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The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-08-02
KoLB FOR JELKs.
He Writes a Very Plain Letter on
the Subject.

the Subject.
The following letter has been made
public:
Birmingham, Ala. July 80, 1902.
Governor w. d. Jelks. Montgomery, Ala:
My Lear Sir-I am in receipt of your
favor of recent date and in reply beg to
state that in the coming primary | will
cheerfully give you my support and in
fluence for the nomination for Governor.
Having known YOU intimately from your
young manhood am fully. impressed
with the fact that you art eminently
qualified for the high office you hold and
your election would be for the hest inter-
est OF the State and all classes Of our
people Your opponent, eX Governor
Johnston is posing as great reformer.
He is not sincere and ! trust will fail in
his efforts to deceive the people He is
the last man in this State who my thou
sands of friends should support, for any
office. We can never forget the mean and
dirty things he did and said against us
during the campaign of 1892 and a. He
is not honest or sincere.
Very truly yours.
R. F. KOlb
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-08-02
CHECK FOR A THOUSAND.
Worthington Shows His Determine
ton to Use Franchise.

Tuscumhia, August 1.-(speciaD-
o. o:, G, simpson of this city yesterday re
Worthington binding the contract for a
system of water works and electric light
plant for Tuscumbla. the franchise for
which was recently granted Mr.. Worth
ington. The light and water privileges
at Sheffield are owned by Mr.. Worthing-
ton, and it is understood to he his pur-
pose to consolidate the plants for the
two cities and furnish Tuscumbia from
his plant at Sheffield. His option would
have expired today and his check was
given as an evidence of good faith and
determination to make goood his fran
chise.
j. T. Grass. who received a franchise
from the city to operate an electric street
railway through the streets of Tuscum-
bia, at the same time Worthington was
granted his privilege, has not been heard
from, but it is understood that he is in
communication with the Southern Rail
way officials at Washington. looking
to the use of the railroad bridge at Flor
ence across the Tennessee River over
which it is his desire to operate electric
cars.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-08-02

Ex-Governor Johnston thinks that he
heard Alabama calling upon him to take
her executive mansion again, but the
general impression in that State seems to
be that the individual old vox populi Is
hailing has a name something like Jelks.
Atlanta Journal
He is very much in the condition Of the
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-08-02

old negro who heard jackass bray and
imagined 1t was the Lord calling him TO
preach de word" The voice the ex-
Governor heard was not the voice of the
Alabama Democracy
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-08-02

Our Joseph. like he of old, has a coat
of many colors, but the exhibition of it
will not fool the Democrats as the other
one fooled Jacob. We know our Joseph
Is not dead-yet.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-08-02

Governor Johnston has thirteen news
paper editors backing him, We defy
benson to prove that Johnston bought
them with a drink, or any one of them
Mobile Register.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-08-02

A contemporary wonders il Colonel Den
son meant anything by his attack on the
press, but it is not what he meant. but
what eeffct his words had is what Is
hurting his chief. -
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-08-02

Offer them a drink and they are
yours?" This insult to the press will be
remembered, and 1t will be hurled back
at certain politician every time he asks
the people for a job.-Troy Messenger.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-08-02

Johnston asks vindication because
Democrats mashed his toe two years ago.
Twenty years hence he will probably be
a candidate because the people gave him
political paralysis in 1902-Moble Her
aid.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-08-02

The dose that the sovereign people of
Alabama will administer former Governor
Johnston on August 25th will be about
the largest one he has yet had to swal-
low.-Luverne journal.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-08-02

Governor Jelks should have a full term
as Governor Democratic precedent de-
mand this. Besides this he has given the
State clean administration Il nd no fault
can be found of him.-Tusc unlbia Dis
patch
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-08-02

We believe that Captain Billy Of skillet
fame, was once a newspaper man. Per.
haps the full knowledge he possesses con.
sists wholly of his own personal expert.
ence.-Ashville Aegis
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-08-02

Allie Hilburn, a we'll known young man
of this city, aged 20 years. died last even
ing at the home of his uncle, Mr.. j. b.
Morton, after a long and painful Illness
The father of the deceased died in Chat
tanooga three weeks ago and his son
was too i'll to attend the fathers funeral
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-08-02

Spiders are met with in the forests of
Java whose webs are so strong that II
requires a knife to cut through them. We
are told
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-08-02

When Governor Johnston complains be-
cause the new Constitution requires the
payment of a poll tax by those between
q and IS years of age as prerequisite
to voting, he forgets that he recomme nd
ed just such a law in one of his mes
sages to the Legislature. If the gentle
man from Jefferson is not more careful
he will soon be without a single plank to
stand upon. He must feel the earth slip
ping away already. Huntsville Mercury.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-08-02

Governor Johnston may be excused for
running for office-political ambition is
not crime-but he cannot be pardoned
IL he allows his friends to make such
speeches as that Of Colonel benson with
out instant disciaimer-Ft Payne Jour
nal
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-08-02

The American girls whose paintings are
exhibited in : iris salons this year have
interested the art cepters of the world.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-08-02
administrators Notice.

Notice is hereby given that letters Of ad-
ministration on the estate Of Mary Tullis, de
ceased, were granted to the undersigned oY
erv County Alabama. on the 9th day Of July.
1902 All parties indebted to said estate viii
settle the same with me and all parties nav
ing claims against said estate VIII present
the same within the time allowed by law or
the same will be barred. ar,~,.ee
Administrator of the estate of Mary Tuilis.
deceased, So %
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-08-02
AS THE CAMPAIGN GOES.
Opinions and Predictions OF the Ala
bama Dailies.

Richard Fl. Clarke is a man that Gov
ernor Johnston does not care to meet on
the stump neither does any of his fol-
Iowers.-Age-Herald
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-08-02

Governor Jelks is a safe man, a man
of law and order. fair primaries, honest
elections and the Constitution which
stands for these sadly needed reforms.
He has been Governor long enough to
energy and ability to the interests of
Alabama as her chief executive, and will
not use the people and his office as
stepping stone to the qualification of his
personal ambitions BY the unwritten
law of precedence. by his own clean rec
ord. and hv an administration that re-
fleets credit upon himself as well as his
native State which he loves. he is entitled
no personal grievance no vindication
pleas, no excuses to offer for his atti-
tude towards the organic law Of the
State.-Birmingham News.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-08-02

General Harrison in the course OF his
speech at Opelika read the following let
ter:
Montgomery, Ala, July a. 1902
Dear General-I am obliged for your let
Ger. The attempt to put me in the atti-
tude of desiring to overthrow the Con-
stitution is absurd. favor carrying out
its provisions in good faith and giving
1t fair trial and so shaping legislation
Nnder 1t as to make II most acceptable;
and should it prove as good as its friends
claim, 1t will crafty me; and wherever
1t proves defective, 1 shall favor submit
ting amendments to the white men of
Alabama for their judgment and ap-
proval. Yours truly.
(Signed.) Joseph +. Johnston.
General Geo. p. Harrison,
Opelika, Ala
And throughout this alleged letter OF
endorsement there runs a spirit of doubt
and distrust of the new constitution. His
proposed way of dealing with 1t is not
that of open and avowed friendship. but
Of doubt and uncertainty and predeter-
mination to seek to change and amend it..
Here in this city on the night of the
day the above letter bears date he de-
uberately declared that the constitution
had been fradulently counted in by the
black belt. That sounds very much like
The spirit of friendship.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-08-02

What has he done is the question ?-Eu-
faula Times
He has successfully managed his own
affairs and acquired competency. He
has brought to the service of the State
the clear headed, practical Judgment and
sagacity which are essential to the man
agement of public and private business
alike. He is no shouter and no dema-
gogue, but has the capacity to make
prudent and efficient Governors fact
which the people recognize and which
will be. shown by their votes.-Eufaula
Journal.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-08-02
WITH THE wEEKLIEs.
What They Have to Say About the
CAMPAIGN.

Johnston Democrats are mighty few
and scattering in this neck o. the woods
Shelby Sentinel.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-08-02


Johnston organs are feeding their read
ers on:
A well posted gentleman from Mont
gomery, who is not taking stock for either
Johnston or Jelks In this campaign, said
to us the other day. that with fair race
between the two men Johnston will win
by a large majority. He further re-
marked that the Jelks people were badly
scared already, and would put every
man available on the stump for their can
didate.
The Banners informant may be we'll
posted on duck eggs or gopher holes. but
his political information needs repairing.
That the Jelks people" are scared. badly
or otherwise, would be good news to
Johnston's friends. but none of them are
so simple as to feel that way, unless
their only source of information Is such
papers as The Banner. We suspect that
well posted gentleman" was feeding The
Banner man on hot air.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-08-02

Mr.. Johnston will not find Lamar Coun-
ty so warm as 1t was in the ratification
OF the new Constitution. The people have
what they want, and he can't convince
them observation-disclosures Democrat.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-08-02

Governor Johnston may be excused for
running for office-political ambition is
not crime-but he cannot be pardoned
IL he allows his friends to make such
out instant disciaimer.-Ft Payne Jour
nal.
Mr.. Johnston will not find Lamar Coun-
of the new Constitution. The people have
what they want and he can't convince
them observation-disclosures Democrat.
The "red-headed rooster of Jefferson"
is up against 1t. Jelks will pluck his tail
feathers and Johnston will look like he
had been through a thrashing machine
by August 25th.-Pine Belt News.
1t is surprising to find so many level
he AIDED voters in Bib County who were
formerly for Johnston, but who have de-
serted him In this campaign. They give
many good reasons for their change and
these reasons do them credit.-Centreville
Press.
The people will not be deceived. Cap
tain Johnston has fooled them for the
last time, and he is now going down into
him. Jacob may disguise his hand, but
his voice is too we'll known to be mis-
taken The deception and fraud must
be exposed-Lawrence County News.
The people Of this State understand
Joe Johnston and will defeat him three
to one on August 25th and elect VIM. d.
jerks, who has shown himself able, hon
est mad well qualified to discharge the du-
ties of the Office. He is the friend of
the new Constitution. Johnston Is its de-
clared enemy.-Sumter Sun.
Some of the Johnston papers and Pop
ulist sheets are laboriously laboring in
ffotr nnf 60 at Hn ntNy ffxra
Committees to let down the bars. so the
Populists can nominate Johnston and
the weakest men in the party, and then
the Populsts will nominate strong
ticket and win. This is an old game that
has been tried before. AS for Etowah
the bars are up and will remain up
Gadsden Times-News.
Bowman and benson have both cham
piOned the cause of Johnston. Bowman
has been dead so long politically that the
flesh cleaveth from the bone in his effort
to resurrect himself, and the effiuvia from
Denson's political carcass stlnketh be-
yond bearance. The decomposition of
Johnston himself was a sufficient stencil
to put upon the people.-Marion Stand
ard.
A gentleman who was at Midland City
last Saturday afternoon informed a Star
reporter that there was a crowd of TWEEN
ty-two men present and vote was taken
for Governor. The result was twenty
for Jelks and two for Johnston, and he
said further that so far as his informa-
ton extended that about the same ratio
would prevail In the entire beat.-Ozark
Star.
The BeacorA favors the nomination of
w. d. Jelks for Governor and c. E. Wal
Ter for Lieutenant Governor. 1t believes
that Johnston Is less entitled than any
public man in the State to the political
support of Democrats, because he fought
for personal ends the Constitution which
was made to open the way for political
freedom and white rule. 1t believes that
three terms more than Johnston ought to
haVe.-Greensboro Beacon.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-08-02

The "red-headed rooster of Jefferson
is up against 1t. Jelks will pluck his tail
feathers and Johnston will look like he
had been through a thrashing machine
by August 25th.-Pine Belt News
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-08-02

The following, from The Marshall Ban
ner, is a fair specimen Of what the
Johnston organs are feeding their read
ers on:
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-08-02

General Harrison in the course Of his
speech at opelika read the following let
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-08-02

