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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-20
A coon PROJECT.

The following brief paragraph from The Ozark Star is commended to farm- CTS gardeners and fruit growers gem erally:
 A cannery has been protected by home people at the little town of Kelly netween Elba Junction and DalcyiIIe fney propose to can up their syrup this naIi ana 10 grow vegetables for can be large one at first, but as years go by its capacity will be increased.
 This Is a subject well worthy the con- sideration of ali the agricultural pop ulation of South and Southeast Ala bama. That section of the State Is finely adapted to the growing of cane. and small canning plants at convent ent points would be found profitable, both for those who maintain such plants and for those who make the syrup. Whether. as The Abbeville News suggests. the farmers can thus double the value of their syrup we do not know. but certainly they would find this a good way to care for all that they cannot dispose of while 1t Is fresh. They have only to go to the grocery stores in any of the cities or towns of the State to assure themselves that there is always demand and sale for canned syrup. and practically all of it comes to Alabama from the outside.
 And the suggestion that the same plants used for canning syrup can also be used for putting up vegetables and fruit is also a good one. beyond a doubt. for by this means the plants would have business almost all the year. The establishment proposed for the little town of Kelly ought to be not only a good investment. but a pal pablo object lesson.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-20
FoR AyorHpR GrNrRArToN.

Another generation" remarks The Butte nter-Mountain. will learn why Theodore Roosevelt has prosecuted poor old Colonel stewart. He was retired Saturday and perhaps the incident is closed. With the light given the pub lie, 1t has appeared piece of petty spite work. all through. His retire. ment was never a matter of great con- sequence, since he was old and pos- sibly inhrm. But the means employed by the War Department to accomplish its ends have been unworthy a great Government Shifting him from post to post, assigning him to ridiculous commands, heaping humiliations upon his grey head, may have been justi- liable, but so far as the American peo- pie can judge. 1t was not justice but mere spleen"
 We have our doubts as to whether another generation will learn the whole truth of this affair. For reasons of his own. which have never been sat- isfactprily explained. Roosevelt has been trying for months to force the resignation of Colonel Stewart, and to bring about that result all kinds of indignities and inconvenienees were heaped on him by the President and his helpers. Colonel Stewart has been practically hidden from the world as though he had been a lcper, and sub jected to many hardships and humilia- tions in the effort to force him to re- sign his position. Failing to bring about this result in any others way . council of medical experts sat on his case and forced his retirement.
 Colonel Stewart may have been somewhat stubborn and irascible. but he had done nothing to deserve the persecution to which he has been sub- jected. Tn a year or so longer he would have been entitled to retire with the rank of brigadier general, and no doubt that fact, added to natural re- sentiment over the prosecutions to which he has been subjected. may have influenced him to. resist and resent the methods used to force him out of the service. Failing to drive him out in any other way. the President called into requisition a board of medical ex- perts who pronounced him unfit for service and he has been practically kicked out. At least. that is the way 1t looks to the outsiders, though, as The Inter-Mountain expresses 1t, some future generation may learn why Roosevelt persecuted him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-20
Sulnhites and Rromihe.-

Remarker, in Bessenier Weekly
 Gelett Burgess, in his funny little book which Is making everybody laugh. divides mankind into two class es. the "bromides" and the "sulphites. ' bromide" be 1t known, Is one who says the obvious thing. who can always be counted upon for the commonplace expected remark, while plainly con graduating himself that he has said something unusual. The "sulphite" thinks and acts along distinctly orig. inal lines.
 The average. person. on reading this nonsensfcal little book, inevitably reaches two conclusions, first, that the "sulphites'. are in small and select class to themselves. and second, that he, the reader, Is himself bromide. This conviction Is decidedly depressing, for no matter what suspicious one may entertain on the subject. no one likes to feel absolutely certain of personal stupidity.
 But there is no other conclusion to be reached. The Bromide" person, says, for instance, apropos of a beau tiful sunset, If that sunset were to be painted Just as 1t Is, everyone would say how natural 1t was" or T knew if l took the stove down 1t would turn cold or T uon't care anything for the money itself, 1t Is what one can do with it." ana such things as these, stupid things and so obvious that they are much better left unsaid. Ana the curious part of 1t Is, one re- auzes that in saying these sort of things one has had a peasant convic- ton of being bright
 Yet as Mir. Burgess does not fail to point out, 1t takes courage to be a 'sulphite." to be yourself, not a tame reflection of others. There are few sulphites even in Bessemer. They are always striking on new and original lines of thought and action, one never knows just what they are going to say and do next. They gre people who are
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-20
B ,J,,. Judge ] IFesE,n ana the Police Court.

