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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-18
LITTLE BOY BURIED.
Funeral of Albert c. Pruett at Oak.
 xv00d CemefAry

Funeral of Albert c. Pruett at Oak
 wood Cemetery.
 The funeral of Albert Cecil Pruett, the nine year old son of MT. and Mrs. o. J. Pruett who died Tuesday morning at the home of his parents after a brief illness took place at o'clock yester- day afternoon from the residence, 5S0 South Hull street and was attended by a large number of friends.
 Rev G. W. Patterson, D. D., pastor of the First Presbyterian church con- ducted the funeral services.
 The following friends of the little fellow acted as pail bearers; Will Tar yer, Johnnie Pruett, Henry Pruett and Phil O'Dwyer.
 Interment was made in oakwood Cemetery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-18
TWO AccIdentaIIy EIectrocuted.

Newport News. Va, May 1T.-Earl GIichrlst. a telephone lineman. and Ashley Harris were accidentally cleo trocuted today. Gilchrist was work ing on a pole when wires in his hand came in contact with a live wire and he swung from the pole dead Harris was walking on Hun tington Avenue when he picked up the end of a brok- en electric light wire, being instantly killed Gilchrist was a Lynchburg man. Harris was a son of former State Senator Harris. of Americus, Ga. Both men were unmarried.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-18
Ennernl of mn Infant.

The funeral of the infant of Mir. and Mrs. W. J. Hogan of Speigners. who yesterday morning from the Union Depot on the arrival of the train from Speigners bearing the body. Funeral Oakwood Cemetery by Rev. J. M. Barnes, pastor of the Church of Christ. A number of friends of the bereaved family attended the funeral of the child and the little casket was covered Des meath a mass of flowers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-18
Ball Game on skates.

Montgomery won the ball game On skates last night at Electric Park from the Y NJ. c. A. team by a score of to 1. The game was the best that has been seen on skates.
 The feature of the game was the pitching of T. Allen and R. Coins. There was beautiful triple play by while Boyd that won the game.
 This Montgomery team has chaI- lenged a team in Mobile where they will play soon.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-18

If in a kind of bilious mood, You wish an aid to digest food. No other pill is half so good As DsWitt's Little Early Risers. When e'er you feel impending Ill., And need a magic little pill, No other one will fill the bill Like DeWitt's Little Early Risers. u- -thu-sat
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-18
TOMBsTONEs FOR TWO.
odd Monument for Bodies Buried Apart
 In Old Manhattan Cemetery.


 in old Manhattan Cemetery. New York Sun.
 You have heard of hammocks and buggies built for two" said a New Yorker" but did you ever hear of one tomstone erected for two bodies buried a distance apart?
 found one in one of the old ceme- teries down in the lower end of Man haitian. The stone is quite old, and long since began to crumble. The inscrlp- tion records that beneath lie the re- then this:
 Not far away from this place also lie the remains of (the name follows) who died a few years later
 But there is nothing to indicate where the remains are. The earth In the vicinity is flat and unmarked. conclude that the man who erected that tombstone was an executor and had an eye to business"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-18
Lenvea fnr AtIanfn.

Washington. May 17.-Secretary Met calfe of the Department of Commerce and Labor, left today for Atlanta, Ga,, where tomorrow evening he will de- liver an address at a banquet given in his honor. He will probably return to Washington Saturday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-18
selnia Elected Dlrector.

Columbus. Ohio. May 17.-At the an- nual meeting of the Columbus and Hooking Coal and Iron Company held here today. H. o. Seixis, of New York, a director of the Sloss-Sheffield Steel and Iron Company was elected to the directorate. succeeding Henry Gumble, resigned President N. l. c. Kachet- macher and all the other officers were reelected.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-18
Nnnrne the YIetor.

Savannah. Ga. May 17.-Jack Mon roe. the Butte miner, and Hank Par delio met in the theatre tonight for twenty-round boxing match under Queensbury rules. Pardello was not in -~~'''' and made a poor showing.
 locked him down six times -a. d him out in the fifth round
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-18

New York, May 17-On the steam ship Seguranca which sailed for Colon today were Charles E. Magoon who suc- ceeds General Davis as governor of the canal zone and John F. Wallace. chief engineer of the canal
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-18
Forelrn AppoIntmeats.

