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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-08

ous: but the white ribbon conspicuous
 Each speaker was in fine trim ana against the adoption of the proposed amendment with telling effect ,a
 Lsstsr rrsn Elder Lively.
 Editor The Advertiser:
 Please publish this letter from Dcthan Eagle and my reply:
 n,rht. ~As ag gx to preach at m Dotnsn @ two the Primitive Baptists to state that Elder Lively does not represent our people in his stand against prohibition. ,,s Jn the e,r rrst ss,. place he Is not in. line soluter. I felt mortified when found Primitive Baptist was to make a speech against prohibition. am glad does not express the. sentiment of our denomination. live in Georgia, where we have prohibition and the Primitive Baptists are just as enthusi- so oysr t as s the PssoDis cf any otssr lew. who like Elder Lively, are not worthy of the name. I do say 1t fear iessly. that any preacher who goes on worthy of the % name snsI'ii0h and hope m tSs nos good people of Dothan will remember that Elder Lively does not represent our people in this respect and we are ssnamed i, of him and are sorry that lie May the Tord denver m.,Ss ns from SaRsass tose ,;l.a wno are posing. as preachers advocate
 wn.n : ,, Elder " B. Screws. somewhat surprised. but after mature delfberation could understand why he wrote as he did; and from the company he keeps know him for there Is Georgia who are not in line with the regular Primitives, but they advocate organs. protracted meetings. condi- tionai salvation. Ia salaried ministry) or dwell largely on the duty of the church to keep them from work, and I would also state that they are re- garded as out of order by d number of Baptists in Georgia. and they have no Baptists are not in line nor feiiowship with his crowd. Shakespeare says when man steals my money he steais my trash, but when he steals my good name he impoverishes me and does not enrich himself. When he says the Primitive Baptists of Alabama are in line with him he is too careless about how he handles the truth and facts sower of seeds of discord among brethren is an abomination in the sight of God. How he can do such work cannot account for except that he is blind and talks like. he Is among the swallowed camel We don't need him in Alabama, he can go home to Geor- gia and enjoy his own company. ex- pect to write the Baptist over there and see how they do stand on this question. I don't know what he calls few. hut if they were boiled over the state expect there would be more against him than for him. shall have to have more evidence than now have before could regard him as preacher of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
 .8 ". Lively
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-08
MONDAY. NOVEMBER 8, 1909.
one great and irremediable mistake


 One great and irremediable mistake the leaders of the amendment made was In not holding sort of directors meeting at the start. There they should have not only mapped out q plan of campaign but should have taken time and pains to lay out def mite line of argument and decide just how each speaker should explain the meaning of the measure; if. in- deed. any one of them can explain it without making matters worse. As it is. they frequently discredit each oth- CT. and try to mislead the people by different paths. and gsnerally by crooked ones. OF course their. condi- tion is all the better for those who oppose the vicious measure. and it Is cause of satisfaction and congratu1a- ton that it is too late for them to remedy their error.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-08
Alabanaas People VIII Rebuke
 This Political Trickerv

