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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-01
A NOTABLE WORK.

A well known publishing house am nounces the forthcoming publication of a notable historico-legal work by a former Alabamian, MT. Thomas Atkins Street, who was graduated from the University of Alabama as a Bachelor of Arts in 1892, and as a Master of Arts and Bachelor of Laws in 1893. The title of the work is 'The Foundations of Legal Liability Gin three volumes) !, and its aim Is to trace from it's sources the evolution of the English common law--the most valuable institutional inheritance bequeathed to us from the mother country. It is written from the standpoint of the student of legal history and legal theory, and 1t repre- sents years of patient, thorough inves- tigation of the original sources. For the first time since Blackstone wrote" says a competent critic, have the his- torical, the theoretical and the prac- tical clements of the common law been blended in an entirely satisfactory manner" Mir. Street has evidently ac- oomplished for the legal history of the English race a work somewhat anala- gous to that accomplished for its con- stitutional history by another Alabama author, Hon. Hannis Taylor, in his great work, The Origin and Grow.A of the English Constitution" and it will no doubt meet with a cordial re- ception not only from the legal profes- sion, but from every earnest student of institutional history
 MT. Street is a native of Marshall county, Alabama, and is a son of the late Judge T. A. Street, who filled the office of probate judge of that county for long term of years; and he Is a brother of Mir. 0. D. Street, of Gunters- vile, prominent member of ,.le Mar shall county bar He won the highest honors in bol4 the academic and the law departments of the University of Alabama; and while he was barely twenty-oue years old at gi.duation, ..c had already given abundant evidences of great ability and thorough scholar ship. Soon after graduation he settled in Nashville for Inc practice of his profession, and in 1900 be became an
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-01
BIC STARS COMBINE.
Sethern and lInrlowe to Act Under
 New Management.


 sothern and afarIowc to Act Under
 New Management. New York Herald.
 This is the latest theatrical combfna- ton. announced Tuesday: MT. E. Il. Sothern and Miss Julia Marlowe for two seasons have been under the management of MT. Charles Frohman. but the Messrs. Shuberts have now made known that next season the co stars will open their tour next autumn in the Lyric Theatre. in this city They will appear In Shakespearian repor- toire and have two new plays, Joan of Arc" by Mir. Justine .Huntly Me- Carthy, and drama, as yet unnamed, by Mir. Percy Mackay. They may revive Sundermann's "sunken BellP
 There was much raising of eye bFows and queries as to what was the cause of the change of management when the news reached theatrical cirs cIes Tuesday. And of course the gos- sips got to work. Mir. Charles Froh- man. being asked about the matter said:
 "Yes. it was decided a short while ago that I would not continue the shakespearian work with MT. Sothern and Miss Marlowe.
 T was eager two years ago to bring together these two fine American stars in massive Shakespearian produetions. This accomplished, and afterA two years of successful productions with them I felt had done all I desired In that direction, having given the public all the important shakespearian plays with them. and as I was forming another big star combination for another two years in order to give the public something new I felt satisfied to let others continue with Sothern and Marlowe.
 My interest now is In the new combination, and when 1t is announced I am sure 1t will interest the public for another two years as much as the other combination did.
 At the Messrs. Shubert's office the members of the firm could not be found.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-01
sidewalk Pencilinss
wouId ReeuI.te pIay-eoer..

q wish" said patron of the thea tres. that the managers of our thea tres would adopt a rule that persons who reach the playhouse after the en- tertatnment has begun must wat un- til the first act is over. Every onc knows the hour the play begins, and there Is. no excuse for goiES iuto q theatre late.
 Play construction requires the chief motive of the story to be disclosed at the very beginning of the dialogue. and fl one loses this he cannot follow the play with interest These late-comers bustie in as the play begins to unfold. make their. noises, and stand in front Of us full one or two minutes: Then they rattle their programs trying to Ind what 1t Is all about and the irst tty.
 T believe I am a reasonable man and fully realize that 1t Is impossible to regulate the conduct of several hum drad persons In a public place. but l think the theatre managers could adopt some rules that would contribute to the pleasure of those persons who have a regard for others as well as Tor themselves"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-01
noo.eyelt and the subsIdy.

