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The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-02-27
THE NATIONAL PRoH1B1T1oN1sT

manager and the skilled 'rectiher'-
the modern captains of industry, whose
religion is, do the other fellow and
do him now"
So sad. And along with the pass
ing of the gentleman "who rolled up
his sleeves and put his heart and soul
into his work" has passed also the
"old-time' consumer-who, without
rolling up his sleeves" put his time
and his money and his brain and his
soul into the work of consuming that
"old-time product" and who, after
filling his old-time stomach with about
three pints of that old-time liquid es-
sence of hell, was likely to load and
prime an old-time cap-and-ball re-
volver and go joyfully forth to slay a
neighbor or two. And that about COM
pleted the round USUALLY taken by that
old-time product. Yes, "Now it's diff
ferent Things have changed"
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-02-27
THE STATE AND
THE DRUNKARD .

The EOemimg Meas of Newark, N. J.,
an exceedingly influential paper that cir
culates widely in all the northern part of
that state, discussing the project to build
at public expense hospitals for drunk
ards, says:
A question much more complicated
and interesting, in this connection, is
the duty the community owes to in
ebriates. It is difficult to get away
from the logic that if city or county
knowingly and habitually licenses and
takes revenue from places in which
drunkards are made, it should take
care of the creatures of its own max
ing. But, on the other hand, would it
not be more efectual, more satisfac-
tory and more economical to stop the
licensing of liquor saloons and thus to
stop the making of drunkards than to
pay for costly, expensive asylums to
take care of them after they are
made?
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-02-27
February 81, 1908

slight degree to his employer. If
he missed too many days the employer
would hire some one in his place,
having lost only the surplus-value he
might have extracted from the drink
" own labor-power. Things are
different now. The laborer now is
cog in great wheel of a great ma
chine, and if one particular cog is
missing at given moment the whole
machine is more or less out of joint.
Three or four workmen by absenting
themselves from their posts on a
Monday morning may cause a hum
dred to stand around idle and unpaid,
waiting for the machine to be in
working order again. If their loss
of wages were the only loss, we
should not hear so much of the mat
ter, but what is far more important
in the eyes of all good" people, the
capitalist loses not only what he might
have made from the labor of the
four convivial spirits, but also what
he might have made from the labor
of the ninety and six that went not
astray. As the capitalist runs the
government he proposes to do some
thing about it. Hence the wave of
Prohibition which is sweeping over
the United States and England.
What position shall we as Socialists
take? The question is too big to
settle in paragraph. But it is up
for discussion and we shall have to
take stand on it before long.
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-02-27
"a LESSON FOR THE
LIQUOR INTERESTS"

The Ne70s of Wheeling, West Vir-
yinia, reads the liquor interests a lesson
n the events which led up to and Gull
minated in the failure of the Prohibition
resolution to pass the upper
house of the legislature of that state.
The Meas says:
1t has served to show the great
strength in West Virginia of the Pro-
hibition element and faction. The
resolution was passed by the house of
delegates and lacked but single vote
of receiving the necessary two-thirds
in the upper house of the legislature.
The fact that the anti-liquor advocates
could make such showing of strength
as this will be a great surprise to
many. This, perhaps, most of all, to
the liquor interests.
There is great lesson in this for
those engaged in the manufacture or
sale of liquor in West Virginia. 1t
shows what great public sentiment
can be aroused against them, and it
shows that not only must they not be
so cock-sure in the future, but that
LneTe 11luSl De Cnd1lSe IN the general
conduct of the liquor business in West
Virginia
In announcing their votes on the
question number of the members of
the legislature stated that while per-
sonally they were not in favor of the
Prohibition amendment they would
vote for it because the majority of
their constituents were for it. Even
in such county as Ohio, where the
city practically dominates the county
and cities are generally supposed to
be opposed to Prohibition, there was
found great sentiment in favor of
the measure.
The liquor men have their lesson be-
fore them and it is their own fault if
they do not take it.
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-02-27
ALL CHANGED NOW

