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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-22
COTTON GOING TO WASTE.
Lack of Cars Causing Ruin of &3,Oo0
 Bales.


 Atlanta, Ga, Nov. 21.--In the hear ing before. the State Railroad Commis~ sion today on the application Of mer- chants of Fayetteville to require the SC uthern Railway to furnish sufficient cars to move accumulated cotton at that place. 1t developed that there are nearly 5000 bales of cotton at Fayette- vile waiting for cars. of which nearly 1.500 bales are lying in the open fields in the town, some of 1t in mud and water six inches deep. Owing to these conditions insurance companies refuse to insure cotton at Fayetteville.
 Superintendent Eagan stated the Railway Company was doing every thing in it's power to relieve the situa- tion, but owing to the unprecedented movement in the past few weeks, sirni- lar con litions prevail at many other points. The railroad, he said was tausing the cotton to congresses fast CT than 1t could be unlo0Jed
 Further action was postponed on re- quest of both sides.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-22
CHISHOLMtS PLEA IS BAD:
 JURY DECLARES HIM SANE

The verdict of the jury was unani- nous and it Is understood that little delay was encountered in reaching an agreement Court then adjourned an- til o'clock this afternoon because or the illness of a juror. At that hour the .tI iaI proceeded from the point where 1t left off when the insanity issue was raised by the defense after the prose- cution had rested.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-22
High Water at Pittsburw.

x Louisville. Ky. Nov 21.-A special from Pittsburg. Pa. says: The rivers are still rising here. hut have begun to dlop at points above. High water has suspended packet traffic on the Monon- gshela. More coal boats left this ritrnlng, taking out above 5,000.000 bushels of coal and six mAdei barges of steel and iron products.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-22

and is rising at the rate of six inches per hour. The backwater has covered Limestone Creek bottoms. This is the fastest rise eger recorded here. There was gI eat damage done in Lewis Coun- ty by the rapid rise of creeks.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-22
snow Impedes Trains.

Topeka. Kas., Nov 21--The fall of snow contained In Kansas today. The Rock Island Railway is moving all overland trains on the Fl Paso divis- ion. The Santa Fe reported their main line across the State open. but traffic blocked on some of the branch lines in tho Southern portion. The Union Pa- cifiic reports much snow on its line but trains ontime.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-22
Cbntfnuooga in Dnnger,

Chattanooga, Tenn, Nov. 21.-The Tennessee river at this point has risen cry rapidly and is almost at the dam ger line. thirty three feet. which will be reached by noon. Great quantities of drift are coming down. This is the highest stage for five years.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-22
Al.h,m. po.tmn.teru

Washington, Nov. 21 .--(specIal. J.
 Postmasters appointed: Dixie. Escam- bia County, Samuel J. Wyrosdick; Sam
 ford, coXington County, John William Nelson.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-22

Ohio Rssing Six Inches an Hour.
 Louisville. Ky, Nov. 21.--A special from Maysville, Ky, sayss The Ohio river has risen ten feet since last night
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-22
How to Fool a Lazy Liver with Artificial Exercise

TIA yERYssrious Sickness has small S beginning.
 And, in nine cases out of ten. A that beginning is made in the Bowels.
 Constipation Is the beginning of most dis eases. It paves the way for all others. Lack of exercise. hasty eating. improper food, are its first causes.
 Laziness. and posiponenent. permit fl to grow into Chronic Constipation. which means lifelong Discomfort.
 It isn't necessary to be sicls-a-bed, you know. in order to bemighty uncomfortable. Even slight indigestion affects the nerves. dulls the mind. and closures the merry sunshine of Life.
 The time to adjust the Bowels Is the very minute you suspect they need adjustment. If your tongue is slightly coated.
 --If your breath is under suspicion, --ifyour head feels trifle heavy or duh, --lH digestion seems even little slow, -If Heartburn, Belching, Colic or Rest. iessness begin to show themselves,
 That's the time to eat cascaret. It acts as pleasantly Rs t tastes. Ii is as congsnial to your Bowels as il Is to your Palate.
 It stimulates the muscular lining of the Bowels and lntestines. so that theymechani- cally extract nourishmeni from the food and drive out the waste,
 
 The only way to have Cascarets ready to use precisely when you need them is to carry them constantly in your pocket, as you do Watch or Lead pencil. The ten cent box of cascarets Is made thin. flat, round-edged, and small, for this precise purpose.
 Be very careful to get the genuine, made only by the Sterling Remedy Company and never sold in bulk. Every tablet stamped "CCC." All druggists. TAO
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07
Primary In cuIIman.

