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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-20
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Though this is not the night before christmas." nor the day before. it Is the
 sunday before, and The Advertiser will be pardoned for some remarks applicable to the coming four days. .The poor aI- ways ye have with you," said the Savior, and the words are as true today as they were nineteen centuries ago. We have them with us all the time. and no better time can there be for helping them than this. Our citizens and municipal authori- ties are raising . fund and perfecting plans to help the needy so that no one
 may so cold or hungry during the holi-
 days. and that Is well. SO far as 1t goes.
 The amount asked from any one person is small. and 1t can be given without de- priving the giver of any comfort or neees- sary of life.
 But the children of the very poor are the ones who will suffer most keenly
 from neglect or the forgetfulness of the older ones. To the childish mind Santa Claus is a real parsonage. While the ory of childhood the little ones think of
 him as an actual visitor who comes to fill their little stockings with good things
 and their hearts with joy.. How many children in Montgomery will wake up on
 Christmas morning and run eagerly to their hanging stockings and find them
 empty? Can a grown man or woman re- alize the pang that chiiis their little
 hearts when they fina-. that their fairy benefactor has neglected sthemg. They cannot know that the older ones are the real santa Claus and ihat there was not a penny to spare for gifts. They feel
 that through some fault of their own they have been overlooked and the day which
 should be hailed with gladness opens with sorrow and disappointment. "The de-
 struction of the poor is their poverty" says the proverb, and the descruction of childish hope and faith is one of the cruelest blows that poverty can infict on the child.
 Is it not possible for those who have a competence to so arrange that the hopes and the trusting faith of childhood may be gratihed? It is but a little thing If any OA us Cau hH&hSs hdPPy AOh d uoJ JuSb one little one who Is nothing to us but an atom of our common humanity. The par snt who would reject charity would not hesitate to accept some little things that would gladdon a child The blessed. in- nocent stage of childhood is short. Soon they must meet the trials and tolls and
 sorrows of a hard world. Let them have ali the little pleasures that we can give
 them while they are in the period of in- nocence and trustfulness. Remember the words of Mrs. osgood:
 Little deeds of kindness. little words of g. love,
 Make our earth an Eden.a like the Heaven above.
 | What better or more lovable little deed can one of us do than to make the heart
 glad and the face bright of even one
 child who will otherwise have no cause
 for happiness? It Is 8 time which cofnes
 but once year and It will cost but lit-
 tie. Whatever of good we can do let 1t
 be done cheerfully, willingly and judi
 ciously. but whatever else we may do. or
 fail to do, let us make the children happy.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-20
Prevalence of Profanity.

Boston Transcript
 ing is distinctively a national vice or not, but we do know that it is disgustlngly prevalent. As a habit it deserves the reproduction of all sane'and healthy minds. It is a coarse and vulgar practice. even regarded apart from ethical considera- tions. The small boy indulges in profane language because he thinks it smart to but too often when he becomes a man he ceases to put away this childish and re- volting thing. What he does at first from a false and immature motive becomes la ter in life confirmed habit that often marks him to others as a person of much coarser fiber than he really Is.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-20

The Clanton Union, whose editor is a Northern Republican. argues that "the real leaders of the Republican party in the nation are looking to Hanna as the one man calculated to pull the party out of the hole that Roosevelt has got 1t into" It would be difficult to say who are now the real leaders of the party. for many of the would-be leaders would rath- CT push each other into hole than help to pull the party out. And Hanna will have hard time if he pulls 1t out after Roosevelt has had few more months to manipulate it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-20
BED OF SEA SEARCHED
 FOR SUNKEN TREASURE.
Greek Divers are Reclaiming Gold, Silver and Precious Stones frum Russian Vessel Which WeuS "7
 Down in TITO,