The Golden Age of Atlanta, Ga, treats
somewhat humorously the deluge of
liquor circulars that is falling upon the
state of Georgia through the United
States mails. 1t says:
AS before remarked, it's mighty
poor Georgian who doesn't receive
letter a day from some whisky firm.
The man of the house, the cook, the
driver, the lodger within his gates,
are all de1uged with these circulars,
and if the dog and cat had their names
II the directory, they would probably
be the recipient of such attentions also.
Some of the advertisements are artis-
tic We have received one that is SO
beautiful, so tender, so absolutely ro-
mantle in it's pathetic lament over the
passing of the old days that we give
paragraph:
"But now it's different. Things have
changed. The old time man at the
helm, the master workman, the man
who rolled up his sleeves and put his
heart and soul into his work-the man
who dipped his finger into his mash
tub every ten minutes to taste it,
is bought out or sold out, or left to
mourn the days of decent business and
in his place has come the corporation
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-02-27
THE BAR MAID QUESTION .

Recently a number of American pa
pers have taken it upon themselves to
inform their readers as to what a sweet
and beautiful custom the barmaid sys-
tenn of England is, and have drawn us
most delightful pictures of the simple
and beautiful lives lived by the young
women who serve liquor in English
pubs. The following comment from
the alliance NezVs of Manchester, Eng
land, brings valuable hrst-hand testi-
money to bear upon the question. The
Ne7US says.
A meeting to protest against the
employment of women as barmaids
was held at the Westminster Palace
Hotel, London, last Friday afternoon
Mrs. Ramsay Macdonald, chair
man" of the joint committee on the
employment of barmaids, presided.
Among those present were the
Bishop of Southwark CDR. Talbot,
Lady Carlisle, Lady McDougal, Miss
Docwra, and others. Mrs. Mac
Donald explained that it was recog-
nized that it would be unjust to turn
out the girls at present employed in
bars, and it was proposed to let the
evil die out gradually Mr.. J..
Ramsay Macdonald, M. P, observed
that if legislation for the total aboli-
ton of barmaids was brought into
force, 10000 women would be af-
fected. But such drastic measure
was not proposed. The trade pre-
ferred barmaids because they could be
obtained at lower wage If barmen
were employed, it would mean that the
wages of those employed in public
houses would be considerably in
creased. Eighteen thousand of the
$4,000 women employed in the trade
were under the age of IS. The Rev.
F. B. Meyer said his blood had boiled
sometimes when he saw young men
saunter into restaurant and make the
most offensive remarks to the girl be-
hind the bar, and he felt the greatest
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-02-27
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The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-02-27

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The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-02-27

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The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-02-27

PATENT FOR SALE-EASY TERMS.
Cyrus T. Hogan of Ennis, Texas, Of
fers one-tenth interest in his improved,
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The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1908-10-16
Cotton again.

The New Orleans Times Demo-
crat, in its cotton report for Sep
TENDER, states that deterioration of
the crop for that month, was
moderate, and that fine weather
and ample labor for picking have
materially compensated for that
loss.
The general desire is to hold for
better prices, but pressing obliga-
tons have forced many to sell with
freedom. In Louisiana the boil
weevil has done considerable dam
age but no appreciable harm in
other sections. Posted night rider
threats against ginning and market
ing have been disregarded, as rule,
and more cotton has been ginned
up to this date than usual.
Taken altogether, the report in
dicates the cotton crop to be about
what has been anticipated with
conditions normal, THAT is. be-
tween 1900, 900 and -, 900 900
bales.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1908-10-16
Farmers Cooperative and DEM
onstration Work.

