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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-10

American Monthly Magazine--Chair
 man. Mrs. ]. d. wy1y. Montsom- Isaisiative Aid and Patriotic Incentiv.
 fo EdueAtion--Chair1nan Mrs. J.
 Mayfield. Montgomery
 .SHss s!r:.riss sns %iaS.ms .Sns pascsar
 man, HEs. Jossph St. George Tuck sis s.:.ss: s.s;: HRii:sT'ssss Riss 5sss.; Jacfson Roads in Aiabama--chair- sndsr sH; sai; City H''.f'@ ~ No''''' Alex
 man. Mrs. |. T. Pride. Pride. chtld Lsbor Lesislation--chairman. nuitiyatioD of Frsternsl Relations
 with the sons of the Revolution ana
 tion--Chairn,an. Mrs. Francis Tap- psy. Huntsville. Jefferson County Memorial Roads
 Snairman. Mrs. A. O Lane, Birming- Menument To aMad Anthony, Wayne.
 In addition to the ceremonies par- ticipatsd in at the Hudson Fulton cel- fs,aes a ot Nsw ssw Yo, 5ers City n. of the opening events of the upstate Hudson-Fulton celebration. Thfs was the dadicafion os a r,on- ument at Stony Point to General wayne. The monument is in the form or great memorial arch, built of the rough stone over which Mad An. tnony" led his raw troops, and stands cn the rugged promontory where the State park.
 Thus is commemorated the seem- ingly hopeless attack of 130 years ago -one of the great successes of the Revolution.
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a cheap set of plates of the worli's Fair buildings. The Autograph com pany sent out a letter to the man. agers of all the telegraph offices in the country announcing that 1t was publishing a set of finely printed Worlds Fair pictures that would appeal to persons of means and taste. and that 1t would be pleased to pre- sent set of these pictures to the manager in appreciation of hts court esy in sending a list of persons who used his ofiice to telegraph orders to Chicago Board of Traie or New fork Stock Exchange houses.
 In this way Van Wrinkle got list of 300.000 speculators. All of these speculators were not suckers" but van Wrinkle believed that among every ten fortune-seekers in this list he might find one sucker. And he did
 Begins on Credit.
 When Van Wrinkle started business he didn't have enough money to pay the postage on the circulars he sent out to the telegraph office managers He got credit at the start for SIS worth of printing. At the end of six months he was spending si.OOo a month for printing When the postofice in- spectors camped on Van Wrinkles tratl he moved and changed the name of his business. But at last they drew their net around him. When they went to nab him he had lied to New York. and from there he escaped ta South Africa.
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standinr Cemmittees.

