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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-14
Frank Fitch.
UNIVERSITY pRAMATrc.CLUn.
Black Friars VIII Put on ssraminE q
 the Shrew.''

Black Frfars VIII Put on seraminE of
 the Shrew."
 University, Dec. 13.-(Special )-The Black Friars. the University Dramatic Club. has been organized with the fol- ing; Vice-PresIdent. Margherita Ligon; Secretary, s. F. Clabaugh; Treasurer,
 The tentative cast for the Tanning acters being: Sly. T. W: Jones, Birm- ingham; Hostess, Maud Rosson. Birm- ingham; Lord, M. P. Stiles, Birming-
 s% non Fpst spsinrs Hussss ssssna Hunter s Hauer, Springfield. O.; servingham. W. P. Coles. Cottonwood; First Servant. |. B. Ard, ozark; Second Servant, J. Crook, Union Springs; Messenger s. ,rence Reynolds. Ozark; Tranio. T. A. Wh,ts sirmnshs%; nast Hss BaPtss;; etsm;o v. X. ita Ligon, Mobile; Hortensio, F. L. Grove. Warsaw; Biondelio. H. L. coobs. TTinmnsaan erumo rsaISenD eonF rsSr sia mingham; Katherine, Helen Vickers. Montgomery; Curtis. Augusta Blood worth. New Decatur; Nathaniel s. M. cottonton; Joseph. E. B. Hauer. springyiiie. O.; Nicholas. R: H. Brad. ley. Birmingham; Pedant. Paul West. b1rmln8nam, daDerQdSueT, Il. W. fAl" mer, Montevallo; vincentio, W. O. Cox, Birmingham; Widow, Vivian Elliott
 The Dramatic Club sis being coached by Prof. and Mir. Losey. both of whom have had considerable experience on the stage and in training students for
 pr. Charles H. Barnwell is attend- ing the annual meeting of the South ern Intercollegiate Athletic Associa- ton now being held at Clemson Col lege, S. c. Dr. Barnwell goes in- structed to use his influence to secure the passage of the one-year rule, which was proposed a year ago by Alabama.
 Sometime ago the State Federation of Women's Clubs established at the University an annual scholarship worth $150 year to he awarded to some co- ed by the president of the institution. The scholarship has recently been awarded to Miss Katherine Ward of Eutaw, and Miss Ward is now a reg istered student at the University.
 The Barnard Club. a faculty organi- zation for literary purposes. will meet Monday evening next at the home of Prof. T. c: McCorvey. Professor Me Corvey will read paper on The Classes and Masses in Southern Poli- tics."
 The end-year examinations in the Academic Department are now in pro- gress and will continue until the goth, when all college exercises will be sus- pended for the Christmas holidays. The University will re-open January s.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-14
kIET " OD BY PHIL Fl. ARMSTRONG.

