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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-13
AN INSIGNIFICANT VOTE.

The, pitiful support given Yancey Carter. the Independent candidate for Governor of Georgia, shows how lit- tie Hearstism is thought. of in that State. The contest between Joe Brown and Hoke Smith for the nomination caused a good deal of bitterness and hard feeling and 1t was believed that this would help the Independent can didate. While there was of course no thought that carter's election was even possible 1t was thought that he would poll something like a respecta- ble vote. Conservative Democrats thought he might get as many as twenty-five thousand, from members of his own party and dissatisfied vot- CTS of other parties. but almost com plete returns indicate that he will not have more than half that number, and it Is certain that the, total will not reach fifteen thousand.
 This ought to settle the status of independent parties in Georgia. and es- pecially of those founded on such prin- ciples and theories as those held by the Independence League and the like. The vote for Brown was not as large as 1t should have been, owing to a variety of causes. The dissatisfaction caused by the Smith Brown campaign. the apathy among Democrats caused by their belief in the certainty of Browns election and various other reasons caused light vote to be cast. but the indications are that Brown has the largest majority that any can didate for Governor ever received. at least within a generation. As for Carter. he also ran, and that is about all he has to show for his trouble.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-13
ABOUT A WORD.

Some readers of The Advertiser have been having a controversy over the little word tote" one side contending the other side claims that it is. The that it Is not a proper word, while latter contention is correct, if we are to judge by the ordinary standards of common use. and of it's recognized place in the latest dictionaries. The definition given by the Century Dic- tionary Is: "To carry or bear. espe- cially in the arms. on the shoulders or back, as a burden or load"
 That is the way the word is gem erally and well understood and used in the South, for 1t Is admittedly a Southern expression in origin and in general use. The actual origin of the word is unknown, however. so far as can be ascertained. It has been claimed that 1t was brought over from Africa and adopted by the Southern negroes. and from them to the whites generally. but we know of nothing to sustain that contention.
 In some sections the word Is fre- quently used in place of "Iead," as one leading dog by string or rope is said to be toting the animal, but that is a plain perversion of the word, for those who use 1t correctly always do so in the sense given in the Century. One can carry anything in the hands, or on wagon or horse, but bearing the weight of it in the arms, on the back or shoulders is toting 1t. and that is good English at least in the South. whatever foreigners or Northerners may think of it. If they want to turn up their noses at 1t and call it Southern slang let them do so; we of the South have toted heavier burdens than that. and we are willing to take this expressive word to ourselves All we ask Is that our critics tote fair.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-13
A MORNING THOUGHT
BY J. MARyIN NICHOLs.
The Real

The Real There is an infinite dis
 Friend. tance between the mean ing of acquaintance" and friend. The longer I live the more profoundly l believe that no one has actually more than two or three friends. He Is friend--and only he-to whom you can lay bare your heart without the pledge to secrecy. And where is the safety in that has not the mere acquaintance bosom friend of his own? The real friend is interested in you--hell listen to your faults and weaknesses aud will neither condemn nor chide: Your joys and triumphs are like his own. No one dare refuse the friend that has stood with him in the darkest hour or that has walked with him through the deepest valley. There is the heart --and how many.-to whom you can throw wide open the closested secrets of your breast. Where Is the bosom on which you are willing to pillow your head with the same confidence that the baby sleeps on the mothers breast? Where is the one before whom you wiuld not hsitate to lift the veil that hides your Inner heart? Such friend will not pass the secret on-~ rather he hides 1t from a misunder- standing and misjudging world. o. when you have found friend like that cling to him with deathless passloni The very rareness makes him more precious than all the diamonds in the world.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-13
NEwPoKTs GRAND OLD MAN.

