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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-12
1sm ANorHER FAILuREr

Will the Peary expedition add one more to the long list of polar att tempts and disastrous failures? is the question now being asked by all who read the dispatches. Will his effort and It's results be repetition of Sir John Franklin's sad fate? Almost a year has elapsed since he started on what it is feared was his last voyage. and a feeling of doubt and uneasiness nervades the scientific world.
 It is true that failure to hear from him is not conclusive evidence that he has perished. or that he is hope lessly entangled amid the ice of the far North, there to remain until the last day unless, as in the case of Franklin, some explorer in the years to come may find the remains of the expedition where 1t ended its career. We say the failure to get news is not conclusive It is true that it was be- lieved that through the wireless sys- tenn of telegraphy 1t was possible that communication might be maotained
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-12
D FIT W 0 0 D
ST PHIL H. ARMarHoNa.

Remember. to others the most tire- some subject you can discuss is your self.
 %@@ Very few people care much for a life, according to the book agent who tries to sell his grAphites. It wouldn't be 50 hard to set the world on fine if there weren't so many fire engines.
 What girl likes is a fellow who will pay the charges when she express es wish.
 The average young woman's expecta- tions are as big as the proverbial fish that got back In -the-water.
 as % 7e
 One of the hardest things in life Is to keep down expenses and keep up appearances. es W An unsettled mind is owed to worry.
 k %% If you want to see how soon a man can forget the pinch of poverty or the value of a dollar, wait till he gets a fat job.
 A dressmaker needn't take busi- ness course, but she must understand all about figures
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-12
Paper From Cotton stalks.

Birmingham Age-Herald.
 moi. Be confounded with the southern Cotton Association simply because Harvie Jordan is president or potn. The cotton stalks companya pa IS .sAsr sIrlgs the laws of Maine, to utilize some Flttsl burg patents for turning cotton staiks Into. paper. The new process process nas i rofSa Defn ing tentative about 1t. c...
 The first plant of tn Southern Cotton Stalks Product Company was ntsingty gomery is a Black Belt county, anu fne, large cotton stalks can pc gatn- cred there at a minimum cost in trans- wisely made, and at Montgomery the new company will endeavor to demon, strate the feasibility and commercial turning cotton stalks into paper, alco- hol and other by-products.
 If tn enterprise at Montgomery in m Southern ieids will become valua- other dividend Seed Int and stalks ks would T,nsiee THndeeT tP Pepsr oq is gTest neces sity. and every year wood pulp be- comes higher In price and the hops. is
 ,ressed that paper made from cotton stalks will yet drive wood pulp to the wall. At the best wood pulp paper Is not durable or desirable. The Mont gomery enterprise holds forth the promise or p6ll6E duO NhCaPCA P-~k.II--ss as well as more remuneration 70 the Southern farmer. ..
 The now valueless cotton stalk IS. It is claimed. capable of being. turned tn- to paper of good quality, into denat-
 uralized alcohol, smokeless powders guncotton, fertilizer. and perhaps dozen other products. Doubtless the Montgomery plant will he chiefly devo, ted to the production of paper. Actual results at Montgomery will determine the commercial value of the new pro- cess There is nothing sentimentak Tn the plan. It is commercially feasiole or 1t is not, and the Montgomery plant will be built and financed for the pur- pose of working results. No other miil will be built by the company until the one at Montgomery has demonstra- ted the entire practicability and eco- nonnlc va:Ie of the process.
 ed in Northern paper mills, put at at suffice One-half of that modest sum will be consumed Tn the erection ot the plant and the other half will De reserved as capital for conducting It. Spruce pine will then be up against the tough little plant, and revolution in the great paper Industry may pc
 ft is said that to each ton of lint goes a ton of stalks. ard that in the long run 15.000,O00 tons Sf stalks could be gathered in Southern fields The worlds production of paper IS about {, ,00O, 900 tons, so that 1t may be pos sihle to make in the South the world supply Of paper. A section that clothes s the world and makes It's paper would not sta<ve to deathN that Is certain, or at least it may become so at Montsom-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-12
Cbanre i'm ButIer County.