blTnln Bham Age Herald.
 In December the City Council will proceed in the course of its duties to elect a judge of the Birmingham Po- lice Court, a place that has been hon orably filled by Judge N. B. Feagin about twenty years In that time he has tried thousands of his felIow-cit- izens each year, and his record In all that time is an enviable one
 But beyond his absolute honesty and his knowledge of law there shines out best of all his humanity. Judge Fea- gin is constantly endeavoring to pre- vent persons from falling down. He tries 10 lift up the younger evil-do- CTS. In humane efforts he ranks along side Judge Lindsey of Denver. who has won national reputation as human itarian.
 As friend of humanity, this splen- did Confederate veteran will go before the City Council for reelection. and he should not suffer dereat. He should not suffer defeat because he stands for the execution of the laws. He should not be pushed out of the place he has honored. Keep the veteran lawyer and soldier and Humanitarian where he is for the good of all and the good name, too of the cItV.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-20
The campaign fund received by The Advertiser to date is as follows:

That is a stronge report made by the Director of the Western Hospital for the Insane in Illinois. In a formal re- port he says there are now $500 in- sane persons confined in the public hospitals and almshouses of that State. If that statement is correct. and we see no reason for doubting it. it shows gruesome condition of affairs in Illi- nois. The director argues that much of this insanity is hereditary. and urges heroic legislation" to govern marriages so as to stay the swelling tide of insanity" as he expresses it. If the unusually large per centage of in- sane people is due to improper mar riages. or Is largely due to that cause. it seems high time that the marriage laws should be remcdied. We do not know whether any other State can make such a showing as Illinois does, but we hope not.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-20
"True Tales of the PInlns.o


 In True Tales of the Plains" pub lished by the Empire Book Company. Buffalo Bill. striking figure In Amer ican life. has told the story of his career and of many wonderful events of the Great West. This book has and because of It's own absorbin~ in- terest. Truth as we all know, is often stranger than fiction. and the advent ures of Buffalo Bill surpass the efforts
 MT. Cody gained his title of Buff falo Bill in competition with Billy Com stock nSted scout. guide and inter wager. in buffalo killing match. limited to one day of eight hours hours, MT, since as Buffalo Bill. The buffaloes were slain for food. and not for wanton
 His chapters throng with great events. There Is thrilling descrip- tion of Clusters last aight and l. of the sandy little Island in the Arickare0 River beat of Roman Nose and thousand Sioux and Cheyenne war no more desperate and heroic defense
 Many other famous border battles sdes sEs cUster anS ForsStRs were aV west sheridan. Miles Thomas and other dis tinguih ed soldiers. The book con tairs also descriptions of life on the plains and of its effect upon the peo- pie who dwelt in what were ..ien dan Rerous wastes.
 "True Tales of the Plains" is more than an autobiography. It Is a his torical document, an account of great and important phase in Ameri- trated copiousfy and well with sixteen excellent half-tone. full-page illustra- tions and thirty-four in the text. It Is the best reading We have seen in a long action.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-20
What Ireland Has Won.