An Aged Bachelor Who Has OutlIved
 Two Generations of Society.
 New York American.
 Newport society has been seriously con- cerned over the Illness of that aged beau, James " Parker MT. Parker. or "Jim- mie," as he is affectionately called, caught cold during an automobile ride while re- turning from a luncheon given by Mrs Reginald Norman in Portsmouth a fort night or so ago. His condition became SO were called in and every precaution was taken to avert pneumonia. singular feature of Mir. Parker's case Is a supersti- tious association between his illness and the death of a pet dog Spot had been his pet and companion for fifteen years So long as Spots health was good, Jimmie" himself believed that he would be well.
 Just before he caught the cold that has so seriously prostrated him Spot being full of years, suddenly died.
 Hardly two days afterward Jimmie" !" for seventy years. was forced to take to
 Jimmie" Parker's position in society is unidue. For twenty-five years his snow white hair and mustache tall figure and courtly manners have been among the most familiar documents on both Bellevue and Fifth Avenue.
 confirmed bachelor with a tidy for tune a Newport cottage and a Madison avenue mansion, he has always been popu- lar both as host and guest He was never mixed up in factional squabbles of the society set has kept clear of en- ianglng alliances as he has of the matri- monial yoke" has outlived two generations of Ward McAlesters and Auntie Paran Stevenses and. until now, has seemed to be proof against the Rider on the Pale
 It is to be hoped that the present ill., ness may be less serious than was at for many years. His death would leave an irrepRrable gap in society
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-13

suspicious and causing them to believe everything the spellbinder tells them. They so to the polls and vote the Re- publican ticket with blind belief in all that has been told them and obliv- ious of the fact that they have been mentally drugged. Many of them re- cover their senses after the election. but then it is too late to do any good. Their votes have been cast and re- corded. which was the object desired. If the Republican ticket is elected its advocates will be able to prepare an- other dose of the drug before the next election, and so the performance goes on continually. Whether those who administer the drops succeed or fail at election time they can always find ar guments to account for the result and to justify their own action. By all means let the voter beware of those who do their campaigning on the drug system.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-13
This h My 62nd Birthday
AUGUSTUS E. WILSON.

Augustus E. willson. Governor of Kentucky. and long prominent as a Maysville. Ky, Oct. 13, 1846. He pre- pared at Alfred University for Har- yard. where he was graduated in Is69. yard Law School, and studied in law offices in Boston and in Louisville be- fore he was admitted to the bar. He was Chief Clerk of the Treasury De- partment in 1875, and was Rerubli- can nominee for Congress from the Firth District of Kentucky. 1eS4-e-s. and in 1892. He was q delegate from
 Repub lican National Conventions in
 1884, 1888, 1892 and 1904. Last year he was elected Governor of Kentiickv on the Republican ticket for a term of four years. -A-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-13
She WE. From noston.

The Ledger has received tho follow ing from a young lady who gives her home as Boston, and who says she is on her first visit to the South:
 q read with much interest curiosity and excitement The Ledger's account of the capture of the terrible creature the big Alligator, but was disappoint- ed that you did not give the number of rattles 1t had. It seems to me that in all the notices I ever read of the finding of such exceptionally large things, the number of rattles and something about buttons was always ways how many rattles 1t had, and buttons f any" Well. It was an oversight. We take pleasure in informing our Boston young lady correspondent that the Alligator. had thirty seven rat tles-baby variety and probably a peck of buttons, assorted sizes and colors eleven spools of thread, the un- digested remains of sewing machine, and as near as we could make out, the southwest quarter of a shirt waist. The X-ray was used.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-13
The dlstresgIng news comes to '

The distressing news comes to us that Col. Sid Tapp, of Atlanta, just nominated for President by the Liberty party, Is not receiving much booming attention in his home city. Whether 1t is because there are few Liberty Boys' in that city or because the peo- pie and newspapers are too busily en- gagged with weightier matters we can not say, but his nomination has failed to create even mild sensation. Too bad that this new party has fallen flat, but possibly it is too weak to stand upright
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-13

They tell it that when W. J. Bryan's brother. Charles, walked into the Ma tionaI Democratic headquarters at Chi cago and asked. What is the news from New York;" they told him what was the latest reports from the base ball games. This should not cause any surprise. however. The ball busi- ness was very exciting at that time and little things like Presidential cam paigns were not allowed to supercede it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-13

The cock -and-bull story sent out a few days ago detailing the existence of a plot or scheme to overturn all inc governments in South America and make Roosevelt Dictator of the entire continent Is a little the biggest at tempt to create sensation that we have vet seen. We hope the Big sticker will put 1t off until he quits his present job which fortunately is not many months ahead. Then if he wants to go into the revolutionary business in South America we shall of fer no objections and can see no reason why anybody should object.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-13
san AntOaio's Extraordinary Mayor.


