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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-01
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Messina has many times been the scene of disasters. and its history has been full of many vicissitudes. Some of the most important events are:
 Fifth Century, B. C.-Seized by fu~ gitives from Samos and Miletus.
 S96 B. C.-Destroyed by the Cartha- genians and rebuilt by Dionysius of Syracuse.
 269 B. C.-once more fell into the hands of the Carthagenians. under Hannibal
 s3l A. D.-Tsken by the Saracens.
 1061 A. D.-Recaptured by the Nor I74O A. D.-Forty thousand persons died of the plague. e.. ...f
 l7S3 A D-Town almost entirely overthrowh by great earthquake.
 184S A, D. .--Greatly damaged. by bombardment.
 1854 A. D.-cholera carried of 1s.ooO is9I and lSss A. D.7-suhered great loss. of life and property by earth ouakes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-01

flown. The del,ciency in the stats's revenues was spoken of as the nrst sTss sTs sss.s sssis os hs o Ssssosaty fSs legged irregularities in the senate Journal invalidatinB some of the most Important nnessures .passsd at the last
 Lesiststive sesslchs are sxpeniys. ship on the nismbefs Of that body to be called from their homes and busi-
 way out. of the dificulty, the patriots of the House and Senate must hold thernssives--itke military men. or Cfn- cinnatuses--feady to respond and says
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-01
FOR BANK GUARANTEE.

North CareIlna's New Governor VIII
 RecOmmend the Plan.
 Raleigh, N. C., Special.
 Guarantee of State bank deposits in North Carolina is to come up before the Legislature cont enlng January c, with the endorsementN of W. w K1teh- in, whose inauguration as Governor takes place January 13. His inaugural address is to contain an unqualit1ed endorsement of the smsasure and rec ommendation that such an act pass the Legislature this ss<.slon. P
 On the other hand. Governor Glenn and a number of other prominent par ty leaders, active in State government, are known to oppose decidedly such a course, their contention being that a lesson most forcibfy taught by rec cent national and State election re- turns. is that the people are, to say the least, not ready for such an inno- vation. One of the .sharpest contests in the approaching Legislature is to be on this issue. :. :.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-01

" ktS@8A&S <A<y eAN8Is WILL w. About as far back as history carries us there have been prstsndsrs. false prophets. seif-constituted wise men and other fakers whose occupation has been to lead people astrAy and thus enhance their own importance. Even the sacred name and character of Christ have not escaped desecra- ticn from those who have assumed His name and pfofessed the power to follow His work as He did 1t. False prophets have been many and various. We may speak of them as blind lead CTS of the blind. but that does not change the fact that they build up . large following and reap profit and notoriety from 1t. Neither does their sxposure and relsgation to obscurity prevent others from coming forward and finding followers.
 One of the favorite phases of charla- tauism Is that which brings men for ward to predict the end of the world Our country has had numbers of them and they always find believers. This man spansler to whom The Post refers. is but one Of ~fnahy who have preceded him in the same busi- ness. There are people yet living who remember the stir and excitement caused by the predictions Of wfilisfl Miller. He began to prophecy in 1883. we believe. and in q short time got down to a definite date and pre- dicted that the world would come to an end on certain day in 1s4s. He soon built up strong following In the United states. Canada and Great Britain. and it is stated that the Mil- ierites. as his Followers called them selves. at one time numbered fifty thousand persons.
 1t Is somewhat wonderful to reflect on the influence this man had oyer those who Allowed atherisselves to be- lieve in him. In all parts of. the country there were men and women who became so absolutely dominated by him. and such absolute believers in his prophecy that almost all else was forsaken. When the fated hour drew near many men and women neg lected all else to prepare for the end Many prepared robes for the. occasion and in every way showed their abso- lute belief that time and all timely things would end at the hour fixed by the great self-constituted prophet. They. or a great many of them. spent the time on their knees utterins pray CTS and singing songs. and in all ways made thennsslyes ready for the 'anai end of all things. sss set
 But the end did. net come. Miller. we believe. made some corrections in dates and fixed other times when the end would come. but the end did not come and the repeated failure of his predictions brought him into disrepute and broke up his following. His was doubtless the most extended and wide spread delusion of the kind this coun. try has seen, but he has had numbers of imitators. When one goes out oth- CTS come in, and they have their brset hour and then so into obscurity. As The Post says sthefs, js. systsa, strong eiemsnt.sof stperstitioas ,9 Humanity. and there are always those who are ready and willing to De .deceived.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-01

MT. sistrunk, of Tallahassee. writes letter to The Montgomery Advertise er' making his position clear" says The Norfolk Landmark. If you haven't enough knowledge of geography to distinguish between TallasAe. Ala bama, and Tailahassee,. Florida. weli send you e. diagram. -es
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-01
Healthy on Isthmun.

