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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-24
: Long Service of Mir. Ely.

Capt George W. Ely. Travelling Pas senger Agent of the Southern Pacific with Montgomery headquarters. was in Birmingham Saturday afternoon. Cap. tain Ely is as well known among tho railroad men of the State as Harry Vaughan among baseball men of the nation,
 T an, still stout said Captain Ely. I expect to continue this service for many day. With the exception of Capt. Sid Jones, of the Louisville and Nashville--and Capt Sid is a hum dred-and Capt. Jack Johnston, of the Seaboard, was old in the service when the other railroad men of Alabama were stil unborn"
 Captain Ely holds a responsible posi- ton with the Southern Pacific. and is one of the popular railroad men of the Sonth.-Birmingham Ledger.
 No man in the railroad service any: where is more worthy of having good things said of him than George w. Ely. Montgomery has been his home for many years, and he has friends here too numerous to attempt to count them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-24
Sidewalk pencilinss
Conditions in China,


 An Alabama Woman a missionary to China, writing to The Alabama Bap. tist from Shanghai of the boycott of American goods by the Chinese says:
 This has hurt the work everywhere and no doubt will be more hurtful Tn the future. We feel 1t very much here Tn Shanghai. 1 saw your article In The Alabama Baptist. Please write an- other; but fear 1t will be too late to Keep them from killing. All the writ ing cannot give back the lives of those murdered at Lien Chow near Canton.
 Commenting on the letter The Ala bama Baptist says:
 There you are. What are you going to do about it? The cruel and oppres- sivc laws we have enacted against them and the cruel manner of their en- forcement, are bearing fruit Millions of dollars will be lost to American merchants and American lives will De lost. In the papers today 1t IS said American merchants in China are clos ing out their business and leaving the country. The agaitation will be taken advantage of by the rioters and the anti-foreign element and much trouble will follow.
 Meantime our Congressman ar@ afraid for personal, political reasons, to advocate the passage of less stren- uous law. God only knows what Will come out of it. Certain we are that our government in is the wrong in the con- troversy.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-24
A False Promise.

| New Orleans States.
 The leaders of the Republican par l ty have frequently declared that one day. in the not distant future. that the tariff would be revised by it's friend" but the hollowness of the promise was exposed in the House the other day when MT. Mccall. a @Republican con-
 If the tariff can not be revised when two-thirds of the membership of both houses is Republican, when Is re- vision to come?'
 None of the leaders of the major ity party replied to the question which MT Mccall so pointedly put to them, and then he went on to make the pre- diction, the same as was implied Tn the letter of Governor Guild to President Roosevelt, that if the Republican party proves to be unwilling or unable to undertake the work of revision, the country will put the Democrats m pow tariff revision that the standpatters are willing to undertake. and that Is re- vision upwards.
 DingIey duties 10 per cent ot relieve the people of this country. who are SO heavily taxed on all the necessa. ries of life, but they are in favor Of increasing the duties 70 ,h per ,nnrsa Tens se se inc cost of living to American consum- CTS and make their hardships harder to bear. The history of all tariff wars shows that DOIn COHpdIdhtS dIS SOt tain to lose greatly in trade. but in spite of this fact the standpatters are nrena ring 10 enter upon a tariff war with Germany as .gayly as though 1t were a festival of some kind.
 American exporters thoroughly ing that the stupid tariff policy. en- dangers the large business. they have with with Germany, but in reply to their protests it is pTOposed ,tUni1 to make U.a the ,e nossib1e cut off the trade with Ger manv entirely. This is the attitude of i4ti the Republicans in the United States at time when the policy Of tarift ,nft by the voters of England, who are ral- iving to the slogan first raised by. Sir Robert Peel, that the way to Tight hostile tariffs is with free trade,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-24
DUTY OF THE CITIZEN.

