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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-24
AnoUT rUrAULA.

A lady writing to The Advertiser from Eufanla wants us toN give her "the meaning of the word. and anything else you may happen to know about the tribe of Indians of that name"
 Our correspondent asks us a hard question. and one that we are unable 10 answer deHnitely. Like many others ct the Indian words which have become so familiar in Alabama this one has changed it's form in it's transmigration from Indian to English. The earlier writers wrote it Yufaula, and this is probably as near as can be given of tho sound of the original word. If it ever he'd a deanks meaning--and we've lit- tie doubt that 1t had--it has been lost We have made diligent search of quite a number of vocabularies, and in the histories and accounts of the early travellers and historians without being able to find any meaning for the word. It doubles had a significance. but 1t IS now unknown.
 There was no tribe of Indians of that name that we have any account of, but there were in the old Creek Nation at least three Yufaula towns. One, be- longing to the Upper Creeks, as they were called. was situated on Yufaula Creek or as Colonel Hawkins calls 1t, Yufaulau-hatche. which ran into the Coosa River fin what is now Tailadega County. There was another Upper Creek town of the same name on the West bank Of the Taliapoosa River. in the present county of that name. It was a small town, but in Hawkins's time. about 1797, the Indians had pretty good stock of hogs and cattle. and claimed to have 70 gun men," as their warriors were called.
 The other Yufaula was what is known as Lower Creek town, and was on the East bank of the Chattahoochee, but they had settlements extending seven or eight miles down the river. Colonel Hawkins says they were poor but adds that a number of them had negro slaves. As lately as 1882 the census of the town showed 22s heads of families. The present town on this side the river has changed its spelling to Eufaula and that is the way the word is written in all modern writings, and in postofice directories and the ge-, ographies and atIases.
 And that Is about all we can tell our correspondent.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-24
Strange Views on Bankruptcy Act.

Chicago Record-HeralJ.
 The bankruptcy act passed by Con- gress in 1893, though admittedly defec- tive, was not exactly piece of nasty and thoughtless legislation. For years a national banyruptcy law had been urged by boards of trade, credit and yers of the country. Elaborate argu- ments had been made to show the need of Federal Jurisdiction of bank ruptcy proceedings and the great ben eft to the commerce and industry of the United States reasonably to be an- ticipated as a result of the change.
 In 1903 the act referred to was amended substantially after a full dis cussion of the benefits and drawbacks which it's application had disclosed. Since then there has been no active interest in the question, generally sup posed to have been settled and settled right-in accordance with the require- ments of the business interests of the nation.
 To the surprise of the entire business community, apparently, the Judiciary committee of the House recently re- ported with a favorable recommenda- tion a bill for the repeal of the na- tlonal bankruptcy act and the retroces- sion as 1t were of Jurisdiction to the States Tho contention is that the measure was in the nature of emerg- ency legislation; that the country, be- without hurt. dispense with 1t. and that in the event of panic or disaster again overwhelming the country it might then be advisable to enact a temporary bankruptcy law"
 These are curious reasons for the proposed repeal of the law. Granting that in prosperous times little use Is made of a national bankruptcy law. the real question is, whether 1t has done or can do any harm during the period of comparative mon n-use."
 minority of the committee has made a dissenting report in which the strange emergency theory Is vigor- ously combatted. The existence of the national bankruptcy system, say the signers, has done not little to pro- duce the very condition in which the majority sees a ground for repeal Every creditor has been treated with fairness discrimination has been elim- mated, and in consequence the whole fabric of credit has been strength ened Why return to State laws, di- verse in provision and practice and permitting in many cases preferences to resident creditors? The setting up of State lines in business Is hardly consonant with recent and impending developments and with the present construction of the interstate com merce law.
 Is tho Federal system unjust and op- pressiVa? If so, let that fact be estab- lished and suitable amendments will be proposed. Since no such allegation is definitely made by the committee, talk about unfortunate debtors is rather irrelevant The act was passed in the interest of honest debtors quite as much as in that of creditors.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-24
sidewalk PenciIimas $
Ner Conmerclal CIub.

