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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-27
An onnniaer.a Yieu.

Birmingham Ledger.
 The Ledger is very modest about "buttipg in," and when it feels g dis position to do so, it goes to some man who used to live in the town concern ed and asks him about conditions.
 Recently we saw that Mayor Atkins, of Selma. has announced for another term. and had withdrawn. So we hunted up a Selma man. and he said: Why. Atkins Is a splendid fellow. Everybody likes him and he should be mayor of Selma as long as he wants to. but the ring wants him to step aside and let Clay have the office There Is political ring in Dallas and Selma. and 1t moves men about like the pieces on a checker board. This ring wants Clay for mayor. This is all I know about It."
 man. He said: Tt is this way. George Miles IS very popular in Montgomery and he has taken an interest In pub lie affairs and he will be nominated md elected mayor of Montgomery on the idea of progress and prosperity"
 So with out any intention of putting in on the people of either city. The Ledger takes an interest In Selma and MontRomery. because Birmingham has so many people from those two cities. connected by afiinity and conssnguin- ity that they are kin folks.
 At Selma. we are willing to take Atkins or Clay and at Montgomery wa want Miles. Not from any disposi- tion to take part in other peoples pus- mess but because we want our sister cities well governed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-27
THURSDAY FEBRUARY ss. 1908

The Southern Railway reduced it's rates in accord with the wishes of the Governors of North Carolina. Georgia and Alabama. and then save notice of intent to reduce wages of it's employees. sosit would seem that the revenues of tho railroad are not sufficient to cut rates and keep up existing scale of wages. No one has been benefited to an appreciative extent by the cutting off of 25 cents or 50 cents in 1oo'mile ride but many families are suffering because reduced business and lower rates force railroads to discharge hun dreds of men and attempt to lower wages of all Verify. great are Conner smith. Glenn ct al.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-27
A DIME TO 4 DOLLAR.

The James a. ReAtall Memorial Funa.
 Reticence tp offer its Iuite to wor- thy ana asslrea result. often halds back the hand that fears eompettttop W3kh one better fitte6s
 He who 9fves his dime to good ob- feet is doing hie share with hlm who gives his dslliars
 Therefore. this paper twlil receive any and all contributions of from Ten Gents up to One Dollar. and Will list the same (wtth or without namegl Tn mofial Fund.
 No subscription of over s1 will be listed here Any one desiring to give more San write directly to the editor or to n. c. DeLeon. Mobile.
 If any newspaper desires 10 aid this worthy and rnuch-needed testimonial, 1t can do so by keeping this paragraph beating this note.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-27
TWO roLIc1Es AND THEIR RESULTS.

Figures recently complied afford a, striking example in the southern States of the effect of. the persistent war on railroad investments. These figures show that in Texas. a State which has been in the fore front of the political warfare on railroads. only 4,O0O miles of road have been constructed in the vast territory of that state in the past sixteen years. The same figures show that the state of Texas, to be properly equipped with railroads. should have had 10000 more miles built in that time.
 Louisiana Is a State which has not yet gone into the pastime of railroad batting. How does it diner from Texas? Louisiana has twice as many miles of railroads to the square mile of territory as Texas. In the sixteen years co 'ered by the figures, Louisiana has increased the railroad mileage in her borders 15o per cent-startling hg- ures when compared with the Texas in- crease.
 The new State of Oklahoma has one- quarter of the Territory of Texas. Ok lahoma. up to the present. has not hunted down any railroads. oklaho- ma, in sixteen years. with one-quater of the territory of Texas. has built 4,4oO miles of railroads. This. relative. Iy speaking. Is four times greater than the railroad mileage of Texas built in the same period
 Tn Louisiana and Oklahoma, up to date capital invested in railroads has the same chance as capital invested in any other line of endeavor.
 As an illustration of unfair treatment under the Texas laws, 1t Is pointed out that the State Railroad Commission valued the railroad lines at s1s.5OO per
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-27
Ia Thls the Issasens

