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The Washington herald., 1907-10-20
SPECIAL NOTICES.
NoTICE To sToCKHoLDERs.

The sixty-first quarterly dividend Of one
and three-fourths per cent has been de
clared on the capital stock Of The Wash
ingtOn Loan and Trust Company pay
able NOVEMBER ]. 1901 when checks
FOR such dividend will be mailed TO all
stockholders OF registered address. The
books for the transfer of stock will be
closed from October . 10 November !.
1907, both dates inclusive Stockholders
who have changed their addresses since
date of last dividend will please notify
the company HARRY G. MEEM,
ocl6. .20A Treasurer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-09
TODAY IN HISTORY
Name Day; Julian. Sun rises at 1920:

sets at 40.
 15s6. Francis Drake. the English tlnction under his relative, Sir J. flaw kins, and having lost all his property in action with the Spaniards, he con- ceived an inveterate hatred against them. He signalized himself in the destruction of the Spanish armada, and finally died on the coast of America in a war against the Spanish settle- ments.. He trade the first voyage around the world. To him is attribu- ted the introduction of the potato Into Europe. The day and year of his death is differently stated.
 1921 The Plymouth colonfsts. com menced the erectiorhof their projected town, which they built in two rows of houses for greater security. The same street still exists, leading to the water side.
 17sS.-Connecticut, the fifth State which adopted the consultation of the Unied States without amendments.
 1793.--Mr. Blanchard, the French sion. in the United States, at Phila: delphia, in the presence of General Washington.
 05.-The Presidents message a half the quickest trip then. ever made between Washington and the Louisiana metropolis.
 1s09.-Congress passed laws to en- IQTc0 the efnDarSO.
 3.-British manifesto against the United States.
 Truce between General Jack son and General Lambert to bury the dead of the battle of the previous day.
 1S16.--The British began the bonn bardment of the American fort St. Philip, defended by Major Overton, which was kept up daily until the 17th.
 1S15.--A society formed at Trenton, N. J., for forming colony of blacks.
 1S15.-Great fire at Port-au-P Prince; 600 houses burned and property to an immense amount destroyed. The blacks who inhabited the mountains rushed down and completed the work of destruction, by firing and plunder- ing such houses as the fire had not reached, and committing every sort of excess.
 1s54.-The Astor Library in New York opened to the public
 1881 The steamer Star of the West fired on by Southern batteries in Charleston harbor and driven back.
 1865.-Mass meetings held in the large cities of the North to send sup plies to Savannah.
 1908. The settlement of the Jacob s. Rogers will contest placed his $S,- O0O, 900 bequest at the disposal of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
 (service by American Press-News, Washington, D. C.)
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-09
WHAT STATE PAPERS
 ARE SAYING
High Prices May Force It.

High Prices May Force It. Gadsden Journal.
 If you want to live to a good old age. cut out about one-half of youA food. We all eat too much to ehjoy good health.
 # <
 A Good Change. Birmingham Age-Herald
 In Missouris first Senatorial primary Governor Folk will be pitted against expects to win.
 X Great Advantage. Anniston Hot Blast.
 There is this advantage in having slower schedules. You have the op- portunity of doing the waiting at home . instead' of at the depot which is some advantage.
 $ 9s Ss
 That VIII Not Occur. Ashland Standard.
 An enterprising publisher is figuring on producing a popular edition of The Congressional Record. Better wait until Jeff Davis and Vardaman get to the Senate and bring out a sporting edition.
 Sa $ g
 They Will Survive It. Limestone Democrat.
 The editors over the land are pre2arx-
 
 of brightier and happier days. The Ma tional Congress, together with the In- terstate Commerce Commission, has put the editors on the walk"
 5e < !. Need Spirit. Opelika Post.
 The business interests and growth of more towns are checked on the part of the business men and the lack of public spirit generally, than from opposition of neighboring towns and adverse surroundings. It is the get up-and- d-get-there spirit that needs arousing to start many town. t $ # Burglary aS n Capital Crime. Opelika News. 1 Highway robbery is capital offense in this State, but the man who stops | another at the point of pistol is a Ches- | terheldian financial negotiator when ! compared with the villain who sneaks l into the bed chamber of men and wo- i men and children at the midnight hour, 1 with murder fixed in his heart as a pre- | ventative of possible capture. The bill ' proposed by MT. Maner spould pass.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-09
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1907.
THE PICKLE VOTERS.

