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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-17
THE PRETTTEST FACE.

PALOL. the palatable castor oil on sale at all drug stores. Uistf
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-17

Ask for o.Rourke's union tobacco.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-17
Percales; Ginghans

New line of latest Spring styles in Dress Ginghams and Percales. Buy now, while the assortment is complete and make the garments while the weather is cool and sewing is a pleasure. Instead of 15c, choice, per yard. 12c
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-23
FOR PROHIBITION.
"A Subscriber" Defends the Effects oi
 the Law.

rep. ZU, lSVS. Editor Advertiser:
 In this mornings issue of The Ad- vertiser in the column Letters to the Editor" read letter of objections tionist." who also wishes to empha- size the fact that he Is an old Con- federate soldier. I am more than will ing to grant him all the honor due cannot grant that that makes him any better judge of the why's and where flores of prohibition.
 His first objection. that the prohi- same old stereotyped original kick of the whiskey people. I would ask the gentleman if the law against burglary stops safe cracking. He says, people They can also obtain burglars tools. They still find a way to make coun- terfeit money. Hundreds of citizens of Montgomery carry pistols, play that are violations of law.
 The gentleman says prohibition has caused great loss of revenue to the city. He also says he does not use It is the loss of revenue he objects to that he should have been a user of ,whiskey and taught all his sons and his neighbours sons to drink whisle y been all the greater while We did have the open saloon.
 He says we have now to pay for the privilege of walking to and from man was in the Confederate Army he IS surely too old to pay street tax and those of us who are under forty five will not be taxed any heavier to keep up the streets than our coun- try friends who are taxed to keep up the county roads, and while I am not a .whiskey drinker I can pay twice the usual amount assessed as street tax and then save money on the amount l would spend for whls- key in twelve months with open saloons.
 As to the gentleman's contention that 1t has caused a 25 per cent |. in Montgomery l am not acquainted with values of Montgomery real es- tate. But ] am acquainted with val ues of Birmingham realty and know that it will bring more money to-day than at any time in the history Of the city.
 The gentleman has dreams of the future and says the people are dis gusted and there will be great change at the next meeting of the General Assembly, etc.
 Only this morning I was In Troy and heard several gentlemen discuss ing prohibition, and the consensus of much stronger for the law to-day than 1t was when 1t was passed.
 The writer has travelled the State of Alabama for thirteen years going to almost every postoff1ce in the State once a year. and my private opinion. left to a popular vote to-day the State would ga dry by seventy-five thous- and votes Very truly yours,
 "A Subscriber"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-23
4 MORNING THOUGHT
RY !. MARVIN NICHOLS.

We may delude ourselves by the sunny day, or the glare of the cleo
 tric lights, but when Lost Loves. the bewitching hour of
 twilight has come, when the shadowy forms of old friend ships and lost loves Ait through the moments grasp on the dear old care free life. We long to hear once more the plaintive voice of the singer in the happy summer time Once again would We sigh for peace and rest that passed the coming of the worlds roar and rush. Once more would we view the world with trusting, innocent eyes say they are and all Is what 1t seems to be.
 Some groWa-up folks are afraid they them too happy. What fools
 In what respect is the dependent wo- man in the parlor superior to the de- pendent man in the streets. Can you say?
 Don't fret-dont worry. You can sc- complish more in one hour of careful concentrated thought than in a day of aimless fret and worry.
 Why did pretty Evelyn win over her colleagues. and catch millionaire She had 0 manager-an adventures. her mother, Shame!
 Your righ ito do as you please Is always limited by the freedom of oth- CTS to do that very same thing
 Beat the other fellow at his job, and one of these mornings you'll wake up famous.
 Generally the fellow who doesn't know anything about the real is fol- lowing the fake.
 Set your shoulder joyously to the wheel of destiny ard keep -comiu'" Why mind the bitterness of the tonic that brings you things you so much need?
 Genuine love Is the highest form of unselfishness.
 What you don't need Is dear at any price.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-23
THE TENNESSEE COURTS.
Elba Attorney Says Word For Ten
 nessee Methods.

