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The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-04-25
FICTION THAT HURTS.

Alabama Is not, and never was, the
State of Here We Rest" An exercise
of poetic license. under which po It's
know OF no law of veracity or restraint.
put a legend on Alabama's name, and
We may not doubt that as pretty as the
legend is. 1t has done the State sufii-
cient harm.
No man would personally care to have
Here We Rest" reputation. II as
suredly would not be to his material
advantage to be so known. and it has
not helped Alabama as a State to BIZ
known as the State of rest.
AS far back as 1850 there appeared
in a Huntsville paper a legend of the
Indian chief, who, coming to the big
river of the State. stuck his spear in
the ground and exclaimed. Alabama"
which the veracious narrator declared
meant Here we rest"
1t was pretty story. Alexander
Beaufort Meek, the gifted poet, found
in the legend the material for one of
his beautiful poems. in which the le-
gend was embodied and preserved for
posterity. And so it became accept I'd
that the word Alabama meant here
we rest"
Al great English statesman has said
that the great weakness of mankind
Is to cease to think on and discuss ac-
copied theories. Year after year the
misinformation of the legend went
forth, bearing the endorsement of
Meek. And SO it became accepted by
Alabamians, to be, taught their chill
dren in the schools. For years. there
was no investigator. no Doubling
Thomas to search out the truth or falls
ity of the legend. And the other States
of the Union began to look upon Ala
bama as the state where rest" was
the chief desire and consideration
DIR. w, S. Wyman is due a debt of
gratitude for his correction OF this I'M
fortunate legend. His knowledge of
the Indian tongue was used to rescue
the good name of the State from the
stigma, which poetry had put nron it.
There were a series OF towns a;ong the
river which afterwards came to be
known as the Alabama River. One Of
these towns was on the size of the
present city of Montgomery and all
were nearby. The Indians who lived
in these towns were called the Ala
bamas, which meant, in their tongue.
that they were vegetation gatherers,"
or people who went into the thickets
to get their food.
As a matter of fact. Alabama is a
term signifying industry. for the Ala
bamas gathered negotiations in the
thickets and were more industrious
than their neighbors. An authority on
the early Indians declared that they
spent their time "frolicking dancing
and ighting." So, the compliment paid
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-04-25
AMERICAN UDITORIUlMS
By Fs.dsrie J. H..kia.

space Of 11,t6o squars fsst. The Colts.
cum 10 considersd out Of date By many
and It 10 said that newer and great
er auditorium Will be buiit IN Chichro.
Philadelphia has long felt the nssd OF
q modern auditorium seating 10000
more In the past that city has erect
cd temporary buildings for such pur-
poses from time to time.
In Boston. Mechanics Hail has re-
placed the ancient and historic Fan
euil Hall as place for political ana
other gatherings. Mechanics Hall
seats 5000 which IL not considered
large enough for SThe Hub" 30 tho
Tenway Garden has been projected to
cost 100000 and earn II per cent. divi-
dent from rentals for conventions,
horse shows. circuses. operas. con-
certs and an Ice skating rink. which
can be attended by audiences OF 1900
each.
Cincinnatrs Music Hall has been the
scene Of many notable conventions. po-
lftical gatherings and music festivals.
It can hold 5000. Los Angeles has
probably the only auditorium building
constructed entirely Of concrete. II
cost $3.50. 600. It 10 comparatively
small. however, only seating 1000. but
from the standpoint Of acoustics VEN
tiiation and lighting. It has been pro-
nuuucoo one OF tu6 ufosbH n0cStudiNk
auditoriums ever built. The audi
torium at Salt Lake City. famed for its
great organ, has another wonderful
feature. its dome. said to have been
designed by the old Mormon prophet
Brigham Young. This dome has no
pillars or supports Of any kind. The
acoustic. properties Of this structure
are 80 fine that II q pin 10 dropped, or
q person rubs his hands together, the
"a nj fui@ -
opposite side OF the hall.
Milwaukee is building q big audi
torium and Atlantic City IL contem-
plating doing 80. Ocean Grove, it's
sister resort on the Jersey Coast has
a hall seating 10000 people, which has
proved great success. Ocean Groves
next-door neighbor. Asbury Park, has
a similar project on foot. Some OF the
cities which have large auditoriums or
similar halls are Topeka, Indianapolis.
Scranton. and Harrisburgh, Pa; CO.
lumbus, o.; Springfield ana Peoria, Ill.,:
Louisville, Des Moines, Chattanooga.
Dayton. Oklahoma City. Cleveland.
Omaha and Spokane. The list is con-
stantly growing larger.
Whether the auditorium idea devel-
oped from the convention habit, or the
convention habit followed the construcs
ton of auditoriums, the two are now
travelling hand in hand throughout the
length and breadth Of the land. II ,a
estimated that there are at least 5000
conversations held every year In the
United States. Suppose 500 people At
TENDED each convention--and that prob
ably ts fair estimate. II each one OF
the 1900. 600 delegates ana visitors ac-
companying them spends se5, the enor-
nous fetal of $s2.5oo,ooo is made year
~ on account of conventions. r. ~
any wonder that there Is a great ans
growing demand for auditorinn,s -
accommodate the conventions ana.
warmer composition to secure CONVEX
lions for the auditoriums?
Copyright. 1903. by Frederic j. Has
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-04-25
SUNDAY, APRIL rs, 1899.

