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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-26
The Fulierlicker" BiH---Is
 if LalOmaking or Lunacy?

nuor license is proof of the guilt of the holder of the license is. perhaps. not the crowning absurdity of the Alaba: and nice sense of the humorous val ues. would be required to pick out tha crowning absurdity of that demon wal topfng measure.
 What are the other dozen nearly as strong" clauses? Let the publica- ton of each and all of them be hurrI- cd that the gayety of the nations may be contributed to- and a dull world fiil- ed for a day with gurgling laughter.
 The Montgomery correspondent ot the Associated Press has this to say: Aiter heated colloquy today with speaker carmicheal. Representative his personal protest against the Fuller prohibition blll spread on the journal of the house. The protest of MT. Hoff- man Is also against the paid lobbyists of the prohibition measures. Incident ally. MT. Hoffman in his protest quot ed Governor Corners message to the In this message the governor recon mended that lobbying should be proht- bited by law and urged that the name of of every paid lobbyist and the amount
 Why was the miserable. Hoffman al. lowed to smear the archives of Ala bama with his fnvidious observations upon the bill and the methods by which to smudse the annals Of of the he grand grand. oldstate" with q to-be-printed account of how one of the unregenerate bucked against the inevitable, upon the very edge of the epoch of sinlessness7 Why was not debate--or the capital append age of the kicker--cut on before a proud commonwealth was humiliated by the exposure of the disgraceful fact that there was a Hoffman within her borders? .1g
 The Rev Samuel A. Peters. whose toryism necessitated his flight to Eng Revolution. wrote in his .'General His tory of Connecticut" an account of the blue laws of New Haven colony. note- ble for spiteful exaggeratfon. It contained nothing more ridiculous than the Alabama law, enacted in this day to force one segment of society to adopt rules of personal conduct pro- mulgated by another segment. King Kamehameha III of Hawaii, who pro- mulgated his blue laws more than a half century later than the tory minis acted under the influence of well-mean- ing missionaries whose Ideas were puritanical and whose ancestors were. in part, Puritans. He hardly went as far as the Twentieth century Alabama lawmakers in looping off the rights stomachs and souls.
 The ''Fullerlicker' bill would be an alarming invasion of individual rights if there were the slightest prospect of its surviving 2 test in court and being enforced. But because there Is amusing, if ones sense of humor is greater than his interest in the sanity of our deliberate bodies, and somewhat discouraging if the reverse is true.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-26
Conference Called.

Mobile Daily Item.
 Now that the voters of Alabama have in the year to decide If prohibition shall be engrafted into the constitution of the state, those who are opposed to such ex- treme measures should not overlook the call that they have a serious proposition be- fore them.
 The legislature of Alabama. during Its present session. has eneced laws against liquors more drastic than any yet placed upon the statute books of any state and they would seek to make these laws per petual through the consultation. Those op- posing this movement are called upon to get together and in the coming month will be expected to attend a conference at Mont gomery. have representatives there who will speak for them Those who are linked in the call are among the most prominent men in Alabama. and Mobiles quota are men of broad judgment. liberal views and who are willing to stand out in the open and speak their convictions and, in fact, have already had their say as to tho drastic prohibition measures enacted by the legtsla- ture of Alabama.
 Aside from those whose names were men the conference, there are hundreds of other good men in this city and section who are opposed to the results sought by the fram- CTS of the resolution calling the special election.
 The Item would beg to suggest that a egation selected to represent this city and county at the conference-men who are not afraid to speak out for the pest interests Of the city. county and state. There should be no delay in this matter The conference is set for early in the month and Mobile. who has much at stake in the issue, should be among the first to act as regards secar- ing a strong delegation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-26
Bequeaths Farm te Lord.

