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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-03
DIGGING FOR REMAINS.

Some members of the Academy of Natural Sciences. Philadelphia, have been investigating in the vicinity of Indian relics. In one mound they found the usual arrowheads, flint tools and some earthen pots in a good state of preservation. The party will con- tinue their search among the Indian mounds iying along the Aiabama and Tombigbee Rivers.
 There Is really little variety in the relics found in Aiabama. The Indians who inhabited this region, either in recent or remote times, appear to have been people of simple tastes and de- sires. neither very ingenious or imagi. native. They made pots and other ves- sells of the soft clay of the country and ornamented them with rude and easily formed figures. They made primitive looking hammers, axes and tomahawks of stone which satisfied their simple tastes and skill. They made fairly good pipes of clay or soft stone. and they fashioned some pretty
 
 the work of their hands.
 Beyond these rude and simple efforts the Indians of this part of the world did not go. We find many mounds, some of them large ones. but they are such as any people with patience could erect. We do Lot find here any of the rich carvings and sculptures, none of the heavy stone work, nor any of the delicate ornamental work which abonnds ir Central America and in some sections further North. Many things of interest are found in these excavations. it is true, and while noth- ing of great importance or showing a high degree of skill is unearthed the remains are interesting as showing something Of the habits and modes of life Of those who were our predeces- sors In the occupancy of Alabama.
 When we get down to serious ref1ec- tion, is it not really sad to- read and think of this desecration of the graves 2 These Indiens had their burial customs which were as sacred in their eyes as our customs and ceremonies are to us. When they laid their dead away they supposed their graves would remain for all time, but the civilized white man comes along and digs up and scatters the remains in the hope of finding a peculiar stone or string of beads. It doesn't seem exactly right.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-03
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
 Company. Notice to Stockholders.
Louisville. Kentucky, February 90, Is0o To the stockhoders of the Louisville

Louisville. Kentucky, February 20, 1900. To the Stockholders of the Louisville G
 Nashville Railroad Company:
 Pursuant to resolution adopted by the Board of Directors of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad on the 18th day of Feb rlary, 1905, a meeting of the stockho olders of said Company is hereby called to be held at the company,s office. Main and second Streets. in the City. of Louisville. State of Kentucky. on Tuesday. the ssth day of March. 1905. at 10 o'clock a. m. on that day, to consider and. if approved, to assent to the execution by said Company of mortgage on certain railroads, trackage rights, .termInaI properties and bridges of said Company. which form a continuous line of railroad tending from Cincinnati. Ohio, by way of Knoxville, Tennessee to Atlanta, Georgia, And now known as the Atlanta, Knoxville q Cincinnati Division of said Railroad Com pany. to secure an Issue of bands not 10 ex- ceed in the aggregate Fifty Million Dollars; assent to the purchase by the IouisvuIs S Nashville Railroad Comp my of all the raII- soads, properties, rights, privileges and franchises Of the South & North Alabama Railroad Company. in accordance with the terms and conditions of a proposition sub mitted by the Board of Directors of that Company to the Louisville Nashville Rail- road Company on January Fl. 1905, and for the transaction of such other business aS may be brought before said meeting.
 The stock transfer books of the Company of Marck, 1905, at three o'clock D. m, and reopened on Wednesday, the 2eth day oI March, i9a5 at 10 o'clock a. m
 By order of the Board of Directors.
 J. h. ELLIS. If Secretary.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-03

Commenting on the action of the Senate in the Swayne case, The Rich- mond News Leader says: If anybody can be looked to for an example of clean methods and high morality, it ought to be our judges and Senators. and yet here is a case of clear. petty grating. representing but a few dol lars at a time. but committed by a man liberally paid and in high position. of- ficially condoned and endorsed by the Senate of the United States. And the case is made worse by the apparent fact that the Senators did not vote according to their convictions of the guilt or innocence of the accused. but did vote according to their party eon- nections." The action of the Senate makes history and establishes a prece- dent. neither of which is to be boast- ed of
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-03
AN ApMIssIoN.

