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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-30
DECLARED 1sIPRACTICABLE.
COmmissiOners' Opinion of RailrOads'
 Cross Earnings Tax.

Albany, N. Y, March 2s.-In their annual report handed down in both houses of the legislature today the State tax commissioners declared the gross earnings tax against railroads to be impracticable.
 "The theory of a license or gross earnings fee or tax" said the com mission, does not have the endorse ment of the best students on taxa tion Gross earnings do not bear a definite and certain return to real ability to pay taxes in that no account is taken of the expenses of operation or the actual cost of the property. If the cost of building a railroad Is great its gross earnings must be correspond ingly great on its owners cannot obtain a fair return on the investment. Take two railroads which have equally large gross earnings, both equally well and economically managed, but one in an excellent location, while the location and situation of the other is just the reverse, which necessarily greatly increases the cost of operation and maintenance; and one will contend that the second road with a little abil- ity to pay in cimparison with its rival should pay the same gross earnings fee or tax. The gross earnings tax to be permanent must meet the concep- tion of uniformity and equality which we believe it can never do."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-30
DEBILITY DUE
 TO CATARRH.
A Close Relation Has Been Estab- Iished Between These Two
 Diseases.

"Catarrh is clearly the cause of de-
 bility." said MT. E. c. Fowler. Ho I person free of catarrh in my opinion was ever troubled with debility So you will readily understand that the cure of debility depends entirely on | the cleaning out of the catarrhal par
 asites No debility cure will ever cure you as long as you have catarrh. Ca-
 tarrh is the cause. Debility is the re-
 suit. Then you get rid of the cause. No remedy will ever cure you but catarrh remedy, and no other remedy
 will do 1t but Rexall Mucu-Tone.
 make this statement because we know
 what Mucu-Tone is and what it will do-and doesn't 1t stand to reason that
 a remedy designed for one particular purpose-as Mucu-Tone for catarrh
 only-is going to give results a hum dred times better than a cure-all that
 aims at every disease in the dictionary?
 Read what Aid. Robert K. Sloan of the
 Fifth ward,-of Chicago. writes us:''
 q cheerfully add my endorsement to
 those who have words of praise for
 Mucu-Tone. I consider it the worlds greatest remedy for all ailments of the
 mucous membrane system. have
 taken the remedy for debility with the
 most satisfactory results. I know of one of my constituents who was cured I'of an aggravated case of catarrh of the
 stomach through its use. I endorse it
 most heartily"
 Mucu-Tone acts entirely different from any other remedy we~-know of,
 and we think we know them all Mucu-
 Tone acts in a scientific way by first
 of all destroying the deadly catarrhal germs-ridding the system of every trace. Then as the very name. Mucu-
 Tone, implies, 1t tones up the mucous tissues on which the catarrhal para sites live. Then there Is a chance to
 get well. No other remedy but Rexall Mucu-Tone will do 1t. It destroys ev-
 cry trace of the germs of catarrh. It
 heals and soothes the tissues. It tones up the entire system. We have large trial size for fifty cents that we guar antee to give results. want you to
 try a bottle on my personal recommen- dation. E. G. Fowler.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-30
COURT AT DADEvILLE.
Prisoners are Charged with Arson and
 Attempt to Wreck Train.

