The Weekly Advertiser from Montgomery, Alabama • 9

THE WEEKLY A DVEIIT IIOISTGOHEBY, JBIDAT, JAKUARY 9, 1003 DEMOCRATS PORTRAIT OF G0VERN3R FITZPATRICK PLACED 0 ARCHIVES OF THE STATE in "nutritive power. tracts of soil hatre been Impoverished through centuries of uninterrupted production rWlthout any adequate compensation. Enriching material is poor Oriiing Is unknown, and. in most of provinces the land 'never lies fallow, the 'natives never having learned the secret of the rotation' of crops. Yet, the land is still but declined to In (T-- iQ jmJX ADIRISJAG.

SALE fs fr fr fr rs fr 0 A MUXION AMERICAN BEAUTIES keep their blood pure, their complexion soft and dear, their breath, sweet. and their whole bodies active and healthy with OASOARBTS Candy Oathartia The quiok effects of OASCARETS as system cleaners and, blood purifiers; their promptness In curlniT pimples, boils, blotches, liver-spots, blackheads, and in sweetening a tainted breath, have become known through the kind words of ladles who have tried them. Hence the sale of nearly A MILLION BOXES A MONTH. The quickest, surest, way to beauty Is to cleanse the blood, for Beauty's Blood The first rule for purifying the blood is to keep the bowels free, gently but positively. OASOABETS Candy Oathartio are the only medicine to do it All druggists, 10c, aso, 60a Never sold in bulk.

The genuine tablet stamped COO. Sample and booklet free. Address Sterling Eemedy Co, Chicago or New York. est EE. WAS ONE OF ALABAMA'S jamous One -ofl th Early (Governors and United State Senator.Piotu.rs 'V Donated hy Mrsi.

Evelyn The- State -'Department of" Archives and History received yesterday morning a valued contribution 'In the shape of life sized Oil portrait of Gov. Benjamin Fltzpatrlck, one of the moat distinguished men that Alabama ever produced. The portrait was presented to Director -Thorns for the department by Mrs. Evelyn Murtger of Kansas City, whose first husband, Benjamin Flti-patrlck, was a son of Governor Fltspat- Governor Fltzpatrlck. was twice mar rled, his soni Benjamin Fltzpatrlck, being tne son of his his second wile, oovernor Fltzpatrlck was first married to a daughter of John A.

Elmore, a Revolutionary soldier. The first Mrs. Fltzpatrlck was a sister of. Albert Elinor of and of uovernor intspatncK secona wire, was Miss. Aurelia a-daughter at William' E.

Blaasengame. Numerous rela-. tlves descendants of Governor Fltzpatrlck live in Alabama, many, of them in Montgomery and the Surrounding county. i. The father of Benjamin Fltzpatrlck was a member of-the Legislature -of Georgia for nineteen -consecutive from Greene County, and his mother was the sister of Ool.

Joseph Phillips of Clarke. He was born in 1800. -At the age of years the future Governor of Alabama, had lout hnth fit hlM'vAiAntji ih dAA.th toiMn a few days of each other; but- his -elder brothers And sister, to some extent supv piled their places. In that early day the schoolmaster was not abroad in Georgia, anr Governor Fltzpatrlck attended school only six months, In 1816- he oame to manage some interest of his brothers. -Their lands were on the east bank of the Alabama River1, about six miles north of Montgomery.

Shortly after he was a deputy under Jacob P. use, the first Sheriff of Autauga and soon after became a clerk in a trading house 'located where Wetumpka- now- stands. He then read law In the office of Benson in Montgomery. Enrolled a an ln 1821, he opened an office in this His first case was that of an Iadlan arraigned "before a -magistrate for horse stealing and if is "in illustration" of that' primitive -time- that--after a successful plea young attorney took his client out behind the house and- urged him -to Instant flight rt insure his personal safety. Judge K.

