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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-27
INDUSTRIES IN TWO STATES.

Columbus Ga. Oct. 2s.- Special. l--Ths Georgia and Alabama Industrial Index will say tomorrow in It's regular weekly issue:
 1.-Two other companies. backed by ample capital. have just been formed in Dougher- ty County, Georgia, to engage in pecan eui. ture. and their entry into the field indieates the importance that this industry Is assum- ing In the southwestern section of the state. One of the companies represents eombi- nation of New York. and Georgia capital, and the other. which has just filed its appii- sSsion sSs for charter has sasitai stock of sso companies have acquired tracts of land in the Flint river valley and will grow the section of Georgia, where hog, hay and hominy' has been the slogan for many years thers may soon pe S v,sas StiI greater divers now unable to get that product as early in the season desired from the more north Georgia farmsrs to grow this crop. declaring there Is good money In 1t Several farmers may devote ss-acre tracts to peanuts as an
 "A tract of 2s. 1ss acres of land In Tiff, County Georgia, that has been kept intact he market. At Dublin. Ga, a real estate owner agreed to sell his holdings for sls,ooo s.st.sr sna tns Rrsi SsIisSins sSas he % @ss maSns mistake. and noting the steady appreciation in realty values there and in other live cit- in cash for the privilege of being released from the trade.
 twenty eight new corporations With min for the week in AIabane and Georgia: En- sIey, Ala. accepted plans for an sso,ooo hteh schooI. and AmericuE. Ga, is inviting uroposaIu for the erection of high school buiiding Contract for the erection of a fertiiixer plant was awarded at Savannah. Ga and at Eastman. Ga. fertilizer com many was chartered Waycross. Ga, desires to grant e lighting and gas franchise and Is fnyitInr propositions. New bottling enter prises are reported for Augusta. Ga. and Columbus, Ga.
 "Arrangements were concluded for the erection at Ocflia, Ga, of the Hecond plant in the world for the manufacture of paper from the cotton stalk. Through Brunswick. Ga firm 22,000 acres of Wayne County, oeorgia land changed hands. and Georgia inveGtors made an Sso.000 timber land pur- chase in Florida through the same firm. At Auburn. Ca, a 1so-Aere farm sold for sl6.0oe.'.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-27


 The Albany Herald tells us that many of the farmers in that section of Georgia will be on Easy street. this year. and thus talks good sense about 1t:
 The most prosperous and independ- ent class In this splendid agricultural country today is made up of farmers who live on their farms and make farming a business. These farmers fare better every year than do those those who run their farms on the sll- cotton plan. paying ruinous prices for such good supplies as might be pro- duced at home, but this year they farmers constitute the most deserving class in the country. and The Herald rejoices in their prosperity.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-27
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 New York World.
 Pony" Moore. who died in London Friday. was born fn Mulberry Street, New York. but he found his public in London. where for years he mansged Jan1es Hall. New York has no such record of continuous succsss in such .
 For years. black-face minstreisy, au American product in its beginning. has had its vogue abroad: not only have organized performances met approval. but at any occasion Of popular inter- estsuch as the Derby. the Henley re- eattas or sn important fpotball match minstrels wander about singing and Drumming banjos for pennies. They seldom have any idea of negro dialect but It makes little difference. Though Britain has more negroes under its fag than have we. the people Know nothing about them. Negro minstrels reached London and Paris not from Algeria or Cape Town. but from America. ss-rf.-i
 Of late years there hss been schol- arly study of negro mdsic. Anton Dvorak in particular visiting this country to follow it's elusive trail. Most often what seems a transplanted African folk-song proves upon analy- sis to be some strain caught years ago from the windows Of the plant ation great house" and modified by untaught singers with minor chords and syncopated movement. To the rendering of such music negroes bring hne native sense of melody and rhythm.
 The writer of the .s'wanee River" neither knew nor cared where 1t was. In such songs as "Massa's in de Cold. Cold Ground" "old Black Joe" and My Old Kentucky Home." white composers deliberately employed the plaintive minor cadeuces supposed to be appropriate to a people enslaved. The first negro melocy of record. "Jim Crow. with "pattiag 5uba" ac- compartment to which performing "uncle'' may Turn about an turn about an jump des sc." was quite az characteristic of another mood of slave times.
 Tie plantation darky figured In ragged dress in the early productions. Now we have alleged minstrels in costly costumes. Of late years, real negroes have competed with burnt cork whites in mfnstrelsy and have burlesqued the altered ways of eman- cipated negroes since the war. Per- haps London Is too faithful to tradt. tions to care for anything in black face except the "minstrels" to whom 1t has long been used.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-27
'.POLITICAL PARSON'
 REJECTED BY CHJRCH


