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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-06-19
Conplimentaries.

Those not in the newspaper busi-
ness imagine that the editor, mana
ger, all the subs and every reporter
and Office boy, the compositors and
even the scrubwomen go about loaded
with railroad passes, theatre tickets,
boxes at the circus, police cards,
steamboat complimentaries, telegraph
and telephone franks, free use OF the
mails, race track badges, etc, and
their friends on the outside are even
insistent upon obtaining these privi)-
eyes. AS a matter of fact, there are
but few complimentaries of this char
acter flying about, and all are paid
for by the eternal equivalent. the
small matter of advertising. A Press
man, for instance, sent TO Chicago,
may ride on pass, but that pass has
been paid for in advertising. Before
the anti-pass law was enforced my
life was saddened by my inability TO
meet the demands OF friends for free
transportation. Some had no deli
cacy about asking for passes 10 San
Francisco. Now il is easy TO say:
"You know the law; no more free
passes"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-06-19
Wall Street.

Wall Street receives an overabund-
ance Of valuable space, you may say.
The Stock Exchange forbids advertis-
ing. More's the pity. In a little
while, however, all this will be
changed through the publicity now
being thrust upon it. Thirty years
ago a physician who advertised was
frowned upon as a quack. To-day
some of the leading practitioners in
troduce themselves to the public by
means of printers ink. Stock Ex
change firms will have to advertise
or go out of business. The day Of the
"high-horse" is past. ] expect to see
the time when all price quotations
shall be paid for, and at big rates.
Henry Clews made a great fortune in
the Street. He is a firm believer In
advertising, and his card has been in
the papers for many years. He is the
best known broker in the world.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-06-19
As Ii is Done.

No gentleman of the stan is sup
posed to seek transportation from
any railroad, steamboat or steamship
company, from any submarine, air
ship or automobile company, on his
own recognizement. !. he wants to
60 to Carlsbad, or the heart OF Africa.
to the North Pole or to the antipodes,
TO Mars or TO the bowels OF the earth,
he is supposed TO mention ii TO the
business manager. who. IL he chooses,
refers II TO the highest authority. or
course there are department heads
who control certain and sundry priv
ileges of the pass evil, such as the
drama editor, the music editor. the
sporting editor, etc. II want a free
pass for theatre l may ask the dra-
ma editor, and he may OF he feels in
the vein) send me a "pasteboard," !"
but II is a quid pro quo. II | want
10 go 10 the circus ! must ask the
circus editor. DO want 10 go 10 the
race track? The sporting editor is
the man to snuggle up TO. Etc.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-06-19
The Eternal Equivalent.

Every commercial business exacts
the eternal equivalent. in the granting
Of favors. or no other institution In
the world is so much exacted free as
Of the newspaper. 1t is a kind word
here, n kind word yonder, puff here
and a puff there. For the price OF
ONE cent man expects, aye. even
demands, space worth hundreds Of
dollars. But where is our quid pro
quo? The circulation is not increased.
We are giving something for moth
ing. Once in a while Tips column
has a paragraph about an interesting
man. 1t is good reading for all who
take The Press; and the interesting
man, being deeply interested. buys
100 or 500 copies and scatters them
broadcast to interested people. What
does 1t amount to? Five hundred
copies cost IS at retail; so there is
an outlay Of IS for $500 worth OF ad-
vertising. Shucks! The business is
too one-sided. 1t isn't fair.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-06-19

with the same size ad., commands %
great an amount OF space. He over
looks the fact that only few persons
may be interested In a can OF lard.
while tens OF Thousands are deeply
concerned In racing. The theatrical
equivalent cannot be estimated. A
hundred thousand people, 100000.
! .000.0 900, may be anxiously waiting
Tuesday morning for critique on
Marx Lankershine's new play OF THE
Tschuern O. di Stearxwier." The ad-
vertisement of the drama may amount
to $50. but that cuts no ice with the
newspaper. II does its duty by aliot-
ting as much space to the perform
ance as the critic thinks the play IL
entitled TO.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-06-19
A Remarkable Cave.

