text: I-'X'N INI fC:S^>>~Ci^'‘3<SigS5'*‘5 >?SSK*!JSOBS85S AT JACOB*.’ t 8 I M i ? EI Tills week—Special moving bargain*' 3-Piece Oak Chamber Suit., worth $17.05, for fl2.4i; Oak Dining Chair, worth $1.23, | for8Ho; Largo Oak (Jane Hooker, worth $3.0(\ for $1.75; Oak anu Malmgunl/aMl i Cobbler Hooker, worth for $2 2'. *'.»ther articles special In our large i mi of Sideboards, China Closets, i ubes. Chiffoniers. Iioii RedN, Mat- i and Springs. All price-. I S. J1C9BS & BBOS. t BIRMINGHAM. ALA. ■yf.-wy,. .7. '3*3SSH33egS-' PERSONAL AND SOCIAL. Mrs. John London has returned from western North 'Carolina. * * • Mrs. Anna O. Fhehm an«l 'Mirfs Anna May Phelan left yesterday for 'Montgomery where they will spend the winter. * * • The following is clipped from the Mar rian Standard; Wednesday morning at the residence of the bride’s parents at Rehobo’th, Wilcox county, Mr. William Martin led to the hymenial altar the beautiful and accom plished Miss Sallie Hied Irby. The cere mony was performed by Rev. J. M. Patton. Mr Martin is ‘the proprietor of’the popu lar King house and Is one of Marion s most highly esteemed and progressive business men. No young man In Marlon has a larger number of close personal friends and none stand higher in the business world. This accomplished lady is a daughter of Mr. S. P. Irby, a large planter and merchant of Wilcox. She was educated at the Marion Female seminary and it was while she was attending school they met, loved and pledged their trust. Mrs. Martin has many relatives as well as friends in Marion, being directly connected with some of our very best people. The couple reached home Wednesday evening and a family reception was tendered them at the King house, to which a few of their personal friends were invited. MISERIES OF DYSPEPSIA. That Most Common of Ills. Dr. Carter’s Iron Tonic a Ready, Rational Cure. "One-half the people in the world suffer from weak stomachs," is a common saying and a true one. Are you one of the suffering half? Have you a variable appetite, nausea, "gnawing at the pit of the stomach," belching, heartburn, loss of flesh, sleeplessness, etc? The list of symptoms is a long one. Do you want a cure—not a temporary restorative to be followed by a renewed and reinforced attack, but a cure for once and all? Then go straight to the seat of the sickness—the blood. Dr. Carter's Iron Tonic purifies the blood—gives it the power to nourish the vital organs—gives zest and appetite—puts the stomach into a healthful condition. It cures chills and ague. Read one of the thousands of testimonials we have received during the last forty-two years: Rend this from one grateful lady: Dallas, Texas, Dec. 14, 1897. "News, Dallas: Gentlemen—I have used Dr. Harter's Iron Tonic and It is the best medicine that I ever used for Indigestion and biliousness, loss of appetite and general debility. I freely recommend it to those suffering from such complaints." Mrs. M. Alexander, 244 Griffin Street, tries Dr. Harter's Iron Tonic and see what inspiration it gives to the blood, brain, and body. Sold everywhere. Sample dose of Dr. Harter's Little Liver Pills and Book of Dreams mailed free. Address FARRER, Dayton, O. Dr. Harter's Little Liver Pills and Book of Dreams mailed free. Address FARRER, Dayton, O. Dr. Harter's Iron Tonic makes pale, weak people strong and healthy. Merchants' and Manufacturers' Free Street Fair and Trade Carnival, Knoxville, Tenn., October 11th-13th, 1899. For the occasion of the Merchants' and Manufacturers' Free Street Fair and Trade Carnival, at Knoxville, Tenn., October 11th-13th, 1899, the Alabama Great Southern railroad will sell tickets to Knoxville and return, at rate of one fare for the round trip. Tickets will be sold October 10th, 11th, and 12th, limited to return until October 20th, 1889. From points within a radius of 200 miles of Knoxville, tickets will be sold at rate something less than one fare for the round trip on October 11th and 12th, and for morning trains of October 10th, limited to return October 15th. During the progress of the carnival, interesting programme will be carried out each day, and very attractive and beautiful exhibits have been arranged, so that those taking advantage of these very low rates, will witness one of the most beautiful carnivals yet seen in the "Queen City of the Mountains." For further information, call on Alabama Great Southern railroad ticket agent 9-22-to-10-11 Relief in Six Hours Distressing kidney and bladder disease