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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-23
A PrrrFUr. STORY.

Ono oL tnose patheuc stories that sometimes get into print comes to us from Muskosee. Ok. told by The Tines-Democrat of that city. It seems that boy only years old. took a horse and buggy for . pleasure ride without leave of the owner. He was arrested and sent to jail where he has been confined for more than month. To a visitor a day or two ago he said: T never went to school. never went to church, and I never remember of having e kind word spoken to me. f Is it not pitifulf More than that. is 1t not shameful To quote The Times Democrat:
 When he went to bed last night. no loving mother stood by and kissed his baby lips until he passed Into drsam- land. and when he awoke this morn did he whisper Father" No pray CTS were said at his bed last night; no--oaths and blaspheny were the last ,vs words he heard as peertns through the thought of that mother who has cross. ed Into the great beyond. and wondered why she was taken from him.
 We'll might he wonder why the moth : CT was taken from him. and we'll might his infantile mind wonder why there is no one to speak kindly to him or to help him. He has hardly passed beyond the period of infancy and tries in vain to explain to himself why it is that he should be locked up with hu- man brutes and ribald criminals when he feels no consciousness of having committed e crime. In his daily life he has seen all around him other chill dren blessed with loving mothers and kind fathers, and with brothers and sisters to love them and sympathize with them. but none of those blessings were for him. He has seen the com. fortably clothed and happy children vending their way to and from school and church. enjoying their freedom from care and want and hunger, while he, a homeless waif. looked on and tried to understand why it was that he had no part in all this goodIy life of which others had so much. With slight change of verbisge we may quote the lines of Thomas Hood:
 Alas for the rarity
 Of Christian charity
 Under the sun.
 Oh. 1t was pittfui,
 Near a whole city full
 Home he had none!
 There is much of Christisn charity in this old world but sometimes 1t seems blind or unmindful of what is going on. This poor boy. in city of civilization. of wealth. of churches. of Sunday Schools. of common schools, with many good people. had no home. no parents. none to love him. train him or help him to travel his lonely road; none to look after hts mind or his morals. or to guard him from evil habits and criminal associates. but was left to grow up in ignorance and pow erty and want when a little help at the right time might make of him a good citizen. "It was not the boy that committed the crime. but society" com ments The Times-Democrat. adding: "The Imprisonment of this s-year-oid boy is disgrace to our boasted civil ization. and it may be true that away up there in her home beyond the sky a mother is hoping and longing for his release"
 Is It not a pitiful storyf and may there not be other equally pathetic in- stances in other cities and eommuni ties7
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-23

enemy or of outfianking him or car rytng rife pits. They have real field maneuvers. as nearly as possible such as they would have if called into ac- tive nervice.
 Small as Is the prospect of war, it would, of course, be foolish to make no preperation for the unexpected. We shall always have an army, though we need not have a large one. If there should be war. we would have to de- pend mainly upon the citizens soldiery, and the militia of most of the States is now getting practical instruction in the beIligerent arts. If 1t should have to go into service. it would not be thoroughly trained. but 1t would be very considerably trained, and would be ready immediately to garrison the fortihcations, and 1t would need but little training to make it as effective as the regular force. Officers and men would be prepared to be immediately useful
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-23
poea This End ItG

Talladega Mountain Home.
 The Montgomery Advertiser is gem timely distressed because It can't fnd out why a man hugs around the waist and a girl around the neck. Ever see a man? Ever see a girl? Then reflect one moment and quit worrying.--Char- lotte Observer.
 Yes, we've seen man and we've seen a girl, and we've seen cm aE inc ouegtion.- Advertiser.
 And we don't believe you have ever huRKed a girl nor has girl ever done the same for you. If you had. you would slender waist just fits mans arm. while who could imagine such a thing 8s ter arm around your thirty-six inch waist measure. Think of girl huEging Taft around the waist. for instance.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-23
SUNDAY, AUGUST 2s, lOes-
HELP SWELL THE FUND.

