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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-14
PROMPT ACTION.

Lee County has set an example of administrative justice. which all Ala bama could we'll emulate. Within a week. Sam Bailey and Uhland culpep- per have been convicted of murder and sentenced to life Imprisonment. The crimes for which these two men were convicted were committed in Septem- ber. Before half of the month of oe- tober had passed. these men had been Indicted, tried. convicted and sem tenced.
 Both are white men, with more or less influential family connections. Both were able to summon to their learning. But in less than six weeks after the commission of their crimes they are in the jail of Lee County un- der a life sentence.
 Lee County has set a mark in ob- servance of the law for the other coun- ties of the State. Criminal law de- bends upon the swiftness and certainty of It's punishment. Much criticism has been levelled at Alabama for alleged non-obseryance of the law In some of that criticism there has been jus tice.
 The action of the juries and the om- cials of Lee County have set a stand ard for law observance. The visitation of such prompt and certain penalties upon the violators of the law clothes the law with added respect and majesty. The good citizens of Lee County have a right to feel proud of their courts.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-14
GOOD AND FAD RnAns.

The Boston Globe has compiled fig- ing over the best quality of stone roads per ton per mile Is eight cents. and over the worst quality of country ~oads. such as are to be found in many parts of the country, is 64 cents. It takes the estimate made of the average cost of hauling throughout the country at 25 cents per ton mile, and says that if this could be reduced to an avers ge of 12 cents. the saving to the people of the United States would not aver age less than s25o. .00O 900 a year. While these figures may not he strictly accu- rate. they are doubtless practically so. and The Globe adds this comment:
 From every point of view the build Ing of highways on which travel Is easy is today of paramount importance, not only 10 farmers and drivers of all sorts of vehicles, but also to numerous tra des which employ thousands of men on work that directely or indirectly. is connected with transportation on highways.
 As we all know. there's hardly any thing more convincing than figures. Augmentation may be powerful. but when dollars and cents are put before him. the dullest man can comprehend what they mean. The cost of hauling on bad roads over the cost on good roads Is made up partly of the extra time required to make trip. partly of the extra loads required to carry a certain amount to or from market, and partly on account of the wear and tear of teams and vehicles. To reduce this cost one-half as The Globe figures It out means an annual saving to the people of the country of quarter of A billion dollars. Are not such figures a convincing argument in favor of good country highways?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-14
 NEW COUNTY AMENDMENT.
Senator Johnston Writes Letter Urging
 Adoption.

Bessemer Cor. Birmingham Ledger
 The following open letter for pu6li- cation from Senator Joseph r: sas Sori rins'o1 os the New Counties Club. and Will De read with very great interest. comihs $ as 1t does just at the time when the inaugurated a vigorous fight against the passage of tue Ragsdale amend ment. Senator Johnston says:
 amendment: a Counties are osta biished for the convenience of the people ana ana not for the ennolument of county ofn- cials. The pride in having great expense and inconvenience of large numbers of citizens. The proposed new county at Bessemer will still leave Je1- and wealth, and the. new county there will ranke among the foremost. .
 (signedl Jos. F. Johnston
 The letter is short. crisp. and Just harmony with the position taken by Senator Johnston in all matters pertain ing to the welfare of Alabama ana while Senator Johnston has no interests whatever In Bessemer, he holds that there are conditions which should be above selfish motives.
 Ten days ago Senator John H. Bank. read. while addressing the voters of Bessemer in favor of the good roads amendment. expressed himself unedul- vocably in favor of the passage of the anu SbnbO1 SAAaS NN FNA+A support 1t :.
 Congressman Underwood. a, resident of Birmingham and a man not inter- ested directly In Bessemer, has time and again stated in speeches and in convers sation that he was Tn favor of the amendment He represents Jefferson county in congress. and has always been a strong friend of Bessemer.
 Congressman William Richardson. iu an interview a few weeks ago. express ed himself in favor of the amendment, and stated that he would support 1t.
 These men. known all over Alabama with the many representative meTp- bers of the senate and house who sup ported the measure before the last legislature, show, 1t Is claimed, how thA amendment Is considered. as the pas sage of the act in August. 1907, brought on one of the hardest and warmest fights of the last days of the session, Bessemer sent a large delegation to Montgomery and with the assistance of many friends from all over the state and fEom the city of Montgomery, as well as men high In official life, the bill passed with a safe majority and was approved by Governor B. E. Conner, who since that time has repeatedly stated that he favored the passage of the amendment.
 The people of Bessemer feel that they have a good cause. and while they are handicapped in many ways, they propose to carry the fight before the people and trust to them to say whether the bill is just one or not.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-14
THEY ARE MISTAKEN.