Tn Massachusetts, two years ago. says The Muskogee q. T) Times Democrat, MT. Douglas. Democrat, was elected Governor on the issue of tarin revision. At the same election Mfr. Roosevelt, a Republican, carried the State for President on a platform which declared against revision. Who 'Sould tell from that election what the people of Massachusetts thought about the tariffg'
 We'll you see it was this way: A majority of the voters wanted tariff revision. because Mir Douglas wanted 1t, and a majority of them didn't want 1t because Mr. Roosevelt didn't want it. Clear as mud, isn't it? But the fact that a Democrat carried the State for Governor by a plurality of 36,0O0 when he was known to be in favor of revising the tariff, and at the same election a Republican carried it for President by a plurality of s2.oOO on an anti-revision platform shows how fickle the voters may sometimes be. In round numbers the Democratic can didate for Governor boiled 69,000 more votes than did the Democratic candi- date for President, while the Republi- can candidate for President had 59,00e more votes than was given the Repub- lican candidate for Governor. Both the Democratic candidates favored tar if revision and both the Republican candidates opposed 1t, yet the figures show a really great disparity in the .vctes boiled.
 This, as we said, shows fickleness. In the voters, to some extent, but it also shows how local issues or nation ell issues may affect a result, or how the name of a candidate may change them. Massachusetts is one of the most unvaryang Republican States in the Union. but in all New England, there has of late been something re- sembling a revolt against the present tariff system and the people of Massa- chusetts showed 1t in their vote for Douglas, although a large majority of the voters wer against him politically as they proved when they voted for President. There's no denying the un- certainty hanging about the polls at times.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-09
IsIT PREVENTARLE,

In an editorial in The New York Mail under the head of "PreventabIe Butch cry" this paragraph occurs:
 There are signs of an effort to stir the public and the authorities out of the mood of fatalistic Iethargy. Moth ing less than startling Is the statement of James J. Hill that he never under takes a railroad journey without won dering whether it will be his last. "It is a fact of knowledge to every rail- road man" he declares. that in this day from two to three trains enter at times into every block of every system in the country. The first national movement to promote the use of safety and hygenic devices not only on the rails but In factories is to be launched at a public dinner in New York this month, and an exhibition of safety ap-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-09
pliances will be held here for week afterward.

piiancss will be held here for . week afterward.
 Mir. Hill. as is generally known, is veteran in the. railroad business. He has been connected with river, rail and other transportation affairs for fifty years. and for about one-third of a cen- tury has been connected with rail- roads in some capacity. If any man is fully competent on trains he is one. yet his language plainly intimAtes that he never feels anything like assurance of arriving at his destination when he boards train.
 The lack of confidence exhibited by MT. Hill is not assuring to the travel ing public. Of course. no man can be absolutely sure of the future, but all would like to be encouraged to believe that they can travel on a railway with out furnishing business for the under taker. They would like to know that there is at least probability of reach ing their journeys end unhurt.
 Can this butchery of human beings be prevented? If so, it is certainly time that means to that end were being enforced. We all know that some i'm provements can be made and that some useful lessons can be learned from re- cent gruesome examples. TA em- ployes of all grades ought to know that one train cannot run safely over a track on which another train is stand ing still. They ought to know that two trains running in opposite direc- tions cannot pass each other on the same track without disaster The Mail thinks that public interest should be aroused, if there is any way to bring that result about, and that is well enough, but is 1t not also time that the criminal laws of the country were brought into requisition to a greater extent than is now done? A little judi cfous punishment for those who are careless or indifferent in the dis charge of their duties is necessary. or railway travelling will soon become a peril to all who undertake 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-09
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Cotton NfIII Inspection.

