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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-07
The state Guard and Poll Tax.

Montgomery, Ala, OSt. o. 1SVS'
Editor The Advertiser:
The Advertiser has made several
statements recently that members of
the National Guard were subject to the
payment of poll tax. ana on account OF
has been besieged with inquiries in
regard thereto. In the absence of the
Adiutant General / respectfully ask
that you print the foiioWing sectlon
members of the Guard are exempt. dur
ing their active membership, and the
procuring of the certificate as the law
directs: au
n,,sJoned or non-commissioned. must
clan and private of the ALABAMA Ma
tional Guard Is exempt from poll tax.
road duty street tax n @sS Ju agd d ioS
or speciaI laws to the contrary notwith-
standing. The commanding of1cer Of
each company, troop or battery, shall
r,,th certificate of membership. as
NAV be prescribed by the ad1utant gen
erai. signed by each commanding ON
Ger. which shall prove SUCH exception
In anv court but such certificate shall
ha rayoked whenever the holder 10 alb
sent from four consecutive drills or
narades without good excuse, and
which shall be good oniy curing the
The commanding officer OF a regiment.
squadron, or battalion shall furnish a
similar certificate to each or his staff
and nom commissioned STAN and must
The Constitution refers TO exemp-
tons at the time Of the adoption of
that instrument and In regard thereto
SSec. 1904. The poll tax mentioned
in this article shall be one dollar and
fifty cents upon each male inhabitant
Lona years and under forty-five years.
who would not now be exempt by law"
This is not intended to perpetuate
exemptions then existing In the Con-
stitution; but simply to recognize those
in force at the time under the law, and
the Legislature can change the law at
| its pleasure. -. 4.
| 4bis and correct a false impression that
has gotten out among the Guardsmen.
y. W. McIver
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-07

The New York Times complains
that the drivers of vans or drays in
that city take advantage of the great
er demand for their services about the
list of October and charge extortionate
prices. We suppose they go on the
principle that anything is worth what
IT will bring, and that as people are
will pay what is charged. That is hu-
man nature. whether it is right or not.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-07

We note that one close observer
says there is not, and has not been,
any controversy between Peary and
Cook. He argues that it requires two
to make controversy, and that so
far Peary has been doing all OF it. If
he is let severely alone perhaps he
may tire himself out in time and then
there may be a chance to get at the
real facts.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-07
DE-. Wyman.

"a
Prof. w. S. Wyman of Tuscaloosa,
who for fifty years has been a pro-
fessor in the University of Alabama.
and who has taught thousands of the
men of this State, has come out in an
open letter and says that he is oppos-
ed to the amendment and proposes to
canvass the county and State as long
as his strength will permit He is
now old in years but young in intel
lect, and win hold his own debate
with some OF the younger men. AT his
advanced age he is not afraid OF the
stigma that some of the EXTREMIST
attempt to put upon man who OBJ
poses the will and wishes OF such a
class. The writer has known Pro
fessor Wyman for years and a great
err part of our boyhOod days was spent
in a play with his children in his
yard, where our families were next
door neighbors. Knowing his ability.
his lovable disposition, his beautiful
home life, his Christian character is
above reproach. He has no political
motives in thus declaring himself and
If our mind had not already been
made up to oppose this question. we
would be willing to take his advice as
readily as any man that we know OF.
He never goes off at a tangent. and
has thoroughly studied the question
before he speaks. He does not want
office and is not willing to support a
measure for political gain.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-07

Harry Whitney may be pursuing a
wise and safe policy when he declares
that he believes that both Cook and
Peary discovered the pole. but we are
not sure of 1t. BY taking sides with
each he may incur the enmity OF both.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-07
DRIFTWOOD

