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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-23
ment should exercise some authorit

ment should exercise some authority over the railroads; safety appliances should be required so as to minimize the loss of life and limb on the part of those who work for, and those who patronize the roads. But can we; need we expect, that a general board with headquarters at the national cap ital, maybe not a Southern man in 1t. If given power to regulate rates, will perform its complex task in a manner that will not come in conflict with Southern interests?
 There may be those who will charge that Colonel Hardwick in his address to the South Carolina editors dealt in the sentimental and that he appealed to sectional sentiment. But fortune fa- vors and smiles upon those who favor themselves and work for their own interests; from the standpoint of a Southern man, leaving aside the fact that he Is railroad man, we can easily understand how he grew earnest in his remarks. This paper. we repeat has taken the position from the time this question was first agitated, that no part of the country is so directly interested in this matter as the South We need all the railroads we can have and we need to have them operated with an eye single to the future devel- opment of Southern interests and Southern industries.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-23

old days before firearms were invent ed, and when men fought hand-to- hand, the sword and shield were in- dispensable portions of great war" rior's outfit When history. legend or poetry tells us of the mighty deeds of those great heroes or the olden days the sword is always mentioned. and no one would have thought of going into battle without his srusty. well-tem- pered blade for killing and his shield and coat of mail for protection.
 The coat of mail has gone. the shield is no more and the spear has departed. but modern soldiers cling to the sword as tenacioulsy as they did in the days of Alexander, Ceasar or Richard. Why Is 1t? There is rarely any hand o-hand fighting now among civilized people. Sometimes cavalry fight with When a sword is worn now it is chief ly as an ornament. It has held tts own beyond all other ancient weapons but 1t, alas, Is to be discarded. It will be worn by officers. partly as an ornament and partly as an emblem of authority, but that will soon be all. In this day of repeating rifles. long, range guns and other modern appli- ances for killing folks the sword ia useless and an encumbrance. and will be discarded. It will hold its place in song and story but it's fighting days are past
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-23
LIKE JAP SECRECY.
Germany Thinks Trait of Easterners
 Worth EmuIatiug.

Berlin. July 22.-The secrecy with which the Japanese have screened the movements of their armies has caused the German general staff to re-exam- inc the methods for administering the army in time of peace or war SO that intelligence even about little things shall not become known outside of those immediately concerned.
 The general staff, already one of the most reserved institutions in Germany, is to become still more impenetrable. The annual maneuvres which arc to take place this year in tho lower Rhine country. west of Prussia, are to be conducted with much of the secrecy that would surround actual war, es- pecially during tho last days maneu- vres when the new model portable bridges are to thrown across the Rhine in few hours under fire, permitting the movement of two army corps. Newspaper correspondents will accom- pany the troops under conditions in- tended to approximate those in war.
 The two things in the Japanese opA erations that seem to have impressed the general staff moss were the ex- tent and perfection of their spy sys- tenn, giving the Japanese commanders certain intelligence of the numbers and locations of the Russian troops. and the skill with which the Japanese movements were masked
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-23
Raidins Illicit Distilleries.

