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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-31
TUESDAY, JANUARY sI, 1905.
STILL INVESTIGATING.

Like that famous ghost of Banquo, the circumstances connected with the disaster to the steamer General Slocum In New Pork waters will not down. The deeper the inquiries go, and the more the evidence in the case is sifted, the worse it appears for those who were responsible. One witness testified that he attempted to pull the life pre- servers down and they broke like soda crackers" Others testified that the life belts were wired so safely to their ancient and undisturbed abode on the ship that it was impossible to get them loose for service" Another bit of evidence was that weight of twen- ty-four pounds was attached to one of these so-called life preservers and it sank in less than one minute. In the words of The New York Commercial. there was no buoyancy to them, and there is no telling how many of the hundreds who lost their lives on the ex- cursion steamer were borne down to a watery grave by fastening to their bodies the accursed impeachment to safety in the water that passed aboard ship fancifully as "preservers of life"
 These are some of the facts and proofs and it seems almost incredible that such a vessel should have been al- sand people, most of them women and children, in the condition that the Sloucum was in. They have a Board of Inspection in New York charged with the duty of inspecting all vessels car rying passengers, and 1t is presumably the duty of the inspectors to see that such vessels are reasonably safe, at least. and that they are provided with the means of saving life in case of such accidents as are always liable to occur at sea.
 In vessel like the Slocum these precautions were especially necessary, and that for several reasons. It was a large vessel, was what Is called an excursion steamer and was particu- larly used for carrying large numbers of the class of passengers who are least able to save themselves Yet it seems That because the vessel rarely if ever went out of sight of land 1t was not thought necessary to take any precau- tions. Even the means of extinguish- ing fire were as inadequate as were the provisions for saving life. So when the vessel took fire it burnt like finder and the passengers only had the choice of being burned to death or of Jumping into the water and dying by drowning. There has been much in- quiry and investigation in connection with the affair and 1t may be that, hor- rible as 1t was, it may bear good fruit,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-31
sidewalk PeneiIindS
CrIticiaes Poll Tax Law,

While I have no disposition to con test it," said new resident of Ala bama. T believe there Is a flaw In our poll tax law.
 Now. I removed to Alabama about two years ago from the West. When we people of Montgomery vote for a Mayor in April, I will have been here long enough to be a qualified elector The other day I went to pay my poll tax and was informed that l must pay for two years before could vote.
 The point I make Is that if I had paid my poll tax last year I could not have voted because the same law pro yides that I must have been in the State two years. A poll tax Is just what the words mean-a tax on polls Just how the State can tax its citizens for the voting privilege and then deny them the right to vote Is the thing that Is bothering me.
 Not being a lawyer, I have no legal information on the subject, but would like to see 1t cleared up."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-31
CIanCey's Hotel, Cor. Bibb & Commerce StS.
 Montgomery, Ala.
ARRIVALS YESTERDAY:

D. c. Dions. Savannah, Ga; W. B. 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. An> derson, Jacksonville, Fla; W. P. Long, Tenn; H. s. Munro, Americus, Ga; H. N. Crumpton. Evergreen, Ala; A. Schlesinger, New York; Thos. G. Conner, Tuskegee, Ala: C. A. Hardwick, W Hardwick, Virginia; w. l.. Rhodes, Rutledge, Ala; John Cockea Birming- ham. Ala; K. W. H. Brown, Thomas vile. Ala; Louis Pardy. Savannah, Ga: T. L. Green, Uuiontown, Ala; G.. H. bama; H. H. Garner Dothan. Ala. w. H. Loftin, Waycross, Ga.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-31
BURGLAR-PRooF HOUSE.
No Doors or Windows Locked, but
 Electricity Keeps It Safe.

From the burglars point of view probably the most remarkable house in the world is the Morosini mansion, at Riverdale. N. Y.
 Many of the handsome places in that neighborhood had been entered success fully by the llght-hngered gentry MT. Morosini's among the number. Deter mining to make himself immune from such attacks he called a well-known electrician into his service, and the re- suit is house which Is absolutely burglar-proof.
 The same electro plant which heats and lights the house is used to operate the electric currents which guard the house, so the cost, independent of the hrst outlay, Is trihing.
 -lectric wires connect every door and window in tn ehouse and when the cur rent Is turned on no entrance can be made without both house and grounds becoming instantly i1luminted by 500 electric bulbs.
 When these lights blaze out set of deep-toned bells in the north tower send out a babel of sounds which can be heard a distance Of several miles
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-31
Development of DOthan.

