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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-09-30
COOK BANQUETFD
TALKS ENTERTAINMENT OF THE
VARIOUS MATTERS AID.
ING DISCOVERY
DIVISION OF THE HONORS
ACkNOWl ADVANTAGE OF
EXPERIENCE OF EARLIER
PATHFiNDERS

New York, Sept. 23.-Cheered by
thousands of men and women as he en-
tered the banquet hall on the arm OF
Admiral Schley, Cook told his story to-
night before the most brilliant audi
ence he has addressed since he left
Denmark. The banquet was given by
the Arctic Club OF America, Of which
Cook is a member in recognition of his
announcement the he had reached the
pole.
When Cook arose the assemblage
leaped to its feet and cheered.
Cook said: This is one Oh the high
est honors | ever hope to receive. You
represent most Of the frigid explorers
of Europe, and nearly all of the Arctic
explorers of America. Your welcome
Is an explorers guarantee to the world.
Coming as it does from fellow workers,
from men who have gone through the
same experience, it is an appreciation
and a victory the highest which could
fall to this lot of any returning trav-
a1ar
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-09-30
SUBSISTENCE THE KEY.

THE key to frigid endeavor is sub
sistence. There is nothing in the Arc
tic relm impossible to a If the ami
NAL fires have adequate fuel, there is
no cold too severe, no obstacle too
great. No important expedition ever
returned because Of u~nscalable barrier S
or impossible weather. Exhausted food
supply, resulting from limited means
of transportation, as turned every as
pirant from the goal. The most i'm
p~ortant lessen of the ages in polar
quest is that civilized man must he d
to the savage, simplicity is necessa y.
We must begin with the food and
transportation of the wildman. Even
this must be reduced and simplifed to
fit the environment. With due re
spect to your complimentary eloquence
candor Compels me to say that the
question in reaching the pole is not
one of physical endurance, nor is it
fair to. call it bravery, but a proper
understanding of the stomach's needs
and a knowIedge of the limits of brute
force-of the motive power, be it of
man or beast.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-09-30

1t whitens teeth.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-18
Planting the Eucalsptus.


 California is said to be entering up- on its third golden discovery. ,The first was real, sure enough gold; thA sec ond was the golJen Fruit crop of that state; and now the third Is the no less golden crop of eucalyptus.
 California Is going in for the; plant ing of the eucalyptus trees It Is go- ing to make them crop, just like its orange crop or its grape crop or any other crop. The eucalyptus tree Is Australian in origin and Australian miners are said to have introduced the tree in California, At any rate 1t grows well itheres andt the Califoraians Dozens fTs RaR are said to be going into the business of planting the eucalyptus trees; and an Eastern firm of manufacturers has S9SS asrss with the gssDoss number of railroad officials have decidy ed to plant the eucalyptus for: the plfr- poses for which e railroad needs tim
 The great advantages.of the eucalyp- tus is in its astonfshingly quick growth. It Is said of, the tree that 1t will grow to a diameter of five inches and a height of sixty-seven feet fin height of 800 feet. It Is declared that in ten years the eucalyptus will grow to a diameter of twelve inches, where as similar growth WouId mean nifty shs ss ss M os ofS sss sad ninety years in the case of thes nick ory.
 1t seems plain that the eucalyptus Is a tree worthy of the attention of the southerners. If It will grow 1t Cali fornia there is small reason to. believe that it will not grow in South Caro- lima, for example. It will probably grow in all of the, lower Southern States. The tree itself Is valuable. 1t is of very quick growth, and its cul- ture Is regarded In California. as.- one of the new industries of that State. Who knows that it might not as well be one of the new and ,profitable tn- dustries of this State? Some one ought at least to make the experiment and see ik the auealyptus in one of Its nu- merOns species. will not grow as prof itably for us Southerners as for the of timber. The South and California may, with the assistance of the euca- lyptus. do much to relieve the demand.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-18

