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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-26
WILL rHr spACE BE vAcANrr

The time in which to make suitable preparations for creditable exhibition at the Worlds Fair is rapidly passing. But eight months is left in which to do all that is to be done. and every day adds to the possibility of failure. In a few days the Legislature will meet and it will be up to that body to say whether Alabama's place at the great Exposition shall be marked by a vacant lot.
 It is useless for any one to argue that Alabama cannot afford to make liberal appropriation for this purpose. The plain truth is that she cannot afford not to do 1t. Better, if necessary. let some other object for which money has been arpro- priated or promised go over for a time that is just what 1t will be if it is not represented. If it were a question of our State spending money in some solitary ad- venture we should be the last to advo- cate it, but this Is a case where Alabama may be discreditably conspicuous by ab- sence. It is a case in which there is and should be a spirit of friendly rivalry, and St. Louis is going to be place where vacancy will attract the unfriendly at- tention and criticism of the world. It Is time to speak plainly. Other States less able than Alabama have made their appropriations and are preparing 10 fill the space allotted them. Among the Southern States Louisiana has appropri- ated $120,000, Mississippi has already ap- prdpriated S5o,00O which is expected to be largSly increased when the Legislature meets. The people of Kentucky have raised $loO,Ooo by private subscription. as the Legislature failed to do anything. North Carolina has arranged for a splen- did exhibit, and other Southern States are doing the same. Among Northern States Illinois will have $25o,0O0; Iowa, $125,O0O; Nebraska. S5O0O Ohio, $75. 900. and so it goes. These are State appropriations. and the amounts in almost every case are largely augmented by subscriptions from individuals and from commercial bodies and associations.
 Alabama is the first State on the list and when the roll is called shall there be no voice to reply? Will the space set apart for our State grow up in weeds and grass7 There is a weed called by the country people poverty weed" and we suggest that If nothing else can be done the Commissioner of Agriculture procure a supply of seed and have our lot sown with the weed. Then a small subscrip- tion might be gotten together to build a monument of mud in the place which should be covered by the wonderful pro ducts of one of the richest among the Southern States.
 Let us have done with all talk about Alabamas inability to make provision for creditable exhibit at St. Louis. Let the l members of the Legislature consider the shame and humiliation they will put on all Alabamians who visit the exposition if they fail to see anything from their Own State. For it will be a shame. a humiliation and a disgrace for which there will not be a shadow of excuse. It is not too late but much time cannot be wasted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-26
Hall caine Named Pius x.

It is a curious fact that in his novel. a Pope Plus x The first Plus, Pope st, Plus I, was the eleventh Pope, his term of office extending from 16S to 167. It was not until the fifteenth century that last Pope canonized was St. Plus V, wnO died in 1572. Pope Plus TX, the immedl- ate predecessor of Pope Leo XIII, wore Plus VIII were also Popes in the lasc century. The last occupant of the papal chair to take name not borne by one of his predecessors was Pope Lando. whose period was 9I3-l4
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-26

Advertiser is a hustler and hard hitter, If 1t would only direct It's efforts in the right direction. Mobile Item.
 Didst ever hear of the good old family COW? She chewed her cud in quiet and dreamy contemplation till the pail was full of the lacteal fluid and then deliber- ately kicked the vessel thitherwards. "Di- rect its efforts in the right direction" you astrological biunderbuss! We'll have you know that The Advertiser lives. moves, thinks and feels in the right direc- tion Il couldn't go otherwise In its sleep, and it never sleeps. Let The Item keep watch and see us land.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-26
They Are All in It.

