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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-20
IA MILLION AND A HALF.

In his address to the Association of Tax Assessors. delivered Wednesday, Auditor ". ". Branden in explaining the ananciai condition Of the state Treasury, mentioned that the annual liabilities of the State had increased a million and half dollars.
 This estimate is rather higher than that of The Advertiser in dealing with the record breaking Appropriation work of the Legislature. The Audi tor, however, is in better position to secure actual figures than The Ad- vertiser which in making estimates that are absolutely accurate. must wait until all the general acts have been printed. Y
 The Auditors statement to the Tax Assessors clearly shows that The Ad- vertiser's estimate of the annual in- crease of the cost of living for the State of Alabama Is too conservative in placing the figures at one and a quar- ter million dollars. The Legislature went even further than anybody had thought.
 Nor were these record breaking ap- propriations made only for the old soldiers and the schools. as the Gov ernor and some of his lieutenants have insisted Many offices were created. Many salaries were raised. In the mat ter of schools many places were fav- ored above others.
 The increase of the judicial expenses of the State can hardly be classed with the money that the Legislature gave to the schools of the state-yet the cost of the courts to the State, new and old, have increased by approxi- mateiy s75,oo0. This money for in- creased salaries of old judges and saia- ries for new judges and Judges never before paid by the State, comes out of the State Treasury. In an article published in this issue of The Adver- tiser is shown the increase of judges and the increase of Judicial salaries and 1t is worth the reading of every Alabamian interested in public affairs The article carries the astonishing fact that the single county of Jefferson has nine judges with jurisdietion equal to that of circuit judge. Three oi these 1udgeships were created by the present Legislature.
 Nof were all offices created by the Legislature of judicial nature. There were many other ofices created-many other salaries to be paid out of the State Treasury A general view of the oftice creating work of the Legislature Is given in the article published today The article shows, too, that not only are the schools and the old soldiers getting additional money from the Treasury, but the Treasury is paying as well. increased salaries and new salaries.
 Considerable opposition met the pro ject to create a state Tax Commission while the establishing act was befort the Legislature The Tax Commission now appears to be a necessity. With out 1t the State Treasury would in evitably face a dedcit And a defoi is to be avoided only by increased tax ation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-20
A. Paternalistie Fa.lare.

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 The State of Sac Paulog Brazil, has run afoui of prosperity by government control, political policy advocated by people who believe that the more the government has to do with legislating prosperity, the better it will be for the people. Down in Brazil the coffee rais- CTS a year or two back found they had so much coffee they didn't Know what to do with 1t, and as the price kept go- ign down below the cost of pEoduction there was a elaJpor that the State make one great warehouse o Er4tsel@ take over the coffee crop and hold it until prices advanced to a remunerative point. Pol itics turned the trick and the State advanced some $90,000. 900 to the plant CTS for their protection. Now the State finds itself the holder of several mil Hons of bags Of coffee which is worth in the market about S25, 100000 less than 1t was when the State put up its money and credit. To show their kind appreciation of the work done by the State in their behalf. instead of trying to help out the State by feducing pre- auction, the coffee growers proceeded tn increase theIr next crop by about 90 per cent. This, of course, WilT put tho State deeper into the hole than before. but having muIcted the State already by $25,000,0 ,00O, patriotism, of course, became back nHmbeP. Of course. the best way to regulate people is to let them regulate themselves. If they never learn bv experience. making hot house pets of them will do them no good. This coffee experience of the State of Sac Paulo down in Brazil may safely be held up IS horrible example for a lot of people in the United Stateh who want to turn everything over to the government for safe Keeping.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-20

wish of the generals daughters to have his Confederate rank engraved on his monument was denied. It is probable that an effort will be made by the Alabama delegation to secure permission to have General wheeler's Confederate rank inscribed on the monument. It will strike the average fair minded American that no better evidence of restoration of good feeling between those who once con- tended in bloody war. could be fur nished than to see inscribed on mar ble. in the national cemetery, the fact that one of the leaders on the losing side died as an oficer in the army from which he resigned to enter the Confederate service. The refusal to allow this inscription reflects no ere it upon the War Department, at the head of which supposedly stands William Fl. Taft. heir presumptive to the Presi- dency. M
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-20
DRTFTWOOD
RY PIzIL M. ARMsTRONu.

