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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-21

A call has been issued for c0ns Vention of negro Republicans cf Mis- tioSip tion to tho Natioaai Republican con- vention. As q ceneeQuence two sets Of delegstss may be sent from Mis- sissippi to the Chicago convention. !. Chairman New of. the Republican Na- tional Committee has appointed A1vah H. Martin, of PortEmouth, Va, to fill shs yssansz T, ths Sss nstions si sornn Bowden. the Virginia member of the committee. sss X. faJ. A. DeArmond. of Davenport. has announced hia candidacy for fhe Com GressionAl nomination in the Second Iowa District. MT. De Armand IS at present ATnember of the iowa State man De Arnond of Missoufi. although they spell their names differently
 The University of Kansas, through it's committee on public speakers. has announced the engagement of Cover nor John A. Johnson of Mfnnesotas to deliver the address ct the university commencement next June.
 B. F. Nelson, of Minneapolis, is spoken of as the next Democratic can didate for Governor of Minnesota MT; paper and lumber. He is president of inc Minnesota Agricultural Society and of the Minneapolis Chamber of Com rnerce. a3 ..
 The Missouri Republican State Con- vention is to be held in St. Louis the latter part of this month. The Taft caiincn's friends assert that the Speaker will have substantial support at the proper time.
 Vermont is expected to send an un- IT, instructed delgation to the. Hepubl- can National convention. The dele gatfon, 1t is said, will be disposed to its preference. so far as present in- dications show, for the former.
 The next sixty days will witness the choosing of several hundred delegates to the national conventions by State and district conventions throughout the country. Thirty days notice for the holding of 2 convention IS required to be given and the calls will bo sent out promptly from now on.
 With the exception of the Indepen- denee National League all @ of the iS pS,lit. s,.t. and place for holding their nominaI. ing conyentions The Populists VIII meet in St. Louis April 2, the Specialists Chicago June 16, the Democrats in Denver July 2, and the ProhtbitionistS in Columbus, July 15.
 
 With practically all of the present State officers unopposed for reelection, interest in the campaign in Georgia this year wills center chiefly tn the Senator Clay will probably be opposed by Seaborn Wright. Among the rep resentatives who will have opposition wards of the First District Griggs of the Second Lewis of the Third, Adam son of the Fourth. Livingston of the Fifth, Lee of the Seventh, Bell of the Ninth, and Brantley 1.-the Eleventh.
 The Democratic members of the Uni. ted States Senate whose terms will expire next March are Bryan, of Flor ida, Clarke of Arkansass Clay of Georgia, Gore of Oklahoma, Johnston of Alabama, Latimer of South Carolina, McCreary of Kentucky, McEnery of Louisiana, Newlands of Nevada. Over man. of North Carolina, Stone of Ms souri. Teller of Colorado, and Whyte of Maryland.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-21
A MOE mrx.up.

According to the story told by The ffardford courant there was queer mix-pp in ons Of New York's fashion abls theetrss a few evenings ago anaonx some of ootham's "sassiety" people. It was not . tangie of the Harry Lshr kind. where monkeys and other quadrupeds sit down to table with alleged humans. but was of . quite different nature. It seems. as the story goes. that . crowd Of New Yori's first and best people he'd ar- ranged to have a good time of 1t. They were first eoins to high-class iunoheon. then attend . matinee at the theatre and wind up with tea at fashionable rsstaurant. The affair was in the name of charity. 1t should be promised. and tickets for all the places to be visited were sold at high prices. 60 that the charity fund might
 make good show. After getting their tickets however. a number of them decided not to carry out the pro- gram and gave the tickets to the grooms. buffers. vaists. maids ana other dependents of the various house. holds The courant adds:
 Just think of 1t The seats were pie who had the tickets sat in the seats. There was s1adyi located next to the maid" who had on the previous evening taken off ner . on sitting there just as If she enjoyed it There were valets and buffers among the men whose drinks they mad been pouring and whose faces they had shaved. The tickets were alike, the seats were equally good. and these people sat togetheri ~
 Now, while it may be true that soma of those who actually made use of the tickets ana seats wsrs as rsput- able. respectabie ana well behaved as wsf6 some of. the original holasrs of the tickets. t Is apparent that when the Erooms and the houss-maids and the like took their. seats among the .'seIeet" and select of New York socie- ty there was something of sensation. but there was no help for 1t. The holders of the tickets and coupons were entitled to the seats while they behaved properly and those who didn't fancy such close association with the common herd were at liberty to go elsewhere. but wen wager that the favored ones enjoyed the novel ex- perienes of having the best seats in the house. But ".cAarity Is one thing ana uilaos is aAothsr.r says The Coura1t. and 1t wonders how much Of that sort of thing New York society can stand. but why wonder? We have more than once read detailsd accounts of functions" given and attendsd by the New York upper ten that were infinitely more dissreditabis to them than the fact that they were forced to sit by decent servants Of their friends People who can put up with Harry Lehr and his monkeys can stand much without breaking down. It was q good joke, though.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-21
the statement? Respectfully,
MIR. BLACKWELL DEcLINBs
To Be q CAadiaate for DeHegate-at-
 Large.

