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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-16

cut a way through the woods. leaving the roots and stumps until they rot ted out of the way. When a road would get Into sact-an outragecusiy bad condition that it was no longer passable the overseer would .caii out" the hands and they would go over the road. fill up some of the worst holes and remove some of the worst obsta- cles and that was all. Such thing as a good road was not known In the earlier days
 But that day has passed in many sections of the country and Is fast passing in all others. Even the least discerning of the population are learn ing that a hard smooth road. always in good condition. Is e most valuable only saves wear and tear of vehicles and the horses and mules. but 1t en- ables a team to transport to market two or three times as much farm produce as could have been carried over the rough apology for a road that was formerly to be found every where. In other words. they see that good road is both time-saver and a money saver; two important con alterations these days.
 Thus 1t comes about that we are building country roads just as we build railroads. and with as much care and forethought. People are making roads that will not destroy the wheels and tires of their vehicles, and will not strain horse to death to draw perhaps one-fourth his own weight. More than that. they are making roads that remain in good condition at all seasons and in all sorts of weather Truly the only way to get good roads is to build them, and that is what is going on in many sections.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-16
HIGHWAY TO HAPPINESS

Houston Post.
 We are lowing to Miss Mary Snow. of Chicago, and wondering how il happened that she beaFs the title Of Miss" She says she holds to the view that the highway to happiness runs through the pantry and the kitcn- en into the dining room; that good meal and a well kept house are the keys to marital happiness. Miss snow is a teacher of domestic science in the public schools of Chicago. but she ought to know that woman of her views can easily land a good-natureu and grateful brute of the genus homo by coming to Texas.
 The girls of the present time are making a mistake when they fail to value tho tremendous importance or domestic science. The happiness Of which they dream in the married state will fade with the honeymoon If they do not know how to minister to the temporal needs of the boy who does the work.
 Strike & healthy man in the stum- mick with a soggy biscuit, dearie, and he'll kick the dog before he goes 10 the office; hand him a waffle weighing two pounds, and of the consistency or armor plate and he'll swear as sure as you are born; give him steak that IS burned on the outside and raw in the middle and tootsy- -wootsy is going 70 drop a gill of tears before sunset; serve him coffee of the strength of diluted milk and he'll forget to kiss somebody goodbye at the door, and then therell be the devil to pay.
 It Is easy enough. dearie. to hook the ecoundrel at the altar. Slip your hand into his a few times. rub your cheek against his and look up appeal ingly into his eyes until in the desper- ation of ecstacy he rips on ninety1sev- en kisses and you've got him, but that no sign you are going to hold him |. The strangle hold on his affections is obtained through jam-up kitchen and dining room work.
 Feed him indifferently for a year. and he'll be downtown until midnight. while you are worrying with the baby, and when he does come home he'll swear a blue streak If you ask him to walk the kid for couple of hours. And the first thing you know he will be taking two meals a day at the res- taurant and spending half an hour at each meal jollying the pretty girls who run the cigar counters.
 1 You can't tell us anything about the | brutes. dearie. TheS are the worst ever. Their horizon of cussedness passes far beyond mere boundlessness. | We have seen them in all their hide ousness and we have prayed and plead ed with them for your sweet saSes but all in vain. We would have gath cred them together as hen gathereth | her brood and led them home but for the likelihood that the very sr~'~"s- I tion might cause them to quit the Dem- ocratic Party.
 Swing on to the cook book. girls Master the possibilities of the kitcher ] and see that the house is sweet ana clean. Get a pair of your daddy's old breeehmes and learn how to patch. ane see if you can sew on button tha
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-16
DRIF WOOD
The JIngllng pollars.

