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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-03
Feed stuff.

Feed Stuff.
Corn, No. mixed or white. or 8
bushe sacks, ode kilr dried, &c.
Oats, No. ,. rslxed 49o; No. white. 44c.
Wheat bran. so or 100 $21
Cotton seed feed meal, SCI, prime, s2S so.
Purina food s25.
Corn chops. S1.0S
Corn hearts. $40.
Shorts, 100 pounds, 500.
i,ulls Males a6is2ike.
Hulls, sacks. IS ton.
Hay, choice timothy, $3.50; 40. ] tim
othy, $3.50; oJhnson grass. $12; clover, Sl6
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-03

FRUITS anG fFOuuCc,
Lemons-Per box. extra choice 81. 75@
$500
Lmes-Per 100, $1.0O.
Bananas-Per bunch. I5cdu.75
Apples-Per barrel, Baldwin, $500.
Ben Davis, $464.25; Russets, $500.
California navel oranges So.25M3.50
Peanuts-Fancy, per pound, &c; No. 2,
51kd6c.
Potatoes--Irish potatoes. ner bushel.
IS to Coo; new s. per bushel; IS per barrel
Yellow Yams-s3d3.5o per barrel; white
yams, s2.75Gi3.
Carolina Cabbage-1er crate, N.15.
Onlons-Per pound, 4e.
Hens-35c; chickens. 25d4Oc.
Butter-Fresh, 121adl5c; renovated, 80c;
creamery, SIC.
Eggs-Per dozen, lie.
Florida Beans-Per crate. 500.
Florida Squash Per crate, $l.00 to 1925.
Florida Cucumbers-Per crate, 81.
Florida Tomatoes-Per crate, $300d3.50
Alabama Peas Pc hamper ST.
Alabama Stfawberries-$l. 50m250 per
crate of "a quarts.
Peas-White. per bushel, s1.5Oa1 .65; clay,
per bushel sl9115.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-22
Mir. Roosevelt,, Discourteny.

New York World.
 It was not Mir. Roosevelt's refusal to discuss the tariff question with the shoe and leather manufacturers which has called forth so much unfavorable comment. It was the arrogant anG undemocratic manner of his refusal.
 Surrounded by secretaries, stenogra- phers and typeWriters, MT. Roosevelt told these responsible business men in effect that he could not talk over this question with them because they might him. The confidence which he so free ly reposes in Congressman, reporters, Rough Riders, cowboys and young MT. Garfield was not to be given into the hands of men who called to see him about a matter of the utmost import ance to themselves and their employees and to the wearers of shoes. Instead, they had to be treated to a lecture about the alleged sins of another deIe- gation that had failed, in MT. Roose- Velt's opinion, to follow all the sub tleties Of Presidential thought.
 MT. Roosevelt's conduct was in worse than bad taste. It was insulting. A President of the United States IS the first servant of the people. EVery delegation that calls to see him stands on it's own merits. Matters that can be discussed with Congressman can also be discussed with the people that make and unmake Congressmen.
 MT. Roosevelt owes an apology to the shoe and leather men, even If his scold- ing waa only a ruse to avoid the expFes- sion of any opinion about the tari1 question. It is possibly for Preslden!, to decline to commit himself and stili he COurtRaOus
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-22
.xn YET MORE DELAY.

According to the latest statements the great canal project is about as much at sea as it ever was: .or as much in the air. It was thought that when the convocation of eminent American and foreign engineers had examined the ground and had fully discussed the matter there would be definite con clusion reached, and that the President would be prepared to go before Con- vress with a fixed plan for the work and some reliable statistics upon which to base an estimate of the cost so that Congress might make the nec- essary appropriations and let the work go forward.
 All such fond anticipations were very much in the nature of pipe dreams We can't see that the matter IS any nearer a solution now than it was a year or more ago. majority or the commission has decided in favor or sea-1eyel canal and we are vaguely lh- formed that 1t will cost hundred mii- lion dollars more than a canal with locks would, and will require live to seven yedTS ulOLC to Nc saAS
 this is little better than guessing anu we can see no good reason for putting much confidence in the conclusions reacned by the commission.
 But that does not cover all the dim culties and embarrassments of the situ- alton. Before the decision of the en- gineers can bear weight 1t must nave the approval of the President, as we understand 1t. Whether he will ap- nrove the sea-level project we have no | means of knowing, but if he does the | whole report must then go to Congress and there the entire matter must De threshed over again. That body may
 come to an agreement so that the nec-
 essary appropriations may be made and
 the work be begun in real earnest pu'
 with our knowledge of the compost ton of Congress. and the many and | divergent opinions about the canal
 we are compelled to feel that 1t requires
 an unusual degree of optimism to make
 one feel hopeful of an early compile
 tion of the job.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-22

