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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-10
"This is My 54th Birthday
victor H. MeteaIf.

Victor H. Metcalf. Secretary of the Navy of the United States. was born in Utica. N. Y... October 10. 1853. and was educated in the Utica Free Acad- emy, and at the Russell Military Acad- emy of New Haven. He entered Yale in 1876. but left in his junior year to enter the law school. from which he graduated the same year. Following his graduation, Mir. Metcalf was admII- ted to practice lathe Supreme Court Of Connecticut, and the following year was admitted to practice in the Su- preme Court of New York. For two years MT. Metcalf practieed in Utica and then moved to Oakland, Calf. In his new home he gained emlnence as an attorney, and was connected with some of the most noted cages ever tried nl the courts of California. In 1898 he was elected a Representative in Con- gress from the Third District of Cali fornia, and was twice reelected. In 1904 President Roosevelt appointed hin as Secretary of the newly =created De partment of Commerce and LaDVi, and his services in that department made such an impression upon the President that when a vacancy occurred In the Secretaryship of the Navy. MT. Meteal1 was promptly offered the portfolio.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-10

tai they need and do not want any more to come in lest 1t may interfere with their profits.
 Neither of these classes Is ftted to judge fairly of the situation. If the State of Alabama. taking it as an ex- ample, cares to stand still. perhaps to retrograde, then it can dispense with outside capital. but if the great possibilities existing here are to be developed and the State is to go for- ward in line with other sections. there must be more money invested here than our own people can supply. That mon- ey is not inclined to come here un- der present conditions and uncertain ties. 7
 As for the other class, no one can expect fair or unbiased opinion from them. There are few who by thrift and economy--or other methods--have accumulated suff1ciency and have in- vested it in enterprises which need no outside assistance. These are gov erned by a selfish, dog-in he-manger policy which would shut out others and prevent them from securing ad- vantages which should be open to all legitimate contestants. They are not friends of Alabama, but of themselves. and they are the kind who bring. about the Conditions of which General Gil writes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-10
sh,ftIe.. nnd the Game Laws.

MobiIe Item. ,,t-.i, TDI
 vison of the City Court of Montgom- cry, gave a charge to the grand jury on the game laws that was tellihg m its effect. The manner of the cnarge appealed directly to the country mem bers of the grand jury in that It ex- piained how the laws bensfted them; As an illustration Judge Thomas toio of how in another county the game ouestion in that 1t had taken away an Incentive and excuse" for the idle and shiftJess to get together and pre- tend. to hunt. This is a benent oe- rived from the laws that had not been used as an argument in favor of them when they were before the Legislature for conRidaratioA
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-10
To-day In History /

October 10.
 r575--Guise defeated the Hugenots at Dormans.
 s1774--virginians defeated the Shaw nees at battle Af Point Pleasant. on the Ohio.
 17S0---Four thousand parished in great hurricane in the Barbadoes. 1794-Battle of Maciejovice.
 1S12--Drury Lane Theatre in London rebuilt and opened.
 I836--United States Bank at Phfla- delphia failed as result of cotton spec ulation. ls5s-Henry Wade t.oRers. American educator. born.
 IgSI--Abraham Lincoln challenged Stephen A. Douglass to debate.
 1e83--Two cent letter postage went into effect in the United States. a [ 1Ss5-Flood Rock. Hell Gate. New York harbor. destroyed by dynamite,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-10
DRIFT " CD
m PIxTL H. ARAE&TR0Nd.

