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The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-11-21

and may let 1t out now. He saved
enough to buy a practice, and is
working It up now"
The ugly, red haired student is now
lawyer with a European reputation.
Men like him manage to exc out a
livelihood in every Continental uni
versity managed on the new system,
by which students read through the
course at home and present Them
selves for examination when they
think fit. The professors. who, there
fore. do not see the men in the lecture
rooms. cannot possibly tell the differ
ence between Smith and Jones. The
system has its advantages. especially
for beer-house keepers and men like
'''Carroty- Head"
Education affords another strange
way of making both ends meet. In
countries where the finishing certifi-
cate OF middle school" or gyrnnas-
ium, as II is called in Europe, is
enough to admit a boy to n university.
II often happens that the "caligraphy
MASTER" probably obsolete In England
and America. adds to his meager
purse in q criminal way. His Iegiti-
mate trade is a thing OF the past even
in Europe, and he must earn a living
the best way he can. AS he writes q
beautiful hand he Is employed. for
mere song. to write out diplomas for
the middle schools This giveal him
access to the diploma forms and he
can practice the professors signatures
at his leisure. =
1t therefore often happens that he
calls on a lazy pupils father and--ups
on the lazy pupil having to leave
school without a iploma---furnishe
him with one which. even to an ex-
nart'a ewes cannot be ~dlstinRuished
from the genuine article. A few hun
dred dollars have passed from .papa's
pocket to that Of the handwriting ex-
pert and the pupil goes toissome for
eign university. Needless to say both
parties run great risks
The lazy pupil may come across an
old schooimate at the university, who
remembers that he did not finish at
school and denounce him 70 tho uniyer-
sity senate. In some cases these GER
sincates have been proved fraudulent
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Lately 4 have been thinking no little
about our birds, particnlariy those that
were fsmiiisr 70 me- n my boyhood,
says John c. Cook iu the NasnviiIs
Banner. and wondering what could
have become ofSfhem. the little brown
breasted blue bird. che peewee. the
sapsucker, with whom I used to play
hids-end-seek ana the greatest Jester
of ali the feathered tribes; the wren.
our native sparrow and many other
species whose common names Will.
readily occur to the reader. In, cer-
tain cedar thicksf not hundred miles
from Nashville have seen, am afraid
to say how many. bat stsns of thous-
andg 1T least or robfnstf Where are
fheyf They come 40 mora Even a. o.
boy T used TO wonder why. more wtens
aid not grow. There was a plentiful
supply of blue birds. 80 plentiful, IN.
deed, that the farmers used to shoot
them to prevent them from usurping
the nesting places of the martin. And
what has become Of the swarms of
martins. whose presence about the
house used TO be considered guaran-
tee against the Invasion OF the chicken
hawk? The sapsucker has become
sufficiently scarce to be almost ciassed
as a curiosity and the voice of the
peewee Is rarely heard. More thdush-
es used to fnhabit the woods than are
now found there. at least Il seems 80
TO me: and who that has heard the
funeful thrush can ever forget his
hymns Of rapture? His clear notes al
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success OF II. are usually free from the
necessity Of doing no.
But, 1t may be said, granted that the
eff0rt-to dolonize be futile. in view of
the factors which are driving men to
the city,--what Is there to prevent the
people of the city from accepting tenn
porary work on the farm during PEE
Rod OF business depression7
There are two classes of men who
would be concerned In such a PROPOSE
tion; frst the skilled artisan. who ~
out of job for the time being; and.
second the unskilled laborer. who
earns small wages even when he 10
employed. ! can imagine the expert
workman coming back to the city at
the end OF the harvest season. and at
tempting to get another Job at his
trade. Where did you work last" the
foreman will inquire. "oh. was out
on farm" the mechanic will answer
lii he wants to tell the truth. "On
farm? We're not hiring Rubes--we
want skilled men," And no amount of
persuasion can make the average fore.
man believe that the fact that the man
before him went to work on farm
rather than loaf in the city IL really to
his credit He cares nothing about the
finer points in the matter; he wants
men who can do the work demanded
OF them. and he must Judge of their
ability on purely surface grounds.
