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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-01
Alabama National Ranks.

Washington special
 The Comptroller Of the Currency has published an abstract of reports re- eeived from sixty national banks in Alabama, showing their condition at the close of business on January 1l,>as follows:
 AIabama-Resources Loans and dis counts. $1S,001 ,569.6 oveFdrafts, S1,- l72,413.9S: United States bonds to se- cure circulation, $3,I92,O 900; Sdue from approved reserve agents, $36302S5.02; lawful money reserve in bank. $2,S44,- 793 20; total reserve, $37,G33,255.03.
 Liabilities-Capital stock paid in. S5.- 640,000; national bank notes outstand- ing. $3,752,S50 individual deposits, $22,- 390.640.43; percentage of legal reserve posits of cash on hand. redemption fund, and due from reserve agents. 3U.23
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-01
The Ton,b os a Patriot.

Leslie's Weekly of Jan. 26 publishes the picture of a tombstone on Mount shows the following inscription: Here lies Solo Jones, the road maker, true | Q Jt. He labored 50 years to leave world better than he found thing of a proverb. But this particu- lar tombstone has an air of truthful ness about it that carries conviction. If Solomon Jones did in fact work ter, he is entitled to be considered a patriot. If his patriotism took the form of road making, 1t could not have been more practical. The man who makes good roads is of even p1ore value to mankind than the man who makes two blades of grass grow where only one grew before. And we have the authority of pr. Swift for the farmer is of more benefit to his kind than the whole tribe of statesmen and politicians. The man who Improves agriculture improves the material con- makes good roads increases wealth, promotes Faod morals and civilization and the contentment and happiness of the people. If Solomon Jones contrib uted to all these things he Is entitled to the enduring monument which has been placed upon a mountain top, where his light will shine before men.
 More than twenty-two centuries ago
 
 city of Rome. He was a patriot in the times when it was better to be a Ro- man citizen than to be a King. He was a man of profound learning and noted for his wisdom. From him it is said that Roman Jurisprudence Roman oratory and Latin prose had their be- ginning. That noble old mans name is a household word throughout the civilized world. But he Is not remem- bered for any of these things. His name has endured through more than 2,O0J years because he laid out and began a great highway, over which for twenty centuries the traffic of the Eternal City has rolled. Upon thls highway Caesar marched his invincible legions. over it St. Paul was carried tc the court of Nero, "an ambassador in bonds" By this wayside stands the stern round tower of other days, firm a s a fortress-a womans grave, that of Meteila, the wealthiest Romans wife"
 Roman Jurisprudence has to some extent shaped the laws of Christen- dom; Roman oratory and Latin prose are studied by scholars all over the world, but the name of Appius Clau- dius comes down to us through 2,O0O years linked with the great highway which was so well constructed that It has defied time and neglect and the elements, and long stretches of it's pavement still remain perfect between the rows of tombs and monumental buildings which have crumbled into ruins.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-01
cetters tc tbe Gdfter
fnterssting Books.

Editor The Advarriser:
 When ElizaDsth itorter Gould issued sr was s01m recosnlseT Pg the literary world as distinct and imRor- tant as well as a unique contribution 70 Geographical and reminiscent lItera- ture. The country teens with Brown ing Clubs and societies, where self constituted critics. with more daring than knowledge or culture. are con- atantly tnstrueting students and low CTS of poetry how to read the Brown ings and Miss Goulds book comes to us most timely as an object lesson. A fogcthle and concise estimate of its yalue may be given in the words of Joaqum Miller, who wrote to the au- thor: Yours Is the most satisfactory and tersely informing book about the Brownings T have yet read-much in
 The two books. "John Adams and "Rsekiei cheever.s the early master of the Boston Latin School--the first with introduction by Hon. Charles Francis Adams, and the second quite as strong ly and suitably introduced by Edward Everett Hale-are valuable contribu- tions to the history of education in this country and in these days of in- competent and not too conscientious teachers. emphasize the function of which ought not to be without good result. The colonial flavor of these two books adds not a little to their in- terest These interesting volumes are now followed by work of fiction. which enters a feld hitherto untrodden by novelists--the Influence of dear, departed ones upon the thought and life of the living. and the authors quotation of Goethe's lines is most significant of the aim and animus of the book.
 What I possess Isee far distant ly" What I possess see far distant ly-
 ing"
 The title of this novel, The Pioneer Doctor" Is as practical and unpreten- tious as its teaching, which deals with true spiritualism and not spiritualism falsely so-called. The book is,. in a sense, messenger of consolation to the sorrowing. and the thoughtful reader must gain comfort therefrom. | Y l.f Zitella Cooke.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-01
PoLL TAx REFORE VOTING.

