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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-25
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October 2B.
 1l54-Stephen, King of England, died. 1415-Henry V. invaded France and defeated the French at the Battle of Agtncourt.
 l76O-George IT., of England died: succeeded by his. grandson, George III :, 1779.washington's army went into winter quarters near Morrostown, N. Y. 1s10-George III, of England. be- came mentally deranged and the Prince of Wales was appointed Regent. "The Regency" lasted ten years.
 1s12-The American frigate United States captured the British frigate Ma cedonia. off the Canary Islands.
 ls4e-Commodore Perry bombarded Tobasco. Mexico.
 IS54-The Charge of the Light Bri- gade at Ralaclava.
 ls95-Thomas A. Hendricks. Vice President of the United States, died al Indianapolis. Born 1879.
 -Bombardment of Mafeking be- IOOo-Great Britain formally annexed the Transvaal.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-25
A GOOD ADvERTrsER.

P. T. Barnum was a great believer in publicity. Tn fact. he might be called the pioneer advertiser of the country. It mattered little with him whether a newspaper statement was truthful or false, favorable or nnfav- orabIe; the notoriety was what he was after. Some of the most notorious fakes and humbugs the world ever saw were foisted on the public by him. but by keeping them we'll advertised he made them pay, and that was the main thing.
 The story is told that when Barnum had Tom Thumb and Emily Warren married in Trinity Church. New York. some of the prominent women oc the congregation felt outraged and gave him their mind in no uncertain terms. Among other things one of them told him that they wonid publish his vulgar trick from one end of the land to rhe other. 'very well. madam" said the undisturbed showman. you may say that stole the plate of Trinity Church if you will only publish it in the papers"
 That was Barnun. all over. Little he cared what the newspapers said about him, provided their sayings brought patrons to his shows. And that. by the way. is the primary object of advertising. Reliable merchants and dealers do not wanttto secure GUS toners through false statements or misrepresentations, but if they are up to modern demands they will keep the public informed through the news papers of what they have to sell and how they will sell 1t. A merchant who lays in a stock of goods and fails to advertise would be just as consistent if he should close his front door and wait for prospective customers to come and ring or knock for admission. He would stand about the same chance to keep up with his more contemplating competitors in one case as the other.
 Barnum had one thoroughly correct idea about business. and that was pub licity. That he resorted to deceit and humbug is not to be justified. but that he believed in keeping his business we'll advertised was the proper thing. THy1 nA Iat at- of keeping everlastingly at 1t although we may not approve all his methods. What he believed in was to let the pub lie know what he had to show them. and what the merchant should believe in is to keep on letting the public know what he has to sell them. If a mer- chant opens up business puts one lit- tie advertisement in a newspaper and stops there he might as well try to roll barrel up a hill by giving 1t one slight push. His business. like the barrel. will remain at the bottom, un- less he keeps boosting 1t.
 When we note the prices charged for advertising by the big city dailies and by some of the magazines we are led to wonder that any merchant or other business man will patronize them at such cost, but when we look over the advertising columns of these papers we find them always well filled, show ing that advertising pays, even at highest prices for space. The fact Is that people are generally too busy these days to go the rounds of the stores to find what they want. The quicker and easier method is to first consult the newspaper and sea what is offered for sale and who has 1t; then the rest is easy. Barnum knew how to advertise.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-25


 Second Prixe--I0 Piece Toilet Set.
 Third Prize--set Silver Piafed Tea- spoons.
 Under following conditional
 l. Each purchaser of sack oL Rai,ard's Obelisk Flour gets a ticket Sro,ni her retail grocer, entitling the holder to contest. The ticket must pc uroneriy filled out with name ana an- dress of housek eeper.
 2. Contestants can enter preaa' produced from Ballard's 0belisk Flour.
 8. Only products of Ballards Opelisk Flour baked at home, allowed TOT entry in daily baking contests
 4. All articles entered must De sent to the Culinary and Domestic Depart- nlent at Fair Grounds before 10:30 a. m.
 5. Winners of one prlze barred From contesting for another.
 6 Winners announced at $50 p. ma each afternoon. When all entries of charitable organizations having booths on the ground at the discretion Of the Superintendent of the Domestic ana Culinary Department.
 I. The decisions of the committee arf Thursday. aIsddi october a4th. Bread and
 Friday. october 2sth. Loaf Cakes.
 Saturday. october 26th. Bread and Efllsi Moaday. October ssth. Biscuits ana IsTrEeds sTrnesday. october 2sth. Cakes. Layer.
 Wednesday. october soth. Bread and
 rISi Thursday. october s1st. Beaten Bis-
 Friday. November 1st, Loaf cakes.
 Saturday. November End. Bread and Rolls.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-25
Letters to The Editor
4.IIonor to Whom Honor Is Due.n

