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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-29
PERSONAL ITEMS

Mrs. J. IApson of Chattanooga Is the guest of her daughter, Mrs. W. B. Friedman, at her home on Clayton Street. She will be here for two weeks.
 Miss Rebecca Sexton of Chatham Hlll, Va, is visiting her brother. Mir. A. C.. Sexton. at his home, 1Os North Gold
 Mir, and Mrs. A. J. Taylor have gone to Coopers to spend Thanksgiving with his parents.
 Miss Eva Hey has gone to Thomp- son to spend Thanksgiving with friends.
 Mrs. George Graf and daughter Lila. are the guests Of Mrs. Alice Hughes.
 Mrs. May Steiner Crommelin has gone to Greenville to remain until after the Steiner -Winkler wedding which will take place on the 12th of December.
 Mrs. Gerald ware will go today to Birmingham to visit her sister, Mrs. Charles Dexter. s
 MT. and Mrs. Dudley Bates Lawrence ana Master Dudley Bates Lawrence, Jr,. will arrive early in December to be inc guests of Mrs. Lawrence's mother. Mrs. Allie Birch. Mir. Lawrence will leave Birmingham immediately after Christmas and Mrs. Lawrence win re- main in Birmingham several weeks = Birmingham Age-Herald.
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 Miss Margaret Mccormack and Miss Eva Conner will be the sponsors for the University of Alabama football team, which will play here tomorrow after
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-29

dignant citizens of, Beat 3. exasperated at the boldness of the crime, were about to deal with the alleged horse thief after the manner in vogue during the primitive days Of the West. when counsel of cooler, heads prevailed.
 The negro has figured in the criminal courts of Bibb County before.
 The people generally of this conn munity are preparing to enjoy Thanks giving.
 Cotton has been brought to Centre viiie at a rapid rate for the last sev- eral days and the receipts at the ware houses here have reached the 2,000 mark.
 Many farmers of this section are sowing oats as the corn crop on the river was completely destroyed by the high water.
 The tax collector reports that tax payers are rather slow paying their taxes this year.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-29
nsTABLtsa NEaRo nURnAU.
S,f@fon AIlen Anxious for Religious
 Improvement of Blacks.

vvashington, D. C.. Nov. 3s,-(Spe- oialJ-As a result of conference at the residence of Cardinal Gibbons In Baltimore Sunday. 1t is announced here today that a negro missionary bureau is to be established in this city by the Roman Catholics, and 1t will be in charge of Father Burke. now pastor of the largest negro Catholic church in America, and which is known as St. Benedict the Moor, and located In New York city.
 Bishop Allen of Mobile has taken Q great interest in having this bureau established. and he is understood to hold that great good can be done to improve the religious and moral condi- tion of the Southern negroes ,.as well as th0se in other parts of the country. indeed. it is said that the movement for such a bureau was started by Arch bishop Farley of New York. and the Bishops of Mobile and Nashville.
 They have felt, 1t is stated that the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-29
ELKINs CAPTURED.
an Said To Have Attempted Aasassl-
 mnfa0n Vm Lata

Man Said To Have Attempted Aas@sBA-
 nation, In Jail.
 Gadsden, Nov. 2S--(Special.) William EllIins, who Is alleged to have attempt Sd to assassinate J. B. Holderfield near Mountainboro, a few weeks ago., was captured near Altoona and brought to this city and lodged in jail.
 HolderfleId was driving along lone- ly road with his small son, when 1t is alleged that Elkins stepped from behind a tree and commenced to fire his pistol Hciderfieid whipped up his team and Elkins followed, shoting, at him, the balls narrowly missing him and his child. Elkins made good his escape at the time.
 IN Teague, trainmaster of the Min eral division of the Louisville and Nash vile, with headquarters in AnnfRton has been promoted to the position of assistant superintendent of thls divis- len, with headquarters m Birmingham He will be assistant to Superintendent IT. E. Brooks. The change will become effectIve at once. Mir. Teague will be a,.cceeded by the present assistant su- perintendent, Mr. Kemp of Birmingham.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-29
HORSE THIEF CAUGHT.
Citizens of BIbb County Came NeaE
 Using Western Tactics.

