The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-23

THE COTTON CROP.
And Some Remarks About the cams

And Some Remarks About the Game
Law.
Monroe, Ala, May %. 1907.
Editor The Advertiser:
There Ia the poorest looking pros
pect for a cotton crop that have seen
lately, but / tell the boys not to pc
uneasy, it will turn up all right. MY
guess is 12.999,Oo0 for 1907, put tnat
about / would write Governor Co
mer but / am mad at him. have
been praying for game law Tor years
and was glad when / heard the Gov
tire state A few days ago Bush
Slaughter sent me copy. l nave
read 1t and re-read it. and lost sleep
studying it. 1 have decided that there
derstands it. The smartest lawyers
used to be in Philadelphia, but they
are in Chicago now. Who can under
stand the first section? I don't believe
will protect the sapsuckers. and allow
| men to kill the sparrow hawks Is not
| a friend of his State. !. e., II ne KNOWS
the habits Of the birds reckon
| don't know them as well as l do the
Governor. L will give you few sug-
gestions. You might kill one OF the
| bright barred, red-headed woodpeck-
ers, we call them sapsuckers, put tney
are not from the fact that they don
suck the sap. The Governor would
| tell YOU he was a friend of the farmer.
| If he found a fiat head in the craw or
| a red-headed woodpecker he would pc
ueye that he went on the ground TO
hunt worms 1 am 50 years old and
| have noticed them as much as any
| man, 1 reckon. and never nave 1ouna
| one on the ground alive. Ihey uor
| catch any worms except the hatheads
under the bark of dead trees, which
| do not bother any plant, ana the idea
of having to let them eat my fruit and
my thin shell pecans wont DC: IL
| onxy frinn6Q down
Little River shall not kill some of the
| old gobblers in March, either. l am
| sorry for Will Russell. He Is good
| young man. Just to think ne VIII
never get votes any more rs Is 100
! bad. lohi'
| A General Sentiment.
Huntsville, Ala, May %, 1907.
| Editor The Advertiser:
Your paper bearing the sad intelli-
gence of the death of Hon. Jefferson
| Falkner brought sadness indeed TO the
| hearts of all who knew this great man.
| Grand noble, Christian patriot, he
loved his fellow man and proved 1t by
| his many generous and charitable acts.
He lowered, giant-like, inteilectuaily;
above the average man, whlch htteo
| factor to his country, His conceptions
were constructive. He was a promo
ter of whatever tended to develop and
upbuild his State, wise In counsel. MS
|
| ing. Thousands over this broad land
of ours can say, He was my friend
Though gone from the walks of man,
| he is not dead.
"They do not die, who in their deeds
| survive,
Enshrined forever in the hearts OF
men"
r. E. Pettus.
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| FaIkner's Monument.
Editor The Advertiser:
Has there been any suggestion made
| about placing the monument to Capt .
J. M Falkner at the Soldiers Home
| There is one column of the veranda
not placed, as he had hoped to lay the
cornerstone there. He was sorely dis
appointed In the arrangements he wish
ed made for the laying of that corner
stone. and waited to have II laid with
1 suitable ceremonies. Now to accomp-
fish that great desire of his heart and
let a marble shaft rise from that cor
ner stone to the top of the veranda
with suitable Inscriptions would be
placing his monument where he loved
to be and where his name should be
memorialized. We all know his love
for the Home and how he spent his
Sabhaths there as 'one who loves his
fellow NEIL" and l believe he would
say put 1t there.
Mrs. F. H Elmore.
AH,W.w 81 IL