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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-25

its great men, but now in top many instances men of mediocre talhnts ana indifferent characters succeed through the combined influence of money, graft and gall, while the men who are truly great in all ways are showed aside.
 Especially is this true of the North and West, and we see men like Piatt and Quay. Hanna and Mitchell. Burton and Dietrich. Bulkeiey and Penrcse. and others of their sort occupying places where none but statesmen of high character once had the privilege of. sitting, Then Senators were elect cd on their merits and attachments and not on their pull with some political machine. While 1t is true that some of these old statesmen were not with out faults 1t Is just as true that .ney were not venaI and corrupt. Their faults did not smSreh their official characters, nor were their public acts such as to disgrace the States which sent them. Pity we cant truthfuliy say as much of some of their success Sors.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-25
WEDNESDAY,, JANUARY .s, 1905.
IkING COTTON Nor 1N Ir.

1t is pleasant to note the attention which is being paid to other things in the farm line than cotton. While the cultivation of cotton will always take the care and attention of thousands who live in the cotton belt, yet just at this time an enlargement of interest along other lines should be hailed with joy
 Yesterday there was a meeting of the Alabama Horticultural Society and its proceedings were exceedingly in- teresting and instructive. It will be beneficial to every farmer in Alabama to read the proceedings of that gath ering of earnest and practical men. which are published in today's Adver- tiser. They are doing great service for their State and for their friends and neighbors. They will be in ses sion again today.
 Today the Interstate Cane Growers Association will meet. It promises to be we'll attended as a largo number of delegates from several of the States interested have already reached the city. It is a great subject which these men will consider. and from which nDieh of good for our people will result
 Mohtsomery gladly welcomes those who come here to attend these two conventions and hopes that great suc- cess may crown their efforts.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-25
NONE THIS SESSION,

Recently a committee of ladies ap- peared before the Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs of tho House to urge action restoring the army canteen The Hartford Times says:
 The lady who addressed the Com mittee was Mrs. Kelton, widow of former Adjutant General of the army. who was for some time the Governor of the Soldiers Home at Washington. and among the signers of the petitior are are Mrs; taa schiey sd. and Mrs Simpson an6 realize as does every intelligent per- son who has any actual knowledge Of army conditions that the canteen with decorous traffic in peer and other drinks in which there is little or no alcohol. is a civilizng and beneficent institution, and that the legislation which prohibited such trafic was ex- tremely ill-advised and harmful 1g- uorance and prejudice may continue to control the action Of Congressman in this matter for a time, but eventually the army canteen will be restored, be- cause 1t is an instrumentality that makes for ciVility and decency.
 The Chairman, who is Representa- tive Hull of Iowa brusquely and rough ly told the ladies that mo such Iegis- lation could be had during this session of Congress. He may be correct, but all the same it must come some time in the near future. as The Times says. It matters not how earnest and devot- ed one may be to the cause of tenn perance it is always well to look facts In the face. Tt is a condition, not g. theory. that confronts," said MT Cleve- land on an important occasion, and we can say the same. It might be best if ali officers and soldiers were total ab- stainers, but that question is not ln- volved in this matter When reduced to @ basis of solid fact, 1t is simply a question as to how the men can be a1- lowed to use stimu1ants with least hurt to themselves and the service. The preponderance of unbiased testi- mony is that the properly condueted canteen offers the best solution yet tried.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-25
Fraud in Philadelphia.


 Philadelphia has no personal regis- tration law for Yoters-names are plac- cd on the voting lists by the assessors. The registration is now 27.s per cent. of the total population. In Kansas City it Is 17 per cent, in New York 1S.3 per cent, in Boston 1s.5 per cent, in Chicago 1885. Only in Baltimore (outside of Philadelphia is 1t over 20 per cent. This is the finding of a joint committee on electoral re- form, and 1t coincides substantially with other investigations. It is held that 20 per cent, of the total popula- tion is a liberal estimate of the num- Der of persons legally qualified to vote. This would give in Philadelphia 2S1,- 6S1 voters, while the assessors profess to have found SS5.o25, an excess of 103,394 over the liberal normal esti- mate. Those familiar with city poli- tics there believe that more than 100- 900 names are illegally on the. Nyoting lists, and these names are freely voted upon by the professional repeatSrs to swell the triumph of the organlza- tion. The organization steadily re- fuses, year after year, to give the city a personal registration law. by means of which this great opportunity for fraud would be prevented.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-25
A Great school.
Birmingham Ledger.

