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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-12
FOR RENT


 TALK WITH ALAN JEM1soN.
 2127 THIRD AVENUE. s-6-tf FOR RFNT-A most desirable apartment in The Fitzgerald 18th st. and 11th ave, South Highlands; immediate possession; low rent. A. R. Dearborn & Co.,, 2023 3d ave. 4-9-tf FOR RENT-October 1, suit of eight mod ern offices; plenty of light; centrally lo- eated. Apply at once. Macke, 30S North 2st street. 7-6-tf FOR RENT-Desirabl office or desk space Apply 219 First National bank building 7-30-tf FOR RENT-store on Morris avenue. F. L. Demere 191711 1st avenue, Potter Bldg
 S-4-7t FOR RENT-st Nicholas hotel, 50 rooms, furnished. Apply E. Erswellr city.
 s-10-St-tu-t FOR RENT-House at 514 South 2Oth street, furnished or not across the street from school house; reasonable price. Address c. ", at Subway, Brown-Marx Bldg. Be quick. S-10-3t FOR RENT-Modern, broom cottage on Sycamore street and Central park Ap- ply to B. F. Eborn, Brown-Marx Bldg.
 S-10-tf FOR RENT-Store rooms No. 116 18th street, north. Apply E. Erswell.
 s-1O-3t-tu-thu-sat FOR RENTAL once, 7-room, modern residence. 17lS 10th avenue, south; part ly furnished till October l; ss2.
 WE will sell in our auction sale of horses and mules on Thursday, August F, nine high-class Brewster vehicles, suitable for all kinds of pleasure use. Fries X, Sons S-10-3t FOR RENT-Store room No. IA 18th street, north. Apply E. Erswell,
 S-10-3t-tu-thu-sat FOR RENT-Basement space under post office at Five Points; can be used for barber shop or other business; plumb ing and electric lights Apply Five Points Pharmacy. 8-12-3t-th- -sat-su
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-12

FOR RENT-Basement space under post office at Five Points; can be used for barber shop or other business; plumb
 ing and electric lights. Apply Five Points Pharmacy. 8-12-3t-th-sat-su
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-12

HERE'S a bargain! Fine strawberry fruit, truck and poultry farm, 1ol acres. Adjoins Cullman. Beautiful place. Good land Large orchards; papershen pecan
 grove. Good house, new barn, many outbuildlngs Cheap if sold soon. Write for particulars to J. H. Fricke, Cullnan' Ala or II. M. Vanderputte. S-2-lt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-12

FOR SALE -s7OoO. new residence, 14th ave
 nue. south, four bed rooms; furnace ana modern " B. Ieedy 6 Co. e-o-N
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-12

MISCELLANEOUS
 HOW TO GET TEGGHERs state cerfffi- cate Full information. Write G. w Brock, Livingston, Ala S-7-14t WE will sell in our auction sale of horses and mules on Thursday, August 12 nine high-class Brewster vehicles, suitable for all kinds of pleasure use. Fies & Sons. S-10-3t WE repair all makes of stoves with experienced help. Robert Prowell Stove Co.,, 313 N. 2Oth street. Bell phone 5000; Peoples 327 S-10-tf WE buy, sell and repair all kinds Of stoves. Stewart, 1915 First avenue, Bell phone 1914, Peoples S92. 8-8-su-tu- th-1yr WE specialize in monuments. Birming- ham Marble Works, 1618 1st avenue.
 4-N-tu-thu -su-tf HAVE your clothes cleaned and pressed by experts. Miles Steam Dry Cleaning Co.,. 10O6 N 18th street. Bell phone 4637. Peoples phone 1273.
 7-13-tu-thu-su-tf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-12

We are prepared to make loans on business property at low rate of in- terest. Give us your application.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-12

TALK WITH ALAN JEMlsoN.
 2127 THIRD AVENUE. S-6-tf roTo D Ir NTl, A rrnnst dnsira hln a ra rtr1n anA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-12

A BARGAIN; saw, shingle and grist mill, with 400 acres of land. 200 of which Is heavily timbered with hickory and oak. 50 acres in cotton. This property Is 22 feet above the highest water mark on the Tombigbee river. Also good point for cement plant, on the Southern rail road. Apply G. T. Breitling, Demopolis, Ala. o-o-sI.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-12
WANTED

