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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-30
END OF EASY DIVORCE.

The recent decision of the Supreme Court of the United States Is likely to have a wide-reaching influence on di- vorces and divorce mills The court holds, in short, that no temporary change of residence for the purpose of evadins a States laws could deprive the State of control over the marriages and divorces of its citizens
 The special case which brought out the decision was carried up from the courts of Massachusetts. One Charles s. An drews of that State went to South Da- kota and remained there long enough 70 get divorce from his wife. Kate H. An drews, and afterwards married again. The father of Andrews beoueathed certain property Ito the wife of my son, Charles 8. Andrews" The Massachusetts court held that the divorce obtained in Dakota by Andrews was not valid and that Kate H. Andrews was still his lawful wife and entitled to the property.
 This decision is sustained by the Su- preme Court of the United States which Is the highest judicial tribunal in the gov- ernment. and of course the verdict must stand unless hereafter overruled or set aside by the same tribunal. As stated, it is bound to be a far-reaching decision, and will go long way towards breaking up the disreputable divorce mills of South Dakota. That State, has become the ref uge of alh dissatisfied married people of either sex. The city of Sioux Falls has become a kind of Mecca to which men or women can so from any other State. if they wish to be relieved from the bonds of matrimony. and after a brief residence there they get a divorce. IL is about as easy as settling in a State and acquiring the right to vote. though it requires less time.
 The decision in the Andrews case will practically put a stop to the business and 1t Is well that 1t should. We are not arguing the right or wrong of divorce ,or whether there Is or is not any defence for 1t under any circumstances. but we are condemning any laws or conditions under which a married person can put of his or her marital obligations as easily as one can put of distastefui garment. In most of the States. especially the old CT ones. there are certain well-defined ie- gal grounds for divorce, but in South Dakota there are practically no obstacles in the way. As a contemporary remarks:
 The knowledge that a divorce obtained by temporary emigration can have no finality and may be upset whenever prop erty interests or personal resentment in- spire attack upon 1t must deter disconten- ted husbands and wives from getting South Dakota decrees.
 When 1t shall develop that divorce ob-- tained in this way may upset and nullify wills and invalidate bequests it will be such a blow to the business of getting divorces that people will abandon 1t. And when it shall be conclusively estab- | lished that divorces are not free there will be fewer unhappy marriages and less | disposition on the part of young people | to marry without thought or care for the | future. Something is needed to increase | in the popular mind a belief in the sac- redness of the marriage tie, and this de- cision, let us hope. Is the beginning of a better dispensation in this matter.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-30
A Mad President.

Tuscaloosa Times-Gazette
 The United States is now afflicted with a mad President. European countries have at different times found 1t neces- sary to restrain their monarch. until their reason returned Something of the kind Is needed at Washington. Secretary of State Hay would at least possess enough common sense to keep him from mak- ing a public exhibition of himself. The country is becoming very tired of the freak" President.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-30

The advocates of child-labor legislation in Illinois have weakened their case by adding to their bill clause requiring a certificate of baptism in addition to oth- CT requirements for obtaining labor per- init. This is not only an impolitic but a senseless addition to the bill. Child-la- bor legislation is in the interests of hu- manity and the question of baptism or non-baptism has no more place in 1t than 1t would have in law for working the roads.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-30

A contemporary declares that 'Dela- ware is a standing object lesson in favor of electing Senators by the people" We fail to see the point When the election was held in that State for members of the Legislature 1t was known that Ad- dicks was a candidate and the people could have defeated hIs candidates at the polls if they had chosen to do so. The probabilities are that if he could have gone directly to the people with his money he could have succeeded. We never know.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-30
Can Be Governor.

Ozark Tribune.
 Young waddell of Russell, has in- troduced a dog law. If he gets 1t through and 1t becomes law of the land, Young Waddell can be Governor or United States Senator. or anything else he wants, four years from now. Any man who would push such a measure as that de- serves anything he may want.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-30
Editors Know Something.

