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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-23

Editor The Advertisers. 4,
 I note with great deal of pleasure the interest you are manifesting in the movement which has been started to raise by popular subscription a fund for the purpose of Illuminating the State Capitol dome and grounds. This is something that has long been need ed. and l hope that the people of the State will respond to the call promptly and substantially.
 This is not local matter and 1t should appeal to the civic pride of ev- cry man and woman in the state of Alabama. '-'- --t E%H
 We are all proud of our country and State. Our loyalty makes us SO, and our loyalty should make us proud of our State buildings. and infuse us with the desire to make them beauti- full and attractive.
 According to the plans that have been submitted. ] understand that when arrangements are complete the Capitol will be one of. if not themost brilliantly illuminated buildings in the world. This should appeal strongly to those in Montgomery who are interest ed in the movement City Beautiful as the Illumination by night will add charm and beauty to the city almost equal to that which the flowers. the trees and grasses give by day.. If we all get to work we can raise the amount needed in two weeks.
 Willing to Help.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-23

out envy. communication of joys with out lessening. 10 10 to dwell in . pleased country. whore no enemy shall eyer enter. and from whence no friend
 And Paul sums 1t ail up in one word of rapture. '.so shah we be forever with the Lord" Yes; and for this reason; If We had ail that measure of bliss and were apart from Christ 1t would not. could not be Heaven.
 presence of christ and but one thing cen at us for Heaven--the mind of Christ And. there is but one way to attain the mind of christ--a life of watchfulness and prayer. Watchful- ness--whereby with unshrinking oour- evil motives. unhoiy desires. infirmi. ties and weakness. Prayer--continual hearty. sincere. SO that by the strength of the Holy Spirit we may gain mastery oyer ourselves and have our hearts changed from love of sin to love of
 Such prayer, and such watching. will under grace, help us to reach that perfect obedience. which we were sent into the world to learn. Christ. our Lord and Great Example. came into this world to be His Heavenly Fathers will; and 90 our daily lesson and work must he to deny ourselves, contradict ourselves. submit ourselves. resign our selves till. like Him, we can say. undcr any trial which God sees fit to lay on us. "tNo. my will. but Thine be done"
 And Just in proportion. as we train ourselves to do Gods will on earth (after the pattern and In the spirit, if not to the extent in which the angels do 1t in Heaven). shall we be made meet to take our place with them in that world, where. obedience to the will of God is the univeral law. By suffering we learn obedience, and are made like Christ It Is to those thus made like Him that He gives this in- spirins promise; T will come again and receive you unto Myself: that where am there ye may be also"
 Other bliss there may be; imperfsh- able joys in companionships with loved ones gone before" joys more perfect and enduring than heart can thin or tongue can tell. but the joy of all joys will be that we shall be with Christ! with Him who died for us, and ashed us from our sins in His own blood We shall see His face, share Ills glory and be safe in His love forever.
 And that will be Heaven!
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-23
A MORNING THOUGHT
BY :. MARVIN NICHOLS.

If you consult with everybody you know. 1t means confusion.
 If you are convinced that fSTi. Tia Never n you you are on .S the rign, n,
 follow 1t unfiinchingly.
 If you are fortunate enough to find out the best way of doing thing and then do not do 1t though the heavens fall
 If you undsrestimate your powers oi judghent. You're grown man.
 If you allow adverse criticism to change your mind one whit.
 A certain capitalist withheld inform ation from the stock market over night and made millions. It raises an inter- esting question in financial ethics. We wonder what Wall Street would say had advanced information of the de- feat of Napoleon at Waterloo. He made millions in the stock market by keeping that information to himself of news for which all England was waiting, or was he to be praised for his superior skill displayed in obtain ing advance information of facts so vital to the whole world?
 Abraham Lincoln said: When I am dead I want 1t said of me by those who know me best that always plucked thistle and planted flower WH6Eo thought B uOW9F WOulu BNOW. ] And there are otners---those who would put up atgiaring signboard advertising just where the thistles may be found.
 
