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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-09
The Individual Watermelon.

New York World.
The Individual watermelon is the latest
escuient of the cucurbitaceae family a
table delicacy. 1t Is described being a
sort of pocket edition of the ordinary water
melon about the size OF an average canta-
loupe and of delicious flavor. This melon
was found growing at the foothills In Rou-
mania by former American minister to
that country. who sampled It and was so
pleased with the flavor that he thought It
would he a good idea to have them grown
in the United states that his countryinen
might have some of the enjoyment he had
axperienced in eating them, He supplied
the seeds and the Agricultural Department.
at washington. caused them TO be planted
at It's numerous experiment stations through
out the country. with tho result that they
are found to he adapted to the soil and 'tli-
mate Of almost any part Of the country,
though presumably. they will grow best
where the ordinary watermelons are most
prolific and toothsome. The crop now be-
ing grown by the government. whilO still
largely experimental. is for the purpose Of
securing the seed for general distribution,
90 that farmers and fruit growers who ''ish
10 grow the Roumanian melon may have an
opportunity Of doing so. and II 10 probable
that the cultivation OF them next year Will
be on as large a scale as the lirnitsd supply
of seed will admit.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-09
Bryan and Prohibitiou.

Active weekly.
Bryan now announces his intention to
to keep the Democratic party from being
controlled by them. This sudden changs az
attitude. novel for q Northern Democrat.
has not greatly surprised the American
people. Reading the signs Of the tint .
Mr.. Bryan recognizes the fact that the
great leaders of his party, who have follow
ed him thrice to defeat are not eager to
Bryan being nothing II not resourcefui. his
stand for virtual prohibition can have but
one meaning. He realizes the absurdity Of
announcing that he will take a nomination
from the Democratic party for the fourth
time and lead 1t once more to disaster But
as he feels that he must have another try
for the Presidency. he Is casting about TO
ing prohibition party.
Those who may doubt that Mr. BRYAN is
willing to tie up with the prohibitlonists
should remember that II 10 not hope of the
Presidency that attracts him and keeps him
active In political affairs 50 much as the
profitable publicity which he enjoys from
posing as a candidate. 1t was his remarka-
Mr. Bryan from poverty and obscurity into
national prominence and made him one OF
the wealthiest men in his state. His ca
pacity for securing free advertising drives
the abIest press agent to despair. BY means
OF Il Mr.. Bryan Is enabled to derive from
his speeches, his lectures ana his contrtbu-
tions to the press an income of about $780,
the President of the United States. 1t
would doubtless be to his financial interest
to accept the nomination for the Presidency
from the prohibitionists. and his candidacy
under the new banner would at least add to
the gayety Of nations.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-09
A LEADING PROHIBITION
PAPER FILES A PtOTEsr.

Birmingham Ledger.
Rev. Brooks Lawrence has explained
his rather fierce attack on the Supreme
Court. by saying that the following
to the Supreme Court. as every reader
Of them thought they did, but to other
officials. The paragraphs he explains,
I'VE have only begun our night and
we will keep 1t up until we have JUS
tice. II we cannot get In the courtA
we will see to II that the courts are
constituted of men who Will not work
overtime In their efforts to protect the
liquor outlaws of Alabama, The peo-
pie of this State propose to have this
at the hands of Its enemies.
IT court decisions against us are
ever well founded on constitutional
will change the constitution of the
State to meet the situation. The har-
lot and pimp domination In govern
ment is drawing to close In Ala
1t rarely happens that a man can
talk a great deal without saying some
thing wrong. In these utterances Mr.
has hurt the cause he advocates and
has made trouble for friends In the
future.
any candidate for Governor endorsed
suspected Of having made pledges
about appointing Judges. There is
danger that any candidate for the Su-
preme Court who has the open support
Of the league will be suspected Of
having made pledges no Judge should
make. These are the dangers that
this unfortunate letter has created.
Birmingham doesn't worship the
Supreme Court because 1t killed the
bill this city was most interested in
on a technicality, but 1t Is our Su-
preme Court Just the same.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-09
we agree with contemporary that

