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The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-05-30

drum, trumpet and jewsharp.
whoever wears clothes trimmed
with gold, silver or bone lace, above
two shillings by the yard. shall be pre-
scented by the grand Jurors. and the se-
lectmen shall tax the offender at 500
pound estate"
There was an ancient law in Massa-
chusetts that ladies dresses should be
made so long as to hide their shoe
buckles
The tradition that beer was forbid
den to be made on Saturday, to pre-
vent the commission OF sin by its
working on the Sabbath. upon the PEN
atty of Jogging the barrel, the histo-
rian Human quotes. but Is unable to
verify.
Smokers may light their pipes with
this choice extract from the early laws
of the colony of New Plymouth (Mass)
1868:
TT is enacted by the court, that any
p'son or p'sons that shalbe found
smoaking Tobacco on the Lords day,
going too or coming from the meet
ings, within.two miles of the meeting
house. shall pay twelve pence for every
such default to the colonies USE"
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-05-30

objection to strong government. with
its tendency to encroach upon private
rights and to vex. harass. and Cypress
the citizen, the Democratinc party CON-
ceives that especially in a great coun-
try like the United States, with a vast
population spread over a far extended
continental territory. the people immed-
lately affected and concerned can best
regulate their own local and domestic
AFFAIRS, and that a consolidated, CEN
trail government will In time become
extravagant, corrupt, and oppressive.
Instead OF consolidating. 1t would,
therefore, decentralize the government
within its fair constitutional limits, as
was the aspiration OF it's founders, not
only because that is the constitutional
mandates, but also because within that
principle rests the public welfare, Tor
the nearer the seat of power is placed
to the people the more responsive II
will be to their will, and the farther 1t
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-05-30

under great dIficulties, burdened per-
hans by some load unknown 60 bis
friends, and goes about his WORK Win
IN this world, or the one called upon
TO serve his country in the jury pox.
and there with his consciance as nus
only guide and who faitntrily pSstiormss
or his own sympathy excttes mofs
feelings of admiration in my breast
than the hero produced by the eAclNe-
ment Of battle; No SSro ap n priYafe lite.
no triumphal arches will be erected TOT
him, yet l believe that somewners
and somehow he will receive the ap-
plause as justly due hlm' anu ehas
while he wilifijjjcmfwyptao icrnfwypo
while awaiting that final reward when
is SO certain to come he VIII pc sup-
norted and sustained by an approving
conscience which is worth more than
the fieeting. ficlxle applause OF the mui-
titude.
II Is in accomplished results there
and there only Is the true test Of hue
man endeavor. lie who waits Tor an
ONCE before he does great things ana
noble deeds must fail altogether
Then call no man great simply pe-
cause ne holds once; greatness -
something more than once. somethin@
more than fame, more than genius.
Is the great-heartedness that enclosse
those in need, reaches down 70 thosS
below and lists them up. . -.
May this thought come to every one
of these young men and women vino
hear me today, and abide with them
through the coming years.
I'VE live in deeds. not years; n.,.
In feelings not in figures on oiaLi
In thoughts, not breath;
We ahoSild count time by heart thrope
Din the course OF rtgnIl.
He lives most who thinks most'
My friends. II you forget everythin9
else I have said remember these Few
lines: for IL you think two thoughts
where l think one. you live twice as
tive ana ~ the thoughts are carried
into action. then you Will accomplish
twice as much.
"He lives most who thinks most,
Who feels the noblest and who acts the
best"
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-05-30

or hath consulted with 6 familiar spir-
1t, they shall be put to death" tExo-
dus xii. 1s. Leviticus Xxx. 22.) And
of any man steal a man or mankind.
or seiieth him or be found in his hand,
he shall be put to DEATH" Exodus XXI.
16.)
Yet the good colonists made slaves of
the Pequot Indians. as the regulation
punishment for breaking these same
Blue laws!
The Puritan Legislators. having dis
posed of the ordinary, everyday crimes,
went on In due course to enact the
more minute laws. covering every con-
ceivable misdemeanor, from sneezing
in church to crossing stream other
wise than by the licensed ferry.
1t reminds one of De Quincey's IRON
zeal observation, to the effect that the
habit of murder. II persisted in, may
lead insensibly to procrastination and
Sabbath-breaking.
The following examples Transcribed
literally from the best authorities on
American Colonial history. relate most
ly to the teinous crime Of Sabbath
breaking:
(Quoted from Human, Peters. Barber
and Other Authorities.)
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-05-30

Blue laws are no joke. though often
an object of irony or derision,
says The New York World. They
were drawn up by Puritan pioneers
race Of stern and infiexible men. who. in
their excess of religious enthusiasm.
adopted such sanctimonious names as
STAND Fast-on- High Stringer. Kili-Sin
Pimr1s. More-Fruit Fowler. Fight-the-
Good Efght-of- Faith White. and IT.
Christ Had Not Died For : You You
Had Been Damned Barebones-the lat
ter commonly shortened to Damned
Barebones. For the benefit of the pres
emit generation II may be as well to say
here that each one of the names Just
cited was actually given to and borne
by a man. and that many other names
OF the same sort are to be found in the
records OF New England
These men went straight to the old
Mosaic law of Holy Writ for their code.
In fact. each section of the capital laws
has its Bible text appended-a grue-
some combination Of sermon and death
warrant.
The original Blue laws were those
Of the New Haven (Conn.) Colony. at
orst more or less unwritten. or at least
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-05-30

The address delivered 'ast week by
Hon. J. F. Thompson of Centerville at
the commencement exercises OF the
Southeast Alabama Agricultural Col
lege at Abbeville, attracted an unusual
amount of attention, dealing as 1t did
with the problems OF the present day
and the present hour In Alabama. The
subject was handled In a novel way
and Mr.. Thompson spoke bit more
plainly than is the custom OF COM
mencement orators. At the request or
a number who heard the address, and
who were impressed by its novelty and
its timeliness the address is printed in
full.
y DIR. Clarence J. Owens is President
OF the school which has just completed
its most successful year.
A large audience greeted Mr.. Thomp-
son.
He spoke as follows:
do not intend to attempt to give
you "a feast of reason or flow or sour,
nor will l endeavor to carry you by i'm
agination's assistance along any shad-
ed roads or babbling brooks Through
an idealistic life unattainable by com"
mon mortals, but will try to discuss
conditions as we find them, and sug-
gest If possible, some practical Ideas
for these young ladies and gentlemen,
who are today commencing the real
journey through life, and IL succeed
in leaving one thought in Their minds
which helps them to get better start
in life than they would otherwise have.
then shall feel that our meeting to-
gether has not been in vain.
Having travelled a part of the jour-
ney which Is just opening out befre
you I can fully realize your position
today.
You have completed the course pre-
scribed here by wise teachers. and no
doubt you feel that so far as mental
equipment ges, you might exclaim
4 me plus ultra" as did the old mariner
when he found iGbraltar. and there in
scribed that motto as expressing his
conclusion that he had reached one
boundary of the world. but soon you
ii will find that some bold sailor has
I gone forth over what seems to you a
frackless sea and found more beyond.
then If you will fully realize that the
NEGATIVE has been stricken from the
[uaotto and that there Is more beyond
vour horizon, and that Il is to be OBJ
lfained by steady, intelligent ana prac-
tical efforts. and not limited by any
false notions of success, then no pro-
phet can foretell that the future holds
in store for you.
- Have you the courage and grim det-
. ermfnation to go out from these walls
and wrench success from an unwilling
worid9 If you have not, then you need
not expect success to come your way
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-05-30

