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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-06
Letters to The Editor.
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Why Not in Alabama.
Atmore, Ala., May D, lS0z Editor The Advertiser:

Atmore. Ala. May ,. 1902. Editor The Advertiser:
 1 read your editorial entitled, Why Not Alabama" and agree with you full ly. We have here in Escambia County, Alabama, thousands of acres of the very best red pine lands that these home seekers can buy in bodies and settle into small farms, so as to have settlements or communities of their own. and by bring ing number of their neighbors can have the same society they had at home. We have good schools in Escambia County, and any .one who wishes to attend can do so. as they are divided into districts in such way that no one is too far from the schools to attend. One efficient Su- perintendent of Education Is largely en- titled to tho credit. His whole heart seems to be in this work. He is ever ready to assist in remedying any defect or muddle that may arise and can al- ways be counted on to aid in bettering the conditions.
 We raise successfully the following crops: Corn. cotton, peas, potatoes. su- cantiloupes. peaches, figs, all kinds of veg etables. and we never fail to make an average yield of most all crops.
 We want thousands of progressive. hard-working white farmers. The only places yoa find negroes in this County is to speak of are along the railroad lines. They are generally following public work such as milling or turpentining. The lat ter industry will soon be a thing of the past here. and 1t will not be many years before the great pine forests that have for many years been turning out millions of feet of the finest lumber in the world will be practically cut and all of these lands. should and could be put into happy homes. In the vicinity of this prosper ous little town are many thousand acres of the finest. level, red pine lands, that man ever saw. It will only be a few years before all of this land can be bought for homes. It seems to be the policy of the mill people to sell to thrifty white farmers as fast as the timber Is cut. There Is an influx every winter. to this section of the County that Is fast making 1t one of the most desirable sec tions of the State. Our farmers, as afore- said. are nearly all white and large ma Jority of them are self-sustaining. The town of Atmore Is now generally spoken of as the metropolis of West Escambia which name 1t richly deserves. The cot ton shipments have grown In six years from 100 to 200 bales to thousands. This pie are doing. There are two very i'm which is money crop of no little i'm portance Oats and rice. We make o1 these crops from fifteen to forty bushels per acre. according to the grower We have room for and want thousands of good self-sustainiag white farmers tc come in. men who are able to pay for their lands and put them up good, com fortable dwellings,. And for this class there is a hearty welcome by all our peo pc. Very respectfully yours.
 w. r. Gordon
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-06
Whetting the Knife.

Selma Journal
 The recent meeting held in Selma and the color question aroused therein. leads to the reflection that it may be possible that bv organizing the negro the white man is whetting a knife that will some day be turned upon him for his own de- struction.
 The negro so long as he tolls in the field or performs the duties of the com mon laborer, will not cause conflict. but when he enters the skilled laborers field of endeavor the clash is sure to come. It Is some years off. but the Federation of Labor is batting him on the back now, organizing him into unions and the like. deluding themselves that they will be able to control him. but in the end they will find that as soon as he realizes his strength he will break away from the patronizing white brother and going 1t alone. will appropriate to himself the skilled positions that are vacant through the fact that he can work cheaper than the white man. if not so we'll
 In a town in Virginia. where formerly nothing hut white labor was employed in one of the industries. there IS now not a dozen white men, the negro being the chief labor utilized. The proprietor heinz asked the reason for this by a cit izen who had been away many years. re- piled that the nePro would work cheapei and while not quite as well. practically the same result was gained. This in stance may be taken as at least oossi- biIity of what may occur In the future years and this leads to the further thought that after all is tn" conflict bo- tween the races if one shoud come, to be along the lines of labor?
 These things are submitted simply as what may come to pass and they deserve consideration at the hands of those who have the welfare Of that class of. clti- Zens so necessity to the wealth and pros perity of the country. the honest labor ing man. whose brawn and muscle is tine foundation upon which the government rests.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-06
A COOL EXPLANATION.

