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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-28
The Cotton crop.

New Orleans Picayune.
 As the time is now at hand for the marketing of the cotton crop. the daily reports from the country of the condi- ton and promise of that crop and the outlook for the consumption of cotton by the world during the coming season are matters of absorbing interest. A large crop Is genefAlly expected, and such crop would be of great benefit to the South, as 1t would scatter pros- perity broSdcast and furnish work to all classes of Southern labor. It would furnish traf1c for the railroads and steamboats and create a demand for all classes of supplies.
 There are, of course, many good peo- pie who would prefer to see a short crop and high prices, but that Is rather a selfish view to take of the matter. A short crop. no matter what the rec always a spotted crop, that is a crop which has been more or less a failure in many sections and a success in oth- CTS. The sale of such crop, no mat ter how good a price is received for 1t, fails to evenly distribute the profits. Some people make money at the high prices. because they have been forum ate enough to have had good crops. but many others make no money. because their crops have failed.
 Despite the usual vicissitudes to has reached the middle of August in excellent condition. It Is true that within the past week or ten days there have been fears of drought, followed promptly by fears of too much rain. and there have also quite recently been reports of deterioraeIon. but taking the Cotton Belt as a whole, the prospect Is excellent and large crop seems reas- Onably assured. barring some unexpect- ed and uncommon calamity. such as an uncommonly wet harvest season.
 As to the outlook for consumption, which is a most important matter with a large crop in prospect, the present situation does not look altogether en- trade is suffering from the effects of the financial stringency of last winter and the demand is by no means as brisk as 1t was. but there Is a reasonable eers tainty that. while the naills have cut down their output, the world has kepg on depicting accumulated stocks until by the time the new crop Is moving freely there will be a good demand to fill actuaI needs. General trade should now steadily improve and cotton goods are likely to be the articles first to feel the beneft of reviving prosperity
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-28
FRIDAY. AUGUST ss. 1908.
TAKING NOTICE.

Our cousins ue in Canada areI taking notice of what is doing on this side the line, as Is shown by an editorial In The Quebec Evening Telegraph 'eAgain.@ it says, "the world is wit messing that curious spectacle of mani- puiation in the price of cotton. There is promise of a bumper crop. There is a sure market for every pound of the. crop and prices are not likely to be depressed by natural conditions, but . small ring of spectators in New York where rarely more than 5000 of the 1o.0oo.oo0 or 12,0oo, 900 bales ever find their way. are playing draw poker and making jack pots with mere promises of cotton delivery. Thus one of the most important staples of the world is manipulated up and down in price by men who do nothing at all with cotton. and the interest of the producer. the manufac- turer and the consumer Is more often impaired than benefited by their game on the side. When prices are made to fluctuate up or down to the extent of $5 a bale in single day and bold speculators backed by financiers or banking syndicates are able to run the price up and hold back the cot ton for months at stretch while mills run out their stocks and shut down and tens of thousands of employees, earning but a bare living at best. are turned into the streets in id1eness, something Is radically wrong, and that wrong will never be righted as long as the money of the country is drawn to New York to be loaned at usurious rate to these gamblers"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-28
rnE PnoPosEp sovp Issur.

The Advertiser publishes a letter on this page in opposition to the proposed bond issue. It is wen enough to state that the school facilities are not and for years have not been adequate. Hun dreds of children in this city have been. in a way. provided for by going Co the schools afternoon, the forenoon being given up to another set. In neither case is results satisfactory to teacher. pupil or parent. Teaching under such conditions cannot be what it ought to be and what those who foot the bills have right to expect.
 The auditorium of the Girls High School has been cut up into rooms in order to make places for children. who otherwise would be unprovided for The Boys High School is in no way fitted for the purpose for which 1t is used. Indeed. It is fareical to speak of 1t ss high school building be- cause 1t Is lacking in rooms and in comforts and the children must be made comfortable. It Is as necessary as any other feature of their school days for otherwise they may be im- paired in health for life.
 Many of the smaller towns of Ala bama have far better buildings for school children than any of those now in Montgomery. Additional buildings are imperativeIy needed. and our peo- pie can make no better investment for the present and the future than to provide what may be needed in that respect. The teaching that eieht-tenths of the school children of Montgomery receive In the public schools is all that they ever receive and the other two tsnths go to the public schools part of the time. If the whole proposed bond issue was for school buildings it would not go beyond present or very near in the future requirements. Only a part, however. of the bonds are for school purposes. Some would be used in making a wharf suitable for the business sure to come from the re- vived interest in river transportation. for improving which ssoo,o0o has been appropriated by Congress-. There are some other imperative city needs and as taxes cannot be increased tc an ex- tent sufficient to meet the case. the bond issue is necessary. The interest can be taken care of without serious inconvenience.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-28
A Campaign Slogan.

