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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-01
IMPORTANT INFORMATION.

Let the enthusiastic Rooseveltians pre- pare to throw boquets. eclats and various other specimens of bric-a-brac at the en- tire Presidential family in view O., the following highly important special to The New York Herald:
 Stove wood was produced about twice as fast as usual at Sagamore Hill today, for Mrs Roosevelt shouldered an axe and joined the President in a tree trimming expedition. Mrs. Roosevelt did not fell any trees Both she and tn the tPs President r6et limbs and branches of recently relied monarch of the Sagamore Hill forest.
 cord lengths were piieI up to be later re- duced to stove lengths for the kitchen fire. Later in the day the President. with Mrs. Roosevelt. played several games Of cro- quet on the court near the barn.
 Now let the tom-tom beat and the hew- gog. which is only to be sounded on oc- casions of special jubilation. send forth its mightiest blare of triumph. What are the wars of nations. the upheavals of na- ture, the orbit of the comet or the desti- nies of humanity to this momentous, Union-stirring bit of exclusive news? Not even the report of ball game can meas ure up with this important special from the sacred precincts of Oyster Bay.
 But we submit that the information contained in the above special is tantaliz- ingly meager. There are some questions that must be answered before the world can breathe naturally. Did the august woodman spit on his hands before begin ming operations? Did he grunt when he hit hard lick? Did he swear when his axe struck knot? Did he slt straddle of the log and wipe his face with red cotton handkerchief? How was Mrs. Roosevelt dressed? What was the weight of the axe, and who made it?. If it was imported, who paid the tariff? How many misses and how many base hits d!d she make while cutting off the first limb? Which scored first? How big was the tree and what kind was 1t?
 These and various other important ques- tions, which will suggest themselves to the intelligent reader, should be answered, specifically. categoricalIy and instantan- eously, because much depends on getting the information. It should also be stated, If there Is any of this monarch 0f Saga more Hill" left. because. If there is, an army of relic hunters will swoop down on that fallen wonder They will come as '"The Assyrians came down like q wolf on the fold" and that tree will disappear forever. Chips will be set into plaques bearing the inscription, This comes from the tree that MT. and Mrs. President Topped" for the admiration of future generations. splinters of it will be set into pins and brooches, and some fortu- nate individual may get chunk big enough for a rocking horse for some fu- ture namesake of the tree-cutter. who will be the envy of all his less fortunate companions.
 o tempora! O Mores! Oh. thunder!
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-01
The Iowa Phantom.

Detroit Free Press.
 Aside from it's merely political and in dustrial significance the Iowa idea is not devoid of metaphysical suggestion.
 Idea is a Greek word, meaning some thing seen. Nothing. we are assured, Is plainer than the Iowa Idea, provided you know in advance which shell the pea is under
 Some believe there is room for honest difference of opinion as to the Iowa Idea. while others have no time for it. Thus the question of the ideality of space and time is affected
 While it is far from being established that ideas have materiality, it is worth noting, in this connection, that the Iowa Idea is being lodged behind, and that it is likely to be used as a stalking horse in some sections.
 Certain of the ancients were fond of calling an idea a phantom. The Iowa Idea. curiously enough, doesn't stand a ghost of a show.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-01
Rapinning Irrigation.

New York World.
 An event of more than common im- portance will be the beginning of work upon the Tonto storage reservoir in Ari- zona. the first great enterprise under the new irrigation law.
 The Salt River Valley has been chosen by the government engineers as mos favorable for the inauguration of the new system The land to be irrigated is all in private ownership. Liens are executed covering every acre to be benefited, and the association of land owners which is formed to facilitate the work agrees to repay the construction cost with interest within ten years.
 Not only does the storage reservoir water by gravity all the lands below it, but the fall at the dam is to furnish power to pump water to higher lands, until now practically valueless. As the money expended upon the lands of private owners is to be refunded. and as the irri- gation of public lands will enhance their value, the process of restoring the fer tility of arid America will go forward with automatically increasing celerity and the dry Southwest will thus in time { be one great garden teeminS with pros porous people.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-01
A Great Boom Ahead.

