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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-11
Letter to The Editor
Card From MT. TIlel1s. ].

Editor The Advertiser;
 In your report of a meeting that was held at West End on Monday night in the interest of MT. J. C.. Tyson for Mayor. your reporter would convey the idea that made an sttack upaasa very respected class of citizens of Meptgom- cry as a race.
 I make this statement becauae your reporter took a remark of mine made during the course of the speech, and made feature of 1t by putting 1t in the headlines of the report, desire to say that If 1t was his intention to convey such an idea, that I made such attack upon the Jewish people of our city Ss race. that 1t was false in toto. desire to make this statement in jus tiee to myself as a citizen of Mont gomery. If there is anything that I deprecste m politics 1t is any statement by any person which attempts to arr ray class against class. have the very highest respect for a great ma jorIty of the Jewish citizens. some of whom are our most progressive citi- gems, and I would not let one single word fall from my lips which might be distorted into meaning that In- tended 1t as a slur upon them as & race.
 write this card in justice to myself as citizen of Montgomery, because I believe that the reporter has writ ten his article in such a way as to mis- lead the people and distort the mean ing that I intended to convey.
 T. R. Hicks.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-11
A poUnTFuL INVENTION.

It is a doubtful question whether some .4odern inventions are hurtful or beneficial to humanity; in short, wheth- CT the good that may come of them is not more than counterbalanced by the harm that may result. Of this character is the noiseless firearm said to have been invented by a son of Hiram Maxim, the famous gunmaker
 Without going into details. 1t is claimed that by the use of some kind of contrivance inside the barrel the noise of a gun is almost entirely sup pressed. the statement being that the report of an ordinary rifle can be heard but a few feet away, although the bullet does it's work as effectively as ever. The mechanism used Is said not to be expensive or complicated. and can be operated without difficulty by any one who knows how to handle firearms Commenting on this report ed invention The Brooklyn Eagle says;
 Whether this invention will material
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-11
DRIFTW CD BY PHIL A. ARMSTRONG.

A woman doesn't mind you Iakins club to her so long as It Is clun- sandwich.
 It's just like a woman at this sea. son of the year to say: Does my sack-cloth hang righty
 Speaking of refined football mebbe with the introduction of the noise- less gun we will now have rehneo warfare.
 Evelyn Thaw wants a cool million for giving up Harry: what a misfortune 1t is to be home ly. "pe you believe in love at first aYes--but--erIm rather near. ;. sighted--so sit a little closer please.
 Enough. Enough to eat, enough to wear
 Health. and the conscience free rom A place to curl up in at night
 And 2 friend or two to treat me And I'm satisfied.
 Baby Days.
 Don't you sometimes sigh
 For the days gone by
 When you got anything
 If you'd only cry hair-p pin with which she was picking her teeth While the hair-ptn may De used for almost any purpose. as toothplck 1t may prove positively dan gerous.
 The Arkansas Gazette asks: Can Senator Jeff Davis go to me neaGens Gsaes --sIy,,IS- -S tI,at h = iaads fha nronar life even if he is. from Arkansas.
 Hetty Green says she had rather see her daughter married to 2 good Aunt Hetty for honorary membership to the Paragrapher's Union.
 The report comes from Kansas that some people out there came near being poisoned by eating canned prunes To get the full benefit of the. delicious Juicy prune 1t should never be canned but eaten after being thoroughly cook ed and served for breakfast with thick Jersey cream and powdered sugar with crushed ice and rose leaves.
 We will match the d-ehssksd. blue eyed blondes of Montgomery against the red-headed widows of Richmond or any other aggregation of glorifted girlhood that any other city in the world can trot forth.
 The Cunning Child. Baby Mary took a gun,
 Shot her grand -ma--sixty-one. But that's all right-wel
 You just bet -.t Mary Is the houshold pet.
 A little loving Is dangerous thing
 Fairbanks is said to be the mos popular candidate up around th' snow banks.
 It must make thief blue to b' caught red-handed.
 whew-who said 1t was Spring. Cold wave-more cover.
 Get your overcoat out of soak.
 Your spring suit wasn't quite finish ed anyhow, was 1t? A mad mule created a lot of ex citement In Columbus, Ga PossiplI some thoughtless driver called he Maud and she kicked at the appeIia tion.
 Don't be too optimistic. For in | stance a woman doesn't want hus band to sing love songs to her wnil
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-11
PREsIDrNTIAL ELECToRs