Using Western Tactics.
 Centreville, Nov. 2S.--(SpeciaL)-- Richard Avery, alias Tut Avery, a ne- gro, was landed in Jail last night by Deputy Sheriff s. J. Gardner. charged with stealing a horse
 Sunday night some one went to the stable of William Everette. a respected white citizen. living in the western part of Bibb County, and stole a fine saddle horse. It deliveped that the de- fendant had carried this horse to Ma rion, which is about twenty-fve miles from Everette's home. and sold it for $50.
 The negro was arrested and confess ed the crime. 1t is stated that the in-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-29
sInrIage e Denied.

St Petersburg, Nov. 2s.--The Associ- ated Press is authorized by the minis try of the court to deny the current report that the marriage of Grand Duke Nicholaievitch and Anastasia. Duchess of Leuchtenberg. occurred NovembeG
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-29

negroes are not receiving proper att tention from their church. Of the lf.4 900 900 negroes In the United states. only about per cent are Catholics. In the lower counties of Maryland over half the negroes are of that faith. as Maryland was settled by Catholics. Tho Catholics have had an Indian bureau here for several years.
 Alfred !. Stofer
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-29

Sparrow Of The Advance arc the local men interested in the new morning paper. The Daily American, to ne started here shortly.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-29
New paner PublIsheru.

Birmingham, Nov. Especial b. T. s. Ryall. John Hornady and John
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-29
MISS DAVIDSON HOSTESS OF
 nwYr-NNwa aEa eyN WTmhs


 A few other guests in .ddItion to the members of the Quen of Clubs were indebted to Miss Florence davidson for a morning full of pleasure when they were entertained by her yester- day morning at the home of her par ents, MT and Mrs. J. Nj. Davidson. on Court street
 Roses and chrysanthemums with potted palms and ferns formed the ef. fective adorning of the apartment In which the games were played Tables were placed for the game O. six hand euchre to be played for two pretty prizes by twenty-four guests
 The club prize. a silver jewel case. was won by Miss Annie Laure Sparks, who cut for 1t with Miss Bertha FItz- patrick. The prize for the outside fpsest was a pair Of silver mounted dressing table boxes won by Miss Eliz- abeth Marks of Kentucky, who at this meeting was made an honorary mem- Der of the club.
 The score cards were fan tail tur- keys done in black and white and on each table as souvenir was a hOx oe sugar plums mounted by a turkey. Miss Davidson's guests were: Misses Alice Lahey, Anita Perkins Lucia Richard son, Margaret Browne, Ella HaFgrove Sayre, Mary Knowles, Jean Lahey, Marguerite Rice, Clement Marks, Eliza beth Marks. Elizabeth Baldwin. Mary Mapes, Laura Hall. Rita Ament, Lytta Ament, Miriam Bramc. Ethel Marks, Annie Laurie Sparks. Bertha Fitzpat- rick. Hattie Woods, Maggie Mashourn, Dorsie Tyson.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-29

Miss Margaret Mccormack and Miss Eva Conner will be the sponsors for the University of Alabama football team
 which will play here tomorrow after
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-29

Mir. and Mrs. A. J Taylor have gon to Coopers to spend Thanksgiving witt his parents. 4
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-29

Miss Eva Hey has gone to Thorn son to spend Thanksgiving wi friends.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-26

