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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-04
SHOULD PRACTICE WHAT HE
 pWlr fE4Eg

While in this city few days ago. Mir.
 Percy Clark expressed himself very foreibIy as to Mr. Corners contention for an elective Railroad Commission and his failure to give up the position he now holds so that it can be hiled by
 election and not by appointment In an interview in The Montgomery Even ing Journal. Mir. Clark said;
 Nov when the State Executive Com mittee meets it should provide for primary to choose an appointee Tor the place of President of the Railroad Com mission. It Is fair and eminentiy prop. CT that the Railroad Commission, at the urgent request Of Mir. Corners fol- loving was made elective: very well, let's hold to the order of the day. It IS
 to this officc while seeking another which carries with t the appointive
 power to a vacancy which he now alone
 has the option to vaeate or nor; pnt na,, about the old chestnut cry of Ring Rulei" ye gods, if this isn't aristocratlc where could you find if under a so-
 called Democracy and popular eiec-
 The contingency of q vacancy in the office of President of the Railroad Com mission $ asite as proeablf .ssn,a ss m t1f erfior they can choose his successor probably, bat still let the people have a say ira the selection. It isn't Demo cratic to give man two ofnces to nave and to hold and to deliver unto ms heirs and assigns and personal ana political friends For be 1t known all men who run for public office create ob- ligations which they can discharge too frequently entirely against the popu- lar win and yet we have to bear 1t un- iii next time Then. too, four years fs a long time to have to wait to, correct the mistakes of a Governor who pays
 personal debts with important offices. If the primary Is good 10 select twe Railroad Commissioners 1t is equally
 desfrabfe to select all three. The new consultation provides for correctln any errors of Judgment of the GoyernoI 1 In selecting an app0intee for Chlei l Justice of the Supreme Court by pro viding for an election to fill the va. | cancy, but it does not so provide to | safeguard the presidency Of the Kali ! road Commission. If primaries are the safeguards o' l the people in choosing its public ser, I yarks then let the rule lold to the ias' l political son of them. ! Let the people say who they want te he President of the Railroad Commis' \ sion. everything else will in a meas | ure disfranchfse the Democratic whitt I voters of the state and this, too, undei | the new Constitution.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-04
A Propee suggestlon.

Cutlrnan DemOcral. s
 In. the event that a certain candidate for. Governor is ssuceessfpl there will be a vacancy in. the offlee of the Pres ident of the Railroad Commission. This office must be iilled. and. should the Executive Committee meet again a pri- mary should. be calledto name an al- ternate 70 be appointed by the Cover nor. This State doesn't need any boss es, neither does 1t want a candidate for Governor going over the State trading off the offices that belong to the people.
 The cry against primaries comes from what Mir. Whitson terms heirs expect ant" To be plainer 1t is the belief of practically everyone that Mir. Conner has traded off the two Senatorships, the succession to the place he now whether or not Mir. Conner is elected we are indifferent. but If he Is elected he ought to attend to the duties of the office of Governor and allow the party to run party affairs. If an office be- comes vacant 1t is better the people have a say than to allow the Governor to trade and traffiG with it.
 Let the people speak in all party matters
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-04
SUNDAY, MARCH 4. 1908.
4 NEW DANGER.

The expression free as air" has be sn in use from time when the memory of man runneth not to the contrary, When we wish to convey the idea of superlative cheapness and freedom, we say of an article that 1t is as free as the air we breathe. EThe idea that it would be possible for any one or any combination to get up a corner on the atmosphere would seem absurd, and yet some news from London leads to the impression that there really may be such a thing as building up an air monopoly which might cause trouble.
 To begin with, we are told that nitro gen converted into nitrates forms an excellent fertilizer, especially for wheat. Next we have the information that ni- trogen constitutes about three-fourths of our atmosphere; and finally the news comes that works are being erected in Norway for the purpose of extracting the nitrogen from the air and convert ing it into nitrates for use as fertiliz- CTS. That rounds out the equation, if that is the term for it, and leaves us to speculate on what the result may be. Sir William Ramsey, British scient- ist of note, declares that this discov- cry will largely increase the wheat crop of the world and thus avert all danger of wheat famine We'll, suppose it does? What the deuce do we care for wheat, or any other kind of bread if we are to have no air to breathe? If the plan is feasible and there's money fin 1t, we may expect some millionaire trust to get busy and corner the supply of air, Then we will not he allowed ts breathe unless we pay for the air, just as city folks have to pay for water It may be far-fetched apprehension but we seriously object to any one trying to grab our part of the atmos' phere. They might not only make il
 expensive. but might shut it off alto gether, except to the favored ones Then where would the rest of us be?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-04
TUNING FOSSIL.
Keller Fears for Distant Negroes-Hi' Own Metaphors shoot Down
 Nearby Ones.

