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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-06
A POINT IN PATRIOTISM.
An Argument as to RecOxnIxtns, SET,
Star-Spangled Banner.n

An Argument as TO ReeognIxine eth.
Ma Star-spanglea Banner.n
New York Sun.
At a vaudeville theatre thA othav
afternoon there appeared a fiddler. a
really skiilfui fiddler. so skillful tina,
ne could play two violins at once and
'ead the orchestra with his head.
49,, an She course OF his performance he
which The star-spangled Banne o.
was one. Here and there Throughout
me house men and women rose in
nttie groups until finally perhaps hall
the house was standing.
One stanier made an audible ra.
mark about the lack of patriotism OF
some persons who posed as Americana
A dignified middle-aged man took thS
remark as addressed to him, and in a
stage wait a few minutes later turned
to the speaker. Said he:
Il yield to no one In my respect for
my country. and my ancestors for
some generations were born here. In
the proper time ami place 1 am ready
ing of national anthem. but I'm
blessed II / believe that / show re-.
spect to the United States by rising
when a vaudeville entertainer who IL
making joke of music, and who, BY
the way, I am willing to laugh at AMI
applaud. uses as a part of that Joke
The Star-Spangled Banner
Moreover, / regard as indecent and
improper the use of the American flaR
as q stage asset, and I think that the
man who applauds its every appear.
ance in the hands of a grotesque com.
edian or a short-skirted woman Il
really bringing discredit on it,
The man who had made the remark
about snc good d,. Americans ans didn't reply
thought that the middle-aged man wal
right
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-06
Zach McGhee Writes of
Trade and Tariff in England

a a,nce relative to cricket as In America
Cornsress does to baseball.
the srand mast nS yo ond suppose Dn they DO on
these thousands and thousand VIM n al.
ier Mnen q good play is made? HoI-
Not o. your snrgRn nieker PSagspnones root?
sheusht tsy W sSS fis az i iss.F
Fellow i 1narr -hear-heari" when a
ana SO scores what in cricket IL rha
eQMNivaient OF home run. But no sir,
don NIX Won 10 c me on the grandstand-but
a ana WORD here means what It saws
stanIn you o buy q ticket 70 the grand
81 81, down. Well, next to me In Ia the sps 90
WI sat very cordial and agree
a no English gentleman to whom I re-
tnat II II had been in America thar
Ding as h thn, been no such hand-ciap-
l he asked f. surprise SA AND. pray,
worse tsan SAG farty S SSa, they would vel!
"Ah. indeed" he said ey wi1ecat na
ss ni.,s, a,ls not that Sc . liftle--sh-
nihed. don't you think !" o"u'e
-, ted him people leave their dignf-
ne. ties &c nome, In the drawing room or
b bn11, i cs1 when they 10 to a base
I'm tho drawing room. In the ice
poxi NOW very extra wd'n'ryi''
became very we'll acquainted with
TINS gentleman. by the way. IT is easv
20 get arquainted with Englishmen Of
dial 'i and sra shssy are generally 50 cor
DC large gas stove manufacturer. He
s ,s Eas stoves to people In England
ano on the European continenf FOR
stoVe ew ,itt,s d1 o,nr while the same
make good t Stoves veses snT for tn. the English
costs n America from an s sS s n sdy ones
stoves he sells for Si2 (retatlS bave
-FOUR gas burners on top, ana two IN
the oven. They are made Of the hest
ship See how i much lhnp sTeS workman S1dI
range-in England they are esIled
'cookers"-but see how much voS, ne :,
get one for In your town. OF course
IN america, as here. the gas companies
npsquently rent them at nominal
20 use chem. PeVD'e
There y an. American trus, which
controis the price of gas stoves in Am
erica, aid Is even trying 10 drive out
OF business IN Europe. this English
nights tracing out the stove Joker in
the new tariff law you will ma n nm
der SOME such head as this: 'Forgtnrs
81 iron or steel not other wise provided
stoves before I get through.
An3 what has all this to do with the
cricket game. the political meeting,
and The vaudeville shown
Figure II out for yourself It was at
the cricket game that by chance / got
And later I'll tell you more about
cricket, too
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-06
New Liquor Laws In Alabama.