A Mobile newspaper reporter became so interested in a football game re- gently he absent -mindedly placed his lighted pipe in his pocket and burned maintain that football is dangerous.
 An Alabama farm boy found an egg the other day with the words: God Rules This World" in raised letters on the shell.
 A Kansas City man who smoked cis- arettes ever since he was years old, was killed the other day, by street car.
 A flat is seldom so crowded that there, Isn't room for the family skeis- ton. I
 A negro in Northport. Ala, grew angry at another negro and slipping out 'forty-fo'" tried to shoot him. but only succeeded in killing the mule he was riding.
 There are so many bears around Bayou la Batre, Ala. that the farmers in in an @ attempt to ryn them oa. T. R. please write.
 As an argument for the 'keen-moy. ing ordinance, whats the matter with The inhabitants of the tropics are said to possess the smallest brains of knows terrific heat has tendency to addie brains.
 The statement has been recently made that airships will soon be as common as automobiles. If they ever are there is comfort in knowing they will not cause dignifed pedestrians to do a two-step and skirt-dance in the middle of the street.
 4 Trenton man claims he went tc heaven in a trance Perhaps it looked so much like Houston. Tex. that he came back.
 Won't you leave home. George Bai- iey'7 Won't you leave homer
 Spain produces over s.oOo.oOe eorks every years. but we won't need many more down here.
 Florida has . woman WoTssr wso wds wsv once sSs hasn't writ a book.
 What are the wild Marcel waves saying? s%
 The Washington Herald tan author ity. by the way, on the subject) says that "a certain grade of cheap whis- key Is made from rags
  jag on that?
 z Harry Thaw has not been dropped from Pittsburg society. says The Omaha Bea
 GobbIers. Though the Christmas Turkey gobbiea
 And gobbles all the day. And gobbles in very saucy,
 Stuck up sort Of way. when they serve the Christmas dinner.
 With its yiands rich and rare. I'm satisfied that there will be
 Some other gobblers there.
 A friend indeed is a friend who don't bleed you.
 Before you start in to criticiss other people be sure that you are in po- sition to do so.
 If Drift Armstrong has really been tained that a live 'possum has not been seen in Alabama for fifteen years Houston Post.
 What are you talking about MT; dTi Post? Why ynd snSs gnS Tas Enows noTh that there are more 'possums there on one acre of her canehrake swamps than ther ever was on all Buffalo Bayou put to- gether-Laredo (Texas) Times.
 Drift Armstf6ng wants us to head 2 movement to suppress the prune and neck -a boo jokes. Such iconoclasm is out of the question. The prune Is one of the dearest idols we have ever foke at all, but a glorious and majestic reaiity when the filling consists of dim- pled and dumpled Texas maiden. -- Houston Post.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-14
ouILrY, nur unuNK.

Much uAfavofeble comment has oeen bestowed on . Chicago judge wne sis- charged . man who was srraigned for . serious prime. and whoss plea was chat he was drunk when hs committed the offence. The judge held that inas- much ss man is not responsible for acts committed while he is drunk. he should not be punished for anything he Aoes while in that condition. % he discharged the prisoner.
 This is certainly . dangerous prece- dent ,for . court of justice to establish. and if it should be generally followed there would be little else than farce in many criminal cases. It is getting to be the fad nowadays to plead insanity when no other defence can save Q criminal. and there seems to be some- thing like fad abroad in the land to accept such plea and suffer murder CT or other criminal to 90 unpunished. IL is not such . dificult matter as one might suppose to prove insanity. espec- tally in the large cities where there are always plenty of aiienfsts to provs anything if they are well paid for it.
 The recent acquittal of Mrs. Brad ley by Washington jury is a noted case. The woman was guilty of . wil- full, deliberate and premeditated mur- der. She was not insane nor had she any tenable ground of excuse for her crime, yet the alienists convinced an easy jury that she was insane when she killed Brown and the jury brought in a verdict of not guilty. mat she killed her paramour was not doubted. but there were witnesses or specialists to swear that she was insane when she committ- ed the act, and that satisfied the jury.
 If the ruling of this Chicago judge should be generally adopted the plea of guilty. but drunk would become both common and effective. We have heard 1t argued that it is extremeley difacult to prove when man Is really drunk. but if drunk enness should be accept ed generally as . valid defence for crime it would be easy at any time to produce witnesses who would swear that the accused was as drunk as a 'biled owr' when the crime was com. mitted. It seems to us that this kind of mockery of justice is going beyond thA ltvntts af evooN sauaa
 If man should be made drunk against his own will or consent there might be some ground for the plea of Responsibility. but .let 1t once be known" as The chattanoga Times re- marks, among the viciously inclined, either white or black, that they may assault women and commit other crimes with impunity while under the influence of whiskey and reign of ter- TOT must follow. The sane and whole- some view is that man is responsible (1) for intoxication and CD for what he may do while in that condition. There Is ample law against drunken ness and the, man who fills himself up on whiske to destroy his reason in the full knowledge of the crimes into which his act may lead him. is guilty of . double offense when he assaults women or takes life"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-14
Today M History
necenker IA