Selma Times
 A Correspondent writing to the Mo- bile Register gives a hint as to why Judge Haralson, the oldest jurist of the supreme bench of Alabama will not be a candidate for recollection to the position he has graced and honorer. The Correspondent says:
 Justice Jonathan Hagalson. of the supreme bench court announced today that he will not be a candidate to suc- caed himself. While Justice Haralson declines to discuss his reasons for known that he feels resentment against Governor Conner and his ad- ministration. for .avowedly supporting the supreme court bench. Friends of Justice Haralson denounce the public interest Governor Conner has display cd in the race for supreme court judges driven Justice Haralson. the oldest member of the court, from the bench.
 Justice Haralson Is 70 years old to undergo the hardships of stern campaign such as is evident he will Dc forced into by the state admlnistra- Dallas County. He has been on the; bench fifteen years
 And this Is what the yoeinanry of the dem9Srsse tbe bparty S5 pss has m his old age. A man learned in the law experienced in construtng the. statutes. a much beloved citizen. q christian gentleman, high in the coun- cils of his church. In hls old aBe must give way to such as John Lusk, whose proudest distinction Is that he framed and passed through the legislature more unconstitiutional laws than any senator or representative that ever sat in either house.
 Win the yoemanry of Dallas stuI- tify themselves and cast any votes for this man whose Knowledge of law is dangerous and whose stability .has been demonstrated to be about as con- seduential as his Knowledge?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-27

mile. Tn fixing rates the Texas Com mission used this as a basis and the roads were permitted to earn only a percentsge on this investment. But the tax assessors had different idea of the valuation of the Texas roads. The sssessors fixed the value Of each mile at saaooo, and on this valuation the roads were forced to pay taxes. An injustice like that is nothing else but 9 slap in the face of capital.
 In the face of such conditions, rail- road building must necessarily stop or be reduced to a minimum. what sane man would care to invest his money in building railroads where such condi. tions prevailed? The first effect of the anti-railroad agitation in Alabama has been to stop the building of all roads, except in eases where contracts have already been made and finances se- cured. The second efrect is the reduc- tion of the salaries of the officials and employees.
 The railroad is the artery of com. merce and money is It's sinew. They are interdepedent and complementary. What affects one affects both. The striking feature of the recent unfor- tunate panic was currency famine The full effect of the panic was not felt until the borrowing abil- fly of the railroads had ceased. and their credit had departed. No one factor was as responsible for the slaughtered credit of the carriers and the consequent evils as hostile legislation.
 When cooperation. and not antag. onism exists between the people and the roads. better day will dawn and prosperity will not be so easily fright ened as In the past.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-27
7his Date in History
February g.

l765-British House of Commons passed the Stamp Act.
 1777-South Carolina militia defeat ed, a large force of American royalists.
 1792--Baldomero Espartera. celebrat- ed general and regent of Spain. born Died Jan. 8, 1873.
 issS-General Russell A. Alger born Died Jan. 4,1S07. -
 iS7i-A point commission met in Washington to settle disputes between the United States and Great. Britain.
 lS73-Committee on the Credit Mo- bilier scandal recommended the ax- pulslon of one of the United States Senators implicated. -l.s S..as.
 1ss1-Boers defeated the British at Majuba Hill.
 1S91-Yuma. Arizona. nearly des- troyed by flood.
 forces surrendered to the British.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-27

system may be very well worked with two hats: to this equipment some add two overcoats The employment of the equipment is not involved and Is easy
 when the man using the duplex de. parture system enters his office ne hangs atEhss desk two hats and two oyercoats when ne wlshss .e e srn u goeth where he iiveth. When boss or the importunate visitor comes in. the friend of the man of duplicity says that the man must be in the building some where because he left his coat and nat
 The expert accountants in the sys- tenn of course have learned how 10 hang their coats and hats that when R9th are in tnsy iook nt ise Sss p the ,SsIy ges utilized but it Is sure to become popu- lar among the young employees In large
 Mr. Loe Generous With Ills Mumps.
 When Nr. D. T. Loe, one of the most efficient members of the Police Depart ment. came down town for brief iined d s'ilHa to his home a for s mo more than a week by severe attack of munips, he was disposed to be very generous wth ssf bs s fpsnSs srsa sho a 0f wisssa sas
 T am willing to give young cut ting of them to anybody MT. Loe said. .
 Most of his friends declined. with n suspicfously considerate aversion to "fnjuring the growth"
 MT. Loe stayed but q short time down town and then returned to his home. He Is still under the care of a physician.
 The Pessimfsfie Person is Pefuiant.
 The Pessimistic Person looked So very disagreeable and disgruntled that The Placid Person and The Impractical Person thought that some disaster he had prophesied must have been averted; So they asked him what unpleasant thing had failed to happen.
 "Aw. nothingr replied The Pessimis- of a man killing somebody and then committing suicide is getting to De so frequent and vulgar that the news papers are running the stories under felier in the paper this morningg He had never been able to make himself known outside of his own ward ana he was so anxious for even post fnortem notority that he killed his moth er-in.law and then himself.
 whats he do both for7"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-27

