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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-10
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1907.
ARTEsIAN WATER FOR COLUMBUS


 Prospects are apparently good for our sister city, Columbus, to enjoy the pleasures and benfits of pure artesian water. The matter of a water supply for the city has been debated, investi- gated and postponed for many months, the main points of controversy being between those who wanted artesian water and those who insisted on ob- taining the fluid from the Chatta- hooche River or from some of the smaller streams flowing into it, It has been asserted time and again that sufficient supply of water from bored wells could not be obtained near the city on the Georgia side of the rIver. 1t was claimed that some natural or geographic conditions existed which would make 1t impossible to procure artesian water without coming over into Alabama, and this has always been objected to.
 The opponents of a surface water supply have always had both reason and the experience of other cities to sustain them in the epidemics of ty- phoid and other diseases which con stantIy prevail in the large cities which obtain their water supply from lakes. ponds and streams surrounding them. While conditions are not So bad in the region above Columbus as they are about New York, Philadelphia and oth- CT large cities, the fact remains that water flowing from a cultivated and thickly settled region cannot be thor oughly safe for drinking purposes. this strong argument at command, while its opponents insisted that no other kind of water was procurable.
 It seems now that the controversy has ended and the artesian side has won. contract has been entered into with the Hudson Engineering Compa- ny of New York to furnish five million gallons of water daily from artesian wells The terms of the contract arc not important to outsiders, except that the wells must be bored In Georgia and in Muscogee County, and within a ED6cl1leQ QlSldHCe or the heart or the city. They cling to their determina- ton not to get their water from Ala bama, but that is for them to decide. Alabama is able and willing to supply all the pure water they need but if they are so "sot in their ways" that they will drink nothing but the Geor- gia product we are not kicking, and hope they will succeed fully in their effort. It will be an expensive under taking, but as The Ledger well says, in a matter of this kind the cost should not be considered. If arteslan water is procurable the cost of 1t should not stand in the way and that Is tho correct view to take of it. The com fort and health of the people is or more importance than money. and we hope our good neighbors In Columbus will soon be enjoying the blessings that we are in Montgomery
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-10
Letters to The Editor
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. TFditor The Adyertiaar.

Prevention Of CFueity to hntm"An' Editor The Advertiser:
 My unusually well-informed friend. at the meeting the other night when Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was formally organized, by felicitating the people of Montgomery that they had started the first move ment of the kind in the history Of the State.
 The people of Mobile. will be sur prised greaty to read that Montgom- cry arrogates to itself such credit. It Is fact that there Is Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals In Mobile with an honorable record or more than a quarter of century of excellent service in behalf of dumb brutes.' Such sweet spirits as the late Capt. Rufus Dane and the late Capt. E.. R. Quattlebaum were ever foremost in this work. Capt. Peter Alba, that ardent leader. in the work to which he gives his money, his far-reaching tnfiu- enoe and his labor.
 1 am under the impression that the students of the State University, under the leadership of great t-hearted mem Der of the faculty. maintain such an organization.
 Again. this is not the first organiza- tion of this kind in Montgomery. Many years ago Rev. Dr. Everhart, a public spirited citizen, was the leader of such a society and in the work he had the c. W. Kennedy. a lover of horses ard well-known and patriotic Montgom- cry citizen.
 Let the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals flourish in Mont gomery. Great power to 1t; but let's that belongs to them. Observer.
 Montgomery, April 9.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-10
What the State Papers
 Are Doing and Saying

