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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-23
SOME YANKEr suPposrrroNs.

There may be times when it is profit able to suppose. says The New Haven Register. Suppose the prophency were to come true, and that Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Bryan should in reality be the opponents in the Presidential contest next year. Perhaps some who haven't thought it out, imagine that there would be an exciting contest. If 1t should prove exciting. the excitement would come in surprise at the finish. and not during the campaign.
 The American people like novelty. Loyalty even to it's heroes. after their novelty has worn of. is not distin- guishing characteristic of this public. To be brutaily frank. the novelty of Mir. Roosevelt has worn on 10 A large desres. What he has done In: the past few months hasn't served to renew il: what he may do in the next few months is not mora likely to do 50. And there Is no use in denying. that should he for any reason change his. wise decision not to accept another nomination. he would lose prestige with large part. and that the most respsetabIe part of his former admirers. It would not be the third term fear that would hurt him. but the going back on his word.
 To put 1t with ike frankness. Mfr. Bryan iS an old story. No one who objects to. radicalism will be likely to choose him as the lesser of two evils.
 Suppose. then, the two arrayed against each other. It is not altogether probable that the paths to the woods and the tall grass would be worn by the footsteps of many disgusted par tisans? The mugwumps would be 50 evenly divided between the Republican and Democratic parties that they would hardly be a partisan issue.
 The outcome? We'll. as between the two men. 1t would now appear that the chances would favor Mir. Roosevelt as having the better start. But it must not be forgotten that there are other parties. whose strength fin the event of the weakening of the leading parties may not be disregarded. And some at least of these parties represent ele- ments and ideas which no thoughtful American would care to have his neg- ligence help into control.
 All supposition, this. of course. But 1t contains the suggestion of possibil- ities which should teach not only Mir. Roosevelt but the leaders of his party, that they assume a grave responsibn- ity in trining with the nomination next year. Only a man who is independent of Rooseveltism can hope to hold the undivided vote of the Republicans. There are such men.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-23

Der ana other resources. where in sthe world can the combination be equalled? All that is needed to secure the re- suits is the abolition of the slavery of foreign capital which the bank amendments will bring about.
 A natural inquiry Is. will the State bank notes be good7 They certainly should be when secured by bonds which are in effect a first mortgage on all property, real and personal. in the va- rious municipalities.
 They are even better than Govern ment bonds, because in the event of war. the issues of the latter may be excessive and prices decline. while io- cal bonds are limited in amount.
 Another natural inquiry Is. will the notes be good everywhere?
 They would undoubtedly be taken &e par anywhere in the United States. but the few which would stray out or the State Issue would be sent back to the points of redemption.
 We have an illustration of that in Great Britain where the notes of Scotch and Irish banks are taken In London but seldom remain.
 The writer of this has been cotton planter. then interested in banking in the West and now a manufacturer m Chicago. consequently is familiar with conditions in ths several occupations and localities.
 Oscar Bradford.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-23


 if the signs indicats the trend of the pemocratic opinion throughout the country. It looks now as If his wi,i be the only name seriously considered when the convention assemblies. Many things may happen before that time. of course It is even within the bounds of possibility that Mir. Bryan's name may not go before the convention, but judging from the present lights he will assuredly be the nominee. whether he can be elected is problem that no human being can solve in advance. Strange things happen in politics. we have noticed, and to many the success of Democracy next year would be one of those strange things. but Demo- crats can bring 1t about if they will all do their duty.
 But--to change the name-we should say that Mir. Cleveland is impossible, speaking of him as a candidate for the nomination, and we doubt if any one seriously considers him in that light. His nomination would revive much of the former enthusiasm, of the old Dem ocrats who carried him through in tri- umph on two occasions. and his elect ion would do more to restore confidence throughout the country than would the election of any other man in the Union. beyond the shadow of doubt. This much we feel free to say Of ,Mr. Cleveland without disparagement to- wards any other who may be the favor ite of the party when the time comes for a choice. but that is all that need. be said. Mir. Cleveland Is not cam didate and will not be, and his name will not go before the convention. Con-. sidered as candidate he is 'fmpos- sible." but MT. Bryan certainly is not.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-23
A GOOD PARTY MAN.

