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The Mena weekly star., 1907-01-03

field .Ex-Gov. A. Garcelon. of Maine. at Lewiston a-Dr F Henrotip, leading Chicago physI- Sian, at Chicago. Capt Billy" Will Jams. famous turffnan, at New Or F x Senator Brown. Of Utah. at Wash- innslon from bullet wounds inflicted by Mrs. Annie Bradley
The Mena weekly star., 1907-01-03
FOREIGN

Jan. g. Rodriguez attacks r ert a Plata, San Domin- go, killing 25. { - s a n Domingo rebels defeated: : Morales generals and l20 men killed. 5-San Domingo rev olution ended with defeat of President Morales and kill ing of Gen. Rod riguez.
 12-France bre a k z off diplomatic rela- tions with vene- xuela.
 HEX Premier Bal. four beaten for election to parlia- ment; Ii b c r al E sweep Britain. l7 = Nj. Fallieries,
The Mena weekly star., 1907-01-03
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICAL

Jan. 3 - Resolution Introduced into O New York legisia- : ture asking q. s. Senator Depew to resign because of Insurance expos ure.
 7-Gov. Hanly. In- diana, files suit to onst Sec. of State Storms for dera- lfet |. ---rsssst r~tt fnaugurated gov ernor of Ohio. Iowa general as- sembly began. Wisconsin legis- lative inquiry be- g in S insurance probe.
 16- Philippine free n .. e N.ENN
The Mena weekly star., 1907-01-03
cuBAM REvoLuTIoN

Aug. 2l-Uprising of insurgents in west ern Cuba.
 R c V o l utio n spreads and gov ernment decides tc raise 10.000 men to fight rebels; T,00c insurgents under arms in Pfnar del Rio province. 24-Heavy fighting in Pinar del Rio province.
 26-Band of 100 in- surgents loot Las La jas, Santa Clara province.
 29-Government of fers amnesty and many leaders in Provinces of Ma tanzas and Santa Clara surrender.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-01-03
TALKED ON cH|LD LABOR
Nebraska State Teachers' Associa. tion Addressed by Senator
 Beveridge.
CHILD SLAVERY 4 NATIONAL DISGRACE

A Prosperity that Feeds Upon the Lives of Little Children is Wrong, Says the Senator-Favors the Pending Child Labor Bill in the Senate.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-01-03

Lincoln, Dec. 3o.-Senator Albert ]. Beveridge addressed the closing meet
 ing of the Nebraska State Teachers
 association here Friday night, speak ing on the schools and the nation.v Senator Beveridge spoke particular
 ly of child labor. Nothing" he said,
 shows how greed forgets humanity
 as child slavery. There is something
 wrong with prosperity which is so
 immense that 1t finally comes to feed
 upon the lives of little children. Men
 who make money by working infants are making too much money.
 There are, at low estimate, half million children under fourteen at
 work in cotton mills, glass factories, sweat shops, mines and like indus tries. Those whom such toll does not kill are being ruined for citizenship. We are turning out, at a low estimate.
 100000 adult London-hooligans every year; and these become in turn the parents Of hundreds of thousands of other degenerates. And so this civic pestilence riots and spreads.
 Tt must be stopped--if not for the sake of these children themselves, then for our own sake; if not for the sake of common humanity, then for the sake of the republics safety. For this republic Is based on citizenship. We can now SOW the winds today with out reaping the whirlwind toworrow.
 If everybody including the most earnest advocate of 'states right could agree on a national quarantine law to keep out yellow fever, which does not kill 20 people in 20 years. how much more should We agree on a na- tional child labor law to stop d prac- tice that actually kills thousands of children and irreclaimably ruins tens of thousands every year.
 TO be sure no great industries were maintained upon yellow fever and great industries are maintained upon child labor. Business interests were not advanced by the Bubonic plague. but business interests are advanced by child slavery-but is that an argu- ment? Have We become so commer- cialized that while We forget state rights when providing against yellow tle cnifurs1. -------------' -'A---
 However. the theory of state rights is not affected by the child labor bill pending in the senate. The bill affects child labor only in factor les. mines and sweat shops. That is as far as it should go at present. It does not touch any healthful employ ment of labor anywhere in the repub- lis. It cuts onfy the cancer of mur- derous and debasing child slavery wsas association voted unanimously asking NebTsAka senators and repre- sentatives in congress- to support Sen ator. peveridge's child la or bill, adopt ing the soilowing resolution
 Resolved. that we the Nebraska state teachers assoclatipp ln our 4lst annual session. over 2.00U ssTong, un- qualifiediy 1rdorse the Beveridge shild labor bin if that we unanimous ly appeal to ip,ir senators and rcpresen- tativesr in the national ocngress to nofk fdr S.ad vote Esr the-epactment r sbsaid measure Into ' national law"
The Mena weekly star., 1907-01-03
Sunday Schools unied.

