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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-18
DRIFT WOOD BY PHIL H. ARMSTRONG.

Eliou
 There's no tellin
 what I'd try to do for you.
 If you said so I'd get you the stars And throw the moon in too. Ellou,
 Something's spellin'
 On the bright blue sky above
 One word of just four letters-- And that little word is LOVE"
 There's a swellin'
 In my breast. can't keep down My heart goes thumpin'.-jumpin,'
 Whenever you're around.
 EIlou,
 There's dwellin'
 In my heart for-say-guess who.
 If you can't surmise, I'll tell you That there's room for only YOU!
 ie 1e $
 Broken Reflections. There were 1882 books Uf fiction published in the United States last year and here's hoping the authors are all making living, even if some of 'em are blowing.
 Our railroad, so we are informed.
  to the wash rooms in its coaches. Hea- ven speed the day when we can have electric locomotives entirely and do away with the main cause of dirt cInders!
 Hardly a province In China has es- capped the recent mania for railways. and if all the lines projected are car ried out, some of the remoregt parts of the Empire wlu be rendered easy of access-Exchangc
 Very good, but we hope the Chinese railroads issue passes to her editors
 < $ < American skyscrapers, from nine to ten stories high are to be erected near the pyramids of Ghizeh, in Egypt. Per mission for the erection of homes and from Eskebich to the Nile, and covered with ancient sphinxes and structures, has been granted by the Egyptian gov ernment. Several associations have been formed for the building or large hotels in this dlstrict--NewS Item. With skyscrapsrs at the Pyramids, and trolley car running to the Sphinx, the old world is putting on new airs. paste breakfast food posters on Mount Ararat. A man is never very hungry when he Is compelled to eat his own words Most any woman likes to pose as Q reformer.
 0f all the disgusting people, those who try to be funny and don't know how, take the premium
 7e .s <
 Maybe. "Why does Mrs Jones have a dress of such extremely low cut?" Well, her husband has such a low salary that maybe she is trying to save on the goods"
 Wouldn't YOuS When men have on skates Whether bar room or rink Tn both cases it's hard To stand up-l should think.
 ie 2, S5
 Always. Laugh a little, s.Is little,
 Dance a little, too, Don't be worried if the clouds
 Are purple over you. A song will pierce the cloudbanks And let the sunsh ne through. U NJ L in Houston Post 1 laughed little" as you said. ('Twas when a man fell on his head He turned and tried to shoot me dead sung & little too and still My audience 1t did not thrill They tried to run me through mill I didn't worry when the clouds" Were purple" over me And didn't take ny umberel And so got drenched you see. Your song is very pretty And has rosy hue, But what pierced the cloud banks Didn't 'let the sunshine throughr- P. II. A.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-18
Conner and Nfardi Gras.


 Reader you will remember how Mir Conner. and supporters froshed at the mouth a few years ago when the Leg islature quit Its business and took a jaunt to the Mobile Mardi Gras while the State paid their per diem and rail- atention is respectfully referred to the legislative proceedings printed eIse- where, wherein jaunt is taken to Mardi Cras. Take special notice of what Representative Sam Will John, our and note also, that Governor Conner is captain of the Mardf Gras trip. After reading this turn to your files and see what The standard told you about Co., Tner some months ago.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-18

The Louisville Courier-Journal
 (Dem ) observing how different is the imperialism of 1906 from that of 1898 says: Tt Is the imperialism of today that Is the vital. pressing and grave issue. The imperialism exem- plified in the course and theories of Theodore Roosevelt is the menace which now confronts the American peo- pie. and which they must promptly cambat :" Without taking so broad 6 sweep of the horizon. we here in Ala ban1a might gently call attention to
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-18
~oxDAY. FEBRUARY IS. 1907.
nArrn rRANsrr LEe1sLArroN


