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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-04

man who boldly stands out for the cotton growers becomes at once the general target for abuse and adverse criticism from the world of contralized capital and industrial activity. The man who would try to deDress the price of any farm product below it's trut value, especially cotton. which IS se largely exported. cannot claim to be patriotic American. but is simply ar individual playing for q selfish gain ai the expense of the wealth producers oi the country. Spot cotton Is today the cheapest American commodity on the market and the entire South 'shoulc stand Loyalty together as one man te defend this staple from the ravishine raids of outsiders and foreigners.
 The balance of the unsoid portion ot the present short crop, which VIII not exceed 1,250,000 bales, Is worth at the lowest estimate, IS cents per pound on it's intrinsic merits. Such price Tor the balance would not average the whole crop at a price exceeding II 3-4 cents to the farmers. and I have repeat edIy challenged the spinners to show by facts and figures on the cost of man ufacture and selling price of the in ished fabric wherin their investments would be injured. By their silence they admit my contention to be correct, and every spot holder in the South should stand firm for 15 cents and force square. deal Harvie Jordan
 President Southern Cotton Association.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-04

New York, Feb. s.-The final trade statistics for the year 1905 confirm the figures of the preliminary forecasts and show phenomenal degree of prosper ity throughout the country. So enorm- ous was the product of farm. mine and factory that, had 1t been moved at one time it would have filled 33,1S4,857 freight cars, 4,000, ,000 more than would have been required in the prosperous wear of 1904. Thirty-three million freight cars. if made up into one train of fabulous length, would etxend for distance of 224.4O0 miles, or would gir- dIe the earth about nine times at the equator. If this mythical train. with the S25, 900 locomotives which would be required to haul it. had travelled out into space on a trip to the moon, the leading moguls would have been puffing through the valleys of earth's satellite before the conductors buggy had rum bIed out of the freight yards at the starting point Merely to store the cars and engines in such train would require the use of nearly all the rail- way mileage in the United States.
 Cne of the most striking examples of the vast increase in the volume of bus mess for the year is to be found in the Western live stock industry. During
 
 tourist on any of the big Western trunk lines caught flying glimpses of stock pens filled with long horned. feroctous looking steers, hocks of huddled sheep and carloads of horses and mules. All these pens were filled and emptied many times during the year, each con- tributing it's quota to the enormous to- tai of live stock that was shipped from the trans Mississippi territory to inc markets of Chicago. Kansas City. Omaha and St. Joseph, total that ap- nroxfmated Ss,000,000 head. This null tItude of animals constituted 67S,369 carloads, 30,000 more than were re- ouired in 1904 and 90.000 more than in 1902. .-, .... ,,ars are stiIl increasing their output and adding to the strength of our claim ac he called the granary of the world. . rrbe reports for 1905 from twelve pri- y,arv grain markets show that there has been poured into them from their tributary territory the enormous quan- tt+y of 750.000, 900 bushels of grain, to nc distributed from these primary mar Sets to all corners of the globe. Amer Scar grain today is fighting to sup- rIant rice among the Asiatics and has aireadv partly displaced rye as the food StsnIe of the peasantry of Europe. within few years, at the rate our cron is increasing, and with the eN- trepeIy low rates the railroads give on grain for export, American loaves will he. indeeed. the staff of life in every country of Europe l.. comparison of the amount of grain -areived during eleven months of 1905 at few of the primary markets with tbe amount received for the whole year oF 1904 brings out clearly the remark o' .rease in grain traffic. Chicago
 test primary grain market, re-
 2O75e,2l5 bushels in 1904. Dur
 first eleven months of 1905 the
 .- were 2s9,I33.362 bushels. Lou
 record for 1904 was 2s,555.61s
 while up to December 1, 1905,
 hr. Nels had been received
 as -"'y for 1904
 the eleven
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-04

