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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-17
LrpELIINa !ITs eWN rnoPLE.

David B. Hill's recently uttered dec laratiop that ''tnere is no Democratic Party" has ruftled the esteemed Rich mond Journal down to the end of its toes. and has caused it4to say things that are not creditabTe to it. since it's formation it. declares '.the Cow ernment has been corrupted and dom- mated by a gang of autocrats living on the Atlantic Seaboard." If our geog. raphy and history are straight that denunciation includes Washington. Jefferson. Madison. Monroe and Tyler among the Presidents, to say nothing of the great statesmen of Virginia and the Carolinas who have been so inti- mately connected with the manage ment of the Government in its earlier and better days. Does The Journal re- ally intend to speak of such men as "a gang of autocrats," and to charge them with corrupting the Government? If 1t did so intend we beg to inform 1t that it should take shame to itself for thus trying to discredit its own people.
 Journal, like many of its contempora- ries. has imbibed one dominant fsa- ture of intense Republication. The latter consider Roosevelt and his poii- cies omniscient and ipfallible and seem to think no one can be a Repub- lican or a good citizen unless he agrees with them in their estimate of Roosevelt. They seem unwilling to admit that there can be sound Repub- licanism unless 1t is willing to bow down and do homage to the big boss at Washington.
 With all due respect to The Journal and those who think as 1t does, they are in the same category with the Re- pubIicans we have referred to. Tn their blind adoration of Mir. Bryan and his theories some of them have reach ed a point where they believe there can be no honesty or Democracy in those who do not believe implicitly in him and what he stands for, It is not necessary here or now to condemn or critcise MT. Bryan. but we beg to as- sure The Journal that some of the sourdest, purest and truest Democrats who ever went to the polls are not admirers of the Nebraskan and do not look on him as the best or safest lead CT for the party. and they hold to this view without abating one jot or little of their Democracy and without de- parting SO much al the ninth part of hair from their allegiance to Demo- cratic principles. What is more, these men do not constitute "a gang of au- tocrats." and there Is no danger that they would corrupt the Government if they had the power
 There is entirely too much of this 'holier than thou" feeling in the Dem ocratie Party today; too much of the feeling and declaration that one who does not prefer MT. Bryan above ali
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-17
wsEpNEsDAx, JUNE r, 1908.
THE unUsUAL POWER.

f
 Thers is movement nov under conr ssderatfkn in the State of New York to brln& into active and highly prof. itahle ussthe now unused water power Of the ksste, the plan being for the State itseif to take charge of the bus mess. as we learn from The Albany Journal Of recent date. The possibiI- ities of the project are far-reaching," 1t says, Aand if present plans are de- veleped the power hereafter generated along the streams of this State win be done under State ownership sys- tem. Water power is one of the most important sources that nature has giv- en to the State. It is found that by building dams and power houses the State can prehtably develop power on the various watersheds the State will give no more rights to private corpor- ations, but will sell the power and turn the proceeds into the Treasury. It has been estimated by the water supply commission that exclusive of the Niagara and St. Lawrence the riv- CTS of the State, with proper storage reservoirs, are capable of supplying at least 100000 horsepower for indus trial purposes. It is figured that the advantage of water over steam power is at least twelve dollars per horss- power per year. The annual earning capacity of the wasted energy of this resource of the State is apparent. Fur thermere. the commission believes that the construction of proper series of dams will decrease. the damage of an- nual floods. improve sanitary condi- tions and provide deeper channel for navigation on the Hudson River"
 The possibilities of the project are indeed far-reaching. and what is true of New York Is just as true of Ala hama. We do not advocate the plan of the State taking charge of the mat ter, but individuals and organized com panies can easily take the business in hand and utilize this waste power to advantage as fast as needed. That 1t will soon be needed is apparent. for un- less the improbable happens and some other power than electricity is brought into use it will not be a great while until that agent will take the place of all other forms of power. It would be difficult to even estimate the amount of power now going to waste in this State. but we think 1t safe to say that all the machinery and wheels of the State can be operated without fuel.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-17
A HEROIC EXILE.
Bishop Brent Sets Another Example Oi
 Churchman and a Leader.

