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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-12
nan LEGIsLATION.

The Columbia State registers TO- bustious protest against some leslsia- tion proposed. by the Legislature or south Carolina. One bill is intended .to regulate tine hunting of opossums' raccoons, otters and minks. one or it's provisions is that 1t shall be un- lawful to take, kill or worry any or these animals between the 18th day of April and the 18th day Of Septem- her in each year. This is not bad law as to protecting these animals during ehe breeding and youth full season and thus tending to increase their number. True. we do not see why the increase of either 'possums' minks or 'coons should be protected as they are all enemies to the farmer and to the fowl raisers. Better let them be killed at any time' we should think.
 But what The State kicks at most forcibly is another section of the Dill which makes 1t unlawful ito take, eaten. kill or worry any of the anima-s mentioned In this act at any time by any means whatsoever except with dogs or guns" That is where the prU- test comes handy and The State says:
 What does that prohibition mean? If In the gray of frosty NoVemOer evening d hungry darkey Is traNerSlhg d lohely rOau tnrouSn the ~Ooas anu d 'pUssum WaduleS across Tn front or him, and If uog hlng and the musket are both at uls nome, what IS the uarkey to uo? lie, oI course, pursueS lne tempting game that ever aroused
 the longing ot black Nlmrod. The
 possum taxes to a s@plng not more
 LnAn ten feet tall. There II IS cured
 u, witnln arms reAcn of the hungry
 Jim; nothing Is between him and that prize, nainty enough to grace the tdoIe
 of the king Of Abyss s.nld, put the maj esty of the law. For without his dog or his gun Jim can not legally lay ms tager hand upon the hairless tail of that 'possum. And so we say, tempt
 not Jim t| tote gun pefpetu1.iiy Ss tr.S4 Of Rings anI lions. and Tigers; tempt not Jim t. violate the solemn com mands of the great laW-making body of south Carolina.
 It is nothing less than an outrage
 on the colOred population of South Carolina. that's what it is. Who among them ar is strong enough to
 resist temptation if it should cross his path in the shape of a fat 'possum:
 Not one in thousand. we should say.
 The average negro would catch the tempting dilelphys If his eternal sal walton was at stake. He would even
 put the animals tall in split stick 1 If necessary. in order to make sure 1 of ft 90 far as wo understand the
 proposed law. the poor negro will moi
 even be allowed to plead .self-defense
 by swearing that the animal came al hirn in a thrests EinE manner and that { he bylieved himse1f Tn imminent teop- ! srdy.
 1 But that Is not an. The coons cal
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-12
The Huntsville Mercury says:

There is no reason now why Madison County should not have the best rural school houses in the State The ap- propriation of st,00o year added 10 the $5,000 from the dispensary ought to put first class rural school house on every hillside in the county in five years
 We hope sincerely that the bill ap- propriating s67,oOo to aid in building school houses will become a law. The people of the school districts. however, will make a mistake, to be repented, of at later date, if they fail to add a sum large enough to put up a good. substantial budding. with good light and ventilation, and so arranged as to be able to be kept warm and comfort able in cold weather
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-12

Senator Morgan made 1t decidedly in teresting for William Nelson Cromwell. even if the New Yorker ranks among the best lawyers of the land. Crom- well has the credit of being the direc- tor of the administration policy as to the Panama Canal He has given mo- tice of his intention to resign as a di- rector of the Panama Railroad Com pany, of which he has been general counsel A bill is pending in Congress to end the separate existence of the Panama Railroad Company. and place it under the Isthman Canal commis- sion, and it is possibly in view of the passage of this measure that Mir. Crom- we'll has seen fit to give notice of a voluntary retirement from the canal business.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-12
Postal Changes Proposed.

