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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-01
This Is Ny z3rd Birthday
William M. Fontaine.

William Morris Fontaine, for many years professor of geology and natural history in the University of Viginia, was born in Louisa County. Virginia, December 1. 1885. the Hanover Academy until 1855. when he entered the University of Virginia, from which institution he graduated with hig1 he served as a lieutenant of artillery in the Army of the Confederate States. After the close of the civil war he went abroad German universities. Upon his return to America in 1871 he became professor of chemisty and geology at the University of joined the faculty of the University of Vir- gtnIa at Charlottesville. pr. Fontaine has written numerous books and papers on geol- oRy and mineralogy and is regarded as q high authority on those branches of sei- enca.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-01
HANDS AND MACHINES.


 The changes made by machinery in lessening and expediting human labor have not benefited the farmer as they have the mechanic. The carpenter and general wood-worker, for exam pie. finds almost everything changed during the period of lifetime. There are men now working at the trade who can recall the time when practi- cally everything in their line of work was done by hand. Those who were so fortunate as to have a shop sit- uated on a stream that would supply water-power would perhaps have a small circular saw to rip the blanks into smaller pieces, and might also have a turning-lath for such work as was needed in that line.
 This was all the machinery known to the average carpenter fifty or sixty years ago. With the saws and planes of all kinds. the brace and bit, the mallet and chisel, >he did his work slowly but surely, and did 1t well. It was not his fortune to have the iron hands of machinery do his work as they are now doing especially for the carpenters and other Tood-workers in the cities and towns. Machinery is doing practically all their hard work for them. It planes the lumber. rips it open or into strips for him, cuts the mortices and shapes the tenons and does almost all the other work for the man. He puts together what the machines have fashioned for him, smoothes the rough surfaces if neces- sary--and that is generally done by a machine-and the job Is done. The machines do what the hands had to do in the earlier days. They do the work much quicker. and often much better. and in far less time than the hand-workers could do it.
 But while all this improvement and advancement has come to the carpen- ters and machinists the average farmer has not benefited so much from modern inventiveness and ingenuity. The plain farmer of today blows and hoes, plants and sows. reaps and mows just about as his grandfather and his father did. Practically as much time and labor are now expended in mak- ing and saving a crop as was required when the aged farmers were boys. It is true that on the immense corn and wheat farms of the Middle West and Northwest machinery largely takes the place of human labor. In fact. it would hardly be possible to raise and gather the immense grain crops of those regions without the help of machinery. They have ma chimes to do the blowing and sowing. to reap and gather their crops and to prepare them for safe-keeping or for the market. It would not be pos sible to get all the work done by hand.
 But while these grain farmers have the help of the best machinery to tighten and expedite their work 1t is not so with the small farmers-or even the larger ones--in this section. The work of mechanics in all branches of the trade is so different from that of the farmers that they can now have most of the work done by ma chimes, but the farmer has no such advantage here and now. whether the inventors will finally perfect ma chinery that win take much of the drudgery of the small farmers may be doubtful, but they certainly are not so fortunate in this respect as the mechanics are.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-01
H1wATT,s GROWTH.
Great i3nsaness DeveIopment and In'
 crease in Population


 Great Bnsaness DeveIopmeht and In'
 crease in Population.
 Chicago Record Herald. 1t is generally realized that Hawaii has undergone remarkable political changes during the last twenty years but less has been said about other changes that have had a marked enect on the life of the islands and the for tunes Of their people. Industrihlly there has been great development, and there have also been some rather promising ventures in new lines. The value Of the exports Is three times what 1t was in 1889. and the imports show a still larger increase. The ng. ures for the fiscal year ended with June, 1908, were: Imports. $l9,SSs, I24; exports. sf2.iss,2ss. Sugar raising continues to be the great business Of the country the exports of raw ana re- fined making up nearly forty million dollars of the forty-two. The business Is controlled by corporations whose stocks and bonds represent large part of the island investments. Lat terly the growing of pineanples has attracted considerable capital The fruit is large and of superior quality. and apparently the business has good future. It has already justfned the erection of the largest fruit-pre- serving establishment In the world. Experiments are now being made, with rubber, but 1t Is too early as yet to speak confidently about the prospects of that industry. f --
 With the industrial development there has been a large increase of population. The population of the city of Honolulu has more than doubled since the last years of the. monarchy, the present estimate being about 45,o00
 