Some time ago we gently rcproved g Maryland contemporary for filling iti editorial space with editorials from The Advertiser and failing to give credit. It, plea of confession and avoidance run. this way:
 An exchange way down In Alabama kicks becausc The Queen City Courier don't give 1t credit. Bless the old papers heart we will give her all the credit she wants It is the cash that we are short on. Draw on us for all the credit you want. but remember--dont draw for the ready John. However af. exchange with good editorials Is not to be sneezed at. and since our Southern friend has a head ful of brains he should be glad that his editorials are worth something to his fel- lows. The strong must help the weak. Hear? Come up a-Christmas.
 weak defence had we not found this para graph in another column of the same issue:
 The subscription list of The Queen City Courier has doubled since last November and still they come. In the language of Patrick Henry. we repeat Let them comc.' People know a good thing when they seize it. Tell 1t to the neighbors." "
 We have never knoAn cause and effect to tread more closely on each others s heels than is done here. The only in ference to be draws from the two quota tions is that The Courier uses Advertiser editorials as it's own in order to make itself more popular with its patrons, and that because of the use of these editorials the subscription of The Courier has doubled in few months.
 The coolness of The Courier's argu- ments in support of its journalistic grab is delicious, and we are inclined to forgive its acts because of it's explanation. and give 1t full authority to draw on our editorial columns for anything it wants. But should it not divide profits?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-06
WASTED EFFORTS.
Delaware Republicans Cannot Be
 Reconciled.

| APPROPRIATENESS
 Washington Special to Louisville Courier
 That able and astute political wire butler and artistic manipulator of ma chine politics. Postmaster General Payne, has been at work for the last two weeMs sie ferences in Delaware 90 as to give the State two seats In the Senate to which it is rightfuiiy entitled. From all ac' counts the Postmaster has not met with much success.
 After all propositions were stated. tha naegulars laid dawn thefr uitlmAtum which was that they would go into the legislative caucus and abide by the re suit if Mr. Addicks should abdicate his claim to election to the Senate and on no other condition would they agree to anything. Addicks's agreement, they de- clared. must be condition precedent to the fulfillment of their contract. This was the best. and all. that Mir. Payne could do from the Regulars.
 The Addfcks men offered to give the Regulars the Representative in Congress, the entire State ticket. all the general patronage which they now have, and to lative caucus and support any men the Regulars might select If they would abide by the decision of a two-thirds vote of the caucus on the long-term Senator. Another plan was to have each side make up a list of ten men. for any one Of whom both factions might vote, the two thirds rule to govern. Tbis solution of the problem was as little acceptable as the many others that have been advanced from time to time.
 Senator Hanna, who addressed himself to the settlement of the Delaware feud for months, has given 1t up as too hard for him. Postmaster General Payne has not giver up, but he has reached the end of his more than ordinary ingenuity and is taking a rest before he againl takes up the puzzle.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-06

The late Amos J. Cummings of New York was beloved by thousands of people. He was stauch Democrat, but Republi- cans held him in high esteem. Mir. Lucien Julian Walker in a letter from Washington to The Birmingham Age Herald. pays beautiful tribute to his character as man, citizen and patriot, and adds this bit of news as to his liv- ing in Alabama:
 Mir. Cummings was formerly a resident of Alabama. though 1 am not aware that he was ever a citizen of that State He long time ago resided for sometime, maybe d year or two in Tuskegee, that dreamful cid town Of the old Southern aristocracy which it remained for the great negro. Booker Washington. to ma ko widely famous. Mir. Cummings set the (ype for the weekly newspaper in that 1 flown. Subsequently it seems he dwell tfof some months in Montgomery and set ltype for The AdveEAser. In his brief au-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-06
An Appreciated Letter.