Butler county has been claimed by MT. Corners friends because his ma Jority at the election for president or the railroad commission was almost unanimous. It would seem therefore that it would hardly have been necsS- sary for him to have visited tnls county a single time during the cam paign now on,. for. he, when ean6i+ canal date before told the people all about the railroad rate question, the same theme that still demands. his. undi- vided attention. Nevertheless he mas not only been in this county one tune to let the people know that he was candidate for Governor, but he has made speeches four or five times m Butler, and his literature has reached probably every voter in the county, Still they are not satisfied but are trying to tie the voters up in clubs. and making such a fight as If they are not sure that the ,I county tEav wosld need not be sure; they can claim 1t; but when the election comes off 1t will De seen that Dr. Cunningham has not been forgotten
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-12
Letters to the Editor.
Are They Candidates in Waiting.

Editor The Advertiser:
 Two of the most prominent support CTS of Mir Conner are Colonel R. llhodes. Editor of The Birmin ngham minds me that at one stage of the po; in connection with Senatorial expeeta tions-in two contingencies. First, If Mir Comsr was Governor. and. second ly. if there was a vacancy
 The News has been persistent m de nunciation of the Senatorial succession plan of the Committee and In support of MT. Conner for Governor.
 Mir Nesbit is Chairman of the Conner Committee anu 1t Is reported that if Mir Conner should be elected Governor the vacancy in office of President of the Railroad Commission would not bf filled by Governor Jelks, because fir Conner would hold on to the last min ute and not resign. This would give Conner chance to appoint his own sue cegsor to the Presidency of the Com
 mission and how easy to name h's manager. MT Nesbitt. Can 1t be that these two warm Conner advocates are candidates in waiting for some good thing? Let'c wait and see.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-12
IN A HOLE

Bully Boy Conner Is having the time of his life defending himself against the many grave and true charges con tinua.iy made by his opponents. What Is worse for him he has to defend hi.n- self against himself. He is in the con- dition of the train that turned such short curve that 1t met itself coming back. Mfr. Conner Is continually meet ing himself and finds no room to pass. The style of the case is Conner vs Co., mer and the people ofAlabama are act ing as judge and jury. Their verdict will be couched in the emphatic lar- guage of Daniel: Thou art weigh A.I in the balances and art found want ing"
 We must give his few organs credit for doing their best They are vocir. erous, loquacious and often reckless They paw the earth and raise a dust thinking thereby to hide their candl- dates record, Considering their limit ed capital of facts they are doing prat- ty we'll Their frantic assertions gre made to do duty in place of argument. but what else can they do? They are expected to work for Conner, and 1T they have no other ammunition but 1Dt air they must make the most of it. The Bully Boy doesn't know that he is dead. but the funeral will be held at the Au- gust primaries and win be largely at tended by Cunningham Democrats.
 We have rarely known a candidate for high ofice who required so much defending as the Bully Boy does in the present campaign. And what is aImcst patheticaily funny Is that he didn'r know 1t was loaded When he shied his candidate hat into the ring and ex- claimed
 whoever dares this hat displace
 Must meet Bombastes face to face he had no thought that any one wcula dare accept the challenge. He thopg Tt nothing was needed but to go up and down the State. tell the people some of the things he had done and all that hs would do, and one universal shout of ''come rest in this bosom" would go up in one tAunderous tone from all tho voters of Alabama He didn't know there were so many traps. many of them of his own setting, but he ..nows 1t now, for he is never out of one. His organs may u1ulAte without ceasing but the Bully Boy is in a hole and can't pull himself cut.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-12
GODS SUN LIGHT AND AIR.
 As Against Dark, Impure Factory Walls