''HonOr to Whom Honor Is Due." Editor The Advertiser:
 In your issue of Wednesday morn ing you say U. R. McLendon is in charge of Montgomery County Agricul- tural Exhibit at the State Fair" etc. This is a mistake. I have no in- terest in this fine exhibit save good will for it's success. W. c. Naftel is in charge, who is It's sole owner and director.
 J. R. McLendon. Banner Oct. 24.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-25
rhe Exra sesslOn,

Gadsden Times-News.
 Governor Conner, in his speech at Attalla Saturday night. said that the subject of compulsory education will be considered at the extra session of the Legisiature The Governor said hs Tas rS,aran a or rirbt aw sxe to so to school at least six months in the year. This is tantamcunt to saying that the law will be passed, for what the Gov @iudging the future by the past. 1t is extremely doubtful whether the peo- pie of Alabama are in favor of such law. As to whether the law would work good to the State we are not at opinion. That 1t Is wise at this time we do not believe. It is well argued that if abundant opportunity Is offered eracy among the white children of Alabama will practically disappear. The trouble in the past has been that our school system was such a farce, so far as the rural districts were con- cerned, and school facilities were so inadequate 10 the demands made upon them, the children of the backwoods districts had small chance to acquire even the rudiments of learning. But with the school system broadening. with better opportunities offering, with the crusade of the rural mall carrier. aind many other agencies working for the enlightenment of the people of 
 dispense with a compulsory law until we find that the people will not .edn- cate their children even when oppor- tunity Is afforded.
 This seems to be the generation of the statute-malers. Our legal system is becoming so intricate and complex that there is much confusion on all sides. When a member of q law-ynak- ing body, especially 8 member of State Legislature, figures out law that he thinks will catch the popular fancy, he has no fear that 1t will not be passed by his fellow members and riot of law-making in the land: The food we eat the wine we drinkt ev- erything is touched by the law. The thing has gone so far in Alabama that ed of wise, conservative men could spend some time repeating laws with out detriment to the people. The Governor said in the talk above al- which law was bad. We were remind ed of the famous water cure" prae- ticed in the Philippines. The patient could not tell precisely which bit of he was getting more water than was good for him. No one accuses the mem bers of the last Legislature of pass ing iniquitous laws (unIess, maybe. the believes that the mass of revolutionary laws passed by that body will work harm to the best interests of the State, and it believes that an extra session called for the express purpose of pass ing laws yet more revolutionary and radical will work still more harm. There is no more dangerous man than | demagogue in power. The people who think and try to look for results before they commit an act are praying that some man may arise in the extra session and be broad and brainy, enough to stand In the way of the whims of B. R. Conner. Governor. though he be. and in the name of the people of Ala bama demand that they shall have a
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-25

The big State Fair at Vandiver Park Is a Montgomery institution and well worthy of the support of the loyal Montgomerian. These fairs advertise Montgomery as nothing else can. They afford, moreover. pleasant and whole some amusement to thousands of Ala barnians. The patriotic Montgomerian can well afford to take day off and with his family spend it at the Fair.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-25

The Washington Herald wants us to understand that we can't get up any argument with on the subject of per- simmon beer. we know something about that stufr." it adds unctuously. The real Alabama kind or the Virginia imitation?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-25
The south and ImmIEra tlon.

Nashville American.
 The Birmingham Ledger says Ala- bama "has room for another million people before she is ready for her best growth. ." That is entirely true. and with another million people Alabama would still have comparatively sparse population compared with other por- tions of the world The territorial di- mensions of Alabama are not very mach less than those of England with out Wales, which has a population of nearly 300o0 900. If Alabama were as densely populated as Belgium 1t would have 10000. 900 people within It's liIn- it's. almost half as many as now live in the whole United States.
 Alabama and the whole South are but at the beginning of their growth and development that awaits them. This growth has been slow in comparison with that of some other sections of the country for peculiar reasons that are passing away. and will not exist much longer. The tide of European immigration that has poured into the North and worked maryeis in the de- That is manifest destiny when all the conditions are considered. No matter how Attorney General Bouaparte may construe immigration laws 1t will come. The South has cheap lands, 1t has also an increasing demand for labor, 1t has an attractive climate and it is possi- hle for frugal and industrious people to thrive here with less exeftion than Tn the North. These facts considered in connection with the stream Of ipml-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-25

It. is given out that Lieutenant Gov ernor chanler, of New York, is going down to Atlanta soon and there inau- gurats his Presidential boom. Good
  place to send up a balloon.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-25

"Isn't 1t possible that the Democrats may come into their own in less than dozen years?" asks The Columbus Enquirer-Sun. Oh. yes; all things are possible. but we like to give plenty of time to great events.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-25
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A Liquid. Antiseptic and Non acid Dentifricc will penetrate the little crevices of the teeth that can not be reached by the Tooth Brush, cleansing and purifying them. and imparting such a fresh cleanly sensation, as to become a joy to the mouth and refreshing to the whole system.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-25

Perhaps the real trouble about those Fairbanks cocktails was that there were not enough of them. We have heard of such cases.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-25

Now they are telling it that Roose- welt once skinned up tree to get away from a rantankerous grizzly bear, but will any one believe it?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-25
sWORN CTRCULATTON.

