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The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1908-02-05
STEEL PLANT BREAKS
PREVIOUS RECORDS

Birmingham, Feb. 4.--(special.) -
The months production at the big
steel plant OF the Tennessee Coal. iron
and Railroad Company at Ensley for
January has been compiled and shows
that the record has been broken.
Twenty-four thousand and fifty-sev-
en- tons OF steel were rolled in the
blowing mill and twenty-three thou
sand tons and over of steel rails were
produced. The record is a good one.
In the next week or two the steel
rail mill be closed down for some re-
pairs during which time the steel will
be handled in the Bessemer rolling
mills. There will be no employee OF
the big steel plant relieved from work
while the rail mill Is being repaired.
1t is expected to have the plant in
full operation again within a month
The rail mill Will be able to produce
double the amount of its product when
1t resumes operation.
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FOREIGNERS RETURN
TO THEIR NATIVE LANDS

Birmingham, Feb. 4.-(Special.)--
One hundred and ten foreigners left
Ensley. the steel suburb of Birming-
ham. tonight for New Orleans from
which point they will sail in the next
few days for their respective coun-
tries.
with the exception of score or
more Greeks, the foreigners are bound
for Italy. s. r.. Gaurina, OF EnsIey,
acted as agent for the party and his
brother will meet them in New Orleans
and start them on the journey across
the water.
It is understood that the major por-
ton OF the foreigners will return to
the Birmingham district when there
Is better demand for labor.
Several hundred foreigners have re-
turned to their old homes during the
past three or four months. almost all
Of them promising to return when
there is need for them in the South.
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TROOPS TO FRONTIER
RUSSIA TO AID TO PERSIA AGAINST
TURKEY.
The Governments Of Turkey and Persia
Have Been Disputing About
the Boundary Lines Near

The Governments Of Turkey and Persia
Have Been Disputing About
the Boundary Lines Near
Tabriz.
st. Petersburg, Feb. Five thous-
and troops have been ordered from
North ernCauoasus to the Turko-Persian
frontier, while other soldiers IN small
detachments have been proceeding
steadily for several weeks past.
This concentration is due to the ae-
gressive attitude of the Turks in their
frontier dispute with the Perslans. 1t
IS believed in ST. Petersburg that Rus
sia IL about to undertake a military
demonstration against Turkey.
Dispute Over Boundary.
The Governments of Turkey and Per-
sia have been disputing about the boun-
dairy line near Tabriz for some time
past and the situation is serious one
as the interests OF Germany. Great
Britain and Russia may be gravely at
fected by an outbreak of hostilities.
Turkish troops have occupied Persian
Territory and committed depredations,
and there have been serious dis6rders
at Tabriz. Russia is bound bytreaty
to help Persia, and for sevaE4t weeks
past there have been evidences that she
was preparing to send troops from the
Caucasus to aid her ally.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1908-02-05
TO WEIGH THE MAILS
MANY CLERKS IN REoUIsTTION FOR
BIG JON.
On All Railroads HAIL VIII he Weighed
Fer 106 Days--The Work La
DOne~ AnnuaIly.

Just one week from yesterday tns
weighing of Uncle Sans mail beSing,
the preliminaries being made when q
shipment OF several large scales reacn-
Mail Service at the Union Passenger
station yesterday moaning.
The weighing OF the mails begins on
the 18th of February and iaS t,,,a lSo
days, throwing 1t to the 18th OF NAY
during which time every pound OF mail
handled will be weighed. A set OF
10 the regular mail clerks will be
placed on trains 81 IS ana 80 OF the
Train 81 arriving in Montgomery at
1870 D. N. IS carried straight out TO
New Orleans by the L. and n. and the
weighing clerk on that train runs
through from Atlanta to New Orleans.
Train 35 Of the Western arriving az
Montgomery ct 1855 a. m. connects
with the Louisville and Nashville train
No. / and the Weighing clerk on that
train will also run through from ATTAIN
"a to New orleans. while the cierk on
the Western train 80 arriving az Mont
gomery at 1855 p. m. goes on 10 new
Orleans on the l. and N, train No. ..
A Weighing clerk will be put on the
local train No; 5 Of the l. ana nl, y; iea "
q q. m. Coming North a clerk Will be
put on the l. and n. local arriving at
Montgomery from New Orleans AZ p.
ana on train KNO. AIOAtt &NGW OAANGh@
at e:30 D. m. Train 50 arriving from
New Orleans at $50 a. m.--the COM
panIon train OF 37-will have q clerk
who will run through from New
Orleans to Atlanta and clerk will be
put on train No. 4 leaving TOR Nash
Vile at 6:4S p. m. Clerks will also be
placed on trains Of the Atlantic Coast
Line, Mobile and Ohio. Seaboard Air
Line and Central Of Georgia
A Weighing clerk will also be placed
at the railway mail transfer room at
the Union Station. As these clerks
will be paid SO a day IL viii cost Uncle
Sam q nice bunch OF coin to find out
the weight of the malls through and
out OF Montgomery alone TO say moth
inG4rof the other sections OF this great
country.
There was a collision between a
Louisville and Nashville yard engine
and a wagon belonging to a local ice
company in the North and South yards
At s o'clock yesterday morning. The
wagon driven by negro boy by the
name OF Ernest MAJ had started across
the Hartley crossing when the engine
struck IL. Fortunately the engine was
going very slowly and not much harm
was done. the mule was not hurt and
the wagon not broken, only turned
sideways. The negro was knocked out
of the wagon and bruised. He was
sent to 81. Margarets hospital where
examination showed no bones broken.
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w. D. wiImOre Dies suddenly.

