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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-01
BROOKE AT FLORENCE.
Speech by State Organizer of Cotton
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Speech by State Organizer OH COttOn
 Association
 Florence. April 30-(Special.) )-H. Y. Brooke, State organizer for the South ern Cotton Association, was in the city yesterday and addressed the people or Florence and Lauderdale County on the MT. Brooke said: This Is the most momentous question that ever con fronted the Southern people, not ex-- when i think that a people who shed their blood and deprived their families for more than four years for the rights of property should sit supinneiy m yhhsd dTwh every two decades of more property than the value of all the slaves; to per. init people who never saw bale Of cotton grow to fix the price of your produce and say you must take 1t. Now with a odgiven monopoly you have built a monument to your business in- capacity. Had the Northern farmers had the same conditions to deal with, they would have done fifty years ago what you propose doing now.
 The banker, merchant and farmer would be equally benefited by this or ganization; the banker by more ex- change and the prompt collection of his loans; the merchant by more business farmer by getting as much money for five bales of cotton as under the pres ent system he gets for ten. If some one were 10 go out here and propose laying a per capita tax of $1O each on every man, woman and child in this county, you would mob him. Yet that is precisely what is being done oy the cotton speculators.
 Production is the only hope for the present. Cotton at 10 cents per pound has no competitors for 10 cents per pound. Silk, flax and wool all sold for greater sum. Cotton is worth 10 cents a pound when you consider that one pound of cotton will make seven yards of cotton. Figure the calico at 5 cents and it seems to me that 250 per cent ought to satisfy the most avari- cious profit gatherer. Five-cent cotton will depreciate tho value of every acre leans convention, every bale of cotton has brought an average of $5 more than it could have sold for at the time of tha rnnVentiOn"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-01
or couasE sHE GAN.

Edward Atkinson's solemn dictum that woman can dress herself on s65 a year has caused almost as much dis cussion as the problem of Gains wife. or the rabbits nose wabbling. and the end has not yet been reached. The ab- surdity of some of the arguments are only equalled by the Kansas City prop osition to settle it satisfactorily. To accomplish this object some woman's club In that city has designated one member--or she has voiunteered-to test the matter by actual trial In short, this willing victim on the altar of truth proposes to dress herself dur ing the year on s65. the idea being that if ono can do 1t others can.
 The whole thing is deiiciously ab- surd Setting aside the fact that the test woman may have a good stock of clothing on hand to begin with. we agree with The Kansas City Journal that If a man or woman simply has to do a thing 1t can be done" Of course it can. If they are going to be perfectly fair about it of course the woman must not be allowed to wear any garment that she has on hand wnen the test begins. nor must she receive any article of apparel by way of present. Every article of clothing that she wears during that year must be purchased out of the $65. or all bets must be declared off.
 But when all this Is attended to the problem is not hard one, nor will the result prove anylning. All who have any Knowledge of such matters know that woman may dress decently and respectfully on the sum named. and when this woman concludes her novitiate she will know no more than thousands of good women could tell her without such tr''i. for they do just what she proposes to do. It Is not what they ought to have. or what they would like 10 have. but what they actually have. and a large per cent of the women of this country spend less than $65 year for dress.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-01
Eastern Ignorance of the West.

Denver Republican.
 Not only is it true that one-half the world does not know how the other half lives, but, unfortunately. 1t is also does not know much about the other half Your Westerner is a born trav- eler, but the same can not be said of the Fastener. There are tens of them with ample money and ample leis- ure time on their hands--who know ab- solutely nothing about the West from personal experience. They have only the vaguest ideas of the geography of the West, and Europe represents some thing much nearer and more tangible than the country on this side or the Mississippi River.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-01
MONDAY, MAY I, 1905.
HERE,s A CAD.