-bATInln SHdul LCuBeI.
 Old South Carolina College has cele- brated its one hundredth anniversary. Alabama had two governors educated there. John Murphy and John Gayle. Chancellor Joseph w. Lesesne, of the long ago, In our state, was educated there, as was Chancellor Alexander Bowie, of Talladega, grandfather Of Congressman Bowie, of that district Judge Sam F. Rice was educated there dent of the secession convention, and Il long list of other prominent men who came to fame in Alabama, among them Dixon H. Lewis, the ponderous and braIny statesman of Lowndes. Henry w. Hillard also was a grad Marion Sims, the famous surgeon of Montgomery and New York, was graduate of this college. John A. El- more. of Montgomery. was another graduate. John Jacob Seibles, of Montgomery, was another graduate distinguished in the Mexican and se- cession wars and in international dip lomacy.
 There have been so many of Ala bamas distinguished men who grad uated at this college that one article could not name them all. John j. Woodward, of Taliadega. who was Killed in the war between the states vas a graduate, as was the late Hon. Joseph A. Woodward. of Talladega, who served three terms in congress from South Carolina.
 In it's one hundred years the old college has gwen the world more dis tinsulshed men than any Une college in America,
 tJuoge J. B. Gaston, of this city and Hon. Jere Williams, of Clayton, are graduates of the South Carolina C0l- lege.-Advertiser,)
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-25
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T have great sympathy for the Czar or Russia in his present trouble" said Montgomery business man.
 know" he continued. it is the popular thing in America to side with the people against monarchy, but 1 have analysed the situation in Russia and the conclusion has been reached that the conduct of the strikers was point. EN
 One thing that the Amsfican people should bear in mind is the lack of pa ;triotism shown by the Russian strik- CTS. No doubt they had been oppressed, but this was not the time to press their grievances on their Government. Rus sia is facing a foreign foe, thousands of miles from It's capital, and 1t needs the loyalty of it's people at home.
 Tt may be said that the war situa- tion made 1t q propitious time for the people to revolt. but my American spirit rebels against that sort of disloyalty,
 My. sympathies lie with Japan in the war. but I hope the Russian Govern rnent will be able to suppress the revolt at home.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-25
An Iwnor,a,t c,Saventto,,.

All you people who can do so should attend the sessions of the Sugar Con vention," remarked a gentleman who was deeply interested in the hoRticul- ttiral meeting yesterday.
 Many who think there is nothing to grow in our tSate but cotton would have been inspired to change their tac- tics if they had heard what I did to- day from practical fruit growers. They demonstrated that this is a good sec of them gave the best of reasons for their belief-the money yield to their pockets.
 The best Informed cane growing men In the United States will address the Cane Growers Convention and their remarks are bound to be interesting. I hope a new era for the South, or that portion of 1t which can grow cane, will date from the Montgomery Cane Crow erS' Convention"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-25
FIRST UMBRELLA IN AMERICA.
OriSinal Rafnstick~ Caused n Riot on
 the Streets of Baltimore.

The Baltimore Sun.
 How many person know that Balti- more is the American. home of the umbrella: that away back in 1772 the first umbrella ever seen in the United States marched through Baltimore town with a man under it: that good lives at sight of It; that horses hop ped fences and tore wildly from meet ing house posts; that barmaids in ye gcod Q, old ..s,y tavern; with ye good old old windows to see the show, while ye star dipsomaniac shouted with much power and great vigor" that he would never touch another drop; that small boys threw stones at it, and that the town was in an uproar2
 Yet such is history A book in the city library says 1t is so; hence it must be so. In fact, there IS not the watch twho is called night watch be- cause he worked in the day) sent in riot call, and endorsements were only prevented turning out because there was only one night watchman on the force in those good but somewhat uncertain days.
 It Is to be regretted that the um- brella was not made here. It vas, a d Baltimore ship from India. ....
 Imagine the figure the man must have cut in the eyes of the populace as he meandered from the dock with
 
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 Yet if he lived it was to laugh4 He lived to see others adopt the impor- ted instrument which at first caused so much apprehension. He saw the idea expand and broaden. The fame of the Baltimore umbrella travelled to Philadelphia, and soon it was adopted by the Quakers with much enthusi- asm; Next 1t was heard of in New had brought nothing with them from the other side bat the language they spoke, marye1led among themselves, saying: ''..veriiy, this is a good thing to push along"
 And thus from town to town the um- brella craze spread. The bicycle mania of later years was nothing Is not worth mentioning in the same breath. Everybody scrambled for an umbrella. Babies cried for them. They became the fashion. They became in- separable from the village sages, who could not think except they walked, and who could not walk unless they had their umbrellas under their arms or mayhap over their heads. The umbrella became a badge of rank and dignity.
 And all because away back in 1772 a lone man walked through Baltimore town carrying one, the first umbrella seen in this part of the world.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-25

The Raleigh (N. CD Post notes that Senator Mitchell has declared that those people who accused him of mud
 dying his skirts in the Oregon land steals are perjurers and malicious liars. Noting this The virginian- Pi- lot observes that no blackguard who has by chance found himself in the public eye accused of conduct similar to that Of Senator Mitchell has been able to refrain from choice and polite language of a similar nature" It may be that Senator Nipple Mitchell is not guilty of some of the offences with which he is charged but he will find that he can't brush the charges away by villifying his accusers. Such tac- tics are not evidence, or legal defence. as he will perhaps discover in due time. @t
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-25
NIr. G.arreft Promoted.

