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The new South-news., 1909-02-20
MISSlSSIPPPS SEVEN SEN
ATORS
After March 4, This State
Will Have More Natives
in Upper Branch of Con-
gress than Any Other State
In ne Union.

The N5w York Sun OF recent
date contained tae following inter-
esiing communioatloAi
Sir.--AfIer March the State of
Mississippi win nave sevsn native
senators In Congress Three OF Them
were rerentiy elected or reelected
on the same day in as many states.
Tho election OF Governor Chamber
lain as Senator from Oregon calls
attention TO THIS tact. Both sena-
tor chamberlain Of Oregon and Sem
etor Newlands of Nevada are ma
tivos of Naioh,1. Miss
Senator Clarke, OF Arkansas. and
Senator Gore OF Oklahoma, are ma
tves Of Mississippi. senator Bailey
OF Texas was born aud educated IN
NNNtcFilfAs
The Ave above mentioned. all
representing different States, adding
Senators Money and McLturin gives
the Delta state seven senators.
The State OF Mississippi therefore
eau we'll be named the mother OF
uniIed States Senators and as the
Nevada legislature has put forward
Senator Nowlands ms a Democratic
nominee sne may add President ;,
her lst OF Distinguished statesmen
NISSIs SIT Plan.
Washington. ID G., Jan. 30
The new South-news., 1909-02-20
INTEREST
ON STATE
MONEY.
Banks VIII Pay Into The
Treasury Nearly $1,000
For Use Of Public
Funds

The total amount Of interest which
the State Of Aisassipp will receive
from thn several repositories for
funds haud.od By them during the
year ending febr uary lst, viii be
slightly more than $1,000 OF this
amount t93l9g has already been
paid into the treasury, and there Is
yet perhaps 300 or $50 70 Do paid
IN.
The new South-news., 1909-02-20

The Grand Lodge OF MasJns goes
20 Columbus next year. The oiii-
GERS elected are as follows
Wiley II Clifton. Aberdeen, sd-
vanced 60 Grand Master unani-
mousiy W Nj. Conner, Hattieshurg
advanced 70 senior Grand Warden,
unanimously. and John ; Brooke
Rohinsouville, was elected Junior
Grand Warden Il. V. White Crane
Treasurer, Frederick Speed Granl
Secretary.
The new South-news., 1909-02-20

The trial d tue muruerers of Sen
atur CArmack, " now on az Nash
vile. Tenn, aud IL viii be perhaps a
couple of weeks before II Is term,-
mated. IL VIII he a battle royal. as
there is large array of distinguish
lawyers on hoth sides.
The new South-news., 1909-02-20

The Commercial Appeal d,es hard.
IL predicts nothing but dire calnmi-
~ for Nempsis when fhs statewide
prohibition law goes into effect July
LIST next.
The new South-news., 1909-02-20

The Forest Register and hatties-
burg Daley News are taking shap
shots at vaen other. but then ,hey
are good WAYS apart and neither
bsya free pass. 40 there is not
muca iaaser Of personal collision.
The new South-news., 1909-02-20

Washington, d C., Jan. 80
The new South-news., 1909-02-20

The Fsrmer' e Union bank IL said
TO be an assured fact. and it will be
capitalized at $500 600. Is Will per-
haps be domiciled at Sackson. Mis-
sissippi.
The new South-news., 1909-02-20
'H Ni ''' ~"T sze'yro j ol s,tss.
FREE BALLOON ASCENSION DAILY.
....NlCHOLS....
$4,000 Electric Theatre.

beautiful Display of Moral and Instructive motion pictures
of the best introducing changed program daily presenting
interesting historical sensational. educaonal and comic
subjects far ahead of all exhibitions of this class.
The new South-news., 1909-02-20
Nichols Rag Time Opera
and Old Plantation.

Introducing eoored performers the very best of
rag time singing and dancing eroesque comedians, cake
walking champion buck aud wing daucns bring back memo~
of the golden past presenting Uncle Eph Aunt pnah
and the Picannnes. laugh FROM start to finish
The new South-news., 1909-02-20

Poiisaness, IL one of the best n
vestmen's known to this wide world.
1t PAYS enormous dividends.
The new South-news., 1909-02-20

The total imrorte 70 this cOnutry
in 1908 amounted to 1885,. .337. .210
end total sxprrts'o tl,09!.127, 40.
The new South-news., 1909-02-20

Cane Mills and Evaporaters ia
RUFFIN MERCANTILE Co.

A fresh Car of the old rellaleb
Snow Drop Flour ]rst received
at the Ruffin Mercantile Co. stora,
WAGONS l. BUGGIEs.
The new South-news., 1909-02-20

Just Received, another Car oi
Wagons AMI Buggies, for sale a,
close prices,
Rufin Mercantile Company
The new South-news., 1909-02-20

Consideration ia tho most power
ful link in the chain Ut love try Il,
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-11-05

ger does not deign to consider these
serious questions, and merely says:
THE Ledger has for weeks advised
Its readers to vote for the amendment.
and It SO advises them now. We can
vote this amendment in. and after we
get the liquor business settled. we can
then make some wine laws to construe
and be in line with the Constitution,
and not violation of It. The State is
ours, the Constitution Is ours. and the
statute laws are ours. and we can do
with them as we please"
BY. I'VE" does The Ledger mean the
people of Alabama or simply "our
crowd. with a majority to give power
to do "as we pleaseT II 1t speaks for
the people as o whole. why ask them to
support laws that may be. evaded at
once In important particulars and that
admittedly require amendrnept at an
early date? Why not do the needed
amending beferehand2 .ex q 7syfsar
During recent weeks Alabama has
contributed most generously to the
gayety OF natioHs. It's Governor him
self has come forward as a star per-
former. of opera bouffe, and the seri-
Gus utterances Of some OF its newspa-
pers have provoked more mirth than
all the conlc supplements Of the coun-
try combined.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-11-05
DELIBERATELY DONE.

. The facts in reference to the steps
taken to force an election this year
when anywhere from $4,000 to 1o0,0
men were disqualified from voting be-
cause of non-payment of poll tax are
beginning to ooze out from inside
circles. In speech at oneonta.
Blount county. a few days ago Judge
S. D. Weakley referring to the COM
plant about taking advantage Of dis
qualified voters is reported as having
said:
who would have paid $4,000 or
SEQ. 900 for these voters who have not
paid their poll taxes? The brewers
and dlstilleTs would have sent their
hirelings through Alabama with their
corruption fund to mislead the people,
to get them to the polls. and thus
again put saloons In this State.
But we were too smart for them. "
What a Islander upon thousands OF
good citizens that they would have
been the mere creatures of brewers
and distillers IL given the opportunity
to vote on this question next year
There Is no other construction to put
upon the language than that these
DISTINGUISHED people were so corrupt
that they could not be trusted in an
election next year. This proves all
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-11-05

affect the social serving of such liquors
or. beverages In private residences in
Ordinary social Intercourse.
The people Of citronel.e excuse Mr;
belong by saying that he is not we'll
versed in the law and is not familiar
with the decision OF the supreme court
In the case of Reynolds VS.. State. Is
that II is not against the law to serve
Intoxicating liquors In the home. and
they excuse Mr.. belongs action upon
the further ground that he was over tI-
amendment by having Mr.. Pick arrest:
ed and endeavoring to have him plead
guilty. Mr.. Picks case comes up for
s srs t nsat when MAsSe 5ef
tion Is called to fhe law. hes will. at
once. discharges, Mrs. Pick.
Before the meeting adjourned, the
s ssoDEsd Es ~ sss
The resolution reads as follows:
ws The people G tbn WaG nal
nounce the action OF the officia,s in
causing the arrest OF one. of our fellow
IN his lis home to his guests. we call
the attention Of the public to the fact
that the warrant was issued under
Section Of the act approved august >,
1908 facts OF 1903, page %, and we es-
peciaiiy call attention to the plain Lam
ruage of Section 8 which reads: This
inhibition does not trclude. and nothing
In this act shall affect the social serv-
ing of such liquors or beverages In pr-
.vate residences In ordinary social in
wish to say that after a careful in-
vestfgatfon OF the facts. found that
the report, as printed In The Montgom :
cry Advertiser of October 81. 1903. that
Mr.. Piczk's arrest was instigated by the
Worierss Christian Temperance Union
is absolutely false ard without founda-
tion.
THE Advertisers reports were from
correspondents close on the ground.
The one great fact remains. that the
Chronicle citizen wRs arrested by a
regular process under the claim OF law
enacted by present Legislature. for that
which ought to be allowed any citizen
right to offer liquid refreshments In
The Mobile Register of yesterday
sTo a telegram sent last night by
The Register to Mayor De Long OF Cit
ronei1e. asking him II he instructed his
marshal TO swear out the warrant for
the arrest OF Mr.. Pick, the following
reply was received:
az lid not order the marshal to ar
rest Mr. Pick. A lady made the COM
plant. but the marshal signed the war
rant
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-11-05

THE ABsuRDrTY OF IT.

Is 1t not just q bit strange that no.
body ever knew that whiskey caused
ali the crimes. disasters and accidents
In Alabama? We mean that nobody
knew 1t until this amendment and re-
form craze took possession Of a por-
tion Of our people. Nowadays every
thing that happens. from train
wreck to a stubbed toe on boys
foot, can be traced by the zealots to
whiskey. Either the man or boy re-
spohsible for the disaster. crime or ac-
rident was drunk. or had been drunk.
or some OF his ancestors got on
spree sometimes. II man commits
murder and It Is shown beyond pos
nibility of doubt that he is q total
sBstsinsr they wiir possibly dig up the
fact that the mans father once got
arunk. and point sIeefuliy and trium-
phantly to that fact as an expiana-
ton OF the crime.
Wonderful how wise some people
have suddenly become in their own
estimation. and equally wonderful
that whiskey has. such powerful eff
gects. We are confidently expecting
some political preacher to declare that
whisley caused Father Adam to lose
his job as gardener of Eden. or that
Cain was drunk when he killed Abel.
Euch explanations would be no more
absurd than are some that we are
constantly reading and hearing from
the amenders.
No intelligent and fair-minded man
will deny that intoxicants cause some
crime. misery and suffering. 1t has
been SO. no doubt. as long as anything
OF an intoxicating nature has been
known 10 man. and 1t will be so as
long as time lasts. No human laws
or regulations can entirely prevent or
drive out the. actual evils that result
from over-indulgence. and no sensi-
BILE man will deny rAat such evils
MED by those who oppose the drastic.
laws enacted in Alabama and ara
fighting against something worse in
the Constitution. but to be continual
Iy charging all the wrongs and evils
that afflict humanity to liquor is
worse than absurd. 1t is almost as
fooiishly untrue as is the assertion
frequently put forth that those who
are opposing the amendment are in
fluenced by the whiskey interest,
whatever that may be.
The truth of the matter Is that at
least a portion of the advocates of
this measure are so dominated by
spirit of fanaticism and intolerance.
or are so anxious to subserve their
own interests, that they appear un-
able to limit themselves to reason and
common sense in their arguments.
They seem to think that If they can
prove that some man, at some time
or place, committed a crime while
drunk IT is prima facie evidence that
all criminal acts are due to intoxi-
cants. Such false reasoning may in
fluence some weak minded people, but
in general way they not only weak
en- their own cause but tend to make
It ridiculous.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-11-05
DRIF WOOD


Good-byem.
Goodbye. sweetheart he mnrnured.
And at 1910 shut the gate.
For he was wise
In his good-byes-- p
He started them at 8.
"Old Gotrox didn't tip the waiter bs-s
cause the waiter didn't serve him
That served him Eight"
$50 sea-vNeed. n
Sometimes q girl. will sit and WORRY
eyer es,s the aaaf that t sns nay ssdass $ons
eide there over. .,s..,... -
Little drops OF pare ~ 7sr; Hssss
n You're going to marry. a
You'll get used to soouirs ~ 81 ~
II hear Jones made q good. deal Of !.
money out of his cafe"
II guess that's figiit--he eertsinly
didn't make It In IT,
Women worry more about their hair
and complexions than they do abont
the hereafter. ~. IL.
It's real funny the way long sixs
foot girl can cuddle.. up into q little
bunch when some fellow calls her hss
An Albright Dog.
Say; Rastus, has that dog got q PED.
Ne sas na de- s sSss s @d a Rim got ns ssa.
sprinkled him. good wild insect powder
only yestiddy."
Wife-Why. George. here is q wills.
old coat found in the wardrobe
slight mistake. That Y Is the coat q the
husband you had last summeri
Tales Out Of school.
First Little Girl--Do you like to tall
'A second Little Grill don't get
chance. Papa's been telling EN- to
mamma SO long around here hos sos
November.
I - ss - - tssgy
November with her thoughts OF turkey
gobbler now Is here;
November with her promises Of winter
IRE and cheer;
er round the big log FIRE.
And watch the sparks fiyfn' while the
flames mount high and higher: :.
Tellin' stories. roastin' chesnuts, whh-
oh. here's to You. November. for yoa
bring Thanksgiving Day.
II.
November with her frosty morns Is with
November with her uut-brown woods
and chill DER hill and plain.
It makes Teller creep into. his winter
Down here in Alabama-soon be time
to kill the shoat..
Sly Mister Turkey Gobbler swings I'M
easy on his way,
Oh here's to you, November, for Hou 2
S PHIL II. ARMsTRoNd.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-11-05
LEV for s-int and sinners.

Macon Telegraph.
That some of the good prohibition
lists of Alabama who like to make wine
for their own use are not a little dis
turbed by existing drastic legislation.
and the prospect of more to come. Is
evident not only from Governor Co
mer's promise to pardon them Ii they
break the law but from the assurances
given them by The Birmingham Ledger.
a leading supporter of the legislation
referred to and of the prohibition
amendment to the States Constitution
soon to be voted on. Says The Ledger:
There are two ways to avoid the
drastic part of the law. and one Is for
the grand inrtes to refuse to indict. and
the other Is for the Governor to par
don, those who make wine. Several
Judges have indicated this as way
out. and the Governor has distinctly
said that he will pardon any woman
convicted of making wine. So there
seems to be no danger from the law :"
In other words, there Is to be one
law for the saints and another for the
sinners The drastic part Of theIaw"
Is needed to keep the sinners in order,
but the saints may ignore 1t, confident
ly relying on the refusal of the grand
juries to fndlet or on the readiness OF
the Governor to pardon, But who is
to separate the sheep from the goats.
and what Is tQsbe the line Of division?
what clearly marked line, Is there ex-
cept that between those for the amend
ment and those against IL? The Led
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-11-05
The CltroneIle Anair.

november o. lSUS.
Editor The Advertiser:
On last night I spoke to the people
of Chronicle In support OF the ;consti-
tutional amendment, and discussed with
them the arrest by Mayor DeLonR OF
me by the people of Citronelle are sub
stantially as follows:
That on August IS Mr.. c. 8. Pick was
serenaded, and as an act of hospitality
he served some wine to his friends VIII
had serenaded him. Nearly three
months after this happened. Mayor De-
Long heard of the matter and instruct
ed his marshal to swear out warrant
against Mr.. Pick. Mr.. belong telling
the marshal this was violation of the
law. When Mr.. Pick Was arrested and
brought before the mayor. the mayor
urged him and pleaded with him to
plead guilty to the charge Mr.. Pick
declined TO do this. Mr.. DeLong could
not possibly have had Mr.. Pick arrest
ed under the Fuller bill, because the
Fuller bill was not enacted until Au-
gust %, whereas the wine was served
on August iS. The arrest. IL made un-
der any law. must have been made uti-
der the Carmichael bill. which was ap-
proved August 9. 1909. MI. DeLong
which he issued the warrant for that
law. after making II unlawful for any
person to manufacture sell. offer fAr
sale. keep or have IN his sseSsi IN for
sale. barter, exchange. give away, FUR
nlsh at public places or elsewhere or
otherwise dispose Of prohibtted ltouo~s
ond beverages, expressly provides az
follows: But this Inhibition does not
include M unfhing IL this arf shall
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-11-05

The Pittsburg Sun thinks that what
Is really needed is "a special form of
reversible or otherwise adjustable
marriage contract" for the special ac-
comrnodation OF the very rich. like the
Astors, GouIds, Vanderbnts and their
sort. Something of the kind would
be great help to people of that kind.
While 1t would not be in strict accord
with the moral law, state law that
would allow the very rich to marry
and unmarry whenever they pleased
would be a great convenience to
them. Why doesn't some reformer go
in for IT in New York? The question
Of morals would have no deterrent
effect on some Of the upDer ones, we
inaaRins-
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-11-05
NO NEGROES PRESENT
In the Great Gathering OF September 10
In Montgomery.

Calera, November y.
Editor The Advertiser:
We never dreamed that any one
would give utterance to a statement
said to have been made several days
20 by the Rev Fl. T. Johnson Of the
Dexter Avenue Methodist Church. Mont
romery, as to negroes being in the
great September Is convention.
The occasion upon which the state
nent was made was debate In Pratt
VILE reported In The Advertiser of the
ard inst. 1t Is perfe city Incompetent
sible to the over 1000 delegates that
were there and the throngs that gath.
cred beside. upon what grounds such a
statement could have been made. Your
writer was there as a DELEGATE and can
safely assert that MT a single negro
had anything to do with that gather
ing not even as janttor or usher.
White men did the ceremonies REQUIRED.
chief OF whom was Captain Paul San
guinetti, one of the truest and bravest
OF the old Confederate veterans of Ala
II is truly revolving to see such state
ments made. so full OF slanderous In
situations.
There were no negroes present In
that auditorium and that this state
ment ran be verified by the great host
az white men who were there.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-11-05
why Not Make 1t.

Russell Register.
Under Section / of the proposed
amendment of the Constitution, the
manufacture. sale and keeping for sale
of alcohouic beverages shall be forever
prohibited in this State, but alcohol
may be sold for medical, scientific and.
mechanical purposes. and wine for
sacramental purposes under such req
ulatlons as the Legislature may have
prescribed or may hereafter prescribeI
If alcohol may be sold in Alahame
for medical. scientific and mechantcaI
purposes. why should 1t not be mahu-
featured for such purpose? II IT -
good enough to be used for these pur-
poses, why is 1t not good enough to DC
made for them? And II wine is good
enough to be used in the church: why
is it not good enough to be made Tor
use in the church? These are some
questions that present themselves 70
us. Suppose the InanufactAre Of these.
things be prohibited In all other states
as Is now the case in Alabama. how
are they to be obtained for such uses
as are specified In this section or the
proposed amendment
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-11-05
What the State Papers
Are Saying and Doing
Dont KNOW WHICH way % jump.

Don't Know which Way to jump.
GuntersyiIle Democrat.
r. a. a u..to. $500 ,t,ak,a az. - a.,
Hte'e is''iai Aap.s lnas nv Can
dadats mas announces N Aarsnali Coan-
" wniie IN aimost Al tne otnes c0nn-
are doubtless waiting for the 2sth Inst.
TO pass
A Real keen Thrust.
ss,na r,r,as
SeLh@
The birmingham News touts The
poor politieal prophet. The esteemed
M. ssbnniS ra,na her .hat IL ;s MAZDA,
~ mraSjct The fr,,th than 70 teii n after
it hannsneS' W. ella the raIlv Of the
ola guard al selma
Learning samethlnE. !.
~.
saspe'
The amenders nave JUST begun 10
learn that there are some good men"
IL ,ha ranka ~ the oanosi4ian ~ the
annenSmsnt' IJttie While ago n was
1hs hTewers the ax .harxeepers and The
,,arlS = :, wasia., scberca ~ Ill
~. 'ASa " S''0e " "a w.
lsss' .
Look nj the Badge wearern
,x,,,.y,I,a Nsrcnrv.Taanner
When you hear fanstical weakling
say .mSsS WHO eppose e se,osnts snuns ~
a noe. $3.50 go e,a,,nh ana 80. 'tha
efas. ~ c,+sss,ss uho yea tba defar,ds
80. ~ w., ,.-sii ara the iaadt,s.
s., ,sraessstnn "a h,,.s. e,
.Ieh IN every pfoAsssio" anu O@S'"ess ="
the county .
chu-.,. xfe.,,hersu Rteaa.
Luyerne journal.
We love the preacher VINO leads his
Hook ana reeds lnem on the spiritual
bread OF life. TO preserve MS iniu-
ence and save the churcn from disre-
pute, he had better not attempt TO but
shall do this or you shall not do thai
The right OF untrammeiea Lrancnise
should ne accorded "a member Of the
| church.
The way 70 Beat the Soh "eeS"
| Csadsden Journal
Remember, Mr.. Farmer, that the boil
| weeyil will be here next season. Take
| time BY the forelock and make prepar-
alton now to diversity your crops next
| year All cotton has been a failure for
wears and with the weevil to contenl /
| with the chances for success are still
| further removed. Unless our farmers
wake up to the situation in time to plan
| a diversIhcati0n of crops and the weevll
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-11-05

that has been heretofore said about
the object snd intention Of the smend-
ment leaders In forcing this election
In an or year, when 20 many men,
not dreaming Of any election untii next
year had failed to pay their poll tax.
There has been no election In Ala
bona In twenty-five years in which
50 great an interest has been mani
tested as in the one to- take place on
the asth Of November and il they had
suspected such thing thousands who
aid not pay their poll tax before the
list Of last February would have done
so. q.
I'VE we're too smart for them"
And how7 BY taking advantage of
failure TO pay poll tax In an Off year.
in which no elections were scheduled.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-11-05

Judging from his use Of knife on
an opponent while discussing the con-
stitutionai amendment the reverend
knife user was more incorporate in
exhibition Of temper than his oppon-
emit was In expressing his opinion.
Not much religion or temperance in
that sort of argument.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-11-05
Driven to Extremlties.

AS an evidence OF the fact that those
who would rule or ruin in this STATE
are driven to direct extremities tneH
are urging the women and children 70
campaign for the amendment. Tne
pulpits are being transformed into po-
litical rostrums by ministers who are
over anxious to obey orders OF the dio-
tators.
But the people are being shown the
errors of those who declare that there
is but one way to save the State ana
that by the adoption of the amendment.
Men who are honorable In their past
records are on the stump and they are
showing the right and wrong side or
the question at Issue without dodHin9,
They are meeting the enemy with q
bold front and showing up the actual
tntents and purposes Of the. amendmept
leaders and the measure they would
. seek TO place In the lconstItution.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-11-05
A Church Members Rights.

Luverne Journal
We love the preacher who leads his
flock and feeds them on the spiritual
bread of life. To preserve his infiu-
eface and save the church from disre-
pute, he had better not attempt to but
ton hole his membership and say you
shall do this or you shall not do that
The right OF untrammeled franchise
should ne accorded member Of ths
church.