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For t is sport to have the engineer
Hoist with his own petard.
—Hamlet.
I Schools Need Local Taxation.
The refusal of local taxation for
school purposes, will be a hardship In
this city and In Tuscaloosa, and in
soores, If not hundreds, of other towns
In the State. It Is a regrettable situa
tion. When people are willing to pay
for better schools, it would 6eem to be
wise to let them have them. The situa
tion Is simply distressing and bewilder
ing. In no other State in the Union
would such an appeal be denied—not
even In North Carolina or Arkansas.
Why Is it denied In Alabama?
Why should not a short local taxa
tion clause, baseu In each case on a
three-fifths vote, bd Inserted in the con
stitution when the convention reassem
bles next Wednesday? Why should It
not be broad enough to cover all dis
tricts and communities that desire bet
ter schools and are willing to pay for
them? The three-fifths rule stands en
dorsed by the convention—-why not ex
tend it to school districts? Why not?
No one outside of the districts would
be taxed, and no district could be taxed
except with the approval of a three
fifths vote.
Grandfather Clause in Court.
In the court of original jurisdiction
in New Orleans the suit of David J.
Ryanes, an Illiterate and penniless ne
gro, against the registration officials
of New Orleans, has been dented. He
asked for a mandamus to compel his
' registration.
Ir the opinion rendered by the court
the grandfayier clause Is scarcely dis
cussed. We add here the portions of
the opinion that relate to section 5, or
the grandfather clause:
Relator makes special complaint against
section 5 of article 197 as being discrim
inative against him; but he has not al
leged that any person whatever has reg
istered under that section, and he has
not, therefore, shown any Injury result
ing to him therefrom. It may he thUt
discrimination against him was Intended
under that section, but Intention Is In
sufficient to entitle him to relief in a
court of Justice. The Supreme Court of
the United States says. In Williams vs.
Mississippi, 170 U. S.. 223: '‘There Is an
allegation of the purpose of the conven
tion to disfranchise citizens of the colored
race, but with this we have no concern,
unless the purpose Is executed by the
constitution or laws, or by those who
administer them. If It Is done In the lat
ter way, how, or by what means, should
be shown." ,
If section 5 had been alleged to have
been executed, and that It had resulted
In a discrimination against relator, then
the allegation of discrimination In section
B might have been considered, for the
purpose of the exception now being dis
posed of. as rendering section 5 null and
void, and the persons registered there
under wuld not be deemed to have been
registered. But this la not a suit to strike
the registration list under section 5 with
nullity, for any reason whatsoever, nor Is
it a suit to compel registration under that
section.
It may well be that section 6 Is null and
void, and that sections 3 and 4 are valid
and binding, etc.
Also further:
Sections 3, 4 ana 5 do not "collectively
constitute one * * • plan of suffrage
quaP.flcatlon.” Relator himself. In his pe
tition, refers to "the said articles and the
said sections, collectively and separate
ly," etc. If section 5, In Itself, adopts "ona
unlawful and unconstitutional plan of
suffrage qualification." It cannot In any
manner afTeot sections 3 and 4. And, as
rela/tor alleges In his petition that he Is
not qualified to register under sections 3
and 4; that he has neither the educa
tional nor property qualification, he. In
effect, alleges that It Is not the minis
terial duty of respondent to register him,
and his petition discloses no cause of
action for the Issuance of a writ of man
damus.
The exception of no cause of action 1s
sustained; the alternative writ Issued
herein Is set aside, and this suit Is dis
missed at relator’s cost.
In other words the grandfather
clause is not in the case. Ryanes couM
not register because be could not read
and write and did not possess $300
worth of property. The grandfather
clause does not touch him. It may be
declared null and Yold by the United
States Supreme Court, and yet such a
decision does not affect Ryanes. Very
few registered under the grandfather
clause In Louisiana, but be the number
few or many, RyaneB is not affected.
The other parts of the Louisiana con
stitution are sound at any rate, and in
nowise dependent upon the grand
father clause.
In Other words, the negro Ryanes
can not gain registration by attacking
the grandfather clause. However un
wise or unconstitutional that clause
may be, no onh will claim It invalidates
the other suffrage clause of the Louis
iana constitution, and a similar state
of things may arise over the Alabama
constitution. No man who is both illit
erate and propertyless can gain the
suffrage by attacking the grandfather
clause. “The utmost,” says the New
Orleans Times-Democrat, “that can be
hoped for by the Afro-American
Leaguo Is to strike from the constitu
tion a provision which we have always
regarded as unwise, which Is of little
moment, affecting few voters, and they
of so little wortn that It seems absurd
that so much trouble should be made
over it"
Yellow Fever Experiment*.
