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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-12
One Definition Of Jealousy.

Jealousy" said Uncle Eben, lis a
mean mans substitute fob ownin' up
like a gentleman dat he's licked.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-12
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If only men bought things nobod,
would ever have issued trading
stamps.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-12

The Bulletin has the largest circu.
jGtiOn and the best circulation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-04
What fhe State Papers Are Saying and Doing

Try Agafn.
 If the Democrats do not win in the November election, with all the bur- dens the Republican PSrty has now ita Gadsden Times-News. The Montgomery Advertiser made a mistake in addition and all the other papers made idenfically the same mis- take. Emmy thing that
 Not Fair Presumption. Jasper News. s County. who voted in the Democratic primary, failed to express a choice for President would seem to indicate that they desire to reserve the right to vote the Republican national ticket
 Both Got Licked. Gadsden Times-News.
 John A. Lusk and ]. Asa Rountree had the press of the State against them in the recent primary. and they both got licked.
 Men Who Don't Vote. Huntsville Mercury.
 The Chattanooga Times hits the nall people are responsible for the kind of men who get into offlce." Aye. the men who refrain from voting are as much responsible as those who vote.
 Selling Their Cotton. Piedmont Journal.
 Judging from the amount of II cents cotton sold in Piedmont this week, the pretty good shape. And II cents cot- ton will do much to help the financial situation in general.
 ouite Likely.
 The Birmingham News says it is re- ported that one of the leading aspir- ball. More probably 1t Is the kind of baseball the BIrmingham team is play ing that he dislikes..
 Made a Fine Showing. Ozark Tribune.
 The Montgomery Advertiser certain ily made a fine showing in presenting to its numerous readers the State news Grandma" on the way she handled the election news and in fact when you come to consider Old Grandma in many respects she is right smart old gal.
 Another Issue wilI Be Matched. Troy Herald.
 The railroad question having been settled we are at loss to know what will be the issue In the next State cam paign, which will soon be on. But we suppose the fertil~ brain of the poll iticians will be able to hatch out" an issue. something that they will be able the prejudice and inhame the minds of the voters. It certainly will not be the worn out racket against rail roads and other corporations But we wait to see.
 
 Flying SIaehineG Mobile Register.
 un- l. lmA kt NAA- and has sought to fly Until he can put feathers twenty feet long on his fingers. and flop them ten times a sec ond. as a bird does its feathers when chine of some sort. and no machine can be constructed that will not be at the mercy of the winds. Man does pretty good article of flying already by means of steam and rail. He will have to be satisfied with that, for 1t is the limit.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-04
Randall .. s Filibuster.

Philadelphia Inquirer.
 There Is very general notion in this country that 1t was Speaker Reed who first put a stop to fliibustering: This is an error. since the first man to stop 1t was that arch -filipuster. Samuel J. Randall stood at his desk continuously for seventy-two hours and held up the House on an important measure until tSs 5ssb uaSss mors s fsys ss n y hss then existed. In the next Congress Mir. Randall was Speaker, and the rules were the same When t became ap. would seat Hayes. a lot of recalcitrant Democrats In the House concluded 10 hold up all business and prevent the final canvass of the votes In joint ses-
 Those fiery days are forgotten by all but the old generation. but ct the time excitement was intense. Ihe % stn or Democrats, led by Springer of Illinois. thought 1t would be an easy matter Dy prolonged roll calls to prevent q joint piete the count. They Imagined that hands. because he was the most sue cessfnl nliopster & of his ums; hnsd ,n 1T thc House for three days, 1t was conciuded that twenty men could hold 1t up. until the expiration of the session. It was while such methods were in progress that Randall called Q halt. He refused to put any motion which he considered diiatory. The rage of the filibuster- ing Democrats was unbounded: Thers was a scene of uproar In the hall which lasted until the sergeant-a at-arms was compelled to interfere.
 It was then that Speaker Randali announced that the general order of business, the Contribution and laws enacted under 1t were superior to any rules of parliamentary .practice.. and that he would not permit any diiatory tution and the laws That decision made Hayes President. A less scrupu- lous man would have played into the hands of the recalcitrants. and 1t is possible we would have had civil war At any rate, there would have been serious trouble. When speaker Reed announced his famous decision on the general propositions laid down by Randall. and they have been sus- tained ever since.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-04
FuN N PROsPECT.

