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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-04
MISLEADING ARGUMENT.

When you hear a jealous Amender proclaiming that he favors the amend ment on the ground that 1t will pus a stop to agitation on the liquor que. ton just ask him why his side started the bitter agitation that is going on all over Alabama at present. String ent and incorporate prohibition laws had, been enacted, and though some of their provisions were obnoxious to the best sentiment of the once free men of Alabama We believe they would eventually have acauiesced. and would have been willing to give the laws a fair trial. It could not have come about all at once, for such radical change as was made In our laws must have time. and the people must gradually accustom themselves to the innovation. but we believe that the people would in due time submit to even the laws that were enacted at the extra session. and would have given them a fair trial
 But that did not suit the purpose of some of the political statesmen. It did not suit the Governor and his do- eiie Legislature. Whether the object was to stir up strife and animosity and intolerance, or whether the ambi- tions of the leaders led them to be- lieve that something still more radi- cal would prove popular and help them to gain coveted political ad- vancement or whatever may have we have mentioned. for any or all of them would have appealed to some of those who controlled the Legislature.
 And so it comes about that the State Is In an uproar from one end to the other. the people are stirred, bitter ness is predominant, a great expense is to be incurred. and all because cer- tain blind or interested politicians want the Constitution amended in a way that they hope will still further serve their purposes Those who talk about stopping agitation by this amendment are sadly lacking in fore sight or else they are purposely work ing on the passions of the people of Alabama for personal reasons. Never in the history of Alabama has there been a campaign of such wide spread hard feelings and enmity between friends and brethren. or one which promises to do more lasting hurt to the people and the State.
 Talk about the adoption of the amendment putting stop to agita- tion would be amusing If 1t were not such a really serious subject. It is serious in its nature and may be still more serious in its results It is not only ill-timed and uncaIled for, but if 1t should be adopted-which God would bring on such a corf- dition of strife and restIessness as has never been witnessed in our State. Those who are proclaiming that amending the Constitution will stop agitation must take the people of Alabama for idiots. They are the real agitators and they know it. and they are trying to carry out their designs by false pretences and misleading as- sertions. The people must inform themselves as to the true status of this issue and the designs of those who precipitated it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-04
A Patriotic New Engiander.

New Haven Register.
 It is high time that the mist wmen for half a century has distorted the North's view of this son of the South was cleared away. It Is in justice time that the man who in his day suffered more than any other sonsnerner ,i nos cease to be reckoned traitor and coward, and be esteemed for what he was-a brave, true Southern gentle-
 Jefferson Davis had his faults; the South, which knows best what they were, admits them The south under stands that had its President been a man more after the Lincoln type the result might have been different. But the South will never cease to admire and honor the man of iron nerve, of dauntless courage, of tireless energy. of peerless chivalry,. who suffered and dared and all but died for the cause he loved and lost Of that host of true men who gave their best and their all for the Confederacy because in their deepest hearts they believed they were doing right. none was more sim cere than he. Of that multitude who lined up for the struggle against their brothers of the North none was braver and none was nohler. His sacrifice was as extreme as 1t was sincere, and his treatment by the victors after the crash came was sore medicine for heart that was breaking.
 ferson Davis was born. It Is near to half a century since his cause was lost. It is twenty years since his death What better time could there be to signify by the placing of his statue in the Nations Capitol, that the wounds of that war are healed, that in the blood of brothers shed the Union is forever cemented on foundation that standeth sure. There let his present. mcnt stand erect noble. commanding, when he was master of the Lcstinies of half a nation. Let 1t there remind the South that it was mistaken and inc North that 1t misunderstood Let it picture martyr to cause that, though lost. was not wholly vain, since if taught brothers to appreciate a re- iationship they were in danger of for-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-04
Camua,gn of Hypocrisy.

