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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1907-01-31

chaisston. ". va-Thc tvo
houses Of the legislature voted
separately for United States senator.
giving Stephen B Elkins a big major.
ity for reelection for the third time.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1907-01-31
Citizen. and Sank Robbers EIaht.

Tulsa. I. T-A desperate fight oc
CURED between practically the entire
male population OF Cans. small town
near here, and band of five men who
attempted to rob the Bank OF Cans
The robbers we're driven of,
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1907-01-31
Mine Workers Elect officers.

Indianapolis, Ind.-The annual
convention OF the United Mine
Workers OF America closed at noon.
All the old officers we're elected. Pres.
ident Mitchell received 1000 votes.
The election was conducted on the ref.
erendum plan among the various To-
cais.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1907-01-31

Columbia. 9. C.-Both houses
OF the legislature elected d. r..
Tillman to the United States senate.
The election will be ratified In Joint
session.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1907-01-31
Cuiiom for Fifth Time.

Springfield. lll.-Senator Shelby NJ.
Cullom was elected a fifth time to rep.
resent illinois in the national senate.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1907-01-31

Raleigh, N. C.-The legislature re.
elected F. NJ. Simmons as United
States senator.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1907-01-31
TraIn Wrecked Near peath.

Reno, Nev.-A Southern Pa.
cific passenger traip was wrecked
near Death. Nay, Several oersop3 are
badly injured
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1907-01-31
soIdIers and Wixea In Same Grave.

Soldiers and Wives In Same Grave
Washington-The house committee
on military affairs has decided to
make favorable report on a bill per-
mitting the wives of enlisted men to
be buried in the same grave with their
husbands in national cemeteries.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1907-01-31

Fire at Tchula, believed TO be of In
cendiary origin, destroyed property
valued at $4,000.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1907-01-31
Lynchlna in vardaman,s Home rovn,

Jackson. Miss.-Henry Ball, a ne
gro, was lynched at Greenwood, The
home OF Gov. vardaman. He had at.
tsckec Mrs. Graves OF that place.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-08-31

FOR RENT-Half OF .>ew store be-
ing built for Singer Sewing Machine
Co. on Washington az enue Apply
at Singer Office at Jordan's Furniture
Store 7-I3-4t
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-08-31
Notices q Dissolution

The partnership heretofore exist
ing between 6 z Dunn AMI ]. T.
Roy en- has by mutual consent this
day been d. 5olVeI. 5. X
Dunn having bought J. II Bowen
i1tarest and will cout.lue the bus-
r~s7 in the SAM pace, hoping t
have not only a Continuation. but an
increase OF the old farm business.
5. r Dinn,
J. II. Bowen
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-08-31

ARGO ARGO AEGO ARGO
AKGO ARGO ARGO.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-08-31

FOR RENT-Foar large. elegant
front rooms, Light AMI cool, neatly
furnished, at asonabi-. prices. Ap-
pIv at No. 301 Alexander street, or
cal phone No. 862. 4-27-tf
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-05-18
--s---s--s---
STREAMING THE LAW.

The danger, the injustice and the alb
surdity of the eight-hour law enacted
by Congress for the regulation of labor
on public works was emphatically DEM
onstrated recently. In the first place
it is worthy of mention that there is
much difference of opinion as to what
constitutes public work" in the mean
but decision from the highest courts
will settle it. Whether even that would
be a just settlement may well be ques-
toned. but let that pass. The New
York Commercial gives this instance:
The Penn Bridge Company contracted
to build a bridge for the Federal dis
trict across Piney Branch; labor be-
come extremely scarce, and the con-
tractor in consequence worked some of
his mcn-not against their will how
ever-more than the legal eight hours
a day in order to complete the work
within the specified time; on complaint
and proof the company was fined $500
in the district police court; it appealed
and at the trial of the case in the
higher court, it set up in defense the
unconstitutionality of the law and the
the infringement of the statute oc-
CURED. The Court of Appeals decided
against it on both pleas.
Would not the average man call this
an extraordinary emergency?" Yet
here is what the court held:
Tn this statute the term "extraor-
binary emergency" imports a sudden
and unexpected happening to avert JIM
minent danger to health or life or
property, an unusual peril. actual and
not imaginary, suddenly creating sit
uation so different from the usual and
common order and the customary or
ordinary instances in the prosec ution
of public work that the court may and
must conclude that Congress contem-
plated excepting from the operation Of
law such an occurrence as was sudden,
rare and unforeseen.
That seems to us very much like put
ting a pretty severe strain on good
sense. but perhaps it is the law, which
a mere layman may not presume 10
contradict. SO We will be content with
The Commercials comments. -
II will thus be seen that, if this optn-
ION is sustained by the higher Federal
courts. contractors on public work"
are held between the devil and the
deep sea" If the contract time for
completing a work is set for May 30.
for Instance, with a penalty of $500 IA
day for every days delay in completion
after that date, organized labor can
take the contractor by the throat any
day as the work nears completion and
force almost anything from him; If "A
hundred employees were to demand 81 a
day in place of 81, that would mean
pocket-but it would be 800 a day
cheaper than to have the whole gang
"go out on strike" and subject him
N Government penalty of $500 a
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-05-18
What the State Papers
Are Saying and Doing