time and many millions in money. in- ferior work in construction may m yolye many millions of dollars for re- pairs or Improvements. The American people are impatient and the evident mismanagement in connection with the job thus far and they have cause to be, because 1t is too evident that there has been inexcusable biundering. When the people reflect that nearly two years have elapsed. and that several millions of dollars have been wasted. and that there are practically no re- suits they may be excused for com plaining. They want some assurance that the work is going to be done. and well done. within reasonable time. While we lack the patience of our forefathers we might exercise more of 1t in this case If we were assured that 1t would be fully rewarded, even in sixteen years.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-22
Sidewalk Pencilinss
A sesrou. Report Corrected.

There appeared in this column yes terday morning an interview with an anonymous citizen under the caption "On Unreasonable Employer in which it was made to appear that Montgom- cry merchant had dismissed from nis employ a saleswoman because or an alleged discourtesy to negro woman customer.
 Owing to the seriousness or the ac- cusation, the fact that it concealed the identity of the merchant and the com ment 1t caused, The Advertiser yes terday assigned reporter to make careful investigation of the state- ments. The result is that so far as We are able to ascertain, there was no foundation in fact for tho alleged in- cident. Neither the young woman who lost her position nor the merchant who dismissed her from his service could be located.
 The citizen who was interviewed In good faith admits that he was merely repeating what he had heard and he did not learn the name of the merchant or the saleswGman
 The matter did not pretend to be anything more than street gossip. and The Advertiser regrets that this pub lication gave annoyance to Montgomery merchants.
 The Advertiser Compa.y.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-22
SEVENTY YEARS AGO.

In our day of hurry and rush and strenuosity it is difficult to conceive of the deliberate ways of our fathers only two or three generations back For example. The Buffalo News men, tions that in 1885 ground was broken as a beginning of the construction of the Erie Railroad. In 1851, sixteen years later. the work was completed and opened for business.
 What would be thought of such snail like progress in our day? Now, when a new railroad is determined on the ink is hardly dry on the agreement before the surveyors are out with their instruments, and by the time the sur veyors have finished their plans, often before. contracts are made and the work of grading Is actually under way. For the building of an ordinary road, like that of the Erie, offering no spe- cial engineering difficulties, a delay of more than one year would be looked on as unpardonable.
 The United States is now beginning --or beginning to begin-one of the most stupendous engineering works the world has ever seen. IL is work which will tax the skill and mechani- cal resources of the government to the utmost, yet we are already impa- tient because the work is not going on, and because the end is not already in sight. If the country were assured that as much time would be required | to complete 1t as it took to finish the Erie Railway, we would be consumed | with unrest and impatience. And on | the other hand, if the country could be made absolutely sure that the great ditch would be open for traffic within sixteen years, we might be inclined to possess our souls in patience for even that length of time.
 We surely lack the patience pos sessed by our forbears threescore years ago or more We insist now on the performance following closely on the heels of the promise. We want the determination to do a great work not to cool before the work Is under way, and then if there is any delay we kick vigorously. Whether we are the bet ter for our hurry and impatience may be a matter of opinion. We get more done, at all events. As The News says, "it is of less consequence that great public work is done with dispatch than
 that it be done right so as to stand indefinitely for common use"
 This is essentially true of the great canal project. An error in calculations ] now may involve a loss of years of
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-22

The Advertiser does not usually take the trouble to correct the mere typo graphical errors which form one of the vacations of newspaper management but there was one in an editorial Tues day morning that should be corrected. Speaking of the Isle of Pines we were made to refer to fits 1,2OO acres or land" which was simply absurd. What was intended to be said was 1,2OO square miles of land" Perhaps most readers knew what was meant. but this correction is in order.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-22
w.nts P,cture. of Mayors.