The Buffalo News. probably withoue intending. .iI hits its own party pretty hardFrap when it declares that the Re- publican leaders in 1898 were the same men who had supported the sil- yer act of 1890. ,and many of them had been in the band wagon with the pro- m4tsrs of the Bland bill of still an earlier time" There Is no gainsaying the truth of that statement. Many of the prominent and influential Repnbh- cans who are now bowling about the gold standard and sound money. and denouncing Bryan snd free coinage. have but to trace their own records back few years to find themselves as rampant free silverites as existed in the Union.
 The truth of the business is that these truly loyal advocates of sound money are now just where MT. Cieve- land and those who believed in him were about dozen years ago. He was an ardent believer in a sound cur rency--in the gold standard, in fact, when the leaders of Republican thought were lowing down before the silver shrine of Diana. The Democrats, who should have stood by MT. Cleve- land with undertaking loyalty, desert- ed him. or a majority of them dtd. to follow another leader who promised great things to those who would wor- ship at the altar of free coinage. Then the Reru blicans found themselves forced to take the other side of the financial question. and now they are the most blatant sound money adyo- cates to be found. They are right on the money question, but they are oc- eupying the ground that MT. Cleveland stood on a dozen years ago. If the Democrats had stood loyalty by Cleve- land, as they should have done, they would have forced the Republicans to adhere to free silver and the result would have been eventual Democratic triumph and the country would have been saved from Republican misrule,
 All this Is among the things of the past. but there were many who could not see ahead and who would not fol- low those who could. They were se- duced by brilliant rhetoric and glitter ing prospects, so they deserted one of the soundest Democrats in the Union and one of the best friends the South has had in forty years. Now they see the Republican Party occupying the position that the Democrats once held and which they should have continued to hold. It Is not altogether wrong to sometimes reflect on what might have been.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-03
THE PRESIDENTS PARTY.
Has Turned Him Down on Many Prop
 OsitiOns.

Washington Special.
 President Roosevelt must feel keenly has turned him down on his pet hobby railroad legislation, but Tn tact on nearly every single recommendation he made 10 the legislative branch of the Government at the beginning ot tbS present session of Congress.
 With the work of the session prhcti- eally concluded and a comparison of Its acts with the Presidents message last December in view 1t appears that th" great increase in the navy is about the be delighted over. A score of reeOm- mendations made by him fell upon deaf ears If 1t were not for the naval hill he almost would have drawn a blank.
 Briefly stated, the President made the following recommendations. none Railroad legislation, enactment of em ployers' liability law, requiring railroad companies to make provision for the safety of railroad men; the appoint of employers liability; requiring rail- roads to employ the block signal sys- tenn; limiting hours of labor for rail- road employes; consolidation Of forest work in Department of Agriculture; ap- prOpriation for Jamestown Exposition; reorganization of consular service: the enactment of a desirable national quar- antine law; currency reform: merchant marine; revision of naturalization laws bribery and corruption in Federal elec- tions; oremedy delays in criminal prosecutions; admitting delegate from Alaska and general Alaskan legislationi Hawaiian legislation increase In nun Der of officers of the hrmy; reduction ol Philippine tariff; ratification of arpL
 The tariff question was lodged, bu. 1t would have been the same way with that
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-03
Advertisement for Bids for "Re.
 newal Bonds of The State of Alabama"

