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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-28
MOBILE ELECTRIC COMPANY ... WANTS UNDERGROUND TUNNEL

Mobile, Oct. 27.-(SpeciaL) )-Failing in their attempt to obtain a franchise to build a track across Royal Street at the intersec- of St. Louis, for the purpose of conveying coal tn the plant. the Mobile Electric Com pany has now filed with the city clerk, @ petition for underground tunnel into the power house. and the matter is scheduled tn come up for hearing at the next meet ing of the general council.
 The Mobile and Ohio. whose spur track the copany wanted extended were part pe- titioners to the Council for the right to con- struet the track across Royal Street, but when opposition developed to the proposed plan the Mobile and Ohio withdrew their pe- tition. leaving the electric company no course but to drop the matter. as the Mo- bile and Ohio would be the people liable for damages if the track was constructed. Opposition to the construction of the track was strong because of the fact that Royal Street iP the main thoroughfare to the new terminal station. used at all times of the day and night and 1t was the general opin- ion that life and limh would be endangered with switching trains orking right In the heart of the city and across main thor oughfare It was then that the Mobile and Ohio withdrew from the matter and now the Electric Lighting Company has filed a petition for the underground tunnel.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-28
What the New County
 Amendment Means
(Cemmunicated.)

population and taxable value and 500 square miles of territory and the old counties are not reduced below 600 square miles If the proposed amendment Is adopted. 500 voters de- siring to form new county can call an election and designate the bound aries of the proposed new county to suit themselves and only the voters living In the territory proposed to be formed into the new county have a right to vote on the proposition. The other voters of the existing coun- ties from which the new county IS to be formed have no right to vote at such election.
 This amendment If adopted will pro duce bitter contests ali over the State for the creation of new counties. Whenever and wherever disappointed ofnce-seekers want ito create more or feers or ambitious towns want oooms there. will be new county elections Any county having more than 0oo square miles can be robbed of It's ter rftorx to help create new county. Four fifths of the counties In the State have more than 800 square miles. We call your attention to the follow ing counties whose area Is such that they sooner or later will be anectea by the New County Amendment;
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-28
WHEN YOUR BACK ACHES

A bad back turns every twenty-four hours Into one dull round of pain and miserY-you are lame in the morning. nagged all day by a dull. throbbinK backache, can't rest in the evening or sleep well at night. It hurts to bend over. straighten up, get up from a chair or lift even a light weight. Any sud den twist. turn or awkward movement sends a tearing twinSe of pain through the weak spot.
 sBackache Is really kidney ache. The Kidneys are in the small of the back and any pain there Is enough cause to suspect your kidneys. If the urine is discolored. contains sandy sedi- ment. or passes too frequently. then you have double proof.
 Keep the kidneys we'll and the kid neys will keep you we'll. Well kid nsys filter the blood keep it pure. Dis eased kidneys only partly purify the blood. Neglect weak kidneys and you invite uric acid poisoning. gravel stone in the kidneys, rheumstism. heart trouble, diabetes, Bright's dis ease. and c long list of other serious disorders now recognized as having their cause in kidney weakness.
 At the first sign of backache or ur- mary disorders, give the kidpeys quick help, not with plasters. linimentg. nor any other outside applications, but with Q special kidney medicine.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-28
SITUATION CLEARS.
Bulgarian Government 70 Pay Conn.,

Bulgarian Government 70 Pay Com-
 pensatiOn 10 Turkey.
 Sofia, Oct 27-The Bulgarian gov ernment today informed the represent atives of the foreign powers here of its acceptance of the principle of pay ing compensation to Turkey. which has been the burden of persistent diplo- matIc representations during the past fortnight on the part of all the great powers.
 This decision was arrived at by the cabinet this morning, after a long de- bate in which Emperor Ferdinand used all his influence in favor of peace with compens, Ion.
 Obdurate members of the cabinet, who were opposed to the principle of compensation for fear of stultifying their party, were N on oyer by the re- hinder that there were plenty other politicians who would be glad to re- place them and assume the responsi bility for the payment of the RUmel- ian tribute.
 The cabinet. in a measure, was infiu- enced also by the sentiment of the deputies, who gre arriving he fo" the opening of the SobranJe tomorrow. They brought reports that business ev- erywhere is suffering from the uncer- tainty and that foreign creditors are showing no mercy.
 As a further step in the direction of peace. 60,0Oo reservIsts will be dis charged tomorrow, leaving the army at government within a day or two. will send a plenIpotentiary to Censtantino- ple to negotiate a treaty with Turkey. It is believed that by these steps. Bull garia has done its utmost to clear the situation and conciliate opinion abroad.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-28
TH0S. H. LANG DIES OF
 HEART FAILURE AT HOME