New Orleans, Dec. S1.--Dr. J. c. Per- ry, chief physician of the Panama Ca nal commission, who arrived here from Colon yesterday declares that sanitary conditions on the isthmus are splendid and that comparatively little illness exists there at present Dr. Perry left last night for Mobile. ..5.. ..-,..... ..r.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-01
Protectson and the Power to Tax

New York World.
 Said Dr. Woodrow Wilson at the Southern Society. dinner:
 The power o1 a government to tax ought never to. be used to. confer priv ileges. upon indiyiduals or groups Of individuals. but should be used Always and only to secure general benefits"
 Said Judge Gary to the Ways and Means Committed: f- co The tariff should be dealt with, at the point where protection ceases and oppression begins
 Mr Metcalf. for the harvester trust. Judge. Gary for the steel trust. MT. Carnegie citing both opinions and en- forcing them indsputably and unan- swerably. have declared protection no longer necessary.
 Protection does ceases oppression does begin. when vast industries re- ceivs tariff aid which they no longer need. . . tax' Is used "to confer privileges upon individuals" and not to "seeuTe general beneRts'. whom it levies tribute upon the American consumer on behalt of ld-defyipg native industries with : out the excuse Of either protective or revenue-raising' necessity.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-01

It won't do to rush recuperat on in the stock and bond field too fast As result of the panic of 1907 there was a shrinksge in value of securities of s4 COG. .000,ud0. All the waier repre- scented In that shrinkaGa ought to be squecs ed out before real healthy re- covery can be expected.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-01

We suppose Roosevelt win spend most of Sunday getting that message ready to fire at Congress. The report that it win be dignified and moderate in style doesn't seem reasonable. but -A-%aze things sometimes happen.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-01
What fks Sfots Papsss Ays Sdyfn6 aud Doins


 Union sprihss .Hsra,S.
 Santa cials ssvidsnfly came into Union springs on wheels this chrlst- ads9 Ss .sS ss rsS ngos if nsw now sees. the children enjoying. =. . Tor shs New Year. "A 4 good Rpss pfsssolutiop for tn. new year not to buy any more than you can pay for and then swear by the "psard of the. prophet" that you will pay for what you do buy. A
 seon to Be over. West Alabama Breeze.
 There is one thing about presfdent Roosevelt's administraticn that we is 1t viii soon De s, oyer We "S hardly als if hs wers' Prssidsnt f5r fife. T6snks to our form of government he mas just
 What Demscfncy noss
 opelika Morning Post. s
 The, Democratic Party let the Re- pSa pas nesn Esrty take it's eoid sta,.asrd time 1t has been ,dodging around iron, one kind of q platform 10 another without. accomplishing anything. and now # Is .,reparing to fetS the nepabii. revision away from 1t. s84a s r
 reaes Among Indiytdasas.
 The year 1908 now passes into h,s. but the same canhot be said of indi- viduaIs unfortunately. What s the cause of such little value being placed upon human iife?. Is 1t not time that fh0aA yrhf. fha 70 sixa. laws of the. land In hand begin to open their eyes to certain Imperial dulles developing upon theinf z, =, ,,o.,,.,, 4! A ,, shinins Eaampls.
 We have been arguing Tor a long time that. advertising paid. Here a few months ago. one of the boys in or 1t might have been dismcnd M stud. I Anyway. he inserted an ad In this pa. per and ret 1t run several times. and here the other day. during tine Christ mas csesf ing up2 he found 1t in the walker County News. f.1sa The dsath al;, Of SsrSnsr LarIs af Jeff moves an unique 3fieial isure from the State. Coroner Paris has been in the limelight during his ionE terin of 0IIC6. because the numerous crimes committed in Jeffarson kept the light turned on. him in crimson red. He was elected to office because lie mad no arms and was intensely religious.
 For ola Home seenes. Guntersville Democrat.
 The editor is in receipt of letter from Jeff D.. Davis, who Is now in New YorK. Jeff feels a. sympathy Tor us in sticking to our tight little sphere, and the, thought of Short Creek. and Town Creek, and the many -delight- fully shady places on the road to those favored spots, makes .Dusty,s" hoart yearn for one more cast ct the silver bearties, and 1t is our fond hope that he may again enjoy that sport which to us Is "ne. plus ultra. [.
 BfrsMinghaaa's Loss.
 Ledger.
 No journal clerk will admit that he did such piece of work as the record of the Kings bill by carelessness. He will prefer to keep silent and not have posed. 1t may have been carelessness. 1t may have been bottled happiness, It may hHve. been deliberate inten- tion to kill a bill that had very pow srful opposition, The Ledger doesn't know. It has no jdea who did that work, but it does have an idea that 1t was- no slip of the pen, The record fs go made that it violates the censtitu- ti0nal requirements in two ways so as to make sure that the bill could not
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-01