V .,asxnapolis, Ind. Dec. 30.--At a ,,y<ss.tssg of the National Christian Bi hie school association here Friday t was decided to affiliate with the Inter national Sunday School association. fhus uniting the Sunday schools of al protestant churches in one organiza ton. The meeting closed saturdst night. An address was delivered Dy J. II. Hardin, of Missouri.
 having the Dynamite.
 Fargo, N. D.. Dec. 30.-TwoA men were killed and a third so badly in iured that he has since died, by the explosion of dynamite which was being thawed at Muskoday. 50 miles east of Fargo. The Northern Pacific company is cutting down big hill near Mus koday and the mon were working with steam shovel. Near where they were at work fire had been built. over which sticks of dynamite were being thawed out. These suddenly exploded and the men ewre blown almost to atoms.
 Life insurance Presidents Organize.
 New York, Dec. S0.-The Association of Life Insurance Presidents was or ganized here Friday and constitution ana hy-lwas adopted. Ten Of the IA presidents who attended voted Q adopt the constitution and by-iaws, the others being excused fronlS voting us- til they can consult with their direc tors. The meeting adjourned until Japparyl zs A
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-12
The AIabama Legislature.
Manufacturers Record.

ManuTacturefS ftScoru'
 In the closing days of the summer session came the news from Mont gomery that the proposed anti-t; ist hill would be allowed to die on the calendar; that the workings or the Texas law, upon which the Alabama mea was modelled, had been far from satisfactory; that it is serious handicap upon commerce and nad de- veIoped potentialities undreamed or py its adyocates The decision to let the bill die was an excellent one. It mlgnt profitably be bettered by occupying ai, extra session of the Legislature, sn ouio one be called, in repealing practlcaliy all the Legislation of the winter II such wholesalism be impossible, en ex fra session would not be in vain 1T IL should succeed in wiping rom the statute books the provision that when any foreign corporation Is sued m a State court, and removed such sul5 from the State court to Federal court. the license of the corporation 10 So business in the State shall be can : celled. The wisdom of corpora tlOn 5 removing it's cause from court oA a a State in which 1t is doing ouslnesS eo a Federal court may be serlously ques tioned. Such conduct IS not calculatts tt, u to make its life comfortable III tne ne State. Yet the State in seeking U to limit the power of anybody, wh9t her corporation or individual, to exercise a constitutional right, even though lt pc mistaken in doing so, is smoothing tne way for the suppression or us own constitutional rights.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-12
NeMspnper Prices

Birmingham Ledger.
 Several newspapers in the State have increased their prices and others are discussing it. The Birmingham Ledger increased it's subscription price and put on a large news service, and has enjoyed a very large increase in sub scription. holding almost entirely its old subscribers. It was a highly profitable move for the paper and its readers.
 The great increase in the cost of ev- erything entering into the cost of a newspaper justifies the increase in subscription price. The Ledger believes that where paper covers its field and where the editors do their duty in the way of putting brains and energy into their papers they can get $2 a year as readily as one. The papers are worth it.
 The Ledger has before 1t at this mo ment six weekly papers that are easily worth S2 They are carefully edited, they are flied with the local news and they have intelligent comment on the news of the State and nation.
 The Ledger believes that 1T the pa pers are made excellent and command the respect of the people, they can not only get a fair price for subscription and advertising. but higher degree of respect There is no sense Tn a newspaper man being pubic burueI bearer, just for love of his profession He can get more if he demand It prop arlV
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-12
COLUMBIA CARNIVAL ENDS.
Fine Barbecue Dinner and Speech by
 MT. Clayton

