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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-06-08
REASONABLE PRICES FOB PAINTING.

my 1896
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-08
LITERATURE IMPROPER.
pr. Alice Stockholm Gets 0 Verdict of
 GuiItY.

Chicago, June 6.-Judge S. H. Be- thea, in the federal court, has directed a verdict of guilty against Dr. Alice R. Stockham, seventy-one years old and Edward R. Brockwith, manager of the Stockham Publishing Company, charged with circulating improper lit- erature by the mails and express.
 In deciding the case Judge Bethea said:
 when the laws were framed 1t was not believed the general discussion of the marriage relation was advisable. If these persons believe they are right in teaching these subjects so that the young may learn of them, they should have their doctrines interwoven in the laws of the land. What we have to do Is to uphold the law as 1t stands
 Among the witnesses for the defense was the Rev. Hiram w. Thomas. Dr. Thomas testified that he believed the woman's work was uplifting instead of harmful even to the young, and that Mrs. Stockham has for years been do- ing work which is to be commended and not scoffed at.
 It was ascertained by Dr. Stockham and her witnesses that she has been in the publishing business several years and never had been questioned by the Government in regard to mailing what she said to be medical advice. She de- clared she received hundreds of letters from persons who had read her books thanking her for helping them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-08

the railroads and becomes candidate for the best political office in the gift of the people. The fact is that the people are in danger. if they have not already done so, of becoming so wrought up by these "self-styled patriots?" that the leader who thinks differently on these subjects dares not give expression to his views, in fact, however sincere, pure, disinterested and conscientious one may be who dares to speak or write his thoughts, if In con- flict with the views of these ambitious and designing men,>his motives are at once assailed and he is accused of being the corrupt tool of the railroad, and the newspaper that dares to assume a conservative position at once hears the cry raised of a subsidized press. Is 1t well for the country that this should be Does 1t not tend to stihe free public discussion and to engender un- necessary bitterness in the public mind and distrust of our highest public of- ficials Undoubtedly so and the time has come when this question should be approached and discussed in a broader spirit, or the effects will certainly be disastrous both to the welfare of the people and to the railroads.
 Pro Bono Publico.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-08


 of judgment nothing but the apparent ly impossible can retrieve her condi- tion. It is within the bounds of pos sibiiity. we admit. that the Russian army may win a signal victory on land. and thus in some degree rein state herself. but 1t Is certainly not a probable event
 Those who believe in the doctrine that there Is retribution in this life for wrong-doing; may have their faith strengthened by the course of events in the East. Russia certainly did Ja- pan a grievous wrong and certainly she is reaping the reward of that wrong. How far and to what extent the debt payment may go Is not yet assured, but 1t bids fair to be com plete.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-08
PAYING THE DEBT.

It was the wise Solomon who said that Pride goeth before destruction. and an naughty spirit before a fall" and the indications are that Russia Is going to furnish a modern proof of It's truth. It has only been about two years since that nations naughty and unjust treatment of Japan was the talk of the civilized world. By what Russia vaingloriously called "a tri- umph of diplomacy" she literally forced her way in Manchuria, took Port Arthur from Japan. and otherwise played the bully. The Portland Ore gonian thus briefly outlines 1t:
 Recall the infamy of the outrage In justice of the retrlbutlon. In conse- quence of dispute between Japan and China over their relations with Korea. time, was completely victorious. The war was ended by. the treaty of Shi- monoseh. of April IT,. 1895, which ceded the LiaotGng Peninsula to 1a, and menace from Russia, backed up by France and Germany Japan was forced to withdraw from Port Arthur and had been ceded to her. Then t was proclaimed from St. Petersburg that Russia had scored a prodigious dipIu- matic triumph. She had forced Japan to yield the results of her victorious war.
 This was but part of Russian in justice, coupled with treachery Of thu darkest hue. by which she sought not only to humiliate the little kingdom, but to ruin 1t. Japan protested, but received only contemptuous silence. The great Russian nation regarded hcr protests and her pleas with contempt. Then the Japanese became more insis- tent. until at length her protests be- came demands. but to these Russia was as indifferent as she had been to pleas and arguments.
 But what wonderful difference two years have made. The naughty Rus sian bear who was indifferent to the demands of justice and to the dictates of common right and honesty IS now practically prostrate before what was lately regarded as an enemy almost too insignificant to be despised. That she still maintains a naughty front and breathes defiance does not in any wise change the facts or the condl- lions According to all human powers
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-08
sidewalk peneiIina$
Painting the Courthouse.