Keller Fears for Distant Negroes-his
 Own Metaphors shoot Down
 Nearby Ones.
 London (Ohio) Democrat fossils as Gen. J. Warren Keller to Congress is a mistake Keller belongs to the past age. He is partisan. blind and morIbund and he either can or will not see that sectionalism as an issue is buried deeply beyond resurrection. A new generation has come on the stage in the South since that far day when this Rip Van Wrinkle was retired to private life--retired by a wiser con- sfifuency than the present one, which has awakened him from his nap or many years and foisted him again on the public. The old South, which Keif- CT still sees in his dreams. hss gwen gwen opment. industry, progress; brought about by changed conditions, and to this new generation, both North and South, the oid-time regime, in which this old fossil still persists in living and dreamir is as ancient history.
 Keifer would interfere with the right of several Southern States who wish to throw around the privilege or SUI frage certain safeguards which expe- rience and condition seem to justify. H would pose as the friend of the colo -ed voter and at the same time disfranchiee the cplored man in the South by reducing Congressional rep resentation. Experience has demon strated the futi1ity of Federal interfer- ence with the Southern negro. It can but bring harm to him. for the better class of whites m the South are truer friends to the negro than the blatant politicians of the North. Gen Keifer's own city of Springheld can serve as an example of this A few years ago a negro was hanged to a telegraph pole in that city and his body riddled with bullets. because he shot a white man. this yengeailce burned down several blocks of houses and haunts of the col- pred citizens and drove them from the city. In the south mob Jaw Would ls the guilty criminal. Innocent negroes or their families would have had noth-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-04
SIDEWALK PENcMNGS
Mr NieI a YisItor.


 MT. Edward A. Mel of Buffalo. N. ;f, will spend today in Montgomery with his brother, Mir. William F. Mel, ana as this will be his first visit to Mont gomery in some time he will take oc- casion to see his many Montgomery friends.
 MT. Mel Is an 'Alabamian who has met with extraordinary success m the world of railroad affairs. He was born and reared in Selma and began his railroad career in that city about twen- ty-flve years ago as clerk in the gen eral offices of the old East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad, cad, a.s He was advanced from time to time until he became General Freight Agent of the Southern Railway System with headauarters in Washington p S
 About two years ago Mir. Mel was elected Traffic Manager of. the Buffalo and Susquehauna Railroad Company, with offices in Buffalo, in which city he has since resided.
 He is in the South on business con nected with the great syndicate which he represents and will go from Mont gomery to New orleans.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-04

able to any people to elect good man of another Party than a corrupt one of their own organization. There will be bad men in every political organization. but there Is nothing in the law, human or divine. that binds man to vote his Party ticket unless his conscience ap- proves the act. Must we despair of civic and political honesty Or go to work to bring them about?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-04

It doesn't take long for one sensa . ton to be butted off the track by a newer one. Mrs. Chadwick is only a memory. Nan Patterson ditto, Anna Gould -castellane is rarely mentioned, the Roosevelt-Longworth marriage is out of the papers, and in a few days we will even forget the Yerkes- -Mizner affair. Sensations chase each other so rapidly that we've always new one ready s.:....: :" ;..~. ." .. .> ...< r~.-.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-04

have all theif cotton lands bedded and are now ready to begin distributing fertilizers preparatory 10 planting larg-. CT of all the crops usually grown in the southern part of the State. The Cren- shaw farmer is not taking up much pursuing the avocatieR of his life.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-04
senators and the People.

