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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-11
Race Question in the North.

Schenectady. N. r., Union.
 The Presbvterian General Assembly to meet in Des Moines, Iowa. in this month. Among the dleegates will be some Of the colored race but the ho- tel-keepers have given notice that they will not entertain negro delegates Even some of the leading members sc the Presbyterian Churches of that StY are Of the same opinion as the ho'el- Keepers and will exclude the colored delegates. The native American settlers CT Iowa came almost whohy from the older States of the North and North east.
 Ther" are only 13.O00 negroes in the State and no State has a lower per centage of illiteracy according to the census figures than Iowa So here we may. expect to find as conservative sentiment in the race question as in any other part of the North. but we here find in Iowa the white people s attitude toward the negro practically the same as in> the South.
 Then, really, is there any difference Tn the treatment of the negro. North or South? Not in the slightest except f anything the Southerner uses the negro better than we do here In the North. but the Southerner keens the negro in his correct place socially
 He IS not an equal to the white man and neither can he be and he cannot he made so because he belongs to the same religious denomination as the Whtte man or the same political or g7nization as the white man. This ls calling a spade a spade. but we whlte
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-11

publican cities have just gone Demo- cratic in their municipal elections, and says:
 Just what has caused this wonderful change n political sentiments is not at this time clear. It is, however. evident that the change Is not wholly due to local issues 9r local conditions. But that the helpless and discordant posi- tion of the Republican party at Wash ington Is becoming generally known all over the country5 and that these elec- tions are the first evidence the voters have given of entrustinR the political destiny of this government to the De- mocracy.
 It does seem that no political party has ever given more reasons, and a greater variety of them. for being put out of power than the Republican par .ty has been doing for months. It looks very much as if some of its leaders are trying to ride 1t to fall. and very hard one May the kindly fates help them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-11
Letters to the Editor.
Five sundays In February.

Editor The Advertiser:
 February has not had five Sundays since 1880. February will not have five Sundays until 1920. This interval Is forty years. February had five Sundays in 1880. 1852, 1924. 17S4. 175s. 172S, 1888. 1860, 1882, 1904. The ordi. nary interval between these occur rences as will be seen, is twenty eight years, until a centennial year is ap- preached that is not leap year, thus the interval is forty years, for one time, after which the ordinary interval Iof twenty-eight years resumes its sway until the aforementioned condition Is again approached. Centennial years are not leap-years unless they are exactly divisable by four hundred Every other year; ex- February will have five Sundays In 1920. 1s4S, 1876, 2004, 2032. 2060. 20SS, |212s, 2156, PISA, 2224, 2252, 22SO.2S2O, 234S, 2376, 2404 I can give every year Of this occurrence from the year four, of the Christian Era, to the year four thousand and four (4OoD of the Christian Era, Conner may be Governor of something in 1920. -
 507, Alabama street,
 Selma, Ala.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-11

people up North misht just as well De frank and honest about this ques- tion as to play the hypocrite. as most
 We W VU go on at times and talk about how much we do for the negro as com pared with what the Southerner does :. ing for the negro up here? Few of menial employment, Few of us will trust him q, ,exeepi, p,,l in s,ys rsle him aims es. cepf occasionally. Yet in the very South. where the treatment of the ne ne rroes is condemned by ssivt us MGrtnefhs ths white mans servant. He is trusted by the Southerner as much as we trgss our white servants. He Is cared Tor In acH fact' the "Dss negro T is treated better n the South than he Is here In the Norm.
 But all this time he is taught to know his place socially ana nronsr srisoc social spher- he Is accorded all the average Kindness that he should or cap ex- pect: As to the question ol tne ne- groes soul and his relations to his Maker there can be no question but that. cfe- ated by God. the good Lord looks upon him with as much pity, love and nope otherwise But so far as the earthly concern of the negro goes and his relations to the white race. he must the the same social status, and this means that he cannot expect white people to sit at the same table with him or to mingle with him in various phases or life as with other white men.
 However, we Northerners may. preach to the contrary, it is fact that we do not make the negro our equal in an~ particular sense except this: that we accord to him the same relation to God and future salvation his ideas may enjoy. Of course. the negro has the right to work and earn liveli- hood. No one can dispute this. It IS sometimes makes 1t a difficult problem for him. But how can it be- avoided? The barrier of caste is impossible. man by preaching or teaching can make them different. It Is the negro's misfortune, to be sure. and the solution of the question is no nearer than 1t was fifty years ago except that we all concede that the negro should not be euslaved
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-11

