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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-07

is approaching its Hood the usual num- Der of complaints from travellers as to
 the needless ili-treatment they suffer
 from the inquisitorial methods of Amer
 lean customs inspectors are beginning
 to be heard,
 Stories of enforced payment of du- ties on articles of value purchased In the, United States which the owners have neglected to register before leav-
 ing the country. are common. and are
 matched by other stories of damage to costly fabrics by rough handling and to the owners feelings by the exhibi- ton of their most intimate garments before the throngs on the piers. The greatest source of complaint Is
 not against the examination. tedious and vexatious as 1t Is. but against the
 manner in which 1t Is conducted and
 the attitude of the inspectors who
 treat every person as a probable snug
 gler until he or she can prove the con-
 trary. Tn no other country in the
 world. it is pointed out. not even in Russia, are persons against whom there
 Is no ground for suspicion treated as they are by Uncle Sans representa- lives. How much better they perform this disagreeabie task abroad is told In a striking way by Dr Henry c. Row land in his description of a trip across Europe by motor boat In the current Appleton's
 On arriving at Paris the writer and his companions were approached by two extremely polite customs represeh- tatives who asked If the travellers car ried any~contrab4nd. On being assured that the only articles were a few cig- arettes for personal use the inspectors politely raised their hats and departed.
 In New York the procedure would have been first to make the travellers swear to a statement. of their posses sions and then to search their trunks, or possibly to go through their pockets and make them strip. just to show that the sworn declaration was not believed.
 The man who was probably the cnampion medicine consumer of the world died here a few days ago. In spite of the fact that he never had a day of sickness in his life this man who dropped dead of heart disease at the age of IS, had put more medicine Into his insides than many drug store contains. While the records which he kept of his consumption are Incomplete they show. that during his life he got away with more than f,000,o00 pills, and more than s30 barrels of liquid medi- cine.
 In addition to this he estimated shortly before his death that he had used something over 15.e0o gallons of lotions externally. to say nothing of nearly fifty acres of plasters and the Iike It was his habit to consume a couple of handfuls of whatever sort of pills he fancied before breakfast and during the day to sip liquid medicine as some men do highb balls.
 In spite of the warnings of doctors the strange diet seemed to have had no effect upon him. although with advanc- ing years he gradually cut down his daily rations. He was often urged by his friends to make medicine-taking a the idea being that he could take a box or a bottle of this or that nostrum and then receive pay for testimonial. This. however. he refused to do.
 A record--of a sort--in reporting 1 election returns was made last week l wh en William R. Hearst. on board an
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ocean liner. received by wireless re- ports or rhe recount of votes in his long drawn out hght to prove that he was elected Mayor of New York in 1905. TWO years and half in reporting vot Ing results puts the metropolis long way behind the most backward of back country districts in this respect. Al the rate at which the recount Is progressing it Is estimated that some thing like two. years will be required Tor It's completion in case all the ballot boxes are opened. This will carry it we'll beyond the expiration of the pres ent mayoraity term so that MT. Hearst is likely to receive only an empty hon. or even If he establishes his claim.
 Longacre.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-07
Proposal for Waterway under Hud.on Paiissde. to Increase Harbor Faeili- sfes--Doom of the Backet-shop |. ssunded--wemen Organizing to Faghs Against Receiving sunrase- Protests Against Uncle sam's Cus- tsm. Inspection-Champion Medicine Tsker Dead--sIowest Election Re- turns on Record.