O. A. R. Virginia Dare Chapter, Mobile--Rs- gent. Mrs James O. smith.
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girl of IT, she rode alone through the swamps to warn the troops, in which
 her brother was serving, of the ap- ip,roach of the British. One of Phillip and Henrietta Fishburne's descendants is Mrs. owen Scott of Ohto.-D. A. R' Lineage Book No. IT.
 Detor Fishburne moved from Penn sylvania to Virginia about 177S. lie had several brothers. one of whom was named Phillip, the rest unknown. Ills will, recorded in Virginia In lszz' gives five sons-William, Phillip, John, Daniel and David; a daughter. Mary Haines. and a grandson. John Griener. The wife's name not given. Tnere was another grandson named Lem, son of Philip. Daniel, the fourth son. mar ried Ann Rodes. He was born in 1900. Their children were Junius M.' Professor of Latin at Lexington, Va. in the Washington College. He dleo Tn 1880: Clement Daniel, cashier of Albermarle Bank at Charlottesville. and Catherine, who married Professor Charles Estill. both deceased DanieIs 2 second wife was Miss Guthrie. or Scotch Irish pareutage, prominent Tn Presbyterian circles. Their children were Elliot a druggist in waynesboro. Va: Richard Baxter, medical mis- sionary to China: Professor James Al of the FiRhburne Military Academy Virginia; Annie B. and William NeVlls' A lawyer of Waynesboro. There were several daughters who died early.
 or representatives of the Ftshburne name whose exact connection is not known, one is a William Fishburne' living in Augusta County. l. IT, Heu- ben and James A. Fishburne or Eoan- oke. and Edward Fishburne of South Caro,ina. and another member, gen. tIeman living in San Francisco.
 Fishburne of Georgia are M'4
 Bibb of New Deactur, Ala. Mrs. Josnua smith of Selma, and Mrs. Lide or SIT mingham; Mir. E. Pinckney Fishburne recently deceased. lived at Ravenei. s. C., near walterboro. So far as known, the name has been upheld l'i sn. owners of 1t all prosperous and useful members of the communities In which they live. i4' S
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you fall down with this list 1t will he too late for me to try 1t anywhere else.
 Now. you say you like this prop ostion. All right; 1t all depends on you But before I turn over this list I want you to make me out a little check to show your good will-just a trifle on aecount-say, s25o.
 If the tenderfoot Is easy" he eager ly accepts the bargain and pays the t250 in advance. Then he goes to work. with the aid of the postofice. fishing for suckers by circulating the sucker list" This means some hum reds of dollars spent for printing, stationary. postage and typewrlting. He waits anxiously for the checks and drafts and money orders from the 5000 investors. A few letters dribble in.
 Gan I buy s5 worth of your stock? But want to investigate 1t thorough ly before invest. read in Me Body's Magazine that the investor must examine mining stock very care fully before buying"
 T did not see you stock quoted on the Stock Exchange. Do you think it Is going up? We have brokerage oifice in our town Ca bucket shop prob ably) and I may buy ten shares on margin, but the man who chalks up the quotations told me today he had never heard of your stock"
 You're one of these get-rich-quick fellows I've ben reading about in the Monday Morning Ghost. and you can't get any of my money"
 Please send s10 worth of your stock inelose stamps for q and I will pay the balance when you strike ore"
 The tenderfoot promoter wakes up to ftnd he has been "stung" for s250 and realizes that the company promo sion game isn't as easy as Is looks.
 One of the most famous sucker lists" for getting money from the cred ulous through the United States mails originated out in Chicago. where the "discretionary poor' game was worked so successful for years. It was an ingenious swIndler by the name Of Van Wrinkle who formed the nucleus of the big Chicago sucker list" that has been handed down from one swIndlinR operation to another for years
 Van Wrinkle craftily formed a litho- graph company in Chicago and bought
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-10
How to Get Rid
 of Catarrl1 \ Simple Safe, Reliable Way and it Costs Nothing to Try.

Those who suffer from catarrh know It's miseries. There is no need of this suffering. You can get rid of 1t by q simple safe. inexpensive. home treat ment discovered by pr. Bioeser, who, Tor over thtrty-five years. has bean treating catarrh successfully.
 Ills treatment is unlike any other. 1t Is not spray, douche. salve, cream or inhaler. but fs more direct and thorough treatment than any of these It cleans out the head, nose, throat and lungs so that you can again breathe freely and sleep without that stopped-up feeling that all catarrh sufferers have. It heals the diseased mucous membranes and arrests the foul discharge. so that you will not be constantly blowing your n6ae and splitting, and at the same time it Joes not poison the system and ruin the stomach, as internal medicines dos
 If you want to test this treatment without cost. send your address to Dr. I. ". Blosser 772 Walton Street, Atlanta. Ga. and he vii send you by return mall enough of the medicine to satisfy you that it is ali he claims for 1t as a remedy for catarrh, ca- tarrhal headaches, catarrhal deafness, asthma, bronchitis, colds and all ca- tarrhal complications. He will also send you free an illustrated booklet. Write him immediately.
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HNCpsToRs OF AzTEcs.
Cailfornia Professor Trying to Trae'
 MexIcans from Asia. ~,.
 Icsni nisnaf fch to The NeN