The Advertisers Democratic National campaign Fund is swelled today by contrib utio4isS from a number of State offieiaIs and department attaches at the rapltoI. Some of these gentlemen con- Htribute at their respective homez. through other channels. while others divide their donations. entering part as from Montgomery and part as from their home towns. They are. of course, contributing as private citizens, and not as officials, and are under no spe- cial duty in this respect by reason of their positions in the State govern ment This leads to an important con- alteration that The Advertiser desires pto stress, which is this: This is pre- sminently the peoples fight, against the robber tariff, monopoly and special privilege; and 1t is the duty of every Democrat who can to contribute some thing towards legitimate campaign ex- pensea. The Republican Party has its hands full, in several senses, but in fhe most significant sense. full of cam paign ''dough" j" The knowing know whence this comes. The Democratic Party depends upon the people not only for votes but for the means of waging a winning fight where the votes are at nresent too few. Are you willing to help2 Let your dollar mark answer the question in The Advertisers cam 8paign fund column.
 Heretofore received and acknowl-
 aged. S15.o0. Received yesterday as
 llows:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-23
This Is Ny 47th BSthday
Thomas ,. sEaenamara

Thomas J. Mcnamara, one of the greatest educational authorities in the United Kingdom and an honorary racks at oAGntreal. August 23, 1881. the son of a soldier in the ranks. He was taken to England when a child and received his education at school in Exeter later taking a course at q traininR school for teachers. As q teacher he soon attained prominence and was elected president of the Na- tional Union of Teachers. He has been in the House of Commons since 1900 and when the Campbell Banner man ministry was formed MT. Macnam- ara was given the important post ot Secretary of the Local Government Board He Is the author of a number of books the most Of them treating of school management and educational methods.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-23

Sunny Jim," as the Republican can- didate for Vice President Is called. said in his speech of acceptance that the plain common people rule this country and will continue to do so. That shows how the poor newspaper man may be kept in the dark. We really thought man named Roosevelt had been do- ing about all the ruling of late years. Jim has told us something. only It isn't a fact.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-23

The Montgomery Advertiser has a regard Governor Conner has shown the states Attorney General in matters where the state required legal ser vice. and secured lawyers for purposes that the Attorney General and his As- sistant would have met every require ment. The unnecessary attorneys fees that the State of Alabama has paid would have erected quite a number of thousand dollar school houses or added a snug sum to any State fund.--Taila- dega Mountain Home.
 The Advertiser in the article to which The Mountain Home refers should have said what The Home says. that "the Attorney General and his as- sistant would have met every re- quirement. It is fact of pregnant mention that Attorney General Garber has been called on for opinions on im- portant matters more often. perhaps. than any man who ever held the po- sition. In addition. he has had to ap- pear in more important litigation. He has ably and satisfactorily met the requirements of his position and they have been exceedingly arduous.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-23
win Get Down 10 It Later.

There may be some political excite ment and enthusiasm over the National campaign in some parts of the field. but 1t hasn't touched this portion yet. There has never. perhaps. in the his- tory of the country, been so little in- terest manifested in a Presidential campaign as now. and the difference extends to Democrats and Republicans alike. Perhaps the people have learned by experience-with the present exec utive, for instance-that this govern ment will run with most any kind Of individual at the head of it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-23
POLITICAL POINTERS
Incidents and Opinions Throwing Light on the
 National Contest.

weapons, and the result may Dc . Bryan victory. Cumnins followers are dead in earnest in asserting that their leader shall not be euchered out of the senatorship again. after having once lost that place as well aa the Vice Presidential nomination because of the jealousy and underhend-work of Iowa Republican leaders.
 Indiana, where lot of prominent Republicans are sulking In their tents. The Fairbanks people have not yet recovered from the bruises sus- tained at Chicago from the Hitchcock steam roller. They display only pass ing interest in the Taft candidacy. On the other hand, the Demccrstic machine is in good shape. Bryan will receive tremendous aid from the candidacy of Tom Marshall for Governor. The latter's election is confidently counted on by the Democratic leaders. who be- iieve that Marshall and Kern may also carry the State for Bryan. Repun nn. can harmony in Iowa and Indiana would materially improve Repuhiican prospects.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-23
This Date in History
August 2S.

