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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-23
TODAY IN HISTORY

Name Day: zacchus. Sun rises at 5:21; sets at 6:39.
 1630.-The first court of assistants mined that ministers should be settled, houses built and salaries raised for them at the public expense. They set tied the price of mechanieai labor; car penters. joins bricklayers. sawyers and thatchers, should take no more than 2's, day, under penalty of lVs to giver and taker. At this court Edward Palmer was sentenced for ex- tortfon, in charging 21. 1878 i'd. for the wood work of Boston stock, to sit in them one hour and pay fine of five
 is93.-The first printing executed in New York, was a proclamation of Gov ernor Fletcher bearing this date.
 . 172S--Increase Mather. died; a New England clergyman during the witch. craft deluslon. which he labored 10 mitigate. It Is said that he usually spent i6 hours q day In study: the numser n6er of lS h,s gaars was se the
 1756-FQundatfon stone of Columbia College laid at New York.
 1782.-Cape River fort surprised and der fer Captain Campbell with f5o negroes. He lost but two Killed; Spanish loss 65 killed, nine taken mostly wounded. Unit d states to France in 1776 died in England in extreme poverty.
 1793.-Massacre of the French at San Domingo.
 Philadelphia, aged 3s; some time at torney general of the United States, and known as an author and poet
 1S04.-Tri poId bombarded the thlrd time by the American Commodore Pre- ble, from ? D. m., until daylight the next morning, without much effect. ls1S.-First steamer from Buffalo to
 Is20.-oliver Hazard Perry a distin- guished American naval officer died at niversary of his birthday. His victory on Lake Erie over a British force su- perior In men and guns to his own, | in the history of his country. 1S35.-Massaer re at Para in Brazil by the Indians. The attack commenced on the 14th. The United States Consul l barely escaped with his life. It is sup posed that the slaughter must have | been immense, and more complete | sack of any city probably never took
 1Ssl,-The Cherokee Indians join the
 Fort Morgan in Mobile Bay surren- l ders to Admiral Farragut and General 1 Granger; 500 men and 80 guns taken. l lS67.-Grand ovation to Admiral Far 1 ragut by Russian ofilce-s at Constadt IS6S-General Rossecrans met a number of prominent generals of the late Southern confederacy at White [ Sulphur Springs, Va.
 l lS94.---A congressional committee after an Investigation, reportedN tc the
 House that armor plate furnished by | the Carnegie Company was defective. | (Eervice by American PresS-NeWS | Washington, D. CD
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-23
THU CUNNINGHAM NEWS
Grows Better in Every Part of the
 State!
MohiIe Herald


 Mobile Herald.
 Capt Henry s. Gaines, one of Mo- piles highest esteemed citizens, is back from one of his periodical trips to Clarke and Choctaw counties Asked be The Herald as to the governorship race in those counties, Captain Gaines said: Just as I have told you time and again, Dr. Cunningham Is a great faVorits in those counties and he will beat Conner to death. There is not bit of doubt about it and I am informed that Marengo and Clarke are also sure
 Captain Gaines is formerly of choc- taw. in which county his cousin, pre- sent chief justice of Texas. was also raised. He pulled from his pocket a copy Of the old county's only paper. The Choctaw Advocate, and pointed out the following statement.
 we are unnable to say what the re- suit of the gubernatoria1 election win be over the state. but do say, and with, out fear of contradiction. that this county will go for Cunningham by 8 very large majority; in fact, we have heard of very few Conner men"
 Hon. James H. Webb. the Cunning ham chairman. is elated today over the receipt of letters from public men of the highest standing up the state Those letters declare that the Cunning ham tidal wave is sweeping the state and the Conner men are frantic.
 The news from the Tennessee val ley is almost too good to be true, while the wire-grass district will follow q good old county of Pike, and p' now regarded as safe for the
 Is his home county JefferS
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-23
A REMEDY rRoposEr.

