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DYSPEPSIA
is not Incurable as many people sup
pose. Hostetler's Stomach Bitters has
never failed to cure the worst cases.
<t cleanses the system of all impuri
ties, enriches the blood, makes strong
nerves and cures constipation. Indi
gestion, biliousness! liver and kidney
troubles. A dose before meals will
prevent belching or sourness of the
stomach. Try it and be convinced.
Appetite,BITTERS.
PERSONAL.
J. C. Hardy is ill at the Gibson lnflrm
ary.
John Trimble, a Birmingham boy, has
returned from a trip to Cuba.
Phil Painter, editor of the Rrookwood
Herald, was in the city yesterday.
Dr. George A. Hill of Myneitte, Tallade
ga county, Is a guest of the Arlington.
General Amos H. Mylin of Lancaster,
Pa„ former auditor general of that State,
Is at the Arlington.
H. A. Thompson, who has been employ
ed by Loveman, Joseph & Loeb, has gone
to Greenville, his former home, where in
the future he will reside.
Arrivals at the Metropolitan Hotel: Mrs.
W. G. Beanland, Memphis: J. C. Crowell,
North Carolina; B. Nabors, Montevallo;
F. G. Barfield, C. E. Barfield. Cuthbert;
G. B. Mabley, Montgomery; J. T, Brady,
Columbus, Ga.; Frank Marquis, Mrs. C.
C. Cartwright, Horse Creek,, Ala.; J. H.
Hlngram, Oxford; Clarence M. Barber,
Detroit; R. W. Southerland. R. H. War
ren, Mobile; A. Y. Glover, Mobile'; H. C.
Garner. Biloxi, Miss.; Mrs. E. A. Cun- |
ntngham, Brookslde; J. B. Geoln, W. A.
Thompson. Selma; L. P. Stlckney, New
Orleans; Sam Frank, New York;
Mrs. Wm. Orr, Fort Worth, Texas; A.
G. Alexander, Selma; Harry Wallenstein,
New York; W. M. Kennedy, New York;
B. G. Culverhouse, Empire, Ala.; B. F.
Bakers. Pilot; J. W. MoGehee, Epps; B.
H. McCoy. Plant City, Fla.; Bolling Bur
nett and wife, Atlanta; W. L. Bruce; R.
E. Oliver and wife, South Carolina;' Roy
Knight, C. A. Canlor, P. A. Wright, At
lanta; J. H, Craig, Lancaster. S. C.; A.
M. Evans; Jno. T. Fletcher, Columbus,
Oa.; Fred E. Fletcher. Columbus. Ga.; E.
G. Gurham, Montesella; W'. G. Walker,
Pensacola; J. B. GUI. Walker Spring; F.
R. French, Walker Spring.
Florence Hotel Arrivals—Mrs. E. Hay
wood, Greenville, Miss.; H. S. Boykin,
New York; Then C. Fischer, Shreveport,
La., C. D. Glover, Centrevllle; D. F.
Land. Selma; C. W. Cralgln, High
Point, N. C.; W. H. Lock. R. C. Brada,
Huntsville; W. Bottln, Jasper; D. S.
Wallraven, Atlanta; J. L. Carter, W.
Hoffman, J. T. Wllliama, George W.
Rend, F. W. Brada, Nashville; A. F.
Woodmansee. Atlanta; Charles Grant,
Merrls; A. E. Paxton, R. G. Green and
wife, J J. Lnughlln, Portsmouth,
Ohio; J. W. Bishop, Louisville, Ky.;
T. G. Osborne, Kansas City; H. E. Moor
man, Chattanooga; R. S. Orlmes, Sherltt;
R. D Wall, Memphis; J. Mable, Atlanta;
T. J. Torbert, Jr., Demopolis; A. Eden,
■ ** J. Hanover, Ensley; A. R. Scott, Calera,
Ala.; J. D. Hankey, Ensley; G. W. Kent,
Baltimore; W. W. Sanders, Centrevllle,
Ala.; Miss Blanche Clark. Wllsonvllle,
Ala.; L. S. Lemon. Nashville; A. E. Cris
tie, B. C. Cable, Milwaukee; William V.
^ Crawford, Trussvllle, Ala.; N. H. Jones,
’* Montgomery, Ala.
PAS8ENGER ASSOCIATION
* Announces Cheap Rates to Various
^ . Conventions To Be Held.
The Southeastern Passenger Asso
ciation has issued circulars naming
special rates for meetings, conventions
and tournaments to be held in the
States of Alabama, Georgia and Ten
neasee. The following are of special
local Interest:
Alabama Baptist State Sunday
School Convention, Union Springs,
Ala., July 30, August 1, 1901.
