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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17
Washington. Dec. 10.

To the Editor If The Advertiser:
 Your invitation to write a few words touching my Journalistic and social ex~ perfence In Alabama, affords me a very welcome opportunity.
 Naturally, I did not feel. when I went. to Montgomery in 1888, that I was going as a stranger or an alien. was born in the South. my father was Southerner, and I had followed the fortunes Of the Confectionery from August 1861 to June 1885. In sense, therefore, I felt at home. Neverthe- less the locality and the people were new to me and I had to make new ac- auaintances and imbibe new impress sions.
 It is hardly necessary for me to say that l found in Montgomery precisely what I expected in a Southern city populated by cultured people. In a word I found congenial associates,
 Permit me here to pay the tribute of my gratitude and admiration to your beautiful city and its inhabitants.
 But l have never lost touch with Alabama in all these sixteen years. and 1t has been my privilege and pleasure throughout the period In question to give expression to my sentiments in the great newspaper--The Washington Post-with which--barring an hiatus of a few months-I have been uninter- ruptedly connected.
 During the-iong interval of my ab- sence. Alabama has more than full filled the promise of material growth which. in 1889. perceived and sin cerely rejoiced over. In the front rank of the South's proud progress. she has kept true step with the tri- umphant march. She has prospered in agriculture. in mining, and in manu- featuring. And by no means the least consideration, she has enacted what I believe to be the best election laws in the United States. Mississippi. Louis lana the Carolinas. Virginia-all these have regulated the franchise in the interest or organized society, and with wisdom and intelligence; but the Ala bama law. in my opinion. is the wisest and most enlightened of them all
 There Is one thing. however. which should especially like to say through your influential columns, which Is that the North, East, and middle West, are beginning to envy the South in re- spect of what I consider as its most valuable and most important possess ion-the perpetuation of that sturdy and indomitabIe Anglo-Saxon spirit which animated the original settlers of this part of the Western Hemis- phere. The States north of the Ohio and Potomac and east of the Mississ- ippi River have lost 1t. The vicious
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17
TIE cHnrsrMAs EDITION.

Last year we feiicitated ourselves that the Christmas Advertiser was the biggest and best" and pledged our selves that with the same hearty sup port of our loyal friends and patrons that we would do still greater things when another year had passed. By the help of those friends and patrons we have kept our promise. This number of The Advertiser eclipses our other enterprises and we feel a right to boast of its excellence.
 The mere matter of publishing newspaper of 100 pages Is not such remarkable achievement, but 1t IS remarkable achievement to produce an excellent newspaper of 100 pages. newspaper complete in its every detaii' a newspaper so perfect as to reading matter, so admirable in its Illustrations so finished in It's typographical excei- lence and so we'll balanced in Its fad- vertising patronage that 1t would re- fleet credit on any newspaper plant in this country. lt
 The splendid result was attained by the cordial cooperation of CD our bus- mess friends who have confidence m the value of The Advertiser as a pub licity promoter, CD the ready responses of the army of writers who are repre- sented herein and (3) the loyal devo- tion of our own family-our corps or valuable men and women in the ~nu- merous departments who know nothing but duty and who have never been call ed upon in vain.
 It is worth much to 4 to realize and appreciate these renewed expressions of regard by our business friends. our literary friends and our employees. We are continually striving to measure fully to their devotion: we shall continue to do SO as the years pass on.
 As the holidays approach and the world is marching forward with hap piness and song we send a message or good cheer to all of those valued friends and to every home in Alabama. It IS an earnest wish for joyous. peaceful contented Christmas season, with heart full of happiness for all.
 Let us turn our faces to the child year, soon to be born. with new re- solves and strong in our purpose to do more for ourselves and our neighbors than ever before. 5H ..
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17
No. 171o.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
Of First Meeting.

