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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-28
WHAT STATE PAPERS
 ARE SAYING

Failed to Report, Birmingham News
 Attention has been called to failure of the press reports to stat~ how many providing anchorage for the dry dock Dewey.
 Good Example.
 Montgomery is going to have a ten- story sky scraper. Good for Montgoni- eryl We hope the examples set by the larger cities vii result In q spirit for better buildings thronshont the State.
 Only Broad-sIindeds Mobile Herald.
 The weIl-worn paragraphic joke about Secretary Taft's giving up his seat to three ladies still wanders through the, columns of the rural press. He is broad-minded man. this Judge Taft.
 Good News.
 Never before in the history of this section has there been so much fruit canning as is being done just now. Everybody seems to be getting tnelr a good price for it or use 1t them selves.
 For a Purpose. Birmingham Ledger.
 The insistent, deliberate attacks on the State committee and on the Demo- cratic party Is for a purpose. That purpose will be made plain lfftie later on. It is not a recklessly false set or statements, but a deliberativeiy plann- ed set of statements intended to mis- lead with a distinct purpose in view.
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 A Vote of Thanks. Cullman Democrat. to freight rates than he has as prssi- dent of the railroad commission, then the railroads would owe him another vote of thanks. Conner will never pc get the place he would be telling you another hard luck story and ask that you make him United States senator.
 Gaining Every Day.
 Cunningham Is gaining recruits all over the State every day. Tbe one idea man does not set will with the intelligent voters of Alabama They can see that selfish motives prompt MT. Conner to antagonize the railroads, he believing that he can pull the wool over the eyes of the ''hifl-billies" anu ride into the governors once VIII VIII moi stand for such an insult to their intelligence and will support pr. Gun ningham.
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 Don't Lose Your Heads. Clayton Record.
 If Mir. B. B. Conner had been devot- ing more of his time and talent to the budding of good roads in Barpour County and ali over the State.' and less time in inflaming the minds of the people against their very best friend, the railroads. he would have made some progress In chespening frHPnF rates. The railroads bring us what wo don't raise and manufacture at hor.e; 1t carries oss much more cheaply what we have to sell than we could carry it. Don't lose your head in this and vote for Mir. Conner who is hurting you every day more than he can ever do you good. Is he not hindering the building of more rail roads?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-28
CIviIination's Best Friend.
Four-Track News.


 We have yet two decades to walt be- fore we can celebrate the centennial anniversary of the birth of the rail road It is a wonderful record. that eighty years of rapid transit develop ment It has revolutionized the world commercially socially and intellectual ly The Atlantic and the Pacific have become near neighbors; the inaccessi- ble and therefore valueless plains of the West :iave been penetrated and brought into touch with the markets of the world. New York and Chicago that in the pioneer days were weeks away from one another. are now but eighteen hours apart. The railroad has entered Jerusalem; 1t has pierced dark est Africa: it is crossing the sands of Sahara; 1t scales the side of Vesuvius; 1t bridges the most forbidding chasms and tunnels through mountains and under rivers. The whistle of the To- comotive Is the voice of progress. The rails over which 1t runs are the steel bands that bind nations into great commercial brotherhood. The rapid de- velopment of the world along every de- sirable line since the locomotive be- came a factor In human auairs, Is all the argument necessary to prove the railroad the greatest of all civilizing influences comparison of the past eighty years with the thousands of centuries preceding furnishes an elo- quent proo9 of the far-reaching, uplift- ing, industrial ethical and educational value of the railroad.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-28
TODAY IN HISTORY
Name day: Rantaleon-sun rises q.

Name day: Rantaleon-Sun rises ,u 4:oS; sets n.
 l7ss-The "Pittsburgh Gazette" printed, the firsc newspaper west of Ine Allegheny Aountains.
 1SO6-Buenos Ayres taken by the British.
 Is63-The steamboat Henry Clay, on her passage from Albany to New York. noon, near Yonkers and was consumed to the waters edge: fRty-six persons lost their lives so sudden and rapid was the destruction of the boat. She had been racing with the Armenia
 IS64-Battie of Four Mile Creek north of the James river. Va.
 1Sa&-The famous Lay me down an save the flag" comand of Colonel Mul- Va. given publicity. The order was obeyed and Mulligan fell prisoner to the Confederates.
 lSG6-The Great Eastern arrived at Hart's Coatent with the Atlantic ca
 1Sss-Proclamation by the Secretary of State that the fourteenth amend ment of the Constitution of the United States had been ratified by three fourths of the States.
 1S6S-General Grant, as General-in- Chief ok the armies issued proclama- ton declaring that so much of the Reconstruction Acts as provided for the organization of military districts had become imperative
 1S6S-Military government ceases In Arkansas. North Carolina, South Caro- lima. Louisiana, Georgia. Florida and Alabama
 iS9S-t5eneral Brooke sailed from Newport News with his command for Porto Rico. Another expedition com posed of the first battalion of the South Dakota volunteers and recruits for the Colorado and Minnesota regiments sail ed for Manila.
 1Sss-Ponce. P R.. surrendered to Commander Davis. U. s. N,
 (Service by American Press-News, Washington, D. C.)
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-28

