davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-21

A Kansas contemporary. The Topeka state Journal. is profundly disgusted over some recent postofice rulings, and declares that somebody in the Depart ment must have entered the contest for the prize idiot. A few weeks ago the ruling was made that publications carrying the advertisements with reply coupons in them-like many of those in fhe magazines-must pay postage at mercantile rates, because such coupons are letter paper and therefore mer- ehandise. That is about as idiotic d ruling as one could imagine but here is another to match it. If a farmer has a rural mail box out in front of his house a neighbor cannot leave a note in it for him without putting a 2-cent stamp on the note. Rural carriers are ordered to take up all such matter they md and hold it for postage"
 Our contemporary is wasting time worrying over any rulings or decisions of the present powers that have con trol of the mail business of the coun- try. Ao say that soHle or US positions and orders are idiotic sounds as if we have a rather low estimate of some of the powers that be, but we can't help it. Wisdom and consistency do not seem to have very firmly established themselves in that portion of the capi- tol occupied by the parsonage who is supposed to have the interest of post office patrons in his keeping.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-21
suNpAY AND RAILROAps.
There Are Many Questions Involved
 Ia This Matfer.

There Are Many Questtons Invoved
 in This Matter.
 Birmingham Ledger.
 There is a proposition before the Legislature to stop all railroad trains on Sunday.
 When the Legislature begins to se- regardinR railroad leglslation, this propositior should go with them and be considered as part of the bill. move carefully and consider all the interests Affected. Alabama has just begun an industrial career and patt down once a week. They have to be kept hot when once heated. These in dustries give employment T" many men, and they pay wages that go for food, churches and for charity. F
 The railroads have not been able to do the business of these great indus tries working seven lays a week. hauling in the raw materials and haul ing out the finished product. Can they do the work When running only SIX days week? These things are to be considered by the new administra ton.
 The coal raines do not work on Sum day. but it has been necessary for the railroads to run on Sundays to move the coal to the consumers. There has been lomplaint all the winter that the roads could not haul out the coal as fast as thesBeople needed it. Can they supply the consumer. If they are com Dtlleu to StOp LII s'l SunudSS-
 There is also another noint to be considered and that is t1e working mans side. How will it af ct the men who have been ,retting pev for. seven days to have the work cut down by one-seventh and the wages cut hv one seventh For a family that had had S7 a week to live on to be cut to S6 will be hardship. The men with good salaries may not feel the difference, but the S1 man and the g man will certainly feel the cut, and there are many of them. These day laborers have to have the money to pay rent and buy food and clothes. If they do not get 1t. the landlord and the mer- chant feel the pinch.
 nil this means that when we go to make laws that change the whole economy of the State, we have to think about all the effects. We might by an error check the prosperity on which we all depend for surplus. To inter- fere too seriously with the railroads may interfere with all the related in- dustries. These reach to every pocket in Alabama.
 It is before the Legislature, and the members are responsible for the Jaws they make. This proposed law is se- rious.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-21
IN A TANGLE.

