The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-23
What the State Papers
 Are aying and Doing

Snakes Wanted.
 The Florence Times Is running. an ad for a party who wants to buy buy snakes. That towns dryness IS WotA- ing on the nerves or US citiSsnS
 Getting stout. Athens Couries.
 Tennessee is getting stout. she .4s nSs Conventions. Any State is able to sur vive moss ahythtng that can witnstano such a calamity. s.
 They Warm Up When They start Those New Workers ahe slow. They are just beginning to talk aoout gu. bernatorial nominees@Dut tney niay have something ether than politics with which to amuse themselves
 Cruel Suggestion. Birmingham Ledger.
 1t would have been joke on Abra- ham Lincoln if the people of his home city had burned his former home Des cause he freed the negroes. That was suggested by rioters.
 Rad Nerve.
 Before the revolution the young Turks were crying remove IF wiln affer seeinR a few of the sights that were hid, 1t Is said that they are now crying replace 1t:
 Can't Have License After January. New Decatur Advertiser.
 Prohibition in this city is being open ly defied. Therezare more drunken peo> pie and loafers on the streets Snah creasing. Let us try high license and strict supervision for a while. It may be a step in the right direction. New Summer ResOrts. Birmingham Ledger.
 There will be several delightful summer resorts opened to Btrming- ham people in TallaAega and Clay Counties. There are highlands 't4 those counties that will give all the change of altitude needed for our people
 Plenty To Eat. Dadevine Spot Cash.
 There has been more corn, peas. oats. etc, raised in Tallapoosa County this l year than ever before. Our farmers are l rapidly getting Into the ''hog and horn- | iny'' class. which means ahoundtnR prosperity for our country.
  Driving on the Negro Vote. l Huntsville Mercury It looks very much as If the white Reput jeans of Springfield. H.. are de- ternined there shall be no voting by 1 black Republicans in that town this l year if they can help 1t. The colored | voter who escapes lynchlng is forced to fee, And this too. in the home town of Abraham Lincolni
 
 stand Firmly Against Crime. Ali violators of the law band togeth- er All moral people should work to- | gether to break the band. Aside from | the crime committed. the violation of l laws and the tolerance of same, is the | da1radfnc fnfinAnCA In a COrnHun- | ity. Every well wIsher should stand firm against crime.
 No BeneAt to Farmers. l Elba Clipper.
 | that farm labor be formed Into labor 1 unions. We cannot see how The Guide 1 expects such unions to be Of any serv- | ice to farmers. Farm labor in the l South is probably the cheapest in this country, but 1t Is as well paid as cot> ton farmers can afford, and there is no 1 need for unionE. "-'.-.'
 Years Of Neglect. 1 Selma Journal.
 The deprivation which Selma and | people along the river have suffered | is emphasized by the ease with which | the goyernment boats are keeping the lAvorking. It seems that the channel f can be kept open to Montgomery with | ease, and that permanent improvement will be rapid and not very costly 1
 Poor Roads Are Expensive. Bay Minette Times. | When the people can be made to un- derstand that it actually costs more ir | time and money to travel over a pooI l road than 1t does no travel over a | good one, they will be less inclined tc | begrudge the expense of good roads and what is more important still wn