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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-30

for the peculiar character of the peo- pie of Caracas. They have always looked upon government as neces- sary evil. they have always regarded Presidents as licensed thieves. they have no idea that 1t is possible for them to control the government Therefore they submit.
 The eeople of this city are pure Latins. full-blooded negroes and ao- original Indians. together With the inter mixture of these three races. The mixed population Is the majority. and the pure white race is not more than one-tenth of the whole. The ne- gro characteristics are dominant among the mixed people. This fact may explain their submissive attitude.
 Then. too. the people are afraid. On every corner is policeman There was never a town with so many po- licemen always patroliing the streets And every one of them Is armed With a Mauser rife and has belt nlled with cartridges. The policeman has the power of life or death in his hands, and If his victim should De an enemy of the government 1t would be official virtue for him to shoot to Kill. These Mausers are not used because the cowed populace afford the police no opportunity Caracas is the best t-behaved city anywhere
 Besides the ri6e-armed policemen there are the soldiers. Four greai garrisons have been erected in the heart of the city. Tn these are quar- tered the 5000 soldiers whom Castro thinks must be kept near the capitol It is impossible to walk two squares anywhere in tho city without encoun- terinC body of armed. soldiers.
 Then. there is the Knowledge thai Castro has the power and the will to send to prison any man who is even suspected of harboring thoughts ln' imical to his regime. Hundreds nave been taken to the loathsome San Car los to be weighted down with irons and cast into cells infected with hor' rible diseases. Is 1t any wonder thal the timid common people are afralh, Therefore there will be no change until there is leader. The leader probably will be a political revolution ist instead of a reformer. And wheT the hungry people have risen up. have shed their blood for him. and have sacrificed their lives for him.. then ht will rule in Castros stead and ht
 will be the dictator and the tyrant For n time there may be peace. bu
 soon he will use his power to enricf himself and again the people Of Car acas will be hungry It IS almost hopeless prospect.
 The national band plays in the Plaza Bolivar on Thursday and Sunday nights just as 1t has done for year. and years In the old days ther'
 was always a great crowd. now th' l plaza is not half filled. But even II the band concert there is evidence l that the people are down-hearted. | the United States were on the Verg'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-30

AM tion. His greed is unsuitable ano ny plunders and expresses and srinds un. til the sceptre os power is wlSsssus from his hands. r,le Caesars, the S.u- arts the Bourbon kings of France. none of them knew when the polhs was reached beyond which even sas .ns greedy grasp of kings mienl nos @ reach. The captains of finance In the United states have blundered on in tne same purbitnd fashion and now a.on,s G have cried .Stopm And here is poor little Venezuela. suffering under ] tyrant who combines the worst gov ernmental tyranny of history With tne wicl, edest financial methods ever con ceived by a Wall Street crook As yet. the people of Caracas are afraid. But they are hungry. and hungry. men eventually forget what fear. is
 Copyright, 1908. by Frederic J. Has
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 To-SHorrow--Trouble of Venezuele. XII. The spotlcss Town Of WiIiem'
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-30

