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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-28
TO GUARD
 STATES SCHOOL MONEY,

Birmingham Ledger. . 2
 There is a rumor that the State Treas. urer has consulted attorneys to know if it be lawful to use the school fundA for the ordinary expenses of the State
 Recently the Legislature, in face of a deficit they had caused passed law permitting the use of any money m the Treasury for any lawful purpose. That law does not touch the school fund, which is protected by the express words of the Constitution. It Is there fore u very serious matter that the State Treasurer should even consult In reference to the school funds. Ara they in danger?
 This great deficit was made by spend- ing handsome surplus and the very the people raised a protest. the detcit was defended on the ground that some of the money went to the public schoolp and a great deal to the colleges. We have seen no other defense. Docs the administration want to take the schooA money to use for other purposes!
 The Constitution protects the school money and no official or set Of onlcials- 1t without violating the oath of office and getting glimpse of an impeacn- ment trial.
 The state of Alabama has no more right to take that money than It mas to take one of Governor Corners cot. ton mills. There will be trouble IT I. be actually used for other than schooh purposes-public school purposes
 The Ledger does not believe any at- tempt will be made to lay hands on that money. It does not believe the auditor would draw a warrant on IT, or if he should. it does not believe that the State Treasurer would honor tne warrant To do all that would amount to a conspiracy to violate the law.
 The Constitution permits the scnooi fund to be used to pay interest on tns public debt. but the voters VIII hola the men responsible who create con- dition for the epurpose of invading the school fund. after using up all the other funds. The Constitution permits that in an exigency. but the people Will hold the men responsible who scheme to bring about such an exigency.
 The Ledger does not believe that Q but it would be recreant to its duty # It did not call public attention to the Tumorss
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-28
MP IN THE AIR.

There has been no little controver- sy and discussion of late as to "the {. laws of the air." as 1t is called. The advancement in aviation, and the promises for the future in connection with the art of flyng, has caused quite a lot of speculation as to the rights of flying machines while In the air. as well as of the rights of those who remain on the earth.
 Some days ago Professor Baldwin, of the Yale Law School devoted one of his weekly lectures to a discus sion of the necessity and possibility of devising or forming a code of laws the air on the basis of the present in- ternational marine code regulating or governing the high seas. It would seem that the real root of the matter depends on whether the owner of land has a title extending from the centre of the earth to the heavens. as was formerly believed.
 Evidently. judging from some of the Professors remarks, he Is in doubt as to whether the owner of land will ever have any right to interfere with the free navigation of the air, his main argument apparently being di- rected to the question of regulating air travel itself. As he expresses 1t, aerial navigation 'Is bound to be used for the. transportation of passengers. of goods. of spies, of burglars, of criminals flying from justice. and of Illicit trade of every kind"
 That" says The Brooklyn Eagle, lis a cheerful outlook for the lawyers to provide against, but meantime there is a more pressing possibility which Professor Baldwin also discussed. If a person is hit by falling airship. can ship, or the master flying 1t, or both, and will his right to recover be af- fected by the question whether he was on his own land or on the prop erty of another? His main conclus- lon was that the use of the air must be made subject to government regu- lation and that this regulation should be uniform throughout civilization.
 tI appears to us that SAe 7rofes- sor Is looking quite a :ong way ahead. though in this view we may be
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-28
THE WOMEN, LIKE MEN,
 ADMIRE MANHOOD
Editor The Adyertiser

