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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-24
WOULD RAISE
THE SALOON
Liquor Men Seek Higher
Plane
!, AGAINST SUNDAY VIOLATIONS
Committee Discusses Problems
With Mayor league.
Declares whiskey Is Being Sold On
sabbath Day, and That Police
Are Discriminating in En-
forcement of the Law.
AGAINST SUNDAY VIOLATIONS

with the avowed purpose OF put'ins
che saloon business of Montgomery on
4 higher plane, a committee corhpoeN
~ five retail LIQUOR dealers. accompa-
MAD nv Alderman elect Berto H. John :
son, called on Mayor league yester
day afternoon and urged that the nauor
laws Of the city should De opeyeu ny
the saloon men and enforced by '"e
police. A..
The committee declared that the
SUNDAY law was being violated ana
that the police were discriminating III
the enforcement of the law .
II was decided to circulate petl'ioi.
TO be signed by the saloon men Oh
Montgomery. pledging their support III
unfolding the law and pledging 'hein-
selves to inform on any dealer sus
pected of violating the liquor orai-
nances. Mayor league pledged MS
hearty co-operation in such a move
ment
The committee, which sat with the
csty's executive for more than nm hour
was composed of D. A. Castleoerry'
Robert Bean, Jesse Powell, j. u.
Baker and C. A. GOODWIN. Practl-
cally every phase of the liquor ques-
tion in Montgomery was discussed.
In general terms. violations or the
Sunday law were brought to the no
large quantities of liquor are being
sold in Montgomery on the sabbath
day. Members of the committee tolo
of the disadvantages which accrued
10 the saloon man who observed the
law while his competitors overstepped
the bounds of the city regulation OF
liquor traffic.
The committee appeared before the
Mayor, not in the attitude of waging
ms thafr mnptitOrS hut with
the idea that to place the saloon busi-
ness on a higher plane would mean
the betterment of all local liquor In
terests. 1t was explained that II the
liouor business were conducted accord
ing to the letter of the law and not
In an Objectionable manner, 1t would
be of untold benefit to the liquor in
terests in the present temperance and
prohibition agitation.
BY circulating the petition among
the saloon men, it is proposed to form
a sort of saloon means protective as
Bociation.
Mayor league is in hearty accord
with such a movement and expressed
a desire to receive information in ref
erence to violations of the law.
IN view of the existing agitation for
Increasing the liquor license in Mont
gomery to $500 a year. this question
was only incidentally preached by the
comniittee. d. A Castleberry, who
lspdk for the committee, thought Il
would be far better to regulate tht
issuance of license than to increase Il
prohibitively.
The committee concurred with Mr.
Castleberry in urging that no license
be issued to a saloon in a neighbor-
hood where the residents object to such
a saloon. He argued that upon the
licensing of such saloon, the resi-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-24
HOLD BIG RALLY.
DIR. Hamil To Visit Union Springs Sum
Aav SebaO1

day SchOOi.
Union Springs. May a. (Special)-
DIR. n. NJ. Hamil, superintendent or
the training work for the Southern
Methodist Church. will be here next
Sunday and will hold an all day sun
day School rally in which all the
schools of the town will join. At night
children's service will he held.
Next Saturday there will be FAR
mers' Union picnic at Post Oak. fifteen
miles from here. E. ]. Cook. OF Fell
City state Secretary of the Farmers
Union. will address the farmers ana
the Bullock County Union will be or
ganized and officers elected.
Mrs. Cecil Cowan and Mrs. Ike Fea-
gin have issued invitations to re-
ception Friday afternoon in honor or
Mrs George Copeland. of Mexico CITY
W. q. Walker is attending the
jamestown Exposition co,,,
Mr. Cranberry has gone to Coium-
bia. Tenn, for a visit.
Misses frankie wolfenden. Matte
Curry and Pattie Bickerstan. VIII
reach home Saturday from Nashville
where they have been at school.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-24

program and the graduating class. Dr.
Wharton made a beautiful and IN
structive talk In presenting the schol-
airship medal and the diplomas and the
salutatory by Miss Kathleen Corker ana
the valedictory by Jamie Reeves were
well prepared and faultlessly recited.
Citizens are beginning to throng the
thoroughfares in anticipation of Cha
tauqua and a large gathering from all
sections IL expected during the week.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-24
TOBACCO HABIT CURED.