Dadeville. March 2s.-(Special.)- Circuit Court is grinding away this week on the criminal docket. There are only two criminsl cases of any im- portance to be tried. The case against J. M Milner, charged with arson. Is set for trial today. Miller is indicted for setting fire to the gin and mill of the Messrs. Langleys, near Mary. The property was destroyed by fire over a year ago, and Miner was indicted for 1t. There are a large number of wit nesses in the case, and 1t will probably take two days to try it. The casa against Virgil Wiggins. indicted for trying to wreck a passenger train on the Central road, is also set for trial today. and a special jury has been sum- moned for this case. Wiggins is a negro and it is charged that he placed tho cross-ties on the track which the night passenger train ran into near Hams Cut last fall. The train was crowded with passengers at the time and if 1t had left the track a great many people would have been injured
 Dadeville merchants have not sold much over half as much guano up to date as usual The Advertiser corre- spondent has heard a number of prom inent farmers say they do not propose to use any commercial fertilizers at all They will fertilize with cotton seed and stable manure and take the chances on crop.
 Hon. J. Thomas Heflin lectured at the court house here last night for the benefit of the Dadeville public school
 The Knights of Pythias Lodge at this place Is on a boom. New members are cming in at almost every meeting.
 Andy Wilkins, known all over this section as the Little Man." was in- dicted by the grand jury in session last week for selling whiskey without license. Andy is perhaps the smallest man in the State. He is near 70 years old and has had a hard fight through life trying to make a living for himself and his old mother The latter has been dead only about a year. but up to the time of her death Andy made heroic efforts to support her and re- fused to allow her to go to the country poorhuse.
 The telephone line leading north from Tallassee has been extended to Susana, and Dadeville parties are arranging to bring the line on here so as to have direct communication with Tallassee and all the lower part of the county.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-30

It has been less than a score of years ago that Mir Cleveland proposed to re- turn to the Southern people all the Confederate battle-flags which were still in the North One of the bitterest opponents of the proposition was For aker. Not that I have any affection for the dirty rags" he said, but be- cause they are the emblems of treason, and are wanted for no other purpose than public parade. and Ito fire the Southern heart for lost cause which ought never to be recalled except with shame, because the crime of the age"
 We doubt If any other public man of the age would be guilty of such thor oughly disoreditable expressions in public and on such a subject. Possibly there were others who were as bitterly opposed to giving up or returning our flags as he was. but so far as we re- member, none of them had the malevo- lent indecency to express their opposi- ton in such insulting language as he did. And yet even Foraker, so far as we know, raised no objection when it was proposed that a Republican ad- ministration return them. He has either become more decent or moro polite.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-30
ChInene Hair Sold.

Much of the black hair that is sold in the hair market comes from China. The London Daily News interviewed the other day q wholesale dealer in hair. who said: T am not fully &C., quaited with Chinese customs, but I understand in a general way that the Chfnaman who disobeys the law suffers the loss of his tail, which a thrifty government turns into cash, perhaps to defray some part of the cost of the prosecution. Then I understand from friend of mine who has travelled a great deal In the East. that on a Chinese sailor dying at sea his tail Is out of and dispatched to his govern ment, whether in accordance with some religious requirement. or as a sort of informal death certificate, I am unable to say. But these tails. after their arrival has been duly ohronicled, also, l understand. find their way to the English Snd American market. Chinese hair is coarse. but it's length gives it a special value in our business"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-30
The Samoan Claims.

Berlin, March 29.-The United States and Great Britain have offered $40,000 to Germany as settlement In full of the Samoan claims of $112,000. Foreign Secretary Won Richthofen in making this statement to the Petitions Com mittee of the Reichstag today said the question was whether the Government should accept the offer and pay the dif- ference between the claims and the offer out of the Imperial Treasury or not The petition of the Samoans to the Reichstag beseeching an early set clement of their claims was referred to Chancellor Von Buelow in conse- quence of Secretary Won Richthofens communication.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-30
MExICO's COLD BASIS.

New 10rk world.
 By decree of President Diaz, follow ing Legislation. free silver will move out of Mexico on May 1 and the gold standard will move in.
 The change is not abrupt. In the old days unlimited silver coinage was found Q heavy burden. Railroads and mining and manufacturing enterprises bearing gold bonds had to pay nearly $S for S1 in interest charges at one time, and the uncertainty of standard was even more vexatious than its cheapness.
 For little time, to lessen the latter difficulty. Mexico tried the experiment of establishing governmental ex- change rate for gold monthly. avoid ing day-to-day fluctuations; but this was artificial and mischievous. me present system is analogous to ours in the Philippines. The peso" or silver dollar is made worth 50 cents gold. That the nation may be able to main tain it there the free coinage of silver is to be suspended. Gold is to be the standard metal.
 Thus relieved of a bad financial sys- tenn, Mexico finds herself all at once in splendid financial condition, with a low debt, a yearly surplus, great resources and good credit daily growing better.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-30

