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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-01
l GREAT FLUnRY.


 Is there not danger that the Ameri- can people will suffer from an epidemic of hysteria in consequence of the agi- tation now going on with reference to trusts and corporate encroachments There has been SO much talk and ex- citement about the wrong-doings of the rich and of the great corporations of the country that the people are in dan ger of reaching point where they will look on every corporation as q thief and every rich man az Q scoun- drei As a contemporary puts It: If anybody agrees with anybody else as to what rates of any kind shall be. that also Is a crime. Railroads are ordered not to discriminate. And then they are ordered not to agree to avoid discrim- ination. All corporation in fixing prices Is criminal The labor unions whose chief object is the maintaining of rates are as guilty as any railroads packers who agree to give the same prices for cattle. the newspapers who agree to sell their papers for the same price. the musicians who fix the prices for their services, the--but there is no end to the crimes which have been erected over us. It is the fashion and must have It's run. Soon we shall have to put the good in jail and shut the bad people out"
 That Is stating it pretty fairly. The pendulum has reached it's extreme point. let us hope, and people will be- come sane again. There are some rich men who are honest and some corporations that are fair. Of course. there are wealthy rascals: It would be strange world If there were not But that Is no reason wsy all the wealthy should be sent to prison. There are corporations which are literal vam- pires, living by sucking the life blood from the less fortunate ones of earth. but that Is no reason for outiawing all corporations.
 As our contemporary says, 1t is now the fashion to suspect everybody and ciamor for a law to punish everybody. but if Is being run into the ground. The clamor is having tendency to make every man suspicious of every other man, and that is not a healthy condition to be In. Distrust naturally begets distrust The laws should pun there's no need to suspect everybody and everything. It will not do to put every one in jail merely because some ought to be there. nor need all the peo- pie lose their balance because there's rascality in the world. Possibly, after all, this general showing up will have a good effect and cause laws to be enacted and enforced which will pun ish the great sinners just as the small ones can now be punished. If so, all the furry will accomplish good.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-01
WHAT STATE PA PIERS ARE SAYING

Beware the Brand. Talladega Reporter. swallowed q hen. It is fast getting in- to the Atlanta class.-Beware of the brands they use!
 Why Not Write It4 Huntsville Tribune We wish some of our contemporaries would say something new and refresh ing so we could use It as a space killer: something of the kind.
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 Got Job. Pine Belt News. A kassian giant who stands nine feet three inches in his stockings has arrived. A human skyscrapper like that ought to get job as marker in a billiard room.
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 A Great Advantage, Brewton Standard. Time was not far back when the boodlsr was called q statesman. or at worse. a shrewd politician. It Is to the great advantage of this country that he Is now known by. his right name
 Not settled.
 An exchange in announcing the pas sage If the ,i e.nai pill % says; The ,Sa. ea- Uncle Sam will settle the bill after tho ditch is dug and that will be some time yet.
 Give It Up. Anniston Hot Blast.
 Barnes. of the White House, who bounced Mrs. Morris, the lady who ask. much violence towards her and had her jailed in an asylum, has just been con- firmed by the Senate as postmaster of Washington City. The moral of this is
 
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 Glad of It. Tallassee Weekly.
 The Montgomery Advertiser gives a more moderate rebuke to Senator Bail eys fling at the President ''as costing the most aud being worth the least of any President we ever had" than the of it. Senator Bailey is human. Peo- pie do not want their character falsely assailad even by the President. Prob- ably the Senator has not the patience of Joh.
 The Same News. Cullman Democrat. From Tennessee to the Cuff the same news comes-Comcr Is badly beaten. Egotism, self laudatIon, self praise, the exclusion of all men, past and present, from any right to claim that they were or are honest, the filings at the Demo- cratic party and all those it has hon ored from Houston down to date, mas at last awakened the people all over the State to the utter unfitness and un- worthiness of Conner.
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 .yUSt To Roth. Thomaston Post. With the vast majority of newspa- pers that are not railroad organs, we believe in the adjustment of freight rates on basis just to both shipper and carrier. but we would rather trust the enforcement of what laws can be passed to that end to an old and tried pr. Cunningham, then to a one-idead new recruit like MT. Conner, who never advocated this cause until he. wanted an office, and who, WI en elected on this issue to that office by an overwhelming majority, Is trying to leave the job the people gave him. and get one high @
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-01