E. Benson was the first and Henry Goldthwaite the second" law partner of Mr. Fltzpatrlck. Elected Solicitor of the judicial 'held the Office several years. A want of good health; however, obliged him to retire to his plantation, six miles west of Wetmpka, in ,1827, and he shortly 'after abandoned the profession fforeve'r.

plantation was within the present' Hmits of Elmore here, -surrounded1 by the comforts that (wealth can he dispensed a boundless hospitality till the close 'of his years later. He sought no public honors, and. was in retirement for Dver twelve veara. -t; In 1837, Iri his absence and without his knowledge, nis claims were -very favor- ably the caucus of his urfw In lSlMalAAaa whlnK aalAMtiU 1LT Bagby as'the candidate tor Governor. Three years later, in 1840, he was an elector on 'the Varr Buren ticket.

1 In 1841 -he" was elected to the toffee 'of Governor of State, receiving votes Ho 21,210 for James White McClung of MadiSon, and waa inaugurated November 22, 1481, Re-elected without opposition; he retired, from position in 1846. When the banks were placed In liquidation ne was appointed one of the com IS CHINA POOBf Natural and Artificial Causes Of a PpVerty Palf Mall -t One of the -greatest dtsabiliiiss vunder which-urana labors as a nauon la.as simple as It is sad. An immense proportion of its population very rarely get a meal sufficient eithe in quantity of nutritive Hundreds Of benevolent toralgn-ers oth of the mercantile and missionary are constantly seeking in scattered spots throughout the vast 'realm, to mitigate the chronlo distress of the poorest sections'. Especially has -philanthropy been effective In relieving the abnormal pressure consequent on drouth' and floods. Obviously, however, external help can do next to nothing to meet a normal con dltlon of insufficient aliment; extending over a-very extensive land and Involving an enormous; population.

One of the cases of Chronic and mas- slve. Indigence; In China throughout most of the interior Is' the utter stagnation for ages of civilization. The development of this, mighty race was long since arrested, and though the nation -Is -not decadent, its conditions are -stereotyped, rand -China is In a state of permanent Every' linguist well understands that this accounts for- that colossal philological curiosity, the Chinese language. It has never got beyond the monosyllabic stage, and jis a mere language of overgrown Da-bles. This condition of arrested develop.

consequence or tne aeatn or Benaior vis on H. Lewis of Lowndes, Governor Chapman appointed Governor Fltzpatrlck to fill the seat thus vacated in the Federal Senate," November 26, 1848. A year later, the General Assembly proceeded to fill the vaoanoy and to choose a Senatorforn new term to follow that which Mr. King had served out the Maron berore. Tne jnoumoenw, menor Kin and Fltxoatrick.

were both renom inated by their former was Chosen Dy a stnoi pany majority wi ihu-teen Votes. Fltzpatrtok was defeated on the sixth ballot by a combination of twelve North Alabama members of his bartv with flftv-four Wliias. whloh elect er Colonel Clemens of Madison; In Janu ary, 1853, Governor Collier appointed mm to the' Federal Senate as tne successor 6f "Mr. King, who had resigned, and the following winter the General Assembly confirmed the selection by a vote of 107 to 13, for Hon. W.

0. Dunn of Mobile. Two years later the same body elected him to the position for a new term of six years by a "Vote 01 is lor xjuhs Fryyi limestone. During the administration 'of. Mr.

Mr' Fitzoatrlck was -chosen- by his fellow Senators to preside over the eminent body in the ajbsence of the Vice Presldent.At the national convention of his party in 1860, one wing nominated him for the Vice Presidency ojj the ticket with Stephen A. Douglas or Illinois; out no ue-ftllnod to nnrmlt the use of his name in that connection by one fragment the party, foreseeing no. hope of suocess for either wing. The tact mat. mw vlously committed himself against the squatter sovereignty" uogma of Doug las was sufficient lor nis oecunnuvu, -v did not favor secession, for he con ceived It to be a rash and impracticable ran-mdv for ths ffrisvances Of which he admitted the Southern.

States might Just ly complain: yet he withdrew irom wasn- ington-wlth ills colleagues. Retlrlntr to his home, he 'exerted him self for his country, receiving the weary soldier with wide-spread doors, or generously contributing his means to aid destitute families. At the close of the war be i rhnmn to ranresant Autausa County In the Constitutional Convention of 1865, and was unanimously elected to preside over that very, able body. This was last official for he was disfranchised shortly after, but he felt and took a warm -Interest in public affairs tilt his death). November 21, 1869.

