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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-15
The Modern Mans Brain.

American MeulCines
 In some places insanity is said to be markedly decreasing and this con. clusion is based on the number of yearly admissions per thousand Of population. Nevertheless this statis- tical decrease may be an indication that the former unrecognized cases are about cleaned up and that we are now at the point where only the new ly developed cases are taken in. The problem Is thus a very difficult one 10 solve, and the proper conclusion from the data, Is that insanity occurs just about as often as 1t ever did-no more and no less. Formerly the eases were short lived from inhuman treat ment. but now they survive many years in colonies. which have been in- creasing for this reason, but which will cease to increase when the popu- la ton ceases its increase.
 Some cases popularly called insane. are perfectly normal types of 4 brala an ayerage-they are the variations. . It Is an invariabIe law in nature that If a species of animal develops one part to a great extent, say brilliant U plumaEe in a bird, that part begins 70 vary enormously and in a short time time there are large number of varietleA
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-15
Cottou Consumption.

New York Commercial and Fihane'Ai
 The preiiminary report of the Census Ss United States for the year yod es sSoW August 3l, 1908, recently issueo; tbe ed that during the per popio"1m ps"med 2.SSs, SIS bales. against 2,41O. .ss3 bales in dsgS1Ts Heies OT Failing off of only 154,3bO Daies (64 per cent), whereas m tne S~bihit teryal Northern estabiis hments exnnlplt- n s- cd a decline of 255,1lS bales lS,S Psa cent) This Census Bureau report, So fas as it applies to Southern cons n,ith tlon. Is in approximate sr ag. ennnal cot ton report issued September tha shows. as President Finley oI +baf 5 Southern Railway in eheet say say isoIth suffered less during the period or Ell. eral business depression than the mllis in other sections of the country, ef iS, this notwith standing the laIth,iSS ,rhinSS many Southern mills place large depenoenoe With good reason. Mir. Finley LOOKS up on the report as furnishing adoitIoha as as evidence of the superior adVantasefS. ~, ~, the South as the location Tor cotton
 The strides the South has taken in cotton manufacture in recent yeciiSs fin the volume of consumption last season Is certainly a cause Tor sat- ,sara .,1,, .ra and gratifcation. From an aHerase
 
 GOO bales per week 30 years ago-in iS77-7S-there was a steady and quite rapid advance until in the early part or l907-0S 1t reached nearly 5O,OOO bales and averaged for the season (notWith- standing the general decline In All pusi- ness in the more recent monthsl al- most 4s.OOO bales; In the meantime time 7S averaged 28,500 bales. rose to an bales in i906-07. and. according to. our figures, was slightly more than 4l,OO0 bales In l9O7-0S. Or, dealing in totals rather than averages, the south con sumed 14S,000 bales in 1s77-7S, advanc- ing to 443,373 bales 10 years later, l. 227,939 bales in 1S97-9S and 2.2S4 395 bales in 1907-os the aggregate in 1908 excellent Showing under adverse cir cumstances made last season led us to remark in our annual report that southern cotton mills have done re- latively better than those at the North. the decrease in the volume of consump- tion having been comparatively moder- ate. It thus happens that, for the became an established industry of the South. the mills of that section used more raw material than was consumed by Northern establishments" The ad- vance thus far made furthermore, can be taken an indicative of the pro- gross yet to be made when warranted by industrial conditions. And 1t is that the not very distant future will find the South with its natural advan- tage of contiguity to sources of supply outranking In cotton u-manufacturing prominence most of the worlds centers of activity In the industry.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-15

