The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-14
DIR. R. M. CUNNINGHAM WILL
 GARRY THE COUNTY OF COFFEE

and when they hear both sides they are
 ready to say whom they are for. The way in which they received the address
 of pr. Cunningham was proof of this
 assertion.
 He began his address amid silence,
 but he had the careful attention of his | audience As he made his points, there 1 was a nodding of heads, and a scratch ing of heads. As he elaborated the
 points. there were nudging in the ribs
 of the Conner supporters by the Cum 1 ningham men and there was a hunch- | ing of chairs forward by the erstwhile . soldiers of Mir. Conner. When pr. | Cunningham brought his points to a l climax with a flourish of oratory, a | fanfare of satire and roll of humor. there was volley of applause, that shook the court house.
 He-a-yah" guffawed one enthusi- | astic young man, who had just shaken | and was proud withal. Did you see | how old Uncle Jerry kept trying not 1 to lose his Conner spirit?
 | "Waal did, reckon" replied Un- | cle Jerry. T couldn't help it. He
 sho talks straight and I b'lieve the
 doctor Is the best man arter all What | I liked was the way he talked about l MT Conner. He said he wouldn't say I anything about him that he couldn't say in the presence of his family, and | he didn't"
 This was the point that seemed to 1 please a number of the members of
 the audience. It was said that many | of the Conner supporters came organiz- | ed to shout 'Hurrah for Conner" when
 Dr. Cunningham scored. but they ap-. l preciated fair play. and were totally | disarmed by the entirely parliament | tary manner in which the governor
 referred to his opponent At least there were no shouts of "Hurrah for | Conner" A point that Dr. Cunningham is making that Is securing him worlds | of favor on this southeast Alabama 1 campaign, is his open advocacy of 1 better appropriation for the Girls In- dustrial School of Montevallo. While he is advocating expending much of the surplus for the common schools and the other State educational instf-
 tutions. he is particularly impressing the importance of taking care of Mon tevallo.
 He believes that as long as Ala bama continues to have a school such as this institution. which turns out young women trained in home and
 business life, there is small doubt Of the success of Alabama and when its
 president informed him that on &C.,
 count of lack of accommodations and
 appropriation, many Alabama girls had
 to be turned from its doors, he was irn-
 mediateIy an advocate of an increased
 appropriation for the institution
 'If am elected governor" he says,
 T will recommend to the legislature
 to make an appropriation of $6O.O00
 for improving this school" Generous
 applause has always greeted this
 point.
 But back to Eiba and Coffee county.
 peculiar thing is noticeable about
 Coffee. The leaders were not in the
 least perturbed by the seemingly over
 whelming Conner bugaboo. They con-
 fess that for while their ardor was
 of the luke-warm kind. but as soon as
 they did get an opportunity they woke
 up And the wake up was of the ffzz,
 bang, pop and something more varie-
 ty and things began to be doing.
 The friends of the lieutenant gover- nor in Elba are spirited workers. Some
 of them hold political office, but none
 of them allows this office holding
 proposition to interfere with his pa-
 triotic purpose of striking a goodly
 blow for the man they think is In the
 right And oh. what wallops some of those blows are -
 They talk Cunningham among them selves and they talk Cunningham where there are fruits to be borne from their lahors
 The Coffee County idea of eitizen- ship is high. TO be a good citizen of Coffee a man must be unafratd to speak his mind and to a man who is used to the fence riding methods of politicians in other sections. the out sponkenness of the men of this coun-
 A promin snt, Coffee County man yesterday expressed the belief that so remarkable had been the advance of the, Cunningham sentiment in this sec tion that he believed that if Mir. Co., mer had 50.000 votes the best of it a month ago. the doctor would more than overcome it during the interim between that time and August 27.
 And that is the belief of practically every citizen ofsElba. They all believe that Alabama is having q political rennaiscsance and their belief Is not far wrong,
 John Kendrick. a substantial farm Elba a Conner man. After the Cum ningham speech. to use the words of the patent medicine ad, it did him a world of good" He says he Is going to work for Cunningham. and people | of Coffee have faith in the word and | ability of Mir. Kendrick.
 R. A. King, the popular county | clerk, is an out and out supporter of | the Ensley doctor. Yesterday he | spared no trouble to make the meet | Ing a success and arranged the ap- pointment for the doctor at Brockton. | He is enthusiastic over the Cunning ham prospects and believes that Cof- | fee County will show a big majority against Conner. l
 Young Mir Rainer, one of the most and most prosperous farm SITS, a merchant and a banker. was en- thusiastic in the Cunningham cause. He is one of the largest shippers in southeast Alabama and he has little faith in the Conner reports that Dr, | jumped on the Conner | band wagon" to ride into office. He | that the record of a public man as printed in the official docu- nents is stronger than guessed-at ai- legations He Is an active Cunning nam worker. II and a former newspaper 4man, is a T was for Conner up to , few weeks ago. read both sides ,f the question and became convinced H hat Mir. Conner was well named Bragg I am now working to the pest of my ability for Cunningham" le declares.
 And so on and on. A score of such III were heard until one be- ieved that Elba was as barren of Conner sentiment as the fields of outheast Alabama are stocked with otton and corn
 pr. Cunningham spoke last night at 3rockton, said to be 8 Conner strong old. He made friends and made a 'ood talk. He speaks today at En- erprise.