 The delta of the Mississippi is but the confluence of multitude of streams draining. all that mighty ter ritory between the. Rockies and the Alleghanies. And so the bowen to do great things Is but the confluence of the innumerable capacities for little things.
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 Montaigne aeclafedj ghatstftruth 4tself has notA Atheo PHivtleg6 0toy be spoken at all 1timesgstT The one who calculates q falsehood is himself a liar, cling an accessory. Not whit better is the one who deliberately .peddles the truth he's ( gossip and what could be "o'se s b.@>4 s.ee <'f 7'f st Life has no significance dntf 1t he- comes the theatre on which Is staged the drama of your whole life. Your in dividua! powers are the chief actors in the play. ssa 'f7 ;7
 s5Tf+ + rs .-.e Cheerfulness is coinage good in any realm and will pass at par In every land.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-23
The Chinese Doctor.

New York World
 In China physicians practice on the subscription plan; that Is to say. each family pays its doctor a certain iixed sum eaehH year. But the Chinese con- slider that the principal value of doc tors is to keep them we'll rather than to cure them of illness, so when a physician is unable to prevent one of his clients from becoming Ill, a cer- tain sum Is deducted from his pay, the amount being regulated by the length of time his client ls sick. This sensi- ble system makes the Chinese physi- clan exceeding watchful over the health of the people.
 But the system has its disadvant- ages, as the court physicians have just learned tn their cost. For the doctors found themselves unable to prevent the Emperor and the .Dowager En- press from dying; therefore 1t was nee. essary that they should suffer the pen atty of such grave ignorance. AS consequence of this double imperial death five imperial physicians have heen deGraded two degrees, although they retain their posts at court. while the president of the imperial hospseAl and two of his chief assistants have been dismised from their positions, the reason assigned being flor their ig- nOrance - 6t
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-23
This b My 3Sth Birthday
Edwin Yates webb.

Edwin Yates Webb, Representatiys In Congress from the Ninth Distrfck of N. C., May B, 1872 Alter graduating from Wake Forest College In tR9a he studied law at the University of North in 1894, He began the practice of law in his home town and soon became &C., tive in politics. For four years he served as chairman of the Democratic first public office came to him in 1900, when he was elected member of the State Senate. During the same year he acted as temporary chairman of the State Democratic Convention. Follow ing spirited campaign Mir. Webb was nominated and elected to the Fifty. been honored twice with reelection.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-23
Occasionally We come upon a brief

Occasionally We come upon a brief reference to that heavy old joke, the Illinois Legislature, and its persistent and effective efforts not to elect q United States Senator. The farce has been going on for some months, and We are not aware that any advance is being made, so far as the Senatorship is concerned. We presume that tbs members pocket their pay with cheer ful regularity, however.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-23
orsasn of the Anvil.

Boston t3Inbe. f
 The anvil was known fin the earliest times, being snoken of in the Bible. the prophet TPaiah saying (chapter fT: verse 7) "So the carpepter encouraved the goldsmith. and he that smooeheth with the hanmer. him that smiteth the anvil" It Is not known who first used 1t, but of course the anvil of ar- tiouity was unlike that of today ss perfected by modern woriern anship; The anvil still used in the Orient, how: ever Is a boot-shaped piece os mstai inserted in a section of oak or walnut log: larger or srraller it Is used ny tInkmiths. shoerna kers. siiversmtths end biacksmithe. The anviis used in rhis country gre commonly made of cast iror faeR6 with steel and are Of par- alielopiped form with a steel cone or heak at one end and mandy hotes for inFertinR chisel or other eools ae tho akhar end.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-23


 The Legislature of Florida. so we are informed, has enacted a law con- corning automobiles which rather Hays over" anything in that line that VIC have hitherto noticed. Among other things. it provides that when an au- to, driven along a public highway. meets another vehicle the chauffeur shall stop his machine, and If there are women or children in the other carriage he must get out and help to guide the animals drawing 1t, whether they are horses. mules. oxen or what not. safely by the auto, after which he may proceed on his way. We think we see some of the speeders going to all this trouble-nit. If that law is strictly enforced we shall feel compeil- ed to revise our opinion of humanity.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-23
The Sugar Men Higher Up.

