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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-18
This Date in History
December us.

DeGembeR IS.
 ln7--North Carolina adopted consti- l5s7-New Jewey ratified the Fed : l799-Buriar of General Washington. 1SO7-First Roman Catholic orphan asylum in America, incorporated In Philadelphia.
 1S45-Sir Hugh Cough defeated the Sikhs in battle Of Moodkee.
 lss5-Thomas Corwin. Ohio states. man. died. Born. July 29. 1794.
 lSgS-Lord Roberts appointed coms mander-in-c m -chief of the British forces in South Africa.
 fs0S-General Henry Kyd Douglas, prominent Confederate veteran and au- thor. died. Born September 29. 1S40.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-18
This E My s5th BSthday
Francis Bartoa Harrisen.

Francis Burton Harrison. one of the younger leaders of tho DemocratE tn New York Sity vas bora in that ss ,ss city Yale in 1895 and from the New York Law School two years later. The same year he was admitted to the bar and York. During the war with Spain he served in the New York Voluntesf Gav- airy, and was promoted to captain and assistant adjutant general Unftnd States Volunteers. Ha was nominated and elected to tte Fifty eighth Cons gross on the Democratic ticket. He resigned his seat In Congress baf0rs the expiration of his term, having ac-' cepted the Democratic n0fntnation for lieutenant governor of New York but was defeated by the Roosevelt tidal wave. In 1906 Mir. Harrison was re- elected to Congress from the Sixteenth District of New York.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-18

he was demanding that the Govern ment prosecute. condemn and throw into prison the newspaper editors who had dared to criticize 'tny policies and my friends Here was the President of the United States branding people as wilful falsihers, criminal libellers, corrupt tools of outiawed hnanciers, assassins of character. And the man who had denounced the courts of the country. President though he was. de- manding that Congress prosecute and Jaii the editors who asked that some sort of an investigation be made of the Panama deal. which Senator Mor- gan pronounced fraud. a steal and a -perversion of the powers of govern ment. For this the President railed and screamed like an i'll tempered boy,
 And they laughed.
 Has Cipriano Castro a prototype in tho United States Government? Our President has asuredly adopted meth ods of the South American rulers The American people. however. need not, and do not fear. The right of free speech will net be overthrown. The American free press will not be de- stroyed. The situation is not serious It is only funny. The American Con gross only laughed and the laugh was echoed by the American people.
 The Fourth of March is not far Off Let us all sing "The Doxoiogy."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-18
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PhIladelphia Public Lodgef. ..
 - Tn the face of the statistics and ex pert official testimony, the Represen- tatives who voted down the Gillett amendment have not distinguished themselves by their initial legislative performance of the session. They have placed themselves on record ss opposed to the Dusinesslike and eco lomical method of securing for the Federal service the most competent employees. They frankly and unblush- ipgly declare themselves in favor of the distrib ution of government "jobs.' as political patronage. They have by their retrogressive action deservedly incurred the eensure of good citizens. irrespective of partisan afnIiations.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-18
wtld TurlEeyu Eals speraalts.

Philadelphia Record.
 Daniel K. Coder. of Calvin. Hunting don County, is q hunter with a predi- lection for shooting wild turkeys. He has killed two this year. weighing nineteen and one-hslf pounds and ntne- teen pounds. respectively. This leaves him free to shoot two more before the close of the season, and these he ex. poets to get quite handily, MT. Coder Is the most successful wild turkey hunter in the central part of the state, as his own records show that ainca he began gunning for them over thirty years ago he has shot 29I. In one year he got twenty one and in another nineteen, which were his banner records. Bnder the present law ths limit Is four a year.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-18

The Columbia State joins us in op- posing the adoption of "Lineoln" as the name to be given New Mexico. when 1t becomes a State. We repeat that Washington should be the only State named after a President.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-18

The New York Globe seems surpris- ed and disgruntled because the South ern newspapers refuse to be enthusi- astia over Judge Taft's efforts to break up the solid South, The Globe is well
 
 come to its own views on the subject.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-18
olay county's Farmer.
Ashland Standard.