As electoral matters stand. only TOO men have become qualified electors In this city. Seven hundred out of 4.000 some % old men in this city, but ls oxen o5uGi could not draw some of them to the polls. As things stand. 700 men below the age of 45 years, will control the city election in May. Is it desirable duced to TOO men? Has patriotism fallen so low that in this town only one elector in about five qualified by @ szH o PgSS EEaEy sShGSs etsan R sRoGS RGdss that much to the public schools at any rate, and it is absolutely his duty to become qualified elector.
 The above from The Birmingham Age-Hersld of last Sunday Is a bit mys- tifying. Not very long since there was a primary election in Birmingham to decide who should be the Democratic candidates for municipal ohices. A great many more than seven hundred, or three times seven hundred votes were boiled. Here the mystery comes ip. How did such a great number vote, as in primary elections the same rules for voting apply as In general cleo tions? No man had a right to vote in that primary who owed any poll tax. We are going to have a primary cleo tlon in this city early in April, but no man will be allowed to vote in that election who, if subject to poll tax, has failed to pay. This is the last day they have on which to pay up, and if they neglect it they will have only them- selves to blame.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-01

fendant. no Ink of which was open to a reasonahle doubta Yet the chain is no stronger than it's weakest link. and there were several such links in the chain fashioned by the. Attorney-Gen- eral and his witnesses The entire re- sources of the commonwealth were back of the Governments case against Tucker. and yet we. think. and we be- lieve that the majority of our reaaers will agree with us. that the States case was not proved with sufficient clearness to justify the sending of the prisoner to his death"
 The charge of the Judge was explicit and generally fair to the prisoner. al- though his telling the jury that Sno proof of motive was necessary. was taken by the defence as not a fair statement. The part of the charge that Is most important was in these words:
 Nothing Is to be taken for granted: nothing can be presumed against the prisoner. The fact that he stands here ttce ts not to weigh against him; the fact that an indictment has been rec turned against him upon the oaths of the grand jury is not to prejudice him: that is but one of the steps necessary to be taken in order to put him upon his trial. You are not to convict upon suspicion, upon a bare probability or mere weighing of probabilities, or even upon a mere preponderance of the evi- denee against him.
 If the facts proved can be fairly rec onciled with any reasonable theory of the prisoners innocence, he must ba discharged. The proof of his guilt must be beyond a reasonable doubt, or he is entitled to a verdict of not guilty. It must be proved with this degree of certainty that the alleged crime was committed, that the life of the deceased was unlawfully taken by the prisoner, or he must be acquitted.
 Governed by this plain language. and on the evidence given. The Herald. thoroughly conVersant with every de- tail of the trial, Is amazed at the ver- dict, and we think most readers will agree with it. It is probable that a new trial will be granted, and a differ ent verdict may result next time. If not, the man will be executed without any positive evidence against him. and because his previous character was not of the best.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-01
Valuable Unclaimed Property

New Orleans Plcayune.
 The stories of lost and unclaimed property form q monumental history of human carelessness. Equally so 1t would seem, is the story of unclaimed stolen property. In the Rue des Eco les in Paris a yearly sale takes place of objects found on thieves and mur- derers unclaimed by their owners. It Is truly surprising that so many peo- pie refuse to claim what belongs to them. Among the things on view the other day were a pair of earrings, sold for S45, a pearl hreastpin $1lO and one brooch $40. There were dozens of diamond rings, splendid gold watches and chains and one diamond weighing three and one-half carats
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-01
The Newer Japan.

Fall Mall GdZellS.
 Pierre Lott thinks. as do many of us when we revisit the scene of our early loves, that Japan has deteriorated. War, even in 1900, he saw to be in- eVitable. but this saddens him less than the substitution of American bars for the picturesque ea-houses and the general spread of drunkenness among the lower orders, Formerly, he gasaki he was sure to be a European; but now the sailors as we'll as the civilians of Nippon are often to be found booking and quarreling in cab nretS,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-01
Not Saying Much For Bryan.

