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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-28

sources that the Commission is prepar- ing.
 The survey has been unable to ex- tend its observations to many regions where the information would be of VI tai importance because 1t lacks funds. The cooperation of the railroads would permit the survey to cover many other regions.
 The expense to the railroads under this arrangement would be trifing. the survey authorities say. because. the roads could designate men already on their pay-rolls, such as draw tenders, tank men. or water station engineers to take the daily readings On the other hand. if the survey could be re- lleved of the cost of daily observation of the gauges. 1t would be able to carry on the more technical parts of the un- dertaking.
 Of Immense Value.
 The information which the railroads will obtain if this plan is put into operation, Is of immense value to them.
 The surveys figures on floods have always been accepted by the courts as prima facie evidence. If the belief of the railroad auth critics is well-found- ed. their cooperation with the survey enabling 1t to extend its operations to their fields will result in big savings tO tnSHl.
 The idea of cooperation as to floods originated with the engineering de- partments of the railroads themselves. Representatives of these departments of a number of roads held a confer ence with representatives of the sur vey in Chicago last June, and at that time the survey agreed to interview the proper railroad authorities con- corning a basis of cooperation.
 The survey has further suggested to the railroads that they supply 1t with all information they may have on hand concerning the character of the vari- ous drainage areas above their bridges. Some of the roads have collected, at great expense. a large amount of val uable information. which could be made of high value to all the railroads if 1t were gathered together and compiled. This material would also contribute largely to the general study of the water resources of the country which the survey has been carrying out for a number of years and upon which it is particularly busy just now in the compilation of all available informa- ton along these lines for the use of the National Conservation Commission.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-28
THE COTTON CROPS.
And How to Get Fair and Renumera-
 fwrn EDrgn

An4 AAO0 hO oGt 1M0
 tive Price.
 Randolph Building. Memphis Tenn, Sept. 25.-Those engaged in moving the crop. in physical, mercantile or financ- ial way are apt to think that good price for cotton Is one that will move 1t, and that a bad price is one that Is either So high or so low that 1t stops business. Now, throughout the South. the railroads merchants, cotton buyers, all lines of business in fact are mak- ing a living and good one, from this product of the soil, with little thought for/the welfare of the producer. It Is thfs difference that has held the farmer a victim of circumstance. and that has retarded the magnificent develop naent of its resources to which the South must ultimately attain.
 A good price for cotton is one that will yield something. more than the mere cost of production, returns upon the value of the land. and bare liv Ing to the farmer. He Is entitled to may enjoy the best things that modern life has to give. With his buying power increased, prosperity will re- turn to all branches of trade in the South. How important 1t Is then, that business men should work for the good of the farmer, as well as for their own immediate ends.
 HOW can the oOuIueTn DuSlneSS man help out the cotton grower? In one way, by the creation of sentiment in favor of good prices for cotton, and again, by giving moral support to the great Farmers Union movement. It is no longer necessary that the bulk of the crop be thrown upon the market in a few months, those months, by the way, usually corresponding with the period of minimum consumption by spinners; in the many warehouses of the Farmers Union throughout the South that the cotton belt, the South hold cotton within the bounds of &C., save 1t from the damaging effects of wild speculation.
 Bull spectators. placing a fictitious value upon paper cotton, and with their alluring appeals to spot holders to await still higher prices, have often proved themselves bears. But the Farmers Union have arranged to eli mfnate the professional specudator. Through their National Cotton Commit tee. they are always in close touch with the actual demands of the mills. The spinner will know that cotton is Is held for him at a fair price, and the farmer will not be deluded into overlooking the good legitimate trades that come to him in this way.
 Thus by means of the Farmers Un- ion, and with cooperation of the busi- ness community. we may shortly ex- pect to see prices advance sharply from their present low level.
 Farmers Union National Cotton Committee.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-28
THE NEWS OF SELMA
BUSINESS WITH THE RAILROADS IS
 IMPROVING.
Extra Freight Trains Which Were Taken on During the Panic, Have Been Put On
 Again.