Troy, July 22.-(Special.) )-Deputy Collector Knox Booth and Deputy Marshal C. M. Knox returned to Troy this morning from very successful raid on the line of Florida and Ala bama. On the 18th instant, they raid
 ed a complete distillery outfit near Gordon in Houston County, said to be- long to Lacy McNeal. and destroyed quantity of beer. On the goth they raided a complete outfit near Sill in Jackson County. Florida, said to be- long to Jim Hart. and his son, Levi Hart. This dstillery was located only about two or three hundred yards from Hart's store and had been operated the day before. The officers destroyed l there a copper still of one hundred and fifty gallons capacity, copper cap and worm, nearly one thousand gall Ions of beer and fifteen or twenty gall Ions of rum. Deputy Collector Booth. who has been In the revenue service for a number of years and has been
 raiding deputy in Alabama, Georgia and Florida. says this was the larg- est copper moonshine still that he ever saw He brought the still to Troy and will report oe Revenue Agent Gates of Atlanta. Ga, to know what disposition to make of 1t. It was quite show to the Troy citizens Jim Hart
 was not at home when the officers rdlueu the ulSlllciS, btAh5 ana serving on the srand jury, Levi
 being left In. charge of the store.
 On the 2st instant, an illicit distil-
 lery composed of complete outfit
 was raided near Granger in Houston County, said to belong to J. T. Mum ford and others, quantity of beer was
 also destroyed at this distillery On
 the same day near Granger they raid
 ed another complete distillery outfit
 with a quantity of beer said to belong | to Henry Lockhart and his mother.
 On the same day they destroyed a
 S5-gallon copper still copper cap and copper worm near Granger said to be- i; long to Isham Floyd. Lacy McNeal and | J. T. Mumford were brought to Troy
 by Deputy Marshal Cox before Com
 missioner Tutwiler and bound over to ! the next term of the United States
 court to await the action of the fed
 eral grand jury.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-23
SAVE THE LITTLE ONES.

If there Is any one object above oth- CTS that should appeal to the hearts and purses of the very wealthy 1t Is that of saving the lives of the chill dren in our large cities. We have mill lionaires and multimilionaires who are liberal in the expenditure of money. They found libraries and colleges, give literally to the churches, build monu- ments and erect costly public build does not save life or relieve human suffering. except indirectly. perhaps.
 To give thousands and tens of thous- ands of dollars to found a library or endow a college Is a good use for money but to ameliorate the sufferings of infants during the hot and sickly season would be charity indeed. for that would be saving the lives of the innocents. Some thousands of dollars are being spent in the effort to locate the North Pole, but what benefit will that be to the world or to humanity It will be a wonderful discovery. if the expedition succeeds. and science will be benefited. but the saving of a thousand infants from suffering and death, as could be effected with the creditable to the givers of the money. As contemporary expresses it: The spectacle of infants in the tenement districts during the not weath Is a pitiful one. All people suffer in these districts during the hot waves. but men. and older children can at least make some effort toward obtaining 2 | relief from the heat. The infants are helpless. All the evils of insanitary tenements, spoiled milk, and improper food work to decrease their chances coolness to bring them sleep, nothing to give them a little respite from the deadly heat. Why can't they have these things?"
 Helping and caring for these suffer ing little ones is not an expensive lions of money to provide for the com fort and health of the many children who are dying for lack of some meth cd of relieving them. In one day last week thirty-four infants died in Chi cago because of the hot weather. coming on top of improper food. care and surroundings" as a city paper ex- presses 1t. Like reports come from New York. Philadelphia and other large cities. and no effort is made to better the conditions. so far as we are informed. There is plenty of mon- ey in the hands of those who have nc need of 1t. and we've no doubt that they would respond If proper move. ment were instituted. Such dispo. sition of funds for the time being would be infinitely better than found. ing a college or a library. It woulc be humanity. charity and Christianity all in one.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-23
HINDU LEADER HERE.
Ramanathan, However, Will Not Try
 to Convert Us.

New York, July 22.-P. Ramana- than. the political and religious leader of the Hindu population of the Island of Ceylon. arrived in New York on the steamer Campania today for ten months missionary tour of America.
 Mir Ramanathau is solicitor general of Ccylon and a member of a rich Hindu family. Although himself firm adherent of the Hindu religion, he is the first native of India to translate the Christian scriptures Into the na- tive tongue in commentaries upon the gospels.
 MT Ramanathan's object in coming to this country is not to cons-~ Americans to the Hindu religion. lie believes that large part of Eng fish missionary effort in India is vast ed. and the supposed converts degrad- ed because they merely sham conver- sion to secure government positions Ills missionary efforts here will be along the line of securing harmonious action between American missionary authorities and the native Hindu re- ligious leaders.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-23
They Wanted It.

ETDa OTIpptT.
 For some cause Mondays Elba bum delayed in transit The readers of that excellent paper felt worried and news less. and ssme were inclined to grum- ble and abuse the railroad. mailing clerks, etc, until they remembered that 1t had been many months since a similar delay in getting their papers. Tuesdays noon mail brought both single one of the crowd in the post once lobby who discussed the matter mentioned the fact that the Monday Advertiser is rather new; people get soon feel unable to do without con veniences they never wished for nor expected till provided
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-23
The Difference.

Hartford (Conn.) Times.
 Suppose that any brewery in the United States had sent to Grover Cleve- land, when he was President of the United States, a barrel of beer and had promptly received from the White House a cordial letter of thanks for the same-what an outburst of sarcas- tic comment we should have had from the Republican newspapers or the coun- try. But MT. Roosevelt accepts and is thankful to a new Michigan brewery for a barrel of its first brewing. and there will be no partisan attacks upon him for his action. Even the prohi- offices will be able to find an excuse for MT Roosevelt's course in the torrid weather conditions which prevailed at the time of the arrival of the refresh ing fluid.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-23
AND THE SWORD MUST GO.

The evolution of offensive and de- fensive weapons is an interesting study. In the early ages prehistoric as he could make without tools, for we are bound to believe that man was always a fighting animal, with the lust for blood strong within him. If we take the Mosaic account we find that the first man who was born of woman had this blood-lust in his heart. To argue, as some do, that Cain had no thought that he would kill Abel, and that he did not know what death was. Is not sound reasoning. AL ready, at this early era of humanity. tho Adamic family had quilted their vegetarianism and become flesh-ea CTS. To get animal food they must first kill the animals, and we have no doubt that Cain knew what effect a blow would have on his brother. nor that he struck to kill.
 But there are those who contend that man existed on earth an infinitely long period before Gains day. If that is true we may be sure that these early inhabitants of earth fought and killed each other. That they had no tools was not complete barrier, for there were stones and there were limbs of trees for weapons. But as time passed necessity spurred the saw age to something more effective and the process of inventive evolution brought the stone axe and spear and the bow and arrow. They were rude weapons, we may be sure, but they were an advance in the weapons of war. Specimens of them yet abound. and there are yet savages who use such weapons and know nothing bet ter. "t@-:~ -:.%%~
 But evolution was taking place in another branch of the human family and the time came when they learned to work the metals and to appreciate of the new material It matters not whether we believe that 1t was Tubal Cain who first learned to work in metal, or whether 1t was some savage inventor who lived ages earlier. The fact remains that some one learned to fashion weapons of metal, and thus was another momentous advance made in the art of killing. Swords and spears and battle-axes of tempered bronze took the place of rude stone implements. Then other ages passed and men learned to fashion and tenn per steel and the sword and axe and spear of that metal left nothing to be desired before gunpowder came on the scene. The great sword, spear and axe of Richard the Lion-hearted and men like him were the almost re- sistless tools of slaughter in the ages before guns and powder drove them from the field.
 And of all these weapons of the days of old the sword is the only one that has retained its place in war among the advanced nations of earth. The ponderous battle-axe, the keen spear and the swift flying arrow have gone with the steel armor helmet, and are now almost as obsolete as the stone weapons of prehistoric man, yet the sword remains. Just why this is so would be hard to answer. In the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-23
A GREAT AND RICH STATE

Texas is . fortunate State in many respects, but from 2 financial point of view she is fortunate in her own ership of hbiic lands. One of the conditions 0h which she entered the Union was that she retained owner ship of all the public lands within ner borders. This has been a continual of the land having been leased to ranchers and others. Now we learn that on the first of September next she will offer six million acres at pub- lie sale. the minimum price being one dollar per acre. to be paid in forty annual instalments.
 This land has heretofore been rent ed or leased, but there Is such a great demand for homes that the State has decided to put this large area on the market. No one supposes that this minimum price of one dollar per acre will buy much of the land, for a great deal of it is valuable. and may bring five or even ten times that price. And after this is disposed of the State will still own some twelve mill lion acres to be rented or leased till such time as 1t is decided to sell it, and in the meantime 1t will be bring ing in a continued income for the State. Texas has a debt of less than one million dollars which 1t could soon pay from the money derived from the sale of public lands, and still have enough land to form a State larger than either of at least eight of the present States of the Union. Truly Texas is a great State.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-23
THE SOUTH AND THE RAILROADS
A Comment Upon MT. Hardwick's Re-
 cent Address.
ournal and Tribune.

Knoxville Journal and Tribune.
 The Journal and Tribune has taken the position from the beginning that the South has q peculiar and distinct interest in this question. In other sections of the country. for reasons which we need not discuss here, devel- opment of trade. and of industrial re- sources has reached a state of ma turitv; here they are only in their in- fancy. It is only In years compard- lively recent that the South has felt the inspiration of hope long deferred. We of the South are in situation to be seriously injured by an interference with our railroads. based upon the wants, fancied or real, of other sec tions of the Union. It is to our inter- est at the present time to let well enough alone. and we would be stand ing in our own light if we should ask for the Government to take hold of and tie the hands of our Southern rail- roads, that no one will undertake 10 deny have been the largest factor in the progress and growing prosperity Of the section. .-
 Every one knows that in country so large as this, there are conflicting interests. There are interests to serve in the South that may not exist in the Eastern or in the Western States. It will not be denied that the Govern
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-23
THE FEVER AND ITS PREVENTION.

THE FEVER AND ITS PREVENTION.
 Governor Jelks. acting for the state of Alabama, has ordered . quarantine against New Orleans, and the machine " for enforcing 1t viii be put into effect at once.
 The city of Mobile has also put in operation an energetic auarantine. which is a most important protection to the whole State of Alabama Both of these. quarantines are directed against persons only from New Orleans.
 This Is all very proper and will doubtless prove effective in keeping the yellow fever out of this State. There Is no need of people getting excited. There is little probability of the disease spreading.
 New Orleans is enjoying the most extraordinary business development in its history. Her population is grow ing. her commerce is widening and her real estate has advanced tremendously in Value. She has every selfish interest. every sort of stimulus. to crush out the fever. If 1t was done in Havana. 1t can be done in New Orleans. It simply requires brains, will and money. and New OrleansI must have. all three reouisites. She can have no excuse for not undertaking the work most earnestly. and we believe she will do
 In the meantime, however. in addi- ton to our quarantines against per sons, we here in Alabama should start to work promptly putting our cities and towns in the very best order. A case of fever may slip into any one of our towns in spite of auarantines. The thing to dc is to prevent the propa- gation and spread of tho disease. in case 1t is imported. Mosquitoes ought to be exterminated. They alone convey the infection, and it is. practicable to get rid of them.
 Here in Montgomery our Board of Health should at once inaugurate an active anti-mosquito campaign. The County and City of Montgomery should no. hesitate for a day to provide the necessary fun is, so that the physicians may put men to work, spreading kero- sene oil on every pool of water in and about the city, and into every cesspool. All premises should be inspected and the people shown where to look for mosquito breeding places and how to .vipe them out.
 If these preventive measures are fol- lowed, there will be no danger of the fever spreading. even if a case should be imported. few thousand dollars spent now would be an absolute insur' ance policy against the possibility of z repetition of the experiences of 1897 I.n't it business. like to take out thu policy?
 Let our citizens make their wishes l felt along this line, and there will b. no delay in our authorities acting
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-23
A Body Blow.

Chattanooga Times
 The first thing Secretary of the Navy Bonaparte did after getting into office was to swipe his immediate predecessor, MT. Paul Morton-the gentleman to whose clean character 1t became neces- body blow by reinstating the two engi- neers the latter had removed from the work on the government dock at Charleston. South Carolina. MT. Bona parte was not long in discovering that the only offense these engineers had committed was to rigidly inspect the work of the contractors and enforce a compliance with the government plans and specifications. MT. Morton. ac- know it but he was 'innocently' pro- noting a, great scheme for graft"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-23
Cetters to tbe Gdftor
A NUISANCE.
StinkinE Fumes from Burning Refuse
 on the River Front.

Editor The Advertiser: Not a very pleasant impression of breaches the city from the north and east As the first greeting is fear full odor of burning city. refuse and trash. then comes into view the un- slightly heap on the river front at the foot of Coosa Street. This sight one can turn the back upon. but the re pulsive odor clings and follows until blowing is with one for several squares.
 This is menace to health as well as nuisance. and it should be rem There are substances that give out their worst qualities when burning, and 1t Is not quite fair that such fumes should greet the stranger coming to our city or a resident returning home.
 Citizen
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-23
Won't Be a Jim Dandy Race.

ThOmaSViIIe Echo.
 With MT Conner saying nothing and out for Dr. R. NJ. Cunningham. 1t be- gins to look as If MT. Conner will not ask for another bunch of grapes till he gets through with the one ths people have already given him.
 Amoug the papers that have announc- ed fo. the genial doctor we notice he Mont gomery Advertiser and The Mobile Daly Jcrald, two very strorS p"r"is.
 That pr. Gun bingham would make q good Chief Executive, no one seems to doubt for he has proven himself good Governor and he has a strong follow defeat him but 1t would not be as much of a "Jim Dandy" race as the last one in which the cotton mill man figured. Let MT. Conner hold to what he has and do what he can toward the election of Dr. R. M. Cunningham and q Legisla- ture favorable to such railroad legis- lation as the State needs.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-23
RockefelIer's summer Home.

John D. KOckefeIIer ls surVeyIng the ground for his new summer home al Ruttermilk Hill. across from Nyack or the Hudson. It is to cost $1.000.000. a sum modest enough as compared witt the pretentious palaces of so many modern millionaires. but the site Mir Rockefeller has chosen is so command ing and the surrounding country SC beautiful that even among the most costly creations of recent years his home will be one of the show places oi America.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-23
Of Great Service to the People.

The Montgomery Advertiser has come out in Q strong editorial for the nomi- nation of Lieutenant Governor Russell bernatorial standard bearer in 1906 pr. Cunningham has long been prominent in the public life of Alabama, having served prior to his election as Lieuten- ant Governor in the Legislature, where he made much r4outation for himself, as well as being of great service to the people who had honored him with their suffrages. However should MT. Conner decide to enter the gubernato- rial race he would doubtless have the advantage of the now only announced a pronounced anti-railroad man prior to pr. Cunninghams 1855 letter. The Advertiser among other things urges the people to remember that 1t was Lieutenant Governor Cunninghams vote in the State Senate that broke the tie and made the Railroad Commission an elective instead of appointive body.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-23
Mrs. Jenner Lee ondego-I don,t ses

Mrs. Jenner Lee Ondego-I don't see why they call it grand opera" when its in English. It isn't grand opera when you can understand what the singers are saying.
 Mrs. Seldom -Hclme-why. bless you. you can't understand them any better when they sing in English than when they sing in Italian.--Chicago Tribune.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-23
What It VIII Need.

Birmingham News.
 If Congress continues to make such a record as it made during the last year or two 1t will need more than towels or soap either It will need a general treatment of disinfectants.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-23
It Is Wrong.
 Birningh

BlTmlng nam LtuBtT. ,
 The Montgomery Advertiser critizes the internal revenue department of the government for selling license to men in the prohibition counties of the States. It does seem wrong for the government to help break down the States liouor laws. At the same time if the planters of Dallas are running blind tigers regularly they should pay a license to somebody. The govern ment needs the money.