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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-17

kali plains of Arizona. swept by the torrfd heat from brazen sun. where water Is as scarce as hen''s teeth, to the sfrozen North---to Alaska; and they have slaved, they have worked with a zeal that was almost super human and endured privattons that are ghastiy in their details. in the eff fort to subject prosperity to do their will. Eas5.
 Tn the West today, there are limited sections where by forcing methods, ir- rigation and almost unceasing labor. many difrer6nt crops can be raised, and 1t is crops, the products of the soil and agriculture, that after all con- stitute the overpowering balance of wealth of the United States. In the West today the majority of land. how ever. is not suited to raising varied crops--what in agricultural pariance Is called the rotation of crops--but on the contrary. the great staplesNwhich actually can be depended upon. are wheat and corn. to which are added in some sections. hay, apples, etc.
 Compare this with the South, where everything that nature offers to the enrichment of mankind. is found in magnificent abundance.
 In the South, the climate Is favor able to the growing of every crop and almost every fruit known to the mar kets of the world.
 ( Tn one county in North Carolina, every known mineral and almost every known gem have been found.
 There is an abundance of territory in the South. an abundance of miner als, and miilions of horsepower go- ing to waste in our rivers.
 Twenty thousands dollars for one crop of alfalfa on a 400-acre farm of J. F. Jack of King George County,
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n inc october issue of The World's kuork. there is an article from the pen ns the late governor John A. Iohnson lof Minnesota, under the caption The Call of the west" The article IS ssnIendid in its conception and the nufhor has handled bis subject so that Nha vital factors leave their impress
 zion indelibIy impressed upon the mind as line after line reveals its 1acts 70 Iahe reader. <.
 He says that the call of the West js
 fpr brave men who will know no sec- Aional lines. He states in, another l1place that it is time for the West to tShroyv off the shackfes of the East. and lhis reference is political as well as icommercial.
 1 The thought that this involves In Ahe mind of the progressive South- Lernor should be Identical with tnal (which suggeste ditself to the late and talented Governor of Minnesota. It is time for the South to throw on the ehackles. not only of the East. but also of the West and every other sec- ton. The time is ripe when there tshouid be a properly directed move- lment of progress along broader lines lthan has thus far been attempted . EThere should be a broader policy or tpublfcfty-a concontlshtsu MorcuASAAs -.s (which everybody will participate. and mot merely a Hash in the pan here and Ethere.
 There are many reasons which called ssnan to the West in the days gone by land there are still factors of powerful Efmport which attract within it's pre- icincts a flood of immigration from ievery land which the sun shines upon. [ In the South today there Is offered agricuituraL climatic and industriai conditions unsurpassed by those m
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-17

Virginia, is an indication of what in- teiligent farming will do to transform what are supposed to be worn-out lands in Virginia. into fields of most luxuriant growth. fsa
 The land and climate of Virginia, North and South Carolinas Georgia and every Southern State is far more suitable to or~the intelligent rotation of crops than any other part of the United States.
 There is a great deal of noise being made about the wonderful applies from Oregon, and yet more perfect speci- men of this luscious fruit has never been grown nor ever will be grown than the famous Albermarie pippin from Virginia.
 The statement has been made. and can be proved, that there is hardly manneds What is the solution of this probIem7 Simply do what common sense dictates. The farmer should not bite off more than he can chew. Re- duce the acreage. There are thous- afds of farmers in the South today who are making four times as much money by cultivating only half the land that they used to till.
 One of the great staples of the West is the corn crop. and yet corn is, prop erly speaking. plant which Is at It's best in warmer climates. It is logi- caliy. a Southern crop. and better va rieties can be grown in the South than can be produced in the West.
 The West is continually growing about its contribution of wealth to the United States. Let 1t be admit ted that everything they say in that regard Is true, and the South can claim and 1t can prove that similar
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-17
BY ,. ouLrzPrER.