How to Tell. Huntsville Mercury.
 Athens Mayoralty contest was the closest on record this year--101 to 102. Wonder how how man, many ,n have told the Mayor
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 He's Eligible. Mobile Herald So D. H. Hartman wanted to become a United States Senator? Well. b gosh, 1t looks like he is an all-around eligt- ble.
 Walters Promises. Birmingham News.
 Walter Wellman says he will start for the pole in July. Walter is almost as prolific in his promises as a profess sional politician before he is elected.
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 Others Enjoy It. Birmingham Age
 It is said that a favorite farce of Ada Rehan. John Drew. James Lewis and the late Mrs. Gilbert was "A Night or" A night off is also popular with a great many people who are not on
 Like Thirty Cents. Hartselle Enquirer.
 Roosevelt has handed out to Har- riman some of the stuff he handed to Presidential election. He kicks hard whenever the light is turned on thS Republican party, The lime light makes his Square deal' look like 3( cents.
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 Hartman for President of Club. Mobile Register.
 President Roosevelt's Ananias Clul shows no tendency toward race suicide, put. on the contrary, grows apace. AL most every week there Is an Initiation and proposals for membership are o{ daily occurrence. In the natural or. Ger of things MT. Hartman, the latest elected member, will secure the presi. dency of the club and a place on the Executive Committee. Mir. Storer will have to take back seat in company Of such executive ability.
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 Follow the Law. Selma Journal.
 The new State tax commission h going to have great deal of work and is going to increase the work of every State and county official who hal anything to do with tax valuations II would probably save time work and money if they were a little more spe- clHc than they were in their answer to the Barbour County officials. All good citizens desire to follow the law. Tho question that Is bothering officials and property holders in the State is how does the State tax commission inter- pret 1t?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-10
All Eyes on "the Boss.

money with which to build lines ana make Improvements. and one or Lne lines projected was that Of the sea board Air Line to Anniston.
 Information comes from Birmingham today that the Seabord will have to postpone the building of the Anniston extension, because 1t cannot secure the money with which to carry on the work.
 It would appear that the Legislature of Alabama, in its zeal to bring cor porations to a realization of their obli. cations to the State. has overstepped the m ark, and Anniston will not be the only town to suffer.
 The Southern Railway had protected number of Improvements and several extensions but information Is now to the effect that all of this. work will be abandoned or indefinitely held up, and that practically all of the roads in the State will be able to do nothing further than the keeping. up of their present lines. The trouble all comes from the unfriendly attitude of the Legislature, which makes 1t impossi- ble for the roads to secure funds to carry on the work.
 1t Is to be hoped that upon the re- convening of the Legislature steps will be taken to undo the damage that has been done, and that while the railroads and all other corporations be made to conform to reasonable restrictions, they will be relieved from unreasonable ones.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-10
"7his s My 76th Birthday"
Rev. William Booth.

General William Booth, the head of the Salvation Army who recently tra- versed the American continent on his way from England to Japan, was born in Nottingham, April 10. 1929. He was educated by a private tutor and in 1852 he entered the ministry of the Methodist New Connection Church. The ordinary circuit work of this depomi- nation was distasteful to him and af- ter submitting to 1t for several tears he withdrew in 1861 to devote himself to evangeiistic labor Arriving in condition of the eastern portion of it's population, and commenced. in July. ls6.. speciai efforts on their behalf. This effort was at first styled the Christian Mission. but developed Tn IS7a into the Salvation Army. Since that time the organization has grown until 1t now is established ir fifty-two countries and colonies, and maintains over 10000 men and women in the field. In his efforts to build up the organiza- tion General Booth was greatly aided by his wife and family. In the course of his work General Booth has visited the United States and Canada half dozen times and has made several com plete circuits of the globe.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-10
An Insult to Congress.

MdHuidct R9cOrQ.
 A great many people have wondered what influence was bringing pressure to bear upon Congress to change DOS. tai rates, as was proposed at the last session; Possibly many Congressmer themselves did not know that back ol this there is an organized scheme al work purely as money making ven. ture. Ipls scheme is being worked or the basis of the payment from busi< ness houses In the way of subscription 10 fund for the purpose of lobbying rates on fourth class matter, on ths ground that If this should be brought about 1t would be possible to secure ' iLcent letter postage. Some. years ago which were being issued for the pur- pose Of securing agents who would quietly and vigorously, canvass theiI kind. practically promising to the bus. mess men who joined the scheme that by doing so. they would be enabled to have their letter postage reduced to 1-ccnt. We supposed that some such scheme was back of the movement iri congress last session but could not get at the facts. We are advised of man who is soliciting and. we have heard, Is securing hundreds of sigma lures to a petition to be placed before Congress at the next session advocat- ing the increase of postage rates on sccond-class mail matter to cents or cents per pound and reducing the rates on first-class matter to cent per half ounce. This party is also col iecting all the money he can from the signars of his petition, the alleged ob. iect If the collection being to create Q lobby in Washington to see that the measure is passed"
 A prominent business man in Chica- go who gives us this information states that he absolutely refused to entertain turers' Record would think that any other business man of ordinary judg- ment would know that a lobbyina scheme of this kind should be beneath the support of honest and honorable business men.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-10

