The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-21
What the State Papers
 Are Saying and Doing
Grin and Rear It,

Grin and Hear It.
 It's dishea rtening to think that the Alabama Legislature will meet again when good times have thoroughly settled among us.
 Value of Corn and Hay. crops estimated on the price you have to pay for them. if your barns and cribs are empty.
 The Real Bene factors. Talladega Mountain Home.
 The commencement orators are now giving graduates advice Those giv. be the real benefactors, however.
 
 should Retire.
 That Ohio congressman, Holiings- worth, should crawl into a hole and pull the hole in after him. Such men as he Ill grace the halls of Congress, and reflect little credit upon the State they represent.
 opelika Post.
 Castro's press agent must, either be sick or has been put to shame c6l Sy the little disheartening to have to play against scuh performers.
 Objects to Gum Chewing in Church. Mou1ton Advertiser.
 The woman who carries her mouth full of gum to church or to any other public place. and chews with the vigor of a goat while there. shows conclu- sfvely that she has a very weak spot in her upper story. N
 Getting Accustomed to Autos.
 Theapeopie are getting so prosperous that an automobile Is no obJect. Sew eral good farmers are now hsuring on buying machines. They have all the is no use in their denying themselves the luxury of an automobile. especially when 1t can be used for business as well as pleasure.
 No Hoodoos on This Particular Thir- Taladega Mountain Home.
 Though the first subscriptions to The Daily Home were solscttsd on ,hs s people responded knocked out n this instance all semblance of hoodoo Tn connection with the date of supersti- tion.
 Going Crazy over War Preparations. Tuscaloosa Times-Gazette.
 The world is going crazy on build ing big .navies and preparinsNo ou1ao cry country is actuated by the same peace, and yet going ahead ana piling up the things that are not peace. full. Let us have peace prevailing ana not so much prepartion TOT war
 A Rad Showing. Gadsden Times-News.
 Judging from the docket of 1o,. the there has not been marked falling off in the more serious forms of crime In Etowah County. The improvement In the field of petty offenses mas peen gers, burglars and thieves appear to De increasing. If anything.
 Amdavits Not Required. Birmingham Ledger.
 The Montgomery Advertiser IS not seeking the man who struck Billy Pat terson, but 1t does want to ind %traveiing man" who said somewhere to some6ody ,y,v that SayIafinT SrigE in Mons %an gornery. Any one having information Of this terrible man will obli=e The Advertiser by sending an amdavu'
 Question. That VIII Come Up.
 There is a crowd who wants Greater Birmingham with commission. Then there Is a crowd WhO 0on L. 4noh again here Is a crowd who don't give A hake whether there Is Greater Bir- nninrhaul or not. and whether there is d Mayor and Council or fifteen com missions. Governor Conner and the ad- would no doubt appreci- ate just how to satisfy all of the dif- ferent reople.
 Who owns the streets. Anyhow. Mobile Register. ..
 The Police Board Is going to set or dciai autocyclists to catch the auto sneeders. Incidentally. we hope, the reckless autocycle riders also may pc overtaken. Attention should De called to the fact that some of the automo. hiles are operated at night without their headlights burning. or burning an dinnlv as to be of little service 10 the public using the streets, A Famine That Win Work for Good. Greenville Advocate; .ha+
 There is a famine in this section tnat we are almost glad of. It is a famine in cotton meal caused by so much more corn being planted this year than TOT many years, and most Of the farmers mi cotton meal under their corn, therefore the scarcity now; purans inc months of January and feoruaisy if was no uncommon thing TOT Ins min here to sell six or seven hunaFsu a sacks to people who came after II m their wagons