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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-10

. he has not hesitated to have ths roads provide free trains These trains have moved on special open schedules. con- trolled by MT. Conner, with abundant time for stops at all stations. With such facilities at his beck and call, MT. Conner has gone over every line in the State in the last few months. The nominal purpose of these "inspec- ton trips has been to look at tracks and stations, but is 1t not true that MT. Corners eyes have been more di- rectly engaged in inspecting the vot- CTS In and around the stations than the crossties, the rails or the station hous- es? Have not the railroad telegraph wires licked ahead the interesting news that Conner. candidate for Gov ernor, Is coming on a special and Will stop some time? Have not the peo- pie in many places turned out to sec the extraordinary spectacle of the President of the Commission posing as an anti-railroad candidate, ensconc- ed in an elegant private car, lowing and smiling to the crowds. and inviting grievances to be sent in to body. which he has frequently denounced as incapable of doing anything? There has never been anything like 1t in Ala bama politics.
 This Is the way Mir. Conner has been using the railroads to advance his political aspirations. In this way he has been able to reach more commit nities in day than has his competitor on regular trains in a month. And yet MT. Conner speaks contemptuously of Dr. Cunninghams "environment" What political poser Is the cunning Conner!
 It may naturally be inquired wheth- CT the railroads are voluntarily engag- ing in this powerful aid to MT. Conner. Certainly the law does not require them to send out private cars with all the comforts and luxuries conceiva- ble, on open schedules for the use of the Commissioner-candi They are doing it more or less voluntarily. It is frequently asserted that the roads want to get rid of MT. Conner as Com missioner by side-tracking him Into the Governors chair. It is also as- serted that most of the railroad att torneys are supporting him. Certain ly they are not helping Cunningham. either with personal efforts or money. He has no campaign organization. and nobody is spending a dollar for him. Nor has any railroad furnished him a free train.
 Can 1t really be that Mir. Conner with his aggressive boldness, has browbeat the roads notoriously timid in politics, into helping him out of the Presidency of the Commission in- to the Governors office?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-10
SUNDAY. JUNE 10, 1906.
BoUeHr AND PAID TOR.

About the most disgusting matrimo- nial episode that we have lately read of. in the way of purchasing titled husband, was the bargain between the widow and daughter of the late Penn sylvania boss, Chris Magee, and Baron Redinau, of the Austrian embassy at Rome Like many other European mo- blemen, the Baron Is on his uppers. so to speak. Money he must have. and 1t. seems probable that he had exhaust ed his resources and saw no better self and his title to some rich Ameri- can snob. Like many another Amerl- can heiress, Miss Magee wanted ti- tie and was willing to buy 1t. with a husband thrown In. When there is something for sale and a purchaser willing to pay the price bargain can easily be consummated.
 But there was seme haggling in the present instance. The Baron evidently had a high opinion of himself and his name. He was probably unaware of the number of broken down noblemen on the market. He didn't know that titles were to some extent on the bar gain counter of late. Consequently he demanded a quarter of a million good American dollars as the price of his title-and himself. Mrs. Magee, who seems to have conducted the negotia- tions--they were stopping in Rome did not hesitate to inform the Baron that his figures were much above hIs taxable value as a family asset. It Is possible that she had some other inn poverished noblemen on her list and could get one much cheaper.
 Whatever methods she used. or what ever arguments she brought to bear, they were effective. for she informed him that one hundred thousand dollars was about what she considered him worth, and what could the poor fellow do? Money he must have. and if he broke of the Magee negotiation he didn't know where to look for another bidder. No doubt he looked on the price as a disgrace to the Austrian nobility, but needs must when the devil drives" or words to that effect, and the devil of debt was driving him straight towards the jumping off place. IIe swallowed his pride and accepted the price. He gets the money and she gets a baron.
 We are told that there was some feeling of disappointment not to say disgust, in Pittsburg, the home of the Magees, in consequence of this busi- ness. The people had gotten the idea that It was a real and genuine love TO- nance. They had pictured to them selves a powerful and wealthy Aus trian nobleman laying his crown and his fortune at the feet of an untitled American beauty while Cupid hovered over them with a bless you, my chill dren." expression on his countenance that 1t was a bargain and sale trans action, and that the Baron positively refused to come over to Pittsburg to be married until security was given him that the hundred thousand plunks would be plunked down as soon as he arrived-all that knocked a big hole In the romance. and 1t descends to the level of deal in coal or steel
 It Is all a shameful business. and no one need feel surprised If it turns out to be another Castellane fasco.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-10
The Strength of Bryan.