Huntsville Mercury Banner.
 What man in Alabama who has fol- lowed the history of the temperance crusade to date. does not know that samuel D. Weakley was named and selected by Governor Conner as the nrohibition candidate for the nomina- lion for Governor, and that the Cover nor's choice was ratified throughout inc State by the leading lights and snirits of the prohibitionists. Does any man think that Judge Weakley is a sImpleton. This he would have to be, for anyone, to believe he would have declared his candidacy without the positive approval of Governor Conner. inc high priest of the temple. Yet the Birmingham Conference seeks to im- press upon the public that neither Co., mer or Weakley are upheld in their political aspirations by the prohibition fsts. A man stricken with blindness and dumbness could not have that stuffed down him. An. such deceit as that: thought to be perpetrated by men whose shouts and cheers ring through the church when A. II. Car michael approaches the pulpit. Down the corridors of tradition comes to us the hackneyed maxim: Surely there fs something dead in Denmark ," It's application. in desribing the Birming- ham conference of amendment prohibi- tionists, has a peculiar and significant application
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-04

That Chicago woman who proposes to revolutionize the world by educat- ing the cooks and housemaids has a big job cut out. but she may accomp- fish something, if she gets encour- agement ''We are told by science" she says, that more persons die of incorporate eating than drinking In- temperate eating does not always mean excessive eating. it means in- discriminate eating. If college women could be brought to realize the field both physiological and sociological opened up by a domestic career they would not be so scornful of its so- called 1imitations.' The trained mind is better able to analyze the needs of home and study domestic conditions than the uninformed mind"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-04

It Is stated that some of the bar keepers in New York are making the most of the British sailors who are tion. When an English tar wants to exchange English for American money the saIoonist gives him five dollars Iings are worth something over seven dollars in our money, so that the bar keeper rakes in at least two dollars on every transaction of the kind Plainly those liquor handlers believe fin making most of good thing while it lasts.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-04
onuosed to the Amendment.

Yon freouentiy read about the old confederate soldier. whose eyes are Srowing dim and their step more fee bie, but from reading the resolutions tbtnx that they had as keen insight into tntoN the % diagnosis of a political ques ton as ever and their brain was work ing better than good many men Al meeting of Camp Clayton Con federate Veterans held last week the following resolutions were unanimous ly passed by that organizauon Tn op- amendment.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-04

The Richmond News Leader affects posed to be prohibition State." should have men in 1t who claim to have seen hooped snakes. Yes. but you must bear in mind that people see things when they are just getting over it. and 1t may be that they saw these snakes when they were getting over the effects of preparing for pro- hibition.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-04
They Are slamese Twins.

Sheffield Standard:
 fully fin the minority in Alabama. but thay bone to fool enough prohibition ista and use them as a cats paw te null their chestnuts out of the fire That is why they are trying to be. cioud the real issue. A man can bf Bitterly opposed to Governor Come or any other man. yet vote for thu smendment with consistency and { clear conscience.-Tallade Mountais
 That is the kind of argument tht amendment advocates are using. They hope to disassociate the amendment ali there is to it. With Corners politi- cal ambition eliminated. there would have been no amendment Issue and Alabama would not now be involved in a bitter campaign, the evil effects of which will be felt for years to come. It Is simply a contest for the peruetuation of comerism. That's ak
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-04

If any reader has a financial turn of mind he should go up in the Arc tic regions and do business with the Eskimo fellow-oitisens. A writer in The New York Times has been study ing current historical literature" and deduees therefrom the following data concurring the advantages of trading with the unlettered brethren away up North. viz: For a handful of matches you get walrus tusks valued at $50; for a Jack-knife you get fox skins worth $200. and for a couple of tin cups you get seaI-skins worth several hundred dollars." The writer plainly intimates that such profits as these will account for at least a great part of the mania for pole hunting, and perhaps he Is correct. Such bargains are not to be had in a civilized region, and 1t is no wonder that they are at tractive, even if they involve hard ships and dangers. We know of peo- Ple who would load a ship with matches. jack knives and tin cups for the mere chance of driving such bar gains with the untutored savages. As The Times writer puts it: 'Lo. the poor Eskimo"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-04

They are telling it that Mrs. Annie Besant claims that she was born twins twelve thousand years ago, but so far as we are informed she Is not telling what became of the other one. Per haps it got lost in the shuffle. or 1t may have gone off in some other di- rection and hasn't been able to find the way back. And sometimes we are inclined to think she's both of 'em.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-04
TU in Colbert.

