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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-26
HIGH PRAISE FOR WOOD
WAR DEPARTMENT EULoGIzES
 THE BRIGADIER.
The Occasion is the Completion of His Work as Military Gover- | inor at the Island of ~
 Cuba.

Washington. March S.-Brig. Gen. Wood left here this afternoon for Bos- ton, whence he will sail in a day or two for the Philippines. to assume command of the Military Department of Mindanao. Coincident with his departure from this city, Secretary Root today issued the fol- lowing order:
 By direction of the President, Brig. Gen. Leonard Wood, U. s. A., having hled the report which completes his ser vices as Military Governor of Cuba and as commander of the military forces sta- tioned in that island from December, lSss, to the close of American occupation, IS relieved from further duty in connec- tion with the affairs of the former rr1ili- tary government of Cuba.
 The administration of General Wood, both as military commander of the df- vision and Department of Cuba and as military governor, was highly creditable The civil government was managed with an eye single to the benefit of the Cuban people under the supervision and con, trol Of the military governor. Cuban peo- pie themselves had an opportunity to carry on their own government to a constantly increasing degree, so that when Cuba assumed her independence she started with the best possible chance of success.
 Out of an utterly prostrate colony a free government was built up. The new nation started under more favorable con ditions than has ever before been the case In any single instance among her fellow Spanish-American republics. This record stands alone in history and the benefit conferred thereby upon the peo- pie of Cuba was no greater than the honor conferred upon the people of the United States.
 The War Department, by direction of the President, thanks General Wood and the officials, civil and military. serv- ing under him, upon the completion of work so difficult, so complete and so we'll done"
 En route to the far East. General Wood will visit Egypt. Singapore. The straits Settlement, Batavia, Java and possibly other points, under direction from the War Department, where obser- vations will be made as to the methods of other powers in the employment of their native forces in their colonial pos- sessions, especially with reference to the manner and extent of the utilization of natives as separate organizations and in conjunction with the regulars. General Wood will make a report to the Depart ment on his arrival at his post in the Philippines.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-26
 FRENCH NAVAL WORK.
Many New Fast Ships are in Course
 of Construction


 Paris. March 25.-Commander Giles B Iiarber. United States naval attache here. has returned to this city after mak. ing an extended tour of the French shiT wards and naval stations. He says he re ceiVed everey courtesy and facility from Marine Minister Pellatin and the naval officers in command. in obtaining general information regarding the progress of French naval work which is not includ- ed in that which is deemed to be of a confidential nature. The various French yards, Commander Harber said, are show ing much activity in carrying out the governments present naval program.
 At La Seine and at Toulon, the new hattleships Patrie and Justice are well advanced. At Brest the battleship Re publique is under way and another bat tleship, the Democratic. will be laid down in a few months. Two moro batteships, the Libertc and Verite, are being built at St Maizare and at Bordeaux. All these are sister ships, each of 14,S65 tons and somewhat similar to the Massachusetts and Indiana.
 Their main batteries consist of four J2-inch guns in turrets fore and aft; their secondary battery consist of eighteen 6- inch and twenty-siX 3-pound guns. The vessels have five torpedo tubes and their armor which is made on the krupp sys- tenn, is manufactured in France It is twelve inches thick over the vital portions of the battleships. They are expected to develop a speed of IS knots.
 A number of new fast cruisers are also under construction. The armored cruiser Guidon at a recent trial developed speed of 2 knots and the protected cruiser Hu- liette made g knots. Work will soon be- cruisers, the Victor Hugo, Jules Terri, Gambetta, Michelet and Ernest Renan. They will each be of 12416 tons and are expected to make 2 knots.
 All the construction is by contract and at private yards. except the work being done at St. Nazaire.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-26
SAYS NEGRO IS NOT A FAILURE
Principal of Calhoun School, Alabama Declares Colored Man Is
 Working Hard.
New York Tribune.