Kansas City Star.
 And old history of Randolph county Missouri, gives an account of q re- markable deed executed in that county in 1850 in which God was made the grantee. The person who was not will ing to beQueath his farm to any human being was as farmer. Johnson Wright The instrument was acknowledged and recorded in the records of the Circuit Court This was the unique deed:
 This indenture made and entered into the 9th day of June. A D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty. be- tween Johnson Wright and Eliza Jane. his wife. of the county of Randolph, and the State of Missouri of the first part, and the Government the chief administrators, King of Rlgh teousness. the Sun. the Fountain of Life. to the General Assembly and Church of the First Born. which ar0 written in heaven andeto God, the Judge of all. and to the spirits of just men made perfect, and to Jesus. Mediator of the New Covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaketh better things than that of Abel. because he died for us-being in the county of Randolph and State of Missouri, to wit:
 "The following thact of land-the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter, also the north half of the southwest quarter of section twenty eight, township ifty-six, range fifteen containing one hundred and twenty acres of land, to have and to hold. and It's appurtenances thereunto, and every. thing wherein there is breath of life The first party, their heirs and assigns do warrant and defend the title. of said land, unto the second party. which is the Sun of Life, free and clear from al' other claims by or through us or any other person."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-26
Learning From a Negro.

StarkVIIIe Southern Farm GaZette.
 We ran across an old negro the other day who can neither read nor write. but who has kept his eyes open. and has reached some progressive conclu- sions that ought to make some of our white farmers rather ashamed of themselves by comparison.
 When he hauled his cotton to market the other day. this negro got 6 bet ter price per pound than our white farmers have been getting. because the buyer said 1t was about the best bale that he had seen this season. The old negro never lets a bale He out in the weather. but keeps 1t housed. and when he gins his cotton he always instructs the Rinner to put good bagsing on 1t;
 T have always noticed" said the old thing that looks nice and good, no mat
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-26
STILL DEBATING IT.

The question When is man drunk causes The Augusta Herald to t1ilate at some length by way of ex- pIanation and definition. After noting some of the opinions expressed by The Advertiser and other papers it says:
 And yet the question does not seem to be such a hard one to decide, if It he properly defined and understood The man who has lost both legs Is a cripple, and the man who has lost the half of one foot Is also a cripple. Every man who Is maimed in any degree is n cripple. The man who has passed his regular dinner time an hour Is hun gry. and the man who has been com- nelled to fast three days is hungry: There Is difference in the degree of hunger which Is gnawing at their vlt- als respectively, but both are hungry
 So with the condition of drunken ness The man who Is drunk to the extent of utter helplessness is dead drunk. The man who has imbibed un- til he wallows in the gutter Is beast ly drunk. The man who has swallow wants to fight somebody is fighting drunk. The man who has tanked up on gooA Hauor to the stage of hilari- ousness is gloriously- drunk. and pass drunk Rut all are drunk. the kind and degree Of their drunk depending .,r the kind and quantity of liauor swallowed. and the physical condition of the drinksr.
 A line without a single wabble fn it Is a straight line. The least devia tion from this makes 1t crooked. d. though there fs infinite variety in the with soherness and drunkenness. This latter Is the effect produced mon the nervous system by alcohol in the stom- ach These effects begin as soon as AN L.. AA.w and to this extent the person Is drnrk
 A man is drunk when he Is not ab- snlutely sober. He may have swal- only feel the exhils~ating effect But he is not sober. He is not beastly trunk; he is not dead drunk: hA is not Tloriouslv drunk. B't he ls not he is drunk
 Some will say that this settles it. but there will be others who will have their own opinions just the same. It is a question that may become of ab- sorbing interest in the prohibition states. where men will continue to drink too much. just as they have al- ways done, and of course the officials OL tno law VIII De c0Nnpelle0 10 LAkS notice of 1t. They will not only want to know where the man got his booze. but will ask if he was drunk. and then who will be competent to give a sat isfactory reply? No one. we suspect.
 Then. supposing the .Id%e to make up his mind that the prisoner at the bar was drunk. and should put anoth- CT question. and ask what the man got drunk on, and the reply would be, whiskey. Then he would ask. what Is whiskey? and that would involve the case still deeper. He would in all probability be overwhelmed with learned and varied disquisitions and would find himself worse tangled than before. There may be experts who can tell with convincing clearness what whiskey is. and when a man is drunk. but we have not the pleasure of their acquaintance.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-26

