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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-30

No newspaper in this country Is better entitled to the confidence and good will. of. its patrons than the staunch old Macon Telegraph. It has recently shown that 1t appreciates the position It occupies In popular favor, by its efforts to still further increase its usefulness. Business requirements have resulted in its removal into a newer and better appointed home, 1t has installed one of the very best of fast new presses. and has largely in- creased it's general mechanical faciIi- ties. There Is no paper that comes to The Advertisers table than Is more thoroughly read and enjoyed than The Telegraph and there is always food for thought in what 1t says. There is no better prescription for the polit- ically dyspepttc than close reading of The Telegraph. and we are glad to know that its circulation list is con. stantly increasing.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-30
CHILDREN AND TOYS.

Is it possible to change or destroy the instincts and impulses of child hood? And should we destroy them if we could? We note that an Ameri- can rabbi made an sftort to induce the toymakers of Nuremberg. one of the greatest toy manufacturing cities of Europe. to give up the manufac- ture of toy soldiers His argument was that by allowing the boys to en- joy and anuse themselves with such toys the movement in favor of uni- versaI peace, would be weakened. claiming that boys who amused them selves with toy soldiers would thus imbibe a desire to become real soldiers when they grew up. A contemporary rather sarcastically suggests that there seems to be a theory extant that playing with toy soldiers will so impress the child that in manhood he will be satisfied with nothing less than to go to Congress and vote for huge and numerous battleships and a standing army of five million men.
 Another theory which has been ad- vanced is that modern styles of toys have a tendency to weaken the i'm agination and inventiveness of the boy. When he gets a boat. train. or other mechanical toy that is complete in all it's mechanieism and movements
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-30
A MORNING THOUGHT
nY ,. aARvIN NIonoLs.

The Many. many years ago it Is zSiHE sssd. the Christ of the Ages of was born--and the world kin@a comea again once more to listen to the announcement of the angels nlaje to shepherds under Judean skies. I grow rapturous when name high over all" Concerning his nativity a long line of great painters have spread their richest canvass. He was the inspiring theme of Handels The roIl of sussnas ali the vast outstrstchlnE centuries begins at Bathelehern. A great Frenchman declared that. every Important event In history. has sprung from the cradle of some new birth Over Bethlehem, in the Syrian firnaa- ment
 A star is gleamiug in the sky.
 Where mtsts of ages feigned.
 And those who by It's light come nigh : See hope has been regatned.
 This name must every tongue com fess, and before. it every knee shall bow, King of Kingsl Lord or, Lordsl The Child not only takes his place in history. but all history must take it's
 Speaking Of The Prince of Peace,
 All the old troubIous questions Of the origin and destination Of the Gali- lee carpenter have passed. All the u1e0tGVals WOtF3tueht m uASctAttlthAtAtt@ between human and divine has gone all the puzzied inquiry into the miraca. Ious No longer is mankind stirred over the essential. Theories or Him fade away. dogm1as oIl His nature ,I 2 eonouered. His Influence continues and wIdens. Slowly brightening. the gleam that touched Him spreads through the world His spirit moves on the face of civilization and makes it kindlIer every generation. Tne touch of His hand ls on the grief- stricken. Nurse. physician and nun are the messengers of His teachings. The Yestal fires burned out, but never the fires of His spirit. which answer each other from mountaintop to noun tain-top across the continents. And deep in the heart of the people they make family life sweeter and ease the . bitterness of failure and ignorance and all life's incompleteness. That won4 der-working personality was never so potent as today--so insistent and ten-s derly. sure. Under a thousand forms. creeJs. and names, men serve Hifn. one Perfect Man-+-ardent and gentle-- the race will never tire of Him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-30

