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The Detroit times., 1909-01-01

King Edward requested him to sing AT
a recent command"
This bonnet was presented 10 Laud
er by Private Alexander Dow, one Of
the survivors OF the noble COO who
fought and bled for England's glory
on the CORY field OF Balaklava. Private
Dow, who is now almost so years cf
age, was, one of The brave Ninoty.third
llighlanders who formed the thin red
line Nho were only distinguished
from their relocated fellow fighters
The Detroit times., 1909-01-01

Great Britain greatly increased it's
acreage OF wheat. potatoes and lucerne
this year at the expense of all the
other grain and vegetable crops. a
The Detroit times., 1909-01-01
CASTOR is NOW IN
CHARGE OF BASTILE

Sheriff CASTOR formally took posses
sion of the county jail at IL o'clock.
Thursday night, in the sheriff's resi-
dence. Retiring Sheriff Burns. in turn
ing over the keys, wished his success
sor all success. Fred Schmalzriedt,
acting city clerk, presented the new
sheriff with a handsome badge orna-
The Detroit times., 1909-01-01
Mrs. SpelIman Given Divorce.

Frances Cohen Spellman was CIV
en- a divorce from Thomas Spellman.
a Michigan-ave. saloonkeeper, In Judge
Murfin's court. Thursday afternoon.
The Judge held that neither side was
blameless, and said that had any chill
dren been born to them he would have
refused both a decree. He allowed
Mrs. Spellman no alimony. The wife
alleged that her husband came home
drunk frequently and handled her
roughly, and toward the last OF their
married life refused to support her.
The husband charged that his wife
snent most OF her time Mt dances and
noker parties. Mrs. Spellman admit
ted she played for money. but said the
stakes we're small.
The Detroit times., 1909-01-01
LADDERS Dress Is
Of Historic Interest,

There is an extremely interesting
history attached to the big fur shake
or Scotch bonnet worn by Harry Laud-
er. the great Scotch comedian, who
will be seen In this city Jan. 2 and 3,
under the management of William
Morris. Inc. This bonnet is worn by
MIR. Lauder as a part of his makeup
while singing when Get Back Again
to Bonnie Scotland" the song which
The Detroit times., 1909-01-01

on a-bIcycle who is all right while he's
moving. bht falls down when he stops.
Recurring to Mr.. Roosevelt, were
asked 10 name the secret OF his mar
velous career / should say laying my
finger OH the very heart OF his genius.
and not forgetting at the same time
his prudence, his courage. his force
"he never overestimates foe.
The Detroit times., 1909-01-01
SHOTGUN KILLS FARMER.

HILLSDALE. Mich, Jan. l.-Marlon
Palmer. a farmer. 60 years old, VINO
lived near Frontier, is dead from a
shotgun wound inflicted accidentally
when he was climbing fence. The
charge of the two barrels entered his
body
The Detroit times., 1909-01-01

mented with precious jewels. Preced.l
ing these ceremonies, Mr.. CASTOR gave.
a reception to his stan OF deputies and
the retiring sheriff and stan. az
Sheriff CASTOR starts out on his adj
ministration with 70 prisoners In his
keeping. One Of these, Mrs. Victoria
Cymbalowski. awaiting trial for the
murder of her husband. was removed
to Grace hospital. Thursday afternoon.
The stork is expected soon.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-16
Hand This To Amendern