Tt is all very smooth sailing" says The Pittsburg Sun, ito let the wish be father of the thought and the thought the father of the blurtsd word when one is President and Lerd of the Big Stick; but it's quite another thing to say harsh things without sure founda- ton when one is an ex-President. Wit ness the movement the New Jersey so- cialists have put on foot looking to the bringing of a libel suit against the outlook" becaue. of alleged reflections cast upon members of the Socialist Party in an editorial written by the new member of the staff of that mag azine. This action would seem to indi- cate that the persons of ex-Presidents, when editors. are subject to the same annoyances that trouble mere editors who have never been President--such as Joseph Pulitzer. for instance" We apprehend that both MT. Roosevelt and The Outlook will learn that there Is a broad difference between making of- fensive and unsupported statements as President and making them as a pri- vate citizen. The immunity enjoyed by Roosevelt while in office will not pro- tect him when out of 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-18

ments and discuss the msrits of the bhi. but they cannot prevent the pas sage of any measure the majority agrees on. and to resort to needless and obstructionist parliamentary tae- ties to delay the final vote will ac- compiish no good end. The Repubii- cans will be held responsible for what ever is done and after the Democrats have done what they can to get a good bill they might as weii let 1t go through. The sooner 1t is over the better for the country, or maybe it win be the worse for the country. but 1t will have to. go as the majority want 1t. Perhaps there will come time in the future when the Democrats can frame and pass tarir measure of their own. and then perhaps 1t will be better one than we can expect from the present Congress.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-18
SUNDAY, APRIL IS, 1909.
TEN GENTS COTTON.

Times change and ideals change with them. Ten cent cotton no longer spells rich and prosperity for the South. Gone is the time when the South regarded ten cents cotton as the greatest com mercial blessing for Southern agrieul- ture.
 So when cotton climbed slowly back to ten cents. this rise did not carry the wonderful significance that it car- ried in other days. The Southern farm CT then was making cotton cheaper than he does now. And more than that. he was growing more foodstuffs than he has done in late years. The hns price which cotton has brought in some. of the recent years has been mixed blessing to Southern farmers. It was a ready money crop, and profit was to be made In growing it at twelve cents a pound. So unfortunately. the farmer in too many cases was won away from the safer and sounder poll icy of growing stun for home con- sumption. to an agricultural policy which called for the devotion of prac- tically all his resources to cotton grow ing.
 Tn the meanwhile corn. bacon and breadstuffs were advancing faster in prices than cotton. Now. the farmer who grows cotton to the exclusion of food stuffs. is in the position of mak- ing costly crop and paying high for the needs of his family and his ten- ants.
 The last two crops were costly crops for the South. They probably cost more money to grow them than any other crops in the history of cotton growing. Ten cents cotton under ex- isting conditions means a bare liveli- hood for the Southern farmer. Ten years ago and longer ten cent cotton meant prosperity and riches. He made cot ton cheaply then and he grew more of the things that he used on his own farm. But times have SO changed that cotton at ten cents brings no general joy and satisfaction.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-18
THE LUMsERmEN.
Are Making Efforts by Combine to Advance Prices.

Are Making Efforts by Combine to kansss p,sa City Special to New Orleans
 T. F: Patterson. lumberman of KirbyvilIe. Tex, who. announced. few, days ago that nearly a thousand sI.s,nn, ,mmGer mills an Texas, Louisiana, Ms force lumber prices upward, has de- parted Tor St. Louis for the osten- siole purpose Of interesting St. Louis iumbermen In the movement.
 ant to admit that an agreement has been reached whereby the mills will be closed down. but they are, a unit Tn asserting that prices are exceeding to curtail the output unless the mar Ret shall become more active.
 There are practically no lumber companies, according to Patterson.
 They are all In the coimbine-alI of the the PIE e,tusa,en ones s the way he describes
 What about the threat of Attorney General Elliott Major. of Missouri to subpoena you and Kansas City lum- this deal9 was asked of Patterson. A' . "Oh the Attorney General Is worss than Hadley, and Hadley is big bunch of wind, was the reply
 oo,nss wv VIII De he here when the hearing caring on yellow pine. we will make the tiea up so complete prices will soar to where we want them"
 The Kirby coterie controls many of the biggest mills of the South. and Northern interests, are with them to the finish. The Kansas City companies control many mills throughout Flor ida, Mississippi. Texas. Arkansas, ok lahoma and other States and they readily consented to join the campaign for higher prices. It may take six months to force prices up. It may take have to stay closed up for ten years"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-18
Harmon and Harmony.

