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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-26
TO-DAY IN HISTORY

Name Day: Justina. sun rises at
ga; sets at 5:56.
r.. l5TsM,congrsss appointed BENJAMIN
Of Fra France They We're the first per.
appointed tied by the United M
Plenipotentiary, but as the country
had not yet been Acknowledged by any
power. they were designated by the
title of Commissioners"
1777.A-The British army under Lord
Howe entered Philadelphia, Wash
ington's army lay at Shippack's Creek,
eighteen miles distance from the
iiso-The advance of CORVALLIS
army, consisting of Tarleton's legion,
Court House, under Colonel Davis.
17S9.-Edmund Randolph commits
stoned first Attorney General of the
iSo4.-An unfounded report Of hos
Titles on the part OF Morocco brought
two American men-of-war to that
isisSIPriyateer schooner Saratoga
OF New York, ten guns and ZIG men,
captured by boarding British packet
men of Surtnam.
IS14.-American privateer brig.
General Armstrong;. ATTACKED in Fayal
SS sStFs sbB port 9y the %ee boats twe
beaten on, and Several Of the boats
sunk. Captain Reid was Obliged to
Scuttle MS FebSelS anu the brltiSn
town II she was not delivered up.
American loss. two killed, seven
wounded; British loss, 100 killed. 100
1s2S.~A monument erected at Char
lestown, Mass, to the memory Of John
100 years after his death./ 1t is a
monopolisth fifteen feet high and four
feet square at the bottom; the ex-
pense of which was betrayed by a
Contribution Of one dollar from each
ls2s.-The society Of Friends in
of the Bible in large type and on fino
fSli.-Richard Riker, for many years
Recorder of the City Of New York,
1S55.SThe cornerstone OF the Ma
sonic Hall laid in philadelphia with
ing in procession.
I899.-Admiral Dewey arrived in
New York harbor.
19O1.-The first race between Sham
rock II and Columbia was a failure,
owing to the wind falling.
(Service by American Press News,
Washington, ID. CD
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-26
willing to Accommodate.

President Eliot, of Harvard. is no be-
lever in the Rooseveltian spelling re-
form. Once there was a student who
was a candidate for the degree of Doc
tor OF Philosophy. This man adopted
spelling reform at his particular line
of work, and as commencement day
drew near. he went to President Eliot
with a request. You know, Mr. Pres
ident," he said. that you are proposing
to make me a Phi d. Now, I have made
speciality of spelling reform and I
always spell philosophy with an f.. I
therefore called to ask you If you could
not make by degree F. D. instead Of
Phi. D." Certainly my dear SIR replied
the President of Harvard. in fact, II
you insist we shall make D. E."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-26

Missouri. Florida, Alabama. Mississippi
showing how Chattanooga and it's dis
trict Is advertised abroad. These i'm.
for and located In and CLOSE to Chat
tanooga, at Soddy and Dayton, all in.
the commercial district of Chattanooga
1t Is very gratifying to state that these
immigrants have already been at
work to bring others here showing that
they are well pleased with their new
adopted country and q number of them
have also declared their intention to
become citizens Of the United States
This Is the class of immigrants we
want here and no others and the cor
of your manager proves
that the coming year win overshadow
the past year Ia regard of success, a
wide-awalxe agency. has been establish
ed at central location in Europe Gov.
ering, Germany. Austria, Switzerland,
in fact all the territory where the Gei
man language is used and where we can
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-26
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Two Kind. of Negro.