Last week North Carolina voted for prohibition by quite a large majority and when the Legislature gets to work to enact laws to carry into effect the expressed will of the people we. shall see whether that body can do the job effectively or make farce of it. Prohibition which does not prohibit is not only farce but really does harm to the cause of temperance. as all know who have watched the course of prohibitory Legislation. And this re- minds us that a citizen of North Caro- lima has it in mind to do the job com pletely, and has prepared the follow ing bill to be acted on when the Legis- lature meets next winter:
 A bill to be Entitled An Act to Prohibit
 the Drinking or use of intoxicating
 liquors except for medical pur-
 poses
 The General Assembly of North Caro-
 lima do enact:
 Section 1. That any person who shall drink. imbibe by suction, hyperder- mically inject, or otherwise introduce into his system. any quantity whatso- ever, of spirituous. vinous or malt liquors, or intoxicating bitters, or any fluid which contains sufficient quan- tity or percentage of alcohol to pro- duce tntoxication. shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by fine or Imprisonment, or both in the discretion of the court.
 Sec. 2. That the smell or odor of any of the liquors mentioned in the preced- ing section upon the breath of any per .N.. l. x.Ar, N-. .tx this act, and evidence thereof shall be sufficient to sustain a conviction here under.
 Sec. 3. That the place where the smell or odor of such liquor is dis covered or detected upon the breath of any person shall be concluSively pre- sumed and held to be the place where the said liquors were drunk. and the venue of any indictment under this act may be laid accordingly.
 Sec 4. That this act shall not apply to any person who is bona fide sick. and uses such liquor upon the pre- scription of regularly licensed phy- sician. whose patient such person is at the time: nor to the bona fide patient of any regularly licensed den tist. who uses such liquor upon the prescription of such dentist, the patient being in the dental chair under treat ment at the time; nor to the pastor, of- ficers or communicants of any church or religious society. while engaged in
 
 ceremony in which such liquors may be used.
 This. now, is what we call making a complete job of 1t. No getting around that law. or climbing over it, or creep ing under It. Each citizen will con- stitute himself-or herself. for that matter-a committee of observation to watch for and report any other citi- zen who drinks, pumps into his hide or rubs into himself anything stronger than water. and report the offender at once. Nor is this all. for we suppose 1t will be necessary for North Caro- lima to appoint and qualify an entirely new set of officers, whom for want of better name. may appropriately be called Smellers. whose duty it will be to go about smelling the breath or
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-04
Buried City in Callfornia.

New York Times
 Berkeley. caL.--Buried . few feet under the soil of the University of California campus lies a city of the stone age. whose massive walls respond to the instruments of the members of the Berkeley Society for Psyehicai Research and sshow their we'll defined locations. according to the investi- gation made by Prof. Joseph veril presi- dent of the local Psychicaf Society and oth- CT members.
 buried city, which antedates by thousands of years the time of Coiumbus. have been carried on. 1t is said. quietly for the last few months since the society took up this important branch of their studies.
 None of the professors of the university has aa yet thoroughly investigated the finds of the society. but 1t is likely. that if their discoveries are found to have foundation. excavation work will be begun at once along scientific lines.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-04
THURSDAY, JUNE {, 1908.
AN INSPIRATION.

