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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-03
MR. TATE DID NOT CHALLENGE
Hut Did Want the Governor to Meet o'Neal or Some other Lender.
 September 1, 1908.

Hut Did Want the Governor to Meet
 o'Neal or Some other Lender.
 September 1, 1909. Editor The Advertiser:
 The Advertiser of September 1, 1909. contained the statement to the effect that had challenged Governor Conner for division of time to discuss con- stitutional amendment on the date that the Governor is billed to speak here, to wit, September 2, 1909, and that the Governor had declined on the plea that he would not have time. The facts are these: Friends or antf-constitutional amendment ex- pressed the desire to have joint de- bate or division of time between the Governor and Mir. O'Neal, so I ap- preached the Governors committee on arrangement here, and asked them If they would object to granting a di- vision of time. They replied that they would call up the Governor the fol- lowing morning and ask him about 1t. told the committee to state to the Governor that MT. O'Neal or some one equally prominent in State politics would be the one to represent the other side. Arrangements had been made to secure Mir. O'Neal for that date. The gentlemen who called up the Governor and stated the matter to him reported to me that the Governor stat ed that he would not have time for e joint debate," and that settled the mat ter so far as we or I was concerned.
 Respectfully.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-03

any right that God has given him. t Whiskey Is universally recognized as commerce. Man has a divine and uni. versally recognized right to use it but Is divinely and universally prohibited frS What 0asns ass yoa that sons rsh to do about m right TdE "a' to drinks rhe "saints!s By thopfyS thorn wefs Can aheR tEey na # Anywhere save in their fansticaily diseased
 T1s t yrttsr SnS a0fsnt sut dn ss and dSsi wants to use whlskey and not abuse It. we have absolutely no right to say ne shall not do so; we do not even i nsye s,,s action--and the saintss have no more right than we.
 Let us suggest that .rs ne. esmPsisn nDers noe Ss that drinkers sin in drinking. but be- cause all men are sinners--except the
 s.Evils of the whIzkey rrnme.v ! All of the evils connected with wiiis- key are centered tn the man swno dsinks it to excess, aSn asdiataiv Shst Iy and sd ationally, not in remote. rouna- about and impossible way. ,..a.-
 "rhe whiskey tram IS as lesiu cotton. corn or wheat traffic. The con-' sumer doesn't have to abuse the pro- agc but if tassaTiI he w ss S0 ,s ; ss snss 1ssS a the rest of mankind are all right.
 There is no gainsastag IL. IS ter rlble. ''slumming. in 2 great city we pulsive of its varied horrors, and we would gladly and |. nderly take fne cup from the lips of the victims; But absurdity and worse to reach these hu- man wrecks hy taking 1t from the lips of people who never did ana never ,wonia victim's fau.t. If he has voluntarily be- come a victim. and he Is so condemned Srhe effort of "the saints" to deliver the victim of "the demon rum" by op- erating on somebody who Is not vie- tim Is an awe-inspiring spectacle 0.
 What would be thought of the fam lily physician called upon to perform this delicate function If on arriving at he met, even if the grandfather of the patient and proceeded with his proiss- sional purposef
 promptly sent to the asylumf Where in the the side of Dink RaTem. Dr. Noodle gGoem GSt: eo :Srs Shstss on the Bud Wizer Dr. Flathead puts poultice on the probocis of WsIi Enuff; and for the torpid liver of Rafus Allen: Dc. Simpleton administers to Heper Trub- ble a dose of compound cathartic p4lla-
 Thus "the sa4nts" who would opef- ate by proxy. They would cure 5enn SI.ith, drunkard by operating on Bill Jones, thinker. Why not ad.l4inister to Smith, who needs the medicine, and let make holy show sf themselves,
 The victims of the demon rum least the weakness of human nature, and they may be far less culpable in the sight of God than the effrontery of Wh O fiout in His face their dictum in contravention of His lwn.
 Failure will inevitably follow any | attempt by man 10 take away from But let us deal as gently with the l saints" as we may. No doubt thoy mean well. So did the surgeon who | sa wed of the wrong leg his pstient Doc Adams.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-03
Prohibition vu. Prosperity.