So far as we have noticed no new member of Tafts Cabinet has been sa- lected in a day or two.'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-01

Have your good resolutions prop erly framed and hang on the wall. It won't be long till most of them will turned with their faces to the wall.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-01

The country doesn't need a bust of
 Roosevelt to remember him by when
 he goes out of office. We have had
 nothing but "busts" from Roosevelt since htn tenure of ofice. .-.s
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-01

How many of you remembered to write it 1909" this morninsg
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-01
Effect of Hepburn ,Laws Rai1wuu WnrIN

Railway World.
 Mir. Slason Thompson, in a bulletin which we summarize in our review of E which has been so often made by ad- vocates of railway regulation that the Hepburn law has been of benefit to the ish rebates. and SO to increase their average receipts from freight. While Mir. Tn ompson's conclusions are large fly negative. they are. nevertheless, val ithis claim of the advocates of railway regulation. He calls attention first to the increase in the volume of freight oyer o iSoO, Which was was evidently not due . to the Hepburn law. There was also an advance in wages the year following the. passage of the law which added the 2-cent passenger fare Legislation which caused direct loss of $125,000,- coo. ana the extra accounting expendlt- to oyer slO.OoO, 900, and si5.oOo, ,ood to be. charged to various legislative re- quirements as to working hours and conditions. and safety appliances. Fur rulingg has ordered reductions in 2S1 cases. and in no case has authorized an advance in rates. This showing Is Hepburn law assisted in doing away with rebates. that the trifling service which 1t rendered was far n1ore than onset by the erect or the 1nnuenceS already mentioned in increasing rail { way expehditures and decreasing re- cefpts. As q matter of fact. it Is well known that the railways have been en- {. .feavorfng for many years to do away wffh the rebate evil. and as fast as they could secure a scheme among themselves they put down these obnox- ious practices. They have been assist ed in this attempt by legislation pen- alizing relating and kindred offenses. only in so far as the existence and en- foFcement of these penalties strength ened their resolution to cooperate for the enforcement of fair treatment to all shippers.
 The railroads of the United States, as Mir Thompson clearly shows. taken as whole. can by no means be called profitable. That they will eventually become profitable If left undisturb bed by legislators and commissions. there iE no doubt but ct the present time the holder Of railway securities has no special reason for self-congratulation
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-01
MI - ss9- DR WOOD
Isos you.re iooiinx flns