New York Times.
 In one respect the Hepburn Rate bill " draughtmanship ever seen. It makes no difference what is added to it. or what Is subtracted from it, 1t always means the same thing. It was perfect equally excellent with 1t, and there are two or three other amendments which will improve 1t, and the defeat of which will not injure it.
 tion or the subtraction of any or all of these amendments signifies anything regarding the Prtsident's victory or the triumph of his foes. There Is not the sfiohtest basis for the suggestion that the Standard oil diversion is just such a beating of gongs as now arouses the Chinese camp whenever there Is an- other temblor at San Francisco. The trp-h is that 1t was preordained in the constitution of the universe that what ever rate bill should be passed, or should not be passed, should be exactly what was originally in the mind of our President. Things which are equal to the same thing are equal to each other. its many phases has always been equal to the Presidents thought and inten- tion, 1t follows that its final form must be the precise content of It's original conception. for the President has never changed his attitude and ntvr can change it.
 Therefore the Hepburn bill is identi- cal with the Esch-Toynsend bill. and the Idea that discussion has uncovered any blemishes In either must he aban- and satisfied as tho President. and the bill is to pass almost unanimously, which merely proves again that the President has never embarrassed or of inconS 'stencies so freely and inconsis- tently alleged by his baffled critics.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-11

It seems to us that the efforts to prevent the distraction of Niagara Falls is branching out into a somewhat difficult proposition The Burton bill, now before Congress provides among various other things that 'the trans mission into the United States from the Dominion of Canada of electric power generated from the waters of the said Niagara River. or from any of it's trib- utaries, is hereby prohibited. We can't see how they can prevent electricity from crossing the line, but maybe they can find a way.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-11
No Foundation for Such Talk.

Bessemer Weekly. v
 Impertinent presumption for us to Cuote and comment or criticize any thing from our esteemed Birmingham contemporary, The Ledger, but it's is- sue of the End inst, tempts us some- what.
 editorial ert tied "Embarassing sS
 Captain Bankhead's position Is em- have decided that they do not want h.m to continue his. efforts for :he Warrior improvement"
 Now, we have no information. formation tc this effect, except the Ledger, and W. certainly doubt it bas the. straightest information on the. sub ject
 The people did not vote that Csp- tain Bankhead should cease to do his duty as Congressman as long as he holds that office. They simply voted for doubtedly. preferring the latter to the former; believing probably that be would render better or equally as creditable to the district.
 Captain Hobson may not have much confidence Tn the government improve tuscaloosa We do no know any one that has very exalted opinion of those improvements. Hundreds of tho1sands nnoasa %, of dollars lars have been s ex- river traffic? But eVon that does not prevent Captain Bankhead going ahead and getting more government appro- priations if he 's conscientious In this belief that he is serving his district and State.
 Again we Quo.e from the editorial
 How does Bdak1eAi knew that he should continue his work for the Tuscaloosa city and county endorsed, the district said mo"
 What bafderdash!
 Bankhead has common sense if some of his fool friends may not exhibit much of that article.
 Did the district as The Ledger states. vote against the government erecting a public building at Tuscaloo- sa? Who so silly as to assert such a thing.
 If as outlined by The Ledger. Cap tain Bankhead is disposed to sulk he will find that 1t would be more honor able and to his profit to Immediately resign his service and let his district elect one, who will attend to it's inter- ests. But the truth jis Captain Bank head is being maligned and belittled in the house of his friends. He will undoubtedly continue to do his duty in the future as in the past.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-11
A Song of YOu.