Bonds to be renewed: Glasses A and B agsregating s7.4s76oo, maturing July ist, 1sos; Glass 2: asgresating ssss.ooo. maturing
 Character of Bond: Fifty year. seld bonds, in denominations of either sioo, $500 or s1,ooo said bonds to be coupon es reEis- semE annually in Montgomery. Alahamas .er New York City, state of New York. Bids for enti-s issue, or any part thereof, not less than for sios. are invited upon following
 i. Upon boads bearings 3 per ceat De, ,aa,
 3. Upon bonds bearing aM per cent per
 A certified check. payable to the order oi of the amount bid for must accompany each bid For the bids that lre accepted other tSs fe ss ss tifisd check accompanying rejected o'ds will be returned with notice Of rejection. The ure of bidder to comply with terms of his bid be forfeited to the State
 ss sdS sns ss as Sf shs snpa ge paid in lawful money of the Halted States or in lieu thereof. an equal amount ed, sixty days before the maturity of the present bonds. into such depository as may ss dssignased by the GoS"Fnsr; pr in Hey iisS Suaranty as the Governor may approve
 The State will exchange with accepted lice of acceptance or rejection viii oe ki,eE the bidder for difference n .nteres. to date of maturity of old bonds. No bid offering less than par Wfl be considered, Ths statu reserves the right to retire prsselt LonLs to an amount not exceeding sso0,oo0. Bids will be received at the Governors Office at 1905. and will be opened immediately. No bid new for old bonds, credit being siven not later than April ls 1905. Envelopes containing bids must be addressed to th. Governor of Alabama, apS have cohspic1, Bonds. State of Alabama" The Sta's re- serves the right to reject any and all bids. For further Information. apply to Sne ssV-
 R. M. CUNNINGHAM
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-03
At UyBter Bay.
 Nashville American.


 Even within the sound of the slosh- ing waters of Oyster Bay the brother in black finds men ready to hang him if he gets too giddy. The New York Sun says:
 Twice within six months the resi- dents of Long Island towns have been worked up to point of indignation at which they were ready to take the law into their own hands and inflict sum mary punishment upon negro law breakers, In each case the authori- ties were able to protect their prison CTS and save their lives, If it had not heen for the prompt and decisive meas ure adopted yesterday by the oyster Bay Constable a negro might have fail ed to get a ''square deal" under the very caves of the Hon. Theodore Roose- velts home"
 As the number of negroes in the North increases they assist the North in better understanding the sitnat ton and conditions in the South Nothern sentiment on the subject is undergoing a marked change. The North, however, can never understand the negro and inteiligently sympathize with him as the South does. The negro can never snd a friend who appreciates and un- derstands him as his Southern white friends.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-03
The Railroad Rate Question.

MGHpnlS APpcdi
 The question of railroad rebates Is just, now exciting the President and Congress, and there is a movement on foot to authorize the Government to make rates. We are satisfied that this is an error. In the first place, the mak- ing of rates is a very intricate business, and 1t is altogether impracticabie for the Governm ent to fix rates to control all the roads in the United States This is a privilege that belongs to the roads themselves, just as a grocer or dry goods merchant has right to put able is that there shall be uniformity of charges. and no invidieus disefimin- alton against individuals or communi- ties If the Government can establish it will have done all thtat 1t Is called upon to do.
 There are laws now upon the statue books emphatically condemning favorit- tism and discrimination We do not doubt that all railroads would prefer to charge uniform rates; but if fre- queatly happens that those who con trol the roads are themselves shippers, or the business associates of shippers, and through them special rates are ob- tained This is unquestionabiy great evil but there is a law against 1t, and this law has been in existence ever criminated against. the Interstate Com merce Commission has the authority to correct it. Why. then, should any further laws be passed on the subject? What Is necessary tnsv is to c,rt enforse the the forced, 1t Is not likely that more dras- tic laws along the sane lines can be enforced. All railroads Nhave public rate schedules, but 1t often happens hate bv virtue of which he is able to successfully fiEht and perhaps rout his rivals This Is against the law: but as the arrangement is secret 1t Is hard to prove. still the thing to do is case, and then enforce the law. There are a great many violations of the law which are hard to prove, and any meth ods that will facilitate the collection methods should be strictly in aecor- dance with the rights of the people and the general theory of the law, We have already on the statute books laws Manifestiy the thing to do is to en- force these laws before We pile up a lot of additional laws upon them. that would probably be even more difficult to enforce. When there IS law against murder in existence. there is no need to pass another law against murder because some guilty ones have managed to escape justice.
 We would not put any obstacles In the way of enforcing the existing laws; on the contrary. we insist that it Is the duty of the Government to enforce those laws. But we object to saddling the railroad business of the contry on the Federal Government. The fune- tions of the Government are already complicated enough, and the tendencies towards paternalism are already too proRenneed. If ths, Government will try to hold the railroads to 8 strict eonnpiianee with laws now upon the statute books. 1t will have about all 1t can attend to.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-03
Negroes at the inauguration.

