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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-24

poor have no business living, and, per haps. these philosophers have devised a plan to increase the ccjt of living in order to get rid of them as rapidly as possible. But seriously speaking 1t is well, amid all the talk of the coun- trys unprecedented prosperity" not to lose sight of the fact that the prices of all kinds of food have advanced to such figures that getting enough to eat is becoming & serious problem to the poorer classes in the large cities and even to people of moderate means who find that their expenses are eating up their savings.
 It is a serious condition that con- fronts the masses of the people, and no one seems able to Solve. The pros- pertty of the present time may be phenomenal in its character, and prob ably Is, but evidence is not wanting that 1t Is confined to certain channels and has failed to increase the incomes of the vast body of wage earners, hence without. the means to meet the advancing cost of living the struggle of these people is horoming a hard one. But the indications are that the imitation of values is unnatural ano point will be reached where thing. will break. the country be engulfe in tremendous collapse and the "un- precedented prosperity" will disapp ear
 In the meantime. however, the com mon people who are finding the battle for something to eat harder than they ever before experienced in their lives are unable to secure 8 rational expla- nation of the reasons why there should be such constant increase in the prices of all kinds of food. They know that 1t does not cost any more to raise a peck of potatoes today than it did five or ten years ago, yet the price is four or five times greater now than it was then, in spite of the fact that there has been vast increase of farm products in recent years. They cannot under stand why the situation should be what 1t Is. and when asked what they are going to do about 1t they answer that they don't know. All that they know is that while they hear much talk sweeping the country they are not prosperous themselves but on the con- trary are beginning to suffer hardships to which they were strangers even in the panic years.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-24
To-day m History

1s14-Bruce defeated the English at Bannockburn.
 15S0-Spaniards defeated the Port guese at Alcantara.
 1S34- Benjamin F. Butler, of New York, became AttorneyGenera of the United States.
 1S50-Viscount Kitchener of Khar- tum, famous English soldier, born.
 1S59-Balloons used at battle of Sol ferino.
 1S91-Statue of Henry Ward Beech CT unveiled in Brooklyn.
 1S94-Presldent Carnot, of France, assassinated at Lyons.
 1S95-Marquis of Salisbury accept ed the British premiership.
 1S9S-Norweg gian Arctic expedition on the Farm sailed from Christiania.
 1900-Thirty five lives lost in South ern Railway wreck near McDonough, Georgia.
 19O2-King Edward VII. operated on for appendicitis.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-24
MONDAY, JUNE 24, 1907.

We fully agree with The New York Evening Post when 1t says: Plainly, on the financial argument alone, The Hague conference ought to have the strongest possible support. When spendthrift heads for ruin by striving to outdo others in lavish outlay. his friends get together to lock up either his check book or himself. The pos session of armaments has become veritable madness that calls for the doctor-not the old fashioned bleeder, but the scientific physician of today, who seeks the evil, and, having dis covered it, treats 1t sanely. The Hague doctor was never more needed; and something he is bound to accomplish let the scoffers say that they will"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-24
tested against tn. weight Q, arma

tested against the weight of arma- ments that had appeared as the out come of the national struggles of his own age and of breeding ones, penning a passage that has a curiously modern ring in 1t, viz: The distemper has spread itself over Europe. it has infect ed our princes and induces them to keep up an exorbitant number of troops. It has it's redoublings, and of necessity becomes contagious. Each monarch keeps as many armies as if exterminated, and they give the name of peace to the general effort of all against all' It is no new 'distemper,' then, that afflicts the nations. Nor are kings and princes to be blamed for 1t wholly, for in France and Germany and England and Italy. where the people, if they chose, could change the policy. they stand by their armaments, believ- frg that their own safety lies in them. And herein they do not mis- take; for there have been lessons enough throurh the whole course of history, that the unprepared nation only in- vites attack and spoliation. So long as human nature remains what it Is, peace and safety for nations lie chief ly in prep -edness for war In this competition each and every nation feels that it must do it's best or its utmost. The evils are immense. but they ap- pear to be inseparable from mans position or condition upon the earth, for no nation willingly leaves itself open and naked to its enemies. 1t will be found always, unless some change shall come that will belle all past history, that limitation of arma- ments by mutual consent of nations. is 'an iridescent dream And all who have dreamed 1t have, sooner or later, realized the benumbing influence of disenchantment."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-24