of the Middle West. climbed the Rocky Mountains by tortuous paths and came to stop only when the waves of the Pacific confronted them, tie great problem of railroad managers has been to develop the country, re increase traffic and to cause two blades of grass to grow where but one has grown before. That thoy have succeeded beyond all Lopes is proved by the commercial reports and the id- dustrial statistics of the year just passed. and this success mas been W ,n under a system free from oneIo ous gov ernment regulation. It has not been necessary to submit every emergency rate to a government commission Or approval or condemnation, nor to COG duct business according to rates fixed by a body of layren chosen by the president, possibly for political req sons. The experience of European countries whose railroads are under government control gives reason foc the assertion, made by competeEc authorities, that If American railways were managed as are those in old World lands. American railroad
 managers would not have been called
 upon to furnish facilities for moving
 more than 33,00O,000 carloads In 1905,
 nor would the new cars and loco
 motives ordered in the first forty
 one weeks of 1905 be equal to the
 entire number ordered In 1904.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-04

Der shipments from Washington to Or egon reached a total of 06,00o.0 900 feet l95,500,OO0 feet of which went to for eign markets. The completed figures for the lumber trade of 1905 from these two States have not been issued as yet, but as more than 100. 100000 feet passed into domestic and foreign trade from Tacoma alone, 1t is taken for granted that in this industry, as In all the oth- CTS. there has been the same astonish- ing gain.
 Not only does the United States con- tribute it's share of foodstuff to the world, but 1t furnishes a large percent age of the coal to cook with. Amerl- cas- coal resources, anthracite and bi- luminous, are among her greatest as- sets, and have contributed moro than any other single product to make the United States the leading industrial nation of the world. It needed 61,000,- GOO tons of anthracite to keep the wheels of American commerce spinning in 1905, while only 57,500,O00 tons were needed in 1904
 For many years raw cotton hds played a leading part in America industrial affairs. Indeed. the interest in this important crop is world -widci
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-04
t,n.n,,e. o, tbc south,a stapIe.

ALldUld1 0ct-B JfAAis oAN1H AVNSs
 Never fin the history of cotton pro- auction have organized forces combined 10 break the efforts of the South to maintain the price of her great staple, as has been the case during the past three months. The spinning world now admits that the South has at last woke up to a realization of the immense monopoly which Is within her grasp. To defeat the will of the people. divert their attention from the true situation and to continue to harass and subject them to the dominating influences of foreign control, is the true secret of the present tremendous fight that is being SO consistently made against the price of the staple. Spinners, cotton buyers. bearish speculators. some wholesale jobbers In cotton goods and other in- terests have organized, largely under tho leadership of Theodore Price Of New York and his associates to depress the price of spot cotton without Injury to the price of cotton goods. All lines Of cotton goods are advancing each month In price. In no instance has tho price for manufactured fabrics gope down. The cotton producer Is the man the whole civilized world seems to be com btned to depress and to shackls in the bandazs Of slavery and sertanH- Ihs
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-04

and on 1t depends the welfare of the cotton manufacturers Of England and
 Germany. Formerly the commercial distribution of this staple was alot E fixed lines. from the cotton fields iE
 the South, north to the Atlantic coast Within comparatively rew years, hoy . ever, the Southern business men have awakened to the fact that cotton can be manufactured in the South, as pre- ftably as 1t can be grown, with the re suit that cotton mills nave sprung up all over the South, especially in the Carolinas. These Southern mills havs brought about decided change in the lines of commercial distribution and have likewise stimulated competition to such an extent that cotton prices arc soaring, to the intense atisfaction of the Southern planters. The iucreas- ed activity of the Gulf ports within
 the last decade has been another large
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-04
Nev s,apdards Of sneed.

The old simile of mile a minute Ia no longer Of any use In describing a rapid gait. It is as slow as stand still in the eyes of many Of this day ana generation. Our fathers and our grand-fathers thought they struck a record gait when they did anything that entitled them to measure it's swift ness by this standard. but to their mo- toring descendants a pace must be two miles a minute or it is not worth men, tionIng. And no one claims to be wise as to how long this will be considered good enough. Not for many years. one may say, Judging by the events in the automobile world. For, of course. au tomobfie time is standard now; no one really expects to get anywhere with his watch standardized by figures set down by race horses and great locomo- tfyes
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-04

months of 1905 they were so.121,7oO bushels.
 On the Pacific Coast. where fifty years ago a few gold mad prospectors, acting as an advance guard for East ern civilization, carried on desultory warfare with Indians, there are today thriving, hustling towns and thickly settled farming communities. one Of the most important factors in this pros perity is the huge lumber traffic that originates in the vast forests of North ern California. Oregon and Washington. Annually for the last three years more than a billion feet of redwood, pine and fir have been taken from these almost inexhaustible timber tracts and shipped to, California coast points. During the year just passed the arrivals at these same points averaged more than lO0,- O0o,000 feet a month, a record that no former year can surpass. In 1904 lum-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-04
BIGELOw UNFRAMED.
Will Forfeit @t,0OO lR Charges Are
 Proved Untrue.