 however, that the islands offered tempting opportunities to all sorts and conditions of men. Of the 45,000 in- habitants of Honolulu only between eight and ten thousand are classified as Caucasian in the Hawiian primer that Is published by the Hawaiian pro- motion committee.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-01
Rubbing It In.

Florala News.
 The Fiorala News says: wen have to buy an alarm clock for Covington oHpIso oiS County. % to be sure. But t did ioo you notice how wideawake she was on the new counties amendment?-Andalus News.
 that the count went against that amendment throughout the entire State and 1t was the selfish desires of citi. zens of County seat towns that turned the tide and also the defeat was due to inactivity of those favoEng the amendment There's a good time com ing again. however, and the large num- haps be augmented by sufficient en- forcements to carry the amendment through. We hope so, anyway. and shall work unceasingly to that end.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-01

eyer The popularity of the green hat makes for hopefulness along other hues as well. It Is the opening wedge tne breach in the wall. the leak In tns dam.
 If we are allowed to wear green hats or rather, If we crush feminine op- jection by the bulk of US, why not bot tie green clothes and, progressing mer- rnv, skyhaNa7 Once the dike is down the stream may flow where 1t wiils. Why should man parade through nie as somber as a hired mute at Tuner al? Why must his glad rags De as cheery as an undertaken or a mortuary urn?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-01
What Does 1t Meant

HunTsVIIIe ITIDuH6,
 Mr. Bryan in recent issue of his Commoner calls the recent election the mystery of 1908. and further says: If the Democratic party and the con tingencies demanded it I would again sees Mr. Bryan's declaration he Is clearly in the saddle, in complete charge of the Democratic party. and he will never be displaced from party leadership until he voluntarily retires and this he will never do Judging from all the information nd-circumstances surrounding human udtures
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-01
Tkis Dafe i,. History
DEcEsgBER I.

-- DECENBEM ..
 17Ss--commune of Paris ordered sII
 churches closed. -. ise4-ABrftish ports in the West Indies clos.
 Cd to American conI1nefce. >- z 1sis--CoYiimodo Joshua Barney, distin-
 guished American naval officer. died.
 Born July 6, 1769, .,.=.=5.....-' ial4-0ueeu AisxandrrG of England born. aesI--Treason trials of members of the
 GoIdeu Circle begun in Indianapolb. lse5-Habeas Corpus Act restored in the ,ssA--science Haii of the University of Wis
 consin. at Madison. destroyed oy lire. 1eo4-Close of the Louisiana. Purchase Ex- iaos-senor Palma elected President of
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-01

"The State Treasury and Old Moth CT Democracy are in position to con- sole each other" Is the way The Head. land Post looks at it. Oh. well. they can congratulate each other when Democracy gets back to sanity and Alabama getsa new administration.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-01

A sentence in The New York Times has perplexed The Columbus Enquirer Sun. The sentence reads: Meyers awoke after a sleepless night" and our Columbus contemporary would like to know how the sleepless man managed to wake up.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-01

Reading the announcement that Lady Mackenzie proposes to travel across Africa in male attire The Rich mond News-Leader wants to know if she means African male attire. You ought to be ashamed!
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-01

It is announced that President Cas- tro. of Venezuela, is to take a jour. ney to Europe in order to have a sur. gical operation performed on him Possibly he is going in order to pre-. vent Queen wilhelmina from having the operation performed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-01
From The Chattanooga Times we take this suggestive paragraph:

We are told by a news item that an old soldier in one of our prohibi- tion districts was caught, haled be- fore city court, fined $50 and sent to the workhouse for six months for selling a quart of liquor to a thirsty neighbor. If the old man had joined a mob, shot up a county jail and hanged two or three human beings he would not now he wearing his life out in durance vile" Until public sen tinlAnt is ready to recognize the equality of laws we cannot complain that there is no equality before the law.
 We really do not know that any comment is necessary on an item like this. The Times has said about all that is needed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-01

That was a man of forethought who, when told that he owed too much to society to offend 1t by asking his grocer and butcher to a party at his home. replied: "Yes. but just think
 what I owe the grocer and butcher" :"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-01
NIanners Have chaaeea.