I see that Rev. s. E. Mason com mends the parts of the report of pr. Searcy, that recommend certain legis- lation in the interest of inebriates, and the appointment of an inspector of Aims houses.
 things to do.
 However. there is another inspector that l think should be appointed. l mean an inspector of mills for the State of Alabama. This should be done to secure the better enforcement of the child labor law. The cotton mills. I think. usually keep themselves clear of the law by getting written affidavit from the parents of children. that they are of legal age. Many of these parents I am sorry to say, make these atttdavits when such is not the fact.
 l think, 10 have an inspector to visit the mills as Cften as is necessary would tend tc enforcement of this law. l think there should also be in con nection with this law a compulsory education law Many children turn cd loose on the streets of cotton mill towns. are about as badly situated a If in the mills
 Yours truly,
 Lanett. Ala, Jan [ 1907
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-09
DRIFTWO0D
Back There,
| BY PHIL 1T. ARMSTRONG

Back There.
 Back through the years.-- It don't seem far
 To the things that were From the things that arc. Just a step--
 It seems and yet So many steps One can forget.
 The birds are singing, Back there now. Hopping round
 From bough to bough, The old home place Is standing where
 The apple blossoms
 Scent the air.
 know the sun
 Shines just as bright But 1t doesn't seem
 To me quite right
 To think 1t should , That used to see
 My sisters-brothers ~Roaming free.
 Back There, perhaps. Strange voices blended, Strange children
 .'Hick'ry horses" bend shouldn't mind
 That they are gay
 Because we've all
 Long gone away,
 But somehow, we'll
 You know the feeling When the evening Shades are Rednd your window And the west ! -a' Zines with gold, .3 Tire dead suns nest. You know the homssick. ~ ~Heart-starved sigh -As you think of
 Days gone by,
 YoIrve known it sure Sometime, somewhere. Thinking of the home A Back There. He Is fool who would guess at a woman's exact age If 1t wasn't for crying over it, girls wouldn't enjoy x g TsdS!ns' < 5 A man recently hit h.s wife over the head with framed motto. on which was printed God Bless Our Home.' Never go home, young man." says an exchange, until the clock strikes twenty three" A girl who sits up that late for a man deserves to get him.
 Care killed a cat, but still this is not. saying that you must not take
 Explained. h, "Why iy.i is 1t ,. bombs are always thrown ,.I. Because. .1 t..fS fSc! Russian where angels
 < @ <
 Both Dangerous. My. daughter is taking voice cul- ture.'" That's too bad, mum; mine's talk ing malaria. Have you dun enything for it?''
 se Te E Couldn't Hear Him Talk so We'll, Barber: Do you want a close shave? Victim: No; stand back a little, please
 As @ $ The men of green Galore are tall and fair to see. But darker than the Southern men, and strong as ours is he; And since he kissed me on the lips and went upon his way, To the land beyond the forests I must follow him today!
 Mag gaine Poem.
 & S % Gee. ain't men the wretches for having women after 'em?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-09
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given thai application will be made to the next Legislature of Ala bama for the passage of bill. in substance or effect as folldws. namely:
 A BILL. TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To appropriate the sum of two hundred
 and ninety three and thirty-three one
 hundredth dollars to pay the claim of
 Taylor Smith for work and labor done
 while improperly confined in the
 penitentiary under judgment and
 sentence of conviction. after said judg-
 ment had been reversed end annulied.
 and to authorize the State Auditor to
 draw 8 warrant payable to said Smith. or his attorney. for said amount. on the
 State Treasurer.
 Section 1. Be it enacted by the LeEls- Iature of Alabama. That tho sum of two hundred and ninety three and thirty-three one hundredth dollars be. and the same is hereby appropriated by the State of Ala bama to pay the claim of Taylor Smith for work and labor done while improperly confined in the penltentiary under a judg- ment and sentence of conviction after said judgment had been reversed and annulIed Section 2. Be 1t further enacted that the State Auditor be authorized and required to draw a warrant payable to said Smith, his attorney for said amount on the State Treasurer B. NJ. ALLEN.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-09
HOW WE GROW.