Of First Meeting. Tn the District Court of the United States. for the Middle District of Alabama In Bankruptcy.
 In the matter of Frank c. Taylor. Bank rupt, Post Office Montgomery. County Montgomery. Alabama. The aforesaid party having been sdJudged A bankrupt under the Act of Congress en titled "An Act to Establish Uniform SYs- lem of Bankruptcy throughout the United States" approved July 1st. 1898. a meeting of the creditors of the said Bankrupt is call ed at the office of the undersigned Referee in inc United States Court House. Montgom- cry. Alabama. on the 30th day of December. next. at 10 o'clock a. m., to make nroof of debts. and for the election of a trustee and such other matters as are nec- essary and required by the Act of Congress aforesaid
 ASA E. sTRATToN.
 Referee. Montgomery Ala. Dec. 14. 1905.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17
100 PAGES TO- DAY. l.2 PARTS.
TO SAVE THE COAL.

The Advertiser recently had some thing to say about Edison's plan of turning the latent energy of coal into electric power at the mines. but the subject is worth something more than were mention, for 1t strikes at the very foundation of economic mechanics.
 The development of electric power. and It's application to every demand is fast becoming one' of the wonders of the age. In so many respects it is so much better than any and all other mechanical powers that its superiority is no longer debatable. The second and correlative discovery in this connection was the fact that this power is easily and economically transmissible by wire over almost any distance. The power developed at any convenient waterfall can be conveyed at small cost and with little loss scores or hundreds of miles and put to work where power is wanted It Is very much like talking over the telephone. for as the wires carry the mechanical power developed at the starting point.
 This Is one of the great advantages of electricity. Now. what would have been thought of a proposition to bring the waters of Tallassee Falls. for ex- ample. to Montgomery in order to oper- ate rlant fc- the development of cleo mechanic have asked: Why not de- veIop the electricity there where the wa ter power Is and send it to Montgom- cry on wires?
 That would have been a natural question. and engineers would have car ried 1t out, just as they have done. And yet that Is just what we are doing all over the country with coal. Coal is hauled many miles from the mines. en- tailing great expense and waste, in or der to operate machinery for the devel- opment of electric power It is not only wasteful from every point of view but it Is illogical and altogether be- hind the times. With machinery at or very near the mines to transform the coal into electricity. to be conveyed by wire wherever needed, there would be a vast saving of time. material and money. This. of course, on the suppo- sition that coal Is to continue to be wasted in developing electricity. which is not to be expected. We think the time is fast approaching when the al- most unlimited water power of the country will be used for this purpose and the waste of coal be stopped. but if coal must be used the power should be developed at the source of supply
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17

Speaking of the woman who was re- gently sentenced to death by a New Jersey judge for shooting a man who had grossly insulted her we heartily agree with The New Haven Register that there is something altogether wrong with justice in New Jersey. if there IS any truth in the report that an Italian young woman is sentenced to be hanged for shooting an Italian man. who came to her home and tried to win her from her husband. This woman is reported to have two chill dren. Is there not an injustice done the children? Has not the young wo- man a right to defend herself in her own home? It is hoped that an appeal will be made in this case"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17
VIII nf RL. Ronnlds.

New York. Dec. 16.-The will of Pe- ter Lorillard Ronalds, the noted whip and known as the father of American coaching, who died in October last, was filed for probate today. The will makes provision for the widow, Mary Francis Ronalds, who had been separa- ted from Mir. Ronalds for many years; his children. Mrs. Fannie F. Ritchie, Pierre Lorillard Ronalds and Reginald Ronalds and also for Elizabeth N. Blake, who for eighteen years nursed and cared for him, and Gustus Blake. No estimate is made as to the value of the estate. although 1t is believed to be large.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17
No. TOT.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
Of First Meeting.

