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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-03-24
SHORTEST BILL YET.

Perhaps the shortest bill vet intro
duCed in the Pennsylvania Legislature
the present session is This by Senator
Felker; THE first day Of January, COM
monty called New Years Day, shall
hereafter be a legal holiday.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-03-24
AMATEUR ACTORS
ARE UNEQUALED
FOR EXCELLENCE

One Of the interesting features of The
Christ Child Society, for whose benefit
the Paint and Powder Club gives a
performance Of 1.-THE Don Of Doraya, %
at the Bslasco Theater on Saturday
evening, April 6, is its work among the
Italian children of Washington, who
are instructed to become good little clti-
zens of the country. They repay well
this labor expended upon them by their
quick comprehension and appreciation
of what is done for them.
The Paint and Powder Club ranks
second TO none. Not even the well-knou7
Mask and Wig Of Philadelphia stands
higher, hence a thoroughly enjoyable
performance may be expected and much
fun and laughter with it,
The patrOnesses OF the opera are:
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-03-24

Henry May. MTs. Francis 3. L0ring
Mrs John =. story Mrs. Philip IF.
Sheridan, Mrs. Francis II. Ramsey.
Mrs. r. Z. Wallace, Mrs. Frederick
T. Mcclure. Mrs. W. Emile M0utgOm-
cry, Mrs George T. Hamilton. Madame
JuSscraud. Madam Mayor des Piauches
Baroness Won HenselmullcT, Lady Isa-
bella Howard. Madame CoTtes Baroness
Won PaumEr-ttcn Madam de BlauDrc,
Mrs Charles Carroll Lee. Mrs Robert
HuCkiey, Mrs. William Eeldeu Noble.
Mrs. D. u. Mccartney, Airs. Charles
j. Walc0tt. Mrs. r.. Ross Perry. Mrs.
George ~. Boiling Mrs. Theodore
Nosher, Mrs j. Edward SteIlwageu,
Mrs. Milton l.. Allies. Mrs. r. =. SWecuy
FesclL. Mrs Thomas A. Chatard, Mrs
y. s. Lincoln, Mrs. Wtems Miss Ella
Lorraine Dorsey. Miss %. Eislgy Seward,
Miss Alice Riggs. Miss Jane s. Riggs.
The Misses Cullen, Miss patten Miss
MOhun Miss Thompson. Miss Morris.
Miss MeTricE. Miss Emily " Mason.
The officers of the Christ Child So
Ciety are President Miss Mary Y.
MerTick, vice president, Mrs Henry
Simpson, second vice president. Miss
Pauline A. Burr, secretary, Miss Ra-
facla Acustu, treasurer, Mrs A. y.
Davis
The members of the board Of manag-
srs are Miss NJ n Cox, Ms o. +.
Garggs. Miss S. IT, Naher. Mrs. Kate
r. Mann. Miss Mary Y. AIerrick. Miss
Mildred G. MgrTiCk. AIRS. j. Dudley Nor
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-11

Senator Spragins, of Madison, pro posed that the Senate adopt resolu- ton naming five Senators as commit tee to select the standing committees of the Senate This was offered as substitute for the resolution of Senator Lusk, which proposed to lodge that power in the hands of the Lieutenant Governor The Lusk resolution was adopted Yesterday Senator Lusk pre- sented the list of committees as ar ranged by the Lieutenant Governor and they were voted on and adopted by the Senate The Lieutenant Governor has no more power until his formal induction into office next Monday than the humblest citizen of Alabama. The mention of his name in connection with the appointment of committees was mere surplusage. The committees, as arranged, may not be as those who contended for the right of the Senate to name them would wish. but yester- days action certainly recognizes the right of the Senate to pass upon and ratify them. This was a wise thing to do. in view of the questioned constitu- tionaIity of appointment of committees upon tha Lieutenant- Governors sole dictum.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-11
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
The Governor's Message.

