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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-16
GreatMan.

Noulton Advertiser.
 The Montgomery Advertiser of recent date pays Senator Fred L. Blackmon of Anniston a very high compliment, but everything that good old paper says about the distinguished gentleman Is strictly true. Conservative In his views, able in debate. affable and cour- icons to all, we regari him as one of our greatest man-an Alabamian who loves Alabama, and some day will be called to preside us Chief Executive over the destinies of our expanding commonwealth. We know him and we know him well; we know him to be wise fearless and patrtotic-know him 10 be gentle generous and open hearted. true to principle and immov ahle from the line of duty. With such a man as Governor today Alabama would be sailing on the smooth waters of prosperity and no one could com plain at injustice.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-16

. MT. John F. Stevens, recently chief engineer of the Panama canal, when asked few days ago as to whether he thought the canal eventually would be of the sea level type, replied: Tn doubtedly, in time A member of Congress from one of the Western Stats recently returned from the Con gressional jamboree to Panama, states unequivocally that the foundations make it certain that there will never be anything but a canal lock systep Mfr. Stevens Is al the head of his pro fession and knows what he is talking about. It Is doubtful if the Con gressman could engineer the boring Of a ten foot well.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-16

cannot see how man could have a five hours be consumed. On the other hnd we can see no reason in morals Or justice for spinning out a trial for nearly three months. The English cas, looks like railroading a man to his death while the other was the gait of a snail. There ought to be a happy medium, one would think, for cases of this nature. The accused should have fair and deliberate trial, and at the same time the public might be spared a three months dose of it.
 Of course it must all be gone over again, unless death intervenes. Wheth- CT Thaw Is allowed bail or whether he remains in prison his trial will all be to do over. for a new trial means go- ing over the entire route already trav- eled, if the court and the lawyers so will 1t. The next jury may clear Thaw and that will be the end of it, so far as the law and the courts are concerned. but it is possible that he may be convicted. That, again, does not put an end to it. His money and influence can keep the case in the courts under the New York system, for an indefinite period. There are as many courts in that State, and as many avenues of escape as in any part of the world, we have no doubt, and Thaw is rich enough to travel all of them. What is to be the final result of course no one can predict but it is safe to predict that it will be long draw, out. Is there any good to come from if?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-16
To-day In History

15S3-Wnliam the Silent, Prince of Orange, born. Died July 10, 1884.
 1766-Sir John Leslie, inventor of at mometer. born. Died November 3, 1892.
 I797-Louis Adolphe Thiers. Presi- dent of French Republic, born. Died September 8. 1877.
 1S0s-Caleb B. smith. Secretary of Interior in President Lincoln's cabi- net, born. Died January T, 1864.
 1S1S-Charles J Fogler,, whom Gro yer Cleveland defeated for Governor 1884.
 1S42-General Pollock entered Jella- labad with his troops.
 1S50-Madame Tussaud. originator of the great London waxwork exhibition, died
 1S95-Perry. escaped train robber, captured at Weehawken, N. J.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-16
NO END IN SIGHT.

We have had little to say about the results of the Thaw trial, because 1t is so hard to speak of it with any degree of patience. After about eleven weeks of disgusting, salacious details of charges and counter charges, of prying into family matters which should have remained hidden, of bully ing, brow beating and bandying of epithets, the matter Is just where it began. A curious and prurient public has been satiated with scandal and filth, thousands of dollars nave been spent. and for anything We can see nothing desirable has been gained. As The New York Mail says. we shal have 1t all over again. with the the atrical properties little frayed, some of the tlnsel missing. some of the out lines blurred by repetition. And if there is q conviction, We shall have it still again-for the man with money to hire astute counsel can nearly al- ways get an order for new t'ial from the appellate courts. No, but 1t is ob- jected, We shall be aroused to action and end the farce of the laws fatalities and delays. Tnhappily we have had our lesson and profted not flom it. For years we had d daily diet of Mo lineux. We shall have daily diet of Thaw-who knows how long. It is to laugh the laugh of disgust and self scorn."
 The newspapers tell us of d similar ease in England where the murderer was brought to trial in two months and convicted in five hours. Tut is not that almost as bad in one direction as the Thaw case was in the other? We
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-16

forgery and mutilation of the records, House bill No. 722, relating to the To- cation of county courts had not been sent to the governor for his sigma ture.
 The recrds were doctored so as to make 1t appear that the bill failed to pass when 1t really carried by an overwhelming majority. The chief provision of the bill provided that county courts designate the site where a new court house is to be cree ted before submitting the matter to a vote. It affected practically every county In the State.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-16
This Es My 56th Birthday"
Clarence D. Clark.