Lieutenant General Nelson A. Miles, retired, Is no alarmist, though he does not hesitate to say he sees the pos sibiuty of a war. at no distant day. with European or an Asiatic nation, And he says he can foresee some loss to the United states at the beginning of hostilities. beginning perhaps with the loss of some cities on the Pacific coast, and the Philippine and Hawaiian islands. But the republic would still exist" he says, and In the end the struggle would be like slap given by an infant on a giant. It would be serious later for the infant"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-24

The Indianapolis Star quotes young Chaldean student. who has been con verted to Christianity and Is now visit ing this country, as saying that no one has ever escended to the top of Mount Ararat. The Star expresses sur urise at such a statement, inasnuch as the top of that famous mountain has been visited a dozen times or more. The Chaldeans are said to be wise people in some respec' but it is evil dent that they are not well posted in modern events. By the way. it is strange that no enterprising snowman has exhibited a piece of Noahs ark. Such an object would be a drawing card.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-24
"7his is My 49th Birthday'
George VOn l.. Meyer.

George Won L. Meyer, the present Postmaster General of the oniteu Ss States, was born in Boston; Jqne HaFvard 1ti wifi, wifi the class of 1879. His debut od m when he was elected a member nS9ad or wit6 it5 6GHilci SIstinction in the Massachusetts, leg tso niHe isiature. acting as speaker of r. tRe he house for three of the five SeaTe SovernoT or SRoI Woicott appointed him chairman oDs os the % Massachusetts board of of ,n m9Ssgere 1sss he Was wa Reenubiican efST1 national committee. can ambassador to Italy, a5,,o In whsge ispe he he was snaSosented senn the united States at St Pc, terPsburg until chosen by n,l Prs11nen. cabfnet Roosevelt as member If Of rreat Ris wealth wealth qua Controlling factor in many ialse Industries in New England
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-24

Speaking in regerd to the third term proposition The Buffalo News, intense Republican, says: The more the idea is opposed the more the people are dis posed to insist on it," That accounts for the opposition shown by some of the Republicans leaders. They want Roosevelt nominated again and think they can make it certain by such a show of opposition as will arouse the people to a pitch that will ensure. his nomination. If that is the explanation of the opposition that is manifested in some quarters 1t is good politics, even though it may be arraant hyprocricy.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-24

Governor Johnson, of Minnesota, says that if the Democrats will make tariff reform the main issue they can elect the next President. He recently spoke in Philadelphia and The Record of that city says: "A Democrat was elected Governor of Repub- lican State in the year in which MT. Roosevelt was elected President is a pretty good judge of political indica- tions in his own part of the country, and has a good many of the indications of a winning candidate, himself"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-24
A CLEAR STATEMENT.
As to the Place "s Andrew JacksOn's
 Birth.

As to the Place "F Andrew JacksOn's
 Birth.
 Waxhaw (N. C.) Enterprise. ...:
 The statement frequently appearing in the papers to the effect that Andrew Jackson's birthplace is several miles from the South Carolina line is erron- eous. as everyone in this community knows. The site of the George Nc Camie old cabin. where Jackson was born and where the marker, erected by the Mecklenburg Chapter DauPhters of the American Revolution. nov stands Is only about 400 wards from the State line and on the North Carolina side. Jackson's parents lived several miles before his birth. When his father, An drew Jackson, Sr,, died at their North Carolina home, his mother a few days later started to her relatives in South Carolina. On her way she stopped to spend the night with her sister, Mrs George McCamie, whose home was 400 yards from the State line on the North Carolina side. and Andrew Jackson, Jr, who later became the hero of New Or leans and the seventh President of the United States, was born that night in the George McCamie cabin. About three weeks later Mrs. Jackson was able to resume her journey to the home of other relatives in South Carolina, where Andrew Jackson spent his early boYhoOd days. The fact that he spent his infancy and early childhood in South Carolina gave rise to the impres- sion that he was born in that State. as they have long been established be- vond question right here in the com munity where Andrew Jackson first saw the light of day.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-24
,,.h,m, and Its Railroads.