Editor Advertiser:
 Your correspondent read with much interest the ,yoluminous message o1 suggestions of policy that cannot be carried into effect on account of the prohibition by the Constitution. For instance, his Excellency suggest the policy of establishing Repositories for the public money. in order that the surplus in the State treasury may be It is true, that he seems to believe that the Constitution would prevent such an institution. In this, he Is cor rect. A deposit of money in bank is according to the Supreme Courts de- cision, "a loan of such an amount to it's the loan of money owned by the State.
 If such policy were constitutional. it would be unwise. Our statesmen have not forgotten that a very large part of more than nine millions or Alabama's indebtedness originated in the deposit of public funds in the banks mode of reducing the surplus. and to keep the money in circulation Is to reduce the rate of taxation and leave the money in the pockets of the peo- pie.
 of Immigration. requiring more onl- cers and an increase of burdens upon the State The commissioner Of agrt- culture and industries can perform all the duties of such bureau; the adui" ton of another clerk In his ofnce at seasonahle salary will be all the ex- pense necessary.
 Reduce the rate of taxation. and the I.egislature will not be troubled with 'ie U''p''''' OconeL
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-11
TODAY M HISTORY

Name Day: Eugene. Sun rnses at 7:19: sets at All.
 TITS 5.-The> first provincial Congress " 179s.AA collection amounting to 3.S15 pounds was made for the 924 American prisoners in England. pr. Franklin at Paris applied to the Brit prisoners, but his lordship was pleased to return only the following answer: No aplfcation received from rebeis unless they come to implore his ma
 Iis5.Eseat of United States govern ment located at New York, N. ".
 1sl5.-Cumberland Island, Georgia, taken possession of by Captain Barrie of the British ship Dragon. same day tain Fleming, captured privateer schooner Fox, of seven guns, and sev- enty-two men from Wilmington. .sfS17. Timothy Dwight, president of tered Yale at the age of 1s. and be- came a tutor at 19. His health becom- ing impaired by the advice of his phy- sicians he travelled. walking 1000 and riding 2.ooo miles in the course of a a constitution completely.
 1S30.--The State of New York pur- chased 3,470 acres of land in the State from the Oneida Indians, who were to
 1899 --Earthuuake at Martiniques which did great damage, particularly at Fort Rayol, where only eighteen houses were left standing, of 1,70o, and eo,9o0 sufferers were dug out or the ruins.
 viyor of the original proprietors who settled the city of Hudson In lTS4, died, aged 99.
 1S43-Francis S. Key, district att torney of the United States and au- thor of the national song, the Star Spangled Banner, died in Baltimore.
 Riot in Philadelphia.
 lS53.--The caloric ship. Brieson, made her trial trip from New York to the Potomac.
 1s5. .-The Governor General of Can ada issued an order restoring the of- hcers who took part against ~athe gov ernment in the patriot war, to their places.
 1881. l.-Alabama seceded; vote in convention0yes. 61; noes, s9.
 P. B. Thomas, secretary of the treasury, resigned. and was succeeded by John A. Dix of New York.
 1881 The Governor of Louisiana seized forts Philip and Jackson on the Mississippi below New Orleans, the United States arsenal at Baton Rouge. and forts Pike and Macomb, on Lake Pontchartrain..
 1862 2.-The Burnside expedition sail ed from Fortress Monroe.
 1865 Missouri in convention pass ed an immediate emancipation ordi- nance.
 I(Service by American Press-News, Washington, D. C.)
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-11
FRIDAY, JANUARY II, 1906.
A NOTED INDIAN.

In the January number of Sturms Oklahoma Magazine MT. Charles '. Reed gives a sketch of the last Chief of the Creeks" and as MT. Reed calls him, ''the greatest living Indian" He Is General Pleasant Porter. who has long borne a prominent part in all public affairs in Indian Territory, and who was the last one of them to hold the title of a Creek chief before the end of the tribal relations came to the Indians of that nation.
 General Porter's life has been a somewhat stirring one. He was born in Indian Territory. his father being a prominent man among the Creeks. and also a wealthy planter. stockman and slaveholder. Pleasant. as a boy. had little to do but hunt and fish. but some of his experiences were quite thrilling. While boy he was poison cd by eating water-berries and came near dying. Then he was bitten by a moccasin snake and narrowly escaped death. He was thrown from his horse 8Atu AGu OAAp AS6 AAoSAdACo ah tAL Ce' places. and at another time, was for many days at deaths door from an at tack of fever. Then when the war be- tween the States came on he threw himself into the cause of the Confed- crates and was shot trough tbe head in one of the battles in which he was engaged. Along with his other activi- ties he was mixed up in many of the frontier troubles that were nearly aI- ways in existence in his early days.
 when the Confederacy went down Pleasant returned to his home to find his father dead. the slaves free. the stock gone and even the home de- stroyied. but he set to work with the same determination that he had shown all through life to make himself inde- pendent as a man and useful to his peo- pie. He succeeded in both. and has long been among the most prominent and useful men in the Territory. Int new State of Oklahoma will doubles; honor him still more.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-11
DRIFTWOOD
Contentment.
BY PHIL H. ARMsTRoNi. ].

