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Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1908-08-07
NOTES FROM MINOR LEAGUES.

The South Atlantic League never
had such one-sided pennant race as
this year. Jacksonville is leading.
200 points ahead of Savannah, which
team is 100 points ahead of Columbia.
Extra inning games must come in
punches. A siXteen-inning game in
st. Louis, the same in New York, a
seventeen-inning affair at Albany
twelve innings at Lowell, twelve in
nings at Montreal, ten innings at To-
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1908-08-07
Popular Excursion to Galveston and
Houston, August 9th, Via l.
G. G. NJ, Railroad,

Tickets will be sold for trains ar
irving Houston and Galveston Satur
day evening, August Sth, and Sunday
morning, August 9th, good to leave on
or before August 10th. For rates and
information regarding train service
see |. &, G. n. agents. 1tw
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1908-08-07

Jas. F. Brook, architect and engi-
neer. Room 25 Link building. If
The Greeley tribune., 1908-03-05
GREELEY
na. Never Bee" More Prosperous

than it is now. Its need for
houses OF all sizes has never
been so great. If you want
home you should build it now,
and if you have vacant lots
YOU should build houses to
rent and get a monthly income
The Greeley tribune., 1908-03-05

MODERN FIVE-RO0M
~ 7th.st.; 8 blocks from
blocks from postomce;
Pr: electric light; bath
kment basement; shade
~; south front. Inquire
No agents.
The Greeley tribune., 1908-03-05

TO soACRE TRACTS
Z land: best water right;
ferms. one-fourth cash,
ers, 6 per cent interest.
fck, S. L. w. ranch,
anager. Greeley omce,
The Greeley tribune., 1908-03-05
Lost and Found.

OST-FRONT OF SHADOW EN-:
II broidery waist, between Normal ana
lll7 12th-av. Leave n Irioohe.
7 osT-BRowN POCKET BOOB Ss,Susn CON,
M.cE'a grocery and Wilson's grocery.
Reward. Leave at Tribune ONCE.
The Greeley tribune., 1908-03-05

DISBURSEMENT ON
lion Of land near Wig
4ry cream OF the country.
Address T. L. Evans,
hone Black 7S1.
The Greeley tribune., 1908-03-05

hNEsT THOROUGH
blled bull in Northern
for one OF same breed.
Peckham, phone Red 715.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-19
An Earnest Appeal For
 Cotton Mills in Mont gomery

, chusetts was a cotton growing State. how many bales of this staple do you think would ever reach a, Alabams s.6s aa ao you think our Puritan cousins would extend cotton buyer for foreign market his very presence would De on the suppcsition that there WAS a the iron ore in the Birmingham dis ISs sapPedN P New s asG Ssues od 'ss protest that would follow would be voiced loud enough to shake down a few dozen Of their many skyscrspsrs, s,,, \ would instantly realize that for them the air was most un-hygienic.
 Shall we of Montgomery continue tc too. even without the s'mess of pot tage7" The cotton compress should be an offense to every patriotic Montgom- nf'A no plsoe sse in @ our R sidsi. o eacept he Se for a group of local mills.
 |. is estlmsted that the first forsy Idle over three hundred thousand horse power of wasted energy. Such an energy would spin and weave every lock require us to. go beyond the confines of the State for needed staple to spin and weave In our home mills.
 Unfortunately, or fortunately, wfffch- 1t my business has been that of a travelling man, The scope o1 my ter. New orleans on the West, and my ob- servation has been that the cities or towns that counted, were those that
 In travelling over South Carolina this pressed pressed with the the number of miiis nook and corner and it was a reve- lation to me, the way in which they utilized the white coaf' (water pow err. It seemed that every stream sa wss dle harmonized into symphony. with the mind-directed coursing of the and the founding of a mammoth cot ton manufacturing center will most assuredly be realized. Why not we of this generation inaugurate the workY
 If every man of Montgomery who wishes to see this end achieved would contribute . mite towards a fund to proposition, I feel the results would astound those most sanguine. For a chain of mills extending from Mont fey. is the ultimate use of the. rivers now wasted energy. Give capital basis of facts that will stand the cold analysts of inyesmsnt' then. then tn, the lar larger listen to and embrace your argument. There are absolutely no experiments in this scheme; and the Commercial Club is certainly competent to present the cause anywhere. But 1t requires funds to market any commodity. Moptgom- cry has this piece of goods to ofter capital and contributions are needed
 My mite for contribution is ready: will yours be ready when the hat comes around, patriotic Montgomer-
 E. A. Holt.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-19

Editor The Advertiser:
 Your reporter in writing up the September IS, conveyed an Idea that I l feel sure he did not Intend.
 There was an extremely small at was the first regular fall meeting. an overflow crowd both In point of mum bers and enthusiasm was expected. The cusel, certainly deserved rebuke. and feel that it was to those that the reporters thought were directed. But h rys IS Sass on mffser ths a was in his best fettle.
 Nov 10 neutrallze in measure any III effects accruins from the write. isth inst, I shall ask some of your valuable space for the following
 The Commercial Club is the medium of the organized effort of our business men for the city's ccntinued growth, and prosperity. with no selfish ends for our. community.s general good. II should have the fullest confidence and commendation of all our citizens:
 the worthy secretary of the Commer. ciai Club, requested each member to suggest some line of misunderstanding Montgomery. This is subject. and a direct question to which every citizen should give his best thoughts On 1t TeSIS the GUY HTuNtu AuU is too vital to us all to be confined to club membership. Every citizen should feel that his suggestion is earnestly so,,sited, to this , query; sIys.,ro. ina, hsvs accrued to Montgomery on account Of it's geographical location and environ ment; that on account of these con; continue to grow for while longer, a little while. Then. without factories 1t win stagnate. and stagnation Is a then the little sthat it hath shail be taken away and given to" that city which is more progressive. manufacturing will pay in Montgom- ery?s The first step in this analysis is: What raw material have we in question, cost of manufacture. Then accessibility to, market. Alabama Is list is x long one bnt wassn sns ths ress. re have been denuded; all of Birmfng- hams furnaces gone out of commis- sion for want. of material; the entire almost inexhaustibles beds of cement rock been ground to powder the un- deriving strata of exquisite marble designs of the architect and chiseled by the hand of the sculptor. what raw material will we of Montgomery still have in increased abundance; and what motive power still with us. that will remain until water shall run up stream. or time shall have met It's Waterloo: The answer every Montgomerian knows and 1 can "only speak right on, and tell you that which you yourselves do know" However. the answer is cotton and the Coosa river.
 Montgomery should represent the largest center for cotton goods in all the world; for she is the heart of the cotton growing area, with a favorable outlet to the sea, and trunk lines of railroads reaching out in every direc- tion. On the hypothesis that Massa-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-19
Letters to The Editor
How. Shall Prosperity Be Brought to
 The Farmerf

How. Shall Prosperity Be Brought to
 The Farmerf
 Editor The Advertiser,
 Sir: At the meeting between the representatives of the farmer and the bankers at Birmingham on the 18th inst. the idea voiced in practically all the speeches was. that prosperity would come to the farmer If he could finance his cotton crop so as to hold for higher prices. a
 Out of a personal experience of nearly fifty years supplemented by the experience and observation of my known a farmer who made his own meat and bread closed out by the sheriff, nor unable to borrow all the wants on the farm.
 In our little bank. we prize very highly indeed our farmer patrons. and if any employe of the bank failed in him on the instant: and as for loans none suit me so well as those of the farmer who makes his own bread and
 The trouble with the South is, 1t gambles away all the profits of the cotton crop and more: and 1t Is the discourage. not encourage gambling.
 The Alabama Bankers Association was largely instrumental in forbid ding bucket shop gambling in Alabama, ~ bidding 1t . and when the farmer wants to gamble on the future price of cotton, 1t is not consonant with our past acts to encourage such a course of conduct.
 Looking at the question of hoard ing cotton from tn standpoint of the whole country. the following proposit- ions appear to me to be true:
 l. The prosperity of the whole country depends upon the farmer pro- ducing large crops,
 ha ftNg nf ha f1 rFfaar q bends upon his making and selling large crops. at a profit.
 B. The ability of the farmer to sell the manufacture keeping his mills going and labor employed.
 l. The capacity of the manufacturer his ability to purchase. manufacture and sell his goode at profit. From the fact that when labor is unemploy- ed. small crop sells for less per
 infer the above propositions to be
 How then shall we bring about prosperity in the South? Can It be
 Is there any difference in principle between hoarding cotton and hoard
 Hoarding money causes panices.
 Panics cause the calling of loans.
 Calling loans contracts business
 Contracting business throws labor. out of employment.
 Labor when unemployed cannot buy food and clothing IS when employed and this causes farm prices to go down In value.
 Does the hoarding of cotton. cause cotton to go down in value? From an investigation of the matter. with all available data. I am of the opinion the farmer during last season lost Slo.00 per bale on two million bales of cotton hoarded. that the manutacturer hoardng their products lost even more heavily: that the hoardinE uf cotton last year so disorganized the cotton trade, that the present crop is now selling at least five dollars per bale under actual value, making a loss estimating the present crop at I3. moo GOO bales. of $65,000.O0O. or total loss from last years hoardinR of cotton and cotton products of eX- ceeding sl00. 900 OO0.
 l am assuming, with the ready de-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-19

HItl|s - T. zl
 mand existing for cotton last year, the whole crop could have been sold for ten cents per pound as gathered, that this price could have been paid by the manufactures and the cotton worked up for profit: that labor would then have been kept employed, no mills had to shut down and that surplus could all have been consumed, with no left-overs to compete with this crop; whereas. by hoarding. cotton. cotton yarns and cloth. the price of raw cot tQn and yarns was kept at point above profitable and ready consump- ton, causing mills to now be Idle, loaded up with yarns and cloth upon which there is a heavy loss. and caus- Ing practically no demand to exist for the present crop.
 The. average price of cotton for the last thirty years Is around nine cents per pound. and If this crop Is sold around that price. 1t will be above the cost of production. will start up the mills, employ labor and bring us reasonable business; whereas. If we hoard cotton. many retail merchants must break, mills remain idle, labor unemployed and much further liquida- ton before times get better.
 H. L. McElderry.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-19
THE MuNrcIrAL ELECTION

Tho first election under the municipal | code will be held in Montgomery on | September 21. There will. of course. he no opposition to the candidates se- lected at the municipal primary. but every Democrat who participated in that primary should feel that it is his duty to go 10 the polls and vote for the Democratic nominees. thus recording his conviction that in the hands of Demo- cratic officeholders the welfare of the [ city is safe. general in Alabama. In all towns and | cities which have adopted the new municipal code the first election under it will be held Monday. In only one place. Birmingham. is there opposition to the regular Democratic ticket. In Birmingham there is a hybrid ticket before the people. but there is not the slightest doubt but that Capt. Frank P. o'Brien. former Montgomerian and the nominee of the Democrats, will be triumphantIS elected. together with his associates on the ticket.
 In Montgomery the ticket will be headed by Hon. Gaston Gunter who, as 1t happens, was largely instrumental in making the new municipal code while member of the Legislature. 
 It is too often the case whom tho Democratic ticket is without opposition that the average voter does not take the trouble to go to the polls. This Is mistake. It is as much the duty of the voter to take the trouble to endorse at the polls the selection of the primary as it was to vote his choice of the candidates in the primary. In the first municipal election under the new code in Montgomery a big vote should be registered.
 The Advertiser hopes that this will be done.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-19
WASTING TIME.

Can men like Hisgen and Chain. Watson and Debs, give any plausible reason for their candidacy for the Presidency? It would be an insult to their intelligence and sense to SUD- pose that either of them has or can have any hope of election, for they must know that there is no possibility of such result. Four years ago the combined Democratic and Republican vote for President was nearly thirteen million, while all the other tickets combined received less than three quarters of a million. If all the voters who refuse to vote for Taft or Bryan in November could be concentrated on one candidate we doubt if it would amount to a million votes.
 Those who put out these sporadic tickets. and those who accept places on them, tell us that they do so for principle. and that they can only show their devotion and loyalty to their principles by leading and voting an independent ticket, but that is a poor argument They must know they can not accomplish anything and might as we'll save the time and money spent in the effort. There are but two par ties in our government now. and the voters will practically all vote for one or the other. These stray candidates can win a certain amount of notoriety by leading a stray party. and can in the future be referred to as men who ran for President. if anybody bothers to keep the fact in remembrance, and that is all they can do. They might better devote their time and money In an effort to bottle moonshine.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-19
This Is My 5Oth Birthday
 Sir Henry Norman.

Sir Henry Norman. author. traveller. newspaper writer and, since 1900, mem Der of the British Parliament. was born at Leicester, England, on Sep
 tember. 1s. 1858. He rec, received 2 eos cos later in Paris. then in the United States. where he graduated from Harvard University and finally in Germany, where he was for two years student at Leipzig University. He became first known after his graduation from Har- ward, when he inaugurated the public agitation for the national preservation of Niagara Falls, which resulted in their subsequent purchase by the state of New York. He began his newspaper career on The Pail Mall Gazette. When he inherited a fortune four years later he began Co travel extensively. He visited many foreign countries and wrote descriptive and critieal aa. articles ri came assistant editor of The London Chronicle and in 1902 he founded The Worlds Work" He is the author Of a number of excellent books and was knighted last year. .,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-19
This Date in History
septenrher 10.


