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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-08
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Suits. one-fourth off," says local advertisement--suits entirely or wouldn't surprise us if this hot weath- CT keeps up. A Cleveland man is suing to recover his mother-in-law. He must be crazy with the heat.
 Corkscrews will be selling at 8 cents a ton in Georgia after January 1st The bathing suit Is crime.--Isich- mond Times-Dispatch, But it's such little one. Dr. Wiley says men sleep too much they don't where there are babies cry Ing at 6. X.
 Poultney Bigelow is going into the American suggests that his name be changed to Poultry siselow. There have been TOO earthquakes on the Pacific Coast within the past ten years--including the episode of one Schmitz.
 Senator Foraker says High tariff does lots of people good" He's right; It certainly does. There's one thing like about you, Yes. and. Judging by the way you finger. 1t must be yourself. A New Jersey woman saved her nus band from being gored by an angry bull the other day by throwing hand full of pepper in the brutes eye. She hit the bulls eye that time all right The Chicago van who claims he was robbed of sf00,00 on train in Swift zerland recently. must have encoun- tered ko sespns T ss ear aSe Ee set ting more and more Americanized.
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 Where,
 Oh, where.
 Is the
 Teddy Bear? Most women are good cooks in the ory. but how few in practice. A dollar talks. but 1t seldom stut- ters.
 Singing on the way. singin'' on the way. brother. Listen to the ringin' of the joy, Joy bells today. Here the birds a-warblin' In the tree tops overhead; See the roses noddin, An a-blushin' rosy red. The brook also a singin' As it hurries to the sea; You an I should be a-singin', Too, 1t seems to me. When trouble comes to mock you Just send him on the way, With your hallujah sinHtn An your shoutin' of "HoorayP
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 Sad Sad. Sad. Sally Shoot is crying, Now tell me what caused that? She hasn't room to read the sunday Paper in her nat. - A girl with a long. stringy neck always says low-necked dresses are immodest.
 Snow. See the snow flakes falling The sidewalks slick with iee- (You could get a drunk like this, If you had the price).
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-08
ABOUT MARRYING.

Why given individuals marry is al- ways a mystery to the curious" ob- serves a contemporary. but is it really so? There are so many and various reasons for matrimony that we fail to see anything mysterious about t. The failure to marry is a msytery to many. The truth is that there is not enough marrying going on in this country. When we think of the subject we are always reminded of song that we often heard around the camp fires of the long ago. part of which ran like this: A soldier and a sailor
 Once met on the way
 Said the soldier to the sailor,
 Let's kneel down and pray. Let's pray for our country
 And the welfare of our land And whatever l pray for
 You must answer-Amen
 Lets pray for the pretty girls
 Who stay at home and spin. Who never go to dances
 Nor any such thing.
 May good luck and Kind fortune
 Upon them attend,
 May they all get good husbands
 Says the satlor-Amen.
 Who lead lonesome life.
 Who never had courage
 To ask for wife; Bad luck and misfortune
 May they always attain.
 May the devil then sorch them
 Says the sailor. Amen"
 That's the way the soldier and tho sailor felt about 1t. Probably they were thinking of the pretty girls they had left behind and of how gladly they would marry if they could have the opportunity. We repeat that there is not enough marrying going on in this day and land. All over the country there are good young women passing into old maidenhood because no man whom they would marry has given them the opportunity. And all over the country there are many good girls working in the shops, the offices and the stores to earn the living which the young men should think themselves fortunate if allowed to provide the liv- ing for them. Here again the main fault is with the young men.
 The truth is that there is too much wrong conception in this day about marriages. and some at least, of the blame rests on the female portion of the population. Too many young peo- pie think they should not venture on matrimony unless they are financially prepared to live in good style. They resent the idea of being stinted in any respect. or of having to work for living. They will point to those who married poor and have had a hard struggle to maintain themselves and raise their families. and they will of-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-08
Letters to The Editor
Extreme va. Extreme.

