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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-15
nraeru Arc Received.

wilmington. N. C.. June 14--orders received today from the Treasury De- partment by the Collector of the local port in regard to the steamer Nantf- coke. were transmitted to the com manding of1cer of the United States revenue cutter Seminole. lying at her wharf here, who says the order to the Collector is his only official informa- ton in regard to the suspected tiiibus- ters and unless he received further instructions from tho department, he will remain in port until after Thurs day.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-15
DIR. A. F. PENNA DIES SUDDENLY President of Republic { of Brazil. IL ONLY A SHORT TIME Recently Entertained The Fleet of
 American Warships. pr. renna Was Elected to the Presi- sency by Universal Suffrage in
 the Twenty Federated
 states in 1906.
 
ONLY A SHORT TINE

Washtngton, June l4.--President Penna of Brazil died at half past ! -o'c1ock this morning, according to dispatch received at the State Depart ment from the American Ambassador at Rio de Janeiro.
 The death of pr. Alfonso Moreira Penna, President of Brazil evidently was sudden. Other than dispatch re- ceived from Rio Janeiro last night saying that he was gravely i'll and that As a oonsequence the ministers had been summoned to the palace, there had been no intimation that he was in Ill health.
 pr. Penna was elected to ofice by universal suffrage In the twenty fed- erated States in 1906, and assumed off, flee November l6 of that year. His term would have expired in 1910. He was native of the State of Minas Geraes and his success was the out come of a coalition of the principal States against Sac Paulo, which has supplied all past presidents. pr. Penna was one of Don Pedro's ministers who accepted and supported the Republic after it's proclamation. He had been President of his State and Governor of the Bank of the Republic. He was Vice President of the Republic and President of the Senate at the time of his election to the chief nagistracy.
 The Vice President of the Republic today is Milo Pecanha.
 Among the important acts of Dr. Penna's administration was the au- thorizatfon of The s5o.00o.o0o naval loan, the reduction of the duty upon American products, the raising of the duty on sugar and the signtng of an arbitration treaty with Argentina.
 Dr. Penra received the officers of the American battleship fleet on Its cruise around the world in January of 19os
 On June 10 it was announced in Rio Janeirc that Marshal Hermes Fonseea was e candidate for the Presidency in succession fe pr. Penna.
 No Political Conflict. New York. June 14.--"I do not be- Ilieve that the sudden death of Presi. dent Penna will Do followed by any ldiaturbancs M Bragil sala Yascc l Abrens Of The Rio JaneiFo Journal oi l Commerce today.
 sIt Is my opinion that the Vice-Pr ident of the republic, Senhor Pecanha will complete the unexpired term of Dr. Penna at the conclusion of which will occur the elections as scheduled. The country has no desire for politi- cal conflict; 1t wants peace and oppor- tunity for the continuance of its de- velopment and progress"
 Continuing Mir. Abreu said the strongest candidate In the next elec- ton probably will be the recent Min ister of War Marsci1al Herms Fonseca.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-15
THE WEATHER.

Washington, June 14-FOrecast for AIabamas Local showers Tuesday and Weduewdayt light, variable winds.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-15
CHARITIES AND CORRECTIONS.
womass is Elected President of the
 Couference.

Buffalo. N. Y,. June 14.-Miss Jane Addams of Hull House. Chicago is the President of the National Conference of Charities and Corrections for 1910.
 The election was unanimous. This is the first time in the history of the conference that woman has been at the head of the organization. General Secretary. Alexander Johnson. Fort Payne. Ind.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-15
sAnL DELIVERY FRUSTRATED.
Over 500 Keys Found Concealed in
 Cell.

Chicago. June f4--Penitentiary offl- ciais today discovered what they de- clare was a plot to release 500 desper. ate prisoners from the big prison.
 when Ed Kramer's cell was searched over 800 keys were found concealed. each key fitting separate cell. A number of files were also found. Kra- mer was sent up for ten years for cut ting another prisoner.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-15

tContiaued on PaEe Threel
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-05-26

AS long as the United States govern
ment has to raise hundreds of millions
Of dollars for yearly expenses the bulk
OF 1t will have to come from tariff tax
alton. The Republican policy, however.
is not so much to raise revenue as it
is 20 put up a high protective wall that
will keep out competition with articles
In the manufacture of which a favored
Few have become immensely rich. A
tariff for revenue only is the true
Democratic doctrine and on a platform
declaration to that effect victories have
been won and more of them can be
secured in the future
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-05-26
The future Cotton supply.

