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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-23
THE WEST OBJECTS.
xnift's Project for Federal Ceatrol of Wat'
 M Power, M

xnift's Project for Federal csatroa of W'atsr
 Power. washtngtpn speciht,
 States rights ts looming up as ( potent factor in the control of water power. Presi- dent Taft believes the centralized authority should have Jurisdiction over leases and share in the revenues. Senator Clark of Wyoming today declared that water power belongs te the several States and will not be reitnauished.
 .in many oases," satd senasor Clark, "tfe Government owns the land along the streams at the places where power plants would have to be built. If the Government refuses to open this land by It's sale 10 proper bees llness enterprises the water VII still go Kurgs ling down to the sea. leaving the power bets tied up. Legislation by Congress viii be nes eessary toa give sthe1 Goysrr5ne ent ttle Jtp ser control over the water, think ! aip sq- will oppose any such ieEIsIation. The West. ern States propose to bold on to the war ter"
 President Taft has announced that he will ask Congress in his annual inAssage for leg ialation enabling the Government to lease water power privileges. f
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-23
Care of oid Glass. .


 Antique glass which does not re- quire mending but Is dim and lustre- less may be made to shine and sparkle once more If it is washed In water in which little ammonia has been added.
 soapsuds spell ruination to crystal ware, while drying 1t with a duster only serves to dim 1t still more. After having rinsed and left 1t to soak in ammonia water, using soft brush, if the glass is cut into facets and the dirt has caugnt in the squares, the ar. ticle should be placed in a bag and covered with sawdust. After an hour it will be found that the wood dust has dried the glass and given 1t a bright lnster, -s
 The oid-fashioned cut crystai de- canters which are 30 much used now adays become almost hopelessly dis- colored when tney have held old port or any wine which leaves . deposit. To clean them an old-fashioned renl- cdy Is that of finely chopped potato skins, with which the decanter should be filled, and cork inserted In the mouth in place of the stopper. This should be left for three. days for the skins to ferment. when 1t should be well shaken, emptied and rlnsed with clear water. The decanter should eith- CT be reversed and left to drain for . day or two or may be dried more expe- ditiously at the side of the stove.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-23
Trials of the chapers.

Miss Mary snodsrass. who has besn . cheerful and tireleas chaperon for her young friends for the past five years, wishes to give notice that she will no longer serve. She has ruined her health by staying out nights when she should have been in bed. has never received any pay and has been compelled to give more wedding presents parents abused her for staying at parties so late, and her charges called her a crank for going home carly. Those who obtained partners for lie while under her care abuse her for thcir diaappointments. and thoss who are still single and growing old talk of the men they might have had # 1t had not ben for her mean interference. For five years Miss snodgrass has been cons stantly Tn society but she has led . dogs life and has resolved to quit.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-23

sThe Information sent out from the station at Flagstaff. Ariz. that there was recently heavy fall of snow on Mars doesn't send single shiver up and down the spinal columns of peo- pie in this favcrad spot of earth. We don't know how the Martians may be enjoying it. and don't know that we are called on to send them any fan nels.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-23
Cnmpnlnn Butfonr.

Defender in CenterVille freSs
 Although I am ln the ranks of the defenders tsometttnes referred to as whiskey-headsO I read all of your amendment column each week. From last weeks column lf appears that the Editor of that column is better poste I on beer than on affairs of State. can- not verify nor deny the assertion that the button worn by the defenders has on it the same eagle as shown on | certain brand of bear for the reason that 1t Is not at all convenient at pres
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-23
Locking for Able JurI.t

Washington, Nov. 22-President Taft continues to consult freely with members of the Supreme Court regard Ing the appointment of a successor to the late Justie Peckham. Associate Justices Brewer and White were among the callers who saw the Pres ldent today.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-23

Unfortunately the Tennessee Leg islature does not convene until 1s11." remarks The Chattanooga Times. Is our esteemed contemporary indulging In sarcasm? The experience of Ten nessee and Alabama doesn't warrant us in considering it misfortune that the Legislatures do not convene oft ener.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-23

