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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-26
What the State Papers
 Are Saying and Doing
Their own Bosses.

Their own Bosses. Birmingham Ledger
 After demanding that the people be allowed to make their own cnolce or officials, we are about to be driven back to the convention plan, because the people did not obey the wishes of the bosses.
 It Is FaternaIIsm. Abbeville News.
 An exchange says the Government will soon advance the price of enVel- opes. The fact is the Government has no more right to deal in envelopes than it has to deal in calicoeS or bacon. and it looks like Congress would put 1t out of business in the envelope line.
 Fence or No Fence. Mobile Item.
 Owners of big farms ug in in North to do away with fences to protect their crops against depredations of cattle of the small farmers. This is a question years. Perhaps it may be settled by the number of votes the small farmers have to cast for anti mo fence" law candidates.
 Dog Tax. Eufaula Times.
 There are many valuable dogs on which owners will gladly pay tax for protection and why don't the LeSlSla- tors of Alabama make a law taxing dogs so that owners can be protected? There are many useless CUTS that would be gotten rid of in the event a stringent dog law was passed as the game law we now have.
 
 Can't Shoot Them. Centerville Press.
 This is the season of the bull bat. He is flying now. and squawking louder than ever, and you can pint your gun at him and see If you can get the aim, but 1t is a violation of the law to pull the trigger. While we, have joined in the slaughter of this class of birds in the past, we have always thought that they should be protected. While flying in the air, with their large wings ex- banded, they look to be quite large. but their bodies are not much larger than your thumb. but they can devour thousands of mosquitoes and gnats in an evening" They can dart over field and meadows now in perfect peace from the molestation of man.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-26
APRIL CIRCULATION.

The Montgomery Advertiser guarantees its Advertisers (and makes t a part of the contract when requested) that it's Daily cir euiation IS lar~er than that of any mSPnlng newspaper printed in Afabana-and that its Sunday edition has the largest circulation of any edition of any newspaper printed III Alabama without exception.
 The figures for April, printed below. rep resent the actual net circulation, all returns having been deducted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-26

Senator Foraker declares that all the testimony brought out in the Browns vile matter fails to show that the ne gro soldiers, or any of them, had any thing to do with the shooting up" of the town. The trouble with Foraker, we suspect. is that h. has no desire or intention to be convinced that the col pred troops were guilty.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-26

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-26

sTAr. Bryan is man who says what he thinks" The Norfolk Landmark sags That is all the more reason why bA should always think right.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-26
Idvc rnrrn Nnw-

Teacher-"How long had Washin gton been dead when Roosevelt was inaug- urated7"
 Scholar-'I dunno, but 1t hasn't been very dead since Teddy has been there" ---IA-ptnnnttIA NaRazinAs
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-26

Abe Hummel and Abe Ruef have caused us to look upon the appeIlation Honest Abe" with suspicion these days.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-26

It's a slow day when San Francisco can't manage to occupy the spot light In some way.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-26

the penalties could only follow faster the indictments of these noted grafters, the people would breathe easier.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-26
Sidescaik Penciiings
Suicide of s Fly.


 But for the ludicrousness of the sit nation and the pestiness of the beasts the sight would have been sad one, was an interesting one and pitifuL
 This is what Happened: A fly of the ordinary worrying type. bread and flesh eaters. hurled himself to death by hanging himself. unexpectedly, This Is why: He had been snatching bites from the nasal tuberosity on the face of one of the perennial loafers con gregated in the grocery store, and they had grown very vexing. The attract ing party squirmed and fidgetted and cussed every time the tsicker came his way, and to no avail. Finally sum launched solar plexus at the animal. and lay back to watch the results. Of course he missed. but he got his re- yward' for the fly tried to escape the the, screened window in the near vi cinity. The brute got his head on one side of the screen and his body on the other, and was not able try as he might, to get neither through.
 And this was the soliloquy which was indulged in by the bitten party when the loafers crowded around to see the struggle: Now, drat you, die. are. and are reaping just deserts. Squirm away, old man, wiggle and sauirm, for you had me going. Feels good, doesn't 1t? Avfully good, eh?
  you lobster, tug, yon'll get it off in a minute, and your body will have no brains, having no head in which to carry them. You never had any, any how, you fiend of SItan. All off. is 1t? You're dead now, ain't you? Dead, that's what you are. Bite again, will you-you old hound-bite again. And l bet you will, doggone it, even If your to that effect
 Cotton Crop Improves
 The warm weather of the past three weeks has made decided improve ment in the cotton cro said Commis- sioner J. A. Wilkinson.
 "The crop is still four weeks behind. And in all probability the crop will be short. But the prospects are decidedly better than they were four weeks ago; There is no reason why there should be any business depression over the cotton crop. It pays the South better an eleven million bale crop and 1t means more for the South to have an eleven million bale crop than thir- teen million bale crop. Statistics on in dollars the South received more money from the smaller crops than the large crops.
 apparently healthy and and if the good cotton weather continues, you can ex- pect a great change in 1t as there was in the past hree weeks"
 MT. c. Scheussler of Lafayette, spent yesterday in Montgomery and left last night for New Orleans He has extensive interests in Chambers and Lowndes counties.
 Fred S. billiard of this city, left Mont gomery last night for several months vacation in Asheville, N. c.
 