| .-Se0 SS@ " a%16@H& nESzF t,ls ga5s; 5sx ,Rs ,s.D .DSSsi,s,:. Ss ssys As ,,l the so Fess ftss Shleh s,1 s.n he bslisyss E hous
 A Pennsyivanie rooster stole a seo.. ,ts @sts to toos og oa,n, car sst .ruck: when t graft scheme. it Is time to calI { halt.
 With sso,ooo.ooo in his jeans, Castro seoesnt soesn & givs q sentimental for the body's fool. 2 The creaklng wheels os the weter streets P today hesso sbove sn sossgosgs sSsrs sss sound. The professional hurnorist can't that is if ss se ss @ns an ssnt saisor. take joke woaldn,t bs much without . my psssalss stSrys sss sas's saS u%psh Wpshaas ass ''ssy y We nnd we have several resolutions sasn ssas oyer Nss,cnso fson 5 lsst year that havs are not forced to the en1barrassfneuS of making brand new ones today.
 4z gsaass sss sns.sss s Eges sssns as 3sys xssSn xssSS S,l sgsr spspss Sps9s everything poor for copy. and soaare the African iicns. MT. Roosevelt; get busy, ss
 somshow or other man always fortabis when in sss the presence % uosolds of his girfs college chufil. as he knows well and good she reads every line Of his mushy letters to his sweetheart. { Ap5opos of the agitation to incrsass' would rise up to state that 1t should ss,Ssgasv ss soas bg gasaI,sn sll msaas e MT stt than the average President.
 A man certainly does feel foolish nsn snrn uoIa 1ss cGasgR aven1a 91attang whiskers We shonid say SO, and II he has spark" of manhood. he should ifflrlie- diately Hare up" over it. .s
 Mir. Taft ayers shst golf is a poor mans game 1t certainly is after he has purchased g handsome club house,
 nds and psis srf for sss sss ssss ass n: lost,
 It's the style now for 6 woman to 0ress In 2 slim trim manner. that looks iiKe ii sne had been drawn through q Aunt Carrie Nation claims that the old country is not az. liberal as this in remunerattng public eptertalners. country is more % dfscrimiha,inns SR,S s Sns snS 1lS 1t certainly loves its spirits. ,-- There is certain married nsans in Montgomery whose wife trots him go along Dexter lAvenGe everybody sees her stop and gaze in the shop windows while he impatientiy walks ahead a ang yelis' "Aw' say. come op-- Aftermath. .. -s The little tin drum is busted. ~s
 The dolly has lost her hair,
 The fire engines bent. and the new
 dimes are spent,
 And the books leaves have gone on f s tear" t,t-ss ss 4 The oranges. apples and candies.
 The nute and the raisins are gone, The tin horn won't blow and the auto And White is pale and wan. The Christmas tree lies in the attic,
 It's bright balls have all gone to And the big Christmas dinner that
 seemed such . winner
 Is gone5-e'en the turkey and--hash. Oh. Christmas is grand while 1t fingers. But the drum soon is busted, the sword
 soon is rusted $ For Christmas must soon pass away
 -P. Fl. A.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-01
That lGxtra sesslOai. :

, LhLOfile.. HefaId.5 - ' J - . - .f
 The question ofs an. :extrperaipary session of the Legislature will not
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-01
SWORN clncULATloN

rho Monfkomsry Advsrtiser .spafansssss s fta advertisers -(snd fnafes it pafh 9L s tne srohfraet when rsquest1d) that It's daiiy Sn- cuiation Ia iaxssr than that of Any mozaans m Hexspeper pr1nted in Aiabama--ana snss ,,s lss Spnday edition has the largest sMsrsssS 4. Sf anY edltton of any newspaper pxinteo v Xl&bA1na without exception. . ...
 The fisures for Noysmber printeo nesow f51roBeut fns actual net tscircufation' hh &hfus having been deducted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-01

Total ssts sss' es sn5Ss Less returns, etc .-..s..s s.'s = III. Ae. = -. TIA, .47s,ses = = see &1& Daa5y Average, Eeyemher. lyss l aS,s9s ,s9s
 
 C Il FiniGan. Circulation MaEager of Ihe Montgomery Aayertisef. being ang fso5A' saSs.
 The foregoing statement of The Adver- z{skFss circulation for the month 2f Noyen- SsT ls0s.-is True and correct, and compiled After all returns from news boYse news azs1zx ass1lsd and ieft~oveF copies nave (. M FfWfcAN. Circulation Manaksr: Nzurn tu and subscribed before me snin Kkh day of December. 1908.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-01
GUARD OWN INTERESTS.
New York Ssef0rmer Declares Membsfl of Ways and Means Comnasftee
 Deal in Products They
 9s9g Protect. 9@

