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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-18
RURAL CARRIERS MAY
 ADOPT NEW MOTOR POWER

Anniston. Aug. l7.--(Special J. President Julius Merritt of the Ala bama Rural Letter Carriers Association is having published the program of the annual meeting of the association. scheduled to bs held in Anniston on September and 2.
 President Merritt announces that good roads and motor power will bs among the most important subjects discussed by the carriers. Among tka speakers during the meeting are Con grsssmen Burnett and Hefin of Ala Alabama Good Roads Association, and B. F. Diltz. representing the Postof- flee Department.
 For the meeting of the Association reduced rates have been secured on all railroads. and tickets will be on sale September and s. Tke New Wilmer Hotel will be Association head quarters. W. F. Curvin. president of the Calhoun County AssociAtisn. is actively engaged in making the neces- snry preparations for the entertainment of the carriers.
 The program prepared for the two days session of the convention is in part as follows:
 Welcome address by Dr. J. L. wiike. Mayor of Anniston, also address by c. R. Barker. postmAstsr of Anniston.
 Responses by President Merritt. W. D. Pate and W. P. cudvin.
 Why Rural Letter Carriers Should Organize" led by J. H. Paremore and H. c. Taylor of Dothan.
 What has the Association done, and what may 1t yet do for the carriers?" led by Bruce A. Jackson of Eclectic.
 Should rural letter carriers organ. ize fraternal insurance company to cover death and sick benefits," led by J. R. whalen, of Columbia, and J. J. Hicks of Ashford.
 should we have @ State organ own ed and operated by practical printers now in service?' led by W. D. Pate of Hartford and W. P. Burket of Ash- ford
 'sThe horse vs. motor power" led by W. D. Pate of Hartford and J. J. Du- pree Of Ashford.
 How I can serve my route," Tod by l.. B. Lackey of Dothan.
 'The rural letter carrier and good roads," address by J. A. Rountree. Sec- retary of the Alabama Good Roads As- saciation, of Birmingham.
 growth and benefits of the R. F. D. service" led by Congressman Burnett and Aefiin.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-18
NOTABLE SHOCKS IN 1909.
Following Messina Diaaater TremOr
 Reported From Almost Every

-
 Following Messina Disaster TremOrn
 Reported From Almost Every New York Tribune.
 This has so far been a year of severe earthquakes, March is the only month in which several shocks were not re. corded. Beginning with the first throes of the Messina disaster, on December 2S of last year, not a day passed till January 13 in which some part of the earth was not shaken. anns 'nis oe G0d vs ss were lost in Italy. Shocks were felt on both coasts of this continent from Mexico to Vancouver, B. c. France. shaken.
 The only earthquake disaster in the last two centuries with a greater death roll than that of this year in Italy was the catastrophe in Yeddo in 1703. when 190.000 lives were lost.
 On Januafy 1s a shock near smyrna cost eight lives. Heavy quakes were felt In Russia on January 2s. Febru- the. 9th. followed by another quake In Italy on the 18th. On the 17th 6.OOO lost their lives in Persia. Lisbon had fatalities, and the next day a noun tain collapsed at Ventura, Cal.
 The first half of May was quiet. but on the 14th there were slight shocks in Montana. followed the next day by another earthquake in Messina. Five Western States were shaken on May 26.
 June gave us shocks at Singapore on the 4th, in Chile on the Sth. and on the 12th 100 lives were lost in France
 During the first four days of this month Messina was again visited. On the 18th and 18th southern Greece had a severe shock, in which 300 lives were lost
 Last year. on the contrary up to December 29, the seismic record made much less of Q showing than usual.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-18
BEES THAT WORK ALL YEAR.
Indian Apiarist Keeps Them Busy b.
 Sending Them South in Winter