work for. with strict regularity. He has returned to the people with a hard luck story: says he hasn't done a thing He wants promotion. Is he worthy of promotion7
 to run the business You pay him ten dollars a day for two years and at the end of that time he turns up ands acknowledges that he has been taking your money for two years and hasn't done anything for you. wouldn't you feel like cussing him out, What would you think of him If he wanted twenty dollars 2 day and promotion
 This Is Nr Conner again. He has drawn the pay of the office of Presi- dent of the Railroad Commission for two years. He has had a powerful ed for you hard. tbnt--nothing. Make him Governor and you Will be made rich and happy.
 If Mir. Conner is honest he wouldn't take the peoples money when he ad- mits he hasn't done anything. would he? He Is rich, he doesn't need the money: he says he hasn't earned 1t, why doesn't he pay the money back7 Hard luck stories are not worth any thing to the people.
 What any business man wants Is results. No business man would lis- ten to Mir. Corners hard luck stories. he would simply dismiss him and get more competent man.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-28
Give Out the Report.

Chicago Tribune
 President Castro returned from his three months vacation. spent in one of the remotest provinces Of the republic, last week. When he went away he ostensibly turned over all affairs of State to his Vice President. But that official would not have dared to acs on his own responsibility or do anything which his commanding officer had in structed him must be left undone. As far as many matters were concerned the government was in abeyance while Castro was off in the country pleasure seeking.
 Manifestly 1t has been impossible for tie American government to press upon his attention the claims of American citizens concerning which one or two Stern and peremptory notes were ad- dressed to him last year. Now that Castro Is back at Caracas those claims, which, if just. should be enforced, and if unjust should be dropped, may be taken up again.
 Last year MT. W. ! Calhoun was sent to Venezuela to investigate the con- dieting statements of the claimants and of Castro and ascertain what was tie duty of this government in the premises He took the time needed for a thorough inquiry and prepared an ella horate report Early in the last ses- sion of Congress what purported to be brief sumnnsries of it's contents were printed There Is no knowing wheth- CT they were accurate.-for the report has not heeu made public. It has been pieeonholed.
 The longer if Is hidden the greater will be the curiosity to know It's con- tents If MT Calhoun discovered that the American government had erred in its Venezuelan policv-had been in sisting on the settlement of ineoutts hle claims-there is no reason why the fact should be concealed.
 IL is much more creditable to plead guilty to 2 mstake and fectifv 1t than to seek refuge in silence. No matter who may hA lit hv the Calhoun re. rort, 1t should be eiven to the public
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-28
4 REcKEEss PREACHER or HON.
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 Among the few thick-an thin news paper supporters of the braggart cam paign of Mir. Bragg Conner is The Uniontown Herald. In it's last issue is the following statement: . At that time MT. Conner had ali kinds of vilifying charges, against him. but the railroad subsidized papers. they hastened to make public apology; and the editor of the leading paper--the pagSer ss that ss was the loudest- t-n,outhed in CSomer that he knew the charges were when asked by Mr: Conner why he had t seemed that anything would Iss'o;
 Now. can any honest man believe Advertiser and other railroad Cunning ham papers?
 In speaking of ''the leading paper" The Herald means The Advertiser, though 1t does not seem to have the directness to say so in an explicit way It is amazing that paper with such contempt for falsehood, with such a burning love of truth. as The Herald sets itself up to have. should make as many statements utterly wide of the truth as it does in the foregoing. Let us look at them:
 First-The Advertiser is not a rail- road subsidized paper. It did not re- ceive any money from railroads for in- fiuence or for advertising in the cam paign of Conner and Smith two years ago.
 second-The Advertiser was not called upon by MT. Conner to make any apology and did not make any. The law requires that a complainant shall make demand for correction or explanation of any alleged libel be- fore suit. Mir. Conner plunged into his suit against The Advertiser for the publication of just one advertisement without that legal preliminary. and that is one of the questions at issue before the Supreme Court now.
 Third-The Advertiser made no charge. 'loud-mouthed," or otherwise, against MT. Conner. It printed as an advertisement and so marked an afr- davit from 8 man in Birmin gham claiming to be kinsman of MT Co., mer. This affidavit was turned over to this ofice by the campaign manager of Hon. J. V. Smith. and was after ward paid for by him. The Advertiser did hot take sides in that campaign.
 Fourth--The Editor of The Adver- tiser has never admitted to Mir. Conner that he knew the charges were false when he published them.' because the Editor of The Advertiser never saw the advertisement before it was print ed in the paper. and would have known nothing of the facts of the case if he had seen it. The Business Manager of The Advertiser said to Mir. Conner, when he called some time afterward to in- quire about the publication. that if he had seen the advertisement before it's publication. he would probably have declined to print 1t, on the ground that 1t might prove iibelous. and that the paper was not courting litigation.
 Now. if The Herald Is as much an admirer of honesty as it argues, and If it is as consistent in its ideas of fair ness as it implies. it will reprint this article, and undo some of the injustice 1t has done The Advertiser.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-28

