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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-13
BOB FITZROY'S SNAKE

Bob" Fitzroy's black snake has been transferred to the cafe operated by Joe Della at East Main and Steuben streets where it is on exhibition and several patrolmen are on duty to com pell the crowd that is interested in the ten foot snake to keep moving.
 The cage that holds the snake is pla- carded Bob Fitzroy's Canary present. ed by Sheriff Stagg of StAatford." The transfer was accomplIzlfed through the efforts Of number Of friends.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-13
Hlho Mech Zyu Slaviani "A Sloboda-A Pleasant Sur
 prise for City Officials.

Sokol Hall is Third Largest Auditorium in City-Ded- ication Accompanied by Parade, Music, Red Fire, Speechmaking, Gymnas- tic Exhibition, Banquet and Chardos by Messrs. Ravens and Muirhead.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-13

Harrison B. Freeman, Jr., will ad- dress the members at the meeting of the Board of Trade, Taylor building 46 Cannon street, this evening. on the inn portant subject Telephone Conpeti- tion in Connecticut MT. Harrison is the secretary of the Connecticut Home Telephone CO, having offices at Hart
 ford.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-13
THIRTY INCH WATER MAIN WILL CROSS
 PEQUONNOCK RIVER

The Bridgeport Hydraulic Company will lay a 30 inch pipe across the Pe- quonnock river from a point above the lower bridge to Nichols street, to con meet it's system of water supply on the East and West sides. The main will be laid 20 feet below mean low water. F. S. Wardwell of Stamford, has the contract to do the work. The com pany has in immediate contemplation work that will cost according to it's estimates about $50 900.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-13
HOUSE DISCUSSES
 PHILIPPINE BILL

Washington. May 13.-The House to- day went into committee of the whole
 to discuss the Philippine tariff bill re-
 commended by the customs officials of
 the Philippines Islands and introduced by Representative Payne. Republican. New York), chairman of the Ways and
 Means Committee.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-13
YALE CREW MAN
 DIED IN INDIA

New Haven. May 13.-William Kurtz Johnson. Yale '06. former manager of the Yale crew. died in Ceylon, India, May 4. while on his wedding trip. ac- cording to information that reached here to-day. Johnson's home was in Baltimore and he was one of the most pnnular members of his class.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-13
MUST ATTACK TUBERCULOSIS
 IN CITADEL

Strauss States at Annual Meeting of Ma tional Association for Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis Today that Recent Vigorous Cam paign Has Failed to Check White Plague.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-13

An alloy of 70 per cent. of cerium and 30 per cent. or iron has the re- markable property of giving off a shower of sparks when struck by steel
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-13
(Greeting in Slovak by Joseph Bajus)

SIavnost otvorenia sokoIovnfa prodOsh necer bola kortEnovania hodna cd stort stOrocia ktere ureslo cd Slovenskeho NarOda cd kedy usadzovat za kraena a velkost jej zodpovenda bude pro inc organizcie ktere hrde SUI ze Bridgeporte Sokoh prcu tutu talk znamfte uSl<utOcneli ktra , prfspela ku mesta Bridgeportu.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-13
NOTICE.

The annual meeting of the stock holders of The Mountain Grove CeTne- tery Association will be held on Tues day, May IS, 1909, at Room No. Masonic Temple. at 2 D. n., for the purpose of electing a Board of Direc- tors. and any other business that may legally come before the meeting.
 F. J. NARAMORE R 13 aec,y
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-13

w. O. w. NEWFTELD CAMP. Every member must be present at 8 o'clock tonight at Advocate Hall, 173 Cannon St. Very important business for all.
 JOHN J. ONE1LL, Council Com,
 JAMES OMAN, Sec. asp
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-13

FOR SALE-Near Stratford Center. 3 family residence, fine condition, all improvements Box 1S9 Stratford.
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-13

wANTED-G1rls on all branches of corset making. Apply to The War ner Brothers Company.
 R Il 70
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-13

CASCA-LAxINE TABLETS cure bil- iousness and constipation. Follow tha direction. U 12
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-13