The question as to who is a gentle man. and what takes to constitute a gentleman Is frequently discussed in this country. Tn England they belong to a different cult from what they do over here. Tn the former country they are yet sticklers for the limited defini- ton of a gentleman as "any man above the social rank of yeoman, including nobleman: in a more limited sense man who without title bears a coat of arms" This more limited sense is not applicable to Americans, yet there are those who affect to believe that engaging in certain occupations bars man from the right to be called a gentleman. For example. a writer in The Reader Magazine says:
 In becoming a correspondent faithful man. S sfa because m aSsS he is unfaithfal n to the code by which gentlemen live. News paper men of honor and self-respect have faced this hQmiiiatIng fact with the following have left 1t for no other reason than this: that certain demands of their profession were irreconcilable with their sense of honor.
 Beyond doubt that is the most ah- surd contention we have yet seen Of course there are newspaper correspon- dents who have few of the attributes of gentlemen. and the same is true of all other callings. There are cads. scamps and disreputable characters en- gagged in every, business. and some of the most thorough and unmitigated scoundrels on earth can be found among those who look down on all honest labor and plume themselves that they are gentlemen" and are above the workers. We shall have little hope for our country if the time ever comes when there will be no gem tIemen in 1t except the drones of so- ciety. We have some of that class in the land now. and evidently the writer whom we have quoted is one of them The country would be better off with out their sort
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-01

The fact that there Is doubt as to whether the remains of Pocahontas can be Identified is causing no little per tubation in old Virginia While the claim is put fotrh that her tomb can be positively located, the equally posi- tive statement is made on the other hand that Identification is impossible It would be altogether too bad if the bones of some English scullery maid should be brought over and laid to rest with pomp and ceremony in Vir- ginia soil.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-01

Discussing that Tennessee case and The Advertisers comments thereon. me New Bedford Standard says:
 .sona of the excuses for lynching has been the laws delay in the pun ishment of men who were guilty of grave crimes; and there is no question mat sometimes delay has been carried 4o a scandalous extent. However, when the reaction goes to scandalous haste. the perversion of the law is bad as 1t is in unwarranted procrastination The law's delay Is as irritable as Ham let declared 1t to be: but the laws hur- " Is no more to its credit or the sus- tenance of its dignity As has been frequently pointed out, the wiekedness of a lynching is usually in that it nal treats the law: and the wickedness of such a trial, for murder as that in Tennessee is of the same stripe"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-01
Receiving BlenaIngs.

HuntsVlIIe Mercufy. I7
 The recently adjourned Tennessee Legislature IS receiving numerous blessings from many of the newspa- pers of that State with the hot end of the poker. Didn't those same papers whoop ID the votexN 70 send those
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-01

Even the Russians don't know where he is." says The Savannah Press. alluding to Admiral Togo. We suspect this is one case where "ignor- ance is bliss"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-01

The Dothan Siftings asks what would be a suitable monument to put over the grave of Paul Jones when we get him back. Don't know about that but how would the words, You Can't Lose Me" do for the inscription? :.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-01
Good Condition.

WedoWee Star,
 The farmers of Randolph have more corn at this time of the year than ever before, and you will find more hogs in the country than have ever been raised in Randolph.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-01
Wbat State Papers
 HrG Saying
A Small Matter.

LineVille Headlight.
 The effort to live within ones means is a small matter compared with that of living without means.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-01
Agitation Always.

IuscumbIa DlspaLch,
 He believe there will always be agi- tation against railroads until the Gov ernment buys all the railroads, and even then we believe some people will be dissatisfied.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-01

Seems to US that the Equitable As- surance Company should change either it's name or it's practices. The two do not pull well together.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-01

I'm bothered about the big Bigelow aaffir. The time may come when 1t will not be entirely safe to put money in a bank and I've been thinking if Rockefeller were to make me a nice little donation (and, bless you, wouldn't stop to inquire about the "taint") and were to put 1t in bank where the president Is susceptible to the charms and arts of lovely women, or to the allurement of the many Get rich quick" schemes, 1t might be case of Good bye, John" with all the air Bank officers are so highly respectable and generally such good men that 1t Is charitable to suppose they won't take money without provocation.
 I can't understand bank, arithmetic and I'll ask you to explain this: Of flee we can know how much money Is in the Treahury. how much in reserve, how much in circulation. But the bank statement discloses the fact that amounts reported by the Treasurer. Now, suppose the Government and Dick, Tom and Harry, the depositors, should all want their money at once, could they get it3 If you think not, l will know better what to do with the money that Brother Rockefeller won't send me.
 But. we want safe men, trusty fell lows in the banks and we want sane men to make laws and execute them and reckon we'll have to get en somewhere between my unadulteratee deprayity fellow and the one who un' blushingly parades siekening sane, tity. I'm afraid, though, the latter IL in evidence In politics and banks--Du as you and are out of both we cai merciful to us, sinners .,-.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-01
Not n Compliment.