Texas, like Alabama. has law mak- ing the payment of poll tax pre- requisite to suffrage, and in Texas, as in Alabama, there Is more or less in- difference on the subject. This leads The Fort Worth Telegram to say:
 No patriotic and progressive citizen desires 10 lose tho privilege of walking up to the polls on election day and casting his ballot for such candidates sg meet with his approval And this IS a very important campaign year. We must elect officers all the way ur from Constable to Governor of the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-24

State. If the good citizens of the State neglect or refuse to pay their poll tax and thereby disqualify themselves from expressing choice at the polls, they can but expect that the other kind of citizenship will soon be In the asceu- dancy and elect officers whose services can not be satisfactory to the people, The Telegram does not believe that every man should be a politician. But 1t does believe that every man owes a duty to his country and himself in these matters and should be inspired by genuine feeling of patriotism. 1T the citizen fails to exercise this right of suffrage he fails to do his duty by his country and State government. and certainly every citizen is directly in terested in the matter of good govern : ment and can not afford to voluntarily disfranchise himself for the small amount of money involved. You may but when the polls are opened next fall and your friend John Smith needs your vote and your influence to make the coveted landing, you are going to tion to go up and give him the lift he thinks he has coming You are going to feel bad when your friends and neighbors are exercising this great right and privilege, while you are rel egated to the position of Chinaman. and can only look on and wonder why 1t was you were so foolish as not to pay your poll tax. Call at the Tax OHlce IOdaX anu SQuaGe yourself on this poll tax matter. You can not afford to do otherwise,
 Every word of that applies with equal force to Alabama. We. also. have an important election coming on-two of them, in fact. for the primary is as important as the regular election, and the requirements arc the same. The t.- al, ruary 1st or the citizen cannot vote. Registration is also necessary. but reg istration without paying the tax is useless. No only the tax for the pres ent year. but any back poll taxes that may be due must be paid.
 Voting is not merely the privilege of a freeman; it Is a duty. It ought to be pleasure, and we put it directly to each citizen. It matters not who is your favorite for Governor, Senator or any other office. You will have fa- vorite for each position and should be prepared to help him. If he is defeat ed it can be no satisfaction 10 you to reflect that you failed to vote for him. and failed through your own indiffer-  ence or negligence. If your friend is elected it will make you feel better when you reflect that your vote helped to. elect him.
 We have been discussing this mat ter solely from the voting standpoint, but that is only part of it. The poll taxes go to the educational fund, and the State needs the money if it is to educate the children. An independent. free white man who has children in the schools and who is subject to payment of poll tax cannot derive much satis- faction from the reflection that his children are being educated with the money of others, So the citizen owes a duty to the State. to himself and to his children and should perform that duty promptly and cheerfuily Pay your poll tax. register, vote.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-24
Rnce for Sheriff OverHhadOws Others Gadsden Times-News.

Eight candidates for sherit Of Eto- wah County are announced already in the columns of this paper, and judging from street talk. fully twelve more will get into the race before the Demo- cratic primary of August 27, The sheriff's ,af race is oVershaSdowing every ia the chief topic of conversation about the court house and in many of the business places. With their steady and rapid growth of Gadsden the office is certain to be tho best paying one in the county and the contest for 1t Is na- turally live one.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-24

A most ridiculous statement is going the rounds that Senator-elect Payn- ter will be the first Kentucky Senator in forty years who did not serve in the Confederate army. In that period James B, Beck, John c. Carlisle. Thos. C. McCreery. Democrats, and William J. Deboe, Republican. have been Kentucky Senators and none of them served in the Confederate army.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-24
4 GoOdIy Land.
Mobile Register.

The Sunny Southland" fits us. well for we have sunshine inside and out is no secret in the source of the inter nal brightness. We take life easier in the South, we are not blase, a high pressure existence has not dulled our appreciation of life and material gain is not our only consideration. Great mansions are not numerous in the South, but comfortable homes are and in the end. this is the bulwark between a people and race suicide.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-24

There is so little real reason why the President should want to enforce joint Statehood on Arizona that he must sim ply be measuring the power of execu- tive influence on Congress by putting it to an extreme test-Kansas City Journal
 And it begins to look as if he is fast learning a much needed lesson-that even his Republican friends will not stand for everything he tries to force on Congress.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-24
rrxING up rHE rENcEs.

