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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-05
TABLE LINENS AND NAPKINS

these prices again this session; this sale is the
got concessions that are worth investigating
Ir-l "a pieces Irish Satin Damask, full bleach
r ed and 70 inches wide; 1925 value; or
VI Monday ............ :. :. -. WV
ri so dozen Uncut Napkins Silver Bleached;
C. also full bleached worth 75c dozen <0c
n Monday special $500. WV
st Is dozen full Bleached "a Uncut 90
= Napkins, worth $1.25; Monday ......>ON
y rs dozen 58 and "a Napkins; full bleach
k'l ed, all linen, both sizes, $3.50 and %1 1S
mel $1.65 grades at ............ ...@s'A0
Ct so dozen "a size full bleached all linen
mi Napkins this represents about six lots that are
a Moss. $1 ;5s.i sS $780, STAG
<; 80 dozen "a full Bleached all Linen extra
C. he heavy " Napkins worth 1926 and SlQ8
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-05
CRAvENETTE COATS.

CRAVENETTE COATS.
We are showing a particularly attractive
line of high class cravenette coats in tan, olive
or grey, collarless style, trimmed with buttons
full sleeves with turn back cuffs, box plated
back, finished with belts, a regular $500
coat very special .$0.0S
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-05
CHILDREN'S CLOAKS.


Children's Cloaks, brown or blue, flu
length box coat style, with straps and flu
sleeves; extra good value; sale CO M
price Monday :. .. >. ..Y0sO>
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-12

kind, and the fact that a certain other kind of tablet or pencil might pe l the possession of the student ulu ho. M figure in the matter at all, TOT tney were not allowed to use them'
 These figures are not at all encour- aging to the poorer class of parents who have to foot the bills, and some or the statements are not to the credit of the school system or its management. The hardships complained of will not cease as long as teachers and school authorities have the power of dictat- ing. That a pupil should be compelled to use a certain make of pencil and eraser is not fair. and we are not sure that it Is exactly honest. We know that in many cases when pupils have been promoted the books they have used could be turned over to their younger brothers and sisters. but that is not always allowed. we also know. To come down to the bottom facts, with all the good that is being accom- pIished by our schools there are some wrongs in connection with them that should not continue.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-12
Portsmouth Star.

1OTtSHOutH oldI.
 Ballot box frauds at the South were prevalent several years ago They were so wicked that the radicals of the Re- publican Party were constantly weeping over them. They could not conceive of any political obloquy so represensble, so outrageous, so cruel. It deprived many ignorant and venal negroes of votes. That was unspeakable deprav- ity on the part of the Democrats of the South.
 It will be recalled that the most fre- quent and copIous weepers over the wrongs and the injustice inflicted by the Democrats of the South on the negro voters were in Philadelphia They wept as loud and as long as there was any virtue in tears They would he weep ing still If there were any potency in the briny sorrow which flowed so profit ably from their eyes
 The cause of the excessive weeping in Philadelphia was suspected in the South, but the revelations of Mayor Weaver have exposed it to the world They were cheating themselves. They were ruling and robbing Philadelphia and by stuffed ballot boxes. They did not neglect even the poll tax receipt method of controlling the bogus suf-
 Thus 1t is estimated that the traffic of the organization voters was sufficient to give. them the control of 50,000 vot- CTS. They had 60.000 illegal registra- tions. Philadelphia was the only city in the country always and forever giv- ng a Republican majority. No matter what the question or the varying Inter- ests in other parts of the country and in other cities, the organization always kept Philadelphia steady-there were 60,000 votes in reserve with which to make Philadelphia safe. That also kept the looters of the people and the weepers for the sinners in the South in power.
 Philadelphia Is presenting a spectacle to the world. But there will be no more weeping as to the South.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-12