 A cordova special to The Age Herald says; The Methodist Episcopal Church .of Cordoya has passed revolutions ktndofsing singing conventions, but denouncee sabhath desecration by holding political rallies in the church on the Sabbath day. The resolutions ..whereas, The Methodist Episcopal Church has just completed its new house of wor- 'sWhereas. It is desirable to form a fixed rule to govern it's future policies. and.
 .swhereas, we consider singing as one or the hiehest and one of the oldest forms or divine worship and.
 "whereas We believe in complete sepa- ration of church and politics. therefore
 "Be it resolved. That this church does hereby open It's doors to the Walker county and other singing conventions and extenas them q hearty invitation to visit and sing for us when 1t is convenient.
 "Be 1t resolved further That we denoInes i,Ss . the political parsons who are deseeratihg many churches in the state by holding polit- icai rallies in> said edifices on the Sabbath day. and we. forever forbid the use of this house for such dissertation upon the sabbath or any other day.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-27

Macon Telegraph.
 fn his published letter seeking to modify the impre::ion crsattd sy the . cifisen's home .'on suspicion" thst liquor was sold there. Sherin Dfefc. of Mobile, admits that the truuks. bureaus and wardrobss of the women hs insists % that ali this was done .in . very gentiemanly maaner."
 Now sheriff Draeo and his deputies may all be Chesternelds. end the peo. ssnt so Ss'is shs Fsllsr ,.~ .nsIy in c order to have such perfect gentlemen burst Into their houses and % roofing "a their private drawers. but the trouble .-cr ene troubIs.-is that the perfect of purpose described by sheriff Drago cannot alwsy be counted on. later account of the raid on che house of Fl [. Smith. ef Birmingham. who was citisen's private papers, Including lot ters addressed to his wife. were strewn all over the house. and . dia- inond pin valued ct s3so vas stolen. . si.trifrs depaty to look snt, Jew. q case in search of keg e beer or . case of whisksy and not even the manners of . chestsraeid will make home of an absent citissa.
 The accounts, ae. they have como be- fore us. do not Indicate that the depu- ties In the raids on Alabama homes beer and whilkev even In small quan- titles for domestic consumption, but t is quite evident that they have had abundant opportunity to psssess. them. tims' private Afkairs. ana even of Mrs. so-and So's lingerie. for example. And they can do and say much more. We must add that they are making short work of the Idea that q man't home is hts castle--an idea that wss brought by our ancestors from the British Isles and that is as old as Magna Charta--- If the reports are half ,truei
 ingham was occupied by a German famiiy--msmbers of . thrifty. law
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-27
Turtle Worship.

London Globe.
 In a place called Kotron. on the French Ivory coast. the natives believe that to eat or destroy turtle would mean death to the guilty one or sick ness among the family. The fetich men, of whom there are plenty. de- clare that years ago a man went to Sea fishing. In the night his canoe was thrown upon the beach empty Three days afterward a turtle came ashore at the same place with the man on its back, alive and well. Since that time they have never eaten or destroy ed one of that species, although they enjoy other species. If one happens now to be washed ashore there is a great eommotion in the town. First the women sit down and start singing and beating sticks; next small piece of white cloth (color must be white is placed on the turtles back. Food Is then prepared and placed on the cloth. generally plantains, rice and palm oil. Then. amid lot more sing ing, dancing and antics of the fetich people. it Is carried back into the sea and goes on its way rejoicing.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-27
s.nt.nee ca,,,nutea.

