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The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-12-08
In Gypsy Smiths farewell

In Gypsy Smiths farewell sermon
in Cincinnati Sunday he says: There
are two kinds of backsliders the one
who steps out of the holy place,
paints the city red and gives up the
church, the other is the secret one,
with black heart, who leads double
life and studies to make people be-
lieve that he is good at heart and
leading beautiful life-such a life is
rotten! The first kind is honest, for
he knows that you know that he is a
backslider-God pity that kind!
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-12-08
Young mann # ron expect 10 nttain

Young man if you expect to attain
success you must work. Success
does not crown the efforts of a boy
who runs away from school and shirks
his lessons. Success dose not crown
the effort of a youth who stands
around the street corners smoking
cigarettes and expectorating on the
sidewalks. Success does not crown
the effort of aman who stands around
the corners of the street talking
about his neighbors and whiting out
a financial policy. Success is the
legitimate result of labor and nppiica-
ton to business.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-12-08
SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE.

Hard Borgess., David Berry, Nolan
Long, Nathan PoFenbarger, Robert
Reynolds, Chester Roush, Nathan
Denny, Lena Foglesong, Mary Nc
Culloch, Clara Oliver, Margaret
Smith, Eulah somerMlle, Mary Va
ran, Marjorie Doss.
Eva Hughes, Teacher.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-12-08
SIXTH GRADE

sybil Burdett, Irma Friedman,
Frances Henderson, Daisy Howard,
AnOra Kenny, Marie, Kuhn, Belinda
Lee, sallie Lewis, Hattie Long,
Gladys Petty, Marjorie Rothgeb,
Helen Steinbach, Hilda Stcinbach,
Mary Wartenberg, Maude warten-
berg, okey Burdett, Clarence Cheese
brew, Raymond condee, Harold
Ruth.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-12-08

in private will generally cure fault
more easily than many public criti-
eisms. So teach the children to be
high minded, cheerful and loving,
and, above all things, to cultivate a
sweet disposition.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-12-08
FOURTH GRADE.

Frank Burton, Hugh Burton, Roy
Derry, Pearl Folden, Charles Fry,
Eugene Friedman, Ronald Gill, Ives
King, Lester Kuhn, Russell Thomas,
Perry Potfenbarger, Howard warten-
berg, Reba Derry, Leone Hughes,
Beulah Oliver.
Lenora Somerville. Teacher.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-12-08

Edna Bowen, Beatrice Eckard,
Violet Mathews, Helen Smith, vir-
ginia Taylor, Theo Wilson, Lyle Bur
dett, Homer Folden, Howard Fogle-
song, George Henry, Harry Nc
Daniel, Floyd Slower, Stanley Wolf,
Howard Ruth.
Lizzie Hogg,, Teacher.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-12-08

The fall of Mars will come within
e5l 200, 900 miles of the earth. Pre-
pare to gossip over the back fence
with your neighbors in that planet.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-12-08

NNNADE IHHLE.
Ralph Boggess. Carl Gardner,
Frank Henson, Marvin MeElfresh,
Edward Newell, Victor Park, San
ford Rhoades, Archie Wartenberg,
JudsOn Calhoun, Marian Burnside,
Inez Burton, Katie Lewis, Nora Nc
Neil, Roma Thomas, Gertie Wilson.
Carrie Mcintosh, Teacher.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-12-08

Now approached the..seasOn when
the shopper begins paying a premium
for the privilege of buying her Christ
mas presents late in the year.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-12-08
The home circle may be-ought to

The home circle may be-Ought to
be-the most charming and delight
full place on earth, the center of the
purest affections and most desirable
associates, as well as the most attrac-
tive and exhalted beauties to be
found this side of paradise.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-12-08
It is always best to wait for the

1t is always best to wait for the
evidence before passing judgment.
When you hear reports detrimental
to young ladies or gentlemen, don't
be hasty in forming conclusions. 1t
is better to be charitable when any
one is in trouble. Today it is some
one else's boy or girl; tomorrow it
may be yours. Trouble comes to US
all, and we should be willing to ex-
tend the same charity We should ex-
pect from Others. Gossip distorts
and magni6es occurrences that have
no foundation in fact, and injustice
is often done innocent parties.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-12-08

A constant endeavor should be
made to render every home cheerful.
In every heart there should reign in
nocent joy. There is often discon-
tent and restlessness in homes, not
for the want of virtue and prayers,
but because the home lacks sunshine.
Each member has his part in making
or marring the happiness of home,
yet We do not think any one can add
to or take from its happiness as the
mother. Where the mother is kind,
patient and cheerful all the inmates
of that home are apt to be contented
and happy.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-12-08

An old man idea ola good preach
er is one who roasts the young people
who sit on the back seat and CYCLE.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-12-08
HIGH SCHOOL.
First Year.

Alva BoSgess, Inez Fish, Lorine
Friedman, Carey Howard, Robert
McGufin, Nelson Park, Emile Stein
bach.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-12-08

When sick man is able to grumble,
growl and wranele he is able to get
up and do his own chores at least.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-12-08
Second Year.