and if he is not already holding up his rod to catch the presidential light ming 1t is certain that he has 1t ready at hand. He is not only man of. tai- ent, but is a shrewd politician with a strong hold on the Ohio Republicans and tho political machine of that State.
 This. then, is the condition of gaf- fairs in Ohio. Each of these ambitious statemen wants the presidential nomi- nation and each knows that he must have the solid delegation of his State behind him. To go into the conven- tion with his state delegation opposed to him would be folly, as both know. To fight in the convention itself for control of the delegation might mean the defeat of both; hence the cat-fight now going on in Ohio.
 But there is another feature of the affair that is of vital importance to Foraker. He is now Senator from Ohio with two years of his present term to run. A he cannot get the nomination. for President he naturally desires to be returned to the Senate. If the quar- rel is kept up and Taft can control tho delegation to the national convention. he probably can and will control the successor to Foraker. and thus tho latter may strive for two honors and get neither. That makes the situation more acute, so far as Foraker is con cerned. It Is not amiss to state that there is already a prospective candi- date for the ,Senatorship in the person of Congressman Burton. one of the strongest men in the Ohio delegation. He has said in effect that he is serv- ing his last term in the lower House proposes to give Foraker a run for his seat. In that event we may as- sume that Taft will stand with him.
 In this fight it is natural that Roosevelt will side with Taft. not only because of the close association between them, but in consequence of the strain ed relations between Roosevelt and Foraker. They used to be very close friends, but Foraker's fierce fight against the Presidents course in the Brownsville affair, caused a breach be- tween them that is not likely to be healed. Whatever else may be said Of Roosevelt he can be depended on to hit back, and he has already showed his resentment in one case by appoint ing a Federal Judge in Ohio over the protests of both the Senators. He will stand by Taft and 1t remains to be seen whether ohio will stand by her Senator or the administration. However 1t may end. 1t is pretty quarrel, and we hope each will down the oth- CT.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-10
Today m History

1606-King James |, issued two land patents for The First and Second Col 6nies" in North America.
 '1714-Prussians defeated the Aus trians at the battle of MOlwitz
 1755-Hahnemann. founder of home opathy, born. Died July 2, 1S43.
 tS05-Bey of Algiers declared war against Spain.
 1S14-French defeated by Wellington al battle of Toulouse.
 1S30-President Bustamente. of Mex ico. forbade further immigration from the United States
 IS41-Halifax. N. S., incorporated as a city.
 1854-France and England signed treaty for the defence of the Ottoman empire
 1S75-PauI Boynton made unsuccess- ful attempt to swim tbe English chan mel.
 1S92-Six thousand houses destroyed by fire in TokiO. Japan.
 1S94-President Cleveland issued the Boring Sea proclamation.
 1S9J-American Line steamship St- Paul launched at Philadelphia.
 1901-Civil jurisdiction in the Trans vaal inaugurated.
 i903-Moro fort, at Bacalod, Philip pines. captured by American soldiers.
 1905-American Ambassador, Joseph H. Choate, elerted a Bsncher of the Middle Temple, London
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-10
Dress Reform in Cincinnati.