Just remember that the labor is not 70 'exacting, nor the work hours so many that they breathe the pure sir their Maker intended for them to enjoy, that school and church facilities are not de- nied them, that their ruddy. cheeks laughing eyes and active limbs ali at- test the fact that they are healthy < happy and are physically sound. Mot so with the mill and factory. child la borar. Note the saflow cheek. prema- turely bent over form, fistless eye and slow made step. It is a crime In the sfeht of God and should be in the sight of man, thus to treat the helpless cnit- dren. No man should be elected to the high office of Governor or any other one who is satisfied with present cons ditions, and remember Mir. Conner help-. ed to make them so. and as .. mill reps. resentative at the conference held for the purpose of agreeing on legisiatiqn on the subject Of chfId labor which would tend to the children's better
 nent. fought the adoption Of every ir1-s portant point looking to. that end that
 the law as 1t now stands, IS monu. ment to the greed and selfish spirit of one man. and that man Is B. B Conner, candidate for Governor ok the great
 State of Alabama. To vote for him means your endorsement of his action
 on the occasion referred to. and surely
 unless you are willing to be q partict-
 pant in that wicked and inhuman
 scheme to force and keep such legi islas+ ton on the helpless children you won't
 do so. ..ffss .--
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-12
Clavton Record.

Clayton Record.
 Every right thinking man in Ala bama ought to condemn MT. Corners attitude on the child labor law of 1903 That law was forced compromise on the part of the miil owners and the Executive Committee of the child labor organization of Alabama.
 Dr. Murphy's letter shows conclu. sively that Mir. Conner is no friend of the poor children who are compelled by shiftless and heartless parents to work in mills and factories. ft shows that Dr. Murphy and his associates were met at every point that the Committee suggested as looking to the ameliora- ton of the condition of children forced to labor in such places. It is too true alas, that children of tender years must sometime contribute something to the support of the family. When ever this Is necessary there is an sex : cuse for working some. But to coni- pei children to work from ten to eleven hQurs a day, week after week, and year after year, in closely shut up and badly ventilated rooms. with no chance to attend school at least three or four months during the year, with no op- iectual and physical conditions, is hor. rible to contemplate. They are stunted in body, stunted in mind and dwarfed in soul It is no use for the defenders of Mir. Comer's cause to say that chiI- dren labor on the farm and elsewherx other than factories and mills, and there ts no outefy raised against thar
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-12

between him and the outside world. even to the Pole itself.
 But It is possible that this means of keeping in touch with civilization may be failure, and that Peary and hls crew are stiIi alive and on the road to success. Somewhere beyond all chance of present hearing they may be safely located. or have started on the final stage of their Journey to the much coveted Pole. They are not nee essariiy lost because no news comes
 ,liein.
 And yet we well know that the op- posite view is net an impossible, or really an improbable one. The history of the past Is ghastiy record of fail- ures. disasters and fatalities Many have gone forth with high hopes and bright prospects to return acknowi- edging failure. or have not returned at all. This may be just one more ad- ded to the long list. to be heard of no more forever.
 There Is something pitiful in the thought that the brave officer and his men may be forever lost to human knowledge; that somewhere amid the eternal regions of Ice they may be so hopelessly embedded and surroundd that escape or rescue is impossible. To think of them locked in a more in- flexible prison than was ever construc- ted by human hands. all hope aban- doned and all prospect of deliverance shut out, is horrible. Days, weeks and months of our time pass away with nothing to vary the cruel monotony of their positions They look out on endless fields of ice and snow. beyond which they may not pass, and which forms an impassabie barrier between them and all other humanity. After a while food and fuel will be exhausted and then. one by one. they will yield to the inevitable and pass away. Some day 1t may be that another explorer will discover the remains of ship and in and about 1t the frozen mummies of what were once brave and hopeful hu- man beings. It is pitiful thought. After all. Is the object sought really worth the cost? Is 1t worth the sacri- flee of human life to reach the North Pole? We can see no real good to the world or to humanity in its discov- cry. It will settle a long discussed scientific question and win add fame to the name of the man who succeeds, but that is all It will benefit no one, and will be poor return for the cost. And yet. for the credit of our country and in the interests of our common country we wish Peary may succeed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-12