We agree with a contemporary that
there's nothing like dovetailing lSws
together so as to make them support
each other. Georgia is a prohibition
State. and we have heard it intimated
that one can't get intoxicants in a pro-
hibition State; therefore the inference
would naturally be that no one would
become intoxicated there. yet am )ng
the first bills introduced in the pres
en- session of the Georgia Legislature
was one to prohibit the running of
automobiles by intoxicated persons.
That would seem inconsistent, Tut we
presume the explanation is that as long
as men could get good Ticker to drink
they could be trusted with autos, even
when drunk. but now that hey have
been driven to the use OF substitutes
they are not held to be responsible for
their actions. That is the only way
we can understand this addenda TO the
prohibition laws of the State.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-09
State Press Resents Attempt
To Dominate Supreme Court

body Of Judges had rendered o decision in
favor OF the so-called Locker System" in
very IDENTICAL legislation which thrust pro-
hibition upon the whole state Of Alabama,
without regard to pledges made by the bell
Who is Judge zeil Gastonf Ask any man
who has resided In this grand old state for
papers. and he viii tell YOU there Is no os
within the length and breadth OF our state
better citizen. a purer man and citixen.
the honors heaped upon him by his constit-
uents can stand proudly in the open and
by my pledges and used every honorable
endeavor to aid In the upift OF my home,
m my state Ind and my people Judge csston
Alabama For this, no man can find fault
with him. because he was sincere In .iis at
favored the cause without hope or desire for
further political preferment. and best OF all.
without expecting or receiving pay for HIS
On the other hand. who is Rev. Brooks
Lawrence? II is said he came from the
Buckeye State. and he came into Alabama
as champion of prohibition not through
a spirit Of patriotism. as The Item under
stands; but missionary with price for
Judge zeH CASTOR admires the members
Of the Supreme Court q Aiabsms because
BILE men--men who lay proud claim to their
citizenship in the state in which they have
like Judge Castor. had sufficient confidence
in them as regarded their integrity as to
place them in the positions they so ably ana
Rev Brooks Lawrence. in one of the most
arrogant and presumptious manifestoes that
I'VE are going to clean out the lot and put
In judges who will let us dictate their de-
Surely, IL there was every just grounds
for contempt ~ as sss,ns has rs.
man who not only does not contribute one
1.-THE of his earnings as leader Of the prohi-
bitionists of Alabama to the administraten :
he a vote in this stated
when Rev Brooks Lawrence made TINS
astounding declaration In the shape OF
drove a long and strong nail into the coffin
in which will ultimately be purieo tne rs-
mains of his party. q.
And why this assertionY
Because the good People q for tbemseiyss
their feet by a wave which was sprung un-
op pseseo " q Rs~. BROOKS Iswrenc.. bs-
ginning to tire of his dictatoriai verpiage.
as has Judge GET, zen ea ssen;or,an soise, they
will cry aloud: cast him out, we VIII have
no more Of Rev Brooks LSyrsncs ,s ana nis
Neyer before in the history of Aiaba y.
has such vggar abuse BEEN tat he of Rev Brooks
lawrence The old saying, give man
Rey Brooks Lawrence presumed to take
enough rope and. in his TRADE AGAINST
chief Justice James r. Dowdell and Justiors
r r Simpson John c. Anderson, N, D.
benson. Thomas C.. Mcclellan. James M
Mayfield and A; D. sayre, ana Doubtless less
hang not himself for The Item believes nof
in seif-destruction. but his harp upon the
willow because the strings Will have oeen
broken and the instrument no longer W
sTis strange, passing strange, that such .
man. coming, as he did from far-away
state. should presume. not lone to criticise
such men as the seven named. but aars
say, I'VE are going to clean out the loL
cut -throats and midnight assassin.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-09
American. Not In 1t.

London, July S.-The meetings OF
the International Bankers, so far as
London is concerned, have been con-
cluded without arrangements for the
participation of Americans In the Han
kow SIZE -Chuen railroad line of &27.-
SOC, 900 being agreed upon. The neso-
tiations, however. are still going on
and further meetings will be held in
Paris, and probably in Berlin. It 10
understood that the meetings were adj
journed to allow the representatives
of the continental powers to consult
with their goYernments.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-09
Beware the Chigser.

