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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-12-28
SECRETAR TAFT RETURNS
Laughs When Asked Choice For
Presidency.
JAPAN NOT LOOKING FOR WAR
Declares War Talk Ts Be the Height
Of Fooiishness and Not Trace
Of Il In Japan.

Ne~ York Dec. William II
j Taft secretary OF war, returned
yesterday from his trip around the
world. bringing renewed assurance Of
Japans friendliness to the United
States. but declining to say anything
with respect to the political situation
in this country. He said that he had
been too long out OF intimate touch
with the political affairs at home to
discuss them in any way One Of Mr..
Taft's interyiewers had the temerity
to ask
well Mr.. Secretary, tell US who Is
your choice for president"
Amid general laughter, in which he
heartily joined. the secretary replied;
Il guess will have to leave that
to inference
Mr.. Taft left for Washington on an
early afternoon train, saying that ac-
cumulated matters in the war depart
ment would keep his nose to the Of
fetal grindstone for some time to
come. and that the preparation Of his
special report on the Philippines,
which will be in book form. would
also require much of his time in the
near future
Japan Not Seeking War.
TT is the height Of foolishness 10
tax Of possible war with Japan de-
elared the secretary. Japan doesn't
desire war with us and we certainly
do not desire war with Japan. If there
was any war spirit anywhere in Japan
failed to find the slightest note OF. It.
Everywhere there was talk of contin-
ued peace. / speak very confidently
about this. Our trade relations with
japan are extensive and constantly
growing. Japan's export amount an
nually to about 160,0o0.00O. of which
we take about one-third. The exports
consist largely of mattings, lace goods
and other fancy work, in the produc-
ton Of which many people are inter
ested. We in turn, ship vast quanti-
ties Of -four, oil andl such commodities
to Japan. This sort of trade is great
pacifcator"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-12-28
THE BODY ARRIVES.
Burial of the Remains of Henry Jack
son on Saturday Afternoon.

The body of Henry Jackson. who
died at the asylum at Weston, as stat
ed in Thursdays issue OF this paper
was brought to Martinsburg this
morning on No, over the B. and o
and taken to the residence of Mr.
Frank McBee, Virginia avenue The
funeral services will be held at the
home, conducted by Rev. Mr. Wright
son, on Saturday at 2:30 p. m. Inter
ment in Green Hill cemetery
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-12-28

DIR. j. Mckee Sites, of Burke street,
spent Thursday in Washington
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-12-28
Natal statitics.

Born to Mr.. and Mrs A. Bowers,
Swartz street--a son.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-12-28

MIR. d. S. Lowlnan, of Louisville
Ky, is here to spend Christmas.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-30

There are two old crony newspapers up in Connecticut. The New Haven Journal-Courier began to be a daily in 1882. and was weekly before that from a period which makes it's pres ent age 141. The Hartford Courant congratulates it's New Haven contem- porary. but claims to be older. for req sons which are interesting, if not con elusive. The New Haven sheet inner .ited or absorbed part of it's present name. The courant says that its name has always been. what 1t Is now. and that it was established in 1764. as The Courant. As an exchange remarks S it takes more than age to make ex- cellence. and these two papers have the moro than age, and the age. too. They also have the good name which is better than riches. and the riches also." There is published at Augusta. Ga., the old Chronicle which has been in existence since 1792 and it justly ranks among the oldest of the country. It. too, has the good name which en- dears it to thousands. t%
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-30
Instruction. to Correspondents.

hanSaS Clty J0urnaT The late Sol Miller's instructions to country correspondents were characters istic. Here are few of them: "Milch'' COW, when speaking of a milk COW. can never get into these columns if we are about, and have our senses. The person who so writes 1t incurs our deadly enmity. . The writer who is writing of two or more married ladies and calls them ''mesdames" would rob henroost. and We hate him.. We will not countenance a writer who. in speaking of a married lady. and wish- ing to give her maiden name also. says Mrs. Brown nee" Jones. . .. If any writer. speaking of the bill of fare. set up at any meal. calls 1t a menu" we shall club him at sight. ... Any per- son who writes us proposing to give resume" of certain events may as well not spoil his paper and waste his time, ink and postage. Those who wish to describe a dance or party will please take notice that Wee sma' hours" Trip the light fantastic toe" and All went merry as marriage belr are completely worn out and in- dicate that the writer has not suf1f- cient brains to express himself in lan- guage of his own.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-30
MONDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1907.
NEW YORK POLITICS.

