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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-14
Senator 1ecI< of Kentucky.

Ida M. Tarbell's story of the tarin In The American Magazine is brimful of characteristics of important men. Here Is an account of Senator Beck of Ken lucky, taken from the May American;
 Beck was a Scotchman by birth and a Democrat of eighteen years Con- gressionaI experience. Powerful in body and mind-brave honest, combat i've, he led his party in the Senate with great effectiveness. It was on the tar If that Beck was at his best, Let him get after rate he regarded as in iquitous and he was like an avalanche. His mighty arms swung like ham mers,' wrote an English correspondent who heard him once on that theme. His Scotch tongue which some call harsh and rasping thunders out the shortest and simplest Anglo Saxon words that can be found to compose his terse sentences. Now and then the clinched fist comes down on his desk with telling force, The whole speech is made up of facts and statistics. If a flower of rhetoric should spring up in his patch he would crush it with his ponderous foot. If a trope should get into his throat he would swallow 1t. Adjectives. metaphors and similies find no place in his oratory. Like Jo- seph Hume he Is a man of figures. and like him he speaks like a problem in mathematics.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-14
Today In History

May IA.
 1264--English barons victorious at Lewes.
 1509--Louis XII defeated the Vene- tians at the battle of the Rivolta. 0--Assassination af Henry " of France and accession of Louis XIII. 1643--Louis XIII of France died. Born September 27, 1901.
 96--First vaccination by Dr. Jenner. lSO3-- William Smith. first provost of the College ofPhiladelphia. died Born 1727.
 lS04--Lewis and Clarke started up the Missouri river on their trip of ex- ploration.
 1S47--Sir Frederick w. Borden. Ca- nadian statesman. born. 1852--Alton B. Parker. Democratic presidential candidate in 1904, born. 1S53--HaH Caine. British author, born. 1S61--Adelina Patti made her first ap- pearance in London.
 1SS6-- Britain took possession of all Burmah, annexing it to India.
 1906--Carl M. Schurz died. Born A-arch 2. 1899.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-14
TUESDAY, MAY 14, 1907.
A WILD CONTEMPORARY.

For blind and unreasonig hero worship, or for monumental inconsis- tency, commend us to The Sacramento Bee. contemporary having charged it with fanatical advocacy of Roose- veltism," after having been such a firm supporter of Bryan, it defends itself against the charge of inconsis- tency by declaring that there is no ground for such an accusation when a paper believing in Bryanism champ ions for President the man who. as such President, has put Bryanism into political effect" ..~+
 Now, we can't say just how the ar dent devotees of MT. Bryan and MT Roosevelt will take this sort of ar xument, but it seems to us that 1t works both ways. If Roosevelt is car rying out the theories and policies that Bryan has stood for then 1t would be good politics for MT. Bryans friends to unite in support of Roosevelt If, on the other hand, MT. Bryan represents what Roosevelt stands for the latter's supporters should release him and ral- ly to the support of Bryan. One or the other of these, or both. would be con- sistent, we should say. But The Bee adds this strange explanations:
 And The Bee is not guilty of any asanaticaI advocacy of Roosevelt No journal in the United States has SCOT cd the President on many occasions s1lore severely than has The Bee. IL recoenizes his weaknesses and his faults: it is aware of his impulsiveness and his errors: 1t deprecates hls arro gance and his leaning to autocracy; if has no patience with his occaslonal usurpation of powers beyond his con stitutfonal rights; It grieves when ne now and then speaks three times pc fore he thinks once; 1t would like lo see his temperament more JudlClous ana his temper more under control.
 Tn the very next paragraph 1t de- clares that "it recognizes the fact that he is just now the right man in the rtebt place." Is not that the extreme of Inconsistency The Bee claims for ,+aelf patriotic love for country and good government. yet this man whom It calls the right man in the right place" it in the same editorial saddles with more than half-a-dozen sins of omission and commission; either of
 