Huntsville, Feb. 4.--(Special. -
Walker L. WilmoFe, a prominent citi-
zen Of Rowe Village. died very sud-
denly last night of stroke Of apop-
lexy. He was sitting with his daugh-
ter in their home and was taken sud
denly i'll. The young woman assisted
him to his bed and he died a few
moments later. Mr.. Wilmore was sew
enty years old and was for many
years q resident OF Gurley.
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Topeka, kas, Feb. 4.--BegInning
Feb. 9, the Santa Fe Railway will. II
10 announced. annuI ten OF IT'S princi-
pal local passenger trains in Kansas.
General Manager Hurley says this 10
made necessary by the decrease IN the
roads earnings the past year
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nien ut NrerrlmneI1.

Huntsville Feb. 4.--(Special. -
Mrs. Sallie Cannon, of Merrimack, died
last night after a brief Illness. Her
body was shipped today to her former
home In Murkreesboro, Tenn. ''--
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FUNERAL NOTICE.

The friends of Mr. and Mrs. r. W.
Onutt and family are requested
to attend the funeral OF Mrs. r. W.
Ohfutt from the residence, III High
street. this afternoon at 3 o'clock.
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Body of Nssrs Pound Dead 1

Birmingham, Feb. A.-(Special.)-
Coroner Paris spent today at the Short
Creek Mines, in the western part Of
the county, Investigating the death
OF JET watkins, a negro pumper in
the mines there. who was FOUND dead
with q bullet hole In his head.
II seems that Watkins went into
the mines to start the pumps going
in order that the miners could take
up their work. The negro never re-
turned from inside Of the mines and
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1908-02-05

an Investigation revealed his boay.
II is not, certain whether the man
shot himself or was MeeEs&
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+ SEHeEEF IMPROVEMENT.
= TIL Decatur Street School Improve.
ment Association will meet at the
school building at $3.50 o'clock Thurs
Mrs. e. B. Joseph will entertain the
Saturday Card Club Saturday morn
ing at 1850 o'clock at the home Of
her mother. Mrs. L. w. Iahey' on
0oldthwaite Street..
The members of the Standard Club
will entertain at dance this evening.
Miss Julia Taylor is visiting friends
in New Orleans.
Miss Ina Reynolds of clio is visit
Cloverdale.
Her friends win be glad to know that
Miss Cora Parker, who has been III,
has recovered.
The Hebrew Ladies' Benevolent soci
ETY. will meet in the vestry rooms OF
the Temple this afternoon at $3.50
o'clock.
Mr.. Mcconkey concluded his series
Of lectures at the z. W. c. T. last even
The members of the Country Club
will give dance Friday evening.
=
Mrs. H. e. Melton and Miss Ellen
Melton of McWilliams. are visiting Mrs.
r. S. Hill.
Miss Mary Pitts. who has been visit
ing Mrs w. w. Screws returned yes
terday to her home in Pittsview.
Miss Emma Pitts. who has been on a
visit to Miss Tallman, left yesterday
Off her home in Pittsview.
Mrs. T. W. Samuel of Demopolis is
r. L. Samuel, on clayton Street.
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Mr.. J. M. Handey. who came to
with the hope that Mrs.
Handey, who was taken Ill and has
since died. would recover her health.
has returned with his children to hts
home in Mount Meigs. He was accom-
panied by his sister, Miss Mollle Han
dav
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1908-04-02
ne TuEH sF Cou1TlH