New York. June 6.--(Special)--while New York already has. either built or projected about all the ordinary varie- ties of tunnels, a decidedly novel pro- 3ect in this line has just been planned and is being pushed vigorously. This Is a scheme for a ship tunnel to be car xied under the Palisades of the Hudson to connect the river with the city of Passafc on the river of the same name In New Jersey, Passaic, although twelve miles from Manhattan at pres ent, would thus become a seaport and the plans for the proposed tunnel call for an underground waterway that would accommodate all but the largest ocean steamships.
 The proposal is put forward prima- rfly to afford better shipping facilities for manufacturing plants which are be- Ing driven out of the present city limits by the growing cost of real estate and the fact that sites with direct water or rail connection are no longer to be had here. It Is striking indication of the growth of New York's commerce that although the harbor frontage is more than four hundred miles In extent the pinch of congestion in dock facilities is beginning to be seriously felt.
 Vast plans for the enlargement of the available water area, such as the deepening of Jamaica Bay. and the con
  mel must be carried out, say the ex- perts. or else New York must lose her present commercial and manufactur- ing supremacy. The possibility of add ing to the other experiences of an ocean I voyage a trip in brilliantly lighted submarine tunnel at the New York end of the journey Is one that may be real azed within the next few years.
 While the fight over race-track gambIing in this State has attracted att tention all over the country another anti-gam bling measure favored by Governor Hughes and regarded by | many persons as of even greater im- l portance, alth ough the struggle for its 1 enactment has been less spectacular, | has just been placed on the statute | booka This IS the law against bucketshops which the Governor signed few days | ago and which will make 1t impossible | for this swfndle, operating under the | gufse of Legitimate trade. to continue in this State. All over the country in fact relentless fight is being waged against the bucket-s ops. Vigorous action by police authorities has put
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-07
TUNNEL FOR OCEAN LINERS
 NEW YORK,S NOVEL PLAN

many of them out of business. The Postof1ice Department Is depriving them of the privileges of the mails as fast as evidence of the nature of their busi- ness can be obtained and the Chicago Board of Trade has been carrying on a vigorous campaign against them in the Middle West which was perhaps their most profitable field.
 The legitimate exchanges have an added reason for lighting the bucket shops for the latter have made 1t a habit to steal the quotations of the Former by wire-tapping or other lle- gal means and much of the prejudice against ali dealing In stocks and grain has come from the confusion on the part of the public between the opera tions of the legitimate exchanges and those of the bucket-shop. The method of the latter Is simplicity Itself.
 It charges commission. usually double that of the legitimate broker, and ex- cept in rare cases executes none of It's customers orders. It Is a gambling enterprise out and out with the heavy commission always working for the bucket-shop In the palmy days of a few years ago men became millionaires in few. months by operating these sure-thing games and investigation shows that most of the defaulters and bankrupts whose downfall has been at- tributed to Speculation" were victims of these swindlers. s4x
 It Is estimated here that the wipins out of bucket-shops throughout the country will mean the saving to the public of millions of dollars besides re- moving one of the greatest sources of prejudice against legitimate operations on exchanges
 The suffragettes, some of them im- ported from England. who have been providing more or less entertainment for New Workers recently with their meetings, outdoor rallies and parades, all part of the rebellion against mans alleged oppression of woman, are no longer to go unchallenged. A great many American women apparently have no sympathy with the demand for votes and the outcry against their present state.
 At any rate an organization has been formed here which includes a large number of prominent women and which ts planning a vigorous opposition to the sufrragette movement. The lead CTS of the latter declare that the new campaign Is being secretly aided and encouraged by the men and point out that most of those engaged In 1t are handicapped by the possession of hus- hands. The anti-suffragists insist that they represent the real sentiments of the great majority of women who do not want the ballot and intend to let the fact be known.
 They are planning a series of 1ec- lures and meetings to begin in the fall at which they hope to show that this Is the case. Now that he has found champion to defend him from the at tacks of the suffragettes. mere man is left free to devote his attention to bus mess, politics golf and similar minor affairs,
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Head Notes of the Decisions
 of the Alabama Supreme Court
OSBORN V. THE STATE.


