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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-18
This Is My 54th Birthday
TOM !. JOHNSON.

Mayor Tom L. Johnson. of Cleveland. the famous single tax advocate. who was defeated for membership on the National Democratic Committee at the recent convention in Denver. Colo. was born in Georgetown, Ky. July IS. 1854. He went with his parents to Indiana in his early childhood and received his education in a county school. He returned to Kentucky when he was a young man and obtained a position as clerk in the street car service in Louisville. He lived ecos rlomically and invested his small say inxs wisely in street railway stock and gradually accumulated q large fortune. Later he m@ved to Cleveland, Ohio, where he has made his home ever since. He was a member of Con gress from his district from 1891 to 1895. and In 1901 he became Mayor of Cleveland. which position he still holds. He has won for himself rep utation as an honest and sincere re- former and has sought to fulhl hia promise at the beginning of his pub Iic career. that he would devote hIs fife "to battling foE the rights of the common people"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-18
SATURDAY. JULY as Isss.


 British alienists. so we are informed. have discovered that music is a cure for insanity. and why not7 The poet congreve nearly two centuries ago. wrote:
 Music hath charms to soothe the
 savage breast, To soften rocks. or bend a knotted
 oak:''
 or. to put 1t as a more modern versi- fer wrote 1t:
 Music hath power to charm a savage. Rend . rock or split cabbage
 If music can perform such wonders as these-and who should know if the poets do not? --it may well be true that it can minister to a mind dis eased." and relieve the poor sufferers whose mental facilities have become unhinged. We are aware that some alleged music is more likely to cause insanity than to cure 1t. but the soft strains of real music may be so applied as to actually cure some forms of in- sanity. Certainly the remedy is easy and worth trying.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-18

At it's regular meeting on Thursday night last the Columbus Board of Trade took up and freely discussed the question of an electric railroad from that city to Society Hill. in Macon County. Incidentally. 1t may be TO- mark sd that there is a strong feeling over there in favor of a continuous line to Tuskegee. hut the main point of discussion at the meeting was with reference to the twenty eight miles from Columbus to Society Hill. Some thing like a detailed report was made to the Board setting forth the prac- ticability of such a road. and of the country through which it will run, showing population. products and otheE data of interest. No definite action was taken. but we predict that the road will be built before long, as 1t will plainly be a good investment. Now we want to see opeiika get busy and beat Columbus into the coveted terri tory.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-18
VALPARAIso's GREAT HARBOR
 WORK.
To Continue the improvements De-
 stroyed by the Earthquake


 To Continue the Improvements De-
 atroyed by the Earthquake New York Marine Journal.
 Valparaiso. undaunted by the great earthquake, expects to have harbor works that will cost nearly $10.00O.0 .0Oe more than those the city was building when the calamity destroyed them. For three years before that event the city had been planning for sea walls and basins that would convert the large bay into a safe harbor. The first plans were rejected and a commission of seventeen engineers was appointed to devise others. The report was ac- cepted and the building of works to cost more than $l0.o0o,0o0 had been in progress nearly a year when the blow came. Not least of the ills that Valparaiso suffered was the complete destruction of this improvement, which was so sorely needed.
 The trouble with Valparaiso harbor Is that the splendid deep bay opens wide on the sea, so that all hurricanes and great storms enter it. Tn the last eighty years nearly 400 vessels have been destroyed in the harbor, and in 1903 the passenger steamer Arequipa foundered with 100 souls within full view of the city. This Is the leading Pacific port of South America and the world of commerce is therefore much interested in having the treach srous and unsafe harbor turned into a safe resort for shipping.
 It Is therefore gratifying to learn that a syndicate of French and British firms has now been commissioned to construct new harbor works that will turn ya1paraiso into a first class port. 1t Is expected that the works will be completed in 1913 at a cost of about SEQ, ,oo0.0e0
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-18
SAYS PROSPERITY IS COMING.
Traction sEagnate Predicts Complete
 Recovery of American Industries.

rNrnrsaon WawuaRe Predicts Complete
 Recovery of American Industries. Philadelphia Press
 Convinced that the rays of pros perity have already pierced the recent heavy clouds of business depression and that the presidential election in November next will complete the re- coyery of the country's industries. P A B Wildener traction magnate and director of several of the country's largest industrial corporations, re- turned home yesterday after hve months tour of Europe and trip up the Nile, taken for the benefit Of his health.
 members of his family heen exchanged when Mir Widener directed his in- uuires to a staff correspondent of the Press who had met him at the landing, asking about the latest news from the Democratic national convention in Denver. Then. commenting upon finan- eial and industrial conditions in this country and Europe, MT. Wildener said: nrevaIl in the United States until after the November election, we can safely feel that the worst Is over and think the railroads June report of earnings will be the worst. Europe is prepared to invest large sums in American securities. I firmly believe for there is a plethora of money in the banks over there.
 For instance. I dined with one of the largest bankers in London on Sunday evening June 2s, and he told me that he would lend me any sum from $i.0oo, 900 to s15.00O,o 900 for a year at the unsual low rate of per cent I was informed by this same banker that some banks are refusing to accept additional deposits of funds. so great is the amount of money on hand for which there is no immediate requirement.
 investors in France. England. and Germany stand ready to take Ameri- can securities as soon as they are as- sured of the outcome of the presidential election. raft Is highly esteemed abroad and the financial interests be- lieve that in the event of his election that business condidtions will rapidly resume normal conditions"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-18

