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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-28
CANDIDATES ARE ENROLLING
 FOR BIG PRIZE CONTEST
Many Eager to Win the Automobile. Piano. Pony and Wagon or Other Valuable Prizes
 Offered by The Advertiser.

though she will be glad to secure any of the valuable prizes offered. provideu 1t should not be her good fortune 70 win first choice.
 The first candidate to enter the race for the pony and wagon. in preference to all other prizes, is Miss Lillian smell by of i0s E&ing Street She is IF years oid. and is in the fifth grade Of the Cauitol Hiii grammar school. She is the daughter of F. H. shelby, 8 well known member of the Scott street en- zine company of the Montgomery City Fire Department. Miss Lillian expeSts to receive the hearty support or the many friends of her father and her uncle. who Is proprietor of the Fitz-
 Ffrst Boy in Line.
 The first boy to enter the contest Is Master Frank Hall. of 110e South Ferry Street, who will do his best to secure ownership of the pony and wagon. Frank is Ii years old and attends the Beliinger Hill School. His father is a locomotive engineer on the Atlantic Coast Line, and both of his parents have many friends@who will giadly help the little chap to win the pony which he so much covets.
 Pinfng for . Piano.
 Miss Ruth Siler. aged 1s, of 5I9 North Hull Street, won second prize, nand- some locket. in a subscription contest given by The Advertiser some time ago, and this time she proposes to win a piano. Mas Ruth is very bright and energetic girl, and will most assurediy give the other young ladies who are after the plano race for it. She at tends the Capitol Hill School and is in the seventh grade. All her spare time until the end of the contest she intends to devote to securing subscriptions to The Advertiser. so as to win the $500 piano. It is a prize well worth the afYoTf
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-28

Enrollment of candidates for the cir ruIation contest inaugurated by The Advertiser yesterday is now under way and a number of young people have ai- ready commenced an active campaign to secure the votes necessary to win the valuable prizes offered as incen-
 First so Get Busy. f
 The first to get in line for the big nrixes is a wee maid of 8 years, Miss Virginia Bragg smith. of 62S South Lawrence Street. This little girl was not only the first to make application to enter the contest, but she was also the first to have any votes recorded in her favor. and 1t is her determina- tion to be one of the first in the line of preferment at the end of the race. Her ambition Is in inverse proportion to her size and age, for she aims to win one of the most valuable prizes on the list, the Krell-French plano, val ued at $500. for she is musicalty in- clined and thinks a piano would be of infinitely more benefit to her than an automobile or a pony and wagon Any one familiar with the first families of Montgomery knows that Miss Virginia has In her veins a blend of the blood Of two of the best families (Bragg and Emith) in the South. In her. endeavor to ba a wianer in the contest she will have the hearty support of many ex- eelient people who have been lifelong friends Of. her parents.
 Alter the Automobile.
 The second to enroll for the contest was Mrs. &. G. Hall of 22s North Hull Street. wife of popular railway mail clerk running between Montgomery and Macon, Ga. Mrs. Hall and her husband have resided in Montgomery for about three years. and both have many friends in this city as well as in Georgia. whom they count upon to help Mrs. Hall to win the s1.000 automobile.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-28

cry Subscriber who prepays sub scription for at least three months while the contest is in progress will have the right to vote for some con testant. The thing to do is to get your friends to subscribe and vote for you. The longer the time the subscription Is paid for. the greater the number of votes it will count for.
 Voting Fewer of Subscriptions.
 Every prepaid subscription, whether old or new, will count for a certain Furnber of votes or credit points in favor of the contestant who secures it. or in whose favor the subscription is given. the voting power of subscrip- tions being graduated in proportion to the length of time paid for in accord ance with the following schedule:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-28
The rule for old people is one Cascaret daily. The bowels, like other muscles, grow less active with age. They need help

Most old people give bowels regular hep else they suffer from constipation. The condition is perfectly natural It just natural is for old people walk slowly. For age is never active youth. The muscles are less elastic. And the bowels muscles. So ali old people need Cascarets of them need the might we'll glasses neglect this gentle aid to weak bowels.
 kept important ages much as at sixty. Age s not a time for harsh physics. may occasionally whip activity be used every day
 What the bowels the old need gentle and natural tonic One that can be constantly used without harm. And there O The only such tonic is Cascarets. candy They druggists bulk genune with tablet Thepce is cents, 2s and
 10 Cents per Box M
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-28
SPECIAL. Extra Ben-Hur Matinee for Friday. Seats now on sale.
TwO NEV FURNACEs.

Great Improvements Are Planned At
 Ensley.
 Birmingham, Jan. 27.-(SpeciaI)-- There Is verifcation of the statement made a week ago that the Tennessee Coal. Iron and Railroad Company will build two blast iron furnaces in ad- dition to the plant already in operation at Ensley.
 The material for the construction of the new iron makers has been contract ed for, so it is stated, and steps will be taken in the near future looking to the commencement of the actual work.
 The furnaces will be built so as to have daily capacity of about 500 tons of iron each it being deemed better to have 8 smaller average than like that of Northern furnaces.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-28
sELNIA CITY COUNCIL.
Action of Mayor In Suspending PoIice
 Cnptafn fs AnnrOved

Action of Mayor In Suspending Police
 Captain is Approved.
 Selma. Jan. 27.-(Specia1 1.-The semi-monthly meeting of the City Coun- Gil was held tonight. the same being we'll attended.
 Mayor Atkins called the attention of the meeting to. the fact that on Sun day night, January I9. he had found Police Captain Miller, who acts as Night Sergeant, absent from duty with out leave, and that he had suspended Captain Miller from duty.
 The Council concurred in Mayor At kins's action.
 A resolution was adopted giving the Committee on Prisoners authority to hire out the women prisoners of the city as provided for in the code bill.
 During the meeting considerable bus mess was transacted and a number of ordinances were passed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-28
TMo MEN ARE FINEp.
IefOre Judge FengiR For violating
 Erahshitinr U1x~

Before Judge FenEiB For ViOIating
 Prohibition Law.
 Birmingham, Jan. 27--tSpecial.)- - R. A. Smith, white and Charles Thomas, a negro, were fined $100 each and 1SO days extra on charges of violating the prohibition law.
 A number of arrests were made dur ing the past week on charges of vio- lating the proh ibition laws, three trials being completed today. two being fined and one, Nellie Grant. negro woman, being dismissed.
 A lot of empty bottles which had previously contained liquor, were found in the woman's house but Judge Feag- in announced that it was necessary to show more than this for conviction.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-28
FARMER WANTS DAMAGES.
Alleged Land DeteriOrnted From Re-
 fuse Tn Creek.

AIIeged Land DeteriOrated From Re-
 fuse In Creek.
 Birmingham, Jan. 7.--(Special.) J. Whether or not creosote and other dumpings in a creek will affect the az riculturaI value of lands bordering the stream ten miles below Is now pending in the federal court. the case of G. B. Vines vs. Semet-Solvay company for damages having been taken up Mon day morning.
 The plaintiff makes the allegation that his farm lands bordering Village creek. are not fertile as they were be- fore the erection of plant by the de- fendant company, the off-products of which are dumped into the creek to be carried away.
 He asks for compensation for the de- terioration in the productive capacity of the land.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-28
Died At Thrnttle.

Gauipolis, ohio, Jany. 27.-Lewis Clark. a veteran river enginer and known from Pittsburg to New Orleans, fell dead at the throttle of the Packet steamer Lorena bound for Pittsburg today. PIotman Davis narrowly es- caped wrecking the Packet. not know ing that the engineer was dead and unable to answer the bell. Clark re- sided at Zanesville, Ohio. He is the third man to meet sudden death on the steamer Lorena within few months.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-28
snLLING NARcoTIo DRues.
pr. LoveIady Confers With Sheriff Hl@-

Birmingham, Jan. 27,--(Speclal.---Dr R. F. Lovelady. of Pratt City. member of the legislature from Jefferson coun- ty, held a conference today with Sher- fir Higdon in reference to the promis- cuous selling of narcotic drugs.
 Dr. Lovelady called attention to the state law as adopted at the special ses- sion of the legislature and asked for a strict enforcement there of.
 Laudanum may be sold without pre- scriptions to the extent of an ounce. Paregoric may be sold in any quantity
 Recently the sherif received some complaint as to drugs being sold pro- miscuoLsIy, morphine. opium and other poisons in particular being purchased by women mostly negroes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-28
The Farmer -4Eho Ha. Money.

Goodwater Enterprise.
 The farmer who plants grain, pota- toes, vegetables, etc, and raises poul- try and stock, and makes his living at home. invariably has more money in the bank than the one who depends solely on the cotton crop. 1t was at one time that cotton was the only ready money crop that the farmer could make, but now times have changed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-28
nenth For Atte,unted Rane.

Jackson, Miss Jany. 21t-The lower house of the legislature today passed a bill providing the death penalty or life Imprisonment for attempted rape, the punishment has been ten years. The bill passed without opposition.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-28
Free Riot Laws.

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-28
NOMINATION COUPON.

Fill m blank lines and forward to the Contest Manaser) Contest Manager. Montgomery Advertiser. Montgomery Alabama Dear Sn Please enroll the following named person contesan for your valuable prizes: 1
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-28

The contestant receiving the highest number of votes during the entire con-. test will have first choice of all the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-07-10

LINCOLN, Neb., July Io.-Wiliiam J.
Bryan received telegraphic tidings Of
his nomi.ation on the first ballot for
President Of the United States by the
Denver Democratic national conven-
tion at Fairview, shortly after day
break.
II was an odd and memorable vigil.
Shortly before midnight, the candi-
date. now thrice the nominee OF his
party for President, Joined party
of newspaper correspondents on the
porch Of his country home. Not until
4.34 o'clock did the telegraph instru-
ment tick off the story of Bryan's
nomination. Bryan was pOunced upon
with congratulations
He sent for a great silver loving
cup. filled with unfermented grape
Juice, was importuned TO take the first
drink himself. which he did, and then
he passed the cup 10 the correspond
ents-
Before midnight Bryan remained with
Mrs. Bryan, Miss Grace Bryan, their
youngest daughter. Mrs +. A Allen
his sister; Mrs. j. W. Winker, OF Lin
CCln- Dr. J. w. Cox, Of New York, his
close personal friend and r. a Tai
bot his former law partner, In his base
ment study. The telephone was put
into OpeTatiCn shortly before 1C o'clock.
whereby the candidate could near me
cheering in the convention nail At
the Denver emo Of a wire was E mega
phone On Sergeant-at-Arms Martin s
desk
The cheering. as the result of the
nominating speech Of l. J. Dunn. OF
Omaha. affected Bryan deeply. II
could be distinctly heard in the Fair
view home Miss Grace Bryan stood
at the telephone receiver Tor almost an
hour The entire party Joined the
waiting correspondents on the great
veranda at midnight. Bryan taking
his place IN a great reclining chair He
looked .ired. lie WAS IN A happy mood.
however. and TCgaled the newspaper
men with a score Of stories.
His comments on the planks Of the
dicated bv the ticker were someti7r sc
full Of boyfsh glee. He clapped ! is
hands and betu cen times he whistled,
Bows" he said addressing the corrc-
gUOndenIs. I want you to form a
Whistling club for tonight and whom
the nomination IS announced TO whistle,
Ia Paloma.' ~
As the ticker began TO tell Of the
adoDtfon Of the successive planks OF the
platform, Bryan kept up a running FIRE
of comment
Fine: I'm glad that got in was his
oft-repeated statement The trust
rIank is adopted read the operator
During the evening Mr. Bryan paid
glowing tributes 70 Congressman Ollie
James of Kentucky, and TO Senator
Gore. of Oklahoma. He said that the
former was a great man with a heart
as true as steel. and that he was glac
it was the latter's speech which hac
evoked the unprecedented cheering OF
the dav before, knowing that II would
bring the blind Senator unbounded sat
isfaction.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-07-10

about fer it. And they've nominated
Sherma., and turned down our plat
form"
Teddy's .eeth shone viciously a mo-
ment; bu- he was empty-handed, shorn
% power, temporarily a has-been.
"Au right" said T. r. Get the ele-
phant guns ready. and look up the
Cape-tO-Cairo timetables. I'm going
hunting. But I surely do hope Bill viii
find that Big Suckr'
II anyone supposes the Big Stick 10
have been lost he Is entitled 20 another
guess. II suffered across the States
when it few from the Hercules Of the
White House, and was caught up by a
weu-g groomed. -blacI-coated. athlete re-
siding at Lincoln, Neb-, a man who
never. never leaves his job to hunt big
game anywhere outside the boundaries
Of the United States.
It slipped past Mr.. Taft. and reached
! his fellow member Of the "BiII Club at
| Fairview. Mr.. Bryan picked it up. heft-
| ed il. tried its sweep, found that il just
reached Denver. and stood IL behind the
door. Mr.. Bryan smiled.
Here" said he. ''is about where Ted
dv's patent on this little implement def
! niteIy expires. You gentlemen OF the
{ convention may fire when ready!'
It Falls on Denver
The Denver convention met and kissed
I the rod II saw that the shadow Of the
/ Big stick was projected across the mile
high convention from the Fairview farm
1 house at sunrise every morning, a great,
! portentous, threatening shadow The
delegates hurrahed until the rare Col
] - - a
/ foam OF echoes They laughed and yell
ed and huzzaed and shouted and cried
with JOY.
! And the average delegate was so sin
/ cere in his enthusiasm for Bryan that
! IL there had been a more eXtravaganc
/ means OF showing his love for the new
/ wielder OF the Big Stick, he would have
resorted TO it. But here and there. n
1 Minnesota Pennsylvania Maryland,
/ New York, were the knots Of boys who
| had been bad. bad, and chewed the to-
| bacco Of defiance and swOre the Oaths
OF insubOrdinatiOn. and over them waved
/ the Big Stick. a potent, as lethal. as
obliterating in its blow as It had been
in the hands from which 1t slipped when
1 William Howard Tafts nomination was
! announced at Chicago.
Beats Bands Time.
The bands moved up and down the
/ smooth beautiful streets. The tunes
were Dixie Bonnie Blue Flag," and
Maryland, Ny Maryland" as well as
Hail. Columbia and "The Star-Span-
e-led Banner and the baton that beai
/ time 70 them WAS the Big Stick al
/ Fairvlew. The Big Stick led the chee-
inR. the sig Stick waved for the yells
J The Big stick fell in place OF the gave
at every vote. It was a Big Stick con
vention. from the moment Of calling
TO order.
/ And the Fairview athlete brandisheC
the huge weapon as lightly. and wieldet
Il as skillfully and as ruthlessly as the
champion of Oyster Bay. The Bis
Stick out of commission? Those whC
fondly think so are advised 20 write
4 TO Colonel Guffey. Of Pittsburg; Roger
c. Sullivan, of Chicago, or Patrick Nc
y Carren Of Brooklyn. They were or
the tee when the Big Stick came .atC
use as a driver.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-07-10
Long Session Tires Delegates,
But Proves Worth Their While

The delegates are tired today. Their
voices are husky and their appearance
like men who have passed through an
ordeal Yet they look happy and con-
tent.
pemocracy's big task is over. It has
announced its principles and selected
It's candidate for President. The session
that begun at 7:45 last night and lasted
until 3:42 this morning was record
breaking in almost every respect And
as the delegates and spectators fled out
through the doors Of DsnYer's beau
tifuI auditorium, with the early BgE- or
the morning sun already streaming
against the snOw-clad tops OF rugged
mountains that marked the edge Of the
Great Divide all agreed that their
efforts had been well spent.
Even those who challenged the right
OF the Nebraska CommOner to lead
the fight against the former War Sec
retary for the highest honor in the ma
tion's gift, had bowed to the will OF the
majority ana had pledged support
throughout the campaign and after
ward
As was anticipated, Bryan was named
on the first ballot. The record shows
that his nomination was unanimous: but
the actual count OF the ballots before
this action was taken reveals the fol-
lowing;
For william Jennings Bryan, Of Ne
ETaska, 1924 votes.
For Judge George Gray, OF Delaware,
59h votes.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-07-10
John w. Kern Boom Launched
By Chairman ThonnasE. Taggart

The Vice Presidential boom Of John
West Kern was launched several weeks
ago by Thomas F. Taggart, chairman Of
the Democratic national committee. Nj
Kern is a native Indiana He has
been IN public life JInce 1855, when he
was made repOr--r Of the supreme court
of Indiana, serving for four years. From
1872 TO 1886 he was a State senator. : nd
from 1891 to 1901 city attorney Of N
dlanapoIs, in which city he IS now Cne
OF the most prominent members Of the
Indiana bar.
In 1890 he was an unsuccessful candi-
date for governor and four years later
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-07-10
"Big Stick Falls From hceptor,
To Be Caught 20 by Mebraskan
Relax, 1t Is Swung Over the Con-
venton at Denver.
By I.-C. WELLIvER.

DENVER. July 10-One 7. Roosevelt
OF oyster Bay. IS regarded as the ori6-
inal inventor, patentee, and sole user
Of the Big Stick-or was AT about the
time this epcCh-making invention was
perfected, the pTOcess-patent for speak
ing softly was put forth as a twin in
ventfon b. the same mechanician, but
nothing was done with it. Soft speaking
was abandoned IN the Rooseveltian
shop, and the plant devoted exclusively
70 Big Stickery. 1t did business.
Far and wide the bitches and cutters
we're aIIed with shapeless Cadavers Of
pcople who came within the lethal
swing OF the Big Stick Whenever any
unidentified corpse was picked UP with
its head in a separate department 1t
/ went into T. RS. political graveyard
with the rest Of the victims Of the holO-
aust
History wes made so fast that they
never had time to remove the basting
threads. The Big Stick whiried on in
/ the disturbed. not 10 say worried, at
| mosphere Of national affairs. until the
! onlookers grew dizzy. and adopted the
| expression OF q Rawhide faro dealer
when he went of duty after cleaning
/ out the camp, shot 8 man who ques-
toned the layout, and, heaving a sigh
as he calculated the profits. said: 1T
beats business how hell keeps up!''
! After the little financial tie-Up Of last
] October, this characterization OF Big
/ stickery was an especially popular one
in lower Broadway and wall Street.
1T beats business" said New York,
how hell keeps up!"
"Big Stick Slips.
Nobody thought that there existed ar
| arm In the world herculean enough tC
WELD our own T. RS Big Stick. Lots
/ Of people we're quite contented with this
Limitation to human strength T. R.
10 be sure. had "Big Bill" IN training
for the stunt when he should put OF
the gym. suit and go to the shower
bath. The Chicago convention met COW
ering and cringing at every brandish
1 ing OF the RooseVeltian trunCheou-
I'VE regard with a love approaching
fanaticism," said the convention. ''Oul
great and wonderful President; and D
vou won't hit as with that thing, wei
! nominate any one you say, darn It air
/ They nominated Tat
I In the very moment OF announcing
the vote. the Big Stick slipped from tn,
/ Rooseveltian fist. rolled out OF IN,
/ White House door and out OF sight. Tn,
convention in Chicago doubled up 81
fists. knuckled the schoolb0y tears from
its ewes, rubbed its bruises. and drew
a long breath-the first free breath {
had enjoyed
THE Big Stick had ceased to threaten
The master still sat at the desk IN tn
White House, but his feTUle was gone
The '"Pake-Taft- or-Take-M Ne threa
was empty wind from the time tha
vote was announced. T. r. had abdi
Gated the Big stick. The convention
became a crowd OF husky, unruly. De
fant boys, and when the Roosevelt
! orders came as 10 platform and Vic
/ President. the condition was one o
| plain insurrection.
"Mr. Loeb" said T. r.. "the Big StIcl
lust rolled out OF the door. Please han'
Ii to me. I've little JOB Of licking L
do!'