The President has signed a proela-
nation creating the Jewel Cave Ma
tional Monument within the Black
Hills National Forest, South Dakota.
This remarkable cave, thirteen miles
west and south of Custer. the county
seat of Custer County, in limestone
formation, is believed by geologists
to be an extinct geyser channel. The
national monument will embrace an
area Of 1880 acres. This cave, which
was explored as late as 1900, has
been found TO consist of series of
chambers connected Oy narrow pas
sages with numerous galleries, the
walls OF which are incrusted with a
magnificent layer of calcite crystal.
The opening OF the cave is situated in
He'll Canyon, the walls of which are
high and precipitous. The surface OF
the country in which the cave is To-
Gated consists OF high rolling lime
stone plateau, about 5000 feet above
sea level. The area is almost entirely
covered by forest of bull pine, a
considerable portion OF which is mer-
ehantable. while the remainder con-
sists OF vigorous young growth. The
Jewel Cave National Monument will
now be given permanent protection
by virtue OF the act OF June Z, 1906.
which provides that objects Of scien.
tific interest may be declared nationa.
monuments. IL such action is deemed
necessary for their preseryatiop and
protection.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-06-19

The newspaper gives as rule about
twenty TO one as its equivalent" No
other institution on earth could af-
ford to do this and live. The news
paper is the maker of all men and all
corporations, the supporter OF all,
the adviser OF all. Mind you, do not
say CREATOR. Without its free pub
licity most OF the men in political and
commercial life to-day would be in
their graves. We are really too gen.
erous. The chief trouble is We do
not draw tight enough the little line
between news and notoriety. The
theatres get an awful lot OF free ad-
vertising because vast majority Of
the people patronize the drama aud
demand good report of Il. So OF the
opera. So Of horse racing. Etc.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-06-19
Hunting and Fishing.

No other paper In New York Is 30
much read by fishermen and hunters
as The Press. Here again the equiv
alent" is altogether on our side. We
give 100 times as much as we get out
Of II, but the Rod and Gun column IL
expected daily by a multitude OF
sportsmen, and to stop II would de-
stroy a prominent feature which
pleases many who neither feb nor
shoot.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-06-19
WHY HINDOOS
WORSHIP silva.
Romantic Legend Tells How
the East Indian Deity Came to
Bless a Poor Unlucky Hunter

Hindoos young and old solemnly
observed the fast Of the Sivarathri
on a recent Sunday, and gladly en-
dured its deprivations. For twenty
four hours no religious Hindoo took
a morsel of food nor slept moment
but constantly prayed the god silva
to grant his wish and relieve his SUI
ferings or unhappiness.
The Sivarathri rests on a legend
that comes from the misty past. A
penniless hunter went out one morn
ing, but when night fell only a puny
bird had rewarded his long days
hunt. Weary and fearing ferocious
beasts, the hunter took refuge In a
bale tree for the night, and hung the
game" on twig.
1t so happened that silva, in the
course of his accustomed nocturnal
wand erings, seated himself under the
bale tree. The wind was blowing
fl eshly, and leaves and the water
they held from a shower fell on the
god. This libation and the bird, pre-
sumably an offering, made silva be.
lieve that some one in the tree was
worshiping him at that late hour
Pleased, the god invited the person
so devout to descend. The hunter
climbed down and told OF his sor.
row and needs. silva gave him many
blessings and he lived happily TO q
ripe old age. So. now, he who fasts
and. sleepless, worships silva at night
will be blessed and enjoy eternal bliss
-Simla Undia) Correspondence oi
the New York World.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-06-19
baseball.

Baseball gets 1000 times It's
"eQ uivalent." Why? Because 1t IL
an amusement for vast multitudes OF
readers. The advertising OF the game
amounts practically to nothing. that
is. from a business once view. mo
money in It," But no paper could af-
ford to cut out its baseball reports.
The Press baseball articles are the
best. and they cost us great deal OF
money.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-06-19
Just an Illustration.

The man who has a can OF lard TO
cell fails to understand Why he does
not get Q column or two a day OF
beautiful description for his ten-lise
AGATE sd., when Q racing association
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-06-19
Advertise.

