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The Washington times., 1903-01-22

Representative NorreII gave a dinner
last night in honor Of the Indian Com
nj ssion, which is now In session here.
His guests were Senator Jones and Sena-
tor Stewart Of Arkansas. Archbishop Ry-
an Of Philadelphia, Darwin r. James,
Merrill Z. Gates, Charles Bonaparte,
Philip q Garrett, and Commissioner
Joaes Of the Indian Bureau, Frank
RI ggs and John T. Lacy.
Ilr- and Mrs Magruder entertained al
diuber last night in honor of their house
The Washington times., 1903-01-22

Mrs W " BeIknap entertained at q
small tea yesterday afternoon in honor
of her daughter, Mrs. W Barklie Henry,
Of Philadelphia, who has been yisf ting
her mother for the past week.
The Washington times., 1903-01-22

General and Mrs. Draper gave dinner
Of twenty-six covers last night Their
guests were the Spanish minister, Senior
de Ojeda, Justice Brown, Justice and Mrs.
Holmes, Rear Admiral and Mrs. Ludlow
Nj and Mrs. Chopper, MIR. and Mrs. Rob
eTt Patterson, Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh LIE
gare. Mrs. Harriet Blaine BeaIe, Mrs
Julian James. Mrs John Rodgers. Miss
Hitchcock. Miss Wilson. Miss Louise Van
Dyke Jones, Miss Boardman, 8ir. de Oil
yedra, Senior Riano, Gist Blair, Edwin
Morgan, and John Van Ness Philip.
The Washington times., 1903-01-22

Mrs. Story gave a dinner OF twelve
covers last night. Her guests were Mr..
and Mrs. Story. IT., Mrs. MulIigan. Miss
Josephine BoaTdman, Miss PostIetbwalte,
Miss Howard, Baron Won Franckenstein,
Nj. Norman, Lieutenant Won Bredow, Mr..
V,auteTs. and Mr.. Ferguson.
The Washington times., 1903-01-22

Miss Mary Jennett Williamson, daugh-
ter OF Mr.. and Mrs. James 0. William
son. Of Baltimore. of 1920 North Airing
ton Avenue. and Eugene J. Higgins, of
Washington. we're married yesterday
morning at the Protestant Episcopal
Church Of the Ascension in Baltimore.
The Rev. Robert s. CoupIand, the rector,
performed the ceremony. There were no
attendants and only the members of the
immediate families were present. The
bride wore blue broadcloth. with hat and
gloves to match. Immediately after the
ceremony the couple left on a trip
North They will live in Washington
Miss Eleanor Strauss and George D
Levy were married in the drawing rooms
at Freund's last night The ceremony
was celebrated by RABBI l. Stern. of the
Eighth Street Temple. The brides gown
was of white mousseline with pearl and
diamond ornaments. She had no attend
ants. The ushers were Gilbert Daniels
and Gilbert Frieudlich, of Baltimore;
Edward Stern. Of Cincinnati. Harry Hahn.
and / David The best man was BenJa-
min Caudman, of Syracuse. y. Y. Mr.
and Mrs. Levy Will live in Indianapolis.
The Washington times., 1903-01-22
LuncheonS.

Mrs. Krogstadt entertained at lunch
eon Yesterday in honor Of Mrs. Knox.
The Washington times., 1903-01-22
Lansbt1rgh & Bro

store Opens $50 a. m; Closes $50 ?. IA
The Washington times., 1903-01-22

Mrs COLON de Witt and Miss de Witt
VIII receive this afternoon.
The Washington times., 1903-01-22

Mrs Dryden, wife of the Senator from
New Jersey, viii receive this after
noon. Senator and Mrs. Dryden have
taken the house Of Mr.. Whittemore. in
New Hampshire Avenue. for the win
ter.
The Washington times., 1903-01-22

Miss Gale entertained at luncheon
EaEterIaw.
The Washington times., 1903-01-22

Mrs. o. II. PIatt viii not be at home
this Afternoon owing to absence in Con
necticut
The Washington times., 1903-01-22

Miss Stoddard. Of 1905 Nineteenth
Street northwest, viii be at home this
afternoon for the last time this season.
The Washington times., 1903-01-22