With Republicans, like Senator Dol
liver and Senator Cummins deserving
and running over to the Democrats to
fire shots into the Payne Tariff bill. the
situation in the Senate is such as to
give concern to Senator Aldrich in his
work of saving the country by pro-
tectiSe tariff. From a Republican
stafhdpointi the extra session has been
unfortunate. Some Of the most tract
able and st-behaved party men have
seen Mt to don the war bonnet. leave
the reservation and dance the ghost
dance. After so long a time, fortune
Is again favorihg the Democrats.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-04-25
This Gate in History

1635-Sir Fernando Gorges appointed
governor general of New Eng
land.
1697-Joseph Blake became governor
of South Carolina.
1725-Sir Augustus Keppel. celebrated
British admiral, born. Died Oct.
2, 1886.
thousand persons attended
meeting at Philadelphia and
voted to resist Great Britain
with force of arms.
I7S1-Gen. Greene surprised and de-
feated by the British near Cam
den, S. c.
George Armistead. a distin-
guished soldier of the war of
1872, died in Baltimore. Born in
Virginia in 1880.
lS46-First engagement of the MexI-
can War occurred at La Rosia.
1S47-First synod of the Roman Cath
Ollie diocese of Chicago opened
by Bishop Quarter.
1S62-Confederate forces Withdrawn
from New Orleans.
1S9S-Charles Emory Smith of PennsyI-
vania became Postmaster-G ener-
al of the United States.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-04-25

the Indians Of the towns who went into
the thicket and gathered vegetation
for their food gave them. 1t might be
said. distinction. worthy OF some APP
probation by the more industrious
whites.
At ann rate. We should put the In
dian chief and his spear, and the old
legendary meaning Of Alabama where
it belongs in poetic fiction.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-04-25
This Is Ny SIND Birthday

John F. Stevens. who served for
some time as chief engineer in the con-
struction OF the Panama Canal, was
born at West Gardiner. Me. April 20,
1853, and was educated in the Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology In
1874 he was appointed assistant eIgi-
neer of the City of Minneapolis. which
position he held until 1876. when he
resigned to become chief engineer OF
the Sabine Pass and Northwestern
Hallway. In 1879 he went to the Den
yer and Rio Grande road, and later he
filled important positions in the engi-
neering departments of the Chicago.
Milwaukee and ST. Paul. Canadian Pa :
cific, Spokane Falls and Northern, and
several other railroads in the West
In 1889 he became assistant engineer
OF the Great Northern Railway and
through successive promotions he rose
TO the position of general manager Of
the road in 1902. In 1903 he became
ice-president of the Rock Island sys-
TEN and in 1908 he was appointed chief
engineer of the Panama Canal.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-04-25
sayeth The Chattanooga Times:

If it was a sure thing that we could
get in communication with Mars by the
expenditure of $10,000,000 for mirrors
and things, what effect would 1t have
on the cost of living? The tariff on
Marian products is absolutely prohibit
tive.
Another thing we should like to be
informed about is, would our naturali-
cation laws prohibit Martians from
lighting down here and becoming citi-
zens?
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-04-25
MORNING THOUGHT
You often pass women In the street
wearing that forced and

