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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-12
REPORT OF ADMIRAL CAPPs.
Discusses Building of Warships il
 Navy Yard.

Washington, Nov. 11.--Although re- eognizing the desirability Of having some of the government yards equipped for building naval vessels of the largest size. Rear AdimarI W. L.. Capps, chief constructor of the navy, in his annual report. published at the navy department today says that the repairing and overhauling of the fleet must at all times remain the most important work of the navy yards and In times of war their resources will be taxed to the utmost in performing such work. The navy Is increasing so rapidly that ample work will be pro- vided for the navy yards by the re- pairs and refits' alone"
 Of the work on the battleship Con- necticut. building at the New York yards the chief constructor says that despite every effort to reduce the cost of this first battIeship to be con structed in a government navy yard. to the most economical basis, 1t can hardly be hoped that the work will be done as cheaply as when performed in private shipbuilding yards whose rates of pay for nine hours wark, are in many cases, less than those being paid for eight hours work at the navy yard in New York. It may also be noted that private ship yards do not pay tHclE peE u1olu omptOy0S TOT uoils days or when on leave. whereas very large proportion of per diem employees on the Connecticut receiv<Apay for fif- teen days, leave and seven public holi- days during the year without work being done in return therefor"
 He adds that the satisfactory re- suits obtained with the Connecticut have been accomplished without unus- ual effort.
 Attention is called to the urgent necessity for adequate docking facili- ties for vessels of the fleet and for the building of additional piers and general improvement of sthe berthing facilities at the several navy yards Admiral Capps earnestly recommends that the department permit the detail of three officers of the construction corps assistants to the Bureau of Construction and Repair. Many im- provements in the navy yards are re- commended, but the estimated cost of this work is not included in the por- ton of the report made public today
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-12
Negro Taught That He is
 a Negro.
Whit, People Who Have, Employed His Pupils Speak in Praise of Their Training-TAe Princt-
 pal . Remarkable Negro.
BY WILL T.sHEEHAN.

Huntsville, Nov. 11.-(staff Corre- spondence)--The catalogue of Profess sor w. H. Councils school four miles from here bears the title the "Agricul- tural and Mechanical College of Ala bama for Negroes"
 Thero is something significant in the way the word of race designation IS used. 1t shows at once that the col lege is not an institution for colored students or Afro-Americans. There Is quite a difference between an Afro American or a colored person and a negro. The Southern man knows the difference. He infinitely prefers the negro.
 The negro is a better citizen of the South than the Afro-Anerican. He is more self reliant and mark this, he Is more self respecting. The self re- specting negro is not a fomentor of trouble. His time is not spent in whining out his grievances to those who sympathyz with him fro ma dis- tance, grievance against the Southern people to whom he is under obligation and, who let it be said to the credit of the negro, is under obligation to the negro race.
 The negro has a race to run, song to sing and a work to do. They are things he must do in his own good time. Nobody can do them for him. It Is the negro who is doing these things, not the Afro-American.
 The Work of Council.
 The white people of Alabama be-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-12
PRECIOUS POTATOES.
New varieties that Command Attention
 and Bring Remarkable Prices.

New varieties that Command Attention
 and Bring Remarkable Prices. Cleveland Leader.
 New potatoes are the fad of the hour in England. Not new potatoes in the sense that the term Is ordinarily used,
 but potatoes of new varieties, apparent " so fruitful that the yield of a given acfeage of land may be doubled or trebled by the use of seed which is sold at the rate of s or $10 a pound. At one auction sale of a famous new po- tato no less than s65. 70 was paid for one tuber. At a meeting of growers In Lincolnshire not long ago 1t was agreed that no potatoes of another variety, called the Recorder. should be
 sold this year for less than 100 pounds,
 or $4S7 a ton.
 Such prices for potatoes, In an old
 and sober minded country little given
 to fads or to running popular crazes into the ground, show what may be hoped for from ingenuity and scien- tific research applied to the needs of lagriculture What Luther Burbank has
 been doing in California by his mar velously skIllful and patient labors in
 the development of new fruits, new vegetables. and new flowers, can be
 done elsewhere by other men if they | bring to the problems which he has lattacked equal resources Of patience Ingenuity and devotion to the purpose sought.
 It Is well worth while. No truer say
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-12
Jesse Yarbrough AcquItted.

