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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-01
ANOTHER SETBACK.

"Mr. Roosevelt" declares The New Haven Register, may as we'll mako up his mind that he is not going to retire from office with the mark of his phil istine hand on our coinage. He took the In God We Trust motto off our gold coins; Congress made him put 1t back. Now he has announced that the Indian head on the penny is to be re- placed by the head of Abraham Lin coin, and there is chorus of protest, accompanied by good reasons. There seems to be a pretty general feeling that the copper-colored Indian belongs with the copper cent. and that they should not he divorced. It must be confessed. moreover, that 1t is ground ed in good sense.'
 Let us hope that the chorus of pro- tests" win be effective and that the head of the Indian will continue to occupy it's place of honor en the cop ansS. coin which it has so long held
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-01

the coin is somewhat idealized 1t Is the head of native American, just the same. and no tenable reason for its displacement can be assigned.
 But if there were no other reason for wishing the rod chiefs head to re- main on the little coin we would wish 1t as a deserved rebuke to the bump tious individual who has shown such of putting in where he has no concern and no business to interfere. We do not know why there should be any de- sire to place the head of Lincoln on the smallest coin known to our cur rency. He deserves a more prominent recognition than that, we should say. even If there were not good reasons for retaining the head of the Indian which has so long held It's place on the coin and which, as The Register in- inmates. is appropriate, as the coin and the native Indians harmonize in hue. In our judgment one of the best things that can come about Is to so order matters that there will be as little evidence of Rooseveltism as possible to remind posterity that the country ever had such a misfit President Let the head of the noble red man remain where 1t is, so that when T. R. looks at 8 copper he can realize how small he was in the days of his official life. ;
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-01
Bryan and Opulence.

A dispatch from Chicago relates that MT. Bryan Is under contract to deliver his lectures before 500 different audi ences the year 1909 and his average compensation Is to be s2oo an appear ance. It must be au exaggeration There Is limit to physical endurance. If he shall deliver his lecture 300 times within a twelve-month, doubtless he will have broken all records. though Edwin Booth is reputed to have played Hamlet more than 400 times in a single year, a much bigger job than 500 lectures by Bryan in a year. Booth, however, did not travel mile that year, whereas Bryan Is slated for more than 10000 miles this year.
 If MT. Bryan delivers his lecture every week day" that wilf>be 313 times once a day. the year 1909; but 1t is very much of a Sunday lecture, more of a sermon than speech, and it is possible that he will reach the 800 and his gross receipts aggregate $100.0o0. Then there Is The Common CT, that ought to pay at least half as much more and upward.
 In his last public utterance, Mir. Bry- an told us that 1t issnot good for our liberties for 8 Justice of the United States Supreme Court to have an in. come-salary-of t15.0 900 a year; that this opulence would tempt him to seek evil and psrverse associates. whereas a salary of $5.o00 would keep him in the straight and narrow path, to walk and talk with the elect, the pure, tho good. the blameless. the chosen.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-01

Pennsylvania This is bestowed upon scholars who attain celebrity in geolo- gy and palentology. One of the most recent awards in this line was made to Charles D. walcott of Washington, Secretary of the Smithsonian 1nstttu- tion.
 If the United States has been accused of being parsimonious in regard to med. als and honorable decorations, it is but the swing of the pendulum in an equal and opposite direction to the at- titude of foreign countries. Almost since the beginning of time. deeds of valor by armies or individuals. im- portant events in the history of a na- tion. even the length of a mans gene- and other countries are filled to over flowing with this glittering insignia. Heading all famous orders Is that of the Garter. of which the English are so proud It was established in 134S. It is claimed that its motto and part of It's regalia were adopted from . spirited little episode between Edward III and beauteous court lady. This order Is followed closely in point of age and prestige by the Seraphim Of Sweden. the Annunciation of Italy. the Golden Fleece of Spain and Austria. the Elephant of Denmark, St. Andrew of Russia and the Black Eagle of Prussia. These are the "aristocratic" orders, as they admit only the nobili- ty within their sacred precincts. Each of them has its well known badge, us. ually brilliant with jewels.
 The Legion of Honor is the only or- der of which France boasts, and nons from any country Is more highly pris- ed. It has a five pointed star of white enamel edged with gold and hung on a red ribbon. It was said that Napo- leon conquered Europe with a few yards of red ribbon, as his soldiers would do anything to win a coveted cross. The power of bestowing deco- rations has been much abused abroad, the honors often being given for per sonal reasons. It is even aid that the envoy of a certain kingoVn paid his tailor, his butcher, or any of his other creditors with a decoration.
 Copyright. 1909. by Frederic J. Has, kin.)
 .Tomorrow-Professi Wrestling.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-01
MORNING THOUGHT
BY ,. MARVIN NICHOLS.

weather don't forget to blow your foghorn. There's no use in wrecking somebody else.
 Would you catch the real meaning were one to declare that the most per feet love-sonnets the world has ever known would never have been written had Mrs. Robert Browning remained Whatever may be tht pet ideas of those who elect a life of bloomered, orn ss ass Her ter is a caress. and her boundless em- pire is a realm of love. When she fails in that kingdom her sway over man has passed away
 Someone said: Happiness consists in the elimination of all our needless Lots of fellows expect to get to heaven on a scalper's ticket.
 When a man admits that a woman knows more than he does, she at once admits his superior order of inteili- gence.
 Success is not half so much Q matter of talent as 1t Is of concentration and logged persistency.
 Some mems education seems to be of no more use to tn em than safety razor at negro picnic.
 You can't see the heavens through a telescope until first you put out every light.
 We would speak with infinite care If we only knew the delicate boise of character. We forget that the merest whisper may dislodge 1t.
 Work is as essential as breathing, and under normal conditions, is just as joyous.
 Don't tell other people what they should do-do it yourself.
 
 Whatever interests a child Is of in. terest to all mankind.
 
 Don't preach smiles to 8 fellow on sweat-shop wages
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-01
No ApIng of Monarchy.

New 1ork World.
 The House of Representatives in res jecting the designation of Under Sec retary of State proposed by the Senate and declaring it's preference for Vice. Secretary. has declared its democracy. There should be no taint of monarchi- cal suggestion in the official nomen- clature of the Republic. Under Score tary with its implication of subservi- ency may do for England. where class distinctions exist. but 1t has no place in free and equal America. There is ancient precedent for the action. The Constitutional Convention passed by Governor General and other titles pro- posed for the chief magistrate and chose that of President. a word free from royalist traditions.
 But why the awkward "vice" when the time-honored term of assistant was available. or deputy" which is in use in New York State?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-01
TIME TO ACT.

Montgomery needs a Central High School and needs 1t badly. Montsom- cry needs manual training in its schools and needs 1t badly.
 The schools of the city have been one of the proudest boasts of Mont gomerians. Their merit have been strong arguments in securing citizens who have moved their homes. Mont gomery cannot afford to lag behind other cities of her size and class. We cannot afford to have 1t said of Mont gomery that it is the only city of the first class in Alabama that has con- gested schools-that is without a Cen tral High School and that has no place in its school system for manual train ing.
 The statement is made that many children of Montgomery are unable to secure admission to the grammar schools. It is asserted officially that in some schools the pupils have to work in relays-the teachers take one set of pupils in the morning and an- other set in the afternoon. Such a condition is unfair and unjust alike to the teacher and the pupils.
 This condition can be relieved by the building of the Central High School. When this is done quarters will be provided for the students of the Boys High School, now using the building on Clayton street and quarters will be provided for the students and teach CTS of the Girls High School now on Law renee street. This will leave two com modious buildings to be used as addi- tional grammar schools. They are needed right now. Before the begin ming of the next scholastic year the Central High School should be a real fty and there should be the two ad- ditional buildings for the grammar sch ools.
 In the meanwhile Montgomery has to bear the reproach of not having manu- al instruction in its school.
 The Board of Education in it's com- munication published yesterday in The Advertiser urges the City Council to issue the bonds that have been voted by the people of Montgomery. It Is clear from this communication that the delay in the building of the new school and in establishing manual training is not the fault of the Board of Educa- ton. Blame for this delay rests at the door of the City Council. The bonds should be issued, and at once. The matter is a settled issue. The people of Montgomery have registered their will, they have acknowledged their ] need and asked for a remedy.
 It is time for the Council to act.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-01