They're painting the courthouse"
 There was positive enthusiasm in the face of the sad-eyed man as he stood in Washington Street and watched the painters daubing with their brushes high up on the scaffolding about Mont gomerys temple of justice.
 q say hurrah for the man that con- ceived the idea of painting the court house." the sad one went on. Let no one hereafter say that our Board of Revenue or our other officials are with out artistic sense. I've actually been yearning to see painted courthouse in Montgomery, but did not dare to raise my voice in protest or suggestion. Then this member with the artistic sense came along and made a motion and I'm blessed If they didn't pass 1t.
 If you go around in the court at the rear of the temple you'll find. too, that they have almost completed that neat little annex which Is to be used by the judge of the civil court and the clerk of that court.
 Fact is, sir" concluded the sad one, we're getting real enterprising, real progressive, sir"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-08
Proud og the Tenchern.


 T am deeply impressed with the earnestness with which these Alabama teachers approach the problems. they have set themselves to solve" said an observant citizen yesterday, after hear ing some of the speakers at the annual session of the Alabama Educational As- sociation.
 Especially have I noticed the work that Is being doRe for the rural schools, too long a neglected part of our educa- tional economies. Did 1t ever occur to you that even with our poor country school facilities, men who have at tained high rank in the State and na- tion have sprung from the rural sec tions? What then might not be the case if we made these schools in even small degree adequate to the demands of the communities?
 T believe in the country schools; they are. the hope of the State, the ground work of a nobler and buster and more productive citizenship. The men who foster them are patriots and should receive credit in like measure with those who administer the affairs of the hlghert institutions of learning"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-08
Sunday Closing Ordinance.

"The ordinance introduced by Alder very medicine the Sunday sellers need to break them of the unfortunate habit contracted under slack enforcement of whatever of statutes we have had for some time on the subject" said a gen tleman who believes in strict Sunday observance.
 Tuesday night MT. Teague sat apart from the rest of the audience at the tuberculosis meeting in the Girls High School building, and quite number of gratulations.
 The proposed ordinance, having been tried in other cities. is a success. The open screen and raised shade features, combined with the elimination of ali restaurant connections, make its viola tion without discovery possible only with police connivance.
 And hope, also. that our Recorder, if the law Is adopted, will lean to the mum, which has proven very much of a retardlng influence In other cities"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-08
AN UNroRrUNATE REMAnK.

If a recent remark attributed to Ad- miral Dewey was really made by him, and we have The New York Post as authority. it will materially lower him in the opinion of the American people. On hearing of the great sea fight in Korean waters he expressed gratifca- ton that Togo did not make a clean sweep and thereby eclipse the Ameri- can record at Manila and Santiago. As The Post observes:
 At Santiago four. Spanish cruisers by number of battleships and cruis- CTS. At Manila Dewey helped to sink rattletrap collection of more or less antiquated vessels, some of which the were all in his .avor, though his bray cry in facing the torpedo-strewn chan mel and making the, attack with his own & unarmored Tn cruisers has rightly his achievement with Togo's is like comparing the taking of Santiago with Gettysburg. As Togo signalled. the Dewey been defeated. nothing worse would have happened than our being spared the Philippine incubus.
 No true American will deny to Dewey genuine courage and daring, or cast any doubt on the importance of the results of that daring. Officers and men at Manila and Santiago, as elsewhere. fully sustained the high record which has rightfully belonged to the American navy from the days of Paul Jones, and no one can show a finer record than Dewey. but such a comment as that attributed to him Is not at all creditable to him or to the American people. He ought to be above feeling that envy of small minds which would deny to others proper credit for brave deeds. The American navy has never had an opportunity to fight such a battle as that won by Togo, and we pray that 1t never will. If it does, we have no fear that 1t will lower its record for skill and daring, but 1t cannot build up or increase its reputation by envying the deeds of others.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-08
MAKES A PROTEST.
Southern Manufacturers' Association
 Against Chinese Exclusion.