1t is surprising to find so many level
he aided voters in Bibb County who were
formerly for Johnston, but who have de-
many good reasons for their change and
these reasons do them credit.-Centreville
Press
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-08-02

The people will not be deceived. Cap
tain Johnston has fooled them for the
last time, and he is now going down into
oblivion as fast as his legs can carry
him. Jacob may disguise his hand, but
his voice is too we'll known to be mis-
taken. The deception and fraud must
be exposed.-Lawrence County News
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-08-02

The people of this State understand
to one on August 18th and elect VIM. D.
Jelks, who has shown himself able, hon
est mad well qualified to discharge the du-
ties of the Office. He is the friend of
the new Constitution. Johnston Is Its de-
clared enemy.-Sumter Sun.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-08-02

The Chattanooga Times keeps one eye
on Alabama politics and thus sizes up the
efforts of Johnston to work himself into
the Senate:
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-02-21
WISE WORDS.

Shallow waters flow with vexcG cur
rents.
The homes Of a nation are the ba-
rometer OF its life.
We must answer for our riches, but
our riches cannot answer for US.
We put a price upon riches, but
riches cannot put price upon us.
The gem of truth bears all tests with
out diminished lustre or clearness.
The meanest use for money is to
make it cover a multitude of sins.
1t is a great deal better to cheer one
man than to be cheered by a thousand.
Better a pair of clean bare hands
than the most expensive soiled white
gloves.
Call another n fool and you are the
fool; call yourself fool and you be-
gin to be wise.
Goodness outranks goods. A burst
ing barn and a goddess heart proclaim
a fool without hope.
No lot in life is small enough to stunt
soul. Lowly circumstances are no
bar to high thoughts
IT'S a sad thing when a man can
have no comfort but in diversions, no
joy but in forgetting himself.
When two hearts cease to beat as
one, it will not be long until the own
ers will want to beat each other.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-02-21

A colonel, on his tour Of inspection,
unexpectedly entered the drill room,
when he came across a couple of SOL
diers, one Of them reading a letter
aloud, while the other was listening,
and, at the same time, stopping up the
ears Of the reader.
What are you doing there?" the
puzzled officer inquired OF the former
You see, colonel I'm reading to At
kins, who can't read himself, a letter
which has arrived by this afternoons
post from his sweetheart"
And you, Atkins, what in the world
are you doing?"
Please, colonel, am stopping up
Murphy's ears with both hands. be-
cause l don't mind his reading my
sweethearts letter. but I don't want
him to hear n single word Of what
she has written. "-Tlt-Bits
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-02-21
Oostliest Thinnb,le on RECORD.

Think Of it, thimble which cost
$4,000 in American money! And
think of husband who presents his
wife with such a gift! 1t belongs to
the Queen Of Siam.
Thimbles were not in use in Siam
until comparatively recent date. The
King seeing that English and Amer
lean women visiting his court used
thimbles, had one made for his wife.
The thimble is of gold, enriched with
precious stones. 1t is shaped like a
partially opened lotus flower, each
petal bearing the interlaced initials OF
the sovereign and his wife in anne
thysts, rubies, emeralds and topazes.
Around the rim of the thimble can
be read the date of the marriage of
the royal pair according to the Siamese
and European calendars, each number
and each letter being of alternate dia-
monds and pearls.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-02-21

