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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1905-11-09

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-12
THE INDIANS AS THEY ARE.

A few days ago The Advertiser cop pied from the Muskogee q. ID Phoenix, an editorial on The, Future of the In- dian" showing the advanced position occupied by the Indians of what is known as The Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory. The Cherokee Advo- cate, the official organ of the Cherokee Nation. copied the editorial from The Phoenix, and added:
 The Indian Territory can make as good showing as any State in the Union when 1t comes to shrewd, educated bus mess men, farmers, stockmen, lawyers, and in fact in every profession, and politicians in the Cherokee Nation are fullbloods. Some of the finest orators we ever had were fullblood Cherokees, and had they been educated they would have, ranked high anywhere. The h. dians of this territory owe much to the Phoenix for the stand 1t has taken in their behalf.
 Doubtless these articles come in the nature of surprise to many readers who have not yet ceased to regard all Indians as blanketed savages, living in wigwams, subsisting on the game they can kill with their bows and arrows. and possessing none of the attributes or accomplishments of civilization. How widely such opinions are from the real facts is shown by the articles We have copied from two of their pa pers. The Phoenix is edited by Colonel Clarence Douglas, one of the best post ed men among the Creeks, while The Advocate is the official organ of the Cherokees. We have no doubt that both papers give a fair and truthful statement of the condition of the peo- pie who are asking for statehood and who are more deserving of it than were some of those who have already ob- | tained it
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-12
WANTING TO KNOW.

In December, 1901, a witness before the Interstate Commerce Commission in reply to a question about a contract in which he was an interested party, replied: "Yes, sir, it was an illegal con- tract. It was illegal when we made it, and we knew that" That reply was plain and unequivocal, and we may give the man credit for coming out souarely and acknowledging that he was interested in contract which he knew to be illegal, but we would hardly think such a man fit person to be appointed to high and responsible position.
 Yet the brazen witness who so freely testified to his own illegal act-an act of graft, to speak plainly-was Paul Morton, now Secretary of the Navy and confidential adviser of the President. It has been but a little more than three years since he gave that testimony, but his admission does not seem to have made him less deserving of favors from Roosevelt. Now, however, there Is chance for both himself and the Presi- dent to feel embarrassed because of a resolution introduced by Congressman Baker respectfully inquiring whether MT. Morton's retention in the Cabinet Is conducive to the public interest, and in harmony with Mir. Roosevelts last message" That is a facer, and in the words of The New York Times, "wheth- CT MT. Morton can still be punished for this violation of the law, is open to question. But there is no gainsay- ing the fact that Baker has put MT. Roosevelt in a very awkward fix. One who has been so vigorous in enforcing laws from the time he was commis- sioner of police In this city to the pres- ent day, canot be pleased to find at his council table a confessed violator of the law. Young men who do things are. of course, desirable adjuncts to a stren- uous cabinet, but sometimes 1t Is well to find out in advance just what they have done"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-12
Suffrage nt the south.n
New York Evening Post. Jan. T.

New York Evening Post, Jan. T. To the Editor of The Evening Post:
 Sir-While your references to my article in the January North American Review appeared on December 31, brief illness has prevented my seeing your editorial until today. trust you will pardon me if say that your quo- tations from my statement constitute resentation of my paper. There are at least two points upon which l beg you will let me enter a correction:
 CD One would naturally assume from the reading of your editorial that have indicated some sympathy with the proposal to enforce the popular con- ception of the Fourteenth Amendment. Upon the contrary, first attempted to show that this conception of the amend ment is wholly untenaole; then argue that, even upon the assumption of its relevancy, its operation must defeat the essential purpose of its advocates.
 (2o One would also infer from your account of my paper that am wholly occupied with reading lecture" to the South. Referring to the unjust ex- clusion of certain qualified negroes. you quote me as saying. Tt is idle for writers at the South to deny that such cases exist" You stop the quotation at that point. It would have been fairer to the South and to me if you had continued the passage, which reads: Tt is equally Idle for writers at
 
 South Is responsible for them. or to forget that tens of thousands of negro men have already been fairly register ed at the South under our amended constitution"
 Such corrections would hardly be necessary if I could assume that all who read your editorial would also take the trouble to read the argument to which 1t refers. Unfortunately, this is more than I can reasonably ex- pect. I am always ready. when real occasion arises, to speak of such evils as may exist in our Southern States. The South has nothing to fear from the full truth. But l am not willing to be put in the attitude of partnership with an anti-Southern propaganda in which the full truth is to be ignored. Injustice will never be remedted by in justice.
 I deeply value and appreciate the references of The Evening Post to the 'candor' and 'frankness" of my statement. My fear is, however, that the one-sided nature of the quotations you select will strengthen the impression already too prevalent at the South, that The Evening Post wishes candor and frankness only in one direction.
 Edgar Gardner Murphy.
 New York, January 5.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-12
rHn rrMr IS ArAn orr.