Senator Gore, of Oklahoma. one of the youngest men in the Senate. is en- tirely blind. but that misfortune does not seem to have impaired his intelli- gence and information or his useful ness. We are told by the Washington papers that the Senate galleries were crowded last Saturday to hear his speech. and that he gave his hearers a really wonderful exhibition of his powers and accomplishments.
 There ought" comments The Wash fngton Times. "to be inspiration for every American who enjoys health and his faculties. in the career of this man. A mind working in dark ness. deprived of the most common means of acquiring information con- cerning the things about it. which yet succeeds in storing away the fund of fact and developing the ca- pacity for accuracy and analysis which this blind Senator has displayed Is an increasing wonder to whomso- ever will contemplate it. Perhaps the less of one faculty tends to whet an- other, but the proof of what a man thus handicapped may accomplish for himself certainly should animate every observer with ambition to make the best of his opportunities"
 History gives some noted examples Of people who have accomplished won- ders despite their lack of eyesight. Homer and Milton are two famous ex- amples of what the blind can do. but in Miss Helen Kellar Alabama has given to the world one of the most noted cases on record. She. though de- prived of sight, speech and hearing. not only acquired wide and varied education, but has accomplished much good by imparting her knowledge and requirements to others. Perhaps the loss of one or more of the human faculties stimulates and broadens others so that the afflicted ones often arouses wonder and admiration in all who witness their powers. As The Times remarks, such instances as these should be an inspiration to those more fortunately situated.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-04
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R. H. Edmonds of The Manufaetur- CTS Record. in a recent article regard Ing the industrial development of the South, says:
 Tt must not be understood that the South was alone to blame in this agita- ton; other sections were guilty of tho same spirit: and in the national gov ernment, as well as in the State gov ernments the same agIitati0n n.s and nd. de ra But of ali sections. the South had the least reason for taking this position; .S1 on; most to gain by taking the opposite ground. Imagine for a moment. if you can. the world wide effect If the south; amid the storm of denuneiation. had stood solid as a rock for eonservatism, for protection to capital and to busi- ness interests. Not only would It have helped to stem the panic in other sec. tipns and other lands, but It would have made for itself name that would have made 1t the focusing point Tor the worlds capital. h every F PanninS oIlS have been said that the south is the one place in all America wh]en stands
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-04
Politics and PoLiticians

It is said that John A. Aylward of Madison, who was the Democratic can- years ago, may try for the nomination again.
 Don s. Dickerson, who succeeds the Nevada, Is 34 years old. and the young est Governor Nevada has ever had.
 Sumner W Haynes, .Prohlbitionist candidate for Governor of Indiana was quarter of century ago a candidate for Attorney General on the cProhibi- tion ticket.
 Former United States Senator Will Ham E. Mason of Illinois is working overtime in the interest of his candi- dacy for nomination for his old seat again.
 Denver expects more than 100000 visitors during the National Democratic Convention next month. The reserva- tions from New York State alone mum Der 1.1eo.
 The Prohibition forces did not gain much in the. recent Denver city election. State election In North Carolina.
 Several hundred students of the Uni- formed William H. Taft Republican Club.
 The Marion Club of Indianapolis, 500 strong; and accompanted by esnd of Of Convention in the interest of the Fair banks candidacy.
 Presidential aspirants should beware. The coming Republican National Con- vention In Chicago will be the thir- teenth since the organization of that party.
 
 Louis P shackelford and Richard Shea of Juneau, comprising the Alas kan delegation to the Republican Na- tional Convention, have already arrived In Chicago.
 E. c. Wall of Milwaukee. who as- pired to the Presidential nomination of in connection with the Democratic nomination for Governor of Wlscon- sin.
 One of the surprises offered by the recent Republican State Convention in Idaho was It's failure to include Sena- tors Hepburn and Borah and Governor Gooding among the delegates selected
 It is reported that Thomas F. Ryan. the millionaire capitalist of New York and yirgns T isdn S. nSv aS bapis 5S the prevent the Virginia delegation to the Denver Convention from being instruct ed for Bryan.
 Lieutenant Governor John c. McKin- ley of Missouri. Is mentioned as pos sible candidate for the Republican nomination for United States Senator He is ey oeeted to make formal an nouncement of his candidacy within the next few weeks.
 John Sharp Williams, leader of the minority in the House, and recently elected United states Senator from Nils sissippi. will be heard on the lecture platform thls summer in California. Wisconsin. Texas and several other States.
 William P. Myers. one of the Eve liv- ing delegates to the first National Con vention of the Republican Party at Philadelphia in 1858. has arranged to attend the corning National Convention at Chicago. He will attend in response to a special invitatlon sent him by Chairman New of the National Commit. tee. Mir. Meyers Is s7 years old and has lived a'i his life in Mercer County III.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-04
This Is My 65th Birthday
 Charles Conrad Abbott.

