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The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1906-09-28
TODAY IN HISTORY

Name Day: winceslaus. Sun rises
at 81; sets at goa.
toms having solicited the presence OF
a regular force in Boston, two Brit
ish regiments, escorted by seven arm.
ed vessels, arrived from Halitax ana
77S.RCadwailader Golden. lieuten-
ant governor of New York under the
5r3sh dynast d WayS sged with III de-
tachment of 1900 men, on the left
wing. Of the British, army. surprised
ana defeated WITH Loss OF aSont e SUC
airy stationed at Tappan on the Hud-
son river, was surprised while sleep
Ing by the British under General GRAY FRAY
ter, 81 -swere killed. wounded and
Ifso.-Americans under General Ma
rion at tackled a party OF Tories at,
Black Mingo; several were killed and
iS5s,-A table was published giving
cent Presidential elections as 1,1SS,645
Of, which JACKSON received 57l'17o and
Issy.gWiiiiam Dunlap, 2 portrait
and historical painter. died at New
York Sged a. He also wrSte to Sss ssy
biographies and dramas.
1S54.-The United States sloop-of-
wsnae Albs snea 'a fpe aeTry amd
was never more heard Of
1S63.--Confederate troops attacked
General Burnside. at Knoxville, Tenn,
but were repulsed.
1S64.-The Vicinity of Pulaski, Tenn.
was Nthe battle-ground of fighting be-
tween Confederate raiding forces I'M
der Forrest and Union forces under
Rousseau.
lS68.-Governor Warmouth's veto of
the negro equality bill was sustained
in the Louisiana House.
190i-fn the first completed race
for the American Cup. Columbia won
by, as secondN
Service by American Press News
Washington. d. CO
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1906-09-28
NIontgomery's wise Act.

Birmingham Age Herald.
The Montgomery City Council acted
wisely when 1t took steps to prevent
the performance Of the The cian ms aann n
ed a similar policy in relation to news.
paper headlines ii would have escaped
a riot that has done 1t, and through IL,
all the rest of the South, great harm.
The stirring up of race hatred in States
that contain vast numbers of the two
races is always to be deprecated and
If possible avoided. There is too much
to 1t by public means is regrettaDle
The Montgomery City Council acted
promptly and properly in The Clans
Race strife points to mob action. and
mob law settles nothing. All the riot
ing in Atlanta probably did not bring
to punishment any one OF the crimi-
and atrocious crimes in or near that
city, while not few and ~inoffensive
and innocent negroes were butchered.
Passion was aroused, but none of the
evils of the community were settled.
The mobs in Atlanta unsettled and ag-
gravated conditions, besides damaging
the entire South in the eyes of the out
side world.
If there is one thing all good men
should do in the cotton States 1t Is
this-strlVe to keep down racial hatred.
and strive above all else to secure re-
spect for the law and Its courts and
processes. The madness of mobs should
never supplant the orderly methods of
justice. When the Montgomery City
in its city of "The Clansman," 1t simp-
ly declared that race strife is not de-
sirable in, the South. and that Is the
bottom truth of the situation.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1906-09-28
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER IS, 1909. .
poLL TAX DIsFRANcHIsEMENT.

The Montgomery Advertiser in as
sailing Mr. Bowiess position Is scarceIy
fair Ii IL means that he favors the re-
peal of all poll tax seauiTemdens o Tar
as our observation goes, that proPo99to
ton. He thinks the poll tax shqula ~
compulsorily collected from al Nus s,ne
feature should have limit. In VAT.
ginia the limit is three years. HUI n.
of two years. or even OF slhsie Se"'
would be sufficient proteetlon'
The above is from The Birmingham
Age Herald. IL it had been careful In
reading what 1t comments on, 1t would
not have made the mistake OF suppos-
ing that we had misrepresented Mr..
Bowie. Our remarks were plainly add
dressed to The Huntsville Mercury be-
cause of certain comments 1t had made
on Mr. Bowie's letter and which justi-
fled us in asking If it favored doing
away with the constitutional require
ment of poll tax payment up to the
age of AS years as a prerequisite to
voting.
Are we to understand that The
Mercury favors doing away with the
poll tax requirement for voting? asks
The Montgomery Advertiser. Not at
ali. But, as that money goes to the
public school fund, we hold that every
citizen liable should be compelled to
pay 1t, and then after complying with
the law he can. as he has the privi-
lege now to do. abstain from voting.
The makers of the new constitution
supposed every white mans favoritism
would be sufficient inducement TO
cause him to pay his poll tax, but not
90, unfortunately.
Again comes the proposition about
the negroes who under compulsory
poll tax collecting law would nave to
pay and the probability Of their seeking
to register and vote
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1906-09-28