relieved in six hours by "New Great South American Kidney Cure." It is a great surprise on an unit of its exceeding promptness in relieving pain in bladder, kidneys, and back, in male or female. Relieves retention of water almost immediately. If you want quick relief and cure, this is the remedy. Sold by Collier Drug Co., Birmingham, Ala. 2-28-thurs frl-sat-lyr SHELL OYSTERS received daily at Gelders’. Invigorating and refreshing — Moerlein beer. INSURGENTS ARE DRAWING CLOSES They Are Now Within Five Mile of Caracas. AN UNUSUAL REPORTS GONE Negotiations Between the Government and Revolutionists Looking to a Peaceable Settlement of Difficulties in Progress New York, September 29.—A dispatch to the Herald from Port of Spain, Trinidad says: "A private dispatch from Port of Spain reports that President Andrade has left the Venezuelan capital and is believed to have gone." To Porto Rico or New York. The report is credited here, but all attempts to secure confirmation have been futile. "General Castro's insurgent forces are known to be within five miles of Caracas. General Uclano Mendoza, commander-in-chief of the government forces, has only 300 troops with which to defend the approaches from Castro's assaults." “Refugees in large numbers are arriving here by every steamer. They report that the censorship is exceptionally severe, and mail matter is opened. “General Domingo Mona-gas, who has great prestige in Barcelona province, promised President Andrade troops from eastern Venezuela. He collected a considerable army at Cuerna, but landing at Quaranta, the soldiers declared in favor of the revolution and are marching to form a junction with Castro’s forces.” Washington, September 29.—The navy department has received the following cablegram from Captain Heimphill, commander of the United States steamship Detroit: “Puerto Cabello, Venezuela. “Sailed for Curacao, West Indies. I have an agent to keep in communication with the consul. Can get back in ten hours after notice has been received. Rumors are current that Castro, the insurgent leader, has established a provisional government at Valencia, and that the Venezuelan government is treating with him. The Venezuelan troops at Puerto Cabello have been reinforced about 255 men. Affairs look more settled. Business being resumed. “HEMPHILL.” His Was Sentenced New York, September 29.—A dispatch from Caracas says: “Thursday Martin Semavria, president of the cassation court; General Fonseca, Ordega Martinez and others were banished by the government.” . “Apparently the hostile forces are on the eve of a great battle. Negotiations for peace have failed.” EDUCATION OF THE NEGROES Mississippi’s Secretary of State Corrects Some Misapprehensions Colonel J. L. Power, secretary of state of Mississippi, has written a letter to the editor of the Watchman, a Baptist paper published in Boston, Mass., in which he says: “It is less than nine years since the ‘instructive white people of Mississippi’ were represented in a constitutional convention that ordained the continuance of ‘a uniform system of free public schools for all children between the ages of five and twenty-one years:’ 'that the schools shall be maintained four months in each school year; and that the common school fund shall be distributed among the several counties and separate school districts in proportion to the number of educable children in each.’ “The legislatures of 1892, 1891, 1896, and 1898 have steadily increased the appropriations for public schools—the appropriations for 1898 and 1899 being $950,000 for each year. These appropriations, as you doubtless know, are distributed semi-annually, through the auditor's office, to the several counties according to the number of educated children in each, regardless of color. “Now, while the letter and spirit of the constitution and the laws relating to the distribution of the school fund tolerate no discrimination, the practical operation of the law does work a discrimination against the white race in many localities, and this is one of the chief causes of discontent.” It is because of this that there is some demand for the repeal or amendment of section 206, so that the fund may be more equitably distributed—that the terms of schools in the black counties be not extended and the salaries of colored teachers increased, while in most of the counties of white population the school terms are restricted to the constitutional period—four months—and salaries are less than