Jesse Yarbrough. who was charged with the murder of V. Phillips. white man, who had shot and killed Jack Yarbrough. father of Jesse, has been released from the county jail. being acquitted on a preliminary hearing. D. Whitehead. another white man, has been arrested on a warrant charging him with the murder of V. Phillips. It seems that Phillips and Jack Var brough were playing cards in the rear of Yarbrough's store. A dispute arose and Phillips shot Yarbrough 'to death. Phillips was shot to death. The son of Jack Marlborough was arrested. It is now claimed that whitehead was fin charge of the store when the card game was on and that he instead of Jesse Yarbrough, is responsible for the kill ing of Phillips.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-12
A MadIson County FaIr.

Huntsville, Nov. 11.-(Special. IA Huntsville Chamber of Commerce to CO., operate with the Madison County Farm ers' Club in the matter of having q county fair here. The Chamber of Commerce expressed itself last night at being unanimously in favor of the project. The question of holding an. nual fairs has been agitated here sev- eral weeks. The owners of the old fair grounds have offered the grounds at a small rental. Fairs used to be held here every season and they brought thouSands of people to Huntsville, To- cated new settlers. besides developing Madison County into the acknowledged best agricultural county in Alabama.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-12
NoveI ManAamna euif.

Mandamus proceedings have been in . stituted to compel the County Canvass ing Board of Jefferson County to cer- tify to the Secretary of State that S. J. Tillman of Bessemer. and R. L.
 Williams of Birmingham. received votes for Justices of the Peace in the election on Tuesday. The proceedings are novel, inasmuch as 1t relates to offices which have no existence at the present time, but which may be brought into being by a decision of the Supreme Court. The Legislature passed acts abolisfing the offices of Justice of the Peace in Birmingham. Pratt City. Ems les and Woodlawn and creating infe- rior courts to take their places. Some question has been raised as to the com stltutionality of these acts and on the contingency that the Supreme Court might declare them void. R. l.. Will Hams of Birmingham, and 6. J. Tillman of Bessemer, announced that they were candidates for Justice of the Peace and votes were cast for them as such can didates at the respective boxes last Tuesday The Canvassing Board today refused to certify to the election of Messrs. Tilluan and Williams as Jus proceedings followed. The matter will go through the courts, SO 1t was an- nounced this afternoon. The canvass of the votes in Jefferson County was completed today and the certificate of election will be sent to the Secretary of State tomorrow.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-12
.wnrrnnt for H. R. Parrlrh.

M. B. Seals, a conductor. on North Birmin gham car. appeared before Clerk McElrath of the Inferior Criminal Court this morning and swore out a warrant charging Hollis B, Parrish with assault with a knife and disorderiy conduct.
 Parrish was passenger on the North Birmingham car which left the city at o'clock last night. He became involved in a dispute with the conduc- tor as to the payment of fare. Parrish is alleged to have drawn a knife when the conductor attempted to eject him from the car. The conductor succeed ed in putting him off the car.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-12
CROWD ATTACKS oHAuFFEUn.
His Machine Had Run Down and Killed
 Italian Woman.

New York. Nov. 1.-The timely ar rival of squad of policemen probably has saved the life of William Wander Hayden. a chauffeur. whose electric brougham had run down and killed an unknown Italian woman In Seventh Avenue at the Twenty ninth Street crossing.
 The chauffeur was attacked by a big crowd who witnessed the accident. He was bea ten down, the clothes were torn from his body and when the police ar. rived he was unconscious. The hrougham was running at good speed and the woman was hurled some distance and the heavy machine, it's speed unchecked, ran over her body. Wander Heyden made an attempt to catch the woman by leaning over the frent of the car, but to no purpose.
 He was quickly attacked by hundreds of iAan and boys and beaten to the grouEA The police soon arrived but had to use their clubs freely to disperse the angry crowd.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-12
WIRES FOR SEABOARD
INDICATIONS or APPROACH ID
 BIRMINGHAM.
Fteixht Txains win Dc Running fn Month and Pnsnenger schedmie Will be Estabitshed First ef
 InmuaEy.

Birmingham, Nov. Especial. )---W r. Williams, Superintendent of Tsis- 1raph of, the Seaboard Air Line Rail- road. headquarters at Portsmuth, ts ir Birmingham arranging for the string ing of wires into Birmingham alene the line and placing telegraph wfret into the yards, shops and depots of the new railroad in Birmingham.
 Within the next few weeks the Sea- board Air Line Railroad will have trains running to this city. Freight trains VIII be in operation to Birming- ham within the next three or four weeks while a regular passenger schedule will be put on by January fst MT. Williams will string sufficient wires to take care of the Seaboard's business for some time to come, no matter how rapid It's business grows.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-12

