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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-11
In Ancient England.

London AnsWers.
 Newcastle upon-Tyne has a very an cent custom. When the business of the assizes is ended the Mayor makes a quaint speech to the Judge of the North. ern Circuit. He says:
 My lords, we have to congratulate you upon having completed your labors in this ancient town, and have also to in form you that you travel hence to Car lisle through Border country, much an often infested by the Scots. We there fore present each of your lordships with a piece of money, to buy herewith dag ger to defend yourselves"
 Then, as required by custom, he gives the senior Judge a jacobus and the junior Judge a carolus It costs no little sum to buy these old coins.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-11
THE STATE IS PROUD"
Nice Things About The Advertiser
 and Its Souvenir Edition.
Haynevllle News.


 l..v ..--- souvenir edition brings 'orth the following comment from the .editress'' of The Lowndes News anent The Advertiser and newspa perdom:
 The souvenir edition of The Montgom- cry Advertiser issued Sunday was in ev- cry respect creditable and interesting. 1t gave minutely ths inside weddings of l great daily. the conception of which cannot be formed even to a small de- gree by one who has never had to do with a newspaper. We enjoyed every line of it and Grandma deserves credit Tor the systematic manner in which she carries on her enormous business losing sight of not the slightest detail. She is also to be congratulated on having such l competent staff daily at work on the paper. She has among the ablest writ CTS. reporters and machine men that are anywhere to be found, to which largely Is due her success in issuing her infiuen- :ial daily.
 The ups and downs of printing office ire many, and as the clever assistant of the social department, Mrs. Clara Jemi- son, expressed it--it Is mostly downs. She as editress of The Tuscaloosa Times had wide experience In newspaperdom from the editors chair to the unenviable ad solicitor, or rather she had somewhat to do with managing them-being the re- cipient of their usual kickings when through her col ectors she presented the bills. Her desC lption of the unreason- able patent medicine people was great for they are the greatest trials that come mp in the newspaper shops, and as for Castoria it is the worst of all. but close in it's wake Is Scott & Browne Oh my, what a worry they are! They surely want the universe, and in sections, but above all things followed by reading matter! But as she goes on to say, this only embraces one of the downs. The sub scribers come in for their share of kick ing, the commercial advertiser his and go on and with 1t all you ofentmes don't know where you "are at But like ev- cry other bitter 1t has its sweets. for newspaper business has a fascination about it. and you enjoy many privileges that one in other occupations cannot, one among the least of which is-you don't have a chance to get lonely. But 1t brings you in touch with the outside with all that is improving and progress sive and affords an education that school ing cannot give. It bumps you thorough ly up against every conceivable disposi- tion and condition and in the general wind up you gain a lot in experience not in fortune. A little sympathy occ1- sionally would make the load easier-but you needn't expect 1t.
 But to return to the souvenir edition of The Advertiser. Every department was well and entertainingly expressed Photogra phs of all who compose the stafr were produced.
 In numbers and efficiency in their re- spective departments they are the peer O. any who are employed on any Of the great dailies of this country.
 The State is justly proud of The Ad- vertiser and she is enjoying that pros perity she so richly deserves. May she i've many years to reflect credit and in fiuence upon the city and State in which
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-11
FRIENDLY TO NEGROES.
President Roosevelt Gives Assurance
 to Them.

