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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-03
RacInI Intermarriages.

Chattanooga Times.
 citizen MF rhp%as 6f snT,6s,d dLptGn' leading teresting intehview to The New York Telegram on the occasion of a recent visit to that city. having special refer ence to the recent race riots in his the first negro iynohed at Springfield had white wife, Mir. Upton comes squaFeiy to the southern view of race Integrity. He admitted that he had not always viewed intermarriages been led to believe that the salvation of the negro depended upon his educa- tion and his social equality with the says. and am convinced that the one thing we must stop and very soon Is racial intermarria ges."
 With the fervor of the convent Mir. Lipton says: The white man is mould ing the destiny of this country He is making the laws which will govern the whites and blacks of future ages The negro is under his protection and tt is our duty to ourselves and the negroes as well to put a stop. to the intermarriage of the races" Here we have the thin edge of the wedge that Is going to prize the north and western mind away from the social equality. The intermarriage of the races must become an impossibilty in this country before there can be any peace between them. It has never been contended that the sentiment of either the north or the west favors intermsrriage and yet the laws of few states of either section forbid it.
 As the ngro population of those sections increase, however the view expressed by this Illinois republican must inevitably become dominant. It is not a political question any more, 1t Is one affecting the peace and hap pineEs of both races. and the quicker the ban is put on the mixing of the hloods the speedier will we get at the ultimate solution of the problem: What are we to do to render the ex- istence of twa unmergible races liv- ing together in the same communities possible without friction? Spring field proves conclusiyely that the right of intermarriage cannot exist-that the attempt to maintain it must result in the annihilation of the blacks. It ls therefore, not only cruel to our own color but a crime against the blacks to tolerate upon the statute books a relationship that cannot me maintain ed
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-03
.Nrr. w. r. Rrran.-

Such is fame, Tit-Bits of London speaks of MT w T. Bryan. the Demo- cratic nominee for president" and then tells a story about time when the Nebraskan was cheered for twenty minutes. Tlt-Bits evidently roes not remember the Hon. Webster Davis's speech at the convention of 1900 when he spoke of The peerless One" as william Jyan Brennings." If it had recalled that historic occasion it would at least have come somewhere near the candidates middle name. And ap- parently, too, the London weekly has not yet received news of the recent Denver shouting match. For what does twenty minutes of cheering amount to alongside of the record breaking hour and a half?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-03

Already there comes from the great wheat fields of the Middle West q Macedonian cry for help to harvest the immense crops now waiting for the reaper. At first thought one might be inclined to take 1t for granted that the wonderful improvements in har- vesting machinery in late years would make 1t easily practicable to save all the crops. but that Is not the case, Wheat is a crop that cannot brook de- lay. When 1t Is ready and ripe 1t must be harvested, for this is case where delays are truly dangerous. Upon the prompt saving of the crop may large- Iy depend the price of bread another year. It is truly to he hoped that the immense yield may be housed in time
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-03
Queer Names.

The writer of an article on queer family names which was recently pub lished in the New York Tribune, in speaking of Judge Peter s. Grosscup. said that his name, although ommited from the article belonged in the "originally German" class. The name, he says. was undoubtedly Grossk opf (great head). just as his mothers family name must originally have been Bowermeister alth hough she was known as Susannah Bowermaster. Among the Auglicised names in this class are Rimenspyder; Pindskopf (bullhead. was changed to Rinskorf; Wannenmacher ttubmaker), Wanna maker; Krankheit (sickness), Cronkhite Loewentritt (tread on lion), Leven- tritt, and Knoblauch (garlic). Knob lnnL
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-03
scholar a Great Drinker.

