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The statesman., 1906-03-02
Bruce Grit Pr0pheSieS Failure Of
Thomas Dixon'S Campaign OF
VillificatiOn

advertisement Of its scurrilities and
historical distortions. II cannot hurt
but will help II immeasurably. Crit
cism and denunciation of things we
personally dislike are sometimes more
helpful to their success than the elo-
Quence of silence. The best protest
and answer 10 Mr.. Dixon's dramatic
ISLANDERS will be for Negroes every
where in this country where this play
Is 10 be shown 10 treat II and its au-
thor with silent contempt. The more
We say about it. the more we de-
nounce It, thelonger it will last. We
should always and in all places show
ourselves to be the very opposite of
what Mr., Dixon in this play alleges
Negroes to have been, at the period of
which II treats. II within forty years
the Negroes have not been able to
emerge from the condition which they
did not create. and In which they are
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-13

MT. H. M. Stanley of Jacksonville spent last night in Montgomery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-13
ARE sAn DAYs.

As the New York Times sizes up the conditions these are sad days for Presidential favorites. It is bad enough that Congress should plan to abolish the lieutenant- generaley before the first colonel of the Rough Riders can be given that rank. But if that is rough treatment of a military ge- nius, what of the Senate's hesitancy in confirming the nomination of Ben Daniels, Rough Rider and friend of the White House, merely because the once served term In jail? We have always contended that service with the Rough Riders during it's four months existence fitted man for any Government post, and wiped out all past errors or shortcomings. Hence we saw no objection to the recent ap- pointment of a murderer to a nice of flee in Arizona, and can see no reason why the Senate should be squeamish over Ben Daniels. All this Senatorial talk of wanting to have a man "as clean as a hounds tooth is merely an attempt to be witty at the expense of & President whose friends are fit for any office. Here is the case. too, of Marcus Braun, the immigration in- spector. Dia he not earn his posi- tion by presiding at a Presidential dinner given by Hungarians? Then why should Secretary Hay have found that he was guilty of highly iInprop- CT conduct, as an official of the United States. in publicly attacking the Hun garian Government, carrying propa- ganda for Hungarian emigration to Canada, failing to present his creden- tials, etc.? Why should Braun, now an important inspector at Ellis Island. be molested by the reprinting of the Hungarian Foreign Ministers charges that he absconded to Paris in 1890 from Hungary after being guilty of fraud and blackmail? Was he not a friend Of the mighty, and did not he travel in Hungary exhibiting picture of the President, inscribed to him after that great dinner. as the best possible credentials?"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-13
!. TUESDAY. FEBRUARY la, 1908.
TRoUnLE AHEAD.

An Englishman has written a book which instructs people how to live forever-not in a future state but right here in this old world of ours. We have not read it. and do not know Whether his instructions can be car sicd out so as to accomplish his theory, but we suspect that there will be q number of obstacles in the way. It will be interesting for some boy in xhe distant future to criticise govern mental affairs and have his gran 1fath- CT say: 'why, boy, you should have been here thousand years ago in my young days when Roosevelt was Pres ident." That will shut up the young grumbler.
 We are a little surprised that an Englishman should write a book ot this kinda. If 1t had been a German scientist or a Chicago Professor it would not be strange, but coming from England. it is different, though we suppose there are cranlSs there as well as elsewhere. There are some things in connection with his theory. if it could be carried out that may prove inconvenient It will be remembered that something like a century ago one Malthus published a book in which he undertook to show that population was increasing in geometrical ratio and that there would soon be no room on earth for all the people
 The Malthusian doctrine was not de- pendent on long life, but events have shown that the danger pointed out was only imaginary, Still, population does increase, and sound thinkers-not disciples of Malthus however-are con- cerned about tine problem of room and subsistence a few centuries hence, even with the ordinary span of life and normal increase of humanity. This new theory, however, would make the possibilities of the future infinitely more perplexing. for 1t is plain that If people keep coming into the world and none go out of it matters will be pug zling in a few hundred years. Not only will there be no room for all the peo- pie but nothing for them to eat. The population of earth will be like an over-crowded beehive, but unlike the bees, the extra ones can not swarm and hunt another home for there will be no other home to go to unless new worlds are discovered and appropriat ed. The only remedy-but there will be no remedy. That Englishman is foreteIling trouble
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-13