Tt is a most encouraging sign for Alabama to note the continued organization of commercial clubs over the State said a Montgomery business man.
 Tt has been but few weeks since a Commercial and Industial Associa- tfon was organised at Enterprise. Tues- day the Montgomery Association was requested to send copies of its con stitution, bylaws and other literature to Newton. where a similar organiza- tion has just been perfected.
 Yesterday H. D. Boyd, Jr., of Troy was a caller at the rooms of the Com mercial and Industrial Association with information that in a few days the leading business men of Troy would organize q Commercial Club. He too, was supplied with copies of constitu- tion, bylaws and other literature. He states Southeast Alabama Is determin- ed to be heard in the industrial re- vival now going on over the State"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-24
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY s4, 1905.
A QUEER LAW.

Illinois Legislators are proposing a somewhal novel plan to break up the pistol habit, a bill having been intro- duced into their Legislature making 1t a States prison offence for any pro- fessional criminal" to carry a concealed weapon Under that law "a known thief or yagrant would be liable to six months imprisonment, but a person who had already been convicted of feI- ony or petty larceny would be punisha- ble with from one to three years in the penitentiary."
 Now that strikes us as a decidedly nevel proposition. How can man be known or designated as known thief unless he has been found guilty of stealing something? Do they have in that State men and women whom they know to be thieves and yet have never been found guilty of robbing and steal- ing2 That would be a strange condi- tion of affairs, but it is no less strange than it would be to send a pistol toter to the penitentiary three years because he has been convicted of stealing a NAAIASAf WE VIII say. In what is he worse than known thief" except that he has been caught? We can un- derstand that 1t might be proper to in @iet greater punishment on a man who hae already been guilty of murder or mansiaughter, if again caught with a pistol concealed on his person. but that a man who has been convicted only of petit larceny should be considered wor- thy of heavier punishment for carrying pistol than is the known bully who has. s.neyer been convicted is a proposi- tion that we find difficult to understand or Appreciate.
 And then what of others than those designated? We do not find anything in the bill for punishing any pistol tot CTS except the known thieves and those who have been convicted of larceny or felony. There are in every community characters who are far more to be dreaded when armed than are the petty thieves who have been so unfortunate as to be convicted. The turbulent, quarrelsome man is infinitely more dan gerous to humanity than is the minor sneak thief. The proposed law appears absurd.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-24

Speaking of the railroad rate com mission bill which Gov La Toilette has had introduced into both branches of the Wisconsin State Legislature. tho Evening wisconsin of Milwaukee says: What 1t ostensibly aims to accomplish Is what everybody wants-namely. ah- solutely fair rates, utter extinction of the practice of discrimination between individuals. and sufhciency of train tions for the public. The method by which it seeks to attain these ends is one that to students of political histo- ry will seem to imply a confidence h benevolent despotism."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-24
The Richmond News Leader Is dis gusted, and thus tells about 1t:

In the name of common sense, how much further is this local purity cru sade 10 go? In the first place. we had the Woodland" posters on the bill boards draped while the performance they represented was presented undls- turbed before two of the largest au. diences the city has ever furnished Now the merchants who deal in hosiery have been required to suppress the pa. pier machie legs used in their show windows to show off long stockings will the manufacturers of artificial limbs be forbidden to display their wares? And what about the corset dealers? Enforcing laws against lewd- ness and indecency is one thing and making the law and the city ridiculous Is another thing.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-24
stimulus for the Imagination.

San Francisco Bulletin.
 Barrie at last accounts had received more than se50O0O from his plays.
 There are sixty-four shops in Berlin in which nothing but horseflesh Is sold
 The prize duellist of Paris, NJ. Rouzier- Dorcieres. has fought in seventeen combats and arranged for 1lS others.
 Nearly l,S0o.O00 eases were brought before the county courts of England, the so-calIed poor mans courtS' last year.
 It IS predicted that by the year 5000 from 900 to 300 new foods will be at mans ser vice.
 A total of s25G, OOO, 900 900 passed through the London Clearing House last year,
 An average of thirty-ftve prisoners am nually are lashed at the whipping post in Delaware. In England last year out of some 11.00O criminals who felt the laws Verity only nine were sentenced to be whipped.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-24
The Advertiser pupllslres ln this issue

The Advertiser publishes in this issue letter from Rev. W. B. Crumpton un- der the caption. The Advertiser on Prohibition" We print 1t because of our high regard for the writer of it, and because of a desire to give curren- cy to views which if not altogether .n accord with some of our views are on the line of purity and good morals, The Advertiser Is a strong believer in tenn perance In all things. and on the strong drink question, would, if fin its power prevent the use of any intoxicating liquid. In many cases the advocates of prohibition go to the extreme of intem- perance in language and in i'll advised efforts and 1t Is largely because of these excesses that at times we have more or less deprecated prohibition movements. Where communities by their own action adopt a policy of ex- clusion of strong drink The Advertiser is always ready to extend its cougra.- ulations. but when it is sought by vote of one of more communities to force the policy upon a community not desir- ing 1t the element of tyranny Ani intemperance is injected and all idea of local option is destroyed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-24
Pupils in American schoOlu.

hans nsuS OIIY JOuTnuI
 The number of pupils enrolled in the common schools fthe United States in 1904 was 16,009,361, or over 20 per cent. frv as tad SY the last cansrS r1 port. These figures, however, relate to public schools The total enroll ment. including evening schools, busi- ness colleges, kindergartens, Indian schools, orphan asylGms and all public and private institutions for elementary. secondary and higher education, was 1S.1S7.91S for the yeer No other na- tioa can boast of such an enormous total.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-24
Activity of Superintendent Hin.

State Superintendent of Education |. w. Hill has left Montgomery for Monroe County where he Is attending d teachers institute.
 Superintendent Hill will leave shortly for Milwaukee. Wis, to attend the an- nual meeting of the National Assocta- tion of Superintendence of Education preparatory to the gathering in the same city of the National Educational Association.
 For several months much of Mir Hill's time has been given to improV- ing the rural schools. He has visited nearly every section of the State mak- ing suggestions and giving the teach CTS the benefit of his advice and en- coura cement.
 Mir j. S Williams, editor of The lClayton Record, came to Montgomery yesterday to be present this afternoon at the funeral of his uncle, Captain B. H. Screws.
 Mir. Charles G. Brown is recovering from shock he received two weeks ago in the yards of the Atlantic Coast Line.
 MT E. T. Long. of Eufaula, is shak- ing hands with friends in Montgomery.
 MT P Lewis. a prominent merchant of Andalusia is in Montgomery.
 MT J. D. Arnold of LaPine is visitor to this city.
 MT H. E Jessup, of Columbus, Ga, is in town,
 MT c. NJ. Edick. of Troy, is in the city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-24

Our amiable cd friend Tsi Ann, has sent Uncle Sam her portrait. It meas ures ten by fifteen feet and the size Is probably designed to represent the old girls opinion of herself
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-24

The rumor is persistent that Mrs. Chadwick has salted away a cool mill lion where thieves do not break through and steal" or words to that effect In other words 1t is claimed that she has that amount so secured that none but herself can use it, no matter what happens to her II she en- tirely escapes punishment the money Is ready for her. and even if she goes tc prison the cash will await her release. If this is true it shows that she doesn't merely know how to get money. but that she knows how to save it for a rainy day. Wise Cassie She may be a swindler, but evidently she isn't a fool.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-24
A Good Thing. Birmingham Ledger.

The Senate is ne; going to let such good thing as the Reed Shoot case get away. Shoot has been a Senator A year now, and the investigation of his desirability as Senator has just start ed. The Committee wants to 20 to Utah next summer and take testimony. That is view of the Senates dark side.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-24

It may be true, The Buffalo Courier says. that the inauguration spread is merely a Washington business scheme. and is managed by the Pres tdent. But he could place his veto ef- feetualiy on some of the proposed ab- surdities. Keeping several hundred Fiji. ipino scouts in the country half a year in order tAat they may appear in the parade can hardly be regarded as a Washington business scheme of unof- dcial character"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-24
Just Be Happy.


 A correspondent in a Western paper states that he likes to be a happy farmer. No doubt he does. and that is the. whole thing. just be happy and look pleasant and the fight Is won. But few people can look pleasant or feel happy when their livelihood depends on cotton and 1t selling for cents
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-24

A late poet intimates that an airship which could sail above the price of eggs and chickens would be sailor for fact It would also make its passen- gers dizzy.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-24
The Weather Man.

The weather man may know his business but if he cares anything for the wishes of poor country editors without wood or coal he will give us warmer weather soon.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-24

If the people of the new State of Oklahoma have any trouble about get ting drinks they can step over into Kansas and help themselves.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-24

The Boston Post would be pleased to hear that the President had, ordered Commissioner Garfield to investigate "au sides" of the Standard oil ComDa. ny. Tt is Important to know as much as poaaible about the margin between
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-24

It is matter of congratulation that of the half dozen Senators now facing grave charges. not one is from a South ern State. Ours are not in that class.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-24

manufacturer of sleeping garments tells The New York Sun that nightcaps have almost entirely disappeared in the cities. That's all he knows about it They keep 'em in jugs now.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-24
A SOft PInce
Huntsville rrihnna.. . ''..

HuntsVIIIel Tribune.
 The condition of our free pike sys- tenn is demonstrated by the report that a buzzard's shadow was mired up and lost between the city and Normal. oth- CT casualties are expected.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-24

 2. s. Noble. Circulation Manager of The Montgomery Advertiser. being duly sworn says: The foregoing statement of The Ad- versisar's daily circulation for the month of January. 1905. IS true and correct. and compiled after all returns from newA boys news agents and leftover copies have been deducted. F. & NOBLE.
 Circulation Manager,
 The Advertiser Company. Sworn to and subscribed before me thls I1th day Of February, 1905.
 F. W. JACKSON,
 N P. Ex-0. J, P.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-24
DOesn't PrOhlb,t

NVluIIIUIdIId otHIIHtL
 A provision of the bill admitting Oklahoma as a State is that it shall have prohibition for twenty-one years. Kansas has had a prohibition law for twenty-four years, but 1t doesn't pro- hibit.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-24
Hard on Them .
Alabama Con-

AIdDaDa courier.
 The superintendent of the Texas penitentiary Is trying to elevate the inmates by reading poetry to them This is sufficient to drive them to drink.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-24
VIII Come Handy

Blrmlngh gham ARe-HeraId. Kansas is getting plenty of sympa- thy and an offer of $100,000 in cold
 cash from the State of Illinois. The latter will come handy in fighting the
 octopus.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-24

The Muscogee Democrat informs us that Aguinaldo has been benevolently assimilated long ago" We're not so sure of that. We hear continually of troubles over there which look as if Ahax show Ags fine work
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-24

The courts are keeping Mir Hoch so busy these days that he can't find time to marry some more wives.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-24

crude and refined oil. and about the means that may have been employed to force troublesome competitors out of the business. But 1t would be almost as good a thing to find out just what if any. has been the part played by the Standard oil Company in recent years in directing affairs at Washington, Conjecture has been rife on this point"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-24
Working Criminals fin Public.

The Chattanooga paper appears to have the long side Of the argument. but what seems to us the gravest prob lem is only incidentally touched upon in passing, viz: the putting of shackles and stripes upon a man whose offense is nothing more than that of being
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-24
That rixea Them .

HuntSVIIIe MerCury.
 We have but one consolation when hearing our Northern visitors critlcise the weather we are now having, and that is to read them the news from home.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-24
Wbat State Papers
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LonE COntlnuea.
Mountain Eagle.

N4UWuLdIU EdEIt.
 From the way the returns are com ing in the life of I7Jch, the muchly married man, must have been one con- tinued honeymoon.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-24

The Boston Globe makes a pertinent suggestion; with the Senate blaming the President for oversteppinE his Senate for infringing on the privileges of the lower branch. 1t looks as if a course of lectures by scme good authori- ty on the Constitution would be useful now at Washington"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-24
A Nontwomery Song Writer.