"You should treat Mr.. Rocky better
dear, he is a diamond in the rough"
said the Montgomery mother.
"I realize that. mommer." returned
the slangy college girl. that's the rea-
SON cut him"
"a fragrant sister of the stars" Is
the opening line in one of the current
magazine poems.
I The only time we ever saw a.ffra-
$50 her husband is dead. Did he
leave her muchf"
"Yes-every night"
When people try to air their knowl-
edge they usually succeed in hot-air-
ing it.
When Doctor Quack a powder makes
To cure us of our ills,
II might as well be gun-powder
So many folks he kills.
Ida wood-Her complexion seems
well-preserved.
Jars to preserve It.
"The hairs of our head are num-
bered. my son. SAID the ba1d-headed
well. paw" was the reply. "the
enumerating angel don't need no add
ing machine for yours"
A fat man has as slim a chance at
Heaven as a lean one.
sympathize with some girls and they
will tell their friends you are engaged
to them.
It is cowardly to hit and then run
unless you are at bat in ball game.
This is where I draw the line" said
the mule as he plodded along in front
of the canal boat.
Squire Corncob is well informed on
around him being So"
"Yes-I notice even his land is post
ed"
i've come to ask you for your hand"
Said the Prattville man who was
smitten.
Then the hand that the Montgomery
Blond gave him
Was the one that had 'the mitten. !"
Before a man marries he sits and
OF turtle doves in a way to sicken.
But after he's wed
He thinks instead
chicken.
"De great drawback bout huntin'
trubble," says Parson SNOWFALL. sis dat
| II am too blame easy to find. Better
| try some bigger game OATS skaicer an
you don't hab to pay so much 70 tres
passin'."
at heard when you played out West
in Bleakville the audience was moved
to tears said Boothby on the Rialto
yes" replied Bearette. lightly rum
ming his hand through his hair, but
the audience happened TO be one man
who wept because he had paid out his
money"
Charles Rheinha1N will sing Phil and
Harry Armstrong; famous song hit
Minstrels in Montgomery this season.
Beside the Big Log Fire.
When the wind begins to whistle
An the snow begins to fall
Spreadin' DER the houses
An the groun' Jes like pail.
When the cows an horses SILVER
At winters chill so dire
It's time to scrooch up close beside
| The
| Big
Log
Fire.
| When the shades Of night are fallin
An the wind sounds like a groan,
When the old folks goes a visitin'
An the young folks is alone,
| When Mary tells ghost stories
| TIL you SILVER and perspire,
It's time to scrooch up close beside
The
Big
Log
Phil H. ARMSTRONG.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-07

The old City of Richmond is hav-
ing a great State Fair in her midst
just now, and no doubt there will be
many things to be seen that will in
terest both city and country people.
We believe they are even allowed to
exhibit homemade wines in that free
State.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-07

II in the future some of the most
Jealous of the Amenders have the
courage and stomach to read some of
the speeches they are making now
and to read some of the letters they
write, we feel sure that they will
wonder what sort of lunacy possessed
them in this campaign.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-07

There are some debts that cannot
be paid with money. but they are none
the less binding" moralizes The AL
bany Herald. Just so, and then there
are some debts that many of us can't
get money to pay-and there you are.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-07

Chattanooga. they tell us. is wor-
ried over the frequency and number of
Sunday DRINKS in that city, and we
can we'll understand it. 1t is very
wrong to get drunk on Sunday. es-
pecially in a dry town.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-07

Mrs. Annie Besant says the ideal
man will come, but 1t will be about
four centuries before he puts in an
appearance. That let's a good many
of us out of the competition.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-07

Mrs. Annie Besant predicts that man
will be perfect in about one hundred
and forty years from now. She doesn't
say what the women will be, but per-
haps thinks they'll all be voters.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-07

viii heated controversy between
Senator Bailey and Mr.. Bryan settle
anything or be of benefit to the Dem
ocratic party?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-07

When we hear talk in the papers
or elsewhere of "a non partisan tick
ct" we are always led TO wonder
which party put it in the field.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-07

'Whon nail tb- Stars and Stripes
TO Halley's comet?" The Columbus
Ledger wants to know. We nominate
Hearst.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-07

"Can Mr.. Bryan be deposed?" asks
contemporary. Well, suppose he can.
you don't think he'll stay deposed. do
you?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-07

The Columbus Ledger intimates that
referring to Rock efeller.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-07

Who will be first to make dash
for the South Pole? We bet on Well
man.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-07

Less returns. etc.. ss...-.. e.-se
Net total -. 49,. 49,. 49,. ....eis.ozs
;. =. =
Net Daily Average. August, 1909 -. Tfs
Net Sunday Average. August, 1903. .So'axs
c. Finixan, Circulation Manager of The
Montgomery Advertiser. being duly sworn
says.
The foregoing statement Of The Adver-
Users circulation for the month Of August.
1903. IL true and correct, and compiled after
all returns from news boys. news agents
spoiled and left over copies have been de-
Quoted. c. l. FINIGAN.
Circulation Manager.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this
a0th day Of September, 1909.
RIGA ALEXANDER
Notary Public.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-07