C.,lSoruin Professor Trying to Trnee
 MexleanA from Asia ,,n Nsw Berkeley Sa,a Scsi F Dispatch '0 i"e
 A,thonph n majority of the Indians of California have been fouhu tV unique so far as connection wie1 'rbos p.os A IL. Kroeber. head of the Depart, ment of AnthropOlogy of the SailIoruh,a tha IJniyersity, has started work on tnS gigantic task of tracing g,csn tne sv,'I In5ien tribe. from Asia by the similarity or their dialect with that of an Indian tribe found near Los Angeles:
 For many reasons the scientists nave .hovrht the famous Aztecs were re- istsd fo the Mongolians and may have crossed from Asia thousands or year ago by way of the Bering seq an9 thence wandered rnep 1neq'eihi eeiimes @ of Cen trai lnerica, where they. were rouno hv cortez and his Spaniards in the early part of the sixteenth century tS ,.h anH i,1,Sa- diaiect near Los Angeles by f1r Kroaber. who is an expert an. thronoioSist and linguist, has aided materially in tracing the Aztecs north, a,, ward. and the work VIII pc caFFieu "A with this end in view. ".,s ..A fSroSeesor Kroeber correlated with his work in tracing the lineage ot M tne Aztece the task Of recoFushs s r fnti fsSi,,n t,,- .Shis nss heen nearly completed. and he found that tsS s;os tSt1l .n pSssr Ga n,nesy.tao 1i eSw sSoud diffsrent Indien tongues state. , o raoorn b.. haar ,osda hw inc university. nearly all are satinct nads ps and SaV forgotten. These comprise especially the dialect of the d. ,so soast t.f te ccasionaliy a few Indiass are still found who speak a language that has mi hean nreyioualy noted. Such a new dialect was only this mon month recorded corded Tanto vsiIev If is likely that few additfonai Ianguages will yet be dis- covered. but in the main records have been gathered of all forms ot speech that aurviVa
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-10
CHAPTER REPORTS.

Lewis Chapter, Eufaula. Yacation--August and September. We must part awhile. A few short months--though short,
 they will be long--but yet We must endure 1t, and our love will
 be
 The fonder after parting--it will Intsnser in our absence and again Burn with tender glow when we
 return.
 The first meeting of the Lewis Chap ter. after the summers separation will be In October, when Mrs. Carrie T. Foy will be hostess.
 No wreath is given, no monument raised by nation to the memory of Its illustrious dead, but it blossoms with good for the living through all future time" Prayer-Chaplain.
 Roll call--Patriotic Societies. Greet ings from Regent.
 Memorial Continental Hall--Mrs. Carrie T. Foy.
 Preservation of Old Fort Massac- Mrs. D. B. weedon.
 Historic Land Marks of Colonial Days--Mrs. T. J. Clayton.
 Historic Spots in the Mohawk Val ley-Mrs. c. P. Roberts.
 Discussion--Fort Sandusky. The letters traced on long enduring That. tell of valiant deeds. and noble
 lives Present lesson as they meet the While love of country, or of worth
 survive"
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u4,tor--,r,ss Anna IL wlllisms xstats Hiatorian. sSS South Perry street. Mo6f wnunAPv. Ala.
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Towels and stomach

Miss Mary Jones. 1918 Reynolds Ave. Chicago, Ili.. writes:
 T can recommend Peruna as a good medicine for chronic catarrh of the bowels and stomach. I have heen troubled severely with 1t for over three years.
 "One year ago I began to take Per una, the wonderful tonic for women and I noticed . wonderful improve. ment at once. took six bottles in succession and I always have it on hand 10 take some now and then when my cough Is bad.
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Words cannot express my prise for your tonic. weighed only ninety pounds before taking Pernna. now one hundred nineteen pounds"
 Catarrh of Internal Organs.
 Mrs B. H. Jackson. R. F. ID. D, New man. Ga. writes: q have had catarrh of the internal organs for more than A year. I tried other medicines wfth- out any benefit.
 q was persuaded to give Peruna trial and the first bottle proved 2 god send. and after taking ten bottles have received a permanent cure.
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S25.oo Offered for a Name