The early bird catches the worm. and
the early picnickers have already ac-
CURED the early specimens OF that in
defatigable indigenous insect the bright
and burrowing chigger. Wise ancient
folk will say that all this rainy wealth
er would be sure to bring them earlN
other folk just as wise maintain that
the pest Is always most pestiferous
binary man begins to dread fervid af-
Fiction what time the grasses approach
theih earliest seeding
But 1t does seem that the invisible
but invulnerable host has been rather
tardy this year; usually they have con-
quered all the country places while
June is still in its prime. Perhaps
the unusually abundant moisture has
ported for duty last week were only
sporadic. One swallow does not make
summer and a few Disputed picnic
parties might be regardede as insuffi-
cient testimony for the presence in our
midst of the summer swarms of the
multitudinous chigger.
But having in mind the commend?
able ounces of prevention II might be
we'll here and now to remind possible
victims of that remedy which kindly
correspondent wrote about in The Star
last summer time:
IIyposulphite OF soda saturate solu-
ton; to be applied freely a 8 a discour-
ager o fthe infinitesimal torturer; most
effective when uhed before going into
the long grass: but not without effect
upon the Invader even after he has at
tempted settlement within the sensitive
human cuticle.
There are savorites of fortune i'm
mune from the chigger even as the
venomous poison Ivy is powerless
against some constitutions. Sometimes
perhaps, the curiosity of the hcientiflc
mind may discover the peculiar charm
which protects these favored ones. and
then suffering millions of us might be
innoculated with the benetcent virus.
No one can deny this to be long-felt
want what chance for yoSED z
medico-chemist. or a chemical medico.
whatever this branch of myriad minded
science is technically termed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-09

IL safe to predict that something will
be done, and that the members Of the
Legislature will not bear ths hard
ships to which the teachers have been
subjected.
So serious 10 the situation that Gov
ernor Brown has sent a special mes
sage to the Legislature. Two ways
are open for the State to meet Its cb-
ligations--to borrow money. or to use
the license money OF the near beer
fund. The Legislature set aside as q
special fund the money from near beer
dealers. Unless It Immediately makes
this available for general use the State
will have to go into the market to
borrow money.
In the absence Of detailed figures
the financial situation in Alabama 10
not accurately known. But men we'll
informed on the affairs OF tho State
say positively that II the State would
20 out Of business today, IL 1t would
pay to every special fund what It owes
that fund and II 1t should pay every
debt II owes. II would face Q great de-
fcit. The friends OF the administra-
ton admit that the Governor who fol-
lows Governor Conner will face a de-
felt, but the, say, by swapping funds
the actual physical deficit will be tided
over until the present administration
has closed.
The figures from the Treasury an
nounced yesterday show that the State
has on hand now $es3,335. 1t 10 said
that were all appropriations now due
and all special funds paid :his would
be wiped out and a hole left. And
yet Governor Jelks when he retired
left a full Treasury. On July /, 1907.
Of the year in which Governor Jelks
retired and after the unusual expense
OF a session OF the Legislature had
been paid there was on deposit $2,-
2S4,025. The differences between the
fund In the Treasury then and the
funds In the Treasury now show how
money has been spent in the past two
years.
And tax gathering in Alabama has
ben reduced to such q science as our
forefathers never dreamed Of.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-09
Telephone Manners.

The question of telephone manners
and telephone etiquette which has peen
raised BY discussion in contempt
fary is Surprising. because people al
init there il such a thing as telepnone
manners. though they. appear TO think
at the other end of the wire has waited
their convenience. Unfortunately. the
telephone manners that exist are only
a relic Of the past ana d,s sne hap small
courtesies. The conversation that be-
gins with the ring Of bell by enc
party and sharp Huilo" BY ne ON
while the fact that II the speakers are
strangers, they Will never recognize
one another tends to q loss o. ssf1-rs.
serva telenhone manners: the rest OF
the world lapses into something Ike
primitive savageness when " uses tns
latest resources of CIVILIZATION.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-09
poc,efeIler seventy Years ola.