A circular letter has reached The Advertiser office in reference to getting up a Conner ticket (although expressed in other words) for the Legislature from Jefferson county. The letter is written on the old Conner campaign let ter head of 1904. It is headed, Far mers, Merchants and Laborers Associa- tion of Alabama" The name of Frank S. White appears at the head of the campaign committee. The use of the letter head is peculiar as: the circular is signed, "w. D. Nesbitt. Chairman State Central Committee" The circular leaving out all the names that appear as last years campaign committee is as follows:
 Birmingham, Ala. Jan. p 1906. Dear Sir--A meeting of the advocates Of railway rate and service regulation in Alabama is called for Tuesday even ing al s D. m, room No. 203, Title Guarantee Building.
 1t is desired that the business men heretofore identified with this cause come together at that time to discuss and adopt plans that will insure the election to our next Legislature Sen ator and Representative from Jener- son county in full sympathy with the shipping and business interests.
 If YOU cannot be present please ad- wise me. 311 Woodward Building, Bell Phone BPS.
 Yours very truly. ,
 (Signed) W. D. Nesbitt,
 Chairman State Central Committee.
 It is hardly probable that Mir. White is connected with this movement. all though his name is on the letter head, as he Is neither farmer, merchant nor Iaborer." Ills is the present attorney in Alabama of the Illinois Central Rail- road Company. one of the biggest and richest railroad corporations in the United States. MT. Corners filings at railroad lawyers would hit him just as hard as any of the rest of those whom he thus designates. It will be noted that the call is only for ticket in sympathy with the shipping and ousi- ness interests Where does the farmer come in?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-24
What State Papers
 Are Saying
Norking skIn Games.
Birmingham News.

Birmingham News.
 Some of those New York miliionaires who swear off their taxes and tax the public through a robber tariff are work Ing two skin-g games at the same time.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-24

Evidently there is such a thing is getting too funny--in St. Petersburg. at all events, as it is stated that fun ny newspaper In that city has been sup pressed and the editors imprisoned. Just think what might happen to The Norfolk Landmark in St. Petersburg,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-24
Let the Ladies Attend. Sea Side Whistler.

An interesting and important Tea who will attend the Cane Growers Convention to be held in Mo1iles in February. is to bring along the ladies, wal nosted upon the domestic uses to which the products of the farm may he put, and it is desired to get the ben eft of their good, sound information and iudgment.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-24

A Detroit man has unveiled a monu- rnent to Satan. He says he admires satan and doesn't believe a word in the Bible" If he is sure about that. where did he get his information and Impressions concerning Satan?-~Amer- icus Times Recorder
 There is such thing as getting inn presslons at first hand, without having to read up on subject Perhaps the Detroit chap is on good terms with "Auld Reckie."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-24
\ Literary Curloslty.
Birmingham Ledger.

Birmingham Ledger.
 Secretary Tafts book is being read and reviewed by the editors as few Government publications are reviewed. It Is a curiosity in Government pubil- cations in that it is an official reply to an unofficial statement of traveller The reply is made up largely of the reports of tho men criticised.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-24

It is stated as a positive fact that there are more swear words in the English language than in any other known tongue. And we may add that there are occasions when a fellow feels as if he'd like to use the whole batch.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-24
His Friends Urge Him.

