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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-03
SIDEWALK PENcINGS
]. rnterIar nf Nem HoteI.

II was shown through the New Ex- change Hotel this afternoon, said a business man. "and l was pieased greatly with the elegance or It's ap- pointments and impressed with the value of the new hotel to Montgomery and its future development.
 The large rotunda on the grouna floor, where the offices will be located. ale finished in marble and mahogany ith nickel fittings and tiled Hoors :. Tho palms gardens on the hoor above are artistic In their decorations ana the parlors and bedrooms with their massive doors and great windows Will he in Keeping with tine luxuriousness Of the offices and lounGing rooms
 T was impressed especially with the splendid Kitchen which is on the Sec- end floor of the three-s.ory ann x opening Into Lee Street. The ventila- ton of this immense kitchen. It's ranges. frs ovens. it's rcfrisarators and all of the other modern equipment makes 1t one of the most Interesting places to visit about the building.
 There is large force or decorat DTS at work on the interior of the building but 1t looks to me as If It will be at least six weeks before 1t will be ready for the rublic.
 One thing is certain. it will be one of the han,lsomest hotels in the South and one that every patriotic citizrn Of Montgomery may point to with pride
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-03
INCREASING THE SIZE.

The advance of the Japanese in war, <diplomacy and influence has been wonderful. as all must admit who have kept informed of their progress during the past few years, and now They want to enlarge their race phy- sically. as well as in other respects.
 The Japanese are small race of. men, as is we'll known. There are ath- letes among them. as among other races, but as a race they are little men and we presume have in the past been content but that Is no longer the case Intimate association with the comparatively gigantic caucasians has inspired in them an ambition to grow taller and larger In a recent lec-. ture delivered in Philadelphia by Bar on Takaki. Surgeon General of Japan. he dweIt on the small size of his peo- pie. and declared that they now re- gard It as a great humiliation that they are no larger "fH the past" said he. the Japanese have subsist- ed on diet which has shortened their weight and height He told how he had adopted for the men of the Jap anese navy the diet of American and British sailors. and how under 1t they had increased their height, and he Is assured that he can bring the Japa- nese sailor up to the stature of the Caucasian
 Heretofore, and up to compara- lively recent period, the Japanese were something of a hermit nation. They had little acquaintance or association with any but themselves and the equally diminutive Chinese and Ko- reans, but all that is changed. They have seen their country opened to the world. laye mixed among outside peo- ples, noted their greater size and strength, and are ambitious to equal them. It matters not that their small size has not prevented them from ac- complishing wonders, both in war and peace, and that they have just shown themselves better and more efficient soldiers than the Goliaths of Russia. It Is not sufficient that in war they make up for their lack of physical proportions by their display of energy. courage. skill, activity and military adaptiveness; all that does not pre- vent them from now wishing to emu" late the outside races in size and phy- sical strength.
 In his lecture the Baron said that heretofore his countrymen had been content to live on rice and vegetables, but had little food of a kind that tends to produce muscle. bone and sinew, and thus to build up large bod ies. Now they have become envious of the size and weight of the Cauca- sians and intend to subsist more large ly on the food that produces big men. It will be an innovation to find them demanding and consuming the roast beef of England and the bacon and pork of America, and it will be inter esting to watch the development and results of the new departure. Per- haps in a few years the title of little brown men" will no longer fit them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-03
More to Be Pitied Than censuted.

This condition is a result of the con struction of the railroad to this place. and when the road is fully completed and every thing gets to working smoothly there will be 8 considerable increase In the population of the town. Hayneville is so situated that 1t can count on a good future: 4SAe farming interests which surround Hayneviile. supply a great source of 4 busin essS which can be made much more profit able to the merchants and to the other business enterprises of the towns 1T some plan can be devised by which good roads could be made leading to all the great country lying outside of the present trade limits of the town, the business of the place can be still further increased. We believe that there is not a town in the State which possesses the advantages that are be- fore the people of Hayneville, the nat ural resources are here, and near here and 1t only needs the advantage of de- yelopment of certainty of transporta- ton to secure the business Of this place
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-03
DriftWccd
me old rashioned pimIxs.
BY PHIL n. ARnrsTnoKe.

