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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-09

that we gained the item. Captain Kii- patrick was at that time Senator from Clarke, and shortly Afterwards moved to Wilcox To corrohorate his impress sions, he asked us to write to certain parties In Clarke, and in, consequences The Banner has communicated with former Circuit Clerk w. w. Damn of mat County. who writes that our statement was correct He also gives the testimony of Mir. Walter Pugh, who states that he is quite sure that Hon. Isaac Grant of The Clarke County Dem ocrat wrote an extended notice Of Mr. Reid when the latter assumed control of The New York Tribune.
 MT. Reid paid a visit of some two years duration to pr. Jordon. or was his partner in farming on what is known as the Mitchell place. near Sa- lttpa. in Clarke County.
 We are aware of the talents of MT. heid as writer, and of his marked ability In other ways; and the further wealth. that combined with his natural Ambassador to the great court of Eng land The single expenditure of $75,- 900 per annum home rent, is sufficient to win the notice of royalty---for like the average human being, their high gold
 But who is to succeed Mir ReidY The debauching of the lofty position of Minister to the Court of St. James has already caused man of far greater talents than Reid possesses to decline the offer, as he could not follow the precedent already laid down.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-09
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9. 1909.
THEY SOUND GOOD.

The Cleveland Plain Dealer gets al least one grain of comfort out of re- cent discussion. It ssaysss .a
 brisk discussion Is afoot just now among the Southern editors over the question of who Pnlt the PoIIy ssi.le or Tn Jen- nie, or Johnny, or Jerusha. |. oar-
 However the dispute may end. It cer- tainly is pleasant to hear those ,aaI deaI I old 0s nspMss Msymss assin and JayneS and EthyIs sgd Maries. and Susannes and Daysies and Annettes and Helenes. there a decidedly wholesome sound to MoiiS and Polly.
 Evidently our Cleveland cobtempor- ary has a mind and a memory which 10 Lack to the days that are past and iudrlges in pleasant reeoilections oi inc old times. It isn't so much con cerned in knowing exactly who waa told to put the kettle on" as 1t is nleased to hear again the old names of the long ago. And it is a source oe satisfaction to many of us. beyond A doubt. Some of those Iid names were a little harsh and uncouth, per haps. but they were the names of loved ones in the days that are gone, and though the modern idea is to dlscredi' and perhaps ridicule them they are still dear to the old people. at least Let us dispute as much as we like - about who put the kettle on. but we shall not forget the old names They sound good to many of us.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-09
TDenfieth Century Egypt
X--Fdrming tn NiIsIand
By Frederic J. I1askin.

i density of population will prevent the average farm from becoming the large esta tablishment common in agricultural America. Upon the map. Egypt is about twice as large as Texas But tilabie Egypt is about one-fourth as large as Kentucky. If the entire pop- ulation of the United States were massed In Nevada. that State would be as denseiy peopied as the Nile Valley. The besk farming land in Egypt sells for no more in dollars and cents than good land in America. It Is relatively higher because dollars and cents are diffcult to acquire where working man tolls ten days for a dollar. Because of the misgovernment of Is- mall Pasha. effects of which must be very gradually removed the public debt per capita is about five times as large as that of the United States in actual figures. The relatively small earning capacity per capita of course makes the real difference very much greater. The grandchildren of Egyp- tfan farmers of the present generation will stagger under a part of this bur- den. But there is at least daylight ahead under a civilized form of gov- ernrnent which aims at the gradual re. ductfon of taxes
 Egypt Is without farm houses. in the American sense of the term. Most VI thS WSottHy tAnUOWnerS i've m tuo larger cities, The small farmers live in villages composed chiefly of two classes of dwellings. squalid mud huts and more squalid mud huts There are also a few tents that resemble the tents of Abraham. Another style of residence is the round .tepee- which modern enterprise has recently intro- duced. While the .'tepee" is fast dfs- appearing from the plains of the Amer fcan West. 1t is an innovation in Egypt. A group uf these tents in the middle distance, with a group of pyramids on the horizon looks like a picture of North American Indian life superim- posed upon an Egyptian landscape
 The poorest negro farmer in one of the Southern States lives in a log cabin or "box" house that Is a model of lux ury compared to the demiciie of mii- lions of Egyptians. The average farm house in America would be called a palace by the Egyptian. And NiIeland. which was under cultivation six or seven thousand years before the dis covery of America. is so rich that sixty or seventy centuries of cultivation has not depleted 1t.
 Copyright. 1909, by Frederic J Has,
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-09

of voters in Alabama refuse to mark their ticket for Supreme Court justice. Thousands of others tell their lawyer friends to mark the tickets for the best man. This Is the common prac- tice. at least in the towns of Alabama.
 The present plan has been tried and found unsatisfactory. It Is to be hoped that out of the deliberations of the Bar Association a better plan will be evolved
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-09
Is HE GETTING UNEAsYf

Secretary of War Dickinson appears I to have been innoculated with the flying fever, and we are told that he has ordered the signal service officials to prepare plans for squadron of d. 1 rigible airships to patrol and defend our coasts against any danger that may present itself in future. The of 1 fcials, 1t Is said. are already at work on the plans for this aerial fleet.
 The Richmond Times-Dispatch is dis posed to indulge In more or less levity | in speaking of this matter. Tt is easy" 1t says. "to see why England and Germany need dirigibies. Balloons offer the simplest and most convenient footholds yet discovered for dropping bombs on Berlin and London respec- lively. But what would MT. Dickin> sons balloons drop bombs on? The proposed fleet is to patrol the Atlantic coast. What deadly foe is waiting to bite us in that direction? We had understood that our mortal menace lay l in the other direction. Can an eth- ereal squadron really guard our coasts? ? If so. 1t need hardly be duplicated by a lot of floating forts. Do we under stand that the air program is coupled with the proposal to abolish the navy as useless expense? What shall we do with the costly gas-bags after we get 'emf Has anybody paused to in- auire? We suppose that though they come high--some of them higher than they'll go-we merely feel that we must have them in justice to our dig nifty as a 'world-power.'
 This flying business seems 10 have taken hold of all classes of people. The exploits of Zeppelin. the Wrights and others have aroused degree of enthusiasm and anticipation in all di- rections. and many really absurd things are expected and predicted. Reading the reports from that country one would think that the people and | officials of Great Britain are lying awake at night in expectation of a hostile fleet of airships from Germany which will make finish of the entire nation and people of England. It is difficult to tell If there exists any real ground for such uneasiness. but that it actually exists is not to be doubted.
 It looks somewhat as if some of the same feeling of apprehension obtains at Washington, judging by the prepara- tions Mir. Dickinson is making. Just what he is afraid of we do not know
 but perhaps that theory of war with Japan. which furnishes so much capital for the jingoes, has gotten possession of him and he wants to be ready to drop bomb on the first Japanese ves- sel that shows up with the war signal flying. The world seems to be running to aviation. both for peace and war.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-09
THE MEMPHIS MEETING.

