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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-03
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The New York Tribune says: ''Mr Hearst calls Bryan and his supporters 'Falstaff's Army Are the uncounted millions of the Independence party the men in buckram to oppose them?"
 The Chicago Record Herald says: There is in Philadelphia a 16-year-old boy who wishes to take the stump for Taft. It isn't likely, howevex that the Republican campaign committee will consent to regard the election of the gentleman from Ohio as mere child's play"
 The Nashville American says: 'The first paragraph in Taft's letter of ac- ceptanoe Tn which he says he accepts the nomination on a platform to carry out all of Roosevelt's policies, will beat him now before he starts. The Republican party repudiated Roosevelt despite his insidious efforts to secure the nomination. The nation will re- pudiate his creature in November They would not have the creator, and 1t follows they will not accept his man Friday"
 The Louisville Courier-Journal says: The Hearst performance at Chicago is not very impressive It will hardly deceive the labor unions Or commend itself to those thoughtful workingmer who seek only the square deal before the law which the Republican party has denied them. Considering the Hearst millions. taking the measure of the Hearst newspapers, one sees in Mir Hearst-at his best-a notoriety- seeking young man and a negligible quantity; there being a doubt in the public mind whether he fig not another mans double; political Trilby obedient to Svangall Brisbane"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-03
NEWS or UNION SPRINGS.
Social Items of Interest in East Ala
 hamu Town.

hama Town. Union Springs. August 3--(Special1-- Mrs. Mary Barnett who formerly lived here. but who for the past two years has been living in Geneva, will move back here to live. and her sister, Miss viclie Pledger. who is now at Coffee Springs, will also come to reside with her.
 Miss Annie Hobdy is visiting Mrs George Walker in Montgomery.
 Mir. D. B. Carmichael and family have moved to Geneva. where Mir. Carmichael has accepted position with the oil mill.
 Richard and Eugene Johnston. of Birmingham, are guests of their cousin Mrs. T. P. Wade.
 Mr. and Mrs, T. B. Miles. Mrs. Francis Thompson, Misses Maggie and Frankie Mabson and May Netta Cowan left this week for Hendersonville. N. C. Mir. and Mrs. c. R. Russell and children will join them there next Thursday.
 Mir. c. " Tway has returned from visit to Mrs Tway. who Is visiting at Glasgow. Ky.
 Mir. John B. Redd of Montgomery is spending a while with his parents at Flora.
 Mir. J. L. Dean, who was for several years with a drug firm in Montgomery has located here. Mir. Dave !. McGee. of waxahatchie, Texas. is here for a visit. Mir. Gerald Wolfenden, of Nashville is in the city the guest of relatives. Mir. J. S. Dickey. Sr.. President of the Bowling Green Business College Is here for visit to his son. J. S. Dickey, Jr. Dan Mclean won the medal this week for the highest score at the Box Ball Alley.
 Mir. Tom S. Miilsap. of Evergreen, visited friends here the past week. Mrs. G. A. Ritch has returned from e visit to Slocomb.
 pr. C. H. Franklin and wife left Friday for White Sulphur Springs.
 Next Friday there will be a reunion of the old veterans of Company C.. 60th Alabama Infantry at Barrachias, in Montgomery County. MT. R' ii Gholston and James Jones of this county are among the number who will attend and George Harris, John Falk- ner and Allen May who were in the same regiment are asked to attend. Mrs. B. A. Powell is visiting in Pratt vile. " Mir. and Mrs Vaughn and children of Florida are guests of Mir and Mrs. A L. Pierce.
 Prof. W. R. Harrison and family. have reached home from their summer outing. Miss Velma McLaurine of Hector is tne guest of the family of Mir. Fred Me Laurine.
 Misses Lucille Singleton, Maude stuckey, Gussie Linton and Mary Dykes nave returned from a two weeks stay at Blue Springs.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-03
A GOOD SETTLEMENT.
Citizens of DOthan PIeanea yv,th r.- elalna nR RalIEnaa e..-.--a--.--