Editor The Advertiser:
 The prellminarieH of the campaign are over: nothing remains but the battle.
 The appeal to reason. to experience, to. common sense. to love of home and of the great principles of civil free dom. has borne fruit
 Few competent observers doubt that if every voter will on Monday cast his ballot. influenced by nothing but his best Judgment and the fear of God. the amendment will be snswed
 The reliance of the enemy now is in the help they expect from some have sssa fa fSaefsSsasS tass thsy Gan help the cause ct righseGusssss s,,s ...,, hy sy. their power of inJiieting social ostra- cism, tospersuade or to inttmidate our men into voting contrary to 3their
 I have no word of criticism for and honor them for the womanly graces and virtues which are common to them with the other women of our State.
 misIed into thinking that these ladies. attractive and Influential though they be. have the right to speak for Ala barnA wOmanhood. For every one that will press around the crowded polls, there are certainty three no- wise inferior in all womanly graces and virtues. who will stay in their quiet homes, praying that you may have wisdom and courage to defend those homes by your voteg as you would in arms. against hireIing inya;
 Nc, No: what women admire in men t manhood. and. you will never lost permanently the esteem and friend. ship of . true woman by holding fast against woman's fascination. as you would against the violence of men, e Defender.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-28
SUNDAY pnsECRATION.

It is sad to think to what extent intrusion of a political question into some of the churches has undermin- ed the regard for Sunday observance and attendance on Sunday church services. Many men not called of God have been speaking at hours when the minister usually addressed congre gations. On Sunday political meetings. for that is what all these amendment and anti-amendment meetings are. have been held in thea tres and court houses to the neglect of church services, and men have yelled and cheered just as they would any day of the week. Tn one city, Birmingham. Sunday meetings started
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-28

by the amsndsrs. naturally led to op- position meetings. wish the result that mons minds are unframed to such . degree as to banish all thought of true religious worship. The day ought to be devoted to better and ho- Her purposes. but those who oppose the amendment are not responsible for this desscrstion of the sabbath. Men of the -holier than thou" kind in- susurated 1t and have pushed 1t for ward. Whenever the snti-amenders have held Sunday meetings 1t has been to countsract the meetings held under the auspices of men who would have been better engaged in the re- iigious worship. The hold that Sun day sacredness has upon the people of Alabama has been rudeiy shaken by some of those who claim to be relig- ious leaders and teachers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-28
A REmARKABLr STATEMENT.

Some days ago The Boston Traveller had an editorial referring to the fail ure of the attempt in Maryland to dis franchise the negroes by constitu- tionaI amendment. With its views on that question we have no concern. but it took, adyantage of the occasion to indulge ins sivtolenti diatribe against the Southern Democracy by way of comparison with the Democracy of the North. It is not necessary to copy its utterly unfair and unjust comparisons. but one sentence deserves notice. Here Is it's language: Free speech is denied and a free press unknown in the south.'
 A more utterly inaccurate statement could hardly be made. We might not be greatly surprised at such an utter ance from some ignorant. vicious and benighted newspaper in New England. but The Traveller professes and claims to be prominent and high-toned journal and such unfounded asser- tions should be below It's assumed level.
 It would perhaps be doing The Traveller injustice to attribute its re- marks to ignorance. though that would be the most charitable con- struction. If 1t reads the papers of Alabama-to take this State as an example--it knows that in no part of the country is free speech indulged in to a greater extent ,nor can 1t any where find a section where the press is more thoroughly and unvaryingly free than 1t Is here. It need only go back to the beginning of the present campaign to be convinced of the gross injustice of the charge. Any copy of any reputable newspaper in Ala pama. If The Traveller will scan its columns. and read the editorials and the reports of the speeches. will show that speech could hardly be freeI than 1t is here. The Traveller will dc well to remove the scales from its eyes before indulging in unfoundet insults as the one referred to.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-28
WAITING FOR BOAT.

closes the gate. The gate with us now is the railroad, which will bring whis- key to any man who will pay for 1t. Now if they really want to prohibit, why not first stop the making of 1t by rigid enforcement of drastic laws, which we now have. and If the present laws are not enforced. there is no use for the constitutional amendment. There- fore, will vote against the amendment, thinking 1t best for my State and fu- ture welfare. This Is one of the bft- terest campaigns have ever experi- enced In ffty-three years, as families have separated politically on account of this one question, the same as they were in the early sos when the Kolb and Jones campaign existed. believe the State Is being very much hurt by 1t. opposed the last constitutional change for several reasons: among them fwas atlaw which. left 1t optionaI with a, man to, pay or not pay hls poll tax. The result IS that not much poll tax is collected. and the schools are the losers by It. e
 In conclusion, hope as soon as this campaign is over the people will forget the past during the campaign and let N be 6 back number, but the worst thing of 1t all is that 1t has gone into the church. and the church is no place for politics. In the end the churches will be the sufferers, as the churches ought to be held up and be independ- ent of politics.
 Ia W. W. wadsworth.
 Wadsworths Ala. Nov. 2e.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-28
What the State Papers :.
 Are Saying and Doing
Better Think of Descendants.