New Orleans Picayune.
Although within the past three years
two cotton crops of 1S5.500,e0O bales
each have been produced. and in each
case there were many who believed
the world was confronted with an
overproduction of the leecy staple,
the final developments have shown
that both these big crops with mod
crate crop between have been DON
sumed, Notwithstanding the fact that
the three-year period Included one of
the worst financial panics followed by
business and industrial depression
which history has recorded.
All reports from manufacturing cen
tiers show that the number of spindles
and looms is being rapidly increased.
and this expansion Is connned 10 no
single country but is apparent In the
United States as well as in Great Bril-
tain and the countries OF the continent
OF Europe. Japan. China and India are
also Increasing their manHtactu uldtS
1t is therefore evident that II the
worlds requirements are to be me at
reasonable prices crops or lS,OoOO0O
bales and more must necome the rule
rather than the exception.
Such being the outlook for the
worlds requirements the steady on,
ward march of the destructive boil
est seriousness. OF the cotton that the
world requires the United States must
provide the Hons share, that is to say
more than 10000 900 bales annually.
With the festive weevil eating up the
crop IN Louisiana and Mississippi and
also cutting down the productiYeness
of Texas. exceptionally favorable con-
9itions will be necessary to permit the
production OF anything like full crop
Were II possible to conhne the raw
ages of the weevil to the districts al
ready affected. the situation would be
bad enough, but the experience al
ready had with this voracious insect
shows clearly that 1t is only ques-
ton of time when the whole Cotton
Belt will become prey TO It's raw
ages .,.,
Of oounteractinR the jamage wrought
by the weevil the world VIII nave 10
develop new sources OF cotton produc-
ton or the consumption of cotton cloth
will have to be restricted by mater
ial advance in the value OF raw COTTON.
There is every indication that the con-
sumption of cotton goods VIII increase
enormously within the next few years
unless the demand Is cut down by a
material advance in prices Where VIII
spinners And raw cotton needed to
keep their mills at work supplying the
demand? That Is the problem which
the cotton farmers Of the south are
now asking themselves. and they are
not finding II easy to satisfactorily an-
swer the question
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-05-26
moNrGoMERY,s ROADS.

No patriotic citizen Of Montgomery
county regrets the expenditure OF a
single dollar OF the many thousands
that have gone to give the county its
magnificent system of roads. Probably
no county in the South and certainly
no county OF Alabama is so we'll equip
ped with good roads.
In another column on this page Is
printed an extract from the Wash
ington. d. c., Herald, which presents
Montgomery county OF all other South
ern counties as an example in the road
building line. Accompanying the ar
tlcle, as it appeared in The Herald.
there were four excellent cuts of the
splendid concrete bridges which the
county has recently erected
The article contains the significant
statement that more than half OF all
the roads OF the county are improved
roads The county further enjovs the
distinction OF having a mile of good
roads for every two and one-half
square miles of territory. which The
Herald says Justly "is a high proper
ton" The Herald also quotes Mr..
] H. Cook. of the Montgomery County
Board of Revenue who says that the
taxable values Of the county have In
creased in few years from 5000, 900
TO $4,000. 900. In the same time the
county has expended 100000 for
good roads,
One Of the contributory causes TO the
remarkable growth of tha county e,
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-05-26
To the state Press.

