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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-23
prLL1oNs IN sAv1Ncs nANks.
Americans Contributed 20 Fer Cent. Oi
 R.A k~V

Americans Contributed 20 Fer Ceht. of
 the Total.
 Washington Special to Baltimore Sun.
 The total deposits in savings banks of the world, according to stntistics made public today by the Department of Commerce and Labor, amount to over S10,5O0, ,000, ,00o, contributed by more than S2.00O,O0o depositors, Of this to- tai the United States showed aggregate deposits of more than $3,o00,000,e00, credited to more than 100000 depos- itcrs. The Department Issued bull ietin today, saying:
 "As the figures used in arriving at the grand totals cover about one-half of the population of the world, viz, over 770,000,oOO. 1t appears that the United States, with less than g i-2 per cent, Of the total population considered, con- tributes over 29 per cent. of the total savings deposits recorded. os the to- tal number of depositors, or rather de- pcsit accounts, the share of the United States is somewhat less than per cent, while the average deposit per account is more than four times and the average savings per tnhabitant more than three and bne-half times the corresponding averages for the rest O. the world.
 "The following table. based upon the latest available oficial returns, shows the number of depositors and total ana denoaffq.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-23
A NOveIlat's Versatility.

A novelist's extreme success with q book is sometimes a cause of injustice toward him later When Irving Bach eller deliberately departed from the scenes of "Eben Holden" and laid his latest novel in ancient Rome, some doubt was expressed as to the correct ness of his portrayal of that place and period. Now the opinions of em- inent scholars upon ''Vergilius" attest the authors accuracy of historic data and atmosphere. The Rev. Morgan Dix, D. D., rector of Trinity Church. New York. has written to Mir. Bachei- Ter in enthusiastic praise of the sto- ry You have drawn powerful and too accurate picture" he writes, of the horrible state of the world before the coming of the Redeemer, end have beautifully described the arrival of the Christ. |. There are those to whom I shall certainly recommend this work, as likely to interest and help them" Another authority upon the period described by MT. Bacheller, the Rev. J, Winthrop Platner, D. D., Professor of History at Andover fheo- logical Seminary, writes of Vergilius:
 It seems to me that, apart from hav- Ing told an excellent story, Mir. Bach eller has caught the spirit and tenn per Of the time-a thing which is SO essential to success in a work of this character"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-23
wnAr oF ToMoRRows.


 While tomorrow Is really the day of Thanksgtvine. this is the day of prepa- ratios and anticipation. Those who have been blessed with plenty can look for ward with pleasant confidence to the good things in store for them with no fear that anything will be lacking to make the day enjoyable and enable them to meet friends and loved ones around a full board with no thought Of strengthened means or limited re- sources. To them it will be Thanksgiv- ing in fact.
 But are there not many. even in this good city of Montgomery, who have no pleasant anticipations for the nor row2 We can congratulate ourselves that these are prosperous times. for in the main they are. Crops and prices have been good. trade has, been lively and money Is more than usually plentiful with most, but there are exceptions. There are families to whom Thanksgiv- ing Day is but a cruel mockery. for they have nothing to feel thankful for. Not for them is the fat turkey, the sauces and the desserts. Not for them are the cake and wine. or the other good things that come to the tables of the rich. To some of them a sufnciency of the piainest food would be q bless ing to feel thankful for. but even that may be denied them. Grinding poverty and boundless plenty are sometimes quite near neighbors in this world.
 Would 1t not be a good, human and Christian preparation for tomorrow, if those who have something to spare will help those who have nothingT There are many who are needy without fault of their own. There are many channels through which Christian char ity can reach the poor and the deserv- ing. There are many little deeds of kindness of which the world never knows, but which smooth the journey of life for the feet of the unfortunate. There are many fortunate men and wo- men in Montgomery who can make to- morrow a happy day for their less for tunate brothers and sisters and never feel the cost. How the good deed is to be done must be for each to determine. but'all can find the way. If one mans burden is made lighter. if the pain and weariness is removed from one woman's heart, If one child's face Is made brighter and its laugh made happier, a blessing will follow the good deed. We can eat our dinner with lighted heart and better appetite if we sit down to the table knowing that we have made 1t possible for even one other to have a real Thanksgiving.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-23
An Open Waterway.