 which should be enough to damn any President in the eyes of all lovers of good government
 Now, we are free to admit that The Advertiser has never been one of the Bryan organs, although supporting him loyally in his last campaign; hence we have no desire to set up as his de- fender, yet we cannot look on it oth- erwise than as an insult to those who have loyally supported him with full confidence fin his Democracy for newspaper to intimate in almost direct words that there is no material differ ence between he and Roosevelt. In short. The Bee Is not only thoroughly inconsistent in supporting a man against whom it brings so many and such serious charges, but we think It is decidedly unjust to MT. Bryan It nust have been suffering from brain storm of late.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-14

a Union soldier and widow would not now be drawing . pension.
 Clay County Is one of the few gold counties of the South. Gold has been taken from the earth as far back us the memory of the oldest inhabitants run, and at times in paying quantities. But the chief difficulty has been in separating the gold iron .ofh ether mins of the country have visited Clay Coun- ty and it seems to be the general con sensus of opinion among them that gold exists here in paying quantities, that this section will become the Cal tfornia. of the South.
 Graphite exists in large quantities in many sections of the County. For quite number of years 1t has been mined successfully at the Allen Graphite mines and it Is now being taken out at the Bedding mines. The Clay Coun- sy graphite is said to be ,In,s the yesy ,in and there Is ready market for It as soon as 1t can be shipped. It is the chrystaline variety and is used in the manufacture of crucibles and the ret
 But Clay County's chief assets in the line of minerals are the inexhaustlple beds of pyrites which lie buried be, by a noted mineralogist from E'rming- ham that the pyrites of Clay County will make this County seconI only to the great Birmingham distrlcI Forty acre tracts of land which sold for their taxes and for mere song a few years ago cannot now be bought for $100,000.
 The pyrites of Clay County will one day make the County famous through out the country. Other minerals exist in Clay County in large and paying quantities. In fact Clay County has the greatest variety. of minerals of aay, County in the state This vast unde- veloped mineral wealth Is awaiting the magioI touch of capital to create for tunes for our own citizens and capital fists who may have the confidence to invest their money in our mineral lands. Now that the A. B. x A. Rail- road, one of the great trunk lines of the South. is being built through the very heart of this great mineral belt, outside capital will flow into our coun- ty and our great mineral resources de- veloped, and our County made to blos- som as a rose.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-14

critics of the roads assessed this year, as compared with 1906 or any very considerable increase in the mileage returned, so the raise this year is principally. at least, an increase in the valuation of the property that was assessed last year.
 And 1t should be bone in mind, that this increase is made on top of very material raise made in railroad as- sessments last year as compared with the year before.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-14
"This is My 67th Birthday"
fir Douglas Fox

Sir Douglas Fox, who has been com missioned to prepare the new plans for the much talked-of tunnel under the English Channel was born May IA, 1S40. He Is regarded by the members of his profession as one of the greatest engi- neers of his time. It is owing to his marvellous creative and constructive ge- nius that the Cape to Cairo railway has developed Into an actuality instead of an impossible dream of the empire builders, the late Cecil Rhodes and AL fred Belt. The great bridge across the Victoria Falls on the Zambesi river, will always remain a monument to his great abilities. The Mersey tunnel, opened in 1885. which connects Liverpool with Birkenhead on the opposite side of the River Mersey, is another of his engi- neering achievements, as Is also the Liverpool Overhead railway and the HawardeR railway bridge across the River Dee.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-14
BULLOCK COUNTY UNION
To Be Organized as Part of State Farm
 CTS Union.

To Be Organized as Part or state Farns-
 CTS Union.
 Inverness. Ala, May f2, 1907. To the Union Farmers of Bullock Coun-
 ty, Greeting:
 Dear Brethren--You are hereby nott- fled to meet in delegated form at Post Oak Saturday, May 25, for the purpose of organizing a County Union and elect ing County officers for the first term We are to have a grand picnic that day. All white farmers are invited to come and be with us whether you belong or not.
 There will be public speaking com mencing at 10 o'clock in the morning by our leading State o.Lcers. Brother E. J. Cook, our State Secretary, will speak at this hour. follov-4 d by others of State and national reputation. Come every body and hear them tell the union side of the question now before the peo- pie. This is to be a business meeting, but at the same time we desire it to be a day of pleasure in getting acquainted and forming ties of friendship and good will for all farmers alike. Again we say, come everybody.
 Respectfully submitted.
 A. c. Bush, Organizer Farmers Union, Bullock
 tY Alabama.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-14

