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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-11
TYPICAL AMENDMENT DIALOGUE. Taking Place Every Day In All Parts
 of Alabama.

of Alabama.
 Selma Times
 I'm agtn' 1t. how're your
 I'm for 1t and am surprised to Know that yop are against 1t. Cant see how any man of sense. who is said to be prohibitionist, can vote against the amendment. A man aint no gen. l tleman who is opposed to 1t. All of the good people are for 1t, the whis- key heads, the ignorant country class, prohibitionists are against 1t. But the better element is on my side. The op- position Is corrupt and If their idea whiskey will be in Selma bars in two years. It's flicker. gyarm
 If my side is made up of fools. sa. loon men, hypocrits. and all that sort of junk we ain't lonesome 1oggon looking over the situation, that your crowd, though supposed to have been handed down from the back door of Paradise, judging from some individ- up to be in every, respeet-in fact [. story that when the handing down was being done. orders were mixed up all along. No. no. all the gooa peo- Moody. pr. Wiley and others have ever been prohibitionists-like Jere King. Why. do you spit on them as those ministers? What motive could ex Governors Cobb. Jones and olJ one armed Oates have in protesting against such fanatacism? I grant you they shev nUs goea nna sn fair inteiligence-that is. they have sense enough to get out of the rain when 1t Is laundering. They are ! laaa glaa1 fhaxY fnr mn flr ther favors and would not accept if proffered them. Why do you question their motives? Why besmirch their names because they can't see a ques- Why brand these Confederate heroes as foreflushers and representatives of the liquor interests because they do not dance to the music of Yankee carpet -bagser whose name is Brooks
 why should the opposition to this gang, whose leaders are of our very first blood. be the victims of vile in- ahead and have the nerve to speak out and say so? Is it crime to protest against the reckless antics of need less demagogue In the person of our much you extoll the virtues of the amendment idea. but don't come around me talking about my side be- ing composed of men of mediogcs nor alS and brains. My IamlLy IS split half in two on the questlon-perhAps your family Is. if not your neighbor's s is Good people on both sides. But find less hypocrites on my side than on yours. after having investigated some matters"
 "You're just a fool or a hypocrit. and so are your associates-that's all."
 You are too narrow minded to see but one side. That's what's the mat ter with you and the ignorant farm ing class"
 And after both have agreed that they are fools. the meeting adjourns. F The above happens every thirty minutes on the streets of Selma. This same conversation Is almost verbatim with a clash yesterday.
 This amendment question Is getting warm.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-11
Editor The Advertiser:

Editor The Advertiser:
 In your issue of October [. Hon. A. H. Carmichael. Speaker of the houss of Representatives, in his speech us- livered at Tallassee on october o. in defining the Carmichael bill and the proposed constitutional amendment, IS quoted as saying 'that the word man ufacture' does not refer to the mouse wife, but that she can make as much wine as she wants. and that It only refers to making of wines commer- cialiy." An examination or the car michael bill and the proposed consu- tutional amendment will show that no Carmichael has drawn a distinction not authorized by the language of the Dill or the proposed amendment: The pro hibition as to the "manuSacture' or intoxicating liquors is general. and no exceptIons whatever are made. From Volume 5 of Words and Phrases Ju- dicially Defined, a well recognized le- gal authority. page 4344. quote as follows: "Lexicographers define man ufacture' to be the process of making anything by art, or reducing materials into A form fit for use by the hand or by machinery Mir, Brande defines 'rnanufacture' as. term employed to tions made by art or industry in the form or substance of material arti- cles, with view of rendering them capable of satisfying some. want or
 Tn the case of Murphy veruus Arm son. 90 U. & 131. the Supreme Court of the United States. MT. Justice Hunr delivering, the oplnion. says; Beer may well be said to be manufactured from malt and other ingredients. whiskey from corn. or cider from ap. ples." The highest court In the land having held that cider made from ap- manufacture" how can it be argued that wine made from berries, scup> pernongs or grapes Is not also ein- braced within that term? Mfr. Car michael could. with just as much fea- son, argue that the word "manufac- ture" in his bill does not refer to the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-11
EIouuent sona of the South.