BesSemer Daily Times
Bessemer again appeals to the press
of the State to take coRnizance OF the
fact that her struggle for independence
is still on.
No city or community has received
more consideration from the press Of
the State than has Besemer. who deep
ly appreciates It.
We realize. however. that at the
meeting OF the Legislature when Bes-
semer again makes hght for the new
county that an EFFORT will be made
TO prejudice the minds Of the Legisla-
ture and that 1t will be said that the
people have already said that we were
NOT to have this new county.
The people of the State voted by a
vast majority for the new county prop
osition outside OF Jefferson. Walker
and shelby counties. whose people were
actuated by selfish ends.
The entire majority in the State was
but little over 5000. while that in the
three above mentioned counties was
nearly 10 600.
The people of Bessemer will not cry
fraud and ballot box stuffinE.
Regardless Of the fact that from all
over the State come suggestions 70
''investigate" and regardless of the
fact that some of our neighhors boast
ed that more votes would have been
Forthcoming had they been needed"
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-05-26
MORNING THOUGHT

when Socrates. In his Athenian pris..
on. pm the Gay of his drinking the fatal
henilock By court decree, was about to
Of the soul, he said to his followers:
Let US take hold OF one anothers
hands as we enter this deep and rapid
for help" This devout pagan knew the
secret power of human hearts when In
tertwined.
On one Of Napoleon's triumphal
marches through Paris. one of his gen.
Hs' t ssiS e q. .s sry he.
would be the same ~ vero on the way
to the Ruillotine~ How human like
The thousands who built highway of
palm branches for the Son of Mary
when he entered Jerusalem. afterward
stood In Pilates court and cried: Re
lease Barfabasl''
The mother hungering for the love of
her baby a month old bends over It
with smile. Her eager heart is glad
aened by the answer that ripples over
Its dimpled cheek. She has laid teie.
graphic cable from the continent Of
conscious humanity to this little island
or her own--and the very first image
love.
We're doomed when we admit a vast
horde that proposes to lug over here
the institutions, languages and habits
OF strange land. To make this coun-
try free enough for that Is making 1t
to free for the rest of us.
Looks like a rich vein now. but you
come to find its terrible deception. Some
goid Is only a pocket deposit; other gold
is found more and more as you follow
the lode to richer depths. We're living
In the age of foppishness and delusion.
r
The trait--cowardice--a it's so
coinmon--fnds its origin in the con-
seriousness that we are not what we
seem to. be.
Every successful financier will tell
you that the one great effort of his life
was 10 save the first s1o0. In that feat
he learned the art Of economy.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-05-26
Greensboro. Interest In Meckl enberx.

Greensboro's Interest In Meci<lenberK.
Greensboro Record.
There Is perhaps no town outside Of
Mecklenburg County. N. c.. which has
more personal interest in the celebra-
ton Of the Meeklenburg Declaration Of
Independence Ia monument to the
signers Of which was unveiled yes
piace-Greensboro. Ala.
Living here we have many descend
ants of the signers OF that document.
Hon; e. s.. Jack, our Tax Assessor,
James Jack who was the messenger to
carry the original MecklenburE Dec
laration to Congress which was assem-
bled at Philadelphia, Pa. Mr.. Jack
has now in his possession the watch
and chain which were worn by this
ancestor on that memorable trip. 9th
er relatives here Of this actor In those
stirring scenes are Mrs. W. e. Chris
Borden and Mr.. Spencer Jack Of Stew
arts.
1t would be of interest to know that
this Mr.. James Jack. the messenger.
was buried on the Polk plantation near
Charlotte, though for some years after
the Mecklenburg Declaration he lived
In Georgia.
Mrs Sarah Catherine Taylor OF this
place Is the great-great-grandda
of Adam Alexander, one OF the signers
of the Declaration. and 1t was at the
home of her ancestor that the first
caucus looking to the making or the
declaration was held Mrs. Taylor's
grandfather (Springs) was the grand
son of Adam Alexander. one OF the
signers, his mother being a daughter
of said Adam Alexander. From con-
that all of the Alexanders whose names
are signed 20 this Declartion were of
kin.
others in this community who are
descendants of slgners OF the Meek
lenburg Declaration are Mr.. Hal Y.
Webb. who is a direct descendant of
one OF the Alexanders Mr.. Milton
Avery, and his brothers and sisters,
who are direct descendants of Waigh-
still Avery, one of the signers, and
W. w. Powers) Is also a direct de-
scendant of Waighstill Avery. We are
also informed that Col. Thomas Polk
and Ephraim Brevard Che IL supposed
to have been the craftsman of the Dec
laration) both of whom are signers,
both have descendants here.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-05-26

