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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-03
Letter to Tho Editor
The Tezs-Iseoks.
Ozark, July ], IsUs

Ozark, July i, 1908. Editor The Advertiser:
 T told; you SO" Let those patrons Sn Msis 'saGasIs ioSa in ta 1 deasnd S iOr state adoption Of school b6bks behold now1.z the result, It Is not my purpose to criticise the "Text-Book Commlssi9n., sxpsptsnss nss sne Sn iS seieoi S % Work. Tey have done their duty as they saw it. or course there has been some advance Enent in the making ef gehoel books lh which caused 50 great a change. IL was simply the Individuality of the committee Or Of the men composing the commitsse; conn tS no tw2 eoipsSs Panhans ne 9 tWo doubt this is a cofnproHniae measure Now. what. is the gain or profitY If ssri E nave "a ee hns H rhs 6Isss s of T books given us under the former contract were poor In paper and binding. The facilities for obtaining these books State, 1t was almost innp6ssibie to se- cure books. The cry for cheap books vas fully and freeiy n1et by the pug lishsrs in S cheap nlstsrlSal saa a1a aaa bpooE p0TEr selIer ii \ was m met byo v almost eiiminating the book stores ta an the saA i,s tewns " yearss V 1s' we t1 must start again en new books almost entirely. Six, \ believe, Of the old. beoks- steods the test. These must feel lonesomeand grfeved at the sad slaughter of their companions: We have a sympathy Tor those Book for their books. We feel a pang or soProw as we see some of the dear old textebooks consigned 10 oblivion. Over them many school boys and girls have shed tears, but now they fust pass away and new ones take their places. Of course 1t win not efrect the many Thousand teachers in Alabamas many of whom have spent much time formus lating plans by which they might best use the boks. Now that work is all & thtnR of the past and we must learn to use the new books. and we must learn quickly, for they will soon pass away with their using.
 | trust this change of books will fully satisfy those pernicious persons who always kicked when a new teacher came and wanted to use his own jpdg- fnAflt about sch hool-books. and that we will have a demand for the repeal of this law. Again, bid a last, a' long, friends, the text books of the past, and smile at the bright faces of the new ones who come to us. so full of fresh Knowledge and so highly conpliment- cd by their friends, the publishers. We syftapathize with the committee. We Compliment the publishers, and we say again to the patrons, T told you so.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-03
TnIDA1, 5ULY $, asos.

The Augusta Chronieis contends that sEvsry Georgian ought to have as much power in making the laws as every othsr Georgian" Of course. and the same rule will apply to any other state. but while it is theoretically eor- rect 1t Is not so in practice. The Chronicle was referring to members 0t the Legislature, and of course 1t knows that each of them does not have the same power or influence in law-ma&- ing When 1t comes to voting on any proposed law one member counts for as much as another. but that is all. There is vast difference in the influence which men have in legislative bodies, and as matter of fact they do not ali have the same power and cannot have until the time comes when all will be equally endowed by nature, Opportuni- " aAd experience.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-03

proud Of this attempt to make . rasd on the treasury for himself and the other members. and to obtain money which they aad no moral or legal right to receive His speech sounds like that of man who pats himself on the breast and says to the admiring world: Behold what . great nnancier amr" And this is the man who wants to be vice-Pfesident and who. if elected. might become President. and perhaps try to carry out his peculiar financial ideas as chief executive. We had a better opinion of him until this matter, which had temporarily escaped our memory, was recalled. We don't think James schooicraft Sherman is . prop CT man to be in the White House. even eonstructivsiy.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-03
POEM SELECTED BY 3
NONE KNEW OTHERS HAD CHOSEN
 IT FOR CLEVELAND FUNERAL.
Widow, Sister, and pr. Van Dyke All Agreed on sgrhe Happy Warrior
 by Coincidence.


 Princeton (N. J.) Special to Washing
 By remarkable coincidence, or con- currence in the minds of three persons nearest to Mir. Cleveland, the great rately and Individuality by the three as the human expression most hitting to portray the lie and character of the dead. No greater tribute could be paid this fact that his life and deeds were such that, when those who loved him best sought independency of each ether tS ind suit suitable pie sxpress1on ao,ni, od aao sa the Wordsworth poem that pictures a happy warrior with greatness almost sublime The wordsworth poem was sSs StscSld widow: 15 by Rose Eiisabsth cisss. ifS land, the sister of the dead Jnans and by MT. Henry van Dyke, who was closer to MT. Cleveland than any other Alter the death of S1r. Cleveland. pr. Van Dyke. who lives across Payard sitting in Westland with Mrs. Cleves land and Rose Cleveland. After a long pause in the conversation. Mrs. cleve-
 aI have !.S 9ssa t; thyiH9king y9 s lng cf y a gSs@ appeals to me almost as q prophetic Sss,sSS r,sFsSS orS of t5ag R hSsDand So Sssrs as ad it may be that it is not 50 fitting as I think"
 Nothing could be more appropriate. c. and no poet could have been more pro- phetic" said Dr. Van. Dyke, drawing from his pocket copy of Wordswerth' 6 poems. "That is the very poem have thought of as being appropriate and we'll Adapted to the character of MT.
 Rose Cleveland, in amusement. held out a memorandum In writing. h thinking of some ftting tribute to her brother, she had written down the name of Wordsworth's poem "Charac+
 So impressed were they by this sin Eular agreement upon the poem that they determined to have the poem read at the funeral. It was chosen to take the place of all eulogy and song.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-03
Right Sort of e Democrat. 


 One of the commonplace charges of Mir. cleveland's opponents among those of his own political faith is that he wrecked his party. It would be more nearly correct to say that the party wrecked itself MT. Cleveland remained true to the financial principles of Jef- terson and Jackson It was the Demo- cratic party that went astray. It sold it's birthright for Populistic pottage. and 1t has dwindled in prestige 1t has dwindled in influence, it has dwindled In power, ever since it abandoned the only President it has elected since the Civil War.
 He was a Democrat from principle, not from expediency. He would have besn a Democrat in Pennsylvania no less than in Texas. Even after his party had repudiated him and had gone 10 worshinpinE the gods ot Popu- lism, he never lost interest In its well fare. One of the last of his public ute terances. if not the very last, was a letter on his 71st birthday. in which he pleaded with his fellow Democrats mot to be swept from our moorlngs by temporary clanor and spectacular ex~ pIoIta ton"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-03
This Is My ssrd Birthday
George ". fSfrcAwey.

Professor George Washington Kirch. Yey, dean of the SchooA of Law of troit. Mich, July 3, 1855. He received his education in the public schools of Detroit and Albany -N-Y.. In 1879, aft CT graduating from Yale College. he ted to the bar in 1881 and for ten years practiced law in Albany. During this period he edited the Historical Manu- scripts of the State of New York For Union College and in 1891 he joined the faculty of the Law School of Columbia University. Professor Kirchwey is a leading member of the bar association Of New York and has written several text book that are in common. use in American law schools 7
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-03
mus says Tn. sieAmond rim.s-Di.-

Thus says The Richmond rim.s-Dis- patch:
 It may bs that Mir. cleveaand's name will not be mentioned in 1908. but the portrait draped in black of that Dem ocrat whose courage knew no fear and whose devotion to his party and to his principles withstood all the wiles of politicians and the assaults of hatred, will hang as a steady and powerful stronger when 1t Is true to itssif. and nearest success when it is furthest TTnoo1aga dsaa. Mf csiisvsiaad s yst n spsakks eth. and the success of the Democratic party will be measured by it's response to his call,
 That is we'll put. but we fear. the time is not yet when the Democfaey or Cleveland win asasr come to the front to reincarnate Democracy and preserve the government from the hands of the spoilers. The unhappy children of Israel wandered In the wilderness for forty years before they were suffered to enter into the land. which God had promised them they should inherit. How long Democracy. VIII have to wan- led amid the thorns and thistIes of DO. iiticai unrest and new tangled theories may not be foretold, but we have faith that the time will come when the party will come into it's own and real De- mocracy again become the pillar of fire to lead the way to the true faith and practice.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-03


 Tor q strictly dry town they can ceftainiy see things over in Columbus. A day or two ago some one telephoned Tks Asaass that, some one else had told her that q snake ninety feet had been aesn in the cemetery and that a sure enough panic had resulted. Tho septfle hku green eyes. and had eaten up several people and the de'il was to pay sure enough Investigation not only failed to find the snake but failed to find any one who had seen it. We donst believe it was Alabama whiskey that was responsible for that story. Must have besn some of the Tennessee brand:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-03

Any hurnber of names of prominent Democrats of Northern and western EtatAs have been mentioned as being entirely Acceptable to MT. Bryan for running mate, but we have seen the name of no soutrern man put forward ia the same category. The delegates from. the southern States will cast al- most a solid vote for MT. Bryan at Denver, and the same thing is expected when it comes to electoral votes. The south. therefore, from a practical view point can be set aside. We can fur nish the vefss and others reap the bep- cit.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-03
DR.IFTWooD
nY FAIL N. AmEaSTkON&

Tns lori9as EegEth E consists s,ge mainly ps, cursions and plain drunks.
 The poor Thomas cat gets 10 credit fn this world. if he cared to. he ceuid lead eighteen lives.
 People eat too many olives. says a noeton doctor of eourse-zbut they are gcod--aTd, as long as there are picnics tand sifls) there are eertasn
 why does a woman always make frantic jsb5s s at i, her Ter s hair every time the
 Hundreds of children die svsfy year from impure milk. About the only safs thing tor people to drink tness days
 There are soma rich families up East
 st viii hsSa tS get eoss oss ush d1v9sse fare ther.
 Some people can never eat. by thenas trough trough and making | noise ike a hog.
 one thing about the doetor-he takes itfe quietly. ir sr. New York can not wholly rejoice as she stiii has rom PIAtt on her hands
 where are soy going to spend the
 The busy house-wtves in Alabama are putting up delicious preserves and not worrying their heads bit over the new directoire gown.
 An pAstsrn man has received ls. foot dry lgoods Dilh It may have avs Sssn Ssin seemed that long to hin. Rice -silis have even decided to boost prices z me substitute may have to be used ture to throw at hswly-mar- ;ried 1 leA Did y U ever read an account of q. church kdpper ia q country paper tnSs. 1t didn't say "a neat snnn was rsaiissa?
 wA4. t has , s.sss s q sS 8; ssog s. si, ysS the country picnics
 Count the fingers of all your children carefully on July to see that none Of 'sm are anissinE.
 Don't s,, ;. yoy!. y!. hate to have a cold In Syss-.6st I hate worse to have one in the chest"
 "what has become of the ld.fash. toned boy who used to play ante.overy asks The Montgomsry Advertiser. oh. QG.b StAll o4tbtaA8 SStstt-S just the same as of old.--Atianta Gsor@ Eian. The world does not owe you a living. Get that out Of your head at once. You owe 1t to yourself, however, to set out and hustle.
 sam Hiill How many people there are today who simply are too lazy to get out from the shade of their old family tree!
 Gee, WhisI I know it's hot---
 But we ain't got No right to sit
 And fret at it. Just keep your seat, Look cool and sweet; Don't funne or frowu~~ Or hustle roun'~-
 Just buy mag A-zine and drag The pages OCT, So rich tn lore, Until you find
 Way ore behind
 The ads that show
 Where breezes blow; The snow.capped peaks The winding creeks,
 The dripping spring,
 Where wild-bird sing. If this won't cool you, then decide To ask the ice-nlap for ride.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-03

Something like two and a half esn- turies ago the English Parliament passed an act to punish any woman who seduced man into marrying her. The act goes on d considerable length to specify whss arts and artifces should be un1awful. any Of which. if proven. would render the marriage null and void. That was the old Eng fish idea of protecting the poor. down. trodden man against the wiIes of de- signing wenAanh hoods but we don't know what those law-mAksss would have done with such case as the one reeentiy reported from Kentucky. There young man complained that a girl had locked him up four days and nights in the house of her parents in order to force him to marry her. though 1t seems that she didn't suc- cesd, after all. That girl surely has a stfehuous conception ef the privileges of leap.ysar.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-03
This Date in History
JULY 8.

1sos-champiain founded the city of Quebec.
 l7T5-WAshington took command of the Continental army at Cambridge.
 17S1-Engagement between British and American troops at Kings Bridge, N. Y. -.e 1s2s-George L. Fox, noted actor born. Died October 24, 1877.
 1S39-First normal school in America opened at Lexington. Mass.
 lssS-Last day of the battle of Get tysburg. fians at Sadowa.
 ls90-Idaho Territory, became
 ISss-The island of Guam seized by the Americans Of the warship Charles ton'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-03
MT. Taft wen insured.

Washington Dispatch to Baltimore
 American.
 In spite of his heavy weight, William H. Taft is regarded by the insurance companies as good risk :"
 There have been runors that he was so much above the average weight that he was not a good subject for Insur. ance, and 1t has even been published that there were no policies issued on his life, This is entirely erroneous. The Republican candidate for Presi- dent carries life insurance of between $50. GOO and S60, (000. He has acquired this gradually. and has several times been thoroughly examined and accept ed. Even when he went to the Philip pines wh ere the climate Is very unfa- vorable, the companies not only did not suggest the cancellation of his poli- cies. but increased his life insurance.
 Though he is overweight. MT. Taft has a strong heart, fine lungs. and is in excellent physical condition. His family record is very good, and he has a more than average expectancy of life"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-03
Labor. crasity to Labor.

New York Times.
 To us it seems that property and Iib- statutory sxistense. and even Of the Declaration of Independenee or the Constitution. A mans right to his life and his property alike Ia fundarnsn- De protected d well as the other, al that Some aiatinction may Se drawn be- srsstns sEssR tsr asa5t hst s thss pSs pSss AS Ss s ton it is inferior to Mr. Gor1pers's own failure to practice what he breaches. 2
 MT. Gompers opposes lniunctions man right but really. only because they act contrary to the interests of trades unionists. The chief cause for the is. SsnSs sss s ,Ss, of ,g sgasst inst qS 9FSs: unionists wish to use their human free. dom to labor on terms satisfactory to themselves. The trades unionist Idea trades unionistR. They alone are en- titled to work unmolested, on terms approved by themselves alone, and un- fer a5s sss oSSs sssR 9 % Esss iw K: right the superior right to stop. them IS exercised by plying the bomb ana club. Neither Mir. Gompers nor MT. injunction has been issued against ,hn- man right. They have even been chaI- lenged In vain to produce a case where lnJQncl1OnS nave been Issued GO0Lrary to any trades union right. a
 It is but few days since uniontsts confessed that they blew up trolley car and injured its passengers because non-unionists were running the car in violation of trades union Injunction. h. functions are an equity process. He who seeks. equity must do equity, Be- fore Mir. Gornpers's assocations ask to have the issuance of inJunctions stop ped. they should stop issuing their own fnJunetions. or, at least. conform their practice in issuing them to some re- mote relation to equity. Certainly 1t is not equitable that the law. which is for all men, should he modelled according to the wishes of organised labor a small minority of labor. and smaller proportion of the entire community. Votes cahot be got on that plea so fast as they can be lost
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-03
rollties and Buslassa.

The Presidential campaign will have it's retarding efreets upon business con- ditIonh. Full restoration of prosper fly may not come untily after the votes are counted out in November. But the tremendous crops are sure to bring cars, more income to the railroads, more business for the merchant. more settlement of Hortgage indebtedness, eralIy For these reasons the farmers are not the only ones to be congratu-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-03
A GoOD cRoP.
Five Acres of sumatra Tobacco Makes
 Rig Yield

Five Acres of SumatEa TOBACCO MaAles
 Rig Yield
 Marion Standard.
 The State officials interested in ag- riculture and the heads of several conn mercial clubs have become sufficiently interested in Escambia County's tWoy acre crop of Sumatra tobacco to pay if visit, While not wishing to clip any honors from Escambia at the same fanfion of these gentlemen to what Perry is, and has been doing along this line. They doubtless do not know Perry has ten acres of this tobacco Snd Some fifty acres Of the Cuban filler, fhs largest crop of Sumatra ever grown in the State under shade. Basidas, we have a five-acre plot Of shade with a barn attached, built strictly after Gov ernTnent specifications and the crop grown under the supervision of Gov Srnment tobacco expert. This crop is on inc lands of e. W. Thomas, two miles south of Marion. The crop was planted May 2 and is now ready to
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-03

The. panviIle Cva.) Register objects to the word 'foreeasted," and calls it .'slovehly. grammar" Well. suppose it is so, in the estimation of the purists, what VIII you do about it? Like nu- merous other expressions that have come into use it is here to stay and there's no need to Kick about it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-03

The Montgomery Advertiser recalls tae old phrase vshank's mare" or choice but to walk, he rides shank's mare" Many people are familiar with the expression. We blush at our cut- pabls delay In putting 1t on the list.-- Chas1otte Observer,
 HHe Asw can The Landmark explain or der0nd it's own failure to tell all about it9
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-03
BRYAN TO
 SPEAK HERE
fhs pistinudishsd Nsbrsskaa Appears Withuut Fail. Ev-
 eryhody to Hear Him.


 Bryan is speaking here to- day. viii speak asain tomsr- row and the nsxt day aud svsry day tbsrsaftsr. rhis wiI De good nsws ts all. fer even sIr. Brysa,s political op- ponents admit his great era i. torical powers and are wil- nng to % hungry. to hear him spesk.
 Els Els sss=sssijscts are carefully chosen. They include the political ausst,ons. such e : the Trusts. the Railroads, the Labor ssusstions the Banking Laws, swollen Fortunes. the TaraR, Ina < psriaiisn. Eissiion sf ssna- : tors. He VII also asiisss his : samous lyesum erations on !. rAn Ideal Repabiie'' and
 s1 Y aImmortality."
 .alI I4.. 1. 4 fi z l The last named consisss cf extracts from his lecture oa "The Prince of Peacs." This is Mrs. Bryan's fasorife :. of al her distinguished huaba ana's addresses and one that the ladies always soek ts hsar.
 rhs way thas Bryan hap peas ss spsak hers and sv- ssywhers sIss every. day from now Os is thls: nryan re- centIy spoke selections from ten of his best speeches in to Thomas A. Edison,s won- dsrsul Phonosraph. It was done in the library of his homs at Lincoln, Nebs one of the Edison Recording sa- pests making a trip liners sar shs purpose.
 4 ct of wiht ass Enswn as haAsssr waE fssOfis wsrs secured. arOm these Han- , arsds of thousands of the : regular duplicate Edisoa Records have been made.
 Csn and hear these speech es.
 Edison Pbonogarpha sOld; fOr $500 sash and | shsn si.eo per week. Cold moulded tscsfas as sS cents. l. |. PenicI Montgomery, Ala.
 lls DEXTER AVENUE .........................,......,-.-..-..-......
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-03

Probably the Georgia solons decided that if all of them should so to chatta- noosa in bunch they might drink the towp dry and create a liquor famine.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-03
ewoRN CIRcULATION

The Montgomery. Advertiser guarantees Es advertiseTs land makes it q part or ths coAkract when requested) that it's daily ctr~ GuIAtion ts larger than that of any morn fn& newspaper printed m AlAoaIna-ain thAt ita Sunday edition has the largest CIT cslatfon of any edition ot any: newspaper printed in Alabama without exception
 Tho figures for May printed below repre- se1f the actual net circulation all returns hatfng been deducted. .e
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-03

The Glorious Fourth eonsiste mainly df powder. headaches, heat noises ex1, cursions and plain trunks
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-03

fsss Kstasns eta :. " :. .s :. =. asss Nst Total 4. "a. .. ..4sAsi4
 
 Nee1 Datlg Average, May 1908 ..... t5,ees Net 61HHaE Average. May, 1908. .ei.IIs 
 C < Nfnisan Circulation Manager of The aGontEuxnsxy Advertiser, being duly sworn. aaxNe
 Ihs foregoing staternent of The Adver tinexh circulation for the month of May 1908. 10 truo and c0rrect. and compiled after aH rnturns from news boys. news a8snts speilsd and leftover copies have bssn ds- ducted c | FINIQAN,
 Circulation Manager. swofn Co and subscfibed before no this eth day of June. 1908 RIGA ALEXANDER. fAa Notary Public
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-03

why does woman always make frantic jabe at her hair every time the front door bell fingss
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-03

Hundreds of children die every year from impure milk. About the only safe thin& for people to dfinE these days ib pure water.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-03

"People eat too many olives, says d Boston doctor. Of course-=but they are fFcod---aIld. as long as there are eicnics (and gifls) there are certain to be olives.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-03

There are sonne rich families up East that will have to get out divorce directory if this thing goes much Tar ther.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-03

The poor Thomas cat gets 10 credit in this world. If he cared to. he could lead eighteen lives.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-03

Some people can never eat by them. selves. without putting both feet In tho trough and making noise like a hog. one thing about the doetor--he takes
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-03

The busy house-wtvss in Alabana are putting up delicious preserves and not worrying their heads q bit over tht new dlrectotre gown.