The old fashioned pinks are the flow
 CTS I love,
 (They're called carnations now.) And the old fashioned folks have gone
 above
 Who planted them there vow. They seem to breathe of the days gone
 by,
 Where a lover used to wait TO catch a glimpse of his ladys eye-- The pinks by the old front gate. The oId-fashioned pinks-they breathe
 of joys
 We knew round the dear old home. Long ago when we were boys And girls ere we came to roam, of where the city claimed us allp How each would hesitate And peep ere he went beyond recall At the pinks by the old front gate. The old-fashloned pinks--they're grow.
 ing yet As they grew in the oiden days. And somehow a man never does forget No matter how set his ways. There are handsome flowers up in town One sees buys at costly rate. But they're not the same, for our
 thoughts roam down To the pinks by the old front gate.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-03
COAL TO ADVANCE.
Operators Will Pay More Wages And
 Put Up The Price. PittshurR Special to Philadelphia Rec


 Put Up The Price.
 Pittsburg Special to Philadelphia Rec
 There will be no great soft coal strike. Wages will be raised Instead. The public will more than foot the bill, as 1t did in the settlemnt of the hard coal strike three years ago.
 These facts were amply confirmed today There is, indeed, a practically official statement that the prices of 'osi An W advance copy of The Coal Trade Bniietin. oficial organ of the operators. which will be issued tomorrow, shows an editorial which may be considered offfcial. It reads in part
 There are indications from several auarters that the bituminous trade nnst stand an advance in wages to mine workers, and, when this comes inc wiseacres. whof have affected a St,1bborn condition, which surely indi- ssfeS a rtriKe. will have to pay an ad- vance for their requirements, in coal all tbe same. al least after. April l.
 These are the great facts that most dAepIV eoncern the public in today's dSvsi3pmefts in connection with the noininr crisis But there were much of mtliionaire soft coal operators here.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-03
SATURDAY.. MARCH 3. Isos.

The Vanderbilt incident which at one time promised some sensational features had very tame ending. after all As will be remembered young Vanderbilt while scooting around a corner in his auto. in Florence. Itaiys We believe. ran over little boy. Un- der the impression that che child was killed or badly injured a mob gather ed to lynch the millionaire. but he pulled revolver and stood the crewd off till the police arrived and rescued him and his wife. It was hinted that he might be sent to prison. but his was a case where the offence was plated with gold. as it were, and the affair ends without any sensational features. Not only was the bcy only slightly injured, but the magistrate finds that the machine was running not faster than ten miles an hour and that the boy was to blame as he tried to cross the street just in front of the auto. thus being guilty of contributory negligence.
 On that state-or statement--of facts Mir. Vanderbilt was discharged. He gave the boys family five hundred dollars, gave liberal gratuity to some local charitable institutions and left the city with all hands satisfied We are not saying what would have hap pened to him if he had been poor and unknown, without money or influence What did happen was that he squared himself with ali concerned, including the officials, and everything is lovely The $500 will be little fortune to the poor parents. and possibly the boy will watch out for another chance.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-03
EnmIand's Freak Electors.

If a persons name gets on the Eng fish registry of voters, however iml nroperly he has an indefeasible right to vote. Thus it happened in the recent election that a woman voted for mem Der of parliament. In another case, at Rayleigh. in Essex. a schoolboy-James Grifns, II years old residing at ThundersIey-found himself legally en- titled to claim a vote. At the Ray leigh polling station the lad presented himself on the day of the election. and satisfying the oficials in charge of his Identity with the perAon named in the register was given paper and allowed to vote Master Griggs has surely established a record.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-03

Springfield. Ohio. is the home of J.
 Warren Keller, who is very much con
 cerned about the bad treatment of the Southern negroes. If we might offer & little pertinent advice it would be that he obtain leave of absence. hurry homes and straighten out the race question at his own frone yard He can find some large sized beams which should be removed from the eyes of himself and his home people before they go looking for notes in Southern eyes. Let, Keller clean his own premises or keep his mouth clos ed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-03
Youngest Governor.