floor. because he can talk longer with out saying anything than ."the next one"
 one of the brethren q think it was the Sunday School work) had feeling iy alluded to the recently patented wall device for draining us, of our hard earned money. eight days in the week and six Sundays in the month. Bro. Fouville Q.believe I'll begin to say. love the old fellow) in the very beginning of his broken remark. sug- gested that if the Bishop of our Baptist Diocese had developed out of his Anti-Saloon brain. device for collecting less money. 1t would have suited us much better, since hard times have not needed the request to +come again. no more"
 And then he told us, in plaintive tones, have over all our Associational territory. tho "Wet draught" had come in the Spring and the "dry drought" in the summer till we would- mt make cotton enough to ''do" till Christmas. nor corn enough to fill a mustard seed; that 1t is hard for us to see "the smiling face behind a drowning Providence.' that we are in the frame of mind of aid Bro High tower in the experience meeting" Ino olu IeuoW uoo IeceiVeu lTofu tHe Lord the Rheumatism. Paralysis. Pellagra. Asthma, Appendicitis the collie and tho toothache till he was a physical wreck. The brethren in the presence of this body of affliction. had told. in grateful note. the mercy and goodness and blessedness of the Lord to them. When they had all spoken the good pastor said Brother High tower, what has the Lord done for you?'
 And the old man. made gentle by affliction. arose with difficulty. in pain and shabby clothes. and with a pathos to make the angles weep. said:
 well. he has mighty nigh ruint mer'
 Brother Fonville continued and said. "Although he has afflicted us, that we. with the strong. firm faith and trust of one of old, "Wiil trust Him though He slay us." Continuing. he remarked. .as touching our heathen brother, I have such implicit faith in the impartiaiity of infinite love. that I believe the Father of us all. will take eternal care of every son of Adam; but. once heard. a glorious story of wondrous Love and 1t made me rejoice; you. Brethren. heard 1t and it made you happy. and. poor as we are, if by our small contributions we can assist in carrying this story to our heather brother. that he may rejoice and be happy. too. and. per- chance. another one of 'em may en- rich our literature with something like,
 "Oh. Thous my soul. forget no more the friend who all thy sorrows bore" we ought to do 1t for Torres sake" And the peroration was the ringing of dollar on the table
 And, the Brethren. the Loves Sake. covered the table with silver. to aid in the spreading of the glorious Bos- pei of the Blessed God!,
 Again we rested for dinner.
 Saturday afternoon. we considered the report on the Orphans Home.
 The chief speaker was the anti saloon (stin disguised) In clerical clothes ''all buttoned down before"
 He told. pathetically. graphically. the story of the fatherless and our hearts were melted with the story.
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occurred In France with the motor- driven aeroplane within the last few weeks, have further dampened the en- thusiasm of many wouid-be aviators. The first of these, which happened on September 2, resulted in the death al- most instantly of Lefebvre. who was one of the newest and probably the most daring of all the French aviators. The second one, which occurred only last week (September 22), snuffed out the life of Captain F'erber, who was probably the best known theorist and practician in the art of aviation in France. Both of these accidents oc- cured while the men were trying out new machines. In the case of Lefebvre he was making his first flight with new Wright bi-plane. The machine rose in the air without difficulty, and flew for some distance in straight line. Lefebvre made an excellent turn, and was flying back again in a straight line when suddenly the machine dived to the ground, striking its head on with terrific force. The motor fell up- on the aviator, who was crushed and had his skull fractured.
 Captain Ferber, on the other hand, was experimenting with new Voisin aeroplane He had flown half q mile at a height of about twenty-five feet. and was making a turn when the ma chine tipped a great deal. and also dropped on the turn, so that the end of the lower plane struck the ground. The machine reared on its nose and Eerber was thrown to the ground, the motor falling upon him. He managed to extricate himself. and was able to walk to the grand stand with the aid of some spectators He said that he had flown too low. and that he had been bothered by the wind in making the turn. He was not seriously injured to all appearances. but in a few minutes a hemorrhage set in, and he died before a doctor arrived. The machine was badly damaged. and 1t was a wonder that the aviator was not instantly kill ed. Captain Ferber probably did more than any other man to bring the art of aviation to it's present advanced point He was much of q theorist. and only
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-17

we are intsrsstsd in the heathsn.
 And % tt goes. ' Z Our Association e one of the oidest In the gtste--oreanlsed tn 1s1e
 and sincaIcuiabis good that this. shody of sarnest Christians. by united encft. has done in oil these years. and the chickens they have eaten ct sthese nine- ty gladsome meetlngD.
