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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-23

terests, but they all dsmonstrate very clearly that the intentions of the strikers were the worst possible, and that h these strikers did not accomplish Deir purpose of intimidating the physict4 this fall ure was due to the deternnned stand of the physicians themselves.
 Waterbury, 1t seems, had been union. ized;" that Is, an attempt had been made to put the city under the control of a combination of labor unions. which were affiliated with central body. The hat went forth that no one was to use the trolley cars. and it was for disregarding this fiat, and for using the cars in order to visit patients, that the physicians were boycotted. One of our correspondents sends us a graphic account (which we should like to print of how a body of influential citizens, including physicians. finally met in council, and by adopting an energetic policy broke the boycott up, or at least disarmed 1t of its terrors.
 The action of the physicians in Water- bury seems to have been resolute and successful. They persisted in attending to the sick and injured without regard to. the behests of a self-constituted and irresponsible authority. Their action Is an example to others. an example which others may have only too many oppor- tunities to follow in these times of social unrest. The physician is always q priv ileged person when he goes to the aid of a patient; even savages have recog- nized that privilege in him. Even in war the red cross is recognized. It were a poor showing for labor agitators If they were to make war upon the sick and dying.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-23
THURSDAY, APRIL 2s, 1903.
DOUBLE GOLDEN SYMBOL.

The American Newspaper Directory uses cer- tain signs to denote the relative standing and merit of the whole held of newspaperdom which comes under it's notice. and one of tisese signs is the mystic symbol [ ol denoting golden which stands for high quality. and Is thus explained:
 'Advertisers value this paper more for the class and quality of it's circulation than for the mere number of copies printed
 Such papers are credited with e single sym boi; but there is a higher grade. according to this standard authority, which have BOTH QUALITY AND QUANTITY. and require the DOUBLE GOLDEN SYMBOL l-~l to describe adequately their standing.
 fhs Advertiser has been accorded this double golden symbol ~ anu Is the only paper so distinguished in this section of the South.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-23
A Billion-Dollar Country.
New York World.

ANSW W OTTO.
 The Treasury Bureau of Statistics re. ports that from April 1. 1902, to March Sl, lsaS, inclusive. the imports of the United States for the first twelve months in our history reached a billion dollars The exports for the same period reached $l,l4 IS6.954. The recent increase in them renders it likely that by the end of the government fiscal year on June 30 they Will nave reached billion and half, and so have broken another record.
 Neither our imports nor our exports had reached half a billion dollars in 1870 Imports touched $750, ,00O. GOO fin 1S9O exports In 1880 passed the same sum and in 1S9. first passed the billion mark, recedins from 1t in the lean years" that followed But since 1897 they have been continuous ly above the billion.
 In some other respects this is a biiIor dollar country. We have one billion dol lar trust and six billion dollar railway
 groups. There is a billion dollars iY the savings banks of this State. Tht farm animals of the country are worti twenty billions
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-23
THE "RIaHTs OF PROPERTY" :"
Have Uniformly Been Upheld by De. cisions of the U. s. Supreme Court.

New York World.
 The complaints from certain quarters that the merger decree .interferes with the rights of property have familiar sound. Such remarks-and they have been many-are apt to appear ridiculous when historically considered years after ward. Thus in 1887 Chancellor Kent could write, 'I have lost my confidence and hopes in the constitutional guardianship and protection of the Supreme Court" His gloom seems little Justified by the fact that this august tribunal had simply refused to rule that franchise for a ferry over the Charles river granted to Harvard College in 1850 was almost two centuries later legally defensible as an exclusive monopoly! With the growth of traffic since then. imagine what calam- ity a contrary decision would have been! Time will doubtless show the merger de- cree to be also important far beyond it's present seeming as a recognition and pro- tection of the rights of the public and a conservative bulwark for safeguarding property.
 In fact, the higher Federal Courts have been jealous conservators of property rights. In 1879 the Supreme Court upheld the charter of Dartmouth College, al- though granted by the Crown before the revolution, as contract for the security and disposition of property held in trust rather than as a revocable privilege, when the State of New Hampshire sought to take back its gifts.
 In the legal-tender cases the rights of property as involved in the great mass of contracts and purchases made under the law were assigned as reason of much weight for upholding the power of Con- gress to pass an act the constitutionality of which was greatly doubted by many lawyers. The same Is true of the more recent income-tax decision, where the court by an unprecedented act of shuffiing fairly doubled upon it's tracks to reverse its own decision and to declare this most equitable tax upon the incomes of the rich and well-to-do nconstitutional--a de- cision which for the time unquestionably lowered the prestige of the court.
 More remarkable than anything else in the history of the Federal judiciary. how ever. was the long series of decisions wherein slavery was upheld and the fugi- tive slave law defended, eliminating in the famous Dred- Scott decision. which, as written by Chief Justice Fancy, stated and reafflrmed the right of property which white men held in black men. A court which did this in the face of the declara- ton that all men are endowed with an unalienable right to life. liberty and the pursuit of happiness" could scarcely be accused of disregard of property rights. Nor can the courts of today be justly So accused.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-23
THE OLD FURNITURE FAD.

Perhaps but few of our readers are aware of the present value of the old and antique furniture sometimes to be found in out-of-the-way places and m possession of those who do not realize that it is valuable. A late issue of The Hartford (Conn) Times says that experts in old furniture find more of 1t in the South than in any other part of the coun- try, and this is not surprising. Many of the first settlers of this section were tke well-to-do immigrants from the old coun- try who brought with them articles of furniture which were looked on as heir looms, and among which could be found some of the finest specimens of old world art. This old furniture has descended through generations that have followed each other from the days of the Cavaliers, for the furniture made in those days, like the houses of the period, was made for all time. and hardly anything but fire could destroy it. They builded not for a day or a year, bat for the future. and their work still stands as enduring monu- ments of faithful as we'll as skillful workmanship:
 The Times adds. referring to some of the finds in the South:
 Much of 1t has been discovered in the cabins of aged negroes who were former ly slaves. When these rare, carved old pieces of mahogany were discarded by their masters they were often given to the negroes, not understanding the valuation of them that would come later. A richly carved mahonany sideboard was found recently In chicken roost in one of the Southern States. The chickens roasted on tt every night, and it was worn and bat tered. This was bought by a dealer for a small sum, and after 1t was restored sold to customer for S250.
 We suppose 1t is hardly likely that any readers of The Advertiser will find such a bonanza in their chicken houses, but | 1t may be that some of them have pieces of old mahogany that would be worth much more than complete suite of mod ern furniture. Of late this antique furni- ture has been in great demand. espe- cially carved mahogany and rosewood It is a fad which may not last a great while, but 1t is genuine while it lasts and prices given for good specimens are almost fabulous. How long this demand will continue. no one can say. of course, but 1t is real while it does last. and those who have such stock on hand that they want to get rid of would do we'll to look into the matter and get prices before selling. There are doubtless some deal CTS who will take advantage of a pro spective sellers ignorance and obtain for trihe a piece of furniture of great value. as in the case referred to by The | Times.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-23
1 nm AUD rAxArroN.
The Fsirhope Courier. discussing tn subject of taxation, says:

The Fsirhope Courier. discussing the subject of taxsticn. says:
 The discrepancy in returns of land largely due te the the vicious policy of per. mIttfne the owner to fix the value on his own property, but while no other plan Is psactica ble with personal property. h would be vers easy for an assessor. or. better. a local assessing committee, to as- sess land values, In their communities with a very close approximation to abso- lute correctness. s
 The facts disclosed ought to he convinc- ing to farmers of the futiiity of personal CTS and merchants in the cities to bear as 2 large share of the tax burden as they have hoped. ~se s
 Tbere can never be equal and equitable taxation of real property in Alabama as long as the owner of the property puts his own valuation on it. or when it is left to the assessors to fix the values. If all men were strictly honest all would give in their property at its fair valuation. but that is a condition which can neither be expected nor hoped for until human nature Is changed. There are some who will give in their lands at what they are worth. but there are probably more who will not Then the one who, Is honest pays more than his share of tho taxes while the other man gets off with the pay
 rent of less than his share.
 In some States all the lands are valued bv csmmission appointed for that pur- pose. The lands are graded. and the commission places value on them ac- cording to their grades. which valuation stands until the commission acts again. By this method. 1t is true. there must be some injustice. because some lands will become more. and some less val uable during the term between meetings of the commission. but this is the most equitable plan of any that we have any knowledge of. If the commission fs com- posed of men who will do their duty. it will be impossible for the owners of real estate to escape paying their just share of the taxes.
 But while this plan practically insures equity in taxing real property. there Is no method known to man that can do the same for personal property. There is no method yet devised which will force men to be truthful or honest, if they are otherwise disposed, and there has been l no means found which will enable the assessor to ascertain the exact or approx
 innate amount and value of the personal
 property of man who is unwilling to disclose it himself. If he is willing to
 swear falsely as to what he has or as | to its value, there's an end and no human l law will reach him.
 It Is true, as intimated by The Courier,
 that the farmers are unjustly burdened because the greater part of their property is visible. while the man who has mil lions invested in stocks and bonds pays l nothing. It Is likewise true that very rich men have much valuable personal
 property which they fail to render and
 upon which no taxes are paid. Swearing
 on personal taxes Is such a common thing in New York, for example. that nothing else is expected, and we suppose the same thing obtains elsewhere. It Is not fair or just, but who will devise the remedy
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-23

twenty feet from the roof of . house without Injury. He had begun to think himself safe when. a .ew days ago. as he was walking across his yard. he stumbled over little puppy and broke his neck. That was the very irony of fate. After escaping such real and imminent dan gers to lose his life for a puppy which was probably not worth thirty cents was too bad. The account fails to say wheth- CT the pup was injured or not. but the chances are that he was not.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-23
BETTER COME YOURSELF

Int Chicago Tribune also discusses Mr. Cleveiand's New York speech, and takes occasion to remark that he will be able to discuss the negro problem more intelligently if he will spend few months in the South and learn by personal in quiry the feelings of Southern whites and the difficulty of getting the 'ungrudging cooperation he speaks of."
 Possibly. dear Republican grumbler. but Mir. Cleveland is not half as badly in need of that experience as are most of the Northern men who write about South ern affairs, including The Tribune editor in the list. Mir Cleveland knew what rot have said precisely what Southern man would have said. he came nearer to making a center shot than any other man from that section has done within our knowledge. Mir. Cleveland talked sense, which is more than some of the others do.
 The assertion of The Tribune in the same editorial that there is less disposi-
 tion to aid the negro now and more prejudice against him than there was a few years ago." is an assertion not founded on fact, but if 1t were true. The Tribune could easily learn the reason if it would put itself to just little trouble. If there is increased prejudice against or towards the negro, it is because of the unwarranted and impertinent inter-
 ference of certain Northern people. and because of the encouragement given to
 colored aspirants to racial equality. There is the cause of any lack of good feeling towards the negroes
 on the part of Southern men, and if The Tribune will set itself to eliminating the habit it's own, people have of minding the business of others, it will do more good than 1t can by criticising Mir. Cleve- land and those who. like him, know what to say and how to say it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-23
Mere Opinion,

Chicago Record-Herald.
 To some people truth is stranger than fiction because they have so little to do with the former.
 It doesn't take much praise to spoil the man who can't stand criticism.
 There are two kinds of men who fail Those who neVNr make enemies and those who make enemies they are afraid of.
 One idle rich man is more of a menace to society than sixty howling anarchists.
 If we cared moro for what men are than for what they have most of us would he looking around for new friends
 It isn't always safe to coAclude that a man is a genius simply because he neg lects his finger-nails.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-23

A woman in St. Paul. responding to the toast of An Ideal Man" said. along with other original expressions: T dare say that, if all the facts were known,
 man Is more of an absolute success than the mule" Well, we should say so-ln several respects. There are some men who have as much ob5tinacy. perseverity and kickativeness as any mule, but take them by and large the man has several advantages over the mule. beyond a soubt. -
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-23
The Steel Famine.
Boston Advertiser.


 Mayor Collins is not the only one around here to suffer from the steel famine. He cannot get the steel work needed for the Cove Street bridge. but he has plenty of company. The Boston and Northern road 1t had ordered, and the fault for the da- lay lies with the steel people. The New York Central has been held back nearly year in its work in putting better equip ment on the Boston and Albany for the same reason. A number of big buildings that had been planned are held back in just the same way.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-23
Monument to GoeheI.

The Goebel Monument Commission will expend N5,0O0 in the erection of a mon. ument to the lately assassinated Cover. nor of Kentucky. The commission hal accepted a design offered by Adams and Son, of Lexington. Ky. The monument about thirty feet in height. This heighi includes a ten-foot bronze figure of thu dead Governor in the attitude of speak. ing
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-23
Congressmen Who Were Printers.

The most popular trade among Com gressmen is that of printer. In the Sem ate the "art preservative" numbers among its devotees MT. Hansbrough. of North Dakota; Mir. Gallinger of New Hamp- shire. and MT Patterson of Colorado. In the House those who have served their time at the case are Livernash of Cali fornia, J. Adam Bede of Minnesota Cochran and Bartholdt of Missouri, Smith of Pennsylvania and Glass of Virginia.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-23
Can Be Counted On.
Huntsville Fl.

I1uHtSNilie fteTal0
 As usual your Uncle Grover Cleveland can be counted on to say the right thing at the right time. as Is illustrated in his speech delivered at Madison Square Gar den, New York City, the other day in which he stated that the South could best solve the negro problem. If Teddy had half the common sense that Cleveland has, he would treat he negro question the same way.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-23
A Bright Workingman.

E. E. Clark, the former railroad con- ductor who served on the anthracite strike commission, and now slated for As sistant Secretary of Commerce, first at- tracted the Presidents favorable notice by delivering a pithy address at con- vention of locomotive firemen last year. It abounded with common sense and re- suited in his Icing named as one of the coal strike arbitrators. His work on tha t body brought about his selection for the new office. Mir. Clark began life as To- comotive fireman and eventually became head of the order of conductors.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-23
The Meaning of It,

Jasper Eagle.
 President Roosevelt on his Western trip IS very free with that cheap article-ad- vice He is dealing it out in great chunks When boiled down, the meaning is about thls AS long as the trusts and com pines are enjoying great prosperity, the people should be satisfied and grin and bear 1t. continue to vote the Republican ticket and raise big families. all of which Will Do helping support the trusts"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-23

society to say a word for the unhappy Holsters who are broiled alive for the benefit of gourmands." Well. you know it is said of the els that skinning them alive has been practised so long that they have become used to 1t. Possibly Holsters are in the same condition.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-23

A Mir. Soule. of Massachusetts, argues that when President is elected ''he should cease to be the President of any party. but should receive the respect and support of the entire community" We'll, just let one President act on that the parties indiscriminately and see how he would come out. His own party would cruelty him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-23

Evidently there is a great deal of in- difference in the matter of giving in property for tax assessment in Cleburne County. The Cleburn. New Era is now publishing a list of notices to delinquent taxpayers, and there is total of nearly 2,OOO notices to owners unknown" It required seven pages of the paper to hold the notices. The tax due on each piece will average about six dollars.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-23

