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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-15
Alfalfa on Barren Soil.

R. F. D. Nc. 2, March 14, 1904 Editor The Advertiser:
 My field of alfalfa Is two years old. It has passed the experimental stage, end I do net hesitate to pronounce. 1t perfect success. Strange as it may ap- pear I have succeeded best on the very soil which all writers on the subject pro- nounce too poor to produce the plant. refer to the washed oT white rotten limestone hillsides, knolls and gullies that abound in all prairie sections. That al- fara grows well in such a soil does not disprove the fact that 1t will grow bet ter in more fertile dirt. This only shows its wide variations. l have made almost every conceivable experiment with alfal- ia. on every kind of lime soil I ever saw. I will report only one of these. and which regard as the most interest irg. l selected a plot in my field wheIS every vestige of toosoil had been washed away, leaving exposed the pure white limestone. I gave 1t a liberal dressing of stable manure and turned this under with O four-horse disc blow. I narrowed nicely and sowed at the rate of thirty pounds Of seed per acre. When the plant was one year old I give 1t a top dress ing of stable manure and cultivated It with a disc harrow. the discs set to cut as deep as possible. narrowed both three weeks ago. The alfalfa in this plot Is about eight CT nine Inches high. n pel- feet stand and the growth a most lux uriant one. l estimate that this plot Will udhc dl lHC rue OI lOhT OT HNC lOUS Ol dry hay per acre this year. and ougG' to double itself when two years old Of course these estimates are based on a rather limited experience. but I will not miss 1t very far.
 As a matter of fact, I can't get a good stand of alfalfa on bottom land. no mat ter how well drained the situation. It grows off beautifully in the spring and early summer until grasses come to chohe Il out This can be obviated. think, by planting in the fall.
 have about one acre of alfalfa, two years old. on q yellowish. chalky kind of soil that is very fine. where no kind of vegetation has ever grown, except scattering thistle or bull nettles This acre of alfalfa has never been fertilized at all. l have failed badly on several kinds of well drained prairie soils, but wherever the rotten limestone or mari was present in the subsoil. I could not miss a good stand. no matter how neg lected even when given up to grass and weeds the first year.
 It appears to me that alfalfa will grow in barrel of lime if a little compost is gwen as tGp dressing
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-15
cetterS tc tbe Gdftor
Wireless Telegraphy.
Buffalo. W. r.. March ii.

Buffalo. N. Y.. March II. lSo4. Editor The Advertiser:
 Referring to this clipping from your paper February g:
 If some one could establish a system of wireless telegraphy with the seat of war in the Far East we might have some assurance of getting the news straight. there Is no certainty that we will get the news or get It correctly. Perhaps Mir. Marconi can now get in his work to ad. vantage"
 If you will look at The London Times New York Times war dispatches. f.ub- lished first in New York Times of Feb ruary 29-you will fin1 nearly three fourths column dispatch credited to De Forest Wireless to "Wei-Hai, Wei" The De Forest System was selected by The London Times for use of it's war cor respondents in the East. as well as by Sir Thomas Upton for his yacht and this recognition by Britishers of an American system over the Marconi System which has it's parent company in England leaves little fer us to say of the compar- ative merits of the two. We hold the record for speed. s to Ss words per min ute as against 10 to F by any other sys- tenn: also the record for distance in com by the signal corps of the United States army in their selection of a system and apparatus for Alaska.
 With the completion of our station at Key West fer operations with Havana. Cuba, Montgomery may expect soon to bear more of the De Forest System.
 Yours truly,
 VI. W. Tompkins,
 Manager.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-15
Will Roosevelt Share the Fate of
 Arthur