 The anna1s of this Association have in them the names and benevolent deeds of many uaints. who have laid .vinsysrd Of the Lcrd~. and zone on .c sc prxiss .Hiw in the naansions ,of the sky. Their lives were an inspiratfon and d bensdlction and their going away wal in the triumph and glory of the Chris
 The Association. once strong in great and distinguished mon. has had vicissitudes.
 Several timss depleted by churches wttndrawtng to form more convenient associstions. ws have rrown down- wards In numbers till today we are few In churcnes. poor in- worldly goods, but, benevolence Inherited, 10 still strong within us. and. while. in meas- ure. Ignoring the asseDsment list, we carry the heathen on our heart. and liberally give him of our means some- where 10 to IS cents apiecel
 This 10 or IS cents love of the heathen. distinguishes us from the Primitive Bapusts. while their clean feet distinguish them from us--and the bouquets smell to heaven of brotherly love. and--Babylon.
 hadn't attended our association since its last session, and felt under some obligation to 70. even if the readers of The Adveftiser were dis gruntled.
 My wife. who is grounded in the Baptist faith, as far as che knows it, goes every time, to keep me straight. and assist me In Improving the inter estfng remarks I make on the floor. She usually regrets~ that she didn't speak in my stead--gays if she couldn't make . better speech on any report than do. ahe wouldn't make any at all. Such crfticism, no doubt, in- tended to silence me. makes me ambi- 'tious to beat myself and "try. try again"
 - She went this time and got on the ground before I did. since had to make detour by Montgomery to hear the Weakley-O'Neal debate. As they both claim kin with her "and have the claim allowed" she earnestly and, I just as well say, commandingiy di- rectiy me to be neutral in applause. Tor" she said. "one of 'em may be Governor and-thenr'. etc.
 I cheerfuily promised to be discreet in applause--the more readily -as I have never fallen into the habit of thoughtiess men, wac clap their hands. stamp their feet and uproariousiy shout at the nothings of their cham pions. q suppose "giistening general, fties' is the better and proper designa- ton of cause for applause). That I might hear the better the ifs and ands. the pros and cons. of the harmless. devilish amendment, I got Q comfortable seat on the edge of the platform. and was instructed first by Weakiey and then by O'Neai. and went out knowing almost as much as when I went in.
 I was pleased to note that the old war horse. Colonel Sanford. is "at 1t again." taking my advice of some time ago to be young again, keep up with the procession, take one side or the other, and "give 'em the deviiy like ine
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the balloon to come down. Her basket caught against the projection of roof and spilled her out upon the pave ment. where she was picked up dead
 The first military martyr was Lieu tenant Harris. of the British navy. who. In May 1924, while studying the strate- gic value of balloons attached to war ships, was dashed to earth and killed by the breaking of a valve in his hal- l0on And in September of the same year, Windham Sadier. going up from Black bunn, England, was dropped to his death near, Bolton, his balloon hav- ing collided with chimney.
 When John Wise, greatest of all American baIloonists, abandoned his muslin balloon, in lsa6. for the "Me- teor," wrought of silk, he went up in 1t from Lancaster, Pa. on a showery day in May. He sGiled to the south ward, and was soon lost in big black cloud. That night he descended near Port Deposit. Md, and, mooring his balloon near Q farmhouse. aroused the family. It was drizzling, and he was disch arging the gas from the upper valve when some one brought light exploding the gas in the heavy atmos- phere. Wise was thrown back ten feet. severely scorched, and some of those gathered around were badly burned. Wise was taken to Philadelphia. where he recovered. i.
 In July, 1887. an immense crowd gathered in Vauxhal Gardens. London. to see an aged savant. Robert Cooking. test his new parachute. It was of Irish linen, had circumference of TOT feet. and was fastened below the basket of balloon, wherein two aeronauts were stationed. Mir. Cooking got into the Smaller basket of the parachute, and the big balloon. after taking him slow iy up, drifted gracefully away. But a rider, following on horseback. arrived at a field near Lee, In Kent just in time to find the dead body of Cooking, who had fallen through the air a mile in the collapsed parachute.