A mixed-up condition of affairs is on in Oregon and is likely to become more so. As sometimes happens in other States. the Governor and 2 majority of the Legislature differ in politics, the former being Democrat and the Leg islature having safe Republican ma jority. The Legislature has under con- sideration bill to provide a Railroad Commission as many other States have. The Democratic Governor insists that the law when enacted shall give him the power of appointing the members of the Commission. The Senate insists that the law shall give them the right to select the Commission.
 | There is the way it stands at pres .ent On one hand 1t is intimated that If the Governor insists on his posi- tion no bill can be enacted On the other hand we are told that if the Re- publican majority enacts a law leav- ing the naming of the members of the Commission to the Senate the Cover nor will veto the bill and they will not be able to pass it over his veto 1. Then again we are told that if the Legislature yields to the Governor and allows him to appoint the Commission CTS the Senate will refuse to confirm them if they are Democrats. But that will not set the Governor back much, as The Oregonian looks at it, for if the Senate rejects the names sent in ''all the Governor will have to do will be to wait until the Legislature adjourns and then reappoint his men,"
 That Is just what we may assume that the Governor will do. and in do- ing so he will be following precedents set by more than one of the Presi- dents A Governor can fill a vacancy and the appointee will hold until the next session of the Legislature. or un- til another election, if the office is an elective one It seems that the Dem ocratic Governor has things pretty much his own way If a bill is passed He will really have power to appoint the Commissioners. whether the Sen ate approves them or not.
 Naturally, The Oregonian, being 8 Republican, has a good many why's in connection with the case It asks if the Governor lis the only author ity qualified to select competent mem bers of a railroad or any other conn mission? Why wouldn't a commission elected by the Legislature, or elected by the people, or named by a State board consisting of the Governor. Sec retary of State and State Treasurer who name many State commissions, be as efficient as any other? Why?" Il is likely that a competent Commission could be selected by any one of these plans, but we feel pretty sure that oui contemporary would not feel the need of any why's" if the Governor were q good Republican. It would consider him the proper one to make the ap- pointments and the Senate the proper authority to confirm them. It all de- bends, you know.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-21
nR. L.E. ENNIS

of Atlanta, Ga, Addresses the
 People of Montgomery on a
 Matter of Health.
 ITO Whom It May Concern: Of late there has been a good deal of discuss sion in regard to advertised medicines, their value and power to cure.
 Iwant to say to the people of Montgomery that believe the most valuable cod liver preparation, the best body-builder- health restorer and strength creator known to medicine to- day is Vnol
 system -clogging oil of old-fashioned cod-liver oil and emulsions it actually does contain all the curative medici- nal principles of the cods liver in highly concentrated form, with tonic iron added and it is delicious to take.
 ''I advise Vinol in my practice, and find 1t has no equal for healing coughs. colds bronchial troubles and sore lungs.
 :"I have used Vlnol in. many cases of indigestion, mal-assimilation. and for patients who were anaemio. and run down. with splendid results I have also found Vinol to be q boon to, the aged
 "I believe VinoI to be well worthy of any honest physician's endorsement"
 We sell Vinol to the people of Mont gomery on an offer to refund money if 1t fails to benefit. E. C. Fowler. Drug glst.
 Note.-While we are sole agents for Vinol in Montgomery. it is now for sale at the leading drug store in nearly ev- cry town and city in the country Look for the Ninol agency in your town.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-21
INDIAN pLooD IN ruBLuc LITE.

The New York Mail has a timely and renindfuI article In connection with the election of Charles Curtis as Senator from Kansas. His election, The Mail says. was timely proof that merely because lattef-day American has in his veins the blood of the ear Hest Americans he is not debarred from his country's positions of honor. His political promotion came fittingly at the moment when the permanence of Carlisle university was being assail- ed in the Senate. This son of full blood Raw mother Is not Carlisle alumnus. but his case, none the less, is proper answer to the charge that the Indian makes no good use of edu- cation and should be deprived of his last Eastern outpost.
 The man of Indian blood is no new conner in our public life. But we are apt to forget instances of the past. Randolph of Roanoke was not the only eminent yirginian proud that his fea- lures told of his aboriginal ancestry. Atavisn showed in Hannibal Hamlin's personality the blood Of the Pequots. The Narragansett tribe had a half blood representative when Tennessee sent Horace Maynard to Congress. A Seneca of unmixed lineage was Grants secretary in war and commissioner of Indian affairs in peace, when General Ely Samuel Parker filed those places. A Brithish admiral and general pro- claimed their pride in. their descent from Pocahontas when ! Sir Charles Rolfe and Baden Powell attended the recent Jamestown banquet in Lon don.
 The bird that fouls it's own nest is the proper simile for the American who denies the American Indian of pure or mixed blood the opportunity to fit himself for places that he has proved his ability to fill"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-21

The little State of Delaware, as The Philadelphia Record says, having re pudiated Addicks and shaken itself clear of Alice, resumes its place in the Union as a governing. state. It has not made a strong choice of United States senators-dollars rather than brains governing selection-but it has put aside disreputable aspirants for men of character and responsibility. Delawareans may go about once more holding up their heads and looking un- abashed into the eyespf their fellow countrymen.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-21
DRIFT WOOD BY PHIL H. ARMSTRONG.