own weight in sugar every year, ana Uncle same sugar bill avsra sss d saiI- ni. Hon dollars a day.
 4 statement issued by the bureau the ordinary Go1ernshent repcrt' rha Tha tolal consumption of sugar in the United States in 1907, which is fhe latest year for which statistics are 2 shL,isole, sh,a a ressnsd the almost unthink-
 Calculating this enornlous total al the average retail price of I-2 canfs Ret Rst poInai tn,a, the FspSrt states. I've to the consumer, or more thsn si eoo S1s. DO 600 for each Of the sss days of 'sti1 the , The statement shows that d. per ssns., & or L5ll:oeoeoo pounds of the or home production: III per cent. or l,e5s;oov.oo0 pounds was brought from eur insular possession and the remain gregate of the exportation of sursr Iron this country was is.oOO. .ooo
 The United States sugar record for asVn was unique In that the quantity countries was larger than ever before. the quantity brought from our feland Possessions was larger than in any tsE,o St hons sssssas6 sssr the quantity RFoaacsd year; the quantity exported was isrrsr than in any year of the past decsde. ana the per capita conyumpfion was the largest eyer recorded, an average Of sz:e pounds for each man. svo,,les, and child of Continental United atates
 An equally Interesting feature Of this record year or 1907 was the fact that first time exceeded the production of cane sugar. the product of the year being, cane sugar k44.000, 900 bounds, while the production of beet sugar amounted to ss70o0. 900 pounds.
 The worlds production has practi- cally doubled In the past twenty years pounds in 1887 to s2,s0o, ,ooo. 6oe nounsS ov.gIS In 1907, ami while the United states consumed shout IS per cent. of the Total worlds production of lss7. 1t con- sumed 22 per cent. of the greatly in- creased production of 1907. Beetes now supply halt of tho grand total product. Wniie twenty years ago they supplied duct. fs--.'.s WI p'~
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-30
Nof a DiscriIninatlon.

Nashville Banner. , world believes in one law for Gompers and Rockefeller; in one law for Mitch eli and Ryan; In one law for Morrison and Hartman; h one law for labor ticaT to obtain writs of injunction re- straining labor leaders from violating the sherman law. 1t is equally praeti% % car to obtain writs of injunction for ing 1t. If it is practical to sentence labor leaders to jail for violating such court orders 1t Is equally 'praettcaP to Iating them. It Is no. more difficult to Hnd the 'one responsible man in one ease than in the other"
 This Is all true enough in the ab- stract. It Is an echo of the plaint that no suits against trusts for a violation of the sherman law have resulted in sending anybody to jail while the first ease against the labor leaders nad thst s, more because of the nature of the cases than an intended personal dis crimination. Messrs, Gompers, Mitch an injunction and thus invited the sen tence that has been passed upon them. What sh ould have been done or should be done to trust nasnates does not al-
 But there is something more than the personal aspect involved in this case. On its ultimate decision must de ssePSssd PSs dsTas Ear hot is one se Of GSs mos momentous legal battles that has been for many years fought in the courts of thls or any other country. The pur- pose of the labor leaders who have been sentenced was to test the efncacy of the law, or else, by becoming mar tyrs to it's supposed harshrssH, to force new legislation on the subject.
 James W. Van Cieave, who conducts stove manyfacturing business in st. Louis, Is the sworn enemy of union la nor. He insists on conducting his bus mess with such labor as he chooses to employ. He was selected by the labor unions as a conspicuous example for discipline, and he was very ppgnaeious his right. He got out an injunction aEaIngt the boycott that had been de- clared against his business. and the la bor leaders treated the orders of the court with contempt. If John Rocke- feller. MT. Hartman or anyone else probably receive the same Judgment The issue is clearly joined in this case The Ia bor federation was aggressive In It's defiance of Mir. Van Cleave and the courts. and the principle involved is-the consention is greater than any person concerned
 case and trust prosecutions If there were no trusts the boycott question would still exist. MT. Van Cleave has no monopoly of his business, else the boycott could not reach him, The trusts should he brought to judgment but after that Is accomplished there concerning the right of corporations and individuals to contract for labor with whom they please and to conduct business without outside interference.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-30
DnoumBER 30. 1908