The Montgomery Advertiser guarantees tts advertisers (and makes it art Of the contract when reouesteda that its daily CIT euiation is larger than that of any mornins newspaper printed in Alabama--and that hs Sunday edition has the largest circuauon of any edition of any newspaper printed m Alabama without exception.
 The figures for September printed peAow; representing the actual net crculations ah returns having been deducted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-25

Suppose, in the midst of all our boasted prosperity there. should come a real financial panic. could the admin istration settle it?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-25

"Divorce is a vehicle" says Lillian Russell. She might have added that she knows how to make it go good gait.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-25

When we take up a morning paper and fail to read of another auto acci- dentp we think somebody has failed to report.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-25

The bear hunt having come to a close we suppose we shall now hear some more spiels about hunting down the trusts
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-25

If all the Presidential bSoms could be consolidated they would make a huge sfael
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-25

E$ Noble. Circulation Manager of the Monteomery Advertiser, being duly sworn, Bays:
 The foregoing statement of The Adver- 4lser' seireulation for the month of septens- her 1907, is true and correct. and compheQ after all returns from news boys, news agents, spoiled and left oyer copies have been deducted, E s. NOBLE, x7th day of October. 1907.
 lgEAI.l RIGA ALEXANDER, (
 Notary Public.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-25
s: MI MiIllkea.

Huntsville Tribune.
 Huntsvilla,s valuable friend and ad- mirer, Mir. S. M. Milliken. of New York. has been elected president. of the Mer- cantile Nationn1 Bank of that city and his son, vice-president. Many assert that MT. Miiliken's election was brought about by the influence of the clearing house ahd money kings because they believed confidence would be reasserted thereby, and any possibility of a panic would be averted.
 Our people have always regarded him as a tower of strength in the financial world and big investments have been watched with Teen interest by moneyed men here and elsewhere.
 Mir. Millikeh is a director in a num- Der of cotton and woolen mills in dif- ferent parts of the country. His official position as president of the Dallas Mills in this city has brought him here on several occasions, and each time he has made most favorable impression upon all those who have had the pleasure of meeting him. MT. A. l.. Rison, Treasur- CT and General Manager of the Dallas Mills, said today his promotion was no surprise to him, that MT. Milliken's in- huence ns A financier would continue to increase in the money centers of this country.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-25

grants now constantly leaving Europe argue that the South cannot much longer escape the invasion. The white race has filled Europe and q large por- ton of the North. and in time the overflow will come South. <
 And the South will prosper by growth of white population as the North has done. A dense and thrifty population means great cities, enlarged industries and increased enterprise, and all that means wealth with the gen- eral advancement that wealth makes % The great city of Chicago is some thing of a miracle in the way of rapid growth. IL Is typical of the West gen. eraliy, and the basis of 1t all was irn- The difference between Mis- sissippi and Illinois, two States of about the same age, is mainly a diff ference of population. The immigrants they did into Illinois. and thAuedtffer- ence so far as wealth and progress is concerned will disappear. The compie- tion of the Panama Canal will have a strong tendency to increase the South's growth, but the tide of immigration is likely to set this way before that en- terprise is consummated.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-25
LOOK!

BALLARD < BALLARD co. Wiu Give Three Premiums Daily
 At
 Alabama AgricuItural Fair. Montgomery, Ala, October 24--November 2. For Best Bread, Rolls, Biscuits oR
 Cakes. 4 ;.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-25
3ALLARD'S ObeIisk Flour

First Prize--56 Piece Dinner Set.
 Second Prise--IO Piece Toilet Set. Third Prize--set Silver Piafed Tea-
New-York tribune., 1907-08-04
phI1IMORF STOCKS.
AMERICAN TEA.
Growing of the Plant in the United States
Pronounced Feasible.