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 eiston of Railroad Commission.
 Dothan. Aug. 1.-(SpecIaI )-At A. meeting here of the Railroad Commis- sion yesterday. several complainta were brought before that body and disposed of in a satisfactory manner to all parties concerned. Arrange ments were also made by which De- than Is to be basic point of figuring freight rates. The efforts of the Do. than Comemrcial Club were fully ap- preciated by the Commission. and it is thought that the meeting will be con- ducive of much good for the merchants of Dothan in getting better freight rates, better transfer accommodations and a greater business for Dothan in the near future.
 At about noon yesterday the dwell- ing of Henry Harrison. young farmer living about a mile from town. was to- tally destroyed by fire, despite the ef- forts of neighbors to save 1t. Mir. Harrison and family were away from home at the time and 1t Is not known how the fire originated.
 The old Simonton building. back of the old First National Bank building, is being cleared out today, and Is be- ing fitted up for the ocupancy of a grocery merchant, and many more evil dences of a greater Dothan business this fall. This building has been un- occupied now for several months and 1t was at first thought it would be torn away to be replaced by another bank building. but the building on the old Nix corner is the one that is to be torn away, and a magnificent building win be erected in it's stead. There will be much moving around the first of next month, both business and res idents.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-03
cAPT. FRANK P. o,pRIEN.

To the upbufding Of Birmingham, Montgomery has contributed more than its share of brains and capital. Nor has Montgomery ever regretted its contributions. From it's capital invest ed in Birmingham Montgomery has been well paid. and the brains which have gone from here to Birmingham have won more than their share of the honors of the great mineral city.
 When Captain Frank P. o'Brien went from Montgomery to Birmingham he carried a full complement of brains and an inexhaustible supply of energy. but not much else. He was the very sort of a man that Birmingham needed and he was the very sort of 8 man that was bound to succeed in Birming- ham-
 Captain oBrien's history has been somewhat like that of Birmingham, now rich and powerful and now tenn porarily handicapped. but always ris- ing in spite of all obstacles. Captain o'Brien. if all reports are to be be- lieved. has been enjoying for several years past riches and prosperity. for his is an indomitable spirit.
 Now the City of Birmingham has paid him the unparalleled compliment of making him Mayor by unanimous consent. But why shouldn't it? He has been a factor in the city's growth and development since it's early days. In sunshine and in shadow he labored for Birmingham's upbuilding. Few men if any have been so Identified with Birmingham's ups and downs as Cap tain o'Brien. The honor of being the first Mayor of Greater Birmingham was worthily bestowed.
 Montgomery feels a peculiar pleasure in 1t. Captain oBrien has never al- lowed the old tie, linked during the years he lived in Montgomery. to be loosened. He has come frequently to see his old friends and the warmest greeting a Montgomery man gets in Birmingham is that from Captain OBrien.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-03
THE ExAMrNArror rRAUps.

The widespread fraud on the part of the negro applicants for teachers certifcates from the state is sad commentary upon the moral standards of those who would set themselves up as teachers and leaders of their race. That general trafficking in stolen ques- tions and bought answers. a trafhc in which it is shown already that more than a hundred applicants had a part is reflection upon the negro leader ship.
 An occasional instance of connivance or double dealing would not necessa- rily discredit the great body of negro teachers of Alabama. but a fraud so wholesale as that which the Depart ment of Education has just unearthed. fraud in which scores and scores of the prospective applicants bought and sold illegal questions and answers is an indictment of leaders of the race that demand more than passing notice. To those who best know the negro. who understand that the race is yet child race, race which does not understand the white mans standard and could not reach 1t, if it did. this general fraud which touched nearly every prising. The white man knowing the negro has no illusions about him. He knows the crude, distorted view he holds of right and wrong. one moment wishing to initiate and own the white mans ideals of honor and virtue, the next trampling every sense of honor under foot when it stands between him and his desires and he knows that the negro. worthy in some respects apd incapable of the trouble the demagogic politicians profess to see him, is yet in the childhood of his race. No fine spun theory, no phii- anthropy can lift him in a few years to the white mans standards. erected in centuries of growth and struggle.
 It is deplorable that the fraud reve- lations show that the dealers in this illegal traffic in questions had eager purchasers of them wherever they were offered for sale. It Is deplorable that the leaders of race, for those negroes who sought to become teachers, as- sumed the role of leadership, should appear in q nasty piece of business which draws sudden and uawelcome notice to the weakness of the race.
 The conventional view which our Northern critics present and insist upon shows the negro the same as white man except for his black skin. The Southern man knows that the black ness of the negro's skin and the white ness of the white mans kin is the smallest difference that exists between the two races.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-03
ECCENTRIC WEATHER WAVES.