ChlcaSo Record Herald.
 When MT. Bryan was first nominated Tor the presidency there was dispo- sitlon among those who were opposed to him to treat him contemptuouSly. He was the boy orator" and nothing more.
 Since then he has been twice defeated Tor the office. and In 1904 his party felt constrained to nominate a "conserva- tive candidate in order to escape the odtum of his radicallsm. But the con servative was worse than Bryan had been. Moreover, he has been reduced to political cipher, where Bryan stock has been steadily rising since 1904. The chances are that the Ne bra skan will be nominated again in 1908. that he will have enthusiastic support from the masses of his party and that the oposltion will have to adopt an attitude toward him very far from contemptuous.
 The truth Is unquestionably that to- day he Is the most important personal factor tn the party. and that 1t would be extremely foolish to underestimate
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-10
CUNNINGHAM IN HENRY.
Captures a Crowd That Was Against Him nt Start.

Captures a Crowd That Was Against
 Him at Start.
 Abbeville News.
 Dr. Cunningham. candidate for gov- ernor, spoke to the people of this county In the court house at Abbeville last Monday. The audience was large and representative one, there be- Ing people here from every section of the county, and quite all of them the leading men In their communities. The Doctor made one of the clearest pre- sentations of the various Issues he touched on, that we ever listened to- There were no oratorical fights, but on the contrary a talk filled with reas- on' truth and justice. He is capable or talking on other subjects equally as Important as rate reform. He went up against Conner audience at the start, but when he had finished 1t was Tor Cunningham. We don't suppose thls assertion will be denied. We have never seen as many changes made by a talk before. He opened the eyes of the people to other matters as we'll as the regulation of freight rates, he is not one idea man. The large au- dlence gave him strict attention for near two hours and would have listened eagerly for two more. At the close there was rush to grasp his hand pledge him support, many admitting thelr conversion. We wish we had his speech in full for publication, that every voter in the county could read It for himself. We don't believe there IS any doubt about this county being Tn the Cunningham column, safely.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-10
Checking ChiId Labor.

MT. w. H. White. a Chicago reader of the Register who is interested in enforcement of child labor laws as a friend of the children. calls attention to Record -Herald report showing proving radical check to the evils against which 1t was aimed. It's strict enforcement has decreased the num- Der of children employed in stores and factories to the lowest point ever reached in that State. The annual re- port of the factory inspector to Gov ernor Deneen shows that the percentage against one child employed to every eleven adults, which was the condition shown when the first report was made by the factory inspector in 1893.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-10
For genuine. double-pIated on,,rn,

For genuine. double-plated optimism
 we believe The York (Pa ) Dispatch Is entitled to the chromo. Speaking of the Republican ticket and platform just put out in that State. 1t asserts that If the Republican ticket is elected next November every reform suggested by the public need will be assum- ed" Any one who has studied the diarrhea of pledges and tn econstip ton of performances on the part of Pennsylvania Republicans needs a wonderful amount of gall to make such . claim as that
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-10

According to The Pittsburg Sun, the Pennsylvania convention platform and nominees were simply Boise Penrose
 The Sun says that the interruptions boss dominated the Harrisburg conven- ton as thoroughly as Quay ever boss ed one. If that is true the Democrats ought to carry the State in November
 for surely the decent people of the State have had enough of the Penrose brand of politics. Honest Republicans ought to unite with the Democrats for once and bury the disreputable gang beyond reach of political resurrection.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-10
VIII Wait Awhile Longer.