 Russian Vessel Which Weus 1-
 Down in TITO. . Jewellers Circular.
 Many have heard of the search under taken by Greek divers under the Turkish government and the treasure discovered in the Russian admirars ship, sunk at Tcherman at the time of the naval battle of 1To. when the Turkish fleet was conn pletely destroyed.
 The search has continued with striking success. These fortunate divers have be- come rich, but the Turkish government also has obtained some large amounts. in- asmuch as 1t has reserved for itself the Hons share.
 The fact Is that the Russian vessel, which sank in a depth of thirty fathoms, abounds in pieces of gold and silver. At first the divers paid attention to the form CT only. of which they found full sacks These pieces are mostly single, double and quadruple ducats. ...
 It has been announced already that on the first shipment to Constantinople the divers obtained for their part the sum of 276,O0O francs. The daily work of the div CTS amounts to from 5000 to 10000 pieces of gold. A special boat of the admiralty manned by officers of the Turkish navy and by a government inspector. Is sta- tioned continually at this point Each Us the pieces counted and a receipt given to the divers. '
 1t appears that the bottom of the sea is strewn with silver pieces, which have the dimensions and the weight of French crowns of francs. Besides, this money, the divers have drawn up various other precious objects, gold and silver crosses, jewels, images, swords canes, especially an evangel, of which the binding of gold is ornamented with precious stones of great value.
 This is not the first time that such en- terprises have been undertaken for the purpose of discovering riches buried in the sea but they have seldom yielded the desired results. It would be difficult to give even & summary of the innumerable fortunes engulfed. Among others an English bark, which foundered in 1799 off the coast of Holland had on board ingots of gold and silver valued at about SsO CO., 900. of which very small part was re- covered The Royal Charter went down near the Moelfram with a cargo worth g. .00O,0OO. = -.-.---..
 The greatest fortune engulfed was in the shipwreck of French sailing vessel of the cosst of Trafalgar. It carried a ton and half of gold plates and five tons of silver plates, whose destination was the famous cathedral of st. Jean. de Matte. There were also a large numbes of precious stones. designed to embeIlisA some relics contained in the cathedral,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-20

When we come to talk about political sweeps we may give the Boston Demo- crats credit for being about the cleanest sweepers who have handled a broom this year. It is not alone that Hon. Pat Collins was elected Mayor by consider ably larger plurality than he received two years ago, but the Democrats made a clean sweep for aldermen, electing all who were to be elected this year. They also put in all the eight new members of the school board. and elected large ma- jority of the Common Council. Tn short, the Democrats will have more than two- thirds of the total membership of the city government. If all Massachusetts Dem- ocrats will come up to the meas- ure of their duty as those of Boston have just done they might twist the old State Into the Democratic column. It is not probable, but not impossible.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-20
Good Prospects on the Farm.

San Francisco Call.
 No interest in the country has a bright CT outlook than that of agriculture. It is only within the last twenty years that thing like a scientific basis. Formerly the squatter on the plains worked his land with no conception of the proper rotations of crops or of the replenishment of the hidden springs of production: now. by the aid of agricultural colleges In nearly ev- cry State in the Union, by the co-opera- tion of the efficient Department of Agri- culture at Washington and the applica- tion of modern farm machinery, the farmer is enabled to double his gains from the soil
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-20
SUNDAY, DpcE1EBEn 60, 1908.
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 When Carroll D. Wright gives 1t as his opinion that ''the wages system will pass away" and that in it's place will come ia system which will be composed of the pro6t-sharing. cooperative idea" he anticipates an Utopian era which Is not, in our opinion. likely to come until hu- man nature has changed. It is all well enough to argue that if employers and employees were equally interested in the success of any business the latter would be more likely to give faithful service, and would devote themselves to the uu- tual good and benefit of all parties. but there is another side to the question. Men who work for wages and who de- pend entirely on their wages for a liv- ing for themselves and their families will not be in a hurry to engage in business which may be run at loss and thus de- prfve them of all means of subsistence. It would not be an equal chance, for those who finance mills, factories and other manufacturing enterprises usually have some surplus capital. and could stand to lose something which the working men could not. If the time shall ever come when all industrial enterprises can be conducted at a profit MT. 'wrighrs an- ticipations may be realized, but that time is not yet.
 1t is hardly to be supposed that work men would be willing to share the losses in a hazardous adventure begun by men who have money to spare and can afford to lose part of it. The fear that the cap italist would recklessly engage in a busi- ness in which the chances for losing and winning were at least equal would deter poor men from engaging in such business. The argument made by MT. Wright, that "the wages system depends too largely for it's equities upon the generosity and great-mindedness of employers" is equal ly faulty. In a majority of cases tn, wages paid do not depend at all on the ''equities." but upon the law of supply and demand, and the profits of the busi- ness. If there is not profit, but a con- finual loss, the equities and great-mind- edness would cut very small figure The business would stop and the working men might look for other jobs. We are not at all hopeful of MT. wright's plan.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-20
More Education Than Jobs.