The Editor of The Advertiser is in re- ccipt of highly valued letter from Mir. W. s. Montgomery of The Greenfield Qnd) Republican, Tn which he is kind enough to say:
 T received your paper containing the Hot Springs letter and thank you for the same. I enjoyed looking over the entire paper and congratulate you upon its ap- peavance. the news matter and general air of prosperity. You are certainly get ting out most excellent paper. and one that will be of great advantage and ben eft to Montgomery and the entire State of Alabama. We of the North are rather inclined to think that we have the only papers, but certainly Montgomery has an enterprising and successful one.
 'I am somewhat interested in the South as I believe 1t is now one of the greatest places in the United States for profitable Investments. and intend coming down through that part of the country some time during the present year.
 "I certainly wish you and The Adver- tiser abundant success.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-06

A Maryland judge has solemnly dcc 'ded knat a man has the same right to urfend himself against assault from a female person as from a male. Thus. if z: wo- man bins a man on the ca with a rolling pin he has a legal righ- to h: nd her rejoinder with ball bat. aiways provided that he has the grit Women wllc are in the habit of corrc :ilg their husbands with any domestic uionsil Wh;ch es most convenient will take Wa nng.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-06

Fact is, The Advertiser don't know anything about the natural history of Geneva County. If we had described an octopus you would have thought it was the devil.-Hartford tAla.) Times.
 Well whats the diffcrence2 Don't they call an octopus a devil-iish? And let us whisper word in your ear: If tbcy can raise frogs eighteen inches long in your county somebody will do we'll to start up froggery forthwith and Lu'st the trust.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-06
;@%ztIss=sSl !, Notable Extracts from Y the Big Dailies corfs- '
 spordents
CREAM OF THE SPECIALS

wb,,e tha Democrats made all sorts oL charges against the army and the ,.,,,s aI ! Department anl Inc administration m ne result Is that Lodse will make spseea pe'.r, ald the other cis Repuoltcan Sehar.s Se, 2 in inc senate sna tl:- party sn general charging everythir.. from treason down. The result will i,osabiy be week or two weeks of .Aci,:ng siiu important oe- bate during winch all sorts of crMnna in. This will p,=ase the trs'a1ent- lie wants n agh.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-06

We learn from contemporary tLat the Millers' Club of Kansas has memo rialixed Congress to enter into some sort Of reciprocal arrangement vrh Great Britain whereby flour can be admitted into the United Kingdom with rp mcre fariff charge than is now levied aGe nst unmanufaetured grain"
 This sounds as if some of "Jr infant industries are getting squeezed by the same means that they -Hse-te- s',aeeze others There Is an import duty on foreign wheat of 25 cents fer lushcL which is all right from the stardpo:nt of the millers and wheat growers, but when Great Britain imposes q tariff on our pour there is vigorous kicS. What difference is there in the two eaEes:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-06
One Show to Win.

Galveston N"ws.
 The Democratic Party has only one show to win. lts chance lies in the aban- donment of the new fallacies which caWe in with the Nebraska man and in the resdcption of the old time principles and policies of the party. The party has reached the parting of the ways. There lies before it two roads. The News be-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-06

When a surface is cut or drawn aNry we say it is 'cat-a-cornered." Is that the correct spelling, and what Is the derivation of the term? We are asked for the authority and we can not give it Our own opinion is that inc spell ing we have used is correct and that the expression has reference to the at titude cat takes when it IS "a. cor nored" But WIG have no authority for this and should like to have it sustained or rcfuted by a better cXpllnAtion.- Charleston Post.
 We thought it meant a diagonal from one corner of square to the other. or something of the kind. But we bass it up to the Norfolk papers. They are pining for something to elucidate.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-06
A Pertinent Query.