The mission Of this work, under
taken by the United States Govern
ment. is to present the best,
thoroughly tried and proven meth
DDS Of tillags. seed selection, cuI-
tigatl0n, etc. tJ every community,
in object lessons. There are now
one hundred and sixty agents en-
gagged IN demonstration work in the
Southern States, and already the
agricultural pulse has begun 10
quicken under the intelligent dem
onstrations that have been given.
The work is under the direction OF
the Bureau Of Plant Industry, a
branch OF the Department of Agri-
culture, and Immediately under the
supervision Of Mr.. :. A. Knapp,
Agent in charge. Short circulars
are issued from time, to time, treat
ing Of the various essentials 10 good
farming These may be had by adj
dressing the special agent. The
last one, issued GA October 1st,
would be a treasure in the hands Of
any farmer who would read it an6
apply the knowledge obtained. /
treats Of deep fall blowing, tht
preparation of the seed bed anC
winter management of same in CASE
no winter crop is attempted to b.
raised.
The circular is SO repIete witt
valuable Observation-Disclosures
that could be made to bring such
returns in the next years crops
that ne can not refrain from advis
/ ing all to procure one of them Al
early as possible
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1908-10-16
Two More Weeks.

Just two more issues of this pa
per before the election, which i'm
portant event occurs on Tuesday,
November Bird. The results of that
election are so vital to Democracy
and Of such concern to the country,
that the great pulse of the nation is
stirred nov, perhaps, more than
ever before. The issues pending
between the two great parties are
not so distinctly drawn as hereto
fore, but the reyerberation Of Dem
ocratic thunder is being heard on
every Republican busting. DEM
ocracy educated to certain policies,
but as soon as they had become
popular, the Republican party pur-
Joined and incorporated them into
it's platform. falsely representing it.
self as the originators.
This party, that has fostered and
built up the most stupendous trust
and corporate interests the world
has ever known, and has continued
itself in power by deception and
false claims, now carps Democratic
doctrine to a people who are Just
discovering It's duphcity.
It may now be approaching its
Waterloo-many of its leaders fear
so at any rate. 1t behooves DEM
ocrats then to bestir themselves on
the verge Of the contest. We must
hold up our leaders hands and
aid them TO secure victory. The
Weekly makes this call to Demo
Gratis. Contribute to the campaign
fund. Read the letter of w. G.
Wetmore. published in this paper,
then, hand your contributions to
Mr.. W. NJ. Baker, president Of the
Bryan-Kern Club.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1908-10-16
Democratic Campaign Expenses.

Democratic National Committee,
Chicago, H., Oct. 10, 1908
Mr.. T. Z. Davenport. Editor Aber-
deem Weekly Aberdeen, Miss:
Dear Sir: The Democratic press
of the country has been doing good
work for the party in this campaign.
This not only applies to raising cash
TO defray the necessary expenses, but
to the able and spirited battle waged
in the editorial columns To your
paper is due much credit for the part
it is taking.
We are now entering on the final
stages of the presidential campaign,
and force the fighting and give no
quarter is the order all along the
line.
We earnestly urge You to put in
your most effective efforts in your pa
per during the last weeks of the cam
paign. Especially do we urge you TO
ask your readers to rush in their con
tributions TO your office.
All remittances should be made
payable to Herman Ridder, Treasurer
of the Democratic National Commit
tee, Auditorium Annex, Chicago.
The Democracy we believe is going
to triumph in November, but we must
not leave a single bit of work undone
that shall add to the glory of the vic
tory that viii put Bryan III the White
House and restore the Government to
the people.
If we here at headquarters succeed
in doing our part as faithfully and as
well as the Democratic editors of the
country are doing theirs, we shall
have reason to be well satisfied with
our efforts.
Keep up the good work till election
night. Yours very truly,
NJ. @. WETMORE,
Chairman Finance Committee.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1908-10-16
SCHOOL NOTES.

Dave Whitaker, Grover Bryan and
Lula Belle suggs entered school this
week.
The Jeffersonian Debating Club de
bated the following question Monday:
Resolved, That the Tonbigbee river
should be opened to navigation
The first grade took a delightful
trip to the woods last Tuesday.
Miss Julia Eckford rendered Two
delightful piano solos in chapel Tues
day morning
Reports have been given out for
the first month
The Monroe County Teachers As
ISOLATION met at the school building
building last Saturday. About sixty
teachers were in attendance.
The Shakespearian Readers have
been reading Hamlet"
Miss Vivian McQuiston has consent
ed to coach the girls Basket Bal
team.
Brown EYES.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1908-10-16