Glad.
 Glad ter think ..
 There Is a. haze
 Like summer hangin round
 These days.
 Glad to know
 The birds are singin'
 Where the honeysuckle's
 Clinging.
 Glad to feel
 The balmy breeze
 Whispering love words
 To the trees. / Glad to see the skies
 Are blue
 Glad its just like
 Spring, ain't you?
 E 9S 5s'
 Rejected. her by surprise?' Alas, by jove, didn't take her at all"
 # x F
 Ain,t 1t the Truth. ''rhe trustees of Japanese insti- tuition for deaf and dumb have de- cided to teach the male inmates to be barbers." thing like that?"
 Talking It over. Ever notice it?'
  How automobilists run in to every thing,i even debt?'
 Sure. Senator Curtis of Kansas used to be a jockey and hackdriver. Let us hope he'll display horse-sense in his exalted position at the United States Capital"
 Z $ &
 A Hard One. Wise men make proverbs: fools quote them." "Er-that one isn't original. is it?"
 < Te $
 Never. plain hugging; new you behave, Carr rie-we wouldn't hug plain girl
 $ Ss &
 Revised. Mighty drops of, water. Mighty grains of sand Keep the water wagon Going through the land.
 Te Ss 5s
 Better, Ain't got no feather boa to give To Susie fer her neck, But l got two lovin' arms to hug A bushel an peck. Ain't got no automobile. Fer ter chug-chug with her in 1t. But 1 got a heart that throbs fer her With love beats. ev'ry mint.
 The SIOVvest Yet. SomerVille. Mass. has the oldest city messenger, his age being S2. We think the proper age for a messenger is 22.
 Ss Ts 5s
 In Politics. "In running for office these days. sir. the game aint worth the candle. is it?' ', dates. the game ain't worth the gas" Js Tt S. Broken Reflections. If young men would think more about raising their salaries and less about lowering their morals, they would be better off. The automobilist thinks !: is fine" when he knocks over pedestrians < < g A lunatic pleaded his own case in a that respect New York hasn't the ad- vantage of other parts of the country
 # Ss S People don't change much. Little girls are fond of stick candy big girls are fond of bon bons. and women are fond of taffy. If wishes were horses beggars would manage in some way to bet on them
 Ss < t Taking Time by the forelock hastens | wed-loclL A fool and his opinion are soon part | How can married life be the hap piest life when there are no marriages | iE heaven? is the way we bachelors look at it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-21
The Medication of Wirz.

Richmond Times Dispatch.
 The Times-Di atch has taken deep interest in the proposal to erect mon- ument to Capt. Henry Wirz, comman- der of Andersonville prison.
 We have shown from the record that he was innocent of the infamous char ges brought against him and that he was murdered to gratify the spite Of his enemies.
 We now learn from The New Orleans Times Democrat that a former enemy of the executed soldier, and prisoner al Andersonville under Wirz's, admin istratlon, intends to write what he knows of Wlrz as prison keeper and 10 do such justice as he may to the memory of the man. He declares that Wirz did his best with the scant means at his command to alleviate the suffer ings of the troops confined in that prison. He denies that Wirz eyer re- re- fused reasonable requests made by prisoners. if in his power to comply
 Wirz does not need any vindica- tion, for the record is sufficient; but it is gratifying to know that at least one Northern man has the courage and the righteousness to come forward even -at this late day in defense of a brave soldier who was so cruelty siandered and slain.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-21
AIOdesty.
Pllk

The first time they met. she was breezily free with him. because, as she afterwards explained, she never expected to see him again. He kissed her at parting, and she was net offcn- ded.
 But when they had become friends. do you imagine she would suffer him :o kiss her? Not she.
 And now that they have fallen in love with each other and are engaged to be married, she is afraid to meet him except in tine presence of a third person. lest she be compromised, For she is modest girl.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-21

A house founded on rock is con- Eidered safe, and the same may be said of city, but what of one founded on mud? Yet that is practically the con dition of New Orleans. for it is stated that borings 1000 feet deep have found only mud, sand and little thin clay It would hardly be prudent to build a fifty story house on that founda- tion
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-21
o,er-Crowaed Professions.