Savannah News
 It is fact that notwtthstanding Mir. fososg the isss aw against aga y yviostors the antitrust and other laws intended 10 protect the weak against the strong, none of these violators have been pun ished. It is true there have been suits begun against trusts and fines have been imposed upon corporations for violating the antitrust laws--a few corporations--but the, real onenders been vigorously enforced against the men who broke the laws instead Of against the corporations with which they were connected, the violations would have ceased almost immediately. Unfortunately, one of the first of the violators of the law against rebates was a man in high favor with the ad- Since then the plan of proceeding against the corporations has prevailed, and the violations have gone on pretty much as If it were not expected that
 And if Mir. Taft should be elected wouldn't he follow in the footsteps of Mir Roosevelt? It is the impression that he would. since he was nominat- would carry out Mir. Roosevelt's poli- cies. because It punishes the innocent stock holders. The stockholders. at least the great majority of them. have very little to~do with the management of the properties in which they have shares. Yet under the prevailing sys- tenn of enforcing the law they are the real sufferers. since out of their ,poclx- cts comes the money with which to pay the fines.
 It Is evident that as long as this sys- tenn prevails the law will be violated. Only by striking at the real offenders will 1t be possible to put an end to the Al nf a al oan gested by MT. Watterson promises to be popualr one
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-28
SAME OLD GAG.

The New York Globe tells us that If Taft Is elected he win call an extra session of Congress immediately after the 4th of March. and will send in a message urging revision of the tar in. He will not only favor revision. ]. The Globe goes on to say. revision downward as far as it can be carried without endangerine the principle of protection and taking away employ ment from American workingnnen. He is opposed to all tariff levfes that are higher than is needed to squaiize la bor cost at home and abroad and give the American manufacturer chance to continue in business. There is small doubt that Mir. Taft expressed what is practically now the overwhelming pub lie view with respect to the tariff The country wants revision. and 1t wants the revision to be made along protec- tionist lines. This he and his party will give at the earliest practicable day"
 That has a wonderfully familiar sound to those of us who have kept up with Republican deliverances on the tariff question. What he means. though not expressed in plain words. Is that he favors revision of the tarif in a way that will not in jure or offend the great protected cor- porations and monopolies that grow rich under the present system. and which will be mainly Instrumental in electing him if he Is elected.
 We have heard this kind of talk un- til 1t has become monotonous. All the leading Repuhlicsns--aii who control the actions of the party. at ieast--fa- vor a revision of the tariff without endanserins the principle of protsc- tion." as The Globe expresses 1t. and we all know what that means. A tar iff law framed on the principal of pro- tection is just what the people are suf- fering under now. and what they would get rid of if they could. The Globe might just as well have said that Mr. Taft favors tarin system formed for the protection of certain favored and powerful interests. though he may fear to say so. If that is the brand of re- vision the country is to expect it may as well make up it's mind that there will be no relief while Republicans con trol the Government.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-28