 Sending Them South in Winter Indianapolis Star.
 A quaint method of working. the bees overtime was given by one of the en- really enjoy the "busy" life throughout the year, when they find themselves where hcney-producips blossoms are
 Ny bees now work overtime" he said. No hibernating for them. In the spring I send them down South, and they toll like blazes aln3ng the Soa1nfrn sSsm here nt~1iS to the East Warkna the@ till the houeysuckle and the clover are gone. The autumn season nnds them In Florida. where they make peculiar : Florida flowers. California gives them all they can do in winter; |.
 "Its splendid idea. ! got 1t from have winter hotels on the Riviera and summer hotels at Dinard or Tr1nville. My travelling bees yield thrice as much money as stay-at- home ones: ones Thank Thenk goodness there are no laoor unions among these insects"
 The Keepers who, on the other hand, are content to have their bees remain in the same place throughout the year and work iuring the blcssom time of fruits, flowers, the barley and colver and wayside flowers, were consulted as to the best methods CT housing the bees during the winter.
 Some experts are in favor or shelter- = ing the colony by lacing all the hives in sort of open pen, snuFly inoiosed exposure. These fnclosures are pre- ferably long and narrow and hut little higher than the hives. which are set close together in a straight line; Here the summer workers hibernate during the coidest winter weather. and so cozy and warm are their winter quarters that they are strong and nSruy I, nh . . ready for work at the nrst posHiole suggestion of early spring bloom.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-18
NEWS OF EUFAULA.
Board of Revenue PIans For In,proves
 ment of ROadH.

Eufaula, Aug 17.-(Special.)-Tha county board of revenue held It's rsgu. lar monthly meeting at Clayton yester- day when much routine business was transacted. Among important measures was the matter of working the pub lie roads which was discussed at some length and finally resulted in agreeing to again put the gang together with teams and all appurtenances or work beginning on or about September ].
 The matter of an election for the scholarship at the Mobile Medical col- lege had to be deferred on account of the body being unable to agree. Bal. lots were cast nearly all the afternoon invariably resulted In tie.
 Louisville is taking on new life and many new and substantial improvs- ments now mark the town. Conspici- ous among these is the claying and graveling of the principal streets which heretofore were only heavy sand beds. The citizens are also in their midst of a we'll regulated tslsphone system which Is up-to-date and is being fast pushed to completion. A new ware house for the storage of cotton will soon be built which will be of brick and will cost approximately $6.Ooo
 Little Misses Emily Milton and Kate Roberts of this city will take conspi- cious parts in Snow White. play be- ing gotten up under the auspices ot Miss Annie Walker, of Union Springs. to be presented by home talent in thav city this week.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-18
ADVERTISERS PLAN CONVENTION.
NeyxspapeE Committee fer National
 Meeting is Appointed.

NeWspapeE Committee for NauonaA
 Meeting is Appointed.
 Personnel of the committee on news papers for the fourth annual conven- lion of the Associated Advertising Clubs of America. to be held in Louis vile, Ky, Aug. 25, 26 and 21, was an- nounced August 5. It is expected that many newspaper men will attend the convention, where, among other fea- lures, the Romance of Advertising" will be told by leading business men who have spent thousands of dollars in telling the public about their goods and have realized vast profits as a re- suit.
 The committee, as composed at pres- ent Is:
 Louis Wiley, Times. New York.
 c. c. Rosewater, Bee. Omaha, Neb. Henry Watterson. Courter-Journal. Louisville. Ky.
 A. P. Johnson, Record Herald, Chi- F. P. Glass. Advertiser. Montgom- Charles W. Hornick. Call. San Fran M. E. Foster. Chronicle. Houston. Texas.
 Lafayette Young, Capitol. Des Moines. Iowa.
 W. Mckay Barbour. Tribune. Min neapolis Minn.
 Hary NJ. Coudrey, United States Rep resentative Twelfth District. Missouri. |. Lester L. Jones, JournaL Chicago.
 Clark Howell, Constitution. Atlanta. Ga.
 George S. Oliver. Gazette Times. Pittsburg. Pa.
 We intend to make hard fight for newspaper advertising" said MT. Ma son today.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-18
rREn STARTER FROM A srAkn
Story Told of Big Cotf0nwood
 Grounds of Kansas Capital.

