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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-05
Luverne. Ala. Sept. I. 1909

Editor Advertiser,
 Will you do me the kindness to an following questions with reference |" the effect of the proposed conStltutlon- al amendment in the event 1t 'S adopf-
 (1) Will its adoption in any sense make the present prohibition laws more effeGtiyte7 .,ova,, :. ,n- ture Legislature from repea ing every cy prohibition statute in the law books or our 'State' - r.r,s,a- tuSs @ should % the repss sysP a tfsnfs ths fs statutes, could tne proposed faacting ansfhaZ
 (D If the amendment is adopted of course no future Legislature could en- act statute that would license or okn- - ii would be unconstitutional. But In this event. what would prevent every body who cared 10 do so to engage it IT ii1uors? Would there be any law |"
 Yours respectfully,
 Mark l.. Black,
 The answer to the first question Is 2 The answer to the second question is y The answer to the third question is
 The answer to the fourth question Is with aptness and with force. No oII mar ns inc answer No" to each question.
 And mark ark thiaa Ksek! sissI p0iati series not nuestions-rlunder Section 2 of the amendment the next Legislature will If the amendment, is adopted nave tme quors iS Hs can be be stored. Under that sec, ton. if the LegislatuIs should hsppS9aa pp'9a to be as fanatical as the last one. couto pass an act authorizing any peaes anv orc iicer 'u enter. a mans home aa an !. search suH for intoxicating liquor and drag him off to Jail, From the uayS U, his castle. 1t was said by famous English lawyer Fire and water can enter a mans home, but the kinE can not unless he has a warrant. n adopting the amendment the peoptS wIll leave it with the Legislature 70 say whether or not their homes are to remain sacred from force and entry. l The Legislature from which the peo- i pie have suffered so much. could abro- l gate that riRht with one bill. and the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-05
In The Roanoke Leaders market

In The Roanoke Leaders market quotations 1t puts corn at $l.l0 bushel in. that town Knowing as we do that Randolph county is one among the best corn-growing sections of the state we feel inclined to wonder if the farmers think it is a wise policy to have to buy corn at that price. We can remember the time when a good farmer of Randolph would have felt humiliated if he had to buy corn for home use.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-05
A Political Reminiscence.


 The Ohio election of 1910 will exert a potent influence on the immediate 1t vii be history repeating itself. AT ter long and doleful night of consec- Etiye defsA4s the DemosGats 0;s l,,, carried Gaie m lS7s in Asn s he been re-eiected. there is not the the slightest doubt that he would have ideht in 1878. Tilden had swept New York for Governor in 1874 and he got the nomination for President in 1878.
 Again, Judge Hoadley was elected Governor of Ohio Tn 1883; hls re-eles- ton would have made him the second Democrat Tn the Union and prominent as the leader ot his party; but Foraker defeated .Hoadley ln 1885. and thus \ as that able mans political career termi- mated
 In 1889 James. E: Campbell, g Demo- featlng Foraker! but when nominated for Ee-eiection In 1891 he was beaten mansion at Columbus was again a way station on the road to the White HSyss HHSSs: T .s it spSs esS SssP Ss.ss !. sss Sf ley in 1891. 1t Is likely that he, and not Cleveland. would have received tSe Democratic nomination for President in 1892. Certainly Mckinley would nor have been nominated in 1896 had Ls been defeated for Governor in iSS1 r or 1895
 Judson Harmon. Democrat. wa. elected Governor of Ohio last wear snJ yet holds that station. All Fepor, nt his administration is favorable, and h3s management ot an important railroa6 cha ncery.. approves him a capable and successful administrator. 1t Is nndsr- stood that Governor Harmon win ha ton. If beaten his poiitical cSresr will be over. ending as did AIlsnss Hoadiy's. and Campbell's; but should me, be reelected there Is little room to his party for President in 1912.
 Ohio Is become the home of Presf- dents and there Is small room to dou ht that the man chosen to that exalted station in l9l2 will be an Ohio man hA hia name Taft or HarInop. v
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-05