sical, mental and moral, but Adamic
perfection is not to be attained, for
that Is by the will of God without the
intervention of sin. Christian perfec-
ton is the highest in the reach Of man,
loaded down with all the things we call
Sin. No man, no matter what he may
be, cannot be made a saint. Our re-
lfgion can take the worst form of man
and make the highest type of him, and
thank God, you and 1 have seen this
done.
ut is glorious thing for a sculptor
to take the rough block of stone and
hew out the form OF an angel, but it
is infinitely more grand to take a de-
graded specimen of humanity and from
that wreck to make living saint. This
is the doctrine Of perfection.
"Some think that perfection is to be
gained by a single act But let us
understand that such a thing as Chris
tian perfection is of the growth of the
tree and not a mushroom of a night.
For the little acorn that sprouts and
stands the storm, sunshine and shade.
grows to be the majestic monarch of
the forest is like the growth of Chris
tian perfection. 1t is the adverse
usages that harden it to life and it is
those that make for Christian perfec-
tion. Man in his Christian perfection
is like the mighty oak, strong and ro-
bust in character. the one who can be
depended upon to put the cause or
Christ through discouraging circum-
stances"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-26
SEEK BETTERMENT
OF POSTAL SERVICE
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
VENICE, Nov. 25.-Recognizing the
inadequate facilities for handling mail
that have to be met at the local post
office, a department inspector spent
several hours here yesterday talking
over plans for bettering the condi-
tions. Mrs. Gala Westfall, the post
mistress. reported that there were or
ders on hand for three times the num-
ber of lock boxes that the Office boasts
of and that for lack of room the pres
ent arrangements for distributing mail
could not be improved on. The possi-
bility of Mr., Kinney doing some.
thing" for the office was discussed
and the matter will be brought to his
attention without delay. 1t was de-
cided by the inspector that the post
office must have larger quarters be-
fore the opening of another summer
season.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-26
SALOON GREATEST
FOE Of CHURCH
Preacher Asks Question of Duty OF
Consreeation-Says Rum Shops
Confront Every Man and
Woman

What the Church Ought to Do with
the Saloon" was the topic of Rev. AL
fred lnWood, pastor of the Boyle
Heights Methodist church, last night
He said in part
Il have a simple question to bring to
you tonight-what ought the church
to do with the saloon? And my reason
for so doing is that all over the world
today Christian men and women are to
be brought face to face with this evil
and because this is the greatest social
question with which we have to deal
The saloon is the greatest foe of
the church, because it is the greatest
foe to the kingdom of God. Nothing in
our midst is such nenemy to the best
welfare of society. The saloon is the
social center of vice; the hotbed of
crime; the unceasing teacher of lawless-
ness, the sworn and unchanging foe
of all civic righteousness; the dominant
menace Of everything that is pure and
true.
These are old statements but true.
But we need constantly to be reminded
of the most common things of life.
Confronting us today are many is
sues of our city life; things of great
Importance, principles prophetic of
great good or great peril to our civic
life. But this question is supreme.
strength of its commercial life, but in
the strength of the greatness of its
ideal of righteousness. To blot out the
saloon, what then? This much at least
AN immediate increase of property
values, large impetus to business, an
immense saving of municipal expense
and such an uplift of moral tone as to
bring a great increase to our rapidly in
creasing population. For not wrong
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prosperity. Vice is social disorder and
the spot of infection imperils the whole
This, then, is the question confronting
us on every side, yet persistently and
deliberately set aside by municipal
leaders.
Now the question is. What ought
the church to do with 1t? And the an
swer is she must determine ON one
thing. This she has never yet deter
mined upon. She feels the wrong of the
saloon, but not sufficiently. She must
come to an awful sense of the sinful
ness of the saloon as an awful crime
against God and society before she will
put ii away. We have seen 1t so long
that our attitude is too largely one OF
impatient tolerance. We are not deep
ly sensitive to it's sin. We must see
that 1t is a wrong against all life
around us and therefore its very pres
ence is a crime. Yea, more we must
see that Its legalization Is a heinouS
sin, one of the darkest blots ON oul
civilization, and If so our only attitude
Is its outlawry. We organize against
the bandit but this bandit Of social life
we protect and throw around him q
shield of law.
''Must the church stand for this
Surely it's only true attitude is th'
destruction of this evil. 1t must insist
that the saloon shall go. And once tha
It is settled-settled in no half-heartef
Way-the ways and means for the sa
| looms overthrow win soon be clearly
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-26
MILDRED AVENUE
CASE SETTLED
Meeting Held to Put Stop to Petition
Ends with the Dissatisfied Ones
Captivating to the
Majority
Special to The Herald.

special to The Herald.
VENICE, Nov. 25.-For the purpose
of deciding on action that would bring
negative influence to bear on the
petition now being circulated, and to
be presented TO the board of city trus-
tees, favoring the granting of a rail-
road franchise to the Los Angeles Pa
eihc company to utilize Mildred ave-
nue. for railway purposes a small body
OF Mildred avenue property owners met
at Los Angeles yesterday when, after
a heated discussion of the matter, the
diseontents gracefully gave way to the
majority and the meeting adjourned
without having effected in any way
the status of the question.
j. w. Roberts, who has consistently
Fought the railway plans, and j. G..
French. who has been foremost Of
those i'm favor OF letting the railway
IN, led the opposing factions.
Some weeks ago the railway made
application to the board for the fran
chise in question, at which time great
protest went up from property owners
In the Mildred avenue district against
It's being granted. II was expected
that the railway would make a fight
for the franchise and action was taken
10 meet the company more than half
way. But the application was With
drawn without explanation on notice
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-26
SERMON ON SAN FRANCISCO +
DISASTER AND GRATITUDE