Commenting on American affairs, The London Saturday Review considers 1t astonishing that if Mfr. Hearst was all we are told he was. Mir. Roosevelt should hesitate for ons moment to ae- nounce this most unholy alliance as hopelessly demoralizing for the Repub- lican Party. or at least as one in which the President and his friends could no. for one moment have it supposed they acquiesced for the sake of party gain. Yet we have received no public warn. ing against joining hands with a ran whom the whole country was solemhly exhorted to regard as public enemy twelve months ago. Therefore either the Presidential outburst of las. year was quite unjustifed by facts, in which case 1t was cruel and brutal attack on public man by the head of the State. or 1t was justified and tie Pres- ident thinks that to join hands with an instigator of assassins Is a com mendable move if a party gain results. iThe dilemma is one from which no ingenuity can free Mir. Roosevelt when his public acts have to be Judged. If he had let Mir. Hearst alone last year little fault could have been Found with lhim for declining to interfere with l;e- publican manoeuyers .ns New York stats in 1907. but his silence today is at ltest oddly suggestive Of somethins tbekind." S~Ts
 To this The Macon Telegraph re- minds ts London contemporary that Roosevelt is what we Americans call |" good party man." That Is about the size of it. If his frequent and bois- terous explosions about good citizen ship were sincere. and if he really be- llieves in honest political methods it must have been a sereve strain on him to endorse the "unholy alliance" be- tween the Republicans of New York and the followers of Hearst; the same Hearst, unchanged. whom he had so frequently and so furiously denounced. But is was a choice of evils with him and he chose the worst. It was a choice between the combination on one hand and Tammany on the other. and he took the former, like "a good party man. As to that matter. we have not heard that he made any wry faces over the dose.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-23
"7his is Ny 66th Birthday''
Gen. Charles F. Robe.

Brig. Gen. Charles Franklin Robe, IT. s. A, retired. was born in Canas- tota. N. T.. November 2S. 1S41. He to fine bar in Texas, but never prac- ticed his profession. At the outbreak If the Civil War he went tD the front as First Lieutenant of the 147th New Work Volunteers. and rose to the rank of Captain. Tn 1888 he was appoioted to the regular army as First Lieu tenant of the 29th Cavalry. During the thirty-five years that followed he ous other parts of the country. Gain ing rapid advancement in rank for merItofious service General Robe made considerable colony of retired army officers resides.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-23
DRIFT " OOD
BIT PHIL n. ARMsTRoNG.