We were carried to large room
 rs.s. th. sntire school was assem- h,sd for religious instruction. The nsatnoss of the students in their dark biue uniforms was in Keeping with the neatness of the buildings.
 .oIa Jubilee songs.
 For the visitors ,ne students sang the old jubilee songs. There IS some thine efsective and touching about the oIs nlantation songs, sang with the nathos and the barbaric sweetness that oniv negro singers can throw into them.
 These exercises introduced to mo- tice Rev. s. IT. Clanton, the chaplain of fine 'school and Councils first lieu. ta,,,nt in his work. The preacher Is novv as, old man, a full-blooded negro but he is eloquent and earnest and his ideas as to what is best for the race are similar to the ideas of Council.
 John H. Wallace of Huntsville. in response to an invitation to speak had told the students of the school ot the high esteem. the pride that Hunts vile felt in the school. He had g word to say for the good department of the students and he declared that the Southern white man was under ob- ligation to the negro for the part he played in slavery in the upbuilding of "that grand domain of tho old South. [" In an eloquent speech which follow ed, Clanton declared that he felt that the words of the speaker were true. that the negro had had a part in the up- building of the South. A slave and as rreemau. He played his part as q slave" said the speaker. He played 1t we'll. The negro Is a free mar now and he should show that he can do better as a free man than he did as a slave. He is do- ing that and it is our endeavor, the work of our lives. to have him do even better" But the closing word. the most sig. nificant word, was said by Principal Council.
 "Our school has been established here ct Huntsville for nearly thirty years. Our students have been abou, the streets, on the farms and in the stores of the white people of this County. They have met all classes xoi people on the public roads and in oth. CT places. In that whole time not s single complaint, ot~one. has besr brought to me that a student of this school has been guilty of improper conduct or of using insulting Ian. guage."
 Other people say this besides Coun- ell. The white people of Madison County and the white people of Hunts vile say this and other things in praise of the department of the stu. dents of the school.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-12
work vii Centinue.

Announcement Is made that there will be no interruption in the steady operation at the Commercial Coal Companies mines on account of the contention that there was a misunder- standing as to the temporary contract made with the union miners on July 1st, the contention being that there was to be a steady rate until a permanent contract was made. The miners recently announced that iron prices warranted an Increase oe 1-2 cents per ton in the mining wage. The Galloway Coal and Coke Company posted notice yesterday that the new rate would be paid. The Alabama Consolidated Coal and Iron Company gave notice the first of this week that the new rate would be accepted by it. Tomorrow morning the Commercial Coal Operators Association will meet and there Is no doubt but that the ad-
 vance for the miners will be consented
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-12
HAY AS SECRETARY Or sTArr.
He Will Hold His Portfolio tynt,, .s.r.s
 4. l0OO.

 Washington. Nov. 11.-Preaidant Roosevelt made the announcement thaf John Hay would continue as ecretarv or State during the four years be9ir- ming March 4, next:
 You may positively state" were his words. that Mir. Hay will continue as Secretary of State up to the fourth of March 19O9.'
 The president was asked regardfnr other possible cabinet changes, but indicated that there was nothing to be said at present.
 His announcement regarding secre- tary Hay was made to a number of newspaper correspondence in his of- flee late in the afternoon. Mir. Hays succession to the State Department portolo fixes the most innnorfant place in the new cabinet and fs the first and only step so far taken in tass direction.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-12
RoRREp oF JEwELRY.
Mrs. R. l.. Glenn of Florence Lest
 &I,500 in Gems.

Florence Nov. 11.--(SpeciaI l--rhs fact has just leaked out that on Sep tember 2S, the day Wallace's circus ex- hibited in this city. Mrs. R. l.. GlenE was robbed of s1.50O worth of jewelry, The entire family with the exception of Mir Glenn, who was out of the city attended the circus that evening. On their return they found indications that the house had been entered and an investigation soon disclosed the fact that the jewelry was missing.
 When Mir Glenn returned home, L. ! Koch. a detective of Nashville. was put on the case, and it Is now believed that clues have been discovered that will lead to the recovery of the property.
 MT. Glenn has offered a reward of S250 for the return of the Jewels.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-12
Clayton Msy he Postmaster.

J. W. Clayton. prominent grocery merchant of Ensley. has been endorsed for appointment as postmaster at the steel suburb and 1t is believed will get the job at the hands of President Roosevelt. MT. Clayton is chairman of the Republican Beat Committee at Ensley and is also a member of the State Republican Committee. T. J. Lawler, the present postmaster at Ems ley, rendered his resignation a few days ago. His commission expires shortly
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-12
Athletic Cluh Rohbed.