MODlIt RtSISItr.
 If the State Executive Committee has no power to do anything but what it was specifically instructed to do by the convention that created it, where did 1t get the power to order a primary elec- ton two years ago and prescribe who should be the can1l.iates in such primary.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-06

Hard Luck-Blowna.d-My ancestor. had blue blood in their veins. Bsffer- Too bad, l suppose there weren't so many blood purifiers on the market m those days as there are now.-Ohio State Journal.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-06

Referring to what The .tdever said about Chairman Jones having some sense jarred into him The Leavenw,rth Times thinks "a few more jolts will put him out of the business entirely Hope The Times is right.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-06

The Hartford Times, arguing aaa.nst a Ride-open primary in Alabama r%Euy says that Parties nominate titket to run against other tickets in the field " The matter could hardly be gut more fersely or truthfully. If the pemt cratic Party proposes to put tic'ict in the field that ticket should be s-lsc,ed by Democrats. If all shades uf political belief are to be invited to join in naming ticket for Democrats to fote fer the thing will be farce and q saiiLre, ,or there are many Democrats who wIll not take part in such a free-for-all race
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-06
The Records of Records.

m circulation figures of The Advertiser 1Cf the month of April. just passed. furh sn 01l1c1uslfe evidence of the highest record ever
 146e by 6u Alabama morning newspaper, All
 44 records of The Advertiser. even have been 86fbQtssd and the figures presented below em- t@Gf11e quite forcibly the often-repeated and 14yHr coutradicted assertion The Montgomery 54yeftiBefss guaranteed net paid circuiatlcn is Wf1Mtor than the claimed issue of any other 1Ho A1nnoma morning newspapers combined
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-06

Caught With the Goods-Diggs-Say I thought you always claimed to be man of intelligence? Biggs--You have said it. Diggs-Then how do you explain the fact that you were called to serve on a jury last week?-Chicago Daily Ncws.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-06

Used Advisc.ily.-Casay-Do say, - aint done nothin'." Cassidy-Phwy not Casey-Bekase that's not good Engllsh Sassi,iy-Thrue for me Nayther am I.- Pniladclphia Press
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-06

The ministerial editor of The Sheffield Reaper declares that certain pond in that town "abideth yet and stinxeth ffem siamnation to salvation ''oes the editor want to set into the Senatorial class?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-06

We would like to see every man who ever did vote the Democratic ticket vote it this year also but we don't propose to have men vote at cur primaries who against the Democratic ticket.-Mobile Herald.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-06

There was time in New England when man was prohibited by law from kiss ing his wife on Sunday and it begins to look as If Boston is working lack to that point. Such a law might relisve some husbands of an unpleasant duty, though.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-06

Aunt Carrie Nation has changed Ter fad and is now making war on the pictures which are hung up n the saloons. The old girl forgets that such pictures rarely offend decent Women.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-06

A Fair Average-Visitor-La Evelyi tells me. Dan'l that you have had four wives. Dan'l (proudly)-'E Ess. zur. ave 'unS,-Punch.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-06
An Ancient View.

Boston Herald.
 Speaking of coronation windows. the Baroness Burdett-Coutts. now SS years of age, intends to look at the procession out of the same windows from which she looked on Queen Yictoria's slxty-four years ago.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-06

The Sentinel is in favor of a primary where only white Democrats may vote because We believe it the fairest noml- hating plan, and one that a large ma jority of Alabama Democrats consider the most satisfactory.-ShelbyS Sentinel
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-06

Captain Clark evidently has sense like horse. He declines to spend several thousand dollars going to Edwards coro- nation when he can see Buffalo Bills Wild West for dollar
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-06

Between Friends.-Helen-Youn Soft leigh proposed to me last week. He ought to have known beforehapd that should refuse him. Mattie-l m sure ne ufo dear-Tit- Bits.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-06

1 lieves that the old road may lead it into
 | town. Of all men, MT. Bryan should be | the last to stand in the way or to strive | to lead 1t thirdt ime into the wilderness
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-06
TUESDAY, MAY 6, 1909.

See now if some Yankee doesn't ask Congress to put an import duty 'n the Canadian frog.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-06

Several insurarce brokers in London arc is- suing policies ndemnifying the holders against losses occasioned by outbreaks of smallpox in the vicinity of their residences. Thus if a policy holder is forced to move hy reason of the deVelopment of a of smallnox next door to him the cost of removal is borne by the insurance company.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-06
A LITTLE FUN NOW AND THEN.
Bright Paragraphs to Relieve the
 Seriousness of Life.