The following is from The Mobile Item and 1t is surprising that so we'll informed a paper should make such a mistake:
 The press of the State is saying some nice things about the Hon. Emmet O'Neal of Lauderdale county and the Hon. William c. Fitts of Mobile, for mer attorney general of the State of electors at large from Alabama to the national Democratic convention at Denver. Two better selections could not be made: and in the event these hardly any doubt as to their being warmly endorsed.
 The words of conamendation of the two gentlemen named are we'll be- slowed. They would grace the elec- toral ticket--of the State-but their selection as electors would have noth- ing to do with the Denver convention. They would not be required to go there at all. Their duty would be to meet in this city at the time fixed by law and cast their votes as eelctors for the candidates for President and Vice  President whom they might select. or course they would vote for the men nominated at the Denver convention although if they saw proper they could vote for others. No man. however, in the whole history of the country. chos- en as an elector has failed to vote for the nominees of his party. Occasion ally there is a division as in Ohio In 1892 when one Democrat received a majority of the vote and cast his vote in the electoral college for MT. Cleve- land. the others voting for Harrison. One vote was cast for Roosevelt in the Maryland electoral college in 1904 and the rest for Judge Parker.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-11
The Reporters RePIy .

Editor The Advertiser:
 l am the reporter who wrote the news story of the convention in West End Monday night. l wrote the cap tion of the story. too. I quoted MT. T. R. Hicks correctly. He did not make, [ did not quote him as making. any statemNnt whence might be logically deduced a conclusion that he attack ed the Jews of Montgomery as race.
 The quotation of Mir. Hicks in the ton of him in the news story. In the story Mir. Hicks is quoted;
 Do we want a man who is working in his own interest and in the interest of a few rich Jews who wish to sell whiskey after the prohibition laws are in ehect?
 In the caption 1t is written:
 "T. R. Hicks Insinuates Gunter Would Afford Police Protection to Rich Jews to Sell Liquors Illegally
 It was my instant judgment, when the caption was written. and 1t Is now my placidly fixed opinion that the diff ference. comprising not harsh para few" Is inconsiderable.
 What MT. Hicks said was correctly reported by The Advertiser Tuesday morning. What sentiment he intended his words to convey. the reporter neith CT possessed nor desired the privilege to speculate. Not for his personal de- fense but to permit the light of truth so to illuminate as that no shadows will be cast, the reporter suggests that single words let fall from the lips are more liable to distortion than words enunciated strongly and directly in those properly assembled groups .whicl in the grammar book are called sen tences because they express a com. plete thought, and not an intention.
 C. S. Partridge.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-11
HAs THEM ALL GUEssINa..

HAS THEM ALL GUESSING. The Independence Party Is Not for
 ROOsevelt, Bryan or Johnson. New York American.
 There are now three distinct and startling rumors current among our esteemed contemporaries touching the Independence Party.
 of the Independence platform our es- teemed contemporary the Brooklyn Eagle led a bright battalion Of ru- mors that the Independence Party was d'etat in nominating and supporting for the Presidency. with or without his consent, the Hon. Theodore Roose- welt. the present strenuous incum- A few days later an equally esteem ed contemporary, The Washington Post, fathered 8 hatteriug array of dependence Party was about to crowd William J. Bryan's expectations with certainty by indorsing the candidacy of the Peerless One.
 And now. on yesterday. comes our also esteemed contemporary. the New York World; with new and startnng statement that news representative hour on Wednesday with the governor of Minnesota, and ergo, inevitably the Independence Party was about to get behind the political fortunes of John
 