To the United Daughters of. the Con-
 federacyi and to the Confederate
 Veterans. wherever they may be:
 it,, This report is made that a pfotest against the selfish. unkind and cruel .treatment given the heroes of Dixie's vain struggle for. national existence may chs fttlxv aDh 3orfe eftlys kn oWA "a Rd otiS ofsaR I S isRtfJh 5nR as GpiK hefSlsSas s s each 7hidy adopt such measIres 'as will secure for them not only the venera fl on and honor pahf them by the civilized woEldl but such agreeable comforts .as thelr exhausted physical; energies rieh-
 The writer. With other veterans of the line of battle from Texas, Louis lana, Mississippi and Tennessee arrived tii the city of Memphis on Monday at T a. m.@ The. first day of the appointed reunion finding no one to greet them with expressions of welcome, or even to show them where. they would find headquarters assigned them. or any place set apart for entertainment of them. or where they could find the city's boulevard, or headquarters as- signed them to register their names. Headquarters for Alabama and Geor- gia were on back street without reg ister for veterans. except some legal size refuse paper; everything :9hayipg an uninvitingr appearance With out breakfast the old. soldiers, were driven to the end of the boulevard where a mess hall had been prepared into which after standing around an hour or more they were permitted to enter. Crowd- ing into the mess hall and filing around rough tables, which would have hardly been respectable at a country political barbecue, they had to stand to eat food not dainty, but substantial.
 The old soldiers had gone there, af- ter skinning around for months pre- vious to save enough money to buy a return ticket, because Dixie was as dear to their hearts then as when they loaded and fired their muskets at a retreating or a charging Yankee col umn. They had gone there rejoicing in the consciousness that all the civ- ilized world loved and respected them, but they did not go there to suffer hardships, fatigues, or privations; to
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-05

ernor of AlabSm should be above de- stroying the facts in any such way as this
 The Governor of Alabama should not be engaged in the business of sls5s- ing mud at another coordinate branch ot the government.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-05
.THE CONDITION OF SERVICE

I6eTeCTtU TOT THe AuNtTIIsefI
 Simon. son of Jonas lowest thou Me ?"- St John, xxi. l6.
 The great condition of service is love. The highest preparation for service Is love. Other things are needful but love is the essential It Is the one absolutely necessary thing
 The Master did not say to Peter. "If you are sorry for your denial of Me-; or. If you have a good education"; or. If you have had special theological training or If you occupy a high social position ;'' or 'If you can arrange your business so you can give your time to My cause" He simply asked. Do you love Me?" If ST. mon loved Him. that was enough-he
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-05

The Boston Transcript remarks that Greece is little nation. with not as many inhabitants as Massachusetts. Thereupon The Columbia State retorts that Greece has produced more great men than could be produced by Il thousand States like Massachusetts. The State should be ashamed to thus make Boston feel small, to say nothing of other parts of Massachusetts.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-05

The Topeka Journal wants the streams of Kansas stocked with tuna and sea-bass; fish that sometimes reach a weight of 27O pounds. The Leaven- worth Post asks why not add whales and seals, evidently not liking half way measures. They might also put in a supply of sharks while they are at 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-05
DRIFT WOOD