Washington, May 17.--George Harnil- ton Butler of New York has been aps pointed student interpreter at tns American legation at Pekin, Amos L.. SorIe, United States Marshal at Han-' kau and Stuart K, Lupton of Tennss~I see, marshal at Annoy.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-18
Ehrnv for Nevy Yorlx.

Paris. May 1.-The appointment Is officially announced of Alcide Ebray, a well known writer on foreign affairs, to the consul genAral shiu of France at New York.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-18
River. nnd Harborn,

Cairo. III. May 1.-The tour of the Rivers and Harbors Committee of Con gress down the Ohio river was ended Q I
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-18
PROGRESS OF CROSP
UNITED STATES DEPAKTMENT OF AG-
 RICDLfURE
Climate and Crop Bulletin of the Weather Bureau, Alabama Section. for week Ending Monday,
 May IS, 1905,
General Conditions.

Moderately high temperatures. with gen. eraily ample and we'll distributed rains, and nearly the average amount of sunshine. made the week, as . whole. highly favorable for crop growth; however. the rainfall dur ing the early part of the week was suffi- cient to retard cultivation and allow grass and weeds to get a start in many fields. Cotton stands are generally satisfactory with plants making good growth; ohoppins Is practically completed over most of the southern half of the State. but this work has been retarded by rain in northern and some middle counties. where the crop is getting grassy. Upland corn continues to make good growth. with second blowing still in progress. Lowland corn is stiil be- ing planted, with some up to good stands and revolving As6 blowing. Worms are doing fsss danuagv I@Scorn than heretofore. Wheat is needing S6w7y. and rust has ap- peared in several sTaities. lowering the prospective yield. sypeN continue gsneraily promising. though hSsdins low and indicat- ing a light yield in some places. Gardens continue to yield we'll: minor crops are making generally satisfactory progress. with melons beginning to bear ip southern coun- ties Sweet potatoes haze been mostly trans planted. The outlook continues good for a moderate fruit crop in middle and southern counties.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-18
Southern District.

Barbour, Batesville: Good weather Tor work, all crops doing we'll; cotton being chopped; corn plowed.-Geo. Boyer.
 Baldwin, Magnolia Springs: Late corn damaged by worms; melons commencing to bear, some Injury from bugs.-Henry P Romund
 Butler, Manningham: Good stands of cotton and corn; cotton chopping complet- ed: corn receiving second blowing; heavy rain on Sth.-J. A. Simmons.
 Clark, Gainestown: Corn and cotton do- ing fairly well; oats poor. heading low; little fruit labor scarce.-J. s. Lambard.
 Coffee Enterprise: Corn and cotton do ing well. though both are grassy.-B. w.. Fleming
 Covlngton. Andalusia: Late cotton being chopped: corn doing well, though late; gar dens fairly good.-W. F. Jones.
 Crenshaw, Honoraville: Cotton being chopped; corn doing well; oats heading low; cane fine; fruit, gardens and minor crops fair-P. F. H. Roper.
 Mobile, Oak Grove: Irish potatoes tur- nips and cabbage being marketed; straw berries about gone; fruit fairly promising. -F w. Lingard.
 Monroe, Puryear: Two-thirds of the cot ton chopped: all field crops doing well; gardens needing rain; pastures good.-Aion- wilcox, Catherine: Corn and cotton growing well, though quite grassy; work delayed by rRin-W. L. Bruce.
 FRANK P. CHAFFEE,
 Section Director, Weather Bureau.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-18

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-10
EXPLOITING IGNORANCE.