To some. this may seem like a trivial
barrier, but It 10 very real one. not
only as far as the foreman Is concern
ed. but the shopman as well. for they
have a feeling OF contempt for the
.havseed." be he the original article.
or merely one who became. such as
makA-shift. And SO the workingman
tramps the streets. with all the pride
OF the skilled American workingman--
some OF II foolish. but some or 1t most
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What do you think was his answerS
We'll. here n is--sT will,ri WIN
any other preacher. bellicose for
morals, please say. What I, . layman.
ought to think OF that kind Of NOR
ais from one who has temporarily
suspended the gospel
Speak out, Brethren. \
Mr.. Carmichael Speaker OF the HOUSE
think was guilty Of tho virtuous
sentiment that the Church should
rule the state" ~
think Mr., Carmichael II . menu
Der OF the Methodist communion.
Well, our Baptist moraiist. who ~
frank to say he will vote for what
he calls a bad man. told US that =
Methodist Bishop had issued pcremp-
tory orders to his clergy "to lay down
everything (this Includes the gcspsit
and go out and fight for the amend
mentw @% 81
II this Is church secret. the Bsp-
list brother should not have given
It away!
1t is signifcantf
What's wrong with our Supreme.
Court that the clergy under crd4rs
works to- overthrow itf 8 q
Was II not a part OF the LAwrened.
program to get US . new supreme
Court7 - 6 :,
Is this why the gospel Is suspendedf
Lay there, Gospel. until we whip
hell out Of our Supreme court"is
,. cuipeprsr..
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such cities as Calcutta are growing
about as fast as New York or chfca-
60. Fs
Nautilus, the great economist Of for
mer, days. used to say that the time
would come when we could not supply
the people with necessary food be-
cause. he asserted. while the popuia-
ton was growing in geometrical pro-
portions food supply could be pro-
duced only In arithmetical ratios. That
Is. while the population increased in
ratios of !, 2. 4, 5. 16, ETC.. food could
be produced only In ratios of /, 2, ..
4. s. and SO FORTH, Therefore. he
prophesied starvation for most OF the
human race. and he welcomed wars and
pestiience as visitations OF Divine Prov
dence. But his theory hasn't worked
out. Whereas. In former days, 1t re-
quired two-thirds of the population to
raise the farm products necessary to
supply the country with food. today,
on account OF the use of agricultural
machinery. II requires only one-third.
But while the introduction of labor
saving machinery muitiplies tho Ell
cheney Of those who remain on the
farm. there has been as yet no machine
invented which will increase the eating
capacity OF the rest OF the world. It
is quite evident that with the decreas-
ed demand for manual labor on account
OF the use of machinery, the farm-hand
is driven to the city. where he can
1nd steadier employment than that
which Is offered on the farm which
requires his services simply during the
very brief harvest season. when extra
hands are needed. But the farmland.
like the rest of mankind, must work
the year through. At any rate. he
must life fairly normal life. He can-
not hibernate during the winter when
work on the farm Is slack. Just now,
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on account OF his unusually robust
health, he can secure employment
more readily than his neighbor In the
city. whose body has become emaciat-
ed on account Of the lack of proper
nourishment.
Whatever NAV be the condition In
some parts OF the country, and what
ever the temporary demand for men
on the farm during certain seasons.
the fact remains that economic laws
have decreed that eventually most
men must live In the city and there
work out their salvation. Even before
economic necessity compelled men to
80 to the city. the glamour and the
life of the town lured the children Of
the farmer away from the homes OF
their childhood. The call OF the city
could not be hushed. High hope COM
Quered hardship and suffering. The
country offers no such aliurement for
the city-bred workingman. To him
the farm holds nothing of the inspir-
alton which comes to him through con-
tact with real people. Stumps and
stones may inspire poets. but they are
poor companions for the man who
must live with them always. How
can 1t be expected that those who
have tasted the life OF the city which
the countryman longs for. could be i'm
duced TO forsake It for the loneliness
Of the field from which the farmer Is
feeling. .ffA
To attempt to force the city work
ingman 10 go to the country would he
contrary to the laws OF natural selec-
ton. and the demands OF human ma.
ture. 1t 10 largely a question of adapt
alton. The country-bred man seems
to find 1t comparatively easy to adapt
himself to the life of the city. hut the
city-bred man rarefy adjusts himself
to the ways Of the country. Those
who do 20 to the country and make q
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increasingly large numbers are making
their homes In the country. but most
OF these fortunate ones still make
their living In the city, And It's the
question Of making a living that con-
Germs US Just now. It's big induce
ment to move out OF the city and live
In the surburb when one can be
whirled from New Jersey into the
heart or New York In three minutes,
for instance. but the great mass OF the
people are compelled to make their
homes in the city and make their liv-
ing there. too.