JackSonVflle TlmeS-U U nion.
 The speech that Governor Harmon made in New York sounds the Keynote for the next Democratic campaign, and If the campaign is to succeed 1t should begin now. ' % e'i 5
 ' if the Democratic party does not stand for a tariff for revenue only. it has no right to exist There Is no political race question now: it has. been settled as the South. wished; There has never been party, division on the question of States rights except when that question was tested by secession. No stronger States rights decision was ever rendered than was rendered when the electoral commission in seating could not go behind the returns of Q State. and the eight Republicans on the commission voted for this decision, while the seven Democrats voted ed on all occasions a desire to ,trespsss on the rights of the States. but that was not because he was a Republican, but beacuse he was Roosevelt, Presi- dent Taft is already showing a dis position to guard the rights of the States as reserved in the constitution. The Democratic party has always op- posed a high tariff, has nearly always opposed protection to any extent. This Is old Democratic doctrine not bor- revenue only is the cardinal principle of the Democratic party, or else 1t has
 TO raise a revenue of $s5O. 100000 a year the people are taxed $2.000, ,o00. 900 a year. A revenue of sS50,000, 900 a year could be raised by a tax of $5Q0,- O00. 900 a year. A tariff can be written that would save the people s1.5O9, e00,, 900 a year, and the Democrats should begin the fight for such tariff at once.
 The people need to be shown the from them and where it is going. They cannot be shown in three months, but they can be shown in three years. Gov ernor Harmon takes the right position, in the fight.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-18
HE Is CORRECT.

Judge Gaynor. of the Supreme Court of New York. is plainly a believer in the possibilities of good to be accomp- lished by free. fearless and inde- prpdent-press. He says: "There is one respect in which free press in a free country ought to be ali-poverful. It ought to be able by fair and pungent statement and query to give the true size and motives of demagogues and political humbugs who set themselves up as statesmen. and put them in a different bunch where they can be cas- fly distinguished"
 The judge speaks wisely and well. and it would be we'll for government if all the newspapers in the country could be conducted so as to conform to his suggestion of what the press should be. but unfortunately that Is not to be expected. All newspapers cannot afford to be independent. They must in many cases be entirely dependent on patronage and 1t often happens that the ciass of men referred to by Judge Gaynor have t in their. power to crush newspaper that orends them. An the same. the judge Is correct as to the good that would come if the press was absolutely free and independent. We are all more or less familiar with the motto attributed to Judge Joseph Story. which reads:
 -rIsre shall the press the peoples
 rights maintain,
 Unawed by influence and unbribed by pain g@ t9 It is e good sentiment, but if the time ever existed in this country when the motto was thoroughly applicable 1t does not exist now. as we think will be freely admitted. There are news papers, and some of them among the most prominent. that are both awed by influence and bribed by gain. and in either case they are not the kind to risk the danger of exposing or de- nouncing the men spoken of by the New York judge. .a5
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-18

For many years the title of Sick Man of the East" has been applied to Turkey. and 1t doesn't seem that there is any hope or prospect of Q change. Such government as exists in that country cannot be depended on to preserve order or even to maintain its own existence. It might not be alto gether proper but 1t would be re- lief if the whole business could be wiped out and the territory divided up among nations that could promise as- surance of orderly government. It is a hldeous sore on the body of nations and constant menace to decent peo- pie who go there. Turkey would make good Thanksgiving dinner for the rest of the world.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-18
What fhs State Papers < ]:
 Are Saying and Doing