+. Ashby Bay, Cape Breton, distance of eighty-five miles, and messages trans- initted from place to place.
 1S61--Battle of Rich Mountain, Ya., between 15,000 Federais under General Mcclellan and 5000 ,Confederates und4r General Garnett The Federals stoTnsd s 3. rel Hill, and drove the .Confedefates from their positions, with a loss of about 1000, including prisoners. pu- ring the pursuit on the following day General Garnett was killed in a cav- iss2-The Confederate forces with 4,000 cavalry, capture Murfreesboro: Tenn, after a severe light; with about an equal loss on both sides,
 1884 - TeIegraphic communicatlon with Washington, D. C.; having beeh cut, runners of its capture by the Cons federates, and denials followed eacr other over the country all day.
 1S71--Riot in New York during ens Orangemen's parade, ffty-one persons killed, thirty wounded. ,s 1S9S-Flag of truce rematned up eii day while General Toral considered the demands for surrender. ~,.. (Service by American Press-News
 Washington, ID. C.)
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-12
Ind aEcoRp coNyrcrs HrM.


 It Is strange that a man like MT. n B. Conner. will contend before the pso- pie of Alabama that he did not oppose legislation to reguiate the working cl children In factories, At Gadsden in 1909. whsu the question was not b. fore the body which he was addressing he went out of his way to attack the policy of child labor legislation.
 Here Is an extract from report o, what he said in that speech. It ap- peared in the shape of Gadsden spc- ciai under date of July IF, 1902. 10 rhs Montgomery Journal:
 During the course of MT. B. B. cp. mer's remarks upon the subject of Farming" he not only took occasion to discuss the railroad and transportu- ton questions, but he took occasion. 10 defend child labor n cotton factories. He argued that these small children were better off while working in :, !, idle; that thls was practical manual training and that the next Legislatur. should not do anything to hamper tho law i9 on " the sub subject. Mr Conner is the owner of one of the largest cottoa mills. in Aiabama--Avondale, near B'r lningham.
 This was for the purpose of infiuene- ing the minds of legislators against any change in the then existing laws Mir. Conner did not at the time deny the correctness of the above report and he can hardly deny 1t at this late date It will be seen that he put himself up- on the broad platform of opposition to any Legislation on the subject of child labor. He said that the Legislatur' should not do anything to hamper the cotton min men by the passage oi ANY LAW on the subject.
 MT. Wilson Browns letter which Mi Conner and his friends claim to be con- elusive of the whole subject referred solely to Mir. Conner and the Legisia- ture of 190o-o1. Mir. Reilly, who was q member of that Legislature and great iy interested in the child labor aues- ton ciassed MT. Conner as an enemy ci the measure He had infinitely more to do with the matter than did M- Brown. and his information under sne circumstances, was more likely to be correct
 The Legislature of 1903 was the ouc before which Mir. Conner appears te have more fully shown his hand. The letter of pr. Edgar Gardner Murphy is suficient to show the animus of Mir Conner at that time and to have sub jected the latter to the charge of being Q violent enemy of child labor legisla- ton. Mr. Browns letter of two years before can bave no bearing on subse- quent events.
 Hon. J, F Thompson of Bibb County was member of the Legislature of 1903 and he shows in no uncerta,r words MT. Corners active hostility tc any legislation to restrain the working of children. of immature years. in the cotton factories Mir. Thompson is wei known to the people of Alabama ans needs no introduction and no defense He Is man of convictions and always ready to stand by them. Tn the facs of the facts, 1t Is amazing that Mir Conner should try to cover up the fact thatshe has been one of the most per- sistent and relentless enemies Of child labor leglsiation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-12

Ensley Herald.
 After admitting himself failure as president of the Railroad Commission, MT. Conner undertakes to excuse his failure on the grounds that the law creating his ofles Is vneonstitptional . tut nal; until some one. happened to call his attention to t. when he proceeded to to the subject, instead of. as his duty re- quired him, going to the Attorney-Gen; Wilson says the law creating. the rail- road commission is valid. If MT. Co., iner thinks 1t Is not why has he not taken steps to bring 1t before the courts for a decision? Is this not an- other one of MT. Corners plays to the "gallery?" Does not Mir, Conner know that 1t Is his duty to uphold and not discredit the law under which he is or should be working? The people, how ever, know why he has adopted these methods of doing his duty and find ing excuses for his failure in the of flee he now holds He knew what the law was before he asked the people to elect him as president of the commits
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-12
TODAY IN HISTORY.