Editor The Advertiser:
 The Prohibitionists insist that the present campsisn @ turns upon aue.- statement. with the addition that the Amenders are on the immoral aide of the question. s
 For it is certain that disingenuous- character based on the Christian Ideal. We don't find that Christ ever speciai- ly denounced drunkards. But we do find him saying again and again;
 And 1t cannot be denied that. while the rank and file of the Prohibitionists clerical and lay-are doubtless in- nocent of anything worse than care- plotted, and is being carried out, with sad lack of honesty on the part of
 First-it was unfair to spring the esasrs we eft knew tme on2 Mea n Sss c the voters would have voice in the election.
 Second--It Is disingenuous to say. as the amenders do, that vote against the amendment Is a vote for liquor selling. They well know that. the re- suit of this election cannot change jot or little of the prohibitory laws: Third--It Is disingenuous to say. as they do. that the new liquor laws have made no change in the use of search warrants. The process is the same, but the object of the process Is revo- lutionary. As well say that there Is no difference between Knocking down a ruffian who insults your wife, and a peaceful old gentleman toddling along the street, because you use the same fist in both cases.
 Fourth--In the same way. it Is dis ingenious to say that there is nothing new in the use of injunctions. The proper use of injunctions. with the wide and underlined power of the Chan cery courts. is to forestail sudden wrongs--not to usurp the regular course of the criminal law.
 Fifth--It is disingenuous--and some thing more-for well-informed per- son to say that the second section does not threaten the search of the home for liquors kept solely for the own CTS use. No other place Is now exempt from such search.
 Sixth--It is piece of duplicity for speakers to say at one time and place that the law does, at another that 1t does not, prohibit the making or domestic wine; to say today that no Jury can convict. and tomorrow, that the jury will convict, but the Cover nor will pardon. s4ss.s
 It doesn't seem to me that the amendment will carry. Aiabamians have their faults. but never heard that leaning to trickery was one of them.
 Talladega. Ala.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-08
Sent an Understudy.


 One of Corners lieutenants spoke in Gadsden Thursday night and he mod eled his talk after the Governors most approved methods He made the state ment that those who were opposed 10 the amendment were distillers. brewers. saloon keepers, bar room buns and street loafers. He also stated that the eminent lawyers of the opposition were hired by the whiskey interests. These sentiments were heartily chered by part of the smal audience present, the nois- jest acclaimer being one, who holds some sort of license to preach the Cos pei. What the speaker lacked in knowledge of his subject, ability and education, he made up in villificatIon It was extremely unfortunate for de- lenders that large audience was not present, for nobody except the most omniverous amender could swallow the dose administered. and the speaker who is appointee of Conner. would have doubtless his master many votes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-08

~Do not be deceived about the real issue in the present contest" advises The Ashland Progress, and we en- dorse the sentiment, but not as our amender contemporary means it. The real issue is to determine whether Comerism shall retain It's strangle- hold on Alabama. and whether certain ambitious politicians shall get the of fices they want. So we say to the people. "do not forget the real issue" and do not fail to vote against those who have forced 1t on us for their own purposes
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-08
EthIcs of Filtration.

Philadelphia PuDllc Leuser. ,.,, to win much popular sympathy for her views on the expressing ubyect or Irritation. She says. point blank. The woman who flirts is doing fiendish work" and inYeighs against gems her sse sse seems to overlook the fact that inno- cent coquetry has little in common with the instinct that leads man or woman to equivocate or preVaricate. instinct of curiosity. If .'the proper study of mankind Is man." woman is not to be blamed for wanting to know something of his vagaries and tdiosyn- by the readiest means at her command. Her munitions guide her alright to certain conclusions, and a few adroit but apparently naive and artless ques- tionf tell her the rest Most of what ms6 shs alike" says Margaret ogilvy 'In the hands of tho woman who flatters them:" and any man is flattered by an implied invitation to talk about himself, his aspirations and his t,. tt sas ess himself further by assuring himself, and sometimes his friends, that the lady has been flirting with. him. It gratifies his vanity that she should manner of man he is. It can only be because he Is so interesting. As a matter of fact, men are more flirta- tious than women. and any general consideration the more inconstant and volatile divisions of mankind. Mans love Is of man s life thing apart; 'tis woman's whole eXistence." The wo- man who flirts, or Is said to do so, usually settles down and becomes eu ideal wife and mother. Mrs, Gilman's averments to the contrary notwith- standing
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-08
Paregorie Fiends.