1T, an article concerning a large old east Mns of 'fss e sasss n McCrary claimed that the tree sprung up from seed and that. after with standing many battles with both the elements of nature and man, 1t had survived until 1t had grown into an exceedingly large and magnificent shade
 Mr. W. H.. Fernald, of 521 Tyler Street. who has lived in Topeka for forty-nine years, said there seems to be mistake about the real origin Of his product Of the 1orss ns At the house was built Mir. Fernald was & small boy and yet he says he remem- bers distinctly about the trees. At carrying water for the. stonecutters who were working on the building During that time he claims that the 'fsf f iena remsmbsr be- distinctly the day T went to work for the first time in my life for wages. During the day the foreman cut down 2 cottonwood tree diameter, and from 1t he obtained a post fifteen feet long. This post was set in the ground about five or six feet derrick which hoisted the stone for ths building.
 star started to grow. 1t kept on growing and as no one hindered 1t, it soon took the form which was most natural foi it, and grew into good-sized tree T,l. peculiar shape 1t has since assumed Ia due to the way in which 1t started. Probaply ene reason reason why the tree was vas form of post is that the stones which had been piled around 1t while the building was being built were not ro- moved until several years after the post was set in the ground
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-18

Will there never be an end to this 'what is'' business1 One of the latest to be put up to a long-sufferins pub lie is from some contemporary. name not given. who asks. What is poetry? Thereupon the esteemed Columbia State gets busy and devotes nearly a column of editorial space to telling what 1t thinks about it. Does it be- iievs. hopo or expect that it's definition will be satisfactory 10 others7 If so 1t may soon find that 1t has another think coming to it. There are likely to be as many opinions about 1t as there are about whiskey.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-18
SHOES NOT TO BE CHEAPER.

One of the arguments in favor of re- moving the import duty on hides was that 1t would enable the American peo- pie to obtain shoes at lower prices than they have been paying, It was pointed out that we do and can import a great many hides from South Ameri- ca and other countries, and that the removal of the tariff would naturally and certainly result In cheaper leather and lower-priced shoes in this country
 We think all must admit that the argument was a valid one It was na- tural to suppose that if all duty were removed from hides imported from oth. er countries the importation would be greatly increased. and that must lower the price. every one would say. unless something else intervened Has that something else" come up to keep up prices. so that the American eonsum- CT will pay as much for shoes as for merly? Some days ago we quoted an authority as saying that the removal of the duty would do no good. because 1t was declared that there was a hide and leather trust. or something of the kind. that would keep up the price of leather and thus nullify any good that might result from free hides
 In addition to this prediction we find In The New Bedford Standard, publish ed in the very heart of the shoe-mak- Ing region. some other evidence going to show that we need not be too sure
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-18
A TERROR IN THE TALL GRASS.

Mosquite Wore Than Indians That
 persecuted Oar Pnritan Ancestors.
 Philadelphia Record. in the year isss wrote home dH"ss aiysrs complaints of the country and of thelr compantons. These were submitted tc the t aushorities of the colony for q re. In his "7istory of Plymouth Pianta- tion:" thus summarizes the twelfth ob- lection and the answer thereto:
 v,.hs IF on; The people are much snoyed
 Ans They are too delicate and un- coiionies. and canot enduer the biting s..ps soms .s m Tosd at a: .:s tsS sSs ss muskeeto proofs. Yet this place is az free as any. and experinece tsacheth that ye more ye land is tild and ye be, in the end scarse and at. all !"
 The mosquito was one of the greatest terrors of the "edventurers." who laid the foundation of the United states. Hbs was distributed. his first victims be- ing the Castilian invaders of South America. William Bradford and heroes
 l' tJP sKP1 pe.s %sy z. hsvs sms Sfs m.sr as but their successors less inured to hard ship have walled long and bitterly oyer the attacks Of q wretched little in-
 The Indians could be decimatsd by the diseases of civilization or extermi- mated with muskets, or driven west ward and rounded up on ressrvations. and finally reduced to such a state of heipiessness that Commissioner Leupp Is now stationing barbers on the res eryations to thim their sable locks. But for nearly three centuries the mos quito remained an untamed and in- ervations to trim their sable locks But hopes that he may be reEslated to the happy hunting grounds. whither the other scourase of the continent. the red men, have for the most part gone. The State entom ologist of New Jersey believes that permanent results are be- ing attained. although the cities near New York grow weary in well-doinG and relax their viliganee In the matter of drainage. He is working south along the coast. and expects to reach Yons River this year and Atlantic City next year. staten Island claims to be free from the terror thai fiieth by night and Is worge than the pestilence that walketh at monday has some merits
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-18
America in The Philippines XVII ANAMERCxAN GIBRALTAR
By Frederic ]. Haskin.