ChlCagO CnrOnIcIe.
 Booker T. Washington's accurate obser- vations are not always applicable to the negro exclusively. He says the problem for the colored parent in the North is not but employment after the diploma. White parents can sympathize with Booker s people under that head. There is more higher education in the North than there are higher jobs.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-20
A aoon RxAMpIE

If The Advertiser appears to have been at times persistent and insistent on the hog-raising question 1t is not because it presumes to be able to advise its farmer readers, but because it has much better opportunities than they have for knowing what others have done and are doing. Whatever man has done, man can do, is an old axiom which should be kept in mind. For example MT. o. P. Barron, at Coosada, a few days ago killed three pigs. fourteen months old, which netted 700 pounds of the best of pork. The three yielded 175 pounds of pure lard.
 These were not large hogs, it is true, but they were profitable. They were raised in and about the horse lot, fed and fattened on the waste from the house and the lots. and were largely the result of saving what would otherwise have been wasted. Both the meat and lard are bet ter than any that could be bought from the large meat houses. and the owner has the double satisfaction of having pure pork and lard at comparatively trifiing cost Is not the example worth following? |?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-20
Fervent Wish.

Philadelphia Press.
 "oh! My" sighed MT. Grubb's extrava- gant wife. T do wish we had lots of money, don't you?'
 Well" replied her hard-worRing hus- band, T certainly do wish had all the money would have spent during the ten years of our married life if we had lived up to your ideas"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-20

Even The Buffalo News advises that the Republican Committee let Heath drop" But the question is. can they drop him hard enough to close his mouth? Other wise he may tell things that Republicans would prefer to have unsaid.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-20

Atlanta had better hurry up with that new depot. They are talking of holding the Democratic National Convention in the South and of course Atlanta will want it. and should have ready place for 1t to assemble.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-20

The Camp Hlll Times thinks Chicago ''is angelic in its old age," all be- cause an aldermanic boss has been con- victed of bribery. The Times must re- member that they want to put on a show of virtue for Christmas purposes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-20

scientists say the sun Is losing its heat land coal so high, tool" 1t walls. Cheer up. good brother; perhaps you'll get heat enough.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-20

The Montgomery Journals Christmas edition made it's appearance yesterday af- ternoon. It is highly creditable and evinces skill and ability on the part of its management. Its 6S pages are filled with . variety of reading matter and a goodly array of Advertisements.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-20

The Butte Inter-Mountain thinks there is no danger that the National Republi- can Convention will be interfered with by strikes in Chicago because it has al- ways been " strong union party" For the same reason it will be in no danger from grafters.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-20

A Western astronomer holds that the sun is not hot mass but is a delightful planet which would make most enjoy able sanatorium. Maybe so, but we'll have to wait till Prof Langley perfects his flying machine before we can go there.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-20

"It Is predicted that he will be nominat- ed by exclamation" says The Milwaukee Free Press. speaking of Roosevelt. We have known predictions which failed to hit the spot.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-20

If Editor Hearst ever becomes President he should make Editor Nunnally of The Selma Times, Consul General to Panama, or some other good place. Faithfulness should be rewarded.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-20
Far From Expensive.