NeW Olk FFtss.
 l. took Secretary Morton six weeks to change from Democrat to a Re publican and get into the Cabinet. Car it be possible that MT. Bryan has been studying the Morton system?-ThC World.
 We believe that MT. Bryan would give the country far better service in the Presidents Cabinet than Mir Pau Morton gives. And this is not saying as much for Mir. Bryan as he deserve, to have said for him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-01
One of Many Foolish Bills.

W dSIIIII . LUII IUSt.
 Among the many impractlcable prop ositions now pending before State Leg isIatures in this great and glorious country of ours we note the usual pro- portion of attempts to legislate true goodness into the hearts and minds and firm rectitude into the behavior of the people. The old idea, the ancient delusion. that a statute is, in and of itself a cure for any evil or abuse CT objectionable practice at which 1t may be aimed still holds it's place all over the union with the same solid security that 1t did in New England in that far gone time when the great and general nourt of Massachusetts was framing and adopting a hundred or more laws for the punishment of heresy.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-01
A Surprising Showing.

sentiment does not appear to play a very important role in the business of the world, otherwise we should not ind find our exports tS spain .oiI%tr1 increasing recent issue of the Consular Reports, she value of the trade s1, of the Unised ised is given From 1884 to 1898, inclusive, the exports of the United States , to of $14,619,335 in 1891 to a minimum of O,22S,545 in 1898. In 1899 the exports dropped to $9.0OO. 900, but in 1900 they showed an increase, and in 1901 were larger than had ever been previously of the year 1883. In 1903 a new record was established, our exports for the first time passing the $17,o00,000 mark, With imports from Spain the figures for the last three years were in excess of any previously received. Judging by that evidence, any feeling which might reasonably exist in Spain against this country had not been reflected in the trade between the two nations, the volume of which was greater than in those preceding the difficulties in re- gard to Cuba.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-01
41' 10, EATU, VI. D,, Health Officer, Dale Count
Card From Rev. MT. shofner.

SEWEWEEe
 Brewton. Jan. 80, 1905. Editor The Advertiser:
 Dear Sir-Please allow me to make a correction of an error which saw in The Advertiser this morning. State. ment was made In News of Brewton' that l would move to East Brewton Your correspondent was misinfcrmed l am at the Methodist parsonage ir Brewton, where I expect to remain un til the authorities of my church say for me to move, and the good people are so kind to me that I am wishing to stay the full four years. sFr
 >eT Respectfully,
 l. M. Shofner.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-01
The Termination of the Peabody Fund
 

In these days of great benefactions shrunk to small proportions in popular estimation. Yet when it was created, a little less than forty years ago, it was one of the notable gifts of the world Its three and a half million dollars bulked larger then than a dgift of ten times that amount would today
 Moreover, in the good that lt has ae- complished, the fund must still be ranked as one of the notable gifts of the wofid. The money was to be de- voted ro ''inteiiectuai. moral and in- dustriat Education in the most destitute
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-01

Many inventions and Improvements have been made in connection with wa ter systems. but when they invent one that will keep water from bursting the pipes in cold weather we shall beg to subscribe at once.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-01
Was q Good RuIe.

HUINuIU ItENVTWF
 We remember that in former years Judge Tally adopted a rule to impose imprisonment in addition to the fine in every conviction for carrying conceal ed pistols. It was a good rule, and If all our judges would adopt it, they could do much to stop this pernicious habit. Unless some stringent meas come the rule instead of the exception
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-01
ClanCey's Hotel, Cor. Bibb & Commerce Sts.
 rIontgOmery, Ala.
ARRIVALS YESTERDAY:

D.. c. Dions Savannah, Ga-;-@E5-@. Wood, Savannah, Ga.; Geo. Van Rippen; J. T. o'Neal, Rutherford. Ala; E, l.. Alabama; P. Poole and wife; L. D. En- gor, Waycross, Ga; Harry Clark, Att lanta. Ga. J. J O'Ranker. Selma, Ala; R. Schleringer, New York; T. A. Am New Orleans; Shas. Cate Chattanooss, Tenn; H. s. Munro, Americus, Ga; H. N. Crumpton, Evergreen, Ala; A. Schlesinger. New York; Thos. c. Conner, Tuskegee. Ala; c. A. Hardwick. W. Hardwlok, Virginia; W L. Rhodeas Rutledge, Ala; John Cockee Birmings ham, Ala; K. W. H Brown. Thomas. vile. Ala; Louis Pardy. Savannah, Ga: T. L. Green, Uniontown, Ala; c. H. Sellers, Alabama; L. H. Brown. Ala bsma; H. H. Garner. Dothan, Ala; W. H. Loftin, Waycross, Ga.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-01
No Smallpox Ia Dale.
'., Ozark. Ala. Jan. 20, 1905.
 4ftnu STha A1uartfaAP.

OtUF ~ AFos 'v~IA' ~V' N"VV' Editor The Advertiser:
 Speaking of the prevalence of small. pox in this community and the visit of Dr. Sanders. State Health Officer. to Enterprise, -lba and other points in Coffee County. your speciaI correspond ent In today's Advertiser has the fol- lowing: '"rhere are a number of cases in the nsighborhood of Ozark. in Dale County. and Hartford and Geneva, in Geneva County"
 am pleased to inform you that your correspondent is mistaken so far as Ozark and Dale County are concerned There is not now, nor has there been in several months, a case of smallpox in OzaFk or Dale County I speak authoritetlvely and hope you Will give this the same publicity that you did the card from Enterprise.
 Very respectfully,
 F. B. Ard, M. D.,
 Health Officer, Dale County.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-01

The New York man who wagers that he can eat an entire roast pig may win his bet. for men have been known to exceed even that feat, but this one has no right to try. to prove to the world that he was once pig himself.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-01
Mortgage Sale.

Default having been made in the pay ment of that certain mortgage made by A. D. Mills and wife and Augustus Chlfelder and wife to The Mutual Benefit Building and Loan Association, on the 24th day of March, 1897, and recorded in the office of the Judge of Probate of Montgomery Coun- ty, Alabama, in Mortgage Book l4s, page 2s6. the undersigned, The Mutual Benefit Building and Loan Association will, pursu- ant to the powers contained in the said mortgage sell to the highest bidder for cash, at public outcry. at Court Square Fountain. in the City of Montgomery. Ala. Saturday. the 18th day of February, 1905 the following described property, be- ing situated in the City and County of Montgomery, in the State of Alabama, to- wit: The w. E of lot No. eight (S) meas uring fifty (50) feet front on Clay Street and running back one hundred and fifty feet 15O) and is situated between whitman and Hanrick Streets in square tlo) Ten in that part of said City of Montgomery known as Hanrick's plat. together with the right to use in common with w. H. McDade a ten C1Ol foot alley in the rear of W. H. McDade's property, in easteriy direction. THE MUTUAL BENEFIT BUILDING AND
 LOAN ASSOCIATION.
 STEINER, CRCM 6 WE'LL,
 Attorneys. wed-4t
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-01
Just Out of College.

PhiIaueIphIa ReCOTu.
 out of college the rest of us wouldn't realize how little we really know. Herbert Spencer maintained that some things are unknowable The aversge young man just out of college will, of Course dispute this.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-01
Good Time to Keen quIet.

1lllSbuIS GaEStsN'
 There are always a large number of citizens who neglect to attend primary elections and they are generally the men who are the loudest in their obs jections to certain candidates nominat- cd after the election Is over. The ab- surdIty of a non-voter objecting to Successful candidates Is apparent Ey- cry man who has a right to vote at the primaries should do so, and if he does not the best thing for him fo do IS Co keen ouiet after the work is done.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-01
MouId Recome Envioun.
TqscalOosa Times Gazette.

IuSCaloosa Ilmes- -GaZette.
 It's a pity Birmingham can't arrange is so that the visits of champion pugilist of the world, Jim Jeffries and Teddy Roosevelt will coincide. A bout between these two lovers of the manly art might be arranged, and then even Atlanta might become envious.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-01

There was such an overplus of fraud ulent votes in Colorado that The Buff falo News wonders how they ever stop ped voting long enough to count the ballots.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-01
Verdict of Ouater.
BirmlnKham Ledge

Birmingham Ledger.
 When an old scamp like Platt goes into court to sue woman for money he has given her, he ought to be given prompt verdict of custer, no matter what Is done to the woman.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-01
what a Woman Thinks.