Jackson, Ala. Aug. !. 1907. Editor The Advertiser:
 As the Democratic Party seems to be in a duandary as to who shall be the next presidential nominee. and as the party has tried conservatism until the extreme was reached in the last campaign, I suggest we try the other extreme with Tiilman and Vardaman.
 With this ticket. the South would be well represented as to individuals, and they could consistently stand on an equitable tariff plank. a States Right plank, a plank that would es- tablish the rule of white supremacy, a plank that would more equally dis tribute the general Governments ap- propriatlons. and many other blanks I will not mention this time.
 With Vardaman and Tillman or HI man and Vardaman. We would feel the pulse of the East. North and West as to the great problem that confront ts the nation--the brown. the yellow and the black problem.
 know the above ticket will be called one of an extreme nature, put extremes sometimes have to be met with extremes. and if this color prob lem is not met soon, it will be trou- blesome in the near future, headed as it will be. by such leaders, as Foraker and his ilk. Alexander SndTt'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-08
ALABAMA,s NEW SENATOR'S.

It will always stand to the credit of the alternate Senatorial plan that t greatly relieved the situation as to election of United States Senators. at time when 1t would have been unfo~- tunate to get up any more political agitation in Alabama. While the plan did not meet with the favor of c large
 number of Alabama people, and Is not likely to be again invoked. yet 1t se- cured the election of successors to Senators Morgan and Pettus without a
 semblance of opposition to the two men designated by popular vote.
 By formal declaration of the Ala bama Legislature in. joint session yes- terday Joseph F. Johnston Is the Sem ator to fill two vacancies-one term to expire March 4. 1908. and one to expire March 4. 1915. These are the periods during which Senator Pettus would have served if death had not removed him from the scenes of earthly activ- ity. There was not a voice raised in opposition In either house. and we be- lieve that 1t will meet with the very general approval of the people at large.
 Alabama has been notably in the public eye at home and abroad. on ac- count of her distinguished representa- tives in the Senate of the United States. It was an exceptional thing for a great State to cling to her Sena- tors and continue them in service. even when 1t was deemed certainty that they would not live to fill out the terms for which they were chosen. It reflected honor upon the State to thus honor her great Senators Morgan and Pettus and their successors cannot but feel that a great responsibility has been placed upon them in their desig- nation to be the successors of two such statesmen.
 Our new Senators are not novices in public life. MT. Bankhead has dem onstrated his ability during his long service in the House of Representa- lives and will enter upon his senato- rial life fully equipped for it's duties.
 Governor Johnston has never been a member of a legislative body, yet his experience as the Governor of this State made him ISrfectly familiar with representative duties and with the de- tails of representative action. He is thoroughly familiar with all the needs of the State and no one is better in- formed on all the questions which at present are agitated before the coun- try. That he has the ability to cred itably uphold the honor and dignity of his state in the great legislative fo- rum will be questioned by no one who Is acquainted with Alabama affairs.
 Alabama has a right to expect much from her two Senators. They succeed men of world wide fame, and will nat urally be expected to measure up to the full requirements of Senators. They were named for the places theys are to i'll by popular vote, and that ac- tion has been ratified by the LegisIa- ture and without dissent ca, the part of any member. They have a right to feel proud of the way and manner in which they have been chosen and we believe that they will be inspired by the circumstances attending their cleo tion to devote all the energies of their minds and bodies to faithful. capable and efficient service.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-08
Troy's Growth.

Troy Messenger.
 Little has been said recently about Troy's growth. but a ride about town discloses very gratifying evidence of the fact that at no time In her history has improvement been going on at the rate 1t is at present. There are now more than a score of new resi- denccs in process of building, a number of which will class anon. the fine homes of the city The business houses are also en- Iarging their accommodations and extend ing their sphere If there Is an unoccupi- ed business house in Troy t is unknown to this writer The demand for resi- dences is also good That steady and heal thy growth that has always characterized our city continues. We are blessed with the elements which lie at the foundation of/ a citys prosperity, wealth. enterprise, public spirit good churches and good schools. and we are reaping the benefits which natu- rally accrue from such state of things
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-08
HANN'S s Special
 $4.00
 Shoes For
 Men

They are all best. Each shoe stands out as type of distinctive shoe making.
 They are made to fit the human foot as nature moulded it. - The way we feel about this spe- cial line of shoes is when we sell you a pair of them, you are simp- ly trading dollars with us. This may seem an extreme statement, but years of experience has prov en to us what they are, and once you are fitted right with a pair of these shoes, you have comfort, style and wear.
 Try a pair of Hann's special shoe for $400.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-08
THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1907.