Special to The Herald.
PASADENA, Nov. 25.-Taking as the
subject of his theme the great San
Francisco disaster and in spite of that
the numerous things which the people
Eave to be thankful for, the Rev. S. G..
Dunham. pastor Of the First Univer-
salist church, preached powerful SER
mon this morning. His theme was
thanksgiving and Calamity"
Mr.. Durham made OF his text an
argument for thankfulness when Things
IooL black. citing the fact that it is
mighty easy to be thankful when every
thing is running along in prosperous
style. He showed how In even the most
frightful situation there is always
something for which to be grateful to
the Divine Being, and recited the good
which has come of the fiery. house
cleaning which the California metrop-
oils has undergone.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-26
FOLLY MAY C0ST
LIFE Of HUNTER
HENRY BORDEAUX DRAWS GUN
TOWARD HIM; is SHOT
Wounded Man Lives in Los Angeles,
and Authorities at Pasadena
Hospital Say Recovery
Is Doubtful
Pasadena Agency,
1872 East Colorado Street.
Telephone Main 752.

PASADENA, Nov. 25.-Henry Bor-
deaux, of 49S Caroline street, Los An
geles, was shot and probably fatally
injured this afternoon near Dolgeville
in a most peculiar manner The man
is now in the Pasadena hospital and
the attending physician says that the
chances are that he will not recover.
Bordeaux, friend and a Japanese
were on their way in a light wagon to
do some shooting near Dolgeville when
the accident occurred. The little party
had alighted, leaving the Japanese
holding the horse, when Bordeaux
went around to the back of the We
hicle and started to pull his loaded
He drew the weapon towards him muz-
zle first and as the rifle scraped along
the bottom of the wagon it was ac-
cidently discharged
The bullet, a 3S-calibre one, entered
the lower chest and the man dropped
to the ground instantly. He was load
ed into the wagon and hurried to Pasa-
dena where a hurried examination
lead the doctors to believe that the bull
let had followed one of the ribs around
the vital organs and had done no
serious injury. The bullet could even
be felt just beneath the skin of the
back and the man did not appear co
be badly hurt.
A small incision showed that the
outside appearances had been very de-
ceitful The bullet had gone between
two of the ribs, passed through the
liver, nearly bisecting that organ. A
frightful hemorrhage had followed and
IL was seen as soon as the operation
was performed that 1t was exceeding
ly doubtful If the man would survive
The bullet made most peculiar
wound or tear i'm the liver, such a
wound as is seldom seen in such al
affair. Instead of cutting a small
round hole 1t made rupture over
two inches in width over FIVE yard.
OF medical gauze was used by the doc
tors TO hold the injured organ together
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-26

seen In moral questions we never see
the way a thing is to be done until we
have determined it shall be done. 1t
was SO with slavery-it must be so
with the saloon.
''And the church must undertake it.
The politician will not dare to touch
it, for it is the shame of today that
the saloon is the master of the politi-
clans. And he would lose his place did
he attempt to throttle it's movements.
So he bends his knee to this god of
the twentieth century. The church
must, therefore, take up in downright
earnest this great proposition. The
saloon must go. When she does the
day of victory over this colossal evil
comes to it's dawning.
What the church determines on is
then the actual thing. She is social con-
science. If she is lax, society is lax;
If she is firm, society in the end be-
comes strong toward the right. That
she has made great advance against
this evil all will admit. But she must
come farther. At all costs the saloon
must go.
"And when she does, she will come
one step farther and will lay aside
politics in order to crush the saloon.
At present the saloon fears her but
little because she is too deeply bound
up in politics. She will know no poll
tics but her business, and that busi-
ness is to crush every evil around her.
THE church believes partyism above
Christ and so she is politically power
less against the saloon, for practical
politics today is not the science of gov
ernment but of misgovernment. And
so by its intense partisanship the
church stands for the government of
the saloon. by the saloon and for the
saloon. And she will never win out
her victory against this wrong until
she is willing to break away political
ties and know no party but the party
of Jesus Christ. And when she does Sc
she will force the saloon into such a
place in politics that the day of it's de-
struction will be near at hand. For
she holds the balance of power. She
casts the deciding vote on all moral
issues. 1t is her just function to throw
her whole weight into the scale OF
| righteousness and for her to do sc
would be to win out the great battle
against the saloon"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-26

