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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-02
The Celebrated CrOSIand Cotton Seed. 1000 lbs. Seed Cotton Makes A Bale of Cotton.

T WEIGHING ALWAYS 400 POUNDS and oftener A2S pounds. bagging and ties not Included. You gave Sl per bale on picking Malone. Yields as much seed cotton per acre as the best short staple varieties, and grade better staple. It Is almost drought proof. Seed selected and improved each year.
 j. B. Wilson. B. M. Beamon. of Yazoo City, :. J: II. Hardawsy. E, G. Abercrombie. Mont gomeTy, Ala
 Noses McLemore. Mytelne, Ala
 J. M Flemmlng. Landlord s. c.
 Thos S. Evans. Bennettsvllle, g. C., And a host of others have bought my seed three to four times in the last ten years time. thus proving their merit after trial.
 Write to any Of them yourself. enclosing a o-cent stamp to ensure a reply
 CHARLES CROSLAND, St Bennettsville. S. C.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-02
A CIGAR coNNo1ssEuR

will never allow a box oI BEAO- voIR CIGARS to pass way un- touched. Knowing what a really fine smoke the BEAUTUAR is, he will be sure to help himself. Wheth- CT or not you are posted on tobacco, you will find the BEAUVoIR HA- WANNA 5c CIGAR as good a cigar as ia obtai able for the mo-ey.
 T. ]. MattOx Cigar & Tobacco Co.
 Distributors.
 Sl Commerce St., Montgomery, Ala.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-02
SPECINL- a NOTICES.
FUNERAL NOTICE.

friends of Mir. wm. ], John ston. MT and Mrs. James Judkius, Mrs. Marion Lynch. Mir. and Mrs. R. T. Bishop and Mir and Mrs F. T. Cook are respert- fully Invited to attend the funeral of Mfr. wm- ]. Johnston from the residence of tTuesday) morning at lo:3o o'clock.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-02
FOR SALE Jackson Selected seed Corn.

The original Jackson corn. from the ElRw- lord Jackson Farm raised by Young Jackson and Brother at CoosadR. Ala. Warranted pure and 1903 crop For sale by
 JONES & RAY, Agents. Montgomery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-02
Announcements.
FOR SOLICITOR.

solicitof of Montgomery County subject to eae action of the Democratic primary.
 sAYssi TYLER GOODWIN.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-02

1 am a candidate for nomination for re-elec-
 tion as Superintendent of Education o4
 Montgomery County. subject to the Demo .ss cratic primarSes in April. and solicit ma G snhport of all Democrats.
 -H fs.sFF% J. A. THOMPsON
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-02

R het9ty sannouace myself Is q caudfdats for SC11ctpor of Montgomery County pubteot to he action of he Democratic primary.
 $. H. DENT, Jr,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-02
Bids Wanted.

Sealed proposals will be received by the un- dersiRned until l2 o'clock noon. Wednesday, Feb, t7 1904. for furnishing the City of Montgomery with ore frst-class steam fire en- zine one chemical engine. two hose wagons four thousand feet of hose. The city reserves the right to reject any and all bids.
 sl F. s. WILLIAMS, lst City Treasurer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-02

I hereby announce myself a candidate for nomination for the secoud term to inc office Of County Treasurer subject 10 inc action of the Democratic primaries.
 JOHN J. COCHRAN,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-02
FOR COUNTY TREASURER'

hereby announce myself as a candidate ,o- ; County Treasurer of Montgomery Countv subject to the action of the Dernocratio
 primaries. w. E, McGEHEE.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-02
Rusb to Paw PolI Tax,

The Daybreak Fertilizers are here. See our adv. Marks & Gayle.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-02

financial calf call.
  