 It is not very pleasant to read that the Alabama House of Representa- tives passed five bills of vital impor- tance. without so much as the mem hers having any more knowledge of them than could be gained by the per- functory reading of them when put upon their passage. Everybody who has ever been in legislative cham Der knows what such reading amounts to. Not word was uttered in behalf of or in opposition to four of them. When the floor leader was asked about certain provisions of one bill he had to say that he could not answer definitely but that he under stood so and 50 to be the case. Tn former times the men in charge of measures on the floor were able to explain them in every detail and to defend them If assailed. In this day and generation, to again quote Coun- try John, bills are signed down. stairs. and then passed by the two Houses Who can deny the accu- racy of Country Johns statement? The idea of passing them, because 1t Is said they were called for in the Democratic platform, should be weighed in connection with the fact that nobody five feet from the chair man of the resolutions committee heard one word of the cold storage platform which he brought to Montgomery and read out on the 10th of September. As little of the contents of that budget was known by members of the con. vention as was known of the House bills by members last Saturday. There is a saying about sowing the wind, and reaping the whirlwind."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-18

No franchise should be granted by Opsllka to any one for the erection of public utility plants without a spe- eifc provision in the franchise giving the city the option of q purchase at the end of each ten year period Opelika News.
 utility franchise without special claus es looking to the city deriving some revenue from the franchise, Mont Ranery would be much better off if thts feature of the city's rights had Seen more carefully EuarG
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-18
1n The Birmingham Age-Herald of Saturday was the following:

Frank BaltzelI." said Captain O,Rrien last evening. in commenting on the death of that gentleman some wears ago wrote series of political articles, that for their bold statement of fact and startling effect have sell dom been equaled in the State. He wrote these articles under the pen warwick was familiar with his record pIoSpectiye candidates was marvellous. Many a man who had dreamed dreams of Congress was prevented from enter ing the lists because he knew that 'Warrick' was familiar with his record, and possessed tho nerve to tell what ne knew. ,., was amusing that the politicians cred fted Robert Mckee, now with The Montgomery Advertiser, with their Authorship. Mckee was one of the time. and one of the 'cleanest' men in politics"
 aGr. Baltzell was a very vigorous writer. The work by him which at tracted most attention was done while he was editor of The Farmers AL liance Herald. The series of articles which appeared in that paper over the signature of Warwick" were unusual Iy pointed and suggestive. It has al- ways been our understanding that they were written by MT. I. l.. Brock who is now clerk of the Circuit Court of Cherokee County. If we are in error in this MT. Brock can correct us and we would be glad to be set right if we are mistaken. Colonel Robert Mckee is now citizen of Tularo, California, and has been for several years. He cannot therefore. be now connected with The Advertiser.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-18
the species q iHpetislism enthronel in our state Capitol.
ELEcrRFYINc ALI RAnwArs.

ELECIHAFntN6 ALL MAhhWAI8.
 In paper read at the January meet ing of the American Institute of Elec- tricaI Engineers 1t was maintained that to .eiectrify'' all the railways in the United States would reduce the annual cost of operation--$ $1 1. 400. .0oo, 900 in i905--by sa5o,0oo, GOO. In the year named. says he Baltimore Sun. the average gross earnings of rail- ways. were ss,5ss mile; average op- erating expenses. s6.4o9. Electricity substituted for steam would reduce expenses to s5,26s. saving of $1,144 a mile of line. This saving. 1t was argued would more than take care of interest and depreciatian of power plant. construction, etc. But a good many engineers at the meeting con- sidered the topic of general electrifica- ton of railways fin the air" Where. they asked, is the s2 50o,ooo 900 1t would cost to make the change to come from9 The change, if made gen. erally. will take place but slowly and in some parts af the country would probably not be made for many years"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-18
The Right Way To DO.

Bay MInette Times,
 Colonel Selden, who made such a very fine and magnificent display for Cullmau County at the State Fair last wear. has been engaged to come to Baldwin County and take active charge Of the getting up of such an exhibit for this years fair at Montgomery Bald win must be represented. and 1t should be done in the most creditabie man ner
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-18

One of the worst things our town needs at the present time Is q few broad-minded, well educated men who have had enough experience. mingling with the world to reason on all sides News.
 Didn't you intend to say "one of the things most needed An infusion of such men as above mentioned cannot be ''one of the worst things" for any community.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-18
.s ~sr- < nv CTpcrT ALTON.

