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The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-10-08
A Lifetime Friend Pays
Tribute to the One Armed Hero

his mother and knew them to be good
and honarble people, and hundreds of
Ilving- people, both men and. women.
Will verify my statement. a
never gave him any office, neither did
but his competencys6 fiji the different
offices handed to hun by the voters of
MS state did give him an office or Of
ftces and he has filled them with hon
or to himself and to his constituents.
Now IL the supporters of the anti
amendment measure that is submitted
to us should come forward and help
your cause by helping your editor. T.
H. Brown, who has been in the fight
for your liberties and who has stood
by you In all the trials that have been
brought on you in this matter by
lot of hot-headed fanatics, If you are
behind with your subscription, renew
al once. Don't let your paper stop II
something else goes undone.. for tell
you that your liberty is at stake and
we should do everything in our power
to keep things going In, the right di-
to keep himself posted on this amend
ment question in order that he may
be able to intelligently pass onl IL the
day of the election and to do this we
must keep reading and informing sour
selves Our amendment brethren, seem
TO be on the run when we get close
IN behind them they have to admit
that IL they get Section Q, of the pro
posed amendment in the Constitution
that 1t gives the police power to search
our premises on mere suspicion, but In
the same breath they tell us that there
is no danger in this being done Now
listen brother. officers love money.
and before you vote for the proposed
amendment you think of the 81 the of
ficers get for plundering your home
and imagine yourself in this predica-
ament standing in your home watch
ing the officers turning your wives
beds upside down, going through your
n oh nr 30 vi af InAh
ing everything In your home to pieces
Will you do 1t? Can you afford to do
1t? God forbid
(Signed) ]. II. Edwards.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-10-08
LIVE II YEARS UNDERGROUND.
Brood ~ of the So-CaIled Locust
GarnSHinfr Ifnds.r Our Feet.

Brood u of the SO-CaIted LOcusfs
Growing Under Our Feet.
One OF the Insect marvels is the life
story of the ,cicada. commonly and err
roneously called. the seventeen-year To-
Gust. The famous brood twenty-five
appeared in the summer of 1902. 1t
extended over a territory from Long
Island west to Wisconsin and south to
Georgia. No harm is done by these in
their eggs In punches in the soft twigs
of trees. But 1t does not hurt tree to
lose goodly number of its twigs
once in seventeen years. The next
visitation vista of these insects is duo in
It is interesting to note that brood
twenty-five has generation of young
sters developing. right under our feet,
are seven years old this year and have
ten years yet to grow before they
come to light as winged adult insects.
gins when the females flock to the
treetops and lay their egg masses In
the twigs. In a few weeks the eggs
hatch and the fat,antlike larvae wrig-
gle out and fall to the ground. I'M
face and establish themselves each
alone in little chamber near the root
of some plant.
follow the insects feed upon humus-
possibly also or sap from rootlets. The
front legs are developed into tools like
cutting Jaws TOT DurroWlns ana GET
ting food
The insect mouths it's skin five times
during It's life underground. These
changes occur during the second
fourth eleventh and fifteenth years
when the seventeenth year is reached
ambition of new sort Is born. The
creature, now pupa. crawls to tn,
surface of the ground. sometimes eel
ebrating the great day by building
chimney of earth and crawling out o.
this special exit into the open for thu
| final moult.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-10-08
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1909.
aYoUR GOVERNOR WILL PARDON
YOU.r

This is what Governor Conner says
to the country" women who make
Blackberry cordial or scuppernong
wine.
That certainly is refreshing to those
Interested. But he did not say any
thing about what would precede the
time when he could act. He did not
say a word about spies or enemies
who could, or would, give information
as to the making OF these household
remedies; about the forcible search Of
the houses; about the possible arrest
and humiliation of some of the best
women on earth: about their being
hailed before a court and tried for q
crime: about the cost of the defense;
about their conviction and being
branded, as a criminal and bailed out.
After all that. then. humble yourself
by begins fine" for a pardon. and
ssT' will turn you loose.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-10-08
SCARED LEADERS
DODGE THE ISSUE
Colonel Troy Writes of Remarkable
Distortion of The Law to Save
The Politicians.