to who will be selected by the remain
ing members of the board to fill Mr.
Wheat's uneXpired term.
AS yet no intimation as to the name
of their new colleague, for it is gem
orally believed that the trustees have
agreed" has been made public and
although every substantial citizen in
the community not on the board has
apparently been named in general dis
cussion, there is nothing to show that
one stands better chance than an
other of getting the appointment
Among candidates who have been
named, David Evans, ex-president Of
the Bank of Venice, Abbot Kinney,
Marvin r. King, president of the Com
mercial bank of Ocean Park; A. R.
Fraser, president of the Community
league, and j. G. French, all have
numerous supporters. Mr., Evans, who
has been recognized as having an
aversion to taking active part in mu-
n1cipal affairs, today declined to dis
cuss his candidacy for the vacancy,
but refused to say that he would not
go on the board if the opportunity was
oHered to him. That Abbot Kinney
is impossible" seems to be the
opinion of some persons who have a
knowledge of the feeling that exists
between him and the city officials at
this time. Furthermore it is doubt
full if Mr.. Kinney could be induced to
burden himself with new responsible
ties that would make regular demands
on his time.
Owing to the strained relations ex-
listing between the Santa Monica trus-
tees and this municipality it is gen
orally believed that none other than a
man known to stand pat" on com
munity questions will fill the retiring
trustees seat. The board now con-
sists of the following trustees: Mayor
Dana Burke, A. Ed Robinson, Force
Parker, j. NJ. Jones and w. r. Wheat
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-26

and then at the general suggestion that
perhaps the railway intended going to
Playa del Rey with its plans, which
were supposed to have a bearing on
the proposed harbor project, the COM
munity came to the conclusion that
mistake had been made and immedi-
ately set about to petition the railway
to renew the application, with the
promise that it would go through.
Yesterdays meeting was inspired by
few who still oppose the railway
project and whom the champions of
the franchise term "obstructionists."
1t is generally contended that in Pc
titioning for the franchise the railway
had in view building wharf out from
Mildred avenue to connect with an eX-
tension to be built to the breakwater.
This plan, engineers say, is quite
practicable and that the conditions for
establishing at that point harbor for
deep sea vessels are excellent. That
the railway has been offered every in
ducement to put its plans into effect at
Playa del Rey is conceded by those
who know the ins and outs of improve
ment operations in that district.
Because of the rapidly decreasing
population of this section, citizens
mass meeting will be held Tuesday
evening at the ship hotel when the
matter OF bringing in new residents
and inducing people to stay here dur
ing the winter will be discussed. The
recent offer of Abbott Kinney to do
nate $50 to the parents of each child
born in Venice has as yet called forth
no response. The mother of one child
that was born ten days before the an
nouncement was made was yesterday
presented by Mr.. Kinney with a silver
loving cup as recognition of her SER
vices in boosting the Venice mortality
tables. At present there are probably
fewer people residing in this district
than at any time during last winter.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-26
M'LE0D HOME SOON FROM
HALF-YEAR TRIP TO EUROPE
Special TO The Herald.

Special 70 The Herald.
PASADENA, Nov. 25.--Rev. DR.. w.
H. Carnett filled the pulpit OF the
First Presbyterian church at both SER
Vices. DR.. Carnett's coming has been
looked forward to for some time but
While he has been announced on one
or two previous occasions. he has been
obliged heretofore to cancel his en-
gagements.
This is probably the last Sunday
which the pulpit Of the First Presby-
terian church has to be filled prior to
the return of the regular pastor, DR..
Malcolm James Mcleod. DIR. Mcleod
Is expected back from a six-months'
trip abroad the latter part OF the week
and he will probably preach next sun
day in the First church.