A day or two ago The Advertiser had something to say on the subject of rural protection. Tn The Columbia State of Monday last there is a lengthy ard well written editorial on fhe general subject of iynching. the crimes which lead to it and what it considers the remedy We append that portion of the editorial which more particularly relates to what The state regards as the remedy, and which may have an interest for Alabamians. It says. speaking of lynching rapists:
 The last lynching for this offense There two white girls were left on the farm half the day with young negro The three ss,5 had been working together ether was bought off the chaingang, brought to that farm, made to live on the premises and the two girls were left to work with him without protection.
 A Newberry negro is serving life term in the penitentiary for intimacy with a young white woman who was sshfred man" This deplorabIe case in Greenwood, in which the life and hon. or of woman were in peril, IS the ing brought in direct contact with the { aowest element of lustful country ne- tgroas. White girls and women should not be permitted by their natural pro- fectors to work in the fields or any, where else with negro boys and negro linen Negro farm hands should not be E.allowed to take their meals where the woman of the house has to wait on them The line of division and famil- taarity should be definitely drawn ana
 Then we would have a central sfa- fion maintained by the State of South Carolina for the breeding and pfacti- 1 cal training of real Cuban bloodhounds, and would require one or two brace or the trained dogs to be kept by every FEherin. Numerous cases of crime are tnot now reported; some of these as Iwe1l as some of those that are revfai- ed, would not be committed if 1t were faxnown that detection, through blood hounds, is almost certain.
 Again, if fair trial by jury is guar lanteed, negroes will have no excuse for giving aid and comfort to fleeing criminals. Decent negroes should be tencouraged to aid the law in capturing Tor exposing criminals, and severe legal penalties should be fixed for those atd- 1ra- rapists to hide or escape.
 These remedies and precautions will we believe, make the lonely roads
 and fields in South Carolina safer for
 white women than ten thousand lynch tAngs. What does the "chivalrous man. shood" say7 Is 1t worth making real ssacrifce for the safety and protection bof the women, or will they continue te
 ssdefend" only after there can be nc | adeauate defense: and continue tc aynch while the causes for lynehins kRnultfplyf
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-23
WINDING UP THE CAMPAIGN.

It is but few days until the cam paign will be at an end, but the friends of pr. Cunningham and of the best interests of Alabama should make these remaining days busy ones. A fight is never won until the votes have been counted. and the way to make this one a success Tor our man is to keep firing as long as there is any thing to fire at.
 From all over the State the news is encouraging. The thinking people of Alabama are becoming convinced that Mr. Conner Is not the man for Governor. The sort or campaign he has been conducting is not the sort 10 win intelligent vorers. The people are comparing the records and the meth ods of the two men and are turning to the genial Doctor .on all sides. His friends have perfect right to feel both encouraged and confident. No one may say with absolute certainty what the result will be but those who are supporting pr. Cunningham have req son to feel jubilant
 And MT. Conner and his supporters also see the coming of his end The cocksureness affected Dy him has .n- ished and he sees his finish in the near future He has engaged noted ora tor to make speeches in his own Coun- t.r of Jefferson because he knows that if it is not already lost 1t is fast slip ping away from him. He has recent Iy spent several days in his old home County of Barbour, trying to save that for himself. His actions and speeches show the desperation of doubt and fear, for he fee. the earth of his po- litical ambition giving away. His ef- forts now are to Save as much from the wreck as possible.
 But the fact that the Conner cause is getting desperate and that pr. cum ningham's prospects are growing brighter is no reason for the latter's friends to cease their good work un- der the belief or assurance that the battle is already won. We repeat that an election is never sure until the votes are counted. The days that remain will offer many opportunities for good and effective work. Let us have a whirlwind nnish, and let the result show that the friends of good government wanted to do good an1 complete job and put Mr. Conner on the shelf in good shape, as far as the Gov ernorshfr is concerned.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-23