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 Oh, well. this needn't discourage : Walter Wellman. sHe can go up and verify the story. about dis 6ere Peiiagra." says Parson Snowfall. land many people attributes sa ais nsm ss1 dat f0fp IL Sp eheoss ss S sEssa syn an sypin Spi %f ssssd asss an aa sisssF1 ssss de sxsI sSas s corn sssP ,s TAsrSy is1 a comet headed for the, is u giS sss tsfs to Ss+6sisi' 'ss Ala
 Thaw has been made, Librarian at Mattsawan and has taken to writing ,thefe IS absolutely no doubt about his : being insane. z s.i-sc- Here comes the Oyster. = i@, With -aliare and Aclat.- Listen. to his college yell; j. .,. ~. &r-~ ;. s4s- t ~a-e- A Nashville man has invented aA odorless whiskey. Every married man in the country win bs willing toevete nm nei" i"eu >'rs s4 Captain Cook has discovered the pole, Down thE9pghtA ases his name shsll Wait Sahaaan's tans was made by In the shistotiss hts story1i be filled up i' 7's with 4dashes - ;, We. read with interest of the heavy frosts in the NorthBest, while we ars doWn @ here snd even 4 the Straw ssfs sr %ai aag not be shed for some time yet. q Alabama's blue. laws aren't half as blue as the majority of her citizens. arc over their passage. 1'' Somebody bohS up and tells us that Always some ink predicting the end of the world Bss the old bali continues to roll on and do business at the same old stand regardless or them all
 The executive offices at. the whital House are being enlarged since MT. own @ joke. 1t is SO simple when you know how. . Let us weep for Mobile with the ad-' vent of the oyster season. Can you irn- agine her without those famous old raw oyster bars resuming operation'
 The ambition of Mrs. Hetty Greeu's son Is to own an airship, thus proving his descent from Darius Green, Of whom you have read.
 Garter elastic is to be higher under the new tariff. Higher under the new :, skirts. too. We presume. that the husband does not have to sms Masa 'as sfsr ss9 a must to the pc @ big ' doSubis"tolStsd SS tE i saitrsgstte. 'l 'A
 This years cranbertyS crop is to be a ' key crop is going to smash few rec ordS of its own. Hooray for Alabama and her Big State Fair, and MontgQm- , sweet eT ths ss sweetsF s her any hearts sweetentng sweetness sweet ened with sweet sugar pulverized moonshine and seed diamonds. a
 MT. Rockefeller says the American people eat too much, but as to whether they burn too much oil he does not say. fuii of Lincoln pennies the other day. t. hiking he had a bag full .; gold. When he opened the bag and fdiscSy. , exactly fit for publication, Is our best guess. .-
 Lonesome for You,
 I'm lonesome for you. on, so Lonesome rh. -dss bos @Ss @ lost it's perfume and the There's hardly any joy, at all in living
 each day through,
 Since I'm Ionesome-so lonesome for
 you. -.'- 1,r, lonesome for you-and your sweet
 heart ways, .-t 1oy- -fraught days,
 mock bird as he sways.
 Oh, I'm lonesome, 50 lonesome TOT
 you.
 I'n Lonesome for you-how the long years creep.
 How faithfuliy his vigil doth the old
 owl keep
 While the daisies nod in pity o'er the grave wherein you sleep,
 Oh, I'm lonesome so Lonesome Tor
 ?. H. A.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-05

'once again we have the succulent oyster in our midst" Is the way some of the .virginians express themselves upon the opening of the oyster season, They might do well to examine the bi- valves carefully, as no one can tell what new microbe has developed since last season
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-05

Great men always have little imita- tors to follow them. It is now am nounced that the Prince of Wales is proposing to go hunting In the Afri- ran iungles next winter. but that will he after they have been depopuIated hv the. Mighty Hunter. Possibly the Prince may find another dik-dik. though they are scarce
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-05

"saue men are fools" announces The New Haven Register. with as much of solemnity as If 1t were dis cussing a problem in mathematics. Yes. some are born that way and some acquire 1t by practice
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-05

From all accounts the old Chatta- hoochee seems determined that the thirst sufferers of Columbus shall have plenty of water to drink. if they can't get anything else. It is rather mud dy, to be sure. but 1t is wet.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-05
sW0RN CIRCnIATION.

The figures for June printed below ,ns ,sp sent the actual net circulation. aH te' having been deducted. ,,s
 The Montgomery Advertiser guarantees on % edverttsers land makes 1t . part or tne tneeuia T a. tract when reQuested1 that it's daily cring ttnn is larger than that of any moIhie ne newspaper printed in Alabama--and ,a,,,n tnat s sunday edition has the largest CT cn.,d tn of any edit pn of any newspaper pEn'eN " Alabama without exception.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-05

People will continue to ask hard questions. Here's a Chicago man who wants to know where the wind goes He should have been at our State Cap itol turing the late sessiops
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-05
Depend. on Appointment.