When the shades Of night are fallin'
An the wind sounds like a groan,
When the old folks goes a visitin'
An the young folks is alone.
When Mary tells ghost stories
TIL you shiver and perspire.
Its time to scrooch up close beside
The
Big
Log
Fire.
PHIL H. ARMSTRONG.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-11

come reports of trees practically de-
foliated. The grubs are now ap-
preaching their most harmful stage,
and their repeated attacks not only
weaken the trees to a great extent,
but make them more liable to the as
saults of other insects.
A. H. Kirkland, superintendent of
the State Gypsy Moth Commission,
advises spraying with hot water or a
solution of arsenate of lead as the
best means of graduating the pests.
The elm leaf beetle is common
throughout Europe said Mr.. Kirk
land recently. Indeed, it was i'm
ported from Europe. The best treat
ment at present is to pour boiling hot
water on the masses of pupae around
the butts of the trees. The only eff
fective way is to spray the trees early
in June with arsenatS Of lead. ten
pounds 10 100 gallons of water"
Mr.. kirkland has already obtained
from his foreign collectors a valuable
egg parasite, which has been liber-
ated in large numbers in the Harvard
College yard. Further importations
of the parasites have been arranged
for, and it is believed that they will
prove highly beneficial in Massachu-
setts.-Boston Post.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-11
Applying Lime For Corn.

w. n. c., Chatham Hill, writes: I
want to use lime on my corn this
spring, and 1 want to know the best
way to use it and the amount per
acre.
1t is better as a rule to apply lime
in the fall rather than in the spring,
but if you can put it on the soil
promptly now, there is no objection
to using it on your corn land, provid-
ed you allow a week or two to elapse
before planting the corn. The lime
should be applied at the rate of about
twenty-five bushels per acre in order
to insure the best results, but if you
find it too expensive to use the whole
amount, suppose you use 1000 pounds.
If o can purchase the finely ground
lime at a reasonable cost you might
use it. You can broadcast it over the
land from a wagon, distribute it
through a special drill made for dis
tribution of lime, or by means of a
manure spreader if you have one.
Lime is a very unpleasant thing to
apply unless you can put it into the
ground through a drill. An ordinary
wheat drill will SOW the agricultural
lime" but not in large enough guam
titles to be beneficial unless you are
willing to go Over the ground two or
three times, which makes the appli-
cation rather expensive and labor
ious.> If you purchase the unslaked
lime you can put it in little piles at
suitable. distances apart in the field
and cover lightly with earth. 1t will
then Stake or pulVerize and you can
distribute it quite uniformly over the
ground with a shovel.-Andrew M.
Soule.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-11
WORK
And Strength to Perform It.

A person in good health is likely
to have a genial disposition, ambition
and enjoy work.
On the other hand, if the digestive
organs have been upset by wrong
food, work becomes drudgery.
Until recently" writes a Wash
ington girl, Il was a railroad steno-
grapher, which means full work
every day.
Like many other girls alone in a
large city, 1 lived at a boarding
house. For breakfast it was mush,
greasy meat, soggy cakes, black cof-
fee, etc.
After a few months of this diet I
used to feel sleepy and heavy in the
mornings. Ny work seemed a terri
Bile effort, and 1 thought the work
was to blame-too arduous.
At home 1 had heard my father
speak of a young fellow who went
long distances in the cold on Grape
Nuts and cream and nothing more for
breakfast.
i concluded if it would tide him
over a mornings heavy work, it
might help me, so on my way home
one night I bought a package, and
next morning l had Grape-Nuts and
milk for breakfast.
L stuck to Grape-Nuts, and in less
than two weeks 1 noticed improve
ment. l can't just tell how well 1
lett, but l remember 1 used to walk
the IL blocks to business and knew
no" good it was simply to live.
As to my work-well, did you
ever feel the delight of having con-
genial work and the strength to per-
ioEn It? That's how l felt. I truly
"eieYe there's life and vigor in every
ION OF GTaDe-Nuts."
-'ahAe given by Postum Co., Battle
HEeek, Mich. Read THE Road to
"eliVllIe, in pkgs. There's a Rea-
Ever e the above letter? a new
O"e appears from time to time. They
genuine, true, and full OF human
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-11
HOW TO CURE RHEUMATISM.
1t Is An Internal Disease and Re-
quires An Internal Remedy.

