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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-26
RAISING MORE CORN.

The Albany (Ga) Herald copies some of The Advertisers remarks and com ments on corn culture and of Mir. Will Hams work in Alabama in connection with his corn method, and exhorts the people of its own section to emulate what Is being done and attempted in Alabama The Herald could hardly en- gage in anything more commendable than in encouraging increased corn culture in Georgia. While 1t may be true that farmers know more about farming than editors do, and while it may also be a fact that the former are better able to manage their own busi- ness, there is much that the newspa- pers may do in the way of obtaining and spreading information that will be of use to all the tiliers of the soil.
 It is an established fact not to be successfully disputed that there Is not enough corn raised in the South. We may as well reconcile ourselves to the other fact that wheat will not be rais- ed down here to any appreciable ex- tent, so that we may as well content ourselves with the knowledge that we must get our flour from the North and West, but that is no reason why we must or should continue to get our corn there. or any large portion of it. Growing cotton has become the set tied policy of our people and we are not going to knock them about 1t, but people must have bread and all who buy meal or flour know what high prices they are forced to pay, and that the prices are continually and stead fly advancing. With both flour and meal up in the air 1t is apparent that bread eaters are up against it in a way that is not at all pleasant to ex- perience or contemplate.
 If the Williamson method will &C., complish all that Is claimed-and 1t has been largely demonstrated-it is really the duty of our farmers in Ala bama and other Southern States to adopt it and raise more corn. This need not interfere with cotton growing. If the farmers of the South will persist in growing large cotton crops they should also increase the yield of corn, for that not only means cheaper bread but more and cheaper meat and lard. In short. any practicable plan that will increase the yield of corn should appeal to the farmers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-26
This h My 6Ist Birthday
Anselm J. McLaurin.

Anselm Joseph McLaurin, United States Senator from Mississippi. was born at Brandon. Miss. March 26 1S4S. and spent his youth on farm in Smith County in the same state. At the age of l6 he entered Summerville lnsti- tute, but before he had finished his first term he left school to enter the Confederate army. After the close of the war he began the study of law and was admitted to the bar in 1888. He began the practice of his profession in the town of Raleigh. and in 1871 he was elected to his first public ,2H ofsice, removed to Brandon, which city he has since made his home; H He ,S served Ir,.,s sue ture in 1879 as a presidential elector in 1888, as n member of the state con stitutional convention in lS90 and as a United States Senator for one year beginning in February. 1894. to fill an urtxpired term. In 1895 he was elect ed Governor of Mississippi and upon the expiration of his four years term he was elected to the United States Senate. where he Is now serving his sennnd term
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-26

but the seasons for detesting these pests have been enormously increased since 1t has been demonstrated that they are breeders and carriers of dis ease germs. A war on flies and mos quitoes is almost & holy war, for 1t is in the interests of self-preservation. and as that has aptly been termed tn 0 first law of nature. stands to reason that fighting these insects is duty that devolves on all.
 What Dr. Howard says about flies is to the point. To abolish them en- tIreIy is probably beyond human ef- fort. but 1t is easy to understand how their multiplication can be so material ly reduced that they will cease to be a menace. And getting rid of them Is a duty from which none may escape. It was said of some ancient city that its streets were always clean because every citizen swept before his own doors. and 1t is the same with the work of getting rid of flies. It will do lit- tie good for some of the people to ab olish the breeding places of the in sects if others do not. It is true that flies do not travel very far. unless driven by the wind. but neither do they confine themselves strictly to the premises on which they are bred. So 1t is that one neglected breeding place may nullify the work of all the neigh boring homes. Their destruction re- quires both concerted and individual effort to make 1t successful.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-26
THE FLY PEST.