Editor The Advertiser:
1t appears to me that Judge Weak
ley was peculiarly unfortunate in his
allusion to the wolf cry" in his let
ter to the Huntsville paper. from
which letter l quote the following:
THE truth is this cry about the
possible invasion of the home Is mere
ly the old wolf cry that the liquor
interests and those in sympathy with
them have raised in every campaign
that has ever been conducted in this
state for the destruction of either the
dispensary or the saloon"
Judge Weakley should have read
the wolf cry" story to the end. and
he would then have discovered that
the wolf really did come and not only
came. but in spite Of the cries of the
boy, destroyed the sheep.
amendment the wolf has come-he
may appear in sleeps clothing as In
Brooks Lawrence or as one who looks
one way and works another. as In
Governor Conner, who approved bill
making II a misdemeanor for woman
in Alabama to make wine and then
says, ii she is convicted, he will par
| don her. but it is wolf all the same,
and now ready to destroy the sheep,
that is. strike down the personal
liberty of the citizens of this state.
Judge Weakley may take pride in
having this amendment called The
Weakley Amendment" but his pride
will be of short duration. The people
are aroused and the amenders may
now see. the handwriting on the wall"
The day of fanaticism and Brooks
Lawrence domination in the affairs
which concern us locally rs drawing
to a close In Alabama"
Governor Conner may tell the people
that the prohibition laws now on the
statute books do not prevent them
from making cordial and wine, but he
knows better. Judge Weakley may
tell them that by the amendment,
there is no thought of the invasion of
the home but will he tell them, that
If it is adopted, a Legislature could
not declare that the home was a place
in which liquors should not be kept.
and then under the Fuller bill, sub
ject to invasion and search?
No one ever heard of this amend
ment until the interview given to the
press by Brooks Lawrence on the 4th
day of July last. in which he declared,
IT the court decisions against us are
even well founded on constitutional
inhibition, Che was then commenting
on decision of the Supreme Court
of Alabama, holding that liquor was
property then the people or Alabama
Will change the constitution OF the
State to meet the situation.
Judge Weakley may defend 1t II ne
can, but the ignominy OF Its origin
must belong to Brooks Lawrence. But
Judge Weakley says 1t is not aimed
at the home. We'll let us see II II ism t.
Section 4 of the Fuller Dill tealled
the Weakley bill No. % is as Iollows
That the keeping Of liquors or
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Communal Life in Caves.

chicago news.
OF the curious customs observed by
the yeddas, or wild people of, ceylon. a
meet us and led the way to the caves.
which were completely hidden by a
thicket. On a rocky platform In front
of the cave the men all surrounded us,
shouting to their women TO come and
see their white sister-in-law' or
Cousin Veddas have always been re-
reputation we are able to indorse. Each
community has its own hunting ground.
and adheres strictly to its own game
rights. Upon each hunting ground
there are aNnumber of caves and rock
shelters. and the families of the com
throughout the year. as the presence
of game, honey, yams, or FISH demands
The big caves are communal property
the smaller caves usually belonging to
single families; bait even in the COM
munal caves each family has its par
ticular place, In which Its members
sleep, cook. eat, and keep all their
belongings.
Each family respects the privacy
of its neighbors. few feet of the cave
floor as faithfully as IL partition walls
existed; only the children roam all
over the cave at will. Food however.
seemed to be public property, for one
with every one present in the cave
This may probably be explained as FOL
lows: The communal caves are stu
ated in common hunting ground
therefore, all the game. yams, iguanas,
or honey brought in from the common
land is the property of the community,
not of the man wro procures It.
Il have stated that the smaller caves
are usually private property. 1t would
probably be more correct to say that
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-10-08
GROSS INJUSTICE,