Herbert J, Hagerman, a native of Mill waukee just inausurated governor of New Mexico. was born In 1871 and is the youngest governor in the country. Being unmarried and wealthy. besides having pleasing personality, he is looked upon with much favor by society in the territory. He has already received number of rather mushy let ters from yoGng women.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-03

Did you know that the first town in the United States to be named after George Washingon was in Georgia? The place called Heard's Fort was changed to washington in 17sO. writes a correspondent of The New York Times and it has the honor of being the first to bear the name
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-03
Thex Celne Bacls.

CIantOn Banner.
 Good old Chiffon is hard to beat. Time and again some of her sons new, but after a time they return to home, sweet home. The attractions of the new place do not contrast favor ably with the old home left behind, and the heart yearns to return.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-03
Plant Trees
Eufaula Times.

There should be an effort on the part of each land owner to plant and cuIti- Eate fruits of all kinds which grows the markets but for home use. Moth ing Is more pleasant to the eye than a fine fruit orchard about the farm house 1t shows that the owner has other things on his mind besides cot ton raising. Plant an orchard of the different varieties of fruit and see what an income will be derived from it be- sides the revenue.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-03
Good Fruit News.

UauoUeII
 The peach crop was not seriously affected by the freeze of night before last. There may be a few localities further down the State where Che more
 advanced condition of the buds made them more susceptible to damage. but as a whole it is safe to.say that unless
 produce fall crop of peaches this year.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-03
Cboctav'a Fine Condition.

The financial condition of Choetaw coanty is in good shape and far above the average Property values have wears and fine fax rate lowered. The exceiIent management of the officials who have the county,s finances in tion of affairs and they deserve the thanks of the citizens of the county. Tine fine and forfeiture fund in two years has been lifted from very low assirst this fund are about at par and fbe people are the benefieiaries.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-03
preads NIarch Wenther.

| UduBNIIIb NOuTIbI. I----I :.
 March will be a busy month if 1t TO do SO, we must have freezes. cold winds. sleet snow, etc. March Is making it's approach in a threatening manner, and all who have been com pIaining of the "too pleasant weather may wish before March is out for pret- ty weather
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-03
No Kick Coming.


 The houseScommittee has decided not to recommend any appropriation to buy seed for free distribution by the department of agriculture. This will save the government about $250,000 an- nualIy Nobody will likely kick on this because most of the seed sent out has been of poor quality and generally unsuited to the climate and soil in the section where sent. Or, at least, that has been our observation of the seeds heretofore sent to this particular see~ finn.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-03
omerbu,,,,,pn ToIk Reylewra.

'I want to know what has become of all those office buildings that Mont gonerians were going to erect few months ago?" asked man who reads newspapers.
 T can remember at least four that were in prospect. But I haven't seen any carpenters getting busy on their construction. It occurs to me that about four more stories were to be added to the Moses Building. but a statement came out later that the owner of the building had been ad- vised that the building would not safe- ly stand the addition. Then if occurs to me that six or seven story struc- ture was to be rected on Dexter Ave- ue. That structure has been erected but only three stories high. There was to have been an office building across the street from the police station. but the wall that has been standing there for sixty years is still standing and the warehouse at the corner Of Mont ecmery and Lee Streets that was ito haze been supplanted by an ofIiee building has been supplanted by noth- ing.
 "Let us hope that something will be done. towards securing an office build ing"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-03