FTeS1QenL h0OSeVelL 0lVeS ASSufdASS
 to Them.
 From Washington to Chicago Record
 Herald.
 Colored men from the South called upoh President Roosevelt today and were given with the action of Republican leaders In certain Southern States to exclude the negro from their councils. One of the delegates said the President assured the party that in making appointments he sought character. intelligence. fitness and held in his own community, the question of color not entering into his estimate of the applicant.
 Those who waited upon the President were Bishop Alexander Walters of New Jersey, Bishop G. w. Clinton of North New York, representing the Executive Committee of the Afro-American Coun- cil. They were especially solictious of ascertainng whether the President in dorsed the action of the Republicans in North Carolina and Alabama.
 They were presented to the President by Gen. James s. Clarkson. Surveyor of the port of New Pork. Postmaster Gen eral Payne arrived at the White House while the conference was in progress and was present part of the time. After the interview the colored men expressed the President had said to them. They an nounced that the President had stated to them that he heartily disapproved of the efforts of certain Republicans in the South to exclude the negroes from par ticipation in politics. Moreover, it also hic action in removing Ditrict Attorney Vaughan of Alabama, who was the hea of the white Republican movement in tho State, as evidence of his attitude. It is
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-11

Some New Yorker, who signs himself or written "Busyass," writes. a commu. nication to The New York Commercial about affairs and conditions in the South. There Is but one expression that we care to notice, and that is where he asserts that the South "has shown no disposi- tion to encourage education or to improve the conditions of labor
 Even The Commercial which is not much given to standing up for the South, declares very emphatcally that "the fig- ures showing the aggregate of money ap- propNated and expended by the Southern States for popular education since the war of 1861 would, no doubt, startle their critics by reason of the size of it-and not a few of their own people. There may be more ground for the charge as to non-improvement of labor conditions in the South. but even there some speoi- fcation about New York labor conditions might not prove any too pleasant reading for New Workers"
 It is possible that the South has not 6one all for education that it could or should have done. and 1t is equally pog- eible that labor conditions in this section might be improved somewhat. but this writer shows an unusually fine capacity dor writing of what he knows nothing about.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-11
SATURDAY, OCTOBER II, 1909.
DOUBLE GOLDEN SYMBOL.

The American Newspaper Directory uses csr. tain signs to denote the relative standing and merit of the whole field of newspaperdom which comes under its notice. and one of thes. signs is the mystic symbol l@l denotinG golden, which stands for high quality. and is thus explained:
 Advertisers value this paper more for tns class and quality Of its circulation than for the mere number of copies printed.'
 Such papers are credited with single sym. bol; but there . higher grade. according tc this standard authority. which have BOTH QUALITY AND QUANTITY, and require ths DOUBLE GOLDEN SYMBOL esGsl to describe adequately their standing.
 The Advertiser has been accorded this double golden symbol I0ol and is the only paper @ distinguished in this section of ths South.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-11
That New York Coal Plank.

BITnInRHdm NcWS.
 It is to be regretted that such an ab- surdity was perpetrated, for otherwise the platform of the New York Democrats is upon the whole calculated to appeal to the sober sense and patriotism of the citizens. The nominee for Governor, Bird s. Coler. is a man of character and brains who would naturally attract the support of the major portion of the independent vote of the State. Democratic prospects in New York should be brighter than fo, many years. It is to be hoped that the foolish plank will be accepted a at mean ingless expression. It certainly cannot be construed as an article of political faith as New York Democrats are no more in favor of government ownership of the anthracite mines than they are advocates of the free and unlimited coin. age of silver
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-11

Another Democratic newspaper-one away up in the Northwest, has about the same idea of the President that The Advertiser has. The Indianapolis senti- mel says:
 The admirers of President Roosevelt who have been expecting him to dc 'isomething fierce" in the coal matter must now begin to realize that he is not the sort of man they have taken him for. They might have taken warning from the way he abandoned the fight for Cuban reciprocity, or from the manner in which he permitted the speculative New York banks to be relieved by viola tion of the laws of the United States Mir. Roosevelt IS a man who thundecs ln the index. He starts in very vigor- ously but he does not last unless he finds there Is no obstruction in the way. Wher a lion rises fin his path and shows hi- teeth, President Roosevelt decides that h, does not care to go that way. Any othsl old way will do him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-11
Letters to The Editor.
PEAR TREE BLIGHT.
How It Was Cured in Ohio Thirty
 four Years Ago.