The Star does not know that Captain Crook will become a candidate for the nomination for Commissioner of Agri- culture, but we do know that many of his friends would like for him to be- come a candidate for that position.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-24

Sunday Average. December. 1905 e. .1S,906 ~~-----~--->-->--7-~--- k. g. Noble Circulation Manager of the Montgomery Advertiser, being duly sworn, says:
 The foregoing statement of The Adver- ttsers circulation for the month of Decem- Der. 1905. Is true and correct, and compiled after all returns from news boys. news agents. and leftover copies have been de- Gucted. E. $. NOBLE.
 Circulation Manager. Sworn to and subscribed before me this x4th day Of January, 1906.
 F. ". JACKSON,
 Notary Public.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-24

Mfr. Roosevelt is to tho South the most kindly President since the war There is a pleasant feeling between us and it is not our policy to interrupt it Birmingham Ledger.
 And this in the face of the fact that Southern men were in MT. Cleveland's cabinet during both. of his administra- tions. with none in Roosevelt's. Mir Cleveland placed Southern men on the Supreme Court bench. He appointed Southern men as ministers to foreign countries. and sent scores upon scores of Southern men as consuls and other good positions in foreign countries. A dispatch dated Washington, January 20, says: .-.
 It is alleged that one of the reasons why Senators Morgan and Bacon help ed to kill the civil service features of Secretary Roots consular reform bill was that neither Alabama nor Georgia has a single appointce in the entire consular service. This fact was brought out during the meeting in the foreign affairs committee at which Secretary Root was urging the Senators to ap- prove the bill. When Senators Morgan and Bacon declared that their States were without representation in the con- sular service. Secretary Root was fore ed to assent to the truthfulness of their statements.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-24
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nou,t ne a Nnocy<er.
BY PHIL H. ARMSTRONG.

Don't Be a Kn0cker. Don't be a knocker as down life's way, We toggle together day by day. If you can't say something that's good you know, You can just keep quiet for you'd best go slow. Don't knock a fellow because he's down, Don't knock the country or your
 'uAol Knocking won't bring a thing your way. Don't be a knocker 1t doesn't pay. Don't be a knocker--just cast your eye Around for the good traits---.ney are nigh. t.f .s% Y.e--.7 Say something kind once just for Of the people that come in your knock. ing range.
 There's a bad side to all mortal men. There's also good side now and then Don't send the rain where the sun- beams play. Don't be a knocker---it doesn't pay.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-24
Has a Tab On Them.
Mobile Herald

pdODIie t16TAAu.
 If anything happens to his reform plans President Roosevelt ought not to have much difficulty to point out the men who tempered with the switch.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-24
THE HIGH WATER MARKS.

The last month of 1905 was the banner month m The Advertisers circulaton new high-wRter mark was established. U should Dc remembered that The Advertisers $ circulation statements compiled altet the returns from ai sources have been de- ducted ana the figures gwen represent oniy the net pald-tor output. Here are the De- cefnber figures:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-24
chs.f Gerald In,piroved.

The condition Of Police Chief X. 5,
 Gerald, who has been confined to his home several days with sickness, was reported as improved yesterday. The hundreds of friends of Chief Gerald in Montgomery feared that his illness-was critical few days ago, and great satisfaction Is expressed that his condition is so much improved. It Is thought that he will be able to be out in a. few days if he continues to inn prove as steadily as he has in the last few days
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-24

She married an octogenarian. didn't she?' "I guess not He looked to he as white as any of us Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-24
TrrrA Tnn

I wouldn't marry him if he were the last man on earth
 You couldn 'nt-they wouldn't be any preacher.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-24
Hia sfnAmA

How Is that snobbish Jones getting along who managed to butt into so- ciety?
 Oh. in the social scale he doesn't t weigh much.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-24

Former Governor Joseph F. Johnston of Birmingham. spent yesterday and last night in Montgomery. mingling with his political friends. While Gov ernor Johnston has not made any an- nouncement. it is believed he will be a candidate in the next primary elec- tion either for Governor or alternate United States Senator.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-24
The Nerve of Hin,

She--Sir, believe you are marrying me for my money-I am speeches. with indignation.
 He-Don't let that worry you---mon- ey talks.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-24
The Mnn nun4n

l l1derstand she is tongue-tied.
 Impossible--who ever heard of a wo. mans tongue being tied for any length of time
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-24

