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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-24
FIGHT ON THE FLY
BY Frederic J. Ha.kin.

the case OF the fly. He must be born
in filth. If the female cannot ind ma
nure In which to deposit her eggs, she
singles out the next flthiest place she
can find. Old rags form a favorable
substitute for the stable. Waste pa
per constitutes another incubator. But
1t Is always necessary that the eggs
be laid in filth o. some character. It
Is believed by the authorities on the
subject that IL approximate cleanli-
ness retgned everywhere. the fly pest
would disappear. This Is proved by
experience. In the mountains of Wire
ginia there is q little summer resort
around which are built some thirty
cottages. 1t Is deserted village from
September to June, not soul living
there during those months. When the
cottage owners move in In June there.
rs not fly to be SEEN save the few
/ tEat follow the horses of the cottagers
up the mountain side for two miles.
But they never become numerous UNI
I'll more than six weeks after the fly
season reaches its height in the Shen-
andoah Valley below. The Arst arri-
yals OF the next summer find no flies
there, all those of the previous sum-
mer having perished in the cold and
tor lack of filth.
The fly nuisance In the country dis
triets Is far harder one to handle
than that in the cities, since the farm
er with a dozen head of horses. thirty.
or forty cattle. and sheep and hogs in
proportion, cannotAshave the, sanitary
conditions surrounding him that are.
possible in cities. In 1895 DIR. Howard
eo-operated with the washington
health office In seeing that the stables
In the business section of the. city were
kept clean. The result was a remark,
able falling OF in the number of dies
In that section during the summer.
IL $ thought that the automobile
and motor wagon Will ultimately 20
far toward solving the fly problem in,
the cities. 1t is reported that in.thosas
neighborhoods where the garage has
taken the place OF the livery stable the
ny crop has shown corresponding de -
crease. Some cities have enacted laws
relating to the care and disposition IL
stable manure which will, If enforced.
go far toward eliminating the house
ny. Public sentiment may yet Danish
the city horse stable as 1t has already
nanished the pigpen, and with the: coma
ing OF the horseless age in the cities.
MES may disappear from the large
centers Of population
copyright 1903, by Frederick ]. Has
(kin.)
Homorrow' Signing Tariff Bills. ~
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-24
A shaLe..pe.re In 1909.

Referring to the sympathy and en-
couragement he and his brother Or
vile had received as Tying machine
inventors, Wilbur Wright said at Day.
doubt that Il $1,000. 900 would bring
another Shakespeare to light, the
money would be forthcoming in this
country within i've minutes"
This Is true. Dozens OF our mil
iionaires and others not so rich would
subscribe in minute IL an American
shakespeare could be guaranteed. But
who would recognize him and guaran-
and even il some enthusiast with more
unerring perception than active envy
should proclaim him. who would ac-
cept the sponsors word? Those ready
come Mfssourians and say, you've got
to show we," and when the poet point
ed to his work they would smile skep-
ucally. They couldn't be sure them
sure absolutely, and they would finally
conclude not to part with their money.
IL Shakespeare had never lived till
now. and IL he were now just reach
be unable to find room for him and
the book publishers would fight shy Of
the task of trying to sell his output.
He would be pretty generally rated
and the critics would probably con-
cede that he did first-rate work only
in spots. He would doubtless have TO
wait hundred years to be proclaimed
a genius and 500 to enjoy his present
fame. There is more truth than fool
cry In Mark Twain's story of Ten
nessee poet named Billings whose
neighbors thought he was half daft
and who could not get a publisher for
MS poems. but who, when he died, re-
ceived great ovation in Heaven, Ho-
mer and Shakespeare walking back
ward before him. and the greatest seers
and prophets Of the ages (high among
whom he was ranked) attending the
celebration in order to do him honor
or course It Is different: with the
Wright brothers and producers OF
their type. Their reward is immedi-
ate and certain, for II a machine il
made to fly through the air, the fact
Is at once as manifest to ther fool aa
70 the wise man. There is no waiting
to die, or for the slow growth of q
consensus of scholarly opinion. The
public sees and decides for itself az
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-24
Republican Newspaper. and the T.r,a