One can always depend on North Carolina claiming things A Virginia paper refers to the claim that the first cocktail was made by a North Caro- nnian in lsss or thereabouts, and wants all uncertainty cleared up' whereupon The Charlotte Observer pipes in with this statement:
 There Is no uncertainty at all, con ApriI f7. 1s4s-not 1s3e---the place Bfadansburg, Md, the dueling ground of the statesmen and diplomats al Washington; to be more exact, the spof was the bar of the Palo Alto Ho- tel and the artist who mixed the nrst cocktail that was ever born was Jack Henderson, who was born In North 6aroiina. More details yet on tap, Contemporary. if you want them. we atrIve to please
 whether the conception and manu- lecture of the first cocktail is a credit or a discredit to the old North State depends on the point of view, but we are persuaded that there are those who win maintain that the name of the inventor of the luscious mixture should go sounding down the corri- dors of fame to the last syllable of recorded time.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-30
What fha State Papers
 Are Saying and Doing

Have Gene to werl.
 Espress Business Is going back to rugated pssteboard ~ boxes @ are seen coming away from the ofice. Folks have gone to work.
 No Alarm Is Felt. BiTadnsham News.
 Anothsr message Is sohsduisd h the % accustomed to that sort ,of thing that It ceases to be impressionaPie-
 Gaasaea's Chrtstmas. Gadsden Times News.
 xSSss. eSSsden Sross slI records for sss .ss nsighSorIhsS town own of VcsS chattanoosa M sos was vas a revelation to those who believed that the town would enjoy a dry Christmas.
 Diyersiaed Farming.
 The Mobile and Ohio railroad is pre- paring to run "Dfversiffed Farming dls Of ssxt Sss ms month Res Rop stops ' win S De made at various points along. the line where experts will address the farm CTS on matters calculated to help them thesIr land: a ubject on which expert Instruction is badly needed.
 
 Andrew Jchnson's Service. MohiIe Register.
 To-day is the tooth Anniversary of the birth of Andrew Johnson. seven teenth president of the United States. So far. no celebrations have been an- nounced; yet Johnson fought one of the bravest and best fights in our history for the independence of the executive office as against the .eneroachments of congress; and also, he was 2 strong opponent of statesmen who would have held the Southern state as conS quered provinces, unentitled to. any Ills amnesty proeiama-s tions4 alone should entitle him to the grateful ,rememherance of Southern people. His personal and other defici.v encies. his lack of tact, and his very open -mindedness on the problem growing out of the war, condemned him in the popular mind, and, to-day. stands in the way of recognition of many real merits that he. possessed, It can be said of Johnson that he was the father of many public policies that have since been revived as new, thus showing that he was considerably ahead of his time. in this respect.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-30

improve and the average span of life will increase by . large percentage. The grand fight which is being made against fuberculosis and cancer will reach a successful culnninatioI and those diseases win be entirely mas tered.
 s-A new force in nature, of some sort or other. will be discovered by which many things not now under stood will be explained. We. unfortu- nately. have only five senses: If we had eight we'd know more.
 s-We shah realize the possibilities of our coal supplies better and will learn how to utilize them so that ninety per cent. of the efficiency Will not be thrown away, as 1t Is today.
 Finally, let it be said hardly any piece of machinery now manufactured Is more than 10 per cent. perfect. As the years go on this win be improv-. ed upon tremendously; more automatic machinery will be devised and articles of comfort and luxury will be pro- duced In enormous numbers at such small cost that all classes will be able to enjoy the benefits of them.
 These ara some of the inventions which the world is awaiting which 1t Is sure of seeing realized Just how they will be realised is what the in- 'ventors are working now to deter mine
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-30