Charles M Harvey. in The World To-Day
 for March,
 There are some striking resemblances opening months of 1904 and that of the same in 1884, which was also Presi- dential election year. A President. a Republican and an Ohio man in each case. had been assassinated a few years before (Garfeld in 1881 and Mo klnley in l90D. and had been succeeded by New York man in the Vice. Presi- dency (Arthur in the earlier instance and Roosevelt in the later one.) In each case Republican leaders in the new Presl- dents State Gin which Conkling and Platt figured on the one side in Arthur's period and Platt has been antagonized by Odell in the Roosevelt case). Arthur soon let 1t be known that he sought the Presidential candidacy in 1884. as Roosc- velt has done regarding that of 1904 The Republican machine in the Presidents s state was favorable to his candidacy then. and 1t Is now.
 Here are further similaritIes between the case of Roosevelt and that of Ar thur: Each was called upon early in his service to deal with crookedness in the Postal Department the Star route frauds in tho earlier case and the irreguIarities With which the names of Tyner. Machen and others have been coupled now). Just oetore each of those Presidents entered otnce long period of industrial stapno tmion m tune panic or lSIS-S in the one in- stance and that of IS93-9S in the othcr, had been succeeded by restoration of confidence and advances in stocks. com. modities and wages The advance in stocks met a check early in Ar Ihur 'h1n service and also early in Roose- vet s. which was succeeded in each cnsc oy q short recovery. followed by n great CT IaIl; the consequence being that the general line of shares wc.s much lowar in tt the opennig days of 1884 and 1904 than
 
 Tore; wages in some cases, particinating in tke shrinkage. P"'4i's
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-15
ILLINOIS CONSERVATIVES.
They are Looking for Victory With
 Sane Candidate and Platform.

4uCy dIS AOOh1LB TUT NAClOAy wAtA
 Sane Candidate and Platform. From N G. Earnings Chicago Letter 10
 Brooklyn Eagle.
 Ex-Mayor John P. Hopkins. Chairmau of the Democratic State Central Commit tee. and many of the leading Democrats of Chicago with whom I have talked thls week have said that there is good fighting chance to carry this Stata against President Roosevelt if the St. Louis plat form Is conservative and either Chief Judge Parker, ex-President Cleveland or Congressman John R. Williams Is nom mated for the Presidency. Their opinion is predicated on the knowledge that many Mckinley-Hanna Republicans will not vote for Mir. Roosevelt if the Democratic Party offers better guarantees than the Republican Party that conservative prin- ciples shall prevail in the next admins tration.
 The present Democratic situation in H. linois is such as Co promise a campaign of apathy and defection under radical standards. or of enthusiasm and conI- dence under conservative standards
 MT. Hopkins, who is today planning a campaign to hold the State for MT. Will Hams against Mir, Hearst. expects to arouse the conservatives before the State Convention. so that conservative suprcm- acy in the State machine may be Ca tablished If this is done the Illinois delegation will ask that the national plat form be divested of all radical features in order that 1t may compare favorably with the Chicago platform of 1892. upon which Mir. Cleveland carried Illinois and was elected.
 Among the conservative Democrats of Illinois there is no decided trend towaId any candidate. In that respect the situd- ton is much like the situation in Ohio, V here the conservatives like MT. Cleve- land. Hudson Harmon. John R. Mclean. Chief Judge Parker. and Richard Oney tn about the same degree, and will stanG ready to vote for the one who develops most strength in the convention MT. Williams is popular with the conserva- tiVes. If they elect him in the delegation
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-15
MIssoURI's POSITION.
The Delegation will Be for Senator
 Cockrell