in the black counties. In Bolivar county, for instance, there are 16,712 educable children. The number of educable white children enrolled in this county is 653, of negro children, 5,392; total, 6,054. So that in this black county there are 4,667 educable children not enrolled in the public schools, and yet the per capita distribution of the fund this year sent $18,418.90 to Bolivar county. In this county (Bolivar) the per capita to each child in average attendance is $4.82. In Washington another black county, the average is $7.87. In Issaquena, black county, the average is $11.17. In Issaquena, $8.91. In Jasper, white county, the average is only $3.46; in Henke, white, $3.83; in Marion, white, $3.50. In Issaquena, black, the average monthly salary paid colored teachers is $30.44. In Lawrence, white, the average monthly salary paid white teachers is $28.05. “I have now before me a letter addressed to me as a member of the state board of education from a gentleman in Washington county vigorously complaining that the white children in his neighborhood are ‘unjustly and unlawfully discriminated against;’ and ‘there has not been a white public school in operation in that township for the last fifteen years, and during all that time that the negro schools have been flourishing and we have paid the taxes to support them.’ The county superintendent is a white democrat. “These facts and figures will indicate to you the reason why there is a growing sentiment in favor of so readjusting the distribution of the school fund as that those who actually attend school may be the beneficiaries; and not send say $120.00 to a county where less than one-half of the children attend school, the surplus to be applied in extending terms and increasing salaries. “The editor of the Watchman may be assured that the negroes of Mississippi ‘are to enjoy the rights of citizenship guaranteed to them under the constitution.’ The constitution of 1890 was framed by the best element of Mississippi citizenship: J. Z. G. Go, Wiley P. Harris, James L. Alcorn, W. S. Featherston, H. L. Muldrow, A. J. In the midst of the turmoil, T. F. Simpkins, T. M. Thompson, William L. Yerger, S. S. Faihotin, Stephen D. Leo, T. H. Ford, William F. Love, and others, and in the nine years that have elapsed since they framed that wise and just bill of rights, nothing has occurred to justify a regret that they provided for the education of all the children of the state, regardless of race, color, or previous conditions. There are 552,535 educated children in Mississippi. Total enrolled, 367,579, of whom 170,000 are white and 196,760 colored. So that nearly 200,000 children of educable age do not attend the public schools, the greatest proportion of non-residential being negroes. The black population of the state exceeds the white by more than 200,000. There is no disposition on the part of the white people of Mississippi to abridge any of the political or civil, religious, or social rights of the negroes. If they walk to qualify for and exercise the right of suffrage, the same rights and opportunities are prescribed and afforded for both races alike. There are about 16,000 registered negro voters in Mississippi. They vote, to some extent, in national elections. In about 4,600 voted for McKinley and Hobart electors. In state or local matters they manifest little concern. Or no concern, and so long as white folks pay the taxes and they enjoy their schools and churches and get plenty of work, they are more than willing to let the white folks do the voting and hold the offices. "The time may come when a recasting of race relations may become necessary in Mississippi, but our excellent constitution and the good sense of our people have solved the race problem for many years to come. It will be time enough to cross the bridge when we get to it. In the meantime, 'Let us have peace.' 'The Inside Truth' From the Port Royal Free Press. "What a bewitching little thing your niece, Miss Martha, is," declared the prima donna. "YELLOW FEVER STILL RAMPANT One New Case Has Developed at Jacksonville. MOBILE TO PREVENT SPREAD Seventy-four New Cases at Key West and Three New Ones at New Orleans is the Record for the Day. Jacksonville, Miss., September 29.—Secretary Hunter of the state health board issued a statement tonight to the effect that one new case of yellow fever had appeared in the city today, the patient being Charles Elliott, a Western Union messenger boy. This is a new point of infection, the Elliott residence being on Capitol Street in the heart of the business district. Four families occupy the same house and they will still be sent to the detention camp tomorrow. Local merchants now keep open only from 10 o'clock in the morning until 2 o'clock in the afternoon, and tomorrow the streetcar company will reduce its force "What is the couplersign of the Woman's Secret Society?" "One ninety-nine, reduced from two," old bachelor. "She is so chic and animated — a charming little bundle of energy." "Horrors! What a time I've had!" said Mabel, after he had gone. "These Shoes are so tight they nearly killed me. I was simply writhing in agony; couldn't keep still a minute!" A FACT, NOT FICTION From the New York World. It is a condition and not a Hague theory that confronts the Boers now. The Modern Infant From the Ohio State Journal. Papa—You and Willie ought to be ashamed of yourselves not to give your little sister any of your gumdrops. Tommy—Well, paw, you see, me and Willie have formed a trust, and she don't belong. Genealogies From the Chicago News. Miss De Puyster—I can trace my ancestors back to the Reformation. De Jones—That's nothing; I can trace mine back years and years before they attempted to reform. What Phased Him From Puck. Cassidy—So you are glad to get back from your trip to Oirdland? Costigan—Oh, am! Share, fan Oirishman is thought no more of there than anybody else! Texie Cigars satisfy. Of employees fifty percent. At Mobile, Ala., September 29.—State Health Officer Sanders of Alabama will try to make arrangements for preventing the spread of yellow fever in this state by prohibiting tramps from crossing the western state line. His opinion is that the disease is carried by persons, not by material, such as freight; and all freight trains are running as usual, only household goods from infected places being excluded. Passenger trains run under strict inspection. Every freight train carries a number of tramps, and fearing importation of yellow fever from New Orleans by this means Dr. Sanders will institute a tramp embargo at all points where cases are known to exist. At Key West, Fla., September 29.—Seventy-four new cases of yellow fever developed today. One death reported. At New Orleans, September 29.—The board of health reports three new cases of yellow fever. There have been no deaths this week. The single case in Plaquemine parish, twenty-one miles below the city, resulted in death. There have no cases developed there today. Artillery Assembled London, September 30.—The Daily Mail ATTENTION Advertising costs a specialty. We combine as a feature CHEAPNESS and PROMPTNESS on orders placed with us, 200. From the above—any name—$1.00) As pictures speak louder than words, a good cut tells its own story, THE AGE-HERALD ENGRAVING CO, publishes the following dispatch from Charlestown, Natal: "Commandant General Joubert and staff have arrived at Wackerstroom neck, where 300 Boers are already assembled with artillery. A force of burghers was detrained today about twenty miles from the Natal border." Framing an Answer Johannesburg, September 29.—The Johannesburg Leader says: "We believe the Transvaal government is framing an answer to the charges contained in Mr. Chamberlain's second dispatch. A formal note will then be presented to Great Britain stating that the Transvaal is willing to await imperial succession, but that a further landing of troops would be considered an intrusion, leaving the Transvaal free to take steps to defend its independence." War Expenses Four Times Civil From Washington Correspondence Buffalo Express. For the first two months of the new fiscal year our government has expended $102,969,090.33, of which $21,066,489.81 has gone for the support of the civil and miscellaneous establishment, and all the rest for military expenses of one kind or another. The army got $34,262,080.06; the navy $9,688,245.40; military pensions, $26,055,674.80, and interest on the war debt, $9,153,845. 