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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-15
"This is My 5Oth Brthday''
William H. Taff.

William Howard Taft, Secretary of War and prominently mentioned for the Republican presidential nominau0 next year, was born in Cincinnati Sept. I5. 1851. His father was attorney gen- eral of the United States in 1sTe-7. The present Secretary of War was grad uated from Yale University in 1878. and later took a course at the Cincinnati Law School He began work .aa q newspaper reporter in his home city, but after a few years abandoned jour nalism for the law. He hiied a mum. her of publdc offices, including that of Judge Of the Superior Court of Ohio; He was Solicitor General of the United States 1s90-O2. President of the Philip nine Commission 1900-19o4, first CIVIL Governor of the Philippine Islands 1901 04. and Secretary of War, taking of flee February 1. 1904. He is, now on his way to tho Philippines to, De pres ent at the opening next month Of the first Legislative assembly of the ls' lands,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-15

It will soon be tax paying time don't forget to pay your poll tax; there may come a time when you will want to vote.
 In this paragraph The Eufaula Times makes a center shot. The payment of poll tax begins in few days. on ccto- ber 1. Any man subject to poll tax should pay. not only the poll tax for this year, but any arrears in poll tax he may owe. The man who negleets or refuses to pay that tax voluntarily disfranchises himself and of his own volftion refuses to participate in the public affairs of Alabama. There will be many local, county and city cleo tions next year, as well as a general State election.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-15

and sold 1t for $500. This fellow is Independent of cro2 feiiures. Of course a treaty with Morocco ought to he "sindins. There are at present s1,722 persons in jail in this country. and we'd be afraid to say how many are "on the outside lookin' in" who ought to be added te that number A Chicago man, who is evidentiy afraid of his souaw," has asked the assistance of the city police to help him get rid of his wife's ten cats. Some men are so unreasonable.
 Some peoples smiles seem to be a misat
 One way to shatter loves young dream Is to see the dreamy-eyed girl you're love with eating corn off the cob.
 Tn sleeping car wreck one may be thrown with the very best people. Who's that lean. hungry looking chap over by the bakery" ''Oh, he's a newspaper reporter" And who's that fat man talking to him.
 "oh. he hasn't got any money either"
 
 Is Its
 A poor excuse is better
 Than none, they say.
 Is a poor relation better
 Than none. praya
 The little. four year-old had been sent after galvanized bucket; Please Mister" she said to the clerk au1ana gaid fn aand bar nivilizad Yes, sometimes the ladder of sue- cess Is reached by rounds of ap- plause.
 "You don't make dough like mother
 With sneers and groans
 Said MT. Jones. You don't make dough like father -~~ Said Mrs. Jones,
 In freezing tones,
 "oh. can I get board here" enauired the blonde stenographer. nlied the shrewd landiady. If you iis- ten to the conversation"
 4 |. "Is the oyster a him." asks the Aus tin Statesman.
 Tt may not be hymn. but to very hungry man it's one grand sweet song
 % If The Houston Posts poet who paints such sweet pictures of child-life would stop to think how couples with children can't get board, can't pay big rent for houses (when in ordinary cir cumstances) and landlords refuse to rent them flats. he'd sing "race-suicide tunes a while! I'm the AIabauia Woods. Oh, the Alabama woods are full of haw and wild grape vines, An the ground will soon be covered with the luscious mukcadines. An the painted leaves are driftin' an' a dancip' in their play An the Alabama pussunl's getttn' fat ter every day, Oh, the Alabama hieker-nuts are bout the best on earth. (say. ain't you glad that Alabama was your place of birth?) Oh, the wild turkeys are gophlin' an the squirrels leap an sway An the Alabama pnssum's gettin' fat ter every dayi
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-15

The Washington Post observes that the three New Workers elected to the presidency had all been Governors of the State, as had Mir. Tillman who came so near being President. Also four of the nine New Workers elected Vice President had been Governors. a fifth becoming Governor after four years in the chair of the Senate. Four of the nine New York Vice Presidents attained the Presidency. Van Buren by election Fillmore. Arthur and Roose- welt succeeding upon the death of Presidents
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-15
Good Advice.

