davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-12

Mustered out of the service of the United States at Birmingham October 31, 1898, with, "A officers and 1.0S9 enlisted men. Casualties while in service: Officer. died of disease, 1. Enlisted men, died of secopd Regiment-Organized and mus
 tered into the service of the United States at Mobile. May IS to June 14, with H officers and 9S5 enlisted men: assigned to Second Brigade. First Division, Seventh Army Corps; arrived at Miami, Fla. June 90. Left Miami August i; arrived at Jacksonville, Fla. August 5; arrived at Montgomery. Ala. September IT. Fur loughed for thirty days September 20
 Mustered out of the service of the United States at Montgomery October 3l, with 49 officers and s26 enlisted men. Casual ties while in service: Officers. none. En- listed men, dies of disease, IS: Killed by accident. 9; drowned. l. deserted. 4.
 Third Regiment-Organized and muster ed into the service of the United States at Mobile June to August with 46 officers and i1S5 enlisted men. Left Mobile September and 8, arriving at Anniston September g; assigned to First Brigade. First Division. Third Army Corps September 9: transferred to First Brigade. Second Division, Fourth Army Corps at Anniston October z. Mustered out of the service of the United States at Anniston March 20. 1899. with 46 officers and 992 enlisted men. Casualties while in service: Officers. none. Enlisted men died of disease.ss7; killed by acident, 1; murdered, 3; deserted S8.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-12
A Strange Cult in Missouri.

Joplin (Mo.) NewS-Herald.
 Thomas Avery. Will Powell. and other farmers living south of Shoal Creek tell of a remarkable sect of religious fanatics which has settled along Rock Creek, The tribe, they say. contains about twenty people, mostly old men and women; and they worship a god in the shape of a huge ball of fire on the end of stick or pole" Ed Blakey and Martin Ross, two boys who were fishing on Shoal Creek at midnight, first discovered them. They found them in the act of worshipping their fireball. They told the neighbor- hood about 1t an dtwo nights later six farmers went to the lonely and rugged gulch through which Rock Creek triclSles On either side there are numerous small caves and grottos and in these caverns the farmers discovered people sleeping Although the day had well advanced, no one was stirring in the camp of the strangers. A black heap of ashes near the creek indicated where a fire had been.
 Monday night a party was detailed to watch for the midnight services. but for some reason the strangers failed to per form their strange worship. The watch CTS could see them about midnight. gath cred in a group near the creek. but noth- ing unusual was done. Tuesday night another party watched and so on until last night, when the worshippers again performed the fireball ceremony. Those who saw it described 1t as being very im- presSiye and uncanny.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-12

Washington, Aug. 11.-(special. .)-A notable step toward the perfecting of the records of the war with Spain has been taken in the publication of the Cores pondence Relating to the War with Spain" which has just been issued from the press. The work is in two volumes and contains the official correspondence between the Adjutant General of the army and the military commanders in the United States, Cuba, Porto Rico. China and the Philippines. It covers period from April Is. 1898 to July 90, 1902, giving the conditions growing out of the war and including the Philippine instruction and the China relief expedition. The publi- cation is similar to the correspondence contained in the Records of the Rebel Hon."
 An appendix of the first volume gives the organization of army corps and a brief history of the volunteer organiza- tions.
 The history in brief of tho three regi- ments furnished by Alabaam is as below:
 First Regiment-organized and muster ed into the service of the United States at Mobile, Ala. May to 24 with 4S officers and sfl enlisted men: assigned to Third Brisade. First Division, Fourth Army Corps; transferred to First Brigade. First Division. Seventh Army Corps. June 2o. Left Mobile June 25; arrived at Miami, Fla, June 26: left Miami August 12: ar- rived at Jacksonville. Fla August Is; left Jacksonville September 16; ar rived at Birmingham September f7. Fur loughed for thirty days September l9.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-12
Apply the Remedy sparingly.