The great Porson, librarian and Greek scholar. would sit un drinking all night without seeming to feel any Rogers that he once asked Porson to dine with him in Richmond buildings, and, as he knew that Person had not been in bed for the three proceeding nights, he expected. to get rid of him at a tolerably early hour, Porson, however, kept Tooke up the whole night and in the morning the latter, in am engaged to meet a friend at break fast at a coffee house in Leicester square" "oh," replied Person, q will go with you" and he accordingly did coffee house Tooke contrived to slip out and, running home, ordered hfs servant not to let MT. Porson in. even if he should batter down the door. "A man." observed Tooke, ''who could sit up four nights successiveiy might have sat up forty''
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-03
POLITICAL. POINTERS

Washington special
 Senator Robert L. Taylor has ar rived here from the West.
 The Senator appears in good health and fine spirits. He Is of the opinion that prospects In the West are loom ing brightly for Bryan, and that the Democratic national ticket is sure to sweep Kansas. Hebraska and Indiana. He remarked that one of the peculiar conditions of the contest for Congress was the revolt. largely Inspired by Mir. Bryan's demand for the rule of the people. against Speaker Cannon. Contributions to the Republican cam paign fund are so slow in coming m known men high up in the party coun- cils who are to be met in Washington that the fellows at the Eastern and Western headquarters are beginning toe those who are counted upon to fork over the cash. Nothing like It was even known before, In the two. Me Ransg RRn'eg hays s s troabs getting money. nor did Cortelyou in 1904, Just how many millions were at Hanna's disposal, he and those associ- ated with him only knew. They had used in every possible way to prevent Bryan from winning enough votes to carry the doubtful States Tn those two campaigns Hanna and GompaIny ing contributions. They came in voiun- tarily, so many of the now complain ing Republicans assert
 Charles A. Kidd, head of the Typo graphical Union of Washington. is out with a statement that the labor vote will be split. He seems anxious to have tilt with Gompers and declares that the latter cannot deliver that vote to the Democrats. Public Printer Leeeh is stirring up the boys in Uncle Sam's big print shop for Taft had him appointed to his position. He's bound to shout for the nominee. and so are those, as a rule, who work under him. on account of the pressure being exert ed. Genlpers, Mitchell. Morrison. Brlnkman and others expect to get in
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-03
This Date in History
September 8.

Is51.-cromwell defeated Charles II
 1724-sir Guy Carleton. who was commander..in- chief of the British Died in England Nov 10. isOs.
 17s3-Peaee made between Great Britain and the United States by the treaty of Versailles.
 I804.--American squadron under Commodore Preble made Its sixth at tack at Tripoi.
 is47.-Rear Admiral Charles s. sperry. commanding the Atlantic bat tleship fleet on its cruise around the world born In Brooklyn.
 lS55.-United States troops under General Harney defeated the Sioux In- dians in battle of Sand Hills.
 lS6s-The Georgia House declared negroes ineligible to seats.
 1s79.-Massaere of the British resi- dents at Cabul.
 IsS5.-Wiliiam M. Gwin. one of the first Senators from California died In New York City. Born in Summer county. Tennessee. Oct. g. 1895.
 lS94.-Labor Day observed for the first time as a legal holiday through out the United States. many injured in Canadian Pacific Railway accident, near Caledon. Ont.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-03
evnR-BeAsFIse.

Federal Judge William L, Putnam, of Portland. Me, seems to be some thing of Pharisee in his way. Speak ing recently at g ber meeting in In- diana he took occasion to laud New England, especially Massachusetts. at the expense of other sections of the Union, ''WhereYer,'' he declared, "there has been the barbarism of duel ing, you will find lynchiRg It's IegitI- mate successor. There is no place where the rights of the criminal are so respected as In Massachusetts, and there has never been a lynching il, Massachusetts, nor an attempt except in the days of the fugitive slave law to lynch some Federal officials"
 This smirking eomplaeeney Is rather too much for one Massachusetts con- temporary, The New Bedford Standard. It says that while there may never have been an actual and successful iynching in that State. which resulted in the death of victim. instances of the lynching spirit are not un- known by any means, as was mani Tested in Lynn the other day. There was notable example not many years ago in neighboring town. where an obnoxious person was subjected to a coat of tar and feathers. an operation held up to praise by some people az evidence that evil would not be toler- ated, but which in fact was a gross and deliberate violation of the law. not so serious. indeed. as an out-and- out lynching. but nevertheless belong ing to the same family. Massachusetts has been fortuhate in escaping mob vio- fence of the more sanguinary sort hitherto. and yet at this present time. more than one newspaper printed with in the commonwealth is limiting that we are liable to have some lynchings and in way which Is half-encour- agement to the lynching spirit. There was never a time when such talk was more mischievous. Would any man who has pride in the commonwealth like to see an occurrence which would utterly rub out Judge Putnam's com pilment?"
 While it may be true, as The Stand ard declares, that a person has never bsen actually put to death in the Bay State. the people thereof needn't put on too many airs about 1t. The Lynn affair, of which The Advertiser had something to say some days ago, showed that the lynchins spirit was dominant in the populace. and if the men had been of the hot nature of the Southern people the victim would have been put to death beyond e doubt. The desire was there but the determi- nation and courage were lacking. We are not excusIng or condoning lynch- Ing. by any means. but we are fully of the opinion that if the fiendish crime which sets Southern blood boil ing should occur in Massachusetts as frequently as 1t does in the South there would be occasional lynching bees up there as well as in this part of the world. They'd better not preen their feathers too soon over their assumed respect for law and order.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-03
DRIF TW OD