Charlotte Observer.
 The South is enjoying a period of abounding prosperity, due largely to the fact that it has been able to bor- row in the great centers money with which to prosecute it's enterprises but when its credit Is gone its develop ment will end That no man liveth to himself and. no man dieth to himself is fact which rests upon Scriptural authority, and 1t is equally true of States and of sections of the United States The South Is a borrower, and It's continued prosperity is contingent upon its continued ability to borrow. This will cease with the continued dom- inance of the demagoRue, whose Ideas begin and end with office. and 1t is high time for the people who are not longer by those who are after nothing else.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-15
sEoom RouND.

 Court House. Beats 1 to '. November S 6, [, 8, 8, Il and IF, 1907. walkers Store. Beat 20, Wednesday. No~ vember I3. 1907. Der It. 1907. Der IS. 1907. Mcdehee's Switch. Beat 2. Saturday, NO- Vember 1e, 1907. Tsaslsy's Mil. Beat Is. Monday. lSovsm- Der IS, 1907
 Pine Level. Beat IS. Tuesday. NOvsmbsx IS, 1907.
 Dublin. Beat 14 Wednesday. November 90. 1907.
 stoddard's Store. Beat 15. Thursday. No- vember 2l, 1907. Union Academy. Beat 1s. Friday. NOvsn- Der 22, 1907. crenshaw's Store. Beat 10. Saturday. NO- vember 2S, 1907. Oak Grove. Beat 8. Monday November 25, 1907. Matthew's station. Beat 1T. Tuesday. No- vember 2e. 1o0Ti Mount Meigs. Beat 2i. Wednesday. Nos vember 27. 1907. Robinson's x Roads. Beat Il. Saturday. November 30. 1907 In addition to above appointments, the Tax Assessors office will be open at the Court House November IS. 14. IS, 16. 1ss and le for the purpose of receiving Rs- ssssments. GEO. w. HALLS.
 Tax Collector Montgomery County.
 A. H. EUBANK.
 Tax Assessor. Montgomery County.
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-15
TAX PAYERS Pay Your Poll Tax By
 February Ist. 1908

We will be present at the following times and places for the purpose of cole lecting State and County Taxes for the year 1907 and assessing for year 1908.
 FIRST ROUND.
 Court House. Beats 1 to .. October 1, 2s g. z 5, and g. 1907.
 walkers store. Beat 20. Wednesday. ocs tober 9, 1907.
 carter's Store. Beat IS. Thursday. ooso- Browns Store. Beat lp. Friday. October McGshes's Switch. Beat ,. Saturday. oo- tober IF. 1907.
 Teasleys Mill Beat 1a. Monday October Pine Level. Beat IS. Tuesday October E. Dublin. Beat 14. "Wednesday. October Is. 1907. Banner. Beat 15. Thursday. October i7s 1907.
 Mount Carmel. Beat ls. Friday. October crenshaw's Store. Beat 10. Saturday. oc- oak Grove. Beat 6. Monday. October s1s 1907.
 Pike Road. Beat 1T. Tuesday. October sas 1907.
 Mount MeigS. Beat s1. Wednesday. oeto- Der 2s. 1907. October 26, 1907.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-15

A washington dispatch to The New York Globe imparts the thrilling in- formation that MT. Bryan as a cam didate for 1908 has finally been elimi- mated" end that the South is lining up for Louis s. Chanler of New York for the Democratic nomination next year."
 This, says The Nashville Banner, is an other exemplihcation of the old adage,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-15
What the State Papers
 Are Saying and Doing
Nolsest Political Farmer.

