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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-19
The Central of Georgia Changes
Hands.

Savannah Morning News.
The announcement Of Major Han
son. president of the Central, that the
Illinois Central has become. the owner
OF the Central of Georgia. doesn't
cause surprise Mr.. Hartman con-
trols the illinois Central and he own
ed the stock of the Central Of Geor-
eIa. II was expected therefore. eith-
er that ne would transfer the Central
Of Georgia to the Illinois Central or
else operate the two properties TO-
gether. ,,,,t. r,o,,+raI
i %es M over the Central Of GeorFia's
property here. and it is understood
that he went over the whole line OF
the Central No doubt at that time
the sale Of the Central Of Georgia had
either been completed or was under
consideration. .,.,...,
Questions which present themselves
are these: What changes Will there pc
in the officials Of the Central Of Geor,
gia viii II continue to be operated
as a separate property or will II be
operated by the Illinois Central? What
improvements viii be made in the
Central Of Georgia? 1t will be re,
inembered that Mr.. Hartman SAID
when here IN Savannah last winter
that If he received the right kind OF
encoura cement he would make the
Central Of Georgia an up-to-date rail
road-a railroad such as the South mas
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-19
The Gould Millions.

New York World
The Gould separation suit, apart
from the sidelights it has thrown on
millionaire social customs has served
the useful purpose of disclosing the
present size of the Gould fortune. Ac-
Jay Gould the estate has remained I'M
divided and on January 1, 1905,
amounted to $50, 900. 900, the annual in
come from which Is approximately So
900, 900. 1t compares with the orig
inal Vanderbilt fortune of $90,000,00O
left by the commodore in 1877 and in
creased by William II. Vanderbilt to
The Gould fortune is interesting by
reason of the extent to which it has
remained intact in the second gener-
alton. If indeed 1t has not been aug
mented, in spite of the inroads OF eX-
travagance and while exposed to the
haps most Interesting as the. unique
example Of great wealth in this coun-
try accumulated under conditions
which in the present state of public
opinion with regard to swollen for
tunes" would not he tolerated. u
bears the taint of BLACK Friday" and
the gold corner and is spotted with
no longer serve as passive instru(
ment. The discreditable chapter OF
Erie rs not likely ever to be repeated
1t Is to be said that the Gould mil
lions under their present control nave
largely redeemed their old reputation.
They are not now employed for preda-
tory ends. but are more and more de-
ish display and in part to philan,
tbropy. no what extent this altered
nolicy is due to feminine influence
need not be discussed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-19
BETTER COME snIlrH.

For some years now we have fire.
quently noticed in the newspapers of
the Northwest statements of the con-
tinued exodus of people from those
States to Canada. From the best data
obtainable not less than one million
American citizens have voluntarily
left their homes in the United States
and become British subjects. Discuss
Ing this matter The Washington Post
suggests that these apparently dissat-
isfied people would have done much
better to come South. and 1t gives
some reasons for its advice as follows.
Last year the nine cotton States pro-
duced SCI 10000 bushels Of corn,
against 400, 625,000 grown by the eight
Northern States of Pennsylvania,
sas the Dakota and Colorado. and the
Territory OF New Mexico Delaware
Maryland the .Yirginias, Kentucky
important grain states, are not com
puted among the cotton States in the
foregoing calculation.
This year the cotton acreage at the
South Is less by 3.5 per cent. than last
year; but the land devoted to corn ex-
ceeds that Of last year by 1000, 900
acres This Is good sign. When
the South grows IT'S own grain and
has not yet done, It will have become
the most prosperous agricultural COM
munity on earth.
But there is another advantage.
When the South devotes attention to
grain growing. 1t will necessarily lead
to better farming. There will follow
conservation OF the soil through crop
rotation. and peas and alfalfa Will en-
ter largely into the farm economy.
This will necessarily bring about cat
tie and hog breeding and feeding, and
ultimately the dairy, the cheese fac
farming Already truck gardening
and fruit growing are prosperous in
dustries at the South, where numerous
successful canning establishments are
located.
Cotton will some day be the surplus
crop, and grown on land that will pro-
duce two bales an acre. With intell-
gent crop rotation and careful seed
Selection. II will be an easy matter to
raise $4,000, 900 bales with less labor
that produced some 100000 bales,
These facts may not be new to our
people down here. but doubtless much
of it is news to the restless citizens
of the Northwest. THE cotton South"
continues The Post, even that region
Of it east of the Mississippi river, is
an infinitely more inviting 1eld The
climate is all that can be desired, and
the diversity of crops it admits of af-
fords advantages to be found nowhere
else on the North American continent
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-19
Letters to The Editor
THE ROMANTIC CAREER 4
or JUsxrn g. RASEMI.
An Old Friend writes of Adventures
of the Veteran who Died AT
Mountain Creek.