conduct Of the gang" in philadelphia
which has made Tammany look ike
mugwump by comparison.
II Tammany could have DESTROYED
the national Democracy. the party
could not have survived Tweed. aAns
yet in the years following the Tweel
regime the fortunes Of the Democratio
party In New York State and In the
United States were at the flood. AZ
many national convention Tammaanay
has been present as marplot. In 1870
the braves were at the convention IT,
oppose the nomination Of Tilden ana
to denounce him. Tilden was nominal
ed over their heads and carried New
York. Twice they went to nati2nai
conventions to oppose the nomination
of Cleveland. and twice Cleveland was
nominated over their heads. and twice
he carried New York State and city
liz spite OF their defiance. Tammany
leaders do not constitute the New
York Democracy, nor is the life OF
the national Democratic party depend
ent upon that of New York. The source
of its life is In the hearts and mindss
of the people, and 1t will not die TIL
they cast Ii out.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1906-09-28
KILLS CATARRHAL GERMS.
Hyomeis Healing Air Reaches EverS
Part of Nose, Throat and Lungs.

fIyomei is the only scientific and
thorough way to cure catarrh. Stom-
ach dosing does not reach the catarrh-
al germs in the air passages and can
not possibly drive them from the sys-
tom. BY bneathing air indicated with
Hyomei the germs in the nose, throat
and lungs are killed and all traces of
catarrhal poison are effectually driven
out.
Some people may think that Hyomei
IL simply for catarrh Of the head and
throat, but it is equally effective in
catarrh of the stomach, liver or kid
neys. The catarrhal germs L-e in the
mucous membrane and Hyomei not
only kills the germs in the air pas
sages. but enters the blood with the
oxygen. thus killing the germs in the
blood and freeing the whole system
from catarrh.
Hyomei is sold by e. G. Fowler I'M
der an absolute guarantee to refund the
money unless 1t cures. A complete
outfit costs but 800, extra bottles soc,
A guarantee like this Is stronger
proof of merit that any claim that can
be made In an advertisement F. O..
Fowler would not give his personal
guarantee in this manner unless he
had perfect confidence in the value OF
Hyomei.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1906-09-28
a poL1rrCAL CuRIos1rY.

That those who engineered Hearsts'
nomination at Buffalo have expecta-
lions beyond 1906 is shown by the fol-
lowing adroit reference to Mr. Bryan;
In common with the Democrats of all
the states and expressing the senti-
ment of the high minded citizenship OF
the Republic without party we view
with pride and satisfaction the hos
pitality and acclaim which have been
accorded at home and abroad to that
great Democratic leader, and typical
American, william Jennings Bryan, to
whom the Democrats OF New York ex-
tend most cordial and sincere felicita-
tons.
That is almost a non partisan decla-
ration and with slight changes could
as well be adopted by a Republican as
by a Democratic convention. There is
not the remotest suggestion of MIR.
Bryan as future candidate of the
Democracy and not word Of endorse
ment Of him or any position he has as
sumed. 1t is simply an expression Of good
will and esteem and nothing more. Mr..
Hearst and his followers were particu-
lar not to allow Mr.. Bryan to be en-
dorsed as a candidate for President in
1908. They reserve that for Hearst.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1906-09-28
THE curry STATUE.
VIII be Placed In the Capitol at WASH
ingt0u.