CuIImun DemooTuE g fF Y With Conner sman" in the Govern of that senatorship Senators Bank head and Johnston are m for life, hut they are getting old, they are civil young men. Coner's political future depends upon appointment. he ia dead duck with the voters.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-05
Sentiment In Pihe.

Troy HeraIW,
 The reports from every section of the county are that, the sentiment against the amendment 2 is rapidly crystallzing.7 Right at first most peo.. pie wer" knocked off their feet and ion. but when they. the yeomendry of Pike saw the helnousness of the nave, they resented it. almost as one man.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-05

When even a Chinaman in Atlanta commits suicide we may know that the limit has about been reached
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-05
Mr. Black Asks Some Timely
 Questions on the Amendment

and the defense of the people. would be poweriess in the face of such great wrong.-EditoF Advertiser
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-05
CnNIug Nnmen TscIens.

HuntsvIIIe MeFcury- -BanI.er.
 It is very evident. as the lineup de- velops, that all who oppose the con Stitutional amendment are not "whis key men," neither are all it's advocates fanatics or biguts There are good men. intelligent and earnest in their belief that they are right, and they have a perfect right to express their views in public and private without being called unseeinly names.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-05
Corn Bread Is Innocent.

GreenSDOrO WAICh1UaNl
 The medical professiofi has not &C., cepted the theory that pellagra is caused by eating corn bread That was the opinion of one man, and there are thousands equally as smart doctors, who will tell you the cal cause of the disease is yet unknown. Impure food of any sort. whether flour. corn, meats sick. It isn't fair to condemn corn bread-something that most of us were raised on--on a mere suspicion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-05

Whatever may be the material and actual results of this; discovery--as- suming that the accounts are true these will have to be determined In the future, but there can be noN two opinions as to the fame that Dr. Cook has acquired. or. to the glory he has added to the American character. When 1t was known in Spain that Columbus had discovered a new continent the triumphant cry rang out: "Columbus has added a New World to the King dom of CastHe and Leonr And so it may be said that pr. Cook has afdef a new star to the galaxy of modern scientific research. or all that is meant by this discovery il is too early to attempt to write ii G-tail. That must await further and more detailed. information, but there can be no two opinions of the wonderful importance of the feat.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-05
Sad But True.

SeIIT1d IITntS.
 The Birmingham Age-Herald had a very suggestive and at the same time lamentably sorrowful if true cartoon in it's issue of Sunday On the dirty ble as a raft on which were sailing under the sail of prohibit Nn pira tical crew. Governor Conner qs seen in front with pair of glaAe 6 declaring corner Brooks Lawrence played the guitar. over on another corner dress ed as buccaneers were Mallory and Weakley fighting with daggers. Alas the cartoon told a pitiable truth and portrayed to what depths politics when taken Into church will lead.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-05
Al AlAIlataken, hna H1oY

The Dothan Edfgie says the tax bay CTS have their eyes on iYhe clerks t6f their Legisiaturer to see if anything creeps in that looks like, 1t is. loaded. Yon are mistaken here, these tax pay CTS are so busy looking out how to'pay the cost of the Legislature that they are blind as to other matters
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-05
Only n Declaration.
:. Good Fer a Poor Year.

', Among the new offtces created hy tite recent Legislature are sixty ste- nngraphers for courts of record and 2gS Jury commissioners, and clerks. That ls doing very well for q poor crop year.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-05

C. Finigan. Circulation Manager or ane Montgomery Advertiser. being auiy A"o1' says. ..
 .sThe foregoing statement of the Advsr- tieer'a ejaculation for the month ot guy. 1903, ls true and correct. and compiled aL.sr ali returns from news boys, news agents spoiled and left over copies have 9esn os-
 Circulation Manager
 sworn Co and subscribed before me 'nis ttn eAy "1 RIcA ALEXANDER.
 Notary Public:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-05
THE TWO COOKS.