There is rigid rule of the POST
office Department for the admission of
newspapers to the benefits of the Sec
ond class postage rates. II this was
not so. any man who wanted to ex-
plot a scheme or venture could get up
so-called paper and mail 1t at the
rate allowed for legitimate day by day
and week by week newspapers. This rule
applies, or should. to any ephemeral
affair published for a few weeks, not
to be sent to regular and paying sub
scribers but to any and everybody free
of cost. Under the rules OF the post
office such papers should pay the reg
ular postage rate exacted of merchants
and business people in sending out
their printed matter. such as circulars,
etc. We have received copy of a pa =
per called The Covington County APP
peal. 1t does not publish any rate of
subscription whatever and in its in
troductory article says:
The Covington County Appeal goes
into three thousand Covington county
homes this week. 1t will continue to
go into that many homes each week
until after the November election.
The Appeal is not established as a
financial venture. Its promoters have
no financial ends to serve by the pub
lication of a newspaper. On the con-
trary, they propose to spend several
hundred dollars within the next two
months in order that The Appeal may
be sent to the voters of this county.
This is plain admission that 1t is
not a newspaper in any sense, but a
publication for free circulation and
should go into the postofice on like
| terms with business affairs. 1t makes
no difference whether paper OF the
temporary type of The Appeal is for
or against the proposed amendment
they should not be put on a par as to
postal advantages with those who
work day by day in the legitimate
publication of their papers. To al
low such papers to go through the
malls as regular newspapers is gross
injustice to those who have made in
vestments in their plants and who ex.
pect to continue business long after
the November election.
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The Maine Democrat, published al
Waterviile. makes this emphatic and
unqualified editorial assertion. THE
prohibition law never yet has been en-
forced all over Maine" That is put
ting 1t very mildly and conservatively
II we may judge by the reports of the
numerous cases of drunkenness In the
cities Of that State. From reading
these reports an outsider would ma
turally come to the conclusion that
the prohibition law is not enforced al
all; at least in the large cities.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-10-08

stitution and Interstate Commerce to
check the "Amenders," in their inten-
tions though denied or yelled.
Section 2. Nothing in the Constt-
tuition of Alabama shall be construed
to prevent the Legislature under po-
lice power from designating places
where such liquors may not be stored
or kept.
Now IL this section does not refer
to homes, what does Judge Weakley's
speech mean? II you can't ever make
any wine or whiskey in the State and
can never have any shipped into the
State from North or South 1--WE pre-
sumo East and West will be added to
make ii Fuller please some one tell
MS what the amenders do mean by this
mean" Sec, 2.
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Marion Standard.

Marion Standard.
Col. j. T. .Murfee. now of Tusca-
loosa. formerly of Marion, has recently
celebrated his 76th birthday. 1t has
been truthfully said that mo educa-
tor in Alabama has done more for the
cause of education and Christia:ity in
Alabama than Colonel Murfee. Many
hundreds who have sat at his feet will
thank God as long as they live for
him. The churches and schools OF
Marion and all his friends join in con;
graduation on his 18th birthday and
wish him and his wife every JOY and
blessing.
This This recurrence n, to the h, birthday Of +
deeds in the interest of church and
education. recalls to mind the eloquent
speech of Senator Moody delivered on
chairmanship of the recent conference
held in Montgomery. Mr.. Moody said:
Gentlemen of the convention: It
may be that my voice Will not be suf-
skirts of this vast audience, and there
fore If 1t is agreeable to you, would
be glad If you would keep as quiet as
possible under the circumstances.
you sincerely and heartily for the
compliment you have paid my town,
and myself, by asking me to preside
over your deliberations.
This is indeed a notable gathering.
1t is one of the largest conferences or
conventions that has met in the city
of Montgomery in many years, but 1t
is notable, however, on account OF It's
personnel. The sobriety, the intelli-
gence and the thoughtfulness dis
played in the faces of those before me
Is a marked feature of this occasion
you have come. gentlemen. from
all parts of the state "From my
own town we have sent up as COOL
delegation as the county could afford
sixteen or seventeen men. selected
from the mercantile and professional
pursuits of life, agricultural and
otherwise.
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London, Sept 25.-The best grade of
whte s wso bSys the soar
worth at time. or less. from four to
four and half cents a pound The
same sugar costs the housekeeper VINO
where II is grown. from Ia to "a
cents. The American housekeeper can
get sixteen pounds of sugar for 400
rhs ~ sssr e gh buy
ty-five pounds of the same sort OF
sugar. and this includes the freight
across the sea. The mythical consum-
to the American Sugar refining Com
pany and its allies OF 1.9 cents on ev.
cry pound Of sugar ne uses The tarin
reyisIonists in the recent session con-
sidered the tariff on refined sugar ex-
orbitant and the administration st 1rmed
about TIL the duty was reduced from
si.ss cents to 1.so cents a pound. II
the first cost Of sugar you would hnd
that you are paying bounty of a
little short of 100 per cent on every
less Important than to know that the
Bffton,s after bringing his sugar far
across the sea. gets twenty-five POUNDS
OF 1t Tor his dollar. with which you
can buy sixteen pounds.
There are different grades OF sugar,
OF course. From the best housekeepers
and storekeepers in various parts OF
pie articles of domestic consumption.
Lump sugar, I'd a cents); 2 lid a 1-2
cents); granulated (best quality 1-4d
a 1-2 cents); brown rs a cents); cubes
or blocks 2 L. Is cents) is the way the
prices run where there is no bounty to
the trust.
The Briton can get rice from his
stores for from Ave to six cents a
pound. A housekeeper In South Caro-
lima. the original home of the rice
grower in America tells me her rice
costs her ten cents a pound. The duty
on rice in our downward revised tar
If Is two cents a pound Cleaned" and
Ia cents a pound "uncleaned."
Once more. the British housekeeper
can buy fourteen pounds of BEST Am.
erican -four" for two shilllngs. That
means that the equivalent of one dollar
will buy here twenty-nine and one
sixth pounds of the very best grade Of
white -four. I don't know how much
of the same quality Of -four your dollar
Is buying there now, but when l left
home Just before the new tarin went
into effect, IS would buy Darrell of
1876 pounds. For a single dollar l think
you could then buy about twenty-five
pounds. Try now and see how much
In the revision downward" there is a
duty Of rs per cent on all -four. besides
25 cents bushe1 on wheat. and new
duty now added on biscuits and other
breadstuffs. The Briton has no such
tax to pay on what he eats. A pound
package OF soda, by the way, costs in
America 5 cents. Here IL Is a ha'penny
Gone cent?. There is tax all op and
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-10-08
Zach McGhee Writes of
Trade and Tariff in England