Hon. Hugh Morrow and MT Frank W. Smith of Birmingham are in Mont gomery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-13

sage lasting Ios days. in which it made a running fight with pirates off the Ladrone Isands.
 Is0S--Action between the British ship St. Fiorenze and the French frigate Psyche, thirty-six guns, and the prize ship Thetis which resulted in the cap- ture of the two latter. French loss 57 killed and 70 wounded; British. r. killed. 36 wounded.
 fs0S-Congress counted the electoral vote For President, Thomas Jefferson, Republican, 16s; Charles c. Pinckney Federalist. fl.
 1s2O-A revolutionist society, called the Black Eagle. organized by the Gu bans. who were trying to shake on the Spanish rule.
 lS30-France decided to use Ameri- can vessels for the transportation of troops to Algiers, as these ships could be gotten cheaper than French ones.
 IS6I-The electoral vote counted Abraham Lincoln received 1SO votes; stephen A. Douglas, F; John C. Breck" enridge, 72. and John Bell, S9.
 IS82-GeneraI Curtis took possession of SprfngfieId, Mo. Fort Donelson in vested. and the bombardment com menced.
 fses-The iron -clad Indianola ran the blockade at Vicksburg, and was cap tured by the Confederates.
 1S65-Indiana ratified the Constitu- tional amendment.
 ISO4-Beujamin Harrison, in speech at Indianapolis, Ind, declared that an ex-President should take as much fn- terest in national affairs as before he was elected.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-13
Sidewalk Pencilinss
raid sso for shooting Gun.

Talk about hard luck" said a Mont gomery drummer yesterday. T had some of 1t few days ago in n North Alabama town. l suppose have been nearly everybody and had never got ten into trouble there before this last trip. A pure accident cost me $50 and l was compelled to pay it into the treasury of the town.
 was sitting in the leading, drug knew very well came in He had q gun and he said 1t was loaded. ] re- marked that 1t looked very dangerous hut he said that the trigger was at the safety notch and nothing in the world could discharge the fire arms. I took the gun in my hands to look at 1t and somehow I touched the. trigger and off it went Fortunately the load struck no one but 1t completely shat tered large show window of the store.
 there. He stold me. because of the fact that he knew me, he would not place me under arrest, but that | must appear in the mayors court the next morning I was there the next morning and proved beyond a doubt but the mayor held that I had violated the law when the gun was fired and he stuck 1t to me.
 Several of the leading citizens ap- peared in court, testified as to my good standing and even, the proprietor of stated to the court that 1t would be perfectly satisfactory with him if would be discharged But the mayor knew his business. There was fine coming to me and I got it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-13

few killed and wounded. yet there have already been filed about 7o.o0o pension claims for soldiers of that war. By the time the government is done paying the real survivors of the war between the States the Spanish war claims will accumulate so as to keep up the drain on the governments re- sources. and 1t is probable that other wars will come on to keep the ball rolling and the money flowing. That there is a great deal of graft and swindIing in connection with the pen- sion business Is beyond doubt, but that does not prevent Congress voting immense sums each year to keep up the farce. for 1t is a farce to claim or pretend that all who receive pensions really deserve them There is no end to it
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-13
FEBRUARY B IN
 WORLDS HISTORY
.es ss E@ ~ =s es=s tsss e@ I.ss

