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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-25
12s BusheI. Of Corn to the Acre.

Charlotte Evening Chronicle
 Williamson of Darlington. s. C.. was at the cotton convention in New Or leans last week talking, corn. He raises 125 bushels to the acre, and has been doing that for ten years past. His method of cultivation is peculiar He gives his corn but very little cultivation but gives that cultivation at the right time. Our people work their corn into big stalks and small ears. MT Will liamson works his up into small stalks and big ears. He does not begin to plough his field until the corn has reached a certain stage and he saves labor and makes a big crop. By way of compa rison, it might be stated that the farmers around MT Williamson raise from ten to fifteen bushels of corn to the acre A system of farming by which 125 bushels of corn ls produced to the, acre, ia well worth locking into.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-25
Cannon Had Morxnn'. .Duds.,


 "Busby." said Speaker Cannon to the best dressed man in Washington, his private secretary what do you think of this makeup of mine? Where did I get this coat and hat?'
 The coat was long enough for a Dutch comedian; the fedora hat rested tauntily on his off ear and threatened to engulf his dome of thought down to the eyebrows. Where did get them, Busby? Don't you know?
 Busby didn't know, but having been only recently rescued out of the news paper business, retained the Sher- lock Holmes instinct.
 Uncle Joe" he said, you have been associating with some people from Alabama" The quiet, matter of- fact delivery of this unexpected statement made it the more astounding. Uncle Joe looked his astonishment. Some thing tells me so," repeated Busby, handing the tell-tale hat back to the speaker It bore the name of a we'll known Birmingham (Ala) firm.
 Then the Speaker saw a great light. The night before he had attended a function at the home of Senator Hale. Senator Morgan of Alabama was one of the guests on that occasion. Per haps that outfit belonged to MT. Nor gan Busby confirmed 1t by telephone. There was a strange coat and hat, the latter of a rakish style of architecture, at the Morgan homestead. The ex- change was quickly effected by mes sengers
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-25
Sidewalk pencilinss
weu,a LIke 10 see New Capitol.

T was impressed with the motion of Hon. J. Craig smith before the Capltoi Commission for, the commission to rec- ommend the erection of an entirely new building" said prominent citizen yes. terday. There is no doubt in the world that Alabama needs new Capitol, but if such a thing Is possible, some of the points of interest Iof the old building should be preserved as long as tinie will allow. This is not said merely from sentimental viewpoint. but I tell you many dollar is brought into Montgomery by this old building thai would not be brought here were new building infts. place: You have TO laea fda-bound, who stop over in Montgom- cry Just to pass through the old Capi- toi. Every afternoon there are a mum and every one of those who stop over here leaves some money in the city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-25
Boys and the Reformatory.

'I noticed today in a Birmin gham special to The Advertiser" said citl- zen yesterday, that Judge D. A. Greene of the Birmingham Criminal Court 1as sentenced his first youth to the Enst Lake Reformatory for Boys The youth, I see, was Thomas Parker. F. year-old boy.
 T infer that the correspondent meant this was the first time a boy has been sent to this institution from Bfrming- ham. This could hardly be true, oe- cause I know of eight boys, at ieasl, who have been sent to the reformatory from Montgomery. Now. Birmingham is a larger city than Montgomery. and naturally there would be more way ward boys there. With the reform atory right at its doors. it seems almost \ incredible that this should be the first commitment. If such is true, Bir- mingham boys must be getting mighty good"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-25
Raleigh (N. @ Times.