December IA. 1715-Thomas Dongan, royal Cover nor of New York and New Eng land. died. Born 1884. 17sS-First bank post bills issued in England.
 17S1-The British evacuated Charles ton.
 17Se-George Washington. First President of the United States, died. Born February 22. i732. 1S45-British war against the Sikhs began. Ended with annexation of the Punjaub In 1S49. Is60--Lewis Cass of Michigan. re- signed as Secretary of State. 18e1-The Prince Consort. husband of Queen Victoria, died. 1seS-House of Representatives an nounced It's purpose to pay fully the National Debt. 1S7S-Princess Alice, third child of the late Queen Victoria. died. Born 1S43.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-14
THn pARs Ann DOWN.

We must take the President by
 what he says on the matter of third
 term. His declaration has opened the
 way for . lot of scrambiins and scrap. ping among ambitious Republican
 statesmen. Assuming that he is
 sincere and earnest in his re-
 nunciation. there are those who will wonder why he waited 90 long to set at rest the prevailing be- lief that he would again be . candi- date. whether he realixed--or thought he Gid--that the anti-third term ssnti- msnt might defeat him. or whether he really has no desire for another term. or whether he Is sincerely opposed to
 taking . course which would. even by implication, violate the ions-estabiish- ed practice governing Presidential suo- cession Is immaterial. 90 far as the that he is out of the running.
 Taking 1t for granted then that the present occupant of the high position Is no longer a real or probable factor
 in the situation, 1t removes . trouble some complication and lays down the gap for a lot of ambitious states men to prance into the ring and make their bow to the public. And there will be no lack of entries. Heretofore they have been afraid that their can didacy might be looked on as antag- onizing Roosevelt. and most of them hesitated to do that. Whatever may have been their convictions on the third term proposition, and however anxious they may have been to get into the game, they felt that running counter to Rossvelt's ambition and de- sire would be serious handicap. if not even more.
 But now we are to take it for granted that there Is nothing more to be feared on that score, and that opens the way for any who have bees in their bon nets. It is true that. even if Roose- welt is out of the race for good. his favorable influence is much to be de- sired and that influence they will labor to secure; all of them. perhaps. except Foraker, who appears to take delight in batting the administration. And what a string of them there Is and will and Fairbanks, Foraker and Hughes, and others too numerous to mention, each of whom thinks he has in him the making of a good President and will expect the country to take tho same view without question or hesitation.
 The scrap will be nuts to the Demo- crats. who can look on with practical indifference and watch them eat up each other. Of course. most Democrat 10 spectators will have some choice in their own minds. With majority of them we suspect that the man who is least like Roosevelt will be regarded with most favor. for the country Is coming to the conclusion that it has had about enough of his sort of rule, but Democratic favor or disfaver will amount to little and about all they can do will be to stand off and watch the scrap--and bet on the result if they are so inclined. at the same time in- duiging in the hope that the enemy will renominate the weakest man they have.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-14
ATTACKED BY GROWS.
A Hunter Fired Into Flock and Pal
 The Penalty.

4 Hunter Fired Into Flock and Paid
 The Penalty.
 Chicago, Dec. 13-A dispatch to The Record Herald, from Freeport, Ills, says:
 Paul Niles, a hunter, was attacked by an enormous flock of crows near here yesterday and barely escaped with his life.
 Niles fired into the flock. woundins several and the others attacked him The man started to run. but was knock ed down and pecked about the face and eyes and beaten almost inseusible py the birds wings. With the greatest difficulty, he crawled to a nearby barn with the birds fighting him all the way and 1t was not until he was inside, that they desisted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-14

For the benefit of some of its read CTS The Chattanooga Times tells them that the implement of destruction which the new Alabama law says must be 24 inches long is pistol, not Q flask. The latter, it adds. 'may be worn on all occasions and of any size to suit the taste or convenience of the wearer." - This is a distinction which should not be lost sight of.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-14

bsrrassing situatssns. He can assert . thing q positively and psbiieiy q hs plessss but uuisss he announcss that he is tsIkins for pubiicatson hs can deny 1t and eali anyone . liar who repeats it. That may hs . good of,- ciai policy. but t lacks much of being good honesty.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-14