trial condition is that unnatural con-
dition which we see every day, when
the raw material of our state Is ship
ped to New England or Great Britain
and there manufactured and returned
to us for consumption with the cost OF
manufacture and double transporta-
ton added. and at the same time the
necessities of life being shipped here
from the west, when with the proper
deveIopment we could live, not only
live but prosper with a Chinese wall
erected around our state, producing
within our own borders everything
necessary for the life, comfort or even
luxury of our people.
An Object Lesson.
Could we see in operation a giant
carrier on the order of those used IN
q great department store, and see 80
to 90 cents of very dollar we produce
pass by that machine into the pockets
OF the manufacturer of Massachusetts
or the farmer of Illinois or Iowa for
merchandise or the necessities of life'
every particle of which could be more
cheaply made or grown here, we would
be appalled, at the economic waste
While we do not see 1t yet just such
a machine is IN every day operation.
This is the problem whcih is before
you and for it's solution there Is need
ed the best intelligence of our people.
and its solution must be approached
with a determination to wiring success
even from unwilling conditions. and II
ia unnecessary to say that the future
solvency of this section OF country
depends upon the result.
No portion of the habitable glone
aurpasses Alabama in natural gifts. IN
coal iron and other minerals she equals
Pennsylvania: in water power FOR the
operation of machinery she exceeds
Massachusetts, beyond computation, IN
capacity to sustain population she Is
greater than New York, and is value
and variety of her products ana the
genial healthfulness of her climate sne
is excelled by no equal area OF the
earth's surface. Why then with such
vastly superior natural gifts Is Aia-
bama SO far behind the states mention
ed and indeed so far behind otner
younger and smaller states In wealth
and in value of her merchandise pro,
ducts Only because the art ana skill
which utilize natural advantages nave
been applied in those states ana nave
not been applied here, and for the tur-
Their reason. which is the real reason
after all, and IL is that we have not
been able to get away from the ola
southern idea that the negro Is our
only laborer This idea reminds me OF
the meeting held In Uniontown once
for the purpose of devising ways and
means to induce white immigration m
to that rich section Of the state ana IN
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-05-30

mo one shall run on the Sabbath
day. or walk in his garden or else
where, except reyerentiy to and from
meeting.
mo one shall travel. cook victuals.
make beds. sweep house, cut hair or
shave on the Sabbath day.
mo woman shall kiss her child on
the Sabbath or fasting day.
THE Sabbath shall begin at sunset
on Saturday.
"If any man shall kiss his wife or
wife kiss her husband on the Lords
day, the party In fault shall be pun
ished at the discretion Of the Court of
Magistrates."
(Tradition says a gentleman Of New
Haven, after an absence Of some
months. reached home on the Sabbath,
and. meeting his wife at his door. kiss
ed her with an appetite. and for his
temerity in violating this law the next
day was arraigned before the court.
and fined, for so palpable a breach Of
the law on the Lords day.
mo one shall read common prayer.
keep Christmas or saints days, make
minced pies, dance play cards or play
ON any instrument Of music. except the
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-05-30

vailed. They haye resulted in evils.
inseparabIe from such policies. an ex-
travagance and sometimes in prohigacy
and corruption; in the decline OF indi-
vidualism and the growth of paternal-
ism; in the dwarfing of home rule; IN
the overthrow of State authority In
the creation of favored and privileged
classes; in the perversion OF the func-
lions of government; in the encroach-
ments of government upon the natural
and reserved rights of the people; In
the imposition of taxation not for pub
lie purposes alone, but for private pur-
poses also; and in the Capitalization OF
irresponsive and often despotio power
at Washington.
when we turn to the question OF
tariff taxation and apply to 1t the basic
principles of the two great parties
which are pertinent. II is abvious that
they are antagonistic and irreconcil-
able. Whatever may be thought OF the
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-05-30