NAuyAO
 Columbia, Aug 11.-(SpeciaI) )-The third and closing day of the festivities of the Columbia Carnival Association is over and about 2,O0O people have left for home.
 At an early hour vast crowds began to assemble on the streets, and at 10 80 o'clock the band call was to the park where Hon. H. D. Clayton addressed the assembled multitude on the future, politically and industrially of the Wire~ grass region.
 At 12 o'clock dinner was announced and a table 200 feet long, which was loaded with the finest barbecued meat,
 After dinner the first thing on the program was climbing the greasy pole. Then followed the catching of the greasy pig. At 3:S0 o'clock the sec- ond game of ball between Columbia and Arlington. Ga, was announced when was begun another very interest ing game. During the playing of the fourth. fifth and sixth innings a light shower was falling which, to some ex- tent. disturbed the players so that five runs on each side were made which brought them again to the close of the ninth inning a tie. During the first half of the tenth Arlington scored which gave the game to that town.
 At intervals during the day the large band furnished most excellent music.
 From every standpoint this carnival was a great success and augurs well for the future of Columbia.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-12
Politics and Politicians

Marion Butler, former United States senator from North Carolina, has come out for President Roosevelt for third term.
 Major John c. Hemphill is out for the seat of United States Senator Latimer. of south Carolina. Major Hemphill belongs to an old South Carolina fam fly and is known as a scholar and an orator of rare attachments.
 The Brooklyn Democratic Club has called a conference of Democratic Gov ernors to meet at Brighton Beach the latter part of this month, to consider 'Encroachments of the Federal govern ment on the powers of the States"
 Ex Senator Carmacx, of Tennessee, does not take kindly to the suggestion of some of his friends that he should become candidate for the Democratic nomination for Vice President. He says he doesn't want the job.
 United States District Judge Landis, who imposed the famous $29.000.0 900 fine upon the Standard oil Company, is now mentioned as a possible candidate for the Republican nomination for Gov ernor of Illinois.
 Carl F. Keuhnle, former law part uer of Leslie M Shaw, is one of the latest gubernatorial candidates to ap- pear in the Iowa campaign. ! While he has not formally announced his candi- dacy. his political friends declare he will be in the race.
 Of the seven men whose names are now most prominently mentioned in connection with the Republican nomin- flied with Federal official life at the present time. And the seventh. Les lie M. Shaw, only recently retired from the Presidents official family.
 Winston Churchill. the novelist. who has entered politics and who was candidate for Governor of New Hamp- shire last year. has developed strong political convictions. and his friends expect him to figure prominently in national affairs before many more years go by.
 It is interesting to note that only one member of the House of Representa- tives has reached the Presidency at the time of his incumhency in the House. That was James A. Garfield, of Ohio. who was one of the pest examples CT the dark horse" candidate which the history of the country arfords.
 New Jersey Republicans are quito as much at sea as te the platform for the coming Bup6TBdtOEAdk CdlnpdiSH dS on the selection of their candidate They are particularly afraid of the ex- else question. The Bishops law, with it's no screen clause as a guard against Sunday opening. may. they say. cost them the support of some of the strong est Republican counties.
 In view of the Fairbanks candida sy it is interesting to note that only three Vice Presidents have been elected to the Presidency when they held the lower office, and none of these since 1886, when Martin Van Buren was the successful standard bearer of the Dem ocartic party. To find the other exam ples of successful Vice Presidential candidates for the Presidency it is nec- essary to go back almost to the found- ation of the Republic, when Joha Adams was elected as the successor of George Washington, and when Adams was in turn succeeded by Vice Pres ident Jefferson. So that If Vice Pres ident Fairbanks succeeded in winning the Presidential nomination and elect ion 1t would be almost without prcce- dent.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-12

was hostile to Governor Conner. This is incorrect for he not only favored it but urged it in his first message to the Legislature and pressed it upon
 the proposed amendment is to be e'vot- ed on at the general election in Mo- vember, 1908. We will have to elect some Supreme Court judges next year. Presidential electors, Congressman and some county officers. and there fore an expression of opinion will be had on it during Governor Comer's term.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-12
AnusrNG rHE mon.