Eufaula q. ID Journal
 Tams Bixby, king pin of the Dawes commission anG vice chief of n concern that buys, tents, sells, leases and mort gages Poor Los real estate. he's into it; J. George Wright, special Indian lnSpec- tor Eo-called Governor of Indian Terri tory and director-general of sundry and divers land companies, he into it, Pliny Soper, Attorney-General for the North ern District of Indian Territory, Frisco Railroad and Cherokee oil and Gas Com pany, he's into it; Cliff BrecNnrdge, member of the Dawes commission and formerly United States Ambassador to St. Petersburg and Arkansas Congress- man, he's into it. Guy P. Cobb. until re- gently internal revenue inspector for In- dian Territory, but now the largest stock holder in the Tribal Development Com- pany, he's into 1t; Tom Needles. another member of the Dawes commission and vice chief and high. muck-a-muck of the International Bank and Trust Company, he's into it; Jim fHuckleberry, Assistant United States Attorney, and his son. Jim. Junior, they are into It; Charley Davidson, clerk of the United States Court at Vinita, he's into it; G. w. Hop kins, chief law clerk for the Dawes com mission, he's into it; P. G. Router, clerk in charge of the land office under the Dawes commission. he's into it; but why prolong the list ad infinitum? They are all into 1t and none of them can touch bottom.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-26
Too Much Sympathy for Law breakers.

Birmingham News.
 It is too often the case that juries re- fuse on purpose to find parties guilty, and then if the jurge tells them of their sins they complain-complain of what? Complain because they are told plainly of the1r wrong. We are too easy at times of feeling that we are treated wrong--nearly always the case when we realize ourselves we have done wrong and are told of 1t at the same time.-Marshall Banner.
 It would be sad day for this country if Judge 6:d not dare to reprimand a recreat jury. The fact Is, if there Is tc be proper enforcement of the law Juries must be brought to a realization of their duty to society. There is entirely too much sympathy wasted on law-breakers, and they are tenderly treated indeed. IL is seldom that an innocent man is ar- raigned in court. If he is he gets fair trial. But guilty men are turned loose with startling frequency. If there were no judges to rebuke juries who fail to dc their duty, the enforcement of the law would be still more lax. The Banner takes a high stand and is to be con sratulated upon upholding the hands oi fearless judges.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-26
stars start in "Provinces. ;

starting point for theatrical stars this season. This is because four of the new theatres promised for the 1st of Septem- Der will not be ready for the players Sothern, Drew. Ethel Barrymore, Robert Edeson and othes equally distinguished will start their seasons in such cities as Plttsburg. Chicago and Detroit and will make New York six eight or ten weeks later as building exigencies permit About 300 plays are in rehearsal in the city, and the Rialto is fairly alive with players whose energies are deVided be- tween studying their parts and trying to secure an advance of salary from the managers
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-26
suGAR-cANE GROWING.

A little while ago we clippeG from contemporary a somewhat lengthy essay on the subject of sugar-cane, in which the writer took the position. or rather made the assertion that 'the first explor- CTS of the interior of America found su- gar cane growing in the lower lands of the Mississippi river," and in support of this statement quoted Father Henepin as saying: From thirty leagues below Maros down to the sea the banks Of the Mississippi are full of canes." The mis- that the explorer referred to sugar-cane when as a matter of fact he was speaking of the common cane, or reed, of which all early travellers speak. and which still forms impenetrable brakes in some por- tions of the South. The cane from which syrup and sugar are made is a native of the far East
 But we didn't set out to write iisser- tation on the origin of saccharum ofiicina- rum, if scientific term is not out of place. The statement alluded to was brought to mind by reading pamphlet lately issued by the Department of Az riculture at Washington devoted to su gar-cane culture in the Southeast. our in terest lying principally in the records of recent experiments in South Georgia and Southeast Alabama. One of these espe- cially, attracted attention, as 1t contained | a condensed report of experiments made by Special Agent Thomas Bragg in the | of ho farm of MT. Black six acres were meas ured off from field of thirty-five acres and the yield carefully measured. The result was an average of 330 gallons of syrup per acre.
 All of us who buy cane syrup know, judging by the price we pay. that there must be profit in cane growing if the yield Is like that given above. Various other experiments, both In Alabama and Geor- gia are given, all tending to show that cane growing Is, or should be, one of the important industries of a great portion of Alabama.
 In this connection we note that the Sec retary of Agriculture has decided to es- tablish at Waycross, Ga, fully equipped modern experiment station and factory for the manufacture of syrup and proba- ply sugar from the native cane of the region. This Is all well enough, but it is not all. As we have seen, large area of our own State is thoroughly adapted to cane growing. and the proper authorities ought to take steps to have such sta tion established in Southern Alabama. Georgia, be it known, is inclined to wear the chromo in the matter of cane and it's products, and it shouldn't be so. As The Brewton Pine Belt News says:
 Southern Alabama farmers make every year thousands of gallons of the puresl sugar cane syrup that can De produced which finds a good market. Nor are ouI cane growers behind the times Wnen Il comes to improved machinery, such as the best evaporators and mills.
 Of course Alabama farmers are raising much and gooo cane. and making good syrup of it, and they should have all pos sible encouragement. A properly equip
 ped experiment station in the Southern
 portion of the State might be of vast ben
 eft to the people of that section and tc
 the State large. Cannot Commissions
 Poole get 1t?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-26
SOUTHERN 1MraovzxnHra
Weekly Report shows the Steady
 Growth of the South.