 J. NEWTON HATHAWAY, M D., A Inman s. 1l-tu-th
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-02
WEAK, DISCOURAGED MEN SHOULD COME TO ME.

it themselves promnt stens to ..2A w nA
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-02

RVmuNc the fence rum lhc new rcr,- ptcTy cast nt the bridsc and piavc if 1, n
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-30
InsoIent and Impudent.

houston Post.
Brt the plttfo' m-excuse US. we
mean Mr. Roosevelt-carries impudence
and tnsolence in the declaration: we
refuse to palter longer with the mis-
cries of Cuba. We fought a quick and
victorious war with Spain. We set
Cuba free This is not only con-
scious lie as to the facts OF history,
for everybody knows that the Demo
cratic minority in Congress drove the
Republicans to action, but ii is an in
famous defamation of the bravery and
patriotism of other than Republican
troops There was no politics, no sec
tfonalism, in that war The two most
conspicuous naval heroes, Dewey and
Schley, were Democrats. The General
in Chief. Miles, was Democrat. Joe
wheeler Confederate hero, and a
Democratic Congressman, outranked
the Rough Rider who had never before
smelled powder and who now lords n
over his elders and betters.
The Cuban war was fought for hu-
manity's sake-only+ the Republican
Party made commerce out of 1t by trad.
ms principles for the spells OF CON
quest. Northerners and Southerners.
democrats and Republicans, whites and
blacks, stood shoulder to shoulder
mere was no thought of party or sec
ton: On the contrary the people Of
all states and of all shades of opinion
re1oiced that the sections had been re-
conciled, that the nation was again one
In spirit, action and aspiration.
II remained for the arrogant acct
dent OF the White House to appropri-
ate to himself, through the party which
he has bodily appropriated. the midi
tory. "
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-30
WHAT THEY SAY OF HIM.
n a contemporary we find this:


Damn Bryant" is what newspaper
Democrats from all over the United
States say each day when the question
is raised as to what Bryan would do or
would not do in case Cleveland should
be nominated. If he fought the ticket
openly and with all his might he would
not be able to lose a single vote for 1t
in a State that might give an electoral
vote to the Democratic national ticket.
is the way 1t is universally put by in
telligent men.
While the expression is more en-
phatic than polite. we've no doubt that
it voices the sentiments of Democrats
all over the country. They may not
say Damn Bryan" but they think 1t.
If they ever think profanity. A very
large majority of Democrats are now in
favor OF getting together for the good
of the Party and the country. They
are all ready to make some concessions,
provided that such a course will bring
them together without any sacrifice of
the fundamental principles of Democ-
racy. They want to win and to win on
Democratic lines.
In this good work they get neither
help nor encouragement from Mr..
Bryan. Hardly any Democrat in the
United States is under greater obIiga-
lions to work for the Party than he Is.
He has had two nominations, and mil
lions of Democrats voted for him in
1900 who did not believe in him or his
doctrines. They supported him partly
because he was the nominee and partly
because they preferred him to Re-
publican, They had little faith in him
and less in his theories.
After so many Democrats have sacri-
feed their principles to vote for him,
common gratitude ought to cause him
to reciprocate. He is certainly able to
see that he has had his day. and that
he can no longer lead the Party or die
tate its policy. He has tried his luck
and lost and is purblind, If he fails to
see 1t. The Party failed when 1t fol-
lowed him. and now he ought to be
willing to lay aside his own prejudices
and follow the Party.
But this is apparently the last thing
he will do. Every public utterance
shows the arrogance and intolerance of
the man. Rule or ruin is his motto.
and he makes it palmer every day. The
Party must follSR his dictation or be
divided and defeated. If he can accom-
plish it. II he were in the direct pay
of the Republican managers he could
not work into their hands better than
he is doing. for his course is calculated
to bring defeat, If he has sufficient in
huence to assure it.
Damn Bryant" is expressive enough
to become a classic.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-30
Notify MIR. Roosevelt at Once,

w dSNlnBIon POST.
Let us hope that the usual ouadran-
MIA comedy will not be needlessly de-
layed. OF course. we understand that
the work of the Chicago Convention
VIII not have been completed until Mr.
roosevelt hears from notification
committee, duly and solemnly created
mat ne is the party nominee for 1904,
The custom had its origin long wears
ago. when distances were great and
traVel painful, and when aspirants de-
pended upon tagging instruments of
lntormation. Mr.. washington and Mr..
JEFFERSON, for instance. could not sit AT
me end of a wire and hear the glad
tldings long before the echoes of the
acciamations died upon the wiswam
Walls. In those hallowed days, the no
tee came by long journeys over angry
roads and through much vfcissitUde
ana marsh asperity en- route. Thus the
observance has fixed itself upon us and
taken on the form of long-established
ceremony. But there is no reason WHY,
the suspense in this case should be prn-
longed: The committee should proceed
with all promptness and activitV. II iS
only natural that Mr.. Roosevelt sbouiS
want TO know, at the earliest possible
moment. what happened at Chicago
Get a move on, gentlemen, and let us
have done with mummery!
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-30
ANTI-PARKER LEADERS
FAIL OF AGREEMENT.
Murphy Would Urge Mcclellan Rather
Than German.