' National Grand Temple Mosaic
Templars of America, Birmingham,
Ala., July 30, August 4.
National Dental Association, South- j
ern brancn, Nashville, Tenn., July 29,
August 1.
Lebanon Camp meeting, Lebanon,
Tenn., July 28, August 4.
Union Camp Meeting, Scranton
(moss Point), Miss., July 25, August
12.
Montgomery Annual District Confer
ence, Troy, Ala., July 24-29.
Sabbath School Convention, colored,
Brundidge, Ala., July 23-30.
Tennis Tournament, Atlanta Ath
letic Club, Atlanta, Ga., August 3-16.
Huntsville District Conference Meth
odist Episcopal Church, Huntsville,
Ala., August 7-13.
Supreme Grand Lodge United Order
a of Hope of America, Oflerman, Ga.,
* '' August 28-30.
OFFICIALS INNOCENT.
Investigation Shows Chinese Officers
Were Unjustly Condemned to Die.
Washington. July 15.—Mall reports show
that some of the Chinese officials sup
posed to have been connected with the
Boxer outrages, whose capital punishment
was demanded by the foreign ministers,
have been proven to be entirely Innocent
ef the charges made against them.
Therefore, It Is regarded here by officials
•s a matter for congratulation that
Messrs. Conger and RockhlU acted as a
restraining Influence In the matter of
punishment, for not only were these lives
paved, but under their Influence the whole
Hat of capital punishment was reduced
Mom one to four and mitigation of other
alienees was obtained.
MALARIA.
The people who live In low, swampy
countries seem to take It for granted
that Malaria, Fevers and Ague are nec
aasary evils. They apparently do not re
alise that these diseases are slowly but
purely sapping their general vitality.
These Intermittent fevers, malaria, fever
I and ague, swamp fever. Jungle fever,
I etc., are the most persistent enemies of
* the human race. If the aggregate of harm
f |S., they do could be realised, they would be
I (ought as plagues.
These diseases are the result of woak
paas, of poisoned, microbial blood, and It
pks jong ago demonstrated that Dr. Har
tar'a Iron Tonic was an absolute specific;
p sure cure. It baa been oonqurtng and
preventing these diseases for nearly half
g oantury. It purifies the blood and drives
out the poisons.
It baa been thoroughly demonstrated
that the Insects which Infest new coun
tries and low swampy localities are ve
hicles for carrying disease germs. If your
blood Is pure and healthy you need have
little fear of these. But If your blood is
bad It la not In condition to resist the
poisonous stings, and as a result the
germs of disease obtain a footing.
Protect yourself by using Dr. Harter's
Iron Tonic. It will not only drive out
but keep out malaria and other fevers of
Uke kind. It has done It In so many
thousands of casss that you cannot
doubt.
, Mads only by tbs Dr. Hmrtar Medicine
da. Darken, Ohio. *o*d everywhere
MANAGER MILLS
JUMPSTHE TOWN
The Players Are Unpaid and
Without Uniforms
*
TOOK ALL OF HIS PROPERTY
He l» In Chattanooga Under Arreat
for Fraudulent Breach of Trust.
President Kent Arrived In the
City This Morning.
Without a word of warning or a fond
adieu, Sam Mllle, •erstwhile manager of
the Birmingham baseball team, left town
yesterday morning, leaving his team un
paid for two weeks and owing about $400
to the Southern Baseball Association.
With Mills went Billy Niles, all the
team's uniforms and the rubber slabs
used in the pitcher's box and at the home
plate, these things, with the exception of
Billy Niles, were the personal property of
Mills, and none of the outfit was left be
hind.
The sudden departure of Manager Mills 1
created a good-slxed sensation among the
baseball enthusiasts of the city, and this
was fanned to double proportions when
word came from Chattanooga that Mills
had been arrested there on a warrant
sworn out by President Kent of the
Southern Baseball Association, charging
the Birmingham manager with fraudulent
breach of trust. It la claimed by President
Kent that Mills Is Indebted to the associa
tion for the 10 per cent sinking fund for
eight games, including those of July 4,
which amounts to WOO. Mills also owes
the two fines of |100 each for failure to
play the two games In Nashville.
President Kent arrived in Birmingham
at 1 o'clock this morning and Managers
Fisher of Nashville and Frank of Mem
phis and Mr. Shannon of Nashville will
Join him this morning. They will hold a
conference and decide to whom the local
franchise will be awarded. Several local
men ore after it and there will be plenty
of money to back the team.
There will be no lnterruplton of the
games and until the franchise is awarded
the team will be under the temporary
management of Umpire Cline. The play
ers have been assurd of their salary
being paid and are willing to continue
in the game. They appeared yesterday
In all kinds of uniforms borrowed from
local amateurs.
