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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-04
The o,a Negro Story.

Dothan EaBIe.
 The Advertiser had an article the other day about woman, Abbie Farm, who claims to be 15O years old aud whose mother was a negress. She was born in North Alabama. The Indian Editor of the Advertiser gave the ar. ticle a good deal of attention, as If he didn't mind believing the story. We don't mind swallowing the story. for 1t ought tc set a precedent for one we
 There lives an old negro. not hall a day from Dothan. who unless he died recently. is along in the ,Abbie blood. and indeed looks as # he might be a full blood Indian.
 This old negro, Nub Grace. or some times Lovett, has spent DIS long lits ties of the Chattahoochee river. in Henry county. It was twelve years ago that we last saw him, and asked him i4O years old, dogwood blooming time If he told the truth he has couple of years on Abbie. and we have known the old negro all our Ewes and never knew him telling 6 He, unless you might say he lied when severe at- tack of reminescenses seized him.
 Old Nub was cook for years on |" by his master, and he is Is as full river tradition as Mark Twain. We have been thrilled and delighted, when a boy, by listening &l OiQ NuD SLOFl"S about the Indians. his only playmate in his youth, and he would only briI. us back to earth when he got to tell- ing how he used to step across the but a branch, and how he helped dig it out when 1t got most big enough to run steamboats on.
 Ills story looks as reasonable as aunt Abhie's, and if one $ taken an- cording to directions. take the other These old remnants of two centuries and witnesses of half a dozen wars may be brothers and sisters, rescend- ants from the same Indian chief
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-04
Letter to The Editor
statement by Messrs. shreve.

Editor The Advertiser: a~
 On the 2Sth day of February, you published an article in regard to the Court wherein he was under bond to appear to answer charge of false pre- tense. In your statement regarding the same you said that ho was Indict. ed in connection with some suits filed against George and Jesse .Shrexe in some of their business transactions.
 II beg to inform you that this Is CT roneous. He was. indicted in connec- ton with his own business transac. tions and there was no suit Died against us touching upon that propo- sftion. It was purely business smat- ter of his own and cognsn,.g .wisn Ghich Yoge- we statement was very unjust and we ask that you correct it in the columns of your paper. the 2sth of February in regard to our being fined in the City Court by Q Jury for $50 each for obstructtng Justice was In many, particulars misleading. You lion Jesse Shreve acknowledged to having made a trip to Chehaw.s Anls s is very misleading as that fact has never been denied by any any. one WnSi- avs- dence was positive against us was very unkind. unjust and incorrect. as we contend and as the records VIII snow the prepondersncs of syidenSe eEt tba mss sv;. Hs
 
 dence against us was of the nimslest kind. he was employed by those women was thorouRhly esfabl blished not only py re liable wifnessas who knew about tne fransactfon, but by the eviderce or tne main prosecuting witness, Mrs. Jonh. ann. In her admission that she made setflernent with him covering the en- fire transackion, which she acknoWl- s.i9ad airntnK and which was thor. on@hiy established by honorable ana Sisinfarested witnesses. Witnesses w1hose veracity and character could nof he challenged. testified that sne scknowledged the same to be true ana correct. -S...4. .,,. IappeaI and we have full conn9snSe in what the results will be- We kno1 that we are innocent of any wrong ln tbis transaction, and that we. WSIe ,- oo snr only what we thought to pc oSr a.,fv rsrresenting our clients; notwltn- sfn1dinr the fact that they nave snD- ser,IentIy given us so much trouptS: Vva sttil believe that we will pc @pie to yindicate ourselves.
 This statement is made at I@tne. til. iata hosr. but owing to the fact that ths trISI in court interrupted our busi- neSs we have been too busy since then fo make a statement.
 '" George Shreve.
 Jesse ShFeve. Ht.
 Montgomery. March S'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-04

At recent Republican Convention In the Tenth Congressional District of Michigan, there were twenty Federal once holders. thirteen of them being postmasters. Of course they endorsed Roosevelt and Taft. Then there was a Republican State Convention in Mis- souri last week composed of 1.O72 del- egates, and of these 672 held Federal onlces Taft was endorsed there also. Such instances as these show the hy- pocrisy of the administrations alleged opposition to it's officials meddling in politics.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-04
Cn.e "a Courts 1os Ysars.

London Express. .. dyce agt. sJarndyee' no lcnaer holds the re- cord for duration. A case which has iasted at least l0a years was mentioned m the Law Courts recently. .H Divorce Court Judge for leave to presume the deaths of different persons was one in the. name of c. S. Pulteney.
 Puiteney might be presumed to have taken place in the year 11s0.
 :SWhenS" demanded Sir Gorsii Barnes in
 Tn I5sS." repeated counsel amid loud ..Mr. Puiteney," he explained. ''was mar ried about 1770. and had daugnter. n 1870 he left England He has eeen ..a aavsIsiae ee sinee. In i7os a sum of 1000 was pat3 into court, and it now amounts to fl6oo.,
 ssVhat has it been doing there aa tnas time?" the % !nags i16s,redi sSst i.~al proceedings were started in 17ss. but nothing furtner was done until 1899.
 'sThy not?A asked the judge. ..Izxtraordinaryl'' exclaimed Sir Goreli Rarnea, seRho wants 1t now r. n.
 I am afraid q good many people weht .n now" seid counsel The prssens, ,. app''tthSs os ths brother of Charles Puiteney. .x ! "certain persons" he added. claim the sum, and proceedings are being taksn ln tne ney is the only link wanting In the title.
 aI have not much hesitation In presumlns the death of Mir Pultsney, the Juose stat- ed ''I am quite sure ne Is dead
 Germany however. has oeatsn even .'ie "a tiavsuit between the local authority of Frienaar a suburb of Gotha. and certain milI owners .n s,,.iS nesgsSoF,nst sst.r IFS years of constant litigation. says CentFal Ne"s Berlin telegram.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-04
A prnln TO A DOLLAR.

Tn. san,ea Ea. Randall Memorial Fund
 Reticence to offer it's mite to wor- tisy ana desIred result. often holds back the hand that fears competition with one better fitted. e~
 He who gives his dime to good oo- 5ect is doing his share with nm "ho gives his d1liars.
 any and All contrib a.i0ns of from Ten Cents up to One Dollar, and VIII list the same with or without namesl Tn 6hls place Tor the James R. Randall Me- mortal Fund.
 No subseription of over $1 will be lssked here. Any one desiring 70 give more San write directly to the editor or to T. c. DeLeon. Mobile.
 If any newspaper desires 10 aid this worthy and much-needed .estimonia., ft can do 90 by keeping this paragraph standing at it's column head ana re. beating this note.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-04

smlte him? Not so; he was fined SIS and costs and allowed to go free. with the boy still under his chargei The cationsl anI 4Vessis work before Dss in % resions where public sentiment is satisfied with such penalties for such offenses. f What a ridiculous travesty on justice these incidents were. Both the wo- man and the man, were brutes. To dis charge her from her position may have been more or less humiliating but it was not punishment. To fine a we'll E>to-do farmer SIS was not punishment for such brute. Punishment should be made fit the crime. and 1t did not do so in these instances. Either of them would repeat the offense if given the opportunity. Brutes are not re- strained by such mild measures as were adopted in. their cases. nor are the strict demands of justice even par tialiy compiled with by such failures to punish. If there are human beasts this woman is one of them. If there are human devils this man belongs to the class,
 There are many tragedies In human life of which the world knows little. There are many cruelties we hear noth- ing of. but 1t does seem that there might be more prevention than is shown. How this woman should have had the opportunity to commit such an act of brutality is not plain. though it is true that opportunity is rarely wanting when crime Is designed. And it appears strange that the man could have gone on for years, as the account states he had been doing. and not be found out by his neighbors. but we Fsuppose that in this. as in many other cases. no man thought it his duty to interfere. so the inhuman practice went on for years.
 There ought to be adequate punish ment visited on such people as this man and woman. We suppose it would hardly be considered right to visit on the woman such physical punishment as her act deserved. but a term in prison might be a good thing by way of correction and prevention. It would perhaps not be legitimate to punish the man by jabbing him with pitch fork. as he did the helpless boy. but a few years at hard labor would be a needed lesson.
 And the disconcerting feature about it is that nothing was done by way of prevention. The woman may find position where there may be oppor- tunity to repeat her inhuman act. The man Is at liberty to go on using his pitchfork on the boy as often as his brutal~nature inclines him to do so, and possibly he may be once more made to pay a trifling fine. These two instances are specimens of the trage- dies of daily life for which no human punishment is administered There may be many others of which the world never hears. Perhaps it is un- ayoidable, but none the less pitifuL
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-04
nstter Give u Astentlsn.