Contentment. After all what can compare With contentment anywhere? Just enough to eat and wear Good sound lungs to breathe pure air. Birds sing you songs so sweet, Flowers blooming at your feet. . 2 Friends with hearts so staunch and true, Friends who won't go back on you, Blue sky bending up above you;, And some one to say T love you"
 Se $ 1 leisure.
 There are plenty of jail birds in last years nest. r things easy these days without being rich
 The Youthful Conception. Freddie why are you stuttering like Yes, mama, an I got some of the mane in my mouf Women do lots of things as natter of form"
 Look to the Morning. Look to the morning, the beautiful morning, When the darkness swoops down on your While the black shadows creep Keep onward toward your goal. Look to the morning. the beautiful morning, Don't talter when the dark days come fast With a courage to do And a faith that is true. You'll reach lifes bright morning at last
 & SS &
 Hard Imek. "Heah what happened to Rastus Brown" His gal kicked him Sunday night. an his mew1 kicked him Monday mawnin."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-11
Is It Known.

There are probably parents who are not aware, that we carry stock of boys fine shoes such as are acknowledged to be the finest in the land.
 In years gone by, we remem- Der how difficult it was to please the eye and yet have the neces- sary wear.
 A man would buy a pair for his boy and look to the wearing quail ities, but when some were shown to 3 mother, while she was not un- mindful of the wear, more often than not, even if she bought them was not pleased with the bungle- someness of the shoe.
 That has been overcome by many manufacturers and today we can find boys and little gentle men s as the smaller sizes are call ed; which combine the wearing qualities, coupled with style.
 This is essentially so with the fine line. we are trying to bring to the attention of. interested ones.
 All of which is true to certain extent with those we sell at pop ular prices,
 We have a big stock of boys shoes at the present time, hund- reds of pairs in our basement wait ing to be transferred to the main stock.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-11
NATURES cATARRH CURE.
Sensible and Scientific Way to Cure
 This DIsagreeabIe Disease.

Sensible and Scientific Way to Cure
 This DIsagreeabIe Disease.
 Nearly everyone suffers at one time or another with catarrh
 The natural way to cure this dis agreeable disease is by applying heal Ing medications direct to the diseased spot.
 In no other way can this be done as naturally as by the use of Hyomei. breathed through the neat pocket in- haler that comes with every outfit.
 Put several drops of Hyomei in the inhaler and then for few minutes. four or five times day, let the air you breathe come through it. In that way. all the air that enters the nasal passages, the throat or the lungs, is filled with Hyomefs healing medica- tion, reaching the most remote air cells of the respiratory organs, destroying all catarrhal germs and soothing and healing the irritated mucous mem brane.
 few days use of Hyomei will show how quickly it relieves all catarrhal conditions, and you will not have to use it long before you find it has ef- fected a complete and lasting cure.
 So strong is E. c. Fowler's faith in the power of Hyomel to cure catarrhal troubles that with every dollar outfit he gives a guarantee to refund the money unless the remedy gives satis- faction. He takes all the responsibil- ity and you canot afford to suffer long CT with catarrh when an offer like this is made to you.
 Should extra bottles of Hyomei be needed they can be obtained for soc, making this one of the most econoini- cal as well as the most reliable reme- dies for catarrh that is known.
 1l-2-21
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-11
Winning the Birds.

"Keeplng Open House Tor the Blrds
 in January St. Nicholas
 Of all times. winter is perhaps the best in which to seek the confidence of birds They are at that time In need of food, we can then offer them friendly assistance, and hunger makes them respond to our advances Just come in through the open windows in little fiocks to hop about the rooms ana examine all your belongings, with their bright black eyes or to take Tn the morning! Yet this Is exactly the experience we have had during the last two winters one in Massa . shire, and 1t is an experience which any one who lives in the country may have with little trouble and less eX- pense.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-11
Substitute for an Abuse.