A Song of You. The blue bird whistles so merrily From the topmost branch of the apple tree And the only song he sings to ma ,.~ Is beautiful song of You. The winds in the tall pine moan and sigh; To others they seem to only cry. But I hear as they whisper far up on high.
 A beautiful song of You. The gurgling brook as 1t laughs along With never a thought of the worlds 6 wrong, Murmurs over and over the song
 The beautiful song of You. And thus all in Nature seem trying to say The words have tried to for many a day. So to tell you my love I have chosen this way:
 Just a beautiful song of Yonu.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-11
FRIDAY, MAY II, 1908.
HAvERsrIcK,s FALSE STATEMENT.

HAVERSTICksS FALSE STATEMENT.
 One W. Haverstick, a government building inspector is going about the country making damaging state- ments as to Montgomery without req son, and without truth. The Depart ment at Washington should put lock on the tongue of this man ,or give him to understand that reckless state- ments by him. which are damaging to communities. come with poor grace from government employees who receive the peoples money for public service and not for cheap talk.
 This building inspector has been in Norfolk where he read the people a lecture on their dirty streets. The Norfolk Ledger Dispatch ascribes to him this statement:
 Another cause for the dirt in the postoffice lobby" said the inspector, continuing. Ifs the filthy condition of saw anything like 1t. Norfolk has the most dirty streets of any of the 400 cities in which the government has public buildings, with the possible ex- ception of Montgomery. Ala"
 This is his only reference to Mont gomery but it is sufficient to do this city incalculable damage. There is no amplification of the reason for his fault-finding with Montgomery, noth- ing but the bald statement that of 400 of the most important cities of the United States. Montgomery has the dirtiest streets.
 This man Haverstick was in Mont gomery year ago when the annex to the government building was in course of construction and when the building proper was being remodeied. The of- fices and the corridors of the build ing were necessarily in an unsightly condition. He made recommendations for better cleaning of the building which were adopted.
 The dirtiest place abou the down town district of Montgomery is the all ley way on the west side of the gov ernment building. This is government property and the city has no control over it whatever.
 But what has a government building inspector to do with the condition Of the streets of any city? By whose au- Ihorlty does ne go aDout the country making statements which are unfair, unreasonable and consequently un- just?
 Our ire would not be aroused about this matter if it were not for the fact that it Is common knowledge that Montgomery is one of the cleanest cities in this country. The fact has been alluded to often by visitors and it is one of our boasts.
 There are many cities within a days ride of Montgomery that are un- speakably dirty. These cities are. of course, in the class referred to by Haverstick. Having more discretion than Haverstick, we will not call their names. Moreover the condition of the streets of these cities is none of our business.
 We merely started out to say that Haverstick has slandered Montgomery. We hope that our Mayor. cur Commer- cial Club or some of our citizens will call the attention of the authorities at Washington to the talkatave Haver- stick. He ought to be muzzled.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-11


 No surprise need be felt over the fact that the best people of Washing ton are indignant about the way the Senate Postal Committee treated the investigation into the Barnes case. That committee almost or quite ignored the charges against Barnes, and we agree with The New York Times that the local indignation is well founded. Possibly it was open to the committee to assume that charges of wanton brutality to a woman, for un- necessary severity in such a case is wanton brutality, and of subsequent misstatement of the case, do not af- feet the fitness of a candidate to be Postmaster of Washington. They might, on that ground, singular as the ground may seem, have declined to investigate. But having consented to investigate. they were surely bound to investigate fairly and fully. This 1t is vehemently denied they have done. Of the half dozen available eye-wit- nesses of the affair on which the charge was founded they summoned but one, or at least they publish the testimony of but one, ignoring the oth- CTS. They accept. in effect. the off, cial and ex parte version of the incl dent, the accuracy and the truthful ness of this version being the very question at issue. Evidently such a matter should not, and can not. be per- mitted to remain in such condition. D
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-11

Up in Indiana the Wabash River overflowed the fields and the farmers are wading around in the low places spearing big catfish. It is doubtless more fun than blowing.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-11

It took just three dozen hardboiled eggs at one meal to kill a Kentucky poet, and the presumption is that he failed to follow them with a chaser of good Kentucky brew.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-11
BEHIND THE TIMES.

