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The Sentinel=record., 1909-11-11
ANNOUNCEMENTS

The Sentinel-Recogd is authorized to announce the name of T. E. Ruther' ford as a candidate for prosecuting attorney Of this judicial district, sub ject to the action Of the Democratic primaries.
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Some people seem to think that all
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Only threatening rain.
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Where is that rain?
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III the Uaflanu Jfancery COufL. L. F. GRENIER, Plaintiff.
 against
 VIM. l. MYERS, THE0DORA c. MYERS and c. Y. PRAGUE, Trustee. Defendants. The defendants. William I. Myers and Theodora c. Myers, are warned to appear in this court within thirty days and answer the complaint of the
 H. A. WHlTTINGTON, Clerk.
 By A. H. sTILLENBERGER. D. c. A. J. MURPHY, Attorney ad Item.
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Buy your wood and coal from the Htt Springs Wood and Coal Yards. Telephone. 7s and 195. H. c. Bondu rant s-29 If
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 The Sentinel-Record: Please an nounce my candidacy for the office of prosecuting attorney for the Sew enth judicial circuit of Arkansas, sub ject to the Democratic primary in March. 1910.
 The peace, permanent prosperity and best interests of Hot Springs de. pend upon honest elections and good government through a faithful just and impartial enforcement of the law.
 pledge my best efforts to that course if elected. ]. B WOOD.
 The SentineI-Reoord is authorized to announce the candidacy of Orlando H. Sumpter for railroad commission of the southern district of Arkansas subject to action of the Democratic primaries.
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Or to give him to have on hand when male friends call box of good cigars is always in order, always appreciated If the stamp and label on the box bear the magic word Creation" there will be no question as to the pleas. nre afforded the smoker for there is no better smoke extant than that ob- Iained from the Creation cigar.
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WARMING ORDER.

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; Siifi'ii'iide1r iseHaTy.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-12
GRrELEY,s ADVICE.

People who read The New York Tribune and remember 1t tell us that In the early years of the great war be- tween the States Horace Greeley com menced to advise his readers through out the North to plant one more acre." alluding to grain crops. Mir. Greeley anticipated a war of several years He knew how wasteful great wars are, and also knew that so many men of the North would be engaged in the struggle that many farms would go without labor. Knowing all this his paper almost every day reiterated the one more acre." It is asserted that the persistence and earnestness he dis played on the subject had a mark ed effect and 1t is claimed that he thus rendered marked assistance to the Union cause by inducing farmers to raise more grain.
 Would not the same advice be we'll at this timer True, there's no war go- Ing on and no prospect of any we hope. but that doesn't prevent high prices. Wheat sold in. Chicago a few days ago above SIPS a bushel. and corn as high as 70 cents. Chicago is one of the great grain centers of the coun- try, and when such prices prevail there it Is easy to see what must be the result here. All of us who buy meal and flour know what living costs, and as meat and lard generally keep com pany with grain the prospects are not at all encouraging for any but the rich.
 What remedy Is there except to raise more grain? It may be that specu- IatIon has had something to do with high prices. but more likely it is due to the increased demand caused by in-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-12
NEWS OF GARLAND.


 Garland. April 1.-(speciaD--Misses Lillian and Este1ie Tucker of Green vile, are here visiting relatives.
 MT. J.. F. Glass, of GreenvtlIe. ac- companied by his two children, Mas ter James and little Miss Eugenia. are here on pleasure and business.
 Willie P. Huston, of 25 Mobile Street, Montgomery. Is here to see his parents. MT. and Mrs. F. Huston.
 Dr. R. G. Shanks teturned today from Forest Home where he visited his father, Mir. William H. Shanks.
 MT. Glenn c. McCaskill, of Black Rock, Ala, is visiting his parents, Mir. and Mrs. F. R. McCaskili. Miss Grace Grant, of Suspicion, Ala. will arrive tomorrow as the guest of her sister. Mrs. Joseph Glass.
 very enjoyable cotillon was danced on last evening at the home of MT. and Mrs. N. D. Simmons. At t1:30 p. m. the guests departed, declar- ing 1t to be one of the most enjoyable evenings of their lives.
 The frost of last night was quite heavy though no vegetables seem to have suffered. The young corn just emerging from the seed. will be killed to the ground over much territory.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-12
Letters to The Editor
WAR ON THE FLY.
A Michigan Correspenas.t writes Oi
 Detroit, Mich.. April 6, 1908.