E. B, Mckee in Anniston otal oF
 The State of Alabama ana ana many yerv drostic nosition towards the rallrodus ot fhe south, in legislating for lower passenger rates and 1T possapie rJsIs- sJ freight charges. To exerclsS reg lsia any other public service coFpoIa TsaS oneratine, in any state. under fsancnlseSs S granted by such state, IS ieBitlLi's ;, and much to be desired: put eeaints toe q tion which reduces railroad reCeIpe9 a' helow necessary expenses TOT opera tior maintenance and reasonable anu fair interest on the actual inVesthteht' smacks of confiscatlon' v,. .oa
 While Pennsylvania, New YorK ana a other prosperous and thlchly osI- for a two cents mile fare and the absolute addition of passes can state like Alabama, large part W oL which is yet undeveloped' attoto 'o take so drastic posltion: ,, .h,s
 Should not Alabama-wlth US tloua ands of acres of undeveloped natural wealth-encourage capital to invest within its borders. .,,
 Certainly 1t should and 10 get prop CT development more railroads must ba huilt and present lines must be double tracked and improved in many ways With so much adverse leglsIa- tion in Alabama, can any one pIdnlc Eastern capital-and that IS where tIe money must come from-for declining to invest in Southern railroad secur1- ties? county are feeling the effects of Ala bama's recent railroad legislation. the Seaboard having stopped all work on its extension in to Anniston, because if cannot secure money for this and other projected work. without paying an exhorbitant interest rate.
 I say for the best interests of the state, that the legislature-when 1t re- convenes in July-would be doing a good thing if it back-tracked or some of its acts in the early part of the year year and gave the railroads fair chance for a few years more, and also opened its doors to foreign money ln- vested in the state, on which a tax was placed that may drive millions l,f i,rtnrtnd rnnnnu awaY from LIS.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-24
SidesuaH Pencilings
Observe the Rain .

Yesterdays rain," said sophistica- tea conversationalist last night Drought out some queer incidents. That rain was a beauty; I've scarcely seen a prettier one many of the sum- mer months and simply for the lack of anything else to do I spent the most part of the afternoon In watching the downpour.
 First of all, the wind came from all directions, north, east, south and west. northeast southeast, northwest and southwest. It blew the rain in as many directions as from which 1t came, and umbrellas served scarcely a purpose in protecting the ones who sought pro- tection beneath them. So strong was the wind at times that l thought it a modest cyclone, and at other times l clone.
 From a window on Dexter Avenue I saw at distance of one square from where 1 was wha. at one time looked to me like a boat. You ought to have seen that thing come chasing down the street. I vow that street car could not have gone faster, nor a Sir Thomas Lipton boat with all sails to the wind. When it fieeted past my viewpoint discovered that the object which had been watching was nothing less than tin can of huge dimensions, floating along peacefully until 1t was thrown from it's course by jerk which rent it almost in twain.
 
 kind. It matters not that I had to postpone an engagement with one of Montgomery's sweet demoiselles, that was part of the fate. It was fun a. that old Aeolus played upon us mortals, and accordingly thank him for giving me a quiet hour for observation. He worked no hardship, none on the least, but furnished pleasant divergence for the Sunday hours"
 Suburban Merchants Enterprise.
 He was a suburban merchant, with n stock as limited as his years. In sfact the mercantile establishment over which he presided had only been open ed since school closed. It was not an impressive establishment.
 It consisted of dry goods box turn ed up side down. The store" was sup ported by four blanks roughly nailed to each of the box's four corners. The young merchant had done the job him. self with the kitchen hatchet, There were rough dents in the. white pine blanks where the hatchet had missed the nail.
 The stock was spread over the top of the store" It consisted principal ly of few less than a dozen bottles of vari-colored soda waters. sitting on the newspaper spread over the top of the box.
 But this was the middle of the day and the merchant had left his place of business, after storing his stock on the front porch for safety. But he didn', care to lose a chance al a possible cus- toner. He had nailed up against the side of the store" the bottom of a shoe box on which he had pencilled in heavy lines:
 \ Gone ter dinner. Be back torreck- lS."
 Senator Walter W Talbert of Mem phis. who Is at the head of the Mem phis Asphalt Company. was in this city yesterday. It is his company that has the contract for paving Hull, Caroline and Wilson Streets.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-24