The Calvert tTexas) Chronicle says;
 MT. T. w. Garrett, Calvert's affable city secretary and cashier of J. Adoue & Co.'S bank for the past eight years. has been elected cashier and director of the Park Bank and Trust Company of Beaumont. Texas, an institution with a capital stock of $300,000.
 MT. Garrett is a young man of whom all Calvert feels histly proud; he was born and reared in Calvert and began battling with the serious problems of life when boys more favored by for tunes f1ckle fancy were enjoying the pleasurabIe pastimes of youth. Like 1other self-made men who have attained distinction, he realized from the outset determination, energy and strict atten- ton to the duties assigned him he has ascended the ladder of success, round by round, until today Thornton Garrett occupies a position of trust, which is the strongest evidence of the confidence he inspires abroad as well as at home 4 young man of recognized ability. it is safe to predict that he will be in the years that are to come one of the fofe- Texas. Ever affable and courteous, he has endeared himself to the people with whom he came in contact, day by day, and they have shown their appre- citation of his worth by conferFing up- on him on several occasions positions or public honor and trust.
 MT. Garrett leaves Sunday afternoon for Beaumont to assume his new duties. His estimable family will join him in short while in their new home"
 MT. Garrett Is q son-in-law of Capt. B. H. Screws of this city, and all who know him join in expressions similar to those of his home paper.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-25
A Land of Mystery.

From The Everglades of Florida" in
 the February Century.
 The Great American Desert, once so called, the wild solitudes of the West ern mountain ranges, and the snow wastes of the Yukon, have yielded up their inmost secrets; but the Ever glades, in the southernmost interior of our southernmost State, are today aI- most as little known of white men as when the early navigators first chart cred the contour of the Cape of the End of April.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-25
IT is DIFFERENT NOW.

It could only be an ignoble people to whom such a voice addressed a vain appeal Compare the pride which Massachusetts felt in Webster and Kentucky in Clay with the estimation vouchsafed in their respective States to Quay and Platt and other men who have been consumed in the services of party machines and in the dispensation of petty patronage. The eyes of our greatest statesmen have been fixed upon the greatest themes.
 It would be both unjust and unfair to say that there are no great men w-a-days-nen of high character and genuine, statesmanship, but it is fair to Say that they are not held in the same esteem that such men as Webster Calhoun, Clay and host of others of the earlier days were Then the State honored itself by honoriuE
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-25
Marrying Goes On.

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 Supreme court or no Supreme Court, the marrying goes merrily on. If it aint Houston it's Henry, and what set of judges might say one way or another will not, keep people from marrying when they feel like 1t, es- pecially, when that same set of judges are liable at any minute to turn around and undo what has been done before. We don't want them to start any monkey businessg with this county at this late date, and don't think they will
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-25
Lower yyetu,,vls. aoad.

q, discovered" said a farmer, by reading the sidewalk column of The Advertiser yesterday morning wherein Wetumpka Road. 1t is because that portion of 1t that needs attention is un- der control of the Montgomery city government.
 The man who called attention to it's condition near the city knows what he is talking about. From the Brewery to a point about a mile distant, there are great holes in the road that need filling. Unless it is looked after very soon. the road will be impassable.
 T understand that the Board of Rev. enue holds that the city government assumed control of this part of the road by extending the corporate limits, and that 1t IS the duty of the city to keep 1t in repair.
 While I live in the country and am not a city taxpayer, I believe the city ought to look after this road"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-25
All MOnsh,ne
Charleston News and Courier.

Charleston News and Courier.
 "A rumor Is floating around" says the Chicago Tribune, "to the effect that when pr. Crum is confirmed he will resign. The President will fi& his place with white man. who will be acceptable to the people of Charles ton. and the Doctor will be rewarded with another office just as good This would be a happy ending of an un- pleasant incident, but it sounds like a fairy tale" It was a fairy tale" Dr. Crum has been confirmed, and he says that the talk about his resisnning his office Is ''all moonshine."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-25