New Orleans. Oct. 26.-After hay. ing prepared to march to the gal lows, Squire Hawkins. Degro. who was recently granted reprieve, twenty minutes before the time set for hls execution today. had his sentence com nnnted by the board of pardons to life imprisonment. Hawkins was found guilty on the charge of criminaliy as- saulting a white girl In Rapides par ish. Tn an appeal to the acting gov ernor of the state, the leading citizens of the parish declared that the cir cumstances attendant upon the aileg- ed crime were most sextenuating.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-27
NEWS or BAY ANNETTE

Bay Minette. Oct. 2s-(Special)-- The Farmers' Union Of Baldwin Coun ty opened . series of meetings a. stockton yesterday. The union was organized a few years ago. but since that time 1t has gre ,Nn rapidly.
 Judge Samuel P. erown opened the fall term of court for the county. The docket showed about fifty cases on file which will be disposed Of before the close of the court season.
 Mir. and Mrs. Frank Fealer and fam- fly have returned from Chicago and intermediate points. where they vis- tied.
 Charles Schumacher has been ap- pointed assistant rural mail carrier.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-27
Costly shells to Fire.
Boston Globe.

Boston Globe.
 Al3-inch armor-piercins shell weighs about l.1e0 pounds and when fired from a i3-inch gun with a full service twenty-sib inches of the finest arnior plate, if the arrnor plate was placed inn medistely ip front of the nuzzle of the gun. ;
 The approximate cost of firing this shell is $l.00o. which includes the shell, powder. and wear on the gun. the lat ter being Q very considerable item, as the erosion caused by the gases which the explosion liberates limits the life of the gun to something like seventy shots.
 The extreme range or distance that this shell can be thrown is about four teen miles.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-27
WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER s1. ises.

They tell 1t that many of the West ern farmers are acquiring autos. and this fact led somewhat scornfai per-
 son to say to William E. Curtis: "As soon as jay gets his crop in he wants to go around in a buzz-wagonsa and spend his money, Well. if he does. what of 1t? The farmer who cuiti- yates his own land works about as hard for his money as anybody. and if he and his wife want to do some buzzing nobody should object. We say. with The Chattanooga Times. -Hurra for the jays." if those auto riding farmers are to be thus desig- mated.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-27
A Pitiful Arsunsent.
sIaryinx salarr Fixed.

Detroit News-Tribune. prominent banking corporations in Canads that It's clerks must have salary of at least s1.2oo year before marrying has created a lot of comment. both in Ontario and on this side Of the border.
 The former matrimonial limit in this par ticular Ontario bank was $1,0oo year. The circular letter of the general manager sirn- ply made 1t s20o harder to get married. As result of the new law many of the banks employees are said to be seeking positions less refined. but where there are no such bars to matrimony.
 In Detroit the banks set no rigid limit as marrying income. Local bankers do not mean to say that American bank clerks are more honest than those of Canada. but of how little he can marry on. and that If he Is honest on si20o a year. he will be no
 T think marriage Is -s hard thing to fix by any arbitrary rule, said Julius H. Haass. president of the Home Savings Bank. We income they must have before marrying. and know of no Detroit bank which has any of from s6o to si5o a month have known men to marry and raise families s60 e month and stili be perfectly honest. othor times that amount"
 Personally" said an official Of another bank. .'I believe a married man. no matter. how small his income, Is less liable to temp. tation than an unmarried man. Respcnsibii. fly makes men careful of disgraceful enable them to marry. One cannot expect the highest grade of manhood on q salary so small that man cannot have so necessary thing as a wife" '
 Ministers, business men. lawyers and doc tors have discussed this great problem of the marrying income. and the consensus of opinion Is that no one man or set of men are capable of fixing an arbitrary limit for the salary necessary to successful matri- mony.
 In some sections of Detroit men are sup porting large families and sending their children to school on SIS a week. Tn other sections men are running deeper into debt families cannot live within an income of thousands q year. Detroit bankers believe the former ciaes. when intelligent enough, are better bank clerks than the latter. The Canadian bankers however, feel that they are promoting honesty and marital happi- pioyes earn at least SI. 200 yeariy.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-27

constitution. and then to change the membership of the Supreme Court of Alabama to suit the wants and needs of his political junta. He and the junta are now engaged in an effort to carry out the program which Brooks Lawrence announced on July :. The Legislature of Alabama has all the power 1t ought to have. and the peo- pie of Alabama will grant it more power at their peril.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-27