Commenting on the statement by the
Mitchell Republican 70 the eject thai
the Insurgents committees II bota
Stanley and Mcpherson counties sim
| ply robbed the stalwarts of any pos-
sihiiity Of securing place ON the
delegation by. appointing insurgeat
delegations In direct conflict with the
primary law" the Mitchell Clarion,
In utter disregard for the truth. svers
that these delegations were "as fairly
elected by the con1mittees a. were
any staiwart delegations in the. state
1t is perhaps useless to argue with
a contemporary that is either 30 C.
norant Of the facts as is our Clarien
friend. or else SO purposely inaccur.
ate. but 1t is well known by those
who have personal knowledge Of the
situation that there is no warrant in
law or in moral ethics for the man.
ner in which the delegations from
both Stanley and Mcpherson were
chosen. The provisions of the pri-
mary law we're not complied with in
either case. and no one knows this
halter than do fho manooare xrhc
,na-;n,iasad tsasa .-a ao1,.s.. -.
= @ et,ara, - sss,aatas. 80 -
:. = Sn'a1..e,,' -
= .quSs "en 49, = "a .,aala .n@. 4. 80
ne VI ieinaa NO iu'ehsio.. u sne .Sui son.
'ea'ders 70 secure coa.foi ol .ne ssa1e
convention .nrougn Ine provA q
.ne law when enables sne county
eorami.tees 70 seiect lne aelesaksons.
out following the coarse, work Wnfcn
characterized the operation in Nc
Pherson county there was such an
80
sort tnat the msurgent : managers
were constrained 10 Aalt for the time
being
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1908-04-02
A SIGNAL yETlRY

Groton Independent:-On the as
sumption that the true patriot always
places principle above men, the stall
warts have won signal victory In
the first encounter Of the year, to-
wit: The insurgent majority Of two
to the vanishing point. Taft, the true
representative OF the Rooeeyeitfan
policies, has been forced upon them,
and they dare not turn down the
war secretary. If they control the
Huron convention-if they really won
at the primary. The wanton extra
vangance in appropriating q half mil
lion or more in excess OF the reve-
nues for the two years OF Crawford
there will be pairing OF extraya-
CANT attempts to spend the peoples
money in the future. There may be
no regret by those who reelected q
CRATER to the senate, but II is q1fte
certain that South Dakota's pollution
Of the lower. house will not soon be
repeated. The lumber trusts and
the MormOns may be able y over.
come Kittredge, just as the beef trust
was able 10 get In It's deadly work
On Martin tive years ago, but II these
things prove anything at all they
prove that the true friends Of the
masses are the stalwarts, and the
i2dsanits ssEpors So, ~ sEe Hsf
senFer law: aiso freight retuc<zgr
| law that will reduce freights bot4
| stalwart suggestions. In the ana
l round up. when the hypnotic tnhueuc'
/ Masses South Dakota Will come =
her own, recover from the disgrac
l which has been heaped upon her .
men whom She has honored, an
! there will need be no whitewasnin
or apologizine on the part OIL u
: stalwarts.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1908-04-02
CliEIoRs AND tue RAILROADS

It Is strange, indeed, that. following
Mr.. -Crawford's subserviency to the
Chicago & Northwestern railroad. for
50 many years, the governor has the
nerve to stand before an intelligent
audience and pretend to be opposed
to railroad domination. =
Mr.. Crawford was attorney general
of the state during 1896. and by vir.
tue of his office he was also a mem.
Der offthe state board, of assessment
and equalization. 81 ~.
It was the duty of this board,
among other things. to fix the valua
Ftion Of railroad property for the pur
pose of taxation. This board met In
August, 1886 e..
A peculiarity Of the record, so faI
as Mr.. Crawford is concerned. is thai
It discloses Mr.. Crawford's presence
only when the, question of railroad as
sessment was under consideration
The gentleman appears to have man
Tested no interest whatever in the
AStSSsiuS Ol OtuCk SldSSCS ok- PkoPStss
nor in the equalization of the assess
ment returned by the various cotm
ties. r ~ "
At this particular time Mr.. Craw
ford was one of the nominees for con
gress (althougn defeated In the fal
under the wave OF Organism whicl
swept over the state.) Whether tn
fact of his ,congressionai candidac.
had any. beating apon Mr., Crawford
favoritism to the Northwestern tn
record does not disclose. ...-
Now, let as see what Mr.. Crawford
as servant Of the people and . pros
pecfiye congressman. did for tn
peoples benefit at that August meet
! ing of the board. We speak from tn
official record of the proceedings O
the board. pages Ae and ~.
In 1885 the Northwestern road fror
Huron east TO the state line. throug
the counties of Beadle. Kingsoury an
Brookings, was assessed at s4'zoo pc
mile. In 1896. at the meeting OF tn
hoard, Mr.. Crawford moved that In
identical stretch of road be assesses
at $500 per mile--a reduction Oh s4'
per mile.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1908-04-02