Cincinnati Dispatch to Philadelphia
 North American.
 new dress reformer is abroad, a new Richmond has entered the field to enforce sensible attire for women. He has 500 assistants sworn to aid hin, and his name is Milliken, chief of po-
 The kimono must not be worn on the streets.
 The high heeled slippers must go. when accompanied by purple stockings or other gaudy ankle ncasement.
 Skirts must not be held too high. no matter how raintv the day
 Young girls must not wear fasci- nators."
 .. Milliken has said it. He has told his lieutenants, sergcants and patrolmen to arrest any person appearing on the streets in attire that would not look
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-10
In Latitude Eighty-ope.

Pr0V!dence Journal.
 MT, Walter Wellman's reply to the criticism that his polar airship ought to De tested in Europe before ne exposes it to the serious assault Of the arctic elements is that 1t was made for high Northern atmospheres and will be suf- fic!ently tried in Spitzbergen. How ever It seems a pity that it cannot he eXperimented with a little ct some point conveniently near a well-equipp- ed repair shop. The facilities for re- placine defective parts are not par Nighty-onA
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-10
Roosevelt Furnished the Evidence.

MdCOH IctG6IdpH
 The Telegraph believes President Roosevelt asked Hartman to call on him, not because Hartman said so, but because he exhibited Roosevelt's re- ture. It believes Roosevelt asked liar riman to call because he wanted Harri- mans help; because Roosevelt in his self. says so. It believes Hartman raised $200, 900 for the Republican cam paign fund, after his visit to Roosevelt, because Hartman alleged it and Roose- welt did not. take the trouble to deny 1t and convict Hartman of falsehood, as he might easily have done from the records at his command It believes Hartman was given reason to expect some benefit in return, because Harri- man is not the sort of man to give s59,000 of his own. money. and raise 'S150,OOO among his friends for nothing, and because the President in his letter of October II, 1904, wrote to him: If you think there is any danger of your think there is nothing special should be informed about, or no matter in which could give aid, why, of course, give up the visit for the time being and then few weeks hence, before l write my message, I shall get you to come down to discuss certain Govern men5 matters R9t connected with the greater privilege President Roosevelt could have bestowed on Hartman than asking him to consult with him on Governmental matters before his mes sage was written. which must have i'm piled the promise to be influenced or guided in some degree by Hartman advice. The Telegraph is not concern ed about the question of veracity be- tween the two men or lay stress on whether Hartman is telling the truth as to the exact language in which the President approached him The sub stantial fact as proven by the state ments of both men is that they were in a deal together; that Roosevelt had personally asked the aid, and Cortely0u had received the check of one of the biggest corporation men in the country for $50,00O at the identical moment when the President was denouncing Judge Parker's charge that corpora tions were furnishing the money for hnnlN .lna aIrNCiomALN iALse,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-10
John Barret. PhllanthrOpi.t.

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 The Hon. John Barrett, Director O! the Bureau of American Republics, u about to become one of the chief phil. anthropists of the world. He has of- fered to endow the George Washington University. He agrees to pay that in. stitution $2 minute for every minute he talks, In other words, MT, Barrett will contribute S20 aan hour, $2,SSO q day. $2O,160 week, $1,04S,S2O a year Out of the abundance of the heart tho mouth. speaketh. MT. Barrett regrets day
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-10
THE SOUTH's DUTY.
As te the Formation of Democratic
 Ideas.

 Richmond News-Leader.
 Mir Cleveland. in his recent interview published in The New York Times and The Philadelphia Ledger. without nam ing the South, pointed out her duty. He showed the opportunity of Southern statesmen to formulate the platform of the party for 1908, making the cardinal tenet low tariff, which Is woven into the web and the wool of true Demo- cratic policy. The South is in position to command that the party rally to her on this question. She is in position to rise superior to any and all considera- tions of sectlonalism, such as claim ing the candidate because of his being a Southern man; And here. it may be said that MT. Cleveland not only out lined the course it devolved upon the South as the supreme representative of the country's Democracy. to pursue, but he sounded note of warning. The tone of it was that we could not con- sistently reconcile our eXclusiveness as embraced in robber protection with our world-powerism. He made bold to in- dicate that inevitably one or the other of the two parties would be compelled to take to tariff reform as it's slogan. It was only a question of time. he req soned. and reasoned with convincing force,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-10
A E,,c,..