How It Was Cured in Ohio Thirty
 four Years Ago.
 Editor The Advertiser:
 During the months of October, Novem- Der and December of last year I travelled over the entire State of Alabama. I mo- ticed the blight in pear trees in all the counties I visited.
 Since the 1st of October-this present month"; was talking with near neigh Dor and told him of the immense destruc- ton that was going on in the pear trees of the South and that no remedy had ever been discovered that would arrest the disease He then told me of the blight that struck Ohio thirty four years ago. He had a large number of pear trees and these were attacked precisely like those of Alabama. He saved his trees with very cheap and efficacious remedy which I hasten to send to the good people of Alabama in hopes that l may save their trees.
 Bore hole with small auger, one cT two inches deep, into tree of eight inches in diameter. Insert into this hole as much powdered arsenic as can be lift cd on silver 1c-cent piece, using lit tie more for a larger or a little less for & smaller tree. Then drive cork into the hole. Trim out all the dead wood. New limbs will soon shoot out and in q little while your tree will become thrif- tH and will grow.
 I ate pears from the identical trees this September of 1902 that were saved rom destruction by this remedy thirty four years ago. The trees now are i'm mense in size healthy in growth pro ductive in bearing and are beauties
 The theory is that blight is either 2 parasite, or is caused by a parasite The arsenic dissolves. enters the sap and spreads to every portion Of the tree, to every leaf. This poisons the parasite, but Is not sufficiently strong to affect the tree or it's fruit.
 Arsenic purchased by the pound is very cheap. not over 5 cents. and pound will save many trees. The best time tC administer is when the sap begins to rise. in early spring.
 If your blight Is like the Ohio blight which 1t certainly resembles. and witn similar results. this remedy may save your trees. If 1t does and there is any gratitude in your souls, send me about a dozen nice pears that I may also rejoice over the good work accomplished
 Yours truly.
 w. H. Sloan. 5353 Miami Avenue. Cincinnati, o.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-11
Applied for the Cast-off Trousers of
 the Feminine Doctor.

At an assembly of charity workers at d settlement house on the east side in New York, according to The Times. preparing for the fall campaign, Calvin Brewster narrated story of a mendicant who very much needed a pair of trousers. Re membering that physicians were com pelled to wear high-grade clothing, he wandered up above the. Plaza on Fifth Avenue. and. observing the name of a physician on a large silver plate on the door of a fine-looking residence, he as- cended the steps and rang the doctor g bell. An elderly, sweet-faced lady cana to the door and the impoverished caller said:
 Madam. I am very hard up and have called to see if I could obtain a pair of the doctors cast-of trousers"
 The lady smiled at him and replied:
 ''I am the doctOr!
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-11

lite most fearsomest guise by the master |coniurers and thaumaturgfsfs of tne land. in Maine; but the result or tne iaue election shows that the people looked up- rage that lures only to bewildes the sim pie minded. Whatever we may think oI the Philippines and whether IS nsn. or wrong, wise or unwise, for us 70 an mex and own them the question ls sSs tied and should be eliminated from poll
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-11
WOMEN REFUSE TO TAKE
 DOWN CONFEDERATE FLAG.
Emblem is Chief Decoration in U. D c. Convention at Cincinnati and Efforts to Dislodge It are
 Failures.

Cincinnati (O.) Special.
 Excited Daughters of the Confederacy formed a compact blockade in Carnegie Hall, Newport, Ky, today and success fully resisted the efforts of Janitor Will liam Boyd to tear down an immense Con federate flag which occupied the most conspicuous place over the stage. The Daughters had been requested to remove the flag from the place of honor, but re- fused. The janitor then was ordered to tear 1t down, hut the Southern women blocked the aisles and nothing short of armed violence could have secured for him right of way to the flag. The d. rectors were unable to decide on further proceedings to remove ,the flag and 1t re- mained American flags had conspicuous positions at either end of the stage.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-11
He Got It Straight.
Dallas News.