 strangest Occurred In the Summer of ls1s, When Frost Destroyed Crops. Boston Globe.
 The weather of the past few weeks has been trial of patience and phys ical endurance even to those who or dinarily accept uncomplAiningly the heat and cold of the seasons. Some of US may have concluded by this time that the climate of New England, or even of the whole country. IS actually changing--that the summers. are get ting hotter and the winters getting colder.
 The records, however, show that for scores of years in New England there has been no such eceentrictty of weath- CT as affiieted this region in the not re- mote past. In his "Recollections" s. C. Goodrich. the original Peter Farley, preserves an account of the extraordi- nary weather of the summer of is16l which was the coldest that had been known here for century. when in New England. from Connecticut to Maine, there was severe frosts in every month In that year cSops were entirely de- stroyed or reduced in volumel to less than one-half the normal harvest, and the hills in June were almost as bar ren as in November.
 So severe was the cold that many thousands of people believed that New England was destined to become part of the frigid zone, and in consequence of this impression there was q great tide of emigration from this section of the country to the west
 As compared with so distinct me- teorologleai eeeentricity as that of the summer of 1s16, the periods of unusual heat or cold which occur now in New England are not to be seriously con- sidered. The records for any given period, indeed, since the establishment of the weather bureau, reveal an an- nual average of seasonable heat and cold. which indicate no appreeiable change of climate.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-03
REPORT or MASONIC CONFERENCE
Clarke County AEasons Had Most En
 5oxahIe session al GafgeevalIe.

t0xahle Session at Gafgeeva1le. Jackson, Aug 2.--lspecial )--c. F. Loranz, ". F. Monk, !. W. Davis and ". H. Fluker have returned from cof- feevilie where they have been in att tendance upon the Clarke County Ma
 sonic eonference. They report a most enjoyable, as well as profitable occa- sion.
 On Tuesday afternoon the work of entered apprentice Masonry was exem- piified. On Wednesday morning that of fellow craft, and in the afternoon of Wednesday that of Master Mason was exemplifed. The floor work was in charge of Hon. w. ". Damn of Grove Hill, a member of the Commit tee on Work of the Grand Jurisdiction
 of Alabama, and also District Lecturer. Nearly al Ithe lodges of the county
 were represented and the conference
 was . decided success from every standpoint.
 on Thursday the conference enter tained the public. and the lodge at Cof-
 feeville had 3 public installation of of- fcers.
 Prof. W. F. Monk, of the AsrieuI- tural School at Jackson. and Dr. J. H. Mccormick of the Scottish Rite Ma
 sorry of Mobile each made public ad-
 dresses to q very large and apprecia- tive audience. At the close of the con- ference everybody returned home, ify of the people of coffeeville, for the manner in which they were entertain ed.
 The next conference will be held at
 Grove Hil during July 1909. The of
 fieers elected for the year were as fol.
 lows: c. P. Loranz, of Jackson. VI.
 M: E. a. Pugf, of Thomasville, S. W;
 C. b. Cowan of coffeeviile J. W: J.
 R. Cowan of Coffeeville. Treasurer; J.
 L., Henson of Thomasville, Secretary.
 L. L. Mcleod of Grove Hill, g. D. !;
 Edd Armstead, Coffeeville. J. D.; J.
 A. May and Henry White stewards; Dr.
 W. W. Mccorquodale. Marshall; W. W. Brooks Tyleg..
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-03
ONE GOAL FOR BRYAN;
 WILL AMBITION WINs
Remarkable Story of Man Who Long Ago Sci
 Out to Be President.