Republican Newspapers and the FaritY
New York World.
The he leading Republican newspapers
and Independent press, have been
practically. of one mind in condemning
the Aldrtch tariff bill. 1t is the first
tarin bill since the civil war which
press The Mckinley bill and the
Dingley bill were accepted unquestion-
ingiy as the true party gospel by the
aa9 newspapers at the time.
ana even the Wilson bill, with all the
olsappointments 1t brought out, honest
advocates of tariff for revenue eyok-
60 approval from most of the Demo-
But the Aldrich BIN is too much for
even the most hardened sRepub Itca ms
to stomach AInongfi n 81 mo 81 noREp1c-
nous critics stand such staunch He
bune and The chicago Tribune.
IN survey Of the whole newspaper
neld The Kansas City Star remarks
mat The Herald Is the only newspa-
hold the Senate Finance Committee
The Boston Herald and Transcript are
dissatisfied. The Philadelphia North
american bitterly denounced the be.
In Chicago, in addition to The Trf-
bune, The Record Herald and EVENING
Post dissent from the Aldrich policy
and even The nter-Ocean, a stand
promises Of downward rda re ths campaign
be fulfilled. The st. Louis Giobs-
Democrat, The ST. Paul Dispatch and
The Minneapolis Star are in arms
On the Pacific coast The Portland
Oresonian, the chief Republican news
paper OF the Northwest, has been b,t-
terry attacking the Aldrich bill, and
The Spokane Statesman Review re-
sents that kind of tariff revision
or the notable exceptions to the gen.
eral rule are the newspapers of Pitts
burg and The Philadelphia INQUIRER.
an unfiinching follower Of the Repubii.
can organization
Mr.. Aldrich may consider hinseff
justified as party leader in worlx,n9
his tariff bin through the Senate nv
shrewd log-roiling tactics, but the
open hostility of the Republican press
from the Atlantic to the PacIfc is q
fair measure of its unpopularity and OF
the Republican revolt which he treats
with contempt.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-24

arettes may be foolishness. but to la
he surprised II the Washington law
doesn't fall into early disrepute and II
1t doesn't soon take Its place among
the unenforced statutes"
In all probability the law will fall
into disrepute and the sooner the bet
ter. II the courts cannot or will not
invalidate IL In short order 1t ought to
be possible to elect Legislature with
sense and courage enough to repeal IT.,
or to so amend and modify IL that there
will be some show Of right and justice
in 1t. However, this latest specimen
is not much worse than some legisia-
ton In other States. Legislative
bodies seem to have imbibed the idea
that they are chosen and set apart to
regulate the morals. habits. tastes and
inclinations of all humanity, and there
seems to be no limit to their assump-
tons. 1t Is not a good sign. and docs
not argue well for our civilization.
How soon," asks The New Haven
Register, referring to this latest OUT
rageous law, will Washington advance
the prohibition to cigars and cut plug.
and how soon viii the States where the
| dry madness Is rampant try to make
1t worse by attacking tobacco?" The
Register may well ask how soon these
trespassers on individual liberty will
try to make It a crime for men to use
tobacco In any form. II would be
merely one more step In the direction
they have been travelling. and would
he but a little more outrageous than
the one already taken by Washington.
Some people seem to be devoting all
their energies to the task of making
law both ridiculous and imperative.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-24
This Is My 59th Birthday
General Lord Kitchener.

General Lord Kitchener, the cele-
brated British general who is at present
commander of the military forces in
India, was born in County Kerry, Ire
land, June "a, 1850. and was educated
at the Royal Military Academy at Wool
witch. In 1871 he entered the Royal
Engineers His career since that time
is substantially review of the wars
and military expeditions in which Eng
land has engaged during the past thir-
ty-five years. He was in command
OF the EgyptioA cavalry from 1882 to
1884 and in the latter year distinguish
ed himself in the Nile expedition. He
remained in Egypt and the Soudan for
more than ten years and in 1898, In
recognition of his heroic services in
front of Khartoum, General Kitchener
was raised to the peerage and given
a grant of $4,000 by Parliament.
During the last war with the Beers in
South Africa he was commander-ln-
chief of the British forces. When the
war was ended he was created Wis.,
count and promoted to the rank of
General. in addition to receiving other
honors from his government.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-24