We fear our esteemed contemporary, The New Bedford Standard, hasn't a very high opinion of it's Republican brethren down this way. Republican, ism in the south,'' it says, lis partly a joke and partly a disgrace" We'll, there are some mighty good men in the South who are Republicans, but we suspect that many of them do con- sider it joke.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-27
DRIFT " O0D sY PHI. .. kRMsTR0Nsa.

Edison says ss per cent Of suecessfuI that asa2ns matter SO its the same percentage of every other Kind cf success. ssms men gre ss ersss gss egias clothes. '
 Doing as you please ceases to be ang' fun. when there is nobody to object Ten the pesslnist that good sIbes are sas1s Sss sfS tS sa stsy as sars se s9u Yes they h:shsr, indiana authors wnf have to to use bark.
 Washington. says The Nashville American, is face to face with the ssssss'x sss zsl sssss sy s asss sssi ssp Money talks, but seldom puts anybody to sleep with It's yolubiiity.
 If the spark of iovsIhss to be :snitsa cut him out. girls. and hire . lawyer:
 The latest idsa of the Black Hand zine ofice. Some member of the order must have had story rejected.
 You can hear .ss, .,,is the & iInttsr ' Of i Miss tripping over the hills, but if you listen carefully, you will also hear her sneez- ing occasionally.
 We shouldn't be at all surprised now to see Jeff Davis wear one of those largest sized Arkansas diamonds in his shirt fropt from the new mines in that The latest nature book is by. a blind man; most of them appear to be that, according to Theodore
 A Chicago woman feIl dead while talking. That's the natural death for a woman to die.
 II you must use hammer. please put a pad on t.
 mos:Ss picture pRsaP iR ibRexihaass has bout. H.''n''' As ye SOW, so shall ye reap, even sometimes in the case of congressional . Cheer up-ths baseball season Is not Three. cheers and blind tiger for <, f Sy snsb many sgrs 0t Pt #. E srsss SO5n ness on the desert air
 Three sets of twins were born in Ssb fact saS. ss ss to remark that the pair crop for the year Is good. even if the peach crop Pairs, peachesi peacIfes. pairs. 
 Representative Kustermann says that Congress costs the country $50 q min ute. whsw. And to think hoy, hoy many Boston ministers are Kicking against the size of our payy What in the CT got to do with. tt?
 A Love Posssr.
 Dear heart from your cheek
 May the rose never fade.
 q wonder what drug stores
 Getting your trade).
 Fair Tsir sls maiden, ss,S,,gyss gcur cherry like
 lBut you ought to quit biting 'em So all the timsL
 But your one crowning glory. sweetheart, is your hair.
 fYou're frightened at mice
 But the rats nestle there9. Your sylvian form
 Is the picture of grace
 tFor you and the, dressmaker
 Fixed 1t in placela
 Your teeth are like pearls.
 Aye, they're whiter than snow.
 (The dentist who made 'en
 Did that we'll. know).
 Your voice when you sing
 Sounds like angels o'erhead.
 (It ought--when your dad paid The bill he dropped doad1.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-27
wsrls ef. PoIltleal psmaeaesss.

Tricities Daily.
 An abservant correspondent of the MontRomery Advertiser writes that while the Southern Railway Company and one-haif cents q mile to comply with the demands of the Alabama leG- isiature. 1t has also reduced the wages of large army of employees to avoid going into the hands of 2 receiver.
 :'Tile tiisstion presents itself ito the average reader, who the retormera were after, the railroads, or the wage earners. When our state officials get through chasing the state over furn- ishirg a free show, will some one of them please tell the people what they are after? The railroad men believe 1t is them that are being pursued, and the cutting of their wages Is what Is y 1t matters little who the reformers are after--it is those they have got that counts. And can anyone doubt who are the real sufferers from she political demagoguery which has rul- ed in Alabama for the past two years? Not only the railroad employees them the work of these self-seeking poli- ticians. but people in all walks of life are feeling the burden. The mer- chant has not received the benefits of greatly reduced freight rates. as he was promised. The farmer is not rolling in wealth, and the wage Gal ner ts not living on the fat of the land. All these capital in the warfare waged oy the
 Verify. we ask, when will the labor. ing man and the farmer cease to be the pliant victim of the wiles of the professional politician and demagogue7
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-27