Brooklyn Eagle. i .Lt.
 self-delusion may make RspubIiaan leaders and Democratic leaders over look the fmportanca of the new na- tional party just organized n CnIcago. Wise leaders will be quick to reco&- nize the party as a factor to be con sidered with care and caiculauen. These are revolutionary times. m posl. ties. There is no telling what night be accomplished by q new party ia frin 9I vIgor and rich with popular prihe'- pies. .,.. the party. IL will be a mistake to regard the National Independence League as his personal asset, The blunders of the old parties had ere afed a demand for new party. and Y SO happened that Mir. Heast.s political ventures had built up a nucleus TEicn was conveniently utilized. It VIII pc stirprisine if the third party does not show itself far bigger than It's creat- ors. MT. Hearst may profit by fts ue- monstration of strength. but IS doubtful if his profit will be commen- surate to the loss he will cause to some other party. His organization will have to be reckoned with. The Inde- Dendence League here and in Massa- cFusetts has more than once manifest ed strength that threw old party leaders .nto a panic. If the Nationai Irdependence League runs separate ticket 1t will undoubtedly take great many votes from both old parties. Which party will suffer most is 2. ques- ton. To guess the answer would De
 gamble. s
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-04
No. Sure ThlnE.

New York Evening Post.
 After Mr. Bryan's Announcement tnat , Comnoner began printing coupons which were to be torn oR and hlled out with vows of adherence. His man agers have announced that MT. Bryan now has in his pocket signatures of million voters who have promised to support him. One recalls that other candidate, somewhat close, who got his friends to sign pledges of support and, having secured enough to elect him by several hundred majority. closed his purse and his mouth ten days before election. On being bdried under hostile votes, he remarked: Well: alnt elected. but I've got a list of the bIankety -bIankest big liars in the hull countyH
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-04
What tke State Papers
 Are Saying and Doing
Don,t .Judge Too HarshIy.

DO0u 1uuBG AVO
 ppSaSn NnSer % iudre a man by the umbrella ha carries. Saws Phil Armstrong. No' iTss hest not to. for you might then SUD feet him to g charge Of petit l@FSeHS' these rainy days.
 sowing oats--NOt The wIld sOrt. Camp Hill News ~arr,,Ara have been sowing spring oats. We are told that the preparation mas s,n nSIn the yield will be good.
 A Change For the Better.
 The time used to be, when there was plenty of whiskey among Jurors and witnesses while attenulns 9. tS but sentiment has changed, and It is seldom now that you can detect the smell of whiskey in the court room Just Suppose.
 (7adsden Times News.
 The picked debaters or CoiunDta' Cornell and Pennsylvania meet in forensic tilt and amongst the deoateIs Suppose somebody should yell "rats'"
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 A Suggestion to Book COmnaission. "SS,1 Goyernor Conner has announced the school Book Commission. The Herald would suggest to this commission an examination into the school DOCK monopoly.
 Too Many Democrats Praise Him.
 Speaker Cannon and Senator Fulton Roosevelt, The one calls him 'abnor- I1ai"; the other says he is "a danger ous menace to the republic. Ana Democrats are simply saving wood
 Right Sort of Citizens.
 Huntsville Is fortunate in having citizen capitalists who are able ana there is need of money for public i'm movements. The last two or three sales were all taken by home capital More Years and Happlpess to Them. MT. and Mrs. Thomas Wood. Of Mon roe County are each S2 years old, ana celebrated their sixtieth anniversary They are both hale and hearty, and have ninety-nine decendants living.
 OmInOus Signs. If there is anything in signs and omens. 1t is worth noting that Ala bama. first in the call of states in the next Republican convention, has put an undertaken. named Allen. also first in alphabetical order. on the Re- publican executive committee.
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 A New Idea.
 Demopolis Times. The papers are beginning to complain at the Governor for spending the money for furtherance of his political ambition. He is ostensibly touring the state, in the interest of the high schools, but in reality. 1t Is claimed, he Is talking politics. We always taught to the children. but it is a new Idea that the money of the tax payers should go to payment of expenses or an ambitious Governor to teach men that his peculiar politics is a correct science. The Governor has never dis tinguished himself as a generous man with his own money, but he is awful payers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-04

We hope the hoary old saying about March coming in like a lamb and go- ing out like lion will not be verified this tirne' for more ideal day than last Sunday was in this region can hardly be imagined. If the month that came in so beautifully should go out with storms and freezes 1t will be just too bad.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-04
DkIFTWooD
nx rHIL HL AnHsrRoNG

A woman up In New York swore out a wso sSl ss M s s ns working gsi in dough and being named Doe is enough to cause any siri to make < A man in Franklin. Pa-- is suing for d. q cold bed room so that her mother could have his nice warm place. He should cheer up. at the thought that meebe some d.es.on ss unissa ths Sfseon day law for women employees claims that women are frail and, need more protection dear creatures this viii appear another one of those "doabtfui compliments"
 Two robbers held up q man in Chicago. who promptly shot them both. II is . good plan for Chicago people to roll gatfiinS guns around instead of baby carriages. any how. hoid-ups are go frequsnt up isnere' And now the noissIess rifle has bssn in vented Just inegine che tssssdssss slss ,sIss shss smokeless powder. Tuiy-s boon to the anarchist M comes hikher than . German professor of voice culture.
 up mi most snyfhing during Lent but iittis money to worthy cause.
 Strong drink makes week men.
 ~Never enter anyons,s home without k2Scking ssys an ,s;s ssessSss saSss supersu is in "knocking" somebody.
 If everybody who met you told you the truth in regard to their personal opinion of you somebody would be pricing court pias- ter at a drus store. 4s women spend twe-thirds of their time making explanation..
 The dementsd Atlantic City woman who went for a stroll on the board walk in her nightie seems, to have sheeksd more a,s who daily pose on the sand in skirts not much bigger than postage stamps.
 A prophet is not without honor in his own estimAtion.
 This Is the time of year wh.p .Seg9 yomap's ss far above 1t as the top of her head; for she's tRiasias Of ! new Esster Hat
 It's very odd to find an even tempsra- A short answsrs may make Ions snmi- A hen with human face is said to have appeared In the flock of q Wisconsin farm er Every time we think of the hlgh price of eggs and look at a fowl they all appear to have . very human Hhame-faced expFes- So much for advanced civilizations: where once they killed people with the barabaroue TnEchste in Cuba they are now naips the more refined automobile.
 s4e t@e .5ss 4 s Bait.
 There are just as goodS2isS
 In the sea we're told
 As ever were caught
 In the days Of old So just keep fishing for
 Early and late
 It's not in the fish
 It's the kind of bait.
 Don't say you've no chance
 Like your grandeddy had
 S"sTwas good fishing then
 But today it is bad.
 The good fish down there
 In the seq stLIl waik
 But you've got to hustle
 And furnish the bait.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-04

The Mobile Herald carries an an- nouncement at the head of its columns which will be specially pleasing to Ala bama people. It is that of Joseph Hodgson. editor. No man is better qualified to add to the interest of the editorial department of The Herald, and we are glad to welcome him back to field in which he was so prominent for many years In this State.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-04
As Archlteets of Dlsaster.

New 1OFk
 A handful of Kentucky Democratic members stood out against Beekham, defied his threats, withstood the ap- peals of Bryan in person. and finally ediy to 'smash the machine" and their act seems to have made thorough iob of it.. Beckharn withdrew, but too and is now broken himself The re- suit 1t cannot be denied. shows how poor is party discipline among Demo- crats. Their quarreis easily become IrreconciIable. Compare their failure In Kentucky with thA defeat of Dryden in New Jersey. In the latter State. too. a little band in the Legislature refused to vote for their party nominee; but Renubiican generalship' saw to 1t that a Sena torship was not lost. Dryden was eliminated, as Beckham has now been. but a Republican was chosen in his stead. Democrats are too often, 1t must be confessed, consummate archi- tects of disaster.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-04

Frank A. Munsey. who. as one con- temporary expresses it. ''has a maga- zine factory in New YorNw!lss setting to work, so 1t is said. to establish and own a regular chain of Independent newspapers to stretch across the con tinent. It is easy to buy or establish a newspaper when one has plenty of money. and this one seems to be loaded. a
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-04
PRIMARY ELECTION NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given by the Democratic Executive Committee for the City of Mont Bomery. Alabama. that a Primary Election will be held in the City of Montgomery, Ala bama, on Monday, the twenty-third t2Srdl day of March 1908 for the purpose of nomi- ell two Police Commissioners. two Alder men from each Ward and two members of the Executive Committee from each ward
 --30t JOHN A. EL1doRE. Chairman
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-04
Causing TroubIe.

DaueVIII0 OOuTleF-
 The nine hour rallroad law Is giving the roads no small bit of trouble. Witt less hours for employees to work 1t will take more hands and operators, ana competent men cannot be had. The fight on capital and corporate power in the United States is on, and the spirit has gotten possession of all political parties and there will De much agitation for some time to come. There Is danger of national distur- bance of business and that all states and business will suffer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-04
THE PITY OF IT.

The following samples of the "equal and exact justice" of which we read so frequently is taken from The In- dianapolis Star:
 A matron in charitable institution over in Ohio drove a tack through the tongue of a 7-year-old boy by way of punishment and was herself punish ed by a term in the workhouse? By five years in prison? Not at all. A prosperous farmer up in Wisconsin was arrested and tried for punishing his foster son. fifteen years old by jRb- bing him with the prongs of a pitch Q fork. It was found that this had been his habit for years, and the boys back from neck to knees was covered with wounds and scars. Was this farmer sent to the workhouse or to prison. or did his irate neighbors rise and
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-04

a Noble. Circulation Manager of The Monfgoms Advertiser, being duly sworn aayG, .s..t.
 rhe foregoing statement of The Advertis- arfn Circulation for the month Of January, I9oG is true and correct, and cofnpheu . aLser mrnfied ana left over copies have been ae- St,z.ss. ssts.zseS E. g. NOBLE,
 Circulation Manager.
 nwarn 10 and subscribed before me this sn1 ga-x4 1 o- RIGA ALEXANDER.
 &SSAf Notary Public.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-04
A Nice Bath Room Out-
 fit

In your bath room, will give pleasure to all of your family. /
 Drop by today and see our dis play and note the reasonable prices. Estimates cheerfully fur nished.
 J. A. MURRAY & %, Phone 4s7. Plumbera
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-04
Sick of cOmerIsm:

We should smile if there is not a wonderful awakening pretty well all over Alabama on Comerism and it's mallgn influence. If State ever was baTna, and 1t is sick of Conner. If there ever was any sapctity about the name or personality of Conner that sanotity has been disslpated.
 What hss Governor Conner accomp- lished fer Bis peopls7 What good has he sbroaSh4 ahe State? Has he main
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-04
Couldn,t PubIIsh IndustrIal Facts.

This liberal comsv administration made no approprlation for the publica- mort for the past year, showing the Status and conditions Of the great in dustry. A report and record of more vital interest to our industrial pro gress and deyeIopment ls not made in Alabama. Yet the Legislature refused to appropriate the plttancs to publish It. and effusely slopped over Tn voting S50.00O to pay lawyers to night Sancc Ptanza's wind plill.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-04

''what is the use of the Democratic Party making nomination at ang' pompously asks The York CPa.) Dis patch. Greedy. Do you want your party to have all the funT
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-04

tainsd good times or brought prosper ity or lowered taxes or increased eY- ciency in ofhce? Mention stick. and as we'll for the people as. the re cord and facts show that he has done.
 Let the Governor run for delegate, at large or for the Senate If he thinks hearts and confidence of the people.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-04
swOnN CALCULATION.

xne Montgomery Advertiser guarantees zzs ndpektisars (and makes ft part of the .s-snfrrrf when reouested) that it's daily cir cxlatlon is larger than that of any morning t3,vsununr printed in Alabana--and that It's SsssdHv edition has the largest circulation of any n6wspaper- printed in Alabama. without exception. -
 rho figures for January printed below represent the actual net circulation. all re- fisrns having been deducted
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-04

I rewpectfuliy announce that I am candi- date for the office of Police Commissioners of the city. subject to the action of the Democratic Party. H. DEWEEs.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-04

Menaber of the Police Commission subject "a fhe action of the Democratic primary. !. " ,Ns V JAMES GALLAGHER
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-04

I hereby announce myself candidate for re-elaction as Alderman from Ward Four. subject to the action of the Democratic Primary. WALTER BRA5SELI~
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-04

haraby announce myself 6 candidate for ' M@raher of Board of Revenue. subject to the action of the Demoeratic primary
 J. s. EDISON.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-04

FOR PRESIDENT or THE COUNCIL. | regpectfuIly announce that aFn a cand- didate for the presidency of the Council gubject to the action of the Democratic Party. IRA H. VIRGIN.