You often pass women In the street
wearing that forced and
siekly sickiy smile g happy
deep in their heart
there turks the vain regret over the
once deliberately chosen fate that
would inevitably deny to her the gift
age parades false freedom that prom
Uses Immunity from drudgery---that ar
tistic life that would escape the sweet
and sb holy duties e. home But ut af sse
to find that the shadows have length
ened. And now they are to sit repln-
ing--solitary and alone.
The origin OF the following / do not
know. All l know Is, that thousands
ought to heed its warnings; Il am
not much of mathematician" said the
cigarette. but I can add to a mans
his physical energies, can multiply
his aches and pains, / can divide his
mental powers, l can take interest
from his work, ard l can discount
his chances for success"
No matter what your social position.
no matter how wealthy nor how poor
you may be. no matter what your oc-
two great armies. Il you are not .
builder you are a destroyer. Which?
That's the question. In the silence OF
your inner self-answer nowl !
Your aspirations are worth infinitely
more to you than your environments.
The strong character does not pur-
sue happiness--it comes to him.
E5n
No one envies the pioneer until he
begins to gather in his riches.
Holding the hands of the clock will
not abate the flight Of time.
II some Hebrew dreamers had not
been taken captive into Babylon, the
very name of that magnificent empire
had long since passed from the minds
of men. Somebody must suffer IL q
nation Is to be great A nations his
tory is mighty only wnen seen against
the background of her martyrs and
her heroes.
The man who wishes to be his wife's
second husband Is all right.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-04-25
What the State Papers
Are Saying and Doing

Trueking IN Sumter.
Sumter County sun.
Green peas sold at Cuba last week
in trucking II you win stick TO It.
Really An Uncemmen Farmer.
Cullman Tribune
Just common farmer named Edge,
bushels OF corn to sell. He's past the
Edge OF Prosperity and won't have to
go round the mountain to success.
+ Times Flight OF Years.
Goodwater Enterprise.
1t is difficult to realize. looking at
q big, fat, bald man, that there was o
time when his mother sat down AND
wept silently while his father took him
70 the BARRIERS and had his ringiets cut
No .Near Revolution.-
Sylacauga Advance.
The Turkish rebellion seems to be
we've had for some time. The sultan;
however, has no fears for his personal
safety. as he has intrusted that to two
Americans.
War Like washington.
Opelika Morning Post.
( The MONTGOMERY Advertiser thinks
that the scrappy disposition displayed
by the D. A. RS was due largely 70
their proximity to Congress. All the
supposition needs to complete It would
be to have Roosevelt back In the White
House
Passes The Question.
Brewton Standard.
Twelve thousand pounds of Spanish
mackerel is the record-breaking eaten
of a Pensacola vessel one day last
week. The average fish yarn pales
figures. However. we pass i up to the
piscatorial artist of The Montgomery
Advertiser.
Fountain Head of Law.
Samson Ledger.
Referring 10 the decision dissolving
the Injunction granted by Judge Jones
In the railroad cases. Governor Conner
said: 1T would be bad day Tor TINS
state. or any other state, when pubic
service corporations cannot be regulat-
ed by law Very true. And II would
be a much worse day for this state or
any other II a rag-time administration
should be the fountain-he OF law
Tt is not that the railroads object to
heing regulated by law. What they
oppose is attempted strangulation by
anarchy.
Against Fee system.
Alexander City Outlook.
The Outlook reiterates its statement
made some months ago that the fee
system should be abolished 50 far as
county officers are concerned. Here
in Tallapoosa county, under the fee
system. our probate Judge receives
salary in excess OF the governors
salary. Half this amount would be
amply sufficient for services rendered
and there would be no difficulty In
finding competent men who would
iump at the plum at $4,000 per year.
Not only the Judge of probate, but all
other Officers should be put on
Sfrayght salary.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-04-25

With all the Black Hand" letter
writing, no case is yet on record where
an Alabama editor has been told that
unless he left thousand dollars under
certain stone he would be blown up
with dynamite. Even the writer's of
''black hand" letters have some sense.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-04-25