The announcement that ship load of beans from Southern France is due to arrive in Boston about this time will bring much and genuine joy to that city. The prospect of bean famine was imminent, 1t is said. and this in- voice will afford temporary relief, at least.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-27

The attempt to trace washington's ancestry, back to King Edward of England, or the claim that it has been done. will not add anything to Wash Ington's fame. or to the respect in which he is held over here. Eddy was not model ancestor.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-27
opposea to TaggIng DeIeEaten.

Cor. Athens Courier.
 If the whole state Is for Bryan, why do we need the state administration to undertake to dominate or dictate the delegation to Denver? Is this an- other pretty game of politics that IS being played? If 1t is to be Bryan, is 1t not enough that we arc for himY Must we also be tagged and wear a collar, bearing the frank, By permits sion of the Big BoSs?" Is that or the like of that, the condition precedent to a trip to Denver?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-27

The President of Peru paid a formal visit to our fleet while 1t was at Call lao. It would have been just too mean for anything if the fleet had eloped with him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-27

A news item from Albany N. Yp says that Harry Thaw is being watched by the asylum alienists. Wonder what new condition of mind they vii find this timsv
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-27

According to Secretary Taft, the Philippines are now self-supporting. This may be true. but it will be long time before they pay back their first cost and subsequent expenses.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-27

Getting delegates from the South to the Chicago Convention Is "a inosnen- toas business" as Fisher Ames said about the catching of codfish. The candidate who, gets them will have . hard time watching thsm,,.s9n7 ,s sa' v
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-27

m. (, Nebse, circuiht,en Manages ef The MoptkDmsTy Advartiser. heins dnly sNoFA eaynt
 The foregoing statement of The Aaeerti. aNrsn oirrulaftoH for the month of DsesA eegs 1ea7 10 true and correct. and cotnpile1 Rxt@f aii ratuFns from news boya news agents, epoiled and IefkeoveF copies have been ds- S1cfed 6 NOBLE
 clFcujaaicn MaDagas. Sworn to ana subscribed besers mo shts 18th day ek January, 1eeS,
 Notary Public.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-27

The South Carolina Legislature re- fused to appropriate money to build a monument to Andrew Jackson's birth place. The trouble is that they do not yet know where Andy was born.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-27
IN THE DISTRICT COURT or THE UNITED STATES FOR THE MHD- DIE DISTRICT or ALA
 BAMA.
Tn the Matter of H. A. Culberg, Bankrupt,
 IN BANKRUPTCY.


 Whereas. a petition was on the 18th day of February. 1908 filled herein for an adju- dication of bankruptcy against H. A. CUl. berg. and 1t appears therefrom that saia bankrupt is not within the District and that personal service of the subpoena herein cannot be made on him therein; now on motion of Marks and sayre and Holloway < Brown, Attorneys for said Petitioners, It Is ordered
 That service of subpoena be made by publishing this order together with said subpoena in The Montgomery Advertiser newspaper published at Montgomery Ala bama- in said district, once a week for two consecutive weeks, the last of such publ- cation to be on the 5th day of March. 1908; and by mailing copy of this order and said petition and subpoena to the last known place Of abode of the said H A Culberg. in said District, on or before the day of the first publication.
 Witness the Hon. Thos. C.. Jones' Judsa Of said Court. in the City of Montgomery fin said district on the 18th day of Febru.
 THos. c. JONES
 U. s. Judge -thu-fri J W, DIAfMIcK. ClsTk
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-27
This h My 4sth Birthday
ceeII Arthur sprlnE-Riee.