;H1VfNG~i0o at 1871 4th avenue. a-18-tf
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-09

thority of a czar." Mir. Bryan de. clared that change Is coming, ano that the prospects are brlgnter tni5 tnan vsT TTa,nl IUs Came neW0 tbe auestion. whether he expected to be called upon by the party to be it's candidate, but he passed the question by with q broad
 MT. Bryan's position has been. and Is one of expectant availability. Tn the beginning of the last campaign, f6s ar eaSPs a he iSa fS eSas Ei # aGs @ p
 desired some other man for its can didate he would cheerfully acquiesce in it's decison: but that if it wanted his attitude now. we cannot expect him to say that under no circum- stances will he be a candidate. That He is conparativeiy young, in full vigor, believes he has a mission, and, also, believes he represents vast number F.,9h of pesSplse, in their poiitiesl believes 1t would be a wrong to him self and a wrong to the cause he advocates for him now to say that, refuse to take advantage of 1t. We may be sure, therefore, that in his heart he cherishes both the wish and the hope of again leading the. Demo- hope that supports the statement he makes that prospects are brighter than ever for Democratic victory in
 Few. besides Mir. Bryan. see these brighter prospects. The party went into the last campaign with more solid front than 1t Has presented to with a bad business season to give 1t the support of those who were dIsap- pointed in the Republican party's pow CT to command prosperity, but 1t failed worse for the party was that Its various elements1 that had been held togetf Sr by Justiflable hope of suc- was suffered; and open revolt against Bryanism was proclaimed. That re- volt has grown steadily in strength, and is emphasized when @ time-tried cessful Republican candidate and tells him that his election Is a "benedic- ton" to the South. We do not think eS sRs'i froR it "rS They Pfsas eoud aS oniS be brighter than ever If Mir. Bryan and his aspirations were comfortably buried in their political mausoleum. doubt it?-it is the duty of all men who hope to live to see the triumph of Democratic principles in the vic- tory of the Democratic party to let it be known, at once, that, as far as the Democratic party Is concerned, MT. Bryan's day is over. The party is ab- solved from any further allegiance to leadership which has been tried ofl three separate occasions and has failed. To be silent at this juncture Is to encourage Mir. Bryan in his be- lief that he Is necessary to the party; 1t is to give weight to his utterances: and, possibly, 1t is to allow him to so strengthen his hold on the party as to bar out consideration of any other man, and, thus force his renomi- nation four years hence. If we do not want him, let us be honest and frank, say so. We gain nothing by tempor- izing with this issue If the good of the party demands that Bryan be eliminated from the party's Scalcula- tions for the future, the sooner that fact Is made known the better for ali concerned. Let others speak out as well, that the voice of the South may be heard and it's wish in this matter respected.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-09

ued to violate the Constitution and in- truds on the constitutional rights of the South. was red rag shaken In the faces of the aboiitionists of the North <and they never forgave him. Secession is a question of the past; abolition did its work aud there's an end. but the North has not forgotten nor forgiven Webster for his man. full efforts to stop the tide of malice and intolerance which was sweeping everything before It. In the words of The. Telegraph:
 Webster patrioticaiiy desired to check the violent manifestations of to save the Union. and if was largely due to him that Clay's measure. the compromlse of 1850. was accepted and sy hs se NoTs But while Webster's position on this grave question pleased the battling South and endeared him to Stephe ms. wRiss' % he M angered e the "sl Aboiitionists, hs disappointed his own friends, and vas never forgiven. In bravely standing by the Constitution in the face of the spoken alsapproval psS of of the h ss NortSsrn Ds masses, he virtually brought his bril- liant career to an end and died two years later disappointed man. historian will speak of Webster as a
 man who, though of towering ability and vast achievement. was at a crucial moment found wanting, All this may slight notice taken of his recurring anniversary.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-09
This CGte ia History FEBRUARY 0.

1674-Dutcb surrendered the citv n, New York to the British
 17eS-France ceded Canada to Croat Britain 0S
 177S-william Henry Harrison, ninth President of the United States. born
 1s1s-John Milledge. Governor Geor gla and United States Senator, died Born in 1757.
 1s31-John W. Beckwlth second Pro- testant Episcopal Bishop of Georgi,. born in Raleigh, N. c. Died in Atlanta November 23. 1890.
 1SS4-a large number of prisoners escaped from Libby prison.
 1S65-General Lee made Commander n-Chief of the Confederate forces
 1S71- Congress passed an act ereat ing the Commission of Fish and Fish cries.
 1ST5-The first train passed through the HooSac Tunnel.
 1s86-General Winfield Scott Han cock died in New York City. Born lr Montgomery, Pa., February 14 1924
 1SS9-The United States Department 0f Agriculture created.
 1e92-Eleyen lives lost in burning os the Empire Hotel in St. Louis.
 1so5--Adolf Meuzei. celebrated his tnFieal painter. died in Berlin. Borp
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-09
TUESDAY, FEsRuARv .. lses.
THE CANAL PROJECT.