Alabama is to have an extra
session Of the Legislature after all
What's the use to worry about 1t? The
state bore up bravely under two pre-
vious sessions. The third session can
hardly be any worse than either of tho
two. With a little fortitude. we can
safely pass through 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-04-25
DRIFTWOoD

"a Harvard professor wants s1o ooo.
wv 70 carry on a conversation WITH az
n q op on Mars; and still they say talk
Lots Of men look back and think how
an OLD flame helped them to burn their
The United States had 1000. 600
G qises r. the last ten years Is mar
rat Riisd pa Kew PREMIUM tSsg wo on
every rat In every womaf1's hair tbs~
could Increase their revenue very
Although Weston made an average
or ty-seven miles a day walking
from New York to Chicago lots Of men
wno nave TO walk the babies in the
a Chicago man has just married hts
Even the worm will turn soon on the
hook as you cast 1t into the creek to
catch the perch and cat.
A. New Yorker has written a book
70 furnish conversation to the meme
bers OF the 400 who are too indoient or
selves.
ss
Fifty bottles of whfskey were dis
covered the other day under a hen in
Atlanta. Another scheme to hatch out
blind tigers we presume
These are the days when the wise
landlords hike them away to some far
off resort before their tenants begin
to kick for spring improvements
!, Now a prophet says the world will
come to an end in seventy years. Sor-
ry to hear IT; we had hoped the
Panama, Canal would be finished ere
then.
1t is said that s7oo5. 600 goes every
year in this country to feed the canary
birds alone. Lots Of money gone TO
seed.
No use in talking these new hats
that rest on the shoulders cover many
homely face from the rude public
gaze.
That object floating high. in the
heavens Is not an afrship, but just q
plain old loaf of bread, that's all. gone
up SO high you can scarcely see it
Mombasa lionized him, but may the
lions in the jungles to the northward
Of that city have more mercy in that
direction.
What a cheerful graveyard sort Of
lead
A Chester, Pa. man Is under arrest
charged with using 100 swear words
In minute. Trying to break Uncle
Joe Cannon's record no doubt.
New York it Is said win have a
1850. All that bunch has got to be
supported some way and they'll make
it too off of the rest OF the country
A Chicago preacher says that while
he win tolerate liars In his church, he
will not stand for skinflints.
Gentle spring wasn't SO gentle yes
terday. Somebody slipped a lump of
ice down her neck when she wasn't
noticing.
man is not stuck up when he
mends his ways.
A painting entitled Getting to
Work" sold for $4,000 IN New York
doubt Getting to Work on Time" and
applied to the pretty stenographer with
dreamy eyes who dreams too long with
employer bought It for that purpose
alone.
Hammock Time.
Hammock time, its hammock time.
Swing II to the trees,
And climb in with your sweetheart
To the sighin' O. the breeze.
While the hooking birds are singin'
In the branches up above.
CuddIe up beside her an
Just love. love. love!
It's hammock time, Its hammock time.
So swing away and dream,
While the love light in your sweet
hearts eyes.
It's time for roses. love, and
rhyme.
! In hammock time, in hammock time
p. H. A.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-04-25
Reading in Proportion.


i Al-Ipll
"TomorrQw you may have something
to eat" promised the doctor to the pa
TENT who was now convalescent and
correspondingly hungry.
The patient realized that there
yet he hoped for a modest. steaming
meal.
Here is your dinner,g said the
nurse next day, as she gave the pa
tlent o spoonful of tapioca pudding:
and the doctor emphasizes that
everything else YOU do must be in the
same proportion"
Two hours later the nurse heard a
frantic call from the bedchamber.
Nurse" breathed the man, heavily.
Il want to do some reading; bring me
a postage stamp
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-04-25

The jackson News can't understand
how Roosevelt could start OFF on that
African trip just as the baseball sea-
son was about to open. Well. there
are some men who can't enjoy sport.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-04-25

This is the view The Hartford Times
takes of it from its Connecticut stand
point:
The decision of Federal Judge Jones
In declaring invalid the Alabama stat
ute apulling the licenses of foreign
corporations that take cases from state
wholesome The Alabama notion that
the United ST .es constitution can be
upset or repeA- I'd by act Of Legislature
gets a needed jolt.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-04-25

