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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-14
HOosIER VIEW OF TAFT
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 The remedy flor all present sh,,,. l.. tns body polite that Judge Taft o,sr, (. SIons pro1 HepuoIcans in power. They matters (Just look at the nressnt r.st . Of thinGsD The Democrafs Tnus. =. s'a.e n D allowed to manage affairs because thsv have had no experience Is snch .iss worthy of a Presidential candIda,a5 ps1 though half the people of tba 'co,,tr,, could not be trusted to govern if hacau.S tDssoon; Eoneo; Tor some years they have not to her daughter to learn to swim. b,,t vse to go near the water. Of course Der,o~ crats In the Senate and House all these psn,, ysSrs count TOT nothing Everything Democrats. says Mir Taft. are obiivious of care and caution and think that an In sidious evil may be corrected in A day or week. by law How can he know this? ? He has just told us that the Democrats nave had no experience in governnent By what occult process, then. does he ar rive at their conception of things?
 As Title impressive is the statement that the Republicans are not responsible for the abuses that have resulted in the conditions that surround today: these are due to human nature. ambitious men turning pro gress (great prosperity. as he has said ehewhere) to their vicious purposes. So the Republican party is responsible only Tor the good, and everything evil is the result of human nature! But Mr. Taft does not allow that judgement for the Democrats. In 1898 1t was the mere pros pect of the Democratic party's tariff that brought on panic: evils of human nature about It. Surely. 1893 and 1907 cannot be so different. Either human nature operat ed in both cases or neither. and if Demo- cratic prospects" and the, feeble German Wilson bill wrought one panic, the Ding ley bill and eleven years of Republican rule wrought the other. .' e'.,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-14
THE POLITICAL BAR0METERs.
The Middle West Seems to Haxo Feu
 of Ets Own Over This Year. Naw York woyid !,

The Middle West Seems to Have Few
 of Tts Own Over This Year.
 New York World. .f
 Of fr grater political siEpifieance than the Vermont election is the result. of the primaries in Nebraska, wisconsin , and Michigan.
 We have never been greatly impressed by the superstition that Vermont. is 'a. poll tical barometer. It may measure the en- thusiasm or apathy of q large element of England voters do not decide presidential contests ,-s,,
 For example. in the September election of 1896 the Vermont Democratss polled only 14,s55 votes. Tn the September cleo tion of 1900 they boiled .17.12s. Judged by Vermont. MT. Bryan should have been a stronger candidate in 1900 than in 1888. yet he was weaker. and the majority against him was larger
 In the September election of 1904 the Vermont Democrats boiled nearly as many votes as in 1900. but Judge Parker was worse beaten than Greeley. Even in res pect to the Independence League. the 1, 200 yates of the Hearst candidate Tues day in Vermont are no index of what the Hearst ticket may do next November in the States of New York. New Jersey, Ohio. Indiana. Illinois. and California.
 The middle Western primaries. however, deserve careful consideration. In Nebraska the two most prominent Bryan seekers af- ter the governorship. Dahlman and Berge were opposed by Shallenberger who has never been conspicuous as a promoter of BryanisIn. Dahlman Is not only a member of the Bryan kitchen cabinet. but is a vo- ciferous friend of Mr.. Roosevelt.
 In wisconsin Senator Stephenson was indorsed for reelection. although La Fol lette had broken with him and erased the O. K. mark Representative Jenkins. chair man of tn House judiciary committee. was defeated for renomination. althouKh he had been indorBed by MT. Roosevelt. In the Michigan primaries the Republicans smashed the machine and defeRted Gov ernor Warner for renominationJ
 whether or not the middle West Is more radical than ever. 1t is certainly more inde- pendent The voters are not asSing Mir Roosevelt. Mir. Bryan. Mir. La Toilette. or anybody else whom they shall nominate and elect to offico. They have their own ideas on that subject. and more and more they resent everything that resembles boss
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-14
MISS STERNFELD PLAYS
 AT KENn WORTH INN