Cleveland, Ohio, July S.-John y
Rockefeller reached the three score
and ten period Of his life today sev.
entv years ago he was born on small
farm near Richford. Tioga county. N.
Y. Beginning life as penniiess farm
er.s boy, Mr.. Rockefeller IS today re-
puted to be the worlds nearest candi,
date for a Millionaire. His health 10
good and he is enjoying rugged old
age, Mr.. Rockefeller received several
congratulatory kilograms and q rev
callers, who extended their best Wishes
The day was spent in his usual man
ner, attending to business affairs and
playing golf.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-09

Although we have hot weather in
Montgomery 1t is a notable fact that
heat prostrations are few. as compared
with the large cities of the more
Northern States. We suffer from heat
and complain OF 1t, as we have a right
to do, but deaths from that cause are
rare. We suppose the heat is Of a
different nature. or the atmosphere
has something to do with 1t. but GER
tainly we are practically free from
sunstrokes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-09
FRIDAY, JULY 0, 1909.
A QUEER CHALLENGE.

The Texas Brewers Association has
issued a somewhat remarkable chal-
ienge on the subject of prohibition
remarkable not only for the reasoning
employed. but for the amount "f money
involved. The New Orleans Item says:
hibition does not prohibit the sale or
the drinking OF liquor that they offer
to give 100000 to public charity II
they fail to prove that there Is more
sections of wet States than in those
parts of the country where the law
does not attempt restriction.
They are so confident of their claim
that they offer to leave the decision
10 two Investigating commissions of
six men each, half to be chosen by
either party. One of these com MIS-
sions is to study the question in Texas.
the other Is to visit other States over
which the prohibition wave has swept.
The brewers agree to pay all the ex-
penses Incurred by these two commits
sions In travel, including all incident
the subject to be Investigated, may
be many. They agree, also. to abide
BY the decision, whatever ii may be.
One of three things is apparent In
this challenge: either the brewers ere
absolutely sure of their ground, or
they have a surplus of funds at their
command. or they are putting up a big
bluff The latter superstition doesn't
seem reasonable, for If the investiga-
tion is made and they are shown to be
in the wrong they not only stand to
lose the hundred thousand dollars. but
will weaken their own cause. How
ever all that may be. If the challenge
Is accepted we may expect Interesting
developments. and perhaps some sur
prises.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-09
want. Norfolk and southern sold.

Norfolk, Va, July s.--A sale OF the
Norfolk and Southern Railway prop
erty, which has been In the nanos OF
receivers since July, 1908. Is asked by
the Trust Company Of America. OF
New york, trustee under tho railways
SIS, 900, 900 first and refunding bond Is.
sue of May /, 1908. in supplemental
bill Of foreclosure flied in the Federai
Court here today. calling for an I'M
mediate settlement. The action
based on default in interest or the
mortgage for three interest perioos'
from May ], 1908.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-09

We confess to having felt surprise
ed at any Of the summer resorts along
the Atlantic coast this season, and
have been wondering why this attrac-
tion has not been advertised. Now,
however, we read that a school of
whales was recently sighted aear New
York, and perhaps they will distribute
themselves among the various resorts
and thus supply the lack Of salt water
snakes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-09

1adsden Times-News.