New York Tribune.
 At lantern talk Friday night, given in the New Jerusalem Church Thlrty-qlI5,tn, lI,,, Dillingham;. principal of the Calhoun School and Settlement in Lowndes ccun- Il, Ala, Illustrating the gTowtn of s nss' ing MT Dillingham; said in answering the question. "Is the Negro a Failure?'
 Tn this black belt community the negro Is answering the anove duSsuon S ,t by Dy !hs h,s chance to get a small farm and home fin a good neighborhcod. There are seventy five families in this group. and live square broken up into fifty-acre farms. The ne groes have paid 31S,O00 on the land in the past six years, twenty warranty deeds have been obtained in the same time ,516 NoVo z year as tuition money. Most important of all standards of family life have gone up. Yet we are told the negro will not Work and cannot save.
 This last year saw an impressive strug- gle for homes by Calhoun's community. It took hard labor and close living and family cooperation to win. Most signln- cant of all is the fact that many of these farmers will advance themselves in the coming year Calhoun is com oinatton of farm and home and school and church. building q central neighborhood in its own county and stimulating the growth of oth- CT neighborhoods where these four things are being Americanized and taught to pull together. Good fafns ana homes within sound of schol and church bells make it's objective.
 "Calhoun is giving industrial education to over three hundred students; 1t reaches about five hundred more annually in the public schools through it's graduates and students. In its county there are T. 000 ne gro children of school age; one in feuI goes to school. There are 2,000 white chill dren: one in two goes to school. Calhoun is working on HamptonT Tuskegee lines Its pecuiiarity is that it combines schoo and settlement work like the Speyel School recently established by Columbia University, near It's Teachers College, It.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-26
About Animals in the Bible.

New York Journal.
 interesting little book by Gambler Bolton. the best known animal photographer in England. published by George Newnes. The Bible refers to a largo number or an ter of peculiar interest to naturalists.
 Dogs and cats are never mentioned in the canonical books. despite the fact that at this period these animals were wor- shlped. most carefully tended and em- baImed after death in Egypt.
 Lions were evidently very plentiful in Palestine in Biblical times. Ezekiel gives n nasterIy description of the habits of ii- ons and the method of catching them in A pit. The Israelites did not indulge in lion hunting. although it was a favorite amusement with the warltke Assyrians. as shown by their monuments. Job says very truthfully: "The old lion perishes for lack of prey.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-26
The Judges.

The three judges selected shall decide under the rules land conditions of the contest who the winners of the prizes offered and will then render their decision in writing This decision made shall be final and binding, upon all parties the conest and the prizes shall be distributed upon the order ofhese judges the winners deer- mined by them. These judges shall decide the winners of the by any method they may fit and most Prac- tcabe adopt. No person connected with The Adver. ser will be permitted furnish any information to exhibit any chart estimate having been filed il this test except the judges after the close (" the contest
 The following gentlemen who have |. lily consented
 act as judges give confidence that the awards will be justly made.
 U. E. WORSWlCK, LA. WEISS, GEO. P. HAARDT.
 Shoe Merchant, Jeweler, Gents Furnishe {
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-26
MIssIssIPPI's SECESSION.
Youngest Member of Convention De. scribes Solemnity Which Marked
 It's Deliberations and Final


 The sketch of the Secession Convention contributed by Judge Thomas H Woods its youngest member--to the State Histor- ical Society papers covers an idea of the character of its deliberations quite at odds with the natural impression. In 8 period of convulsive popular excitement, the fateful wrench of the State from its National moorings was done without sobriety and order, but solmenity, pre- vailed.
 lover the entire convention" reads the sketch, "brooded a spirit of gravity and seriousness. There were no brilliant ora tions, and there was an absence of all rhetorical lisplay and elocutionary flour ish The tremendous responsibility pressing upon the convention was seen on every countenance. From Judge trospective. and MT. Lamar, breeding, melancholy. and distracted, downward through all classes and ranks, was an air of fixed solemnity. The picture Is one to be treasured for its memorial re- The following point in the recollections of inc writer is full of historic signiti-
 "While the slavery agitation was the occa sion of the war, 1t was not Ihe cauSe. Nine-tenths of the men who Iought tne Invaders of our soil were not slaVehold- CTS and had no interest in perpetuating that institution. They fought, as their siaveholding comrades fought, to repel an tnsolent and ruthless invader Of our homes and rights with scarcely d though, of slavery in their minds and with none whatever as an impellng cause
 Judge Woods has, We are sure, over stated his proportion of of non-save- holders in army ranks But he had more forceful illustration of his polnt right al hand The overwhelming bal ance of political power in Mississippi in 1880 was in the white counties-the basis of legislative spportionment was white YotarR The conservatism Of the state
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-26