In the so-called "arG room" of one of New York's fashionable cafes only men and women in evening dress will be allowed in future after Il o'clock. In the days of old New York at that hour the nightdress was the customary wear. 4 i..t s', f.s..,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-01

The Norfolk Landmark comes out in plain words and announces that un- less the Republican candidate in 1912 shall be a menace like Cannon or Hearst "it will not support Mir. Bryan if the Democratic party commits the inconceivable folly of nominating him a fourth time." So it is that "one by one the roses fall"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-01
Where Divorce Prevails.

JIeVeIdnu FIdIU DtdIsTs
 The Cornell professor who fears that before many years have passed fully half tho marriages will end In divorce must have been reading those journals which chronicle the proceedings of the upper social set. The humber classes doesn't take kindly to divorce. And, besides. they can't afford IL
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-01

By way of correcting The Advertiser The Chattanooga Times informs us that Colonel John Temple Graves was born Gin one of the Carolinas,' but our. contemporary prudently fails to say which one, having in mind the disputations over Andrew Jackson'a nativity.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-01

A New York. widow who is worth eight million dollars reports that she is being persecuted by offers of mar riage. Why doesn't she reach out and lasso a noble?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-01

It seems to be the general opinion that Frank Hitchcock has been slated for the position of Postmaster General in the Taft cabinet. thus settling the receptacle of one nice plum.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-01

The mayoralty fight over in Atlanta is getting interesting. and the rival candidates are saying things right out loud about each other. Let us hope they will not reach the hair pulling stage of the game.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-01

An observant writer remarks that you can't scare people with good ness" Perhaps not, but sometimes it is possible to scare them out of bad ness.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-01
aunnn nrncr1r.Arroag.

The Montgomsry Advertiser goafast1s. .,ss tte aAvsrfisers tand makes 1t part ot .s Lne contract when requsstedl that It's oaAly Sn oniasion is laxgsE than that oe any "a 1h.t nswapapor printed in Alabema-@n1. ...iss ! Ssou of any edition of any newspapes RhAAS ud h AIabarna without exception. .,.,
 The figures for October pranteo an s". repraaenk the actual net circalapoH' ~AN turna havfng besn deducted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-01
Forest Fires in sfarensO.

For the past week or more forest fires have been raging in this section In all directions and much timber has been ruined and several negro houses have been reported to have been de- stroyed. Great clouds of smoke hung over the whole country. becoming so dense that at times breathing was dif- fcult. On last Saturday morning. up to about g o'clock the smoke and fog was so dense here that 1t was impossi- ble for one to see a distance of more than twenty feet, a thing never known nor heard of in this County by our oldest residents
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-01
Dispute Over Jallu.

Fine BeIt NeWB,
 one of the worst county jails in the State, and that Escarn bia County's 'sho- tel" Is equally as bad as. if not worse. than Coyington's. We'll, Brother Doty. what you say may be true, and Es- cambia may not have a safe jail, but then this County does not always have 8 jail full of prisoners and the "S R. O" sign hung out. as does our neigh boring County, nor do we have, the criminal record that Covington County has, and we have not the need for a burglsr-propf jail that Covington has. Neviertheless we have no objection to Escanbia County having a frst-class, rsafe jail. "
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-01

Well. have you finished all the tur- key hash yet? Sometimes it is sort Of sarIai, as we might say.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-01
A Pretty Kettle of Fish,,