Secre etary Wilson's proposal seems to open the way to riddance of the an- nual free seed distribution by Con; gress, although 1t would restore and amnlify the useful purpose out of which that notorious abuse has grown. The plan of Secretary Wilson pro- vldes a positive remedy in the shape of a rational substitute. whereby the quarter of a million dollars now an nually wasted would be employed, un- der direction of the agricultural de- A Congressman's clerk, in the devel- opment of the most perfect seed .~ond its apportionment to persons and To calities where it would accomplish system M of strict Supervision and re- spOnsihility.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-11
Increa.e is Insanity Doubted.

Syracuse Rost-Standard:
 Expert students of the problem of insanity are by no means unanimous in the opinion that the percentage of insane persons is increasing. There are two reasons for questioning whether such is the case. One reason is that only a few years ago 1t was the common practice among. Ameri-- cans to keep 'their insane at home. If especially, violent they were confined in some remote room in the house. sometimes chained to the floor If If freedom of the neighborhood. Even if all of them, however. had been coun- ted there might still be errors in the argument. To be a propfr subject for curative treatment such as is given, in our great hospitals for the insane at The present time 1t Is not necessary that the patient should be menace to society. surerer of homicldai all the time. Beyond question great number of persons are counted in- sane by modern methods Of diagnosis who were not so counted by the hit- r-miss methods of an earlier time.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-11

in this State Is one which would quick ly end if the public. instead of the rafl-
 roads. owned the lawmakers Nothins but hidebound greed of ungrateiul ben- eficiarics of public generosity stands m the way of this needed relief Trolley lines cannot expect to compete In long haul or heavy freight with the steam roads. In perishabie farm produce, light package freight and the like, these electric lines can admirably care for a traffic that their older rivals now do badly. and at high rates. Besides, they would open up territory that nov has no outlet. The anti-trolley freight partisans are part of the milk k-meat- ice trust extortioners who in their cruel greed to get at the pockets Of the prosperous hesitate not to crush the weak. the sick and the unfortun- ate.
 IL matters not what is the, cause of the enmity and opposition of the rail- roads of Pennsylvania. or how discred- Itable it may be to them. they should not be allowed to triumph. What The Sun says of that region will apply with equal force to much of Alabama The trolley lines can carry light freight much more expeditiously and with less delay to the country people than the other roads can, and there should be no obstacles placed in the way of their doing so. Let everything be done that will help the rural dwellers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-11

In thinking, speaking, or writing, or the famous battle of New Orleans. we should never forget the prominent part played by an Alabamian in that af- fair. We allude to General John Coffee, who was one of the earliest settlers in Lauderdale County, and throughout the war of 1S12-15 he was Jackson's right-hand man in all the battles with the Indians and the Brit ish. As The New Orleans Item says, "he was to General Andrew Jackson what Stonewall Jackson was to Gen. eral Lee, the right arm upon which he leaned" It may be added that he never failed his chief in time of need, and it is a fact of history that the brunt of the battle of New Orleans fell on him and. his men. We understand that Congressman Richardson will ask for an appropriation of $5o,ooo for the purpose of erecting a suitable monu- ment to General Coffee, and we hope it will be granted. This is a day of monuments, and Alabama should have one to this brave son of her early days.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-11
Surprise to the Omce Boy.

Philadelphia Record. ~ dowptovn there are five telephone bo" booths "i6s'W and it it takes a good deal of the time of one office boy to answer the many calls. During rush hours indeed, these calls are almost inces-
 sant, and when the duty of attending to them was assigned to a new boy the other day he got into trouble 1T, right Int Iearned that the party at the other end was the wife of one of the mem bers of the firm. He called this member out of his office and told him his wife wanted to speak to him on inc phone. The member, approaching the booths, asked: Which one?' I'm sure l don't know, sir replied the boy "I didn't know you had more
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-11
Child LabOr.

Illinois Statc RoglGter
 United States Senator Albert Bev- eridge says the Am erican system of child labor Is turning out two hundred thousand London -!!iI"oliganIs" yearly: either. While we agree with senator Beveridge in his antagonism to the evil of child labor. We heartily dis tempt be made 10 eradicate the evil by federal law. This i3 a question for consideration of the individual States "a question as forciblv necessary for them to consider at once as Senator Bsveridge says 1t Is for the nation to
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-11
I, s,ov,d ne a GeneraI Law.