His remains were brought to Montgomery where they lay in state in the and were then committed to the tomb. An Imposing monument In Oakwood Cemetery marks bis resting place. Governor Fitapatrtck was one of the moat esteemed of nublio men. Hon. John A.

Campbell, the time, of his death, wrote of mm: i ''In his social and domestic relations he was fatihful 4nd tnie. all the con ditions and circumstances of life he was honorable, considerate and just. Having personal consideration, fidelity, truth and warmth of affection, combined with a clear, sound and practical understanding, it Is not surprising that he, exerted a large Influence over all with whom he name in contact, and over the people among whom he 'ihe latter gave to nun tneir connaence, ana ne was eminently trustworthy. He escaped. all lm-Dutations on his personal character.

No one supposed that he could be corrupt' or would sacrifice a public interest for his private emolument He was never" accus ed 01 deserting a principle, aoanaoning a friend falling to perform a public or personal- obligation. His observation of men and things was acute- and Few so thoroughly understoood the nature of men and the principles which should move, and the motives that control them. He was naoituauy nrm, prudent, circumspect and moderate. He was courteous, affable and of a genial and obliging disposition, i in tne ederal senate ne was attentive to the interests, of constituents and dili gent iri the performance of his duties, realizing in "his conduct 'the wisdom of a good ment lies at the root of the appalling poverty-of the masses in a country which nature designed to be incalculably wealthy. China is not, like Central Asia, a land of savage, howling It Is dne of the.

most fertile and flowery part Of the earth's surface almost throughout the entire area. And, its. peo pie are the most industrious 'agrltrtiltur-ists in the world," and have been so for many centuries. Fruit and vegetables are much more abiindanfand exist in much greater variety than we are favored with in our own country.4 Notwithstanding these magnificent nat-iirar endowments, what Is the state of things In the "Flowery 'Kingdom 7.From lack. Of anything like aclentiflo cultlva-, tlon the quality nearly all fruits la exceedingly poor, and only; the splendid sunshine and the atmospherlo conditions compensate for the lack of skill.

Apples. pears, apricots, peaches, nectarines. piums, cnerrtes, grapes and persimmons are almost everywhere grown in Immense abundance, but no native ever studies imprcJV'ement In their Wheat, millet, maize, sorghum, sweet potatoes, peanuts, indigo and' a' great variety of pea and bean crops, are produced with ease, -while rice- Is, of course, almost universally found in cultivation. But in nearly every province the Output, 'notwithstanding the indefatigable toll of the people, is far short ot what might be attained under -better while the quality of the foodstuffs is deficient Some people have, been sutTering from Rheumatism fio long, that ftf Greatest comparatively little has been done toward educating the farmer for his work. To be sure, the United States has done more for him than any other country.

In 1862, Congress endowed agricultural colleges to teach the sciences relating to agriculture. In 1867, experiment stations were provided for where research might je made into the operations ot nature. But considering that Americana pay more money for. public education than any other, people on earth, a comparatively small proportion of the sum is devoted to stimulating and aiding that half of our population who cultivate the soil. The tendency of primary education has been to lead the country youth away from the farm instead of helping him In the dtudy of those sciences relating to production.

It would be politlo and patriotic to incorporate into the farm youth's education some knowledge that shall bear more directly upon his future life and DEATH 07 BISHOP ROPERT. Head of Roman Catholic Church in Hawaiian Islands. Honolulu, Jan. 6. Bishop Gulstan Ropert, head of the.

Roman Cathollo Church In the Hawaiian Islands died late last night' Bishop Ropert has been ill tor some time and, was In a dying condition when the Pacific Cable was landed at Honolulu- One of the first sent over the new cable was from Bishop Ropert; who. realizing then that his end was approach ing, sent a message to the Pope at Romet asking for his TAFT WILL BE NAMED WILL BE PLACED ON SUPREME COURT BENCH. General Wright Will Be Mads Oov ernor of the Philippines and Mr. RockhiU Will Be Made Washington, Jan. 6.

If existing plans carry, some time next month the Fresl dent will send to the Senate the nomination of Governor Taft to be an Associated Justice of the United States Su preme Court succeed Justice Shiraa, who' is expected to retire, during that month. Governor Taft will be succeeded as Civil Governor" of the Philippines by Governor Wright at present Vice-Governor and the latter place will be filled by the appointment of W. W. RockhiU the present director of the bureau of Amer ican Republics, There are already many aspirants for the place which will be vacated by Mr. Rockhill, but so far the President has made no choice.