New orleans Picayune.
 The inauguration ball." to which any person may purchase tickets and
 attend, was up to President Lincoln's 5 time social affair to which only 1 those who were invited were admitted. When Lincoln was inaugurated ''soci- ety" was so taken aback that 1t omitted
 the customary ball. Then it was that the matter was taken up by other per-
 sons as a speculation and it was opened to all who would purchase tickets. The inauguration ball today is in no sense a social, but wholly a commer- cial and political affair It is not strange that negroes are buying tick cts and are going to attend. The sale
 of tickets is open to everybody as much as if it were a circus. and there can be no restrictions as to the race and color of those who pay their money. It may not be out of place to mention
 that this choosing of March for fin auguration day" is credited to the American philosopher and statesman,
 Benjamin Franklin, who calculated in
 17S9 that Sunday would fall on that date more rarely in the two centuries succeeding than upon any other day.
 Washington's first inauguration was on
 April 30. After that March was
 the date except in Monroes second in- avguration, and Tavlors and Hayess
 when March fell on Sunday and they were all inaugurated on the following Monday, the 9th.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-03
sidewalk PeneiIina$
MT. Thorson VIII Help.

s. A. ThorSon ot Calera was in Mont gomery yesterday several hours and had a long talk with President w. II. Seymour of the Alabama Cotton Asso- eiation and Commissioner of Agricul- ture K. R. Poole on the subject of i'm migration.
 MT. Thorson is an authority when it comes to considering the value of inn migration to Alabama. He agrees with Commissioner Poole in his plan to keep a record of idle lands for sale in this State, giving accurate descriptions and offering inducements to colonizers. With Information of this kind on file in the commissioners office inquiring letters from homeseekers can be in- telligently and hence profitably an- swered.
 MT. Thorson virtually has credit for the making of Thorsby, the thriving town on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad a few miles above Montgom- cry. He predicts that Alabama soil within a year will be one of the great est Nobjectives of immigration in the whole United States.
 It behooves Commissioner Poole and President Seymour of the State Cotton Association to look to plans of eneour- aging immigration. They are both working hard to secure a reduction in cotton acreage and immigrants will be greatly needed to take care of the subtracted lands by diversified agri- culture. They are; accordingly, study ing methods of attracting migration at this particular time. l -f7,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-03

All real well-wishers of the Russian people must regret that the spirit of assassination is still rife, as shown by the threats against Grand Duke vladi. mir. Such spirit will not only de- stroy the sympathy they might receive. but will cause the czar to withhold any favors or concessions he might be disposed to grant. If the people are fighting for freedom, they are not following the best plans.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-03
A GOOD REPORT.