 OSBORN V. THE STATE. Crime .--( (Decided February 6. 1908. 45
 So. Rep. 666 )
 l. Grand jury; organization; increas- ing number on account of disqualifi- cation. The grand jury was regularly organized with fifteen members, and after organization one was excused on account of disqualification. whereupon the court proceeded to summon a per- son to take the place of the grand juror excused. Held. that unless the number was reduced below thirteen the court was without power to in- crease the number or supply the place of Juror excused, and that a panel of more than thirteen was illegally or- ganized where juror was substituted for one excused.
 2. Indictment: invalidity; effect - An indictment found by grand jury while an authorized person was serv- ing thereon is void. and Is not saved by the provisions of Section 526s. Code 1896.
 Appeal from St. Clair Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. A. H. Alston. Reversed and remanded. Opinion by Anderson, T.
 Tyson. c. J.. Dowdeli and Mcclellan. u concur.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-07

4 record--of a sort--in reporting election returns was made last week when William R. Hearst. on board an
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-07
Put Up The Screens.

NeWark NeWS.
 The common or garden variety of house fly is about due to wake up and discover that he has been abolished. Do not neglect to put up the screens as usual, however
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British yu.s,ce.

NeW KOrk Tffbune
 It seems hard to send 70-year-old woman to prison for year and half. as has just been done in the Portland Druce case In England; but then such a person ought mot to commit perjury.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-07
Just Talk.

NnuncII BIVffs NonpareI.
 It IS a growing wonder among a great many people how MT, Bryan can talk so necessarily on a variety of sub jects without devoting more time to study and meditation,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-07
Twill ne Necesnary,

New York Herald.
 If the truck horse insists on wearing merry widow" hats this summer there will be nothing left to-do but widen the avenues and streets
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-07
waiting for the Man and Land.

, Elba CIfppeT. .
 Within ten miles of EIba there Is enough vacant land to provide abun- dant1y for 5os000 people. And there are plenty of people who would eagerly seize this opportunity If they only knew of it. The task is to get the man and tbe land together.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-07
SHERMAN V. vEsT.et al.


 Bill for Dissolution of Partnership.--
 Decided Feb. 6, 1908 .--lb South.
 667).
 i. Partnership; bill for dissolution: :: answer: admissions as estoppel.- Where the answer to bill for the dis solution of partnership admits the existence of the partnership such ad- mission Is conclusive on the respond ent and estops him to deny tho relation so long as the admission remains.
 2. Same. .--The admission of the an- swer of the relation of a partnership does not deny to either party the right to show the true terms and conditions of the contract governing their respec- tive interests. nor can 1t alter or im- pair the agreement under which the parties engaged in the enterprise.
 8. Reference; matter subject to ref erence; complicated account Where accounts comprise the history of a number of transactions covering long period of time and voluminous, and
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for non payment after notice, the orig inaI owner had the right to take pos session and release the premises and the new lessee had the right to posses sion as against anyone including tho sub-tenant of the first lease.
 4. Same voluntary surrender by chief tenan<S-while chief tenant cam not voluntarily surrender q possessory right, to the prejudice of his said ten- ant, yet when he forfeits his right by non-payment of rent, thus affording the landlord the right to annul the lease. the act fin assenting to the annulment is not surrender of any right, but a surrender of possessions to which tho original landlord is entitled.
 Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court.
 Heard before Hon. A. A. Coleman.
 Affirmed. Opinion by Anderson, !.
 Tyson, c. J., Dowdell and Mcclellan. J. J.. concur.
 SOUTHERN TIMBER 6 INVESTMENT
 co. v. CREAGH Attachment-(Decided February {, 1908.
 45 South. 666.l
 l. Judgment by default; service of process by publications; necessity of proof-In an action begun by attach- ment against a non president defendant judgment rendered by default, with out appearance or plea by defendant. which does not show that proof was made of the facts required by Section 53i. Code 1896. is void.
 2. Same; process to support: person. al service necessary to support persona al judgment. No valid judgment in personam can be rendered in an at tachment suit where the service is not personal, as an attachment Is pro- . ceeding in rem.
 Appeal from Clarke Circuit Court.
 Heard before Hon. John T. LackIand. \ Reversed and >remanded. Opinion by Tyson, c, T.
 Haralson. simpson and Denson. !. J.s concur.
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ELSToN V. THE STATE. Violating Criminal Contract-(Decid- ed February 6, 1908. 45 So. Rep,