Milwaukee Journal that the nromoters of a ship subsidy bin are likely to receive the support of the administration.
 We are unwilling to believe that this will occur. Seemingly the Fresiueht has been unable to resist the influence of the protected interests of the country in regard to proposed changes in the tariff. But it is unthinkable that he can lend himself to cause so unwise, so grossly unfair, so mon strous as the subsidy graft.
 The President and members of Con uress should make no mistake. The people will not stand for subsidies. If the Republican party wants to lose its grip on the government of the country let 1t put through the subsidy bill If the President wants to see his unparal- led popularity dwindle away and van ish, as the mist before the sun, let him give his aid to the subsidy promoters.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-01
Tine CanaI InventlgatIOn,

Kansas City Journal. (Hep.D
 The Senate investigation may be ex- pected to bring many interesting things to light. For months various men connected with the canal proposi- ton have tried to excuse delay by mak- ing charges against each other and against almost everybody else. There have been disclosures that have very nearly approached the dignity of scan dals Millions of dollars have been spent in extravagant salaries to incom- potent or needless officials and in simi- lar ways. The press agent was not the only ridiculous feature of the com missions program. Thousands of men have been kept in Panama and paid daily wages for being idle. waiting for equipment A particularly 'unsavory charge was that of the importation of immoral women. All these things may be Investigated. And if the proceed ings continue to develop as they have begun, the American public may find out just Why there has been so much red tape, official junketing, quarrels, needless salaries and rushing to cover while little or no actual work has been done on the canal itself.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-01
EnrIond,s Versatile Woman

Few women writers even Tn this day In so many diverse occupations as Lady Colviiie, the author of Round the Black Mans Garden" a chatty volume containing the accounts ot. a tour she made with her husband in Africa ana through Madagascar. / Photography motoring and gardening she under stands and practices according 10 tne latest scientific processes. She man ages her own estates, one in France and one in England. The metal work of the house in which she lives ana of which she was the architect IS all of her own and her husbands design and workmanship. Lady Colville has shot crocodiles in Africa. photographeo cannibals, seen the supposed tornp oi Eve at Jeddah and studied snrglcal nursing in Edinburgh for the purpose of being able to tend her gang Of DOT ters to Uganda on a rough Journey where they constantly had accidents as well as encounters with each other with knives for weapons.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-01
Pretty Much of the Muchness.

New YOrk ITlDune.
 It is not pleasant to recall discredi- table facts, yet 1t is sometimes neces- sarylto dc so for the sake of justice and truth in history. A correspondent points out that the Dutch--including his own ancestry--of New-Netheriand were at times as cruel to the Indians as were the Puritans of New England, and that they were also intolerant or and cruel toward those who disagreed with them in religious matters. Such was probably the case. The fact Is, there has been entirely too much discrimina- tion against the New-Epsianders Tor harshness and intolerance, when they really were no greater sinners than other coIonists. Some of the actual laws of Virginia were as plue as the and even in liberal minded Maryland there was cruel persecution on re- iigious grounds. Human nature geneT- ally averages pretty much alike. and 1t did among the American eolontsts of two centuries ago. .- -y
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-01
Yankee Enterprise in Me1IsO

" dSHlnBlOH Eooh.
 Tn Mexico" said q. M. Hughes of St. Louis, T met hustling end en+er- prising Americans everywhere, MOpte- Iey is almost a Yankee town and aiI evidence of its progress s ths con- struction of $15.0OO,O00 steel plant.
 Tn the state of Cohulla I came across a man who had acquired wnat probably will make him a multimil- l!onaire-an estate of 100000 acrss O lard, apparently worthless, vet wh.cl. was found to have a vast amount Of rubber trees. He got the property for song and the rubber will make hin. a fortune Away out toward th' Pa cihc coast met a forraer United States army officer who hal al im- mense sugar cane plantation that he tcld me was equal to the most produc- tive fram in Louisiana He raised his cane by irrigation and there was no such thing as failure O. the crop
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-01
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1906.
THE OLD AND THE NEW SOUTH.

A recent remark of President Alder man, of the University of Virginia, to the effect that the South 'is the only section in this land that believes in God. reads Walter Scott and votes the Democratic ticket" brings from The Chicago chronicle some comments which we copy in fuIf'e 'esNfollows:
 The pecuIiarities, if not the virtues Of the Southern people are these: An almost universal benef in the truths of the Christian religion; an abhor- renee of infidenty. Spiritualism, free thought" and every conceivable sort of fad or vagary: the idolatrous regard of the sexes for each other; the scarci- popularity of divorce; the point of hon or; a clinging to principles as distin- guished from expediency In indiyluual cases; a love of literature for it's own sake among the educated classes; d laWahiding spirit and general conserv- atism; an unsuspecting frankness of manner and an unusual degree of hos pitality.
 On the other nand, largely on ac- count of the climate, they are compar- atively indolent and destitute of ener- gys invention, initiative and self. re- liance; When their prejudices are ex- cited they are more resentful and pro- ecriptiye than other people. 4ney are guilty of some grave Inconsistencies. They are all free traders, except in re- gard to Southern products. They are lawabidine except when a negro is to be lynched. They cnng to the Demo cratic party after it has completely changed its principles and has abso- iutely nothing to offer the South
 President Alderman said the great want of the South was men" That is singular. The census says there are millions of them in the Southern States. What he means is that tAey are not of enough. but if the world were depen- dent on them 1t would be something g like Spain. Nvnat they need is men who have steam in their makeup.
 The new South is unquestionably and 1t ought to be pleasant reflec- ton on both sides that Northern civil tzation and Southern civilization are tending bT'rs TS6. towsF6 ooppr9%5iS9 and eGnil did not feel free to say all that was in his heart.
 We are almost tempted to say that what The Chronicle evidently consid- CTS the faults of the Southern people are not so in fact. In other words we might accept what it says-"on the other hand"-as really complimentary as its first paragraph certainly is That the new South is unquestionably great improvement on the old South is subject to quanfications. If we look at the matter through the glasses of eommercialism the remark is true, but We deny that the new civilization is better than the old We maintain that no finer civilization has existed on earth. in modern times. at least, than was exhibited by the men and women of this section before the war between the States came to break it down. However, we did not set out to discuss that matter, but copy the editorial to show what Northern Re- publican thinks of us.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-01
TO COTTON HOLDERS.
President HRrvte Jordan Advises that
 They Hold On.

Atlanta. Jan. Sl, 1906.
 The recent heavy depression in the price of future contracts and spot cot standpoint of Legitimate supply and de-
 mand. The price of cotton should pc based on its intrinsic value and not subject to the whims and fancies Of speculation. Let us examine the sta tisticaI position of supply and demand. Exports for season ending August 3lst 1905, s.745,3l6 bales. Takings of Amer Total for the past season. 13,341,O49 bales. Exports since September 1st to January goth, 3,94S, ,060 bales. Ameri- can spinners' takings for same period and domestic takIngs this season, to January goth. Of 6.220,643, a difference of 7,120,406 bales between tho present and past season. Assuming that only port and domestic takings for the bal ance of the present season as against 7,120,4 ,406 bales last year, after the same to supply the demand. Allowing for d crop of 10,250,0 900 bales, there remains to come into sight only 2,667,369 bales
 Port and interior stocks are figured at 1,479, 900 bales. If the American mills take the entire port and interior stocks and T21, ,0O0 bales from the crop yet to be sold to fill their demands, 1t will leave only i,947,000 bales of cotton for export to satisfy the foreign spinners' demand for at least 3,500,000 bales and this figures the foreign demand at fully l,5O0l0O0 bales less than was taken from that souce last year. These are facts based upon actual conditions, Yarn spinners are now selling their out put on basis of 14 cents per pound for the raw cotton. This has been going on for months, Every bale of cotton held in the South should easily command a.price of not less than IS cents, basis middling The spinners can easily pay Is cents for the balance of the unsold portion of this crop and will do so if the spot holders stand firm. Speculative manipulation by the bears" operating in the future market is no puide to the true value of cotton. Tele- graphic reports received by the Asso- ciatiou from all points in the South in dicate that spot holders are standing firm and will not sell at declines. Hold firm for 15 cents; the cotton Is worth it. and I challenge any spinner to show the contrary at present prices of dry goods. Theodore Price is daily filling inc Southern press with misrepresenta- tions of facts and doing all that money and ingenious manipulation of figures can do to break the solid South. Spot hcIders In the South should show by their Armness that they can and will repudfate such men as Theodore Price and the methods employed by them for purely selfish gain. Those Whe hold will win the battle and get 10 cents for their boIdinrs HarVie Jordan.
 President Southern Cotton Association
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-01
Make Appeal for BOwes.

Boston, Jan. 31.-Thonas L. Hayes, Department Commander of the Legion of Spanish War Veterans, and John H. Dunn. formerly a captain in the 2sth United States volunteer regiment of Boston, sent an appeal today to Presi- dent Roosevelt to intervene personally in behalf of John J. Bowes. an English man who has served in both the army and navy and who is detained by the immigration officials here for fear he may become a public charge.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-01
Looking Backward.

Spartanburg Herald
 Every fair day one may see pretty and sweet and attractive girls and young women on the streets. They can do many things but there are others they cannot do. Not one Of them could card the wool or cotton, spin the thread and weave a web of cloth. They would scarcely know a pair of winding blades if they were to see it. They could coverlet and put it in the loom and weave it. They could not bake bread and roast fowls and meats in an open fire place where there were no cook ing stove. But the men have also lost some of the arts that their grandfath- CTS and fathers understood so well. It is doubtful whether there is a young farmer in the county who can select a proper piece of timber with the right crook and make a pair of names. Can any of them make blow stock. grain cradle, wheel barrow. build chimney, carry up the corner of a log house, or cut and split goo rails In day? These people, young, buoyant. full of life, look very smart but there are many things they cannot do.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-01
Cetters tc tbe Gditcr
ANOTHER CANDIDATE.
Fer the Omce of Commissioner of Agri-
 culture.


 Blountville, Ala, Jan. 29, 1906. Editor The Advertiser:
 I hereby announce my candidacy for ture and Industries, subject to the ao- 2T, 1906.
 In this great Commonwealth, the of- fee l seek Is one of no mean creation and the man called to exercise its inl- portant functions should be fully awake to the duties involved in the position, constantly maintaining a sensitive touch upon the throbbing pulse of the States material growth and develop ment.
 Should be honored with this office, I will bring to the administration of It's affairs. my best energies and abiii- ties.
 Until June next, I shall be closely en- tural School at Blountville; but after this time I will give, by the usual methods, a comprehensive expression of my views pertaining to the ever expanding duties of our Department of Agriculture.
 I am profoundly grateful to the many newspapers which have given me kindly notices, as we'll as to the friends who have written me words of encoura cement.
 In obedience to the constitution of the Southern Cotton Association, I have this day forwarded to President W. H, Seymour, my resignation as Vice-Pr ident of the Alabama Division.
 Respectfully
 J. A. B. LoVett.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-01

101 over the question of an eighth hour day and open shop. reached crisis to- day when counsel for the Typothetae filed bill of injunction against the union. it's officers and pickets. praying the court to restrain the latter from interfering with the Typethetae in the conduct of the business of their res speetive printing houses by means of picketing, boycotting and the bribery of employees. Application will be made tomorrow for the court to set day for the hearing
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-01
chGncery Sale.

