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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-22

habits three centuries ago, would not be as likely to exploit an incident of the kind as would be done at this tme It may be, possible. too, that John didn't care to exploit another In .a way that might throw him somewhat ts the backxround
 No doubt there is great deal Of glamour connected with Pocahontas and her career. By some she has been represented as a royal and magnificent princess before whom all common peo- pie bowed in admiration and suomis- sion. while others look and write or her as A rude and untutored savage,i loose In her notions of propristy and equally so in her practices Both views are partially wrong. That she was the daughter of great chief, who was practically king over num- Der of Indian tribes, is beyond doubt, but for all that she was an unlettered savage. above most of her sister In dians in position and power, anG thus was better situated to exert some in- fuence among the members of her tribe. Still. she was like other fe- males of her people. an inferior in the eyes of mon. Her saving the life of Smith. If it really occurred just as has been written. was not an unusual per- formancs Many a prisoner among the Indians has been saved from death, by the interpretation of some man or wo- man among them. Many cases of the kind have occurred. and while that does not detract from the brave and kindly act of Pocahontas 1t makes 1t one of other occurrences of the kind. But whether she be over or underrated, we believe that the general accounts of her are in the main correct. and that a monumentsto to her will not be out of place.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-22

The 19-year-old son of an English nobleman gives it out to the world that he lis convinced of the injustice of the present social system" It is possible that his old dad has been reas- ontng with him in the barn with a bed slat? Except in very rare instan- ces nineteen is not looked on as an age which qualities youth to form a correct judgment of a matter about which the greatest men of the country differ, and which few can elucidate Probably this youthful college student is an exception. and then again some thing may have gone wrong with his digestion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-22
Must Share the Responsibility.

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 The negroes, as a race, must shoulder their share of the responsibility for the crimes that led to the Springfield riot. because they are too tender with the lawless element of their own race by reason of their failure to enforce high standards, socially and morally, against the bad element If they wish to win the respect of the white race they must show that they are worthy by frownlng down crime and ostracizing the crimi1 nals who disgrace them. Instead, 100 often the tendency Is to defend the pad negro and to shield them from punish ment For example, the Colored Meth odist Ministers Alliance of Kansas Clty in their resolutions on the subject, at tempted to throw doubt upon the face that the men who committed the as- sault upon the white woman were ne- groes, The resolutions soften the mat: fer by saying supposed members of our race" although there Is no dispute or question about the fact. A negro preacher in his sermon here last Sun. day referred to the woman victim or the unspeakable outrage as b-cent or an S-cent or an S-for-a dollar wo- man" That preacher had no warrant on earth for casting reflections upon inc woman, and in some communities ho would have suffered severely for his sianderous statement The decent, law-abidinR negroes, if they wish to attain any standing in the social order. nust exert themselves to stamp out inc bad negro, and not apologize for him or condene his crimes in the least.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-22
LISTEN TO THAT:

We naturally expected The Richmond Times Dispatch to butt in if a chance were afforded it. That paper has a fairly good opinion of itself and never misses an opportunity to show 1t. Some days ago we had an entertaining and instructive editorial about a national hymn, in the course of which we quoted stanza from an old war song, the first line being
 "As went up the new-cut road" and The Times Dispatch cuts in with this:
 We do not know the Cutters or the Kooglers and feel no special interest in them, or in their productions, and if The Advertiser had confined its remarks to legitimate criticism, we should have kept out. But when 1t drops into quo tations and mars a classic, we should be untrue to the South and Southern traditions and Southern poetry and poets and song writers, If we held our peace The song which The Advertiser pretends to quote Is as follows:
 T went up the new-cut road,
 She come down the lane;
 l axed Liza Jane to marry me;
 She axed me want I shame.
 