The disposition on the part of
farmers to hold their cotton for bet
ter prices, while cOmmendable and
wise. puts a brake on business and
makes it hard for the merchant and
Others whose business is based on
the money crops of the country.
In this particular field, however.
conditions are favorable for the
farmer to hold his cotton indefinite
ly. First, many farmers in this
section are financially able to hold
themselves, others have landlords
and creditors who are willing to
hold for them, and yet others are
out of debt and are able to live in
dependent of the proceeds of their
cotton. Again. one of our banks
will advance to farmers, at small
interest. taking warehouse receipts
as collateral. Then the Farmers
Union warehouse companies have
arranged to advance on cotton
stored with them. So, if a Monroe
county farmer desires to hold his
cotton for a better price, he can
get all the help to do so in Aber-
deem, that he desires.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1908-10-16
To Property Owners

We wish TO cOrresp oud with reliable
parties having farm and timber lands
for sale. | am establishing business
for the exclusive sale of farm and
timber properties, no matter where
located nor " hat size and value.
If do not sell your property il will
not cost You one cent. However. /
only wish to list property at its real
value References:
Citizens National Bank,
Union Bank < Trust Co.
Merchants x Farmers Bank
Guarantee Loan, Trust
and Banking Company.
All of Meridian, Miss. also any bust
ness house in this city.
The Real Estate business is no ex-
pertinent with me, as / have been
actively engaged in il for the past
eight years Address
WALTER &. HODGES
Box 462, Meridian, Miss.
Please mention this paper. a2l-7t.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1908-10-16
Cotton Growers Mass Meeting.

Harvie Jordan and Richard Cheat
ham, President and Secretary OF the
Southern Cotton Association, respect
lively, are contemplating the calling
Of : cotton mass meeting. TO assemble
at Memphis. November l. The meet
ing wiIi re attended by producers OF
cotton and allied interests A similar
assembIage gave birth To the Cotton
Association at New Orleans in 1868.
when conditions depressed the price
of cotton much as they do now. These
gentlemen claim that much good was
accomplished then and since by the
Association, and that conditions now.
as then, demand concert of action TO
secure fair prices for cotton The laws
which govern the price of wheat, cot
ton. tobacco, or other crop. are so
complex and fugitive, that neither
the producer.o the one hand, nor
the Spectator on the other, has been
able to shape them altogether to his
interests.
If past experience has taught any
lesson worth considering as regards
the conflict waged between the pro-
ducers and the spectators, it has been
that neither can force d commodity
to sell for much more nor much less
than it is really worth to the world,
considering its supply and demand.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1908-10-16
Work of the w. c. T. u.

The W. c. 7. Z. has just closed
an enthusiastic State Session at
Corinth. This organization has
been a great blessing to the State
of Mississippi To its untiring ef-
forts, largely, may by attributed
the present moral condition of the
State, whatever that may be. The,
apparent condition is prohibition,
but those who take the trouble to
peer beneath the surface, find that
it is not so much prohibition as it
appears. The lawless, actuated by
greed, which the illegal vending Of
whiskey offers opportunity to satisfy
more than anything else. are plying
their vocation and pouring as much
mean whiskey down the Threats
Of 'thirsters" as ever before The
W. c. T. U. has banished the
saloon from the State. now it has
the equally arduous task of forcing
officers to do their duty, and blot
out the blacker smirch Of the blind
tiger, bootlegging etc. The W c..
T. L., composed of determined and
consecrated women, as it Is, il they
should branch off into this import
ant work, would soon rid the State
of such ruinous workers of iniquity,
and would plume their caps with a
feather whittier than the historic
white ribbon.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1908-10-16
Federal Court.