The poet of The Montgomery Adver- tiser sings that 'the Alabama 'pos- sums getting fatter every day"' As sums In Alabama. it Is believed that there will be mast enough to fatten all of them. In Grand Old Texas, howev-k CT, the marketable 'possum crop num- bers 2,S7s,s55 and they weigh from ten to twenty-two ponds each Houston Post.
 Your 'possums may surpasa ours in quantity but not in quality An AIa- hot gravey, banked with sweet staters and baked q Tuskegee Normal tan, tg hard to beat. s2 @-et5 3s-s
 Phil H. Armstrong. the dean of the famous ragged and jagged poets of Alabama" is authority for the state- ment that a Kansas farmer got S3,b0e for a song. It must have started somee what like this: Oh send us help to pull the corn OF hell will be to pays"--- Houston Post.
 t.AsTennessee woman says she is so- ing to give q white elephant party.--
 By way of suggestion, why not have vors.
 A Tennessee mayors name Is Tune and the paragraphers have been play- ing on his name all over the country. -r
 An Atlanta couple were welded on roller skates the other day. But they won't find married life quite as smooth as the floor of skating rink.
 "Automobiling develops the lungs" veioping the legs of the innocent by. islanders. ra.--Washington Herald.
 And the legs of the motorists--thO pesky things break down so often. Meyer.
 We have the wireless telegraph,
 The horseless rig these days of strife, But as long as woman lives we'll never
 Have the speeehless wife. And now they say Missouri has comes natural to most women.
 Speaking of the King of Nature Fac kirs, surely, surely Mr. Roosevelt does not read The Houston Post.
 F % Hey, Mister Man. Hey. Mister Man. In your easy chair, At your roller-tOp desk, In your bank up there Where your humble clerks Bow down to you, And do everything That you tell 'em to-, While the only work That you do all day Is to clip coupons In a listless way. You have oceans of Money-oh--S The world bows down To your feet. know. But say now, honest Just tell me this: Would you give 1t all For a mothers kissR For day back there In the old home place. Back with each cid Familiar face. To be & barefoot Boy again, With a hshin' pole Or a minnow seinef With fresh young faco Cheeks like a rose. Squshin' mud Through your barefoot toesf Say, Mister Banker. I'll bet you'd give All that you've got To once more live!
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-20
SMALL AND MEAN.

It was a small piece of business for the War Department at Washington to
 have the name of Jefferson Davis cut
 out of its proper place on Cabin John
 Bridge. He was Secretary of War when the great work was done and his name was naturally and properly inscribed on 1t, along with others con- nected with it's construction. In the midst of a great war and yielding to a mean spirit the department ordered his name ehiseled out and there the blank remains today. In the course of time a sense of justice may prompt It's restoration. The recent action, however of the War Department on another matter gives but little hope of it's being done at an. early date. Gen eral Joseph Wheeler. who was a grad uate of West Point and at the time of his death on the restired list of the United states army as Brigadier Gen eral, was buried at the Arlington Ma tLonaI Cemetery. His daughters have just erected a monument over his grave. On one side of the monument there are two blank lines. On these lines his daughters had intended that their fathers highest rank as Con federate soldier should be carved, but the War Department said mo" The War Department assigned no reason
 SO far a known why this request and
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-20

Those of a superstitious turn of mind should keep tab on Secretary of War Taft during his journey around the world. If there is anything in the Friday and 18 idea he is dsfying fate He not only sailed on ship whose stesrine apparatus was out of order but the delay occasioned by this caused fl to leave on Friday the 1Sth. Pos s,bIv he had his fingers crossed, but even that would be of doubtful efficacy against such combination of maligr influences.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-20
A GRAVE QUESTION.