We have just read of woman whO is suing for divorce, and among other reasons she states that her husband took his dog in bed and when she ob- jected he kicked her out and she had to sleep on the floor, sL~ must be hard to please if she hadn't rather lie on the floor than sleeD with a pair of dogA
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-24
APRIL CIRCULATION.

The Montgomery Advertiser guarantees Sts adyertisers (and makes it a part Of the contract when requested) that its Daily cir- culation ,s larcer than that of any mfpning newspaper printed in Aiabama-and tnat its eunday edition has the largest circulation of any edition of any newspaper printed n Alabama without exception.
 The figures for April printed below. rep resent the actual net circulation. all returns having been deducted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-24
Whe Soaring Cost of Living.

New Orleans States.
 Our esteemed contemporary, The Montgomery Advertiser inquires: eff prices for foodstuffs continue soaring upward how are poor people to live?'' This rather solemn question suggests an incident that occurred a short time ago at a banquet given in Chicago. Clarence DarroN the well known law address on What are the rights of the poor under the law?" When his name was reached on the list of speak have no rights under the law, and as that fact has been established with tiresome frequency in this country 1t Is impossible for me to deliver an ex- to me. therefore I am compelled to se- lect another"
 If the cost of living continues to soar the poor will not live at all, and that will no doubt be a sufficient answer to The Advertisers question. There are some peope who believe that the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-24
Excessive Taxation Unjust.

NIeEHSDUTO W . tCHIIlaII.
 If forty per cent valuation of the real and personal property in Ala bama were fixed as a basis for taxa tion the State would then receive more money than Is necessary for an econo- eInical administration of the affairs of government To collect more than Is necessary for this purpose Is unjust to the citlzena4 and a big surplus IS always Q dangerous thing. This mat ter will doubtless receive the earnest consideration of the legislature at it's session In July.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-24

A man up in Indiana recently had his curiosity satisfied in quite de cided way. He found loaded bomb and smashed it with an axe to see f it would explode. If the fragments of him that were gathered up could speak they would be able to inform the world that the thing would actually explode.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-24
ADMINISTRATORS
 NOTICE

Under and by virtue of power and tn. Dove. deceased. recorded in the office of the Judge of Probate. of Montgomery Coun- " in win Book No. !, Page I57. win seil at public outcry. to the highest bidder. at the Court Square Fountain, in the City Sth. at IF o'clock, noon, one-third cash. balance in one and two years, with inter- est. the following property, to-wit: 11S-i2O-I22 Montgomery St., 200 Lee; { acres Goode St., 20 acres Goods St.
 For further information, as to location or condition of the property. or to incum- brances thereon. apply to the undersigned
 JOHN J. DOWH Executor and Trustee under the WII of
 Joanna Dove. Deceased
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-24
DIaE the Great.

GuntersVlIIe Democrat.
 If Central American states should agree to unify and include Mexico in the union, it would be well for the bantum republics to remember that their tricks will not go with Porfiro Diaz. If they play with Diaz they must play straight
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-24
Some of the Brightest.

SCULLsDUTO OIIIZGh.
 Will T. Sheehan has been visiting the leading State schools and giving them a special write-up in The Mont gomery Advertiser. and they were quite interesting. The Advertiser has some of the brightest young men jR the State on it's staff
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-24

Though he has not yet authorized any one to make the formal statement of his candidacy. 1t is generally be- lieved that when the gubernatorial Robert B. Lee will be one of the as- pirants for the nomination.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-24

"Once wrote my name on an egg" Did you get a letter. Maude?" "Yes: two years later from an actor."-- Louisville Courier Journal
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-24

It Is again reported In Washington that Jesse R. Grant, son of the late General Grant, will be a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Presi- dent of the United States. It is said that he IS not only willing to accept openly and make a fight for 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-24
Poor Pay From Truck Stun.