Weekly Report Shows the Steady
 Growth of the South. The progress in Southern industrial de- yelopment for the week ending August % as reported by The Iradesman in- ciudes the following new organisations as among the most important
 Alabama. Eiba-sl5.000 water works. :, Northport-Development company. Tuskeeee-szo,O0O gin and milling com pany.
 Suspension--Cotton sin. Three Notch-Cotton gin. Thompson-Cotton gin. Tal1adega-$10.000 furniture factory. Lafayete-Waterworks
 Arkansas. DeWitt-st0.oOo gin and milling com pany.
 Pine Bluff-Ice factory. Bentonville-s1o,oo hardware company. Magazine-Saw mill.
 Georgia. Atlanta-$500.000 saw mill company: $50, 900 engraving company; $l5.o0O develop ment company.
 Kentucky. MiddIesboro-$40.OOo 900 coal mining com pany.
 Louisville--s1oO 900 phosphate company.
 Louisiana. New Orleans-Flouring mill.
 Mississippi. Corinth-water works.
 North Carolifia. Greensboro-Ice factory. Rocky Mount-Tobacco factory. Raleigh-$10o.Oo0 turpentine company. Hickory-$90,0OO water works (project- ed.)
 Dillsboro-s25,O 900 milling and manufac- turing company.
 Clinton-s5.o0O telegraph company. Raleigh-Tobacco factory. Chadburn-S25,00 900 lumber mill. South Carolina. Spartanburg-Oil mill. Myrtle Beach-$10,000 shingle mill. Kingstree-$ooOoO oil mill. Manning-$l0000 hardwood factory. McCormick-s100,0 900 cotton mill. Tennessee. Memphis-$100 900 laundry to be rebuilt. Bon Air-Spoke factory. Johnson City-25-barr Touring mill. Texas. Houston-$S0,0o0 lumber manufactur company; $30.0o0 lumber company; cleo | trical supply company Sour Lake-$40 900 oil company. Merkel-SS,000 gin and milling company. Eagle Pass-S1o,O0o brick works. Forney-Gin and milling company. Cisco--$100. GOO coal mining company. Gainesville-$250,00 900 telephone company. Beaumont-S10.000 oil company; conn and casket factory. Waco-$5OO.00o bond issue for water works. Rockdale-Hardware company. Grandview-S15,G00 coo lumber company. Votaw-$25, 900 oil company. San Antonio--$l00.000 oil company: can ming factory.
 Brownsville-Electric light and power plant; water works. Cleburne-Railroad shops. Virginia. Norfolk-$100, 900 cotton compress.
 West Virginia. Parkersburg-S50.000 construction com. pany; N0,ooo rod manufacturing company. Philippi-Mill supply company. Ansted-$50,O00 coal and coke company. Fairmont-$3o0.0O 900 coal and coke com pany.
 Huntington-$25,oOo improvement com pany
 Bluefield-$1o,00O electrical supply and construction company. Nolan-$10o.0O0 coal mining company. l McurAisville-$50,00 900 wood and iron | works.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-26

When The Mont gomery Advertiser ac- cuses this paper of putting into the dis cussion between The Scotland Neck Com monwealth and The Greenvile Rehector on feminine stammering and badness, The Advertiser Is grossly unjust. We were invited in. and The Advertiser wasn't. How's that?-Norfolk Landmark.
 There-we've done it again! Every time we get our peppery Norfolk contempora- ries cooled down to proper summer tenn ! perature We make a false return. stroke Nrub the fur the wrong way and get a dressing down. But The Landmark must 4dmit that in the instance referred to we did a nice job of 1t, even if we butted in uninYited
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-26
one of Dewev,s Traits.

