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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-24

The best way for Democrats to get together is to read unadulterated dem Ocratic articles and such can be found in Norman E. Mack's new National Monthly. It Is what 1t purports to be a Democratic magazine and wherever it Is read good will follow. The June, July and August numbers were de- voted to incidents and events in con- nection with Jefferson and Jackson. The September issue contains articles from the House leader. Champ Clark, Alton B. Parker and other unswerving Democrats. This magazine costs $1 per year and The Advertiser feels that 1t is serving the Democratic Party to a good purpose in commenting 1t to all Democrats. It is in addition to It's po- litical matter. exceedingly interesting in other ways.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-24
Hon. Frnnk $. Moody

Huntsville Mercury Banner.
 We notice that Hon. Frank S Moody. of Tuscaloosa, is being mentioned as a prospective candidate for Governor on the anti-con stitutional platform. In mentioning him one of the County pa pers says: The fight on whiskey has not see that inserting A clause In the constitution will in any way aid the cause in this State. and for that reasor hitting 1t to the people. Mir. Moody has always been a prohibltionist and has given the question as much thought as any man In the State. and we arr sure that his enemies cannot accuse him of being lined up with the whiskey element of the State. There are Nhou- sands of good conscieutious Christian men, who believe in prohibition but who are opposed to inserting t in the eOnstitution
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-24
KOMAR HAM - .a |.
(By David Holt.)

CantO |. Hark to the voice that comes from BIr-
 mingham, To bold, commands of mine. Komar
 lam!
 Fix ye, oh fix the prohibition State. But leave me out---I do not giverdaml The Brooks that downward runs to- Can't run a bit too fast to we'll please Nor need the flowing Brooks return Biennial Sessions. his apostacy. My heart that was on Senate honors And to the solons looked with calm Now turns on Babbling Brooks with
 angry mein And wonders where My Legislature
 went.
 From Statewide wonders, see, The
 Speaker turns To change the constitution now he Filo6ins the weakley thunder from Biennial Sessions mandates now he
 spurns.
 See, comes the Selma prophet looking My eagle eye doth pierce his deep dis He bears a large stilettO up his He'! not take Komar lam by surprise. Alas. I. Komar lam, learn too late That when I let those preachers run They oT,;s;i worked me to a happy fare Senility will come before Senate.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-24
AUTOS ARE POPULAR.
They Are Taking Places of Horses in
 TOufaianA

New Orleans, La, Aug. 23--Automo. bile are fast busting the thoroughbred race horse from the prominent position that he has occupied for many years among the attractions at the State Fairs in Louisiana and adjoining States.
 The Locke anti-racing law having practically killed horse racing in Louisiana. automobile races are being substituted as the principal feature at many of the fairs. With the impetus recently given the use of automobiles by the inauguration of the good roads movements in Louisiana and other Southern States. great interest Is be- ing promoted in both gasoline and steam driven road cars in the rural dis tricts.
 The latest announcement of an au- tomobile feature in this connection is made by the officials of the State Fair to be held at Jeannerette. September 30. This town Is on the Southern Pa. cif1c Railroad about 12s miles from New Orleans.
 The principal event on this ocoa sion will be free-for-all race from New Orleans to Jeanerette the cars arriv- ing in Jeanerette on the day the fair opens. About thirty cars, represent. ing the leading makes, have already been entered.
 The run will be made under the "re- liability contest rules" nf the Ameri- can Automobile Association.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-24
THE SAME IN ALABAMA.

Hysteria played the same conspicu- ous part in the election In Georgia in 1906 that 1t did in Alabama There was the same result in each state the election of Governors and Legis- lature which did not seem to care how much they cost the people or to what extent they harmed the state. A statement just published from MT. An derson. ono of the ablest members of the present Georgia Legislature says:
 That the State treasury will be com fronted with a deficit Of approximate ly s1.o0o.ooo at the end of the present the 1907 and 1908 Legislature. was the statement made by Representative J. Randolph Anderson in an interview to- day. He states that the deficit of $1s22,ooo on January 1 will be swelled by the common school fund to $430,000.
 He states that on August 10 he had a conference with the comptroller gem erai and treasurer, and that accord ing to the figures given by them he believes. from the present outlook, that the deficit will reach the million mark by the end of the year. under the op- eratinn of the 1908 laws.
 It is an admitted fact that there is a deficit of unknown proportions here in Alabama. The Senate has twice sought by resolution to obtain the ex- act status of affairs on the 7th of Aug ust and twice evasive replies and fig- ures have been sent in. Even the merg ing of general and special funds will not prevent the facts becoming known In the meantime the Senate might once more ask how much money was In the general fund August T, 1909.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-24

paddles is the principal part of the me- chanism. so deiicateiy adjusted that it revolves with less than the weight Of hair. When the footstep or. rather. the feetstep. of a fly touches 1t there is whirl and the insect discovers him. self In durance. It is said that there Is something about fly psychology that makes the landing paddles irresistible experiment has shown that they go there in preference even to shining bald heads. In one Kansas City butch CT shop the other day pint, of microbs carriers were collected in short time
 Not only is the machine effective in It's immediate object. but 1t is of pos sible use as e motor. To steam power and gasoline power and water power and electric power we have added fly power. Where the Ny population is congested 1t may be possible to run fan. Above all. 1t gets rid of the abomination of the sticky paper that as often catches a human as an insect victim. Keely's motor is stiil in the ether. but the inventive genius in re- gions refreshed by Kansas breeEes still burns brightly"
 Does not that promise to just fill the bill? If 1t works as It's inventor claims 1t will. 1t leaves little to be de- sired. It works when humanity is resting or sleeping. and will never grow tired or discouraged. It requires no watching or attention. except it may be to empty 1t into the fire or pot of boiling water when it is full. And we may be pardoned for feeling joy, malicious though it may be. over the fact that the little pest is his own ex- ecutioner. Following his fool habit of getting into everything he catches hfmself-commits fly suicide, as we may say. We have not seen one of the traps, but have faith in what we read about 1t. If 1t works as MT. Howard claims, he has placed himself on the high road to fame and fortune and millions will rise up and call him blessed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-24
Tribute to W. F. suaeLsnnan.
springfield Republican.

In the Federal departments in washing ton are competent men laboring year in and year out, who become masters of the field which they cover to degree making them authorities. Every new head of the department defers to them. Such was tho late William F. MacLennan. for many years chief of the bookkeeping and warrants di-. vision of the Treasury Department. For 90 years he had been relied upon by success. i've administrations in the matter of making up the annual estimates for thS Treasury and other departments. He was also fre- quently consulted by lsaderE in both housed of Congress in connection with Legislation affecting treasury matters. He well rep. resented the men of marked ability who co. cupy comparatively obscure positions In thi Federal service. whose value Is IittIs knowI outside. He had coma to lnvs his work and remained in 1t despite the off ef iIns portant positions In private lite.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-24
A Sensible Pistol BIII .

GadSden TlmeS-NeWS
 The most sensible pistol bill that has ever existed in Alabama was passed by the State Senate Wednesday. Senator Blackmon is the author of the bill which provides that pistols may be car but not outside. It makes exception in favor of mail carriers ana certain oti- cers, and also provides that pistols may he carried by persons who have reason to fear an attack, the jury to decide as to the validity of the excuse. The bnst part of this bill is that 1t no longer puts the law-abiding citizen at dis advantage with the criminal class. Practically every criminal carries a pistol. The peaceable citizen who has tried to obey the law has left his gun at home, even when 1t would have been the part of caution to carry one. The new law provides for this very feature and gives the good citizen a chance to protect himself from thugs. footpads breaker
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-24
A I.earned spnraErfte ].

The English suffrasettes boast one learned member whose scholarly re- quirements excel those of most men. This suffragette is Mrs. CharIotf. Car michael Slopes, lecturer on fossil bot any in the University of Manchester. Mrs. Slopes first gained a degree in botany in Edinburgh, then studied in London. and in 1892 became the first woman to earn the distinction of a Munich degree in botany. She then be . came Interested in geology, went to Japan. and usually travelling alone, visited the widest parts of the island empire and made scientific discoveries of such importance that on her return to England a few months ago the Roy al Society arranged for the pubiicat ton of her papers. Nobody else in the world. 1t" is said, has her exhaustive Knowledge of fossil botany. The suf- fragettes think that sine knows enough to vote intelligently. Yet politics may
 be a subject of which she knows little.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-24
This ia the Limit.
Mnhlla liam

MODlie lletl.
 At Dothan, that pretty little city Tn the wlregrass section of Alabama, Is published a newspaper which Is openly opposed to the proposed constitutionRl prohibition amendment. This paper Is The Home Journal Because of its bold declaration the bans have been placed who think differently from 1t. In plain English the paper has been boycotted. should not have the right to think for itself and to express It's views edit0- rially Is the most absurd of absurdities.
 The Legislature of Alabama attempt ed in the Fuller bill to place the gag law upon the press of Alabama, but there was so great a mamie station of clause was stricken out for fear the measure, one of the most drastic ever enacted into law. should go where it belonged-Into the pigeon hole of dis approval
 The Item sincerely hopes The DothRn Home Journal will have the manhood to stand up for its rights, ferret out the leader in the movement, then see If q law already on the btatnte books of the State is operative as regards boy
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-24
A Cautious Judge. yxY n oA rn-knn pnof


 Some of the West India islanders have learned that when a foreigner misbehaves on their shores it is bet ter to suffer in silence than to mete out punishment at the risk of a de- scending gun boat from the miscreant's native land" said Frank H. GIiff1ths. of Kingston, Jamaica, recently. "A Judge in Haiti. however. recently took occasion to pay off old scores and to redeem his self-respect in the case of an offender brought before him.
 "To his first question as 10 the na- tionality of the accused. the interpret CT had answered that his prisoner was from Switzerland.
 'Switzerland,' said the judge, and Switzerland has no seacoast, has it:'
 ." No seaeoast. your honor said the interpreter.
 "'And no navy continued the judge.
 "'And no navy, your honor was the reply.
 avery well them said the fudge. 'Give him one year at hard labor"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-24

time in Argentina and Brazil, In South ern Brazil there are over ,l,00e,000 Ger mans. and more arriving by every steamship. Argentine has also big colony from the Fatherland. Talking with some of these I found a pro- nounced sentiment in favor of trading g with their native land and of taking their orders from Berlin Instead of the governments of their adopted land. If Germany takes a notion some fine day to dispute the Monroe doctrine with the United States. every mothers son of reutonic stock in Latin America will so with the Kaiser.
 T am not an alarmist and admire the wonderful pluck and scientiic achieve- ments of the Germans. but do not think that our people here have the faintest conception of Williams ambi- tion. Germany Is In dire need of colo nies. and if Germans get the upper hand In any section of South America they will be ready to fight to keep 1t. regardless of the Monroe doctrine. That Is a theory: the day may come when we will be facing a condition"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-24
Mothers as M.tehmaker..

buuaIo NeWB t-
 If in the village Of Tigara, in North. western Alaska. one sees young man beating out piece of metal and fash. ioning a finger-ring. 1t Is usually in. tended for some young woman; but fl remains for, the meeting of the two mothers to arrange matters.
 The two families may be living close together, yet the mother of the young man will call on her neishbor and tell her how she has intended to be more nelghborly. but she has been so busy.
 The neighbor will declare how de- lighted she Is to see her.
 Then the visitor begins to tell how good her son is. Further, they never go hungry, as her son Is such a fne hunter that he brings home plenty of food.
 The girls mother, in return, dilates on her daughters skill as a cook, and how good she is at SC wing.
 It is finally decided that the young man shall enter the girls family on a sort of trial If the girl turns up her nose and makes faces he, may as well leave, as the match will never amount to anything; but should she greet him with an occasional smtle, and allow him to sit by her side in the evening, 1t will all be clear saiiing, and they will unite as husband and wife.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-24

The State of Maryland proposes if possible to amend its Constitution by inc most drastic and far-reaching amendment in restriction of negro suf- frage that can be found in any State. The amendment proposes. in brief. to restrict suffrage of the colored people strictly to those whose ancestors were qualified voters in 1860. AS most me- groes in that State were slaves at that time. it follows that the negro will be practically shut out from the polls in Maryland. Whether such a provision will stand the Federal laws and courts is another proposition.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-24
The Modest Scot.

London Chronicle
 Love of country Is so fine virtue that 1t seems difficult to carry 1t to excess A Scotland paid a business visit to Londcn the other day. He happened to call on a mer- chant who was unknown to htm but had once made a stay in his native place In the course of the conversation the visitor made use of an expression that led the other to exclain: Surely you come from Glen McLuskie?" The assertion, however was denied. Presently to the merchants surprise. another Glen MeLuEkie expression was heard. My dear Mir. MacTavish. feel convinced that you are a Glen McLuEkie man after al" insisted the merchant.
 'Weel" returned the other, "Ill no deny 1t any longer"
 Then why didn't you say so at first ?' demanded the Englishman.
 "Weel." was the calm response, q dlnna like to boast O 1t in London"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-24
THE HOUSE OF TWAIN.
What Mark Says of Building Oper"-
 tiOns In Hartford.

Country Life in America,
 "It was designed by John Howeliss son of the Howells, and he and my daughter, Clara, and Miss Lyon. plan ned out Its particulars and built it; and they did it without any advice or instructions from me. l had every confidence in their taste and Judgment and none in my own. My ineddlins would only have made confusion. I was not willing to discuss the plans nor look at the drawings. I merely said I wanted three things--a room of my own that would be quiet. billiard room big enough to play in without iabbing the cues into the wall. and a living room forty by twenty feet. For the rest they could do as they liked, and I had nothing more to do with the house until drove up from the station last June to occupy it. 1 didn ' want any of the bother of building. had enough of that at Hartford when we built a $20.0oO house on s1o.000 lot at a cost of $155,o00. The only other stipulation was that tha house should cost a certain sum-
 Did it?" some one asked.
 "well. half of it did" MT. Clemens admitted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-24

over than under the yield as indicated by correspondents' returns"
 The party making this estimate. Miss oiIes. Is well known as has at her command all the needfui machinery for obtaining information. Her esti-- mate may be good, as indeed We think 1t fs, because our own calculations based on conditions has led us to re- would be something like II i-2 mill lion bales. However, 1t must be re- membered the crop can be Injured greatly or improved much prior to oc- tober l.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-24
FOR BLEACHED FLOUR.
Requests of the Manufacturers Ar,
 Rejected.

Requests of the Manufacturers Are
 Rejected.
 Washington, Aug. 2s--The requests or manufa cturers of bleached flour that no furtheir seizures of bleached flour be made until a test case has been de. cided, was refused today. following a conference between Wade Ellis. Acting Attorney General and Dr. 1T F. Dun lop. of the Pure Food Board of the Ag- ricultural Department.
 The food experts of the Agricultural Department some time ago decided that hleached flour was in violation of the pure food laws. not so much on the ground of impurlty, but because of nl- legged misbranding and agents Of the Department were Instructed to make seizures of the flour.
 Counsel for the millers, the largest of which are in Iowa and Nebraska. have been seeking to have the seizures discontinued until test casa could be made and decided
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-24

As was naturally to be expected, the general use of automobiles must neces- sarily result in multiplicity of makes and styles Naturally, also. there will be many and divorce sounds of warn- ing issuing from them. as is already the case. Some of these lack little. if anything of being horrifying. They sound awful enough to rouse the dead. if such a thing is possible.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-24

In a notice of the twin daughters of a rich New Yorker. who have re- gently become heirs in their own right of $s0o0o. 900. the paper says they are we'll known in society and with their immense wealth are more than likely to marry titles" What better title could they have than the names Of two reputable. high minded Ameri- cans They would command more re- spect and be happier as the wives of straiRhtforward Americans than the plavthinRs of some corrupt and vll- Iainous so-called foreign lord" or count"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-24
croU Esutlmnte of 1,oOO, 900 Baies.

A professional cotton crop guesser in New York City working for and in the interest of cotton brokers said August 19 fin The Journal Of Com. merce:
 with the exception of the years 1904 and 1906 (the big crop years) my estimates, given in July or August. on the probable size of the crop, have exceeded the actual outturn by many bales, which has been due to desire 70 be conservative. Therefore, in ac- cordance with this custom, an esti- mate of the crop is now given of H.. spp, p,o0o bales of cotton, which is rather
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-24
Land Increasing In value.

The Department of Agriculture has taken considerable pains to ascertain the increased value of hay and grain lands in the North and West from 1900 to 1905. While figures are not at hand showing the increased valuation to date. one may rest assured the trend Is constantly upward, and they will continue to advance for some years to come. That which is true of lands elsewhere is true of cotton and farm ing lands in the South. 1t being . well known fact that Southern lands dur- ing the past ten years have advanced at a most remarkable ratio.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-24

"only the wicked think of the tere- warmer than usual" explains The Co., lumbus Enauirer-Sun. That's just why we thought Columbus people were feel ing so uneasy when the ice supply ran short. It was the anticipation of the hereafter that was hurting them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-24
New Smelling Procsss.

ReddInK tNAIJ DIFpatcH 10 NeW Fork
 World.
 The receipt here Wednesday of a carload of pig iron marks an event in the industrial history of the world. The pig iron was delivered at a local foundry at $25 6 ton. less than 1t could be bought for nt tide water. and was smelted by electricity. the first carload smelted by that process.
 No coal coke. or blast was used in the process. proving that iron ore deposits any where in the world need no longer be unwork- ed. The iron Is pronounced the finest quail itv for smelting.
 The process was discovered by Heroult, a French scientist, but was improved by Prof D. A Lyon. Of Stanford University.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-24
CIrcaIa tien Underrafea.

Atlanta Constitution. Et~1--,
 The editor was dying. but when the doctor bent over, placed his ear on his breast. and said: Poor man; eireula- ton almost gonei" the dying editor sat up, and shouted: You're a liar. We have the largest circulation in the country"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-24

The Increase Tn the price of farming lands mean much to the country at large; 1t Is significant of improved methods in culture, bringing corres- pondfnsly greater yields of products. a higher order of civilization ana A correspondingiy improved citisenry.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-24

Did you ever see a boss that dldn' t have it in for the newspapers" asks The Columbia State. alludtng to the evident spite of Governor Conner to- wards some independent newspapers in Alabama. Never did. and always against those papers that refuse to be bought or bulldoZed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-24
aW0RN CIRCuLATION

The figures for June printed below ,nyns , sent the actual net circuiattoas eh rs'1@'
 having been deducted. ,.. The Montgomery Advertiser SuaLenteess san - advertisers (and makes 1t part of tne .'a S1a
 tract when requested) that it's daily eMsra easr ton is larger than that of any noI N nu.s .. newspaper printed In Alabama-ano sna. ,,ns ss Sunday edition has the largest cfcuIA.0n
 sf any edit. on of any newspaper printed Tn Alabama without exception.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-24

The Philadelphia Public Ledger re- fers to ''the current husband of Mad anne Nordica." from which one might Infer that marriage is a sort of se- rial business with her.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-24

We'll. the Legislature allowed an en- tire day to pass without the intro- duction or passage of a new prohibi- ton bill--but 1t was Sunday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-24
scorned Ills Advice.

Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 Madam" said the medical man sFavsly. you must practice filling your lungs with deep breaths of pure air"
 An bust the smithereens out of my new Directly gown" sniffed the lady. "I think I see myself"
 And turning on her high heels she haught- fly left the apartment.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-24
German. in south America.

Baltimore American,
 England is not the only power that has cause to fear Germany" said Mir. Homer F. Frambey, a San Francisco mining engineer, at the Stafford.
 T have lately been in several South American countries, spending much