BreWton Standard.-
 It Is already reported that a special session of the Legislature will likely ing the prohibition law next year. This Is a pretty kettle of fish. to be sure. A law-rnaking body meets and enacts a law and then before the time for 1t to become effective, it is threatened to have them called together again to provide ways and means for its en- forcement. There's no use crossing a ditch till you get to 1t. And then, too, If they made one trial and failed of purpose. what, assurance will. the pub 'lic have that they will not fail In a called session. It seems to us that the best thing to do would bc to give the law faIr trial. watch its effects and defects. and then take whatever steps are necessary to remedy it, if it - is found to be defective.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-01
Crowds Are ReturnlnE

Gadsden Tfmes-NeWs. -
 pretty good sign of towns pros perity. or the opposite. is the number of people seen on the streets. During Gadsden we're almost deserted during the day. but the number has been steadily growing. Today looked like a return of good times. hundreds of peo- seemlng to have business to transact.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-01

Net Daily average, October, 1908 .aS'sSSaa &e4 Sunday average, OcaSber, 1sOD'.' '<OVSVo c L Finigan, Circulation Manager of The M0ntgomery Advertiser. being duly sworn says:
 Ths 4oregoing statement of The Aovertis- agsn circulation for the month of October, 1SoS is true and correct. and compiled atter all returna from news boys news a6entA spoiled and leftover copies have been de- ductsd. -
 d L FTNIGAN. Circulation Manager.
 Sworn to and subscribed before me this pfh day of November, 1908.
 RIGA ALEXANDER, Notary Public.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-01
What tke State Papers
 Are Saying and Doing
Get His Hsna In.

Taliadega Reporter.
 Woodward says he's the nominee of the Democratic party. and that he's no, meaner than the party, and like Bryan, since he's got his hand In, he's going to keep on runningl
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-01
On Mobile,s Wharf.

MODlle lLenl
 It is spoken of by a Connecticut pa- per with great slee that a man 95 years old caught a bushel and a half of fish In one day. There are dozens our city who do this stunt in an hour on our city wharves every day.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-01
Origih of Evil.

Guntersvile Democrat.
 It Is gratifying to note that the press form and pfesenting the side of the people. There is no earthly use uf lighting trusts while the tariff law ws re- that defies the laws and damns the people. Go to the fountain head If you would muddy the whole stream.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-01
One TAins Omitted.

Governor Conner mentioned several thankful. but that for which we should feel the most thankful his memory failed him. He omitted from his proc only two more years to suffer from his rule, for which they do feel exceed ingly thankful.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-01
Their Moneys worth.

Bessemer Weekly.
 The Republicans spent over a mill lion in the recent campaign, while the Democrats soaked little more than $eo0,OOo. The question arises did eith- CT party get their moneys worth7
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-01
It Would Have Made No Difference.

It Would Have Made No Dinerence. 0pelika Morning Post
 Some of our exchanges are laying Bryan's defeat to the fact that he had no millionaire brother to back his cam paign. In our opinion if he had a dozen of them the result would have been the same.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-01

The race for United states Senator. in Ohio seems to have narrowed down to Sem, Ator Joseph Benson Foraker and Charles P. Taft. the Cincinnati editor.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-01

Thomas L. Hisgen recently candidate for President of the United states on the Independence Party Ticket announces that he is out of politics for good.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-01

Representative William P Hepburn of the Eighth Iowa District, the only Repub. llcan candidate for re-eiection in that State. who was defeated on November 2. may contest the seat of his successful Deni- ocratic opponent.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-01

The National Leaeue of Democratic Clubs is to hold meeting. in WashinRton next week to take steps to keep the organization intact and in working shape during the ensuing four years,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-01

On his way from his home in Nebraska to Mexico william J. Bryan stopped off in Corpus Christi. Texas, long enough to buy twenty acres of suburban property at that place 1t Is understood to be his intention to build a home on the property and spend a part of each winter there.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-01

