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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-25
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1909.
A sYLLOGIsM.

Judge weakley in his sheffieio sneech said: we will nut liquor so it can't ever again be sold In Ala bama. or be shipped into this State from the North or South" Now Judge weakley is an eminent lawyer and knows full well that neither State statutes nor State constitutions can control interstate commerce. How, then. does he propose to stop intra State liquor shipments? Evidently by making it unlawful to store it at any place, even the home. So long as ii- auor may be kept at home 1t may be lawfully shipped into and kept with in the State. The present laws for bid the keeping of liquor at every place except home, so that, to prevent any future shipment into the state the law must forbid the keeping of Mduor at home. Hence the second clause of the proposed constitutional amendment.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-25
SOMETHING ABOUT SNAKES.

Is there, or has there ever been, such a thing as a hoop-snake or horn ed snake? No doubt most readers who were or have been familiar with the myths and legends so common among the negroes of the old South have often heard stories of such rep tiles. and we may add that the chill dren religiously believed them, but who has ever seen such a snake? a recent issue The Macon Telegraph prints 8 letter from "a prominent lawyer of Triton. Ga" and though the letter is somewhat lengthy 1t goes so fully into details that we think 1t worth copying. The writer signs himself J. c. Smith. and this is what he writes:
 am prepared to make affidavit to the following story: In the year 1904 l was a resident of Clinch county. I was attending country school at l Bridges Chapel At the noon hour we were playing and l took occasion to run through the edge of a cypress pond
 
 As Jumped over tusset I saw two | snakes about five feet away in the shape of a hoop and making towards the tusset. l had heard marvellous tales about this sort of snake and in my boyish curiostity I decided to make a raid on them. walked a mile to one of my uncles and borrowed a grubbing, hoe. I made haste to re- 1t partly up. I found one of the snakes. and as quickly as I did so he formed himself in the shape of a hoop and started in an opposite direc- ferred this course.l Without leaving the spot where was standing, I struck the snake with a long pole and sue ceeded in killing it. It was about two feet long. of greenish color, and had horn about one and a half inches on the end of its tail. It was also of a dark greenish color and very pointed. l did not notice the formation of its head. l cut the horn of the snake off. with view of sending 1t to a scientist but no one couId give me the name of such man. and after keeping 1t a few days. threw 1t away. Before throwing it away. I examined 1t very carefully and thus my experi- ment ended. I will add. however that the point of her horn was well nigh as hard as steel This story can be verified by at least thirty people who saw the detached horn.
 Here we have all the details from one who writes from actual experience and observation. and of whom The Telegraph speaks as "a prominent young lawyer" If he had been cock ing mp story 1t Is hardly likely that he would have written 1t to a paper like The Telegraph and attached his name. Then the statement that he could produce a number of witnesses to verify the truth of the story adds to It's probability. The Telegraph It.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-25
James J. H,n On His Own Death.

Wall Street Journal.
 James J. Hill is the joy of the re- porter's heart. He is the best copy" of any man in public life. He has all ways something to say which reads well, and it is none the worse for the fact that he sometimes says 1t with his tongue in his cheek. The New York American quotes him to the following effect:
 ''If I should die this second. the Great Northern Railroads trains would run with the same regularity with which they are now running, the peo- pie along its lines would continue at their Eainful occupations. the farms would go on producing. the mines giv- ing MD their riches, the forests con tributinE their accustomed share to the wealth of the land. the mills would not stop. In word, my death would by no manner of means affect one way or the other the stability and progress of the country or even a small portion of it."
 There is just enough truth in the statement to warrant us in assuming that MT. Hill is as modest as many great men, and therefore is apt to under rate his own value to the com munity. In his own heart he must know his statement would require se- rious qualification. His death might be followed by a regime of bad man agement which would undo a great deal of his good work
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-25

