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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-17
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.

The Advertiser is in receipt of letters and telegrams asking how the candidates for Executive Committeeman stand as between Jelks and Johnston. We give as far as information has reached us, the names of those who are supporters of Gvernor Jelks:
 First District-w. A Carter, Howard Douglass, J. J. King. J. J. Kyser, T. M Stevens.
 Second Distric,-Tenncnt Lomax, W. H.. Sanford. J. R. Porterfield, C. c. Coker.
 Third District-R. H. Arlington. A. II. Merrill. H. H. Foster, E. Herndon Glenn.
 Fourth District c. C. Whitson. H. s D. Mallory, H. D. Merrill. Tipton Null lins
 Fifth District-C. W. Hare. D. M, White, E. C. Jones. w A. Austin, w. T. Brightman, G. A. Sorrell.
 Sixth District-G. A. Searcy, C. Brooks Smith. Stephen Smith. c. B. Wimberly.
 Seventh District-W. I. Bullock, R. A. Mitchell.
 Eighth District-J. H. Nathan J. c. Eyster, J. F. Proctor.
 Ninth District-J. B. Christian, J. c. Moore. J. c. Oakley, Robert H. Thach.
 It is highly important that the Jelks men know who of those asking their sup very evident that the Johnston men want to capture the Committee, either for pres ent or future purposes. Four Committee men are to be elected in each district and where less than that number of Jelks men, as in the 7th and sth Dis tricts are on the ballot. the names of others can be written on the ballot.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-17
Grolesque Performance.

bITNlINBH NtWS.
 machinatiOns, his denunciation of poli- ticians is nothing short of g"otesque. The people are not deceived They see be- heath the assumed role of patriotism the selfish purpose of the professional ottice- seeker.
 Democrats cannot forget that he who now comes begging favor but few short months ago marshaled the cohorts of the enemies of Democracy in a vain attempt to deal the organization crushing blow. His lilly concealed hostility to the new con stitution warns them to be on guard. His candidacy. waged .l re for political aggrandizement, eXcites their distrust, They demand to know why Governor Jelks should be denied second term. There can be no reason given.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-17
GALL OF THE EXTREMIST TYPE

As fragrant a piece of newspaper gall as has been presented to the people of Alabama in recent months Is the state ment of The Age-Herald that it published the first complete list of registered vot- CTS. The Advertiser telegraphed to its correspondents throughout the State for the figures of registration, and state
 ment of how many negroes were regis tered. It paid out quite a sum in tele- replies The Birmingham News, before the table was complete. copied 1t as far as it went and credited it to The Ad- vertiser. The Age-Herald. however. af- ter waiting until all but two counties were in The Advertiser column. thought it would play a smart trick and an- nounced on Thursday morning that it published the complete registration. That publication, however, was not in its columns that day, but did appear the next day, when The Advertiser also had the two missing counties. The Age Herald Is convicted of this petty busi- ness by a glance at its table. for some of the figures first given in The Adver- tiser were corrected and revised in our columns on subsequent information. but the original and erroneous figures of The Advertiser are published by the Birm- ingham appropriator of other peoples enterprise and industry In it's state ment of the negro vote it takes the fig ures of The Advertiser bodily except the last additions which had not reached them when it went to press on Friday morning. The AgeHerald would have been perfectly welcome to copy and use without credit, if it so desired. this tab ulation, but after The Advertiser had spent its money to secure news, it feels4 like protesting when the Birmingham paper boasts of it's enterprise in simply appropriating our labor.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-17
A Republican Boosting Johnston.