thing else to Insure the peace of the Orient.
 Considering the Philippine Islands as base of military operations of the offensive order. 1t is important that work be pushed as rapidly as possible to make that base worthy. defensible. adequate and self-reliant. Half way measures will accomplish no good and will be a great waste of money. To make Manila Bay all that 1t ought to be as naval base will be an essential economy.
 Wise statesmen know that war costs more money than anything else, .leav- ing life and limb out of the question. Many of these wise statesmen and stu- dents of the political situation in the Orient believe that the cost of one great battleship expended in the vicln- fty of Manila will do as much good in war as five Dreadnaughts, and will be more valuable than a dozen of the strongest battleships afioat as a make- weight for peace.
 Tomorrow-Amerlca In the Philippines.
 xvIII--Our Far Eastern Army.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-18
Mobile as Q Warning. II

New Orleans Picayune.
 The Charleston. (s; C.) News and Courier with s mingled tone of pity situation in which fanatical puritan ism has left Mobile, It says: o.,. t SAs $ i adopted the sl' Roman cstSolio However. despite this. Mobile an: to conform to the new Alabama pro- hibition law, which is so drastic that 1t could not be broken with Q pile driver.
 Register says: Tt turns the other cheek to the Legislature. but asks that the sundays are iOng, that the climate Is such that indoors becomes what the French style ennuyant." Poor. chas- tened Mobile wants Sunday baseball, and pleads good behavior as a reason
 we are sorry for Mobile. Time was when 1t was Joyous city. In carnival enin x%iS the sNe to0tnss s of os the Whistles snd the booming of the guns. they drank his health. and "all went merry as a wedding bell" On New Years Eve the rounds and drank the health of gentle damsels and grand danes, It was a pleasant city, and heartily laughed the devil as he padded about in the near. by swamps and took note of the pro- ceedings.
 "AI this is gone. Silent will be the carnival and dreary the arrival of the king Wit will be on a holiday and laughter in New Orleans and Pensa- cola. And yet. in return for all taken from her, Mobile asks for baseball. She will not get it. Certainly not She ought to be glad to just exist. They do not want cities in Alabama. If they will grow there they must learn that 1t Is just as possible to have quiet in Mobile as 1t Is in Squeedunk. So has 1t been written in the law" The reformers have sworn that they will never rest until they make tha entire South as dry as a powder maga- zine, and although they have not said 1t, they will make 1t If they succeed quite as explosive. Fanatical reform always takes on a religious com piexion, and 1t would not be surprising | if they should seek to transform the entire South into a perpetual Sunday School.
 ! 1t Is as much in danger of being re- I formed as was Mobile. These arc revolutionary times. and revolutions threaten to plunge every country into a sea of trouble
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-18

of cheaper shoes It quotes the great shoe man. william L. Douglas as be- Ing very backward about predicting any reduction in shoe prices. but he says that people win get better values for their money than heretofore.
 That Is to say;' says The Standard. If we grasp his meaning, thst a three dollar pair of shoes will not 60 down to two dollars and ssventy-nve cents. but that the three dollar shoes will be as good as say a three dollar and quarter or three and q half pal, would under present standards of shoe making. Mir. Douglas has been in the business successfully for a long time. and he ought to know what he is talk. tnR about. still. we do not see that the trade generally is making that promise. Indeed ther. is manifest rather disposition to be cautious and reticent in dealing with the subject" The argument ot Mir. Douglas is that if hides are more plentiful leather will he cheaper. and if that is the case it should follow that the manufacturers will give us better shoes. Perhaps that should be the result. but will 1t? If the great manufacturing concerns will not give us Cheaper footwear how do we know that they will give us bet ter? We do not know it. and with due respect to Mir. Douglas and those who talk as he does. we think most people will refuse to credit the prom ise. and will only believe it when the proof is presented them.
 The truth seems to be that we have absolutely no assurance that the re- moval of the duty on hides will give us cheaper shoes. If the leather and shoe interests and business of the country are to fall into the clutches of a hide and leather trust we will gain nothing by free hides. The govern ment will lose the duty and the con- sumers will gain nothing. The octo- pus will still be very much in evidence.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-18
Raid ARIind Tigers"

Anniston, Aug. 17.-(SpoclAl. l- Robert Walker and Jake Reid. two Jacksonville negroes, were capture | sunday morning by Deputy ShRriE John T. Rowland on the charge Of eperRt- ing "blind tigers" in that city, aad the latter, Jake Reid, was brought to the county jail in default of bond. Robert Walker furnished bond and was re- leased. The warrants were sworn out al Jacksonville. but were made return able before Judge E. r. Crook in the County Court next Friday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-18