It appears that Governor Taft -was offered a place on the Supreme bench on the death of Justice Gray, but he felt that affairs in the Phil ippines were in such state as to re quire his own personal attendance and he-sacrificed the The President has not forgotten his unselfishness and now feels that the work in the. archipelago will be In shape by February. so it may well be taken over by General Wright WMla Mr. Rockhill will receive a much higher compensation as Vice-Governor of the Philippines that he does as Director of Bureau of American Republics, his acceptance of the first named place Involves the relinquishment ot many am bitious plans be had cherished looking to the extension of the present bureau into an institution far beyond its present importance and scope. ELECTION AT AUBURN.

Mayor C. E. Little and Rest of Ticket Have No Opposition. Auburn, Jan. The annual election to select a Mayor and four coun cil men for the town of Auburn was held' Saturday.

There was no opposition to the pres ent officials' all of whom were re-elected except Judge W. B. Gullatt who declined re-election on account of business engagements' which conflicted with his attending the regular meetings of the council and ex-mayor J. W. Harris was elected In hie place.

-v- Thn new cltv aovernment Is comDosed of Mayor C. B. Little and Councilman R. W. Burton, J.

H. Harris, T. A. Flan agan and George R. Sanders.

These are all business men and citizens Of high character and ability. When a alrl returns from a two week's visit, she has'nt had a good time unless her clothes are worse worn than they would be in six months at home. ARE ANGRY Indianola Affair is the Cause ROOSEVELT IN THE WRONG i Has No Atithdrity to Close Postoffice Ihere. The Matter May Bo Taken XXp lii -Congress and Then Soma Warm Speeches Will Be Heard. Washington, Jan.

feeling of Democrats in Congress seem to be growing to rather hot over the. postoffice trouble at Indianou, and the mystery df Mrs, Minn.i' Cox, the negro postmaster there, is to take its place amongst many otnt. thrilling and myaturloua occurrences oi our political life. While- the Democratic resentment is, in the main growing in vigor and warmth, the cooler heads seem to prefer awaiting developments belore undertaking decisive These latter maintain that- the President has taken hasty' and therefore lli-aavised action in Jumping to the conclusion that a few' persons were in a sense lawless tor the reason that they obstructed tne negro postmaster in the ordinary discharge of her official du ties. I As a' matter of fact the President has ho more right to close the pestomce at Indianola, for the reasons alleged, and the ordering" of that town's mall sent to another postofiice than he could In similar have the Montgomery mail sent to Troy for delivery to tne persons to whom, it might be.

addressed. v. The President Is clearly running counter to the law, and the subjeot, which Is hot enough now, threatens to be hotter when Congress takes It unless the President comes down from his high Jullen XTELECKRAM WAS CHANGED. Bondsmen of Minnie Coxa' If sue a Salty Statement. i.Vlckaburg.'Miss., Jan.

B. A special to The Herald from indianola says: The' bondsmen of Minnie Cox gave out the" following statement- January 1st we forwarded the following telegra mto the Third Assistant Postmaster General as Washington: i Jan. "Postoffice here closed. Postmistress claims here resignation in your hands to take effect today and no advice of appointment of a successor. If we are sttli bondsmen, advise us promptly, and fully our duty in the matter: explain.

Promp action necessary for relief of business in Mississippi. J. Hqlmes Baker, B. Martin, B. Smith." This Is a verbatim copy of the original now on file In the telegraph office at this place and we are Informed by the agent that It was forwarded just as 'written, absolutely, It will he observed that In it nothing was said about lawlessness and that the alleged portion of this telegram in -the press dltspatch of the tod instant from Washington, whereby, our telegram from this place closes with the statement that "the office is closed by the lawless element of our town Is either an Inexcusable, earor or a wilful fabrication on the part of Some one who handled this telegram after It left Indianola.