claims to have had the first electric car line ia the cointry.' Both wrong; the first successful and permanently operated electric car line in the South was put in operation in this city on Oak Street out through Highland Park to the ridge. Other experimental cars had been run elsewhere by electric mos tors, but we are satisfied the first per- manent trolley system was established here.--Chattanooga Times.
 That sort of claim will not sufice. The Times must give some dates before 1t can discount Montgomery's claim. A general claim of ''previousness" is not conclusive. Our contemporary may be we must insist on exact dates. The Advertiser gave the figures for its claim.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-30
Advertisement for Bids for "Re. newal Bonds of The State
 of Alabama. :"

Bonds to be renewed: Glasses A and B aggregating s7,437.6oo, maturing July 1st 1906; Class z: agsresating ssSs'ooo' maturing
 Character of Bond: Fifty year, gold bonds In denonsinatons Sf either either 'a1o, s,ss sSso tered. at option of bidder, interest payable semi-annually in Montgomery, Ala5ama or for enti.s issue, or any part thereof, not less than for Sloo. are invited upon AoAio"'hs
 i. Upon bonds bearing 3 per cent per an-
 2. Upon bonds bearing sM per cent per
 A certified check, payable to the order of the Governor of Alabama, for five per cent of the amount bid for must accompany each security, approved by the Governor. may be substituted for the certified check The cer- be returned with notice of re!ecticn. The , Yer cent of each accepted bid will. on fail- SIS STi Ss Ss fdGfst.S siasit so to sRs s.as.
 The entire amount of each accepted bid. or so much as , may orsH remain unpaid. must must of Alabama bonds which are being rsfund- nr.ssnt bonds, into such depository as may Sa JesIRnated by the Govarno-. or in lieu of the above nsrnnr GsslSnaSeG a payment nnr Sucn
 The State will exchange with accepted bidders, ct any. time after acceptance of tba bidder for difference in interest. to date o1 maturity of old bonds. No Did offering less wlI be z considered The s, Stats t an Amount not exceeding SsO0,o0o Bids Sn am ha received at the Governors Office at WnntSomery until 13 o'clock M.. April {. Ia9S and will be opened imnaediattIy. No Lsvo' Acceptance or Rejection will be given each bidder by letter mailed n MontE"me1 not not Intne bids must be addressed to the Snvsrnor of Alabama, and have cohspicG- ousiy written thereon Bids for Renewal Bonds, State of Alabama" The Sta.e re- ssrvss the right to reject any and all bids. For further Information. apply to Sos 10v- e'"O- ~ R. N. CUNNINGHAM.
 Ilaufapant and Acting Governor,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-30
Shall 1t Be Tinsel, Cheap and Tawdry'


 If Montgomery mas escaped the dis aster of the public square office build ing, is 1t only to face the serious al ternative of the defacement Of Capitol Hill?
 A hot public indignation prevented the one ruthless act. and public senti- ment should ind expression in regard to what Is called the Improvements of the State house.
 The expenditure of this $S5 ,O0O means more to the State and the city than has been realized. Any one could see and appreciate the enormity of the hldeouS sky-scraper at the fountain, where pub lie property was to be confiscated for private profit, but few understand that what Is now done on Capitol Hill indi- cates the scheme of the policy for the long years to come.
 It is really a momentous question for the States officers to determine; they may place upon the beautiful crest a crown of nobility, or one of ttnsel, cheap and taWdry.
 The communication signed Alabama has done more than protest against the plan of detached buildings! he suggests a way to secure a coherent design-the employment of the very ablest archi- tect that can be secured, without re- gard to his fee, not 10 make at this time detailed plans, but simply to say what to do. but mainly what not to do.
 It may shock many conservative peo- pie to admit that the old capitol may some day be torn down, but 1t surely will be if 1t can not lend itself to such a building as the State will at some time demand. The dignity of the old building may outlast many additions, but when 1t falls it must go the way of the unfit; there is no sanctity about an edifce that does not suit it's pur- poses and is not beautiful enough to be preserved for it's beauty alone. Public buildings should be built for ever; not merely for the present con venience or present delight, but for the use and pleasure of our descendants, and so designed that they. too. will have a part in the building, the laying of more stones when needed by the greater numbers.
 It requires little expert skill and less knowledge of the laws of beauty and proportion to know that the State capi- tol should be a harmonious whole. not a group of detached buildings, merely affording shelter for those engaged therein for the hour. For the scores to be made comfortable at their work there are the tens of thousands who will look with pride or shame at the edifice which. from its very site must dominate Montgomery
 Our public life may be dwarfed by a depressing assemblage of public build- ings and on the other hand the com munity may be spiritually and morally exalted by the silent influence of beauty that would make 1t a joy and a blessing to feel in our daily life its pervasive spirit.
 It may be necessary to adopt as A temporary experient the building of an inadequate addition to the present structure, but not of an outhouse, how pei meagre expenditure, but will not excuse the spending of what we have on the mean and the commonplace
 Greenacres.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-30
Stnre Men Cnnfer.