"Culman county Is having one of the warmest local campaigns in it's history said a gentleman from that city at the Hillman last night.
 "A primary for the nomination of a representative for the legislature. state senator from the Third senatorial dis trict; sheriff of the county and one coun- ty executive committeeman from each district in the county will be held next Saturday, April IA and there are a mum Der of candidates in the race for all the offices.
 ''The races for sheriff and representa- tive are especially exciting and it is im- possible to forecast the probable result The contest for state senator is also in- teresting. r. E, St. John and A A. Grif- filth are both asking for the place and the race will be close in the county Both men are prominent attorneys and are both popular in the county.
 There are several candidates in the field for sheriff and all are claiming the victory. Culman can always be counted upon to come forward with warm politi- cal contests, and the present campaign is no exception to the rule The two local papers are on opposite sides of the gen. eral fight and every Issue of both papers is full of biting editorials directed at each other"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07
Arbitration Probable.

The troubles existing between the miners and operators in the hard coal districts is about all that is left of the threatened strike in the great~indus- try, and even that branch of it may be submitted on Monday to arbitra- tion. The board of cancellation pro vided for in the Roosevelt settlement of 1902 may be called in, and Judge George Gray may act again as the um- pire in labor dispute of large pro. portions.
 The operators are, however, wary The Mitchell proposition calls for two-year term, which would be ended in August 1908, when all things would be obscured or affected by the politics at white heat of presidential year. Nor do the operators like to submit again the question of unionism and "the check-off," but they may conclude after all that arbitration is better than a strike.
 In the case the things at issue are submitted to arbitration, the miners will resume work at once, and all things will go on as before, to be seG- tied in the end by the board of concil- iation. Its decision, in other words, will be retroactive as far back as April l. It is to be hoped miners and oper- ators alike will see the desirableness of arbitration of the Judge Gray sort. All know he Is fair and just and sensible man, who will try to deal tactfully and equitably with all con cerned
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07
What New York Needs.

"ls there any reason, in politics or expediency," asks the New York Times, "why the great state of New York should not be as well and as ably represented in the Senate of the United States as Wisconsin and Penn sylvania?"
 Yes, there is a reason and it is one strictly in politics. The average man of the great state has no more voice in the selection of a senator to repre-. sent him than has a yellow dog. He lacks the power of the Yellow Dog of the lobby. He really has none at all.
 Platt and Depew, both broken down and both parts of a machine that has little relation to the popular vote, con tinue to represent the mighty state simply because the voters of New York cling to precedent and to meth cd that has become antiquated-a method that never did have anything to rest upon, for senators represent the people just as any other representa- tive does. State representation so- called is a figment of the ingenious, but not ingenious brain.
 Whenever New York sees fit to name senators in state primaries, as Alabama and a dozen other states do, then, and not until then, will she cease to be represented by Platts and De- pews. New York needs senatorial primary. So does New Jersey. So does Rhode Island. And the senate rial primary is marching on. It will reach benighted New York after while, and then the Times will be gratified, for no primary wo I'd select Platt or Depew to represe in the Senate eight millions of people.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07
RETAIL TRADE IS
 ESPECIALLY GOOD

New York, April 6.-Bradstreets to- morrow will say
 Spring weather which has simulated retail trade except in few sections' still affected by heavy rains and oao country roads an excellent in taet, al most ideal weather, little more aniina- tion in tbe Iron market, continued activ- itv in nearly all lines of inquiry, heavy railway earnings increased bank clear inps and the surprisingly little adverse effect of the coal mines partial shut oo"h are the significant features presenting themselves this week,
 The rush of spring jobbers is now aoout over, but improved retail demand mas already evoked some recorder puslness' which is encouraging Enlarged orders TOT fall delivery present themselves also. All kinds of light summer wear soods are active and strong in price. Dry goods, millinery. shoes, clothing ana larh ini- nlements are marked features at retail, while In wholesale lines the demand for lumber. hardware, paints, glass and other materials.
 The beneficial effects of the heavy snow fall toward the close of winter followed by coplous rains, are now visible in the very high wheat conditions reported throughout the country. On the Pacific coast Texas and the southwest moisture Is abundant and crops as whole com pare favorably with the banner year in 1901.
 Business failures in the United States for the week ending April number 15l, against TO in the like week of 1905,
 In Canada failures were IT, against 2S year ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07
Mir. Underwood's Great Victory.

