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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-04
A MORNING THOUGHT
BY .. MARVIN NICHOLS.

men in our great centers are waEing
 a relentless va. on sshs
 ee Trsvsstg saa,@ e Chicago chiet of Police de.
 tailed two detectiyes 10 shadow a certain department store in ssss ssss oty Six,y In issS 1ea @ traced iron, thai. store to q town hotel. Surely. this Is 2 trayesty & on for crime. yet I am not able to sepe- gatihg facts In the case; These whis; do well to turn the picture around. They need to talk awhile about the other side of the question. Thousands of s sn s tSs rs as9t sshsrsa ss srs at the ssssseass sssTs soR Fss fs s tsps With N the SsSsd problem A-ene can neves De less than tss Erip of wsf Siooaies: as eommercisi hssitafe to barter destiny for soid They enter upon an employment oT In .S tes, ne, garment. i an, { thousand miles from the pessimist--but I hve seen these swirinE social ceSssrs if tSsss asSs s sbe girls let them solve the question that face. You cant force tracts on 2 sss sssrSias SrstiRs srsGSd fsed the sstised d sSs
 ger Is half salvation. These poor girls --and thousands elsewhere, for that matter-are toiling for rich SSrporsss s1a,c ss ssSssd From Es ss to st Tor a areIsss and cheerless room. That question is ike fnentf These very girls were not .al:: owed. in their purest day. rightfnl social footing-many of them were TSsre'n TPsa 'n no ' shelter now from the rag ing storm--mother's deed and years ago father drifted. God knows where. Before you ecpdsmn these . s.sof s,-sef. ini open shame Cand will God ever for. give the world for being SO quick to do 2 thing like thatp-stsnd close close upon uJ % the Vision they nave seen all look at their future; They are more homeiess est than ss tnS sr,SsS unr Gr 'ae starless sky. These blue and browo.eyed girIs there's more the trace of the heel of comnefce on their once fair taees tnan I due reward for the. toll of their hands would have more than ton or moral preach ments. .s. ..-.... as painter. submitted specimens of her skill to q successful artist. Don't oGRisS, ,.DSss.ns sStS ss from pictaTs aSTs that itself was an imperfect copy: with the result that all iis. its srrSIs Go erS out r n nature and paint directly from your own landscape. Or. if you. must copy, copy from a masterpiece" There's eharaeter is no more than inwrought ideal with more or less perfection. We are all copyists In an extreme sense. TOTS of that which we accept as ideals.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-04
sYcoPHAScY THAT MrsREPRE-
 sENTs.

Editor Rufus N. Rhodes. of Firm ingham. in his gushing address satur- day to Hon. ". H. Taft a; Augusta, Ga. may have spoken for himseif, but The Advertiser repud.atcs his utter anaas as representing the Democrats of Alabama and the Democrats ot the country. The Advertiser has no tol- erarce for such toadyism.
 Nc. Rhodes. thrown off his mental talancs in the presence of the victo- rious leader of the Republican Party took occasion to say
 Judge Taft. I am going to take sd- vantage of this opportunity to say to Sssd sss aa os the msn Sa of S iSs soasb. ana par ticuiariy of Birmingham, yeu, would know that they regard the result of the last election as a benediction rom God Almighty himself to the people
 The Advertiser is not content to sit silent and let MT. Rhodess words be flashed over the entire eosntry by the Associated Press and read everywhsts as they were as uttersnces repres si- tative of sovthern people. They wers . reflection upon the united and de- terminsd Democrats who voted Against the Repubiiesn ticket few weeks ago and who would do 1t again today, We do not propose to let the Democrats and the people of Alabama De mis. repfssented. because one gentleman wishes to dc obesianes to the rising snn
 All the people of Alabama will De pleased to have the President-elect 2 guest Of Birmingham or of any city of the State. Ills welcome will be of the heartisst and it is not necessary to descend to toadyism to give it voice MT. Taft is a clean and honor able man and as well equipped. but neither the people of Birmingham nor the people of Aiabanaa on his ac- count have, repudiated the teachings of Democracy and soae into the Re- publican Party.
 He is no sovereign. who demands syeophaney. or to whom sycophancy should be given. His election has caused no political revolution and Ai- abams, no matter how warm well come she will give the President elect has not thrown off Democracy and gone into the Republican Party.
 Birmingham, so rich in govern- mental and political freaks. is exhib- ting another of her curiosities. The Democracy of Alabama had nothing to do with the Augusta exhibition Of toadyism-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-04
ASKING aUEsrIoNs.