VIII ne fl0cS0 IN tue 0AHitGA ~ Wasn~
ingtOu.
special to Baltimore sun.
The statue of Hon. J. l.. M. Curry.
the noted educator. which VIII be pre-
scented to the Government by the
State of Alabama. has arrived from
Italy through the United States Gus
tom House at Georgetown, and 10 wait
Ing for a place in the already over
crowded Statuary Hall in the Capitol
DR. Curry was horn in Lincoln coun-
ty, Georgia, in 1925. He moved with
his father to Talladega county. Ala
bama, in 1898. and served in the war
with Mexico as member OF the Tex
as Rangers. He served as Repre-
sentative from Alabama in the Thirty
fifth and Thirty-sixth Congresses. In
tho Civil War he was Lieutenant
Colonel of cavalry in the Confederate
Army After the war he became
minister Of the Baptist denomination,
was president of Howard College, Als.
bama, and a professor in Richmond
College, Virginia In 1886 he was ap-
pointed United States Minister to
Spain, and represented this Govern
meht at the coronation of King Atom
The Curry statue Is the work of
Dante Soldini, of Florence. italy. wine
during DR. Curry's residence abroad
had made from life a portrait bust IN
marble of the famous educator ana
diplomat
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1906-09-28
A blow At CHARITY.

The discouEaging report comes from
far-off Japan that a large part of the
funds contributed by other nations and
people to the famine sufferers of the
island has been embezzled. and that
some high officials are in prison as a
consequence of their connection with
the crime.
II this report is true 1t can but have
a bad effect on the world and the peo
pie at large. Defaleations and embez-
elements are not so uncommon as to
excite wonder, or to interfere with the
business of the world. but when sums
contributed for purely charitable pur-
poses are stolen 1t must necessarily
have a dampening effect OIL those who
would contribute in other cases.
Charity, said the Apostle Paul, be
lieveth all things. hopeth all things,
endureth all things" but in our eaTth-
w affairs there may be limitations. to
what even the divine attribute of char
ityi Will endure To the credit of our
common humanity there is much of it
In this world much as the world Is
given to money-ge ting and personal
and political advantage. When great
and wide-reaching calamity visits any
patton Of the earth # touches the
hearts of all the people Race, religion
and all other differences are forgotten
while men and women hasten to con-
tribute for the relief of the stricken
ones. II is one of the finest attributes
of our nature that we can even for a
little time forget all else ana join in
the good work of assisting the help
less.
But if it is found that money freely
contributed through charity is emDez-
zled and stolen will it not naturally
have a chilling effect on even the most
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1906-09-28

The highly commemorate action OF
superintendent Collins of the New
York State prisons In abolishing the
s'lockstep'' as a feature of prison dis
cipline In the institutions under his
charge is being followed by the prison
authorities of other States. The lock
step has been abolished in the two
chief prisons in Illinois and also in
the state penitentiaries of Ohio and
Wisconsin, It is only a question of
a short time when. every State in the
union will recognize the wisdom and
humanity of the movement started by
the able prison superintendent of New
York State for the abolition not only
of the 'lockstep" but Of every other
feature of prison discipline which
tends to add TO the degradation of the
criminal, to set him apart from his
fellows and brand him as homeless and
irredeemable. Modern penological
science rightly places the emphasis up
on the redemptive influences made pos
sible in prison life rather than upon
the merely punitive features. as was
formerl'- the case.
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encouragement to snObbery.

Cleveland nam Oealer.
not mean exactly what he said when
he recently told the graduating class
at the national naval academy that
persons who are not naval officers can
not be expected to rank as high as
gentlemen as do the STRIPPING ensigns
and lieutenants and other officers. VINO
command the ships of war. Probably
Mr.. Bonaparte did not appreciate that
he was planting in receptive SOIL the
seeds of snobbery. And above all
Mr.. Bonaparte could not have real
lied how. inconsistent and ludicrous a
position he had taken. The preposter-
Gus intimation that American civil.
fans, of whom Mr.. Bonaparte himself
Is one. are not to be expected to
show gentlemanly traits in the same
abundance rs naval officers passes
understanding when uttered by a mao
Of brains II Is both false and silly.
Moreover, 1t has bad tendency. for
naval 'ofhceps, especially the fedE-
lings, have none too low an opinion
Of their proper position in the socia!
scale Any undue ENCOURAGEMENT OF
this extreme self-complacency is to be
deplored5 .r
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1906-09-28
NEW YORK DEMocRACY's NON
sEaIrITuH