A New York paper remarks that real disaster will come t" that city If payment of the fine assessed against Standard oil is enforced, because there is not enough money in Wall Street to pay it. But The Charleston Post wants to know what Wall Street has to do with the fue?. "The people who use petroleum will look after that" is its sensible conclusion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-08

Governor Johnson. of Minnesota, is very plain and explicit on the subject of government ownership. T believe" he says, that the government should do no business which can be done as well or better by private individuals, and do not believe the time has yet arrived when there should be even a suggestion of government ownership of railroads" That's the way to talk.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-08
A, Ind,ano nemocrat,s View

Jacob P. Dunn. a leading Indlanapolis Democrat. formerly editor of the State Sen. tinel. and writer and author of wide eel ebrity, writes The New York World, a Dem ocratic newspaper. as follows:
 At present g Democrat is an American citizen who would rather fight Democrats than Republicans If he is a Bryan Demo- crat his dearest object iu life is to swat a gold bug Democrat If he is anti-Bryan he would rather swat a Bryan Democrat than eat In this situation we are doomed to continued Republican success. If We could nominate some southerner who has not bsen actively allied with either faction and who has sense enough to keep his mouth shut on Bryanism until after the election. we might do something Otherwise 1t is merely a question of selecting the form of defeat" ;"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-08
The Days of the TrundIe Bed.

Charleston News and Courier.
 The Montgomery Advertiser and the Charlotte Observer have been induig- ing in "reminiscences of the trundle- bed. IL belonged to a distinct period in the history of American civiliza- tion. and was one of the greatest fn- stitutions of the simple life It ob- tained In the time of the high posters and valances. and time when the youngsters were kept under the i'm mediate protection of the parental eye and before they had been sent to the nursery tu be looked after by hired servants; that far-off time in the con temptation of which tears rise In the heart and gather in the eyes, the time of still waters and green pastures be. fore the fashion of the world had changed, the time when the simplicity of existence was lost in the glory or expectant faith We doubt that there is a trundle bed in use today In the modern city of Charlotte; but the best men and women who have lived in the North Carolina town slept when they were children in trundle-beds, ana slept such refreshing sleep as they have never slept since they outgrew the secure place by the side or thelr parents and were given rooms 10 them- selves.
 There were not many street waifs in the trundIe-bed days, nor glldeo youth nor simpering stupidity in petticoats responsive to the vulgarities Of mash CTS in pantaloons That was before the time when the President of the United States tried to control the plrtn rate of the country by learned dls- courses on the subject of poSterity. Some questions were not considered fin the trundle-bed days as proper Tor general discussion before mixed audi l. ences on great public occasions; the animal was not exalted above the sDir-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-08

