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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-21
SATURDAY, JANUARY Fl, 1905.
LEGISLATURES AND CHILDREN.


 New, Hampshire is one of the States that believes in a big Legislature, probably as an offset to its smallness in other respects. With an area of little more, than one-sixth of that of Alabama, and a population of only about one-fourth or one-fifth. it boasts of 41S Senators and Representatives in the Legislature. It strikes us that this is piling up expenses with little to show for it.
 And, speaking of the Legislature, The Manchester Union has been looking in- to the domestic life of the members and finds that the entire AIS men have only 6S4 children to their credit. The Union deduces from these figures that "the New England stock Is not hold ing It's own. even in New Hampshire, with its relatively large rural popula- ton. When a body of AIS men, from every section of the State, representing 6 wide range of industrial and profess sional activity, and nearly all in middle life. can muster only a slight fraction more than a child and half apiece, the population is evidently not even stand Ing still; 1t Is going backward. Two children apiece, for every one of AIS men. would represent nothing better than that the State is not losing ground in the matter of births; even if there were no doaths in childhood, and no adults were childless. As a matter of fact with allowance for early deaths and for those who must inevitably be childless, the average ought to be at lease three children for every two grown people. and for every married couple it must be at least four If the population is to increase at all. But of the AIS men, comprising the Legisla- ture and the Governor and Council, only 61 have as many as four children, and of these only 36 have more than four. while there are 94 married men with but one child apiece"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-21
sidewalk PeneiIinaS
Knees Excite Interest.

Speaking of the intense popular in- terest which is always manifested in
 the chariot race which takes place in
 the Ben-Hur performance, did you ever
 stop to recall that a race of any kind always interests people?" remarked a
 man to The Birmingham News. "of course, the more spectacular and the
 more exciting the contest the ksener is
 the interest felt in 1t. The spectacle
 of two buggies racing down street will
 attract some attention, while pedes-
 trians always stop to look at a man
 who Is putting aup foot race to catch street car.
 One of the prettiest races I ever
 saw was one I witnessed last summer
 in the far west It was a race be-
 tween two fast express trains on
 parallel tracks. At some points the
 tracks were only a few feet apart and
 at others hundred or two yards re-
 moved from each other, but they were always close enough together for the
 trains to be in sight of each other. I was on one of the trains. The other
 train left the initial point five minutes
 In advance of ours and we ran about
 thirty miles before we came in sight of our rival. It was night and the
 spectacle was entrancing. When we came up with the other train it was | puffing away drawing eight cars up | long grade. The door of the 1re-box was open and the fireman was feeding the hungry flames with all his might. I saw the engineer glance over his
 shoulder to measure the distance we
 were behind him. Then he opened his
 throttle wider and kept a slight lead on us, but We soon overcame 1t and gradually passed him. Both of the ponderous mountain climbing locomo- tives were puffing and panting and breathing like things of life. The pas sengers on each train became aware of | the contest and human faces were to be | seen in the moonlight at almost every window. As our train forged ahead
 of our rival people on our side waved | handkerchiefS and cheered. The first | stopping place was a beautiful lake about hundred yards wide which lay | between the two railroads. We had | been at the lake two minutes when the other train came snorting in. Resum- l ing the journey we secured lead and maintained it to the end of the 114
 miles journey, arriving at the terminus | ten minutes in advance of our rival.
 Five nights after that ride the | greatest disaster of the year in rail-
 road operation befell a train on the
 track which paralleled the one on | which we were travelling. A cloud | burst transformed an ordinarily dry
 creek into a raging torrent, tore the | bridge from it's fastenings and heavi- ly laden express train plunged into the
 ing lost. Our train was running fully l sixty miles an hour when we crossed | that creek five nights before this awful | catastrophe. I was clutching to the
 sides of an upper birth to prevent be- | ing hurled to the car floor. On read ing of that disaster I recalled our race of that August night along the foot
 of the danger which must attach to l gnph COnfpSfEh
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-21
Downing. Montgomery County, Al Al
A Good Suggestion to Farmers