Greensboro Watchnlan.
 In todays paper will be found notice of a proposed law that will prove ot interest to all the people or Hale the Legislature will be asked to pass a bill making it the duty of the sher- if of Hale county to procure twice each year a list of the persons of thls States Revenue License for the sale of liquor and publish the same in a newspaper in the county for three weeks. If no one in Hale eounty has feet to the proposed law; and if any one has such license the people oi Hale will want to know. what they want with it. as 1t Is against lr Ine iaW ,N, is Il good one, and will be a forward movement in the suppression or the nefarious traffic in whiskey. It should become law.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-11

Dr. Bragg of the Alabama convict board urges the State to burn all it's jails This will be news to those news paper readers who have been led by press reports to suppose that the stake and shotgun had already rem dered the jail in Alabama a useless relic of jnrisprudence.-lndt Star.
 That Is the kind of journalism that Is considered smart by few Northern The absence of truth or fairness matters not to them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-11

Up in Pennsylvania there Is some thing Of a fight on hand between the old steam railroads and the electric or trolley lines over the carrying Of freight. The old roads are trying to prevent thS carrying of any kind of freight by the trolleys The Pittsburg Sun says of the matter:
 The fight by the steam roads against the carrying of freight by the trolleys
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-11

The new Governor of New Hampshire declares that half a century of search ing investigation fails to disclose any jobbery, corruption. embezzlement or other dishonesty in the conduct of pub lie affairs. And theo strange thing to us about 1t is that it is Republican State.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-11

est of7ice building in the world many people believed tbH the limit had been reached that ttlf ebing skyward had gone as far as 1t could. But the present proposition to build SKY scraper to height more than twice as great shows us that in all probabil- icy the end fs not even yet in sight.
 If the apartment houses could have as many stories there would not De so much need to tunnel to Long Is- land and New Jersey to find sleeping places for business people of New
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-11

An editor out in Kalamazoo has made announcement that in future the news department of his paper will be opened each morning with prayer. If his scheme proves effective, it might well be extended, even to Chicago.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-11

A contemporary has an article head ed. Morals in Pittsburg." We should think an essay on that subject would read like the schoolgirls essay on Snakes in Ireland" It read, there ain't any"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-11

The esteemed Times-Dispatch of Richmond Is getting dodgy. When we asked it. How about the South fram- ing the platform and naming the can didate from among her own strong Democratic statesmen?" 1t crisply tells us: :'We decline to be interviewed. That is the usual reply of politicians.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-11

Contribution collector Cortelyou has been nominated Secretary of the Treas ury by his coparcener, Roosevelt. but the Senate holds up his confirmation. It will be deserved rebuke if he Is nos confirmed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-11
aore Hnxinr BrutnIIty.

Strong action is expected by the au- thorities of the California State Univer- sity ia the case of Floyd F.. Allen, student, who. while being hazed. was thrown or fell out of window twenty feet to concrete pavement and was badly huru
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-11
Must Protect Lo.

Buffalo Express.
 A plan is proposed to administer the coal and asphalt lands of the Choc. a corpoEa ton of which all members of the tribe will be stockholders and the President of the United States. sioner of Indian affairs will be of ficers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-11

Recently The Louisville Courier Journal declared that a plate of good soup is better than six drinks of whis- key. It should be borne in mind that Colonel Watterson is in Europe.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-11

If those who are liable to payment of poll tax fail to do their duty and pay up on or before the 1st of February, it will not be the fault of the newspapers Week after week and day after day, the importance of this matter is kept before the people. The Talladega Mountain Home of this week well says: About the poorest economy that citizen of Alabama can display Is failure to pay his poll tax. After Feb ruary 1st the tax cannot be paid and the man who does not avail himself of the opportunity is disfranchised. It ts true this is not an election year, but when the time does come for the exer- else of the ballot all arrears must be paid before it can be done" It is election year in nearly every city and town in this State, as most of them will choose municipal officers. In some counties there will be elections on bond and other propositions, and no one can vote who is delinquent as to poll tax.