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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-21
FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 1907.
GETTING BACK AT HIM.

They evidently had some high jinks in one of the Philadelphia churches a few days ago. We will not give the name of the preacher or of the denom- ination to which he belongs, but it was one of the most fasionable and popular churches in the city. On last Sunday, so the story goes, he ascended the pulpit in a condition which made . decidedly unfavorable impression on some of the ultra fashionable members of the church. His trousers had not been pressed and creased. as fashion demands; they even bagged at the knees, and that was a serious offense. Then they discovered that the lines of his face were harsh and forbidding, which was distasteful. to say the least of 1t. Plainly some of the members thought their minister had been out altogether too much for them and they informed him In plain terms that his services were no longer needed in that establishment It was skidoo for the preacher.
 Having given him the marble heart the members were fair enough to all low him to preach a farewell discourse on Monday evening. and then he had his inning, and he figuratively took Off the bridle and laid aside h4s gloves. His text was from the Gospel of St. Mat thew: we have piped unto you and ye have not danced. We have mourned unto you and ye have not lamented." ]" Then he began to say things that made them uncomfortable. He told them that all they wanted was "a decorative minister" one who "tiptoes gently and graciously at o'clock pink teas and smiles benignly at bridge whist tables" and to make 1t plain, he all Iuded to his congregation as a pink tea coterie," all of which touched some of them in tender spots. Without giv- ing any opinion about who was right or wrong we must say that when the preacher went to the bat he made sev- eral scores.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-21
SENATOR MoRcArs SUCCESSOR.

SENATOR MORGATs SUCCESSOR
 The death of Senator Morgan creates . political stuation that was never before known in the State. Indeed, its like has never existed in any State.
 The fact of auadrennial sessions ot the Legislature and the certain re- election by the Legislature which met in January, of both senators brought about the unusual conditions. The call fer the primary of last year stipulated that the people in each county should vote on the question of senator to be chosen. As both senators had to be elected, one for term beginning March 4. 1907. and the other for term be- ginning March 1, 1909, the people in the various counties voted solidly for Senators Morgan and Pettus and they awere accordingly elected by the Leg islature. The Legislature obeyed the voice of the people as expressed in the primary.
 The primary call stipulated also that the people should express their choice for successors to Alabama's two great senators in case of vacancy. In the election that followed Hon. John H. Bankhead and Hon. Joseph F. John ston, received the highest vote cast in the order named and we venture the assertion that nine out of ten of those who voted in that primary believed that the successors to the senators in case of vacancy were named as the result of that primary.
 The voice of the people as expressed in the primary was obeyed in the cleo tion of the two senators, and now that a vacancy has occurred and for filling which provision was made, why should not the voice of the people be again respected by the Legislature. It was as much notice to the Legislature as to the governor, and if the Legislature felt bound to elect Senators Morgan and Pettus because of their designation in the primary, we do not see how q selection for probable vacancy should not be just as sacred an obligation.
 The Legislature has thirteen days of it's regular session remaining and many important matters are to be disposed of. It ought not to get up e heated controversy over . matter which was disposed of in the primary last year The people then said plainly that they wished Mir. Bankhead to i'll the first senatorial vacancy ana that wish ought to be carried into effect by the Leg islature.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-21
LOCK AT CAMP GROUND.
officers of Third Infantry are in
 Huntsville.

Huntsville, June 20.-(Special) )- Major Smith and Captain Pelham of the Third Infantry. Alabama National Guard are in Huntsville to inspect the grounds that have been offered their regiment for use as a site for the encampment in July.
 The visiting officers are being enter tained and shown about the city by the Business Mems Club committee ap- pointed a few days ago for the pur- pose, Grounds have been offered by the Merrimack Manufacturing Co.,. at the terminus of the electric railway, and they include a grove as well as a large area of open field. A
 Tracey W. Pratt. President of the West Huntsville Cotton Mills and one of the best known manufacturers in the south. is critically Ill at his home on Monte Sano. His condition has be- come alarming to his relatives and friends.
 The new Baptist church in West Huntsville will be dedicated June 30 and the address of the occasion will be made by Rev. w. B. Crumpton. sec retary of the State Board of Missions.
 Charles Tomlinson's barn at Jeff was burned last night. loss $75o. insured.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-21
A SOFT SNAP,