New York Times.
 The Maine prohibition law is an is' sue this month, the Democfats espoua- ing the cause of the 'antis." Sherin Pennel, in a speech at Gorham. notes that in the poor rum. ridden States or Massachusetts and Ne " Hampshire the average citizen has $247.41 and ylsIlo respectively laid by in savings banks while in Maine, under prohibition. the savings banks deposits are only y1zl.e2 per capita. In Massa ch husetts ten tn every fourteen persons have savings accounts. in New Fla npshire ten la twenty two. while Ma inc boasts Of but
 Waiving the moral question invoiYS9' what effect has the passage or Proni;; bitlon laws upon states materiSA wealth? The Portland Press, dereno- ing prohibition, says that the sole req son for Maine's poor standtng as com pared with neighboring saloon SsS.es Is that they are prominent n nlanutae- turing, while Maine Is distinctly farming community. ~ ~
 When farming con munltles become scientific in their farming they VIII De more wealthy than their manuIactur- ing neighbors. They ale not so now; Massachusetts has pas seq the pastof@' sides the money invested in her costly plants and real estaIs, which offsets Maine's wealth in farms the total bank deposits of Massachu, etts amount to S$fO per capita while the total deposits in Maine are but S254.57 per capita,
 How long would Massachusetts Keep her army of tens of thousands of for sign mil operatives which is an inte- graI part of her industrial syste,, 1T licenses were revoked and prohibition enforced in cities whers 1t does not now exIst2 H
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-03

of these cases tons upon toms of rock and earth fall from above or from the side of the mines. and the miners may bs wholly cut on from all means of escape or of communication with the outside world. It often happens that aid from the outside cannot reach the entombed msn in time to save their lives, and those who were not killed outright died from starvation or suf- rocation.
 These are some of the results and dangers of mining. Some of these dis asters are occurSng almost daily in some part of the country, and the toll nf human life thus exacted is appalling to humanity. If any means can be devised to prevent some of these dis listers certainly no greater boon could be given to the world. The scientists and the doctors. the lovers of their "ngaged in a ceaseless war against dis ''ase Of all sorts. anu they deserve the thanks of every love. of his kind. but ,f there Is anything in science, in- vsntion or mechanics that can obviate ar even lessen mine disasters there should be no neglect of the duty. for IL certainly is duty to humanity to prevent loss of life when possible.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-03
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3. 1909.

As was to be expected. there is wide difference of opinion among ex- perts as to the cause of pellagra. It was asserted with all posltiveness that the disease is solely due to eating bread and other products of spoilt corn, but now there are others who deny this. and still others who assert that 1t may be caused by several oth- CT things. How is a layinan to toll what to believe? All he can do is to go on eating corn bread and taking chances. we suppose.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-03
Legis. .ative "Saints" Ccnnot
 ReUoke D.Uine Right

rum" or punish the abuser of the right He had given him? Did He remove the Tree of knowledse or punish Adam Sodom and Gomorrah Did he remove the temptati n-render che inha abitsntS Incontinent-or destroy them for dis some men-to remove the effect instead of punishing the cause; for man Is the cause of his own deprAvity and abuse ity. Man and not whlskey is the re- sponsible agent. and he Is 8 he by Almighty God. Your prohi5itionist would legislate upon the effect instead If the cause
 Failure will inevitably follow any attempt by man to- take away from man any right that God has given him.
 Man and Mule.
 horse drover had about forty mules penned up in space rather cramped for their exercise. A tanner friend came by and noticing the anina,s. said:
 "Billups, why in thunder don't you turn them mules out and let 'sm grazS and get eXerrtse""
 "I would" said Bnups. "but that turned old blue-l ookinE mule over yon- over somebody's fence n eats up what ever he finds"
 the farmer. dlsgustt dly, you ain't got as much sense as airy mule you got. Why in h--l don't you hobble that mule or pen him up an turn the rest out?'' Moral: Hobble your drunkard, or pen him up, but don't interiict the rest of mankind because he has chosen to for felt his freedom, his right, by abusing 1t. But beca use thls drunkard abused his right. the aints" would put a harbed wire fence of prohibition around the rest of mankind.
 The saints are gotng at the thing wrong end foremost Legislate against abuse of wh skey and not Sainst it use, in which there Is absolutely no harm and an ade neither .egal nor a moral crime. Hobble your drunkard. you clerical instigators of statutes and an amend ment, not in the laws and constituti Fl | of Alabama, but in and against the de- -~ee f God Almighty Himsalf. How Failure will inevitably follow ans
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-03