What is whiskey? is a query which has been troubling the experts and the wise folks a good deal of late When law speaks of whiskey in general terms there are those who want to know just what it takes to constitute that beverage in the eyes of prohibitory and sumptuary laws. Just how 1t must be manufactured, of what materials. how much alcohol must enter into its composition: these and various other questions have been dis- cussed with more or less wisdom and less or more positive conclusions
 But now comes up another question: What is a Havana cigar? The Provi- dence (R I.3 Journal has been study ing it and comes to the conclusion that as the whiskey inquiry establish ed the curious fact that no living ex- pert could establish beyond controver- sy just what whiskey Is, so critical examination Of the Havana cigar will
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-04
NEWS OF BUTLER.

Butler, Jan. 3-(special.)-Attorney I. H. webb, of Mobile. was In Butler
 Sheriff Willcox and MT. w. B. Gll- mer returned from ouitman, Miss, yes
 Rev. Clendinnen ar1yed today and is at the home of Mir. G. B. Bush to- night.
 been here for several days drinking our water, returned home today much
 MT. Tom Flowers, The Advocates printer. came from Meridian today where he went to spend the holidays.
 The high school will put in q number of new desks during the holidays.
 wash Taylor and Abe Gilmer are here from Auburn spending Christmas
 Curtis and Ralph Wilcox will return to the University in a few days.
 County Court will be in session here Monday. VI
 Butler is growing, several families having moved in during the year.
 Attorney Boswell Is moving from erkanaoit toi Butler today.
 Tax Collector Littlepage and Asses. sor Kinghson are winding up their years work.
 Candidates to be are already groom ing themselves for 1910.
 Quite a number of mortgages were filed for record in the probate oface to- day.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-04

Allan Poe. President Andrew Johnson was born Decsmber 2s. le0s. so he very neerly comss into hk cher cnarnea whose csreers belong also to our own world 6f thsuGht were: Charles Dar. win. william D. Gladstone. Alfred Lord Tsnnysen, John Stuart Blackie, Eliza. gerald and Aissandtr N. KingIake. Tn the same year FeIix Mendelssohfi Joseph FroGdRon in France, and Fred- eric Francois Chopin In Poland. There are to be celebrations in this country tnd fn England. and m some cases throughout the civilized world ss well of the anniversaries of Holmes, Lin- coin, Poe, Darwin. Giadstone. and Ten. aysofi. Tn the United states and Eng. land last month was celebrated the All Protsstant Europe snd Arnsrica viii take note of the four hundredth anni- versary of John Calvin. who was born in Switzerland in 1909. while England
 will commemorate the bicentenary Of old sam" Johnson, who nrst saw the liGht 200 years ago Americans hnally, will make historic comnemoration ups on one occasion of the Fulton, steafn, boat triumph, which was begun In 1897, and the discovery of the Hudson river in 1909. besides celebrating, with their Canadian neighbors. the discovery of Lake champialn by the old French navigator in 1909. lNte -.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-04
BOND ISSUE ELHCrIoN TO-DAY.

BOND ISSUE ELECTION TODAY.
 To meny citizens Of Montgomery the news comes as g surprise that today there win be throughout the county an election to determine whether the county shall or shall not issue s15e.- eos for the maintenance of the line system of roads which has given the county such an enviable reputation. The news Is a surprise. not that the Board of Revenue has not given ann pie notice and urged the people to take an interest in the election but be- cause. the first announcement of the proposed bond issue and the appeal ef the board fell on indifferent ears.
 The proposed bond issue Is an im- portant matter and should be careful ly considered. The Board of Revenue which a short while ago assumed charge of the business affairs of the county announces that the previous board had spent so much in building new roads and in making contracts covering the future building that only by bond issue can the contracts be met and only by a bond issue can the roads of the county be maintained. This appeal is one that should be giv- sn thought and consideration.
 The first boast that the Montgomery county man makes Is the boast of the fine roads. The first thing outside the city and one of the first things inside the city to which the attention of the visitor is directed is the system of gravelled roads. which Is without a superior in the State or in the Eouth,
 The Board of Revenue points out that unless the bonds carry there will be no money in the county treasury to keep up these fine roads. and as good as they are the roads cannot be main taiued in their excellence without in teiligent and somewhat expensive re- pairs. Due weight should be given also to the statement from the Board of Revenue that unless the bonds are voted the county will have to forfeit some of the contracts already made.
 It is to be remembered that when the present Board of Revenue went in- to ofice 1t faced a deficit left there by the old board which had gone exten- svely into building new roads The new board is not proposing to do that just now. It wishes to save the pres ent good roads of the county by a
 ing them in repair and to keep the contracts already made.
 Montgomery must keep up its repu- tation as the leading good roads coun- ty of the State.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-04
Shall Congress Abdicates

It is reported from Washington that the President will attempt to divert at- tention from the charges against Con gress uttered In his last annual mes Sage by provoking a discussion of the as concerned with the detective agen- cies of the government.
 Is the public ready to let the accusa- ton made by the President that Con- gress is composed of criminals and their protectors drop from view and remain improved and undisproved? Is Congress so dead to honor and so cor rupt as to agree. to smother the in ouiry the Senate has undertaken, or to turn it from it's legitimate object? Are senate and House in truth what the President asserted they were. and have their members good reason for seek ing shelter instead of courtng inquiry.
 if Congress holds back now, If 1t en- deavors to hide behind subterfuge and to substitute a mere detail of bus mess management for the principle of self government that Is involved, 1t ing its constituents. admit that 1t fears the President, and avow that 1t is controlled and ruled by scoundrels and criminals.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-04
sound Advice.