Greenville Living Truth.
 Judge Weakley declares that babies should not be raised on cordials. hut should be given paregoric. This is quite in line with statements made by other people who while they would hesitate to give cordial to a child, would not hesitate to fill it 8 stomach with paregoric, which Is ten times worse than cordial, because the paregoric is made of alcohol and opium. Therelare many grown persons In this country who would not for worlds take a drink of wine or whiskey, but do not hesitate to drink paregoric and many persons who do not touch wines are what is known as paregoric fiends They get the opium and the alcohol in combina- ton and cultivate a habit which is as evil in its effects as the use of nor phine.
 Yet Judge Weakley indorses this habit which has wrecked many HN es and claims to be a temperance man For shame, Judge!
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-08

variety of sizes, some being the limit in weight allowed to be transmitted through the mails. A great many con- tain articles that are not admissible in the mails, and these, of course. are held, no effort being made to find the people to whom they are addressed.
 The other day there was turned ever to the Dead Letter Office the biggest apple that ever was received here. Il was sent from the Pacific slope and as addressed to a party in Sweden Ths magnificent specimen of fruit was nelA low and got mashed in transit. and that is how 1t was discovered that the package contained an apple.
 The sale of articles accumulated in the dead letter office will take place here next month. They are put ub in packages and a catalogue is publishsd telling what each package contains. but nothing is stated that would in- dicate the real value. Uncle sam auv- tions them of, and there is lot of fun among the bidders. Some set great bargains at small cost. and oth- CTS. of course, fall to get the worth of their money, but the people flock to the sale and spirited bidding Is in- dulged in.
 Live bees are shipped through the malls. Many come from European countries. Enough honey is placed in the package to keep the bees sustain ed and they are usually in good contif- ton when they reach their destination.
 Here is a postal privilege that has not become generally known: At the last regular session of Congress per- mission was given to place 8 cents ad- ditionaI postage on a letter and hy simply marking on the envelope ~Spe- cial Delivery" the letter will be treated the same as if one of the spe- cial delivery stamps had been attached. 1t often happens that parties living far from postofhces cannot procure the spe- cial stamps.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-08
IMLs

It Is Iaways satisfaction to reflect that Eve shall sse' what we sha1f see" and this is applicable to the future government of New York city. Much was promised in the event of Gaynors election. and it is to be hoped that the result will be an improvement In the affairs of that big city. It is certain Iy needed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-08
nAp NEws Anour mAns.

That is sad news that is being sent out from the planet Mars. Perhaps 1t would be better to say about Mars.'' as we are not yet assured that the planet or it's inhabitants have sent any messages to anybody. Perhaps they have not yet learned the wireless system. in which case their ignorance Is to be pitied The bad news we re- ferred to Is the reported discovery by certain British scientists that tre- mendous cataclysm has taken place. or is now taking place on the planet which threatens to completely change it. even If it does not thoroughly de- stroy 1t and send the fragments van dering through space to find suita- ble resting place.
 This. as all must admit. is disquiet- use for Mars in our business. but t>at the same time we have no enmity against it. Professor Lowell a great astronomer and acknowledged author ity. believes the planet is inhabited. He holds that because of the drying up of the surface the Martians were forced to dig immense irrigation ca- nals fin order that they might utilize the melting snow from the Polar re- gions. If you don't believe it, he says, you can see the canals for yourself if you look closely enough and know how to distinguish things It is true that no one, so far as we have been informed, saw the people digging, but the ditches are there. and If somebody didn't dig them how did they come to be there? There's logic for you.
 Now If these British experts are correct in their observations and de- ductions it seems 1ikely that the poor Martians are in for something even worse than the drouth was, for the plain inference from what the British CTS are saying Is that some sort of general and tremendous convulsion is going on that may so change every thing that life thereon win no longer be possible. Then Mars will become dead planet, like the moon and we earth-dwellers will lose interest in 1t.
 Let us not be too nasty in forming opinions. making deductions and ar irving at conclusions on this matter. We know that the great scientists be- lieve that our earth has passed through numerous changes and cata- clysms of one sort or. another in the distant past. and if that is true of osr planet why may 1t not be true of Mars? There's more logic, and the good of it Is that no one can disprove 1t We must take the word of those who profess to know all about 1t, and if they are mistaken we laymen are not to blame.
 It is a real pity that this great red world could not come a few million miles closer to us while it was about it. Of course its movements and times are immutably fixed in the great schemeNof nature and controlled by higher power but just the same if Mars had been Allowed to approach near enough--not too near. mind you ito give our astronomers an oppor-. tunity to make accurate and reliable observations 1t would not only have been highly satisfactory but would probably have put an end to contro- versy and contention that bids fair to go on forever. As it is. we must take what the great scientists tell us, and make the best, of it; still, we are sOr- ry for Mars.
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-08

Having gotten the hooped and horn ed snake business quieted down. at contemporary announces the discovery of rattlesnake with two heads. Moth ing really strange about 1t, however, as they are liable to see almost any thing in Georgia
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-08

Tt is agreed generally" moraiizes The Washington Herald. that cotton seed makes first-class genuine Italian olive oil.'" Well. if one can't tell the difference enc is as good as the oth- CT. is 1t not?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-08

It was skidoo from the voters of New York to MT. Hearst and he skid. Does any one think he will stay ski dooed9 If so they may prepare to think some more on the subject for we feel safe in predicting that he'll make another dash for office as soon as he thinks he sees hope of success.
 As a runner Willie Is generally in 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-08

2 The Richmond News Leader has seen so many different opinions about it that 1t Is beginning to doubt whether there is really any such thing as North Pole. It is enough to make doubter of any one to read what is be-
 ing said on the subject Even the scientists are almost as much at sea.
 to all appearance. as the Eskimos are.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-08

was brought in. contrary to all in-. strucuons Of the court. who felt called upon to rebuke the jury. At last one old farmer arose -Jedge.v said he,
 weren't we to jejge the law as well as the factr' Certainly was the re- sponse; "but told you not to judge the law unless you were clearly satis- ned that you knew the law better than l did. Well. jedge." answered the farmer, as he shifted his quid. i've considered that pint"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-08

The best time to bet on an election in New York Is after the votes are counted and the result announced. Even then 1t is not always sure thing.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-08
RenuhIIcop. of virRinIn |.

Washington. Nov. 6s--It was CIT nounced here today by Representative Slemp of Virginia, chairman of the State Committee. that head quarters would be opened at EoanoKe Immediately with George L. Hart in charged. They will remain open per manently. Candidates will be run by that party In each of the ten districts In the state for Congress next sum mer. This Is said to have been the first time such a thing has been ate tempted in the south.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-08

Most of us would be glad to forget the whole polar business if they would let us, but that is just what they re- fuse to do. They will neither settle 1t nor drop 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-08
They Considered 1t.

In Illinois there is an old law on the statute books to the effect that Tn criminal cases the jury Is judge or the law as well as of the racts'
 Though not often quoted, once In while a lawyer with a desperate case makes use of 1t. In one case the judge instructed the jury that 1t was to judge of the law as well as the facts, but added that 1t was not to judge of the law unless 1t was fully satisfied that it knew more law than the judge. An outrageous verdict
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-08

"Grand jury indicts a blind tiger" is frequent head line in the col umns of our contemporaries these days As a frequent thing the animal is not so blind as to be unable to see the indictment before 1t reaches him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-08
According to published statement

According to published statements, leaders will lose offices and salaries, the latter running from $1,5O0 to s5O,- 0e0 a year, after the first of January next. That is one result of the late election. and it is a result that some of them cannot contemplate with much salsfaction. l.JAia
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-08

We seem to have lost Pennsylvania again." remarks The Houston Post. Well, 1t may be possible to lose some thing we haven't got, but we don't know so we'll about 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-08
It i. Good in suIIocls.

Editor The Advertiser
 It certainly seems landslide against the amendment so far as this county is concerned.
 Hon. J. Ross Blackmon and Hon. T. astic audiences at Boswell and Perott Saturday.
 The speaking at Boswell was at 2 p. m, Perote at p. m. Audience at each place was conservativeiy estifnat- ed at 100 and I50.
 Safe and sane buttons were numer-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-08

What has become of prohibition in Georgian" asks The Richmond News Leader. Well. what has become of the snakes In Ireland?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-08

''Mr Barnard has fallen outside the breastworks, says The New York Globe. Yes, he fell to the tune of about sS,OOO votes less than had been predicted for him,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-08

MT. Hearst has planted himself still more firmly in the "also ran" class :. Next we know he will be wanting to occupy it all alone.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-08

There were Republican gains in Rhode Island last Tuesday" The Co., lumbia State remarks. Let's see: what State is Rhode Island in.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-08

Well, the Republicans of Massachu- setts elected their Governor. but as they used to say up In the hill coun- try they like to didn't"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-08

The statement that limberger cheese is q remedy for cancer doesn't appear to create much enthusiasm
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-08

Nets shown this fall are unusually handsome. Russian nets with meta in- sertions are among the most striking of the fancy ones.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-08

among the people at leree Perhaps some of them prefer cancer to iimber- ger.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-08
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Do you want to perpetuate ring rule in this State? Do you want to surren- der your right to protect the sanctity a secret political organization your guardian? If so. vote for the amend ment.
 Do you want prohibition of the liquor traffic? Do you want to hold on to the right to govern yourselves? Do you want your homes secure from insulting searches when pointed out by yoar en- emy? If so, vote against the amend ment.
 Let us keep our old prohibition laws and elect officers who will enforce
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-08
In . single ChnnneL

Andalusia Star.
 It is a crime to make cordial or wine for the little ones or those who may become i'll in your home. The good house wife who lives many miles from a doctor or a drug store will view this statement with alarm, but it is a law You dare not come to the rescue of a sick neighbor with a drink of wine or a drink of liquor. If you do, it is a violation of the law and you are lia- ble to indictment by the grand jury thta convenes this month. We have a law for everything. excepting the dogs that roam our streets and high ways without dollars tax or dollars lj- cense. Our ideas on prohibition travel In single channel.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-08

It is expected that there will be a gradual return to the elbow sleeve for lingerie waists
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-08
One Right is Taken. Alfalfa Harald

The State Legislature has now ar- ranged 1t so that man may be tried and convicted for crime without the in- tervention of either grand jury or petit jury and that even though the accused may ask that his case be waived to the grand jury, and though he may demand jury either at or before the trial. Will the people stand for such lagisia- ton as this? Well. we will walt and see.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-08
Qualified for Pardon.

Pine Belt News.
 The Governor says that he will rar- don any woman convicted of tAaking him. There are 409 men in Escxmbia County who did not vote in the pri- mary election for Governor they vet ing for Dr. Cunningham; 436 cast their ballots for B. B Conner If you make against. this amendment, whether 1ou voted for Conner or not, because re- member that he will not always be Governor of this State.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-08
What fhe State Papers
 Are Spying and Doing
woula CaII 1t . Draw.

Would Call 1t . Draw. Goodwater Enterprise
 Call 1t drawi The church invades politics: then politics evens the sscre by doing the same thing to the church.
 
 Looking te Future. Huntsville Mercury Banner. Governor Conner says, T will pardon any one convicted of making wine tor home use." And, now, Sheriff Mitch el says, "Me too. will not search your homes." 'Tis a pity that bo.h go out of office. next year. and their successors might not prove so com placent.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-08
DRIFT WOOD
The ,Pu.aled Cop.

The ,fun1ied Cop. . A heavyweight copper named "Pete. Remarked as he strolled on his beat, I've thought OCT and OCT If my rubbers l wore But I'm too fat to see my own feet.
 a.aN- 4
 Certainly Not. Weary Willie---Say. Pard. do you be- lieve horse shoe is lucky? .. Dusty Dave-Well dat depends--if it's on horse an de horse kicks you in de solar plexus, you'd think 1t vas blamed unlucky."