NoIsest Political Farmer. Asheyille Times.
 The noisiest political farmer has the tallest weeds In his cornf1eld and the fewest potatoes in his hill. Make the River Useful. Selma Journal
 1t will not be long before the mer- an open river would mean to them or what couple of light draft boats would do towards bringing cotton ana seed to Selma and keeping this city in closer touch with It's down river ter ritory
 Illinois Wants Suffrage Reform, Birmingham Ledger.
 Illinois has been one of the States that has criticized Alabama for puri- flying her suffrage. Now Illinois comes up against the fact that so many for- eigners are pouring into Chicago and other parts of the State that they may 1 outvote the natives and take charge of the State. And this is why Iui- nois is agitating for a readjustment or her suffrage laws. No sympathy Is extended.
 Even fin cold Kaintuck." Huntsville Tribune.
 In the State that has been quoted for years as the home of flair womeR. fast horses and whiskey," Governor Beckman is making his campaign this year on a prohibition platform. The sounded ana before many years pass, no Slate in Dixie will tolerate It.
 A Hard Proposition Greene County Democrat.
 The Tax Assessors of the State VIII meet with the State Tax Commission in Montgomery on the l7th inst, to dis- cuss matters connected with the admin istration of the affairs of their offices We suppose they VIII devise the best method of squeezing the maximum of taxes out of property with the mini mum of squeal from the taxpayer
 4
 Money Stringency.
 Scarcity of money while unpleasant is not a bad sign. Industrial demands for money prevails everywhere. Strin- gency is really the result of prosperity Just now the money market Is taxed auire $500 900, 900 to buy thes cotton crop This Is about Ss for every man, woman and child in the United States. The South is wealthy and cotton Is her leading product. As soon as the money turned loose, the stringency will slack en. Yet, aside from cotton, other great demands for money throughout the world will keep money matters close, not so much the lack of money as the increased demand for it.
 
 Intensive Farming. Troy Herald.
 There are many farmers who this year have tried what is known as of the Williamson plan on corn raising. Frank Benton. of Cross Roads BsaE, has something like fifteen acres that he has worked on that plan or system, Mir. Benton is north of Troy about ten miles. and the soil is white sand, and extremely poor, we have heard various estimates on the yield and none ee them have been below forty bushels per acre and some as high as seventy i've bushels per acre, so we think that we can safely put the yield at fftY bushels per acre. So if he has fifteen acres, the yield will be 75D bushels, whereas an ordinary yield would not have been over 150 bushels on the same land. It Is worth trying.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-15
No More Lesislntion Needed.

IuSCumDla AlADamtan.
 The Governor has made his threat to call an extra session of the Legis- lature to enact even more drastic laws. So that he can DO" the railroads good and hard. This will be a very unwise move on the part of the Governor. We should not have an extra session to pass more railroad laws or any other kind of laws, and our people should speak out good and strong on this matter, and use their influence to prevent this unwise move. Already the State of Alabama has suffered al most an irreparable injury on account of its attitude toward railroads, and capital generally. We should in every way possible encourage capital and other corporations to Invest their money in this State. It is wrong in the face of the increase in prices of all kinds of commodities the increase of labor. the increase of taxes, the in- crease of assessed values. and the re- duction of the hours of laboc. and the requiring of better equipment by the railroads, to force them to reduce their rates Especially when their profits in this State have not been averaging over 8 per cent The above Is the hon est. candid opinion of this paper, and we earnestly request our readers to read the correspondence and judge for themselves in this matter of so great importance to the industrial life of our beloved State.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-15
An nnuIsltlve Turn of Mind.

IhOmastOH FUsI-
 Lieutenant Governor Gray has joined the prohibitionists. MT. Gray Is a can didate for Governor, and what dld Rev. Crumpton meant when he said new recruits must serve in the ranks until they make good? Did he mean to ln- sinuate anvtAI~Ao
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-15
ArGUsT CIRCULATION.

The Montgomery Advertiser guarantees fks advertisers land makes 1t a part of tne contract when requested) that it's daily CIT euiation is larger than that of any mornins i, newspaper printed in Alabama--and Una, ,s or any edition of any newspaper printed in Alabama without exception
 The figures for August, printed below representing the actual net circulation a.i re- turns having been deducted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-15
BIG GIFT TO YALE.
Mrs. James B. oliver to Erect Memorial
 For Her Son.