To the Editor of The Advertiser:
 Without having read the article of that talented and highly accomplished htera- tor, Mir. Brander Matthews, referred to in your clever editorial of tkis morning, Our Absurd Language" venture to suggest that any remedy designed to re- orthography" should be applied, if at all, most sparingly and cautiously.
 The remedy will very likely be much worse than the disease. In point of fact, the orthography of our language Is most scientific in it's lack of the very sym metry" commended by those who would reduce all written expression to the limits of a parrot-like routine. True, our orthography Is somewhat complex, but not more so than Is essential to accuracy thought. To attain these, 1t is neces- sary to employ words whose literal structure. in English, embodies enough of their form in the mother tongue to indi- cate readily their source and original sense. In the growth of a language so largely and widely derivative as ours, an irregular orthography was at once inevi- table and desirable Our orthography and our etymology have progressed in paH passu, and have given us a language em- bodying wealth of material hexibility, and lucidity. A phonetic or like method of spelling would weaken the language in all these characteristics.
 The complaints directed to words con- NdlHink uHnGC6SSdEy AclleTSs ana WOEuS spelled alike but pronounced differently. are exaggerated. To writers of any ex- perience the latter class is trifiingly small in number. and so frequently used as to soon remove confusion. In the former class, what may appear needless from the standpoint of form is quite essential to comprehensiveness and correctness in use In word-building, regard should be had not so much to what the word will be standing alone, as by what it will be in It's relation to other words, or to the completed sentence.
 The language has already yielded some thing of its strength and more of its commerce.; but 1t Is to be hoped that the time Is far distant when it's possibilities will be narrowed to so destructive an extent, as would follow an attempt to bind up lts orthography by a set of rules sought to simplify. W. c. s.
 Montgomery, Aug. il, 1903.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-12
MALraNrNa 1Ts SECTION.

The St. Louis Globe-Democrat is one Of the papers which always dips its. pen tn the venom of the copperheed when it writes about the soutn. Commenting Z on recent remark mace by this paper about the absurdity of the Republicans claiming Alabama. it says:
 Alabama's elections count for very lit- tie. even in Alabama. She has no weight ln the electoral college. in the Senate or in the House of Representatives. No human being anywhere in the United states inquires or cares what side Ala bama is going to take or has taken op of any consequence in Alabama. None has existed there at any time in the past score of years Possibly G none may need for any Republican. party there.
 sRs ss 0n ws a of the n othef SeGr pf states and the territories. The Republi- can party develops Alabama's iron and whir in it's mills and factories. in spite of the lunacy and perverstty of It's con gressnlen newspapers and people. Our right. The thought of carrying Alabama for the Republicans would be uproar- nsY sSs Ynad nny stass sst w1st Sat m does or fails to do in 1904, or thinks about Alabama?
 Alabama will hardly go out of business Oh account of the hatred displayed by The Globe-Democrat. Indeed, we doubt if the State would cease to exist or go into bankruptcy if every dollar of North ern capital should pull up and leave. Those who have invested money in Ala bama did not do 1t through motives of Philanthropy or brotnerly love. or through any desire to assist the South ern people. They have planted their capital here as a matter of business and nothing else. If they withdraw that money. Alabama will not die of inani- fion or poverty. To give the Republican party all the credit for the development of Alabama's resources is bit of cheeky gasconade worthy of an organ of that party.
 And the assertion that Alabama has no weight in the electoral college, in the Senate, or in the House of Representa- lives" is about on a par with the other islanders. We cheerfully admit that no Alabama statesman has the weight" of Hanna or Quay. Platt or AIarich. or any of that brand of statesmen, No member of either House from this State has de- bauched a Legislature or bought his way into Congress. That is kind of
 weight that belongs to Republicanism. and we are thankful for 1t.
 Nor do we mind admitting that Ala hama has no weight in the electoral col iege for the Republican ticket. The acts Of the Republicans themselvts have made that impossible. perhaps for all time to come. Certainly 1t will obtain while that party stands for whataM How does. and while the remembrahs of its infamous deeds fingers in the memories of Ala bamians. H' "P""
 The Globe-Democrat is published in a Southern State and ought to be fair. or al least truthful. about the South, but it is neither.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-12
WEALTH OF AMERICAN PEOPLE.
Computed at One Hundred Thousand
 Millions by U. s. Treaz--cr.