GadSden Journal
 Montgomery is just waking up to the possibilities of the Coosa, The Adver- tiser calls attent tion to the fact that the Coosa Valley is the richest section in the State by virtue of its resources. Special stress is laid on the vast hard wood forests and the opportunity that would be afforded Montgomery as a hardwood manufacturing center, when an open river could be utilized to transit cheaply to that point the abun- dance of material made available there by An all year round open waterway from Rome to the sea would undoubt- e6ly mean much to the Capital City, and great benefits would naturally ac- crue to 1t therefrom. Yet Gadsden, by virtue of It's location, must$e be the point that will reap the greatest ben efit from thls improvement. Here the mineral, timber and agricultural re- sources meet, and here, therefore, will be the natural location for transform ing the raw materials into the finished products. Already our freight tom mage Is in excess of any city in the State save Birmingham, with our de- velopment barely begun. What the fu- ture will bring forth 1t as yet undream- ed of by the most sanguine. And of all sthe forces that will make for our fu- ture greatness none can compare with an open waterway that will put us in communication with the markets of the world at the minimum cost of trans portation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-23
RODE RANGE AS COWBOY.
WOmnn's Sex Not Discovered Until SI
 Went to Hospital.

WOmnn's Sex Not Discovered UntiI She
 Went to Hospital.
 For six years Mary Collins, as she calls herself, her real name not known, roda the cattle ranges of Wyoming, a waif of the roundup and passed everywhere as an unusually good looking, but typ ical cowboy.
 Then an attack of appendicitis threatened her life and she came to St. Joseph's Hospital in this city. At the threshold of death, and with her sex revealed at once upon her arrival at the hospital, she told all her life story, seve' her name, with tears streaming down her cheeks. She was operated upon without delay and her life saved. She has just returned to Wyoming, and the hospital attaches have admitted the facts of the strange story.
 Born on a cattle ranch an only child. she early learned to manage horses and help her father. Six years ago, when 16, she married a real cowboy. Her romance was blighted, for her cowboy lover and herself had little in common and they separated. Tn the interim her father and mother had died.
 Thrown upon her own resources and realizing she could expect little work in the cattle country as a woman, she put on male attire, called herself James Brown and began riding the range.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-23
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER as, 1904.
TREAT ALL ALIKE.

The President, in his letter to Con- grcssman Gardiner of Massachusetts relative to the appointment of a post master in that state. lays down the general principle that he intends to consult only his own judgment in mak- ing such appointments, and that he does not propose to be dictated to by Congressmen. With that we have nothing to do. If he chooses to take all the responsibility and receive all the credit for his appointments. that is a matter for himself and his friends There is something in his letter to Gardiner, however, with which we of the South are interested. Referring to the appointment in question, he writes:
 intend to nominate him because he is thoroughly it man. who has been an excellent postmaster who Is of good standing in the community, whose re- tention in office will undoubtedly be agreeable to the bulk of the patrons of the office
 That is just what the Southern people ask of the President. and all they ask of him. To appoint a man to office in the South because The is a thoroughly . 1t man." because he Ifs of good stand ing in the community" and because such appointment will undoubtedly be agreeable'-aIl these are excellent req sons for an appointment, and if the President adheres to them and is gov erned by them. no complaint should be made The only question is. Will the same reasons control him South as we'll as North? Was he actuated by such considerations in the case of Crum, or : Minnie Cox. or some others we could mention? If not. why should one con- sideration control his course in the North and another in the South?
 These are questions that we in the South have a right to ask We do not expect him to give the offices to Dem ocrats We fully recognize the fact that the winning party is entitled to the benefits of victory It has been so in the past and will continue as long as there are political parties But while we recognize all this, we feel that we have as much right to demand good and satisfactory officials as any other sec- ton has. The President can find good and clean Republicans for his ap- polntees, who will not only be compet- ent and qualified. but will be agreeable to people of all parties. When he cannot md such men of his own party, he should go outside of it, but certainly it is not fair. just or right to put any man or woman in an office who is ob- 5ectionAbIe to the community, when he would not do such a thing in the North Let him govern. himself in all cases. and for all sections of the coun- try. by the sentiments expressed in his letter to MT. Gardiner. and he will do justice and give satisfaction.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-23
Spelling Crumpacker's Game.


 Advertise the South, hold out induce ments to immigration from the north wioh its cold. long winters, and worn lands Gin the east) to our genial climate and cheap land, where agriculture, mining and other industries offer homes and employment to settlers. Canada Is spending thousands of dollars adver- Using Inducements to settlers, who are pouring into her domain by thousands from Northern States. The South has room for millions of industrious. thrifty immigrants to develop the wealth con- tained in her soil and forests.
 If the thousands of her uncultivated acres were transformed into fertile farms, and cotton factories operated that would manufacture a large per cent of her cotton within her own borders; if her other industrial enter prises were carried on by as many em- ployes as could earn a comfortable sup port, there would be no need to worry over curtailment of representation. An investment in the way of encouraging frugal industrious home-seekers to come South would richly repay our sec tion in years to come. In ante-beIlum times the South was leader in Nation al Councils and she will come into her own again some future day.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-23
BRYAN BEGINS
 CAMPAIGN
INVITES TWENTY DEMOCRATS TO
 CONFER ON THE SITUATION.
Parker Not on the List-Requesta His COrresp0ndents to Name Date for the AEeetSmw and eugmestn
 That it Be mnxiy.
washington Special.