13S2-The Argonauts of St. Nicholas an order of military Knights. founded by Charles III at Naples.
 1622-Frst weekly newspaper ap- peared in England.
 1756-Foundation stone laid for Co., lumbia College in New York City.
 1S22-Sir William Herschel. cele- brater astronomer. died in England Born in Hanover. Nov IS. 173s flee as Governor of Canada
 1sS3-Completion of the Northern Pacific Railroad to the Pacific coast.
 lS94-Assa ssination of the Japanese minister to Korea
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-23

The Health Commissioner of Penn sylvania has 'ordered" pure water for all sections of Philadelphia. Let's see; did we not somewhere read of a man who ordered the tide to retire?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-23

"springheld. H.. Is expecting some- thing to happen every minute" The Albany Herald remarks. If things haven't already been happening up there at a lively gait. we miss our guess.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-23
James B. Stanley. for fifty three

n. James B. Stanley. for fftythree
 E has been editor of The Green
 Advocate. Notwithstanding the
 that his energy has shown no sening. and that The Advocate Is ted with its characteristic vigor and sIIity. he has now associated with him the editorial duties his son. F. W. sanley. The young man has already nown talent and ability, but the best he Advertiser can wish for him is that . shali be as competent and as sue essfuI as his father.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-23

The length of acceptance speeches is decreasing. we are happy to say. Mir. Bryan was much briefer than Taft and sherman cuts under Bryan. Now let Kern follow a good example.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-23

Seems to us that 1t is about time for the straw ballot season to open. The man who feels sure that his side will win can generally manage to get up 8 straw vote to sustain his view,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-23
Let she Governor Act.

Editor The Advertiser:
 One of the cmnsonest methods of de- tecting crime by unknown criminals is to offer rewards for evidence leading to their conviction. The laws iD every State in the Union provide for 1t and 1t has been constantly done in Alabama. linois offered rewards for the appre- hension of the unknown murderers of negroes at Springfield. III. In Alabama white men have been killed. the States white men, as well as negroes. blown up with dynamite by unknown crifnin- als in the mineral district. The Gov. ernor of Alabama is up there and of. fers no reward for the capture of these miscreants. If Fairley had been Gov- ernor he could not have acted any more favorably, In this respect, to the criminals. Why doesn't the Governor of Alabama offer rewards? What is the explanation?
 Law and Order.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-23

We learn from The Abbeville News that the Populists of Henry County are going to reorganize. but like The News we don't know what for. Perhaps they propose to turn loose and elect Tom watson for something.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-23

The Leavenworth Post has just eel ebrated it's third birthday and jubi- Iaftes as much as if it was thirteen or twenty three. It is robust kid. all the same.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-23

lauss Judge Taft has been hos " and courteously treated in Vir-
 there are some foolish enough sdict that he will carry that State .oyember. Is there nothing but cs these days? MT. Taft is a gen. n and has been treated by the ians as a gentleman among gem
 but that doesn't mean votea
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-23
Tha Rirht l,nnIfion.

Flomaton Enterprise.
 No one questions the right of the miners to strike if they want to. but they have no right legal or moral, to tell other men they cannot take thelr places. Men who do this are outlaws and should be treated as such.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-23
sWORN cTncuI.ATION.

The Montgomery Advertiser guarantees it's advertisers tand makes 1t part of the contract when reQaested) that its daily cir seufaEtnn Is larger than that of any morn ing newspaper printed in Alabama-and that its Sunday edition has the largest cir euiation of any edition of any newspaper printed in Alabama without exception
 The nsures for July printed below repre- uent the actual net circulation. all returns haTinK been deducted
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-23
WhIskerIess Age.