DCR[Gee81e6e Dadevilie Spot Cash.
 :. We all like to brag of our ancestors, but sometimes forget to live so that our descendants can do the same thing.
 This Is the goth Century.
 Aiabamians are not going to return to the religious ifanaticism of few hundred years when men and women were burned at the stake on account of religion and moral questions.
 Turned It's Course. Huntsville Mercury Banner. That great discovery of The Birm. ingham News Of the brewers mtl-. lions" that were to come into Alabama has Quieted down rather sudden like. Somebody must have demanded proofs.
 1t Is Geod and Handy.
 In view of the fact that the White House turkey weighed ffty-twol even the White House will be exempt from the hash menu that usually fol- lows Thanksgiving.
 shame Upon such Dissertation. B The big head lines in the Sunday is- sues of the daily papers supporting the amendment read as follows: Big rai- ment today" Shamel Shamei for such church and Sunday dissertation fyts a Alabama Is O. K. HeadIand Standard,
 With meat, tnr the smokehouse, corn in the crib. taters in the hill. molasses in the barrel and money in the banks Alabama Is a mighty good place to live, whether we have constitutional prohibition or not.
 Big Hats e Nuisance at Church. Guntersville Democrat.
 As soon as this campaign is over, we want to see the wide hats in church get the attention that is due them. At the last church service we attended, we might as well have been in a cellar. for all we could see! It was as effective as barn door.
 
 A, Great Duty.
 Birmingham Times.
 We hope that the month of Decen- her will be politically quiet in Ala bama, so as to give Congress Q chance. The new year will. however, bring it's settlements. The first bust. ness in order will be to pay your poll taxes. Quaify to take part in, the next election. Pull your hands out Of your pockets with enough money to be- come a voter and hunt up the Tax Cole lector. He will not look you up.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-28
NO coon IN TT.
A EAfeleng Prohibltionfst Opposes ths
 Amendment.

A ANlGAUBK ACKNOWLEDGMENT OE8CBge aA~
 Amendment.
 Editor The Advertiser:
 am an old man and will soon reach my three score and ten. was born and raised in this coTnty. s AutauSa aug banS anS spent all of my years here except wher the war between the States was going on, in which participated.
 have watched with a geat deal or interest the question of prohibition. Now I am a prohibitionist and have been all of my life, having never drank a quart of whiskey in my lire. ana have no love for it and would now be very glad to see real prohibition pre- vail. About ffty-five years ago whis- kew was made right here and was ham dIed on my fathers plantations, and It was my duty to supply the iaborers with all the whislkey they wanted, but I never saw but one drunk man from my childhood to my manhood.
 More than twenty-five years ago sold land near me and at the same time made a contract that no whtskey should ever be sold on these premises and from that time until now that contract has been carried out. I have been an employer of a great many men, but have never seen whiskey out Of its nIaca. but on the other hand have seen a great many men out of their places with whiskey, and one of our best rem edies to aid prohibition Is not to fight the whiskey, but to punish the man se-
 