Thomas H. Lang. 55 years old. died of heart failure at his residence, HIS Union Street Tuesday morning at 80 o'clock.
 He has been in the employe of Parker Brothers. furniture dealers in Montgomery, for some years.
 MT. Lang left the furniture store at he usual time and went to his noon meal. When he arrived at his resi- dence he tied his horse and then went Into the dining room. picked up q paper and when he was through read ing 1t, a cook came in the room and found that the man was stretched on the floor.
 Calling Charles Lang, a son of MT. Lang. the boy hurried to the dining room and found his father dying. He immediately propped his dying fathers head up with pillow, but in a few minutes he died. A physician was telephoned. but when he arrived 1t wa stoo late as the man had pass ed away
 Mir. Lang moved to Montgomery about twenty years ago. from Canl- den county. Ga, and had lived here since.
 The deceased is survived by many relatives in Camden County, Ga. His only son Is Charles Lang. of Mont gomery. His wife died In Montgomery about two years ago.
 The funeral services have not been announced. Telegrams have been sent to his relatives in Georgia informing them of his death.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-28
GENERAL DARLINGTON
 EX0NERATES GOETHALS

Washington. Oct. 27.-Inspector Gen eral Darlington, of the army in a re- port made public today exonerated nal Commission, of the charges made by President Brothers. of the Balanced Crane Cable Company, of New York, who claimed that unfair treatment was accorded him in the award for furnishing and erecting cable ways at Gatun, on the Isthmus
 General Darlington holds that there was no collusion, that the award was made in good faith. and recommends that the contract with the Lidgerwood Company be proceeded with. The re-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-28

wish to create a new county carved from the counties of Jefferson. Walk CT, Tuscaloosa, Bibb and Shelby, most of the territory Is to he taken from Jefferson. This new county Is desired for the commercial advantage of Bes- semer and for the offices that 1t will create. It is not desired by the voters of the country precincts proposed to be incorporated into the new county outside of the City of Bessemer An overwhelming majority of the voters in Jefferson, Walker, Bibb, Shelby and TuscaIO0sa are opposed to the crea- tfOn of this new county, and the Leg islature has always voted 1t down. a Bessemer is within twelve miles of Birmingh am. connected with 1t by numerous trunk lines of railroads and two street car lines. There is no ar gument of public convenience or ac- possibility to the Court House in fla Vor. of the creation of this new coun- ty. No county seat In the State can be reached by all It's inhabitants with so much convenience and quickness as the county seat of Jefferson County
 If the constitutional amendment is adopted. the country precincts in this proposed new county will be voted in- to the new county by the preponder- atinR vote of Bessemer. The plea of locaI seIf-GOvernment urged in favor of the New County Amendment will prove delusiOn and the tyranny of a seIhHh majority will rule.
 The citizens of Jefferson County are opposed to this assault upon it's ln- tegrity. If the New County Amend ment is adopted. the same assault may be made upon the integrity of your county.
 A failure to vete on this amendment is net equivalent to vote against it. If you are opposed to this amendment and believe that the creation of new counties should be left to the LeElsIa- turc. record your vote against the amendment on November 3rd.
 W. H. KETTIG. Chairman Jefferson County Campaign
 Committee.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-28

Birmingham. Ala, October 2s. 1908. TO THE VOTERS OF THE STATE OF
 ALABAMA:
 The present State Constitution was carefully drawn hy Alabama's most representative men. It should not be amended hastily or unnecessarily. No necessity exists for the adoption of the New County Amendment. The present constitution authorizes the legislature to create a new county whenever in their opinion the needs of any locality require new county seat.
 The Legislature of the State can be relied upon to create ,a new county whenever there is a genuine demand for same, and In creating a new coun- ty the Legislature will consult the wishes of all prospective citizens of such new county in mapping out the boundaries. The people behind the New County Amendment wnnt new counties which they have mot been able to convince the Legislature should be created.
 Under the proposed amendment if adopted a new county can be created anywhere in the State by taking ter ritory away from existing counties provided the new county has certain
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-28

If you are a citizen of any of these counties and don't want to see your county dismembered. vote against the new county amendment. More coun- ties mean more money spent for court houses, more salaried officers. higher taxes and poorer roads. With better roads and more railroads the present court houses are becoming daily more accessible. If the new county amend ment Is adopted, a part of your cOsan- ty may be cut of without your having m chance to vote on it lf you live in the part of your county not proposed to he voted into the new county. If yOu live in a part of your county which some voters want to form into a new county, you may be voted into a new county against your will. Any town wanting t0 be a county seat by It's larger vote cam vote a number of Country precincts into a new county against their protest. If the amend ment Is adopted Bessemer will vote country precincts from Walker, Tusca- loosa, Shelby. Bihb and Jefferson into new county against practically the solid opposition of such country pre- cinets because Bessemer will have more votes than the country precincts and won't consult the wishes of the country precincts. The same thing may happen in your county sooner OF IateE. Bessemer will shape the new county 1t proposes to form like a horseshoe or a shoe string or in any other shape necessary to carry the election, and if it falls to carry the election for a new county In one shape 1t will map out another county In different shape and have another election. This may happen In your county if the new county amendment Is adopted. Ninety nine voters in Alabama out of every hundred want the counties in which they live to continue unchanged. If yoa want your county to remain un. changed, vote against the new county amendment on November 3rd.
 The proposed amendment is inspIr- ed chiefly by citizens of Bessemer who
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-28
MRS. BRYAN SPEAKS.
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Wife of .candidate Addresses New
 York Women.
 New York. Oct. 27--Mrs. William Jennings Bryan made her first speech of the campaign ct reception ten- iered her yesterday by the Woman's Democratic Club.
 When called on to speak, Mrs. Bryan rose without hesitation and said
 T might have felt confused but for the rule that exists in our family that during campaign time Mir. Bryan is to do all the talking
 While I can make no extended re- marks there are two things which I may touch on with propriety. I may first bring you the greetings of Demo crats from the other parts of the country. And although woman usually coneeals her age. I shall take you into my confidence and tell you that twenty-five years ago conelud- ed there was not room in one house hold for two ambitions like mine anu Mir. Bryan's. I have, therefore. mer- ged my own in his and out of this has grown very close association,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-28
~.oNTOOMERY CURRENT QUOTATIONS s@~N (COFrected Dnlly.l

N2oNTGOMERY CURRENT QUOTATIONS. (COFrected Dnlly.l
 These prices are at wholesale and not to
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 sslt--LiverpOoi ti,i5; Virginia s0e: I"W.nsEar~Per gallon 1s@2Oc.
 coffse-Green common sh 8loe; prime slS Q ioc; choice 11@12: fancy 13014Mo
 tsndies-XXX Soda she; XXX ginger snaNs 10. ,
 Saliidss-pry Hints 1o@Iac: dry saltsd sa loc: green hides 4GSo; green salted Go.
 SSss Wco!%eis.: 1soaoo; bury s0ise;
 Msai-stsndSrd saRo; watsrsrOund sse;
 F Frat " ana < PrOduce--Fancy lemons ssOs Rls o0d onions yellow E EioSss ss DSsSsi faaSy II. P, peanuts 6he lb.
 TOmatoes 9l;sO; Snap Beans stand. sI:
 cheess--Fuh cream. daisies iShe; sing les Isc: 1 ib, cuts, square He.
 0rtts-Per bbL S4.9o; per sack SEAS.
 Grain and Hay-Bran sl.6S: shorts SI- eb: oats 6sc; white eSc; white clipped e7 Nc; timothy hay $500; Johnson grass Prime Cotton Seen Meal S26.oo; sacked cotton seed huiis SIS ton.
 MolasGes-Georgia cane, hbl. AIc gallon; cases gsllons aasS per case; maple syrup q 30; quarts S1.S5 per doz chiekens-Hens s5@4Oe; flyers 2s@so& susar1oFaSSlatsa sxO; 7. r. c. sKa
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-28
MR.ROBINSON BURIED
GREAT oUTPoURiNG OF THE MO-
 BILE PEOPLE.
Guif City Pays Remarkable Tribute to Distinguished Son--yisttors
 Prescott from All
 Over state.

Mobile. Oct. 27.--(Speclai )%-Beneath a wealth of beautiful horal designs banked high about the grave, and lot In Magnolia Cemetery. today lia the remains ot Mobiles beloved young son Major Edward M. Robinson. all that was mortal of the young man being laid to rest this morning.
 Before the hour appointed for tho funeral to move from the residence. thronss of friends. men identified in all walks of life passed Into ther oom where Major Robinson's remains lay. to pay last homage to the man who was universally loved In this commu- nity and the State. Men. strong men looking upon the peaceful facs. were unable to realize that the grim reaper had taken Major Robinson.
 At II o'clock the corfege moved from the residence and 1t seemed as if all Mobile had attended the funeral and were following the remains to their last resting place.
 Rev. 4. F. Carr of the Government Street Presbyterian Church. preach ed the sermon at the grave, and paid beau tiful and eloquent tribute to the dead leader. As the remains were lowered into the grave, almost the entire tn hrong of people brushed tear from their eyes.
 The grave and the entire cemetery lot were banked high with floral de- signs. societies. organizations, business bodies and individuals contributing beautiful floral pieces, many handsome ones also decorating the grave wbich came from admirers of the dead Mo- btlian from other points in the state.
 The following acted as pall-bearers:
 Active-A. P. Bush, E. J. Buck, Glen E. Aunspaugh. k. A. Sadler. k. D. Ledyard. Francis J. Inge. s. s. Murphy. J. Tom 4Aefiin and Colonel R. B. du Mont.
 Honorary-Hon. P. ] Lyons, Hon. A. S. Lyons. Judge Thomas H. Smith, ! Semmes. Judge SatfoId Berney. Judge J. W. Tharp. Judge Jules E. Al- ford, Judge Norborne R. Clarke. Judge Harry T. Toulmin, Judge Price Will Hams. Jr. Colonel F. L. Russell, MT. II. V. Taylor. Captain John $. Calla- ghan, Mr. Samuel C. Jenkins, Mir. George B. Rogers, Mir. James K. Glen non. Mir Henry Hall. MT. $. T. Prince. pr, Rhett Goode. 44on.. Joseph H. Nor vile, Mr. Charles A. Hall, Colonel D. R. Burgess, Mv. John F. Powers. Mir. Gregory L. smith. Mir Jacob D.. Bloch and Mir. Charles B. HerTey.
 delegation from the Mobile Fire Department also from the Mobile Pos lice Department, attended the funeral, as well as dG!eG 4ttons from the Mobile Bar Association, George E. Dixon Camp U. c. V.., Sons of Veterans. Knights os Pythias. Mobile Lodge Of Eiks. all these organizations being honored with the membership of Major Robin son.
 A squad of soldiers from the Mobile Rifles. which the deceased commanded In the Spanish American war, also att tended the funeral
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-28

Cleveland letter in which Mfr. Cleve- lanq was made to predict the nomi- nation and election of William H. Taft has been arrested and jailed on sne charges of forgery and grand larceny He waa arrested in Dayton, 0hio. The attempt to use the dead Presidenfs name and fame as an aid to the Republican campaign has sig naliy failed. and Brandenburg deserves all he win get In the form of punish meut. If does not matter whether out by e5Fandenburg for the money secured or whether he was the tool Of other parties The public now knows that the Cleveland letter was fake. and if the fraud has any in f1uence In the campaign 1t will be to damage Republican chances of success.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-28
PIANO SALE
 DRAWING CROWDS E. E. Forbes Deep Cut Red Tag Sale Attracts Piano Buyers and the People
 Watch for the Daily
 Announcement.

F. E. Forbes Piano Company stands today the strongest piano firm in the United States. Has branch stores in eight leading Southern cities and do things on the big scale. We are not selling off lot of pianos that we do not carry in our regular stock. Pianos that if you come to us and in- quire about next year we will tell you We are not selling them now, but pianos that have been sold tp me South for the last ten to twenty years
 OUR LINE Is the strongest and most select that can be secured and our long standing as the leader in the Southern piano trade secures for us your confidence
 OUR WORD
 That this is the most remarkable sale event in the history of the South and our guarantee of absolute satis- faction on everything you buy at this sale should cause you to move our way and to do so at once.
 LAST WEEK.
 This is the last week of the sale Soon over and then the sale is only a part of history. For you who wait we now give one last call. Don't say christmas when you want to buy piano for your home that You sold them in october for so and so." So did Kress sell s1 yard lace one day for 25 cents, but as this is not sale day you have to pay q yard.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-28