Referring to the trouble experienced in keeping the army up to it's full num- bers The Birmingham Ledger thinks that the assertions and the difficulty of getting men for the army and na- " marks the beginning of the time when men will force rulers to keep the peace by refusing to be shot or to shoot. No power on earth could compel an army to light and we may see the time when 1t will refuse"
 In all ages the humanitarians have watched for the time predicted by the prophet Micah when Nation shall not lift up sword against nation. neither shall they have war any more." but however anxiously that time may be desired, and however hopefully 1t may be looked for, 1t seems as far off as ever. If only savage nations and peo- pies made war on each other we might hope that the softening and Christian izing influences of modern civilization might bring about the universal and enduring peace hoped for by all lovers of their kind, but such Is not the case. The Christian nations. the people of the highest and most advanced civilization are just as prone to go to war as are the savages. and in most cases for the same reasons. The desire for conquest. avarice. ambition and the various other emotions which drive the barbarous na- tions to take up arms act just the same way on those nations which claim the highest and most perfect civilization.
 In a country like ours 1t might be possible to prevent war. so far as our own government Is concerned, if all the male citizens would refuse to vol unteer, or to serve if drafted, but such action would not only be deemed cow ardly and unpatriotic, but would place us at the mercy of any other nation that cared to invade us. Until the refusal to fight can be made so universal that no government can raise an army there will be wars and rumors of wars" throughout the earth and people will go on killing each other just as they have always done. That free Amer ican citizens should hesitate to enlist wages they receive Is not to be wonder ed at, but whether they serve vo1unta- rily or otherwise they will have sa serve until the time comes when na-
 tions shall not learn or practice war any more.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-12
A PARTIAL REMEDY.

The city of Chicago. taking warning by the horrible disaster at the Iro- Quois Theatre last year, seems to be making an effort to prevent as far as possible such occurrences in future. One of the methods adopted Is that or- ders are issued to the chief of police and other officials to ring down the curtain in any theatre when 1t is seen that the building is crowded beyond the point of safety. The Tribune says: Where there are chairs in the aisles or Illegal crowding in any part of the house the city fireman on duty should l telephone to the nearest engine house or police station for an officer, who. mistaken. should order the curtain down and not let 1t rise until the au- dience shall have been reduced to a le- gitimate number. When the cause of explained to the spectators they will condemn the manager and will be grateful for the steps taken for their protection.
 So far the precaution is well enough. The manager of theatre ought to know how many 1t will hold without danger, and when for the sake of a few more dollars they allow the build ing to be crowded beyond the point of safety and to become so damned and l congested that escape would be impos- sible without danger. ringing down the curtain and stopping the performance will be a proper proceeding. A few prompt examples of this kind will have a good effect.
 But this precaution will be of little avail unless proper attention is paid to the means of escape. If we remember the circumstances correctly, the great reasons for the Iroquois disaster was the totally inadequate means of get ting out of the building when the fire occurred. If any others of the public halls in Chicago are so badly con- structed that the people. especially the women and children, cannot readily escape when there is a fire the mere act of preventing the overcrowding the floors will be but partial remedy. If there Is an alarm and the resultant panic and the means of escape are not ample and easily accessible there will be the same horrible scenes that have so often occurred before. Nevertheless, we must commend the evident determi- nation of the Chicago authorities to prevent oyercrowding. If they will stick to 1t and enforce 1t it will be one step towards prevention of disasters in future.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-12
CAN'T MEASURE HIM,