DISPATCH to New York Herald

Dispatch to New York Herald.
President Joseph Graham, OF the
Central New York Farmers School, is
authority for the statement that the
supply OF sturdy wives for the agri-
cultural men of the state is running
low. and blames the mothers, who he
asserts. are not bringing up their
daughters in a manner which will de-
velop them into good housewives for
ambitious young farmers
Graham says the young farmers of
the present day are willing to waive
freckies on the faces Of their girls
but absolutely refuse to conjone frills.
i believe, ladies'" said Graham, ad-
dressing a large company at the an
nual dinner OF the Central New York
Farmers Club. that you have educat-
ed girls In such a manner that they
have not made good farmers
wives. I know a good many young
men who have tried farming who have
been persuaded by their wives and
friends to leave the farms and seEre-
gate in cities. This must be changed.
At Cornell they are educating in aRri-
culture 500 young men and 900 young
women.
There are not enough young wo-
men there for wives OF those young
men,"
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-05-26
A BLOW AT MOBILE.
The Mobile Register Of Monday con-
tains the following:

The Mobile Register Of Monday con-
tains the following;
The following letters are self-ex-
planatory:
Rev. H. II. McNeni. Mobile, Ala.
My Dear Sir and Brotner:-I will
send you 800 from my contingent fund
and you may enrol the state as a
Of Mobile 1t seems TO me that many
people down there are sow','p Wis
oats the garnering of which will be
very costly 4 your people coqia but
II they could see the women and chill
dren who come to me asking for par
don or parole for those in prison who
sure they would agree with me that 1t
is better to take whiskey. out OF the
State. With regards and best wishes,
l am yours very truly.
Another member of the Law and Or
der League on the same day received
from the Governor, the followins let
Montgomery, Ala. May u. 1909. :,
Dear Sir:-I see that you Law and
Order fellows in Mobile are trying
very hard to enforce the law. En-
closed is warrant for one hundred DOL
which trust will aid you In the good
work. Keep going. right will win.
With regards and best wishes an
'o " b. B. Conner, Governor.
The warrant reads: ITO be used In
the enforcing the prohibition law In
City of Mobile
The Advertiser with no spirit of
carping or fault finding would like to
enquire. by what right does the Cow
ernor take hundred dollars out Of
his contingent fund, which after all
belongs to the State and give
1t to q private organization? There
is no disposition TO criticize the pur-
pose or the work of the Law and Or
der League in Mobile. But. however.
Iaudable its purpose may be. 1t is new
ertheless a private organization tn
which the Governor has given public
funds.
The Governor endorsing as he does
the work Of the league would be wor-
thy of commentator had he given the
hundred dollars from his private funds
But he chooses to be liberal to the or
with no hurt to his private purse.
And no doubt. as he says, there are
people in Mobile sowing wild oats?'
But why is Mobile picked out and the
finger of scorn pointed at it? Are not
wild oats being sown in the Governors
own county of Jefferson, and beyond
doubt by more people. For many
months Mobile has been singled out as
the particular object of the Governors
displeasurs and, to accommodate his
friends in the Law and Order League
of that city. he not only, gives them
a hundred dollars of the States money.
but he makes another pass at the city's
good name.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-05-26

The accompanying statistics show that
the South had in 1904. highways aggregat-
ing 7sO,2s4 miles, of which 29.s4s had been
improved by the use of gravel sand, or clay.
rural roads were improved. while statistics
in the Department of Agriculture show that
for the entire United States 1<7 per cent.
of the public highways outside of cities
have been improved
These figures indicate that the South has
yet vast work to do in improving its
roads and thus increasing the value of it's
farm lands At the same time 1t would
be unjust to the South to draw definite
conclusions from these figures that are now
four years old. for in many parts of the
South great progress is being made with
road Improvement and up-to-date methods
are being used.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-05-26