Bishop Brent Sets Another Example Of
 a Churchman and Leader.
 Hartford Courant.
 As a missionary bishop of the Phil ippines, Charles H. Brent is an exile In Q far land. in trying climate, among alien people, and facing . life of wearing. selt.HaerIHeing toll. He will be las Paul was) in tourpeytngn often, in perils of robbers, Tn pertls 1y the heathen, In perils In the city, tn perils In the wilderness, in peFils OF the sea.
 As Bishop of washington he would have had Q post of covetable ecelest- asticai dignity, in spiepaid capital amid surroundings of q kind 70 de' light his refined tastes: he would navs been the honored companion and friend of the foremost men of an inpertal country. He elects to remain Tn the remote islands; there, hebelives' IS m! appointed work. T would have gone, he cabied to Rev. Dr. Randolph H. Mo Kim, ''but God bids me stay"
 And not one of his old friends feels any surprise at his deeision. Secre. tary Taft has been expecting it all along. q have said to hitn often that he ought to be a martyr and live rather tban be a martyr and de" re- marked the Secretary last week. "He has no regard for his health. He. is one of the best men in the world.r
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-17
Hot Weather Dress Reform.

Philadelphta Ledger.
 If the physicians who talk so sensi- bly about the wisdom and the desira bility of suitable hot weather clothing especially for men. were also the dic- tators of fashion and the arbiters of custom and convention there might be some hope of relief for sweltering ur- ban dwellers and workeds. The man who had the courage to carry out some of their suggestions and to appear on Chestnut Street clad In the garments suggested would be mobbed as surely as were the unfortunates who dared to don straw hat before the conYen- tIonally appoined date. There is am other aspect of the question, however. upon which the medical advocates of dress reform for men 10 rot touch. The expense of such costume is prohibitive for the majority of city folk. In the Inevitable conflict ,.twsen the desire for coolness and comfort and the abil- tty to pay the laundry bills the stern logic of facts would in most instances determine a return. for the majority, to the old style and to the usual dis comfort and suffering. Of course. man would be better off morally and physi- cally if rational dress were the rule, but the same may be said of him In the larger relation of life. To a great ex- tent the issue Is reduced to a matter of dollars and cents. with the dollars and cents the minus quantity in most cases.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-17
Farmlne Plu. Bralns.

NeW 10Fk haA. CT down in Phillips County, Ark, who owns a farm of 375 acres. For fifty years that farm had been cultivated 10 cotton and corn under the tenant system, until 1t got the reputation of being poor and unprohtabie farm, The last year in which 1t was euiti. vated under that system 1t produced per acre only a quarter of a bale of twenty bushels of oats. The average acre yield the country over for that year was two- -fifths of a bale of cot ton and 2s.S bushels of corn, so this as we'll as the average American farm.
 That was in 1905, Mir. Walker got tired of the poor showing on his farm and took direct and personal charge He raised cotton In is0s at the rate of half a bale per acre, or twice the yield of the year before. He raised corn at the rate of 37.5 bushels per the yield of the year before. He raised oats at the rate of thirty bushels per acre, or half as much again as the yield of the year before Even with this he was not satisfied. Next year he re- peated his big yields in corn and oats, but he did still better with his cotton. He got three-quaFters of bale of cot- ton from every acre he had down In that crop. and from some of them he
 
 yield under tenant conditions only two years before.
 what brought this about? Just two things--plus MT. Walker One of these was modern cultivation, specifically deep blowing. The other was cowpeas. That land had been broken heretofore by negro tenants who used pony piows'' attached to single mule teams. MT. Walker used a two-horse walking blow set to run ten inches deep, and followed 1t up with disk narrow. He eliminated the hoe altogether and cultivated his cotton fields five times with a suIky cultivator. Meanwhile he planted eowpeas, a legume which operates to restore n-out soils, through the nitrogen fixing bacteria in the nodules of It's roots which draw neurishment from the air. One year he put down 120 acres in eowpeas.
 Between MT. Walker and his deep blowing and the beneicent bacteria at- tached to his cowpeas the productivity of this farm has easily been doubled, a net profit of $S2 an acre taken from the best of the cotton land. and, Incl. dental to the restoration of the soil, all the grain and hay necessary has been raised to feed fourteen brood n1areg, one jack, two driving horses, one sad- de horse, a number of mule colts, COW and a calf and about Nsixty horses, The demonstration of what farm will do when the right man takes 1t In per- sonaI charge was worth the Govern mental bulletin devoted to It. from which we have gleaned these facts.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-17
SOME BAD INDIANS.