II the present tendencies continue,
and there Is little doubt that they will.
we may a. well make up our minds
that the city win be compelled to
solve the problem of the unemployed,
without any thought as to receiving
aid from the country. excepting, per-
haps. In extraordinary circumstances
and for limited period.
Statistics indicate very clearly that
the tendency of population Is toward
the city. In 1900. there were only six
cities In the United States with a
population OF 5000 and over. Today.
there are over 900 yuch cities. One
OF the population lived In the city.
Today thirty-three per cent are city
sheltered During ten years. the total
increase Of the population In the Unit
ed States was twenty per cent. but
the population in the city during the
same period increased thirty-seyen per
cent. In some of the older states Inn
portant towns and counties was SER
iously depleted on account of the
rush from country ~ city
Most OF US imagine that this move
ment Is limited TO our own country.
but It is world phenomenon. Berlin.
Paris. 81 Petersburg. London and even
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{ ]. myself. accord 10 ME- Lawrence
mentality Of high order. such as
is not matched In the moral circles
of Alabama.
1 I believe In home industry. and home
talent. but II home talent Is lacking.
] think We should get the prime ar
ticle IL we have to 60 to Ohio for II.
Ohio Is fertile OF talent and heaven
ly benedictio and. think Il may
be wrong about IT. that the very FIRST
citizen OF the world Is from Ohio. yet
give 1t as my opinion that. with
all his towsrfng ability and excessive
mentality he could not have come to
Alabama and dominated our Governor
and legislature as Mr.. Lawrence did
! recoiiect that gentleman from
Ohio once sojourned. for awhile In our
beautiful southland and engaged In
teaching to some of our young men
the pastime or Hell"
The same gentleman, by a famous
march to the sea. split the Confederncy
In two and thus precipitated the earl
Ter ending OF hell"
II "splits stops "helr'. the Rev Mr..
Lawrence - to be commended by the
preachers. and I don't know II / am
not ready to applaud him.. myself
But Ill bet money that the "ben-
ediction from heaven" IL intolerable
to the vtrtuous clevgy. q.
Let the clergy speak out for I
understand the real great man from
Ohio Is not winebibber to any hurt
full extent.
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J. CulpepPer Talks Of Parsons

rather Z hig1zar ana purer set Of men
than our R6pttsf preachers. and un-
Les The preachers or the other dan
ouipationx II guilty Of, sofpe honest act
Of Inconsistency. I. feeL In his presence.
like an walking on holy ground.
have q better acquaiu(6nes with
Baptist preachers aud somtomss take
the liberty 20 imagine = lack Of sin-
cerity. and. therefore. ~ = Baptist to
Baptist tested the sincerity OF the
Baptist preachers moraiA
When . lot OF preachers once ad-
vised me to vote for man who ac-
casionaily Hooks upon the wine when
1t Is red to excess. my own sense OF
morals and ideas OF pure and unde-
filed religions, forbade me listening
to their pulpit effortk any more.
don't think the preachers are guilty
OF habitual admiration OF fntoxicants.
but have heard that on Election day.
they don't particularly seek out the
sober man for honors.
I'm afraid only Baptist preachers do
this.