.
 Tn the city of Memphis there are now assembled a few, comparatively speaking. of the aged and grey-headesi remnants of the grandest army that ever went to battle for human rights. From all parts of the country they have come; not only from every nook and corner of the Confectionery. but many of them from distant States which have become their homes in the latter days. They come to once more clasp hands with old comrades and look again on faces so dear to them In the past. Some of them meet for the first time since the great war ended, but their meeting Is all the more joyous for that
 They are old and grey. these veter- ans whose army life ended forty-four years ago. Their steps are not as firm and quick as they were in the days gone by and their wrinkled faces and hoary heads bear testimony to the years that have passed. and in many cases they also tell of the hardships and struggles through which they have struggled. But some of the old fires still burn in their eyes and stir their blood. Like Goldsmiths old veteran who "shouldered his crutch and showed how fields were won." they are not yet beyond the power to put on at least the semblance of war and line up for review and inspection.
 And how the old veterans do enjoy these meetingsl They are separated by many miles. their homes are scat tered throughout many States, and they never see each other except at these annual reunions Then for a brief time they are again comrades and rnessmates, and In their minds the years fall away and they can laugh and joke as they did around the camp fires of the long ago. And many will be the incidents of camp and field. which have slipped the memories of these old vets. but which will be brought up as each reminds the oth- CT of little episodes of the past.
 They are becoming pitifully few these old heroes of the gray. Each an- nual lineup shows many vacant places that were filled at the last meeting. Each roll call sounds many names to which there is no response On every muster roll there are more names of dead than living, Like the withered leaves of the forest when the chill blasts of autumn come to them they are dropping on every side, and soon there will be none of them to hold re- unions on this side the river. May their meeting at Memphis be pleas ant and enjoyable in all respects May each old veteran go home with the feeling that it was good to have been there, and may kindly fate spare many of them to meet next year and again clasp the hands of comradeship. Our best wishes are with the old heroes of the Confederacv.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-09
This Date in History
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176s-rhe English effected & landing n, Louisburg. H' 1s36-The Seminoles. under oscoo,o u- repulsed In attack on the post at Micanopy, Florida " 1S51-san Francisco vigilance committee ,yos formed ~ lSS2-Federals under Gen. Shields defeated by the Confederates under Gen Jack son at battle of Port Republic lS6s-Senate passed admission bills for the States of North Carolina, South Caro- ina Georgia, Louisiana, Alabama and Florida. ~ 1S1s-Cnarles Dickens famous English nov elist. died Born Feb. r. 1872 lS9l-British Parliament passed the Boring Sea bill.
 1ss9-A. J. Cassatt elected president of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company 1902-House of Representatives passed an anti-anarchy bill
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-09

After the exhaustion of the present stock of white flour, the sale of that article in this country will be illegal under the national law. This course of inc government will doubtless result in great improvement Of the dgestloh and nutrition of the American people . What looks prettiest Is not necessatrir satdr food than the most beautiful rose'- Norfolk Landmark.
 as to the good that will result from a strict enforcement of the law in question. It matters not how the flour is bleached. or what chemicals. if any. are used to give it its unusual white ness, the result must be to detract some what from It's value as food. When good wheat Is properly ground in the right kind of mill. and the flour bolted as it should be, the result is flour white enough for any use. and better for human food than is the snowwhite bleached product that has become the fashion. and which has healthful and strength giving proper ties in order that 1t may have the de- gree of Whiteness which now seems to be the fashion. The good quality of wheaton bread does not consist alto gether in the whiteness of the flour from which the bread Is made. There are some other qualities necessary to make a wholesome and strengthening food, and when the bleaching process is abolished we will have better food than we have at present.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-09
B0B'S LETTER FOUND
 HIM HIS FOLKS

Citrus County (Ffa.) Chronicle.
 Bob Judkins. the negro who is bet- ter known to our people as Blind Bob" Is exceedingly happy Three weeks ago he came to us and said he. was anxious to find his sisters, whom he left in Montgomery. Ala. twenty nve years ego. and had not heard from them since. He supposed of course that they had since been married, but he did not know to whoSl. We wrote to the editof of The Montgomery Ad- Vertiser. stating the case. and succeed ed in securing the cooperation. and as a result. In less than ten days Bob received a letter from one of his sis- ters. and indirectly heard from the others. He Is contemplating a trip to Alabama next fall. and will personally thank the editor of The Advertiser for, putting him in correspondence with hts long lost sisters. If that editor could only witness Blinh Bob's exuberance of amply repaid for his trouble
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-09
This Ls My 5Sth Birthday
CHARLES J. BoNAPARTE.

Charles J. Bonaparte. former Secretary of the Navy and Attorney General of the United States. was born in Baltimore. June g. 1851, and is a direct descendant of Js- rome Bonaparte. brother of the first Napo- leon. who married Miss Patterson of Raiti- more. He was graduated from Harvard University in 1871 and from the Harvard Law School three years later. He engaged in the practice of law in Baltimore and soon attained high standard in his profession. He took an aoIlve interest in municipal Rf- fairs and was one of the pioneer workers for civil service reform, He was also one of the organizers of the National Municipal League, and is a member of the executive committee of the National Civic Federation. At the earnest solicitation of President Roosevelt MT Bonaparte entered the Cabi- net in 1905, as Secretary of the Navy In the reorganization of the Cabinet at the be- ginning of 1907 he changed the navy portto- iio for the position of Attorney General of the United states which position he held until the expiration of President Rooseveit's term of office.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-09

The Houston Post has evidently been studying things as they are to Le seen in all portions of the country. "The people of every section of this grand old state." it says. can be depended on to stand for the reasonable enforce ment of all good laws" That is a de- iiRhtfuuy latitudinous pledge. The people, we suppose. must first decide what they consider a good law and then they must decide what is "rea- sonable enforcement" of the same. Be- tween the two loop-hoIes we think iaost of the paanIa aan Alip out
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-09
A MaHteriy Address .
Birmingham News.