I very useful. but we should not have | thought that there Is greater demand. | or less quantity of them than of other coins. Some one tries to explain it by saying that prices of everything have advanced so that we are now forced to pay ten cents for what we used to pay five for. but that is not very sound req soning If that statement is fact we could az easily hand out two nickies as one dime
 But what is still more surprising is the information that there is great scarcity of S bills. For that, also. there is an attempted explanation by The Chicago Tribune. which says that "the merchant or the manufacturer or the farmer spends now s5 where few years ago he would have spent one" Like the other. this Is an explanation that does not explain, and 1t also lacks the merit of being entirely true. AL most everything Is higher now than it was few years ago. and that means spending more money. but it is absurd to say that the prices of food. clothing and the like are five times as high as they formerly were, and it Is equally so to argue that the laboring and busi- ness men can now hand out s5 bill as easily as they did s1 lew years ago.
 That argument won't wash, but even if 1t were true that we are spending five times as much money as formerly why should we always require s5 bill to pay for what we buy? There are many bills of other denominations and if a purchase amounts to exactly s5 1t can be paid in other bills. In short, we fail to understand why there should be special dearth of dimes and Ayers
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-28
Pmhlic sneaIkIne.


 Hon. wm. C. Oates wiIl address his fellow citizens at the following times and places to wit:
 ! At Union Springs, Bullock County Con politics), Monday, July 30, at II a. m. At Carrollton, Ptckens County Vet erans' reunion), Wednesday, August 1. At t Tuscaloosa. Tuscaloosa County Con politicsl. Friday. August 3. at Il At Fort Payne, DeKaIb County (pol- itics), Monday, August 6, at II a. m. At Edwardsville, Cleburne County Veterans reunion), Wednesday. Au- At Anniston. Calhoun County (polit- ieaD, Thursday August g. at II a. m. At Atalla, Etowah County, August g at 7:30 o'clock, p. n.,
 At Albertville. Marshall county. on At Guntersville. Marshall County (po- liticaD. Saturday. August Il. at II a. At scottsboro, Jackson County po- litlcaD. Monday. August 13, at Il a. m. At Gurley, in Madison County (pol- ttics), Tuesday August 14, at II a. m. At Huntsville. Madison County (po- litieall. Tuesday evening, August IA, At Athens, Limestone County (poIi- ticsl. Wednesday, August IS. at Il a. m. At Decatur, Morgan County (poli- tics), Wednesday evening, August IS. At Florence. Lauderdale County (pol- itics), Thursday. August 16. at II a. m. At Tuscumbia. Colbert County (poli- ticsl' Thursday. August 16s at 1 D. m- tiesl, Friday. AugustNi7, at Il a. m AdV.-tf.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-28
LIST OF CANDIDATES.
Aspirants for Nomination for stat
 OfTices by Democratic Party.