Tn one respect at least it appears that Judge Taft win carry out the policies of President Roosevelt and that is in making the building of the Panama Canal an, administration pet. This was indicated not only by his visit to Panama at this time but by his addresses to the workmen on the canal
 { Judge Taft seems moved by the Roosevelt impulse to encourage the workmen and to assure them that both Congress and the American peo- pie are behind them in their labors. Judge Taft plainly hopes to further the project as far as 1t lies in his power He can hardly hope for any thing like the completion of the canal during his term of office. for he him. self mentioned 1915 as the, time limit for the completion of the building of the big canal. The Influence the libel trials forced by President Roosevelt against The New York World for articles on the sale and purchase of the canal prop erty may not at this time be estimated but 1t is improbable that any out come of the trial will seriously affect the enterprise.
 The present visit of the President elect and his speeches on the canal are assurances that the new admin istration will devote the resources of the government as much to the build ing of the canal as did the Roosevelt administration.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-09
Letters To the Editsr
PROVISIONS MADE BY
 COUNCIL FOR LAFAYETTE
The City ooanciI of Montgomery Made Provisions in 1895 to Entertain
 Nhe ulnfannmAahaA YRaiAnn

The City CounciI of Montgomery Made
 Provisions in 1895 to Entertain
 the Distinguished Visitor. Editor The Advertiser:
 You are correct in your statement that General La Fayette made his visit as as asserted by some. From an old record containing the proceedings of the council at the time. send you an extract from the minutes:
 Saturday evening, March 19. 1925. Present Intendant. William Cook, Francis McGehee, Cornelius Buck, Geo. Mir. John Edmondson, counselor, ap- peared. was qualified and took his seat On motion. the council went into a committee of the whole, MT. McGehe ee in the chair, on the consideration of Townes, relative to the reception of General La Fayette and after some time occupied in discussion. reported a preamble and resolutions, which were agreed to in the following form 'The intendant and council of the town of Montgomery. duly impressed with the gratitude due by the Ameri- can citizens to General La Fayette and anxious that due respect be paid him on his contemplated visit.
 Resolved, That the Intendant be requested to welcome General La Fay cite on his arrival. by an appropriate duuEGSS III tH6 OL the council. Resolved. That the Intendant and John Edmonson be a committee to confer with the committee appointed by the Governor with regard to the manner of receiving General La Fay cite.
 Resolved. That the inhabitants of the. town be requested to illuminate their houses on the night of the ar rival of General La Fayette.
 Resolved, That the foregoing reso. lutions be published in three of the most public places in town"
 On motion of Mir. Townes, the Coun- ell adjourned until Wednesday even ing at o'clock.
 Francis McGehee,
 Intendant Pro Tem. Attest,
 James S. Riggs, c. c.
 Yours truly.
 J. G. Cowan,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-09
This L My Ash BHthday
ARTHUR r. DAVIS.

Arthur P. Davis. one of the engineer. ing experts invited to accompany President-elect Taft to Panama. was born in Decatur Ill, February g, 1881 and received his education at Colum4 bian University Washington, D. 0. In 1884 he was appointed topographer of the United States Geological Survey This office he held for ten years, con ductinE surveys in Arizona. New Mex. leo and California. After that he was hydrographer in charge of all Govern ment stream measurements and in 1898 went South as hydroRrapher in chargv and Panama Canals routes. He is nov Chief Engineer of the United States Reclamation Service. He iS a member of the American Society of Civil Engi- Sciences and of the National Geograph- Ical Society.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-09


 The news is sent out from New Orleans that several hundred citizens of the city will be required to wear frock coats and top hats when Presi- dent-elect Taft visits New Orleans next Thursday. We greatly fear that this insistence for top hats and frock coats will cause Editor Hall, of The Dothan Eagle, deep chagrin and annoyance. Over in the wlregrass they call a frock coat & Prince Albert" and a top hat still travels under the name of beaver" We fear that Editor Hall will wonder why anybody except Q negro presiding elder wants to wear a Prince Albert" and a "beaver" in the day time.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-09

