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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-13
TODAY M HISTORY
Name Day: Lucy. Sun rises at 1924;

Name Day: Lucy. Sun rises at 7;24; sets at 4:36.
 i5o2.-A water spout at Porto Belle nand Columbus says: If they had not dissolved 1t by. saying the gospel Of St. John. it had certainly sunk what
 1921. --Emannuel the Great, King of Portugal died. He distinguished him self by the liberal manner in which by Which the Cape of Good Hope was founded, and Brazil visited.
 I621--Robert Cushman having visit ed the colony of Plymouth with sup. plies took in a cargo of beaver skins and clapboards, the first export from New England, which was valued at 900 pounds. The vessel was captured and
 i775.- Congress first determined to build a navy, to consist of five frtgateS of thiFty-two guns, five of twenty eight guns, and three of twenty-four
 I7Ts-American General Lee sur prised and made prisoner by British patrol in New Jersey,
 17SS. Charles III, King of Spain, died. His policy was censured for en- dangering the Spanish empire in Amer ica by supporting the independence of
 1S0S.-FTancis Lews, one of the sign Sers of the Declaration of Independence died, aged 90. He was merchAht Of New York, had visited Russia, and was tary stores, and other secret services. etc.
 1S5O.-The steamboat, Anglo Norman while on 8 pleasure trip for the day, at New Orleans, exploded both boilers, and nearly hundred persons were either killed or wounded
 1S64--SherInan stormed Fort McAl. lister. near Savannah, Ga.
 1905.- --President and Mrs. Roosevelt announced enga cement of Miss Alice Roosevelt to Congressman Longworth; i; wedding took place at White House in February.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-13
4 coop JOKE.

As The Omaha World Herald sees it.. one of the best jokes of the season is to be found in aesentence which oc- feurs in speech made by Secretary Root before the Trans Mississippi Commercial Congress recently in ses- sion at Kansas City. We must find means" he declared, ito relieve Ameri- can ship-builders from the hardships of the protective tarih." This leads The World Herald to say:
 That was the gist of his argument As matters stand, American ship builders cannot compete with foreign CTS because the tarin keeps the price of materials for ship-buildlng at pro- hibitive level. But, of course, we must not dream of tinkering with the tarifE itself, thus lowering the standard of American wages and American living" Heaven forbid! What we must do is to give back to the ship builder, in the form of subsidy, that which pre- lection robs him of in the form of tar IT taxation on his materials. Without this roundabout aid. protection will wholly destroy the ship budding indus try in this country. The national shuttiecock the people" = having borne the hardship of extortionate tax ation for the benefit of special protect ed interests, must now consent that a substantial slice of the revenues be dlN erted 70 the exclusive benefit of an- other special interest. 4 veritabIe endless chain of special benefits, for which, iE every case, the people pay.
 We thoroughly agree with The World-Herald that this remark of Roots was good joke. Root is a protective tariff man. but in this speech he was uphoIding what has come to be pretty seneraliy known as the ship subsidy steal" and delivered himself accordingly. It so happens that some of the materials used in skip-building are. enhanced in value by the tariff system to such an extent that some of the foIeign builders of ships can build them cheaper than our owm firms can, and as ii would be too giaringly Inconsistent to remove the datysfrom these articles and not from many others, the only way to coddle our ship builders is to make them a present of a large slice of the money wrung from the people by the tariff. It is great scheme, and worthy of the Republican Party.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-13
THURSDAY, DECEMBER ls, 1906.
JUDGE PARKERs CHARGES.