Editor The Advertiser:
Sire. that is not riot, it is rev.
Gentlemen Of the Southern states,
the Atlanta episode is not mob. it
is an eruption.
Before the wild Africans were do
mesticated in the South they preserved
I'm their new homes the savage instinct
OF outbreak and combat but when the
importations OF the race ceased the
cile and tractable and contented hui
man beings. Elkajah Watson tells. in
his notes Of horseback ride in 1777,
South Carolina. that In the swamps
between Georgetown and Charleston.
fourteen nude negro men, who were
slaves into The he g9ad
from single-bar fowling piece up
on them, one discharge. and they fed
into the break. There is no record of
The South since the native born negro
has constituted the population Of that
race. The one or two instructions of
william Lloyd Garrison and his set
laid ID thoroughly digested scheme OF
slave instruction, from Louisiana to
b II the nrd 6STtes Of the a as
Brown. backed by Gerritt Smith, some
fanatlcal women OF New England ana
Others attempted n to start gaiversa
state OF importation and the native
negro corrupted by fanatical expert
are the two extremes OF race history in
this country. He rapidly overcame
the savage state; the wit OF man and
being exhausted in fanaticai expert
mental interference with the racial in
stincts of the native born. 1t is
grave travesty on conscience and or
binary intelligence to contend that
John Brown was hung under civilized
conditions ana at the same time admit
that the Vice. President of the United
states set righteous example in the
delivery of studied eulogy on June
30 last, on the occasion of the unveil-
inS or a monument TO John Brown,
insurrection.
1t may be accepted to the credit OF
the negro now In the South that IL
ityf on its merits i f Would ID rear SFp up the
strongest civilization the annals of
time ever recOrued, In the lives of the
Sor people TT tNe SSai Negro ia
to the white mans mind and con-
science, has no equal 1t is all fuss
and fustian. talk about negro labor IN
capable of Operating cotton mills, for
instance. was porn and reared in
sight OF a cotton mill. Ave stories high,
where not Il thread was ever spun by
white weaver. The superintendent
was Isaac. Colt. black negro slave.
The building anu ali the machinery
was on the spot from 1912 to 1866
long enough to prove that negroes may
be depended on to operate O cotton
mill provided ranaticism stands aside
in the time OF proof
The brilliant Atlanta editor, Mr..
John Temple Graves. 10 busy admon-
ishing his contemporaries OF the press
how TO write about the Atlanta erup-
sane and safe advice than President
James Buchanan gave on Tie occasion
of John Browns raid. Abraham Linz
coin followed close upon John Brown.
The Hague Conference w1li never
have to deal with so lnomentous ana
implacable a kact of conflict as the
negro question in the South frseusi-
fies and proIongs.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-26
critical Time for Negroes.

ChattanOOga IiMeb,
Nothing quite so threatening and de-
nlorable has happened in the South for
MANY years as the outbreak Of race an
Ia gonisms in Atlanta Saturday night
The explanation of the riot is easy
twelve criminal assaults by negro men
on white women and children within
two months. six of them within ten
DAYS and four in one day, Saturday, and
which forced the climax. The only
wonder is that the people of the Geor
gia capital were able to restrain for so
long a time the anger and rage of the
populace under such trying circum-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-26

Montgomery Is TO be congratulated
upon the action OF the City Council in
passing a resolution asking the Mayor
to take steps to prevent the presenta-
ton next Thursday night Of the play
called The Clansman," and the prompt
approval of the resolution by Mayor
league. It IS not play at these
times and conditions and upon the.
score Of proper police precaution tho
step Is well taken.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-26

Of bonds has excited q great deal OF
comment. As The Baltimore Sun
views II, New York is not supposed to
be bankrupt. Her credit is good. But
the money market Is not on the four
per cent. basis just now, II appears,
especially when a twenty-year term
Is compulsory. In July s1l,ooo.ooo New
York bonds were sold on an average
3.94 basis, when city officials faneied
that New York should be able to get
money at three per cent. or even as
low as two and a half per cent The
net bonded debt OF that city, according
to Moody's. is s526.2os.ooo; the gross
refunded debt. s62I.s9e, oee."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-26
Federal Regulation of Intra-state Traf-
DC.

