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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-19

Governor Campbell is the latest of the Southern reformers and "denounc- CTS to feel the ingratitude of the peo- pie. He went into office on the same kind of wave that swept in Hoke Smith in Georgia Conner in Alabama, and Jeff Davis in Arkansas, Like other politicians of his kind, he seemed to consider himself the Lords annointed. who had only to declare himself on any great governmental or political question to have that question prompt " settled. But the Texas Legislature has firmly refused to do his bidding. He has scolded and denounced the Leg islature; he has twice called 1t into ex- tra session and twice 1t has set down on his recommendations. To make bad matters worse. the press and people of the State seemed to applaud the LeEis- lature. The Legislature takes the po- sition that the people of Texas are tired of the war that the politicians are making on prosperity. The Governor of Texas winds his horn as of old, but no longer do the thousands flock to his standard
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-19
THE DILL WAS CoUNrERFEIT.

It was all mistake. The thousand dollar bill dropped in the collection plate of Roscoe CPa.) church proves to be a counterfeit.
 The church has withdrawn its ad- vertisement to locate the man who put the bill in the plate. After the ad- vertisement was inserted, some long headed brother of the church suggested that the bill be examined and tested. They took it to bank cashier, who had had considerable experience in handling money. This bank cashier. after a long and careful examination, decided that 1t was counterfeit. and aI- though a counterfeit 1t so closely re- sembied an original bill of that de- nomination that it was dangerous. To be absolutely certain about the bill, the brethren of the church senfit to wash ington, and there the Treasury offfcials agreed fully with the opinion of the cashier. H
 Naturally the ofacers of the church were disturbed when they found a thousand-doliar bill on the collection plate on Sunday. It had never before happened in that church, and it has happened In few churches of the codn- try. They suspected mistake had been made and so an advertisement was in- serted in the Pennsylvania papers. And now it develops that the bill was counterfeit laid on the plate by some man with distorted sense of humor.
 In the meanwhile. several Alabama editors had hastened to announce that they did not go to church on that day. and that they knew nothing about the bill. They are now probably glad that they entered the disclaimer before 1t was discovered that the bill was coun- terfeit.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-19
MONDAY, APRIL 10, isoe.
SMALL THINGS.

For who hath despised the day Of small thingsr asks the prophet zecha- riah. evidently having those in his mind who were guilty of looking with contempt on the small affairs of lite. If he were in this country now he wouldn't need to ask the question; that is. if housefiies and mosauitoes can be classed among the small things. He would find everybody despising the lit- tie creatures heartily. Looking at it in another way. we are not despfsing the harm they can do. for there Is something like a general war going on against them just now.
 And why not? If there can be found any real use for these two pests. we are not apprised of 1t. They supply food for some larger insects and for some birds. but the little actual good they do in the economy Of nature is so in- finitely less than the harm they do to humanity that it is not worth consider ing. When they were looked on only as troublesome pests. they had few friends. but now that they are known to be menace to human health. 1t may be truthfulIy said that every mans hand Is against them. Let the crusade go on until flies and mosquitoes will only be an unpleasant memory.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-19
PRoTEcTrxa lrusnANps.