Judge Parker. the Democratic can didate for President in 1904, in a. speech in New York, October s1 of that year. made this statement:
 Congress creates a new Department of Commerce and Labor. Of that dee partment the President of the Uuited States appoints Secretary That sec retary was his private secertary. With in that department provision is made for the collection from large corpor- atIons including the so-called trusts, of information which. it is to be borne in mind, is to be submitted to the Pres- ident for private or public use as he may direct. By grace of the same ex- ecutive, this Secretary, through whose department this Information Is collect. ed, becomes the Chairman of the Na- tional Republican Committee. His chief duty has been and still Is to coll IecL funds for the purpose of securing the election of the President. And 1t is now notorious that there has re- suited from this organized importu- nity-whateVer may be the precise oveFdowing treasury to the committee, of which boast is openly and contin- ually made
 Four days later the President issued an angry personal statement from the White House, He said.
 MT. Parker's accusations against MT. CoFteIyou and mo are monstrous. If true they would brand both of us for ever with infamy, and inasmuch as they are false, heavy must be the con- demnatioHs of the man making them. The assertion that Mir. Cor tely0u had any knowledge gained while in any official position whereby he was enabled to secure and did secure any contributions from any corporation is a falsehood. The assertion that there has been any blackmail, direct or in- direct, by Mir. Cortelyou or by me, fs faIsehood. The assertion that there has been made in my behalf and by my authority, by Mir. Cortelyou or by any one else, any pledge or promise, or that there has been any understanding as ognition of any contribution from any Source, is wicked falsehood.
 IL has since been demonstrated that Judge Parker's charges were true, but the President has never apologized for his conduct towards Judge Parker On the contrary, while allowing cortelyou to remain as Chairman of the Republican Committee, he promoted him to the position he now holds of Postmaster General, and has sent his name to the Senate for confirmation as Secretary Of the Treasury Yet he Is glib with his tongue and pen in talking about square deals.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-13
WHAT STATE PAPERS
 ARE SAYING
High Priced at That.

High Priced at That. Bullock County Breeze.
 A vagrant was sold at auction in plenty heye that We would be glad 10 Slve away.
 Didn't Leak out Here.
 u IS asserted that there Is no poli- ties in Seth Lows visit to Alabama, but whether or not the assertion has the proper backing is not known just yet. %
 Butts in Everywhere,
 President Roosevelt. it is now re. ported from Chicago, may be drawn into the Shea case. This would not be surprising. He appears to be able to putt into most everything else;
 Annex and StranRIe. Mobile Herald.
 The Philippine sugar planters are said to be in peril of bankruptcy. It let the tariff makers strangle t. Many alert papers are commenting. on this matter.
 Great Step Forward. Birminbham Ledger.
 The Methodists have taken a great step forward when they determined to consolidate their literary institutions
 
 a great college for women. It means much to that church and to the state
 & A Wants to Assess Taxes at Court House. A bill will be intI oduced in the next Legislature to relieve the Tax Assessor of Pix eCcunty irons the duty of max Ing his rounds to the different voting precincts in tn ecountys and to allow him to remain at tl.e Court House and make assessments there.
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 Watched With Interest. Hartford Times Herald.
 4 colonization scheme that wili- be watched with interest throughout the South Atlantic andS Gulf stctions has Fifty faInilies from the North of 't TtaH will be settled on tract of land that will allow ten to fifteen acres to the family. where they will take up the cultivation of vegetables and fruits.
 < Se & RlghteORs Verdicts. Cullman County juries deserve com- mendation for their records relative to the cases recalled at this writing, duo punishment was meted out to the guilty parties convicted of these indefensible we'll for the citizenship of the county. and infiexible enforcement of the law guarantees the protection of woman- hood.
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 Farm Lands Higher. Dothan Siftings. S We have heard of several places selling for $2O to $25 per acre from i've to ten miles from town, and several places have sold for SS0 to $50 per acre from two to three miles from town We have not heard of a single place selling for less than these figures this fall, within the above distance from two to three miles from town We have not heard of a single place sell ing for less than these figures this fall, within the above distance from town. With one or two more good crops farm lands will very likely be worth $50 per acre anywhere within ten miles of Dothan.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-13
An Ahaent-NlInhnh s,rnin-

A record breaker :n absent minded ucs is certainly a Paris citizen. who appeared the other day before I mag istrate to ask for marriage license. He answered correctly and without hesitation all the questions as tn his name. age and occupation, bat when asked for the name cf his Gancec he became embarrassed, and finally r1- piled deiectedly that he had entirely forgotten to ask her for it. This. re marks d Boulevard paper, recalls the distraction or the famous fable poet. La Fontainc. Meeting onS day in d saloon a young man. he was so faN'ra3- ly impressed by his conversation that uc expressed his admiration for him ia rh. mos, nattcriug terms. But le ,s your uwu. som" exclaimed a guHst. Ih astonishment. "Is lt so:' replied mo poet. then I am the more d d.lghted to make his acquaintance
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-13
WHY DID IF rAYu,