The report of Judge Carmichael President of the State Board of Con- yiets. which was printed in The Ad- vertiser Wednesday. is we'll worth reading. for it contains matter of i'm terest to all citizens of Alabama. The efficiency of the management is shown by the fact that the net receipts for the last five months have been over $23,000 per month. notwithstanding the fact that q considerable part of the receipts was expended for permanent improvements.
 It would not be a matter of con- Rratulation # the State of Alabama were coining money from the flesh and blood of the unfortunates who are feeling the arm of the law as a punishment for crime. If these con- yicts were overworked, poorly clothed and fed. cruelty punished or in any other way treated with inhumanity any profit derived from their punish ment would be blood money and a res proach to Alabama. No State or other municipality should make money al the sacrifice of humanity.
 Such is not the case with our present convict system. The reports and the testimony show that as far SsS can be done in the control and management of convicts they are well cared for. They are fed. clothed and housed as well as can be done. are not overworked and especial care Is taken to secure and maintain their health. In this respect there has been a great advance during recent years and the State of Alabama may well be proud of 1t. When a states iaw-breaisers can be made a saaazea of pront without sacrificing any
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-03
,e New York World. discussing

The New York World, discussing a new form of propeller for steam ves- sells. thinks that If the claims of its maker are sustained the use of such .propeliers in combination with steam turbines may make the trip from New York to Liverpool in three days. This may be rather extreme view of the advantage to be gained by new meth ods of propulsion. but when we com pare the time required by the hrst steamers to cross the ocean with pres ent day records we can hardly feel safe in disputing The Worlds prediction.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-03
Traits of Vndfau.

He believes when a man is Sd un- fortunate as to lose an eye he is en- titled to two wives, and he generally gets them.
 after attending funeral, knowing tn at game will detect his whereabouts readily after being at funeral
 The medicine man always takes charge of all in camp when on a hunt He places his medicines in the ground with great pOmp before building his camp fire The fire is never removed while the hunt is in progress
 Knowing that shot through the melt of a deer is fatal, the Indian al ways roasts and eats this part before he eats his supper after bringing in the carcass
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-03
south ( North Alabama Railroad Company. kOtlcs Ot Special Meeting of Stock
 kOluelS,

Al pursuance IO iSSO4us.v..S adopted by the board Of Directors Of the SouLh & North ...@Uai,.a tsaiIl oad company. at a meeting somery, Alabama, on Saturday, January -lst, 1908. notice ia hereby given that special meeting of the stockholders Of said thereof, and will be held on Tuesday, Ine 2lst day of March. le0s, at tlte office 1f the Alabama, at twelve o'clock, noon. 10 consid. CT and act upon resolutions adopted by the vile & Nashville RairSad Company, a prop osit.on looking towari the sale of all the s.r.h;.s. pnt ,bs souA s NortS ssSsha eng Railroad Company to the Louisville & Mash vile Railroad Company.
 c. W. cRAIK
 Secretary. South & North Ala. R. R Co Montgomery Ala. Jaa- 2lst. 1905. s0t
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-03
Postmasters Amrnsa,

Washington, March 2.-The Senate in executive session today confirmed the following nominations:
 Postmasters. Texas: Sidnan ]. Over ton, Alice; Nora II. Kelly. 14ockhart Gustsve cranE. sohutenburgi r. Ear neF. Mexia.
 North Carolina; Jasper 2 walter Burlington
 Also a number of naval promotions
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-03
MAY TELL SOMETHING.

A white House GO-Between to Testify as to Miners Strike,
 Wilkesbarre (Pa.) Special to Philadel- phia Record.
 Louis Hammerling, of this city, who carried confidential messages from Senators Quay and Penrose to Presi- dent Roosevelt. during the miners strike in 1902. has been summoned as witness in the case of Attorney Wales of Binghampton, N. Y., against President John Mitchell of the United
 Mine Workers, for damages for settling the strike.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-03

of the demands of humanity and Chris. tion civilization iong step has been taken towards solving one of the most difioult problems of government. That is what Alabama Is doing and all who are instrumental in bringing about such conditions are to be compli- mented.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-03
Something to the Whites.

ROanOK6 LedueT.
 Roosevelt with characteristic love for the negro, has given a negro regi- ment the place of honor at the head of his inaugural procession, It is said this regiment saved the day for Colonel Roosevelt at San Juan, and he owes a great deal to the dusky troops But the President also owes something to the white people of this country.