New Haven. Conn.,, Sept 14-Prof Russell NJ Chittenden. Director or the sheffieId Scientific School of Yale uni- versity announced today gift of $l5o'- 900 from Mrs. James B. OhVer' or 1,I. Fltts- hurp Pa This gift is for the erection of a new recitation hall. as a memorial to her soawDaniei Lee Oliver, former Iv student in the Sheffield Scientific School Class of 'Os. who died last June.
 The building will be devoted exciu- sively to work in English, EGonomics ,,,'s. and Historys subjects in which young oliver was especially interested in, and will be called the "oliver Memorial Hall"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-15
Some Remarks Expectea.

Chattanooga Times.
 MT. Bryan has at last discovered" Mir. Hearst and has made some rec marks with relation thereto. We may, expect Mir Hearst's papers shortly to say something about Mir. Bryan. They have been Significantly silent as to Mir Bryan's movements since his re- turn from his globe-trotting trip, not withstanding the pleasant overtures he has made to MT. Hearst and his inde% pendence propaganda.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-15
To Test The Fourteenth Amendment Savannah News.
 It is stated that Aft0rnaU General

To Test The Fourteenth Amendment. Savannah News.
 It is stated that Attorney General Hart. the Governor and the counsel for the Railroad Commission are pre- pairing q demurrer in the passenger rate cases in which they will take the position that the Fourteenth Amend ment to the constitution, on which the railroads rely to have the reduced pas senger rates set aside, Is not a part of the constitution. Will the effect of this demurrer be to cause a delay in the hearing of the cases on their merits?
 The argument on the remurrer ought to be a very thorough one. The inn portance of the question calls for such an argument. It has often been as- serted that neither the Fourteenth nor the Fifteenth amendment was legally adopted, and hence Is not part of the constitution. It would be real service to the country to have this question set at rest If the amend ments are not part of the constitution the country ought to know 1t. If they are they will be all the more willingly obeyed if the doubt with regard to
 It is worthy of notice that in neither Michigan nor Pennslyvania. whore the fat two-cent passenger rate has been declared unconstitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment, was the Ques- ton, as to whether or not that amend ment Is a part of the constitution, raised. If there was any dobut in those States about the amendment hay ing been legally adopted 1t would seem as if the doubt would have found ex- pression during the trials of the pas senger rate cases But because the question wasn't raised in either of those States 1t doesn't follow that there Is nothing in 1t. There is so much in 1t that 1t has been a subject of inquiry ever since the amendment was declared a part of the constitution. It is time therefore that the Federal Supreme Court was given a chance to pass upon it.
 If the Supreme Court should declare that the amendment is no part of the constitution the credit of raising the question and securing the decision would belong to Georgia, since Georgia
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-15
Johnny,. Con.lstencx.

PUCK.
 Johnny (grabbing his hat)--Fm not hungry a bit. and don't want any luncheon, mama.
 Mama-Where aie you going in such a hurry?
 Johnny--Out in the back lot with the boys to roast sweet potatoes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-15

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-15

officials took the responsibility of att tacking the amendment A decision against the amendment would he pro- ductive of highly Important results.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-15
Daily Average August, '07 =. ...... .14,s Sunday Average, August 'O7.... ....zI'V

F & Noble. Circulation Manager of The Montgomery Advertiser. being duly sworn' says:
 The foregoing statement of The Adver- tIser's circulation. for the month of August, 1907 is true and correct, and compiled after all returns from news boys, news agents, spoiled and left over copies have been de- ducfed E. S. NOBLE,
 Circulation Managef. Sworn 10 and subscribed before me this 1ith day of September, 1907. (sEAL.) RIGA ALEXANDER.
 Notary Public,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-15

Trade and crop conditions conspire to force the best price for the present crop of cotton that has ever been paid. The world needs more American cotton than can be sunniied hv this years oxOR
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-15
GOTN0 OUT OF TowNe