Roanoke Leader.
 Because we editors are not actively en- gagged in farming doesn't prove that we don't know a few things about farm con dtions in a general way. The:e gre some men who always make enougn corn. meat. flour. etc. to do them. and why cannot every other farmer do SO? It is self-evident that the man who has these necessaries at home can live, no matter how short the cotton crop may be.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-30

desiring to have Georsia convict par-. doned. had proposed to the Georgia Gov ernor an exchange on that line. It was an extraordinary and demorafising prop osition and calculated to. provoke unfa-. vorable criticism. We are glad to learn that there never was any warrant for the publication.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-30
Advantages of Consultations Schools.

The educational problem of the present is the problem of the rural school. The cry has gone up for longer term. better supervision, better teaching. better houses, with improved equipment, includ- ing well selected libraries. The demand respect the center of a richer social life.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-30
Staying Around.

Grenv1lle Advocate.
 The editor of The Columbia Breeze must have been staying around at some of the county hotels in Alabama where one has to beg and fight for cover. He says Any coward would fight burglar m a cold night !"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-30
A Sense of Values.

Smart Set.
 Mother (to her 7-year-old son, William, who has been growing free of speech): for every day you don't say darn fooi%
 Harold Qittle brother of 5. with supe- rior air)-Humph! If darn foor' is worth 10 cents. l guess l know words that are worth a ouarte1
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-30
Names Suggested.

Birmingham News.
 After exhausting the striking names the Pullman car people have decided to number their cars. What's the matter with preserving American history by naming them after Congressman? Cupid, Mudd, Smoot and Booze might be adopt ed AS a starter.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-30

The question as to whether Wilkes Booth was really killed stiA bobs up for afirmation and denial occasionally, 1t really makes little difference, as we view it, for he is still dead, so far as we Know.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-30

Under the new law which makes in- toxication a punishable offense the Eng fish authorities are already wrestling with the question, i"when Is a man drunk2' We wish them success in settling 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-30

That Minnesota young man who com mitted suicide because ne was considered the ugliest man in the town has set bad example. and one which may spread, be- cause there are others.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-30

Some of our Republican friends seem considerably disgruntled over the pros pect of "six more years of Teller as they express it. They forget that 1t might have been worse.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-30
Have Good Reasons.

Mobile Herald
 The Amalgamated Sisterhood of Breed ing Doves and the Sons and Daughters of Jacobs Ladder and other colored societies have good reasons for holding great celebration since Roosevelt has changed the color scheme at the White House
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-30

The talk of starting a movement in this country ito save Colonel Lynch" is pre-
 mature. His life Is in no danger, we im- agine.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-30

If the German Emperor is only trying to show off his new navy. as some claim, why does he not lombard some one of his sise and leave Venezuela alone?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-30

Was 1t the Sultan of Sulu or Jolo or Hello who died recently? The accounts are somewhat mixed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-30

Mrs. Lease defends divorce, and though her late husband is not saying anything we suspect that he agrees with her fully.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-30

May not the President. in the Indanola sffaar. be like the man who had hold of the billy goat and didn't know how to Eurn ioose7
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-30

After seeing some newspaper pictures of Philip Doblin We are not surprised at anything he says or does not say.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-30
Roads and Schools.
The Same Right.

Talladega Reporter.
 The Mormon question is up again in Congress; and the right to refuse seat to a Mormon, on account of his church, implies the same right to oust a Catholic, Methodist or Baptist.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-30

Some days ago The Advertiser made some comments on the published report that Governor Aycock of North Carolina,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-30
The Advertiser's Telephones:

xhs Advertisers Circulation Grows.
 The circulation of The Advertiser during the prsv1ous month m its history. It steadily in- ereases its lead in circulation In. and lts hold ln the good will of the people of. Alabama.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-30

railroad engine may be roughly said to be equal in strength to 300 horses.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-30

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 Roads and Schools. Huntsville Herald. Good roads are the advance guards of better schools and good schools mean better men and women.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-30