Raleigh (N. co Times.
 According to dispatch to The Mont gomery Advertiser from Florence, Ala. the State Court has refused to grant ball to a constable who shot and killed man fin the effort to escape arrest.
 The action on the part of the judge in dicates such a new and healthy change that The Advertiser is moved to words of approval. However trivial the charge against a prisoner might be 1t invari- ably happens that the hoodlum officer considers it his bounden duty to shoot if the man under arrest escapes, or if he attempts to run away before he is actually served with a warrant. In that case he considers himself the court, the judge and the jury, and if the bul- let ends a life he is apparently satisfied and then turns to the proper tribunal to exonerate him. But 1t should not :. He ought to be held for manslauEhter. Indeed, 1t Is wilful murder, because sistance and is merely trying to pro- tect himself by running. Omcers hsv'
 been of the opinion that it was their right to shoot under such circumstances and that idea has prevailed because the courts have seldom administered the punishment that the crime de- served. If the courts" says The Ad- vertiser. "would punish the offenders in all such cases. just as it punishes others who arc guilty of taking human life, there would be fewer killings without warrant" It would not hurt to make an example of the Alabama officer, but 1t ought not to stop there.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-25
PuttInr on Ar. at Tombstone

TOmbstone tATl1.J FIUspeOtVE' -
 Every symptom points to tendency to spread on style in Tombstone. Among other instances in this direction the hoys boueht A pair of beautiful barber pole suspenders and presented them to the amiable dispenser who shoves the amber extract of cheertulness over the the promT7tIy donned the innovation, but Claimed that he felt like he had a rail fence on each shoulder Then when they became overburdensome ne would unhutton them and permit them to dangie in front. but he finally got them down fine enough to go to church in
 Several old-timers, conspicuous court attendants from other ends of the county, have fallen intc the -hahit of
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-25
An Honorable Career.

Marshall Field Is supposed to have left an enormous fortune, enormous even in these days of great fortunes. against him in his lifetime. General regret was shown at his death. In Chicago he was me first as well as the richest citizen. The red-mouth yap- ping at the rich spared him. He was known to have acquired his wealth hon estly. He used it modestly and worth fly. On a much larger, scale he was a merchant prince" of the old school. a school not extinct. His business meth ods were straightforward and honOra- bic. He did not bilk of prey upon the public. So he had what ostentatious subscriptions and 9taring philanthro- pies cannot gain for some other men, unforced public respect ae dld not have to seek it noisily: He did not have to try to cover up doubtful trans actions with a halo or to bribe his way into .'society'' or heaven with benefac- tions in the nature of repentance.
 A perfectly simple and old fashioned aiI the wild demagogic yawp against the rich there is no prejudice against honorable wealth with no stain upon is title and no shirking of it's reSpon- sibilttiea.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-25
Hin PernonaIitYI
sepseIeas Chatter.

Baltimore sun.
 There has been some senseless chat ter as to an alleged impropriety in ex- President Clevelands accepting his po- sition as rebate referee for the Equita- ble, Mutual and New York Life Insur- ance Companies. The idea seems to be that an ex-President is too far removed from common mortals-too much lifted above the heads of ordinary men-to earn his living by useful work in the line of his profession, This s mere mawkish sentimentality. His training as lawyer fits MT. Cleveland for the work of a referee and his extended exl perience of human nature In the great offices of Governor of New York and President of the United States but adds to his qualifications. Naturally, to a modest and retiring man the pub licity given to the acceptance of an op- pointment by .corporations under @ fre IS Assents to fhe principle that tried public servants after signal service to their country must ever after be laid on @ the shelf" and be excluded from profes- slonal tasks.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-25
THE OPELIKA COMPANY.
WiiI Be Inspected by Oflcer of Regular
 Army February 2l.

OpeHka, Jan. 24.--(Special. )-Capt l.. L.. Durfee, of the 17th Infantry, sta tioned at Fort McPherson. Ga. will make the annual inspection of Com pany Fl. of this City. February 21.
 Mrs. John Crumbaker Drake of zanesville, O.. and Misses Frances Seely Curtis, Florence Boyal and Anna Laura Devoi of Marietta, O., are visiting MT. and Mrs. Israel Devol at their beautf- full suburban home, "Rockwood"
 William Smith, who shot and killed his brother, Charles Smith, near Smiths Station, Monday afternoon. January >22, has been arrested and placed in jail on the charge of murder. His case has been set for hearing February 1 before Judge J. B. Lyons of the County Court
 Dan S. Robertson of this city has announced his candidacy for the office of Sheriff of Lee County. MT, Robert son is a man of character. means and influence. and will be formidable can didate for the office
 Rev. z. D. Roby, for many years one of the leading Baptist ministers of East Alabama. lies critically i'll at his home on South Eighth Street, and but little hope is offered for his recovery.
 Mrs. N. E, Heath. an estlmable Christian woman of Gold Hill, died at her home at that place the night of January 21, and was buried Tuesday morning. MrS. Heatn IS suINlNeu pS two daughters, Mrs. Ross of Red Star. Ala, and Mrs. Tidwell of Avofldale, and by three sons, James I. Heath of this city, Charles W. Heath of Gold Hill, and Cicero Heath of Birmingham.
 Capt. II. B. Peacock has ordered an election of officers for Company H Tues ray, January 30. The vacancies to be filled ate those of Captain and Second Lieutenant
 MT and Mrs. John William Hunt Of Oak Bowery, have announced the mar riage of their daughter. Miss Eva, to Ronls Massey WoOddy, the wedding to occur on Thursday afternoon, February 1st. at s'sO o'clock, at the home of the brides parents.
 Hon. John T. German. State Exam ines of Public Accounts. who has been at Mobile and other points in Alabama for several weeks. has returned '" or lika.
 Hon. John B. Lyons,
 bate, attended the fune
 Akin of Notasulga, Ala
 Lyons was an intimate
 deceased for several yea to pay him last tribu
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-25
Intentions of Governor Johnston.

Governor Joseph F. Johnston who spent Tuesday in Montgomery, return ed to his home in Birmingham yester- day morning.
 T think" said one of tho ex-Gov- ernor's Montgomery friends, that it would be safe to predict that Governor Johnston will be in the political game again, and it Is probable that some important announcement may come from him within few days.
 JHst now I am not prepared to say what he. will do. but may tell you that he has been urged to run for the United States Senate straight, for alternate United States Senator and number CT his friends would like to see him a candidate for Governor. It is no secret that he has had these Opportunities un- der careful consideration and that his Montgomery friends went over the sit- uatfon with him when he was here.
 "A short time will develop the lnten- uske U, soros TosefnUr nno,,nsnSeni fron, Rirl mingham."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-25

A contemporary bewails the passing of oldtmie negro ministrelsy and 1t is correct The minstrel shows of the nresent time are no more like those of the early days of such shows than inc modern circus is like that of fifty years ago. Tn each there are so many snecialties and other additions that they have lost most of their flavor, all though they still attract the crowds. There are no real negro minstrel shows now.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-25
MARSHAL FIELDS PRECEPTs AND
 AND CHARACTERISTICS.

Chicago Tribune.
 Ills Business AxiOms. % Never give note. N Never buy a share of stock on mar gin. Never borrow. Never heavily mortgage real or per sonal property Work always on & cash basis. Buy for cash and sell on short time Hold customers to strict enforcement of their contracts.
 His Personality. Business his greatest ambition. No time for frtvolity. Never an imitator. No political ambition. Words few; phrases incisive. Sharing of verbal commedation. Consummate judge of men. Originator of ideas.
 Powerful as an organizer Capable of inspiring confidence. Patron of education
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-25
THURSDAY, JANUARY 2s, 1908.
THE QUESTION OF LABOR.