ty convict system is also demanding Attention. Unsatisfactory in many ways. this system is 8 disease breeder Physician Convict Inspector Bragg notes that the death rate among con yicts Is increased very largely by the unsanitary conditions of county prison houses. His examination of a number of fails in the State revealed most de- plorabIe conditions. These Jails were found to be without any pretense at sanitary arrangements; so disgustlng as to be entirely unfit for occupancy by human beings of a status no mat ter how low. It is, therefore, no wonder that pr. Bragg says in his .s, re. port, referring to the jail system: Tney are killing their full quota. besides oe. ifvering to us many invalids. some oL whom are restored to health. wnlie others are permanetly disabled:
 In the expressed belief that in the next generation nearly all the convicts of Alabama will be tubercular, pr. Bragg raises a question that demands serious attention. He clearly dennes the seat of the trouble--the filthy coun- ty jails and the county convict system; which keeps these pens full of material for the disease to feed upon. Can there be Arguments stronger for the eradication of these menaces to the health of the county prisoners and or all with whom they are brought into association?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-12
Sidewalk PeneiIinas
Red Men co .. f,.,,..,,


 res Sames Fl. Cook, Great Guard of the . rHrest. and Representatives James H. Mattox and w. A. Haynes are the Mont Sonery Red Men who have gone to CCsnViiie, Tenn, to attend the Great Sorhcli or the United States.
 o. the Sreat Council began its session SStayy ciock yesterday morning. Every in.unofeo delegates and six hundred vfs- ltors are anticipated at the Tennessee capital for the occasion.
 Ine Alabama delegates have already secured their hotel rooms at the Max well Hotel. which will be their head
 Elaborate souvenir badges, each with the State from which the wearer comes as q representative, have also been distributed. A public reception with speeches by the Mayor and the governor of Tennessee will be one of the features of the week.
 ao,,dt iis sistinss last Friday in the Maxwell
 Among the representatives and off gers on hand are the following: B. F: Marcy, Stroudsburg, Pa, Chairman or she Great Board of Appeals; Senator Geo. B; Griggs. of Houston, Texas; Del, the latter two being members of the Great Court of Appeals; s; J. Den his, Lincoln, Neb.; Ben L. Helsley. St. Joseph, Mo-; Judge J. K. OConnor, Utica, N. Y.; John W. .Lowdenslager, Baltimore. Md; Lewis Yiseman, Louis- vile; Andrew H. Patton, Danvers, Mass; Judge Wm- H. Buck, Griffin. Ga. Sen. Major P. J, Dobbs. Brooklyn, N. T.; R. s. Gregory, Muncie. Ind; Wilson Brooks, Great Chief of Records. of Chicago, and Jas. L. Be1ote of Norfolk, Va.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-12
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER IF, 1905.
A SMALL CYCLONE.

The more that Public Printing busi- ness is probed into the worse 1t gets It bids fair to eclipse all the other government departments If the prob- ing goes on. The findings of the sKeep Commission" and the comments of the President, while really white wash of one dealer In linotype ma chimes, reveals enough rottenness to make 1t certain that there is a whole lot behind. In the words of The Kan sas City Journal Republican news paper. "to those who are sincere ad- Yocates of public ownership there should be much of interest in this scandal. It was just such graft, Jeal- ousies and jobbery as might be ex- pected in an institution conducted as a political adjunct to the general gov ernment. It is typical of business enterprise run under the tenets of pub lie ownership. The head of the de- partment was appointed because of po- litiunl pull. and he was kept there un- til at the age of nearly 80 years he was TO longer capable of conducting his affairs in the manner demanded by some of those interested. His subor- dinates quarreled among themselves and formed cliques that almost elimi- mated discipline and in a large meas ure hurt the usefulness of the depart ment." F..
 That the public printing business Is a political machine is no news to those who have kept up with the events of recent years. And the worst of 1t Is that this is not the only specimen. Some of the other Departments at Washington are political adjuncts and are run in the interests of the party in power. The occasional spasmodIc ebullitions of virtue are usually noth- : ing more than surface disturbances. and rarely get down--or up-to the real cause. We expect these little whirlwinds of publicity and that Is about all we do expect
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-12
rrr.LIry AGAINST SENTIMENT.