Florence Herald.
 When a mother tells her boy he Is getting to be just like his father, he knows very well that it is not intended as a compliment
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-01
sidewalk PenciIings
wouIdn,t Dcsert HIs rrIerd.,

The cheapest looking man have ever seem, said visitor of Electric Park yesterday, was one who had been up against a slot machine. In fact, this man Is always not only going to look cheap but he is going to feel in the for this man if he could dodge his fell low beings who were witnesses of his machine transactions. But not so: they will not leave off bounding him. For Instance, an aspiring young wight claiming he was a Democrat kept hankering after the ten-cent hole. He said he was safe and sane in the be- had fed the tireless maw for several minutes he had to acknowledge he was broke and insecure. One of his friends asked him what he was going up against next, suggesting the front of q street car. But the practical fun came when the party chased for the city-bound car. The man who had had been the best athlete of the bunch. He found seat at about two bounds from the platform. His friends, who, by the way, had not turned the crank. were close seconds, but were only hanging on to the sides of the car when 1t started. They said they would get off and catch the next one. The safe and up from his seat, saying he would stand if one would come and sit down on the same car. It was a periious moment, as 1t would not do for him to desert his friends, even though the lat- ter were the aggressors. He had rare ly before deserted them under similar circumstances. The friends stuck to had no trouble about collecting all the fares !"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-01
To Be Regretted.

Birmingham Ledger.
 It is to be regretted that the Gov ernor thought 1t necessary to send the militia to protect prisoners in a State court. He has his duty to perform and must do it according to the lights be- fore him. The growing reliance on the military Is what is regretted. The able to preserve the peace of his coun- ty. with the aid of the citizens of his county.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-01

The President is going back to Wash lneton ahead of the date fixed and 1t is intimated that Taft is getting tired rf 6lttsne on the lid
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-01
spLINrER CAUSES DEATH.
Blood Poisoning Ends Life of an An-
 nistOn Citizen.

Anniston. April 3o.-(special)--- James Curry, aged thirty years, died last night from blood poisoning caused by sticking wood splinter in his left leg near the knee two weeks ago He was sitting in a rocking chair and turned over, breaking the chair and sticking the splinter in his leg. The injury was not thought to be, serious until few days ago, when physician was called in.
 Curry suffered terrible pain and died fin agony. He was unmarried. The fu- neral occurred today.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-01

Since the Russian Admiral has quit 'hugging the French coast" it Is to be hoped that there will be no more such scandalous conduct.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-01
mi. Cruel World.

Philadelphia Bulletin.
 My one and only suit" said the me warm during the winter, and sup nose that through the approaching summer 1t will also fail to keep me cool. Such is life"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-01

E- s Noble. Circulation Manager Of The says:
 The foregoing statement of The Adver- ti1er's circulation for the month of March, 1905. is true and correct and compiled after all returns from news boys, news agents and leftover copies have been deducted.
 10. s. NOBLE
 Circulation Manager. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 18th day of April 1905 F w JACKSON (Seai.l Notary Public.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-01

men to the Legislature for party sake7 You reaped what you sowed. and se- lected the seed yourselves.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-01
A Ret nm i. Ret


 About the only time I ever saw "a man get caught in his own game" said a sportsman yesterday, was when he made a bet on a bet. That fs. he got into an argument with friend of his on the question of whether the loser of bet can recover by legal action from the winner the amount of the loss. Well, as 1 understand, there is a statute which provides that he can re- cover, the ground being that the con- tract on which the wager was made was an Illegal one and hence ought never to have been enforced. The friend took the position that there could be no recovery. He lost the bet. He was thereby wiser man. But that is not all. The winner of this bet in his exultation forgot the very sub stance of the transaction and likewise lost sight of the ficutious nature with which the law invests the winner. The loser of the bet on the bet was a wiser man than when he started, as early said. and sued the winner for recovery. He recovered and was thus thoroughly convinced that he was the loser in the premises. But was he a net winner or loser? It's six of one and half a dozen of the other"
 MT. S. H. Phelan of Atlanta, Ga-,. arr rived last night to spend several days with MT. and Mrs. J. D. Beale. MT. Phelan and his family will leave Att Ianta the latter part of May to spend the summer abroad.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-01
SOME MEMS WORDS AND
 ACTIONS BOTHER CULPEPPER

barn door" I suppose Washington and Hamilton and Jefferson wore that style. only mention it to suggest paee Wtb tbe maSf cS of of mIa has somtS old ideas may be as anticipated as the barn door" brooches of the long ago. and that all truly good" men should don the pants reserved for their class. Understand me, I wouldn't be onensively personal to my best friend, and yet, l think the anti-saloon fellows discard the brooches on election day.
 But before I leave this interesting subject, would like to suggest that the Historical Department secure Off 1t be possible) pair of the barn door pants and lay them up in the archives that future generations may not lose any link in the progress from fig leaves to our present improvement on flaps"
 had written so far when got a Iat- ter from an old friend. who is aIso skeptical about the pretensions of some men. He even referred to the excel lent, exemplary gentlemen who, be- tween times. are ardent temperance ad- yocates, but, at the crisis, line up as Democrats. It looks like some good men rather be Democrats than sober, and yet they pose as examples for the young. While think of 1t, it seems to be the coming style of obituary Iitera- ture to recite, as an offset to the vlr- tues of the dead man, that he always such a manifest breach of the Nil nisi, etc.," injunction that I want to enter my solemn protest against the style. We ought to be careful about this mat ter and the legends on grave stones. On a stone that served for oJhn Jones and Rachel his wife" after the recital of age and death this came-"Their war fare Is ended; which, you know, bears a double construction.
 Well, my old friend had been hear ing some Democratic talk. It appears that, at this late day, leading Demo crats are beginning to absorb Ocala and Omahaism with delight. Old Bob Taylor used always to pray earnestly for "a bilious heart and a stiff upper lip" I used to wonder what Bob wanted with 'em. have learned to regard 'em both as great blessings and I commend them to you as a shield against absorption of the political heresy that your party wants to "get in on" Whenever you find a man hasn't sense enough to know he's guilty of lese-majesty he ought to, be
 "stigmatiZed"-whic is a kind of pun. ishment my army friend, Jack Brooks represented to me as very conducive to repentance.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-01

It will be observed. by comparison with the statement of previous months. that the ejaculation of The Advertiser is making very circuiation is now over IS,S00. and the Daily circulation Is in excess of 12.eoo.
 WATCH 1T GkOWt
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-06-24
The Local Merchant

Is the best Judge of advertising
7alue of the various weekly papers
IN this City. He pnts his money
where it pays best.-The best paper
for him is the best paper for the
General Advertiser as we'll.
TDIlTu is the Best Advertising Me-
InUI II dunn for the Local Merchant
Don't forget we have the circulate
BOTH PI
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-06-24
Adv rtisers

generally find people who buy things
in the mot receptive mood in the
surroundings of Home and Family
especially at evening, when there is
leisure and inclination for reading;
experienced advertisers know this
and advertise to reach the people,
TRUTH has the circulation and will
certainly bring you RESULTS.
uuV9 because it has the largest
Will; circulation.
that brings Results. Coll us up.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-06-24

ret have the circulation that brings Results Coll up
BOTH PHONES
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-25
UGLY PEOPLE.
What Raleigh Boys Thinks of Paris
and the French.