Cigarette Cigars. Pipe. SNUFF Tobacco chew
ing and all forms of tobacco using are cured
by the JAMES HOME CURE FOR TO
BACCO HABITS. Put up in Tablet form
Easy ana convenient to take. Makes quilt
Price Of full course Of tablet treatment
for tobacco habit, 50. For sale by the Mont
gomery Drug Co.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-24
Rucf without His Rrovado.

Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Ruef has been notoriouslv for years
the field marshal of the forces OF
blackmail and graft in general in San
Francisco So great was his Influence
that the sheriff refused to serve a
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-24
PROLONGED MEETING.
Railway Conductors Will BE I'm sessi""
VrutiI saturday,

Until saturday.
Memphis. Tenn. May 23.-All RECORDS
for prolonged sessions in the history
of the Grand Division, Order OF Rali-
way Conductors. were broken when IL
was ascertained late today that the
of business would hold
the delegates here until Saturday.
Considerable business, it is stated,
was disposed of at today's session, the
nature of which, however, was not CIV
en- out. The sessions are held behind
closed doors.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-24

warrant for his arrest and II was not
considered safe to confine him in Jail.
SO rich and powerful had he become
through his nefariOus traf1c that he
was in a very real sense above the
law. But the fight is all out of him
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-24
All Run Down

In the spring-that is the condition of
thousands whose systems have not
thrown off the impurities accumulated
during the winter - blood humors that
are now causing pimples, boils and
other eruptions, loss of appetite, bilious
turns, indigestion, and other stomach
troubles, dull headaches and weak,
tired, languid feelings.
Hoods Sarsaparilla removes all these
humors, cures all these troubles; reno
Yates, strengthens and tones the whole
system. This is the testimony of thou
sands annually.
Accept no substitute for
ss-S
Hoods SarsapariIla
Insist on having Hoods. Get it today.
In liquid or tablet form. 100 Doses 81.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-24
Weatherwise.

Sylacauga Advance.
The old timer is still busy proclaim
ing that this is the worst spring he
has ever seen, or at least since 40.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-24

now. The dethroned boss appears only
as a sniveling CRATER, willing to sac
rifice his pals" to save himself 1t
will be a tremendous sacrifice of ius-
tice to eXpediency if he shall go un-
whipped of iuSticA.
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The Reason Why.

IN regard 20 the nutritious value or
candy. prominent London physi-
clan claims that il is the staff OF life
He thinks that every normal person
should eat at least a quarter OF a
pound a day. The advice 10 mothers
is 20 satisfy the craving children often
have for the sweets. and praises the
mother who keeps a tox Of candy con-
stantly in the house and deals it ouc
judiciousiy. according 20 the appetite
Of the children
This same physician also claims that
quarter Of a pound Of candy should
be rations 20 soldiers, especially IN
var times. Members Of the United
States commissary. when interviewed
on the subject. said that II had been
found necessary 10 ship candy to
CUBA and the Philippines, because the
men had a craving for sweets which
was impossible TO satisfy IN many sta
TONS Ear removed from the stores.
While the candy is not put on the
ration list, II is kept in stock, and a
moderate price charged for it at the
post exchange
The commisssry department ships
each month to the Philippines 5000
pounds of candy This is made and
Shipped from New York by old re-
liable firms. only the purest kinds be-
ing provided. Chocolate in cakes.
lemon drops. and the assorted stick
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be hemmed in. That moment an east
bound freight bore down upon the
aged man.
Il rushed past the gates and crossed
the track to where old Mr.. Runyon
stood and caught him By the arm,
looking up the track 70 see IL there
was time 70 return. The engineer
blew the whistle twice. and realized
that there was no time TO recross. So
I grasped the old gentleman firmly
by the arm and held him and myself
rigid IN that narrow space between
the two trains. rushing past me in op-
posite directions Finally the train
passed-and we were both saved.
You ask me to describe my feelings
at the time. I stood IN the narrow
space between the trains was per-
fectly calm and fully realized the dan
gerous place we were standing IN.
some time after the incident / re-
Ceived a letter from the Interstate
Commerce Commission asking me Il
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-23
Congress Rewards and
Roosevelt ConmendS
Plucky Miss
Cuinan.