Selma, Sept. Especial )-Business with the railroads entering Selma has shown vast improvement during the past week and as a result. a large number of freight trains which were taken of during the summer have been put back on the roads.
 All of these extra trains are work ing to their fullest capacity and each day are hauling large quantities Of freight.
 The restoring of these freight trains has also given employment to a number of railroad men who have been idle the most of the summer or who have been only making a few trips each month. The Southern Railway has put on quite a number of these freight trains and the Louisville and Nash vile has also put in operation sev- eral freight trains into Selma.
 The putting on of the freight trains by the railroads is due to the gen. eral Improvement in conditions and to the rapid movement of the cotton crop to market. The cotton crop Is being gotten out of the fields as fast as possible by the farmers and is then rushed to market.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-28
sHIPBUmDING FALLS OFF.
Both Labor and Capital Fail to Find Elm.
 ployment in England,

Both Labor and Capital Fail to Find Elm.
 ployme1t in England
 According to The London Daily Mail. the shipbuilding industry of Great Britain has suffered serious setback. It says;
 Britain today has more money than uorL Redundant capital lies idle or at the unpro ductive interest of one per cent. Redund ant labor is idle at the season when em- ploynent should be at It's best The distress Is most marked in the shipbuilding and iron industries. unremunerative freights account for fourteen more vessels a being laid up in the Tyne lat week. making the total ninety-four. of 3O0 900 tonnage. Tn shipbuilding only 35.oO0 are employed, com pared with 45.oO0 last year.
 Mir Thackeray. president of the North of England Iron and Steel Trades Consolidation Board, declared tht he could not remember trade SO bad for forty years. except in 1886. Their membership had fallen by a thousand The Mersey docks are full of laid-up vessels. and there arc thousands of sailors without ships, while 500 ships off cers are walking the streets instead of the normal fifty or sixty out of employment From 5000 to 1000 deckhands are without work. The men fin hundreds may be seen sleeping out every night.
 The Glasgow distress committee estimate that next winter 5000 heads of families will require providing for. but funds are exhausted. Eight shipyards are without work. shipbuIIders trace the slump" to the abnormal cost of production and the shrink age in freights.
 In Manchester the engineering and ship building trades are in a very bad state. The workless number 15.000 The boiler makers trade union reports about 10000 or 20 per cent. unemployed, mainly due to the shIpbullding trade depression, intensified by the engineering dispute on the northeast coast of England. The prospect for the immediate future Is very bad. as members largely depend upon the shipbuiiding trade
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-28
AVAUNT, YE CROOKS
-HIEF TAYLOR TRYING TO STAY
 LIGHT FINGERS.
Expects, if UnEuarded. Monfeomery Will be the Objective of the "Touchtns" Army During
 the Fair.

With an eye to the preservation of the safety and happiness of the gen. eral public, Chief of Police Tayior will place the matter of proper protection for the crowds at the State Fair before the Mayor today. It has about been decided that fifteen additional patrol men will be temporarily taken on the force for city duty so that fifteen ex- perienced men can be kept at the fair grounds and on the way leading to 1t.
 But what Chief Taylor wants is half a dozen plain clothes men to mingle with the crowd and keep their eyes open for the deft-hnRered dips who will. unless precautions are taken. re- lieve the unwary of their unguarded coin and valuables.
 The Atlanta fair will have finished its wedding out process by the time the Montgomery fair starts and 1t is ex- pected that those who escaped the of- ficers in the Georgia capital will drift here for pickings. Birmingham will close its fair about the time the Mont gomery fair starts and the notsam and jetsam from that place may pe expect- ed to come here to do business. Nash vile precedes the three with a fair and these will draw pickpockets from all over the South MoptRomerv hoids ing it's fair after the others. will re- ceive, against its will. the bunch of crooks almost en masse.
 There are several trained detectives from New Orleans. Nashville. St. Louis. Atlanta and other places who. make 1t their business to go about to the dif- ferent fairs and in this way they have a pretty good line on the light fingered gentry of the South. having arrested them repeatedly MT. Tavior wants to get six of these men experienced thor oughly in fair work. men who know the crooks by sight and know how to get after them The chief Is satisfied his own force Is composed of competent men, but pickpockets are scarce in Montgomery and he considers the plain clothes men. 1le wants an imperative necessity for the protection of the vis- itors here
 Their presence here will be pre- ventive as we'll as a cure for those who have the temerity to come.
 The matter will be placed before the Mayor today. and 1t is believed. consid. ering the small comparative cost that will be incurred. the protection wanted will be forthcoming &4 sf
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-28
PUT GIRL IN A BAG
STRANGE ADVENTURE OF YOUNG
 WOMAN IN LONDON.
Held up by a Man Who Tied Her fin Sack and Left Her in an Uu-
 conscious Condition.

London, Sept. 26-An astonishi ing tale of a night adventure told yester- day by Nellie Flintoft. the sixteen year-old daughter of a Hull bricklayer is being. investigated by the local po- lice. Beyond It's coroboration by the circumstantiaI evidence described by a workman named Lascombe, 1t is an al Suost incredible mystery.
 Nellie Flintoft Is of light build and small stature and does not look her 16 years. She states that on last Tues day evening. after a walk in the coun- try with a friend. Florrie Harrison. she set off for her home alone from the end of Newlandavenue. a little the girls hailed a cyclist whom they did not know. and asked him to give them a ride, but he rode off.
 About nine o'clock" she says, q was walking back down Ventor- street when I heard a man whistling. He came up to me in Ex-mouth- street and said. T have lost my dog. Have you that moment he took hold of me by one hand round the waist and with the other thrust a piece of brick in my mouth.
 He then dragged me to a house which Is nearly built, in Sid-mouth- street I threatened to scream. but the man said. If you do will stab you with a knife"
 He then fastened my hands to- gether in front of me with my waist belt and my legs with a strap above my knees. and carried me into the yard at the back of the house. There he laid me down and got a cement bag He put me Into the bag feet first. and tied one part about my ankles and the other end just below my shoulder.
 He then put two bricks on my legs on the top of the bag, two others on my body, and two others on my chest. He took a pair of gloves I had been wearing, stuffed them with little bits of brick, and fastened them across my
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-28

"Ach. du lieber. vass iss?" inquired the person with the rumbling voice and bagsy trousers.
 "Aindt id." responded his companion. such a puisniss, vot?'
 The occasion was the sight of a crowd of persons standing in the pub lie square craning their necks to the utmost. Everybody had watches in his hands. and his lips were moving in rythm. Above, clearly outlined against a sky made red by the setting sun. were hundreds and thousands of chim- ney sweeps. circling in huge circle, and seemingly in a series of spirals.
 From every direction of the wind the chimney sweeps flocked to the circle and joined the topmost spiral. Winding down slowly in long string those on the bottom dropped into a yawning chimney. There was a lit- tie sound above the whirring of the many wings, and the chirp of the lead CT sitting on the edge of the chimney. chiding those of his band who had not the nerve to take the twenty foot drop into the black. sooty depths.
 DO you know" said one of the spec tators, glancing at his watch. that
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-28
STORM ANNIVERSARY
PENSACOLA CITIZENS IN REMINIs-
 CENT MOOD.
Advisory Warning Issued By Weather Bureau F0recasted Hurricane In The Gulf Sunday-News
 Of Pensacola.

Pensacola, Fla. Sept. 27.-(Special.)' J An advisory warning issued this morning by the United States Weather Bureau of the appearance off Porto Rico of hurricane, which may enter the gulf in this vicinity, caused Pen sacolians who were here two years ago a reminder of the terrible hurri- cane which swept over Pensacola on this date two years ago.
 The morning of September 27, 1906, the lower sections of the city was Q mass of wreckage. and with the wind blowing fifty miles an hour and waves washing up into the city there were parties out searching for the dead. Since that time. however, every ves- tige of the wreck age has been removed and those whose homes were destroyed by the wind and seas, have rebuilt.
 The disturbance. which has been To- cated by the weather bureau, Is not believed to be of much importance so far as this section Is concerned. as it's location is such that 1t will recurve after entering the gulf, but the advis- ory warning were sufficient to remind citizens of what occurred this morn ing two years ago.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-28
REV. w. c. CLARK CALLED
 TO CHUBCH AT EUTAW