The acceptance speech of John W. Kern was one of the best that has been. or will be made by any candi. date during the present campaign. The Democrats acted wisely In nominating him as their candidate. if he is judged alone by this one speech. His sent encss are compact and bristie with ar- gument and good sense His method of treating the trusts. the, tariff and Republican tyranny in legislation is So plain and direct as tog .bsT readily understood and appreciated. Ills speech ought to be circulated by the hundreds of thousands, No better cam paign document can be placed in the hands of voters.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-28

of Madam ssagreen and her daughter Mol
 He concerniug certain matters and tbfngs might be disposed to agree with. that preachment of that constituency From Jones' leads ali the rest in this election
 and Martin chuzslewit' is secopd in the race and only q few votes behind Is Victor that George Eliot beat walter Scott, but ''Ivanhoe" was an "also ran" It Is myste- as . candidate. nor does George Sand: :Isd and smollett. a greater Fielding. did not set . vote. And yet, who would have the dog matism to say that the author of ssHum.
 phrey Ciinker was inferior to the author Of "Amelia7" There was one consolation that came out of this vote In literature. and crate barred the book Of Ruth. of Kins James translation of the Bible, and that is the beet novel. the most engaging love story. the imagination of man has yet con-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-28
Japan's Need of Peace.

Philaoelphta Press.
 An examination of Japan's financial af- fairs leaves no room for doubt that what that country needs most of all is prolong- ed peace. Although it is poor, indeed. very poor as compared with the United States, Japans national debt Is over $2Q0 o0o. 600 greater than that of this country, Every Japanese subject is burdened with a gov ernment debt of over $21. Last year the ordinary revenue of the Empire was only S243, ,000. 900. while the expenditures amount ed to $317.o00, GOO. To meet the deficit bonds were sold. For good many years Japan has spent very nearly all it's avaiia- bls resources upon the army and navy. While industries of various kinds and do- mestic enterprises have received some as- sistance 1t was but slight when compared with the sums set aside for national de- fense or aggression. But a poor country like a poor man soon comes to the end Jf it's resources. To fight Russia cost Japan. a mighty effort. not only in men and ships but in raising the necessary money. That has exhausted the borrowing capacity of the Mikado's realm. To get into a condition where large sums could again be placed abroad Japan must first build up it's home industries. These are needed to produce wealth These can only be properly foster ed during a large period of tranquility. And no one else understands so we'll the real situation as disclosed by Japan's fis- cal statements as do the elder statesmen. That is why they are now pre-eminentlY of
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-28
What the State Papers
 Are Saying and Doing
statesmen Are Scarce.


 statesmen Are Scarce. Moulton Advertiser.
 It is a hard matter now to find a real statesman. but politicians are as thick as the leaves in autumn.
 All Good. Northport Breeze.
 Chicken is all the time good and now the, season Is coming when beef will be getting to it's best. But none of good yellow butter. That Is good eat ing all the time.
 Anything to Help The Roads. Tn The spiit-iog drag Is said to be the best device yet constructed for keep ing roads in good condition. It is easy to make, cost nothing but a little time. and should be given a fair trial.
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 Careful Politics. Mobile Herald.
 Twill be a beautiful and inspiring sight to behold congressional com mfttee practicing economy: but noble the committee of the Second district of Alabama in the coming primary.
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 For watsOn's Accommodation. Ozark Star.
 The Populists of Henry County are to meet at wells Station next Saturday for the purpose of recognizing They probably are doing this for the &C., commodation of Tom Watson, the Popu- list nominee for President.
 Noticeabie omi.sion. OpeIika Post.
 withstanding MT. Roosevelts frenzied rhetoric about swollen fortunes and the necessity of an income and an in- heritance tax. there is not word in the Chicago platform about either.
 -. + Nobody Can Touch Him. Anniston Star. If Admiral Evans carried his warm vocabulary into retirement when he re- tired from service in the navy there floating around the country in the future than was witnessed in the past, : Bully For COvington.
 You can find anything in. Covington County. Last week fellow found the bones of a dinosarius. There hasn't been any loose dinosrius around the N B. Dixon of Dixie. can show you the bones of one of these giant saurians.
 Getting in Trim. Talladega Mountain Home
 The Journal says that Selmians are in training for the prohibition era which will come in that city January lst. For tha first twenty-three days in August there were only three ar rests for drunkenness, while heretofore there have been dozens each month for the beastly offense.
 Hangs on. :i Huntsville Mercury. .4 . Jim sherman, who affects a deep in7 terest in the welfare of the people when he is q seeker for thsir votes as a member of the committee, on rules. he can make sure that the pro ducers' side of the case shall "be pre- pared"
 Some of Them Deserve It. Livingston Southern Home.
 It looks as if some of the leaders in the strike in the Birmingham district may get a dose of hemp before 1t is over. and some others forced ride out of the district. Some of them who may not be murderers themselves are con doning that and other diabolical crimes.
 A Growing Town.
 A complete list of every improvement made in Brundidge during the past year would astonish even the residents of our city There is a steady. healthy growth here without pretention and noise enough to awake our sleeping neighbors Brundidge is not only growing bigger and her trade terri tory expa nding year by year but she is growing better day by day There is no interest not common to all and our people all realize 1t
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-28