The Columbia State questions the sound judgment of those newspapers which rely on Taft to prove dislcyal to Roosevelt, If he is elected. and, therefore to make a good President. They argue that if he is elected he will not be bound by Roosevelt or his poli- cies. and for that reason his adminis- tration will be safe and sane. "Govern- ing conditions" argues The state, give no warrant for the prophecy. None deny that Mr, Roosevelt. after knowing Taft intimately for many years, and as- sociating with him in most confidential relations. selected him as his successor when any one of dozen other Repub- licans around him would have carried as much or more inherent strength Into the campaign. None believe that Roosevelt selected Taft with other ex- pectation than that Taft, if elected. would pursue Roosevelts methods. car- ry out Roosevelt's policies. and be oth- erwise guided by the man to whom he would owe his great office. Mir Taft has himself, during the campaign, ex- pressed the highest regard for Roose- velt's judgment. has agreed with him whenever opportunity for such agree ment was presented and has upon sev eral public occasions pledged himself to carry out Roosevelt's policies"
 This is correct reasoning. as we look at it. We do not believe that Mir. Roosevelt would have exerted himself with so much zeal and activity to se- cure the nomination of Taft If he had not been sure of his man; sure that he could be depended on and sure lat his administration would be practically continuation of his own. If Mir. Taft has ever intimated that he would prove disloyal to Rooseveltism the fact is not generally known. He knows that he owes his nomination to Roosevelt. and also expects that the active aid of that robust official will be necessary to elect him. If Republicans who ob- ject to Rooseveitism hope to end it by supporting Taft, they are badly mis- taken, in our Judgment.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-14

The New York Times has been sum ming up the total amount of money that has passed through the New York Clearing House since 1t was established hfty-hve years ago, and we are going to undertake copying the total though we fear our Messrs. Mergenthalers will not be equal to the task. The amount is $1,s30.34S.1s3.349.14. To put it more briefly. the total is nearly two trillions of dollars. if that is more easily com prehended, though it is difficult for the average mind to understand it. What we want to know is, who got that extra fourteen cents?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-14
This k My 5Sh Birthday
James O'NeilI.

James O'Neill. the well known actor, was born in Ireland. October 14. 1S49. and when a small lad was brought to the United States by his parents. His the old National Theatre In Cincinnati in 1868. when he appeared in a small part in the performances of Edwin Forrest. For several years thereafter he played with stock companies in Bal timore, Cleveland and Chicago. In 1875. following a tour of California. he joined the Union Square stock com pany in New ' ork and remained with that organization several seasons. Then came a period of three years with a stock company in San Francisco. in the course of which he appeared as The Savior in the only performance given in America of the Passion Play. A year or two later he appeared as Monte Cristo at Booths Theatre in years this play has continued to be the principal one of his repertoTy.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-14
The Balkan War Cloud.

Philadelphia Ledger.
 Whatever skeptielsm may have been felt as to the seriousness of the war cloud in the Balkans was dissipated yesterday by the Bulgarian declaration of independence and by the order for the mobilization of the troops of the principality upon the Turkish frontier It will require all the tact and all the selfcommand which the statesmen of Europe can bring to bear to prevent the long dreaded general war. even if they shall he able at this late date to avert hostilittes between the Turks and Bulgars. It Is quite possible that the concert of Europe may yet be able to bring pressure to hear at Constanti~ nople and secure from the porte a recognition of the accomplished fact of Bulgarian independence, but the avowed determination of the Bulgars to include eastern Rumelia within thier domains Is going to make such .an out come extremely difficult. And the in- tense patriotism engendered in Turkey by the recent revolution. movement which had as one of it's fundamental from foreign control and interference Is another factor which Is going to make the outcome very problemat tical
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-14
UNIFORM BILL OF LADING.

Commissioners Not Inclined to Give
 Much Heed to Protests.
 Washington Special
 Members of the. Intersate Commerce Commission are not inclined to pay much heed to the protests against the new uniform bills of lading which are reaching them from various sources. A considerable number of protests and complaints of different sorts have been sent into the commission. but in numer- ous instances it has seemed that the writers had been careless or were not conversant with the subject of which they were writing.
 It is contended that to get bill of lading that would be absolutely satis- factory would be out of the question and the fact that the one now recom- mended has been the case is consider ed to indicate that 1t is about Aas good a bill as will be likely to be worked out. The commission has considered with some seriousness the complaints of persons who have on hand large stocks of the existing bills that time should be allowed for using up the old forms but it is of the opinion that this consideration; whatever its weight, is insufficient 10 warrant further referring of the rate when the bill shall go into practical effect. Nov. 1 Is therefore regarded as the time when the new plan shall become operative without fail
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-14

but they canot explain or conceal the fact that with full knowledge of the cash value of the osage oil leases, they gave the Standard a monopoly on the whole district at the lowest possible terms. losing the osages millions of dollars annually.
 If this job had been pulled off by any but Republicans. people would have long since have recognized it as just plain. ordinary steal"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-14

Mir. Roosevelt will not take the stump. he says. He does not base his refusal on any question of precedent, official dignity or violation of the pro- prieties. but simply says that Judge Taft does not need it. In that he spoke a self-evident truth. but not in the way he intends it to he understod. If Taft wants to be elected. he doesn't need such help as Roosevelt would give him. What he wants from Roosevelt if he knows what is best for him. is voIuminous silence.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-14
This Date ir, History
October IA.