Mrs. Kearns, wife Of the Senator from
Utah, VIII receive this afternoon from 3
TO 6 at the Raleigh.
The Washington times., 1903-01-22

VIII Not Receive.
Mrs. Hanna. wife Of the Senator from
Ohio, viii not receive today.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-24
Installment Plan "sharks. J

New York Commercial.
 Assemblyman Ullman has just rein troduced in the New York Legislature his bill flor the protection of buyers" that the upstate members were so large ly instrumental in defeating a year ago. It provides for the payment of an an nual tax of $500 fer the privilege of en- gazing in business on the installment plan and makes it incumbent on every person, firm or company so trading to give a bopd of $5.0O0 to insure the honest con- duct of the business
 The chief object of the bill is the se- curing of redress or protection for per sons who have paid a certain amount of selves unable to continue their payments. Take the case of a piano. for instance, or a set of furniture, a gold watch or a diamond oTuament-and all these classes of goods arc sold in vast numbers on this installment plan here in New York State every year. It not infrequently hap pens that on a purchase of $l00, say, the buyer is unable tO meet the last $15, 10 or $5 payment promptly; title does not pass to the buyer in most instances until all payments have been made; so. with an equity of $95 in a $100 plano or watch, the buyer is forced to see the article levied upon by tine seller and pass out of his possession irrevocably. The abuses under this sales-system have grown to enormous proportions in some branches of trade, and the wrongs inflicted by 1t already cry out loudly against the ini- Quity
 Not a few interruptions fellows engage in this installment business for the plain purpose of beating their customers. They solicit trade from just that class fo persons who would be most likely to default In the end-and their harvest is often a rich one. They not only get their pay for the goods sold. but get the goods back again in the end And the prices charged are often exorbitant up to the verge of extortion.
 A good many of this class would prOba- bly be unable to file an acceptable bond for 5000. If they should be, the az grieved buyer could sue on 1t and recover reasonable rebate for the money already paid by him Such a law would reduce to a minimum a most despIcal practice; and 1t is to be hoped that the inStallment-buying farmers who need blows. harvesters, buggies and parlor organs will not combine to defeat this bill as they did last year. The sharks in the installment trade ought to be weed ed out.
 As to the $500 annual tax we do not see the need of it wholly. The S500O bond would probably be quite sufficient to effect the object of tho bill.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-24
CHILD LABOR BILL,
ALABAMA EXECUTIVE COMMIT TEE HAS NOT ENDORSED
 ANY MEASURE.
Has a Measure in Preparation Possible Cooperation of
 Mill Men.

There was a statement yesterday in an afternoon paper that Representative H. J. Hall of Montgomery was to introduce a child labor bill in the Legislature this morning.
 A member of the Alabama Child Labor Committee was asked as to this report This gentleman eaid: MT. Halls bill has not received the endorsement of the Child Labor Committee and 1t is not in troduced at the suggestion of this Com mittee."
 This gentleman also added that the Child Labor Committee were at work on their bill and that 1t would probably be introduced within a few days. He said that he thought some consideration due to the mill men of Alabama who were showing a. disposition to unite with the Child Labor Committee in tho proposal of a bill that would be satisfactory to all concerned.
 The Alabama Child Labor Committee is as follows: Rev. Neal l.. Anderson, pr. B. J. Baldwin, Judge J.. B. Gaston, Judge Thomas G. Jones, Father OBrien, s. B. Marks, Jr., E. G. Murphy and Judge w. H. Thomas of Montgomery: Dr. J H. Phillips. Rev. John G. Murray, A. ]. Reilly and A. T. London of Birm- ingham; Erwin Craighead, John Craft and Joseph C. Rich of Mobile. Hon. Richard H. Clarke is a member of the local committee at Mobile.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-24