Among the peculiarities. not to say curiosities. of the present day is the widespread cry against wealth and those who possess it. To read or listen to the talk of those of socialis- tic temperament--and of many who. are not--one might be led to the conclds- sion that wealth Is serious crime and that those who possess 1t are neces- sarily criminals. Abusing the rich. has come to be popular fad, and to howl against predatory wealth" is favorable subject with certain people.
 Is it a crime to be rich? If man aecumulates wealth by dishonorable methods. by expressing the poor. by, taking unfair advantage of others. or by any other act or course dishonor- able, wrong or unjust in itself, then he is morally criminal. just as Is the poor man, who makes a good trade for him. self by lying or deceit Criminaiity does not consist in the amount of money or property owned, but in the manner of accumulating it, and the man with but a few thousands may be as actual ly guilty of getting his money wrong fully as is the one who has hundreds of millions.
 We are not arguing. mind,thatsome men of vast wealth do not oppress and despoil those who cannot help them selves. but would they do so if they were strictly honest and just? In other words. if man is honest, upright and conscientious he will be no more likely to take advantage of his wealth to enable him to rob others than a poor man would To put it differently, he is tan oppressor, a wrong -doer and a despoiler because 1t Is his nature. not because of his opportunity. man of moderate means may take advantage of others just as the multi millionaire may do, and about the only difference between them is that one has greater opportunities than the other.
 We are not defending the criminals in heart and act who have the advan- tage of great wealth, for there is no defense for them. We are only depre- eating the. popular outcry against wealth as though it were crime to be rich. Most of those who indulge in this hue and cry would get rich if they could. and some of them would not inquire closely into the way the wealth came to them. We suspect that most men's feelings towards riches is largely due to the fact that they have no wealth of their own. If they did they might see wealth in a different light. In short, a rich man may be honest and just as well as poor man. and a poor man can be unjust and dis honest as well as rich one can. Wealth is not criminal. but the mode of obtaining and using it may be. We that a poor man is necessarily honest and that rich one must be a scoundrel If that were true would any honest man try to get rich?
 Is not much of this outcry and emni- ty against wealth the result of envy? If the poor man, or the man of little wealth. could be assured of becoming a millionaire would not the assurance close his mouth against abuse of the rich? We suspect that there would be few to declaim and protest against wealth if all could see the way to get 1t for themselves. AS that is not pos sible there will be few very rich and many to envy and denounce them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-12

To The Montgomery Advertiser Does the fact that a man has once been an alternate Senator entitle him to be called Senator all his life.- Charlotte Observer.
 When the man chosen at primary as an alternate Senator" is afterwards duly elected by State Legislature to occupy a seat in the United States Senate, the title of Senator" will most likely cling to him all his life. If he had failed of election by the Leg islature there would be no reason to call him Senator.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-12

That Pennsylvania Capitol scandal consistently refuses to down. and it should not be put down. There is an Investigating committee of the Legis- Iature and 1t is positively intimated that the Republicans on the committee are determined, if it lies in their pow CT, to cover up the footing that was so extensively practiced, whitewash the Building Commission and put an end to the investigation, This being the case the Democrats on the Com mittee should make it their business as it is plainly their duty to bring out all the facts if 1t lies in their power to do so. The people should be allowed to know how much of their money was stolen and who got 1t. even ! though the knowledge may send some Republicans in high places to the pen itentiary. If the Republicans on the Committee fail or refuse to bring out the truth it will be an admission of guilt, but the Democrats should make the admission on established fact.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-12
''This is My 3Oth Birthday"
James ". WAdsworth, Jr.

Jar es w wadsworth, Jr.s Speaker of the lower branch of the New York Legislature. was born August 12, 1S77 His father was a member of Congress for more than twenty years and promi- nent in New York Republican poli- ties The younger Wadsworth was graduated from Yale in 1898. When the Spanish American war broke out few weeks after, he had received his degree, he enlisted as a private. For a short time he served in Porto Rico, and later saw active service in the Philippines. In 1899 he returned home and engaged in farming in Livingston County, N. Y. He was first elected as Assemblyman in 1904. when twenty seven years old. Shortly after his graduation from college. MT Wads- worth was married to Miss Alice Hay daughter of the late Secretary of State
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-12
HELD ON SERIOUS CHARGE.
Young White Man Is Hound OVer "n Charge of Attemped CrimlnaA
 Assault.