I519-The Spaniards under Cortez entered the strong and populous city of Cholula.
 1644-William Penn. the colonizer of Pennsylvania, born. Died July sO 171S,
 17l2-George Glenville. author of the famous stamp Act" born. Died No vamhOr 13, l770.
 1S52-Completion of the Croton water works celebrated in New York
 lS63-Battle of Bristoe Station. Vir- ginia.
 1S6s-Twenty- five hundred houses destroyed by fire in the French quar- ter of Quebec
 1Ss4-Republicans carried the State and Con eressional elections in Ohio
 1S91-Phillips Brooks consecrated Bishop of Massachusetts.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-14

It is decidedly significant to read in our Republican contemporaries about the majorities they expect to get in the coming election. In the admittedly Re- publican States the careful and con servaf've estimates by members of the party put their majorities at ane-third or one-half what they wers four years ago. As matter of fact, the fair minded among them are not claiming the earth in their usual fashion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-14
 PLAYING POLITICS.
And TrifIIng With Great Interests To
 Secure Votes. nI. .la1.. .I.l. Ilesa. .,rA


 Secure Votes.
 Philadelphia Record.
 Quite as futile as anything else because quite as false, is the latest at- tempt to woo the South through Presl- dent Roosevelt's Interstate Commerce Commission. When the Southern railroad companies that were struck the hardest by the industrial reaction proposed to raise the rates of freight. Roosevelt threatened them with all the terrors of his inquisition.
 But when memorials signed by thousands of Southern rail- road employees asked the Interstate Commerce Commissions consent to a reasonable increase of freight rates, 1t began to dawn upon Roosevelt ana his tennis Cabinet that trick might be turned up in political way. Ac- cordingly. he sent Knapp before the convention of State Railroad Commis s- sioners assembled in Washington this week to say that freight rates might be raised. not just at once. but after the moving of the crops--that Is. after the November electioni This trans parent act of unconsclonable dema . gogy is as little likely to win a vote In the Soutk as in the North. For Taft and his patron in the White House the South remains the enemy country in all that relates to the is- sues of this contest"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-14
"WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER IA, 1908.
DEMOCRATS SHOULD

If HELR THE FAAEA'
 The Advertiser appeals earnestly to the Democrats of Alabama to come to the aid of the party's Campaign Fund Other. states are responding liberaliy' If every Democrat in the State would give s1 it would help nightly" The Advertiser pledges itself to work un- eeasingly to secure the money.
 Let every beat in the State organ ize. Every white man in every beat should be solicited. The Advertiser will receive the money and forward 1t to the National Committee.
 The campaign fund received by The Advertiser to date is as follows: r. M. T. Tankersley. ,Luverne. s 5 % Previously acknowledge ...... 62S 50
 Total z. .................'.'$ $6Sd' So
 Money should be sent to Campaign Fund. care The Advertiser" All con- tributions will be acknowledged in the paper daily.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-14

flower beds next spring. Only 8 little work and little pains. and the result IS a more beautiful city. Each house. mittee of one on outdoor ornamenta- ton.
 He Thinks Sc. Birmingham Times.
 If one would read the political news Of the past two weeks. one could not avoid the conclusion that President Roosevelt was the only issue before the people.
 Skipped This Week. Athens Democrat. Mir. Roosevelt is still giving out copy for the Monday morning issues of the daily papers. This week he gave out letter he wrote to Cow @ srnor Haskell on the liquor question RestIessne.s in 6. O. P. Camp. Three weeks more of the campaign and things are looking lovely from a Democratic standpoint. Ths anxiety and restlessness is mostly in the camps of the c. O. P.
 Good Roads started in Morgan. New Decatur Advertiser. week on the new county roads. The the, work is going ahead. They viii
 
