davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-20
PIPE WORKS SECURED
ANOTHER FORWARD STEP IN sHEr-
 FIELDS PROGRESSIVE MARCH.
Plant With Capitalization of os50yoOo to He Placed in Operation, Cit- isens to Furnish .
 Free Site.

Tuscumbia, March 1s.--(Special. )-- Through the efforts of the 5henield Company, and largely through the per-
 sonal activity of J. W. Worthington, it's Vice-President, Sheffield has landed Ia pipe works plant. with a capital of $s5o, ,0O0, the company having recently been fully organized, the stock paid in. the stockholders, including well-known capitalists who have heretofore been identified with the industrial develop ment of this section.
 Several weeks ago rumor was pub lished from this city that Sheffield had landed or was about to land this plant, but the rumor could not be confirmed owing to the reticence of the officers of the Sheffield Company. Since that time, however, the plans have been maturing, and the company now makes public the glad news.
 It is up to the citizens of Sheffield to provide a suitable location, and the Commercial Club of that city has held
 largely attended and enthusiastic meeting, at which numerous large vol
 untary subscriptions were made by public spirited citizens. It is only nec- essary that Sheffleld give the company site for the plant, in order to secure an industry which will employ from 400 to 500 men, and add several thous- and to the city's population, and there | is no question of doubt of success. It will require a large block of ground to accommodate the new plant, and as Sheffield dirt is valuable at this time, 1t means that several dollars must be subscribed.
 The Sheffield Company has become a potent factor in the development of
 Sheffield, Tuscaloosa and Florence, =. A-r I-I N-Nr
 million or more dollars in an electric terworks. and in a speech at the Com
 mercial Clubs meeting in Sheffield, Mir. J. w. Worthington, the company's lVice-President, made the statement that | the coming of the pipe works to Shef- | field was the prelude to greater and | better things for that city. Recently Mir. Worthington publicly stated in Tus- | cumbia that for every dollar subscribed by the citizens of Tuscumbia to secure
 manufacturing enterprises. the Shef- | field Company would contribute a like
 amount, sums of $5,000 to s25,o0o.
 Mrs. Anna J. Henderson, wife of George s. Henderson. of this city, died | at the family residence here last night
 after an illness of several weeks. The
 deceased was probably 70 years of age.
 and was the sister of the late Hugh
 Carlisle of Guntersville. Ala. who left
 an estate of several hundred thousand
 acres of rich mineral lands in Marshall
 County. which were In litigation a num-
 Der of years, finally passing into MT.
 Carlisle's hands, only a short while how
 ever before his death. The large estate
 Is shared by the Henderson heirs. live
 in number, three sons and two daugh-
 ters. Mrs. Henderson had lived in Tus-
 cumbia several decades, being one of
 the oldest residents of this vicinity,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-20
Our Daily Sport Story

the frosty mist over the bayous. the gleam of the stars. A little while and then a light on f0f-a-way highland caught his eyes and eager fancies be- gan to weave themselves about the cheery beacon. A snug little room carpeted with red curtains at the win
 dows. And two deep chairs costly be- fore the leaping, open wood-fire. The | soft back seemed to yield restfully to his tired shoulders, the warmth brought life to his cold feet stiff with stand | ing. And from the other chair a wo- | mans face smiled at him through the frelight. The light went out, leaving
 the marsh to its loneliness. A wave of homesickness surged over the book
 keepers soul. The homesickness of a
 man who had never known a home
 Doggedly he climbed the stairs to his grimy bed above the grimy office. The
 hrelight had baffied him. He had no,
 been able to see the face of the woman
 who had smiled at him. Would he ever see it? Would he ever have a home? Would life ever mean anything to him
 but cold, sloppy, rushing, oyster-smell- ing winters and hot, mosquito bitten oyster-smelling summers? Summers when he alone kept guard over the firms idle factory. When even hard study could not still the cry of his soul AOl
 Like the hum of a bee came the roar
 of the midnight train crossing the first | bridge.
 "12::3o," murmured Long and turned to sleep.
 Like the shriek of some siren gone | mad, a woman's scream cut the dull hum.
 'The boss went to town" began
 Long, but before the thought was fin ished he was dressed in hip-boots and
 overcoat, running, pistol in hand, to-
 ward the labor camps.
 Flying up the track toward him and
 the inrushing train, came a short girlish figure, weird and wild in the
 cause of her fiight--a bulky fellow that reeled as he ran.
 Longs left arm shot out and the girl swung from the track to the ditch
 beside the road-bed. His right hand
 stuck the pistol barrel into the face
 of her pursuer who followed with a reckless leap. The train thundered past. By the glare of the headlight Long recognized the man, a Pole, who
 up his earnings at night. But the Pole
 did not recognize him.
 "Ach! Make her thrink! make her thrink! She won't thrink. The square
 head Bohicky!" A volly of Dutch | oaths rose over the roar of the train, and Long soaked it to him" between | the eyes.
 Co to bed before I lock you up,
 he ordered hotly, and the Pole. having
 now recognized his man, went, nut tering over his bleeding nose. The girl was beginning to finch
 from the grip that had swung her from | danger and was still holding her. Lonz
 released her with apologies. Come, ''
 he said, made gentle by the thought
 that he had hurt her. The girl follow
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-20
THE SQUARE,
Ry F. H. LANCASTER.