Of First Meeting In the District Court of the United States. for the Middle District of Alabama In Bankruptcy.
 Tn the matter of Tom Green. Bank rupt Post Office Montgomery County Montgomery. Alabama.
 The aforesaid party having been adJudged Rankrupt under the Act of { ongress en- titled "An Act to establish Uniform Sys- fem of Bankruptcy throughout the United States" approved July 1st. 1898. a meeting of fine creditors of the said Bankrupt Is call ed at the office of the undersigned Referee. in the United States Court House Montgom- next at 10 o'clock a. rn., ,@ make prooI or dehts and for the election of a Trustee. and s',ch other matters as are necessary and re- auired by the Act of Congress aforesaid.
 ASA E sTRArToN
 Referee. Montgomery, Ala. December 1S. 1905.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17
AN ExPLANATTON.

In the admirable article on "osce- ola." by pr. H. M. weedon. of Eufaula. which isjpublished in this edition. there is an error which. in justice to the writer. demands explanation.
 Dr. weedon accompanied his article. at our request. by a picture of Billy Bowlegs." and also one of himself. In caring for the multitudinous details Of preparing the edition the picture of "Bowlegs" was overlooked and the ar- ticle on "osceola" was sent to press without 1t, notwithstanding the article refers to the picture.
 AS Dr. Weedon refers to 'Bowlegs'' and not to himself in the interesting narrative. this explanation Is offered to save him embarrassment.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17
President Diaz Decorated.

Mexico City. Dec 16.-The grand cor ed upon President Diaz. The cere- mony was participated in by the mem- bers of the Senate, the chamber of deputies. the cabinet ministers and judges of the Supreme court. A spec ial act vas passed by Congress author izlng the conferring upon him of the grand cordon.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17
Will React on Russia.

St. Petersburg undated. via Eydt. kuhnen, Dec. 16.--The Sloyo severely criticises the foreign office for the ap- pointment of Bakmetief as Minister to Japan saying that the selection of a man from a third rate post is puerile attempt to humiliate Japan which will react on Russia in the eyes of the world.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17

Representative Brownlow of Tennes- see. wants to have the employees in the executive departments at Washington required to work seven hours a day. with only thirty minutes for luncheon. except on Saturdays in July. August and September. when four hours will constitute days work. The New York Sun suggests that the Brownlow bill be amended so as to give the hard working employees of the Government seven hours for luncheon and thirty minutes for work.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17
WEIGHTMAN SAYS
 SOUTH CHAMPIONS CIVILIZATION

Infusion they have derived from for efgn immigration has submerged the Anglo-Saxon characteristics. In such States as New York, Pennsylvania,
 Ohio, Indiana. and Illinois, the Huns. the Slavs, the hybrid races from the
 shores of the Mediterranean and gen. orally the riff-raff of Europe, have so crowded the fields of labor and so in-
 fluenced the ideas and methods of the
 laboring class, that every mine is a battlefield and every railroad gang a
 constant assault upon law and order Every feature of the Anglo-Saxon civ
 ilization has been erased There is no longer such thing as personal liber- ty, the right to pursue n peaceful oc- | equation. or the opportunity to earn independently living for ones self and family.
 So, now, the terror-ridden North is looking enviously toward the South where manhood rights and individual freedom have not yet been torn from
 their hallowed anchorage. One con-
 stantly hears 1t said in this part of the country that only in the Southern States can one find American institu- tions still respected and maintained note In the section I love so well
 an agitation for white immigration Heaven forbid that it should result in such curse as now broods over the
 Pennsylvania anthracite fields and the
 various industries of Chio. Indiana, and Illinois.
 did not intend to lecture and. if I
 SC sm to have done so, accept my hum.
 ble apology. In extenuation permit
 me to say that love the South and it's people and that I hope with all my
 heart to see it maintaining at any cost
 the liberty for which our forefathers fought at Lexington and Yorktown,
 and for which they b1ed and starved at Valley Forge. We shall live to see
 the day when organized society and
 Anglo-Saxon civilization will need A
 refuge and a champion in this country.
 The South is that champion and ref
 uge to-day. Let us keep 1t so!
 The South dominated the nation be- fore the civil war. I believe it is the
 South's destiny in all righteous and
 noble respects, to become it's savior in the future.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17
N0TICE

have sold half interest in my GrO- cery Business, to take effect January 1st. To reduce my stock between now and January 1st I will sell Groceries cheaper in Highland Park for CASH than ever sold before. All of my ac- counts will be closed December 31. Customers in arrears will please settle same by that time. | will continue business with the new Arm and solicit your patronage. Thanking you for past favors, I am,
 Yours truly,
 J H PEARGON
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17