 O, g long. Liza Jane."
 Now isn't that stanza a nice speci- men to try to palm off on an intelligent public as genuine poetry? It Is enough to set ones teeth On edge to try to speak it, and as for singing it-waugh! We venture to say that nobody ever sang it or tried to sing it, and we doubt if it was ever heard of beyond the confines of the I'D. office. The verse we quoted is sure enough poetry, both in sound and sense. It expresses something in a way to be understood, except, perhaps, in Virginia. The song was popular with the boys in gray and many a time have we heard it rolled from the lips of the old "rebs" at night after they had had their supper of beef shank and corn scramblings. and the way they enjoyed it was {. sight to wit ness. If one of them had been called on to sing the stanza quoted by our contemporary, he would have called for the firing squad at once.
 The Times Dipsatch may know more about some things then we do. It may even know more about John Smith and Pocahontas, Jamestown and Wahun- sonacook, but il shouldn't tread on thin ice by contradictng or trying to cor rect this paper on poetry and song. When it comes to these subjects we are there with the goods, and don't pro- pose to be butted off the track by Ole Virginny.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-22
Montgomery surprises Lane.

This is my first visit to Montgom- erys said Marshall Lane Jr.. associate sporting editor of The Atlanta Journal. and one of the South's most promising young sporting writers, and must say that l have always entertained false view of your city.
 T had an Idea that Montgomery was simply town of memories and a town that was resting easy on the memories of the past and not doing anvthin1 for its future. But since com Ing here I have changed my views. find the olden time hospitality and good chear of the old Southern town and l see the spirit of the new Sonth- ofn city everywhere. That's com bination that cannot ioso
 of course Atlanta Is tho greatest place In the world. All we Atlanta people think that and if we don't think lt we say 1t anyway. but Montgomery Is one of the very best of the Southern cities and l am glad to change my original Opiniou
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-22
Montgomery Sets the Pace.

GOrdO Mcssenger.
 Montgomery wants 100000 people be- fore 1910. Judging from the hustle her people are making she will get them. Montgomery Is a great town. When anything is necessary to add to its growth some one is ready to put life into tine move and up 1t goes. They wanted an incorporated State Fair As sOciation and they got it. They want 100000 population in the year of 1910. they will get it. Montgomery Is a great place. and other towns in the State are lesser lights clustered around her. Shine Montgomery, givulight and enthusiasm to others.
 Set the pace and we'll follow.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-22
SIDEWALK PENCILINCS
Ala For San Francisco.

T am delighted to see how Mont Gomery is coming to the front in ref erence to aiding the California sui terers." said a citizen yesterday The Commercial Club pledged the citizen ship for 3i,00O and already nearly dou- ble that amount has been raised. :. New York will raise $3.000,oOO, II ts said. Montgomery's contribution Is apparently small when compared with tiifs. but when you consider the vast amount of money in New York. the great, Gotham has not done as much proporttonally as our good city.
 If every other community comes to She front like Montgomery. San Fran cfsco's troubles would soon De alle- viated- Still all America has stood by the. city of the West in noble American atyle.. and 1t makes me proud to pc called an American
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-22
Arrogance Rebaked.

IluulSNlllF Mercury.
 for Senator in Calhoun County regis ters another rebuke for the arrogance of the candidate for Governor. One or two more such instances will prob ably give tine gentleman to understand tEat his interference in the county elections will be resented by the peo- pie all along the line.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-22
A Broad Man for Alabama. 

The one man and one idea policy and method of MT. Conner will surely not meet with approval by the people of Alabama. The Governor of this State should be as broad as the State itself and his policy should be liberal Alabama, whether it be a railroad or peanut stand. Fair and intelligent treatment of any business or industry in the State cannot injure the people,.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-22
The Right Spirit.
Clayton Record.

