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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-10
THE DEATH OF MISS BLAKE.
A Correspondent Wishes to Correct
 Inaccuracies.

A Correspondent Wishes to Correct
 Inaccuracies.
 Your issue of June 9th contains a special from Faunsdale on the death of Miss Madeline Blake. The notice Is brief, but gives all there was to write of the death and the cause which probably led to it.
 Following this is special from Selma. in which there is a hippant discussion of what the correspondent supposes was the occasion of death, and then detailed statement of what he supposes happened on Friday and Saturday morning. There Is not only an absence of taste and judgment in these statements, but many of them are not true. Miss Blake did not ask friend for a pistol; did not prac- tiee with a pistol at all did not spend the night with this friend; did not leave the room in which she slept on Friday night; did not leave a note ex- plaining her purpose; did not leave. a line or a word to indicate that she intended taking her own life. nor Is she the daughter of the late William Blake. As to the cause, her physi- clan will be considered better authnr- ity than a correspondent who lives thirty miles away, and his view Is given in the brief notice from Fauns- dale. N. R. Hamer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-10

In a recent issue of Harpers Weekly 1t is said. There can be no question of President Taft's sincerity in his clear ly announced purpose to make the Southern people feel that this gov ernment Is their government, and that it's officers in their States are their ofieers"
 What is the use of eternally assert ing that the Southern people are to be made at home in their own govern ment? Such expressions as the above when analysed are insulting. The people of the South have been faith fully meeting all the obligations rest ing upon good citizens and do not de- sire to be coddled or treated as if they were children. In any field re- quiring exhibition of brain power and devotion of principle the South can hold it's own and in any movement for upholding and upbuilding the coun- try the South Is willing to do her whole share. MT Taft Is the Presi- dent of the whole country and Is not called on to administer affairs for the special benefit of any particular DOT tion and all the talk about what he is going to do for the South smack s more of electfoneering than of wIs- dom.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-10

left to prophecy what countries would next go to war Even within twenty years there have been several political flurriss which were going to bring on the worst war in history but which did not. At one no- ment Germany and Russia were supposed to be on the verge of fighting. at another 1t was France and England. The United states ana England had their turn, SO had Austria and Italy. Still other conflicts were, no doubt, entertaininsiy imminent. but 1t is impossible to remember between whom or what about Recently the patriots of Germany and England have been shout ing at one another in vociferous terms. They cry that sacrifices must be made, etc., but since the English Chancellor of the Exche- quer presented his budget some weeks ago, which of course, included the price Of war ships, his scheme of taxation has met with almost unanimous censure. The proposed income tax, legacy duties, land tax, liquor licenses, stamps on stocks and bonds, excise duties of spirituous beverages ana import duty on tobacco all attacked bY the people whom these respective forms Of tax ation would have affected Last year Ger many's Minister ~@ Finance had the same experience when he suggested the means of defraying the Empires public expenses; which of course, also included it's naval amusements Everybody who was to be taxed thought somebody else ought to be taxed instead. As in England, nobody taxed In all the countries of the world every one Is willing to make patriotic sac- rifiees." out of every one else's pocket,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-10
AN APPEAL OF LAW TO
 LOVE AND TO RIGHT
BY RICHARD NJ. SMITH.