 A Michigan Correspenaent .writes Oi Detroit, Men. April 3. 1908.
 I noticed an editorial in . recent is- sue of your paper relative to the var on the house fly. A great deal has been publfshed lately with reference to abolfshing the house fly. Florida, Georgia and Louisiana are engaged in an anti-fy campaign and the boards of health of several other States art now issuing. bulletins concerning the
 Much can be done to remedy the evil caused by the house fly and mosquito. These insects breed in filth and dirt and If each househ older would see that their own premises are kept clean and free from refuse of all kinds, these in- sects would not find place for breed- Ing. While 1t may be impossible to ex- tefmfnate files and mosquitoes, yet a great deal can be done to lesseL this danger and annoyance by the proper use of screen doors and window screens and wire cloth. there is no ex- cuse for any householder of even mod crate means being without screens. which add so tmuch to the comfort. health and security of the home.
 If We will get rid of the breeding places of the files. we will soon get rid of the flies and In the meantime, for the sake of our health, comfort and cleanliness, we should keep these pests out of our homes by the proper screen Ing. Very truly yours.
 w, D. Biggers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-12
THE HEMP INDUSTRY
By Frsder;e J. EIaslia

The eut worm is one of the worst enemies of hemp. Colonel Jack China not long ago tried sowing salt to keep them out of his fields. The cut worms disappeared, and most people conciud- ed that the salt had proved efficacious. Hut subsequent similar sexperiment led to the conclusion that Colonel Chinn's cut worms would have disap- peared anyway. It is estimated that q crop of hemp requires twenty inches of rain in growing. or nearly half a milton gallons per acre
 Hemp harvest comes e hundred days after sowing. Tn Kentucky 1t is usu- ally cut about frost time. Tn latter years this has been done by machiae- ry. After 1t has been cured and stack ed or shocked. and the autumnal oaui- nonial storms set in, 1t is spread out and allowed to rot. When the fibre has thus been set free from the bind- ing material of the stalk. It is gathef- ed up and the breaking process begins. This is getting the fibre outt of the stalk. From time out of mind the rats for breaking has been q cent pound Two hundred pounds is regarded as . good average. though some have zone as high as a hundred pounds an hour and 600 pounds 8 day. Expertness counts more than main strength. but those who possess that quality will not impart 1t to others. not even to their own children. in many cases.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-12
MONDAY, APRIL IF. 1eoe.
THE HrTcHcoCks IN ALABAMA.

Ethan Allen Hitchcock. business born in Alabama. His name recalls the earliest period of Alabama history and 1t recalls. too, one of the finest and most prosperous era in the life of the State. Henry Hitchcock. the father of the dead statesman. was Attorney Gen. eral of the State during the adminis- tration of Governor Israel Pickens.
 The elder Hitchcock was a learned and polished man. at . time when there were not too many of that sort in the newly created State. It was in pio- neer days, the earliest of them, and learning and education had made but small headway in the young State. This full lawyer with an extensive H. brary for his time. naturally rose to distinction. He became Attorney Gen eraI of the State between 1891 and 1925 when Israel Pickens was Governor and when the capital of Alabama was Ca haba. the old town. now dead past res urrection. When Lafayette visited Ca. haba on his tour of Alabama, Judge Hitchcock delivered an address of wei. como at Cahaba.
 The Pickens administration was one of the most useful and fruitful in the . life of the state. It has been said of Picixens, that he was a great construc- tive Governor. In Hitchcock he found an able lieutenant. The student of history- finds in the bare records of Alabama the results of the able. strong and progressive policy of the Pickens administration. It was a prosperous time for Alabama and what was done worked well for the States future.
 The elder Hitchcock moved to Mo- bile and there the younger Hitchcock was born. He went to St. Louis and made a large fortune as a manufactur- CT. Then he went into public life and served with honor for himself and for his country.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-12
HANCOCK INDICATED.

NGW GOIA WOAAQs
 The Ways and Means Committee has been forced by public sentiment to abandon the duty on tea and coffee. 500, 900 signatures to, their protest against the higher taxes on stockings, gloves, and underwear.
 Forty Republican representatives have signed a memorial asking for more protection for the lumber. coal and iron ore interests of the West and Northwest, along with duty of 10 per cent on hides.
 Thirty of this number are said to have informed Speaker Cannon and Chairman Payne that If their demands are denied they will vote against the rule putting the bill on its passage.
 Speaker Cannon is quoted by The Tribune as declaring that the Republi- can Party is going to pass the tartff bill without unnecessary delay, even if it requires Democratic votes"
 Mir. Bryan and Representative Fitz- gerald are exchanging the compliments of the season in the matter of What is a Democrat"
 Champ Clark. the Democrattic leader of the House. Is having as much diIfi- culty as Speaker Cannon in keeping his followers in line.
 There are Republican Representatives who advocate free raw materials and Democrats who claomor for protecting duties on lumber, sugar and rice.
 Less t~an thirty years ago General Hancock was hooted from one end of the county to the other for saying that the tariff was local issue. lt now seems to be a personal issue
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-12
SOUND TRUTHS.

Congressman Pou. In a speech on the tariff. used these words: 'Tf the tarin Is blessing it should be equally dis- tributed; if 6 burden, equally borne." Those were true words, to which all fair-minded people should heartily subscribe. That the burdens of gov ernment should. as far as possible. be made to bear equally on all the citi- gems of the government Is a truth which should require no argument. It Is an equally indisputabie proposition that all citizens should enjoy an equal share of the benefits and blessings of the government.
 These are what may properly be call- cd seif-evident truths. All the people are entitled to the equal protection Of the laws and should bear their pro- portion of the expenses. If they do this they are entitled to share equally in the blessings that come through the enactment and execution of good laws. and there should be no unfair and up- just discrimination.
 One of the great and wsll-foundsd complaints against our tarif laws Is that their burdens ana their benefits are not equally apportioned and borne. There are and have nearly at all times been certain favored interests which have been protected, nursed and fed by the tarif. At the same time there have all the time been people aud oc. equations that have not received fair treatment and have not shared in the benefits of the system.
 These also are truths, but where does the remedy lief Can @ tariff law be constructed and enacted that win be fair and impartial in both benefits and burdens? It seems to us that it would require wisdom of the Solomonic or- der to do this. What is perhaps of more importance, it would require in Congress a majority of men absolutely honest, fearless and free from partisan or sectional bias. Can that be hoped for in this day of favoritism and selfish politics7 We doubt 1t, and for that reason we have little hope that Mir. Pou's idea of tariff bill will be real ized. All we can do Is to hope that the law they are going to pass will ha better than is predicted,
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single tax is thus exempiified in. con- trast to private ownership and gener- ai taxation in the remainder of the George. are carried out so far as the laws of Alabama win permit Several dimculties were presented to the lead- CTS a,nn.,1. Of the GO. colony, who were oompellsd pure single-tax idea cannot. they say, be carried out in this country. The best Mr. Gaston. the father of the .O organize corporation. buy the tract of land. lease 1t in small lots to colonists, provide all public utilities, pay the state and county taxes in a lump, and get their money back by
 The president of the corporation rs Frank l.. Brown, formerly of Chicago; the treasurer Is James Bellangee. the the secretary is Mr. Gaston. who has always held that offlce.
 These gentlemen started out as pio- nesrs usually start. went through a siderable hardship under circumstances not naturaily favorable. and have suc- ceeded beyond the expectations of oth- se1Dss Dss0PPis Poe net Ss yell s they they if the experiment could be carried out to the full exempiincation of Henry Georges theories. 1t would be a per- met with are atfributed to the restrio- tions of State laws. When they came here they thought they could do more than they have. found practical or pos sible. and they misjudeed in meas ure the consistency and adaptability of human nature. There has been a good deal of kicking. As one gentle man expressed if:
 "There is too much talent on board the ship. and a good many more critics than are needed. A community of TOO cultivated. thinking people. with mora brains than money. more ideas than business talent: more theories than -ex- perience. is apt to develop differences of opinion. Several gentlemen in the colony are confident that 1t would have been a greater success if the management had heen in their hands instead of those of Mir. Gaston. Mir. Bellangee and MT. Brown Further more. they took in everybody, ifcfud- ing many families who do not believe in the single tax theory. and had to give them 6 certain amount of repra- sentation, but not until after a long struggle. Human nature is seldom contented. The members of the colony who do not understand the theory up on which 1t is founded, or will not aes cept 1t. and certain others who have not been so prosperous as the rest, have tried to make trouble. They com- plain that 1t Is an injustice to compel every one to pay the same, and when they are told that they get their conn pensation in other ways. they are not satisfied"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-12