Mobile Herald.
 One of the signers to the address on be- half of Captain Johnston published locally, makes no secret of his atfila- tion with the Republican party. In the proceedings at Montgomery for the or ganization of a Republican State League, we find the name of Mir. w. H. Arm brecht very prominent. He is also promi- nent on the supposed Democratic address mentioned. It Is unusual to find well de- fined Republica n signing a distinctly Democratic document. With this in view the supporters of Governor Jeks are justified In believing that the opponent of the present Governor is going into Democratic primary with voters who have no right to participate in it. This ex- plains the eXGovernor's anxiety to make it a white primary" instead of Demo- cratic and the frantic efforts of his sup porters to require no pledge from the out siders whom they know are of their own stripe. Such means of securing a nom- nation may do for Northern States. but the man who goes outside his own party for support can never hope to win in Ala bama. The more apparent the fact be- comes the greater the strength of the present Governor
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-17
Letters to the Editor.
A FALSE CHARGE
Against the Lee County Registrars.

Against the Lee County Registrars.
 Opelika, Aug. Is. 1902 Editor The Advertiser:
 Some of the Johnston organs are mak- ing q very unprovoked and unjustif1ia ble attack on the Lee County registrars, be- cause they declined to furnish the John ston campaign commitete a list of the registered voters in Lee County.
 The facts briefly these. the Demo- cratic State Executive committee in structed the chairmen of the County Committee to furnish the managers Of the primary on the 18th inst lists of the registered white voters in the respective election precincts In accordance with that instruction and out of courtesy to the State Committee the Lee County registrars furnished Captain T. D. Sam ford, chairman of the Lee County Exec utive Committee list of the registered voters, for him to make out lists for the managers. The Johnston campaign com mittee demanded from one of the regis trars a list. He informed them that he had only furnished the chairman a copy so that he could comply with the instruc- tions of the State Committee and that the registration books were not yet com pleted and could not be delivered to any one.
 The Jelks Campaign Committee has never requested a list of the registered voters, has never seen the list in Chair man Samford's possession and does not want such a list. Practically every white man in Lee County has been registered and there is no necessity for hunting up those who failed to. register. Our regis trars are high toned. honorable gentle men, who have performed their duties faithfully, fearlessly and efficiently in ac- cordancc with the intention of the new constitution. Out of about 2.500 white voters 2.37S have been registered, the others never applied. Not a single white man was refused registration. Out of 35O0 negroes only four nave been regis tered and they failed to pay their poll tax and cannot vote. In every respect our registrars have strictly conformed to the law and new constitution and the at Jacks on them are absolutely unjustiha- ble. x.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-17
FOR JELKS.


RoanoKe, August Ib. In your issue of today. in giving a list of the names of those printed on the p l. mary ticket for State Committeems sn who favor Governor Jelks. you omit the name of Hon. B. c. Jones of this place MT. Jones name has been ordered print ed on the official ballot. and your corre- spondent is authorized to state positively that he Is and has all the while been strong supporter of Governor Jelks. You will please make this correction in just ce to MT. Jones.
 The publication in The Advertiser yes terday was upon information then at hand, and it very gladly gives space to the above correction and especially calls the attention of it's readers in the Fifth District thereto.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-17
Thy ere Learning.

The business men of Mexico want the gold standard. They contend that the "'eSent fluctuations of silver will ruin contractors and importers who must buy largely for future delivery. Mercury.
 Mexico has passed through what our country might have experienced if certain financial dogmas once so strongly advo- cated had prevailed. The United States narrowly escaped the era of cheap money which has prevailed in Mexico for so many years, and which the best informed men down there are ready to rid them selves of as soon as possible.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-17
They Understand Him.

Colonek Denson's assault upon the in tegritv 'of the press of Alabama has served a good purpose in provoking from the gifted Eli Shorter. who spoke here last night. the most just and most elo- quent tribute to the press it has ever been our pleasure to listen to.-Mobile Register
 We hardly think the press of Alabama as a general thing. needs any defence from such attacks as Denson's. Indeed there are very few pa pers which pay any attention to 1t now except the Johnston organs. Some of them evidently feel as if it was a sort of personal attack on them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-17

The Convict Department, as conducted by the Johnston administration, has been one of the stock arguments of papers and speakers who favor the third term who will read the report of the Special Committee of the Legislature which ex- amined into the management of that de- partment, will conclude that 1t was about the rottenest thing that has been known in Alabama since the carpetbaggers had to give up their control of State affairs The Johnston Convict Department man. agement as contrasted with the present is like comparing midnight darkness to midday sunlight
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-17
TALKING SOUND SENSE