Wentworth Inn. Biltmore, N. C., Sept. 13-CSpeciaL. )-Montg mu- sical talent was one of the enjoyable features. of the principal musical event of the season given at Wentworth Inn last Monday evening.
 Miss Dora Sternfeld. of Montgomery. Ala was among those who took part in the musical reception, which was at tended by the several hundred guests and equally as many visitors from sur rounding resorts. Miss Sternfeld is 4 gifted young pianist. Her numbers were rendered in truly artistic style and temperament and she was forced to respond to a number of encores.
 Miss Sternfeld played the following numbers: Butterflies (Schuman1: Spring Song. (Jadassohn); Scherzo Minor (Mendelssohn); Scherzo E Minor fChopin). For encores she played: Hark the Lark. (Schubert-Liszt); Pre- Jude (Chopin.)
 MISS Ster--feld and her mother re- turned to Montgomery Wednesday eve ming.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-14
DEWBERRYIN MOBILE
TALKS OF OUTLOOK OF HIS CosI-
 PANY.
The First Steamer of the Birming- ham and Gulf Navigation Com pany VIII Reach Tuscaloosa
 the Present Week.

Mobile. Sept. l3.-(Special.)-J. NJ. Dewberry. president of the Birming- ham and Gulf Navigation Company. who is in the city. in talking of af- fairs of the company to-day. said that he had received avdices that during the present week one of the steamers of the company would go into Tus- caloosa.
 This Is said to- be the first sched- uled steamer into Tuscaloosa in a quarter of century. Dewberry said that the proposition of his company regarding the building of wharf at Selma, had been altered by the com mfttee to whom 1t had been referred who instead of asking for grant of perpetual franchise had determined to place the matter before the coun- ell. Dewberry said that as matters stood the attitude of the company toward acceptance of. the proposition would probably be changed.
 J. O.. Thompson. collector of in- ternal revenue and chairman of the State Republican executive committee. was In the city to-day and was in consultation with several prominent men of the party here, among them P. D. Barker. postmaster. with whom It was reported Thompson was at outs.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-14
NEWS OF HEADLAND.

Headland. Sept. 13.-(Special.)-Mr and Mrs. w. M. Thomas of Savannah. Ga, are distinguished visitors of MT. and Mrs. J. H. Boone. Mrs. Thomas ia a sister of Mrs. Boone.
 Miss, Lena Miller, of Montgomery, Ala. is visiting her aunt and family, Mrs. J. A. Summerford on Church street.
 Mrs. W. M. Flowers has gone to an inflrmary at Montgomery for treatment.
 MT. B. H. King left here yesterday to go to an 'infrmary in Montgomery for treatment.
 The weather is very fine and the far mers are utilizing it in gathering theiT cotton. Great fear was entertained the first of last week that a storm was brewing. which has passed away with out even much rain on the open cot ton
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-14
ENTIRE NEW STAFF ON
 THE MOBILE HERALD

Mobile, Sept. 1S--tspec:al.)-S the transfer of The Mobile Herald to Major William F. Tebbetts. announce. ment is made this morning of almost an entire new stan on the paper head ing which is L. c. Irvine. for some time proprietor of the Spring Hill Inn. a summer resort west of --obile, in the capacity of president.
 V. T. Boykin, of Richmond, Va, has been appointed secretary of the com pany and will act as manager of the paper. In the editorial rooms of the paper several changes have also been made. E. E. Kersh being appointed city editor. T. H. Bird, who has been connected with the paper some time, Is named as advertising manager. The policy of the paper has not been ma teriany changed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-14
CANADA WANTS CLEAN MONEY:
Careless Habits Across the Border Hay,
 Bred DisagrceAbie Conditions.