Louisville Courier Journal
 T think # was one of the poets who said that even sweeping a room could be made a beautiful action" writes Miss Margaret Anglin. Very likely. At an" rate the observation didn't emn nate from anyone who had a working knowledge of the job.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-10

There are getting to be numerous female cab-drivers in Paris. and as skirts are in their way they have pe- titioned the authorities to allow them to dress in male attire. Thus ooes the other sex encroach on mans do- main. and soon he will have nothing left to distinguish him but the hirsute adornment of his countenance.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-10

The Kansas City Journal speaks or the reported Hartman Rocke- feller combination as "a conspiracy, evolved from the superheated imagina- tions of the administration fooi friends in Washington" Very good, but is The Journal sure that the ad- ministration itself was not at the back of the conspiracy" report7
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-10

As The Butte Inter Mountain in- terprets the Chicago election, 1t was practical invitation to MT. Hearst t" submit his case to lunacy commission in his own State Well, let him wait till the Thaw case ends
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-10

Up in Cleveland. Ohia. a man was kicked by a horse and it had such an effect on him that he now whinnies like a horse. We are curious to know what would have been the result if he had been kicked by jackass. Probably A@naAral
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-10

Mayor Dunne declares that the whole money power of the United States com bined to defeat him in his recent cam paign but. the charge is not true. We didn't subscribe a nickel.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-10
To Distinguish Married Men.

ChlcaSo Record Herald.
 oN In England some of the wom- en want law enacted that will make it necessary for every married man to wear a r!ug on his third finger. It must be harder in England than 1t IS here to tell hv a mans looks whether a man is married or not.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-10

A modern scientist declares that "any jar of the earth's crust Is liable to cause an earthquake" Please don't let Taft fall on the crust.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-10
FEaRuARY CIRCULATION.

Day after day, week cfter Week- HV TIT after month and year after year. ne ane Advertiser continues to be the only oaiS or Sunday newspaper published n aS hama to print sworn statements of its as- tual net peid circulation. .
 The February figures given below snoS vigorous and substantial growth anu further emphasizes The Advertisers guar. antse that it's circulation is the Iargess of any morning or Sunday neWspapei printed in Alabam-'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-10
CONFEDERATE AND FEDERAL.
The Numbers as Given by a Northern
 Authority.

John T. Boifenillet in Macon Telegraph.
 It may be of interest just at this time to give some figures as to the relative strength of he Northern and Southern armies in the field from 1881 ing to The Boston Transcript "a rec ognized authority on Civil War statis-. ties" A printed statement says that MT. Lees figures show that the total enlistments in the Northern army were 2,77s. 304. as against 600,000 in the Con- federate army. The foreigners and negroes in the Northern army aggre- gated 680,9 917, or S0,S17 more than the total strength of the Confederate army. There were 916.424 men of Southern birth in the Northern army. Here are MT. Lees figures:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-10

where do the flies go?" queries Tn" Kansas City Times. Come over here in a few weeks, brother Missourian. and we'll show you.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-10
Adverse LesislatiOn Making Itself Felt.

AnnIStOH SIdT.
 Adverse railroad legislation in Ala bama is having an ill effect upon An niston inasmuch as it has made 1t diff didinnlt for the railroads tn senura
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-10

R t stirring events seem to have put the comet out of business for the present.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-10
In the armies at the wars end: aggregate Federal Army, May

' was less than 10000, and Grants army numbered 162 900.
 Federal prisoners in Confederate prisons, 270000.
 Confederate prisoners in Federal prisons, 2?000O
 Confederates died in Federal pris- ons 26.433.
 Federals died in Confederate prisons. 22,57O
 underestimated the strength of tho other. and made a mistake In under valueing each other, A speaker once their meeting in that war remind me of the two lrishmen who met one day. How are you. Pat?' said one. How ] am not Pat answered the first And I'm not Mike said the other. Faith said the first, you took me for. Pat and took you for Mike but, bejabers,