washington Special.
 William ]. Bryan has begun his act- i've campaign for regaining control of the Democratic organization. Auto graph letters to approximately twenty leading Democrats have recently gone out from Lincoln. Neb. In these let ters Mr. Bryan suggests the advisabil- ity of an early meeting for oouncii and the exchange of views on the po- litical situation.
 h mind, but asks his correspondents to recommend a time for the meeting that would be convenient. The roster of Mfr. Bryan's twenty leading Democrats is not fully known.
 that Judge Parker was not included. Neither were several other prominent New York Democrats, who figured as chief supporters in the recent disast- rous campaign Presumably Repre- grooming again for the nomination for President In 1908, has been invited
 One of the letters was to a Demo- crat of national reputation who hap pened fin Washington a few days ago. This gentleman. who really has some Authority to speak In behalf of his party, replied discouragins the project for a meeting. He asserted his belief that 1t would be better to eschew all discussion of Democratic policies for the present. as time would show better what was wisest to do.
 In his judgment, and he is a man whose word will have especial weight with the conservative as well as the radical wing of the party, there Is no occasion for stirring up questions of organization.
 whether MT. Bryan addressed the Southern leaders is not known here. As he is said to be desirous of win ming over again to his standard only the States that voted against Parker. there can be little doubt that few Southern men have been invited to con- fer with him.
 It is almost a safe assertion that the South will decline his invitation. In other localities 1t Is not impossible that the Nebraskan would receive some encouragement. Kentucky has a strong Bryan following, and there are some prominent men in public life there who are loyal to Bryan's creed. The same is true of Missouri, where the disloyal Bryanites are supposed to have turned the State over to Roosevelt, of West Virginia, Tennessee and South Carolina.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-23
Why Women
 Look Old.
AilneAs and Suffering Leave Deeper Marks Than Age-A Certain Home
 Cure for All WOmen's Troubles.

Cure for All WOmen's Troubles.
 Many--very many--women look old long before their time. Wrinkles, crows feet, hollow checks sunken eyes, gray hair and other marks of age come years before they should. They are the direct result of the suffering caused by diseases peculiar to the sex. 1ney can be gotten rid of only by re-
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 Many women have been restored to life and health by this great remedy after all others had failed and doctors given them up. Leucorrhea. falling of the womb and all troubles of the 6va- ries are cured permanently by c. F. P. It Is for sale by druggists at $I,00 a It's use, your money will be returned to you at once and without question by the druggists from whom you pur- chased.
 If not kept by your druggist, will be sent to you prepaid on receipt of same price and on same conditions.
 If you feel that your case needs espe- Club. care Gerstle Medicine Co.,, Chatta- nooga, Tenn, and your letter will be answered in confidence by intelligent and sympathetic women. Write today and be relieved of all your troubles and suffering. CD wedfri-su.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-23
Must Be Treated as National.

MODlle Register. ~
 In conversation with a Mobilian short while ago naval officer of high position in Washington spoke of the probable benefit to the navy that is to be derived from the deepening of the outer bar of Mobile Bay. He was fn- gave depth of twenty-seven feet across the bar. He asked what width was given to this channel. When told that it was 200 feet at the bottom, he said with much deliberation: Well. It IS possible, you know, to head Q battleship to a channel of that width and, in daylight and clear weather, to shoot 1t through like the bullet out of a gun, but that Is. the most am will ing to say for It." The admiral men tioned the difficulties of entry into gulf ports, and how vessels must beat about in rough weather, not daring to make the crossing. He was then told that 1t Is proposed to make the outer and 1000 feet wide.
 That will be all right. then" he exclaimed, With your tide of eigh- teen inches. you will have near thirty seven feet depth; and that width would permit of three vessels entering abreast if necessary. and vessels could enter without regard to the weather. by day or by. night. It would be an speaker added that with a straight channel of that width and depth the whole world would seek Mobile as the port of call for the gulf; and sailing der favorable wind, navigating the channel almost as easily as they do the open sea. He could predict any number of advantages to the port from the deepening of the bar, but was in- terested chiefly in the benefit to be derived by the navy, as there is no safe port on the Gulf in which ths largest vessels in the navy can take
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-23
wATsON's MAGAZINE.
DenOunces Democracy and says He
 WilI Re Editor in Ninety Days.