Charles Conrad Abbott, noted as a naturalist and archaeologist, was born June {. 1S43, at Trenton, N. J. In 1865 he was graduated from the medi- cal department of the University of Pennsylvania, but has never practiced his profession. He served as private in the Union Army. and for . brief period previous to 1872 he was engaged as a manufacturing chemist. Since that time he has devoted himself who'll discoveries in locnl zoology to his credit and he has also written many books on archaeological and biological subjects. As an assistant of the Pea body Museum of Archaeology and Eth nology. he discovered irrefutable evI- dences of the one-tifne presence of man fin Delaware Valley, early in, if not previous to, the Glacial Period.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-04

selidly and unnloyable Tor protection to for in railroads and in business inter- ests that protection which is essential to prosperity. And be it remembered that without protection to property rights there can be neither prosperity nor civilization itself. What a mighty change would have been seen as com pared with the present. Suppose the men who led the South in agitation had been equally as active In taking this other ground and pointing the South to that high mountain. standing upon which 1t would have commanded the worlds admiration, and then conceive If you can, the difference between the duilness. the depression of today and the prosperity and the great influx of capital which would have come about under such conditions.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-04
TT WILL NOT DOWN.

IT WILL NVA 1VWNs
 The Hartford (conn.) Times is ons Democratic newspaper thst agrees with Foraker on the Brownsville af- fair, and 1t lays on Taft most of the blame for what it considers the wrong ful action of the administration. "The truth is,r says The Times. ''that Taft allowed the guilt of the black soldiers to be taken for granted, and. with his usual complaisance. consent ed to allowing the officers who were detailei to investigate the case to act as prosecutors and prosecutors of the helpless soldiers"
 Well. it matters little. what may have been the strict rights or wrongs in the matter. who were guilty or who were innocent. the case is sort of Banquo's ghost which refuses to down. It has been discussed, inves- tigated, inquired into and disputed ad infinitum. ad museum. and still it re- tains all it's vitality. About the only fact that has been definitely establish Texas town of Brownsville, and the other fact that the administration or- dered and effected the discharge with out honor of three companies of negro soldiers. The exact facts as to who were the really guilty have not been ascertained beyond reasonable doubt, and one of the causes of this uncer- tainty in our judgment has been that those who have investigated the affair were predisposed one way or the other and reported accordingly.
 But laying aside any question of right or wrong. justice or injustice. fairness or unfairness. one fact stands out undeniably. and that is that the act of the administration has re- coiled on the head of the President and his Secretary. The exasperation and discontent of the negroes in all parts of the country has been warm and outspoken, and the flame has been continually famed by men like sena- tor Foraker, who are governed by the double incentive of enmity towards Roosevelt and the desire to secure the. support of the colored voters of the country.
 Leaving out. as we said. all question of right or wrong in the discharge of the negro troops. there is no doubt- ing the fact that it has aroused feel ing of enmity and opposition on the part of class of voters whose votes may have an important influence in the presidential campaign just ahead, and may possibly be a factor in the Chicago convention. It is we'll known that the administration and it's sup porters have made various attempts to smooth over the affair. and placate the negroes. but their success has not been at all commensurate with their desires. The affair furnished such good text for the Republican opponents of the administration to harp on that they will not let 1t die down. but are bound to make all the trouble they can for the Roosevelt-Taft combina- tion. As far as Democrats are con- cerned they may be pardoned for wish- ing both sides the most unbounded suc- cess in devouring each other To use the language of Iago:
 New whether he do kill Cassie,
 Or Cassie him, or each do kill the
 other,
 Every way makes my gain.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-04
Letter to The Editor
A Frfesa,S nisssKe.