Geo. D. Witt Shoe Company has put on the market line mans shoe made in their Ninth St. Mems Fac tory to retail at 5000 They offer $25.00 for a name for this shoe. re- serving the right to reject any. or all names sent in, unless one should be acceptable. This offer will close on October 3l. 1909.
 GEO. Q. WITT SHOE cOMPAMY
 Lynehburg. Virginia
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DAUGHTERS OF THE
 AMERICAN REVOLU77O

u4ses l1.ss Anhs T w,llIsms' sa; sstats MontGomsry, Ala.
 ''Remsmbsr the days of old. considsr thy father spa hs will shOv thee: the sldsrs and they will teach thes.-- s|ssn sss ,s, ss.sss: .s: s.:a: s.s. .ss mon.
 eTATD DIRECTORY. Ksgent--Ars Aurora Pryor Mcclellan, vice visAia Rsssns--xra Rhstt oood.. Mo- sssrst.ry. .-afra winiam Harv,r New off!c!ssii s,sdsr-.1rs. < s sis Fl 5. ssPr. An Historisn--afiss Anns Marks williams. chDinasSsr chspi.1nmSrs. niien Ps.sr-Bryos Assnt American Monthly--hars. ,. N 1ost E:arsassUHiss x.tta Thompson. 0snerai sumscr--Biirmip xSsm: Reg ents Mrs: cha!les J. shsrpe. ,. 1itsr Has. ocfntv1 q H. v1oco%ss 1ccSnssss ~ Aadrsw. JAchson-.T Talladssa: Resent. Miee 0ittlo Mc&Joerry.
 Asht Hcrss H.rry hs..-Auburni n Re- Msrthe Wayisa -Opelika; Rsgsnt Mra J. H. Thomsson; 'ehn ar.. Wads W s dS:ynSisr. h:ysiirA'hsAs' Hss'n9 caloosa--TuscaioosA; Regent. Mrs. Ellen Peter Bryce.
 Lewis--Eufauia; Regent. Mrs L. Y. MeSiIs--Mobils;. Regent Mics Meta ss;pSsa:5.ssr Decatur; Rsxens Mrs. Frsderisk william cEay-,Anniston, Francis Marton--Montsomery Regent. Mrs. Walter Black.
 Bienyllle--Anniston; Resent. Mrs. A. Ksth crime ss. stsel--orfOrd: Rewsnt Mrs. chsrokes-seims; Regent. Miss Nellie Coibert--Tuscumbia Regent. Mrs John E. Deloney.
 Twickenham Town7-Huntsviile; Re- gent. Mrs. Francis Tappey. Captain John Bacon--Alexander City; Regent, Mrs. Roberta BAicon Mob.
 Q. A. R.
 Virginia Dare Chapter, Mobile-Rs- gent. Mrs James O. smith. Graves Of Revolutiohary Soldiers--- z Chairman. Mrs. J. V. Allen. Bir- Real Daughters of the American Rev. olution In Alabama--Chairman, Mrs. John B. Knox. Anniston.
 Mrs. Ellen Peter-Bryce. Tuscaioosa. Revolutionary Relfcs-Chairman MrA
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IMPORTANT

PERSONAL-If you are afflicted with BLOOD POISON, in any stage. LOCOMOTOR ATAXlA. NE. CROSIS. PARAL LYSIS. RAEU- MATlSM. in any form. CATARRH. MALARIA. JAUNDICE. TUL IRREGULAR or ENLARGED GLANDS of any kind or from any cause. or any of the worst forms of blood disease you can learn of a per- manent and positive cure and receive I08 page book FREE of all cost by addressing.
 SalVar Medicine Co.,,
 Salvar BIds.. St. Louis. U. s. A.
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MARTHA NAPLES JEFFERSON.
 OPELIkA.