Too Late to Do Any Gsed. ,f Gadsden Times-News. gIt Etls fst3 ..7 sst' Cloves were. put on the, free list by. the new tarin pill Aw whafs- .the A ses.s sr' ba sgss
 Work and Time. sas Goodwater Enterprise ,.i'- f;1 q
 Most of us don't mind earning: ovl system that. makes t take sosnuOh of our time to do So. sgt 5es <, '2zs
 Corr DodEers v Hi.-eait.. With wheat at si.so per bushel the Southern farmer should surely plant corn abundantly. Corn dodgers are an excellent substitute for hot biscuit.
 A Sop to seatsnaent.
 The Hon. Havva prinexvisaxy Of Scranton, Pa, well known sprohiei- sentiment to have ils name changed to something less alcoholic. ;. z.ssss.s
 A Cautious Eattpr-
 % A correspondent wants to know ..why an editor can't always steHatiie truth Because, kind sir. 1t is too near plant ing time, and editors planted at this tine tTa ao Of sss;, the year might not come sup
 Im old AIabanaas Scottsboro Progressive Age.
 On Easter Sunday Niagara Falls was frozen solid from bank to. panixs while here in suhny Southland the woods were green, the sylvan hills and dells were bedecked with sweet scented wild flowers while mating birds we're titt- ing; and carroling to- each other.
 Exchange of Courteaies.
 Marion Standard. 4s e
 J. Craig smith, chafrman of the state Convict Board, has given his old saee aed hs Pr s nS9 ~ eonsS ering whether ef notsity would tbe r1ete and proper to reciprocate by sending MT. Smith handsome game cock of the old and tried sffaln that never ktxes up. .sas~@s se 1
 Net DeiIEhted wHth It.
 TallHpooA sJpugHax9 z.s. .,y.s .. -.4 X. sBi .s sals sis coaPs SPPssl. is .ss ss railroad cases. but the roads and their lawyers will find some way to continue the fight. In tour -humblg pptnion it will prove disastrous victory to the State. causing her to los lose many nasnyy times the State if she could have found some way to have dropped the case sa Y
 Home Grown Stock Feed.
 | The Ozark Star says a. Dale County, Is feeding mules on cotton seed meal meal and and % huiis a are first fed fdSi in snaif ff Quantities with other feed until the amount Is gradually increased. 2 If cotton seed will make good stock feed. we may yet see some. of thes corn. trains from the West discontinue. their. visits to Alabama.a,, ts.I s:@sSg assS
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-18

Governor Herbert S. Hadley. of Mis- souri, Is the latest of the pure spirited reformers who would not touch prac- tical politics with a forty foot pole, to fall under suspicion. The Govern or's father-in-law has just been ap- pointed to a fat job In the State In surance Department of Missouri. His special qualification for the place is that he is the father-in-law of the Governor. Is 1t possible that the high minded. patriotic apostles of civic vir- tues are going to hand out offices. like the old time bosses. who have been so roundlY abused7
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-18

all they can understand at present. Some believe in the letter. especially if # is a large capital; others in nouns and verbs. Let each read what they can one may be saved by very few let- tsrs If one takes the right hold o'
 There ss. however. this larger truth, spirit, and soul to soul. The lower may lead to the higher. Speculation worthless; negative opinion Is worth. less; the only thing of value Is the the life: the communion with the spiritual world. and close contact with the God and Father of all s.,i
 We cannot have contact with Christ without others Knowing f. To be with Jesus is an education. as wtll as an inspiration; to be closeted with Him, a refining process and benediction.
 Lord. come when Thou wilt. and In any way Thou shalt choose. and dwell with usi And may we go forth In Thy strength, so that all may see and take Knowledge of us, that we have been with Jesus"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-18
A Jndge Ind Large.