 BY PHIL n. ARMSTRONG. Why do the contracting parties ai- ways change around their names on a wedding invitation until their own mothers wouldn't know 'em? While Sarah Bernhardt wishes to die playing her favorite character, Camille, It's unwise for some of the lesser lights to emulate her example as some long lily aid in gratifying such desire. A Chicago lawyer was robbed recent Iy while arguing a case in court. What a lot of Rubes those Windy City peo- pie are. after all
 He who steals my purse steals days.
 "A Texas nigger caught twenty-six 'possums In one night recently and refused to take any moro because he had no more room In his cart.--Hous- ton Post. North Alabama man named of Scottsboro, caught forty-three fat 'possums in one night recently and we can prove it.--Montgomery Advertiser. We reprint these innocent vaunts newspaper readers of Old Virginia. It is we'll known to most of them that old Bill Skillit, of Henrice County, the champion dark k-of-the-moon huntsman of America, captures nfnety-seven mag nifcent Virginia 'possums every night In season, which he ships, each morn ing following, to his exiled relptives In Texas and Alabama.--Richmond Times Dispatch.
 Man may not be descendant from a monkey, but woman can make mon- kev of him any old time.
 A eoSSsy SOE is o.as. sas E @ 5 gssr s wooss wsss ta a their ehesnuts and the city folks so to the theatre for theirs.
 Mir. Barney had lost the principal because he could not face the world with paitry S2.50e. GOO and family tn suppoft.--Indianapol Star. If we all felt like that, would this country make noise like a cemetery "The Pall- Bearers Union Is the lat est--it has been formed at Alexandria, Va. however. which Is enough to ex- plain anything.
 A London physician claims that kissing makes the teeth fall out or course this Is true in some cases--for instance, if the lady Is spinster with ~ laASS sSt 01N ~AAS AtSS~S ~ ~S-~s exuberant.
 The way some men boast of their ancestors is enough to make tho old hod-carriers turn over m their graves! "shrewd finance. is sometimes noth- ing but Robbery with dress~suit on. Montgomery is getting nearer heav- en every day. or at least her sky scrar are.
 Alas, the milk of human kindness isn't delivered at your door for five cents pint!
 Save your pennies
 And your dimes:
 Its getting close to
 Christmas times New York has s.20Ostreet car conduc- tors eeach striving to see who can be the most discourteous.
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 In Servia it Is considered a dis grace to be a blonde. Bleaching must Agricultural hints: It is not advis- able to plant mint-beds in this climate in future.
 Cult Your ctruttin'. Mister Turkey, quit your struttin Like you gwinter bust a button Soon yo' meat I'll b a cuttin'
 Kase yo' time
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 soonI Mister Turkey hush yo' gobble If yo don't watch out Ole Bobu Grab yo now fore you kin hobble--
 Kase yo' time
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 DOOht csoodness-yo' is fat as butter But you needn't try to fiutter csvvine to eat you, Mister Strutter
 Kase yo' time
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-23

Some of the county oficerss Con- Rrassmen and Presidential electors are to be elected next year and although no man can vote who owes poll tax and fails to pay it on or before the list of February. The Troy Messenger a few days ago reported that up to that date only seventy-six poll taxes had been paid. We fear this Is a fair sample of what is being done over the State.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-23

Some Of the Republican organs af- feet to believe that Democratic dis trust of Roosevelt grew cut of the belief that he was partly responsible for the October financial panic. but that it is 6 mistake. While 1t Is true-ani soxoe of his partisans do not deny it-- taat the trouble was to some extent at least caused by him. 1t Is also true that Democratic distrust and ant ef conil- dcnce in him reaches far pack of UIe late trouble. To tell the truth, there are many who never trusted him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-23
What AlaSam. Has st Stake.


 If PitfsburE shall ever be forced to surrender the primacy in the manu- American city, it will be to BIrming- ham. Ala. Pittsburg has coal ana stone at her doors. but she must fetch her ores all the way from Lake Su- perior, while Birmingham has within radius of twenty-five miles everything necessary to the production Of iron ana steel in quantities sufficient to supply the entire world for centuries. at the present rate of consumption. But can be held. will secure her domina- tion in iron and steel indefinitely cheaper transportation. paternal government has lavisned millions to West Virginia and ohio. tributary to her, while her railroads, the best on the hemisphere. have done everything to stimulate enormous production i'll her immense iron works, glass works. and other industries. The railroads are business concerns. and operated by men of brains. They know that pro- duction is the thing on which railroads live, and that cheap transportation iS the very life of production. If the Pennsylvania Railroad were bank rupt concern it would work incalcula- ble injury to the business men of Pitts burg. And if the Governor and Leg islature of Alabama shall succeed in bankrupting the Louisville and Nash vile Railroad, Birmingham will feel the injury as the tenderest plants feel the touch of frost and witner accord ingly. The interests of the Fennsvl- vania Railroad and of Pittsburg are identical. The one cannot prosper without the other getting correspond | ing benefit. and the one cannot suffer without the other feeling the status. The Louisville and Nashville and the | city of Birmingham have the same re- | lstions-their business interests are absolutely identical. But we have fall en on times when railroads are not to build UT the country and make cities 1 opulent. They art mere pIaythinSs for demagogues, cast for the role of states men,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-23
BRYAN NOT IMPOSSIBLE.

The Charlotte Post affects to see a disposition on the part of some Demo- crats to have Mfr. Cleveland as the nominee of the party next year, and on that supposition 1t says:
 MT. Bryan is impossible as candI- too Mir Cleveland might be elected, but his election would be as bad for the Democratic Party as Mir. Bryan's defeat would be. If the party Is re- duced to a choice between two men it la land and MT. Bryan represent the op- posite extremes of the party, and they typify in their own persons a great party conflict. Neither can command the united and enthusiastic following of either would merely keep alive the fe,ld which must be buried. Mir. Cleve- land made a great President. and he would make a great President again, chief executive of the nation and no man should serve more IT there Is but one man in the country whom the peo- nie will trust with administration of their affairs then what are the people SeyoIld mortal ken? That ls a consid- srstion that applies to Mir. Cleveland as well as 1t applies to Mir. Bryan.
 MT. Cleveland himself would be the ,oost aetermined opponent of any prop osition to crush out Bryanism by nom- inatinE him for President. The nomi- nation of Cleveland would not crush Bryanisn, but 1t would crush the Dem ncratjc Party. MT Cleveland might be SIacted aE tha representative ot the Conservative interests of the country h,it that would not necessarily be De- mocracy.
 whether Mir. Bryar is impossible" remains to be seen. The Post may firm ly believe that his election would be impossible but his nomination Is not.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-23
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER aa, aapr.

The Ashland Standard asiEs the fol- lowing questions. which the most rabid railroad wrecker will find hard to an- swer:
 when the railroads were being ciassed for taxation the Southern and Louisville and Nashville were in the same class. Now, when Mir. Conner de- sires to get revenge on M H. Smith by enacting laws affecting the earnings of this road he re-classes them, leaving the Louisville and Nashville in the first class and putting the Southern in the third class. If by operating two months under the States rates reduced the Southern Railroad from a first to a third class road, what will the remain der of Governor Comer's term do for it?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-23
To-day M History
November 23.

14pp-Perkin Warbeck. who styled hirnseIf Richard w.. King of England, executed.
 I6S3-Boundary line agreed upon by New York and Connecticut.
 1709--WilIiam Benttck, First Earl
 1aI1-Ej bridge Gerry fifth Vice. President of the United States. died; born 1T4A.
 ls37-.Montr gal used gas for tllumi- ratins purposes for the first time.
 is4S-Sir John Burrow. founder of the Royal Geographical Society, died.
 1s6S-Battles before Chattanooga,
 is7i-The Halifax fishery commits sion, under treaty of Washington, rem dered It's decision.
 iSSs-Reniarkable ciiff dwellings dis covered in Colorado.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-23
obIIEntIon of the CltiEen.

Philadelphia Public Ledger.
 The private citizen shares with the highest of the nations servants the ob- ligation to contribute hts part to the restoration of that confidence which is at the foundation of credit. the cur rency and the prosperity of the coun- much easier il has been to destroy con fidence than 1t is to create 1t: how slight a breath of suspicion may check the wheels of industry. There has been as yet no serious interruption of the volume of production, a fact that makes 1t all the more imperative that the nation should be united in the ef- fort to build up, and not to destroy.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-23

The Moulton Advertiser wisely says: GA dozen farms of forty or sixty acres each are worth more to a community than if they were owned by one man: It is profitable to own only so much land as you can work or manage to advantage"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-23

According to The Philadelphia Rec ord there were four hundred thousand voters in Pennsylvania who failed to vote at the last election. And 1t is a safe assumption that most of these are known as "the best citizens" The re- fusal of this class to go out and vote is the main reason why bad men get Into office.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-23

It has been frequently said that Governor Conner. if called upon to de- liver an address at a funeral. would ring in something about his peculiar political notions. This Idea is well jus tihed by the tone and temper of his Thank sgivtng proclamation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-23
Connectlcut Not for Taft.