The cause of rheumatism and kindred
diseases is an excess of uric acid In the
blood. To cure this terrible disease this
acid must be expelled and the system s
regulated that no more acid viii be formed
in excessive quantities. Rheumatism is an
internal disease and requires an internal
remedy. Rubbing with Oils and Liniments
will not cure, affords only temporary relief
at best. causes you to delay the proper
treatment, and allows the malady to get a
frmer hold on you. Liniments may ease
the pain, but they viii no more cure Rheu-
matism than paint viii change the fibre
of rotten wood.
Science has at last discovered q per
feet and complete cure, which is called
"Rheumacide." Tested in hundreds of
cases, it has effected the most marvellous
cures: we believe it will cure you. Rheu-
macide s"gets at the joints from the in
side" sweeps the poisons out of the sys-
tenn. tones up the stomach, regulates the
liver and kidneys aud makes you we'll all
over. Rheumacide strikes the roots of
the disease and removes its cause" This
splendid remedy is sold by druggists and
dealers generally at sec. and 81 q bottle.
In Tablet form at 25e. and SOC. a package.
Get a bottle to-day. Booklet free if you
write to Bobbitt Chemical Co., Balti-
more. Nd.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-11

When Cotton Plants Begin to Form
Squares.
Look for the boil weeyil and other
injurious insects.
All cultivation from this time must
be shallow. Deep cultivation will
cause more or less injury.
Continue the cultivation as late as
possible, being governed by the size
of the plant. Cultivate later in dry
than in wet seasons.
If the boil weevil appears, attach
a smooth pole or brush to the cult
vator or the whif1etree in such a way
as to- strike the cotton plants and
knock off the punctured squares.
This, with the picking up of the
squares, is of great service.
Where boil weevils are abundant
on early cotton use the tooth harrow
while the plants are small, driving
diagonally across the rows, and later
use brush attached to the cultivator.
Frequently three rows are brushed
at once. Do this once in three days if
necessary. Both the harrow and the
brushing force the weevils to fall
upon the hot soil, which soon kills
them.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-11
Spraying: A Farmers Experience.

We are often asked, Does it pay
to spray your trees?" and in answer
to all we say, Yes, stree; nothing
pays better"
I am not an extensive fruit grow
err, but for the last twenty-five years
l have been experimenting with al
most all kinds of fruit that grow in
the Piedmont section OF North Caro-
lima, and l find here as elsewhere that
you need not expect something for
nothing. If you want The best re-
suits you must pay the price. Fruit
trees exhaust the soil more than al
most any other crop, and SO they need
plenty OF fertilizer.
Head your trees low, especially
peach trees. SO hat the roots will be
we'll shaded. Every year dig about
the roots, clean away the dirt, look
carefully for borers, and use plenty
of ashes and just & little salt. Get a
spray pump. l use the one that will
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-11

hold about five gallons. Now get
five pounds of lime and two and one
half pounds of bluestone for fifty gall
Ions of water for peaches, and just
before the buds come out, spray. Just
after they show the bloom, spray.
When the fruit is about half grown,
spray again. For apples add two and
one-half mor pounds of bluestone
and about two ounces of Paris green.
Spray your trees (take your time and
see that it gets on all the parts) at
least twice, the two last named. New
er mind the cost; it won't be over
three cents per tree per time, or ten
cents for the season, and Some years
it simply e the price CT a good
crop of fruit.
I know plenty of farmers that new
er sprayed a tree in their lives, and
if the frost don't get their fruit they
always have plenty, but generally
se~venty-fve per cent. CO it is wormy
and almost worthless.
My experience is that it pays to
spray you fruit trees at least. twice
per year.
And l want 10 say if you will write
to Franklin Sherman, Jr., State En-
tomologist, Raleigh, N. c., and get
instruction from him and follow his
advice, you will be so well pleased
with the result that you won't neglect
it hereafter.
Yes, it pays to spray with the Bor-
deaux mixture, and the time has come
when we cannot afford not to spray.
The best is not any too good applies
as much to fruit growing as anything
1 know of. Try it and be convinced.
NJ. Gates. in Progressive Farmer,
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-11
s'Taft," King Possum, Licked"