TO Be = CAadfaate for DeHegate-at-
 Large.
 Editor The Advertiser:
 In The Advertiser of February 14 there appeared a communication sign- ed Democrat" which honors ne by suggesting that I be elected as one of the delegates from the State-at-large to the NatIOnaI Democratic Conven- tion, which meets at Denver on July .. 1908, to nominate candidates for President and VIce-President of the United States., am deeply grateful, and desire to thank my friend most sincerely for mentioning my name In connection with this great honor. Un- der the circumstances. however, I can not become a.candidate1 from the State- at-large for delegate. l was one of the first men In the Statest to declare in la Yor of the nomtnation of Mir. Bryan, was also one of the first to declare in favor of Hon. John W. TomlinsOr of Birmingham for one of the delegates from the State-at-large, and to suggest that he be made the chair nan of the deleg gation. think Mr. TomIinson ought to be one of the delegates from the ,State-at-large, because of his fit- ness for the place, and because of his long and active support of and iflti- maUe personal relation with and warm friendship for Mir. Bryan. Hoping that MT. Tomlinson may be elected one of the delegates from the State-ar- large. am with best wishes for The Advertiser,
 Yours truly
 Sam1 Blackwell.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-21
The Egyptian Standard. which pre-

The Egyptian Standard. which pre- sumably speaks with authority. Is quoted in Bradstreet's as saying that increased output of cotton in the Sudan is not to be expeeted;" requir- ing irrigation like the Nile Delta. there is no water to spare from that region for that use. And "in the Delta the output Is only maintained by the con- version of cereal land to cotton in middle Egypt, the restriction of sum mer water from the Sudan to the south of Khartum, all the way north
 to the brackish waters bordering on the Mediterranean. and the praeticaI prohibition of rice growing" Here,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-21

ing side issuss of fhe tariff ana the silver .qucstion. He knows 1t would De folly to spring Government ownership on Lne country now, The country with and wrapped up iri him, that. of course, he will make the platform. and what he puts In goes. That's the long and the short of 1t.
 Some q it wss Horrible. Mobile Herald. Ss 77 I n X si Vi ~ vhsssysr ,s, may ss given '. durins the winter. 1t is generaliy agreed that the present winter has been a renlarkaDly even and sunny one. very like the ssvs cf w1ssT, fory ssiTssd s fss @ scos
 it has been the sort Of s9nvtes sso!s.s his youthtime. and this Is surely praise :, y, issIplns the Law osflssr.. '
 Here ere and and there the liquor people q Tn Detroit it Is stated. the hreweries have decided to cut off 200 of the lower class saloons. In an Ohio town. dsmanded revocation of one divsKseps saloon keepers have set themselves to tho task of cleaning house.
 Alter Ksntacky Nishs Riaer4
 The postmaster 1t Frankfort has re-l ceivsd word from Washington that in- bring to justice the writers of threat-e sping letters which have been received. py many farmers. In the absence Of the State authorities to run down the night riders and lessen their activity, the law-ablding. cItisens of Kentucky must must welcome the fntsrventicn of the : st Washington Is less likely to be in-s nuenced by political or other claifns than the government st Frankfort 4 Apply the same Ruie to Trust Mage Mobile Register |, ! 4 way has been found to infiict line and punlshnlent on certain lahor ieAd-S CTS of New York; for violating an Inc Junction. The Imprisonment feature ie regarded as most. efficaciUus. and the. sRsir sRiy appeal msa tS ths aagS gaprs. ts spss SS 4 refused. The. same medicine is recon- mended for the operators of the wick ed trusts. We would like to see 1t ap- said of them as truly said Of some Of these w0rlxingmen, that they haye not full Knowledge of the effect and mean tng ef the law.
 What White Framsrs Are Doing.
 Selma Journal. s
 A recent visit to the wire grass re- gion of Alabama impressed As very forcibly with the fact that negro labor is not essential to the full and Rree development Of akrioulturaf infefests in AiabAmA. In that section white men are 'doing all the work and it is bloom. Ing like the rose. The money skrin- gency and the prospects or a hard year do not seem to bother the peopIe. They live at homo. take good care Of everything raised on their lands ana are steadily moving forward. Some set our people who are opposed to tmmi- grafton should go Into this real white mans country" and see what we are missing here by not, doing more to ei- courage white men who are willing to work to come into our midst l
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-21
BRYAN DnMoCRAxs LISTED.