There's magistrate name Corriean up New York way who is going to make for himself reputation as protector of husbands. It is his in- tention and deterrAination that hus- bands must be protected or the breed win cease to exist. and then whatf He knows. of course. that there are some husbands who do not need protection, and some who do not deserve it. but all the same he proposes to see that they are not obiiterated.
 The other day woman was brought before him charged with having chased her hubby about the home and out of doors with savage-looking revolver It was suggested that . charge of con- ceaied weapons be made against her. but that wouldn't wash, for 1t was shown that the pistol was very much unconcealed. In fact. the husband didn't seem able ID see anything else for the time being. so the concealed weapon charge was plainly no good.
 Then the plea was advanced in her favor that she was compelled to protect herself because CT religion precluded obtaining divorce. and as she was compelled to live with him. she must look out for herself. but that plea wouldn't hold water. "This promiscu- ous shooting of husbands has got to stop.' declared the justice, with the wisdom of Solomon and decision of Ai- exander.
 Amen to the edict!" fervently re- marks The New Haven Register. There are husbands and husbands, to be sure. Some of them might be ap- propriately classed with vermin, it would seem. but there plainly should be some restriction for the sake of the exceptions. It is generally admitted that there is now and then husband who Is useful. and few who are both harmless and ornamental. On these &C., counts it would seem best. while rais- ing the legal ban against shooting hus- bands for part of the year. that they may not become progressively numerous. to have at least closed season. Some thing even may be done for the protec- tion of the desirable sort during the open season. And 1t may be found nec- essary to restrict the hunting of hus- hands to the open. For there are per sons who occasionally fail to hit what they aim at. and general gunning for husbands in the flat districts might prove as disastrous to the gunners as does the deer season in the sAdirondacks and Maine, which would be sad. But by all means let us have certain closed season, even for husbands"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-19

The good people of Norfolk. Ports mouth. "and all alongshore." have a grievance that they cannot forget or overlook. Up to a few weeks ago it was the custom at the Navy Yard to fire a cannon at g o'clock every night, whether just to keep up an old custom or to tell the people when to go to bed, we cannot say. Anyhow, by or ders of Admiral Taussig. we believe it was, the gun has ceased to wake the echoes along the coast, and the people are lonesome. They don't care a whit to know that the curfew tolls the knell of parting day" but they do want that old cannon to inform tn em that 1t is bed time. The Admiral treated them real mean.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-19

The excellent address published in yesterdays Advertiser. Calvin. Father of Modern Missions" was delivered be- fore the Southeast Alabama Presbytery at Dothan. by Rev. R. B. Morrow, of West Point Ga The note accompany ing the address sent from Dothan. re- quested its publication on behalf of q number of Presbyterian. but the note failed to say who had delivered it. The subject was presented so forcefully and interestingly. however. that the address was good enough to be published. mo matter who delivered it. It was, there fore. set in type. with the intention of giving due credit to the author of 1t as soon as his name was learned. So, in carrying out this intention. The Ad- vertiser readers afe informed that it was delivered by Rev. R. B. Morrow, and 1t met at Dothan the appreciation that 1t deserved
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-19
FIorala News

Florala News.
 It Is indeed unfortunate for the peo- ple of Alabsma and for every s State tn in present state of warfare exists between those States and the railroads. To say that the turmoil now existing Is the act of any one man excansaaveiy, or s the be a misstatement of facts.
 But to write 1t that the deplorable conditions now existing were caused by the combined influence of extrem- wolld-be extortioners on the part of the railroads. would more accurately express it.
 are the creators. the railroads the crea- lures. The creators should always be supeme and master of the creature; but no effort should be made by the crea- which. if enforced upon him. would ex- tinRuish both himself and his business.
 Then great care should be taken, and great conservatism be practiced when are to be determined and the best in- terests O. the people are to be conA
 In the settlement of these intricate to neither the State does not need men the head or heads of the creator whose minds are saturated with envy and hatred for the created, because 6uSH IHCh dAO iHcllelDtU LO DtL On the jury.
 If man was being tried for murder his defense would surely not accept twelve men and put his life in their hands when 1t was known beforehand that they were his enemies. And it is even so when the destiny of great in- stitutions are standing before the bar of state executive authority.
 The News thinks that right here, and on thls account, is why Alabama, today, Is wrestling with the greatest problem with which she ever had to deal.
 The State of Alabama created these railroads and she should protect them. They are the very fountain head of her life-blood To kill them is to de- stroy her In toto: to cripple them is to injure her irreparabiy.
 They cannot get justice with e biased jury. The verdict will be against them. They should get justice because they are only private citizens, at most, and the very Constitution of this great State guarantees justice to every citi- zen who lives within her borders.
 When the injunction of Judge Thom- as G. Jones restraining the State of Alabama from enforcing the laws against the railroads pending Q decis- ion from the highest courts of this land-courts into which bias and hatred should never enter, and if al- lowed to enter would crumbie Into dust the walls around which the constitu-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-19
rHE nxILING oF cAsTRo.
wa.hinEssa oaseiaI. Believe the 4

washinEton Ofactais Believe the Ae- tfon Taken Was Wise.
 Wsshington Special to New York Sun. back, to Europe and In a position where he. can make no trouble for the time being. officials of the government here
 Sut ss eas ss desss ea of ts tse resSoRs o Keeping him out of Venezuela. Until now 1t was simply said that this gov srnment In did not wish to have any care to run the risk of having Castro
 Today, however. it was learned that the State Department had information of a definite character that Castro had plans laid for an effort to overthrow President Gomez and regain control. It seems that he started his plans while the state Department got part of the
 Later advices from Venezuela also Indicated that Castro's friends were &C., tive. There was such an accumulation of evidence that the State Department felt convinced that Castro would make trouble the moment he landed in vepe- saying that three weeks after his re- or again. While this was newspaper cognizanca of 1t and made 1t . part of the evidence upon which the case against the disturber was built. Not bSahk dltt8StuGEr sure a8 10 LnB a0lltIy of President Gomez to keep Castro down. the government here took steps to upset his scheme. Y \
 The French government will permit Castro to remain in France if he wishes to do so. The authorities believe he can do no harm there. He will be un- der the surveillance of the French po- lice. If Castro should so back to Ber- In the German government. which has not had a hand in the Castro matter, will be asked to keep an eye on him.
 This government has had nothing whatever to do with the refusal of the Venezuelan government to permit Cas- tro to land in that country. The State Department is not informed of the req sons for this attitude. The understand ing here was that Venezuela would should be sent away is not thoroughiy understood Of course if Castro had set foot on Venezuelan soil he would immediately have been placed under QFraqt
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-19
NrssIssIPr1 roLLows ALAsAMA.


 Mississippi has but recently followed the example set by Alabama several years ago and created the once of supernumerary Judge, although it is called by another name in that State. The bill establishing that ofsice in Ala bama has proved to he one of the wisest proposition ever presented in the Alabama Legislature.
 The plan has now been in operation long enough, for it to be fully tested. It is an unqualified success. It Is said. and perhaps truly that that Super numerary Judge in Alabama Is the busiest ofan the Circuit Judges Certain it is that his time is filled. in holding courts for the Judges who ind it im- possible to occupy the bench at the time designated sf law. It has proved to be an econominai measure. The sav- ing to the State by the Judge could be easily demonstrated. The state. be- cause of this ofiiee, has fewer feed bills to pay and it has less veniremen to pay. Moreover, the plan of having q supernumerary Judge to step in at the proper time has proved more satisfac- tory to the lawyers than that of ap- pointing some attorney at moments notice.
 The law creating the office has proved it's own worth. No proposal to abolish 1t would be seriously cons
 bama. The office has come to stay, It is surprising that Mississippi and other States were so slow in appreciat- ing the value of such an official.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-19
This Date in History
April 10

1e1s-George Yeardley became Cover nor of Virginia. 1e72-Sir John Yeamans became Gov ernor of South Carolina. l775--Battle of Lexington, first en- gagement of the American Rev. olution.
 1Ts2-Holland acknowledged the inde- pendenee of the United States. ts60-The Clayton-Bulwer treaty 1se1-The 9th Massachusetts Regiment mobbed in Baltimore on their way to Washington. lS62-Simon Fraser, explorer and pio- neer of the Pacific Northwest, died at St. Andrews, Ontario. Born In Vermont in 1776, lS65-RemAins of Abraham Lincoln re- moved from the White House to the Capitol
 lssi--Lord Beaconsfleld, English states man and novelist, died: Born December 21. 1895. 1s92-Bering Sea modus vivendi adopt ed in United States Senate. lS94--South Carolina Supreme Court decided the dlspensary liquor law to be unconstitutional.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-19
old Gun FIints.