We don't profess to know much about the ethics of kingly crowns. but is 1t forbidden to have them made to fit? If one king has a large head and his successor a small one. what do they do about 1t? That was the way Of 1t in Haakon's case, as we understand it. The former king for whom the crown was made had a very large head or else the present one has very small one, for we are told that when the crown was placed on his head it slip- ped down over his ears and tangled itself in his whiskers. If it is against royal traditions to have the; thing cut down to proper size, we suppose they must have it stuffed with straw or something, so 1t won't hide his royal countenance when he wears it. It must have been embarrassing to have the thing dangling about his ears.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-01
e e Ss .yuSt To Roth,
M,nueauoII. Encampment.

Minneapolis, Minn., is getting ready for the fortieth annual encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, Aug ust 1S to IS. Everything possible is to be done for the old soldiers. even to providing free quarters in school hous- es and other public buildings for posts and comrades who make application at least thirty days in advance of the date of the meeting. cot or mat tress will be provided for those who ask free accommodations, but those assigned to these quarters are expected to bring their own blanket pillow and towel. Arrangements will also be made so that comrades occupying the school buildings may obtain breakfast in the vicinity. Uniformed guides will meet the visitors and do all they can to make them comfortable. Arrange ments have also been made by which accommodations in hotels, lodging houses and private homes will be as sured at reasonable rates. No end of attractive side features have been ar ranged. Those who desire to make arrangements or to get full light can write to Wallace G. Nye, secretary Grand Army committee, 53S Andrus building. Minneapolis.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-01
DRIFT W o o D
BY rHIL H. AsMsrRonA
Broken Iaetsections.


 @% @ Some men never pay anything back they borrow but trouble.
 &&& An upper cut--society sauh. Always put off till tomorrow what you can do today if it's worrying. The only hobby some nlen can ride Is to drive bargain.
 % Se Ss A woman will worry herself to death to get some man to worry about her. Let a country man live in town . year and he'll shy at a blow when he goes back to tho farm for visit.
 3e S < One comfort about being a hobo is you can't reproaeh yourself for having eaten much of that canned meat Is there any newspaper that hasn't peek-a-eooed
 This, is the time of year when we ail envy the ice man.
 $ Se 5e A man doesn't cut much ice when he tries to cut down expenses. A girl can forgive most anything in a man If he has pretty eyes. If you want to get credit for not be- ing stupid you must disagree with men and agree with women.
 Se Ss Ss There is only one thing as big as a mans first dollar, and that is his last one. r A lie Is never too big for some one ,," There's a girl in the world for us When a girl trusts all men she soon finds there are some mot in the trust"
 Se B ae A girls idea of one kind of fun Is to burn old love letters and cry over them.
 Hell hath no fury like a woman's suspicious %.s% No girl ever wore an engagement ring without managing to let everybody know it.
 Even the accomplished liar has his
 @@@ A bachelor is as cranky about his toilet as hen about her chicks.
 as # 5e Even the social lion is supposed to roar at the jokes of his host.
 E & E The elevator does his share of lift" ing up mankind,
 Out I'm the world. They say opportunity knocks but "Yes, and if you don't heed 1t you never get '"y'Gsins < k spt x knocks
 Must Be. 'Ts Jones matrimonially inclinndf~ Well, he's bent on getting married.~
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 BIackbcrries. B1ackberries am de black mans dish-- Kase his color dey des suit Into dem bushes Ans goin' to root Bla>kberries am de black mans dish. am de black mans frienA--- Dey's gettin' riper ebry day, Dey's gtt mo slngin' on de way I3lackbcrries am de black mans friend.
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 The Night YOT Said Good bye. The night you said good bye--" The slender moon Within the heavens Across her face a cloud to hide the The blinking stars seemed bidding you The night you said good bye" The night you said good bye" A dove called mournfully unto her mate
 A doleful dirge, threnody of Fate. And you and I were standing by the gate The night you said good bye" HI. The night you said good bye" only know twas long and long ago, The roses bloom, likewise there comes the snow But the nights have never seemed the same you know. Since the night you said good bye.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-01

The Guthrie (Okia.) Capital, speak ing of The Advertisers comments on the Bryan movement says: The Ad- vertiser was against Bryan on for mer campaign. but prefers a seat in the Nebraskan's bandwagon to the one on the force with Grover Cleveland. 1t appears" The Capital has failed to read this paper as attentively as all should read it, C. it would not have made this error. The Advertiser has never lost one iota of its admiration for MT. Cleveland. or of its belief in him as the greatest Democrat now liv- ing. We have no intimation as to the position he will take in this case, but 1t will be right one. We have no doubt but that he will agree with The Advertiser, that If Mir. Bryan is the man to break eowK :ho Hesfst influence and to defeat the Republicans then let it be Bryan.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-01
The Picturesque Jamestown Exposition

The Picturesque Jamestown Exposition
 When the Jamestown Exposition w1s planned to be held next summer, sup porters could not dream of its rivalins in magnifcence the worlds fair of Chi cago and St. Louis, says The Worlds Work. But this did not preclude dis tinctive expositfon of another kind. one that should give the most impressive lesson In historic education ever set De- fore exposition sight-seers. So. 1t vas planned to make this Ter-Centennial Exposition illustrate the nations story. It will be a colonial affair. Georgian architecture and garden effects mo- where reached such a point of excel lence as in Colonial America, and at no time was this art more pure than in the early days of Jamestown. The grounds on which the exposition Will be held are enclosed by a fence or roses, trumpet vines. Virginia creepsr and honey suckle.s- Instead of deal- boards a mass of flowers and yerdule will intervene between the outside world and the colonial city witain. The towering vines will be strung on wires, a modern innovation, but noth- ing of the metal may be seen by next year. only the lofty pine posts at inter- vals of ten feet.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-01

excesses of the gambler. the libertine and the drunkard. but did not stop at that. It is asserted that he Haunted his immoral companions In the face of his wife and introduced them into hts own home. compelling the wife to leave home while he and his wine bibbing female associates held baccna- nalian revels in her home.
 And what of Thaw? From all ac-. counts he is shining example of the man of boundless wealth and limited moral character. He may not be such q man as White was. in respect of dis soluteness. but Is evidently wanting in moral force. He has gone on his own way down the paths of vice until now he fills the cell of a felon, with a charge of murder docketed against him and the possibility of death at the hands of the executioner as the end of it all. Having violated the laws of God and man. he must pay the penal ty: if not in the electric chair. he will pay 1t In other ways.
 All this and much more about the principal actors in the tragedy will be brought out. The lawyers will go into all the details of the crime and of its cause. and will also bring out all con meeting circumstances. The newspa- pers, especially the yellow journals, will take delight in publishing for the benefit of prurient public all that can be learned. or that jealous reporters business from start to finish, and there is likely to be more or less smirching of characters now regarded as clean, What is it all worthf
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-01
Flowing by steam in the great field.

Flowing by steam in the great fields of the West is becoming fashionable, "A contemporary tells of a man in Kansas who broke up six hundred acres of land in seventeen days. mak- ing a clear profit of six hundred dol lars by the operation. He was not the only one who proflted. though. for 1t fs often highly important to the far rner to have his land plowed while land and weather are in good condi- tion. Breaking on average of thirty i've acres a day is blowing some.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-01
The ProfnnatIon of sunday.

At the spring assembly of the Eng fish Baptist Union resolution was passed protesting against the increas- Ing proclamation of Sunday. Rev. b. Davies spoke with much vigor on the of the sacred day by mo- torists and golfers. The terror of Kent used to be tine hop pickers from the slums of London; now tile demoraIiz- ing invaders are the golfers from the West End, who are conveyed by spe- ciaI trains. The runping about on Sundays after popular preachers was included in the indictment.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-01
The Greater M-U.

HunLSNIIIe IIIDune.
 We note that Booker Washington de. clares that the distinction "Colored people" is indistinct and indefensible that Negroe is the proper way to put 1t, and he is getting much credit for his position. w. Fl. Council has been very explicit on this subject for years. We were impressed ten years ago by q private conversation In all his writ ings he uses the term Negro. He even to make 1t impressive ehristened his college the A. and NJ. College for Ne groes. The fact is our man Council is
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-01
Rate of veternns, Death.

Veterans of the civil war are dying now at the rate of 100 a day, according to the records of the United States Pen- sion office. The monthly reports for several months past have shown the death rate among the old soldiers to be in the neighborhood of 5000 a m5nth. Pension office officials who have wateh- scd the figures closely and know the tendency of the death rate are of the opinion that the numoer of Civil War pensioners has reached the maxirnum and that hereafter each succeeding month will show a decrease
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-01

One hundred and ffty-one thousand immigrants to this country during the month of May Is adding to our popu- lation some Probably many of them will be an injury, but that is one of the penalties of our system.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-01

One of the strongest reasons for choosing MT. Bryan that we have seen. is the opposition of George Fred Will Hams. who says MT. Bryan won't do because "he Is shading of too much in the direction of conservatism" The opposition of George is a credit to Bryan
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-01

Speaking of Harry Thaw. The Kan sas City Journal asserts that "a more worthless whelp cannot be found be- tween the two oceans" But Harry isn't a ''whelp." He Is full grown
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-01

The Raleigh (N, C.H Times takes the floor to make an eloquent plea for pure whiskey. Somebody has evident ly been tamperlng with our contem- porary's brand of tuleps.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-01

Among the numerous cures exploit cd for drunkenness we notice that a Chicago preacher gives it as his iudg- nent that 1t can be cured by good cooking. and we suspect that there's aonlekhing in his remedy. We have seen some cooking that would drive .a man 10 drink. if anything could
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-01
Con.truction of . Sewer.

"The construction of the storm sew CT, now nearly complete on the Norman Bridge road. is a great improvement for real estate In that part of the city, remarked a citizen yesterday. That old ditch out there has long been drawback for property near 1t. It has rnenaced health and life. There was no telling when some team might run away and plunge into the gully. But, with the completion of the sewer, ana the filling in.. all property in that neighborhood will be diserabie.
 , "T understand that real estate in that vicinity has already advanced Tn val ue, due entirely to the improvement. I know of q certain piece of property, near there, which could have been bought for s5.0oo six months ago, put now the owner says that, under no considerations, would he turn 1t loose for less than s7.500."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-01

The Congressmen want to get home in time to enjoy the 4th of July, and also to make needed repairs in their political fences.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-01

The manner in which the pork bill' was tied and muzzled indicates that some of the members feared 1t would sQueal.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-01
Cau't Come Yet. ...1.,. I AlAnp

Cau't Come Yet. Columbus Ledger,
 'If the city council of Columbus de- cides to use tine Chattahoochec as the source of water supply, we see nothing for the esteemed Ledger but. to pull up and come to Mont gomsry. Mont gon1ery Advertiser. The Ledger thanks 1t most highly esteemed contemporary for its kindly consideration Montgom- cry is a fine city; of this there can be no question, and If The Ledger should de- eide to leave Columbus at all, 1t is very likely that it would go to Montgom- cry first of all places. But there is work in Columbus for The Ledger to do, and it will remain here and perform the duties that lie before it. There may be some things that the city of Co., Iumhus can get along without, but 1t cannot get along without d newspaper that will stand up for the rights of the people like The Ledger Is doing in this fight for pure and wholesome water. The Advertiser knows the value of good water. Good water has helped to make Alabama's capital city what it is Years ago. before that city had a supnly of pure and wholesome wa ter disease and death lurked on every hand. The city was scourged by levers that went into the homes of the peo- pie and carried them out. But. since Montgomery secured q system of wa ter that Is pure and wholesome. there is no city in the entire South, perhaps, with a better health record than it has. No, Tho Ledger feels that 1t has a grave duty to perform here an dwill re- main here.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-01

The pestiferous Washington Post has again started the query: What ex a eentlemang" The weather is too hnt to make an effort towards the viucidatIon Of such problem. Doubt Hess The Norfolk Landmark can answer aa with its eyes shut
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-01

very square negro, and always had Washington beat about two blocks. But Council being modest man, is not so widely known as Washing
 ton, but where known he Is regarded as by far the greatest man of the two.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-01
Imnrovement of Wharf.

an alderman. but the alderman did not know ,. k, ,..s. during the season Of low water" con tinued the shipper. 'The more more use there Is made of the Alabama river. tss SaeomS mSf' Rt@'pahli For this reason the sppro priatfon proposed a few months ago should not be allowed to. remain Idle, but steps ought to rev,daa De taseh foT so 'ii3As is one of vital importance. to Mont gomery bpsiness aanha,a naen ana ! ,hfcpe the Council will not pigeon-hoie "'
 Mir. H Burgin Fuller has returned from Denver, Colo. where he went sev- eral weeks ago with his invalid broth CT. MT. George P. Fuller, whose health Is reported to be improved. MT. Burgin has professional business in the Monl- gomery courts which will keep him here until the Fall when he will reJoin his brother in Colorado.
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 Mr. Dixon Kendrick, son. of pr. and Mrs w. T. Kendrick of this eity. who "a, ss,Ied for Europe. He will visit Ger many France. Italy and Greece, mak- ing his headquarters at Nuremoerg; Ss ssfSre ses and Northern Africa.
 Rev. R. L. Bell of Union Springs, came to Montgomery last night, He will moderate the congregatlonai s meet, ing at the First Presbwterian Church this morning and breach at night. re- turning to Union Springs Monday. superintendent of Education Isaac W, Hill yesterday returned to Mont gomery from Newton. where he had been in attendance at county insti- ute.
 MT. F. W. Kirkland. Commercial Agent of the Atlantic Coast Line, spent yesterday in Savannah
 MT. R. B. Brown and MT. J. G. John ston of Birmingham, spent yesterday IT Montgomery. - Messrs. J. c. Hogue and W. K. Hen. drix of Mobile weer in Montgomery yesterday
 Mir. Allen Northington of Prattville Is registered at the New Exchange.
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 Hon. Fred S. Blackmon of Anniston spent last night in Montgomery.
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 MT. Howard Leslie of Birmingham spent yesterday ] in .a MSntsonsery Q
 MT. w. M CoIline of Birmingham spent yesterday in the city.
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 Mir. w. J. Walker of Fitzpatr wa' in Montgomery yesterday
 MT. w. s. Sutton of Enterprise, was in the city yesterday
 Mir. H. H. Henderson of Greenville was in the city yesterday
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-01

If you can't go away to the summer resorts you can buy a magazine and look at the pictures.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-01

Y. 6. No e. Circulation Manager of The Montgomery Advertiser. being duly s~orn' The foregoing statement of The Adverti- geren circulation for the month of May 49o&, Is true and correct. and complied Sf- Ser all ret ms from news boys. news agentS, spelled and leftover copies have been de- Mucfed. E. s. NOBLE.
 Circulation Manager. Sworn to and subscribed before mo this 18th day of June. 1908. -
 Notary Public.
The Stamford American., 1906-10-11
INVENTION TO AID WOMEN.
Getting Off Street Cars Backward to
 Be a Thing of the Past.

Columbus, O.-Just as soon as the invention of Columbus man works out in practice, women will no longer be twitted about stepping backward from moving street cars.
 w. H. Pontius, chief clerk of the United States pension agency in this city, has invented a shield for street car handles to prevent persons alight- ing backward or jumping onto mov- ing cars. The shield is being tested on car No. 515 of the Oak street line.
 Careful observers verify the state ment that the fair contingent does, as a rule, aHght the wrong way, and those trying to do so on car No. 515 have, upon observing the shield handle, turned when getting off and taken hold of the handle in front of them.
 Men who have started to board the car with the shields while it has been in motion have desisted because of the risk involved in grabbing handle with the shield flush with it and only two and one-half inches from it.
 Interviews with many different per sons show q unanimity on the part of the public for the adoption of the new accident preventer.