hiasm, the nomination of Bryan for President and the realization of his dream.
 Is not this a remarkable story of auibition7 And how can we explain 1t 2 That 2 man relatively unknown and unimportant, should form an ambition to be President. and set out deter mined to secure the prize, we can un- derstand. We can undArstand how he might plan to stampede great cons vention with a speech carefully work ed up for its dramatic effect. We can understand how such q man might force his way into a convention as Q contestant, maneuver fr the last speech at a critical moment. meanwhile seeking the support of delegates end preparing a base for his superstruc- ture of eloquence and emotionalism to stand upon. We can even understand that such man might go about his work with considerable quiet hope of success, even e sort of confidcnce deep down In his heart But what we can- not understand is that faith which passeth all human judgment, that sub- lime confidence which admits of no chance of failure. The story shows that this was the sort of faith Bryan had. He was so sure that he boasted of his success in advance. He made no effort to keep his plot a secret, to spring 1t as a great dramatic surprise He knew 1t would work, and he was not afraid to tell others. and among them the friends of rival aspirants, what he was doing. There Is no ex- plaining a thing like that. except upon the hypoethesis that William ]. Bryan is fatalist. That same fatalism, or whatever 1t is, tells him that he is gong to realize his anbition--that he is not simply to win three nominations from his party, but that he is actually going to sit in the Presidential chair. uBt Is he?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-03
They have Seen putting a big burgla

They have been putting big burglar proof safe in the headquarters of the Republican Campaign Committee in New York. In two weeks the safe will be chock full of money and nobody will know how it came there. By No vember the safe will be as empty as a last years bird nest and nobody will know what became of the money. Addition, division and silence" Is an old Republican cry and it has lost none of its power.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-03
MONDAY. AUGUST 5. I0os.

z Net littIa raise is being bestowed on the Pensacola shsriff who defended
 the jail at the cost of human life, and he deserves it. although 1t Is true that he was doing only his duty as the law and his oath of office required him to do, but so many men in his position would have failed. It Is dHf- ficult position. for an officer to find himself compelled to shoot, and order others to shoot. his own friends and neighbors, but this one placed duty before all personal considerations. and for thus trying to uphold the law hc ia to be highly commended.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-03
This Date in History
Augn.t a


 1515--ArEentlna dlscovered by the Spaniards, and settled by them in 1858. I7s7-sIr Jeffrey AmhsTst. the Brit rendered, died. Born Jan. 2e, TIT. 1S23--Thonas F. Meagher, who conn rnanded the Irish brigade in the Amer lean civil war. born in Waterford, Ireland: Died near Fort Benton, Mont, July 1,1ss7.
 1s46-President Polk vetoed the river and harbor bill on the ground that it was unconstitutional.
 1s51--Steaner Pampero left New Orleans carrying a fllibustering expe- dition against Cuba.
 1s62-General Halleck ordered Gen 'eral Mcclellan to evacuate the Pepin- sufa of Virginia.
 1s64--PenhsylVani adopted a consti- tutional amendment allowing soldiers to vote.
 1s72-King Haakon VII. of Norway born.
 Is07--Augustus Saint Gaudens. sculptor, died. Born Jan. 8. 1854.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-03

winner, was a clerk in a department store. at a moderate salary. Since winning the race he has been offered position with . sporting goods estab- iishment at a salary of four thousand dollars a year. Not only did fortune come to him. but those who have of- fared him good position know the value of publicity in their business.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-03
RosenfieId-UIIman

Birmingham. Aug. 2.-(special)- Miss Carrie Ullman. daughter of Mir Samuel Ullman, one of Birmingham oldest and best known citizens. was married this evening to Mir. Jonas Ros- enfield of Dallas Tex. The wedding g took place at the residence of Rabbi and Mrs. NJ Newfeld. brother in law and sister of the bride. Rabbi New field performed the ceremony. Only members of the family were present Mir. and Mrs. Rosenheld have returned to Texas.
 Mir. Rosenfield Is a young and pro- gressive attorney of the Texas city and is well known. Miss Ullman was in charge of Kindergarten work in Texas when she met Mir. Rosenfield and the marriage this evening was the cuImi- nation of Cupid's activity.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-03
Exile of Stewart.