Within Q Few weeks there VIII Dc published by the Chapple Publishing Company, of Boston. two volumes con- tanning representative examples of the work of the most widely known statesmen and publicists of the South --those who had the greatest influ- ence In the establishment and deveI- opment of the Union. those who with admirable conviction ably supported the Confederacy and those who later rendered the greatest possible service in the upbuiiding of the South after a desastating war had done its work of destruction and disintegration.
 The editor of these two volumes of 300 pages each, are John Temple Graves, Clark Howell and Walter Will liams-three men whose names are guarantee of the excellence of the ad- dresses selected. These volumes will fill a real need.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-11

have been wrought in century ana four of years tilik ele man has seen pase In q pAnortnifc picture of the stir 5iSs 5sss, life of out country fro" 1905 to
 He saw the frst steamboat that came up the .Bikbes called the Wiiicat ted in aainssvi!is. The os story Sf siav. cry days he tslRsd of with tears ot est life. He bossts of bsins the oniy slaye to his knowledEe who had tit own body. The young master wno needed the money; but was loath t barter him far cash. permitted him tc seek his own matter and consummat. ed rs,s sale h ip con,idarsticn ssa,a St Si:.oe ures his birth: He was reared a b3, with Steve Cook. the father of J;h Cook. who was the father of Jir Cook. followinE whom there ls liyins today John ". Cook; Jr.. of Eu,aw today even into the fifth generation and was born about the tins Mr Cooks sersat-Ereat grandfather. wa. an Infant.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-11
Intemperanee in Aiabams.

rom WAtsonS Jeffersontan.
 If the prohibitionists of Aiabama are not more temperate In some of their demands and methods. they will suffer the usual consequences of go- ing too far
 This sending of deputies to break beds of mans wife and daughters. forcing the opening of trunks and bu- reau drawers Gin the search of wine. beer and whiskey). Is sheer fanati- cism.
 The manner in which the home of Charles Nelson of Mobile Is said to have been entered and ransacked by deputies recently Is well-nign unbe- lievable. Such violation of the priva- ecy of the home is utterly ine6nsis- tent with civil liberty. The invasion of this mans house. the rudeness of the officers to his wife and daugh- ters, the insulting searching of their beds and trunks. was shocking out rage.
 The Wat Tyler rebellion was start led by the act of an officer which was little worse than the brutal treatment of Nelson's wife and daughters.
 The first speech I ever naee was 6 temperance address; and my whole ca- reer Is identified with the efforts to close the barrooms, but l won't stand for this violation of the private home. to keep wine or Seer or whiskey in his home as he has to keep guns, pis- tols. powder. dynamite, vitrol, gun cotton or spirits of turpentine.
 It's nobody's business what you keep in your house. so you don't use 1t for an unlawful purpose.
 The mere fact that the citizen has a bottle of whiskey in his house Is no more evidence that he intends 10 sell 1t than your possession of a gun proves that you intend to murder somebody.
 I believe in temperance, and that's one reason why I'm against intemper- ance-in eating. drinking. money making, money-saving. legislation and reform work.
 The extremists of Alabama are vir- tually condemning our Savior, who was the guest of those who kept wine in the house; whom the Pharisees de- rided because He drank wine at pub lie houses; and whose last supper was of wine and bread. fact which we preserve the memory of making 1t sacramental. by initiating the example He set.
 The noble prohibition movement in Alabama must have developed some Pharisees; what some Si them propose to do amounts to a reflection upon the daily habits of Jesus Christ.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-11
New "General Delivery" order iu
 Force.