1O0s-Iondon Bridge carried away by a flood and tax imposed to erect an- other
 liam. Prince of Orange, and the Prin- cess Mary. "a daughter of the abdicatine nonaTch' proclaimed by the Lords and Tommons- sovereigns of England
 I004-The Highland massacre at Glencoe, Scotland.
 de Ia Torras' commenced the siege of G5braItaT This was the twelfth siege and proved unsuccessful.
 Aed line treaty of peace with the Grand
 isS11British frigate Success, forty ..,,,1s ca aTti1red by a French squadron E sgIsS4 gIs04 ifhs brIE Ohio reached Canton, c,hina- from Philadelphia after a pas
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-13
RUNNING TO WASTE.
The Mineral Belt Gazette. of Birm. ingham. puts it this way:

al. The Mineral Belt Gazette. of Birm- inghan. puts it this way:
 If a man saw so.ooo horses running loose when they might be at work he good material. but every cry day there is that much, or probably twice as
 much; horse power running 10 waste by allowing the water power or the rivers to pass unused.
 That is stating the case in way to
 be easily understood and appreciated,
 but if 1t had said fifty million horse- power It would probably have been
 nearer the mark. Alabama is almost a network of rivers and similar streams and, especially in the Northern half | of the State. all these streams abound | in waterfalls of more or less power.
 It is not contended that all this wasted power could be utilized at once. or that
 efforts should be made to control all of it, but we do contend that wherever power is wanted and needed it should be taken from the water and thus save
 the destructive use of coal and wood.
 Both these products are fast disap- bearing As all know who pay atten- ton to such matters the forests are fading away like the snows before q blagins sun and soon there will be no
 wood for building. manufacturing or domestic uses. Experts claim that they can already begin to see the end of coal as fuel. unless there shall be found large deposits as yet un- known.
 Under these circumstances 1t is not only unwise but really criminal to burn coal and wood to produce motive pow CT It is true that the mill will never grind with the water that is past. but 1t is equally true that more water Is continually coming to take the place of that which turned the wheel. so that there is no loss from using 1t. It ! is far different with wood and coal. | for when that is burned there is an | end, and instead of a continuous sup piy coming on there is none to be looked for It is just as if the owner of mill had large reservoir of water with the source of supply cut off. When he starts his machinery the wa ter will begin to diminish and pres-
 entity all the wheels will stop. The fuel that is being used Is emptying the
 reservoir and there is no new supply
 coming on.
 ! whether the time will come. as pre-
 dicted by some, when all cars of every
 kind will be driven by electricity we can not pretend to say. but experiments [ in that line indicate that the longest and heaviest trains may be operated | just as easily by electric power as our street cars now are. and if no insur-
 mountabie obstacles are encountered it
 will be done before many years have passed Be that as it may, we feel no
 hesitation in saying that all stationery machinery should be driven by elec- tric power. and that 1t is a sinful waste
 to use steam where it is possible to use electricity. It Is so easy now to
 convey electric power that there is lit-
 tie excuse for not using it when thous-
 ands and millions of horsepower are
 running to waste au over Alabama as
 in most other stateb-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-13

The pension list of the United States is both perennial and cumulative. More than forty years have passed since the great war between the States, yet the House has just voted $40, 1000. GOO to support the survivors of the Union armies nor Is this all. An amendment to the appropriation bill was adopted embodying the Presidents old age idea which seeks to put on the pension list all Union soldiers when they reach a certain age. without regard to condi- tion or needs.
 side in that war were to he pensioned there might be a prospect of an end to 1t some day. but here comes in the Spanish war, in which there were but
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-13

 Lives in
 Montgomery.
Men and Women Who Are in Need of
 . HeJping Hand. E. c. Fowler


 Helping Hand. E. c. Fowler
 Oners Way to Better Things.
 It is hard for those. who are never III. or who nave simply a sick day or week occasionally. to realize the wretched existence or wasted lives of those beset with chronic Indigestion. There is no more irritating or nerve- racking condition than that caused by q weak stomach. It gnaws and tears upon every nerve fibre in the body and results in sleeplessness, headache. backaches. rheumatic pains. furred tongue, distress after eating, poor ap- petite and general weakness and de- bility.
 As we may look to weakened stom- ach for most of the chronic or finger. ing Ills that weaken and rack our lives 1t is of the greatest importance to know that a remedy for stomach troubles is at last afforded by reliable drug firm in Montgomery under a guarantee that 1t costs nothing unless 1t cures.
 E. c. Fowler, knowing the formula of Mi-o-na, feels that it will be suc- cessfuf in every case where it is used in accordance with directions. that is. one tablet before each meal, and he off, fers to sell 1t under an absolute guar antee to refund the money if it does not cure.
 A large box of Mi-o-na tablets costs but 50 cents. if it helps you: nothing unless 1t restores health. If not convenient to obtain Mi-c-na of E. c. Fowler or some other retailer 1t will ooss saae pree. o a, The T R Booth co. % Ithaca. N. IL.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-13
The French In VenexueIa.