ON the Wane.
Birmin CHAM Age-Heraid.
The athletic girl In her more pro-
nounced use is on the wane, and 1t
a woman who can lick him with one
hand behind her back.
The Beif Cow.
Centreville Press.
The most nerve racking thing that
was ever forced upon the people is the
belled cow. 1t Is enough TO make a
man have a brain storm"
x q q
A Beam Trust.
Russell Register.
They are talking of forming a bean
trust in Boston. That sort of trust
should, and doubtless will. have
SNAP about it.
4 q q
Let Him Try.
Birmingham News
1t Is announced that Mars will be
nearer the earth this summer than for
man will overhaul his balloon and I'M
dertake to make an expedition to Mars.
before long.
~ u u
Good Doctrfne.
Collinsville Courier.
notwithstanding the fact that some
are inclined to sneer at the idea, as
long as the present editor Is running
Inc courier, ne Will COAtlnue TO gu
wise its readers to patronize those
merchants whose advertisements aD-
pear herein.
Getting Even.
Greenvilie Living Truth.
Radishes in Butler pay much better
than Strawberries do in other sections.
AS a man remarked the other day
while watching the loading of car
of radishes' The Yankees gave US
H.. i during the wa'rQ getting
even selling radishes.
q u n
The Proper Way.
Marion County News
We not only believe but we know
that the average man raised in the
city knows nothing about the needs or
the rural schools, and the only practi-
cal way to learn anything about them
is to get out in the country and visit
the schools in person.
x 4 Y
Sometimes Knows.
Dothan Home Journal.
An editor sometimes knows whole
lot about other things than running
a newspaper. and when you are tell
ing him how he should run his paper
don't get insulted If he should happen
to tell you that he also knows more
about your business. than you. yourseif
do.
Having Trouble
Baldwin Times.
Pensacola is having trouble with
some of it's public officials and the END
is not yet. With several of them In
Jail and others threatened with ar
rest for irregular methods, our neigh
Dor will have, amusement Tor some
time to come. The cry Is turn the
rascals out"
X x q
Another Trust.
Maintain Eagle
Jasper now has barber trust, and
the price of a shave is fifteen cents
instead of ten cents. the price that
formed. IF you can't raise fifteen
cents raise whiskers" will be the motto
of Jasper BARRIERS from now on,
4 4 q
Wants Pass.
Huntsville Tribune.
seriously agitating the question of hav-
ing the legislature at its July session
repeal the law taxing foreign corpora
lions and capital. The Tribune would
urge consideration in the direction OF
reinstating the transportation courte-
to stihe the newspaper you strike at
the greatest .benefactor Alabama mas.
q q Y
Some bad Rats.
Admission Star.
Montgomery rats are vicious ana
criminal in their tastes and tendencies
one of them tried to burn The Mont
dav by biting one live wire while his
tail was coiled around another. The
rat died It's a dangerous thing to
tackle Old Grandmother Advertiser
dangerous even for Montgomery rat
to do so.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-05-18
MANUAL TRAINING.