and if nothing but force win put It down. then force should be used. If 1t comes to choice between, the rule of mob and the rule of the bayonst in the hands of the constituted author ities of Alabama, then let the bsyonet be put to work. and the sooner the bet ter.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-28

Republicans are alarmed" Is fre- quently seen headline in the news col umns of the papers these days. We don't rather like that. we@aiiI know how ''skeered wolf runs, and if we alarm the Repubs too much they will only try to run faster. A
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-28
Swapping Husbands and wives.

NeW Hork world.
 husband living has married q rich man whose former wife after her divorce mar Fied another man. Their enRaKemant had been rumored for two years The pres ent wife secured her final divorce decree only three months ago. Perhaps she did not obtain her divorce until she saw where the next husband was coming from. Here is a sad comment on fashionable matrimony Numerous as are the divorces, almost all of them seem to be made only in cases where one or both parties have made ten tative arrangements for their next mat rinnonial experiment. How many more marriages are there where divorce is de- ferred only until some new husband or wife Newport whera the Rhode Island divorce jaws are lax and the swapping of husbands and wives is more profitable to the lawyerS than horse trades or real estate exchanges There is one fortunate side to the majority of such affairs--there are few children.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-28

Carrie Nation says she Is making good money going about the country making speeches. Incidentally we may remark that making a spectacle of herself seems to be profitable busi- ness.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-28

Some of the Republicans arc now telling us that the late panic was not the real thing" If that'is true We may look for "the real thing" if another Republican administration Is saddled on the country.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-28

A Kansas man ran away from his wife and she philosophicslly remarks that home Is more peaceful and her. self and children are enjoying them selves much better since he left. All r regret is the loss of the money he earned" she concludes. That woman has a financial turn of nalnd-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-28
wln Grow u Interest.

The good roads movement is increas- ing in Interest all over the country and if nothing happens to retard its growth 1t may be successful within the next few years. It is a. sad fact that the South is behind all the rest of the civilized world in the matter of good roads. F
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-28
q LiteEary ElectiOn.

One of the leading papers of London has held an election to get a verdict as to which is the best novel ever penned, and it was Uncovered that in English criticism there were oceans of diseordant opinions
 There was--and 1t was elected--vociferant emphatic and dogrnatic assertions that rom Jones'' is the greatest of all noveis and those of who recall the argument
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-28
swORN cIRcUI.ATION.

The Montgomery Advertiser guarantees its adverti.srs (and makes 1t . part of the collation. ..ia larger thsh that of any morn Ing nawspaper prirIed in Aiabama--and th1t iss Sunday edition has the largest cir tfculation Of any edition of any newspaper printed in Alabama without exception
 The figures. for July printed below repre- sent the actual net circulation. all returns having bean deducted
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-28


 e T.. Finigan. Circulating Manager of The Montgomery Advertiser. being duly Gworn. gays:
 The foregoing statement of the Adver- tisefss circulation for the month of July. fa0x. Is true and correct and compiled af- ter all returna from news boys. news asente. spelIad and leftover copies have been de-
 tss c FTNI0AN. Circulation Manager. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 11th day of August. 1908.
 RIGA ALEXANDER, 4t Notary Public
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-28
Some of Them Deserve It. .4n- cnnAhnrr IInrnn

