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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-30

believed that the white man would pay his poll tax; we felt sure the negro would not.
 Return to Negro Suffrage.
 If you remove or break down this barrier you destroy one of the bull warks erected by the Constitution It. self for the protection of white suprs- macy and you open the flood-gaIes 10 return of negro suffrage. For 1t is certainly true that the negro is rapid iy learning to read and write. and un- der the permanent provisions of the suffrage plan a negro who can read and write and has paid his poll tax will be entitled to vote. So if you change the Constitution and strike out the poll tax provision, while you may admit a few white men to vote. you open again the flood-gate to negro suf- frage.
 take the liberty of sending you a printed copy of my speech msde at Centerviile, Alabama, on the 9th day of November. 1901, in concluding the campaign in favor of the ratification of the present Constitution, In which you will find a fuller exposition of the suffrage plan of the present Consti- tuition than l am able to give you within the limits of a letter like this.
 Excusing the Legislature
 MT. Ward. if he Is correctly quoted by you. no doubt takes the position he does to justify the outrageous course taken by the dominant majority of the Conner legislature in precipitating this election for the adoption of the pro posed Constitutional amendment at time when the people were unprepar- ed for 1t and when a number of our white voters had omitted to pay their poll tax; but you should know. my dear sir, as I have no doubt you do know. 1t has been customary with good many citizens to pay their poll tax, not annually, but biennially; that Is to say, citizen not expecting general election to be held this year, might have omitted to pay his poll tax, knowing that on the first of next February he could do so, and thereby qualify himself to vote in the next general election.
 When this election was called by the present legislature, the legislature was reminded of this fact and an ap- peal was there made that the present election should be postponed until the next general election, or at least until after the first of next February, 1910. so as to enable all patriotic citizens, who by oversight or otherwise had omitted to pay their poll tax. to do so The dominant majority of the Conner legislature was wholly deaf to this appeal, and 1t has been openly charged that the legislature refused to fix the time for the election after February first, next. for the very purpose of dis franchising a great number of our citi. zens.
 Whether this is true or not, I will say to MT. Ward and all adherents and satellites of B. B. Conner In an ad- ministration which has brought so much disaster upon the State of Ala. bama. in the language of Shakespeare. shake not thy gory locks at me. thou eanst not say did it."
 Respectfully submitted,
 John B. Knox
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-30

In the important campaign in which we are now engaged, what every good citizen wants is correct information to guide him properly in reaching con clusion as to how he shall vote in the approaching election. Deeming 1t matter of general interest to the pub lie, The Advertiser publishes the cor respondence which follows:
 Letter from Dr. Lung 10 MT. Knox.
 AbbSville. Ala. Oct. 2S. lJUJ. Hon Jdhn B. Knox. Anniston. Ala
 banla. MHs
 Dear Sir:--
 I hear that 1t Is being circulated here by John B. Ward that you and General oates are responsible for so many voters being disfranchised. Gen. eral Oates is an uncle of mine and want to hear from you and him as to the truth of the statement. l suppose Ward has reference to the Constitution of 1901.
 Yours truly.
 ]. B. Long.
 Letter from Mir. Knox to Dr. Long,.
 Anniston, Ala. Oct. 26. 1908. Dr. J. B. Long. Abbeville. Alabama.
 Dear Sir.--Your letter of October 22nd received. In reply I beg to say that If John B. Ward is circulating the statement that General Oates and my self are responsible for so many voters being dlsfranchised at this ti.ue. he is circulating an untruth and what he ought to know Is untrue if he Is at all acquainted with the provisions of our present Constitution,
 As member of the Constitutional Convention of 1901. General Oates did not agree with the suffrage plan rec commended by a majority of the com mittee on suffrage, of which he was member; but like the patriotic citizen he was and is. after the plan was adopted by the convention. he con tributed very materially to secure It's ratification.
 The suffrage plan adopted by the Convention was aimed at the elimina- tion of the ignorant negro vote, and no honest man can deny it has accom- plished it's purpose. The plan. when put in operation did not. as we who favored 1t claimed 1t would not. dis franchise any white man in Alabama. I challenge Mir. Ward or any other man to produce a single worthy white man within the borders of this State who has been refused registration under the provisions of the present Consti- tuition. The suffrage provisions of the present Constitution do not require as a condition to the exercise of the right of suffrage that the citizen under 45 yGdAS OA ASC oh6h pay HIS pOAA tu<As 'iAS same to be appropriated, when paid. to increase the common school fund of the State. If any white man in this State has lost his right to vote by The omission to pay his poll tax, lie Is not disfranchised by the terms of the Con- stitution. but because o' his own neg lect of high and sacred duty. It may be questioned if much sympathy should be wasted upon that citizen who holds in such low esteem his right of citizenship, as that he is will ing to lose 1t rather than contribute one dollar and a half to the education of the poor children of the State.
 The Constitutional Convention of 1901 never dreamed that white man would hold his right of citizenship in such poor esteem as that he would voluntarily dlsfranchise himself ra- ther than contribute dollar and half to the public school fund. This
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-30

Because we intimated that the adoption of the flower known as "vir- ginia Creeper." with it's suggestive name, as its State flower might wake the old State up, The Norfolk Land mark growls: That is a rash fling from a State whose very name means Here We Restv" As Alabama's very name" doesn't mean anything of the sort. The Landmarks arrow missed us
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-30

A former assistant district attorney of New York county declared in re- cent speech that during the late ad- ministration of that office fcs secret murders had been committed in that county and not in single case had the murderer been identified. tried or convicted. Evidently the old saying that murder will out" doesn't apply in that part of the country.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-30

The Roanoke Leader has reached a condition of tolerance where 1t ad- mits that misleading statements have been made by both sides on the amendment issue. There's hope for The Leader yet. Perhaps it may yet go stun further and admit that some who oppose the measure have not been bought by the whlskey inter ests.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-30

The Dothan Home Journal wants to know who is going to pay that mill Hon and half deficit in the State Treasury that Your Governor has just handed in?" The poor tax payers, of course. How else can is be made good?. And few of them are actual ly thinking of endorsing that sort of thing by supporting the amendment.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-30
DR IFT WOOD

To half yard of ffsSks- s5lks Add spooning pair. A Willie Boy from college A maid with fluffy hairl stir up in bis bosom A goodly froth Of love. Dsar TDsa ,n snd n sSnsi. sS1as @s,ss soye. talk Add two rosy biushes on the maidsn's cheek, and as tsG loSE SfE0saeans asmssrs sys1,s' sns meek Place beside slow girl. Don't stir--you see the scheme For Loves Young Dream! He: I believe doncherk now was cut out for a lawyer. She: But they didn't stick to the pattern dfd theyi Bsrbecned Rabbit. Parson Snowfall caught rabbit in a trap last Saturday night and had him cook for his sunday dinner. Then he sat down before the fire and sang in his sleep: While others sing ob chicken fried.
 So nice an. hot an brown. Ob turkeys stuffed an dressin' Artfstically placed roun'. You sing about your lamb chops
 Everything dat's good to eat. But rabbit when he's barbecued
 Am mighty hard to beat To kin hab yo' chocolate cake,
 Ice cream too an sich. don't kere fo' trimmip--
 Don't know. which am which. When I kaint get chicken
 think its quite q treat Dat tabbit when he's barbecued
 Am mighty hard to beat.
 And Then she Threw Him over. Mad had q little lamb He wandered to the 'change. And then they trimmed him good ana When ere he got in range.
 suspicloua.
 Mama Tommy. the next time I hear of you playing with Johnnie Jones I will certainly spank you.
 Tommy--This looks like conspira- cy. Johnnie's maw said If she caught
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-30

The Randolph News is getting so anxious and uneasy about the amend ment that it prints editorials two columns wide on the subject. Must think the size of an editorial adds to its weight.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-30

The negro. Henson, Peary's com panion on the polar trip, is going on the lecture platform, and 1t is an- nounced that Peary has forbidden the use of any of the pictures taken on the trip. by way of illustrating the lectures. Does the explorer fear his dark associate may let out some thing?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-30
Mistakes Admitted.

Huntsville Mercury Banner
 Hobson. like MT. Reese. another amendment orator, thinks the Come!- Waa aklev-Iawrance combination did an unwise thing In not excepting the home in the second section He VIII find that a majority of the voters Two words added to the amendment would have released the home but 1t was not done and 1t can not be said they were not left out purposely.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-30

The amendment is to stop agitation, so they tell us, but if 1t is adopted the agitation among those who expect to get office on the strength of it will jar the universe. And some of them will have to be left at last !. Isn't It very sad?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-30

Somebody has told The Columbus Enquirer-sun that Halley's comet will be within ten million miles of the earth fin May of next year. That's fifteen or twenty million miles nearer us than the other scientists predict. and we hope they aren't going to keep shortening the distance.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-30

The Headland Post has been look ing over the field and concludes that the amendment win not carry ten counties in the State. Indications certainly point that way at present. Let's come as near as possible to mak- ing 1t unanimous.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-30

We much fear that some of the amendment brethren will strain their diaphragins in the effort to prove that it doesn't mean what it says. The job is both difficult and impossible.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-30
Farmer VIII settle It.

VTduSuen LImes-N -NeWs.
 He holds the balance of power. What he has always done to those who at- tempt to tinker with the Constitution Is 8 matter of record. What he will do to the present proposition will put the kibosh over the cunning plans ot tne Triple Alliance-Comer, Weakley anu Lawrence.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-30

The Macon Telegraph having re- ceived a horned snake and filed it away in the office is now prepared to convince even a person from Mis- souri.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-30
Chauneur Convicted.

Sacramento. Cal, oct. 2e.--Ciaude Wood, a chauffeur. who ran down and killed James F. Smith was yesterday convicted of manslaughter and was rA- leased on sl0.o0o bonds pending mo- ton for new trial.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-30
wn Teach the schemer. a Lesson.

Tn little over a month now we can all get together. By that time the amendment will have been defeated and the little political game of the Cover nor. Brooksie and Sammie will be a thing of the past. The people will have taught them a lesson not to get
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-30
MT. Knox Places Responsibility
 For Disfranchised Voters

provision was aimed at the ignorant negro and not at the white man. We believed that the white man would pay his poll tax; we felt sure the negro would not.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-30

him playing with tough like me che PHiL 1T. ARMSTRONG.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-30
aErrrENRER IeO0.

Net Sunnay Average September, 1909 2o,44a = .r- lf c. f Tinigan. Circulation Manager ot lne MontFomery Advertiser. being duly sworn. says
 f Tha foregoing statement of The .Adver- fiser's circulation for the month or Septen. Der 1909 is true and correct, and compiled after ali returns from news boysa news agents spoiled and left over eopfeS nave be.n deeucted.
 C n FINIGAN. Circulation Manager
 sworn to and subscribed before me this 1Sfh day of october, 1909. ! RIGA Al IT NDER, Notary Public
 - 9afts
 sATun,, OCTOBER ao, 1909
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-30

The figures for Aug ust. Irinted petow ,rnx resent the actual net circulation. ai hay4nG been deducted. ..,... its
 Ths Montgomery Advertiser guaran,ssess , son s |. edtertisers tand makes 1t a part oa e ensycsia- tract when reQuested) that It's oaiS ,aarning kfon ts larger than that of any IVY. ip. tts ne~spaper printed in Aiabana--sna ss,ssn of Sunday edition has the largest eirSns,-ssd in any edition of any newspaper bi'
 Alabama without exception.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-30

Mama Tommy. the next time I hear of you playing with Johnnie Jones I will certainly spank you.
 Tommy--This looks like conspira- cy. Johnnie's maw said If she caught
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-30

He: I believe doncherknow I was tcut out for lawyer.
 She: But they. didn't stick to the pattern, did theyf
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-04-28
FOOD FACTS
what an n. D. Learned.

A prominent Georgia physician went
through a food experience which he
makes public:
1T was my own experience that first
led me to advocate Grape-Nuts food and
also know, from having prescribed 1t
TO convaIescents and other weak pa
tients, that the food is q wonderful re-
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gain lust as 1 did in strength and weight
very rapidly.
Il was in such a low state that ] had
20 give up my work entirely, and went
10 the mountains of this state, but two
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nv food did not sustain me and 81
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1As 2 physician who seeks 20 help all
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these facts public"
Trial 10 days on Grape-Nuts, when the
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There's a Reason"
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Ever read the above letter. A new
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-04-28

really have no bearing on the effort TO
establish the identity Of the persons
who fired the shot.
stevens saw the negro enter the bank
from the u street door. He saw him
go into my private office, and then in
the hallway that leads TO the side en-
trance in the rear Of the bank Stevens
had his pistol in his pocket and started
after the negro. As he entered the
small hallway he took the weapon from
his pocket. and the negro grabbed him
The negro was powerful man, much
taller and stronger than Stevens.
The negro got hold Of the gun and
pulled IL up over Stevens shoulder.
In the struggle that followed stevens
was shot. The negro escaped by the
An Explanation.
Mr.. Karrick believes that he is able
to explain why Il was that several per-
sons who were standing in q street and
two men who we're working on the
second floor failed 10 see the negro
when he made the getaway. He says
that three young men, Andrew Hickey.
Charles Hoover and John Grant, who
were standing in u street, have been
interviewed and said that they might
not have noticed negro rush out OF
the doorway. On the other hands
these same men told a representative
OF The Times that they are certain
that no one came out Of the side err
trance IN L street They say they are
positive OF this fact.
Another possible means OF escape
would have been the rear stairway,
SAYS Mr.. Karrick. Two men and one
woman were working on the second
floor and their attention was attracted
by the shot
Saw No Negro.
Dunnigan, one OF the men who occu-
pied a desk that gave him fun view
of the stairway, and which was only a
short distance from the top Of the
stairs. said a few seconds after Stevens
was shot that he was positive no one
had come up the stairs
Dunnigan turned to the man who was
working next 70 him when the sho:
vyas fired and said: what was thatY"
Dunnigan replied that he thought II
one Of the clerks closing the vault The
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g., POLICEMAN GROUSC HALkfNC
NORTH T9OH HGRG

unusual noise aroused the curiosity of
the two men, and a moment later, when
they detected the odor OF powder, both
went to the head of the stairs.
In the meantime, Policeman Smith
had rushed into the bank by the Four
teenth street entrance, and, jumping
over Stevens, who was lying on the
floor in the narrow hallway in the rear
of the bank. started upstairs.
Did anyone come up hereZ" in
quired Smith.
mo one could have come up here
after we heard that noise" one Of them
replied
Changed Story.
Mr. Karrick THE morning said that
Dunnigan had changed the story which
he told Policeman Smith.
'Dunnigan has told me since then. -
he said, that it might have been pos
sible for one OF dozen men to have
gone up those stairs unobserved. He
might have rushed up there, when o
car was passing, and HIS footsteps
would not have been heard
Mr. Karrick denies most emphatical-
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nights, but heretofore had never given
us any trouble"
Mr.. KaETick denied today that the
board OF directors had authorized the
publication of a statement in a morning
paper, which pHrported to be an au-
thentic version of the shooting, assert
ing that police had solved the mystery
The police also denied the story, which
was alleged to nave come from a cen
trail office detective. Officials of the
bank and the police both say that no
bloodstains we're found on the stairs
leading to the second floor and deny
The finding of a bloody handkerchief by
the window out of which the negro is
supposed to have escaped.
Mr.. KaTTick said that after various
rumOrs regarding the shooting had been
circulated, he had the books and ac-
counts gone over carefully, and the
cash balanced. He said the books and
cash balanced to a penny.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-04-28

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GOOD ADVERTISING.

THE Rev. Mr.. Steenthiy preached a
notable sermon on the wireless hero
Yes, l saw his portrait in the pa
pers.'
The hero s?''
mo; Mr.. steenthly's ."-Cleveland
Plain Dealer
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A CHICAGO MOBILITY

Who is your Chicago friend?"
He is prominent exporter"
What does he eXport?'
Il didn say he exported anything.
He used to be porter at the hotel
where I stopped. "-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
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~ that there is any discrepancy in the
story first told the police by officials
Of the bank, and " version which was
made public later.
Asked why II was that neither Stew
ems or Baker had notified the police
that a suspicious acting negro had been
hanging around the bank during the
afternoon and evening, Mr.. Karrick said
that neither OF the young men regarded
IL OF any s. gnificance.
Frequently Annoyed.
1--WE are frequently annoyed by ne
groes coming in and ou1 of the bank"
explained the president. '"They always
bother Us more or less on Saturday
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Next day the newspapers-the blum
dering, pitiable papers-told the negro
story. But they could not get him out
Gle was still there in the corridor wait
ing or Slick Sleuth Sam.
1.-THE next day came and the next
But there was no escape for that poor
negro He might be guilty or he might
be innocent. tSlick Sleuth Sam, with all
his devilish insight through the deeds
Of men, could not tell. How, then.
could anybody else Nevertheless, there
he stayedD,
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The next day If was published and
the waiting city sighed easier How
simple 1t was, to be sure! What light
work did genius make OF humanity's
greatest difficulties. There was no long
er any trouble about the negro. One
had only to read Slick Sleuth Sam
solution and see the truth
The negro had escaped!
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