New Orleans TImeS-Dem0crat.
 Like other men of prominence. Ad- miral Dewey often comes across the ir- repressible party who always affects to be on terms of intimacy with notable persons. Courteous and genial to a de- gree, the admiral has profound dislike for this sort of nuisance and does not hesi- tate to show the feeling. Not long ago. while out walking in Washington, he was accosted by an effuslve stranger who grasped his hand and said George, I'll bet you don't know me" The admiral looked his dlspleasure as he answered grimly, You win," and walked on.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-26

The Columbus Enqulrer-sun says that what Democracy needs is not Moses but a Joshua, and it Is correct. Moses led the children of Israel to the borders of the promised land but was not @A;owed to cross the Jordan. Joshua led them over and conquered the country. Our party needs a Joshua who will take it across the boundary and land it safely at Wash ington.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-26
Two State Rooms Enough. ak4o-oar, Tir,Aa

The Knoxville Journal and Tribune opines that if Grover Cleveland should be nominated, Colonel Watterson would in all proba ability spend election day com muning with Thomas and Jeremiah. .'' Rather will he take the Tennesseeans who are going to bolt In that event and go abroad. Two staterooms would hold the bunch easily.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-26

"The Advertiser could not carry the ward in which 1t is published on a Cleve- land platform" chuckles The Chatta- nooga News. It doesn't need to carry it. The platform itself. with Cleveland on it., would carry the ward, the city. the Coun- ty and the State without the help of The Advertiser or any other influence. Better confine your prognostics to your own brand of loyal Democrats"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-26

Why should Grover Jefferson not drop all the Grover but the G?" asks The Vir- glnian-Pilot. Because Grover Cleveland is one of the most honored names in America and the boy will be proud to perpetuate It if he is worth his salt Do you twig?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-26
If He Would Cease.

Talladega News Reporter.
 If MT. Bryan would cease nagging and scolding at MT. Cleveland and devote some of his time to solid thinking for the good of his party and the best means of uniting it, he would soon win back the love of the Democrats which he has lost by his frequent manifestation of hatred for prominent Democrats who do not agree with him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-26
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST se, 1903.
SIMMER TRIPS.

When ycu leave home this Summer, have The Advertiser follow you. Sent by mall 70 any address. postage prepaid. at the following rates:
 One " eek. Daily and Sunday, ay,.............S .IS- One month Daily and Sunday............ .65 Three months. Daily and Sunday..-.... I.9S Foreign postage leach month) extra. .6o
 Resort subscriptions are strictly in advance. Order before leaving.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-26
Belonged to Electoral Commission.

It has been noted that only three of the fifteen members of the famous electoral commission of 1877 survive-ex-Se Senator Edmunds Senator Hoar and General Eppa Hunton of Virginia-the two last having been chosen on the part of the House of Representatives. All of the five Justices of the Supreme Court who sat on the commission long since passed away.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-26
Why Should Shep

Sheffield Reaper.
 The Montgomery Advertiser and vir- ginia papers have been discussing Eve's garters and whether she embroidered snakes on 'em. With every thing grow ing to her hand from fig leaf robes to garter snakes in all the natural stripes why should Eve neglect her domestic duties to engage in SerpentIne folly?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-26
In a Quandary.
Mobile It.