Boston Special to Washington Post.
 To substantiate the truth of the charge made by him concerning the government canal work at Panama. Poultney Bigelow has sent check for $1,000 to the Louisville Courier-Journ- al to be forfeited if. upon a fair inves- tigation, his statements that have so aroused President Roosevelt and Sec retary Taft are proved untrue
 "A thousand dollars means a grea& deal to me-" said Mir. Bigelow tonight T would not make such an offer unless was suro I would be borne out in what have said. Henry Watterson, Of The Louisville Courier-Journal, has had a great deal of fun with my pres ent difficulty. and although I never made a bet in my life, yet have taken this method to uphold my reputation as q man of truth.
 T don't think 1t is a very severe thing to be called a liar. but to be proved one Is very disagreeable. would willingly pay the expenses of any responsible person to make this investigation at Panama"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-04
"WeepInsn senator-.

Senator Tinman Is the latest addition to the class of weeping senator's" He broke down and sobbed aloud as h. concluded his speech in the Senate or the case of Mrs. Morris, who was eject ed from the White House. Senator Thurston wept when he made his speech on Cuban reciprocity, but the prize 'yeeper' of them all Is Senator Teller, of Colorado At the best his voice Is fearful but of late years he has been giving way to his feelings and when aroused to his subject. he sheds tears and his voice is choked with sobs of emotion. The late Sena. tor Mitchell. of Oregon, was alEo tn the weeping class of senators.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-04
conrressmen Must Learn.

Congressman Olmstead' or Pennsyl- vania, expresses this opinion; Tt takes n man about four terms in the House to familiarize himself with his office, A district that intends keeping a man in Washington for only two terms al most as well send a clerk here, because the member never learns more than the performance of the routine duties 6e- fore he is called upon to give up ms office to another who will go Into the same way"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-04
Low Rates Via l.. and N. tO
 MA Ca
4NrW OEttUn1s MVW
 PenaaeOl0.

Account of the above occasion the Louisville and Nashville Railroad will sell round trip tickets to the above points, at rate of one fare plus 25 cents, February 21st to 26th. 1906. in- elusive, limited to March 3rd, return ing. An extension of return limit may be secured until midnight of March i7th, by depositing ticket with special agent not later than March 3rd. 1908. and on payment of fee of 50 cents
 For further information call on or write D. Linehan, T. P. A.
 No. 22 Commerce St,
 Montgomery, Ala. feb 2-4-10-14-Is-21.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-04
NnTIGH.

Mr. ". F. vandIver, Chairman, will receive options, good for sixty dayss on about IOo acres of land within . ra- dsus of Ave miles frOm Court Square, suitable for locating the state Agri- cultural Fair. All proposals must be in writing, and In the hands of Mir. Vandiver by February 9th.
 Alabama Agricultural Association Com
 Rnittee. ea.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-04

Troy: Lewy Dorman. Clayton; G. c. Bowden, Troy; R. S. Tillman, Brun- didge; Ethel Carter, Troy; Daisy Beas- ley, Troy; Leverte Sheppard, Troy; Gracie Sheppard. Troy: Mary Belle Douglas, Louisville. and Mary Simmons, Luverne; Mamie Patrick, Clayton: Jos ephine Pearson, Troy; Mrs. Pennie Hall, Troy: c. W. Whitehead. Banner; Mrs. Ella M Saunders. Thompson; Beulah Shell. High Ridge, colored.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-04
CAPITAL WANTED.