A leading Parisian milliner has just Invented a hat which may be adapted for various occasions at will IL can be taken to pieces When its remov- able brim Is packed away under the brow 1t becomes Q close fitting touue suitable for motoring. railway travel ing or for walks in rough weatherI If its owner finds herself unexpectedlv " called upon to appear in evening dress she has simply to readjust her crown and she Is ready for any function de- manding the greatest elegance.-Col- umbus Ledger
 That is all very well for the women folks, and possibly it may fill a long felt want. but what is sometimes, If not generally. needed at theatres and other places where people most do congregate is a disappearing hat. If any Parisian fashion-set will in- vent that kind of headgear they will confer a blessing on mere man.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-25
scif was % impressed by what Ms smith wrote that 1t adds these sdito- rial comments:

scif was co impressed by what Mr smith wrote that 1t adds these sdito- rial comments:
 The Telegraph has always believed that the hoop or horned snake was a myth. Even the story by the Penn syivanian added to this belief for the reason that the writer when . little boy in South Georgia heard from the negroes nearly the identical story. about the snake chasing man who lodged behind an oak tree. and the tree dying from the effect of the blow 1t received from the horn of the snake Our belief was further confirmed by the fact that no scientist has eyer smiths report of his experience and experience and discovery in Clinch county only few years ago puts an- other phase on it. May it not be after all. that this Is nearly extinct mai life. belongs to a former age In this country when there were no scien- tific men or historians to record its being. and that here and there the rarest specimens have survived7
 Our contemporary closes by asking if any other reader has ever seen one Of these snakes. and if they have we suppose they will speak out. Tn the meantime we put the same question to readers ot The Advertiser. and If one of them has ever made the ao- quaintance of such a snake we hope he will not be backward about com ing forward and giving testimony. If such reptiles really exist on the earth 1t will be strange if none has been seen by any living person. Who has seen hoop-snake or one with a horn on its tail?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-25

Those three hundred women in Kan sas City. who. according to their own statements. never saw a real hog need to go off and have their visions en- larged. Kansas City is one of the great meat centers of the country, and how any one fails to see hogs, having proper eyesight. Is a little more than we can understand. No doubt they have seen plenty of the two-legged variety. but they don't count. Their ignorance was Of the kind that af- lords meat.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-25
Don't Be MlsIed.

Advocates of constitutional prohi- tion will tell you that this contest test IS 'whiskey" or Tho whiskey." That's a mistake. If the constitutional amend; ment Is voted down, Alabama will stiii have on her statute books the most drastic liquor laws of any State in the pertinent in Alabama. and it is the opinion of The Star that no experi- mental measure should be placed in the constitution of Q State. If prohi- bition proves to be the blessing thai It's friends claim for 1t, a few years of trial would batter down every bar. rier that now confronts 6 ratification by the people. Why. not give State. wide prohibition a fair trial? You wouldn't buy Q horse or a mule untl you tried" them. You wouldn't buy a bale of cotton until you sampled 1t
 Why force an opinion from the peo pie until they have had fair test Of the law? This is not a contest of "whiskey' or mo whiskey." Most or the people on both sides of the argu. ment are endeavoring to benefit theiT felowman. There are many prohibi' tionists who will vote against consti. tutional prohibition because they de
 sire to give the State statutes fair test before making prohibition part of the Fundamental law. Surely 1t is not a question of "whiskey or mo Vvhiskeyh with these gentlemen. w. c. McIaughlin, the well-known capitalist al FIorala, Is one of them. We have many others in Covington County conservative men, who proceed along safe lines. Don't be misled.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-25

Mfr. Taft told somebody that what he wants is to find out what the peo- pie need. If hell come to Alabama he can find out what they don't need and that Is a constitutional amend ment.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-25

Some of our ardent prohibition ad- vocates should be profoundly grate> ful to the person who invented the term "whiskey interests" for many of the speeches would be exceedingly flat and stale without that help.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-25

The statement is made that five hun dred women of Cincinnati have joined in request to the Mayor and other city authorities to put women on the police force. They might make good "cops," but we are curious to know what they will do when all of them are forced to wear the same style of clothes and hats.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-25
Death of RnndaII ChiId

Marion Junction, Sept. 24. -lSpecIaI.y Little Elizabeth, the 3-year-oiCI daughter of Mir. and Mrs. H. PettuEI Randall of this place, died this mornI ing at Shelby Springs with croup. Tht| little girl and her mother had beeII there for some time and the death wail a surprise and shock to their many
 friends. Xntermsnt was at MarioI' Junction,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-25
Looking down from It's mountain heights The Chattanooga Times re- marks:

The Boston Globe solemnly declares "The theory of the law is that the man is innocent until he Is proven guilty" That used to be the idea has, ed on good. old-fashioned democratic justice. but the new school of politi- cians just now in Alabama. would reverse the principle. and if patriotism justice and common sense do not hurry back from their exile and get busy among the people. reversed 1t Is going to be. at least on paper. After that there's no telling what will happen
 Well. the evidences are coming from all directions that the people of Ala bama are waking up, and that they intend to overwhelmingly defeat this latest attempt to manacle justice and destroy the last vestige of human rights. Wrong may endure for @ sea- son but right will triumph in the end.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-25
Pnt More Bessins on Your Cotton. starkvilie (Miss.) Southern Farm Ga.