Wetumpka Herald.
 Mir. Mack Rittenberry has been over brother, Alexander Rittenberry. and made a visit to Pearce's NH. At Pearce's store he found box of gun Hints. It has been many year since there has peer a flint and steel gun fired in Alabama. Yet is is really not so long ago. These fiints were bought by MT Pearce In 1871, just thirty eight years ago. They were intended for the last of the flint and steel guns. Short as that. time Is, there are many grown men who have never seen a flint and steel gun, and 1t is doubtful if any man now living ever fired one of those guns or saw one fired. Even the Sld muzzle loading guns are becoming rare and will soon join the flint and steels in the museums. s.--Birmingham Ledger.
 The writer of the above Is mistaken about thare being no men living who have fired flint lock guns. Any man old enough to knock around the noun tain counties of the South just after the war had opportunities to see and fire them. We remember in '6s going squirrel hunting with an old man in Dade County, Ga, when the gun we used was an old flint lock rife. about six feet long. with hair trigger and patched bullets, and a truer gun we never had the pleasure of handling. Doubtless there are a great many men in Alabama who have fired them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-19
X,........, ,Ne.. Railroad.

capitalists. headed by Capt Matt Stakes of Montgomery. were in our town last week, looking after pro- posed line of railway from Montgom- cry to Alexander City. Local capital fists and Investors were being canvass ed and the matter promises to assume shape in the rs1r future, and ere long the caves and gulches of Bald Knob may sound the echoes of the locomo- tive's whistle. and the hills on the east of wetumnka adorned with their res- idences on every summit, will rival in beauty and grandeur the city of an- cient Rome. that sat on her seven hills, the pride and glory of the world. 'Tis then every morning the inhabitants of the Capital City can be greeted with the dew -spaneied yegetabies direct from the sun-kissed hills and valleys of grand old Fillmore Keep off the track, boys, we're coming,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-19
Hiring the Best

Jacksonville Times Union.
 Governmnet by commission and gov ernment by councilmen atd mayor are not the only forms in vogue of admin istering city affairs. It is said that in Germany, and some other countries, d city not satisfied with its mayor will bid for the services of the mayor of some other city who has displayed un- usual talents In the conduct of his of tce. will offer him a higher salary and will make a contract with him, where upon he removes to the city which makes the offer and will remain in charge of It's business indefinitely, if he continues to give satisfaction. It Is the same with city treasurers and oth- CT officers. only the city counciimen be- ing elected by the people for set terms. a profession, vocation. In those coun- tries, just as city politics Is sometimes in this, except that the German cities have the benefit of close study of eco- nomical and effective methods on the part of men who are not disturbed by the expectation of having to give up office at a certain time unless they are reelected. Then there is the "munic- lpal agent" plan as practiced at De- Land, Fla, and Staunton. Va, as de- scribed some time ago in The Times Union--a business man elected by the City Council to take charge of all im- provements ordered by the city, buy material for the smaller jobs and re- pairs and to conduct affairs as the bus mess of private corporation Is con- duceed by It's manager.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-19
This h My 44th Birthday
Samuel Avery.

B. Benjamin Andrews as Chancellor of the University of Nebraska, was born in Lamollle, Ill.,. April 1s 1865. He graduated from Doane College in 1887 University of Nebraska. Upon the completion of his studies he became assistant professor of chemistry In the University of Nebraska. This position he held three years and then became professor of chemistry at the Univer- sity of Idaho. In 1901 he returned to the University of Nebraska to become professor of analytical and organic chemistry. pr. Avery has written sev- eral text books dealing with hls chosen
 branch of science and In recognition of grees from the University of Heidei-
 berg and several other colleges in America and Europe.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-19