San Antonio, Tex, Is contempiatins the erection of a canning factory in that city which will give employment to at least one hundred people. As The Express says. while that is good deal of itself what Is of greater im- portance is the encouragement that will be given to truck farmers and fruit growers in this section" That is true. and 1t applies with equal or greater force to Montgomery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-25
What Arc We Coming Tor

we see they have arrested Colonel Jack Chin up in old 'Kaintuck" and locked him up just for carrying a gun. What in the name of horse racing. world coming to when Kentuck Col onel, 6 happy, enthusiastic mettle- some, real live and always / kicking genuine Blue grass dyed in the wool Colonel Is thus disgraced for such a state characteristic as making a walk jug arsenal of himself.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-25
Judges and Counties. |. s..n. q, =. Az eAa

When the next legislature gets ready to create judges. the number of cir cults should be limited to the number of counties in the state no matter how many men want to be judges. Some counties will need more than one circuit judge. but 1t ought to be established that no county shall have body.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-25
WhistIlnE in Church. Gn GDAafoI 4A Atlanta

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 Something novel in the way of a chorAs was that introduced in the last night when a choir of young men whistled several songs and hymns as part of the church services. The "whistling chorus" proved so popular on it's first trial that the idea will probably be taken up by other church congregations of Macon. It is the first thing of the kind in this city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-25

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-25
His MOney's worth.

A farmer up in Carolina recently committed suicide, severing an artery with q knife. Prior to his death neighbor asked him why he committed the rash deed. "Oh, hell! Just for fun" he responded. It is to be hoped that he got his moneys worth.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-25
There is no case on re- cord of a cold resulting in Pneumonia, or other seri- ous lung trouble, after
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 It stops the cough and heals the lungs and pre- vents serious results from a cold.
 Do not take chances on a cold wearing away or experiment with some un- known preparation that costs you the same as Foley's Honey and Tar,
 Remember the name and get the genuine.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-25

The Randolph Star. published at wedOwee, after a suspension of some two months has been revived with JoBn w. .overton as editor. They ought to have good paper at We dowee and we believe John overton can make it if he will give his atten- tIon to it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-25
Good sugEestion.
Mobile Item.

Bourke Cochran wants the govern ment hereafter to run the political campaigns; but as this would cost several million dollars every year, we would suggest that this sum be used to promote the building of good roads.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-25
A r,Irtlmenlshesl flelexnte.

One of the visitors to the Interstate Sugar Growers Convention is Col John DymUnd of New orleans. He is the editor of The Louisiana Sugar Planter and is quite an authority on a1l> mat ters relating to the sugar business and industry.
 He has 8 sugar plantation about thir- ty miles below that city and in the very best cane growing section of the State. He Is to make an address before the convention.
 Colonel Dyfnond is a member of the Louisiana State Senate and takes prom inent part in all matters which tend to build up his State and the country at large. -..-.
 At the next meeting of the National Editorial Association the indications are that he will be elected President. He has a great many friends in all parts of the Union.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-25
strikers Calmness R4markahIe.

Colonge, Jan. 24.-The calm attitude of the strikers is regarded as being most remarkable by the police author trict.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-25
Wbat State Papers
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Birming nam NeWs.
 It may be that the movement to pre- vent Georgia legislators accepting rail- road passes will result in Atlanta get ting some more dead-head advertis- ing
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-25
cattle ar.ra.r A..,~us.

Muskogee, I. T., Jan. 24.=-Campbeli Russell. one of the best known breed CTS of Hereford cattle in the Southwest. has filed petition in bankruptcy. His liabilities are placed at $t12.fee; assets. ssO,0O0.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-25
NOTICE.
| NJ Merritt & Co.


 In the Matter of J. NJ. Merritt & Co, Bankrupts In Bankruptcy.
 Under an order heretofore made by Judge Thos. c. Jones, in the above entitled case, wherein the undersigned as Receiver d the estate of the said bankrupts, is direos- ed to sell the certain stock of goods, war& and merchandise. and other personal prop. ertv and assets belonging to said estate. will offer for sale and sell, on Friday, ths 27th day of January. 1905. in the town of Hartford. Ala. between the legal hours ef sale to the highest bidder for cash, at pub lie ourcry, all that certain stock of goods, wares and merchandise, clothing, shoes, etc. and other personal property and effects be- longing to said estate. A certified check for s3O0 O0 will be required to be deposited with the undersigned by the purchaser as an as- surance of good faith on the part of said purchaser. which will be returned on fail ure of confirmation of sale by the court. Said goods apparently in good condi- ton the stock Is large and reasonably clean and a splendid opportunity is afford ed to acquire 1t at reasonable price.
 B. F. REID, Receiver. January 18th, 1905 tf
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-25

The Colorado man who boasts that he voted forty times at 50 cents per vote was evidently on the bargain souuteE
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-25

It is reported that owing to the loss es suffered at the hands of ticket scalpers several Mexican railways have decided to issue no more round trip tickets.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-25

Messrs. R. c. Smith and Isham J. Dorsey, prominent men of opelika, are ill the city.