''why not teach young men in the common schools how to button five or six small buttons in a minute?" asks Kansas contemporary. Because there are some things the schools can't teach.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-23

What profits a politician If he does violence to his conscience and his con victions by whooping up the amend ment, and then fails to get the office he is after?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-23

"wear stylish hats" says a fash ion advertisement. Just so; when the time comes that there is but one style of hat for men and one for women perhaps all can be in fashion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-23

pr. Vincent. of the University of Chicago. says man goes through life like piece of machinery" He might have added that some go through like they are well greased.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-23

Atlanta is to have a play called -The Ideal Husband" and The Colum- bus Enquirer-Sun predicts that it will be only play. So 1t will. but is there man ip Atlanta qualified for the leading part?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-23
WhoIe Tnraff PolIcx Disrreaited

Charleston News and Courier.
 Day by day the people are becoming more and more convinced that the whole schem of protection is nothing more than clever Iy devised plan of robbery. and solely for the protection cf the trusts which contrib ute so largely to the expenses Of the Repub. Iican party. Corruption has ridden in the saddle it seems. If the stench from che promised scandal is what is predicted we are unable to see how a respectable people car longer continue Cannon and Aldrieh. and they gre the Republican party. in power The day of reckoning seems to be dFawins
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-23

Some of our contemporaries are dis coursinB on The lesson of the Sugar Trust" It Is to be apprehended that the lesson the trust may learn will only make 1t more careful and ra- pacious.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-23
INDIAN FOOTBALL.
One MorfaIly sbst, Anpther FsaaIy Wcundea
 and tho Rest Arc eiuKxcd

Ashsviiie Special to New York World
 Reports reached here today of a free-for all fight between Indians enEAged In fcot. ball game at Yellow HUI in Jackson County. meht Indian School and that of the settic- ment of Cherokee Indians at Yellow zfifi of Indians from ail parts of the mountains were on hand.
 The teams were well matched, and soon the players. went to slugging each other, us4. ing rocks and clubs. and fesgettipg all faott bali rules. They were wildly excited. and all the Indians. women and children gave warwhoops. Shooting began. and one player whose name is not lsarned. waa uortaiiy shot. while Lloyd Owl 6 noted Indian wrest- Ter. was severely wounded. A ~
 1t was Impossible to restrain the Indians until they were tired. Officers are seeking two white men who they say, took the part of one side and began the shooting. Most af the Indians have attended the Indian school and are educated. but all this train. ing was forgotten In the excitement.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-23

We are not sure that Standard Oil is one of the infant industries" of which we have heard so much, but 1t seems to have received a needed spanking. at any rate. Whether it will be good in future remains to be seen.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-23

Plainly our President Is a thorough optimist He announces that he "ex- poets great things from the next Con gress." Is not that the limit of hope fulnessf
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-23
sngland. on october of the present

year.
 MT. Reid, no doubt, during his short stay in Alabama, formed many iasttna friendships. and his acqunintances will agree with the writer that MT. Reid will go down in history as one of the great men of our nation.
 Am Indebted to Hon. William Hen derson of Miller's Ferry and many oth- CTS for much of the above data.
 Mobile, Ala, Nov. 1s. 1903.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-23


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 And so. finding that the moral claim could not be made sood. and seeing that the good men and women of Ala bama are not all or a majority of them. following their lead, they have become desperate and have become the propagandists of intemperance in one of its worst forms: intemperance of thought. of language and of action. They have In many cases substituted denunciation. abuse and slander for argument. and have apparently lost all hope of carryiyng out their objects by fair means. In short, those who started out by preaching temperance have become the most incorporate of all men.
 There will be. some among them who will stick to this program and hope to win on 1t, In fact. there seems little else for them to do. They have gone so far. have waded so deep. that there is no chance to turn back. and they must go on to the end as they have started That they can win we do not believe possible; that many of them. after 1t is all over, will feel ashamed of their Incorporate campaign hardly seems doubtful. Such lesson as they are going to get will be good for them in the future.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-30

all 1t can for the general bsnefit of . section, or community, when 1t was seen that Improvements would tend to build up trade and prosperity, but that its interest is not 60 pronounced where the benefits may be accepted or reject ed by in dividuals or corporations.
 The engineering departments branch once here is preparing report to be sent to headquarters on the condition of wharves along the river. Informa- ton has been asked by the office of in- dividuals and manufacturers along the course of the river as to the resources that would be developed by river im- provements. One member of the corps said yesterday:
 ''The majority ofsthe people of Ala bama would be surprised to know the present state o fthe wharyes along the river Their condition shows that the importance of the river question has not been realized by the various cities and towns"
 That- Montgomery has. grasped the meaning of the river, the merchants say, is shown by the bond issue for a wharf and warehouse, and for these improvements the city engineer is now drawing plans. As soon as this work is finished the city will float s10,000 in bonds to build the wharf and ware house.
 It is this landing plant that Is now the center of local discussion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-30

"rhink of ali the city water fronts you know. and answer If most of them are not owned by railways. =
 New York owns most Of the Nina hattan Island frontage--and New York is the greatest port In the world. Sc great In fact. that. hef pubiic-owned vharyes are crowded and she Is being prejuAiced by the need of more. New Orleans owns five miles of her river bank, and she Is using 1t to make her self . great portland needs the other twenty2fve miles that the railways have acquired. San Francisco has 2 lot of pubIicly-owned~ wharves, and finds them grea weapon in her strug' gle for Pacific supremacy.
 But Chicagos water terminals are privately owned. So are Buffalo's. And the lake trafnc between the two cities Is almost as much railway traf- fic as fthe railways owned the lakes. Indeed, for the purposes of the Chi cago- Buffaio trade, they do own the lakes by owning the land at which boats must tie up to take on and dis. charge cargo.
 "Duluth, Milwaukee. hPiladeiphia. Pfttsburg, Boston, Baltimore. Provi- dence-alI are cities with privately. owned water terminals. and the money spent by the government in deepening and improving the narbors produce trade or not as the land owners may dictate, and so far as 1t does produce 1t. does so far the benefit of the land owners"
 The United States government has lately approprited $110.0o0 to be used in improving the Alabama river. The engineers in the Montgomery district
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-30
EDUCATORS TO MEET
TwENTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL. SESSION
 AT BIRMINGHAM.
Educational Problems and Institu- tions VIII Re Given General Dis- cussfon by FOremOst Edu-
 cators of the State.