The New york Times and Columbia State have dug up new subject of controversy. The question is as to whether a deughnut Is really a dough- nut if it has no hole through 1t? It is not a matter that may influence the destiniss of nations, perhaps, or even the standing of sections. though 1t is of more interest in New England than down here, The doughnut has never been looked on ss a staple table necessity in the South, but to our Yam kee brethren it is one of the standoys and they define 1t a ring of dough, fried brown. and necessarily a ring cannot exist without hole.
 The Norfolk Landmark comes into the discussion with the positive. deeL- hilton that "doughnut is. in fact, 6 fried hole" There you have It straight from the fountain head of knowledge True, the explanation is bit elusive How the cook is to go about catching the hole and holding 1t till she can fry 1t is not explained. nor is any thing said as to the size of the hole that is to be used, but we suppose all that is for the cook to decide. The main point is that a wad of fried dough without hole through it is not doughnut. Let the verdict be rem dered.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-20
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1so7'

The despatches tell us that sensa' ton was caused in PennsyiVania by inc arrest of State ofileials charged with conspiracy in connection with the great steal in the building and fur lnishing contracts of the new State Capitol We fail to see the appropri- ateness of the statement. A sensation is the result of something unexpected ana surely the people of PennsylVania cannot be surprised to learn that off, aciais were guilty of corruption and stealags in that job.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-20

along with the statement that rthe three New Workers elected to the Presidency had all been Governors of the State, as had MT. Tillman, who in the names of Jefferson, Jackson, Tilden and Cleveland explain yourself, please--Charlotte Observer.
 Now. haven't you been there yourself often enough to. know that the intelii- gent compositor will take liberties and thought it best to substitute the South Carolinian's name for that of the great Tilden. ss ezs 5= se--- ! ..-r-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-20
Men as stakes In Gambling Games,

Philadelphia Record.
 ''I had a peculiar reason for stopping gambling among my walters" said large restaurant keeper yesterday. Tt was not because they took up time from business, but because they shitted customers so often. Every man of them was a true sport, and they would bet their heads if they could be trans ferred from their shoulders. so when they ran out of, money in a card game they bet their best customers, One man, who comes in every day and who gives liberal tips, had a different walt : or almost every day. and he. complained to me about 1t. I tnvestigated and man who waited on him and had been bet back and forth in every game. 9th or liberal tippers were treated in the same manner, and in order to Keep things straight had t9 give gq,I n9qSes Io
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-20
A oatholIn Temperancs Idea

 Hartford Courant.
 The leading Roman Catholic paper in Great Britain. ''The Tablet has had q letter from an Irish correspondent named MacDermott, who may yet find himself famous. He has an Idea, and it's an interesting, striking idea. He suggests revision of one of the time me honored precepts of the Churoh; Ills thFoughout the world be required to abstain on Fridays. and other days of obligatory abstinence from alcoholic beverages, instead of (as nowl from meat. Archbishop Walsh of Dublin. Is disposed to think we'll of the sugges- tion. and ''The Catholic Transcript" of this city seems to regard 1t as worth eonsidering-consider seriously, too; The author of it advances an array or arguments, some of which certainly ap- pear to have point and weight NO greater boon could the church extend to her faithful children in our north ern olimes; he writes 8 ths S0 ,ot suo9 os s5y SR Pone since his predecessor sent Patrick to Ireland and Augustine to England" "
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-20
Some Cntfnn rnnfn.

New Orleans Times-Democrat.
 Mr. H. G. Hester's report of last years cotton crop shows that for the first time in the history of the crop lt has passed the $700, ,00o, ,000 figure, it's value being S716.352,2s5. The size of the crop has varied considerably in the last five years, but It's total value, thanks te the efforts of the SouthsrD people of all classes. has steadily im- proved year by year. It jumped up tn- to the six hundred millions In 1903-O4 and to the seven hundred millions this season; in five years 1t has Increased in value $27S.337,576, or s3.5 per cent.
 On the other hand. the cotton mill in- dustry has not improved in the South as much as in the North. Beginning in 1890, when the Northern consumption was nearly four times that of the South, the latter began increasing the number and output of It's mills. until in 1906 1t caught up with and passed New Eng land and ~the North generally. It lost the leadership during the past year, however. for while there was a slight improvement in this section the New England mills added largely to their takings and output, with the result that they are again ahead The change, however. is probably only temporary.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-20
Poor Economy.