ThA Advertiser's January EiTcuIauon fis- usas established a new high-water mark. TG,e figures given below represent the ac- tual bona-fide circulation. from day 70 oAy' then the unsold. spoiled and ieft over cop- ses arc deducted in the final result lae Advertisers circulation Is unqussionaoy the largest of any morning or Sunday ne"spA- per printed Tn Alabama
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-18

u s Noble, Circulation Manager of Tha Montgomery Advertiser. being duly sworn. eaSs:
 The foregoing statement of The Adver- tissr,s circulation for the month Of Janu- arE 1907 is true and correct. and compiled after all returns from news-bov7 news srents spoiled and leftover copies have 6esn ded,'eted E g. NOBLE.
 Circulation Manager. Sworn to and subscribed before me thas s;h day of February. 1907.
 Notary Publia.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-07-30

Bank Examiners Bill Passed BY the
House-Senate refused to Re
consider the Railroad Gem
mission Bill.

Atlanta. July 2SThis was an IVA
usually busy day in both the house
and senate in fact more was done
thf on any day since the legislature
~ Sheen in session, Many bills were
Apasaed and the usual large number
78ore introduced.
In the house the bank examiners
bin was passed BY unanimous vote.
sThis bin provides for an examination
~ the state banks at different inter-
1a2saaaA gives The state treasurer
and assis ' lnt in The work. Five local
bins werH also passed, while two new
bin werksintroduced
IN ,ha senate Senator Brock intro
duced a bin to prohibit the sale OF
ccca-cola While Senator Dobbs intro
duced a bin to compel the railroads
to furnish cars to the peach growers
fo he shipment of their peaches.
This bill is necessary as a protection
to the peach growers of the state.
The senate also took up the railroad
commission bill, which was passed
several days ago. and declined to re-
consider it.
Seven bills we're passed in the sem
ate while six new ones were intro
duced
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-07-30
EBsoN WILL NOT ASK
FoR HIS JOB AGAIN

Atlanta. July 29.-Tom C1son, q
5er O. tie Georgia prison com
a,ssioa today announced that Pe
would not be q candidate TO suecsee
l-fmsef This announcement caa75s'
&c surprise in political circles ana
ez5eeted that there will be 9
r. eagaidates for Inc place.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-07-30
PREACHER IS STRICKEN
WHILE TALKING or DEATH.
Knoxville Minister'S Fatal Attack IN
the Pulpit.

Knoxville Tenn, July 29.-Raf W.
T. Smith, Presbyterian minister Of
this county, was stricken with apoD-
lexy in the pulpit Of the Presbyterian
church at Madisohyine this morning.
lie was dwelling on the uacertaia-
ty Of life in his sermon and had ins-
uttered these words:
Ut may be Che last time | viii eveH
speak to you" when he bean p
totter.
Friends rushed to inc pulpit ana
caught him. lie died tonight
Rev. Mr.. Smith was s. years 9lA
and a past grand master 81 the "i@-
sonic grand lodge in Tennessee.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-07-30

Gitar News
4our ariele about q bin ia Mr.
Lees pocket forbiddlng the boring Of
any more artesi8n wells in the city
q Brunswick or within ten miles
noreof placing the extent Of flow Of
I'll private wells in the control Of the
city. Of course, as a logical sequence
shutting them MP If necessary or or
desirable in the city authorities juds
mont, coupled with the statement
that members Of the council sag such
legisIatos Is necessarg 70 protect the
present water supply, suggests some
impurities.
First-Upon what Information is
such LEGISLATION claimed to be nec-
essary2
Has study Of artesian water con
ddions alocg our coast been made to
ascertain whether there is not other
remedy?
Has the c9ad.eions Which permits
2 sa2plg q 1900 people at angah
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-07-30

Ruston, La, July 29.-fire TO-DAY
which started in the union lsil@@s
station CHS afternoon burned 1a21
structure and spreading 10 adjoinins
ho3id5nss desGoyea prop no
"A abo,t 100000 before being hnaiiy
e,.,oaed lhe origin 40 ie i..S
not yet been deteTminedA
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ACT icN c0 ~3L UNJU3T DlLL.


