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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-15
THURSDAY, JULY Ii, 1909.

President Taft IL patching IT. at
the white Honse, while the rest OF the
family Is at Beverly. Mass. for the
summer. The announcement stirs
throughout the country that fellow
feeling which makes all the world kin.
IN every city OF the land there are 9TH
sr unfortunates who are trying to
keep the house while the family is
away and making poor out at It.
Such misery loves company. and the
temporary bachelors will feel new
sense Of comradeship with the Pres
ident. They viii wonder II the White
House seems as big and as lonesome
as their own. They win wonder II
the President has to feed the cat and
see that he Is put out at night And
they will wonder what devices he
seeks to kill the long and weary hours
between supper and bedtime. The
white House for the present has es-
tablished a new kinship with thous-
ands Of mi-deserted homes through
out the country.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-15
CHARGES DETERMINATION.
Montgomery Merchant Says Law II Not
Equally Administered.

Montgomery Merchant Says Law IL Not
Equally Administered.
Montgomery, Ala, July IL, 1909.
Editor The Advertiser:
Friday night about z o'clock was
going home. corssing Lawrence Street
on Dexter Avenue. I came very near
ming at ph least ass twenty H A miies an hour.
and the man driving the auto could not
possibly have prevented II. because he
did not see me until too late to stop:
Dexter Avenue and Lawrence Street
not only takes FIVE to six feet on the
inner side of the sidewalk, but takes
all they want on the outside to stack
Its crates and melons, sometimes five
to seven feet high, and this place is
enclosed on Dexter Avenue and Law
renee Street with awnings that come
down to the sidewalk, making It very
dangerous passing the street. as you
cannot see cars or anything else ap-
preaching except through very mar
row place. Unless these awnings are
removed some one will get hurt near
And why should this man be allowed
so much Of the sidewalk while others
are forbidden the use Of them almost
I pay license to do business but I
have not only been denied the privi-
lege of displaying my poultry on the
sidewalk. but have been forced to put
them In the back yard. The fruit man
on Dexter Avenue. but has enclosed
the sidewalk on Lawrence Street. has
an old refrigerator against the wall
and allows the water to run across
the sidewalk or where 1t pleases.
think the laws should be enforced
without fear or favor. II 1t IL against
the law to use the sidewalks, clear
them. Move the fruit stand, shoe black
stands groceries and dry good stands
And II 1t is against the law to put
chickens on the sidewalk or in our
store on Perry Street, why is 1t not
against the law to do the same thing
On Commerce Street?
May be the Police Commissioners can
handle the offenders without the cit
liens having to swear out warrants, as
1t certainly will not be necessary to
break down any doors" Thanking
you for your kindness I am,
Yours truly,
J. w AbercrombtA
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-15
THE EMPIRE OFIlNDLA
|. BOMBAY, QUEEN OF CITIES
81 Fssdsic ]. Haskin.

harbor scene is the fleet OF the Bombay
Yacht Club. That institution has =
house and grounds AT the waters edre.
and from Its wide terraces the members
witness the maneuvers of its smart.
trim craft. Membership in this club
IL priced next to patent OF English
nobility In Anglo-Indian society. All
through the year Bombay Is q city Civ.
en- over to sport The races take the
lead In brilliance and popularity, but
every clerk carries q tennis racquet. ev-
cry school-boy cricket bat, and there
is polo and hockey and football to all
up the vacant days.
The greater part of the municipal
magnifcence Of Bombay Is due to tho
American Civil War. When the war In
the United States had cut on the sup
ply OF cotton from the Lancashire mills.
England turned to India In hope OF re-
lief. But the Parsee merchants and
that they overlooked the golden oppor-
tunity. The Parsee community pooled
its capital and ran a corner on the
whole supply OF Indian raw cotton.
They bought from the growers AT ten
and fifteen cents and twenty cents q
pound. they sold In Manchester ct q
dollar pound. It was one OF the most
successful operations in finance record
ed In all history, and 1t made Bombay
a city of millionaires.
The newly rich Parsees competed
with each other in erecting buildings
and monuments. and the great Hood Of
capital released brought into being
mills, railroad systems and all sorts Of
public and Industrial improvements,
The cotton glory was short-lived, OF
course. but II gave the impetus to q
movement which would have been adj
vancing. even today, had II not been
for the despised rat. Twelve years ago
the bubonic plague cama to Bombay,
and since that time has ragged contin-
ually. Heroic efforts have been made
to stop its ravages. with some degree
of success. but the fact remains that
Bombay has sustained net loss OF
100000 population In decade and the
decrease Is continuing. II something
is not done soon, Kipling's Queen VI
the Cities will see her glory depart.
Tomorrow-The Empire Of India.
XII--Re1igion Of the Parsees. II
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-15
RELIEVING CONGESTION.

To relieve or modify the congestion
of city life has long been a problem
with humanitarians and sociologists:
a problem that has worried and baffled
the best thought of the country. The
attractions of a great city, or even
one of moderate size, prove too strong
for many to resist. The crowds, the
noise, the hurry, and hustle, the many
sources of amusement, all appeal with
irresistible power to a large class OF
human beings, and they gravitate in
that direction without thought of how
they are to live. The chances of OBJ
tanning employment draw others who
have, or hope to have, opportunity to
obtain work of some kind which they
cannot procure in the country. These
also, are often disappointed and find
they have been pursuing an elusive
vision.
Whatever may be, or may have been,
to the cities. the congestion is a dis
turbing fact. large per cent. Of
these jewellers are unable to own or
rent homes for themselves and so they
must resort to the tenement houses
which abound in all cities. In them
the tenants are packed like sardlnes in
a box, to use a common but appropri-
ate expression. often men, women and
children are crowded together In rooms
that are wholly inadequate for either
comfort or decency. Such conditions
tend to produce discomfort, disease, and
in many cases immortality. Comfort
cannot be maintained, the ordinary re-
quirements of decency are violated, the
laws of health cannot be observed. and
too often morality itself Is ignored.
People are so often controlled by their
environments that perhaps 1t Is not to
be wondered at that the want and
squalor and congestion incident to
tenement house life in city breeds
and nourishes immortality. One Is a
natural outcome and sequence Of the
other.
These conditions form the problem
to be solved and many have been the
solutions proposed, but none has been
a success. Modern inventiveness. how
ever. offers hope of at least a par
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-15

tial remedy. and that In two ways.
The frst is based on Edison's plan Of
poured concrete houses. by which q
dwelling large enough for a moderate
family can be fully completed inside
of two weeks, and at . cost which II
cheap when compared to brick or even
to wood at the present high prices for
lumber. II houses can be built both
cheaply and quickly many city dwell
ers will procure lots outside the city
limits and have houses erected on
them. thus not only having homes Of
their own but to large extent relieve
ing city congestion.
Another remedy, and one which n
really connected with the FIRST. lies In
the rapid extension of the trolley sys-
tenn in all parts of the country,
through which people living q few
miles out of town win have no DIM
Guilty in getting to and from their
work. People whose work is in city
cannot live In the country when there
were no means Of transit, but with
trolley cars in operation In all direc-
lions. carrying passengers at any hour
OF the day at moderate cost. the coun.
try home will be both convenient and
popular. Thus, 1t is to be hoped, will
the unhealthy immoral and dangerous
congestion of the cities be relieved.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-15
AN ACTUAL PERSON.

Do the youth of the present day read
about Robin Rood and Sherwood For
est and all the stirring incidents ana
adventures connected with the man ana
the scenes of his exploits? Perhaps
to this generation he Is a myth. Tor
whose career the realist cares notning'
but 1t was not so in the days that are
mast. and many an old mans memory
carries him back to the old days when
Robin Hood, Little John and their COM
rades were regarded az real person
ages, and all that was set down about
them was looked on as history. In
fact, they would as soon have doubted
the reality of Napoleon and washing
ton. of Bunker Hill and Waterloo. as
to have doubted Robin Hood and Sher-
wood Forest. And 1t looks as II their
faith was well founded. for an Eng
lish writer and antiquarian has been
digging into the records and we read
this:
Some think that the famous outlaw
of the ballads was a myth, a mere po-
etic conception and a creature OF the
popular mind, but Mr.. Hunter In MS
research into the person and period OF
Robin Hood holds that he was born
between 1885 and 1895, living through
the reign Of the second Edward ana
into the early years of the third. he
was of family of some station seated
near Wakefield and supported the Earl
of Lancaster in his rebellion against
the Government. When the Earl feil
and his followers were proscrlpeo'
Robin Hood took to the woods and sup
ported himself by staying the wild an
imals found in the forest and by. levy
ing a species of blackmafl on passen-
gers along the great road which unite9
London and Berwick. This continues
for about twenty months. from April;
1892, to December, 1928. when he fell
into the kings power, who Tor some
unknown reason not only pardoned MIN
but gave him place at court. any
Hode was a ''vadlet" of the king in
1924.
This will be gratifying news to the
many who have stubbornly refused to
regard Robin as altogether a fictitious
parsonage, and who would not allow
his lapses from the straight path to
lessen their admiration for him. 1t Is
admitted that in some respects Robin
was not an exemplary character. He
carried things with rather high hand
and did things that would hardly be
looked on as proper at this time. but
when we remember that he lived near
~ six centuries ago. and that the con-
ditions and times at that time were far
different from what they are at pres
emit, we can look with less censorious
eyes on the bold outlaw of Sherwood.
The main point, however, is that there
was actually a Robin Hood and that
he did the things attributed to him.
That is the vital point. and we return
our thanks to Mr. Hunter for remov.
ing any doubts that existed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-15
Extnvagant Appropriation.

Savannah Morning News
The fact is cropping out that Legislatures
both national and state. will have TO be more
economical in making appropriations. They
have been altogether too extravagant. Here
in this state the Governor has told the
Legislature that there is no money available
with which to pay the expenses OF that
body. and in our dispatches yesterday It was
stated that the federal treasury was in a
bad way. and that the Secretary of the
Treasury was about to call in the money
the government has on deposit In various
parts OF the country. The calling for these
deposits at this time would be q hardship
to the South, where every available dollar
will soon be needed for moving the cotton
crop.
Southern Congressman have been asked to
use their influence to have this decision Of
the Secretary OF the Treasury changed. 1t
is thought to be doubtful II any request
along this line they might make would be
needed. The government needs the money
and It has no other way Of promptly getting
the means OF paying current expenses
II the truth were known IL would probably
appear that In many of the states municipal
county and state treasures are in need of
ready money. There has been extravaganza
in expenditures, Legislators and bubble off
cials follow the example OF the people
They spend the public revenues before they
get them and often spend more than they
ought, The country Is rich and they pro-
coed on the theory that II the money isn't
in sight a way will be found to get It.
The federal treasury wouldn't be in the
plight IT is II Congress had been economical
in making appropria tions-if II had kept
well within the revenues in sight. 1t as
sumed. however. that the country was
growing the revenues would increase fast
enough to meet the extravaganza appropria-
lions II made. 1t turned out that II was
mistaken. There is a deficit in the treasury
of something like 800. 900. 900. 1t would be
q severe commentary on the wisdom of
Congress II the government should be COM
PEELED to issue bonds to get the money neces-
sary TO pay current expenses!
The only safe course for an individual or
a government to pusue is TO live within his
or its income. Any other course Is sure to
lead to trouble.
The demand for appropriations is practi-
calIy unlimited. We assume II is safe
statement that the Legislature In this State
will have applications at its present session
for appropriation to an amount twice as
large as the revenues. And those advocat-
ing the appropriations will feel they are
badly treated II their requests are not grant
ed They seem to think that the State has
unlimited resources and that the Legislature
is to blame IL 1t doesn't draw upon them
Probably not one in ten Of those who de-
mand great appropriations for this or that
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-15
pR. HuLLY LECTURES.
Estertss.fns series AZ the State Uni

Estertasnang series AZ the State Uni-
verrtsy.
University, July 11.--tHpecial DIR.
Lincoln y. Huliy, president OF the
John b. Stetson University Of Deland,
Fla. 10 iecturing this week before the
University Summer School on various
literary subjects.
He began his series Monday morn.
inw with 4 lecture on Tennyson, and
Monday afternoon his subject was the
sBuEbear Of the School Room" In
which he scored incompetent teach
erp.
Tuesday morning he gave an enter
tanning program under the subject
'Kipling ana Tommy Atkins" and In
the afternoon his lecture was on "The
Bible as Classic"
His subjects for the remainder Of
the week are: lowell" "Fads In Edu-
cation" Sketches IN Charcoal"
Methods Of Bible Study" "Longfei-
low. the Poet OF the Fireside." "Popu-
lar Education"
DR.. Huiiy has q popular style ana q
rapid. vivid delivery. made doubly at
tractive by a genial personality. His
lectures are being we'll attended.
William r. Feagin, Of the Depart
ment Of education at Montgomery. IL
1t the University conducting classes
In the school laws OF Alabama.
Mr.. Feagin is well versed IN edu-
cational laws and systems and his
lectures and conferences were ar.
ranged with . view to giving the pub
lie school teachers q comprehensive
grasp Of Alabama's educational pro.
visions.
The lectures this week WIN conclude
the summer school course and the drst
three days Of next week will be de-
voted to the examinations for teach.
srs' licenses. conducted by the State
board Of examiner.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-15

II may sem a little early to talk
Of paying poll tax. but all times are
opportune for preaching the duties Of
good citizenship. 1t is well enough
that all men should be notified In
advance Of the prime public duty Of
paying the poll tax.
Next year will be a general election
ed and It will be thick with prima-
ries. OF course, the man who has not
paid his poll tax will be barred out
of all the primaries as well as from
all the elections next year.
The importance of next year. in the
matter Of elections and primaries, II
SUFFICIENT reason for drawing attention
TO the duty OF poll tax paying. Every
tax payer should bear in mind when
he goes to the court house that he
1t Is the premium charged him on his
citizenship and he should pay It cheer
fully. The possession of o poll tax
receipt issa mans certificate Of citi-
zenship; its absence marks him as =
resident, not a citizen. Of Alabama.
No man with the interests Of his city,
his county or his State at heart. can
AFFORD to be shut out from active par
ticipation in the affairs Of the Govern
ment.
In Alabama there should be 10000
men to pay the poll tax before the first
Of February. 1t is an unfortunate fact
thar hundreds OF men. thousands Of
men. have by their own negligence
voluntarily deprived themselves Of the
privileges Of citizenship. Many Of
them owe for past years. This back
tax should be paid. for II 1t is not
paid, the payment Of one years tax
will not qualify them as voters.
The time for the discharge Of this
important duty is approaching and 1t
should not pass unnoticed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-15

Georgia is greatly disturbed over the
discovery that one Of the most active
ana loud mouthed saviors of the people
In the famous 'refawm" Legislature
was feathering his nest from the state
Treasury at the same time he was de-
tending the -peepur' from the outrage
GUS extortions Of the railroads. A
chosen personal and political friend Of
the Governor. he was drawing his leg
isiative salary for making laws and at
the same time another salary for de-
tending the laws he made in the court.
the lawyers as to the politicians.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-15
What the State Papers
Are Saying and Doing
willing To Pay Fer II.

Walker County News.
Rejoice and be glad that Congress
pay. $3.50 more for a fall suit Of
tariff.
Congress and the Legislature.
The. statesmen Of Alabama will be
able TO sympathize with the national
statesmen after the wrestling match
begins at Montgomery. and they dis
cover what warm work II is 10 save
the country in the summertime.
Eiba Clipper.
Rain has caused some of the corn
some places stalks twelve or fifteen
feet high can be seen, with probably
one little ear swinging on IL about ten
feet from the ground.
Alabama Looking I'm.
Admission Evening Star.
Prosperity seems to be ION the way"
In Alabama. There Is no better indi-
cation of the business conditions pre-
yailing than the newspapers. and the
psrous In appearance than at any time
since the late panic" arrived In our
midst
ftDISA Perverted Mind.
Opeiika Morning News.
. The Chicago man who had a girl ar
rested last Sunday for taking ge-
ranium blossom from his flower yard,
and who insisted that she be lock ed
up after she had offered to pay for
the flower. must have q perverted
mind
All In Gloomy Secret.
Gadsden Times-News.
What cunning and long cared plan
do you imagine the Governor has In
store for us this time? IL he setting
snare for the feet OF the railroads, or
10 he going to put the prohibition wave
In a bucket and carry II to heights yet
unmeasured? In the dark recesses Of
that labyrinth whence he evolves his
awe-inspiring schemes. what plot 10
now Matching that will make the great
State of Alabama tremble with
mingled fear and delight. From tho
"barrens' OF the northern border even
to the Mexico Gulf there Is q thrill Of
suspense. The commonwealth stands
on tiptoe. The lulls before the storm.
The chief of clan Conner has sounded
the tocsin and the cohorts will soon
assemble The Big Think Is in travail:
There are only two precedents In all
history" On one occasion Minerva
stepped full-iedged from the brain OF
Jupiter On the other the mountain
gave birth to a mouse.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-15
Iumher Mnn Dend.

Florence. July Especial. flames
Balleutine, aged 50 years, yard fore
man in the lumber department at the
Florence Wagon Works, died Saturday
evening at his late home in East Flor
ence. from the effects OF an injury re-
ceived liftlng lumber. which necessi-
tated an operation. Mr.. Ballentine is
survived by his wife and a married
daughter The funeral took place Mon
day, with interment at Lindsay burial
ground, Cloverdale, the former home
Of the deceased
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-15
This Date in History
July 10.

1es5-James, Duke of Monmouth, be-
headed because OF mis- reoeiiioh
against James II.
177s-France declared war against
England and made preparations
to Invade the British Isles.
1so7-Joseph McKeen. a noted rnathe-
l'0 natician and first president of
Bowdoin College, died.
lss7-The Carlists defeated at Valen-
ella.
Stockton took pos
session of Los Angeles.
Of the temporal pow
ar OF the Pope proclaimed.
,sss-President Lincoln appointed the
eth Of August as DAY TOT
tories by the Northern armies.
,R74-The shore end of new Atlantic
cable landed at Rye Beach. N ID.
,Rso--The New Croton Aqueduct open
ri in. New York.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-15
THIS 10 My 73rd Birth day
Edward b. wnliston.

Brig. Gen. Edward Bancrofty Will
Vermont. July is, 1885, and entered the
army in 1851 as second lieutenant of
the Second Artillery. He was with
Franklins division OF the sth Artillery
until July, 1862 He served at the
second battle Of Bull Run. at South
Mountain. Antistam. Frederick
Gettysburg, .spottsyivanisa, u and :, nuns TIn.
in action. At the beginning of the
war with Spain in 1898 he was ap-
pointed brigadier general Of volun-
teers and cOmmanded the se &C. "a Gi-
da' Georgia and Cuba. He was hon;
orab1y discharged June u, 1899. and
retired for age July IS. 1900. Since MS
retirement Gen. winston has maze MS
Nome in Portland. Oregon.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-15

Westbrook Correspondence of New London
Day.
A 3o0-pound sturgeon found its way into
the fish pond formerly owned by Asa STAN
nard. now the property OF A. W. Stokes on
Monday night. The fish measured feet
8 inches in length.
When the sturgeon found itself a prisoner
1t made desperate efforts &c break out, hut
as the pond was a new one its efforts were
fruitless. By means OF ropes the fish was
got ashore and slain. There were about
so pounds Of eggs discovered, said to be
worth about 81 a pound. As the fish itself
brings about Is cents a pouni, 1t proved TO
be a valuable catch.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-15
CAN NOW PIPE OIL.
Interior Department Grants valuable
Right To Company.

Right 10 OOHPAMs'
Washington, July IA right of
way to the Prairie Oil and Gas Com
pany. for the laying Of an eight-inch
pipe line for the purpose of conduetns
oil from a point in Tulsa county. ok ia
in the Glenn pool field through tne
Creek. Cherokee and Choctaw nations
in a southeasterly direction to the OK
State line. distance
of 151 miles was approved by Acting
Secretary of the Interior Pierce today:
The new pipe line will then extend
onward to Baton Rouge. La.
The construction of the new pipe
line is the outgrowth of Secretary
Railinger's action in amending the OIL
and gas regulations by striking out
the common carriers" and "confiSca-
tory" clauses. none OF the companies
being willing to extend their lines un-
der the old regulations. The new line
will furnish an outlet for large sur
plus of oil which cannot be handled
especially from the Glenn pool and
MuskoGee fields.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-15

We have often heard and read Of
mean officials, but Des Moines. Ia.
furnishes specimen who is entitled
to wear the badge of meanness, A
woman who was under the necessity
Of wearing a wooden leg had been
forced to mortgage her goods and chat
tells. and when It was due she was un-
able to pay II. The mortgage was
foreclosed and the ofiicer who came to
take possession Of the property forced
her to place the false leg with the rest
and let him carry II of. We have
heard of taking the shirt or q mans
back but that doesn't approach the
Des Moines performance.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-15

The Indications are that there will
be some unsavory developments in
Georgia in consequence of the Smith
McLendon business The latter doesn't
seem disposed to keep mum while
things are being said that Ex-Governor
Smith will wish he hadn't. before all
is done.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-15

The loud hammerins. knocking and
saving. which the visitor notices in
Nashville, is not indicative of any great
building boom. 1t signifes that the
lockers are being prepared for the
Clubs, organized to promote q study
of literature and the sciences" Nash
Vile may yet rival Birmingham as the
great city OF clubs.