The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-08

over which they presided They regarded organe
comets, violins and similar Instruments pretty
much in the light Of Inventions Of the evil one
and felt that the presence Of such things In the
church would be a proclamation Of the sanctuary.
The music Of the human voice. they declared.
was the kind and the only kind with which to
worship. That spirit Of intolerance. however,
has pretty well passed away and nearly all min
listers nowadays recognize the value of frst-c class
music IN tho church service. 1t sounds like
barking back many years. therefore, when we
hear that Rev, J. w. McGarvey, pastor Of
church OF 1900 communicates in the city of Louis
Vile. KY, has resigned his charge and left the
organization because the congregation insisted
on placing otgan in the church.
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The year drawing to a close will be record
breaker in the number and aggregate value Of
buildings erected in Birmingham, said con-
tractor yesterday
Among some Of the pretentious structures are
the Woodward, the Southern club, the Hillman
hospital and the medical college. The steel
frame building being erected by the Title Guaran-
tee Loan and Trust company is well under
way The workmeu are above the second story
and the ninth story viii be ready for the roof be-
for Christmas
THE Athletic club which will be both elegant
and picturesque will be completed some time
next spring.
Work on the First National bank building will
De started WifnN the next rev weeks ms
SKY scraper viii be the largest and costliest struc
turc IN birmingham, II viii be twelve stories
high and viii stand feet Second avenue
and lao ieet on Twentieth street
Many large buildings being planned for
next year. The Masonic temple and the Labor
tempt; Will probably be under way by next fall"
--Bi-Hinshdm dgc-Hcrala.
And the city Ct Birmingham is not a very great
deal than half the size of the city Of
Houston.
There are lot Of old bar room buns, black and
white in Austin that ought to be granted a
| leave Of absence. and given a chance to work
someone else. What they really deserve is to be
! laid across an empty whisky barrel and belted
with a stso All they desire is to loaf around
from bar 70 bar room, eat free lunches, and
/ fill their sausage covers full enough Pt free
booze to insure five hours Of drunken sleep.
! They are just about useful as the two buttons
/ on a ecnuemans tail though net half so
ornamental.-AHShH Statesman.
The enforcement Of the poll tax amendment
will probably put lot OF that kind Of cattle out
/ OF business.
Our esteemed contemporary, the Memphis
Sc'Iitar, has gone into compton fits because
/ It Is proposed to invite President Roosevelt TO
Meripi.s share in the entertainment OF General
Luke Wright on his return from the Philippines.
The Chattanooga News has desire 10 med
/ die in any matter that concerns Memphis solely,
/ but this is question that concerns the whole
! q
ton to the president to become the guest Of a
Southern city can be twisted into an Endorsement
Of his Booker Washington incident. Mr.. Roose-
welt knows, and every we'll informed person in
the country knows, that the South does not in
dorse his action in inviting Booker Washington
70 dine with him at the White House. Every
person Of mature age and common understanding
is aware that this invitation to the president to
visit Memphis is not an approval OF his chum-
miness with Booker Washington The invita-
ton is extended in respect to the Office OF presi-
dent not mark of any particular personal
esteem to Mr. Roosevelt. lust we'll say that
the invitation indorses repuhlicauism TO say
that it indorses social equality We regret that
newspaper printed in the largest city OF the
South should give emphasis to such hurtful SEN
timent.-Ch Chattanooga Ne1gS.
The Memphis paper is acting very foolish to
say the least.
There is no question that John Garner will be
elected to congress from the Fifteenth Texas dis
trict. Mr.. Garner is the regular democratic
nominee in the Fifteenth Hon Ned Green has
just returned from the district and reports that
nominee, opposing Garner The people OF Texas
viii remember how Colonel Green chairman
of the republican executive committee OF Texas
in 1890 and how he predicted that Mckinley
would get the State. and the result The State
was democratic by the usual brutal majority and
a few thrown in. Always when Colonel Green
counts the situation one way take il for granted
that It will 90 the other, and you will have it,
DrHiSon Herald
Colonel Cecil Lyon, chairman Of the State re-
publican committee, made the same prediction
with regard to results in the Fifteenth district,
but he was joking Lyon knew better.