Gadsden Times-News.
And when the animals heard his
voice. they knew that 1t was the ass
wearing ring sf ions sk ana 'hes were
BY this time everybody has had time
to digest the recent utterance OF
Brooks lawrence. superintendent OF
petticoat party-the carpet Dagger
who was born too late to fulfill his
destiny. He has launched the thun-
preme Court Of Alabama and threatens
to change the personnel of the court
because of its decision on the near
beer of the eq stnde tn. toss
to say.f Like other citizens, we are
accustomed to accept the courts dects.
IONS as the ultimate interpretation Of
the law. OF the honesty and wisdom
of the men who compose the tribunal
there has never before been Ques-
holy man of the. new regime. to At
tempt to besmatter the erfAine with
the mud of his vile SANDER. In the
MIDST OF the nausea caused ibars n 1ne eon n
solation--he has killed himself deader
than Hector, as far as Alabama Is con-
cerned and alienated practically every
following his lead. Here is dictum
which found vent from his pen:
III court decisions against us are
inhibitions then the people of Ala.
bama will change the Constitution of
the State to meet the situation. The
d fat a on s 9,@n domRSation in Govern
ment is drawing TO a close In Ala
bama."
Mark the Jus" Get next to the as,
sumption of supreme power. The bell
Wether of the Anti Saloon League Is
going to re-write the Constitution of
the State Of Alabama. Because the
wanted prohibition and made a law
driving Intoxicating liquor from its
borders, Lawrence apparently believes
question now is not one OF prohibition.
The officials. especially the judges of
the State have done all In their power
to make the prohibition law effective.
In every single instance the supreme
Court has upheld the law against In.
toxicants. But because the tribunal
says that non-intoxicants cannot be
included in law against intoxicants
Lawrence declares he will replace the
judges with others that will interpret
tine laws more to his NOTION.
Advertiser has the following to say:
But there is something more impor-
tant in his utteranee than Its vanity.
its intemperance and its injustice.
Those features concern him alone as
an individual. The serious thing Is
his implied boast that he has ma
chine In mas CONTROL tnaL can CHduBe
courts and Constitutions that it is
stronger than ever before. Has the
Democratic party In Alabama? Has he
built up an organization throughout
the State to which Democrats are
consciously or uncOnsciously rendering
first obedience? THESE questions are
vital and fundamental: Plainly the
question before the people OF Alabama
Is not so much liquor and its great
evils, or prohibition laws; the real
question is whether Mr.. Brooks Law
renee is the political Gear OF the state,
officials. courts and constitutions"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-09

8 yield Of 2ee hushel.; Bob Fincher
secured hfty-eight bushels from three
sown. Mr.. w. w. L. Stone. who runs
three or four horse farm, sold over
500 bushels OF corn at y1.15 per bushsl.
Every day wagons from Randolph
farms are ON our streets from which
the farmers sell chickens. eggs, corn,
oats. hay, peas. potatoes. beans, vab-
bage, fruits, etc. kandolp's chicken
and egg crop will exceed $4,000 per
year.
Along with the grain crop the
farmers are raing colts. We are In
formed there are q great many In the
county. Good cows have displaced the
scrub stock and we have q surplus Of
cows which are converted into beef.
Much interest 10 being taken In i'm
Yes. the croy of hard times' is a
disease and relic of reconstruction
days. but there Is no hard times" In
Randolph. We invite our friends of
The Advertiser over to our Agricul-
tural, Fair and exhibition In 1910 to
enjoy week Of real life and good
times.
p. 8. w. H. Britain (Great Brit-
tain) of Roanoke. bought 1910 dozen
eggs and 700 chickens July Q and for
which he paid the Randolph farmers
$46S.75. No hard tknes in Randolph.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-09

Tangier, MOROCCO, July Eel Mene-
behi, the former war minister, has re-
ceived advices from Fee that Roghi. the
commander of the revolutionary
trooops is now under the walls of Fec,
The troops of Mulai Hafid have de-
serted and Joined Roghi. who is about
TO begin the siege of the city which Is
completely invested. According to the
same advices Mulai Kebir, brother OF
the sultan, has occupied Mequinez.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-09
Think slayer Insane.

Detroit, Mich, July S.--Witnesses to-
day in the murder trial of DR.. G. X,
Bovatian, who shot and killed his
nephew. Harotoon GoStanian, continued
a recital of the doctors appearance inn
mediately before and after the shoots
ing. The testimony was intended to
strengthen the defense that Boyajian
was suffering from form of insanity
when he killed Gostanian. Mrs. Boya-
jian is expected to take the stand to-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-09
CAPTAIN Alt Withdrawn.

Kiel, July captain c. Ait. who
intended to go to Marblehead, Mass.
this summer with the Wittelsbach Nv.
as one of three Sonderklasse competi-
tors has been obliged to withdraw on
account of private reasons and the I'M
perial Yacht Club committee today Sc
iected Hans Kirstens Margaretta to so
instead