Beginning of the Trouble.
The trouble which brought about Mills'
sensational departure began two weeks
ago in Nashville when the Birmingham
manager refused to play two games if
Umpire York officiated. After losing one
game Mills notified Fisher of the Nash
ville team and President Kent that he
would not play the other games unless
another umpire was provided. His
threats were not heeded 'but he carried
them out and refused to play after a
large crowd of spectators had gathered
at the grounds. MUIb brought his team
home the next day and rested until the
Fourth of July when his games with
Memphis on that day drew Immense
crowds.
With this It seems that Mills was not
satisfied. The Idea of having to pay MOO In
fines besides forfeiting the two games at
Nashville still rangled within him, and
When the last day for action came he
bundled up his traps and left the town and
his players in the lurch.
Those who know Mills well say ithe main
reason he left Birmingham was on ac
cent of his unpopularity with the people.
He seemed to think he was badly treated
and had no desire to remain. This prob
ably grew out of his treatment at the park
one day when he took Pitcher Sparger
from ithe box and substituted Brandt.
Just before this action he had made a
bad error at second base and the crowd
was very much Incensed at the change
of pitchers, thinking that Mills took Spar
ger out to cover his own error. In justice
to Mills all good base ball players and
some of the well Informed fans say thaif
he did the right thing in taking Sparger
out and that his object was to save the
game. Be that as it may, the crowd
didn’t think so, and every time Mills ap
peared at the bat he was loudly hissed.
They finally started to rooting for Nash
ville, and the visitors won the game. Mills
never got over this treatment, and many
of his friends believe that was the pri
mary cause of his leaving town.
MILLS IS HELD IN
CHATTANOOGA UNDER BOND
Chattanooga, Tenn., July 16.—Sara
Mills, manager of the Blrmnlgham club,
is under arrest In this city charged with
fraudulent breach of trust.
Mills was passing through the city this
morning on his way North, having left
Birmingham with all the funds of the
club, It Is alleged, and the salaries of
his players unpaid.
President Kent was wired from Bir
mingham that Mills was on his way
North, and took precaution to swear out
a warrant for his arrest before Esquire
Morris, to be served on Mills when the
train arrived from Birmingham. With
Mills was Billy Niles, who has been re
cently playing third base for Birmingham.
Mills had not only left his team financial
ly embarrassed, but had also taken the
uniforms with him when he departed from
Birmingham. Mills owes the league over
MOO for percentages on the gate receipts
and also the two fines he suffered In the
Nashville series when he refused to play
under York as umpire. The trial was set
for 10 o'clock before Esquire Morris to
day. but President Kent succeeded In
getting It postponed until Wednesday
morning, owing to the fact that he need
ed that much time to get his witnesses
before the court. Meanwhile Mills Is out
on a $260 bond.
SOME HOPES FOR
BETTER WEATHER NOW
(Continued from First Page.)
southeastern Nebraska, the maximum
temperature being 104.4. No rain fell ex
cept slight showers early this morning,
amounting to slightly over a tenth of an
Inch. Heavy rains are, reported In the
extreme northwestern part of Nebraska
and eastern Wyoming.
Mrs. Knapp Prostrated.
Kansas City, Mo., July 15.—Mrs.
George Knapp, wife of a prominent con
tractor, was prostrated by the heat to- <
day and becafne Insane. She left her |
home and attempted suicide by Jumping
Into Trooet Park lake.
A carpenter who was working on a
building died from the effects of the
• heat.
110 Degrees at Calumet.
Calumet, Mich., July 15.—The themoroe
ter registered 110 here today. The pros
trations were reported, one fatal.
Drought Broken.
Muskogee, I. T., July 16.—The drought
was broken today by a good rain, which
Insures a good cotton crop, with pros
pects for half a corn crop.
In Wisconsin.
Lacrosse, Wls., July 16.—The tempera
ture here today was 100. There were two
prostrations.
The crops of western Wisconsin are
suffering great damage from drought
Prostrations at St. Paul.
St. Paul, Minn., July 16.—Today’s of
ficial maximum temperature was 94 and
the percentage of humidity wah large.
There were a number of prostrations and
two deaths as a result of the heat.
Reports from various points in the
northwest also show a number of pros
trations and deaths.
Intense Heat at Selma.
Selma, July 16.—(Special.)—Cltlsens suf
fered terribly from the heat last night In
Selma. There was not a breath of air stir
ring and the humidity was so great that
the night was almost unbearable. It is
very generally stated today that last
night was the most uncomfortable of the
present summer. Today has been exceed
ingly warm, with the thermometer not
as high as on Friday last, when It went
to 106, but with much greater humidity.