A man who writes for the news papers with the intention of convey ing information should know what he is writing about. and especially if he writes of a subject so well known as the manufacture of whiskey. In a re- cent issue of The New Orleans Times Democrat John E. Watkins contributes an article devoted to 'moonshiners" and their operations. in the course of which he writes:
 The mash" Is made by mixing one gallon of cheap. black molasses, cost ing about thirty cents. with two bush cents per bushei. ground into meal. Water is added in sufficient quantities to make forty, gallons of whiskey, sold fay of si.sO is realized ssC and a say ing of the government tax of $1.10 per barrel. Almost double this profit is now buy brown sugar at 1 1-2. cents make their own molasses by mixing with water.
 That one bushel of corn and half gallon of molasses will produce twenty gallons of whiskey will be news | tO NhC oS WNtA hS SO TVS ular manufacturers. They would con slider themselves fortunate to get one- fifth as much as this writer says they make It would be nothing to wonder at to find the woods full Of illicit dis tillers at such figures as that. II would beat being manager of the Equitable, and Uncle Sam couldn't af- ford revenue officers enough to keeT track of all who would engage in 1t Such profits would ensnare Uncle Russ Sage himself.
 Nor Is the writer any nearer to ac. curacy when he refers to a govern. ment tax of $1.10 per barrel" Any man who wants to make whiskeS would cheerfully pay such triflins tax as that, and there would be nc inducement for conducting the bust ness on the sly. The revenue tax Il 90 cents per gallon, which is quitt different from S1.1O per barrel IT short, the writer should study his sub ject a little.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-10
A NATIONAL QUARANTINE.

The action of the authorities of New Orleans and Louisiana in asking that the United States Marine Hospital regulations in their locality was some what surprising in view of the past, but 1t has had a wholesome and re-as- surfing effect on the whole country. If a single State or city is afflicted with a disease. which can be confined to the limits of State or city. the cry of State Rights might be invoked against government control. When, however, because of rapid transit of individuals, who have been exposed to infection, the danger becomes wide spread, the same reason would apply for Federal regulation of quarantine, that has been invoked for an Inter- state Commerce Commission. State lines are obliterated now in railroad transportation and it would be an end less task to fairly regulate 1t. if when every State line was reached, new rules and regulations were encount- cred. The disturbance to all business would be so great as to be almost de- structive of profitable commerce.
 There is no element of paternalism in the proposition for the United State Marine Hospital authorities tc take charge of Quarantines and il would be well for the whole country if the matter could be committed tc their capable hands. They / have 6 splendid corps of scientific surgeons and physicians, who are expert in tho handling of diseases, which originate outside the United States and with the vessels at their command can pre-. vent entry of anything or Anybody from ports where communicable dis. eases exist. They can establish per feet disinfecting plants for all vessels which may wish to come to our ports It is well known and accepted 1 fact that the presence of yellow fev- CT in New Orleans now Is due to peo. pie who came in on a vessel or ves- sels from a place or places where vel. low fever exists. It is very evident that the New Orleans authorities took too much risk and did not exercise such care and vigilance as conditions required. If the authority rested ab. solutely with the Federal authorities to exclude or admit vessels at cer. tain periods of the year. and institute safe guards as to those which do come l in- the situation aa it is now in New
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-10
AN AFFIRMATION THAT DOES NOT
 EXPLAIN.

AN ExPLANATION THAT DOES NOT
 EXPLAIN.
 The Birmingham Age-Herald of yes terday contains the following remark. ble es1itorial:
 The Montgomery Advertiser induig- es In a few remarks touchin' on and appartainin' to two hundred thousand people in the county of Jefferson. as
 One of the questions propounded to persons seeking to go to Birmins- been ssp te s9 yellow 1e1sr n K
 If person answers that question K. na city fassAfs ef auiekiy a Sn isoiatsS isSfS three miles from town Ssy' so Tasss es eas sase 0seS se and behold, the county of yefferson Board of Health. eight days after the ee nsSl. oRE sans that fear, or a worse motiver
 What are the facts? Minnehett was the Emergency Hospital on July 2s !: mosquito that had bitten him could not possibly transmit the fever germs to a person until August 8, and a,o the of the bite until August IS; All the som beesTse fsXsr no case s an cos ws grow out of the Minnehett case until A9ku' The Advertiser i should withhold it's irritation over Birmingham quarant tine. Quarantines in Birmingham are deter mined in Birmingham. not in Mont of out existence. It will stand until the board of revenue and Mayor Ward and it. and they viii act with deiiberation in the light of facts as they are dis-
 Nobody disputes the fact about Min- nehett, and 1t is established by The Age-Heraid's own statement above that 1t has been more than twelve days since he was isolated three miles from the city. What The Advertiser called pointed attention to was the fact pub ifshed in The Age-Herald that any, body from New Orleans could enter Birmingham, upon affidavit that for seven days preceding they had not been exposed to yellow fever. Again we say why this treatment accorded to people from a city where yellow fever exists after the lapse of seven days and yet at the end of nearly two weeks keep up a quarantine against Montgomery where one imported case appeared nearly two weeks ago and to which no one has been exposed to nearly twice the time imposed by Bir- mingham upon other points. It may De regarded in Birmingham as a case of "acting with deliberation." when seven days out of New Orleans without in- lection Is sufficient and a requirement of nearly three weeks against Mont gomery County. but out of that city there may be a contrary opinion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-10
chicago and the "ripr Problem