A disastrous tornado sweeping
across the State would not have caused
the loss In dollars and cents that has
resulted from the continuous and
heavy rains in Alabama. Crop condi-
tons, particularly In the Black Belt
and In West Alabama are ominous. lIn-
less there Is a decided change for the
better the present will be the most
unfortunate crop year in a quarter of
century for the western and middle
portions OF the State
A conservative estimate places the
loss sustained In the Tombigbee Valley
at 100000. The loss in the middle
section OF the State from east to west
Is much heavier.
The rains came at a critical time. 1t
Is true that cotton win bear much
rain IL the farmer manages to keep
the grass down, but the steady, con-
tinuous rains for the past month has
been without precedent. These weeks
meant most to the cotton crop. The
farmer needs more time for working
his crop then than he does at any
other month of the year. But he
has been able to put in but few DAYS
In the past month in profitable work
on the farm.
While a great deal of the damage
has been done by flood from creek 8
and river, overrunning bottom lands,
the greater damage has been done by
the steady rain in drowning out cotton
and corn on upland farm land. For
the Alabama farmer IT is a time for
misgivings and depression.
And yet cotton which suffers more
than corn from the adverse conditions
has a way Of coming out, of recuperat-
Ing, IL anything like favorable wealth
er seasons follow destructive rains. If
a change for the better comes, much
cotton apparently hopeless now, may
revive and show new life. But the
change must come at once.
The condition of the corn crop while
critical is not so desperate. 1t is still
possible to plant corn and make a crop.
The whole State can unite in the fer
vent hope that the worst is past.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-24
Letters to The Editor

Abbsyille, La June 20. O

Abbevflle. La, June ~, w
Editor Of The Advertiser:
Last year, returning from the Re-
union at Birmingham I stopped on In
your delightful city, and in strolling
about In the residence section near the
river and not snore than six or eight
squares from ~ old Jefferson Davis
home. saw a variety Of mulberry,
which interested me but could find no
one who could give me the name OF the
variety. 1t bears a fruit which looks
like small sycamore ball when ripe
this bursts open, displaying the reddish
fruit and prominent seeds.
II you do not happen to know OF
these trees. possibly a query in the 10.
cal columns OF you paper would elicit
the Information I am anxious to OBJ
tain.
C. J.. Edwards.
(This letter describes as to fruit the
pomegranate, but there il no similar
ity between that and mulberry fruit
OF. tree. Can any Of the readers OF Tne
Advertiser give the Information desir-
ed. Ed. Advertiser.)
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-24

Damage suits sometimes take queer
turns. We have just been reading OF
"a case in a little town in France that
furnishes a good example Of the way
Justice is sometimes administered. 1t
seems that a burglar had climbed a
ladder and entered the second story of
"a house where ne obtained considerable
shooty. As he was descending the lad
der with his load it gave away under
him and he was badly hurt. He
brought suit against the owner of the
house on the ground that the ladder
was not constructed according to the
bylaws of the town and actually re-
covered damages for his hurts. That
looks like justice gone astray.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-24

The statement is made that the re-
cent special election in Jefferson Coun-
opposed to Greater Birmingham and
the defeat of the candidate who mace
the race on that issue. If this is true.
Birmingham city limit there will be
regret throughout the State. AS a
matter of fact Birmingham should be
allowed to increase the citys limits.
The whole State would be glad to see
Birmingham in the class of the largest
cities of the South in the census next
year.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-24
THURSDAY. JUNE IA, 1900.
me senate Finance COMMITTEES und,

The Senate Finance Committee under
the charge OF Senator Aldrich has
proved to be little bit afraid OF the
West. This is indicated by the con-
ression made by the Finance Commit
tee under which duty Of as per cent.
was put on hides although the shoe
manufacturers were demanding that
hides be admitted free. But when rev.
eral Western Senators told the Senate
what would happen in the Western
states II such an unfair and partisan
piece of legislation was enacted, the
Finance Committee paused and
thought. The West, according to Re-
publican standards. has been getting
rebellious of late anyhow.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-24

The Georgia Legislature is again in
session. and The Columbus Ledger
looks for a flood of petty legislation to
consume the time Of that body. II
thinks there ought to be some rule laid
down whereby important legislation
should be considered by the law-max-
ers first" Our contemporary fails to
see that II member has a bill to reg
ulate the size of chicken coops in has
county he will consider 1t important
legislation" and so with all the rest.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-24

The New York Times calculated that
Mrs. Gould draws from the income of
the husband she is suing for abandon
each twenty-four hours as the average
fairly good workman receives for =
days work Of ten hours. II that is a
fair statement no one should be sur
prised that she wants to hold on 10
him and his income. bonus of about
three dollars a minute might not cone
10 her If the husband gets away.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-24