St. Louis Special to Brooklyn Eagle.
 The Democratic leaders of Missouri are committed to the candidacy, of Senatoi r NJ. C0ckrell for President. They agreed upon that course at an Informal meeting in Mexico, Mo. somb time ago. and unless some unforeseen complication grows our of the fight for the guDernato- rial nomination there will be an Instruct ed delegation for him.
 Missouri Democrats do not expect Mr. Cockrell to be nominated, for they believe the Presidential candidate will be selected from a Northern State, in order that their party may offer the most direc: and telling opposition to Republication m in Northern States which are not inva- rlably Republican. They desire, however to have an important influence in the res olutions committee of the convention and in the making up Of the national ticket, and they believe that Senator Cockrell's $ candidacy will assure 1t to them.
 As the Democratic judgment of Missou- ri is summarized by the leaders of great est influence, 1t IS pronouncedly in favor of a platform similar to that of 1900, and q candidate who will not orrend the De- mocracy of the West, which carried the responsibility of the Bryan campaign in that year and in lS96
 These are Senator Cockrelrs views. Missouri was one of the strongest silver States during the Bryan ascendancy.
 There has been no appreciable altera- ton of sentiment here since 1900, as there has been in the State of the East and Middle West and South.
 The Bryan fight at St. Louis is going to be on the platform which a majority vote will adopt. The Missouri Democrats will probably vote with MT. Bryan and MT. Hearst on any propositions which they submit against the conservative East and South.
 It Is not to be concluded from this, how ever that Missouri may land in the Hearst column if opportunities are lack Ing for the nomination Of Mir CockreE. Neither the Missouri leaders nor voters are in fGvor of Hearst's nomin atIon, and the leaders have the machinery of the party too we'll In hand to release 1t under the pressure of any outside campaign which may be made to take 1t from them.
 Efforts already made by the Hearst managers in that direction have been en- tirely unsuccessful. If the Missouri dele gatlon wIthdraws Cockrell after he Is named in the convention, it will afterward be guided by the spirit of that body, as It may manifest itself. toward MT Bryan and toward Chief Judge Parker of New York.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-15
HEARST LOSING IN KENTUCKY.
His Boom Said to Be Waning in
 That State,

Louisville Special to N. Y. Herald.
 The Hearst boom in Kentucky seems to be on the wane. For time if appeared as though what Henry Watterson called the ryan-Hearst-Beckham combine" would sweep the State. Here and there . few Hearst clubs were formed, but there appeared to be no sign of the Hearst barrel" of which Mir. watterson has written so much.
 There has arisen an apparent desire on the part of former prominent leaders m Kentucky to prevent the State from go- ing over to Hearst. Senators Blackburn and McCreary have both declared them selves In favor of a new order of things and Boyd Winchester, who was Minister 10 Switzerland during Mir. Cleveland s first term and since that time has been ipactive In politics, has also begun tU show renewed interest
 These three have encouraged Mir. Wat terson to look with new Interest upon the prospects, and it now appears likely that all four will oppose the movement at tributed to that factionai party Of the State known as the "machine" and sup posed to be controlled by Governor Bock- ham, with several men who were and are Bryan followers. The prospect Is that the delegation from Kentucky tv the st. Louis Convention will be uninstructed-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-15
so UNLIKE THEM.
Says The Charlotte (N. O Observer

pays The Cnafiotte IN. C-J OuseENof'
 Cleveland had been good to the South in his first administration; he was good to 1t even in his second. He put our people in the highest places in the land and sent them to the highest places in foreign lands: and we, who had had no recogni- the administration of Buchanan. should have stuck to him closest. But we went back on him. There is no need to mince words nor blink facts-we went back cn him. And 1t was so unlike our south. i,. ''it has sometimes" been a surprise 10 It that Southern men have been among his detractors. Heavens and earth; mani It Is reason for surprise all the ume.
 We agree with The Observer that '.it is a surprise all the time.'' We can easily understand why some of the best Democrats O. the country should argue that Mir. Cleveland cannot be nominated. We can also understand why they should believe and argae ;ha, his nomination would be irnpolit:c and !aadvisabIe. We know that some of the arguments against the in2oiicy 0: nominating him are strong. and 1t may be that they are well founded. Whether he would be the strongest man. or whether some other good Democrat wifi be better Is for the convention to settle. and we believe that it will be settled ia the best way, and ia a way to bring all good Democrats to support the ticket.
 We are not arguing that question now. and only started out to say that we share the surprise Of our Charlotte con- temporary over the conduct Of some ot the Southern people. It twas so. un- like our Southern people" says The Observer. and we agree with It Our people are not in the habit of going back on friend, and Cleveland was all Of that. He did more to obliterats sec tionalism, to unite the sections and to give full recognition to the patriotism and statesmanship of the South than has been done by all the other Presidents since Buchanan. yet all that was ;orgot- ten by many in whose hearts it should have remained forever. They not only turned their backs on him. forgot or ignored his services to the country and the party, and his many favors to the South and her people, but they have abused him as few public men have been abused. And It was so unlike our Southern people!"
 Let the delegates so to St. Louis free to consult with each other. and with minds open to counsel together for the best interests of the party. Let them leave Mir. Cleveland entirely out of con sideration If that is thought best. Let them select and nominate good man on a good platform and the South will rally to him as the Scottish warriors ral- lied to the banner of The Bruce. In short, If 1t is thought best, let Mir. Cleve- land be left out of the equation, but for the good name of the Southern people let not base ingratitude continually assail him from those who owe him most.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-15
TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 1904.
ONE RESULT OF MOB LAW.