 can be done and ought to be done, but is not done think If every man found under the influence of whiskey were punished as the lay directs aii this useless. Some of the best men know in this country take toddy whenever they feel like 1t. but never have ever seen one under the Influence or 1t.
 try to be a law-abtdiBg man and want to see other people do the same | ana if the law is a good law. let us keep 1t on the statute books and 1T not | let us wipe 1t out, but do 1t legally 1 Let us not have rigid laws upon the | books that are ignored and violated by | many people, who are otherwise most excellent citizens as well as members | of the church.
 how prohibition ts going to be en- forced when the Federal laws allow il brought right to a man who has the money and will pay for 1t, while blind tigers are prosperous l know this to days gone by. I noticed some time 1 ago that man was arrested for mak- 1 ing whiskey and was asked the Ques- | ton where he learned to make whls- key, and he said. right at my place | That has been more than twenty years | aKo, and some ten years ago one oi my employees told me he made all the | whiskey he wanted, and I had been | in ten feet of him when he was mak- | ing the whiskey. I asked him how he l could deceive me so: his reply was | that he was obliged to smoke his meat 1 This man Is @ respected citizen in his community and look upon him as 3 | mighty good man, and I would trust him with my purse don't think he drinks now, but did drink in those days
 Now the prohibitioRist has got just as much chance to pronlnlt the procuF' l who will build a big fence around hll lela Go seen the stock out, but nevel
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-28
Ar RNeLrsH vERplcr.

The English Rothschilds have large Interests in this country; in Alabama as we'll as in other States. Mir. Cecil Grsnfeli represents them. and he has been visiting the Birmingham mineral district, and the correspondent in that city of The Manufacturers Record re- ports him as saying:
 .T had formed an idea that you had lazy. go-easy people. with not much energy. This trip has been regular eye-opener to me and others of the party who have not visited your sec ton before. have visited California anything to equal the great develop
 ment that is going on In the South"
 A statement like that. coming from an observant Engiishman. must be a sort of rebuke to some of our North ern friends who seem to have imbibed the belief that laziness is something Of . confirmed and universal disease in the South. Perhaps they will try to pass 1t of by saying that Mir. Grenfeli was merely "joshing" the Birmingham people. but that will hardly go. for his remarks apply to other sections of the South as well as to the mineral regions of Alabama or elsewhere. That they are true will not make them more paiatsbie in some quarters.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-28
ONLY ONE OPINION OF THE LAW.

The opinion of Attorney General A. M. Garber. declaring that certain classes of voters who have under acts of the Legislature enjoyed exemption from the payment of poll tax. were not entitled to exemption and could not vote in the amendment election if they have not paid their poll tax. is not binding on any voter or any cleo ton manager. It makes no law what ever; it is the opinion of the Attorney General only and 1t Is combatted by a number Of the abiest lawyers in Ala bama.
 Hon, John B. Knox. President of the Constitutional Convention. man fa- miiiar with every intent and meaning of the suffrage provisions of the com stitution and with every statute re- iating to the electorate strongly op- poses the opinion and declares that these men are entitled to the sxemp- ton relieving them from poll tax payment. Mir. Knox is sustained in position by Hon. Sydney J. Bowie, Hon. L. E. Jeffries, Hon. J. J. wiIlett, Hon. Dempsey Powell and many of the other ablest lawyers of the State.
 The Attorney General was. asked for an opinion on the subject and ren- dered it according to his view of the law. There is no more reason that his opinion should be binding upon an election manager or a voter than the opinion, of any other prominent attorney, In contravention of 1t. many attorneys. who stand in the front flank ofi the Aiabams bar. have gone on record. The voter affected by this conflict of opinion should, if he con siders himself eligible to vote accord ing to the opinion of Mir. Knox. MT. Bowie. MT. Jefries, Mir. Powell and the other attorneys go to the polls ana cast his ballot. -~
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-28

mistaken. Inventions and discover les follow each other with such amaz- ing rapidity in these modern times that we never know what to look for or to expect. It may be that even the present generation may see flight 90 thoroughly practicable and so common that laws governing 1t will not only be desirable, but essential. Then 1t may be that collisions and interfer- ences in mid-air win be dealt with just as such occurrences are dealt with on land now.
 Seems to us that there's . prospect of great times ahead. not only for the flyers but for those who remain on the earth. when the air Is filled with all kinds of machines and all kinds of people how are those of us who pre- fer to remain on the earth to know when we are safe. or to provide against danser? The Eagle specu- lates on what a person may do in the way of securing damages if he should be struck by falling airship, but that Is only one phase of the danger. Suppose a person on the earth should be struck and injured by heavy ball. last thrown from an airship. or acci- dentaily falling from It. could he re- cover damages from somebody? We foresee busy times ahead. for courts and lawyers. and perilous times for those who remain on the land. if the rage for flying continues to increase.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-28