Chicago, March 29.-Representative of the stove manufacturers of the United States held conference at the Auditorium Hotel today with repre- sentatives of the stove makers. The only point of discussion was the ap- prentice system, The iron moulders union of America has an established ratio of one apprentice to eight men but the Stove Founders National De- fense Association has never accepted the ratio. An efeort is on foot to se- cure a. more accaptsble ratio,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-30

Just why the Union veterans of the Army of the Potomac should want to hold their reunion on the Manassas bat tfiefield we are unable to see Possibly some of the old fellows want to see if Jshey can find any of the tracks they made while running away from the two battles fought there. and which were about the most disastrous to the Fed erals of any they ever engaged in.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-30

One George Fred Williams. we are informed, proposes to again take an &C., tive part in Democratic politics. and The Richmond News-Leader intimates that the word again" should have been omitted. We'll, if George will confne his meddling work exclusively tor Mas sachusetts, there may not be much harm done.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-30
Brilliant Expounaern.

UuUDIIb HtBISIeT.
 The Democratic Club of New York is to celebrate Jefferson Day with a ban quet and the orators who will give Fathers are Tom Watson, Tom John son, Francis c. Newlands, Fred Du- bois. and William J. Stone! If you have mislaid your Democracy or for gotten what 1t Is, sit at the feet of these brilliant expounders, and learn.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-30

The Chicago Inter Ocean professes itself willing for the South to have anything it wants. provided it will all ways spell nation with a big N. We'll. we are getting into right smart habit of getting what we want-and spell things as we please.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-30
Pride is Hurt.
Mobile Item.

Russia does not enjoy the laughs of the powers about it's lack of money. gently conducted through the State bank and asked to count the great sacks of gold and the ingots which were stacked. Russia's pride Is very much hurt
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-30
In BlrnllnGham
Opelika News.

If there be those who think it is too early to begin to talk State politics they should take little trip up to Birmingham. It is evident that the politicians of that burg think 1t is time to be talking
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-30

Now fashion writer tells us that khe stylish woman must be shaped like the letter s. so we suppose they will pommence practicing in order to &C., auirs the necessary crooks.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-30
A Good Thing
HuntaYilla

F1UNLSVIII6 IT1Dune.
 If the poor Russians who stopped Jap bullets and now fill soldiers graves, could think or speak, they would say peace is a good thing but too often Is put off too late.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-30
Wbat State Papers
 lire Saying
The Bishop's Error .

Bishop Potter has fallen into the err TOT of the rich and hattered. He thinks that whatever he says Is wis dom and he doesn't always think be- fore he speaks.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-30
\ VERY IMPORTANT CONVENTION.