 he will have no incentive to invent and perfect for himself. and thus win quit trying to improve and build up his own powers.
 Probably" comments The St. Louis Republic, this theory is unjust to childhood. Juvenile imaginat tion is in little danger. Rendered unnecessary in some of the mechanism of play, 1t has expressed itself in new ways. And nowhere is 1t more active than in eounterseting the suggestions of the toys themselves. It can make a twen- ty-dcilar mechanical toy as protean ss lump of coal The Teddy bear can be dressed and undresssd, washed and combed, invited to tea and put to bed. It may be invested with attrib- utes entirely foreign to bears and en- tirely applicable to dolls. The toy sol. dier. albeit every button and turn of his uniform complies with the latest army regulations. will go to tea with the same bear. become a savage or e farmer. or take any other part his commander chooses for him. The eth- ics of toys form an interesting topic for grown-up discussion. but 1t cannot be carried very far without reaching the conclusion that the form of the toy doesn't matter if the paint cannot be licked on and there is nothing to pinch or prick wee fingers"
 It Is noted that those who oppose the manufacture and sale of toy sol- diers have not accomplished much. for 1t is asserted that the demand for them has been greater this season than ever before. Plainly those who have the care of the children and buy their toys for them do not fear in- jury to the boys from this source. or they would not continue to buy the toys. About the only toy. we are told. which has lost any of it's popu- larity is the Teddy bear. and no tears should be shed over that, for 1t was. an absurd conception at the start and has been very much overworked. If that breed of toys should go out of fa- vor entirely we fan to see that any regret should be felt.
 But the effort to build up crusade against toy soldiers failed, as it should have done We refuse to believe that boy's after life will be warped by the kind of toy he plays with in child hood. and we enter our protest against any efforts to cut of or lessen the harmless amusements. The days of childhood pass ana vanish swiftly enough, at best, and he who under. takes to cut of their innocent and harmless amusement is not friend to the little folks. The fear or the arEu- ment that boy will grow up with battle in hts eyes and the blood thirst in his veins merely because he played with toy solder is not well found. ed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-30
This Date in History
DECEMBER gO.

1T75-PennsylVania Society for the Aboii.
 tion of slavery was organized. 1so4-Port of Havana opened to American
 vessels.
 lS2s--A Congress met at Bogota 10 frame
 q constitution for Colombia. lssl-Banks in New York. Boston and other
 cities suspended specie payment. 1sss-General Sheridan captured the Indian
 chiefs Santanta and Lone Wolf. lS7l--Larse section of Monroe. La. destroy
 ed by fire.
 ls94-Amella Bioomer. noted female dress
 reformer died In Council Bluffs. Ia. l903-Six hundred lives lost in burning of
 Iroquois Theater In Chicago. ls05--Ex- Governor Steunenburg of Idaho
 assasBinated by e dynamite bomb.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-30
Now Is the Time.

Macon Telegraph.
 pers propose to oppose MT. Bryan the time to do 1t Is now Fight him now. r 1t is a question of rule or ruin" let him stand out in the role he is bent on assuming. He is not for the Pres ideney. Three trials Is enough for any man who is- not unsuitable. MT. Bryan is eloquent, gifted and tireless, but he Is not a statesman. The two qualifi- cations are seldom combined in the same personality in their highest forms As a lieutenant the Nebra slSan would be valuable. As a leader he is impossible. A veteran in politics, he never won a battle. And If he ever should win one his followers could not have much confidence in the desti- nation to which he might lead them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-30
Tkis E Aay 61st Brthday
GEORGE F. PARKER.

naIst and writer, was born in Terre Hauta
 lnd., December 30, 1s47, and received h,s edueation at the State University of Iowa.
 He began his career as editor of . country newspaper in Iowa. After a few yeara Of this experience he returned to Indiana. and suosequentiy became a special correspond- the first managing editor of the New York Press He has also been a frequent con. tributor @ The London Times and to Iead- ing American and European nnagazfnes In the meanwhile he has found time to take an active Interest in politics. He was secreta- " of the Democratic State Committee of Iowa in 1874 and 1875 and since then he has ben prominently connected at different times with the Democratic state Committee of Pennsylvania and with the National Democratic committee During the three years beginning with 1885 Mir. Parker was assistant postmaster of Philadelphia.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-30
Asous Chinese Ineease.

SNttS1t@I 1tNVOTLNt
 Replying to an Ohio inquiry as to tne composition and market value of Chinese Incense. Consul J. c. McNaliy writes from Nankfng.
 It Is impossible to give the actual market value in United States cur- rency by reason of the freauent ex- change fiuctuation. The average price per eatty (one and third poundsl Is about as, follows: The &hi shana tmuskl first quality, 2 cents; second quality, 2 cents, The Mong Glaang (putehuek). first quality. 10 cents; sec- end quality. 2 cents.
 The Incense is made into stiehH about six Inches in length, the shi Hhang be- ing black and the Mong Shang yellow. It is of universal use and is Taanufac. tured in almost every city end village throughout the Empire. The iuGredi. ents forming the competition af the incense, which are principally from the south of China. are as follows: Elm bark, cloves, olibanum. putchuek. san dalwood dust. garos laiEa, aniseed. musk. orange peel, galango, dried gin-. ger, sapanwood, rhubarb, myrrh, cas- sia and ,camphor.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-30
} ayhy Bur.en Refu.ea Pe.l.lea.