Editor Hall of The Dothan slftings spent yesterday in Montgomery. He says a man who has not been in his town in the last five years would hardly recognize 1t. as the Improvements and growth have been so great.
 Dothan Is in many respects the most remarkable city in the State. In ten years it has grown from a crossroads village to the representative city of a distinct section of Alabama. With a population of about 5000, lights. pav- ing, daily newspaper and other inI- provements of a city, Dothan stands as the progressive community of south east Alabama.
 Editor Hall is contributing his share to the upbuilding of his home city and he declares that many more improve ments are to come with the near fu- ture.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-31
Round Trip with a Corpse.

Speaking of 'Frenzier Finance" said citizen yesterday Lawson and Colonel Greene and Henry Rogers are not in it.
 T was standing near the passenger ticket office at the Union Station to- day and heard a man call for a round- trip ticket for himself and a corpse.
 'The agent furnished the tickets, but of course, not without first inqulring for the reason for purchasing a round trip tciket for a corpse. The curiosity of the agent and myself, though. Was satisfied when the purchaser explained that in Waco Tex, he had four broth CTS who desired to see the remains of their kinsman. and he thought 1t cheap CT to carry the corpse to the Waco home"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-31
Campaign for Local Taxation.

state superintendent of Education I. w. Hill returned yesterday from Opelika. where he attended teachers institute" Saturday
 While in Lee County Superintendent Hill took occasion to talk local taxa tion for educational purposes It is his opinion that In a few days Lee County will be prepared to vote favor ably on the one-tenth of one per cent proposition allowed under The new Con- Next week Acting Governor Cunning ham will accompany Superintendent Hill to Coffee County, where a rallying campaign will be carried on for local tax. The Court of County Commis- sioners has ordered an election on the issue in Coffee County on February 20. Another county likely to vote on the local tax In the near future is Lime There are at present eighteen coun- ties which have established the local tax.
 Rev. B, F. Riley. who will be pleas antly remembered in Montgomery as having been for a number of years pas tor of the First Baptist Church, passed through Montgomery yesterday morn ing en route from New York to Hous- ton, Tex, where he has charge of the First Baptist Church.
 Messrs. k. T. Davis and L. J. Baldwin of Columbus, Ga, are in Montgomery.
 Gen. George P. Harrison of OpelIka spent yesterday in Montgomery.
 Mir. F. N. Brown of Thomasville ar- rived In Montgomery yesterday.
 Mir. T. II. Watson of Auburn Is a visitor in the city.
 MT. T. H. Jones of Union Springs is at Clancey's:
 MT. J. F. Timmons of OpelIka Is in Montgomery.
 Mir. W. H. Smith of Tuskegee Is in Montgomery.
 Mr. l.. l.. Moorer of Evergreen Is in the city
 
 The worlds forest area Is estimated at 2,50o, 100000 acres.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-31

an asylum, and that people will take large chances rather than allow 1t. but to keep at the home a person who is at any time liable to become violent and take life is not only unsafe, but is not real Kindness to the afflicted. The best that can be done is to commit them to an institution where they will be as safe as human foresight can make them, and where they will not be menace to the family at home.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-31

Some days ago The Buffalo News had a paragraph in which it stated that longer hours and child labor gives Southern cotton mills a great advantage over those of the North, and added that the child labor practice here is as discreditable as the lynchIng habit That may not be the exact language used. but contains the substance, it be- ing one of that papers habitual jibes at the South. In it's issue of last We'd nesday it begins an editorial with this paragraph:
 The State is amazed and astounded at the revelation of the extent to which the employment of child labor is per- mitted in violation of the express letter of the law. Since there is practically no dispute about the facts, the only question is of the remedy.
 The News prints evidence from the Labor Commissioner of New York to show that child labor is prevalent there, and that its dirty filings at the South came from State which has no right to cast stones, though it lacks the fairness to say so.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-31
DANGEROUS LuNAr1Cs.