"I'n welcome death." sings Drift Armstrong, President of the Ragged and Jagged Poets Association of Ala bama. Drift has either been tilted by a Montgomery blue-eyed blonde or he has been reading about those elegant S9 funerals in Balttmore.-Houston
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-01

It costs big money to become Governor of Connecticut. George r. Lilley, the success ful Republican cahdidate in the recent election, reported his campaign expenses as s2s.s .sTs It cost Judge A. Heaton Robertson
 hls Democratic opponent, e33,ooo to be de-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-01

From one of our California contem- poraries. which we unfortunately mis- laid. we clipped the following special sent it from Chicago under date of November 8:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-01

For the Indiana senatorship. it is said that ex-chairman Tom Taggart and his friends are. solidiy hehind John ". Kern. Ksrn tha S.fess n,s ,s osssny castpayy or eyery assurance that he win succeed Mr. Henien- way. 4s
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-01

A negro boy on a bicycle very nar- rowly missed running over the Prest- dent of the United States the other day on a street in Washington. Had he done so the negro would have struck Theodore more forcibly than
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-01

The reason a widow never says "thIs is so sudden" when a man 'proposessi is because she knew all the time he was going to. i2
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-01

. Owing to the close contest between the Republican and Democratic candidatesS for the minor state offices in Missouri and the provisions Of the law respecting the tabu- iation of election returns the result of the November election on those offices may not be definitely known" until after the General Assembly conYenes in January.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-20
THE COURT RECORD.
District Supreme Court.


EQUITY COURT NO. 1-Mr. Justice STAFF
ford.
In re Mary NJ. Peake Ounacy): order
authorizing committee to borrow money.
Lycett agt. Lycett ct al: auditors re-
port ratified: compliments solicitor, w.
NJ Levin; defendants solicitor. j. III.
Taylor.
Doney ct al. agt Thomas ct al: decree
pro confesso: compliments solicitor, r.
r. Horner; defendants solicitor, ]. E.
Padgett.
Swan agt Swan ct al: reference to
Thomas HI. Fitman. examiner: complain
ants solicitor. E. L. Giles: defendant's
solicitor, W. E. Benham.
CIRCUIT COURT NO. 2-Mr. Justice
Stafford
Hume agt. Dennie ct al; judgment by
default for $4,000 and costs; plaintiffs at
torney, J. D. Williams.
DISTRICT COURT-Mr. Justice Stafford.
United States agt. Kann ct al; rule day
to answer extended to October 5. 1908.
PROBATE COURT-Mr. Justice Stafford.
lowance; attorneys, Crosthwaite & Cola
day.
Estate OF Henry McCrea: will dated
April s, 1894 filed. with petition Of Caro-
line H. McCrea for probate and record
Of will and letters testamentary; attorney,
F. H. Stephens.
Estate Of Emily Hayes; will admitted to
probate and record and letters Of admin
istration c. t. a. issued to Joseph Ward;
bond. 800: attorney, w. c. Martin.
Estate Of Joseph T. Collins; letters OF
administration granted to Frank 8. Col
Inns: bond, 500; attorneys, MILAN &
Smith.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-20
ASKS FOR MORE MONEY.
DR.. Tindall Wants So, 400 Over APP
nronriation for District Office.

In his estimates to the Commissioners
of the amount of money necessary for
running what is known the force in
the executive ONCE of the Commissioners,
DIR. William Tindall has asked for $1,000
an increase OF s.. 400 over the amount ap-
propriated for the present fiscal year.
This estimate provides for the salaries of
the Commissioners. their accessories and
messengers. and the various clerks who
attend to the official correspondence and
office work.
The sum of 5000 is asked with which
to prepare an index of the laws Of Con-
gress relating TO the District and OF the
laws of former municipal governments In
the District which are still in force; also
consolidating indexes of orders and of
opinions of the corporation counsel.
l.. s. Johnson. correspondence clerk.
who now receives salary of S1.2tO. is
recommended for an increase of S200. DIR.
Tindall also asks for an additional clerk
and stenographer at $1,000 and 500 in
crease In the contingent expenses.