G6neVA HeapeT. 7
 Property in Alabama is increasing in value. Great development is going on all over the state and money put into Alabama land is good investment The advantages and Inducements that this State has to offer good settlers is urpassed--Dadeville Spot Cash.
 We're powerful glad to hear 1t. for MT. Conner has been so vehemently and persistently and so hoarsely shouting been pauperized and ruined, that we had just done up our little bundle run stick through 1t, hoisted 1t over our We are sho' glad to hear 1t, but how will Mir. Conner reconcile this condi- tion with his howls of devastation by the railroads? How will he do it. Un- der the showing of our contemporary We postpone our journey to the poor house
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-10

Because we intimated that our vir- ginia contemporaries would do some ululating over the Presidents visit to that State The Norfolk Landmark per- petrates this:
 ''Ululate'' means ito howl like wolves, dogs, or jackals," The Adver- tiser had better come out of deep wa ter and use shorter words. The para graph just quoted does not lend it. self to satisfactory enunciation.
 We'll, We didn't propose to supply a contemporary with understanding as well as information.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-10
An Orderly Chm pais n.

AnnIstOn Stdf.
 Alabama has had In the past It's cam harm. Business suffered. regulations of men suffered, enemies were made among men who had been friends, and no good end was attained. It is a matter for congratulation that Ala bamA is free from thls sort of thing this veal.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-10
Inauirinx Ahant Alabama.

The register of the United States Land onfce receives many letters from people who wish to settle in Alabama which 1t would be well for the State Department of Agriculture to insesti- gate.
 Letters are received almost daily from prospective settlers from all over the country inquiring about Alabama s public lands. Many of these have mon- ey and would buy land
 Among the letters received during the past week were inquiries from Pennsylvania, Michigan, oregon and a number of from the Middle West Get ting the land for nothing is not the object of most of these people-they have decided that Albama Is a good place to settle in and from the appear ance of the letters they are people who would make good citizens and be desir- able acquisitions to the population of the State,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-10
UphoIdinE the Conventions.

The conventionalities are not entire ly without defenders on Aries golden sand" The following is from the Ap- pam correspondence of The Gold Coast Leader: There are some scholars in town who indulge themselves In the practice of attending night services at chapel. especially on Sundays. wearing cloths, gowns and pajamas, which fashion most consider Indecent. al- though 1t goes by saying rend your heart and not your garments"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-10
Bright Prospects.

tuscaloosa Times.
 The prospects of Tuscaloosa grow brighter every day. An electric rail- road between Tuscaloosa and Gadsden via Birmingham; a local electric lien to connect Tuscaloosa with its suburbs: three new railroads heading this way, and the new furnace and rolling mill are among the larger enterprises which are expected. Another cotton mill, a turpentine distillery, another cotton compress are also being discussed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-10

Looks as if the great cable com panies are going to make sort of hitching post of our little domain of Guam. It is announced that the island is to be the central point for four ocean cables, and if they are properly factened we guess there's no danger of the island getting away.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-10
Must Pay Tor Good thtpes of Life.

Bay Minette Times.
 Baldwin County should issue bonds and build some good roads and main tain them. It Is the need of the hour. It Is an investment which will pay handsome returns. It is the beginning of great progress in all of the county. It will add to our populatfon-to our wealth-to our convenience and com fort. It will stimulate an increased in- terest m education-ln your church work-in the work on the farm and in inc town. It will make possible many things now impossible.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-10
should sober Down.

The Democracy of Tennessee should sober down now and an get in fighting shape to meet the common enemy and when MT. Evans and his army comes in sight to snow them under with an avalanche of Democratic hosts of Ten nessee are headed by one of the ablest and most fearless leaders that 1t has followed in many years.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-10
Gaining Ground.
Athans Courier

Athens Courler.
 There Is no question but that Cover nor Cunningham is rapidly growing in favor with the people of the State, and the people are fast awakening to the fact that Mir. Conner should remain at the head of the Railroad Commission ana let anotner, si1 III tne guperhat1riaI @ ,sl has not yet carried out and until he makes good In that particular he will not be advanced.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-10
HartseIle up With the Procession.

f1dfIStIIe EHuuLI5I,
 Hartselle Is not satisfied with pu5- lie school system like that provided for by our present law. To be on a com mon ievel with everybody else does not measure up to our ability or require ment That's why we appropriated $2,000 for school purposes instead of about $500 under our present public school law
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-10
Great Things for Dothan.