The Charlotte (N. CD Observer copies and comments on a recent editorial in The Advertiser on the subject of dan gerous lunatics. and adds these two in- stances:
 Under the best of care, the closest surveillance, a parallel to the incident above recited may occur at any time. Several years ago. at the State Hospi- tai at Morganton, a patient, a Baptist minister supposed to be free of any design upon himself or any one else allowed the freedom of the house and premises, suddenly threw himself into the fly wheel of powerful engine run ming in the basement, and was broken to pieces In the twinkling of an eye In the same institution. a little later a male attendant was cleaning up the corridor and, naturally enough. rested his mop stick against the wall while he poured more water on the floor. In that instant a patient, supposed to be harmless, seized the mop stick and with it's heavy end bralned a fellow patient with whom he had no quarrel.
 The Observer makes the point, which Is well worth considering. that if such things happen in an institution which has for its special object the care of the Insane, what assurance of exemp- tion from wholesale butchery can any family have when 1t is harboring in the home an insane inmate?" The only reply would be that there can be no assurance. We can understand how the members of the family regret to see loved one carried of and shut up in
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-31

She comes of an old and dlstin- guished family"
 her house." '''
 Very true. That is not the Ameri- can mode: In her safety deposit vault she has the veriform appendices of no IeWer than four generations in the di- rect line, preserved in alcohol. ."-I,ife
 "Ber'r Williams. does you think de devil is white or black man?" problem got Is ter keep ten yards ahead CT him. ."-Atlanta Constitution.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-31
Fortunate for the Paper.

In Sundays Advertiser the editor his opinion of f1eas, and don't use n sin. gle cuss word.-Hartford Journal
 That's the advantage of being able to discuss calmly and dispassionateiy d suolect which tends to arouse resent ment and provoke denunciatfon. It's fortunate for a paper to have an edl- tor who can look at these from a purely reasonable standpoint.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-31
Wbat $tate Papers
 lire $ayin0
We Are Thankful.

IIuHIsVIIIe RepubIlcan.
 While sick We thought of enough of our meanness to write book almost as big as the Bible. However, we will not spring 1t on the public.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-31
Keep Them Out.
Birmingham News,

s 4NGWs,
 We sincerely trust that Mir. Smoot. Judge Swayne. Mrs. Chadwick, Mrs Brodie Duke, and any other individuals who have been parading in the newspa- pers for the past month or so in a con tinuous performance, will not follow the example of the two Toms. Lawson and Watson, and rush into the maga- zines about 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-31
Knows How It Feels.
Selma Journa'

Doubtless Swayne is now experience ing some of the feelings that have come over the many defendants who have stood before him making their defenses to charges which affected their honor and good names
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-31
Luek to Them.
Dothan Siftings.

The Alabama Legislature may be called together in a special session to try to fix a law by which some corpo- rations will be forced into paving nriv- ilege tax. Here's luck, that they may succeed in getting enough laws to hold good to pay their salaries while up there.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-31
The First Call.
Mobile Register.

The Chicago Journal complains of graft in the municipal administration of that city and then deals with the making of Chicago beautiful. Making the city honest seems to have the first call.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-31

E. s. Noble, Circulation Manager of The Montgomery Advertiser, being duly sworn. xertiser's daily circulation for the month of December, 1904, is true and correct, and compiled after all returns from news boys, news agents and leftover copies have been deducted. E. $. NOBLE.
 Circulation Manager,
 The Advertiser Company. Sworn to and subscribed before me this &th day of January, 1905.
 F. W. JACKSON.
 N. P, Ex-O. J. P.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-31

We fail to see any need for surprise over the fact that Chicago newspaper is run exclusively by women. Don't they run everything else?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-31
All Tax Shirkern.
Birmingham

Birmingham Age-Herald
 Patriotism in corporations. as in indi- Viduals, does not assume the form of voluntary tax-paying. All are tax shlrkers at heart In this great coun- try.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-31