The warfare between sentiment and utility is forever on, and the sordid side of human nature usually gets the best of it. There has been much pro- test of late over the project for utiliz- ing the vast power at Niagara Falls, and if the proposed work Is fully car ried out the beauty and sublimity of that great wonder of the continent will be only a memory. AS Is well known is Is proposed, by a system of dams, to divert the water from its present direction and turn it into races and pipes so as to furnish power for the development of electricity.
 Canada Is now proposing to spoil another of the great natural beauties which are among the attractions of all travellers through that region, and the despoiIing, like that of Niagara. Is to be made in the interest of utility. To use the words of The Boston Herald, the falls of Montmorency, some seven or eight miles eastward from the city of Quebec, have been a great attrac- tion to those visiting that historic city. They were beyond the town of Beau port, in a rocky chasm, where the wa ter collected in the plateau above the St. Lawrence shot in a great cloud of foam into that river. The falls of Montmorency were not of a character that would be described as tremendous or sublime, but they were exceedingly graceful, and as such were highly at- tractive. But the development of in dustry has put an end to them-that is, except on rare occasions. large manufacturing plant has been built at the foot of the falls, a dam has been constructed almost at the top of the precipice over which the water pre- cipitated itself. and, except during an extraordinary fall of rain, practically all of the water which would go over the falls is diverted to the enclosed mill race for the purpose of furnishing water power to the factory below.
 The Advertiser has ever been an ad- vocate of electrical development since that power first began to be used in the various industries of the world, and we are as earnest in its favor as We have ever been, but with the all most innumerable streams and falls of the country where such power can be easily and cheaply produced 1t does seem that hands might be kept off the few wonders of nature that we have. To start up new mills and factories and shops Is certainly commendable, and to run their machinery by electric DOW CT is one of the wonderful advances of the present, but utility is not every thing, and there might be a little sac rifice for beauty and sentiment.
 The Falls of Montmorency, although the river is small, and only about fifty feet wide where 1t falls over the rock, are remarkable for the height of the fall. which is 25O feet. thus far eclips- ing Niagara in thls respect. The place is much visited by tourists, and Its spoliation will be regretted by all who take interest in the wonders of nature, but we suppose the almighty dollar has it's grip on 1t and will sacrifice 1t in the near future. .:.-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-12
THEY DON'T LIKE IT.

The esteemed Rome Tribune has inn bibed severe case of disgust towards Atlanta, all growing out of the quar- antine. There Is a State Board of Health in Georgia and 1t ordered At lanta to quarantine against all in- fected points, but Atlanta, has City Board of Health. It not only refused to quarantine but told the State Board to mind its own business. This leads The Tribune to grow sarcastic, and it says:
 It is. indeed, strange to The Tribune that the State Board of Health should have the cheek. the nerve, the unpar- alleled gall, to imagine. for the small est fraction of second, that they hoeus pocus. be as big, as important and as all-powerful as the Board of Health of the city of Atlanta,
 Everybody (who is anybody knows that Atlanta is the State.
 This is one of the results of present go-as- -you-please quarantine methods. No two States agree. and a city and State may be at dagger's points as they are in Atlanta, and all over the South tnere are ClaSne5 ann disagreement De- cause of local interests or jealousies. We don't wonder that other Georgia cities are dissatisfied with Atlanta's s action In fact. The Tribune waxes al- most profane and exclaims:
 Let the refugees come to Atlanta then let them scatter throughout the State. Let the d-n little way sta finnS t0 hadnS and have Zal1nug yer. If they can't help themselves. At lanta is Georgia and Atlanta has spoken.
 As was asked on another important occasion. What are you going to do about it? Atlanta claims to be 'it" in most respects, and if it cannot domi- nate the State 1t will know why All smaller towns may go to the place des- Ignated by The Tribune for all Atlanta cares.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-12
4 HARD TIME AHEAD.