 Total.. t.s.s ,ooo Daily Net Average for Dec. IA, ,214 Sunday Net Average for Dec. IT 1885
 COMPARISONS.
 DatIy evsrass for December. leo2...... 22l4 Datly sverags for December. lool...... 10 ee2 Net gaan ..........-................... l.2a2 gRnAay average for December. leo2.... .6e6 6unday average for December teol....lS.6si Net gatn ......................"...... %0o@ --~---~--------~--~~--s ". A- Scott Circulation Manager of The Montgomery Advertiser. being duly sworn. Ays: The foregoing statement of The Ad. veftiseYs daily circulation for the month of Docembsr, 1902, is true and correct. and ocmpiIsd after all returns from newsboys. deducfed W. A. SCOTT,
 Circulation Manager. Sworn to and subscribed to before me this
 F. w. JACKSON. fgoal1 ". F., Ex-O, J. F. FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1908.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-11-19
General Markets.

New York, Nov. 16
FLOUR-Quiet and about steady; Min
nesota patents. s455a47O; winter straights,
So. 95a4.05; winter extras $Sa3.S5; winter
patents. s4a4.s5.
WHEAT-Q Quiet and fairly steady, De
cember being stronger than later posi-
tons on covering; December, S5ssaS57bc.;
May, 81 1s-1saS2 1-l6c.
RYE-Dull; state and Jersey, 56a58c.
No. western, s21zc. nominal, & .. b.,
afloat
CORN Easier as a result of poor ca
bles and room liquidation; May, 4T15a
475sc.
OATS-Nominal; track white, state, Ala
45c.; track, white, western, Aa45c.
PORK Steady. mess. s1Sa1S. Is; family,
SIS.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-11-19

In New York, Friday
afternoon, Andrew H.
Green, Father of
Greater New York, .
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-11-19
Live Stock Market.

CATTL Market lower; choice, s5O5a
SO: prime. s4S5a5; fair, saas.6O; YEA,
calves S750a8
aOGS--Market lower; prime heavy. 81. 80
a5; mediums, S4.9oa495; heavy Workers,
SAs5a4. 30; light Workers. s4.S6a49O: pigs,
$4S0a4s0; roughs $4a4.50.
SHEEP AND LAMBS Market steady !;
prime wethers. s3S0a4; calls end common.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-11-19
IN THE
FIELD
OF LABOR.

E,EIn 1900 employees of the
6nop Chicago City railway
e sson was begun Thursday
morning This decision was reached
after controversy that has lasted fol
over two weeks between the represent
atives Of the union and the manage
ment Of the railway. The demands Of
the union were for wage increase Of
25 per cent, recognition of the union
and several other minor concessions.
Scenes of violence occurred during the
first day of the strike.
The threatened lockout by the Build
ers' Exchange league against all crafts
affiliated with the Building Trades
council has become effective at Pitts
burg, throwing 5000 men out Of en-
pIoyment. With the 1000 men on
sympathetic strikes 10000 are now
idle.
Managers of the larger cotton mills
at Lowell. Mass, state that production
will not be curtailed or the wages Of
operatives cut. The assurance is Of
great moment to thousands who have
not fully recovered from the distress
brought about by the recent strike.
The lowest weeks record on coke
production at Connellsville, Pa, since
1893 was made last week, when the
output dropped to 10000 tons, de-
crease of nearly 10000 tons and
scarcely 45 per cent of the capacity Of
the region.
Molders in all the foundries of the
Mahoning valley, Ohio, have been noti-
fed of reduction in wages to take
effect next Sunday. The reduction will
make the wages about So per day.
AS the result of strike Of eighty-six
glazers the ]. P. Matthew & Co. glazed
kid glove factory in Philadelphia has
suspended operations, and about 700
hands are idle
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-11-19
SPORTING
AFFAIRS.