We are on the right side-as the North was on the right side in regard to the wrong of slavery.
 We ought to be more considerate than they were.
 We are more just; for the law is on our side. Our case Is as if Congress had legally (before the war broke out) passed a law setting slaves free.
 But we should as I said. be more considerate and just than was the
 We can imagine the bitterness on the part of the South--of many of us had that law been passed by the North and then in year an order issued to
 Wed feel wed lose property we had legally acquired and in which the sup port of our families was invested.
 So Is 1t when we break up any thing that has been heretofore from all time legal. Men are thrown out of the bus mess and interests on which they have depended. For them to change is just his business or give up his calling and start at something new. We can not but expect bitterness and a sense of wrong. And there is a wrong. It was created when they were allowed to in- jure this country for the sake of a living for their families or for selfish
 We must be considerate. Think of our feelings. had Congress legally passed a law abolishing slavery with in a year
 We must be conslderate, too, of the men whose habits we are breaking up. Imagine a law passed by the majority of us forbidding the sale of tobacco in Montgomery.
 Law must be upheldi how can we be eonsiderate?
 We could have been considerate du- ring the, past year by trying to help to some new business every one whose old business we destroyed. That would have been Christian; 1t would have been brotherly; it would have been kind; 1t would have been wise; 1t would have been, to a large extent. only just. We are our brothers' keepers and our brothers helpers. We didn't think enough, nor soon enough. Is it too late now? No! It can never be!
 Cannot we seek by love to undo wrong of ours as well as share the duty to put down wrong of others2
 know a case that has caused me sorrow. The owner of bar sold out his liquors. bought the hXings neces- sary for a meat market; laid Tn at tractive supplies of meats, set up his new sign. ran his new wagon. None of us practically gave him helping hand or word of cheer.
 We were SO busy we didn't think of him We forgot the need we had brought about and the brother men who would have to struggle against
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-10
4 CLEARING CASE.

We have more than once had occa- sion to speak of New York justice or lack of it-as shown in some of the decisions of the higher courts, but we have rarely heard of more fragrant in- Justice than in a case that has re- gently come to light. and which is thus referred to by The Pittsburg Post:
 The case in question Is that of poy, now nineteen years old, who has oeen arrested on numerous occasions during the last two years, who has been taken to police headquarters and "mugged," although not even a misde- meanor has been proven against him. crime. which makes the offense of the police in placing his picture In the rogues' gallery the more fragrant. since the law does not permit them to pho- tograph any save persons accused of crime
 of this singular case. and hence are unable to say why this boy has been arrested so often, when there have not only been no charges against him but he has not even been accused of crime. If this is fair sample of police pro- ceedings in the chief city of the Union we should say if is time for some power to get busy and put a stop to that kind of official lawlessness. It must be that the boy has no friends in the city or they could find way to protect him against this species of continued persecution.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-10
This Is My 44th Birthday
FREDERICK A. COOK.

Dr. Frederick A. Cook, the arctic explor- CT, whose friends have become alarmed about his safety and have Issued an appeal for money with which to equip a searching expedition, born in Sullivan County. New York, June b. 1885, and was educated at the University Of New York. His first experience as an arctic explorer was gained in 1881, when he went north surgeon of the Peary expedition. Subsequently he acted
 -.-,-.. l-e Btiglum Antarctic eXpedi-
 on m 1891. Dr Cook started on his pres ent expedition to the far north in the iner of 1907. He Wintered the Greenland coast, and in the last letter received from make a dash for the pole. He was then forty miles north of Cape Thomas Hubbard on the Polar Sea. IL was his plan to re- turn last autumn and his failure to do so has caused considerable alarm among his friends.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-10
System, Of Taxing Assurance
 Companies by Towns Is Unjust
BY 4. c. SEXTON, Deputy Insuras
 Commiasloner.

BY 4. c. SEXTON, Deputy Insurance
 Commissloner.
 I desire to express my appreciation of The Advertisers excellent editorial on Growth of Taxes" appearing In your issue of June l. If other papers of the State would take up this matter seriously and do little educational work along the lines indicated in your editorial I have no doubt that good results would follow. It is not under stood by the people generally that high taxes upon insurance companies means less dividends and other benefits to policy holders. This is subject that Is engaging attention of insurance de- partment officials and students of taxa ton everywhere. We find advocates outside of company interests. frequent ly, of the idea that no State. county or municipal taxes should be imposed up- on the premiums of life Insurance com panies upon the proposition that 1t is placing 8 tax upon thrift. cannot say that agree wholly with this view of the matter, but am convinced that the system of taxation in Alabama is wrong, in view of the fact that such taxes are not equitably imposed. It will be seen upon most superficial in- vestigation that the fiat rate now charged by cities and towns upon all insurance companies Is not based upon any law of equity, but the same rate Is charged the company that has small
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-10

premium income as the one enjoying the maximum premium income Upon an examination of the insurance report of 1908 1t will be seen that premium incomes of fire insurance companies ranged from $5,000 and less to over $2oe,000 for the year, and life lnsu- rance companies from few hundred dollars to nearly $500 ,000, and no one will say that 1t Is fair for the company that collects s5.000 and less in pre- miums In the State annually to pay ex- actly the same taxes to the cities and towns as the company that collects nearly S600,000. It is true that a per centage system of taxation would cause the companies receiving the larger premium incomes to pay more taxes in proportion, but from 75 to 90 per cent of the companies would be equitably dealt with and not as under the present law idiscriminated against. We have laws upon our statute books which provide that insurance compa4 nies themselves shall not discriminate between policy holders. why then should cities and towns of the State in the method now employed in connec- ton with taxation allow a dtscrimina- tton and to legalize 1t.
 These are some questions that should engage the attention of our Legisla- ture, and l am sure that a pper study of the questions involved will convince them that such unequltable conditions should nQt longer obtan.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-10
This D0fe ir, History JUNE 10.

16lo-The first Dutch immigrants to AmAr,-- ca landed at Manhattan, now New lss2-Bridget Bishop hanged at Salem Mass., for witchcraft. l76S-Riot in Boston over the seizins of the sloop Liberty by the Commissioners of the Kings Customs. lSOl-The Pasha of Tripoli declared war against the United States lSO6-British House or Lords resolved to abolish the slave trade lSSl-King of the Netherlands rendered his decision on the boundary question be tween Maine and the British posses sions. 1sS2-Gen. Joseph Hester Governor of Pennsylvania 1s2l-2S. died. Born Nov. IS, l752. 1S6l-gnion forces repulsed at the battle of Bib Bethel. Va. 1s7s-William Ernst, Grand Duke of saxe- Weimer, born. 1S92-National Republican convention at Minneapolis renominated Benjamin Harrison for President. 1S9S-Battleship Massachusetts" launched at Philadelphia. 1905-Great damage by floods in the vicinf- ty of Keokuk Iowa. 190S-O H. P Belmont, prominent New York capitalist, died.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-10

q boy was made of sifted white corn meal kneaded Into a stiff dough and then spread out on a hickory board sixteen or eighteen inches long and eight or ten Inches wide. Through the centre a case knife was drawn to sep- arate the cake into two parts so as 10 make it handler to turn 1t after the first side was Drowned. The board with the corn dough spread out on it was set on edge before a coal fire in an open firs place and propped against a smoothing iron to hold 1t in position. Thus the cake was baked on a board before the fire, care being taken to turn 1t during the baking process so as to have the outer crust on either side we'll orowned.
 The johnny-cake was the hot bread served at supper during the. winter time and was usually baked before the fire in the family sitting room while the balance of the evening meal was being cooked in the kitchen.
 "Johnnie, turn the cake"
 There, now, you have our johnny cake of precious memory.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-10
ninrnoslng the Mob.

AURusta JhTOnIcle+
 The newspaper or the politician that tries to pander to the mob is but fol- lowing an ignis fatuus The mob Is here today and there tomorrow. It acts from impulse, not principle; tomorrow it may condemn 'he thing which 1t to- day applauds. It s4s TO reason of It's own and refuses to be controlled by reason. This Is why men of inferior character and mentality gain tempor- ary popularity and leadership when the public mind Is lnflaIned. which they dare not aspire to under normal con dItions. But what man of sense would swan his own self-Pespect for Zarb at such a joek-o'. lantern of disordered public opinion?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-10
,Johnny-Caks.

The Montgomery Advertiser Is still ting a long list of controversial con right on the johnny cake question. Some of the knowing ones who have butted into the controversy evidently don't know the difference be- tween corn pone and egg bread--much less as to what a johnny cake Is. or was, when that kind of bread was as common in the country homes of the piney woods of Georgia and the Caro- iInMs as hoe-cake and other stove-cook- ed breads made of corn meal are to- day,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-10
DRIFTWooD

why didn't you keep your engage ment with me-" asked the little Blue Eyed Blonde. Jelly.
 Well, you see, I went into depart change" replied the young man from Selma And the girl said she under stood perfectly and t was all right. that the world will come to an end du- ring the present summer. And just to think, some Montgomery people have already ordered their winters supply of coal for the sake of the discount.
 Bridal couple returning home at Bethlehem. Pa. late at night and un- able to get into their boarding house. tSoSg5. red thsH on by nsSanor h,o Tho ought to be an awful example to hub by to come home to wifey early at night in future.
 Less than ten years ago the Island numbered l.631.eS7 inhabitants, but to- day, according to q late census. 1t enty per cent of the people are white. A girl always likes to say mo" to a man the first time he proposes, just to see what he will do next-chicago Not an old girl, however; she is not going to take any chances on letting him get away.
 Speaking of the Sleeping Sickness Africa is not the only place 1t prevails. Stenographers seem to be affected with 1t sometimes and get to the of- flee late. '' te,, Of all the silly phrases
 A language should be rid think the worst one of the lot is
 Parson Snowball says: Lots ob pee- pie kin see de m9souito on de two de house" In other words. some peo- pie will find trouble even if they have to bring a telescope into requisition. Look for the roses as you go through the Garden of Life; don't pay any at tention to the thorns.
 Thomas ". Lawson denies the report that he Is to be married. Its all a joke" he says. The knowing ones just wink one eye and say it's anothe, advertising scheme.
 Honduras is threatened with another revolution. Central American revolu- tions are as pestiferous and frequent as mosquitoes this time of year. OnIs they don't draw quite as much blood.
 Five story building that will be 100 feet lonR and only six feet eleven inches wide is to be built in New York. Just about room for Mir. Fair banks to lie down in.
 It Is said that the tariff bill will be passed and the Panama Canal finished some sweet day.
 Iyltnnr GIWnn oufhnr nf t1Phpna Weeks" says that American men wont 1irt. This was hardly a fair test Perhaps they wouldn't fiirt with Elinor criticised for shooting hippopotamus on Sunday But there are no Sunday game laws In Africa. And Teddy musui lose day at slaughterinE. don't yoH know
 The sweet girl graduate may now the things of summer.-charieston
 By which we presume the "easv'' things of summer are the men.
 %r %
 It's just as hot as hot can be
 truth that's voiced by many And even q girl with a heart of Ice
 Don't help matters any.
 
 When you pick up a dime novel and another rcd skn hit Ille dust" you can't help but t. ink ~hat q d@prRved taste the Indians used to have wi. o continually fed on this variety of free lunch.
 "will you share my lotP'' asked the
 Of the country lass in the blue sun
 bonnet.
 "Yes, I'll share your lot-thats what
 If It's got a nice house on it."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-10

We have it on the authority of The Charleston News and Courier that "the politician grows wild all over South Carolina" We don't doubt it; and some of them remain wild always af- terwards.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-10

A New York attorney thinks he scores a point by endeavoring to prove that Shakespeare was not a lawyer, but suppose he does prove it. what of 1t? We have known and heard of a number of good men who were not lawyers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-10

Inch by inch the dear creatures en- croach upon us. and step by step they come to capture the few prerogatives we have left. One of the latest an nouncements for women's wear Is the 'pantaloon gown and we suspect that to be but another step towards wear ing the brooches in fact. as some of them already do in effect What may we expect next?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-10

A news note from the big pot-hunt- CT over in Africa tells 1t that he spent recent Sunday shooting mon keys. That. we insist. was not giv- ing his fellow simians a square deal.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-10

And now we are notified that it is not only Editor Hemphill, of The News and Courier, but also Deacon Hemp Jill and Doc.or Hempril. How many other "entitlements" are they going 5o 'ie onto a good newspaper man?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-10
RURAL CARRIERS, HOLIDAYS.
One of Them Writes Saying That the Number Is Much Smaller
 Thnn Stated.

Number Is Much Smaller
 Than Stated.
 Montgomery, Ala. June [, 1909. Editor The Advertiser:
 A stretch of fancy requires thought, and your correspondent of June has stretched it that far that the. recoil ought to partly relieve him of the dis gust he filings at the R. F. DIS through his little poem of Dried Apple Pies" The holidays he refers to we know nothing of only May 30, which came on Sunday, and some of the routes in the State did take Monday, May 31, as the law allows. But the Montgomery office delivered her rural mail on Mon day, using Sunday as the regular holt- day, of which there are only six al- lowed and promulgated by authority of the Postmaster General, March 4. 1907. We do not get Christmas Day, let ting out the great number of days he mentions in such a way that 1t leads one to believe that they are tor the R. F. D.'s as well as other laborers. Speaking of befuddled, confused and puzzled carriers not knowing when Sunday. Wednesday or a holiday comes. Mir Mes fancy stretched again. for Uncle Sam doesn't examine and bond any such kind of men to handle and "tote" money and mails. Take the mail away from the farmers door. and a wall of woe would be heard along the whole line"
 From an old mail and express man, off and on for thirty years. and still "a-toting."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-10

At last it appears that the case of Albert T. Patrick is at an end, so far as the courts are concerned. and i'm prisonment for life is the result. The case has dragged long enough, in all conscience.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-10
swoRN CIRCULATION.

The figures for May printed oei0w ss,,pns resent the actual net circulation. an having been deducted. ...-.rtaa. tts
 The Montgomery Advertiser guaIan.,ssses. .,ss .nr- as advertisers land makes tt part ot nsi shs .,rc,i faftan i~ larger than that Of any moL nor ms s. newspaper printed in Aiaeama-shu9. u9.csIa, sa ,,on sunday edition has t-~s lArses. Snr,nrsd in Of any edition of any newspapsA Alabama. without exception.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-10
A ComnrdIx Act.

Birmingham News.
 The party In Morgan county, Ala. who fired rifle shots at one of the rac- ing balloons that passed over that section would look very. well behind prison bars for a good long term.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-10

Now a graceless Georgia punster tells us that Georgia has the "Hoke- ache" What will they say next? However, nothing was said about Johnny -cake.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-10

Getting together, and putting out at the same time is a rather difficult job. That, however. seems to be the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-10

e I. FiniRan, circulation Manager of The Montgomery Advertiser. being auS sWoiH' says. r. .a,.- The foregoing statement of The Acxer- t;eer,s circulation for the month or May. faoe Ia true and correct and compiled atter sif refurnx from news boys. news agents. snoiled and left over copies have been de- Sps.1-S c l. FINIGAN,
 Circulation Manager. sworn to and subscribed before me tnis sro u@s VI RIGA ALEXANDER.
 Notary Public.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-10

Patriotism and Money. Golfers Weekly.
 If all the international seolding matches had resulted in shooting matches, the globe would have been completely depopulated long ago, with not even a newspaper writer
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-10
Johnnie, turn the (

There, now, you have our johnny cake of precious memory.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-08-27
THE STORY.
. rattle of that chain!

AAA idItlC " IhdI CudlA.
i Would it ever chafe less upon
that tender soul?
1t did not seem as though he, the
proud Manassas, king Of judah, could
ever become used to the indignity
Away off in that Babylonian exile the
thing which cut deepest into his heart
vas the consciousness that he bore
upon his arms and his legs the iron
shackles of S~ennacherib.
And because he could not bear to
hear the clank, clank of his chains
he made as few moves as possible,
and always muf1ed the sound of the
chain in the folds of his robes.
"Fetters, when l should be holding
the scepter," he exclaimed n day,
petulantly. He had com to his ia.
vorite nook by the side of one of the
beautiful streams which flowed near
Babylon. His heart was still rebel.
lious, and he refused to harbor the
thought for an instant that he was to
blame and had brought his troubles
upon his own head. No, instead he
persisted In his efforts to justify his
W conduct. If serving the gods OF
the nations about had brought these
evils upon him how was it that Sen.
nacherib had grown great and power.
full serving practically the same del,
ties? he asked himself owe and over
again