Toronto World 1
 Canada is now more than ready for clean currency. The dirty bills and de- faced coins which are circulating, among the people of the country add no credit; to the good name of the Dominion. If safai- tary considerations do not sukgest some- thing better. then pride of country should rise to the occasion. .s+.'i..
 Canada has probably the most disreput- ble medium of exchange of any nation which pretends to civilization. In this the government itself Is the chief offender and has been during the changing admin istrationa since confederation. Dominion dollar and two dollsr notes. are permitted to circulate until they reek with dirt and scarcely conform in size to the newer notes with which they are counted from time to time
 It is where silver Is used in greatest quantities. however. that the debauching of the currency is most noticeable. Plug ged half dollars. flattsned dimes. worn quarters and crumpled five-cent pieces are showed on in the channels of business, The church collection plates and street railway boxes have become reeeptacles for much fof the smallest of 1t. The plugged half dol- lar given in change by one street car con ductor to a passenger is refused on anothor car
 So long as defaced money was accepted freely 1t caused no inconvenience. no loss or embarrassment It was simply unsieht ly. In the larger csnters all this is chang ing. People will not accept defaced mon ey--R they know it. It is a positive handicap 10 business and a constant jar to the sslf-respect of the man who tries to pass 1t along. In the meantime thera Is laxity at many of the getaways to tour ist travel from the south.
 This results in the infusion of a great amount of United States currency into Canadian trade channels which may or may not be objectionable according 10 the point of view, but which also brings along deluGe of defaeed United States coin and this cannot be circulated south of the line.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-14
The Spanish Necklace
BY BERTHA M cROKER
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store of love hidden away in your
 heart--it has never been really drawn upon. but when 1t ts-whoever discov-
 CTS 1t will find a treasure"
 NOW. Nance you are talking non-
 sense. exclaimed Hester" you would
 make out that I did not love father and my dear mother."
 Oh. yes. in a certain way-this will
 be entirely different I know instinct
 lively that the force is there, and if once 1t stfrs, win carry you far, far out Of yourself she laughed. "Oh, yes. and good thing tool But. my
 dear--I hope you will love the right manf'
 s"I am positively certain that I shall
 never love any man at ail--and that no man will ever love meP' rejofned Hester with unusual emphasis. Now It is getting very damp and cold. and you know how cross Jane will be if
 we are late for tea" Hester sat on her favourite bench
 meditating on novel she had recently
 finished. As she watched a stream of amethyst clouds trailing along the
 horizon she felt indescribably sad. It
 was her birthday. and she was twenty five: the. spring of her youth had de- parted, her best years were behind her.
 and she had never had one real exper- fence of happiness:s although she had
 nourished hopes. Everything in her thoughts had been a preparation for a paradise which was always coming
 some day; and while she dreamt, her
 early days had departed. Hitherto her experiences. had been at second hand; she had contemplated life through books. or through the mar row old windows of the gloomy Grange She had plodded on, nursing. playing chess, dusting, reading. sewing; look Ing back, she traced her -uneventful years from seventeen to twenty-five; {; what did they all amount to? Now she had both money and freedom. and seemed to be incapable of making use of either; she was conscious of pos- sessing the prfm ideas of Jane Jubber. her tyrant-and the heart and the ex- perience of a child of fifteen.
 She knew nothing whatever of love; no. man had ever looked at her twice. or ever would. Well" said an
 inner voice, .there are hundreds of wo- men wasted ike yourself" After all
 she had .heaith.T her reason. and 10000
 pounds year. Stirred by the joy
 seeking impulses of recovered vigour. she mentally declared, q shall begin to amuse myself! shall commence a
 new life from today; at any rate,
 shall spend money: and the first thing
 I will do will be to buy myself a beau
 tiful birthday .present-yes. a necklace!
 intend to have it,--and, with this decision burning in her mind, she rose
 brfskly from her seat, hurried down
 the FalGise by the short cut. and into
 the town. The evening was me, and
 the. streets were full of little victorias
 of motors. of people strolling or stand
 ing in groups; boys were selling 'Ls Gironde," women were crying "Sar-
 dines,' the flower girls were doing a
 brisk trade.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-14