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 There mas been a general snicker at the indictment of the Seven Wicked Weighers of the American Sugar Re- fining Company. and the grave assur- ance of the company's officers that the men had all been discharged from the company's service as soon as their had to be discharged. of course, and of course it Is right that they should be indicted; but as our neighbor, The Wall Street Journal points out, the them cannot. as men of ordinary common sense. suppose that the world will believe that a small band of subordinate employees. receiving sala- ries of not more than thirty dollars a week each at the outside, would, put upward of two millions of the public's money into the pockets of the American Sugar Refining Company out of sheer altruism." No, that would be checkers were as much sinned against as shining. No other conjecture Is tenable than that they were employed for many years. and paid to cheat We agree with The Wall street Jour- nal. above quoted, that public opini on will not (and should not) be satisfied with the punishment of a few weigh CTS or custom officers, and that the responsibility of handing over the req criminals rests with those directors lean Sugar Refining Company through the past ten years" They are. The Journal says President w. B. Thomas Vice President Arthur Donner, John E have a disagreeable job ahead of them but we presume that, with the help oi the prosecuting officer of the govern ment- 1t will eventually be performed
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-23
HxPENs1v ETaAvELLINe.

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 The talk which has been going on for quite while of establishing an airship line between Boston and New York has arrived at stage where they have fixed the price of passage. They have put the price at sixty dollars for the trip. so we are informed. but we have not learned if a safe passage is guaranteed. and also if the passenger Is assured of getting to the point his turned. These. we suppose. are mere details, to be settled later
 It rather strikes us that the charge is excessive. One of the great ad- vantaRes of this method of travel E that no road has to be constructed The projectors do not have to dig down hills. tunnel through mountains and fill up or bridge valleys and ra- vines. They do not have to survey and mark out the route in the first place. nor do they have to prepare the road-
 
 bed. put down the crossties. lay The rails and do all tho other varied ard expensive work necessary in tho con- struction of railway line. neither do they have to build powerful locomo- lives and expensive trains of passcn- ger-cars-all of which Is preliminary to the conveyance of people from one place to another.
 That is all, an expensive business. as any one must know. and fairly good rates must be charged or the roads cannot pav expenses. although there are those who think all railroad cor norations are robbers and all their charges excessive--but let that pass. As none of these expenses are to be incurred in the airship business one would suppose the charge would be much less between the two cities named than sixty dollars. All that will be to do will be to get into the machine in one city. go up into the trackless atmosphere. make a direct and quick flight to the other citv and come down--and there you are.
 When we say this is all you have to do. we mean theoretically. of course for 1t has not been done yet. A man may go up at Boston. for example, ex- pecting to land at New York but may hit Kalamazoo. the Atlantic Ocean or some other place not set down in his time table That Is why we say the air company, if 1t Is going to charge such high rates for passage between the two cities, ought to attach suar- anty coupon to the ticket binding the company to return the money If tho trip is not made to the point pad eo" Few people, we are persuaded. would care to pay sixty dollars to go soin"- where and not have any assurance of getting there. As to that matter. we know people who would not make the trip if they knew they'd get there
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-23
This Date in History
May 28.

l4ss-cirolamo Savonaroia, the Domin-
 ican monk who set up a popular government in Florence, died.
 Born September 21, 1452.
 160y-Second Virginia charter granted. i6ss-The council of Virginia proclaian-
 ed William and Mary Lord and
 Lady of Virginia fS 178S-South Carolina adopted the Ted-
 eral Constitution. fsf ls27--Milton s. Latham, sixth Governor
 of California, born in Columbus,
 ohio, Died in New York. March
 s, 1882. s3 1ss2-Battie of Port Royal, Va.
 1S69-Old South Church. Boston, ceie.
 brated It's 20Oth anniversary. 18sS-The First California regiment
 embarked for Manila 1S99-Ftrst celebration of "Empire
 Day" In Canadn" M
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-23
EXERCISES AT PINE APPLE.
Hon. H. g. ID Mallory to Make Literar
 AddreaS to Reh0oI