Recently, the national House of Rep resentatives defeated bin which was designed to abolish compulsory pilot age for coastwise sailing craft enter ing or leaving any of the ports from Old Point Comfort to New Orleans. The New York Commercial gives this if. Iustration of the evil designed to be corrected by the bill:
 The iniauity Of the system cannot be better illustrated than by the case of the Port Of Norfolk. Virginia: For eighteen years, as noted by, Congress- man Humphrey of Eashingtan. n . speech in favor of the bill sailing ves-' sells have gone in and out of that har- bor. and In all that time no pilot has been aboard any one of them; yet they have all paid pilotage. Last year lheso more than S60.000 in pilotage, This loot was divided among the pilots Of that port: yet not a single pilot per- formed any service and not pilot was on board of any of these ships; still, for absolutely no service. they recefvS about s10,09e each per year, and all the labor they perform Is to collect this le. galixea blackmail and divide the sDoils Between them.
 Ane' NonmeFcfal cnarBes that tnis bill was defeated. through the infiuepce of Samuel Gompers bringing all the powers of unionism to bear on the members of Congress. We know nothing as to Ae justice of this charge. nor have we seen the vote in detail so as to form an opinion of the ioca- tion of the opposition. The final vote. as given by The Commercial. was lOs for the bill 1s5 against 1t. six present and not voting, and 103 absent. How the vote was divided politically, we are not informed, nor does that matter. Neither are we informed as to the ac. curacy of our contemporary's state. ments about conditions at Norfolk, but If they are correct, We can see no ten- able reason why the bill should not have passed. There may be good req sons for continuing the system of com 'pulaory pIlotags. bpt we gepRfsss that they are not apparent. .azyrs
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-13
DOES THE WORK
SIMPLE PREscRIPTION WHICH SHOULD BE VALUED BY
 ELDERLY PEOPLE.
Relieves All Forms of Kidney and BIadder Troubles and Rheuma-
 tism--Fix It At Home


 All medical authorities are agreed that the blood is the great source of disease or of health in the human sys- tenn. If the blood is pure, the indi- vidual is strong and, healthy, if the blood Is impure or diseased then there Is sickness or decay in the whole sys- tenn.
 Rheumatism Is strictly blood dis- ease. It is caused by excessive uric acid. Sores, pimples, etc, mean bad blood. Catarrhal affections must be treated through the blood to get per- manent results. To get we'll, to feel strong. hearty and vigorous one must have good clean blood and lots of it. Ycu can't clean the blood thoroughly unless the kidneys are made active. Bad blood means clogged, inactive kid- neys and liver which causes, too, such symptoms as backache nervousness, bladder and urinary difficulties and other sympathetic troubles
 Here is simple home remedy and the prescription for making it up is
 Fluid Extract Dandelion. ore-half ounce; Compound Kargon, one ounce; Compound Syrup SarsapartIla. three ounces. Shake well in a bottle and take in teaspoonful doses after each meal and again at bed time The in- gredients can be obtained at any good prescription pharmacy at small cost.
 Here the readers of this paper have a simple yet powerful and effective remedy for all forms of blood, kidney and bladder diseases which should re- lieve rheumatism and catarrhaL afkec- tions and replace that weak. woRn-oltt indifferent feeling with strength, yisor and health.
 This prescription is considered by the best physicians as a fine system renoYator and being made of vegetable extracts only is harmless and anyciie can mix 1t at home. Try this anyway before investing in the secret unknown connections of the patent medicine manufacturers
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-13
Two HSmans Excluded.

New York Sun.
 Bishop John J. o'Connor of the Cath olic Diocese of Newark. has issued in structions to the pastors of the churches under his direction tc dis continue the singing of Nearer, My God, to Thee" and Lead. Kindly Light" at church services. The Bishop said Lead Kindly Light" might be sung in the churches after the con- clusion of services if the pastor saw fit to permit it, but under no considera- tion was Nearer, My God. to Thee, !" to be heard in any church under his Jurisdiction. .~..
 The Bishop declared the law of the church did not permit the singing of any hymn that is not part of the litur- gical service, and added, Nearer. My God, tC Thee" is no more part of the service than is ''In the Sweet By and By" The hymn is. purely sentimen tai while Lead. Kindly Light is an appeal for spiritual light but there isn't any reason for it being sung in the churches.
 The liturgical Service is In Latin, and although the singing Of an English translation of a part of the liturgy or Psalm, etc., is sanctioned, 1t is an iron rule of the church not to allow the singing of songs not included in music receiving the appreciation of the proper Lead, Kindly Light" was written by Cardinal Newman before his conve,,, sion to the Catholic religion.
 The two hymns now forbidden have been sung frequently of late in the Catholic churches.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-13