 Senator Perry Thomas, of Eufaula. was among the prominent visitors to the city yesterday.
 
 Judge H. T. Benton, of Russell County, was at the Capitol yesterday on business.
 Representative A. M. Tunstall, of Hale County, was in Montgomery yes terday. -e
 MT. George w. Duncan, of Auburn, spent yesterday in the city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-26

Quite a good deal is being said now about what is called "nicOtinsless to-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-26

There is a movement on foot to spare no pains to stop the tramps from riding on railroad trains Stop 1t by all means, if country editors can't ride tramps shouldn't under any circum- stances be allowed to do so.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-26

On John Smith Day at the Jamestown exposition that grand old family will rise and assert itself but we hope they will not be compelled to listen 10 all the Indian IntermeZzos the country has been flooded with for the last five years.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-26

As q monumental liar. Harry Orchard makes poor old Ananais look like thirty cents in real money.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-26
CUTICURAGROWS HAIR Removes Dandruff and SOOthes
 Itching, Irritated ScaIpS.

and light dressings with Cuticura, the purest and sweetest of emollients, stop
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-26

South American Republics are seek ing visit from King Alfonso. Don't you know he's too busy cutting monkey shines with the kid to leave just now?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-26
Cannot Keep Up With Him.

MT. George w. Duncan, of Aubu spent yesterday in the city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-26

Senator Perry Thomas, of EufauIa. was among the prominent visitors to the city yesterday.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-11-17
An Appreciation.

Editor Sun-During the past week
it was my privilege to attend the
services of the week of prayer held
at the Methodist church by the ladies'
OF the two missionary societies The
attendance was splendid. and the col.
lection very good
The writer has attended similar
meetings elsewhere. but has never
seen 50 much interest in the work at
amy other place The Foreign Mis-
siuuary Society Of which Mrs 7. +.
MCIioath Is president has ll3 mem.
beers. and the Home Missiouar, So
cicty. oi which Mrs " l.. FLOYD d,
president has lu2 members Roth
socl,tio- are au honor 20 Ia, church
and tho city VISITOR
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-11-17
A DELIGHTFUL OCCASION.
.H1iss Mamie Jewell Entertains in
Honor Of Her Fifteenth Birthday.

"
Upon the occasion Of her fifteenth
bifthday, Miss Mamie Fawoll enter.
t4lned q large number of friends at
het home on West Church street Fri
DAY afternoon from to T o'clock, and
those who attended reported most
1elightful time.
The afternoon was passed IN
manner appropriate TO the occasion,
here being many interesting, as well
30 amusing, games. Fishing for
Hrixes was about the most amusing of
Ihe entire program, as it brought
E0rth great deal OF merrlmcnt from
The young folks Thomas Swearngen
Secured the first prize, and Miss
h,lolse Douglass second prize, for fish
lng grape fruit.
There was also an interesting con.
<est for shooting the bow and arrow,
. ~ which George u, II eXemplihcd his
accuracy and secured the prize.
+ The decorations were simple, but
attractive. There were fifteen candles,
|rapresenting the years Of the young
hostess life, all burning brightly.
These candles were located ON large
cake, and were cXtiuguishcd bv Iilt '.u
boys and girls in turn, rs follows;
fleorge Dell, EloiSe Douglass, BcruiCc
DeI.and, Nell Raglin, Carrie Perry, T.
u. Swearingen, Jr., Chester Harold,
Mason Richardson, Ruth JcnEan,
1eanette Morrison, Marion Manasse,
Roy Nixon, Eleanor Nixon, Robert
Jones and Wallace Parham
Delicious refreshments Of Ice cream,
cake and oranges were served, and at
the hour of I the young folks depart
cd, wishing the clever young hostess
many happy returns Of the day.
Miss Mamie IL the daughter of Nj,
and Mrs Henry F,wcll, and Is quite
popular among the young people.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-11-17
AT THE CHURCHES TO-DAY.
List Of Various Places Of Worship,
Where Those Desiring May Attend.