Whatever else may be said of the new Oklahoma constitution there is one thing beyond dispute, and that Is it's liberality towards the members of the Legislature. The constitution pro- vides that the first session of the Leg islature shall Tot exceed one hundred and sixty days" and for their services the members are to receive six dollars per day and ten oonts for each mile travelled in going to and from the capital The senators and representa- tives will number ons hundred and forty-six. If the first session holds the constitutional term, which 1t Is more than likely to do, the salary expense alone will be a little moro than $140.- 900 and when we add mileage. clerk hire. printing and other necessary ex- penses, we think The State Capital is within bounds when 1t estimates that this first session will cost the new State about half million dollars.
 But that isn't all, or even the most extravagant part of 1t. for there Is to be no limit on the length of sessions after the first one It Is true that the members will be paid six dollars per day for only the first sixty days, and two dollars per day for the re- mainder of the. session, but if they 50 choose they can remain in con- tinuous session if they care to re- main at the capital during the en- tire year. Their pay. exclusive of mill cage, will amount to about s1,ooo a year, and no doubt they will decide to take up permanent quarters at the cap- itaI during their term. All in all, their constitution will make legislative hon. ors profitable.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-21

It will doubtless be news to most readers to learn that parrots have prac- tically disappeared from Nebraska, Perhaps 1t may also be in the nature of news to know that they ever existed in that State. for most people incline to regard them as tropical birds. As a matter of fact the real parrot the talking kind, never did exist in Ne braska. The species that lived and 4Iourished there, was of the same species as the Carolina parrot, or par roquet, which formerly flourished in large numbers as far North as Lake Michigan It is a much more hand some bird than the real parrot but lacks the powers of articulation possess sed by the former. The Nebraska State Journal says they once existed in great numbers along the Missouri river, in that State, but that they quickly disappeared before the march and the firearms of the white settlers and are now practically extinct in that reGiOn-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-21
Letters to The Editor
For Better School Supervision.

Lanett, Ala, June 1S. lSOf'
 Editor The Advertiser:-Wtll you allow me space to say few words on the bill providing for more efficient supervision of our public schools? Home Rule" in Tuesdays Advertiser attacks some of the phases of the bill. He admits that 1t is entirely reason able to require the County Superlntend- ent to be trained teacher holding a first grade certificate We venture that all friends of education in Ala bama are agreed oh this point. We have been talking this question of bet ter qualified county superintendents" all this Spring. and we are yet to find one person who does not want some legislation upon this question. There are a number of people who oppose the proposed plan of electing the County Superintendent I, myself, con- cur with Home Rule" that the people shpuld be allowed to elect the County Superintendent If possible. But ex- Superintendent Hill told me in person about two years ago that he had hoped to get a bill passed providing for "qualifled County Superintendents." but that he asked members of the Su- preme Court In advance about this question, and they answered that no qualifications could be imposed upon a man elected by the people. The choos- ing of a superintendent by the coun- tv Board is considered appointive rather than elective. So many people have misunderstood why the authors of the bill resorted to this method of selecting the County Superintendent So here we are, Home Rule," We need qualified county superintendents. Everybody wants them. Shall we not submit to the "only method" of getting them and go to work for 1t?
 "A friend to the Schools"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-21
To-day In History

1S77-King Edward III, of England died
 Cathedral in London.
 ISIS-Weilington defeated King Joseph of Spain at Vittoria
 lS4S-Isaac Toucey of Connecticut became attorney general of the United
 GS49-Russians defeated the Hun garians at Pered.
 lS5l-Congressma Charles B. Lit tlefield of Maine born.
 iS94-Many persons killed by an earthquake at Yokohoma and Tokio
 iS9S-Thirty- seven spectators drown ed at launching of the British battle ship Albion.
 i9O6-Republican national convention at Philadelphia nominated Mckinley and Roosevelt.
 19O3-Great strike of textile opera tives at Lowell Mass, ended.
 1905-Eight persons killed in wreck of the twentieth Century Limited
 igo6EUnited States Senate approved of the lock canal for Panama.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-21
TW OOD
Da rHIL il. AikAasrHoN0.