This is @ an era of whiskerlesg- States men fin spite of Messrs. Kern 6nd sher- man. Six of the seven Presidential and three of them haYe/ , hair even on
 their heads. Out of / Congressmen whose photographsf fe published in . newspaper group Yten had boards.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-23

Ac L FInigan, Circulating Manager of &s Montgomery Advertiser. being duly 'korn, says: |Ths foregoing statement of the Adver- kef+a circulation for the month of July, los, is true and correct, and compiled afA z all returns from news boys, news agents. k1ed and leftover copies have been de- ted
 c. L FINIGAN.
 Circulation Manager. uofn to and subscribed before me this day of August. 1908. # RIGA ALEXANDER.
 Notary Public
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-23

ton. and the way to remedy that evil is to give the latter a home. To put 1t briefly. .he multiplication and pro- tection of useful birds means the bet torment of conditions in the city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-23

be willing to put the business of road making into the hands of intelligent men who understand the business. Poor roads are the expensive things that curse a country district.
 -%
 Tmsealo0aase Credit. Tuscaloosa Tinaes~casette.
 The citizens of Tuscaloosa have req son to congratulate themselves on the sale of the Water bonds. That bonds should sell at all in such e time is a noteworthy fact and for them to bring 6 premium Is a feather in our cap in very truth. 1t evidences a sure confidence in Tuscaloosa.
 + %&
 Felt a Thrill. Thomaston Post.
 The Advertiser says the editors were fooled when they supposed they saw In Clay County the log cabin where John T. Morgan was born. We'll, we felt the passing thrill, anyway. and that was all 1t amounted to if the tale had been true.
 Every Mas Should Vote. It is the duty of all Democrats. snw- ever disappointed st the resul. of the Denven convention to rally to the sup port of the nominees and give Mr Bryan a hig vote. Of course. AlaOaE,a will give him her electoral vote, even if a large number Of the discontents stay at home on election day, but ev- cry one should vote 50 as to swell his popular vote to as large q figure as possible.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-23
Smaller Farms Mere Profitable.

Let all land owners henceforth en- courage their tenants to take smaller farms. but to work those farms more thoroughly. Tn this way the tenant will mae more and the land owner have his property better cared for. A real coEn- fDrtable settlement to every twenty Skimnaing over forty to fifty acres with one blow ought to become thing of Che past. Piow deep. plant good seed, put down plenty Of the pest kind oi good crops can be made any sort of Q year.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-06-11
Narrow Escape from Bullet.

Last Saturday afternoon a number Of
young men were congregated at Mr.. A. E.
Budd's on Hessian avenue, practising with
a revolver. Among the party was Walter,
son OF G.. G. Leonard, Of Thorofare, and Miss
Mary, daughter Of Mr.. Budd, stood thirty
feet away, an interested spectator. Some
how Leonard's pistol discharged while he
was standing at rest, the butt in his right
hand and the barrel half wayin his
leit hand. Miss Budd screamed that she
was shot, while blood flowed from Leonard IS
hand.
Happily neither was seriously hurt. The
bullet pIowed through the fleshy portion Of
Leonard's left palm, and struck corset
steel in gIancing manner on Miss Budd g
left side, near the heart. DR.. Brewer
dressed Leonard's hand. Miss Budd did
hot require medical attendance. the only
visible injury being bruise under the cor
set steel.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-06-11
Smith Budd.

4 quiet wedding in the presence of the
immediate families took place in the Cen
trail Baptist Church last Saturday evening,
the contracting parties being Miss Edna
Budd, daughter Of the late Sam,l R. Budd,
and Benjamin Fowler Smith, both Of
this city.
The ceremony was performed by Rev.
Frank Smith Of Haddonfeld.
The bride was given away by her uncle,
DR.. T. Earle Budd, Of Orange, N. j., and
was beautifully gowned in white ehiIonette
and was attended by Miss Caroline p.
Smith, sister Of the groom as maid Of honor,
who was gowned in white nette.
The best man was Mr.. Edward Grigg, of
Mt. Holly, cousin of the bride. Mrs.
Walter c. Antram, of Camden. presided at
the organ.
The happy couple will at once begin
house keeping at 1919 south Broad street.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-06-11
Members of Council Meet.
SAMUEL D. PRICE

Agreeable to adjournment, the members
of Council, as a Committee of the Whole,
met in the Council Chamber last Monday
evening to consider the lighting contract
with the Public Service Corporation. Rep
resentatives of the local press and citizens
present were excused, and for two hours
the important document was discussed and
put in shape for consideration at the regu-
lar meeting next Tuesday evening.
As the contract now stands the, term for
which it will run will be fixed at the open
meeting, the only other changes were in
phraseology-the prices-$85 fer arc lights
and $50 for gas remaining as in the orig
inal
1t was the concensus Of opinion that the
information at hand concerning municipal
ownership was very indefinite and the
unanimous opinion Of the conferees was
that Citizens Committee of nine, three
from each ward, should be appointed to
confer with the special Lighting Committee
relative to municipal ownership and report
back to Council.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-06-11
School Doing in Monroe.

