The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-15

which he discovered was only a change
 well. you hit him hell of Iickr'
 ! have thought 1t proper not to sup press these recollections of heroes just srssT rsnd the mov;Ss s;ycions and the PrsssdIag
 Lsuppose to the distressing inquiry answer may be found in the enphon ious sni ss langsaEe . of the belated History of AinDama Skaisley greasy spot" and the manner of. late political knock out" may be found In the Information youchsafsd a by the late Mr. Patterson
 But. there ought to ..arise reflection from the truisni-<"The Simple go on and are punished"
 Woe woe to country when
 The people follow foolish men.
 Out of the debris of the election. 50 to speak, the. church people should be proud of their consistency In voting Tor the Prohibition candidate. Chafifl
 Christian consistency of the Altar slssnap, and Polls is fearful to the whisksy i that Chain would be neglected. by the exemplary pious Of the State. 1 am glad to record an agreeable surprise in votes in the State-showing that vote as you pay!" is taking root.
 Perhaps this Is to be accounte1 for the very midst of h the Associationai i season. when We are warmed up" in the work Of the Lord.
 To tell the truth. it's getting to be sociation: We haven't quite picked np courage enough to post placards on the grounds of the Assoeiation---s.K eep your hands on your pocketbooks,s'- IT plckpockets were abundant but we'll set to 1t some sweet day. q
 It looks like the Lord Is continual " calling men to invent or discover some new object for us to "foster.s We are already Fostering so many noble objects that our assessment list is fearfully long. @g--,r
 The time has been that we. Baptists. would nc. more stand an sassassfre rt' than the Methcdists would Final Per severance, but the old conservatfsm is giving way to the rampant radicaIism that yaunts itself in aLordlnx II over Gods heritage" and the Assessment Fan grows apace. and the pereenturn to Woe. is me if I preach not the
 Bees toss the drones from, the hive. We have to transfer them. It Is get ting so that wherever two or threes' of us are gathered together some cole lsctor of q fostering is in the midst Of us The prudent man, who has a family to support, is becoming negIi- gent of assembling together on tho Lords day" for fear that some Godly man. who wont work. may beguile him out of his money. t7t .ftt
 These things. ought not SO to be.
 It begins to look like. that prudent men. will have to so with the Hard shells if they want to leave anything to their family when they shuttle off the mortal coil" Our assessment list was 80 long got it laid on the table at our last association.
 We haven't, In name. adopted the Episcopal system, but # things equal to the same thing be equal to each other. we strain at gnats and swallow the camel. aAsQ3 nent blank and quite 8, number of col lectors. We have the Bishop and cabinet. and both the assessment list and the rate of taxation are lacked up'' annually.
 A good deal of the tax is levied for foreign purposes--to. Chriatisnixe the heather, that he may learn the uses of alcohol and opium. and he gently uttered into the Spartan virtues.
 Of course. there are many escapes" in our system. at present In our great. school, where the Chair, of Sys- tematic Giving seems to be most ener- capes" will soon be established as necessary to prepare the theologue for his great work.
 With so many volunteer collectors without bond, we ought to have an
 To encourage sincerity and earnest. honest endeavor, we are about to have discussed, q tall our fifth Sunday meet ings, the momentous. spiritual aues- ti0n, What relation does the eollec- ton. or the percentum thereof. bear to the zeal of the "co1lector" or, 'sEvauRe-
 I'm uneasy about another thfng--I heard one of the most Intelligent of all the Cotton Association orators say that if a half-inch De- added to the shirt-taii of every chipanan. 1t will create a demand for twenty million bales of cotton! And that in addition to what we are already making in the sweat of our face!
 I'm afraid the 'MissioG s>fr4t' is going to become lachrymose oyer this shirt.tail condition of the heather and put on the assessment liet-
 For lengthening the shirt-tail of the Heathen"-"Do all you can, Brethren"
 Have I made these things plain2
 J. Culpepper. r All tha Fa vorffa (ornaa oR tafY. nrra