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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-12

ship of the legislature and to allow the members a reasonable compensation, sufficient at least for herr support while they are engaged in the service of the state. This could be done only by a constitutional amendment l would also favor increasing the time limit of sessions of the Legislature.s sf
 Fifty days is not time enough to secure that deliberation, and debate so necessary to wise and just Legislation That the present time limit does not furnish time for proper deliberation. ts conclusively shown by the large num- Der of bills enacted by the legislature which have been declared unconstitu- tional by the courts. It is mistake to suppose that we require no more legis- lation than we did in the days of the past when Alabama was purely an agricultural state. The press is con- stantly pouring forth an ever-increas- ing flood of text books. reports and statutes. This increase is to be att tributed to the enormous business development of modern times, the rapid changes wrought in social conditions by scientific discoveries and mechanI- cal inventions. creating novel and intrt- cate legal questions for the solution of which we seek in vain the principles and rules of the common law. To ad- just the relations of modern life to the conditions which they have created a vast body of statute laws is necessary Yet do not wish to be understood as claiming that all laws which have been enacted have been necessary. I fully recognize that we are suffering today from sufeit undigested laws. The Legislature meeting once in four years finds an enormous amount of business to be considered. many laws of pressing need. The time is limited to fifty days and the result is that bills are rushed through without due con sideration, investigation or hearing be- fore committees or debate, and with the necessary consequence that many bad laws are enacted which vex and harass the citizen. impede growth and development and destroy vested rights.
 We are impatient with the Legisla- ture because we think it does not al ways represent the thoughtful opinion of the public. Congress meets annual ly but its meetings does not upset busi- ness or create alarm. The remedy then is not to sap the Legislative depart ment of the state of its powers, but to reorganize it along simple lines and make it the true and real organ of popular opinion. Ours is a government of the people and if the Legislature faithfully represents the popular judg- ment we can have no apprehension that its frequent meeting will impair confi- dence, check development or retard our prosperity but can rest secure in the knowledge that it is composed of the picked and chosen men of each com muinty, and that its deliberations will inure to the public veal" Pardon me for writing at such length, but the subject is one of grave importance and in which I am deeply interested. I have always thought that very seri- ous blunder was made by the convSn- tion in establishing quadrennial ses- sions and sincerely hope that the people of Alabama will adopt the proposed amendment
 Very truly yours,
 Emmet O'Neal.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-12
COURT AT CLAYTON.
All of the Cases On the Docket Are
 C0uffnuNd.


 All of the Cases On the Docket Are
 Continued.
 Chatom, Oct. 10.-(Special.) )--Circuit Court for Washington county convened here on last Monday, October s. for the first time in the history of the county. The court empannelled the grand jury and set them about their labors in the upper story of jail, after which 1t entered the following order on its docket as to the cases standing ready for trial:
 Because of the unfinished condition of the court house building. there be- ing no room completed in which a jury to try such cases may sit; 4there- upon the court ordered that each and all cases pending upon civil and crin1- inal dockets of said court be and the same are hereby continued until the next term of this court"
 Since Monday the court has been called and adjourned from day to day, until today when the grand jury an- nounced ready to make their report, Their report was clear, concise and to the point. They had examined seven ty-six witnesses in fifty-two eases re- turning into court thirty true bills, of which there were only five felonies none of which were of a very serious nature. After the report of the grand jury the court was adjourned sine die. It is announced that Hon. G. W. Taylor and Hon. c. L. Hybart will address the voters of Washington county at Chatom on October 30 in the interest of the national Democratic ticket
 Public school opened here with a small enrolment on Monday. Prof. E. V. Terry of, Jackson, Ala, is the prin- cipal for the ensuing term.
 We in common with the other parts of the State are having trouble about getting new school books.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-12
TENTS ARE REARED
BIC BTLLOWTNG AFFAIRS TO CON-
 TAIN CROWDS.
InauKuxates 1908 Circus Season Does Robinson AgRregation, and
 Throngs Are Expected to 4Asf Go There.

Gray and billowing in the wind, flags flying from every peak, the tents of Robinson's circus are up on the Goode street lot near the end of the Court street car line. The show came in on forty4cars Sunday morning from tGreenville. and the locomotive pulling the last of the three sections hadn't stopped panting when the. first section was unloaded and the huge draft horses were pulling the property out to the lot.
 Work and system? The GermSn army could take lessons and learn a whole lot. Out from crevices in the tent cars! crawling from between the legs of the sacred oxen, from the pots and pans of the kitchen car, and pour ing out of the sleeping cars came an Heterogeneous experimentation of hu- manity, clad in every species of rai- ment From evening dress to almost bare skin. Incistve command bit into the crispness of the early morning coolness, seeming chaos was untangled and load by load the property was sent numbering and creaking on the big wagons out to the grounds.
 The men who went with the first section loads stayed at the grounds and great rolls of canvas were spread, interminable ropes were uHwound and pole after pole W'hisk ed up In the air as if drawn by inyisible wires from above. Before sunrise tho cages of snarling jaguars. bleating antelopes, gagging sea-lions and wheezing wild boar were set in an orderly circle about the menagerie, to be followed a moment later by sedate, dignifled, swaytng elephants that filed in for all the world like school children after the o'clock bell
 A cook tent went up like a mush- room and in @ few moments the odor of coffee and broiling steak pervading the atmosphere sent the work CTS flying around as no command that could be issued could make them hustle. By 8 o'clock the work was practically over and section by section the employees filed into the mess tent and proceed ed to demonstrate early morning occi- dental appetites. They made good.
 All Sunday crowds fiocked about the place, families of them rubberinR about. the small boys admiring the camp boys and enWying them, to the 'pleasure' of cleaning piece of char lot harness. or gazing round-eyed from under tent flap into the face of a gnu calmly munching straw.
 The circus this year Is as good as it has ever been, and that is saying lot for the Robinson show Not like most other shows that send half their property into winter quarters as soon as they come South. the Robinson corporation has every piece of circus property 1t owns on the road and in Montgomery to-day. They have al- ways stood for the best and will stick to the idea.
 The parade will leave the grounds at 9 o'clock this morning, passing along Lee, Tallapoosa and Lawrence streets and Dexter avenue, returning in time for the afternoon performance. Then the tired workers will rest a bit be- fore the night show.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-12

Program Announced for Meeting at
 DeatsVilIe October 20. Wetukpa, Oct. Especial. .)-Fol- lowing is the program of the laymen's meeting at Deatsville for Tuesday. Oc- tober 20, W. L. Lancaster vice district president. presiding:
 9:45 a. m. Devotional exercises and opening remarks-W. L. Lancaster. 10:1O a. m. The Aim and Scope of the Laymen's Movement-Mack Feath- erstone.
 1O:4O a. m. The Status of the Move ment in the Prattvtlle District-Rev. J. B. Cumming.
 11:1o a. m. sermon-Rev. c. S. Tally.
 Afternoon Session. ? D. m. Devotional exercises. 2:30 D. m. How the Movement Can Help the Pastor and the People-J. w. Stanfield and J. F. Price. 500 D. m. The Lay Loader. His Work and Opportunity-Rev. R. J. Mills.
 $40 p. m. Queries and general dis, cussion.
 Evening Session. 7:30 p. m. Devotional exercises. l. The Laymen's Place and Duty in Home Mission Work.
 2. The Laymen's Place and Duty in Foreign Mission Work.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-12
DAMAGED COTTON.

Sealed bids will be received at the O1ace of A. l.. Earle, 112 East Bay St., Savannah Ga, until Tuesday, October 18th, 1908, at noon, f~r the pr1rchase of e95 bales wet cotton and 227 bales burned and wet cotton, now at foot cf Barnard Street, Savannah, damaged by s. s. Nacoochee. Bids must be made per bale for the wet bales and burned bales separately. Payment must be in cash to the Ocean Steamship Co.,. Savannah, before the cotton is re- moved. Purchasers must remove cOt- ton from wharf by c ?. m.s 17th in- stant. The right is reserved to reject any and all bsds.
 A. l.. Earle, Underwrtters' Agent.
 Frank F. KOehIer, Special Agent.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-12
SUES RAILROAD.
Mrs. Dora Crosby Alleges Humiliation
 and Wounded Feelings.

Anniston, Oct. 11.-(Special. )--Mrs. Dora Crosby, through her attorneys, Knox, Acker and Blackmon. of Annis- ton and Hood and Murphree of Gads- den. has brought suit in the Citv Court of Gadsden for damages for SEQ GOO against the Nashville. Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway alleging hu- initiation and wounded feelings.
 The plaintiff ayers that on May Ist she became a passenger of the Nash vile, Chattanooga and St. Louis train the railroad authorities allowed one
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-12
AIG rieId nfinntrsln.

The sale of seats for Al G. Field opens Wednesday morning. and indica- tions point to big rush. Mir. Al C.. Field is the original producer for the minstrel stage. The past fifteen years he has been the only successful pro- ducer of the minstrel profession. The offerings of 3oth CTS have generally been the working over or rehash of Field production.
 This seasons offering of the Al c. Field Greater Minstrels is the outcome of months of wearisome work and thought. All. new and all good is the claim made for the production.
 Opening the Campaign" is the title of the great laugh producer. in which Al G. Field, Doc Quigley and Tommy Donnelly play the leading parts, as- sisted by twenty other entertainers. Al c. Field will play at the Grand Thursday, Oct. IS, matinee and night.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-12
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED.

ATis. Ella Glenn Perry to Wed John
 Overton Dabney.
 Florence. Oct. i1.-(Specia1. )-Mr. and Mrs Francis Marion Perry have announced the engagement and ap- preaching marriage of their daughter, Ella Glenn, to Mir. John overton Dab- ney, of Nashville, to take place We'd nesday evening. November 4th. at the home of the brides parents The am nouncement has! been received with much interest by the friends of the contracting parties. who are very pop ular.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-12
INDUCEMENTS. The Grand.
 Tonight,
Hortense Neilsen.

Mrs Danes, Defense" the successful play which ran for an entire year at the Empire Theatre. New York, and three consecutive years in London, comes to the Grand tonight with Miss Hortense Neilsen in the title role. Mrs. Dane's Defense" Is modern play of English society life. It Is drama of faultless construction, pow erful situations, strong emotions, brilliant with wit and sparkling with epigrams.
 Miss Neilsen Is supported by com pany of exceptional excellences
 Miss Neilsen Is an actress of un- usual ability, her acting is always highly intellectual and her art is of the subtle and exquisite order.
 Seats now on sale.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-12

discussed. but the expenditures Sbf the past on both speakers and literature went far beyond the needs They were ill-advised. and a large percentage of them could have brought no return on the investment. There will be no general mourning If there actually has been a radical change due to the forced economies.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-12

l.. Amos to heap indignities upon ber She alleges that Amos searched her for a watch said to have been stolen.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-12

musical journal in the North. Prof. Galloway is having great success with hts compositions.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-12
Too NIuch Money Spent.

Chicago Record Herald.
 Of Course 1t is desirable that the is- sues of a campaign should be fully
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-12

Prof. CaIIOway's Success.
 Prof. T. c. Galloway, of Montgomery, has composed two new pieces for
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-12
UNPACK HEAVY CLOTHES
LAYMEN's MEETING.

For HoIFs Dye Works to put fin Or- Ter before the rush. If
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-12

Behind pr. Pferce'S Medicines stands the LnVslids' Hotel and Sur RfcaI Institute, at Buffalo. thor Ough1y equipped and with q Staff of Skilled Specialists to treat the more difficult cases Of Chronic d1ssssas whether requiring Med fcaI or Surgical skill for their cure. WITte for fres
 INVALLDS GUIDE BOOK
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-12
NEIGHBORS
SICK WOMEN WELL.


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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-04-03
SPORTING BREVITIES.

T.. w. Gardner lost TO ". a. Wright
I'm the tournament for the National
Amateu. 142 balkline billiard cham.
pionship.
Al Duluth. Minn., John Evanson,
II Duluth. broke the American ski
record with jump Of 131 feet In the
last tournament OF the season.
Billy Papke, Of Spring Valley, H.,
defeated Hugo Kelly, the Chicago
middleweight. in tcn-round battle
before the Milwaukee Boxing Club.
There will be seventy-four days OF
racing in the State OF Kentucky this
wear in accordance with the date al
lotments just made by the Racing
Commission
Warren X wood. Of Chicago, de-
fcatcd John f.. Porter, Of Pittsburg,
by mp and 4 10 play in the final for
the chief cup I'm the golf turnament
at Pinch urst n. &.
Burlew a. O'Neils Angelus. n whit
roy cast-off, won the $4,000 City
Park Derby, New Orleans. the favor
tie, Meelick. running third. A new
track record. 2.0i 3-5, was achieved.
Peter Latham, the tennis cham
pion, defeated Eustace Miles three
straight Gets by n score Of GO, G-3
aud 6-5 In an exhibition match at
he Racquet and Tennis Club. at Tux
edo, y. Y.
In defeating J. Ferdinand Poggen-
burg In the tournament for the ma
'ional amateur 14.2 balkline billiard
ham piOnship Calvin Demarest broke
his own worlds record run of 1GB
with one OF 10.
At Tuxedo Park, y. Y. Jay Gould,
amateur court tennis champion OF
he United States and England, de-
featcd Peter Latham, professional
champion ~ the world, by three sets
20 one In an exhibition match on the
'ours OF the Tuxedo Tennis and Rae
Tuet Club.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-04-03
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

Grover Cleveland is sevcnty-one
years old.
President Eliot. of Harvard, OBJ
Cambridge. Mass.
Governor Fort. Of New Jersey, cell
brated his fiftv-siyth birthday by
signing school bills at Trenton.
John Bigelow recalls that the foun-
dation of the Standard oil fortune
was laid in the Hudson River shad
fishery.
Alfred Vanderbilt announced In
London that he intends to make his
permanent home in the British me-
tropolis.
The Rev. Charles r. Aked said
there was need for Bible in modern
language instead Of that OF three
centuries ago.
Rear-Admiral Evans. on his own
request. will he succeeded i'm COM
mand of the battleship fleet by Rear
Admiral Thomas.
Secretary Taft, Ambassador Taxa
hira and Governor Fort spoke at tho
annual dinner of the Trenton Cham
Der Of Commerce.
Charles Stedman Hanks. who In
vestigated the conduct of the Ameri-
can railroads at the Presidents re-
quest, died at Boston.
President Roosevelt honoG to pla-
cate both labor and financial interests
by having Congress pass amendments
to the Sherman Antitrust law.
Governor Cobb. Of Maine. received
letter from Congressman Charles
y. Littloheld rendering his resigna-
'ion as Representative from the Sec
opd District of Maine TO take up his
law practice.
John Bigelow, eX-Minister 10
France. who reached his ninetieth
birthday anniversary on Tuesday, No
vember %. in New York City, is M
at o'clock every morning, and nuts
in seven hours before he Is willing
10 call IL n day, although he says he
ais past the age OF usefulness
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-04-03
BOUNTY ON DEAD RATS.
San Francisco Bound 10 Get Rid OF
the BubOniC Carrying NcrmiD.

The municipal authorities OF San
Francisco have raised the bounty on
rats TO fifty cents a head for females
and twenty-five cents for males. This
records one more step in the war that
is being waged TO exterminate bu-
bonic plague in San Francisco.
The war began upon the discovery
shortly after the earthquake in APP
ril, 1906. that the dread disease Of
India had found "A foothold In tho
city. Five cents a head was offered
for rats in the beginning and gradu-
ally the bounty has been increased
until it reached its highest figure to-.
day.
Science has demonstrated that the
bubonic plague is disease for which
rodents are alone responsible
Passed Assistant Surgeon Rupert
Blue, OF the United States Marine
Hospital Service, who is in charge
of the medical forces directing tho
campaign against the plague. said in
a recent circular TO the residents of
San Francisco:
Science has abundantly proved
that the plague is an epidemic Of rats
transmitted 10 man by the bits OF
feas and contaminated clothing and
food. II is further demonstrated that
the surest and quickest way OF eradI-
eating the disease is 20 eyterminate
rats and other vermln."
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-04-03
Children of the Army.