ed February 6, 1908. 45 So. Rep,
 ee7.)
 False pretense; criminal contract A contract made, under Section 4751. by one convicted of misdemeanor with the person who confesses with him for the fine and cost thereof, which provides that such a person shall work for his surety until the fine and costs are paid. lover and above the amount advanced to him for living expenses" is void. the advances being mere debt for the payment of which invol- untary servitude is prohibited.
 Appeal from Talladega City Court.
 Heard before Hon. c. K. Miller.
 Reversed and rendered. Opinion by Tyson, c. J.
 DowdeIl. Anderson and Mcclellan. JJ.. concur.
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HhtCk V. DESMOND & co. Et Al. Damages for the Breachs of Covenant Of
 Leaser-( Decided February 6. 1908.
 45 South. 6e5 J
 1. Landlord and tenant: sub-lessee; right of; default of tenant in chief A sub-tenant holds subjest to the terms of the original lease, and if the. chief tenant fails to perform any of the conditions of the original lease. the landlord may by appropriate proceed inEs recover the possession from the tenant and the subrtenant. although the sub-tenant may have paid his rent to his immediate landlord and have per- formed the conditions of his lease in all other respects; the remedy of the sub tenant in such case is against his im- mediate lessor on the covenants of the sub-lease for quiet enjoyment.
 2. Same; contents of said lease: mo- tice of said tenant--A sub-tenant is chargeable with knowledge of the con- sub-tenant of the first lessee.
 3. Same: right of landlord; condi- ton of lease--Where the original lease provideda for the forfeiture of the lease for~A default in the payment of rent and the lessee had failed to pay after demand and the lease declared annulled
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the correctness of some of the items tnereor fs in dispute, reference may be ordered to state such an account
 |. Equity; evidence; answer as evil dence.-The noting by respondent of nis answers as testimony does not op- erafe to make them testimony in case where the complainant has not noted them in his note of testimony (Ander- son and Mcclellan, u .. dissentl
 Appeal from Morgan Ch&ncery Court.
 Heard before Hon. W. H. Sinpson.
 Reversed and remanded. Opinion by
 Tyson. C. J., Haraison. DowdeII simpson and Denson, JJ., concur.
 Anderson and Mcclelland. U. dis sent in part.
 BAIRD V. HowIsoN ct al. Bill to Enforce Trust tDecided Feb
 6, 1898 .--45 South. 66sl.
 1. Fraudulent conveyances; transfer for fraudulent purposes: rights of par ties Where property is transferred in fraud of creditors. both parties to the transfer participating therein, equity will not enforce trust in favor of the grantor. arising from snch fraudulent transfer.
 2. Fraud; necessity for pleading - Notwithstanding the general rule that fraud, the statutes of fraud, esfoppel, and like defenses must be set up by special plea or answer, unless such in- frmities appear on the face of the bill, yet, equity will deny relief where the fraud is discovered from the evidence, whether specially pleaded or not, where the relief prayer is to enforce a right growing out of fraudulent contract, both parties to which are in pari delicto
 Appeal from Jefferson Chancery Court.
 rx.,ra L.s.. IT,. .,. " ners.
 Affirmed Opinion by Anderson, J.
 Tyson. c. J., simpson and Denson, JJ., concur.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-04-02
Ranches In the West.

The great 10000 and $4,000 acre
ranches all over the west are disap-
pearing under the invasion Of the
farmers who are satisfied with 100 or
200 acres of land and who are making
these little patches remarkably pro-
ductiye, says Denver Field and Farm.
The time is not very remote when
ranches will be unknown and when the
country now monopolized by them will
be broken up into moderate sized
farms. The rise in the value of farm
ing land is steady, and in a few years
land which for a decade or two has
had only 4 nominal value viii COM
mand from $40 TO 500 an acre. In
the irrigated sections Of Colorado land
adapted to fruit growing is selling
from $500 to $4,000 an acre Sugar
beet lands near factories bring 500 to
$500 Good potato lands are worth
$500 and upward. and the best Tcanta-
loupe growing lands sell readily at
$500. Experts make annually a net
profit Of from 10 to IS per cent on this
big priced land
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-04-02
I ruit ono
f lowers
ORCHARD PRACTICE.
How Expert Fruit Growers Expect to
Fight Pests This Year.