Elba Attorney Says a Word For Ten
 nessee Methods.
 Elba, Feb. 19. 1909. Editor The Advertiser: ing your editorial printed in The Ad- vertlser today critlcislng the rulings in the Tennessee courts as to the competency of a jury to qualify Of course your transformation leads you into the unjust criticism. It is not true that the Supreme Court of Ten nessce has placed ban on intelli- gence as requisite to qualify as a juror. The court has held and prop erly so. that where a venireman states under examination, that he has form ed or expressed an opinion as to the guilt or innocence of the defendants and that opinion is so fixed that his Tor fair and impartial hearing. and that such opinion was so formed after reading the printed testimony of eye witness or others In the case. the Wenireman is not competent to sit and hear that testimony again and give a newspapers publish the verbatim tes- timohy at the preliminary hearings of such important cases. but they will do 1t unless forbidden by the court It IS not because a man reads the qualities this person, but If under oath he states that by reason of read ing the testimony his opinion, which IS fixed. was formed, he is just as thoroughly. disqualified to sit as an Impartial juror under the law and In the case at a former trial and made up his mind from the evidence
 The Advertiser Is unfair in its state- ment of the case. Kyer B. Price.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-23
NEARING THE END.

The Monday morning papers con- tained a long screed from the Presi- dent in answer to the severe arraign- ment given him by the committee Of the Senate in connection with the way in which the secret service had been used. All those connected with the report will, of course, have to take their place in the Ananias crowd If standing room can be found. That Ananias crowd has grown so large that 1t would be difficult to find lodg- ing places for any more. It Is great discredit to this country that the President has so often seen prop CT to go into print and denounce men whose integrity had never before been assailed. their offense being a differ ent recollection from that of the Pres ident as to matters in which they had participated. It Is singular, however that in many instances numbers of highly reputable men agreed in opinion. the President standing alone and de- nouncing them all by a short and ugly word A notable instance is that of Mir. H. M Whitney. ex-Governor w. L. Douglass and other citizens of Massachusetts of equal character and standing. The general opinion is that the ugly word more properly attaches to the President than to the men he assailed.
 The limit of his intolerance. egotism and offensiveness has, however, been virtually reached. In a few days more saner conditions will exist at the White House and without regard to party differences all the people of the country should feel thankful. As one critic expresses 1t. the present Chief Executive has been the most lawless in his administration of any in similar position ever known in this country. That we may never see his like ought, to be the fervent prayer of every pa triotic citizen.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-23

the hard times, which threw thousands of men out of employment
 Most of the railroads" says Mrs. Lewis. in summing up the replies re- ceived to the questions he sent out. report a very noticeable increase In vagrancy on their lines The Central Vermont says 75 per cent. the Chicago and Eastern Illinois 50 per cont the Great Northern 200 per cent. Great increases are reported by the Della ware, Lackawanna and Western. the New York Central. Pennsylvania, Fhiladel- phia and Reading. and many others. The Northern Pacific reports more vagrants travelling than ever before" ["
 Many railroads ascribe the increased number of vagrants to hard times." resulting in the reduction in the num- Der of men employed throughout the country.
 The report is frequent that moro "honest out-of-works" are stealing rides and trespassing. President Me Crea reports that not many of the illegal train riders are vagrants. but men out of employment" The South ern Pacific reports that the type of trespasser is. as a whole better"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-23
HIGH HEELS LOSE SLIT.
Woman Who Fell From Car Steps Cam
 not Recover Damages.

not RecONer Damages. New York World. | The higher the heels on a woman's bo"tees the greater her contributory negligence If she takes a tumble. So the law and the precedent stands nesday, two women lost suits for Ianl- ages against the public service cor pOration.
 The women swore that alighting from cars. they had not planted theii tiny feet firmly before the cars started and tossed them.
 The cases were heard before the learned Judge Husley in the circuit court of Essex county. Chauncey H. Beasley, who seems to have a certain knowledge of the proper height of woman's heel, defended the company Mrs; Annie Overs suit was dis missed as quickly as if she had sought damages after putting on stilts and trying to climb ladder. Mrs. Annie Isner. of 166 Prince Street Newark, who asked for $10.000 damages, said she wore walking shoes when a trol- ley car. starting suddenly, threw her into the atmosphere.
 The company had some witnesses concerning Mrs. Isner's heels.
 "rhey were opera heels" Miss Walsh testified
 "They were extraordinary heels for woman of her weight" said Mrs. Potter. a witness called for the de- fense. 't don't see how she expected to walk on them" q never saw such heels" exclaimed Columbus O'Connor. who discovered Mrs. Isner on the pavement as the trolley car moved on.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-23

