The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-27

huutoNtftt MoxcufN-60nner.
 Any one stepping Into the Southern believe the dispensary had opened up Tor business again.
 More es n. D.~r..t,e r.,,s,c.. Gadsden Times-News. The southern Regis has this at the mead or It's editorial columns: Wanted
 Ine people to know that they have ths ths power. but not the glory and that -Women and Children, Alabama." IL IS not auite clear whether The Aegis means to intimate that the women and hsa ss s not ys dpsaros pset s hs gsSp from the people or that they have cor- raied all the available glory for private Consumption. Whatever 1t Is. they are welcome. The women and children arc are the home-makers. But from the sunragette and the lady-polttician, may the good Lord deliver us.
 A Generous OHer. Moulton Advertiser.
 Peering out through our window seeing the snow, hearing the wind and feeling the coid-we have reached the conclusion that 1t is sinful to lock up wood and coal bins such weather as we are now having We have biE pile and # any unfortunate person, black or white, needs few sticks to make AAttAAG SOAAA0ELAQ10 We H6ysa N0InE anu ask no questions--make no promises and feel under no obligations."
 Good Roads.
 Conecuh Record
 good country road is to be desired, and is source of comfort and conve- nience to every traveller. Good roads attract population as well as good schools and churches. Good roads im- prove the value of property, go that 1t Is a fact that farm lying i've miles from market connected by a bad road Is of less value than an equally good farm lying ten milees away from mar ket connected with good road. A larger load can be drawn by one horse over a good road than by two over a bad one. Good roads encourage great CT exchange of products and commodi- Conecuh County Is advancing along this line and within five years every citi- zen in the county will rejoice over our good roads system.
 For Alabama Wheat.
 Centreville Press.
 The planting of wheat in this county has proven successful on small scale. and we see no reason why the farmers their flour bread. If some enterprising person will erect fiouring mill here we believe that in short time the farmers would De raising enough wheat wheat 
 obligate themselves to plant wheat so that a mill will pay from the first. Take the matter up. MT. Farmer, and see if mill cannot be erected and cess.
 Encourasins Farming.
 DeKalb Record.
 In the last Legislature W. H. Elrod. our Representative from DeKalb, pro- cured the passage of a bill authoriz- ing the Commissioner of Agriculture to offer prizes in each county as follows: For the best mule colt under months of age. S15s for the best horse colt under 6 months of age. SIS: for the best acre of corn, $2e; for the best acre of oats, SIS; the best acre of sweet or hay, s5 This is most commendable measure and we take pleasure in call ing the attention of the farmers to 1t. Let everybody compete for these prizes.
 May Be a Blessing
 Tuscaloosa Times-Gazette.
 The news that the blizzard Is kill ing the boll weevtl comes gratefully baina to be visited by the pest. If freezes will keep out the weevii, let's have more of them. However, 1t Is stated that the boll weeyil in some rec spects has not been such q curse after all. Not that the weevti has not hurt the cotton crop. It has made intensive farming more popular and people have been paying lot of attention to small farms rather than paying scant atten- tion to large tracts. The fear of los ing the cotton crop has made people plant a lot of things ,and the South Is being actually driven Into dtversifying its crops Is 1t not commentary on reasonable man that he has 10 be driv- en by a supposed calamity Into doing what is the very best for him? There was once story called Driven Back to Eden," and we are so perverse some- times 1t is a wonder the good Lord cares whether we get into Eden or nn