Kern has whiskers that grow on As if Georgia hadn't water enough already Providence saw fit 10 inundats Augusta.
 A Geldheld man. has. just left q for times a man does reel that way about lt.
 going os out 'na' of fsshioh, Sa up But s the hub hies needn't hoiiey till they get out, of the woods as there'il no doubt be some other continuance equally as ex- asperating.
 The meanest man ie nov in Balti. more. He has given his wife only one years. It takes more than a. postage stamp to get a woman to stick to you for two years as 9 rule
 New Jersey has produced a negro who claims to have held George Wash. ingtons horse. Now let Houston, Tex as. be heard from.
 Every time you drop dollar In the Bryan campaign fund the roses nod approval and the mocking birds burst into song from the fragrant magno- iia trees So mote t bel
 So the new hat is to be the pill box Ss.,ss variety; 1 surely that that. VII not be full merry-widow.
 The Black Hand declares It will kill years, but all you who read this needn't get alarmed.
 NOSsdy %y ss.oSsng sst RSst a Rd SS :Hra to the African jungies. These two. nae turalists may not be nature fakers, but in any event wen bet T. R. will Slaughter" for the magazines.
 There are two times when. our heart man man tries Sds T to figure S out a time tabit and the other Is when a bachelor tries to hush a baby's yells by giving is his watch to play win Raw. raw. raw. Raw, raw, raw. The oyster season. (we learned that a school of ciams.l
 John D. Rockefeller says that ne for this statement is very. very fun ny.
 At'' sbsas asFS SuSss f; tR han have snsns sSa else.
 Tete-a-Tete. ITO steal a kiss" told miss, "Is petit larceny" She raised her eyes In mild surprise And next she looked at me. And then you bet Our lips they met Just as grabbed her hand. '"Tis petit larceny you thinkT She says. T think it's grand
 PHIL H. ARMSTRONG.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-03
Incidents and Opinions Throwing Light on
 The National Contest

, their work out in the states where the worlkingmen have votes.
 "The Democratic outlook appears to me to have grewn steadily more favor able ever since MT, RrFan's nomina- ton said former Senator Pasco. of Florida, who is taking trip through the north.
 aTlorias will give g,., srgan saS,ars and the There was some opposition there to hts nomiHation--that is te say, some fayor- ed the nomiHation Of other men--hnt s o m IS w saa sa of the sas are thoroughly united."-uhicago pis- Chicago Special. is being issued this week from the headquarters of the National Commit tee. It contains tea pages and Is main, iy the work of R. l. Metcalf. editor IIot diana, chairman of the committee. hay ing in charge the preparation and pup lieation of the book. and Josephus Daniels, ehalrmaH of the Press com- mlsfe' mrst edition ss will ii be .ooo copies and from time to time supplementary edi- tiaHs will be sent out Already heavy uIis mittes by chairmes of the various state commlttees It will be the campaign orators bible in this campaign and the spell-binders from Maine to Caiifnrn,a will be supplied from the first ins,aii- ment.
 illinois Democrats. through the new state committee, took stock of the future yesterday. When they had com pleted their inventory 1t was an. nounceJ with much decision that Adlai E. Stevenson was to be elected .gover- nor and that there was better than an even chance that the states electoral vote would be cast for Bryan and Kern.
 The leaders were not very insistenI, however. upon the latter proposition,
 John H. Atwood, Democratic national committeeman from Kansas. returned to headquarters with the report that Kansas was surely for Bryan, guar anty of bank deposits and popular elec- tfen of United States Senators.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-03
sponge Fishing Invention.

