The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-05
SIDEWALK PENCILINGS
Need of Missions at Home.


 There Is no argument to be made against the sending of missionaries to heather lands" said MontSosnery wo- mar yesterday. but there is declded argument in favor of an increased ef- fort for the civilizing and the Chris tianizing of the hundreds of people in . certain class within the borders of our own State. Crimes are being per pertated. almost daily, within the shadow of the churches of this city, that for depravity and he'no1sness, as viewed from standpoint or civiliHa- tion, would be disgraceful in the heart of Africa. There must be a remedy Hundreds of men and women Sll over the country are giving .hsir lives to the missionary cause, and yet the work in our own country seems to languish. Knowing no law, those of the heather countries, dying, cannot be judged by Flaw, but here, where the laws Of God and man are known 10 all. the consa- quence to those who live in state of open defiance of such laws, should be a matter of deep consideration, espe- cially to those who have made the mat ter a life work It is very true that the honor and glory attached to tho work in the slums of our own cities is not so great as to that of crossing the waters and invading foreign fields, but the good that can be accomplished here at home. and the need of the work, is not to be rsckoned.
 The Cry of the Pcssimist.
 6VGT HOllC6 IL. a NlllGSh savagely yesterday. "Did it ever rain when you remembered, or your wife insisted upon your carrying ar um- brela? And, on the other hand, did your macintosh was left anging on the hall stand? After dinner t0day I was walking down Dexter Avenue to- ward my office when it suddenly began to rain. Then 1t started to lOdr. and in few minutes Teddy might have reviewed the fleet on the avenue, so far as water was concerned Of course I had carried my umbrella all morning, and likewise of course l had left it at home when I went to ,iinrer. So 1t is with other things Dyspeptio people are hungrier than any others because their stomach won't let them olt. Peo- live in the South, while those who pre- fer a warn climate usually reside in the North. It is the same way through long list, and stili people call me pessimist.
 Railroad Commission Meets.
 The Alabama Railroad Commission will meet today at noon at the Capi- that body in two months, nd will be the first mee- ing since = strenuous campaign in which President 5. B. Conner was nominated for Governor. It has been the custom of the Com mission to take one months holiday In August or September. As the cam paign was on, no meeting of the Com mission was held this year during Au- gust. The Commission will find heavy docket awaiting. it. Associate Commissioner w c. Tnlstall spent yesterday in Montgomery
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 The many friends of pr. Shirley Bragg, President Of the State Board of Convict Inspectors. wi3l De glad to learn that he is recovering rom his illness in New York cih. Dr, Bragg went to New York q cru.le of weeks ago for treatment, fn3 while there un- derwent an operation. Reports from his bedside indicate Hu early recovery. pr. Nat G. Clark, Phvsician Inspec- tor of Convicts. was i'l Montgomery yesterday en route to some "f tue lum- Der camps in south Alabama where he will Inspect the stAss eonytots em- rounding them.
 MT w. r. Vandiver left the city yesterday for Hot Springs, Ark. where of the Southern Cotton Association, be- ginning tomorrow.
 Among the Birmingham visitors to the Capitol yesterday were Messrs. G. SSibley. II. Y. Lyons and E. B. Van kcurcn.
 Messrs; G; E; goscuee and ,n R. R; " w.;
  yesterday.
 MT. William Kennedy of Bessemer was a visitor to Montgomery yester- day.
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 MT. w. L. c Haigler and '"ife of Haynevile visited Montgomery yester- day.
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 Meysrs w s. Lewis and P. T. Wild smith of Birmingham are at the Elem ing.
 Mir, w. c. Tunstall Jr.. of Anniston is registered at the New Exchange.
 MT. George A. Brewer of Dadeville was in Montgomery yesterday. A % & Mir. C. F Sheldon Of Mobile Is stop ping at the New Exchange.
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 MT Harry Greenway' manager ot Electric Park during the season just closing left for New York last night where he will take charge of Wells