Better View.
Topeka, Kan., July IB.—F. D. Coburn,
Secretary of the State Board of Agricul
ture, does not share In the general opin
ion of the ruin that will come upon Kan
sas as a result of the present dry spell.
Mr. Cobum states that there are oveT
900,000 acres of Kaffir corn and alfalfa
In the State which have not been ma
terially affected. There are also forty
million bushels of old com In the hands
of the farmers, nearly a fourth of the
average crop. ’ The farmer who has
stored his com for the last two years
will not be seriously crippled.
Wisconsin Temperatures.
Milwaukee, Wls., July IB.—The temper
ature at Ashland today was 103, the high
est of the year. There were a number of
prostrations and one death.
At Qlenwood, Wls., the mercury regis
tered 109. There were several prostrations
and one death.
Janesville reports a special mass was
celebrated In St. Mary's Catholic church
today for the purpose of praying for rain.
All vegetation Is dried up and the leaves
on the trees are turning brown.
The farmers of Kenosha county have
given up all hopes of saving their crops
this season.
Woodland, Wls., reports one death from
the heat.
Marquette reports a temperature of 108
degrees on the government thermometer.
Several Industries suspended work.
MOLTEN LAVA.’
The Kloe Voloano Breaks Loose and
Causes Terrible Destruction.
Tacoma, Wash., July IB.—Oriental ad
vices give details of terrible destruction
of human life which occurred In northern
Java last month by a sudden and terrific
outburst of the volcano Kloe. For fifty
minutes all tfie coffee plantations and
other estates were destroyed by showers
of ashes and stones, together with great
streams of lava and hot mud. Seven hun
dred natives and a number of Europeans
perished.
The lava also consumed the superinten
dent of one estate and about twenty-five
coolies. Many coffee estates In the neigh
borhood were destroyed. The country
around was strewn with corpses.
Fourteen arrests have been made at
Singapore In connection with the rececnt
robbery of the Hong Kong and Shanghai
bank of notes amounting to nearly $300,
000. The prisoners are bank clerks and
money changers and Include two women.
Many arrests are being made because
the Russian authorities at Port Arthur
are opening all letters to and from the
American and European residents there.
Nothing Is being permitted to be sent
out that contains any allusion to Rus
sian military affairs or criticism of Rus
sian methods.
TRAINING MEN.
They Will Be Instructed How To
Handle Torpedo Boats.
New York, July 16.—Lieutenant Lloyd
H. Chandler has received orders to pro
ceed to Newport and assume command ot
the torpedo boat Bailey, says a Washing
ton dispatch to the Herald. These orders
carry with them the duty of training offi
cers and men in handling torpedo boats
and in fitting them so as to operate the
vessels under their command that they
can serve as fitting auxiliaries of squad
rons of armor-clads.
The ability is of especial importance In
view of the increased range of torpedo
boat work consequent upon the reports
from France of the highly successful op
erations of the submarine boat Gustav
Zeede. Lieutenant Chandler has devoted
himself especially to matters effecting
torpedo boat construction and maneuvers
and is particularly qualified to instruct
officers and men In this branch of their
duty.
Flotillas of torpedo boats will be or
ganized and stationed on the Atlantic
coast, Narragansett Bay, Norfolk and
Charleston, S. C. These points have been
selected by the board of which Captain G.
C. Converse is president.
Two repair stations for the boats at
Narragansett Bay are recommended by
the board, one at the New York navy yard
and the other at the Boston navy yard.
THE REPUBLIC'S DEBT.
Cuba Will 8tart Off Owing Only About
(122,000.
New York, July 16.—Independent Cuba
will begin business, says a Washington
dispatch to the Herald, with a bonded
Indebtedness of only 6122,400, resulting
from the clause in the new Constitution
pledging the new Cuban government to
the payment of the Cuban bonds Issued
by the authority of the revolutionary
government during the war with Spain.
There has been considerable doubt as
to the amount of this Indebtedness, but
unless some of the bonds were issued
Just before or since the intervention of
the United States, the figures arc cor
rect.
Representative William Alden Smith of
Michigan, has Just made public a letter
which he received from Senor Guerra,
'treasurer of the free revolutionary gov
ernment, Just before the beginning of the
war between the United States and Spain,
which has never been communicated to
anyone except the members of the foreign
affairs committee of representatives. In
this letter, Senor Guerra says:
“The revolutionary government issued
a total of printed bonds amounting to
63,146.900 and the total of the bonds dis
posed of was 6122,400, leaving bonds in the
amount of 63.032,200 iu my possession as
treasurer.