Dear People-Failure will inevitably follow any attempt by man to take away from nan any right that God has gwen him.
 vine law is wrong and cannot avai!.
 Man is responsible to God for the abuse of the rights gwen nim; and for sponsible to man for the abuse, of those rights. But only for the abuse of them. here. It is for the abuse and not for the use of the rights given to man by his Maker that the Ten Command menls were made.
 use of his rights that laws are made by man-except in tie case or the Alabama Leg stature prohibitionlsts,
 use of his right as well as against his abuse of it.
 Man has the Divine right to drink | otherwise there would be the Div.ne prohibition. There is only prohibition | of the abuse of the right-."rhe drunk ard shall not enter lhe Kingdom or Nowhere is 1t said that the drinker
 shall not enter Nowhere is 1t said | legislatures of few other States that man shall not d. ink. Almighty God grants man the right
 10 drink. holding him responsible on V | for the abuse of the privilege. Th' l Alabama Legislature ould take away from man a right that God has given | him.
 What are you going to do about 1t. Failure will inevitably follow any at
 tempt by man to take away from man | any right that God has given him. What are you going to do about IT | Will you in effect fiaunt your te In ] the face of your Maker and in defiance | ,ay that You will take away from man a privilege that He has given hlG2 l Dare you do this?
 | "Hhe Demon Rum."
 Oh. yes, We know all about the "pov- 1 rty, wretchedness. misery. degradatIon | md crime of the deuIon rum. The | results of the abuse If his right are 1 eplorable, but who Is to blame TOT | them? Does God abolish 'the demon
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-03

customary operation of Federal courts of justice In this class of cases. Yet, we are gravely told. in this pa- per of the learned gentlemen. that tue Supreme Court has suggested that ioW- CT Federal Courts should have nothlnk involved.
 While a judge of one of the lower courts, whose action in other respects is also assai1ed in other parts or these ter Into any discussion of them, he may with perfect proprtety enter into a dis- cussion as to an historical truth.
 Thos. c. Jonex
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-03

looking from it's mountain perch down In this direction The Chattanoo- ga Times discovers that some of the real pr tohibitionists of Alabama appear to be dazed at the promptness and dis latch with which the political proiib proposes to seize all the offices and places of emolurlent." We'll. we be- ieve 1t was a Texas Congressmsn who. during Mir. Cleveland's first adminis- rration. was gently rebuked by friend tor his anxiety tp get ofnces for his friends. and who asked in some sur prise. well. what are we here for?'' AS the Governor and his followers ere ated the office what else could be ex- pectcd than ttat they should try to get all the benefits? If any of the sincere prohibitionists-not members of the Legislature or their proteges--have de- .uded themselves with the helisf that
 hey are entitled to a share of tlue of hces they may as well abandon the Idea. unless they have some pull with the powers that be.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-03
If there were no newspapers printed

If there were no newspapers printed what would people do for the news? Then again. what would some people do for something to growl about? There are those who grumble at what is in their paper and also at what is left out of it. There's no use trying to please that breed, and if there were no newspapers printed they would grumble more than ever. Guess some humans are built that way and can't help 1t
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-03
Makea CannIaint.

Montgomery, Ala, Aug. 70, IsUg Editor Advertiser:
 I want to ask through your paper why passenger trains on the Western Ra lroad stop So far from the railroad stations Yesterday evening my wife. our two children and myself were fore cd to walk the entire length of the station house between a freight train and passenger train over rough path on the train. In this marrow path we had to pass passengers. white peo- pie and negroes. just off the train and at times it was almost impossible to pass them. It is a very dangerous ana unconvenient plan It seems to me it would be better for tho railroad coln- near the station. would also ask why tEe law requiring railroad officials to furnish toilet room. necessary fsa- veniences and drinking water Is not enforced What Is the4 use making so many laws and not enforcing them?
 J w. Abercrombi
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-03

The New York Globe tells of handful of string beans which were grown in Central Park, in that city, and gives a picture of one of them which was thirty inches in length. We should say that the term string" de- scribes them exactly. as applied to their length. Evidently the park is . good place for vegetation to stretch cut
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-03