All of US who read the newspapers and magazines are accustomed to read what the various Profe ssors have to say or any and all subjects. but it isn't often that we find anything from one of them which is better worth reading than is found in a portion of an address recent. ay delivered at Minneapolis by President William R. Harper of the University of Chicago. Among other things he said:
 professor abuses his privilege who hakes adNantage of a class room eXercise 10 propagate partisan views of one or another or the political parties. A pro tessor abuses his privilege who in any way seeks to influence his pupils or the pubic by sensational me thods. pro- lessor abuses his privieSe when, all though student and perhaps an author Hty In one department or group of de- partments he undertakes to speak au- tnortauvely on subjects which have no relation to the department in which he Is appointed to give instruction, A pro- 1essor abuses his privilege in many cases when, although shut off in a large measure from the world. and engaged within narrow field of investig3tion ne undertakes to instruct his colleagues or the public concerning matters in the world al large in connection with which
 
 That has the right spirit, and 1t wouId be well if the language used could be very generally read and acted on. The harm done by men with Professor pre- fixed to their names is more general than at first thought might be expecetd. he cause their title and position carries weight which would not attach to other men. Take, for example, Professor of Mathematics in one of our large colleges His whole life may have been devoted to Earning and teaching of that one branch of education. but let him lecture or write on any subject he chooses, wheth- CT it be microbes or deep sea soundings or anything else about which he has had no opportunity to inform himself, and many will be led astray, merely because he has Professor to his name. Thai he is ignorant of his subject will not be appreciated by those who believe him because he is Professor Blank, of some University.
 And we agree thoroughly with Presi- dent Harper that a Professor abuses his privileges when he teaches partisan pol itics. or when, unless he is connected with denominatonal school he teaches religious sectariani=m. In fact. the whole tenor of tn, Professors remarks are eminently sound and timely.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-17
SUNDAY, AUGUST IT, 1902.
DOUBLE GOLDEN SYMBOL.

The American Newspaper Directory uses cer. sain signs to denote the relative standing and merit of the whole field of newspaperdom which comes under its notice. and one of tb.sa sisns Is the mystic symbol [Cl denoting golden which stands for high quality. and is thus explained:
 Advertisers value this paper more for the class and quality of its circulation than for th. mere number of copies printed'
 Such papers are credited with a single sym Dol; but there is a higher grade. according to this standard authority. which have BOTH QUALITY AND QUANTITY, and require the DOUBLE GOLDEN SYMBOL [ev ] to describe adequately their standing
 The Adertiser has been accorded this aoaoie golden symbol co and is the only paper so distinguished in this section of the 9outh.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-17
Consistency in scottsville.

CentreViIIe Press.
 On December 19, 1901. Governor Johnston and associates sold to the Bcssemer Land and Improvement Company the Scotts- vile property in this county for the sum of $30o0o We are informe,5 that the tax books of thls county show that this prop erty has been given in for taxes for seG- craI years at 5000 It will readily be re- called that the cX-GoVcrnor of the State mas been boasting several years how he made the people give in their property at d reasonable figure and vet we find prop ertv in which he is interested is assessed for only about One-teIth its value Con SistencX .thnn art a jewel.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-17
Only A Little Joke.

So MT Hanna Is not going out of poll tics' tt was only 2 little joke of his when h. ~aid he would rather be peace maker than politician. He intends to re- turn statesman all will be forgiven An niston Hot Blast.
 We have noticed that Harna's little He may have his little fun but 1t usually turns out to be at the other fellows eXponse.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-17
Wants to See It.