The scarcity ef labor hss led to . great demand for machinery for the breaking of hemp. but as yet little pro- gress has been made. and the little old five-siatted hand break is stili the fa- yorits implement There are some 500 goo Dsssn'ss ss's,.,on on ne mhsm,p,sr.as.a. ,s mach but the one which fins the bill satis- |factoriiy has not yet been invented. The hemp seed businsss hes been brought down to specialized basia. Broom rape is the arch enemy oe hemp, and in order to ret pure seed
 much pains is taken. The dealers fur. nish the growers gallon of seed in the spring in exchange for . bushel In the fall. When the frost season comes each stalk of seed hemp is care fully cut to prevent . shatterinE of the seed. Three or four are stacked up together, and when they become dry the seed Is beaten out into sheet. The Chinese seed is SO high-prfced that a person can profitably buy cloth to place around the stalks while yet standing in order to get the early seed.
 The decline of shipping, the rise ot jute, of sisal. and of Manila hemp have all had a hand in the decadence L0f American hemp growine, But tho romance of it, growing always in q close association with bluegrass and thoroughbred horses. can never decay. Membe CT of the mulberry family. cous- in- german of ramie and of hops, Amer ican hemp. in spite of its s2 percent decline in production. still feels it. self one of the blue bloods of the plant world and an aristocrat in the fibre Kingdom.
 tcopyrisht. 1908. by Frederic J. Has kin) &a
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-12
PERvrRrrNc THE LAW.

Atlanta affords new Instance. and happily there are numerous such in- stances in the experience of men. In which q noble undertaking arose from q low and contemplate deed. As re- suit of the outrageous perversion of the law by which the home of United States Judge W. B. shsppard was dis mantied . movement was inaugurated by which the poor of that city are to secure the assistance of able and hon. est lawyers to protect them from the chicanery of, dishonest attorneys who pervert the law to oppress those who can make no defense.
 The automobile of Judge Sheppard. while he was absent in Pensacola, slightly injured negro. The chauffeur in charge assured the negro that Judge Sheppard would treat him generously and fairly, in recompense for his hurt. But the negro fell in the hands of a professional damage suit lawyer who was on good terms with justice mili." From this justice of the peace he secured an order ievying on the household furniture of Judge Sheppard at his home in Atlanta. Of this Judge Sheppard knew nothing. only his wife was at their Atlanta home.
 Acting in the name of the law c constable went to the home seized and carried away the furniture. Mrs Sheppard asked for permission to com- municate with her husband. This was refused. She protested against the re- movai of her furniture. But the agent of the damage suit attorney went re- morseiessiy about his task. He dis mantled the home.
 The AtiantaS bar immediately de- nounced the outrage. It went even further. It took the position that fl the law could be so perverted as to permit such an outrage in the case of prominent man like Judge shep- pard. 1t would permit similar outrages upon the defenseiess poor. A fund wal therefore raised for the establishment of the ofice of Attorney for the Poor This officer is to stand between the poor and the tyranny of perverted law It is also indicated that the damage suit sharp, responsible for the outrage will be debarred from the practice of law.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-12
This Date in History
April I2.