Whether this change. In the original was made by. the telegraph operators Or. by the officials at Washington, we are unable to say, but in justice to ourselves, as well as to our town, we feel that such a gross error or fabrication, which ever it may be, should and no doubt, will be cheerfully correctea oy ine rieraiu as well as other newspapers. We have authorised the telegraph operator at this place to exhibit the original telegram to HIT wuw uwi va rw.

B. Smith, H. Baker; V. Martin." SHE LEAVES INDIANOLA. Negress Declares She Does Not Want Job as Postmaster.

i Indianola, Jan. 5. Mrs. Minnie Cox, the colored postmaster ot this place, on account ot whose resignation the government ordered the postoffice here closed, left Indianola tonight for Birmingham, accompanied by her mulatto assistant. It Is now thought there is little danger of further trouble, although the sentiment of the people Is -against the action of the government In the office on account of the consequent partial paralysis of Mrs.

Cox said that she would not again take the office of postmaster under any circumstances. Her husband, who is employed in the United States Railway mail service, made a statement In Which he said that his wife had not been threatened nor subjected to any Indignities in the and had advised her to give up the position of postmaster. "There Is no doubt." he said, "that -there Is a general sentiment here, against a negro postmaster." INCREASED ITS CAPITAL. Directors of Dothan Bank Find This Move Necessary. i Dothan, Jan.

5. (Special.) At the last regular meeting of the First National Bank the directors increased the capital stock from 175,000 to The bank has Inoreased Its business so it became necessary to Increase the capital- Rev. W. M. Cox; the new Methodist preached his first sermons" to large congregations yesterday and last His sermons were both very Instructive and were enjoyed by congregations.

The Henry County Institute Is in, session here A-great many teachers are here in Spperlntendent of Education, Miller, is conducting the Rev. I. A. White, the Bapflst minister, preached his last sermon last night and will move with his family this week to Cuthbert, where he has accepted a A Roman Building in England. At Castor, in Northamptonshire England, the floor ancV boundary walls of a Roman building have been discovered, by Mr.

William le Queux. The area la 40x20 feet, and has in perfect Condition Its tas-selated floor of red and white squares In a tasteful design. Sections of red res-ttna walls have been recovered. Krom the Roman pottery and glasses found, and much asnes mixea wun Dones, believed that It was a Roman temple dedicated to Jupiter, There is a hollow In the center of the floor, with the base of an altar still in place. in the VJqtM SPOILING FOR FIGHT' SULTAN AND PANADTJNGEN WANT WAR.

Call Americans Hogs Who Eat Hoga and Ask That Hostilities Begin Within the Month. -Washington, 6. "Swine who. eat is the latest complaint tendered United States troops' by the Sultan ot Baoolod and the. Panadungan 'of that Place, These two Filipino- ''braves'' of the Moro tribe hare-, caused the America troops no little annoyance since the occupation by their guerrilla warfara The following is an example of the letters received at the War Department la the, last Philippine It -was sent to ithe American office In Mindanao, bearing the seal of the Sultan 'and the nanadungaa Baoolod! want war It you do not get out of here and go back to the sea, because neither the Sultan Bacalod nor the nanadungan wants to be your friend.

-Within 'this month we' want the war to begin and if you don't want it you are a lot of cowardly "Follow ov Mohammedan religion. "Do not look tor the mausers for we have They were captered by Bau tuas and Buaresing, people of the Sultan of Bacolod. We send our regards to the'1 four generals and their aides. If you don't care to go from here come to this place and the sultan and panadungan will take care of you, for you are a lot of bogs that eat hogs and' In presenting yourselves at Bacolod look out lor we shall go to fight you." Thes advices show that neighbors of the Bacolod chief are quite friendly to the Americans, the sultan of Uato having visited camp Vlckers. REPORT ON COTTON CROP.

Up to December 13, 8,905,833 Com- merclal Bales Had Been Gmned. Washington, Jan. 6. The Census report on the 'cotton' ginned frorj the 1902 crop to and Including Decern--ber 13, last Is 'bales, irrespective: of shaps or weight equal to 8,906,603,. according to the commercial This la 90.2- per cent of the crop.

1 The statistics of the quantity ginned to December 12 are learned at the ginneries by two most thorough 'canvassers. This season, of 22,528 ginneries, 80,194 have been operated for this crop. The crop, aoeord-! ing to the 9,996,200 bales, 'and according to the canvassing agents. 108 bales of an average gross Weight of 600 pounds. The census officers assume no responsibility for the accuracy of these estimates.

