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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-08
oKLAHoMA'S INCOME TAX.
An Interesting Field for Exercise q
 State Power. '~

V
 An Interesting Field for Exercise of Arkansas Gasetts. i'z- .e. - There will be general interest in the Oklahoma income tax. This tax will not be collected until next year, so the test has not come yet. As soon as Ok lahomans who have a good shara ne this worlds goods are called on for the income tax there may be things doing.
 This law provides that all incomes In exeess of s35o0 q year, derived from salaries, fees, trades, professions. or property upon which a gross revs- pue or excess tax has not bee paid. shall pay & tax ranging from mills on the dollar of income. from S3,5O0 to Sb.O00. to SS i-S mills on the dollar on all gross incomes of more than sI0O.- 900. .---'t'
 Thus 2 man with an income of ss.- 300 will pay an Income tax of sl7.50. PlutocFats who are so careless as to permit their incomes to go over si0O,- permit that fact to ge to the tax gatherer. will pay more than s3ss.3s as income tax.
 The income tax is hard to collect. and. we believe, Is not levied by any nation of the world save as q result pr absolute necessity. The Boer war made the British taxpayer groan un- der this impost But if an income tax Is to be levied, why do so many people and especially Dem mocrats, insist that the Federal government shall levy it? Will not Oklahoma do better to keen It's income tax receipts at home than to see those receipts sent to Washing ton and Probably spent in New York? Have t,-e States SO much revenue that they should invite the Federal govern a ment to come in and tax their citi- gems?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-08
TWO FATHERS.

brother and he did not contribute slio.- e00 to the Republican campaign fund. He must make way tor ChaFles F, Taft in Ohio, Just as Timothy L. Wo0druM Sss Ss- aSs way for hSa SstroSsxs nGs1 n s sw r
 Thanks to the intimate relations be- tween the President and the President elect, some of Mr. Taft's political cred inauguration for a settlement of thslr claims. Mir. Roosevelt announced xesr terday that John D. Prlngle, editor ot The Labor World, would be appointed Appraiser 9t SIssoms @ ~ F,tsse@rs tss Trsi labor papefs to reppdiate lpnpera ana declare for Taft. Samuel B. Donnelly, Of New York, another labor leader who supported Tart. has been made Pubic one of the Vice Presidents of the ATn- erican Federation of Labor, who advo- catsd Tafts election in spite of Comp. CTS, has been appointed Commissioner General Of Immigration,
 All these labor app0IRtmenes were promised during the. cappalga, # Is said, and The World knows of no ren- son for doubting the common report When the lAmerican FedeTatLon of LA" Dor oineiaiiy endorse endorsed Ar: Srysn Mr s the Presidency to divide the oraalisa- ton. Not one iof these labeF leaders would have been eDpolnted to ottsce haA samgel 0cmpers not eppssHd AF' TasFs
 Mr. Roosevelt nas placed IS,tss fourth-class postmasters in the classl- fied service and fs exalted as q great civil-seFvice FeformeF. But there e . higher spells system of which 4r Roosevelt Is the master, which he mann tains intact and wbleh he mantpulatep far more effectively than ehv of his predecessors manipulated the fourtn- another of My Policies which Mir Taft will inherit.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-08
AMERICAN DOLLS nALnr
Awfui Effect ef High Duty on Wool, es
 Whleh Hair is Made.

Awful Effect ef HEek Duty en Wool, es !whleh Hair is Made.
 New York Times. -
 Sslng RsFiGsS asked Soil all to oys. ss the country py the little mothers wns have families of dolls. 1t looks now as the birth rate of dolls in America vas 70 be cut down unless the little mothers Of the dolls are willing to ac- ceDt their children without a lock of ''reaP' hair on their heads
 seems that thare is only one place M No1 sAe senasry where dolls are made out as much hair as the bajdest of babies unless the materiat is imported ana looks now as If that could not
 The reason Is that real" hair in dolls, the kind that can be combed as., brushed and cured and pitt np In curl papers. Is made of wool, the duty on which Is prohtbitiYe. The tariff ls IlO per cent. on the wool alone. ana a whoie doll or a. dolls head with the this country for 35 per cent, duty less than the plain uhdyed material from which the hair Is made
 is enough to o'maks any respectable noll turn sufragette. the doilS mann mas sayy@to think that they must 20 without hair ct all or lose their fnsi. ienable right to De born American cit- lzens. The only alternative Is to wear torelgn heads on American shoulders.
 The owners Of the only doll birth. place In America are asking to have the duty taken of or reduced on the raw wool eff which doll hair is made, go that the dolls can grow their own hair tn their own country. The doli's man. mas say if the men succeed in duinw this they win decorate the original birthplace of the American doll with af, appropriate tablet when they them selves grow old enough to belong to a
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-08
coMPULsoRY VOTING.