Le Journal des Debats of Paris.
 In reality this adventure will always be to our disadvantage. Our financial interests in Venezuela, which were of real importance less than ten years ago-the number of our countrymen established there in 1898 was 2,545, and altogether our credit formally re- cognized by treaty amounted to $lI,- 200, O0O-diminish each year owing to the persistent hostility Of the Govern ment. Our trade decreases progressive Iy to the great advantage of the LIniteI States, which sees its own trade ir- crease exceptionally. The present conflict wifi naturally only make the situation worse. And yet France, hav- with nothing less than seeing that amends are made to her.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-13
improved poIice seryfce.

T have noticed with much pleasure the good work the police patrol wagon is doing" said a well known citizen yesterday. The wagon Is rarely seen. That is one good point, The wagon Is doing it's full work as shown by the police record. That is another good point. The citizens of Montgomery are relieved of the annoying sight of seeing drunken people hauled through the streets by stalwart officers and fir offenders are relieved Of the ignominy of being hauled through the streets in 'the streets by stulwart officers and first other points.
 "But the best point of all is that the suburbs are receiving more police protection. Formerly when an arrest was made in the outlying districts. the patrolman making the arrest was com pelled to accompany his prisoner to the police station. To take man from West End, North Montgomery or Boguehomme to the station required at least a half hour. Making a charge and confning the prisoner consumed at least fifteen minutes. Going back to the beat required another half hour. Suppose patrolman made three arr rests a night and this often occurs, es- pecialIy on Saturday nights. He was on his suburban beat about half of the twelve hours. Now, all he has to do is to telephone and hold his prisoner pending the quick arrival of Lucille" !" Then he's back on his beat.
 The wagon is worth the price the city paid for 1t and the delay the de- partment had in. securing it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-13
Hopping from World to worIda

The Kansas Cita Times. . years without having worked out cos mology of their own and their own system of metaphysics. A group of going home from school the other day when one began to instruct the others what to do in case of certain crisis. you know what you want to do?'' asked the manikin. well, you want to give a little jump like this. The world will sIin out from under you, and you'Il Iie6t on the one a-followin 1t and be ali right" Then tho youngsters bes~ln practicing the sort of jump that was necessary to give them immortality.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-13
Fannln Not at the Alamo.

Editor The Advertiser: I read in yesterdays Advertiser a communication from Prattville, which criticises MT. Sheehan's write-up of the Alamo, Texas. because he did not mention Colonel Fannin as having been killed there. The writer also cites Mrs. Evans wilson. Mobiles great novelist. as putting Fannin at the Alamo. The late Mrs, Ell Shorter of Eufaula, whom I knew quite well, was a sister of itv my familiarity with the early his tory of Texas enables me to state that Coolnel Fannin and his men were not at the Alamo when the massacre oc- cured there, but was murdered at Caliad. many miles distant from the Alamo which is at San Antonio
 Wm. c. Oates.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-13
The Freedom of the Press.

MOblIe HefaIu.
 At Whatever cost, the freedom of the press must be maintained. Unions have done their best work. They have obtained a good wage for their mem conditions about the places of employ ment, and have brought the collective bargain almost to perfection. We say they have done their best work If they go much further in their demands they will achieve what Ebert Hubbard terms the diminishing return"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-13
No Greater Calamity.

btSStINCI
 No greater calamity could befall Bes- semer and in fact the entire industrial district than to put into the hands of radical rate reformers unbridled power over the great roads of Alabama. To carry out their political promises they would just make the fur fly and busi- ness would be unsettled and demoral- iZed. Does the average voter want such condition of affairs? Who would be the gainer except the time- serving pOIftiCiaD
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-13