Some of the public roads of this country are becoming almost impassa- ble," remarks The Ashland Standard. That is not good advertisement for a community. as no doubt The Standard well knows. but we suspect that Clay is not alone in the class Few things are worth more to a people. compared with their cost, than a system of good roads. but the people do not always appreciate the fact.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-19
Nfnrch,u Eire Louaeal

The fire. loss of the United States and Canada for the month of March. as compiled from the records of the New York Journal of Commerce reach ed a total of $13.7s5, 400. Although this seems very big figure, it shows a sat- lsfactory decrease in losses compared with the same month in 1907, and 1908. Tn 1907 the total for March was s20.- 559.7O0, and in 1908. $1e.723. 800 In the Is also notable reduction of fire losses, the total for 1909 being S52.- s61. 400 against &64,795.0O for the first quarter of 1908. The first quarter in- dicates 6 satisfactory year for fire ur- derwriters. unless a costly confiagra- ton occurs and The Journal of Com merce says that "a little prosperity will be welcome after the heavy losses of several years"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-19
AN IMPORTANT DEAL.
M. M. Bentley Purcheses Half Interest
 h Hawkins Mineral Spring.


 In Hawkins Mineral Spring.
 Luverne, April 1s.--tSpecial )--The most important deal ever made for the town of Luverne was perfected yes- terday afternoon when NJ M. Bently of Brantly. purchased half interest in the. Hawkins Mineral Spring. Mir. J. Lafayette Hawkins selling his in- terest In the spring. which carries with 1t half interest in i've acres of land ad- jacent to the spring.
 This means that Mfr. Bentfy win be citizen of Luverne, will build his railroad to Luverne and a magnificent hotel will be built at the spring to &C., commodate the public who are want ing to spend the summer in Luverne. Mir. Bently is a public spirited man and when he undertakes anything it is generally put through
 While rowing in a boat at Mashes' Mill Pond Saturday Misses Maggie Athy and Ethel Stright,s two of the Fifth Grade School girls were turned out into the pond. The water was not very deep. however. and they were soon rescued minus the starch in their East CT bonnets,
 Never before in the history of this county has there been a more deter mined effort among the farmers to make their meat and bread at home. and thereby make the farm seIf-sus- tainfnR.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-19
Alabama Editor Pleads
 For Justice to Railroads

ton of the greatest nation on earth are buiided--he required of these rail- roads good and suficieqt bond that was upheld the people whom they had oyerchargsd. pending. this hearing, you'd bs amply reimbursed bY them private eitissn have done when he thought his rights under the law were being jeopRrdized-takeu rom him the the rights to manaSe his own business. hindrance a right. the denial of which would at once transform this country of ours from one of freedom and lih-
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 find that Judge Uones' decision was re- versed by the United States Circuit Court of Appeals. whose judges say to whether or not the rates imposed by the State are copiscatory, practical test must be made" That court has, therefore. the si,s.s.. remsndsa the lover court this a remarkable decision from a standpoint of 5usticef Suppose there were no higher courts--but thanks to tals of Heaven should be reached, if possible, before the final decision ia rendered) then there would be nothing left for the railroads except to submit to the Inevitable. by allowing the State
 But suppose the state enforces the rate and the railroads lose many thous- ands during the experimental seaeon. and 1t Is then determined that the rate is actually confecatory after a thor ough triai--so much so that the rail- roads have gone Into the hands of re- ceivers? Then in this event who is to relm purse the railroads? Is the state willing to fair piay7 viii the State of Aiabama give good and sufficient bond that, in, the event of :oss she will place to the credit of the rafiroads every cent they loser if not, then the decision of the United States Court of Appeals is biased ard is shorn of the least sembianee of justice. because the state of Alabsma, after ali. is only the these people ave partial in the admin. igtration of equal riEhts to all and spo- eiai favors to none. 1t Ia unfair and un- just and cannot and will not stand. except by the iron hand of "the few" :"
 The state is the jury The News has pleaded Its case for equal justice as best it could, with malice toward none but love for all. We submit our case.