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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-19
oBEYED THE PRESIDENTS oR-
 DERs.

Secretary of War. William H Taft lis the Republican nominee for Presi- dent. All who kept up with the ef- forts of the President in the interest of naming his successor have all along thought this would be the case. There has not been in the history of this country so fragrant misuse of oficiai power and patronage as has been ex- pended to bring about this result. Civil service rules have been secuted and from floor scrubber to highest cabinet position it has been undes- stood that the President expected every man ito do his duty The whole per- formance has been scandalous and a discredit to the country.
 It Is somewhat peculiar that in the closing days of the great contest the interests" against which it has been supposed the President was directing his energies and engines should have become so completely reconciled to the selection of Secretary Taft. They have changed grounds for some potent reason. Whether they feared another term of Roosevelt or first of Bryan we do not know. but it is fact that they are lined up for Taft and will cordial ly support him. Just how the radicals who controlled the convention and the conservative money holding interests can both De satisfied is question which must be settled in the future.
 There are different opinions about Secretary Taft's future conduct. Those who know him we'll profess to believe that he will not be the obedient ser- vitor of Roosevelt, but will exercise his own will and judgment. Certain it is. however. he has never failed to be an advocate of what the President fa- yorsd and to such an extent as to have merited in a measure the appellation of another me too" The platform binds him to carrying out policies which are distinctly- Rooseveltian, although some of them have been borrowed from Democratic platforms. He is man of strictest integrity and possessed of qualities which draw men to him. Few public men have made as many friends, and we do not doubt that he will re- eelvs the whole vote of his party. He. is perhaps the strongest candidate the Republicans could place before the voters of the country. { F aTt is as equally foregone conclu- sion that the Democrats will name MT. Bryan as their candidate at Denver. There is enough opposition to Republi- can methods to warrant the hope that if the Democrats work together that they may win the fight. It is bound to be one of the hottest contests that has ever been had between the two parties.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-19
Find HIsforic WfII.

Binghampton. N. r.. Special to New
 York Tribune.
 County Clerk John A Brown has un- earthed a novel will, dated February 5. 1779 It is long document and IS made by Jacob Blackwell. transferring to his heirs the property known as Blackwelrs Island. He also had farm where Long Island City is now situated He gave his wife the use Of one-third of the farm and the island. He also disposed of several male and female slaves to his various relatives and dis tributed various sums, ranging from ten pounds to 300 pounds.
 A tract of about eight acres of land in Harlem. together with certain negroes, was set apart for sale. the amount to be used in the payment or his debts. He also provided that quarter of an acre be forever used as a burial place for the family
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-19

Thse Parisian sheath gowns" which threaten to invade NeNw York are causing some of the good people and some not so good-of that great city to lose sleep. There's Anthony comstock,. for example. who promul- gates the ediet that this new style of dress shall never be worn in New York. but we are just little curious to know how he is going to prevent it. New York women dearly love Pa ris fashions, and if they tell him that they will wear sheath gowns or noth- ing, what will he do about it? We suspect that he is proposing to take on a contract a little mite too hard for him if he expects to control New York women in the style of dress they shall wear. There are some things a man can do and several that he can't.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-19
capltol HilI Trees.

Montgomery, Ala, June l6, lSUs. Editor Advertiser. Several days ago noticed the inter- esting account in The Advertiser of the beautiful trees on Capitol Hill, the sacred trees from the different battle fields. Shortly after Governor Sanford was elected I had a pretty hackberry tree on nay place. I was bothered as to what to do with it and suggested that we plant 1t on Capitol Hill. My father in law: MT: II. z. Rice: an ola Confed- sent of Governor Sanford planted it in honor of the Blue family, who were among the early settlers in Montgom- While the governor was dying the tree looked like 1t would also die, put after his death 1t began to take new life. It Is on the right hand of the Confed- crate monument. I would like to mark the tree in honor of the Blue family.
 Yours
 Neil w. Blue.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-19
This Is My 18th Birthday
Max Pemberton.

Max Psmberton, noted as an author and editor, was born in Birmingham. England, June 19, 1863. He received an excellent ed- ucation in the best of preparatory schools and at Cambridge University. After leaving the University he tried his hand ct several vacations before he finally decided to de- vote himself to literature. His first novel, "The Diary of a Scoundrel" was published in 1891, and met with considerable success. Since then he has written more than a score of romances and stories of adventure and through them he has become well known in America as we'll as in England That Mir. Pemberton has found time to write so many successful stories is some what surprising in view of the wact that for a number of years he has been the editor of one of the big London magazines.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-19
The Cheap office.

Boston Herald. .
 It is depressing to sec the Vice. Prestden. cy passed around among second-rate nen and mediocrities. at a convention, ana more with which the public looks on while the bait is daneled before the vanity of poll ticians who never would be chosen by the nation to fill the first place in the govern. ment. It is a reproach to the nations ca pacity for self-respect that the nomination to the Vice. Presidential office is always left for the machinations of the latest moments and the last chance to fill. It is high time that the country mended it's regard for the actuali,ies and the possibilities of this of. flee. And 1t should always bear in mind the possible mutations of human life and their bearing on the chances of succession to the headship of the government.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-19
Letter to The Editor
A YOUNG ALAnAMAN.
Who iHa. w.a ers.s Heser. .. oores

Who Has Won Great Honers at colIege.
 Lexington. Va, June is, 1908. Editor The Advertiser:
 MT. Robert Franklin Cooper, of Gen. treville. Ala, has just compistted a long and very successful course of Doctor of. Philosophy at Johns Hopkins ment.
 Mir coopers work at Johns Hopkins university had been preceded by one Presbyterian University. clarksville, Tenn, and this was succeeded by i've years of faithfui and unusually success verstS Ie ss Wssnng0n ana ins Lee I gn m the degree Of Bachelor of Arts. t and in two more years he was awarded the
 During his course at W. L. U., he the Robinson Prize medal in aln- guagesi one was the Greek Scholarship. which ne won in the senior class in dimc1lt to wfns it); and the other was the Robinson Prize medal in la lan- guases: a prize; given only tc a student! (that is, a grade of at least eighty five per eent) the full course in Latin, Greek, French and German. This prize has been won only twice---as the years. Tn his last year at ". L. U., he taught one of the classes in Greek, and taught 1t with great success.
 At Johns Hopkins his main subject was Greek, his teacher being Americas q foremost Hellenlst, Professor Basil L. Gildersleeve. His two minor subjects were Latin and Sanscrit. At the cIose Of his second year at J. H. U., he was awarded Fellowship in Greek. paying nm $500. In fact during his course at w.. |. U., and I. Fl. U., Ur. Cooper earned in prizes more than twice the amount of his fees.
 It will thus be seen that Mir. Cooper has given himself an unusually paiils- taking. and thorough preparation for his life-work. He Is remarkably well equipped for the chair of Greek or Latin in an advanced college and is als9 excellentiy prepared in French
 In the winning of prizes, however, pr. Cooper did not coTiine himself to scholastic prizes. Almost at the mo- ment of this writing he is wedding a Virginia girl who promises to share his fortunes; and he expects to reach Centreyflle with his bride in a couple of weeks.
 Addison HoRuN
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-19
As at chlcago, So at Denver,

NeW IOfk IImes. .--
 Is 1t true, then, that the Republican Party, like the Democratic Party, has been absorbed into the being of one man, that 1t has no independent exist ence, no will belief, initiative, or pow CT of it's own? Are there no Republi- cans at Chicago save those who have been taught to crook the knee? Will to be declared by Convention so largely made up of delegates from States that give no Republican votes, delegates herded together and driven to the Convention hall by Federal office holders under orders7
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-19
Books br AIabamians :.

Selma JOurnaI. , .
 It Is encouraging to note. that the Text Book Commission now In session pared by Alabamians Of course the Comm sson will select the best books regardless of authorship. but all things sbiIi2v The teachers of Alabama are a noble band of men and women and are self sacrificing to degree not found in many vacations. They know the needs of Alabama, boys and girls ana we hone the day may come when every text book used. In our public schools may have been prepared oy an Alabama teacher.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-19
This Date in History
Inna ta-

June 10. 1215-Magna charta signed by King John. 1566--James l. born Died March 27, 1895. 16l0--Champlain defeated the Iroduois near
 the mouth of the Richeleu River: 1794--Richard Henry Lee. American officer
 in the Revolution. died. Born Jan.
 20. 1732. Is1s--william H webb. pioneer American
 shipbuIlder, born in New York City.
 Died there October 80. 1899. 1s1s--The State of Maine separated from Massachusetts. ls20--The Earl of Dalhousie assumed office
 as Governor of Canada. '1S58--Capture of Gwaloor. 1s64-Alabama sunk by the Kearsarge. 1sS7-Execution of Maximilian, Emperor ot
 of Mexico. 1ss5--BaItlc Canal opened by Emperor Will
 liam.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-19
NUm1 rha Horne DrinIEg !

India napolis News, Ind, hep'
 Were the present a case of popular tidal wave. Submission might be made with grace as well as wisdom But has bsan distinctIv made by the machine. National duties have been subordinated to the private amoltlons of this candidacy The most unpI . fns use of public plAcs ana power nas hasn noade to sfifie the expression of the people and to substitute the regis tratfon of Federal officehofdefs; fhese contested cases that were declded yes terday were of this quality; Ihs oi
 ficeholding politicians, while uolhs
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-19

One of the very best of our weekly exchanges Is The Bessemer Weekly. It has brains and conviction and is
 sfi-Srf--alsf
 never backward about expression of opinion on current matters. The edi- tor and publisher. W. H. H. Judson 'is a veteran newspaper man, and is just ly entitled to congratulations on hav- ing passed the twenty-hrst year mile post with his paper in Alabama.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-19
END OF A woNDERFUL CHARACTER.

The death in Hoboken, N. J., on Sat- urday last of Thomas wiggins, uni- versally known as Blind Tom.' ended one of the most remarkable lives and careers known in modern times, at least. That he died in poverty Is only another link in his wonderful history.
 It is not necessary to go into an ex- tended account or history of this pro- dizzy of modern times. He was a full blood negro, the child of slave parents belonging to General James N. Be- thune. a wealthy planter whose home was few miles from Columbus Ga. in Muscogee County. and here Tom was born about 1s4s. Blind from birth. idiotic in everything but music, 1t probably seemed to his parents and his owner that he could never be any thing but useless encumhrance if he lived. Sight was never granted him, and in intellect he never advanced be- yond the stage of early childhood. What life in its earliest stages could have been more unpromising that that of this sightless. apparently mindless Georgia slave?
 And yet there was one compensation vouchsafed him to make up for the much that was lacking. The mys- teries of Mother Nature are incompre- hensible to the human intelligence. and for some unfathomable reason she be- slowed on this negro child gift which made him one of the wonders of mod ern life. In musical talent he was a prodigy. while in everything else he was an apparently unfinished and use- less freak. Without intelligence enough to care for himself or even at- tempt to manage his own affairs, there was Implanted in him the divine gift of music which neither he nor any one else could explain.
 The true story goes that when a mere child he would always seem absorbed in the music of the piano played by the Daughters of his master. One day while all the family were at dinner they heard the sweetest and most per- feet music coming from the parlor that had ever sounded in their ears. and on going to the parlor door found Tom ted at the piano playing. with such perfect touch and harmony as to amaze them, some of the tunes he had heard them play while he was sitting in apparently stupid silence where he could hear the sounds as they came through the open windows. Up to that time they thought his silence when they were playing was merely the childish wonder of a little idiotic boy, but that day was revelation to them, as his after musical performances be- came the wonder of two continents.
 This was the beginning of a career of which history has no counterpart so far as we are aware. It is not nec- essary to follow that career through almost half a century of success. Un- der the management of his old master first and afterwards under other man. agers. he toured both this country and Europe. winning the admiration of au- diences everywhere and with it money in abundance for those who had charge of him. In fact, it is stated that he made three or four fortunes for others, L..t 70 A.. .o,,Ia ha.oat \, i,, .....-.. to provide him with food and clothes and opportunity to indulge in the pas
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-19
Gen. w. c. Oates for Congress. Editor ThA Advertfsar-

LuILOI 4lI5 AUNCItIbGI.
 In your enumeration of the persons mentioned to succeed the lamented A A. Wiley you omitted to name one of the most gifted of the sons of Alabama. I refer to Governor W. c. Oates. His large abilities his acquaintance with public affairs and general attainments; his long experience in political life. and in the United States eminentIy qualify him to represent this district in the Federal Congress. Let a convention of the people of this district nominate and elect him to represent them in Wash ington. Oconee.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-19
FRIDAY. JUNE 1o, 1908.

Automobiles have many ways of ending life, In New York on Monday night one of the machines carrying a pleasure psrty of six persons ran wild and pluHged into North River. drown ing four of the party. one man, two women and little girl. all of whom were afterwards found pinioned under the auto, which had overturned when it went into the river.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-19
Ceremony With The Baby.

kansas OIty oIdI.
 The father of the late Marquis of Lin lithgow. the English peer, who ha' just died at AT. was one Of the shyest of men. It Is said that when the late peer was born the father was conduct ed by the nurse to see his son and heir Lady Hopetoun- (the mother) inquired afterwsrd if he had kissed the baby and the nurse replied "Is Lordship shook 'ands with Lord Ope"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-19
Addison Hogue.
To Celebrate the FIftieth Anniversary. Montgomery. Ala, June Is, 1908. Editor Adyertiser.

Editor Advertiser:
 have seen several references to the fact that Montgomery would like to entertain the Confederate Veterans two years hence, and of course she would. but l suggest that we put it on for three years. for several reasons. First, three years hence will mark the fiftieth anniversary of the birth of the storm Graded Nation that Fell. Second. 1t is pre- emtnently proper that the event should be celebrated in Montgomery.
 Third, Montgomery will have attain ed her 1910 proportions.
 Fourth, It will give us time to pre- pare for the greatest event in the his tory of the South.
 I only throw this out as feeler. If any of the progressive citizens care to take the matter up will be glad to fall into line and assist In mapping out and executing the plans.
 Could there be more appropriate time for Montgomery to entertain these feeble. trembling, grizzled war riors than on the fiftieth anniversary of the occasion which made them he. roes, all?
 Respectfully,
 W. R. Greene,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-19

The opelika Post. in daily form made it's first Appearance Tuesday the 18th inst It is very neatly printed. it's matter is arranged with taste and judgment and it gives promise of being an up to date live paper. It is pub lished. by The Post Publishing Com pany and The Advertiser extends con- gratulations and good wishes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-19

contemporary notes with indica- tions of surprise that "a restaurant in New York is selling ice cream at 3 cents" We'll. a restaurant might sell beef steak at three cents. might it not2 Itsytpul6 all depend on the quan- tity sold for that price whether it would pay ors.not.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-19

That New Jersey judge will set dangerous precedent if he grants a divorce to the man who asks it on the ground that he was crazy when he married. If that is made a legal ground for divorce the courts will be working over time.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-19

That was a mean trick played on a British preacher by his watch. He placed it on the board before him so that he, would know just when to stop and that was where the joke came in. The watch stopped and the preacher kept going.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-19

If Secretary Cortelyou is such a bad man that his nomination for Vice. how does it happen that so good a man as President Roosevelt keeps him in his Cabinet? Verify, here is a mys- tery.-Kansas City Journal.
 No mystery about it; just a case of 1wo of a kind.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-19

The Charlotte Observer refers to the delegates a Chicago as Roosevelt licans." Newly coined words some times lack completeness. but this one fits nicely.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-19

WINDOW and DOOR screens should be coated with Jap-a-Iac each spring. on the wire and the Mahogany or Walnut on the frames. It gives them new life and the wire cloth ia protected from rust.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-19
USEFUL HINTS TO HOUSE.
 KEEPERS.

A COAT Of Natural Jap-a-lac ap- piled over old or new linoleum or oil cloth will double it's life. by preservr ing the original coat of varnish which would otherwise soon be washed or worn of.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-19

It is argued that the Denver conven: tion is going to be a mighty dry af- fair for some of the delegates. but 1t is to be hoped that they will survive it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-19
The Third Alabama Flag.

Wetumpka, Ala, June IS, 1908. Editor Advertiser:
 Please say that c. K McMorris (not Mir. Morris) inquires about Cicero Rouse and the old flag of the 3rd. Ala bama Infantry Regiment.
 ~..," Yours truly
 C. K. McMorris.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-19

Total ..sA A14-s ]. *%sasxas @ L4ess Returns. etc = ..s ...a... sss6s Net Total .. .. ., :. ..,. 3... .4S4 stl
 
 Net Daily Average. May 1908 s... ,623 Net sunday Average, May, 1908. .Sl,lIS
  c. I. Finigan. Circulation Manager of The Montgomery Advertiser. being duly sworn sayea
 The foregoing statement of The Adver tiser,s circulation. for the month of May 1s0s. is true and correct, and compiled after all feturns from news boys. news agents spoiled and leftover copies have been ds- dueted C. l. FINIGAN,
 a.s.@ ~sr- Circulation Manager Sworn to and subscribed before me this Dth day of June. 1908 RIGA ALEXANDER.
 Notary Public.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-19

PORCH FURNITURE should be pro- tected and beautifed each spring with Jap-a-lac. It is best to use the color of the old finish; but If you wish to change the color, use Red or Green 1ap-a-Iac.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-19

Jack Esbdeh.-.ssys' he only writes when the it takes him, and some of of his productions indicate hard fits.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-19
wEArHrR RrArrN fron

WEATHER BEATEN front doors are revived and beauufied when coated with Jap-a-lac, and "newness follows the brush" It is best to use the coi- or nearest that of the old finish.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-19

JAP-A-EAC is 6 household necessity. and can be used in hundred and one ways. from ''ceilar to garrett" and is especially adapted for finishing old or new floors and woodwork. Ask your paint dealer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-19
FLAG DAY.

Brief History of "OId GlOry'' Since
 1777. New York Press.
 While the United States is the youngest of the great nations of the world. it's nag Is the eldest Accord ing to Department Commander H. J. Swift, England's flag dates back to 1901, the French tri-color to 1794, the Spanish flag to 1775, while the German and Italian are of the last century. Our flag was adopted by the Amer ican Congress on June 4. 1777. by a resolution as follows:
 Resolved, That the flag of the thir. teen United States be thirteen stripes alternate red and white; that the un- ion be thirteen stars, white in a blue field. representing a new constella- ton"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-19
sNoRN CTRCUIATIoN

TE& Montgomery Advertiser guarantees its advertisers land makes It a part Of the contract when requested) that its daily cir- culafion is larger than that ot any morn. ing newspaper printed tn Atabama-ana that its Sunday edition has the largest cir- culation of any edition os any newspaper printed in Alabama without exception.
 The figures for May printed below repre- sent the actual net circulation. all returns having been deducted