| I +uantvei1hth annual session, the l Alabama Educational Association will
 meet in Birminghma. for three oays' April 8, 9 and 10. lnasmuch as the association is one Of Aiabamas most important institutions, comprising as 1t does the teachers and instructors in all public schools, and in many Of the private schools, its sessions can not | but be of importance and interest. | Educational problems and fnstitu- 1 tions will be given general discussion by the foremost educators of the State, and by noted educational promoters from other States. Besides the general
 sessions in which all participate. and
 which will include the business ses- sions of the Association, as well as the delivery of addresses by well known
 speakers, there will be departmental
 sessions, covering the various phases of educational work, as City Superin- tendents and boards, County Superfn- tendents, Industrial Education, College
 Association, Joint College and High School Association. primary and Kim dergtrten departments, manual arts, music and school improvement. Most of the leading pedagogues of
 the State. besides many of the college professors. and the heads of Alabama Polytechnic Institute, the University of
 Alabama, Howard College, Marion. anu
 Greensboro, will address the Associa-
 tion during its session
 Addresses by prominent laymen will also play large part in the term of
 the session. among those to speak be-
 ing Col Sam Will John. Birmingham;
 Hon. J. NJ. Pratt. Pickens county;
 Hon. Sidney J. Bowie, Birmingham;
 pr. R. M. Cunningham. Dr. W. D.
 Johnson. Librarian United States Bu-
 reau of Education: pr. B. ]. Baldwin,
 Montgomery; H. J. Willingham and H. c. Gunnels. of the State Department
 of Education.
 Among the educators of other States
 who will be present. and who will ad-
 dress the convention will be: Miss Ida c. Bender, Buffalo N Y.: I. c. McNeil,
 superintendent of Memphis schools; O.
 J. Kern. superintendent. Rockford. Ill. The officers of the Alabama Tduca- tional Association are:
 P. w. Hodges. president. Greenvllle; Joel c .DuRose, first vice president,
 owonton; Miss F. NJ. Bullock. second vice president, Montgomery; Miss Sue Norton. third vice president, OpeIika W. C. Griggs. secretary, Birmingham
 J. NJ Davidson. treasurer, Birming- ham.
 Executive committee-N R. Baker.
 chairman, Ensley: Arthur F. Harmon. Selma; David R. Murphy. Anniston; W. c. Griggs. secretary (ex -offlcio) Bir.
 mingham; P. W. Hodges (ex-oficio) GreenYille.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-30

 TO FALL OFF Agricultural Schools Re- F port. HIGH SCHOOLS ARE FEARED Two of the District Institutions Have Decreased Attendance. The Reports show That There Are 2,- GOO Pupils EnroIIea In the Nine
 Schools Throughout
 the State.

That the attendance on the district agricultural schools has fallen on. be- cause of the installation of the county high schools is the opinion of w. F. Monk. superintendent of the First Dis trict School at Jackson, as embodied in his annual report to the State De- partment of Education.
 The reports of the nine district schools were received yesterday by H. C. Gunnels, State Superintendent of Education, each revealing the work and progress of the various schools for the term of 1s0S-09.
 None of the schools but showed i'm provement during the session, in the addition of equipment, etc. Superin- tendent Monk. of the First District School, however, told of decrease in attendance. which he attributed to va rious causes--the installation of the county high sch ools, the financial de- pression. and the fact that many of the persons of the district were oppos- ed % the policies of the institution. and withheld their children for that reason.
 Attendance at the Eighth District School at Athens also showed de- crease, the loss coming from the coupled disadvantages of indifference of the people, to the educational oppor- tunities offered. and the presence of scarlet fever and smallpox epidemic, according to the report.
 Most of the sch hools. however. told of improvement along every line during the year. There were none of the nine but showed financial balances on the credit side.
 The attendance at the schools are: First District, 1S2: Second District. 245; Third District. 271; Fourth District. 2s2; Fifth District. 2eo; Sixth District, Ell: Seventh District, 222; Eighth Dis trtct, 114: Ninth District. 202. .. Reeommen ndations as to further im- provements were attached to each Of the reports. none of which. however, were of general importance. The reports are submitted, prelimi- nary to the annual meeting of the of fcials of the nine schools, in Montgom cry on April 12 and 13.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-30
UNION SPRINGS NEWS.
Rapffst Sunday school Adopts New
 Methods.

Methods.
 Union Springs. March 2s-(SpeciaD The Baptist Sunday School, under the direction of the new superintendent R ". West, is adopting many of the new plans advocated by the State Sum day School workers.
 The large room will be divided with curtains giving every class its own rooms. Most of the classes have or ganized and are using all the new helps and the Sunday School is grow ing. new members being added every Sunday.
 Rev. J. NJ. Thomas left today for Columbia to assist in meeting in the Baptist church there. MT. Thompson of Ozark. will preach for Mir. Thomas here next Sunday
 Easter Sunday. Rev. g. R. Porter As sistant Secretary of the Foreign Mis- sion Board. will precah in the Baptist Church here.
 Miss Wilella Rainer has returned from a visit to friends in Ashville, N. c.
 Mrs. w. J. Beeland. of Greenville. Is the guest of the family oe Mir. J. W. Dkyes
 Mrs Watkins and Mrs. Babcock who have been visiting Mrs. Clay Harris returned to their home in Troy yester. day.
 W. B. Salter has moyed. his family into the home Of Miss Minnie Reynolds where they will preside while their home is being remodellei
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-30
 Five Big Boats Are
 Operated. 10 DEVELOP SEVERAL TOWNS Locks Above Wetumpka to Have
 Many Benefits Montgomery People Arc Much Com cerned About the Control Of the Wharf Which Is Soon To
 Be Erected. r
10 DEVELOP SEVERAL TOWNS

The current of local conversation Is eddying around the Alabama river again, and municipal control of the wharf. the possibilities of the stream. water front ownership, and the locks the government is contemplating in- stalling. between Rivefview and We- tumpka are all being interestedly dis cussed. The fact that one of the riv- CT steamers Is now on its way to Mont gomery. with a party of capitalists and stockholders .jn the boat company, Is also giving rise to inquisitive com ment.
 The principal topic of interest In commercial circles Is: will the city council lease the wharf to a corpora tion?" This subject has split the in- tsrested parties, practically. into two factions, the one advecating the city leasing the wharf to one of the boat companies. which company 1t Is under stood is the Birmingham and Gulf Nav igation Company, at price that will :, pay the interest on and retire the $10.- GOO bond issue voted for wharf and also keep the wharf in repair.
 The other faction contends that the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-30

into the river front proposition and getting to the bottom of wharfage ownership. is shown by the following editorial in The St. Paul Press of St. Paul. Minn.:
 aIs Waterway Transportatitn FreeY
 The people who are urging water ways are for free highways. They want publicly-owned ways on which car riages--boat ts-can freely ply to and fro and carry freight under conditions of active competition.
 Tt Is a good doctrine, and by It's application the transportation proh- lems that confront us might be work ed out.
 "A system .of waterways compile. mentary to the railways would surely. under proper legal protection. do more to make us prosperous and free us from freight compositions and high rates and excessive expense for new rail- ways than anything else imaginable. In fact 1t is the only way out. so far as practical statesmanship can see.
 But do the waterway advocates ever think that there Is a way by which monopoly may grip water traffic as tightly as 1t ever has gripped land carriage?
 DNever thought of that. did you? Don't duite see 1t now. do you? But think a moment.
 "suppose any town had as good and deep a waterway as 1t wants, along It's whole front. and all the bank of the stream or harbor is owned by pri- vate parties. In short, suppose the terminals to he privately owned. The wharves couljd control the boats, couldn't they? Certainly!
 "And the water could be as essen- tially a private highway as walk leading from the street to your door, wouldn't 1t? A river front or harbor front is merely a doorstep to the city across which commerce must come if 1t gets in.
 Now who owns most of the water front in this country?-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-30
GREAT POSSIBILITY
 OF THE COOSA RIVER

leasing of the. brin6apal wharf of ue river. the one Which he steamers will do the greatest amount of bosiness at, will tend to lessen the interest of oth- CT lines nthe stream. It is also cited that the river has the carrying capa- city of six track raiiroad and there tS room enough on 1t and business enough, that Is. that can be developed. to make 1t interesting for several lines. Hut one of the chief objections is that the company leasing tho wharf, may absorb the others and finally. sell out to the railroad interests and let the river lapse to its former torpid mer. cantile state.
 And against this the advocates of leasing say the contract with the lessee can be so arranged that it will not be transferable.
 Close on the heels of this topic of the matter comes, the interested ones say. in ownership or control Of water frontage. At present the city has but a scant half acre at the foot of Commerce street and 1t is asked if the river trade develops as 1t should. will this small space accommodate the mass of traf- fic. goods. and thousands Of bales oi cotton.
 Who Owns the Frontst
 That there are otltsr cities deyline