The report will be followed by a fourths report at the end of the ginning' season, about March 16th, which will distribute the crop by counties, aggregating upland and sea island cotton and give weights; of bales. :i.xp-:j- "'o In giving out the report. Director Men. riam made the following statement: It seems Important to say. in so far as) they relate to the bales of cotton ginned to December Involve guesswork at any point no estimate by anybody, and no uncertainty of any kind.

They represent the exact number of bales i ot cotton that have passed through the ginneries and represent the ginning oper ations of every ginning company whlca handled any portion of the growth 1902. The census office is already perl Acting plans for more frequent reports in connection with the crop of BM. Its plana contemplates principally a monthly report during the cotton ginning season' of 1903. It includes the acreage, annually de voted to cotton and mill takings and corw sumption of cotton," thus making the re- ports a complete showing of the produc tlon and consumption of cotton." TAYLOR'S NAME SUBSTITUTED, i Chief -Justice Explains Why Schley's Was Not Used. 'Jan.

8. In: the Unite States Supreme Court today. Chief 3u. clce Fuller announced the substitution of the name ot Admiral Henry C. Taylor for that of Admiral Sampson in the prize money case instituted by Admiral Samp- son, in behalf of himself and other officers and sailors who participated in the naval battle off Santiago, July 8, 1898, In explaining his section, the Chief Jus tice stated that Rear-: vdmlral Schley was not represen ted by.

counsel in the -litigation. Is to children, no home can be completely happy without them, yet the ordeal through which the ex- forced to produce three' crops in two years without intermission. The Chinese poverty problem Is com-' plicated. Its secondary causes are manifold, but aftqr all they are only exaggerations and aggravations of the main factor, the agrarian stagnation. One of my friends residing for a time in the Interior ashed an official how -many beggars he was feeding.

He replied, 18,000. "These," he explained, "are all tenant farmers from the Fe people who entirely own their land are so miserably Thus at every point the agricultural 'question recurs. In the province of Wuhu last year, a large "relief work was initiated by foreigners." Here also the starving sufferers were chiefly of that same large class in China, the. tenant farmers. Many of them were from the immense estates of the late Li Hung Where a man gives half he raises, to a landlord he can, even In a good year, save little or nothing, and a poor year means famine.

Whether the great llkln system of interior taxation" can-- speedily pe some seem to expect it will now be, is very doubtful. One of the chief producing causes of distressing poverty lies just here. A cow crossing the river at Nankin is taxed 60 cents, a pig about 1 1-3 per cent, a chicken 2 1-2 per cent etc; This is the climax, for all along the road before nearlng' the great city they have been taxed at various points, and they will be taxed again 'when entering the city gate. When a. boatman earns a tee for rowing people across a river he must pay 40 per cent.

tax. Imagine what an English workman would think and say If compelled' to pay' in one tax 40 per cent, of bis wages! Some of the customs stations on the great roads of travel and trade are exceedingly lucrative, but the mischief of the system, lies in the fact that none of the receipts go into the official treasury, for as a rule the collector has to buy his position. He has to let the and their runners go through free. rr.t is profit for himself. WARM FIGHT IS ON CONTEST FOE P0STMASTERSH1P AT SX0BE2TCE.

Alabama Referees are Lined up for J. x. Pitt While Judge Richard-son is Pushing the Claims of T. J. Lambeth.

"Washington, Jan. 6. (Special.) The most warmly contested postomce fight Alabama Is likely to have for sometime is and the President's several referees for the distribution of Alabama patronage former- Congressman f. Aldrlcht Collector Thompson, and Charles Scott, to whom 'has been added as special referee for the eighth district Oscar Hundley of all are here to demand the appointment of the antl-HIy J. Pitts, as post master at Florence, over T.