The excellent article on Corn Bread. e Southern Institution" should have been credited to The Memphis News Scimitar At this time when the tongue of islander Is assailing one of the great staple articles of diet of the South. and when loose takers. with a jargon which they think Is science are undermining the confidence of the peo- pie in a great and healthful dish. It's champion should be known and recog- nized.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-18
GETS BAD CHECK cAsHED.
Hotel Manager Now on Trail of YOunE
 Stranger.

Admission, Aug. 17.-(Special. l- Manager C. H. Mitchell of the Ala bama Hotel has sworn out warrant for the arrest of one Il: B. Whirrett of Cincinnati, an ex-hotel clerk wEo passed a bogus check on him a few days ago.
 This man came to Anniston a few days ago and asked MT. Mitchell for a cierkship in The Alabama. Thero being no vacancy, he then asked Mir. Mitchell if he would cash a $50 check for him by his brother -in-law. Whir- rett had been introduced to MT. Mitch eli bv win Zimmer of the Klmball in Atlanta. and T. R. Watts, publisher of the Watts Railroad Guide, and he readily cashed the check.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-18
JAMES COOPER BURIED.
Was Attacked by Cramps While SvvirA-
 ming and Sank.

Anniston Aug. 17.-(Special J. The funeral of James Cooper, a young man of Anniston, who was drowned n,ar Golden Springs on Sunday while in bathing with friends. occurred this afternoon at o'clock from the house of L.. W. Duke, on South Wilmer Ay- enue. interment following in Edge" mont Cemetery.
 It Is said that Young Cooper had been continuously in the water since about o'clock fin the morning until some four hours later when he was attacked by cramps and sank Ills companions who were smaller than himself, were not aware of his danger until too late to assist him.
 Mr. Horton, resident of that com munity, hearing that young Cooper was drowned in the pond, plunged in and rescued the body, but life Was al- ready extinct The body was then placed in a spring wagon and brought to the city by John M. Morrison.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-18

While the cities are sweltering fin the present heated spell. too many ana themas should not be levelled at the weather. This is the weather which makes strong and healthy cotton. It has bean q hot summer. but in com menting on that fact we may well re- member that this was the weather which turned the gloom of two months ago into the satisfaction af the pres ent.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-18

Charleston. threatened with reform extends a sympathetic hand to Mobile. The country cousin" Is preparing to do to Charleston what the country cousin has alreaGv done to Mobile. There Is a rush of feeling between the two seaport cities.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-18
DoOr Plated Out of Fashion.

LouiSVll!e Courlef-Journat
 "Door plates are going out Of fashion" said man whose business 1t is to make plates of all kinds Twenty years ago every man of prominence had his name engraveD upon a plate and that plate affixed to who dwelt within. The daily task of the negro houseman was to rub the door plate until 1t shone. It took the place of the lares and penates of tho carefully as were the ancient house, hold gods.
 "Everything Is changed now. though I suppose the reason Is that people
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-18

If the Thaw trial established noth- ing else 1t has shown that what is known as expert testimony doesn't always prove something. That much, at least, appears to be plain.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-18

wife and then killed himself because he found that his wife had negro blood in her veins was a foreigner. so the Ohio newspapers hasten to announce. The Chattanooga Times hints that he might have been from Mississippi. but might he not have been from Burl- ington, Vermont
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-18

The Columbus Ledger thinks there should be Q sweeping reduction sale of Congressman at the next election" |" Yes: some of them might be put on the market at marked-down prices. and even then we doubt If there would be any bidders.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-18

sfH AiaSaria VI Gan tax the dog and regulate dog keeping in the cities. But h the country-well. that's a different matter. The man in politics with a country constituency fights shy of grAppling with the dog question.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-18

The Charlotte Observer Is unable to see how the Georgia Legislature, so keen to tax everything, could adjourn without laying a tax On prominence Thunder! Didn't expect the members to tax themselves, did you?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-18

Remember Sarah Bernhardt? She used to be a popular actress, but her age was always a mystery. We are >nly reminded of her now by seeing it stated that she will so"n be a great grandmother