On this, the eve of a closely contested primary election, we once more ven- ture to counsel moderation and tenn perance in speech. So far as we are advised, the campaign in this county has been free from bitterness, or mud singing" as it is sometimes called. and we must commend the candidates. We are all white people, and Democrats. and nothing should occur that can not be rectified. We hope that all wounds may soon be healed, all differences for- gotten, and that peace and friendship may prevail
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-22

Owing to some pension frauds in Ohio, the detectives have been making Investigations and it is reported that they have found several men in that State who might be on the pension list but are not. Such remissness is not at all like Ohio.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-22
WllI HeIn All.

AndaluSla Times.
 Montgomery's effort to touch the 100000 mark in population will benefit the wiregrass section of Alabama. The attention that will be attracted to Mont gomery Is bound to call attention to the country that surrounds it. We arc willing that Montgomery should have a hundred thousand population-two hundred thousand if she can get them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-22
Make Wagons or Furniture.

Collinsville Courier.
 Do you know. citizens, that there ars timber in the crude and unfinished state being shipped away from Collins vile every year? What would be the condition of this town if this money could be kept here in Collinsville by erecting some factories to utilize the timbera
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-22
Candidate for Hard Labor.

Camden Banner.
 We heard of a citizen who has said if the dispensary of Camden was abol- ished he will at once lay in a stock of liquor and run a blind tiger. Cne of the wealthiest merchants in a Geor- gia town made a similar threat and today he wears stripes of a common felon. Under the present regime, this can also occur ia Cad Wilcox.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-22
No Angelic Haru,ony There.

Judging from the published state- ments of the father, mother and son, the Dowie family did not enjoy the harmonious felicity that naturally sug- gests itself in connection with an apos- tie of peace and good will such as Elijah II proclaimed himself to be.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-22
Pertinent query.

Will general conditions be greatly improved if Georgia candidate fon governor should secure the Alabama freight rates promised his constituents and the Alabama candidate shall se-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-22
Eatertainipg Two Conventions.

| "Montgomery for the first time In it's history will be amply able to take care of the hundreds of visitors that a well Known Montgomerian yesterday. For years we have always had to make excuses to the members of orders or conventions that came to us on &C., count of our poor hotel facilities Now however. we are amply able to give any convention the most comfortable facilities and should cause them to leave the city with a desire to return.
 This coming week we entertain two representative bodies and we want to make both the B'nai B'rith and the Sunday School delegates remember their stay pleasantly. There is no req son why this should not be done"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-22

Now comes medico who asserts that lying is a disease. He might have added that 1t is both contagious and infectious also that some are born with it. Probably they inherit that as they do other things.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-22

There is to ba a Mothers Congress in Atlanta and we suspect that a goodly proportion of the real mothers will be represented by proxy.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-22
cunninsham and Conservation.

Wisdom begets conservatism, that great characteristic of political acumen in men of pronounced ability who so successfully guide the affairs of tho people, Cunningham and conservat- Ism appeal to the man of intelligence.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-22
GorIxy,s sort Not Wanted,

B1rmInBham LeuS6r.
 Maxim Gorky is exactly the kind of man not wanted in any land. He is not a model in any particular, and not fit to either lead or entertain men,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-22

The probability is that the name of the next Governor of Alabama will be- gin with C." hazards The Columbus Enduirer-Sun. Yes. and the candidate whose name is Conner is not a come-er. Seer
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-22


 statemeDt around the capitol are won dering what moved the President to advocate a graduated inheritance tax in his speech last Saturday. Repub- it and are trying to fathom the depths of his motives in Sd doing. They de- clare that the idea Is distinctly Populistic one, and that the advance when socialistic tendencies are so strong as to be menacing Is unfortun- ate, and that 1t must be accounted for In some way. And they have>scratched endeavor to account for it, and will scratch them again. Can 1t be that 1t is bid for the Presidency? They ask themselves this question and then point ~pronouncement made by him the night of the last election against 9 third term. They concede that 1t is just little more than possible that down in his heart he has repented of that declaration, and that while he will not openly seek third term, he may be trying to bring about con- dition that will make the tender of the crown the third time so pressing that he cannot refuse it.. It Is com fessed that the idea would have great strength in some quarters, and that the man who fathers 1t be he of the Roose- welt type, could secure a large follow ing on the strength of it.
 Or is it simply that overweening de- sire of hisi to continue In the spot
 