Boston Advertiser.
 It looks as If the next six months would see still another impetus in the great wave of prosperity which is sweeping over the United States. The wheSt crop will be in the neighborhood of IGu,000U UOJ bushels. The cotton crop may be 1.000 0OO bales. or over 80 per cent. of the world. s output. The corn crop will be tremend- ous one perhaps 2,500, ,0000 GOO bushels. The output of manufactures. now that labor troubles are pretty well strengthened out, will foot up to $l5.0O0 OO0,OOO. The mineral output will go over $1 400, ,0O0. GOO.
 Yet. over in Wall Stret, the past week stocks have been flung upon the market recklessly, as if something terrible had happened Because some big speculators got beyond their depths and tried to re- alize in few days on. what they had been buying for good many months, the small fry got frightened and ''un- loaded" too, They unloaded their good stuff as well as their bad stuff. And the only net result, outside few insolven- cies, Is to prove what little place wall Street is after all
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-01
MIR. MURPHY's SPEECH.
Editorial Comment of The Boston
 Herald.

41CA aA0s
 At the recent meeting of the National Eddcs tional Associati tion at Boston, Mass, one of the general sessions was devoted to the consideration of Southern Educd- tion. One of three speakers was MT. Ed gar Gardner Murphy of this city. While MT. Murphy made a frank statement of facts as to illiteracy. both white and black, he dwelt at length upon the causes appreciation and sympathy of the pecu- liar difficulties which have been thrust upon the South. The speaker also dWelt at length upon the absolute necessity for tho separation of the races in the public schools. contending that the custom of the South in this matter is to the advant- age of all concerned.
 President Eliot of Harvard and many other educators of New England, stated that Mr. Murphy's argument on this point was essentially sound. The Boston Her aid of July 27th contains an editorial upon the speech, beginning in these words:
 If the late session of the National Ed ucational Convention in this city, Wh!ch gave occasion for hundreds Of able and instructive addresses, had been the oc- casion of but one, that by Edgar Gard ner Murphy of Montgomery, Ala. execu- tive secretary of the Southern Education Board, We are almost prepared to say that all its cost and labor would have been justified, provided his wise and cIo- quent words could be brought to the at tention of serious minded and lntelligSnl men and women all over the country We arc glad to know that the address Is al ready published in pamphlet. We hope that 1t may have wide circulation: II would be money we'll devoted if a fund were established to promote its distri, button. The South needs it because oi it's just and brilliant appreciation of the democratic State. The North needs 1t be- cause of it's clear, grave, rational, hope ful exposition of the public school prob
 The address has been printed for circu- lation and copies may be obtained with out charge by addressing the Executive Secretary, P. 0. Box 347, Montgomery
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-01
IT IS NO NEW THINo.

We are not infrequentiy amused by reading In newspapers expressions of re. gret that public men in these days are subjected to so much abuse, coupled with the wish that we could go back to the prominent men were not subject to abu- sive criticism.
 This all sounds nice. but the premises are wrong, for no such good luck attend ed the early statesmen. Some of the most prominent among them were villi- fled and vituperated as bitterly as are those of the present. Washington Is more universally venerated than any other public man connected with our early hls- tory. and certainly he did not escape the tongue of islander. Party spirit aged as hotiy and partisanship was as bitter then as it is in these later days. and we've no doubt that if there had been such news paper cartoonists then as there are now hIs life would have been made almost un- endurable.
 Even while the war of the Revolution was going on. and when Washington needed all the moral and material aid that the colonies could give him. he had to contend against bitter opposition and jealousy both in the army and in Con- gross. Men who were real patriots like Roger sherman. John Adams. Richard Henry Lee and others of equal promi- ncnce fought him bitterly at different times and really hindered his patriotic ef- forts to establish free government. Adams at one time declared. Washington is a dolt,' and q grandson of old Benjamin Franklin. publishing one of the few news papers of the period said: If ever a na- tion has been dcbauched by a man. the American nation has been debauchcd by Washington" It has always seemed al- most miracle that Washington possessed the constancy and courage to persevere, both as General and President. in spite of all the contumely heaped on him. So high did opposition to him run that for a long time the party of Jefferson fought and prevented any celebration of Wash ington's birthday.
 If Washington himself could not escape the shafts of calumny. 1t is not to be sup posed that other prominent men fared | any better. Jefferson and Adams. Burr | and Hamilton, and all others who were prominent in forming and nursing the in- 1 fant nation were as bitterly al.-- unspar- | ingly abused as are any of the public men of the present. There is too much of that sort of thing now. but 1t is not new.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-01
coosA COUNTY OPINION.