 |, Again we would. urge our eottor growers to put on baysine and ties E !, you put on less than 6 per cent--that |, bale. twenty six on $50 pound .ba- } n,tn, s simply oGs natter nas,oo of Tyiafss Tsrfs l2 1-S cents a pound when he is pay ing you only for bagging and ties av. eraging about s 1-2 ceuts a pound. This ,rsly soo slom o axs been
 The gfst of the whole matter is sim ply this: The price of cotton is fixed by psr eens asacoS Tao 1 0 s.ssns Ss' of ties. That Is to say. they figure or bale; and on each 500 pound bale. there fore they allow pr,ee for dniv the sr99ss1 9s; pounds net of lint Cotton. in Tn othei words. the price paid per pound for the whole 300 pounds Is lowered 50 as to
 Now. the average farmer instead oi putting 47o pounds Of lint cotton and thirty pounds of bagging into a soc pound bale. puts in 47s pounds of cot. thereby putting in eight extra pounds of IF 1-2 cent cotton worth s1 instead of eight pounds of bagsing and ties
 Moreover, ali the evidence goes tc on full thirty pounds tare to each 800 pound bale, the exporter adds the extra eight or ten pounds in second hand that really belongs to the farmer. Al a meeting of foreign manufacturers Union in washington City Q year or two ago. the manufacturers inquired; "Why Is 1t that when cotton leaves the farmers gin t has only twenty to fhtrfvsor,e pounds by the time it reaches usT' This Is the yexplana ton.
 Put on bagging to the full 6 per cent limit. Mir. Ransom Hinton Illustrates the matter very clearly when he says; meat, to market and you knew they gross weight for the weight of the box; wouldn't you be foolish to use on iy a twenty pound box instead--give , them ten. pounds of meat instead of
 Even SO 1t Is with the farmer who pounds dedu ction for bagging nd ties while he puts on only twenty 21unds.
 Put on all the begging and ties that you can buy for f-2 cents pound and sell for 12 1-2 cents.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-25

delegates He made light of their rec
 lone of them" he said. "sot to once
 Think you that The Mercury Banner will join In the mad wild, fanatical. reckless leadership of those men? "One or them got to off1ce by an empty sleeve" he said. The author of that cruel. heartlsss, disreputable speech ness of any cause. Such a remark stands for it's own condemnation. These are some of the reasons why The Mer- gle guide our people as far as we can against senseless fanaticism in or out of the church and oppose the wild schemes to destroy the principles of in- principles of our Democratic form of government. Having taken this stand
 The Mercury-Banner is ready to do battle for the liberties of the people.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-25

How would it do to appoint a com mittee of one. consisting of Walter wellman. to hear and adjudicate the ,NeAry- Cook controversy
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-25

Suppose Walter Weliman reaches the pole and then returns and asserts that neither Cook nor Peary ever got there; what will happen then"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-25

e. I. Finigan, Circulation Manager of The Montgomery Advertiser. being ouiy s"o'A' rhs foregoing statement of The Adver- tisers circulation for the month ot sa. ss. lea9 is true and correct and compiled aIter ali returns from news boys news agents spoiied and left over copies have been de- 3,ctsS c. 1. FINIGAN.
 Circulation Manager. sworn to and subscribed before me tnis goth day of September. 1903.
 RIGA ALEXANDER ,,.
 Notary Public.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-25
Wait for the Remedy |. caIooaa Timea-Cazette

People who never ate cornbread have pellagra. 1t is said. SO what's the ust of fretting? In good time we will find out the exact sort of a bacillus fl is that brings the disease about ant we will find the remedy for that, but it is nevertheless 6 disQuietlng thing able disease should be abroad in th' South.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-25

There are no elevators leading to heaven except elevating deeds. There are some men however who will kick because they think they'll have ts climb the golden stairs when there ought to be an elevator.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-25

The Valley of Yesterday we hold As memory's brightest gem When folks are bent and gray and old There's naught so dear to them O here's to the gilded days of youth When the heart leaped high with
 joy.
 When every fairy tale seemed truth How we were girl and boy The dearest path our fancies stray Is the one through the Valley ox
 Yesterday!
 PHfL Il. ARMSTRONG
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-25

.IAfts of great men oft remind us
 How we buy them 90 much down Spend our lives paying the balance,
 when me instaliment man comes
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-25

Some seem to think it would be terrible for women. to 90 to the poiis the confusion. but lust think, they atteno bargain saies.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-25
Down With One-Mnn Power.

CuIIman Democrat'
 The Constitution. of Alabama prohib- It's the perpetuation of one-man power Conner cannot be Governor again he Is himself into the Senate, but he Is do. ing everything possible to defeat the laws he has taken an oath to uphold. Offices have been created with reck- less prodIEality; the enormous amount of money accumulated under the Jelks
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-25
Good and seund Reason. Centreville Press

All of the Covington County people may not agree with The Montgomery Advertiser In its editorial policieB. but all Covington County people agree that it's a great newspaper and they like to read it The Montgomery Adver- tiser Is doing more for the advancement of Alabama than any single agency in the State.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-25

Visitor; Don't you find 1t rather tiresome turning that big augur ali
 Carpenter: We'll yes. sir---I ind is
The Newtown bee., 1909-08-06
Greenfield Hill
NEWS .TERSEL,Y TOLD.

@sHi esas @ss g ' EJ
 A ha:.dscme Quincy granite monu
 ment has just, been placed in the SIl { Lawn cemetery at Fairfield # Andrew L. Hall of Bridgeport. J
 $. Bates of ClfNSsorwalk ? had hhsatdl the qonI tract. Y Mrs ". J. Hall was on Long5 Is- land, last week, for a few days stay w.ih friends. p 4Ierifather and mother returned home with her for several weeks stay. s& |i &
 NIassar Pearl Metcalf was among the sick ones, a few days last week,
 Mrs Gerlack and daughter, Annie, and a friend from Brooklyn, N. .sYa and Mrs AlGie Sniffen of Sea Cliff L. l., are enjoying weeks otay with Mrs William Wakemans in Banks NJ th district. ~ T GAS very handsome Barre granite monunent of artistic fesigr has just been placed on the Oak Lawn cemetery at Fairfield for the late MT and Mrs Sherwood Banks of this place. > J, S, Bates, the Norwalk monument man, had the contract.
 0E. A. Robertson of Burr street has, just been elected second lieu- tenant of the Fist regiment, Co. c, lI lNcw, York; !uf twElen De is a 1lenl- Der, and is receiving Congratulations From Y is many friends .8e,4 K K
The Newtown bee., 1909-08-06
Reddlne.
Il ..:ITEMSrz0FhnIN TERESE.

To Goodman 6 Trumbnll of Lii h. field has been awarded the oeatrueta for building the State road across
 the Ridge. The seaionscoverN by the contract is 2,DO feet For about #1 500 fest ths specifeations
 require- AayerA of ..matcRed-in stone
 eight inches deep and a cover of
 hardening . material of the same thickness, thes whole, to F be- closely packed by istearht roller. Y This
 stretch sarries the road northward
 to the brow of the hill which begins opposite the John Close house. From Shat point to the Five Pdnts, sthteres Twill be no stone Sballast,S thes im7 proveAoe1t Work Gonsisting of. Asgrad+ ing, crown shaping the roadbed and
 packing with the roller, The price is s1 IG7gperlinell foot for the stone |seciion 'a'tda4a cents per foot for the other.l Work on he iop will be corn
 menced next Monday, The contract
 ors were the only bidders. lne to- eal costswingbe ,s9,f99 ea a@g snA s'
 < Of" almost assmuch interest to the. eastern section of this town is the
 Jump Hill improvements, in ,Easton,
 the contract for, which has also
 been awarded!F A sharp bend in the steepest2 part of the hill has always made the. place terror to tray elers.
 gl9732fEsSis to be cut down and re- \ EdueeGltosa uniform grade with a fill
 it' the battomc cwhith vii! betr5l4s feet
 in the deepest part. The cutting
 down of kthe hill so 'uas to afford a straight line1of roadway must beFac-
 com ,)lished by blasting through solid
 rock B}The contractor is E. P. Mills
 of 5Easton whose bid was z $2,750:
 he only other bidder was the B. D.
 Pierce Co, of Brid seport. This job !WilEalso' be started next Monday.
 E.g3 Iignway Commissioner MacDon- aid came, here on Tuesday of last
 week and with First Selectman
 Banks and L. o. Peck inspected the Sunset .HilEread which is claim2nt for State Improvement Work in con
 nection with! the offeraof MI; Peek
 and GGornmodore Euttgen to each
 1ontributea sEO00 ltowara the i'm
 provement. The. length of the
 section is one and ione-eighths miles, Rand 1the question for. the l,commis7 .sioner to determine was whether the projects Should be aided by 1 funds from the town's State appropriation. There would be no question about the matter were it f,not for the, fact that the Sunset Hill D road is 'vir-
 tua1lye Daralieled by the newer highwayi which skirts the hill en, the
 west. This, road attracts most of the travel on account of the easier grade and in part has already been Improved with State money. Q MT, MacDonald did not give an inmed- IiategOdecis'on, Dut l inS subsequent conversation with MT Banks. plainly indicated that heowas not inclined 70 approve of the Sunset hill project. The work, to be done in the right manner, would cost from S10 GOO to SIS ,00o and thei balance from athe, present appropristion1 after paying for the Ridge improvement VIII be
The Newtown bee., 1909-08-06
ROMFoRD.

Samuel c. Harvey of New tlaYen was a guest at the residence of his broth CT, IL. F. Harvey.
 &Lestcr E. Harvey is unable to walk about and attend tt his Usual duties on accornt3 of a badly sprained Sankley caused by stepping cn rol- ling stone. It is thought it will3be several days before he will#be Iarot m.tI& &j 2h K s w w. Fem is loading, a carsof lumber at the station. ; n { Carpenter and mason V work are progressing at the Clark homestead. There will be many modern improve r9aenttT F IA s
The Newtown bee., 1909-08-06
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 New Milford M CHESTNUT LAND. ~

A very pleasant barn dance was held at the home of MT and Mrs Os- car Johnson Saturday night, July 24y About 40 were present. They left MT Johnson hearty and glad hoping there will be another in the near future. sa sn. e n. A- a Erickson and Florence Johnson took a walk to Steep Rock, last Thursday, where they enjoyed assTery pleasant time.
 Albert Anderson came home last Tuesday to stay with his parents un- til Friday @ '& a" : < ,'5 { '' r ~ i4@,
 Charles Erickson left here to work in Brooklyn for some time.
The Newtown bee., 1909-08-06
5tepnev.
LOCAL, BRIEFS.

MT and Mrs e .E Purdy spent a few days, last, week, in New York state and while there 5attended the funeral of Mrs Purdys sister, Mrs Mary Lane.
 The inventory fled ill the Probate courtroof Bridgeport, last week, on the estate of the late Andrew B. Curtis of this place showed his per sonal property to be valued at s19,075.39; and real estate at $563o.
The Newtown bee., 1909-08-06
Trurnbull.
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pEERFEcr stHo6I ArrESNIDDkNcE
 The following scholars were per
 feet in attendance att the, gdifferen' public schools in town for the schoo year ending in June, 1909: Mis- Mildred Pe91,1 George ,Helnerrick Thomas M .$tiuinn, Harold LTousey Miss Lottie Griswold, Arthur Gris void, Harold Curtis, Miss Marjoris Gurtis, Miss Illclla 1 i.Aackettg ant Clarence Reed. s
The Newtown bee., 1909-08-06
stiJ.I Woodbury.l

Mrs Eliza Jackson, who is S6 years old, enjoyed an automobile ride from Waterbury to Savin Rock, Thursday, accompanying her daugh-- ter, Mrs George Cam and John Cam of Waterbury. I j. ] E
 Mrs Clara Decker and daughter, Mrs Bush, attended the colored pie nic at Savin Rock in Thursday.
The Newtown bee., 1909-08-06
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. v w VI " VT ] (. w. Fairchild and George N. \ n :, ,,

n F A"AEaAFh " " ' (. w. Fairchild and George N. Abel tTof the Auto GaragegG Co., of this yll;;.ce=haye@dissalNed~ partnership at the Locomobile- Co. factory in Bridge port uoi't and c. w. Fairehfld will eon4' linue the business of the Auto Earage Co. here as it's managers The Earage Co. now have the agency for; she Overland and Mariona@ autQS,s (which are two of the best makes on fhe market and they will also sell different parts of all makes of autos and also all kinds of auto supplies. 9Th, Con pany will be glad to call and see anyone thinking of hnylrg al car and will give free demonstration s,f the merits of either makes of c;rs lin any styles you wish and can de- liver you scaKBat shortsnoticceash.