 Tt Is altogether probable that wa have in San Antonio the most extraor- dinary mayor in some ways in inc United States" said Capt. B. R" Har. court, of the Alamo City. ''To begin with. our Mayor. the Hon. Bryan Cal lashan, educated in France, and a law yer by profession, has held the offlce continuously for the past twenty i've years. with the exception of one term, and then he was only beaten by & mere head-that is to say, & dozen or so votes.
 'cHe believes in what some call the 'wide-open policy of running a town, and 1t is good fun to hear his cam paign speeches in denuncIation of the Puritans. There are about i.2O0 Mexi- can voters in San Antonio. and every mothers son of them will walk smil- ingly to the polls and cast his ballot just as Bryan Callaghan has instruct ed them. No chief of a Scottish elan was ever revered or obeyed more un- questioningly than do the swRrthy de- scendants of Montezuma worship and execute the orders of ther leader. In addition. he always gets a big support from the liberal element of white cit- izens who do not want any lid foolish ness in a town where the personal lib- erty idea finds it's maximum expression. and where the liquid refreshment shops close not ct als
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-13

beautiful blue-eyed blondes and brown eyed brunettes in the world are going to drive the finest horses in the coun- try at our big horse show.
 Darts at Drift.
 "Did you ever kiss a Montgomery bIue-eyed blonde?" asks the paragraph CT of The Montgomery Advertiser. None of your business-Allentown (Pa.) Call.
 Right you are Phil. Big difference between a girl and boy. when 1t comes to dog. Just natural you know for a girl to tie pretty ribbons and bows around the dogs neck. and just natural too for a boy to tic tin can to his tail. Just natural you know-Attalia (Ala.) Herald.
 'Did you ever get stung at a spell ing bee?' asks The Montgomery Ad- vertiser. In the days long ago at the old-fieid school we did. It send a jingle through and through JUS, us even ven regularly the teacher stuns us.-At- laTita Georgian.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-13
An EncouragInR DecIsIon.

A Chicago judge to whom thirty suspended pupils of the public schools compel their readmission. in refusing the writ held that secret societies and fraternties in high schools are a menace to discipline and progress in the classes. The decision will un- doubtedly be of benefit in Chicago and other cities where school authorities have discountenanced high school sec ret societies. At first these organiza- tipns were helpful in maintaining the school spirit and a code of honor among the members but they have drifted into the wrong channel and wherever existing have been found subversive of discipline.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-13
TUESDAY, OCTOBER IS, 1908.
DEMOCRATS SHOULD

OElmONAAAA6
 HELP THE PARTY, The Advertiser appeals earnestly to the Democrats of Alabama to come 10 the aid of the party's Campaign Fund' other states are responding liberahy' If every Democrat in the State would give s1 it would help nightly" The Advertiser pledges itself to work un- ceasingly 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 it to the National Committee.
 The campaign fund received by The Advertiser to date is as follows: Fred W7llIngham. Lineville.. ..$ .o0 I. T Johnston, Eclectic. ID .00 Previously acknowledged. eco. 611 oo Total. .. .. .. .. .. ..$6ZS'sO Money should be sent to "campaign Eund care The Advertiser" All con' tributions will be acknowledged in the paper daily.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-13

If all the candidates for the Pres idency were like Eugene Debs there would be little ues for campaign con- tributions. He charges an admission fee from those who go to hear his speeches and on one night in New York recently the receipts were twenty-four hundred dollars. Plainly running for President on the Socialist ticket is a paying proposition. however small may be the returns in the way of votes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-13
In No Hurry About selling.