President Rooseveit's undignified determination to be the power in the politics of New York; remarks The Pittsburg Sun, makes certain that a most bitter and merciless campaign will be waged on him to the end of his term. The judicious who have grieved over the Presidential precini- tancy which wantonly went out of the way after such small and inoffensive game as the nature fakers will see in this lamentable disposition to meddIe in State politics so discreditable as that of New York fresh indications of an alarming infirmity of disposi- ton, lack of judgment and sense of proportion. MT. Roosevelt has every thing to lose by getting mixed up here and nothing whatever good to gain"
 The Sun should we'll know by this time that Roosevelt cannot help but ting in whenever and wherever his cratic and overbearing disposition in- clines him. The New York Republi- cans seem fast centering on Governor Hughes as their candidate for Presi- dent, but it is well known that Roose- welt doesn't like Hughes overmuch The only apparent reason for the hos tility is that the President has hith- erto found it impossible to dominate the Governor. Hughes seems to be making New York a good Governor and his party in that State-the best element of it, at least-appear to be pretty generally for him. Aside from that. he has proven himself to be a man with a will and mind of his own, and has refused to be dictated to or dominated by any one.
 This is not the kind of man that Roosevelt likes. His domineering dis position cannot put up with a public man of his own party who refuses to be either bullied or led by the nose. He likes the kowtowing brand of public men. especially of his own party So far as we are aware he has not openly and definitely declared his choice of a candidate but it seems pretty certain that Hughes is not ms favorite. Hughes is not his sort of man. but as we said, the New York Republicans seem to be fast coming to him as their choice. If that is true, and Roosevelt undertakes to use his personal political and official influence against the Governor we may set it down as fairly certain that he himself will be done for, so far as his own State is concerned. It is a pretty rumpus as it stands and with the lights before us we are with Hughes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-30
ZONE MAN coNvENrIoNs.Y
Only Kind thesDemocracy Has Had for
 Twenty-three Years.

OnIy Kind the. .DemOcracy Has Had for
 Twenty-three Years.
 New York Sun.
 Plenty of Democrats are alive today cratic National Convention. That was away back in 1884. twenty-threes wears ago. It was in that convention that eE The rivairies % the political % % tugs, the tsr en livened scenes and the evidences of party animation in that convention are still a matter of welcome comment. But in all the intervening twenty-three years the Democratic National Conven- tions. with the possible exception of that of 1896. haven't been worth the columns devoted to them in the news
 In 1888 the convention renominated MT. Cleveland without a muumur. ,3 The ere was some discussion over the happened worth an hours thought. In 1892 MT. Cleveland's renomination was assured beforehand, notwithstanding the New York delegation. Tn 1896 the chief fight was between two silverites, Richard P. Bland of Missouri. and Will Bland was easily bowled over. The nomination of a silverite in that con- 'vention was another of the assured facts in contemporary politics. There was little rumpus caused by the turning down of David B. Hill. recom- mended by the Democratic National Committee for temporary chairman of the convention, and the episode of the New York delegatipn in refusing, after the adoption of the platform, to take a notable part in the conventioMs work: but these were only Incidents. In 1900 Bryan announced that he would not accept a renomination except on the Is to 1 silver ratio plank of four years before: and the Committee on Resolutions, by vote of 26 to 24, gave him his way. No serious atten- ton was paid to the fact that 1t was the vote of Prince David. of the Terri tory of Hawaii. which has no vote in the electoral college. that brought about the adoption of the silver plank in that convention, thus pledging mil lions of Democrats to that issue Bry- ans nomination had already been de- cided upon. In 1904 Judge Parker's nomination was not seriously resisted Bryan was standing aside.
 Thus in all the twenty-three years between 1884 and the present tims there have been only lone man" Demo- cratic National Conventions. CIeve- lands. BrYan's. and Parker's.
 In the twenty-fourth year, 1908, what are the Democrats to have?
 Is the Democratic national party only rubber stamp,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-30
What VIII Happen to Us in 1908:

Baltimore Sun.
 If Mir. Lee J. Spangler of Tork "a who seems to be a prophet by trade, proposes to continue to do business at the old stand. he ought to leave 'M9- thing for future operations IT ne IS going to destroy the world ana the solar system in the year 1908. thers will not be any great demand Tor proihecies in 1909 and the enployinent scarcely Be considered short of sensa- tional. The people are warned that m this year the Treasury VIII go adS' aug Ir,s the stars will fall. Also that mothers- in-law and daughters -in-law Will not dwell together in harmony, It tcm I'll eiit emt and still the stars might not fail. es- pecially as it has been hintAd before now that they do not always aMei! v,a in io- sists not only that the stars Will fail in the early part of the coming sum mer. but in addition to the lnconVen- iehce which might he occasloned py Jupiter pumping down over our heads, we are to be stung by locusts and Dit by various insects which are not us ually discussed in polite society. But if we are to be smashed by pig planet the subsequent proceedings of the bugs will interest us very little.
 One of the most narrowing of MT Spanglers predictions is that, utterly regardless of the Presidents admoni- tion, people will cakry their gGFd in in banks This pernicious habit, MT. 'Spangler clarly foresees; will surerini-- duce theft. Families will steal 1t from one another. "s he says: M1d he eX- plains that this is the gold that is piled up for the last edays and that 1t will turn to rust in inc pockets. And just here MT. SpQngler eXersteps the bounds and overtafe our credulity. We may credit hiia when he tells us that the Treasury will go dry after the Sixtieth Congress gets in its work We may believe that the starY will fall We may credit the statement that bugs will bite us and that moth ers-in-law and daughters-in-law will disagree But the statement that gold will turn to rust in the pockets of It's
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-30
In Twelve Months.

There is one thing that the people of Eufaula and surrounding country can congratulate themselves on and that Is that during all the time up to Christi mas only two negroes were arrested for being drunk and disorderiy when a year ago thirty-five arrests were made on the same complaints and it was not only negroes then, but whites also. The bars then and the dispensary now. and what will be after prohibition takes effect. A drunk or disorderiy will have to show up where he got the disorderly tanglefoot and undoubtedly there will be the first year of no arrest for the holiday weeks.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-30
'.This IS My 10th Birthday"
simon Gusgenheim.

Simon Guggenheim. United States Senator from Colorado, was born in Philadelphia, December 30, 1867, and is one of the seven Guggenheim brothers, who own and control the so-called smelting trust. Simon is the only one of the family who has ever had any thing to do with politics. In 1S96, be- fore he had been in the State six years, he was nominated for lieutenant gov ernor of Colorado. but the Republican State Committee had to take his name off the ticket when it was discovered thatFhe was only 29 years old. Two years later however, he was nominat- ed for Governor. but he declined for business reasons Senator Guggenheim received a liberal education in Amer ica and Europe and speaks several Ian = guages luently. He Is great believer in practical education and was the do- nor of an $SO,000 building to the Col orado School of Mines.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-30
Today In History
nAgap1Sh@r 2A


 1775-General Montgomery killed be fore Quebec.
 1903-Francis Lewis, one of the sign. CTS of the Declaration of Independence died in New York. Born in Wales in 1713.
 1s13--British burned Black Rock and Buffalo.
 1851-Louis Kossuth. Hungarian pa- triot, spoke before Congress at Wash ington.
 1s53-Gadsden purchase made by treaty. .ttr 1S61-E. G. Spaulding of New York introduced in the House the original legal tender bill. 1S62-Ericsson's Monitor foundered off Cape Hatteras in a storm. with the loss of sixteen lives.
 1s97-General Sir Henry Havelock Allen killed by Afridis. on the Indian frontier. 1903AIroquois Theatre, Chicago burned. with loss of 5S7 lives.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-30
Letters to The Editor
Montxomery,. snow Falls.