The plan of compulsory voting which is being discussed in conneeti- cut is not very favorably viewed by The New England Standard. What a man does after he reaches the ballot box" The Standard says, Ifs quite as important as whether he goes there more important. indeed, in some as- poets. If a man goes to the ballot box and votes for bad and inc0Tnpe- tent candidates he had better stay away for he becomes a positive detri- nent to good government. A fair pre- sumption would be that citizen who lacked sufficient interest to vote of his own volition would not be very particular about the character of his vote if he were forced to vote. Law might make him go to the polling
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-08
FOOTBALL CASUALTIES


 No DiminutsOn of Risks Run by the New York Evening oPst.
 Twelve dead and $50 hnrt--that is the best summary of football casual ties available for the season just end- ed Four of the dead were members of college eleveps, those of the Virginia North Carolina, the University of Ar. kansas and Utah Agricultural College. So far as the larger colleges were con. eerned, they had their usual roll of dis. ab1ed players, both the Harvard ana Yale captains sustaining serious inju- rY. But, as usual there was a higher percentage Of injuries among the play. CTS of the minor teams, sueh as thoss of high schools and normal schools. It cannot be said, in view of the nrures. that there has been any great dlnniull- ton in the risk run by the particIpants On the other hand, there has been a gratifying Improvement h the bearing of the players, owing to better super vision by the regularly constituted offi- cialF. Never were two teams nieFa of ten pepaliged than those of Harvard and Yale In their annual contest, and ness, Bideriine e0achlnE, and for hay. lnR too many persons on tho side Mnss. In an earlier game Harvard heId one player ruled or for alpgRipg. Tf unAsr- graduate opinion can now be made to support the officials, the game will real. ly have pFoBfessed. But there Is stiIl room for radical revision of the rules. as there Is a distinct drift back from open play to lins-bucking.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-08
From Texas to Harvard

Chicago Evening Post.
 For the presidency of Harvard Uni versity, to receive serious consideration is David Franklin Houston. now Pres ident of the University of Texas.
 President Houston fills the inoffieial qualifications laid down by Dr. Eliot as to youth. He is a years old. A graduate of South Carolina College. he won his Master of Arts degree at Har- ward, and became one of the most dlsp tinguished students in the graduate school. He Is as widely known. how ever, in the educational world for his marked executive powers as for, his clear scholastic ability.
 For the West there cannot but be a slight impulse toward amusement at the thought of Boston calling to Texas to All it's highest educational position Yet the West must believe that Bos- ton and the country at large would De the gainer by the fulhiment of this demand. Setting aside President Housy tons exceptional qualifications for the vacant post, it is our judgment that Harvard as the leader of American universities would not lose by broad ening of her national spirit.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-08
GULF WATERS OF GAY HUT.
Great streaks of Blue and Green Light
 Sea at Night.

Sea at Night.
 Tampa Times.
 non was observed by the steamship Do- yer, Capt. Ton A. CaTlsos, as that vessel steamed to Tampa from Mobile. When at point thiFty-five miles from Mobile light, at o'clock in the evening of the R4th, the ship ran suddenly in a streak of light coming from the water which aIternated blue and green. the coloFs being so brilliant that the vessel was lighted up as if she was covered with arc lights with colored globes.
 4 half-Tnile streak of dark water, and a blackness that settled like a pail over the ship followed and & second streak of the same brilliant hued waters was encountered. The second streak was about as wide as the first one, and when the ship ran out of it the same black waters and a night of exception Al blackneSs was also encountered A. D. Montmollias. travelling freight agent of the line. was on board the vessel, and he and Chief Engineer T. J. Cole fully substaptiatsd Capt. Carlsons statement regarding the phenomena.
 T have sailed the high seas for twen- ty-two years" declared Capt. Carlson. "and have seen interesting phenomena, both meteorological and otherwise, il. the waters of every known ocean, but ] never saw anything that approached this blue and green light from the wat CT phenomena. The night was dark. but clear. and we ran into the streakE without any seeming warning. I wac In the pilot house when We struck 1t and I ran on deck, thinking that sonleg thing was on fire"
 It is thought that perhaps a phospho- roscent condition of the waters on the bottom of the seas at that point sud. denly mingling may have formed a con dition which brought about the lights in question.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-08