It may be regarded as something Of a coincidence that the man who has lifted the hitherto impenetrabIe veil ofs mystery that shrouded the North Pole bears the name of one of the most intrepid explorers and navigators of the Eighteenth Century--Captain James Cooks To the young readers of former generations the volume en- titled Cooks Voyage, was one of the most interesting books 10 be had. and many an hour was spent in perus- ing the wonderful accounts of his voy- ages in unknown seas. and of his trag- ic death by savages of Hawaii in 177s.
 But Captain Cook. though he had many adventures. and made many dis coveries. was far differently circum- stanced from his namesake of today. It Is true that he made some perilous ventures. and made numerous discov- cries but he was for the most part sailing in known waters. and had some means of shaping his course. but 1t was far different with the one who has just won world wide fame and added new laurels to our country. Much of his voyage was blind ven- ture into totally unknown and unex- plored regions. where the full periis of the venture could not be foreseen 0 the IT.. was literally a plunge Into the un- known. and that he succeeded Is to be regarded as the greatest wonder of this or any other age. Of what may be the results of his discovery, The Charleston News and Courier says:
 As to the good which this discovery VIII accomplish, much will depend on the report which the discoverer has to million square miles In the Polar Re- gIons oyer three millions have been !rp UP 70 this time absolutely unknown. parts of this undiscovered territory abound In coal and iron both of which snra sne world will be sadly in need of be- bJect in searching for the Pole was to find a Northwest Passage, an ob- Ject which has not stimulated the ex- plorers of modern times. or course. the chief present value of the discov cry lies in its scientific importance Now that the way has been opened, fl Is hoped that astronomical observa. tions, some of which Dr. Cook un. doubtedly made with the instruments at his disposal. will extend our knowl- edge of heavenly bodies.
 But quite aside from all material or intellectual advantage which may come from this great discovery praise without measure is due to Dr. Cook. Even when our splendid libraries and our temples and our government have passed forever down the years. hls lpmbus. and in his renown will Ameri- chs glory be known. In this new Elizab ethian era of discovery, explo- rank higher than that of Frederick A. Cook: His is, the praise and the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-05

Atalla Herald.
 Anent the Tate unpleasantness," de. nominated the extraordinary session" of our most extraordinary Legislature. The Montgomery Advertiser speaks out In meeting thusly: ''1t was an 'ex- There are two sources of congratula- ton, however; one 's that 1t has end ed, and the other that Alabama is nev- pleasant experience" Well there Is suid to be a silver lining to every cloud, and Grandma" is to be ,congrat- ulated on having found the silver Hn- ing in the cloud" through which we have just been passing. We had be- gun to think that the wnoln country possibly it was only the Legislature that was drunk" and that the .coun- try as whole had "that dark brown taste" "the morning after" as result of it. ".
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-05
The TOhaceO Crop. Rock fora Chronicle

Fine tobacco crops are reported from Perry, Mobile, Conecuh and Escambia counties. Experiments have been con- ducted in those localities for several years. The present Legislature at a any or all of which may be used for the encoura cement of the growth of the weed 1 nthis State. only few years ago the law-makers were strongly opposed to tobacco, especial fly cigarettes. But public 0pinlon changes: and no doubt, If the sub Ject was properly agltated. an ap- fainance of a cigarette paper factory. We'll 1t is largely owing to who 1t Is that has to sign the receipt for the money.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-05
What the State Papers
 Are Saying and Doing
A Timely QuestionR

Abheville News
 wonder If the anti-amendment. peo- pie are going to secure all the sunday school superintendents.
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 0uly Silence, Pine Belt News
 We have not seen or heard of any scrambling on the part of anyone to crawl aboard the Weakley band wa Only q Declaration. Thomasville Echo The proposed amendment does not allow the Legislature to regulate the sale of liquor. Nor does it force that body to pass laws Imposing fines on those who sell whiskey.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-05

the world wilt Nme to an end in 1914 Always some ink predicting the end of the world bss the old bali continues old stand regardless of them all.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-05

We, read with interest of the heavy frosts in the Northwest, while we ars still willing down collars every day down here and even the straw hat will not be shed for some time yet. sl
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-05

To the United Daughters of the Con- federacy and to the Confederate Veterans. wherever they may he.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-05

Alabama's blue laws aren't half as blue as the majority of her citizens. arc over their passage. .}'