J. Lambeth, the present postmaster, whoso term is about to expire. Congressman Richardson, repre sents the district, has taken the side of Lambeth and was today received by Postmaster General Payne, who questioned the Congressman very closely as to the Republican vote in that town and the, county of. Lauderdale. Pitt is alleged to have removed Into that county for -the purpose of running for office against a Democrat so that ne cuold with: apparent good.

race aet to be appointed postmaster, at. Florence," this after having; pursued sfmilar, tactics, in Lawrence County lor. the purpose or get ting the postmastershlp at Courtland, his opponent being Judge Kurape, so the story goes, and Congressman Richardson is determined to prevent Pitts appoint ment if he can. It is hot-r Luclen Jullen walker. -PEEFEB3 POVERTY TO EASE.

Phelpe Tell Why He Live With the Poor. New ork. Letter to Chicago Tribune. J. 1 Graham Phelps Stokes, son and arrandann of New York millionaires and descendant of a European' ancestry dat ing back to ther-Montespesdons, a uuea French family of Normandy, and who has left a luxurious home at 226.

Madison Avenue to live in a small, simply furr nished room in the heart Of the overcrowded tenement district of the East Side, has chosen this life in order, with the money and knowledge, to aid and uplift the poor, whose poverty, and. envi-ronments have made existence a constant struggle against misfortunes. Mr. BtoKeS is ill years or age, leei, i Inches in heieht. and Is built like an athlete.

Idleness is no part of his program, tor he works from ten to eighteen hours a day and -seems to thrive on It, His note book today snowea engagements fnv wnrlrlncr hnnr nf tOmOITOW. "It is not fair," he protested, "'to call theso streets slums. The people who live here are self-respecting, self-supporting, and as Intelligent and moral as any one in New- York. "Some of my friends tell me that I nave left behind all fun, all Pleasure. Even if that were true I would reply that fun is sot the main purpose of life, But It Is not 'This Is the most interesting life I have ever led.

It is whole-souled enjoyment from beginning to end." When asked what had first turned his thoughts in the direction of college settlement work Stokes replied: "There were three dlstinot things. First, when I was 18 years old, I read a. book of Bulwer's, 'The It was he story of a young man of wealthy parents who gave his life to social work of this kind. Second, I served for a time as an ambulance surgeon- at Roosevelt Hospital, and so became acquainted with tenement home life. It brought me face to face with the misery and the suffering of the world, and I saw how mueh; of it might have been -prevented, by a little seif-help and and perhaps most influential of all, was a vivid arraignment of fashionable society In one sentence, from the pen of Oscar Wilde.

It was this: 'Modern fashionable society is a dead hlng smeared with gold." '-r- -''V "I have utmost repugnance for Oscar Wilde's career as- It -is generally known. It Is unnecessary, to emphasise that But my abhorrence of Oscar Wilde's life cannot blind me to the, awful suggestiveness of the epigram. "Ideals are the impelling -force-whlch leads me on. I look forward to the time whtn the spirit of brotherhood shall become so strong that we shall have a union of all the people, not only 'in a political sense, but in a "truly social sense as well. prominence, genealogical trees and such things only create barriers between man and man.

"It is" -only right to say that my religious sfeelinga have had great deal to do with my social work. If we had In this codntry. a. national organisation of Christian Socialists, similar to that which was formed in England by Kingdley and -I ocoome a member of It." While Mr. Stoke's plans of future oourse were still undetermined, when on a trip to Chicago he visited the Hull House and was so greatly impressed with, the good work done there that his resolutions for his present life took Immediate shape, wlttLMr.

BtoKes in tne unrversity-ser-tlement are thirteen young men co-work ers. In the settlement are fifty -or- more clubs, besides classes for dancing, singing, literature, gymnastics, cooking, a penny provident bank, a loan office, B-cent baths, many" industries and other features. i Chief Klaukla. -last ef the once great 'Dola- wnre Indian tribe, has Just died tnhls. little log hut on tq-s ranks ot the Kariitul, near Lebanon.

Pa. In crnrltance with his preKBfd wish the old man ws buriM- In the ihariow of a great elm tree, which stood. near his cabin door. ACf ION WAS DEFERRED REVENUE BOARD CONSIDERS COMPLAINT- Lawyer of Seaboard Air Line -Cited to Appear Next Monday Other Matters of Routine Importance. Action on the petition of "citizens of Elmore County complaining against the unsafe condition of the Seaboard Air Llnv crossing on the Lower Wetumpka Boaa, Was deferred until Monday by the Boaru of Revenue of Montgomery County yesterday: The petition was filed with the Board two weeks before the holidays.

complained that the railroad crossing about one half mile from the corporate limits of Montgomery, was used by the. Seaboard Company as part of Its switching yard. Five packs, in addition to the main line 'cross the road' at or near thU point The' petitioners averred that travel was rendered They allege that on account of the continual switching at the crossing horses and mules have frequently bolted, resulting In bodily ana flnancial damage. 'The petition was--referred to County Attorney, John G. Finley.