tnts tFoH The Chattanooga Times: 2. - 2. 5sst
 In Brooklyn the other night ain ef- Tort was made at meeting of ,fe senerai Democrattc committee of the borough to oust the Hon. Patrick Mc- terest. of Tammany Hall. The motion Esr,s IS that t,rsnsSIt sfTsHt says Tbs Brook Iyn The resolution, however that did pass was that the dog shall continue to wag the tall" and McCarren was sus- tained by vote of 2sl to s2.
 up this matter. of "taii wagging," and conclude that hereafter the dog shall wag the tail or know the reason why to be exploited for the beneht of Tam many. Suppose the South should re- tuse hereafter to permit itself to be exploited for the promotion of the any one believe that Bryan would lead It again to another humiliating de- feat? It would seem that the time had come for the South to become in and Ind out whether, after all. that IS not better than being itself con tinually "wagged."
 There are times when we may be permitted to feel some doubt as to which is the tall and which the dog in Manhattan, but when, it comes to the Democratic party we think there need not be any doubt as to which is the body of the animal. In fsct. the South has come to be almost the whole thing when 1t comes to votss, but the tail--neanins the Northern
 
 wing of the party-has continued to do the wagging. It might be a good thing both as a matter of right and policy. for this section to determine that for the future 1t will wag the tail and see if 1t will not be an i'm. prOvemsnt It might at least dislodge some parasites. ---=-...-s.-.. .=... .---.-..--l
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-08
Politics and Politicians


 phy's leadsrshiP within Tammsny Han at the seStsnbsr PrlSsfiss state Of Psnnsy isanis. 'SSfs has annSuuess s his candidacy for the United States senate senate n opposition to Senator Pen Al. A suit has been. filed in ohio to test dns songtitutionality of the Rose To- cal option law, by which more than Hoteo Ho tes o,, eoSStiss sI5d of that state have A,sI sssEsnsen sor the sstsst.s 2; as ssa to ss eTf'RssRs Ssss .s :ss ss. for himself and Charles S. Deneen at the November election.
 who {. to Se eoEsd niSi for in the G. primary primary neld, as he has always had since his first election to the United States Sem Tn New York the. impression exists that Timothy Woodruff, who. buried hs seRRstSrisI Res, , ,fiRirstons .ia ia tsves Of ident Taft with an appointment to a foreign embassy. probably to the court of St. James.
 
 James C.. Butler. who Is mentioned as probable opponent of Senator Joseph B: Foraker. of Ohio, is a res tdent of Youngstown. He is known as one or the big men in the United States Steel corporation.
 
 Never before in the history of yir- ginla have so many local and State contests for office been crowded into one year as will be fought out in 1903. The new State Constitution made violent changes concerning the terms of officers and the time for the election of many of them, and also made large number heretofore ap- polntive elective by the people.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-08
British Ta1payers' Burdens.

New YOrk Ffess'
 Old age pensions. the maintenance Of inc two-power naval standard, and the spending of a billion dollars on the Irish land purchase scheme will create financial burdens for Great Britain heavy to be borne, and the question of whence the money for these things Is to come is puzzling the government, Tn addition, there is the prospect that Eng lands military strength will be greatly Increased in response to the demands of Lord Roberts and to the fears of the people of a German invasion Here will be another heavy demand for money, for armies are expensive things and trains ofsaTtillery costly. Again. there Is the situation in India which is ca1ss ing real uneasiness and may at any time break out into an open rebellion which will cost many men and much money to subdue.
 The outlook is anything but cheerftf5 for the financial department of the British governmant-and for the Brit ish taxpayer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-08
This h My SStk Birthday
Robert ceuysr.

pr. Robert Collyer. the famous uni- tarlan clerEynan. was born Dseemhsr young man he learned the black smith trade, which followed after coming to American in 1850. A. few years later he became 2 Methodist local Tlan denomination in 1859 and en- gagged in missionary work in Chicago: From 1860 to 1873 he was pastor of he was also the founder. His fame as a pulpit ovator spread and in 1879 he was callsd to khe Church Of the Messiah in New York City. with which he has ever since been connected. Un- til age compelled him to lead q moro quiet life DF. Collyer, in addition to his pulpit duties, was prominent on the lecture platform and also found were widely circulated.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-08
The Missing ohiAanan.