NPW OrK W OTIU.
 Chicago has new riddle: When is a tip not a tip? Answer; When the tip doesn't belong to the tipped. The porters at the Palmer House who tug about the heavy trunks of the guests are not to be allowed to keep the gifts they may receive. The hotel even finds 1t worth while to employ detectives to see that the last cent of extra compen- sation is paid over to the management, already fully reQuited by the guests. If the owners of the Palmer House really wish to abolish tipping. another name for making a man pay an em- ploye as we'll as the employees employ they think that guests will pay all the ordinary bills and then add a fee to them they may find that they have miscalculated on human nature. Lucky are the Palmer House walters. whose tips have not yet been sequestered. More lucky the public when the tip ping system Is abolished.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-10
NO LOCAL QUARANTINE.

The proposition has been made for the City of Montgomery to enter upon a system of local quarantines, against all points infected with yellow fever.
 The Advertiser does not believe that this is a wise course. The great evil in the South today is the confusion arising out of the diversity of quar- antines. States. counties. cities and towns are all engaged in quarantining. two cities are following the same reg ulations. The result is all sorts of hardships to the public. conflicts of authority and general ineffectiveness.
 The remedy is in the other direc- tion. Let us have fewer auarantines, tenn Is the ideal. New Orleans and Louisiana have already, after bitter experiences of various sorts, recognized this truth, and have asked the Ma tional Government to take charge. One central authority and uniform cerned.
 Alabama has already experienced the absurd effects of conflicting quar- antines. The County of Jefferson is now overriding the State authority in the matter. Probably this is tempor- ary. and will soon remedy itself. Tn the meantime, it will be very unfor- tunate if Montgomery falls into the panic and makes the confusion worse confounded.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-10
VIRTUES OF EYEGLASSES.

Writing In The Lancet Ernest Prom
 ger, ophthalmic surgeon to Harrogate Institute, points out that though many people suffer from worry. few break down under It. The cause of the break from careful observation, are in many cases errors in refraction.
 He once prescribed glasses for the correctional astlgmatism in a medical that his eyes were normal Soon after ward the patient went to Irelnad, and in spnte of a rough journey and the fact that he had been always liable to violent seasickness he was not on that occasion seasiok. The medical man at . tributed his exemption from the dread motion of the sea- says Mir. Ponger. twas not by Atselk sufficient to upset
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-10

him, the additional influence Of that slight error of refraction having been removed" The same subject was also a great sufferer from train sickness, "a not uncommon result of astigmatism." |" and no express has power over him.
 In another patient the nervous sys- tenn completely broke down. He be- lfeved that he could see quite well. He went through various courses of treat ment without getting better. Then MT. Pronger prescribed spectacfes. From that day forward the patient became gradually restored to health.
 From his experience. of the symptoms and conditions which are the effect of refraction and d.which are also frequent ly the precursors of suicide and insan- ity, MT Proger asks consideration for the theory that 1t Is reflective eyes which are responsible for large pro- portion Jf the cases of suicide and in- sanity which occur.-Exchange.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-10
NO ACaUITTALs.
Non-Jury Term of Bibb County Court
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 Centreville, Aug. 9.-(Special.) )-The non-jury term of the county court of Ribb County for the Blocton division was held at Blocton on Monday of this week. There were six convictions and no acouittals. A number of cases were carried over to the jury term. The officers completed the work and returned to Centreville Monday after noon.
 Judge Purifoy is making an exami- nation of the books of the county officers of Bibb County. He will be occupied several weeks with the work. A great many tax payers have been cited to appear and show cause why the valuation of their property should not be increased,
 Centrevine has not auarantined against any point. and the people here have not been alarmed in the least over the yellow fever situation. The health of the community was never better.
 Miss Estelle Crawford has been eleo- ted principal of the school at this
 There are about twenty persons confined in the county jail here. They are charged with various violations of the law.
 The crops of the section are fairly good, and there will probably be about two thirds as much cotton raised in Bibb County as was raised here last year.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-10
Mr. Jerome,. Candidacy