FOR SALE.-Columbia five-passenger, four cylinder automobile, 24-2S horse power, 1907 Recently overhau1ed and in first-class condition Has top. magneto, glass wind shield, Presto gas light, five lamps, new tires Can be bought very cheap and demonstrated at any time. Gall at Miller Motor Car Co.,, 554 Fairfield Ave- Bridgeport, Conn.
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-13

FOR SALE-Two electric ceiling fans. in good condition. Phone BIAS or call 1892 Main St. R 12 bso
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-13

wANTED.-ENperien girls on pa per box making; also ten small girls ! to learn box making. Apply to Pa
 per Box Department, The Warner Brothers Company, Warren and At | 1antic StS. R Il 70
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-13

TO RENT.-very desirable room flat
 174 Grove St. R 12 u*po
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-13

LOST-White fox terrier, two brown ears, brown spot on side; short tail and brown spot on tail Tag nun Der 5S13 Reward at Frank Burns, APO Myrtle Ave. R 12
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-13

WIANTED.-Experfen body machine ironer at once. Good wages. Bridgeport Steam Laundry.
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-13

TO RENT-3 rooms, s7.e0. Apply at
 St. R II S D Q
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-13

TO RENT-7 rooms, all improvements, steam heat furnished, 590 Park ave nue. Tel. .2S01-4. U 2S tfo
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-13

WANTED.-One good plasterer. Apply to w. H. Sheppard, Newtown Inn. Newtown, Conn., R 12 bso
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-13

TO RENT.-F1at room set tubs. etc.
 Inquire No. 79 William St. U 29 tf.o
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-13

FOR SALE-A1rnost new solid oak upright piano, s125. Cost s35o recent ly Perfect condition. Big bargain. Easy payments if desired The M- Steinert & Sons Co.,, 915 Main St.
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-13

DANCE-Given by The Lonesome Four Club, at Perry's Hall, Thursday evening" May 20, 1909. Music by Speidei's orchestra. Tickets, 25 cents. Admit one. R 12 d D
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-13
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TO RENT.-s five room tenements, cor .s
 East Main and Maple Sts. R 13 sspo WANTED.-Girls to work on power presses. The Bryant Electric Go.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-19
CORN PRIZE WINNERS.
Alabama Land Can Feed All The PeO
 nIa Of The Stafe

Alabama Land Can Feed All The PeO- Troy Herald.
 The following persons have been declared winners in The Herald's corn contest. H. M. Law contesting for the two acre prize made 18S bushels and twenty pounds on two acres and gets the first prize of $50. A. F. Benton got 161 on two acres. J. D. Price made on two acres. 12S bushels and 15.56 pounds.
 The following won prizes in the one acre contest: C. W. HlghtOwer made on one acre 7S bushels and gets $25 ; w. s. Benton made 62 1-2 bushels on one acre and got s10; I. M. Revels made 59 1-37 bushels and gets $S; M. G, Reddoch made AS bushels on one acre and gets S5; c. C. King made 35 3-4 bushels and gets $5.
 We hope that all are satisfied with the awards. MT. D. c. Glover made on four-fifths of one acre 105 5-7 bushels and Max Benton made on 4,400 square yards. 5S 35-36 bushels, but the stipu- lation was not less than one acre, so their claims could not be considered. Mir. Glover made at the rate of 132 bushels per acre.
 We are satisfied. for many people who entered the contest and failed to win made much more corn than they the contest. We expect to have con- test next year on a much broader scale than the one just closed and we will expect a more general CO., operation of the farmers than this raarG
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-19

Do corIrscrews come under the head of -stationeryT' We. ask the question because of the statement that a col Iector of curiosities went through the stationery room of the United States Senate the other day and found no less than eighty corkscrews. This leads The Chattanooga Times to infer that inasmuch as there are more than eigh- ty Senators. 1t must have been neces- sary in some cases for two of them to use the same extractor. If the gov ernment provides this necessary part of the Senatorial outfit 1t should see that they have at least enc a-piece.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-19
UNTENABLE OBJECTIONS.

