The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-17
What she State Papers
 Are Saving and Doing
Gas is Not Scarce

Gas is Not Scarce.
 Opelika Morning Post.
 We. recently noticed a headline stat. Ing that Huntsville had good flow .of gas. If We are to judge towns by sSme sSn% G, in ths ,h pspers. there are lot oi
 shefneias Good Record.
 Shenield Standard.
 The standard is pleased to. note that ton law has, so far, been reported in of the people of shefield are opposed iievs that the law S should be enforced. guard.
 Florence Times. E r.
 The election for State and County officers in Alabama will take place next year. and time flies. In one year and eandldstes will be troopihs into the feld. In the meantime 1t goes dates are doing lot of thinking
 Mulberry Trees safe.
 The editor of The Opp Era answers our query of last week as to whether if cold kills the berries that are now on the trees. and freeses the sap that has risen. The Era says: You may tell those of your readers who have cold snap will not injure the trees or prevent them from fruiting this year. The writer speaks from obser-
 Long staple Cotton.
 Northgert Breeze. about fifty bales of long staple cotton ty. A part of 1t was raised on their river plantations and the other was brought from different farmers over the c0snty s. Thss sss bought some nma from 10 cents per pound for 1t. It is a beau tiful staple being much longer than ordinary cotton, while 1t commands q staple. t is doubtful If 1t pays 10 raise 1t, for it Is claimed by many that the yield per acre Is less than that of the short staple cotton.
 Did Not Fail. Birmingham Ledger.
 One or two exchanges have spoken of the failure of the King bill" The Kins Ras!sd pl n,dnsr1 did not fall was iawfully the Speaker and Governor and was made void by Incompetence or bribery or corruption. The people of Birming- HdH1 are WaltiHB tU AuOW IT Bup0T~ dlnate official can veto a law and the State be helpless and at the mercy of men who have forty days in which to veto any law after the Legislature ad- lowed more time to consider bills than the Governor.
 Sure Enough Farmer.
 Now this gentleman. Mir. E. R. Vaughan who lives about seven miles from Demopolis on the Jefferson road, Is what we call a sure enough farmer. has recently killed twenty-seven hogs. JuSt think of the good "hog killing time" you have heard of and experi- enced, and smack your lips over the the. spare ribs. the backbones, the brains, the joles, tongues, liver and lights the melts and so forth and the ct ceteras Is powerful good, too. when properly prepared.
 Law and Order.
 Jackson Union News.
 ,- The tragedy sS,.;n, Sf sS Sunday @ morning ah the law is being trampled under foot and disregarded in many ways. Whis- key Is being peddled by both white and blacks n. ks and gambling Is conducted conduct pn, 1S law, apparently without, interference. We have no condemnation for anybody. for we are all a self-condemned set for allowing it. It Is no use to say i've don't know it," for we do. It is 6 common occtrrence to hear in the bar her shops. in some stores, and on the streets. "whn-=-won-.the--,. =. money. the night before. It Is no trouble to get any amount of. whiskey if you know the wink or nod. And ittis@ easy to learn that. It seems to us 1t Is about time some of 1t Is stopped and the way to stop 1t is to give the violators a good dose of the law. There is nothing wrong with the law; the trouble IS with us; the people who tolerate 1t.