New "General Delivery" order Tn Mobile Register.
 The new postal regulation that all persons receiving msh at general ds- was put % tc s ssffecs estds sondas or iasn sna tSe scenes in the Chicago pestoffiee. as de. scrtbed by the Record Herald of that city. may be accepted as preof that the facilities are taken advantage of hy very many people. especially ty mar ried women. vouns girls and young nSmber Sons a' of vel arow n sn sx to eaey der assumed names. To put a stop to this abuse. the department has ordered the general delivery must sign their names on identification cards and give ,-auisss of ,neir residences. If. there mail under another name. his or her case will be investigated. If the per- son Is under age. effort will be made to notify the parents.
 carried on in the objected to manner Is shown by the assembling of some three thou sand women in the Chicago snt of the ae orer aas aa the 'H Is shown by the sssemoiinE or some they created when mail was. rcfused unless the applicants would sign. The rule was not applied to males until to experiences the rff~ct of the order. There whs a great deal said by the women of the infringement of their rights. but AS matter o.' fact. what the department requires is simply that a receipt snail be given for each letter delivered at the general delivery; and If the person addressed via general de- or she can avoid giving them by hav- ing mail sent to his or her private residence Besides the persons who ~lxt. aA ~f 3Hx. <~A,x eral delivery. travellers. and temporary residents or even those who for good reasons do not want their mail deliv- cred at their residences, will not object to signing tho cards
 That there were So many cbjectors on the first day Is some indication Of the extent of the practice of clandes- tine correspondence.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-11
A rsaxor strsps Journes.

Kansas City Star.
 A razor strop that followed E. W. Stephens around the world after being lost at a dozen places on the way has just been returned to his home in Co., lumbia from Blue Mountain, Miss. with the usual postage-due stamps attached. The strop was lost once in Hongk ong and later rejoined the Stephens party In Calcutta. Mir. Stephens got his razors in extra keen trim and luxur- lated in close slaves until he reached the Holy Land. The razor strop was again forgotten this time at Jacobs Well. near Shecan, but was recovered in Athens. At several European hotels 1t was forgotten and made short jumps. the hotels having forwarded 1t with the mails to the addresses left by the trav- times it's original price in hostage
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-11
Three Texas "Tskhtwnds..

From the OIney (TeX.) Oracle.
 It Is said that three of the stinsiest men in the State were in town yester- day. One of them win not drink as much water as he wants unless 1t Is forhids any of his family from writing anything but ''small hand. !" as it Is a waste of ink to make large letters: The third stops his clock at the machinery. All of them decline to take their county paper. on the ground that 1t is a terrible strain on their srectacles to read newspapers even in the daytime
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-11
"suxanna ana sue"

No one Is more familiar with the simple charm of the Shaker commun- ity than Mrs. Wiggin, who happily surrounds her new flction-chlld with these quaint, loving folk. The plot concerns Susanna and her little daugfi- ter. and the story. tells or the prob ieme of married life and the conflict ing duties which assaii Susanna's con- science. and, above all. of the help and inspiration which she received from the Shakers and from her little girl. to become one of the immortal chil- dren who win the love of countless readers. Published by Hougnton
 Mfflin and Co.,, New York and BoS-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-11
Hard Winter Ahead.

Oklahoma Oklahomian.
 Squire Brown is predicting a hard winter that will arrive early and re- main long. Says the squire.
 Have ye noticed how the black birds are already gatherin' in big flocks and playerin' In the stubble? They are gfttin' ready to vamose. It's an Indication that cold weather is comin' early. Keep an eye on the dogs and see 'em buryin' more bones than usual. Then take a squint at the corn. Every ear has grown long haps you've also noticed that the sum flowers bloomed early. That means an early frost. The apple trees have they're storin' up all their sap apd energy agin' hard spef. of winter. Now's the time for the wise gazabo to lay in a supply of fuel an chuck"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-11

According to statistics furnished by the Government, Rhode Islands last handsome sum of $3s.5O an acre. We do not know that any other State in the Union can equal this showing. but we doubt 1t. taking the State as a whole. At any rate, we must admit that Little Rhody is some on corn growing.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-11

An exchange prints an interview with a man who refers to people who voted for local option and statewide prohibition two years ago." He must be a poorly informed man If he does not know that the people of Alabama have not voted on Statewide prohibit ton. Probably he does know it. but thinks he can deceive some people.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-11
The Kangaroo Amendment.