NIUUIIt IIUI uII'
 Governor Cummins wants a resolu- ton passed by the Iowa Assembly look ing toward unity of action of the sev- eral States to secure a constitutional amendment providing for election of United States Senators directly by the people, The Governor asks to be au- thorized to invite the Governors of all the States to send delegates to meet in Des Mones next summer for the pur- pose or outlining definite plan of ac- fiOn
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-04


 Since the article on this page from The London (ohio) Democrat was writ ten. the mob spirit has again asserted itself in old humbug Keifer's city. Keller would do well to leave Washing ton awhile and stand guard over the negroes in his baiIiwick He should also remember that sometimes a negro is mobbed and lynched in the South for a specific offense, but all wrath is di- rected against the one negro. In Keifer's town of Springfield, when a negro displeases the white population, the black race. thus showing that race prejudice is the directing spirit, while down here it Is the desire to punish one criminal and not whole race.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-04
Reformed Spelling.
NInhiIa Item

it is proposed that hereafter twelve phonetic words be used in school books. As a sample, the spelling is to be enuf, for enough; trauf for trough; bizpess While clipping words why not get down to biznes? Whats the use of having too many letters in a word? Certainly trof for trauf and fethr for fether have nuf letters for all pur- nurDoses
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-04
A Tragedy-wffh a Lesson.

Birmingham News.
 The downfall of Depew Is one of the tragedies of American public life As-
 piring statesmen would do well to study it's full meaning.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-04

One of the latest organizations we have heard of is that of the stage hands and managers who have organized for the purpose of making Actor Mansfield mend his manners" But hadn't they better first ascertain if he has any man ners to mend? We haven't heard him accused of having any
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-04
Beginning to Think Alike.

AnnlSIOn StaT.
 It is not too much to predict that if it were possible to send 5O,OOO south erners to the North and East for couplc of years, and a like number of Northerners to the South for like period, that in a short time there would Dc no negro question between the Southern white and the Northern white man-aH would think alike, and there is no question which of the two pres ent views would be the one adopted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-04
How it Grows.
Andalusia News.

AndaIuAia NeWA. H97. tfsl.Ir39 4
 Last summer the postofiee at Andalu- sia moved into new quarters and pro- visions were made for what seemed necessary for two or three years in the way of boxes, Last Saturday .1ne News inquired of Postmaster Woodruff how many vacant boxes were on hand. "Not one" said the postmaster. All are rented and we will have to have some more right awayS' This will give you some idea of Nthe growth of the town.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-04
The way to settle the Country.

Eufaula Times.
 Now that the scarcity of labor is being talked about, why not talk of cutting up the big farms and getting their own homes and thus paving the way for good roads and the up- building of the public schools. Get good farm CTS, no matter how small the tract he those around him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-04
Good Advice.

OBtOHId DtIilUtIdt.
 Don't teach your children that it is a shame to wear worn and patched clothes if you are not able to afford better, but that 1t is no honor in wear- ing new ones that are not paid for. A poet said, Remember, that rags may cover a boy who will some day be the great worlds joy"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-04
InvIdious and UncaIIed For.

MOblIe ReBIsteI.
 MT. Taft's likening of the health con- ditions in the Philippines to those of the Southern States Is inyidious and avholly uncalled for. The health condi- tions in the South are no worse than those of the North, and, in fact, better and the Secretary should be careful not to misrepresent them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-04

The colored residents of a little town in Oklahoma set out to raise s6,OOO with which to build an opera house for home colored talent. After a canvass of three weeks they have raised $40 of the amount. That is making progress. but rather slowly.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-04

It Is the custom of certain men and papers in Alabama to talk of The Ad- vertiser's abuse" and "invective" as applied to those with whom it may not agree. We do not indulge in either, and the charge cannot be truthfully made. The Macon Telegraph about ex- presses our views of such critics when it says "it Is a trick too common to cry abuse and fnvective' when one feels unequal to the task of meeting a strong and foTeeful yet parliamentary attack on political shams and wind aammsrs,"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-04