Ot1tA Udtl1CS 6dluI0dJ
between college eIevens. The results
Of the more important games are as
follows: Princeton, IL; Yale, g. Dart
mouth, IL; Harvard, o Indians, is,
Pennsylvania, 6. Harvard Freshmen,
II; Yale Freshmen, 6. Columbia, II;
Cornell, II. West Point, 10; University
of Chicago, 6. BuckneIl. %; Annapolis,
5. Wesleyan, 5: Williams, 5. Brown,
IL; Syracuse, 5. Bowdoin, II; Bates, 5.
Rutgers IS; New York University, Is.
On Wednesday @. * G. Billins s'
world champion trotter Lou Dillon,
1:5811a, gave another phenomenal exhi-
bition of her speed when, driven by her
owner, she trotted a quarter Of a mile
to wagon in OPT on the New York
speedway Just before this remarkable
trial of speed the champion trotted a
half mile in 0:59. the first quarter being
timed in 0:2S14
Jimmy Michael, the peerless little
Welsh bicycle rider, accompanied by
his brother Willie, Woody Hedspeth,
Franz Hoffman and eight Of Europe
greatest cycle stars, arrived in New
York Saturday. They come to partici-
pate in the international six day BIZ
cycle race which begins in Madison
Square Garden Dec. z
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-11-19
FOREIGN
NOTES
OF ST

NOTES of the Macedonian rev
oE INTEREST oludonlsts, supposed TO
be dead, has arrived at
Sofia and was received at the railway
station by thousands OF persons, who
brought iaurei Wreaths ana flowers ana
acclaimed him as national hero. The
Macedonian leader presented a plcfur-
esque appearance. His beard was IN
kempt, ms hair hung IN locks, and his
features We're weather beaten. Sara
ION spent nlnes montAs IN MACEDONIA.
Els me was oie ~ eons'ahe peril anu
ne slept mostly IN me open ar
Fetes were held in Denmark on Sun.
day in honor Of the fortieth anniver-
sary of King Christians accession to
the throne, the populations everywhere
rendering homage to their aged and be
loved sovereign. King Christian, who
IS IN excellent heaiIh. desired TO spend
the day quietly WITH ms family at ere
densborg castle but Notwithstanding
TINS desire an enormous crowd Went g
the castle and cheered the king, who
was compelled several times TO return
his thanks.
The two Counts Muennich, descend
L x4rr~- AL
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-11-19

NEWS OF Inc independence Of
OUR 'ne isehlnus q rama
N1's1'' 2 : ~ rule seems to be an ac-
complished fact. The revolution ow-
ing to the presence of American ma
rines on land and war ships in the
harbor was accomplished without
bloodshed All nine provinces have
united in the movement for a separate
government. The de facto government
has already been recognized by the
tinted States, Italy and France. A
duly accredited minister, ~ Bunau-
varilla, has been sent to Washington,
followed by a commission of three
members, to negotiate new canal
treaty.
A frightful tale of loss of life in the
Cape Verde islands as a result Of fam
inc has just been received. Since last
March, when the famine began, 10000
deaths have occurred in the island of
Santiago alone, and the present death
rate is given as from thirty to thirty
five day.
In the Cuban senate and the house of
representatives a gift Of $4,000 has
been unanimously voted TO General
Maxine Gomez in recognition Of his
services as head Of the revolutionary
army.
The Imperial press., 1903-05-30
WORK ON THE DROP
for Furnishing Light,
 Water and Power