 In discussing such affairs as that at Springfield. Ohio, there Is one feature which should be made more prominent than 1t is. A recent editorial in The New Bedford Standard thus alludes to 1t:
 It Is impossible to look at this Ohio lynching simply one more death Of one more miserable negro at the hands of one more malignant mob If that were all, 1t would hardly be worth more thought than the destruction of school 5f menhaden by a. school of bluefish. What we actually have. and with no respect to color or race, Is an assault on the fabric of society. The rioters att lacked the society in which they lived, their~own occupations, their own homes, thei- own safety. and the homes the oc- equations. the safety of all the people of Springfield when they broke into the jail and when their frenzy led them to exhaust all their bullets in making holes in the body of a dead man. The occur renee has. of course. an aspect of the race hatred. But for this time we leave that entirely out of the reckoning. The sin Is against one race as much as 1t is against the other.
 We do not agree with The Standards somewhat fippant argument that the killing Of one negro by a mob is hardly worth more thought than the destruction of a school of menhaden by a school of bIuefsh." This is not a proper view to take of the work of mob. and we sus- pect that the expression would not have been used in connection with a lynching in the South.
 But let that pass. What we heartily endorse is the view that when a mob ind in lN-po ha only attack law. order and society, and seek to uproot and destroy the fabric of government. but they lay violent hands on themselves and their dearest interests. If one crowd may violate law by putting a criminal to death. why may not others violate the law by burning the shop or the house of another? Is there any safety or protection for any citizen; or for any class, or for any interest, except in the strict and impartial observance and enforcement of the law? Society, and all that society stands for, IS endangered when the laws of the land are set at defiance.
 The incident at Springfield was one of the worst that has occurred in any por- tion of the country. not only for the brutality exhibited. but for the extent to which the outrages were carried. That the victims were colored people does not in any degree change the moral or legal aspects of the affair. The same spirit which committed murder and arson where negroes were the victims may be extended to people of any other color, and the crime would be no less and no greater. The men who compose mobs are simply undermining their own house. holds and destroying their only ark oe safety.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-15
RrRns AND CROPS.

4 North Carolina paper. The Taylors- vile Scout, notes that the wheat fly Is worse this year than usual, and argues that if the Legislature will pass law to protect birds the farmers will again be able to grow good crops of small grain. Commenting on this The Raleigh Post says:
 A few years ago the wheat crops of Alexander. Iredell, Catawba and the sec- tion of which these from a part were noted. In time sportsnnen discovered the section to be paradise for birds and during late years they have invaded 1t with merciless effect upon the birds and the Hessian fly now takes the birds place to the destruction of the wheat. We be- lieve with The Scout that If the killing of birds could he prevented for five or ten years the result would be of immense profit to the farmers.
 In our judgment there can really be no two opinions on this question. It is mar rowing down to a point where the farm CTS of the country must decide whether birds shalt be protected and encouraged or both the grain and cotton crops be en- dangered It Is question for the people lO SCttlCB anu lhcy diOilo Soh NO iI' AIiOJ can demand the enactment of protective laws and then they can see that such laws are observed and enforced.
 The statement of The Post that the Hesslan fly now takes the birds place Is a statement of fact which Is being verified all over the land and which those who suffer from insect depredations are continually complaining of. And in the same category Is the boll-weevil which Is becoming a menace to the South's great staple, and which must be stopped or the South will be ruined The solution Is more birds. and they do not have to be imported and planted. All they need is protection from the heart less and lawless gunner. and then they will multiply in sufficient numbers to keep down all the insect pests that are becoming a serious question with farm CTS, gardeners and fruit-growers. for the insects in some form prey on all things that grow. More birds means more and better food crops. and the country may as we'll admit the fact and act on 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-15
POLITICAL POINTS