Name Day; Henry. Sun rises at Al; sets at 7:19.
 1609--Hudson having continued his course westward for some days. first obtained sight of the American conti- nent, and on the l7th, the fog having State of Maine.
 11f6-Lord Howe arrived from Flu; rope with a formidable. squadron and ed his brother, General Howe, on Sta
 i7sO-Sumpter with lss men attacked and defeated detachment oI Brit.sa at Williamson's plantation. South cas-
 i7ss-Ninety-four prisoners taken by the Algerines on board American T1 yes S sells, were redeemed by the UnitSn States Consul at Algiers.
 1S04--Alexander Hamilton, an Amer lean statesman, died or wound re esived h a duel with Colonel AZ Aaron ssl land of St. Croix, 1757, and came to New York in 1773. At the commencement of the war he joined the army, and was afterwards a Major General. He con- tinued in the service until the surren- der of Cornwallis at Yorktown, whers the. troops under his command stotmso and took the British works. He after wards commenced the practice or Ia in New York, and rose to the highest eminence in the profession. He was np9Sr aP1Sinted seGrstary S ne and financier he revived the public credit, and placed the United states revenue on a permanent footing. of all the coAdjutors and advisors If Washington. Hamilton was doubtless the one in whose judgment and sagao- ity he reposed the greatest connden'5 { whether in military or civil career anu of all the American statesmen, ne olS' played the most comprehensive undef- standing and the most varied, aplilty, whether applied to subjects practlcal or speculative.
 18i2-GeneraI Hull, with an army or United States volunteers, invaded Can ada.
 1S55-A convention of the friends oI slavery held at Lexington, MO.
 1S56-The submarine telegraph caDle laid across the St. Lawrence Cur, Iron Cape Race Cove. Newfoundland anu
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-12
COMER SAYS LAW NOT VALID,
 PEOPLE SAYS HE IS THE FAILURE

sion. He knew what the rates were in Alabama at that time. He knew what, the Georgia and Texas rates were, and ne promised the people that he would, if elected. see that they got the Gsor- ata rates in Alabama He failed. Then he said we want the Texas rates, but he failed to give them to us. Now he says, Make me governor and I will give you anything you ask for.@
 MT. Corners every action has .hrand- ed him as a denagogue. He is con-s a most demagoglc fashion. He hopes to ride into ofice again on his hobby. the people again ask him for his req sons for not fulfilling his promises made in the campaign he will reply, as he has in the past. My hands are tied; l am only Governor If MT; co- mer Is made Governor of this State there is one thing he will do, un. less his past record Is g mistake ana he has reformed along these lines--he will veto any measure that may come before him looking toward the en1any cipation of little children from cotton mill slavery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-12
rN rHn sTATn,s INTEREsT.

The attention of all friends of good government, of business government in Alabama Is directed to the report of President Bragg of the State Convict Department which The Advertiser puo iished yesterday morning.
 Here Is a department of the State government that up to few years ago was a hindrance rather than source of revenue; q department that was ever public affairs. Moreover. the Depart ment was often phn at a loss to the State. Soon after he came into ofiice Governor Jelks, advised by Lieuten2nt Governor Cunningham. who had had many years of experience with convict labor, completely altered the policy of the Convict Department He called to it's head Judge J. M. Carmichael and upon the resignation of Judge Car michael appointed Dr. Shirley Bragg as it's executive officer.
 Now, we fnd the Convict Depart ment, by the application of business like principles. the practice of economy and the utilization Of the States prop erty in the proper way. earning enough money in nine months to pay the ex- penses of the government The !n- crease In its revenue sin ;e the inaugu ration of the new system has been 8 steady and so great as to startle tho men who doubted the wisdom of he Governor and his advisers.
 This is merely an indication of what may be done by wise. safe and clear headed State officiais. The moral Is plain.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-12
Competency vs. Tnco1npetency.

There is nothing before the people of Alabama of more importance tnan
 @n. which is. whether the state shall be governed by a competent or an incompetent officiaL There is no doubt about Cunninghams success. ure as an official. The only thing re. maining Is for the people, to KNOW these things If they should unfortu. be the fault of The Reaper, which has been trying to do It's full duty. How is 1t with the rest of our esteemed contemporariesY