BuHalo NsWs.
 The report of the @enrose Postal Commission is shelved for this term of Congress and assumption of practical control of the newspaper business of the United States is not to be under taken at once. There Is not time enough to get a btlI on the subject through Congress by the 4th of March and mat is the only reason why no effort Is to be made to undertake the contract now.
 No more objectionable idea has been presented to the country in many a year than that of the Postal Conlmis- sion. If carrIed out it required the Government to oversee the makeup oi newspapers, their contents and size ana weight and quality of material pro portion of advertisement and of read ing matter and character of each, ana so on to the end of the chapter. one Fundamental difficulty with the scneme proposed that 1t made no effort to dis. eliminate between newspapers and magazines, but to get at the fake mag azines and reprSss their activities up- less they paid postage Rs they should on their publications devoted in fact 10 adveT Using 1t was sought to bllnd newsrapers by the same rsgulAlcrE
 It will be tue fault ot the press oi the United States if any such unjust plan Is carried into law as that pro- posed by the C91mtsston.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-12

. V q -.l the succulent roasting-ear. and the ne- groes eat the 'coons. when they can get them. Then it is well known that minks prey on the fowls and anything that comes between negro and a chicken IS deadly enemy to the tor- mer There are so many methods Of catching these animals In traps and snares. so many ways of killing them without dog or gun. that the law will be a serious infringement on the in- alienable rights which have heretofore attached to the colored race. If the proposed bill becomes a law and is strictly enforced we predict that an immediate enlargement of South Caro- lima jails will become A necessity. Bet ter leave the negroes and the animals to light 1t out in their own way.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-12
DRIFTW OOD BY PHIL H. ARMSTRONG.
BROKEN REFLECTIONS.

Work is the ? Devils s enemy When in Rome, do as Rome does--if you have the money. Meet the pessimist with a smile it's his worst medicine.
 1s sfsJ It's no disgrace to De poor. but it is to sit and worry, over 1t when yod ought to be up and hustling.
 < # % While a young girl is arranging her hair. a widow Is arranging the mans.
 $ * < The evil that men do lives after them; the good is not so healthy.
 Ss a # Think more of discharging your duty and less of discharging. the cook.
 < 5S E How brave a little dog can be on the other side of the fence from the big dog! is to have a wealthy relative to die and About the quickest way to get rich ie"'' u '' 9s s #
 StiIl n Singin'. Oh the birds down here keep singin'- Don't kere what the weather is. Just as happy as kin be, From the old Magnolia tree; From morn till night singin'- Their happy notes a ringin'- What joy they seem br1ngin When they're singin',
 Singin',
 Singin'.. Oh. the birds down here keep singin'- Through the sunshine or the snow. From the old, Magnolia tree Oh. I'm mighty glad I'm near 'em So kain't let no one skere 'em. For I like 90 much to hear 'em WhaD fhaV're SinRin'
 singip'.
 Singin $ $ $
 All She Could. When he kissed you. Mabel why didn't you slap h!m?" "I couldn't mamma: he held my hands: but-I-T-tried to bite him."
 < E Se
 Of Course. He's a poor conversatlonalist. isn't he?"
 "well-er--his money makes up that dehciency."
 The Reason. Did Jacks voice trembIe when he "Yes-but that wasn't due to ner- vousness; we were in an auto at the time"
 Police! To. be a policeman's no cinch; In fight he cannot run an inch. He's big and he's fat;
 He's mostly named Pat" He'd run anyone in at pinch.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-12
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1s, 1907.
usrArTHFUL TO THEIR DUTIES.