HE President has awarded
o medal OF honor to Miss
Guinan. Of Middleton,
y. Y, for a deed OF hero
ism in which the element
OF daring was only equaled
by the coolness and the quick wit
displayed. Miss Guinan risked her
life to save that OF an old man. named
John c. Runyon, on December 1s, 1905.
and after full investigation by the
Federal authorities, bronze medal
was recommended as her reward.
Miss Guinan has described her unique
act--that OF holding an old man and
herself rigid in the thirty-siX inches
OF space between two swaying trains,
rushing at a high rate OF speed on
either side Of her and brushing her
garments-with hardly an inch be
tween her and death. In stating the
facts that called the attention OF the
Interstate Commerce Commission to
her. Miss Guinan. in a letter TO The
Times. says:
4 was waiting at the Montgomery
street crossing Of the Erie railroad fol
a westbound freight train 10 pass.
when 1 noticed an aged man coming
Up a path alongside the track He
crossed the track and stood IN the mar
row space between the tracks. I real
ICED that with one train passing
should another come along, he would
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The "Candy Kids"

When regiments meet one another
on the march the proper greeting viii
be this exclamation:
Have a bite Of my candy, bub.
J-nkie sends me a bag OF 1t every
dayi''
When the routine Of the daily grind
becomes too irksome. why. then. in
stead Of the dark corner and big
brown bottles, one car sit out in the
open and chew away his discomfort
on TIE edge OF an all-Gay sucker"
or licorice yard.
you see. it Is this way. The
commissary department has taken
II into its head that the .Ameri-
can soldier is not sweetened enough.
II claims that candy Is as much
Of a vital necessity &C his health
as chewing tobacco. To be sure, some
OF the men have the boyish habit Of
using three. four, and even FIVE tea
srCorfuls Of sugar in their coffee and
other. bevcra gos. but that is not
enough. So candy is to be added 70
his daily ration.
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every way 10 the advantage Of the
men using sugar.
The sugar was relished in every way.
On long marches it appeased hunger
and mitigated thirst. feeling Of re-
freshment followed. which helped the
tired mar on his way. and none Of the
soldiers allowed sugar were at any
time overcome by exhaustion. On
the basis OF these Investigations the
German surgeon general recommended
that the sugar rations for the soldiers
be raised g siSty grains daily, and
that II be furnished as sugar TO
sweeten coffee and other food; but, as
is often the case. II men did not care
for their coffee sweetened or sugar on
their food. they were 70 be allowed to
eat the humps as candy, If they had
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-23
Novel Plan of St.
Louis MealiSt Meets
With Wonderful
Success in The Work
of Rescue for
Run1'S Victims.

- HE police court pledge for
drunkards continues 10 gain rec
ignition as a drunk cure. The
latest indorser Is the Temper
ance party Of the Swedish parliament.
whose letter to the originator Of the
pledge. Judge william Jefferson Pol
lard. OF the second district police
court OF 81. Louis. IS as follows:
ITO Judge William Jefferson Pollard.
of the Second District Police Court,
City OF st. Louis. Missouri, U. S. A
sir: The Temperance party OF the
Swedish parliament has observed
with great interest your method of
Dealing with the drunkards who come
before your court. 1t is known to be
8 very difficult problem how to save
the victims Of intemperance and pro-
baby it is quite impossible If the will
OF the inebriate is not reformed. For
such a purpose one must give him a
new aim in life, in order 70 start him
afresh. You seem 20 have invented a
really ingeaius method of giving such
en- impulse. The good results which
have attended your efforts. the high
percentage OF successful cases show
that you understand these unfortu-
mates and know how TO help them.
I'VE sincerely congratulate you on
your success. which seems to be well
deserved. Your method, It seems TO
Us. Is we'll worthy OF being tried in
Other countries.
ERNST BECKdAN.
President
"R. n. GEE Won sCHIELE,
'@vice President
''TAKOB PETERSON,
Secretary.
Stockholm. the 10Th April. 1907
- -
Successful in England.
Cable dispatches from London an
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Profit and Loss In the Hero Business