If cx-Governor Johnston is really trying to refute the figures that contradict his statement that he found the treasury empty and left it full" we would like to see his argument in type.-Demopol!s EX- press.
 Well. if you do see his figures and ar guments you will change your opinion of the old adage that figures cannot lie" He and his campaigners can tangle up the figures in such manner that they will make him out the greatest financier that ever handled other peoples money. Little things like official annual reports of the Auditor and Treasurer don't stand in their way one minute.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-17

Former Governor Johnston, who Is now trying to convince the people of Alabama that he Is the proper man to see the new Constitution properly and fully executed. was on the other side of that question in November 1901 He was one of the speakers in the campaign made in Au- tauga County against the ratification of theConsretution whose appointments were announced in a poster, as will be learned from our Kingston letter published else where, with the following caption:
 Public Speaking by those who favor the Manhood Suffrage of the present Con- stitution and oppose the Property, Edu- cational. Grand Daddy ard Poll Tax Suf. frage of the New Constitution"
 Former Governor Johnston spoke at Prattvllle November 4th, according to announcement and made most violent attack upon the new Constitution, upon the ideas outlined in the poster. Will it be wise or safe to put the execution of the Constitution in the hands of one who so violently opposed it's ratification be- cause of its most vital changes in our organic law?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-17
A LITTLE FUN NOW AND THEN
Bright Paragraphs to Relieve the
 Seriousness of Life.

Ho-IIcro's story of surgeon who ahmputated his own thumb Wonderful, isn't it?
 She-Oh. I don't know
 He-W hat! Just think of his nerve. and th awful pain he must have suffered
 She-But no douht he put himself under the influence of ether st.-Philadelphia Press.
 Mamma tat o'clock in tho ovonlng,- Come, Ethel, it is bedtime. All the little birds hay" gone to sleep in their nttle
 Ethel neNt morning at , o'clock,- Come. mamma, it is time to get m An the little birds are up and the mamma birds, too.-New York News
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-17
Gov. Oates in Prattville.

FTIIIVITIF FTO9FeSs.
 Ex-Gov. William c. Oates addressed an audience of about 200 al the court house in Prattville on Monday evening. His speech was in the interest of Governor Jelks.
 The Governor as usual made one of his logical speeches and for an hour and more the audience paid the closest attention Governor Oates is one of the ablest men and safest counsellors in the State and should some day be in the United States Senate.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-17
Steadily Climbing Upward.

That thS circulation of The Advertiser IS steadily climbing upward is demonstrated by the appended sworn statement covering the daiiy and Sunday issues, for the month or July. jus. past.
 The daily and Sunday average, as indicated below, for the dullest of the dull Summer nt nths, Is remarkable, in that i. is considerably aoove the figures for the best nonths of the past Winter, when business in all lines is much better than in Summer.
 The Advertisers circulation is steadily in- creasins. This Winter hope to show at least lS,o0o daily and 900 Sunday sub scribers and the prospects particularly bright.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-17
Been in the Business.

EUIAUTA JOuTndI
 When Gov. Joseph F. sees the articles his Birmingham organ prints about the under the present Constitution, he possi- bly, recalls that he has been in that line of business himself. He once rewarded number of friendS by making them coal oil inspectors under a law approved by him. which was so plainly unconstitution- al that everybody wondered how it could have ever passed the scrutiny of a Gov ernor so bent on keeping down the num- her of office holders.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-17

tion he has had. but it now appears that he was "studyin some devlment" all the time. and is going to carry his case to the courts. instead of patiently sub mitting to the Presidents action in re- tiring him That's where Jake fooled 'em.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-17
A GREAT INVENTION.

