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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-21
| MORNING THOUGHT
nr .. MARVIN NICHOLS.

There never has been an age that did not have It's Napoleon of finance.
 A New York divine put a
 stung. puzzle to his banquet
 friends. It happened to be the worlds first money wizard. Noah was wise. He fioated q stock company that forced the world into involuntary Liquidation. That's the theory. Things have not changed No man is finan- cier today unless he knows the art The secret is to choke the victim to death. The world has never had such q wizard as Rockefeller. the billion aire. John D., III, got a million at his birth When he Is fifty years olo. nearly as young as his grandsire, ne will be i've times a millionaire. And that only by the compounding of his inheritance. It is simply dazzling. The elder John D. could pay the nations debt twice over, and then have mii- lions left. That would probably keep the wolf from the door. We laud the gift of s32.00O.00o to Chicago Universi- ty. The income of Rockefeller Is hg- ured at over s70.000.000 every year. That means he didn't touch his prin- ciple and had over $40.000.00o left. No mans gift is really great until the sting Is felt. 1t did sting-but 1t stung the other fellow. Advance in oil came in due time. And now they say tuey are the WILL 1T nus lEahS0 out that Uncle John D. is going to give the universe a shock. He is debat- ing the gift of s250.0o0 900 to charity. That's colossal. He'll yet force Cnrts- tendon to change her aEe-worn creeds. His money is going to be tainted because 1t taint ours. In the fulness of time we shall all stng the praise of John the Baptist" and the saving grace of Standard oil. Shall tua vua nntS
 Ons Of the greatest things that the wise Emerson ever said was: What I need is some one to make me do what can.'' We are dependent on one another and there is none of us so wise and strong but what we need the stimulus of contact with wise and strong people. The record will never be written that shows how much we owe to the influence of one who has stood before us as our inspiration. Simply to come in contact with g. man or a woman who Is bringing things to pass, who is doing things well--this alone Is an education.
 If the old brindle COW sh ouid get out many a daddy would walk the streets half the night looking for her. but let twelve year old kid fail to show up and the old guy retires for the night without even an anxious thought. We dare not be hopeful over the future of the human race as long as fathers and mothers think more of rounding up a $I5 COW or a B shoat than they do of coralling their sons and their daughters. In many places, the young folks have a dangerous way of tranip> ing the streets or warming a bench in the park dntil the stars grow dim again. It bodes no good.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-21

The President speaks of himself as not in training, but while he probabsy doesn't meet his own ideal as te bodi. ly condition, he certainly is not In q bad one. since he has constantly found or made time for the taking of mtich vigorous exercise. not a little of which has been riding in all sogts of weather What he proved, therefore, was that for q man in the very prime of life. who has exercised much. but never more than inclination and capacity permitted. and who has been in the saddle almost daily for many years. a hundred-miie ride involves no un- endurable pain or fatigue. The con- tentions of officers who have had no such preparation ana whose age Is greater retain as much force as be- fore. The President has proved lot about himself, but little or nothing as to either what they are or what they ought to be. The main issue. which is whether or not such prowess as his is in these days a military neces- sity, Is scarcely affected, and the President Is convicted of irrelevancy. Just the same, he has evidenced. . vigor which may we'll cause tremor or appriciation in the minds of the statesmen who have yentured into personal conflict with him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-21
Two NEanors l,noWrEp.
Carried Down By waters sf rsmbisses

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 Jackson. Jan. 2o--tspeciai.,--At the government locks of the TomblgbsA River. known As Lock 1, which is tzn miles north of Jackson, two negroes were drowned today.
 They had started across the river in a yawl. and rowed too near the dam, and the current carried them overheard. One of them, Alonzo Duf3ose had start- ed to carry the other one across the river. when the accident occurred.
 At recent meeting of the stocixhold- CTS of the Planters Bank and Trust Company, the following were elected directors for the ensuing year: S. H Andrews. c. W. Boy1es, c. c. Pritehett, J. c. Stewart, T. J. Cowan, T. M Phii- lips, W. P. Cannady. e, W. Tucker and W. F. Monk.
 The directors went into election of officers. with the following result: s. H. Andrews. president; c. W. Boyles. vice president: c. c. Pritchett. cashier; Ex- ecutive committee, s. H. Andrews, c. W. Boyles and J. c. Stewart.
 At meeting of the stockholders of the First National Bank q few days ago, the following were elected directors: pr. R. D. Palmer. A M. Wing, Dr. Cobb Nichols, B. H. Warren, J. c. Stewart, 6. T. Woodland and ]. c. Rivera
 The directors elected all the old ofl- cers. which are: B. H. Warren, president: A. M. Wing, vice president; s. T. Wood- ard, cashier.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-21
Mir. Tafr. Fr.epdship Menu.