The Dad-I trust you haven't contract ed debts at college, my son. The Son They are scarcely contracted, father Harvard Lampoon.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-06

As well as we can make it out the main fault to be found with most of the air ships is that they refuse to go.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-06
iA Daily Average Gain of. 80. 50 n Daily Average Gain of. .26. 60

w A Scott Circulation Manager of the Montgomery Advertiser. being duly sworn aaye: The foregoing statement of The Ad- xerfiser's circulation for the month of April 1902 is true and correct. and compiled after sen returns from newsboys news agents ana left -oxer copies have been deducted.
 ". A. SCOTT. Circulation Mgr. , Sworn to and subscribed before me this sra
 day of May. 1909 F. W, JACKSON, r ISeal. | N F.. Ex-O. j. r. 7
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-06
WITH THE PARTY PRESS.
A Democratic Primary is All the
 Cry

If it was left to the people there would be but one voice and that would be for white Democratic primary to make the nomination for State and County officers. -Eufaula Times.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-06

If we can get straight Democratic primary. one which win debar from affili- ation with the party all who are not .'es- tablished' Democrat Democracy in Ala bama, under the election system, ought to be able to assume more perfect atti- tude. For such methods of nomina tio, and election will not only eliminate flu sion. evils and election frauds but wii tend to harmonize. the party.-Wedowee Star.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-01-14
WOULD BUY OUT EXISTING LINES
Mason VIII Lead Fight for
Government Ounerxhip.


Washington, Jan. 13-Consu-ta,,o, wiz.
ms colleagues on the Committee on pcs+-
oihces and Post Roads. and with o,ba-
members of the Senate, mas convinced So
Stor Mason that he will have strong en-
poft IN the fight that he has undar+ =,
70 prlng about the Government ovnsrSh -
OF the telegraphs. iiip
shaH have my bill for the pl1rcb, co
VI Ihe Two existing telegraph companies
aeIuy Igr presentation in the Senate within
a Few days, he said. IT will be referrad
10 the fost Oifice committee. of which / am
chairman, and shall at once apnoint n
subcommittee to consider the subject nd
70 revise the bill thoroughly. If necessaTy
hearings Will be held upon it.
ne hrSt meeting of the committee Will
De held on Saturday next. While I have
not Yet had time, because of the presS Of
otner matters. to complete nv bill | have
gathered a great deal of information and
| intend TO push the proposition earnestly.
L found that there is a great deal of inter-
est among Senators and Representatives on
the subject.
One suggestion that l have received 10
that, instead OF purchasing the existing
Telegraph lines. 1t might be better for the
Government to construct an entirely new
system. My Investigations have however
shown me that such bill could not receive
a majority vote, and, besides, | am utterly
opposed to the idea of the Government en-
tering into competition with the established
business of private parties.
My bill Will provide for the purchase Of
the existing lines and for their extension
gradually to every post office in the coun-
try
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-01-14
FOREIGN.

The Duke Of Manchester has paid Miss
Portia knight 5000 and she has dropped
her suit for breach of promise.
King Christian of Denmark replied diplo-
maticaliy to delegation who called to pro-
test against the sale of the Danish West
Indies that he hoped the citizens would feel
confident. he did. that the Danish Min
listers would follow the course that was
best for Denmark. the islands and their
people.
A syndicate has floated a new Prussian
loan of 300,0O00o0 marks at $3.50.
The London Times begins a bitter attack
on German cartoonists and writers for their
vicious caricatures of the British and Is
censured for endangering the peace of the
two nations by so doing.
In speech that closely approached the
sensational, Count Won Buelow yesterday
warned the German Reichstag Of the seri-
BUSINESS of the Polish agitation.
Doctor Krause, former Governor Of Jo-
hannesburg. has been indicted by a London
Grand Jury on the charge of melting the
murder of n member Of the staff of Lord
Roberts,