Services will be observed at the Va.
rious places ut Worship tai, sabbath
as follows:
First uaptist Church. re-, : r..
Eogrr. SUNDAY school at $50 %. II.
Preaching nt o.So a m. subject. a
In., rmrcl Meeting of r. \. T.. /.
lortn,. ot . Seniors AT els Preach.
lr. At -ls. subject III, Marriage
U,p, E,tr, fin, music M this -,o
i.,,
rIr.i PRESBYTERIAN Church Rev.
Tho. p u,, Preaching at 1880 a.
M subject Tho Man of Sorrow
Surt,, .,..l at an w pr,1criul
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-11-17
Dancing Proves Fatal

MANY men and women catch colds
at dances which terminate In pncu-
monla and consumption. After expos,
are. II Fuley's Honey and Tar is taken
Il will break UP a cold and no serious
results need be- feared Rcfu-, any
hut the genuine In a yellow package.
] w. MCCollum 4 Co
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-11-17
This is Worth Remembe

A no one Is immune. ''''.
should remember that F0l,.
Cure will cure any case %.
bladdE trouble that D. '.'
the reach Of medicine, ! "
lum 4 Co.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-11-17
University BOYS
WON EASY VICTORY
verside Defeated by Gainesville
Boys by Tremendous Score.
'WENTY,oNE TO DIG eoosE.see

pgne Beautiful Plays Were Made, and
The Defense Of the University Boys
Was AS Strong As a Brick Wall.
UnIversity's Good Work.
Jacksonville, Nov. 1G.-Twentyone
20 a big goose-egg was the score in
The football game between the Uni
'NbrBity OF Florida and the strong
Riyerslde team this afternoon The
9eme was well attended.
This was a pretty but onc.sidcd
ktme. Forsyth repeatedly carried the
BAH for good gains. Alderman tack.
|eled In his usual good style, at one
itipe saving touchdown.
Alderman, RAIDER and Forsyth twice
kDtured the ball across the approach
tsg goal.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-11-17

The Store That Is Awake to Your Interest As Well
As Our Owm-Our Standard Of Merchandise Begins
Where Merit Does and Ends With the Best
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1907-12-12

first time that the people awoke to
the danger was after the adoption Of
the act of 1873, changing the repre-
sentative of the unit of measure from
silver to gold, and the alarm was not
given by the so-called Democrats, but
by the Greenback Party. The Demo
Gratis in congress had voted unani-
mously for the act Of 1873, but let
that wait for a future time. Of
course, this may be considered old
stuff, but there are many young peo=
pie today who have never heard Of
it, and, like the Bible, it will be pleas
ant reading to the beginner.
The Jeffersonian is hummer, and
the only paper in the South that has
the courage to speak the truth, and
the people will not forget it.
Malcolm Jay.
Fort Worth, Texas, Nov. %, 1907.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1907-12-12

Continued from Page Three.)
ing. Most of people would think that
a soldier under fire and facing grim
death would feel like funeral pro-
cession; but not so, he is always
watching for something that will
amuse him. That was the case with
this soldier. During the fighting q
rabbit run in front Of the line, and
the boys we're shooting at it. This
soldier stepped from behind his tree
to get g shot, as it passed, and ball
as shot through his heart. He was
laughing at the time, and was killed
so dead that the muscles Of his face
rever relaxed. w. Ell. Andrews.
Sugar Valley, Ga.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1907-12-12
idle THOUGHTS OF AN IDLE
FELLOW

