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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-28

In a recent address in Philadelphia Mir. Justice Brewer made some rather pointed remarks about the way our government has been spending money needlessly of late years instead of pay ing some of it's debts. He said that at the close of the war between the States our government owed in round numbers three billion dollars: that dur ing the succeeding thirty years it paid two-thirds of that debt, and added that during the past ten years not one dollar of that debt has been paid, and that we now owe one billion dollars.
 Recently John W. Foster. once secre. tary of State, and a man who has prob. ably served in more diplomatic mis- sions of importance than any other man in the country deprecates the needless war spirit that has become predominant of late in many sections. He deplores the unnecessary waste of money in sending our war fleet about the world, as he does the senseless endevor to create the belief that there Is danger of war with Japan. These two prominent men have been talking sense.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-28
Making Farm Life Attractive.

New York Times.
 It Is announced that tho President will immediately after the adjourn. ment of Congress appoint a commits sion for the thorough study of rural life with a view to determine in what ally cooperate in its improvement. The names mentioned for this commits sion are those of Prof. L. H. Bailey of Cornell University, Prof; A; ..tt A. Noye;s. Tn; tute of Technology. and MT. Clifford Pinchot. head of the Forestry Bureau in the Department of Agriculture: No better selection could De maze; ;, rnese practical ability, and experience in the line of the inquiry to wHcn they are appointed. ,.-.,s l., this matter for a long time and has given to 1t more attention than could have been expected in his busy lire As Is not unnatural in nm; .hi ne IS sS. as. of the problem, and especially desires to see what can be done to improve farm life in this direction> Among the questions to be submitted to his com mission are the foTlowing:
 How can the life of the. farm family be made less solitary. fuller of oppor- tunity, freer from drudgery' more com:
 How can life on the farm be kept on the highest level and where it Is not already on that leYel 70 De so I'm" proved, diEnifed and brightened as to awaken and keep alive the pride ,lTt and loyalty of the farmers boys and girls. of the farmers wife and of the farmer himself? ,,. on the farm be aroused in children who are born on the farm?
 1t will occur to the hard headed econ oroist that the first step toward mak- ing the life of the farm more attract; an5 that as we have already had occasion to point out can bs aided by practical Ss SS oneration. But while this Is the first step; and while others yin be futile surAd. there is no reason why all pos sible steps should not be carefully stu it1s offers or can be made. What in a general way Is needed is co-ordination of the various forces and agencies de- voted to the same end, and on this line the commission, in the light of exper- iments made in other countries and be- Einnings made here should be able to do valuable work
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-28
Politics and Politicians
rhe Alaskan tefegates to tt

The Alaskan delegates to the Dem. ocratie National Convention at Den
 Five aspirants are in the field for the Republican nomination for Govern or of Minnesota The contest will be settled at the State convention early in July.
 Missouri's Big Four to the peme- cratic National Convention will be made up of Governor Folk. Senator Stone. Mayor Reed. of Kansas City, and ex-Governor Francis.
 Bishop P. J. Muldoon, of the Roman Catholic Church of Chicago. will de- liver the prayer at the opening of the Republican National Convention pext month.
 Brand Whitlock. the young author mayor of Toledo. O., is now being mem toned as a possible running mate of William J.. Bryan on the National Ueta- ocratlc ticket
 The decorations for ths Democratic National Convention will be the most elaborate that have ever been at tempted in Denver. Electrical effects will be conspicuous in the decorations and flags and bunting will be used in
 Democrats of Kentucky will meet in State Convention June Il to name the
 
 the National Convention at Denver. The state Convention will be held In Lsx- tnSton.
 Representative George N. Foss. who has represented one of the Chicago dis tricts in the House for moro than twelve years. Is expected to make. a In the United States Senate The term of Senator" Hopkins will expire next March.
  the Democratic National Convention at Denver by delegation of $50 strong. It Is estimated that the cost of the member of the delegation will pay his own railroad fare and other expenses
 Four years ago. the only portrait in the Republican National Convention Hall was that of the late Senator Mark Hanna, of Chicago. The Committee on Arrangements for the coming Nationa, this year the decorations will include no portraits--not even one of PreSi. dent Roosevelt
 The orators who will deliver the nominating speeches for the various Republican candidates for the Presi- dential nomination. at Chicago will Burton. of Ohio. for Secretary Taft; Representative J. Sloat Fassett, of New York, for Governor Hughes: Senator Albert J. Hopkins. of Illinois. for Speaker Cannon; Representative Coop CT. of Wisconsin, for Senator LaFol lette; Governor J. Frank Hanly. of In. diana. for Vice President Fairbanks, Lieutenant-Go Robert S. Mur Knox.
 Tn connection with the fact that A. ton B. Parker, candidate for the Pres idency four years ago, will be dele gate to the Democratic National Con- Vention at Denver 1t Is interesting to note that since the day when the peo- pie took away from Congress the pow CT to nominate Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates, substituting the popular convention for the Con- Rress caucus. there has never been a case when a defeated candidate for the presidency ever sat as a delegate in 2 national convention. It Is possible that some Sie named as a candidate in one of the side issue conventions. as General Weaver was by the Green packers. may afterward have sat as 2 delegate in the convention of one of the two leading parties.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-28
A DAY or EDUCATION.


 The larger place that Is filled in pub lie interest by the school and college commencements--the wider attention that the public of Alabama is giving them in this commencement season of 1908 is one more evidence of the States great forward advancs in edu- cation. The Alabama college is no longer class school. Like the pub lie schools of the State the colleges are now common to both the rich and the poor.
 The splendid growth and develop ment of the public schools of the State has been subject for general comment, and q source of pride to all Alabama. It would be a small Aiabamian who would deny to the higher institution of learning . share of the growth and general educational prosperity. The two have gone forward together. Pub lie sentiment for education in Alabama has been carried forward to the point where the demand is made of the Legislature that not only shall our school interests be protected but that the colleges shall be so cared for that the ambitious youth shall have in Ala bama as fine educational opportuni- ties as he can get in any other state. For the generous support that the law makers of the State have given, not only the public schools, but the insti- tutioas for higher learning. no just criticism can be levelled unless it be for the matter of apportionrnent. which may be a matter of opinion.
 The general interest manifested in the college commencements of this season may not be considered other than a hopeful sign of new era in Alabama. The three State schools for higher education. the Alabama Girls Industrial School at Montevalo. the Alabama Polytechnic Institute at Auburn and the University of Alabama. are entering upon the greatest and finest period of their history. It was unfortunate that the splendid develop- ment of education in Alabama was not forsseen in time for the state to iu- crease the facilities and accommodations for the youth and the girls of the State at these institutions. It is un- fortunate that in recent years the doors of these institutions had to be shut in the face of many ambitious youths because there was no room to accom- modate them.
 But that day has passed. The State has done it's full duty. Ample pro- visions have been made to meet the unexpected demands of the new era. The facilities have been increased. The dors will not have to shut again in the face of the ambitious.
 In noting the cause for congratula- tIon in the new era in Alabama it would be inexcusable omission to fail to pay tribute to the magnificent work beng done in the State for education by great religious denominations. No less remarkable than the growth of the State schools has been the develop ment of such types of denominational institutions as Judson College at Marion and the Alabama Conference College at Tuskegee. The ministers and Iaymen of the denominations re- sponsible for these institutions and denominations responsible for splendid institutions of the same class may well feel q pride in the work that they undertook and accomplished alone without public help of any sort
 It Is a day of education in Ala bama. All Alabama is proud of 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-28
Letter to The Editor
A crz for RelIes.

May sos ASgo. Editor Advertiser:
 Now that the biennial love for the Poor WorkIngman" Is in eclipse, would 1t not be a good time for the upon the City Council relief from the everlasting Chicken Nuisance.
 Almost every block in the city has Q few families. who plant their back raise chickens. ducks and geese on their neighbors' lawns, This state of affairs Is not confined to any special locality. but is common all over the city There is absolutely no relief for 1t. as a woman of refil.ed taste would not. care to so out and enter into back fence argument with neighoor cept that it would be a nice place to stake out a COW. The result of this nuisance Is that nome owners have be- flowers, and the beautiful rose Eardens of thirty years ago. and for which Montgomery was famous. have enttre- ly disappeared. except in a few isolated is retained. Chickens. weil-kept lawns and flowers. do not harmonize.
 A local florist recently said. if all the flowers that had been planted in this city in the past i've years. and de- stroyed by chickens. had been permit ted 10 grow, MontGomery yards would be as beautiful as those of Savannah The City Council regards this com plaint as a huge joke We have laws to protect forests. fields and streams from the acts of those who would de- stroy. Then why not protect the good women in their efforts to beautfy the home surroundings and make of Mont gomery the truly City Beautiful.
 There Is no wish whatever to rob people of their personal rights but let us have a law that will make the care less and indifferent. respect the rights of others.
 Civic Pride.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-28
Dear Driftwood:
o,d coneord ChurcIa.

one afternoon last week. in company with several friends, we visited old Concord Presbyterian Church located midway between Havana and Stewart;
 bvT,djnS stsndinR solemnly on the roadside, but never before had entered it's sacred precincts. Around # is cius- tered some of the most lnterest1hdg ms, niS1 in AIsbants Concord was established sonewbere about ,ths year 1919 by the Rev Andrew Brown. He also estab- tsT, rsnv,,.ars ts indissoiubiy connected witb tbS nsrse of Rev. T. F. w1nn, tyho tor oossibiy more than half a cen- tury was it's faithful and beloved pas heraa sy,,one fts membership many of inc most ororninent people of the entire section. 1t was able to pay the pastor
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-28
A Disappointing statement.

Charlotte Observer.
 The hope recently indulged. on what was supposed to be justifiable ground, that the Southern Railway Company Is about to resume it's improvements and extensions in the South. Is dashed SS Ss an of Msy as @f beSg 'S SSe to earn its charges" says the pP "cr referred to, the Southern Railway ~Is nothing in the rr immediate oso future nnG to year $ per cent. convertible notes taken by a Morgan syndicate, although they provide very little working capital. will clean up the floating debt. the sterling notes Xnati4ring in June and July, and take Gare of certain other pressing ob- ligations which were threatening to be-
 lin 1903 there will mature sl6,00o 900 collateral trust bonds, but as they are secured by good collateral aggregating $26.000.O 900 par Value 1t is assumed that they will take care of themselves. which is to say that they could with out doubt be easily extended. Then in 1910, will mature the $l5,0oO000 unse- cured notes put pS out ias5 yea r9ey ss count On their quotation they yield more than 13 per cent. It Is hoped that by the time they mature cohdi: that the Southern Railway can finance itself with it's development and gen- eraI mortgage bonds, which at present
 :Immsdiateiy upon the announce ment that Morgan & co. had formed syndicate to take $l5. 900. 900 notes. part of the proceeds Of which would be used to redeem the s3.o00.0 900 sterling notes coming due. word began to come from the South that the Southern Railway Intended at once to spend $12,o00 900 upon improvements and extensions which for want of capital had been held In abeyance. The wish fathered inc thought Tie nol~s will yield noth- ing like Sl2.000. 900 new capital. and If it were otherwise the Southern Rail- way would perhaps not spend 1t locally in the South. There are parts Of the South where 1t will spend as little as possible in the next few years, save on the main line. which must be double After the floating debt has been discharged and the sterling notes re- deemed there will be probably no more than $3. 900. 900 capital left for new pur- poses out of the proceeds of the Sl5.- 00O, 900 notes. The Southern Railway has been running ahead of Its capital Ii will have to econonlize in every way possible until 1t can finance Itself fth its development and general mortgage bonds"
 The ray of comfort in the foregoing is the statement that the Southern viii spend money Ion the main line which must be double-tracked This is not all that Is needed. but it Is immenselv important.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-28

which. If not ended by his voluntary resignation, ought to be rebuked by the protesting voices of all the people crying out in common decency against him. If this popular protest is not forthcoming The Times believes the people win exhibit a woeful disregard, not only of their own regulations, but that they will thereby show in effect ,that the long tolerance of this man has blunted their consciences, in a measure undermined the public sense of morality and lowered the standard of individual conduct.
 The lesson from all this dirty mess. as The Chattanooga Times looks at it, is that the people are responsible for the kind of men who get into high places and they must bear whatever obloauy comes to the acts of degener- ates they elevate to public place. The appeal is to the public conscience, to civic pride and the sense of individual responsibility for the standards of con- duct set up by men In the public ser vice. Derelict in their duties as citi- gems and disregarding their obligations to the state and society. men who in- doiently refrain from exercising their right of franchise may expect to suf- fer from a similar calamity as that which now afflicts the state of New York through the exploited indecencies of one of it's United states Senators"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-28

The Hartford (Conn.) Times must be bidding for a position on the Ananias Club, if the President reads that paper. Read this:
 Nearly every vicious scheme that has been proposed during the present Congress has been ardently championed by the President and nearly every one of them has come to grief-the cur rency imitation bill, the Hepburn bill to legalize boycotts. the anti-injunction bill. the four battleship scheme. the ship subsidy scheme, and several more. We congratulate Mir Roosevelt on the success of his efforts as a lawmaker
 That is a pretty plain intimation that the President is an endorser of vicious legislation. though he is not very sue, cessful in getting 1t through Cons gress Whether he is to be congratu- lated on his success CD or not. we are sgsN aha country is.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-28

Speaking of electricity reminds us that they have invented an electric rat killer over in France which Is thus described by The Philadelphia Press:
 The Killer" is made so that 1t can be lowered into drains and other tn- eested places. It consists of a shallow tray, with a bottom lined with closely spaced metal points alternately con nected to the positive and negative ter minals of a high tension electric ctr- cult. The animals are promptly cleo trocuted as they step on the points in attempting to reach the bait. The ap- paratus destroys only rats and similar vermin, and it Is affirmed that there is no risk to cats and other domestic ami mals.
 We are not well enough informed on such matters to know why it kills rats and will not hurt cats. but if it puts an end to the former it is a good thing
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-28
This Is My 5Sth Birthday
Empress of Japan.

The present Empress of Japan was born May 2s. 1850. and was the dauEh- tor of Prince Ichiio. who was one of Japan's great men during the previous regime. She was the Princess Haruko when she welded the Emperor of dignity Tho wedding took place on February g. 1869 at ToSio. Besides the Grown Prince Yoshikito. the Empress has borne five daughters, who have all been created imperial princess by the im2erial edict of the Mikado. The impress has also three grandchildren. She is splendidly educated. speaking English and French. which is more than the Emperor himself can accom- .. plish. Devoted to her household affairs the Empress of Japan ls also noted for her activities tn charitable work she has given great aid to the Red Croaa movement in IApan.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-28
This Date in History
May 2s.

1sso--George L. of England. born. Died June 10. 1727.
 l754--washIngton defeated Jumon- vile at Great Meadows.
 17sO--Thomas Moore. Irish poet, born in Dublin, Died February 25, 1852. 1sl3-Noah Webster died. Born oc- tober 16. 175S.
 5e-Brilish Envoy to the United States ordered to ouIt Washington. 1s71-Fall Of Paris Commune.
 1s7S-Lord John Russell died. Born August IS. 1792.
 1sos-Williarn E. Gladstone. buried in Westminster Abbey.
 1904-Senator Matthew S. Quay. of Pennsylvania. died. Born Septembar
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-28
sWoRN cTnCuLATIoN.

The Montgomery Advertiser guarantees its advertisers (and makes 1t part oI tns contract when reduested) that it's daily cir- culation is larger than that of any morn, ing newspaper printed in Alabama-anu that it's Sunday edition has the largest CIT culation of any edition of any newspaper printed in Alabama without exception.
 The figures for April printed below repte- sent the actual net circulation. all returns having been deducted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-28
Juas ts Knl It.

It is evid:nt that the Republicans tackled on the publicity campaign fund bill. the Crumpbacker representation matter in order to kill the publicity bill. measure that dare not pass as it would rob the campaign managers of their chief means of mar.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-28

c | Ftnigan, Circulation Manager of The Montgomery Advertiser. being duly sworn, says:
 The foregoing statement of The Adver- 1iser's circulation for the month of AprM 1908. is true and correct. and compiled after all returns from news boys. news agents. spoiled and Isft-oyer copies have been de- ducted e l. FINIGAN.
 Circulation Manager. Sworn to and subscribed before me this sth day of May. 1908 RIGA ALEXANDER.
 Notary Public.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-28

A useful thing about telegrams when you are away from home is they're so much shorter than the letters you would have to write else.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-28

More proof that Lydia E. Pink. hams Vegetable Compound re- stores women to normal health.
 Mrs. Hattie Copenhaver, of 3I5 So 21st St, Parsons, Kans., writes:
 "Eor two years suffered from the worst forms of feminine ills, until was almost driven frantic. Nothing but nor phine would relieve me. Lydia E. Pink hams vegetab ble Compound brought me health and happiness, and made me a well woman. Every sick woman should benefit by my experience"
 FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.
 For thirty years Lydia E. Pink. hams Vegetable Compound, made from roots and herbs, has been tho standard remedy for female ills, and has positively cured thousands of women who have been troubled with displacements, inflammation, ulcera- tion, f1broid tumors, irregularities, periodic pains, backache, that bear ing-down feeling, flatulency, indiges- tion, dizziness, ,ornervous prostration. Why don't you try it?
 Don't hesitate to write to Mrs. Pinkham if there is anything about your sickness you do not observation-disclosures andadvise you free. No woman ever regretted writing her, and because of her vast experience she has helped thousands. Address. Lynn, Mass.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-28

Brand Whitloclx. the young author mayor of Toledo. O., is now being men toned as a possible running mate c 0cratic ticket
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-28

Bishop P. J Muldoon, of the Roman Catholic Church of Chicago. Will de- Republican National Convention pSxt month.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-09
FROM COOK TO COMMODORE.

There seems to be something about the sea
that keeps mems heads in more or less normal
relation the rest OF their bodies. Certainly
no more modest man be found anywhere
than Captain John Pritchard of the Mauretania
the largest ship afioat, which took away from
her sister ship. the Lusitania, the Eastern rec
ord her first trip. Captain Pritchard is one
OF the most interesting examples of the value of
modest devotion the duties of the strenuous
life. Born in Wales sixty-three years ago, he
had at the age of twelve to choose between the
Workhouse, an orphaned charge upon the
community and the cooks galley on a little
Carnarvon sailing vessel named the eileen, at
the munificent salary of II shillingS a week
Fortunately for those OF who go down into
the sea in ships ne chose the latter, and has
gradually worked his way up from this low rung
of the ladder to one of the two most important
commands in the mercantile marine service Of
the world.
The keynote of his character is struck in the
remark said to have been made by him TO a
friend recently: II wear the same sized hat that
did when / was second officer Of the Umbria.'
In any event next year his head will fit into a
commodores hat and none Will grudge him this
new honor.-Broadway Magazine.