 tory.
 These are very interesting and very striking rumors. and from our kinship with this great new movement we are compelleS to acknowledge that they are entirely true-with just three exceptions:
 First-The Independence Party is not going to support Theodore Roose- welt.
 Second---The Independence Party is not going to support William J. Bry- an.
 Third-The Independence Party is not going to support John A. Johnson. Wan tnese three comparatively triV- ial exceptions the interesting stories which have recently sparkled in the pages of our esteemed contemporar- les are true--entirely true.
 It may not. however. be out of place to add one other exception, to wlL: The Independence Party going to nominate its own candidate. and IS go- ing to vote for him with a strength and heartiness of numbers that Is likely to be a revelation to the older and sadder political organizations. If It does not elect this candidate of it's own in this particular election. 1t is going to lay the solid foundation for doing so In the next.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-11
This Is My 62nd Birthday
LucIus Futile.

Lucius Futile. president Of the Bos- ton and Maine Railroad for the past fifteen years. was born in Hartford. Conn, March II, 1s46, and received his education in the public schools of that city. In 1865 he began his raiiToad career. fin which he was destined in time to become one of the recognized masters of modern railroading. He served in various subordinate positions until 1889, when he became commits sioner of the Trunk Line Association. year later found him the general manager Of the New York, New Haven and Hartford road. in which position he served for two years, when he was elected vice presidena of the road. In 1898 he became president of the Bos- ton and Maine. then a much smaller system than 1t Is today. Under Pres ident Tuttle's direction the system was expanded until now 1t controls the en- tire section of country east and north of Boston. Since 1898 Mir. Futile has been president also of the Maine Central Railroad, which Is closely al lied with the Boston and Maine in terests.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-11
wDDrEsDAY, MATCH II, 1908.

A few days ago The New York Sun declared that either Bryan or Hearst as the Democratic candidate could beat Roosevelt or Taft in New York state That was before Hearst's de- elaration of intention as to the action of his Independence League. Since the declaration that it will have out it's own ticket and will not support ths candidates of either of the old par ties. we are curious to know what view The Sun will now take. Of course Hearst is the controlling power with his followers and if he desires the nomination of the league he will get it. In any other event his choice in the matter will prevail. That his so- called party has some strength in New York. Massachusetts and some other states has been more than once demon- stsated-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-11
The rartb NIodIfied by Man.

The Century Magazine says editorially: : "In view of the prediction by so careful an authority as Mir Pinchot, that at the present rate of destruction there will be a timber famine ia the United states with in twenty-five years. 1t behooves all ex- affairs of either nation of state to study this question thoroughly. To such we con fidently recommend the famous and inter esting volume by the late George F. Marsn' formerly American minister in Rome, enti- tied ''The Earth as Modified by Human Ac- tion" the recent reissue of which oy the any one to read the chapters relating to the dire effect of forest destruction in the Msditsranean countries without becoming sr srdent Champion of a prompt and radi- cal policy, to the end that our own country may escape the same fate
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-11
rHrsLr DrseursnD prscRsmiNA-
 TToN.

The South has SO long been the sub ject of Congressional discrimination that new phase of it may only excite comment without creating surprise The insignificant position held by It's lawmakers in national sfairs doubt less comes of unwise leadership. and out of such a condition. the commercs of the South is discriminated against to the advantage of other sections.
 Business men of Mobile. Pensacola and New Orleans have recently pro- tested against the Frye bill reguiat- ing the shipments of material and foods for the government works of the Panama Canal. The bin is regarded by them as thinIy disguised attempt to deprive the South of any share of the Panama business. The three Gulf cities have looked forward to the building of the canal and have seen in the trade which would naturally come to them the clear promise of future greatness. The Frye bill proposes to forbid the fulfilment of this promise.
 The measure is in disguise but the disguise Is thin. It declares that all material for the government works and employees at Panama shall only be shipped on vessels flying the American flag. There is only one line of Ameri- can vessels clearing from American ports for the Panama canal and that is the Panama Steamship Company. from New York to the Isthmus. The government controls this line.
 This line. 1t is agreed. has not paid any profits since 1t was taken over by the government Like all other private vetures into which the gov ernment has entered it has proven un- profitable.
 Senator Frye and his Republican as- sociates no doubt wish to create a legal monopoly in restraint Of trade in order that the government line of SNC6AiCA0 may fAAAhS n PfOAAA% DAt tAtS bill has a far more reaching effect tIan the establishment of a govern. ment monopoly.
 It strikes vicious blow at the com. meTce Of Mobile. Pensacola and New Orleans. It would rob them Of all nat ural rights they had to the Panama business.
 Nor is that all. It would eliminate the Southern manufacturer and dealer from bidding for Panama business. Several desirable contracts have been awarded to manufacturers and dealers of Alabama. Their material now is shipped through Pensacola and Mo- bile.
 Under the bill if they fulfilled their contracts they would have to ship to New York. They could not meet the competition of the manufacturers and dealers of the Eastern States. within reach of New York. The Panama bus iness already won by the South would be taken away and given to the East and thus would the purpose of the bnl be carried out.
 The Republican party has legalized many injustices and discrimfnations but that party never proposed dis crimination more unjust than this. It is inconceIvabIe that any Southern Senator or Representative will help them in this scheme.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-11