Admission. Sept "a. 1906.
Referring to your editorial of the
24th inst, in reference to the move
ment started by the Board of Trade
in Pennsylvania. looking to the enact
ment of Federal laws, fixing an uni
form rate of two cents mile on all
the, railroads OF the United States, 1
cannot ssaMs u Understand why you are al
pie of Alabama that the Government
has no control over railroad corpora
tons. or their charges for passenger
1t is well recognized that the Gov
eminent may regulate the charges of
common carriers, engaged in interstate
traffic. and that the State may like
state traffic. There Is no reason in
law or morals why the Government
may not fix the maximum charge for
passengers at two cents a mile, IL
that rate gives a fair compensation to
the railroad for the services rendered
All railroads, instead of being pure
ly private corporations as you sug-
gest, are quasi-public corporations. or
private corporations exercising public
franchises, and therefore. subject to
Governmental control You may put
II down safely that no matter what
dividends the railroads are earning.
they viii never reduce the rate unless
forced to do SO by the Government
or, the State within their respective
spheres.
1t is very evident that in many per-
lions of the country a three cent rate
is excessive. and gives more than a
fair return TO the railroads for carry
ing passengers. This being che case,
It would not be out OF place for the
rates to be reduced.
People who. ride on passes are never
disposed to think that any rate Is too
6igh for Ono other hsrp people to pay but thoss
are exceedingly anxious not to have
to pay more than the services are ac-
Yours very truly,
A.. p. Agee.
II Mr.. Agee had quoted the opening
paragraph of The Advertiser editorial
on which he comments. there would
be no need for us to say one word in
reply. The Advertiser said:
One more step towards paternalism
ment looking to the enactment of Fed
eral laws fixing an uniform rate of two
cents a mile on all the railroads of
the United States.
There is no suggestion in the edi-
torial OF denial of right of regulation
by Congress for interstate matters.
The article was intended to combat
the idea of Federal law regulating
and controlling railroads on business
originating inside and ending inside
the States. That is a proposition which
should be left to the State authori-
ties, and with which in the absence of
Federal ownership, the United States
has nothing to do
The Advertiser is not trying and has
not tried to impress upon the people
the idea that the government has
no control over railroad corporations
or their charges for passenger and
freight traffic" On the contrary, we
recognize to the fullest extent that
the Federal government, through its
designated channels, has the right
to regulate interstate matters. On the
other hand, we are old-fashioned
enough to believe that it has no right
to interfere in purely local railroad
conditions, that right lodging with
the state governments to be exercised
through their designated channels.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-26
oaa,tse. Of colo, pI,pdpes..

The most common FORM OF color
blindness is an inability to distfn-
guish red. Last year thirty-four ofs-i
GERS and weuld-be officers OF the Brit.
ish mercantile marine failed on thsir
color test, twenty-three being red blind
and the remainder unable to distin-
Guish green. The 1900 candidates for
certificates were also subjected to tho
form vision tears, and twenty-five of
them failed to distinguish the shape
of the object submitted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-26

Fort Deposit, Ala, Sept. "a. 1906.
Editor The Advertiser:
In your issue of today you have a
very suggestive letter on Cotton Seed
Prices" from J. 81. Carter OF Ansley,
Ala. He shows very conclusiVely that
the cotton seed oil men of Alabama
have formed a combination in restraint
of trade. and that they are paying more
than fifty per cent less for seed than
they should pay: that IS about seven
dollars a ton. At this rate. the oil
mills viii get some forty-odd million
dollars that Justly belong to the cotton
farmers. Mr.. Carter advises the farm
ers to keep the seed and return them
to te soil, which is doubtless excellent
advice. and there is yet another way.
Let the farmers meet combination with
minimum price of cotton. The South
ern Cotton Growers Association can
easily meet this condition. The pro-
ducts of the cotton seed are constant
ly increasing in value, so that now the
oil is almost as much of a necessity
to commerce as the cotton itself. Let
the Southern Cotton Growers Associa-
tion fix the minimum price of seed at
the same time at which they nix the
price of cotton. Let the warehouse
Project include the withdrawal of the
surplus seed from the market by the
purchase, at tine minimum price. of the
seed of those farmers who feel Compel
ed to part with their seed at sacrthce:
This will curtail the dividends on oil
mill stock. but vastly increase the an
nual assets of the farm.
j. Floyd Collins.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-26

lLIltaHUuB3 1IMe@ =,
Temple Graves joins Issue with Sena-
tor Bacon on the government owner
ship of railways proposition. The ATT
lanta editor is for the Bryan prope-
sition." Between Mr.. Graves and Mr.
Bryan the proposition. ought to be
effectually ''vocabuiaried" to death Ia
time for the 1908 convention.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-26

Evidently the Ohio Democrats are
beginning to sit up and take notice.
They are going to place the good old
Democratic rooster on the Official bal
lots this year. after an absence of
about fourteen years. Hope he will
feel like Growing after the election is
over.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-26
The Editor In Politics.