probably children of very Ignorant l .oik or foreigners who would not
 Know where to look if a child were
 lost. they have remained with inc | socieV 10 be later placed in some in-
 stltution. a John Doe" or "Jans
 Doe without identity. Last year six
 or the lost ones were added to the no.
 family. uncallej for and unknown.
 The society believes that very few chlidren are actually abandonedl
 1his work, on the face of ft. aii
 savers Of relief rather than npreven-
 ioh. But back of 1t may be found
 the preventive idea in all its siRnifi-
 canoe. Every child taken from bad
 surroundings means the rescue of citlzen, the prevention of crime.
 Every little delinquent brought under the influences of the society and of its officers means honor and independence 1 awakened In some neglected waif. glance over the New York eociety's books shows a wide diversity of help. iuiness. There is the case of "Protec. I tory Joe" second Fagin, who school. eo Httie boys in crime, but who was apprehended through the society's eff. forts | four-year-old Clara, with a bruise on the side of her head, was an art .ess witness against a absolute and iazy fatner. who beat the child and its mother until the society interfered. A Iather, driven to despair by his drunk en wire. committed suicide down on .ne East Side, and the children were escued rom the drunken mother by the society's agents. Mary EIien's 1 case was duplicated in that of two tiny sIris Tn the home of an inhuman step- mother. but the society was able to neip these sooner than Mary Ellen had oeen helped Parents who, under the law are held responsible for the sup- port or their children, have been wheeled into line through stern society agents; managers of movInp pictures shows and skating rinks b.vs been made answerable for violations of the law where children are concerned: men have been given fun penalty of the law for unmentionable crimes against little girls; junk dealers have been stopped in their nefarious prac-, tice of making small boys act as agents; Black Hand kidnappers have nesn frustrated. and thousands of nesiected, homeless children brought into comfortable surroundings.
 Mary Ellen. now happily married to iarmes in New York state. sometimes comes to the meetings of this great pioneer society for the protection of children that grew from her own misery and suffering. She has seen " o 'hi rive years or It's existence as many as 10000 children a year pro- tected and saved. and a hundred ar more societies spring up throughout the civilized world in answer to equal " urgent needs. It was a hard nrico that Mary Ellen paid in her baby days but in the happiness of the millions who have passed her way since then she feels amply repaid. sCopyright, 1909, by Frederic J. Has,
 Iomorrow-COnservat of Child Life.
 HI.-Junior Republic.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-23
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2s, 1909.
PLANT CORN.

If the Commissioner of Agriculture had some way of ascertaining how much money would have to be paid out by farmers with which to make corn this year, he could soon demonstrate that there was money in raising cot ton even for cents, if the needed corn could be raised at home. Of course the farmers are unaccustomed to hearing this sort of talk and treat 1t with indifference, nevertheless the fact remains that the amount of money of corn, which they might raise them selves, removes the chance for mak ing much, If any clear money on cot ton.
 It is argued that it is cheaper Ito raise cotton and buy corn than to raise the corn. Look at the other side, how ever and see how the account would stand If disaster overlook the cotton crop and but a small amount was raised and possibly poor price for that which was raised. Then we would find the cotton grower with but small crop. little return for it, no corn to feed his family and stock, and possibly no credit with which to buy. That is not by any means an impossible situation, on the contrary 1t Is quite probable one.
 It will hardly be denied that there is today great scarcity of Alabama raised corn, and that thousands of dol lars are daily sent to Western points with which to purchase grain until sup plies can be raised. To large extent crops not yet planted are being used for the purpose of procuring the means of making a crop. This would all be obviated if on every farm enough corn was planted to meet the needs of that farm for people and stock. and then there would be chance to hold cot ton until it suited the owner to sell. As it Is now many thousa nds of bales will have to be sold early next fall TOT the purpose Ot meeting obligations incurred in raising the crop, whereas the obligations would not have been incurred if supply of corn had been raised The purchase of corn by far mers has more to do with his failure to make money than does his obtain ing a low price for his cotton.
 The corn raising crusade has been started none too soon, and Hon. W. H. Seymour is doing a good thing for the State in attracting attention to the great need for more home raised corn. MT. Williamson of South Carolina has demonstrated that the yield per acre can be greatly increased by proper culture and at very little if any, ad- ditional cost. He ought to be greeted by large crowds of farmers at every point in Alabama where he makes speech.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-23
Letters To the Edifer
The Cavalry Band.