Chat il bin is to be introduced
~ @he ,.s,aro forbiddins 'ha
boTsAg of sian wells within len
miles of the city giving the mayor
aad council coatrol OF ali private
wells ats TO Che amount Of water 10
- used. ,hen +, shows Chat the com
8u@9n ra.aaiag al local buls 10
have notice acreof published is
&alueiess Tor the purpose intended,
,hat Of adUsas The public of what
iceal legislation IS desired
i. further beuays am ignorance Ct
inc peculiar and advantageous corr
otions existing i'm brunswick ana
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-07-30

the Southern railway leaving Hot
Springs for Selma. Ala, at noon to-
morrow.
The funeral party, consisting Of
OF both houses Of
congress and members Of the late
senator's family, will arrive at Selma
Tuesday morning and Tie funeral ex-
ercises viii take place at O'Clock
the same afternoon. The late sena-
tors granddaughter Miss Bessie
Roberts. and his grandson, Edmund
w Pettus, Jr., will accompany the
body to its resting place.
The committee appointed by Vice
President Fairbanks to represent the
senate at the funeral at Selma col
lows
Senators Baakhead, Allison, Gu.
lom, Daniel, Warren, Clay, oYerman,
MoEnery, Scott, Knox, william Al
den Smith, Rayner, TaNaf-rr3, MAJ
Tory ana Simmons.
Speaker Cannon has appointed The
entire Alabama delegation To repre-
sent the house OF repres aatives,
consisting of Representatives Taylor
Wiley, Clayton, Bowie, Helm, Bur
nett, Richardson and Underwood,
and also Representative Bro@nloW,
radgett, Thomas Of North Carolina,
.ss. is
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-07-30

one thai ha people dd uot k30v WAS
loaded Sunday morning whea il joia
tba people Of The city thss - bin was
in the hands OF 3euree uta3ive lee,
ia Atlanta which. fg pas 4. wouiI
make il AGAINST the llw Of the So
to bore an artesian well within ten
miles of the city.
So quietly had Iris bin been Eo-
/ pared that not even The mayor Of tbe
city knew it, not even five Of the
aldermen. and NOT more than turea
people tn me city Of Brunswick. cv-
cept tbe committee appointed to lfaw
UP The charter amendments Cease
quenug the item caused great SIR
prise. and il Wa the topic Of CONVEX
sasion in BrunsA tck yesterday.
AS stated in above interview
with MAYO sym~N, he did not
know that such ~ had been sslt
up and received his Est information
through The News. K stated last
night that he would can a apeci ]
session of council today and t2he
some action on lhe matter y is
generally believed lhat the bin wiz
% Withdrawn
Only three aldermen knew that the
biz had been sent TO Representative
! Lee. They are Aldermen Wright
! RGhIr r1 a-4l Co5r, q "tc q ,he ID
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Petit Jurors.

j. 0. Bcaslcy, Abe Rothschild, VIM.
Nussbaum, C. T. Gay r. s. Clu0b,
VIM Nightingale, r. W. Dudin J..
A. Miller, ]. G. 1cCloy w. w. Tab
bolt, c. McGarycy, James Evans, J.
S. Deaver A. w. Cornell J Willis
Clark, Allen Dubberley, L. e. Roberts,
i NJ. Phillips, e. l.. Byrd, J. D. Ross,
] stovall Smith, Leo Arnold, r. g.
Spears. H. IT, Brady q. Y. Smith,
colson Iroyt r. E. owens, J }. Liss-
ner. 2. S. stAdand, J. S Roberts.
Merbert NM AIamea -MoRae. II. s.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-07-30

Some Facts At Hand.
Editor News: + the report Is true
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sENAroR PErrus, EuNEaAL.

29.Acc0rding
'nts The funeral
Pettus, OF Ala
lot Springs, n
take place at
HHHa
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Another Question

ENQUIRER
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-09-26
An ADVERTISING Trick.

Every reader of newspapers who
has the power of observation knows
the deception practiced in advertis-
ing. Often a fine picture of a stove
or some other article has in large
figures a price given which is a third
OF what the real worth OF the article
is, and the rest of the advertisement
SO skillfully worded as to give the i'm.
preston that 1t is the article illus
trated that Is sent for the low price.
This is for the purpose of securing
an order for an article which, when
received is found to be far different
from what the person who sent the
order expects to receive. How would
the home merchant fare should he
advertise in the same manner? Would
he not be placed on the list of trick
sters?
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-09-26
1 HOME NEWSPAPERS.
Are Factors in the Enlightenment Of
the People.