History tells of long wars in the old world during the ages. but we are pretty sure that the Yaqui Indians of Mexico can discount any claim of the kind that can be filed. For just about a century. practically without inter- mission, they have been at war with the Mexicans and with the Americans along the border. Treaties have been made with them but they are never kept. Hostilities have at times been suspended temporarily, and only tenn porarily. Treaties with them have no effect and pledges to remain quiet and peaceful have no weight with them Their homes in the mountain fastness- es renders it impossible. or virtually so, to destroy them, even if the att tempt should be made From these ss- cure hiding places the warriors sally forth when the desire seizes them to commit depredations on Mexican or Americans alike for all prey is a,ike to them. When pursued they easily escape, and as few of them are ever killed they breed enough new warriors to take the place of those who are killed.
 They are q strange, turbulent and apparently unconquerable people, these Yaquis. Peace appears to be loath- some to them and war, after the saw age fashion, is their diversion more dear to them than the chase or any of the arts of peace. It has been but few. weeks since the Mexican Cow ernfnent entered into treaty of peace with them and 1t was hoped, and so announced that the long years of trouble with them had at length come to an end. It was futile hope, for already they are on the war path and the old trouble and danger is again on. Apparently there is no way to end the trouble. except by their total destruction. root and branch, if that Is possible. As long as they fesl safe in their strongholds they will continue to breed trouble-and also more Va quis. A determined. persistent and continued effort might end them com pletely or 50 disperse them that they could do no more harm, and that seems the only way.
 whether these Indians have always been entirely to blame is doubtful. in all probability. The Mexicans and the Mexican Government have not at all times been fair or just in their treat- uent Of the Indians. No more have the American people and Government, for that matter. It is probably true that these Yaquis. or cahitas, as they are sometimes called have had much cause of resentment against Mexico. and that their continual turbulency is but natural, but Mexico is tired of it and would doubtless be inclined to treat them fairly if they would be at peace, but either the Indians dis trust them and will put no faith in their pledges, or else they have no desire to be at peace The latter is more probable, but whatever may be the underlying cause, they have given trouble for perhaps a century, and bid fair to keep 1t up. They are bad in- 5unss those Yaquis.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-17
Was. Doe. 1t weans Tadianannlfsf MAwe


 No one has been able to proDound 8 plausible and patriotic theory of the sudden and practically unanimous sup port of Mir. Taft by the trusts. the in- terests, the great Wall Street nnagnates. What does it mean? True, all efforts at trustbusting have ceased. We are hearing nothing more of the great things that the Department of Justice is planning to do. Time was when we had a bulletin nearly every day. Of course. few of the predictions were realized and precious little was &C., complished. But wonderful things were all the while going to be done.' But all that is over now. The trusts are serene and fearless, pursuing their courses with no one to check or mak c them afraid. And with this cessation of the breathing. out against them of threatenings they have taken ofE their coats, ESQ to say" or better. opened their tIlls and begun to whoop Ter up for Taft. It is a great combination Roosevelt and the trusts working to- gether!
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-17
This sAs Ny, 5Oth. Birthday
Eben s. Draper,

Eben Sumner Draper, Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts and prob ably the next Governor of that State. was born in HopedaIe, Mass, June IT, 1858. After graduating from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology he entered the great cotton manufac- turing firm of which his father was the head. For a number of years Mir, the Republican party in Massachusetts. He was chairman of the Republican State Committee in 1892, and chair man of the Massachusetts delegation to the national convention at St. Louis in 1896, where he had a prominent part in securing the strong declaration ot the platform in favor of the gold standard. He was chairman of the Massachusetts commission to the Nash vile Exposition in 1897, and was elect ed in 1897 as Mckinley and Roosevelt elector from the Eleventh Alassachu- setts district.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-17
Socialism and Christianity.