Clarence Don Clark, United States Senator from wyoming was born in Oswego County, New York. April 16, 1851. His family removed to the West when he was youth and he received his education at the Iowa State Uni versity After being admitted tc the bar in 1874 he taught. scnool for sev- eral years before beginning the prac- moved to Wyoming, where he speedily built up lucrative law practice, and Wa the prosecuting attorney for Uinta County for four years. When Wyom- ing was admitted to StaIeaood Mir Clark was sent to Congress in 1890 H" was defeated for reelection two years later but in 1895 Was cnosen by the Republicans for United States Sen
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-16

The toast master at the Chattanooga affair introduced MT. Bryan as the greatest man in all history. sacred or profane. Why will people make them selves so utterly ridiculous In public Without expressing any opinion on the subject of MT. Bryan's greatness we all know that such an encomium as that is not deserved. MT. Bryan has been flattered so much that no sur prise should be felt if he has a high opinion of himself, but such laudation as that of this toast master should have been too much for him to listen to with any degree of patience. And by the way, what will the Roosevelt adulators say? Can there be two greatest men at once?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-16
FEW KNOW rms

A well known , specialist haL stated the Kidney, and Bladder Troubles of all kindte are tr nearly every instance readily relieved by taking e few doses of the following simple home- made mixture:
 Fluid Extract Dandelion. one- half ounce; Compound Kargon. one ounce; Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla. three ounces, The dose is a teaspoonful aft CT meals and at bedtime. These ingredients can be obtained at any good pharmacy. and are mixed by shaking we'll in . bot tie, Victims of Kidney, Bladder md Urinary diseases of any kind should not hesitate to maket this prescription up and try 1t, It comes highly recom- mended and doesn't cost much to prepare,
 If not troubled now. save this for future use.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-16
FEBRUARY CIRCULATION.

Day after day, week after week. month after month and year after year. The Advertiser continues to be the only daily or Sunday newspaper published in la bema to print sworn statements of its ac- tuol net paid circulation.
 The February figures given below show Vigorous and substantial growth and further emphasizes The Advertisers guar ensss that its circulation is the largest ex any morning or Sunday newspaper printed in Afatam.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-16
COULDN'T FIND MACKLlN.
Major Penrcse Belieyed That captain
 Was Killed.

San Antonio. Tex. April 15.-The court martial of Captain Ed. A. Mack lin, 18th Infantry. in connection with the shooting up" of Brownsville, opened today at Fort Sam Houston.
 Major c. W. Penrose testified to be- ing awakened by firing on the night of the Brownsville affray and the &C., cused, who was the officer of the day, did not appear for some time.
 Major Penrose testified that the ac- cused finally reported and said he had been asleep. Witness testified that he thought Macklin was out in town, or had been killed. Men sent to find him reported that Captain Macklin could not be found at his house in the post or in town"
 Court adjourned until tomorrow. The testimony Is much the same as that of the recent Penrose trial
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-16

"If the Democratic party should nominate Mir. Roosevelt for the presi- dency," says The Columbia State, the nominating speech will be the party's swan song. It would from fiat mo- ment go out of business. And rightly, for the nomination of Republican who opposes Democracy's principles would be an admission that the party has neither principles worth fighting for, nor a man in the party capable of leadership"
 The nominating speech would hardly deserve to be called swan song. :" It would be the croak of the raven.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-16

Some puzzled reader asks The Nor folk Landmark for the general opinion in the sporting world as to the pro- priety of betting on "a sure thing and the contemporary goes about im- parting knowledge in this way:
 The sporting editor of The Landmark does not consider 1t manly to bet on absolute knowledge, unless reluctantly after fair warning is given. If the other fellow, after being fairly warn ed, does not heed the warning, but blatantly dehes the sure man to a test of his Knowledge. the matter is differ ent. But no man ought willingly to bet on a sure thing. CP. S.--The eth ical editor says no man ought to bet at alb
 But The Landmark forgets that in most games. as well as in politics and jury verdicts, it is rare for the mere human intelligence to know ehar one has a sure thing. That is one of the main attractions about gambling they say.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-16
AFFILIATED BILL.