FATAL TRAGEDY
AT NEGRO PICNIC
Officers Try to Quell Disturb
ance and Two Are Shot
RINGLEADERS ARRESTED
--—
One of the Negroes Killed and Others
Wounded—One Officer Received
a Wound That May
Prove Fatal.
Columbus. Ga., July 15.—A special from
Amerlcus, Ga., to the Enquirer-Sun Bays:
Several hundred negro excursionists
from Macon were here this afternoon and
precipitated % riot, resulting In the shoot
ing of two police officers and the Instant
killing of .Bill English, a Macon negro,
the ringleader In the disturbance. Police
man Howell Albritton received a wound
In the abdomen which may prove fatal,
while Policeman Qlawson was shot
through the thigh. The Macon'excursion
ists were plcnlclng at Magnolia Dell
when three of their number started a
shooting affray. Policemen Glawson and
Albritton attempted to arrest Bill Eng
lish, when the negro raised his revolver
and shot Albritton fatally. At that mo
ment Policeman Glawson shot English In
the head, both pistols being discharged
simultaneously. Thinking English dead,
Glawson gave attention to hts brother of
ficer, whereupon English, when In death
agony, raised himself on his elbow and
fired again at the policeman, both return
ing the fire. Glawson this time shot Eng
lish through the mouth, while Albritton’s
bullet entered his breast. English fell
dead at the second fire. Officer Albritton
was conveyed to his residence, where the
physicians pronounced his wound prob
ably fatal.
Though badly Injured, Officer Qlawson
pluckily continued on duty, and with the
police reserve sent to the rescue succeed
ed In arresting the ringleaders. Intense
excitement prevails at this hour and the
Macon crowd Is departing amid the exe
crations of the cltlxens. All the leaders In
the riot are under arrest, and while the
cltlsens are terribly enraged at their con
duct, there will be no‘further trouble at
present.
NO RECEDING FROM
ACTION OF DELEGATES
(Continued from First Page.)
house bill for the delegates to see. and
said the evidence showed It had been
passed In a damnably fraudulent manner.
He referred to the tell-tale pin holes In
the cover of the courthouse bill which
tallied with pin holes In the body of the
Calera land limit bill. He spoke of the
bill being kept off of the calendar, and
stated the testimony of Mr. Brown, who
had the contract for printing the calen
dars. Mr. Brown had said that Mr. Oli
ver and Mr. Deans came to his office and
had this bill kept otf the calendar. Mr.
Browne continued by exhibiting two Iden
tical Calera land limit bills which had
been introduced In the Legislature and
referred to two committees, but which
were afterwards pasted together. He
showed how, by holding the bill to the
light, the bill underneath could be read.
He moved to lay upon the table the ml
nor'ty report.
Mr. Wilson of Washington rose to a
question of personal privilege. He wanted
to reply to Mr. Browne, who had said
that Mr. Albert Wilson, his brother, had
had some connection with the matter.
The chair ruled that this was not a ques
tion of personal privilege.
Retainer* Offered President.
An aye and nay vote was demandetT on
this motion to table. President Knox,
whose name Is always called first, said he
had been offered retainers on both sides of
this question and did not feel authorised
In voting. The roll coll proceeded. Cap
tain White of Jefferson when his name
was reached said he also had been offered
a fee from one side of ithis controversy
and that he would like to be excused from
voting. The motion to table was adopted
by a vote of 74 to 29.
Mr. Whiteside of Calhoun then offered
an amendment to section 6 to strike out i
(the words "two-thirds.” This section re
quired a two-thirds vote of the electors
to remove a county site. A motion to
table this amendment was adopted by a
vote of 49 to 98.
Mr. Pearce of Marlon offered an amend
ment to strike out the words two-thirds
and Insert the word majority.
The hour of adjournment here arrived
and the convention adjourned until 3:30
o’clock.
Afternoon 8easlon.
The convention met at 3:30 o'clock with
M members present. Mr. Pearce of Marion
resumed his remarks in favor of his
amendment to require only a majority
vote to change a county site Instead of a
two-thirds vote as reported by the com
mittee. He said that if a two thirds vote
was required there would be no more re
movals. The majority rule was one of the
great principles of the Democratic party,
it was because this majority vote was not
made applicable to Shelby county- that
caused all the trouble thsre. He moved
the previous question on his amendment,
but withdrew it to allow Mr. Waddell to
speak.
Mr. Waddell said that our government
was not founded entirely on the rule of
the majority. There were vested county
rights which ought not to be uprooted by
a mere majority vote.
A two-thirds vote gives the taxpayers a
chance to vote and makes the people feel
more secure from unreasonable attempts
to move the court house. He demanded
the previous question.