Editor The Advertiser:
 On what date did the last snow fall in Montgomery? In what year did the most snow fall in one month? What was the greatest fall in one day?
 Regular Reader. (The last snow that fell in Montgom- cry fell in February, 1901, when there was a fall of four inches in one day. That is the greatest fall ever recorded by the local weather bureau. In 1SS6 eleven inches fell during the month of December. It showed three times in 1899. Three inches in January, three inches in February and a little over three inches in December.)
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-30

Alabama's distinguished citizen, Hon. Hannis Taylor of Mobile, has chaI- lenged Senator Knox. of Pennsylvania to discuss whether Pelatiah Webster or Benjamin Franklin was the original designer or architect of the United States Constitution Mir. Taylor taking the Webster end of the proposition. The New York World pertinently sug- gests that If the challenge is accepted Theodore Roosevelt should be selected as referee. MT. Roosevelt knows little about the Constitution and cares less. He would make an impartial and un- prsjudioed umpire"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-30
WHERE THERE IS ROOM

London Chronicle.
 Another volume (the thirty third num- ber) of the Statistical Abstract issued by the Board of Trade, and just published. contains a wealth of detail concerning the populations, trade. industries. shipping. means of communication. etc. or most foreign countries.
 As a mere sample of it's contents. the Following figures, showing the relative density of population of various countries per square mile may be quoted. The fig ures are based on the last census taken in each case. that of the United Kingdom. for example, being in 1H01 and that of Germany in 1905: the area in square miles Is given for each country to afford some opportunity for comparison:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-30

The United States area includes Alaska and Hawii. The Japanese figues are based on the civil registers, census of popu- Iation having been yet taken in that coun- try.
 In addition. estimates have been made of the population of some of the countries in 1906, from which some idea may be obtained of recent increases. That for the United Kingdom is given at 43 5000, United States S4,l54, 0OO the German Elm pire 61. .1O2, 900, Japan 4S,304,O 900 and France 39.250,0OO.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-30
Rather Remarkable.

G. P. Peden, a prominent. young teacher of Pleasant Site, this county, who is teaching school this winter at Rock Creek in Colbert County, was in the city a few days ago and paid our office a call. Mir Peden in speaking about hs successful school at that place said he had a large attendance, that two families of Henrys sent eighteen pupils and that High Denton had sevep daughters in his school.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-30

They had . pretty lively time at a theatre in Muskogee, okla., the other night. The play apparently didn't have enough snap to it, so some of the patrons got up a shootfest which gave the crowd a chance to see a real dra- ously, and woman who chanced to be in the way was knocked down. AL together it was a real rattling time.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-30
Pioneer Cure for Astbn,.

apolis News.
 While Omer Lynch and Edward Armstrong, east of this city. were in the woods felling trees. they cut down a large white oak tree and found in the body evidences of an augur hole On close organization. trimmings of finger nails and a lock of hair were found to have been plugged up in the hole a tight fitting plug preserving the collection from the elements. The plug evidently had been there for many years. as several inches of new timber had formed over it. An old citizen says that in the early days it was a common belief that if a person had asthma and he would take a lock of his hair and the trimmings of his nails and put them in a hole bored in a green tree at a height equal to his own height. the disease would be cured
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-30

influenced by the daily and sensonal weather changes. whena comparison is made between the comparatively small expense of the weather service to the country, and the known vslue of what 1t saves yearly in life and property. and it's indirect value to all of the great industries of the country, the benefit derived from it's work must be appreciated.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-30

possessors. is incrdedible. The best authorities agree that gold cannot De break through and steal it. but neith- CT moth nor rust can corrupt 1t. 1T MrSpangler persists in such statements as this. he will surely dfscredit hfs other r,rophecfes cra
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-30
New Condition. in Crop Making.