Eufaula Daily Tfnies.
 amendment are. in their desperstIon being driven to use strange argu- ments in support of the effort to de- stroy the southern home.
 One says that the meaning Of the word manufacture" Ig such that as to permit one to make his own persim mon beer and black Berry wine and may be corn liquor. The Governor says he will pardon anyone convicted berry wine. In othet words. he says he will by the pardouing power as Governor in part destroy the effective ness of law he approved only few
 W Ind from webSter's Dictionary that manufacture" means to make anything from raw materials; to make products. So. this attempt to dodge the effects of their own law will fall
 However, the monstrosities of the "Ftllerlcker" bill Is not the Issue be fore the people. We already have the strictest statewide prohibition laws ol any state in the union and the peopie think we ought not to allow the da- struction of the privacy of the home Hence the amendment Is losing ground day by Gay.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-11

As showing how an educated and well informed man may slip up some times, 1t is related of John Van Buren Prince John" as he was sometimes called, that once in a public speech in New York on some exciting political question he implored his hearers ''nev- CT to play the part of Abraham, who sold his biEth-right for mess of pot tage.'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-11

The fanatics who propose to revise the Constitution and Supreme Court of Alabama to fit their extreme views on prohibition should not stop there. They should set to work to revise the Bible and try to make it harmonize with their teachings. Let them be consist ent. and not stop half way in their arrogance.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-11

"In the name of all that is desirable In the newspaper field let him remain forgotten" bess The Richmond News Leader, referring to one H-y T-w. Very well; consider him forgotten, along with Castro, Chilto Hadjo and few others. Guess the newspapers will be the better for it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-11

The Charleston News and Courier tells of an Alabama boy who was put under a hypnotic spell and never re- covered, adding: "The State is in the same condition" We'll, the State has been in that condition, we are bound to admit. but 1t is recovering and will be fully so after November 2S.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-11
Might Help Some.
Louisville Courier-Jon,

Louisville COMPLEMENTARY.
 Tn Shakespeareian days they used to label the scenery. They hung ouI placards stating that This is a Wood or This Is Castle We dent need to do that now."
 Still. We might use the scheme tc advantage. 1t would help sometimes to see an alleged Thespian bearing the legend This is an Actor
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-11

They are telling us that wireless
 telephones have been successfully tested in Atlanta. Perhaps they may be more satisfactory than some of the
 wired ones are.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-11
What ths State Paper,
 Ars Saying and Doing
ose Ph.se IxnoseA.

0se Phase Ignored.
 Amenderp of the organic law of Ala- beine d0pt have much to say about the beautiss of constitutional prohi-
 Political Death KneIls. Shxffisld Standard.
 The defeat of the prohieition awendmsnt means the Poii,tica. po,,,.r aea,,, ,n Alabama. hence their great solicituds for the success of the measure.
 Like Cures Like.
 Greene County Democrat.
 And now the Tennessee doctors have ascertained that whiskey Is the best cure for pelIagra.-E - This Is nothing but "simiiia simii- inus curantur" (like is cured by Ike, prescribe .oid Corn for peiiasra.
 shsuid Get Together.
 Huntsville Mercury Banner.
 make wines and cordiais at home. Judge Lee says you can not only make cordiAle but you can make corn Tiky w,iskey if you p1y the goyefpmsnt fssx arrest you for 1t I'll pardon you. Brooks Lawrence says the amend Tnent does not mean what 1t says !. Looks like they are getting things terribly mixed at headquarters
 A pol,s,..i Make shlf,. Cleborne New Era.
 It is admitted upon all sides that the great State of Alabama which hed So much money In its treasury when Conner took charge of the government Is not only badly in debt, but has not sufficient money with which to pay current expenses. the school teachers and Confederate soldiers. The present Governor has said that he would bor- row money and thereby he would place an additional debt upon the property of all Alabama property holders. The same Governor said that while there was no money In the treasury. hs would leave the difficult problem ot meeting the school appropriation and the appropriation to old Confederate soldiers to his successor. People of Cleburne county: Do not be deceived. The present admins ration realizing that 1t has squandered your money, trampled upon your rights and failed to redeem Its pledges. mas forced an election upon you which is unneces- sary and unparalleled in the world. {. You know we have prohibition and will have 1t if the amendment Is de- feated. The cry of saloons is 0 make shift and untrue. not warranted by the facts or issues In the campaign and Is made to deceive you.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-11
CENSUS OF INDIANS.
More than sOO,OOO Red Men i'm United
 States.