Groton Independent: Our insur-
gent friends have gone TO much ex:
pense In having fac simfle plates
made Of county auditor reports to.
80 49, g. !. ) !! -! s:....-s..ss-. .
ssss ~ ~ s'fe 49, 4...s<.s
why leave out the twine plant tax
Of 1907 and leave the stalwarts oharg-
tax which was twenty per cent OF
the statesleyy OF 1908 II the twfne
plant levy Is not cnargeabfe to the
insurgents, then why have the bond
interest included against the stal
warts IN 1903, to which Brown conn
ty contributed the sum Of s4.41s.62
Why! Because campaign based
upon .falsehood and misrepresentation
hust continue to juggle- The facts ana
presume Upon the ignorahcs q the
Goyefnor crasforGs defense on. the
ground that former fears showed al
equal. OF greater tax In mills. is truly
mendacioys. Hes knows that: the -tal,
uation of the property In the, state
has more. than doubled, and that q
three mill tax: in 1907 brought more
noney into the treasury than would
a six pill lew. ten years ago. Craw'
ford knows this, but IN his speech he
cast unjust. -aeium .oi his.predeces-
The fact that four. min :tax will be
necessary In 1868 Is another proof ol
insurgent .insincerity in showing the
legislative years, only. Despite the
fact that the twine plant levy viii be
out of the way, this years tax Will be
only -one- fourth mill less than that 61
1897, and still, be insufficient to take
care Of the outstanding obligations.
Really, we don't see how anyCnf
can besfoeled by their fake argument
but it &c the best they can do.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1908-04-02
N,OuI STATE nIKTING

EAnotaer broken pledge must be
charged up to the Crawford admins
tration: Mr.. Crawford charged in his
campaign that under the stalwart
regime the@public printing was done
at q high price by favored ,newspa-
'pers and that If he became governor,
an ena would be put to the placing Of
state printing except by a commits
sion.
:, The legislature passed such d law.
II Is found In chapter 2e5 of the ses-
sion laws Of 1897 Section % was
directed against the eyil complained
of, and says:-
"All printing to be done for the
various departments oil NE state and
for appointive officers shall be done
under the provision Of the State
Printing Commission.
On April 2S, 1907, the commission
adopted a resolution allowing all such
officers to get printing ordered In
their discretion in Jobs which
ran under $25, but declared that ali
other contracts must be submitted to
competitive bidding. Evidently, some
Of the stalwart publishing. houses
have been getting some Of this work
BY underbidding, because on March
II. 1893, a resolution was adopted
resembling the resolution Of April 26
1907. and declaring that "all printing
Of catalogues, pamphlets, circulars
stationery aad other printing, excep
the printing of ofhci& reports, vii
hereafter be left re TYoUR owr
souND DlscEETDtF
This means that tne osficials d
not have to give II 10 the lowest bid
der, but can pass the work aroun
among those who are loyal to tn
cause Of Crawfordism and that tn
taxpayers must pay the difference.
is not a great matter, but it is a 'sigl
post which points to another broke
pledge.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1908-04-02
IT IS 1 lEllEI