When Mr Underwood was prevent ed in the House by the single obiee- tion of Congressman Wiley of Mont gomery from calling up his bill pro viding for six months sitting of the district court in Birmingham, where G5 per cent of business arises, he ! transferred his activity to the Senate, where. aided by Senator Pettus, he speedily put his bill through. It went then to the House, and on Thursday it was passed, despite all the oratory and telegrams that MT. Wiley could muster. The bill has gone to the President.
 Candor compels us to say that Mir. Underwood was aided in the House by streak of good luck, for he un- expectedly accumulated there the ill- will and opposition of the ancient Keller, a leftover from the last cen tury. As soon as he took the floor against the bill the democrats fiocked solidly to the Underwood standard, Mir Wiley alone excepted. Our mem Der should, in his hour of victory, re- turn thanks to Keller for his generous and efficient opposition.
 The truth is the eighteen-dollar tel. ! egram helped some, for 1t admitted the pressure of business in the Bir. mingham district-a pressure that had led Judges Jones and Toulmin to set in this fiscal year six months in Bir | mingham This is a confession that the Underwood bill rests on rock bot tom-on 65 per cent, in other words of business presented. Six months of court for 35 per cent of business else where, and six months for 65 per cent in Birmingham, is the situation, and il will be strange indeed If plain arith metic does not control the presidential mind.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07
REPUBLIC IRON AND STEEL.
Earnings for First Quarter of Current
 Year Over $1,ooo,ooo.

From the Wall Street Journal
 The earnings of the Republic Iron and Steel company for the quarter ended March 3l, broke all previous quarterly records, aggregating more than s1, 100 900. This is at the rate of $4 400,CvJ a year. The best showing in earnings that com pany ever made was in the fiscal year 1900, when they reached $3,643,72S. At no time since have they exceeded 5000, 900 year. The earnings last month were In the neighborhood of s400,000
 The earnings for the year ended June 30 last were sl.373,607. and in the pre- ceding year there was a deficit of s254, 1ss. which after the payment of $357 2s5 on | the preferred tock, left a deficit of ss11,- ASA
 If the earnings of the company reach s4,400,00O this year. based on the income for the first quarter the amount remains ing after the payment of ' per cent on the preferred will be equivalent to almost Il per cent on the common stock. The Republic has spent nearly 5000 900 for new construction since its organiza- tion, and to this Is due the larger earn ing capacity of the corporation There yet remains to be paid on the preferred stock about 10 per cent, which the com pany could easily pay this year if 1t wished to do so.
 Over the last two quarters 3ss per cent has been paid on account of deferred dividends, together with the regular divi- dends on the preferred at the rate of 1% per quarter. Notwithstanding this the company has added a substantial amount to its surplus.
 The following table gives the gross sales and profits of the company at the close of the fiscal year since it's organization:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07
puN,s REVIEW.

New York, April 6-R. G. Dun & Co. 8 weekly review of trade will say tomor- row.
 Opening of spring trade is not per- ceptibly retarded by the partial interrup- tion to coal mining, except in the immedi- a te vicinity of anthracite mines. Hlgh temperatures not only broadens the de- mand for seasonabe merchandise put stimulates agricultural operations. re- opens northern navigations and starts many contemplated building operations. Were it not for few labor controversies the commercial horizon would be cloud less. But some magnificent plants will be compelled to suspend if the fuel sup ply is cut off and structural work Is interrupted by demands for higher wages in certain localities. That the year 1906 started out to eclipse all records Is evil denced by bank exchanges IS per cent larger than in the first quarter of the pre- vious prosperous year while liabilities of commercial failures averaged only Sl cents to each s1000 of solvent payments through the clearing houses, which is the lowest commercial death rate for the first three months of any year. Railway earnings in March were 6.9 per cent larger than last year and foreign commerce at this port for the last week showed gains of s1. 1S9, ,s6s in imports and Ss37.95s in ex- ports as compared with the correspond ing week in 1905.
 Progress in the iron and steel indus try has not suffered as yet from the par tial suspension of coal mining and new business comes forward each week fin great volume. Latest developments are most pronounced in the structural steel division Next in volume of new business is the tonnage of steel rails that Is rap idly closing order books up to the end of the year. Further strength appeared in the hide market.
 Failures this week numbered l97 as against 232 last year and IS in Canada. as against 2S last year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07
Getting Rid of the Philippines.

When Congress refused to vote a dollar for Subig Bay or for any other Philippine fertilization, it became plain at once that the current of pub lie sentiment was looking away from the Philippines. This change in sen timent is rapidly gathering strength, and all, regardless of party, begin to feel that We should get rid of the Phil ippines on the best terms possible.
 Germany wants them and so does Japan, but if we desire the natives to be well governed, we will not hand them over to the Germans, who have not governed well any colony in any part of the world The Japanese un. derstand Malays, and they can and would give them good government with all possible and desirable liberty. 0armany simply desires to dominate
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07