FIOrenCe IlmeS. -
 The troubles at the State lunatic asy- lum were largely due, as 1t now ap- pears, to a lack of money to properly provide for the management or tnat great Institution. This Is a substantial fact developed by the recent investiga- tion. The want of money forced the management to employ in some eases ignorant and incompetent nurses and and also to economiZS fin the food supply; S'I State cannot in any way fail to provide for every reasonable want of this hos pitai. Wherever else economy may be practlced, and we do not hear much of that these days, it should not De applied at the asylum or the insane.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-20
nnTNn onr OF TOWN.

s,,,.c,ss,sTs who leave the city temporarily .hoH,Id have The Advertiser mailed toSn. Addresses will be changed as S1'0~ YoT can keep fully informed aeous Mons. -orn@rv and Alabama affairs oaV ShfO1S" 11s - Ieeving mail or 'phone your n.- ,sr.sa to this office, Phone ss0. City uAreu- Iatl0n Department.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-20

Some admirers of Roosevelt in South Africa have sent him a present in the form of an elephants tail mounted on a leathern handle. It is suggested stick
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-20

It sounds childish for friends of the President to be saying he will not run for a third time unless forced to do so by his enemies, That Is a weak proposition and would indicate that mighty little forcing will be necessary to secure his consent to be a candidate for President in 1908.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-20

To the average business man it must appear that the profit of lover one thou sand per cent" which 1t Is charged that a number of the subsidiary com panies engaged in Standard oil busi- ness cleared in three or four years Is doing pretty well. Not many business enterprises are so profitable.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-20

Hs,A,. Circulation Manager of The aranteomery Advertiser. being duly sworn'
 The foregoing statement of The Adver- tiserss circulation for the month or Ausus., Sao7 is true and correct. and compiled aIter sSf raf,.rn. from news boys, news agents spotiea and left over copies have been es- Ss..sed E. 6. NOBLE
 Circulation Manager
 e,,o-- .n and subscribed before me thia 1tth dav of September, 1907
 HE SsrsI u RIGA ALEXANDER.
 ts<' Notary Public.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-20

Judging by the blurred appearance of some of our North Alaabma ex- changes which reach us, 1t must have been 6 good deal colder in their press EVoms than-iR this part of the State.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-20
AuGUsr CIRCULATION

st. Advertisers (and makes it part or i. .ne contract when requestedl that Its daily ,r S,r- v cniation Is larger than that of any 1Sat its newspaper printed in Alabama-end' '..,,is sn t,on e,rdav edition has the largest circuiati9n 9n of any edition of any newspaper printed 'n Alabama without exception ~,-.
 The figures for August, printed sn y", representing the actual net eirculat'0H' " turns having been deducted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-20

it is perfectly proper for a man to want to kiss g. pretty woman. We don't doubt this. but what we want to know is, Is 1t safe for him to do so? That's the auestion.-Columbus Ledger.
 That is a question our brother must settle for himself by personal appli- cation. No second hand evidence will be conclusive. VIII he dare?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-20

Atlanta Is moving along towards Newport. They had a wedding on skates there the other evening, and that is fairly good beginning
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-20
Cause bod EGeet

Chattanooga Times
 lions of dollars in this vicinity, double tracking its main line to ooltewah. eX- tending its Memphis division from Stow enson, tunnoling Lookout Mountain and buying city, terminals To abandon all this work even for a few years must In evitabiy result in great losses. The road has been doing its utmost to negotiate loans with which to complete the work but it has been met by investors with copies of inimical laws showing the do, nreciation of it's earning capacity and has heen met with fiat refusals to ae- cent at ruinous rates of interest to pay which would shortly end in bankruptcy
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-20

A headline telling of "a crank at Oyster Bay tells us nothing new. There's been one there all summer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-20
Today h History
SEPTENTBER aO.