!. down the line in our country on chem.
|sicais, the specific duty on bfscarhonate
rSsse are bat es ssw Of
prices Of the necessaries Of life In this
country as compared with those In our
upon S,,s which there are hga pro-
the duty on any particular articles that
makes the article high. or as they say
In England. dear" owing to. the COM
groceries for his own table. his clothes.
rent, gas. electric light household
goods, and such things as car fares.
dentits' bills. BARRIERS. and so forth, the
grocer is able to get along with less
profit on what he sells. And so 1t IL
1t Is true. are about the same price
here as in some places In America
There Is no way to compare the prices
and comparative prices on meat would
mean little. for the very good reason
that these things vary SO much In. dit
butter in Washington for 60 cents q
pound, the best COW butter" which in
South Carolina could at the same time
be had for Is cents 1 have hay bought t
same season, time within few days.
but from different butchers. at IS and
IS cents. But the same general rule
spei they are ali from q. 10 50 per
cent cheaper in Britain than In other.
cities of the same size and markets or
the same class in our country, Besides
the duty on meat, the price is Of course
affected by the duties on everything
the butcher and the shopkeeper have
to buy
Now. Americans do not always find
living SO cheap here, especially they
are tourists or sojourers. A few days
ago I was talking with an American
sojourner in one OF these cities.
1.-THE cost of living. well. II is just
this" he said. IF You have the same
things and live In the same way. 1t
costs you Just the same here as at
home All this talk of living cheaper
here is the merest tommyrot."
Upon Investigation 1 discovered that
this man lived in hotel which caters
to tourists. particularly Americans,
and charges accordingly; What he says
regarding the same things Is un,
doubtedly true. II living In England
you insist on having American made
shoes or hats, or American made tooth
picks, you must pay for transporting
these across the ocean in addition TO
paying the duty to the American pro-
Queer. II Furthermore you want your
six oysters bejeweled in seven bushels
of ice and your beefsteak surrounded
by half acre of grass, why. you must
pay for that also and pay even more
IL you insist on American made Ice ana
American grown grass. But that has
nothing to do with the cost, of living.
that's the cost of tomfoolery, which is
doubtless pretty much the same the
world over
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Linwood, Ala, Sept. 20.

