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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-11

F Are we ever too oldr That perhaps, is the best way of putting the quss- ton. As matter of fact. have known wearied old men of 20 and fasoinAti youngsters of 90. II is all . mnttsr Of temperament says . writer in The Planet.
 There is living st this moment, we'll known Londoner whose fathsr--a portrait painter-went out to India at 70 years of age to paint the native princes. At S6 he migrated to China. and at s5 he was established as por- trait painter in the>palace of famous mandarin. Shortly afterward the fa- vorite wife of the great man was hur- riedly beheaded. and the artist ned the country in disguise.
 The cry of the employer Is today that man is too sid at lO.s and you really good position after 35. and yet they are not even at their besi physt- caliy while mentally speaking they have far to go. Lord Kitchner has just taken up what may be the most Important post of his life At 80 years of nfe, and Lord Roberts was just upon 70 when he took command of the Brit ish troops in. South Africa. And yet, according to the senseless dictum of fhese fdiotic employers, man Is unnt for the duties of life after he has pass cd his fortfeth birthday. This policy isl not only stupid; 1t Is absolutely suici-| dal. f6r I repeat tfAt mans best years for almost everything except cricket or football lie between his for tieth and. sixtieth birthday. and 1t Is then that of all periods during his life his mind is capable of the greatest strain and of the most brilliant output. A hairdresser told me once that 1t wasn't ladies or old dandies who invest ed in hair dyes. but mechanics. middle aged clerks. dissenting ministers and curates-all of them between 70 and SO, many of them thoroughly experi- enced and well trained in their iife's work and at the very top of their pow CTS.
 And yet their employers. with capa- city for suicide of which few but Englishmen would be capable, had turned them adrift in favor of stupid and incompetent youths and girls.
 It is a curious question. this of age. Only within the. last few days I have heard of two splendid men who hunt in his ninety-third years. while the Rev. John Lord. who died a few months ago. used to preach two viz orous sermons every Sunday after his hundredth birthday. And 1t Is a cur ious fact. which I have often proved in my own experience, that 1t Is not the old man who Is oid-fashioned In his notions. but the young man; the older 6 man is the more he appears to keep pace with the times. For the simple reason that his is growing mind. General Booth is remarkable case in point. At 80 years of age he Is in touch with the whole of life: and while | he is more at home in q motor car than any one have ever met, he is hurry l ing to and fro over the face of tho 1 whole globe and absolutely up-to-date ito use an odious but rather expres- sive prase---in every particular.
 It is often said that to youth espe. | cialiy belongs the Joy of life and love.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-11
How tho Innocent ars Punished.

cotton and Cotton oil News.
 The French duty on cotton seed oil bids fair to penalixe the cotton raisers of the South In the interest of the tariff barons of the North and East. This the one man will be compelled to pay the penalty for the wrongs committed by even his sosalless en-
 If the cotton raisers of the South had their way there would be no tariff 10 ex- ciude the goods of the French people. Such tariff penalty is not fixed in the interest of the people, of the South. The men who produce cotton seed have done the French people no injustice. It ts in fact the sne- mics of the Forgotten man with the hoe who levied the tariff penalties against the French. They levied similar penalties against the cotton raiser, all for their own pockets and bellies.
 The cotton raiser pays duties ar eduiva- ients thereof on all he buys and gets protec- tion on nothing he sells. He has been rnD- bed by these tariff takers for half a centH- ry It was they who actually discriminateo against the cotton raiser by making b crime for him 10 add wholesome eolofing matter to the butter made of cotton oil, while leaving every "processed" butter ras- cal and everybody else in the land free to color anything they had in order to ranoer 1t attractive.
 The French people now come forth to place upon the innocent penalty which oe- longs upon the guiity--upon the rascals wno have not hesitated to heap penalties upon the people of France and of other cou1- tries as well as upon the cotton raisers ot the South in order to fiii their own poehesS and bellies.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-11
some MeddIesome Legl.latlon.

Chicago Dial
 The Illinois legislature at its last session distinguished itself by i'm posing two singularly foolish laws upon the public schools of the State. One of these laws fixed a maximum price for every text book used in the elementary schools; that Is, it for bids the authorization of any text book that the publishers do not offer to supply at or below the price thus specified. Considering now the first of these amazing prescriptions. 1t is to be noted that the prices fixed are far below those at which the best books are obtainable. There is no reason to believe that the best books will be offered at the specified prices. for the simple reason that eOmpe- tition has already forced their prices to about as low a level as possible. Despite the book trust bogey that obsesses many4 minds, competition among schooI-book publishers. has all ready made unreasonable prices a practical impossibility. and the mar gin of practicable reduction ts a nar- row one in most cases. The only possible effect of the law must then be to force the substitution Of dis tinctIy inferior books for many of those hereto in 1lse. Now to save the child few cents In the price of one of his school hooks is as good an example of a penny-wise and pound foolish policy as could well be im- agfned. It runs counter to the ele- mentary truism that textbook is tool an instrument of precision, and that 1t has to be employed in one of the most delicate of the arts. A teacher who does not have the use of the best book available is like a railway engineer furnished with a cheap watch. meteoroiogichl expert
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-11

Fall River. Mass. must be little better than death hole for infants, for we have the authority of The Boston Traveller for the statement that almost one-half of the children born in that city die before they are one year old. This is little less than horrible showing. whether the re- suit is due to the unhealthy condi- tion of the city or to negligence and inhumanity on the part of parents. guardians and others
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-11
DELAYED yusr1c1..
In . reoent-assue of The Boston Traveller we find this:

In . rsosnt-assue of The Boston Traveller we find this:
 lays. as manifested in New york court procedure. can probably be found than the case of Nathan schi- ellsel. who was convicted in the Court of General Sessions on the charge of defraud a creditor. The alleged crime was committed in November, 1908; the
 indictment was dated June. 1905; the case came to trial in November, 1907, and resulted in a conviction; the ac- cused. appealing from the decision and presumably lacking the ability to. procure bonds, went to tail and served his full time. It will no doubt be Sftsr his nrT release @ from rom H prison. to sss ss now informed by the Appellate Court that he was wrongfully convicted and Is entitled to another trial
 If the man was "wrongfuiiy cons victed." in the opinion of the court. the obvious inference is that he was not guilty of the offense charged against him. If he gets new trial 1t is more than possible that the case will drag along for years, as is not unusual in the New York courts, and eventually 1t may be shown that he was innocent from the beginning. If that proves to be the case. what re- dress has he? Can he be in any way recompensed for the time he lost, the hardships he has endured. the money he has spent? Above all will he be able to obtain any sort of redress for the humiliation he has suffered from being convicted as criminal?
 We hear and read much about the delays and uncertainties of the law. especially in New York. and this is a notable instance of it. Fully six years have elapsed since the alleged crime was committed; it took four years to get trial, and now the highest court decides that he ought not to have bean convicted at all. Now he Is informed that he Is entitled to another trial" but what assurance can he have that there win not be an- other tedious grind of years before justice is finally done? It is really a pitiful story and severe reflection on judicial methods in New York.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-11
FUTURE DELIVERY ORDER
 TO BE TESTED IN COURT

Tuscumbia. Dec. --(SpeciaD- D-- Whether or not contract for future delivery of cotton at stipulated price is valid is to bs decided by the courts of Colbert county upon suit filed in the Circuit Court at Tuscum- bia, in which Harris. Cortner and Company. of Town Creek. are the plaintiffs. and William A. Pullen. D planter of the same place. is the de- fendant.
 The action Is for the recovery of S2.0s&03, alleged to be due the plain tiffs, By the defendant on contract for the delivery of 100 bales of cotton purchased at ten cents per pound early in the spring of the present year.
 The complaint ayers that the sde- fendant contracted with the plaintiffs to deliver 100 bales at 10 cents. the cotton to be placed on the platform at Town Creek during the months Of October and November. which the de- fendant failed to do. although the latter delivered one bale weighing 470 pounds for which the plaintiffs paid him s47.o0. or ten cents per pound.
 As a defense to the suit. 1t Is said the defendant failed to raise the num- Der of bales claimed to have been purchased by the plaintiffs. and that the number contracted to be delivered was fifty instead of 100 bales; that he offered to deliver ten bales. all the crop grown by him, and that the remaining forty bales were grown by tenants on his place, and that they refused to make the delivery. The. plaintiffs. 1t is said. declined to ac- cept the ten bales. and brought an action in the Circuit Court of Colbert county as above
 The case will be watched with in- terest as it is understood that great quantity of the crop of cotton for the present year grown in Colbert coun-. ty. was sold in the early spring at 10 cents. to be delivered in the fall. but farmers and tenants have failed to make the delivery In the majority of cases on account of the increase in price over the figure sold, and in nNthe a, sence of a written contract or agreement
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-11
What tIls Stafs Paper,
 Ars Spying and Doing

New is the Time. Gadsden Timss-New
 The poll tax you pay comes back to you in the school fund. Anyhow the privilege of citizenship Is worth q .5o value of Good Seed. Clayton Record.
 The farmer should be very careful ins nnq have nsvs the very best seed for plant seed this year Is, not fit to plant.
 xelays's F.sure. Selma Times z When zelaya is Jugged and brought oyer and made "frnsty The will prob ably be seen soon thereafter standing on the corner dealing out this: Pea nuts, five q baGl" j
 Drop it for Awhile. Greenville Living Truth, ssse People in Alabama are looking for santa Claus and are not worrying about themselves while the people devote their attention to Christmas.
 Csrryinx it Too Far.
 It Is said that the White House jobs and lots of Government places are fo be given to Yale and Harvard men. We may have to quit electing college pres lucnts IT they are preJudtceQ against the log school houses.
 
 Must Consid<r walker. Walker County News.
 Of the sixty-seven counties in Ala bama Walker stands fourth in voting strength and sixth in taxable values. Don't let this fact escape your mem ory, MT siate-maker, or you may mis- calculate.
 Improves With Age. Andalusia Star.
 The Montgomery Advertiser, like good wine. improves with the years It's the best daily newspaper obtain able in this part of the country. If you're not subscriber you're missing an opportunity of getting reliable news at first hand. ff
 Helping the South. Uniontown Herald.
 The Southern railroad is beginning to realize that the South is the section of the Union that will be most devel- oped in the next few years. so they are preparing to meet the demand. New passenger coaches of the best made are now run on several lines out of Selma. All the roadbeds are being improved, and new depots are to be built and in every way possible. the Southern in- tends to make the Alabama branch one of It's best.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-11

The Columbia state holds that such an organization as cotton trust" is not possible. in the general accep- tance of that term. and this is proba- biy true. The cotton producing in- .dustry Is SO extensive. and the com ditions under which it is grown are so variant that 1t would be exceed lingly difficult. If not impossible. to unite and soiidify the growers Into anything resembling a trust. Let us hope that the farmers. at least. will preserve their individual independence and continue to manage their own business.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-11
KaIghts Choose Offlcers.

Florence, Dec. 10.--(Special)-T Catholic Knights of America, of the three cities of Florence, Sheffield and Tuscumbia elected the following of- ficers for the coming year Louis Gusmus, president; J. F. Marichal, nancial secretary, l.. Colagrass, treas urer. The meetings were held this year in Florence but for 1910 will be held in Sheffield. according to the plan of rotation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-11
Pythians Plan "Housewarming.' '

Florence, Dec. (speciaD Monte Bello Lodge No. 10. Knights of Pyth- ias. will entertain on Monday even ing, December 1s, their guests being the Knights of Sheffield, Tuscumbia and Rogersville, and all Knights in good standing in this section. The event will be the 'hVnsewarming' for the parlors recently fitted up. Grand Chancellor Herman Beck. of Birming- ham will be present and take part in the secret work. The Uniform Rank will give a drill and assist in the in- itiatory services.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-11
High-Price Hog Bones.
Chattaneoga News.

OIIdtIdHUuBH 2NOW5.
 Backbones and spareribs are dearer meat this fall in Chattanooga than quail or pompano. They are selling for 15 and 20 cents a pound at most of the shops. Sparerib is probably 75 per cent bone; quail and pompano are all meat and no bone, and are worth about 25 cents pound. If a man had predicted five years ago that hog bones would be selling for Is to 20 cents a pound by the fall of 1909, he would be set down as a crazy alarmist.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-11
Pacific Fleet SniIn.

Manila. Dec. 10.--The United States Pacific fleet sailed today. The Ten nessee and Washington go to Shang- hai, the Pennsylvania and West vir- ginia to Hong Kong. the Maryland and Colorado to Kobe, Japan, and the California and South Dakota to Yoko- hama. Last night Rear Admiral Se- bree and the other officers of the fleet were given a farewell reception by the army and navy club.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-11

So 1t seems that the President is opposed to any more tariff tinker ing" at present. As 1t is hardly probable that the present Congress would better the law in any respect perhaps it had just as well be left as 1t is.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-11
TWO DRINKS roo MANY.
Young Chauffeur 1Skes Fatal aJo,
 Ride."

Rade."
 St. Louis, Dec. 10.--Two drinks of beer. the first in his experience. start ed Russell Howard. a 17-year-old chauffeur upon a wild "joy ride'' last night that ended in the death of a ped estrain and the arrest of Howard and three companions early today. ing" said Howard in his cell. Two women and a man were with the boy in the automobile.
 Howard, said that when he drank the two glasses of beer last night he wanted to "have a big time" So he took his employers machine from a garage and the fatal joy ride was the result.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-11

Everything is growing in Alabama. Even blind tigers are multiplying at e fearful rate,' observes The Rome Tribune-H Herald. welL Alabama Is growing State. as you must have mo- ticed. But how did you learn about the blind tigers7
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-11

Flying machines are perfectly safe. if due care is taken" declares an enthusiastic aviator. Yes. a mule is perfectly safe" under like condi- tions but sometimes he will kick the stuffin' out of you just the same. /.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-11

Doubtless suffering from the frig- idity of New Hampshire December The Manchester Union writes an edi- toriai on Mustard Products" That warns up the imagination. if nothing else.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-11

''If the women of this country want to vote they are going to vote,'' pro- claims The Richmond Journal. Per haps: and if the women of this coun- try prefer to attend to the high and holy duties God and nature selected them to perform they, are going to do it-and we rather think they will.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-11

The Pittsburs Sun refers to the Presidents message as "short, soft and neutral" That Is much better than being Tong. loud and blatant" like some previous deliverances from the White House.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-11

Reports tell us that the officials of Zelaya's government hope they will have the support of Mexico if the United States interferes with him and his plans. It has been threescore years since Mexico tried a scrap with Uncle Sam. and that was experience enough, We imagine.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-11
Reneflta of CoId Weather.

Farm Journal.
 If we could see all the bugs and worms that the frost puts out of the way every winter. it would help us tO bear cold weather with better grace. If we plough late we give Jack Frost a good lift in his work. That makes 1t easier for him to reach down and get hold of the pests that make us SO much trouble
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-11

Well. this little touch of frigidity is not at all out of season. It may nip the ears and chill the toes some what, but no serious harm will come to this immediate section. We must along. and December is winter month.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-11

the world stands. but 1t is pcssibie to SO reduce their numbers that they win no longer add to the death rate of humanity. That two years taken from the average span of human life cannot be estimated in dollars and cents.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-11
CIothinw Cafcheu Elre.

New Orleans. Dec l0.--Mrs. James O. Nixon. aged S4 years. died at her home here az an early hour this morn- ing as the result of burns which she sustained late yesterday. Her clothing became ignited frop a fire In grate. She was 8 member of one of the most prominent families of thKs city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-11
Wenfher Moderntea.

Kansas City. Dec. l0.-Hfgher tenn perature prevailed over the Southwest today. The natural gas situation which had become serious owing to the enor- nous consumption due to the extreme City reported a temperature of 3S this morning and Fort Smith, Ark. report. ed 2O
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-11

"of course if you can't get it from your home merchant you will have to send off for it," advises The colum- bus Enquirer-sun. Certainly that is the safest plan. and there are places outside of Georgia or Alabama where one can get twelve full quarts for Sen doIlars--sO their ads say
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-11

A brother of the press declares in positive terms that "all ministers do not go to Heaven" Wonder how an editor knows who goes to that good place.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-11
Richmond

The Richmond Times Despatch wants to know who started that about "the melancholy days have come" alluding to the begin- ming of winter Perhaps it was some poor fellow who. had soak ed his overcoat and couldn't redeem 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-11

Thomas Hardy has written new poem beginning. If ever I walk forth to wed" Why walk? Whats the matter with using an auto?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-11

Don't" calculates The Albany Her aid. yeferring, to the intimation that theresIis toi be- an ifcreAse in cotton acreage next year. Permit us to add our negative, also.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-11
Indge Hart ArnIn Named.

Nashville. Tenn. Dec. 1O.--Judge W. Nj. Hart, who presided in the famous Carmack murder trial here last win ter, was chosen yesterday in the Dem ocratic primarvato succeed himself as criminal court judge Sam Borum was re-nominated for sheriff.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-11

with cheap barometer. or . violinist with q cheap >hddle, In these csses. would be univers4ily recognized as an inconceivabls folly; but In the case of the teacher. there seems to exist in many minds a notion that the implements he uses do not greatly matter.
 The injury done to education by iebarring the, best books from use is immeasurably greater than the beneft derived from the trfning economy that is thus effected.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-11

What led you to go into politics7" TWO reasons" answered Senator Sor- ghum. T wanted to see whether l couldn't do something for my country And l also wanted to see whether my country couldn't do something for me -Washington Star
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-11
The Extreanes.

The Democrat has on it's list of sub scribers two of whom the editor reels very proud--one on account of her vouth and attractive person-Miss Elix- abeth Broun Pride. the eight weeks old daughter of Mir. and Mrs: James H Pride, and. Mir. Charles O. Shepnsrd' aged s2 yearS, both of these sunscrtp- CTS are unidue-one for what she. is and will be. the other what he has been and is still--and both Tor their unusual popularity. Long life ana health to both. *r1si
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-11

Albert T. Patrick insists that he is dead. yet he keeps on appealing to the courts instead of the undertakers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-11

We never realize how little we are understood by our friends until we contemplate the presents they give us at Christmas.-Puck.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-11

Blobbs-"Saphedd is always talking about his point of view" Slobbs- "Yes. but, unfortunately 1t isn't sharp enough to penetrate anything. adeIphIa Record.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-11

Pa. what is a braggart?" He's n man, my son, who is not afraid to ex- press his real opinion of himself"- Boston Transcript.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-11

"They say that q mummy just arriv- ed in New York is that of the cook of Rameses IT." That so? Well some- body had the secret of keeping q cook" and the suburbanits sighed wistfully.-- Philadelphia Ledger.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-11

Fox furs are favorltes. white fox being particularly attractive, made In one or two-ahin effec
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-11
NEWSPAPER WAITS.

Don't look so glum. Try to get the hallelujah feeling" T have tried. but it costs $2 a quart."-Atlanta Consti- tuition
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-11
Not te speak ef Ameries

NOt 70 8pe9k ox AmeknEo. Philadelphia North American.
 It has been ofhcial1y decided that women cannot practice law In Russia. There are lot of men there. too. who do not practice 1t very much.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-11

Maj totaI .5521Se  Net Daily Average November, 1909 .l8,f09 Net sunday Average, November, lyos ,2s,szs
 
 c. | Finfgan, Circulation Manager of Tho Montgomery Advertiser. being duly sworn. Bayp:
 '4Ths foregoing statement of The Adver- kiscr.s circulation for the month of November. aii returns from news boys. news agents. spoiisd and left ovsr copies have been de- 6ucted c. I. FINIGAN. -'r'r- s-r ..circuiation Manager" Sworn to and subscribed before me this 10th day of December 1909
 Notary Public.