The first holiday issue of a news paper has reached our table. It is The Columbus, tMlss) Despatch. It is bright with colored pictures and with interesting original matter, and the advertising columns show that the wide awake business men of the Misls- sippi city appreciate the value of The Despatch as a means of communicat- ing with the people. The Despatch is to be congratulated on getting out such a handsome and interesting is sue
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-13
ROJEsTvENsKY ON STAND.
Attempt to Prove Squadron Unfit to D
 BnftIc -

Attempt to Prove Squadron Unfit to Do
 Battle.
 St. Petersburg, Dec. 12.-Vice- Ad- miral Rojestvensky was placed on the stand today in the trial by court mar tial of Rear Admiral Nebogatoff. in an attempt to bring out testimony as tc the unfitness for battle of Nebogatoff's squadron which the defense hitherto had vainly endeavored to introduce,
 The anticipated sensational charges of fraud in the building and fitting out of the ships were barred by a ruling of the court that all evidence before the day of battle of the Sea of Japan was incompetent, and counsel for Nebago- toff was unable to establish any unef- fectiveness in the Russian shells CT ann munition. t
 When Rojestvensky was asked if, in view of, the condition of Nebogateff's s squadron any alternative but sarren- der was possible, he Bquested permis- sion not to reply.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-13
DATES OF APPOINTMENTS.
COrIeIyOu and GarAeid to Take Charge
 Narcl,


 Washington, Dec. 12-'It IS the pres ent intention to have MT. Cortelyou take charge of the Treasury portfolio on March f." said Senator Aldrich, who talked with the President today about MT. Cortelyou's nomination to be the Secretary of the Trea 5ury, which was held up by the Senate Finance Committee yesterday because no date was specified as to when the aIroint- ment would become effective.
 The same formal objection, it is, said. applies to other nominations now be- fore the Senate, notably, that of James R. Garfield. to be Secretary of the Ina terior.
 As the result of the conference -Mr. Won Meyer to be Postmaster General and MT. Garfield to be Secretary of the Interior. also will be dated to take effect March f. An alteration will be made in the form of the nomination of Attorney General Moody to be ras- sociate Justice of the Supreme Court Secretary of the Navy BonaDarte to be Attorney General. Secretary of Com merce and Labor Metcalf to be Secre- tary of the Navy. and Oscar Strauss to be Secretary of Commerce and Lahor. These nominations win take effect on December 24.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-13
In the HuIl's Eye

Atlanta Constitution
 The executive committee If the Southern Immigration and Industrial Association has hit a solution of the Souths immigration problem square n the bull's-eye, if the plans fcrmulat Ai at Columbia a few days ago are maic the basis of a patient sad intelligent campaign of action
 The, establishment by eFery Couthetn State of departments of ipimigratton and commerce
 Such a modification Of existing .mmi- grafton laws as will render 1nctpal the work of these State departments
 The diversion of Atlantic steamship service to Southern ports 70 end of building up an independent southern commerce, and securing desirable I'm 7 migrants for this section.
 The systematic refutatlon cf slande g tending to impede immigration to ~the
 The best endeavors to correct abuses that may reflect fin any way injuriously upon the people of this section
 thorough campaign or education to increase interest in an attendance on technical. agricultural and industTial
 The Constitution has at frequent in- tervaIs emphasized each and every one of the methods It is essential that the bulsness men of the South who are, earnest as regards practical and all- round development, devote their prac" tical energies toward putting them ln- to execution.
 The work has been cut out and laid to their hands. It is now incumbent upon them to get about its pArTqrmanc" without delay.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-13
Inc RussIan Famip