Hon. Henry St. George Tucker. can- didate for Governor of Virginia, very frankly and publicly declares that if he is made Governor he will veto any Statewide prohibition law that may be enacted by the Legislature of his State. Plainly Mir. Tucker is not afraid to speak out on one of the most import ant and pressing issues of the day. He has thus put the matter squarely up to Judge Mann. his opponent. who will now have to speak out or dodge, and lodging is not very popular with vir- ginians.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-01
This Date in History
March 1.

1732-William Gushing. the first rep- resentative of New England on the Su- preme bench of. the United States, born in Scituate. Mass; died there, Septem- i77s.sonth Saui Carolina instructed her delegates for independence.
 1S03-Ohio began its State governs ment.
 1809-Territory of Illinois formed.
 16155-Beniamin Conley, twenty ninth Governor of Georgia, born in Newark, N. J.: died in Atlanta in 1885.
 1832-First issue of The Newark Ad- vertiser.
 1S37-The U s. Senate resolved that the recognition of Texas as an inde- pendent nation was proper an.i eYpedi- ent.
 1845-The President approved a bill for the annexation of Texas.
 1S65-U. s. Senate passed the $600.- 100000 loan bill.
 1867-Nebraska admitted to the Union.
 1879-President Hayes vetoed the Chinese restriction oill.
 18S7-Score of lives lost In the burn ing of the steamer w. H. Gardner near Gainesville, Ala.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-01

And noys here bobs up one who is said to b}' prominent physician and advises 1eople to be governed solely by theirf appetites in the matter of eat Ing. That Is to say. we should all eat - what we please-if we can get 1t
 ( as much of it as we desire-lf
 'e's enough handy-and eat when 1t
 suits us. We are not given to lbling, but wouldn't be afraid to
 small wager that this doctor is erested in the sale of some prepara- bn for the relief of indigestion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-01

not aware that the American people complain particularly of the cost 0i their army and navy. It is Q fair sub 5ect for Inquiry. however. whether. with the example off Germany before us ways of reducing effective force
 But even In time of peace we are paying . tremondous bill of costs for past wars. The pension bill. as 1t pas scS 'Ps :rmy snd ns~y Mi np slo0,o ,oo6 of the taxpayers' mon- ey in the fiscal year ending June 90. 1910. Our expenditures for pensions since 1864 reach the prodisious total of e9.ss1,230,63l. The expenditure for pensions Is in large part dsmoralising. In a very large part fraudulent. Tho civil war ended more than 40 years ago. yet there are more than e mi,- lion names of pensioners on the rolls. And the Treasury deficit this year will be el25, 00Q, 900.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-01
congressman Mccall, of Massach

Congressman Mccall. of Massachu- setts. is disposed to be gloomily pes sinIistic. it seems to us. He declares that "some chance barbarian might overturn our temples. and do more harm in the direction of uncivilizing the country than all our colleges to- gether could possibly repair" MT. Me Call has evidently been eating some thing that didn't agree with him. and should proceed 10 take something. If any "chance barbarian" gets to fool ing with -Four temples We predict that he will pretty soon find himself standing on his head or overturned with unpleasant suddenness. Let the Massachusetts statesman get himself out of the jingo class.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-01
What the State Papers
 Are Saying and Doing
Editor John c. Lawrence.

Editor John c. Lawrence. Luverne Journal
 We are glad to note the fact that tified himself with The Bullock Coun- ty Breeze. of Union Springs. Ala. Mir. Lawrence Is Christian gentleman, a true type of Southern manhood and his connection with The Breeze will give 1t prestige second to none.
 