Crooked Work Discovered in Clerks
 Office of Missouri Legislature.
 Jefferson City, April 15.-A sensa- ton was caused in legislative circles today by the discovery that through
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-16
DRIFTWOOD
 nv pUII, n. ARNSTRON0,
Green Apple Days.

Green apple days, green apple days. Of the dear long long ago; see you through misty haze Here in the evening glow. Once more I climb the gnarled old tree, Where each round beauty sways; totter, catch, then clutch in glee-- Good old green apple days. Green apple days, green apple days, When was but a boy, A-roaming down the tangled ways. My heart a-thump with joy. Through happy Junes and Mays. On life was full of ecstasy In those green apple days. Green apple days, green apple days. And cast-iron stomach boys- Green apple days. green apple days, With hop and skip and noise. With the old blue jay assassin you With a sorter naughty gaze, And the humble bee a passing you In the old green apple days. Green apple days. green apple days. Oh, please come back once more. Green apple days, green apple days, Be as you were before. Although you kinked me in a knot Whose recollection stays All the joys I've not forgot Of old green apple days
 Mother Goose to Date. E. H. Hartman
 Sat in a corner Eating a railroad pie; He stuck in his thumb And. what do you think? He pulled out of the oregon Short
 Line.s
 Result of brain storm.
 Milwaukee Sentinel. E. H. Hartman sat on wall; E. H. Hartman had hard fall. Not all the Kings horses nor all the
 Kings men Can put him back there in quite as
 good shape as he was before" 'case of exaggeratsd ego, ,ru,,, 4 dollar, a dollar,
 A Stock Exchange scholar Paymaster of the game But now it's Mud" "Dolt,' or some
 thing else equally opprobious.' we chose the "adoIescent" defense.
 New York Evening Mail. I met B. Ii. Hartman coming down. Few people thought he would come But the President kicked him with
 the left foot.'
 %Plain paranoia.
 St. Louis Post Dispatch - One misty musty morning, When cloudy was the weather, I met Hartman all clothed in Fish
 skin, I began to courtesy, he began to grin" "Just circular insanity. Hartman. be nimble; Hartman, be Harri@an; jump clean over the Big The reason he was jumping Like jumping OCT fire. The big stick swatted him, And then called him a liar"
 Musings of Molycoddle.
 $ se sa The Denver Post says women pick out the bow-legged girls in a chorus bookkeeper, he is not likely to worry as to whether the figures are straight. and sometimes not then.
 E E E The Department of Agriculture 's debating over new label for whiskey: What's the matter with the State seal of Kentucky?
 The Macon Telegraph says the ln- clients did not kiss, Umph! but they try 1t now when ever they get half
 & @ &
 Trained Up. Here is the man with the ossified skull"
 How came it hardened? Oh. his wife las been beating him over the head with a broomstick for the past twenty years"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-16

Gerrit J. Diekema, the Republican candidate for William Alden Smiths has long been prominent in Michigan politics. He served four terms in the State Legislature and has been Chair man of the Republican State Commit tee since 1900.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-16

The report is given out that the ground plans of the Pennsylvania State House have been stolen. Strikes us that that Is very small matter to get excited over, after several mil lion dollars are known to have been stolen.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-16
MIR BRADBERRY DEAD.
Prominent Young Bullock County Mar
 Passes Away

FWBBeb AWAY.
 Union Springs. April 15-(Specia)- MT. Ernest Bradberry, son of MT. and Mrs. J. c. Bradberry died last night after a long illness.
 He was in his twenty second year. His remains will be carried to Inver- ness Tuesday morning for interment. the funeral being preached at Mt. Zion church, his old home by Rev. F. H. Watkins, pastor of the Baptist church of this place.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-16

Will some kind hearted person let us know if the recent cold had any bad effect on the mint crop?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-16