Elba Clipper
 The Montgomery Advertiser notes the fact that the supply of cotton com ing to Montgomery by wagon is rapid ly falling off: that about all the dis tress" cotton has been sold, and tn ." farmers who now have cotton are ablo and determined to hold for better prices. So far as we have noticed the farmers of Coffee have not been in a hurry to sell cotton at all this fall They seem to be pretty well prepared to hold and good deal of 1t has been hauled back to the farms, after being ginned.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-13
This Date in History
OCTOBER IS.

16S5-Roger Williams banished from Boston for heresy. I502-George Washington presided at the laying of the cornerstone for the White Rouse. Is2D-The first daily newspaper issued in the State of Maine. IS6A-Eoward College. in Alabama, de- stroyed. by fire. Is6s-Monument unveiled on Queens ton Heights in memory of Gen. Sir Isaac Brock. Is74--yames A Garfield elected to Congress. Iss4-Adoption of the Meridian of Greenwich. 1oOO-Strike an the anthracite coal district of Pennsylvania ended by mutual concessions.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-13

The Columbus Enquirer-sun Is of the opinion that if Roosevelt and his son-in-law will both go on the stump Democracy need ask no other favors. In fact, we doubt if Democracy could get better help than turning Teddy and Nick loose. .z,. .5.s.,s5 2. rs,.,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-13

We wish some of the suffering peo- pie of Hapless Houston could enjoy some of the glorious autumnal weather we've been having here for several days.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-13

The statement in a recent issue of The Atlanta Georgian that Tom Wat is here, but silent" is calculated to throw suspicion on the reportorial force of that newspaper.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-13
smnRN CIRCuLATION.

The Montgomery Advertiser guarant ntsss tn 2 sts adyertisers (and makes 1t a part or the rontract when requested) that its daily CIT cuIation is larger than that of any morntns , as newspaper printed in Alabama-ano i t., 4tr Sunday edition has the largest circula- fiou of any edition of any newspaper print ed in Alabama without exception.
 The figures for September prihteo peiow oS represent the actual net circelauons aii " turns having been deducted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-13
nsr- Inderwood,a Prospects.

Birmingham Age-Herald.
 The democrats Of the Twelfth Con- RressionaI district of New York de" San eaieo opreferring instead Jefferson H. law who once served in Congress. Tanmany and Mir. Cochran do not agree, and Mir. Cochran's defeat be- came inevitable.
 This action by he New York demo- crats advances Mir. Underwood one notch in the ways and means commit tee All that stands between our Rep that great committee is democratic control of the House of Representa- lives in the Sixty-first Congress. Dem ooratic. control of the Rouse is consid- cred probable even if it be impossible in the electoral college.
 In a. Congress pledged by both par ties, to revision of the tarim the chaiE- mittee Is a place outranked by the presidency and the speakership only. The chairman of the ways and means committee in the next Congress will easily rank third in the government Of a great country, and the prospect Is that Oscar w. Underwood will be the man that will hold that place.
 And there was an idol named For a1Ser-how the mighty have fallen.
 Vessels movs faster through deep water with the same amount of power.
 The tobacco industry of France Is a government monopoly, yielding S,ooO,OOS e year.
 The upper crust of society depends on ths doush underneath
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-13
Samuel c. Cosgrove. the RenuhlIcar

oamueI 2. CosgfoVe. the Republican of Washington. Is 6l years old and a civil war veteran. He was born in Ohio and spent his early life on a Late in the seventies he started West and worked for time as a miner in Nevada. Tn 1882 he settled in Wash farming and in the practice of law in both of which pursuits he has been successful from the financial view
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-13

The managers of the National Social lst campaign express themselvee as well satisfied with the results of tbs coast -to-coast tour of Eugene V. Debs and the famous Red Special" The Eastern trip wound Up In New Eng land with a speech by MT Debs de- livered in historic Faneuil Hall.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-13
srprrnTRER 1908.

