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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-30
NOTHING SETTLED.

They have also had the question up
for discussion in England and The Bos-
ton Traveller has this to say about It:
A royal commission was appointed
20 Investigate and answer the ques-
tion. What Is Whiskey?" which. az
ter years of inquiry. has just made a
been beaten. The commission reports
that whiskey is "a spirit obtained by
distillers from a mash of cereal grains
with the difference that Scotch whis-
key is whiskey distilled in Scotland
and that Irish whiskey Is whtskey dis
titled in Ireland" which does not he
Solved. The English decision is prac-
tically an attempt to settle chemical
problem by drawing geographical
lines; the Old question between the
to whose product is entitled to be call
ed whiskey is still as acute as ever on
both sides of the ocean.
That may not be precisely as clear
as mud. but it comes very near it. AS
thing--not even as TO where Irish and
Scotch whiskeys are made. for precise
ly the same kinds of liquor are made
in the United States. 1t may be an
imposition to call them Irish or Scotch
when they were never in either of
those countries, but it is done Just the
same. and a majority of those who i'm
: Dibe them are not conscious of the i'm.
position. If such it may be called. The
English experts have no more settled
what is whiskey?" than some Of our
own wise ones have done.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-30
NEWS OF COTTONWOOD.

Cottonwood, Aug. 29-(SpeciaO -Mr.
Forest Knight and family of Albany.
Ga. are visiting J.. l.. Goff.
Miss Carrie McLane OF Pinckard has
returned to her home in Pinckard az
ter few days visit to Mrs g. O. Smith
Misses Dora Smith and Nell Curtis
returned Friday to their homes in At
more after spending few days with
Mrs s. J. Goff
Miss Mary Cobb of Ozark is visiting
Misses Carroll.
Miss Bertha Roberts and Miss Anna
He'll Mathews of Dothan are visiting
Miss Jewel Thompson. ..s
Miss May Smith OF Ozark is spend
ing few days with Mrs. H. J. Hood.
Miss Barton Harrison of Dothan is
visiting Miss Lille Thompson.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. c. Granger have re-
turned from a two weeks stay at St.
Andrews Bay, Fla
Miss Lonnie Kennedy returned to
her home in Dothan Saturday, after
spending two days here with her sis
ter, Mrs. s. o. Smith.
Mrs. w. M. Lewis of Eleanor, Fla :.
spent Friday here with relatives.
Miss Bessie Black is visiting friends
in Dothan this week.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-30
WHEN HARTMAN DIES.
Great Railway Systems He Controls
wal Not BECOME Junk.

Great Railway, Systems He Controls
wal Not Become Junk.
New York Press.
The stock market has been having
paroxysms of fear--perhaps--lest Mr..
E. H. Hartman should die, In his
field Mr.. Hartman Ia unquestionably
genius. But we suppose that when
he dies the thousands upon thousands
which he controls will remain spiked
to the ties. We suppose that, as now
the trafiie win be in existence for
them to haul. We. suppose that the
him will still be there and will under
stand their business. And we suppose
that the great banking houses and fin.
ancial interests which have been be-
man--which are responsible for many
OF the ideas which have governed him
and which have. laid down the pro-
grams which he has executed not
ton properties for bonfire.
We recall that c. P. Huntington. q
predecessor OF Hartman. died and the
Southern Pacific became vastly more
valuable Jay Gould .t5, died: and h Ms
Three generations of the Vanierbilts
died. and the New York Central be-
came vastly more valuable.
The Harrimans the Hills. the Rock.
efellers. the MorEans. and the rest VII
in their charge and possession will
become vastly more valuable They
can't help 1t. However, you could not
have a stock market without ups and
like every dog has his lay, But
neither the one nor the other. when
his turn came around. could have sucf
a snout-snorting. rip-roaring. forked-
lightning day II stock market follow
ers were not singularly susceptible to
speculative Mysteries.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-30

we are going to have a hard fight
on the amendment. Every patriotic
citizen will do his best for what he
conceives to be for the best interest
of his State. OF course The Times
will oppose the proposition with all It's
weight, but It proposes to be fair and
Just. We thiEk It will be far better
for both sides to be fair and just. Let
us fight II out in all good hunnor. II
father and son differ, do so with af-
lection and consideration. II BROTH
ers differ, vote your convictions as
free man. but don't fall out with your
brother, your. friend or. any one else
After the election the proposition WIN
be settled. If you have gotten mad
and wounded any one or injured or
enjeavored to injure anyone, you viii
soreiy regret IL IL you are a manly
Another thing, let our women keep
out of this thing. They may think
they understand the question and
think 1t is all for the good Of human
ity, but not so. The question Is mere
politics and a matter of state and
does not concern the church or the
home, all arguments to the contrary
Notwithstanding At any rate women
should not place. themselves in the po-
sition of being bores ana they surely,
will IL they get out of their sphere:
and attempt to influence the voters.
The ballot will be secret one and, the
elector will vote as he please. an and as
who endeayors to bring undue pres
sure to make him vote contrary to his
wishes 1t is all politics. so let the
men fight 1t out In all good humor.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-30
SERUM FOR HOG CHOLERA.
Government Experiments Demonstrate
ed Cure Has Been Found.
Kansas CITY DIspa
World.

Government Experiments Demo Datrat-
Kansas city Sr' b aHo Sf'n to G New
After a thirty-day test. which end
el Friday, conducted under the mo most st
city stock Yards Company. the un-
questioned efficiency of the serum dis
covered by DR.. N. Dorset. a govern
hog cholera has been demonstrated
OF poison squad of thirty-five hogs.
the thirteen which were not immuniz-
ed at the beginning of the test are
treated are perfectly healthy in an
isolated pen at the stock yards.
The twenty-five were subjected to
every conceivable form OF exposure EXP ;nH to
cumbed to the disease died In the pens
with the twenty-five at various times
in the progress of the tests The car
casses OF the dead hogs were permit
ted to remain In the pens with the
immunized animals sometimes two or
three days. Every opportunity was
given the twenty-five to succumh to
the disease. Under normal conditions
every hog would be dead.
The fact that the twenty-five did
not die is absolute proof, those who
serum is an unfailing preventive Of
hog cholera. The serum for use In
the tests was furnished by James VIII
son. Secretary OF Agriculture, who took
personal interest In the tests and
gave them his approval.
The hogs used in the tests were
bought from a Missouri farmer, who
was willing to make AFFIDAVIT that
there had been no cholera on his farm
in ten years. At various times DR.. l.
r. Baker. chief of the inspection de-
pa rtment of the government at Kan
sas city stock yards; DR.. J. d. Cooper.
government inspector In charge. and
DIR. w Niles. of the government
experimental station at Ames, Tex as
that Immediately he woula make to
! Secretary Wilson a report OF the COM
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-30
CATCHING SUCKERS.


In The Advertisers news columns Of
Thursday morning there was publish.
ed. a brief statement regarding one
of the latest bunco schemes to be ex-
plotted. AS the story ran, a man in
New Jersey received a letter purport-
ing to be from an absconding bank
officiai who had fled from the City OF
Mexico to France. He said ne had left
trunk containing $3SO,OOO In a pawn
shop in Mexico and If the recipient of
the letter would go there he could re-
deem the trunk for $4,000 and might
keep one-third of the contents. This
was a get-rich-quick scheme that
caught the New Jersey man at first
sight and he at once proceeded to the
City of Mexico to rake in the $11O,-
booty OF course he found some one
there to represent the pawnbroker.
but the Mexican officials had been put
wise and arrested the gang,
This story is repeated here, not be-
cause there is really anything new in
it. except in some details, but because
1t is one more illustrate of human
credulity. If this New Jersey sucker
was a man of even average intelli-
gence he should have known that a
perfect stranger would not have made
such an offer. 1t was neatly putting
$4,000 in his possession, all of which
he could have kept IL he were so dis
posed. and for this he was to pay out
IL he had been dishonest, have made
profit of more than one hundred to
one, and If he were disposed to play
fair with his tempter he would profit
more than thirty to one--always sup
posing that the money was In the
trunk and that he could redeem it
without risk.
Nor was that all that the scheme
involved. If the recipient of the letter
was u man OF ordinary knowledge OF
law and of right and wrong he must
have known that If he redeemed the
trunk and acted honestly with the
owner, he would not only be conniving
a crime but would become a receiv-
er of stolen goods and as much a
criminal as the embezzler himself. Any
way we view 1t the New Jersey man
was an easy mark as well as a Grim
inal at heart, who deserved to lose
both his money and his liberty
This. we repeat. is but one more in
stance of human credullty. and we are
continually reading OF cases Of about
the same nature. Some agent of the
alleged embezzler had doubtless sat
isfied himself that the New Jersey man
was easy, and sent him the letter to
decoy him to Mexico and get his mon
ey. Schemes of this general nature
are so common, and have been so often
exposed. that one would naturally sup
pose that people would be on their
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-30
GIVES DOMINO PARTY.
EIba Girl Entertains In Honor of
Gaests.


Elba, Aug. 2e.--7tSpecial)T-M
Alice Stark entertained at domino
party in honor Of Misses Aitnie and
Claire Qgifips of1Gpneva;T Tbose.twh
participated were Misses Elsie, Wise.
Zadie Rowe. Sue Rainer, Alice Boyd.
Annie Collins and Claire Collins, and
Messrs. Oscar English. Henry Ellis.
Will Hutchinson, Steve Ham. DR.. w. g.
BraswelI, and DR.. Wiley
Professor w. w. Benson, principal
of the city school, has returned from
New York where he took a summer
course OF study at Columbia Univer-
sity.
Miss Elsie Wise of Columbus, Ca,
is the guest Of the family OF her broth
or. Mr.. Jake Wise. : re-
Miss Ruth Buyers OF Ashvflle, has
returned home after visit to Miss
Sue Rainer.
Miss Annie ana Claire Collins of &c.
neva are visiting Miss Alice Boyd.
Miss Anna Chapman of Troy who
has been the guest of Miss Olive Rain.
err, has returned home.
Mrs. H. d. Boyd and children are on
a visit to relatives In Troy this week
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-30
A FAIR SAMPLE.

The state of Washington actually
enacted law making It a punishable
otfense for any person to be seen
smoking q cigarette In public. After
the Law went into effect q number of
arrests followed, but Of oourss the
first court of competent Jurisdiction
before which case came promptly
knocked the law out OF existence. as
any sensible court should have done.
This was worse than freak legislation:
It was fool legislation. to put 1t in
plain English. but 1t Is merely an ex-
treme example of a spirit that is
abroad In the land. and that threatens
to make laws and Lawmakers con-
temptible In the estimation OF sensible
people.
Some sections Of recent Alabama
laws are. fully. as absurd and nonsen-
sicai as this. Washington performance
and will share the same fate as soon
as fair-minded court gets chance
to decide on them, This kind Of re-
form run mad has been going on of
late years all over the country, but
1t cannot go on forever. for the people
will not always suffer themselves
made the dupes and victims of fanatics
and politicians. And It is fortunate
that we have courts to protect the
rights and liberties Of the people: 9TH
erwise this country would be an un-
desirable place to live in. '
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-30

st 10 reported" says The Charleston
News and Courier. shat Mr.. Hearst In
tends to nominate himself for the may
orally Of New York. 1t Is his opinion
that the majority Of the citizens. Of
that community feel that he was rob-
bed At the last election and win rush
to his support now to vindicate him.
The Brooklyn Standard Union IL In
clined to regard his candidacy serious-
ly and thinks that his election In New
York would mean his nomination by
the Democracy for the Proficiency. II
90. Thaw should likewise be on the
ticket
Why should our contemporary sug-
Eest such horrible possibilities as the
nomiation Of Hearst for the Presiden-
cy by the Democrats? As to the may
orally of New York. we feel little con-
Germ. New York politics of late have
not been Of kind to appeal with
much force to decent citizenship in
other sections. No party or faction In
that great city can claim that 1t wears
clean skirts. politically or otherwise.
Some Of them may be worse than 9TH
ers. and that is about all. Hearst may
have been sold out or counted out for
anything NE know to, the contrary. but
tf that Is true he was eniy beaten at
his own game. He would nave bought
or filched the office without hesitation
or conjunction II he could have done
so. and no one knows this better than
Hearst himself.
And SO. II Mr.. Hearst wants to NOM
mate himself for Mayor Of New York
we do not know that people elsewhere
should raise any objection. II the peo-
pie Of the great city want to elect him
It Is their business. and we still see
no reason for outsiders to worry over
1t. When IL comes to a talk of the
Democrats nominating him as. their
candidate for the presidency, that is
quite q different proposition, and one
about which all the Democrats of all
the country have right to be heard.
The Democratic party Of the country
lie In a bad way In some respects, we
must admit, but It has not yet descend
ed to Hearstism. as a national organ
ization, and we do not believe 1t so
lost to propriety and honesty as that
would indicate. Democracy of late
years has had enough of brain-storm-
ing politics and opportunism 1t has
had enough of following wild leaders
and falling into the ditch as a result
OF It's blindness.
And what has poor Harry Thaw
done to invite the. enmity of The
News and Courier? He may be insane.
though there are serious doubts on.
the subject, but he is not politically
insane. So far as we know he doesn't
believe that his money will buy any.
once in the country, and we are not
aware that he has any very exalted
opinion Of his own greatness. His
insanity. IL he is SO afflicted. Ia not of
a political nature. To put him on a
ticket with Hearst would be a worse
reflection on him than sending him
to MatteRwan.. If, however, he is real-
ly and surely insane, perhaps 1t would
be the proper thing to stick him onto
the ticket with Hearst. If Democracy
wants to go the limit that would be
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-30

guard. and would not bite at such
baits but we must remember that a
great many men never read the news
papers and know little Of what is go
ing on. and such men are usually the
ones who are selected by sharpers a.
easy prey. We believe there is say
Ing to the effect that sucker IL born
every minute. and when we read OF
the many victims of sharpers and
swindlers we are compelled to admit
that It is true. There are men who
make 1t their sole business in life TO
watch for easy marks, and they are
continually finding them. There are
men who will bite at almost any
scheme that promises big returns. and
while some OF them may only be cred
uious and not dishonest there are 9TH
ers who care nothing for the moral or
legal aspect of the case. All they
want is to get the money easily and
without risk to themselves. regardless
OF other considerations.
The case Of the New Jersey sucker
may serve at least as q temporary
warning to others. but 1t will soon be
forgotten; and. besides. there are 50
many who win not read it or hear Of
1t that we may expect but little failing
of In the sucker crop. It is likely
that the man who engineered the
scheme Of which we have been speak
ing is safe from harm. Some Of his
tools may be punished but In all prob
ability the chief rascal will not be ex-
posed or caught. and may even now be
planning another swindle. II so, he
will find tools to do his work and sub
jects for them to operate on. Suckers
are plentiful in the land, ana anglers
for them are equally SO.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-30
rnRHArs THEY WILL LEARN.
This is from The Hartford Conn.,


Times: .........
Governor Conner Of Alabama has
signed all the liquor bills passed by
the recent special session . Of the Leg.
1 nsw laws M and th %a are coleetlvely
designed TO make 1t impossible Tor
anybody to spray thirsty s1Eysh shfIeat mai ~
hama. a. il has proved in various 9TH
er conamunities. that prohibition
doesn't necessarily prohibit
Well. you know there is said to be
q certain class Of people who can on
" learn in the school of experience.
Precedent and observation are worth
nothing to them. When they have
tried 1t a few years and find that pro-
hibition doesn't prohibit they may be
wiser than they are now. though we
are not dead sure of it. for even then
they will lay the blame on somebody
or something else but the laws. But
these reformers think they have an
other dead sure thing on the way.
They think IL they can fool the PEG.
pie Of Alabama into adopting a prohi-
bition amendment to the constitution
they will have the thing tied down so
that a man may not even think of
spraying a thirsty throat in Alabama
for all time to come. II that amend
ment is adopted they will find them
selves no nearer their object than they
are now. but perhaps they will have
better judgment about human nature
and its workings.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-30
Temperance LeEislati.n.

The legislature. at the last mo-
ment struck out the clause from the
Fuller btu prohibiting the insertion of
h h,lt an n In newspapers.
bill was in type when this was done.
and we will let it stand.
We have not had the opportunity Of
studying this bill in detail, for II is
very lengthy, but we shall 40 so In the
near future, and enllghten our read
ers on its various provisions. II law
can promote temperance then this bill
ought to be a great success. II law can
prohibit the sale OF whiskey then there
will never be another drop sold in Ala
bama for we do not believe that the
mind OF man can conceive more rad :
1t takes something more than law to
promote temperance or to prohibit the
sale of liquor. but the men OF the Rev
ly. Thou shalt not enact inc law is
their idea of promoting temperance,
and so they have styled the Fuller bill
IAN act to promote temperance" n
Whiskey. we repeat that the law can cannot OF
do It. The question then arises: Why
do these self-styled friends of temper
ance propose to put prohibition into the
law? VIII It aid the cause Of genuine
temperance or genuine prohibition i"
Will it not rather be a burning Issue
that win enable certain men to hold
tators while others will ride the IL.
sue into office.
We favor prohibition. We have al
ways done so, but we realize that the
only effective prohibition is where Il IL
backed up by a healthy public senti-
ment. and we believe this effort to force
prohibition in the Constitution will
bring about a reaction that will set
back the cause of genuine temperance
reform.
OF course time will tell and we
await the result with eQuanImity, be-
cause we have an undyinE faith in the
interval upward progress Of the human
race. and while we believe that fanatt.
cism brings about reaction. IN the end
we shall reach the goal. -
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-30

If some man wants to render him
self both rich and famous, and at the
same time win the gratitude of hu-
manity he will set to work to invent
a noiseless street car. We have car
riages that run over our paved streets
without noise, and we have automo-
biles which are practically noiseless
90 far as their running is concerned
but what Is wanted is street cars that
win do their work in silence. and dc
It sffectuany. We don't know that
such an invention is within the bounds
of human achievement, but we dc
know that it would be a blessing.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-30
ErratIc and Unnecessary

GOOUWBEFT UHNFI pITFH'
As before mentioned In these COL
ratification of the prohibition amend
ment to the Constitution. Tor the rea-
son that, after mature consideration,
1t believes the measure entirely .erratic.
unnecessary, unwarranted and with
out the slightest senIblance Vor. or ten
dency toward the enforcement Of Ala
hama's existing prohibition laws. and
that 1t embodies a great possibility for
the existence of hurtful conditions in
many localities in the state. and that II
is q source OF useless agitation and
expense IN itself. to voters and tax>
payers of the State
There are many who do not agree
with The Enterprise along these lines,
with whom The Enterprise finds no
fault and for whom no criticism. re-
specting them for having honorable
motives and standing by them. at the
same time reserving the same rights
for itself.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-30
What the State Papers
Are Saying and Doing
Dimmed a Little Brt.

Dimmed Little Brt.
Walker. County News.
The brilliancy Of the mind OF the
urer is somewhat dimmed by the para
dox contained In the Fuller-Licker Act
r
Mag ave- lts
Walker County News.
win the prohibition movement DO
what the Republicans have been try
ing to do for the past twenty-five years
--divide the Democratic Party? We viii
see what we shall see.
Great Prohibitionist Neglected.
Mobile Register.
The prohibition ticket for Governor
and Lieutenant Governor Of Alabama is
freely quoted In the papers as Weakley
and Carmichael. Absolutely no place
seems to be provided for Henry b.
Gray, the great prohibitionist.
-
A Political Machine.
Alexander City outlook.
The new Jury Commission law gives
the Governor q new pull in every
sionvrs in each county. Why not let
the people select these new officers ana
take this new opportunity FOR political
pun out Of the hands Of one many
r
Knows Both Of Them
Guntersville Democrat.
been pretty widely, copied and com
nented on was sent Us TOR publica.
tion. but 1t did moi appeal to The Dem
know both Dr. Williams and Mr.. Jones
and we believe the doctor has been i'm
posed upon.
44r - -
wattersen's Opinion.
Gadsden Times-News.
Henry .Watterson says tne FULLER
Ticker bill will be knocked all to
smithereens the first time IL gets into
courts. He adds that II Is the most
drastic piece of le islation against indi-
viduai liberty on record. Marse Henry
usually knows what he Is talking
about. but this time his opinion was
forestalied by aimont every thinking
man in Alabama
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-30
Trouble Expected.

CenterVtlte EroHs
The political camp fires have been
lighted and pretty soon on every, hill
in Alabama. the battle for and against
the constitutional amendment whether
or not prohibition shall be inserted
in the constitution will be waGed
That 1t is going to be war TO the knife
and knife to the hilt Is the 1ouiniun
Of all parties. 1t is an election that,
is going to cause more bitterness than
any one held in years, friend against
friend brother against brother and
church member against church member.
II is going to eliminate men from the
party and church THAT have been use-
ful in both organizations, and there
is no telling where 1t 10 going to end.
The Press thinks that 1t is unfortunate
for the party and the church that tina
election has been called. as 1t is sure
to weaken both organizations But
the battle is on and let the people ef
be and let us once again get together
as democrats, and eliminate all issues
chat tend to break down party lines
and drives from the party loyal party
men. i-5- Z
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-30
HOLSTERS HOME COMING.

South Bend. Ind. Aug. 2s-- Especially
Thousands of dollars Will be spent by
the South Bend Chamber of Commerce
to entertain former residents of Indiana
who assemble in South Bend October
to 3. to attend the great homecoming
now in preparation.
Colonel George NJ Studebaker. III
rector general of the big event. expects
thousands of former Indiana residens
will visit South Bend that week to meet
relatives and acquaintance and many
will come together for the first time In
years.