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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-19
wOmsn's Hats in Church.

Macon News.
 The iniunction contained in the epistic TO the Corinthians. that woman dishon- oreth her head by uncoverIng it while at worship, did not contemplate the extra ordinary coverings of the present. ac- cording to Dr. Cortland Myers, a New York minister. who has forbidden the wo- men of his fashionable congregation to wear their Merry Widows and ether mill linery n1onstrosities in church Of course the doctor has brought on a storm of feminine disapproval and even the men Of the congregation are asking what com pensating spiritual or. temporal gain will come of the change The doctor remains immovable against criticism and his ulti- matum stands. that all women attending his church must uncover during the ser vlcas
 With the fall millinery larger if any thing than the hats of tea tray propor- tions which were popular during the sum mer and having an overland that looks like . dIsmasted bridecake. it must be admitted that pr. Myers has legitimate grievance He says that the hats pre- vent half the congregation from seeing the minister and following the services intsiligently. This may be and 1t can be imagined after an inspection of the pre- vailing styles that the presence of hah dozen of the fethered derelicts would disturb the worship of any congregation. but the doctor has run counter to Scripture and public opinion in his millinery mani- festo and if he wants to hold his eongre- gation 1t is evident he will have to with draw 1t.
 The concern of most ministers is with the inside of the heads of their hearers. not the outside. pr. Myers has discov- cred this; also that the custom of wear ing bonnets is founded on something deep- CT than a freak of fashion. He blazed the way, but no one followed. He has done service. however. in calling to the attention of women that modified millin- cry is more appropriate for church go CTS
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-19
southern Education.

WaBnlnBIOn EO0e' -, , D..
 Members of the Association of Su- perintendents of Education from the Southern States, who are now touIihls the North in an investigation Of meth ods, are being received with open arms. There is a brotherhood among educa- tors that is akin in its ties to Masonry every real teacher is a militant opti- mist an aggressive idealist. WniIe these Southern educators will learn much in their study of Northern meth, ods particularly in the splendid school svstein of Massach usetts, yet the men from Dixie can point with comme naaple pride to the remarkable progress tne South has made within the decade past in providing for popular education
 Under the leadership of such men as President Alderman of the University of Virginia, and many others equally nubiic-spirited and far-sighted, the South, facing obstacles and dihicultles such as the North has never known: has made wonderful strides toward the solution of Its great problem, and today there are Southern States spend ing more per capita on education man is expended on schools by many or the states north of Mason and Dlxon's line, They know that the power and prestige of the South depend not so much on the size of its crops of cot ion. corn and tobacco as upon the mum her of little red sch hoolhouses. which. however, are no longer red, and not sn very littla.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-19
No More "MoraI ObIIwatIon.., 7,

New York World.
 What would Quay or Brice. Whit tional Committee that made public its campaign contributions either before or after election? The old regime has passed, There Is new order of things
 No Mathew Stanley Quay will again fry the fat out of the protected indus tries in order to control a President ial election by buying voters in blocks
 No Calvin S. Brice or William c. Whitney will again put the Democratic Party up at auction in Wall Street.
 No Mark Hanna will again bleed the banks and the corporations for a S5,- national honor"
 No President of the United States will again have occasion to appoint ms chief corporation inquisitor chief cCl- lector of campaign tribute.
 No President of the United States will again send an Edward H. Harrt- man away from the White House to raise a campaign fund of $26O, ,OO0 that turns "50 900 votes in New York
 Quayism. Briceism. Whitneyism. Ham naism, CortelyouiSm are all done for
 The Democratic National Committee yesterday. made public it's campaign publican Committee will make a sworn statement of all receipts and exnend- lures, according to the laws of New York. No corporation may contribute to either or these IundS without incur. ring prison penalties for it's guilty of. ficials. Befor- the next Presidential election Congress will have passed a national publicity law and probably o corrupt practices law as well what Platt called the moral obligation" will have become a statutory crime
 The World, which has advocated cam. paign-fund publicity and a Federal corrupt practices act for the last tWen- ty-five years, con"ratulates the Amer. ican people on the virtual assurance ,f a great political reform. Insofar as MT Bryan and MT. Taft have assisted in hastcning the day of honest public ity both have rendered a service of jn- estimable importance to their fellow, countrymen. We can only regret that Mir Roosevelt has never shown an equal interest In divorcing corrupt Dolitics and corrupt business
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-19
HE sMELLED HIS DUTY.
United states Marshal Seises seven
 Toms of Ancient Eg Ss.