Louisville Courier-Journal.
 The anti,lfquor bill that bears the aims aims at t the he ariaity of # that state has passed the senate and will soon be- come law. IL is described as the most drastic prohibition measure up. on the statute books of any state. and the most drastic one ever passed by state legislature" In point of vigor, and scope. the ''Fulleriicker" bill lacks
 The dispatches from Montgomery describe the new law as fallows:
 The measure forbids the possession own innocence before any evidence against him is introduced. makes the use of the word saloon a crime. bars boards and signs and holds that even the possession of . federal liquor lfc- ense Is an absolute proof of guilt in
 ''The bill has a dozen other nearly as strong clauses. and the only amend ment made was the one striking out state of all newspaper or magaxines which contain liquor advertisements"
 Is this law.making or iunacy? It should interest psychologists. and so- nothing to do with "ologists" or "olo- gies." to consider the case of state with its official mind unhinged. For number which must relate to the pas sage of sanity in Alabama, rather than to the passing of the law. Against the bill were recorded the votes of half q dozen legislators. Whether these
 wsre antnroaSisioniints affiliation. The Courier Journal con- fesses 1t Is not advised. That they voted against legislative absurdity can hardly be questioned.
 In the so-called strength" of the provisions of the bill lies It's weakness. innocence" is a new method of arriv- ing at results. and one somewhat at variance with the intention of the fed eral constitution, and with the letter of that valuable instrument, which says property or liberty without due process of law. That the accused shall be pre- sumed innocent until proven guilty Is the cornerstone of the structure of criminal law, and the state of Aiaba- ma can hardly overthrow it by a revo- lutlonary doctrine evolved by fanatical them in the category of outlaws. The dispatches do not explain with defnitenes what use of the word ''sa- loon" constitutes 8 crime. A bill which proposes to convict Q man of an in- fraction of the law without proving make 1t Q misdemeanor. or a felony. for a citizen of Alabama to say that there are saloons in Kentucky. or that there were saloons in Alabama before the passage of the "F'ulleriicker" bill. Whats the right of free speech com tate to all men rigid rules of personal conduct for the improvement of their morals7
 That the possession of a federal u-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-26
Pellagra--Not Established
 That # Comes From Bad Meal

rays. as. the back of the hands, feet, face and neck; There is usually. or rule the fever stands in the back ground. Nervous manifestations are various and serious, frequently mental disease. should death fail 10 interrupt the process before reaching that stage. Now malaria may cause any or all of some cases, being in degree slmn- lated, as where it is accompanied with herpes zoster when restricted to tho ton IS localized in pellagra Is no dis proof of It's parasitic origin, and may be as hard to explain as Is the gigantic blocking of lymphatics by Y. Site called iliarie, which is injected into the circulation of man by the mosquito.
 ii is quite significant that the on. treatment that has proven of any ser vice in chronic forms of malaria. tsths treatment of most service in .pellagra.
 In view of the great mutabflity of all theories, one must be ever cautious in accepting themI unless by the aiivance- lnent of science they are placed among many decades under the mistaken eti- oIogy of bad air" or miasm. in fact from this derived its name. and since 1t the disease is absolutely due to blood parasite (plasmodium malariae( ma- Iaria Is now a misnomer. should any IurIneF IaEtS pc uiSClOSCu ds IO ehO cause of malaria it will merely be an addition to science. and willy in no wise weaken the present accepted views.
 It is true that the specific organism has as yet not been determined, but this may be due to staining difficulties as was the case in yellow fever ana many other diseases.
 Until something more definite i1 learned of the cause and dissemination of pelIagra, I am strongly of the opin- ion that pellagrous patients should be securely screened from the bites of mosquitoes. This Is not intended as a suggestion to those in charge of such cases for am confident that all neces- sary precaution Is being taken by them but a few doubtful cases may never fession. Just as malarial patients car-- fy with them the blood parasite-hem ma meba--and the same may be transmit ted to others through the agency of the mosquito, acting as the dehnttive host SO may It be possible for pellagrous patients to have in their blood some form of parasite, or protozoas which when infected into the human body cause dennite symptoms of peilagra.
 The best interests of our section, ana of the country generally. require tha! a commodity of such necessary ana universal use should not be condemned except upon the most satisfactory sci- entihc proof, and l merely oner the foregoing suggestions with the hope and belief that further investigations will relieve the producers ana conSum. CTS of corn from the losses the present theory will entail:
 August 25. 1909.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-26
Germany. F.n.neIsl stra,t..