,As an evidence of the greatness of the banking system. the statement is made that consolidation of the Bank of Commerce and the National City Bank. both of New York. will soon be effected. The new institution will have a capital and surplus Of one hum dred million dollars and deposits ag- gregating i've hundred millions. Mon ey talks" the saying is. and when more than half billion dollars are consolidated in one bank the talking will be pretty loud. we should say.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-09

A few days ago in Columbus, Ga, Objection was made by an attorney to . member of the jury on the grounds that the juryman, although his daily business was in Columbus. he never 4heless retained his citizenship in Rus sell County, on the Alabama side of the river. The incident only goes to show that the juryman was d gentle man of discernment and good judg- ment. On the score of intelligence any man who prefers to live in Ala bama rather than in Georgia could qualify.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-09
DANIEL wEBsTpR AGAIN.

Some time ago The Advertiser called attention to the interesting fact that the birthday of Daniel Webster is now an almost forgotten date, and that little attention is. given it any where in this country. We also spoke of him as cone of the greatest. if not really the greatest, of American statesmen,'' Thereupon The washing ton Post thus comments: s-- >-.....
 Intellectually Webster is to our country what Plato Is to Greece and what Bacon is to England--its great est mind; but he was not our greatest statesman, except in debate. As q ren, and as a lawgiver he is not to be mentioned as in the same class with Alexander Hamilton or Henry Clay or Thomas Fl. Benton; and while he had larger intellect than Calhoun, the South Carolinian had the finer mind for its extent and the clearer vision
 But in forensic debate Webster is first of Americans, and he Is quoted as authority more frequently and more confidently than any other man who ever sat in either house of Con- gress.
 It is notable fact that Ben Hill, the abIest man the cotton south has sent to House or Senate since the war, got the most of his politics from Dan iel Webster.
 The Post doesn't seem to agree with our estimate of websters statesman ship. though 1t admits that he was without a superior in debate. Noting The Posts comments The Macon Tele- graph calls attention, to the fact that Webster, by hisr conservatism and his devotion to the Constitution lost caste with many of his Northern admirers At one time he was looked on as the pride and glory of New England es- pecially, and of most of the Northern people generally, and was not with out hosts of loyal admirers and ad- herents in the South.
 But the abolition sentiment was en- veloping and overrunning the North in the latter year of webster's life, and he could not endorse the injus- tice and intolerance of the leaders of that party. In a speech in the Senate delivered some time in 1850 he pointed out the wrongful course the North was pursuing with regard to slavery. and appealed to them Vo show fairness and tolerance to their Southern brethren. Tn a speech delivered at Capon Springs. Va. in 1851. he used these emphatic and prophetic words: If the Northern States refuse wilfuliy and deliberately to carry into effect that part of the Constitution which respects the restoration of fugitive slaves and Congress provides no rem edy the South would be no longer bound to observe the compact. (The Union) A bargain cannot be broken on one side and stllI bind the other side"
 These were brave and truthful words. ftly spoken. but they did much to weaken webster's hold on the. peo- pie of his own section. His justifica- ffon of secessiou if fha Narfh oonffn..
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-09
The Wool Schedule And
 It's Importance To the Tariff

The woolen schedule was written by had a paid agent acting as clerk Of the Senate committee The g0yern- ment had nothing to do with #. The special interests to loot the people.
 The figures have used in these papers are gathered from the report Of 1907. Owing to the fwhim or stu tf0nS of foreign markets. these figures are not the same any, given two yearss but substantially they are the same.
 And they serve to show that your free American citizen Is the victim of the most oppressive taxation any Chrietian gouefnment imposes in this enlightened age, and the wool sched- ule Is the worPk of the lot,
 wasAington, D. C.. Feb, 1909. $
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-09
wANr or ronrsraHr.