Linwood, Ala. Sept. 20.
Editor Troy Herald:
and have been through Its contents
hurriedly and find some things that
make our heart glad and some things
that make our heart sad. Yes our
the news of the death of our esteemed
and highly respected friend, John Post.
May God bless and comfort his family
We see Charles Henderson Is out in
somewhat a lengthy letter which Is
self-explaining. In fact any man with
comprehend its full meaning, ad all OF
our people who have been keeping up
with the affairs of the state can APP
preciate the truthfulness of this letter,
who do not agree with their radical
views, as undesirable citizens. Some
will not indorse the sentiment of Mr..
Henderson's letter. however, we think
would read the Scripture that Mr.. Hem
derson cited them to.
How inconsistent some men can be
as Kyle B. Price did about the Hon.
William c. Oates. We think 1t high
time for the manhood of this State to
rise up and resent such assertions by
putting their seal of condemnation on
men of Mr.. Prices calibre,. together
with the damnable stuff he Is suppos-
ed to represent. 1t is not my inten-
ton to undertake TO de1end MIR. oates
in any sense Of the word further than
his noble service for his State and
country bespeak for him. He has been
tried as by fire and has never been
weighed in the balance and found want
ing.
Now we will say for the benefit of
Mr.. Price and his Northern immigrant
associate that Mr.. Oates got that
sleeve that he referred to as emptied,
when on duty defending what he DEEM
ed to he q lust cause and bV no means
did he lose that dear old arm In a
gambling room. II has been my pleas
ure to know the Hon. William c. Oates
all of my life. I knew his father and
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Missionary Steamboat.

FlttSDurg GaZette-IlmeS.
One of the interesting features in
connection with the coming centennial
of the Disciples of Christ, to be held
In this city in october. will be the
dedication of a steamboat. to be used
for missionary purposes on the River
Congo in Africa.
This boat. which is being built by
James Rees Sons Company, of Du-
quesne way, is one of the strongest
and finest river boats ever built for
such purposes, 1t is named the Oregon
in honor of the missionary society of
the State of oregon that paid for it's
construction, and will cost $4,000 II
will be finished here and then ship
ped to the far distant point in Africa
at Bolengi on the Congo, where there
is a mission church of the Disciples Of
over 500 members.
AS the boat is being built each tim
Der and beam is being marked under
the direction of the Rev. r. S. Will
son. missionary to Africa. who is fol-
lowing closely the construction OF the
boat. 1t will cost $1,000 to take the
boat to pieces, ship 1t to the Congo
and set 1t up again.
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4 As a rule the men who are so much
home. being invaded under prohibit
the sanctity of the home when whis-
key enters to despoil and to drive its
inmates to despair. The real friends
throw every chain they can around
the neck of the whlskey demon. We
believe that most of the voters recog-
the zsth OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS Lead
Ter.
The above is respectfully referred
TO Gov. B. B. Conner. Chief Mogul of
the Amendment forces. who in public
speeches promises pardon to those who
may be convicted of violating certain
licly proclaims that every home can be
legally turned into veritable liquor
house under the present laws by hav-
ing barrels of whiskey on the home
grounds to be dished out to all who
may come. Not much throwing of the
.'chain around the whiskey demon" in
such declarations, Yet they fall from
the lips of the Governor who is seek
ing to show how liberal the Weakley-
Fuller and kindred laws are in the
way of turning down the saloons and
opening up the homes to the giving
away of liquor. Carried to legitimate
conclusion you must shut up the sa-
looms and carry the drink habit and
drink qualification to your own do
mains for the benefit of all you may
bid to enter. -
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are beating the bush and out Herod-
ing Herod In trying to show that II
ouor can be used and wines manufac.
tured In Alabama to any extent. II
these contentious are true then the re-
suit 10 that saloons are closed and the
home turned into drinking hell. Bet
ter put the whole crew out Of busi-
ness and vote down the amendment
whose chief advocates are trying ia
deceive the people.
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The time has perhaps not actually
arrived when a fellow can order and
cd, but 1t lacks but little of II In
some sections of the country. We are
told that there are places In Tennes-
see where man can go to a dealer
and order case of liquor from Ken
lucky or Ohio and get 1t in a few min
utes.