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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-02

number of prominent members of the Grand Army of the Republic protesting agalnst the return Of the southern
 eastis fiags; It ts hssdiy possible that nat Civil War are represented by the very active and generally taIkative members of the Grsnd Army who ciamos inces- sanity for more pensions. wno ds- prevent the granting of pensions to un- worthy persons, who protested agalnst marking the position of the Conreder- are now insisting upon the retention of the trophies of victories over our ow-citizens.
 Braye soldiers have always been noted for the generosity of their atti- tude toward their opponents. It Is a not uncommon thing tor the swords ot brave Ofncers who have been forced to surrender to be refused by the vic- thoroughly conventional trophy of vie- tory, yet the victor frequently foregoes their acceptance as mark or hls ap- preciation of thu foeman worthy of his steel. The horses of Lees army would have been an interesting trophy of Ap- pomat.o but General Grant told the sur 'andefed Confederates to take their horses home with them; they would need them for the spring. blowing. Of all men in the world we should expect the surviving veterans of the Federal armies to be foremost in urg- should she be restored to our fsliow-citi- gems to whom they must be inexpres- sibly precious. Let them shed tears over the banners under which. they died. The new Union will not be less secure. but more so. for an act of generosity. The difference between
 the trophies won from a foreign foe trymen ought to be too obvious to call for any comment.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-02
Tr WAS A cRAvr ERROR.

From any and every point of view the action of the Senate in the swayne case Is to be regretted. It simply amounts to the failure of a court to execute justice. and the fail ure was due to partisanship and noth- ing else. The Senate was sitting as a court to try an indictment found by the other House. That indictment charged swayne with grave offenses. such as should have caused his con- viction and the evidence was ample. Unfortunately 1t was not strong enough to convince a partisan Repub- lican majority of the Senate. If the vote for conviction and acquittal had not been cast almost exclusively on party lines there might have been less cause for Identification. but the vote shows that swayne was acquitted bee cause he is @ Republican.
 It may be that the evidence was not such as would send a man to pris- on, but it was certainly strong enough to convinve an unpreJudiced tribunal that he is not a fit man to retain the position he holds. He plainly violated the law by being a nonresident of his district; he violated 1t by his accept Ance of favors from the, railroads. which were under his control by rea-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-02
uNcLrAN HONEY.

IFrequently or oftener we hear that same story about the danger of hand Iing paper money. We don't know whether the warning comes from the gold-bugs or the silverites. or if both of them are trying to banish all paper money and bring us down to a specie basis. However that may be. we are just now assured that the Board of Health of New York has been conduct ing a series of experiments which show that bacteria will live on coins for several hours and on paper money as long as a month. Always there ex- ists the possibility of contagion. and it is argued that the dirty and much used bilis are constant menace and often do transmit disease The results of these experiments have just been presented by pr. Darlington to the committee of the house of representa- lives now considering bill for the re- tirement of worn currency"
 It Is the same old story. but 1t :s shown that the odds are largely in favor of the hard money. While a silver dollar. for example. will shed its crop of germs before an ordinary man gets time to spend the coin. you may fold an old bill and put 1t in your pocket book where 1t will nurse and increase its microbes indefinitely and several other ways. That is clearly an assault on paper money.
 We have had a Stone Age, a Golden Age. an Iron Age, and perhaps others. but we think the present may well be called the Microbe Age. for they face us at every turn. For centuries men have been handling all the paper money they could lay hands on and we never heard or read of any one being bitten till right lately. Not that we propose to dispute the position of the scientists, or that we do not very much prefer clean. new bills. but we suspect that no man of business in- stincts is going to refuse a bill, old or new. just because 1t may be un- pleasantly inhabited. They are too scarce for that.
 We seriously doubt the enactment of such a law as the one referred to in the paragraph we have quoted. It would cost the government a pretty neat sum to print, transport and ex- change new bills for all the old ones now in circulation. We certainly ad- init that 1t would be very nice If we couid always have ntea new money to handle. when we are permitted to ham dle any, and # 1t were practicable would be glad to have all soiled bills called in and exchanged. but hardly expect to see 1t. We suspect that mankind will still defy the microbes and take any kind of good money that is offered.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-02

son of receivers appointed by himself. and he criminally violated the law when he made false claims as to his expense accounts end collected money to which he was clearly not enti- tied.
 In these and other particulars the evidence was ample to show that he is not q fit man for Federal Judge and the Senate should have said SO. We hear a great deal from the President about civic honesty. fair ofsicisi deal- ings and things of that sort yet the first opportunity a solemn court of his party has to punish an unfaithful Federal official it fails because of his politics. The Senate committed 3 grave error and 1t Is much to be re- grstted. Judge swayne ought to re- sign and a citizen of Florida of un- doubted ability and integrity be ap- pointed in his place.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-02
EetterS tc tbe Gditor
Work on County Roads. Mt. Carmel. Ala, March l, 1905.


 Editor The Advertiser:
 Replying to an article in Mondays Advertiser from gentleman of your city on good roads, etc. We wish to influence The Board of Revenue in any particular section of the county to do and maaaea ns assirss eSas aos: m not .ns in oas opinion, justify such an attack upon the representative on the Board of any section of the county.
 In this article in our humble opinion he does himself, the people Of the Southern part of the county. and the members of the Board great injustice. The unprecedented and uncalled for attack upon the Pettus road fades those unpreJudiced citizens of tue county who know this section of the county and who happen to know for themselves the real facts as to the improvements on this road. That a large delegation of "business men" and farmers of Mt. Carmel have repeatedly urged the Board of Revenue to make Improvements on this important road not to the people of the county, not withstanding statements to the contra ry. The Board passed an order to graV- ell over four miles of well near impassa- ble road here. We. the citizens of this community. and in the vicinity of this road. agreeing to haul one mile of the gravel from the depot andput the same down upon the road without cost to the county. Of the half mile of splendid road built in the few weeks of last fall gravel, the first load ever put on this road being hauled by a business man of Mt. Carmel. and the last load being hauled by a citizen. Mir. Pruitt hauled or four wagons for as many weeks. for which he received one dollar per yard. Almost the whole of last summer was spent by the county team working in Stacey in grading over mile on the Rocky Mount road. More than a mile of heavy grading on road from Banner to Ada finished the work of grading com- menced on these roads some years ago and in grading. and gravelling about a half mile on the Union Academy and Ada road thus enabling the people of Sellers, at the county line to reach the gravel road over a fairly good route and In the construction of a magnificent levee twenty feet wide and eight to ten feet high nearly across the swamp near Sellers on the Hickory Grove and Dublin road, containing near four hum dred feet of new bridging and yet the Pettus road must receive the undivided attention of the Board for a period ha estimates to be eight years to come while the people of three counties must see all the roads of the county improv ed as rapidly as the ability of the coun ty may warrant.
 We have no desire to be drawn into q mudslingfng newspaper controversy on this subject. but feel that a decent rr spect for the opinion of the people of the county. the honor of our communi. ty and the integrity of the Board or Revenue hase elicited these statements
 W. A. Guy. R. A. Brady, R. E. Series
 J. W. Bonham,
 W. J. Supplies.
 R. C. Poole. c. Poole.
 J. F. Sonson,
 James T. Giddens
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-02
THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1905.
A MIXED INAUGURATION.

Those who had hoped--and The Ad- vertiser was to some extent among them-that President Roosevelt had determined to avoid all occasion for irritation or iii-feeling on the race question must feel sadly disappointed when they read the published program of the coming inauguration and its &C., eempanying ceremonies. In his public utterances the President has moro than once let it be understood that his design and intention Is to shape af- fairs so that the ssath and the Southern people will have no cause of complaint on the questions affecting the races.
 Those who have thus judged Presi- dent Roosevelt from his speeches and addresses are to be disappointed. The program of the inauguration cere- monies show plainly that the color line will have no existence. Not only are the colored troops to be extensively prominent in all the movements and exercises but 1t is highly probable that the inaugural ball and reception are to be of somewhat blaok-and-tan or- der. We should think 1t would be de- cidedly unpleasant to the Southern white men to be thus forced into per- sonal contact and association with ne- groes. but how much worse must 1t be for the Southern women? How can a refined and delicate woman mingle in the receptions and join in the figures of the dance If negroes and negresses are participants?
 It Is needless for the friends of the President to try to relieve him of the responsibility foe rthe regrettable and disereditable turn of affairs. These in- augural ceremonies have always been arranged and managed by committees and have been carried out wI.Aout friction or unpleasantness, but 1t Is not so in this case. With his charac- tsristic habit of putting In and domi- mating everything President Roosevelt seems to have engineered the entire business. and on him will fall the odium of any unpleasantness that may occur in connection with the affair. It is his wish and intention that there shall be no distinction of race or color at his inauguration and if trouble or friction comes of it he is to blame. If his square deal boastings shall cause serious trouble the fault can be placed without mistake.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-02
GREEN CARNATION
Produced by a California Ma

Los Ang ,ies Dispatch.
 "I don't believe it's real-it can't be; 1t must be paper" said a woman last night. as she gazed at two green car
 The flowers are, however. like every othsr real carnation except in color. But their petals are tinged with vivid green. radlattos from center to edge Tn deep stripes. These marks separate them from all other carnations In the world and make them plainly discern; white flowers with them in the vase.
 A. c. Stilson, No. S37 West Tenth Street, has been trying for six years. in California and in the East. to pro duce a green carnation. and last month he succeeded. He refuses to explain how he did 1t, except that prepared soil is used H els growing others like 1t, and has even sold a few at 10 cents each; But the flower will not be put of it's growth is likely to remain with
 Except for It's stripes of green, the blossom Is a duplicate of the ordinary white carnation. Green roses are known to horticulturists. but a green oarnation Is something new.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-02
A wider Market.

6Altl1uOES o0hs
 Certainly the cotton manufacturers of the South ought to have the lions share of the trade with South America and Mexico. Yet the fact remains that the British and German cotton spinners buy raw material in the United States. carry 1t across the Att lantic, make 1t Into cotton cloth. send it to South America and undersell American manufacturers. This condi- ton Is q reflection either upon our economic system or upon the enter prise of our manufacturers. Europe today practically controls the commerce of South America and to Q large ex- tent its finance. Perhaps if the United states, under reciprocity arrangements, had undertaken to promote trade with South America this country would be the paramount economical power in the western hemisphere, just as 1t claims political .predominance under the Monroe doctrine.
 The most effective way to increase trade between the United States and South America is to make 1t easy for the latter to do business with us. By modifying our tarift we can deprive Europe of much of the advantage 1t now enjo Ts.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-02
TORTURlG HUMOR
 Cured by Cuticura.

"I suffered five years with a terrible itching eczema. my body and face be- ing covered with sores. Never in my life did I experience such awful suffer ing, and I 1euged for death, which ! felt was near. I had tried doctors aud medicines without success, but my mother insisted that try Cuticura I felt better after the first application of Cuticura Ointment, and was soon entirely we'll. Mrs. A. Etson, Belle vue, Mich.
 Cutcurs Soap, Ointment and Pills sold througheut the world Potter Drug Chem. Corp, Boston, Sole prepl
 nB-send for A Book for Women"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-02

The New York Mail. speaking of the proposed return of the Confederate battle flags. tells it's readers that they were put in the field by States which believed that they had righ. to withdraw from the the Union at their pleasure. They go back to States in which not one man now seriously maintains that proposition"
 The cocksureness of The Mail on a subject about which it apparently knows very little is refreshing. If it cared to learn the facts 1t would find that those who, in 1861. believed in the right of secession and acted on that belief. have not changed their opin- ions. They are not anxious to engage in another episide of the kind, we can assure The Mail. but defeat did no; change their convictions.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-02
Mortgage SaIe.

Under and by virtue of a certain mort gage with power of sale, and under the power therein contained, executed by M E. Berry, E. W. Riggers and M. F. Riggers to G. T Edwards. surviving partner of Brad ley 6 Edwards, on the 18th day of January. 1905. which said mortgage Is recorded in Probate Office of Montgomery County. State of Alabama, the said c. T. Edwards, public auction at the Artesian Basin. ourt Square, Montgomery, Alabama, to the hIgh- est bidder for cash, on the 27th day oe March, 1905, the following described real estate. lying and being situated in Mont gomery County, Alabama. to-wit:
 S. E. r, Section 24, Township 12. Range IS and the S. # of N E. h of s. E. < less acres, Section 24. Township IF, Range IS. This the 21st day of February, 1905.
 G. T. EDWARDS, Surviving partner of Bradley & Edwards. HoLLoWXY S HOLLOWAY. Attorneys.
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-02
FAsHIoN IN SHOES.

At recent meeting of shoe manu- lecturers in New York the opinion was expressed that the French heel for shoes ts on the wane. Speaking of that statement The New York World declares that 'the tight shoe, with pointed toe aud suited heel. Is one Of the barbarisms of civilization" It adds:
 Fortunately the notion that a tiny Nature established its just proportions hstween the parts of the human body,
 any rss ssss sssa.psrs's sns beautiful feet than the Greek sculp' ports for free moving, healthy bodies,
 na ss solss w0Is from mesy nyry Ing the toes unconnned. The same benefits today can be had from low. hat, broad soles. well gripped to the
 Rss he modern oaa hes ao until chosen her crippled Chinese sister for . model instead of the Greek.
 That may all be strictly true. but what are you going to do about it?p Only few days ago there was an ac- count of young lady, or rather a statement from her, telling how she wore shoes with the high French heels until she became a cripple and finally was forced to have one foot ampu- tatad. She has now been on crutches four years and will so through life in that condition. and for what? Be- cause in obedience to the dictates of fashion she persisted in wearing shoes which were not only giving her pain but which she had reason to believe were running her feet.
 But, again, what can be done about 1t As long as narrow shoes with sharp toes and spike heels are fash ionable they will be worn. though it might, as The World says, ruin the foot, throw the body out of bal ance and cramp every movement of the wearer.' Whenever that auto- cratic personality. Dame Fashion. is- sues her decree that shoes shaped ac- eording to reason, common sense and physiological requirements shall be the only kind worn then all others will so out of use. but until that time comes there will be no change.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-02

The Hardcman Free Press thinks that the New York man who was fined for giving his horse pint of whiskey should have been lynched. The quality of the whiskey has no bearing on Editor Reeves verdict. If the whiskey was very good the man deserved lynching for wasting 1t. and if 1t was very bad he should not have punished the horse.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-02
GOVERNMENT FINANCES.
What Was Received and ExDended
 During February.

During February.
 Washington. Moh. 1.-The monthly statement of the government receipts and expenditures of the government shows that for February, 1905, the to- tai receipts were S44.60s.o72 and the expenditures s41,4ei,8s4, leaving 6 sur plus for the month of S3,146,SSs. The surplus for February, 1904. was $3.- 24O,63a Civil and miscellaneous ex- penses for February show a decrease of $i,0O0,000 and on account of the war department an increase of $e0,o0o. There also was an increase on account of the navy of $Si4.eoo. The total ex- penditures for the month are $1.193,00o less than for February, 1904
 Although the receipts for the eight monthA of the present fiscal year are S3A7,O0O in excess for the correspond ing period last year, the expenditures are SSO,6S0.044 greater than for the corresponding period last year.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-02
Getting Next to Nature.

GAQS1en JOurn6l.
 If you are going to improve your property by planting trees and grass everyone who owns 50 much as O city lot should take pride In giving nature the little assistance necessary to make 1t good to look upon. Nothing brings to nature. and the best way for the ur- ban resident to commune with her. is to work around his home with his spade his hoe and rake In beautifyirg his immediate surrounding or in the production of vegetables for family use. Take off your coat, brother, and e-ef nRxtt
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-02
Bennett Assistant.

Atlanta. March 1.--President Harvie Jordan. of the Southern Cotton Asso- ciation. today appointed W. H. Ben nett of Little Rock Financial Agent for the State of Tennessee. to assist F. D. Smith. General Financial Agent for the States east of the Mississippi Eiyax
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-02

According to The Chattanooga Times various grand juries have been trying to solve the problem of what the Sem ate is for. Judging by the swayne case one of it's uses is to prevent the punishment of prominent Republicans who have violated the laws.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-02
A selma VieM.
Selma Journal.

When duty as 6 citizen of the United States calls upon any Southerner to show respect and honor to President Roosevelt he is unpatriotic if he fails to do so. When 1t Is merely 8 matter of Inclination we fail to see why he should wish or desire or consent to step two paces to the front or pause in the even tenor of his way to do so
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-02
Breaking Even.
Gadsden Jour

Gadsden Journal.
 When it comes to the matter of be- ing under continuous ire the insurance companies seem to be breaking about even with the little father"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-02

highly scientific contemporary de- cides that the spot on the sun was caused by a large lot of damp coal being shovelled in at once, this caus- ing the spot and the consequent cold snap. As soon as the coal gets we'll to burning there will be warm wealth. CT. It is as good an explanation as some of the others
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-02
He May MiRs.
Mobile Item

MoDlIo Item.
 wife when he ascends to the great White Throne, how will the multi-mar- ried Hoch make out?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-02
The End Ready.

The Russians declare they will push the war to the bitter end. and the Japs declare they. are prepared to furnish again.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-02
AInhamn postmastera.

Washington. March 1.--(SpeeiaI)- Postmasters appointed:
 Bingham, Elmore County. James B. Fain; Lockwood. Franklin County, wylmer Crlttenden: Show Creek, Cle- hurns County. Win. E. Holdl
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-02
A Sheer Waste.

Cleburn0 New Era @
 The latest from Russia is that the! will mount guns on automobiles. It Il a sheer waste to shoot a man afte the auto has run over him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-02
sidewalk peneilinaS
No More Ideal Moenshiners.

Who are those tactturn. sleepy-eyeo persons, who sit on the government building steps every day?" asked . newcomer to Montgomery. "I have no- ticed them with particular curiosity"
 They seem to be an intensely peace- full lot. I have noticed that they rare- ly converse but use their mouths in the mastication of peanuts instead"
 These people. my friend" answered a Montgomerian, come from the hills of Alabama. They are peaceable and they rarely converse and they. do eat peanuts. They are 8 prolific field for modern educational work and they are sadly neglected"
 "But what do they do for a livingT'
 Make wildcat whiskey and draw witness fees in the United States court" was the reply.
 DO you mean to say that those do- cile people are moonshiners. the men of the long rifles, and the keen knives. that we read of in books?"
 Those are the people"
 But where are the rifles and are the knives concealed in their trousers leGs?"
 Few of them have money enough to buy rifles and wouldn't use them on officers of the law If they could. But there's a knife! See! That fellow as he holds on to a plug of tobacco with the rusty blade!"
 It's a shame to shatter ideals"