Philadelphia North American.
 On several occasions during the last few years political representative of the Irish people have been heard in Philadelphia. They have been received enthusiastically by audiences of their own race. They have periodically coll lected large sums of money to support the Irish cause, and have periodically for their land.
 Americans of every descent have fol- lowed with sympathetic interest their and unjustIy burdensome laws. and readers of The North American have had clear understanding of their as, now and then among persons not fully of fish biood--have been heard cues by s s Tafs tSs hss asasonSS ssen to whether Ireland's condition showed i'm provement commensurate with the ef- fort and the money expended in press ing her claims through parliamentary
 It is needless to say that The North American has never doubted that the meth ods employed would inevitably bring victory. This newspaper made its own. investigation, satisAed itself steady support to the Irih pRrliamen- tary party, its leader, John p. Red- mond; and It's American organization. tue OulLeu 1ElSn GeA6uo we Sefe~sa that s tF Se tSeacs as were the ablest and most expedient. q5s and Sshst Ts hsye bon. awatoq& & the results with been justified, and how far criticism of the Nationalist program. has been in error, was shown. In MT. Redmond's of the concessions that have been wrung from the British Government These things he cited: - the erection of comfortabie' sanitary dwellings. for agricultural laborerA, to Loans, as la1Tgs as M necessary made to cottages for artisans in the towns. "
 Passage of 8 most radical law which provides that a town landlord cannot short lease with out paying him, not only for buildin0s and improvements he has made. but for the good will of a business he may have established by
 Restoration of thousands of evicted families to farm holdings, with a re- stocking of the farms.
 Appropriation to pay fer the teach schools. the 'n ia'euAse !" the sch ools. and $570.00o annually to in- crease teachers salaries.
 Establishmsnt .5sG to Of free Irish univer- building fund and sslo.66o annual in.
 Relief of 10000 old men and women, who will receive $3.75o,o00 under the old age pension hill"
 All these things have been won in six years. The record Is amazing. It will hearten every friend of Ireland. and gratifX every lover of liberty, It constitutes A monument of honor to the leaders of the race, and an augHry that the long struggle for self-govern- mcnt is nearing a Triumphant end
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-20
comer's Place In Hissery.

Mobile Register.
 Professor J. c. DuBose and adopted by the state textbook commission for use in the public schools has been exposed as laudatIon of Governor Conner, As unstint- administration at the expense of fact. the
 history Is of no more value In the schools than the histories condemned some years ago because of their treatment of the in- cidents Of the war of 1S6l-lSe5. The Registers Mont gomery correspondent has Evsn o. extracts tracts from the book Of os,ss coloring and are dangerous in that fl the books are allowed to go into the schools. children will be siven the came false im- ments making up the state that the govern and his satellites hold.
 A history requiring In its preparation the knee that thrift may follow Awning" or compiled under auspices of prejudice or par merely opinion Attempts have been made to introduce partisan opinions as United States history into the public schools and have failed. why should the textbook com. mission revoke the rule in state history. Ia Is explained that the commission was appointed by the governor and was domi- of Sstores sS fhs better s that the commission passed the book with out looking closely at the contents. It Is hardly possible that the members would authorize fuIsome adulation of the governor and attack the motives of former mem bers of the state railroad commission, even in gratitude for gubernatorial favor.
 Governor Corners place in Alabama his tory is not by any means settled. His railroad legislation. which Is made the basis of the school-book praise. has failed utter ly to accomplish what he declared 1t would do. He has disturbed the business or the state without any benefit to the people and he has made promises concerning eduea- tion and increased pensions for Confeder- ate veterans which 1t is now apparent he will have difficulty In carrying out. When GovAfnor Conner took office there was substantial balance in the state treasury, today there is an unexplained deficit. The governor was to have explained the deficit in Montgomery on Friday, but left on hurried trip to Birmingham" and thus de- ferred giving to the press an expected state ment on the. treasury status It Is mildly stated in Montgomery that .'the governor will issue at no distant date a statement ex- plaining' the apparently unhappy relation ot receipts and disbursements during the past year" Until it is related how the ''unhap- by relation" happened, 1t will be we'll to hide the DuBose history.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-20
This Is My Ssth Birthday
AuGustus o. Beacon.

Augustus o. Bacon. United States senator from Georgia. was born in Bryan county Georgia, october 20, 1889: Georgia. He served in the Confederate Army through the civil war and at the end of the conflict he resumed the study bar he began the practice of law In Macon. He early took an active in- terest in Democratic politics. His first election to office was In 1874 when he legislature. He served in that body fourteen years and fer several years was speaker of the House. He was several times a candidate for the Demo. cratic nomination for governor of Geor- gia and he was one of the representa- lives of his State at several of the nat ed to the United States senate in 1884 and was Predicted In 1900 and 1907.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-20
Man Needed.