NNNAhAAfN &Ays 1O6O-Norweeions defeated the English at Fulford. 119s--Richard defeated the French at battle of Gtsors. 14I5-Owen Glendower, the Welsh pa
 triot. died at Monnington 10O7-King Williams War ended by the treaty of Ryswick. 174O-Charles VI. Emperor of Germany
 died at Vienna 1777-Brltish defeated. the Americans at Paoli, Pa. IsO3-Robert Emmet. Irish patriot. hanged for treason Born 17S0. 1S54-Allies defeated the Russians at the battle of Alma. 1S57-Delhi captured by the British. IS8O-The American tour of the Prince of Wales began at Detroit. 1ssI-Chester A. Arthur took the oath
 as successor to President Gar
 field.
 ls8s-Spanish forces began the evacua .
 tion of Porto Rico. 19OO-General John A. Mcciernand died
 Born 1872.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-20

Just as credit Is becoming able 10 slt the Announcement that MT. Roosevelt Is at work on six more speeenes aof delivery in the immediate kutuFe'-~-A4' bany Argus. ..-.-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-20
spoken Like a Christlan.

Your neighbor will be here next year and year after next. His friendship ts Dn not throw away a neighbor's friend ship even if he differs from you in poll ties, religion and prohibition. He can think differently on all these from you and still be a good man.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-20
Money strinsency

Camp Hill Times. ...,----..
 Scarcity of money. while unpleasant. is not bad sign: lndustrlaI deInands rencv is really the result of prosperity
 Just now the money market Is taxed to move inc Cotton crop. It will require S6Oo. OOO .OOo to buy the cotton crop. This is a bout SS for every man, woman and nbiId in inc limited States. The South is wealthy and cotton is her leading nroduct. As soon as the money now eecumuIated to buy the crop Is turned loose the stringency will slaeken. Yet.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-20
This iS Important.

Columbiana Peoples AdVochtc'
 The Tax Collector will start out on his first round collecting<taxes the first dav of october, and it is the duty of every man subject to poll tax to pay tbsm. Tell the collector you want to nav vour poll tax and don't put it off xntil the last roundv This is important
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-20

Lafayette Sun.
 Making Lafayette College free of tut- tion was a wise and benehcent act. It brings the possibilities Of an educatlon who had considered it beyond his reach The effect should greatly increase the roll of students and to add to the popu- lation of the town
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-20
Knowr Whet's What

Hamilton News.
 After an experience of forty years ae" tuai service we are egotistical enough to think that we are more competent to judge what should appear in the col umns of this paper than any other mar or set .of men living. and then, too. W. are paying the freight
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-20
Another View

MobIIe HerAIu. ,.. ..,.,, ..,.A aeH and welI-fed citizen like Dick P. Hobson to say build ships and eat dirt" but those to whom three square meals a day would be a luxury will probably take another view ot It.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-20

Mobile Item. ..,.-
 The world is not going to destruction on account of the women. Down this way they are continued to be looked upon as the worlds savers. though they now and then put pocketpooks SC out of shape. they are not recognizable as such.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-20
Bryan and the Negro.

Gadsden JournaI.
 Colonel Bryan's elucidation of the ne- gro question ought to be pretty satis- factory. The negro may be capable or lf-governuent, but he is not able to run a government for white folks. This Is getting down to brass tacks ana states the proposition in way. that calls for no evasion or equiVocatioh
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-20

Florence Times.
 Captain Hobson stiII asserts that Ja- pan will soon make up a pretext for war with the United States, and that on account of our unpreparedness In naval strength we. will have to ''eat fui anxious" for a big United States Navy. We also think we should have a few more fighting boats.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-20
No Secret Marriages wanted

Selma JOuFnaI. ,,,-
 Wisconsin now has a statute which imposes a fine of S100 upon parties who do not file a marriage certificate for registration within ten days after the ceremony This is done to prevent ss
 cret marriages. Such a law should be a good one for people who cannot let the fact be known have no business getting married