NeW Ork Herald.
 In shying his hat into the ring and announcing that he is a candidate for reelection without awaiting nomina- ton by either political organization MT Jerome has caught the fancy of independent voters. His conduct of the District .Attorney's office has been lie is now familiar with his dominant characteristics. He has a great many good qualities and also many bad ones Whatever may be his pecullaritles and shortcomings, the people are conVlnced that he has been an honest District Attorney, and honesty in that ofnce IS of supreme importance. If he is eIect agreeable to Tammanx Hall
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-10

| Orleans would have been avoided. The
 element of uniformity which is now lacking. and which the Marine Hospi- | tai Service would enforce is of itself wonderful protection.
 | Since the present excitement began we have daily accounts of drastic. un- necessary, illogical and often brutal acts of Quarantine oficiais in the South. To shut down the windows of crowded car co as to cut of all air l and ventilation Is cruel and inhuman. To set on and beat man who un- | willingly violates some regulations, and to apprehend woman and chil- | dren and place them in virtual im- prisonment are among the acts of sav- agery that we are reading about every day. They are acts which cannot be excused or defended, but they are in- evitable when there is no concert of action and when the business of en- forcing . quarantine is too often placed in the hands of men who know nothing about such matters and whose incompetency is manifest to every one
  fering connected with an epidemic at best, without having 1t added to by restrictions and actions which can only be characterized as savagery. With a rational but thorough na- tional quarantine law, with the gov ernment Health Department in fun control. we might expect fairness and intelligence in carrying out and en- forcing its provision. There would be no room or grounds for local jeal- ousies and prejudices. and no occasion for misunderstanding and bitterness between the States. There could be no such really discreditabie clashes of authority as have been witnessed on the part of the authorities of Louis- lana and Mississippi. and which may be expected to occur at any time un- der our present system.
 Of course there would be some to object to a national quarantine law. but as The New Orleans Times-Demo- crat says, the objections would be lon the part of those personally interested. and these will be supported by politi- cal theorists. but the great vkAss of the people of the South will hail Fed eral control of the introduction of dis ease as a protection which mas hith- erto been denied them. It is idle to argue that this disease Is not as dan- gerous as some other. for that is matter which each man will decide for himself, as he has the right to so decide The ability of the Federal government to handle such matters Is universally recognised. and the ability of local governments to combat the foe is suspected If not entirely secuted. The present outbreak has already be- come an interstate affair, which Is reason sufficient for the national gov ernment to take charge. It swas the Federal government which drove the disease out of Cuba, and it can more readily drive it out and keep it out of the South"
 After all objections have been pro- posed and considered there remains the plain fact that the health and lives of millions of people should be among the first consideration of a gov ernment of and for all the people. If that can only be assured by na- tional law--and that appears evident then there should be no more objection l to such law.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-10
nu.er Sailing Conditions.

PhIIadelphia, Aug, 9.-An unusual condition. the absence of trade and other winds at sea was today reported by Captain Goodwin of the ship Dfrigo, which arrived at the Spreckles sugar refinery from Honolulu with a cargo of raw sugar. The Dirigo, according to the captain. pretty nearly drifted from Honolulu to the Delaware Break water, distance of 14.O00 miles The run required 156 days On several days the Dirigo. which Is one of the fastest clipper ships afoat made only fifty miles. The weather in both the At lantic and Pacific Oceans was calm and sultry, with incessant rains like cloud bursts, deluging the big ship.