The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-14

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 existed whom the two wefe one and
 to about to mature now in part Mir. John resumed his argument on
 his amendments to Sections el60. 6l56
 and 6463 of the Code. which constituted
 the old juvenile court law that an ate tempt to repeal was made at the spe- cial session. The repeal law was pro | nounced~invaiid by the Supreme Court
 because Of Senate clerical errors. This revived the sections mentioned.
 but Mir. John believing that unchanged they were too harsh. His proposed dren of 1t years and under, charged with misdemesnors and not felonies. to be disposed of in the discretion of
 the competent court. The judge, by the provisions. would be required. to ind . home or reform atory for the child instead of putting him under the ruinous influence of if arrested at night, the judge shall | order the child imprisoned until morn. ing when inquiry into the best fate of the offender shall be instituted. But | Imprisonment Is always to be in sep arate cell from an adult.
 The bill was passed by vote of e1 to Q.
 The bill of Mr. Long of Butler was passed. amending Section ss2o and in the "honcst weights" law, requiring
 the weights to be printed on comrnod-
 ities package. or sacks.
 l i. Next to be called was the Senate bill | of MT. Lowe to provide that all Con- federate soldiers, sailors and their widows who are entitled to draw . pen-
 sion under the laws of Alabama shall
 be entitled to and receive pension
 of the first class when they are or
 shall become 80 years of age The bill was passed.
 l There was no opposition to the Lons (Butler) bill which Is to transfer from
 one fund to another the sum of $1.4oo and to appropriate 3l.000, additional for
 more buildings at the Confederate Sol-
 diers' Home at Mountain Greek and
 for payment of insurance.
 Fuller BtlI called. The 13,oo0-word Fuller temperance bill ous amendments to the bill. offered by
 Mir. Fuller himself, adding several l thousand more words to the bill Mir. Fuller said his amendments were intended to made it easy for officers to enforce the prohibition law. He explained that he had added to the
 prohibited advertisements all pictures | of bottles purporting to contain liquor or of breweries or distiileries. Another amendment was to allow the
 licensed physicians of towns where
 there are no regular licensed pharma- cist's store to dispense alcohol as ex- cepted in the laws of the State. Another amendment was to define | what only the indictment for violating | the prohibition laws shall contain and
 what only Is necessary to be icluded in the charge of maintaining an un- lawful drinking place. Also, 1t was
 any signs before any place of business
 that indicated the sale of liquors pro. hibited by the laws of Alabama. Right to Destroy Liqa0rs. Another change makes unequfyocal the right to destroy liquors seized
 when held In violation Of the law. An important change was to make alleged to have been sold had the like
 color. odor or taste of prohibited h' Quors. In discussing the bill itself. Mir. | Fuller said that one section gives it the right of the lessor to forfeit the lease without refund if the building or premises were used for violating the prohibition laws. and to punish the
 lessor if he knowingly leases a place. Mr. Fuller urged the passage in toto of the anti-advertisemen section which
 forbids the newspapers printing ads of prohibited liauors and putting up bill
 board or other signs carrying liquor advertisements. L
 T would like to ask the Rsntleman." asked Mir. Hoffman. of Mobile. If 1t prohibits the signs already in existence or will it be compuisory to tear down the buildings or sign boards or mere.
 ly rub or paint out the sign" Mir. Fuller replied that 1t would
 make such existing signs violation. In answer to the question of Mir.
 Sanford. of Talladega. Mfr Fuller re- piled:
 "Yes. the bill will prohibit the sale
 of any newspaper or publication print ed in this state or another State as
 well. which contained such liquor ad-
 vertisemenfs."
 Mfr. Fuller made an impassioned ap-
 peal to the House to adopt this feature
 of the bill. arraigning in severe lam guage the press which lends its hand
 to soliciting of whiskey orders"
 "Y6u have gone so far. gentlemen.
 as to prohibit the solicitation of such
 orders of liquor" pleaded Mr. Fuller.
 then why not go farther and forbid l this practice which places in your thome the newspapers which give as the first curtain rise of the day the
 degrading description of highbail or
 of cocktail. This thing. gentlemen.
 to tempt the fair children of our
 State"
 This was characterized as a great
 shame to the State. Mir. Fuller said in
 answer to MT. Hoffman that he was in
 favor of suppressing the accounts. of
 Harry rhaw's doings" and all things
 tending to degrade the peoples morals,
 MT. Fuller denied that the bection
 was to punish three Alabama news