DenOunces Democracy and Says He Will Be Editor in Ninety Days. Thomson, Ga, Special.
 Many persons from McDufle, 0olum- bia, Warren and neighboring counties heard Thomas E. Watson yesterday outline the policy of the Peoples Par ty. Mir. Watson declared that he pro- poses to actively campaign In the in- terest of the Peoples Party, and that those who have abused him will learn that 1t is a fight to the finish. He declared that he would stand for the income tax, the initiative and ref erendum, the government ownership of railroad and telegraph lines and for all the reforms advocated by the party in the recent national campaign.
 Mir. Watson charged that Thomas Taggart, chairman of the Democratic Party, was the owner of Americas greatest gambling place, at French Lick Springs, and that it is second in evil influence to Monte Carlo. He charged that Patrick McCarreh, another mem Der of the Democratic Committee, is the paid lobbyist of the Standard oil Company.
 Mir. Watson said former Judge Par ker's campaign opened and closed with telegram. The first indorsed Roose- and the last congratulated him on the indorseInent Of the nation.
 Watson ailftonnced that he asmade arrangemeptst with q New Xork pub fishing house for the. publication of a monthly magazine in the interest of the Peoples Party. He will be its ed- itor and "Watson's Magazine" is to be It's name. lie promised that it would be on sale within the next ninety days.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-23

refuge at all times and under any con- dition of wind or tide.
 This we regard as naturally very to be done. 1t is an argument that transcends the State line; it makes the project national one, even if the general commercial interegts of the country that are to be benefited should not alpne make 1t so.
 We wish 1t to be recognized as fla- tional. If 1t is regarded as a merely Improvement of the waterway of one ot the States, 1t must take its chances of appropriation along with the bay cin1annel of Mobile and the rivers of
 Already there is so huge a demand for harbor and rivers Improvement from Alabama that Che CongressmeD ability to satisfy 1t. -ConEres0map Bankhead, who spoke on this subject Thursday, recognized that he and oth- CT esrC Congrsssmsn aya nti from Aiaeama have 2 division of the appropriation so as to take care of the Alabama, the Tombig- bee. the Warrior, the Tennessee and also the ever-recurrent Coosa. There is limit to the total appropriation of the rivers and harbors committee. and that limit Is generally reduced :, by Congress. Necessarily, there is a liTn- n M to tne o,a SGt snssS IHs I9 take one cent from the sums coming to the bay channel improvement or to the rivers; yet 1t IS manifest that un- less the outer bar, or outlet for Ala bama's commerce, be deepened to &C., commodate vessels of the largest class the full return from the improvement of bay channel ,s and rivers rive sII cannot be fine broad avenues running to a gate that is too small to let through more than half of the ,raffic the avenues
 Therefore, commercially. there is ab- solute need of the improvement of the outer bar. This Is as relates to the State. But there Is more to 1t. Mo- whole Northern and Western country and 1t Is becoming so in spite of the fact that we have had but twenty-four feet on the outer bar and recently have obtained twenty-seven feet; but 1t will develop into the leading South ern port the moment we get the thtr- ty-flve feet depth of water. Conner cially, this is a national work, even as from the administrative point of view. 1t is national.
 Therefore, we want 1t treated in the national spirit, without relation to this or that sum intended for Alabama. rivers. The amount of money needed is absurdly small in contrast with the greatness of the results to be obtained. We do not see how any one can hegi- more to the whole country than 1t does to Alabama, and more to Alabame than it does to Mobile; yet it means immense benefits to Mobile, too. If unite in our demand We can get this thing attended to by the Congress that Is now about to assemble. Take Colo nel Bankhead's word for it. We must have persistent, well organized and clearly directed effort" and. to quote the Congressman again, when this work shall have been accomplished, and the bar shall have been deepened. and the news goes out to all the world. that will be the proudest day in the commercial history of MOhiia ''
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-23

pen in any other country thai there Is any loss of dignity, standing Of respect in thus adapting oneself to clr- cumstances, but that 1t would be look ed on in most countries as something of descent. A man who has just been a prominent figure in the eyes of millions of people. and who might have become the Chief Executive of great nation. at once adapts himself to the circumstances attending defeat and becomes a practicing attorney. occu- pying the same plane as thousands of others. and nothing strange is thought of 1t. Verify. 1t is good to be an Amer lean citizen.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-23
It Is All Right. Clayton Record.

Clayton Record
 All of the talk about re-organlzing the Democratic party is rot of the organization. It has recently under gone a crushing defeat, 1t Is true, but it's principles survive. There is in it's very name that which will insure it's existence so long as this government lasts. Democracy is not transient nor evanescent. Truth and the principles of justice, equal rights to all and special favors to none" are its very bedrock. Then to the winds with this bosh of reorganization. What we need to do is to reafirm our allegiance to Democratic principles and to select as our leaders men in whom the people put their confidence.