from Rome. At the moment when the papai secretary reappeared on the sur face of the water after a plunge the bailiff was before the Ministerial of- ficer to place the paper under the nose of his Eminence; but the Cardinal, who is an excellent swimmer. made dive, disappeared and next took refuge in a closing the door behind him.
 Half an hour later his Eminence was breakfssting at a restaurant The repast ended he asked for his bill. The sarcon brought 1t to him and up-. on the same plate the Cardinal found the official paper. The garcon was no other than the baiIiff. His last trick had succeeded. The psper was serv- cd i.9.s-r '
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-27
Lei. sraddox Dead.

Union Springs. Oct. 26l-- Special )-- Lela Maddox. died at his home here yesterday of tuberculosis. after lin. gering illness of several years dura- ton. He leaves a wife and four chil- dren !. also brother.
 MT. Maddox was merchant here for number of years. bat was com pelled to give up business about two years ago on account of Fl health.
 The, funeral took place this morn Ing at 10eso o'clock from the family residence. conducted bv the pastor of the Baptist Church. of which the de- ceased was a member. -fss45.4s.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-27

According to the reports of half a dozen weeklies. the skunk" crop is unusually large and promising in their counties. The Governor. no doubt. lost his head when he declared that "any man who deserts me now is a cowardly skunk" And now 1t would seem that the hills and dales of Ala bama are thronged with "cowardly skunks." The crop report on skunks on Nov. 2s will be interesting reading.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-27

If aviation becomes common will not the Americans soon become a nation of up-Iookers. as we might term it? Perhaps it would be all the better if folks would look. up more than they do. Even If their mortal eyes can see nothing better than flying machine, the habit of looking upward might be beneficial in the long run.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-27
Daughters of the coassdsracy.

While the air is resoundins with welcome to the Presiosns ot tne Vhs.ea h s Sssses, aous- United Daughters of the Confederscy who have been our guests all the week. They are the flower of Southern Womanhood--the type which has ever inspired the men of the South to lofty deeds. The South will ever be secure m the strenstn and purpose are our mothsrs, sisters and wives, and our history will be preserved to all generations while their steadtast devotion to their na- tive South Rlows with such patriotic fervor. They carry with them Houston's earnest wish that they may keep alive in coming generations the memory of what the men and women of the South accomplished in the stress of a supreme crisis. of what they endured and suffered for the South, and of the inspiring example of patriotism and sac rihce which gave to human virtue Q signif- icanee 1t never knew before.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-27

"Founded by Horace Greeley and confounded by whiteiaw. Reid," is the way the Democrats used to speak of The New York Tribune. The publish sra have announced that in future the paper is to be sold inside the city limits at one cent per copy. This would seem like confounding 1t some more, were 1t not for it's immense ad- vertising patronage. ..
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-27

Sunday political meetings are insti- tutions. which are not to the liking of people with old-fashioned ideas. The innovation is one that will not be rel isthed. And if one side has the right to have Q political meeting on Sunday. 1t is only fair that the other side should have the same right. But Alabama. as politically. cursed as 1t is. should be free from politics on at least one day of the week.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-27
An InEeniou. Baiiiff.

Ee Crte de Farts. -
 Some time ago a very rich old Itai- ian lady died, leaving to her heirs a colossal fortune. She was very pious, and first of all laid upon these heirs the obligation to remit to the Vatican 2.0o0, 900 lire. The heirs were great ly embarrassed by this request. They obtained a decision which should put the Vatican in possession of this leg acy. but neither the Pope nor Cardinal Merry del Val would accept 1t. bal Tiff was charged with the duty of giv- ing notice of the judgment to the Holy See. He was unable to place this pa- per in the hands of Plus X. or in the hands of his secretary He could not approach the holy aather, and entrance to the apartments of Mgr. del Val was prohibited
 He then devised scheme. He learn ed that the Cardinal had gone to bathe in Lake Bracciano, some distance
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-27
4R,.ck uand,, nIau Hanred.

Newcastle, Pa, Oct. 26.-Rocco Rae co, an alleged leader of black hand murder of Seiee Houk. state game warden a year ago, was hanged today On the gallows Racco said: Gentle nen--I didn't see selee Houk killed. iidn't see anyone kill him and have no suspicion of any person. pardon everybody and expect to go to Jesus right now. Bood-bye.''
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-27

Up in Massachusetts they have a man named Peary Cook. and The Rome Tribune Herald thinks he should have his hands tied to keep him from fight ing with himself. We suspect that he iongs for another mouth and tongue.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-27
n.r,, N,nety-MIle Mound.

Atlanta, Ga. Oct. 26--Under conn mand of Brigadier General Albert D. Mills, sixteen officers of the Depart ment of the Gulf. left r'ort McPheraon this morning on the first leg of the ninAty-nile horseback ride. required annually by the new military law. The party expects to cover thirty miles a day. completing Che ride Thursday,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-27

There, is one feature of the proceed ings at amendment meetings never forgotten when Brooks Lawrence at- tends. At the meeting at the Bijou Theatre in Birmingham last Sunday afternoon, the Rev. politician. as usual. was busy taking up a collection.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-27

The disagreement between Mir. Bry- an and Senator Tiilman causes The Norfolk Landmark to shout: GO 1t. Bryanl Go it. Tiilman!' The Norfolk brother seems to have no choice among them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-27
What the State Pdpers
 Are Saying and Doing

No Politics In It. Gajsden Tines-News.
 The Conner appointees over the State are for the. amendn,ent--to the last man of them.
 Meeting the Dcncit. Sheffield Standard.
 Governor Conner would better be pro- viding to meet that deficit than going over the State telling the people ne will pardon them If they violate the prohibition law.
 News, That's All. Talladega Reporter.
 According to the report of Auditor ". W. Brandon. the treasury of the State is having a considerable jehcit. This is given as news; not as poli- tics, or abuse.
 Mistake That Was Made. Hartselle Enterprise. have made. is: that they have elected a lot of self-seeklng politicians 10 guide the helm of the ship Of state. Vote your disapproval of their meth- eds by casting a vote against the amendment and M is thsrshy .is i stop so much
 A Pitiful Argument. Huntsville Mercury Banner.
 The amenders argue thatA the Fed eral constitution will prevent the searching of homes should the 1egisla- ture pass 8 law authorizing it. This is grand argument coming from believe in states rights. Vote a leg islature the privilege to make & bad law and then appeal to the Federal constitution for protection. Bah.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-27
PLAN TEST CASE.
Nashville Liquor Denfer VIII Go. late
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Nashville, Tenn, Oct. 26--A license In every respect similar to the license issued to saloon keepers before the prohibition law went into effect. will be issued this afternoon to some one of the beerette dealers of Nashville :: The one man who will pay and then bring suit has been selected by the dealers and "hitched out" ready to be brought into the county court clerks office and hand over $5S0.
 A regular liquor dealers. ordinarily spoken of as "saloon license." is the only kind known to the machinery of this State for dealers in liquors. and the fact that the liquor is not intoxi- eating does not affect the form of the license
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-27

Mrs. Annie Besant's prediction that all people will be rich two thousand years from now Is aboat as consoling as telling a thirsty Alabamian that the prohibition laws will be repealed next century.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-27

It Is a real pity that MT. Taft is not going to stop long enough in Colum- bus. to polish of the hinder leg bone of fat Georgia 'possum. It would doubtless put a new taste in his mouth.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-27
boyd Hnnd Crushed :.

Florence. Oct. -(Special. )-Frank Brown, an ls-year-old youth. had his hand crushed Saturday in a grist mill at Burcham Mills. in this county. While badly torn. 1t Is not believed amputation will be necessary.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-27

When one of the hot advocates of the amendment tells us that its adoption will stop agitation. we always want to ask him what he would do if there were no agitation going on. since that is mainly what he thrives on.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-27

Now they tell us that Abdul. who used to do the Sultan business over in Turkey. is going to write his memoirs. We bet he can't spin it out as Reose-
 cit does. unless he's paid by the word
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-27

Persimmons ought to be in good con- dition now and the good women out in the country could make a lot of good beer were 1t not for the Fullerlicker- weaixIey law; a law. by the way. that the amenders want fastened on Ala. bama forever, with all its unfair pro- visions. ,