Editor The Advertiser:
In conversation with a teacher OF
the blind and a teacher OF weak minded
youths, the question came up of how
be made to the afflicted They agreed
that it was by directing their physf-
cal activity. To give them firm poise,
self-control and sense OF usefulness,
was the only reason FOR consuming
their energies, and placing them on,
normal beings. These two teachers,
1T happens. have taught, each in the
largest asylum of its kind, In Ameri-
ca. They regard the conventional sys-
tenn of mammal training. as marvel
Gus instrument, in the hand of a wise
communicating with the deaf, mute,
blind, or imbecile.
There is no reason to suppose that
the same method would be less effec-
tual as an appeal for the attention, ana
even the respectful enthusiasm, of the
ever present incorrigibie. and the ever
absent truant. Did you ever ask the
little boy 'aint-er goin" to school
how ne would like to have a little
work bench and tools, with a nice man
to show him how to make fine things!
He takes to it better than to fishing
trip.
Would it not then be easy to gain
his confidence of his own powers. The
director might find by instilling order,
patience. accuracy. economy. industry.
and regular habits, that he had
wrought in material finer than brass,
or gold, He would perhaps have trans
mitted a lawless undesirable citizen
of small boy into a proud and honor
able man ready to take creditaole
place in the world of productive indus
Second Citizen.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-05-18
GETTING FUNNY.

To en- esteemed Republican con-
temporary. The Kansas City Journal,
we are indebted for the following sar-
casti, exit. which will doubtless strike
some readers as a sly way of poking
fun at "the Lorfs anointed" at the
White House. We may remark in
passing that The Journal sometimes
finds 1t difficult to keep its robe Of
loyalty on straight, and its remarks
in this instance are probably intended
as dig at those who seem to
think Roosevelt has been predestinated
and set apart as the man to save the
country But LIRE 1t is:
Upon the mighty scroll of the firma-
ment the mystic stars have traced the
puissant name of Theodore Roosevelt
together with sundry oracnlar warm
.ngs that have been translated and
given publicity by that M,va ast re- aao
going about as usual at the White
House. the Hobokep sky sharp has
hat. false whiskers and kimono en-
ana crescents. The Astro1oger was
| wort to get out on the roof o. nights
time he didn't have much luck. The
interplanetary system seemed to rack
along about as usual, even though
Professor Meyer shouted the name OF
es of sidereal space at the top OF his
voice. All this time he was sweeping
Nthe empyreal with his stx-cylinder
telescope and wondering why the
At last the weary watcher got an
astronomical nibble. The stars began
to tatc notice and soon the zenith was
ablaze with messages as easily inter
preted by the astrologer from ioboken
as circus posters. In effect this COM
munication cited that President Roose-
of god and men. who has given into
the hands Of the amiable Apollo a
commission to exnress the entire sat
isfaetion of all the Latir gods at the
Quoted. Grim old Mars is especially
dee lighted" but with one eye on the
peace congress and the other on Japan
he is resting on his shield. Neptune
is spending most of his time towering
lover the Panama canal in impatience
for the wedding of the Atlantic and
the Pacific. Minerva goddess of wis
AND with
while Vesta and Ceres are .tittering
at the "race suicide" premulgations.
Diana. patron Of the chase, is cod
-
tial vacation.
But all is not peace with the gods.
According to the horoscope the months
of MAY and June are full of trouble for
President Roosevelt. He is warned
to guard against BURNS, cuts, scalds.
bruises and feverish complaints, plots,
schemes and conspiracies. should take
particular care of his eyes and teeth,
and more than all else should provide
against peculiar accidents or trouble
with his knees Reference is made,
no doubt, to the $4,000. zoo "hiccups
cons,iracy" which has been nipped In
the bud. But what about the teeth
and knees? Without that dental arm
ament the President would be as
helpless as a shorn Samson. We do
not worry about the Rooseveltian
knees They are stiff and strong.
Whatever other anxieties the public
may entertain about the President
there Is not the remotest danger of his
n tha name of al .e tSa goas ana IN $50 So
We breathe again.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-05-18

1642-Montreal founded by Mason
neueve
17S3-St. John. N B. founded by U.
e. Loyalists
1S04-Napolean Bonaparte proclaim
ed Emperor of the French.
1SO9-British took possession of the
island of Anholt.
1s39-Caroline .Murat. sister of Ma
poIeon l. and ex-Queen of Naples,
died.
1S40-John NJ. Niles of Connecticut
became Postmaster-Genera1 of the Uni
ted States
1S56-Queen Victoria distributed
medals to the wounded heroes of the
Crimea.
1S6S-Czar Nicholas IL. of Russia
born.
1s92-Great damage caused by flood
at Sioux City, Iowa.
1S97-Turkey agreed to an .armistlce
with Greece.
1s9S-Battleship Alabama launched at
Chester. Pa.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-05-18
The Horse and The Man.