as the Block Island fishermen men
toned realized on a single Job.
Speaking OF heroes. there is a man
up in the metropolis. a humble pri-
vate citizen. well worthy the highest
recognition that lies within the power
of the aforementioned hero promo
ton bureau 10 bestow. Wade IS hts
name. and he is owner. captain. and
engineer Of the tugboat Wade-a rOust-
about little vessel doing business on
the East river. Captain Wade's op-
portunity came June IS. 1894. with the
burning OF the excursion steamer Cen
eral Slocum-that horrible catastrophe
in which more than Loo persons Cmost
OF them women and children persisted.
The United States Government has
honored him with a gold medal. and
the Secretary OF the Treasury. Ga a
sIx-paee letter TO him. hes commended
his services. Uncle Sam had no au-
thority, however. TO recompense him
for the money loss he sustained while
breaking into the hero class.
On the morning OF the disaster
Wade and his crew Of three had gone
uD-river on business. and when the ex-
cursion steamer came along with her
decks all ablaze. without a moments
delay Wade cast of his lines, backed
away from the landing. and made
straight for mid-channel with the tn
tention CT intercepting the burning
steamer.
After Wade had made his bold dash
TO the side of the stricken vessel he
could not have escaped had he wished
for the bow Of his tug had stuck fast
IN the mud. her bottom seriously it,
iured. her propeller foul Of some lines.
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By CHARLES A. HARBAuGH.

r. BE great iron master having es-
tablished an institution 10 en-
courage valor and self-sacrilce
among men by the bestowal OF
medals and money, may we not expect
70 see the idea developed to the limit,
considering the resources behind it,
Why should not the hero commission
advertise its admirable object in the
press OF the country. along the lines
followed by any up-to-dats business
concern? Its manifest purpose Is to
encourage the saving vf life. and surely
Its ends could be most effectively
attained by extensive publicity. There
are hundreds Of heroes scattered over
this broad land who would be tickled
70 death to get a dab at the Carnegie
millions-persons who have risked their
lives In manifold ways 20 save their
feliow-man from grave peril-and
whose service for want OF a press
agent. have gone wholly unrewarded
in material way.
Take the Government life-savers for
instance. Their performances are often
heroic In the extreme. but their work
Is done along the desoIate stretches OF
our coasts. far from the centers of
civilization. IN localities where the re-
porter or the magazine writer rarely
ventures. and the only record of their
achievements in the majority OF cases
is the brief statistical statement going
to make up Covenant report. These
men receive only a pittanee. s65 a
month. with no subsistence or other
allowance II would take one ~ than
more than three years 70 earn as much
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the facts were as published I wrote
and told them. that they were. Then
the commission sent me directions as
70 the manner Of applying for q medal
This did. and am happy 70 say thar
have received IL, with the kind words
OF the President"
President Roosevelt was much inter
ested 81 this shining example OF a
woman's quick wit and bravery. and
In transmitting the medal he wrote
Miss Guinan the following letter:
My Dear Miss Guinan: Pursuant
70 the provisions OF tbs Act OF Con-
gress Of February 9. 1906. an act TO
promote the security OF travel upon
railroads engaged IN Interstate COM
merce. and 10 encourage the saving
OF life, you have been duly awarded a
medal for extreme daring, whereby. on
December IS. 1906. you imperiled your
life in saving the life OF another I
am pleased to convey to you herewith
this medal as q testimonial OF the
nations appreciation OF your cour-
ageous and DraisCwurthy act Sin
cerely yours.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
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a craving for (which they nearly al
ways had. Some Of them would carry
IL around in their pockets nibbling on
IL from time TO time. II was recon-
mended further that sugar be supplied
to the prisons. hospitals. and ships.
Ii is in warm countries that candy
or sugar in some form plays the I'm
portant part. for there very little fat
Is eaten. In India the employer must
furnish candy or sugar in humps 20 his
workmen or lose them. Certain row.
ing clubs in Holland report very bene-
f1cial results from the use OF large
amount Of sugar in training. 1t seemed
20 counterfeit the bad effect Of The
meat diet. 50 that the dreaded symD-
but the sugar seemed to endow them
with an abundance of endurance No
bad after effect were observed.
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Scarcely had the tug como % a stop
when the rail OF the aooum on tie
port side. against which the passen-
gers were crowding. gave way. pre-
cipitaung three OF four hundred OF
them overheard As many "a thirty
OF forty alighted on the stern OF the
Wade, which was directly against
the steamers side. and a number OF
others. though less fortunate. man
aged, after striking tbs water, to get
hold OF the sides Of the tug.
Wade and his men pulled on board
al they could reach. and threw over
lines. hose. Ife-preservers. ladders.
chairs-everything they could tear
loose. which might AFFORD support 70
those IN the water. Then. when they
had done all they could from the tug.
they plugged down into the river and
continued their brave work. dragging
the imperiled ones 10 their boat and
placing them on board, whence Il was
possible for them to pass along the
tugs lfty-siK feet OF length and Eei
70 the shore.
During every moment OF the terrible
quarter hour that the Wade had
lain alongside the Slocun,. she was in
imminent danger OF burning. The
heat blistered her paint wherever ex-
posed, charred her woodwork. and
cracked her windows. and the brands
that fell from the steamer continually
set her on fire. This menace soon re-
quired the presence OF Wade and his
crew on board again, but the combined
efforts OF the four men to hold the
flames IN check were Of little avail
and the Wade would have shared
the fate OF the Slocum had not another
tug. the Golden Rod. played q stream
OF water over X.
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what material the statue will be con-
structed. nor have any Of the other
particulars been decided upon. save
that the statue will be an exact re-
production of the face of Mrs. Pepper.
Colonel Pepper was one of the most
noted turfmen IN the South, and
owned the famous "Meadowthorpe''
farm, near eXington, upon which
many OF the most famous racers ever
known TO the turf were bred. He also
owned the great Pepper distilleries
here. at which the Henry Clay and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-23
Can Be Easily Redeemed.