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 Fer yssrs srhs censme.ere Has Bssa Lincoln. Nsb., speciaf
 ists here that st Gr. prysn's home over the fact that hs is 90 yell ton SS'ss by sR tRe s bemocrstic @ Executive Ma tional Convention with the rank and
 me trutk E that { for the {. iass .t, sIs 2, sathefing | list of ali the Bryan Democrats In the country. and he has one to-day that is understood to ycn- tain the psTes pf nsarly rs S,., m9lion hsoT secured in s comparatively inexper-'
 Ever AIasc since about 1909. until the conmsrsr lss5 ssw contained sssh SrinssS p page, for. the signature of Denocrats. This pledge bound the Higner to at- tend the Democratic caucuses and pfi.i mass m sss,n. and thss ss ssndes ssn agsxf ana as forms express the progressive sentf- ment of the Democracy.
 rnpanyine the pledge each week s to send for pledge blanks. secure sig- natures to them and send them to the Commoner. The ostensible purpose was to secure names from which the scribers, and in this respect 1t was . success But 1t was also benefcial in another way. It gave Mr. Bryan roster of active adherents to his kind
 These names have been indexed and cataiogued. first by States, then by counties and next by election pre- cincts. If 1t becomes necessary at any time to reach these men 1t can be done quickly and the interest they have displayed in signing can be count cd upon as a guarantee that they will respond IT called upon to do active work. N
 Just what use Mir. Bryan will make of this lfet nobody knows It is there, however, ready to hand if he desires to reach them in any way.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-21
A DIME TO A DOLLAR.
rAs s.ns. :. a.aaan alsaerlal Fan

The James R. Randall Azemoraal Fund.
 Reeicenee to ofrer it's mite to q wor- thy ana aes1red result. often holds back me hand that fears competition with one better atted.
 He who gives his dime to good ob- feet is doing his share with him who gives his d0i'ars
 Therefore. this paper will sseetve any and all connrsbasioas nf from Ten Cents up to One Dollar. and VIII list the same (with or without namesl in xhis place for the James R. Randall Me- uaoria1 Fund. L
 No subscription of over el will be listed here. Any one desiring to give more ean write directly to the editor or to q. c. DeLeon. Mobile.
 If any newspaper desires to aid this worthy and mueh-needed testimonial ft can do so by keeping this paragraph standing at it's column head and re- beating this note.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-21

The Pittsburg Sun doesn't take kindly to the proposal that Congress appropriate, one hundred thousand dol- lars for the purpose of building a splendid marble hall around the cabin in which Lincoln was born. It thinks the proposition ''savors of the rankest hypocrisy" That's plain talk. coming from that section.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-21
poN,r EAr ENoUaR FAT.

So The Lancet of London sayS-PFaAse far
 the suet Pudding.
 The London Lancet condemns the modern tendency 1t discovers to exclude the fatty portions of animal foods from the ordinary diet. L
 Every piece of fat" says The Lancet, "is carefully cut off slices of ham. mutton, and beef. and only the lean parts are eat en. Indeed, for some unaccountaole reasoas the eating of fat Is regarded by not few people as positively vulgar.
 Such an attitude, of course, displays iE- norance of physiological facts. Many uii- nor ills of the body would be avoided if only care was taken to include sufficiency of fat in the diet.
 The introduction of the old-fashioned suet pudding into the diet Is in perfect oe- cordance with scientific teaching. and from a distetic points of view, especially ip the feeding of young and growing people does a really beneficial service to the coun' try."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-21
A NEaRo,s GooD FORTUNE.