The Chattanooga Times has just ent- cred on It's thirty-seventh volume. and it is not fattery to say that 1t deserves all the good things that may come to it. It IS among our most welcome wis., itors and we cordially wish it many happy returns
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17
Boy Kills Electrician.

Shreveport. La, Dec. 16.-John c. Guice, an electrician. was shot and in stant1y killed in & Market street res- taurant here by Madden Bush, an 1S- year-old boy. 1t is alleged that Gufce resented insulting language addressed to him by Dr, Albert R. Bush, the boys father. and that the latter called upon his son to kill Guice. Father and son are in jail charged with murder.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17

One suggested reason for the Presi- dents purchase of two bulldogs is that he will let them run loose in the White House yard to protect him from the office-hunters. If that was his object he is bound to learn that something worse than bulldog will be needed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17

A dramatic critic declares that Sarah the American stage" and then a mean contemporary suggests that she prob- ably fell on the stage edgewise.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17
Sidewalk PencilinsS
An Excess of Caution

This happened in an Illinois town A man that lived in the town says that friend of his was the chief actor in the story and he knows all about 1t. If IL should have a familiar ring of an old story to a reader he can lay the blame on the Illinois man, remembering that all good stories are old.
 This friend of the Illinois man had been out with a convivial crowd. He had stood up against the bar with one foot on the railing and heard the old. old, remark. Well, we'll take this one and go" the old remark of crowd which is always taking, this one. but never going. At any rate he crept up on his own front porch at o'clock in the morning to find the door locked. He was fuddled but he knew enough to know that he had better be careful not to disturb his wife So he pulled his shoes off And then, why then, he rang the door bell His wife herself answered the bell. and 10 her intense amazement he brushed by her. his shoes in his hand, tip-toed carefully up stairs to keep from waking ner, already standing at the door and watching the ludicrous figure on It's staggering way up the stairs.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17
Fire In InmiarilIa

Louisville, Ky. Dec. 16.-The whole sale grocery house of C. A. Adams and sons Company on Main street between seventh and Eighth streets was de- stroyed by fire tonight. Lossc $1I0,- GOO; insurance about S9O,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17

Boston spared enough time over her hullabaIloo over the old Constitution to elect Democratic Mayor by what was very nice plurality under all the cir cumstances. s.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17
If they would submit

grievances if they would submit
 He received no reply. Only eigh' orators are working In the teleg office. The tefegraphers' congress ', again resolved to continue the strike
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17

That gushing young creature. Msd- anne Bernhardt. is making another of her farewell tours. No doubt this is final so far as Canada is concerned.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17

The accounts of the Iynching of a Tennessee negfo by members of his own race has almost knocked the breath out of some of our Northern contempora- giess
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17
Nfoves to NIontgomery.

The Luverne Journal of last week
 SHon. F. M. Cody. almost. the father of Rutledge and LuVernO pade us gooo- bye on last Friday and went to Monto gomery to live with his daughter at SLs Mildred Street. We regret to see MT Cody leave but having lost his life com panion it was thought pest for him to live with his daughter Mrs. Joe Hay Craft. May he find comfort and con solation in the companionship or ms daughter to bear him up in his old age is the hope of The Journal"
 No better man ever lived in any community than the subject of the above notice.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17
MT. Mckay Leaves.