The Martha Wayles Jefferson Chap ter. D. A. R. met Friday afternoon, September A. at the residence of Mrs. '. H. Thomson.
 This was the first meeting of the ysarT and sthe:=ii iterasy eTtion-z Of he program was dispensed with in ~orier to attend to an unusual amount of bustnesA
 The resignation of Mrs. W. B. Wat kins as regent was read, and Mrs. J. H. Thomson was elected to i'll the vacancy.
 Mrs. J. c. Farley. ST.. was made reg istrar to succeed Mrs. Thomson. Af- ter the conclusion of business deli cious salad course was served.
 Mrs. J. J. Ingram, Historian.
 The Columbia Chapter.
 Because of the close ties binding the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-05-10
Capt. James F. Oyster.


1 agree in full with neither Of the
plans proposed at the banquet. but 1
have never heard two more able pre-
sensations Of different views. The
thought that occurs 10 me-. and to
others, is that when such eminent citi-
zens as the President of the United
States and a jurist of Justice Stat
fords character and ability disagree on
these vital questions, that there ought
to be some common ground upon which
terment Of Washington.
Phe idea of a one-man head for
the District government is a logical
one and I am in favor of il un-
head should he a Washingtonian thor
opghly familiar with the needs of this
city. He should be surrounded by an
advisory board, men representative Of
every section OF the Capital, and sent
to the Municipal building to care es-
pecially for the welfare of his section
as well as the government at large
These advisors can be elected or ap-
pointed, according to the plan later
deemed best, but under no circumstances
should we 90 beyond the confines of
Washington for a governing body.
Undoubtedly we Iced representation
in Congress. We do not get what we
should at the Capitol and il is impOs-
sible for the members of Congress to
pay sufficient attention TO the District.
President Taft says that this is q ma
tional city. in which 100000 people are
lllbI6SlEQ. L grant ltlGNs out II QQCS
not seem fair that 10000 OF this number
should be disfranchised and without a.
voice in their own government when
they annually pay 80 per cent Of the
Districts taxes.
Our suffrage. how ever. should be
qualified one. with property or educa-
tiOnal restrictions. CIR both. The right
of petition to Congress, referred to by
the President, does not obtain for US the
results we desire.
1 am also in favor Of Justice Stafford's
proposition. that local men should be
appointed to our District offices. For
instance. II a colored man is desired In
q certain position, Washington has such
man. and this applies to offices filled
by both races. I think we have the
timber right at home TO administer our
pOynrnr1pnf
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John Weaver.

1.-THE average citizen does not take
into consideration when discussing the
various forms of government for Wash
ington the fundamental reasons which
make II necessary that the General Gov
eminent should be absolutely in control
of it's domicile.
1T would be profitable in connection
with this subject to review some of our
early history. The discourteous treat
ment accorded the Government when
located in Philadelphia. when il was
driven from that city by a band Of dis
gTuntled soldiers. clearly illustrates the
necessity for a home Of its own.
Beautiful Washington viii be more
safely intrusted TO the nation, with its
tremendous resources. both in wealth
and energy, than to the handful o. citi-
zens who compose its population.
Personally, 1 am particularly happy
over the evident desire of the general
government TO at least assume its re-
sponsibllities IN the case. President
Taft has clearly committed the country
to these responsibilities
1.-THE machinery to be employed by
the general government in administer
ing the affairs Of this city need not give
US concern
TIE present system is admirable, but
can be improved by substituting a. gov
ernor for the present board of Com
missioners."
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KEEP UP TO DATE WITH THE TINES

