The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-08

The sad death of Mir. Sansbury, Car
 Inspector, has given his friends great
 distress. His wife, who was Miss Fan-
 nie Cook, and an infant child, survive
 him. The remains were taken to
 Dalevilie, his former home. for inter. 1 ment. Mrs. Sanspury will make Mont- gomery her home.
 Books for invalids must not have
 anything about spooks in them.
 Nothing's more dreary to get over
 than long convalescerce, when you're
 longing to get out and feeling bored to
 death over the weeks of waiting. Yet
 you're not able to get at anything.
 even to think very hard.
 Feeding is about the only thing that
 you can indulge in, and that, to be ben-
 ehcial, should be of the lightest, most amusing kind.
 If you're at the stage where you have to be read to. a short story that can be finished at sitting is the best sort of thing. But nothing with any ''spooks" ;n 1t! For an invalid has plenty of time on her hands to worry herself into all sorts of imaginative l troubles.
 Those pretty little Japanese stories. and some of the lighter historical nov- els (the ones that are particularly light at the history end), volumes of tea table" poetry--as light and jolly and amusing as possible-Aare all good. and half hundred other kinds be- sides. s8 But don't read. if you're an invalid yourself, or give to an isvalid, if you're fortunate enough to be we'll yourself. books with wild tales of murder or of great excitement nor boo<s, on weird. unearthiy problems. nor gloomy verse. Why on earth these things should find their way to sick room nobody will ever be able to answer. but in innum- erable cases. and, by a curious irony. | in cases where nerves are completely | unstrung, fearful, depressing or over l exciting books are almost invariably sent.
 A patriotic lady of this city, whose husband was a brave soldier and ap | ardent Democrat has in her posses. sion the Chinese lanterns with which | she illuminated her residence on the ! occasion of President Cleveland's elec- | ton. She says she has these same lanterns collected ready to light up I again tonight, If the favors of Provi- dence are to be extended over this land | in the election of Alton B. Parker. |
 | The Ohio Woman's Press Club have honored themselves by elected for thefr President Miss Della Amos of Sidney. 1 Miss Amos is a gifted and noble wo- | man, full of enterprise and lofty aspi- rations spiendidly equipped for her du- ties by study and travel in Europe. The Ohio Woman's Press Club, at g. meeting held last week at Springfield. elected the following officers: Presi- dent, Miss Della Amos of Sidney; Vice. l President, Miss Emily s. Bouton of The Toledo Blade; Secretary, Mrs. Pen- l elope Smythe of The Columbus Dis- patch; Treasurer, Miss Dan Cannon of The Columbus Citizen. Executive Board, Mrs. George Fitch of The Cin- cinnati Commercial-Tribune Mrs.
 George H. Wilson of Lebanon, and
 Mrs. Elizabeth Mclean of The Cincin-
 natl Enquirer. It was decided by res-
 olution that only women engaged in
 active newspaper work shall be enti-
 tied to membership in the association.
 Miss Louis Graham of Cleveland, pre-
 sided at the meeting. It is probable
 that her paper, Club Notes, will be
 adopted as the official organ of the
 Ohio Federation of Womens Clubs.
 Church people condemn former Gov.
 Bob Taylor's swift record in matrimony as may be seen in the following from a l Louisville paper;
 Former Gov. Bob Taylor's swift re- cord in matrimony caused him the loss of lecture date in Louisville. The | Young Ladies' Missionary Society of the fashionable McFerrin Memorial l Baptist church have been negotiating with various lecture bureaus. Gov Taylor, through his agents, submitted l a proposition to the Rev. William Wis
 tar Hamilton, pastor of the church.
 who turned it over to the ladies of the Missionary Society. His proposition
 was to lecture for $25O or 70 per cent.
 of the gross receipts. The proposition
 was taken up at the meeting of the society and met with vigorous objec- ton at the hands of the young ladies' | We need the money and this would have been an easy way to get 1t, but
 we don't approve of Gov. Taylor's mar riage record. and we will not accept his offer," was the unanimous express ion of the members, and they declined
 the offer. Gov. Taylor was divorced a short time ago and after & couple of weeks took to himself another wife. The developments were too rapid, in
 the opinion of many orthodox church