The Jingling Dollars. Oh, the jinglin' of the dollars. In the pockets of the people An Old Man Prosperity A-shoutin' from tho steeple. Come on an buy, come on an buy, Santa Claus is comin' An Christmas Is night" Oh. the jinglin' of the dollars. RIngin' sweet through Dixie Land, An everybody hollers Good times at handl Come on an buy. come on an buy, Santa Claus is comin An Christmas is nighp
 Didn't Have Any to Start With.
 q see where fellow went to the who had kicked him and blew his brains out"
 NO he didn't blow his brains out" "Why didn't he?"
 Because he didn't have any to blow out"
 sea-weed.
 Percy Shoestring says all the family scraps don't go to the dog or even the garbage man.
 A man in New York recently ate sixty buckwheat cakes and two have beaten that if he had been hungry. f
 The woman, who has to cook for that man Is entitled to what few clothes she can wear. These new beehive hats
 Make a woman's face shorter. But a mans face longer
 When a hat he has bought her.
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 When The Cold Days Are Nigh. When the cold days are nigh, And the clouds are fin the sky. I alters fall a dreamin' O. the days
 gone by! I'm alters paintin' pictures in the glowin' coals O fire. O loved ones from the other days Who long have gone up higher. There's the picture of mother with kind eyes an sunny smile. There's the picture of daddy, stern but gentle as a child. There's the picture of a sweetheart meath her sunbonnet of blue, An a barefoot lad a writin' on her slate, "T LIrv BUT YOU" An, there's something warm that trickles down my cheek-for can feel. It must be just a tear-drop that ]
 didn't know would steal For the little girl who driftcd From me like summers dream An, this is the saddest picture that within the coals doth gleam. So sit alone a smokin' while ths
 scenes are shiftin' by When the cold days are nigh, when
 the cold days are nigh. PHI. H. ARMSTRONG.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-16
NEGROES LEAVING SECTION.
Where the Bon weeyiI Is Now . Fix

Where the Boil weeyn Is Now . Fix.
 ture.
 Jackson. Miss.. Special to Mobile Register.
 Reports from those counties in the south- western portion of the state where the boil weeyil has already made himself severely felt. are to the effect that the negroes are out into the delta, or crossing the Mississippi River into Arkansas and even through to Oklahoma.
 This is the time of year the negroes move, anyhow. and it is always the case that thousands of them change the place of their residence during the winter months especially if they happen to have poor crops This year the exodus is heavier than ever, but that is to be accounted for partly on the ground that the planters in the boil weevil territory are not resisting the efforts of the labor agents They do not care if their neg. oes are leaving--in fact many of get out of the cotton raising habit. No scar city of hands has been reported from any section of the state.
 Mississippi newspapers ever seen reference to the shipments of hogs out of the state; seldom have they ever heard of corn being shipped to other states by the carload; never was attention called to the shipment of mo- lasses to the Northern markets by the car load. but such references are frequently seen now, and that is the best evidence in the world that the farmers of the state have taken the advice of the government experts sent down here to fight and hold in check if not to destroy the boil weevil.
 Men who have been born and raised on cotton plantations and who never sold any thing else as a money crop in their lives except cotton, are now selling anything they can get their hands on, and they are rais. ing corn, meat. potatoes. molasees, rice and little of everything else for the markets at home and abroad.
 For these and other reasons the most thoughtful men in the state are becoming more and more convinced that the boil wee VII is going to prove blessing in disguise that 1t Is going to make the Southern farm CT the most independent on the face of the earth. Once they have been convinced they can make living and money at something besides cotton they will keep 1t up.
 farmer in one of the Southern or piney woods counties of the state. makes good proposition to his neighbors. one that VIII fill the smoke houses on all their farms III the event his suggestion Is acted on. It that the farmers of each beat in the county organ. ze themselves into a meat raising club each member paying S1 to join. and the one slaughtering the heaviest xteen-months-oio porker the following fail takes down the pot with Ss to the next highest weight.
 Such organizations would give an impetus to hog raising as the boys corn clubs have to corn raising. These corn clubs, though only three or four years old, have raised the average yield per acre two or three bushei and have opened the eyes of the state to tht possibilities of corn raising in Mississippi as 0O.bushel' yields are common among ths thousand members of the clubs, and tho highest yields are above l4o bushels.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-16
ReaI Meaning of English Crisis.

New Orleans Times- Democrat.
 With the widening of the franchise, in 1882 and 1866, a fresh chapter in British politics was begun. A couple of decades elapsed before the new democracy was conscious of its strength. In the years from 1886 to 1906 the sweep of the change became manifest, and at the last general cleo ton was clear to the blindest> eyes. We may be sure that, fin the general election of 1910. the metamorphosis will be fairly complete. Socialism, though as yet numerically weak in the House of Commons, even now leavens the lump of the budget and labor adopts a tone that would have startled ultra-radicals a generation ago. In such circumstances. the peers are bound to be political ciphers. for the politician without a constituency is a shadow without a substance. England needs a second chamber, but no sound democracy will tolerate a second chamber of this sort. And the case would not be essentially altered If all the peers measured up to the standard of Rosebery and Cromer. It matters not whether Mir. Asquith or Balfour wins at the polls; the House of Lords must be mended or ended. As court of appeal 1t is well enough; as @ legislative assembly 1t IS a gall vanized corpse.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-16
CITIES THAT HAVE SLOGANS,
Syracuse Post-standard.

Syracuse Post-Standard.
 The slogan habit is growing. A euphonious slogan Is supposed to be as valuable an asset to city as 1t is to a proprietary article advertised in the streetcars, although it is not without significance that the three cities which have gone forward the fastest in recent years-L.os Angeles. Seattle and Kansas City-have no trademarks.
 Chicago started the game with its T will" The idea has since spread so widely that nearly every city has a motto to go upon Its advertis- ing literature. Boston uses Bigger, Busier, Better Boston" Buffalo Means Business" adopted after a competition, so pleases the Queen City that many of its manufacturers use it on their stationery. Rochester has selected the suited Rochester Made Means Quality" recalling the equally awkward "Worchester Made In- vites Trade" The Syracuse Chamber. while it has no official motto, favors Syracuse Spells Success" at times using current slang for its purpose in If You're in Syracuse You're in Right"
 Schenectady boasts that it Lights and Hauls the World" which is more inviting than its invitation to "Sked- addle for Schenectady Two cities popular for conventions use the same form in more equphonious language. Come to Columbus" and Steer for Springneld." Walla Walla carries al- liberation a degree further in What WalIa walla Wants Is You" El Paso advises succinctly, "El Paso the Pass Don't Pass Fl Paso."
 The slogan which indicates growth and prosperity Is more popular. That reminder to all tourists of It's re- markabIe advance In population watch Tacoma Grow" is probably the best known of all city notices Dayton calls Itself "The City of a Thousand Factories" Oaklahoma City boasts that 1t Is The Fastest Grow Ing City in the Eastern Growing State Chattanooga calls itself "Tht City That Pays Dividends" Augusta equally awaward "Worchester Made In. defning itself as The Lowell of the South" "In Kalamazoo" they tel us. I've De-" and the Kansas capito does a bit of punning in Topeka Kan. Topeka Will" You'll Likt Tacoma" was so graceful and In. viting a phrase that other cities have adopted 1t, with only change in name
 A city by adoption of a high sound ing or an attractive phrase will no make up for lack of energy or pride And yet a catchword is of value al a city advertisement, as it Is In anl other line of advertising.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-16

ton of Mir. Bryan's mental habit of mistaking terms. He thinks he ts talking In Democratic language. but little analysis shows clearly that he is not. Then comes this from him
 MT. Bryan favors action by Con gress, however. to restrict the ship ping of liquor into dry communities or States and to refuse to grant gov local licenses are not granted.
 Vagueness here. What action could Congress takef Does Bryan know of any that would be legalf As to gov ernment licenses he 10 on the wrong z track. of course. The government li- cense is not a permit. if fs tax. To abolish it will be to make illicit sales Of liquor in prohibition States
 We would advise Mir. Bryan to stick to his first proposition. that the issue will not be raised in his day: and hereafter keep soiemnly silent about
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-16
MT. stalIinga' Proposed Lecture.

The Greenville Advocate protests against a lecture which 1t Is said liver in this State. The subject Is to be 'The Political Parson." and The Advocate gives some very good req sons for believing that such. lecture at this time will do no good.
 It says:
 As many will remember most dis tinctly that after the war the strife that arose during the reconstruction gers and their like. They would not let the South be only defeated but they had to constantly remind them or the fact and show that they had heat
 he was down and every one knows that can not be called fair anyway
 The cases are analogous. for to have MT. Stallings come here and deliver Haunt the victory of the antis in the faces of their opponents and 1t is
 much better to let the matter drop !. It is not fair and what is more It IS not seemly for a person to do this The amendment has been beaten and by big maiority-now let the mat ter drop.
 and this will only reawaken thing that had best be forgotten.
 Then the subject of the lecture The Political Parson." In the first place, MT Stallipgs 1t seems to us. is not O@ Alabama on the stand that they took In the recent campaign. What they did was what they thought was right and If they made a stump of the put pit as has been charged they did 1t for
 the simple reason that they were lighting in a moral Issue and they
 preached on lines that they were in
 structed to by the four great confer
 ences of this State and they had the
 sanction of, the, heads of the four l great religious bodies of the state.
 We have an idea of what the lecture
 will be like for we have heard Mr. Sta 'lings before, and then from the
 subject that he has announced we can gather what 1t will be like. and we
 would like. to register our, protest
 against his speaking here on that sub | iect. | broken already. In some parts of the | country the feeling Is bitter enough
 as 1t Is. though here there seems to
 be little or none of that bitterness that
 was engendered in some places.
 The lecture would no no good and
 might do harm. therefore again we
 say, let's not have tt.-GreenVllle
 says. let's not have 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-16
Mnsveash and the stand-rntter..

Secretary MacVeagh is a Demo crat." say the stand-patters scornful- ly, in reply to his Boston tariff re- form speech; and there are indica- tions that the stand-pat element in the Senate intends to punish him for his temerity in trying to make tariff reform a Republican doctrine. Such Is the meaning given to the holding up of the nomination of James F. Curtis. of Boston, as Assistant Secre- tary of the Treasury. But if MT. MacVeagh is a Democrat. so must be the Republican insurgents in the Sem ate and House, and perhaps a major ity of the party in the Mississippi Valley States, and a large and grow ing minority of the party fin Massa- chusetts
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-16

Columbus people and officials are now discussing the subject of raising funds for the construction of a new bridge across the roaring Chatta- hoochee. It is quite evident that the Columbusites favor any improvement that will facilitate coming over to Alabama. Montgomery Advertiser. The Advertiser has the matter re- versed. Columbus is endeavoring to facilitate the coming of Alabamians to this city. There are so many who want to come, two bridges do not furnish sufficient accommodation Enquirer-Sun.
 Well, have 1t your own way. Co., lumbus Is a nice old town. and we to go across-even if they are sup posed to come back dry.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-16
HOW TO GET GOOD ROADS.

The Columbia State insists that the only way to get good roads Is to build them," and 1t is eminently correct in its belief The time was when such thing as building a road would have been considered an absurd proposition, to which no attention would have been given. Those of us who have lived long in Alabama know what road-making amounted to in the earlier days. The plan was to
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-16

When things go wrong it seems difficult to get them strengthened out. The Advertiser has great respect for The Dothan Eagle and feels especial ly kind to it's editor, few days ago 1t copied an item from The Eagle and gave wrong credit. After duly ex- plaining and promising to be more careful in future To and behold the offense has been repeated and a long and valuable article of The Eagle was again wrongly credited. We again beg The Eagles pardon and assure it that it was purely unintentionaI The Eagle is bright, lively paper and a hard fighter on what ever side 1t throws Its influence
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-16
A Remarkable Poem :,

washinRtou Gazette-Chronicie. The following remarkable poem sap. neared in print soon after the death ot inc great Robert roombs, which oe- cured twenty-four years ago, on the 18th day of this month. These lines are the more remarkable, as they were written by a negro between which race and the Southern people outsid- CTS who were in utter ignorance of the true relations which existed between these two races, endeavoreG to stir up strife. These forceful words demon strate the exalted esteem in which negroes in the South held all white people who were worthy of it. This poem was handed to us by a prominent citizen of Washington, who has had it laid away for nearly a quarter of a century. In handing 1t to us, he remarked that as The Gazette Chronicle is now endeavoring to have General Toombs's centenary appropri- ately celebrated next July, he thought this poem would be, read with unusual interest, and we think so, too.
 ROBERT TOOMBS. (To the memory of the man in whose life there WAS neither taint nor dishonor.)
 Iris Death! Far of is heard a nations teared la-
 ment,
 
 ble cloud. And all the griefs that haunt a sad
 dened soul. Rise up and shroud his world in sol.
 emn gloom.
 Passion rocked Along the dark intending waste. That borders the Unknown, there
 plods
 That soul of unguessed heights and onward, outward. to It's arbiter--its
 God
 o Death! o fate! o gravel Thy bangs are naught, brave in life
 and braver Still in death. that soul. traced in
 Truth Appeals to His eternal justice. and
 when years Within that lasting zone shall blend Will soar to heights above the com-
 mon souls of men.
 Robert Barr (colored.) Austin, Texas.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-16
What the Sfate Papers Are Saying and Doing
They should stay Lost.

They should stay Lost. Selma Times.
 Peary folks have kidnapped pr. Cook. Just as reasonable to suppose that the Cook folks have kidnapped Peary. He appears lost also.
 4 Big Crop wiiI Be Needed.
 The farmers are now planting largely of oats. the dry fall has de- iayed the sowing. from the best in- this splendid crop will be large this season.
 VIII Help The state.
 Thirty-one thousand acres of Cow ington county's choice farm lands will be cut up in small tracts and sold to farmers. These lands are located from four to ten miles from Andalu- sia- The coming of more farmers will be the means of helping Andaiusia.
 Tu.caIoosa Growing. Tuscaloosa Times-Gazette.
 Every visitor to Tuscaloosa re- marks on the evidences of progress to be seen about the town. Property commands splendid price, there Is lot of building going on constantly. to hunt for his place and yet there are cottages going up all the time
 New Style of Dress. Mobile Item.
 Raymond Duncan is an American. Several years ago he went to Greece for the purpose of studying the Greek history. He has just returned to the United States and with him be brings Greek wife and child as we'll as Greek ideas of the ancient days Dun can will endeasvor. with the aid of his wife, to bring about a change of con ditions in America. That he has taken unto himself a gigantic task. he will doubtless realize before many days have passed.
 To Curtafl Cannon's Power. Birmingham News.
 It is perhaps true that the next ses- sion of congress will witness a de- cided curtailing of the powers of Mir. Cannon. but the much to be desired result will not be brought about in the manner prescribed by the insur- gents. It will be accomplished through the election of a democratic majority, for the indications are that the public is going to insurge little on It's own book next fall and a com plete change in the lower house is not improbable.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-16
what . Toa Of Cettenseed e werth

What . Ton of Cettonseed is werth. Progressive Farmer.
 one ton of cotton seed used as fer | tilfzer is worth $1b.o0. One ton of cotton seed used as feed and stable manure, ISLES One ton of cotton seed sold and the proceeds used to buy meal and the
 meal fed and stable manure saved. { one ton of seed sold to the mills is worth S27 to s3o.
 In comparing these figures it must
 be remembered that in estimating the fertilizer values of a ton of seed and of manure the prices of plant foods in mixed commercial fertilizers are used, and in estimating the feeding
 value of cotton seed and cotton seed "a bushel as the standard. The facts upon which our caicula- tions are based are simple and may
 D Cotton % Seed % meal contains 80 per cent of nitrogen. 1.3 per cent phos- phoric acid. and IS per cent of potash. Cotton seed meal contains 6.2 per esors ess Of ae nsrGssn and n pes ssf osss of ash.
 Cotton seed meal contains e.2 per cent of nitrogen. 2.S per cent phos- phoric acid. and IS per cent of pot
 The values of these plant foods in mixed commercial fertilizers are cal eulated at 20 cents pound for nitro gen. s cents a pound 10 phosphoric acid. and Ia cents 8 pound for pot ash.
 The feeding value Of cotton seed meal and cotton seed are shown by the following facts which we have
 used in our calculations:
 One hundred pounds of cotton seed meal equal 16o pounds of cotton seed One hundred pounds of cotton seed meal equal 175 pounds of corn. These relative values mean that with corn at 50 cents bushel cotton ton and cotton seed about $20.00 a
 ton. or 30 cents bushel of 90 pounds for cattle feeding.