That they vote mules in Colorado is nothing unusual for the Republicans. It is no worse than voting dead men in Philadelphia.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-31

'sooA the Chesapeake shad will be in our midst" exults The Baltimore Herald Hope the editor won't try to take in all of them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-31

Montgomery, January 29, 1905, Editor The Advertiser:
 Your editorial today on Canada's striking back" at the United States
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-31

Several of our contemporaries are puzzling over the fact that Mrs. Chad wick failed to connect with Atlanta in any way but even yet it isn't too late.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-31

Rsfse less cotton and manufacture more seems to be one good solution Of the matter.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-31

The worlds forest area Is estimated at 2,5oo, 100000 acres.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-31
Canada's Striking Back

Montgomery, Ala.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-31

MT W. H. Smith of Tuskegee is h Montgomery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-31

Mr. l.. L. Moorer of Evergreen Is in the city.
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1905-01-20
Disastrous Wreck.

tafle. -neas Be responsible fer many
~iIwav wreck ana the same causes
are mating human wrecks q sufferers
hroat end lung tou't'es hut
an The advent Of IN Kings New
scove-9 tor consumption coughs and
ct * even DE worst cases can Ne
ufed aud hopeless resignation Is 80
ger necessary Mrs. Lois Cn,s d
Dorchester Mass, rs one ~ many
rose IL Was saved By rr Kings
.,.aw Discovery This great remedy
Is guaranieed ior an throat and lung
ouble by Smiths Pharmacy Price
Eoc ana $500 rhlal aotIes free
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1905-01-20
The East health cnltrre.

No poor mha can afford 10 bother
with any of the experimental health
fcds. Ho is zoo busy making a living
for himself ami family aud when he is
afflicted with bad cough or cold or
develops catarrh as the direct result
Of a cold. he IMPLY takes few doses
al Or Boschoe's German Syrup. And
I'd something more serious, say con.
sumption, prostrates him or any mem
her OF his family German Syrup can
again be relied on 70 effect n cure
Trial bottle 2ac. B.g bottle 75c At
an druggists
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1905-01-20
Necve Tenslon

A foe 70 health is nerve tension
sometimes due TO hurry ana worry
tot nine times out Of ten du to poor
Indigestion, bad stomach a torpid
l'yer or constipation These eondi-
tons all react on the mind and viii
keep your nerves in edge Z you DO
Tot remove them by using Greeu's
August Flower There 4s 40 better
stomach medicine IN The WCrld than
August Flower aud no snrer cure for
Indigestion or dyspepsia Trial bottle
rs cents. Big bottle 75c. At ~ drue-
g.sts.
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1905-01-20

Thou shalt not grow Old is an un-
written law which every sensible man
and woman aims 20 observe And
bow do Icy accomplish it, simply
ty keeping the system in perfarc trim
through the nse If a tonic medicine
Ike Green's August Flower They
Keep their blood rura their digestion
scod thei River active. their vital
: normal and their spirits hopyant
lv the rcgular and iujiCious use Of An.
gust Flower and 'hrs keep youthfA
aud happy Trial bctue. 25c Rig bot
g. Csc % oll drpggists
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1905-01-20
COLUMBUS RECORD WAS
BROKEN eY OSz PIN
Eros was Made in the Official Score
Wednesday Night. -

Wednesday Night.
Brunswick Old not oRlE - fha
'esth's record score ID the - l.s
match Wednesday night but sTJcceedel
.u breaking TIDY one PIN
il was first given ont tlaf the Ic-a :
l5d tied the record made - CaiaeJus
% 1921 pins at yesterday wa
Zig over the score it 49, -
taat an error nad been niss "a q
IN boxes. w ieh gave the Brm va =
Vim one NOR pin, es'ablisbm- q rcts
record for 70 que
brunswick aiso tead IN the esric
II ednesday night AIT Of the teare
rave been hoard from and none Of
them came within four OF i've hum
dred pins of the high score made by
brunswick r,6m
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1905-01-20

[ win begin a new class IN stenoera-
phy on Monday January 23d and can
tabo few more pupils Apply 80
my office. Ogiethotpe hotel before TIE
c. j. Jewett.
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1905-01-20