(Continued0
 "A capital bargain for Mrs. Brit ten!' exclaimed his aunt.
 ..It Is Of course. I have no means oI T judging; but I may mentlon ,na' Shalesmoor village Is exceedingly anN- ious to hear how its own psrticuiar heiress Is getting on, and If there IS any prospect of her-getting on T should say not, judging oy tne little I have seen of her; l fancy sue never speaks to q soul except Mrs' Britten." Captain Tudor. Knows all the people in the hotel. and half the villa residents. she pas her own fish to fry"
 "Do, you mean that she neglects ner ne' charger"
 sion. Up till now I thought the charge was her paid companion:
 swhat?' exclaimed Captain Iuao. ]. slowly. laying down his cigar. ana starisg at his aunt with his wiae- apart, unblinking eyes.
 "Certainly; most people are under the same Impression. Appearances are deceitfui. NThis girl knows no one; goes nowhere. is shrinking, silent, ana peculiar. am afraid, my oear ns you have let an enormous cal out oi the bag--a cat that Mrs. Brftten thought she had effectuaiiy sat upon and ,smothered.'
 well. all I've got to say is. that l consider the woman Is receiving money under false pretences, protest ed the young man. T call lt con founded shame.
 "isut if the girl Is satisfied--what do you call 1t then? Her wants are ieW she enjoys going down to the Plage or the Virgin Rock. and watching the big waves; she likes a quiet nook ana a. new book. or staring into the cu' riosity shops" "~.s
 ..Oh. I dare say! But unless I am mistaken, she will outgrow these pleasures. % She is no fool By all accounts, old Forde's daughter could never be that. She sees other girls here--nodding towards charming group-"and she will soon begin 10 wish for her share! Oh, She will come of the ice. will take you any odds. When we next meet in town snail expect you to tell me of some strange happenings"
 .Possibiy. of : the marriage of Mrs. Britten,a remarked Mrs. Tudor.
 Mrs. Britten does not interest me in the least. She is posing as the heiress-the jackdaw in borrowed plumes. She Is a little painted-np imposter" go
 1T don't know that: she gives din- ners ait Ritz's, has smart carriage or motor. and takes people about with her"
 And 1t all goes down in the biIl!"
 q am sure cannot say, rejoinsd his aunt cautiously: "I know nothing about the woman's money affairs"
 Shall you tell every one what have told you. Aunt Laura?"
 No; for the present prefer to re- main a welI-informed spectator"
 well, I call 1t beastly hard lines on the girl, I must say! think some one ought to give her a leg g-upl" said Captain. Tudor, rising, and beginning to look round for his hat. T declare. if she wasn't so sad and so sallow. l might go in for her myself."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-14
w. u. RoREnTsoN DYING.
rattyiile Citizen Not Expected to Sur
 yfve Through Night.

raftyflle Citizen Not Expected to Sur
 vfve Through Night.
 Prattvile Sept. 13.--(Special.) )--At a negro supper last night in Allenville. about one mile from this city. Dan Steele was fatally wounded by gun shot wound in the lower abdomen.
 The wound was made with a single barrel shot gun, supposed to have been in the hands of one Aaron Ellison It appears from the best information that there was . general row in which sticks, razors. guns and other weapons common to the occasion. were in evil dence. The Sheriff was ontified and as a result he has fifteen of the merry makers to answer charges ranging from assault. fracas. attempt at murder. and perhaps others, in jail awaiting pre- 1iminary trials.
 The. attending physician say there is no chance for the negro Dan Steele to recover. The whole load of shot took effect and appears to have been at close range.
 W. M. Robertson. father of w. G.. Robertson and Ruff Robertson. is dan- sgerously i'll at his home and Is not expected to live through the night
 He is 75 years old and up to few months ago held a position with the Gin Company.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-14

a half hour of the time that her hus- band answered his last call. Their daughter. Miss Sallie Thomas, married MT. Jesse M. Maxwell and after the death of herself and husband their three children made their home with Mir. and Mrs. Thomas. These grand children survive and are as follows:
 Mrs. James c. Brown. Matt T. Max well and Jesse c. Maxwell. Mir. Thoni- as Is also survived by two sisters. Mrs. M. E. Hargrove and Mrs D. J. Har- grove of Duncanville. Sam P. Curry. of Monteallo. is his half brother.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-14
BIRMINGHAM MAN IS RUN
 OVER BY |. & N. IRAN

Birmingham. Sept 13,-(speciaI) )-osc,r Mason aged 25. a moulder. was found ,v- ing on the Louisville and Nashville rai1- road tracks this morning with one leg cn, off and other Injuries Sut
 He was rushed to- the Hillman hospital and died a few hours later. He said that he had attempted to get out of the way of one train in the South yards and that the steps on coach of a train on the next track struck him and threw him under the cars. He leaves a widow and one child His mother lives in Los Angeles and he has a sister in Memphis
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-14
ANCIENT PEOPLE OF UTAH.
Interesting ArchaeOgOIogtcAl Discover
 ies In Southeastern Masas and