Ho. Little Freckled-Face. . Ho. little freckled-faced. barefoot Boy,
 You who,op and shout and you're new Nervous oid fossils you oft annoy
 When you sound your whistle % sharp and shrill But you get all out of life there is: For you get happiness. bless your And many a king would trade for this His crown ana wealth to play your part. Ho. little freckied- faced, barefoot boy, Lite to you Is fun and play, And only you can know the Joy Of throwing rocks at the oid blue Of chasing rabbits over the clods, Of diving off in the swimming hole
 Would give their all for your stain less soul Ho, little freckled-faced. barefoot boy. A sword at the head of an army--boy-- While you go down to heroes grave. The same little legs that wade the dam May some day lead in paths of good. The same little tongue that tastes the May some day thrill q multitude.  "Phil-Osophy." "A man shouldn't mind e little thing like his wtfe"-he doesn't.
 January. February. March. April. May. June. July. August. September. October, November, and December are all lingering in the lap of Spring.
 Shut up or be put up. Yes, even some family trees are  ,,Ir;rs It's long lane that has no auto A banana peel Is an Insignificant thing. but lying on the sidewalk 1t could turn half the people in the town upside down. A Bit of Advice. Some marry for brains.
 Some marry for looks
 But take my advice
 And marry for cooks. Talking 1t over. was there much form about the marriage cererhonyr' :. well. the bride didn't have much" + + Glad!
 Plenty O blackberrfes
 Growin' on de vines. Gwine to be bushels Coin by de signs. Gwine to hab rolls | An pies an jam Glad Is livin'-
 Amt you glad you ami
 Mabel Gilman says since she mar: ried she has been in "a gold prison" Don't kick, Mabel. that's better than the other kind.
 An Alabama bard on attempting to write a poem on Taft could only get up the following for the end of each | line:
 "Taft, | Graft, | Laft."
 We can stand for all of 1t but that last word which looks to us like sim- plifed spelling.
 President Roosevelts latest evolu-. | tion is an attack upon the writers of animal stories. Teddy manages to oc- cupy the spotlight continually in some way. An eastern magazine poet was set upon and beaten half to death by a | band of desperadoes in Texas the other day. Poor fool. he didn't know that l Judd Lewis has got the run out there.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-21
THE FRENCH MIDI OUTBREAK.