Ashland Standard.
 while too many farmers are not making their supplies at home. many of the. farmers of Clay are, raising everything they need on their own farms and are not depending on low priced cotton to buy, everything. V M. Floyd. one Of our local farmers was in our oftice this week and in conver- .sation said he had plenty of corn. syrup. potatoes and hogs to supply his needs Tor the coming year, and had plenty of ground peas with which to CTS diversify till all their needs are supplied from their farms. Tn plan ning your crop for another year do not fall to arrange for some of every thing that can be used either on your table or for your stock. Remember, your etock relish a change oG diet the same as you do, and 9hat they thrive better on mixed ration. Do not rely on all corn for feed nor on all cotton for a money crop. There Is now h market for everything you can grow from the smallest cantaloupe to the largest pumpkin, and a great deal more clear money than ia growing cotton.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-18

southera Resources in washinston. Atlanta Journal.
 Out of the recent session of the Southsrn Ss th e n Cornmerctal Congress held in which promises rom to bs Vcr of the ePssaest sStest possible value in the development of
 One of the representatives to the congress suggested that million dol- lar building would be erected in wash ington and used for permanent dis play of the resources of the South. Within forty minutes the sum Of two hundred and thirty-seven thousand dollars was raised almost without an efort, and the spirit which prevailed in In no,a1s the ., congress, , indicated that the
 The idea has been advanced that l. o0o Southern men be asked to con tribute al,000 each for the purpose of erecting this handsome million dollar building at the national capital. :, It would be 2 permanent home for the Southern Commercial Congress, which promises to play an important section of the country at the same time 1t would be used to house the finest collection of articles showing the,uSs the resources 3asss. of nth the South eyer section do not need to be told tn the products of the forest, the fields and the mines, in her manufactures and in her agricultural products the South Is
 
 sections of the whole country.
 She has only begun to grow as yet. and the next decade will show in her progress and a development Of which she has not yet even dreamed.
 In order to make this an accom- plished fact 1t is necessary that the entire country and the world at large should be made familiar with these re- sources. What the new South is must be presented in concrete form before the very eyes of those who are in- interest in her future.
 These resources could not be dis played to better advantage and the cause of the Sauth could not be fnr- thered better than by erecting this handsome million dollar structure in Washington. where all the Soutil's re- sources might be collected and this made & nucleus for carrying on the work of the Southern Commercial Con-
 The men who have identified them selves with this movement are of that sterling and determined character who do not allow any movement to Ian. guish when once they put their shoul- der to the wheel. This was conclu- sively demonstrated by the prompt ness with which they pledged them selves to contribute a quarter of 8 million dollars to the movement.
 MT Walter c. Cooper. who has just returned from the congress, is enthu- siastic in his commendation of the movement, as outlined in The Journal wards it's consummation. It would mean more for the South than any thing that has been undertaken in a long time.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-18

The Chattanooga Times has just en- tered on the fortieth year of it's ex- istence and we hereby tender congrat- ubations to an excellent and highly es- teemed contemporary. May it's years and it's usefulness be long in the land.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-18

s'ome of the virginians are elamor- ing for a high tarifr on peanuts in or der that they may reap higher profits on one of the staple industries of the State. Next we know some Yankee will be asking for ,prohibitivs duty on beans.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-18

Secretary Wilson of the National Department of Agriculture. estimates that the total value of agricultural products this year will foot up nearly ss. .000. 900 900, of which corn alone fur nishes something over one-hfth. Does he include eggs in this wonderful es- tImate?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-18

Now in addition to all other trou- bles and worries we are to have the brownsville stench again turned loose on us; or rather 1t has already been let loose. Will we never get enough of it7
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-18
DRIFT