to lend 1t from time to time in small
amounts as opportunity offers. 10
many or most of Theses a license OF
one hundred and fifty dollars each
year for the privilege of lending their
money at a legal rate of interest Is
prohibitive. And whether they avoid
the payment of the license or not, or
whether the officials are lax in the en-
forcement of the law or not. the most
serious result is, that II the transac-
tions are made without paying the IL
cense and in violation OF the law, the
contracts are void and the principal Is
lost If the borrower elects not to pay;
and this is always an open question
for a jury to decide.
The fact that the learned Attorney
General, in his opinion, says the law
does apply to merchants nor farm
ers does not alter the saw nor Its evil
consequences. -
Citizen.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-05-18

day. for the suddenness OF the strike
would not constitute an Extraordinary
emergency In that 1t would not in
life or property" Only the contrac-
tors pocket would be in Imminent
danger"-and the lackeys of organ
lied labor probably had that sort OF
danger in mind when they framed the
statute.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-05-18

e. 8. Noble. Circulation Manager Of Tho
Montgomer.' Advertiser. being duly sworn
says:
The foregoing statement OF The Adver-
tiser's circulation for Lhe month Of March,
1907. IL true and correct, and compiled after
all returns from news-boys. news agents,
spoiled and leftover copies have been de-
Quoted E. 8. NOBLE.
Circulation Manager.
sworn to and subscribed before me this
ysth day of April, 1907.
fSeaLl RIGA ALEXANDER.
Notary Public.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-05-18
''This is My seth Birthday'

Nicholas IL. the present car of Rus
STA who is the eighth ruler to represent
the House of Romanof- Holstein, was
the new style, in the year 1868. ana
was the eldest son of Emperor Alex
ander III, and Princess Dagmar, the
daughter of the late King of Denmark
His education by private tutors was
of the most exciting incidents of his
early career was his attempted assas-
sination by fanatic when he was
travelling through Japan on his way
around the world. Nicholas assembled
the throne November l, 1894. and four
weeks later, was married to Princess
Alexandra Alix. daughter of Grand
Duke Ludwig w, of Hesse and grand
daughter of the late Queen Victoria
They have five children. four of them
daughters. the Youngest a son.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-05-18

The London Post pronounces 1t "a
vulgar Americanism' to say a man is
worth million dollars. Perhaps it is
straining the facts just a little to put
such a high valuation on a man.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-05-18

Somebody is lying like a prairie
conf1agration," comments The Sacra-
mento Bee on report about Congo
troubles. Fist time we ever heard
that a prairie fire lied
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-05-18
Rigid MoraFfty In the south.

Washington Post.
For rigid political morality sugges-
tive of old time New Englapd one must
go South. New England States have
tried prohibition in the shape of State
wide laws. and. finding the experiment
q failure, an nave given 1t up save
great and growing disfavor. Mean
while prohibition in the shape of local
option is rapidly covering the South
There Is a more general prevalence of
extreme temperance sentiment. of total
abstinence sentiment in the South today
than anywhere else in the country. In
he East. North and West, as in the
South, Their is much less of drunken
ness thar there was onlA few years
ago, but outside of the South there has
been a great decrease of opposition
to we'll regulated drinking saloons
One must go South. too, to ind the in
tensest feeling against gambling.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-05-18
SATURDAY, MAY IS, 1907.
INADEQUATE PUNISHMENT.