The trouble with the world ss that there are too many seif-appointed crit les in it.
 fiorist-shop-and the most expensive.
 Anyhow the Wall Street Bulls and Bears are no nature-fakes.
 On the sea ot matrimony women ara
 The peek-a-boo waist begs to be ex. eused.-Montgomery Advertiser.
 The s excuse nn. as too 9eyious obvious. so sdmil
 MT. rrohm.n.s iAss.r.s.l eompaal.. are to shortly begin regular perform, ances on the Cunard line of oceaf actors won't be compelled to set out and walk the cross-ties from one per- formancs to another.
 In terms geographical, Louisiana ia a large body of land entirely surround ed by Roosevelt.
 ''what are the wild waves sayins. sister, o,er and o'erf" no count. brother and has gone back to work in the storef'
 fe.s + q z " rr sssf 1. ftass
 Homsehola Hints. 7. ..es, Anxious Mothsr-rf you s dssiss ss freckies, have some rich young man ~ X wife--if you are anxious to hreax Sleep. stop talking to him all night
 Blue Eyes--You say you fnd it hAT0 to save something for a rainy day.-~ why not try nice pair of silk stock
 Bashfui--I think the young man was very fresh to kiss you on short ac: quaintance whom ho might have kissed you on the lips.
 In Iowa a Mrs. Blizzard is suiny for divorce. That kind of love was bound to grow cold.
 'Is there . pie trust?" asks The of trust MT. NewIywed puts tn his wife's culinary ability.
 Why is it in the throes of our puppy love we always feel that we are keeted like dosI
 ten-csnt store in the face of 2 woman, Is like carmen-hued remnant in the physioEnOmy of bovine
 Last saturday J. B. wright. the biacksmith here. shod a horse twen. ty-two years old. and it was the Ars! time the animal was SnOu. 1nC AIztm1t was raised by William Terriil--pxer Reporter. .., during the operation. -k % God disposes, woman poseS, ana nn90 proposes and then wishes he h&ndnS 4 -%
 I'm GeIden-Rod TimSes It's golden rod time--eil the nslds arc fringed
 In a trimming of brilliant gold By the old rail fence Wave the plumes 90 dens@ That war with the breezeS bold. l Like .sentinels they stand at guAro Where the brown fields stretch aweys-s While there in the stubble | So free from trouble The rabbits leap and play | An seed and weed and thietie pOa
 Chinouapln and chesnut burr | And black -haw vine | And the muscadtne-- I AS sweet as the lips of her! As sweet as the lips ot the gtrl knoN Smiling at me through the golden, glow | with eyes a-sparkle and hair a-oloM
 In the beautiful Goldcn- Rod Tlmet In the dreamy Golden-Rod TimeI
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-10
The Good that Corporations Have DS.s

The Good that Corporations Have Doae. Judge Alton B. Parker in Leslis's
 Weekly.
 When our prosperity seemed greatest suddenly the. righteous wrath of the people became justly stirred by the un- welcome discovery that at least some of the large fortuneS had not been fairly gained The next step was to ascertain the needed remedies. The deTnagogues of the country. seeing their opportunity. filled the land with denunciation not only of those who had been wrongdoers. but of all corporate interests of every kind. It mattered not that the great trunk lines. con tributing so largely to the magnificent and uniform development or the co9n- try, the street surface railroads, ado- ing so largely to the comfort ana evll- yenience of vast contingent, the great manufacturing plants, bearing their part in making up the wealtn or the people. and many other industyies requiring large amounts or capitAI, could not have been built at all put for the device of the corporation. wnicn had enabled hundreds. and Tn some m stances hundreds of thousands, or per. sons to unite in the constructor ana operation of single great unoeF'~A- ing.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-10
The Farmer'a Intelligence.
Correct the Mistake.

Selma Journal .,,
 Representative Hoffman of Mobile charges that the last Leglslature pass cd d law waich deprives the ConfeoI crate pensioners of nine months rSn- sion that should come to them. We have not studied the law, but 1t should be an easy matter to determine whether this contention Is true. f so' Governor Conner should Insert that mat ter in his call, for. the extra sess!1n and allow 1t fo be corrected by the Legislature in November. When so much money Is being spent for so many things surely the State can anord to pay the old soldiers their full pen- sIons. Ii does not speak well for some of the legislators who are fond of talk . Ing about what they want to see cone for the 'old heroes" for It to appear that legislation depriving them or nihe months of their time should nave pass ed undetected.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-10
Mr. Foster,a AppoIntment.