The Advertiser publishes on this page a letter from MT. W. H. Lawson. In that letter Mir. Lawson exhibits him self as sui generis-the one man who believes that negro labor is all that it should be. The Advertiser has no more desire to rid the South of negro 1abor than Mir. Lawson has, but we be- lieve we are working for the best in terests of the South when we advocate more white immigrants and laoorers That need not mean tine driving out of newro laborers, but 1t will result in our judgment and according to the exneriencesof men who have tried it. ;u getting the negroes themselves to be more attentive to their duties and to have higher regard for their obliga- lions and contracts.
 Last year there was scarcely paper that reached this office that did nos comnlain that negroes could not De hired for wages to plough or hoe, and that farmers would pay s125 per day to get them. At that very time there xreye idle negroes enough to meet every demand, but they did not want n work. There is an establishment in .his city which employs about 2eO hands and on Monday less than one dozen reported for work.
 As to the amount of cotton and other articles produced by the negroes less number of working white men would .,.,,a made more. This is demonstrated in every white county in Alabama where cotton is raised.
 If white men could be brought q, here to do the work now done by negroes in lumber camps. on railroads, and many othel occupstions. there would be more negro ,abor for the farms, and 1t would bt more steadythan that now employed.
 There Is no trouble in renting land' 4o negroes but that is a very differen 1roposition from hiring them for wages At the recent prices of cotton the' have made money and The Advertisel ia glad of it. What is said about news lpapers and politicians is cheap tall ana hardly worth the space given 1t il thfs short sentence. We venture ther' are very few farmers in Alabama wht want to till their own ground, who will agree with MT. Lawson as to the satis factory condition of the labor question
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-25
THE HIGH WATER MARKS.

The last month of 1905 was the oanhet month m The Advertisers circulation. new high-water marx was estabnsheo: 4. should be remembered that The AdVertiser 2 circulation statements compiled aiter kne returns from all sources have been de- aucted and the figures Slven represent only the net paid-for output here are the 0e- seniber 4l2ures:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-25

E. S. Noble, Circulation Manager of the Montgomery Advertiser, being duly sworh' says: { The foregoing statement of The Adver- tiser's circulation for the month of Decem- Der. 1905, Is true and correct, and compiled after all returns from news boys. news agents and leftover copies have been de- ,Iucted. E. S. NOBLE,
 Circulation Manager. Sworn to and subscribed before me thia l4th day of January. 1906.
 F. W. JACKSON,
 Notary Public
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-25

''Enforced union Of Arizona with New Mexico would be a tyranneous proposition" says The New York Mail. Just SO. but The Mail stands a good chance 10 get in bad odor with the administration by such talk. It is the Presidents proposition it is critleisinE.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-25
Mary Again.

Mary had a-little lamb,
 For which I've often swore, AS every funny man on earth Writes parodies galore.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-25
Delicate ouemt,ov,

Docs your father smoke he asked
 her,
 And the maiden turned her head, And he didn't learn until next day That her Pop was long since dead.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-25
Against His Principles.

Has Jones given up drinking those large schoolers of beer?" "oh, no: his motto is, Never give up the ship"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-25

The Birmingham News is striking right and left at the action of the state Committee. It sees an enemy to Conner in every bush, and builds up an imaginative opposition to his interests. srbe plan for the counties to follow their own inclinations as to the calling of primaries for purely local matters and offices it holds up as a terrible i'm stance of malign railroad influence. The railroads had just about as much to do with it as The News. For our own part we would be glad to have every primary in the State held on the 2Tth of August, but we recognize the fact that in many counties those best informed think 1t better to hold separ- ate State and county primaries. No doubt If the committee had made an iron-clad rule for one primary only The News and those of it's way of thinking would have denounced it as d covert move ment against Mir. Conner.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-25
Yes, How

--Biggs--If that Rube wonder doesna look sharp, he'll get run over in min- ute. P
 Jiggs-How could man look sharp who is as green as that one?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-25

wearing boiled shirts. and 1t looks as If sky-biue overalls might be discard cd as fuii-dress costume. Getting powerful tony" in town nowadays
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-25
DriftWccd
Reylaed.
BY rHIL H. ARMsTRoNG.

Little drops of oil,
 Backed by grit and sand. Make the mighty Standard Prosper and expand.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-25
No Doubt,

Did you have many difficulties in learning to swim?"
 Yes, with me 1t was hard strug- gle.'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-25

The New York Sun speaks of the red-mouthed yapping at the rich" as nrevailing among the people of the country. We'll tho yapping doesn't seem to hurt tho rich fellows
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-25
HoNr It Occurred.