United states Marshal seises Seven
 Tons of Ancient Eg gs. Wisconsin State Journal v
 According to a story from Detroit, the United States marshal of that city smelled his duty and done 1t by selz. from cincinnati, and consigned 10 cracker factory in Detroit. He made the seizure because he received post tive orders from the Department ot of Justice to do so. Failure to smell the eggs would be no excuse. Nooooy could fail to smell them, even If they were frozen solid, as happened to DC the fact in this instance. was the substance of his daily inquiry directed to the Department of Justice .' Hold 'em," was the laconic answer. 'SThe ey must be produced Ia evidence at the trial" So the marshal is holding them. kind ever made in this country. Be- fore the pure food law went into ef. feet, rotten eggs for use in candy and cake factories used to be imported from China, but in such cases the rem nants of the eggs were drled. ana the smell was not very bad until they ao- sorbed moisture in large quahslti.ss .s The pure food law made that trade i'm, Cincinnati undertook to supply the void. It's plan was to buy all the bad eggs 1t could get. break them, and freeze the stufT Into solid cakes. How
 ong the business has been going on the Government does not know. I ,s year or more. but. as the hrm also ships good eggs, it was never suspecs- ed of doing anything of this klhds hence it's long immunity
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-19

Young Thomas. who married the rich young lady of Atlanta the other day. has decided to take a course in elec- trical engineering, while his bride is touring Europe with her parents, who hope to have her to forget him before they return. The young man is right by taking all the training he can got on engineering for 1t Is likely he will need 1t to manage that young wife while her rich parents are pulling back on the gear. He should get all the information they can sell him in that tech school--Dotlran Eagle.
 And perhaps 1t will also be we'll for him to make himself fully acquainted with electricity so that he may be able to stand the shocks that will probably be administered to him when. they re- turn.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-19
CampaIgn Fnnda.
Chattanooga Times.

Chattanooga Times.
 The publication of the Democratic campaign fund together with a list of donors will mark the beginning of a monumental reform in our national politics. For whatever may be thought consent to q recession from that prae. tice. The Republican managers have been forced to concede the righteous ness of the rule to the extent of agree probably as much as could have been expected in view of the fact that the reform came as suddenly upon them and so shortly after having been caught "red-handed" with corrupt goods upon them. that 1t would not have been prudent to give faithful balloting. obviously, however this will be the last time the publication will be withheld until after election.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-19
This Date in History
OCToRER 1n.

 y1741--David Garrick, the celebra ted actor, made his first appearance in London.
 1774-Brig Peggy Stewart" and it's at Annapolis, Md.
 17S1--CornwallisAs surrendered to the French and American army at York town.
 1790--Lyman Hall. who caused Geor- gia to join the, other colonies in the American revolution, i.ied in Georgia. Born in Connecticut in 1725.
 1912 Poiotsk retaken by the Rus sians
 1S14--Americans repulsed the British at battle of Lyons Creek.
 1S50--First national convention of the Womans' Suffrage Party met in Worcester, Mass.
 1s55--Grand Frank Railway opened to Brockville, Ont.
 1905--President Roosevelt visited North Carolina
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-19
MEN WHO COULDN'T SPELL.
IlIustrfeus Writers Among Those Who
 Make Slips An Words. Rnatn..