Livingston SouIaern rome
 It looks as if some of the leaders in the strike in the Birmingham district may get a dose of hemp before 1t is over. and some others a forced ride out of the district. Some of them who may not be murderers themselves are com doning that and other diabolical crimes
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-28

Jim sherman, who affects deep in, terest in the welfare of the people hangs on to his seat in the House so, as a member of the committee on rules. he can make sure that the pro ducers' side of the case shall "be pre- pared"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-28
ralladega Mountain Home.

The Journal says that selmians are in training for the prohibition era which will come in that city January lst. For tha first twenty-three days in August there were only three arr rests for drunkenness, while heretofore there have been dozens each month for the beastly offense.
The Delta independent., 1908-12-11
Bank Officers and Others Indicted

OURAY, Dec. Tt is now definitely
known here that Geo. r. HurlbUrt,
president, Theron Stevens, vice-presi-
dent, and Frank p. Tanner, cashier, of
the defunct bank of Ouray, were
among those indicted by the recent
grand jury for receiving deposits after
they knew that the bank was insolvent.
1t is also reported that Kenneth
Mays and C. II. Gray gave such evil
dence before the grand jury concerning
their attempt to blow up and rob the
Bank of Ridgway. duplicating others
in the transaction, that indictments
We're returned also against them, but
their names cannot now be learned.
Mays and Gray were sentenced to be-
tween six and seven years in the peni-
tentiary. Montrose Press.
The Delta independent., 1908-12-11
Butcher Martinez Ends Life.

Trailed into the mountains to the
head of a canon where escape was
hopeless, Francisco Martinez. who
butchered four members of the Garcia
family near Trinidad short time ago
and carried away the 17-year-old daugh-
ter of the family captive, first shot his
captive then himself. both bullets be-
ing instantly fatal, on Tuesday night
of this week.
The BODY Of The dead girl was taken
home for burial but that of Martinez
was left for the coyotes.
In all the history of the hundreds of
Greaser murders and no race, not even
the brutal negro can compete that of
Martinez is the most barberous and re-
voting.
Strengthening four members of the
Garcia family with an AK, he forced
the daughter, who, with an absent
brother were the only two of the fam
,ily left, to accompany him in his fight,
only to shoot her and himself to death
when capture seemed certain.
The Delta independent., 1908-12-11
Used Knife on Walker.

Archie Walker, a carpenter and VIM.
Lance, ranchman, had trouble on the
way up town from the ID. & r. G..
excursion train Saturday night. Lance.
so Walker claimed, was under the in
fiuence of liquor and had been repre-
manded on the train for language used
in presence of ladies'. After the train
arrived he was walking behind Walker
and again began using improper lam
guage, when Walker turned around
and struck him. Lance got up and
began to slash Walker with pocket
knife, infiicting long cut on his arm,
then lunging for his abdoman. the knife
point striking button and preventing
what might have been a dangerous or
fatal wound. Lance was placed under
arrest but gave bond. His trial will
perhaps be put off until next week be-
cause of his attorney. Judge King.
being unable to attend on account of
the serious illness Of his little boy.
The Delta independent., 1908-12-11

The Crawford-Maher country will
load over 20 cars of cattle at Hotchkiss
next Tuesday or Wednesday. This Is
only one of the many shipments leav-
ing here which goes to show that
the Crawford Maher country does
not depend alone on the grain and fruit
crop. 1t is estimated that this bunch
of cattle will bring $22,000 into the
country. which is quite an item. Other
shipments will follow in the near fu-
ture. Some of the cattlemen will load
at Sapinero providing the snow is not
too deep on the Black Mesa, while 9TH
ers will drive to Hotchkiss. Among
those shipping are E. P. Creighton, E.
r. Hartman, w. L. Savage and 5. b.
Hartman, all of whom are located in
one of the best sections in Delta
county.