The South" remarks The Buffalo Evening Times. lis preparing to do battle with the typhoid fly, which an eminent authority says is none other than the common house fly, which is bred in dirt and Is never happy away from it. If 1t temporarily leaves filth 1t goes loaded on its hairy stomach and feet with germs gathered from corruption. Such a warning might well be taken into consideration by the housekeepers of the North as well as the south. Dr. Howard, the govern ment entomologist. urges every house holder tn clean up everything and | above all else should the refuse of stables be speedily removed and are bred in and about stables. But if the breeding of flies cannot be pre- vented certainly their swarming in the homes of the people can be. where they alight on butter or other articles of food, thus placing typhoid germs righ t where they can most speedily do dam age to the human system"
 That the common house flies are a menace as well as nuisance has ceased to be q theory. and has deveI- oped into an established fact Like mosquitoes, they are everywhere in evidence in their season. and in the South the fly season Is practically all the year. Neat houseke eepers detest flies because they are troublesome and uncleanly. All of us detest mosquitoes because they annoy us and sting us.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-26
Feet Foremost,

bdltlIlOEe SuHs
 Luke E. Wright for chief justice of the United States supreme court? Hardly. Not just yet. If Chief Justice they are about. There are no vacan- cies in the supreme court In order to permit President Taft to reward his friend. the former secretary of war. with an appointment to that body, some one must resign. It was Justice Harlan. that rare old iurist. noted for dissenting opinions in such succulent the court upon the question of Secre- tary Wrights advancement. Wright will hardly be appointed chief justice" he said in answer to a friend. Fuller is not going to resign"
 They passed to other topics. and the friend said good night
 You know" called Justice Harlan, half way across the street. as If he had forgotten 1t in the first instance, "Ful- Ter and I have decided that we'll lot them take us off feet foremost.-Good night"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-26
Patchwork For 1912. Mohfla Ra9iofar

<hooiie fttSiS
 The Boy Orator of the Platte was 49 years old last Friday and signalized his birthday by rejoicing that. after eighteen years of activity, he has sue ceedeI so far in his work of getting senators elected by direct vote, that Is to say. by evasion of the provisions of the constitution of the United States, as to have the Nebraska legislature pass a bill assuring the election of the senators of Nebraska by the vote of the people. This he regards as q realization of cherished reform" The bank deposit guaranty bill also has passed. whereat he Is much pleased. although down in Oklahoma there Is now much apprehension felt lest a like law in that state should send all the banks into bankruptcy. Lastly, MT. Bryan will shortly see his bill for valuation of railroads adopted. and this too, is a thing for which he has for years contended.
 Thus. piece by piece. we are getting the patches for the platform quilt of 1912. some are old and some are new: some are acquired. Another patch is the initiative, referendum and recall, or. in other words. every man his own legislator This has been adopted by MT. Bryan. The last patch seized upon Is municipal government by commits sion. We confess We thought well of this until 1t is thus made a national Issue: and now we begin to have our doubts There is probably a fallacy in 1t that we have not suspected.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-26
President Eliot for England.

NeW Ork world.
 President Tafts reported intention of offering the post of Ambassador to Great Britain to Charles W. Eliot. the retiring President of Harvard. will oc- caston general satisfaction.
 No living American possesses to a greater degree the confidence and res- pect of the nation irrespective of party None Is more worthy to continue the line of ambassadors of letters from the New World to the Old," to use Thackeray's happy phrase. among whom were Everett, Bancroft, Mot ley and Lowell.
 The appointment of Dr. Eliot to the Court of St.James's would be a grati- flying return to the old traditions gov erning the selection of our Ministers to England, in whom wealth has been the least qualifications. President Eliot in London would best personify the attributes which have made the American Minister" next to the Pre- mier the most interesting figure in British social and political life.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-26
The Nimble Nickel.

W HdSAlHSbo IxCldlQ
 Charles T. Young, of Milwaukee. Wis. who Is at the National. in speak ing about street car nickles. said last night that the passenger on the cars says good-by to his nickle when he pays 1t to the conductor or the man at the elevated window. and thinks no more of 1t.
 F"rhe history of the nickle Is only really beginning then. and 1t has a varied and interesting career from that time until it passes out of the hands of the railway company into the place of final deposit
 "The system that takes care of that nickel. sorts 1t out. keeps record of 1t. and sends 1t at last into a safe resting place Is full of interest. It Is great, enormous system to be worked out just for the sake of a nickel: but when the nickel multiplies itself into $50.000 and $60.000 day 1t takes on a new importance. AS a. matter of fact. the actual nickel Is the scarcest coin the street car eompany takes in. especially at this time.''
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-26
Democrats i'm Congress.