Three or four deaths have occurred
at Havana In the course of a series of
experiments with disease infected mos
quitoes, and the experiments have been
forbidden therefore by the military au
thorities; but they were not forbidden
until it was well established that mos
quitoes do carry deadly disease germB,
and that wherever disease exists mos
quitoes are dangerous disseminators.
The men who died at Havana In the
course of the experiments have shown
the world how lives can be saved In
the future. They diea that others might
live.
The lesson of this is, the mosquito
must be driven out. He can readily be
wherever stagnant water can be abol
ished. Stagnant water taints the air
at any rate. It means malaria, and It
also means mosquitoes. The war
against stagnant water must go on, and
in this State this war should be espe
cially well conducted next year.
Besides lighting stagnant water there
Is hope that an effective antitoxin will
be discovered. Dr. Caldas, a Brazilian,
is now in Havana convinced that he
aas a serum which will prevent yellow
fever. Between medical science and
plain sanitation we may, let It bo
hoped, be relieved not only of yellow
ffever, but of malaria and mosquitoes
as web. In Jones valley It Is down
right slovenliness and carelessness in
the matter of stagnant water that ren
ders mosquitoes possible.
Supremacy of the Law.
Governor Jelks and Judge Pelham
were mistaken In their estimate of St.
Clair County. That county Is not unan
imously made up of law-abiding people.
There are many good people In It, who,
like the heroic Mr. Garrett, believe that
law and order should be maintained at
all hazards and In all emergencies; but
there are also in tne county many peo
ple whose respect for law 1b not over
whelmingly great. Many of the latter
gathered at Ashvllle on Thursday and
attempted to take the convicted pris
oner from the hands of the sheriff un
der the eyes of Judge Pelham in the
court house.
Sheriff North aid his duty, and the
State of Alabama stands today un
sullied by a crime committed against
law and order In a court house Itself.
Whatever mistake had been made by
tne higher authorities, Sheriff North
made none. He saw his duty and did
It, and he was nobly backed by Judge
Pelham and jy good citizens of St
Clair County to whom the honor and
good name of the county were very
dear.
The best people of St. Clair County
uave done the State a great service,
for they have shown that it Is possible
to punish a criminal in a case of ex
treme brutality by and through the
methods of law. They have Bhown
that law and order can be maintained
by the sheriff If he be a man of cour
age, and that such a sheriff can com
mand the support of the best men in
a county.
No one deserves higher praise, not
even Sheriff Nor.u, than James L. Gar
rett, the father of the unfortunate
young lady. His appeal to the people
should be taken home In every county
of thlB State. It was an appeal for the
supremacy of law from the heroic
neart of a sorely-stricken man. Even
the men who came for the purpose of
overriding the law were moved by It,
and they left the court house, but evil
spirits were at work, and the mob re
turned, but they were met by Sheriff
North, and the prisoner was saved to
tne course of the law, and Alabama
escaped another crime.
T. Estrada Palma would be willing
to serve as President of Cuba If he
could have the support of a majority
in the Cuban Congress.
Even the men are to be crowded out
of the barrel business in the Niagara
rapids, for a woman Is about to shoot
that chute.
Any sheriff who is not traitor to the
law can dispel a mob, for all mobs are
from their nature and make-up cow
ardly.
Messrs. Whitney, Gorman and Wat
terson have met, and yet the Demo
cratic party Is still the Democratic
party.
The task of lynching ten millions of
negroes Is a very serious undertaking.
The rain is fighting the heat, and the
heat Is holding its own bravely.
Mr. Nation sold 2,000 hatchets at At
lantic City at 25 cents each.
This Is the last call—the last day
on which the best Grau seats will be
offered to a music-loving people.
Boston has a society that has found
a home for 1,110 homeless cats—Tab
bys, not Thomases.
Field Marshal Count von Waldersee
Is doing as much talking as his men
did looting.
France also has a bill against Tur
key, and she Is trying to bulldoze Ab
dul Hamid.
The steel strike promises to be as
long winded as a constitutional con
vention.
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One In every 76 In this country Is a
pensioner, and the other 76 are willing
to be.
Potatoes are now securely wrapped
In silk paper and locked up for the
night.
Neither side In the steel strike has
scored. It has been wind work thus
far.