A thief entered the Athletic Club last night and stole forty-two gold medals and two razors. Nearly all the medals were the property of Ed Warren and Sid B. Jones and were trophies of vic tories on the track and field and gym nasium. Some of them were set with jewels. Their intrinsic value is prob ably $500. but the sentiments associ- ated with them Is not to be estimated in money.
 The colored porter of the club acci- dentally broke the glass in a transom over one of the windows in the rear Of the building yesterday afternoon and the thief effected entrance by reaching through the break in the transom and unlocking the window. He then went upstairs to the sitting room. and open llng the case containing the medals,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-12

ing was ever uttered than that he wba makes two blades of grass grow where one grew before deserves well of man.
 kind. There is unmeasured opnortun. ity In this country. and in every other land where agriculture is carried on as a science as well as a business. for the in soil and climate.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-12
TOBACCO GROWERS ORGANIZE.
wilI Endeavor to Control the Price c
 LOOa0 Leaf.

Lynchburg, Va, Nov. 11.--with dele- gates in attendance from many of the Southern tobacco belts. the planters today organized what win be known as the American. Tobacco Growers Assoc iation. The organization Is for the purpose of epdeavoring to control the price of the loose tobacco.
 The officers are: President. E. |. Davenport, Cisney. Ky; Secretary. c. H. Taylor. Bedford, County. Virginia. Executive Committees: H. B. sherman. Indianapolis. Ind: W. D. Price. Char lotte, County. Virginia, and L. N. Robertson, Owensboro, Ky.
 The next annual meeting will be held at Owensboro. Ky. There were forty delegates present.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-12
MAY DECORATE MORGAN.
kinE Victor Grateful for Return c
 Stolen Cope.

stolen Cope.
 New York, Nov. ll.--on the proposal of the Italian Minister of Foreign Af- fairs, King Victor has decided. cables The Worlds Rome correspondent, to send to J. P. Morgan. of New York, the insignia of the knight of Crown of Italy as a testimonial of the gratitude of the Italian nation for the return of the Ascoli cope to the Italian Govern mei1t.
 decoration will also be sent to General Di Cesnola. Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York, for the part he took in obtaining the return of the cope.
 Mayor MaZzoni. of Ascoli. has opened a public subscription In order to offer Mfr Morgan valuable gift in the name of the city which had lost the precious relic. A large sum already has been obtained.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-12
ItaI,ans Celebrate.

Birmingham Italisns today celebrated the thirty-fIfth birthday of Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy. American and Italian flags were displayed at the residences and business houses of the Italian citizens. Birmingham has quite a large Italian colony.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-12
$S.s5 MOBILE AND RETURN, ss.sS.
 Via l.. l& N. R. R.
 U. c, VI. Ssnfe Reunion.

Tickets will be on sale November I4th and 18th, good for return to No- vember 18th. Proportionately low rates from all points in the State.
 tf w L. Beasley, ?. A.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-12
AIahama at Depnrtment.

Washington. Nov. 11.--Rural free delivery route No. 1, Is ordered estab~ County, serving 5s4 persons and i9s houses John W. Prim. appointed regular. George F. Martin. S1hsttkuta carrier for rural route l. at Randolpn.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-12

rifed 1t. The rszors which he picked up were the property of Professor Harry Miles. The police are at work on the case.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-12

Professor Council is the author of five books. They are yet in manu- script form although the books he has offered have been quickly accepted by the publishers and he has very satis- factory offers fer the others His books are The Silver Lining" his Book of Speeches, his Autobiography and his Book on Teaching.
 The preface and the introduction of
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-04-23
Bessie Witworth, 95.1; John Jones', 95.1
Marie Taggart. 95.1.
CHESAPEAKE CITY PUBLIC
SCHOOL.
Report for the month of March :