Dothan Eagle.
 There ought to be a trouble man in every establishment, a man to do the fighting, or pretend to want to fight. Al department store once had a man. the fireman" who always came for ward and fired the clerk who offended a customer in some way or another, and the lady would always get sorry for the row she raised, and insist that the poor man be put back on and given another trial, and she would leave the store feeling that 1t knew its business. and apprecitaed her trade.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-20

There is a great effort being made by the Republicans to create the in- pression that business will be injured If Judge Taft is not elected President. The beginning point of the recent depres sioAs and business troubles in our judR- ment are directly traceable to Presi- dent Roosevelt's actions and words and Judge Taft stands as sponsor for the policies of the President. If the coun- try has withstood the evil effects of Roosevelt there is no need to fear i'll effects from any other likely to ba elected to the Presidency. MT. Bryan Is mighty conservative force com pared to Roosevelt and he ought to bs elected in order to rid the country of "big stick" domination.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-20
THEODORE I.

Some days ago The Advertiser had some comments on the ridiculous, not to say assfnine, suggestion of pr. Will bur Crafts, that Roosevelt be made President of the world. Discussing the proposition. The St. Louis Post Dis patch points out that when a world government is to be organized there may be others who will not be willing to sit down and let Teddy be crowned king of all creation. It instances the German Emperor, the Czar of Bulgaria. Emperess Tzi An as specimens. It might have included Castro and vari. ous others who would not sit quietly and see crown placed on the head of Theodore l.. which would make him the ruler of all the nations.
 All of which," The Post Dispatch adds, suggests the reflection that Mr. Roosevelt when he loses his temper can make himself ridiculous enough. with out the aid of pr. Wilbur Crafts or Dr. Lyman Abbott. Both these worthy gen. tlemen have done not a little to be- little the President. Their efforts to prove him greater than Napoleon. Cae- sar Cromwell and Admiral Togo, all in one. to say nothing of semiramis, Queen Elizabeth and Susan B. Anthony, have reacted and have aroused the be- lief that he is very human man with his full share of human innrmities. They have als9 compelled people to re. fleet that a man who cannot govern himself Is not the best qualified to gov. ern the whole world"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-20
This Date in History
October 20.

1s2s-John Winthorp chosen Colonial governor of Massachusetts,.
 i0S2-Sir Christ opher Wren the arch = iteet of St. Paurs Cathedral In Lon- don. born, Died Feb. 25, l523. 172s-City of Copenhagen. Denmark, nearly destroyed by fire.
 1S20-Spain ratified treaty ceding Florida to the United States. lS74-Col Fredrick Dent Grant and Ida Marie Honore married in Chicago. 1s94-Honore Mercier, Canadian statesman, died In Montreal.
 1S99--Gen. Jiminez elected president of the Dominican Republic.
 1905-President Roosevelt visited his mothers old home at Roswell, Ga.,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-20
AInbama's Soil Equals Kansas.

DeCNIUI T
 The Montgomery Advertiser tells us of bunc.. of Kansas farm-rs. twenty strong, who are seeking information at the Capital City concerning our great State, with a view of locating here. If the State could get some of Kansas corn raisers to set the paco here, they would be welcomed
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-20
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, leOs- --
HELP THE PARTY.

The Advertiser makes last appeal for contributions to aid in carrying on the campaign for election of the National Democratic ticket. The total amount contributed to the cause up to the 18th inst. has been published, and 1t was not as much as the necessities of the National Committee called for. Alabama has done as we'll in propor- ton, as any of the other States, but none have done as much as they should have done. MT. Ridder, the Treasurer of the Committee. earnestly appeals for further contributions, and we hope our party friends In Alabama WI, in the next few days. double the amount already sent in through The Advertiser. If you are going to contribute. do so at once. The Advertiser will receive the money and forward 1t to the Na- tional Committee.
 The campaign fund received by The Advertiser to date is as follows:
 s. G. Tait, Blocton.. .. .. ..$ loo II. D. Bryd, Blocton.. .. 100
 Previously acknowledged. .... $645.60
 Total. .''' = = = RV1'''
 Money should be sent to Campaign Eund. care The Advertiser" All con- tributions will be acknowledged lh the paper daily.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-20
would Be Trouble Sure Enough.