That was rather an ambiguous re- mark of New York woman who said that she was going to devote the rest of her life to interior decoration" If she had said interior storage" we could better understand it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-14

The most cheering item of news we have lately read comes from Health Ohicer Doty, of the Port of New York who declares that money does not con. vey disease. Now fetch on your money; we'll take any size or age. if 1t Is current.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-14
AI.b,ms rt Depavtments.

Wash ington. Dec 13.-NSpectaIl - Rural free delivery carriers appoint ed: Brewton. Route No. 2. Thomas P' Watson carrier, Curtis Hodges substi- tute: Waterloo, Route No. |. James H. McCorkle vice William T. McCorkis substitute.
 John Page has been appointed post master at Charity. Lowndes County.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-14

The Presidents Secretary. Loeb, an- nounces that whatever the former does not say for publication must be con- sidered as not having been said at all. That leaves broad and easy gap for him to get out of any sort of enl-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-14

If they find many more men who "helped to capture Jefferson Davis" we shall be forced to the conclusion that ali of sherman's army was in the capturing squad.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-14
University GIee Club.

University, Dec. 13.-(special l-The University Glee Club during the Christi mas holidays will take the road and appear before the footlights in the fol- lowing towns of South Alabania: Mo- bile, Jackson, PrattviIe. Troy. Andalu- third season of the club and promises to be better fhAp An"- ~f the preced- ink.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-14

We don't remember how the statis. tieal bureau puts it, but if we are to believe The Houston Post the three great crops of Texas are 'possums, per simmons and red-headed widows.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-14

The papers tell us of man in Illi- nois who drank four pints of whiskey at one bout and then died. and there are those who contend that he ought Co have died. They insist that a man has no right to waste the good things of life in that manner.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-14

Men of prominence sometimes say strange things. For example, General Booth says that only one sin in eighty is ever found out. and the ques- ton is, how does he know7
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-14
Letters to The Editor
No Bosses.

Brierfield. Ala. Dec. 12. 1907. Editor The Advertiser:
 Your recent editorial on Bosses" de- serves commendation, and no doubt rec ceives it from a large majority of con servative citizens of Alabama. 1t is admirable and reflects credit on The Advertiser especially, and contributes to the good name of that type of the Alabama press. -
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-14
sWORN CALCULATION

The Montgomery AdvertfBer guarantees sts advertisers (aud makes it a part of the contract when requested) that its daily cir cuIation Is larger than that of any morning newspaper printed in Afabama--and that its Sunday edition has the largest circulation of any newspaper printed in Alabama. wifnou' exception.
 The figures for November printed below Eepreesnt the actual net circulation. eh fe- turns having been deducted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-14

Among Republican leaders, from Roosevelt down, the let-aloners seem A@ Aa safely in tha lad.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-14
A PIank for Hia PIatform.

Mobile Register. .. .s
 MT. Bryan will gain many votes IT he will promise, if elecfA" 70 make his messages shorter.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-14

MT. Percy Clark of Birmingham, one of the best known newspaper men in the State, is in Montgomery on ous- mess
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-14

Mir J. A. Kyle. Secretary to the Senate, departed yesterday TOT Decatur. where for several oays nc will visit kinsmen-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-14

The statement has been recently made that airships will soon be as common as automobiles. If they ever are there is comfort in knowing they will not cause digniled pedestrians to do a two-step and skirt-dance in the middle of the street.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-14

A Trenton man claims he went Co heaven in a trance. Perhaps it looked so much like Houston. Tex. that he came back.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-14

Hon W. M. Teague.- Mayor of Mont gomery, Is visiting kinsmen Tn Col umbus, Ga.. Mayor Teague will De ah- sent until Monday.
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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-11-23
COMES TO AMERICUSlN
A WEEK TO RESIDE
Until Plant is Given a
Good Start.