Dear Tip-What is the short cut to
publicity? ] have been striving In
vain to get into the newspapers these
seven years. What can do?
Hackensack. PUBLICITY.
Strive your hardest NOT to get In.
Steal a million. Rob another fellow
Of his wife. Spring a sensational d.
vorce. Beat the bank at Monte Carlo.
But the best plan Of all Is to adver-
tise. ! am In favor OF the pay-as-yOu-
enter proposition. Commercial houses,
theatres, circuses, etc, pay their way;
why should not society and the pro-
fessions do likewise? The general
press Ia under no obligation to you.
Address the business Office at 90
much line, and you can obtain all
the publicity you require. Some
newspapers are not profitable because
they GIVE AWAY vast quantities OF
space in free advertising. or puffs. to
the undeserving. The time is close
at hand when everybody and every
institution will have to pony up"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-06-19
The ART OF GETTING
INTO the NEWSPAPERS
The Short Cut to Publicity Revealed
by One Who Knows Every Road
and By-Path.

The following clever and readable
article on the subject uppermost IN
every newspaper mans mind. "adyer
tising," is by Victor Smith, the "Or
the Tip OF the Tongue" man OF the
New York Press:
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-06-19

The sheath gown, the newest sensa
tional Partisan fad in women's modes,
is being worn publicly in Boston, and,
naturally, every woman in New Eng
land will want TO see IL. "A knight for
Day" the tremendous musical gaiety
success at the fremont introduces the
costume. One of the prettiest OF the
company's fifty attractive young wom-
EN- wears II. Boston sat back and took
notice when the effect was introduced
for the first time last Monday night.
The annual visit 10 Keith's of those
popular farceurs, John c. Rice and Sal
ly Cohen is always one of the events
Of the season, for they never fail TO
present q swiftly moving. sparklingly
witty skit. Their vehicle this year. "A
Bachelors Wife," is one OF the best
they have ever played, the characters
being particularly well suited to their
individualities.
A new Maud has come 10 Wonder
land. that immense recreation ground
at Revere beach and any person who
thinks himself competent TO ride her
can make lots OF money IL he sue
ceeds. Maud Is the star card Of Darl-
ing's famous dog, monkey and pony
circus and the management offers a
generous purse every day TO be cap
tured by any one who can stay on the
hack Of the cantankerous beast fog
a full minute.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-06-19

The receipt Of $40 as conscience
money at the mayors Office recently led
Secretary James G. White 10 inquire
low much money has been turned into
The conscience fund during the past 20
years. To his amazement he discov-
cred that exactly s333420 had been
credited. Some OF this was sent by
women.
The latest contribution was taken
10 City hall and presented TO the may
or personally by one OF his closest
friends. a clergyman. The latter had
received the money by mail from some
unknown person, and with the four $40
bills was a short note requesting the
clergyman TO forward the enclosed
amount TO the city as conscience
money"
Who the sender was, the clergyman
had not the slightest knowledge. The
address on the envelope and the en-
closed note were both typewriter.
The contribution for the conscience
fund was the first which the mayor
had received during his first FIVE
months at City hall, and the receipt
Of the money led him 10 inquire what
disposition is made OF such money
The city collector, Charles r. Brown,
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-06-19
- NNEZzE..
AROUNDS HUB
.s1:'sZxT%s'>s
Especial Correspondence.)

That Boston has become popular
resort during the summer months is
not only shown by the many national
colxentions that are held here but also
by the fact that the large hotels are
doing a rushing business. Although
the majority OF the regular boarders OF
the fashionable Back Bay hotels go
elsewhere during the warm weather
the number Of transients is more than
enough 10 make up for the loss. In
some of the hotels apartments are en-
gagged more than a month in advance.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-10

WANTED AT ONCE--A young girl with good voice to sing illustrated songs to her own accompaniment, for a frst-ciass The atorium. Must be of good character, ap- pearanoe and business ability. Write or wire Prof. Rapport, manager Dothan The atortum. Dothan, Ala. --4-ku- fri-su
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-10
BEING A MONOPOLY
 EACH IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Judge Gave No Opinion on Local
 Option Act.
The opinion was Rendered in the creashaw County Case---Nay Cease All Dispessarles in the state,
 if Decision is Aharmed.