Great interest is shown by eminent
judicial authorities OF the nation in
movements 90 redeem men convicted OF
thefts. and other criminal oHenses. but
few think OF leniency for the honest
man who drinks too much. he has
started down the ladder. but is vet
within reach. and may easily be pulled
back to good citizenship"
Judge Pollard has among his posses
sions the original copy OF the address
presented TO him by members OF the
English parliament The presentation
took place November g. 1906. in one OF
the committee rooms OF the house Of
comons. Hon. Left Jones. VI P, presi-
dent Of the United Kingdom Alliance.
acting as spokesman.
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- NE monument 20 be erected over
the grave OF the late Col. James
z. Pepper. in Lexington. Ky,
cemetery. viii be adorned with
a statue having the features of Mrs.
Ella Onut Pepper. the beautiful wife
of the dead whisky distiller and turf
man.
The contract for the statue has Just
been closed with a Louisville monu-
ment company. It is TO cost 5000. II
viii be placed in position this sum-
mer. II has not been determined or
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A German Test.

Or. Schumbe-g, a prominent pro-
lessor in Berlin. made a practical test
of the candy ration with the soldiers
Of the German army, during the au-
tImn maneuvers. which extended over
thirty-elght days. number OF men
were given ten humps of sugar daily
and compared with men doing the
same amount Of work in marching
and drilling. but whose food contained
little or no sugar. The result was in
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Feuv Fail TO Keep the
Pledge Required BY
The Court as Their
Choice BetDeen
Sobriety and Sen
tence to Prison.

on May for another term Of fou
years. His appointment has been az
proved BY the city, council. He hsE
administered the plsdee conservative
~. rarely in cases of habitual drunken
ness. and reports that s. per cent -
The met taking II have kept H.
Though not a member o. any tenr-
erance organization, Judge Pollard IL
himself total abstaiper.
After giving the police court pleds e
practical test Of four years. / am
more enthusiastic about Il than ever
before, % said Judge Pollard 1T Is a
cure that fails in only Ter cent Of
the cases where IL Is applied / DO
not cheaper the pledge BY giving &
10 the drunkard with whom drunken
ness has become 3. disc ase.
Il believe Il is the duty Of the court
70 save drunkards from themselves and
for their families. l would rathe-
make NY court a tribunal of reforma,-
ton than Of punishment woule
rather send a man back TO his FANNY.
and keep him sober than send him 20
prison.
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Pepper whiskies are made He died
December.
A love that was particularly strong
existed between Colonel Pepper and
his beautiful wife. and before he died
he asked that his monument be-
adorned with statue bearing her
features. She consented. A short
time after his death Mrs. PEPPER reg
membered his request. and the con-
tract with the Louisville hrm fol-
lowed.
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candy are the kinds chosen for ship
ment, as they keep fresh longer. This
candy is packed in sealed tin cans.
The supply nearly always runs out be-
fore the next shipment arrives.
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authorizing Judges TO Hberate men
convicted or drunkenness on con-
dition that they sign a pledge.
Judge Pollard has made good with
The police court pledge in St Louis,
and was reappointed BY Mayor Wells