It Is the desire of David W. Cross land, private secretary to Mayor Teague, to obtain a portrait of each or Montgomery's ex-Mayors dating as far back as the organization of the muni- cipal government His object Is to hang these portraits on the walls of the Mayors office in order that future generations may hereafter see the pie lures of every man who has been Mayor of Montgomery Mir. Crossland will send out to the living ex-Mayors of Montgomer-' and to the relatives of deceased Mayors, requests that they send him a portrait of themselves or their relatives, who held the high mu- nificiaI office MT. Crossland would appreciate the gift of any Of these portraits to form a link in the gal lery which he proposes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-22
Salary Increase Is 3D. o.ssO.

"I think there is a misapprehension
 'that the salary ordinance adopted Monday night by the City Council, only Increases the city's salary list by $S,600. I figure that the list Is 1n- creased by $9,sS0, and I base it on a point which I think was overlooked in the skirmish in the Council Chamber
 The number of men on the police fodce has been increased by one addi- tion. Montgomery formerly had thir- ty-six patroimen and one detective, but under the new regime we have the same number of patrolmen but an ad- ditional detective at $1,0S0 year. Now. instead of these being an increase of just $500 from this source. there has been added a new position at salary of S1.0S0. making a difference of $7S0. which, added to the represented SS,600
 makes a total increase of S9,SSO in salaries
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-22
TRIAL or THE VIRGINIA.
Record Time. for Vessels of Her Class
 --. Ia MndH.

Rockland. Me-. Nov. 21.-The new battleship Virginia, product of the Newport News shipbuilding and dry dock company. in her screw standard izing tests today, made one dash over the measured mile at the speed of1s.74 knots an hour, a new American mile record of ships of her class and 0.31 of a knot faster than that made by the Rhode Island three weeks ago.
 The trial today was made under fa- vorable conditions, there being fair ly strong off-shore breeze, which made the course comparatively smooth. The average for five best runs over the course was 1S.975 knots an hour. The machinery worked perfectly and there was very little vibration at high speed.
 The crew will be given test tomor- row and on Thursday the Virginia will start down the coast on her four-hour endurance run, during which she must show a speed of 19 knots an hour.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-22
some Repubiicnn Politics.

"I don't know anything quite so up side down as the Republican situation in Alabama right now" said man who keeps LID with the State doings of the c. 0. F. -"The referees Messers Thomp- son and Scott are up in the air. but are making strenuous efforts to get on tneir feet again while every ofhceholders IS preparing to take tumble out or ms chair every minute or two. .
 Republican politics have ever oesn a mystery in this good State, but the politics of the present would mysuIy Hermann the Great. The President seems to have cast aside all precedents of political action and in Alabama has decided to go 1t alone. Take the Bryan appointment. This was distasteful to the referees and Bryan's application was withdrawn on account or the strenuous fight put up by Messrs. Thompson and Scott.
 '"The referees jumped out of the fry ing pan into the fire when it was an nounced that J. H. Judkins would be ap- pointed. Now they are again fghtlng tuoth and toe nail to get the job Tor Joe H. Burton, a well known young Montgomerian. At the same time comes the announcement of the reap pointment of Warren $. Reese, whom the referees are known to oppose. but still Messrs. Thompson and Scott re, tain their title. I wonder where It VIII end?"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-22
That Eoathall Transfer.

Tt is a strange thing to me, said a football enthusiast yesterday, that football team will turn down d money making proposition with guarantee of expenses to take up another propo- sition that offers no guarantee although 1t may bid fair to make some money. That seems to be the policy of the Se, vance football manager who declined to play the game with Alabama III Montgomery. l have 1t pretty straight that responsible local alumni Of the two colleges secured an offer from the street car company of a guarantee or expenses and l-e park free. The onef was held open for three or four days, awaiting wire from Sewanee. None came. Meanwhile, the Tuscaioosa people expressed their entire approval of the transfer. In Birmingham the park people do not make any guaran- tee, so far as I can learn. and oo charge a rather expensive price for the use of the grounds. ~
 "As have all along argued, the Ala bama colleges should favor Montgomery with a small share of their football games because they do not forget the alumni of this city when it comes to asking for volunteer support every year. In this case, Alabama University is not to blame because its supporters favored the transfer almost the nrst M time the suggestion was made. The only way to give us game for sure Is to put us down on the orlgihai schedule when it is made out.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-22
ow "a rA,c,tIouaI NeetIur.