+ was not long ago that a Chicago
woman caused comment some
meuiment and a great deal of
serious thought by advertising that
she would give $1,000 to any business
man who could within n stated fine
prove to her satisfaction that no had
Deen always and in every least detall
OF his business transactions scrupu-
lousy honest The money. it Is be-
heYed' is still In the hands Of the
woman who made the offer. This
does not go to show that Chicago
business men are less honest than those
driving bargains elsewhere. but those
VINO followed the course OF things Mt
the time that the competition for the
$1,000 was at its height came to the
conclusion that the woman believed
That there was a difference between
commercial honesty and personal hon.
esty and, rs a matter Of fact, not a
few came to look ON the thing in the
Same light.
All this is apropos of the story Of
commercial transaction which went
through in Chicago the other day and
where a big Southwestern business
nan lost one Of the chances Of his life
because he had not hewed straight
10 the line Of personal honesty. 1t is
sSoubtful also II anyone would be will
ng-to stretch the limits Of commercial
integrity sufficiently to include his
ase.
Twelve years ago a Chicago whole
sale grocery firm, one of the largest
a the world, received an order from
he Southwest for 400 bags Of sugar,
O0 pounds to the bag. The merchant
pho ordered the sugar is for present
purposes named John Fox. The firm
bat sent the sugar was Wade, Scales
Co.
John Fox had many dealings with
Fade, Scales & Co. prior to his sugar
fder, and after it as well, until short
me ago. Fox was, and is, a success
~ business man. He is RICH but there
to-day one fly in the commercial
ntment Fox has moved his great
Establishment into Chicago but he is
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-02-21

. occupying the big quarters in the
z business district that he had
lked out for himself. Instead Of
nty Of light. air, room, elevator SER
e and the other things that he had
pected to acquire, he is in cramped
arters and is making less money by
lrge amount each day than he would
making if he could have secured the
Ice for a business home that he had
his heart on.
ne day recently a man with a SOM
ro on strolled into. the Office Of
de, Scales SEQ To the first man
met he said: 81 want to see the
S. 1 have something of Importance
ak about"
VIII you send in your name?" asked
grocery employe.
|he visitor took the blank slip of
er offered him and wrote this on
AIr. Nobody, from Nowhere. This
ny name until after our CONVERSE
Five that to the boss" he said, "aEd
him I think he'll he glad to see
and that if he talks right I'll give
my right name and where I came
h."
iriosity more than anything else
THE staid and digni6ed Mr.. Wade
How this unconventional visitor a
nee to get into his private office.
E there Mr.. Nobody said: IF III
" you where there is $500 due this
and easily collectable, a $500
you know nothing about, what
the information be worth to meY'
don't see how It's possible" said
Wade, chat even with cur great
Iness there could be that large
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-02-21
THe be - m - lcr.
Gigantic visago THAT Startled q Sailor o.,
Norwegian Steamer.

F
Norwegian Steamer.
4 real but gigantic Santa Claus Is
coming down from the frozen North.
according TO reports brought IN by
the Norwegian steamer Dfotuing
Sophia. on the blotter at the Mari
time Exchange the vessels report
-Four icebergs passed six miles north
northeast from Cape So. Francis
seemed but little out OF the ordinary.
but an interview with the Captain
brought to light a most curious freak
Of Nature.
The ship, with her cargo OF iron ore
for this port passed the four bprgs
when two days out from Wabana. n.
II. But little attention was paid to
them until the ship was just abreast
Of the largest one. A cry from one Of
the crew on watch attracted all hands.
Captain Nordahl at first thought what
he saw was an optical Illusion, but lev
eled his glasses, and then ordered the
course Of the ship changed.
Inc DloItlhg sophia sailed around
the end Of the berg, and all members
Of the crew saw at close range the
gigantic head Of a man in profile as
clearly defined in the ice rs though
chiseled by a sculptor The forehead
was at the very top, depresslons gave
the appearance Of eyes. the nose was
clear cut, and the bottom OF the berg,
scanned by tiny riyulets Of melting
ice, had every resemblance to long,
flowing beard tapering off into the
water The iceberg was over 200
feet high, and was evidently aground
in about ninety fathoms of water.
The face and head, said Captain
Nordahl, bore great resemblance to
the familiar Santa Claus philadelphia
North American.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-02-21
nonnInln Letter Cnrricrs.

Letter carriers were sent out from
the Honolulu postoffice on August IA
for the first time in the history of the
islands, though actual free delivery of
mail was not then begun. The letter
carriers were sent out TO familiarize
themselves with the streets and house
numbering TO apprlse householders Of
the beginning of the free delivery sys-
TEN, anG to secure a practically CON-
plete mail census Of the clty.-Pitts-
burg Chronicle-Telegraph.