BIrmIngham NeWs.
 Judge Thomas, In his haccalaureate address at Birmingham College Yester- day, justified his high reputation as student and scholar. Every proposi- ton submitted was ustained by cita- pean and American. Not only every Student of Birmingham College but every citizen of Alabama will be re- warded and enlightened by studying yunsApt as the distinguished iurist at Montgomery presented is especially gratifying to The Birminghari Ne < Fashion the many doctrines O. @1"ern . ment which The Birminghari News m been proclaimins for many veHrs p7St, Judge Thomas magnified the I11iv q" in inc republic-the God-ua 1e
 revealing all of his opportunities d, demanding the complete mee ing
 fhe obiigatIons they imrcsed
 Tie address was indeed masterly-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-09
NAMING SUPREME COURT JUDGE.


 The movement by members of the Alabama Bar Association to have jus l tices of the Alabama Supreme Court nominated by the lawyers of the State has met with unexpected favor. It is not necessary now to endorse the plan in its entirety, to say that 1t Is much better than the present unsatisfactory plan of forcing the candidates for these places of dignity into the turmoil, strife and extravaganza of primary.
 In his circular letter, Chairman w.. F. Thedford, of the special committee of the Bar Association. succinctly and forcibly presents the plan and the ar guments in his favor. His presentation of the evils of the present general pri- mary plan cannot be denied. It has nowhere been said and 1t cannot be truthfully said that the primary has given the State incompetent judges. The men selected in the primary are men, whose character and legal att tainments have preserved the nigh old reputation of the court. And on the other hand the advocates of a contin- ued selection of judges in a primary justices selected in the old way and | in the old days were men of equal character and equal ability.
 MT. Thedford. perhaps through deli caey. refrains from mentioning ore | of the most embarrassing conditions, attendant upon a primary choice. The 1 Supreme Court judge is compelled, af- ter his election. against his own in- clination to be mixed up in political affairs. The candidate for office ap- pointive or elective demands his as- sistance. He wants a letter of en- dorsement from the occupant of the bench. He wants the judge that he helped to help him. He looked after the interests of the Supreme Court judge in his beat during the primary and he now insists on the judge neg lecting his duties to the extent of help InR III nAS hSIls nat tIlAS dDSO- lutely true no man familiar with con- ditions in Alabama need doubt. That 1t is embarrassing. if not humiliating. at times to the members of the Supreme Bench is equally certain.
 The reasons advanced by the com mittee in It's circular letter, are cogent and forceful The man who enters the race for a place on the Supreme Court bench knows in advance that he must set aside a large part of his private means for the race. This heavy tax on candidates Is unjust and un- necessary. There are lawyers in All abama capable of discharging the du- ties of justice of the Supreme Court who cannot afford to spend the money demanded by a primary.
 It is well said, too, that 1t is em- barrassing for a man on the Supreme Court bench to make the race in a pri- mary, when there are before him many cases for decision. In which hundreds of men are interested. The man in a primary must appeal to the voters direct. An appeal under the circum- stances must necessarily be emharrass- ing.
 The trial of the present plan has clearly shown that the average voter Is not only not informed on the ability o.A obaroctar of candidates for the Supreme Court bench. but that he does not care anything about them except that In a general way he would like to see the best man selected. Thousands
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-09

A striking evidence of the hard times existing among the poor of New York wos shown few days ago when a paroled burglar asked to be returned 10 prison. in order to get something to cat. He said he could get no work and must either beg oi steal. or go hack t. Jail.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-09
An Open Letter to The Advertiser.