New York Times.
Within a week of the date for holding
the anti-Parker leaders in the party
apparently are divided hopelessly on
the question of policy to be pursued
at St Louis. Supporters of Senator
German have been redoubling their eff
forts during the last few days. to
make him the choice of the elements
which are opposing the nomination of
Parker, while since last Saturday there
has been a general move on the part
of Tammany Hall and it's allied inter-
ests to boom Mayor Mcclellan.
From sources of information close to
Senator German and Charles f. Murphy
it became known last night that both
the Maryland Senator and the Tammany
leader have given up. hope of getting
together on plan of action until st.
Louis is reached, and they have very
little hope. of effecting a combination
there until at least one or two ballots
have been taken in the Convention.
Senator German was expected in New
York yesterday. but he failed to appear,
and as a result the Tammany men are
putting forth every possible effort to
draw renewed attention to Mcclellan.
Both German and Murphy in the fight
on Parker have the support of Col. Jas.
NJ. Guffey of Pittsburg. who controls
the sixty-eight votes of Pennsylvania.
But the anti-Parker people do not
count on holding his support any long
err than they can make Gufey believe
II is to his interest.
According to one who was party to
most of the German Murphy confer
ences. and who represented the Tam
many leader on more than one occa-
sion, the point on hich the men could
not agree was on that of a candidate.
German wanted Tammany and all the
other anti-Parker people to unite on
him Murphy, on the other hand, want
ed them to take up Mcclellan as the
most likely man to successfully COM
bat Roosevelt. and thus TO make IL es-
sentially a young mans campaign.
Finally German suggested that the
anti-Parker people unite ON German
first. and then II that did not succeed
they could turn to Mcclellan to de-
feat Parker. In return Murphy offered
that German and the other anti Parker
people unite on Mcclellan as a first
choice and that II this did not win
they could swing to German.
Senator German will go to st. Louis
on Friday and will be located at the
Southern Hotel. where he will endeavor
to further his boom at every possible
point. Colonel Guffey. who has been
cOquettinE first with German and then
with Mcclellan, will follow and will he
in ST. Louis not later than Saturday
morning, when the National Committee
meets.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-30
FINANCIERs WANT GRAY
OR HARMON


Plans to Nominate One or the Other n,
the st. Louis Convention.
Chicago Special to N Y. Herald.
1t is asserted in financial circles here
that for more than six months ]. Pier
pont Morgan, James ]. Hill and other
f1nanciers have been woi king to bring
about the nomination of Judge George
Gray, of Delaware, or Judge Judson
Harmon. of Ohio, Tor President ON the
Democratic ticket.
John F. Dickinson, OF the Illinois
Contra, Railroad, Is reported to be IN
the confidence of these men. Mr.. Dick
States in the Alaskan boundary hear
ing in London. When asked Ii 1t was
true that he favored Judge Gray for
the nomination, Mr.. Dickinson said:
while l have the highest regard for
Judge Gray my personal preference Is
for Judson Harmon, of Ohio.t
1t is understood by local financiers
and politicians that neither Mr.. Nor
gan nor Mr.. Hill expects President
Roosevelt to be defeated In the event
of his defeat. however. in supporting
Judge Gray or Judge Harmon they
wish a guaranty that the money mar
ket shall not be disturbed in case OF
democratic victory.
Il believe it is true that the fnab-
ciers have favored Gray. well in
formed democratic leader said. I
think It is further true that they nave
determined on Judson Harmon as a
second choice, or. perhaps, by this time
sthey have settled on him for first place.
for Delaware, although the birthplace
OF Thomas F. Bayard and other great
men, is not regarded as a good state
from which to take Presidential NOM
inee."
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-30