PeOrla WILL JOurndt
pr ss that fESH or We SnSred The the
Omaha Bee. would not win out in his
ed true.
This was founded on the fact that
the conscientious editor must. in the
pursuit of his profession, make many
enemies and bitter ones. 1t is unavoid-
able. In his quality OF journalist he
is called on to take part in party quar-
rels. and that makes enemies He
must at times denounce prominent
citizens. and that makes enemies. He
must denounee vice, and that arrays
the vicious against him.
enemies are all active. His friends are
not so. Result: he goes down.
We have had experience of the rule,
so far as 1t applies to newspapermen,
right here in the city of Peoria. The
late Enoch Emery was probably one Of
the ablest men Of his time, and he was
afflicted with a hankering after con-
gressional honors. But he could not
get to congress. Why? Because Enocn
Emery was not only an able but an ag-
gressiye editor. He took The Tran
script in its infancy and built it up into
poy-erful newspaper, but in the course
many enemies in his own party that
the coveted honor could never come to
him. They were on hand at every con-
vention, and they fought him as though
their lives depended on his defeat.
The consequence was that Enoch
Emery, able Republican editor. living
in a strong Republican district, went
down to his grave with his political
longings unsatisfed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-26

What is whisky" inquiries a con-
temporary. and it is stated that the
Pure Food Commission is going to in
vestigate the matter. Well, II they
take the samples as they come ana
try to settle the question by taste the
report is likely to be a wonderful
piece of work.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-26

Mr.. Bryan is going over to Eufaula,
Il. To- to make a speech to the red
men. Tomahawks and sealping knives
to be left at the entrance of the hall.
but a few war-whoops viii be al
lowed
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-26

The Montgomery Advertiser de-
clares the Florodora girls are al
ways with US" You ought to be
ashamed TO blab about il in that braz-
en- way.-Rome Tribune
Oh. you goo-goo hypocrite! You
aEe only envious.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-26

New York Sun.
Mrs. Knicker--Do your husband
ever ask you what you do with your
money?
"Brs. Boower-No; he's a bank di-
rector.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-26

The President is using Taft SO fire.
quently that there are many who look
on the Secretary as the big stick"
so often referred to. He is certainly
big enough,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-26
Net Daily Average for August $3.50. 1885
Nef snnday AyeraGe for August .1I,ol

ri s. Noble, Circulation Manager OF the
MONTGOMERY Advertiser. being duly sworn
says;
The foregoing statement of The Adver-
Users circulation for the month OF august
1906. Is true and correct, and computed ar
tar all returns frem news bows, news
agents. spoiled and leftover copies have
hsen deducted E. S. NOBLE,
Circulation Manager
Sworn to and subscribed before me this
2eth day Of September 1905.
(sealI r. w JACKSON.
Notary Public
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-26

Very recently New York city offer
ed 100000 of four per cent. bonds for
sale. The fact that only one bid was
received and that for only 800 worth
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-26
Points n Moral.

SI. Joseph tVnO.J GIeSS.
The death of Edward Rosewater
leads to the consideration of another.
but intimately related, SUBJECTIVE
editor in politics. The recent defeat
of Clark Howell. editor of The Atlanta
Constitution is also in point. The
editor of a newspaper should never be
a candidate for of1ce. 1t is much more
worth while to be the editor of such
newspapers as The omaha Bee and
Atlanta Constitution than it is to be
senator or governor. Editors create or
unmake senators and governors: The
the right sort of editor. neither polltl-
clan nor corporation nor any other
When the editor asks for office, he must
surrender the priceless jewel Of indie
pendence When he does that, ne
weakens his power with the public. for
the public sees at once that he cannot
serve two masters-the public and his
personal ambition. He may never get
rich editing But there are other cora
pensations in life than wealth and.
besides, he can't become wealthy in
politics if he is honest. If he is bent
on an Office holding career, he should
quit the triDod-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-26
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Suppress the Dives.

bITnIHBHdM NeWs.
There is reason to believe that In
lie the Importance of suppressing the
vagrancy evil and of abolishing the
dives and joints in the negro district
which have been largely responsible
for the crimes committed. 1t is also
expected that the general attack on
the negroes may open the eyes of Of
attempts at criminal assaults on white
women in and around the city. Like
causes produce like results. /and many
of the Northern and Western cities
have engaged in race riots on much
less provocation than the Atlanta peo-
ple had
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-26
Wobbiy In its Legs.