To an outsider. a mere iooker-on-
 here in Vienna" 1t appears that the
 Republicans are not going to have
 smooth seas to sail over when Con-
 gress meets. There are differences of
 opinion which apparently indicate that
 if our political opponents do get to-
 gether it will be with something like
 a hard bump. These divergent opin-
 ions are especially noticeable in con-
 nection with the tariff. The stand
 patters may put on 8 great show of
 confidence, but 1t Is reported that even Uncle Joe Cannon, the greatest stand batter in the bunch. is walking the floor O nights" on account of the pros- pect before him and his followers.
 All the well-informed Republicans know that the present tariff system is unfair and unjust. As The New York Post puts 1t: ."The ingenious Dingley, who built it to keep foreigners out. did not perceive that it would all to suc- cessfully shut Americans in. Hence the tariff revisionist movement, the reef procity agitation. the alternate hope and fear caused by intimations that President Roosevelt Is at last to call for radical overhauling of our cus- toms laws. But Uncle Joe Is thinking only of how not to do 1t. He says. Let sleeping dogs lie When they are not asleep. however. but yelping and snap ping at your heels. 1t is time to wake up yourself"
 There's the rub. There are strong men in the party. leaders. in fact, who see and admit the inequalities and in justice of the system. and who know that 1t ought not to stand. Even the extremists in the party will admit that some reductions should be made, but where to begin is the point. It mat ters little where reduction is decided on it is sure to interfere with some one of the many protected industries, and that would be dangerous. In short the Republican party, so far as the tarfff is concerned. is covered with sore spots, and wherever revision puts down It's finger it touches a tender place The extremists on either side declare they will not compromise or yield, and if each side sticks to its guns there's lively time ahead.
 In the mean time the public deficit is with us. It not only will not down but insists on climbing still higher. How to cut down appropriations so as to keep expenses within the income Is what is bothering Speaker Cannon and his followers. Doubtless they will cut down appropriations here and there. and make a show of reducing expenses. but that brand of cheese-paring will be but a drop in the bucket It will not get through the skin of the trouble.
 These people obstinately refuse to see or admit that the present tariff is at the bottom of the deficit. It has caused other countries to adopt a prac- ticaIly prohibitive tariff on American goods. That shuts off our exports and reduces revenues. Then We have what Is in many. respects prohibitive duty on foreign goods. which reduces im- ports and makes another hole in our revenues. The tariff cuts both ways and in both ways adds to the deficit. If the Republicans can adjust and rec oncile all these points they are smart CT than we give them credit for.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-12
More Hou.ea are Needed.

''If one Is to judge by the Increasing demands for houses," said a real estate agent, there will be some people in Montgomery homeless after October 1st when the moving season Is over.
 "In all of my experience I have not seen so many persons who wanted houses and so few houses from which to choose. This Is a remarkable con dition when It is taken into account that more dwelling houses have been erected in Montgomery during the past twelve months than ever before.
 buslsess I S peopIS aIe atso ln t ralts t,..s or three firms, to my knowledge, that must move on October 1st and yet they have at this date been unable to secure quarters. --.t -.-
 q predict that before another year has gone some of our enterprising men with money to invest will have built accommodate the demands" '" ..:"~
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-12
TAKING NEEDLESS EXCEPTIONS.


 An expression may have very differ ent meanings, or create different i'm pressions when viewed from two or more standpoints. A man named Pal las has been spoken of for the position of Park Commissioner of New York. and Mir. Jerome. in alluding to him, said he ought not to have the situa- tion because he Ifs only a pattern maker" For this expression Mir. Je- rome has been soundly denounced by union extremists who declare that his expression was a sheer at Pallas be- cause he is a working man and that it shows Jerome to be an enemy to labor
 This is one way of looking at 1t. but 1t is not the right way. The office of Park Commissioner in New York Is an important one, and should be filled by a thoroughly competent man, and one who is qualified for the duties of the position. It matters not how high MT Pailas may stand as a man and citi- gen, nor how good pattern-maker he is he ought not to be appointed Com- missioner unless he has proper quail fications for the work. A man may be only a lawyer, only a banker. only a merchant. or "only" anything else and not be ftted for the office in question: and the remark of Mir. Jerome would apply to any one of them as aptly as 1t does to the pattern maker. We do not believe or understand that he had any intention of referring sneeringly or of eensively to the occupation of MT. PaIlas.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-12
The Proposed Extra ses.ion.

Huntsville Mercury.
 The Mercury has not felt called upon to advise Governor Jelks as to what action he should take as to the pro- posed extra session of the Legislature. It is taken for granted that he is fully competent to weigh the reasons for and against and that he will be governed by what he finds best for the public welfare and not be influenced by the political interests of certain individuals be they friends or goes. The Mont gomery Advertiser is not in the habit of being influenced by anyone, nor ae- tuated by motives other than those 1t honestly entertains for the best i'm terests of the people of Alabama. After giving the matter deliberate considera- ton It holds an extra session should be called. and gives several strong reasons. The Mercury is only prepar- . ed to speak for what 1t regards as of pressing and vital importance to It's city city and county in the State needs legislation to correct certain ills as badly as Huntsville and Madison, cer- tainly Governor Jelks will only do hls duty in calling an extra session.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-12
Real Funny.
Tuskegee News.

IuSKeRee NewS. ,
 Conner has long been making capital for himself before the people by cry ing out for Georgia freight rates. NOW, the papers have one MT. Hoke Smlth running for Governor Georgia clammor- Ing for Alabama freight rates. Smlth says that the roads are discriminatlhe against Georgia by giving Alabama better rate on freight. If these two learned politicians are so far apart Sn the facts of the proposition how m tnS world are we every day, unlI orIileu lss U folks to tell what Is right? It IS as we have on more than one occasion WIT <. ten; The making of freight rates is a delicate task. and only an expert who has given his years to the duty knoWs S.s : 2 much about it. But evidently tnete at al = = inequalities, and with every man wnS 4 Is running for the State senate aito to the Legislature saying he IS g1}Is g}ng 70 wrongs we certainly will get plenty of bills introduced and have myriasus. .Sa O1 speeches made on the subject sai,aS peoples expense whether we sSt Fe'SA or not.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-12
Queer Idea of News.

Do you know" said well known citizen yesterday, as he took look over a late report from the fever territory, "that we talk too much and you news paper men print too much about yellow fever and It's ravages. l believe that a simple statement of the number of cases, deaths and new foci, condensed into a few lines, would suffice in news way, after which the space could be used for more cheerful subjects.
 The fact Is the fever Is being so we'll handled all along the line that If 1t were not for the published reports most of us would forget it.
 Now let me show you" he confined Here is little pamphlet just issued by a local railroad, which tells all about the mosquito theory, and here is an arr ticle on how to treat fever. in all it's stages from a New Orleans doctor, and have also a good story in a paper here about how to distinguish the fever mosquitoes. all of which think would be beneficial" And then the newspa- per man woke up and discovered that the man who thought there was too much fever talk printed was still talk ing.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-12
Alabama County COnvicts.

MObilS INtE iSNbIs
 The Louisville Courier Journal com ments at length upon the report of President Carmichael. of the Alabama State Board of Convict Inspectors, printing practically the same review as that of The Register few days ago. The secret of the interest shown in rhis report outside the State lies in the fact that Alabama is making a success Of the department management of convicts as regards pronts 10 the state rom conVicts. The personal needs of the prisoners are more closely watched and cared for than formerly
 The contrasting detects of the conn
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-12
Have Faith fin Anniston.

AnnlstOn star.
 Every man living in Anniston has faith in .Anniston. This is more than can be said of other cities and 1t shows that people so united in faith can be depended upon to prove :heir faith. It IS idle now to place a limit upon the future population of Admission. It is just as likely { be 100, 600 ten years from now as not. la fact, the chances ten years hence Abrasion Is grow ing, not because we or some one else says SO but because there ls -eusOn here Tor a growth and no limit to pos
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-12
Busy EIba.
EIha Clinnar

The warehouses and drays of Elba have been very busy of late shipping cotton. In this immediate locality the crop is not a normal one, yet 1t is not so poor as in neighboring sections. On all sides travellers say our crop is much the best they have seen. If 1t Is, then prices in the latter part of the season are sure to be higheu than 10 cents. But, is Coffee's cror better than that of other sections: There's the rub. We can't tell.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-12
Happy School situation.

The school at Newton opened with over one hundred and flfty boarding pupils 4
 The houses are over run with boa:d- CTS. The i'll feeling which formerly prevailed between the two religious denominations has, we are told, about disappeared. Another thing we are glad to note that these boarding pu- pills are largely the children of farmers. doctors, merchants and lawyers could or did send their children of to school; but it Is not so now.