New York Times
 Before sober people commit them selves to Socialism as form of Chris tianity they should reflect that true Socialism proposes specific means. to remedy the evils of industrialism re- sulting from such modern inventions as power machinery and the factory system. Christianity and Socialism may agree in their aims. but they cannot agree in their methods. since Socialism was not revealed. and modern Socialists are not inspired. There is not trace of spirituality about Socialism and there is not a trace of materialisn about Christianity They are not necessarily inconsistent, but they cannot possibly be identical Socialism is purely economic, and Christianity has the same relation to Socialism that 1t has to bimetallism or free trade. IL Is an i'll day for Chris tianity when 1t entangles itself with such subjects and 1t is an i'll day for society when Socialism assumes the frenzy of ill-regulated religious senti- ment It Is too hatterinR to Socialism to say that 1t is Christian. t is ip- sulting to. Christianity to say 1t Is Socialism < No man need abate any thing ot bs zeal for fumanity. because he Is a Christian. and surely 1t Is uns necessary Ito be a Socialist to. be bey nevolent- Ns
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-17
This Date Ii, History

June 1T.
 1703--John Wesley, founder of Methodism born in Epwortb, England, 1745--Louisbourg, N. S., taken by the British from the French.
 I775-Battle of Bunker Hill.
 1SsS--city of Archangel, in Northern Russia, nearly destroyed by fire 1s52-WilliAm King, first Governor of Maine. died in Bath. Born Febru- ary g, 176s.
 iS66-General Lewis Cass, soldier and statesman, died in Detroit. Born in Exeter, N H. October g. .1782.
 iS77-John s. c. Abbott, popular his torian. died in Fairhayen, Conn. Born in Brunswick, Me. September IS, ls05. 1S9S-Sir Edward Burne-Jones, Eng fish painter, died. Born in 1888,
 1903--Regina, Saskatchewan, incor- porated as a city
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-17

other men in the Union is not a Defa- ocrat but an assistant Republican" at the very least. Yet these men who take the liberty to think for them. selves before the party acts are as sound Democrats ss ever walked the earth and among them will be found many who Will strive with more earn estness and effect to elect MT. Bryan if he is nominated. than will some of his ebulliant followers who have not the faculty of seeing but one side of the subject.
 There has rarely been time in the history of Democracy when harmony has been more essential in it's ranks. not only for the good of the party, but for the weil-being of the Govern ment and of the whole country. as we verify believe. And we feel constrain- ed to say that there has not been a time when the over-zealous adherents of one man did more to prevent har- mony than is being done by the super loyal supporters of Mir. Bryan. We give them credit for being sincere and honest in their advocacy of him and his cause. but we tell hem in all good feeling that their course will be large ly responsible. if he is defeated. Men who deserve the name are not to be guided or controlled by abuse and mis- representation, for it amounts to that. When Mir. Brysn has been nominated it will be time enough to criticise those who refuse to support him but to abuse and malign those who do not now shout for him Is the way to drive support from him and make his defeat certainty. Is that what they wish
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-17
BACK TO THE SOIL.
Thousands of Vacant Farms in N
 England CaIl for TIIleFs.

Thousands of Vacant Farms in New
 England Call for TilleFS.
 Manchester Mirror.
 There are thousands of vacant farms in New England where the buildings can be made tenantable at little expense that can be purchased for a fraction of the cost of the improvements already could send his family for six ,xnonths in the year and make them hearty. healthy and happy.
 few cows, hens and garden will go long way toward E1pplying the table with the most he1Ithful food in the world, and as much more farming can be carried on as the owner may desire. z
 Hundreds of business men have found in such places the true elixir of health for their families. and praise the day they left the crowded city for such health and enjoyment. Very extensive farming under such circumstances, however. will generally prove disap- as a home than for farming purposes under inexperienced direction.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-17
DRIFT " OOD nY rnrL n. ARMsTn0SG.
Weren't the children cutter