II whiskey IL the damnable thing, it
Il said to be, think only lay mem
bers Of the church should honor II
on election day. The lay members,
should have some latitude OF insin-
I / believe the preachers will Join me
IN that sentiments
The. Baptist preacher. who had sus-
pended the gospel temporarily. for
q srester work, u 81 present . Demo-
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ooxy mud OF the swemp. This charac~
teristic is responsible for the IDEA
largely prevalent among the plain peo-
Pile and negroes OF Virginia that the
birds really do not leave their feeding
grounds at all but bury themselves IN
the mud like frogs and there remain
till the coming of summer. The truth
is the negroes win tell you that this
sora is species OF frog. He IL known
in the North as the Carolina rail- and
is common in summer along the Mains
coast. but on the approach OF cold
weather he sets his sails for some
favorite island in South America
The usual method OF hunting soraz
is for the sportgman 20 provide him
self with canoe, or other light boat
a man to push 1t. a gun. or. prefern-
Bly, long stick, ana a torch bearer.
proach, for they take fright ut the
slightest noise made BY. their human
enemies: but BY using due caution the
hunter can easily get within striking
distance and a slight tap on the head
of the bird secures the game. Nature
has provided these birds with but
single means OF defense. that Of dfv-
ing under the black waters and mud
of the swamp.
In Richmond restaurants sorag ara
served In several ways, but a sora pie
Is said TO be a favorite with the vir-
gilman epicure. Several years ago
while visiting friends on the sfJeems's
/ was one OF a party TO visit the flaws
orite haunts Of the sora. and aearce~
ly hope to be believed when / say that
on this occasion saw close 60 niii%
lion Of them feeding In the swamp.
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My Baptist preacher was not chart
tably kind to The Advertiser. and the
Methodist preacher won't let II come
into his house. on account of its black
ness and viieness q never volunteer
advice to the newspaper man. but
venture to suggest that a preacher on
The Advertisers stan would stop de-
nunication.
The alien Presbyterian Minister is
a gushing ODDLY son Of gun. but.
the Espiscopal laymen. are vile wre-
ches!
welil weIiil welliii
Our Baptist preacher Temporarily
In q greater work than. the gospeD
is a fine. honest sincerely positive In
his morals. He gave the Defenders
what Paddy gave the drum"-some-
thing like hell cat" In his estima-
ton. -
am positive that he was honest
and sincere in his denunciations OF
immoral men, for he said SO.
The reason think can commend
him as q moral guide to the young
is this
/ picked out leader of the thug
and home destroyers'' and damned
rascals (the preacher was jocular with
the word damned and feel like 1t
will be approved by all good ministers
who are temporarily out OF the Cos
peI for greater work) and asked
him il he wifi vote for such dam
ned rascal" II he gets the nominal
ton for Governor.
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COMMUNICATIONS that tomorrow
will 1nd him at work at his trade.
The unskiiled iaborer hasn't this OBJ
stacle to contend with--at least, not to
so great q degree. He could accept o.
Job In the country without the sacrifice
OF very much pride. But there arc
even more serious reasons as TO why
he cannot go from the city to the
country to help the farmer get In his
hay Anyone who knows the man Of
the poorer tenement districts is. famii-
lar with pale. narrow ehested indi-
vidual, who simply could not stand %
day in a hot August sun, using a pitch
fork or even driving q team. It
would be physically impossible FOR him
to make good In a task which would
be absolutely new and which would
require more muscle than he ever
possessed. With him. 1t would be q
matter of endurance. aside from the
social questions which are bound to In
fiuence him to a considerable degree,
and he is not equal to the job.
There is possibility that the immi-
grant may be induced to go to the
farm, although the effort to persuade
him TO do 40 has not been very sue
cessful, largely for the reason that
most OF the foreigners who are now
coming to US lived in the citv or the
town back In the fatheriand. In sew.
eral OF the colonization schemes sor
immigrants. the foreigners found that
they were being exploited by the pro-
moters. with the result that the news
was carried TO the refinotest villages OF
the old country. creating prejudice
against the farming industry. 1t will
take long while to overcome this
Feeling.
After all. this whole matter is prln-
cipally a question of human nature.
We may find fault with 1t. and per-
suade. ourselves that the city'ls poor
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track to the man hard pressed for his
daily bread. remember once when
chance took me to a university city
near the Baltic sea, being struck by a
very ugly red-haired. red-eyed stu
dent. who. though poorly dressed. al
ways went about with the richest
boys who treated him with a differ
ence they did not give to one anoth-
er. His Jokes were always laughed
at. and his harangues listened to.