HaTLIUFU IIiIIVH. .,
 It makes no difference what the gem tIeman in the White House maI wish 1t is not possible to get an instructed daIeRatfon for TatL or anybody else in Connecticut, under the present con- diticns. It seems to us that an eX- ifon would come nearer to representing the real preference of the thoughtful Republicans of Connecticut at the pres ent time.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-23
sWoRN CIRCULATTON.

me Montgomery AdVeFtIseF 1s s,ss tks advertisers (and makes it part oI tns contract when requestedl that its deily ssk- culatfon is larger than that of any mo1nasns s. newspaper printed in Alabama--and tnAt Ats Sunday edition has the largest circulAtfen eff any edition of any newspaper Drinkse M Alabama, without exception.
 The figures for October printed below Fey- rssenting the actual net circulattons ata "" turns having been deducted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-23

The thing that is probably puzzlinE Uncle Sam now is to know where he shall place the new star that is to be added to the flag.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-23

What Is money for?" asks The sa. vannah Press. If you need to be shown. just bring your pile over and divide with us.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-23

And now Governor Hoke Smith has the Georgians in dread of ar extra session of the Legislature. just like Alabama's, perhaps.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-23

Tn Legislature will soon adjourn. but then Congress Is about to assemble, so ee will not be entirely without some thins of interest.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-23

Mir Cleveland, it is peasant to learn is well enough to so out aud shoot rab- bits. He doesn't care to hunt bears.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-23

The times seem to be somewhat out of joint when we can have heavy thunderstorms in the latter part of No vember.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-23

New York Evening Post.
 We limit the self government Of the Filipinos because they f%nt. that of the Porto Ricans because they do rot. It is a poor rule which does not work both ways.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-23
OCTOBER. 1901

E s. Noble, Circulation Manager of Ths Montgomery Advertiser. being duiy sworn fays: agS The foregoing statement of The Adxer- siser's circulation for the month ok Onfn- Aer 1907, Is true and correct and eompusa after all returns from news boys. news agents. spoiled and leftover copies have hsen Saducted E. S. NOBLE,
 Circulation Manager. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 18th day of November. 1907.
 (eEAI.1 RIGA ALEXANDER
 Notary Public.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-23

The one time when the world Is will ing to take a man st his word is when he owns up to having made dis-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-23

A Chicago iaw$cr was robbed recent " while arguing a case in court. What a lot of Rubes those Windy City peo- pie are. after all
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-23

He who steals my purse steals days.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-23
Greens, 8, Yellovvs, 9.

pr. Neal Anderson will return to Montgomery today after an extended Surinw his absence, visited cities in North Carolina, Princeton and New York. He will preach from his pulpit In inc Central Presbyterian Church at the morning and evening service Sunday In the evening his theme will be The Secret of a Happy Home"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-23

Why do the contracting parties ai- ways change around their names on a wedding invitation until their own mothers wouldn't know 'em?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-23

receiving the sympathies of his friends upon his return to the Capitol .yester- day. Representative Coleman,s wife died at his home in Albertville last Monday and was buried Tuesday.
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 Mir. E. P. Roberts of Birmingham was a visitor to Montgomery yester- day.
 Mir R. D. Crawford of Dothan IS registered at the Hotel Summers.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-12-14
The Xmas Gift
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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-12-14
BOSTON BAGS

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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-12-14
APRONS

These are dirse, from manuiae-
surers and. il We do say Il, they are
very pretty and not expensive.
Seyeah styles Of large Aprons a,
25e Ono, much N II for Us.
Several styles IN miiled and ham,
burg trimmed fancy Aprons for alter
noon or supper use for 5Oe.
The new styled Princess Aprons
arc only soc.