Phenix City, Aug. t1-tSpecial)- Toe Goodwin, a young white man of Columbus. was hound over by Magis- trate !. B. Coan. of this city. yester- dav afternon in the sum of $500 on the charge of a; empted criminal assault mon the person of Mrs. E. Partridge wife of a Lee County farmer.
 The principal witness Tor the pros, ecution was Mrs Partrioee' wno sesi" Goodwin made an insulting remark to her and tried to catcn hold of her. She nicked up a churn dasher. she says. and strncL the young !. n with 1t, and at tha same time began screaming. Her husband heard the screams and ran to the house, but Goodwin had left when she arrived.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-12
MOTHER pROsEoUTEs SON.
She Had a Warrant Sworn Out For
 rIi,,, am Chnrce Of XagrnncY.

Phenix City, Aug. 11-(Special)- Hugh Johnson, 15-year-old boy, was hcfore Judge Marlborough yesterday af- ternoon on charge of vagrancy, his own mother being the prosecutor.
 It is said that she could not control the boy and swore out the warrant In the hope that he would be convicted and sent to the Industrialy Homo at East Lake, Ala. The boy was hned s25. and not having the money was carried to the county seat at opeilka where if is supposed that he will be sentenced to the Industrial Home.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-12
por,v For RrevtoD Young FoIk.

Brewton. Ang. 11-(Special )-Little Miss Bernice Clements entertained a number of little folks at the home of her parents, MT. a:.d Mrs. ]. B. Clem- onts last evening.
 Games were played throughout the evening and the prize contest was a simple but interesting one, The prize, two pounds of delicious candy, was won hy Miss Bessie Jones.
 At ' o'clock the children were gath cred around the long dining table where they were served with the most de- lightful refreshments.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-12
co,umbus Their Gretna Green.

Columbus, Ga, Aug. 1l-(SpecIaI - Another Alabama romance culminated in wedding in Columbus yes terday. whenz Winfield S.. Almon, and Miss Mary E. Templeton, both young people of Sbhelby County. were welded here by Judge Joseph E. Chap
 man. A brother of the pride came with the couple to Columbus, and assisted them in arranging for the ceremony being in full sympathy with their plans
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-12
Today In History
lo99-crusaders victorious at Asc1

1O99-Crusaders victorious at Asca- lon.
 1552-Peace of assau.
 1625-King Charles l. of England. dissolved Parliament.
 1762-King George ". of England horn. Died June s6. 1890.
 1S12-Madrid entered by Wellington and his forces.
 1S22-Suicide of Lord Castlereagh. 1S36-Revolution in Madrid, and flight of Isturitz.
 lS4S-George Stephenson, famous railway engineer died. Born 17S1
 1S92-Great strike of switchmen be- gan at Buffalo. Declared off Aug 24.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-12

A friend told us a day or two ago of having just received a letter from his daughter, who is spending some time in the mountains of New Hamp- shire. She wrote that she was then enjoying herself very comfortably sit ting by an open fireplace in which a generous wood fire was burning while she was writing her letter. That sounds good, doesn't 1t?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-12
0- =9=

The plea to have biennial sessions was made that if anybody wants 10 rebuke Governor Conner, he could vote for the amendment. Then the bill was made so that no election could be held for 1t during Governor Corners term. We don't know that anybody wants to rebuke Governor Conner and don think that argument will help the amendment any.
 The above is from The Birmingham Ledger and would lead one to infer that the biennial session movement
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-12

It is a great pity that the victory for John Sharp Williams in Mississippi had not been of such a decided charac- ter that there could be. no dispute over it. The Democrats of that State did not do their whole duty in the premises
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-12

The majority of williams over vardaman in Mississippi was but a little over one-half of one per cent of the total vote. If $50 of the Will Hams votes had gone to Vardaman it would have elected the latter. That was certainly close shave.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-12
premise:

The Brooklyn Eagle shouldn't ask conundrums this hot weather, as it does when it inquiries why Schmitz keeps on insisting that he is Mayor of San Francisco. Nothing short of infinite wsdom can understand Schmltz ..-