AN0W AQIh GNGH1k1S GOSt.
 The case of Col. Stewart, the army officer marooned in Arizona. by high handed President. is up again, by req son of the publication of letter from his brother. In it an astounding al- legation, made on the word of a news paper man, Is that shortly after Col. Stewards return, there arrived at Fort Grant an empty coffin sent there by the Quartermaster Generals Depart ment. As Col. Stewards only other companions are negro and q sick white man, the coffin must have been intend ed for one of them, and will doubtless
 be particularly encouraging to the tn- valid. No surgeon is at hand in case of illness: the fort is in dilapidated condition, and the temperature at. the
 time of the reporters visit was TIT degrees. The place Is infested with venomous spiders, rattlesnakes and animals of various kinds. Yet MT. Roosevelt deliberately keeps Colonel Stewart there, because he will not apply for retirement of his own accord. Temperamental infirmities are the reason he gives for thus abusing a colonel in the regular army. Unfor- tunately, there is no zola to rescue the prisoner of our Devils Island, and not 2 single Republican politician. not even MT. Taft, will lift a finger in Stewart's 8
 behalf. The Baltimore Sun is one of the many newspapers that speak their minds freely on this subject. It asks now:
 Does President Roosevelt feel at all easy in mind when he thinks of the wretched conditions under which Col. Stewart is living. with the approval of the commander-in-ch chief. because of the unfortunate officers "temperannentaI infirmities?" Has Uncle Sam lost all regard for the humanities? Is his army to be Russianized?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-03
|DIA M 0 NDS
Rings, Bracelets, Shirt Studs, Pins, Brooches. Cuff
 Buttons.

Diamond were first discovered within 7s or 100 feet of the surface of the earth ro- day diamonds are being mined at a depth of thousands of feet That is why dia- monds have steadily increased in value. There is an impression that the market is controlled by a monopoly. This Is errone- ous, The value of diamonds today ie gov erned exclusively by the cost of produc- ton. supply and demand. Our predie- tion is that in less than ten years diamonds wtli be worth double what they are today.
 We have a large and well assorted col- lection of handsome stones to select from
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-03

The New York Globe notes with some expressions of surprise that the New York press is curiously divided on the question of Mir. Taft's speech. If all the papers had been of the same opin- ion. either for or against it. The Globe would have thought 1t still more curl ous, we suspect.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-03

The panic appears to have acceler- ated building operations in Montgom- cry. Every man who had been contem- plating building seems to have been impressed with the idea that Now is the time" They have no doubt been moved by the comparatively low price of labor and building material and a boom has come when stagnaSion was expected.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-03
Thi. s Ny sstk BSthday
King pf Norway.

Haaken VII. Kins of Norway. was born August 2. iS7x at Charlottenlund castle, in Denmark. Prior to his cleo tion to the throne by the Norwegian people in 1905 he was Prince Charles of Denmark. the serend son of the present ruler of Denmark. He was educated for the navy and was known as one of the mos. popular and Dem ocratic members of the royal families of Europe. In 1898 he was married to Princess Maud. third daughter of King Edward VII. of Great Britain. There was cnnaiderahle opposition to the marriage, as Maud was the daugh- ter of the future Klng of England and Charles was only a Danish Prince. At that time no one dreamed of the bril- liant future In store fer Prince Charles After the marriage Prince Charles was well received in England. His father-in- law became proud of him and often employed him in delicate and important missions. When Nor way. severed her connection with sweden and decided to have a king of her own the name Of Prince Charles was the only one seriously considered In connection with the throne In 1905 Prince Charles and Princes Maud were crowned at Trondhiem under the titles of King Haakon VII and Queen Maud. The royal couple have one child, little Prince Olaf, now In his sixth year.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-03

The Birmingham Age-Herald opines that Mother Eve never wore a sheath gown" Perhaps not, and perhaps she never wore a Merry Widow. but poor Eve had no Paris to set the fashions for her.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-03

Captain Baldwin. the famous air ship man. says that it will be ten years before air ships will have any com mercial value. The suburban residents of Montgomery will be disappointed at this. By that time the car service of Montgomery will be improved.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-03
c.mDoipn Fuud started

Decatur. Aug 2.-(Special) )-The New Decatur Advertiser of Now Deca- tur. has started a Bryan and Kern eampains fund for this section of the state and The Advertiser itself heads the list with liberal contribution.
 The Advertiser is the first newspaper in this end of the State to start a na- tIonal Democratic campaign fund. Lib- eral contributions are being received almost daily.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-03

Little old New Jersey is taking the cue from Georgia. It is contrary to law to sell intoxieants in the former State on Sunday, and now the saloons propose to sell "near beer" on that day. There's always a way to those who know how to find 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-03

About the biggest accident we have heard of happened in Washington re- gently. The Post says that the late hot spell was an accident. How true 1t must be that accidents will happen in the best of regulated familiesT
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-03

There are those who think 1t a great pity that Mir. Taft could not thank the advising committee in less than ten or twelve thousand words. Evil dently the saying that "brevity is the soul of wit" didn't impress him.