power over legislation, Limited veto passed. There is no opposition party in the legislature. The membership is almost unanimously Democratic. In a body so constituted, unquestionlbly the majority should rule. The Senate should follow the Houses example in this mat ter.
 The new Senate rule is that the roll shall be called on all amendments to @ bill This is in accord with article 64 of the new Constitution, which declares:
 No amendment to bills shall be adopt cd except by a majority of the House wherein the same is offered, nor unless the amendment with the names of those voting for and against the same shall be entered at length on the journal of the House in which the same is adopted. and no amendment to bills py one house shall be concurred in by the other unless vote be taken by yeas and nays etc.
 Some delegate with legislative experi- ence suggested that article, we do not doubt. He had in mind the ease with which amendments of the greatest im- portance were proposed and rushed through without the formality of a re- corded vote, and, in consequence,> with out receiving the consideration Of the members or imposing upon any one an individual responsibility. So this article was made part of the constitution and we shall have no more of that
 It is recognized that the new rule will give to the minority much room for filibustering with roll calls innumerable, but total result there will be a benefit Under such a rule there cannot be much unheeded legislation ''snaked in" by means of rash amendments
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-24
REAcHINa THE poLE.

Some months ago The Advertiser writ ing of the many fruitless efforts to reach the North Pole, expressed the opinion that if the pole is ever reached it must be done by what in military parlance is called gradual approaches" We have never had any faith in any dash to the poie'' theory, either by land and water or through the air. The North Pole is not a station to be reached by a single effort, as one might travel to New York, or as one might cross the plains or des- crts by caravan. If reached at all there must be a continuous and probably long continued movement.
 We notice that Lieutenant Peary has practically decided that the only way to accomplish his object is by some such method as we had suggested. He has made determined efforts to reach the much desired point, but he. like others, has always been baf11ed. The obstacles are apparently too great to be overcome by human effort. at least under present conditions. Now he has this plan:
 A strongly built ship of maximum DOW CT; minimum party. utilizing the Eski- mos exclusively for the rank and file; the establishment of Q permanent station or sub-base at Sabine; the formation of a chain of caches from Sabine to Heckla the establishment of a main base some. forcing the ship to winter quarters there; the redistribution of the entire tribe Of Whale Sound Eskimos, taking the picked men of the tribe on the ship, and dis 10 Nfh fsa AVf.. ments along the Grinnell Land coast, with the rear on the perennial walrus grounds at Sonntag bay and the head of certain summer navigation at Sabine, and the van at Heckla. and, finally an advance, in the earliest returning light of February. from Heckla northward over the polar pack with small. light pioneer party, follow ed by large, heavy main party, from which at intervals two or three sledges would drop out and return, until on the last stage but two or three sledges would be left.
 If success is ever possible it must come in some such method as this. Whether Lieutenant Peary is correct in detail re- mains to be seen or decided by actual trial but plainly he has outlined the only method of proceeding unless future dis coveries shall give us a power now lack NAS SA 4A@SeAol ObSloNlCSs HIS plan may require years but 1t at least offers hopes of success. A dash to the pole Is an lrridescent dream. but Pearys plan promises success. That success may come soon or may be delayed for years and though Peary may not see it or helr to achieve 1t much of the credit will be due him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-24
SATURDAY., $ JANUARY a4, 1908.
DoUBLE GOLDEN SYMBOL.

The American Newspaper Directory uses cer- tain signs tp 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 [ ol denotins ..golden,'' which stands for high quality. and is thus explained:
 Advertisers value this paper more for the class and quality of its circulation than for tho mere number of copies printed''
 Such papers are credited with single sym bol: but there is higher grade, according to this standard authority. which have BOTH cuALITY AND QUANTITY. and require the DOUBLE GOLDEN SYMBOL SNO to describe adequately their standing.
 The Advertiser has been accorded this double golden symbol G0oJ and is the only paper 70 distinguished in this section of ths South,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-24
A srUPTp LAW.

The Richmond Times characterixes as "a stupid law' the statutes of Virginia under which pistols and other weapons taken from persons convicted of a violation of the law against carrying con- ceaied weapons on the person are con- fiscated and put up for sale at public auction to the highest bidder.'' and adds:
 This law is travesty and should be repealed. The officers take these weap- ois from men who have violated the law, and yet, under the rule, must put them up and sell them to some other person, and so put the temptation in the way of the purchaser to violate the law which it is thus Intended to vindicate. We are in- formed that the revenue which the State receives from this source amounts to the paltry sum of s4o or $50 year, and is too insignificant to be considered, espe- cially in such connection. All such confiscated weapons should be destroyed. The State stultifes itself in selling the weapons and so putting temptation in the way of others.
 But by what moral right can the State take the private property of a citizen after punishing him for illegally using it? izing such confiscation but is 1t right and Just! IT Q man sells liquor in violation of law he can be punished for it but the State doesn't confiscates and destroy his goods in addition to punishing him. It occurs to us that a pistol may be the property of the owner, and while he may be fined and imprisoned for carrying it concealed 1t is still his property and the State has no right to take it from him unless the law makes confiscation part of the penalty. That might be made a legal act but not just one. And we do not see why the State has not as much right to sell the property as 1t has to de- stroy it. The plea that selling confs- cated weapon occasionally puts tempta- ton in the way of others is hardly ten- able.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-24
His Political Suicide.