Wfu Get s2.A00 By che Death of Ills
 Brother.
 TaHadega Mountain Home.
 Perry Baker. q we'll known negro, who has been digging wells In Tallz& dega for many years, fs about to cnfae into a sum of money, which to him, will doubtless seem princely fortune.
 In December, 1eoz, CharIes Baker. Perry'e brother was killed In a wreck on the Union Pacific Railroad on which he was running as q porter. Some days ago notice was published in q Kansas City paper. the place of the de- ceased neRro's residence, stating that he had an accident policy for $2.4e0. which was payable to brother who resided in Taliadega, Ala. Perry in terested some of his white friends In the matter and nnade q trip to Kausas City, Robert Mckenzie accompanyiFR him. They ascertained that the policy was in force. and while t could not De found, they established the fact that the premiums had been paid regularly and the policy was In reputable fom- pany Attorney J. c. Burt has the mat ter in charge and says Baker will get bis money in due coufse of time.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-21
Monsst Plsassst Psrsons
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WHAT 10 sxr TO-DAY.
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Table Tsik fdr nrdrnfdsu During the
 Three MrA1s.
 Bre.kfsst--T That man trying to ride the elephant wat the Funniest thsnS about sas HEsstsydsy wss just tsg sSs wonder if he is laughing at mel rode two blocks before | remembered that,I didn't have a penny the conductor was sgsa,is s, yst ,wssf sys ssSs @ nsSsa b1s Taa ers ars awfuils iscKy to have such . nne day.
 I.uneheon--I had rather whistle liks that woman than play the finest fr. thought they wers soins to have cam els in the pafada -- fwonder # they really dress that way In the desert--. have been just like q brother to him -.I can remefnher when alI that part CTS certainly have good time-i like to see lots of them ranning--I am pa- trtotic enough. but wouldn't run for ofiice- Yes, tiss Idea is In that word something to write about now--Yes. [ see the Shriners wSre here all right
 Dinner-Poil tax don't cost so much after al1--You can tell Southorn man s sSsIn n .hs s sassa .sr ' ne~ ' hut it won't last iong--I was one of the sfew that saw 1t snowing--Th are some .geod men running Either one would niaise good Mayor--I wouldn't like to scramble for an ,fs fice~-I wanted him just to make . clean breast of the whole thing--I look on him. like q younger brother Just to read the newspapers you wouldn't Know what had happened--I haven't the constitution that can stand cold haths--Ir don't see why the report CTS don't 20 to the right people to find out about -thin6s-4Brynn will run all right if he has ohance--Yes. and win. too. fa3
 lt Is To Laugh.
 It is to laugh--so the French say; and laugh riKht heartily, too. The. American people remark between guf- flaws. Ns.3
 Now. look at that. won't your and laughs like anything. On this side of the water we nre just about as nlcr- ry as the ageerly a tongusd peTw5Sass wpas when when tEs T Tshrinsrs' parade was ready IT 1t ' was a great man in psrpendicular- ly, and very tiny man in other dimen- Sions, that made the remark; he was linear and had length but neither breadth and thickness So, too, the man. whose arm he caught as he hiif- ried forward. had breadth and thick ness. but very little length. What more
 stretch out in front. therar
 Is 1t that one says mcrs7 But mol 1t is to laugh.
 The American hunaof. and its sensing of it are spontaneous The popuIacel said no word; 1t merely glggled.
 "Stretch out in frontr If only he eouldl Ha-Hal
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-21
A SOUTHERN MAN.
Urseta fer Second Place on JRepubibean
 Ticket.

Ticket.
 Chicago. Special. <
 The Chicago Evening Post today publfehed as its leader a strong two.coiunin editorial advocat- ing the nomination of southern man for vice president of the Republican ticket.
 me editorial takes the position chat such a move by the c. O. F. would come with good grace ana far towards strsnFthenins the party and further made to name any man, but the edi- torial insists that the candidate must De q real setithefner, born and bred. sAs Grady dreamed, Ae Lincoln and Lee dreamed of the people once nssore,s says the editorial, s1et the leaders Of the great party Of today Co whose hands the destiny Of the nation is 70 largely
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-21
yRrDAr. FEBHuARr zl, 1908.