Up to Tuesday morning Of this
week, the Federal court was engag-
ed in trying minor cases for viola
tons Of the revenue laws.
Tuesday. the suit Of Perry Mitch
I'll by next Of Fin s.. the Illinois
Central Railroad Company was be-
gun. IN this suit damage Of S50.-
900 was sought to be recovered OF
the railroad company by the father
of Perry Mitchell, a four year old
child, who was run over and MAIN
ed by loose cattle car, on the side
track Of the company, at Acker-
man. about two years ago.
Perry. with several other chill
dren. was playing ON the track
when the loose car ran over him,
cutting of both feet, Gripping him
tor life
The plaintiffs were represented
by Daniel and Adams and Mr..
Dobbs of the Alderman bar The
attorneys for the railroad were E.
o. Sykes, Jr., and d. w. Houston
of Aberdeen, and Mr.. S. R. Hughs-
ton of Alderman. The suit termi-
mated, Wednesday, by the Court en-
tering a peremptory charge for the
railroad company. The appeal
bond was fixed at $500.
Wednesday at noon, Floyd NJ
Parker, a negro mail clerk, running
on the Mobile q Ohio Railroad be-
tween Tupelo and Union City. was
tried on the charge of purloining
money from the United States
mails. Populations had been going
on for some time on that link of the
mail service, so much so that the
postal authorities at Washington
detailed Postoffice Inspectors Fred
B. Ashton and J s. Lemen Of the
Chattanooga division, to investigate
/ the irregularities. Accordingly. these
| gentlemen worked the following
scheme and bagged the recreant
Parker:
They marked and numbered fou
ST bills, enclosing them in two let
tiers and mailing them at Corinth
They boarded the train which car
ried them out. At Artesia, they
made investigation of the mail cal
and found the letters missing On
arresting and searching Parker the
four marked 81 bills were found on
his person.
The testimony was conclusive, and
Parker was given a sentence of two
years in the penitentiary at Atlanta,
Georgia
Parker's defense was unique. and
so Characteristic of the negro race
that we cannot refrain from citing
/ that part Of tie whereby he sought
to explain how he came in posses
sion Of it marked bills He stated
that he received them in change foi
S. bill paid for chickens at Oko-
Iona. When a negro gets into
| trouble the chicken Is always mixed
up with it somehow.
The grand jury adjourned Tues
day morning and the court the day
following, at noon.
The session of the court disposed
of large amount of business, bur
few of the cases were of general in
| terest.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1908-10-16
Election TO Fill Vacancies in Of
fees of County Surveyor and
Coroner and Ranger.

Ry order of the Board of Supervi-
sors, at the October term, 1905 there
of, an election will be held at all vot-
ing precints of Monroe county, Mis-
sissippi, in connection with the gen
eral election. on TUESDAY, No
MEMBER 3, 1908, for a County Sur
veyor and a Coroner and Ranger OF
said county, to fill existing vacancies.
This 10th day of October 1905.
LON w. LOWE,
&. s. CLOPTON,
H. E. REYNOLDS,
Commissioners.
October Is, 190s.-3w
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1908-10-16

The American Spread eagle that
caps the dome of the State Capitol
building at Jackson has become the
roosting place for buzzards Every
evening at nightfall. according to
the Clarion Ledger, these
vultures flock and perch them
selves upon the proud bird. enact
ing a tableaux shocking to all
patriotic Jacksonites.
In olden times, such occurances
would he regarded with superstition
and construed literally to mean
that there IL something rotten"
in the State Capitol. But, in this
enlightened age. with such splendid
officials domiciled beneath the
American bird and, also. the buzz
yards, we can but take it as a
mere happen so, and hope that the
omen may soon be removed.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1908-10-16

Over confidence has always been
a failing of the Democratic party.
Some of the newspapers are claim
ing Ohio for Bryan. Such are false
hopes. Ohio is not to be consider
ed as even possibly Democratic this
time, and thought nor time should
he wasted on it. Work for those
States that can be won, the doubt
full States. There are several of
them.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1908-10-16

The New York woman who sue
ceeded in keeping house for two
husbands and enjoyed the distinc-
ton of being called Mrs. SO and so
in one neighborhood. and Mrs.
something else in an another. is the
newest new woman extant. Woman
is a progressive creature, but when
her progress embraces more than
one husband. the foundations OF So
ciety tremble.