Human nature is and has always been very short-sishted. and is never able to see very far ahead. Discount ing the future is generally an unsafe proceeding. Even the. statesmen and others who should be able to see and calculate something of what the fu- ture may bring forth often signaliy fail to follow the right course. This has been shown in the incipiency of most great discoveries and inventions. Columbus was bandied about from one country to another in endeavoring to get means to prosecute his voyages of discovery. Those who controlled the affairs of nations in those days failed to foresee that there was something in the claims of the persistent naSi- gator.
 And so 1t has been in other in- stances which proved an indictment against those who controlled the mon ey. Some sixty or seventy years ago Professor s. F. B. Morse was at work on his electric telegraph system with all the confidence felt by optimists in their own plans and ideas. He wanted Congress to appropriate forty thous- and dollars to enable him to continue his experiments on a more extensive scale than he was able to do with the means at his command, but he was laughed at and made sport Of by the wise Congressman. One would be humorist wanted the little appro- priation bin amended so as to provide for opening communication with the man in the moon. He thought that q smart joke. but if he was so for- tunate as to live but a comparatively few years. and to witness the uses of telegraphy he probably wished he hadn't been quite so smart.
 The present Congress has been asked to make an appropriation of a sufficient amount to make further ex- periments in aeronautics. No doubt there are many of us who are skepti- cal as to anything good or useful to come from money spent in that way. We think aviation may be largely moonshine. and that no good can come of it, but perhaps we might do well to remember the telegraph. how 1t was laughed at in its infancy and what wonders it has accomplished. Especially might 1t be wise for us to bear in mind what wonders have already resulted from wireless teleg- raphy. It has been but a short while since scientists and laymen were laughing at Maroohi and his system. and predicting that he would soon be able to establish communication. not only with the man in the moon but with the inhabitants of Mars. But the wireless is a success.
 We do not now call to mind how much has been asked for the further ance of flying experimentation, but when we consider the iavishness of Congressional appropriations of the present day we do not think any plea of economy can be sustained. Ex- pending ten million dollars for bat tIeship which could be destroyed by . successful flying ship does not look much like economy in public expendi- lures. But the wise congressmen are unable to see that there can be any thing good in aviation. Perhaps they may be correct, but it might not be amiss to take some chances on the future.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-09
Attacking Ne,rnnnnrrn-

Tuscaloosa Times Gazette.
 The newspapers seem to be catch. ing it. Here The New York World is being prosecuted by the President or the government, and hardly has the Governors suit against The Mont. gomery Advertiser been settled when the business manager of The Adeyr. user Is knocked down on the street by one son or the Governor, another standing by. 1t is doubtful lf tbis way of settling scores with newspaper men Is beneficial to either side in the controversy.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-09
DRIFTWooD

Be 1t ever 50 tumbied there's no place like home.
 Wrinkles after all are nothing but frst-work.
 Season should alwAys be in saussge but sausage should not always be In season. oIsS 5sSaSsS !. = .n ham .sas has been recently thing the matter with 1t.
 Eggs are more desirabie when fresh hut young man Is. not whsn married man has his salary raised he Is a fool to let his wife know 1t until he has enjoyed himself week or so first.
 It's a good thing women do not change their costumes ae often as they do their minds Some of them coma pretty near it however.
 Lady: Aren't you going to thank me for this nice caise--I made 1t mysslk. Hobo. Yessum--but-er-R you see. lady. I'm an afeer-iinneF speaker. No use in twkinE, # you marry nst. she has no room to kick'
 nlBBs. HOW A@1e SAtA SSA 8V AA yOuE usR R,EEs; au10 How fast Why man. alive, when she is feeiin' good she goes so fast that the nigger chauffeur looks % the chickens all along the read go to roost.
 oh, no. Clarence, the barber is not . relic of barberism-unless he cuta
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 The seed for the wfId-oats crop are not sent out by. the Congressnen at Washington. tThsy have troubles of
 Hope springs eternal In the human breast
 But bed-springs infernRl
 Oft disturb one.a rest
 The bachelor may have his faults. but he never sbatton-holes you aid bee gins to tell you of the bright thingS his baby has said. for he has nena. There is an English judge in 1on- don, who never uses the telspngne Dc. cause people one hundred syeass &go shows his inconsistency by ri3lng on railway trains, reading under an elec- trio light wearing tallor-nede olOthes. and allowing himself to ever De irl- fiusneed by any giant eeFporafisns Every cloud has silver lining. Llt- erally Interpreted this means; If you have silver enough in your pocket. most any old cloud will soon move away.
 A Departnaeme stOre Tragedy. In youth he was taught to DC patient Never to hurry or rush. Never to crowd Or hOller out loud,
 Never to slsurry or push. So when he grew up and was married And moved with his wife Into town One morn to a store Full of bustle and roar. ft. For a purchase for wife no went down. For his change then he sat down and
 waited
 Tn meek and Fesigned sort of way He waited and waited And waited and waited Till his whiskers grew lanG and grays
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