 of war with ia foreign nation. and # public park In Washington. don't you think it probable that the band would play the Star Spangled Banner; or Yankee Doodle or Dixie! And wouldn't the people cheer? or course they would. But in Caracas, where war is imminent, the band didn't play the national air. There was never cheer from the crowd. There wasp "a spark of enthusiasm except when few musicians applauded the perfect rendition of a dirge.
 These people are naturally very pa trlotic. They love my country" Only two years ago, when Castro came after his temporary retirement rom the presidency, he was welcomed oy great throng of cheering people. the whole city was swathed in bunting and there was plenty Of enthusiasm. A few weeks ago. when he returned to the city from a forty -day-tour or the provinces, there was no such wei come The troops were lined up at the station, the public buildings were decorated. and the national band play ed the national air. But the people stayed indoors. Not more than three hundred persons were at the station to welcome the "hero," notwithstand- ing the strenuous efforts of Editor Gumerslndo Rivas of "El constitucion- al" to get out a big crowd.
 Of course. there Is still some life in the city. Shrieking small boys be- siege the pedestrian with lottery tick . | cts. The lottery Is a government at- | fair, and the tickets are sold In shops | and everywhere. but mostly by Httle | boys on the streets Guzman blanco
 abolished lotteries. but Castro revived | this one, from which he makes great | proft.
 The market place Is crowded with | barefoot peddlers of flowers and piroS | donkey trains from the interior are | arriving and departing, and pawn | shops and secondhand stores are busy | After the monday slesta. which GOV
 CTS the whole city with blanket o'
 silence. the people awake to a sem
 blance of gayety. The young women | 20 to church, and later return to dor
 their best gowns and sit in their bar | red windows. It is very impolite mol | to stare at them, and the young gen l tlemen of Caracas are nothing If moi
 polite.
 There are afternoon teas and dinner
 parties and such things, of course but everyone will tell you that there | isn't half so much entertaining al | there was a year ago. not one -tenth al
 much as in the old Guzman Blanct 1 days. The pinch of poverty is felt 1T
 many a handsome home, and there arc
 proud families of aristocratlc lineage | who are living on one meal day.
 In the midst of 1t all sits the tyran
 Castro. Grinding from every industr! | and business every cent 1t can pa!
 that he may pile up more gold Il
 London and Paris. It is the world-old
 story-a tyrant cannot learn mo1era
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-30
ARGUMENTS ARE BEGUN IN
 TRACTION COMPANY SUIT

All evidence in the case of the N6ontgomery Traction, Company against the Montgomery Light and water Power Company being in at o'clock Thursday. the arguments of counsel counsel for the two parties were begun atter an intermission of two~hours.
 Col. W. A. Gunter. for the plaintiff opened the arguments, dealing mainly with the technicalities of the contract between the two parties, and present. ing the claims of the Traction com rnnsur ntion of power through g storare battery which the Light Com nanv is alleged to have installed iT inc barn of the Traction Company.
 Arguments for both sides will 6V continued to-day. the case probablI going to the jury early in the after pnOO V
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-30
Troubles Of Venezuela
XI-- The People of caracas
By Frederic J. Haskin.
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those who caa do 70 are leaving--go- ing to Cuba and Porto Rico and the Argentine There Is no opera--the peo- pie can't afford 1t. The driveways no longer know the carriages of fashion the grsndees haven't the money to sup the clubs are dusty and unused for the ..rst time lns two centuries--the bloodss haven'r even a piece of silver to stake on the turn of a card. The cafes are deserted and many of them are closed. .a"Little Paris Is one with Ninevah and Tyres
 There are more beggars on the streets than in Constautinvple. but it is to be doubted If the .beggars are in nearly 60 pitiable condition. as many of the other people, The government avn shop doors yawn wide to receive the stendy stream of centuries-o old nahoY- any and rosewood furniture which pours fin ,slily. The, jewel shops are buying heirioems that date from the days of Charles V., buying them for small silver shat will be spent for bread
 The people of Caracas are hungry The great business men of wealth, crushed by the iniquities Gf Castro grinding taxation, have boarded their money and are waiting. The small bus mess man has. suffered in his turn. and 1 the petty eInpA0gIHohAS opCh " NH | masses of the people have been closet. Castro's foreign. policy has been so | rnlnous that of the nineteen steamship | lines which formerly touched at La Guayra there are only three now running. and but one of them is res | uiar The plague stagnated every | thing for months. but Castro only raised taxss and would not help fight 1 the pest.
 Donna zoila Castro. wife of the Dlc- l tator. is the most insistent Of all the I grafters of the regime. She demands
 the payment of a tax levied upon the 1 daily receipts of the stalls Of the ! public market. This must be paid m I cash every day The result is that the
 price of food Is rising hieler and nign- l CT as the people become more and more f hungry and less and less able to buy l Suppose the wife of an American FreE,
 ident should demand ten per cent
 rake offi' on the gross receipts of the
 market houses of. Washington? how
 long would revolution be delayed?
 Revolution or assassination migh, have come long ago, if 1t were moi
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-30