r Rendering judgment in the Luverne dispensary cases, Judge J. c. Richard son in Greenyille yesterday held that the general dispensary law of the State is unconstitutional and that there was not now. and never had been a legally established dispensary in Ala bama.
 In the Luverne cases, Judge Richard son denied the prayer of the petition for mandamus. passing his decision on the holding that the law with which the dispensary was created made or tended to make monopoly and was therefore opposite to the spirit and the letter of the Constitution.
 Judge Richardson did not go into the merits of the law enacted by the Legislature in 1907 to provide for the election in Crenshaw county.
 Whether an appeal to the supreme court will be taken had not been de- tsrmined yesterday by John V. Smith and Chiffon & Mckenzie, attorneys for the commissioners of the haverne dis pensary.
 The decisions in the Lowndes county cases which are similar If not iden- tical with the Morgan county cases, was held up until the. supreme court could pass upon the appeal from Nor gan county.
 The opinion rendered yesterday by Judge Richardson is far-reachfng in It's effects if it is upheld by the Supreme Court. The ruling by him Is
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-10
MONTGOMERY MEN SEND
 GREETINGS TO COL. WCLURE
Veteran Editor Was An Early Friend
 of Alabama. cfrnad ssrhraa TJundrad Memhara of

Veteran Editor Was An Early Friend
 of Alabama.
 Signed "Three Hundred Members of the Commercial Clu.D Col. A. K. Me Cure the veteran editor of Philadel- phia, was yesterday sent a telegram congratulating him on his celebration of his s0th birthday. A public ban- quet will be given in his honor at which willbe gathered notables in the public life of his own city and from other parts of the country.
 The telegram which was yesterday sent to Col. Mcclure was as follows:
 Montgomery. Ala. Jan. g, 1908. "Col. A. K, Mcclure, Philadelphia, Pa.
 Greetings from the Capital City of Aiabanaa, to one whose prophetic eye has long foreseen the coming of glory to the South. Gratefully we join in congratulations on four score years crowned with the genuine esteem of your fellowmen.
 Three Hundred Members of the Com
 mercial Club"
 Colonel Mcclure made himself dear to the hearts of Alabamians by being the first to draw national attention to the iron resources of the State, which attention largely gave the opportunity for its great development at the pres- ent time and made possible the future prosperity. His relations with the South were always friendly and lib- eral, and the message of congratula- tions of yesterday evidenced that he has not been forgotten in the hurry of carrying to fulflllment his prophecies.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-10
ALL DISPENSARIES IN STATE
 WERE ILLEGALLY ESTABLISHED

that the entire dispensary system or Alabama is illegal and that the statutes which created 1t are null and void. The case yesterday was decided altogether upon the general law, ana should the highest tribunaltof Alabama affirm Judge Richardson's Judgment every dispensary in Alabama would De declared illegal.
 The case tried yesterday was on petition for mandamus brought by MT. Smith, Judge Chiffon and Mir. Macken- zie. counsel for the commissioners or the Luverne dispensary.
 The counsel asked that the Probate Judge of Crenshaw County be cited 10 appear and show cause why he should not issue a hcense for the sale 'of liquors by the dispensary at Luverne. and in answer the opponents of the dispensary asked that the counsel show by what right they represented the commissioners of the dispensary. They had been first chosen by two Of the three commissioners in charge of the dispe ensary. but one of them had resigned and the successor with the third member was opposed to the re- opening of the dispensary.
 On trial before Judge Richardson. however. all protestation against the right of counsel was waived and 1t was agreed that the attorneys were proper Iy representative of the commissioners.
 The case thus came on to be tried on its merits
 The counsel flor the commissioners. in their petition for mandamus. att tackled the validity of the purely local law by which an election on the liquor question had been held in Crensbaw County. holding 1t was unconstitutional and that the dispensary should be propefly operated under the general dispensary law.
 Judge Richardson, however. passed over the contentious in regard to the provisions of the local law for Cren- shaw County and denied the petition on the grounds of the unconstitutional- ity of the general act, by which the various liquor booths of the counties were operated. Judge Richardson held that there was no legally established dispensary in Alabama and could not be one. He held that the law created monopoly.
 The cases affecting the saloons and the dispensary in Lowndes County were passed in view of an early ruling on the Morgan County cases, by the Su- prerne Court. The litigation in Lowndes County Is based on the constitutional- ity or unconstitutional.ty of the local option law.
 It Is expected that the cases will be appealed to the Supreme Court from the Crenshaw County Circuit Court.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-10
COURT ADJoURNs.
Busy Session of Legal Mill at Centreville--
 DlspensaRy ie Embarrassed.


 Dlsuensaxy is Embarrassed.
 Centrsville. Jan. 9.--(Speciat )--county Court, which was in session Monday and Tuesday, finished the work late Tuesday afternoon. The term was a busy one and the docket was cleared of many cases. There were twenty-three convictions and pleas of guilty. one acQuittal and a num- bar of cases dismissed or nol pressed. On account of sickness of attorneys several casss were continued until the next term of the court.
 One defendant was sent to hard labor for the county but the other defendants either paid their fines, or secured same. Capt. R. H. Pratt County superintendent of Education of Bibb County. who was dam gerously III during the first part of this week. having stroke of paralysis, is re- ported better.
 K. D. Reynolds and wife of west Bloc ton are visiting the family of Senator H. E. Reynolds of this place.
 E. D. Reynolds is one of the most prom inent business men of this section and is now engaged, fin addition to his mercantile interest. in the development of some valua- ble coal property in the Blocton district. An order has been given for the erection of . steel bridge over Lightsey's Mill pond a few miles south of centreville.
 Judge W. L. Pratt reports that a great number of mortgages have been filed for record since the first of January of this year.
 The authorities controlling the two dis pensaries at Biocton complain that the anti shipping bill passed by the last Legislature and which went into effect January first greatly embarrasses the business of the dis pensary as under the provisions of this law no person can have in his possession at one time more than Q gallon of whiskey.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-10
REMARKABLE RECORD
 MADE IN NORTHWEST
Young Man with New Theory is AstonisEl-
 ingIy Successful in Minneapolis.

Pitsburg during the thirty days MT. Cooper spent in that city
 During the past twenty-two days MT. Cooper has been in Minneapolis, the sale of his preparation has averag- ed about two thousand bottles a day. When the amount of medicine dispos- ed of throughou the state is add ed to this, the amount will he doubled. I'll erefore. the young man has sold in tv enty-two days eighty-eight thous- ard bottles of his medicine in the state of Minnesota alone. wntch is truly remarkable record
 During the past week so many hundreds of Minneapolis people have been calling to thank Cooper for the good he has accomplished with his medicine, that 1t is safe to say that his visit will be long remembered by the sick of the city"
 We sell the famous Cooper prepara- tiOn, which has made q similar record to the above wherever introdueed..-- P. c. Fowler
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-10
NEW LEASE ON LIFE
HENRY TAXATION GIVEN ANOTHER
 RETRIEVE.
Governor Gives Him and His Relatives Chance to Get New Evidence
 as to His In-
 nOQRmeA.

Henry Thaxton. the Birmingham ne- gro murderer, who was snatched almost from the grave by a telegram repriev. Ing him from execution ten days ago was again given a lease on life yes- terday when Governor Conner issued an official stay of execution, giving Thax- ton and his relatives fifteen days ad- ditional in which to secure evidence that he was not the man who fired the shot which killed q white man.
 The Governor has received numerous requests to stay the execution until further evidence could be secured |. Among these have been letters from the Jefferson County officials, one of them in particular being from the cor oner, who has some doubt as to the negro's guilt.
 Thaxton's contention is that he was present when the killing was done but that one of his companions, and not he. fired the fatal shot. He does not know the name of either of his two companions, but is trying to locate them. His relatives say that if they are given sufficient time they will ind the guilty party.
 It has not been brought to the at. tention of the Governor that any new evidence has been discovered. but with view of seeing justice administered to all the Governor has decided to ex- tend the reprleve for the purpose of following the condemned mAn'g rela- lives to find the Teal murderer, if Thaxton be not the guilty party.
 Governor Conner will not give out anything regarding letter which 1t is alleged was intercepted at the Jef- ferson County jail. This letter was addressed to Thaxton's relatives. and in 1t contained instructions to kill a certain white man, whe was a main witness in the case, if the death sent ence is carried out. Thaxton denies that he wrote any such letter.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-10
For Sale
FOR RENT-RocDas.

FOR RENT--Two or three farnishea rs,....,. Tor gentlemen or couple. Phone I4ss. --ia-sf
 
 FOR AENT-Three nice rooms with hall furnished or unfurnished orf car iisa. '.'s VIII rent entire house Of s rooms chean. Address A. D., care Advertiser. -~fa-sod-ff