An Old Friend writes of Adventures
of the Veteran who Died ar
Mountain Greek.
Editor The Advertiser:
note in your paper the death Of
Joseph e. Rasemf at the Confederate
Veterans Home and as you have made
some mistake in the services per-
formed by nim In the Confederate Ar
my. beg leave to ask of you a COR
rection of the same.
Joseph Rasemi enlisted In Mobile in
the Confederate Army and with oth-
ers was placed upon special duty under
COMMANDER, Mitchell Pete, and fifty
others. and ran the blockade. He went
to New Orleans WITH the gang whose
object was to operate on the Missis-
sippi River and destroy all of the Fed
eral transports plying on the river,
which they did with great success for
over year.
when at the length OF that time
they were Sc reduced had to abandon
bile with some of his comrades await
ing orders from Richmond.
After the lapse of some time organ
ization was disbanded. He then joined
In the front in Tennessee and remain
ed with the battery until the close OF
He remained in Mobile after the
war for some time when he went TO
New orleans and was arrested and
placed in the parish prison under bail
and chain for a month. when the
Federal authorities placed him and an
other under guard aud started him to
Cairo to be tried for boat burning.
After proceeding to near the mouth
of Red River while the guard was
asleep he and his companion slipped
the chains from their ankles and jump
ed Into the river. He swan with the
cuffs on to the opposite side of the
river and went into Arkansas. His
companion was drowned.
He remained six years in that State,
engaging in various pursuits, when he
returned to Mobile. He married a
Miss Stickney. No children were born
by his marriage. His wife died some
years ago. Rasimi has no relations in
this country. Men are living in Mo-
bile who will voueh for the above.
Fremont Thrower.
Mobile, Ala. June II.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-19
Feeding Rabbits and Eating Cherries
During a Battle.

Albertus McCreary, who witnessed
the battle of Gettysburg as a boy. tells
his "reminiscences in the July McClure's.
He says:
I'VE took shelter in the cellar. and
for two days the bullets were contin-
ually flying across our yard so that
none of US dared to go to the barn.
AS we had number of pet rabbits
there, we were very much exercised
about feeding them. A Confederate
soldier offered to feed them for us, and
did cross the yard, with the bullets
whizzing around him. l remember how
brave we thought him.
Speaking of bravery. there was an
other Confederate soldier who was so
fearless that he climbed a cherry
tree in the center Of the yard and sat
eating cherries In a most unconcerned
manner, although the bullets were cut
ting through the leaves continually.
OF course, these were stray bullets.
for he could not be seen, but his posi-
ton was just as dangerous, There
was a line of sharpshooters just beyond
u.s.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-19

grain. cotton. the grasses. tobacco,
sugar, rice. truck patches. fruits such
as peaches. melons. berries, figs. and
in some sections the citrus varieties.
Later will come Livestock breeding.
dairying and wool growing"
The Post thus sets out various good
reasons why the industrious. hard
working farmers on the Northern
boundaries of the United States would
do well to come South instead OF turn
ing their steps to the still colder re-
sions of the Dominion of Canada. why
those farmers are so dissatisfied we
cannot say. 1t may be that they feel
themselves too much crowded, or it
may be the naturally restless DISPOSE
ton of Americans, but there is no
doubt of the facts. They are giving up
their homes and their citizenship in
what is probably the best corn and
wheat region of the Union and are
trying their fortunes in a new country,
much of 1t as wild and unsettled as
any of the West was fifty years ago.
There must be some real or fancied
attraction that new region that calls
them with irresistible power.
Another thing that we are unable to
understand is the seeming repugnance
of people in the North and Northwest
to come South. Possibly they have a
mistaken and exaggerated opinion of
the climate of the Southern States and
believe that no white man from their
region can come down here and live
safely. Probably, also, they have an
antipathy towards the Southern color
ed population; an antipathy felt by so
many Northern people, though they are
often ashamed to express 1t.
Whatever the underlying cause or
causes may be, it is a fact that peo-
pie of the East and Northeast who
seek new homes generally follow the
parallels of latitude as nearly as may
be and seek new homes in the North
west. Then il they become dissatis-
fed or overcrowded they pull up
stakes and go further North. These
people who are adding to Canada s
population will do well to read and
digest the forceful remarks of The
Post before they start off.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-19
TRAINING THE BODY
BY Frederic J. HAHN.

Morgan and other prominent people.
system OF prizes and honor buttons
was established the rule being that
no boy,or girl could compete who failed
to do well in the classroom. The
scheme worked like magic. Teachers
are said to have little trouble now,
cigarette smoking is thing Of the
past and the children are much inn
proved generally. There are frequent
baseball games. races. shooting
matches, dances and other physical
contests, $50 such meetings having
been held last year. Tho movement
has led to the establishment of four
municipal athletic fields at a cost of
$500, 900.
Thousands of men and women, in
Guiding the aged. are in physical train
ing at clubs and similar institutions
or at their homes. The United States
army and navy have become a legion
OF trained athletes. whose officers and
men enjoy an occasional fifty-mile
walk or ninety-mile horseback ride.
Among the good results of physical
training are the increased height and
weight of college students, better
health among women and children and
less sickness and longer life In all
classes.
At institutions for the blind in KEN
lucky. Wisconsin. Ohio and Virgins.
the pupils have been taught to play
baseball and football, organize track
teams and engage in many outdoor
pastimes, all of which is said to in
crease their self-reliance. One of the
latest things in the field of American
gymnastics Is the use OF oxygen by
athletics desiring speedily to recuper-
ate from their exertions. The wide-
spread physical education of. America,
In some cases combined with heredity
and other causes, has enabled the ath-
letes OF the New World to carry Off
the laurels at the international Olympic
games at Athens, Paris, st Louis and
London.
The world is now convinced that q
sound body is necessary to secure the
highest mental and moral development
of the human race. While II is prob
ably not desirable to have a return
of the religious athletics which char
acterized the ancient Greek Olympics
and the Indian ghost dancers there
is undoubtedly room for improving
American gymnastics by eliminating
some features of business and drudgery
and encouraging the idea of sport for
sports sake.
Copyright, 1909, by Frederic Ja
Haskin.)
Tomorrow--Fight to TAX Incomes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-19
This Ls My 10Th Birthday
Hill VI. Bell.

Hill McClelland Bell, president of
Drake University. Des Mones, Iowa, was
born in Licking County, Ohio, June
10. 1860. After a common school edu-
cation he entered Drake University
and was graduated from that institu-
ton in 1890. Later he took a post
graduate course at the University of
Nebraska. DR.. HIS career as an ed
ucator covers a period of nearly thirty
years. Both before and after his col
lege course he was a teacher in the
public schools in Iowa and Nebraska,
and for the past sixteen years he has
been connected with higher institutions
of learning. principally Drake Uni
versity He is a member of the leading
associations of the country and is the
author of a number of school and COL
lege text books.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-19
Historic Chairs.

WESTMINSTER Gazette.
The fact that the King will sit at the
next levee in the Henry VII chair will
render 1t of interest to recall recollection to
the existence of other historic chairs.
The chair occupied by Charles l at his
trial in Westminster Hall is now in cot
tage hospital at Moreton-in-the Marsh, in
Gloucestershire; the chair of the chief JUS
tice of the court of common pleas is in the
possession of Lord Coleridge, an heirloom
in his family, having come to mis- father,
and subsequently chief Justice of England
The chair of the speaker of the Irish house
of commons which belongs to Viscount
Masereene and Farrard as the descendant
of Mr.. Foster Lord OrieD, the last speaker
is now in the National Museum in Dub
lin
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-19

TO people in Montgomery 1t sounds
queer to read The Manchester IN. HI
Union speak of the closeness of the
time when green peas. fresh from the
vine. will grace the tables of the ma
ton" We say it has a queer sound
here, where green peas have practi-
cally gone out of date. and some other
delicacies have taken their place.
Gardening is slow up in New England,
but we suppose they get used to it
just as they get used to CLAIMS and
Goldfish.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-19
Needs Encouragement.
The Perry Centenary.

