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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-12
By Barge from AIaham..

New Orleans Times Democrat.
 The Montgomery Chamber of Com leans and the Progressive Union in a barge line from the Alabama river to this city. and asks assistance in this work. There is all-water service from leans; and barges could be used to great advantage in carrying the freight with which the merchants of Mont goTery engage to keep the barges sup piled. The rates will be less than the established would give the merchants along the Alabama river great relief; and on the others tend to swell the commerce of New Orleans.
 The project is in line with a plan of trade extension which New Orleans has always favored. The barge line up the Alabama river could at the same time be made of greater benefit and advan- tage to. the factories and shipping. oi at a minimum of cost. the coal pro. duced in the Great Warrior section oi Alabama. Rail competition in the transportation of coal cannot compete in the case of the coal brought dowr from Pittsburg, and which it woult be absolutely Impossible to haul b, rail-the freight would eat it up.
 to the Warrior fieid of Alabama As of fering us the best tuef opportunity for 1t Is much nearer New Orleans than the Pittsburg field--the PittsbLri coal comes. by the by. from. Wes Virginia to The Smoky City" to b. thence shipped by the long route dowi the Ohio and Mississippi. some tw' thousand miles.
 New Orleans can secure by this pro
 posed barge connection with the Ala
 bama and the Warrior rivers one O
 the most promising industrial an
 commercial fields within its reach. Tn government has been deeplng the War
 rior river, so as to open It to s nsyIga tion: and 1t will soon be possible t get the coal to this city with littl difficulty and with no handling or un
 loading. the barges coming, down tn Warrior and Alabama to Mobile, an l being thence towed to New Orlean and brought through one of the canal into the Mississippi river. and lande close to the shipping or factory. In view of all that Is In slgnt as Ln ultimate fruit of this barge line. N Nes Orleans should corporate at once wit 1 the Montgomery and other commerce. | bodies looking to the extension or it | business to Alabama, state WY,
 which 1t ought to do large ouslnesl but which 1t has greatly neg4ecteo | recent years.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-12


 Now that Mrs. Astor has been freed from her matrimonial burdens. if she had any, and has . little purse of ten millions to start on, she can cut a wide swath in New York society if her inclinations run that way. And If she has not had enough of matri- mony and has aspirations. she can easily get a real live lord for the price she has at command. Perhaps she has had enough of welded bliss. and then again 1t may be that the ex- ample of some other American heir esses who have married nobiemen will serve as warning. At all events, she is free woman with ten million dollars for pin money.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-12


 One of the really amusing features of this campaign is seen when one of their speakers stands up before an audience and Sthunderously tells the voters that if the amendment Is adopted there will be no danger that a future Legislature will enact laws authorizing the invasion of the home After the performances of the late legislators such an assurance as that is not even good nonsense. The sur prise of 1t is that men of sense should thus try to hide . real menace and think the people of Alabama win be- iieve their assurance. Do they take a majority of the people of the State for idiots?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-12
He Sold Hl. jam.

A dealer in preserves. having a large stock of jams on hand for which there seemed not to be a ready mar ket, hit upon a novel scheme for oh- taining free advertising. says Tha Philadelphia Times.
 He sent his 5-yeaR-old daughter to visit friends in upper New York state, and then circulated the report that while being taken for walk by ths maid she had been Kidnapped. News papers printed the story with scare heads, the constabulary of the country. side put forth their best efforts to find the missing child and general ex- eitement prevailed. But still no more orders came in for jams.
 Finally the merchant ordered from his printer many labels upon which the picture of his daughter was lith- ographed and around the portrait. was printed the story of the supposed ab- duction, while still another label bore in large red letters the inscription. "Sl0 006 Reward for Information" etc. Photographs of jars and labels were printed in all the papers
 In less than a week orders by the tn ousand came in for jam, and for a month thereafter he had to carry an extra force of clerks. The end came only when a reporter discovered the fake and exposed IL.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-12
THE EPISCOPAL cHURcH coUN-

The Missionary and Educational Council of eleven Southern dioceses which has just completed its. iabors. was in every respect q notable reng- ious gathering. Montgomery feels a pride that 1t had the privilege of en- tertaining such a body and receiving the benefits of the utterances and de- liberation of men who have been con spicuous. not only in religious. but in philanthropic work in the South.
 The Council was attended by the eleven distinguished bishops. the leading clergymen of the church and prominent members of its laity. They were men of broad culture and who are living active and fruitful lives. The gathering of such body in this city focused attention and interest on Montgomery and it could not fail in bringing benefit to the community.
 Conspicuous in the Council were men who have with ability and con secration. devoted themselves to the solving of moral and industrial prob lems of the South. In this work there has been little noise. no self-ad- vertising and no popular excitement. But in the faithful and unostentatious labor. men consecrated to the task of ameiiorating the conditions of our more unfortunate people have gone forward with heavy burdens. The fruits of their work of charity and upiift may or may not be, as time passes. all that they had hoped. but the work goes devoted1y on.
 The Council embraced men of the broadest culture and clearest intellec- tuai vision. The city is naturally pleased to be hosts to such men. It is to be hoped that the members of the Council were as wen pleased with Montgomery, as Montgomery was pleased with the Council.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-12
woMEN IN CATo,s DAY.
No Easy Job for Ancient Boss to Dc
 feat Organized Roman Matrone.

No Easy Job for Ancient Boss to De-
 feat organized Roman Matrons. Outlook.
 Among other interesting phases of Roman life. which Professor Abbott Gin his Society and Politics in Ancfsnt RofaeTy presents at close range is the position of women in public affaifs Englishmen may be eonsoled by the Knowledge that the Romans had their troubles 2.000 years ago. and that the suffragette Is not modern monstros- ity. After the battle Of C,annae. when Rome had to call out the last reserve resources. a law was passed forbidding any woman to wear parti- cofored garment or to ride in a chariot except for religious purposes. Later, swhen prosperity had returned and the Ro- man women very naturally wished to resume their finery and. to drfve about in their chariots, they persuaded two of the tribunes to propose repeal 5of the law, and used other methods so violent that Livy declared fhat the matrons were kept at home neither by persuasion. modesty, nor the authority of their husbands. They blocked uprall the approaches to the Forum, impor- tuning men to vote for the restoration of their rights. nse-t ,.sss
 Cato was the leader of the party op- posed to them. and used the. most un-
 
 dacious attempt to interfere, with poll itics: and he sums up his remonstranes in the sentence, "As soon as they have begun to be your equals they will te your superiors!" American women have already attained that position without casting ballot.
 The Roman women went so far as to organize the Conventus Matronarum, or the Little Senate. as it was called. hoid- ing meetings on the Quirinal and set tIiflg questions of dress. precedencs. and the use of carriages. There ap- pears to have been good deal Of frank talk with regard to women among the Romans; and Clodia, whose character had more aspects than could be wisely described in these columns. was called by Cactus "a 3-eent Clytem- nestra," a phrase which shows how real Roman courage was. and also suggests the origin of the American slang pse of thirty cents'' as a mark of low value. " 5 - fe. 's% fH T
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-12
A Matter of smokestaeks. .

St. Nichoias.
 The smokestacks on ocean vessels slope backward. more particularly to give the steamship a rakish air. the masts also being given the same slope. AS to the effect Oh the draft. there is d slight one. as the wind pressure on the front of the stack sloping, up and over the top of the stack Is more apt 10 draw the smoke out than to cut it of. but from ah we are aware of, this seems to have been held of secondary consideration. The shape of the smoke stacks also is changing from round to oval. so as to precent less surface at the front. If you compare the steam CTS with the sloping and straight snokestacks, in one case the former, while motionless. still appears to have life, while the rigIdity of the other gives 1t an appearance of stiffness even while under considerable speed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-12
A Blind Judge.

The death of E. F. P. Emmett, pres- dent of the Burnely Incorporated Law society. one of the two blind solicitors in England. may recall the fact that in Ireland a judge of the superior for years when totally blind. The Hon. Richard Pennefather was ap- pointed a baron of the Irish exchequer In 1891, and died in 1859 while stili retaining his judicial office. He was for the last five yearn of his life who'll ly blind, and on February IS, 1856. in the discussion in the House of Com mons of motion of Sir John Shelley's moving for a return of the dates of call to the bar of the various Irish judges, their appointments as judges, and the number of occasions on which they were absent from circuit, Baron Pennefather's retention of his seat on the bench, notwithstanding the depri- vation of his sight, was q matter of stricture.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-12
Avoid Paxing Damages.