Montgomery's grand opera season
will occur In some other year.
The Islander we^t down loaded with
lives and $275,000 of gold.
The wireless telegraph Is to be fitted
to Spain's shipleBS navy.
The baseball tallenders are Alabam
ians by adoption only.
When Sembrleh comes to town Reu
ben will come also.
The lawn hose Is taking a vacation.
It Is a peach but not a potato year.
THE OBJECTION TO TRIGG8.
From the Topeka Capital.
One of Professor Trlggs' objections to
Longfellow Is that "he had no Ideas to
Impart.” On the other hand, Trlggs has
Ideas to burn. The objection to Trlggs Is
that he Insists on Imparting Instead of
burning them.
JUDGE COLEMAN.
From the Eufaula Time*.
Delegate Judge Coleman was 'the lion
of the convention. A resolution was
passed by the delegates commending him
to the people. There may be some po
litical bee buzzing around and his friends
took this method of starting bis boom.
DROP IN CORN.
From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
The flve-cent drop In corn has been
made most unwillingly, but In response
to reports from the farmers and not from
the Chicago statisticians. Four-fifths of
the reports .made by farmers and collect
ed In western newspapers and by the
weather bureau testify to the great Im
provement wrought by the rains, but Chi
cago speculators aro still Insisting that
only a half crop will bo raised. The mar
ket, soon or later, will tell the story.
MAMMOTH COTTON PLANT.
From the Quitman, Ga., Advertiser.
Daniel Allen, a colored tenant on E. J.
Pedrlck's plantation, brought to tills of
fice this morning a cotton plant which
measures nine feet In height and five feet
In breadth. It Is a tree In size and Is
completely covered with clusters of bolls
from Its lowest limbs to Its topmost
Bprlg. It Is of the short staple variety
and a fine specimen of what Brooks coun
ty Boll, with the proper care, will do In
the production of cotton. Allen states
that the specimen brought us Is but one
out of a Held of several acreB which will
average very near the same.
A SCHOLARLY RETORT.
From the London King.
A famous scholar, whose hobby was the
derivation of words, had occasion to store
his furniture while proceeding to the con
tinent in quest of the origin of the term
"Juggins." During his researches In Ber
lin he received from the warehouse com
pany the following letter: "Sir: We have
the honor to Inform you that the mattrass
you sent to our store had the moth In It.
Since the epidemic would expose the goods
of other clients to Injury, we have caused
your mattrass to be destroyed.”
The scholar replied: "Dear Sir: My
mattrass may, as you say. have had moth
In It, but I am confident that It had an ‘e’
In It also.”
CHILD LABOR IN THE 80UTH.
From the Baltimore Herald.
The rapid Increase In 'the number of
cotton manufacturing establishments In
the south has made the question of child
labor one which is engaging the serious
attention of law-making bodies of the
several southern states.
The Legislatures of nearly every state
In tho union have been called upon to
enact laws prohibiting child labor In fac
tories. but Louisiana and Tennessee are
the only southern states which have done
BO.
A child labor bill was presented to the
Georgia Legislature at Its last session,
and 'though the manufacturers were per
fectly willing that It should become a
law, the laboring people of the cotton
mill towns opposed It with such vigor that
It was withdrawn. In Alabama less than
7 per cent of mill operatives are children
under 12 years of ago, but In South Car
olina the number reaches 25 per cent.
Aside from consideration of humanity,
there are grave reasons why the employ
ment of young children In manufacturing
establishments should not be tolerated.
But the south Is showing that It Is
alive to the Importance of this question,
and the day Is undoubtedly not far dis
tant when, by practical action, It will
effectually answer the numerous criti
cisms of Its record In the matter. It must
be remembered that the south has but
recently become a manufacturing section,
and some time must necessarily elapse
before new problems can be satisfactorily
settled and before there can be an ad
justment to new conditions.
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
From the New York Press.
It Is the fool man who dresses for wo
men or thinks they dress for him.
Marriage ties are the life lines of con
tent; Of discontent, tho shackles.
Children are the steps on which grown
up folk climb out of the abyss of self.
A man is content to avoid betraying his
pain; it takes a woman to conceal hers
behind a Joyous smile.
Show mo the best woman on earth and
l will show you tho same one who, what
ever she thinks of a man. respects Uls
money-getting
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
AND ELSEWHERE
Astrologer * Raphael’s prophecies for
this day, Saturday, August 24. 1901:
“Travel, deal, sign writings, and seek
work before 5 p. m.”