Millions by U. s. Trea=-----er. Ellis H. Roberts in New York World. Twenty years have added to the in- habitants of the United States numbers nearly equal to our total population just before the Civil War. In the same pe- riod the wealth of the American people has more than doubled and has reached hundred thousand million dollars.
 Our stock of money in circulation is greater per capita than that of any oth- CT nation save France and the South American. states, while our gold per capita is exceeded only by South Africa. Australia and France, and our growth in both these items is not equalled any where else, so that the gross gold in our treasury surpasses the volume ever gathered before under single control.
 These are tokens of a material prog ress never matched in the history of the world. This is due to a restless activity and an efficiency of production which have not yet reached their maximum. Improvements always increasing in com munication and transportation consoli- date our people and render them more Homogeneous.
 Perils exist. like over-exploitation in enterprise. the terrible prevalence of crimes of violence and of strikes in many branches of industry.
 But the expenditure for education in- creased more than 25 per cent per cap- ita in two decades, and the immense private gifts for colleges, charities, churches and libraries, illuminate both the present and the future. The ten- dencies to arbitration between capital and labor. and between nations, empha- sized by recent examples on a large scale. promise peace within our borders and. let us hope, throughout the world.
 Before two 6bcades pass we shall add to our population more than the pres ent total population of any other coun- try in the world, save Russia, India and China. and possibly Germany, Our wealth will increase in a still larger ra- tio. Already our achievements lift the republic to a foremost place in our foreign relations.
 What has been gained in twenty years past is the seed for the grander har- vests of the future. America's contri- buttons to civilization 70 the ameliora- tion of mankind. to the peace of the world will grow and not diminish, and her rank among the nations must move forward to primacy in all that is nobIest and most worthy. "
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-12
AFTER THE CLUBS.

Certain Chicago clubmen are Some- what exercised over a proposition which is beirG seriously discussed in that city, and which may yet be carried out, 1t be- ing nothing less than that all clubs where liquors. are sold to members, or to others shall take out a retailers license.
 To the ordinary human there can nothing wrong be seen in this proposition. True, those who control these clubs say they sell to none but the members but how does that change the status of the ques- tion? Let us say that a certain club has one hundred members. If all these men can buy all the. liquor they want In principle between that room and a saloon which has but one hundred reg ular customers? In each case the essence of the business consists in selling drinks. and as drinks are sold in the club, it is difficult to understand wherein 1t differs from a saloon. as a matter of fact.
 But the. reason given by a prominent club man for not wishing to take out a license Is unique, to say the least. A re- tailer's license fee is $500 and the man admits that it is comparatively a trifle and would not disturb them at all. but if licenses are taken out, he declares, the clubs will be placed in the category of dram shops" There is the sting of it. It is not denied that these club rooms are really dram shops" so far as buy ing. selling and drinking liquors is con- cerned, but 1t would detract from their exclusiveness. if they should be looked on as other licensed saloons are.
 This purely sentimental reason will not stand. for the Supreme Court of Illinois has decided that all clubs which sell liquors. either to members or to out siders. must be licensed. The club men are trying to get the Chicago authorities to hold up and give them another chance before the Supreme Court. but the report is that. they will fail, and must pay a licSRse fee Or close their rooms, so far as liquor is concerned. It is hard blow to the exclusives; but we fail to see any moral defense they can set up.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-12

for the passage of any laws by a Ten nessee legislature interfering with the rights of the justice of the peace to do just as he pleases. In this connection 1t would be interesting to know just what effect the Peak law passed by the last legislature prohibiting justices from col- lecting fees in cases not originating in their own districts. has in this county. It has been nullified, we understand, by the chief fee-grabber of Knox County. Judge McReynolds and Attorney General Whitaker. 1t is understood, are keeping their eyes on this regulation, and the justice attempting to evade or break the law will probably have his fees disallowed or file a bill to test the constitutionality of the act. The Alabama way is the best, however,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-12
A REPUBLICAN VIEW.
German Would Make the Best Foil
 for Roosevelt.
Kansas City Journal.