Nashville. Tenn. Nov. ll.-Some weeks since a suit was brought In Dyer County, Tennessee, by Mrs. Quinten Rankin against certain alleged night riders for the murder of her husband, Octomber 19. 1908. uear Walnut Log. on Reelfoot Lake in the sum of $5o,0eO. Col. R. z. Taylor, who was assaulted at the time is also a party to the suit It is reported that the defendants have all permitted the plaintiffs to take Judg- mept by default. These defendants with a few exceptions. arc very poor. and some of those who had property have transferred 1t. hence the Judg- ment Is Of little value
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-12

quirements of the law and st the same time do his duty to the sick. Or how a conscientious druggist can conduct a legitimate business in such way as not to run counter to the law. The answer would in each cass be that he cannot. It is just so in Aiabama and they are trying to make matters in- finiteiy worse, but in this they win fail. or we are sadly mistaken.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-12
Nera na snrnann

Samson, Nov. 11.-(Special.) )-Rev H. R. Schramme. who has served the Baptist Church here for the past year, has accepted a call to the Baptist Church at Wylam. Ala. The Baptist Church here is at present without . pastor.
 Prof. William Killebrew of Hartford spoke here in favor of the amendment. He spoke from the street corner and attracted a large crowd.
 Mrs. Harvey White of Montgomery Is visiting her mother, Mrs. Goolsby, at the Goolsby House.
 Mrs. P. B. Davis has returned from an extended visit to relatives in North Carolina.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-12

When we find in one of the big newspapers long editorial headed. Cook and Peary." we usually dodge 1t. for we know 1t will fin all proba- bility be rehash of what has gone before. There has been so much said and written about these men and their claims that 1t is difficult to find something new and original to say.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-12
Pears As a Crop.

The Department of Agriculture at Washington, D. C.. has recently pub Pear as a Farm Crop" This bulletin gives the results of experiments with prickly pears and gives directions for their cultivation. Anyone who is in- terested may obtain a copy of this bull istin by addressing the Department of Horticulture, Washington, D. C. and asking for Bureau of Plant Industry Bulletin No. 124. The PFickiy Pear as a Farm Crop.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-12

Whom the Lord ioveth he chasten- eth." the good book tells us, and it is a source of great consolation to believe that the Good Father loves Alabama. and to look on that as the reason why the chastening rod has so freely been applied to our State.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-12
RIr chirIren nnnnt.

Hutchinson, Kan, Nov. lI.--Eleven thousand chickens were burned to death when fire destroyed the plant of the United States Packing Company here early today Loss. s50.oo0. The headquarters of the United States Packi9g Company are In Chicago.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-12

Some of the speakers who are now rending the air in favor of the amendment will have q queer opinion of themselves after the measure is defeated. If they have the courage to read some of the things they are now saying they VIII wonder how they could have been so wildly and ridieu- lously obfusticated.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-12
Conner Lowers the Flag.

SeIna IImes. . - - hare in Selma who read the Governor's s card of recent date" The Selma Times read 1t because It makes its living partly by doing such things. we understand The Selma JournAl tsaa |. that paper may have had an interior
 motive in glancing the. powaery aocu. rnent over. It Is hard to sell apout this. No signed statements have been
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-12

We have a query to submit to The Round Table. It is this: If a news paper makes it a regular and contin- ued practice, to take the editorials from a contemporary. and use them as original editorials. without credit, can 1t rightfully claim to be a reput- able newspaper? Answers solicited
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-12

We are becoming somewhat anx- ious to know whether all this pleas ant weather we have enjoyed up to date has been charged against us to be paid In fall when winter really sets in. If so. we are due to do some tall shivering in the near future.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-12

Something over two and three-quar- ter billions of bushels is the estimated corn crop of the United States for the present year. Guess how many cases of pellagra that will cause--if if causes any at all
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-12

The Macon Telegraph refers to the auto racers at Atlanta as "speedwav Demons," and we are not sure that the term will not fit the majority of such machines.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-12

For a Republican newspaper The Kansas City Journal takes pleasure in speaking flippantly of MT. Roosevelt. The following is specimen:
 The rumor that Theodore Roosevelt had been killed in Africa Is said to have caused widespread alarm and Sane ssen Cause fch Seep woSq bn why alarm and consternation?" When a man enters the lair of the lion and the bull elephant for the why. if he forfeit his life, anybody should feel alarm and consterna- fion?' Certainly there should be The cause for panic ceased when MT. Roosevelt went out of office.
 We are not sure but that the sharp est sting in that paragraph Is In It's tail. but then no part of the para graph can be regarded as compliment ary to the late President. As a panic producer he was a great success, and for such performances he seemed to have something of a real talent. Like The Journal. however. we fail to see how a report of his death could have caused alarm and consternation. We are not aware that the business or government of the country is dependent on his life or health. but the sensa- ton seekers had to have something to go on.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-12
Some Queer Epitaphs Found
 Ln Pennsylvania GraDeyards

of Johannes Frey. and concludes with this stanza:, ss,.. J
 Ich war. der Frey, doeh bin
 Ich hier erst Frey wordeni
 Lebt Euhden Frey. So kommst
 Du ach in nneineh orden. T was called Free, but here for the first time am really free. If yoti will live free. from sin, you shall be as free as am"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-12

Total .... ~see H-~s sw~s - 'sssS xsess rsturns. etc-..~ e-.-s gee -s z. s.ees Net total .... .s~. .... .... ..-.eoA'ss .~ -s Net Daily Average. September. lv9s aaeessssse O. | Finigan Circulation Manager of The Montgomsry Advertiser. being dnis s"W- ssyss - Ths foregoing statement of The Aaver- ffssr'e circulation for the month ef septam-. after all returns from news boye nsws agents spoiled and left over copies nave bean deducted.
 c. T. FINIGAN, Circulation ManaSsr
 Sworn to and subscribed before mo this 1Bth day Of October, 1909.
 RIGA ALEXANDER, Notary Pubic
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-12
awoRN CIRCULArION.

The fisarss for Ansnst printed ssiew .,,rns nsS geeent the actual net circuiation. sA
 haying been deducted. nx~.. lis
 Ths Mont tgomery Advertiser guar sss con- R9yertissrs land makes t part sv T sciroria- tract when rsQussted) that its oeAS nncrninr tton is larger than that of any EVE tts 4syspApsr printed in Aiabsma--- ---ssrrcu,stion of Any edition of any newspapsr prinsso iA A1abAuzs without exception.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-12

The efforts of an eighteenth century Dunster are apparent in a German epi- taph in Hoods Gem aetery, German man of course need an explanation that the German word frey" is equivalent to free" The epttaph is at the grave
The Washington herald., 1909-10-29
BENEFIT FOR MRS. SHORT.
Players VIII Appear at BeIascO Next
Friday Afternoon.


Eleven theaters, located in four differ
ent cities. are Joined in preparations 20
raise fund for Evelyn Short, the chorus
girl. who lies badly wounded IN the
Casualty Hospital Contribution lists,
bearing an explanation Of the girls Sc
rious condition, and her husbands muir
derous assault upon her, are In the lob
bies OF all OF the playhouses, and dona-
tions are asked.
At the Belasco Theater next Friday
from l O'Clock until o'clock a conglom-
crate vaudeville bill, including three stars
and plenty Of good talent. will be given.
The idea first originated with Manager
Taylor, OF the Belasco. at which theater
the girl was playing when shot He held
a conference with Messrs. Berger and
Rapley. OF the Columbia and National
theaters, respectively. and as a result
offered his thcRter as the meeting place
for all Of the talent in town
J. p. Dodson. playing In THE House
Next Door" will present a scene from
his play. Wilton Lackaye. OF THE Pit"
fame, Is expected, and Eleanor Robson
VIII add her share Besides these will be
Cecil Spooner; Brown and Ayre and Belle
Blanche. from Chase's; variety perform
ers from the Gayetg and Lyceum, and
possibly Fred Eiblo, of "traYelogue"
fame.
Meanwhile at the Maryland Theater in
Baltimore, the Auditorium ia Pittsburg,
and a New York playhouse they are start
ing subscriptions for the injured girl
The Washington herald., 1909-10-29
ARMY And NAVY.
Army Orders.

Leave Of absence Tor one month, TO take effect upon
his relief from duty as aid-de-camD 20 Maj
JOHN p. WESTON. IS granted Capt HARRY
+. RETHERS Ninth Infantry.
Leave Of absence for three months is granted Capt
CHARLES l. FISHER. Coast Artillery C0-ps-
Leave Of absence for two months IS grarted First
Lieut. CHARLES l. WILLARD. signal CORPS.
Lave OF absenoe Tor one month is granted MAJ.
ABNER PICKERING. First Infantry.
Capt ADAM +. CASAD. Ordnance Department,
win proceed 20 Fort Pickens and Fort McRcs,
Fla on Official business.
Col. LAWRENCE l. BRUFF. Ordnance Depart
nent. viii make not % exceed four visits Ter
mouth during Noyenber December. and January
20 South Bethlehem Pa. and not 20 exceed
two visits % Reading Pa. On Official business
Leave u GbscnCr for tWcuty-ouc DAYS Is granted
First Lieut. ELyIN H. WAGNER. Twenty
nnth Infantry.
Leave q nbsencs for fifteen DAYS is gsuted seeond
Lieut. OLIVER A. DICKINSON. Fifth In
Capt GLEN I. jerks. Ordnance Department
VIII proceed 70 Fort Monroe. Va. On O-ic-al
business
Mai CHARLES C. JAMESON. Ordnance Depart
msnt viii make not 10 exceed three visits rrior
70 January :. 70 synelse. y. y, on olciaf
business.
C9L FRANK BAKER Ordnance Department, WI
make not 70 e1ceed one visit Ier vesz Daring
November and December % Hartford. Conn. on
Capt JACOB Z BLOOM. commisssry Il necessary
viii proved during TIE month % N0vcmbcr
1909. 20 ELinwuod. KAns-. for the purpose q
inspecting subsistence supplies purchased az that
place. and upon the completion q this duty
win rvturn 20 his proper station The travel
directed Is Necessary ~ the military service.
C-S.lain FRANCIS p JOYCE. Fifth Cavalry
= tTauferrcd % the Fourth Artillery. He viii
proved 20 Nsuc5uve- Bsr-aeks- Wash, and re
port 70 The Commanding oflceT q hat post
Tor duty and FOR station u1tl further orders
TIE travel directed is necessary IN the military
service.
The Washington herald., 1909-10-29
Gen. r. p. Hughes Dead.

The Adjutant General OF the army has
been advised OF the death OF Maj. Gen
Robert P. Hughes. United States army,
retired. which occurred at Overlook.
Philadelphia. Pa. on Wednesday. Gen.
Hughes was born IN Pennsylvania. April
Il. 1889. He entered the volunteer service
at the outbreak Of the civil war. and
was brevetted major in the regular army
March 2. 1867. for gallant services in the
assault on Fort Gregg He was appoint
ed major general April /. 1902, and was
retired April II. 1903 During the Spanish
American war Gen. Hughes was appoint
ed brigadier general OF volunteers.
The Washington herald., 1909-10-29
DENTISTS OPEN SESSION.
DR.. Eliot Condemned When ResOIu-
ton Is Offered.

DR.. Eliot Condemned When ResOIu-
ton Is offered.
Charles W. Eliot. president emeritus of
Harvard University. did not escape at
tenton last evening at a Joint meeting
OF the District Of Columbia Dental So
ciety and the Maryland State Dental
Association.
When the name Of DR.. Eliot was used
in connection with a resolution. quoting
him as indorsing the cooperation Of the
dentist with the physician, nurse, teacher,
mother. and others interested in the
health OF the child. DR.. W. A Mills. OF
Baltimore. was promptly upon his feet 10
protest against the adoption OF the reso-
luton
Il do not believe" he said, "any man
who has taken the stand the ex-president
Of Harvard has recently should be con-
sidered worthy OF the attention OF any
professional body. He should be kept
from the public press as much as posi-
BILE"
Notwithstanding his objections, the con-
vention adopted the resolution.
Denunclauon was made OF the methods
OF qUack doctors by DR.. r. F. H. Snyder.
o. Baltimore. DIR. W s. Bowles. OF this
city. condemned publicity on the part OF
dentists. Others who spoke were Dr.
II. G, Thompson, Dr. Lyman Kebler,
chief OF the drug division. United States
Department OF Agriculture. and Dr. Dud-
ley y. Carpenter. L. S. y.
The meeting is the fourteenth Joint
gathering Of the dental bodies, which
opened yesterday afternoon In the dental
department OF George Washington Uni
versity President Charles W. Needham
welcomed the members.