The condition of MT. Henry Matthews, Clerk of the City Court, who Is i'll at his residence, was unchanged last night.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-24

Remember the best place in the city to get line wines, whiskey. etc, is at Bartlett's where the cars stop.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-24

Go to Jones's to get your baby car rtages--a full line of the best and handsomest in the market.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-24

Mir. Caesar Boyd of Pike County, was in Montgomery last night.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-24

Mir. Hamilton witherbee. one of our most popular and enterprising young daughter of our esteemed fellow townsman. Hon, W. W. Young, one of the leading merchants of our thriving little city, etc, etc, etc, ran away to Hen Roost Cross Roads and were mar ried yesterday. It was q Gretna-5reen affair,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-24

Blan's Eureka Mixture will cure the worst case of stomach trouble on re- cord
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-24

NIIUW IIVWH itBIIIb uIlU dUVeTTIl read down the column )
 Local Brevftiea,

ABTUNEETENs
 Miss Margurite Peters entertained a large crowd of society. young folks at her home last Thursday, the oc- casion being her birth day. The guests ht late hour repaired to the dining room where they were served bounti- fully with liberal helpings of cake and cream of Miss Margurite's own making.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-24

Mir. ". H. Denson of Birmingham. is in the city.
 Mir. Joseph Boyd of Troy, is visiting the city.
 Mir. J. A Henderson of Troy, is in town.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-03-03

On paper, at least, Tommy Burns
Of Detroit is now the heavyweight
champion pugilist of the world. He
got the decision at Los Angeles Friday
night at the end Of 20 rounds from
Marvin Hart.
Jack Dougherty of Milwaukee earn
ed an enviable position in the boxing
world through his defeat of Buddy
Ryan at Milwaukee.
The Colfax high school basket ball
teams took double header from the
Pendleton, Ore, teams. boys and
girls, in two hot games, at Colfax.
The 20 round boxing contest be-
tween Sailor Kelly and kid" Fred.
ericks, scheduled to take place in
Wardner February "a, has. 1t is an
nounced by the promoters of the
fight, been postponed until March 3.
Lea Myers, manager for Kid Scaler
announces that he has matched the
Spokane favorite against Kid Bern
stein at Standpoint.
Aberdeen baseball men have decid
ed to accept President w. H. Lucas
offer of a place in the Northwest
league, providing it is still open. =
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-03-03
MONTANA SQulBBS.

william Bell, an old and well known
resident of Hamilton, took his own life
recently by shooting himself in the
head with a 1922 rife. The mans
face was blown completely off.
An order which will ne received with
approval by the people of Cascade
county, is one filed in the Great Falls
land office restoring to entry the
desert land south of the Missouri, with
drawn October 8. 1902. The amount
of land which is affected is well within
the Great Falls land district and com
prises 1.150,000 acres, of which 1t is
estimated that over 100000 acres have
been taken up by the residents of Cas-.
cade county and about 1900 entries
stood suspended during this time,
Police Judge Charles Warren OF
Butte fined Dune Macdonald, the well
known athletic instructor, s25 for
refereeirfx the Sullivan-Ketchell fight
in Butte Kid Ketchell was also fined
s25, but Sullivan managed to evade the
officers and thus far has escaped ar
rest, though the officers are on the
lookout for him.
A Chinese doctor known by the name
of Charlie Can, and a pioneer resident
of Butte, was found murdered in his
home recently. He was supposed to bs
wealthy and robbery is alleged as the
motive for the crime. A Chinamar
bass been arrested, but as yet there il
little evidence to connect him with tn,
crime.
The line dividing Montana and Ida
,, which is now being run by engi
i fers, has so far been completed frou
Plo pass to Regis pass. BY this sur
~ ", it is figured. Idaho has gained 4St
lare miles of territory over tina
bwn in the most accurate map
r Ode. 1t is estimated that when In
,otu very ae completed, Idaho may hav'
ned enough territory to make larg
frOinty.