When the opinion of Associate Jus
tice Bradley in the Tilden-Hays Elec-
torai Commission case was read In
1877, those who were intently listen
ing had every reason to suppose. from
what he was slying, that his decision.
which really settled the question, would
be in favor of the contention of Mr..
Tilden and the Democrats. Among
Others who sat with eyes fixed on JUS
tics Bradley, and, whose whole being
was wrought up by bis intense feeling.
was that great Democratic Senator
Allan o. Thurman. Of Ohio. When to
the dismay and disgust of those who
had right to expect from the line of
argument decision favorable to Til
den. the Justice concluded with dec
iaration which gave the Presidency to
Rutherford b. Hayes, the old Ohio
Senator brought his hand down vio-
ieptly on the table and in voice heard
all over the room exclaimed: The
West Non Sequitur that was ever
known"
What must be the feeling Of Demo-
GT4b5s Ill iQIGk ktlc LpNhtAI WIN a Ss%1
the lfatform adopted by the Democrats
Of New York last Wednesday and who
are then confronted with the solemn
fact that they followed 1t up by nom
mating william r.. Hearst for Cover
nor. who was already the candidate of
another party and on a platform in
many important particulars, directly in
opposition to the one adopted by the
New York Democracy. The whole aim
and end OF Hearst in New York and
elsewhere has been to defeat both the
old parties and to establish himself in
power as the head of new party. His
main plank until recently was munic-
ipal ownership -of public utilities and
yet. the New York Democrats in their
platform declares;
assume operation of all public utilities
and reduce rates to persons using them
regardless OF what the service may ac-
tualis COST is an attempt to force some
illen to bear the expenses of others. be-
cause where the outlay for operation
exceeds earnings, the deficit must be
made up by taxation and this would
be sCoiaiistie and therefore hostile to
justice and sufversive of Democratic
government.
1t is the duty of government, there
fore, to ascertain the actual fcost of
operating all public service corpora
tions and to fix from time to tirie rea-
sornble rates for the service they per-
form.
Nsthing could hit Hearst harder
than this plank and yes the sane Ter
who voted for it made him their can
didate for Governor Strange events
are continually occurring but not since
the days of TT have old Senator Thur
mans indignant words been more forci-
bly, brought TO mind.
We do not known of course. all the
secret springs and motives behind this
action. but 1t looks as II everything
was sacrificed to enable Murphy to re.
tain his hold on Tammany and to elect
his set of officers at the coming cleo.
lions. 1t will be bad If defeat comes
all around to feeI that great party
was made TO bend to the demands Of
one man and then to no purpose.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1906-09-28
MIsnsr on MEDICINES.
And Fatal and other Injurles in Pas

ear
in Chicago a short time ago. 2,04S per-
sons were killed or injured during a.
single year by accidents resulting
from sheer careiessness In handling
nelson's, drugs and medicines. OF these
2,04S cases, S92 were fatal In single
year as the result of only one form OF
carelessness.
do only with accidents resulting from
the misuse of medicines, drugs and
poisons. and serve a useful purpose in
calling attention to a needless waste of
human life that can, and ought TO be
completely avoided II rs almost GRIM
lnaa careiessness to leave within the
son, or any article whatever which, IL
swallowed by a child would GAUGE in
jury. 1t is particularly import ant that
medicines and roisons be kept In
cupboard under lock and key II Dos
sille, and that lbefore medicine Is taken
II be ascertained with absolute GER
tainty that the right bottle has been
SECURED, and that The proper dose Is
in the dark, and never without an In
spection OF the label and positive as
surance that no mistake is being made,
1t see ms almost Impossible that there
can be so much foil cartlessncss as
is shown by the fact that POS PERSONS
were injured in a single year from the
Ss IN sJssy fresh Is ddte %e
mination be reached to keep all medi-
cines and roisors in !, closed closet, far
away from the reach Of children. If
this is done in every home there will be
no more statiFtics to show that S92
lives have been sacrificed IN this man
ner in single year.
Few medicines " hieh will produce
the result for which medicine is in
tended can be taken with impunitY
for the drugs from which the fnedici-
nal erect is secured are not intended to
be taken except IN small quantities
The directions for taking should AL
ways be given on the bottle.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1906-09-28
rHr AMEnIcAN srraIr.

One OF the most prominent traits IN
the American character is what we
might call their faculty for rising.
The word "Resurgam". might well be
taken for the motto of Americans. for
1t matters not what great calamity
overtakes any section, and how appar-
entity irremediaDle It may seem at the
time. they set themselves to the. task
Of rebuilding and reinstating tnem-
selves and their lost properly.
When the great city Of Baltimore
unacqvainted with the American char
acter might have predicted that gem
erations would pass before the city
would be rebuilt, yet now there 10 a
greater and more beautiful Baltimore
than before And SO. when Galveston
was almost literally swept from ex-
istence by water there was much talk
of abandoning the site forever 1t
was freely predicted that the city
could never be rebuilt ana that it
would be tempting fate to undertake
to rebuild 1t or to live on the isiand.
now. thanks to American energy. skill
and determination. the city mas nor
only been largely rebuilt but has been
made much more secure than ever be-
fore. The island has been surrounded
wherever 1t was deemed necessary
with walls and breakwaters which will
make a recurrence of the catastrophe
practically impossible.
Few such destructive visitations
have occurred in modern times as that
OF San Francisco hut few months
ago. Between an awful CONFUSION of
nature and FIRE af almost unprece-
denied extent a great part of the city
was left an undistingufshable mass of
ruins. apparently beyond all hope OF
resurrection. In that case. too. thege
was much talk OF abandoning the site
and of building another San Francisco
In q safer situation. But that was not
In accordance with the American
spirit. Before the earth had ceased
trembling, ana while the smoke was
still rising from the smouldering ruins,
plans were being considered and prep
arations made for rebuilding. The
difficulties there were enormous and
unusual, but the work Is going for
ward and few years at most will see
a greater and much better San Fran
cisco than the old one was.
| These are only a few recent in
stances of what has occurred in vari-
Gus portions OF the United states.
Many more could be recalled but these
three are still fresh in the memory.
They show that nothing can crush the
American spirit or block its progress.
Calnmities that at hrst sight might
appear beyond human power to reme-
dy only serve as II spur to exertion
and arouse greater determination.
Misfortunes and losses and devastation
may come but they cannot long pre-
vail against q spirit Tnat knows no
such word as fail 1t is Americanism
that does 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1906-09-28

We Americans are apt to consider
ourselves well along towards the front
In forethought and adaptivcness. but
the little Japs are ahead of us in more
than one respect. Who in this country
would think for example of establish
ing and maintaining a turtle farm
swapping turtles at that as a profit
table business? Yet that is just what
the japanese do little as such a bust
ness might appeal to us over here. The
September issue of the National Geo
graphic Magazine has condensed but
very interesting account of such farm
conducted by one Mr.. Hattori. who
raises thousands and tens OF thou
sands of these turtles and finds a mar
ket for them. The farm is really moth
ing but a number of ponds, OF differ
emit sizes located near each other and
suitably enclosed. The turtles are
watched and protected. the eggs guard
ed and the young fed and taken care
of. There is little labor and really but
little expense connected with the bust
ness ,and--unlike most farming opera
tions-the crop is sure and bountlful,
Wh0 says the JaDs are not wiser
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1906-09-28

New Orleans Times Democrat
The Democracy of the State does not
enter the campaign under favorable
auspices by any means. Mr., Hearst
questionably, and is already nominal ed
for the office. If the convention should
not name him the result will be that
while, on the other hand, II 1t should
name aim as the candidate of the De-
moeracy it will drive many Democrats
dency in this country now toward radi-
calisr', and it might not be a bad idea
to try the experiment in one Of the
States before an attempt is made to
make radical changes in the Federal
laws. There would be given an OPP
portunity Ii; New York to see the effect
of the radical views of Mr.. Hearst on
the State Government before the ma
tional election in 1908, and the expert
ment wodId be watched with much in
tePegt
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Uncle SANS junk Pile.

The great american Junk pile has
been increased enormously by the
working of digging the Panama ca
nal. 1t is the fact that Americans dis
card machinery, locomotives and 9TH
er articles used In manufacturing and
quainted that accounts for our SUI
premacy in many lines of business en-
deavor. Rolling stock of railroads Is
consigned to the scrap heap In Amer
ica long before 1t would be thus
disposed of in foreign countries, and
our great cotton and wooden mills are
constantly installing new macihery in
United States government seems to
have assembled a particularly lmpos-
Ing collection of junk on the isthmus,
lnEton stating that the machinery
purchased by. the United States from
the French Panama Company Is good
for nothing but junk