Mr. O’Neal of Lauderdale moved to
table the Peace amendment. An aye and
nay vote was demanded on this and the
convention declined to table the section
by a vote of 45 to 59.
The previous question was then de
manded by a vote of 52 to 36 and the sec
tion as amended was adopted.
The convention then took up the report
of the committee on banks and banking.
This readopted the present article on this
subject except that a new section was
added authorizing an examination by
banks by some public officer.
Section one of this article was adopted
as follows:
Sectloh 1. The General Assembly shall
1 not have the power to establish or Incor
porate any bank or banking company or
money Institution, for the purpose of,
issuing bills of credit, or bills payable to
order or bearer, except under ithe condi
tions prescribed in this constitution.
Section 2 was read as follows:
Section 2. No bank shall be established
otherwise than under a general banking
law, nor otherwise than upon a hpecle
basis.
Gqvernor Oates offered an amendment to
provide that banks may issue bills for
circulation equal to the face value of
bonds, Federal, State, county or munici
pal which are convertahle into specie at
their face value. These bonds jnust first
be deposited with the State treasurer.
Oates' Amendment.
Mr. Fletcher, chairman of the commit
tee, said he thought there would be-one.
article which wou)d eecape the pruning
knife, but it seemed there - wee-not. -He
The John Wanamaker Stores
will send samples of dress-goods and silks anywhere. A postal will bring them, if you
specify the kind and price you want. • \
DRESS GOODS
Take all the staple dress goods for
granted. We always have the prettiest of
seasonable dress goods in summer—every
thing from the plainest white rnuslin, the
prettiest dimities, the least conspicuous
ginghams, all the way through the organ
dies and mousseline de soie, up to the ex
quisite novelties that we bring each year
from Paris.
In winter time the same is true. The
broadest variety, all the way from the sim
ple 35c serge—or, if you want it, half-wool
and half-cotton dress goods—up to the rich
est novelties that Europe turns out.
But the novelties are peculiar. Each
year a man goes to Europe, particularly to
Paris, where he sees the best that the world
has made: he choses from what he sees,
and occasionally has beautiful things made
after his own designs. These things, of
course, nobody else in America gets, so
that much of our dsess goods is exclusive
as well as novel.
But that doesn’t account for the price of
it. It is a notable fact that we undersell all
of the stores in Philadelphia, and in New
York our stores undersell the New York
stores.
It comes from the vast quantities that
we are able to buy and sell—which gives us
rarely small cost. We pass it on to you at
just the same profit as other people—buy
ing cheaper makes it possible to sell
cheaper.
SILKS.
Up until last year we did a fairly good
business in silks. It was perhaps as dis
tinguished as the best stores of the country
did. But an opportunity came for us to get
back the leadership which had drifted during
the war to New York and Boston.
You may be sure we seized it eagerly.
In two months we bought and sold more
than 1,200,000 yards of silks, so that doors
of commerce closed to other silk stores are
open to us. We see often what nobody else
gets a peep at; and the vast quantities we
have handled have made us so famous that
importers of silk are anxious to get our
trade. Many of them even reduce their
profit to get it. So the silks are cheaper,
the variety is greater, and there are more
exclusive things here than elsewhere in the
United States.
Isn’t it better for a maker to sell great
quantities at a small profit than not so much
at a little profit? That’s the secret of our
low prices.
And the secret of our success is that
we are always glad to take back what we
have sold at exactly what we have sold it
for, and give you back your money—but
the things must be fresh.
Address: JOHN WANAMAKER
Philadelphia
or New York, if you prefer.
Please mention the paper in wbloh you see this _
The Celebrated French
Opera Bouffe,
GIROFLE-GIROFLA,
TO-NIGHT,
AT LAKEVIEW.
9 O'CLOCK.
Reserved Seats at Parker's.
AN INNOVATION will be Started at
Lakeview this week by giving
Transfer Tickets from all of the
other car lines in the city to the Lakeview
and Highland Avenue cars. The pleasure
seeker can thus go from any point in the
city or vicinity to Lakeview for FIVE cents
and back again for the same amount.
said that with the 10 cent.tax on state
banks this amendment would he a dead
letter and he moved to table* It. This
was lost by a vote of 38 to 50.
The previous question was then de
manded. Governor Oates asked leave to
strike out the words "county and city
bonds.” This was granted, and the
amendment was adopted and the section
as amended.
Section 3 was adopted as follows:
Section 3. All bills or notes Issued as
money, shall be at all times redeemable
in gold or silver and no law shall be
passed sanctioning, directly or Indirectly,
the suspension of any bank or banking
company of specie payment.