NdtlOHdl MdBdZlHG.
Any faItering in the chief would have
meant a different issue in the battle of
Lake Erie but while a glazing eye remain
ed to aim the shots, stiffening hands
to ram them home, Perry would not yield.
For two long hours the flagship withstood
that storm of fiery death; shots from the
enemy pierced the refuge of the wounded;
crimson streams dripped upon them from
the deck above-no words could describe the
horror of that scene: officers to the right
and left of the commander We're struck down
his brother, a lad Of thirteen, had his
clothing torn into rags by splinters. and his
cap shot through twice. but Perry and the
boy remained The only unhurt persons on
the ship. Officers with blackened hands
rushed TO him: For Gods sake, sir, give us
more men," they CRIED and Perry answered.
Il have no men left to give you"
When the decimated deck force could no
longer furnish men enough to work the
guns, Perry called up the surgeons assist
ants one by one; he summoned again. but
the surgeon replied that he was now work.
ing alone in the cockpit among the wound
ed. Are there any of the wounded able to
pull on a roper" cried the commodore
Crawling painfully up to the deck came two
or three blood drenched heroes who put
their ebbing strength to drag the last gun
into position. Cool and mistaken, when
Perry glanced at the wounded strewing the
deck he invariably met their dying gaze
fixed upon him-a touching tribute to their
devotion to their commander, even in that
awful hour.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-19
This Date in History
June 10.

1619-The first assembly of Virginia
met atlJamestown.
1754-Second colonial congress met at
Albany, N. Y.
17s6-General Nathaniel Greene, an Of
ticer in the Revolutionary Army.
died in Savannah. Born in Rhode
Island, June 6, 1742.
1S10-Right Rev. Richard Luke Con-
canen, first Roman Catholic bish-
of New York died.
1S14-Capt. Matthew Flinders, an
American navigator who explored
and charted the coast of Aus
tralia, died. Born in 1774.
lS64-The Alabama sunk by the Fed
eral gunboat Kearsarge on Cher
bourg.
1867-Maximilian, Emperor of Mex
leo, executed.
lSSS-Republican national convention
at Chicago nominated Harrison
and Morton.
1soS-William H. Taft resigned as
:. Secretary of War
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-19
The Turtles Cunning.

London Globe.
Although not credited with any high
degree of intelligence, the turtle, when
about to deposit Its egs. exhibits considera-
BILE cunning.
1t scoops out a hole. as II to prepare
repository for its eggs, but in order to de-
lude the birds and other enemies the turtle
ing the surface rough, and waddles off to
another spot, where 1t repeats the process.
Sometimes this is done three times, and
ton within few yards of the sham nest
the surface being smoothed and flattened
down.
When hunting for the eggs the Queens
land blacks probe the sand in the vicinity
of one of the sham nests and are usually
successful. fF
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-19

Pine Apple, June 1S.-(Special. AT
a regular meeting of Robert E. Lee
Lodge. No. $40, A. F. and A NJ, the
following officers were elected for the
ensuing term; Simon Patterson, w.
NJ; L. w. Hardy, s. w; DR.. James
g. Donald. J. w. j. B. Coleman,
Treasurer; w. f. Snowden. Secretary;
w. w. Ptomey, s. D.. J. r. Melton,
D.; Joe Patterson, Tyler; G. A I'm
lerwood, Chaplain; ]. NJ. Smith, Stew
art.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-19

It is somewhat amusing to read in
the papers that first this and then that
town has declared war on sutomo-
biles." II they will declare war on
careless driving and reckless speed
ing. and enforce their declarations, it
will be well. but to declare war on
the machines themselves Is about like
trying to outlaw or abolish the tele-
phone.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-19
II. C. GAMBLE DEAD.
Aged Citizen of Limestone County
Passes Away.

Passes Away.
Athens, June 1S.-(Special. MIR.
Ruffin C. Gamble, one of the oldest
and most highly esteemed citizens of
the south part of the county, died yes
terday at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Nethery, at Belle Nina, aged 78
years.
He was born and reared in the coun-
ty, lived here all his life with the ex-
ception of four years spent in the
Confederate Army. He was for a long
while member of the Court of Coun-
ty Commissioners of the county. He
leaves widow and four children. two
sons and two daughters.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-19
FAY CHEW, JR., DEAD.
Nephew of Judge Malone of Athens
Dies In ArIkanana.