wards graduated at the State Univer- sity and during his senior year he was business manager of the Crimson White.
 MT Dickey is a recent acquisition from Kentucky. and has been connect ed with R. E. L. Cope.
 A recent wedding of interest @ a,,aa at Three Notch. was that of Mics Alice Move to Neal A. Miller
 owing to recent bereavement in the family it was a very quiet marriage relatives and intimate friends being
 Mrs John M. Craven. of Concord, N C.. is the guest of her parents, pr. and Mrs. C. H Franklin, she came to at tend the Franklin Edwards marriage.
 Hugh Moore of Raton, New Mexico Is here on a visit.
 w IL Hightower who has been critically III Is convalescing and ms sons. c. Hightower and pr. Albert Hightower have returned to their homes iu Texas.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-30
Charity Efforts of Mayor Teague
 Meet With Some Endorsement

Attendance at the meeting called by Mayor Teague Thursday morning in his ofice for the purpose of organizing a charity association, was rather small but those who came were of the kind wanted and the interest shown prom ises good results
 Mayor Teague placed the matter be- fore the assemblage. briefly outlining the purpose and intended scope Of the institution. The following was ap- pointed to perfect plans to be submit ted at meeting that will be held next Thursday: pr. Ehrenreich. chairman and Messrs. J. G. Crommelin, pr. B J. Baldwin. W. B. Jones. Dr. c. A Stakely and Mayor W. M Teague. as an ex-officio member.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-30
New Plant and Facilities Needed for the Vacuum Cotton Picking
 Machine Co.
NO. g..
-arue Business Guaranteed at
 Once for the New Factory.

modern office building, hotel mercantile estabshment ton in their architectural plans is indeed rarity
 This plant will comprise the following
 Foundry department, Pattern shop
 Machine shop Woodworking shop
 Blacksmith shop, Erecting shop.
 Office building storage buildings and yards, and in fact complete establishment for the production of the Vacuum Cotton Picking Machines and the various ma" chimes now being manufactured by the General Com pressed Air and Vacuum Machinery Company, including the standard gasoline engines standard air compressors used in electrical machinery and all the other various component parts going to make up the completed ma chimes in their entirety
 Adding to my Vacuum Cotton Picking Machine Com pany this big complete and wellorganzed business of manufacturing vacuum and compressed-alr machinery will give to every investor the impetus of paying ous- Every dollar receive for stock will be employed in building the plant and in the business of the Vacuum
 The Vacuum Cotton Picking Machine Company is cap taIized at $3O000O0 $200O 900 is common stock 900 preferred stock in shares of $100 each Of this mil lion dollars of preferred stock am offering suncent par to erect plant which estimate to cost Tn preferred stock am giving one share of stock in order that the shareholders may all participate n the management of the company 9s well as m the preferred stock carries guaranteed seven per cent cumu lative dividend.
 want the people and public generally with in this company because it revolution In the cotton busl and satisfactory prohts as can show to anyone who will make examination of the figures of cotton prouc ton and who understands the future of the cotton indus try Read what Professor Burke has said quoted m my announcement yesterday .......
 The statement made by me Tn June IS more than true today when l said:
 1T have solved tAe cotton picking problem will save millions of dollars to the cotton growers of the world will make money for every investor in the Vacuum Cot ton Picking Machine Company It is plain case of aim pie arithmetic.
 If you wish to join with and become participant in the profits of this company well to be factor In the introduction of this machine should be glad to hear from you
 regret that cannot positively guarantee that evsa you will be allotted much of this stock you may will do fhn hnct CfON He of and you should at write me- inclosng one half e the amount, thus making your reservation and if the amount have determined to sell IS not all taken win inform you the total amount allotted to yea Balance of the purchase price payable on the delivery of the stock through the nearest bank Read this pap tomorrow.
 JOHN s. THURMAN, President
 Vacuum Cotton Picking Machine Go.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-30