whites by last census, and was selected for Calhoun's experiment by Booker T. county in Alabama. Calhoun stands for friendly contact between the two races. A Southern white man helped start tho land movement by selling his own planta- tion. and he still experiments tho buying of land s---a,- . It is the fashion just now to be pessi- mistic about the negro. but the develop. ment of such a negro community as that about Calhoun seems to say that it IS quite as sensible and patriotic to quietly help the negro to help himself tiii on q sufficiently large scele he has demonstrat- ed his possibilities as a useful citizen Fortunately this is not a Southern or a Northern question, 1t ia q division be. tween Americans and non Americans, alal fortunately thers Is a growing number oi people North and South who believe that hopeful work for the negro is better thar any amount of hopeless talk about hirn Calhoun has been receiving a growing recognition and support in New York ir the eleven years of it's existence. IL be lieves that this indorsement and indis. pensable help will be continued
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-26
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-26

The greatest danger from colds and grip is their resulting in pneumonia. If reason able care is used. however. and Chamber Iain's Cough Remedy taken, all danger will be avoided. Among the tens of thous- ands who have used this remedy for these diseases We have vet to learn of a single ease having resulted in pneumonia, which shows conclusively that 1t is a certain preventive of that dangerous disease. It will cure cold or an attack of the grip in less time than any other treatment. It is pleasant and safe to take. For sale by all drusgista @dv-u.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-26
HIS NAME WAS 'BoBs' 7"
Title of Story to Be Published in The
 AdYertisAr

Beginning next Sunday and continuing daily until completed. The Advertiser will publish His Name Was 'Bobs'", an in Tensely interestin story by Reginald Lang.
 The story recites the troubles, trials, tribulations, love and triumph of an ex- traordinary young man, and is told in MT Langs best style.
 This story will be printed from day. to day and readers who desire to peruse 1t should make arrangements in advance for cCn,cs of the paper adV-tf
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-26
Out of Town Agents.

All subscriptions received from towns outside of Mont gomery where agents make deliveries and collections, will be credited to the agent from such points subscriptions fare received Agents will be notified in due time, and full information furnished time subscriptions paid for, and when to begin delivery of papers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-26

STRENGTH comes from we'll dlgestea and thoroughly assimilated food. Hoods Sarsaparilla tones the digestive organs, and thus builds up the strength. If you are getting run down." begin taking Hoods at once. It gives nerve. mental and digestive strength. adv--tu-thu-su.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-26
Thomas Jefferson's Sun Dial.

P. s. Devine Of St. Louis owns q sun dial made by Thomas Jefferson. The au- thentlcity of the relic is attested by doe uments duly sworn to. In order to tell the correct time the dial must be set by the North star.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-26
German Elections June 1e.
Danper of Colds and Grip.

Berlin, March 25.-The North German Gazette says the Reichstag elections will take place June l6.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-26

The McIEanus stock of fine buggiea, carriages, runabouts. etc, at adminia- tTStrix's sale. Big bargains. S&
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-26

If you want to buy, at bargain, carriage, runabout, buggy, or any kind of fine vehicle, attend admins" tratrix sale of the MeManus stock.
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The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-01-05
WEEK OF PRAYER
UNION SERVICES THIS WEEK
AT BROADWAY METHo.
DIST CHURCH.

This week will be observed as
week of Prayer" by the churches
represented in the Ministerial Assoois-
ton of the city. There will be union
services each evening at 1880 O'Clock
at the Broadway Methodist church,
and sub Jects Of vital interest will be
discussed ct each service. The pro-
gram for tonight is:
/. The Trend OF Moral Legislation
Rev. @. W. Perryman.
2. The Relation Of Prayer to This
Questo ip-Rev. ". II. PlnEerton.
3. General discussion.
The ministers urge that all their
congregations be present ~ far as pos
sible at each service, rs the object is 70
benefit, enthuse and inspire the church
es to renewed activity and spiritual
uplift. The public Is cordially inyit-
ed to attend, also Rev. T. j. Newell,
the pastor of Broadway Methodist
church will preside at the services.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-01-05
A Big BANQUET
Mr.. Leslie Combs to be Entertained
at Louisville Tonight
Republicans From All Over the State
TO be Present.