ScOttsboTO PrOBrbssIFo zAH0;,r --. has been appointed District Attorney for Alabama of the Louisville ana Nashville Railway. This is the wisest act of the Louisville and Nashville since the recent rate controversy oe- gan. No man in Alabama holds more Securely the confidence of the people of the State. wherever he is known than does MT Foster. His honesty, ms m tegrity, his legal learning is such that when he speaks, whether 1t pc on me me railroads, both will listen. and if they heed his advice. 1t Is dollars to dough- nuts that both will be benefited.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-10
rnnr Indian. TrIbea.

Indian SchSol Journal .s xS. G.
 The Cherokees, wno tracked De So- o- while he was marching through the Southern forests and swamps. and who later welcomed oglethorpe to Georgia are the most advanced Indians m eix- iltzation and the most eager for ed- uoation. spendine $200.000 a year on their schools and colleges
 The Chickasaws have hye colleges with 400 students, n1atntained at thirteen district schools, costing S1S,- 900. .. some of which the higher branches are taught
 The seminoIes, one of the smaller tribes, have ten colleges and ty-nye common schools, with a total attend annA Of 500.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-10
watson,s uItlmatun.

MaCOu ItI6BTupIIs
 Some of those who nailed with out stretched arms and loving embrace the apearance last year Of Thomas E Wat son in the Democratic primary TOT coy ernor, will find. as The Telegraph told them at the time, hthat o LnoHins ns,sst ha is looking forward to the organization of a new party in this state, or the reorganization Of the old Popuist Far Looking at 1t from the standpoint of the reforms" which he (and they) advocated we cannot see any cause Tor special complaint at the work so Tar done. or the necessity for an extra ses-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-10
Politics and Politiciangs g


 A convention will assemble at Lam sing on october 22 to frame . new Con- stitution for the State of Michigan.
 as5 Robert E. Yancey of Lynchburg will seat in the Sixth District of Virginia next year.
 Prof. Hervey s. Cowell, q prominent educator Is the candidate of the prom bitonists of Massachusetts for cover phor this fall. If Governor Fletcher D. Proctor is renominated and reelected In Yer. newspapers, UHs S ~ it viii be the first time n sixty-six years that Governor or that State has held office more than two years.
 The reuniting of the Republican factions in Cincinnati is expected 70 have it's influence in next years elec- ton, as Hamilton County. in which Cincinnati is located. IS normally tne banner Republican county o1 oA'o'
 For more than iialf century a yer- mont seat in the United states sen ate ha practically Escab hssn oIamer Is pS1rd ond Justin s. Morrill, died in office. and George F. Edmonds resigned after twenty five years of service.
 
 Col. 4. c. Matthews. Department Commander of the Illinois O. 4. R., has Announced his candidacy for Lieutenant Governorshlp. Colonel Matthews las been in public life for many years: Is United States Treasury under Presi- dent Harrison. was Speaker of the House in the Mlinois Legislature, and was President Of 1on the i.ainn .IlInois'VicksOurs 
 The most interesting member of the United States Senate from some points of view will be the first blind man to take a seat there-Thomas P. Gore of Oklahoma. MT. Gore has not yet been elected, but he was chosen by the Dem- ocratic Party caucus, and as the Dem State he Is sure of being named. Gore is we'll known throughout Oklahoma and has long been prominent in public affairs there.
 Three candidates are making a hard battle for the Governorship m Louis I lana this fall. All three have been stumping the State and 1t has been | has been seen there. The abolition of sinecures, the adjustment of compSn- sation of the public officials, and the increased public revenues are issues Ng- uring prominently In the campaign
 In the belief that the statute passed by the Massachusetts Legislature in 1903, forbidding the soliciting of po- sitions in public service corporatnns | by public officials has been violated, Q | grand jury in Boston has returned in dictments against two State Senators: | two members of the Legislature. ana two Aldermen of the city. It is chaEg- ed that the men solicited positions from telephone company.
 William J. Bryan has been selected to deliver the first lecture this sea son before the League of Political Ed Sneakers who will hc heard under The same auspices during the winter gre pr. Edward Everett Hale. District Al" torney Jerome, William Lloyd Sarri- son, Jacob A. Rlis Booker T. wash ington, Edward Howard Grisgs. pr Heber Newton and John Graham Brooks.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-10
SOME TRUE WORDS.