Total ...s ..'. S''s ss.'.. ..1'c'soss Less returns ss.s ss.s s''s s.'' ''ee' ~,.. .,..I ... .471,91S
 
 1Ea& DagI Averages, Sept, 1908. ..... ISO Net sunday Average, Sept, 1SOS. ....%A'VoA = Finieana Circulation Manager Of srhe Montgomery Advertiser, being duly sworn, says: r,. Aa,-or.t . = circulstIon for the month of Septem- her. 1908, is true and correct. and compiled after ali returns from news boys news agents. spoiled and leftover e9pies HA'e nave pee" C. I. FINIGAN.
 Circulation Manager. Sworn to and subscribed before me this stp eAs OA RIGA ALEXANDER,
 Notary Public.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-13

What & bachelor likes about baby when 1t has the collie is that 1t is not his.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-13
Politics and Politicians

Edward W. Townsend. author of the "Chimmie Fadden" stories. ts-the Dem ocrattc nominee for Congress in the seventh New Jersey District.
 nominee for Lieutenant-Governor of Illinois. Is a son of the late Richard Oglesby, who was Governor ~ the State and one of its most noted men.
 The ticket to be used at the cleo ton In Tennessee next month will con tain over hundred names, and 1t is estimated that 1t will require an av- craze of about seven minutes for the voter to cast his ballot.
 
 W. Bourke Cochran. one of the most eloquent speakers in the Democratic behalf of the Bryan and Kern ticket In Indiana, New Jersey, Maryland west Virginia and New York during the remaining weeks of the campaign. :. Three aspirants are engaged in a lively night for the Democratic nomina ton for GovernoG of Virginia next spring and now it Is reported that Lieutenant- Governor J Taylor ElIyson may soon announce his entry in the race. III N+0
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-13

The tobacco industry of France Is a government monopoly, yielding SsS, S,oo0,0OS 6 year.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-13

The upper crust of society depends on ths dough- underneath
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-13

And there was an idol named For a1Ser-how the mighty have fallen.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-13

Vessels Enova faster through deep wate with the same amount of power.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-13

All Abyssinian male children oyer 12 must 20 to school. The females we presunIe are allowed to grow ur in Ignorance. Mebbe. however, they learn how to serve up meals that Greek and French. We are glad this isn't the custom in America for women should be allowed to have the same educational advantages as men, any way you look at it.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-03-11
Charles Hanford Here Saturday.

Charles B. Hanfords appearance in
Antony and Cleopatra at the Keylor
Grand on Saturday, March IA, will
give this popular actor an opportunity
to present character that is in dis
tinct contrast to the comedy roles in
which he has been seen in recent
years. Mr. Hanford's experience as a
classic actor has a wide range, but it
is his custom to limit himself each
session to very few plays. Upon these
he bestows the work and study of an
entire summer and during the regular
season he is thus enabled to present
them with the exactitude and COM
pleteness of detail possible only
through close and protracted attention.
The splendid opportunity for scenic
establishment in Antony and Cleopatra
has been utilized to the utmost. New
and novel electrical effects will be in
troduced. The company, which will be
both large and efficient, will include a
chorus and ballet.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-03-11
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Harold Bauer a Genius.

Harold Bauer's marvellous genius as
an interpreter of piano music-"and
not, as one critic puts it, merely a
speaking tube"-is largely responsible
for the fame which the we'll known
pianist has achieved. He has sympa-
thy, the gift of placing himself pre-
cisely in the position of those whose
sentiments. moods and emotions he
musically pictures. I'm Schumann's
'CarnivaP,' said writer in the Mu-
steal World, the player was, among
the maskers, and he knew the story Of
each one. He was an Oriental when he
played the Islamey' of Balakirew
With Bach. Scarlatti, Chuck. he lived
in the past century. He dreamed of
Poland fifth Chopin: he sat with
Brahms and heard Paganini. With
Tschaikowsky, he was melancholy
even when the Cossack tune came
through the night. And when he played
the sublime and mystical prelude,
choral and fugue of Cesar Franck, he
was as the celebrant before the al
tar"
Harold Bauer will appear at the
keylor Grand theater tomorrow night.