Make Slips In Words.
 Boston Transcript
 It may comfort these persons who. in spelling. to learn that even such nlustriouS men of letters as members of the Academic Francaise have not been sS,taIy totaIIy exempt from that failing. late M. Gaston Boissier, who was for long years perpetual secretary of the bea@isr aGa6ePg iSto RgnaD ke st5 day T have a piece of news that win hu- asked in surprise. My autographs "oh, is that ali?S Renan replied. % SBut how have you found 1t out?" M. Bols- sier then related that on the previous da dSy, ,o aDc9de GSgRie of letters had been put Rue Drouot. One by Renan had fetch ed francs, while one by himself and esen sss rsSsah sSiS fer 5sn tnsncs Do you know receiving an answer in tho negative, he said, "Well I shall tell. you There are three misspelt words in your let friend was at the sale. and on perceivA ing the mistakes he went on bidding until he had secured 1t, and then he brought It to me saying, 'yoq will give allowed to circulate among the public with its grammatical ornaments this might damage the Academic Fran silly that day.
 Yet another anecdote in illustration of the fact that even acedemicians can be caught tripping. One day, at Com piegne. in 1888. the Empress Eugenie, at the initiative of Victor Dupuy, then Minister of Education, induced the party. largely composed of acadenli- clans. to consent to write a dictation got up and read out by one of their number. Prosper Merimee. This was by way of showing how hard 1t was that candidates should be rejected be- Not a single acadenIician came well out of the ordeal, or would have ob- tained a certificate Tn the particular competition which the minister had in had also written the dictatlon; sixty slips were recorded against him. and no fewer than ninety against her.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-19

Mir. Taft told his hearers at Cleve- land. Ohio, that he was real Demo- crat." but took care to add that he was not a Democrat of the kind that con- stltutes the Democratic Party. Does he expect to catch votes from our party by that sort of reasoning? He who is not for us is against us in this fight. and any honest. intelligent Re- publican may say that he belitves in the rule of the people. which is really the meaning of the word democracy" but that doesn't entitle him to Demo- cratic support in this fight.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-19
FuTURE NnwsPAPERs.
British Publishers Think They Must
 Be Either Dearer or Smaller. Interview with Lord North cliffe. in

British Publishers Think They Must
 Be Either Dearer or Smaller.
 Interview with Lord North cliffe, in
 New York Tribune.
 noticed that some of the American newspapers are smaller In size than they used to be, and I fancy that not even yet have they reached the limit in that direction.
 White paper must inevitably rise in price. Periodical extravagance in the cutting down of forests, forest fires; of the spruce tree, caused by the growth of newspapers all oyer the world, must have only enc end. unless some of your inventive geniuses can help the situation by discovering sub- stitute for wood pulp. Some 5000 but vainly. There Is nothing like
 Issuing. as I do. publications at 1, 2. 2, IF, i4 and 25 cents. have no cast Iron views as to price. Your monthly magazines have varied their prices without Injury to their sales, and your newspapers may have to follow suit. paper owners have any individual sources of paper supply. Practically all of them purchase from middlemen. and even these middleme- E@ not in all cases appear to have sufficient nuIp in sight to feed their mills. Every Amer icar resourcesfulness and initiative eSsnnot tSsn grew paPssIr tree in fewer fore, in my opinion, many of your daily journals must reduce their size or increase their price in the future. am in favor of the smaller rather than the dearer newspaper, though I have no rooted prejudice either way"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-19
GeorwIa's "Near" Great Men.

Chattanooga Times.
 The Atlanta Journal with becoming pride, points to the trio of Georgia's famous and noble sons who have been chosen and set apart forshonor and dis fll the august chair of the American residency-Watson. Graves. TaPp! lt doesn't seem to matter who selected selves; they are there every one of them and their names shed lustre and fame--of some sort--upon their native missed having four candidates of Presidential size. for did not the Hon. Seab Wright come very near 10 being the Prohibition candidate; and if the Democratic party had been at all ap- preciative and had not been tied. bound and delivered to Bryan, there might have been five. since the Hon. Hoke Smiths name was among those mentioned as available. Georgia is the mother of the near system of things-beer as well as human great npSA
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-19
A HOUSE IN A DAY.