'Mr. Graves" says The Manchester Union. referring to the Chattanooga hasco, "is the sort of man who con siders his country before his party This, in the language of the immortal William, is the most unkindest cut of alls
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-16

The proposition to accept $75O, 900 from Andrew Carnegie for library was voted down by the citizens of De- troit at the recent election.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-16
HANN

There are many good reasons for buying your Shoes of Ham.
 It sometimes pays to stop and consider why we do or don't do things,
 First-Hann's s Shoes are re- liable in quality.
 Second-Hann's s Shoes fit as we'll as any.
 Third-Hann's salesmen are paid to tell you the truth.
 Fourth-We live up to our representations. { THE VITAL QUALITY QUESTION is answered in every pair.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-16
M N % AOpA of the SOufh.

l sons or the south.
 There seems to be general impress | Tn sympathy with the street car strik- CTS that the men who are here work ing for the Montgomery Traction Com l pany are from the North. An effort to | arouse Southern sympathy has been made in this way, and the men who are | now wearing thc. caps of the car com pany are often saluted with the derisive | cry of Yankee '"rhe fact of the matter is" conttr- ued the speaker, who is himself work ing for the company in the capacity of conductor, tha greater number on the cars are Southerners by birth and sym pathy. Msny of them come from good 1 Southern stock and are here working for the car company in an effort to gain livelihood in an honest way. here and are just as true Southerners as those who assail them." | D. J. Doig, a contractor and builder of Jackson. Mich, has written Secre- tary l.. l.. Gilbert of the Commercial Club, saying that he intends to locate in Montgomery. His removal to this camjaign of the 1910 movement. MT. Doig will probably reach Montgomery Wednesday, accompanied by his wife.
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 MT. W. J. Nesbitt of Decatur was in Montgomery yesterday. en route Co Selma, where he will attend the State Convention of the Junior Order of 1 United American Mechanics. MT. Mes bitt Is the national representative Of the order in Alabama.
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 MT. w F. Feagin. chief clerk in the State Department of Education. is in Clayton on account of the serious i'll ness of his mother there.
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 Messrs. Thomas J. Young. L. J. are registered at Hotel Summers. foTmer Chief JastYce or of Si5 sh; Supreme Court, is in Montgomery.
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 MT Charles Lagman, a prominent { citizen of Mobile, was a visitor to Montgomery yesterday.
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 MT Jake Weiss of Mobile was a prominent visitor to Montgomery yes- | terday.
 MT. James l.. Davidson of Birming. ham is visiting the city.
 is E & MT; Jack T. stallings of Birming. ham is in MontsO%sry; 5 ss s
 MT. B. Waddell of Scale spent last night in Montgomery'
 $ & s MT. A.. Benners of Birmingham, was in the city last night.
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 Hon. John P. Tillman of Birming. ham is in the city.
 MT. M B. Wharton of Eufaula is
 % E E , Pr. William T, Hamilton of Mobile
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-16
Politics and Politicians

A Republican club of Kansas City. b Republican National Convention b. 1908 for that city.
 After a lapse of ten years Delaware voters will qualify without being forced to pay the registration fee of $1, on May f. This is in accordance with an act passed by the recent leg islature.
 John W. Cummings, prominent lawyer of Fall River, is mentioned as a possible candidate for the Demo- cratic nomination for Governor of Massachusetts.
 Ten of the sixteen Republican Con- gressmen from Ohio are said to favor Taft for the presidential Endorsement as against Foraker Three members favor the Senator, while the other three are non-committal.
 Friends of Governor Stokes of New as the Republican Vice-Presidential strength to a ticket headed by either Fairbanks Taft or Cannon.
 sJohn w. Yerkes, Commissioner of Internal Revenue, has made it known that he will not accept the Republican nomination for Governor of Kentucky. Those now mentioned for the nomina- tion are ex-Governor William O. Brad ley, Augustus E. Wilson of Louisville and E. T. Franks. Collector of Inter- nal Revenue of one of the districts.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-16
Wants . Large Line.

q am one of those citizens who is always ready to advocate any enter prise that means the advancement and growth of our city" said a real estate dealer yesterday.
 'I for one, am in favor of putting barge line on the Alabama, for the pur- pose of affording facilities for trans portating freight regularly up and down our most valuable stream.
 Tt is well known that during cer- tain seasons of the year, steamboats cannot ply up as high as Montgomery, thus not giving our citizens a service that might be counted on week in and week out
 The Idea of a barge line is to in competition, after ali, is the life of trade. These barges could be hauled by tugs and they could navigate the Alabama River at all seasons of the year.
 Of course, if the time ever arrives when the United States Government has deepened the channel sufficiently for steamboat navigation the year around, the barge line could be aban doned."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-16
Sidesculk Penciiings
Not Unprecedented.