Cnlna and the Far East, while Japan desires protection from encroachment on the part of European powers.
 A special telegram to the New York Press says that the administration in tends to conduct negotiations with Japan looking to the final disposition of the Philippines as American pos sessions. It could not do a more pop ular act, nor a wiser one. The situ- ation." said a prominent republican member of the House recently, lis just this: We made bad bargain; we are in a bad position from whatever point you view it. and the only to be solved now is the best way out" This is the case in a nutshell, and it is be- lleved that a majority of the people in this country look at the subject in precisely that way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07
JEFFERSON DAVIS THE
 NEW ARKANSAS SENATOR

and oppression" So he does, no doubt; but is there anything new in that? Isn't our public life fairly overcrowded with gentlemen who employ those very meth- ods? You cannot turn around in Wash ington without pumping against some one who loves the people better thsn he does his life, and whose sole purpose is to get into some office where he can play savior al reasonable salary. Moreover, the higher up you go, the more you bump.
 But we do not propose to blur the out lines of the Gazette's most admirable sketch. That 1t is true to life we have no sort of doubt. What occurred to us was the idea that this is no new thing in Washington. however picturesque and novel 1t may be in Arkansas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07
Birmingham Grows All over.

T can find no corner in the Birming ham district but that is live with a per- manent activity that looks good to me. :" said an out of town man who was in the city yesterday looking for an in- vestment.
 T have been from East Lake to Bes- semer and from North Birmingham to West End, and it is the same every where I see creditable buildings and scores of cottages going up in every corner of this great section and for the life of me I cannot decide which is the most promising locality
 T find real estate values good in all sections and dealings brisk and healthy. l am also impressed with the general movement over the city and district to repair and enlarge buildings, especially business houses. It seems to a stranger that Birmingham has gone mad on the subject of building and yet I learn that 1t has been going on for some time, and Is likely to continue for months and pos slbly years to come"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07
REFLECTIONS orsA~BAcHELoR.

From the New York Press ts.
 You have to keep pumping a steady stream of favors Into gratitude to keep it alive.
 When mans business isn't going right, his wife wants him to call the doc tor or go to church more regularly
 You would think it would make wom- an ashamed to figure how many boxes of good cigars spring bonnet costs.
 A bridal couple can lose lot of money getting wedding presents for which they will have to give better ones.
 When girl Is going to stay up late one night at party, 1t is a sign that her mother will stay up late several to make her dress.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07
ABOUT BIRMINGHAM

 Centreville Press Poor old Vulcan, hath not a place that he can be set up and left in peace. He has one consola- ton. he Is proof against knockers He deserves the best that Birmingham can give him.
 Franklin Times: Birmingham was hon ored last week by visit from John W. Gates. the great steel magnet and devel- oper, and his associates. There Is but little doubt but what the visit of these gentleman means much to the Birming- ham district.
 DeKalb Record: And now a Birming- ham preacher says that the fall of man was not really fall but 0 rise. We are most happy to learn that neither Adam, Eve nor the devil were as black as they were painted. Also we shall cease laying all the blame on the woman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-07
ALABAMA PRESS

sv1aeauga Progress: Maybe it would he a stroke of wisdom on the part of the administration to call General Wood home. to serve subpoena on Roeke- feler.
 Clark County Democrat: Mir. Conner says if the lawyers are kept out of the legislature and no iniunctions are allow cd the railroads can be managed. But when will that good day come?
 Mobile Herald: young bootblaek from the United States is touring Europe and giving lustre to the boots of royalty. He expects that his acquaintance with the feet of crowned heads will give him a push forward in life.
 Guntersville Democrat: The Age-Herald suggests that Dr. Cunningham will put some ginger into the campaign. He should not. however, initiate the young house. keeper. who in building cake, omitted the main ingredient-dough.
 Baldwin Times: Dr. Cunningham mas been in public life for more than twenty years. This is record of which any man might well be proud. The people of Alabama will stamp their seal of approval on his candidacy for governor.
 Talladega Mountain Home: The sudden recall of Ambassador Bellamy storer from the Vienna court smaeks of imperialism. The letter of Mrs. Storer, the alleged
 ,l al U have Dq- trayed a bit more of zeal in the interest of her religion than proper in diplomatic circles. but gave no sufficient warrant Tor the summary proceedings of our strenu- ous President
 cullman Democrat: We are pleased to see the candidates of the state line up for working the roads by taxation. The present way of conseripting man and forcing him to work the roads ten days in the wear for the benefit of the other fellow who has a bunch of log wagons to drive over it, is an outrage on justice. We need a wagon and buggy law, taxing every vehicle that has tire less than four inches wide.
 Montgomery Journal: The expression of popular disapproval of the conduct or the United states Senate. in the matter of pending legislation, is beginning to have effect. Senator Lodge of Massa- chusetts grew eloquent in his protest aqainst the severity of the criticism which has been leveed at the Senate rms ana nthe, facts connected with recent events and revelations brought to public atten- tion bv investigating committees anu otherwise shows the power of the press and the people when united in the advo- cacy of a good cause Publicity is pow erful weapon for good, as well as Tor correction.