SheTfIeId NIanda rV.
 To those familiar with the sentiment of this county. The Birmingham Led gers extollment of the speaker is amusing. to say the least. There are well-informed men in TuscumHia who say that Mir. Carmichael could not car " his own precinct in an election. The Ledger correspondent knows about as much of political conditions Tn Col bert as does the Sultan of Sulu.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-04

the amendment to the Constitution as being unwise and dangerous and that in our opinion the whole object of this agitation IS solely for the benefit of certain poiitieians.s
 Commander
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-04

The Amenders are boasting of a very returns are all in they will say, as the old fellow said about the fish, how 1t has swunk."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-04
A Versatile Genius.

And now comes Rev. Brooks Law renee and renders a legal opinion as to the meaning of the constitutional amendment and makes promise as to what he will have his crowd do in case they retain power in Alabama. Law yer, preacher. politician all in one.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-04

When the people of Alabama want their Constitution amended they should entrust the work to competent hands.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-04
Who Cares For Expenses-The People
 Pay Them! TtrnHa

lust so long as the tax comes out of the pocket of the other fellow, what difference does it make to our mighty governor. A little matter of a few hundred thousaad dollars added "a inc burden of the tax payers Of Ala bama is nothing when compared to the glory of the United States Senate for our present sovereign, combined with Inc pleasure of beholding his man Weakiev on the throne in Alabama.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-04
How Some Money Was Made.

We have noticed it charged through the daily press many times that the very Honorable B. B. Conner made con- sid4rahle of his money through the toil of little children in his mills; and now we see that he Is charged with having made some of 1t selling liquor some years ago. There's no telling what will leak out on him before he hunts his hole" The easy manner in which he can retrograde on prom ise leaves him open to suspicion to say the least.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-04

d w&are told tha~aviators are afraid winasf 1at respect they r.tSw m the average
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-04
Turkeys Status.
p,rminpham Age.Herald.
They Have Over-suppiy of Gale.

SheTtleId oldHudIu
 $. D. Weakley chief "spouter" of the prohibition amendment forces. Is an announced candidate for Governor. F. M. Jackson. chairman of their state organization. Is a candidate for Lieu tenant Governor. B. E. Conner. bell wether of the flock, is a candidate for limited States Senator Yet these aItruists have the gall to proclaim that there is no politics in the amendment contest.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-04
SWORN cIRcuLATIOl

The figures for Ausust. printea p1io os,,,rns resent the actual net cremation, all reeeiA1 haylng been deducted. a. The Montgomery Advertiser guaranssees on ass Advertisers land makes 1t a part ol ths ts.s,,a- S : tract when requesled) that its daily esss, eiS tton is larger than that of any mo- , s sts newepaper printed in Alabama--aho tnAs .s as Sunday edition has the largest cireuiAtIvn oa any edition Of any newspaper prMsso 1N Alabama without exception.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-04
If They Would Be Tolerant.

HuntSVIIIe MeTCUTy bdHHtT.
 Meanwhile if the ministers will ex- tend to every man the right to think according to his own judgment, and act accordingly to his conscience. bear ing in mind that none of us can lay valid claim to a monopoly of all vir- tue and intelligence, their temporary appearance in state politics would be less open to criticism.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-04

O. l. Finigan. Circulation Manager of The Montgomery Advertiser, being duly sworn says:
 The foregoing statement of The Adver- tisers circulation for the month of August 1909. Is true and correct, and compiled after Ill returns from news hoys, news agents ipotled and left over copies have been de- sucted. c. I, FINIGAN,
 Circulation Manager. sworn to and subscribed before me this foth day of September, 1909.
 RIGA ALEXANDER.
 Notary Public.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-04
A Tough Proposition.