The colleges are still turning out lawyers. doctors, teachers, preachers and other prOfessi Juals. but there secms to be no effort made towards preparing young men for other just as useful and just as honorable vacations of life. such as agriculHre, architec- tUre. mining, engineering. etc. It seems 10 Us that parents make d serious mistake by crowdiug their sons into the already uVCr-crG Wdcd pTofcS- siGuS when other vacations arc offer ing such handsome ind roments for talent and industry.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-21
Child LnbOr,
Prattville Progress.

PrattVille Progress.
 Laws designed to regulate or restrict the evil have been passed by almost every State Legislature, but the indif- ference or ignorance of officials sup posed to enforce the laws renders such legislation practically imperative. The trouble has come from a lack of pub lie interest The people as d mass r"Tc not underSt cd or appreciated the real danger to the nation and to the individual, bound 10 result from the working of mere children for gain The subject has more in it than sett- iment; it almost reaches the dignity Of grave national peril
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-21
New p3rkrt Wnrner.

An English n1 eslty designated as a huff and pocket warmer consists of san hermetically sealed tube which is declared to contain a special chemical preparation which will maintain it's heat for an unusually long time. To use it the ease Is immersed in boiling water for five to ten minutes and when taken out is iucased in red flannel felt cover. T. Is asserted that the warmer will retain it's heat for from three to four hours.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-21

In a speech in the Senate a few days ago Senator spooner said that he peo- pie of the North felt that the hest way to aid the South in settling our peculiar problems is to refrain from discussing them. The Senator is correct and we 1t that way up there,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-21
Too soon for the Business.

@tTIld JV0ITIttI Ly politicians or the neXt gubernato- rial campaign, Before MT. Conner gets through with his administration there will doubtless be such changes that wires nut down at this time will be twisted ont nf all nSefnl shane.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-21
Sn,ine Grace af C:ood Humor.

TTTTT7~-
 Tine dtiitV to appreciate bit f good-naturcd b0diuagc. and thee gra rioUSnrss to accept it in kindred spirit. js q sur. mark of good sense and gen t'litV. Tbc world would he better off fife would ho uipre agreeable and many lowering clouds would give way to
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-21

and women to sec the hHmor of every serious situation which hes a humor- ous side. Many such situattons have been saved from glooml if not from timely apDlicatfon thereof
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-21

The Rome Tribune intimates that the Brownsville affair will put stop to naming negro babies Theodore. Well, we suppose the crop is already q larg- CT one than can be profitably culti- vated
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-21

The new Shah has several hundred wives and if he should die it strikes us that the supply of widows would be beyond any reasonable demand
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-21

z E. S,-~NobIe, Circulation Manager of The Montgomery Advertiser. being duly sworn. The Foregoing statement of The Advertise CT 2 circulation for the month of December 19es. is true and correct, and complied after all xs<urns from boys. news agents. spoiled and leftover copies have been de- ductad E. s. NOBLE.
 Circulation Manager. Swurn to and subscribed before me the
 F. W. JACKSON. sa5 Notary Public
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-21
cROWTNG CONsTANTLY

GROWING CONSTANTLY IFA9 Advertisers circulation continues to Row The figures for December were the XEezt In the papers history--indicating 1e prosperity of Alabama and proving con
 uEfycly that the people appreciate a news <por that prints ali the news while t is
 {Wa Here are the fixtures.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-21
For BienniaI Sessions.

