The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-24

law. in that fragrant gambling In diff ferent shapes existed on the Far Grounds, and that you would imme- diately take steps to investigate ana stop the same. received and carefulS noted.
 This was Thursday morning. At 1 o'clock Thursday afternooa I again called your attention to the fact that under the grand stand on the Fair Grounds, next to the bar-room, there was a roulette, table running, dice throwing. crap games. and in the lar gest measure cheating and swindling going on. and requested you to take steps to Eliminate the same. 1 had this information not from one source, but from many sources. and I also heard that this gambling was so open ana fragrant that it was practically known to everyobdy except you two, ana so
 fragrant was these violations that l finally had to assure the professors against this abuse of our law, and that if they furnished the warrants, would send some of our National Guard out to arrest and bring the of- lenders to Montgomery, rendering
 them to the sheriff authorities at the door of the jail.
 wish to again call the attention of
 the officers of the Fair Association and
 the Sheriff of Montgomery County. that
 
 vited to attend this Fair; that at the Fair, the State. county and individuals have been urged to present for the inspection of the citizens of the State the perfection in agriculture, in stock raising, and every ingenuity In the way of manufacture within the bonds Of l the State. To reach perfection in the matter of farm products, stock or any 1 thing else, every one knows that the | best preparation and thorough culture ] is necessary. At the stock pens, through which walked, every attention was given to cleanly surroundings and pure conditions for the hogs. sheep and cat | tie, and yet, under the grand stand, | open to everyone, for our men and boys, were conditions forbidden by all our l laws. Conditions so base as to carry 1 the worst effects to our people, ana TOT | which, whether they realize 1t or not, | the officials named above are respon- sible. It was their business to see that 1 these things did not exist
 I We can make conditions so sanitary | for our cattle that they will not have
 disease and for our hogs, so they will not have cholera, yet, at the Fair | Grounds, conditions existed which were l most unsanitary for the morals of our | people, and wish to say that the State under my administration will not again participate in a Fair if the manage
 ment does not guarantee that such de- l baucheries will not be allowed. Bar | rooms are run all night; the fragrant | coochee dance and cheating and
 swindling go on. These practices have | been made obsolete and by law illegal l in Alaabma, and I very much depre- 1 cate any proposition to reproduce them. l We are engaged in building up man 1 hood and womanhood for the State, 1 and just as we encourage our families
 to the highest attainment, just so these | Fair exhibitions should introduce not depravities, but the highest excellen- cies of life. They should not only go to show what we can do in the matter or raising cattle and agricultural pro- ducts. sheep and hogs, but should also 20 to show what we can do with our manhood and womanhood, and Fair
 which does not provide for pure con-