At the meeting of the Board yesterday, Mr. Finley presented a bill to be filed in the. City Court of Montgomery In that this court should stop the alleged abuse of the road, Finley said," however, that he had conferred with the railroad attorney, who had told him that he would "do anything the Board wants." The attorney was out of the city yesterday. A communication was at once sent out for him to be at the meeting of the Board Monday, when he will be heard. Until that time the bill will be held up.

The resignation of A. B. Colquitt as road superintendent of Colquitt beat was received, and On the request of G. H. Shackleford was Appointed to fill" the.

vacancy, M- Anderson was awarded the contract for the of the county teams for the-: month. i--. was elected county bridge builder on the "ensuing Borne time ago" Mr. spHlef filled this posltlanj but lately ihellaSe was done away with, the bridges being Built on contract. The salary is- month.

The bridge supplies two a wagon, and mules. -i H. Beeves and W. Stacey were elected overseers for the year. At -the request1 of the County Health was ordered that a fee of 13 should' be given to certain physicians throughout the county to report cases of smallpox In their respective beats.

An appropriation- of $50 per month; for the year 1803 was given the City --'v'- A "bridge over the slough between the, 80-foot bridge and Pike Road, was ordered to be built on petition of citizens. Another" bridge was also- ordered over Olustie Creek In Pine Level Beat A forfeiture was taken against TIE, 000 of taxes turned in during the past five years by M. H. Sayre, deceaseds It was claimed that "this money was deposited In a local bank and the deceased had for five years failed to turn this property In to the assessor. The forfeiture was taken against the beneficiary i A resolution was Introduced requesting that the City and County Physicians furnish death certificates for all persons unattended by physicians at the time of their death.

The Board adjourned until Monday, January 12. NEGRO BOY KILLED. B3s iGun Accidentally Discharged While Out Hunting. Prattville, Jan. 5.

(Special.) Enoch Ca-' pers was a lfr-year-old negro boy living on' the- Rogers plantation below' town; While out hunting last week the dogs-engaged fn a fight, and he undertook to part them' with the' end of his shotgun. It appears that he had the gun and in the tussle with the doga the gun was "accidentally discharged and" the whole charge of shot took effect in the lower part of his abdomen, killing him almost: instantly. 5 The of grading the hill leading easterly out ot town was commenced this morning. -It means the spending of from 12,000 Ho 12,600 on this, road in the next few weeks, -and, the sum Ms to be paid by the town, county 'and citizens who have subscribed for that purpose. This road -reaches an.

elevation -of 'hot less than 289 feet In1 a distance of 'less than two miles. It wquld seem the people aro to getter roads and streets and are willing to pay for them. NAME' SENT" IN. Roosevelt Determined to Show His 'i for the Negro. Washington, Jan.

6. the nominations sent to the Senate this afternoon was that of Dr. Crum to be Collector of the port of Charleston, C. Dr; Crum is the negro over whose pros pectlve appointment a long controversy has waged. The nomination of Dr.

Crum Is another Indication of President Roosevelt's determination to meet the color line Issue. Ilf Is out for fight. The name of Judge James M. Hobsot: was today sent to the Senate for I'osl-maater at Greensboro. The- Need of the Farmer's Son.

James Wilson, of Agriculture, in the-Touth's Companion, Although the farm keeps the balance of trade In the nation'- favor, furnishot. two-thirds of our exports, contributes cur manufacturing supremacy by providing cheap food for our mechanics mmm ACUTE AND CHRONIC, MUSCULAR, MERCdRIAL, ARTICULAR AND INFLAMMATORY. long since forgotten the joys of a painless existence. They are at the mercy of every 111 and their misery id aggravated "by exposure to cold or sudden changed in temperature. Thev become walkin? barometers and most.

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