AS this was one of the German uni
versities where students spend all
their time drinking beer and fighting
duels. his popularity was the more
remarkable because he drank sparing-
ly and bore no visible traces OF sword
flashing. As the townspeople knew
nothing about him and the students.
when asked. laughed and changed the
subject left the place without solv-
ing the mystery.
Z Later on heard him plead in a
Berlin law court--just as ugly. shock
headed and bumptious as ever. But
he pleaded well and won his case. The
counsel for the other side was furious.
The man always was fraud" he
exclaimed afterwards. HE has been
my bad star all my life. We were at
the same university. The first term I
did nothing but drink. Just before /
and said that. IL paid him $500 he
would go up and be examined for me.
kicked him out. I found out later
that everybody who was in funk
about exams sent UP 'Carroty- Hair
whose fee was from $500 to $500 per
examination. Sometimes he had three
mems exams In term. sometimes ON
ly one, The last year was up he
had to dye his hair and beard, lest
the examiners should recognize him.
He kept himself and a lot of little
brothers and sisters on the fraud, and
got his degree with honors. He work :
ed all night for he sat drinking with
us all day and he IL not a brilliant
man. We all hated him, but dared
not show It because. he grew so pow
erful. He never failed IN an exam.
and there are men here in Berlin who
shake In their shoes whenever. he
frowns because he went up for them
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Editor Advertiser.
During the past week heard two
political harangues from preachers
They are good men and stand for NOR
ais. When they take position on NOR
ais, we know they are sincere and
honest, not for day but for all the
year. ! love 20 listen to honest. sin-
cere preachers. even when they doff
the clerical robe. i feel like can
say to the young men--.Be guided BY
him. in all your walk In life. for he
r. honest. truthful and sincerew
Can't any man give his son this
advice concerning an honest. truthful
preacher?
One OF the preachers whom I heard
II . Methodist Of the Presiding Elder
proportion. We didn't learn from him
that he II out Of the pulpit upon the
arbitrary command OF his superior. I
think maybe he doesn't know Il. or be-
ing q truthful man and above deceit,
no would have told rs. Ny recollection
Is that he Impressed us with the az
aertfon OF voluntary suspension OF the
Gospel to work for the morals and
the homes Of the land.
think voluntary efforts for morals
even upon the part Of the clergy IL
highly commendable.
/ applaud the preacher. who, even
once In awhile has his righteous soul
affame for morals
think he ought to have credit for
even spasmodic endsavor to do good.
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There are more ways of making q
living are more ways OF making n
ment reports on trade and labor. says
q warsaw. Poland. correspondent OF
The Louisville Times. and 1t happens
that the writer, In various journeyings
on the Continent, has run across some
of them and made personal investiga-
tiong. led thereto. It must be confessed,
more for the humor OF the thing than
from any. profound taste for political
seonnmy.
The results proved diverting. and.
put at their lowest value. they rep
resent original ideas. For instance. II
would hardly seem worth q restaurant
keepers while to pay man TO make
HID soup look greasy. even when the
service only costs a few cents a day.
But. at any rate. one Paris cook shop.
in the neighborhood OF Montmartre.
Employs d man for this purpose. and
possibly many more do.
The man In question Is not French.
He has the gaunt lcpk of the North
Briton and q foreign accent He Is
miserably clad and wears the furtive
look OF those who have come down In
the world and fear that others will no.
tice II. He passes the whole day In
the restaurant-a dirty cook shop fire.
ouented by the poorest OF the Paris
poor--beggars of both sexes Z. out-of-
works who have long since ceaked to
look for employment and thieves who
are too tImid or too stupid to rise
above the dead level of petty piifer-
ing.
He must sleep in the restaurant. far
~ YOU enter as soon as the shutters
are down in the morning you will find
him near one of the mud-stained win
dows, his elbows on the table and his
dong legs stretched under 1t. At noon,
when the clients" as they are called
in Franco, begin to come in, the res
taurant keeper beckons to him with
an authoritative gesture, whereat ne
rises unwillingly' and slouches inta the
kitchen behind the bar, whence he
energies only when the last supper has
BEEN eaten. s~sn7
One morning I questioned him about
HIS business. but received only negative
answers. He was not cook. nor q