Has your husband ever held your hand and looked into your eyes with d pleading expression since you were married?'
 "Yls: he did wance-when oi wor branishing a f1atiron.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-25

A contemporary heads column with s.Things that may happen this week" 1t would be much safer 10 write of 2hinEs that happened last week.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-25

The editor of this paper does not mind receiving cord wood, onions. etc, on subscription accounts, but when a sub scriher owing one dollar brings in five dollars worth of farm produce and demands four cold hard silver dollars In change. we must. confess that we are up against it. d4 asa.a
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-25
Ikins "a bright literarl
From The spunlkviIIe scintlIator.

7.WelI, he thought SO. until the mag azine editors turned him down."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-25
Their Story.

A learned young Doctor who'd risen Like a comet a fumin' and sizzin', Asked a sweet country Miss, If her hand he could kiss. And she blushed and said yes, she was
 hissen.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-25

Mir. E. A. Bonnet of Birmingham fl in Montgomery accompanied by hi. wife.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-25

Mr c. G. Brantley of Birmingham spent last night in the city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-25

Mir. A. c. Rogers and Mir. R. W. Bare- field of Speigners are in town.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-25

Governor Folk assures us that graft is Eoing." but doesn't tell us where it IS Eoips to.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-25
The PuxzIed Cop.

4 heayyweight. copper, named Eete Rema rlked as he strofled on his beat, I've thought OCT and OCT If my rubbors I wore
 But I'm too fat to see my own feet"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-25

MT. Sam Haverman and Mir Louis Lowenthal. prominent young men of Mobile, were in town last night.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-25

Dr. H. D. Boyd, who has been quite sick at a local infirmary for some days. is much improved.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-25

Mir ". A. Burns of sylacauga is vis- iting Montgomery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-25
A Candidate in Wilcox.

T have been reading some of. the announcements of candidates for the Legislature from several counties" said a well-known citizen yesterday. T was particularly pleased to see that Francis M. Purifoy had announced from Wilcox County and hts many friends here share in that pleasure. He was a resident here quite awhile and made himself very popular by his fine social qualities and his well-digested ideas about public men and matters"
 Dr. Thompson Boyd and Mir. J, F. have returned to their homes after visiting Montgomery.
 Mir Sam Haverman and MT Louis Lowenthal, prominent young men of Mobile, were in town last night.
 Dr. Fl. D. Boyd, who has been quite sick at a local infirmary for some days, is much improved. Mir. E. A Bonnet of Birmingham is in Montgomery accompanied by his wife.
 Mir. A. c. Rogers and Mir. R. W. Bare- field of Speigners are in town. MT. c. G. Brantley of Birmingham spent last night in the city. Mir. ". A. Burns of Sylacauga is vis- iting Montgomery.
 Mir. R. A.>Armstrons of Brewton is in the city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-25

CINDEREL
 at Bijou T0ni Temptation Pricess
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-25
Nof Ahove the I.nm.

Mir R. A.NArmstrong of Brewton is ii the city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-25

Hon. John B. Lyons, bate, attended the fune Akin of Notasulga, Ala Lyons was an intimate deceased for several yea to pay him q last tribu
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Of compelling the railroads 10 put in
switches and make connections with
lateral lines on a reasonable basis. Al
so he wanted the billto compel the car
riers TO make a fair distribution Dt cars
and to provide for prompt connections
and a prorating agreement with conuec-
ting lines. All this coming from one
who is classed as a railroad senator.
sounds very fair. II was a more liber.
al proposition than had been expected
from him. Now the question remains.
was Mr.. Elkins talking in good faith
and was he as much in harmony with
the Presidents ideas as ne prlfes ID to
be. II he were not, where was the
ECKER" in any Of MS proposed amend
ments!