 Another victim of the parachute was Leturr. Killed in 1854. while attempt Ing a descent. and soon afterward Ar ban. of France. while rising in g bai-
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ana our material response made glad the anti-saloon and he commended us in words of praise
 We had no services Saturday night
 On the morrow was late fn gsf- ting in- Up to Saturday ntght by the legerdemain. of a discreet brother. we had kept politics out. and.G had con- graduated the brethren on the swesf spirit that pervaded the meeting.
 When I arrived on Sunday morning. anti saloon was in the pulpit. charg- ing down upon the cold gang" and saying things impolite of tho -old guard that fought the country's bat ties in time of war and saved if in the worse times of peace
 I was rejoiced to observe that the "old gang" were 'sitting steady In the boat" like a stonewau or the Rock of Gibraltar, or the boy that stood on the burning deck
 Brother EoueviIle entered as I did and undaunted. walked right up whore words were hottest and gesticuiations most furious. I never saw q man more calm under fire. tIf no body else Is proud of the old follow. am-)
 He waited with the patience of John for the end of the flow of denunoiation of those who stand for tho sanctity
  came the old man rose. and with . manner as "sweet as the memory of sympathy said
 Bro. Moderator. what are we con sidering now?"
 .srhe report on temperance.s
 Please let me see 1t.
 Which he did, and then the old broth CT, faithful to the traditions of homes protested against search (bless himD read the mild, harmless. well written report, then said:
 "Bro. Moderator, inasmuch as Bro. Anti Saloons remarks have no relation to this report. because they are irrele- want, move that they be withdrawn from the associatione'
 Without Funeral note'' the battle was won and the Amendment was NOT endorsed.
 Bro. Anti-Saloon shook his gory locks at Bro. Fonville and almost put him to rout with:
 "You'ye been my Butcher at this Wa terloo, but I'll be your Brutus at--the Phillipinesr' a
 And the brethren. in spirit (not spir- its) that talks by telepathy. joined me (likewise in spirit)--
 when the roll is called in November. Wen he there: yes. we'll be there!
 We had dinner again.
 Sandy Ridge is famous for good dim ners, for every Housewife brides her self, like old Mrs. Primrose. in "cook- ing, in pickling and preserving" And the bountiful dinner was served with such cheeri
 The place is historic. as the scene of an insurrection wherein the poor, de- luded blacks were repulsed and Scat- tered with unsatisfactory loss. before the A. N. c. arrived.
 1t was the Sweet Auburn" of 1.owndes. in the ante bel1um days, and situated in the center of the surround ing country. The girls were pretty, there. and many and many a time ..whiled the happy hours away" in youthful dalliance with some biushing beauty of this loveiiest village of the plain.
 loft in the stiliy night" disturbed her slumbers with banjo, fiddle and guitar and also with.
 "wake. lady. wake: I'm waiting for
 thee,
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mi. .ssa. s,ais s:,.. s: asv.r my ss'as thss'
 Or with-- x "on! the lone. starry hears si~s ne
 When stili Is the beautiful nssh { or with some other classic cf tnoc( blessed times in the Beautiful Past
 The ground is sacred. Here s{4f(s ed to the war with a company off4k men, young. hopeful. buoyant with pat riotism, and but few of them ever ye<1 turned!
 Here I learned to meet upon the lep4. el. act upon the plumb and part upou the square: here I assisted in h1diuU from mortal sight the . bodies of 44' many of my brethren. and comfoxto1; the weeping friends with the blcagc4 assurance of the Lion of the tribe pa Judah
 'T win raise him up at the last dey!<
 Here, my old comrade. Jack Brook&> lived and when the trees were broWns ing and the 'possums and 'sin1mons Gox< ting ripe. he would go out in the d4& and gather simmons for beer (outlnWSi cd. nowl and catch the possums 41 night--bearing them home on th4 shoulder of q faithful ' nigGsr. 9ttns their taifs in a split: have them f15cSs sums'' prepared in old Virginia 8aBhfout eat 'em without saying grace (nonodys can wait for that in the presence .Qf the 'possum): wash 1t down with 'sin1< mon beer and cry for more. oh Iyord for more!"