 the city and i've to the east of the city. making ten miles in all. Den't start 1t Down Here. Mobile Herald.
 'PupilE in a Wisconsin town went on strike because the school marm was too good looking" says The De- uprising starts down here 1t is going to put the schools out of business We don't have anything but good lockers.
 Just Whats Expected. Coosa River News.
 The thing Is still Democratic here ln Alabama. Bud, We have q party or poets every gentleman or galoot to stand to the rack. fodder or no fod- der" The militant Democracy of Ala voted in its May primary viii vote the Democratic ticket from Beat Balliff to Bryan. Honor bound to come thing.
 Robson can Be DeDeaded On. Tuscaloosa Times Gazette.
 The man who tried to dispute & statement made by Richmond Pearson Bobson doesn't know his man. that's all. Hobson can always be depended folly for any person to rise up and charge him with misrepresenting things, Captain Hobson has taken the
 
 for $50.000 against the man who would charge him with speaking for money, and then say his denial was not sln- cere.
 The Woman in the Case. Birmingham News.
 Boiled down, the Bulgarian declara- tion of Independence seems to have been the result of the wife of the Bull garian representative to Turkey faiI- ing to receive an invitation to dip- lomatic dinner. There's always a wo- man in the case. She may have had a directoire gown for the occasion. ton in which case Turkeys exhibition of cruelty seems to have been rightly punished
 Cold Winter signs. Huntsville Democrat.
 Thicker barks on the trees. richer crops of nuts. heavier wool on the sheeps' back. wild geese going to the South, are just a few of the old-timA indications by which homemade weather prophets are telling us to look for an early hard long. drearv winter. The Democrats advise. is tn lay in your wood and coal and stir up the dying embers in your heart ot sunshine and love ere you freeze
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-14
Cror. of the Year.

Tine estimate of the corn crop indi- oates a yield of 2,565. 29s, 900 bushels. which Is 255 5000 900 bushels more than tho average corn crop of the ten years 1898 to i907 The final estimate or the combined production of spring ana winter wheat is 6sy,0Uo,O00 bushels taEainst a total of 634.os7,Oee husheis in t90T,) of s9.4 per cent quality. .ot spring wheat harvest will be z5S.O90 : OfO bushels. which is 0UU,OOU.vVo bushels more than the yield of 1SOf. The quality of the crop Of oats IS mated total yield as 7S9, l61 ,00O bushels. which is 34,000,000 bushels in excess of last years oat crop. These figures fully indicate that. If the mar vests of 1908 have not broken any records. they are nevertheless very bountiful and generous
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-14
1NsPEC TOR IS cOwHIDED.
Alleged He Made Improper PrODosaI
 to POstOfHce Clerk.

to POstOffice Clerk.
 Haean Ga Special.
 United States Postof1ce Inspector George Hll was mereIlessly cowhided here by Postmaster Miller because Of alleged improper conduct by the in- young widow employed in the postoflee Hill came here to check up the office. and 1t Is alleged that during the check ing his conduct was so offensive to Mrs Elders that she left the office and went to her home. Hnl followed her. entered the house. and. 1t Is alleged made improper proposals. The young her story 10 Postmaster Miller The latter at once procured a stout cow hide. hunted up Hill and thrashed him was worn out and Hill was shriekinE for mercy. Many citizens witnessed the cowhiding and applauded Miller. Hill will be reported to the department
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-14

no other people have ever shown, and to which men of many race stocks have contributed. For varied need has produced varied device. and opportunity to profit by monopoly of insight and skill has tempted research and costly experiment. The total of patents issued in this country Is not far below that of all other countries combined.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-14
CHOLERA IN PHILIPPINES.
Twelve Thousand Victims Since Jan. l
 WaMf-

Twelve Thousand Victims Since Jan.
 Last.
 New Orleans Times Democrat Special.
 Washington-Ch has claimed approximately 12.00O victims in the Philippines since Jan. l of this year. according to a detailed report made to the Public Health Service. Up to Aug IS there had been 12,31s cases and 1880 deaths. and since then the average number of deaths a week has been more than 800. These figures cover all the provinces in many of which the conditions are much worse than in Manila Discussing the situation, Dr.
 conditions in Manila havo improv- ed Cases of cholera continue to occur, but the disease shows very little ten dency to spread. In all the cholera infected provinces, except Iloilo. an Improvement has taken place.
 4 slight improvement in the cholera epidemic at Manila was. reported to the Bureau of Insular Affairs by Governor General Smith. who cabled that during inc twenty four -hour period ended at 8 o'clock Sunday morning there were reported during the day.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-14

When Bill leach reader can add the other name to suit himself) starts on his journey up Salt River. will the other Bill be there to bid him farewell? That would be common courtesy. you know.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-14

"The President and his Secretary of the Interior" remarks The Muskogee Times Democrat, may go on explain ing indefinitely about what was done by Hoke smith when there were no in- dicationA of oil in the Osage Nation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-14

An exchange takes the position that nothing Is news unless 1t is more or less abnormal" If that Ig true, the Hearst string ought to be considered the newsiest newspapers in the world.