To The Jeffersonian:
Jerome K. Jerome is the author Of
little book, not unworthy our read
ing, which bears the above title. The
human mind is made Of two score or
more faculties, any one of which,
when aroused, leads off in distinct
direction governing the manifestation
Of all the rest. When the faculty of
"Appetite" is called into action by
the demands of the stomach, all hands
set about to answer that demand.
Likewise when "Combativeness" is
provoked, tooth and toe-nail rally at
once to the call to action. Likewise
throughout with each faculty.
At present my faculty Of "Per-
spicuity," which I coin out Of tri-
combination of "Inquisitiveness,"
"Sagacity," and "Force,'' which in
deed make striking combination,
and one which is not the most pleas
ant factor in society, is up. But
what care I for society just now?
And even if I did, my hornets nest
is stirred up and it's got to be thresh-
ed out. was getting along very
peaceably in life, eating three times
day, and sleeping about the same,
until-oh, Scott! that talk about
"Clearing house certificates" put me
to the bad. I had wintered along
with right good temper listening to
my friends talk about the things that
Roosevelt was going to "burst," the
meat trust, the coal trust, the paper
trust, and all the rest of the "trust"
imposed in him, and which put him in
Office and will try to keep him there.
Yes, as I was just saying, I was
getting along all right, but this "Cy-
clone money" which William Ran
dolph Bryan is making such fuss
over, Haunted itself under my nose,
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1907-12-12

There are so many things that I
wish to write about that they get
crossed up in my mind, and none Of
them will come out in a satisfactory
manner. However, I have a book
that was gotten up by the govern.
ment printer under instructions, for
the benefit Of the noble (f) senators
Of our country during the first Cleve-
land administration, which contains
all the laws relating to currency, coin
age and banking from 1895 down to
1886. They are arranged so that
they can be readily understood and
have annotations on the side that al
lows one to find what he wants di-
rectly besides having an index. From
this think that I can tell the people
something that they never dreamed
Of and can prove that as far as the
two great parties are concerned, they
have each been "Pirate Prices" in
their endeavors to fool the people and
profit the "interests. - This univer>
sal piracy was not confined to the
postwar times alone, but has been
coolly planned and worked from the
time Jackson broke the United States
tank and the people at the same time.
There has never been any hiatus in
the efforts of the "interests,"
through the politicians, regardless Of
party, to accomplish what they have
at last almost succeeded in doing-an
absolute control of the people through
the circulation Of the nation. The
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1907-12-12
wATsoNs WEEKLY JEFFERsoN1AN.

this prosperous land, or just before,
It makes no difference which, Pirate
Price issued circular letter marked
Confidential and Private to all the
bankers and credit merchants in the
South, advising them that the best
thing for them to do was to sue, or
by other measures, FORCE the farm
ers to sell their cotton at once. This
circular was an attempt to force the
merchants to do what has heretofore
heen the custom when October rolled
around and the poor debtor farmer
was forced to sell and settle with the
merchant. Now the fact was, and is,
that Pirate Price was on the wrong
side of the market to the tune of
100000 bales, and should the farmers
persist in holding their cotton, Pirate
Price stood, and stands, fine
chance of being pinched just as he
wanted to pinch the farmer. These
measures having worked in the inter-
est of Pirate Price and his comrades
in New York in the past, it was nat
ural, being a New Yorker, that he
should expect them to again answer
his purpose.
The motive Of the letter written by
Pirate Price is now apparent to all,
and as the letter has come into the
hands of the president Of the Farm
ers' Union, it is hardly necessary to
state that such letters will only hard
en- the determination of the southern
farmers to hold on to their cotton,
and should the bankers, or any one of
them, attempt to coerce the farmers,
or any one of them, they will be treat
ed, in the language Of President Neill
Of the Texas Farmers Union, Gas
disciples Of Theodore Price, and,
under the circumstances, they cannot
afford to enforce collections. This
has had practical application already,
and the bank concerned was only too
glad to back down and let things
rest. The farmer will win; there is
no doubt this time, and hereafter he
will be too strongly entrenched in his
rights to fear any Pirate Prices Of
them all in Wall Street.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1907-12-12