Kansas City Journal
 Nothing could more forcibly illustrate the Democracy's utter want of good pres idential timber than the renewed serious talk of the nomination of Senator Cor man. The Cleveland faction wants to make tariff reform" the principal issue next year. The Democracy, with the tar fir as an issue, and German as leader, would cut doleful figure. German is al- most an avowed protectionist. It was his hapd, more than that of any other man, which emasculated the Wilson bill, and his influence which secured the passa ge of the tariff law which President Cleve- land said brought ''perfldy and dshonor" more extreme tariff reformers, including Cleveland himself, believe. or profess to believe, that if German had iet> a real lands last administration would not have proved the utter disappointment and fail- ure 1t did, nor have brought so great a disaster upon the Democracy and the no man but Bryan himself would be less acceptable to Cleveland and his following than the Maryland senator.
 German supported and voted for Bryan, but 1t was known to everybody that his support was lukewarm and was given on. ly for 'regularity's" sake, that he in dorsed scarcely line in either the Chi- cago or Kansas City platform, and that he did practically nothing to secure Bry- ans election and secretly expected and hoped for his defeat. It seems impossi- ples tnereIore, that the BrydnlLeS could give him sincere and cordial support. Cor man Is a skillful intriguer and political tactician, but he has seldom used his tal- ents for good or commendable purposes. He has helped pass not few measures that inured to the private benefit of his business friends, but 1t would be hard to mention any law that conduced to the upbuilding of the country, or the material or moral welfare of it's people, that he framed or helped to pass.
 Destitute as the Democracy is of good presidential material, it will hardly resort to so desperate an expedient as the nom ination of this arch-intrguer and political huckster. If, however, he should be named, the candidates of the two great parties would present the most striking contrast that ever was seen in American politics. President Roosevelt with his blunt manners, his direct and open meth ods, and his unimpeached honesty and integrity, could hardly ask for a better foil than the cunning. tortuous, under ground operator from Maryland.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-12
'ITHtS, ITHtiSs, Worlds Fair "Inside Inn"

St- Louis Globe-DemocraI
 If the hotel inside the Worlds Fair grounds Is to be called the Inside inn, will the one outside be called the Outside inn may we ask? And how will those in the Inside inn get outside. and how will those in the Outside inn get inside? Or. to put it another way: How will those outside the Inside inn get in the Outside inn, or those inside the Outside inn get in the Inside inn. or, if they are already inside the Inside inn and desire to get outside the Inside inn and inside the Outside inn, or if. vice versa. they are outside the in- side of the Outside inn and not outside the inside of the Inside inn. but are try ing to get outside the inside of the In- side inn. isn't there danger before they get inside the Inside inn or outside the Outside inn, they will find they are in- side out This Is another grave Worlds s Fair problem for David Francis and Isaac Taylor to settle.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-12
Their Violated Pledges.