Watch this town for the next few years and you will see what but few people are expecting: you will see city In the wire grass whose influence and trade will he extended in every direc- ton. W have the hest town in Ala bama and you would make Dothan man mad to even doubt this assertion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-10
Alabama Wheat.

SeIma JOufnaI.
 big wheat crop seems to he as- sured the wheat growers. Alabama used to raise good deal of wheat but has almost ceased to produce 1t. It can produce it again. It is a mistake to think that wheat will only grow in a cold country. For centuries Egypt was the granary of the world.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-10
Independent of the Packers.

D0tnan, EaBI6. country meat is being sold in that town in great quantities. That reminds us that we see loads of country meat on the streets here nearly every day, and lard, too, and we feel like that the pure food" muddle will cut but little figure in this section. We raise what we eat.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-10
No Danser-Rest Easy.

GunIefsVllle DemOcTal.
 There is an intimation that Bill Bry- an may become candidate for -Presi- dent. whether he wishes the nomination or not. Ho is one of the few men in the public gaze who is free from graft and against whose integrity no charge is pending.
 We trust our friends of the Black Belt will not throw a fit should this intimation materialize.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-10
Campaigning In n Good Cause.

GOOUWaIeT EnterprfSe.
 Let's start the campaign now fof better equipped schools. and longer terms. Ie country has sufficient re- sources to do this without embarrass- ment We are rich in children and they are our be~+ wealth if we will take the proper care of them. Don't weigh them against few raltry dol lars,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-10
Character VIII Tell.

Livingston Home.
 If there is any one power in the character. There may be little culture and slender abilities; yet If there be a character of sterling excellence. 1t will demand influence and secure respect
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-10
No volunteers.
NJ Mnhile Herald

There are no volunteers for the posi- tion of Presidential envoys since the untimely fate of MT. Chandler. In fu- ture the President will have to draft one of the kitchen cabinet for such @ dangerous job,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-10
Condition of the streets.

A gentleman of this city whose busi- ] ness requires constant use of the streets said yesterday: T wish Mayor Teague would leave his office some morning or afternoon ! and drive along Mildred street, Jeffer- son Davis avenue, Amanda street. Rob- that part of the city. He would soon decide that somebody is to blame for leaving them in condition that makes them in a conditions that makes It disagreeable, troublesome and in measure dangerous to drive over them with horse and buggy. Debris has been piled up in some or them for six months and surely if the Mayor will go and see for himself he VIII order the streets cleared up and unsightly obstacles removed"
 r, Msssrs. George ". simpson. George last evening to participate in a big tar set shoot at Warm Springs, Ga.
 MT. Isaac Dewees has gone to Buff f:to, N. r., to attend the National Con- v~ntion of the Travellers Protective
 MT. Claude Riley, a well known law yer of Eelba. is at the New Mabson.
 MT. H. R. Williams, of opelika. is registered at the New Evchange. MT. T. F. Hummer, of Andalusia, was at the Imperial yesterday.
 MT. J. E. Edwards. of opelika, spent yesterday in Montgomery.
 MT: w. P. Graham. of slyacauga, vis- lted Montgomery yesterday. MT. Carlos Reese, Jr., of Birmingham, Is at the New Exchange. 
 Mir. w. R. Roddenberg. of Cairo, Ga, | is at the New Mabson.
 MT. Charles Mckee, of Brundidge, Is visiting Montgomery.
 MT. G; L. Waller, of Selma, is at the | New Mabson.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-10
We'll Bought Is Half Sold

chant 1t can as we'll Dc applied to the consumer, especially when tho purs~ chase of diamonds is in question.
 A diamond besides being luxury chaser's interest to buy his diamond where he gets the most value for his money. You may never have to sell st. but if you do yep will want to Gss too. At the price we sell daimonds and the guarantee we give with them. fnsures you against a loss of more than a small per cent. in case of an emergency.
 Buy . diamond of us and you viii make . safe investment.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-10
SIDEWALK PENCILlNCS
Ce.t of RuraI Delivery.