Bridgeport, Conn. is somewhat stir red over the fact that women and girls are employed in some of the saloons Of that city to serve the booze. In England it is not uncommon to find bar-maids in the ale houses and other drinking places. but plainly New Eng land Is not the place where they should be found. While it may be true that e. saloon can be SO conducted that a woman or girl might be employed in one of them without harm to her, it Is just as true that it is not the proper place or occupation for them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-18
BsrtA Rate Tn France.

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 The Literary Digest summarizes re- of Great Britain In population with the slow Increase in France. In 16s6 the population of France was 3s, coo 900 and that of Great Britain 0,000, 900: in 1856 the population of France was 3S,- 100000 and that of Great Britain 36,- 100000; and in 1906, the population of France was 3s,000,00 and that of Great Britain 42.000, ,000. The contrast is startling; and yet the statistics fail to tuaI facts. There has been a constant emigration from Great Britain to Am erica, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. and an upbuilding of British communities across the seas. whereas there has been but little French emigration. Be the condition of France what 1t may. the people do The British figures do not cover Ire- land, Of course. where the process of depopulation has been more rapid per hapE than ever before seen in a civiliz- ed country; but even there the decrease has been largely due to the fact that the people have sought refuge else where. Under the most unfavorable conditions the birth rate has remained high but in France the births for seven years past have gradually and steadily decreased. from s57.274 in 1901 to ,969 in 1907. The ecoHomists who consider this symptom of decay inter pret 1t as the result of race peculiari- ty; but the French in Canada are con ceded to be unusually prolific. and the explanation must be sought in the con ditions of life in France, some lapse in morality some failure in religious sentiment. or some perversion of the natural affections.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-18

divest himself of his official robe and put himself on equal footing with the Democratic campaigners he would be bound to give and take on equal terms with all other speakers. Public men often suffer his ineults and offensive language to pass because they do not care to enter Into an acrimonious con- troversy with President, who would have the advantage in position. if not otherwise.
 Whenever Roosevelt, the President. lays aside the robes of office and for the time being becomes merely Roose- velt the man. then we may be sure that his opponents will take off the bridIe and express themselves of him and to him as they would in the case of any other citizen. His bullying style of argument which he now so frequently applies to those who differ with him or presume to criticise him would not go on the stump. for he would find himself promptly called down by those who would neither fear him nor spare him. and it Is quite likely that he would hear some things that would be good for him. however much they might ruffle his self -conceit For the credit of the country we hope he will not decide to so on the stump. but 1t might be good for him in the long run to meet some of the Democratic speakers and learn just what they think of him and his policies. 1T he tries the Job it will be Roosevelt on the stump at the start and Roosevelt on the jump at the end.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-18
How Long, 0. LOrdl z ATsw,a AAv

Richmond Nevs-Leader.
 It Is a little sickening to old-ttme Democrats to read from Denver the complacent assurance that the injunc- tion plank for the national Democratic platform has been submitted to the Federation of Labor and O. K'd by the representative of that organization. How far are we going in that kind of thing? Twelve years ago and eight years ago, as we recollect, our plat form was submitted to the Populists for their approval How many difTer. ent kinds of parties, societies and bodies are going to stand over Demo cratic conventions with whips and lead pencils, directing and checking up to their special interests or fads? Are the woman suffragists, the Socialists. the Prohibitionists and all the others editing their sections of the platform? ?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-18
That DeacIt.

New York Post.
 Few business men, comparing their balance-sheets of July 1. 1908, and July 1. 1907. can have faced a more dis- agreeable showing than the Treasuy at Washington. A year ago, there was a surplus on the years operation of ss4.000. 600. Today there is a dehcit of $60.000 000 Net showing to the bad, $144.O00 900. In private affairs. such a black result would raise an instant demand for the most severe economies. Only by drastic retrenchment have railroads and other corporations been able to stand up against the depres- sion But what Federal official has lifted up his voice for economy Not the President: not Mir. Taft. What plank in the Republican platform looks to keeping down the expenses of the Government? The expenses have, in fact. been recklessly increased in the face of shrinking revenues Next years deficit Is morally certain to be greater than this. But economizing is a lost art at Washington.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-18
Caesar and Hastings Sneak Thieves.

Thomas F. Watson's speech accept
 ing the Populist nomination for Presi- dent was calculated to make every man feel poor. Few people realize how much the predatory plutocrats have stolen from them. But with wealth of classical illustration. MT. Watson provinces subjected to Roman procon- suls were fortunate compared to our destitute condition. Xerres and Sylla. Julius Caesar and Warren Hastings were mere sneak thieves and pick pockets compared with such highway robbers as the railroad companies and the bankers and the stock exchanges of +ha present day. We are lucky to have a carfare to get home with.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-18
ih.s Date n f1.story
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l62e--Kirke u~Aeaessu lioquemont in the Gulf of Sr. Lawrence
 l6s5--Combtned arInies under John walls of Vienna.
 lsV5-Duke CT Marlborough defeated the French near Tirelemont.
 l1lo-John Cruger. nrst rresident of the New York Chamber of Commerce. porn. Died, December 27. 1Ts2.
 l742-Spanish were routed at Fort Williams.
 lS06-The strong fortress at Gaeta surrendered to the French.
 lsls-Jane Austen. English novelist. died.
 ls6s-Assault on Fort wagner.
 ls64--President Lincoln issued call for 500.00O more volunteers.
 l9eI--Several thousand persons pros trated by heat at a parade of the EIks in Phfiadelphfa.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-18
IN NEED OF SUPPLIES.
Government Opens Annual Contracts.
 Clerks Are Busy.

Government Opens Annual Contracts. Clerks Are Busy. Washington Special to New York
 World.
 Arrangements for hastening the dis bursement of about s7s0. 900. 900 are be- ing made by those officials of the gov ernment having control over contracts for supplies. The object is to assist in the restoration of normal business conditions. The government Is one or the largest buyers in all markets.
 Before he went 10 Oyster Bay Pres ident Roosevelt told the heads of de- partments to see to 1t that there was no delay in making the annual con- tracts for supplies. Bids by the hun of the departments. notably the Treas ury. vacation leaves of absence dur ing July and August have been cut to- the minimum. The clerks have been needed in the work of writing srecih- cations and opening bids
 Of course this speed in the letting of contracts in part proceeds upon the assumption that improvement in bus mess will inure to the benefit of Taft's candidacy.
 The geratest speed in the making of contracts is being shown In the oface of the Supervising Architects of the Treasury, the office in which plans and specifications for new buildings are drawn and contracts made for the cree ton of the structures, authorized by Congress. More than two hundred buildings were authorized at the late session. In addition authority was giv- en for the acquisition of about one hundred sites. James Knox Taylor, the supervising architect, lost no time h getting his preliminaries out of the way. so now he Is ready to award cons tracts.
 There has been a let up in building operations all over the country. That fact Is shown by the large number Of contractors making tenders to erect the structures authorized by Congress. Two years ago Mir. Taylor had hard time to find builders.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-18

him to doctor and tried hak dozen
 other treatments, all with the same
 result: no Improvement at all. The
 disease gradually spread until nearly
 every part of his body was quite raw.
 We had to strap him down In bed, fos
 he used to tear himself dreadfully iu
 bis sleep. The agony he went through
 VI would rear him. The regimsntai doctor, a very clever man. pronounced the case hopeless; at least. be said ths only hope was that he might, ii he lived long enough, outgrow if to some extent. We had him in hospitals four times and be was pronounced one of the worst cases, If not the worst, eves admitted. From each he was dlo- charged as incurable; In fact he got worse under the successive treatmenkM At one hospital they incased him in plaster, and this seemed to aggrayats the soreness terribly. He looked co badly that no one liked to go near him and his life was burden to him. We kept trying remedy after remedy, bus we had got almost past hoping for . set of Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and Resolvent Pills and persevered with them. The result was truly marvellous and to-day he Is perfectly cured, his slin not having . blemish on it anywhere. Mrs. Lily Hedge. 51, Vaughan Road, goldharbour Lane, .Camblewell Green. Eng, Jan. f2, 1eO7."
 Send to nearest depot for free Cut cura Book on Treatment of Skin Diseases. . Cuticuya Remedies gre sold shroughous thewUrsa RsRois hena21: L zI s GnsEssshouse sq Rari4 Rzs ko. Airise. Lennon. Lsd.. cspesog5 % sss.; u.s.Xs Peter Dns ( casn- o0Fps sois FTons- Bosi0a-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-18
RalIroaas Before .tI the Panic.