Alabama got her prohibition law last
year, but somehow 1t did not work
well: or at least its promoters thought
It did not and Goy y tbs comsr called %
put prohibition in the Constitution,
and 10 otherwise fortify 1t.
1t is well enough that the limit has
been gone. and the exlremer views are
One Of the bills to reinforce the law
passed last year recently adopted
evidence that man holding it 10 SELL
ing liquor. II does not matter IL this
contravenes the basic principle OF the
English law axiom that an accused per-
son is innocent until his guilt is es-
tablished. 1t Is not necessary for him
to prove his innocence; the prosecu-
ton must prove his quit; This doc
erlcan law and has justly been regard
ed as a bulwark of liberty and justice.
A second bill passed declaring that
cept in a mans home Is evidence that
he 10 violating the prohibition law al
so requires. man to prove his innO-
liquor in a club. in his office, or in
deed any where but at his home. 1t Is
rather hard to understand why the re-
home-for Which they are supposed to
be fghting-to become the one repoSi-
tory Of booze. thus making every mans
The third bill declares that a man
is prima facie guilty of violating the
law IL he sells any liquid that looks
smells or tastes like An alcoholic IL
AS suggested by a contemporary, 1T
matters not II "a milk shake looks like
milk punch, ginger ale looks like a
a gin rlcky, and certain harmless malt
drinks like malto and maltnutrine re-
semble porter. the vendor of these per.
fectiy harmless drinks may be indict-
Nd ra0nirAd tn nFOV9 his hmm.
A man cannot take q drink on n
train in his club or In his once. no
chill and Is ordered to take It by his
physician. They have not only lawed
against the source Of supply: but they
at a particular place 1t becomes an
offenae against the law. II is legal to
take a drink at home In the bosom of
ahs car lH'o or anywhere else, for the pre- e"
business bs il not proof that you are 60
Ing to dF1ns pt HTa 10 efcers to break
oman any place and raid 1t. IL thew
think the law is being violated there
Yet another law makes al ofncers IL
To stiil further eurtail the liberties
of the detenseiess citizen ttn aon Stli has
Thompson, OF Tuskegee,. to prohibit the
sale Or giving away Of coca cola and
other drinks that contain caffeine, or
snv substitute therefor, on penalty Of
f,ne and six months Imprisonment.
reckless of the fact that caffeine is the
stimulating element in both coffee and
resuIted In creating the great Ameri-
can republic sprang from a tax-not
prohibition--on tea. II enforced this
and tea by hotels ana restaurants
and would also prohibit a host from
serving such drinks to a guest at his
caffeine than a glass of coca cola.
Commenting ON these facts. The
Memphis Commercial Appeal declares:
the dauntIess nerve Of the Alabama
statesmen. If YOU are going to he a
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-06
COUNTY OF A THOUSAND KEYS.
Made Up of Groups Of Islands and
Snnfh End of the limited Staten.

Made Up of Groups Of Islands and
south End of the United States.
Jacksonville Times-Union.
Monroe county is the most unique
county in the State. IL not in the Unit
ed States. The largest portion OF the
county Is made up of a group of is
lands or, as they are called, keys.
both on the east and west coasts. The
only part of Monroe county on the
mainland Is the Cape Sable country.
the extreme south end OF the United
States on the mainland.
The larger portion of this land Ia
what Is known as the Everglades, and
but q limited number of acres are
now under cultivation. What eject
the proposed drainage of the Ever
Rlades will have in Monroe county IN
not known. but 1t Is doubtful IL any
large areas will be drained because
of the flatness of the country and be-
ing 80 near sea level. In the vlcin-
ity of Cape Sable there are large bod
les OF rich alluvial land and a consid-
cradle quantity has been under cult
walton for several years past.
All kinds of tropical and semi-trop-
ical fruit trees grow lVxuriantly on
the keys and bear full crops OF frus.
each year. Every key Is surrounded
with water and the great portion OF
them have clean white sand beaches
with bluffs varying In heighth above
high water mark. All of these build
ing sites are in full view of either the
ocean. gulf or bays.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-06

fanatic, be a fanatic. II you are going
to be a fool. be darn fool. Fuller. OF
Bib. Sock Thompson, of TuskeRee,
and other immortals have legislated
against booze. against near-beer, and
bear. against coca. cola and all it,
kind. against coffee and tea: and be-
fore the Legislature adjourns We would
suggest that they lift hand against
sweet milk. buttermilk and water. and
that the watermelon be ouarantined
against. because Il contains the latter
deadly fluid. II Alabama Is to go dry
let her be as dry a. one comsr'c
speeches.
This attempted readiustment OF the
basic principles upon which the Ameri-
can Government wAa founded. and
maintained for nearly q century and q
half, will be watched with interest. IL
not grave concern. by people whose
heads are fairly we'll balanced. There
Is but one further step left to be taken
by the fanatics in Alabama. led bv
Conner. and that Is to publicly lynch
every man whose breath reveals the
inner dram. And who will deny that a
whiskey breath is an offense?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-06

tive system which Is appropriate to
childhood seldom fails to stunt and to
ment interference ~di1tes the robust.
Self-reliant eleiuents and spontaneous
energies Of character naturally de-
most essential to national freedom and
to q masculine morality.
Home Journal. ''are the words OF the
great historian, William F. H. Leckv.
They were written after q careful stu
dy OF constitutional prohibition in
Maine. Yet 1t is this policy of throw
ing police officers and sheriffs into
our homes to make US be good that In
proposed to be put in our constitution.
We believe that there are too many
| men" in Alabama for this political
plan to succeed. The statutes must
be tried longer before talk of engraft-
ing prohibition into the Constitution"
The words OF Mr.. Lecky and the
comments OF The Home Journal are
correct, and are peculiarly applicable
to conditions in Alabama at this time.
not to mention other law-ridden States
that We could name. We have fallen
| upon evil days indeed when a few mis-.
guided or interested men suffer them
selves Influenced by the thought that
the people. the men who constitute our
splendid citizenship. are not to be
trusted: not even to control and man
age their private or business AFFAIRS or
duct of their daily lives, but must be
treated as children or imbeciles In need
OF guardians and care-taksrs.
And this is the condition OF AFFAIRS
In Alabama today. Without in the
last changing our opinion of their
work we can admit that some OF these
would-be guardians OF our lives are
honestly mistaken: sincere in their
conceptions of duty and honest in their
performed. They have in some strange
manner become impressed and con-
trolled by the belief that it is their du-
ty to make men good. as they view
goodness. by enacting laws to govern
them. Their idea is to buf1d Pro-
crustean bed upon which all men must
be laid. and cut of or stretched out to
the right length to fit 1t. They never
stop to reflect that they may them
selves be mistaken as to what Is right
and what is wronR. nor do they ap-
pear to think that their fellow citi-
gems may be as we'll qualified to Judge
OF what they should do as their would
be guardians are. They say in effect:
| We know better than YOU what Ia
best for you. and intend to make you
conform to our ideas OF what is right
and what is wrong" Their zeal blinds
them and they stumble.
But while we admit that some Of
these advocates and promulRntors Of
sumptuary legislation are honest and
sincere, they constitute only a part Of
the force OF regulators. The other
! part-and perhaps the dominant part
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-06
Grandest of Grand Armies.


Using the census of 1900 as a basis
Of calculation, It is estimated that the
census of 1910 will show that the school
population of the United States num-
bers probably 14.000.0O0 persons. The
school army ten years ago was 1857
147. OF that number 4,266.3O2 persons
were between the ages OF s and 9. and
6,4S3.394 ranged from to IA years
old. About 13 per cent of the whole
number were from 15 to II years of
age. and per cent were Is or up
ward.
OF all the children between the ages
of and reported in the census of
1900. only about one-half attended
school: of those ranging from 8 to IA,
four ifths attended. and OF those from
is to II a little more than two-fifths.
Upwards OF 90 per cent of the entire
number were white. 4 school army of
$4,000, 900 for 1910 will be a national
a more convincing demonstration OF
the countrys resources and strength
than an army of 100000 adults equip
ped with rides and cannon. There is
reason to believe that In addition to
tbis growth in numerical strength, the
next census will show that this army
has improved in quality.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-06

rhs Ashland Progress reports that
a farmer near that town has chick
an with three legs: two Of them are In
their proper location and the other
sbrfnxs up the rear" as the paper
expresses 1t. Perhaps the third leg Is
intended to act as sort OF steering
apparatus. But of the fowl itself We
say. as the poet said of Abou Ben
Adhem. May his tribe increase"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-06
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8. 1903.
would it pay modern builders OF

would It pay modern builders OF
houses to initiate some OF the examples
to be found in England! There NO"
stands q house in Herttordshire. about
twenty miles from London. that is SAID
to have been erected something more
than a thousand years ago. and is Still
In good condition. If the present gen
aration Of Americans could afford the
time and money required TO erect such
houses as that the question OF lumber
would not cut much OF figure In
hualdlng.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-06
PAR YoUn POLITICAL DENTS.

with Governor Conner on the stump
defending his own administration.
while ostensibiy speaking for the pro-
posed prohibition amendment It
Is to be expected that the
present campaign win become
q fight for and against the state ad-
ministration. AS long as he 10 on the
stump seeking to defend his admits
tration, and demanding as part pay
ment for political favors votes for the
amendment--the amendment will con-
tinue to be nothing but political is
sue. pure and simple.
As q demand for the payment Of Q
political debt. nothing has been a. bold
In Alabama politics as Governor Co
mer's draft upon the people. Of We
tumpka, when he said abiding to the
Fifth District Agricultural Schoo,
The Legislature gave you $4,000 for
your school here. Are you going to
give a fair return. or will you bite the
hand that fed your
The Governor has said and done 20
many remarkable things that surprise
At any political move or utterance has
been dulled and fatigued. But this
| calls for comment. 1t IL as though
he said. I'VE fixed you with q ten thou
| sand dollar Appropriation. Aren't you
going to stay fxed7" We refrain from
| using the word bought" In other
words. the school building was given
Wetumpka. not because the people Of
the Fifth District needed It. not be-
cause 1t was necessary to complement
the school system OF Alabama. but as
q political donation-the favor to be
repaid on demand. The demand Is now
made that "the people give fair re-
turn" IN the form Of support for the
Governors present political hobby.
Building school houses, like appoint
ing jury commissioners. In to be
matter Of politics. And yet there are
some people who do not understand
why the majority Of the voters OF Al
ALBANIA look upon the proposed amend
ment 40 politics and nothing but poll
tics.
The Governor according to his bent.
was neither fair nor frank with the
people of wetumpka. Neither he nor
the Legislature gave wetumpka a
school house. A school house was
built for the students OF the entire
Fifth District. not for the students Of
Wstumpka nor yet for the students
Of Gilmore County. But the people Of
Wetumpka. out Of their own funds
built the drst school building for the
Fifth District School They turned this
structure over to the State. complete
in its details. While owned and con-
trolled by the State the building was
burned. OF a right the state should
have replaced 1t. The people Of We
Turnpike had conferred q benent upon
the people Of the Fifth District In
erecting the building. The State lost
1t and the State should have replaced IL.
In doing Its duty the Legislature OF
Alabama never placed the people Of
Wetumpka under the obligation to
vote to serve the political ends Of am
bilious politician. How can the con-
stitutional amendment be anything but
political issue. in the face OF such
appeals from the Governor Of Ala.
bama7 ~
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-06

10 composed Of men who have their
own interests In view and nothing else
they care little or nothing for human
welfare or the general good but are
aetuated solely by a desire for self
asgrandixsment, either in the way Of
once or otherwise. Little care they
for the good Of State or people. but
they do care for number one. and II
they can get themselves we'll provided
for they take no thought Of anythins
else.
1t II these two classes OF men who
have gone far to make Alabama q
laughing stock for all the country. and
to cause many Of the best people to
hang theti heads In shame ana hui
initiation. Dominated by the real or
assumed belief that love OF liquor IL
the root OF all evil they not only tried
to legisinte Il out Of the State but
have undertaken the impossible task
of trying to lesisiate the taste Of ~
out Of mems mouths. II this were all
the evil that has been done tho case
would not be altogether hopeless. but
It b not. First. they assumed that
the men Of Alabama could not be
trusted with any kind Of strong drink.
40 they went ahead and piled prohibit
ton laws on each other until the best
lawyers do not know how to con-
strue them. Then, assuming that the
people could not be trusted In the flu
ture they propose to 80 amend the
Constitution that no future Lssisla-
ture can repeal or modify their work.
Was there ever a more unwise. un-
just and intoierant proposition placed
before the people than this? Was
there ever before witnessed such an
attempt to gag and bind q free peo-
pie, present and future? II these over
zealous or interested guardians Of hu-
man morals think that prohibitory
laws are proper and Just why not give
those laws q fair trial? Some OF these
enactmsnts are drastic and unjust. and
II may be that some Of their provis-
Ions are uncomfortable. but they are
laws. and should DO given a fair trial.
A constitutional amendment will only
make matters worse. II they can be
worsted
Have the men Of Alabama fallen In
TO second childhood. and are they no
longer to be trusted? Let them an
swer this question at the polls. as
freemen should do. and as IL IL their
duty to do. Let them prove to their
seifconstituted guardians that man
hood has not departed from them. and
that they can still be trusted. In
short. let them turn out like men and
bury this effort to bind them with q
constitutional claim SO deep that the
trump OF political resurrection will
never be able to bring 1t forth. That
10 the duty Of the men OF Alabama.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-06
An International Movement

An international society composed OF
Professionals from all parts of Europe is
to erect a monument In Geneva con-
tanning the names of Calvin, Farel
Beza and Knox. and six great states
men. The committee has included
among the latter. as the representative
Of America, Roger Williams. The
chairman OF the monument committee
in a recent address said: His sta tue
will be on our monument because the
monHmens W wot o,aimeI the 1890 %isnou ~
Providence best represents the United
States MS a whole. but that he stood
more distinctly for the principle OF
religious liberation" than any man OF
his time In the New World.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-06
To Unite Twin cities.

II has been suggested that the twin
cities OF 81. Paul and Minneapolis unite
as one municipality. The idea meets
the approval Of several organizations
and representative men. It Is pro-
he sppointed from the twin cities to
Formulate a practical plan for the
union. one member 10 to be appoint
ed by the Mayor of each city. one by
eech NJ the real estate boards and one
Nv each of the commercial clubs of the
two cities. A further suggestion is
that the name of the new cities be
Minnesota" and that each present city
ne treated as a borough of the union
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-06
fAIabama's Prohibition.

New York Commercial.
The pending prohibition measure in
Alabama forbids the possession of in
in private residences. making the &C
cused party prove his or her Innocence
ing evidence is introduced: 1t makes
the use of the word saloon" q crime
1t forbids the advertisement of liquors
Maine law. it ordains that the mere
possession of a Federal license TO sell
liquors Is absolute proof OF guilt as
to such sales. without scintilla Of
proof thereof. The bill has a dozen or
more nearly as drastic provisions and
the only evidence Of sanity and sense
in the lawmakers w:s the striking
out of clause forbiuling the sale In
zines that contain LIQUOR advertise
ments.
1T should interest psychologists and
sociologistS ana mere laymen who have
nothing to do with 'ologists' or ologies'
oca %ind sn fa1s For th Sf
lerlicker' bill there were recorded
twenty-three votes. cabalistic mum
Der which must relate to the passing
the passing OF the law. Against tn
bill were recirded the votes of half u
dozen legislators. Whether these gen.
tlemen were anti-prohibLtionists from
ton The Courier journal confesses il
Is not advised. That they voted against
a legislative absurdity can hardly be
OF course. no such law can stav the
constitutional test. either that of the
Federal fundamental law or OF a State.
It is the enactment of measures like
these that will bring the inevitable
reaction against the prohibition wave"
and put the movement into popular dis-
credit from one end OF the country to
al fha he A
s sTH Ts"e people are Commandments use and and
conservative. and while most Of them
sense and understand the evils of the
liquor traffAc, they much prefer its reg
ulation to bluffs" at its prohibition
"a thing impossible in practice and a
mere theory. The more drastic the
prohibition laws the greater the injury
to the cause Of true temperance, -
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-06
A Wise and Timely Move.

A call signed by prominent citizens
from all over Alabama has been issued
for a public meeting to be held in
Montgomery on the 18th Of September,
of those opposed to the adoption of the
prohibition amendment for the purpose
n campaign against It, The call r.
backed by the leading newspapers of
the State. Such as The Birmingham
Age Herald. The Montgomery Adver-
n wise and timely move. Let the prop
ositIon go to the people and be thresh-
ed out Then II the majority vote II
in the responsibility Is with them
,ity can stand the impositions OF the
enajority. for all will be served alike.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-06

An item in contemporary states
that the value of poultry and eggs sent
from Ireland to England is twenty-five
million dollars a year. For a smnll
country like ireland we should say
this is a fine showing when We con-
slider that 1t all comes from domestic
fowls
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-06
Not UnIawful.
nlAA "a AEll.Z

Mr.. NJ r. Pru1tt, OF MIDWAY, County
Surveyor of Bullock County. desires In
formation as to whether, under the
present prohibition laws, it is permis-
sihie to carry about ones person 3
Authorities, among them Attorney
Ceneral CARRIER. answers the query az
mt nv The Advertiser to the effect
that such action is not in violation Of
the laws.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-06

The reports that continue to come
from Mexico are simply appalling in
the magnitude and extent of the loss
of property and human life. 1t really
seems that the waters have broken
loose in many sections of that conn
Try ana are reaping a fearful harvest.