Address to School.
 Pine Apple, May 22.-(Special. )-The closing exercises of the Pine Apple High School will begin on Friday evening next week
 The commencement serm on will be delivered by Rev. l.. N. Brock, pastor of the Baptist ChuS:h.
 On Tuesday the Hon. H. s. D. Mall iory of Selma will deliver the literary address and present diplomas to the graduating class.
 Prof. J. H. Sams the principal of the school has been endorsed and his reappointment asked for by the pat rons of the school
 The faculty. consisting of Miss Evins of Marion. Miss Barnes of Montgom- cry and Miss Powell of Lov!na, Tenn, were also endorsed by the patrons.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-23
SUNDAY, MAY a, 1908.
The following item from The Abbe- viiis News is in measure misleading

FAls NeWs - fa
 The State authorities from Governor recent victory in the railroad rate liti-
 son aS ss sw sSd is the ssd dtSsyds Sy shs wifi fHqr5o doubt. acquiesce and adopt the rate named
 No court has held the law to be good. On the appeal from Judge Jones's sc- ton the Court of Appeals, consisting of three judges. sitting at New Orleans did not pass upon the vaiiaIty or nom validity of the laws. The jurisdiction of Judge Jones was distinctly upheld. but two out of three of the judges held that he was in error in Issuing injunctions until after trial of the rates to ascertain by actual operation whsth- CT or not the rates were confscatory and issued orders accordingly. This meant that the kates were to be tried but it settled nothing beyond that The appeal of the roads to the United States Supreme Court for a process that would take the matter direct to that court was denied. so that the order of the Court of Appeals for a trial of the rates stands and under present arr engagements the change will go into ef- feet about the 1st of June. After trial of the rates it remains to be seen what decision the courts will make and not until then will 1t be known whether they win be upheld. In the meantime the public want a rest from railroad agitation and. as speedy a settlement of the whole vexed question as can he reached.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-23

One of the amusing things to the rest of the fraternity Is to watch the Car olina and Virginia brethren quarrslling over the merits of their respective poets. And the funniest thing about it is that they actually print specimens os what they call poetry.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-23

It was right down mean in the ele- ments to create such rumpus and icy to blun the President when he was giving the people of Charlotte and North Carolina the weight of his pres ence in the celebration of their Meek lenburg Day. They've had trouble enough over their Declaration of 1nde- pendenoe and the weather man should have been good to them. However they celebrated and nailed down their claim in good shape. We hope 1t will stay put. And by the way. when MT. Taft declared his conviction that the Meek lenburg Declaration is not a myth he nailed the Tar Heelers to him in good shape, but how about the other fellows?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-23

The statement put out 70 the effect that "the Young Turks are holding eighty of old AbduFs wives in re- serve" doesn't signify much. If he re- mains a virtual prisoner he won't need many wives. and if he should gain Ie-, come Sultan he can get as many as he to him7
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-23

It is good to read in The Columbus Ledger such a sentence as this: We are buying luxuries" It is pleasant and encouraging to know that some of the brethren are able to buy luxuries when so many cant even purchase neeessaries.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-23
Governor Draper. of Massaehusstt.

Governor Draper. of Massachusetts, was arrested last Wednesday by the police of Wellesley for overspeeding The Governor took his arrest good na- turedly. declaring that if he had vio- lated the law he was just as guilty as any other law-breaker and should re ceive the same treatment. That was much more sensible than to stand On his dignity and try to bluff the of- ficers
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-23

Why don't they send wireless mes sagss to Mars and be done with it' Taas aFaEtSans would be dee-lighted, no 4snh&.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-23

A great many odd shoulder bands and straps are introduced by the best makers, the bands and straps making suimpes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-23
'., sxropN CIECuIATION

Ths figures for April printed below .p
 resent the actual net circulation all re'ufHs having been deducted. -...,..a. ia
 The MontEomery Advertiser guaIantees .s atveftisers (and makes 1t part oi the .,,,- con s~sr4 eshe, reouestedl that it's daily circu- ss@ian "a larger than that of any morning newspaper printed in Alabama--and una, ,ns s sunday edition has ;~s largest e,r.aS tn of any edition of any newspaper pfintee '.s Alabafna, without exception
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-23

c | Finigan, Circulation Manager of The Nonfgomery Advertiser. being duly sworn, says:
 The foregoing statement of The Adver- tisprss circtiati1n for the month of April 1908 ia true and correct. and compiled a1- ter aii returns from news boys. news agents. spoiled and leftover copies have been de- dncted C. I. FINIGAN. Circulation Manager.
 sworn to and subscribed before me tnis Sth day of April. 1909.
 RIGA ALEXANDER. Notary Public
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-23
IIluminate the Canitol.