 1S04-Mr. Dearborn. son of the Sec retary of War. left for Algiers with presents for the ruler of that coun- 1s14-The British ship Forth" de- stroyed the American brig Regent" 1S64-The Federal forces were vic torious fin the battle of Opequan Va. 1S71-Lincoln's body was removed to its final resting place at Springfield isS1-James A. Garfield, twentieth President of the United states, died at Long Branch, N. J. Born in Cuya- hoga County Ohio, November 1S, 1881. Earthquake shocks were felt in Michigan. Ohio and Indiana. IS93-Sir Alexander Gait, prominent Canadian statesman, died. Born Sep tember 6, 1877.
 i901-The funeral of President Me- KinIey was held at Canton, Ohio,
 1903-Marie Henrlette, Queen of the Beigians, died, aged sixty six years. 19O7-The new treaty between France and Canada was signed at Paris.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-19
ANOTHER DENOMINATION.

The T told you SO" style of argu- ment may sound somewhat puerile. but the disaster which befen Mir. orville wrights aeroplane at Fort Myer Thursday by which he was seriously injured and his companion. Lieutenant seifridge. fatally hurt is, as we have more than once pointed out. an in stance of what may happen to any fly ing machine. We have been very much impressed by the reports of Mir.
 wright's achievements and have been interested. and often amused. by the optimistic comments of many of our contemporaries who have so positively declared that the successful flying ma chine has been made.
 We have continually. and perhaps stubbornly at times. contended that man has not yet reached a point where his work is perfect. All the ingenuity. foresight and skin of man has not yet enabled him to make anything in the way of machinery which will not be | liable at some time to fall in some way. Hardly day passes that we do and mills. on railroads or steamboats. on automobilesAfn fact. on or con nected with practically everything constructed or operated by human be- ings. These things are so common that they fail to excite wonder We read the published accounts. notice the number of killed and wounded. and pass on.
 All these accidents--if we may so l call them-are traceable to some fault or failure on mans part. His calcula- tions may be at fault or his material bad, or the workmanship faulty. or some other reason may account for breakage or failure to work properly of some part of the machinery; even the l operator may make q mistake or blum der. and so the list of disasters and misfortunes Is continually being added to, and in practically every instance the plain explanation lies in the fact that mans mind and hand are not per feet.
 pening on land and water how can we hope for other results In the air? The men who plan and construct flying machines can no more be expected to do perfect work than the man who construct machinery to be used on land or water. The man who operates the flying machine Is as liable to human weaknesses or errors as Is the pilot. the engineer or the shop hand. We have every cause to believe that MT. wrights machine was constructed with all the care and skin that is humanly possible, yet the end came in the most natural manner. The propeller broke So that his machine could not be guid- ed or propelled. As it was what is called a ''heavier-than- air" machine 1t could only be kept np by being kept In motion. When the motion stopped the aeroplane was bound to fall This happening is just what is to be apprehended at any time with a flying machine. The optimists and enthusi- asts may declaim as much as taey please but we insist that Mir. wrighfs misfortune was only what may be ex- pected to befall others who venture up into the air. The heavier the ma chine, and the greater load 1t carries, the greater is the danger to be ap- prehended, and the greater the damage if anything goes wrong. As we have frequently said. a perfectly safe and manageable flying machine may some day be constructed, but it has not yet arrived, as the Fort Myer catastrophe demonstrates.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-19

The front porch campaign of Presi- dent Mckinley was the first of the kind. and proved winning card. Thousands of people went to Canton to hear him speak. This year 1t was proposed for Candidate Taft to try the same tactics in Cincinnati The first attempt at securing a crowd was a failure. and now 1t is announced that the plan has been abandoned and in spite of filings at MT. Bryan for lack of dignity. MT. Taft is to go on a reg ular speaking tour. The front porch performance in McKinley's day was when special trains and passes could be secured without expense. The mon ey for travelling has to be put up now. and To and behold, the patriotic desire to visit the Republican candidate at hls home vanishes into thin air.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-19
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER IS, 1908.
pEwoUnArs SHOULD

nEtWOGE&AXS SNNOOLD
 HELP THE PARTY The Advertiser appeals earnestly to the Democrats of Alabama to come tc the aid of the party's Campaign Fund This seems to be Democratic year. The party is harmonious and well or- ganized But money is needed. The managers of the campaign must look to the rank and file of the party for funds. Other States are responding liberally. Alabama Democrats must not be slow. If every Democrat in the State would give q 1t would help nightly
 The Advertiser believes the Demo- cracy of Alabama win do its part. The Advertiser pledges itself to work un- ceasingly to secure the money.
 Let every beat in the State orga- nize. Every white man in every beat should be solicited. Tho Advertiser will receive the money and forward it to the National Committee.
 The campaign fund received by The Advertiser to date is as follows: John c. Crommelin.. e. ,.S 10 .O0 Previously acknowledged. ..c. 4Os IS Total.. .$419. 75 Money should be sent to Campaign Fund. care The Advertiser" All con tributions will be acknowledged in the paper daily.