Partner with a25,OOO for Eenern agency for the state of Alabama FoI one of most prominent Life Insurance Companies. Correspondence solicited WIII prove assertion tO interested pBr. ty.
 Write A. n. C.. St Care The Advertiser.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-04
A WEEKLY CLEANING.
We Clean by the Week and You Pay
 Inv 1be Month

Holts Dye Works will keep all mans clothing thoroughly steam cleaned, pressed and repaired TOT Sz.Oo pef month, sending for and denverlng them every week. A HttIe hisher n we give. ou-itl. -
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-04

Roses, Lilies of the Valley, Carna- tions and other choice cut nOfFefs.
 $. B, stern < Co., Ph0ns AVOA'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-04
FInvxerI

Flowers Fancy Work, Stamping, Lunches, Cakes and DesseTts. WOman's Exchange 22 south Perry Street.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-04
A YEAR OF BLESSINGS

Wonderful Story Mine and Would Fin Would the Earth the The Railroads Share in Contributing Q the Result
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-04

Emerson Stables, North Decatur Street. for Kentucky HorssS and Mules Telephone 1928 adv-tf.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-04

SHEER LINENS. 36 in. wide. just the proper thing for Lingerie Waists and Suits. Prices range from 40c to $2.25 yard.
 NAINSOOK. a fine white English Nainsook. in ten yard pieces. $2.O0 piece.
 WASTING fine white Madras Wasting. light weight, prettiest in the city. z5c yard.
 LINEN SUITINGS, white and color ed, with lustre like silk; solid colors;
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-04

new shades; entirely new. 40c yard. HUCK TOWELS. the famous Webb make. acknowledged the best towel made. $4.00 to 5000 dozen.
 NAPKINS, hemmed. ready for use; good quality. cheap at $I.25 dozen. DRESS GOODS. When you come and look over the new arrivals in the way of fine Dress Silks. you will agree that 1t is the prettiest line of the season. All confined styles-no recorders.
 WOOL SUTTINGS and Skirtinss.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-08
Rock Island a Peori. Division.

a. arrival. d. departure: .. daily ex-
cept Sunday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-08
LEGAL.
Petition to Probate VIII.

State of Illinois. Rock Island Coun-
ty-ss:
County Court, Rock Island County
| March Term, 1906-In Probate
| In the matter of the probate of the
last wiz and testament of Hugh Rail
ston, deceased.
Germ, including the unknown heirs
at-law of Hugh Ralston, deceased,
Notice Is hereby given. that on the
ton, was filed in the county court of
Rock Island county. Illinois. asking
that the, last will and testament OF
probate. The same petition further
states that the following named per-
sons are all the heirs-at-1aw and lega-
tees: John Ralston, Miss Jane Ralston,
Robert Me Wha, Mrs Lizzie McMeekin,
John Ralston. Mrs. Lizzie Caughey.
Robert Ralston. Hugh Ralston, Mrs.
Agnes Miller. Mrs. Belle Kelly, Mrs.
Raiston: Frank Ralston, Dupree Raj
ston. Matte Ralston. Jennie Ralston
Mrs Mary Larimer. Mrs. Agnes War
mock; Mrs. Jennie McKown.. Mrs. Mar
Hugh w. Ralston. Robert Raj
ston. Agnes r. Hill. and the unknown
heirs OF Hugh Ralston, deceased off
any). the residence and postoffice ad- |
dress of whom is unknown.
You are further notified, that the |
hearing of the proof of said will has
been set by said court for the 18th day |
Of March, A. ID. 1906, at the hour of 8 |
o'clock in the forenoon, at the court |
house, in the city of Rock Island, in /
said county. when and where you can |
4 any you have, why said will should
not be admitted to probate.
HENRY Il. HUBBARD.
County Clerk.
A. d. 1906.
Jackson. Hurst * Stafford, solicitors
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-08
Tax Sale Notice.