In some respects it is great pity that Prof. Langley did not live to make some more experiments with flying machines. He might eventually have made one that would do something better than dive
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-03
PeopIe Nod In It.
Ashyille Aegis.' fS'

ASnNltle AtKib. 2
 All the pretence for the freight rate political issue was started by the ship peFs who were already drawing more than their share of profits from the peoples pockets, and now want whack at lower freight rates to in not been in Ii, and are not now
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-03

We are rather surprised to learn from The Hartford Times that "Con-' necticut has no law rorbidding the car recent happenings in the old Nutmeg State lead to the conviction that law on the subject is badly needed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-03

The wise prophets are telling us that Roosevelt and Ti1lman will get together" and possibly they will, Sometimes two men get together" without improving their personal ap- pearance to any great extent.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-03

Wish The Headland Post would get blacker ink, put on more of 1t and squeeze the forms harder. We wanted 10 read the last issue but had no glasses strong enough. Put it on just a little thicker. brethren.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-03
\ saa Commentary.

A sad commentary upon Alabamas attitude in matters educational is the fact that there are two thousand teach gagged in other work because they can command better salaries. It Is said that men who are strong and healthy can teaching. This is not as it should he
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-03
Ta Tn Q Loeing RnnIneaa.

Sumter County Star.
 Alabama has lost more than a mill lion dollars on cotton futures since October, and yet the boys are not sat- isfied to let~it alone Where one man wins a fortune a hundred lose out.
 to 1t and poverty and ruin are in- evitable.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-03
VIII Do Good.
Mobile Register.

MUDIIe HeBISteF.
 A Manchester commission is coming to this country to investigate the mar keting of cotton. If these spinners can get the American ginners to put the cotton up in better shape they will do us a service as well as themselves.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-03
u.~,ex,Ile And Its Railroad.

Haynevi1le Examiner
 Livery dwelling house in the town of FIayneyilIe IS now occupied or Is rented and will be occupied soon and there will be a call for more dYyeilinEs in which the people who Contemplate locating here can live.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-03

If by any chance Hoch should meet all his wives in another state of eXis- tence 1t may be serely predicted that they'd make it interesting for him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-03

E. g. Noble. Circulation Manager of the Montgomery Advertiser. being duly swern. says:
 The foregoing statement of Tho Adver- tisers circulation for the month of Janua- rEs l9o6, is true and correct. and compiled after ali returns from news boys. news agents, and left-over copies have been de- ducted- E. s. NOBLE,
 Circulation Manager. Sworn to and subscribed before me thls isth day of February. 1906.
 Notary Public.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-03
What State Papers
 Are Saying
: Who Kept Count.

MarIon StandarQ.
 1t Is an old adage that for every day 1t thunders In February there will be frost or 8 cold wave on the same date in April.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-03

According to an observant contempo- rary. Mrs Longwortn travels with seventeen trunks and one husband % Does she have all or 'em checkedF
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-03
me rest of InternatlonaI AmIty.

Harper's WeekIy.
 Things French have never appealed very strongly to the German press and now instead of using "entente corr eIais" the Berlin newspapers have Translated tt into German as rAn1ae- <herun ungsbestrebungen." The test or true friendship is the ability to pTcnounce
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-03
rr.ud Hunters, Take Notice.

Detroit Free Press -.
 Have those tireless tnvestiest0f c9 Michigan has a plant which 70 maAin9 paper from peatf
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-03

Constant Subscriber-rhe names of the three balls on a pawn brokers sign are from ancient mythology, and mean Faith. Hope and Charity" in other words the attitude of the customer to- ward his Uncle" ."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-03
TEAcHING NOW ANp LoNG AGo.