The report from Washington that the recommendation of the Congress sionaI Postal Commission have been sat aside is good news for the country nt large The exactions and burdens it's enforcement would pile upon the backs of newspaper publishers would force hundreds of them 10 the wall It was virtually an attempt to make the newspaper make up the so-called deficit in the Postoffice Department. If the matter hauled free for the de- partments and for Congress was taken into account at all there would be no defieit. It is not likely that the Sem ators and Representatives composing that commission will soon hear the last of what is thought of their recom- mendations. The following from The Baltimore Sun is fair sample of the hot-shot that is being poured into them;
 It is, of course. easy to understand why a great many of the Senators should be hostile to newspapers. Pup ficity Is most dIstAsteIul to some of them, for 1t is the most powerful euro upon arrogance and tyranny. But that members Ol the House or HSpfesSntd- lives should be willing to enlist them selves in a crusaae Tor mediaeValism and for partial return to the Dark Ages 1t is dlfficult to understand. It is no exaggeration to say that the pub iicity furnished by the public press is essential to the maintenance of liberty and a free Government by the people. The newspapers published in the States where members of this commission live would be performing q public service to their States and their people by exposing their conduct and explaining z to their readers the meaning of the bi.l they propose and the deplorable results that would follow it's enactment. Men who would endeavor to pass such a law as that which they recommend are enemies of a free pIess. the greatest huiwark of free Government, and should be retired from positions of public trust at the first opportunity Men who would provide by law for sanding their own speeches, printed at the cost si x-payers, postage-free through the malls and then seek to cripple newspapers by putting prohib- ltory charges and rates and regulations upoa them are not faithful public ser vknts.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-12
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Oegee ce.nsy's Growth.
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Editor The Advertiser:
 We feel that in your Gossip of the legislators of the sth inst you have tunconsciousiy) done Coffee Coun- ty and her Representative. Capt. R, H. Arrington, af1 inJustice. We agree that -Eoffee County is not able to sport two court houses We further acknowledge that Representa- tive Arlington introduced four plls interests of tue e county. and that Eiba branch of the A. c. [, Railroad. about eighteen miles apart. However, we some facts which you failed to men ton. and some statements which are not quite true teddy Elba and Enter Enterprise being about Twice the size of her sister town.
 Elba is situated on the extreme western ts side or .hs county ana iy whie Enterprise is In the eastern port of Coffes near the canter of population and bids fair to be the city of ihts that a division of the courts would work to the. interests of the taxpayers of the county
 the Gossip" referred to abovel, yet the county boiled in the August pri- mary of last year within few hum dred Of as many votes as did Mont gomery County, including the great City of Monsgornsay Yea Ms are M growSsns Sass such a great influx of people to this section during the past nve years that the 1910 census win show astonishing results.
 There is no doubt in the mind>of the great majority of the voters of the county of the wisdom of establishing T court at Enterprise, and we hope that cue
 Will you please give this as much prominence as yuu gave to the forn1er
 Voter
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-12
ou,t "Prr.rx" CorporntIons.

Co0Sa PfVer News
 The News regrets this tendency to- ward "ruring" corporations. It Is true. nerhaps that "corporations have no soul" but the same may as well be said of municipal. county, state or Federal government. The corpora- ton itself has no feeling hut individ- uals organize and foster these enter nrises under the sanction of law, and if the law is in error repeal t. Don't allow the sentiment against railroads and other corporations to run riot ana wild weltering. Oppression from the people and petit juries can become just as unbearable as the vexatfous eXac- ions Of the soulIess corporation. There must come a middle ground some where. upon which all can stand; and if the conservative clements shall not soon regain the mastery. there is sure to come a reaction, spelling what Ut: tie gain the people have made, and the reaction Is apt to do great injury. It Ia an inherent element in, man planted by God himself, to do Justice and award fair play in the adiudiea ton q 2, of human affoirs and thia pronli9cvoas and wholesale pulling" of eqrporas1ona backed up by fe~erish pdBitc sentt- ment. must temper down or ultimate ly suffer from it's own violence.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-12
SIDEWALK PENCILlNGS
TaIk of New FeaeraI gudees.