red to the fact that the connection of Rev. Willis G. Clark as assistant pas tor in St. Johns Church, would termi- nate with the days services. He paid high tribute to his ability and his consecrated devotion to duty.
 MT. Clark has accepted a call to the church at Etaw. Ala. and will soon enter upon his duties. St Johns church will. as Mir. Cobbs said. al- ways feel special interest in him for he has been identified with the church the greater part of his life and was ordained to the ministry within its walls.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-28
SENDOUT WARRANTS
AUDITOR EXPRESSES PENSION
 CHECKS TODAY.
Probate Judge to Receive old Soldiers Money in Time for Distributions .. on October 1 as Law
 Requires.

Clerks of the State Auditors off1ce will be in a hustle today sending out the more than 17.000 pension warrants which are to conjure smiles in every county in the State. The great bulk of the warrants has been prepared and every package of them will reach the probate judges by october l.
 If they should not reach the probate judge on October 1 somebody in every county is going to walk away disap- pointed, for that Is the day set by law for the distribution of the money.
 The thousands of warrants represent an enormous amount of work on the part of the Auditors office. Each of the instruments had to be signed in the Auditors name. Already the clerks of this office has the reputation of consuming more ink than any other set of State house employees and 1t is down as the liveliest month of all in strewing the black fluid.
 The old soldiers and the widows of old soldiers, however much they may be in need of the money. are often slow about cashfng the warrants and 1t is more than a month when por- ton of the checks against the State Treasury wend their way back.
 On account of the fact that the ag- gregate number of pensioners on the rolls for the coming quarter was small CT than for the same quarter last year, 1t is predicted that a steady decline will be witnessed from now on. The mortality among the old soldiers has been heavy of late. It is expected to be greater every month. or at least every year.
 A striking reminder of the limited period on earth for these valiant sons &4.A gn aw. An a.0 asxc- Der of those who advanced to first class last quarter on account of reach ing the age of eighty. The mortality statistics do not permit of much longer life after this milestone has been reached.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-28
This May Be Called Vegetable Wool.

Mir L. Freeney. the well-known dray- man. has brought to The News a sample or cotton presenting quite a peculiar color and soft texture. It Is soft as wool, of a dark green and yellowish tint or color and something never before seen in this country. Mir Freeney has only four stalks or this cotton. It was grown in his Kor- den In this city. The stalks are as high as a mans head and contain about one hundred bolls each: Mir. Freeney obtain ed the few seed from an old lady in Wins ton county last year, whose name ho does not know. He is preserving the seed from the small crop of this year and will plant them next Cotton men here say they have never seen anything like H. It iS real vegetable wool
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-28

 AND DESPOTISM
PROTECTION, HONESTLY BEGUN
 DEVELOPS THUNDER.
Has Brought About Close Alliance Be- tween Corrupt POliticans anu Manufacturers, says Well
 Known Eminent New
 York Lawyer.