In the attic story of eight states.
Kentucky Virginia. West virginia,
North Carolina, Georgia. Aiabama and
Tennessee. is a section which stands
out on the map as Q distinct physio-
graphic region, says Elijah B. Dizney,
teacher in the preparatory department
of Berea College, in The Berea Quar-
terly. says The Louisville Courier-Jour-
nal. The people of this region today
appear about the same as did thesPeo-
pie of the whole United States at the
close OF the Revolutionary War. OBJ
servers have noted certain usages,
traits Of character and habits of life
which distinguish them from the rest
OF the United States. Some Of them
are superficial and ridiculous. others
are more deprecated and the natural
results Of their history and surround
ings.
The Kentucky mountaineer stands
distinguished from those OF the other
States, as owning a larger proportion
OF stone chimneys rather than the more
shiftiess stick and mud chimney, maxi
ing better grade Of "moonshine, ana
developing on occasion what would be
called in the old world q vendetta or
feud The object Of the present paper
is to show in brief the conditions as
they actually exist and to correct cer-
tain erroneous ideas and Impressions
more or less discreditable to the noun
tain people. These feuds are 80 rapid
~ becoming a matter Of the past that
those OF us who are living today may
hope to reach the time when their
story will be told with the old fash
toned introduction of. Once upon a
time"
In many cases now II must be q
gray-haired man or woman who can
recite personal observations and expe-
riences Numbers have been killed
others left their country for their coun-
try's good, while few have settled
down amid scenes of former carnage
TO lives of peaceful pursuits. Antago-
nists have been converted In the same
wevivals of religion and embraced each
other in loving Kindness. Their names
may now be found on the same church
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-05-30

But, Mr.. President. as I have al
ready suggested. the organic principles
of the party are stronger even than.
constitutional law. The political phil
osophy OF the party finds deeper root
than IN the Interpretation of the limi-
tations and safeguards OF a written
constitution, precious though they be.
While believing in such q constitu-
ton, and while part OF its mission is to
preserve the one under which we live
as the best hope of mankind yet de-
vised. the great aim of the party Is to
achieve and perpetuate personal and
political and religious freedom.
THE Republican party like the Fed
eralist and the Whig parties. OF which
1t is the successor, antagonizes these
principles, both those of a constitu-
tional and those of q mors general
character. During and since the civil
war, and partly through the reaction
airy and centripetal forces 1t developed.
Republican policies have largely pre-
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-05-30

'.The Democratic party arose. in
soms measure. from the character Of
abe Constitution Of the United States
and the relation Of the several States
to the Union which that instrument es-
tabiished." said Senator culberson.
'sBut in better apd larger sense. per-
maps, 1t sprang from the essentials Of
individual right and public authority.
y "Since the adoption OF the Federai
Constitution the founder, In his life
time, and the loyal adherents of the
Democratic party In each generation,
as opposed to the Federaiist. the Wing.
ana the Republican parties. have con-
tended for the proper limitation and
restrictions OF all public authority. for
the separation and Independence OF the
three great divisions OF the govern
ment, and for such construction of that
Constitution as would maintain unim-
paired the just and constitutional dis
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-05-30

tribution OF state ana Federal powers.
while the Democratic party stands
mors resoluteiy than any other party
for the rights of the States. and fs
their foremost and historic champion,
1t 10 not the State rights party alone;
and while IL contends for all the con-
stitutional powers Of the general gov
eminent. 1t Is not the Federal party
It is rather the party Of the Consti-
tuition.
Jefferson rightly declared that the
essential principles OF our government,
which affect this subject, consist in
the support OF the State governments
In all their rights as the most compe-
tent administrations for our domestic
concerns and !, the surest bulwarks
against anti-Republican tendencies
and the preservation of the general
movement in it's whole constitutional
vigor as the sheet anchor of our peace
at home and safety abroad
Besides the natural and inherent
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-05-30