''Doubtless many readers of The Ad- vertiser think the unusually cold weather we have been having in April of us, at least. call to mInd cold wave just fifty-eight years ago tomorrow morning" said an old citizen yester- day.
 T was living near the southern line of Randolph County at the time,' he continued, "and well remember that morning of April 16, 1S49. and what followed. The Spring had been warm, and the leaves on the trees were fully coming on and flowers ,sprinsing up everywhere. A few days afterwards the woods looked as if a fire had swept over them, the leaves scorched and yellow, and hardly a living one left. The flowers were killed and most of the garden vegetables shared the same fate 1t was almost complete de- struction of vegetation in that region.
 Another disaster of that visitation that remains fixed in my memory was the injury to the wheat crop. Like everything else. the wheat was far ad- yanced. and while it was not entirely hardly more than was required for seed. and the grains not much more than half the usual size. Our only flour supply at that time and place was ob- tained from the wheat grown in the country around us, and biscuits and the like were decidedly scarce that year, very much to my dissatisfaction, as g boy.
 T have no recollection now as 70 the degree of cold, for there were no thermometers. but I do know that the destruction was almost complete.
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 Filler in Fertilizer.
 / You would be surprised" said prominent citizen, who Is interested m farming. ito know how little most peo- pie really know about commercial fer tilizers. In recent agitations many of defective fertilizer have been aimed against filler which seems to have mystiried everybody.
 'I confess that l do not know much about fertilizers. but l have read l good many works on it during the two years 1 devoted to 8 study of 1t, and am frank to say, as the letters of en- ing to do with the actual qualities of u fertilizer. Plant life requires three elements, nitrogen, potash and phos- phorus; the quantities of the elements required by different varieties Of piantS varies; and the agriculturaliat, in D. plying fertilizers. must make an in- teiligent use of the quantities of ri- trogen, potash and phosphorus needed to afford food to the growing plants and to repay the earth the sustenance the plants have taken out of 1t.
 Now, filler Is not, and is not sup posed to be, either potash or nitrogen or phosphorus. It is merely material plants contained in the fertilizers The heavy kicks, therefore. against filler are all beside the mark; the only trouble about filler is that it's addi- tional weight to the real fertilizer S something to pay freight on."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-16

E. H. Hartman sat on a wall E. H. Hartman had hard fall Not all the Kings horses nor all the
 Kings men Can put him back there in quite as
 good shape as he was before.*
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-16

Hartman. be nimble; Hartman, be
 quick, Hartman jump clean over the Big
 Stick, The reason he was jumping Like Jumping OCT a fire. The big stick swatted him, And then called him liar"
The Washington times., 1907-01-13

T EFT NOTHING PREVENT YOUR BEING HEREl 1T WILL BE
sale beside which all others will pale insignfance-a sale
which will place before the people of Washington almost
m stock of the seasons most desirable merchandise prices which
could not be made far below actual costs any other time The
and only consideration reduce reduce reduce All else gives place
the pemptory and imperative need for absolute carance-pro
and margins entirely of the question the what may
the goods must be Sold and sold quickly Have charged
The Washington times., 1907-01-13

A CLEANSWEEP CLEARANCE OF NEARLY HALF MILLION
Dollars worth of hghass merchandise An announcement of
the utmost interest and Importance Prices down to frac
ton of usual figures The coming week the time appointed for the stu
pendou semanna stock clearance prior TO inventory sale which
past spread and of the Heht Stores far ana
wdehe great Clean Sweep And the sale begin tomorrow
ing win easily stand head for the wonderfully reduced prices
the most exceptional value giving the most extraordinary attractions