The Butte (Mont) Inter Mountain argues that If the country can get good and effective railroad legislation it will make no difference to the man to be benefited by it whether the act of Con- gress which is expected to bring him relief emanates from the White House or is dug from the muck of Congress sional debate by the pitchfork of sena- tor Tillman"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-04
Gooa. pro.nects for Frnft,

FOur frfut crop IS comInB aIohB fine." said a well-known Montgomery horticufturist yesterday. Thus far wo have passed through dangerous period for our fruit but I am now con- fident that we need feel any more ap- prehension until April.
 About the time of Easter Is the most dangerous period we have yet to bridge and if we pass that successfully this section will again have another large yield.
 "I have known destructive frosts to visit this vicinity late in April, there- by playing havoc with the fruit. There is nothing certain in the horticultural business We are entirely in the hands of the weather. If it favors us, We make money. but if it goes the other way the chances are we might be bankrupt if we didn't have something laid aside from past successful years
 At present the prospects are nne for au abundance of fruit"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-04

The brethren of the press are snick- ering right out over the bad break
 made by Engineer Stephens. Speaking of canal work, and the expense of handling certain material in the past, as compared with the present he de-
 clares that we have reduced the cost of handling this material over loo per cent" As a reduction of just one hun dred per cent would bring the cost down to nothing. it is evident that instead of paying for the work those who do it arc paying for the privilege of handling it. Stephens may be a good engineer, but he seems to be short on arithmetic
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-04
Dixie Bel

Dixie Bell.
 O the Southern moor Is shining Where my heart tonight Is pining. Down in DDixie land my thoughts now
 stray.
 here the cotton plants are growing And the Tennessee is flowing As beside 8 cabin home it wends lie I can see sweet face smiling in the
 gloaming, And tho eyes a secret seem to tell. For with sadness I am thinking of tho
 night I said boodbye . To my Southern sweetheart, Dixie Ecu.
 (Chorus.) l. Dixie Bell Dixie Bell fI Ev'ry breeze that passes by .A j. Seems of you to softly sigh, Dixie Bell Dixie Bell, You're tie flower of the Southland Dixie Bell. Now every day seems longer But stiIl my love grows stronger. As I think of when kissed her ten-l Ana I know each night she's dreaming Where the harvest moon IS Rleamlng On the bosom of the mighty Tennessee; I :onR to press her in my arms ana
 tell her ,--....,. ,,,,,, :, Of a love I've learned to keep so well. And each heart-heat seems to tell me
 that we'll meet another day; :. T,ll wed her in the Southiand---Dlxle Befi'
 ,..i (Chorus) ~--'-'t' 't''''
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-04
What State Papers
 Are Saying
Correct.
EamdPn !

OdLIUtIf LII ds .
 pr. Wiley says that bottled whiskey is the only. safe kind. Correct. No whiskey ever works harm until the cork has been pulled.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-04
Not in LynehIng Mood

Iuscumbia North AIabamIan.
 Newspaper correspondents of nearby cities are sending out the information that Tuscumbia was in "lynching bee" mood last week. While the citizens were indignant, not suggestion of lynch law was heard.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-04

The esteemed Portsmouth Star will never be satisfied unless Lawyer Pat rick is properly and effectually hanged IL has convicted him several times, but the obstinate courts refuse to let him be executed. The Star is unfortunate
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-04
One Grent plnerence.

GeneNH hedpET. la
 The fat negro bishop Turner. says that as far as the negro is concerned States Well, there is this difference: the negro can get out of the United States.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-04

The Buffalo News refers to Roosevelt as the profoundest politician of our time. and one of the aDlest statesmen of any time" That should bring The News a consulate, at the very least
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-04

Sticking plaster--A man finishing il- side of a house.
 hynfas.
 Imported domestie--Bridget . ~ t"i s Fresh heir fun--Milloinalres allow ance to his college son. S.s.s@I.,.4
 lsine of least characterization that between a girls lips. ..
 Human documents-Congres
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-04

Please bear in mind that this is the first Spring month, and if you don't see the kind of weather you want, just call for it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-04
snye the Song BirtIs,

OenlT9NtIIe TIebs. v
 The killing of song birI should be punished with Imprisonment and hard labor and every person who loves these little creatures that are put here for our pleasure should report any viola tion of the law.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-04
Better COmditiOns.
Guntersyllle Democrat,

GunterSVIIIe DemOcrat.
 The days for cussin, bulldozing and browbeating ones way into political favor, are past in Marshall County, 1 thanks to the public schools and news papers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-04

An organization of parents in fhA Wells schoI district of Boston has. prevailed upon the Board of Education to employ q Eurse in the four schools of that district for the purpose Of assisting pupils taken ili, or car ing for those Injured in sports.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-04
Warning.

Little drops of mercury.
 Just this time of year, Give the people warning
 Winter stin is here.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-04
A (soofi gIoyenenf
A WSNM @A@NEAkAta Tuscaloosa Gazette.

TuscaI0osa GaZetEe.
 The organization of alumni associa- tions over the State for practical work for the University is a splendid step in the right direction.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-04
Up' to Date.

Say, Weary, we gentlemen what rides on de bumpers is right in style :" 7 Flows dat, Dusty?'
 Why, de paper says yere dat Reg gie Vanastorbilt got down and crawled under his road car de other day"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-04
Far,ning In Crenshavv.

LuVerne Journal.
 The farmers of Crenshaw are pushing their farm work as rapidly as the weather will permit Many of them
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-04

Fl S Noble, Circulation ManaReF Of the Montgomsry Advertiser. being duly sworn' says:
 The foregoing statement of The Advsr- tissr's circulation for the month of JannaT ry, 19e6, Is true and correct. and compiled after ail returns from news boys. news aBents, and t@ft-ever copies have been der ducted E S. NOBLE,
 Circulation Manager. sworn te ana subscribed before me this
 r. W. JACKSON
 Notary Public.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-04

"A man always gets on easier by talk ing his Wifes advice"
 'Yes," answered Mir, Meekton, When things turn ont badly there isn't so much talk about it."--Philadelphia Iuduirer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-04

Mir. Conner Should Tell Who Got 1t. Enterprise Ledger.
 MT. Conner has been making the re- mark that a certain paper got the round sum of $2O,0 900 to fight him in the other primary. Somebody search us' and if they can find just part of that amount--half's theirs.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-04
Counf.

Count Boni says he'll go to work,
 Which sound a little funny He don't care if she leaves him.
 So she leaves him allmony.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-04

Senator Tillman, the riproartng, pitchforlz- branding eat em aliVe statesman from South Carolina IS Hl private life the mileest mannered man frorn inc south. He makes fad of the cultivation of roses at his home in Trenton.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-04

Is3s-Carlists. under Cabanero, en- tered Saeagossa but were driven out by the national guards with the loss of l20 killed and TOO prisoners.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-04
Either Way.
Some A

Marry
 Fcf Love. f' Some Marry For Coln, But It
 Gets
 You Coming t And Gets You Coin
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-04

1s14-Battle of Troyes, between the French under Oudinot and the allies under Sehwarzenberg, in which the former were defeated, with the loss of ten cannon and 5000 prisoners.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-04
You Find Them EVerywbere.
Collinsville Courier.

There are too many people in this town who want something for nothing, and. until a cyclone, takes them off,
 load.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-04

1S11--The French, under Massena, retreated before Lord Wellington upon Santarem, in Portugal. leaving their killed and wounded behind
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-04
One of the signs

.'It has just been discovered thas Filipinos arg. getting ayerse to work"
 Yes; another instance of the spread of civilization and the influence of a certain popular song
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-04

1sO5--Thomas Jefferson inaugurated for. the second time President of the United States.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-04

Is7O-Forty- fifth Congress expired at F m. without having passed any ap- propriation' for the army or for the legislative, executive and judicial ex- penses of the Government
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-04
MARCH 4 IN WORLDS
 HISTORY
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153O--Charles V granted to the Knights of St. John, who had recently been expelled from the Island of Rhodes by the Turks. the ownership of all the Malta and. Gozo. Malta at the lime was sheIterless rock, and the inhabi- tants, I2,000 in number in a wretched condition.