HuntBVlIIe DemOcFAt
 It Is pretty tough that Governor Conner should have sold his 30,O0O acre tract of land In Alabama. and in- vested in Georgia real estate-thereby escaping the taxes his administration n has enforced. MT. Spragins gave his authority for the story.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-04

 wine The Church in voting for the amendment logically is saving off the limb of the tree upon which IL Is sit- ting. is cutting off Its head to cure its headache, is exhibiting as an illustra- ton of the scriptural statement: The legs of the lame are not equal.
 Of course those who believe that the wine which Christ used and that Is mentioned with appreciation in the Bible, was unfermented juice Casually of the Rrape) and did not contain even a trace of alcohol. may dissent to the conclusion of this logic. but the theory fermented grape juice appears to be a Nineteenth century invention. pup forth to bolster up an extreme theory of total abstinence and of prohibition. and if has been repudiated by prac- tfeally all of the accurate. conscten- tious. thorough Biblical scholarship of the world for score or years When the logic of the amendment Is fully carried out. some of our most intel. ligent and conscientious churches will be forced either to patronize the wine. Conscience will not permit the former and hence they will be forced to make their own wine. and then &C., cept the punishment, even if this be fines. Imprisonment or the extreme penalty. death.
 The martyr church of Protesantism the byterianism-which has fur pishea tens of thousands to the roll of martyroiogy in ,i nhe rsSnss pSss, may 1a stil tbeir consciences by mutilating the lords Supper In eliminating wine as nna of its elements In obedience to a tVrannicai state which in its immoral and anti-Christian laws has become a heast an anti Christ; 1t Is to be hoped For the honor of Jesus Christ that there are many in other denomina. lions that will maintain the sacrament heart of the Gospel, however severe may he the penalty for so doing
 B. Consistency. logically forces those who accent the principles of the amend ment into a speculative attitude in a Supposed case which might become an actual occurrence. Every State except one. Kentucky, we will say iRcorp0r.
The daily sentinel., 1909-07-20
OUT;
TRAINS g!.IAYED
Big Slide =" ed Away Between Gun
nispS" d Montrose; But This
- d of Line Still Blocked.
MoNTRosE TRAIN STALLED HERE

No trains have passed, between
Grand junction and Montrose since
yesterday when a train got through
from here TO Montrose but the train
due here last night from Montrose
did not arrive. The washing out of
bridge some 80 miles from Grand
Junction on the Montrose line and
one or two smaller washouts have
caused me trouble between here and
Montrose.
II is hoped to have the washed out
bridges replaced some time late this
afternoon or tonight, though il may
take longer, so that traffic between
here and the points in that section
may be resumed at least by tomor-
row.
A report received by The Sentinel
from Montrose at 3:30 this afternoon
stated that the big rock and landslide
that occurred near Cimarron was
cleared up sufficiently this afternoon
to permit the delayed trains to move
between Montrose and Gunnison. A
large section of track was covered by
this slide and only strenuous work
by a big force of men brought about
such an early reopening of the road.
The train due to leave Montrose
this afternoon for Grand Junction
will be held until the damage to the
bridges has been repaired. The
train due to leave here this morning
at $40 for Montrose was held here
until this evening.
A stub train was run between
AIontrose and Delta today Montrose
has had no mail from outside points
for "a hours
Not in years has heavier rains fall
len in the Montrose, Delta and Gun
nison country than fell Sunday and
yesterday. =
The daily sentinel., 1909-07-20
YOUNG MANS
HEROIC DEED
Robert Mulnix, Well Known Here.
Stuck to Runaway Car When
Others Were in Danger.
A MOST THRILLING EXPERIENCE

The story of how young Robert
Mulnix. well known in Grand juno
ton, and having relatives here, risk
ed his life for others and was himself
perhaps fatally injured as detailed
elsewhere in this issue, is told in
part by the Denver Times of yester-
day as follows:
Risking his life for others, as his
father, former State Treasurer Harry
E. Mulnix, did twenty years ago.
Robert c. Mulnix of Denver was
crushed beneath an auto near Palm
er Lake Sunday and is lying in a
serious condition in Glockner sani-
tarium al Colorado Springs.
Between Pine Crest and Palmer
Lake, ON the way to Denver, the big
MulniX Thomas car ballSed on a steep
hill which Mulnix was trying to make
on high gear When he tried to
change the clutch the machine start
ed backward down the hill. Mulnix
stuck to his post, unmindful of the
fact thai the other occupants of the
car. frightened by impending death,
had left the car. Only the fact that
his head was caught under the cush-
ion as the auto turned turtle saved
his skull from being crushed like an
eggshen.
The heroism of young Mulnix is
hereditary. His father, Harry E.
Mulnix, former state treasurer. twen-
ty years before. leaped in front of a
train and saved the life of woman.
The elder Mulnix came out of that
brave deed minus leg and several
fingers on his two hands. lowering
near death for days.
The accident which wrecked the
expensive touring car and sent Null
Continued on Page Eight)
The daily sentinel., 1909-07-20
COUNTRY'S WASTE Of
MONEY ON DISEASE
Ipy Associated PEGS. l