Washington, Oct. 10.-The popular idea that the American Indians are decreasing in number is dlssipated by official figures showing that today there are more than 800, 900 red men in the United States.
 The increase fin population of about 40000 during the last two decades Is attributed to the governments con- stant effort to uplift the Indian to the level of contemporary civilization.
 Three and one-third million dollars is being expended by the United States annually for the education of more than 10000 Indian boys and girls.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-11

How would you spend a million dol lars?" Is a conundrum that is being passed around just now. We are not going tc answer 1t. but are willing to be tried.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-11
A Wido,r,n IoisSayery.

Atchison Globe.
 The Look on the Bright Side Society got down its ledger this afternoon and enrolled among the members the name of a newly made widow. T missed John so much when I sat down to meals she said. :tbat l began eating of the pantry shelf, and find in this way I do not have to clean my dining room more than once a week. and It, makes my work So Much Lighter"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-11

When we have finished burylng the amendment we will have more time to talk of something else. but that is the vital duty now.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-11

gro travel hopefully is better than to arrive" is the somewhat puzzling assertion made by contemporary rUA fail to see the point.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-11
Spacious Claim Of The
 Apologists Es Exposed

house wife, but that she can make as much corn whiskey as she wants. Will he do so?
 Yours truly.
 b M Powell
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-11
NEGRO CENTENNARIAN.

Has Lived IO4 Years In Sumter County
 William Cook. T rT--T0. aged lN4 years. Is perhaps the oldest person to iav living in West Alabama The ola man. almost hale and hearty. spep' of his boyRood hauntA What change
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-11
The Next Diaeeverer.

WashinRton Etar,
 The next great Polar discoverer will be the man who finds some way oe practically utilisin s the find.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-11
Only a Few Aiorc Left.

Mr. Bryan siouii take note of the prediction by Mrs. Belmont that we shall have woman President within twenty years" That leaves to MT. Bryan not more than four more
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-11
Courtesy P4evails

Washington Star.
 The South Americans are very po- lite" said the man who travels.
 Naturally" answered Mss Cayenne. Tn some of those republics it is not safe to slight the huTnhlest citizen. There Is nc telling what moment he may become President"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-11
One Thinw CertnIn.

Chicago Record Herald.
 was Shakespeare a Gentleman" is the title of a new book. We shall not attempt to answer tEe question. but We unhesitatingly give 1t as our opinion that he was no Kent-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-11
A Faoliah Nntinn.

Chicago Record Herald. .
 Most of the men who think the world is against them are so insignificant that the world has never noticed them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-11

One of the latest inventions to be exploited is an electric cooking plate" of which much Is expected. Il can be placed on the dining table where 1t occupies but little more space than an ordinary meat dish. On h toast can be made, pancakes cooked tea and coffee boiled and other minor jobs of cooking done without heat smoke or other obstacles to comfort and cleanliness. If such an apparatus can be used with absolutely no danger it should become popular. and we sup pose the next thing win be to still further simplify 1t so that each per son at the table can prepare his or her own meal. Then when the cook gives notice' she can be told to go and welcome.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-11
Sirn nf the Sennon.

Chicago Reccrd-Herald.
 People who had their money hidden In stoves are beginning to be heard from. Winter comes on apaee-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-11

There are a great many things which God will put up with in hu- man heart; there Is one thing he will not put up with---a second place Ruskin.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-11

the unsuspecting hen. We can faintiy imagine her surprise and disgust when she reaches foot forward to mako an effective scratch and And that the foot refuses to come back. Then she looks down. probably imasines that she made .a mistake, and sends the other foot ahead to see if 1t will do any better; but it also hangs fre' Then she win probably sit down to think the matter over. and having re- fiected on 1t, win make another effort That is a blank failure. and in all likelihood she will betake herself disconsolateiy to some secluded spo' and try to find out what ails her. The device may serve Its purpose but 1t is cruel to the hen. to say the least.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-11

dare no more fret than I darC curse and swear.-John Wesley.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-11

In recent issue of The Columbia state we find the following: