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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-29
Bureau Of Corporations Criticies
 Speculation in Cotton by Exchanges

increase the danger of squeeses and corners, since ft would exclude only . very small portion of the crop from sontract delivery. Moreover. 1t would nroann wo,k any real hardship upon the
 In ccnnection with the adoption of tne iew-middlfng clause for white cot tract should also provide that no ting eo or stained or other Irregular cotton below the value of low middling white snouid De deliverable. The complete exeiuslon Of. all ttnged or stained cotton aole that so drastic an amendment to the contract would receive the endorse ment of the cotton Nrade generally.
 Any rsstriction whatever upon the tract Is. however. far less important than the maintenance of a proper sys. tenn of establishing differences andSof . uniform and accurate classification. cd asortment of grades on a contract is not Tn itself q serious injustice, pro- vided thees grades are properly class ca ana are deliverable only at their With an aDsoiutely correct system of differences restriction of the range Of grades deliverable on contract, while eminently desirable. becomes a matter ss. 1s ses1naary importance: If: however. t. adopted In the New York market and faithfully applied both there and at New Orleans. and at the same time q low -middiing clause. as above outlined, inserled In the contracts of the two exchanges. an important step would be taken toward placing future business In cotton on a thoroughly commercial and equitable basis. and, in the opinion ture system, insofar as the character Of the contract ia concerned. would largely disappear. z
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-29
Tn. Mammal of Statistics.

The Manual of Statistics for 1908 has just appeared. being the thirtieth am nual issue of that standard reference concise and complete form the infor- nation regarding railroad and indus trial corporatIons of the United States and Canada. Government securities. ton sfafistics which are required by investors, specuIators and stock mar ket Interests. The present edition also devoteE much attention to the newer industriaI and mining companies whose sac1rities have becoT11e such feature in the stock markets of the United states, and furth ermore gives the many changes in dividend payments which issue If is published by The Manual of Statistics Company. 20 Vesey Street New York Price Sb.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-29
Al TimeIy Warning.
Taladega Mountain Home.

TaladeGa MOunIaln 1aohiS'
 The Age-Herald prints timely ar ticie on loose primary methods. There are scores of men who participated in the recent Democratic primary who will not support the ticket in NoVem- corsTSitteer1en entered the primary as active partisans and marked tickets, and disported themselves in high glee. Such occurrences tend to weaken the marty and lessen the respect of the op- posiffon The Home stands for a strict party composed of only true Demo- crats.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-29

So the Ohio Senators have started a crusade planned to convince the eoun- try that Taft can't be elected. while Roosevelt would have an easy victory.
 Stirring the passions of the coiored brethren over Brownsville is only a part of the game. Other motives are to be made later on.
 At first blush one would say the brownsville case Is as much against roosevelt as it is against Taft, to say the least But the Foraker people claim the negroes are not half as angrv at the President over this affair as they are at the Secretary of War. Just why Is not clear. but 1t is claimed to be fact. And when we inauire the reason behind this peculiar differenti- ation, we are told:
 How can you explain a razor or the man who slashes with it?''
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-29
NEWS OF RECORD

The City Engineers Department yes terday issued to Rhodes and Hopkins permission to remodel the interior of the three-storys brick building. 1iA Dexter Avenue. The cost will be $500.
 The following appointments were announced yesterday by the Governor
 Notary Public and ex-oficlo Justice of the Peace77william Robertson of
 Notariss Pubiie--w. J. Whitaker Of Birmingham, J. M. Winston of Mill port. and Jay P. Mix of Bay Minette.
 The B. F. Johnson Publishing Com pany of Richmond, Va. yesterday filed with the Secretary of State copy of It's articles Of incorporation and named as its Alabama agent James K. Powers of Florence.
 Other notices of incorporation were filed as follows:
 Ragan Foundry Company of Besse- mer; capital stock. $10.ooo; ineorpora- tors. c. B. Hollingsworth. W. W. Hol- nngsworth. E. A. shelfer and & M. Ra- gan.
 Consolidated Realty Company of EnAley; capital stock. e6.500; incorpo- rators. D. H. Marbury, Jay Smith, c. Kingcome. H. S. Meade, B R. Pegrarn, T. J. Hefiin and J H. White.
 
 A certificate of Mayor J. R. Sherman of Albertville was filed yesterday with the Secretary of State, showing the census of that city as of May 2e. The total population of the city Is 1862 of whom l,4Sl are whites and the remain der negroes.
 The following transfers of real es- tate were filed for record with the Pro- bate Court:
 B. P. and Emma Crun to Leon weil. lot 9. block A Section S. according to may of Highland Park Improvement Company. Consideration, s400 and the assumption of certain notes.
 Lizzie Simmons to Terry R. Hard away. lot 8 and block l4 in Uplands Addition of West Virginia Land Com. pany; consideration, $5.
 A marriage license was issued yes terday for Harry Ebert Williams and Miss Hattie Oetavia Baton
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-29

There was probably in Jerusalem. as in many cities of that day, a beneyo- lent guild of women who sought to mitigate the suffer.ngs of the con demned by administering anaesth cities to tn em Ae Jesus desired to preserve his senses during the ordeal. He de- society.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-29

Parsdoxical as it may appear, For aker is not only crazy to beat Taft, but he wants to use Roosevelt to do the beating with. As I have explained in previous dispatches, it was Taft and not Roosevelt who vetoed the Murray Crane compromise designed to bring Foraker back to the Senate. This, in part. explains why the Ohio Senators hate Taft more than the President. Furthermore. if Taft should be nonai- mated at Chicago, the new regime in Ohio politics Is fixed and confirmed for years to come. and in this new regime there Is no room for either Foralxef or Dick.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-29
AInhnma Poatmaatern.

Alabama Fostm@nseFDs
 Washington, D. C., May 2s--(Special) -Postmasters appointed. Alabama: Malone, Randolph County; William A- Dobson, Milltown, Chambers County; Kenon H. Gaines,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-29

Moreover. 1t is claimed that Browns. ville is only a small part of the cause or the anger of the negroes in Taft's case The frank, blunt Secretary has ored people that he approved AZ tNa constitutional amendments in the southS ern States. He said this in an addresa at Tuskegee and he has said 1t else- where: He has denounced the recon . struction era and the use that wes made during it Of the negro votsr ss one Of the greatest disgracea our eoun- try mas ever suffered These utter. anees nave much provoked the coIored voters. according to the man whn s~a So now trying to convince the party Taft could not be elected
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-29

..Ru, rsnoap,Ier. my dear. that you and t srs rsea ope She looked at him scornfuily. "Oner" she ecnoed. Non sense. We are 10. I'm the one and you are the cipher ."--ClsVeland Plain" Dealer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-29
Call for Fama NaciOn Cigars. You get a Toe. cigar for 5e.
Mobiles Successful Playwright.
Mobile Item

IODIIe 4LELI-
 Mobile has produced a sueessfuI playwright. MT. Sidney Levy is re- ceiving today man. fiattering compli- ments on the sucees of his production, Jack and Jill" which was presented at the Lyric Theatre last night It gives evidence of greater things from that energetic young man. and The Item predicts success for the young writer. The Lyric company are also to be. congratulated on the splendid rendition
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-29

Senator Foraker was not shooting at random when he recently wrote and published letter in which he advised the negro voters to refuse to support any candidate who would not pledge himself to do justice to the Browns vile soldiers. Mir. Foraker was sheet. ing at Taft It is now generally known that letter was intended as the first gun of a campaign having for its ob- ject the defeat of Taft by starting Roosevelt stampede. It develops the ohio Senator knew he could not make terms with Taft as to his eva re-elec- tion to the Senate. and that he deter mined to wage war to the bitter end. He has burned his bridges behind him and done so deliberately. It is difi- cult to see how he could ever support Taft after that letter. He might be silent and inactive. doing nothing in the campaign. but there are cninous hints that if Taft is ahominated he will openly lead a negro revolt against the ticket.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-29
THIRD TERM SPRUNG
AND DICK, THOUGH HAT ING ROOSEVELT, URGE
 APPROXIMATION.
Negro vete as Btg Factcr--Waifer FeIlman Tells of Unique Cam- paign Planned by Two
 ohio Senators.