Section 4 was then read as follows:
Section 4. Holders of bank notes and
depositors who have not stipulated for
Interest, shall for such notes and de
posits, be entitled In case of Insolvency,
to the preference of payment over all
other creditors.
Mr. Watts of Montogmery offered an
amendment by adding "provided this sec
tion applies to Incorporated banks
only.”
General Harrison of Lee favored mak
ing private banks subject to the same
regulations as incorporated banks.
Mr. Wiliams of Marengo offered a sub
stitute to make the section apply to all
banks whether Incorporated or not This
was adopted and the section as thus
amended adopted. v
Section 5 was then read and adopted as
follows:
Section 5. Every bank or banking com
pany shall be required to cease all bank
ing operations within twenty years from
the time of its organisation (unless the
General Assembly shall extend the time),
and promptly thereafter close its busi
ness; but shall have corporate capacity
to sue and shall be liable to suits until Its
affairs and liabilities are fully closed.
Section 6 was adopted as follows:
Section 6. No bank shall receive, directly
or indirectly, a greater rate of Interest
than shall be allowed by law to Individu
als for lending money.
Section 7 was read as follows:
Section 7. That the State shall not be a
stockholder In any bank, nor the credit
of the State ever be given or loaned to
any banking company, association or cor
poration.
Mr. Watts moved to amend by Inserting
the word “shall” between “nor” and
"the.” This was adopted and the section
as amended adopted.
A New Section.
Section 8 was read as follows:
Section 8. The General Assembly shall,
by appropriate laws, provide for the ex
amination, by some public officer, of all
banks and banking Institutions and trust
companies engaged In banking business
In this State, i
Mr. Davis moved to amend by adding
"and either of such banka or institutions
shall, under oath, make a report of Its
conditions at least twice a year.”
Mr. Ashcraft moved to strike out the
section. He thought the matter should be
left to the Legislature. Lt had power to
regulate banks, and there was no neces
sity of adopting lt In the constitution.
Mr. Malone of Henry opposed Mr. Ash
craft’s motion. He said the average man
was completely at the mercy of the
banks and that the people were now ac
cumulating a little money and soon a
savings bank system would be necessary,
and there ought to be a state examiner.
Mr. Henderson of Pike opposed the
section. He said that people did not put
this money In banks because they were
examined, but because they had confi
dence In the officials and management of
a bank. Examinations did hot prevent
hank failures and during the last panic
there were more failures among the na
tional banks than among the state banks.
Judge Coleman of Greene said every of
ficer of a national bank who had spoken
so far (Mr. Malone) favored section
eight and those whose Interests were
with state banks (Mr. Hendeaon) were
Qpposed to lt. But after all people put
confidence In the official's of a bank and
It was Impossible for any examiner not
familiar with local conditions to properly
examine a bank. The refeent bank failure
In Buffalo occurred Immediately after a
favorable report of an examiner. The
people did not want new offices establish
ed, and the banks would have to pay the
fees of the bank examiner.
The Section Adopted.
Mr. Malone moved to lay Mr. Ashcraft’s
motion on the table. This was done by a
vote of 61 to 23. The previous question
was demanded.
The amendment of Mr. Davis of Etowah
was then adopted and the section as
amended was then adopted.
Mr. Reynolds of Chilton offered as a new
section a provision which read that If
necessary for the payment of any creditor
or depositor of a band the stockholders
shall be held liable to an amount equal to
double the face value of their stock.
This section was on motion laid on the
table by a vote of 4S to 39.
Mr. Williams of Marengo moved to
amend so as to make the provisions of
section 8 of the article apply to all banks,
trust companies or Individuals doing busi
ness except national banks, whether in
corporated or not.
Mr. DeQraffenreld of Hale said that the
adoption of this section would drive every
Individual out of the banking business.
That the national banks were allowed to
Issue money and therefore It was proper
to have them visited by bank examiners,
but that this did not apply to a private
bank.
Mr. Williams of Marengo spoke In fa
vor of his amendment. He said the same
reasons which made a bank examiner a
good thing for national banks would be
applicable to state banks.
Judge Coleman of Greene spoke again
illustrating the difference between na
tional and state banks and said It was
time to call a halt and withdraw any
further burdens from the state Institu
tions.
Mr. HendeTson of Pike opposed the
amendment. He spoke of the recent fail
ure of the Seventh National Bank of
New York and said a bank examiner had
recently pronounced It in good condi
tion.
Mr. O'Neal of Lauderdale thought the
purpose of the amendment was not to
strike down .state Institutions, but was
simply to give te same safeguards to
state banks which were given to national
banks. The public, the poor and Ignorant
man, ought to be protected.
Amendment Adopted.