Subscribers who leave the city temporarily whould have The Advertiser mailed them. Addresses will be changed as often as re aueafed. -
 You can keen fully informed abant Mont- svornery and Alabama affairs only through
 fsefpre leaving mail or phone yOuE. : = dress to this offire, 'Phone 2sV. City ClFse- lnti0n Department.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-15

It seems to be in the air that there will be an extra session of the Legis- future in the next sixty days.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-15
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-15

The Commercial Club of Mobile was advocating an anti-smoke ordinance which would shut out factories, while Montgomery would welcome all facto- ries. no matter how much smoke they created.
 That does not argue that all of Mont gomery would seek to injure Mobile, Factories there and elsewhere can be easily placed in localities where peo- pie will not be troubled by the smoke.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-15
DRIFT " OOD
 nY PHIL n. ARMSTRONG.

A Kausas farmer has written a song and sold 1t for s3.50o. This fellow Is independent of crop failures.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-15

There are at present s1,722 persons in jail in this country, and we'd be afraid to say how many are lon the outside lookin' in" who ought to be added to that number.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-15

Of course a treaty with Morocco ought to he "binding."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-15

The Mobile Item complains of a citi- zen of Montgomery sometime and somewhere saying:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-15

A Chicago man. who is evidently afraid of his souaw," has asked the assistance of the city police to help him get rid of his wife's ten cats. Some men are so unreasonable.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-15

Asheyille Times.
 The noisiest political farmer has the tallest weeds In his cornfeld and the fewest potatoes in his hill.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-15

Selma JOurnaI
 It will not be long before the mer- chants of Selma can appreciate what what a couple of light draft boats would do towards bringing cotton and seed to Selma and keeping this city in closer touch with It's down river ter ritory.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-15

Some peoples smiles seem to be misflt
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-04-12
EvADE QUARANTINE LAW.
Wyoming Cattlemen VIII Drive Over
State Lines.

DR.. w. F. Pflaeging, state veterinar-
ian, has been informed that number
of prominent Wyoming stockmen. liv-
ing close to the Colorado and Nebras-
ka state lines, are planning to drive
their herds over into these adjoining
states to avoid the necessity of dip
ping their cattle for mango under the
quarantine regulations recently es-
tablished, and drive them back into
Wyoming after the dipping season is
over. says the Cheyenne Tribune.
State Veterinarian Pflaeging has
taken this matter up with State Veter-
inarians McKimm of Nebraska and
Lamb of Colorado, and stockmen who
attempt to evade the dipping order in
this way will doubtless find themselves
| in trouble. Such action would be in
violation of the quarantine laws of
Colorado and Nebraska and inspectors
are to be stationed along the line to
arrest any persons driving stock acress
the border without having their stock
first inspected and declared clean
These laws are severe in Nebraska
and Colorado will be rigidly enforc-
| ed.
DIR. Pflaeging also states that If the
stockmen should be successful in get
ting their cattle across into the adjoin-
ing states to avoid dipping in Wyo'
ming, they will be treated as foreign
cattle and must be inspected and dip
ped before they are brought back into
wyoming.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-04-12

The first carload of coal was plac-
ed In the new coal bunkers of the o.
r. & n. at Bingham Springs station
last evening and the bunkers will be
used constantly hereafter.
The bunkers in this city will soon
be abandoned and will be torn down
to make room for the passenger de-
pot which will be moved west several
hundred feet. according to the plans
of the o. r. & n company.
The new bunkers at Bingham
Springs station are among the best
on the o. r. & N. system. and will
easily handle coal sufficient for the
Mountain division.
The bunkers are equipped with au-
tomato chutes which allow any
quantity of coal desired to be dump
ed into the engine tanks, while with
the old chutes each one must be emp
tied whenever any coal is taken out
The total capacity of the new bunk
ers is 100 tons, which is more than
enough to supply the engines on the
mountain.