Washington Star.
 Many man would give a great deal Tor your opportunities" said the earnest ly ambitious man.
 "of course" answered Senator Sorghum T had to give great deal for 'em my self
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-20

vorce. There are men who can't stand much of that brand of Democracy. espe- cially when administered in such a strik- ing manner. Bet he's Republican. any, how.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-20
Lying and Fishing Go Together.

Portland Oregonian. inVariable If Izaak Walton presents an apparent exception it must be rernem-
 bered that he was in reality but little of
 n fisherman despite the clamor of the fra ternity which would push him forward as it's chlefest exemplar.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-20

When the question ''Who owns the Uni led states?'' is authoritatively settled we hope the decision will be made public. as Wo may want to buy part of 1t at some hsaRA AaAr,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-20

Roosevelt tried to slip Crum through the small crack between two sessions, but the Senate will have try at him all the same.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-20

During the past nine months there have been a TO failures in this country, 500 fewer than in the same period last year. but the nahifi- ties of the Insolvents in the past nine months amounted to Slol 655. a55. or S32. .396, 2o5 more than those for the same period in lso2.,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-20

The latest discovery in the island of Jolo is a lake of whitewash. Transporta- tion from Jolo to Washington is easy.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-20

A man who can double his money by swindlins his conscience may be good inancier and very bad citizen.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-20

At the White House the Ann problem has been passed and What's the matter with Hanna?" takes its place.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-20

A Chicago woman damned her husband on the head with a copy of the Life of Thomas Jefferson and he Is suing for di-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-20

The Christmas edition of The Montgom- cry Advertiser was a great paper In
 fact every edition of that paper is great. -Anniston Hot Blast
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-20

The most valuable look ever published by a private citizen, was probably the catalogue of the Walters collection of pictures and ceramics in Baltimore.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-20

One good thing about the Christmas bills Is that they don't fall due tilI, later.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-20

The Christmas edition of The Montgom- cry Advertiser was a mammoth one and
 most creditable to Southern journalism.
 Prattville Progress.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-20

The Montgomery Advertisers Christmas
 edition is the best thing in that line ever
 accomplished in Alabama. The entire field is covered in its seventy-six pages. -ThomasvilIe Echo
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-20

The Christmas edition of the Advertiser published last Sunday was a splendid edi- ton of that paper and from a business point Of view was evtently a great suc- cess.-Opelika Industrial News
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-20

The Montgomery Advertisers special edition last Sunday was a credit to itself and to Alabama. .-Clanton Banner.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-20

The Montgomery Advertiser is receiving
 deserved congratulations on its handsome Christmas edition. 1t was indeed an issue aid.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-20

The Advertisers seventy-six page, 532 column. Christmas edition. requiring a solid carload of paper is typical .ex- ample of modern newspaper pluck-La- fayette Sun.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-20

The Montgomery Advertiser of last Sun day was a corker It contained seventy six pages and was splendid advertise ment of the city in which it is located. It spoke volumes for the Capital City of bama.-Limestone Democrat.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-20

Doubtless the greatest daily ever, pub lished in Alabama was the Ghristmas issue of The Montgomery Advertiser of last Sunday, December 18th. It was an armful of most valuable reading for the general public.-Hanceville Hustler.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-20

MT. Emile Hannon, a student at the Marion Military Institute, is at homo for the holidays. .a .A
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-20

Rev. M. H. Holt of Mobile is in the city and will preach at the Highland Park Methodist Church this morning.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-20

Mr. IT. A. Wilkinson, formerly a news paper man of Kansas City, Mo, has come to Montgomery to engage in business.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-20

Governor JellSs went to Eufaula yester-
 day afternoon to spend Sunday with his family. -.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-20