 to the Senate from New York after his retirement from the Presidency, there to play the friend of the people" role the Sn as tse IS ngw cratic side The announcement of the Honorable Thomas Collier Platt that he is tired of being. the easy, boss and that he will not be a candidate for re- election when his term as Senator ex- pires in 1909 would give MT. Roosevelt the opportunity to don the Senatorial A t.ta n~.A fl faI duds. That would be a unique per formancs in the history of the country, but then he himself is the unique man of our history It Is conceded that the could bring all the pressure needed or the New York Legislature to elect him Senator. But. granting that he seat because he would have to be elect ed while yet serving as President. 1t could just as well be that he is fig- uring to succeed .S,s Depsw n nsiI; of our strenuous President may mean the fact remains that 1t is disturbing the old line Republican leaders no lit- tie.
 Tariff Revision Coming.
 I am told by, some who have tatned with the President on the subject that es at this session he intends to press House goes Republican again. He fee& 1t is said, that the Republican tariff revision next session if the party can not go before the country in another Presidential campaign without having done something to revise the confessed inequalities of the tariff. If this program is carried out and the rate bill passed Roosevelt will have done more to give effect to Democratic policies than any Republican President Democratic thunder, but the Republi- cans have never been noted for strict adherence to the commandment Thou shalt not steal" The Massachusetts Republicans and some of the Western Republicans declare that they are de- termined to press their demand for tariff revision. In the hope, not of get attention of the country to it, so that public sentiment will force a revision next year.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-22
A substitute wail Be Found.

Btrmlngham N6Ws.
 Somebody predicts that the worlds supply of iron will be exhausted in there will probably be enough substi- tutes invented to make people forget all about iron.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-22
After the Primary.
Jackson

Jackson South Alabamian. The candidates with one accord say that the country is full of people who don't exactly speak the truth when they are talking to a candidate. Veri- ly 1t has ever been thus.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-22
That's What It Is For.

Talladega Reporter.
 Montgomery Is moving on a big State Fair this fall, and will erect six large buildings for 1t, Make it,-a permanent institution, gentlemen. rN
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-22

ticaIly ignoring Blaine and Logen.
 1S89-Oklahoma opened for settle- ment.
 ter to Chauncey F. Black, predicted the dissolution of the Democratic par ty unless wrangle for office and dis pute over tariff reform ceased at once.
 1905-Japanese newspapers bitterly attack France in the belief" that the Russians had been using Kamranh Bay to prepare for battle.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-22
WHAT STATE PA PIERS ARE SAYING
A Good showing in a Good County.

Andalusia News.
 Covington county doesn't owe . dol- lar and the county seat has something like s2,000 cash on hand and all billS paid. x axadHlssud
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-22
Hnd'To

Tess-Did Professor Bender. the aero bat, tumble to your ideas of matri- mony?
 Jess-well. if he didn't tumble then he'll have to now--I am going to mar ry him
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-22

Little drops of water
 Coming from the sky, Warn us that Miss April Now and then must cry
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-22
RIF T W o o D
BY PHIL H. ARMsrRoNo

There are times when every man be- lieves he is breaking some female heart by declaring that he is woman hater.
 Some people spend their lives trying to forget and others trying to remem- Der their pasts.
 The hand of Time isn't always the glad hand.
 The thermometer has its ups and downs as we'll as the rest of us.
 She Knew. Hubby-I am going to turn over a newSleaf tomorrow.
 Wifey-Volume Three!
 Shades of the "Dead., T think Mrs. Jones has such pretty shade of hair
 Why, it's dyed"
 Well. said shade of hair, didn't I?"
 Jiggs-Remember. it's never too late to mend.
 Biggs-How about a shoemaker who belongs to the union?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-22
To Help Adjust Fire Loss.