Work was begun this week by James Stuart and his men on the structure for the 171a foot drop in the main canal southwest of Imperial, which is to be used in generating electricity for the town. After the structure is in place some months must pass before the water will cut out the earth sufficient to install the electric plant, but it is hoped that it will be ready to serve the town by about January l.
 In addition to furnishing light and power for the general use of the town, the plant will be used to pump domes- tic water through town, thus replacing the temporary domestic water plant now operated at the ice factory.
 That thrre will be demand for consid erable electricity by January now seems certain, for the present need is great and the growth of population seems certain during the next six months.
The Imperial press., 1903-05-30

level down to hundred feet below sea level.
 The soil under these two sub-systems is uniformly light and yet rich and high ly productive, as has been demonstrated in the last three months by the heavy crops~now being harvested, and under the canals now constructed filings have been made on about 35 ,000 acres.
 At the Eastside levee there is the drop which w. F. Holt leased few weeks since for 100 years from the Cali fornia Development Company. As con structed, this drop is seventeen feet high, and over it at present there is passing about 5000 miners inches of water. MT. Holt had a survey made of the drop this week, and finds that as he carries the water down to the Alamo, but short distance for the discharge, the water will be under pressure of forty feet, and through this gate, under the contract there must pass all the water diverted from the Alamo for the lower country. At present he only has the water going to No. 5, but within year or two he will have the water for three systems, probably fully 15,OO0 inches, under forty feet of pressure, giving horse power running into tens of thousands. He will begin the development of the power the coming fall, and will build a Touring mill, creamery and other estab- lishments to begin to make use of the power he has acquired.
 What will be done with the great power thus made available near Imper ial it is impossible to say, but it is evi- dent that this drop has the possibility of eventually furnishing all the motive power required for operating an electric railway system to connect the towns of the valley.
 As for Eastside, it is not enough for us to say that we have occasion to be be proud of it as neighbor, for it is not a neighbor, but a part of the whole, an interesting and thrifty and promising factor in the immense Imperial unit.
The Imperial press., 1903-05-30
Xalua of Irrigation

A Washington dispatch says The agricultural year book to be issued June 15 contains an article by Edward A. Beals on irrigation, which says there are more than 7,OOO,0OO acres of irri- gated land in the United States. The total cost of the irrigation systems of the United States is $G4,2S9,6Ol, and the value of the irrigated crops for the single year of 1899 was $S4, ,433, ,43S, or 30 per cent greater than the cost of the plants. The number of irrigators was lO2, ,SlO, which gives nearly 7l acres to the farm.
The Imperial press., 1903-05-30

were some of these in the valley, and they were anxious to sell either DOT tion or a whole of their land. The op- portunity has been presented for them to do so, and about 5000 acres have passed from these classes of men to new men or men who have tested the valley and believe in it. Whatever sales are made in the next six months will be mainly along this line and it cannot but have the effect of lifting values toward their proper level This will be aided by the fact that on June l, water stock will be advanced $5 an cre.by the California Development Company.
 Shrewd men see this, and they are writing to their friends of the opportun- ities presented. The friends are coming in and getting land and returning home to tell their friends, and they are coming.
 The valley has reached the point where it is advertising itself. It is less necessary for men to stand under it and boost it upward. People read literature advertising a country and discount every word. When their neighbors in whom they have confidence, go to new country and come back with enthusias- tic endorsement of all that has been printed, there is advertising value that money cannot buy, and the point from which the settler went to the new land becomes the center of colonization movement.
 Southern California but has experienced the effect of colonization centers at some localities. And now Imperial has the advantage of having many of those cen ters. They are scattered widely over California. They are especially in Eastern Oregon and in Eastern Wash ington, in Montana, Iowa, Michigan, Ohio, Massachusetts and New Hamp- shire, and are steadily springing up in new localities, their distribution being according to no known law. But they are having their effect, and the hun dreds of visitors coming to the valley are the result.
 The great colonization movement is under way. Thousands of men are sending out or carrying out the word that they have discovered new Okla homa, where values are yet dwarfed, and where grand opportunities exist for rich and poor alike.
 This is no fancy sketch. It is reef tai of the actual conditions prevailing in Imperial valley. The condition is rec ognized by every one, and every one is asking what the result will be in the fall when the real tide of immigration sets in. There can be but one answer, judged by the present appearances, and that is deluge of people who will pre- cipitate good old-fashioned wholesome boom. And let it come.
 NaIua Of IrriU Ytinn