Col. w. D. Mann in Town Topics.
 Regrets for the political suicide of Roosevelt will be general, for he was becoming one of the most popular of our Presidents Yet, when his whole career Is considered the Crum incident is not un- characteristic. He has always been ike the COW that gives good. rich milk-and then kicks over the pail. If, itching for notoriety and sensation, he desired to cX- pertinent with miscegenation in United States offices, why did he not appoint negro collector to some New England port, and enjoy the results of giving ne- gro worshipers some of their own medi- cine? Why did he not appoint a negro collector here in New York, where a lit- tie deeper blackness in Republicanism would not have affected the solid Demo- cratic majority. Why did he select a typical Southern city, in which there Is not only the old race prejudice, but the constant dread of attempted negro dom ination? 1 cannot believe that Mir Roose- velts object was to capture the votes of the negro delegates in the next Repub- lican convention, because moment s consideration would show him that re- nomination would be worthless if all the white voters were driven from him. No; this is a rare and sad case of midWinter madness--our ancestors would have called it possession by the devP'-and WIG can only mourn the loss of one who prom ised to rank with our most illustrious Presidents.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-24
CANE GROWERS CONVENTION
Prominent Growers and Manufactur CTS from All Cane e-growing States.

Jacksonville Times Union.
 Capt. D. c. Purse, the energetic and perseveFing President of the Savannah Board of Trade, was In Jacksonville d few days ago, and talked interestingly to a representative of The Times Union and Citizen about the forthcoming meet ing of the cane growers and syrup mak- CTS of the Southern States at Macon in April. The convention has already been called, and will bring together the first assemblage of men of the South engaged in this business. The meeting is bound to be largely attended. Delegates are promised from South Carolina, GeorgIa Florida, Alabama. Louisiana Mississippi and Texas. The more extended planting and manufacturing of sugar cane will be discussed and it is understood that, all of the well known manufacturers of SUI gar and syrup making machinery will be on hand to give such information and exhibitions may be desirable.
 number of prominent men will come to Macon especially to address the cane growers. among them being Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson. Dr. Wylie Messrs. Stubbs. Stockbridge and others
 Not only will the matter of taking in and utilizing lands that are now idle and turning them into cane fields be discussed. but the adulteration of cane syrup will come in for a great deal of att tention, and 1t will be practically known how greatly the adulteration of the com modity injures the legitimate business and actually ooes detriment to the commerce.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-24
New Legislative Rules,


 There have been two new rules adopted one in the House and one in the senate of the Alabama Legislature, anu o5 poth for the betterment of legislative proceed ure. The new rule in the House is to the effect that majority vote instead of a thre-fifths vote shall be sufficient 10 take a bill from a committee which has adversely reported it and place 1t on the calendar. This means simply that the majority shall rule. and that commit tee is but an advisory feature of the House It will he said that the new M maid to the committee's opinion; and that the House ought not, by mere ma tority vote. disregard the report or a com mittee This argues too much. II the House should not take ID a pill condemn ed by the committee, 1t should not refuse to pass a bill approved by ihe commit, tee; and yet the house has siwaNs, anu by a majority vote. done what IL pleased with bills favoraby reported adoptihg them or rejecting them, as Il saw Dt-
 There may have been time when lt was wise to give the committee sleelal
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-24
A CRIME TO MARRY.

