The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-09-02
They are All Disguised.

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The most Disguised set Of men IN Ala
bama are some OF the Johnston men in
this city. and the disgust was taken on
after they read the defeated candidates
utterances in last weeks Albanian. A
great many copies of The Alabamian
have been coming here free and the atti-
tude of Mr.. Johnston. In taking his de-
feat so ili-humoredly, has caused o great
deal of comment in political circles. Some
of those who voted for him openly ex-
press the conviction that re Ia thinking
of heading a bolt, and then ado: 'If he
does SO he will be q deader duck than he
Is now" The Johnston men here are dis
gusted by the manner in which he Is air
ing his sore toe. and are comparing the
way he takes his dose with the manly
manner in which Charlie Waller takes
defeat. A gentleman who came from Bir-
mingham yesterday brought the informa-
tion that Ex-Governor Johnston's friends
gracious manner in which he IL submit
ting to the drubbing that he received at
the hands Of the Democracy Of Alabama.
Boring Many Wells.
A great many artesian wells are now
being bored throughout Central Alabama
and well-borers have contracts six months
ahead. Mayor Thomas Of Thomaston.
says that the man who has contracted to
sink a well there cannot be had until
December 1. A splendid flow Of water has
been struck at the depot In Linden and
the people of that little town now re-
joice In fine supply Of the purest Of
water, brought from near a thousand feet
beneath the earth's surface. Here in Sell
ma the B., 8. s. N. o., L. e. Jeffriss. ].
L Schweizer and several others have
sunk splendid wells during the past year
or two, and Colonel Abbott has nearly
completed the big six-inch we'll that will
feed the lakes to be built at Elkdale Park.
At Demopolis several wells have been
sunk through the thousand feet Of lime
rock underlying that town and flne flows
Of water have resulted. great many Of
the owners of the big black belt planta-
lions in the Canebrake have sunk wells
on their premises that they may secure a
bounteous supply Of pure. fresh water for
man and beast. Colonel w. d. McCurdy
of Lowndesboro, was in the city q day or
SO ago and he made a contract with q
well borer to sink a well for him on his
big plantation. He made the attempt
once before, but the auger was lost after
going down six or eight hundred feet and
work thereon had to be abandoned. He
says that when they got down about four
hundred feet stream OF water was
struck which was so strongly impree-
mated with salt that 1t could not be drunk
Republicans Hold Meeting.
The Republicans of Dallas County held
an unusually quiet and orderly conven-
ton at Green Street hall Saturday, be-
ginning at p. m. and elected delegates
to the Republican State Convention to
be held in Birmingham. September 1s
Fourteen qualified voters were present
at the meeting, which had been thorough
ly advertised for Saturday. Frank r.
Evans acted secretary Each voter was
required to produce his certificate OF
registration bearing the signatures of the
County Board of Registrars, which, after
being examined by the secretary, was ac-
cepted by the convention as a proper
credential to participate in the proceed
fngs
Under the ruling of the Republican
State Committee as laid down at Birm-
ingham, August 2, Dallas County was
entitled to two delegates, but instead of
two the convention elected four, each del
egate to cast half vote. This was done
to harmonic local political affairs The
are the delegates elected to the
State Convention: C. H. Walker, John
M. Gee, F. r. Caldwell and Henry Boyd.
The delegates elected to the District con-
vention are the same. Resolutions were
adopted endorsing the ad-
of President Roosevelt.
Green Cornegay and his crowd held
meeting This crowd also elected dele
gates to the State Convention. AS there
are only sixty-one legally registered negro
votes in Dallas County neither side will
be able to cut a great deal of ice when
1t comes to voting in November. There
are only two or three white Republicans
In Dallas County and they all held aloot
from the negro meetings. and let the
"brothers in black" scrap 1t out by them
selves. The negro meetings attracted nc
attention from the Democrats and not
dozen white men in Selma knew they
were meeting.