basic principles of Democracy have always been adhered to by a majority of the Southern people and they have seen no cause to change. The action of the abolitionists, and the course pursued by the Republicans during all the years since emancipation took ef- feet have made adherence to Demo- cracy absolutely necessary to the safe ty and well-being of this section. Just as long as the Republicans cater to the negro sentiment and endeavor to exalt them above the white people, just that long will the South remain solidly Democratic. as 1t should do as a matter of self-preservation.
 It will be noted In the article quoted above that The Register endorses the course pursued in a number of the Southern States by which danger is ignorant and vicious colored vote "constitutionally weeding out" that vote. as The Register properly and fairly puts 1t. Our contemporary may be correct when 1t says that "the best sentiment of the North" has approved the action of our people in providing for their own safety. This may be true, as applied to the North generally but 1t can hardly be said of the Re- publican party. The national platform lately adopted by that party demands the strict enforcement of the consti- tutional amendments. which. if en- forced according to the Crumpacker idea would set aside white supremacy in many sections of the South. and make existence itself peril in those sections.
 Not only does the Republican plat form suggest a menace and a danger to the South and the people but some of the most prominent and influential members of the party continually threaten our section with loss of rep- resentation in Congress and the Elec- toral College unless we change our i constitutions and laws so as to en- franchise the negroes promiscuously and generally. This our people will ] not do. but 1t is what the Republicans seem to wish and demand.
 Judge Taft cannot and should not expect votes from the South under present conditions. We have long con- tended that 1t would be better for the Democratic party and for the South generally If we had a strong and re- 1 spectacle opposition party here; a par | ty founded on principle and not on hate and malice and the lust for of- flee. That time may come whenever 1t Is generally understood and admitted that the South will control it's decorate ! and suffrage in its own way without hindrance or interference from the out side. Then the vote of the South will be divided, and a Republican national ticket will stand show in the voting. but such a change must come gradual \ ly It cannot come all at once, even if all possibility of negro domination
 were eliminated and no fear of its revival controlled the vote. That Taft Mississippian should take a reef in his imagination.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-15
A MORNING THOUGHT
".
MOney-Mad.
The almost epidemic of
BY J. MARVIN NICHOLS.

MOney-Mad. The almost epidemic of
 suicide. the sudden stoppages of the heart the dethrone- ment of the brain. the drug wrecks terrific moral. Strong and stalwart ancestry-yes. plus the wild rush of this age. Some of us are starving our nerves to death. This awful rush for gold is nothing less than a murder mill If not suicide. 1t invites a moral delinquency that can be excused on the ground of purest sympathy That is If ws Eho have less depletion could sense in the region of the nerves where 1t is generated. and uncomfortable hands reach forth to be polluted Bryan, the commoner meant much when he spoke of our "cross of gold :" The majority of nervous wrecks are moral ecentrics-nothing more. Half the suicides over depleted fortunes are men just money-mad. Many of the defaults can be explained solely on the ground of the money y-crazed. If this keeps on. and if there be any thing in the unerring laws of heredity we are destined either to sneak out of life's back door by the rashest means or we shall bring on generation of moral imbeciles whose destination Is the junk-ptle. The vacant stare of many a poor fellow who died in trag- edv is a mute appeal for a pardon al ready granted by Him who knows. The wonder Is that under this wilful waste of nerve-force in this age there Is not a greater moral irregularity. I am sure that what appears wrong to us appears right to those of distorted visions. l have not the heart to con- demn him because his glass is not of sufficient power to see the stars in the far-ofT places. Many a so-called sin is a disease of the nerve and not the heart. How can you blame a man. when in a state of coma. he has not remotest sense of pain? There Is a moral stupor-a coma of the con science The moral sensibilities and the nerve system touch each other at every point. You can no moro separate their inter-operatlon than you can sep arate the electric current and the cop per wire over which 1t travels. And who can regulate the current when the wire Is grounded? I would be very far from excuslpg any. premeditated wrong. At the same time l would possess the profoundest pity-thats all, and that's kingly. Some day. these duiI, dead che Gcters are going to come from behind the clouds and we shall see them as they are; It VII be the never dreamed
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-15
Fine Hogs.

Birmingham Ledger;
 There is an exhibit of swine at the fair that is an object lesson. Alabama can raise her own meat. The people in the upland counties have often done so. They raised meat to sell during the war. The people in southeast Alabama are raising hogs very suc- cessfully, and are making money:
 The exhibit at the fair shows hogs Gr, as fine as can be raised anywhere on earth. In size and quaity these are models. In size aud build these hogs are fitted to Alabama, and others can be raised.
 The meat trust Is driving people to study the question of meat Either they must reform the method of liv- ing or must provide their own meat. Either we must raise our own hogs or we must pay a continually larger tribute to the meat trust. Our far mers are reluctant to raise chickens or turkeys or ducks. but hogs are even less trouble.
 A little study of that hog exhibit and a little dealing with the meat trust will make 6 farmer think aboui providing meat for his neighbors. ls is far more profitable than cotton Au any county in Alabama
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-15

A correspondent of The Advertiser writes as follows;
 You will confer a great favor on some of your subscribers if you will publish a sketch of the lives of Ala bama's two honored sons whose statues now stand in the Hall of Fame in Washington. D. c.
 The Legislature of 1908 designated the late J. L. M. Curry as one of the two Alabamians to be honored by plac- ing statues in Statuary Hall of the National Capitol. The other has not been selected. There is a grand list of honored names from which to choose. The formal presentation of the Curry statue will take place some time during the sitting of Congress this winter and at that time our sub scriber can obtain through The Adver- tiser the information he seeks.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-15
Letters to The Editer
APropcr word.
Clio. Ala. oct. is, isos'

Clio. Ala. Oct. is, 1908. Editor of The Advertiser: ..,.,. ,a
 read with much interest your sIuS,o M Tusedays issue concerning the oIlsih " n,, nnS word "tote," and am pleased tha. y,s yy should defend this. now almost e.1 ..'hs, Southern word. from those false crlteS ,nti would class 1t as slang. Though no pna.o. ps.. ogist, 1t occurs to me that you, In ,,ss., yon. defense of It's purity, fall into the Sod ,.,ard error of imputing low orgin 10 tnis VII among the purest in our language, ueIroT nS from the good old Anglo-SaAon Ss ''Tolt," meaning 'to carry bodliy' anu @ s which strict sense and only sense Ine pt ent word tote is always used. ~ .a,,,,sxs s~e only word in the English language Ia v oo, mig this exact significance, ana snoSS ~ '.,hIcn be confounded with the word cary a.srsai means among other meanings not sas not here, ito remove, to convey, ana IVss 1V aars necessarily imply bodily exertloh. tts sHan ruption from the old Anglo-saA n ,har sliRhter than that of great many sax words to which we now impute Ans stysctI,, on origin, and it's meaning pelhs roar Identical, clearly proves it's source, havA vel not that those in whose hAhS .n ia st rested pathological authority TOT ,yhose three-auarters of a century, anu n . ob~ section this word has long since ogen ,ass,cal solete should fail to find thls stad Tor root, for indeed they have not Jt Is now 1t and have not cared to find II. ,o true diStinctly Southern in it's use anu h0 ,naEe Southerner will allow 1t criticlseI 11NNES
 no defense. G EntNA-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-15
This Date in History
OCTOBER 1B.

1S04-Swss immigrants established a set clement at Greensburg, Pa 1sO5-wihelm won Kaulbach, celebrated German artist. born. Died April [, 1874. 1S12-United States frigate President cap tured the richly laden British packet Swallow. 1s54-James Edward Quigley, Roman Cath ollc archbishop of Chicago, born in Canada. 1s74-Dedication of the Lincoln monument at Springfield, III. 1s94-A memorial to Sir John A. MacDon- ald unveiled in Toronto. 19O5-Lutheran Council in Milwaukee adopt, ed resolution favoring international arbitration.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-15
THUnsDAY. OCTOBER IS. 1908.
DEMOCRATS SHOULD

HELP THE PARTY. The Advertiser appeals earnestly 10 tha Democrats of Alabama to come to tb. aid of the party's Campaign Fund Other States are responding hberaIiy. If every Democrat in the State woulo give s1 1t would help mightily"' Fne Advertiser pledges itself to work un- ceasingly to secure the money. It IS iswz than three weeks to election day If you are going to contribute do so at once.
 Let every beat in the State organ aza. Every white man in every beat should be solicited. The Advertiser will receive the money and forward 1t to the National Committee.
 The campaign fund received by The Advertiser to date is as follows; Williams Bros. Columbiana....$ 300 S1r | L. Watkins. o'V0 6'T. Manning, Enterprise. .. .0O Previously acknowledged. .s s'. ooS'e
 Money should be sent to "CampaigD Fund. care The Advertiser" All con- tributions will be acknowledged in the paper daily.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-15
VIII All Re snent.

Athens Courier.
 do "Het to aite tbat o Comet er fb bad T his Legislature set aside for him to en- ploy lawyers with which to fight the railroads. will be a plenty. They cer- tainly are being we'll paid for ''whoop- ing 1t up," for the cotton mill gover- nor. But what does he care so long as the farmer pays the freight in taxes?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-15

It's all off again, we are told and the union of duke and dollars is not to be effected. One report Is that Miss FL kins Is not engaged to the Duke of Abruzzi. and another that she has thrown him over. Has she got son9 other noble in view?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-15
What fhe State Papers
 Are Saying and Doing

Too Bad. Too Bad. Anniston Star. The Birmingham Age-Herald speaks The citizen who banks" on that bad break will find himself in a fair" way to become frozen child
 Thinking before Acting. Selma Journal.
 Roosevelt has something of the reputation of a %dosr os Of 4tna tn1ng s ere ere ratio and fruitless administration that thought must precede action if action is to be effective.
 Nearly All Out in This section. Senator Hayes of Mooresville. was in the town the past week, shaking the cotton crop short in the southern part of the county and says If weath- CT continues good it will be all out py the middle of November or before
 A Good Idea. Mobile Herald.
 The early church had a way of de- tecting the %so faise preacner scs.s:v ha ' askeI for money he was pretty sure to pe an imposter. Why wouldn't that e rute apply to our perfervid reform .rs wno stop in the midst Of their ecstaSIss " ask for an office?
 A Stampede Would FouoW'
 The Key West cigarmakers have de, clared war on manufacturers who use the name of Key West on proouetS made elsewhere in the United HNaans StasTs; could adopt A similar course there would be a stampede in many Of tns cigar-making centres
 A Good Law. AduOcafA
 okiahoma has made It a rnisde. meanor for any person to point weapon loaded or unloaded at another; When all of the states have fonoweo it's example and added to the list of criminals the man-who-rocks-the boat and the man who sells cap pistols we shall be on the high road toWaros civilization.
 Great Yield of Corn.
 Mr. W. J. DuBose, of Cypress. Bald acres according to McIver williamson plan, using LOGO pounds of fertilizer teen inches The yeSI yield %aS o1d metsoSs seys0y with favorable seasons the land would have produced some 30 bushels per acre.
 Fine Coal Vein i'm Lamar.
 A very fine vein of coal has been found near Henson Springs. In dig: they have gone forty inches and are not through it yet. This means much for this county and especially thls eno @ of the county. The fertility of tns soil along the Buttahatchie river ana fine coal will certainly give us a rapio and continuous growth
 Serves 6 Double Purpose. Birmingham Ledger.
 The Lineville Headlight Is calling attention to the hardwood forests Of Ciav. This serves a double purpose. ft let's the world know that Clay. has several million dollars worth of hard ers know that the trees are too valu- able to burn and too valuable for fence rails. ClaY's forests have not been touched and they are very ane'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-15

'I do not believe there could be found in all the country man 50 we'll fitted to be President" Is what Roose- welt says of Taft. Of course man may be expected to brag on his own handiwork.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-15

Georgia is stiu Democratic" pro- claims The Hartford Courant. We'll we can't say that Georgia fs very "stu'' huG tt is .psmaeEatie all riEht
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-15

'rwhat is the chief end of a col lege?" ask the president of one of those institutions. We are not sure, but--might 1t be football?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-15
swopN CIRCULATION.

The Montgomery Advertiser suar et ths fta advertisers (and makes 1t a part oh i .ne oontract when requested1 that its dally Sn = culation is larger than that of any norm .a aa, newspaper printed in Alaoama-snIt et,,,is s,i . ita sunday edition has the largest circuIa tion of any edition of any newspaper prine ad in Alabama without exception.
 The figures for September prln.eu II v vs. represent the actual net circelauo"' @'A " turns having been deducted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-15
A stampede would Follow.

The Key West cigarmakers have de. clared war on manufacturers who use inc name of Key West on products made elsewhere in the United States: If the cigar manufacturers of Havana could adopt a similar course there would be a stampede In many or the cigar making centres.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-15
A Good Law.

GreNnviile Advocate.
 oklahoma has made It mlsoe. ueanor for any person to point a weapon loaded or unloaded at another when all of the states have followed it's example and added to the list of criminals the man-who-rooks-tne ooat and the man who sells cap pistols we shall be on the high road towards civilization.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-15
A Good Idea.

The early church had a way of de- tecting the false preacher. If in the midst of a religious ecstasy he asked for money he was pretty sure to De an imposter Why wouldn't that rule apply to our perfervid reform ,rs who stop in the midst of their ecstasies 70 ask for an office?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-15
Nearly All Out in This section.

Senator Hayes of Mooresville. was in the town the past week, shaking hands with his friends. He reports the cotton crop short in the southern part of the county and says if weath- CT continues good 1t will be all out by the middle of November or before.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-15
Repuhllcan Leadera Alarmed

Not ascribing the condition to any particular cause to the exclusion or others, Republican leaders who have visited President Roosevelt in the last several days have privately expressed to him their anxiety regarding the fate of the Republican national ticket.
 These men are naturally not giving
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-15
Edxerton is For Bryan. ,1-In[ fN VI SDeciai,

Cold Spring lN. Y,,) Special
 James A Edgerton, the Well-knoWi newsnaper writer, who has a countr: home here. has declared for MT. Bryar His action is lent significance by tn fact that Mir EdEerton was genera organizer of the Independence Leagsut bad charge of Hearst's campaign 10 srovArnor in the southern tier, and u fo the beginning of the present yea was an editorial writer on The NeN York American.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-15
Great Yield of Cora.

A very fine vein of coal has been found near Henson Springs. In dig; ginR a well, the vein was struck and HeY have gone forty inches and are not through it yet. This means much for this county and especially this enc of the county. The fertility or tne soil along the Buttahatchie river ane fine coal will certainly give us rapic and continuous growth
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-07-29

The annual baseball game of the
city officials VS.. the county officials
will be played on the diamond in
the downtown baseball park Fri
day afternoon at 4 o'clock, and
there is going to be a whole lot
doing" between now and then in
the nature of preparation for the
contest.
Last year the city officials and
the county officials played ball and
the city officials simply walked all
over the representatives of the
county-in' fact they beat them to
a frappee. The city officials have
not forgotten the enjoyable SEN
sation experienced by the winning
of the game last year and they
are anticipating another winning
this year.
"Old Hoss" Conger is trying out
his county candidates in the back
yard of the court house and it's safe
to say that no one will get on the
team who doesn't know an inshoot
from "hollygoster" ball.
John Bailey has been running as
candidate for county treasurer for
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-07-29

three days and has already reduced
his weight fifteen pounds, so it is
safe to presume that he will be in
good condition Saturday evening.
Yves Wright, Arne Solberg and
the rest of the candidates for nomi,
nation at the primaries have also
been going some" and as far as
physical conditions is concerned
the whole county team ought to. be
in fine fettle.
It is somewhat different with the
members of the city team. How
ever, Mayor Pogue has had strenu-
Gus year of it and it is safe to
presume that his physical condition
is about right. However, City Attor-
ney Gibbons and Chief of Police
Knox are in condition that would
rival the prize porker at county
fair, and they must needs take off
some of their averdupois if they wish
to play in Saturdays game.
President Gould, being the head
of the new lumber company, is
always in good condition.
City Clerk Maloy will probably