A judge in charging jury will tell the jurymen not to be swayed by sen timent If that's good law in cour, room 1t ought to be good law in a newspaper office. Let's eliminate sen- timent from the liquor question. Sen tinent is always worked overtime or great moral issues. Sentiment has earned a rest in Alabama. When the amenders went to Ono and employed gentleman to come to Alabama and teach morality they gave sentiment an Indefinite leave of absence. Goodbye sentiment.
 When sentiment is taken out of the prohibition platform there is precious little timber left.
 The prohIbitionists of Alabama drew up the Constitutional Amendment that Is causing so much agitation. They knew exactly what they wanted. They wanted these declarations of principles inserted in the Constitution of Ala bama. No one denies tn.s. The frs, paragraph of the now famous provision | says:
 section 1. The manufacture. sale and keeping for sale of alcoholic and l malt liquors and other intoxicating this State; but may be sold for medi
 cal scientific, mechan cal and wine | for sacramental purpose.
 The prohibitionists acknowledge tha' | we require alcohol flor medical scien
 tihc, mechanical and wine for sacra
 mental purposes" No mistake abou, l that acknowledgements there? Jus, | us plain as words can make It. Still | they say in the same section, "tht
 manufacture, sale or keeping for sale | of alcoholic and malt liquors and othe, | intoxicating beverages shall be forevs, l prohibited in thls State" In the same ! section--in one sentence, mind you l prohibition Is born and proh bition is | assassinated by its own friends. Thei, 1 own words--th cir own law, rises up tG
 sit in judgment upon them. For in
 stance, if we require alcohol for med l ical, scientific and mechanical pur l poses" then prohibition" is not the | solution, regulation" Is the word. If
 as the prohibition.sts declare. we re-
 qu;re alcohol flor medical, scientific
 and mechanical purposes then the
 manufacture, sale and keeping fui
 sale" should not forever be prohibited
 in Alabama. Such law would be un- | just to the men wnose money is in- 1 vested in these enterprises in Alabama | The prohibitionists claim to have jus { tice and righteousness T. and the benefit
 of their fellow-man greatly at heart i Where is the justice of this ruling? Ii l 1t Is wrong to manufacture these II. ! uuors>in Alabama, is it right to manu ! facture them in another State? Where
 does the sin begin and where does Il | endp Prohibition Is A dream of tho
 sentimentalists. Regulation by local
 option Is the slogan of Jeffersoaiar ] DemocraCy
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-16
LAKEWOOD
Few people adopt children for fad

Few people adopt children for fad. "Bnlsley says he has been through That. fOol~
 Well. all can say is he must have broken the speed record when ne "ea' through"
 There may be milk and honey in heaven, but we'll venture the milk isn't lwo-thirds water sGn.usa and x6ss. tne money a'eN Curiosity killed cat and yet cat has nine lives: What an aWsu1 ". oE9saS. ios .. ed. Even q woman couldn't surpass that record
 Said the pup unto the "a, auto s.s I'll not run over you If you VIII not run over me "IIank it sez here the dinner cost hundred dollars 8 plate" By gosn-Cy-if the snps: saneeT,s, nnls ,a spoons. an knives an forks cost n proportion 1t must have been swell affair"
 "she makes her husband toe the line "Weil. why shouldn't she---she mar ried a tight-rope walker Billy: Mamma may go around the corner and see the fun? Mother: What fun? "BlIy: l just heard uucle Jonn asn manner to go around the corner and have a smile with him?
 
 when A horse has good staying qualities Ne Is in demand, put Wnsn s voung man he isn't. unless ne VII pay for his own coal and gas ana means business.
 
 Tn. Land Behind the Fireli@ht.
 |. In rne Land Behind the Firehsht- There Is many golden dream when the blaze is leaping upWaro And the bright coals are aglea. Ana once more the day that's vanIsheo We could live again 'tWould seem'
 H. In inc Land Behind the Fireligntt-- " "rSsre's A farm -h ouBe on hiil- Thare's a happy family gathered The cup of cheer to ill., Ana in fancy I'm a youngstsr .,u fN'v With my young heart all thrill Tn fine Land. Behind the Firelignt- Ah fine blaze is burning low. y,St a shimmer and a glimmer Hghts The ashes as they glow mt from the emblems peeps oTS Tbe face of her used to know;
 PHIL H ARMSPRONG'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-16
TRYING TO DECEIVE
 ALL THE PEOPLE
An Attorney writes of Judge Weak | iey's Speech, Delivered Re-
 cently at Tailadega.