Augusta Chronicle.
 The Rey. James Cannon, chairman of the Legislative comWtsts,s Of the .niisbss Aas very timely statement to the effect that nobody has a right as repTesen- tive of the league to argue ter stSits. i of the league, formally adopted last February in convention. Is nov denniIe- - ly in favor of local option f eiectiSns are fair and policing Is efiicienf. MT. aas0P fsaas in aass tSe policy s of the league bes fore It's next annual convention. whlch meets in Norfolk. February. 1909. The psessst Isssss p pocS So renis yH aH % De d drye with the majority of the. counties and towns voluntarily registered against the sale of iiquor than f VII, wiii ever 6s De denies the home rule principle. which Is the strength of local option.--Nor- folk virginian-Piiot
 There is world of wisdom In the fSSSys tSSse ysgy ssy q sarnss os very consesntoss and very censecrateds men and women who are "ighting whiskey'' see 1t. Not because they don't waas .as,,asrs 70 do S S.A sne for that, after all. must be the object aimed at-but simply because'they dont appear to be able to. take the other lesson. riEht here in aeoFsia, which ought to De. more or less, eonYlnclng :: It is this thing of overriding the "home rule" sentipaeft thatsis largely of the prohibition law ii many Geof- eia towns and eitiee. ...
 As ia wen-known. prohibitiou was thrust upon the state as a whole with the the wishes Of those ccmmunities where Mhisksy was being {Saf sSla Sss Ses seen e the result? Why, simply substttiution of the Illegal sale of wbtskey for the legal
 The Chronicle is more opposed to the illegal sale of whiskey than to the legal sale; that is why we have per. sistently demanded the enforcement of the law against blind tlgers"--while stilI realizing that a more rational and practical solution of the liquor problem would be high license and strict regulations. And we defy any man to give a single good reason why such a system Is not prefsrabie to "bIind tigers" and no regulation,
 The truth Of the matter is. the pres ent prohibition law Is making law. breakers, not only of the men who sell whisksy in almost open defiance of the law, but also of the people, who S's ssentiment 1t shs in M shis Slate " that is just even than the evil 1t was intended to remedy, then we are way off in our reasoning.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-04
The Messrs Motor Car.

New York Tribune. i, As sn object lesson in the evolution of the modern motor car and It's pres- ent importance in the commercial and social life of the day. the coming au; tonobile shows at the Grand Central likely to prove more than usually ef- feettye. The seeds of motoring, sown hardly more than ten years ago. fell on fertile ground, and the Industry. cal efuily nfrtured, has grown to such magnitude that the figures make those who observe them pause and wonder. .Statisticians tell us that the present capital in the automobile business of ss shis nslgsn dc s1dfss ssa sdss iSs 900 men are employed: that there are 1b0,00o automobiles in use In the Unl. ted States; that about 52,000 cars have been manufactured and sold In. this country this year: that 75,e00 mAehines will be built and delivered in 1909, and probably more; that four factories sIore announce total production & Of iustrate the remarkable strides which tRs tR role of prophet It must not De. expected that innovations of start ling character will be seen at the shows now at hand. The time has passed for that. and fortunately. per. haps.. as It indicates. the achievement ef a high stats Of sfaSieesy and ssntrsa, trust, in detail. however, and much that will prove Interesting and instructive. The Automcbile is no longer top. lux ury: 1t is a growing necessity, and for this reason. If no other. Its future Is secure.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-04
MONDAY. JANUARY {. isse,
AnoUr coon RESOLUTIONS.