the superior merits of 'old-fashioned" methods of teaching spelling I should like to see the enclosed clipping, which take from "A Journal of Educational News" Chicago. appear in your col umns. I should also like to read your comments on the subject of Principal Riley's test" The clipping alluded to is as follows:
 A most remarkable piece of educa- tional investigation has recently been accomplished at Springfield, Mass. It practically decides the question as to whether the schools of our fathers and grandfathers, with their narrow cur better cipherers than the present day schools with their more elaborate pro- grams. It came about in this way: In cleaning out the garrett of the old found In a rubbish heap bound vol ume containing spelling tests and ex- animation question with answers or the year 1S46, Dr. Ballet handed the volume to MT. Riley, a very efficient and keensighted grammar school prin- cipai. who at once recognized the pe- culiar value of the find, and made It the basis of a series of educational tests. These tests established beyond reasonable doubt the superiority of the work of the modern elementary school over those of sixty years ago! The results are presented in the Forum for January-March, 1906.
 We have no means or knowing just what was contained in the bound vol- ume alluded to. The exhibit may not have been at all creditable to the pupils or the teachers of sixty years age in Springfield, and 1t may be that teachers of the present day up there secure better results than the former did. or this we have no means of judg- ing, and the conclusion arrived at may be correct That is, the methods and results of sixty years ago may have been very bad and those of today may be very good, for anything we know or can learn, and we do not know that it is really material
 What we do know Is that the chil- dren of long ago were taught to spell correctly in the schools of which we had means of observation. Our cor respondent has failed to keep up with the facts if he has not seen the re- suits of many recent tests made among graduates of high schools and colleges relative to this one branch Cf educa- tion. In all these tests that we have noted it has been found that very large per ccntage of the graduates could not spell correctly even the ordinary words used in business or correspondence. We know. further that children are being pushed forward in number of the higher branches of education when they cannot spell the most common English words. This We see every day and oh every hand
 We may have something of the old fogy about us, but we prefer the old methods of teaching the younger pu-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-03

Would it not be well for some of our mission boards to send few mis- slonsries to the home of J. Warren KsifeFf
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-03

It must be embarrassing to a fat con- vict to compel him to wear horizontal stripes--it o1ly makes him look stout
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-03

Dear little Anna Gould, why did you Count your chickens before they
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-03

Carnegie is writing a book and it is presumabIe that all h:s Iibarries will lay in a supply of them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-03

Love makes the world go round and also the wheels In a lovers head.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-03

Where Is John D. Rockefeller? The finder will please return him and get the reward.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-03
Keep Corn Cribs and Smoke House At
 Home.

Like an army in the field farmers must not get too far from their sup ply base. When they do their efforts cease to be effective. Just as long as the present conditions obtain will our agricultural class fail to reap the full fruits of its labor, Let's move the smokehouse and corn crib back to Ala bama--let's be self-sustaining, More hog and hon1iny and less cotton will remedy the evil.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-03
The Looking Glass.

Man wants but little here below, but the editor of Town Topics Is not that kind of a Mann.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-03

MT. J. B. Murphy of Tuscaloosa, Trainmsster of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, is in town.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-03

Mir. w B. Hall and Mir. A. B. Hall two prominent men of Benton, reached the city last night
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-03

Don't be too hard on the miiiionaires of the country They are useful for laying corner stones of colleges. New CT kill the goose that lays the golden egg.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-03
Alumpi of the Uniyersity.

am glad 70 see that tHe UhIVeFslty of Alabama alumni in Montgomery are waking up,"- said a we'll known citi- gen yesterday. There Is great pe- rlod of usefulness ahead for the Tus- cafoosa institution and that usefulness for many years has been mstrred " the apathetic feeling of the alumni of the University to the interests of their alma mater.
 Many of the alumni have missed no opportunity to criticise the Institution but during the past two years the members Of the Association seem to have taken on new life and are striv- ing to make the University one of the South's representative institutions.
 Alabama Is destlnej to become one of the greatest<States in the Union, and there Is no necessity of sending our young men out of ;he state 10 be educated. The Legislatures sI ould give tho University 8 more generous appropriation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-03

Mir. Walter Lee of Evergreen is d the New Mabson.