Gen. John Gill, a Baltimore capitalist and also a Southern man and an ex- Confederate soldier. has invested much money for himself V and associates in Southern enterprises. A few days ago a Charlotte friend wrote him regard ing the financing of a projected en- terprise and received very frank re- ply. "To be frank with you" he wrote, ''I am not at present inclined to consider any proposition in the south." He added this plain explanation:
 The recent action in disre- gard of the rights of corporations dis inolines me to put any money out In There is too much populism in the south l think that If men like you and other prominent citizens of Char lotte would come out and and denon9ce cation of property. 1t would have a good effect In restoring confidence and business relations with that section of our country which has always com manded my love and affection"
 General Gill is President of one of the largest investment companies in Baltimore. and though he would like to accommodate his friends in the South he cannot as a business man ad- wise his company to invest money down here under present conditions. Can anyone blame him?
 He knows that in consequence of the stupid and indefensibIe crusade in the South against capital and corpora tions putting money into Southern en- terprises is not a safe investment, be- cause it will not be protected. There is no sentiment in business and good business men are not going to risk their money in a State that will af- ford no protection.
 We know there are those who will agree that the South can manage its own financial affairs without any out side assistance, but in the main those who argue that way belong to one of two classes. They are either men who are not properly informed as to the needs of the South, or else they are men who already have all the capi-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-10

The Pennsylvania man who took the orecaution to remove his hat and hang It on a post before jumping into the ca nal and drowning himself evidently thought that they might bring him back to life and then he would not have a hat to wear. Forethought is off, ten a valuable asset.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-10
Says The Columbus Enquirer-sun

The opinion seems to be unanimous nracticaily that the President should have left the suspension of that Mis- sissippi River pilot to the regular au- horities.
 Certainly our contemporary does not need to be reminded that Roosevelt is a law unto himself. If steamboat pilot or a railway engineer doesn't please him why should he not suspend tbe offender. Is not this NATIONs
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-10

The Supreme Court of Tennessee has decided that 6 passenger on @ street car must provide himself with money of a smaller denomination than a $5 bill, else he can be elected without having valid claim for damages. Nickels are always handy on street cars.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-10

The New Workers have given to Lemuel Eli ouigg the title of "Aecel- orator of Public Opinion" His method of aecelerating was by handing out liberal wads of money where they would do the most good. We are not advised whether the office is to be con- tinued, now that Lem is down and out.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-10

If the President can't get enough sport in the swamps and canebrakes of Louisiana he might go to Wyoming and hunt dinosaurs.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-10

Now somebody has actually referred to him as willie Taft" It is all right to call him Bill, but to apply the term Willie to a man who weighs nearly as much as a bale of cotton is too bad.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-10
Auausr cTRCuI.ATIoN.

The Ecrtxomery Advertiser Huas assssssssss tts advertisers tand makes if part or the contract when requestedl that its daily CIT culaticn is lar ger than that of any morning new tper printed fin Aiabama-ana Una, .ss Sunday edition has the largest circulation of any edition of any newspaper printed 'h Alabama without exception
 The figures for August printed peiow' representing the actual net circulation all fe- turns having been deducted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-10
.Sidespalk Pencilins.
Not ia sAe couleil Reesra.