17so--The British opened fire upon the
 American batteries at Charles
 ton s. C..
 17ss-Tbe first power loom was put in .. operation In PhiladeIphia. lSS1-University of Alabama opened. lS44-Treaty concluded for the annex
 stion of Texas to the United ls5o--Body of John c. Calhoun law v.,n
 state in the national capitol at
 Washington. lss1--Bombardment of Fort suntAr ,o. commenced by the Confederates. 1eo4--Fort Pillow captured by Confed-
 crate force under General For lSSS-Federals took possession of Co., ls7s-William M. Tweed died in Iud- ,aa. low Street jail, New York. lesi-hobert w: Waterman. ex-Qoy-
 ernor of California, died at San lssS-Cardinal Taschersau, aEchbishop
 o1 Qnebec. died. Born February 1soS-3reater part of Chelsea. Mass.
 destroyed by fire
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-12
The Henry George Colony
 Prospers in ALabana

William F. Curtis writing from Mobile to The Chicago Record Herald says:
 On beautiful wooded blufr. eighty feet above the waters of Mobile Bay and about fifteen miles across the wa ter from this city, is village called Fair Hope, and there is a good deal Of oes Sss ssEbi h hs osion t 9s luxuriant soil. q healthful although not tnvigorating climate and other sur roundings favorable to the develop ment of ideals. It is by far the most in Baldwin County. The popdlation is composed entirely of educated and cultured white people. Many of them differ from the remaining s5.000,o00 of liticaI economy and other conventional ideas. Some of them belong to the class that are called "cranks." Inde- pendence of thought is perhaps the most characteristic feature of the It-
 Fair Hope was started in January, 1696. by E. D. Gaston, James Belian- gee. J. B. Tunnel and Alfred Wooster of Des Moines. Iowa. who came down village and bought 1000 acres of land for the purpose of putting into active practice the favorite theory of the late Henry George. Although no restric- the colons 1 expected srtOn to his share to the general well being and assist in the development of the eco- homie policy based upon the general principle that all men are equally en- titled to the use of the earth.
 No one owns the soil on which he lives. The corporation in which ev- cry person has a share who desires to buy it. owns the land. which extends 5000 feet along the blum overhansing Mobile Bay and extends back i've miles into the country. Everybody pays rent to the exploration. and has a per- petual lease. Each tenant can build a home afta' his own fancy or cultivate the soil according to his own theories of agriculture. Residence lots, 50 by 150 feet in size. rent from $3 to s15 a year. according to location; business lots cost from $25 to $50 year, and farming land from 35, to 76 cents an acre per year. according to iocations The occupant is practically the owner of the land for which he pays such rentals. and may dispose of It if he desires to do. subject to the approval of the directors of the corporatton, who exercise sort of beneficlent des- positm. It is not necessary to be a member of the corporation to enjoy it's benefits. and land outside the corpora ton property can be purchased for an Rverags of s25 an acre. more or less. according to the quality of the soil ana the location. Nobody In the col- nny pays any further taxes. The treasurer of the corporation pays the State and county assessments.
 The Idea of public ownership and
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-12
Making History.

When Kingiake was writing his his tory of the Crimean war he received istfers from all sorts of people cons cerned in the war. One day letter with a deep black border came from two people in the colonies. husband and wife. describing their grief Thelr Sl,a on m They wanted to have him mentioned in the History of the Crimean War" Kingiake was touched. and replied by post that he would do ms best 1T r. they me, lars. Again a letter. also black-bor- Serad ftIiI of thanks but with the fol- lowing conciusion.. We have no par tScuiaTs whatever to give you. He was LilIed on the spot, like many others, hut anything you may kindly invent will he welcome. We leave 1t entirely tn vonr Imagination"
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crease in population. In short. the crops that have been raised win not sufiice for the greater numbers of consumers. The only remedy we can see is by raising more grain. either by planting more acres or by such cui- tivation as will cause the land to pre- duce more. If food prices continue to advance 1t cannot be long until living will be q serious problem to the great majority of the population. The soiu- ton of the problem rests with the farmers.