The New Decatur Advertiser is talk ing about bringing libel suits against some of its contemporaries because they newspaper. That would be a slim foun- dalton for a libel suit, we should say If they had accused Bro. Hildreth of sell ing himself there would be something to kick at
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-23
The Boycott in Waterburv,

Philadelphia Medical Journal.
 We have received letters from several of the physicians whose names were black listed recently by the strikers in Waterbury. Conn. and who in conse- quence were supposed to be suffering from the effects of a boycott. Our correspond ents as a rule make light of the affair la so 6aI~aA 1t affected their material in-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-23

Referring to the proposition to make Mir. Bryan Chairman of the National Democratic Committee. The St. Louis Globe-Democrat remarks that the spec tacle of a corpse at two funerals acting as hearse driver at the succeeding obse- quies would be somewhat new" That's real mean in The G.-D.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-23
Measuring.

lSondon Punch.
 Mir Morgan has at last become the vic- thu of too much trust. He is stated to have been duped by the famous Paris art forgers Meanwhile. suspicion is the even entertained as to the Portrait of Rembrandt, by Himself." in the Louvre. Such fears are, however. groundless. We nave seen the picture, and he Is undoubt- ediy by himseh
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-23
Something Awful.

Shenield Reaper.
 The Montgomery Advertiser has done something awful to The Lowndes News. That paper no longer wields high classics and jaw dislocators on the masses toiling under the burden of simple rudimentaries. The Advertiser spoiled the Lowndes edi- LOT pleasure and the incomprehensibil- ity Chats genuine Blue Back) of his read CTS. 'Tso.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-23

It Is very easy to rail at Mir. Cleveland, but answering him is a very different proposition, though a few Northern newspapers think they are doing it. To them 1t is not out of place to ay:"Cease, viper, you gnaw file"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-23

Col. Tomlinson Fort writing in The Times of the Presidential of 1sso incidentally alludes to Hon. Marshall B. Johnson as candidate for Vice-President on the ticket with Douglas. This shows how easily even a great mans name may be forgotten Herschel V. Johnson was the name the writer should have used.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-23

''The only difference we see in The Alabamian," remarks The Marion County Democrat, lis that it is fighting the Democratic party by different crowd" |" And is doing as little harm, 1t may be added
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-23

The Leavenworth Times announces with much positivity that Roosevelt has four years to serve after his present term ex- pires Possibly he has, but we are not betting on it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-23
Worse Yet.
Baltimore American,


 PhysiciaE-WeIl. Auntie Chloe, we'll have you out in a day or so. I'll give you make your rheumatism go down in defeat. Auntie Chloe-Great hebbens! Whatevah you do. doctah. doan' make it go down in de feat. cage I has t stan up an do big inin' tomorrohi
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-23
Should Feel Ashamed.

Dothan Home Journal.
 A man who reads a paper and refuses tention is called to his indebtedness. should feel ashamed of himself
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-23
A Plan Suggested.
M0hila Ttoy

MOblIe Item.
 If the leading cities of Alabama would provide creditable exhibits of their man. ufacturing and business interests. ship ping and the timber mineral and agricul- State would be fairly well represented, and the cost would fall heavily on no one.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-23

The Oakman News boasts that it can run newspaper without the patronage of the local merchants Good for The News, but not at all creditable to the merchants of Oakman.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-23
He Caught Them.
Selma Tim,

Selma Times.
 When Grover Cleveland made those spoken remarks about Uncle Tom s cabin and the negro he caught many a southern Democrat who has been 'op-
 posed to him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-23
Between Friends.

Chicago News.
 Mayme-I hear you are going to be married again.
 Edyth--Again? Why, I've never been tied up yet.
 Mayme-No; but can't recall the num- Der of times you were going to be-"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-23
Wrong Theory.
Chicago News.

ChIcaRo News.
 The cranks who object to kissing make me weary remarked the Jayville philos- opher. One would think that to hear them talk that a girls mouth was merely