fer that as reason why young peo- pie should not marry unless they are well fixed"
 This is a mistaken view to take of iife's duties and responsibilities Those very men and women thus singled out as reasons for not marrying: who have lived busy and industrious lives. are in the main the very best constituents of our citizenry. They live and labor to- gether. helpful to each other, appre- ciating the fact that honest toll in any vocation is good for humanity. and that poverty and labor are not dishon- orable. A man and wife who love each other. who are mutually helpful. are more to be envied and are more apt to be a credit to their race than are those who marry for money and have no higher or better ambition than to make a show.
 The marriage of those who love and are fitted for each other: the mar riage of true minds" as one writer expresses it, is one of Gods holiest ordinances. and we may add that it is one of humanity's most sacred obliga- tions. community of old bachelors and unmarried women is not a credit to us as a race or as a Christian peo- pie. We say nothing of the violations of the laws and ordinances of God and man that spring from the failure or refusal to enter into the married re- lations, but are discussing the unfor- tunate conditions that really exist, and wondering if there Is no remedy for It. And along this line we find the Star:
 But even in foreign countries, it ap- pears, something more is needed than mere dutif1l submission to the par ental will. Parents can not marry on a daughter unless an eligible man is within reach. and propinquity conse- quently cuts an important figure there. town in Belgium. where two years ago. dwelt one mother with seventeen marriageable daughters and not tragic, and appealed to the human nity of a lawyer from Brussels. friend of tAe family, who became acquainted
 He put his mind to the problem and as a result the mother prepared brides fete for certain day and ne invited all his eligible unmarried They came, and before night four of the seventeen hitherto lonely maidens announced their engagements to their mother. The next spring the brids's mayor met the visiting bachelors al the town hall, examined their credsn- tials and then introduced them to tne waiting young women. promenade; a dance and supper followed and forty engagements were the result.
 Another such fete is in preparation maining marriageable girls will lnd husbands. The success of the enter prise has attracted attention and as most of the rural districts of Belginm dn females 1t Is thought that the plan will be adopted in numerous places, the general feeling being that the sit ures The affair at least shows what can be done through action of the part of the women.
 That was going at the matter in business way and the results shows that the friend of the family knew a good deal about human nature. and of cause and effect. We do not know that such a scheme would work as well elsewhere as 1t did in Belgium, but something ought to be done, and we say 1t in all seriousness. We wind up by AnnnUh marrying.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-08

An esteemed Yankee contemporary The New Bedford Standard, is wasting lots of editorial time and space in de- fence of Booker washington's school at Tuskegee. We don't know what its object is in continually boosting that institution. but suppose 1t has a req son for its partiality.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-08

Recently on a country road in Illi- nois an automobile accidentally ran down a little boy. and then the farm CTS got possession of the machine and burned 1t That Is one way of com batting speed mania.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-08

Boston is getting into the swim. 1t appears. On last Saturday night a young man was badly beaten by crowd of thugs, and Sunday, in broad daylight. a woman was held up and robbed by a young highwayman. Bos- ton Is moving along.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-08
What the State Papers
 Are Saying and Doing

Proper Conclusion. Huntsville Mercury.
 He who thinks money will do every thing may we'll be suspected of doing everything for money
 Mileage Question. Mobile Herald.
 Mrs. William J. Bryan, it is said, can swim a mile. w. J. B. can un- doubtedly talk one.
 What About Hay, of virsinias Birmingham Age Herald
 The Hon. David DeArmond of Mis- souri is full of the hope that John sharp Williams is about. to enter the ship of the House would it himself.
 The People Foot the Bills. Athens Courier.
 This Legislature takes the cake as Alabama. But then who cares. the people pay the bills? Conner, notwith- standing.
 For Helping the Rlevees. Huntsville Banner.
 Louisiana Is to import a large num- Der of storks. This State isn't, how evor suffering from race suicide but they want the storks to build nests in the levees to strengthen them.
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 He Thawed Little. Huntsville Democrat.
 Vice President FairbanKs unpreten- tious, modest, and almost shrinking, grew unaffectedly cordial, when he was greeted in Boston's Home Week" par ade, as "Our Next President" .. .. Where Does the Consumer Come InH Elba Clipper.
 Despite the lowering or freight rates all over the country. the consumers pay more than ever for nearly all manu- added the savings in freight to their profits.
 Long Time To De Good. Lafayette Sun.
 Speaker Carmichael permits his friends to announce that he will be a candidate for Governor four years hence From the depths of our exper- fence we can tell him that four years is long time to be good. A Tribute to Alabama's Old Senators. Mobile Register.
 The Nashville American prints a front page cartoon showing Morgln and Pettus pointing toward the road marked Honor" and advising Polttt- clan, who regards them, to follow IL. The picture is a tribute to the grand old men of Alabama.
 