Among the others present were Messrs. Nathan Lobman, c. F. Moritz, M. Mohr, Gladden. Harrison, Berto Johnson and Captain odom of the Sal vation Army.
 The plan of action as tentatively outlined is to amass a sum of money to be lent in aid to persons needing help. and also to furnish ready relief to cases of distress. It was suggested that persons philanthropically disposed be asked to lend amounts to the as- sociation, these amounts not bearing interest. but to keep as a reserve sup ply to furnish small capital for worthy persons wishing to start in small un- dertakings the money being loaned to start them going.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-30

If you read my announcements of yesterday and the day before you w M resd cad aIs abe wifi pay you to pernse them ' -...; It has been impossible to tell exactly where the interest in the Vacuum Cotton Picking Machine IS gong 70 en9' That the North deeply interested the South IS evl denced by the tremendous mail which has poured III on since announcing that you'd sell enouEn GI Ine ore pany which own, to permit me to erect plant which will in a take care of the enormous de- mand for these machines.
 have now entered into an arrangement with the Gen. eral Compressed Air and Vacuum Machinery Company (which also ownl by which all of the machinery of my Vacuum Cotton Picking Machine Company in the new plant at profit to the latter thus insuring the Cotton Picking Machine Company profitable ouslnesS from the start If, therefore establish enormous plant for the manufacture of acnnes % plant Rs of V General Compressed Ar and Vacuum Ma chinery Company, adding enormously to the value or such plant in any town Mnere ea may e VacuD G Co., ton Picking Machine Company.
 I expect the company to employ about five hundred skilled workmen and mechanics at the Degnnng 01 our operations in the plant and the number will be m- creased as necessity requres will the shop facilities, as mentioned below confidently expect the company to employ to two thousand persons within one to two years after the opening ot thls plant
 The manufacture of the numerous compressed-ar and machines and appliances (deslgned and patented by mel, which now everyday standards has fully demonstrated the necessity of originally building along such plans and with Sucency of ground so as to ad- nit of ready extenFjon and increase of facilities.
 The factory where these machines are built in St. Louis is now for the seccnd time its estabishment facing an imperative necessity for enlargement and this will require new location in order to secure the sary ground for the purpose twelve acre plot in St. Louis had been selected for this purpose but has been decided to consolidate the manufacture of these machines with that of the Vacuum Cotton Picking Machines in the new factory which will be erected at once n sc1e city n the South
 These Vacuum and Compressed Air Houseceaning machines well known standard all oyer the States In addition to the portable machines which may be almost every city going from house to house Ao do their work there the stationary plants which are part of the permanent equipment of building Nearly every prominent hotel office or public building and many private residences erected the last five years are equipped with this modern sanitary necessity which standard with the United States Government and spe fed for all of their and remodeled budinRa And
 OFFICE AND FACTORY,
 AA36.3S Olive Street,
 St. Louis, Me-
 PsStal and Western Valaa wEsA Direct Iaia oalas
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-30
At the Seals Piano Co.'S Store, Friday. Satur~ day and Monday you will have the opportunity to purchase best makes of Pianos at the same great
 discount that has made
 this sale famous
VERY BEST BARGAINS ARE LEFT
You still have the Opportunity to Save SI5o to S25o in your Piano Purchase. and on terms of pay. n1ent to suit--here is your last chance
 --don't miss it--open evenings
 HI Dexter Avenue

On account of the large number of requests for extension of time limit of this sale. many people being unable to get here before the close. and desiring to take advantage of the wonderful money saving opportunities in best makes of pianos. wo havc concluded to extend the salc just three days-Fri- day. Saturday and Monday.
 The number of pianos to be sold at these cut prices is limited. and you have just three days in which to make
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-30
KILLS NEGRO TEACHER. Game Warden of TuscRlOOsa shoOtl
 Nathan JnckaOn.