NCW UIk fFtss.
 Women seem to think the way to show men how easy a time they have running their business isA to tell them all the troubles about running the house when they come home.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-01
To Sling Hash.
BirminRham

Birmingham Age-HeraId.
 There is boarding house war on at Lawrence, Kan, and 1t Is waged by students. No doubt there Is great temptation among the matrons to sling hash.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-01
There They DiRer.

tIOrenCS Herald.
 A womans idea of a perfectly lovely play is one that sets her weeping the whole evening. A mans ideal play makes him chuckle three hours and go home whistling a new tune.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-01
1900 Yearu OF OwnershIp.

LOUuWW DUUVIHNVI.
 Pullman Is probably the oldest con- tinuously owned property in the king dom Tt has belonged to the Bishops Of London for LSo0 years, and has sur. and civil. whieh the church and state f England Have witnessed in that
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-01
Wbat Stale Papers
 Hre Saying y
Perhaps So.

Dothan Siftings.
 This world would be a better place to live. pessibly, if men were to set out In life asdf they might runsfor an office at any minute. '"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-01

How would 1t do for some enterprise ing theatrical manager to make Mrs. Nation leading lady with the Jem Jeff fries combination?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-01

1asiy Average, December, 100&. .xpIsl Sunday Average, December, 1e04.... 1s,6V1 v. 8. Noble, Circulation Manager of The Montgomery Advertiser, being duly sworn. sayg; The foregoing statement of The Ad- EertiseFs daily circulation for the month of December, 1e0l. is true and correct. and complied after ali returns from news boyS news agents and leftover copies have been deducted D. S NOBLE,
 Circulation Manager,
 The Advertiser CoApany. @worn to and subscribed before me this eth day Of January, 1905.
 F. W. JACKSON.
 N. F.. Ex-O. J. F.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-01

It Is high time that somebody should spring a new woman sensation on the public. Patterson, Chadwick and Duke have about had their day. and even the Elias negress has almost ceased to be talked of. Is there another?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-01
SENATOR MORGAN.
Wants Equilibrium of the States Pre-
 served.

WuhtS EAuluDEIum or the SNateB Pre- served.
 | Washington Post.
 Equilibrium of the Senate formed an
 interesting feature of a speech by Sem ator Morgan on the Statehood bill. The venerable Alabama Senator delved into show that from the beginning of the | Government there has been a contest for control of the Senate. He asserted that New England was more concern ed | over the balance of power by the ad-
 mission of States from the Louisiana purchase than she was over the eXten
 sion of slavery. Much more to the
 same effect did the Alabama Senator say, declaring that New England in-
 sisted upon counting but three-fifths of
 the negroes in the South until they
 were given the ballot, when she
 thought she could vote them. and thus
 retain her power. Then the Senator
 turned to the admission of States some years ago, saying:
 1 The northwestern territories march
 ed into the Union-six of them-in less
 into two States, the South assisting in
 the grand procession. New England
 was ominously silent while the people
 were rejoicing. This heavy disturb
 deeply by New England in the Senate and in the electoral college. The north | west has often been recalcitrant, and New England has resolved that, to pre- | NNhS dllN uduESIOuS lOSS Ot pOHSls II
 the Southwest should ever become like
 wise disobedient. her power in the Sen
 ate should be confined to four Sena-
 tors, when she is entitled to eight. If
 the Southwest is weak in the Senate.
 or rebellious, these, against New Eng
 land policy. could do little harm.
 New England has, no doubt, become
 accustomed to the criticisms of this character. On more than one occasion
 in and outside of Congress, have the six States in the Northeastern portion
 of the country been held up as a hor-
 rible example of selhshness. and their people accused of a lust for power. Well other sections have never been backward in reaching out for power
 It is rather interesting to note, how
 ever, that of the six men on the com mittee on territories that voted for the consolidated Statehood bill, two were from New England, one from Indiana one from Minnesota, one from New ter sey, and one from Ohio. To charge New England with the whole responsibility
 of doubling up the four territories into two States Is a great deal like assert | ing that the tail wags the dog. Yet everybody must coneede that New Eng | land, with her twelve Senators, has al-
 ways been a strong factor in all sf-
 fairs in the United States Senate.