The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-30
What the State Papers
 Are Saying and Doing

What the State Papers
 Are Saying and Doing
 Money from Alfalfa. Sumter Sun.
 The crop of alfalfa In sumtef is fne this year and money IS rolling m TOT the pockets of the growers.
 A slight omission. opelika Post. Mr. Roosevelt neglected to have MT, Taft put in his letter of acceptance anti-race suicide and hints to moth CTS.
 Let Him Pass Out. samson Ledger.
 Aiabama;s affairs; Conner Is dead. Let him rest, and let the State essay as best 1t may to recover from his blight
 Now the Time to Buy Land.
 Some day the Southern people will wake up to find practically all of the land in the hands of Northern capital home n vii vii % pay syndicafe prices for some. Now is the time to buy land.
 Angels Of Mercy. Birmingham News.
 Few women in the world are doing a better work and doing 1t more pru- dently than Mrs Sage and Miss Helen Gould. They are justly entitled to the esteem and admiration of the Amer lean people.
 Ask Commodore Perry's Ghost. Huntsville Mercury.
 Isn't there something like beating A retreat when a candidate goes to he has been driven to bay?
 Better Watch Him. Anniston Star.
 taking a vacation out in the forests of oregon. The statement may be true. but if there are any railroads out there aot slready owned Sy hasriman ri ,aIgs, thsir them to a place of safety.
 Situation Getting Better. Birmingham Ledger.
 There is no doubt now that more coal Is being mined. that more wages are being earned. and the pay rolls are growing in size. The district is feeling better and the future is brighter. .f
 4 Hint to Birmingham. Guntersville Democrat.
 It appears that Italy and the low lands of Switzerland are to be con. crossed cSosse g Sand % Mountain % need % not longer interfere with Birmingham's water supply from the blue Tennessee.
 win Not spend Money on Them. Mobile Item.
 In spite of. the many boasts that some of the Southern States are vul- nerabie and might be placed in the Republican column if the grease is YTnnAFIxy Q fe EoE fIrA that Frank Hitchcock. will send more than a herring keg-full of coin of the realm into any one of them for distri- button.
 Labor, Capital, Anarchy. Greensboro Beacon.
 An editor works 3s5 days in the year to. get out ffty-two- Issues of a paper--that's labor. Now and then his paper-that's capital. once in a while some son-of-a -sea cook of a dead-beat takes the paper for two or out paying for it-thats anarchy.
 Good Roads are Needed. Clio Free Press.
 It takes money. and cords of 1t, to build roads, but they are worth it all, ' of dollars are are % wasted Tr every r 0i year in Alabama on account of the bad roads We stand in favor of building tn em and starting. as soon as possible. for State has the roads 1t should have. because it is a great thing and great movements go slow,
 Good for the Fellow in the Ring. Tri-Cities Daily.
 When the Republican leadership points with pride to a hundred multi millionaires as the monument of its undisputed. sway for these many years. is 1t not high time for the great mass of our citizenship to sit up and take notice and see. where they are "at?" Their protective system is a good thing tor the fellow In the ring.
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 Bryan's Chances. Gadsden Times News.
 The warning factions which have for twelve years sundered the party and prevented success are at last recon the bosses whose machines have been damaged. The rank and file is satis- fled and all talk of the Republicans breaking the Solid South is bosh. Bryan Democratic and unless signs fail, he will make serious inroads in the en- emy's camp.
 WeII-Spent Money. CentrevilIe Press.
 J.. W. Williams of Blocton. who called in some days ago. and had his paper discontinued. dropped in this week and had 1t renewed again, John said he thought he could do without it. but he found 1t poor economy to do without his county paper. and that he wanted 1t again. The county paper Is the best spent money of home. 
 ElmOre Farmers tn Good shape. Wetumpka Herald.
 From every viewpoint. the farming class of this county is in better shape War More people own their own homes and little farms; more are free from the yoke of bondage inflicted by burdensome debts: more are becom- ing Independent each year by making a comfortable living for their fami- lies; more are waking up to the nec- essity of giving thelr children better