Nnthnn JnckROn.
 Birmingham. Oct. 29.-A special from Tuscaloosa says:
 Burton Hyche. deputy sherin and game warden of Tuscaloosa County. shot and killed a negro teacher nam ed Nathan Jackson near the county bridge.
 Hyche arrested some negroes last week for fighting and he received word that he would be fixed the next time he was seen. Jackson met Hyehe in the public road and started towards him when the deputy sherih shot him twice, the first shot proving fatal.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-30

Mrs. Virginia Foster has returned from a visit to Mrs. John Leary in New York.
 The Baptist Young Peoples Union nave issued invitations for Halloween party Friday evening, with Miss Min- nie Lee Rainer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-30
NEWS OF RECORD

Notice of incorporation was flied Thursday with the Secretary of State of the Wesco Supply Company. of Jet l. ferson county. The capital stock IS l';,,an at S5.O0O with the following in- Seornnrators: Rogers w. Scudder, Cb Aries scudder and W. W. Moore The new company proposes to do a general electric business.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-30

your selection. Now, don't blame us if you wait until tho last day and then find every instrument has been sold.
 Some of the very best bargains in this grand stock are left. and during the next three days you will have the opportunity to secure one at the sale price, which is about half. the regular price, and on terms to suit. We say you will have three days. Our opinion is they will all be gone by Saturday night.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-30
r. D. Norman And J. s. Dtchey rake
 IIninn SnrInEn HernId.

Union Springs Herald.
 Union Springs. Oct, 29--(SpeciaD- Yesterday's issue of The Union Springs Herald announces change of owner shin from P. F. Miles to C. D. Norman and J. s. Dickey,
 Mir. Norman has been connected with the local newspaper for some time, having served an apprenticeship on The Breeze when a boy. He after
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-30
BEST OE PLANTS.
PAPER CHANGES HANDS,

The steam plant for renOVating clothes used by HoIts Dye Works.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-30

The following appointments were announced by the Governor Thursday:
 $ e. stone, of Marengo county. as A justice of the peace and notary pI R. B. smith. of Greenvilie. notary
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-30

The following transfers of property ware recorded in the office of Probate Jndge Gaston Thursday:
 Emma Durham Norwood and John ~ Ssvre street Consideration. S5.
 Amelia B. seelye to T. W. Smith lot x block c, West End. Consldera- ton S350.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-30

The following marriage licenses wera issued from the Probate once: To J. C. Meriweather and Kate OBrien. TO Robert Clinton Perry and Annie Hall Davis.
 To Frank Desmond and Kate Ison.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-05-05

Norris with an extended list of the daily
capacity of paper manufacturing and
pulp making plants in the United States
and Canada, his quoted figures being in
some instances contradictory OF data
compiled by the census bureau. lie cited
statistical information collected ny paper
manufacturers to show that on the basis
of four cords to the acre 1885 square miles
of timhered land are annually stripped in
the United States to supply the demand
for paper making pulp, equal to 4.S per
cent. of the area annually stripped for
all purposes, 42,774 square miles.
/ Mr.. Mann remarked that the basis of
four cords to the acre was evidently an
unfair one for computation, and Mr.. Nor
ris said he would not stand sponsor for
it's accuracy. The committee adjourned
until tomorrow morning.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-05-05

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dressmakers have to pass at certain
seasons OF the year seems almost be-
yond endurance, and frequently
brings on nervous prostration, faint
ine spells, dizziness, sleeplessness
and q general breaking down OF the
feminine system, until life seems
altogether miserable. .t.
For all oyerworked women there
Is one tried and true remedy.
LYDIA PINkHAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND
restores the feminine system to
strong, healthy, normal condition.
Mrs. Ella Griffin, Of Park St, Can
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INV side, and headaches. l was most
miserable and discouraged, for doctors
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ever before"
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why don't you try 1T
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