The HancevilIe Hustler announces that in future 1t will use Ms, meaning Mistress, when speaking of woman, whether she is married or single. Will not our sister contemporary rath- CT mix those babies up" by that plan?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-13

President Roosevelt favors a law es- tabIishing the whipping post for wife beaters. and The New York Mail thinks if such law is enacted it should also provide for the use of the ducking- stool for crawling women. That would seem to even up things. we should say
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-13

The latest and meanest story about BonI is that he is not a real Count at all. but only a forgery. That should satisfy his wife if she has any doubts about quitting him. To have married such a man as he is and then find that his title is not genuine is about the limit
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-13

E. & Noble. Circulation Manager of the Montgomery Advertiser. being duly sworn says: ~ The foregoing statement of The Adver- 4isers circulation for the month of Decem- Der, 1905, iB trua and correct and complied after all returns from news boys. news agents. and leftover copies have been de- ducted E. & NOBLE.
 Circulation Manager Sworn to and subscribed before me this 5ath day of January. 1906.
 D. ". JACKSON.
 Notary Public
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-13
Should Be Unifornn.
Gadsden
 Am

GadSden Journal.
 Nothing can be more demoralizing to Southern interests than uncertainty in reference to quarantine regulations, which should not only be uniform in their provisions but uniform in their enforcement and those who talk against a Federal responsibility in this matter are working against their own best in- terest.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-13
Columns of stun.

Selma Journal.
 The columns of stuff written about the clothes of Miss Roosevelt, the friends of MT. Longworth and any and everything and any and everybody even remotely connected with the approach ing marriage must be very embarrass- ing to the participants.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-13

In Austria the country doctors get four cents for vaccinating a person, and the veterinary surgeon get ten cents each for vaccinating cattle Cat tie are evidently more valuable than people In that country.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-13

Some of the newspapers are again disputing over the question of what defeated Blaine in 1884. Why not ad- init that Grorer Cleveland did 1t and let it go at that?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-13

The Supreme Court of Illinois we'll knows that there is limit to all hu- man effort; consequently, it will not undertake to close the Chicago saloons on Sunday,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-13
Lots of Fun, But
Huntsville

Huntsville Mercury.
 Editor Martin of The Ozark Tribune, is having more fun out of his candidacy against Henry Clayton than any other candidate in the State. MT. Martin will have a good time if he does not get anything else out of 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-13
Don't Knoyv Hlm

Selma MirfOr
 People do not know Senator Pettus if tney think for a moment that a little fall on the snow would knock him. The Senator will stand q good deal.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-13

It must be quite an easy matter to sit up to a game in San Francisco. as the statement is. made that there are two thoWand gambling houses in the city
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-13
Is Antoninhinr.
Ashvilie Aegis.

AShVIIIe AeBIs. -
 It is astonishing that the pitlful poll tax as a contribution to the school fund she uld have such a disfranchising eff feet; but if the newspaper reports are correct 1t seems that many citizens have undervalued their privilege to vote.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-13
OId Age Annuity.
Tuscunnb

Tuscumbia Dispatch.
 The people of Utah ought to give Reed Shoot an old age annuity if they expect him to hang around Washing ton till his case reaches hearing.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-13

It would be difficult for any county in Alabama to advertise itself better than by building good roads.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-13
keen tbe Fortunes.

Birmingham Ledger. ' The result of the Castellane mar riage shows the wisdom of keeping the fortunes of girls in the United States. The worthless fellow Miss Gould mar ried is but a type.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-13
poIIticn nna sundax Ra.ehnll.

T nollce, Sdsu well hnoWh Cllt- zen yesterday. that Sunday baseball is still cutting something of a figure in politics in Montgomery County"
 There has long been great num- Der of men in Montgomery who are in favor of allowing Sunday baseball and these advocates are right now using their influence to elect men to the legislature of their way of thinking.
 T was discussing the political situa- tion with a number of gentlemen to- day and someone asked how various candidates stood on railroad rate reg uIation. What do we care about that? asked a member of the throng What we want to know is how does he stand fore the campaign is over, Sunday baseball will cut big figure in Mont gomery County politics as the pros and the antrs will compel the candi- dates to come out in the open on the question: