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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-03

FOR RENT-Entire upstairs, composed of two large rooms, hall and bath room; SIP. 50 per month, including water rent, connections for gas stove and all con- veniences for light housekeeping. 722 North 26th street.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-03

WANTED--One or two speciality sales men; salary or commissions; must be Al, with clean record. National Advt Speciality Co.,, 1891 1st avenue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-03

FOR RENT-$15; Groom cottage on South
 Highlands, near Lakeview, convenient to car lines; newly papered, cabinet mantels. 205 Jefferson County Savings Bank Bldg. 5-3-2t-su- we
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-03

MONEY-WE handle the financing Jf good enterprises and ereditable projects. The Bankers Bond Co.,, Pittsburg, Pa.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-03

FOR RENT-One furnished and two un- furnished rooms on 12th avenue, south, in private family; Bell phone 1890; ref erences required.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-03

AANTED-Refned coup1a or gentlemen
 to occupy one large airy room. or two connecting rooms in new. up-to-data residence; fine view; southern exposure
 private family; S. Highlands. Address R. F. K, care ASe-Hcrald. 3-29-.f
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-03

FOR RENT-One broom house, three acres land, near car line, North Haven, $15 per month. One. Groom house, three acres land, fine orchard, well located in Woodlawn; will lease for 12 months price, S25 per month. One new 11-room house, near car line, North Birmingham. $3O per month. Ryan Real Estate Co., 203-4 Woodward bldg
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-11

conviction on the drink question above political considerations may De dis posed to vote for Pharr, without real fxinE that they are indirectly help ing the Republican national ticket It is something unusual for Southern State to be thus stirred both on national and State issues at the ocratic member of Congress is sum moned at the same time to report for duty on the stump. If they refuse. their seats among the Democratic high and mighty are at once chal. lenged. and their own Congressional fate is involved.
 to Congress from Louisiana Is divided about in this way. There is not q single one who Is eager to have Bryan fail or run again. which is conceded to be the same thing. One or two profess to think that 1t Is foresone conclusion that Bryan will be nomi- to stem the tide. bue these do not be- lieve he can win. The balance are avowedly against Bryan's nomination. But naturally all Louisiana members of Congress are anxious to keep the State Democratic in state affairs.
 One of the Louisiana Representa- lives said yesterday 1t would not sur prise him if the next few days would find all the Louisiana members In their State trying to save it from possible defeat. It is now well understood that there will not be any effort to in- struct the delegates to the Denver convention for Bryan, and the chances s,,s some other choice. especially as Gov ernor Johnson, of Minnesota, has grown in favor for the Presidential nomination.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-11
THE AMERICAN nAR.
Its History From the Beginning He
 Been Glorious One.

Its History From the Beginning Has
 Been a Glorious One.
 Washington Post.
 The history of any nations greatest and most enduring achievements is al- ways to be found in the. lives Of US great men who were members or some particular body which attained its highest perfection in that state. Thus centuries through the works of ner philosophers. her artists, and ner iiterati: old Rome Is best remembered by reason of the triumphs oi her Egypt would have long since been merely a moldy name but for the magic of her priests. In the modern world the nations somswrnas some ra |. re repeas Ss z fallen the mantle of the Caesars, France Is the inheritor of the art of Greece, and those mystic savants that Kept alight the temple fires of Thebes ana of learning to the sages of the Father- land. But In the world of the future the name of the United States will be known best through the deeds or her prudence founded upon the equal rights of all men and established forever in the councils of men. through the prac- tice of her courts and her lawyers. is perhaps the greatest contribution the United States of America has yet made to civilization.
 The history of the American bar has been a glorious one. From the begin ming of our national life the lawyer has always been upon the heights or its citizenship. The scores of noble names that appear in our national calendar bear testimony to ...e hign character, the wide capacity, and the unselfish aims of our lawyers. The majority of our foremost statesmen found their training at the bar, but even to that rank and file of the legal profession which never sought or ac- cepted public life our national debt of appreciation is probably greater than walk of life.
 1t seems almost unnecessary, then, in the light of such a past, for the American Bar Association to formulate rules of ethics for its members to bind themselves to observe at his late day. But the American bar has always been progressive; 1t has constantly aimed to plans, and, like the medical profession. has never ceased Its efforts toward self-improvement. As in all other walks of life, so in the ranks of the law may be found men whose deeds do not accord with the high plane Of the noble calling. which they serve: 1t is toward the elimination of the shyster and the trickster and the legal leech. who fattens upon his victims helpless ness, that htis projected code of ethics Is aimed.
 But in general 1t may be said that there is no body of men in the world with a higher practice of ethics and Of the moral code than our lawyers. If it were not so. our free institutions and our statutes could never have sur vived.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-11
This k My 59th Birthday
Herbert H. D. Peirce.

Herbert H. D. Peirce, the United States Minister to Norway. was born in Cambridge. Mass. April II. 1S49. and graduated from Harvard College in 1871. After leaving Harvard he stud led geology for a time In the Royal School of Mines in London. He en- tered upon a diplomatic career In 1S94 when he was appointed the secretary to the United States legation at St. Petersburg and in 1898 he became first secretary of the American embassy there when the mission was raised to that rank. MT. Peirce was one of the representatives of the United States at the coronation of the present Czar. He remained in St. Petersburg until 1901 when he returned home to accept lne position of Third Assistant Secretary of State. This position he occupied for five years, during which time he made two tours of inspection commits stoned by the President, to investigate and report upon the condition of the American consulates In Europe. Mir. Peirce also had a prominent part in the arrangements for the Peace Con- ference at Portsmouth. ending the war between Russia and Japan. After the separation of Norway and Sweden he was appointed to his present post as the first envoy extraordinary and min ister plenipotentiary of the United StateA to Norway.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-11
mo Right Sort of spIrtt
REeULATINe KATLFoa6s.
Some of the Things the COnmissi0neri
 Should Look After.

Some of the Things the CommIssioners
 Should Look After.
 From letter of Joseph M. Brown. of
 Georgia.
 In the regulation of the common carriers the people are deeply inter ested in having comfortable. well lighted and Gin winter). well heated passenger stations; in having ample freight warehouses and easy. accessi- ble. lenghty sidetracks; in having the shops fitted up with the most im- proved machinery for the purpose. of maintaining the rolling stock in the highest degree of perfection for pro- tecting lives and property. They are interested in having the best ballasted roadbeds. with faultless steel rails and sound cross ties. strong and safe steel bridges, a suff1cient number of locomotives and passenger and freight cars in perfect repair for the speedy and safe transportation of persons and property. They are interested in hav- ing as many trains per day as the bus mess of the country justifies. and the prompt arrival and connection of these trains. They are interested in having main lines of the railroads double track ed so as to put our State abreast of the demands of the day They are interested in paying only just and req sonable rates
 Such regulations should be done with firmness and good Judgment. holding equally in mind the rights of those who travel and ship and of the stockholders who own the property, and of the lives and just and fair wages of the employees.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-11
SATURDAY. APRIL II. 1908.

We are curious to know just how the Mayor of Patterson. N. J.. will carry out his pledge regarding anarchy He says that the authorities propose to treat, it just as they treat smallpox; that is, they will keep it from spread ing. That may be possible so far as active, open anarchy is concerned. but just how they can suppress or curb la sentiment is more than we can under stand. It is not the open anarchists of the omb-throwing kind who are most to be feared, but those who hide their tracks. teach murder and assas- sination in secret meetings, and thus encourage others to join them in their trade of lawlessness. Those are the dangerous characters and to suppress them and their teachings will be a hard task, we imagine.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-11
strnm Hat. Earlier.

A Philadelphia natter predicts-pre- haps the hope is father to the predict ion-that straw hats will be seen in general use much earlier this year than ever before. The old custom,
 says the Quaker City merchant, used to make the open season for the straw lid extend from Memorial day to Sept ember l. but the college boys have started the custom of wearing stra V hats early and late and have about broken up the old dates. Every year the start Is earlier and the end later. Out at the University of Pennsylvania the first straw hats are worn at the Princeton Pennsylvania baseball game. which Is always played on the first Saturday in May, and the light head gear Is kept on deck until October. At Princeton the boys put on their straw hats in March, if It is warm en- ough, and keep them on until Novem- ber You see. the college boys own the town up there. and they can do a.
 bout as they please In the matter of dress. At any rate, these college boys have their imitators in the would be hloods about town. and as a result the straw hat season has been extended a full month, and we matters are sl- ready preparing for the rush
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-11
4 NOVEL PLAN.

The town of Gardner. in the State of Massachusetts. has before it about the most novel saloon proposition we have so far heard of It seems that the town has not heretofore had such a thing as licensed saloon, but has decided to try 1t and will have twelve Of them to start with. The novel prop osition comes from a minister and "what he proposes" to quote The New Bedford Standard Ifs that twelve tenn peranee men take the twelve licenses to which Gardner is entitled. allow no treating on the premises, obey the laws strictly. sell to no man who is known to have been intoxicated within six months. sell the best of liquors, pay good salaries to the managers and em- ter the expenses are paid and fair rate of interest allowed on the money invested. give the proceeds to the phil anthropic institutions of the town which win work against the saloon.
 Most of this will strike good people favorably. we have no doubt. A saloon conducted strictly and honestly on the lines thus indicated would come about as near to being an ideal one as can be ina gined. and we are persuaded that if the conditions are strictly ad- hered to no harm can come to any one from the sale of liquors. As to the disposition of the profits there will likely be differences of opinion. and we do not see why those profits should go to the persons or the organizations wishing to break up liquor sales en- tirely.
 If the plan works as designed it would seem better. to let the profits from the business go to the town, if 1t is not intended that any individual is to benefit by the business. If, after a fair and successful trial. it should be determined to close up all the saloons and endeavor to entirely stop the sale of liquors the town might find itself in worse condition than it would be under the plan proposed by Mir. Puffer. The Standard says the plan is practi- cally the same as that now followed in Norway and Sweden. We know nothing as to that. but 1t Is novel in
 
 suit will be watched with interest.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-11

their trains now are. No man can yet fix limit to electric possibilities and say. Thus far shalt thou go and no farther" for no man can fathom the in- finite and tell all that the future has in store.
 The advantage of electric power over steam are so numerous and have been so frequently set forth that 1t is not necessary to repeat them now but there is one which Is so vital that it cannot be overlooked or set aside and that is the question of fuel. As both wood and coal are fast disappearing, and it is obvious that the time is not far in the future when neither can be depended on as a source of power, something must take their place, and electricity is that something. unless the future shall disclose an acceptable sub- stitute. Electric power can be gener- ated without fuel and that power can be transmitted and utilized wherever needed at reasonable cost. That is why it has so largely superseded steam already as stationary motive power. and that is why it is so rapidly com ing to the front as a propeller of rail- way trains. It need surprise no one if the next decade sees the heaviest trains, both passenger and freight. 
 engines operated by power generated from the numerous waterfalls of the country. To such height and size may we expect the oak to grow from the small acorn planted scarcely a quarter of a century ago.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-11
HELPFUL ADVICE

You won't teli your family doctor the whole story about your private illness = you are too modest. You need not be afraid to tell Mrs. Pink ham, at Lynn, Mass, the things you could not explain to the doctor. Your letter will be held in the strictest con f1dence. From her vast correspond ence with sick women during the past thirty years she may have gained the very knowledge that will help yourcase. Such letters as thefol- lowing, from grateful women, es- tablish beyond a doubt the powerof
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-11
FEAR IN LOUISIANA.
Congressmen Hurry Home To Avert
 Republican Victory.

Republican Victory.
 Washington Post.
 The political situation in Louisiana has become so alarming to the Demo- crats that every member of Congress from that State Is being urged to come forthwit to that State to save it from a Republican victory. United States Senator McEnery is already on the ground and is booked for twelve speeches.
 Senator Murphy Foster is getting urgent letters and telegrams. and the only reason he has given for not go- ing at once Is that he cannot leave cer- tain matters of legislation in Wash ington to chance with conditions as parties. But he has agreed to go to Louisiana as soon as he can consis- tently get away.
 left last night to be gone one week. He has to be back for next Tuesdays meeting of the Lilley electric boat investisation. He preferred to remain in Washington, but after receiving dozen telegrams. uring him to come at once, there was nothing for him to do but to go.
 Representative Ransden also started yesterday. though he had not thought 1t necessary for him to go at all. In fact all members from Louisiana have been urged to come to the State in haste.
 Rumors have been afIoat for some time that the Louisiana Democracy was in trouble and that there was a large element so much opposed to Bryan that, if he were nominated, the State might give its electoral vote to Taft or some other candidate for the Presidency on the Republican tick ct. Ever since a large number of Demo crats fin Louisiana went over to the Republican party on the tariff ques- tion. some years aso, there has been a decided unrest, and party lines iate- ly have not been so well defined as in the past.
 Two questions in politics have to be met in Louisiana this year, the Bryan and the whiskey issues. The Republican candidate for Governor Henry Pharr. is prohibitionist, and the State being aroused on that sub iect. gives him A chance to win on that issue. especially as so many Dem ocrats have grown indifferent On ac- count of a strong opposition to Bryan.
 Lieutenant Governor Sanders. who is also a candidate for Governor. is an ardent Bryan man. and hence those Democrats who desire to punish him for adhering to this form of Popu- lism." as they term it. have a chance to get even by voting for Henry Phsrr, the Republican candidate, who stands very high as citizen and promises much to the State if 1t will adopt prohibition.
 In this connection 1t can be said that the Democratic candidate for Gov srnor Jared Sanders has been close ly identified with the whiskey inter ests. Those Democrats who hold a
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-11
DRIF TW OOD nY PHIL V. AnMsTnoNG.

How do you like the fountain now7
 This seems to De | rsiniess April.
 But its nns fer the picnics.
 A dainty, dsiectabIe, delicious trans- parancy--the peek-a.boo waist
 The hammock Is once more swing ing Into popularity.
 noted for her hns drinking water and next year everybody win realize 1t more than ever.
 ed with big. black, luscious Montgoin- cry County blackberries thls summer, and there'li be a perfect regiment of us to answer to the blackberry roli- call.
 A composer of rag-time has been arr rested in Germany. so there is yet hope that the custom may become gen. eral.
 pr. Hill certainly found 1t an up- Hill business.
 touches his pocketbook the average man will make a noise like lump of ice meath summer sun
 
 2 cent passenger rate.
 On account of the walters strikag at the Denver banquet MT. Bryan had the greatest of us are at the mercy after all. of the cooks and walters.
 Hughes refuses to even suggest dei- cgates to the national convention from New York. This mans modesty is too extreme for mortal.
 The donkey has long ears. but seems much as hc never hears any good of himself.
 What a beautiful bird is the peacock. But of how little use as compared to the common little domestic hen.
 At certain age the highest anoi. Sn SSsts hrSSush SSS tS Ss wsss sssssts ms ears
 Isn't 1t funny to think that timid little blue-eyed maid. who wouldn't say you're married. say peek "a boo to the hoor- walker. and then have the nerve to have it charged to your account. Oh. no. Archie, an artists model now there was Evelyn Nesbit--but-- you know
 
 Amt 1t funny what difference just a few hours maker One day you're fairly roasting and the next you freeze and shake.
 At Barnard. kas.. revival, says The Buffalo News. a gambler gave up his whole outft and the evangelist took 1t to the h otel and cleaned up more than $500 before morning. But don't hesi- tate to give up your outfits because of this instance.
 Montgomery's crop of sweet June brides has been unimpaired by the cold this spring.
 faces just to get their veils adjustsd' Is barber shop 2 clipping bureau7 The new woman can do everything but get her whiskers shaved.
 A stitch in time saves nine, but stitch In the side often requires the services of pnysiciaH.
 Forty guests in St. Louis enjoyed birthday party In the dark--don,t be sh oek ed-they were all blind: :
 Another Romance. [
 In a burlssdue show
 She carried a spear
 Now a steel king
 Calls her dear +s,t ~ How Tt Happened. Oh, Merry Widow sat Meath a Merry Widow hat, And a fellow sat beside her meath ists
 brim. But the chaperone so strict She never even kicked l For it's SIZE prevented her from sec ing HIM! I
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-11
service unattrnctiYe.

SaVannah NeWs.
 The. President, it is said. is desirous that the army shall be recruited up to its full, authorized strength of 100000 officers and men. But how are the ranks to be filled? Will the physical examination be made less rigid, or will Congress auth orlze an increase in the pay? For months recruiting officers the depleted ranks of the various com mands to the nominal figure of 65,000. but they have not succeeded. But the army and navy ara In need of enlisted men, but desirable young men do not seem very anxious to go as soldiers or sailors.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-11
What One Sufferer Says. AFohua RaOIstAr

A good old cotton planter. who class and hold his cotton-not that he believed in the IS cents a pound proph- esy but because he had not co-operat- ed with the organization before and felt that union might turn a better proft-now expresses his regret and calls his action speculation. There was a time he could have got over 12 cents fall in cotton has left me much ham pered." he says, adding: 'T have now made up my mind thae if ever I buy another bale of cotton" meaning a der 1t to be sold on the day 1t Is re- ceived by my factors-otherwlse I shall never speculate again."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-11
FlshinE in the rhillpplpes.

Kansas City Journal.
 Fishing Is a rapidly growing indus try in the Philippines. engaging at gradually are adopting modern meth ods. Some of them cling to the prim- tive methods of a century ago, spear ing still being much in vogue. In the dreds of cells with forked sticks. I h. stead of seines the natives make traps called corrals. of bamboo and rattan, and take tons daily in this manner the corrals being set where the fish are known to run. Last year the consump- tion of fish in the islands exceeded h alf q million tons.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-11

A COW with two tails is one of the freaks up in Missouri. and some of the advantages of this bi-caudal outfit are thus set forth by The Kansas City Journal:
 Aside from being a freak of nature this COW has several unusual points It is said by the owners that during the summer months when the cows were being worried by flies and in con- sequence gave but little milk. the dou- ble-tailed COW maintained her averag ge Ordinarily when a cow switches her tail around on one side the flies assem- ble on the opposite. This COW was able to switch on both sides at the same time. and this so confused the pests that they ceased worrying her.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-11
This Date tn History
ApriI fI

17sS-End of American Revolution ary War proclaimed by Congress. ! si7s4--Edward Everett. American statesman and orator, born In Dor chester, Mass. Died in Boston. Janu- ary IS. 1865.
 army entered the city of Toulouse. France.
 isss--cha E. Hughes, Governor of New York, born. murdered by the Modoc Indians in Northern California. Born in Ken lucky in 1S19.
 1s97--war declared between Greece and Turkey.
 isss-- -Presid<nt Mckinley sent mes sage on Cuba to Congress.
 Is07--Lord Cromer resigned as Brit tsh agent and Consul General in Egypt.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-11
ADMINISTRATORS
 NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that letters of ad on the estate of M j. Iinebsn deceased. were issued on the 25th day of March. 1908 to the undersigned, by T R County.
 d. indeutru 60 ,.t.t 4 t.t. .,i lua1r settlement with me. and all persons holding claims against said estate wilI fiia the same within the time required hv la,t or the same will be barred w.
 DENNIS LINEHAN
 han. deceased. 2.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-11
Don't Beat Your Faithful oid Horse

How do you feel when a man comes up and abuses your faithful old horse that has made crop after crop for you and has made you prosperous. abus- ing the horse because he can not have it under his control to use for his own selfish purposes? The railroads have been great developers and have made the State rich. They have made the country prosperous wherever they have been built. Are we going to allow the faithful old horse beat to death by A man who Is mad because he can not control it for his own proft7