MT. Fred Hawkins, a well known i'm surance man of Montgomery, yesterday received instructions from his home of flee to report at New York at once for duty in San Francisco. where he will assist in the adjustment of the loss caused by the fire which followed the earthquake.
 MT. Hawkins Is special agent of a well known insurance company and his mission to San Francisco is considered a compliment, inasmuch as the best men of all the insurance companies ID M are understood to be summoned to New York to assist in the loss adjustment caused by the great disaster which followed the destructive earthquake
 MT. Hawkins will leave at once for New York.
 Hon. Wallace Bruce. President of the Florida Chataaua at DeFuniak day en route to the Chataqua at De- catur to deliver his lectures on Robert Burns" and "Womanhood In Shakes peare. He expressed his delight in the growth of the city and the superb new
 Hon. Fred L. Blackmon of Annis ton. a member of the last State Senate. is in the city MT ,ter SaeRmop Of tSs %as most vigorous campaigns ever waged in Cal friends in Montgomery who are felici- tating him on the outcome of his race.
 The condition of Rev. c. W. Patter- son, D. D., pastor of the First Presby- terian Church, continues desperate. He is at his home. No. 5l7 South Perry street. Hundreds of visitors yesterday called at the manse to inquire as to his condition.
 MT. Dave Biggio, who was seriously hurt by the fall of his horse during drill of Troop A, Friday night, Is re- ported unchanged He is at his home. No. 430 Clayton street.
 MT. Douglass Taylor, a well known young man of Huntsville, is at the New Exchange.
 Capt. D. Houston Smith of Oxford. is in the city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-22
TwfnYm-

Life IS full of trails -. From the cradle to the grave Accept the earthly verdicts
 And "try" to Just be brave.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-22

After you consent to go your friends security he ceases to be your friend
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-22

T went up the new-cut road,
 She come down the lane; I axed Liza Jane to marry me; She axed me want I shame. l turned my back upon her side O, g long. Liza Jane."
The National tribune., 1906-09-13
THE TROUBLE IN CUBA,

The whole trouble In Cuba is due to
the Unsuitable desire of a great number
of men to get money without working
for it. This complaint is not peculiar to
or confined to Cuba by any means. It
Is source of trouble everywhere Bnt
in more civilized countries the honor
and dignity Of labor is so strongly in
sisted upon that men who want to be
supported in luxury without shedding
any of the sweat Of their brows have a
hard time of it. The most of them find
out in the course of time that the cas-
lest and sLrest way of getting a dollar
is by some form of skilled labor. When
they arrive at this conviction they join
in giving the scornful ha-ila to men who
want money without toll. In Cuba 1t is
wholly different. Under the Spanish
rule the island was filed with men who
got sumDtuous living by making other
men work for them. The planters made
the slaves work their plantations, ana
the officials skinned what they could
out of the planters. The atmosphere
was the worst possible for honest indus
try, and extremely favorable to brigand,
age and other forms of non-laborious
money-getting. A very large part Of
the so-called revolutionsts were not
striking for liberty. but for some way 20
live in fat leisure. The American troops
had disagreeable awakening to this
fact when they landed on the island
The revolutionists would not fight: they
would not even scout and bring in in
formation. They were only formidable
about the commissary tents. They would
eat forever. and objected most decided-
ly to doing anything between meals to
interfere with their digestion. Presi-
dent Palma, who should have known
his countrymen better, made the great
mistake of thinking that he could salts
fy the so-called veterans By giving each
It large sum of money for his alleged
services in the war. OF course, as soon
as the money was gone he wanted more,
and took to the bush with a machetc
and rusty musket when he did not get
it. He is now at his old tricks of rob-
bing villages and blackmailing plant
ers. The only thing that will satisfy
him is permanent place on the public
pay roll, at a fat salary, with nothing
to do.