Learned His Trade in The Old COuntry.
San Francisco Argonaut.
"AnJ what" asked the editor. sis the
advantage in having learned ones
trade in the old oountry,?'
The contractor leaned back in his
chair. In the old country, he said, a.
tradesman, painter or other mechanic,
commonly comes from q family ASSOC
ciated additionally with his particu.
lar trade. The younger members OF
the fSy grow up ta N an
ilv trade and to sustain respect for
It. II not as matter Of course. at
least in most instances, the son be.
S Sg skill and propensity. all
leading up to ultimate eficlency. Then
when working lfse begins, the youth
Is duly apprenticed, usually for per-
he is under constant superintenience.
his work always being subject to an
oversight tending. to It's betterment.
He comes out OF his apprenticeship
disciplined by the drill OF experience
for all the work of the craft. The
"old country" mechanic. one duly ac-
credited IN his own craft Is commonly
skill in his work and his inheritance.
partly his training. partly the devel-
opment which long tutelage has given
of devotion to the trade.
Then the contractor turned to the
American mechanic, don't need to
tell you, he said. that. we don't pro-
coed by the same methods or to the
same ends In this country. In tha
first place nearly every mechanics
son looks toward some easier way Of
life than the trade of his father. He
commonly goes to the public school
long enough to get the notion that
manual work is a contemplate thing
only to be resorted to after one has
failed to get on in life by any other
means He aims TO live~on the indus
try. but the politics or speculation or
some species of professional or quasi
professional work. trade-the trade
of his father-is commonly the last
thought in his mind
And when the boy of exceptional
sense does turn to skilled industry as
a life purpose he finds the door Of his,
fathers occupation fast locked in his
face. The Plumbers Union. or the
Workers Union, all have strict rules
Der of boys allowed to any one shop
or employer Is limited for the reason
that 1t is desired to hold the trade as
a monopoly for those already In 1t. The
Plumbers Union. for example. wishes
to restrict the number of plumbers in
any given community to the end that
wages may be maintained on a high
level. If young men are to be per-
mitted indiscriminatly to learn the
plumbers trade apprentices will be
many, doing a considerable portion OF
the work, and in the end there VIII
be many. plumbers instead of few. And
so IL is all down the line OF Industrial
occupations. -.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-05-26
WEDNESDAY, MAY 70, 1903.
They tell us that in most European

They tell us that in most European
countries. when -four is scarce or ex-
pensive they. substitute bread made of
cats. rye. barley and other grains. as
maize is not a common bread product
in that country. Over here however,
where we can get all the grains used
there. and in addition can get the best
OF, corn meal, we submit to exhorbitant
prices for -four, just because we have
so accustomed ourselves to it. All of
us could live fairly we'll without -four.
for a time at least, and, thus even I'D
things to some extent
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-05-26

Curious things happen over in Co
lumbus. according to the newspapers.
Here is The Ledger telling of a wood
pecker which has spent days trying to
pick a hole in the statue of the Cod
dess of Liberty which STANDS on the
court house. The statue is made of
sheet metal. and perhaps the bird
thought there might be whole lot of
worms inside Then he might have
been hunting for blind tiger.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-05-26
Affairs to an Unseen God.

new 10TH Evening rust.
Man laughs at the utterly servile
way in which all women at the same
time put on large hats or small hats.
loose gowns or tight gowns. at the de-
cree of fashion. To that unseen GOD
women have raised up affairs of felt.
and fruit, higher than Agamemon's
hecatombs. In his name they have en-
jured pain greater than hierodue or
bowling Dervish ever indicted on him
self with knife and torch. But at last
ii should be recognized that this fash
ion is a god, the god of democracy
BY imposing the same gown, of the
same hue. cut in the same way, upon
woman Is saved from the peril of be-
ing conspicuous.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-05-26

The good road makes poor farm land
more valuable than good land which is not
touched by a road at all or by defective
road Each county in the southern states
has different laws in relation to roadmak-
ing, but If the men in authority understand
one simple fact in relation TO good roads.
there will probably be found way for
rapidly improving them in a much larger
proportion.
The fact is that a good road well built
Ia a permanent investment, the benefits OF
which will come to succeeding generations
Therefore in keeping with general action
in relation to permanent improvements OF
all kinds, roads may be safely conSaered as
proper subjects for bond issues. AS good
roads enhance the value of farm property
great permanent convenience to the south
will come as communities. one after another
meet this problem in the only way II can
be met and solved under the system or
government which prevails
(The above il taken from the Southern
Progress section of The washington Herald
1t is accompanied by four cuts all OF which
present bits OF roads and concrete bridges
in this county)