Salt Lake City-That the great mesas, cliffs, and canons that now form a large part of the desolate re-
 zion included in San Juan County, once the homes of an extensive popula- tion that had reached some degree of civilization, Is the opinion of Prof. Byron Cummings of the University of Utah. who has just returned from a three months exploration trip of that region. It has already been establish ed that this desert stretch was once inhabited, but through tho efforts of Professor Cummings and his co-work- CTS it is shown that mot. only was the region once the centre of a consider able population. but that the people there arrived at considerable degree
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-14
of .cleverness in building and manufac.
 tura of nnfterY and 1Raan0na

tUro or pottery ana weapons.
 Considerable time was spent in ex- ploring the old pueblosy of the mesas, and Professor Cummings Is confirmed in his opinion that the people who oc- cupied these puebios were the same as those who, dwelt upon the mesas. About twenty-five miles from Mon- yticello the party excavated large ruin at the head of Ruin Canon on AIkali Ridge. Three kivaS or ceremonial chambers. were opened the ruin con- taining altogether forty-one kivas. While these ruins are similar to those found in other parts of San Juan County. apparently, they were much more ancient. The people who built them also. built strong defensive works oh the Tim of rocks. around. the heads of canons, and their dwellings cover cd many acres of ground. Judging from the number of klvas 1t Is bellev- ed that large number of clans occu- pied each pueblo. 5' -s1ts Theeexploration work was under the the direction of the American Society of Archaeology. sMessrs Kidder, -,s do Fritsch, and Parsons of, Harvard were with Professor, Cummings
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-14
M. c. THOMAS DEAD.
Aged Citizen of Tuscaloosa Has Pass-
 cd Away

GU AWays
 Tuscaloosa. Sept. s.-(Special)-T death of Matthew c. Thomas occurred at his home on University avenue yes terday afternoon at half past four o'clock.
 Mir. Tn omas had passed his seventy seventh year and his long life had been we'll spent and useful. He was a na- tive of Jefferson county. but had liv- ed in this city a great many years. He was a member of the county board of commissioners for number of years and always had the interest of the people at heart.
 He was also a man of literary taste and wrote a great many verses, sev- erai of which have appeared in the columns of The Times Gazette. MT. Thomas was married to Miss Mary Lawley on October 12. 1863. Her death occurred in June. 1904. and it occurred on a Saturday afternoon and within
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-14
ENGLISH PATENT LAW.
Iron Trade Review.

Iron Trade Review.
 With less that two months yet to elapse before the new English patent law becomes effective, the announce ment that no mitigation of its provis- Ions in favor of any country need be expected, renders 1t practically certain that a large number of American man ufacturers are to suffer severely through the efforts of liberal administration to win the political favor of the work ing class. The essential feature of the new law is its provision for the revoking of a patent unless manufac- ture under it Is carried on "to an ade- quate extent in the United Kingdom" The measure is aimed primarily at German manufacturerG or chemicals and aniline dyes. who have been sup plying the British market with Ger man products. but icidentially 1t af- fects numerous lines of American manufactures. notably electrical and other machinery. typewriters and cash registers.
 While the sponsors of the new law would have 1t regarded as a measure of retaliation on the ground that Ger many. France. and other commercial countries require the home working of patents. there is gross injustice in this claim, inasmuch as the United states has no such provision in its pa- tent regulations. Pressure has been brought to bear on the proper British authorities, both by commercial and diplomatic forces of America, to ses cure the exemption which equity would seem to demand. but these efforts have been fruttless. The conclusion nat urally follows that only selfish motives are to be attributed to the stand of Great Britain. which has registered Xitb ua only about ope-third as many natents as American inventors have registered in that country.
 There Is still some doubt as to what interpretation will be placed on the term "to an adequate degree in the new law. and some relief may come to American holders of patents tnroush a IiheraI course of procedure in this regard. However. several American manufacturers have already begun the erection of British factories
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-14
Launch Party at TuscaIoosa.

IHbcaIOosa oepI. I5--IspecIaT J-Miss Jessie Palfrey gave a delightful launch party in honor of Miss Marilou Aston who leaves this week for Vassar. where she will graduate this year The party met at Rlverview and boarded the Perkins launch. going up the river as far as Tide water. where a delightful collation. was served on the Lock. They returned to Riverview about Il o'clock and here a special waiting 10 bring them back to Tuscaloosa. The guests were as fol- lows: Miss Marilou iAlston. Miss Mamie Gorgas. Miss Bessie Leach. Mrs J F. As ton, Messrs. S. H. Sprot. Stiekney, Little
 Jones. Alston. Prof. Ayers and Prof Love
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-14
Mobile Resorts Crowded.

Mobile. Sept Special )-Today was an ideal day and was taken advantage Of by pleasure seekers and every resort was well crowded with hundreds of people es- pecially Monroe Park where thousands of people visited during the day and tonight The cars on every line crowded all during the afternoon and the day was thoroughly enjoyed