MODlIe Item.
 If the Republicans act on the Demo cratic policy of turning the rascal out of the Postoffice Department, they will be in a quandary when they come to took about within the party for material with which to fill the places made vacant.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-26

Are the Birmingham M. D.'s humorists. or otherwise? The query is suggested by the statement in The News that Dr. w. H. Sanders, State Health Officer, is to bo given a reception at sterilized milk de. pot. Will there be nothing more than milk?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-26

They are having "a wave of appendi- citis" over in Georgia, according to one of their papers. Hope it won't wave across the Chattahoochee.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-26
Out of Sight.
Mobile Registe

Mobile Register.
 Tennessee's building at the St. Louis Exposition will be out O sight-Johnson City Comet So will Alabama's be, in actual fact, If the Legislature does not do something to make It visible.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-26

We hasten to inform The Chattanooga Times that we are not done with the word Chattanooga" and it's derivation and meaning. In due time We may make some @thsr remarks about it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-26
Five Kings at A WeddinS

At least five sovereigns will attend the and Princess Alice of Battenberg The Czar. Emperor William, King Edward, King Christian and King George have promised to attend the ceremony
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-26

The Miles boom has caught George Fred Williams. If they can add two or three more to their party they may be able to hold "korkus."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-26

AShort Essay on Mendacity" takes nearly a column in The Milwaukee Free Press. We beg to be delivered from a long essay.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-26

The Cumberland (Md) Courier pokes fun at we'uns this way:
 Alabama editors have not yet gotten through making remarks about there be- ing an editorial excursion given and they didn't know it.
 No need to rub 1t in. Some of the edi. tors feel sore enough as 1t is.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-26

In North Carolina man may legally whip his wife. provided the stick he uses Is not larger than his little finger. There's nice discrimination.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-26
Don't Have Time.

Decatur News.
 The man who is always talking about how much work he does should remem- Der that some people work so hard that they don't have time to tell about it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-26

We object to The Montgomery Adver- tiser being called grandma" by the State press. The Advertiser may be misguided in some of her ways. but she is not en- feebled. as this reference implies. The
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-26

w A. Scott. Circulation Manager Of Ine Montgomery Advertiser. being duly sworn eays: The foregoing statement Of The AdEer- users daily circulation for the month or Juy. 903, is true and correct. and compiled aIte. all returns from newsboys, news agents anu leftover copies have been deducted
 ". A SCOTT. Circulation Mgr Sworn to and subscribed before me this 4tn day of August. 1903 F. W JACKSON; tSeal.i N. P. Ex-o. H. F.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-26

It is now claimed that the population of the United States is 'sG, ,0OO.0 .00o-besldes few Populists.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-26
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A Microscope Needed. Birmingham News.
 Since returning home Colonel John Temple Graves has been busy correcting erroneous impressions concerning his speech at Chautauqua. As we now see his position it Is that he does not defend lynching, he only endorses 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-26
Dehes Dull Care.

The Advertisers Daily and Sunday circula- tion statement detailed below for the month Of July. 1903. shows concusively that even the dulest Of months in the year does not af- feet the interest of It's loyal readers. These figures demonstrate beyond doubt that The Advertiser must be had at all tmes
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-26

City Subscriptions should be paid to the fol- lowing authorized collectors only: J. H. But ton. City Circulator; z. l.. Eason, J. G. Jones, E. NJ. Richbourg, M. w. Britt, Jr., collectors, and at the Counting room.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-26
Child Labor.

Minneapolis Times.
 The motive for legislation against child labor may be from selfish or unselfish The end sought for is the sanity and permanence of the State.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-26
Weak Argument for Continuing the
 Old Law.

The advocates of the old law tell us
 that there are people who own no land and they wish to graze their stock on
 the road sides, and upon the open land of other people. Now the writer of this would be the last man in Alabama to ad- vocate any law which would be really detrimental to these good people but it or one-twentieth to supply these people with corn for their stock which could be done by the Commissioners Court and I would be glad and l believe the bulk of the tax payers would be glad to pay people very largely live in mountainous wooded sections and 1t might he better to pay them for enclosed wooded public or abandoned lands This would not cost one dollar to where, under present laws the cost to planters and real farm. CTS is $10O. This or some other plan
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-26

The Advertisers Telephones.
 Advertising Department. t....................66s eusiness Office and Circulating Dept. $50 &xxy Uuttor' ROOMS. N4 Editorial Rooms. ....................... S5l