One of tho workers in Chinese mission became much interested in nourishlng laundry businees, ln her own neigh borh ood. She looked In once in a while to see how things were going with them, and one morning found Sam smiling and cheer full as usual, but John was missing. Where Is John this morningT" she asked. oh" answered Sam adirably, ''christtan gen'lemsn hit him in the head with brick, and he be all same in hospital"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-08
This Date in EEiseovy
December 8.

1766-Eli Whitney, inventor of the cotton gin, born at Westboro, Mass. Died at New Haven, Conn. January s, 1925.
 1776--A British squadron sailed into Narragansett Bay, and took possession of Rhode Island.
 1792-Henry Laurens, South Caro- lima statesman, died in Charleston. Born there In i72A
 1S10-Elihu Burritt. originator of the international peace movement, born in New Britain, Conn. Died there March g, 1879.
 1s4S-First deposit of CaIifornia gold in United States mint.
 1S57-FatheP Theobald Matthew, fa- nous temperance apostle, died.
 1S62-General Grant ordered General sherman to advance on Vicksburg.
 1907--King Oscar II of Sweden died, Born January 21, 1929.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-08

The Montgomery Adyertiser writes at some length on the eAbteet of Dad and considering the rcarcity of eggs, The Advertiser should be more con siderate than to suggest the p0ssibili- ty of bad ones.-Columbus Enquirer Sun.
 That's a fact. egg-nog time Is al- most 'in our midst" and 1t would be too bad to have real good whiskey ruined by contact with an ancient egg However. we think there's no danger of such q mishap in this city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-08
Same Here.
Mobile Register,

Mobile Register
 It is an epidemic of conventions and a flood of oratOry. A clever observer said that each people has Its charac teristic. and the .charaetoristie Of the American pe9pSle IS tae desire to make spesch-making. If The Register were to print the speeches. copies of which are already on hand, that are to be de- of Southern business men. the size of the paper would have to be increased three-fold; and that Is but the begin ming. There are plenty of speech makers. The trouble Is going to be to find the necessary audiences for so large an output of oratory.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-08
TUESDAY, pEoEMBER g, 1908.

Those of us who understand poetry and know the real thing when we meet it coming down the pike, can sit comfortably back and snicker right out loud when we read the COntrover: sies forever going on in the papers of virginia and the carolinas- Not that they often print any poetry worth quarreling over, but because they assume so much knowledge on the subject. The main object with each of them seems to be to prove the ignorance of all the others.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-08
The Higher spOIIs system.

Theodore E. Burton Is to be a mem Der of Mir Taft's Cabinet. Presumably
 This Is an office for which Mir Burton has eminent qualifications. The ap- pointment will be his consolation prize after he Is defeated for the United States Senate by Charles P. Taft MT. Burton is very desirOus of being Sem stor; but he Is not the President elects
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-08

The revolution in Hayti appears to have been fairly successful though no one can tell how long it will be before we will be treated to another. Revo- luting is the long suit in those coun- tries.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-08

Suppose that little Queen of The Netherlands should be lying in wait with a hat pin for Castro when he lands in Europe, what would he do? She has been making faces at him for quite a while.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-08

Some of the great powers are speak ing of the establishment of a code of laws for naval wars in the future Would one of the requirements be that there shall be no hitting below the belt?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-08

The announcement that election frauds have been unearthed in Chi cago is not such a novelty as should cause any great degree of surprise Frauds of some kind are generally on tap on that burg.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-08

We don't charge a cent for the ad vice but Aunt Carrie will do well if she refrains from cutting any of her habitual capers when she gets to Scot land. The canny Scots will not stand for 1t, we predict.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-08

The Washington Herald wants the weather man to let winter stay put this time. We suppose from this that the writer has been able to take bis winter clothes out of soak.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-08

That esteemed contemporary, The Congressional Record. is due to make its appearance just now. We really think they should employ good car toonist. .t
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-08