Gurley, Ala, Jan. 19, 1905. Editor The Advertiser:
 The Cotton Growers Convention that meets Soon in New Orleans will no doubt evolve a plan for the reduction of cotton acreage that all landlords and tenants will aid in carrying out. In connection with the reduction in acre age should be considered the great scarcity of labor (not laborers), the high price of mules and forage and ag ricultural implements.
 The convention should at least rec ommend that farmers let 10 or IS per cent. of their cotton land Hay out" that Is, remain uncultivated. This would require less labor. fewer mules and implements and less forage and reduce the price of what we do buy. Land that has rested one year will pro- duce the next three years nearly as much as it would in four without rest, and the cultivation one year would be saved. This/ would also give an op- portunity to do full blowing when teams are idle. By blowing under the weeds and grass and getting the win ter freezes the production is greatly increased and the land much easier cultivated. This would be profitable whether cotton is low or high.
 In addition to this. plant IS per cent more of the cotton land in other products and all these vexed questions will be solved. Respectfully.
 J. w. Grayson.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-21
RoOneVeIt md Us.
Richmond News Leader.

hlcnmOnu NeWS Leader.
 President Roosevelt has no need to curry favor with the South. He owes us nothing and asks nothing, and as a matter of fact we have nothing to give him. Therefore, we are bound to &C., cept his persistent expressions and demonstrations of friendship for our section as evidences of a sincere desire for our good will and purpose to de- velop among us the broad national and patriotic spirit and the sentiment of unity with the rest of the country which we ought to have. This is on the line of President McKinley's policy
 The Booker Washington incident was felt and resented throughout the South as an affront. All good Southern peo- pie have the warmest and kindliest feeling for the negroes as a race, a sincere desire for their advancement, happiness and prosperity and well de- fined respect and liking for many in dividual members of that race Yet we have planted in us, probably by Providence for the preservation of race purity, an instinctive revulsion and abhorrence for anything like intimate contact between white and black or
 any suggestion of assimilation between them. This instinct revolted angrily | against MT. Roosevelt's apparently l ostentatious proclamation of his belief 1 in the social equality and association ! of the races.
 It must be noted however that there | has been no repetition of the incident. 1 We rather respect the Presidents re- | fusal to make any apology or definite
 explanation, bearing in mind that his
 careful avoidance of having any other negroes as his personal guests at the l White House is a virtual confession
 that he was wrong in the Booker | Washington case. Therefore it seems
 to us that the South should respond
 kindly to the Presidents repeated and l magnanimous indications of friendship | and respect For one The News Leader
 Is ready to let bygones be bygones, tC
 meet the President in the same spirit
 of broad Americanism. of clean purpose and earnest desire for the unity of thu country which he manifests and tC
 move to make his popularity Unani l FnOuR
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-21

The Sacramento Bee is having the time of its life in a discussion with The Argonaut over the meaning of the word gentleman" It has been going on for weeks and neither publication the most they have yet accomplished is to accuse each other of lying, and each telling the other that he Is mo gen tleman." That road may lead to the end of the controversy. but is hardly calculated to convince a hard headed disputant.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-21

In The North American Review an experienced. contractor, MT. Critchheld. declares that we can have a sea-level canal in Panama in four years if we will "cut out all political pulls and the red tape. dismiss most of the sur veyors and draughtsmen and all the stone-measures, divide the canal work into a hundred contracts and then dig dirt" which reminds The Richmond News-Leader of the story of old Ste phen Mason, "Stonewall" Jackson's s bridge-builder. who reported to Jack son that he had bridged the Chicka- hominy while the engineers were draw ing the pictures.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-21
Eetters tc tbs Gdftor
A Wise Thing to Do.
Editor The Advertiser:

tultor The Advertiser:
 Much is being said and written on cotton this year.
 The people generally seem to agree that 1t is the only wise thing to do; put some fear that advantage would be who would think 1t their gain to plant idea.
 The cotton producers want a higher vinced of the fact that unless much less is made the price will remain low.
 The planter as rule needs to plant at least 20 per cent. of the land planted sugar cane, in order that they might be amply supplied with home consump- ton supplies, and these supplies are just as essentially important to the and the raising of the price of cotton, and as l see it much more important For instance, the gathering of a 25 per cent. less acreage cotton crop the cotton picked in much better con dision and the yield better; in fact, if we should have bad fall for gather ing, which we have some reason to ex- pect. 75 per cent. of as big crop as was made last year would be as much as could be hoped to be gathered and only
 10 per cent. of crop gathered would not be worth as much as crop of 25 per cent less amount; because the cot
 ton would not be gathered in as good condition
 So 1t might be that the farmers would be peter off to at least the ,, amount of home supplies made on the 25 per cent. less acreage of cotton. The only wise thing the farmers can do-the thing that the merchants and
 the bankers should urge them to do,
 IS to plant less cotton and more home supplies.
 What those who are holders of cot
 ton now may be able to get for 1t de- less cotton planted this year. If there should be 20 or 30 per cent less cotton planted. I don't see why the holders of cotton should not real
 ize 10 cents per pound for cotton. The only way to come at this, as
 see it, would be for the holders of cot
 ton to agree on a fixed price and not put It on market except as the fixed price Is offered. Of course no doubt
 some of this cotton would have to be Tapped over on next crop, but this could be arranged so as to let each holder share his pro rate share in this matter l have talked with a good many whites and hlacks-on the question of planting less cotton and I find them willing to go into an agreement of that sort believe the people generally see the advisability of such an organization and think they are able to realize that it would be to their interest to abide by such an agreement.
 In this section, the people are wait ing for an organization movement of this kind to be started up, and will
 join 1t when the time comes. J. P. Downing. Downing, Montgomery County, Ala.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-21
Will it affect them?


 Birmingham, had yesterday filed quo warranto proceedings in the City Court Of Birmingham. aimed at the head of Judge J. w. Wood, of the Woodlawn Inferior Court. It Is claimed that this court is destined to die by the same route as similar courts in Birmingham Bessemer and Ensley have died. Their deaths and the causes are familiar already.
 The acts purporting to create them were not passed in accordance with Section 1os of the Constitution.
 An Address on Lee.
 On Thursday the anniversary of the birth of Robert E. Lee, the pupils of the Third and Fourth Grades of Sayre listening to a delightful address on our Southern hero by Hon. l. W. Hill. MT. Hill has that rare quality of knowing how to appeal to children of such tender age, and his address was a moral lesson, heart to heart talk.
 Patrolman c. A. Curbow. a well known and popular member of the Montgomery Police Department who resigned his position on the force last August, was yesterday re-appointed by Chief A. s. Gerald and went to work on the night force again last night. The return to his former work was greeted with pleasure by the friends of MT. Cur0OW on the force ana he was well comed heartily by all of his comrades. He Is regarded by his superior officers as an able and efficient officer.
 MT. Jesse D. Beale. Jr, a well known young man of Montgomery who has been for the past year engaged in newspaper work in Asheville, N. C., re- turned to Montgomery to live yesterday morning. MT. Beale was considered a rising newspaper man by his employers In AehaVilla N C and fhaU rpUFaftad to accept his resignation which was made on account of the bad effect on his health.
 Attorney General Massey Wilson has recovered from his short illness and was yesterday back at his office.
 State Superintendent of Education I. W. Hill is in Chiffon County today at tending a teachers institute.
 Messrs John Kennedy and W. K Me Adory of Birmingham. were in the city yesterday.
 Hon. John H. Forney, of Birming ham, was in Montgomery yesterday afternoon.
 MT. T. J. Hickman, of Birmingham, was in the city yesterday afternoon.
 MT. J. 5. HaralSon, or AnnlSton, ar- rived in the city yesterday.
 Mir. Hines Peevy, of Birmingham, was In Montgomery yesterday.
 Mir. w. A. Autrey, of Selma, was in Montgomery last night.
 Mir. F. R. Allison, of Gadsden, was in the city yesterday.
 MT. Sam Haveman, of Mobile, is a visitor In the city.
 MT. E. c. Boykin, of Brewton, is in Montgomery.
 Mir G. B. Reynolds, of Gadsden. is In Montgomery.
 Mir. H. c. Rogers, of Dothan, Is at Clancey's.
 MT. Daniel Pratt, of Prattville, is in the city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-21
Prevalence, of Pneumonia.

A city official was speaking or the health condition of Montgomery.
 Do you know" he said, that five deaths were reported to the sanitary office yesterday and that the cause of death in each case was pneumonia. The ages of the decedents ranged from 1S months to 60 years. I believe that the cause of the great number of pneu- monia cases in Montgomery is the re- cent changeble weather we have eX- perienced during the past two weeks which took many persons unawares and made them subject to exposure to the cold.
 one should be extremely careful just about this time of the year to avoid catching cold and care should be taken afterwards to stop the pro- gress of the seemingly harmless dis ease Nearly everyone has cold just now, but when it settles in the lungs, a physician might be well called immediately because when the disease goes so far as to make breathing pain full, you are in a more or less danger ous condition.
 There are probably ten eases of varIoloid in the city. but all known cases are quarantined and there is no danger of an epidemic of that dread disease. A little scarlet fever Is scat tered about the city, but none of the cases are regarded as serious"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-21
It is True.
Andalusia News.

AndaIuSla NeWS.
 A boast is often made that American girls know how to take care of them selves. Comparatively speaking, 1t is true. But this boast will never be literally true until American girls quit titles
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-21

After being told that dyspepsia can be cured by kissing. here comes an other expert who tells us that smiling is an effective remedy. But a person with a genuine case of dyspepsia can't put up any kind of smile but an imi- tation one, and we doubt if that would do any good. On the whole. most peo- pie will prefer the other cure.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-21

The St. Louis Chronicle reflects that "a girl does not marry a mans ances- tors; she marries the man himself" Just SO. and sometimes regrets that she didn't marry his Ereat-grandfather.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-21
That Settles It,

Troy Messenger.
 A New York club woman has arisen to remark that Eve never ate the ap- pie and that apples were never known to grow in the section of the country in which the garden of Eden was locat- ed. That settles it-she ought to knowl
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-21

Western newspaper tried to speak of one of its statesman friends as "a most consistent patriot" but the type setter knew better and put 1t most consistent parrot" We all catch it that way at times.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-21
Two ThinEa at Once.


 A woman can work best while talk ing; d man to accomplish anything good must be silent. This illustrates the superiority of the faminine mind In its ability to do two things at once
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-21
Wbat $tate Papers
 lire Saying
Just Take Things.

Birmingham Age-Herald.
 Lord MintO hints that the United States hopes to steal Canada, He has another guess coming. This country has passed the stage when she has to steal. We just take things now.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-21
Kissing All Right.

HartIorQ Journal
 The scientists have now undiscover- ed that kissing Is not dangerous, claim ing that an exchange of microbes is healthy and good. We don't know anything about the microbe theory, but we do know that kiGkinz ia all right,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-21

Last year 1t cost the city of New York three-quarters of a million dol lars to remove the snow from the streets. Would 1t not be cheaper to snow off?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-21

The Butte Inter-Mountain says that President Roosevelt can call Congress in extra session, but he can't make 1t revise the tariff" He'll do neither.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-21
The stnIe Lokea.
Cullman Dc

Cullman Democrat.
 From the stale jokes being perpe- trated by some of the weekly brethren, Joe Miller's Jest Book must have come into use again after a lapse of hum dred years.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-21
O0 to Good Roads Convention.

Acting Governor Cunningham and Commissioner of Agriculture R. R. Poole left last night for Jacksonville. Fla. to attend the convention of the National Good Roads Association.
 The Governor will speak by special invitation on the subject, The New South and Good Roads" The Gov ernor and Commissioner Poole will re- turn to Montgomery Monday in time to participate in the convention or the Inter-Stete Cane Growers Convention.
 Before the convention of cane grow CTS adiourns Commissioner Poole will leave for New Orleans to attend the great meeting of cotton growers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-21
Daily Average, December, 1904. ... IF
 Sunday Average. December, 1904. ... lS

n. S. Noble, Circulation Manager of The Montgomery Advertiser, being duly sworn. says: The foregoing statement of The Ad- yertiser's daily circulation fer the month of December, 1904. is true and correct, and compiled after all returns from news boys, news agents and leftover copies have been aeducted- E S. NOBLE
 Circulation Manager,
 The Advertiser CoSlpany. gworn to and subscribed before me this 9th day of January. 1905
 F. ". JACKSON,
 N. P, Ex-O. J. P.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-21
HntchInr .Iuntlces of the Pence.

Mir. John Kennedy, who was in Mont gomery yesterday, said that just before leaving Birmingham he had put in setting to hatch some more justices of the peace in that district.
 whats your method, MT. KennedyT' he was asked. =.
 Attacking an Inferior Court which tabiish in lieu of justices of the peace" Mir. Kennedy replied.
 Tr1lrthar innuirIas dIsclossd that the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-21
a COLUMN OF FIGURES WHICH IS A
 6PLENDID VERDICT.

For the benefit and guidance of mer- chants and others who advertise. the 1ot- lowing statement for the month Of De % by our Circulation Manager.
 To the many readers and friends wno are interested in our growth, 1t is q satis- xAction to show such e sturdy and perma- nent increase. It is not only the Quant.ty. but the class and quality of 1t. of which we are so proud.
 The Advertiser is acknowledged the lead eng newspaper in the State and is thorousn- " up-to-date in every particular.
 Watch Us Grow.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-21

Mir. F. R. Allison, of Gadsden, wa in the city yesterday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-21

Mir w. A. Autrey, of Selma, was in Montgomery last night.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-21

MT. Sam Haveman, of Mobile, is visitor in the city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-21

MT. Hines Peevy, of Birmingham, was In Montgomery yesterday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-21

Attorney General Massey Wilson has recovered from his short illness and was yesterday back at his office.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-21

MT. E. c. Boykin, of Brewton, is il Montgomery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-21

Mir. H. c. Rogers, of Dothan, Is at Clancey's.
 MT. Daniel Pratt, of Prattville, is in the city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-21

State Superintendent of Education I. W. Hill is in Chiffon County today at tending a teachers institute.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-21

Messrs John Kennedy and W. K. Mo Adory, of Birmingham. were in the city yesterday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-21

City subscriptions should be paid to the following authorized collectors only: J. F Mapes. City Calculator; F. ". McCain, m' A. Mccain. Henry Meader. E. O. Robinson
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-20
ANOTHER PLOT
ON CARS LIFE
CONSPIRACY AMONG RUSSIAN
EXILES
SAME WHO KILLED PLEHvE
Men Who Have Sought Refuge In
Paris Have Fixed September
as Date for Emperors
SAME WHO KILLED PLEHvE

Special Cable to The Herald.
LONDON, Aug. 2O.-The Paris corre-
spondent of the Observer sends story
of a new plot on the life of the czar.
This. he says. has been planned among
a large body OF Russian exiles who
sought shelter in Paris, and who are in
league with the revolutionists.
They are the same men who encom-
passed the assassination of M. Plehve,
the last Russian minister of the inter-
ior. According to this correspondent.
September has been fixed as the date
for the attempt against the czar. II
this fails an independent EFFORT will be
made three weeks later with the same
end In view.