Among all the devices for saving time
 and labor for which the late century Is
 entitled to credit none is more remark
 able than the type writer. People who are yet young saw the first ones, for it of a century since the first successful machines c.me into use in this country.
 The many advantages of such d ma chine were at once appreciated. and 1t was a success from the beginning. Like the sewing machine. the earliest type writers were necessarily crude and imper- feet, but the possibilities of the inven- ton were so numerous, and the need of such a machine so apparent that it Ia not at all strange that the improvements have been so many and the advance to perfection so rapid
 It is not to be wondered Ut, when we consider all that one of these machines will do. and the way it wi dp it's work that they are so largely taking the place of the pen and the pencil. Not only can a skillful operator do the work of sev- eral handwriters, but with d good ma chine and an operator who ua a;arstands 1t the work is so much ! = that it is fast supcrceding the old <, of writ ing. hence it is not surprising t;Iat their sales run up into the mili IS This ex- tract from a recent articl- il The New York Commercial will give an idea of the present demand and of the difficulty of keeping up with that demand:
 Not only Is the domestic demand over- whelming, but the call for American ma chimes from abroad is enormous and con- stantly increasing. One of the leading mIanufacturerS announces that, w:lle it has been making weekly 800 machines for shipment abroad, the demand has be- come so great that he will be obliged to enlarge his plant in order to meet 1t. and that it is now 5000 machines behind in the fulfillment of its contracts. This is the record of only one manufacturer and it is said to be representative of the condition of all the large firms engaged in the business.
 If one manufacturer, turning out 26,ooO machines annually for shipment abroad. Is now 5000 machines behind his orders. some estimate can be formed of the annual output. and when we consider the fact that there are scores of manu- lecturers in the United States, and that they are also made in England, France. Germany and other old world States we can faintly estimate the almost uni versatility of the machine in all depart ments of life.
 One of the singular facts in connection with typewriters is the price, and the way the price keeps up. True. a ma chine that will write can be had for $10 or SIP but it Is also true that many of them sell for s1oo each, and that about half the last figure would probably be a fair average for the retail market. Any man who knows something of man. ufacturing at the present time, and of the cheapnsss of mach ne labor, knows that it is not worth $50 to make a plain but first-class typewriter, but as long as the demand exceeds the supply it is nat lral for the prices to keep up. But from any point we look at it the popularity | and spread of the machine Is wonderful. |
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-17
THE JELKS CLUB.

Col. W. B. Jones Suggested for
 President.
 Editor The Advertiser:
 When the citizens meet Monday even ing to organize the Jelks Campaign Club 1t is important that a man nf influence and man whose sole interest is in the success of the club should be named for president. Such a man Is Captain w. B. Jones. It is only necessary to suggest his name to have his election unanimous.
 Voter
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-17
AMONG THE BRETHREN.
Short Talks With the Editors Who
 Make Alabama Newspapers.
Ready to Dodge.

The Lowndes News is evide ently getting little dodgy, and thus protests:
 If for no other reason, for the joy Of himself" don't let Joey vindcate himself At us again.
 Well. we are of the opinion that he will get such a vindication this time as will setisfy even his incrdinate ambition. and that he will spend the rest of his natural life wondering what struck him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-17
An Honest Confession.

The little King of Spain is making him. self a reputation as q had hoy and a lit !'e fool. but most of us are fools when young and find 1t difficult to get rid of the ailment.-I3irmingham Ledger.
 Glad to see an esteemed contemporary so willing to make a personal confession!
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-17

To endorse Governor Jelks for a second term would be in accord with Democratic precedent To nominate ex-Governor Johnston for third term would be a dis regard of Democratic precedent.-Bir- mlngham News.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-17

A Colorado paper wonders if the coun- try will ever see cheap meat again, in view of recent prices. If the people will educate themselves to eat less meat they can effect a material reduction in prices, and will find themselves none the worse for if
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-17

new method of making wood freproof has been invented but We suppose it will go like all the others. The trouble seems to be that structures made of fireproof material always burn down before they can be fairly tested.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-17

When Johnston turned back and re- fused to give the people relief from ne- gro suffrage he forfeited all claims he might have had upon the white mon If Alabama, and they will bury him so deep on the 25th inst. that the hoWls of Bow man can'L arouse him.-Wintieid Demo- Clat.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-17

The Jelks meeting in Temperance Hall last night was notable not only because of the excellence of the addresses of Hon. Eli Shorter and Hon. J. T. Hefin but because of the large attendance of Jelks supporters. The audience was thor oughly in sympathy with the speakers and in this respect. as well as in size. was in marked contrast with the audience that listened to MT. Waller ln the same hall three weeks aso.-MoHtie Register,