Mr. A. N. Walker, president of the
Southern Public Service Co., and
largely interested in the Americus
Railway & Light Co., as we'll, left
yesterday for his home in Pittsburg,
after spending several days here in
the interest of the new company.
Mr. Walker was greatly pleased
with his visit in Americus, as was
Mr.. Kane of Philadelphia, who is also
interested largely in the Americus
Railway & Light Co.
Both gentlemen expressed the opin-
ion that Americus had as bright fu-
ture as any city of her size in the
entire South.
Their investments here fully EN-
phasizes this belief.
The Americus Railway & Light Co.
is capitalized at two hundred and
fifty thousand dollars-a round quar-
ter million-and the greater portion
of this is Pennsylvania capital, though
Americus people are alike interested
And the new enterprise means vast
deal for Americus, and in a most
substantial way.
As the Times Recorder stated two
days ago, plans for the buildings of
the new power plant, to be erected
out Lee street, are now in the hands
of engineers, and dirt will be broken
and the erection of the buildings be-
gun in January.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-11-23
TRES. CERTIFICATES
ARE BEING ALLOTTED
Proceeds Tor CrOp-MOving
South and West.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. 2s.-
(SpeciaD Treasury department
is busily engaged in alotting the one
year three per cent certificates. Many
bids have been received, showing a
general desire to take the new issue
No figures have been given out as to
the amount allotted or the amount sub
scribed for.
New York banks have bid for $685.
100000 of the certificates. 1t is prob
able that the certificates will be
shipped out in installments to each
bidder
The bulk Of the money received for
these certificates will be distributed
among the banks of the South and
West to assist in the movement OF
the cotton and cereal crops.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-11-23
The Machinery Is Ordered

Orders have likewise been placed
for the full equipment of machinery
for the electric plant, and this will
be delivered here in January. All the
machinery will be in duplicate, thus
providing against possible accidents
and breakdowns.
Only the best of everything, Mr..
Walker. said yesterday, would be
bought by the company.
The electric cars to be operated
upon the street railway here will be
of the handsomest and most modern
type, thus insuring comfort as we'll as
a good appearance.
Work is to be started on the street
railway in January, Mr.. Walker
states, and the entire system OF
trackage will be laid and ready for
the operation of schedules by May
Ist, the date upon which the new
plant will be ready.
Everything, it is stated, will be in
good trim by May first
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-11-23
Evidence On Insanity Plea.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Nov. 22.-
(SpeciaD Expert testimony was in
troduced today to the effect that Mrs
Anne Bradley was suffering from
temporary mental alteration when
she shot Ex-senator Brown. Great
crowds listened to the evidence, many
being turned away.
1t was sought to be proved that the
insanity resulted, from an operation
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-11-23
Educational Board To Atlanta.

VALDOsTA, GA, Nov 22.-(Spe-
ciaD 1.-The State Baptist Convention
will hold it's session next year in
Atlanta. The headquarters of the
Georgia Baptist Educational Board
were ordered removed from Macon to
Atlanta. Baptist Sunday Schools OF
the State showed an enrolment of a
million. The convention adjourned
this afternoon.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-11-23
Charged With EmbezzIement.

ATLANTA, GA, Nov. 22.-(Spe-
ciaD John r. Mock, until recently
freight agent of the Seaboard, was to-
day bound over on charge of EN-
bezzlement, the prosecutors being his
bonding company His bond was fix
ed at $500 The losses are said to
be over $4,000 Mock denies that he
is guilty of any offense. He was ar
rested Monday afternoon as he was
preparing to leave the city.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-11-23
Gift OF $4,000 To Emory.

CARTERSVILLE, GA, Nov. 22.-
(SpeciaD A gift of $4,000 for Emory
College was announced to the North
Georgia Methodist Conference today
the donor being Mrs. John w. Akin,
widow of the late President of the
State Senate.