We accept with pleasure the con gratulations of The Columbus Enauir- er-Sun on The Advertisers escape from being sent to tail by the Conner Leg islature. The old saying that where there's a will there's a way" didn't hold good in that casa
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-03
DRIFT WOOD

He got on at Prattville with jar in
 his hand. Containing preserves that his wife had
 just canned. He says to the conductor, Tt would My wife said to ask you to run your
 train slow!'
 He-If I squeeze you will you scream' She-What do you think l ana talking doll?
 The undertaken; lives by others cof- fin up.
 Between potted tongue and OK tail soup the butcher manages to make both ends meat"
 History repeats itself, but paradoxi- cal as it may seem it doesn't help the absent minded school boy one bit. The average woman has such g vivid ina agination that if her small boy throws a book at a poorer boy she kid will make another Carnegie when he grows up.-
 "she is a decided brunette" undecided oneZcan't make up her mind whether to marry Harry or George" Parson snowball desiring to know in just what repute he is held by his con gregation, recently called one of his "trusty" brethren to him and said: "Brudder Jones, tell me 'zactly what you reckon de congregation done think ob me-if 4 has any fault or not. " well, pahson." replied Brother Jones. to de lam's an a great preachah an all dat, but you has one fauit-you exaggerates too much returned the divine. "and I'VE SHED BARRELS OF TEARS ovAH IT," "I wonder how old she really is." My boy-she has one foot in the 'Impossible-shs is from Chicago" The Bull Dog--I can't tell from the expression Of your face whether you are glad to see me or not. . The Daschund-oh. yes 1 am. The rest of me Is wagging my tail around the corner.
 choily-Miss De Rocks do you love Miss De Rocks Cat 12 p. m; with a yawn)-well, must confess there are times when I prefer you moving. Half loaf is better than working dll LhO bAANOs
 Since the Fuller bill was passed Ala bamas new motto has become, Ala bama-Here we RUST"
 Young man, when you can put your arm around a girls waist without get ting stuck either there Is no pin there or you will arouse her suspicion that you have had so much practice that you have become expert. 
 "when Is a door not ajar?"
 when there, is a spoOning couple In the parlor."
 The Bore-I have such a cold in my head I really can't hear myself talk. The Bored--Gee, but you're lucky.
 
 Because a man has wheels in hiI turn" in vaudeville.
 Since you Went Away. Since you went away The azure skies have somehow turned The wind sighs through the trees al in dismay. The golden-rod seems weeping witl Likewise the orihames that Haunt th' sod
 Since you went away. IT. Since you went away The cat-bird seems to lack his old
 glad note;
 The wood dove too. from out her tin! throat
 Cries ever mournful like she missed
 you too
 The once glad brook seems sobbini
 now of you
 Since you went away.
 III. Since you went away The Lady Moon seems colder than be
 fore.
 AS she her sun god sees fall bathe'
 in gore,
 While yon mute pine seems from 1t
 chasm wide A monument to one rash dream tha
 died,
 Since you went away.
 
 It Is up to Phil Armstrong to hay a private, though earnest talk wit Dr. Woodruff, who made some deroga tory remarks anent blondes recently Selma Times.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-03

When The Charleston News and Courier refers to Governor Conner as "Alabama's Vardaman" we feel some curiosity as to which of the two men has best reason for bringing a suit for ubaL
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-03

The newspapers of the West and Northwest are predicting a bumper corn crop this season, and the South seems likely to offset 1t with a bump CT cotton crop And Alabama comes to the front with a bumper freak Legis- laturs. It appears to be a bumper year
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-03
The GrnuinE ia GooO.

Some prohibition brother proposes tu start a paper at Samson to save the State again" other papers that are grazing in the prohibition pasture say the paper proposed Is not needed. tha' pasture now to take care of the cause and take in all the dollars, and they advise against the new publication has heretofore been guod, and prou. ises to be better, therefore there is ? good reason why another of the faitI
 full should not come fin and grow fat
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-03
svvonN c,RCULArION.