Poor's manual for 1908. covering the 1a0T fiscal year, up to the period of the psnic, gives the following raiload sta tistics showing the great industrial nrosperfty witch prevailed prior to tbe aaflIc: "The total mileage of steam raiIwavs in the United states at the snd nf 1907 was 22S,12s miles an fn- crsass of s,ss2 miles over the previous wear. Total capital liabilities were $16,- S01 A13, ,O6s, an increase of $907.S64 112 oS which increase S351,717,SO9 was represented by stock, the rest by bonds, etc. The total capital stock
 was ST.45s,126,TS5 of bonds, $s 22S-
 a45.2gT. Other bond obligations were sgi5.041 O27. Bills payable, 1t may be nntAa figure at ts57,734.167. The total
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-18
Good FiIIpInos.

Topeka (Kansas) Journal.
 It looks as though the time was fast approaching when some of the Fili- pinos will take their place in the same category with the Indians of other days in that the only good ones are dead ones. This Is made apparent by the wards for the dastardly murder of a couple of Americans. They just had a feeling that they would like to kill something human and the Americans were handiest to satisfy this passion. Gibbets, guillotines and other equally efficaciouB life dispatchers are the proper instruments of education for such Filiplnos as these.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-18

liabilities aggregated s1s.55s.ssir4ss. against s17.45S,2ss. .s2s for 1908. Stocks and bonds owned amounted to $2.sz4.- esI,173. The volume of business con tinued embarrassed large till the panic of October and for g little while after. hint of inc great shrinkage which was to follow in 1908. Gross earnings in 1907 were s2,so2, 757.503. an increase Of s25e,1I7,2l7, of eleven per cent. oyer were sssS. .s39. 600, an increase of $43,- ss1.SsS. of five and one-haif per cent. The previous year net had increased fffaen ner cent
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-18
PresIdentIaI Vote.

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 In the presidential election of 1904 the total popular vote cast was I3,- R3s, ,3S6 of which 7,620.670 was given to Roosevelt and the 5.0s0. POT to Parker The remaining vote was divided as fol- lows: Prohibition, 25s.205, Socialist, ,40i.- 3s0: Populist, 111.373; Social Labor. 41,- 2Ss. The Continental Party. of which Charles Fl. Howard was the nominee cast only S30 votes. all of them In the State of Illinois. This year the Hearst Independence Party will present national ticket to vie with the other minority parties in an appeal for radi- cal support, with a probable prospect of heading the list of the also rans."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-18
stupendous outlook for the south. Macon Telegraph.

The Census Bureau gives the worlds production of cotton for mill consump- ton in 1907 as 16.512.1s5 bales of 800 pounds each Of this total the United States produces 65.9 per cent, or 10,- ss2,3s5 bales The total area of cotton producing region of the United States is estimated at 700, 900 square miles. or 44s. .O00 900 acres. Of this. 1t is said, only about one acre in fourteen was de- voted to cotton in 1907. In other words. the United States can at need produce a crop fourteen times that of 1907. What stupendous outlook for tion catches up with and shall force her to put forth something like her capacity in the production and in the manufacturing of her great staple.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-18
RoosEyELr oN THE STUMP.

Will Roosevelt take the stump for Taft? is a question now being dis eussed among those who endeavor to keep up with events and possibilities in politics The Pittsburg Post has this to say about it:
 As parcel of the current Republican system of coming downstairs backward, the assertion is made that Roosevelt will take the stump for Taft because trated beneath the skin in his speech. Whether Clayton had spoken or not 1t would have been, as it remains, likely that Roosevelt would take the stump. if clayton's speech has assisted in egging the president to this course, the speaker Is entitled to an added vote of thanks for his already commended address. It will be just the thing 70 have Roosevelt on the stump. He will be only an American citizen then, and if he is willing to violate conventions. Democratic orators will violate some some crossed because a man is President. IL will be crossed then.
 The fact that going on the stump to make partisan speeches would be belittrng the office he holds will not be likely to have any deterrent effect  on Roosevelt He has given so many examples of his contempt for tho proprieties that one more cannot hurt him in the estimation of those who have not gotten over their respect for the presidential office and all that 1t stands for. They will argue that he cannot make matters much worse for himself and his position by entering actively into the Taft campaign.
 But even if he has no regard for the proprieties and for the dignity of his office it is just possible that he is not entirely blind to the dictates of prudence, and if he is not he will think several times before putting him self up as a target. There are many among his political opponents who while not overburdened with respect for the man. still have respect for tho office, and for that reason will curb their language when speaking of him snd his official acts. But if he should
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-18

Will The Columbus Ledger turn to the last page of it's issue of Thursday evening and read the news article beaded Peculiar situation under Geor- gia law and see how 1t likes the way 1t is constructed?