 He, from some indispositton of fat q iaziness. could not attend. was palu< cd to hear that he no longer sings. "How dear to my heart are tils seemed
 when fond recoIlection presents thar1 The 'simmons. the. 'possum. the tret
 When | split the stick open and
 pulled his tail through"
 He Is reported to me as being for ths amendment, but when he reads fhe1a lines. with recollection revived. bell turn from the error of his way and come out strong for scuppernonEs. Tor blackberries. for sorghum skimm1nxt and the dear. the sharp. the good per- simmon beer!
 fsee his mouth "water.") M
 The ground ts haliowed. It Ia in th6 Lords Country" where my dead art buried. and. |. Like the hare whom hounds and hosn Pants i' ito tSe @ place from which Tt arst I stiii have hopes. my long vexations
 past. fE .4 There to return and die--at home
 last"
 The day is passing: the parting hour has come! We may never meet sgatus
 With tears and sobs we give the parting hand" as we sadly. sweatly sing:
 "Biest be the tic that binds
 Our hearts in mutual love: The fellowship of kindred minds
 -Is like to that above.
 Before our Fathers throne
 We pour our ardent prayers: Our Tears, our hopes, our aims are ou&s
 Our comforts and our cares. We share our mutual woes.
 Our mutual burdens bear: s And often for each other flows
 The sympathizing tear.
 sswhen we asunder part.
 It gives us inward pain, But we shall still be joined in heart
 And hope to meet again. The Association stands ad5ournadl
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1 psed to give 1t to me. He said that he would. and lo! 'The's up and at 'ern!'' z Keeping up with the procession" is the Antidote to rciiing years. Keep up! When | rot to the essociation. the next morning. my lord and master. In her seal. had carried politics to the grounds and wss talking like . little man. agAinst the "searohing" amend ment. she suspended her remarks when she found that everybody Is on the Lord's sids and dew to meet her neutral learner at the feet of the oAmilisls, Weakley and O'Neai.
 Did you 60 to the spsahinsT
 ..wsli. what about itr. sWeakiey arrove on the ground the fustest. but o'Nsai had the mostest
 ~wsrs they anything liK. equally
 .sweakiey seems the .stumpisst.' but o,Neal is . small smitchin' the tall- est"
 swhith made the better speschr'
 The truth is 70 easy to tell that often and often 1t will como bouncing out of me, involuntarily. and I have often found 1t necessAry to stay tho nasty word. till, reflection. like pile witn- out inhsbitants.s has done It's perfect Y In . nash. reelected from the neu- trality direction of the day before to that day In the dim receeding past, when cautious bfidge witness had delivered from the stand this answer to impertinent inquiry:"T nave seed better an have seed wusg joined neutrality to discretion and honesty replied. T have hearn better and I have hearn wusr'
 t Can they beat you and Kolb and them in the days that stirred mems souls?'
 Not by . mill dam sitew
 If the Lord were to nelp 'en. can they even hope to speak as well7''
 1knp res nothing impossible with the Lord, but this would be such a strain on him that I don't think he'll even undertake it."
 Well. I can beat you. Lord or no Lord!"
 .'Bsc.uss you always have the clos (Which one of em Is going to be Governor"
 ..The one that has the most money and puts 1t where 1t will do the most good''--but let's postpone this inter- view as the opening hymn is sweetly rising.
 bro. Adams (uot ne or the cverlast- Ing burning arms) of the- Tuskegee Association, earnestly gave us good Baptist doctrine in the introductory sermon and we rested for dinner.
 After dinner. the letters from the churches were read, the organization perfected and the call for correspond- er1ce sounded. The churches were near iy all fully represented by the mes sengers. As already stated. the Tus- kegee Association was there: the Mont gomery Association, the Salem-T Troy and the Crenshaw County Association, and we were glad. The Howard Col 1lege was there and The Alabama Bap- tist. and the orpban's Home and the Sunday School Work. and the Anti-Sa- loon.. disguised but closely guarded by the "Safe and Sane." with bilious heart and stin upper lip"-and we were delightedi
 The first business to consider was the report on schools and colleges.
 Bro. Fonville q can't help but like tho old fellow and used to sympathixe
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-17

Reports from builders of steam shovel and dredging machinery show that electricity as motive power in working these shovels and dredges has gone beyond the experimental stage, and that In the future design of such shovels and dredges eletriceity Is go- ing to play very important part.