Some days ago rhe Advertiser print
ed short account of the graduating
exercises at Cornell University. but
there was one paragraph in the address
of President schurman that is worth
repeating. He said:
have no patience with the college
graduate who deliberately elects bach
elorhood. whose social circle Is the club
and whose religion is refined and fas-
worth while maintaining colleges and
universities for the production of froth
like that. The family is the. germinal
principle, OF our nation aud the soul OF
our civilizations; II were treason in our
educated young men to shirk the pri-
mary duty OF bread winners.
One of the most discouraging fea-
lures of our American civilization is
the antipathy shown by so many of our
young men to marriage. In most cases
II is unmitigated selhshness A young
man with a fair salary and good pros
poets is so engrossed with his own sell
FISH desires and pleasures that he is
not willing to forego any OF them for
the purpose of assuming the highest
and ho1lest obligation that any man
can take on himself in this life. He
wants every dollar OF his income for
HIS own use. He wants to spend it
for fine clothes. for eating and drink
ing, and in too many cases for sem
sual pleasures. The older he grows
the more averse he becomes to giving
up any Of his selfish enjoyments
1t is Just as true now as 1t was in the
Edenic days that at Is not good for
man to live alone" When the Lord
provided a wife for Adam. He set an
example that COED and right thinking
men have felt IT duty and a pleasure
to follow. To a man OF right feeling
nothing is more conducive to sobriety.
industry and morality than good
wife and children. The man who
scorns matrimony has something lack
ing in his makeup. He is not a COM
plete man.
President Schurman was correct
when he said that the family is the
germinal principle of our nation. and
the soul of our civilization" 1t is
really the foundation of human happi-
ness. and the cornerstone of good citi-
zenship. The man who has a loved
and loving family to provide for and
enjoy himself with has something to
encourage, comfort and sustain him and
to bring out all that Is best in him He
need not be rich or prominent. for
neither will ensure domestic happiness
We know there are unhappy marriages,
just as we know that there are tlnhap-
Ply people who are not married. Per-
feet happiness is not for this life. but
the nearest approach to it is found in
the fam 'ly circle. Let the young
happiness.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-30

newspaper has been killed In the East,
and The New York World has had q
like boom. Even the comparatively
unknown Indianapolis News has had a
correspondent held for i've days In a
Russian prison at Port Arthur. What
have Hearst's papers--The New York
American, for example--got to show as
an Offset to these big ads? Nothing at
all, and we agree with The Richmond
News Leader that If his papers are to
maintain their prestige. it is in order
for them to detail at least six reporters
to he shot Immediately under the most
blood stained and narrowing cfrcum-
stances with photographs OF the scenes
for publication on the first page. We
doubt IL even that drastic perform
ance would compensate the king OF the
yellows for the loss of prestige he has
sustained.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-30
GRAY IS FOR CLEVELAND FIRST
He Reiterates That He is Out of II
HImseif, aud Says Parker is His
Second Choice.

Philadelphia. June 27.-A special
sespatch to the Philadelphia Record
from Wilmington, Del, says;
Judge George Gray today expressed
his hope that Cleveland would he nom
mated by the St. Louis convention.
Next to Cleveland he favors Judge Par
ker.
When asked If his own resolution
not to be a candidate had been chang
ed by the instruction of the Delaware
delegation in his favor and by the re-
cent Endorsement of his candidacy by
leaders in various states, Judge Gray
said:
I have repeatedly stated that am
not and will not be a candidate for the
Presidential nomination. 1 have also
repeatedly said that i am In favor or
Judge Parker if Mr.. Cleveland is out
of the question. Mr.. Cleveland Vlas
been my first choice If he does not
receive the nomination hope il wi]l
go to Judge Parker"
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-30
THURSDAY, JUNE 80, 1904.
prr1Na AT BARE HOOKS.