The Dallas (Tex.) Express .colored, declares that "the negro in the com ing national campaign holds the strat- egic point" That must have been the opinion entertained by the Ohio Re- pubiicans when they made such pal pablo bid for the colored vote. The Express however wants all the ne- groes to unite on Foraker or a man of his views and nominate him. That's a slap at Roosevelt and Taft.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-11

she is moppins up the floor with him. Oh. no. percy--the Creek indians do not necessarily bathe any oftener than the others.
 Man cannot live by bread alone un- less he Is a baker.
 The saddest. The saddest words
 That tongue can speak Lend me ten dollars
 Old man for week" The saddest words
 The hand can pen Don't you think it's time
 You returned that ten?' 4 The only drawback to the steady beau is that ever-present-fearful vague uncertainty.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-11

4 well informed contemporary says that not less than All boiler explosions occurred in the United States during the year 1907. It would form a mighty interesting volume if each one of these accidents could be so explained as to show the true cause of all of them. It would form long record of ienor- ance and carelessness on the part of the makers or users of steam boilers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-11
This Date in History
Mareh 1I.

March II.
 1544--Torquato Tasso. the Italian poet, born at Sorrento. Died in Rome. April 25, 1895.
 I619-Two sisters burnt at Lincoln, England.. for the alleged crime of i7o2~The Daily courant, the first British daily newspaper. issued in i7s5MJohn Mclean. associate jus tice of the United States Supreme Court, who dissented from the ma jority opinion in the Dred Scott de- cision, born in New Jersey. Died in Cincinnati. April {. 1881.
 ISll-The 'Luddite riots" resulting from a depression in the hosiery trade, began in Nottinghamshlre, England, and continued for several years.
 1Sf8--Henry Wheaton, a famous American authority on international law, died in porchester Mass. Born in Providence, R. l., November 27, 17S5. 1S56--Nicaragua declared war against Costa Rica. Entertainment at Quebec adopted the confederation scheme.
 fsT4-Charles Sumner. Massachusetts statesman, died. Born January 6, lSll.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-11

ly sffect the conditions Of modern war rare must remain a topic for specu- lation until conclusive tests are made judges. But for a.,o the most purSoses ms'tns fhe modern high power rifle seems to pos sess about all the advantages which could be claimed for noiseiess sub- stitute. The use of smokeless powder makes firing line almost. if not quite. invisible, providing that the men are properly sheltered; while the effective range fs so extreme that bullets will strike an enemy some seconds before he can hear the report of the voiley that sped them.
 Tn considering Mr. Maxfm's inven- cape notice. Crimes perpetrated by shooting will be made easier of com mission and harder to detect if it be a valve to smother noise. No great amount of ina agination is required to picture conditions when every Black Hand Han ,hs, ruffisn ,,, possesses himself ,, of quietly as a we'll handled stiietto.
 The possibilities for evil possessed by such an invention, If 1t proves as suc- cessful as is claimed, are vast, as one may easily understand. As The Eagle intimates, the noise made by the gun or pistol of an assassin is often the means of locating him. and maybe the only means. A firesrm which pro duces neither smoke nor noise would be one of the most potent instrumentss in the hands of murderer that could we'll be imagined. With no one able to see the smoke of his sun or to hear its report his chances of escaping de- lection would be so largely increased that crimes of murder and assassina- tion would be almost safe. We cannot see that humanity is the gainer by in ventiohs of this kind, but may be largely the loser.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-11

