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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-14
Whaf IT. State Papsrs
 Are Sayins and Doins

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 I Ths road so the AiabAma white dsr dsS our ' primary systsn. And stili the road has many trsyelefs. Tsiiadsgs Mountain Home, -.. An srtieie on the whaiing inaustry printed in an exchanEe. reminds sIs ..syiss ssss ss 'nSsss'ry sSs sSsns woSs prove proits6is fo the country. aGsr~ te Game.
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 The rssnesses Jury.
 S'HttiSIa ft is hSrd a' to detsrmias at this di.- tafice whether the TenneBees court fa tryinx the Coopers for mansiauEhter or the entire sitissnship Of ths state Tor
 Alahasaa Feed Creps.
 sD ft is estimatsd that sxo. .ooo, 900 were sent to khe West for the food crops n{ Alabama farmsrs last year that could have been produced on the farm. That is vest snonps .,g s1 nensss Ts ag sn1 posho tS ao 1t ,is to piarlt. corn. etc. The farmers viii realize as inuch money for ten million bale crop ok cotton as they set for 6 thirteen million bale crops--hnd 1t will cost less to pEqducs the smaller crop.
 Monumeat to NeNro Nurse. TuenAioosa Times-3a3et&n. j.
 There will. be many to commend the movement of the ladies who hays started ous to raise fund to erect 2 monument to Aunt Jane Tarrnnt. tile veil ks.Ssn nsSFs nsfss re. wn9 VI .,a essa v.s = terday, Aunt Jana was Rreatiy bee loved. Many child owes perhaps fife Itself to her gentle mfntstfations and the comfort and help she has been to mothers cannot bo estimated. To erect q IaonuInent to Aunt Jane wolsa s always did her duty swestiy and well and without thought as 60 fame at- tachinG to her in any way. 1t ta beautiful thought the lAdIsa have and ik Is to be hoped that the movement can ha pushed to spesdy conclusions
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-14
This Date In Histesy
Fsssnnsy 1A

isss--wiiiiam ana Mary College s'Sf 'iStfssi-Pfrsmossniturs aboiisAsd in South Carolina. erflor of New York.
 isia--coiumbus became the capital of Ohio.
 is5e--O oregon admitted to the Union, the thirty-third State.
 1ee1--5enerat Grant assigned to command the district of West Tennes-
 iss4---Fsdsrals captured Gainesville. F5a,
 afshed between Jamaica and Porto Rico.
 l89B-lzeavy snowstcrm in Texas and the South west.
 lBa3--ProclAmation setting apart the Sierra forest reserve In California.
 ieeg--Webs VlTRtnia rejected prohts bIeion anaandment to the State consti- frfion .T
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-14

When we endeavor to estimate the amount of food furnished annually by the seas and oceans we find that the task is beyond human powers, but one item of statistics will help. This shows that in 1904 the State of Massa- chusetts took from the water two hundred and thirty million pounds of food-fsh. shell-hsh and other edible natives of the waters. Massachusetts is comparatively but an inhnitesimal portion of the earth and has but an exceedingly small fraction of it's sea- coast, so we may well wonder how much sea food is produced annually in all other portions of the earth. That supply goes far to make up for the scarcity of other kinds of food. and to keep of starvation in various parts of the world.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-14

years Of Numbering and money sfnk- ing 1t begins to look ss if the plan must be changed and the locks aban- doned.
 The sboiition of the canal commis- sion if 1t has no other good effect than the saving of the money paid out for salaries would be . sman benent. for the salary Of these men amounts to the merest trifie of the cost of the canal As to that matter. the cost of the job Is e much in the air as the work itself is. Colonel coethAls hopes it win not cost more than three hun dred million dollars, but only . day or two ago we saw e statement from a man who professes to have . knewI- edge of the matter. that the cost win not be less than five hundred millions. and may be more.
 The proposition to sbolish the canal commission can only be accounted for on the supposition that it will be safe and advisable to leave the work larse- iy in the hands of President Taft. He is not an engineer and can hardly be oonsidered an authority on canal building. but he has given consider able study and attention to the.under- taking. and may be able to very much improve on what has already been done. It is comforting to reflect that he cannot make matters much worse, whatever he may do. It need not be matter Of surprise, however. if the lock system is finally abandoned and the sea level plan adopted. whether such change will add to or diminish the cost Is question that no humau being can answer.
 Many of the best informed men of this country and Europe believe. and have all the time believed. that 1t wa, . plumber in the first place to take the Panama route instead of the Nica- rausua, but the former was adopted against arguments and protests which should have had more weight than they did. If as competent judges be- iieve, this was the initial blunder il has certainly been followed by others in rapid succession. 4 serviceabls canal would be of almost incaiculabls benent to this country. and the desire to see the work carried to . successful completion Ais general. but there has been so much Of biundering and mis- manage in connection with the job that no one can be blamed for pessimism regarding it. Let us hope that the coming administration will make a better showing than the present one has done.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-14
Apo1rsHrNe rHn coMMrss1oN.
Discussing the canal project The Pittsburg Post says:

Discussing the canal project The Pittsburg Post says:
 A measure that has just been re- ported out of the Committee on h. teratate Commerce of the Senate, in tended to wipe out the commission, proposes to give the President more direct control oR the work. That would hardly seem necessary. Since April, 1907, at least. no person has been. in closer touch with the ditch digging than Theodore Roosevelt un. less Colonel Goethals be excepted. At that time the work was shifted to the shoulders of the army engineers, Since that time, if not befores the eminent sion. always except Colonel Goethals, have occupied their swivel chairs and looked wise--and drawn their salaries.
 In this, as with so many other en- interested himself, including the vari- ous executive departments he has wished to be supreme. If his subordI- mates did not fully carry out his views wrath. Not unlike some other Roose- welt commissions, the Panama body has enjoyed the honor and emoluments of the position, and very little else.
 If this bill passes, however, 1t will have one good effect at least. It will save to the country something more than $100,000 now accruing in salaries and perquisites, entailed by reason 
 impassfoned President.
 Just why the Senate should wish to give the President more direct con- trol of the work" can only be ac- counted for on the ground that MT. Roosevelt will soon cease to be Presi- dent. We cannot conceive that sensi- ble men, as Senators are supposed to be, would desire to give him more power than he already has or as- sumes. His desire to be supreme in everything with which he has any connection, or in which he can inter- fere, Is and has been so obvious that we cannot imagine Congress trying to give him further power.
 As to the canal itself there is fast growing up a belief, amounting all most to a certainty. that the whole business has been a series of blunders from the beginning. and largely through Roosevelts bungling and bossing wh%e he had no business, and in a matter of which he had even less knowledge than he has had of a number of other matters where he has assumed all authority and made a mess of things.
 Evidence accumulates every day that the first blunder was made when the lock system was determined on instead of the sea level. The best engineers, and the best informed men who were not engineers, were firm in the belief that the sea level plan was best but for some reason. which can not be clearly understood. the plan of locks was adopted. and now after
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-14


 The New York Mail has almost given The Pittsburg Sun a spell of fits by predicting that about fifty years from now the country will be as much concerned about the Roose- welt centenary as it now Is about that of Lincoln. and for the same req sons. The Sun actually shorts with disgust, we may be deteriorating rapidly" 1t declares, ''but hopefully may it take more than fifty years for us to reach the plane of venerat- ing . man who loves strife for strifs's sake, who has discovered more liars among his associates and exslntimates than all his predecessors. From Lincoln down to Roosevelt! Fscile decensus Averni! freely rendered, what a tapering oR!' Roosevelt is forcefui, clustering noisy. masterful. impatient. noted as lover neither of man nor beast. Those who would stand in the temple of fame must put different material into their pedestais." It's not our business or desire to butt in, but we really thought The Mail a friend to MT. Lincoln.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-14
This Ls My 5Ist Birthday
 Karl sEaKr.

Karl Marr, the distinguished Ameri- can painter who recently returned to this country after a long residence abroad, was born in Milwaukee, Feb- ruary 14. 1858. In his early youth he went to Germany to study art prlma- rose to the front rank. Since 1877 he has been professionally engaged as a painter. He belongs to the school of "open air" painsttsrs; psts an! ana ms wonderful throughout Germany as a masterpiece of this school. One of his best work S. which caused much criticism but far more praise. Is an immense painting of 'The Flageilants." Bor a number of years Prof. Marr has made his home in Munich. where he fills the position of professor at the Royal BavaFian Art Academy, In recognition of his artis- tlc achievements he has received deco rations from the German Emperor and other rulers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-14
cHATrAHOOcHEE RIVER RISES.
Height of Thirty-SOur Feet Registered
 At EWHmwIa.

At Eufaula.
 EufauIa, Feb. ls-(Special. )--Ths river rose to a. height of thirty.four feet caused by the rain of last Tues day night.
 The freight house at the wharf was almost inundated throughout yesterday and the citizens were deprived of the use of artesian water on account of the well under the blum being submerged for several hours. The smoIe-stach of the steamer Three States. which passea up yesterday, had to be lowered in ore der that it might pass under the bridge here.
 Low lands all along the course of the stream have been submerged but fortunately no damage resulted as but little vegetation had been planted. The stream began falling this morning and normal condition will return in a few days.
 George W. Whitlock is confined to his home where he Is suffering much pain from the accident which befell him in running Into an open ditch on the side- walk. Wednesday. while riding his wheel home.
 1t has been decided to hold the exer. cises by the pupils of tine Sanford Street school in commemoration of washinEton's Birthday at the CaFnegie auditorium on Friday afternoon, next. Patriotic songs and declamations by the different grades will be among the in- teresting exercises.
 The Ladies are working vigorously in trying to augment the fund for the monument to be erected here over ths grave of the late Rev. M. B. Wharton The citizens have been quite liberal ip subscribing to the fund and nice sum has already been secured. It is be. lIeved that but little trouble will be ex- perienced in making up the requisite amount.
 Miss Alma Long. one of the pupils oi the Brenau. was badly bruised whfls playing basketball on the grounds oi the institution yesterdoy afternoon. Hel injuries are painful, but not serious.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-14
The Fan River tMass.) Globe has this comment on the crum affair:

The tait skSiVSE \MaSs.P 0loDo nus this comment on the crum affair:
 We wonder what some of. our con- temporaries who are denouncing the spirit of race prejudice that ts eaus- ing the Southern Senators to oppose of the port of Charleston, s. C.. would say if an equally reputable colored man. of whom there are many in. this section of the country. were to be Probably what some of them would say would not be 1t to print.
 The olobe may well wonder what would be the comments of some of those critics Of Southern people under the conditions indicated. The New Bedford standard cannot see. as 1t ex- presses 1t. how the appointment of a negro to Q responsible position in Bos- ton, Fall River or any other city should cause hostility or objection if the appointee was qualified for the position. Perhaps 1t cannot see it at present but we feel safe in saying that if Crum or any other negro should be appointed collector of the port of Boston or some other important New England city there would be a nice row over 1t. Possibly, however. they might be ashamed to exhibit their in- consistency by objecting to coiored oficial. All the same Mr. Taft win do we'll not to risk his popularity by trying the crum dose on the North.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-14
Unique Distinction of English Village London Standard.

The little village of Buckand-in-the- has a population of less than one hun- dred and entirely belongs to the Rev
 W. P. Bastard, who lives at Buckland golden wedding by entertaining his tenants. Time was when the "bIa- house" was looked upon as comprising half the population. Buck nd Is also unique inasmuch as 1t has no public house. no policeman, no physician, no clergyman and no pauper. It is in the Ashburton Church living and all old people there are pensiOned by the es- tate ownera
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-14

s>aroy. Mrs. c. M. sssrcy. krs. west. Mise Frances West xrs. xeiley. Mss Annice kdsnzs. Mrs. Bryan. Mrs. Win ston. Mfss winston of Auburn, Mrs. Frank Mi1aIl of Gampson, Mrs. Mizefl Mss Lena 1fizsli Mrs. Dalton. Miss TiIda Hughea cf 0tfin, Miss Bannfe Camp. Mies Atfce IIuEEins, Mrs. Hug gins. Nrs. Boetprfght. Mrs. Boyd. Ars. q. c. ronton of F1orala. Miss Jennie DeBardelaben of Wetumpka, Mrs. Miller. Mrs. Eoweii. Mrs. Shsp- herd, Mrs. McDevid. Miss Luceie Me- pavid, Miss Myrtle McGee, Mrs. Vaughan. Mrs. DpuRzea. 1frs Gross from lows. Mrs. KsFby. Mas Engram Mrs. Mcleod. Mrs Windhnm. Miss Nell Prichard. Miss Euia Horton from 0rcenville. Texas, Mrs. Stuart Miss Irene Chaprncn of Andalusiaa. Miss Brooks of Sampson, Miss Gipney Smith and Misn Cora Goodwin of 0eorgians.
 Mrs. McLeod. gowned in lavender satin. and Mas Cora Goodwin. ecwnsd in point lace oyer satin. served at tho punch bowl
 Miss Minnie Smith sat af the door beautifully gowned in cream voii over cream satin eiabcrateiy trimmed in point lace and ribbon, ana che pres- ents, consisting of ninety pieces fn all. were delivered to her from d small wagon, drawn by little bflsa vpiana Whaiey affd little Miss Ruth Smith, and was driven by litfis Miss Marsa- rett Vaughan
 Refreshments were then served.
 Mrs. Goodwin received in her nsuaf charming manner in q dress of red crepe de chine over taffets.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-14
DRIFTWooD
7--T77 --II7- st. valsntine's Day.

ss- vsisn'iHs's Day.
 Tonight is where Cupid gets in his little work. yn
 what has become of the old fashion cd Valentine of long axo7 People don't seem to send that kind any. more, We mean the silky satiny aftalr with the aii around the sdgss.
 A rnan who has no viii of Ais own gan easily hire lawyer to write one haven't any more sentiment about them st- vaientine's Day CT St. vltus's day ! # alwsys makes : man feel put out ,oOkinR MnsR vsps y1s prsm ass and a ic.iy bssvee itself you often wonder whether 1t has been promised s0Enethang if 1t win be good or promised something if it wli &r. Bryan most vtgorously denies that he was crippled in that auto acci- dent Anys6cdy wno imag..nss Ggz.ns,.f for one ss run in 1919 If he takes notion to has sncther guess coming according to ". T. Be-
 T1s ss'sisS s. sES ! f sSs s: sss'''s :ss ii s seat!
 On March fourth Teddy will sc
 The lateat fashion news from Paris says thet womenss hats are to be aa hign es they have been broad Eais viii be as high we pESsums and somee- times higher than hubby can reach with his pocket noek'
 sdEs eSsin to maks ssfsrsa fisSas sss Tsqasss tactful Knowledge to keep them sss. Esss. s.s s.. .H sssR sso DssSl: ~sr:S S my. what 2 good nationt thls wenid pc.
 Strange what huatiers some men can sSsp and then ail att at ones.s after. the knet Is tied, sink Into innocueus desuetude. . 4 st. Louis woman in applying for . divorce says that her husband taught her to smoke. She seems unapprecia~ five of the little kindnesses that: hlls- band sometines gives to his wifs.
 If Is said that vies-President Fair banks has purchased an orange grove. Maybe this is to offset the lemon grove that posterlty hands to Vice-Prestdents by consignIng them to oblivion.
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 rTp to date the Panama Canal has cost us e2e7, ,00O, ,nDO. Mir. Taft says it . must De finished before the expiration of his administration, however. g
 The government wants 800 goats to turn Into the California forests. We thouEht Roosevelt had done sufiiclent putting into California by interfering in the Japanese affair. 3es
 s.ksvh.fa3yHs $. -- h. fE n y.,
 sAfter the. waE,"" says The Nashyille American Thiss ia indefinite. There have been so many varieties of war In Sunny Tennessee of late that one hafds iy knows to what the esteemed Amsri. can refers.
 Miss sLind.Af-Hageby, the noted anti vfvigectionist, Is advised to have an operation performed on her name first Of all.
 Upton Sinclair says that marriage fs a tragedy. Never having tried 1t we are ir no position to say. but judging it merely from the viewpoint of rank outsider. we would aver that In cases where one or the other of the contract- ing parties marries for money and .9nds 1t not, 1t must be every bit of that.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-14
: NEWS OF orP.

NERu. Goodwin Compliments AElss Smith,
 Wleh Llusn Shower. Opp. Feb. is.~-(gpeciaI)- Jon the afternoon of February ii ct the rest dsnee of MFs. T. 4. Goodwin, of this atty. . linen shower was given in hon oT of Miss Minnie Smith and was at- tended by the following; Mrs. W. O
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-14
SWORN CIRCULATION.

The Montgomery Advertised guarantees its tract when requested) that its daily circu- iAtion Is larger than that of any morning newspaper printed in Alabama---and that tts sunday edition has the largest circu- fAtton of any edition of any newspaper printed In Alabama without exception.
 The figures for January printed below represent the actual net circulation. all re- turns having been deducted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-14
0ruWInk corn.


 ~ Some statisttcian has estimated that in Maine the corn crop of last year aYeraged so. . bushels while the like crop of Illinois vas but s1 6 bushels per acre, Computing the aggregate yield of both states. From this the deduction is drawn that the fafm- where corn is sold et eighty-four cents the bushef rather than to Illinois, yvhefa the price is only fifty-seven cents Buk suppose the same culture were applied to is grown in a patch: in Illinois it Is planted In Q. field. In Maine the energies Of tfse smnil are reinforced with fertilizer, while in TIii- nots the virgin vigor of the soil is drawn five '.piowings." in Illinois 1t win be foFtu- nate if it gets three. The Maine farr,,er never 'oVercrops' himself: in Illinois few fsw farmers are content to plant ten acres to corn if they have twenty acres they can ie- established that the greatest yield of corn that ever came from a single acre was grown in South CarolIna--rnore than fifty barrels of five bushels each. The Orange the best yield per acre. and our South cas- olinR farmer was awarded it; but nobody would pretend that South Carolina is In eha same class with Illinois as Q corn State. 10 Is not half equal to Kentucky for cora. mer of Illinois, or Iowa, or Missouri or Kan. sas could do if he employed proper faefh- ods. Nearly all the seed planted Is moi fit. and very little of the cultivation 6 ble what it is on less acreage than is now dezoted to the crop. Tn this connection it Is encouraging to note that Q single ear Of corn at the show in Missouri some days ago Ss ssspsss sn as 1ho ouSs sSEchsssa ss,s rSR A@a ey by the transaction. just us did the stock breeder who gave SsO,0o0 for a short-horr, calf in New York some forty. years ago
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-14

c. I. Finisan. Circulation Manager. of sworn says.
 The foregoing statement of The Adver- tiser's circulation for the month of Jenuary. 1909. is true and correct, and compiled af- ter ali returns from news boys. news aGentr. Npoiled and lekt-over copies have been de- 6rlcted. C. I. FINIGAN.
 Circulation Manager. Sworn to and subscribed before me thln 12th day of February. 1908.
 RIGA ALEXANDER,
 Notary Public.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-14
A Modern Valentine. .

To You. As sure as your arms Irvine round her neck, And you say you'1 love her True, by heck. As sure as you give To her ring While lovingly her e Arms do cling. Z As sure as you send ner Roses sweet. And candy, too,
 For her to eat. As sure as her mommer Finds that your Intentions are All right and pure. As sure aa your bank Accounts Q. k. As sure as you let her Name the day And then as sure
 AS you renig Xou'll have to dance a Pretty jig, Just 50 sure as you de All this From the diamond ring To the engaged kiss. And then back out Crawflsh--skidoo-- Just SO sure She's going to sue For breach of promise So beware How you get tangled tn Golden hair. Or black or brown Or red uhless You mean, to marry t The little Teas - The rose is red
 The Wiolet's blue But it never was half As blue as you. VIII be In sending
 A valentine Asking some girl
 "Oh please be mtne." And should she take you Seriously And then you &rV To twenty three. Don't say you love her Less you do. For all the above
 P. H. A. ;
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-14

ts usd. s6s hissery of Noss dos. not sg,,y rs q hsss w h ssa sss siSS S.ss s ssE ss she EoSd !. Thss mercy sriumbhs ossr jssEmsst ], j,;s,,qs,s fpr tes mercy of the lere
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 sTHey shali cry unto fhe Lord bee esuss q ths ssppfsssor:: ana As shsli and He shaii deliver them. They shall return even to the Lord, ana He shail De entrsated Of them. and shall heal thsn tIsa Six. 2o-2s).
 Not All Coed.
 Rockford Chronicle. iss
 A fight for primary elections is go- Hswss ins Sa is championinx the hs cass as primary. At the saIne time an Alnhafaa exchange ts tn . state of worry about the ofsgon Senator who was elected by primary and whose election wa~ ratined by q Legislature opposed te him In politics.
 mary is . cure for all the evils of poi- ftics. It does to some extent impair the eficiency Of the machine, but nia- chinery In politics Is very much like machinery in mechanics. easily ad- justed to new conditionsy
 The Jack Poe' system of primaries ought to be abolished SO that every man can have "square deal" As it necessary to "come in and only the man with the big stake can play tlis. game.