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Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1908-11-19
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check OF the perfect woman, to whom
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the real zest of her pleasurable life.
Thousands of women all over this land
have testified to the tru thfulness Of this
assertion.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1908-11-19
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Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1908-11-19

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Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1908-11-19

Read the News-bast on earth.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-18

There has been no stranger case of disregard of the usual order than that of the President in the matter of the postofice at Pensacola. It has hereto fore been the rule when an appointee was rejected by the Senate to consider him down and out. In fact he has a1- ways been so treated. A new dispen- aation. however. prevails. for the Pen sacola postmaster failed of conffrma- tion many months ago. yet he is still in office. We know nothing of the inside or outside of the matter and only refer to it as an instance of ex- eeutive disregard of what has hereto fore been the rule. Senator Taliaferro introduced a resolution which was adopted calling on the Postmaster General for information and that of- cfiiaI has made reply that the post master was serving in accordance with the law" This will no doubt lead to some more legislation or explana- ton.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-18
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY IS, 1908.

The people of Alabama will no doubt read with surprise the follow ing extract from an article in The scottsboro Progressive-Age. Referring to the election this year of two As- sociate Justices of the Supreme Court 1t says:
 But for the fact that Governor Conner seems determined to have 8 change in the Supreme Court. there would now be little if any opposition to the reelection of the present judges.
 We have heard similar talk for some weeks. and 1t was demonstrated during the recent meeting of the State com mIttee that what The Age says is true. Some months ago The Advertiser pub Iished a cartoon representing the State Capitol with Governor Conner on top of 1t and his body stretched from side to side absolutely dominating every department of government, including the judiciary. It looks as if the att tempt is to be made to verify the cor- rectness of the picture.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-18

Although The Mobile Register has very nearly reached the nonagerian age. it shows anything else than the usual characteristics of that period of life. It has entered upon the eighty eighth year of its existence and Is the oldest paper in Alabama. It is old, however, only in years and experience. for it's columns daily show evidences of youthful ability. agility and improve ment upon what it was in former years. To The Register. its editor and all concerned in its publication The Advertiser tenders hearty congratula- tions.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-18
THE REIGN or THE DEMAGoGUE.

THE REIGN or THE DEMAGosuE.
 The Advertiser publishes letter from Hon. James F. Jones. of Ever green. in criticism of the recent iet- ter of Hon. John T. Dale. on the sub- jsct of a1he Reign of the Demagogns." Mir. Jones expresses surprise that 1t should have found place in the coi- umns of The Advertiser, but he dif- fers with hosts of Alabamians in his estimate of that letter. Scores of iet- ters commenting is have been received by us from men just as jealous of the honor of the people of the South as any men living and they see nothing in it to condemn but much to praise.
 Mir. Dale. we feel quite sure. did not intend to assault any of those mem tioned by Mir. Jones. but that dena- gogy did prevail in both sections of the Union prior to the war of 's1-s5. and had much to do with preeipitating the conflict cannot be denied.
 The people of this day and genera tion have been bombarded with writ ten and spoken words from denla- gogues to the injury and harm of the entire country. No better instance can be cited than the cruel treatment ac- corded to Grover Cleveland. who while President of the United States. recog- nized Confederate soldiers and states men as being equally with Northern men entitled to share in the honors and emoiuments of government. They filled places in his cabinet. as repre- sentatives to great countries abroad. on the bench and in every place where | ability and patriotism were called for. Yet the demagogue of thiss day feels sure of applause when he aneers at that great man when comparing him to others of different kind of mental and patriotic make up. If Democrats had stood by him Instead of abandon ing time honored principles we would be in infinitely better position as a party than we are today.
 "The Reign of the Demagcgue" has not ceased and Mir. Dale and other patriotic private citizens VIC hope will continue to use their influence to drive them from ofice. Demagogy is in. stalled in high places in Washing ton and State capitals and we are now being treated to the spectacle of '1bis sticks being used to subordinate every department of government. ever the judiciary to the will of those tenn | porarily in power.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-18

failure the work bids fair to be e complete success. and will stand d one of the most wonderful snginesring triumphs of this age of great under takings. for as far as human foresight can provide against danger the work has been done in way to stand. 1t Is true that some great convulsson of nature may occur which win wreck much of the line. but that Is something that may happen to anything built by human bands. So far as can be seen the line will be permanent passage way for years and perhaps for sener- ations.
 As to the benefits to arise from this work. it is difhcuit to estimate all that may result As one time 1t was proposed that number of vessels should be built of such size and strength that train would be run onto one of them at Key west and 20 direct to Havana without changing passengers or freight. We believe this plan has been temporarily abandoned, at least so far as passenger trains are concerned. though we note that . writer in one of the manufacturing journals states that soon the rich crops of Cuba will converge at Havana where the loaded car% will be run upon big floats awaiting them and thus be carried direct to Key west and there put upon the trains and continue their journey northward.
 But even if this protect of a sea- going railroad should not be carried out as to transportation between Key West and Havana. there will not be great loss of time. Immense piers are being constructed at Key west, upon the same liberal scale that has marked all the work. Then when train reaches Key West freight and passen. gers win be quickly transferred to steamers and, the voyage of ninety miles to Havana win be made in few hours.
 Altogether this Is one of the mos, remarkable undertakings of this age of great accomplishment, and it is dif. ficult to estimate the henents that will come from 1t. That is for the futur, to settle. but we may expect won. derful results in the future. especial ly if Cuba can be awakened and ad. vanced as nature intended. Both that rich island and the United States, es. pecially the Southern States. will hay, cause to rejoice at the conception and completion of this mighty enterprise.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-18
DRIFTWOOD
RY PIlIL M. AE1alkTRONG.

A girl in Lawrence, Kansas, slept for forty consecutive hours recently. washed the dishes and swept the floor. If the smaller fish were investigated as often as the big ones, what a dirty rotten old world this would bel
 Advice is like medicipe--nobody will take 1t without certain misgivings and wry face. >
 Alas, some people use "eccentricities of genius" as an excuse for keeping out of jail or the ianatic asylum.
 A penny saved is penny earned: a penny spent is a penny burned.
 It just takes a street-piano man to put on airs.
 That horse up at Athens which sud- denly became "nutty'' and dashed through big glass shop window must leans record -smashers and. becoming envious, decided to do some smashing of its own.
 The farmers continue to hold on to ll6c cotton like love-siclx youth holds his own.
 What has become of the Atlauta Smile Club? Has 1t changed its name to the Weeping Willows?
 With the Philippines costing us s5.- 000,00O year. we certainly ought to appreciate them.
 That humming-c sound you Wedding Bells For Me, with his feet cooked up on the table and a grass of soothing syrup" on silver waiter. Bob Sloan, of Limestone county. has a SOW which has record of three It. | ters of pige-forty- weight pigs in all- 1 in eleven months. Bob evidently has a sense of humor as he has named her the Roosevelt sow" Two negro women cooks in a Pratt vile boarding house in argument over became so enraged that one smashed | the other over the head with a pot of boiling coffee. If this wasn't grounds for charge of murderous assault what was 1t?
 Women should receive mems wases," says John Temple Graves,
 Where have you. been all this time John? Don't they?
 The Savannah Press says the fact that Montgomery is trying to move water fountain from the public square | question" A woman mas DeSn IounQ m lLc1as who was born before the peclaration of Independence. Who said so? The | Houston Post?
 Funny how these newspaper poets they'd kick live a bay-steer if they had to shovel the snow or of 'ein.
 If at first you don't succeed ad' vertise' advertise again.
 If you have faith enough 'tis said, :.
 You may remove a mountain; But when a woman sets her head
 You can't remove the Fountain9 1 A 16-year-old girl in New York hal ] married a youth whose occupation II inventing an airship. This girl haI high ideaIs-may she not hit the earti too forcibly.
 Mary had a little foot
 Lived in Chicago she
 But I'll explain that, Mary was
 civilized Chinee.
 Trials of a Newspaper Poet. He writ a lovely sonnet bout the rose
 there a blowin' And when the paper went to press
 gees whiz, 1t was snoWlh' seein' which he writ some lines 'bou
 snow flakes driftin' down, By the time his readers seen it' Wh'
 the sun warmed up the toWn- He then dashed off another one tha
 said the day was bright;
 Next morn at breakfast people laffed-
 'twere rainin' all its might Take my advice. Newspaper Bards, fO I kin tell you true,
 Ton can't tell what the weather or ! wonan's Roin to oo'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-18
This Date in History
February IS,

15s4-AGichael Angelo died. Born March 6, 147s.
 I776--Wil1iam Scarborough. one of the builders of the Savannah, the first steamer that crossed the Atlantic, born in Belfast, S. c. Died in New York, June II, 1888.
 1777-CoIoniel Nelson. with a party of American militia, defeated British troops under Major Stockton.
 l795--George Peabody, philanthropy ist born. Died November {, 1869.
 f797-Trinidad captured by the Brit ish under Sir Ralph Abercromby.
 1S46-Wilson Barrett. celebrated British actor. born. Died July 22. 1904. Turin.
 Is67-AEaximilIan entered Queretaro.
 1SS4-General Gordon entered Khar- toum.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-18
This E Ny .sSrd Birthday
M. Jnsserand.

Jean orfen Antoine Jules Jusserand, tha French Ambassador to the United states. was born in Lyons, February Is fsb5. and in 1878 he entered the French Ministry of Foreign Amairs. Afterwards he became consul in Lon- don, and held various other ofiiceP, in- bassy in London, which he held from dSS7 to 1890. In 1890 he was appoint ed minister to Denmark. This posi- ton he continued to hold until he was Jusserand is not only a we'll known diplomat, but also an author who has achieved an international reputation. ties on the social life of England in fine Middle Ages. Some of his books have been translated into English and have had a wide sale. For his literary work NJ Jusserand was decorated with the Legion of Honor in 1sss
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-18
small Farms ProatnNTe.

Andalusia News.
 To be a small farmer Is not neces- sarily a small business. With poultry. cows, vegetables and fruits, a man may handle more money on the products of on ten times this area And the profits will very likely be in the same propor- ton. The question is whether 1t Is more genteel to farm a hundred acres and make a hundred dollars profit or intensively cultivate ten acres and be able to accumulate a thousand dollars of bank surplus.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-18
V. ,w.,,T I've rsrtiss.

I've Parties.
 Jasper Cwaiker County News.
 Ths unusual activity of the Rspubllcsus
 of Alabama indicates that a perfect organ
 ization of their forces this year Is possible
 bers Of that party are actually inaugurating
 . city campaign and propose to put out .
 name nan | Rspubiicsn % ticket for s, eoaaty off.
 Tn in the Republican ranks of Jefferson arc
 lisent. wealthy and public-spiritsd citiEens of the State. Men who command respect socially. politically and othsrwise Msn who ara consistent in their party attach n1snt and affiiiatlon- and when they move something generally happens.
 polite. nas of h : aD ss s not now n sss
 hs shaii have seuiDped hinssif Sy sdaos-
 eSarss char % of .i M duties of % s saifrssan M S under @ the constitution and inws of Alabama Therefore. the Rspublicans of Aiabsfna are white men. and the race proposition cannot
 Ne - man I who has studied the political
 sSs question Y the statement tt that two % political parties are needfui for we'll balanced ma
 nipulaion of the body polite. The fact that ana the Repablican-llve and move and
 have their being In the United States;
 proves . safe -guard to eur institutions. . ena @ much corruption Is fostered by absolute au- thority. The one fears the other because
 the the hands Of each. & and y the eorrsc.ins a hand
 Much good would coms to Alabama by
 ties, and the day that this is done ,shoaid De hailed with joy by the better citisenehip of the State It was not healthfui thirty or forty years ago because then the igno- rant blacks constituted the file of the Rspublican party. Isa by evil desiginins white carpet baggers. These have now been eliminated. We are living under ..a constitution framed and established by white Democrats. and that is the organic law which must control all parties.
 In truth there are now tive wings to ona party in this State. but the line is not
 nate the purposes and the ends proposed by each. The only fact that fully appears
 is that there. are politicai factions both family Quarreis are repusnant to the people. f is the natural tendency of the American people t0 quarrel and antagonise
 ed rus enemy oss the outside there is oftsntimes political family quarrels--the worst kind of fussss. But give them q common enemy.
 eSa nsg Sy ss late & war. When pronounced foreign enemy lifted it's hand against the flag of this country. Americans rallied round that flag to man, forgetting that there ever was e Mason and Dixon line. or that the gray and the blue ever fired shot and shell at
 each other. or that there was any such
 thing as even political division In our eoun-
 Let the Republicans organize It will be many years--lf ever--Defore they gain con-
 mediate med and that is. t viii harmouiss all Democrats, destroy demagogery and cor ruptien born Of absolute power, and great
 per,sy M the politics ot shs s.1s state oa will ever be found battling. for the prtn- ciples of that party as they are interpret ed by its management.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-18
A woNpRRFu1 RA1LRoAp.

When Mir. Flagler, a year or two ago. began talking of building con- tinuous line of railway from Miami to Key West, a distance of one hundred and fifty miles, it was looked on as an .absurdly chinerical proposition. The difficulties pointed out were not of the ordinary kind which are overcome in so many instances by sheer force of determination. It was not a route across hills and valIeys over rivers and through mountains, for all these obstacles disappear before mod ern engineering slxill. as Is apparent in all parts of the world where rail- roads are looked on as one of the ne- cessities of modern life.
 This new road is peculiar in several respects, one being that 1t is not ex- actIy built on land or over water. but both. As glance at the map will show, much of the distance between Florida proper and Key West is a succession of numerous little islets or keys" with straits and inlets and bays dividing them. It was not pos sfble to build the road on the land. and in order to get from one key to another bridges and viaducts have been constructed, four of these lat- ter having q total length of six miles. To build these viaducts or bridgeways --and one of them has a length of 10,- 400 feet-immense concrete arches were built up from the solid rock bot tom of the water, and on these the road has been constructed. This long, est viaduct has total of 1s4 arches so that some idea of the labor and expense may be obtained from this one item.
 It was a wonderful engineering ven- ture. and many were the predictions of failure. even after the work was begun. No such railroad line had ever been built or undertaken, so that the builders were without the light of ex- perience to guide them, and had to depend on their own skill and con- structlve ability. That the road will succeed is now practically assured; in fact. it Is now in operation from Mi- ami to what is known as Knights Key. distance of 1Os miles, and work on the remainder of the line Is now so well under way that 1t will be, but q few months till passengers will board train at Miami and make a continu- ous run to Key West, without the time and trouble and danger of sail ing among and around the numerous keys and islands to get to their desti. nation.
 That enormous epxense has been in. cured, and that many difaculties were encountered is all true. As to the ex. pense. it is stated that the cost oi completing the line will average about | one hundred thousand dollars a mile | and the total cost is estimated at from fifteen to twenty millions dollars Then the obstacles encountered were numerous and perplexing. Many oi the keys across which the line runs are nothing but little islands of rock affording neither food nor shelter fol the great army of workers 50 that the company had to prepare a number oi floating camps and storehouses where the men could be sheltered and pro tected, and by which necessary food and water could be conveyed to them
 But in spite of all the dangers. thu dinicuIties and the apparently insuper
 able obstacles. and contrary to thl ] many forebodings and predictions O
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-18

Notwithstanding the fact that the Republicans are weTring with each other in Alabama they are showing more interest in matters political than for many years past. There Is going to be more of a contest than usual and more effort will be made to bring out Republican vote. Long before next November the chances are that the two wings will flop together and make great efrort to increase their vote from ss.Ooo which they cast for Roosevelt in 1904 to a, much larger figure. It ifs we'll to- remember that those votes were cast by white men, as very few negroes are reeistared in the counties where this Republican strength was shown. There is no danger of Republicans carrying the State. still it is well for Democrats to go upon the idea that votes are needed at the regular election as we'll as at the pri- mary. Too many act upon the oppo- site idea.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-18
A DIME TO 4 DOLLAR.
The same. R. RansalI Memorial Fund.

The James R. Randall MemortaA pua@'
 Reticence to offer it's mite to a wor- tiiy ana desIred result. often holds back the hand that fears competition with one better ftted.
 He who gives his dime to a good ob- ject is doing his share with him who gives his dolars.
 Therefore. this paper will receive any and all contribaions of from Ten Cents up to one Dollar. and will list the same (with or without namesl In this place for the James R. Randall Me- moriaI Fund.
 listed here. Any one desiring to give more San write directly to the editor or to T. c. DeLeon. Mobile.
 If any newspaper desires to aid this worthy and much-needed testimonial, lt can do SO by keeping this paragraph standing at it's column head and re- beating this note.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-18

Editor Joseph R. Rosson. of The cullman Democrat. Is a candidate for delegate to the Denver convention from the seventh district. In making note of the matter in his paper he says:
 It is usual for candidate to announce subject to the charge of horse steal ing, etc.. but as we do not get any pay it is hoped that the public will Bolidly support us and not make any charges nor call on us to build any school houses and church houses, al No haven't the naOS->H-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-18
Many stln Dance to the Boaa's cau.

The Chattanooga News expresses the onInton that a politician who opposes rhs desires of the people will sooner or later be knocked out of the box. This rule does not work always, but 1t is working moro and more as the aavs go by. The masses are develop fns the habit of doing their own think inS and are growing mighty inde- pendent of party ties and party lead aEshipS-I
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-18
What the State Papers
 Are Saying and Doing
Developing n Crop.

bhemeId Standard.
 The claim of the candidate used to be: 'Tve always been Demorcat and ''I have been a Bryan man all my born days and never was anything else" Ali of which leads us to the conclusion that the Bryan boom is developing an abnormal crop of liars.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-18
Accompanied by . Wink.

NOW Iork bunl
 Nothing could be more impressive than the conclusion of the Presidents letter to the aseetie MT. Eoulks when he winds up with the substance of his celebrated inhi- bItion to officehoIders to excite themselves or otherwise exhibit any concern over hts third term. It .+as letter addressed to his cabinet officers. and, so far as known, no officehoIder ever received a copy of it. We have always regretted the fact: 1t would have afforded them such genuine pleasure tering wink is not recorded in all history.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-18
Candidates Scatter cherfuiness.

Tuscaloosa Times-Gazette.
 One advantage of having so many candidates in a single town was brought sharply to light during the past week of almost suicidal weather. And this was that under the same barometic pressure, no layman anywhere else got the same number of pleasant greetings that he got here in Tuscaloosa from heroic candidates.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-18
Stay on the Farm.

Jd5per N6Wb.
 One great trouble in Alabama is that too many young men. born, reared and trained on the farms go to the cities apparent ''soft 1obs'' but 1t is an en- couraging fact that of late years this exodus is diminishing and the men and boys who stay on the farms are nlak- ing money and winning general sue cess.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-18
nefeet ef the Thaw vsFdiet.

The same verdict which makes the slayer of Stanford White exempt rom irrosponsibIlIty ought to insure his permanent confinement ae . criminal innatlc. The bottom question of the evidence will not be decided untii 1t Ia shown that there is not money enough Involved In the case to turn a criminal lunatic loose on the commu- ng
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-18
sWORy CTRCULATTON.

The Montgomery Advertiser guarans.sss q. fts advertisers (and makes it part ox tno contract when reQuested1 that it's dAi'v GIT eBIaticn is larger than that of any nor .4 newspaper printed in AiAbanna --And tnas ms s any news paper printed in Alabama WITHOUT exceptlon.
 The figures for December printed below represent the actual net circulation, all rs- turns having been deducted