Elect me President of the Railroad Commission and I will make every thing lovely, cried candidate Conner two years ago. My wicked partners" won't agree with me and I won't play, cries out President Conner. elect mo Governor and I will make things hum. If that misfortune snould beflll the State look out to hear him cry, I can't get the peo les rigf until I am In the United States Senate. Put me there and will take the monsters by the throat good and strong. He should stay where the people placed him two years ago and show that he Is capa- ble of doing something for the public good before seeking other positions which he has so far demonstrated he is not qualified to fill.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-23

If Mr. Conner thinks he can stine the honest expression of sentiment by men prominent in this State with mo- tices which look to libel suits. he will find himself mistaken. There was nothing in the interview with Hon. J. F. Thompson of Bibb which The Ad- vertiser published few weeks ago which can be tortured into libel. He was member of the State Legisla- ture and simply stated facts of his knowledge as to MT. Corners attitude towards child labor legislation before the Legisla- lure of 1908. There are too many witnesses to Mr. Comer's atti- tude at that time for him to cry out libel when confronted with 1t now. The present law Is not the one which Mir Conner fought-it is the one which he was willing to have adopted, De- cause it practically amounts to noth- ing. MT. Thompson speaks for him self in another column in today's is- sue.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-23

Some men really talk as if they be- lieve all that MT. Conner would have to do if elected Governor would be to tell railroads they must haul freight and passengers free and that 1t would be done. The Governor has no more power over directing railroad regula- tion than any other citizen That power is lodged with a Railroad Com mission of which Mir. Conner Is now President and if he had been one tenth as zealous in attending to the duties of his position as he has been in seeking to get another, many things for the benefit of the people of this State might have been accomplished. He has been found wanting in the one position where he mlght have power over railroads. and should not be elected to another until he fulfils some of the promises ne made two years ago.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-23
DRIFTWOOD
BY PHIL H. ARMSTRONG
Broken ResleetIons.

Broken Reflections. They scofr at revenge who never felt a grudge.
 The average girl mistakes indiges- ton for love.
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 Birds of a fe~.her flock together in the millinery window i,
 Highway robbery is still practiced. but is mostly confined to summer hoe tel proprietors. walters and bell boys. There ! none so blind as those who are in lovc.
 The neares. way to mans SIcass heart S is back. remember the dsyis 6 ! < to pay. All correspondence. scho9ls do not them do! $ @a
 The farmers are cheerful down these ing they viii blow corn, The most eloquent sermons are found in the message of the roses and the
 @%e
 .Tbe average man expects a mountain oyoFe of Feaiization o't of mole hill of A The girl with dimple is always the most cheerful We object to poets calling 1t Lady Moon because t gets full. blind.
 ali the pee ail the time. The . lightppingg Igehpg ,aS rod man puts up '-'''''' " ~
 The revenue officer isn't an artist be- cause he goes after 5. .stiil" life
 Talking it over.
 T understand she Is making quite success of herself. ing.
 Certainly Not.
 He--You wouldn't let poverty stand .sSe: Wsil, you wouldn't expect me
 By Che sea.
 Don't you think my bathing suit 'WeiI, 1t may be coming S,ut 1t isn't here yet, replied i the cynie' Home Comforts. Oh, the rose don't grow no redder Than 1t does in this here State, Oh, the birds don't sing no better Than thev do in this here State. Oh. there's no place anywhere Got girls one-half so faiI% 1 Or aught that can compare With things in this here State Oh. the peoples hearts amt bigger | Than they are in this here State. | On a home you'd better flgger { Right in this here State. Making cotton and the corn 'Twixt twili0h" | Oh, I'm RiPr
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-23

ident Of two or more big corporations, and one of the largest holders of cor poration stock in ti,e State of Ala bama, is selected as 1. ..e Moses wno is to deliver the people from. corporation bondage! Isn't that somewhat stranger
 It is not strange to one who knows Mir. Colner. He is in class by him. self and must not be centnred for do- in.s what he censures in others. He has grown rich through corporations but that does not prevent him from posing as an anti-corporation man.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-23
TEST PORTO RICANs.
One Hundred VIII Be Used on LOuis-
 iana Sugar Plantation.