Review of Reviews.
 A consolidated imperial debt of 4.- 233.500,000 marks (more than sl,000,- o00.e0o), involving an annual interest charge of lt7.7oo.ooo marks: a deficit of 1S4,s00.000 marks In a tweive-month h of profound peace. with the certain prospect of a shortage yet larger in the year to come. the floating of loan of 32o,000,0o0 marks, in part at the re- markable rate of 1 per cent; a sum- mary call from the Government for in- creased taxation to produce an addi- tionai revenue of 600.00o.0o0 marks per yer--these are some of the big facts in the present day financial situ- ation of the most militant and the most progressive nation of Europe. They are not accidents. They are not the fruits of wastefulness or corruption. They are merely the inevitable concom- ftants of an attempt to launch, in an era of unparalleled international pro- digality. a new and preponderatinE world power.
 The external aspects of the thirty eight years of daring enterprise that has brought the German empire to the dubious pass in which 1t today finds itself are familiar enough to every- body. In 1871 the empire possessed no navy worthy of the name: today the Kaiser's fleet ranks second among the admiralties of Europe, and every move at aggrandizement is watched apprehensively by the premier naval power of the world. In 1871 Germany boasted not one square mile of out lying territory; today she is the mis- tress of a colonial empire comprising an estimated extent of 1,027,620 square miles (two-thirds the area of China) and . population of above 12,000.o00 The empire maintains an army which is universally recognized as the worlds most splendid fighting machine. It has built up an elaborate and costly sys- tenn whereby 1t ensures its citizens against sickness. accident, unemploy- ment. old age and invalidity. It car ries e formidable civil and military pension roll. And it has developed one of the most hmighly specialized corps of civil service officials in the world.
 The departure from the comparative frugality of the early days came about 1885. when Germany for the first time went over definitely to policy of CO., lonial and naval aggrandizement. By 1888 the yearly expenditure had risen to 740.000.00o marks; by 1898, to i,380,- 000.000 In the decade 18S9-1e08 1t rose to 2,432. 2.o00,000 And the budget for the current year contemplated an outlay of 2,S65.400.000 marks. During the twenty years from 1888 to 1908, while the population of the empire was increasing by 1So per cent. the impe- rial budget was augmented by 230 per cent. Part of this vast increase has been occasioned. of course, by the ex- tension of the civil service and other inevitable demands of the sort. but very large share of it has been in be- half of the army, the navy. and the colonies.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-26
August 25. 1909.
Joe COIley.

Troy Herald. ,,.,.. about four miles southwest of brun- didge, is one of the mo6t progressive farmers in the south. That may De saying a good deal but we can demon strale 1t. .
 MT. Colley started out g few years ago without money or Influence, eA cept what is natural for an hohorsDne ,n young farmer to have. He has sue ceeded perhaps beyond his most san guine anticipalions. He now owns more than zoo acres of fine farming land, and this year he planted In oats IO7 acres. He owns all the modern improved machinery, such as culuVat, ors grain drills. mowers, reapers anu thrashers, in fact everything m tne found on a well regulated farm North
 MT. Colley made on sixty acres of or $3,6O0, besides the straw which Is worth $500 per ton. He raises an abundance of corn. meat & ana ground peas, in fact. everything that IS usn- We understand that he is out of debt. which fs usually the case with far mer who raises his own supplies at
 MT. >CoIey not only has a model farm but Il model country home. Every house on his place is painted and we'll fixed for the comrSrt tha. or ms ,n ,enan,s a,er to To any place on his premises where 1t nrenaises are lighted with. Acetylene gas thai gives the place the appear ance of well-lighted village al night:
 We have purposely said nothing ahout the big cotton crops made annu- aily on his farm Our object is to try and show our farmers that they can make money out of other things than
 Pike county is the garden spot of the worlr MT Colley's farming beats Texas or any other place in the West.
 We may have something more to say about his farm later. What he is doing you can do. And keep in mind that his success is due to raising hfa own sunDlieS.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-26
Down the Lane.