38. a total on the military side of the ledger of $79,159,845.64, or at the rate of $474,959,073.84 a year for warlike outgoes, while the total cost of the civil establishment was at the annual rate of $126,398,938.86. At the present time, not quite 80 percent of the expenses of carrying on this peaceful country are on account of wars, past, present, and anticipated, but the ratio is nearer to 80 percent, than to any other round figure. Is there any other country, free or despotic, which spends a larger proportion of its income on war? I do not know, because I have not had the opportunity to look up the statistics, but I should be surprised. Indeed, to find that any country of high civilization, or pretending to high civilization, spends four times as much on war and warlike preparations as on all its civil expenses put together. It is difficult to comprehend that with hardy a realization of it by the people, we are becoming the most warlike of nations, so far at least, as outlay on military matters goes. Moreover, the taxes are largely taking on a new form. They are coming home to men's business and bosoms more closely than heretofore. The indirect taxes of the tariff, which have from the beginning of the republic been the mainstay of the federal government, are so no longer. For the first two months of the new fiscal year, the receipts from the tariff were $37,518,151.53, while the receipts from the indirect taxes of the internal revenue were $52,559,613.96. At the Bottom From the Chicago News. "Do you know who you are under?" thundered the British and German in one breath. "Yes," responded the native of far-away Samoa, "some of us are under the weather." and the rest of us are under a delusion." John Smith's Biblical Zeal From the Cleveland Plain Dealer. "Johnnie is a great Bible student." "Is he?" "Yes. He gets a nickel for every verse he learns and a dollar for every book he reads, and when he has read twenty books his grandmother is going to give him a new bicycle." MOUNTAIN OF RICH ORE NEAR BESSEMER Remarkable Deposit of Red Hematite Recently Discovered and Opened Up Four Miles from the Marvel City, A lost or detached mountain of soft redhematite steel-making iron ore has been opened up by T. R. Collins four miles from Bessemer and a quarter of a mile from a main line of railroad. The ore has been carefully analyzed by an expert, and his signed report shows the ore to have a percentage of 10 to 60 1-10 steel-producing iron, which makes it one of the most valuable ore deposits in the mineral region of Alabama. This rich mountain is not a part of the Red mountain range; it is what is called a “lost” mountain, standing apart to itself. Its ore is greatly superior to that of Red mountain, and the high percentage demonstrated by the analyst is proof that it is one of the richest mines yet opened up in the southern iron country. This important discovery by Mr. Collins has a three-fold advantage. The ore is the highest grade hereabouts; it is deposited in a way that is most easily accessible, and no machinery will be required in the mining of the ore. Mr. Collins has driven a tunnel 125 feet long into the side of the mountain, and thus laid open to view and profitable working what is in fact a great mine of wealth. The mine has never been worked; it has been simply opened by Mr. Collins’ individual enterprise. Curiously enough, the existence of this immense ore deposit at the very door of Birmingham has remained practically unknown. Mr. Collins, who is one of the strong representatives of the great spirit of development in Birmingham and the district, is a discoverer, inasmuch as he has brought to light a source of splendid wealth, with which even the expert buyers of ore lands were unacquainted. The discovery is a very important one, in view of the great and ever-increasing demand on the part of investors for mineral lands in the Birmingham district. Most of such lands have been already sold, and are therefore not on the real estate market. Mr. Collins has decided to dispose of the splendid property which he has opened up. Any further information desired can be obtained from T. R. Collins, Bessemer, Ala., P. O. Box 74. NOTICE. The Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company. Notice is hereby given that the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Alabama Great Southern Railroad company will be held at the office of the company in Birmingham, Ala., on Wednesday, October 4, 1899, at 10 o’clock a.m., for the election of directors and the transaction of such other business as may be brought before the meeting. JOSIAH P. HILL, Secretary. September 5, 1899. 9-5 to 10-6 SHORTEST LINE TO SAVANNAH: QUICKEST LINE TO SAVANNAH: LOOK AT THE SCHEDULES. Leave Birmingham via Southern railway at 4:45 p.m., arrive Savannah, 7:30 a.m., with Standard Pullman sleepers, Birmingham to Atlanta and Atlanta to Savannah. 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