J. Edward Addicks who is reputed to have spent million dollars in futile effort to become United States Senator from Delaware, has announced that he may become a candidate for the nomi- nation for Mayor of Wilmington.
 samuel Douglas McEnery, Louislanas s senior Senator, is nearing his roth birthday, and, except for defective hear ing. he is hale and hea!tv. He was sd- ucated for the navy. but preferred the life of a planter instead.
 GeneraLrLeon Jastremski of Baton Rouge, one of the candidates for the governorship in Louisiana, was born In France the son of Dr. Vincent Jastrem- ski. who migrated to the United States and settled In Louisiana after taking part in the Polish revolution of 1SS0-32. By profession General Jastremski is journalist. He has served several terms as Mayor of Baton Rouge and for four years he was United Statcs consul at Callao. Peru.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-14
CLAY COUNTY.
Is Immensely Rich iu Mineral Stores
 of All Kinds

Is Immensely Rich 'n Mineral Stores
 of All Kinds.
 Ashland Standard.
 It is a fact which is now becoming well known that Clay County is one of the richest counties in Alabama In mineral wealth. Pyrites, graphite, copper and gold have been mined in Clay County successfully and in large ber of years. Before, durtn,; end af- ter the war between tho States copper was successfully mined at the old Copper Mine" six niles from Line
 It is a historical fact known by many of our people that during the bloody conflict between brother and brotht r that the products of these mines were used in the manufacture of gun-pow- der for the Confederate army But for these mines the supply of gun powder of the Confederate army would have been exhausted long before Lee surrendered at Appomattox, and many
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-14

CnattanoOBa IlmeS,
 The Montgomery Advertiser takes is- sue with Colonel Henry Watterson, who declared the other day that Southern Democrats are held together by the race question, and the race question alone" Perhaps The Advertiser can tell us why Southern Democracy has cry Populist and Socialist ism pro- posed with a "Democratic label" for the past ten years If its solidarity isn't based on the race question. Why, too, are we now preparing to take MT. Bryan, free silver. government owner ship initiation and referendum. and what not, when we do not sanction, in- dorse or approve any of these things as Democratic?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-14
went All the Gates,

COOsa R1Ver NEWS.
 If a friend" of the dear people .(Hon o. D. Strret,) couldn't work into political preferment via the Farmers Alliance -Jeffersonian-P -Populite route. what is he to do but go to the other extreme and pose as a Republican? If fellow without any fixed. intelli- gent ideas of political alignment can't get In one way why shouldn't he try auother7
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-14
NARCH CIRCULATION.

1he Mohtgomery Advertlser guafanteeb tte Advertisers (and makes 1t a part of rhs contract when requested) that it's Daily cir culation is larger than that of any morning newspaper printed in Alabama-and that It's Sunday edition has the largest circulation of any edition of any newspaper printed In Alabama without exception.
 The figures for March. printed below, represent the actual net circulation. all re- turns having been deducted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-14
Valuable Allies.

The active enlistment of the ni.,s- ters of our city with the Huntsville Business Mems League Is gratifying to our town builders, and in the ranks of this organization we can see mue h service for the clergy who can 7oin hands with our business men and work r.n ln1nslu q anNhndY.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-14
None of That Sort Lefl

LineVille Headlight.
 Henry Clay said that he would rath- CT be right than to be President. But there are no Henry Claws in thls day and generation The majority of the gentlemen who now aspire to that ex- aIted position would rather De prcsl- dent than to be right.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-14
Car Tenders Necessary.

Editor The Advertiser:
 am in favor of all modern and up- to-date improvements; they enhance values in communities, and have a great influence for good, in the better ment of society. Good roads. for in- stance. modern hotels. office buildings. magnificent edifices for worship-all and I believe in modern system of street cars. but I am forced to say that I believe in their being run under a strict compliance with the law.
 notice by a report of the city elec- trician, to whom the matter was re- ferred for investigation by the Hon. W. M. Teague, Mayor of the city, that only one-half of the cars run in this city are equipped with lenders. and that the other half have device, called fender, which\does not answer the pur- pose. Is there not an ordinance on the statute books of the city requiring cars to be properly equipped? If not dinance should be enforced People who have children are uneasy at all times, not knowing what minute they may be apprised of some horrible accident, oc- street cars. together with some act of omission on the part of motormen or conductors, caused by inexperience.
 In this for fRs t9 io It a not tormen and conductors to be examined before a board to be appointed by the city. as to their publications? Loco motive engineers. conductors and other trainmen are examined as to their qualifications before life and property are placed in their hands-why should an exception be made in favo of street car employees? Surely the rlsk to hu- man life is greater. in cities. from street cars, than from trains.
 We all appreciate rhe troubles that confront the car company in this city, but that Is no reason that precious lives should be jeopardized every day. If the .city has laws, enforce them. If not meet the emergency by passing ordinances to cover the situation. and enforce them. Protect the public.
 Parent.
 Mnntpomerv May IS.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-14

General Charles w. Bartlett will con test with Henry M Whitney for the Democratic nomination for Governor of Massachusetts this fall. In 1905 Gen eral Bartlet led the ticket and MT. Whitney was the nominee for Lieuten- ant Governor.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-14

Washington gossip has it that Sena- tor Overman of North Carolina may be chosen as the loader of the Democratic caucus in the upper branch of Congress next winter to succeed Senator Black burn of Kentucky, whose term expired March 1.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-14

The ohioans are trying to effect mpromise on Taft Tor President and .saker for Senator, and the indications Shat the latter will do well to agree.
 keeps up the hghs he may get 1Ezl.1usnR-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-14

Judge w. M. Kavanaugh of Little Rock, who for several years has been President of the Southern Association of Baseball Clubs. is mentioned as . a possible candidate for the gubernato- rial nomination in Arkansas.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-14

E. 6. Noble. Circulation Manager of The Montgomery Advertiser. being duly sworn, says:
 The foregoing statement of The Adver- tiser's circulation for the montn of March, 1907. is true and correct and compiled after all returns from news-boys. agents, spoiled and leftover copies have been de- ducted. B s. NOBLE,
 Circulation Manager. Sworn 10 and subscribed before me thIs 18th day of April, 1907.
 1Seal) RIGA ALEXANDER.
 Notary Public.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-14
Politics and Politicians

Both branches of the Florida Legisla ture recently adopted resolutions in- dorsing w. J. Bryan for the Democrat jc nomination for the presidency.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-14
Letters te The Editor
|. Bry.. a Real Democrnts

Editor The Advertiser:
 Heretofore 1 have voted for MT. didate or the Democratic party l aid not then. and uo not now, understand why he was or is considered Demo : crat. He has never fallen witn . .ne the ear-marks of tne party. The time honored cornerstone of Democracy IS opposition to a high protective tariif which excludes. in a great measure, all foreign products that enter into the daily necessities of the masses of our people, and excites to retaiiatory meas ures abroad which prevent the pront- able export or the products or this country, a policy that cuts down the revenues of the general government, and infiicts great injustice upon All classes in our country, not chieny en- gagged in domestic manufacture: Ind, is particularly oppressive to agriculture
 That Mir. Bryan, in his public ad-. dresses, does not place the tariff in the forefront. and proclaim its iniquittes everywhere and at all times. is incom- prehensibie on any other theory than that he Is not Democrat; that he has not the instincts nor principles of a Democrat; that he has never sat at the feet of the great apostles of that par, of that faith. He will not heed the counsel of the tried and trusted iead- CTS of the party. but defiantly disre- caution, he is constantly springins some strange doctrine at variance with its acknowledged principles. Where does he get his theory of government own ership of railroads, or his initiative and referendum doctrine? These va- garies are unknown 70 the Democratic party and have no place in.it.
 If Mir. Bryan desires to break up the trusts. that are sapping the life- blood of our land. why does he not go at the root of the evil. and wage un- ceasing, relentless war on the pronib- itive tariff? What is the Democratic party without Democratic principles? Is it merely a mob engaged in a scram- ble for office. advocating anybody that they believe can get them in? MT. Bryan Is not only no Democrat, he Is an impracticabie leader for any party. He Is a dreamer, enamored of his own opinions. with no sense of responslbii- ity for the views he expresses or posi- tions he assumes. He Is an ignis fa- tuus fitting hither and thither, serving only to point out the bogs and quag- 'mires into which all who venture 10 follow are doomed to be. nired and lost
 It were better for the Democratic party to disband forever, and its dis membered fragments unite with the conservative elements of any party, than stultify itself by running after strange gods, and bringing shamo up- on the true men who have stood at their posts in the face of certain de- feat. and maintained themselves like heroes, as they were, battling flor the principles of true Democracy.
 2 Old Time Democrat.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-14
Theye VIII Re More.