Weren't the children cutter
 Some of 'e,n rnight not have looked so cute but yours were the sweetest and prsttiest on the stage weren't they? si Ruef Is out of iail end is .qeedins away all of his property Is his con- scence working overfime7 n: $: s::' .s. ss: i'ss :ss.s :s ''s q
 A bride in Flortds changed her mind the other day and one Tn Virginia was stolen. These June brides have their little troubles now and then. Pensaeola Is getting chesty over q tweleve.foot shark. The Sea-Serpeut stories are now in vogue Tsmsmbsr- na.s,.s Msas :hin Tn ss Gss.d f ass.e a human nurseries--tress. Perciyal Lowell. the greatest living authority on the planet Mars has se- month. Doubtless he considers the girl Venus.
 Tn a suit of clothes when some men think they have a it. every body else know its convulsion.
 Did you ever stop. to think what a big proportion of Happiness imasina- ton isf
 One time g man can never cheat him self in a card-game Is when he IS play ing solitaire.
 One of the greatest temptations a woman ever has that she can't resist Is to trim her eorns with her husbapds nice sharp razor.
 A mans idea of something for g rainy day is an umbrella--a womaps is . pair of pretty sIlk stockings
 A Michigan thief has stolen over s.o0o fountain pens. It ought to be the pen" for him.
 Ths Chicago banks are said to be fuii of money. Now you know where all the money is.
 The kind of religion that helps the poor and eedy Is seldom questioned as to its denomination.
 When country people come to town sometimes folks laugh at 'eTn but they're net half as cemieal as city pee pie in the country.
 An Indiania banker has been sent to the penitsntiary for stealing . horse. Lack of horse sense there.
 By An "OId Maid" We are now deprived of hlsbands.
 (our misfortune. not our fault), And so those qualities of eats
 We very much exalt Which most resemble those of men,
 Who are of earth the salt CD The cat is soft and purrys
 As long as he's strbked right, But stroke his fur the other way
 And then look out for hghtl He's quiet and domestic,
 But he loves to roam at night; His hearts reached through his
 stomach,
 As they say a mans is. quite.
 But joy of joys! One feature Has eompensating grace.
 We choose to pet the cat because He's whiskers on his face.
 J.--June IS. Moptgomery.
 water-a1elen. Wetef-Faeion am de darkey's friend, I could eat 1t till de world done end,
 Big red heart a drippiTi; sweet,
 Nafn' to do but eat. eat, eat. Watsr-meien I Iubs you sE Nudin' kin cut our love at tixc.
 As she as ye' vipe twlneH repn' ds fo am my darling sugar lump. Water7melon--goodn me- fo's de bestest thing I ever see---
 To am de darkey's chief delight,
 An I'll sese yo' later--some cloudy Oh, water-meion--friend O mine Oh. hunk O joy on a tFailin' Vinel
 In summer time yo' meat am sweet
 An don't do nufin but eat. est, eatI
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-17
RIbIes AIways Black.

Why should our Bibles always be bound in black? was very pertlhent question put by Bishop Tugwell, fresh
 from his field of labor in western equa- torial Africa, at a meeting In con : nection with the Religious iraet Society's lO9th anniversary tne DIS Bibles and prayer books of the societN bound in. bright red sloth, instead the hitherto ipvariable plaek;. ,,Io c1tot ! which Is mostly associaLen Mt1u VII s,,,s mi,s
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-17

They tell us of Pennsylvania girl who went out On a row-boat with g young man of the brand who think 1t real funny to rock the boat. When she culdn't persuade him to stop she knocked him out of the boat with an oar and then rowed ashore, leaving him to swim out. Next time he gets in q boat he'll know who's boss of 1t before he tries to be funny.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-17
Exehange of E.resenta In Afriea.

Frequently one has to deal with chiefs; in fact. in every village the traveller will probably be welcome by the chief Anifnterchange of greetings through an interpreter establishes a good understanding.
 An interchange of presents IS usual on these occasions, and is an almost universal custom Etiquette requires the chief to give. a present in return. As a rule a chief can only offer a bunch of bananas, some pawpaws, or possibly a goat or two some or which may possibly be welcome.
 On a special occasion the chtef may offer the traveller a wife. gift which he will probably decline with great profusion of thanks.