The Taft cabinet seems to be build- ing up right along. but we have not heard that Cannon has been offered & place.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-08
,,ot,nr Inc statement that sFr. Rr,

Noting the statement that Mr. Bryan has purchased land in Texas, and thinks of making his home there. The Charlotte Observer says if he does ''the South will at last realize its hope of again. having a candidate for the presidency" Does The Observer think that would give him better
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-08

Young man. do you swear?" asks The Albany Herald. Is The Herald trying to makesip a list of the epssers is its neIEhbo 1dl
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-08
CTS: yudge-what

One On the ofaeers: Judge-What brought you here7
 Pat-Two policemen. your honori Judge-Drunk again, suppose3 Pat-Yes, sir; both Rv thim!-Jud- Es's Library.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-08
Farmers' Fall Flowing :.
With Growing Cities.

WAlksf NOuhty NbWb'
 Birmingham is in the midst of a puts that city in a class with other great and growing towns like San Francisco. old Philadelphia. bad Chi cago and go forth; Where there is so bad. Positive and negative forces are necessary to preserve equilibrium. A reform mayor In aR effort to expose or always immune to falling bricks and from this distance 1t looks much like & conglomerate mass of general cor ruption Is in seenting distance of Bir- mIngham's government center. There are charges of graft and counter graft; and as usual Birmingham has some thing to talk about.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-08

A fSe-year- boy nearing grace asked for the first time at breakfast prayers al night That Is the danger GUS time."-Life.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-08

1AWGE118o1 4FV7V1H1110~V 
 c. l. Einigan. Circulation Manager of The MnntEomeFy Advertiser. being duly sworn. smy8s .
 Tha foreeoInN statement of The Adyer- x4.ernf Circulation for the month of NoVem- haF is0e lg true and correct, end compiled after aii returns from news ooge ASW4 agents. spoiled and leftover copies h@Ns been deducted. ~x
 e Il FINTGAN. Circulation MsnaEer: $ sworn to and subscribed before me this Eth day Of December. 1903.
 RIGA ALEXANDER. Notary Public.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-08
sWORN CIRCULATTON.

The Montgomery Advertiser GuArantees It's advertisers (and makes 1t a part ot the contract when reQuestedl that tts daily eiF- eulmtien is larger than that of any mornin9 newspaper printed in Alabama--nnd that iss Of any edition Of any newspaper printed in Alabama without exception.
 The figures for November printed pelow repreeent the actual net clrculAtlons Ah re- surns having been dsdpctea.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-08
What fke State Papers
 Aye Saying and Doing
A DenpIcahIe Ruslness.

4 Despicable Huginess. Cleburne New Era.
 experience of those who have been de- luded by It Is that 1t Is hnancialiy ruinous and. what is stili worse. that It shattsrs ones character.
 @DO 1t Anyway" Marengo Democrat.
 1t 10 lntin1ated now that Governor Conner may call 8 special session ot the LsgisIatgrs next gpgcag sp5sagg bpa hsfs Is one of his do 1t anyway" plans. as We see it. without any plausible excuse
 Has Had His Chance. Jackson South Alabamian.
 Bryan says that if Barkus is wllling for the Presidency. We hope that ssEkuS s not wiling sg:,, sryan sss He seGnsS Saa been weighed In the balances and found wantinG.
 Rabbits. Feet Luck. "'SssR Ws Fssa ' in an exchange the other day where an old bachelor was going to take a drive out in the country, ana eorr9wsd rSehits nSt foot t tsSm ar tIssne ttbrae man. Guess rabbits feet would be in good demand in slocomp. 
 Aa Impending Event. Florence Times
 1t Is announced from Montgomery with some show of authority that the. Governor may call another extra ses- sion of the Legislature some time early in the new year. The chief object. It prohibitien, We want prohibition, but hope there. will not De another session do their duty we will have prohibition; and If they will not do their duty they sh ould be tmpeached and removed
 Farmers' Fall Flowing. Gadsden Evening Journal.
 The farmer who did his deep fall blowing to test out its virtues In his next years crop has made good start toward success in 1909. Where the winters bring as much rain as here this fore-handed preparation Is worth while if only to have the land in read iness even if the deep blowing does not bring the results anticipated. And those who really want to farm along scientific lines should sowsa cover crop of rye or barley and add so much hu- mus to the soil in disking the land for the crop in the spring.