The Cavalry Band. Editor The Advertiser:
 I notice in your Issue of yesterday that the 1st Cavalry Band. A. N G., made its first appearance in public yesterday afternoon. I am glad to learn that Montgomery has at last been successful in launching a first class band, and am sure 1t will fill a place long vacant in your city.
 I note you make mention of the 1st Regiment Band located at Mobile. and also the 3rd Regiment Band located at Birmingham. Doubtless your corre- spondent was not aware of the fact that the End Regiment also has a band located at Eufaula. We have a band here that is making very fast strides toward the front, numbers about twen- ty-five and new material constantly be- ing added, we are equipped with Gov ernment instruments and uniforms, and will be heard from in proper form at the next encampment.
 Yours very truly,
 Member End Reg. Band.
 Eufaula, Ala.
 The error was the mistake of a new reporter, and no attempt to deprive Eufaula of an honor. The true name of the Montgomery organization is the Cavalry Band"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-23
THE wIREoRAss TRIP.

The meeting of the Alabama Press Association at Dothan will do the Wiregrass good and it win dc the Alabama editors good. There Is not an Alabama editor who has not bent his thought and work to the upbuild- ing of his community. Probably no man of his community thinks SO often about the welfare of his town and what improves 1t as the editor of the weekly paper. The Alabama editors when they go to the wiregrass can get ideas from this trip just as the Wiregrass can get advertising from the meeting of editors.
 And without doubt the editors will put themselves to thinking of the causes and conditions. which trans- formed a thinly settled section of Ala 5ama, which had, been almost con- temptuously referred to by adjoining
 sections as the COW country" into what is perhaps the richest and most prosperous agricultural area in the State.
 Dothan itself will be a fine object lesson to the editors. They will find about Dothan a settled. 'permapent" air. The initial stage of the city has passed and with 1t went the era of cheap buildings. The visiting editors may glance backward to a period less than twenty years ago when Dothan was only a spring and a country store. It Is today one of the most prosper ous and one of the best established cities of the State. Some of the bus mess structures and public buildings particularly the school houses, will be a revelation to editors from older towns in Alabama. What is true of Dothan Is true of half a dozen other little cities hard by for that country is thickly sprinkled with prosperous communities, which grow larger with each year.
 The editors can gauge the remark able influence on that one time thinly settled country when the railroads crossed and recrossed it about twenty years ago. Fortunately for the Wire grass most of the early freight that the railroads brought in was made up of white farmers without much capi- tai but with plenty of energy and de- termination. The editors will be i'm terested in the remarkable success of these farmers on sman tracts of land. for farms in the wiregrass are on the average much smaller than those in other sections of the State. The small farmer owning sometimes twenty acres, more often forty acres and in- frequently eighty acres Is the corner stone Of the prosperity of the Wire grass. Dothan is possible the other wiregrass towns are possible because of the fine farming done on these twenty and forty acre farms.
 The wiregrass shows what the white man can do when he gets on farm and does the work himself. That trip to the wiregrass will be valuable in its educative opportunities.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-23

