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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-14
coMpuLsoRY suFFRAGE.

A correspondent of The Boston Tray eler writes to ask if there would be any advantage making voting compul- sorry; in other words. force all to vote who are legally qualified to do %. The Traveller yell says that the right ta tote is the most prsriocs cf all r"- litical privileges. and adds some :n terssting figures and comments, as fol- lows:
 In Boston at the last election 23,402 voters who were registerTsSd failed led. ts t9 number of voters in Massachusetts who do not take advantage of their fran chise privileges is about 100000 each sickness or business, but most of 1t is due to indifference or carelessness. and generally by the very class of persons who, if an attempt was made to de. make the most fuss about 1t.
 It has been suggested that one way to stimulate voting would be to require a voter who did not vote for two years to give a satisfactory explanatfon to the courts before he would be allow ed the privilege of the franchise, and if he failed to vote for three years without making expla nation to the court. penalty of absolute disfran- chisement for a certain number of years should be imposed.
 Any plan to make voting compulsory would De likely to be a failure. and it is probable that the person who is en- tiled to vote and does not has so It, tie regard for his, public duty that If he did vote # would be most hkeiy TOT the wrong candidate.
 No doubt the above figures will be a surprise to our readers, who have thought that the habit of not voting was largely confined to the South, and especially to Alabama, where 8 shame fully large per cent. of the qualified voters refuse to put themselves to the trouble of going to the polls. Such a habit is not setting a good example to those who come after the non-vot- CTS .n the future We do not at this writing have before us the data to show the number of qualified voters in Alabama who failed to vote at the last election but the total would make a bad showing for a free people. beyond a doubt.
 As to compulsory suffrage as rem edy we have little faith in 1t. We doubt the propriety or efficacy of a law seeking to force men to vote. AL though we look on voting as not only a privilege but a duty we do not re- gard it as a duty to be enforced by law. whether the man thus forced to vote would vote for the wrong can didate. as The Traveller intimates. may be true. provided there were only one wrong candidate. but at any rate it is not in accordance with out idea of personal freedom to have laws to force a man to go to the polls against his will. If public opinion and a sense of duty will not lead a man U take ad- vantage of this high privilege there is little use trying to force him by law to do So.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-14
Small Change In Demand.

Philadelphia Ledger.
 One of the signs of returning busi- ness activity not generally apparent is pointed out by the officials Of the mint. This Is the renewed demand for subsidiary silver coin. A year or more ago. there was more silver change" in circulation than ever before, and the mint could not supply the demand. Then the collapse came, and the half dollars. quarters and dimes began to come back and accumulate in the Treasury, till the surplus stock rose from almost nothing to nearly $25,- OOO 900 in August last.
 This money Is required in the pay ment of wages and In the smaller transactions of daily retail trade, and nothing could more surely indicate that people are beginning again to spend money. that the wheels are be- ginning again to revolve, than this re- newed demand for change" It seems A small thing in itself, but it has great significance as one of the many signs of returning prosperity.
 when the shops were idle and there was little business doing this subsi- diary coinage was exchanged at the Treasury for money in form more eastly locked up in safes. Now it is needed, and it is coming out again au- tomatically to meet an actual demand.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-14
porrrrNe THE WAY.