Best pine wood in the city 75c per
load. Fine OAK wood soc per load "
". Miller. telephone 800
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1905-01-20

Wait for Mrs Isaacs 10 day sale
which starts thursday January 12-
$50 knee pans 80 al i0c.
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1905-01-20

VI you want coal pr wood ana SAINT
ihe best delivered prompts phcoe
IS. COney and Parker
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1905-01-20

TN aides Mid society OF the Syna-
gcgue VIII have a rummaee sale al Hell
iers old stand for some days commenc-
ing win saturday January 2S. 1905 for
The purpose o. raising funds 10 furn-
eh a ward II the hospital Parties
havng anything to donate viii please
call mp Mrs. J Levy, president phone
25l ANY donations viii be Thankfully
received
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1905-01-20

We guarantee fuli weight 0n every
on OF Goals prices RIGHT Phone 220.
w w Miller
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1905-01-20

ere spending 3ome time op Jelyl spent
yesterday in he city The guests OF
Judge A. J. Croyatt
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1905-01-20

The only place IN town where you
ct Q fne bunch OF kindling With every
lead Of wood. Phone $40 w. w.
aiIlsr, R,sss... A ssss.assl
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1905-01-20

~. b. Her.at Of Charleston was
'smong the visitors 70 the city yester-
DAY.
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1905-01-20

F L. Heidruter prominent north
IN mmberman is spending few days
~ the city.
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1905-01-20

+. b. DaMeifefty Of Moultrie. Ca.
vas among those registered al the
Dgicthorpe yesterday
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1905-01-20

The unmarried set were delightfully."-
entertained LAST evening BY Mr. and
Mrs. r D Waiter, complimentary 70
M1 and Mrs James I Colson INC
receiving parry We're AIR. and Mrs
Walter and Mrs. and Mrs Cosou ann
most Of the single contingent attended
the reception Punch was served, O
number Of young ladies assisting 10
serving The affair was very brilliant
sld enjoyable.
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1905-01-20

= song a WeII Known -
drummer was in the city yesterday.
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1905-01-20

Smith has returned from
Avisit 10 Savannah.
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1905-01-20

H. Calhoun. Of Beach. Ca. spent
a7zip the sity
The Winslow mail., 1905-04-22

passage DoToOl, PROVIDED that
nothing in this ordinance con-
tanned shall be construed to
grant any exclusive privilege.
Sec 4. 1t is provided that
the Winslow Electric Light &
Power Company shall make no
charge for electrical energy,
light or power in excess of the
following schedule of rates:
For lamps, electrical fans,
electrical irons or power, TWEEN
ty-tive cents per kllowatt hour.
For arc lamps of 1000 candle
power, the maximum charge
shall be $50 per month for
each lamp. The meter rate for
arc lights, where meters are
provided by the consumer, shall
not exceed twenty cents per
kilOwatt hour.
The minimum charge per
month for lights in residences,
regardless of the meter reading,
is fixed at two dollars per
month.
The minimum meter charge
per month for arc lights, or for
arc lights and incandescent
lights, shall be So. so per month
regardless of the meter reading
For Installing meters on the
premises of the consumers for
the purpose of measuring the
electrical energy furnished, the
Winslow Electric Light & Pow
er Company shall require de
pOSit of an amount not exceed
ing fifteen dollars for each met
er installed upon application
from the consumer; such mete T
to remain the property of the
WinSloW Electric Light & Pow
er Company. and in case of de-
fault in payment for electrical
energy furnished, at the times
provided for the payment Of the
same monthly, or in case of any
improper or illegal use of cleo
trical energy by the consumer,
the Winslow Electric Light &
Power Company may at its op-
tion disconnect it's distributing
system from the premises of
such cons inner, and may charge
not to exceed three dollars for
making re-ConneCtion, and not
to exceed fifteen dollars for in
stalling meter.
Sec. 5. That the said Wins
low Electric Light & Power
Company, its successors and
assigns, shall within fifteen
days after the passage of this
ordinance, file with the Town
Clerk an acceptance in writing
OF the terms and conditions
hereof, and shall on or before