Walter wellman's washington Special
 to Chicago Record Herald.
 One of the strongest spectacles to be seen upon the field of Altionai politics is General Fire Alarm" Foraker lead ing the black brigade in mad charge upon the Taft entrenchments. shouting Down with Taft--Hurrah for a third term for Roosevelt!"
 More than once of late have had occasion to point what a queer thing is the game of politics. But we shall all live q long time probably before we behold anything more picturesque and bizarre than Joseph Benson For aker trying to start a stampede for a third term in order to defeat the man who has beaten him out in ohio--try. ing to destroy a new enemy by thrust ing undesired honors upon an old one.
 Now we have this extraordinary con- dition of affairs among the leading Republican Senators: Aldrich, Hale, Crane and others have been driven to support Taft because they were afraid Roosevelt might be nominated and be- cause they dislike the latter more than the former. Foraker and Dick, on the other hand. hate both Roosevelt and Taft, but the latter most, and are try ing to start q stampede for the Pres ident in order to defeat the Secretary of War.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-29

This campaign of the Ohio Senators 10 start a Roosevelt stampede reads like fairy tale. As a matter of fact
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-29

roosevelt will be nominated" ssia one of Senator Foraker's con6dertts1 associates. After we get to chJcsso the members of the party will take m the question of success and consjdsr earnestly, prayerfully. Thav vv,II ma that the negroes are against Taft Dut that Roosevelt can get them; that the laoor vote is just waiting A chance to put the knife Into Taft but rsaS', to hurrah for the President. ana TLat hundreds of thousands of men vvho sse Democrats or Republicans accordInc . ts their mood of the moment or tbeIr r.r ro sonal likings will be either for Tsonsa velt or Bryan. A stampede win ntsrt for Roosevelt, and once ft eats seoi-.H- nothing can stop it In fact tb.t osns ns already begun. Today we read of a delegate from Pennsylvania ana an other from West Virginia decIarIrs they intend voting for Roosevelt. Tbsf Is only the beginning of the end. ]"
 But suppose you do succeed in nom mating Roosevelt" asked this lean and hungry conRpirator, "how are tba Brownsville soldiers to get any more justice out of Roosevelt than they could get from Taft?" 'u
 Why" said he. "aftsr Roosevelt ia nominated and the campaign fs wal under way. the President will come out wlth an announcement that he has seen new light and that he has no objec- tion to restoration of the discharged soldiers That will make everything all right. Roosevelt will be nominated and elected and Taft will become chief justice of the Supreme Court, the place he has always wanted"
 And will Foraker and Dick be able 70 hold their seats in the SenateT'
 hope so better that than have Ohio go for Bryan"
 This eamnaiRn of fha nhln anraknrs
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-29

The City Engineers Department yes terday issued to Rhodes and Hopkins permission to remodel the interior of the thres-story brick building. iiA Dexter Avenue. The cost will be $500.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-05-16
DOUBLE TAXATION.

At largely attended meeting
held in the rooms of the New Or
leans Progressive Union the other
day, representatives of all the
commercial bodies of New Orleans
and of practically every business
organization in Louisiana un-
qualifiedly endorsed the movement
looking to the repeal of that portion
of the tax law which imposes
double taxation upon real estate
owners who borrow outside money
on mortgage loans. Prominent
bankers and others who addressed
the meeting explained that the
leading life insurance companies
would alone send Sis, 900, 900 or
10000, 900 of 5 per cent money to
Louisiana to loan on first class
real estate mortgage paper very
soon after the law shall have been
repealed. Louisiana is the only
state in the Union which has put o
direct tax barrier against the influx
of outside capital, and no state
needs outside capital to q greater
extent proportionately than does
Louisiana for the banks do not now
hold deposits insufficient volume
to enable them to finance the cur
rent business of the people on an
adequate scale. So great is this
need felt that the State bankers
do not anticipate any injurious
competition from outsiders ia the
event the law shall be repealed.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-05-16
OUR COAL LANDS.

The editor of the Baltimore
Manufacturers Record, Mr.. r. H
Edmonds, and probably the hes,
authority on the industrial re-
sources and interests OF. the South
ern States, states in an article in
the April Youths Companion, that
the coal lands of the South alone
equal the entire area of New Eng
land. He says:
without further discoveries,
think OF the veal ~ awaiting the
utilization of Mt the South
already has in sight. The geolo-
gists have marked out for US over
eixty-two thousand square miles
OF coal land. This is more than
two and half times as much as
the coal area of Great Britain,
Germany and Pennsylvania COM
bined. OF known iron ore the
South has more than all the known
ore supply of the rest of the coun-
try. In this 1t has the foundation
for duplicating all the iron and
steel industry of the United
States. -
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-05-16
THE LEGISLATURE.

The General Assembly of Lou
isiana convened at the capitol on
Monday last. This biennial ses-
sion of our lawmakers is the first
under the new State administra-
ton just elected, headed by Gov.
Jared Y. Sanders. The Inaugural
ton of the new officers will be on
next Monday and the attendant
ceremonies and festivities will
lack nothing of resplendency and
eclat. Elected by an overwheim-
ing majority of the suffragans, in
the face of the issues made against
Governor Sanders, the Democrats
meant that they had full conf
dence in the wisdom, loyalty and
lofty political uprightness of the
distinguished gentleman who will
occupy the Executive chair
throughout the next four years.
The BANNER feels entirely con-
fident that the General Assembly,
the Governor and the entire adj
ministration will prove eminently
satisfactory to all the people.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-05-16
DR.. IrlOn Likely to Retire Soon

Reports have been in circulation fOl
some time that DR.. c. Fl. IriOn, presi.
dent of the State Board of Health, was
likely to be permitted by Governor
Sanders to serve the two years yet re-
naming of his term. There is the
highest authority for the statement
that the Governor has made no such
promise by implication or otherwise
and the struggle for DIR. Irion's job
promises to grow acuter with the pass
ing of each day until the appointment
is made. A number of prominent
physicians have been mentioned for it.
including DR.. J N. Thomas, now in
the Federal service: DR.. F. r.
Bernard. of East Carroll; DR.. Harvey
Dillon, of Sabine, and DR.. G. Milo
Brady, of Jefferson, who is a son of
Senator Brady.
1t is known also that friends of DR..
Beverly w. Smith, of Franklin, with
out his knowledge or consent, have
been pressing his name on the Gov
ernor and those in a position to know
venture to say that DR.. Smith may
have the Office for the asking. DR..
Smith is, however, the proprietor of
a sanitarium at Franklin, in which he
is deeply interested. and its superin-
tendance and his professional engage
ments occupy SO much of his time that
it is said h would not consider the
appointment. DR.. Smith is a Tulane
graduate and a physician and executive
of the highest ability, and his friends
say his selection would insure an ex-
emplary administration of the health
affairs Of the State
The above article is clipped
from the Daily States of the nth
inst. We have not learned if our
friend and fellow-townsman. DR..
Beverly w. Smith, is DESTROYS of
being appointed to the position Of
President of the State Board of
Health, and while we would regret
to have him leave our town, we
feel confident that if he is appoint
ed to the position, and accepts
same, the State would receive an
administration in health matters
of which it would have reason to
be proud. The Governor, in our
opinion, could not make a better
appointment.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-05-16

In connection with the approach
ing International Congress on
Tuberculosis, which will be held
In Washington, Sept. 81 to Oct.
18, 1908, prize Of 81 500 is offered
for the best treatise that may be
submftted to that congress ION the
Relation Of Atmospheric Air to
Tubefculosis. " This prize il deriv-
"a from : fund donated some time
ago % the Smitheonian Institute
n Thoqaa George Hodgkins, Of
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-05-16

Elaborate preparations are being
made by Florian Cornay Camp
No. 345, U. g. ", for their next
meeting in Franklin, which will
be held on Wednesday, June 3rd.
At this meeting the Camp will
celebrate the one hundreth ami
versary of Jefferson Davis, the
only Confederate president of the
Confederate States. There will
be delivered appropriate orations,
songs and Rotations by the ladies
of st. Mary Volunteers Chap
ter No. TO, U. D. C. Many
guests from other camps are
expected to attend the celebra-
ton. Crosses of Honor will be
conferred on worthy veterans by
the Daughters. The officers of the
Camp will be elected for the en-
suing year. and delegates and
alternates will be selected for the
Birmingham reunion at this meet
ing. After the celebration exer-
discs are over by the Camp and
Chapter there will be dancing and
skating at the jackson Roller Rink
under the auspices and for the
benefit of Flo-ian Cornay Camp.
The doors will .Npen at 80 o'clock
u. m. R$xR
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-05-16
NOTICE..

All property taxpayers will take
notice that have completed the
listing of the taxable property of
the Parish of st. Mary, and will
exhibit my rolls at my Office in the
Firemen's Hall for twenty days
from date, and all taxpayers are
requested to call and inspect same.
H. w. KAPPEL,
Assessor.
Franklin, La, May II, 1908.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-05-16
Notice to Banks for Bids for
the Custody of State
Funds.

Baton Rouge, La, May Is, 1908.
Whereas. at meeting of the State
| Board of Liquidation held February
". 1905, the Secretary of State was
| authorized and instructed to give pub.
| lie notice to the Banks-State and Ma.
| tional-of each parish, that bids would
be received from them by said Board
for the custody of the funds belong.
ing to or received in behalf of the
State by the Sheriff or Tax Collector
of the respective parishes throughout
the State: and,
Whereas, at a meeting of the said
Board held on May ), it appeared
that no bids were received from any
banks domiciled in the Parish of ST.
Mary or If received were rejected. for
the custody of funds belonging to or
received on behalf of the State by the
Sheriff or Tax Collector of said Par
ish. and the Secretary of State was
therefore instructed to re-advertise in
manner and form required by law, that
bids would now be received from
banks in said parish Or adjoining and
contiguous parishes. for the custody
OF said funds belonging to or received
in behalf of the State by said Sheriff
or Tax Collector.
Now. therefore, ], John T. Michel.
Secretary of State. by virtue of said
resolution of said Board, and in ac-
cordance with the provisions of Act
No. % of the Extra Session of the
General Assembly of Louisiana. APP
proved December 3, 1907, do hereby
give public notice to the Banks-State
or National-in the parish of st. Mary.
or in adjoining or contiguous parish
es, that bids, will be received from
them by the Board of Liquidation OF
the State Debt for the custody of the
FUNDS belonging to or received in be-
half OF the State by the Sheriff or Tax
Collector of said parish. after thirty
days advertisement of this notice as
required by law. All bids shall be
sealed and endorsed on the envelope
FISCAL AGENCY BID" and adj
dressed to the STATE AUDITOR at
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and be in
his possession on or before the 18th
day of June, 1905
The letting or awarding of said
funds will be made by the said Board
of Liquidation at meeting to be call
ed by the Governor for that purpose
after said date.
The successful bidder or bidders
shall as security deposit with the State
Treasurer an amount of bonds of the
United States, or of the State Except
Baby bonds), or of any parish, city,
town or levee district thereof (such
bonds to have market value at least
equal to the par value thereby equal
to the estimated average deposits of
such authority, as determined by the
record OF the year previous, or shall
give bond with duly authorized
surety company as surety for a sum
not greater than 10 per centum of the
capital and surplus of such surety
or may deposit bonds afore-
said for part of the security and give
surety bond for the balance in such
proportion as said bank or banks may
see tit. The said Board of Liquidation
reserves the right to reject any and all
bids.
JOHN T. MICHEL,
Secretary of State.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-05-16
TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
FRANKLIN, La, May IL, 1908

FRANKLIN, La, May IL, 1908.
The Honorable Council met in
regular session, Mayor John G.
Lewis, presiding; Messrs. Har-
rison and Achee, absent.
The reading of the minutes OF
the previous meeting were on
motion dispensed with.
The Collector and Treasures
report showing a balance on hand
of S3,416.73. were read and ac-
cepted.
The Su. ,erintendent of the Elec-
trio Light and Waterworks report
was read and accepted; report is
as follows:
Supt. of Electric Light and Water
works report for April, 1908.
FRANKLIN, La, May IL, 1908.