The Sunday issue, seventy-six pages, of The Montgomery Advertiser, Christmas number. is not only a magnificent speei- men of the modern newspaper, but it's credItable to any of the great metropoli- tan dailies. Together with a full tele- graphic news report and all local current events, it has a number of splendidly written articles of historical value, inter esting sketches of prominent Alabamians of today, and several special articles. The Advertiser is a great paper.-Huntsville Mercury.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-20

The Montgomery, (Ala.), Advertiser, on Sunday, presented to its many readers a Christmas edition of seventy-slx pages, which means 532 columns of reading mat ter and advertisements. The Advertiser, which is a leader of public opinion in Alabama, and is known far beyond its special field, demonstrates it's energy and skill by this special edition and. at the same time, by the great amount of ad- vertising it is able to display in its col umns. shows that it is fully appreciated by the business men of Montgomery. All the seVnty-siX pages are filled with inter esting news and other reading matter and with attractive advertisements. The Ad- vertiser has reason to be proud that so great a work could be accomplished in it's own office and press room.-York, (Pa.) Dispatch.
 The Montgomery Advertiser Is a great and good newspaper-one of the best and 'sRappiest'' in the South, or elsewhere It's Christmas edition of seventy-six pages and well-filled columns shows that
 Grandma" has found the handspring of Ponce de Leon's Fountain of Youth, and drank copious draft of the Mfe-inspiring eXhilerating fluid. All-round, it Is the best and handsomest edition of the kind ever issued The Old Lady out-did herself but The Press hopes she will live to give birth to more such. or better, kids" If possible. A happy Christmas and prosperous New Year, ,Grandma.-Center- -Ttlle Press.
 The Montgomery Advertiser one of the best, llvehest fairest and most enterpris- Ing newspapers of the South celebra fed tho Christmas festival with a magnificent edition, in which was displayed the pros- porous business condition of its boyna city and at the same time demonstrated the splendid newspaper ability of its edi- tors and managers. The success of this newspaper enterprise indicates the growth
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-20

Mir John West, son of MT. and Mrs. D. P. West. member of the Freshman class of Harvard College. will arrive at home today to spend the holidays with his parents. "a
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-20

MT. Edward l.. Watts who has been att tending the Law School at the University of Alabama, is at home to spend the hoi- idaye. .-5-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-20

mas edition of The Montgomery Adverti- ser, consisting of seventy-siX pages. From our point of view The Advertiser Is the leading paper of Alabama and this big attempted by any Alabama daily. Every page is full of readable matter and we congratulate the publishers on the issue or this most excellent edition. News. -.-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-20

The Montgomery Advertiser issued its Christmas edition of seventy-six pages last Sunday. 1t was a mammoth paper, and its many interesting features cover ing very broad field of subjects made 1t an edition worthy to be preserved in every household in Alabama. a.-Alexander City Outlook.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-20

The Montgomery Advertiser,s. Christmas edition was the biggest and best paper ever printed in Alabama, and so far as we have ever seen, from any part of this
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-20

The biggest thing we have seen in the way of a newspaper was the Christmas Edition of The Montgomery Advertiser. issued last Sunday morning. It contained seventy-six pages, 5S2 columns. It con tained over 300 columns of advertising, financial failure by any means. It is an evidence of the faith Montgomery busi- ness men have in that paper as an ad- vertising medium, as we'll as 1t shows The Advertisers ability to issue a paper. -Covington News.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-20

The Christmas edition of The Montgom- cry Advertiser issued last Sunday was a hummer. We prize our "one little girl in red" and will look at her every day next year. The seventy-eix calibre edition was entertaining, instructive and valuable, rich in illustrations and ridiculous in It's comic pages, but who ever heard of old Grandma doing anything shoddy? An ob- servant subscriber is, however, anxious to know if the young lady reproduced in the art calendar is from Honolulu Washington County News.