An Attorney writes of Judge Weak-
 iey's Speech, Delivered Re-
 gently at TailadeEa.
 Tailadega, oct Is. 1903. Editor The Advertiser;
 In Judge Weakley's recent speech wives or the women of Alabama had the legal right to make all the wine they desired. Dozens of good men tell me they heard that statement made In when he made it.
 Seems to me that statement should not go unchal1enged. as many quote nls speech hereabouts when they say: we can make all the wine we want . Section of the Act approved August 5, 1909. provides:
 S-That 1t shall be unlawful for any person, firm. corporation or associa- don within this state to manufacture. sell. ofer for sale. keep or have in possession for sale. barter. exchange. give away. furnish at public places or elsewhere. or otherwise dispose of pro. niolted liquors or beverages described n section l of this Act, or any of them in any quantity. etc"
 said section one of the Act describes the liquors and beverages" as fol-
 "1.--Be 1t enacted by the Legislature of Alabama, That the term prohibited liquors and beverages" shall include and be deemed to embrace the fol- lowing: G) alcohol, alcoholic liquors. sspirituous liquors, and all mixed ous. foreign and domestic spirits. or rectified or distilled spirits. absinthe. whiskey, brandy. rum and gin: (2) vfnous liquors and beverages. etc" The wayfaring man though a fool. can see that Judge Weakley's state- ment is not the law. Such advice is likely to get somebody into trouble criminal prosecution, as many be- iieve the alleged statement of weakley to be true.
 Can 1t be that in his desperation ne is trying to deceive the people? Can 1t be that he thinks his state will win votes for the proposed amend l. mentf Does he believe the people can not understand plain English? Then why does he try to make believe there is no law aginst manufacturing vinous says 1t is unlawful. weakley claimed they could lawfully make 1t? Which IS right and who will the people pe- leve-Weakley or. the plain statute. Our people are not as Ignorant as ne seems to suppose and you will see his political boom bust in November in this county. We are not ready to vote ourselves into bondage. nor to dele gate to some fool legislature the right to take away our American manhood and our liberties and natural rights
 d Let us hope % that no good woman toi violate the law, by making wine from piackberries or grapes. for he will nol be present to give bond for her, or go to jail. or pay her fine or serv. her sentence at hard labor for the county
 Respectfully. es...# NJ n Iyav
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-16
"Skunks" In COnecuh.

Evergreen Courant.
 Governor Conner Is growing desperate and gets mad when he speaks here and there and finds the people are not with him like they were when he was a car- didate for Railroad Commissioner and later for Governor. in both of which campaigns the people were with him In speech at Clanton last Saturday. the Governor used some usiy language, according to reports. The Governor referred to the people having chosen him on a platform standing for certain principles He declared that every plank had been carried out.
 Ut is not r. said the Governor. "who have done these things. 1t IS your plat. form.
 And I ask you to stand by me until the end. You know you would be cow ardly skunks if you failed to stand bv and vindlcate me. :"
 The Governor will find many of these "cowardly skunks' scattered over Ala bama. The people were with the Gov. ernor for q long while and he had their condolences. but subsequent acts of his have changed their minds and he can- not now whip them back Into line hv calling them names.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-16
Asa Famous Lawyer Sees It.

1t is a well known fact that. Col. Tom Espy of Dothan. Is one of tn abiest lawyers in the State. Surely with his twenty odd years of practice he has by this time learned to prop erly interpret our laws. Read what he said of the Fuller liquor law in a recent speech at Dothan:
 He said that the blackest negro could commit the most fiendish out rage upon the purest white woman of the land and under the law he had a right to summon every armed sol dier in the State to guarantee to him that he could not be convicted until his guilt was established beyond q reasonable doubt, but ,,S if certain ia i[ pro violated by the most innocent white women of the land. the law would pre- sume her guilty until she shows her
 He said that the right to demand that one should not be put upon trial until after his case had been investi- gated and an indictment found by the grand jury has been absolutely taken from the citizens of Alabama Tor vio- iatinR certain provisions of the prom l. bition law. and that the right of final "a, trial by jury in a sense had to be purchased.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-16
AN OLD SOLDIER
 WRITES HIS VIEWS
Followed Governor Conner, He Says to
 the. Jumping Off Place.
Respectfully.
 M. D. Iyey,

Followed Governor Conner, He Says to
 the Jumping Off Place.
 Wetumpka, Oct. 13. 1909. Editor The Advertiser:
 l am an old Confederate soldier, having enlisted in the 17th Alabama Regiment under the great and good man. Thos. H. Watts. in 1861. Permit me 10 express few rambling In the first place, I beg my friends that believe in keeping the Constitu- sifna ti9n as 1t ss Is not to engage in mud mendists. It won't do the cause that friends tell me If I vote against the amendment I am with the liquor men. We'll. if the lIquor. men see fit to vote my way well and good, If not they can vote. as they please.
 l have never asked one to go my ter with my opponents and by that manner can save some who would be
 Our Governor came through, our ssGitg sim and ne sd sGasS ssSesfSns an Ike taaiss tiss If you put the amendment In the Constitution. you can yet order a five i've barrels % Tor that, and take 1t home and roll 1t in your front yard, kill the fatted calf and invite your friends in to the feast. and you could put pint hs could S os ome eSSP oy DSs anG f they wanted to-" But could they? Some that know can hide 8 quantity of corn juice: Now in all seriousness think our Governor must have been joking, and told one Big Ike that wants to put a patch on the Constitu- ton that he was joking, and he said: "Durn such jokes," Amen.
 Why did the Governor not tell bis audience what the result would be for violating the law.
 I followed Governor Conner from Railroad Commissioner on up to the Fuller. Liquor Weakley, and Amend ment Bills, and thus far I have gone, and I can't go any further
 renee has done. but a heap of bad for he has accomplish ed what he came for. His design and aim was to dis -upt the Democratic party, and he has done his work well.
 Now the next move will be to trv and elect Republican Governor and Legislature next year and MT. Taft will pat him on the back and say Come up higher for thouear mine own anointed. Thou hast exceeded my greatest expectations" And he will say
 Praise the Lord" and the North will say. Amen"
 I appeal to those that cannot vote 'n this election. to pay up all areas and be ready for next years fight when the voice of, the people can be heard from beyond the Tennessee to the Mobile Bay, and will elect Gov error and Legislature in sympathy and our name is Uncle Sam.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-16
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1e, 1909.
EXCHANGING PESTS.

The New York Times tells. or re- peats. the story of the Island of Ja- maica to show how the driving out or destruction of one pest may lead to the great increase of another. At one time the island was so overrun by snakes, of various kinds that as a remedy the Indian mongoose. c dead ly enemy of all the snake family. was Introduced in large numbers. They practically cleared the island of snakes and then ticks multiplied and inoreas- ed in such numbers that some of the best grazing lands had to be abandon Cd because cattle could not live there. The inference of course is that snakes devoured ticks. and when the snakes disappeared the ticks came back.
 This sas an unexpected and dis courasins result of an experiment hrdt it was not the only one. Mon- gooses. or mongeese-we are not sure of the plural-subsIst on snakes. when they can get them. just as the snakes subsisted on ticks; consequently. when there were no more snakes to eat they cultivated a taste for the eggs and even the young of the domestic fowl. with the result that the imported an- imal is becoming almost as great a pest as were the reptiles he was brought over to destroy. Now they are trying to get rid of the mongoose and then we suppose the snakes will come back and eat up all the ticks.
 Now, this case has a local signifi- canoe for the. people of Alabama. We have been assured by the truly good that saloons and bar-rooms were a pest; therefore laws were enacted--in violation of pledges. bear in mind-to drive out the saloons. Then, when licensed and orderly saloons were driven out the blind tigers" took ly more harmful than the saloons ever were. In addition to this evil, we are to have a condition where spies and informers will take the place of liquor dealers. In other words. the prohi- bition mongoose having driven out the saloons Is now to invade the homes if the fanatics have their will Then we shall want somebody to rid us of the mongoose, we predict.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-16
The Rural Voter in she Saddle,

q ' I lnS Truth.
 The amendist forces are on Il e. run blaming. The boys from the rural dis tricts N ere not taken in by their war cry of "Whlskey or no whiskey" for it on.y awoke their anger that any set of men should consider them easy marks to be fooled by such spacious arguments. In retaliation they have reeistered their protests against be- earnestly and vigorously to defeat the measure which designing politicians hame framed to deprave them of their constitutional rights. And they are working hard and saking the' time count In every precinct of the State. ,.
 The rural VaLer .oday Is well informed citizen and can hold his own opposed to the amendment. He has studied the question and does not pro pose to surrender any of the rights guaranteed to him by the Consultation but proposes to ho.d them In his own hands and deliver them to his sons as his father before him delivered the same rights into his hands. And fur same rights, by his hail1. and te use the inffseuce sofa His yoi9esto teach his neighbors why they should be careful to hold these rights and privileges in-. tact for his children.
 Yes the country voter is in the sad- dle ana he Is going 70 stay there until the polls close on November 29, and can go back to his home and tell his wife and children that the victory Is won and that he has aided to win the great fight which has at least for 8 generation preserved to the people Of Alabama their rights and liberties.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-16
Zach McGhee Writes Of
 Trade and Tariff i7 England

let's, they charge me $33 a ton. New York. We can buy them from British tnanufacturers for sss long ton, laid
 As it is quite well known that the Steel Trust is out for business now as always. It Is reasonable to suppose, as agreement with the Steel Association here not to undersell them any longer.
 There is no steel trust here in exact ly the same sense as in America; there is no combination existing and operat- ing in fragrant violation of the law, and with the apparent approval Of the government; there are no anti-trust ton of tee fees sn weS Is of such authority and potency as to be able to enter into such an agree ment with the American Trust.
 the works work tf of the United sss states Steel a Corporation that to produce the steel billets 1t costs from $14 to S16 a ton. This engineer is now connected with there is pretty good net profit to the Steel Trust. The British steel workers found it difficult to compete with them here on their own ground.
 Considerable mystery seems 10 sur round thea question of making steel. the. exact cost of production is one of those safely guarded secrets of Messrs. Prick. Schwab & Co. These live in Carnegie will give 1t away. I heard Charlie" Schwab say to the Ways and Means Committee last fall that the only difference in the cost of produc-- abroad was the difference in the wages. As a matter of fact nearly all the labor engaged in the making of steel billets Is unskilled and the aver age daily wage for this in the. Penn Eylvania steel works seems to be from about $1.25 to $1.60. In similar works in different parts of England and CnA~ IA r. ~.A-. er. SIPS for the same work. Ordinary day laborers in Birmingham, England, for instance, average $6.S1 week of tions in certain Pennsyiyania works day laborers sometimes get consider ably less than that in America.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-16

Tn its broad sense the term "de- mocracy" means the rule of the peo- pie. So 1t is that those who oppose the amendment, and some of the dras- tic legislation recently enacted. are upholding the principles of democra- cy, whether they are. in a partisan sense Democrats, Republicans or Pop ulists. Partisanship has no place in this campaign, and the thousands of consistent Republicans all over Ala bama who are fighting this vicious measure now before us are battling for the rule of the people against the politicians.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-16
ny ZACH MeGHEE.

London, Oct. 15--If the American Steel Trust has not succeeded In talk ing into complete alliance the prfn- cipal. steel manufacturers of Britain. those independent manufacturers here who buy and use steel billets and the buyers of steel rails have reason eo has an agreement with the British Steel Association. The basis Of this agreement seems to be that the steel trust will leave the British market will let go to the American Trust the South African market. For some years, as was well known throughout America, the steel trust was selling its at home. They sold steel rails. for instance, for which they charged a2S a ton at home at $2o or $22 a ton here: Recently 1t appears they have raised not quite so high as that charged In America, at least high enough to be practically on a plane with that of she British concerns The Glsssow tension of its lines uses a good many rails. has recently found the Ameri- can steel eompSniss sss,Syr inais ns, Surprising sYi in view of the Former strenuous activity of the American companies for. the British business
 What Is true of steel rails is true gone to the office of the United Steel Corporation at Pittshurg with the money in my pocket ready to pay for steel billets. could not have gotten cent less than $50 ton" said a large user of steel billets to me in Scotland the other day. Yet" he added, 'at that same time I bought the same bill a ton. The freight from Pittsburg to New York Is s3 a ton. from New York to Glasgow. S2.50. and from Glasgow to our factory. fifty cents: so that they were seiling us billets at s20 f. o. b. Pittsburg, for which they were charg- ing Americans $30. That was four years ago. Now. when l 20 TO | Steel Corporation at Pittsburg for bil-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-16

going on. what has been done and what Is threatened. We may state. however. that 1t is not unusual to find In other well-edited newspapers in various portions of the country se- were criticisms of our State and the conditions existing in it. And we will add that if the people ratify this latest attempted outrage the State will deserve all the harsh things that will be said by those more fortunately situated.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-16
A False Alarm.

Gadsden Times-News'
 Most amenders admit thar lt IS uHi'f'u~ ,.+a that the present campaign was lnaugu- rated in Alabama. and that it was unneees- sary. But they claim that defeat of the to pnen the fight for saloons again In Ala hama, But the people are not being bam- booEled into supporting the amendment by thts false alarm. They know that the Ala hama saloon is as dead as Hector after his famous trip around the walls of Troy and they cannot be- frightened into indorsing mea a,iref that promises good result and is nregnant with di saster. We believe that inc voters will once more demonstrate their goo sense and by defeating the amendment. Tebuke the politicians who with whip and spur arc trying to ride It Into office,