It is settled that eggs to the value Of forty million dollars were imported into England last year from Russia. Denmark and Germany alone. How many came from other sources is not stated but if the three countries named supplied all that England received 1t was no small matter. For a fact the humble hen is not to be despised.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-21

according to The Standard, increase of cotton from Esypt Is improbabis. .'untii the water supply ls increased by conn pietion of the Anoonan dam-" And that Increase is elouded by the doubts of the fsrtilizsns quality. the sede- mshtary bearing capacity, of the in- pounded water.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-21

Carolyn Prescott accidentally found herself spectator at a mems bargain sale. where cigars were being sold at reduced prices, and seems to have had the time of her life watching them. She hints that women at a bargain sale are tame in comparison.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-21

There's a woman farmer" up in Massachusetts who devotes her time to raising rats. weasels, rabbits. mice and the like and is said to make it profitable. But just think of woman cuItivating mice!
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-21

The Richmond Times-Dispatch in- forms it's readers that ''no kisses are ever stolen from the star-eyed blondes of Royal Richmond" Don't anybody want 'em or are the owners anxious to give them away?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-21

No doubt The Norfolk Landmark feels very safe in calling the ground hog a liar for the. poor beast has no way of resenting it, but he didn't lie in his performances in this vicinity. He just about hit the mark, so far.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-21

The business of politics is looking up in various parts of the country these days. Bryan has carried Ohio. Cannon has carried Illinois, Taft has carried Alabama. Roosevelt has car ried Nebraska, and so it goes. Car rying States is dead easy before the election.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-21
DRIFT WOOD
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. They scoft at beer who never fslt .
 It wouSa never ao for women to slt on the jury for the murderer would go scot free if he had nice curly hair and brown eyes. fss !.
 While married men walt for oppor- tunity to knock at the door. in many cases love flies out the window,
 A man shouidn.t kick if his son is..a poker chip off the old biociss ss',s '
 while . man is admirins a giri.s curly hair some woman is betting that !,
 on. no. Archihaid, c. w. Morsea initlals are not R, E Morse. as you sus-
 Unlike balloons, Presidential boems require something more than hot air and gas to keep lem afioat. ss. g. :
 The night riders stun continue to Tace tnsir night mares through old
 ';AfIss Sleigh made terrible mouth ? at mo on the street today" s s -
 "oh, my boy--you.re mistaIrsn---i saw her; She was merely adjusting her An Indiana man hanged himself the other day after dressing for church. to 61ttoh his wlfes dress mp up the hack. : which taken together, the poor man. could hardly be blamed for self4de- ,struction.
 One of the mesnest men we ever knew was the fellow who, the other day when his wife asked him for the Ss SSs broom S ns% sd a sd sOsa the hsr dust e he-- wouldn't. And yet people berats < the divorce courts.
 Of course a novel about a grass widow should have grsss-piot;
 A hurricane moves eighty miles an hour. But some families move oftener . than that--to save paying rent. T
 The big crushers of the cement works at Stewartson. N; J:, can crush a six-ton can crush a 200-pound mans heart if she so desires.
 often weighs twenty pounds, but that's nothing. Tn Washington a single head of a Government department has been known to grow head larger than that.
 Two can live as cheaply as one. but who wants to live cheapiyT
 The religion that can only manifest itself through a $40 Easter hat Is no religion.
 Isn't Fairbanks what might be called a long shot in the Presidential race?
 pr. savary says every one should lie awake twenty minutes every morning before getting out of bed. Those un- fortunates who are out most of the night running around and who have to get up by an alarm clock just skip this paragraph'
 Harry Thaw is playing the piano at Matteawan, This is taking more than d mean revenge on the other crazy in- mates who can't get away. A Little Touek of Winter.
 4 little touch O winter,
 But, honey don yo' mind, ci
 Soon ole Mister Winter
 Gwine be lef' behind.
 Soon ole Mister Blue-bird- a, k Be whistfin in de tree, -
 Whar de apple blossoms fallin'
 Jes' as sassy as kin be.
 Des a little touch O winter
 So honey don't you kere--
 Soon he'll be a humpin'
 Cross de hills an disappear.
 No more to fetch de hre-wood in--l
 Or shiVer meath de ktver;
 For l hear Miss Spring a comln'
 Cross de hills, de fields an river.
 An exchange says the proper duEas Umphl Mebbe for some kisses. For others, seems to us twenty years would be all too short. (PA S.-We are NOT a married man.