 Augusta, Ga, June 7.--The Southern Manufacturers Association which rep resents most of the cotton manufactur- ing interests in this section has pro tested against the Chinese exclusion act. T. I. Hickman. president of the Graniteville Manufacturing Company, was appointed a delegate to carry the Associations protest to Washington and take concerted action with the other exporters who will meet there on the 12th instant.
 The resolution recites that the Asso- citation has read with regret of the proposed boycott of American goods in China by the guilds and declares that the present Chinese exclusion law is very unjust and unnecessary to the Chinese merchants, manufacturers, bankers and travellers and that the As sociation enters its respectful protest to the government of the United States and asks that the law be so modified as to permit the free entrance into this country of all reputable Chinese who are not laborers. The assistance of the President Is asked.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-08
THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1905.
A coNrrNuEp INCnEAsE.

Within the last four or nve years the cost of living has increased very S much, and in almost every article or product that enters into the daily life of tho American people. It is not only in the matter of food and clothing, but in iron and steel products, toels, hard ware, building materials and almost everything else. The year 1900 was a year of pretty high prices, but the in- crease since that year has been decid- ed, and there seems no prospect of betterment.
 That much Of this increase Is due to the tariff is beyond doubt. Many ar ticles of necessity which are produced or manufactured in this country could be imported much cheaper than we are compelled to pay for them, were 1t not for the protective tariff. That is a good thing for the few, but certainly bad for the great majority of our peo- pie. The increase of population nat nrally tends to increase the consump- ton and demand and that inevitably brings on an increase in prise. The law of supply and demand IS always In evidence.
 Then another cause for increase in prices is one which seems to be be- yond human remedy and that Is the exhaustion of the supply. Take lum- Der and all classes of building mate rial of wood as an example, and the increase of price in five years Is stated to be 25 per cent. For this there is no remedy so far as can be foreseen. That is, there is no apparent remedy for the diminution of the timber supply of the world, for the forests are disappearing almost like snow before the sun, and they are not being replaced. The only hope for cheap buildings lies in an ar- tiflcial substitute which may be dis covered.
 But be the causes what they may, the result is an increased cost of liv- ing, and that bears harder on the poorer classes. As a general proposi- tion wages and salaries do not increase as the means of living become higher and scarcer. A rise in the price of food and clothing may come suddenly, brought on by a variety of causes, but if the pay of the working man in- creases it does so slowly. The plain remedy. 1t seems to us. for the in- creased cost of food is to increase the supply. and that is entirely practicable. We often copy accounts of large crops of food stuffs grown on small areas. and in every instance the increase is due to methods of cultivation. We have not a shadow of doubt that the food products of Alabama could be in- creased from 50 to 75. if not 100 per cent, by such culture as is bestowed on land in some portions of the world, and 1t can be done with little increase in the labor of the farmer. Certainly something must be done to couuteract the ever-growing demand and aonse- Quent increase in the cost of living.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-08
Can't. Lee nt white Houne.

Washington. June 7.-(SpeciaI.)- Representative Rixey. of Virginia, called at the White House today with Capt Lee, brother of the late General Fitzhugh Lee. 1t was reported that MT. Rixey was seeking a federal posi- tion for Captain Lee. The congress- man would not say what was the pur- pose of the call. Captain Lee laughed when the subject was mentioned and said, T will let you know when I get a job.'
 Today Captain Lee. who served in the Confederate navy, had a confer ence with a number of ex-Confederate soldiers and sailors with respect to a plan for attending in a body the Confederate reunion at Louisville.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-08
TrIbaI Tax Controversy.