they will support him and endeavor to bring about his nomination. Mir. Parker and Mir Cleveland will be the two aite; : natives.
 Judge Parkers name Is favorably known among the Democratic leaders of Illinois who have to deal in politics with the labor question. Labor Is fully in- formed here of the decisions of the New ! ork Court of Appeals and Judge Par ker's relations to them, sustaining the eight hour law and the right of wage earners 10 the prevailing rate.
 The If1lnois strength of Judge Parker would no; be fully defined without some reference to the attitude of the radical wIng of the party. The prominent radi- cals have spoken decisively against the noniina ton of Mir Cleveland. Judge Gray and Mir Olney. but they do not say that Judge Parker IS unavailable. While they contend that a large radical vote wouiu be lost to the party If either MT. Cleve- iand or Mir. Gray or Mir. Olney were nominated. they say that Judge Parker would command the full party vote.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-15
ASTONISHING RESULTS
Follow Each New Discovery of
 Sciencs,

The great strides that medical science has made in the last few years is due to the germ theory. When the germ of q disease has been discovered. the doctors have not been slow in finding a drug to kill It. In a few years 1t will be rare to find a bald-headed man or woman. The falling out of hair Is due to a dandrufr germ, and now 1t has been discovered how to kill this germ. The remedy used is called Newbro's Herpicidc. Its sue cess has been marvellous. Not a failure has been so far reported. It Is also a delightful hair dressing free from oil or sticky substances. Try 1t and be con- vinced of its actual merit. Sold by lead ing druggists. Send 10c in stamps for sample to The Herpicide Co.,. Detroit Mich. E. G. Fowler. Special Agent.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-15

Mir. H. E. Whitaker, who has been publishing The Sentinel at Montevallo, has recently purchased a large interest .p The Columbiana Chronicle. In conse- quence of this he will move his Monte valIo plant to Columbiana and at the latter place consolidate the two and con- tinue publication under the name of The Sentinel This will give one instead of two good Democratic papers and by proper support it can be made a power full aid in establishing on impregnable foundation Democratic ascendency in the county.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-15

New York Times. speaking of the same bill. says 1t practically authorizes the conversion of Niagara Falls into cliff of dry rocks"
 These are strong charges. but they arc perhaps not too strong. The object of the company asking the concession is to supply not only drinking water to the surrounding country. but to take the water in unlimited quantity for the pur- pose of driving machinery to develop cleo tricity for lighting and motive purposes. The water will be taken from above the falls and carried around and down n pipes or otherwise, and after 1t has served It's purpose in driving machinery 1t will find its way back to the river below the falls, or be carried elsewhere and sor other purposes.
 These are the conditions now existing and ir prospect. and it Is somewhat singular that only few newspapers have protested. though we do rot know that protest would avail anything. We live Ia an age of strict utilization. and we do not know that protests founded on sentiment will have any effect. Elec- trici.y now has the stage. and if the demands for motive power shall cal! for the total destruction of the great falls they are bound to so. 1t Is pity. but that will not prevent the progress of the work.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-15
HILL MEMS INTENTION.
Will Control New York Convention
 n-1

VIII ConCroI NeW orK convention
 and Name the Delegates. New York Special to New Orleans Times
 Democrat.
 So certain are the Hill men that they will control the Democratic State Con vention, next month, tha, they are al. large who will be sent to the National Convention in St; Louis: They. say that and that his associates will be Edward Murphy. Jr.. of Troy; Patrick Henry Mc- Carren of Brooklyn. and Charles F. Mur- phy of Tamrany Hall
 The Hlll men expect to control the State Convention absolutely. The State Committee will meet just before the con vention to arrange the organization of the meeting. and the Hill men are confl- dent of controlling the committee by a vote somewhat larger than that of the recent committee meeting in Albany. They will name their own men for tenn porary and permanent officers of the con vention. and will supervise the making up of the roll. A resolution instructing the delegates to vote as a unit for the nomination of Judge Parker will be put through over the protest of Tammany Hall