That member of the Bar who vent ed his disgust in The Advertiser al sne reminds me of Innocence N6road.. ''sa,d an old and experienced politician. He doesn't seem to know ,at. that somes e nGseas Gead the State Bar Association the butt
 talking about, fssy had more 1T lntsrs; {; ;ss twice to. the deiegation they wanted turned down incontinently, They are Gss Gssry Gasy 1as aass TEhs ss g
 and fight for the Bar plan: Now. the lawyers are told somebody fought their p5ah, to know oWa who Sfs' kilied Cock Robin and why. There must have been some strong inside influence to make any member of the Alabama delegation turn down as powerful an organtza- tion as the Alabama lawyers, who ai- ways resent snubs.
 to see the statement that the bill to carry out the State Bar plan in spise of efforts of members, remained in the
 oaisaarg oa ss sotien ot The Hundiey scare was at It's height when the commit ee of the Bars had their hearing at Wash matter in the committees. and not 10 let 1t get out. until 1t was dead sure HgndIsy would not get yssr the he glT ggor Early this session of Congress the Att torney General reported there -rSa was uniI urI informed in n Washington know the HssdrsS Hss noSmGstsd iSats W6f %taorney last
 Tt is only within the last three or four weeks the bulk of the bar and delegation believed there was no fur the time was ripe. Instead of notify ing the bar there was opposition. some where to their plan. g pill is introd- 1d," they sy on 1'o or off the Alabama delegation? That delegation, after the lawyers ns''V it Who S ehanEedf !, they didn't change, certainly the Alabama .delega. tion had influence enough to do what ! other delegations have done, and get a l favorable report on their plan. Why were not the Alabama lawyers given g 1 chance and informed of the changed situation, before deciding to kill their
 tssr tsTo the uninitiated. it might seem possible the Bar plan was downed. be. l rid of Judge Jones. but for the fact they made efforts to compel him to 1 in the two districts twice planned to have him remain as at present The milk in the cocoannt IS tnis: Mont whom some Of the asptrants fear would I be considered by the President 1T the | tory for which the new judge Is ap- | pointed. they might complicate things. l The President would hardly consider 1 the names of men who would not re- side in he territory for which the ap- | polntee Is to be juuge. Hence the un- ] eeremonious kickiag out of the Bar | plan. Other cats are in the meal tub 1 somewhere. Later on, we will see.
 "The lawyers are busy, tolegraphing and writing protests to the delegation, | Insisting they stick to the Bar plan, and
 telling them not to pc bulldoZed. They 1 had Father wait cen months longer.
 vents the lawyers m Alabama from get
 ting the thing SC tied the way they 1 want it. The echoes of this thing are
 going to rsverberate in Alabama poli-
 tics long time"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-12
A High Compliment.

Alabama has many things to be thankful for And not the least Of these is one of the best daily newspa. pers printed anywhere in the United States. Do you know that The Mont gomery Advertiser takes rank with the big dailies in Detroit Ptttsburg, Phil adelphIa and Cinc'nnatti? These cities have many times the population of Montgomery The owners of The Mont ror,crr Advertiser must have q big bank account to draw from. It Is little wonder that Montgomery Is flourish me Any town flourishes that can muster such newspaper enterprise. Here's hoping that The Advertiser clears million dollars every year tbr,- deserve it
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-12
The Marion County News says:

Tha news from the different coun- ties O1 thp State as to the pawn ent of poll taxes Is to the effect that there thousands of men are disfranchising fhemeelvcs This should not be- and the Legislature should remedy the mat fer at the earliest possible moment.
 The Leg eisIature cannot remedy the matter further than to propose an amendment to the State Constitution The people themselves ought to rem edy this matter by paying up their poll tax It would be bad thing for some of the counties to have any changes made.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-12

It has developed in the investiga- tion. now under way in the Texas Leg Isiature about Senator Bailey. that MT. Hearst has been actively trying to get his Independence League established In that State in opposition to the reg uiar Democratic organization. This lA shown by long letter recently writ ten by C. A. Walsh, formerly secre- tary of the National Democratic Com mittee. who left the party some time ago and allied himself with the Hearst interests.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-12
csro.ecting Telegraph LIne

For the projected telegraph line from Aigeria to the Niger River the tele- @raph posts in the sahara will be me- tallic and placed at distance of sixty Ssards the wires being high enough to siioST the passage of a man on camel hack. At intervals along the 600 miles of the Algerian section six small Earri- sored statiops will De established. At 2 central redoubt. surrounded by outer fsr,ees. provisions will be stored for three rnonths round . cistern.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-12
rrorhlc Ahend For Prrcy.

Miriam" said her mother. Percy FIaxham Is an excellent young man, with desirable family connections, and upon the whole I have no objection to your receiving him on a familiar footing. but you must not allow him to presume upon the fact that you have accepted a present from him
 T won't mamma, said the proud young beauty If he gets cnesty over it I'lf give him the ciarnny tlipper the next time he blows in here
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-12

It cost just s7.5oO to discover Amer lea, according to Chicago investiga- tor. Well. it was worth the money. even if they hadn't found anything but Pocahontas ..
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-12

We have so often of late seen the headlines in the Carolina papers. ''The Dispensary dead" that we are tempt ed to use the words of the sister of Lazarus: By this time he stfnketh."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-12

What the country needs, as The Headland Post views the situation, lis to be rid of the pestiferous creatures who persist in disagreeing with the ads ministration. State or National?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-12