This is an era when the business
the right value upon publicity. This
is the most enlightened era the world
has ever known. Only a small per-
centage of the people, particularly
among the English speaking, cannot
read and write, and in fact it is a rare
thing to find an illiterate person in
any American community.
In every farmers house can be
found from one to a dozen newspa-
peFs and periodicals.
The old-style farmer is fast passing,
and there is general admission that
intelligence, in fact scientific training
is needed on the farm as well as in
the business house and factory. With
telephones. daily rural delivery serv-
Ice and every innovation of civiliza-
ton the American farmer is fast be-
coming noted among the educated and
advanced classes. They are readers,
thinkers and logicians. Growing gem
erations In agricultural communities
have all the advantages that the youth
of cities have. and few of the disad-
vantages. They surely breathe a
healthier moral atmosphere. The
farmers are the main support of the
country press. They feel interested
In all local affairs, and the home pa.
per is the means of keeping them in
formed Of things going on Immediate
ly about them. II the average mer-
chant would give as substantial sup
port to the home paper as does the
farmer. the editor would not only be
enabled to give the farmer a better
paper. represent his interests better,
but the merchant would receive ben
eft In seeing his town improve and
its business increased, and all his
environments improved.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-09-26
FOOL The PEOPLE
MOTTO OF AoET-RicH-ouIck"
MEN AND FAkIRs.
HOW SCHEMES ARE WORKED
Desire to Get Something for Moth
Ing" Is Played Upon-Exereise
Of Common Sense Would
End Graft.

You can fool some of the people
part OF the time, but you can fool 9TH
ers all the time," seems to be a motto
of the get-rich-quick men and gold
brick" operators. Pages of the daily
and weekly press may be filled with
warnings to readers to be on the look
out for swindlers. yet many who are
credited with intelligence will keep
right on biting at bats thrown out to
them by various concerns who sell
cats in bags"
Psychologists say that every person
has a weak spot somewhere In the
brain. 1t seems that this softness Is
commonly manifested in false reason
ing that frequently one can get some
thing for nothing. Understanding this
desire on part of the majority the
fakirs bait their hooks accordingly.
There are large concerns which have
built up great enterprises by repre-
senting to the people that with each
bill of goods purchased the buyer
gets something for nothing"
Just think of a graft like this
that will draw s1,SO0 worth of soap or
ders In a single month from n town
of 10000 people! But this is just
what has been done within the past
few months. Just think of wives of
grocers and dry goods merchants in
large cities joining soap clubs" and
paying a dollar each month to a for
eign concern Just to secure a pre-
MUM. while their husbands could
supply them at half the cost all the
soap and the premium too! Yet
such is the drawing power of "the
something for nothing" argument. IL
the Creator gave these women COM
mon sense. they little know how to
utilize it.
Some means should be devised to
tax directly or indirectly the con-
Germs in foreign cities that seek to
do business directly with consumers
through the mails. At present they
are protected by the interstate COM
merce law. These concerns make
their money by dealing with the peo-
pie of some community, where they
pay no taxes direct or license fees.
The merchants of the town are
taxed upon the business they do. Is
this proposition fair one? The for
eign insurance companies doing busi-
ness in a state must pay license fee
for so doing Why not compel the
foreign mercantile concern to do the
same? Our national laws should be
SO constructed as to provide that
there be a tax on the amount of busi-
ness transacted in a state by any
mercantile concern in another state,
unless the business be transacted by
concerns which pay taxes within the
state for the doing of such business.
d. M. CARR.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-09-26
FOR GREATER ECONOMY.
Manufacturing Drifting Closer to
Fields Where Raw Material is
Produced.

Economy in every industry is be-
coming more pronounced year after
year. Manufacturing centers are drift
ing toward locations where the raw
materials can be secured at lower
cost. During the past ten years cot
ton manufacturing in the south has
increased more than hundred per
cent, and there has been a decrease
in the production of textile manufac-
turing centers in the New England
states In proportion to the increase in
consumption. A score of years ago
the great flour manufacturing centers
were In New York and other eastern
states. To-day the west controls man.
ufactures of flour and cereal foods.
When mills are located in centers of
wheat and corn producing sections In
number sufficient to utilize the crops
OF local territory, it will work a bene-
fit to the farmers of the land in the
saving OF what is now paid in freight
rates or raw products to manufactur.
Ing centers. and the distribution cost
to consumers of the land. Every farm.
er can help better conditions and help
himself by giving his support to local
manufacturing enterprises.