Athens, June 1S.-(Special. Judge
George Malone of this place was no
titled by wire this morning of the
sudden. and unexpected death at Van
Buren,. Ark, last night of his nephew,
Fay Chew, Jr., son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Fay Chew.
He was young man about 20 years
of age and had spent the greater part
of his summers in Athens at the home
of his uncle. He was quite popular
here and his death causes universal re-
greet. His remains will be brought
here for burial.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-19

often saw MRS. Gould in her cups"
writer's present the evidence of wit
nesses in the Gould case. Pretty soon
we may expect to see the language
changed to read often saw Mrs.
Gould dead drunk" That is the way
reports of such cases usually taper of.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-19

Ths figures for May printed o1iom r.,urns
resent tns actual net sircaisuon' ~A
having been deducted. .ntae. ~
The AontRomsry Advertiser ~. san
Advertisers land makes u part oL Oh, sA ctrou-
tract whoa requestsdl that ATS oeAs ~nsnx
lation e iaEges than that Of any .hs. M
nswspapsr printed Il. AlaeaIna-@n Hut.ealation
SUNDAY edition has t~S iergent Sr,nsed Ia
Of any edition OF any newspaper bA
Alabama. wtSnout exception.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-19

A deficit in the national treasury for
this quarter of only" one hundred
million dollars is the latest prognosti-
cation on the subject But then we
are a great big Nation. ,AsA ME
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-19
What the State Papers
Are Saying and Doing
JuggIed with Fate.

AnudluSia star.
A fellow who has umpired baseball
games for ten years was last week
Killed by an automobile. He juggled
with fate long time.
New Electrical Pumps.
Talladega Home.
Since the agitation is on, and ITALIA.
dega will probably sooner or later pro-
vide new source of water supply, 1t
would be well to watch results I'M
be driven by electricity, at what is
said will be great saving.
Time of Strife.
Opelika Morning Post.
The union men throughout the coun-
try are determined II seems, to keep
everything in turmoil all the time.
As soon as one strike Is settled they
open up at some other place with an
other complaint. 1t is always some
er there is any business to thecr iause
or not
Prefers the Buggy.
Roanoke Leader.
Since the Lafayette Sun reproduced
the all too serious reflections OF The
Montgomery Advertiser anent The
Leaders war" on automobiles, it
might allay the fears of its readers
by publishing that the war will be a
bloodless one. There's more fun than
fight in it at this end of the line. We
are willing to take our chances be-
hind the unsophisticated steed while
the other fellows are risking their
lives and limbs behind the tricky and
speedy dare devil machines.
Up the TOmbigbee.
Sumter County Sun.
The tug Aberdeen is said to be the
first boat to have tied up at Fulton,
Itawamba county in fifty years, and
that has just happened through the
efforts of those living along the Tom
bigbee to have Congress take hold of
the matter and clean out the snags and
logs, so that the river route may be
used once more for the transportation
of passengers and freight as was the
case before the civil war. The Aber-
deem, in charge of Captain j. w. For
dan, is removing the distractions from
the channels as he goes along and is
expected to make such good showing
that Congress will not turn a deaf ear
to the cry for assistance hereafter.
Needs Encouragement.
LuVerne Journal.
The farmer who is the mud sill" of
the country needs encouragement Just
at this time. To say that he is blue
is putting 1T in the mildest form. The
heavy rains have washed his lands.
made level the corn and cotton and
blighted his hopes for bread, meat and
clothing for his family. But let him
take consolation in that all things
work sWtogether for good to them VINO
love the Lord" and that there is no bit
ter that does not make the sweet,
sweeter.
If the farmer will do his duty there
Is still hope for a bountiful harvest.
Don't give up and get blue, when the
out faithful to the end and receive the
reward for YOUR labOrS.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-19
FREIGHT RATE BUREAU.
Rice MiIIers, Distributors and Dealer,

Rtce MlIerE, DlstriDutors and Dealers
to Fight for Reduction.
New Orleans. June 1S.-AssertinE
that the freight rates on rice into
New Orleans and from New Orleans
to practically all points in the South
are too high, rice millers, distributors
ana dealers of this section announce
today that a bureau will be organized
to carry out a fight for a reduction
with instructions to bring the matter
before both State and United States
tribunals II necessary.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-19

G. L Finigan. Circulation Maneser OF the
The foregoing statement Of The Adyer-
x;Nerss circulation for the month OF May.
$500 a true and correct and compiled after
an returns from news boys, news agents
spoiled and left over copies have been oe-
1urt~d c. I. FINIGAN,
Circulation Manager.
sworn TO and subscribed before me this
~ 80 RIGA ALEXANDER.
Notary Public.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-19

Among the many puzzling queries
sow being handed around not one is
more dinicult than-What will Taft
aaS
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-19

When crops are good hard times
makes noise like hoop and Just
rolls away.