Here that helped to make yeste-
evening thoroughly Hpoue
Albert striking of the Whha kidnapping and exposition
of the motives o perpeuate the
advanced by President
Taft and Justice conditions the District of Co.
umbia.
John Davis whose financial be-
levedt involve half million dollars.
Prevention of Geological Survey Munsey
building
Death of Judge William L. Penfeld
Opening of Independent Order of Birth Abraham.
Grounding of the Steamer Augusta n Chesapeake
Death o. Mrs Augusta Wilson, the celebrated novelist
Funerals intfered with in Chicago bys 1000
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Until the last half Of the nineteenth
century vital statistics were not kept
with any degree Of accuracy; never
thSless, according to Mr.. Gore, there
is evidence showing that for more
than zoe years the average life has
been lengthening on both sides of the
Atlantic Communities in different
countries have kept more or less re-
liable records.
In Geneva, Switzerland, for instance,
a record Of marriages, births and deaths
has been maintained in good order ever
since 1851, with the exception of the
years 1856 and 1857. Here and there in
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MILLIONS OF YEARS ADDED
TO HUMAN LIFE.

Though Professor Metehnikof and
other scientific enthusiasts are not
aole 20 report any considerable sue
cess regarding their endeavor to make
us all eentenarians, there is no ques-
ton that the mean duration of human
life is constantly increasing. John X.
Gore of Newark, n. J., in his address
Thursday night before the Actuarial
Society of America, meeting in New
York, offered the following facts and
statistics TO prove it:
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Mr.. BRYAN ON OPTIONS IN
WHEAT AND FOODSTUFFS.

The astonishing number of Teforma-
tons Mr.. Bryan tried to bring about
when he was in Congress can only be
appreciated by following the COM
ments of the Commoner on current
events One will be amazed at the
abuses that are now worrying the
brains of men which Mr. Bryan tried
to put an end to. He was always
Johnny on-the-spot" with a bill. 1t
does not seem ever to have occurred
to Mr.. Bryan that there are evils
which legislation cannot avert, abuses
which laws cannot abolish, and that,
not infrequently, the remedy is worse
than the disease.
The last number of the Commoner
has Mr.. Bryan's plan of preventing
speculation in wheat. As far back as
1894 ne argued in Congress in favor
of prohibiting speculation in options
ON foodstuns. He still thinks this
ought to be done. He is cocksure of
II, even though the rest of the world
would have on business and is trying
TO discover some way by which you
can prevent speculation without pre-
venting the miller and the manufac-
turer from buying futures" in order
to protect contracts they have made
to supply manufactured article. What
shall be done with the miller who
purchases a million bushels of wheat to
be delivered six month hence in order
TO assure that he can meet demand
for -four if he discovers that he will
not need so much wheat2 Shall he not
be allowed to sell it? What is TO hap
pen to the middleman who has made
himself so much a necessity that even
the shrewdest merchants and manufac-
furers deal with him?
These are questions that vex the
souls of persons who also dislike to
see a SPECTATOR put up the price of a
staple of life Yet it can be argued
plausibly that Patten and his kind
are not an unmixed evil. When they
do not actually and correctly gauge
the condition of the grain in which
they speculate almost invariably they
pay the penalty for their poor judg.
ment. On the other hand, if their
foresight is right, do they do any real
and lasting injury by giving advance
notice of a shortage in the supply OF
a cereal such as wheat, for instance
by boosting the price Of it? It car be
argued that they tell the farmer that
he should raise more wheat; that they
warn those who depend upon wheat
for food that they must learn to use
less of it and eat corn and other
cereals. In this way they serve t.
restore a balance.
Of course, this is not to say that tn,
man who creates an artificial price FOL
one Of the necessities of life should no
b. thoroughly condemned; but tn,
question is how can you estop hin
without disturbing the whole process
of trade-a process built up by tn,
experience of 1000 years of intercourse
of man with man and nation with ma
toni We are frank to say that we d.
not know and can only wonder at Mr.
Bryan's usual readiness to step int,
the breach and do the trick with
hill"