The Clemeuceau ministry on Tuesday defiantly challenged the oposition to vote against the government meas ures for the suppression of disorders in Southern France. The ministry was overwhelmingly sustained and soldiers are being moved rapidly to the scene of the revolt This is another example of the manner common now with the Republicans in power in France. The Midi troubles are typical. Discomfort, agitation. public meetings. committees, conferences, cries and oountercries fol- lowed by unveiled threats against the State. then preparations to attack, when the State strikes first with heavy mailed hand In this case the excitement will be over before the world finds out what the trouble has been.
 The origin of the revolt seems to be in an extraordinary output of cheap wines and the quite unexampled small ness in returns the wine-growers are able to get in the market The Midi seems literally to flow with wine and where wine is as common as air or water 1t will fetch of course a very small price, The South of France today Is both wine-rich and wine poor. What must a good Republican do in an ex- tremity like this? Why turn to the government. Governments now are un- dertaking all sorts of jobs, great and little, from operating railroads to shoe ing horses, from educating a child to Midi has more wine than it can dispose of, if wine Is running to waste there the government at Paris Is responsible and must redress the sufferings of the wine growers. The price of wine must be put up by law. It Is the plain duty of the government to straighten matters out. relieve the situation by law. Che can but wish they had some of our old sub-treasuryites over there. Wine is said to improve with age and a billion impounded litres, kept out of the market-but our sub-treasuryites should expound this. Never was a con dition made better to hand for their turn of argument than the excessive wine crop of France. They could tell the French to store away at govern mi fa rbak might happen if another bumper crop followed the next year and the year after.
 In the meantime the situation has be- come so serious that mayor after may or has resigned. the whole machinery of administration in the wine growing districts has fallen into confusion and even the army being recruited in these very provinces, holds back officers and men when called on to assert the law. Marriage and giving In marriage has ceased for the eternal civil certificate Is necessary and all officials compe- tent to issue these have thrown up their ' i quandary; they cannot get in the ground without certificate from these same officials who have so suddenly "struck" and refuse to discharge any of 1 the duties of their offices. That pa thetic figure. common in France Sc elsewhere. the man anxious to pay his | ta-aS cannot pay thesa Thara is mo-
 body who will receipt for them and the
 poor creature goes mournfully about
 dejected with a deepening sense of
 misfortune.
 Of course every reactionist and roy alist in France is delighted with the
 situation. With them the motto Is any thing to destroy the republic" It is Q
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-21

plain sign of the mediocre character of the royalist following at this day, that they should havs so little 1udg- ment ard discretion as to seize an over- abundance in one staple product as a reason for the overthrow of existing institutions. A child might see sucn an agitation lacked any promise, even the remotest.
 The wine-growers will be scattered and order restored we have no doubt. The mayors--who so loves to hold an office as a Frenchman-will resume their posts. marriages and births and deaths will be duly certificated and the unhappy taxpayer will be allowed to pay and get his receipt. And as to the wine itself? It looks as if it will have to be used for irrigating purposes. Why not?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-21

Our mutual friend, Dr. Wiley. of the Pure Food Department, is continu- ally upsetting old ideas and beliefs. So far as we have observed the medi- cal men have always insisted that we ought to chew our food thoroughly be- fore swallowing it. That sounded like good counsel based on a correct theory of digestion, but here comes pr. Wiley to tell us Don't chew your meat; bolt 1t whole" That will be good news to those who are in great hurry or who have no teeth, but is it good advice to follow? TO say nothing of the dan- ger of choking ourself, will not such method of eating injure the diges- ton? If we are to bolt our food, as the fowls do, should We not also swallow some gravel to help grind it up, as the fowls do? We fear Dr. Wiley is m league with the makers of aids to di- gestion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-21
Police Chiefs Associntion.

Norfolk, Va, June 20.-The conven- ton of the International Chiefs of Police of America selected Detroit, Mich. as the next place of meeting and elected the following officers: President. Richard Sylvester, Washing ton, D. .C.; vice president, John. Whit taker, Dayton, O.; secretary, Harvet Carr, Grand Rapids. Minh
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-21
APRn CIRCULATION.

The Montgomery Advertlser guara aHtses sts Advertisers (and makes 1t part or the contract when requested) that Its Daily GIT collation. is lar CT than that of any mSnins newspaper printed in Alabama-ana tnat I.s Sunday edition has the largest circulstion of any edition of any newspaper printed m Alabama without exception
 The figures for April. printed oelow. rep resent the actual net circulation, all returns having been deducted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-21
Petty Larceny

We suppose an editor ought to feel complimented to see his own para graphs reproduced bodily in the eui- torial columns of a contemporary, with. out a sign of credit. But IL certainly Is no compliment to the editor filch- ing tham-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-21

Abe Ruef of San Francisco infamous fame, is said to be nervous wreck. Prabably that is because they have pried him loose from the grating hnslnAsa
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-21
Daily Average, April 1eo7... ....... .14.9es sunday Average, April 1so7... ... ..e1,e16