The Advertiser has a number of clip pings from the State press expressing approval of Judge Jones's conduct in the peonage trials. It has not printed them, because 1t was not necessary, at this time at least. Besides our people are tired of peonage, and wish to resume business. if only the agitators will cease to call forth discussion by refraining from attacks which the overwhelming public sentiment condemns. ..--,.
 The Advertiser reproduces the following from The Coosa County Democrat. be- cause it speaks the opinion of the people in the community where the evil had root, and shows that there as elsewhere, there is nothing but commendation for the course Judge Jones has pursued. The Democrat says:
 Judge Jones has not only saved the hon. or of the State, but has given satisfaction to the parties tried before him for reon- age. Those indicted now praise Jones for his honesty. kindness and for manhood. The one man stood between all the viola tors of law and their sympathizers. took their unjust abuse rather than for his State to go on record as an outlaw com of every citizen of the State. It Is to such characters as T. G. Jones that we must look for safety when great ques- tions confront us. The demagogue, small bore politician and the weak official all give way to the clamor of the near-sight- ed. and allow truth and great principles to trail in the dust and besmirc.. our citi- zenship. By such we all suffer together; but such men as Jones, like all truly great men. stand firm and suffer for the | rights of their prosecutors. After the storm blows over and the mist is re- moved and the people begin to think so- berly then it is that men like Jones stand out in their true light. His position in the peonage business saved Alabama from the most crushing shame, and at same tune he has shown the parties tried before him that his object was not to humilate and to punish the criminal, but to stop crime.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-01
Easy Job.
GoSy SOh New York Tribune.

NeW OTK IIIUUIIt'
 ITO run a newspaper" says an Okla homa editor, "all fellow has to do is to be able to write poems, discuss the tariff and money question, umpire baseball game, report a wedding, saw wood. describe a fire so that the readers will shed their wraps, make dollar do the work of ten. shine at a dance, measure calico, abuse the liquor habit, test whis- key, subscribe to charity. go without meals, attack free silver, defend btme- tallism, sheer at snobbery, wear diamonds appraise babies. delight pumpkin raisers, minister to the afflicted, heal the dis gruntled, fight to a finish, set type, mold opinions sweep the office. speak at prayer meetings. stand in with everybody and everything"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-01
As TO THIRD TERM.
The Nonsense Knocked Out of the
 Objections to It.

St. Paul Dispatch. Mir. Cleveland's third term seems SUI litical situation. It strikes contempo- rary who has lived through three Cleve- land campaigns as somewhat amusing, the soberness with which this candidacy Is received, the solemnity with which MT: Cleveland is advised that the Father or his Country never considered th.rd term that. indeed. when such Lupercalain an non ha refused George Washington IS held up for Grover Clevelands imitation. Like entangling alliances, the third term IS decided according to the oplhlon oI the
 Yet MT. Cleveland has run the cam, paign gauntlet three times already, ana he has such illustrious predecessors as Martin Van Buren and Andrew Jackson. all of them honorable Democrats Ana one distinguished Republican-Generai C; s. Grant-would not have scorned third nomination if the Garfield dark horse had not proved so swift a steed. Jackson and Cleveland, in fact have each been elected three times to the Presidency Of the United States-if. of course, ours was truly a popular and not representative government. Jackson was elected in laSi with an electoral vote of 99. against the Si for John Quincy Adams; but with Clay of Kentucky and Crawford of Georgia to break the Solid South. he failed in getting majority of the electoral vote. and the House seated Adams in the presidential chair. By popular vote he won out py
 
 to 157 900 in 1892. This gathering of mo- mentum doubtless gives apocryphal color to the story that in the mountains Of Tennessee and North Carolina they are voting for "Ginneral Jackson" yet.
 Cleveland presents a similar case or having increased his popular plurality in three successive elections from 3,005 in 1884 to 99,5z4 in 1888 and SS0. .960 in 1892. r.. electoral vote of the middle contest did not answer to the popularity of MT. Cleve- land, Harrison getting 233 to Cleveland 16s, whereas in the second struggle be- tween them Harrison won 145 electoral votes, while Cleveland carried off N7. ~~
 It Is evidently then permitted a man to be thrice elected President of the United States. but he must not be three times President. The fates will. without doubt, take care of this. and man ma. : cease his worrying and, If it seems good to MT. Clevcland-and to the Democratic Party--he may be permitted to make the run for the fourth time. His third plu- rality fell trfle short of 100000. Mckin- ley's pluralities over Bryan both ran near the million mark, so that there is a pos sibility of Cleveland making 50O,000 plu- rallty and yet losing the confirmation of the electoral college. If this be comfort. we would make the most of it should 1901 present the phenomenon of fourth nom- ination.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-01
ALABAMA's RECORD.
Criminals Promptly Arrested, Tried
 and Punished.
Chicago Tribune.

Chicago Tribune.
 Four negroes have been hanged in Ala bama, three for murder and one for high way robbery, since January l. Tomorrow three more will be hanged in Birmingham for murder. A week from Friday another trio of negro murderers will be hanged in the same county, making a total of ten There has been but one negro iynched in Alabama this year. The IRason is sc apparent that he who runs may read Criminals are promptly arrested, promptly tried, and promptly punished in that State. And yet Alabama used to be one of the worst of the lynching mob States
 (The Tribune overlooked the two hang ings that took place here yesterday Eidtor The Advertiser)
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-01

Dawes Indian Commission. without cause or explanation. he aroused the fighting blood in the old warrior. and he proposes to fight it out. He declares that he will carry the matter to Congress. If he can get justice in no other way. and that the country shall know of the Secretarys ar- bitrary action. He promises to make 1t very interesting for the administration unless he gets justice. and from what we have read of the affair we feel little doubt that Douglas has been badly treated.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-01
Death of F. H. Braswell.

Demopolis. July S1.-(Special, )-After continued suffering for nearly a year. Fred H. Braswell died this afternoon shortly after o'clock. He was very prominent in business circles in this city. being proprietor of the new Braswell theatre, and was identified with a num- Der of other business enterprises here. He leaves a father, w. J. Braswell. two brothers and four sisters. He was widely known and very popular.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-01

THE Alabama Polytechnic Institute and Agricultural Experiment Station at Auburn,
 Ala, will give a short Summer course for farmers. fruit growers, truckers and stock men, beginning Tuesday, Aug. 4, and ending Friday, Aug. l4 1908; every farmer in Ala bama should attend this Farmers Institute Course of Lectures; railroads will give a spe- cial rate of one fare plus 25 cents for the round trip; board can he secured at S3. 50 for the 0 days; there will be other ex- penses: if you cannot attend for the entire 10 days. come and remain long you can. For further particulars, address Dr. J. T. An derson, Auburn, Ala. At
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-01
Fleeing to Kentucky for Safety.

There's a smile that won't come off to- day and it extends all the. way from Charleston to San Antonio It is caused by the announcement that the terrified diana to Kentucky" We have good deal to say a here in the North, and with voices trembling with horror and ment of the negroes down South, but with recollection of the outbreaks in Hi nois, Indiana, and Delaware, and with
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-01
Cassius M. Clay at the Russian Court

Louisville Courier-JournaI.
 In the Metropolitan Art Museum Is a painting of the Russian Court during Clay's administration at St. Petersburg.
 The group consists of the Czar and his staff and the foreign ambassadors. Of the entire assembly. the Czar and Clay are the only persons to be seen standing with their hats on. It is said that one or the foreign representatives suggested to Clay that he should remove his hat in the presence of the Czar but Clay declined, saying: II only take off my hat to those who take off their hats to me" As the Czar kept his head covering on, Clay did the same
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-01

the fact before us that the negroes are Whom we havs reea arded as ,hsir y n.psee psop,e tors, 1t may be advisable for us to sus- pend judgment and let the South work out the problem in its own way" We commend the colored brother to the hos pitality of Kentucky, and we ask for him an asylum and refuge until our hot North ern blood has cooled sufficiently to allow him to return to Indiana,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-01
The Montevallo Sentinel has just entered

The Montevallo Sentinel has just entered on its twenty-ninth volume and the editor declares that It's circulation is three times as large as it was three years ago, and says. further:
 During that time a new dress has been added throughout. and we have managed to get three fairly good meals each day. all of which came from the receipts of the paper for all of which we are thank full. The work upon the paper with the exception of the last two months has been done almost wholly by the writer It has been work and hard work loo but that is what we are here for. We are out of debt. and glad Of iL
 As The Sentinel is a good paper. t de serves to succeed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-01
Broke Loose Again.

AttaIIa MIrTOF.
 A few weeks ago The Coosa River News told of an alligator chasing a darkey in that county. Last week it said that the political pot in that county had begun to show symptoms of emitting steam. We doubted the alligator tale all time and now our suspicious are aroused more than ever. In our opinion Populism has broke loose in Cherokee again and the supposed alligator was merely an office seeking a
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-01
The Best Joke.

Troy MeSSeHBeT. .
 The best joke of the season-a joke that is really better than the celebrated one on Schneider-is the invitation of the negro convention at Memphis to their persecuted brethren at the North to come South for protection. That's mighty hard on those great Republican editors who weep daily over Southern barbarism.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-01
A Slight Drawback.

Cleveland Plain Dealer. Yes, it's a pleasure to see her eat corn even and her lips are so full of red, and she has the cunningest pose. But there was one thing I didn't like about it."
 What was that?"
 Tt took five ears to satisfy her."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-01
The st. paul Glohe snys:

Senator Tilman sarcastically congratu- lates Illinois on having adopted Southern methods in dealing with the race ques- tion. According to the Tillman code it Is now the obvious duty of Senator Cullom to punch Senator Tillman's nose the first time they meet in the Senate chamber.
 Well. whatever we may say of him. we are bound to admit that Tillman Is a warm proposition to tackle, either at nose-puuching or oratorical acrobatIcs. And we must further admit that he Is handing out some hard doses to the Northerners in his present tour.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-01
Full of Hope.
Mobile Itel

Mobile Item.
 Tommy Lipton is full of hope and other things, over, in his estimation, the cer- tain victory of Shamrock III As builder of castles in the air, Sir Thomas is the most enthusiastic airy architect Of the century-at least he gives up more money for the diversion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-01
So Clear Gone.

Marshall Banner.
 Judging from a local in The Attalla Mir TOT, the editor of that paper is clear gone on a girl named Isabella. She must be a plumb peach-of course she Is from Georgia.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-01
Hurting Both.
Birmingham

Birmingham Ledger.
 MT. Bryan is hurting himself and the Democratic party by his persistent fight on the gold Democrats. All the rest of the party wants harmony.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-01

Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock has a warm proposition on his hands. little as he appears to realize it. When he summarily dismissed Clarence B. Doug las. editor of The Muskogee q. IT, Phe- nix, from hls position as clerk to the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-01

According to the statistical tables the per capita consumption of beer in the United States is nearly eighteen gallons a year, and we want to know who has been getting our share.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-01
Substituting Johnny.

Chelsea Gazette.
 Father-Johnny, I saved you from whipping last night, didn't I?
 Father-And you know I don't like to run that lawn mower?
 JohnnyTYes, pa; understand. Where's that big hammer
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-01
She Took Him Up.

Chicago Evening Post
 The call had become tedious
 II really must go,' he said.
 "Oh. you men are such deceivers," she returned coyly T wish we girls could believe all you say"