wa ne ne, supreme Court of the State of ant-Governorship contest between M fay. fl nay and C. E. Coon in favor of ,Ex,Governor Robert B. Glenn of North Carolina will go on the lecture platform next fall, and one of his snhe 'ee's VIII be the negro problem.
 Two of the new United States sa,s,or. eeanglpIe to membership in the mil llonaires, Club" are Charles J. Hugh es of oF'. vorr,o or Colorado and Carroll $. Page The most important Senate Commit tee during the extra session of Con S5ess xiei VII be that on finance. which sldering the tariff bill when 1t comes rom the House of Representatives. wasbin ts IS tn, the general understanding in III, HI the Treasury portfolio either from Illinois or Ohio. Should the appoint State is o the ns beief fhst tSs hsSo will fall to Myron T. Herrick. II now appears probable that the Virginia next year will be A. D. Gi1l 1l iespie of Farewell County. Mir. Gii- lesple IS lawyer, and was a membe< or the Virginia Constitution Conven-
 Elfhu Root is the only new Senator S,r, Who VIII receive important committee gress Having been at the head of the War, and State Departments he will be placed on both the Military Affairs ana the foreign Relations Committees.
 Judges. lawyers and those interested m political affairs have taken more than usual interest in the proposition Circuit and District Judges. Ali agree that the salary of these United States Judges should be advanced. but con 1t is said, in arriving at a just soiu, ton Of the problem.
 u Larz Anderson. who is spoken of as Griscom IS Ambassador to Ital, is millionaire resident of Brookline, Mass. with a winter home in Wash experience. having served for seven years as Secretary of Legation and Embassy at London and Rome. MT. been intimate for generations and are connected by marriage.
 The vacancy in the Senate Commit tee . on Agpropriatiions caused by the De flled Sy send9or Hale e of 5f"a Maine. M1a. whose retirement as chairman of the
 
 the promotion of Senator Perkins of California to that place. The retire. ment of Senator Remenway of In diana and Senator Teller of Colorado will make vacancies on the Committee on Appropriations. Mir Wetmore of Rhode Island is a candidate to succeed MT. Hemenway. but probably a Vest ern Senator will be chosen. Either MT. Simmons of North Carolina or MT. McLaurin of Mississippi is likely to succeed MT. Teller on the Appropria- tfons Committee.
 A statement has been made to the effect that President Roosevelt, after accompanying his successor, MT. Taft to the Senate chamber and later on to the east portico of the Capitol, where the, new President takes the oath of office. and delivers his inaug- ural, is not to return to the White House with President Taft, but is to take the train immediately for New York city. Rarely. If ever. 1t is de- clared, has the outgoing President, since war days. returned to the. White House on such an occasion with his successor. The custom has been that when the President and the President elect leave the White House for the Senate chamber and the east portico. the outgoing President has not returned to the White House.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-23
This Date in History
EERRTrARY 29.
February 2.

1632-Samuel Popys. the famous dia- rist. born in London. Died May 26, l703. :. 1779-Vincenes captured by an expe- dition under Clark. 17S1-George Taylor. one of the sign CTS of the Declaration of Inde- pendence, died at Easton, Pa. Born in Ireland in 1716. 17S7-Emma Willard. a pioneer in wo- mans higher education, born in Berlin, Conn. Died in Troy N. Y. April IS, 1870. IS36-Santa Anna invested San Anto- nit after its dismantlement by Gen. Sam Houston. IS61-General Twiggs surrendered Fed eral property in Texas, valued at $1.200,000 to the Confederacy. IS65-Raleigh, N. C., taken by the Fed erals.
 Is7O-A bill in Congress admitting Mis- sssippi to representation was approved.
 1s7I-Capt. E. S. Jenkins. deputy rev. enue collector, assassinated at New Madrid, Mo. IS34-Funeral ceremonies in New York City of the remains of the vic tims of the Jeanette Arctic dis aEtPr.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-23
This Ls My 46th Birthday
CUTHBERT CHRISTY
Bishop Carroll.

Cuthbert Christy. of the University of Liverpool one of the most noted diseases. was born in England, Feb. 23. 1883. and received his education at the University of Edinburgh. After graduating In 1892. he spent several years in travel In South America and the West Indies, in the course of which he made exhaustive studies of the diseases peculiar to the tropics. As a special medical officer of the British army he went to India to study the plague. and travelled extensively through the Punjab, Cashmere and Beluchistan In 1902 he headed the socalled Sleeping Sickness Commission sent by the British Government to Uganda.