RY F. H. LANSASAEN'
 Copyright. 1905. Daily Story Pup. 70.
 That beauty should have been iouho there. ..h.a
 The great canning factory stretcheo its hideous length from bay to raii- road track. All day 1t puned anu snorted; all day the fishy smell or oys- ters dead and alive went up to heaven From the rattle and suck or unioau- ing oysters on the wharf, through the throbbing engine-room, past the pro. cess kettle and its ceaseless chatter or cans. past the packing room where the steady tan of the boxers hammer did it's little hest to swell the din, on to the side-tracked car with the endless siip and slam of loading boxes, rolled tue heavy wave of discordant sounds. Elm phasized by the raucous voices or the Bohemian laborers;' cut athwart Keen ,Iy by the voices of the American posses bustling the job. Hustling all day and every day from October to May. hVeh bv night the noise went on. In the labor camp there was drinking ana singing and fghting-women as well as men. Trains rumbled over the bridges tugs footed in the bay, oyster-ooats came and went. And. more often than not, rang above all else the high-keyea clink of the blacksmith's sledge re- linking a cable parted during the day 
 spurt of speed
 True, out there on it's lonely little lake. the loon laughed to himself, the blower called plaintively in the twi- light, and the murmur of homecoming birds went up through the night. But who was there to hear such soften- ing sounds? Who was there to see the magic beauty of the marsh as 1t lay wide and wind-swept under the frosty moon?
 Oysters at so much a barrel. oysters at so much a can. Hustle and figure and drive Drudgery by day and drunken sleep by highland ever the smell of the oyster, dead or alive.
 Was there one among that imbruted many who could hear birds or see beauty?
 High up in a corner of the great grimy building burned light steady and clear, and under the light, boy ish head bending over the firms big books. Writing, writing, making my riads of figures, muttering to himself. It was Long Cortez, assistant man. ager who had worked his way up from boy boat-hand to bookkeeper. Index, daybook, ledger and file. Eyes ached and fingers cramped, yet never a pause for swear-word or smoke till the last entry was written, the last cent checked. When toward midnight the heavy tonnes closed with a comfortable chuck on their blotters and the combi nation snapped upon its hoards 1t was not for a cigarette that Long put forth an eager hand, but to the window shut ter that he flung wide. And, leaning out, enjoyed with all his soul the beauty of the moonlight on the marsh,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-20

tor, Rev. D. W. Askew. Much good is expected to result.
 Farmers will soon be through the work of planting corn and are begin ming to turn their attention to cotton and other products. With a few excep- tions most farmers are up with their work and with propitious seasons from new on the farms will be in fine shape throughout the county.
 Mrs. L. U. Shealley is quite sick at her home one mile north of the city.
 The ladies of the Episcopal Church are still quite active In their efforts 10 secure a new rector for the church, and have about succeeded in raising tha requisite salary.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-20
FARMERS SELL COTTON.
Slight Rise in Price Brings in Much Oi
 the Staple.

slight bulge in the cotton market caused quite a number of farmers to turn loose their holdings last week and the streets presented a scene almost like mid winter for a portion of the day yesterday The staple rolled in at an unusual rate and was disposed of. In the small towns along the line of the E. and O. Ross1 lots of from fifty to a hundred bales were delivered to the shippers and 1t Is believed that cents or a little more would bring thousands of bales to the markets that are now carefully stored away among the farm houses
 The Eufaula Rifles are again in fine shaaA.and have. recentlx eoutnrea thern-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-20
Ireland Convicted of Asa.u,.