NGW 1OFk " OTlu.
 When MT. Taft proposed to use 'possum and sweet 'taters as a big stick with which to smash the solid South he reasoned from sound prem ise. Nothing Is dearer to nation or a section than it's favorite gastronomic ic delight. If a man is attached to pigs knuckies and sauerkraut his friends will know 1t. He will hold forth on their merits and will regard the strang6r to their lure as an ignorant person who has. not made all that he might of life. Should an acquaintance truly appreciate pigs knuckles sym pathetic bopds1unites theph They are brothers and can borrow money or each other. -s. uitlander who will devour his boiled dinners; one Is persona grata who con- sents to an interior padding Of beans in Boston And when MT. Taft goes to the South with an offer to take aboard a consignment of 'possum he knows that he has put the Mason-Dixon line into such a tangle that nobody knows where it runs. Should he partake or the breast and not like it--but that, or course Is impossible.
 As we contemplate this astute Tart and remember his success in the Phil ippines we seem faintly to remember that the islanders have 6 weak kness TOT boiled dogs. WhatT
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-21
This Date in History
January s1.

176s-.Iames Quin. celebrated English actor. died. Born February 24, lSs3.
 17s0-The Rhode Island Assembly called a convention to consider the adoption of tho Federal Constitution.
 1S05-The English Order of the Gar ter was reconstltuted.
 1S2s-oscar II of Sweden born. Died December 8, 1907.
 tS55--Severe storm swept along the North Atlantic coast
 1861--Jefferson Davis resigned his seat in the United States Senate.
 1873-John Frederick Hartranft as- sumed office as Governor of PennsyI- Yania.
 1ss7=-zI -zInterstatesScQmmere bill be- came a law.
 1S92-Score Of lives lost in burning of surgical institute in Indianapolis,
 19oS--The claim of the French gov ernment against the Panama Canal Company and Colombia was compro- missed by the payment of &I,60O, ,006
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-21
REAL CAUSE OF DIVORCE EVIL.
Decay of Family Life Ia Responsible
 for It. Charles A. Ellwood in the February

Charles A. Ellwood in the February
 If the one million divOrces in the SSd SSSnbes besn Sranted for trivai causes the outlook would be bad enough. but the situation becomes all the more serious when the separations take place for grave moral reasons. It is generally TecoEnized that such causes as adul- tery' desertion. cruelty. Imprisonment for crime, habitual drunkenness and neglect to provide are grave reasons States have omnibus clauses in their divorce law. these six principal grounds are the ones recognized by the major ity of States.
 granted show that ST per cent of all divorces are granted on these six prin- cipal grounds. Only an insignificant fraction of the dlvorces in the United States are granted for trivial reasons, such as "incompatibility of temper" Again. over 60 per cent of the divorces in the United States are granted for the two most serious grounds of all adultery and desertion, In other words. in two-thirds of the cases dl- vorce was granted after husband and wife were already practically separ-
 We must conclude. therefore. that divorce Is prevalent not because of the iaxity of our laws. but rather because of tL e decay of our family life. The real evil Is not divorce. but the decay of the very virtues upon which the home rests. The problem in American family life is whether we are able to build Up the virtues upon which new founded. higher. that is. than the des- potic. semi -patriarehal type of family of our fathers which Is now passing away or is. rather, already extinct It first essential element in the home life of people Is stability.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-21
WIVES FOR BACHELORS.
Wisconsin LeefsIature Has Great Piaa fer
 Proyfding Them,

