Pitcher, the distinguished
pianist and organist of New York, who
is the guest of his brother James A.
Pitcher, will give an organ recital at the
Church of the Advent in Birmingham to-
morrow night. on Wednesday night DR..
Pitcher will give piano recital at Libra
ry hall for the benefit of the public
library.
The Benevolent and Protective Order Of
Elks will hold their annual election of Of
ficers tonight
L. A. Subblefeld of New Orleans was
in the city yesterday looking over his
large real estate interests here.
Ben f. Bailey has purchased two lots
a. Nineteenth street and Fourteenth ave-
nue., and will erect two dwellings for
white people.
The West block on Second avenue near
Nineteenth street is being greatly i'm
proved. New plate glass windows are be-
ing put In and the double entrance hand
somely tiled.
Merchants are busy preparing for their
spring openings most of which will be
held within a few days.
Local weather prophets are prophesying
a heavy drop in the temperature tonight
and possible injury to fruit trees now in
bud.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-24
GOODWATER ATTORNEY
EXPLAINS sSLAVE' CASE

designing white fellow to abandon his
contract. Section No 47s0 of the Criminal
Code of Alabama makes this punishable
as If he had stolen 1t.
1.-The case for which these parties are
indicted is where Mat Davis was carried
before justice ]. l.. London and pleaded
guilty to obtaining one dollar and seven
tv-five cents under false pretense, the
Justice of the peace gave him the fine
of i've dollars and cost. and the negro
made a contract to get the money to
pay the fine and cost There is scarcely
a farmer of any consequence mill man.
or any other public works is this country
who is not working negroes under writ
ten contracts, having made advances in
money or goods to keep the negro out Of
iail. and II would be a hardship on the
negro indeed If he is not permitted to
bind his labor as security for money or
supplies when he is compelled to have it,
and If all the people who advanced to
them under written contracts and work
them, are to be indicted it will include
a very large per cent of the best people
in this country who have as high regard
for the law and the welfare of the negro
as any man In the state. 1t quite often
being the case that the party advancing
the money does 1t more through sympa-
thy for the negro than anything else
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-24
KLO7z & GOLDMAN.
ATTALLA.
People Are Pleased With Prospect of
Many Industries.

Alfalfa, March 2s.-(special. )-Notwith-
standing the rain of four days in the
week, the different improvements go on
between here and Gadsden. On the south
side along a ridge which passes behind
the Schuler plant some half-mile many
new homes are going up. 1t is along this
ridge that the new electric car company
intends to build it's tracks in making the
run between here and the furnaces above
Gadsden
Speaking of the eompany's intentions
MIR. Kelly said Il can say very little
now as to what we will do, as 1t is a
matter of what your people will let us
do. and how. We shall wait until your
council is comfortably seated Then we
will hear from it what route. il any. we
can. get over it's streets, and the con-
ditions and other matters of less i'm
portance. If we are welcomed by your
council as we have been by your many
citizens we will have no complaint"
Alfalfa will soon be lighted by electric
lights if this new company comes In.
It was rumored here last week that the
Elliott furnace would soon be COM
menced to the southwest of our city.
which in itself will add much to many
improvements already started
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-24
CADSDEN,
improvements on Water Works Plant
VIII Begin at Once.

Gadsden, March q. Especially 1.-The i'm
provements on the water works plant will
begin at once and the probabilities are
that Gadsden will be without water dur
ing the four or five days that it Will
take to install the new pump. 1t will be
necessary to take out the old pump and
cut off the intake for few days. and
the reservoir will be empty In a very
short time. Gadsden is using millions OF
gallons of water more than 1t ever did
before. The old pumps have been In
constant use lately and are well worn
out.
Ezra Pike. son Of Sanitary Officer Pike.
while at play at the public school Friday
morning happened to very painful ae-
cident. While running he fell and a
lead pencil which was in his coat pocket
stuck in his back fully one and n half
inches. The pencil was sharp pointed
and II It had not struck a rib the boy
would have been killed. The wound Is
painful but not serious.
Ledbetter & Company of Admission.
wholesale merchants. are erecting a
building on Second street and when COM
pieted will install a bottling works A
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-24

D. II. Riddle, a well known attorney Of
Goodwater, writes The Age-Herald as fol-
lows:
y "Goodwater. March s.-(speelal)-It
seems that the papers are giving wide
publicity to the indictments by the
United States grand jury against numer-
GUS citizens of Goodwater and calcis,
charging them with conspiracy to inn
prison a negro against his will. The pa
pers seem to have only one side of this
question and are calculated to nniustly
prejudice the people of the state against
the defendants, and l am sure no news
paper In the state would knowingly do
this. And the facts to the other side of
this should be published
1t is the custom and the practice In all
the courts in this country. including
mayors court justice of the peace's court
and the Circuit court. when a negro is
convicted for any misdemeanor for the
negro to get some person to advance the
money to pay his fine and costs and to
make contract to work the same out.
When the negro gets the money he needs
but the least encourage from some
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-24
SELMA.
Empoye of Cotton Mills Meets With
Serious Accident.

Selma, March 3.-tSpeciaL)-Th morn
then Cotton mills. met with a painful
and serious accident which may result in
the loss of his left arm He was adjust
ing a belt on a piece of machinery when
his arm got caught In some manner. and
he was jerlSed to the top of the building
and thrown back to the floor. His arm
was broken between the elbow and
shoulder and both bones in his fore
arm were broken. The tendons of his
arm were torn badly. and he was other
wise bruised The surgeons will attempt
to save the injured member, but are very
doubtful of being able to do so.
This morning was held In this city the
first meeting in several years of the
stockholders of the Selma and Cahaba
Valley railroad. a road which was pro-
iected some time ago up the Cahaba val
ley from Selma to the mineral fields. This
il the route the Louisville and Nashville
railway is expected to take when 1t ex-
tends the road from Pensacola, which
has reached this city, the proposed extern
Louisville and Nashville a practical
double track from Birmingham to Flom-
atom. one via Montgomery, the other via
Selma At the meeting Of the stockhold-
ers this morning the following were elect
Cd directors: II. l.. Mckee, A. w. Caw-
thon, l. Schwarz. l.. M. Hooper, II. S. D..
Mallory. B. s. Bibb F. NJ. Abbott. At a
meeting of the directors. II. l.. Mckee
was elected president. A. w. Cawthon
yice-president and Il. s. Starr secretary
and treasurer.
1t is remarked as significant that r.
M. Abbott, president of the B. S. g. N. o.,
owned by the Louisville and Nashville.
and Mr.. Mallory division counsel for that
road were elected on the directorate.
Many years ago a bonus of 100000 was
offered by the citizens of Selma IL the
road was completed ina given time. No
bonus will be raised now.