John Cunningham
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-23

Tn the pocket of a man who com. mitted suicide. says The Constitution the following memorandum was dis. covered;
 'sJohn-Dont forget the coffee, the sugar, the halrpins, the buttons. the spool thread the pickles ana the new
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-04-08
THE REV. lRL R. HICKS
Almanac and Magazine

Should be in every home in the
land. His weather predictions can
be had only in his own publications.
No other publisher is permitted to
print them in any form, either with
or without credit. His 1909 Alma
nae exceeds all former editions in
beauty and value, and sells for 35
cents, postpaid. His monthly mag
azine. Word and Works, contains
his weather forecasts for each
month. contains a vast amount of
the best family reading and costs 81
a year, one almanac with each sub
scription. Every earthquake and
serious storm for 20 years has been
predicted by Prof. Hicks. You can
not afford to be without these pub
lications Address all orders to.
KENTUCKIAN.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-04-08
PAGE TWO
relenhone IN the Abs.

The telephont has robbed the Alpine
heights of some of their terIors. Two
Alpestrians lately lost their way on
the great St Bernard mountain Wan
dering for hours in fierce snowstorm
they at last reached one Of the newly
quilt shelters erected by the monks.
There they found not only food and a
lamp but also a telephone connected
with the hospice. They called up the
monks and soon one of the brothers
appeared accompanied by two St
Bernard dogs and conducted the men
to the hospice where they received
the proper care. Many huts have been
built in exposed places and a number
of lives have thus been saved.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-04-08

SUPERINTENDENT OF COUNTY SCHOOLS.
We are authorized to announce
PROF. w. E. GRAY
as candidate for reelection to the Office Of Su-
of County schools Of Christian
county. subject to the action of the Republican
party.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-04-08
EvoIutIon Of the overcoat.

1t is surprising to what an extent
the motoring pastime has Influenced
the shape of the present day over
coat worn by the man of the street.
If the ordinary individual appeared
muffled up in a heavy D. B. button
over overcoat with storm collar worn
in conjunction with light one piece
tweed cap some five years ago, he
would have been dubbed a crank or a
weakly individual from the tropics
Tailor and Cutter.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-04-08
Was Otherwise Emploxed.

The editor of this paper has been at
tine county seat this week, protesting
his rights, liberty and pursuit of happi-
ness from the grim and yawning pris-
on walls, where our enemies would
most willfully confine us; hence our
delay in the publication of this ISSUE
Lowell (Wyo) Chronicle.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-04-08
The Christian County Loose6
Tobacco Market

Auction sale of loose tobacco EVERY DAY throughout
the season We have secured the large j. E. Cooper iv
cry stable 3d Ave. where we are prepared to receive
all kinds of tobacco either stripped on the stalk and
will sell same for you privately at public acution for
highest market prices.
Our house open for receiving tobacco every day in the
week. Will receive tobacco handpacked in hogsheads--
and sell it on the loose floor at highest market price
j. P. THOMPSON & CO., Managers.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-04-08
Birds as Weather Pronhets.

If birds in general peck at their
feathers, wash themselves and fly to
their nests, expect rain. Parrots and
canaries dress their feathers and are
wakeful the evening before storm.
If the peacock cries when he goes to
roost, it is a sign of rain. Long and
loud singing of robins in the morn
ing denotes rain.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-04-08
New Series.

The books for subscription to
stock in the 55th Series of the Hop
kinsville Building and Loan Associa-
tion will be opened at the Office Of
the treasurer, at the First National
Bank, on April 1st, 1909. A limited
rumber of shares will be sold.
THos. w. LONG, Treas.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-04-08
COUNTY Assessor.
We are authorized to announce
T. H. JOINER.

as a candidate for assessor of Christian county.
subject to the action of the Republican party.
Election 1909.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-04-08
Own a Home
DON'T PAY RENT

For sale at bargain: A beauti-
full new home on one of the best
corner lots in the city. Also a mod
ern up-to-date house on East Ninth
street. Call on Planters Bank and
Trust Co.