 The North Carolina Idea. Gadsden Times News.
 In North Carolina the prohibitionists everybody who takes a drink of booze provide themselves with $5 license. Some people don't know how to use power when they get 1t, but abuse 1t until the reaction sweeps them away. Tn the. Old North State would make prohibition travesty.
 May Be . Good Thing. Fort Deposit Vindicator.
 Since Governor Conner has decided to call an extra session of the Legis- lature Q great many arc wondering what the outcome will be. It may be a good thing for our country for it them at the last session were either pronounced unconstitutional or consid- cred rather shaky" and 1t is now go- ing to be up to them to do some- tninB TUT theH SouheAy'
 Afraid of It.
 Jackson Union-News.
 Governor Conner it is said. will call the Legislature in extra session .at an early date. It is given out that the reason for calling this extra session Is to strengthen the prohibition laws and undo a lot of fool legislation per petrated upon the people of the State at the last session. Will some wise brother please tell us what better we may expect from the same crowd that was down there before7 Auditor Brandon. Sheffield Standard.
 Auditor Brandon disdains the Gov ernorship and says he will try for the office of Probate Judge of Tuscaloosa county; verily. the high office oi monwealth is no longer regarded with that exaltation Is which 1t was held prior to its occupancy of late years by featherweights. General Brandon Is a part of the present administra- tion would prove a handicap which he Is shrewd enough to understand Co merism will be wiped out next year. A Former Athenina.
 Limestone Democrat.
 Grand Chancellop T. D. Stanford. oi opelika. who is in the city attending the meeting or the second Distrlct AS soclation of Pythians is not a strsng CT to many Athenians. who remember with much pleasure his residence hert nineteen years ago. he being one 0, | the faculty when the N. A. A g. wa, first established here. At that time ht made many friends among the boy who attended school and who are nov | in many cases married and the headi of families, the editor Of The Demo crat being among those who went t' school" to the then young professor | just out of Auburn college. i MT. SamforI has achieved distinc | tion is the profession of law and tha l he is highly esteemed among his fel | low -Pythians Is demonstrated by thl position he holds, the highest in tn
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-01
MONDAY, MARCH 1, 1909.

Those who are fond of indulging in speculative theories and possibilities can find food for such pasrime in fig 0mselves what would have
 standing of George Washing
 he had failed in his effort to
 the independence of the Ameri-
 Hcolonies. If the revolution had
 ed he and the other leaders might
 Washington had been allowed to
 how would history regard him buld he be looked on as a patriot o had failed because the odds sainst him were two great, or as a ebel who deserved death?
 The time and the circumstances were such as to call forth the ener gy, the patriotism and the self-denial of a great man and he was there We can- not tell. of course, but 1t is more than doubtful if there was another man in In such an eminent degree the quail ties that were needed then and there. The man and the ocsasion met and suc- cess was the result. We know what the result was And we know how Washington is Regarded by all the world. but just what would be now thought of hiys if he had not succeed ed is a matteY for speculation and con- lecture.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-01
This h My 56th Birthday
; General Arthur Paxst.

Lieut. Gen. Sir Arthur Henry PaSet of the British Army, was born March l, 1851, the son of Gen. Lord A. H. Paget. General Arthur Pagets mili- tary career has been exceedingly dis tinguished. He entered the Scots Guards in 1889 and reached the grade of Lieutenant General in 1908. In 1878 he was married to Miss Mary Stevens. daughter of the late Paran stevens of New York. Five years before his mar. riage Lieutenant Paget had received his baptism of fire in the Ashantse war and he has taken part in every important conflict in which his coun- try has engaged during the last thirty five years, including the South African War He received decorations for his gallant services in the Soudan in 1885. in Burmah in 1887, and again in the Soudan campaign of 1888.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-01
NEW HEALTH MACHINES.
They'll Restore Injured Joints and
 Muscles to Normal State.


 New York Press.
 The thirty steel machines. with their complicated mechanism. which will he used in the new department of mechan- icotherapy in the Vanderbilt clinic Of the College of Physicians, and Surgeons have been placed on public exibition. The machines are a gift from Mrs Ray Matshak, in memory of her husband. who was a prominent merchant Ar ranged in long rows in room of the clinic, they look like gymnastic appa- ratus of intricate design.
 pr. Charles H. Jaeger, one of the sur geons of the hospital. explained the ma- chimes would give strength to the tis- sues, bones. and muscles of patients convalescing from operations. The principle of the system fig to exercise the Joints and muscles to restore them to their normal condition.
 "These machines are so planned" Dr. Jaeger said, that there isn't a joint or muscle In the entire body. that cannot be exercised by one of them. The system might be called medical gymnastics. by means of which any workman who has suffered a fracture or other injury which has disabled a joint or muscle can have the stiffened joint or muscle restored to full work ing capacity in the shortest possible time."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-01
RIDICULES FARM BOARD.
Only Sixty Days Investigation--Senate Allows $25,OOO for Expenses. MinneapoliS Special to New York

Minneapolis Special to New York
 Times.
 President Roosevelt's Farm Commis- sion was ridiculed by James J. Hill in an address before the Retail Grocers' at the St. Paul Auditorium.
 We might as we'll listen to the twit- tering of the first robin In spring as to the report of the Farm Commission appointed by the administration last summer" said Mir. Hill. These men spent sixty days trying to find out what is the matter with the farmers life. It took England fifty years tc discover what was the reason her far mers were leaving the farms for the cities and getting them back again to tllling the soil. The members of the day at the State Agricultural School to find out the matter with the farm life in the State of Minnesoa."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-01
Pointed Paragraphs.

Chicago News.
 The airship habit will take an auto- mobile income.
 The dentist Is invited to attend many swell gathering.
 A dlmple in woman's chin makes q dent In a mans heart.
 IT love wasn't blind. Cupid would nave lot more work to do
 Modesty ls all right in women, but in men 1t savers of hypocrisy.
 And you can't always judge the size of a mans head by the way 1t feels.
 Some people would have to work zOxsEttme if they practiced half what
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-01

About siyty-seven newspapers in the Etate would have no objections to the special session of the Legislature, pro vided the call embraces the payment of the claims of these papers for publish ing certain proclama tions issued by the Governor. for certain measures to be voted on at the late election. The cost to the State will foot up twenty-thous- and dollars. or to be exact, $19,90S.3s, --Abbeville News.
 That is all very nice. The editors should be paid. but where is the money to come from?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-01

The question now is, will Roosevelt decessor, George Washington. and issue Farewell Address to the country next Thursday?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-01
PEACE. TOO. IS COSTLY.
Military Expenses of United States
 Close tO Those of Germany.

Military ExpenRea of United Stufee
 Close to Those Of Germany.
 New York Times.
 The army appropriation bill. which passed the Senate Friday, provides for an expenditure of $103.O00.O00 for tho next fiscal year. The navy bill appro- priates $137, 100000. The total is $24O, 000 900. which is within a few millions nf the military and naval estimates of March 3t, 1908. Germany is a great military empire. We are a republic at peace. protesting and maintaining q policy of peace. The total enlisted strength of our army Is 77.OO0, staff and. line. The peace strength of the German army includes about s14.OO0 oombatants of all ranks Evidently "a dollar in the United States in pro- SoT-oa~ -,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-01
The Washington Herald sets Jack

The Washington Herald sets Jack Binns down as a queer sort of a hero. Judging by the fact that "he has not yet made & glittering ass of himself, nor even tried to-" Well. there are heroes, and then some more heroes, and they are not all built on the same lines.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-01

The Headland Post argues that a man is not always a coward because he refuses to fight. Some men," 1t says, have q horror of striking a fool' But is the other fellow always a foo?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-01

We bet a doughnut that we have more varieties of weather here than at almost any other place in the country, unless 1t may be Houston, Texas.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-01

The prediction that the tarin on white print paper is to be reduced comes under the head of important if true" Let us hope that 1t will come about.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-01
sWORN CIRCULATION.

e Montgomery Advertiser guarantees as ertasers (and makes it part ot thc Sou ..,
 when reQuested) that its daily cireu- Is larger than that of any mo1n paper printed in Alabama-ano snae ., nnday edition has the largest cmSa of any edition of any newspaper cd m Alabama without exception. Ee figures for January printed ueo" resent the actual net circulatiohs HI He Fms having been deducted