We are certainly growing rich with rapid strides. By this, we do not mean the editorial we" for that would not be true, and strict regard for veracity is one of the cardinal virtues observed and adhered to in The Advertiser office. We had reference to the American people, 'of whom we are one of which," so to speak, and though our portion of the accumulation is not large enough to invite the cupidity of rob- bers and safe-breakers, it is some. In the language of Merculio, our share "ls not so deep as a we'll, nor so wide as church-door," but we are part of the good luck.
 But to return to our mutton. Mir. William E. Curtis is one of the best informed newspaper men in the coun- try, and he has been gathering some interesting statistics. As result of his Investigations, he announces that during the past six years the wealth of the American people has increased at the rate of 1,474 for each second of time that has passed. Each reader who is so desirous can take pencil and paper and figure out how much this amounts to in a month or a year. or even each minute, hour and day, if one has taste for going into accurate details. With or without this, 1t is plain to be seen that our people are growing rich at rate to almost make ones head swim.
 Another important fact deduced from the figures of MT. Curtis is that if the wealth of all the people of the United States were equally divided each man, woman and child would be worth just about $1, 400 today. It is plain to the dullest comprehension that If some of our esteemed fellow citizens didn't have more than their proportionate share of the goods, some of us would have more than we now have. But that's the way of the world. Some have more and some less. and a large majority of us poor unfortunates are on the little side. But we" are grow ing rich, all the same.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-09
THE soUTH,s PossIBILrT1Es.

The Baltimore Manufacturers Record says in 1906 the South
 Built S,O55 miles of railroads.
 Produced $2,00O, 900 900 on It's farms.
 Dug S4,000,000 tons of coal from its mines.
 Cut at least 1s,oOO. .OOO, 900 feet Of lumber.
 Gave s7OO, 900 worth of merchant disc to American export trade.
 Manufactured $2, 900 900. 900 worth of goods in iron and steel and wood and leather and cotton and wool and other ma ,erals.
 Added se.s5O,OOO,OO0 to ;he value of It's real wealth.
 The South will do what in I9o7?" asks The Record. It will go still high CT ir the line of industrial, agricultural and educational advancement
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-09
WATCHES

Now is the right time to bay good watch at a bargain. 2 jewell Hamilton 20 year gold case S25.00. 2 jewell Elgin 20 year gold case $500 t9 jewell Raymond 20 year gold case $22.50. All other watches at cut rate prices.
 F. J. DREHER, & co,
 10 South Court St.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-09

Notice is hereby given that a bill will be introduced at the 1907 session of the Legis- lature of Alabama to relieve the First Ma tonal Bank of Montgomery for amount of 6 note signed by Wm. D Jelks. J. M. Falk- ner, C. l.. Ruth, W. D. Westcott L. B. Stone, S. T. Frazer. A. c. Danner. W. A. Handley. Samuel Blackwell, A Y. Glover, Members of the Board of Control of the=old Soldiers Home. to the sum of $2.75S Sg, and additional small amount for interest for a short time. This amount was borrowed said note to meet expenses of maintain ing the Old Soldiers Home at Mountain Creek. said cost of maintenance being in ex- of the appropriation for such purpose to said amount. wed-4t
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-09
Hitchcock Defiant.

Hitchcock Defiant,
 Eufaula. Indian Journal
 Perhaps the reason that Secretary Hitchcock has not been removed long ago is because the president couldn't do 1t. When Hitchcock takes the bit in his teeth those in the way had bet ter take to cover When the senatorial committee that recently visited the In- dian Territory pointed out to Hitch f6eK Mnere m sb ne Was ha scin me law but what of that. He thought 1t audacions that any one should sup pose the law greater than himself and he was right on pursuing the course he had mapped out in regard to Indian allotments and any other matter that came before him. Hitchcock thinks he Indians he ever had a chance of study Ing were the political Indians he left behind him in St. Louis.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-09
THE SOUTH NOT RESPONSIBLE.