Porter MCKAY, for long tIme chIeI clerk in the local law offices of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Com Ark Mir. Mckay resigned his position about three weeks ago and left Mont gomery on November 29 for Pine Rlun, where he accepted lucrative position as official court reporter under Judge A B. Grace.
 Mr. Mckay was well known and had grai3ad glanE It to see him leave.
 George J. stone of Anniston succeeds MT. Mckay as chief clerk in the Louis vile ard Nashville law offices MT !. employed in an important capacity In the law offices of John B. Knox in An niston.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17

Electric PortabIes for ali class oE home use at attractive prices, at Mos- ley-Hafsler Electric Co.'s show room, 2I6 Hfbb Street.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17

Attempt to COncilfnte Mutineers.
 St. Petersburg, undated. via Eydt- kuhnen, Dec. 16.-The colonel of grena- diers today sent a message to the mutt neers offering to consider their proper
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17
A strnnper COnmenta.

T was surprised" said a stranger Tn the city yesterday. ito find that Mont gomery. the large town that 1t Is. has a store that handles books and book supplies exclusively. I don't know for a fact whether or not you have any book stores here. but I went up and down Dexter Avenue and around Court Square yesterday in search of place where I might buy four small blank finally called at a newsstand and there managed to buy the last four the man had in stock. It seems like there ought to be a good demand for DOCK store here My native town Is half the size of Montgomery and there are two sfch establishments thriving there. Why not in Montgomery?"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17

hatred of wrong and his devotion to the cause of right. His faults are buried with him but his people remember and commemorate his virtues.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17

bUnuaF AVeFake. Octobef. EHUS ..ASsSoH 
 E. s. Noble. Circulation Manaser of The Mnntgemery Advertiser. being duly sworn saysi
 The foregoing statement of The Adver- sfsor's circulation for the month of Octo- Der, ts06 is true and correct, and compiled after all returns from news boys. news agents and leftover copies have bsel. de- s3urssd E q NOBLE.
 CircrIation Managsr. sworn Co and subscribed before mo this alst day Of November, 1905.
 F. W. JACKSON fgAaft Notary Public.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17

Rev. W. R. Avery of Roanoke spent yesterday with his son. Charles N. Avery and wife, at the CSlenmore Hotel
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17

Hon. D. V. Smith, County Superin- tendent of Education of Cullman Coun- ty, was in Montgomery the latter part of last week.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17
Dr Johnaon Rcainnn

Dr. T. A. Johnson, Who has been 2 resident of Russell County for many years and member of the last Legis- Iature, was in Montgomery yesterday on his way to Ensley, where he will in future resides. Several of his children were already living at Ensley. He stopped over in Montgomery to tendet his resignation as 8 member of tho Legislature. Dr. Johnson is valua- ble acquisition to any County or com munity
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17

Mir. Hugo Friedman, a prominent capitalist of Tuscaloosa, is at the New Mabson.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17

Mir. Thad Watkins of Dadevilie is II Montgomery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17

MT. Charles G. Abercrombie left Montgomery last night for Chicago where he expects to qualify as mem Der of the Board of Trade.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17

(Mr. Weightman. who formerly re- sided in Alabama and was identified with newspapers of this State, has haen for many years an editorial writer of The Washington Post.)
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17

Beautify Home. Buy Pictures.
 Tresslar's, A Dexter.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17

Rev. Henry Trawick of Birmingham, who has been assigned as pastor of the Perry Street Methodist Church, reached Montgomery last night.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17
swoRN sTATEMENT

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 The Advertiser Is one of the fifteen or twenty papers in tbe United States that pup fishes every day in the year sworn Ds- tailed Giro reuIation Statement showing tns actual number Of copies etrculated ana PAID FOR each day.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17

KOdaks! KOdaksi
 TressIar's, I4 Dexter.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17

SUNDAY. DECEMBER F, 1905.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17

We suppose the old couplet in one oi Watts hymns,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17

City subscription should be paid to the following authorized collectors only: ': r. Mapes City Circuiator: E W. Mccain. A. A. Mccain. J D. Cogburn. A. e. Harrlson.