The matter Of growing or own tea discussed
from time time is pronounced perfectly feasible.
At the same time we import annually from 90O00000
20 1O7, 10000 pounds OF tea, which cost US from
s14 600 eO to ST CO., says THE Louisville Courier
Journal
Raising tea in America IS not thing More
than one hundred years ago tea was planted fifteen
miles from Charleston, S c. In 1913 the attempt
m raise II was made in the same state by DR.. Ju-
MUS Smith who had from England.
He wrote that his plants were doing finely, and
had withstood a eight or nine Inches deep.
He expressed the opinion that the adaptation OF
.be tea nlant 10 the soil and climate Of this
fry was demonstrated, and the industry was per-
rnanently established Yet that was nearly sixty
years ago, and still relying on foreign
countries for supply of tea The average i'm
port price last year was only little 10 cents
a pound. OF something more than 69.OO0V0 pounds
imported we got 36 100000 pounds from Japan ana
nearly 33 600 600 pounds from the Chinese Empire
We have Kept up experiments In tea grow
ing Twenty years ago the government employed
John jackson, who had had experience in tea grow
ing In India TO conduct experiments In Georgia
and South Carolina More recently Dr Charles
NJ Shepherd has raised tea in his gardens near
the practicability OF growing tea in that climate
One hundred acres are said 20 have produced 1000
nounds of dry tea a year, which would be
age of I2O pounds an acre. One garden IS said 10
hays produced 535 pounds In season.
Rut at the same time told that while peo-
pie are thereby encouraged to grow their own tea,
the gardens soon died from lack OF interest
II is said that average tea bush yields about
three ounces of cured tea in season. SO that one
hundred plants would yield about eighteen pounds.
A pound makes $50 to 400 cups, 80 that fifty plants
would yield enough tea TO supply large family.
Now while this Is interesting, IL is a little con-
fusing. After hundred years OF experimentation,
with the uniform result that the production of
own is found perfectly practicable, how does 1t
hap ppen that still import all tea, with the
exception OF small quantities. which do not cut any
New-York tribune., 1907-08-04
SOME LONDON MECHANICS

It only a very few weeks ago that cabs htted
with taximeters in the manner so popular in
Paris put the London streets At first
everybody called them "taXimeter cabs. 10 dis
tinguish them from ordinary cabs, but the name
has by universal consent been shortened to taxi
cabs" in just the same way the omnibus
which was introduced from Paris by man named
Shillibeer. the first travelling from Paddagton 10
the Bank Of England in 1S29-got changed TO bus,
and cab took the place of Cabriolet as the one
horse vehicles used to be called when twelve OF
them first piled in London III 1898
Who. nowadays, would ever dream of speaking
OF the Central London Railway when The Tube
has supplanted the proper name, as The Baker
loo" has not only by common consent become the
recognized way Of speaking Of the Baker Street
Sz Waterloo Railway, but has actually been adopted
by the company itself which thus, consciously or
unconsciousIy, pays its tribute of admiration to
George r. Sims who, it is generally believed, in
vented the
The people who patronze the Trocadero res
taurant always caIl it The Troc,' just those
who Weld allegiance the Criterion would have
fit if It were called by any other name than THE
Cri" In the days when the St James's restaurant
was SO popular it always called "Jimmy's -
and already the new hotel which is rising the
old site is being spoken of in the same way.
Even the clubs have not failed to fall under the
fatal fascination of nicknames for the United
Service is commonly known as The Senior" the
Naval and Military The In and Out" while
well known Is by no means infrequenty
spoken of as The Pothouse' by the members who
frequent it--Tit Bits.
New-York tribune., 1907-08-04

figure in the general result? People have tried tea
gardens and have soon lost interest IN them But
people do not lose interest in experiments when
pay them largely. may infer that tea culture
not found very remunerauve Unfortunately.
information IS withheld as the financial results.
We should Ike know whether the home grown
was readily salable prices equal 10 that OF
the imported tea At 10 cents pound. l0 pounds
of tea would bring SIS II this grown on land
that would yield half bale OF cotton. worth S25 or
80 would not be very aIluring. There must be
to grow tea land and in climate that are said
to be well adapted to It. It is not improbable that
the owners Of the land where tea might be grown
are deyotiug IL TO something which yields larger
profit. and this may be the reason why they lose
interest IN tea
II we should undertake TO grow tea in consdera-
BILE quantities 1t is easy To guess what would nap
pen. Tea now comes in free Of tariff tax. But as
an infant industry would have protection, and a
would he put upon it, This would probably
have the effect OF increasing the cost OF tea but
this would not be a very great burden. for our
consumption Of is small compared with that OF
coffee. We import nearly ten times as much coffee
as do tea. The consumption OF tea Is but little
than 4 pound per capita, so that a tax OF 10
OF l. cents a pound would not be very burdensomc.
However. any increase Of the price would have a
tendency to lower consumption, which IS already
comparatively small. Then. get our tea from
countries which trying to cultivate for their
trade and 1t is necessary for them to sell us
something in order to help pay for the goods which
they take from us.
It Is pretty clear that the United States grow
tea but remains to be demonstrated that it is 10
their interest do SO long our people find
employ the pauper labor Of Asia to produce the
tea consume.
New-York tribune., 1907-08-04

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