The story goes in Washington that the President sent word to q certain stan ofrlcer of the navy that if he lob bied at the capitol against the navy personnel bill he would be court nartialed, and that about the same time a naval officer. Wno is lon duty at the white House" made his appear tnce at the capitol as a lobbyist for she neasure---merely one more in- stsnee of "the square deal" of course,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-12

'sThe slums salaam to Salome.' is the latest aIliteratfon. Reversing it we kaay properly say that Salome salaams to the slums.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-12
nnilr Average January, 1907 SnniIay Average, January, tsvI .

n n Noble Circulation Manager or The Mor,tnomery Advertiser. being duly sworn says. - Tns foregoing statement of The Adver- t3sersa ejaculation for the month or Sanu. arg fa07 Is true and correct. ana eomphea Eft~z ali returns from ncws-bovs news nNenta. spoiled and leftover copies nave fsar deducted E & NOBLE. ~ pese Circulation Manager.l syrorn to and subscribed before me this HI day of February. 1907.
 " F. W. JACKSON.
 Notary Public.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-12
IANIIARY CIRCULATION.

Th. AdvertisePs January Circulation fig fras estahlished a new high-water marx.
 ne figures given below represent the ae- funI houa -fide circulation. iron, day to aas. sfe1, th< ,,nsoid spoiled and lief; oyer cop IT are deducted in the final result Ine Xdvertiser's circulation Is unquestionaoIy sne 3erxest of any morning or Sunday he"sSa- Der printed in Alabama
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-12

csssle Chadwick in need of change ,> ,saes a hsadltns in one CT our ex- zhAagas To use a common expression. sThsrs are others
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-12
Abonf CapltoI saIarIes

About Capitol Salaries Increase. in eoenection oere ths sVnH with the decision of committee of the Legis.ature to raise the salaries of officials and employees at the Capitol said , e,tiTen basr yesiieid yeaiisd to my attention Is the fact that among those who will not have any increase in their pay are the faithful watch men. who remain about the building, constan ly on guard to protect the property of the state.
 They are old Confederate veterans. and while, perhaps, twenty years or SO ago, they once received $100 per month. their pay now is S65 per month During the trying days when the Sta e was in bad straits nt Haanc,alIy .as nsr oneh one and later to $60, being raised to the present figure of $65 just few years
 "SThe old veterans never murmured when the state found 1t necessary to reduce their pay. and now that It is able to pay more, and in connection tically all connected with the State government, 1t would seem to me to be very ting the old soldiers should receive just little increase, along with the others who are receiving large ones"
 Two Escapes From RunaVsayA. from runaways." said one of group of gossipers there was one which oc- cured not long ago In town pot Tar from here. Two young ladies of prom inent family were out driving when the horse ran away. The animal was racing at breakneek speed and there tho buggy. The horse dasned down the business street of the town The young ladies were terrified.
 ''The father chapced 10 be standlnS erai other men when he saw the run away horse coming. He cried to the proprietor of the store to ktll the horse. hand jumped to the door the horse could pass and. a sccoruror two later, as the animal spuFted ny, two short from . double barreled gun rang out and the animal fell dead 100 feet ahead thereby saving the young ladies A
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-12

To. be a policeman's no cinch; Tn a fight he cannot run an inch.
 He's big and he's fat;
 He's mostly named Pat" He'd run anyone in at a pinch"
Willmar tribune., 1907-11-27

for Duluth, where he intends to
work for some time.
w. B. Townsend of Chicago, ILL.,, :,
lectured at Spicer Saturday even
ing under the e~auspices of the Mod
ern Woodmen Camp. A number of
people attended the lecture and
took in the free lunch after the
meeting.
q. John Nordeen has just finished
digging we'll. A new pump was
put in and successfully tried on the
place Saturday.
Rev. Theo. Hanson Of Chicago
preached at the Green Lake church
Friday evening and Sunday FORE
noon.
Miss Mary Green returned to her
home in New London Sunday after
noon, after a weeks stay at Eden
wood Farm.
Communion services will be con-
Quoted in the Swedish Lutheran
church at Spicer next Sunday fore
noon, when the services will begin
at ten o'clock. Sunday school at
nine a. m.
: The teacher and pupils in Dist.
81 are planning a basket social in
the near future.
The young people of Spicer are
having great sport skating on
Woodcock lake these moonlight
nights.
F. 0. Swanson drove to Mamre