Bullock County Guide
 Some erstwhile Conner men are be- ginning to see things differently.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-14
wait and See What the Democrats
 VIII Do in 1908.

Montgomery. May IS.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-04-25
shoenfen to Make Up Shortage.

During conference with the sec
retary of the interior, j. Blair Sheen
felt. former Indian agent at Mushu-
gee, |. r., admitted that he was H.
able for the shortage In the Office OF
Cashier Lane. now under indictment
in Indian Territory for misuse OF 81
500 of government funds. and sNd
he was ready to make good the
amount of actual shortage He claims
that the shortage really amounts to
$1,000, as Lane forgot to credit up
some claims against the account. The
department will make another in
spection OF the records. and what
ever It determines the shortage is
Shoenfelt will pay. The shortage was
due to the careless way the Musko-
gee office had OF advancing money
to clerks and lending money TO Off
cials on due bills" which were not
taken up.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-04-25

shall contain the central device Of the
seal Of the Territory of Oklahoma. in
cluding the words Labor Omnia Vim
cit" The upper left hand point shall
contain the symbol of the ancient
seal of the Cherokee nation. ramely:
A scvcn-pcintel star partially sur
rounded by wreath OF oak leaves.
The point directed upward shall con.
tain the symbol Of the ancient seal Of
the Chickasaw nation. namely: An In
dian warrior standing upright with
bow and shield The lower left hand
point shall contain the symbol Of the
ancient seal Of the Creek ma
tton, namely: a sheaf of
wheat and plow. The upper right
hand point shall contain the symbol
OF the ancient seal Of the Choctaw ma.
tion, namely: 4 tomahawk. bow,
and three arrows crossed. The
lower right hand corner shall
contain the symbol Of the
ancient seal Of the Seminole nation
namely; 4 village with houses and a
factory beside a lake upon which an
Indian is padding canoe. Surround
in the central star and grouped be
tween its points shall be forty-five
small stars, divided into five clusters
of the Eine stars each. representing
the forty.fiyc states in the Union to
which the fortysiXth Is now added. In
circular band surrounding the whole
device shall be Inscribed GREAT
SEAL OF THE STATE OF OKLA.
HOMA, 1907.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-04-25

Beyond the fact that Henry Hudson
was English nothing Is known OF his
birth. In 1907 Hudson sailed from
London In tiny vcSscl-the crew con
sisted OF ten men and boy-to dlscoy
or the Northwest passage. on this voy-
age the navigator passed the cighticth
degree OF latitude. Two years later
Hudson sailed for North America and
discovered the Hudson river, up which
he sailed 100 miles. In 1910 Hudson
sailed In an English ship named the
Discovery and discovered Hudson
strait and Hudson bay, where he win
tered. The crew mutinicd and set Iiud-
son, his son John and seven inflrm sail
ors adrift in boat. Nothing hns ever
since been heard OF the great sailor
who gave his name to New York y
river
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-04-25
Evolution In liuhtina.

The candle ana lamp, the gaslight,
the electric lght-thesc are the steps
which mark the development Of the
lamp. And how marvellous growth II
IS. How great the triumph over dark
ness! In tho beginning piece Of wood
burns with duh flame and fills the
dingy wigwam or cave with SCOT and
smoke. Now nj the pressure of but
ton the house * filled with light that
rivals the light Of day, with not n par
ticle Of smoke or SCOT or harmful gas.
Are there TO be further trIumphs In the
art Of l'ghtlngY Are we 10 have n light
that shall drive ont the electric light?
Time only can tcll.-St Nicholas.