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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-08
--S-SD--@--- AS m STATE FAIRS.

The Advertiser would urge large attendance at the meeting tonight, which hopes to set in motion the ma chinery for a real. live State Fair in this city next fall. For many years under the auspices of the State Agri- cultural Society fairs were held here' which attracted visitors from all over the South. We have the advantages and resources that we had then, and all that is needed to bring success is a good organization and the right men at the head of it.
 It seems that in New York a State Fair is held under State auspices. It will be made and more extravaganS premiums be offered by State than by any organization composed of indi- viduals.
 The New York State Fair Commis- sion reports that the State fair las. year paid all running expenses and q balance of $2S,OO0 will be turned over to the State Treasurer.
 If such good results were obtained for a fair conducted on high pressure plan, it is safe to assert that one would succeed conducted as 1t is proposed to conduct one here next fall and succeed ing falls for many years to come.
 There ought to be a large attend ance of the business and other inter- ests at the State Fair meeting tonight.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-08
A STRANGE THEORY.

A correspondent of The Oklahoma State Capital. signing himself "sena- tor Leslie G. Niblack." referring to a recent editorial in that paper on the subject of enforcement of law, makes this somewhat astonishing statement: "sheriffs. county attorneys and justices of the peace should use their discre- tion about enforcing laws legislatures pass" and he says that his experience as a legislator taught him that
 This is the most singular deliverance we have yet seen. especially when 1t comes from a man who holds or has held, the position of law-maker. Pos sibly there are laws which would be more honored in the breach than the observance" but who is to be the judge SIS to whether a law should he enforc- ed or ignored? To leave 10 the officials of each county the right or power to decide whether a law should be ob- served and enforced by them would soon put an end to all law enforce ment, or bring about such confusion as would practically end in breaking down all respect for law.
 MT. Niblaek must certainly know that the officers mentioned by him are
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-08

not usually qualified to pass on such a grave question as the justice or con stitutionality of the laws they are called on to execute. Even the judges of our highest courts are not always able to agree on such matters, and certainly sherlffs and justices. howev- CT honest and patriotic they may be, are hardly competent to say whether a law should be completely ignored or rigidly enforced. If the theory of MT Niblack is correct one. and one to bo acted on. why not do away with Leg islatfve bodies entirely, so far as State or Territory is concerned. and let the officers mentioned by him rule the people without any law? It would only be carrying his plan to it's legiti- mate conclusion. and would save lot of expense--as long as the people would stand it. which we suspect would not be very long,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-08
Sidewalk Pencilinss
Reaaing of Ma.axines.

T want to register my protest against the magazine reading disease that just now is sweeping the Ameri- can continent" said a man who reads mana for this kind of literature that the publishers can hardly supply, as eager as they are to accept the open gold mines that this field opens.
 Every now and then you see a new magazine appear and they all are ap- parently doing well. With the excep- tion of few better ones. they devote their entire space to advertising, rather mediocre short stories of smart set so- ciety or impossible melodramatic blood curdlers. Many of these magazines un- der a refined head and cover are simply supplying the field of the old shilling shocker while the ambitions of 2 number of others seems to be to print and reprint the same pictures of some actresses who are worthy of having their pictures printed and some who are not.
 This incesant reading of these periodicals takes from many men and women the time to read better things and has generally bad influence.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-08
CetterS to tDs Gditsr
senatorial Primary.

Editor The Advertiser:
 The interesting letter from A Demo- cratic Voter in your issue of yesterday lsundayl submits to the public the following propositions:
 Tt is charged by some that Mir. Com CT is aspiring to the Senate more than to the Governorship. as shown by his efforts to have men elected to the Leg islature who agree with him on the FHsgHhtiGbni H6 i tbis % Mr comer freight rates
 Let us consider the conditions The Governor of Alabama goes into office several days before the Legislature is allowed under the law of Congress to ballot for a federal Senator. The Constitution of the State forbids the election of the Governor to the
 In a word. the Governor elected in 1906 cannot be chosen Senator in 1907.
 No possible Legislature could be Constitution and it is absurd to pre- sume that MT. Conner Is blowing hot and coIdt
 are going to have primary for Sena- tors. Some of us say yea to the scheme and some doubt the good in 1t. First choice and second choice nominations are called for. What second choice" candidate from the majority of votes may be. time and events only may be trusted to reveal.
 We want Morgan and Pettus con- tinued in office and we are willing that other candidates shall feel the inspira tion of our confidence while they wait amongst us for q change.
 We must be careful in this new prac- tiee Exactly how to make second choice under proposed plans Is new pratice in high art. We know when MT. Jefferson and Col Burr got the same number of votes for two different of fices, the latter came near precipita- ting civil war in his effort to get the one he was elected to fill.
 IL is not easy to foretell what a Governor, sworn to appoint a Senator on his official conscience and Judgment would do with conscience and Judg- ment when 1t comes to appointing a second choice primary nominee. The question is a big one m high art
 Another Democrat
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-08
MONDAY, JANUARY 8, 1908.

Boston has had rude awakening from its sleepy submission to pal pablo violations of law. At the re- cent election a district attorney was elected over a candidate who had the endorsement of both political parties. The successful man made his battle cry a declaration for "enforcement of the law" There is a famous hotel there known everywhere as one of the most complete in the world. Yet it's proprietors had for years been violating the law against selling Iiq- uof within a certain distance of school houses. Mir. Moran promptly took steps against them and they had to obey the law. Four other large and famous hotels in the very heart of the busi- ness world of Boston had been per sistentiy violating the law regulating the sale of liquor. They have had to stop selling liquor except in strict ac- cordance with the law. MT. Moran has already had a most wholesome effect by his determination to punish all of- lenders without regard to their politi- cal or personal influence.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-08
Merely a Presiding Officer.

Boston Herald.
 Gould anyone imagine a condition existing in which the control or our House of Representatives passed from one political party to the other and yet the Speaker of the House be retained In office? That Is what is to be done in the House of Commons. No matter how large a majority the Liberals may obtain as a result of the coming cleo tions. they will not supersede J. w, set the example by keeping MT. Gully in office and the Liberals will now re- nav this by retaining the present Sneaker. with us the Speakersh!p ( [ the popular branch of the aeooSa NatiOn,Si 0n,1 in 1mportance to that of the President. Tn the House of Commons the Speaker is merely a presiding officer. with notn- ing like the influence on legislatlon en- resentatIves at Washington,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-08
MT. vaugbn TaIks of Cyclone.

Yes, that was an awful cyclone that passed over my plantation the other day." said w Hunter Vaughn. Presl- dent of the Montgomery County C1tton Growers Association yesterday. sup pose my loss will easily reach S2,0oo, but would not have had 1t to happen for many times that amount.
 'Of the many things destroyed, re- gretted probably more than any the loss of four fine shade trees. They were taken up from the ground and left ly- ing with their roots pulled from the earth. The magnificent trees were conn pletely ruined.
 clone occurred, but was driving toward my place. and was very short dls- tance from the plantation when l saw time to see everything go down. The cyclone was funnel shaped and looked to be coming toward me. but in an in stant, atfer 1t left my place 1t took bend and darted off in another direc- tiOn. .p
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-08
GOING ron FAR.

Referring to the recent Tuberculosis Congress- where the doctors solemnly and formally outlawed all brands o' kisses. Medical Talk For the Homo says:
 But of one thing we feel sure; that when the doctor gets home, from ms journey to the congress, and If he IS fortunate enough to have wife and chill dren awaiting him, there will be some kissing done upon his arrival. unless the doctor has lost all human feeling.
 It may be that his microbic insani- tv has proceeded so far as that he would refuse to kiss his own eaoi9s
 and wfs tats f9r Si f"r the Insane is probably the only effectuaI remedy.
 That the microbe theory of disease has a sound basis seems now to be an established fact, yet 1t must be admit ted that 1t is in some cases. carried to what appears to an ordinary laynan to be an extreme position It may be. and doubtless is true that diseases are sometimes communicated by kissing but to put up scientific or any other kind of bar against any and all forms of osculation is "agin natur." to speak in the vernacular. and normal humanity will not submit to 1t. There are some things that science and the doctors can't control. In fact. there are things that even a church couldn't control great as its authority properly is We remember hearing of an ordinarily good church member who was being reprov- ed by the minister for swearing. and his reply was:
 f0 SwGar. but sometimes I get mad. and when I'm mad I must swear if it bursts the plan of saIvation!"
 The brother was in earnest and couldn't help expressing himself viz orously, but we suspect that something of the same feeling will come over many men and women when they are told that they must not kiss. Espea- tally is this true of the young and ar dent, who firmly regard warm kiss as the crowning bliss of human exist ence whether, like Lady Montague they say to each other. Kiss me and be quiet" or whether they take it as Beaumont did and kiss till the cows come home," they are not going to quit because the medicos tell them there's danger in it.
 And then to forbid a good husband and father to kiss his wife and chil- dren is an outrage on our humanity, that's about what it is. There arc kisses that should be regarded 's holy l and we are pretty sur that the drowning on them of all med ical science will not totally banish them as long as human beings retain natural feelings. Kisses from persons | suffering from certain ailments may be dangerous, but among healthy peo- pie. taken in moderation, they are among the joys of life.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-08
EntitIed to His Opinion.
Columbus (O.) Dispatch.

Columbus (O.) Dlspatch' -,,
 Ut was toward the end of the Civil War" said the veteran, holding remin = iscently and was home on ,i,! furiough;; enS was standing in front of a hotel taIking with a crowd. when the con versation turned to the Likelihood of the war ending soon. The general onjnton was that 1t would be some time hefope the country was at peace. but finally an old man spoke up and said: Nv son thinks it will be all over in a few weeks We all smiled. for l sup that my son was in the greatest pos sibility a high private in the rear ranks and knew as much about when an ar mistice or final peace might come as we did but finally I asked the old man who his son might be. and you can im-- agine the establishment Of the crowd when this reply came: 'Why' General Grant"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-08
AmerIcan Newspspers.

Nashville American.
 Most of the influential newspapers of and have lived, grown and expanded progress They have been many news papers come and go and have aye sur, saryi.edd snd Attest. The Fourth Estate. q Journal devoted to the interests of editors and publications. gives the following as papers that were conspicuous over half a century back and which will greet the year 1906 with no sign of sdvanc- ing age to distinguish them from their
 The New York Commercial Adyer- tiser. Globe, Post. Journal or Com merce, Tribune. Herald. sun. staats Argus, Buffalo Express and Courier, Troy Times. Philadelphia North Ameri- can, and Inquirer, Pittsburg Gazette, ton Transcript Journal, and Traveller, Springfield Republican, Baltimore American. and Suh. Richmond Dispatch. snd doe.nn conrier' e,e Mobile Register. Mont somery Advertiser, New Orleans Plca- yune, Galveston News, Memphis Com merciai;,,Appsal. Nashville Ameri,cani A,aea,and Leader and Plain Dealer. Chicago IT'D, une and Journal, Milwaukee Sentinel and Evening Wisconsin, St; Louis Re, public and Globe-Democrat. St. Paul Pioneer Press, Portland Oregonian. San Francisco Bulletin and Little Rock Gazette
 tate have lived their little day. and their names are almost forgotten. The old guard of journalism neither oleS nor surrenders. The weeding-out pro- cess is as merciless among newspapers as among men and other animals, put it spares all that Is useful.
 A newspaper is a growth. not a crea- tion. It must build on firm founda- tion, and consider the future as we'll as the present Years are required LOT it to become firmly rooted. Once es- tablished and intelllgently conducted, it can serenely view experimental ef- forts to destroy or succeed it on the part of Journalistic Poorjoes seeking. and never achieving success by at tempting to tear down others and by assailing their betters. The American is the oldest newspaper in Tennessee, and one of the oldes' in the South. It has grown steadily with the years, and it's period of greatest growth and mn provement has been in the last few years.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-08
The MndeI Man


 Does your husband ever make a fuss if his meals are not. on time?' "Oh mo-
 Does he ever come home late and declare that he has been sitting up with a si"k friend?'
 "Oh no."
 .Ts he cross to you at the breakfast "No'
 "DoAs he take his stenographer out to dinner and then lie about it to you?'' 'T am sure he doesn't"
 "Tf you went away from home for two or three weeks. do YOU think te wonld seek the society of chorus girls and clubnen?" not" 'NiA "noes he ever drink too much?" "Never"
 Your husband must certainly be a model man."
 "Nnt partioularlv so"
 Well how can YOU he so posItiva about his good behavlor?"
 "Oh, you see. he's in jail"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-08
Ss,. os Heavy Clothes,

Tt is naturally surprising when l make the statement that the past three months have been the best l have eyer experienced in the sale of heavy clothes and underclothes," said a Montgomery salesman of years and years of expe-
 one would naturally suppose that owing to the fact that we have had but two freezes this year that the de- mand for heavy goods nas been iess- ened to a marked degree, but sucn IS
 ssWe have had a winter of sharp. pleasant weather, just cold enough to make one comfortable in good, heavy suit. The trade has accordingly been fine, and I rather expect that the gen eral prosperity of the people or the community has more to do with 1t than clothes unless you have. money or the owners of the clothes think you nave money"
 Hon. Hilary A. Herbet came to Mont gomsry yesterday morning from Birm- ingham and spent the day with his niece Mrs. Frank Stoilenwerck at her home on South Perry Street, where a number of his friends called to see him He left on an evening train for Washington.
 Hon. John C. Eyster and Hon. H. A. Skeggs, Mayor of Decatur, came to Montgomery last night; Mir. Eyster is here to attend the meeting of the State Democratic Committee which assempleS 5 tomorrow Mayor Skeggs is interested in the meeting today of the Railroad Commission.
 MT. John W. overton. prominent young lawyer of Wedowee, came to town last night to attend the session of the Supreme Court.
 Mir Charles Sparks and Mir. J. H {. Walker of shelby were in the city last night.
 MT. C. W. Jones of Benton, accom- panied by his wife, is visiting the city.
 Mir J. w.. Roberts of Huntsville is registered at the New Mabson.
 MT. J. F. McTyre, Jr.. of Eufaula is registered at the Imperial.
 MT. F. B. Franklin of Selma spent last night in the city.
 MT. H. A. skeggs. IT., of Decatur. is in town.
 Mir. S. E. Hitler of Sylacauga is in town,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-08

Both houses of the Ohio Legislature organized without the trouble which was anticipated. the Democrats secur- ing control of the Senate and the Re- puhIicans of the House of Representa- tives. The partisan majority in each is 90 small that 8 change of one vote in the Senate and two in the House is all that is required to convert such a majority into minority. This situ- alton. says The Fittshurg Post. ought to assist in the passage of such laws as are in the public interest. and which may have the approvaS of the govern or. It will also operate to prevent the enactment of mere partisan legisla- tion and prevent waste of time in the endeavor to place such on the statute books. While it is to be regretted that the Democrats will not have con- trol of both houses. as we'll as of the governorship. yet if they will properly utilize the situation. they can do a great service to the State and also to their party"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-08
DriftWccd
Sunday Night.
RY pHrv. u. aRwsTRo%a.

 Sunday night--of all the nights that corne within the week This Is the best for every fellow pleas" ure goes to seek: In other words tis whens he eats the powder from the cheek Of his best girl on good old Sunday day Night. Sunday Night-why goodness me, no matter where you are; No matter if you live right here or in some land afAr: So. No matter If you walk or ride fvtthin an auto car.
 You'll see your best Slrl gooo oIo Sunday Night. Sunday Night-no matter if you're country horn or bred. Or live in town, it's all the same--onc path you're going to tread. It may be by the hawthorne road, or where asphalt is spread--- o,a Sunday Night
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-08
BankruDf SGie.

Notice is hereby given that as receivers oe the bankrupt esta-A of L. Wilk Cor 2any, we will cell at public outery for cash te the hig = t bidder Curing the teca: hours of sale. in .ront of the storehouse recently, oc- cupied by L. WiIk 6 Company in Dothan, Alabama. on Thursday the 18th day Of Jan uarv 1906. the folio owing properfy:
 One entire stock of goods wares ana meg- chandise store fixtures and furniture con- tained in a storehouse recently occupied py L. Wilk & Company. in the town og Dothan, Alabama, said property being the stock Of goods of L. Wilk 6 Company. ard amounting to about se.3oo -oo. and consisting of line goods will be sold under and by virtue of an order isuGd to us out of the Die riot District of Alabama. in Bankruptcy. whereby we are commanded to sell said nrcpsrty.
 Dated this tho 9th day of January. 1908. A. F. PAGE.
 B. F. REID
 lot R'ceivers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-08
It Was a Good Day.

If New Years day was forerunner of what 1906 has in store for the Times-News and its owners. we are are seIred all day long by people of all classes and walks of life showering us with good wishes and business Of every description, We were over ness of our many warm friends and patrons and we are glad that we live in Gadsden and among such people. We had visits from friends from every part oT the county, while many letters reached us. The bushes we secured that day is only an index of what we feel sure wc will receive during the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-08
The RooseveItian Program.

Macon Telegraph.
 It is all right and proper for the weak to be protected against the strong in fact. that is the keystone of popu- lar government and the only safe po- sition for the Congress to take. But there are times when popular pre5u- dices may be famed to point where the very fabric of our democratic in- stitutions may be put in jeopardy by demanding the lodgment of too much which can be corrected without 1t. That old Roman-Senator Morgan or Ala bama-has sounded a note or warning more than once. Unmoved oy consldier- ations of political expediency, and With out fear of formidable opposition for reelection, he advises Democrats. par ticularlv of the South, not to rush oft after the lead tne wef of the country, railroads. insurance com panies and the like. under political management and control at washing ton.
 Abuse of power is human. Therefore it is bCCt to have checks and balances There are three co-ordinate branches of our national government. ana also the reserved rights of the States. The Rooseveltian program looks to the en- largement and domination of the exec utiVe branch. and, the large redueti6n t3,l of the power and authority Of the States Worse than this. it would lay it's hands on the business interests or the country and put great enterprlses beyond the fnandRtfISHN men and under the control or poAtl- cians.
 The Rooseveltian program for the control of insurance eompanles and other business enterprises. has not yer fully developed. but the plan or control of the railroad interests would put lnto his hands. through the appointment or a single commission composed or hVe or seven men, the management or several billions of property, and the making or the political consciences or more than a million men! . ~
 The act of Congress that accom- plishes that complex result, and the court that sustains 1t, will ring down the curtain on the Government or our fathers and it will ring up an epoch in our national life undreamed or py Hamilton. or Marshall. or LInGoln to say nothing of Jefferson' ana JacKsoh and Tilden. ..4 ..-
 But. as we said in the outset, the protection of the weak against the strong Is a cardinal principle of our Republican institutions. Under the pre- PIT! text of charging this protection ls tns covert design of making more poWsrIul the strong. As we have shown there are other dangers in this country than railroad power. There are laws 70 re. strain the one and also the oLneT; oSt % !sF n iss sandsd spd aSainst unjust ais.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-08
G~orr. F. Mcclellan.

In the earlier days of straight poli- t,"s and clean-rut issues. George B
 have been more widely appreciated than thcv are today. Tn the recent New Iork election he suffered the missor- tune of having to win in spite of a freak indepeRdent candidate who drew large supnort from all parties and es- peciallv from the Democratic. Under the circumstances McClellan's triumph was remarkable. and vet the cirrum- stances Were such that 1t appeared like no triumph at all. This honest, high minded. level-headed and able young statesman deserves better of the fates.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-08

examinations; there are laws against grafting by officers in insurance corn-
 panies; why not try the enforcement of
 gerous experiment. of doubling up the power of the Executive. The convic- ton and punishment of the beef trust and the brick trust shows that there are laws in the land to protect the weak from the encroachments of the strong, What the country needs is prosecuting officers, courts and juries that will do their duty when the neces- sity arises, and not more power ip the hands of the Executive at Washington.