When Democracy gets into such a
condition that Democratic Congress-
men are divided into Cannon Demo-
Gratis and anti-Cannon Democrats, 1t
strikes us that the party is sadly in
need of repairs.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-04-25

When some Northern cities refer to
the Oklahoma lynching as a Southern
proceeding, they are very decidedly
wrong. 1t was strictly a wild and
woolly West affair.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-04-25

1t is not embarrassing to find a con-
temporary setting itself seriously to
explain the Turkish situation" We
had almost as lief try to keep pace
with Castro.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-04-25

That college professor who asserts
that whiskey is not remedy for snake
bites evidently lives In a prohibition
Etate and is trying to hearten the fish
ernen.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-04-25

Il had hat. 1t was not all hat"
says Mrs. Hemans in one of her poems
We suppose that would not apply to
modern feminine headgear
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-04-25

A New York man So years of age,
attributes his longevity to the free In
diligence in pies and sweets. Yum.
lum! Hand US another slice!
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-04-25

C. Finfgan. Circulation Manager Of The
MONTGOMERY Advertiser. being duly sworn
says:
The foregoing statement of The Adver-
Users circulation for the month of March
1908, iE true and correct, and compiled after
all returns from news boys news agents.
spoiied and leftover copies have been de-
Quoted. c. I. FINIGAN,
Circulation Manager
Sworn to and subscribed before me this
18th day OF March. 1908.
RIGA ALEXANDER,
Notary Public.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-04-25

The scientist who says that man is
90 per cent water. no doubt referred to
those men who live in prohibition ter
ritory.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-04-25

Professor examining class In ply
sics)-"The pressure Of bodies at rest
is called force. Give an example
The police rce."-Scraps.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-04-25

Sooner or later the man who is all
things to all men will prevaricate to
some of them.-Dallas News.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-04-25

Lots of these Constantinople dis
patches can be taken with a grain of
salt
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-04-25
SWORN CIRCULATION

The figures for March printeo III re-
represent the actual net cireuiauo"
turns having been deducted. its
The Montgomery Advertiser shs con
advertisers land makes IT part III q. ctrcula-
tract when requested) that its daily .raarnInx
ton Is larger than that Of any no. ,,s
newspaper printed in Aiabama-anaai rsniation
Sunday edition has the largest cIs.s IN
81 any-sdition OF any newspaper printed In
Alabama without exception.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-02-12
Had Been Anticipated.

A London composer was one summer
engaged on the score Of an opera, and
as the weather was very hot he
worked with the windows of his study
open. This fact vas taken advantage
Of by his neighbour a. lady, an accom-
plished musician. with a very quick
and retentive ear. to play upon him o
harmless practical joke.
One morning he completed and tried
over a new march, and the lady on the
same afternoon seated herself at her
grand piano. opened her windows and
rolled forth the air fortissimo. The
composer rushed d~istractedly into his
garden to his wife and, tearing his
hair in anguish, cried out:
my dear. l give it up! l thought
had composed an original tune, but 1t
must be a delusion, for my grand
march-my chef d'oeuvre, as l thought
it's only a Renaissance and is al
ready the property of some music pub
lisher!'
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-02-12
Worlds cleanest Soldiers.

The Japanese soldier considers 1t a
disgrace to be dirty. Soldiers of other
nationalities are not always overpar-
ticular, but, as Mr.. Kipling has sung:
Oh, east is east, and west Is west. and
never the twain shall meet.
However, the japanese military man
is not provided by a grateful and be-
neficent government with a portable
bath, so when on active service he has
to set his wits to work in order to OBJ
tain the necessary adjuncts to his alb
buttons.
The Chinese, for reasons of their
own, manufacture long and large jars,
whose diameter Is hat of a western
main drain. 1t occurred to a bright
Japanese that one might Just as well
have a bath standing up as lying
down
Accordingly he and his coDrades in
tered a jar, built a furnace beneath
1t and filed it with water. Soon a
boiling hot bath dubbed before them.
Imitators sprang into being and sub
sequently into similar baths.-Bystand-