New Orleans. La, Aug. 22.-One hundred Porto Ricans 10 De tried as experiment on Louisiana sugar plan tations, landed here today from the steamer Arkadia,. having shipped at San Juan.
 The experiment. is being made under the auspices rf the Louisiana immi- grafton league. If 1t Is a success. large numbers of the islanders will be brought here to supply tho annual la hor scarcity on the plantations.
 On the arrival of the Arkadta the laborers were taken ca board tug to Avondale and from there Will/be dis tributed along the route of the South ern Pacific railroad.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-23
John B. Ward For Commissioners I<0f
 Agriculture and Industries.
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 Hon. John B. Ward. who is now pe- fore the people of Alabama as candl- date for Commissioner of AgficulturS and Industries. is recognized as one oA owns near AbbevilIe one of the most valuable and magnificent farms u Henry county, and feels paraohatpsllee tsl . pride that he is numbered with ne ssRes aSRsst rysSt Interest m inc praepca scientific agriculture. and IS round ln the front rank of every move whtch tends toward the development ana up- building of his chosen vocation, or ~ the betterment of his brother farmer. He keeps well informed on the various industries of the country, and the en . thusiastic interests he manifesLs m tne material development or the vast mn hin- eFal and agricultural resources or Ala bama Is one of the strong evidences of his adaptibility and suitaoieness TOT the office he seeks.
 He is a man of public spirit, and has been four times elected by the people of his county as their representative in the legislature Of our State. ana four years of that time he served as ture and Industries This posi- brought him in closer touch with great interests of that departmen' further helped to qualify him important duties of that high oF War1 is also a man of fine int ity and high character. IT and public life can he refe himself and friends with p that of high-toned chrf man.
 Taking all things into we doubt If there is
 the great State of
 qualified or more su
 the duties of the off
 CT of Agriculture
 John B. Ward. Cor
 come to the poll'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-23
ICE COMPANY INvEsrTGATION.
New Evidence Given New York Grand
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New Evidence Given New York Grand
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 New York, Aug s2.-AlthouEh the foreman Of the grand jury azfounced today that the investigation to discov. CT whether there is a conspiracy to in' crease the price of ice in this city waa finished, Judge Rosalsky called tho foreman and one other member of ths jury to the bench and gave them a great deal of evidence which had been given in civil suits Against the Amer. ican Ice Company.
 Judge RosaIsky said. pointing out some of the evidence he offered. "thera is evidence of criminality." Subse- quently it was announced that the ice investigation would be continued by the grand jury. it was reported that Judge Rosalsky threatened to keep the jury in session for several weeks in order to obtain positive action on the ice question.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-23

One of the oddities of the Georgia campaign happened-or rather didn't happen-in Americus. Colonel Berner was scheduled to make Hoke Smith speech in the little city and Mrs. My rick, editress of The Times Recorder served notice on him that she would demand the right to divide time and reply to him from the same platform We don't know what manner of public sneaker Mrs. Myrick is, but 1t Is mo- ticeabie that Colonel Berner didn't speak at Americus.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-23
A DISGRACE.
In The Kansas City Journal of last Thursday appears the following:

In The Kansas City Journal or last Thursday appears the following:
 The recent instance of "snitehing'' at the city hospital when a lawyer was admitted to wiring settlement con tract from negro who had had poth made necessary because of a railroad accident Is about the limit of this class of legal abomination: It appears !. It the negro, poor and praeticalix n so badly hurt that he was taken to the city hospital There 1t was decided to amputate both legs in order to save his life. This operation was scarcely over, and the patient certainly had not recovered from the shock, when lawyer gained entrance to the ward made the suffering man sign an out ra geous "agFeement' whereby the lawyer was authorized to collect dam ages for the injury, most of which tor But this was not all of the re- voltino transaction. The railroad paid the injured man a certain sum ..ag..o or ment" rl,e" that this should be given to the lawyer, the lauer brought suit in a remote justice of the peace court Tar out of the city and an attachment was as | issued against the helpless patient III the city hospital.
 As we infer from the article all ef- forts to protect the unfortunate vic- tim were unavailing. The lawyer had too we'll fortified himself and got the money The law is high and noble calling but it, like all other profes- sions and occupations. is not wholly free from shysters and men who are always on the lookout for an oppor- tunity to grab good fee. When one invades a hospital and takes advan- tage of an ignorant and half-conseious negro it really seems that the limit has been passed. It is not likely that the law will give the negro any relief but for the honor of the prOfes- sion the reputab members or the bar ought to take upNthe case of this dis grace to their number.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-23
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corn silks in the bright
 glare.
 dTn spring d bless you you didn't charge me thing. And each summer boarder who called you some namc Like "Lank LoveY Mary" and trtea to make gamS Of your form that had never heard tell of "rad" Like we loved your cooking ana cougn- ed up to ded
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-23

The Columbus Enquirer-Sun begins an editorial paragraph with these words: Candidate O'Teal. who wants to be Lieutenant Governor of Florida" Beg pardon, but MT. O'Neal is very well satisfied with Alabama and isn't running for any office in Florida.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-23

The shefield Standard has published a splendid edition showing the indus trial and other good features of that growing city. Sheffield has been quietly going forward for several years past. and there Is every reason Tor believing that 1t has just com aneneed to grow.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-23

\ The Greenvills Advocate wants to Know if "you ever heard of Mir. C-mer making b speech for the new Consti- IAution?" Of course not. He was too busy looking after his mOney-making senterprises to think of a thing like that. Besides that he wasn't a candi- date for anything at that ime ana had no personal incentive. be Advo- gate further ss--@i { pr. Cunningham stumped the State an ifs advocaEy at his own expense Where would we be now but for the naw Constitution2 We would either sSnve fS rive under negro domination, CT keep up the corruption of the bal iot box until the whole body polite would be rotten, or disfrane9bIse fran sbie dhS the
 So1eht for the new Constitution and it
 won by his as well as @ the eff efforts di Mr or Conner advocating its ratification He
 may have done so, but did you near
 him7 Or do you know if he voted Tor
 at?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-23

E91 AtA4Y Ap@E39X TOT 4uuD. .ASsnWt Net S1ndny Average for June III y0s9 
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 The foregoing statement of The Advsr- efssr's circuiation for the month of June.l 1906. fs trus and correct. and compiled after all returns from news boys news agents. spoiled and leftover contes have been de- ducted E & NOBLE.
 Circulation Manager. Sworn to amd subscribed before mo this tseaL1 F ". JACKSON
 Notary Public.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-23

? To use a common expression, Dr. Cunningham has got 'em a runnin' |"
 .ll over the State. MT. Conner isn't so many as he was.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-23
FOR AFRICANS.
1ple Suddenly Mnde Worth |. Hundred Million.

VI
 Hundred Million.
 ia, Wis., Aug 22-Ten resi- fhs city claim to be heirs to Ate of the late Michael Roup. a r of Germany. who left fortune 100, GOO 900.
 Edward Roup of Buffalo. came here esterday and after consulting with him the ten waukesha heirs signed afh- davits affirming their kinship with the of deceased brewer, There said to be at thirteen heirs in all The German Am the bassador in Washington has communi- Jes UT cated with the heirs and says the estate fl are in in bona fide.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-23

Taking 1t by and large, we have been having some weather lately that ought to satisfy lovers of steam treat sneEt.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-23

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-23

According to the Conner papers, from The Birmingham News down to The Living Truth, the issue in this cam. inc public; Conner Is the peoples can didate." If this Is so, we have come face to face ith some remarkably
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-23

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-23
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-23
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