St. Louis, June GA committee of citizens of the Creek Nation. Indian Territory. arrived today to confer with President Waldridge of the Business Mems League and endeavor to persuade St Louis merchants to assist in obtain ing a stay of Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock's order compelling the pay ment of the Indian tribal tax by Indian Territory merchants. The committee is on its way to Washington to have personal interview with Presifhent Roosevelt and Secretary Hitchcock with reRaTd to the tribal tax controversy.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-08
CHEATHAM SEES WILSON.
The Cotton Growers Secretary Interviews
 His Man.

Washington. June 7.-(Special) )-Secre- tary Richard Cheatham of the Southern Cotton Growers Association had his inter view with Secretary Wilson of the Depart ment of Agriculture today. Both were non commtal about their conference.
 Representative Burleson- of Texas saw MT. Cheatham today. Mir Burleson thinks the department was a little off in its last es- timate, but is not inclined to go to tho extent of criticism indulged in by Secre- tary Cheatham
 All the New York papers which have come to hand today, even including those which have heretofore been inclined to find fault with the bureau of statistics of the department make light of the charges of the Cotton Growers Associations secretary.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-08
DIR. sTAGG EXPLAINS.
Talks of His Speech at Auburn Regarding
 the Negro.

luIkb or HIN SpeeCn Ut AuDUFn htBHFUInB
 the Negro.
 Birmingham, June 7.-(Special. )-Dr. ]. w. Stagg, in reference to his Auburn speech in regard to the negro tonight said that the connection in his remarksN as to negro education lost.
 He said that he advocated education. but the negro wrong in thinking that edu- cation would qualify him to live in this country. Education would be the proper thing for the negro to live in Africa. He characterized humbuggery and delu- sion education as the means for negroes to gain a high standing in this country. He did not care to make any denial of the quotation of the speech. He will reiterate lis remarks at Clarksvile. Tenn. next Tuesday evening He makes no retraction of statements as to Washington's begging qualifications,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-08

in any Southern State. His address yesterday afternoon on Graded Coun- try Schools was full of valuable sug- gestions."
 Did you observe an aged woman well preserved and as active as most or three seats from the front yesterday when Pre- sident Willingham called the Alabama Educational Association to or man who attended. the convention. Well, that was Mrs. s. F. H. Tarrant of Birmingham, who has beer teacher in the schools of Alabama and her own county of Jefferson for fifty years. She Is a member of the well known Tarrant family of Jefferson County and has been active and progressive as an edu- elected pr .sident of an organization of teachers of her home county and never misses an opportunity to learn of new methods and absorb the enthusiasm of to every enc who has a real desire to go ahead and accomplish some good purpose in life"
 Dr. Thomas M owen, director of the State Department of Archives and His tory and Commander of the Alabama Division of the United Sons of Confed- crate Veterans, has been notified Of his appointment as an aide on the staff of Lieutenant General stephen D. Lee, cofnmander-in- -chief of the United Con
 
 was conferred on Hon. Frank Julian, a Tuscumbia newspaper man and a prom inent figure in Alabama's political life. They will serve during the Louisville reunion.
 Mir. Hugh M. Bowling, for a number of years a popular member of the Montgomery police department has re- moved to Gulfport. Miss, where he will engage In business.
 MT. Henry H. Matthews, Clerk of the City Court of Montgomery, Is spending few days in Stafford Springs, Miss. for the benefit of his health.
 Hon. W. W. Kirkland of Ozark was in Montgomery yesterday on legal business.
 MT. Kalford Kreth of Birmingham was in Montgomery yesterday.
 Professor P. W. Hodges of Greenville is staying at the Glenmore.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-08
The Meaning of "Intern.n

Editor The Advertiser:
 I see the word intern" used in con- nection with the Russian ships now in Manila Bay. Please state just what this means Reader.
 ct is a word of French origin, direct ly, and of Latin indirectly, which means to send into the interior; to confne within fixed or prescribed limits; to cause to reside in an interior locality without permission to leave it. The Russian warships are practically buried in Manila Bay until the war is over. They are disarmed and must stay inside the Bay.-Ed The Advertiser.)
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-08