Dallas NeWS.
 Congressman Charles N. Fowler of Ne P Jersey tells story of a small boy who was oversupplied with green apples
 "I had gone to see one of my consti,- uents down fin Union County" said the Congressman. and found him trying to give some medicine to a young son who had eaten too many green apples. while a Christian Science ne!ghhor was assur- ing the boy that there was nothing at ali the matter with him.
 "'I think I ought to know groaned the boy; I've got inside information
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-11
TRIBUTE TO SOUTHERN vALoR
Inscription on Monument at Colum' bia in Memory of South\
 Carolinians.

Carolinians. Washington Post.
 Carved a monument at Columbia, s. C., dedicated to the memory of the dead soldiers of South Carolina, Is the following inscrip- tion:
 This MonnnEnt
 Perpetuates tho Memory
 of those who, True to the instincts of their birth Faithful to the teachings of their Fathers. Constant in their love for the State. Died in the performance of their Duty.
 Who Have glorifed fallen cause By the simple manhood of their lives
 And the heroism of Death. Tn the dark hours of imprisonment, In the hopelessness of the hospital, In the short. sharp agony of the field,
 Found support and consolation That at home they would not be forgotten
 Let the Stranger
 Who may in future times
 Read this Inscription, Recognize that these Men Whom Power could not corrupt, Whom Death could not terrify. Whom defeat could not dlshonor,
 And let their Virtues plead
 For Just Judgment
 Let the South Caroinians
 Of another generation
 Remember That the State taught them How to live and How to die And that from her broken fortunes She has preserved for her children The priceless Treasure of their Memories, Teaching all who may claim
 The same Birthrtght
 That Truth, Courage and Patriotism
 Endure Forever. The author of this apostrophe was the late William Henry Trescot, well known in Wash ington. where he spent many years of his life MT Trescot was a South Carolinian by birth a scholar of broad attainments, a statesman of conspicuous ability. At various times ht was intrusted by the State Department witr commissions of high importance, involvins profound knowledge of public affairs and in corruptible fidelity. and these he always ais charged to the grateful satisfaction Of tht Government and to his own honor and renoWn He was recognized all hands as one or th' most gifted men in political life. gentleman of lofty ideals, a patriot of the purest type His work was not done in the limelight Of no toriety or to the accompaniment of newspaper yoriferation It was done brilliantly and con scientiousy however and both at home ant abroad he is remembered as publicist o nrofound and versatile attachments. In thu inscription which Is quoted above he disclose' his admiration of courage. devotion patriotic virtue Fine as the attribute is in form, noble as are its periods and cadences, the inspira ton that breathes in every line reveals rev erence for everything that Is best and mos excellent in man.
 Though the pen may be mightier than the sword. it can't come up to the scratch
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-11

stops at cnce and forever the craving for the weed and makes 1t impossible for any man to chew or smoke. The marvellous part of the remedy is that 1t is odorless and tasteless. It is taken in milk. water, tea, coffee or food without any bad eff fects and many women have already cured their husbands and sons of the to- bacco habit without the slightest danger )f detection It is easy to quit tobacco and if you will write Rogers Drug and Chemical Co.,, 3547 Fifth & Race Sts.. Gin einnati, Ohio they will send a large trial package free, in a plain. sealed wrapper, md it will prove how easy it is to cure yourself or anyone else of using tobacco in any form. oct U-22
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-11
Only q Bad Dream.
mnbls Comu,ercial Apneal

Memphis COmmerClaI Appear.
 Imperialism never really existed. It wac a nebulous figure, the creature of excit ed ina ginations. It was a spirit called up from the vasty deep, impalpable, flu gacious and which eluded muscular grasp. Like the nephelococcygia of Aris- tophanes, it was designed to frighten the tImorous and 1t was made to appear in
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-11