State of Illinois. Rock Island Coun-
ty-ss
To Whom 1t May Concern:
Take Notice-That at sale of lots
and lands duly made at the court house
of said county of Rock Island, by the
treasurer and collector and general Of
ficer of said county of Rock Island, for
the taxes, special assessments. inter-
est, penalties and costs. due and unpaid
on said lots and lands. for the year
1903, w. T. Harris purchased for
said taxes. special assessments, inter-
est. penalties and costs. to-wit: Lot
in northeast corner of assessors plat of
lie Claires Reserve, lot 3, in block 8, of
township Is, north range l west of the
third 2. M.;with the buildings and improve
ments. if any situated thereon. situate and
being in the said county of Rock Island.
and taxed or specially assessed for
said tax or assessment and year, in the
name of A. iTallner, that a certificate
of purchase of the same has been duly
issued. that the same has been subse-
quentIy assigned to me. and that am
now the legal holder thereof, and that
the time allowed by law for the re-
demption of said real estate will expire
in two years from the date of said sale
to-wit. On the 18th day of June. 1905.
Dated Rock Island this 18th day of
February. A. ID. 1896.
HENRY FTUEGEL. Assignee.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-08
Notice of Final Settlement.

ceased.
Public notice is hereby given that the
undersigned, executrix of the last will
and testament of Annabella Fleming,
deceased. has this day filed her final re-
port and settlement as such in the
county court of Rock Island county, and
hearing on said report has been set for
March 10. 1906, at 8 o'clock a. M, at
which time persons interested may ap-
pear and make objections thereto, and
if no objections are filed, said report
will be approved at that time, and the
undersigned will ask for an order of
distribution, and will also ask to be
discharged.
Rock Island. Ill. Feb II, 1906.
ANNABELLA +. COOKE,
Executrix of the Last VIII and Tesla
ment of Annabella Fleming, deceased.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-08

Estate of Hazel Norris, deceased.
Public notice is hereby given that the
undersigned, Central Trust & Savings
bank, has this day filed its final report
and settlement such in the county
court of Rock Island county, and hear
ing said report has been set for
March 81, 1906, at 8 o'clock a. m, at
which time persons interested may ap-
pear and make objections thereto, and
if no objections are filed. said report
Will be approved at that time, and the
undersigned will ask for an order of
distribution, and will also ask to be
discharged.
Rock Island. Ill. March /, 1906.
CENTRAL TRUST & SAVINGS BANK,
Administrator.
McEniry & McEnirY. solicitors.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-08
Notice of Final Settlement.

Estate of August Van Dale, deceas-
ed
Public notice is hereby given that the
undersi gned. Edward Coryn. has this
day filed his final report and settle
ment such in the county court of
Rock Island county and hearing on
said report has been set for March "a.
1906. at 3 o'clock Il. m. at which time
persons Interested may appear and
make objections thereto, and ii no OBJ
jections are filed, said report will be APP
proved at that time. and the under
signed will ask for an order of distribu-
ton, and will also ask to be discharged.
Rock Island, Ill, Feb. %. 1906
EDWARD CORYN,
Admin istrator.
McEnirY & McEniry. solicitors.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-08
Administrators Notice.

Estate of John w. Mcdonald. de-
ceased.
The undersigned. having been ap-
pointed administrator of the estate of
John w. Mcdonald. late of the county
of Rock Island state of Illinois, de-
ceased, hereby gives notice that he Will
Island county. at the county court room.
in the city of Rock Island. at the May
term. on the first Monday in May next,
at which time all persons having claims
against said estate are notified and re-
queSted to attend for the purpose of
having the same adjusted. All persons
indebted to said estate are requested to
make immediate payment TO the under
signed.
Dated 18th day Of February. A. =.
1906. LESTER MCDONALD,
dn1i OF RAJ
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-08
Execufnr.a Nafice.

Estate of Evelena B. Adams. deceas-
ed.
The undersigned. having been APP
pointed executors of the last Will and
testament of Evelena b. Adams. late OF
the county of Rock Island. state of IL
linois, deceased. hereby give notice that
they will appear before the county
court of Rock Island county, at the
county court room, in the city of Rock
Island, at the April term, on the first
Monday in April next at which time
an persons having claims against said
estate are notified and requested to at
tend, for the purpose of having the
same adjusted Ali persons indebted to
said estate are requested to make inn
mediate payment to the undersigned.
Dated this 18th day of February. 1895.
: MARGARET j. KENNEDY,
NETTIE A. NICE,
Executors.
Marion e. Sweeney. attorney.