How Expert Fruit Growers Expect to
Fight Pests This Year.
In a recent address before the New
York state fruit growers Henry NJ.
Dunlap of Illinois gave the following
points on spraying
No person who expects to be success
full will undertake To grow an orchard
without spraying the trees from the
first year of their planting. | have no
ticed less damage from grasshoppers
and other insects in young orchards
planted to corn than where there was
no corn. 1t takes little time to spray
young trees, and one man can drive
the team and spray such trees success
fully The leaf skeletonizer, which in
our section begins its work in the lat
ter part of June, is perhaps the most
serious pest of the young tree. Spray
ing at the time the eggs hatch out with
six ounces of paris green or its equiv
alent in arsenate of lead to fifty gal
Ions of water will exterminate this
worm.
Progressive Methods.
Our more progressive growers are
talking of using during the coming
spring about the following: Three
pounds of blue vitriol, five pounds of
best lime and six ounces Of paris green
to fifty gallons of water. The applica-
ton of this spray mixture should be
made at least three times The first
application is Immediately before the
bloom opens and after the foliage and
buds have begun to show some deyel-
opment This spraying should be as
close in time to the opening of the bios
SONS as possible, considering the
amount of spraying to be done. Hay-
ing a good area of orchard to cover
with spray. sometimes start ten days
ahead of the time | think the bloom
will be out, and then If there is time
go over the part first sprayed the sec
ond time, continuing the work of the
spraying until the actual opening of
the blossoms. In this way a consider
able portion Of the orchard gets a dou-
bic spraying. The second spray is ap-
piled Immediately after the bloom falls,
the third about three weeks later.
regard the second spraying, the one
after the bloom falls, as the most inn
portant, all things considered.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-04-02
T arm, T iield
ana Garden
A GRAIN OF CORN.

The Kernel Thing of Life, Fitted For
Reproduction.
Although the stalk and leaves of corn
are important cattle feeds, only the
kernels are ordinarily used for human
food They grow in double rows along
woody cob, from which they. are
easily shelled when ripe. The color Of
the skin may be white, yellow, red,
purplish blue or a combiaation of
these, according to variety. They are
all either white or yellow inside and
differ little on an average save in color.
The kernel or seed, it must be remem-
bered, is not inert, but living thing,
which under favorable conditions will
develop into new plant. and each
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-04-02
SPECIMEN ONIONS.

ply the land, the fertilizer and hall
the seed and let second party come
in and do all the work, each taking
half at the harvest. One good point
urged for this practice is that it Is
mutually profitable to all interested.
Polanders frequently lease land In this
way and with the help of their fani-
lies and immediate friends handle a
large amount of work during the sea-
son. In fact, 1t is said they will han
die more than twice as much as they
would working as day laborers.
In the cut, from New England Home
stead, are shown specimens Of the on
ions that contributed toward such sat
isfactory results.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-04-02
Small Fruits.

Open winter days afford the oppor-
tunity for trimming the small fruits.
Among raspberries remove the dead
wood and cut the laterals back to a
length Of twelve inches. This is sup
posing that they have been cut in July
to induce branching. But if not the
top third should be cut off, says Iowa
Homestead.
The same method should be followed
In handling the blackberry rows. Those
who are growing tender varieties have
already trimmed and laid down for
winter. But great number of our
readers are growing the hardy Snyder.
which does very well without protec-
tion.
A very common cause of failure with
carrants is to let the bushes get too
thick, and the result is very small
fruit. In such cases half or two-thirds
of the old wood should be cut away.
Always select the oldest stalks to re-
move.
The bushes should be left open and
only the most thrifty Of the new shoots
spared to take the place year or two
later Of the present bearing wood.
Follow the same plan with the goose
berry. Just a hint to the amateur
grape grower: It is better to trim the
vines now than later IN the season.
Two main stems from one root IS
enough to leave to be trained up fan
shape.