IllustratiOns, together with a full description. are given In Parisian journal of novel type of submarine intended for the sponge fishing industry on the coast Of Tunis. The vessel Is built wholly of iron and is 16.4 feet in length by 5.24 feet in diameter. the general form being cylindrical, with hemispherical ends. It Is intended to carry two men. and Is fixed SO as to enable the vessel to move along the sea bottom. An electric lamp with refiectors fixed in front will serve to illuminate the bed of the sea. and a glazed spy hole in the bow of the vessel enables the crew to seek out and to gather the spongaS
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-03
Curious RootIet Cnrtnn-

Curious among vegetable growths is the rootlet cactus of the California desert. This plant. a round, compact growth, rolls about the level floor of the desert for some eight or nine months of the year, tossed hither and yon by the winds which blow with fiereeness over all California's sand plat during those months. At the com Ing of the rains. or rather. the cloud bursts. which sweep the desert in it's springtime, this cactus. takes root, wherever 1t happens to have been dropped by the last wind of which 1t was the plaything and immediately begins to put out all around it small shoots which. in turn. become cacti, exactly like the parent plant.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-03
Hungary Land of Tips.

If you go to Hungary prepare to tip. Tipping is a science there, and a visi- tor must remember" the tramway con ductor or he won't be permitted to de- scend or ascend the next time they meet It is said the orthodox tip at Prague consists of two beiler" or two-tenths of a penny. So, perhaps, it wouldn't ruin anybody to add that fraction to his fare. But what a nuss- ance. to be obliged to figure out tn is required tip every time one managed The scent fare in the rural districts Is bothersone in more ways than the q cent extra" for 1t fills the pocet- book with undesirable copper coin which q saueamlsh young person as- sures me she always drops into an antiseptic when she gets home.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-03
This Is My z3rd Birthday
stewart L. woodford.

General stewart L. Woodford sol- dler. lawyer and diplomat. who led the fight to have Governor Hughes Chicago convention last June. was born in New York z. ' September 2, 1885. and received his education at United states Attorney at New York, which position he resigned to go te the front with the i27th Regiment of throughout the war. rising to the po- sition of chief of staff of the Depart. ment of the South. He was elected Lieutenant Governor of New York in 1866. and four years later was an un- successful candidate for Governor on the Republican ticket. In 1872 he was sent to Congress and from 1877 States Attorney, In 1s97-9S he was the United States Minister to Spain.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-03
TO SUPPRESS EVIL.

This is from The Chattanooga Times on subject that is fast becoming a vital one fin some places:
 Alabama cities are taking notice of automobile speed mania" aid If pub- lie sentiment continues to grow against 1t there is likely to be some drastic legislation on the suntect The Montgomery Advertiser puts the mat ter fin this rather telling form: of a man should hold a license to hunt birds and should go about the roads shooting promiscuouslY, regardless of whether he killed birds aF human be- ings, we suppose his license would be taken from him, And so if an auto mobilist sorches along the public high ways endangering the lives of others. let his license be revoked. That kind of medicine might have a good effect" Some complaint of over-speedlng of mach ines have reached this office, but let up hope that local owners of ma chimes will be wise in their genera ton and by dutiful regard for the rights of the public avoid a crusade that might result in embarrassing reg ulations and creation of hard condi- tions. There may be bits of roads and drfveways where a little fair speed Ing may go, but they are not to be found in city streets or frequently travelled country thoroughfares. The motor car has come to stay and the latitude it snail enJoy VIII Oepeuu al together upon It's behavior.
 As we have before remarked, over speeding has not yet become a serious danger in the South, for various req sons, but it is getting to be a vital question in some portions of the North and East, and they are becoming alive to the importance of abating the evil, As one means of attaining this end we
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-03