New YOrk EVenlnE FOSt.
 When they have chance. they should join hands with the more en- frightened Republicans to make the new tariff better than 1t can be made if the Democrats stand aloof in an intransigeant attitude. And if they and the independents generally sue publicans as to produce tariff law reasonably satisfactory. we may be sure that MT. Taft will be as frank and generous In recognizing Democrat his election to the Presidency. It would not make a new era in our po- litical history. Parties would remain renewed. But 1t would. for the time being be good illustration of what can be done by sensible cooperation in politics
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-26
secretarx Maeveaxh,. New Aid.

Chicago Record Herald.
 Secretary MacVeagh has chosen wise ly in selecting Charles D. Norton to be First Assistant Secretary of the Treas extraordinary energy He will be an active, creative force in whatever he undertakes, as Is abundantly proved by what he has done for Chicago. The progress that has been made with the plans for the Identification of the city should be largely credited to him. He has been unremitting In his efforts to push those plans to success. has been fertile in suggestion, always helpful. furnishing noteworthy. example of what can be accomplished by union of intelligence with industry and pub lie spirit of the highest order.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-26
Rights of Press Upheld.

The law has been vindicated and the rights of the press have been sustain ed, whatever may be the final fate of the Coopers. Newspaper criticisms are the Killing of the man who may have made the criticisms
 We believe that the verdict will meet the approval of the general public, who have followed the testimony with an unusual degree of interest The result of this trial will be to throw addition al safeguards around human life not ese'y wss ycomm,tted. nm but throushout % iie the country. It sustains the rights of a newspaper to exercise its legitimate functions of criticism where public men are concerned. and holds that such editorial criticisms cannot be made the excuse for malicious retalia- tion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-26
What fhs State Rapsrs
 Are Saying and Doing
Beck to the Spot Llghss.

Back to the Spot Lsghts. Gadsden Times-Nsws. .'-l
 Goyernor Conner has been out of the The extra session viii put matters right.
 Universal Pass Word.
 Huntsville Mercury Banner. A Newcomers at Decatur, are not al lowed to visit the soft drink joints without first showing their eredsntinls distress Is a red nose and Is siways recognised by the. craft
 .
 His One claim.
 ''sSY ciip.sassa' cpipsppssT in a reeen. eommun,- cation to the Advertiser intlmates that when he reaches the golden gates St. Peter will graciously admit him be- lington District ip South Carolina We would hate to risk our chances on get ting to Heaven from Pike county, Ala noId nama' c. mIEh rn,;l, the less some place in
 Corn in Dale.
 Ozark Southern Star. .,.
 Nearly every day some farmer: or are trying the Williamson corn method. MT. William Smith who is farming on the old S.. J. Andrews homestead in acres and will follow up the William son method strictly in its cultivation We shall watch the progress of his smtS s1an and expect fas s.st fs1nss nd Mr when he takes hold of anything he brings things to pass.-watch him.
 Reduction Not Necessary. Tuscaloosa Times Gazette.
 The threat has already been sent out as regards the iron business that the new tariff will reduce price of iron and ha ~Ir rl,<<r uv.s- This Is not necessary following of a more reasonable tariff. and it is not right that workingmen should be .neh nt9 Ans Rs Ght . protected well now is going to howl about impending ruin If his particular industry Is not bolstered up, and the pensfve nurse act for the infant in dustries long enough.
 In Hot Water Now Sure.
 Governor might well cry out Now comes the winter of our discontent." despite the bslmy spring air and the He's put his foot T in itep:n it sure enough s1a and his former contests with the railroads and the newspaper men will be mere pygmies beside the battle now on with the Federated Women's Clubs camping We almost find 1t in our heart to pity him were t not for the fact that pity Is akin to love. ot which we balk and turn away in helplessness.
 The governor rather high handedly. even for him waved away as nought the invitation from the Governor of Louisianna to send delegates to the child labor convention to be held in New Orleans. Governor Conner had been sending delegates to everything else under the known sun. of course at the private expense of the delegates honored. and there was no real good excuse why such delegates should not have been appointed. As & Club Wo- man of Montgomery put 1t. If we have the best, go offer 1t to the rest: and If we haven't the best. let's go after Well it's the governors fight, not ours. and may the Lord have mercy on his souli
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-26
proxidential Bowlegs.