The Mobile Herald we'll says that "the best missionary work that has been done in St. Louis in many years was the con vic.ion and sentencing to five years i'm prisonment of Robert M. Snyder, one of the bribe givers who made corruption in public office possible. If there were no bribe givers there would be no bribe talk ers." That is the correct view to take. Let the giver and taker of a bribe wear stripes in company, or punish neither.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-11

A Missouri paper tells of 'possun, supper given by 8 local butcher where there wer etwo bakc< 'possums and fifty invited guests Unless these animals grow much larger in Missouri than they do here, or the butcher played off some other beasts on the guests, they had a very slim supper. Down here one pos sum to two niggers would be fair all lotment, unless the latter were very hun. crv
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-11
"A Bird" of an Opportunity.

Printer Ink.
 The great Beecher said that "opportu- nity is a bird which flies but once to the window of your chamber to lure you with its sweet song. If you fail to stretch out your hand to take 1t, it flies away and returns no more forever" When the eloquent Brooklyn preacher said this he did not have advertising in mind. Here the bird of opportunity comes every day, and wise is the man who takes 1t and cherishes it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-11

When President Roosevelt met the ''coal barons' for consultation. he began his talk by declaring: 'I disclaim any right or duty to intervene in this way upon legal grounds or upon any official rela- tions that I bear to the situation" After this disclaimer people are not to be blam- ed for wondering why he intefered at all?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-11

dicks or nothing in Delaware. If the Republicans elect a majority of the Leg islature, Addicks will be elected Senator, or we lose our guess. But we still insist that the nothing" side is preferable
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-11

Do insects think?' Is question bein 3 discussed by some of the scientists. Talk ing them by and large, we don't know, but some of them can think in hurry --fleas, for example.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-11

The open season for shooting hunters and other non-combatants up in Maine has opened. and it Is predicted that the average will be about as high as usual.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-11
NOTABLE EXTRACTS FROM THE BIG DAILIES' CoRRE- SPoNDENTs A V U

intimated that this attitude would be fur. her emphasized in the appointment os his successor.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-11

The marriage of Strong and May Yohe merely legalizes the relations which ai. ready existed between them, in all prob ability. We suppose they are entitled to some credit for thIs concession to de- cency.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-11
Circulation Reckoning.

4 comparison of circulation figures for the month of September. 1902, with those of lsOl shows that a steady, healthy growth Is gradu- ally forging the figures higher. The ever changing kaleidoscope of numbers is most in terestihg to watch in any business and more especially when they have a constant upward tendency.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-11
Cure
 Tobacco Habit
Secretly at Home-Trial Package Free to All Who Send Name
 and Address.

Men who have tried time and again to quit tobacco have been instantly cured 1f the habit by harmles compound dis eove1 ed by a famous Ohio chemist. It
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-11

more emphaticaily. As The Bee observes. mo sophistries of language can weave indecency and bestiality into halos for Genius"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-11
MISTAKE OF A MENDICANT.

she is held in highest esteem and conf
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-11

W. A. Scott, Circulation Manager of the Montgomery Advertiser, being duly sworn, says: The foregoing statement of The Adver tiser's daily circulation for the month of Sep tember. i9o2. is true and correct and com piled after all returns from newsboys. news agents and leftover copies have been deducted
 w A. SCOTT. Circulation Mgr. z worn to and subscribed before me this 4th
 day of October 1902. F. W. JACKSON. (Seall N. P. Ex-O J. P.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-11

Though the pen may be mtghtier than the sword. it can't come up to the scratch when pltted against the ink-eraser.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-11

Total. .. .. .... .2SS.62o Daily Average Net. ....... III ,545 Sunday Average Net. IA, ,72o
 COMPARISONS.
 Daily average September, leo2........l 545 Daily average September. 1901 .......sio.97o
  Net gain ,................... 675 Sunday average September, 1902 o2...I4,72e Sunday average September, I9oi........i3,5i5 Daily Average Gain of. IS Sunday Average Gain of. .... 8. 90
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