Most newspaper readers are doubt less familiar with Mir. Edison's state ment regarding his plan for building a house complete in all its details and furnishings, in single day. They will be further interested by reading the following which we find in an ex- change:
 A six-room. two-storied house, cost ing s2,000, nl stered and in every way modern, was recently erected in East St Louis within twelve hours Ground was broken and the fol ndation laid within an hour. Carpenters, nlasterers. roofers. plumbers. etc. swarmed about the cottage like bees and performed within the light of one day what is commonly presumed to consume sever al months. The feat was not accom- pIished upon a wager. A contractor merely wished to illustrcte that it is possible Whether such course Is more economical than the usual method is not, stated in the dispatches upon the subject.
 This as all will admit. was an ex- traordinary achievement and one that will attract much attention. and 1t will also be watched with interest as to the results of this almost instanta- neous building. Nor will all the in- terest center in the question of cost The matter of durability is an import ant consideration, as is also the ques- tion of safety. Haste makes waste, " we are told, and it may be that a house so hurrledly erected will not be safe or durable, both of which are import ant considerations, and are more desir- able than haste.
 These are questions which can only be settled by time and experience. We know that MT. Edison claims that
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-19

One of those reckless expressions so often indulged in by people who do not take time to think was recently used by an alleged microbist who said: There are enough microbes on a dollar to start an epidemic in Heaven Tn the first place the man never counted t..e microbes on a dol- lar. and in the next he doesn't know anything about Heaven. He merely thought he was saying something smart.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-19
Mrs. Bryan.

IndianapOIIs NbWe'
 only child of John Baird. of Scotch irish ancestry. a man of fine literary tastes and devout religious. tempera Bryan comes of English stock Her mothers father was Col. Darius Dex- ter of Jamestown, N. Y. Mother of three children and grandmother of two eonfidant and helper of her husband, though no longer the girlish figure that accompanied her husband every
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-19
sLANDER1NG THE AMERICANS

Israel ZangwilI. who writes plays and things. has touched good Ameri- cans on the raw in one of his recent productions. in which he makes one of his characters say: "We are not native born Americans; We hold our troth eternal" The evident meaning is that among native born Americans marriage pledges and vows are not considered as binding. but are to be violated and set aside at will The New Haven Register. as a specimen comes to the defence of our people this way:
 For the declaration of the intima- tion that Americans are as a nation lacking in solemn regard for the mar riage VOW is straight libel on a good people. If there is any nation on this earth where men are true and women faithful, it's America. If there Is any nation where troth holds eternal, where love Is faithful while life lasts where abound homes that are founded on the permanence of the marriage tie, that nation Is America.
 When a foreigner speaks thus of the American people we can safely att tribute it to one Of three things: either he is wholly ignorant of the people he thus traduces. or he islanders them will fully and deliberately for reasons of his own. or else his association with Americans has been confined to the limited class who deserve what he says of them. We do not know which of these reasons prompted Zangwills islander. but it must have been one of them. As a general rule the American people will lose nothing by comparison with any on earth In the matter of faithful observance of the marriage re- lation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-19

Up in Lowell. Mass. an attempt is being made to have the courts appoint a conservator to take charge of the property of Mrs. Ellen Shaw on the ground that she is not properly quail flied for her own interests. One of the witnesses testified that Mrs. Shaw was in the habit of taking dew baths and eating sorrel. Evidently what she needs is a shepherd.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-19
Rural Free Delivery.

PhiladeIphla Bulletin.
 There Is little doubt that the spread of the free delivery system has had a potent effect in carrying a greater de- gree of enlightenment among hosts of voters The rural carriers now mum per approximat " 10000, or the strength of a full army corps: and their vehicles are in evidence in all the thickIy populated States of the Union The aggegate influence of the prompt dissemination of the news, which is made practicable through their agency, Is bound to be both lasting and impor- tant.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-19
The Peoples Ledger. of Enterprise

The Peoples Ledger. of Enterprise, talks this way
 What do the farmers of Coffee Coun- ty care for low price cotton when their cribs contain last years corn and their smoke houses a-e full of last years meat, and now their fields are filled with fine corn. ground peas and field peas, with pasture full of fine hogs and cows to be turned upon when ready. We are glad that our farmers are not dependel- on the cotton mar ket.
 For a fact those Coffee County farm CTS are to be both envied and com nended. No class of people in all this broad land have more To be proud of and thankful for than the independent self-supporting farmers. Even the election of a Republican President cant destroy their independence.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-19
Nehraaka Proaperitx.