And Dr. Cunningham continues to make campaign speeches with as much earnestness as if he really expected to ham News.
 The News is evidently ignorant of the conditions in the rural districts or 1t would not be so canny. The News has been behind the times before as 1t did not print Mir. Corners Tuscaloosa speech for a month after it was de- livered, and then 1t sent out the "re- vised" edition. And we suspect The News keeps in close touch with Mir. Comer's campaign headauarters and does not get the news from the mass es of the people of the State.-Tal- ladega Mountain Home.
 And the Home might have added that the so-called revised edition put out by MT. Conner after nearly a months delay, left out a great many things that he said. That Tuscaloosa speech or his was accurately printed in The Advertiser December 14. and con- tained his bitter denuncationss of Dem ocratio Governors, Legislatures and Constitutional Convention.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-11

Now it Is asserted that Gapon is
 alive again. We hardly know of a | man who dies and revives more fre- quently than this one.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-11

The Portland Oregonian remarks that the only thing left for Father sherman is to do as his father did just swear He will need to do a great deal Of it if he matches all that has beepf done by the Georgians on the subject.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-11

Some men lose their health getting wealthy and others lose their wealth getting healthy, so we guess it all comes out about even in the end.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-11
WHAT STATE PA PIERS ARE SAYING
pc MI nseertlsa V store.

When President Castrof pays his promised visit to the United States, he may be sure of warm reception at the office of the Asphalt trust.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-11
PLANTING TREES FOR PROFIT.

One reason why tree-plantlng as an investment is not more popular is that 1t requires so long to bring back re- turns. If a man puts money in mine, a railroad, a mill, or almost any other business he expects to begin getting returns almost or quite as soon as the industry thus helped or invested in 1 begins operations. Even if he buys a farm he expects it to pay him inter est or profit on his investment at l once.
 It is different with tree-planting If man pays his money for land. and spends money in planting and caring for trees, even if he plants the most rapid growing varieties, he must wait several years before he can get any thing back. and with some trees 8 man of even middle age can hardly hope to get any of his money back in the ordi- nary, span of human life. This is why tree planting as an investment is not more popular. 4
 And yet there is money in it in the long run, if not for the planter then his posterity will benefit by his in- vestment. A recent article in Arbori- culture tells how the writer was in- terested in the Southern Juniper, which grows in considerable quantities in Southern Alabama and Florida.
 At Flomaton he examined some tele- graph poles of this wood which had been cut from the swamps along the Escambia River nearby. These poles were eleven or twelve inchs in diamet- CT at the butt. 22 to 25 feet long, and examination of their growth rings showed them to be trees 30 to s5 years old
 The writer says that such poles are worth about five dollars each; that 200 will grow on an acre, and that the first cost of planting will be about $3O per acre. Counting the first cost and interest at per cent. for thirty years, the cost of an acre of trees would be $S4, and if they all live and grow we'll the poles would sell for s1.0o0. It should be borne in mind that these trees flourish best on swampy land | that is practically unfitted for ordi- ] nary farming, and that there Is little care or attention needed after the first year or two of their growth. Of course there are contingencies that may occur to interfere with the success of this kind of enterprise, but there are also advantages to counteract them. One is the fact, which Is be- coming more obvious each year, that unless the use of telegraph and tele- phone poles is abandoned or some sub stitute for wood is adopted, their val ues will continue to increase, and another is that as the first planting approaches maturity young sprouts or seeds may be planted so that after thirty years or so the crop will be practically continuous. As we said at the outset, people who have money to invest do not like to go into such long range speculations, but there is money in growing trees for the future.
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-11
DIR. BUCHANAN. THE SPECIALIST.
Treats without the Knife.