when woman wears a hanAsams iow-cut evening gown she says to rhs men wO aS looS mSes st hsr wias S aamIring eyes however. ssy Whore is SO much out of it." bressss long wait Ger the home of the Trusts and tha land of Graft. !. sognstines when . man marrIes a Ehat he wail set a aaothsr-in-iaw along with her. ..young man, aaia her grouchy old i sSs ssyls ts which sas has been sceus- aok. no sir" retarnsd the sasetious Rss SRsSSS'oa' sasa ssaSt want sAs so 'sst sss
 :: Zhs eltins csld E gressbly the ssfect The unasst.l.er nasss m gsey.s charge. sI9s'' ss is ssils end De one ta'nAs ''f'ns' Eswiss Ss ssa ts ss bTainisss sRlssas csSr. Sa'st The lovsless gaarxiage,
 And uew IFS the aapiess girl A wouian win nsarly always stick to e uaAn 4krough diversity, but darn if. thas.s the very tifns he .Acesn't need 2 <
 Even when a man is q brick soma times he goes to tue val ,. m Ss ssra saa ses ns sn'Ssss @ saSsSs RaS Sas s lar on the GoS4 of her house zhs'6 De certain to eal1 him down.
 Everybody liss but Teddy i
 He sits roand all day. 1bntreperoue and ready.
 With tho Bis stick t, 6ey. Nc masfsr as wh$s VI ss,ys you 's tsiI ira nifa'
 TgssybsSs ,Isss, liss Dyt isA Tssdy. gs. | Another revolution Is brewing in Haykl. These small republics have to do sonaething to attract attenticus else people would forgot they were on the map.
 The ladies of Magnificent MoAtgom- cry do their Ghr1Ntnnae shopping in a much more dignined manner thau those Ser es tSs Ssr9aiss SSs'HR ike ssf sissy ssss srap2ing At @ nainnew. a0lidsy, motto: '1t's never too late to spend"
 It cost shout s1.e0o,oeo to bury the latA Emperor of China. And yet he will not rest any easier in his grave walked val Monroe Street on saturday The life of an actor Is nothing if not exciting; hIs dtygrces follow hts mar dossn't keep cash register -on the wedding fees. s .'ouesn Lilioukalani will. never be airSss." oplnes The Houston Post. 'so Ions as she reveals tbe ham-lilge hands of an Alabama washer-wenen." : Dsar sandy Claus; Please bring ev-. dispositior to face Prohibition with on Jsauary first. and obltse. us.
 since You Went Away.
 The deep blue skies have somehow The .Siad0 '~ins slshs iS S through the trees as The golden rod sesms weeping with Iilsewise each oriaame that aaunts
 Since you went away
 The catbfrd seems to lack his old The wood dove cen from out her tiny Cries ever mournful like she missed
 you too,
 The once giad brook seems sobbing
 now of you,
 Since you went away. Since you went away
 The Lady moon seems colder Aan
 before,
 As she her Sun God sees tall bathed in gore,
 While Yon mute pine seems from it's chasm wide,
 A monument to one sweet dream that died.
 Since you went away.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-18
Even Silence susnIcIoua.

New York Sun.
 students of comparative boation will notice with regret that the Ger man Emperor's unexpected Interval of silence has already encouraged the satirists to aver that he Is not right in his upper story.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-18

Did Castro work some sort of rab- bit foot business on France to induce that Government to let him in?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-18

1t is ait in real money, worth 100 cents in. gold. Yet the times are not goed. It would seem that the more failure. The fact is that confidence in the returns of proposed investments is the real nlRker of good times. There it are afraid to let it go. lest it may not come back
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-18
nd F0nI Tl.rinnAn.

Chicago Record Herald.
 , If the tariff could speak we might expect it to make an appeal to be eaved from its fool friends.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-18
sMnRN rrRCuLATTON.

The MontKomery Advertiser guarantees tss advertisers (and makes 1t a part of the contract when reQusstedl that its daily cir cufafton Is larger than that of any morning newspaper printed ia Alahamae-eHa mat lts Sunday edition has the largest circuiathn of any edition of any newspaper printed in Alabama without exception.
 The figures for November printed below represent the actual net circulation. all re. turns having been deducted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-18
rhn Preslaent,n rant.

Boston Transcript.
 MT. Roosevelt's pronouncement on woman suffrage is taetfully and adroit- ly arranged to infuriate both parties.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-18

The old saying "It beats the Dutch" will hardly apply to Venezuela. we nEsdlets ~==sss@
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-18
FRIDAY. DEcEs1BER IS. lsss


 British Ambassador Bryce. in his speech before the recent Commercial Congress, used these words:
 T have twice visited the South. l can hardly express to you the contrast between what I personally witnessed tsyenfyssegen yearss ago and the pres- ent conditions. Wherever have been in the South have been struck by the sI1ns of activity, progress and devel- opnent. |, see the land being brought more and more into cultivation--mor and more being done for agricultural methods: saw the resources of your soil. of coal and iron, being brought to light. and. saw a new spirit in the South. which desires to make eduea- fionai progress commensurate with material development.
 We unhesitatingly set Mr. Bryce down as g man of discernpeut and in- teiligenee. Come again.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-18
We May. But WtgI Wet