Montgomery has recently produced another pleasing song writer: MT, Allen R. Dennis. the author of When Summer Waters Clear, Kiss Roses Dear" It's musical rhythm accords naturally, and consequently pleasant Iy. with the sentiments expressed in the text.
 The publishers see much merit in his song poem as is evident from the fact that in their prize contest. 1t was classed by their musical critic as one of the best of fifty songs, which fifty were chosen from several hundred, by da.
 He also has several other songs in manuscript. which will soon be pub lished.
 MT Dennis is a native of Kentucky. He came to Montgomery about seven years ago and Is employed in the office of a packing house. Mir. Dennis Is 2l years old.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-24
GURBOW- -CLAPp MARBLE CO.,,
100 .I: Dexter Ave-. MOatgOmeEy. AlA
 Phone I45.
south 6 North Alabama Railroad Company. Notice Ot Special Meeting of Stock.
 hOlaefS.

In pufsuanCe 10 IesOIatiUns adopted by the 5oard Of Directors of the South & North -.a@Oa4na kaii4Udd Company. at meeting held at the office of the COnpany. in Mont gomery Alabama on Saturday Januarv llst, 1905 notice IS hereby given that. a special meeting of the stockholders or sad SurpOratiOn was called by the directors u. ereof, and win be held on Tuesday, ll,a sIst day of Tih- lsOs, at tffe oIrIoe 1f the Company. Ii ~ ,-i"rce street. Montgomery, Alabama, at 1 noons 10 cOnstd- and act to- adopted by the Board of Dh ing to the Lous- vile & Nash Company, a prop OsitlOn look sale Of all the railroads D s. privileges and franchises North Alabama Railroad Co 4ouisviiis q Nash vile Rsilro
 z " CRAIK
 Secretary n Ala. R. R Co M"ntE"msr tst 1905. aek
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-24
nnfx ne LnnaInrhn.

q think that the most Important resolution of the State Cotton Conven- tion Tuesday was that appealing to the landlords" said a cotton grower yesterday.
 There's no doubt that If the move ment for acreage reduction this year is going to succeed 1t will owe most of It's success to patriotic action on the par tof the peope who are renting their lands.
 "rhe landlords must either let their tenants pay them three-fourths of the cotton raised in 1905 and the rest in peas, corn, alfalfa or other products, or they are doomed to see unheard of prices for the staple. How can the landlord demand of the lessee planter as much cotton as he did last year and expect a reduction of acreage. That would be Idle sophistry.
 If the lessor agrees to reduce acre age 1t will come pretty near being re- duced. It might be inconvenient for him one year. but he cannot lose any thing as the expected increases in the price of cotton fig better for small number of bales than & large number of bales bringing 4 and cents per pound. Even If nothing at all is planted on the land by which the cot ton acreage of 1904 is decreased, higher prices will equal or more than equal the revenue of q maximum crop at pre- sent or lower prices. Above this the labor of cultivation will be saved.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-24

The once Blind, speechIess, Helpless Paralytic at Work Years After
 Marvellous Recovery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-24
Estter$ to tDs Gditor
MT. Harris's Correction.

EdlIOr AdVertIseF:
 In noticing my remarks made last night before the Cotton Growers As sociation in Montgomery I am made to say we need not expect the co-opera- tion of the merchants" when I really said or meant to say, we have the sympathy and cooperation of the mer- chants, with a few exceptions possibly. Some who never titled the soil would not cooperate in the movement" Win you do me the kindness to make this correction. J. H. Harris.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-24
A CAPrrAL IDEA

The Montgomery Advertiser, the capital newspaper of Alabama's capital city, pre- aenta ite sworn detailed statement of Janu- ary circulation. And judging from tne amount of advertising in it's columns. it cir- culates mostly among those who have cap- ttAf to spAhd.
 Ths Advertiser is clean. high-gfade. progressive newspaper, and is delivered ln more Aiabama homes every day than any other paper in the State.
 LOOK AT TTl
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-24
The Hunter Miracle
NO TRACE OF DISEASE LEFT.

Time Only Increases the Wonder oK
 This Famous Cure.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-24

City subscriptions should be paid to the following authorized collectors only: J. l. Mapan. City Circulator; E. w. Mccain M' A. Mccain. Henry Meadss. Q. c. Robinson-