The Philadelphia Record thinks that the English holder of Confederate bonds who hopes that Congress will permit the Southern States voluntarily to pay about 12 per cent of the face of the bonds, is wasting his time. The States" adds The Record, did not in- cur the debt ,and no people ever paid the obligations of past generation if they could help it. Besides. the Four teenth Amendment provides that neither the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrec- ton or rebellion against the United States The Southern people lost enough without reimbursing the Eng fish people for their small losses"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-09

An English society woman ran up an extravagant milliner's bill and hubby refused to pay it. The milliner sued both husband and wife, and the court cut down the bill one-half. The judge held, in effect, that husband is only bound for the reasonable debts of the wife, and that the milliner should have exercised due caution in trusting the woman Wonder how that kind of law would work over here?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-09

The New Years edition of The Dal- las News was record-breaker as to size. It contained 120 pages, and they were full of business. Dallas has been conducting an advertising campaign for some time, and its efforts have told in the way of drawing attention, capi- tai and people. The News covered every feature of business. social and general growth in that city and sec- tion. It was great paper
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-09

Of course, we might have known 1t. and to some extent we did expect it. Some days ago we made mention of a wonderful negro poet discovered in Philadelphia and intimated that Vir- ginia and Carolina contemporaries must look to their Iaurels. Now prances forth The Charlotte Observer asserting that this new one 'is a North Carolina negro, born and raised in Robeson County" All right. if you say so--but it's tough on Virginia.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-09
NoyEnrnrR. 1sos.

&stax-4 1otal sssss"oSotS~o
 
 BaSiy Average for November, 1906 .13,2I0 Sunday Average for November, 1906 .15o5S E. g. Noble, Circulation Manager of The Montgomery Advertiser. being duly sworn, \ The foregoing statement f The Advar- sfsers circulation for the month of Novem- Der. 1906. Is true and correct and compiled after all returns from newsboys, news agents. spoiled and leftover copies have been deducted. F. s. NOBLE, Circulation Manager. Sworn to and subscribed before me this a1st day of December. 1906.
 F. ". JACKSON,
 Notary Public
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-09

Taft evidently thinks that If he will walk along quietly and look another way the presidential nomination will creep up and faAen to him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-09

We beg to assure The Columbus Ledger that we have about gotten over the effects. and will try to avoid mixing the babies in future, especially when they are not at all alia'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-09
ADVERTISERS BW0RN-TO CIRCULATION.

Any day in the year you can look right hero and find this Sworn Detailed state ment of The Advertisers Circulation TOT the preceding month.
 The net paid-for circulation during NO vember was as follows:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-09
Lanett. Ala, Jan
Alarmed

spot
 oh, doctor. is his vitality very great !?
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1907-11-20
FUNERAL OF MR.. ROBERTS
WILL BE BURIED FROM RE
FORMED CHURCH FRIDAY.
Obsequies Will Be Under Detection
of the Lodge Of Elks, of Which
He Was Member.

The funeral of Mr.. J. r. Roberts,
who died at his home on North Queen
street Tuesday afternoon, will take
place Friday afternoon at 2.30 o'clock.
The services will be conducted In
Christ Reformed church, of which Mr..
Roberts was a consistent member for
many years, and will be under the au-
spices Of the Martinsburg lodge of
Elks.
The religious services will be con-
Quoted by Rev. DR.. J. A. Hoffheins,
and the impressive burial service of
the Elks will be used at the grave.
Interment will be in Green Hill ceme-
terry.
The expressions of regret at the
death of Mr. Roberts were many and
sincere. He had wide acquaint-
ance In the city and county, and num-
bered his friends by the hundreds.
He was a genial and companionable
gentleman, a staunch friend and a
man of many excellent qualities. Mr..
Roberts had the distinction of being
the Oldest member, in point Of years,
of the Benevolent and Protective Or
der Of Elks in West Virginia, and took
an active interest in the affairs Of
the Martinsburg lodge. He was very
popular with the members here, ant
no lodge ceremony or festivity was
considered complete without the pre-
sence of Mr.. Roberts.