The constitution OF the state o
South Dakota brands q felony th'
taking OF interest on state funds foI
private gain. Section ii Of article x
reads as follows:-
The making OF profit, directly
or school district mnney. shall bs
deemed felony and snall be punish
ed as provided by law.
- It is maintained by some lawyer.
that this provision Of the constitution
- self-executing. but whether it 1:
or whether it is not. the fact remains
that any state treasurer, or other
public officer. who derives profit, di
rectiy or Indirectly, from state funds
is guilty OF an offense which has
caused many a public ofscial to wear
stripes behind prison.bars for term
Of years.
Again and again it has been openly
charged by the state press and by
public speakers that the present
treasurer Of South Dakota is reap
ing personal profit from state funds;
that, under the subterfuge of salary
for services as vice president" of a
prominent banking institution. he ;is
violating the section OF the constitu.
-tten above quoted.
II has likewise been suggested that
a portion Of the mammoth campaign
fund which the Crawford forces are
expending may have been secured
through the same channel, Through
the connivance of the insurgent lead
ers with the state treasurer. -
To these repeated charges the state
treasurer has remained absolutely
ssileats nor have his friends or news
paper defenders ever denied the
charge. even by Implication.
Although Governor Crawford has
been almost daily before the electors
of the state for months past as a
champion of his. own political ambi.
uons. and notwithstanding his atten-
ton must have been called to these
oft-stated charges, he has never ut
tered a word of denial, nor has he
sought to relieve the state treasurer
of the odium which attaches to bis
name through this public criticism.
How honest men, seeking to uplift
the~ body: polite. can. whbfiy ignore
such serious accusations, and at the
same time support, the accused for. a
position which win enable him to con.
Time to wax fat at public expense, is
bexond the :comprshehlN8 Of human
intellect ~ IL,
= It Is but q. logical deduction that
men who--are the benefeiaries~of q
species Of graft OF this sort should
have nothing TO. say, as though 1t
were a mater of no concern whatever
to the people.
- Perhaps. however, the haste with
which Governor Crawford so vocifer-
ausly rushed to. the defense of Sena-
tor Gamble, when the latter was con-
froated with the charge of petty
and the subsequent discov-
cry Of the need of d sarge pot of
whitewash and a force of henchmen
to apply It in conspicuous manner,
may have anhoculated the governor
with the germ OF ''sxxysme caution,
lest such a confessisni OF guilt as .res
suited in the Gamble Investigation
might lead 70 much more serious con
sequences in; the case under eonsid-
GRAFTON, for it is no light, matter to
confess to the ,.commission of an act.
not to mention conviction thereof
before court Of compxent jurisdic-
tion, which, the constitution plainly
denominatess a felony.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1908-04-02
WHY DID CRAWFORD OPPOSE IT

Why did Crawford fight bill both 1889 and 1s909 He
champion of the very forces he condemns he
striving infant that has to such enormous
proportions made the rayng the friends
Roosevelt and Of all the great Among
today forth the tatooed man whom the trusts
relied upon at Bismarck and at Pierre
hem9 Should he be rusted In deciding this
again oracle of wisdomexperiece Ii
your thirty put poison into the well from which
live stock drank would hire him again when he was fifty
age? Would reemp hmY Could he convince that
lh was your Would you consider his application
suit to your negenceY Would you think that he SIZING
you up "a simpletonf, -. ..4
Today will before the people, praise the Standard Oil
while Pierre and at Bismarck he keeping
scb trusts fined 100000 HERE is FOOD
FOR THOUGHT AND REMEMBER SENATOR KITTREDGE VOT-
Ed WITH THE PEOPLE
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1908-04-02

In 1896 the Northwestern Nd be
tween Pierre and Huron, through the
counties Of Hand. Hyde and Hughes
was assessed at $4,000 per xnile. Mr..
Crawford moved at the board meeting
of 1896 that this same piece of road
be assessed at $500 per mile-a re
duction Of $500 per mile. -
As q matter of fact, it was only
through the. vigorous proSests of GER
tain members of the board that Mr..
Crawford did not fup succeed in Sc
curing these REDUCTIONS. but never
theless. as the assessment was finally
1xed. it left the Northwestern . wal
uatfon between Huron and the state
line $2oo per mile less than that of
1895. y -.
In 1896 the Nprthwestern's assess
ment between Huroaa and Hawarden
was $4,000 per mile. The board in
1896 reduced 1t to $4,000 per mile.
The Elkhorn branch of the North
western road In the Black Hills was
lowered by the same board to the ok.
text OF $500 per nile. -.
Remember that these material re
lductions-this favoritism to the North
lwestern-were brought about through
! the influence of Mr.. Crawford, pre-
sumably the servant Of the people, moi
the tool of the corporations!
Need we wonder, then, that within
sixty days after Mr.. Crawford com
pleted his term as attorney genera,
Of the state. he was called to the posi-
tion Of state counsel for the North
western system!
I Need we manifest surprise, there
fore. that as the attorney for the roas
lhs was Influential before the stats
| board Of assessment OF which he wa
i formerly a member. IN Keeping dowl
| raiiroAd assessments for the zen year
following his retirement fro1 stat'
4 Office. --......-...