Dadeville Courier.
 We hope the Legislature may change the duadrennial sessions of the Ala bana Assembly to biennial sessions. Our State is progressing and develop ing so rapidly until we especially need new laws to meet new conditions. Any way people, need laws and changes of laws oftener than every four years.
 rN
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-21
u.e Cotton and saye the ChlIdren

Birmingham Ledger.
 A cotton mill Is a blessing when it uses the cotton and makes finished product. II Is not a blessing if 1t uses up children. Alabama wants the mills and it wants healthy children, able to read and write. Both can be had by proper laws and proper enforcement of the laws.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-21
Remember Your Poll Ta<.

Fran Kiln TImes. .4
 In paying your tax do not forget the importance of paying your poll tax, for 1t is much easier to pay each year than to have to pay for two OF three years at one time, and then your school needs the amount each year.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-21
Good Advice.
Northport Breeze

Pay your poll tax. buy a home. keep plenty of stovewood for your wife, keep sober. pay your debts and do any other good thing your hands find to do If this don't make you better and happier call on us for another prescrip- tion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-21

Gr0Ve HlII Dem0crat. Some people say they happened to an accident Would 1t not be bettec to say the accident happened to them? But take your choice and try to guard against accidents one way or the other.
 s2 q ~R
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-21

EuIaulA 4imeS.
 The Governor of Colorado says he don't care if prize fighters knock each others heads of. Really 1t would be a good thing.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-03-21
Benjamin Richardson

was born February s, 1882, in Lancaster
county, Penn. He moved with his
parents to Columbiana, county, Ohio,
in 1889 and from there to Delaware
county, Ohio, in 1S41, where he grew to
manhood, his occupation being that of
carpenter. In 1858 he made trip to
Decatur county, Iowa, and entered a
tract of land in Morgan township. In
1859 he married Rebecca j. Biggs, the
daughter of a Baptist minister; although
not member of any church he seemed
to lean toward this creed. He with his
family moved to Decatur county, Iowa,
in 1862 and the following year to the
farm four miles east of Pleasanton in
Mercer county, Mo-, where he resided
until his illness and death at the home
of his daughter, Mrs. S. p. Rogers,
March 4, 1907, at the age Of rs years
and 26 days. He was suffering from an
attack of la grippe but was able to walk
out to the table for his meals and
though sufferer from heart trouble for
years his strong will and rugged con-
stitution seemed to point to a longer
life of usefulness.
He was one of the foremost to intro
duce thoroughbred stock into this sec
tion of the country and was leader in
laying out and improving public high
ways.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-03-21
Weldon.

Little Madeline Silvers is very ssiil
with pneumonia.
Mrs. Eliza Danner, of Lucas, visited
over Sunday with her sister, Mrs. j. H.
Garris.
Wales Lillard, of Murray, spent Sun
day with his parents.
The sacred concert which was to have
been given at the M. E. church Sunday
night was postponed Indefinitely on ac-
count of the illness of several persons
who were to participate.
Mrs. W. G. Lowe, of Osceola, visited
relatives here the latter part of last
week and w. G. came down Saturday to
spend Sunday with the folks.
Miss Effie Spencer, of Lucas, is spend
ing the week with her cousins, Mrs. j.
II. Garris and family.
Mrs. Wingett, with her son Rush, and
daughter, Bess, went to their home at
Murray Saturday.
G. V. Mccullough started Tuesday for
Oklahoma.
Geo. Hall closed his school near Wood
burn last week and returned home Sat
urday.
Dave Johnson, of Derby, was in town
Monday.
AC Uhe village POSColHce MONDAY
evening netted about $35 which is to be
applied on the piano fund.
The Weldon doctors are not lazy men
or they would be seeking other fields
for they are about the busiest men we
have, with sickness on every hand.
r. j. Critchfield spent last week at
Fairfield.
The Misses Mabel Thomas and Imo
Hall began work with the Chapman &
Jamison Co., this week.
AT the school election Monday Prof
Mcintosh was reelected principal, Miss
Turbott elected assistant principal
Mrs. Critchfield for the intermediate
room and Miss Elsie Durnal elected for
the primary.
MIR. DeWall, of Independence, is in
town working in the interest of the Yeo
man lodge.