No. 3127.
 Eugenia Sellers vs. Robbie c. Sellers in thu
 City Court of Montgomery Tn Equity.
 Under and in pursuance of the decree and order of sale in the above stated cause rendered by the Honorable the City Court of Montgomery, In Equity. Alabama, at the October Term, 1905 to-wit, on the 18th day of January. 1906. and filed and entered on the Minutes of said Court on the said 18th day Of January, 1906, l shall on Monday the 2eth day of February, 1908, proceed to sell at the Court Square Fountain, in the City of Montgomery, Alabama. at public out-cry for cash, to the highest, bestand last bidder the following described real estate situated in the County of Montgomery. in the state of Alabama, that Is to say;--An undivided (12) one-half interest In the following de- seribed land: Eh of E15 of Section One; SEA of NEA of Section F; NEA of sE A of Section 12; all in Township 13. and Range IT; also the VIZ of swh; NEk of SWA and NWA of Section 6, all in Township F, and Range IS; and also SWh of Section S1. Township 14, and Range IS, containing all together 6SO acres, more or less, in the Coun- ty of Montgomery and State of Alabama.
 W. H. PARKS, thu-3t Register in Chancery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-01
Harder fer Him.

1Ouths COhmpanIOn.
 The overgrOwn boy who moved the Millers' lawn was unusually slow one day. Ordinarily the task, stretched to its utmost limit, took exactly two hours; but on this occasion it required almost four. When the job was finally completed Tom requested pay for four hours work at 50 cents an hour.
 But" objected his employer, you usually mow that lawn for 40 cents"
 T know it," returned Tom. twirling his cap. but I'll have to charge more today. I was sick, and couldn't work so fast"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-01

From various parts of New England we read complaints of the injury to the ice crop by reason of the open win- ter. We are so accustomed down here to ice made at home just as it is need ed that we fail to appreciate what a great loss it would be to the North If the formation of natural ice should be prevented. It means to them almost what the failure of cotton crop would mean in the South. The Manchester. N H.. Union speaks of the shortage in various parts of New England and says:
 With the prospect in view of a hot summer. the seriousness of a possible shortage of ice is readily understood. There is stili room for the hope, however. that any alarm which may have arisen on account of these reports may prove to be false. It is not too late for freezing weather, and the ice crop may yet make good"
 The manufacture of artificial ice is now such common industry that it is difficult to understand that a short- age of the natural supply will cause serious trouble or inconvenience. We know of no reason why 1t should not be made in the worth as well as In the South. though the cheapness of the natural article is a big item to con- sumers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-01

Among the many kindly newspaper eulogies of General wheeier we have found none better than this from The Kansas City Journal;
 General Joseph haeeler's death robs the world of one of the most pictur- esque and lovable characters in all his tory. Had he lived in cIden times he would have been kniOht-errant, wan dering in strange lands, seeking honor able adventures wherever they might be found. as a crusader against the Saracens or as a lover celebrating the virtues of his lady love. or the name and fame of his native land, with sword and lance against all corners. Even in these prosaic, modern days he sought and found many opportunities to display his adventurous spirit, and like a knight of old he spent many years in fighting, chafing and pining at fnaction, Like Conan Doyle's knight commander of the White Company" small in person. modest and gentle in character, when aroused he was a yer table lion in war.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-01
Amer,c.n Ne,x.naner Men.

American newspaper menare unfor- tunate beings, said member Of the profession. Here in Atherica ths newspaper art Is most highly developed and here in America the newspaper men are having less to do right now Suppose American newspapers were operating in Russia now. Wouldn't stories7
 Right now even little Morocco of fers a great field for the newspaper man, and I doubt if the Moroccan Journalists. if there are any. know what they're up against. Germany and France offer attractive opportuni- ties for the war cloud and in Austria student or socialist is always do- ing something good for couple of col umns. But here in America, what have we7 The same old story of how the contractors are doing nothing down in Panama. How Teddy is trying to bust trusts and Walter Camp to reform football. But there's one consolation, Wherever there is a good news story, you will find an American newspaper man who is leading the chase''