Editor Advertiser:
 Today Judge U B. caston who ia usually very accurate in his state- ments m his excellent address on the presentation of Mir. Davis's portrait to tne Larnesie Library made a histori- surrendered Fort Donslson to Grant two days before Davis was inaugural ed as President of the Confederacy. 18th 1881 and Donaldson was not sur rendered until the 18th of February
 See War between the Union and the think the Judge feii into another er- TOT in claiming that Burnside made any captures off Norfolk before that inauguration. MT. Davis ordered the first shot fired in that war when on April 18th 1881 he telegraphed Beau regard to fire on Fort Sumter.
 Wm C. -Oatea.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-04

'
 skin of all citizens, and if the odor of cocktails. juleps or any. other prepara- ton can be detected then the person So odorized shall be dragged before the proper officer and required to tell what he did 1t for. We do not envy the job of the smeller. for there will be some men who will object to having an officers nose poked into their faces and may take it into their heads to punch the offending nasal protuberance out of shape. We foresee great times if that bill Is enacted Into a law.
 But the originator of this proposed law has left . door wide open for those who want booze real bad. All one has to do Is to get sick, go to bed and send for a doctor. If that doctor Is of sympathetic disposition he will at once prescribe enough liquor to produce first-class jag on any one who yearns for it and has the price. Or, if preferred. man will so to the dentist with bowling. jumping tooth ache, and while Mir. Dentist is look ing for the offending molar he can administer a square drink of some thing good. thus aliaying both the pain and the thirst. If this bill becomes a law the practice of medicine and den- tistry will become the most remunera- tive of all professions. and the offices will become the most popular resorts in the Tar Heel State. There's sure to be fun ahead for somebody when prohibition is sought to be enforced under the law we have quoted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-04

Well. Crumpacker ought to feel hap py now. as he managed to get through the House his resolution looking to the reduction of Southern representation in Congress and in the electoral col- lege. The performance was only in tended to placate negro voters and bind them to the party of spells and spoilation. but we doubt if even many negroes will be fooled by the fool proposition.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-04
AibcrtviIIe Is All Right.

Albertville has increased considerably in population since the Federal cengus was taken in 1900. Nothwithstanding the fact that the city was partially rebuilding rapidly. There are a large number of carpenters at work and sev- eral new houses have been built. The people have taken hold and continued with the work with vim and vigor which speaks well for them. It Is said that within year there will be little trace of the cyclones terrible havoc. Most of the fifty odd persons who were injured are recovering and there are not. a. great many who will geb perman- entity crippled.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-04
This Date in History
June 4

June (.
 ls36-Portocarrero. the celebrated Viceroy of Mexico and Peru. born in Madrid; died in Lima, September 22, 1T05.
 17ss-George III. of England born; died January 20, 1S26.
 1763---Indian massacre at Fort Mack. inaw, Mich.
 17sO-Independence declared by Bel gian provinces.
 1S05-Treaty of peace concluded be- tween Limited States, and Tripoli. 1629--United States steam frigate Fulton blown up at New York: between thirty and forty persons killed. 1S62-Fort Pillow, Tenn, evacuated by General Beauregard.
 1SS5-Ferdinand Ward, of the sus- 18Ss-Electrical death, bill signed by Governor Hill of New York.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-04
Ns neueAt ts cen.umer.

IFOY F1eTaIu.
 The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad has put into effect the Conner rates. the Central of Georgia, which also runs through this county. has not put on law made rates. but still charges the old rates And you can buy merchan- disc of all classes as cheap In towns served by the Central alone as you do In those towns served by the Coast Line Our contention has been all the time. that the consumers would never get any benefit from freight. reduction and after an investigation of the mat ter we have heard no reason why We should change our opinion
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-04
The Farmer.
Prattville Progress.

PrattVlIIe PrOFfebS. - --
 Schools are busy turning out doctors lawyers. preachers. merchants, and few farmers. Why? There are lawyers who just miss starvation: doctors who do no practice; not to many preachers. but more than the people support Competition in mercantile life is SO keen that it is a life Of danger. For an intelligent man there Is no occupa- tion which promises so much as farm ing. But the farming must be right. Who does not read or think has no place in intelligent farming: for him become less.