The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-26
What fhe State Papers
 Are Saying and Doing

Feel it In the Air. on fai time ana aniet eS reigns rs ai oVeT Alabama. After the presidential cleo ton prosperity is going to sWoop Wh Sast sesI poh it n Ss ths h iIl r measures we Mo,,,. Through n Barrel. came voice to William k. Hearst out or a crowd in Louisville. when the ir- dependence party organizer made an a nonnaar oh innssy.n Ssydn: II has been the talked through barrel
 Every Town should Have One. Guntersville Democrat.
 Gadsden has City Beautiful" club. What Is the result? So many homes have been made beautiful that it was difficult for a committee to award the prize offered by the club, and in the award 1t Is noticeable that one colored woman won a prize for the improved condition of her home.
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 Public sentiment Must Uphold The Centreviile Press. Law
 There is less violation of the pro- hibition law in Blob now than for years past. It is not so much the fear SA S PuniShhehts put the people are drowning down on those whc patronize c the tiger, until 1t has made the busi- ness unprofttable. A good wholesome sentiment can stop great many things that are wrong.
 Keep Them At Home. Luverne Journal
 People who own dogs should not per- ed few days ago that a good iady came near being seriously hurt by fall ing over q dog at church. besides if there is dog heaven, we think the liL- to get to heaven If they are left at home on meeting days.
 oldest Veteran. Selma JournaI
 The city of Selma harbors within it's borders man who can lay claim to being, with but few exceptions, the oldest Confederate veteran of the state antiquity record Is Mir L D. Willett. who at present lives on Water Street, beyond Division. with his daughter, Mrs. Batterson. He was born In 1S19, and hence his age Is synchronous with that of Alabama as state.
 Independent Thinking and Voting. Opelika News.
 There has not been so much inde-
  timent of the press public men and the voters for many years as there is in the present campaign. There Is so much apathy in the Presidential cam sa sad e sa sseon %anof Sof ssss ssi sas Usrs @ sume far more importance with the people than ever before in a national campaign year.
 MOseley Comfortable in JiI. Mobile Register.
 I. Editor W; A. MMossley of The wash; ssat so S as o asE ii. oSSpy PsPsE for him G too d small. 9r The S sheriff SdH hSospi- tably ty assigned him quarters in the comfortable. airy and commodious." Bunyan and others did good in writing in tails. Lets see what Moseley win now turn out.
 Too Cruel . Sentence. Talladcga Mountain Home.
 The Birmingham Ledger recites, a pitiful story of a young man serving mine sentence for using obscene language who was accidentally killed a few days before his terfn of service that a mine sentence is too severe for petty offenses. This young man had a wife and children dependent upon him. While the killing was accidental, that it Is liable to happen to others Is argument sufficient that the sentence is too severe.
 RaIae More Corn. PrattvilIe Progress.
 Ask the city man who came from the country what he thinks of It. and al- ways he will tell you that he longs for the freedom of the country and its fields. and the wholesome generosity and kindliness of its people He will tell you that not even the success sate for the joy of living whero the skies are blue, where breeZes blow sweet scented over stretches of meadow and forest. where the song of birds makes music that sweetens the soul. and where men and women love you for what you are.
 Walkers Court House. Jasper News.
 The exterior of the splendid new Court House has assumed handsome and nearly complete proportions. The east and west fronts present much front. and one must look upon 1t from those two sides to see 1t as 1t really Is. Soon the seaffolding and all false work will be torn down and the debris carried away. Then must begin the work of landscaping the square. If the architect. 1t will be one of the State and an attractive card to the eye of the visitor. When all this is done the county authorities sh ouid see to 1t that the magnificent temple of justice and the grounds be kept clean and cared for in a becoming manner.