NtN I VI IIlbuHt.
 Reports of famine In Russia are multiulld and inteslhed.( until we are compelled to fear that thcYe is muen Russian peasants probably 20,O0Q,0e0 or moro. are suffering the pangs Of hunEe" and are afflicted " tn or eX- fences which always accompanE or foi- low famine. It is scarcely 9'pposable that thc situation is or will bC as grave as hass occasionally existel in Indi3 and Chlna- In modern times In India wo have heard of 1000 o00 aarishing. in Orissa and Bengal ia 1865, of l,500,0 nno In Bombay Madras and lAysSre in lS7-. while in the last mentioned year tho famine in Northcrn China is said population of Russia is much small~r
 Hru that CT Indian or China, and tA- famine region lies much nearer bases of relief wherefore the dEu:ea of tn" tragic results of famine .hert are like ly tO all 6 short those -Thich we have
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-13
uo,. Inhnrer. Rnhhed

Lexington, Ky, Dec. 12.-Joseph Noge and Michael Komash, Polanders, engaged here in service construction, who had been laboring for two years and had saved $1.O0O. were robbed last night of $640. They had concealed the money inside a log in some manner and robbers blew oren the log with dynamite and got the money. The whole police department is working on fine ease.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-13
SEND JEWS SOUTH.
Jacob Schfm ReaSs Movement to Divert
 Immigration.

Immigration.
 Chicago, Dec. 12.-Realizing the ner cessity of doing something to relieve congested conditions of the Jewish quarters in Chicago. New York and other large cities, leading New York Jews are planning to divert Jewish im- migration to the West.
 Jacob Schiff, the New York banker, who is in Chicago at the present time. discussed the subject yesterday with Judge Julian w. Mack. The plan con templates the organizing of an asso- citation to be financed by Mir. Schiff and other leading American Jews, which will undertake to send Jewish immigration to the South and to the extreme Western part of the country.
 No effort will be made to encourage immigration but all poor Jews, who ar rive at New York and other Atlantic ports, will be given an opportunity to go to cities and towns in the South and West. To facilitate matters, the as- sociation plans to establish agencies and bureaus of information at New York and at Galveston, Tex.,. and other Gulf ports.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-13

extreme Southern states, but doubts less in the states of Virginia. North Carolina, Tennessee and Kentucky. where there Is large and influential white Republican element material for the Roosevelt cabinet might be found.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-13

The squaws of the Umatina Indians up in Oregon positively refuse to al- low their babies carried in baby-car- riages. The mother persists in carry ing her papoose strapped to a board on her back, and no 'rale-face wagon" is allowed, among them,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-13

One of the esteemed Montgomery Advertisers grievances is that the south isn't represented in tho cabinet. Will the esteemed Montgomery -\d- Vertiscr' favor us with a list of the Republicans in Alabama and the neigh bor States whom it thinks qualified for the cabinet?-Hartford Courant
 We will own up to the fact that it would he dhicult if not impossible, to find in Alabama Republican who would measure Intellectually and otherwise, 10 what is required in a member of the Presidents cabinet. The same can be, said as to most of the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-13

Coming from any other place than Chicago the statement about live cha meleons coming from a woman's mouth would be startling, but so many strange things come from the mouths of Chicago people that this last Is not surprising.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-13

Mir. Roosevelt calls 1t "dIshonorable" Tn the storers to have taken notes of their conversations with him. He should be aware by this time that 1t is not safe for anybody to repeat any thing he says unless the nearer has written evidence to sustain him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-13

It Is announced that an English wo- man who has Been divorced already from two husbands, is going to marry Count BonL We do not know the size of her fortune, but it must be large or he wouldn't want her. and she must be hard-up for a husband or she wouldn't want him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-13

The Buffalo News has now got it all fixed up that a treaty made by Con gress-and Roosevelt-is superior to the Federal constitution, the laws of the States and all other trihing obsta- cles. Now Japan caE go to school wherever she pleases-perhaps.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-13
Favorable Reports Ordered.

Washington, Dec. l2-Favorable re- pors were ordered today by the Sem ate Committee on Interstate Commerce on the nomination of Judscn C. Clem- ents of Georgia James s. Harlan of H. Iinols, and Edgar E. Clarke of. Iowa, to be Interstate Commerce CommIs- sioners.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-13

Now comes a Paris professor who claims that thoughts can Dc photo graphed. We sincerely tope he will not get any photographs of what We think of his theory.