Many representative Republicans
OF Kentucky will tonight tender Hon.
Leslie Combs, recently appointed min
lister to Guatemala, a banquet at the
Calf house in Louisville. Postmaster
f. M. Fisher OF Paducah left this
morning to attend.
Mr.. Combs has been identified with
the interests of the Republican party
since early manhood. He was at the
head Of the party organization IN
Kentucky in 1900. and the skill with
which he managed that memorable
campaign brought TO him words Of the
highest commentator from party
leaders all over the country.
When DIR. W. Godfrey Hunter re.
signed as minister 70 Guatemala, Pros
ident Roosevelt decided upon Mr..
combs rs his successor.
His appointment as minister met
WIN tue hPlfouotioh VI MI N1e t.dohs
Of the Republican party IN Kentucky.
and they determined to show their APP
perciation Of Mr.. Combs by rendering
him farewell banquet.
The program is ~ follows:
weloome-Judge George Du Relic.
"Our Guest'-Gen. Basil W. Duke.
Response Leslie Combs,
1.-THE President" W. o.
Owens.
1.-THE Survival Of the Fittest"-
Logan O. Murray.
"The Land OF Uhristian"-Judge
James Bresthitt.
Political OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
W. Knott
Kentucky View Of the Monroe
Doctrine'-Hon. Mckenzie Noes.
1.-THE Coming Newspaper"-Young
Z. Allison.
THE City of Louisville"-Judgo
A. +. Wilson.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-01-05
POLICE COURT
Offenders Held on Felony Charges
This Morning.


George winfrey, oolored, who shot
his brother John winfrey several
weeks ago while shooting &C will
Stricb land, was held TO answer this
morning and sent to jail in default Of
. $500 bond. Will Strickland will he
recognized in the sum of 900 for his
appearance rs a witness.
Crawford Ivory, white, who had
been held for several days on the
charge of COW stealing, was this morn
ing held TO answer and his bond fixed
at $500. He waived examination in
both cases. He stole one COW from u
farmer named Holt in Carlisle county
and later took one belonging to far
mer named Gilbert. of Pottsville,
Graves county.
Mike Kehoe, Henry Wilson, Ollie
Aston, Paddy o'Brien and Z, Weber,
ell white, we're fined ti and costs for
drunkenness.
Dorths Wilson and Lena Dsbney,
colored were arraigned for breach
of the peace and the former fined Us
and costs and the latter u and costs.
The two cases against Ed Hobbs,
colored, for breach of the peace, were
continued until Monday.
Hermann Alderman was fined ei
and no costs on motion Of the prose
cutting attorney, for using insulting
language.
The case against Alonzo Sparks.
colored, for mayhem, was continued
until Monday.
Florence Greer, colored, was ar
rsigned for stealing coal from the I. O.
and the case continued.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-01-05
THE WEATHER.

Yesterday the thermometer regis
tered several degrees above freezin 3
point. Last night the thermome ter
changed and the mercury took a sud
den drop. The lowest reached last
night was 80 degrees above zero and
the weather has been steadily getting
colder ever since The indications are
for snow and slightly colder tonight
with fair weather Tuesday. There has
been light snow since midnight.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-01-05
COUNCIL MEETS
RESIGNATION OF MEMBERS
MAY NOT BE ACCEPTED.

