The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-07
What fhe State Papers
 Are Saying and Doing

What fhe State Papers
 Are Saying and Doing l
 Heks smith Alse Made Claims. Governor Conner. is claiming for him- self three great victories. "temperance, education, and State rights" The Gov ernor is SO modest
 VIII Net Change . Vote. Birmingham News. General Luke Wright does not. be- appointmept as Secretary Tafrs sue- cessor would be looked upon as pretty sArewd party politics all the same TAey,l Get Back to Common Sense. Nearly all our people tthe politicians not exeeptedD. have strayed away from taken up . delissnt search after phans toms and shadows.
 
 Political Lemons.
 The Democrats of Illinois have elect ed a man named Lemon to the National Democratic Convention. Bryan's Com- moner, however. states that other 1eTa- ons. will De handed the Repubilcan Party.
 =. ayiH Faxnish Presf- ;. If Governor Conner vents full proof pioned by him (Comerl to the exciu- sion of all others. The Ledger will gladly furnish 1t. .,.,,,. ,.est the wEoag Oae. P-Ti Ths traveiing man who killed he. teT porter is accussd of having wanted if thst was his aim i'm hs should have gotten rid of Pullman car porter. what Good Schools Do for . Town. Livingston Is fast beeorplng an edu- cafionaf center and nuEnber of the best families In Sumter and Chcctaw counties viii move here soon to edu- cate their ehiidreP gN Dent Frst.
 Don't fret over the weather. God has 6ssa ssnalsnhg tRs seaSsons SoansS asSvpa os years and you coIdn't improve on the divine prograrn. much as you think you could.sometimeR-
 Politics and Game. Gadgden Times News.
 The office of Game Warden should SslitsS pc tsDs pf protecthE Ss DGe se ham Ledger. No but there may be q whole lot of politics In getting the job of protecting 1t.
 Sound on Cutting Down frees. Tuscaloosa Times-Gasette.
 The suggestion is made that eandl- dates for city oficss dsclaEe thsnS as street improvements. trees, etc. Such expressions would be timely ana doubtless would be greatly appreci- ated.
 Good Primary Law Needed. Marion County News.
 Some good Democrat should be at work 1sad on primary law Ths orsvsps ors we they should be conducted fairly and only the adherents of one party should vote In them.
 Good Crop Proepects. Tuseumbia Alabamian-H Herald,
 The farmers and merchants should ess s0S SSd mark iE9S OuP psTRsdiotioa cotton will bring good price next fan, and farmers may blow early and late in- spired by. the slowing prospects that await their harvest.
 When VIII 1t stop. wRsSs E tbis reform ss business es EeIIsg Isgg S Evasnssiicai sUgI Ministers AssOcistiosn of having ice delivered In that city on Having helped to make Georgia dry these preaehers now propose to make 1t hot On Sundays.
 Don,t Take it Kindly. AGHiss qSs psfty sE dla not take kindly to preme Court. There Is an old-fashton- ed sentiment that the Judicial depart ment shouid be independent of alliance with the executive.
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 The Crops. Wilcox Banner.
 rue recent hot weather has been of Dst Of is ice es9A Sas a9ts GhSP ns eG@ sn this seasorable weather has relieved the plant of that pest Grass Is now the trouble. Remember that cotton has nine lives and can stand more dis- asters than any other plant. < 4
 Good Things in sIEht. Selma Journal.
 The first watermelon and the first neously in Selma. And with the uni versai occupation of cotton picking in sight, and with the promise of a plen- teous crop, there is nothing to bar the happy prosperity which these two pro duets of Black Belt soil invariably brlng.
 At Least ss Geod as Any Other. Mobile Register.
 It is reassuring to learn that secre- tary of the Navy Metcalf in a letter to Senator Hale, chairman of the Naval Affairs Committee, says that the bat tleships of the United States Navy are equal and in some respects superior to foreign battleship of the same period of design. From which 1t may Be in- terred that if we have been building expensive toys, other nations have been constructinE vessels still more fragile or ineffective.
 ,, The People Not Angry. Blrmingham Ledger.
 MT. Roosevelt may be angry because congress would not build four war shlps at once, but the people of the United States are not He may be angry because the public buildingg bin wss passed, but the people of the Unit ed States are not angry about t. The people of Alabama are decidedly pleas cd HhAN SrsAn .a7