H nete that two automebil. orsanlza- tiens sa Leag Island have taken up the matter and propose to do some- thing to remedy the reckless disregard of human life that has been so promi. nent there of late. The New York Globe says of their plans:
 It Is now proposed to collect records of the speeders on Long island by means Of 2 corps of friendly motor cyclists As these reports come in tn c owner of the ear will be notified and more carefully, If he himself is 'f to blame the notification will serve as a friendly warning. If, on the other hand. the over-speedihg occurred on one of these unauthorized and dan- might better be called death rides), the information will prove even more valuable in foFestaiiing subsequent catastrophes. If theisame car is again reported another warning will be sent to the owner, and upon third of- fense efforts will be made to have his license revoked.
 It must be admitted that this is go- ing at 1t In rather soft way, but 1t may lead to something better in the future. To merely send friendly warn ings to those who apparently have no regard whatever for human life and human safety is rather a gum shoe method of abating an evil. We should say. warning In the shape If n warrant and a erimlHai trial would he better in many cases. still It Is somo satisfaction to know that thtra is a sentiment locking to the suppression of growing mania.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-03
Mrs. Theoaora Lanler.

BirmIngham NeWs.
 Mrs, Mary Theodora Lanier, a resi- dent of Birmingham for twenty years, where she was spending the summer with her son. A D. R. Lanier Sterling & Lanier, of Birmingham, was at the bedside of his mother when she passed Sidney c. Lanier of Montgomery, who died many years ago. The family lived in Montgomery during the Civil war and afterwards moved to Birm- ingham.
 Mrs. Lanier Is survived by brother, Major s. A. Russell of New York City. Sidney Lanier, the noted Southern poet, was her nephew and was named for his uncle her husband.
 Mrs. Ianfer was sixty eight years of age and will be mourned by numerous friends. The funeral will take place from St. Pauls Catholic Church We'd nesday afternoon.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-03
Ne,v uI,,ninnI.

A new system of illumination is of fered by the discovery of Professor Blau of Germany which is a liquid Illuminating gas to be delivered at the houses of customers at regular periods in much the same manner as coal oil and other commidities are delivered at the present time. A twenty-two pound cylinder of gas Is sufficient to supply q ffty-candle power light for four months if used four hours a day. The means of connection between the burn CT and the reservior Is through a fine tube no thicker than an electric light wire and just as flexible.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-03
HE IS 4 BRUTE.

That Chicago judge who told a young woman who had been brought before him on a charge of disorderiy conduct to Ego jump Into the lake" and thus end her existence Is not only Pharisee of the straightest brand but is also human brute as well. When he and that unfortunate woman stand before the bar of Divine Justice her chances of pardon win be far better than his. As far as lay in hs power he shut the door of hope. of repentance and of mercy. and took on himself the prerogative and duty of the great Judge of mankind. His sentence was disgrace to the bench and to hu- manity, and q cruel and inhuman blow to one who was not beyond reform and reclamation if there had been some good person to act the part of a helper and counsellor in the time of her greatest need. To quote The Macon Telegraph:
 Was there no one In all ChieaRo not even Salvation Army lass, 10 tell this wretched woman that Judge Going was wrong, and 10 remind her of the words of hope addressed to an other scarlet woman by the Judge of all the world nineteen hundred wears ago? When the Scribes and Pharisees brought her before Him and asked if she should be stoned. according to the law. the answer was: "He that first cast a stone at her" And when the accusers, struck dumb, stole away one after the other. He said to the woman; Neither do I condemn thee: go and sin no more"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-03
Novelties In Campaigning.

Eugene V Debs, Socialist candidate for president. will inaugurate his cam paign by firing a locomotive for seven ty-fve miles, attired in overalls and 1umper.-Ne WIS item.
 Good thing! If will put cTimp in the other candidates, unless Taft seizes a full dinner pail and operates a canal digger. or Bryan puts on his farmers suit and makes his tour on n moving machine, or Chain dons single piece bathing garment and goes to be nfesaV0r on the seashore. This disposes of four of them. Oh yes. there is Preston. He Is wearing striped suit regular. His occupation cannot be said to be popular; but he cant get away from 1t.