Is it not actually humiiiating that after so many millions of dollars have been spent on warshins evidence should now be piling up to show that they are defective. owing to faulty construction. It is now in order to consign them to the junk pile and begin anew. But what's the odds? Who cares for expense?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-11
How It Works.

In the opinion of the leading paper tn Oregon the initiative and referen- dunn. which has been established in that State for several years. has been a sorry experience, put control in the hands of cranks and agItators. inter fered with the orderly progress of so- ciety practically abolished the consti- tuition and laws and greatly damaged the State. It is a strong indictment. but The Portland Oregonian thinks it has the facts to prove It's opinion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-11
PRIMARY ELECTION NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given by the Democratic gomery. Alabama. that a Primary Election will be held in the City of Montgomery, Ala bama. on Monday. the twenty-third (23rdl hating Mayor. President of the City coun- cil. two Police Commissioners two Alder
 men from each Ward and two members of the Executive Committee fram each ward.
 -S0t JOHN A. ELMORE. Chairman.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-11

The indications seem to point to the final acquittal of schmitz. the san Francisco Mayor. whose record of crime has been rarely equalled. The law may make him free man but honest public opinion win not acquit him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-11

'Is editorial opinion of any worth ?" aks The Columbia State. Well. that depends. but sometimes it stirs up lot Of sand. whether 1t is worth any thing or not.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-11

"Deport the anarchists" is becoming a common expression of late. and the advice Is good. but, as contemporary remarks, 1t would be we'll to stop inn porting them. In short. get rid of the supply we have on hand and don't ac- quire any more.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-11

The Washington Herald says: "The report that the President is about to take up the study of Esperanto is in- teresting. Does he think his last mes sage about exhausted the possibilities in old reliable English?'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-11

Professor Starr. of the University of Chicago. is going out to the Philippines in search of an unknown white race supposed to exist there. This legend or myth of a lost race has endured for centuries, but perhaps it has re- mained for a Chicago professor to dig them up.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-11

The Muskogee Times Democrat says of certain man that che can come and go as easily as the itch" With some experience and much observation we have never known a case of the itch that would go" easily. It is al- ways inclined to stay.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-11

Washington is great place for matching disquieting rumors. One of the latest is that the President is get tins ready to inflict another message on the country.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-11

The usually correct New Haven Reg ister refers to Augusta as "the capital of the State of Georgia" oN Now if At- Ianta doesn't emit several robustions howls we miss our guess.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-11

A Kalamazoo man has been heavily fined for hugging a woman. Was his offense specimen of "embracery" we have been reading about of late?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-11
sWORN cTRcULATIoN

Ths Montgomery Advertiser guarantees ifa mdvarfisers (afid makes it a part of the contract when Fequested) that its daily cir cuinflcn is larger than that of any morning newspaper printed in Alabama--and that its Sunday edition has the largest circulation or any newspaper printed in Alabama. without exception.
 Ths figures for February printed below renreaent the actual net circuIetion. ali re- fuRns having been deducted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-11

"Populism is not even popular" says The Norfolk Landmark. Surely the Virginia brother doesn't read the paperS
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-11

sunday Average for February, 1908 As'sSS = : N q Noble. Circulation Manager of The Tha foregoing statement of The Advertts, CTS circulation for the month or EesFusIy, an returns from news boys news agentas ano4iad and left over copies have been de- %s.ssssS Ss,essS E. S NOBLE
 Circulation Manager. sworn to and subscribed before me this 10th day of March. 1908 .v,,
 fsEAI, RIGA ALEXANDER
 Notary Public.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-11

hereby announce myself az eandidAta for County Treasurer. subject to the ae- tton of tho Democratic primary.
 n. COLLIER.