Winfield. Kas.. March 1s.--Arthur M Ireland national organiser of the Fed eration of Labor. was convicted today on the charge of assault on II. !. Harity of Arkansas City. a non-union Santa Fe machinist. The statutes pro- vide for a sentence not to exceed i've years in the penitentiary and not less than six months In the county Jail.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-20
Railroad OmciaI Dead.

Chicago, March 18.-C. A. Kniskern, assistant general passenger agent of the Illinois Central Railroad, died at a Kenotah sanitarium tonight of apo- plexy. MT. Kniskern, who was 50 years of age. had been in poor health for some time
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-20

Evansville. Ind. March 1s.--rhe ohio River Is falling slowly tonight and stands as.s feet, nearly one foot above the danger line. A wind storm prevails on the lower ohio tonight. Many large towboats and tows are tried up.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-20

To Have Your Last Springs Suits ThOrOuE Ehly OverhauIed.
 Telephone 432 and ask Holt's Dye Works to send for your last springs clothes and make an estimate on put ting all into first class condition. Special rates on work in large lots.
 -Adv-2t
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-20
NOW THE TIME.

secured and the order promises to out. strip some of the older ones.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-25
A Corner In Thanksgiving.

Every day produces some proof of the
fact that this is an intensely practical age
1t is an era of business before pleasure
business before sentiment. business before
reverence, business before everything There
is announcement of corner in Thanks
giving turkeys in Kentucky The state has
been stripped for the outside market, par
tcularly for thankful New England. Shall
we hear next of corner in Christmas
greens, and then of a corner in Easter
lilies? Money measures and controls many
things. So true is this that the editor of
a church periodical who recently suggested
that only pious workmen be employed In
the erection of sacred edifces was warned
against the idea by the counter suggestion
that even il enough such men could be
found for such labor, they would be likely,
finding themselves In control of the situa-
ton. to put up wages and force selfish
terms,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-25

the operation Of the proposed statute would
in the course of time absolutely prevent
the employment Of any child over sixteen
not capable of reading and writing.
There is always strenuous opposition TO
the enactment of such laws, some of 1t
selfish opposition, some OF 1t inspired by
a mistaken sentiment of sympathy for
the poor. 1t Is true that the children of
the poor are sometimes the main-stays OF
their families But that Is condition not
to be permitted, and one of the surest ways
of preventing is to prohibit by law the
employment OF Juveniles, who are being
thus deprived of an opportunity to equip
themselves. The broader, better charity
is to require that these youngsters be sent
to school. Some other means of family
support must be found. Indeed 1t Is not
difficult to conceive the ready solution in
such a. community as Washington Of all
the problems of family maintenance which
would arise from the enactment and en-
forcement of the bill under consideration.
The District is In deplorable way. In
deed. If the enactment of this law would
precipitate a serious condition. If there Is
such a state of poverty on the part of any
considerable number of residents that 1t Is
impossible without causing unpreventable
suffering to compel the children to learn
TO read and write. then there is need of
more important social reforms even than
this Of curing the child labor evil.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-25
To Prohibit Child Labor

Washington should DO given the beneat
OF model child-labor law, and the District
commissioners plan TO submit such n
measure to Congress at the next session
should receive the hearty Endorsement and
support OF all citizens. This is an Intelu-
gent community, with q high percentage OF
uteracy. But that percentage can he
higher. and should be, and to this end
every effort should be bent to secure school
attendance on the part of all children
under fourteen years OF age. II those
below this limit are allowed to neglect
school in order to engage In work. they
viii contribute TO the ignorance OF the next
generation and viii be a handicap to the
entire community as well as being handi-
capped themselves In the fight for success.
The Commissioners bill proposes to pro-
hibit absolutely the employment OF any
child under fourteen years during the
school hours or before 0 O'Clock in the
morning or after Z o'clock in the even
ing. This insures. IL the law is enforced.
an opportunity for school attendance to
every child under that age, whether the
child does in fact attend school or not. To
the end OF requiring attendance on the
part of such children there must be n
more effective compulsory education law
and more schools and teachers. These are
essentially supplementary to the prohibition
OF child labor.
After fourteen. and up to sixteen. a
child may be employed provided It can
read at sight and legibly write q simple
sentence In English. Beyond sixteen there
Is no requirement. for 1t is assumed that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-25

sovereignty. No mention Is made Of
means of subsistence until prosperity begins
In the new home. but the Lord viii provide
Mr.. Dixon Is the author of several iurid
yarns. dealing In a slipshod and rambunc-
tious fashion with reconstruction days In
the south, and which, in this day of indis-
criminate puffery, have obtained wide
circulation. They resemble literature, as
Prof. Longfellow might say--and probably
would say IL aliye-as the mist resembles
the rain They appeal only to passion. they
accomplish. when the appeal is heard, only
harm, and many OF the wisest and best men
In the south deplore their existence. In
their way they are good sellers, and Mr..
Dfxon's wallet Is the fatter for what he has
done to stir up bad feeling between the two
races. He hates the negro cordially as
Bishop Turner does the members Of the Su-
preme Court of the United States.
But how completely good humor would be
restored throughout the country II these
two apostles could meet in joint debate! We
are flIn-loving people, and we know
good things when we see them. Crowds
would flock to the meetings. and the re-
cefpts when divided would go far to soften
the wrath OF both participants. Prosperity
often begets conservatism. and maybe after
a season or two of animated exchanges-at
so much per-Bishop Turner might be able
to pray without difficulty for the Supreme
Court and the Rev. Mr.. Dixon be able to see
something very different from fiend in
carnate in every black skin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-25
William and Abdul,

A brief cablegram from Berlin today
sheds a ray of light upon the German
Turkish situation, as il affects and Is af-
fected by the present pressure Of the other
powers upon Abdul Hamid, though this ray
is not wildly Illuminating as ii might
be. The dispatch reads thus:
BERLIN, November 25.--The foreign Of
flee emphatically denies that Turkeys atti-
tude Is due TO German influence. So far
from this being true, 1t is said that the
sultan Is actually angry at Germany be-
cause the foreign office has repeatedly I'D
vised him to accept the powers demands
Well. now, that is indeed interesting.
Visualize the scene: William laboring with
his obstinate friend of the Yildiz Kiosk to
be good. and Abdul Hamid losing his tenn
per and calling William harsh names for
offering such unfriendly advice. 1t is a
sight calculated TO draw tears TO the eyes
of all the statesmen of Europe.
But II Is unnecessary to be greatly puz-
zled over the case. Read the dispatch
again. Note that 1t says that the foreign
Office" has been repeatedly advising the
sultan to accede to the demands. That
would be the natural course of events. And
yet there Is a difference between the out
givings of the foreign Office and the private
tips of the kaiser himself. William usually
works in strange ways. He Is often his own
chancellor, his own foreign minister, his
own ambassador. He is as likely to scri5-
bic on his cutf note to another potentate
and order it sent by the most secret of pri-
yate ciphers as to summon a minister and
formally command him to execute certain
orders.
There will be skepticism as regards VIII
liam's relations with Abdul Hamid as long
as Germany remains aloof from the joint
movement of the powers. The absence from
the Piraeus OF his warship proxy will re-
main reasonable cause for suspicion until
some valid reason for the non-appearance
IS presented.
Meanwhile, the spectacle of Abdul Hamid
showing real peevishness at William for his
pacific advice is calculated to relieve some
what the strain OF the situation And wars
have often been averted by laughter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-25
Turner and Dixon.

No beneft will accrue to the country from
anything that Bishop Turner OF Georgia or
the Rev. Thomas Dixon may say. each
speaking in his separate place. on the SUBJ
ject of the negro and his future. The one
is as bitterly prejudiced in favor OF the
negro as the other Is against him. Bishop
Turner Is an advocate of that wildly absurd
proposition that the negroes OF America
should pack up in body and go to Africa
the home OF their forebears. and build state
Of their own. No mention Is male of ships
but presumably the great majority can
swim, and those who cannot secure trans
portation otherwise are to take to the water
with their bundles on their backs. No part
of Africa is specified. but presumably the
eight or ten millions OF people are to squat
wherever they are best pleased and set UP
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-25
Republican Row in New York.

1t is a small matter In itself, this racket
over a new chairman for the New York
county republican committee. but important
because of it's intimate relationship to big
ger things. Who cares for Haipin particu-
larly? 1t Is true he worked hard for his
party's mayoralty ticket and was almost
eiore in his activity. The other republican
leaders were in use either in the McClel-
Ian or the Hearst camp. The President and
Mr.. Root and Mr.. Plat were all quoted as
Mcclellan men, while Mr.. Odell was dick
ering with Mr.. Hearst But the republicans
lost the race. and Mr. Halpin's very prom
insnce on that side by one of those curious
workings of our politics. marks him for
slaughter Was he not in charge of the
campaign? Was it not his duty 20 win?
But he lost. Well. then Halpln must 60
Somebody must be secured who can win
with all the bigwigs of the party knitting
the ticket
The republicans OF the empire state are
alarmed and justly so. at the prospect or
playing second fiddle, or no fiddle at all, in
1905 That they are in thoroughly de-
moralized condition is patent TO everybody.
Not only are they faction-torn, with men
Of the bitterest temperament leading and
appareled in all their lighting toys and
war paint but the insurance disclosures
are working injury to them at distance.
Republicans across the Alieghenies are
shaking their heads at the bare mention OF
New York, and declaring that TO go there
for the candidate next time will be to In
vte certain defeat. Better take man
from the middle states or the northwest
Fairbanks. or Cannon, or Foraker, or ALI
son, or Shaw, or Spooner-and II New York
meanwhile will pull herself together and
be good, trust only the second place on
the ticket 10 her.
But what are the chances for that? II
Halpin's successor looks at Odell he will
be accused of treachery to Plat. and IL
at Plat of treachery 70 Odell. He could
not possibly ignore both men and achieve
any success. II is idle to talk about walk
ing a safe course between. The trimmer
does not win where such men are in the
field seeking to retain to secure power,
and with great stakes. as they think.
dangling before their eyes
Those republicans, high and low, who
made Mcclellan mayor by knitting their own
candidate committed an act whose conse-
quences may be very far extended and
very disastrous in the end to themselves.
And the end Is not yet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-25
A Word Wanted.
From the Philadelphia Telegraph.


No subject of song has been more eff
fusively celebrated by the bards and trou-
badours of all lands and all languages than
that quality of the mind which we call
memory. In the progress of modern cfyili-
zatlon We have reached a point where 1t
becomes incumbent upon our poets, sing
ers, orators and scribes to raise strains of
praise In honor of what, for the present,
Until better word can be had. we may
call "forgettery." It Is wise to forget A
good 'forgettery'' is one of the most yalu-
able mental gifts or requirements man in
public life can possess in such parlous days
as ours. When inconvenient questions re-
quire the turning of LIES pages back to
some occasion not so creditable as could
be wished, what an advantage to find that
particular page clean and white with no
black markings to besmirch it's fair sur
face When an incident of an unpleasant
nature is called to mind, an incident, for
example, that might tend to put a man
behind the bars" what an advantage It
must be to have a good, sturdy ability to
forget all about It,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-25
To JailP
From the Newark Adyertiser.

TUlH tHe 1NtWdfk AufertlBer.
Future automobile legislation is likely to
take new direction. Heretofore It has de-
veloped largely along the line of speed
limitations and increasing penalties for vio-
lations. despite which accidents are grow
ing in number. Almost every day has its
list of collisions or upsetS and casualties.
more or Less serious. Many of these are
undoubtedly due to excessive speed, but as
many. or probably more. are brought about
by incompetent and irresponsible drivers.
Penalties for speed excesses almost exclu-
sively fines. are collected everywhere every
day In the week They amount, In the ag-
gregate, to a very large sum of money, but
the individual nnes. In many cases pretty
high. are paid with promptness, and the
offender drives away to break the law again
and again.