The previous question was then called
for and the amendment of Mr. Williams
adopted. The article was then ordered
engrossed and the convention adjourned
until 9:30 tomorrow when the article on
legislative department will be taken up.
Atlanta, Ga.. Nov. 19, 1900.
We have handled Dr. Moffett's
TEETHINA (Teething Powders) ever
since Its first Introduction to the public
and trade as a proprietary medicine, and
our trade In It has steadily Increased
from year to year until our orders now
amount to two or three hundred gross
per year, which Is a very strong evidence
of Its merit and the satisfaction It Is
giving to the mothers of the country, for
they say that nothing so effectually coun
teracts the effects of the summer’s hot
Bun or overcomes So quickly the troubles
Incident to teething.
THE LAMAR A RANKIN DRUG CO.,
Wholesale Drugglsta
ATTENTION, ELKS!
Ho for Milwaukee to Attend Qrand
Lodge Meeting.
The Pullman Company has Just furnish
ed A. E. Campbell with diagrams for
special sleepers for the Elks and their
friends for their trip to Milwaukee. If
all those desiring space In special sleepers
will kindly call on or write Mr. Campbell.
Metropolitan hotel, Birmingham, he will
take pleasure In making reservations.
It Is Important that you make sleeping
cat reservations to soon as possible In
order that ample accommodations may be
provided for all who expect to attend.
J. C. LUSK,
Traveling Passenger Agent.
RAILROAD 80LD.
Purchased In the Interest of the South
ern Railway.
Atlanta, Ga., July 15.—A special to the
Journal from Anderson, 8. C., says:
"The Blue Ridge Railroad was sold at
auction today to Fairfax Harrison of
Washington, D. C., and B. L. Abney of
Columbia, 8. C„ for *100,000, the upset
price. The purchasers are directors of
the Southern Railway, but they declare
the road will be reorganized as a separate
system. The sale was made under a de
cree of the United States Circuit Court.
‘The property consists of thirty-three
miles of road In South Carolina, together
with rolling stock, rights of way and fran
chises In South Carolina and Georgia and
considerable property in these states. The
road was built to Walhalla, S. C., in 1868,
and It was the Intention of Hon. John Cal
houn to connept the west with tidewater
through the coal fields of Tennessee.
Georgia and the Carollnas.”
UNIVERSAL PEACE UNION.
Thirty-fifth Annual Sesclon Addressed
By Belva Ann Lockwood.
Buffalo, N. Y., July 16.—The Univer
sal Peace Union met here today to
celebrate Its thirty-fifth anniversary.,
Among today’s speakers was Mrs.
Belva A. Lockwood of Washington. In
ner address, "Peace and the Outlook,”
she reviewed all the work that has
been done in the Interest of Interna
tional peace, and traced a condition of
this country when our armies and
navies would no longer be thought of.
The Philippine war, she said, was a
moral shock to the world, and was do
ing nothing but slaughtering young
men “whose consciences have been
seared and moral stamina lost by daily
contact with tne crime and learning
to shoot into the Filipinos.”
THE PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION
Buffalo, May to November, 1901.
Only one night out via Queen and Cres
cent Route (Alabama Great Southern)
through Chattanooga. Cincinnati and
along the lake shore. Choice of routes
via Lake Brie or rail between Cleveland
and Buffalo, going or returning.
The Pan-American Special—Double
dally trains, convenient and quick sched
ules. Through Pullman sleeper New Or
leans to Buffalo. "Look at the sched
ules:
Pan-Amerl- Q. & C.
can Special. Limited.
Lv Meridian.2:45 p.m. 1:30 am.
Lv. Tuscaloosa .. ...,5:15p.m. 4:00 a.m.
Lv. Birmingham ....4:50 p.m. 5:45 a.m.
Lv. Attalla .8:15 p.m. 7:15 k.m.
Lv Chattanooga.. ..10:40 p.m. 10:00 a.m.
Ar Cincinnati .. .... 8:10 aim. 740 p.m.
Ar. Buffalo — ....7:30 p.m, 10:30 a.m.
Like fast schedules returning south
bound. Dining, cafe, parlor and observa
tion cars on all through trains.
Greatly reduced rates have bean au
thorized for this occasion.
Rates, printed matter and other In
formation cheerfully furnished on appli
cation. J. C. LUSK,
Traveling Passenger Agent
8-19-tf Birmingham, Ala.
Low Summer Tourist Ratos via, tha
Mobile & Ohio Railroad.
The service now offered by the Mobile
and Ohio to the delightful lake-side,'
mountain and seashore resorts of
North, Bast and West Is unsurpassed,
addition to the very low rates, long
turn limits are allowed on these tick
Write for descriptive literature,
and other necessary Information
M. Shepard, G. P. A., Mobile.
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