From the most accurate data that
can be secured it is calculated that in
the Presidential election of 1908 there
was one vote to every six persons of
the entire population. This is con-
sidered fairly good percentage. and If
it holds good at the next national cleo
ton there will be over fifteen million
votes cast. How many of them will
he cast for the Democratic tickete
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-24

he could not distinguish the wordA
and the tune. melodious and piercing
sweet, was strange to him. Perhaps
by sweetheart TO whom the singer
just said farewell; perhaps 1t was =
song of action. of hope. of anticipation
expressive of YOUTHS dreams The It's
tener was not muscically gifted and
could not interpret. He only knew
that the song. now joyous and high,
and In Its refrain rose again to Tilt OF
triumph. He knew, too, that suddenly.
in some way. that he understood not.
closed. Old dreams came back, aspir-
ations OF youth. never, alas. filled;
faces, half forgotten, that had once
made part OF life. came out OF thr
time way; visions once cherished OF
the future he had never found swept
before him as panorama OF a life not
his own. yet, as he knew. really OF
his AVN life outgrown,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-24

The Wright brothers are at WASH
ington getting ready for their official
speed trials. and 1t will not be good
policy to enter into any positive pre-.
dictiofis as to what they may or may
not accomplish. They have done some
remarkable stunts, and will try now to
eclipse anything that has gone before
Let US wish them all manner of sue
cess
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-24
DRIFTWooD

High and dry-roof garden patrons
IN prohibition town.
sn Inc "a lawyer Is glad to press your
nave the price. ''D
The first thing an ambitious vopy,
'''e S-i''iio snouio make is to make good
Saa s Are they fast frienis?
hayole:--fes-both of them.
III Even the cream of society patronize
There is one little blonde In Mont
somery who can nearly always fell
s wnen the ooor-oeH sounds like an en-
= some people can forgive and forget
put the person who can give and FOR.
get Is certainly rarity.
The conductor does not always con-
duct, himself properly much, as he els =
supposed TO-. 1ss sE1 . 3 = S5S''sfss
rs he a manor ,rnsans7,
9th other IN ls good satoasa s sl%ssG loop Or
= .a4 =
In answer to our queries, why does.
woman nearly always sit on the floor
To- 20 put on, her stockings" anl why
sSe - she ss, always ciose her eyes when
mad no little fuss at our expense,
here Is the latest from The Nashville
Another commencement season has
come and gone. and The Buffalo News
notes that the world is "still in the
dark as to when she puts on her stock
when she is kissed" We'll she ns stts eyes oS
the floor because she cannot sit on the
ceiling. AS to the other being ''fn the
dark 1t Is just as well to pretend not
DO not open your mouth until you
are quite clear In your head exactly
down by German to cure stutterinSl
We think this rule would not be inap-
plicable to cure others than shutters Of
the habit of making bad breaks.
Emerson said: Hitch your WAGON
to a star" and every millionaire's SON
In Pittsburg seems trying to follow.
auto-wagons to a Star they are con-
tent with nice chorus-girl.
Well since flour is 50 high the bakers
are going to enlarge the hole in the
dough-nut. -
Hell is paved with good intentions
and they never have to issue bonds
either.
'"rhe bark Of dog is oft worse than
its bite" '"'
A saying fit
But the honk of an auto you surely
Is worse than its hitl
as well as bachelors. But the widowers
never stay single long They hop in
and marry the first chance as a rule.
IL 4o IL
girl, decides a magistrate. Certainly
its not a crime-its an act of charity.
Its heaven however. to kiss Mont
gomery giri--so they say.
Monkey that is at present performs
ing in London vaudeville house
draws salary of $4,000 week. But
he doesn't have to support a wife with
fine dresses and silk stockings that
would buy!
Why don't you take your summer
vacation trip? Don't you know the
porters. walters. and bell-boys need the
money?
when The June Skies Rain.
The June-skies they are cloudy
But they don't rain rain-to me
For l know someone is waiting
For me ever patiently,
Where the hooking birds are singing
In the old magnolia tree.
The skies oftimes are stormy
But such days don't depress
The rain drops to the violet's eyes
Just give a soft caress. d.
The yiolets are just like her eyes
And not more fair l guess!
June skies aren't always sunny
They oft rain-rain- drops down
But somewhere there's a rain bow
So what's the use to frown-
NV rainbow Is two loving arms
In a cottage far-from town!
Phil H. Armstrong.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-24

$4,000 Memorial To BE Erected at En-
trance to Capitol Grounds.