 If some day the newspaper man should print the contents of his waste basket there would prob4ory De 6 riot There would certainly be trouble fin many homes, arrests In some direc- tons, shotguns in others. eEoubie all around. But the patJnn SJ1Rer sees the waste basket.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-20

A Republican contemporary will blurt out the truth occasionally. The Providence CR. I.) Journal declares that "Mr Tafts campaign has been handicapped from the start by the sher- man drag" It might have been added that Taft is worse handicapped by the Roosevelt Old Man of the Sea.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-20
DRiFTWooD
Tn full swing--the Fair.  nnA nnfo Ahn Gurrrn

Get onto the Curve. :, There's many slip twixt lip and Folks seldom hide their lights un- der a bushel these days On the con- trary the majority. of them are mis- taking ordinary candle lights for arc lights.
 These fne autumn mornings make go squirrel hunting.
 There are fairs and fairs, but when ms9ntfomery san o has one 1t is ,6 pretty sbsd ser A girl seldom calls a young man lobster just because he sdueezes her a lot oftener than they do their sheets.
 We love to smell the gasoline
 When the auto whizzes by.
 For if we can't own a machine,
 The gaso we can buy. "sir. if you. kiss me-
 Why, you'll scream. of course| siowest lobster on. the beach." Realizing that he was up against tNs tho SeAS Some women are fools enough to feel sorry for the country because their husbands are not President of It. When man Is very, very. wealthy. he will not dress up at all. but when to the fine duds she puts on her back. Heaven without millinery shops will not be heaven to women.
 The fright' you get on your wedding day is one you may never get over. Fashion has decrsed hookless waist waist however. we presnme).
 Edna Wallace Hopper says she "can lady a motor car if he chooses to " A little thin delicate slip of woman and what she can do; while a woman as beefy as a baby elephant is always talking about how delicate she is and how often she has to go to see "her On Judgment Day you'll tremble with nd to uns hshr yon Sa se ySa ySaf ehortle till your sides crack.
 A certain Montgomery woman wears so much wire and stuff in her hair that if it wasn't for tine fact that she mar rico plumber who rinn1 inndoes 1t cUit6rt with get 1t down at all to go to bed
 o. A young mother can never see any beautiful hair or eyes. while everybody else sees their little noses running.
 If yog ssysd sTss on y0TT lee b b psrhaSss os coal this winter. Mrs. Langtry has just won s1Oo.OoO ways discouragins betting on horses. ct is wrong to bet-if you loose. is a woman's logicD.
 Quarterback (after the game)-Par- don me. but here is your eye: Half -Back--Thanks, awfully, old chap. and allow me to return to you your ear.
 Fall Time Singer.
 GOIdsn pnnkins gleaminI' bright Nev'r seed a fairer sight ,r s
 Nestled in a batch.
 Trouble this ways. fraid Ira ter steer steer.~ Alabama-here we rest-
 Whar else should we go7 Of all spots on earth the. bost-
 Milk an honey flow. Bring yo' folks an call ag'in-- Apple elders comin' in.
 Phil F.. Armstrong.
 Back at Drift.
 Commenting on the fact that Texas editor has married girl named Cash. Drift Armstrong of The Montgomery Advertiser remarks that now he will work for Cash only. Doubtless that win mean some change.--San Antonio Express. .. s
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-20

The attempt of certain Philadelphia surgeons to make a bad boy good by an operation on his brain. was fail ure and 1t is probably just as well that it was not successful. If it had been a complete success. all the sur geons in the country would have been called into service in an effort to make Pennsylvanians good.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-20

They tell 1t that fossil eggs have been found among the other fossil de- posits of Wyoming. Like as not some body has been queering the scientists by palming off cold storage eggs on thAm as fossils.