Hon. Isaac W. Hill, State Superinter- dent of Education. and Major H. c. Gunneis, chief clerk of the State De- partment of Education. left yesterday for Chattanooga to attend the annual meeting of the Southern Educational Association Major Gunnels will de- liver .an address on the general condi- tion of Alabama along educational lines. MT Gunnels Is regarded as fully capable of doing the State justice on the subject ard the occa sion. He has been connected with the State work for a number of years and he will outline the wonderful advance of Alabama in recent times.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-22
To snenk on Cotton.

Rev. N B. Williams, the regular or- ganizer of the Montgomery County Cotton Growers Association. will leave Montgomerv today for Onion Springs where he will address an audience of farmers and business men on the sub feet of 15-cent cotton.
 Organizer Williams has an itinerary of about a month on which he will preach the new pronoganda started by Harvie Jordan President of the South ern Association. He will cover the middle part of Alabama. while Dixon Armstrong of Elha will travel over the Southern portion of the State
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-22
Enr n oniet Campaign.

If doesn't do business any good and 1t doesn't encourage capital to seek in vestment when political matters are carried to the white heat point Ala bama generally gets good officials, and in addition to good officials Alabama wants now a continuance of prosperity n1ent of the great mineral and agri- cultural resources of the State.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-22
Hon. D. J. NIeadOr.

The Post notes with pleasure that Q number of the State papers are mak- ing complimentary mention Of our rel low citizen of Marengo, Hon. D. J. Meador in connection with the Lieu tenant Governorship. He Is well qualified for such a position. and if he shall decide to make the race there that he will be successful MT. Meador has not vet authorized the announce nent that he will enter the contest, but if ts understood that he has the matter nndar advisernent and will make known his determination in few weeks.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-22
Better Stay Awhile.

The farmers of Randolph have not got much time to talk politics. The building. of railroads ana tne thejr h,sr lime. Conner and Cunningham could not interest the voters much In this section now. And we would advlse the two Gubernatorial candidates not to pull off any joint debates III hdh- dolph until next spring.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-22

The threat of policeman to shoot a man who was preparing to drown him. self m Lake Michigan caused the would-be suicide to throw up his hands and head for land in double quick. He didn't want to go hence with his hide perforated.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-22

We don't know that 1t is true, as we have seen 1t stated. that Hetty Green intends to invest some of her surplus in an automobile. It looks like big investment for her. but she and Rus sell Sage might go halves in the ex- penSe.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-22
Do Themselves Injustice.

RuSseI ReRlSIer. ,
 And yet, there are hundreds of farm CTS who have every facility for raising their own meat in abundance who fail every year to make enough to last them six months of the year, and the farmer who does it is sleeping over one of his greatest rights and privileges. Not only this, but he Is doing his family and those who are dependent upon him a great injustice.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-22
Greater HnrtsSlle.

HartseIIe EnCuIrer. ,, =. .,
 There is a revival-in talk-of the scheme to consolidate the two DecatuTs' We have have nothing to consolidate with in Hartseile but we are expanding and will continue to do so-not spasmodl- caIlv hut steadily and surely. As the tide of progress is moving westward anS northward we may in time be com peiled to take in the united twin cities to make "A Greater Hartselle.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-22
Death of Perry Reese.

Lowndesboro, Nov. 21.-(SpeciaI.l- Perry Reese, of Lowndesboro, about 70 years old died Sunday evening and was buried Monday. He had lived In Lowndes County all of his life and was an uncle of Mrs. w. H. Thomas or Montgomery and a brother of Mrs. Louis McCurdy. Mrs. Georgia NMcCurdy and Mrs. Neil Robinson of Montgomery. He was a bachelor
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-22
TakIng up the Lnnd.
Washington County News;

Washington County News: T..
 washineton County. and applications for it are continually being sent in. It makes one's heart sick to see how the as pn nrivate holdings. has been des- troved. Had this timber been pro- tecfed Washington County could now boast of the finest timber belt Tn ,1s tns state For example of what couid Sara haen one need only refer to the lands Helonging to the Sage Land and
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-22
nIood Thicker Than Water.

IaIIaNeRa FttUUIItf' t,, r,-t
 "Blood Is thicker than water" This is emphasized more and more as the American and British people and sol diers come in contact with each other. The fact of it Is the mother country is the only real friend of the American people outside of the fear, or t.c dollars tb sailors of New York in saying three cheers for our mother country!
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-22
Danger of Distance Flag.

MObIIe Register. .
 That third candidate for Governor is being groomed outside the grounds. We arena very shortly. He will do well to come in here before the other racers get too much of a start. There Is danger that the distance flag will De dropped on him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-22
GubernetoriaI Timber.

SCOttSDOrO CltIZeH.- -.vT--. ,
 The Decatur News thinks a good third man ought to come out for Governor. There is a man living in Montgomery who would make an able. conservative and level headed Governor. We refer to Hon. William l.. Martin.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-22

Odell says he "'lows to hold on." es Mrs. Joe Brown said of her husband and the Senatorship. It is a pretty quarrel between Odell and Platt and we are not caring who wins.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-22
want the Coosn Navigation.

Gadsden Times-News.
 An electric road from Gadsden to the Warrior River and thence to the sea is all right, but an all water route on the Coosa is what we want in this neck of the woods. Still the electric road will be welcome here.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-22
Grew Faster than Expected.


 When Mir. Smauel Spencer said that Alabama had grown faster than the Southern Railway had anticipated, he said what we all know. The State 'outgrew every Kind of preparation that had been made for it's business. Not only that, it keeps on growing. The railroads can no more keep up with 1t than the other business interests. Ala bama Is outgrowing all the predic- tions, much more all preparations
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-22

: He was painting picture oi haiBu' And he did it so well, they relalght. That when he stood off
 It was said with a coff,
 "Oh, see If my hat Is on straight"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-22
Want tn he Shown.

Eutaw Whig and Observer.
 MT Shonts of the Panama Canal Board at recent address in Washing, ton said: eve will dig the canal: In this case the majority of the people are from Missouri. They would rather be showed" than told.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-22
To,rn Consolidation Talk.
Sheffield Standard.

A movement Is on foot to consolidate, under one municipal government, the towns of Old Decatur and New De- catur. We believe the time is not far off when Sheffield and Tuscumbia will be one city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-22

Jerome says that in the beginning of his campaign he expected to poll about 30,0O0 votes, and that the actual re- suit stunned him. It stunned others, also.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-22
What State Papers < Are Saying
Be Cheerful.
Dothan Eagle.

DOthan EdgIe. -.
 If you got all the squirrels up one tree the chances are you'd miss halI of 'em. so what's the use to worry?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-22

Improvement Company. These lands, as late as 1896, could have been bought for $1,25 per acre. The timber on these lands was recently sold at an average of $23.o0 per acre.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-22
Tbe condition of Alderman

The condition ot Alderman -at-Large ssirolse of aponlexv Monday is preatIv improved His condition for a short time gave his friends much concern. but vesterdav. the attending physicians were confident that an early recovery Is almost certain.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-22

washington, Nov. lS.-The Secretary of the Treasury today announced that st,sr of September 9s. 1905. at the close os business on November %. 1905.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-22
Says The Baltimore Afro-AmerIcan

Baltimore is to have a real live negro count in this city next week Now here is a chance for us to show our. white friends that we can make a fuss over royalty just like they do.
 whoop him up. by all means. Give him all the 'possum and fried chicken he can surround and make him feel good. ----..---
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-22
Not Guiity.
Art Of Facial ExpresslOn.

Did he marry her for money?
 No: he married her for mine. Yol see we had a wager on it"