The Monroe township Board of Education
held special session last week, Saturday
Henry L. Reinhold, Jr., was selected as the
architect for the addition soon to be erected.
The following teachers were elected: MIS-
Helen Mauser. Of Bloomsburg, Pa, for the
fifth grade, now being taught by Miss Anna
Davidson; Miss Elizabeth Steiner, for the
room now taaght by Miss Marion Edwards;
Miss Edwards will take charge Of the room
now taught by Miss Bessie Tombleson.
Miss Anna Smith will take charge Of the
room now being taught by Mrs. BROMLEY.
There are still two vacancies, one in the
primary school aud one A. Cecil.
Mrs BROMLEY IS thinking Of going to
Colorado and relinquish teaching, but as
she is an exceptionally fine teacher she may
be induced to again take up the work to
which she seems so peculiarly adapted,
Harry Crist was unanimously elected clerk
of the board for the fifth term. George l..
Pheifer, Amos Armstrong, Harry Crist, DR..
L. M. Halsey and C. H. n. Bodine were
a committee to look after the
building Of the addition to School No. g.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-06-11
SINGLE copy FIVE CENTS.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Recorded in Gloucester Co. Clerks
ONCE for the Week Ending
june Q, 1905

Howard S. Hauthorn to Anna F. Souden,
lands in Second Ward, Woodbury..
Oliver B. Chew to Borough Of Pitman,
lands in Pitman.
William Facbs to John F. Bergen, lands
in Harrison Township.
Abbin 7. Jessup ct al ex., to George N.
Mckay, lands in Mantua Township.
Jacob Sumerson to Thomas P Williams,
lot in Grenloch Terrace.
The New jersey Conference Camp Meet
ing Association, to Samuel W. Phifer, lands
in Borough Of Pitman.
John Atkinson to William Goldstine,
Township Of Elk.
Thomas W. synnott to Alvin A. Davis.
lands in Wenonah.
Augustus-s. Truncer to George Magin,
lands in Mantua Township.
c. L. Burtnets to William Sandol, lands
in National Park.
c. L. Burtnett to William Sandcz, lands
in National Park.
John III. Plum to Ephraim G. Cox, lands
in Westyille
Harvey NJ Pancosst to Gustave Musllen.
lands in Pitman
JnO. P. Whitney to William Warner,
lands in Glassboro.
Joseph W. saIus to George E Gosalen,
lands in Clayton.
Mae Belle johnson to Emile Nj. and Fl.
Bradley, land in Pitman.
c. ?. Myers to George NJ. Lloyd, lands
in Borough of Paulsboro
First Baptist Church Of Clayton, n. ]. to
John NJ. Plum, lands in Clayton.
David A. Moore to Edward Greenig,
lands in Franklin Township.
Samuel McCurdy, Ex., to Edward Green
ig, lands in Franklin Township.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-06-11
Turning the Tables.

Who would have thought it,. A white
woman, and good one at that, arrested for
assault and battery on negro voter. But
such is.a fact. This good woman is sure to
become famous. She is Ida, wife of Harry
Shoulders, near Repaupo. Last Saturday
she ordered Charles Wesley, farm hand,
out of the sweet potato patch, and when he
didn't go struck him on the shoulders. He
came way up to Woodbury. Monday morn
ing and Mayor Ladd of Woodbury. issued a
warrant for her arrest on a charge of assault
and battery. Late in the afternoon Mrs.
Shoulders, accompanied by her husband,
came to Woodbury., and His Honor fixed
her bail at 500 to appear at the next term
of Court.
II is really fine thing to know that
there is one white woman in this county
who is not afraid of negro farm hand