Cecil Arthur Spring Rice, the present British representative In Persia and who is talked of as the probable suo- cessor of the Rt Hon. James Bryce, was born February 2F, lesg, and wa. educated at Eton and EallioL Oxford. He became a clerk first in the British war ofice and then in the foreign of flee. and for time was assistant sec retar9 to Earl Granville and also an assistant to Earl Rosebery. Since en- tering the diplomatic service he has been consecutlveIy- secretary. at Brus- sells Washington, Tokio, Berlin and Constantinopie.s and was charge d.af- lowing year he was appointed British commissioner of the public debt at Cairo. Two years later he succeeded Sir A. H. Hardinge as British Mtnis- ter to Persia. If he succeeds Ambas- sador Bryce hts promotion will be due. in some part at least, to the. fact that he Is on sxesedingly friendly terms with many of the leading public men of the United States. whose acduain- tancs he made while serving as Sec retary of the embassy at Washington.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-27
Not Fnnny to EmpIoyes.
Birmingham Ledger.

LleuI5
 It looks funny. The railroads that reduced rates are reducing wages. That is to say the men who work Tor the companies must pay the difference between two and one-half and three cents for passenger fares and reduced freights.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-27

FOR rAx coI.LECrOi,.

FOR TAX COLI.ECTOR. hereby annsngcs mysek 2 candIdate for the office of 1ikx Collector of Montsomery County. subject z, the action of the Denn- ecratio Party. CHAk H TEASLEx. Collector of Montgomery County. subject to the action oz the Democratic party
 " M HUDSON
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-27
What the State Papers
 Are Saying and Doing
Didn't Mean 1t That Way.

Didn't Mean 1t That Way.
 When Shaw said the country was drifting too much towards democracy he didn't mean to play into the hands of the Democratic party, but he aid.
 Makes Postmasters Busy. News. At any rate presidential year stimu1a- tes the majority of the Republican post like somebody doing little work oe- casionally.
 sticks to His Text. Selma Journal
 It is an even bet that General Bran don is making more friends by stick ing to education than the Governor is by talking politics in the tours they are making. presumably for the pur- pose of locating high schools,
 An Empty Slogan. Huntsville Mercury.
 The full dinner pail was the slogan of the Republican party after the pan ic of 1893. It elected Mckinley. There will hardly be much said about it at the coming campaign, for the dinner pails are empty.
 Perhaps PrOhibitIOnlstH Cause IL. Coffee Springs Journal
 We wonder if cyclones are causing buggies, poles, wagons. saw horses. tent frames, etc. to get tangled all over the streets of our town while all are quietly sleeping? And buggy to get across the town horse trough on a moonlight night?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-27
SWORN CIRCULATION.

Tks Montgomery AdVeFtissr guarantees zs advertisers fand makes ft part 9r Lns contract when requesfedl that it's aaisy cir- 4uiaston is larger than that of any moEnsne mewspaper printed In Alabama--and tnAk - ary news paper printed In Alabama w'tnoal e8eeptlDn.
 The figures for December printed nsioM represent the actual net circulation. aii " terms hayine been deductsd.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-27

[ hereby announce myself es a candidate for County Treasurer, subject to the ae- tton of the DsFlocratie primary.
 L. n COLLIER.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-27

I hereby announce myself candidate for County treasurer. sub5ect to the action of the Democratic primary.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-27

hereby announce myself a candidate for re-elaetion as Alderman from Ward Four subject to the action of the Democratic Primary WALTER BRASsELL
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-27

I hereby announce myself a candidate for Mornber Board of Revenue. subject to tho action of the DemceFatie Primary
 4. l.. TYSON.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-27

FOR JUSTICE or PEACE, BEAT s. I am a candidate for Justice of the Peace for Beat Three. subject to the primary of the Democratic party
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-27

I hereby announce myself candidate for Member of Board of Revenue subject to the action of the Democratic primary. |
 N. J. GREIL.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-27

1 hereby announce myself candidate for Treasuref of Montgomery County. subject to the action of the T EsmocrafiD Party.
 GEO. E. SHACKELFoRh.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-27

hereby announce myself . easdidsss for the offica of County Treasurer sub- secs to the action of the DsmNrratto Primary. JASON H. SMITH
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-27

hereby announce myself as . candidate fe,r reelection as County Superintendent ef Educationr subject to the aetion of the Deh0'sAe'p q. ". CONVECTION.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-27

, hereby announce myself candidate for
 founty. Superintendent of Edueation Eub- feet fc the action of the Damocratlc pEr+ fw ID. w. HARRfsON.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-27

I hereby announce myself candidate for Member of the Police Commission. subject "a fine action of the Democratic primary
 JAMES GALLAGHER
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-27
FOR TRRAsuRKn,

hereby announce myself chndidate for County Treasuref. sub5ect to the action Of the Democratic primary.