The Buffalo News, loyal Republican, isn't yet ready to undertake the meas urement of brother Pennypacker's assi- ninity. How many kinds of an idiot the Governor of Pennsylvania can be-" quoth The News. 'is to be estimated when he has gone out of office and 1t becomes possible to measure him in full" Editor Butler has no stomach for such an undertaking as the measur- ing of Penny would be. He knows that there be depths which the finite mind cannot fathom. heights to which it can not reach and breadths which 1t can not span. Being only mortal he re- frains from the effort to measure the immeasurable. But The News hands out this as a starter:
 The Pennypacker gag law of recent lntamy Tailed or It's purpose because no public official dared to ruin his chances Tor life by trying to enforce 1t, and 1t was openly det1ed and disregarded by about every paper in the State. The Keystone State has been through some pretty severe experiences since Uncle William Penn made his deal for the titleNto 1t, but few of them have been quite so humiliating as the Penny
 
 judge sometimes makes a thoroughly foolish governor.
 If the esteemed News will keep a careful record of Pennypacker's doings until he answers the last rollcall it may be in condition to do him justice In a several column obituary notice, but any effort to predict his future course must necessarily be a failure But why does not The News see. or seeing, why does 1t not admit, that Pennypacker is but a natural result of Pennsylvania's Republican political system.
 The Republican party controls the machine and the machine controls the politics of the State. The natural re- suit is Pennypacker ana his brand. A hens egg cannot be expected to hatch anything but a chicken, and the foul egg of Pennsylvania Republican ma- chine politics can hatch nothing but its kind. Let the News try its axe on the cause that produced Pennypacker
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-12
THURSDAY, JANUARY IF, 1905.

There is nothing lost in France. noth- ing thrown away, not a rag, not a bit of bread, not a stick of wood. Many think we are a laughing, singing na- tion. If we were such. and nothing more, we would have song since disap- peared. We are living example that people may love to have their laugh and their song and yet keep their for ests in good order. Method and gloom do not necessarily go together.
 This says The Boston Herald is a sample extract from the speech of Am bassador Jusserand at the forestry congress. It is very neat, and 1t is a reminder that no country in the world protects its forests better than France, with the possible exception of Japan. where every tree that is cut down must forthwith be replaced by another tree"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-12
Would Ada Millions.

The millions of dollars that have been expended on locks and dams are practically a dead loss, until the work is completed and the streams opened to navigation. This Is notably true of the Warrior and Coosa. And yet it looks as if Congress is disposed to loose the work already done, rather than make further appropriations for the completion of the work, which would add millions to the general wealth of the country.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-12
Japnn,. suUremncy In the orient.

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 We have a fancy, worth not much, of the writers on the yellow peril, that Japan will see to it that there Is no pretentious nation developed any where in the Asiatic region. If Japan has an ambition 1t must be to rule the Orient. We cannot conceive of Chi nese hosts sweeping over Western Eu- rope. but we can easily conceive of of Asia and dictating the terms of trade and other intercourse with Western nation~
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-12

County, in Pennsylvania, where twelve murders have been committed in six weeks, taking no account of intellectual shooting and stabbing? It is the fash ion to disparage our neighbor States in the Western Hemisphere and to shake the ''Big Stick" over their heads. but we doubt if a parallel can be found in all Latin America for Lackawanna."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-12

In the last fiscal year 1t cost s2s35s to collect $2.50 of customs revenue at York Me; $s7s to collect $S.55 at Nan tucket, Mass, and two customs officers at an expense of $2TOT.sS, to collect s22,7o ae crisneld, Md: but the cham pion achtesement was the collection by two persons. wso earned $15Os.2S there by, of si,s5 at Beauross N. c. Secretary foa~ has asked for reform. but that
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-12
w,u Run Out of Mobile.

Mobile. Ala, Jan. 1.-The Mexican steamship Vueltabajo has been sold to Chicago parties and will run out be- tween this port and Mexican ports. con meeting with the inland river boats of Tabasco-Chiapas Trading and Trans portation Company.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-12
Eetters tc tbe Gdftor
Signs at Street Corners.

Edltor The AQVeftl5er:
 Permit me, through your columns, to call the attention of the Mothers Union, the Civic Federation. or the City Coun ell q hardly know which body has Jurisdiction in the matter all of them appearing to have assumed it) to the necessity of placing signs at corners, to designate the streets. The bright light of day and the brilliant light of the advertisement of the Montgomery Light mad Water Power Company at night would show these signs to ad- mirable advantage, and those unac- quainted with the topography of the city would find in this much-needed legislation decided assistance.
 Citizen.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-12
AIoat Progrensive CItx.

If Montgomery during the year 1905 achives all that Father Montgomery had down in his note book, in Sundays Advertiser, as projected Improvements in this year, then the other cities of the State win have to look well to their laurels or Montgomery will snatch from them the position of the most progressive city in the State.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-12
THE ADVERTISERS WEENIY CIRCITU UATIoA Esox,

Below will be found tabulated state ment showing the circulation of every issue pf The Weekly Advertiser during the year 1904. The total of all these issues, when bivided by the actual number of Issues (52)
 bhows the. average circulation to have been 1s,209. This is our Annual Sworn De- Jailed Statement of the Weekly Advertisers
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-12
Plenty of Laws.
FlCl Birmingham L.

Ledger.
 MT. Edmunds of Vermont comes for ward with his proposition. to amend the Constitution of the United States to prohibit polygamy. There is no earth ly need for such an amendment. We have plenty of laws against polygamy in our laws against bigamy Enforce the laws we have and let the old Con- stitution alone.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-12

A cynic says that when a man wants to make fool of himself he can gene- rally find woman to help him." That may be true but there's plenty of them who don't need any help.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-12
How He Would Do It.


 Should a newspaper man ever have anything hang heavy enough on his brain to get him In the notion to com- init suicide, he would not take the com- mon route, by killing some one else first; he would only have to write up something just as it was and comment accordingly, and the trouble would come-just enough.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-12

The weather man ought to have an easy time these days. It matters lit- tie what kind of weather he predicts, for 1t is prety sure to come, sometimes all of them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-12
The Future Home.
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The future home of the coming Americans would be far happier If the misses and maids would try to learn more about how to cook like mother. instead of trying to conceal her old time ways and ideas.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-12

The Shreveport Times heads an edi- torial colorado Redeemed" but per haps our contemporary would do well to wait a while and see how the re- demption holds out. Some good people believe in the doctrine of falling from grace
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-12
A Crying Need.
Birminrham News.

Birmingham News.
 It Is said there is a crying need women in the far west, and yet the [ nouncement comes that four Id postmasters are polygamists. there ever such an unequal division things?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-12

A cry of fire broke up Council meet ing in York, Pa. the other night as all the Councilmen rushed out to see the engine go by. The esteemed Dis patch was almost disgusted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-12
Time to Look Ont.
Mobile Item.

Mobile Item.
 From her cell Mrs. Chadwick 1t out that she defies them all. a woman says this it is high tin mere man to look out. She ger has surprise up her sleeve t as destructive as a hand-grenade.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-12

According to The Philadelphia Rec ord Kentucky must lower it's flag to Pennsylvania. in the contest for homi- cidal supremacy. What county in Ken- lucky can hold place with Lackawanna
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-12
Agrees With Us,
Bessemer Workman.

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 Bessemer has it's knockers and we can well agree with The Advertiser that such people could well be spared" and the manner of their exit would not be of so great importance as the fact that a community gets rid of them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-12
The Difference.
Florence Herald.

Florence Herald.
 We never knew a woman who be. lieves in taking ice-cold baths in the morning and sleeping with the win. dows open, who didn't have a husbanr who catches cold If he sits near a key hole.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-12
Daily Average, December, 1e04. .. .12, ,5yl
 eunday Average, December, I90l.... 18,005

E. S Noble. Circulation Manager of The Montgomery Advertiser, being duly sworn. says: The foregoing statement of The Ad- vertiser's daily circulation for the month of December, 1e04 is true and correct, and compiled after all returns. from news boys news agents and leftover copies have been deducted. B. s. NOBLE,
 Circulation NanaRer
 The Advertiser Company Sworn to and subscribed before me this eth day of January, 1905.
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-12

We suspect that United States sena- tor John Mitchell (nee Hipple) will be sorry before 1t is all over that he didn't change his name some more.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-12

Some London People are having spells over a dancing goose. as if that was rare fowl. There are lots of them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-12
VIII Reappear.

Birmingham Age-Herald.
 The fall of Port Arthur will reappeaT on the stage and in all fireworks dis plays on the Fourth of July. But nc one present at the real fall will recog- nize the commercials.