MAmuI0CGUECkns D1SB
 Known Eminent New
 York Lawyer.
 New York Special ar
 franklin Pierce, an eminent meHpS eS q of the New York bar, discussing e"o tariff question says; ,, am.
 "Our protective policy. although un, wise. was honestly commenced anu continued by Congress for the n.s' ,..s seventy years of our National Ire. So,U tt has becoue not protection, but thunder. It has resulted in a ciose alliance between corrupt politicians and manufacturers to procure favoraole legislation by any means. we nave nermItted a force outside Of govern ment to be created that IS poweriitu. a enough to control government In of the people. The men in control or the trusts have come to regard them selves as privileged persons aooVe and hevond restraint from any source. TbIs confidence comes from the fact that they alone know how thoroughly a few men holding no puohc oilce actually direct every department or the Government. This force outsioe or oovernment. yet still commanding eovernment Is becoming in the United States so powerful and corrupt that if airna to control the editor in his sanctuno. the professor in his lecture room and the Judges in the seats of justice.
 Such extravagant expenditures of pubiic money as We have had in recent years would be absolutely impossible if the revenue of government were raised by direct taxation. Our repre- sentatives in Congress would never dare to multiply offices. approve thous- ands of unmeritorious private claims enact wasteful river and harbor bills and squander the public money if the National expenses had to be defrayed by an overt. irritating tax dragging the money directly from the citizens pockets. Every revolution in English and American history has come out of determined opposition to an unjust direct tax. Direct taxation Is almost necessary to the existence of free gov ernment. Take the peoples money from them without their knowing 1t and by and by you can take their liberties.
 "Humbug is necessary to maintain the tariff and fool the people. and humbug is political immortality. Tn all taniff legislation says the National Republican platform adopted at Chi cago, the true principle of protection of such duties as will equal the differ ence between the cost of production at home and abroad. Before the war the slave owners of the South contended that slavery was for the protection of AhAA slave. Sc now the United States
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-28
Fishing Vessels Here.

Ten fishing vessels, all of the larg- est size. are anchored off the Pensacola Navy yard, where they dropped anchor several days ago afraid to venture into the gulf because of the high seas run ming. The vessels left here nearly week ago for the fishing banks, but after reaching the mouth of the har- bor and seeing conditions there decided to drop anchor and wait for better weather.
 For over two weeks there has been a stiff wind from the East, which has not only made rough water in the bay and delayed loading timber. but has caused the gulf to become very rough and dangerous for small craft.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-28
VIII Tour the state.

Alabamians within the next few weeks are to have treat in a concert which will be given throughout the State by Miss Fannie Marks. of Mont- gomery. and Miss Elise Jones and MT. Louis Merhle. of this city. This trio of talented young musicians will tour the State in concert. the purpose of the effort being to enable the two young women to complete their instructions in New York and abroad. The concert tour will be opened in this city in about two weeks.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-28
Rnnkhcad fo spenIx.

Senator John H. Bankhead will speak in Selma at the court house next Fri day night. The address will be made upon the subject of good roads and the overton amendment. There Is no doubt but that Senator Bankhead will be greeted by large audience as he has great many friends and as there are great number of advocates for good roads in the city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-28
Naval Stores Industrx.

President T. A. Jennings, of the Williams Naval Stores Company. one of the largest factorage concerns in this section of the State, returned home this morning from a meeting of the executive and ways and means com mittee of the Operators Association of Florida. Alabama and Georgia. He is not in the least optimistic concerning the future of the naval stores indus try, saying that 1t is at low ebb, and with no one connected with 1t making any money.
 While he did not so state, he in- ferred that at the general meeting to be held on October 14, the operators will come to the conclusion that the reduction of productions is one of the means to bring about change in pres ent depressed conditions and will take such action. The operators are deter mined to adopt heroic measures to remedy the conditions and boost the market, and this will probably be one of the means, assisted by the new mar keting company which Is being formed among the operators and factors.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-28
Feed stuGs Shipment.

The first shipments of feed stuffs ever to go from Pensacola to British Honduras will go out this week on the British steamer Venus. which is now discharging a cargo of mahogany logs for the Mengle Company of Louisville. The steamer will carry out several hundred tons of hay ana oats for Belize this being furnished by a local firm for new customers in that teI- ritory.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-28
WOodmen at Tuscaloosa.

L. D. Holloway. of Florence, Assist ant State Deputy of the Woodmen of the World. is in the city and reports splendid results for his labors. The Woodmen have received over fifty ap plications for membership and 1t is the intention of Mir. Holloway to have an enrolment of 200 on the lodge books.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-28

It will require s11.OOo to save the Pres. byterian congregation at Fernie. B. C., the fire having swept away everything that the church owned.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-28

The average annual increase R!ncc 1878 in the Presbyterian Church in England has been over 1000 members.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-28

Is better prepared than ever bexOr to meet the demands of an tncreasin business.