Brooklyn Eagle.
 If we cannot make the FiIipinos free we may at least me ke free the sugar they grow, andt want to sell in our
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-18

Net Daily Average, November, 1908 I5se9a Nst Sunday Average Novenber, 1seS SO,eS4 
 c I. Finigan. Circulation MaEaRer Of The Montgomery Advertiser. being duly swoFns sags.
 The foregoing statement of Tho Advsr- tisers' circulation for the month of Novem- Der. 1a08 Is true and correct. and compiled after all returns from news noF& naw& agents. spoiled and leftover copies have been daducted.
 e E EIRTaAN. Circulation ManageF. Sworn to and subscribed before nae fhi8 Sth day Of December. 1s0e
 RIGA ALEXANDER. Notary Pubic.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-18
wfii We Live so see rAi. in AIasAnai Abilene (Kas.l Letter.

VIII We Live sp See This in Aiabamat. i. Abilene tKas.) Letter.
 Last summer when a circus was here the parade had an unusual feature. Close behind the cGlliope was a Dis four-cylinder touring car driven by a man Tn shiytslseves Ills wlfe and i've twsnty-two miles that mernlng. The back to town and had dinner at the best hotel After the perfcrnahes hours ride. Probably c haIf dozen other farmers were here in touring cars. The liverymen have seen the change from wagons to rubber-tired buegies--but the automobile is a new feature A year ago there were four ears In this county; now there are more than hundred. 4 dozen of these are owned by farmersu When the circus comes to town the farmer brings his whole family to see the elephant, 4 few years ago it was lffs3cu1t fof these people to raise the price of a ticket: today they secure the best seats and make. the Journey In An automobile Tt is a step In the evolution of the Wes- tern farmer and he Is making the most of it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-18
cOnadence Makes Good Times.

Mobile Register.
 The per capita of sS4.72 is the larg. aeA tAat any country ever had. and
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-18
MORNING THU0GHT
TT .. MARvIN NICHOLS.

It wouldn't hurt to preach a little sermon on hyprocisy right here. The
 poet-laureate of England Hypocrisy never 1s,,: uttered q grofsounddssr der That neither God nor man can well Hypocrisy. A. man can reach state in which the devil won't use him. No boy fashions his life after the inebriate lying in est trace of womanhood in the charac.. ter of the outcast. No man is fool enough 10 throw himself into, the that's differsnt: he a couldn't see the thing. Debauchery, to be dangerous. must be disguised in some reckoning feature A genuine hypocrite is the God Himself can't use a consummate coward. This trait--cowardice, and it's so common--finds its origin in the see fo be Sa we are nSt steetes Tas the closet and we take the trembIes for fear the old thing will stalk right out when we've got company. It like that were to happen. The trouble With these old hypos is that their, old closet skeletons tag. right along behind old stack of bones--but the other fei- low can.
 
 Love is paradoxical. To impart 1t IS to live; to retain 1t is to die. In this realm to expand means to expend. It IS the only power of the human heart that grows by giving itself abso- lutely away. Character Is to be meas ured by the radii of love. No man, no church. no nation is great until self Is transcended by entering the heart of another. We are to be measured by the distance we have gone Into other destintes. Life can never be ex- clusfve--the age of the hermit is gone forever. It must be inclusive since we incorporate each other. Definite boun- dartes mark the horizon of our love. These boundaries will forever remain the standards of individual worth.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-18
AInhama,a WiffhAmr.

v,s,n m,ao 4igs .. Was sagnsy-nins @ yssrs as naught to a state. and really Ala bafna Is just baginning t0 grow nn She has been in her ewaddlfnR clothes heretofore and Is just now beginning to expand end amount fo son1ettfhE that counts. As the years roll on may she grow richer in material things but for richer In sturdy, strong and upright citizenship.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-18
FROM 01ruEn yrmWroFNrs.