NTaQSdem JOuTnaI.
Mark Twain asks the Associated
Press to adopt for three months the
new spelling rules, and says by that
time no one would be willing to go
back to the present mongrel rules. -
this Is intended as a joke Marks
sense of humor must be getting wob-
bly, on its legs
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-26

The Tribune attributes to President
Roosevelt good motives, but he is az
badly fooled in his recognition OF Re-
publican leaders In the South as ever
was one of his predecessors. The dit
ference which weighs against him is he
has had the lighl of a third centuryS
record before him
Today Alabama Republicanlsnl is at q
lower stage than it was ten years ago.
Its leadership is its barrier even to
hope of success.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-26

Grove Hill Democrat
Roosevelt seems tending toward
condition of affairs in Cuba that viii
make Intervention on the part of the
United States necessary for the protec-
Well, If we are to take things that
don't belong to us, let us get them as
near home as possible. 1t looks bet
ter than going to the other side of the
world for them.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-09-07
NO CHARGE l2 DAYS IN JAIL.
Woman Committed to Prison "by
 Mistake''-Release Far on.

MlSt8ke -ltelehSc + af Ou.
 New York. Sept 7.-Through mistake" a woman has been held in the Jefferson Market po- lice court jail for twelve days without any charge against her. The woman is Mrs Agnes Peterson. B years old. of 13 West Twenty-sixth street. She was arrested on warrant on August 27. charged with misdemeanor by Mrs Lizzie Cunningham of 224 West Thirty-ffth street. Magistrate Cor nell was then sitting at Jefferson Market. It appeared that the women had quarrel the night before and the case was dismissed, and Mrs Pe- terson was discharged.
 It was on Monday. the biggest day of the week. Magistrate Cornell had just come in for the day to relieve Magistrate wahle. and Bridge Officer John Foley had gone that morning on his vacation, leaving the bridge in charge of a green policeman. In the confusion Magistrate Cornell signed q commitment paper instead of re- lease. and the woman. not realizing what had been the verdict. was led back to prison.
 Mrs Peterson had been locked up for nearly week and half without any one noticing the mistake. when Acting Warden Dorsey of the Jeffer- son Market court prison in looking over his papers found no charge against the woman. He supposed that she had been held for examina- tion. but on questioning the clerks 1t was found that there was no record of an adjourned hearing in the case Later. it was discovered that papers for the woman's release had been signed and sent to the district attor- ney's office.
 It will now be impossible to obtain the woman's freedom from jail until papers of release are signed by Mag istrate Cornell. who Is at present ont of the city. Chief Clerk Samuel Will Hanson sent papers to Magistrate Cornell at Baysi.ie. l.. l.. yesterday by special delivery mail: but It has since been learned that the magistrate has gone to North Carolina on an ex- tended vacation- It will therefore be several days before the unfortunate woman can be set ct liberty. The only other means of freeing the woman is fo get release papers signed by a supreme court justice. hut there is a great dead of rel tape and a con- siderable fee attached to this meth osl. sni Mrs Peterson Is poor ana without friends So she continues to lie in the prison although legally sne is free.
 Tn the meantime the woman who is fin q delIczte condition. is in . very nervous state. owing to the trials of the last two weeks. and she may bave fo be removed to Bellevue hospital before shs is dischargci from GUS tody.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-09-07
MILK AND FOOD INSPECTOR
Will Stit on His Rounds Again in
 Interest of Pure Food.

Now that Milk and Food Inspector Keeley has returned from New York, he expects to get busy in few days and in short time with the assis- tance of Sanitary Inspector Callahan make tour of the bakeshops in this city. After cleaning up the slaugh- ter houses. sausage factories and meat markets. the board of health instructed Messrs Keeley and Calla- han to go ahead and see in what condition were the bake shops and fish markets. They had just started in on their work when Dr Keeley was injured and forced to go to the Pas tuer institute, and the work could not be continued. Only few shops had been investigated and they were found to be in very good condition.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-09-07
2 SPECIALS IN KNIT UNDER
WEAR.

Ladies Medium Weight Knee
 Pants. small sizes, regular price
 25c. Saturday, 12 1-2c Ladies Extra Size Vests. shaped
 bodies. low neck. with short
 sleeves. regular price z5e- Sat-
 urday, l9c