New York, July 20.-That the peo-
pie of this country are annually
throwing away a sum of money that
represents fifty per cent more than
it costs to operate the government
in cold figures. 1900, 900. .0O0--is
statistically shown in Prof Irving
Fishers new work issued by the gov
ernment printing office. and entitled
- Report on National Vitality"
Prof. Fisher is member of the
faculty of Yale university and a
member of the national conservation
commission appointed by Theodore
Roosevelt. He is also a member of
the committee of one hundred ON ma
tional health.
In the connection of national waste
in lives, Prof. Fisher shows that there
are 3,U00.00 persons needlessly
and continuously i'll in the United
States and that this condition might
well be prevented by strict attention
to even the simplest hygenic meas
ures. He shows, also. that tuber-
culosis alone is responsible for 500
600 persons continually i'll and that
it is entirely possible that this scour-
ge be wiped out within one genera
tion. Typhoid alone costs the coun-
try $3.50. 100000. and this is dis
ease that can wholly be wiped out by
attention to neglected details.
The daily sentinel., 1909-07-20
A 100000 Y. N. c. A
BUILDING IN PARK
Especial to The Sentinel.

Estes Park, Colo. July 20-
Through the report of the finance
committee made this morning at the
opening of the Western conference
of the Y. NJ. C. A, 1t leaked out that
plans were being formulated for the
expenditure of 100000 in building
an assembly hall and other buildings
to meet the growing needs of the
conference. In addition to a large
convention hall and cottages. a com
plete water system will be built.
The opening of the conference yes
terday saw the registration the high
est in its history, and the number
already here will be greatly augu-
mented by scores who are en- route
from their homes in various parts of
the United States.
Ten states are represented by those
present, covering section of coun-
try from Texas to North Dakota. The
members are enthusiastic as TO the
spiritual and recreative results of the
meeting.
AT yesterday mornings session
Rev. Henry C. Jenneff of St Louis
lead the discussion on this years
motto, which is taken from the
scripture as follows: And He Went
and Met Him in the Mountain of
God
The daily sentinel., 1909-07-20
BOTH LEGS BROKEN
He SCALED LADDER
Especial to The Sentinel ]

Encampment, Wyo., July 20.-Af-
ter falling forty feet down a shaft
and fracturing both legs, Peter Nc
Goff, a prospector 90 years of age,
managed, by remarkable exercise of
forritude, to drag himself up the
shaft ladder TO the surface and to
crawl two miles to the cabin of Dave
Boyce.
Boyce secured a surgeon, and the
old man is now resting easily, and is
expected TO recover During his fear
full crawl through a rugged country
McGoff wore out his gloves and over
alls- He tore his shirt into strips
and made pads for his knees and
hands, arriving AT the Boyce cabin
with only a few rags of clothing on
his body, and with his flesh badly
lacerated- II is considered remark
able that a man with both legs brok
On could have managed to climb a
forty-foot ladder, to say nothing of
the subsequent two-mile journey.
The daily sentinel., 1909-07-20
[By Associated Press. |

Washington, July 20.-The diff
Guilty experienced by the leaders of
the house and senate in getting a
sufficient number of votes to carry
through a modified form of the pres
ident's free material platform was
augmented today through the devel-
opment of serious differences in the
conference room over large number
of important schedules that have not
been disposed of.
The conference has given its at
tention almost wholly to the dutiable
list. leaving ii to the leaders of both
houses and to the president to de-
termine the course of action with re-
gard to the free-rawmaterial con