“Thou wilt have a very active year In
thy business, which will prosper.”
“Women will have attention from men
and receive offers of marriage.”
“Much energy will he possessed by the
child born on this day, and It will push
along In life, prospering and saving
mnoey."
Certain Views of Southern Women,
“Whatever the men advocates of order
and law and the theorists of morality
may argue or do. every southern woman
of every gradation of life favors the
lynching of negroes who attack white
women,” declared a southern father of
wldo observation.
"In this particular the gentlest and
loveliest women In the world have no
spirit of toleration or mercy, and they ap
plaud every mol) that lynches a brute for
attacking a defenseless woman.
“You can’t find a real southern woman
who Is In favor of allowing the law
to take Its course In respect to these
blackest and most accursed crimes of the
black race. As a matter of fact and of
course good women do not discuss the
subject except amongst themselves and
the men of their respesctlve kindred; hut,
believe me, with every mob that lynches
a black brute of the Jim Brown type are
the silent congratulations of all southern
women, and their unspoken thanks go to
the mobs instinctively.
“Is not this feeling the instinct of self
preservation, the first law' of heaven? Is
It not, after all, the supreme test of a
pure woman’s loyalty to pure women?
Could any man expect women to have
any other view regarding the greatest
possible crime agaJnst a woman?
“Leaving aside the abstract proposition
of law and the philosophy of organized
and orderly Justice, are not good women
right In this, as good women are right
in their views of all other affairs of rea!
life In the light of morality and de
cency?"
O Dem Watermllyuns!
“Perhaps nothing occurred yesterday
In this town more fraught with the pure
ly animal comfort of man than the ap
pearance of a wagon loaded with water
melons at the alley door of the big rock
Jail of Jefferson county," said a man
who was reared upon a plantation, and,
in part, on watermelons.
“ 'Law to goodness, dem watermllyuns!
Gwlne jlne de cont^rband, chlllun,
Bymebye, bymebye!’
"Clearly the melons were for the pris
oners, nine out of ten of whom are ne
groes, and some of whom will probably
one day be hanged for murder; practi
cally every crime against the peace and
dignity of Alabama having its black rep
resentative caged there behind those
castla-llke walls.
“But at sight of the red meat of those
melons, even the scaffold and the peni
tentiary were forgot and judge and Jury
had no terrors. If conscience were there,
conscience was eased; If dellgion, de
llglon's comforting was submerged In the
pink juices of dem watermllyuns; the
deeds of vice and promptings of virtue
alike fled to forgetfulness!
“Law to goodness! Whoso has not ob
served de sho nuff nigger eatln' er water
milyun. smacking his thick lips, showing
his white teeth and patting himself the
while, can have no real conception of the
perfect anlmdl comfort of the coarser
element of humanity!
“We all of us have observed the effect
of abundant feeding upon the. so-called
lower animals. We know how It mani
fests Itself in a cow, which, having fed
on the rich grasses of a pastureland all
the morning, lies down at noontide in the
shade of a tree and ruminates with the
unequalled complacency of the bovine;
but the darkey is a human being, and
there is Joined to his comfort with de
watermilyun a certain quality of actual
enjoyment that almost approaches the
spiritual quality of happiness.
“Conceive, then, the state of feeling ex
perienced by the condemned and the un
condemned in the big rock Jail! After
each prisoner had eaten the real meat, he
of course scraped the rind with his fing
ers, ate the scrapings and drank the
Juice. Then he scraped and ate and
drank again, and in the end with the
greatest reluctance put aside the thin
green outer shell of the melon.
“ 'Dat watermilyun was de best I ebber
tasted—It sho was,* reflected the prisoner,
and so thinking he doubtless fell asleep
and dreamed of his lost youth and lost
liberty—dreamed of an endless water
melon patch, with no hostile dog and no
shotgun in a thousand miles! *
“Never in the history of prisons did cus
todian of the law do a thing more pleas
ing to prisoners than, the giving of the
wagonload of watermelons to the Inmates
of the big rock Jail. Truly that act was
of a hlg'h order of humanity, for a nigger
in jail in watermilyun time do suffer
turrible—he sho do!"
Capt, Rogers and the Negro Vote.
In the course of his speech In the con
stitutional convention, In support of tho
majority report on suffrage and elections,
which has been made a part of the new
constitution, the venerable and honored
Capt. Charles P. Rogers of Lowndes, after
saying that there are more negroes to the
square mile In his county than there are
In darkest Africa, made these striking
statements of fact;
‘‘I have seen tn this historic hall thirty
negroes at one time, members of the Leg
islature, eelllng their votes for a drink of
whisky or a mule, and enacting laws for
us that Inflicted millions of dollars of In
debtedness on the State of Alabama, and
which we are now paying and will have
to pay for fifty years more as we have for
the last twenty-five years.”
"Alabama with 61,640 square miles, con
tains 1,001,152 whites and 827,307 blacks; in
thirteen central counties of the state, In
one of which this capttdl Is situated, em
bracing 97S6 square miles, or one-fifth of
the area of the state, the most productive
portion of It, there dwell 873,311 negToes
and 100,000 whites, or three-sevenths of
the black population and one-tenth of the
white population; 444,000 blacks and 900,
000 whites (In round numbers) live in the
ether fifty-three counties of the Btate
containing 41,764 square miles. In eight
counties of the fifty-three the white popu
lation and the black Is nearly equal, and
In the forty other counties of the fifty
three the negro holds the balance of pow
er. In only five counties of the whole
state he cuts no figure.”
"So In slxty-one counties of the sixty
six of the stats he holds the balance of
power and Is a menace to good govern
ment In a social and political sense."
Captain Rogers, who Is a State Senator
and who has been several times a repre
sentative in the lower house, la a man of
wide learning and rare courage to do what
seems to him to be right. Throughout
all his long life he baa enjoyed the re
spect, the affectionate esteem of the peo
ple.
CapttMi Rogers Is the oldest and most
distinguished civil engineer In Alabama,
probably the most distinguished this state
ever had. Long before the war between
the slates he was building railroads and
making surveys that are historic. It was
he who surveyed and chiefly built the
Mobile and Montgomery Railroad, which
passes by tl\e front gate of his beautiful
home In Letohatchle. a home that for a
generation has been the seat of a noble
hospitality; and he surveyed and super
vised the building of several other im
portant lines.
The Mackerel 8ky’s Story.
•'If any man ever again tells you that
a 'mackerel' sky betokens fair weather
you may tell him that he doesn t know
what he Is talking nbout." said Hon.
Jake W. Weiss of Mobile last night.
"Seafaring men, thousands of whom visit
Mobile In the course of a year, assert
that a 'mackerel' sky betokens 'falling'
weather, that is to say, bad weather,,
and my observation Is that they are
correct. Certainly men who go down to
the sea In ships have more reason to
study the signs of weather than other
men, and therefore it is right to assume
that they are more accurate In their
reading of such signs.
"Somebody was quoted In ‘Hotel Lob
bies' this morning as saying that In Ire
land and Scotland folk held that a 'mack
erel' sky meant fair weather. Last night
there was a beautiful 'mackerel' sky, and
this afternoon there was a deluge, one of
the heaviest rains of this season of heavy
rains falling for more than an hour, be
ginning at 3' o'clock. That's enough!”
About Persons.
James A. Going, who for several weeks
had been 111 of fever In his residence,
2230 Fifth avenue, was sufficiently recov
ered yesterday to resume his private
business duties.
• • •
H. L. Leavitt of Canton, Ohio, who so
euceessfuly managed the Birmingham
Elks' street fair last spring. Is at the
Metropolitan.
• • •
C. H. Ogilvle of Memphis Is at the
Metropolitan.
• • •
T. 8. Sharp and E. B. Sprague of Co
lumbus, Miss., are at the Metropolitan.
• • *
B. D. Thames of Greenville, Ala., is at
the Metropolitan.
• • •
President Francis M. Peterson of the
Girls’ Industrial School, Montevalllo, Is
at the Metropolitan.
• • •
Louis V. Massey of Tuskegee Is at the
Metropolitan.
• • •
A. R. Walker of Greensboro Is at the
Metropolitan.
• • •
D. Eh Louis of Nashville Is at the
Metropolitan.
• « •
C. W. Royeroft of Mobile Is at the Mor
ris.
. . •
Arthur C. Crowder of Jackson, Miss.,
formerly a citizen of Birmingham, is at
the Morris.
• • •
John L. Coleman of Atlanta is at the
Morris.
...
James P. Bullock, a well known Mont
gomery merchant, Is at the Morris.
...
Daniel ft. Ferrell of Anniston Is at the
Morris.
...
H. C. Schaefer of Grand Itaplds, Mich.,
Is at the Morris.
...
E. 8. George of Linden Is at the Flor
ence.
...
8. H. Parks of Montgomery Is at the
Florence.
• , .
H. H. Little, editor of the Tuscaloosa
Sun, Is at the Florence. Mr. Little was
recently offered an army appointment by
the President, but It Is not known wheth
er be will accept the appolnment, which
Is to a lleutenantcy.
...
W. A. Bishop of Guntervllle Is at the
Florence.
• • •
C. M. Woodruff of Anniston. J. J. Don
egan of Huntsville, F. M. Woods of Clan
ton, William 8. Woolsey of Selma, J. B.
Jones of Montgomery, and Nelson C.
White of Columbiana are amongst the
Alabamians at the Florence.
DECLINED A JOB.
Washington Correspondence Bt. Louis
G lobe-Democrat.
The officers of the Treasury Depart
ment today had a strange experience. A
few months ago, In making a selection
from one of the eligible registers of book
keepers at the civil service commission,
their attention was attracted by the most
excellent papers of a young man from
Atlanta, Ga.. and as they were business
like and presented such a neat clerical
appearance, he was selected and tendered
a position at I860 a year. In due course
of time the department received a com
munication stating that at that time ho
was so busily engaged that he very re
luctantly declined the position. A few
months afterward his name was again
certified, and he was again selected and
tendered a position at the same salary.
He again, In a very courteous and busi
ness-like letter, declined the position for
business reasons. He appeared at the de
partment today and palled on the proper
officers, and, after paying respects and
thanking them for their selection, he
stated that the reason hd did not take
the position at the tjmes tendered was
that he had a business position that was
now paying him $50,000 a year.
The veterans In the secretary's office
speak of this case as the most unique
that ever came under their observation.
ELECTRIC TRACTION 8YSTEM.
New Plan Has Surpassed Expectation
of the Engineers.
New York, August 23 —The first test of
a new system of electric traction Is re
ported In the Electrical Review Issued to
morrow as having surpassed the expecta
tion of the Installing engineers. This Is
the system that recently attracted so
much attention In London on account of
Ita low bid for ithe electric traction works
1n that city. A correspondent In Italy,
where the Installation has just been com
pleted, says that a speed of forty-five
miles an hour was secured without any
serious Jarring, and that trains of five
cars were easily 'transported at 'this speed
on a line sixty-seven miles In length. The
engineers are particularly well pleased
with the heavier of the electrlc'automatlc
appliances. This new method of electric
traction Is what Is known as the high
tension polyphase system, and the results
of 'these tests have been awaited with
much Interest by electric railways in gen
•raL ......
LONDON AROUSED OVER
NEGRO GUESTS AT HOTEL;
New York, August 23.—All the London
papers publish articles on the objections
of the American patrons of the Stermtnes
Hotel 'to negroes and the subject Is much
discussed In the hotels, says a London
dispatch to tho Journal and Advertiser.
Englishmen side theoretically with the
negroes, while Americans, as a rule, are
out-spoken the other way.
"Bishop Gains of Atlanta, one of the ne
gro delegates to the Ecumenical confer
ence, who caused 'the protest, Is still at
tho hotel. He said In an Interview:
"I have been staying at this hotel off
and on since the beginning of July, and
was never better treated anywhere. I re
gret exceedingly to hear that trouble was
caused by the arrival of Bishops Arnett,
Tanner and Derrick. I was In Parts when ■
tho protest was made.
"I have met Americans even from
Texas all over the continent and received
warm greetings from them. During my
trip through Holland, Belgium, Germany,
Swltxerland, Italy and France I had not
an Insult from an American or any one
else.
“I sailed from New York on the St.
Louis, and was treated like any other
cabin passenger. I preached on Sunday
at the request of Senator Mitchell of
Oregon and General Grosvenor. America
would lie the best country In the world
If It could get rid of its race prejudice.
Laboring white men In Europe are op
pressed as badly as la the negro In Amer
ica, except when It la a question of law,
then the laborer hag the same Justice ag
his richer neighbor, especially In Great
Britain. I hope to see the day when It
Is the same In America.”
H. Winfield, manager of the Anglo
American bank of New York, one of the
protesting patrons of the St Ermlna,
said:
"I do n-ot object personally to Bishop
Gaines or his daughter, who are Ann peo
ple. They crossed on the steamer with me,
and were liked by every one on board.
He Is a highly Intelligent man. But with
regard to negroes generally I object
strongly to their presence In first-class
hotels frequented by white people, and
protest against the privileges accorded *o
thorn In Europe generally.
"It gives me a shock when I see a
beautiful girl walking at the side of a
negro, who Is perhaps her husband. As
for the attitude of Hotel Manager Rich
ardson, I excuse him because he Is an
Englishman; if he was an American noth
ing on earth would make him do so.
When Europeans get to know the negro
as we know him, they will curtail big
privileges.”
Manager Richardson said: "I have re
ceived numerous written and verbal mes
sages of congratulation and Indorsement
of the position I have taken.”
SHORT STORIES
OF THE DAY
Feared Effect of Greater Talent.
A writer In the Chicago Chronicle says
that modesty Is almost Invariably one of
the characteristics of genius. Men who
have achieved the highest fame seldom
vaunt themselves ostentatiously In the
public eye, but are content with the
praise that comes to them legitimately
as a tribute to their worth. Two of the
greatest musical geniuses of the day are
undoubtedly Paderewski and Kubelik, the
former a master of 'the piano, the latter
of the violin.
"Oh, Mr. Kubelik,” said a dazzling
beauty at a recent fete to the great vio
linist after one of his performances, "you
aro indeed a genius! Whenever I hear
you and M. Paderewski play I seem quite
dazed; the effect upon me Is bo fascinat
ing! Have you ever heard Paderewski,
Monsieur?"
"Once, madame, only once,” quietly re
plied Kubelik. "But,” and this very
firmly, "I shall certainly never hear him
again!"
"Why not?" asked the astonished beau
ty.
"I will tell you,” answered Kujtellk.
“I am conscious that I possess a certain
power, a certain originality. Now, I can
not afford to lose this consciousness, for
upon It entirely depends my success. I
beard Paderewski once, and then I felt
my proud consciousness going, my faith
In myself slipping. Paderewski's Influ
ence over me the only time I ever heard
him play was so powerful that I felt, for
the sake of my own originality, if I pos
sess any ('Oh, M. Kubelik!' almost
shrieked the beauty), that It would be
safer and wiser to leave him to his own
joy and genius. No, madam, there Is but
one Paderewski; there are many Kube
liks!”
Drudge First; Genius Afterwards.
Paderewski Is just as modest and un
selfish as Is Kubelik. When told by Her
Royal Highness Princess Victoria, per
haps the most accomplished musician of
all the royal family, that he was "surely
inspired," he answered:
"Your Royal Highness will, I dare say,
be surprised when I tell you that I re
member the-day when I was quite an In
different player. X was determined, how
ever, to be what the world calls a genius
and to be a genius I well knew that I
must first be a drudge, for genius and
drudgery always go hand In hand.
“Genius”—Paderewski Bpoke excitedly
—"la three-quarters drudgery—that's
what genius Is. I at one time practiced
.day after day, year after year, till I be
came almost insensible to sound—became
a machine, as It were. Now ‘Paderewski
is a genius,' says the world! Yes, but
Paderewski, Your Royal Highness, was
a drudge before he was a genius!"
The Value of a Decoration,
Maurus Jokal, the Hungarian writer
and one of the most distinguished nov
elists of the age, was recently in Vienna
and presented himself for an audience
with Emperor FTancls ojseph. At the pal
ace he encountered a bureaucrat of the
emperlal household, writes a Vienna
correspondent. "What's your name?"
inquired the official.
"Maurus Jokal.”
“Your occupation?" *
"I have written a few books.”
“Are you a nobleman?"
"No." • '/
"A privy councilor?"
"No."
"By what right, then, do you request
an audience with His Majesty?”
Jokal paused to reflect whether he had
done anything which would entitle him
to the official's respect. Then he said:
“I am a member of the House of Peers.”
The official became friendly. "Anything
else?" ho queried.
“I possess the Order of St. Stephen's."
This Is the highest order ever conferred
by the Emperor on any one not of royal
blood.
The official now became almost affable,
but could not shake off his habitual sus
picion. "I tell you what, old gentleman,”
he said, giving Jokal a patronizing slap
on the shoulder, "you come again tomor
row and wear your decoration and I will
see what I can do for you.”
WHY COTTON8 ARE DULL.
From the Boston Advertiser.
The depression in the cotton Industry In
New England Is in marked contrast with
the general prosperity with most Ameri
can Industries. Of course the explana
tion of a good deal of the trouble In cot
ton goods Is to be found In the trouble
some conditions across the Pacific. When
American soldiers were sent to China and
the Philippines It was predicted that a
great market would be opened for the sale
of American cotton goods. The outcome
has been Just the other way. The seal for
military achievement, prosecuted under
the plea that It would help trade, has In
reality hurt trade tremendously. The ex
perience of this country In that regard
has been that of many other countries.
Trade does not follow the Qhg If the flag
be carried on the bayonet'* point
WITH THE EDITORS O?
THE STATE PRESS
Communicates With the World.
From the Sheffield Reaper. >
Russellville now talks with the world
—Sheffield, of course.
Horse Swappers* Convention.
From the Sylacauga Enterprise.
The horse-swappers’ convention will be
held in Sylacauga on Friday and Satur
day of next week. Of course the usual
crowd will be in attendance.
Brooklyn V>f Alabama. |
From the Eiffaula Times.
The Montevallo Sentinel calls Anniston
"the Brooklyn of Alabama.” Correct,
■with the navy yard and East river left
out. Yet who knows but what hustling
Anniston may yet have a navy yard?
Stranger things than that have hap
pened.
New Bank. <
From the Thomasvllle Echo.
Clarke county is soon to have another
national bank. The wide-awake citizens
of Jackson have organized with capital
stock all subscribed at a meetlns held
one day this week In that town. All home
capital has been put into the venture.
We predict a decided success for the en
terprise.
Jacksonville Wants Board of Trade.
From the Jacksonville Republican.
Why is it that our business men (mer
chants especially) do not organize .a
Board of Trade, smaJl though it may be,
and start up something to advance our
local Interests; by such a step as this
our sister town of Piedmont has captured
the trade of a large country section, so
we are told. Shall we stt down and rust
out?
Two Boys Drowned.
From the Gadsden Tribune.
A lHtle negro boy named Crook, while
In bathing down the river this afternoon,
got beyond his depth, and being unable
to swim could not get out. His older
brother, Seab Crook, a driver at McCar
ver Bros., was on the bank and Jumped
In after him and they were drowned.
The body of Seab has been recovered, but
the other Is still in the river.
Team of Mules Drowned.
From the Selma Times.
It was reported here yesterday that
Capt. J. M. Anderson, who resides on
the C. D. Hunter plantation, which Is
In his charge, lost two mules last Friday
In Bear Creek, while the team was on Its
way from Martin's Station, loaded with
freight to the plantation. The driver had
to hug a tree to keep from being
drowned. Bear Creek Is a placid little
stream, but It takes mighty little rain to
turn It into a raging current.
Coffee County Cool.
From the Troy Messenger.
Three miles south of County Lino
postoffice, In Coffee county. In the chan
nel of Sweetwater creek, on the old
“Jack Green place,” now owned by J.
S. Carroll, coal has been discovered. 1
A son of A. J. Fuller, who lives on the
place, was here today, and says there Is
no doubt about the coal being there, and
while It Is soft, it burns free enough,
after being taken from the bed and dried.
It will be some two weeks before the
matter can be fully investigated, owing
to the high water caused by the recent
heavy ralnB.
The finding of coal In this section will
be of Incalculable benefit, provided It la
of Buch quality and quantity as to Justify
mining. Several attempts have been
made to buy the place recently, but Mr.
Carroll refuses to sell.
IN HARBOR.
By Paul Hamilton Hayne. ,
X think it is over, over,
I think it is over at last;
Voices of foemen and lover.
The sweet and the bitter have passed;
Life, like a tempest ol ocean,
Hath outblown its ultimate blast.
There's but a faint sobbing seaward,
While the calm of the tide deepens lee
ward,
And behold 1 like the welcoming quiver
Of heart-pulses throbbed through the
river,
Those lights in the harbor at last.
The heavenly harbor at last.
I feel It la over! over!
For the winds and the waters surcease;
Ah! few were he days of the rover
That smiled in the beauty of peace;
And distant and dim was the omen
That hinted redress or release!
From the ravage of life, and Its riot,
What marvel I yearn for the quiet
Which bides in the harbor at last—
For the lights, with their welcoming
quiver.
That throb through the sanctiflod river,
Which girdle the harbor at last.
This heavenly harbor at last?
I know It Is over, over,
I know It is over at lssrt!
Down sail! the shethed anchor uncoyer,
For the strew of the voyage has passed;
Life, like a tempest of ecean.
Hath outbreathed Its ultimate blast.
There's but. a faint sobbing seaward,
While the calm of the tide deepens lee- a
ward, I
And behold! like the welcoming quiver
Of heart-pulses throbbing through tbs *
river, . y
Those lights In the harbor at laat,
The heavenly harbor at last. ,
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