St. Louis be-Democrat.
 It Is related that a Nebraska farmer who complained that reaper cost S10 more than in 1896 was reminded by the storekeeper that he paid for the old reaper with 500 bushels of corn at 10 cents a bushel. The merchant said: corn now I will give you a reaper. surrey for your wife. and $60 in cash. :" The farmer admitted that there must be prosperity somewhere.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-19
PoSSums Plentiful,


 J. NJ Taylor of Reeves beat, near Gadsden. Etowah country, has shipped forty-five possums to the Birming ham market within the past few days and states there are plenty more where they came from. Nearer home comes the news that 'possums are thick in the southern part of Jefferson county. and the sight of a negro 'possum dog, a lantern and an axe Is getting to be a frequent one on the suburban car lines.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-19
Mud Doesn't Stick.

Happily as the day of election draws near tn ere is an apparent subsistence of mud throwing as between the two great parties. It will be strange if there shall not be some last day "roor- backs" put forth by the baser sort of political hacks to deceive unwary voters There is little use, however in such campaigning. Mud doesn't stick upon either Bryan or Taft.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-19
Mir. wu's Apology. noGtop HaraId

IU,
 Apologiging for his habit of asking so many questions, Minister Wu ex- wrong impression as to the inquisitive nature of the people of this country. having been met on the occasion Of his first arrival here by large squad of reporters. Irontc Wu!
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-19

They must have queer squirrels up in Maine. as they tell us that boy up there a few days ago received a load of shot in his face. having been mistaken for a squirrel.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-19
A DAY WITH MIR. Bh AN
How the "PeerIess One" Gets Next to
 the People.

How the "PeerIess One" Gets Next to
 the People.
 E. Lowry. in New York Evening
 Post.
 Possibly, the most Illuminating incl dent of the whole day came near Tama. MT. Bryan had gone forward Into the wash room of the car to get the deferred shave of which he stood in need. He had just finished and was standing, coatless and collarless with a towel stuck in his neckband to pro- tect his shirt front, when the train stopped for moment at a little station just outside of Tama Mir. Bryan had not had time to wash the remaining fecks of lather from his face The people outside were calling for him A half dozen men and some dear old ladies in sunbonnets were running alongside of the car calling un. 'Is
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-19

Each side is predicting a landslide in November. and possibly one has as good reasons for doing 1t as the other. but what viii happen if the two land slides meet2
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-19

Democrats may not achieve success in November. but they can deserve 1t by doing their duty to their party and the country, and this IS what all shouid do,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-19

Taft and Graft is the way The Lineville Headlight defines the oppo- sition ticket, and it fits nicely.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-19
sEPTEMRER ipOs.

Iotai '.ss sss''Ato'tot Less returns 6,SS5 Net total .3sAtbAS
  Net Dali Averages, Sept, 1908. 15.5s0 Net Sunday Average, Sept, 1908. 21 ,O61 C. l. Finigan. Circulation Manager of The Montgomery Advertiser. being duly sworn. says:
 The foregoing statement of The Adverti- ser's circulation for the month of Se7tem- Der, 1908, is true and correct. and compiled after ali returns from news boys, news agents spoiled and leftover copies have have been deducted.
 C. l. FINIGAN,
 Circulation Manager. Sworn to and subscribed before me this sth day of October. 1908.
 RIGA ALEXANDER.
 Notary Public.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-19
sWoRN CrRCuLATION.

The Montgomery Advertiser guarantees it's advertisers (and makes 1t part of the contract when rsquested) that its daily cir culation is larger than that of any morning newspaper printed in Alabama-and that it's Sunday edition has the largest circula- tion of any edition of any newspaper print cd in Alabama without exception.
 The figures for September printed below represent the actual net circulation. all re- turns having been deducted.