We have a poor opinion of the FISH
that bites at bare hook. We are apt
TO regard such fishes as either very
simple. very curious. or very greedy.
Yet there are many people who win dc
the same thing. A fool is born every
minute. some one has said, and there is
continually a new crop of gudgeons
coming on to become the victims of the
skilful angler. The famous South Sea
scale. John Laws Mississippi scheme
was something of the same kind, and
each found victims ready to bite, to
the tune of hundreds of millions of
dollars.
The game still goes on. Not long
yince there was a financial concern or
ganized in New York which scattered
its circulars broadcast over the coun-
try. 1t solicited small investments and
guaranteed per cent week in the
way of dividends. Any one with an
atom of financial sense should have
known that no legitimate business
could pay such profits. Any, one with
d grain of any kind of sense should
have known that no honest investment
can pay interest or profits at the rate
of $50 per cent a year.
Yet there were plenty of gudgeons to
bite at this bare hook. The concern
only had short existence. but it gath
cred in about a million dollars. From
one town in Ohio forty thousand dol
lars were sent In by easy victims. The
plan of operations were simple. For a
brief time the concern paid just what
It promised. A man who sent one
hundred dollars. for example. received
his three dollars a week. In about
eight months he would have gotten
back all that he had paid in. 1t was
easy on the company. for as long as
ten, fifty or a hundred times as much
money was coming in as had to be paid
.,tIt, it was easy for the promoters of
the scheme to pay the dividends as
they promised. For example, If there
had been paid in a million dollars the
frst week, the company would have
paid out only thirty thousand dollars,
and. as stated. If no more money had
come in the whole would have been
paid back TO the depositors in about
eight months.
But the promoters of this grand
scheme never intended to make such a
failure as that. When the money quit
coming in, the business would have
closed out. and the company would
have had all the money while the FISH
would have had only the experience.
In other words. the customer would
have few cents in dividends and the
company would have the remainder of
the dollar. 1t was a fine scheme for
the promoters, and is only one of the
many which have been exposed, and for
which new crops Of victims are spring
ing up every day. People like to bite
at bare hooks.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-30

General Miles is on the retired list.
and whatever he may have had to do
by way of holding down his post as
ranking General of the army. he Is now
a gentleman of leisure. 1t might have
been expected that having a good SAL
airy and no duties, he might have be-
taken himself to Manchuria and at
taching himself to the headquarters Of
the commander either of the Russian or
Japanese army. watched the progress of
one of the most instructive wars the
world has ever seen. There would
Rave been dignity in this course. and
his observations might have possessed
a value when he chose to submit them
to contemporary judgment.
The Generals decision as TO the prop
err employment OF his earned leisure
partakes of far different quality than
wish to present himself as a COM
handing figure. He has gone into
politics and is flirting vigorously with
the Prohibitionists and at intervals
casting sheep-eyes at the Democracy.
1t is given out that he asked the Pro-
hibitionists to wait upon the action of
the St. Louis convention and IL this
was satisfactory to him. he would not
run in opposition to the ticket put out
there. II the Democrats in his judg-
ment err at st. Louis. then the fash of
his sword, he promises, may be seen at
every strategical point of the impend-
ing mighty battle.
There is no need to emphasize over
never forgive Miles for having put Mr..
Davis In chains. They deeply resent
ed this unmanly and truculent abuse of
power at the time; they resent IT now
and will continue to resent it. To feel
and express this indignation is merely
to proclaim not a relentlessly unforgiv-
ing disposition. but a proper condemna-
ton of Miles's grossly tyrannous abuse
of forcs in the humiliation OF a distin-
guished man and millions of his fellow
countrymen.
The real trouble ahead of the GEN.
eral is that the Prohibitionist Party
has never been anything but a cave"
to which timid and doubling souls can
retreat when the direction of the storm
is to their minds uncertain. That
vote goes up'or goes down on one con-
sideration alone. the acceptableness of
the candidate. and platforms of the two
great parties. Where both of these
give offense to any number OF timid
souls. these show their dissatisfaction
by taking to the woods, by voting the
Prohibitionist ticket. From present
Indications, the Prohibitionist vote will
be one of the smallest the party has
ever polled. There will be no place
for hating. sick beings in this cam.
paign. We look for a vote wholly un-
precedented in volume. If such vote
is cast General Miles or any other Pro-
hibitionist candidate will not proht by
1t. That candidate will be simply
buried out of sight in the transcending
interest OF the greater conflict.