Report for the month Of March -
Seventh Grade-ncm Morgan, $50;
John Hopper. 9S.3: James Vaughan.
@.2; Dora Tumey. 95.S; Carroll Br;stow.
81.
Sixth Grade-Ray Mailman, 98S; Har-
old Carter, 9S.S: May Foster, 91.6; Geo.
ROrcm, OIL; Roland Bedwtl. &.6;
Rachel Ioveless. 965: Anna Hevelow,
9G.4; Carl Griffin. &.4; Gladys Banks,
96.3: GusSie Egee, 9G.1: Irvie Griffith,
96.6; Lizzie Tatman. 9G; Lesley Bristow,
95.1; Herbert Hannigan. 95.5: Florence
Rlanstield. J5.4; Mary Carpenter. 95.2.
Fifth Gradc-IIaIrict PeuTre. 81 War
rem BriStow. $50; Mary Barwick, 95.4
Lizzie Rhoades. 90.
Fourth GInde-K0te Lotnmr, 97.5;
Claude Lake. 97.1: Evelyn Spear. 81;
Ruth Morgan. 9G.S; Gertrude Carter 81;
Kettle Lovclc~r>. OIL Lidie Sager. 95.T;
Chnrie Stnpp. 95.4.
Third Gradr--Dnvo Savin. 9G.7: Cena
pcarcc. 9G.G; Maggie Lum. $3.50: Vernon
Lake, 96; John Banks, 95.G; Mamie Neal
90; Cora Mccall, %.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-04-23

VI. NJ. Austin, of Winchester, Ind,
His wife had such an unusual case of
stomach and liver trouble, physicians
could not help her. He thought of and
tried DR.. Kings New Life Pills and she
got relief at once and was finally cured
Only % cents at all Drug Stores.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-04-23
ELKTON PUBLIC SCHOOL. no. II

Report for the month of March =
Sixth Gradc-Anna Wells, 991; Eli
zabCth Drcnncn. 99.G; LOttic King. 30;
Anna Bowland, 9S.S; Ada Denny, 9S.1;
Helen Digney. 91.S; Mary Homework
97.7: Rose Jones. 81; Edith Alexander,
91.3; Alfred Lancaster, G.S; Rosa Par
ker, $3.50; LIME Parker, 9G.6.
Fifth Grade-Elizabeth Scott. 99.3;
Charles Rambo, 99l; Hannah Wilson,
9S.S: Raymond Witworth, 9S.1; Martie
Bowand, go; Emma Minister, 81;
Mary Moore, 97.5 Ellis Nathan. 91.3;
Willie Femton, 81; Milton Ball, 800.
Fourth Gradc-Esther Terrell, 9S.3;
Eleanora Zolper, 97.S; Alice Whiteman,
a7.5; Ruth Price, 96.7; Emmaleen Zol-
per, 96.7; Clarence Rambo, 30.
Third Grade-Al.ine White, 9S1;
Pearl Wilson, 97.7; Miriam Alexander,
97.3; Helen George, 97.2; Charles Hemp
hill, 97.2; Emily Frazer, 97.1; Susie
Booth, OH; Elizabeth Conaway, 81;
Crystal Moore, 81; Ethel Biddle, 96.5
John Karl, Sc; Edward Brown, 9o.5;
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-04-23

u feel as if | should fly 10 pieces"
How often those words are on a woman's
lips. They express to the uttermo~t the
nerve rackcd condition of the body, which
makes life Il daily martyrdom.
If this condition mad come suddenly it
would have been undesirable. But the
transition WIS gradual. 4 little more
strain each day on the nerves. A little
more drain each day of the vitality. Any
woman would be glad to be rid of such
Il condition. Every woman tries to be
rid Of it. Thousands of such women
have been cured by DIR. Picrce'S treat
merit with his "Favorite Prescription
when local doctors had entirely failed to
cure.
"Fnvoritc Prescription contains no
opium. cocaine or other narcotic.
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Mission Work Of Presbyfery.

Delt -;tcr> from the various Woman $
Home ami FUrri-n Mi:>i".AIy Societies
"r New Carle Prlt,llyt,ry were in $50
,in@ ut Salisbury, on Wednesday and
Thurs ';y Of lfSt week. Mis-. Eva Is.
THy,mr, of Wilmington. of the Fur,ign
Sur:,ty presided "n "Wednesday and Mrs.
w. X. Crosby. of Wilmington. of the
IIrn" Sprirty presided OH Thursday.
81, 1O1c9 WAS expended for foreign and
81. Ho5S fDr home missionary purposes
by thr societies during the year.
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LESLIE SCHOOL.

Report for the month Of March -
Seventh Gragl,-Anua Logan, 99.1;
Russell Devine. 99.1.
Fifth GlHdp-Blanchc Logan. 90; Mall
coin Logan. 9S.1.
Fourth Gludc-Mollic Benjamin. 9S4
ThomaS Bryson. 9S.1: Amos Whitehead,
9LT; Edward Russell, or; Margaret
Leonard. 81; Ella Taylor 90; Lena
Dcvine 92.4.
Third Grade-Alic Oldham, 99.1
johnson Logan. 9T.G.
Second Grade-Belloneida Benjami
9S.1; Emory Tasker, 9S.5: Anna Oldham,
9S.