Recently in New Jersey what is re-
ferred to as "a lawless and depraved
negro" made a brutal assault on a
and sentenced to serve term of twelve
years in the penitentiary and pay a
fine of $4,000. The New York Tribune
argues that "if this example of the
orderly procedure of the law as it is
administered in New Jersey were
emulated and followed by the Southern
States. there would be an end to lynch
ing" The Chicago Tribunte, with a
better comprehension of the subject,
says:
Most people would say that impris-
onment and a fine are totally made
Instead of encouraging the Southern
people to abandon lynching, the ten
dency of the New Jersey case will be to
encourage the resort to summary and
extra legal procedure in the South and
also in the Northern States. If the
law can do nothing better than to give
a negro who has attacked "a school
girl twelve years in the penitentiary.
then other methods of punishment must
be resorted to.
The Chicago paper is right beyond a
doubt. If the specimen above is Jersey
Justice, it will be well not to have any
of 1t in this section. The New York
Tribune must be extremely anxious TO
criticise the South when it declares that
we would stop the habit of lynching
negroes for the crime specified If we
would follow New Jerseys example, or
else it is singularly ignorant of the
subject. Imprisoning a negro of that
character would have no more deterrent
effect on him than would a moderate
thrashing.
The Chicago Tribune has a proper
conception of the subject. and, in fact,
it almost endorses lynchins when it
argues that if the law can confer no
more severe punishment for a crime
of this kind, then other methods of
punishment must be resorted to-" The
only hope of putting a stop to lynching
for rape is to stop that crime, and the
only hope of stopping that is for the
law to punish with death the brute
guilty of it. As The Little Rock Ga
zette observes, if such punishment as
court were adopted in the South, IAN
impetus would be given to lynching "
We do not know what effect it will
have in New jersey, but we predict that
the brutal crime will not be stopped
by that kind of punishment.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-05-18
MARCH CIRCULATION.

-he Montgomery Advertiser guarantees
It's advertisers land makes 1t part OF the
contract when requested) that Its Daily cir
culation is larger than that Of any morning
newspaper printed In Alabama-and that lts
Sunday edition has the largest circulation
Of any edition of any newspaper printed IN
Alabama without exception
The figures for March, printed peiow'
represent the actual net circulation al re-
turns having been deducted.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-05-18

Help the HOrses.


1T is generally known that there is
a shortage of corn and general feed
stuffs for animals" remarked a mems
Der OF the, Humane Society yesterday,
but that does not excuse business men
who are at the head of great estab-
lishments from sending out half starry
ed horses to pull their teams.
1t does not advertise any business
firm to have an animal. looking more
like hatrack than a horse, drawing
a wagon advertising their goods. Ne
groes have been recently arrested for
cruelty to animals and for using half
led horses for the purpose of drawing
heavy loads. Investigation into pre-
vailing conditions must go higher and
arrests made of men of prominence
who permit this outrage.
There is some talk about farm
being established for the purpose of
caring for broken-down animals the
farm to be supported by the county
This, too. is movement in the right
direction.
Boosting Montgomery.
'The Commercial Club has made a
movement in the right direction by
CARNATIONS to hold their next meet
ing in Montgomery" remarked a well
known business man yesterday. "A
Commercial Club. backed by the brains.
push and ability of good business men,
who have the interest of the CITY al
heart is great proposition. Forum
ately montgomery has such an organi-
cation.
The Club is doing much to boost
results, notably in securing the NEXT
meeting of the Grand Lodge of ODD
"The Commercial Club has been
somewhat handicapped by not having
suitable quarters, but l understand that
rooms on Court street will be ready
for occupancy and the Club will he
in a position to do even better work
and more royalty entertain 2,
Hon. j. A. wilkinson Here.
Hon. J.. A. Wilkinson. Commission
er of Agriculture and Industries has
returned to Montgomery after a visit to
P@rts n of Wik gs9
Brownsville where he delivered an ad-
dress before the District Agricultural
School. Thence he went to Livingston
being personally conducted by Hon.
Richmond P. Hobson, recently elected
to the National Congress.
Mr., Wilkinson took an active part
in the transactions of the party while
he was with 1t and made several
speeches. He commended the work he
ing done, which embraces practical de-
monstrations of the proper cultivation
the making Of public roads. Mr.. VIII
kinson, after Joining Captain Hobsou's
nartv ut Livingston, Travelled through
vale County whence he returned tc
Montgomery.
Hon. Harry C. Gunnels, State SUI
perintendAnt of Education. has return
cd from Union Springs whero he de-
livered the commencement address al
tho commencement NJ the publ" sch o1ls
thore.
Mr.. A. s. Fitzoatrir11 ~ Rrning-
ham. ia registered 81 TTotcl Summers
Y - ~
Mr.. Joseph r. N n,', Of Mobile is
y - :.
Mr.. E. P. Roberts % Birmingham
was in M0ntsoWsra y night
Mr.. Nv. H. Marshall Of Mobile /,
Registered at the Imperial.
Mr. c. Clark. Jr, of Eufaula, is ir
the city.
Mr.. W. Jones Of opelika is in til,
w.