The city council meets this evening
in regular session, but Mayor Yeiser
will not make his annual report, as it
is not ready.
About the most important thing TO
come up will be the designations Of
Councilmen Charles Reed and J. II.
Fowler. Il is said that the council
will decline to accept them, and Is
not known what the two gen tlemen
would do in that event. as they dc
not anticipate anything of the kind.
The annual reports Of various off,
oials will probably be submitted, and
the usual amount of routine bushes,
transacted.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-01-05

pie Of its exceptional ability,it would
be very cheap at that figure.
Then the attention Of these sap
lent solons could be directed to the
purchase Of the street railway. The
company probably did not cost very
much at the start, and when il was
reorgauized a short time ago, its cap
ital stock was only slightly more than
half million dollars. We feel sure
that after the money is paid by the
city, Councilman Potter and the 9th
ers will proceed to run the oars in q
most up-to-dste manner, never going
fast enough to collide with any for
eign object, stopping for all passen-
gers no matter how far away, and re-
duoing the fare to one cent an hour,
which would enable most of the mu-
nioipal ownership advocates to ride.
As there has seemingly been no use
for the Sc erge system, which the city
owns now,it might be disposed Of at
low price to some of our neighboring
cities, and the money reinvested in
electric light plants.
The telephone systems might also be
bought and people furnished with tele-
phones free of charge, or at a reduced
cost. The two systems could probably
be purchased for few hundred thous-
AMI dollars, which would wind up the
list by Paducah owning the light, gas
and waterworks plants, the street rail.
roads and telephones, At combined
cost Of something like only a million
and . half dollars. AS the city is not
much more than $40, 900 in debt at
the present time, there ought not be
much trouble in raising the aforesaid
million and half. After buying
them, the adm nistration could fix
prices below the cost of running them,
wnioh would enable every BODY 70 en-
JOY the manifold advantages. The de-
felt could be made mp by taxation,
which ought not bring forth any OBJ
lection. considering the fact that the
city would own everything. and the
price would be reduced. We ought to
be willing to pay q little extra for q
chunk of the millennium.
In year or two, after the utili-
ties are in good working order, the
city could consider the advisability
of buying the two telegraph oompa-
MES, few steamboat lines, and the
Illinois Central railroad. Yes, by all
means let's have municipal owner
ship, and let's have it quick
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-01-05

Municipal ownership is advocated
by some of the free silver, populistic
papers Of the country for several rea-
son, the principal one of which is that
the papers want to make a grand
stand play with the people. They
want to curry favor with the masses by
inducing, them to think the paper
is standing up for their rights Such o
paper is the st. Louis Republic. Their
arguments are sheer rubbish, and the
paper knows it. Half Of these papers
are owned and controlled by million
sire corporation owners. There isn't
. sensible paper in the country that
doesn't know that no public utility
when regulated by politics will give
as good satisfaction or be as well
managed as when controlled by pri-
vate capital, the owners of which
take personal interest in the bust
ness because 1t means loss or gain
to them If not run right. Another
reason such papers advocate such
things is that they know that there
is no danger of the people Of this
country ever universally adopting
municipal ownership, and that they
can safely urge something that they
know is impossible As a theory,
municipal ownership may be all
right, but as a practice 1t sooner or
later becomes a rank failure.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-01-05

A short time ago the trust" was
abused for putting mp the price Of
beef and all you could hear from
the calamity howlers was "beef
trust" Since then the price of live
stock and Of the packers, the latter be.
ing the trust has been greatly re-
duced and still beef lie Just as high as
before. The h owl raised Just now is
against the retailer, who evidently is
little behind in not reducing his
prices when the others did. The re-
taller is getting the proht in many
cases where the demagogues are sbus
ing the trusts" for high prices.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-01-05
A FAST TRAIN
THE 1. O. MAY RUN ONE FROM
PADUCAH TO EVANSVILLE.

1t is given out on pretty good auth.
GRITTY that the l. U. is contemplating
running fast train through from Ev-
ansville to Paduoah and return.
The service on this division Of the
road has not been very fast and the
company has begun to figure ON the
fast train. The plan is to start a
train out OF Paducah early in the
morning for Evansville, returning late
at night, arriving at Evansville about
10 O'Clock at night. This will add
much TO the convenience of the travel.
ing public and will not necessitate
such long lay over At Princeton at
night for passengers going south.
There was also some talk OF running
the Hopkinsville accommodation train
through to Fulton, but this was not
done when the last time card was
made out on account Of the Cairo diyi.
sion, and no action will be taken in
this matter until the Cairo branch is
complete and schedule arranged for
the trains on that division.