| don't know enough about it to
go into details and explain why /
feel the way feel about it like some
of them, but I don't like the smell Of
the situation, and I know that there
is a dead cat in the fence corner
somewhere. There is something
wrong, boys, as sure as you are alive,
and the sooner we buckle down to it
and get to business the sooner we can
have peace in the neighborhood, and
confidence in the banks which accept
our money as loan at 3, 4, or 5
per cent interest, and in turn loan it
out at about the same additional, Sc
curing it to us by values representing
fictitious securities, which scuddle like
prairie dog at the first show Of
hat.
Now hitch your chairs up a little
closer about the hearth, and we'll
talk this thing over at more concert
edness on the situation. There is
somebody fooling us, and that is sure;
somebody's shortened one end of the
doubletree, and giving one horse the
most Of the load, while the old wag-
on knocks along just the same.
Summing up the situation, I believe
that the sole cause Of our trouble,
and my present condition of unrest,
is due to the fact that the money cir
culation prerogative Of the govern
ment has been sold, or we will make
it milder and say "intrusted," to the
banking association Of the country. It
has been asserted by the wisest men
of the world, Of both continents, that
the American Constitution is the
greatest and best governing document
ever produced, and it, we know, en-
powers and authorizes the govern
ment to control the money issue; to
coin (create) and circulate as neces-
sity demands.
Is it doing itq
Yes, er-well, yes-I mean letting
the banks control that, just as it
turns over to the land office the con-
troll Of public lands, and
Yes and one makes about the same
botch Of it as the other! I feel my
spell coming on little stronger, and
it will be necessary for me to desist
from sharp discussion which evokes
too much sentiment, as + can not
stand what [ once could, in those
troublesome days when Grover was
doing his worst, and later when Will
liam Randolph Bryan stood around
like a sick calf and witnessed the
sale Of the Democratic mule to Bel
mont the jockey, and affixed his name
to the bill of sale as an attesting
witness to the transaction. Yes, I
stood all that and it was just getting
eral hot weather, too But the very
sigh of them clearing house cirtifi-
Gates makes me feel just as I did the
first time tried to chew tobaccor.
And you say the government turns
over to the banks the power to create
and control the circulating medium?
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1907-12-12
PAGE FOURTEEN.
TEXAS NOTES.

measures whereby S,OUV,UUU DaleS OIL
cotton will be held in warehouses
Until the minimum price Of Is cents
is paid. They propose to make
warehouse receipt as good as bank
note, store cotton, control the market,
and at the same time prevent gam
hing III cotton futures, which they
allege, with confidence, has been one
Of the active causes that brought on
the present stringency in the money
market, with a consequent injury to
their business. Of course the nation
al bankers will howl and use every
means to prevent this, for if it is
carried out some of their unlawful
gains will be cut of, and they are
not willing for that to occur. But
the farmers (of Texas, anyway don't
have any particular love for the
banks, and especially those in New
York, and will quietly go on their
way and attend to their own affairs.
At the meeting in New Orleans it was
also decided to advise the members Of
The Farmers Union to reduce the
acreage the coming year. 1t is ex-
pected that the resolutions adopted
al this meeting will be adopted by
the state boards and later by the
county and parish boards, so that
warehouses can BE- built everywhere
that cotton is grown in the South.
It is very evident from this that the
Southern farmer is able to meet the
present emergency, is willing to do so
and will make good. The gambler in
New York and New Orleans had best
give up the fight, for he is sure to
lose.
The educational committee Of the
Farmers Congress held meeting in
San Antonio recently during the In
ternational Fair, and decided to rec
ommend that course of study on
the soils and the best methods for
adapting it to agriculture, be taught
in the public schools. Mr.. Cousins,
the state superintendent Of schools,
was present, and pledged his support,
and stated that he would send a cir
fular letter to every superintendent
of schools in the state and request
earnest cooperation. At the request
of the Farmers Congress, the United
States government stationed Profess
sor Carter in the state to make an
exhaustive study Of Texas soils,
which he has done, and the knowl-
edge gained will be contained in
book which will be of great value to
the schools and farmers of the state.
Theodore TT. Price, that prince Of
robbers, whose headquarters in New
York are near those of the former
pirate, Captain Kidd, of savory old
time fame, (this has been stated for
a fact), while fleeing the people Of
the country, especially the producers
of cotton, in quite a different man
ner from his great leader in piracy,
Captain Kidd. still heretofore has