roll. in the same temperance society,
ana In the same fraternal organization.
In most cases the lighting men left
alive have surrendered to the authori-
ties and been finally acquitted by the
law. Yet there are counties in which
q dozen men. have been killed In the
last twelve months. Every term stu
dents leave Berea under court sum-
mons to testify In trials growing out
of family feuds. and in the protracted
meetings Of this winter Just closed one
of the great difficulties In the way Of
many young men has been the forgive
ness of injuries
Geography and history may make
valuable contributions as we begin the
study of this situation. The attrac-
lions of the blue grass region were so
great that men could not wait for the
slow process OF settlement Of the hun
dreds of miles of untouched forest, and
this was left behind In the rush Of this
Eldorado of the West. so that Ken
lucky was born out of season. 1t was
almost the first territory open to set
Element beyond the Allegheny Noun
tains, and was particularly inviting to
Revolutionary soldiers Injured to hard
ship and adventure. In ITS less than
a hundred people lived In all Ken
lucky. When peace was signed in
1888 there were $4,000. When Wash
ington took his seat as the first Presi-
dent OF the United States there were
$4,000. These people represent the best
blood of the older colonies. Boone,
Kenton, Shelby, George Rogers Clark
representing the military type, and
such families as the Todds. Harrods
and McDowells the scholarly.
The frst settlements OF the mountains
were largely an overflow from the
blue grass. Leading communities and
families were divided between the two
sections. In fact, the writer knows Of
many families. McNeai, Pearls. jack
son, Farris, Baugh. etc. OF Laurel
County, who came back ana chose eli
gible sites In the mountains. where
there was sufficient area Of good land
for the time being, and what was more
to the purpose Of the pioneer, good
hunting. The difference which devel-
oped later between the people Of the
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-05-30

10 moved from them the more 1t will
be disregarded.
at has insisted that the government
Of the United States is one Of limited
and enumerated powers, and that as
declared In the tenth amendment, such
powers as were not delegated to 1t by
the Constitution nor prohibited by 1t
to the States, were reserved to the
States respectively or to he>people.
"As a necessary consequence. the
Democratic party has combated for
more than a century the great mass of
implied powers in the Federal govern
ment contended for by Alexander Ham
ilton and the several political parties
which have succeeded to his views.
Not content with the progress of the
ancient doctrine OF implied. powers, the
imperious and baseiess dogma of con-
structive constitutional amendment
has recently been boldly proclaimed
and the Democratic party should resist
It as It would an army with banners.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-05-30
Senator Cl1berson on democratic Principles"

several schedules OF the pending tariff
bill, the measure as a whole Is ayow-
eddy constructed on the principle OF
protection, that is on the principle that
the power OF the government may be
used to tax imports, not primarily 70
raise revenue to support the govern
ment. but primarily to protect Ameri-
can producers and manufacturers
against foreign competition, whereby
the price of the home articles to Amer
lean consumers may be enhanced 20
the extent OF the tax.
individual Democrats may doubtless
he found who believe in free trade or
In protection, yet the Democratic party
believes in neither. 1t stands Tor =
revenue tariff--that is for a tarin
which will admit imports and yield
revenue primarily. and Is opposed to
protective tariff, whether the duties
are levied on finished products or on
raw material"
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-05-30

1t ought TO be apparent from the
foregoing that there is even mora logic
than chance in the clubbing of these
statutes, BLUE laws" The term
'biue" was specifically applied to the
upright, downright. uncompromising
old Scotch Covenantefs in contradis-
tinction to the royal red.
"Biue--dismal depressed. despond-
emit, hypochondriacai." is an up-to-dats
dictionary definition.
Even so conservative q commentator
as DR.. Samuel NJ Tucker in the preface
TO his collection OF the Earliest Stat
utes and Judicial Proceedings of the
Colony of Connecticut" while paying
tribute 20 the New England Puritans
a. the same class Of men who over
turned the ancient monarchy Of Drit-
ain" declares that these Blue laws
exceed in the minuteness of their de-
tell and In the severity Of their penal
ties the enactments which were adopted
by the rest of American colonies; nor
are they equaiied IN those respects by
the statutes and judicial decisions OF
any other community with which we
are acquainted"