 Down the Old Lane together, come, dear let us wander Where the mocking bird whistles his sweet roundelay, Where the wild rose Is nodding, where the wistaria's dreaming. Where the breezes caress and blow your curls astray. Come let us go, where our vows we may plight, Where your sweetheart eyes are with love allght.
 H. Down the Old Lane together, for sum- mer Is dying, Soon will the flowers and birds dis appear. Come let us hasten, the crescent moons hanging Far up in the sky and the twilight is near. Come say good-bye, though 1t gives us pain, Though we part tonight we may meet again. --P. H. A.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-26
Go The Limit.

Selma Times
 Alabama, The Memphis Commercial Appeal grows rather sarcastic.
 It says: We must say that we rather admire the dauntless nerve of the Alabama statesmen. If you are going to be a fanatic. be g fanatic. If you are going to be fool. be darn fool Fuller of Bibb, Sock Thompson of Tuskegee. and other immortals have legislated against near-beer and far beer, against coca-cola and all its kinds, against coffee and tea and be- fore the Legi stature adJourns we would suggest that they lift a hand against sweet milk, butter milk and water. and that the watermelon be deadly fluid. If Alabama Is to go dry, let her be as dry as one of Corners speeches"
 From the foregoing as we'll as other comments from neighborIng quarters it must be concluded that Alabama isn't cutting much of shine off from home which shonld be the ambition of everybody and every State to a great extent.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-26

cries in California warrant the hope and belief that radium is going to sell at a much lower price than for merly. We have never used any of the stun In our business. and can probably continue to dispense with it. still it is satisfactory to know that if we should be compelled to have 1t we can get it at something less than about a million dollars per grain. or like that.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-26
Celtic Wisdom.
Chicago News.

Chicago NeWs.
 A patient in a hospital had been kept on a low diet for a couple of weeks and naturally he longed for a square meal.
 One morning the doctor found him SO much better that 1t seemed his ap- petite could at least be safely appeas- ed. l'Do you think you conld eat a anal chicken today, Tim?" asked the M. D.
 Faith. and oi could. sir" eagerly responded the patient.
 And what would you like to have 1t stuffed with2" queried the doctor.
 "If it's all the same t yAz.' answer ed Tim, ord loik t have 1t stuffed with another chicken. sor.'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-26
The Greatest Woman.

BOSfOn TTaVtItT.
 It is safe to say that there are no euffragettes in the town of Cawker for here is a report of the WOman's De- batting Society:
 greatest woman in history The an- swer that was awarded the prize was this: 'The wife of a man of moderate means, who does her own cooking washing and ironing. brings up a fam fly of girls and boys to be useful mem bers of society. and finds time for her own intellectual and moral improve ment, Is the greatest woman in all hiS- fnrV'"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-26

through e long, spell of itf We sup pose they are to be called human be- ings. though they seem to bc various other things a good portion of the time. Apparently she starts them. like Darwin does. at the germ period and turns them over. and inside out and all other ways for millions Of years. and finally. If we get the hang of her absurdities. she settles them down into a condition of everlasting quiet. That apparently winds up the stand 1t. Mrs. Annie Is a hummer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-26

It is the Judgment of a contempor- ary that free hides means better shoes. but not cheaper ones. If that means that the cheaper grades of shoes. such as the masses of the peo- pie are compelled to buy. will be of a better and more lasting quality 1t will certainly be an important result ut putting hides on the free list.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-26
The TaIIor's Predieament.

chicago RecorQ-HeraId
 A tailor who was defendant in a case at the assizes seemed much cast down when brought up for trial.
 Whats the trouble?" whispered his counsel. observing his clients distress
 "It looks pretty bad for me-" said the defendant. unless some steps are taken to dismiss that jury and get a new lot. There ain't a man among 'em but what owes me money for clothes"