$4,000 Memorial To BE Erected at En-
trance to Capitol Grounds.
Nashville. Tenn, June 23-The COM
mission authorized by the legislature
to select site for the monument to
Senator Edward Ward Carmack, who
was killed on the streets here last
November. has decided on location.
The monument will be placed Just
above the south entrance to the state
capitol grounds.
1t is proposed to erect on the site
mentioned a memorial costing $4,000.
The subscriptions to the memorial fund
have been coming in in a satisfactory
manner so far
The work of erecting the monument
will be pushed as rapidly as Is eonsis-
tent with the best class OF the work
and the proper completion Of the same.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-24

An item in a contemporary tolls US
that 1t has been SO cold in Chicago
that the clothiers couldn't sell straw
hats without having ear-mufrs attach
ell to them. There have been times
lately when we could very we'll have
divided holiness with Chicago
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-24
The Columbus Enquirer-sun explains

The Columbus Enquirer-Sun explains
that It was not 4 but The Charleston
News and Courier that objected to
picking up big foreign names to apply
to their home restaurants and other
places OF refreshment. We hasten to
correct the error. and to remark that
we are not surprised at Charleston
people reaching out for inducements to
bring patronage.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-24

ing who referred to Governor Hokc
Smith. of Atlanta, Alabama" is re-
spectfully but firmly notified that he
will do well to keep out of this State
We have troubles enough over here
without having Atlanta and Hoke
Smith both saddled on u.s. That is
rubbing it in Just triie too hard.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-24
The Wise and Foolish virgins.

AS it happened, however, the FIVE
foolish virgins were observed in their
perplexity by FIVE wise men.
Permit me" quoth each of these.
and stepped up and filled a virgins
lamp for her. adding: Now. you just
about need somebody to look out for
you, don't you, eh?"
And upon the five foolish virgins
blushing violently and looking shy1y
down. the five wise men lost no time
in procuring licenses. and they all lived
happily ever after.
AS for the wise virgins. they shifted
some when they heard the news, ami
madverted with considerable acerblty
on the ancient mystery of the way of
a man with maid. and let it go at
that.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-24
A Song In the Night.

IndIdHdpOIIs bLaT.
The clock had struck u and the
sleepless one counted the strokes and
turned on his pillow YEARLY As the
last echo died away came the sound
of voice far down the street.-The
voice of some late homegone forget
full that the sleeping world lay about
him. absorb only with the Joy of his
own thoughts. unconscious perhaps
that he sang at all. Nearer he came
clear. rich. young. vibrant with llfo
rose the voice quick firm steps form
ing a rhymical accompaniment. What
the song was the listener did not konw
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-24
Safety in Airships.

new YORK PreSa.
Current statistics report that since
1888 only 81 persons have been killed
as the result OF fights in gas balloons
This takes in period of crude expert
mentation the scientific methods of
latter time reducing the risk of life.
Hardly week passes in the United
states without its record of killing by
automobiles, the victims often being
occupants of motor cars as we'll as
those in their path. Yet The popular
impression is that OF the two forms
Of locomotion the aerial method is far
the more hazardous. Possibly the re =
verse of this. when fully understood,
will lessen the attraction of balloon
ing as sport. What sense will there
be in stealing an airship for joy ride
when there Is no promise of bowling
over few children in the highway OF
the air. and small chance of smashing
the machine against a telegraph post ?
Half the fun of tearing through q
crowded street or around a blind turn
is in the possibilities of loss of life
or limb.
We are told that ballooning is al
ready inexpensive by comparison with
maintenance of fast automobiles, Add
TO this the assurance of its relative
security for all concerned and the day
that the airshp will supplant the m otOr
car as an fundamentally of exciting
pleasure may be long DELAYED.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-24

To the old time Southerner. the trim
"nigger news" was one that embodied
every phase of contempt and distrust
Of any information under discussion.
The question arises. as to whether the
mass of back stairs testimony brought
out by both sides in the unpleasant
Gould case does not belong in the Same
category with old time .''rigger news"