The conditions confronting officers
and men who have children TO edu-
cate are simply pitiful. Many an Off
Ger is at this moment in debt and pay
ing interest on borrowed money so
that he may send his son or his
daughter 10 a good school, or keep
them In some city where their educa-
tion will be continuous and uninter-
rupted. No matter OF domestic econ
omy touches officers more deeply than
this OF the children's education.
II is true that the public schools OF
a city, IL the post be near a city, are
generous in taking boys and girls in,
and some do so for tuition fee, but
IL is, nevertheless, a fact that an army
officer cannot demand local school
service as a right, because OF his pro-
fession and his residence on a mill
tary reservation. Even when near a
city. the post is outside OF It. and the
children spend from two TO four
hours daily travelling behind armS
mules 10 and from the schoolhouse.
The so-called post schools" now
established. and TO which children
are sometimes sent through absolute
necessity because OF isolation, are a
farce, for the officer having the high
sounding title OF Superintendent OF
Post Schools" is generally so fully oc-
cupied with other engaging military
duties that he can give little or no
attention 10 the school development
and system. while the man who Is
teacher has usually never acted in
that capacity before. Army and
Navy Life.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-04-03
Hundred Persons Quit Theatre
Seats to shake Schmitz's Hand.

San Frsncisco.-As a demonstra-
ton OF the feeling against the graft
prosecution and its methods. the au-
dience at the Lyceum Theatre cheered
former Mayor Schmitz as he stalked
up the aisle between the acts Of Rob
ert Emmet
Three cheers for Mayor Schmitz." :"
some one shouted. Nearly every per-
son in the audience Joined In the
cheering
A hundred or more persons left
their seats and shook hands with him.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-04-03
"Iumping Day"

What Is known In Lincolnshire as
Humping or ST. Thomas day. when
women and children go from house 20
house begging money. food, or cloth
ing. was observed yesterday. In Lin
coin city many residents make II a
practice 90 give the "mumpers' a
packet OF tea or sugar. or provide
them with q good meal.-Londoa
Standard.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-04-03

when international marriages take
place America does not lose a daugh-
ter permanently, protests the Louis
vile Courier-Journal, but merely
makes a deposit which returns inter-
est In the form OF huge divorce
court scandal for the readers OF
American newspapers.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-04-03
ECZEMA and PILE CURE FREE.

give FREE OF CHARGE, To any afflicted
4 positive cure for Eczema, Salt Rheum.
Erysipelas, Piles and Skin Diseases. In
slant relief. Don't suffer longer. Write
T. w WILLIAMS 400 Manhattan Ave-
nme Now York Enclose Stnmn.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-04-03
Little Deeds Important,

II Is sometimes good 20 be content
with doing little; the great and splen.
did occasions In which man can
benefit his country are few; the hum.
Die duties by which her benefit may
De advanced are OF daily occurrence.
Sydney Smith.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-04-03
Soldiers Who Deserted Sus-
pcCtcd Of Killing Luggcr's Crew

Havana. Cuba. Corporal Cooper
aud privates Grinelly and Farley. OF
the United States Army. were dyed
in JAN az Pinar del Rio on the charge
cf numbering two men who were
mauninz a l1gger which they had
char. red to get awav from the island
after dpsarting on March ..
4 -uuboat picked up the luggsf
Will it vas drifting OF the coast
me b.fi-s OF the missing bostmen
have not been found. The soldiers
v ere turned over 10 Colonel Parker.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-04-03
Tom Watson. Populist Drlcpatc.

The Populist State Executive Com
mittee, at Atlanta, Ga, selected Tom
Watson and forty-eight other dele
gates 10 the Popuhst National Con-
yenIion In ST. Louis and decided %
hold State convention later and
dominate ticket.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-04-03
Hides Ernm Hinrk Hand.

Pasquale Patti and his son, OF New
fork City, well known Italian bank
trs, went into hiding because Of
Black Hand threats, and their bank
ras forced TO suspend payments.
The Southern farm gazette., 1908-08-01

Measrs. Editors: How many OF our
good women do without many little
things they need. because they are
not always sure their husbands have
the money 10 spare 10 buy th.mg
Now there In little excuse for
woman TO be without money II she
has room 10 raise poultry. There
is nothing more fascinating than
raising fine fowls. II only had
good health | would not want IA more
pleasant and profitable employment,
| have been raising chickens several
years. more for pleasur. than profit
and have tried many different breeds
with fair success. but few years
ago ! commenced raising the breed
now have. and have found them
more profitable than the other kinds
! tried.
Give Good Care and Keep an Account
We have good range for our
fowls and plenty Of white muiberries
and feed the grown ones very little
during the summer They find their
own living and keep the egg basket
filled. besides.
Keep record OF EXPENSES and
pronts on my chickens. and find |
always come out ahead. The expense
Oh ieeding my laying hens during the