w 1OSI.
 A question that ought to be of some moment to Republican leaders is, whether or not they will put their party into the Presidential campaign as the perpetrator of a palpable and gigantic fraud in a matter of interest to all the people.
 The Dingley tariff, as 1t was properly called in its infancy, but as 1t cannot now be called with due respect to the memory of Nelson Dingley, contained in itself the promise of very early reduc- tion of sundry schedules. That measure includes the Blaine reciprocity scheme, to which the Republican party was com mitted by every possible form of com mitment. Mir. Dingley and his Republi- can associates on the Ways and Means Committee believed in reciprocity and imagined that all Republicans shared that belief. Not doubtlng that their bill would soon be revised by reciprocal agreements. they naturally and properly placed the rates at such a height sthat they would not be too low after the intended and expected cutting down. This Is history, despite its denial by gentlemen who should have been more careful. And, as we have said. the placing of these gin for reciprocity trading was just what the ocasion demanded-was an exercise of sound, practical business sense.
 But the retention of those schedules at that height is a fraud That ugly word Is the name that fits 1t. It is fraud perpetrated in the interest of a compara- tivelly small number. It is repudiation of Republican policy and pledges and the reverse of compliment to the memory of Blaine and Dingley. To use the reciprocity scheme in order to put, the schedules at an unnecessary and unfair attitude, and then to repuditate recipro- city and keep them there. is the danger ous game which the stand-patters are playing, not in the interests of protection, hut tO handler to the greed of monOnolistin combinations. And it is the avowed in- tent of the leaders to go into the Presi- dential campaign with their pSrty's record thus decorated
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-12
ALIEN IMMIRGRAIIoN.
Report of the British Royal Com
 mission.

London. Aug. 1.-The report of She royal commission on alien immigration was issued today. It recommends that the immigration of certain classes of aliens into the United Kingdom be sub jected to State control.
 The specific recommendations made in the report ars similar in many respects to the provisions of the United States immigration law, except that no educa- tional requirement is proposed. In some directions the rules are more stringent than American regulations. The "unde- sirable" classes" stated in the report in clude prostitutes, lunatics, convicted criminals and any one who is in danger of becoming a public charge.
 Provision is made for the deportation of immigrants who may be proved to be un- desirable within two years of their land- ing and the vessel importing them will be compelled to repatriate them without compensation. The proposed medical in- spection Is similar to that in the United States.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-12
The South Can Solve It.

Birmingham News.
 The Industrious. peaceable negro can always find sympathy and white friends in the South. Loud-motithed, lawless. degenerate negroes however addicted to crime are not welcome In the South. and the South will be glad for them to re- main in Indiana and Illinois until the anti-Southern critics in those States are forced to acknowledge that they have been laboring for years under grievous error. and that the South, if let alone. can solve what is known as the negro problem by helping the negro himself to work out his own destiny.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-12

berries, and adds this to the berry liter
 While I never saw any white black berries. 1 have had white huchleberries in mercrantable quantities. There Is a farmer living nearby who brings me several quarts every season. Like the white blackberries, they are sweeter than the dark variety, but aside from this fact and the color they are. appar- ently, identical with the common black whortleberry.
 Are there white huckleberries in Ala bama? We have seen black. blue and purple ones. but do not remember any white ones.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-12
Alabama and Fee Grabbing Justices.


 The free-grabbing justices of Knox and Hamilton Counties, Tennessee, may thank their blessed stars that they are officials in Tennessee and not in Alabama. Gov ernOr Jeiks of that State has just an- nounced that he will summarily remove from office any justice of the peace or notary public caught doing any dirty work" Fortunately he has the authori- ty and his reputation for performing his promises guarantees that he will do exactly what he says he will. That is the kind of authority we li..e to see lodged in the hands of the Governor instead of the power to build up personal political machines through the appointment of election officers. Put the responsibility for the honesty of State officials squarely upon the States chief executive and we have an idea that we will get good re- suits. But 1t would require a very violent stretch of the imagination to hope
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-12
Only One Held.

New York. Aug. 1.-The six persons arrested on a raid on the office of Dam iels Company last week were arraign- ed again to-day on charges of grand lar ceny. Thomas P. Daniels, the alleged head of the firm, was the only one held to-day, the others being discharged.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-12
wEDNEDsAY, AUGUST l2, 1908.
smMMER TRIpa

When you leave home this Summer. have The Advertiser follow you. Sent by mail to any address. postage prepaid at the following Ono wseis. Daily and Sunday. s...........S .l5 One month. Daily and Sunday ............ .6S Three months Daily and Sunday........ .es Foreign postage leach month) extra. 50
 Resort subscriptions are strictly in advance. Order before leaving.