Diseases of women. piles fistuia, stric- ture, skin. kidney. bladder, private and re0~ taI diseases, nervous diseases and constipa< tion treated with electricity; syphilis sannG treatment as Hot Springs; electrical outfit
 Hours to 5: office over Randy Kitchen Ish Dexter Avenue. Montgomery. Ala
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-11

As The New Orleans Item views the situation Democratic chances of con trolling the next Congress are bright
 It instances the fact that Kansas City Kansas and Omaha, two normally Re-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-11
VIII Interest Them.

Livingston Home.
 Captain Hobson will be invited to deliver what is called Tong talk" Tt the Tammany Fourth of July cele- braticn. He Is the man forS job. Mobile Register. However long Cap tain Hobson talks he never fails to hold the attention of his audiences.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-11
For Protected Interests.

Gadsden Tribune-News.
 The recent tariff debate in the Hoase of Representatives has clearly demon strated the fact that many of the. big protected interests sell their products abroad cheaper than they do at home.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-11
Cant Figure It out.

Politics make strange bed-feIlows is true saying. We have been trying to figure out a certain combination in come It.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-11
Chances for Life DwfndIi...

AnnIStOn ftUI BIdSl I,1I- 17 I-.
 Every ten hours some Now Yorker kills himself. Every two days some body kills New Yorker. The chances of staying alive In the old town are thus only fair to middling.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-11

Binkum tto feed storel--"Send mo up two bags of oats and bale If hay" Voice (from feed store)--"All right: who for, sir?" Blinkum- -"Thr horse, ye blame fool ye!'---Chicago Daily News.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-11
Nothing te Expect from This source

Talledega Mountain Home.
 Friends of the Confederate Soldiers. the schools, child labor. equalization of tax burdens, and all other needed re forms can expect nothing from Mir. Co,ner. The Farmers. Mechanics and I.ahorers Association,' headed by a "raifroad lawyer" says railway rate regulation is the only issue.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-11
Cut Out ssry fraemp,tions.

We would like to see the entire ex- emption list wiped out and all citizens |Mwho receive the protection of the law be compelled to come up and do their duty toward sitting on jurics. We hope our representatives in the legislature will think over this matter and see If
 something can not be done toward cut ting down the. jury exemptions. not only here ir Dallas but throughout the entire State.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-11

Daily Ayerage, March, 1e06. ........t sSss sSs 2 Sunday Average, March. l9o6. ....... .Adsvso E. s. Noble Circulation Manager Of Tne Montgomery Advertiser. being duly sworh says:
 The foregoing statement of The. Adyer- tisers Circulation for the month of Marcn. 1906, is true and correct, and compiled after all returns from news boys. news agents. ana
 E q NOBLE,
 Circulation Manager. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 18th day of April 1sos; =, vson . Notary Public.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-11
They All no.

Now the city artist
 In the country'li hear the plaint :. Of the rural lad who says, T had . Aunct wunct who could paint"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-11
Country Doys and GirIs.

Louverne Journal
 If the population of the country was dependent upon the diseased dwarfs of the cities our race would soon be extinct. In the country our boys and girls get that Scd given Physical Gull minds pure and healthy. Much depends upon the boys and girls to keep pure the blood of the Anglo Saxon race.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-11
How to Defea. LawIe.sne...

Determination and persistency on the part of authorities will defeat law iessness in the long run every time. The trc te is that officers& are too apt to make sporadic attempts to enforce the law and not keep up steady pres sure against lawlessness. The trouble that other cities have with the Sunday closing laws should cause the citizens of this city to be proud of the record it Is now making along that line.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-11

that game, not being an authority on dimples. Ask Carnegie.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-11
Close Enouxh.

Is Jones a close observer of the stage?
 Hes generally in the front row when thtres a ballet on.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-11
We've Noticed 1t.

The doctor says Brown is beginning to mend. Yes; but he'll be broke when he pays the bill.