N. 8, Noble. Circulation Manager of The Montgomery Advertiser. being duly sworn' says:
 The foregoing statement of The Adver- tiser's circulation for the month Of Aprh. 1905, is true and correct and compiled after all returns from news boys. news agents anu leftover copies have been deducted
 E. S. NOBLE.
 Circulation Manager. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 18th day of May, 1905.
 F. W. JACKSON, fseaI1 Notary Public.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-08

The Columbus Enquirer-Sun just naturally drops into poetry these sun ny days and gurgles: Mother Earth has furnished blythe pretty Miss June with the most beautiful frock in her wardrobe" Yum, yum.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-08
The Preside
(so. . Look for No. { next week.)

is the Citadel of Hope.
 For all care and suffering; for all the hours of toll. the mother is repaid in the love of the beautiful young life she has purtured and cared for. .5s
 Are all mothers wise mothers? gss~ .e.,- -'-7ss5sSI 3S'seA7s
 Do they take the twilight hours and draw out the con6- dence of the growing girl1
 Do they warn her, study her, and instruct her?
 Do they try to find the cause of the sudden gusts of temper, the headaches, and the hours of fear that are a part of the life of a growing girl?
 Mothers should do these things, and where they find dis. ease, or lack of development. they should seek the proper eorroaJx,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-08

It is intimated that some of the nu- merous gubernatoriaI candidates across the chattahoochee are running very hard and covering very little ground.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-08

Again we are gieefully informed that ''the aerial problem may soon be solved" The mischief of it is that ft won't stay solved
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-08

The Savannah Press thinks the French people are getting tired of feeding the Russian bear on loans. old Adam Fad is a greedy old cuss
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-08

The Charleston News and Courier thinks almost any man in Massachu- setts would make better Governor than MiIea.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-08
VACATION TIME.

If you expect to take vacation during the summer, don't forget to have The Ad- vertiser mailed to you. Your address will be changed as often as you ike. The rate all orders to be paid for in advance.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-08
Speaking of the Teachers.

The progress of the State Normal School at Florence, under the guidance of President M. C. Wilson, who suc- ceeded Dr. James K. Powers, when the latter became the head of the Univers- ity faculty has been very gratifying to all the friends of that enterprising edu- cator," said a school man in the lobby of the capitol yesterday.
 The reports of the year show that there is need for more room to take care of the increased attendance the past year and promised for the term to open this fall.
 The fact is, all our schools are do- ing we'll President Shackelford has spent $20. 900 in the past two years re- building the houses of the Troy Normal school and renewing the equipment Both Mir. Wilson and MT. Shackelford are attending the meeting of the State Association"
 Speaking of rural schools" said a Montgomery teacher last evening. T want to call attention to the work of N. R. Baker, assistant superintendent of schools In Mobile County. who has devised and has working the only really successful system of grading country schools l have ever known of. Super intendent Murphy being busy with the work in the city, the rural districts have fallen to the care of his associate. He recognized at once that the dis organized condition of the schools of the country was a stoppage to good re- suits, and so well has he labored to bring order out of chaos that Mobile County has to my nina the best coun- ty-as-a whole educational organization
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-08

in any Southern State. His address yesterday afternoon on Graded Coun- try Schools was full of valuable sug- gestions."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-08
NrARIY I7Jooo sUNpA

It VIII be observed, by comparison with the statement of previous months. that tns cfrculation of The Advertiser is making vssy substantial gains day by day. The Sunosy circulation Is now nearly 1T,ooo. ann oa 'ns Daily circulation Is in excess or lz's"v
 WATCH IT GROW!
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-08

City Court of Montgomery, Is spending a few days in Stafford Springs, Miss. for the benefit of his health.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-08

Mir. Hugh M. Bowling. for a number of years a popular member of the Montgomery police department has re- moved to Gulfport. Miss, where he will engage In business.