A Mississippi legislator has intimat- cd that he will introduce a bill at the next session of the Legislature provid- ing for the appointment of Judge and District Attorney from the State at large with Jurisdiction in any County, whose duty 1t shall be, on instructions from the Governor. co hold special terms of court in cases where delay untii the regular court term might pro- yoke mob violence or prove detrimental to the interests of justice.
 This novel suggestion has been nrompted by the lynching of a negro Ipnnrderer m in one of the Northern coun- ties of Mississippi because a speedy trial was not granted. The popular faeiinp against the murderer was very Intense, but mob violence was prevent ed for time upon the assurance ura1,s given rn
 s tbs court would be asked to bring tbe offender at once to trial. The re- quest was made but the district judge renIied that the request could not be nrsentad Whereupon the negro was Suietly taken out of jail and lynched.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-18
Gu. shoot. E,EAt..s ,M,l.s..

London Chronicle. sss1s T xs E, The new d2-inch wire .hresch Load ing gun (Mark xI). which Is to have the highest velocity of any kun yet made. has emerged with credit From its tests, and has given complete sat- isfaction in official quarterss
 It is understood that orders will shortly be placed for the. manufacture of humber of these weapons. and that they will form parts Of the arna- ment of battleships of the DfeAd- nought type. Shells have already been made in woolwich arsenaf
 Compared with the present 12-inch' gun. Mark KID, which has . range fof roughly, 16 miles, the new gup has many points of superfority. the most important of which Is its greater range. It is said to be. effective at IS males, and those whbf have seen 1t tested declare 1t to be the finest wea-.
 TT There are some indications: that some orders for the new gun. will he. placed with the royal arsenal at Wool wich, where shrinking pitsI of enor- nous size are in process Of construc- ton.
 yet reached finality, and that tn the: course of the next year we may see is.5-inch gun. with an even higher ys- locity. put to the test. Y, -.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-18

Warm times have settled down on St Louis by this time. The Post-Dis- patch of "wednesday announced that on the next day there would arrive in that city "a solid train load of Texas onions,'' Now what is to hinder the St. Louis people from having a good and, -odoriferous time? When onions come in. not by carloads. but by entire train loads. the old city should be able to breathe freely; also strongly.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-18
KNOX WATCHING zlELAYA.
Central American Does Not Act In
 Good Faith.

NEMNEAI sAB4EEAcWA -t lt0EB sxSOA <ACt aAA
 Good Faith.
 Special to N. (. Times-Democrat ,. sWhshington--The administration ex- poets soon to be placed under the zelaya to the list of Latin American Presidents of which Cipriano Castro is the most prominent just now. Sec Estary Knox ss convinced that x, ze1aSya} 1.,Ss} has befallen Castro. is determined to follow the Castro plan of promising many. things. byt performing none: zeisya has said things that looked like ,,pronlissE to settle questions at issue between the two governments, what he said for the reason that the words in no instance have been fol- ,lQMed -hy performances such as, to tie Knox way of thinking, had been clearly Indicated as to be the outcome of the correspondence.
 The American claims against Nica- ragua in themselves are not worthy constitute only one part of. the case that can and will be brought against the Nioaraguan- who is credited with an ambition to rule over the whole of
 The treaty of peace and arbitration fo which all the republics bound them selves in 1907 is the thing that Is e sec tS S s s smbous fhe saSs zsys a0oqs is firmly believed here that he Is in- tending to set 1t aside by ignoring 1t as soon as he can get his plans com pleted. L 3
 The first overt act committed by Nicaragua wdll be the signal for suppression of whatever he- may have planned. He may be able as was Gas tro. tn ignore claims of American cit izens for which thts government would not go to war or indulge in warlike notions. but he will not be permitted cure peace for Central America.
 Secretary Knox Is about as crafty a man. as there has been in the office of Secretary of State, as Castro prob he does insist upon and that is an ob- servance of the forms of law. Senor Zelaya probably does not realize 1t, but the man who 'got" Castro is also af ftar him
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-18

The Andalusia Star is coming up to all expectations. The friends of Editor Edward W. Doty on the Alabama press, who had watched his excellent work, predicted that the new paper would be something out of the ordinary. Their predictions have been fulfilled. Editor Doty is filling the paper with bright, crisp and live matter The Star sub scribers are assured of one thing they get a dollars worth of newspa- per out of every dollar they invest in The Star Editor Doty Is one man that fits into the job he Is filling.