Aspirants for Nomination for State
 Omces by Democratic Party.
 Yesterday was the last day on which candidates for nomination to State of- allowed to enter their names for the State primary. August 27.
 An. oficial. list of the candidates will vate Secretary to Governor Jelks. to- day. after the final report from Chairman of the State Executive Com been sent in for the preparation of the ballots
 The list below Is an unofficiaI list. compiled by The Advertiser. of those nounced their candidacy. In tomor- rows issue The Advertiser will pub fish the official list. as giysn -, gut py Syy Colonel Mallory. Additions will be made of any names received at the eleventh hour. in tomorrow's edition of The Advertiser.
 For Governor (vote' for one): B. B. Conner. R. M. Cunningham.
 For Lieutenssnt Gover99er., ty"te sHs sann for For Attorney General: Alex M.
 For State Auditor. Gyote for one,:
 For Secretary of State. Cvcte for one); Frank N Julian. A. F. Me- ''GSa For State sta rrsSsuPsr easuPe tvote for oue) Charles A Allen. Waiter. D, Seed
 For Superintendent of Education:
 iToT For Commissioner of Agriculture uei NJ. Adams, Jaems Crook, J A. B. Lovett. " M. selden. J. B. Ward.
 For Associate Railroad Commission CTS. (vote for two1: H, c; Compton, John G; Harris, Charles A. Tender Henry A. skeges IT., Walter s White.
 For Chief Justice, of the Supreme Court. (vote for. one): John R. Tyson,
 For Associate Justices of the su- Riibro. Thomas " Coleman. Jr., J. R.
 For United states Senator. term he. ginning March 4, 1907; John Nor
 For United States Senator. term be-
 For appointment to i'll any vacancy iu the office of United States Senator. (vote for two): John H. Rankhead. eph P Johnston. John B. Knox, W. c. Oates. J. F. stallings .
 For Representative in s6tb Con Congressional District of Alabama, B Craig
 For Representative in 60th Con- gress of United States from the seV- enth Congressional District of Alas bama John L. Burnett. ~
 For Representative in 60th Com gress of United States from the Ninth Congressional District of Alabama O. W Underwood.
 For Judge of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, (vote for one): Charles P Almon, Paul Hodge Isaac Ornel.
 For Chancellor of the Northwestern Chancery Division: A F. Bennera
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-28
DRIFTWOOD aY rHILlHtARMsTRoNa oNa

Broken Heflections. a,s The man man, with ta legs like pipe-stsm' ai | socks. A ''friend in need" ceases to be 6 friend with most people @ When a girl can't keep any one beau | more than a week. sne manages to lei 1t become known that she is flirt. a R as Somehow the things others have are never as great as your own unless they $ %e If you agree with a woman shell tell 1t around that you have a lot oi sense. a Melody Lane. | Down in Melody Lane The whole day long The birds refrain-- The birds glad song Burts on my ear-- What joy IS mine-- The song so clear From the wild grape vine. Down In Melody Lame Each feathered friend In mellow strain Sings without end. Oh, tangled way plead In vain For a vanished day And Melody Lane. K se S Canteloupe. De golden canteloupe Am laughtn' on de vine To me 1t am better Den de richest wine. De red watermelon Am de darkies' hope But ah, suttenly loves De canteloupe! De juicy canteloupe Dat melts in yo' mouf. An one O de bes' things Growth ir de Souf. You caD have rich food to eat An every kind O dope But mighty few things beats De eanteloupei
 Turned Down. He-one word will make me happy.
 es@1 Stung. He-Mere numbers can't express the quantity of love have for youl She-They can mine for you--2s,
 % 5e $
 PIOwin'.
 Come up mewL
 He, haw--
 Aint no fool.
 De kerriage boss
 He pace so fine
 But de good ole mewl
 Am de one fo' mine.
 He'll pull all day An never stop
 Oh, me an de mewl
 Am makin' a crop.
 Gee -haw-
 Come up mewI.
 He, haw-
 Ain't no fool
 De white folks ride
 To church SO gran
 Behind dere coacn
 An milk white span,
 Ole mewl ain't pretty
 But blows till he drop
 Oh me an de mewl.
 Am makin' crop.
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 Money for Instance. Old Gotrox-When l try to tell you of my love, I am speechlessi Miss Shy--Well. er-haven't you something that can talk for you.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-28
NOT ALL FOR CONFER.
Another Side to the TaIIapOOsa Bar-
 becgle Story:

becyle Story.
 Camp Hill, July 26, 1906. Editor The Advertiser:
 There was given barbecue reputed by Fletcher Turner last Saturday about eight miles northeast of Dadeville. Per haps you read something about the oc- casion in The Opelika News. The News claims about 1000 voters out of about $500. and says conservative estimate of the voters would give Co., mer $50 and Cunningham fifty. - l was there. 1 went in company with number of Cunningham men and had the satisfaction of shaking hands with more than 100 enthusiastic Cunningham men. l heard sober minded Conner man say that the voters were very equally divided He was in position to know and candid enough to admit that coemr did not have In his opinion a Not more than 100 of the voters there heard Hon. B. B. Conner. As soon as Conner began to speak the voters be- gan to leave, and so few became his hearers that he cut his speech very short. The ovation given him was ex- tremely light
 If you have read The News you have to make some allowances. You under stand, On that occasion I think Co., mer did not have his rabbit foot: if he did, 1t proved unsuccessful.
 A. B. Lee.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-28
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
FoR eovERNon or okLAHonA.

Hon. R. L. Williams, Probable Man,
 Formerly Resided in Montgomery. Editor Advertiser:
 l noticed In your issue of yesterday an excerpt from a Brundidge paper referring to R L. williams or. Bob Williams, as the probable firSt tfover- nor of the. new State, Oklahoma. It MT. Williams. when quite young man (about twelve years ago) was citizen of Montgomery and a law stu- asm,ttsa asn, n ,o law ib See here He amination after about eight months of study, and then returned to Pike coun- ty setting up for himself at Troy, with little or nothing to start on. At the end of the first year he had about fifteen hundred dollars laid up in bank. after bearing all his expenses and Hs tnan all the sT result of his own labors to. the West. determining after an extensive trip to settle in Indian Ter rltory He returned home and, hav- ing the mistaken idea. I am told. that he had charged a widow woman too large fee In some case. insisted on making restitution of part of the mon in Indian Territory. There the rail road companies found him such for midable fighter in suits against them, that they were glad to secure his lucrative practice and from that source, and judicious business ven- lures, acquired competency, and became one of the most widely known and popular men in the Territory. He was one of the representatives sent from the Territory to Washington to press the Statehood bill, and was very influential in shaping and effecting legislation on that subject.
 As a young man he had the most untiring energy, indomitable will, and unwavering courage, and added to these qualities he had the keenest of intellect. He could see Into things quicker and. deeper than any young man I ever knew.
 There is no doubt that had he re- mained, In Alabama he. would today have been occupying prominent and influential place among her lead ing men.
 I am tempted to write this because the career of such a man is ~- in- spiration to the younger generation.
 Alabama has been in past years prodigal in her gifts of splendid men to other States, but with the present developments of her great resources. and unequalled promise of future growth, there Is no reason for Her sons seeking their fortunes In other States. W. & Thorington.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-28
Dr. Cunningham's Appointment.

The following Is the Itinerary of pr Cunningham as now arranged:
 Moulton, Lawrence County, Saturday II a. m., July 2S.
 Courtiand. Lawrence County. satur- day, D. m.. July 2S.
 sulIigent. Lamar County. Tuesday. 10 Vernon. Lamar County. Tuesday. 4sp Miliport Lamar County. Wednesday 10 a. m., August l..
 Kennedy. Lamar County. Wednesday 2 D. m, August l.
 Gordo, Pickens County. Friday, Il a nj Etheisviile. Pick4ns County, Friday D. m.. August 8.
 Reform, PIckens County, Friday, 8 D. t ctarroiiton. Pickens County. Saturday II a. m.. August 1.
 PickensvilIe, Pickens County. satur- day. D. m., August 4.
 Alliceville, Plckens County. Saturday p. m., August 4.
 Equality, Coosa County. Monday. Ii Central. Monday. August sth. ? Eclectic. Tuesday August 7th, Il a. Kent, Tuesday August 7th. 9 D. m. Tailassee. Tuesday August 7th. at Notasulsa. Macon County. August 8, 10 a. m.
 Tuskegee. August 8. p. m.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-28
SATURDAY, JULY 2s, Ioos.

The report is out that Mrs. Thaw is seeking evidence upon which to base suit for divorce. If that is really true 1t shows how hypocritical have been all her protestations of love and devotion. If she really loves him now is the time to show it. and if she does not love him she should remain away and not make false pretenses, And she Is in undue haste, any way. It is pos sible that the law will divorce them by convicting him. and if it does not she can at least wait until he has been tried before trying to get a divorce