Deal in Products They
 4'a Protect. Baltimore Special to Philadelphia North That members of Congress havs been guilty of more crimes in connection with the tariff than Senator Burton. of Kansas, ever committed in ,praotic- ing before Federal Department. and for which he served a term ip prison, ternoon session of the American Asso- oiation for the Advancement of Science. eI2 pr, J. 1 I; orioss es s sns ns. New ress ss X course of an address he was delivering lecturers Standpoint"
 tive D oSs sns foss S tive Rhodes, 1aiieging their luterest in lumber manufaeturG s@nd berytes.f re. spectiyely. dn. connection. he asserted. Hnrfsn'n Acts NGiid.
 So far as moral quality Is con act in representlng private Interests before onS of the government depart- ments was mild and harmless as com- pared with the acts which are openly somRi,fsed mn sy S members or Congress in
 DrV orton's. charge that some mem bers of the Ways and Means Commit. bSe are p0EuulaFny lng6ES8tG0 III the tariff schedules, whieh-th have to ad- just created some excitement.
 Outlining general conditions, tonch- ing on alleged evils of the tariff sys- tenn and reaching the point Of reTne= dial suggestion, he said:
 "It cannot be doubted that Congress has departed very widely from honest or consistent protection That this is the inevitable result of the system of protecting private industries Is my. own belief, but that it is a necessary consequence of that system. conjolned with our unrepresentative scheme of government. thihk no observer at Washington can fall to see.
 Attacks Congressmen.
 "Ie we had a high and honest stand ard of public morals in Congress 1t would be much easier to get an honest tarin. and the consumer would not be plundered as he is now. venture to say that the publicly established moral code in Congress Is lower than in most city councils.
 "Ip Washington it Is common gossip that out of nineteen members of the Ways and Means Committee. which viii frame a new tariff. various ones age peculiarly interested in this or that schedule"
 Seymour c. Loomis. of New Haven. Conn.,. member of the American Bar Association Committee on Uniform State Laws. advocated the establish ment of a tarin bureau for the control and regulation of tarih legislation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-01
ThrouEh the Mail nn..

To Judd Mortimer Lewis, George asr AarfIson 5ehn S weiis wifinsg ssgss sSs B. Nevin. Franklin P Adams. John J.- ottinger. Charles Weissr, Grantiand Rice; Duncan smith, Tad Robinson and Union. The Georgian extends holiday greetingF. May happiness and pros perity attend each one through the Same to you, John Reese, and though wed like to drink your health ip something stronger. owing to circunl- stances over which we had no control, with our eyes,
 scThe rrOuth in AIabam'." This world Is full of trouble. It win soon be Friday morning
 And Montgomery's going dry. From the Windsor to the Exchanga. Both sides of Commerce Street Is filled with weary pilgrims
 Who can hardly keep their feet. No more the many greetings.
 Will be heard around the Bar. For Jack will close his office
 And catch an "Oak Park" car. No more the anxious housewife. Will keep supper from getting cool While hubby takes a braeer
 Or plays game of pool. But there's hope for every sinner,
 And q bubble soon will burst, So I'll sing 6 song of comfort,
 And tell how to sIack your thirst. Cheer up. my weary pilgrims,
 Let not your footsteps Tag, But send to Pensacola For the makings of jag.
 A P. Pennell. Atlanta. Ga. Dec. 20, 1908. ]. Nos. 14 North Pryor Street.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-01
wkst Demscrasy Lost

opeiika Morning Post. E The, Democratic Party let the Re docfrine away from It. and since that time it has been lodging around from one kind of a platform to another without accomplishing anything. and can Party step in and take its tarifI revision away from it. s8ss.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-01
A,.,s.ss sssa I...ss ss ss ovrr.

A There is one thing about Presfdent Roosevelts administratfcn that we
 is 1t will soon be oyer. We hardly think We ccuid ever. be happy again if he wers. President for life. Thanks to. our form of government he mas just
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-01

A good resoIution for the new year not to buy. any more than you can pay for and then swear by the "beard. of they prophet" that you will pay for what you do buy. A,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-01
A shinins Example. Dothar Eagle

Dothan Eagle. :.
 We have been arguing for long time that. advertising paid. Here { few months ago, one of the Doys in the office lost a pen. necklace, ioekot or 1t might have been diamond stud Anyway he inserted an ad In this pa per and ret 1t run several times. and here the other day, during tine Christ mas cbeef ing up3 he found 1t in the omQe..tr Es.t stt fS [ q .ss... :.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-01
reass Among IHdivfdaass.

Franklin TImes z,.I,
 The year 1908 now passes into hts, tory as one ef-peace afaong nations but the same canf6t be said of indi' cause of such little value being placed upon human life? Is 1t not time fhai those who have the execution of ths laws of the, land in hand begin to oper their eyes to certain imperial dutiei developing upon them?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-01
A unique Iriaure. Walker County News.

The death of Coroner paris If Jeff fersdn County. from alcoholism, res moves an unique official igure from the State. Coroner Paris has been in the iimeiight during his iens tsrn of office. because the numerous crimes committed in Jeffarson kept the light turned on, him i'm crimson red He was elected to office because lie mad no arms and was intensely religious.