Wilcox Banner.
 Mir. Editor-In a recent Issue of the esteemed Advertiser. you seemed sur nrIsed at our statement that the Hon. Whltelaw Reid was once citizen of Clarke County. Alabama. At the time we made that statement. we were not At liberty to give our informer's name, hui will now say that tt was from the Hon. John r. Fitzpatrick of camden
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-09
sWoRN CIKcULATION.

The figures for May printed oeiow .,,rp, p resent the actual net circeiapon' ~'4
 having been deducted. .,+a.. its
 The Montgomery Advertiser guafsan.,ss .,.s san- s' advertisers (and makes 1t part oL sns ,trcs.- tract when reQuested) that its cahy natn v ] lation is larger than that of any nos ss. s.s newspaper printed in AIabama--aho9r 9rc,,ss n ,ion eunday edition has .--s largest cireeiAs'Sn q, of any edition of any newspaper printed in Alabama. without exception.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-09

We don't know whether the tariff is in the hands of its friends OF not AS to that matter. we don't know that 1t matters much, seeing what we are likely to get
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-09

e l. Finigan, Circulation Manager of The Montgomery Advertiser. being duly sworh' Tine foregoing statement of The Adver- t;ser's circulation for the month Of May. 1909 is true and correct, and computed AL.er sit ,refurns from news boys, news agents. spolied and left over copies have been de- S1 Circulation Manager. sworn to and subscribed before me this ero u~S VI RIGA ALEXANDER,
 Notary Public.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-09
BirmInghnm Is Easily Excited.
senator Wilson,. Peaches.

OneohIa DtHIUcTaL'
 sea, has the distinction of supplying the Birmingham market with it's first peaches this season. His orchard is Just beginning to bear and he will get about one hundred crates of the early crop which are netting him $2 per crate. His orchard Is so arranged that he will have fruit. for the market from a basket of the luscious fruit On We'd nesday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-09
The Moving Farmers.

BaIOWIn IITItH,
 Men move away from Baldwin coun- ty and go Into other lands. hoping of course, to be benefited by the change mistake and return, occasionally they raise an upper lip and determine to make the best of a bad move, and Il very few are really benefited by the change. In 8 few instances by a rare com-blnation of adverse conditions which in the most favored land will be presented to an unlucky mortal conditions are improved by remoyai- fhs country and the man bettered,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-09
What the State Papers
 Are Saying and Doing

Everybody Else Gives It. Marshall Banner.
 We have a good deal of advice to submit to the coming special session of the Legislature, but whats the use?
 + +
 It Has Its Uses. Walker County News. Alfalfa has been ground into bread stuff and now they are talking about passing # through the distillery.
 
 We Ought To Have It. Alexander City Outlook. The proposed Alexander City-Mont- gomery short line would put MontgO Om- cry ,hfty. miles nearer the great heart cultural. timber and mineral districts.
 
 Birmingham Is Easily Excited. Gadsden Tlmes-News. The Birmingham sporting writers have organized themselves into an an- VII chorus and the hammers are ring ing merrily. If the fans down Birm- lngham way are as rabid the writ CTS 1t is no wonder the ball team wins no games at home
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-09

The Cleveland Plain Dealer gets al least one grain of comfort out Of re- cant eisenssion.s It sayss a
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-09

The recent rains do not seem to have impaired the June bride crop.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-02-02
COLLEGE HILLS.

A very attractive cottage near the
car line, at a bargain for the next
ten days.
Building lot, Manoa Road; $4,000
SO. it., price $1,000.
Building lot on East Mania Road,
corner Inside Ave, 1880 SO. it.,
price, $1,000.
KAIMUKI.
House and lot on Cocoa Avenue j;
lot, 10000 SO. it., corner lot and II d.
ern house; price, $500.
Eight lots, cleared and fenced, c,r.
Eighth and Mauna Isoa Avenues,
price $500.
House and lot, cor. Seventh and
Mauna Loa, 10000 SO. f., improved,
modern cottage, new, price $3.50.
YOUNG STREET.
Modern cottage, small lot, price
$21O0.
KALIHI.
Gulick Ave. Modern cottage, lot
100x100. Price 5000.
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