The Mobile Item has published a special edition in celebration of It's twelfth anniversary and it is by far the most impressive edition. yet issued by that prosperous paper. The Item. however. needed no edition to present evidence of its prosperity. It is be- ing liberally supported by the business men of Mobile and in response to that support 1t is growing and improving steadily. The splendid edition issued on Thanksgiving Day. does. however. show that The Item Is held in high esteem as an advertising medium. And its news service has kept pace with the increase of its advertising patronage. The Item management may we'll feel proud of the Anniver- sary. Edition. i,s.4 e,r.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-28

!, rhe Houston Post refers to a recent tragedy sih Alabama where two men wsrs sslisd and lou. 9iniaarresd iarsd as . ia re- .suit Of the refusal of girl to dance with A certain young man. and winds up by saying, mo Ticker was present" The Post stands chance to be called down by some of the reformers. It should remember that no crime or casualty is supposed to take place unless somebody was drunk or drink ing. That's the way they preach 1t here in Alabama.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-28
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER ss, lssA

Few there be. we judge. either men or women. who can recall a Thanks giving that occurred eighty-six years ago. but John Bigelow. of New York. can do so. for he was six years old when the event occurred that he re- members so well. and he talks inter- estingiy of. some of the things that occurred on that day, which still come up yividly in his mind. There are some others, of course. whose memories reach back to what seems to most of us a very remote time, but we suppose they are not at all num- erous. The man or woman who has a vivid reeolIection of what occurred in 1898 is a rarity
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-28

According to the rich magnate, James J. Hiil. high living is the be- ginning of the decline of any people. If that is true the American people are in. mo simmediatss danger of de- elins.r at all events, It takss,n the great body of any nation sto reduce the standard of civilization and we hardly think they are in danger of living too high under present and prospective conditions.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-28

With laudable zeal and pertinacity our Columbus contemporaries are whooping 1t up for better sanitary system in that city. If the officials would just bear in mind that thor ough sanitation means less sickness and fewer deaths they would hardly hesitate about the work.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-28
A Noisy and v.slon. Canpals..

Alabama has witnessed many excit- ing elections but no campaign has been so noisy as this. And 1t is a noteworthy fact that the most intem- perate speeches. the most vicious mis. the most untruthful claims. and the most qnestionabl ble tricks have come from the amenders. who have advertised themselves all the whie as "all the preachers and all the good men and women.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-28

If grit. determination and pertina- city can accomplish results sir Thomas Lpton ought to, win that cup Just once. He has been untiring in his sf- forts and undsunted by his several defeats. ,..-.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-28

Amendment advocates are sometimes drunken with zeal. but there was one on Montgomery street car the other day who was So drunk on real lick CT that he could hardly stay on the seat but he talked amendment and pro- hibition for all he was worth.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-28

The other day The Houston Post compared a man who refuses to pay his poll-tax to a Chinaman-and then apologlzed to the Chinese. Must be quite a lot of queues and pig-tails in Houston.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-28

We are not sure which has most cause of regret in connection with Thanksgiving day, the poor man who didn't have sumptuous feast or the rich one who made himself sick eat ing gOod things.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-28

The negro. Henson. who helped Commander Peary to find the Pole, as he claims, was billed to deliver lec- ture at Syracuse, N. Y.. few nights ago. but failed to appear. Chancellor Day lives in Syracuse and 1t Is inti- mated that Henson was afraid some hard questions would be put to him.