all, G4AS AOOoA"1 NSAS0"
At the Bronx Geological Gardens,
New York, a new anteater from
South America proved that he knows
his rights and can assert them. There
was no cage for his reception, and
he was put with the possums. He
found pOssum society in a state of
abject submission, an absolutism
pure and simple having been estab-
lished, with one Taft as the unques-
toned monarch. "Taft" is a pos
sum of great size and beauty, which
was presented to the gardens about a
month ago by a friend of the PreSi-
dent ?elect and whose pleasure it has
since been to remind the other pos
sums Of their lowly and plebeian
condition. "Taft' surveyed the ant
eater with a glance of superior dis
dain and undertook to show him his
place. The anteater took it quietly
enough until today, when Taft nOsed
him away from the supply Of food.
The South American has long claws,
which he doubles up like a fist when
not engaged in raking anthills for
breakfast, and he lost no time in en-
tering the ring. 1t was a lively go,
lasting one short round, in which
poor Taft" went down under a be-
widening shower of blows. When it
was over the unthroned monarch
sought a very small orner and owned
defeat.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-11
Pert ParagraIas.

Any man who plots another's I'M
doing is arranging his own.
Do not go to a doctor unless you
are willing to take his medicine.
The dishonesty of one man is a
tax upon the whole community.
Where beauty is only skin deep,
one is foolish to look deeper.
It is often the things a man
doesn't say that distinguishes him.
You a make money following
anything If you follow. it far enough.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-11
British Army 8O5, 1000; Its Cost is
1854, 449, 000.

London, By Cable.-The army esti-
mates for 19O9-191O provide for a
grand total of 8O4,973 men, as. COM
pared with 799,61O men in 190S-'O9.
This includes the regular force, which
stands at 183,2O0 men, as compared
with $4,000 men last year, as well
as the reserves, the militia, and the
territorial forces. These are slightly
above last year.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-11
Witty Sayings.
Gifts persuade even the gods.

Gifts persuade ever the gods.
Laziness begins in cobwebs and
ends in iron chains.-French.
Learn to unleaEn what you have
learned amiss.-German.
Little dogs start the hare, but
great ones catch it.-Spanish. 81,
He healeth the broken in heart and
bindeth up their wounds.-Bibla.
Great foods have flown from little
sources.-Shakespeare.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-11
Proverbs and Phrases

Gifts are according to the giver.
As honest a man as W. trod on
shoe leather.-Irish.
As we act toward others we may
expect others to act toward US.
In the place where the tree falleth
there shall it lie.-Bible.
A vain hope flattereth the heart of
a fool.-German.
A ma never surfeits of too much
honestly.-German.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-11
Progress of a Severe Case of
Tetter-
Guntersville. Ala. July ID. 1908.

Guntersville. Ala, July ID. 1903.
DR.. J. T. ShupIrlne. Savannah, Ga.
Dear Sir:| am glad to say that three
or four boxes of Tetterine 1 ordered OF
you, I nave personally used. have given
me more relief and seemingly a perman-
ent cure Of letter and Eczema than l
nave had for 25 years for which time 1
have been tortured and tormented, with
some Dreadful skin disease on. my thighs
and in my groins,. also on my left hanc.
and had as 1 thought destroyed the na-
tural growth of two of my finger nails.
1 now have one of them absolutely cured
and looking as natural as I could ask for.
The other one very much improved. I
also had 1t on my feet and they are
cured. In the twenty-five to thirty years
I nave been embarrassed and tortured
with skin trouble I have consulted and
taken medicine from many doctors. and
bought and used many different kinds o.
ointments. but non gave me relief and
satisfaction as. your Tetterfne has given
me. I would not have had my two finger
nails just as they were for $4,000.
Respectfully. j. D. Chandler
Tetterine cures Eczema, letter, Ring
Worm, Ground Itch. Itching Piles. In
fant's Sore Head, Pimples. Boils, Rough
Scaly Patches on the Face. Old Itching
Sores, Dandruf. Cankered Scalp, Bun
ions, Corns, Chilhlains and every form of
Skin Disease. Tetterine soc; Tettertne
Soap 25c. Your druggist, or by mail from
the manufa cturer, The Shuptrine Co.,
Savannah. On.
1t is often the blunt man who is
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