sEiltSDuTk FOSL.
 l Tntinations are heard that Repre- sentative Burton's reasou-i -in-chief for declining to accept a Cabinet portfolio iy because of the expensive social ob- ligations that attach to that position been Increased to $is.p00 a year with In q few months. This would seem ample to support the person of Amer Washington. where living is high.
 become such that only the wealthy man can afford to accept high social posltion. A certain glamour of prece- dents and gilt and gloss borrowed frvm our European neighbors, since the United States began to mingie with the older nations rno.e .Ihtimately. has come upon officialdom in Washington. It entails a deal of entertaining and fuss and frippery that could we'll be dispensed with.
 This Is the sort of thing that ue- prives the country Of the services of some hrainy men. Either the saiar ries VIII have to be raised to meet the shan1s of social amenities, or else these social requirements will have to be brought down to q more democratic basis. Referring to the incidents that preceded the arrival of Ambassador Hill in Germany Herr Haussmann In a speech the other day struck the key note He said intellectual pre-enii- hence" in 8 foreign representative guar antee useful relations between the Powers, not the ability to spread lav. ish banquets The same prineipie hoida good In Washington.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-30
A Dream that seldom Comes True.

Anderson InteII1gencsr.
 The editor sat In hts hard bottom chair trying to think of a thought. and he pIoughed all his fingers about his hair, but not new topic they brought. He'd written on temperance, tariff and trade and the prospects of raising crop and joked about ice cream and weak lemonade. till his readers had thinking, sleep came to his eyes, as he pillowed his head on his desk, when the thoughts while awake had refused to arise came in drops that were strange and grotesque. And as the Ideas airily float, he selects the bright one of the tribe, and this Is the gem, while dreaming, he wrote: Now is the time to subscribe.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-30

Sometimes a man who determines to commit suicide puts it of just bit too long. A man in . Pennsylvania town shot his wife, her brother and the latter's wife and then killed him self. If he had hred the first shot into his own brain three other persons would have escaped dangerous wounds, and perhaps death. He began shooting at the wrong place
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-30
Renl |, Esfatn Reemlnr.

Mir. B.l B. Merfwether, of Birming- ham. was In the city a few hours yes Mt. Meigs Mir. Meriwether was greeted by many Montgomery friends during his short stay here. He Is one of the progressive young business men of Birmingham. holding a responsible position ss engineer of the Birming- ham Realty Company in that city.
 The panic has gone so far as real estate is concerned In Birmingham. companies in the Birmingham. district have been doing a big business since last April It is a fact that since that month this year the Birmingham Realty Company has done more business than during all of 1907. Confidence seems to have been restored and the busi- ness prospects are much briGhter."
 Mir, Meriwether said that there is much disappointment in Birmingham over the invalidity of the Greater Bir. minghau act.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-30
One Refaer.

Christian Endeavor World.
 An Englishman, fond Of boastinR of nts ancestry. took a coin from his pocket, and. pointing to the head. eri- graved9 on It, said. My greatgreat- grandfather was made a lord by the King whose picture you see on this shilling" f
 What coincidence" said his Yam kee cornpanions who at once produced another coin. My great-rreat- grand father was made an angel by the Irl- dian whose picture you see on this cent"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-30

The Richmond Journal argues that the white Canadian boxer who was knock ed out by a United States negro does not deserve any sympathy. Prob ably not, but the Canadians do not all view the color problem as we do.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-30

hen valued at ten thousand dol. lars, as one in Chicago is said to be. may be nice to look at but she is not of the breed that we care to buy eggs from, The ordinary bird can lay them about as expensive as we can stand.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-30

They claim to have discovered some apparently human footprints in To- ronto that some believe were made not less than fifty thousand years ago, Let us hope they will dig up the re- mains of the fellow who made them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-30

dime store" merchant of Coiun- bus went to the bank Monday with a coal-scuttle full of silver. Many a nicNle makes a muckle." says the old proverO. and dimes make dollars.