Bdy MIHTIlt IIIIItb'
 Baldwin county planters are to be congratulated upon the results obtain ed from this years planting of truck stuffs. Baldwin county stuff has al- ways found ready market and has commanded the best of prices. Tn many instances a single acre of irish potatoes, berries, beans, cucumbers, tomatoes, etc., have netted the planters as much as one hundred dollars per acre. This Is very gratifying and again but indicates what can be done here by an intelligent cultivation of our soils. Baldwin county should have thousands of acres planted in garden and truck stuffs another wear.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-24
OPIUM CURE

Morphine. Cocaine, Opium and all Drug Habits positively and painlessly cured with out loss of time from business by the James Home Cure for Drug Habits. a product of the famous James Sanitorium. Over 14 OO0 cases cured. Trial treatment free under plain cover. Write in confidence for booklet under plain cover,
 JAMES sANAFORIUM. Memphis, Tenn.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-24
>&k WOmen'S a1~ %. Diseases .%

Fully three-fourths of the ills of woman. kind are due to aover-work and insufhciently nourished nerves.
 As virtue is the backbone of society" just so the nervous system is actually the backbone of our physical existence.
 The head, heart lungs, stomach, liver, kidneys, regenerative organs-practically every part of the human anstomJ--i more or less dependent upoR. the nervous system.
 our entire time to curing the chronic and nervous troubles of men and women extent and at an expense uncalled for by the demands and practice of the ordinary physician.
 We treat probably a hundred chronic and nervous cases where the average prac- titioner treats one.
 If your disorder Is one peculiar to your sex don't hesitate to call through q feel ing of iil-advised "delicacy."
 The matter Is too important to neglect, and the attention you will receive here will be as confidential as private. and more satisfactory than if n less expert enced physician were to attend you in your own home.
 You cannot possibly make a mistake in writing or calling to see us, There is no charge to you for this visit. and 1t does not place you under any obligations to us whatever.
 Call or send for our Pamphlet for Wo- men," mailed free in imprinted envelope.
 Also have q Book for Men and one on Brain and Nerve EghOUstion of vital in- terest to every man and woman. Either sent free on request.
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-24

The candidacy of Governor Cummins for United States Senator will afford a test of the tariff revision sentiment in Iowa as we'll as an object lesson in the direct primary movement.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-24
Politics and Politicians

Matthew H. Stevenson of Pittsburg Is the candidate of the Prohibitionists of Pennsylvania for State Treasurer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-24

Cornelius c. Billings, the new assist ant commissioner of patents, was grad uated from the United States Naval Academy In 1886 and served as ensign In the Spanish American war. He en- tered the United States patent office in 1SS9 and has been advanced steadily from a clerkship to the office of as- sistant commissioner.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-24
An Extra sesaion Needed,

Pine Belt (BreWtOn) NeWs.
 A flood of local bills will be intro duced upon the re-assembling of the legislature. These. with general bills, will necessitate an extraordinary ses- sion. The law-makers may make a whole summer job of it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-24

Jacob McGavock Dickinson. whom members ot the Iroquofs Club of Chi cago are said to be preparing to boom for the presidential nomination in op- position to William J. Bryan, is a dis has been general counsel for the Hi nois Central Railroad. He Is a South erner by birth and education and has served on the Supreme bench of Ten nessee. In 1895-7 he was Assistant At torney General of the United States and in 1903 he served as counsel for the United States before the tribunal that settled the Alaskan boundary ques- ton.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-24
What the Stdte Papers
 Are Saying and Doing
Buy at Home.

Marshall Banner.
 An Alabama girl ordered her we'd ding dress from a mall order house and it was so slow in coming that the wedding was postponed. Moral-Trade with your home merchants.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-24

One thing about a mule: you mustn't start anything behind his back