Montgomery has had many and vari- ous conventions, but rarely has it well comed a more important one than that of the Live Stock Breeders of Alabama "In union there is strength" and "in the multitude of counselors there is safety" says the proverb. So. in the coming together of earnest and intel ligent men who are thoroughly inter ested in any good to be accomplished Every man who has made study and has had experience on any matter has something to say that will both inter- est and enlighten others, and therein lies one great advantage of coming to- gether for an interchange of views. opinions and experiences. No man has monopoly on wisdom. and to no one man has 1t been given to know all that is to be known on any subject; hence 1t is good and profitable for them to meet for mutual benefit and instruc- tion.
 The subject of raising fine stock is and should be an important one to all our people. Alabama's advantages for stock breeding ought not to be a mat ter of doubt or question. The climate, the location, the land and possible prod ucts are all favorable and all that Is necessary is that the farmers and oth-' CTS shall take advantage of what na- ture has provided. The advantages of improved stock cannot be doubted or questioned. Whether for beef, milk. butter or for breeding. or for all of them, there is no room for doubting that improved breeds of stock are profitable. The men who have met in Montgomery are earnest and intelligent They will work together for themselves and for the State and for all the people. Such a body of men coming together with definite purpose in view will do much for the stock industry. Montgomery was glad to have them, and to bid them God-speed in the good work
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-30

Havana, March 29.-President Palma today received the Congressmen and the members of their party who came here on board the United States trans port Sumner. Later the Sumner sailed for New Orleans.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-30
Always Particular,
Gadsden Journal.

Cassie l. has been given ten years by the court but so far she has not yet decided to accept the sentence. She always was particular about what she took.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-30
Try It On the Dog.

Perhaps 1t would be a good idea for Dr. Osler to try his chloroform rem- edy on Addicks, who scores the beam above sixty summers. Of course, Ad- dicks might object and want to leave 1t to an arbitration.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-30
CetteiS tc tbe Gdftor
HEROISM APPROACH
 ING DESPERATION.
An Incident Worthy of Record and Per-
 ,-.- petuation.

Editor The Advertiser:
 During the closing days of the Con- federacy. when General Wilson was making his successful raid upon Selma, Ala, General Croxton was sent on a flank movement to Tuscaloosa and some of his command scattered as far west as Southern Pickens County. A squad, in cidentally reconnoitering. but really on search for .valuables, as their con duct plainly shows, came to the home or James A. Duren, an old gentleman and worthy citizen. Being a we'll to do farmer, his negroes were quick to im- part the transformation that a barrel of gold and silver was hidden away on the premises.
 Replying to a demand for the coveted treasure, the old gentleman told the soldiers that he had no gold or silver, but what Confederate money he had they could take. This statement being Unsatisfactory, they threatened to burn his house. Falling to furnish what he did not have, the torch was applied. Through the heroic efforts of a grand daughter, aided by such negroes as she could command the fire was eXtin- guished. Then as a more drastic meas ure. they placed rope around the old gentleman's neck and going to a near by tree, raised him clear off the ground. The granddaughter again appeared up- on the scene, this time with the kitchen knife in hand, and with one bold stroke cut the rope and released her grandfather. Then, in fit of despera- ton that can come in a great emerg- ency, she began slashing right and left at the soldiers, nor did she cease her vigorous efforts until the last was driven from the yard.
 Remarkable to state, this heroine Mrs. Ann King, although but 16 years of age, was the mother of two chill dren and the widow of Joseph King. a Confederate soldier. killed in battle a wards married J. O. Poyas, and, like Emma Sansom, the heroine of the last ford on Black Creek, moved to Texas and became the mother of eight other children.
 Should a future occasion demand he- roic action on the part of Texas. we predict that the descendants of these Alabama heroines will help to sustain her reputation as a fighting people.
 w. A. Love.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-30

Messrs. Jones G. Moore and E. K, Campbell of Birmingham spent yes- terday in Montgomery. MT. Campbell inquired into his proposition to secure a compromise from the State on a mort gage tax fee of a corporation he repre- -sents. He found that no action had been taken by the Compromise Board.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-30

The editor of The Mobile Item is laying up a great bunch of trouble for himself by inviting all The Items read CTS to write him on any subject they may see proper to discuss, or about which they differ with the paper. We predict a large increase in the business of the Mobile postofice
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-30

The Montgomery Advertiser claims that electric cars were running in that town eighteen months before they were started In Richmond and the latter city