The simplest and most efrectivS remedy for sick kidneys Is Doan's Kidney Pills If there is weakness congestion, inflammation or soreness, Deans Kidney Pills quickly relieve 1t. They gently stimulate. tone and strengthen sick kidneys, drive away hackache. rheumatic pain and dizzl- ness. clear up and regulate the urine, and restore a perfect filterinR of the blood. Best of all, this relief Is per- manenL g
 Montgomery Proof.
 g. H. Mcqueen. living at 2ss Lee street. Montgomery, Ala. says: T nsV- CT knew what 1t was to have kidney trouble until last year. At that time my kidneys suddenly became disord- cred and the secretions from these oT- gans very irregular in action, A heavy sediment was also noticeable in the secretions, thus proving that my kidneys needed prompt attention. A friend advised me to try Doan's Kid ney Pills and acting on this sugges- ton, procured a supply at E. c. Fowler's drug store. One box of this remedy completely and permanently cured me and have been in good health since. know Deans Kidney Pills to be worthy of recommenda tion and am pleesed to speak in their E9s vor."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-28
The crops. are stlu Mad.

COOBa hIVef NeWs. '
 certain element of our citizens who pretend to be for Tom Watson, on the side! Their motives are per- fectiy trasparent They figured that they can work the "old Pop" p"preju- dice plan, get number of them on of Bryan to Watson, while they will. themselves, vote for Taft. They have nuraed the viper of hate against the Democratic party until it has become a consuming excrescense, and they are willing to advance to almost any ex- tremes to attack 1t. Duplicity mon gers. they care not so much for the ness-since they know 1t is most silly for either a Rep or Pop ticket to A. mount to a baubee in Alabama--but they are wet gangreened with grew some grudge at the Democrats.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-28
aoosEvELT's BIRTHDAY.
Begins His Effty-Firet Year wit
 Congratulations.

Begins His Fifty-First Year With
 Congratulations.
 Washington, Oct. 27.--Th eodore Roosevelt, twenty sixth President of the United States became fifty years of age to-day.
 He began his fifty-first year by get- ting to his desk early and spending the day hard at work in his office re- ceiYinR such members of his cabinet as are in town at the regular seml- weekly meetings and discussing with them matters relating to their de- partments.
 Cengratulatory messages poured in- to the Presidents ofice and at the White House all day. Many foreign rulers took advantage of the oppor- tunity to send messages of warm friendship and good will through their doplomatic representatives wh Q called In person to present them to the President.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-28
We Won't Care Then.

GadSdep Times News.
 When the text book commission met some time since and adopted a list Of books to be used in the schools of Alabama, among other things 1t adopt ed history of the state Or course 1t had to adopt history of some Kind and there were no specifica ttons as to the one to be chosen. and the com mission was acting entirely within It's legal rights when 1t adopted one that had never seen the printers hands
 The history was in manuscript and this very fact causes a suspicion that there is something rotton in the state book in various sections has made the odor more distinct and Mol He especially Is holding her nose with one hand and making Vigorous signs with the other to lie in the fact that the histo Is not 50 much history after all as d "Laudamus" to Governor Braxton Bragg Conner. It says much of what for the state. while within It's pages the administrations of former years. for which Alabamians were wont 10 feel some pride. compare with the mighty Alps. Now there be those within the state who believe that the present government is a fouF-elusher and that the circle of his eatness peanut. They assert. and their voices are not few and their tones rushed, that the governor rode into eff ce on the luckiest wave that ever washed a deck hand to the quarter d ok. To these the history is most offensive. The. Idea that their children must hs forced to learn that BEG is the same as a l2-Inch shell is most irritating. And that textbook commission would lend Itself to sucA terrapin in a tub admiration society but aads fuel to the flames of their wrath, Posterity may declare Governor Conner A very great man. It may locate him in the niche alongside of Moses. It is certain to do so if the same pen that wrote the present history of Alabama should write the history of the world. But those of us who have heard the Tovernor's laborious speeches and suf- fereJ under his legislative symposium, have one consolation: We vii all be dead and not caring a continental damn what happens.