The statement is made that the mer- chants of Texas are having new con tracts printed for next year requiring cotton farmers who will want credit to pledge themselves to sell the crop of 1908 as soon as picked. This Is re- garded as a movement on the part of the merchants to protect themselves aga:nst the holding proposition of next year.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-30

After making war on the Chinese out of California certain agents of that State are making all sorts. of promises to negroes to induce them to go there. them will let California severely alone. .
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-30

During Secretary Tafts two hours stay in New York on bis recent re- turn from his round the world trip he was aboard the army tug Joseph E. Johnston, which had taken him from the liner. President Grant, at quaran- tine. There were the names of two men who met on deadly fields in years gone by.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-30
SWORN CIRCULATION.

The Montgomery Advertiser guarantees fits advertisers (and makes 1t a part Of the contract when requested) that it's daily cir culatiop is larger than that of any morning newspaper printed in Alabama-and that It's Sunday edition has the largest circulation of any newspaper printed in Alabama without exception.
 The figures for November printed below represent the actual net circulation. all re- turns having been deducted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-30
,'Mongst Pleasant Persons
The Band's the Thing.
By 0. s. PARTRIDGE.

Do you save your cigar bands?" l asked a smoker as he carefully re- weed he was smoking ard placed 1t in his waist-coat pocket. If you don't, you lose much of what you buy. for If the manner of the kids who seek facts the bands are the better part of the cigars.
 When I was a lad we saved cigar cite coupons and had great boxes of tights. rulers of all nations and the like--but had never taken cigar bands seriously until the other day when a
 :" Mister he asked. have you any cigar bands?
 No. sir repted. as politely as possible, thinking it was sort of CO.,
 .Afterwards I learned I had said rather cruel thing. The boy. is de- voting at least two years of his life to collecting the bands. They get sibiy be used within the house. and flaccid footballs, and such like. truck for so and so many thousands of many rivals. At the door of every to- bacconists place are these little boys and as each chance purchaser emerges they beset him for the bands, I have taken to cheroots in the hope of evad- ing my pursuers."
 Faithful to Fender.
 Seeing lenders on some of the Mont rience I had in Savannah recently" said a Georgia man yesterday. "The Council in Savannah had about the same trouble over street car lenders that our Aldermen have had-the trou- ble of telling the street car operators what to use.
 "But in the midst of the discussion in Savannah there came a man who m ad raadv convince the nrhane 1eQ- islators of the superiority of his ma chinery over any other. He had fem der to be tested and after he had let it pick Sp sand bags and dummies and such inanimate matter, he got Hn front of the thing himself and let it pick him up: - town, where he wished his lenders to be adopted as the standard. but it must have been really trying experience. he had to. for the shock was tremend- ous, but he had done it many times. and believed he was making his for tune at the job."
 MT. J. H. Kirkpatrick, who has been teaching in Texas, is at home with his parents, MT. and Mrs. J. A. Kirk patrick. on South Court Street.
 MT. P. A. Brannon went to colun- bus. Ga., Saturday night to spend Sun day with Mrs. Brannon and his moth- CT.
 MT. A. M. Wallace and MT c. F. Col Her, of Birmingham, are registered at the New Exchange Hotel
 Mir. W. L. Parke and Mir. c. A. O'Neal, of Andalusia, were visitors to Mont gomery yesterday
 MT. Cadwallader Jones, of Pensacola, was the guest of MT. H. H. Stewart, Jr, yesterday.
 MF M w Roberts and MT. J. J. Espy, of Headland, are staying at the Imperial.
 MT. E. c. Porter, of Abbeville is registered at the Hotel Summers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-30

There are few, if any. branches of the government service from which
 the public receives greater returns for the money. it costs than from the Weather Bureau. There is practically no business that is not more or less