Wisconsin Legislature Has dreat kten tor
 Providing Them.
 Milwaukee Correspondence Chicago Journal
 Wisconsin has won . reputation Tor pro- gressiye Legislation. in its control or corpo- rations. regulation of the railroads and su- peryision of sundry such satellites Of the world of wealth, but 1t has remained Tor Assemblyman John T. Farrell. of this city. to devise scheme to place an effective ban on benedicts. When the Legislature gets in full swing Assemblyman Farreh VIII inject his matrimonial plan Into the sitvs- ton.
 He will introduce . bill taxing all bach eiors who fail to get married before they has been suggested before, but the new mod el matrimonial medicine is the organixa. ton of a state bureau for the fin4inG of wives fer the bachelors. who wish to avoid the tax. This part of the plan Is new problem of government operation of prI- vate proposition.
 There are many persens whe want to get married,' said Mir. Farrell but they don't know how tc so about k. I have pro vided satisfactory manner cf solving tne problem. With a little assistance they would be able to find tho proper partners. and the. state matrimonial bureau would ae away with the curses of the private pu- reaus.
 Under proper supervision of marriage. we should be able to limit dfverces. All persons contemplating matriomny. accord ing to my law, will have to inscribs their names in . public book thirty eays before the date and this would prevent elcpe- ments and the runaway marriages Wnich precede most divorce suits"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-21

The near arrival of Lincoln's birth day anniversary causes an enthusiast ic admirer to suggest that the govern ment should get out special issue of hostage stamps in honor of the day eve Americans" remarks The New Haven Register, "are very fond of ex- pressing our feelings in postage stamps" It is even so. When we wish to emphasize our regard and ad- miration fer a public character we stick his portrait on a stamp. Great people, we Americans, and we love tt show it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-21
And I a maid at your window
 To be your Valentine.

and to be grossly llbeled by Charles Lamb as "a rubicund priest of Hymen: attended with thousands and tens or thousands of 1.-the loves"I
 The historical fact is that poor St. Yalentine's reputation as saint was sacrificed to that astute policy of the Christian Church, which. finding the old pagan festivals too deeply rooted in the popular sentiment, changed their name to that of some Christian saint, and adopted them for it's own.
 Thus Valentines Day was originally 4 feast of Februata Juno. and. on the night before, boys would draw the names of girls in order to divine who should be their sweethearts in the com- ing year. The church frowned on this innocent game and substituted the names of saints for sweethearts- whereby, 1t may be supposed. the game would somewhat languish. Yet, in spite of the church, the old pagan manner or playing the game has gone on until this day; and country girls will still pin i've bay-leaves to their pillows on St. Val- entines eve, hoping to dream of their "young man." and by divers other sorceries strive to wrest from the fu- ture the secret naturally nearest to the human heart-the face or name of the beloved. For the sternest of saints can not prevent the world from keeping i'm. mortally young. and the birds will go on mating on the fourteenth of Feb ruary in spite of all the decrees of the church.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-21
What fhe State Papers
 Are Saying and Doing
Nc Ijs. te naeet It

Ne Use ts n9eet It
 But what q shrill coagrsss wenld x conservative and judicial message.
 Better rhsn Peiit,esaas.
 S Mr. Wiliiamsou. the corn method man. has done tar more good to the people than any half hundred con- gressmen or others who are feeding at the public crib.
 Blow at the ssBarefoeted Boy"
 ssysrsl young msn from Jndiasnps ana na nssd a'assssy ssssss Ssssy Nsrs aisp.aIsss I with the .'ssrsfoetsd boy a.a.aen 4lS...sss%s. 4Tss rssssss "''d,
 The sheffleld Standard ccnErstylates its town that, not q single violation Sotss ssf tssrs ss sa s as per word. we suppose.
 It. Was Sc sDecreea. AISs Ths day thai Dewey landed at csyite 1t was decreed that the old order was at an end and that the prssident's saiary wSsid De s,aD d4SDiso of tss e world eah and refuse to put on the airs behttinT aur station.
 Better With Axe.
 aoid Grandma is certainly an ex- ception to the general rule in The mat ter of age. She comes to us not bend. bend. and of years but brighter and more beautiful every day. Long may she wave OCT the land of the free and the home of the brave.
 Fer Diversincation.
 The Birmingham News. .
 It is encouraging to note the pum- Der. of farmers in Aiabama wao haos tos prizes offered by the state department of agriculture for the best yields on one acre of ground: nivsrsihc,at,on ,a r,sa ing ing conditions in this state. The Birmingham News hopes the farmers of Alabama will take hold of this pro- position and co.operstst in evsry S,1ysrsi. way ed crops for large part of the ,,, cot ton acreage. as as present. 1t vii ns found not only more prohtable. nos getting the necessary labor. An ex. tensive aiversihcation would be one or the best things that could be done Tor the farmers of Alabama.
 Goes Without Regrets. The Alabama Courier.
 J. E. Foraker, the south; hating, ne- gro-loving, fire -eating, blood shirt waving senator from Ohio. has been defeated by Congressman Burton: standard. Oil to suit even the repubfi. cans of his state. and they tired of his warfare on the south and flirting with the head push of the standard make eyes at the Standard or. any other monopoly he chose after March fourth next. but he must do 1t as private citizen. He will hardly be able to survive this terrible blow for by his constant waving of the bloody shirt. he has been able. to keep his place at the 'pie-counter" these many must now repent in private. for the many things he has done in public that any decent man who pretended to be a statesman, ought to be heartl- ly ashamed of.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-21
Loved and Hated.

New York Post. .,
 Europe hates our rich art patrons and loves them It loves them for the money thev have made and are willli; to snend on old masters and new mas ters. even when they are spurious. It hates the rich American when he beats a rich European in competition for some highly desired art treasure Then Americans become mere men who tri- umph by brute strength of the longer purse. and. worse than that art con- sumers who raise art prices to unreas- enable heights by their traditional dA- sire to get what they want when they want it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-21
This Is My 18th Birthday
James J. stOrrow.

James J. storrow. banker and busl, ness man. whose name was mentionea in connection with the presideney oI Hsrvard University after the resigna- tfon of President Eliot was announeed was born In Boston, January N. lSSA, and he was graduated from HaryarnS nni th jn isSS. After ten years of law prac- flee Mir. Storrow entered the banking firm of Lee. Higginson and Company, tained. While in college he was noted as an athlete having been a member of the University crew that sa ,aeIee.Su csS. tain of the crew that again humbled inc Els. In 1S9z MT. Storrow was elected as oversaer Of Harvard rsss,Ys SsSa e SoT that office He is also a trustee oL inc Harvavd Union. For several years he has been g member of the ,s BostSn ton important position of Chairman of the Roard.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-21
Money for the Harbor.

Half a loaf Is acceptable in need when the whole is not obtainable, and tue news conveyed In the telegram from congress- ioint rivers ana harbor committee. yester- day. is more encouraging than the first that there would be no rivers ana nsrpoa, -, that inc committed of Congress has decid- ed to report bill providing fer nainten- ance of existing projects is welcome nsws' We do not get the survey for oeeper and wider channel that the governmen. engineers have recommended. put an H nronriation for maintenance will benefit the harbor to the extent that no part CT what has been gained will be lost.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-21
A Frail Naval Officer.

SpringfitTd RepuL,!cAn.
 Ioro Nelson always a frail man in physique. and he had cnly one eye and one arm for some years before has greatest vG- tory was won at TrafalEar. Could Nelson have ridden thirty miles a day on horse back for three consecutive days. done any of the stunts which our naval officers must now do on shore in order to remain In their profession? He might have been retired under the physical endurance rules of the present Administration. long before cent
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-21

A Fort Worth man declared in m in terview in Chicago, Texas is the most moral place in the world Now that the snicker is over We should remem- Der that Texas has the right to live down her reputation if she wants to do 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-21

If the bill to double the salary of the President becomes law the coun- try will have the satisfaction of know ing that none of the increase will be wasted on the present incumbent. We do not suppose the most ardent warshipper of Roosevelt will attempt to make the law retroactive.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-21

The Manchester Union speaks of Senator Tiilman as trying ts scratch the varnish off the Presidents Cabi- net" If he hasn't scratched some of the shine or the President himself we miss our guess
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-21

In accordance with the Chin sse GUS toms all the men in China have left off shaving as an evidence of mourn ing for the dead Chinese Emperor. During the recent cold spell dozens of Montgomerians were noted who ap- psared to be in mourning for the Chi nese Ernr erOr.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-21

Plainly The Columbus Ledger was misled by one If the encyclopedias in- to fxing the birth of Edgar A. Poe February IS. instead nf January Is. and still more surprised that the book made the mistake.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-21
rrrlng Te Be NapoleonIc.

IF the President carries out his fooIs isl, threat of suing The New York World for libel his attorneys will have to make some precedents, for there are none known that would enable him 20 win. In England long ago. under Q special statute, some suits were brought against people for labelling Napoleon Bonaparte and one of Erskine's great est speeches was in defending that iitl- Eation. Perhaps Mir. Roosevelt is try ing to be Napoleonic.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-21

According to The Boston Globe the short road to fame these days is for one to commit murder and be acauit- 'ted by jury on '"the unwritten law plea. It may be so, but 1t is hardly the kind of fame that good people win covet-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-21
POOR SAINT VALENTINE.
Time Has Taken Absurd Liberties With
 His once ReveFed Name.

VIme HaN 1hAeM ADsuHW -" VI v"
 His once ReveFed NaHae.
 The paradoxical, not to say apsui D. artics of Time were never more quaint ly exemplified than in this matter of St. Valentine, says Richard Le GallieAne Tn The February Delineator. Never was insult more whimsically added 70 the tton of the stern and slaughtered saint who fell martyred beneath the clubs Of the Emperor Claudius, somewhere to- ward the end of the third century, with inc Joyous and essentially pagan festlv- ai which takes his name Tn vain. Re- corded as "a man of exceptional chas. fftv of character."-to DO associated with Ophelia's beautiful. ribaid, hsarf" breaking song:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-21

Let us hope that the artesian we'll borers will hurry up and give Colum- bus some good water inasmuch as the people there can't get any other good drink.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-21
DRIFFWooD

In his Atlanta speech Brother Taft paid a high tribute to the beauty end and charm of Southern girls. Mr. Tatt knows our weakness It would seem,
 And now that the United states Sem ators have been elected to their seats they will sit easier in 'em.
 All reports froh MessIna indicate paired for the future. We, never cared sSar sSr if%SPs sPsPsss a9EsoM !our iHssons ia''
 The ninety ninth trial of Harry Thaw hes been called off,. Some of the main the little blue dress, seem to be miss ing. without which the tragedy would have been merely farce.
 We don't object to man with musical nature but when 1t asserts it. self in the form of batting hls foot all theatre we wish We were somewhere else.
 The Indianapolis News wants. to Roosevelt. We would answer that the Rooaeysit.s ISsesT ts foolish nStions the better this tia r great and glorious republic.
 Mrs. John Higgins. of Massachusetts. aged sS years. is an enthusiastic to- bogganer. How pleasant 1t is to see woman at that age running down a hill in preference to running down ev~ cry woman in the neighborhood. A woman in New York is suing her husband for divorce because he was In the habit of throwing money at her wouldn't kick at a little thing like that.
 Mir. Jeffries. the boiler maker, is boiling over for nght with Johnson A Savannah woman holds the record for changing her name. having had three names is s, as many st hoIrs n:nInss snS S assumed her maiden name. At o'clock | she was re-married
 fass Mhe pf eSEsRarnEE SsGsss E ws SfSs0 tSF srso quality and said to be worth $500 in a cray of the young ffssrs isnt oneS Jes' Like Spring. les like Spring. oh it's jes' like SpriAg The days are warm an the song birds There's s'1s' a 'summsrish haze over every Oh. 'ts t'@iifs' isss' like s0rins7i. i. is by jing. It's je:. .,s Ike sDrinE-ths fresh turned Smells so SO sweet. That fife seems The Twin an the heart beats true. As you look in sweetheart's eyes of Or black or brown or gray---don't care What color so long as the love lights For it's moonlight nights and arms that cling
 oh. its jss' like Spring. H, by
 jing
 It's ies' like spring-an' it's good to be | In Alabama where you see, ] The blue sky bendin down to kiss
 The hills a dreamin' on in bliss.
 It's good to feel the warm sunshine | In January-lt's divine. To know your nose ain,t cold ana reo' Down here we've shed our overcoats When birds are pouring from their Liquid songs of warbied joy l Till each happy girl an boy 1 An each happy woman an | Also each contented man, | Shouts right out like everything. l Its jes' like spring. I by ,4 jing." l F. H, A. l |
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-21

Kansas man wants to know "who is the most important person in the world?" Respectfully referred to T. R. at the White House.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-21

The burning of four hundred autos in a Boston fire a few days ago may be used as an excuse for Keeping up the high prices of the machines
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-21

The new Senator from Ohio bears the name of Theodore Elijah Burton. Perhaps the credit of the middle name wfn offset the diseredIt of the first.