Three objections have been raised against Judge Lurton. recently ap- pointed to the Supreme Court bench to succeed the late Justice Peckham. One is that he is too old. another that he is a Democrat and the third that he is from Southern State. being a citizen of Tennessee.
 Taking those objections in the order given. what merit is there in them? Judge Lurton is sixty-five years of age. but if he is otherwise well equip ped for the duties of the position he ought to be at his best at that age. Many of the greatest of human achievements. mental and physical. have been performed after the actors had passed sixty-five years. That ob- lection has little weight. It is true. of course. that he will reach the age limit sooner than a younger appointee would, but that does not indicate Ghat he will not make a good judge.
 The fact that the Judge is a Demo- crat--a Cleveland Democrat, if you willis equally without force as an objection. Of all officers in the Unit ed States. that Of justice or judge of It's highest court. should be most ab-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-19

work But such action by the State Committee as suggested would not only prove an entering wedge to dis rupt the party, but would be a shaft through it's very heart. and woe be to the committee that dares make nom ination by other means than the reg. ular primary, where the defender" 0f his home may at least have . voice in the selection of men to rule ove' him.
 This is the first move on tho political chess board that portends a departure from the repeated asseT tions that the amendment per SC. was the obnoxious feature and that Stats wide prohibition would not be mo tested.
 ,%. We speak advisedly when we say Ihat not single Denoeratatn MaF shall County will favor a convention as opposed to a primary. N
 Now let us see how many of the papers who were so bent on defending the home and preserving the Consti- tuition, will demur to The Advertisers proposed policy. or will swallow 1t whole like a uncovered pill.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-19
Letters to The Editor
ReckIe.s Driving of Automoblles.

Montgomery. Ala. Dec. II. 1908.
 Editor The Advertiser: m
 Knowing that vou have the public good at heart. ask that you give this
 We have in our city laws a speed limit for automobiles. and we have a new ordinance to drive to the right. and the police pf our city are endeay- bring to have people driving vehicles to drive to the right: that Is all right but how long will the good people submit to reckless racing and speed Ing automobiles over our streets, espe- cialiy South Perry Street, which street has come under nay observation as am resident of same.
 It has become speedway Tor potn white and negro chauffeurs, mere especially the negroes. This evening about 6 o'clock. as l was on my way home with my wife and children. passed two negro chauffeurs racing and If I had not betsI t. the extreme right of the street U would nave been run down as they had the center. Where, ohl where. is this going to with all due deference to our police. l know in the discharge of thetr duty some Of these offenders have been ar rested in the past and received very light fines. when they should have had the full limit of the law. It will be too late when some good citizen with his wife and children IS run down with the reckless speeding, or some sweet innocent child is run over. Dogs have no show at all: have seen three killed very lately within two blocks of my house. can only speak for one citizen. and that Is myself. and I give them fair notice, If they ever hurt any of my family l shall go hunting for them | like a beast in the forest. It seems if the city authorities cannot stop this 1t behooves every citizen to protect himself It is a shame that the law is not respected.
 Yours truly. C. H Beale.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-19
suNpAY. pnonnsEn ,a. lsoe.
] WHAT IT IS.

when we Of this favored section speak of blizzard perhaps some of us do not know exactly what we are talking about, and so we will lot The Leavenworth Post tell us how they understand the term in Kansas:
 some of the papers speak of the sblizzard which has prevailed for several days" Tbere has been no blizzard in this state. There has as been sever severe SSla sHerS speib bliazard G is a q ,a m,rhtT alTeeohI eoid speif f' but every mighty cold spell m isns f, do1n s1iznara about Maso zero miles an hour and the air is filled with snow so that you can only see a few feet ahead of you that IS q kept fo describe just that kind of lust \ simple cold spell You can al. ways say -It.s cold as Helen Biazes' you know.
 Nov if the Kansas contemporary describss 1t correctiy-and 1t should know--we are ready to make oath. If necessary, that we don't want any biizzards in ours, and we think most people hereabouts will join us in the refusal. We sometimes have spells of weather down there that are anything but pleasant. but such 8 combination as The Post describes is moro pleasant to read about than to experience. we should judge. So we must all bear in mind that a blizzard is zero weather. q fifty-miie wind and a muck of snow that fills the air almost to suffocation; that's what blizzard is. as told by an authority on the spot.
 We who have lived through life in this temperate region find 1t really difieuit to understand how human be- sngs can live through such weather as frequently prevails in the Northern States. and especially in some portions of the Northwest. Some of them do not live. as the reports show, but in the main they manage in some way to survive conditions that seem unbeara- bIe to us in this latitude. When the temperature here gets down to ten or fifteen degrees above zero. even if the weather Is fair ana calm. we think we have about all tho eoldness we can stand. but up there it not only goes below the zero point but often brings with it high winds and driving snow by way of rubbing 1t in-and the people somehow live through 1t. Per- haps 1t is because they are used to 1t, but we repeat that we don't want any of it
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-19

soiutely free from politics Where an office Is to be filled which can in any way be looked on as political. it might reasonably be expected that . President would appoint man of his own party. but no such partisanship should be considered in niiing vacan- cies in the Supreme Court. That is the highest tribunal in the govern ment. open to all citizens. and should be absolutely free from all suspicion of politics. So that objection should haze no force.
 The third objection Is no better. As the Supreme Court should be free from partisanship. so 1t should be equally free from sectionalism. The argument is made In some quarters that inasmuch as the late Justice Peckham was resident of the State of New York his successor should have been taken from the same State. or at least from the same judicial dis trict, but that is a weak contention Tennessee is as much an integral part of the Union as New York Is. and just as much entitled to consideration. If the President had any ulterior mo- lives in selecting a Southern man we are not aware of 1t; but the fact that he disregarded sectional lines Is to his credit. In short. none of the ob- jections is worthy of serious consid- eration when viewed without preJu- dice.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-19
TALKING NONSENSE.

Mrs. August Belmont is quoted as saying that there will be war of hatred between the sexes If the men do not grant the right of suffrage to women. Mrs. Belmont Is usually looked on as woman of good sense. but that statement doesn't indicate 1t, if she has been correctly quoted.
 Mrs. Belmont" comments The Man chester Union. should. if she does not. know that the element which she and her associates regard as mans obdu- racy is by no means the sole. or even the most potent. factor In the with holding of the suffrage from woman The incontrovertibie fact is that the percentage of women who demand the suffrage is almost infinitesimaI when compared with the number of women who are either indifferent or absolute ly opposed to the proposition. h. deed. the most active anti-suffrage workers are women-women, too. whose intelligence is unquestioned and unquestionable. From this is de- ducible the conclusion that a war of hatred between women and men. with the equal suffrage project as a casus belii Is far less likely than a war of hatred between women and women on the same score.
 'It is reasonably safe to say that there never can be a war of the sexes. Natural instincts and emo- tions are not so easily overthrown and obliterated by mere social and political conditions-particula when lines of sex partisanship are so very far from being sharply drawn as they are in this instance. Meanwhile, if the woman suffrage cause, ever does succeed. 1t will be in spite of, rather than owing to. the incorporate speeches of it's ultra-zealous advo- cates."
 really good cause is frequently weakened, If not totally destroyed, by the intemperance of its advocates. and a weak one is sure to be, as history has often demonstrated. Mrs. Bel mont may be sincere in her advocacy of women suffrage or she may not but if she expects to gain sympathy and support for her cause she is going the wrong way about it. In the lan- guage she is reported as using she virtually advocates war between the women and the men of the country if the demands of the suffragests are not complied with. and she will find that this Is no way to advance her cause. She should be invited by the real friends of female suffrage to hold her tongue.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-19
Alabama Porkers.

Birmingham Ledger.
 An excellent illustration of what can he done in raising hogs in Jeffer- son County is shown by the hog kil ed by Pinkney Scott. of Jonesboro, this week. A Berkshire pig one year old was slaughtered and dressed 400 pounds. and the pork was sold at 1-2 cents pound. total, $3S. The owner states that the hog was reared by him. and did not cost him all told moro than SS from the time it was born un- til 1t was killed. Now, the point The Ledger makes Is this. if one man can raise one hog that will at one year old weigh 40 pounds, cannot any farmer raise forty hogs that will average. say $50 pounds, and receive a better return than the same amount invested in any other crop? Had MT. ScotS killed forty hogs that weighed 4Go 16, 900 pounds, which at 10 cents per pound, the price today, would have brought him gross $1.600. and taking from this the cost of rearing, fatten- a net profit of $1,280 in one year
 This is but an argument as to what can be done on a farm In Jefferson County by any farmer. who will de- not only will he be handsomely repaid, but he will give to the consumer a class of meat not available through the pack ing houses, and shipped in by
 We understand that MT. Scott du- ring the year has also received most handsome. returns in cattle rals- ed, the profits amounting to almost es much as did his hogs, for Alabama fed cattle bring good price, as was shown by shipments to Evansville, l Ind, a year ago of a carload of cat 1 tie riased and fed by MT. Morris Adler on his farm near Bessemer. The cli-
 mate Is fine for stock raising. the re- | suits great, and the market advan- | tages superior to any place in the 1 South. and may the day hasten when l our farmers win devote more time
 and work to raising live stock than | they do to cottoni although the staple | this year is a gold mine.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-19
Portentious Ufterances. n nt.eravIlle Democrat.

N1uultISN44AC CNAAOS- 6N'
 Almost to a man. every opponent of the recent proposed amendment ex- pressed himself as opposed to saloons and satisfied with Statewide prohib- itton. Certainly every paper that comes to our desk so expressed itself. Now comes The Montgomery Adver- tiser and shies this bolt Into the polit- ical arena:
 '"The committee can. if it sees fit: call a Democratic convention Instead of primary and at that convention either candidates be nominated for State offices or a platform Of party principles enunciated."
 To be sure the committee can do so' but will any Democratic committee in Alabama have the temertty to do So. In the face of the peoples oft ex- pressed preference for primary Are we to understand that The AdVer- tiser counsels the committee 10 is- nore the wishes of the people or Ala bama. and go back twenty years 70 the good old days of political log ToIl- ing and corporation controlE IT so' why? If not. why the suggestlonT
 Some State papers are prone to ae eeDt the utteranees of The AdVertlser without investigation. much as school boy copies the answer 10 q problem. It saves work. and thoughi which is even more tiresome than
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-19
MONEY WE'LL SPENT.
An Example That Other Counties Gas
 PrOhtably Follow.

An Example That Other Counties Can
 Prohtably Follow.
 Union Springs Breeze.
 The road contract between Bullock County and MT. John w. Wrightt for twenty-five miles of road is nearing completion and with sufficient force could be given the finishing touches by the first of the year. It will amount to something near s50.000 and as far as now known Is reasonably satisfactory and will be a great bene- fit to the public of the entire county. of course 1t will require careful at- tention, good judgment and prompt work, from time to time, to keep then in good shape, but it should be done a. economical and as substantially as possible.
 has constructed thirty-five miles ot road at a cost Of $40.00O. which in- cludes some $15.000 invested in equip ment and mules now on hand. consti- tuting four outfits with fifty or sixty mules With the remainder of the bond money in the bank. the work will be continued and with the tax money coming In extend the work tO next summer, until at least hun dred miles of road is constructed at a cost of s126,00Q
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-19

For misleading figures as we'll as dates the following from The Rome Tribune-Herald takes the premium;
 The State of Alabama was ss years old on Tuesday having been receiv- ed into the Union December l4, 1910.
 Alabama was admitted into the Un- ion in 1s1s, instead of 1910. and conse- quently the State was 90 years old last Tuesday, instead of ss. Try again.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-19
At Hig1, Tide.

CUIIHIdn DeLlUCIdI
 In this mid4winter season the mer- chant finds his years business has been satisfactory beyond his expecta- tions: his bank account is in good condition; his books show that the farmer and other workers have been prosperous and attentive to their obli- gationS Cullman county is at the hlghtiie of her prosperity; the farm and truck patch have yielded gener- ously and sustained a happy and prosperous people in a climate unex- celled Our latest development is in our mines of coal, iron and fire clay the forests will also yield anew, fol. lowing the construction of our new railroad.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-19

That Texas boot-licker who some time ago asserted that Roosevelt was the grandest human being the world has seen since Jesus of Nazareth was entirely too modest. Such an ass as that should not have made any ex- captions.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-19

It is a dull day indeed when some body cannot bring out some charges and affidavits' against pr. Cook. It appears to be the regular occupation of some people of late.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-19

The little folks are counting the days, if not the hours till the time when they can see what presents they get and some of the old ones are counting tine dollars to see what they will be able to buy.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-19

When we look over the morning paper and fall to see anything about a railroad wreck we are led to won der if all the wires are down.