"Its an outrage!" was the refrain of the Aldermen when they assembled at noon yesterday for their special, adjourned, extraordinary sesston-- tnors was some doubt as to which It
 Courage. had nothing to do with liquor iicenses or public franchtsss; the outrage was the "stinginess" of the Tessu. Ts msss ssS rseSsiysd SsrsSnI p.sses. .
 or course. neither the Aldermen nor City Clerk Farley, nor even Mayor Teague really wanted to go-at the ty little attention if the Wid wee, persons had sent free tickets
 Only Alderman J. c. Tyson was frank to say that he was going.
 Send out and get quorum. ne
 The speech was wildly applauded and Charlie and the telephone were utilized to bring quorum together.
 In the meantime Mayor Tsasue. pat pat
 fl say v weverytime that am not go- Ing any mere, said the Mayor Put ! Alderman Foster thought 1t was fine for "the boys to go-and he did not say a word about himself.
 About this time City Clerk Farley entered with two passes just sent him {. .tnmuit and shouting: there were an- gry threats of impeachment of the for- tunate Mayor and City Clerk
 Luckily quorum was announced and pasSss were ruled ,,sans out ourSt 1h o to be made prohibitory." Alderman Cox whispered to Alderman Hudson.
 4
 colonel starke in Montgomery. Colonel E.. w. Starke, of Perote, Bullock County, one of the very few surviving members of the Alabama convention of secession from the Union, paid Montgomery his first visit yesterday in a decade. CoioneI stalxs Is s1. years old and in vigorous health for person of his age:
 Other than CoioneA Starke. there are but two or three other surviving mem bsrs Of the secession conysns'on o,,,n s,,pl or vlvors. Colonel Starke mentioned Judge Inzer of Birmingham.
 Colonel Starke was . member of the secession convention from Pike Coun, ty. At that time Bullock County had not been created and the old home stead, where Colonel Starke has resid- ed for the past sixty years was m cluded in Bullock County when that c0n5y somsry was asa fSfmen %acon counties. coU
 Colonel Starke came to Montgomery especially t0 consult an ocuilst re- garding his eyes He was accompa- 1ieq steyke eg e of 'rD Troy % and s. J. starke of Bullock County. He returled 70 re- rote last evening by way of Troy.
 The aged veteran Is inemoer or Camp R. E. Powell, U. c. V. neao- quarters at Union Springs
 Fire Chief John F. Browder is in Washington, in attendance upon tne annual convention of the National As sociation of Fire Chiets. Mr. brcwaer will probably return at the end or tnis week. During his absence, Assistant Chief E., J. Grifith is in charge Of the Fire Department.
 Rev. John Bass Shelton has gone to Mobile to engage in a series of evan geIistic meetings.
 Hon. e. L.. Albritton, of Wilcox County, was visitor to Montgomery
 MT. Hugh Nelson has returned from Linden. whither he went to conduct
 MT. Cecil Alexander, of Prattville, is registered at the Imperial
 MT. F. B. Hricken. os Luverne. is . guest at the Hotel Summere
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-10

The Paradox Of the EWHAM bht1Mts sDA. Henry Litchfieid West An The Ocs0eeE The Republican Party is already pledged to conduct its next campaign upon the promise that after tho elect ion the tarifr will be revised. The Democratic Party does not question the doubt the thoroughness of the proposed revision. On the very threshold Of ths contest, however. we are confronted with a. most singular paradox The only way to prevent revision or the tarifE will be to elect a Democratie Representatives. Democratic victory in 1908 will not only fall to secure any revision. but 1t will iasren the present schedules securely upon the country is explained by the fact that the Sem ate is not only Republican in its ma jority at the present time, but will continue beyond peradventure to be Re- publican until 1912. Out of the ninety members of the Senate only thirty-twe revolution of the most remarkable na- ture will materially increase this num- Der during the next four years. This Republican Senate will stand az a bul- wark against any legislation emanat- ing from a politically hostile House.
 This condition of affairs suggests an- other curious situation If 1t be truc, as many believe, that the present high tariff schedules are responsible for the creation and maintenance of great monopolies. 1t will be easy enough for these beneiciaries to continue In the enjoyment of their pfunder by simply securing the election of Democratic administration. They would, in fact, accomplish two results much desired by them. They would help to adminis- ter an apparent rebuke to President Roosevelt whom they hate with bite ter hatred. and they would save them selves from any possible harm. IT $ candidate pledged to a continuance of President Roosevelts policies should be nominated by the Republicans. the cor poratiohs would undoubtedly endaovor have nothing to fear from GDemocratte President. who could only illuminate in words against them and whose every effort to secure the enactment Of hos tile legislation would be pigeon-holeo in a Republican Senate.