 Not Ashamed. Decatur News.
 If mot ashamed" is his main plank, MT Carmichael may rest assured that it will become water-logged and sink every chance he has of being Coy lernor Not ashamed2" Evidently that gentleman has not learned the sentiment of his people. Or he would never have said it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-08

Prof starr. of the University of Chi cago dogmatically declares that all present. day methods of raising chill dren are wrong The Professor would better devote his talents to teaching his grandmother how to milk, ducks.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-08
Today m History
ATGuST S.

AUGUST 6. 1OO7-First settlers from Eng nd landed in Maine. 1647-Irish defeated at Dunbar Hill. 1G90-Limerick besieged by William III. IS27-George Canning. famous British statesman and orator. died Born 1770 1s31-Louis McLane of Delaware be- came Secretary of the United States Treasury. 1S43-Natal annexed to the British pos sessions. 1S57-Napoleon III and Empress Flu genie arrived in England to visit Queen Victoria. 1S62-Sir Allan Napier McNabb. Cana dian Premier. died. Born Feb. 19. 179S. 1s94-The President formally 'ec1g- nized the Republic of Hawai-. 1S95-Justice Howell r. Jackson .' he United States Supreme Court, died 1S97-Senor Canovas, Prime Minister of Spain, assassinated by an anar- chiSt
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-08

We wish the wise people would de- eide how to spell the name of the It, tie country that is causing so much worry in the Far East-whether it Is to be Corea or Korea, and be done with It.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-08

Chancellor Day, of Syracuse Univer- sity, puts the matter very tersely when he declares that the Constitution is a mere elastic band to hold the States in compact at the adjusting will of the chief executive"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-08
LILLY CIRCULATION.

The Montgomery Advertiser guarantees its advertisers (and makes it a part of the contract when requestedD that its daily cir culation is larger than that of any morning, newspaper printed in A1abama-and that its Sunday edition has the largest circulation oof any edition of any newspaper printed in Alabama without exception.
 The figures for July printed below. rep resent the actual net circulation. all returns having been deducted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-08

"one of the penalties of being king" muses The Brooklyn Eagle, ''is that you can't exchange social cour- tesies with other kings without being suspected of political motives" On the other hand, one of the advantages of being king is that you don't have to exchange courtesies with some of them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-08

The New York Packer has been mak- ing a thorough investigation of the subject and gives out the prediction that the apple crop this year will be a very large one. Pass us another dumping, please.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-08
nnINa our or rowNq

Subscribers who leave the city temporarily should have The Advertiser mailed them Addresses will be changed as often as re- quested.
 You can keep fully informed about Mont ROmery and Alabama affairs only through The Advertiser.
 nefore leaving mail or phone your ad- dress to this office. Phone 23o. City Circu- latioB Department.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-08
pn.en.. to AlnnamInns.

Washington, D. C., Aug. 7-lSpecial) Patents issued; William q. Allen. Jacksonville. reversible eye glasses: William w. Robinson. Alexander city brush for cotton gins: Armistead E. Thames. Mobile. bearing; Frederick w. Wallace. Birmingham, swing; Charles NJ Weaver. Bessemer. power operated shovel; George A. Williams and G. Y. Lindsey. Birmingham, canopy support Ing franc
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-08

E. 6. Noble, Circulation Manager of The MontGornery Adevrtiser, being duly sworn says:
 The foregoing statement Of The Adver- tiser's circulation for the month of July. 1g07 Is true and correct, and compiled after all returns from news boys. news agents spoiled and leftover copies have been de- dYtcted E. s. NOBLE.
 Circulation Manager sworn to and subscribed before me this 6th day of August. 1907.
 (sE1Ly RIGA ALEXANDER.
 Notary Public.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-08
The Dry Town.

Nashville American.
 Demands by the dry towns for anti-snake bite continue abnormal Judging by the eN tra large number of reptiles reported Killed this year. people must be out huhtlhE TOT them
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-08

Boston has been enjoying home. coming week and the demand for beans s~d oOdhsh has been up to the mark.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-08
Always.

Detroit Free Press.
 Mir. Bryan says that the soVerhle.htaI .n' ownershin of railroads Is not an immediate issue Ii always turns that none of MT RrvAn'a iAsues are immediate