The figures for June printed pei9" srrn, eenf the actual net circulation. eh having been deducted. ..... ifs
 Tho Montgomery Advertiser guaranseosc can m. edvertisers land makes 1t part o. nsreuia- tract when requested) that It's daily nrnins ton is iargsf than that of any morn |, } newspaper printed in Aiabama-ano oai,is, .ns. ,an Sunday edition has the largest Sm,n,sS in ok any edit on of any newspaper pfih's~ I Aiaoama without exception.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-03

A Texas paper asks the brethren if they have tried any of that bread made out of wheat flour and cotton seed meal" We call that foolish question. How does a man know what the bread he eats Is made of. any more than he can tell what hash is composed of? We have to take some things on faith--even whiskey.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-03

"Time at last sets all things even" or words to that effect. and me -he he will even up things between the bovl people of Alabama and the politicians
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-03

When constitutional prohibition Is defeated. as 1t will be. we will be ready to pick out a good man for Gov ernor
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-03

If tho powers of irs ture in the shape of earthquakes are going to take a hand in delaying work on the Panama a Canal 1t will only ball up the job worse than ever. There have already heen a number of shake-ups down there. but If the old earth itself gets to the jig will be up, we fear,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-03

- The man who thinks he knows 1t all k generally the first to lose his temper if he meets with one of his own kind
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-03
The Use of Dasbes .

Eufaula Daily times.
 The Montg gomery Advertiser tells the uses of the dash, i. G.. as a substitute for . word you don't want to use out right. For instance, its Q long time between dasha&
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-03

That ought to satisfy the inuuisitive gentleman who seems to think raising the Maine" really means something. instead of being the mere catch phrase that 1t has come to he of late years
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-03
The New Haven Register goes int details of information in this style:

In reply to an inquisitive cores pondent 1t may be said that this rais- Ing of the Maine apout which he peri warranted in supposing. an annual Gu.
 ban custom, like the raising of the flag on our Flag day. nor yet any re. the periodicsiiv Recurring ambition of one person or another to raise to the surface of the water and the light Of day the whole of the wreck of tho sank as the result of a mysterious ex- plosion late in the nineteenth century.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-03

nr.- . z. Finigan Circulation Manager of Lne Montgomery Advertiser. being duly swosh' says: ssThe foregoing statement of the Adver- tIser,s circulation for the month ot Suy. 1909. is true and correct, and complied at.er aH returns from news boys. news agents xs~fsS C. l. FINIGAN,
 Circulation Manager. sworn so and subscribed before me tnis ssh eAs = RiCA ALEXANDER,
 Notary Public.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-03

It Is up to Phil Armstrong to have private. though earnest talk witt Dr. Woodruff who made some deroga tory remarks anent blondes recently Selma Times
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-05-27
THE MEAT OF 1T

Joseph Stoughton, 81, wealthy far
mer, was gored to death by bull
near Logansport, Ind.
William Burdell retired merchant
of Columbus, o., died suddenly from
an attack OF heart disease.
Consul General Wynne at London
has resigned. lie will be succeeded
by John L. Grihiths, present consul at
Liverpool.
William Barrett OF New York has
been elected president OF the Adams
Express company. vice Levi c. Weir
resigned.
Four persons were drcvned al
Grand Rapids, Wis. when a gasoline
launch was carried through sluice
gate of a paper mill dam.
Leo Smith, third baseman of the
Kokomo Ind) bali team, died from
injuries received in game with a
club from Bluffton. Ind.
King Edwards Minoru won the
English Derby the American-bred
horse, Sir Martin, falling down and
throwing his rider.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-05-27
a Max o,esll story.

Before he attained fame with his va
rious books NJ. Blouet (Max O'RelD,
who was for several years French
master at st. PauTs school, related
how he obtained his post there. After
two or three earlier applicants had re.
turned unsuccessful from their inter
view with DR.. Walker, who was at the
time headmaster Of the school, NJ.
Blouets turn came.
IL want" said the doctor after a
few words, "a French master who can
preserve discipline. My last was a
perfect gentleman and good fellow,
but he could not keep the classes In
order. The end Of 1t was that after
being much worried by one Of the
boys the poor fellow went home and
shot himself"
"Slr," replied Max O'Rell that is
where my countryman made a little
mistake. / should have shot the boy"
The doctor rose, says NJ. Blouet, and
grasped my hand.
an. Blouot." he exclaimed. you are
my French masterw-Loudon Captain.