When the good women of any town or city determine to accomplish any thing they are apt 10 succeed If the ob- ject Is possible. The papers tell us of a recent occurrence ia Belfast, Ireland. which illustrates this point. It seems that the women of that city. like good women elsewhere, are opposed to Mornnonism. A few days ago some Mormons wanted to hold an open-air meeting to proclaim their doctrines. and as the authorities could not or would not prevent 1t the women of the city broke up the meeting and dis persed the crowds, including the would-be speakers. This. 1t may be claimed, was going to extremes. but as the good women of the city didn't propose to have any Mormon prose- lyting among them they took the most effective way to prevent it. And speaking of this Mormon business we find this in The Boston Traveller;
 The present administration. with full knowledge ofs the facts. is con. stastly allowing girls so se adn'i,ttsd q These Immigrants have heen converted to MorInonlsm by the missionaries whose plots on the future of these girls have been discoyersa ny E sns .rSs, Wo- nation at the dreadful fate which fac, ed these girls once In Mormon control forced tn enI to take aetic1.
 Reed Shoot and his little band of Mormon Senators and Congressrnen from Utah and Idaho seem able 10 noId the whip over the present administra- tion to compel t to do theis tsa D1oc1ng, e1sy, of Boston and the nation at large cam not assert themselves.
 The women of Belfast point the way.
 There ts no little depreciation. and justly so. of the practice of white slav- cry, as it is termed, prevailing in some of our large cities, where white girls are sold into lives of shame and degra- datIon. but that is little worse than the practices of which our Boston con temporary speaks. and which 1t charges is conniyed at by the present admin Istration. If it Is true that our gov ernment winks at the unlawful im- portation of girls who are lured to this country to become the prey of lecherous Mormons 1t is a shame on the American people. The Mormon apostles travel over Europe making 'converts'' of young girls andHsending them over here. no doubt being paid for their fcul work. They have been forced to leave Germany and should be driven out of every city in the civilized world. As The Traveller says. '.the women of Belfast point the way" and the way is a good one.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-14
Letters To fks Editsr
A Rare sna lssyxy cesss.ss.
slt. Creek, Ala. Nov. is, Iso


 Nit. Creek, Ala. Nov. 19. 1908. Editor The Advertiser.
 II was an honored guest at the home of Capt Jas. M. simpson on the lith inst, 1t being the occasion of hts 7Oth btrfhday--a rare and happy one. hav- lng all Of his children and number of grandchildren present. in celebrat- ing the day. he having attained his three score year and ten,' she com: mon allotment Of man. stiIi active and full of life giving a promise of four score reach. Mrs. Wade Allen of An- niston. Mfr. Rush simpson of Blrming- ham. Mrs. Ada Sna1lin of Birnling- ham. Mrs. Carrie McMaster, Mrs. Cam Montgomery and Mrs. John P. Bruner of North Carolina and Miss Lucy Gren- vile Simpson. All hearts were happy and faces all smlles, being thus re- united. It seldom falls to the lot of father. with a. scattered family, to witness such scene--all oe his chil- dren seated together at the family table doing honor to his roth birth day. Mrs. MeMaster made a most gracious hostess. and served to the delight of all: most sumptuous feast was spread. and keer appetites gave ample evidence as to how it was rei- ished. At each plate was placed photograph of the host, on satin rtb- bon. as a souvenir of the occasion, with the figures 1888 and 1908 in gilt. The genial captain was the recipient of a number of presents. and most hearty congratulations, with good wishes for his future. The occasion present as one of unailoyed r,easmre.
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-14
This b My 54th Birthday
 Samuel E. Reld,

The Hon. Samuel Edward Reid, Com missioner of Agriculture and Provln- cial Treasurer of Prince Edward Is- land. was born at St; Eleanors; Prince County, November IA, 1854. Mrl Reid spent his boyhood on his fathers farm and there received an excellent agris the public schools of St. Eleanors and SunnTnerside he entered upon eommer- cial career In his brothers store at surnme erside. Subsequently he removed to Tryon. where he and his brother, ID. Reid, established the Tryon Wooien Mills. MT; Reid was first was re-eiected in 1900 and 1904. He was speaker from 1900 rto,nS,s, to Is9si san In retary Treasurer and Commissioner of Agriculture. which position he stili holds Under his regime agricultural conditions on the island have been greatly improved and the Provincial Seed Fair has developed into an in- stitution of considerable importance. He has caused to be organized classes throughout the Province. where farm CTS are taught how to improve their crops and the quality of thsar live efocE
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-14
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER IA, 1908.

Things political have been in queer mix up thissyea in Indiana. Not only, has it furnished the spectacle of The Indianapolis News supporting Bryan. though edited by Vice President Fair banks,s cousin. but 1t shows The In dianapoIis Star. an independent Repub- Iican paper. rejoicing over the election of Thomas R. Marshall, the Democratic candidate for Governor. The Star says: "Mr. Thomas R. Marshall owes his election as Governor of Indiana to his own inc qualities as a man and A citizen. He will serve the people to the best of his ability and with a clear conscience; and in that effort he will have the support of this newspaper. wherever that support can in justice and truth be extended"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-14


 The Ledger has on file a letter ad- vocatilg q change fn the constitution at the next election so that the state can decide whether 1t wants to move the capital to Birmingham. BIrninR- nam doesn't want to be the capital, but some of her people may want to throw some votes at Montgomery In re- Birmin gham Ledger.
 Section sS of the Constitution covers the grounf as tc steps it.. making change in location Of the State capital, and there is no need for a constitu- tional amendment. If the people of Alabama should ever wish ;o make a change the way is open for doing SO. The Ledaer. however. need rot think that the people of Montgomery will be moved from their point of convic- tion from any fear Of effect 1t might have upon the capital question They voted by large majority In favor of allowing smaller counties whore con- ditions justified and the people desir- ed. It was from no desire to injure Jefferson but from desire to meet the wishes of people in any part of the State who could comply with re- quirements and wanted to form new county. Jefferson is simply one of sixty-seven counties.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-14

 mills in Louisiana; warehouses in Mis- souri: two hardware companies in North Carolina; building and telephone conn panies in Oklahoma; two manufactur- ing plants In Tennessee: three elec- tric light plants in Texas; lumber plants and warehouse companies in Virginia. and lumber company in West Virginia.
 The Tradesman's complete list for the week is as follows: Gadsden--$5.o00 power company. Annfston---$20,0O eco foundry. Stapieton- Canning factory. Columb mbia--s1G0,O90 cotton mill. Ozark--s25.0o0 fertilizer factory. Alexander City--sao.00o lumber com pany.
 KnobsI--$10,oOe land company. Ashdown--Stave factory. Little Rock--sI0,000 land company. Dermott--Saw min. De oueen--$25.o0o water works sys- tenn.
 Dardanelle--s2s.Oo 900 lumber company. Helena--si2.oOo cotton gin. PensacoIa--$75. 900 cold storage plant. Jacksonvilie-stoo,o investment company.
  company: S25, ,00b manufacturing som pany; s10.o00 cotton mill; $t0,0oolun Der company. $10,oo0 piano factory. Dawson--Teiephone company. Hawkinsviile--s15.ooo electric light plant.
 Eatonton--cotton mill. Waycross--Lumber mill.
 Kentucky. Louisville-$1s0.oo 900 lumber company.
 Laussfnnm. |Rayviliex-Sf25, ,000 saw mill. New orIeans--$300.000 land company. Dsihi--Canning factory.
 Hfississippi. GFeenvilIe-$10.O00 construction conn pany.
 TaureI-sso,o COG candy factory. Vaiden-$lO,000 warehouse company. Wnst--~SB.O .O0e warehouse company. standard-$25,o00 lumber company. ula--waterworks
 Missouri. Webb City--$4,000 automobile com pany. S1O,000 manufacturing company. st. Louis-s5.ooo building company; s7,0O0 amusement company; '$5o,000 piano factory; $10.O0e building com pany; ss0.000 investment company; building and construction company; S12,00o construction company; S2ec.00e mining company.
 North Carolina. Buriington--s5,00o hardware com- s1f 1Gfissonville--siO.OOO hardware com pAny.
 Grover--Cotton gin. zebulon--$30,00 900 supply company. =
 Oklahoma. asmuIgae--S200o 900 building company. Oakwood--Telephone company.
 Tennessee. Fayetteville--slo0.o0 manufacturing plant.
 Spring6eId--si5.o0 warehouse cora- pany.
 Texae. Goliad--Electric light plant. AmarilIo-$5.Ooo machinery construc- tien company.
 Abilene-sls00o candy factory. Hamlin-Cement plaster plant. Mercedes-Electric light plant; tel ephone company. Aivin--Electric light plant Houston-s1.oo0,00 coal. oil and gas company.
 Virginia. Norfolk-$500,0o0 lumber plant; S50o.000 warehouse company. Roanoke-S50,0 900 building company. 900 ice factory. Richmond-s10,000 land company: $500 900 quarry company. West Point--S100,000 lumber plant. CharlottesviIle-sIoo,Q0o manufac- turing company. Eastviiie--s5o.oo GOO fertilizer. factory. Manchester-$1o,o0e amusement com- pany. & Charleston-s35,0oe amusement conn pany; lumber company. Wheeling-s10.0o telephone conn pany.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-14
wANr To BanAk rLEDeE.
Tryinw to NuIlffy Nozniaatfon of Dem-
 ocrat for U. S. Senate.

Tryin9 te NuIlffy No1niaatfon ef Deza-
 ocrat for U. s. Senate. Portland. Ore. Dispatch.
 What in probably the 1ong-looked- for scheme to nullify the popular nom nation of George E Chamberlain, Democrat. by Republican electorate commanding about 25.00o majority m this state, has materialized- FiIty- one members of the next LeglslatuIe' which will elect United States sen. ator. are bound by statement NO. which pledges that the Legislature VIII support for United States Senator the nominee receiving the highest numne, of votes at the last previous genera election.
 The plan Is to circulate for sigma ture bv the electors throughout the state documents absolving the leRis- Iators who signed the pledge from au. herring to their promise. The views oI the promoters are terseiy expressed py the following statement made oy one of them: s.4o
 we are convinced that q state which gave Taft plurality pr neafiy 2s.0e0 does not want a Democrasis limited States Senator"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-14

Some of our contemporaries allude to Johnson of Minnesota. Marshall of Indiana. and Harmon, of Ohio as "un- expected Governors" because each, though a sound and true Democrat. was elected in State which gave large majority for Taft Their suc- cess may have been unexpected. but 1t shows that the Democrats of those States are still true to Democracy and are ready to show it by their votes. We believe they will show 1t again in 1912 if the right sort of presidential ticket and platform Is presented.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-14
Melbourne.

One of Australia's colonists, veteran ,f aa wears, has just published his renl- iniscences. While walking up George Strset Sydney, in lS35. he heard bell M Sua nnnorncfng the first sale of al- int,nents ii,4n in the new township of Mel i'o,'rna He went inside. The auc- tioneer proclaimed the merits of this new township and predicted that it W 'itH of kangaroos," interjected a scofinK spectator. Hardly a bid could ies niicIted A few years later the gold discoveries did rapidly convert the ta1',nshin of Melbourne into a great city ana iuckv people who had bought all iotments @ for s1oO or $15o found Eheir vsIne increased to S100 ,oO0, $15O,Oo0 and in some cases even s250,0o0.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-14

The Muskogee Times Democrat wants Roosevelt sent to the Senate. aThe upper house." it remarks, "has tanned more ferocious animals than T. R." We somewhat doubt if he would be satisfied in the Senate. A position where he cannot boss things would not suit him. and he would soon find that his clustering and overbearing man ners would not go down with the Sen ators. still, 1t might add to the quiet and dignity of the country if he could be placed where he would be thorough Iy tanned.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-14
This Date in History
November IA.

1524-Francisco Pizarro sailed from Panama for the conquest of Peru.
 l5b7-Maurice of Nassau and Prince of Orange was born: died April 23. 162S.
 1s4e-Tampico. Mexico. surrendered to Commodore Connor. of the Ameri- can navy.
 iS69-A monument to Bishop Brown all founder of Trinity College. was unveiled at Hartford, Conn.
 1SS1-Charles Guiteau was placed on trial for the murder of President Gar field.
 1S91-Wiiliam J. Florence made his last appearance on the stage at the Arch Street Theater. Philadelphia.
 l9O5-Prince Charles of Denmark was chosen King of Norway
 1s06-Countess BonI de Castellane was granted a divorce and custody of her children.
 1s07-The third Russian Duma was opened.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-14
The American Girls Individuality.

"If the American girl isn't careful {" remarked an observing matron to her husband as they boarded a Broadway car, "Rhe will lose all her reputation
 for individuality and originality of dress. Certainly, never have seen wo- men look so like so many sheep be- fore. It struck me forcibly the af- ternoon I was waiting for two friends in a downtown shop. I kept looking up and down the street for them and I saw at least twenty-five girls in that short space of time who might cas- ny be mistaken for one another at a
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-14

Mfr Taft offers correction to those who refer to him as "President-elect," He tells them that he has not been elected. and will not be until the cleo toral college assemblies in January when he has a right to expect that he will be elected. Then he will be .sPresident," but not until them. Tech nicalIy he is correct, but his protest win not prevent the use of the term fs deprecates.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-14

apparently, even if he has to jump on something that is very dead indeed" The Sun is correct. The attempt to deeoy Democratic leaders and newspa- pers into making war on Mir. Taft's re- ligious views. and trying to make po- iitieal capital thereof. was in the main notable failure. A few took 1t up but they were not endorsed tby sen- sible and fair-minded Democrats gen. eraily. and should not have been. Att tempting to create prejudice against MT. Taft because he is of a certain religious faith was repusnant to the American sense of fairness, and was really making war on one of the con stitutionai rights and privileges of every American citizen.
 We have read a great many com ments on Roosevelt's ill-timed and ill., advised letter. and with a very few ex- captions these comments have not been complimentary, to say the least. There was no occasion for him to open the
 
 subject after the election was over and no Justification for his doing so. It seems impossible for him to keep quiet or to be governed by any. of the rules of ordinary propriety He had not made an exhibition. of himself in several days ana we suppose the mo- notony was wearing on him. so ha launches out In a semi -oficiai deciara- tion about Taft's religion. That mat ter was not an issue and had not been one. and there was nothing what over to call for a Roosevelt epfstle on the subject. We suppose. however, that such performances will continue as long as he can find newspapers willing to print his bloviations.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-14
ButterTuiIk.

A French medical man advises people to drink buttermiIk for long life. He says that the tactic acid attacks and in the blood vessels, keeping the VeinG and arteries So supple and free run ming that there can be no clogginR up; and hence there is no deposit of chalky matter around the joints, or of noisonous waste in the muscles. It Is inc stiffening and hardening of the blood vessels which brings on old aRe Ruttermilk Is likely to postpone 1t ten ar twenty years if freely drunk A quart a day should be the minimum, the maximum according to taste and opportunitY.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-14
ssnr,,ah marraanea.

Lonn0 .sThs kirls of Landsell won't stay here. They ind they have to 'hang on so long before they can an,d ger Tnonsas mSss N Taa,er. of Iindseil Hall, who is the largest farmer in the parish and a man a of repute among agriculturaists n Fssex. .dThen the village hears or Linds sell girls who go up to Londoh & ano . 2 are married within three months. That maIxes those who remain dissatisfied.
 sSo rare have marriages in Idndsen become that only one has taken place in the parish in the last eight years. That was on Easter Monday last
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-14
Hearnt.s LawIeasnesa.

New Y0rk IrIbun6.
 MT. Hearst's exhibit of private letters in the late campaign has raised the question if a person who secures in any way private papers Of another has a legal right to make them public. Bench and Bar" an authority on law. says 'the literary property in a letter is well settled, and neither the recir- tent nor any other person will be per- mitted to publish 1t without the writer's consent" Decisions in English and American courts are quoted to support this right, and also the right of the author of letters to enjoin their pubIi- cation. There Is a law in this State that makes 1t a misdemeanor to take without authority a letter, telegram or other private paper, or copy thereof ar to publish such paper with the knowledge that it was obtained without authority.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-14

distance of half a block They all wore large round hats. all craned their necks out of Elizabethan runs, aH wore suits of the sam, cut and shoes svith light uppers Positively. each year as decided fashions come upon ms If dawns on me more forcibly what ina- itatore women are. and this year it is so striking as to become monotons