Uncle RemuS' Magazlne. ,,,,
 "Providence." said the deacon. sho do look alter de cullud race"
 How come?" demanded Brother Dicl<ey. , 4o bv ez dey say, walk too soon." "Sho' do" asserted Brother Dickey.
 Dat makes him bowlegged."
 An bowIegs is de mos convenient est legs in de worl' fer climbn' a tree wen a 'possum's on dc top limb"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-26
Letters to The Editor
PLANT NOT DESTROYED.

Damage To Factory At Troy Was
 Slight.
 Troy, Ala, March a., 1909. The Montgomery Advertiser, Montgom- cry, Ala.
 Gentlemen: We note in today's paper that you have an article about the fire at one of our plants yester- day. and that you state in the head line that our fertilizer factory was de- stroyed This is entirely a mistake, the fire was confined altogether to one of our oil mills, and did not touch the fertilizer factory at all. As this Is an error that may tenn porarily injure our fertilizer business we would thank you to correct 1t. Only the seed house and lint gins of our plant No. 2 were injured by the fire.
 Yours truly.
 Standard Chemical and oil Go. P. S.-It way also stated that our office records were destroyed. This is e mistake. ft Soss
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-26

Some days ago we copied from The Alexander City Outlook the statement that an entire car load of hogs had just been shipped to that point for sale. Now comes The Roanoke Leader tell ing us that one of its local dealers has already received and sold three car loads of shoats during the present sea = son. Are such items of news compli- mentary to the farmers?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-26
lingo FOolishness.

The apprehension of German mari- time policy. once the monopoly of a. minority of Englishmen. has now be- come general. with consequences that none can entirely foresee. One thing alone is certain--the cost of lingo lu- macy to both countries will be stag gerfng. though neither never strikes blow at the other.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-26

Carrie Nation, like the other famous cat, has come back. and she tells il that mo Englishman can think" Per haps she decides thus because they are not willing to say what they think of her.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-26

They tell us that one of the fash ionabIe gowns has five hundred buttons on 1t. If the wearer of one calls on her husband to button it we predict shat hen fly the coon
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-26
Never Goes Far.

ohio State Journal
 The convincing and unanswerable de- fense of the absolute stability of the Gatun dam appears to be that it never slides very far at one time.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-26

Boston says the play of Salome is not nice enough for that good old city. but we suspect that it would se- cure a large adience, all the same, if 1t should be presented there.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-26
The Times Change.

| Providence Journal. l Times change and administrations
 with them President Taft ventures ! to suggest" in his message to congress
 and rides in the parlor car Constitution
 when he goes to New York.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-26
What in Tea1

New York Evening Telegram.
 New tariff bill says there Is no in creased revenue from beer or whiskey, but lea is taxed eight cents a pound What on earth Is tea?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-26
sW0RN CIRCULATIO

BWOHN CIHCUI@AhEO.,. nelOW The nsures for February printed 1T Se- represent the actual net circuia'ioA'
 turns having been deducted. ,,.a. its The Montgomery Advertiser .hs con advertisers {and makes 1t part %. .a,rcula- : tract when requested) that its oans ,nnrning g tion is larger than that of any @ ,a, ;t a newspaper printed in Alabama-anai. nai.emis ci .ion sunday edition hes the largest 1nrinted in AiAbAmn without exception.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-26

Does anybody really know what Is a Democrat" asks The Chattanooga Times. Well, you might put the query to Willie Hearst.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-26
TBe Button Responsibility.

Washington Times.
 When mother has to look after 500 buttons on each of her gowns, where l6estfather get off in the matter of attention for those six on his trousers?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-26

The rankest piece of partisan legis- Iation in the session of the LeRisla- ture just closed Is found in line 45l of takes from the Adlutsnt General. who is superintendent of the State house. the power to appoint two employees to run the State house elevator and give the appointing power to the Supreme Court which is Republican.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-26

The Republican Legislature of Ohio has carried partisan meanness to the lowest possible point, judging by this paragraph from The Sidney Democrat:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-26
A Chemical Question.

CnlcdgO NSWS
 What sort of chemical or political reaction would be produced by drop- ping lump of taxed sugar into a cup of taxed coffee?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-26

Total ..'s s'''' on u.. ...., Al, ,sss Net Daily Average February, 1909 10 SSo Net Sunday Average February. is0s .ie''si c. I. Finigan, Circulation Manager Of The Montgomery Advertiser. being duly s"oFn' The foregoing statement of The Adves- tissvss circulation for the month of Fen- ruary. 1908, is true and correct, and compn- cd after all returns from news noys. nsws agents. spoiled and left over copies nave
 c. l. FINIGAN.
 circulation Manager. Sworn to and subscribed before me this Sth day of March. 1906. -
 RIGA ALEXANDER,
 Notary Public.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-26

Philadelphia woman is going to apply for divorce because she found a hairpin in the coat pocket of her hus- band. She should not be too nasty; he might have been merely trying to initiate her example by bringing the noble hairpin into use for several diff ferent purposes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-26

ica Is opposed to psychical research and unkind to spirits. The gentleman Is hereby advised to read the Payne tariff bill in regard to the latter state ment. &
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-26

At recent police captains dinner the piece de resistance was naturally club" sandwich.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-26

A woman always adds a postscript to letter because she Is bound to have the last word even if she has to write it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-26

An Indiana jail bird recently scraped off the back of a mirror and ate 1t. Then the mercury immediately went down.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-26

Tomorrow-American Turin Lawsi XIXI-The Mil1se Bill.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-26

Even though it is going out of dat the Teddy Bear now and then has it usefulness A little girl fell out of car window the other day and he Teddy Bear acted as an amelioratin cushion thus saving her from hard con tact with the earth. Alas, fashion de creed that the "ameliorating cushion he removed from the skirts of grow ups this season, and there has probabl haen many an occasion, such as step ping off a street car backwards, ett when 1t would have come in yer handy.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1909-12-10
Front View of Cathedral.

balustrades. Some rooms are finished
in Cuban mahogany, but there is very
little inflammable material anywhere.
The heating is by steam and the light
ing by electricity.
The cathedral is three stories high,
with a spacious basement The ground
floor will be the banquet and ball
rooms, with galleries. The social
rooms are on the second floor, which
is also provided with quarters for Ia
dies. There is also room for the
Mystic Shrine. The third floor is oc-
cupied by the consistory auditorium,
which is arranged on the stadium plan
with tiers of opera ch;efs rising steep
ly, so that those in the rear seats can
all see the work on the large floor be-
low. There are seats for nearly 900
In this auditorium. The organ loft is
to the north and at the south end
there is a spacious stage provided
with scenery, the work of st. Louis
firm.
The prescenium arch is elaborate
with the designs and emblems of the
several degrees. The decorative de
sign and color scheme were the work
of a Chicago firm. The organ was
made in Rock Island at cost OF
$4,000.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1909-12-10
FOR OLD PEOPLE.

After reaching the age of forty the
human system gradually declines. The
accumulated poisons in the blood
cause rheumatic pains in the joints,
muscles and back. These warnings
should be promptly relieved and seri-
GUS Illness avoided by using the fol-
lowing prescription which shows won
derful results even after the first few
doses and it will eventually restore
physical strength.
zone ounce compound syrup Of
Sarsaparilla; one ounce Toris COM
pound; half pint of high grade whis-
key. This to be mixed and used in
tablespoonful doses before each meal
and at bedtime. The bottle to be we'll
shaken each time" Any druggist has
these ingredients or can get them
from his wholesale house.