N & Noble, Circulation Manager of The Montgome Advertiser. being duly sworn. says:
 The foregoing statement of The Adver- tiser's curculation for the month of April, 1907, is true and correct and compiled after all returns from news boys. news agents. spoiled and leftover copies have been de- ducted-
 E S. NOBLE
 Circulation Manager Sworn to and subscribed before me this gTth day of May 1907.
 RIGA ALEXANDER,
 Notary Public
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-21
ADMINISTRATORS
 NOTICE

Under and by virtue of power and the direction given me in the will of Joanna Dc we, deceased. recorded in the office of the Judge of Probate of Montgomery Coun- y,, in VIII WILL B09K 09scrS NO n ,h PaSS iSs will at the Court Square Fountain. in the City of Montgomehy. Alabama. on Monday, July balance in one and two years. with hnter. est the following property, to-wit;
 ll6 South Court St, 3lA Washington Ave. 11g-120-122 Montgomery St.. 200 Lee; acres Goode St., 20 acres Goods St
 For further information. as to location or condition of the property, or to incum- brances thereon. apply Sto the undersigned,
 JOHN J. DOWH Exscutor and Trustee under the vii O.
 Joapna na1EA nAA~---@
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-21

Huntsville Tribune.
 Civic Improvement is and always has been and always will be, the great municipai builder. Progressive ideas are all right, but it Is the fruItion that counts No flowing prospectors of the improvements that are only so many beautiful lines on the engineers draII- ing board, will ever appeal so inslst- ently as will paved streets, sanitary sewers and pure. health giving water.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-10
Alcohol From the Cactus.

Large areas of arabic land in west
ern Texas are overrun by growthS o:
cactus. 1t is esteemed an unmitigntcl
nuisance, though in seasons of drought
the cactus leaves have been used to
feed cattle. the obnoxious spines hay
ing been first destroyed by burning.
Since the passage of the act of cor
gress providing for the manufacture OF
untaXed denatured alcohol of
cactus lands are hoping to make the
natural cactus crop valuable by distll-
lation. The alleged fact that the cac-
tus furnishes perhaps the cheapest and
most abundant raw material for alco-
hol making seems to he Sc we'll estah-
lished that rowing portable stills are
to be set up in the cactus lands for
the double purpose of turning the de-
spised plant into fuel and provender.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-10
Ccalite to Replace Coal.

Coalite is initiating coal and is re
puted to excel the genuine article,
writes j. \. Rowland in the Chicago
Tribune. BY Il newly discovered proc
ess the experts can produce from coal
Of the cheapest quality this substance
OF coalite. This coalite produces 20 per
cent more heat than coal. So little car
bon is emitted that it can be burned in
a white stove without discoloring it. So
little oxygen is required to support its
combustion that the long draft is UNI
necessary. aud the tall chimney is
made a thing of the past. 1t is further
declared that the gus produced is
stronger. purer and less costly than
that to which we have been accus-
toned. Finally 1t is said that the by
products of the manufacture Of cOalite
a he sold for more than the original
price of the coal. so that coalite costs
less than nothing to produce. If only
coalitc were edible as we'll the goal of
human happiness surely would be
looming up in sight.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-10
mo WIFE WANTED"
Man Who Advertised For Spouse
Has to Hang Out This Sign.
BESIEGED BY APPLICANTS.
Every Train Brings to Derby, Conn,
Women, Old and Young, Pretty and
Otherwise, Who Would Share the
Lot of George Moon, Esq.

Derby, Conn. is in the throes of !;
matrimonial bargain rush. From the
four corners Of the state women, young
and old. are arriving. They seek to
wed George Moon. the widower. who
advertise; De'or Il wife. Mr.. Moon told
the public that he wanted a young wo-
mai between the ages Of twenty-five
and thirty-tive, but the lad" has
brought to his door every day for the
past week widows Of fifty, maids Of
sixteen and spinsters Of uncertain age.
Every incoming train has some aspir-
ant for the heart Of the lonely Moon.
who admits forty-one years of age.
His mail has been something enor-
nous. Nearly every letter has contain