The following is an extract from the
letter of Raleigh boy touring Eu-
rope:
This is the most beautiful city i'll the
world, Everything is symmetrical.
and harmonious. The streets are al
ways kept perfectly clean, and emit
very little noise as they are made of
wood. Then the buildings are all con-
structed of white materials or painted
white, which gives the city neat,
tidy and cleanly look. In fact, every
thing here is made simply for beauty
the one idea that is foremost in the
mind of real Partisan. is beauty.
1.-The people, however, are terrible
creatures; the men are ugly and sense
less, and the women are absolutely
'madeup' ranged, powdered, etc. There
is little of the nobiest of true hui
mainly in any of them.
"a gigantic. N should be stamped
or carved on everything French, for
there is scarcely a thing in this great
city worthy of mention that was not
either begun or made but what it was
Bonaparte'S genius.
Americans simply cover the face Of
the earth, In every city of every
country | have visited, found the eX-
pansionist Yankee. whether Southern
or Northern. In fact South American
is a 'Yanke in some parts of the old
world" 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 666.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-25
MINsTRELs THURSDAY NIGHT.
A Jolly Good Time With the Loca
Fun and Muse Makers.

There is a jolly time for all who
want it that is fixed for next Thurs
day night at the Academy of Music.
This Is the return engagement of
Bob Haynes and his associate black
face and white face musicians and IS I
makers. The first part will be entire
ly new ana in the whole there are
to be all kinds of lively and bright
things doing, which will startle and
please.
Those who were at the first per
Torrance should not miss this and
the folks who were absent before
should be there this time. Mr..
Mikado, the Japanese from the Fourth
Ward" will be repeated. but it has
been developed and is full of new
things which will make a laugh or
two each minute the record.
Tickets on sale at the Tucker Build
ing Pharmacy. The admission is 80
cents and the proceeds are for the
benefit of the Raleigh Fire Depart
ment.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-25
X X !.
HOUSE BOAT PARTY.
A Jolly Time Enjoyed by the Guards
bS' Mr. III. COrWin and Son.
lSnecial to News and OhserverN

Especial to News and Observer
Edenton, n c., July "a delight
full boat party was given here Satur .
day afternoon BIZ Mr.. H. Corwin and
SCn M. w. M Corwin. on their
house boat which was built several
ears ago for the purpose of taking
Governor Aycock and party OF a
hdntjnE trip.
II mas been used since that time
fl tltasure trips of various kinds.
1t is ore of the most modern and up
10 ds lie boats of It's kind in the world.
It Las no power at all and has to he
lowed, but it is fitteI M Just like Il
house, thus termed "house boat" 1t
has a kitchen. dining room, sitting
room, bed room. and a front and back
porch, and is furnished from garnet
to cellar, the same as any other house.
In other words it has everything
aboard for the comfort and pleasure
of her passengers.
No one knows how to enter
tain q party better than Mr.. Corwin
He seems to take a pleasure in
making his guests enjoy themselves
and sees to it that they want for
nothing. The party participating in
the hospitality of Mr.. Corwin consist
ed of Prof. Moses. principal of the
graded schools of Raleigh; Prof. r. H.
Edenton; Prof John i. Blair. princi-
pal graded schools of Wilmington;
Hon. -. j. Aaron. State Senator from
WaYne county; Mr.. j. II. Harrison,
Jr., with the Department of Commerce
and Labor; Mr. Beddingfield and John
A. Parker representing the News and
Observer: Mr. j. w. Cofield and Mr.
George n. Cook. of Edenton.
The boat left the dock at .. M,
returning at AIS a. m, making a
cruise of four hours in which time
they cruiSed the entire Albemarle
Sound and a short distance up both
the Roanoke and ChoWan rivers. On
their return the party expressed
themselves as having spent a. most
pleasant afternoon and voted Mr.. Cor
win as being an ideal host. He is
from Philadelphia and is president
and manager of Branning Manufac-
turing Company, which has a plant
here, one at Columbia, N. c., and one
at Ohoskee.s for the manufacture of
North Carolina pine