FROM OTHER WE&WE0kNTS. ;
 Perhaps there Is d divinity that doth he is but of office. Some of his critics can thea be expected at least meta phcricaiiys to so for him with an ax.--- Buffalo Courier.
 Perhaps Mir. Taft. the breaking of the solid South might be helped along by the effective busting Of q few trusts.--Indianapoiis NsNss.
 If one wants a good lesson in self control let him try to save %10O out of his wages. The devil himself will consplre to make him spend 1t ere .hek gets haif of tt tegether--Msnchesfe Union.
 Some members of Congress are ifl-. 'elfhsd to regard intimatlons that na- tionAl iewIslnt0rs need Secret Service suFveiilanc<y as muok-Fakiug of the warst sort-- Washington Star.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-18
what Has Haspened. Northport BrsexA.

Wlth no desire to criticize the pre- eent administration we rise to ,say that when 1t went Into office Alabama had an overdowi9g treasury. As- state which ia equivalent 10 falsin@ the taxes, and many new privtfeSN taxes were levied. m the face of all sn snis ssss ws are aec tGId naI ss seoss Should the people Of tias state os sat- ished with this?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-18

A Csnnlpfson Fxs. Gadsden Timsb-Nswe, The Presldent's present brafnetorn bears all the earinarks Of q genuine cohnfption it.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-07-29
Fine Of s29, 100000 for Re-
batting Knocked Out.
REVERSED and REMANDED
Circuit Court Of Appeals Differs
With Trial Court on Sew
eraI Vital Points.

Chicago, July ply unanimous
opinion of the United States circuit
court of appeals for the Seventh dis
trict the famous case of the govern
ment against the Standard Oil COM
pany, in which the latter was fined
$29,24O.O00 by Judge Landis in the
district court, must be retired
The court of appeals differs with
the trial court on three vital points,
holding that Judge Lands excluded
evidence for the Standard Oil COM
pany of Indiana which should have
been admitted to show proper intent
in the rate the company paid on oil;
that he erred in considering each car
lot a separate offense and that in inn
posing the maximum fine for first
offense he abused the discretion vest
ed in his court. It is strange doc
trine, says the opinion, whereunder a
million dollar corporation such as the
defendant-the Standard Oil company
OF lndiana-may be fined twenty-nine
times the amount of its capital stock
in order to punish a defendant not
even under Indictment BY this latter
is meant the parent company, the
Standard Oil company of New Jersey.
Judge Grosscup Wrote Opinion.
This opinion, concurred in by
Judges Baker and Seaman, was deliv-
cred by Judge Grosscup, who wrote
it. The concluding sentence of the
opinion reads:
The Judgment of the district court
is reversed and the case remanded
with instructions to grant new trial
and proceed further in accordance with
this opinion
News of the decision spread like a
prairie fire through the federal build
ing, reaching the Office Of United
States District Attorney Edwin Sims
with unwelcome speed. He held a
hurried conference with his assistants
who had aided him in the prosecution
before the district court, after which
he said:
All can say now is that what has
noppCACu was uot expected. however,
we shall make the best of it. I'm
doubtedly there will be an early re-
trial of the case
The decision just handed down was
on the appeal made by the Standard
Oil company of Indiana from the YER
dict rendered April Is, 1907, by which
the company was found guilty of ac-
cepting rebates and was later fined
by Judge Lands of the United States
district court $29,240,000, the max
imum under the counts of the indict-
ment.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-07-29
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ADMITS KILLING HIS AUNT
Slayer Of Mrs. ottiIie Eberhard ls
Placed Under Arrest.

New York. July 24.-Drawn back tc
the scene of his crime by force he
could not resist, August Eberhard,
self-confessed murderer of his aunt,
Mrs. Otillie Eberhard, Viennese
widow whom he lured to lonely
spot in New Jersey few days age
and shot to death, was captured near
Paterson, N. j., and is now a prisoner
in the Hackensack Jail.
What interested the authorities
most in the confession Eberhard made
to them was the reason he gave for
committing the crime. Eberhard said
that he was in love with New York
girl and that he needed money tc
marry her, SO knowing that his aunt
had $4,000, he plotted to kill her and
steal the money. Eberhard says he
also intended to kill his pretty cousin,
Oti1lie Eberhard, to whom he was en-
gagged, so that nothing would stand in
the way of his marriage to the New
York girl