"The record of the Montgomery post office show that 1t Is costing the gov ernment $50 per month to operate eacn of the rural routes by which the ually mail Is delivered to the adjacent coun- : try" said government employee This fs after the sale of stamps ana otner l sources of revenue derived rom tne e route have been subtracted from the salaries of the carriers and other ex-
 penses. making the government lose
 about the average mentioned on each route.
 .'The Postofice Department is consid- ering the suspension of all routes not carrying 5000 pieces of mail matter per month. This would abandon about two Montgomery. The disparity between the amount of mall matter delivered and the sale of stamps on rural routes
 in Alabama and other parts or .Eo routes are self sustaining. is due to the fact that the white population in Iabama is more scattered. All rural routes average about twenty-five mlie 3 and in so.IIe parts of the country, ths States of the East particularly. the population is so dense, to almost en- tirely white, and educated to sotne eN-
 t.nt thar the governmsns g ts, is more. more than Tn this section, however, most or the
 boxes get but little mail and many or
 the negro farmers do not even suppiy however, all the farmer gets from the
 Pestoffice Department. 3rd for this req. son the routes are kept up III many cases whrra tnew do not p1y
 That Proposed RaitrOnd.
 Mir. J. A. Thomas who was Tn tne city yesterday declared that the people of Coosa, Tallapoosa and adjoining counties were still vitally interested Tn the building of any sort of railroad which will connect that rich white sec tion with Montgomery. MT. thompson
 drove fifty miles through the country to witness the last two games of the New Orleans baseball series.
 In speaking of>the need of the ratl-
 road and the sentiment for 1t among
 his people Mir. Thomas said:
 T hope that the interest in the pro-
 posed road will not lessen. but will
 grow stronger In Montgomery until the road is built. Right now every day Montgomery Is losing great trade that should of right come to her. our
 section is in Montgomery's trade ter
 ritory, but for the lack of railroad
 other cities are getting it.
 With our people the sentiment is any sort of railroad so 1t comes from
 Montgomery and taps the Central The with the understanding and co-opera- ton of the Western. This road could
 be an extension of the Westerns branch
 line from Tallassee to the Central at
 Rockford. a distance of little over
 thirty miles.
 Tt would pay the city of Montgomery
 to bridge that gap and hope it will
 be done" :.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-10
Delaware welcomes Trsmp..

Delaware is giving an open armed and cordial welcome to ltramps, but as 1t is because they are wanted to work in the peach orchards the hobos will undoubtedly pass that vest-pocket State by.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-10

Messrs. George W. Simpson, George H. Walker and Maj. E. E. Winters left last evening to participate in a big tar gel shoot at Warm Springs, Ga.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-10

MT. Isaac DeWees has gone to Buff fsto, N r., to attend the National Con- v~ntion of the Travellers Protective Association.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-10
Watermelon seasou.

Dothap S!ftings.
 It will soon be watermelon time and Sambo will be in his glory. There are others beside the darkey that enjoys the luxury of a good watermelon.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-10
Cre.shaw Not Handed Over to Come,

Unless the cards are reshuffled Cren- shaw County will go for Dr. Cunning ham. The promises to delives this county over the heads of the honest voters will not materia1ize.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-10
only . Few That way.

Gadsden Times-New
 Kentucky college refused . diplo- ma to a fair graduate because she at- tended hops and danced with young men. Are the old Puritan days being
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-10
Grand Juries and Efish.

Anda1usia News. biting down on the river. Seems to us that. fish always bite well along about grand jury time.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-10
WHAT STATE PA PIERS ARE SAYING
gtucIk in the Mud.

Pine Belt (Brewton) News. . The Conner band wagon seems. to be stuck in the mud somewhsre. Haven't heard of 1t lately.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-10

MT. Claude Riley, a well known law yer of Eelba. is at the New Mabson.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-10
No Need Tor worry Here.

Alabama doesn't have to worry much over unfit immigration. There Is too