Reference to New Year resolutions is generally looked on as somewhat of a joke. as is well known. The man who has been too free with the good things of life. and has felt the bad ef- feets of such indulgence. 10 supposed te fix on January 1 as the proper day to swear off and to enter into sol- erun resolution to amend his ways ana do better during the year just before him. The jokers consider that. nuch resolutions. like piecrust. aFs made to be broken. and crack their merry jests accordingly.
 Nevertheless and notwith standing. there are resolutions that the people of Montgomery should make. They would be good at any season of the year, but now is a good time to make them, with a firm determination to keep them both in letter and spirit. We aIlude to the resolution that each citizen should adopt that he will work for the development and growth of our fair and growing city. This Is to be an of year in politics, and there Is not likely to be anything to prevent our people working together in good cause. and no better cause in our in- dustfial and business life can engage good citizens than that of building and improving the city of their home.
 Ik prohibition proves to be the great good that it's earnest advocates claim for it that will be an added reason for working for Montgomery. If. on the other hand. it proves otherwise than good then all the more reason for good citiSsns to labor to counteract and nuliify any bad effects that may result. Whatever effect the abolition of the liquor trafiie may have on the business of the city should detract nothing from the work of making of it larger, buster and more prosper ous town than 1t has ever been. q
 When good and loyal citizens pull together for the accomplishment of a good and worthy object there is little Az<er of failure. Loyalty, earnest ness. determination and harmony can accomplish almost any object that is humanly possible. The enlargement. and the financial and industrial im- provement of our city are objects that are well within the bounds of human achievement. and the people can achieve them if they set their hearts to the work.
 It is almost a waste of time to talk to our own citizens of the reasons which should encourage and enthuse them. Such thing as standing still is rarely known in the life of a city. It must either go forward or so back ward. Standing still means decadence and final ruin. If the citizens take no interest in the welfare and up- building of their town it must go down and cease to exist. We have ad- vantages of location. of climate, of na- turaI conditions and of financial pros- poets that should be sufficient to arouse all the people to a sense of what is possible as well as of what should be done. The possibilities are immenses the field inviting and the re- ward well worth struggling for. Shall we not, each and every one of us, reg gstsr a resolution to work together for eEeater Montgomery
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-04
NEWS OF MONTEVALLO.
Girls Industrial School Re-Opens AftG
 Christmas Holidays.

Girls Industrial School Re-Opens After
 Christmas Holidays.
 Montevallo, Jan. 3.--(Special.) )-Miss Myrtle Brook has returned from At lanta, where she went to attend the Southern Educational Association.
 pr. T. w. Palmer Is expected home today from Union Springs. where he was called by the death of Mrs. Pal- mer's father.
 Miss Julia Brown has returned to Concord. Tenn. after pleasant visit to her sister. Mrs. S. L. Chestnut.
 Mrs. James Alex Moore entertained art tea last night the following guests: Misses Minna Grote. Mary Young. AL ice Wyman. Julia Brown Ruby Hal bert and Lila, McMahon.
 Prof. B. E. Berry, of Lower Peach Tree, has been q recent visitor to Montevallo.
 Mrs. $. J. Caldwell has moved to Montevallo to give her children the benefit of the advantages offered by Alabama Girls Industrial School.
 Miss Mamie Shivers leaves today for her post of duty as librarian at the 4. and NJ. College, Auburn.
 Miss Kathleen Shivers has returned to Daphne after a two weeks visit at home.
 The Alabama Girls Industrial School has re-opened after the Christmas holidays and the students are hard at work preparing for the examinations.
 Under able direction of pr. Grove. the postmaster. the Montevallo post ofIice has been moved from It's former stand to the new building. belonging to Mir Sam Latham. The present build ing is very commodious one, and handsome. new postofice fixtures are to be put in immediately.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-04
This h My 7Sth BirthdGy
John s: Kennedy.

John S. Kennedy. retired New York banker and philanthfopist, was born in Lanarkshire, Scotland. January {, 1880, and after 6 common school edu. cation he began life as clerk with a firm in Glasgow. He displayed marked ability and when 20 years old he was sent by his fru to America on an important mission. He was favor ably impressed by his visit to America and in 1851, he returned to become . York he formed a partnership in the banking business with the late Morris K, Jesup. Ten years later Mir. Ken nedy established a banking firm of his own. which immediately S, eseaTe Gs19 one sIs, of the biggest TaiiTodSd. Il, Snals @r of the retired from the banking busines but continued to be more or less active in the management of some of the vast railroad properties In which he was in- terested Of late years he has devoted much time to philanthropic work. His donations to various institutions and missions amount to millions of dollars.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-04
rhe ExamIner,s Report.

Demopolis Times.
 What Is the matter that Governor Conner does not allow the publication of the State Examiners reports on the various county officials. books all over the State? While the law may not say plainly in so many words. we believe 1t was the intent to have the reports pubiished as soon as received by the GoVernor He has no moral right to conceal news of so much public Inter- est-Marengo Democrat.
 Perhaps the Governor does not want to make any enemies among the oflcers by showing up their short comings. He wants to go to the Sem ate. you know. Besides. most of the oficers over the state were Comer- Ites in the last general State election and he don't. want this element to make a bad showing. Sse7
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-04
L.issrs 1s.iAs. Eaiss,
FRoM ErowAH COUNTY.
Senator "a p. Msnser Writes q Ills
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Senator Ed p. Hsmser Wfftes sf Ills
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 Editor of The Advertisers:
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 Yours,
 Ed D. Hammer.