Is it really becoming a crime to get married in this country? We don't refer to illegal. marriages which are made criminal by law. but it begins to look as if there is a design in some quarters to make the marriage of a woman an offense if not a crime. It is known that the head of one of the departments at Wash ington promulgated an order that any female clerk who should get married was to be retired nem con or nolens volens, or any other short and quick way. The Board of Education of the great city of New York however, has gone a step fur tilef and really makes it a penal offence for female teacher in the public schools to get married. Here is an extract from resolution adopted recently by the Board:
 It shall be the duty of a District su- perintepdent to bring to the notice of 1he Board of Superiniendents the mar riage of any such person in his district, and such fact shall be reported to the Board of Education, which may direct charges to be preferred against such teacher by reason of such marriage.
 Unfortunately we are not appraised of the exact nature of the charges which are directed to be preferred against such teacher or what grade of crime will be committed by a teacher who marries. The criminal statutes of New York probably have no mention of the crime of matri- mony, but that is not material, as the city has laws of Its own and if there is none punlshing matrimony ono can be enacted.
 Neither are we told what punishment the Board wishes to inflict on a girl teacher who commits matrlmony. A con temporary suggests that any woman thus offending may be sentenced "to refrain for life from supporting a husband by teaching school" This, however. would be a sort Of vicarious punishment, be- cause it would really be punishing the husband who might thus be deprived oi his sole means of support. That would be punishment for the man, we admit, but shall a woman be deprived of the privilege of marrying because she is will ing to assist her husband to maintain them both?
 But why should woman teacher, who is earning and receiving a good salary, be deprived of the privilege of continu- ing in her work, at least for a tmie, if she chooses to do so. IL is very true that a man should not marry unless he can support wife. but unless that Board is prepared to show that a married woman is less efficient at teaching than a single woman is we must be permitted to doubt the justice of the Boards ruling.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-24

District of Columbia. When look to the springs from which my blood descends. Scotchman. who was half English and a German woman who was half French Of my immediate proGenitors my mother was from New England and my father ment of origin and experience can only put on an aspect of deep humility in any gathering of the favorite sons. and confess that am nothing but an Amer ican,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-24
ROBSON MAY RESIGN.

''Hobson says he will not go to wicked Bremerton,' is a head line in a sensa- tionat newspaper which repeats what purports to have been statement given
 out by the famous young Alabamian in one of his lectures delivered in Ken lucky. The same newspaper quotes Sec retary Moody of the navy as saving
 ''Ah,- can hardly believe the officer said anything like that. l would not like to think he had said the things reported. Of course, if such statement is given general currency and is brought to the attention of the department an explana- tion will he asked for. But until there IS some coroboration officially. 1 prefer
 to believe some mistake has been made.
 The chances are that mistake has
 been made. It is a thousand to one that
 Captain Hobson never said any such thing or anything even remotely resem- bling such q declaration. To believe the
 story is to presuppose the young man to
 have gone entirely crazy. slice it would inevitably subject him to courtmartial and degredation. Besides, there could be
 no use, no reason, no possible excuse for him in a public lecture to f1out an official order from the Secretary of the Navy.
 But friends of Captain Hobson in Wash ingtOn incline to the opinion that he will resign rather than return to the hum- drum duties of a naval constructor. The condition of his eyes apart it is perhaps unfortunate for Captain Hobson that the
 country has made so much of hero of him. No other young officer of either fighting srm of the national service ever was given such & good or such profit able time. He has been received with open arms and glad shouts from one end of the country to the other, and multi
 tudes of the people have paid we'll to
 hear him talk. He talks well, and social
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-24

Mrs. Mildred B. Pierce in a card of date January 1T, announces the discon- tinuance of The Citronelie Times, of which she has for several years been ed- itor and proprietor. This course is taken because of more eligible interests which would not permit of division of her time and attention. Mrs. Pierce is a great fayorite with her newspaper asso- ciates and they will all wish for her great prosperity in her new field of endeavor.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-24

In our opinion Secretary Hay is about the most universal individual anywhere in public life. He Is almost as badly scattered as the man who declared that he twas born at Cape Cod and all along shore" or that son of a traveling show couple who said he seemed to have been born all over the country. Mir. Hay says Of himself:
 was born in Indiana, grew up in Ili- nois. I was educated in Rhode Island. and there is no blame to that scholarly community that I know so little. learned my law in Springfield and my politics in Washington, my diplomacy in Europe. Asia and Africa I have a farm in New Hampshire and desk room in the