Lillian Asher, Donald Beller, En-
ma Clark, Ralph Harper, Minnie
Leftwich, DIN Roush, Nellie Wha-
ley, Roy woelFel.
Third Year.
Louis Friedman, George Gardner,
Edna Johnson, Cory Love.
Fourth Year.
Raymond Brown, Gertrude Bur
dett, Walter Buxton, Caroline Fried
man, Mary Hayman, Florence How
ard, Dora Eincade, Harry Lewis,
Carl Whaley.
Bertha ]. Steinback, Principal.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-12-08

Anna Lewis, Teacher.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-12-08
WHISKEY. BOT1IED I'M RnNn
BARREL GOODS

Smoke House, per gallon ........ s4 ~
EdEewood Rye per Gallon .................3 an
Paul Jones, per gallon $1,000. ......... 81
J. B. Taylor, perEallon. ............... M
Limestone per Gallon :. d m
Butler County Rye per Gallon -. ......325
Royal Club per GALLON. .....................3 25
MeEwood. per Ealon. 4 m
SWese rose per gallon. 90
Honey Dew, per Gallon ................. . M
Eeacn D1anoy per gallon. 90
French Brandy, per gallon. 90
Apricot Brandy per gallon ............ d M
Apple Brandy per gallon ...............1 m
Alcohol per gallon. d NJ
Mammoth Cave, per quar-. ...............1oo
Three Owls per quart .......... ....... 1 m
Deerfed per quart ............ I M
Old Land Mark per quart ..... ............. / m
Burwood per quart >. .......... ...... I M
Harvest Home per quart ...............:: $50. ! m
Willow Grove per quart. :. ............ / M
ElGin Club per quart ............... 1 m
Duffys Pure Malt; per quart ........... 1 m
We carry full line Of Wines, Gins and Cordals
Express companies WILL NOT TAKE LIQUOR c All orde
must be accompanied by Cash Money Order Express Order
ALEX KETSO po;n4 r1oaao-A IN,
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-12-08
FIFTH GRADE.

Lenora Somerville. Teacher.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-12-08

Lizzie Hogg, Teacher.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-12-08
GRADE THREE.

Mary E. Work, Teacher.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-12
A Veteran Leader Protests
 Against the Amendment

Roanoke. Ala, September 10. 1909. Editor The Advertiser:
 feel sad and sorrowful. am af- fected with grief ovev the political is- sue now before the people. thrust upon them by a few er-zealous prohlbt . tionists pressing the voters of the State to amend the State Constitution. the organic laws of the state. So as to include a liquor prohibitive clause. The Constitution Is the fundamental law of the State from the fact, all power Is fundamentally in the citizens of State, the foundation upon which all other legislative laws must con form and all political parties In power must respect.
 perform in the making of this law, 1t matters not to what political party. he may belong. He can vote for or against proposed amendments to the Constitu- Tho vital question now concerning the voters, "Is the proposed amendment 3 proper measure to be made a part of the organic law of the Statef
 Many thinking voters believe it a dangerous measure to put into our con stitution. Why? Because 1t abridges the rights guaranteed to every Ameri- can citizen from the formation Of this government, and for the safety of the common people they can not be too closely guarded. The intelligent voter ,fs very iealuus Sf hl1yQsafringensent on his political rights and 1t is well hes Is. There is much of that old Puritan sens timent in our people. that was here in our earliest history of this country. in opposition to all traditions and human
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-12
That Amendment.

Springville Item.
 While The Item has had no patience with the recent extraordinary session of the Legislature which tried to throt- tie every legitimate business and to squander all the money they could lay their dirty paws on to further the fa- uatical ideas of Comerocracy. We do want to state that the prohibition Dill as gotten sP up by Carmishsel a shs Is Is 2 s9od oo CTS the entire grounds, # our judges sheriffs and solicitors will only do their duty. We are in favor of no amend with the organic law of the grane old State of Alabama. and in our mind It Is bad precedent to start such at this We are in favor of prohibition, and tor eighteen years we have voted and done what we could in our feeble way for prohibition. and dare say, as much as some of those loud-mouthed political demagogues who are going over the State and using the prohibition plea to further their own personal aims The Item's convictions and principles on not hesitate to state that we believe the amendment fanatics, who are going to make a whirlwind campaign, are as be Comer'sRas some of the men and pering with the organic law of Ala bama-cal1 1t what you may. The Item is opposed to this amendment. and any other for that matter, at this time, and If the voters of this State pass 1t on November 29. we guess we can stand 1t. but as an open, independ- ent paper, we propose to do our duty as we see 1t. and we, propose to do A' openly and fearlessly.
 We do not intend to take any stock whatever in this amendment election more than give our views and if the people desire to pass 1t we have nc kick coming. As an independent paper we propose to discuss the matter from an Independent standpoint and our col- umns are open for the full and free discussion of same by our friends in the county on both sides
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-12
AMERICAN EMIGRATION.

Pr0uperOus NOrthwestern Farmers
 Pouring Into Manitoba and Alberta. Philadelphia Press.
 American farmers. from our North western States are pouring into Cana da In a steady strain. IL is doubtful If at any time or at any place in the world a better class of immigrants ever flocked to a new country.
 These men and women are no out casts or paupers. They are not exilaR for religious reasons. nor are they try ing to escape political oppression. They are mostly prosperous folk. who own property, but who wish to own more. And they see In the great folds 0f Manitoba and Alberta the chance they seek.
 Northwest Canada's wheat crop is worth this year &125. 100000. It has only been a very few years since that entire region was an unsettled wilder ness. Two Americans for every British subject moved into that country in 1908. and there is reason to believe the ratio has not changed much this year.
 So great is the lpredominance of the American spirit in the vast wheat belt of the Dominion that it resembles an American State. English wrtfsrs are already expressing fear that the influx of the Yankee may have e deciding in- Iuence upon the ultimate relations or the United States and Canada.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-12

consultations: furthermore. the measure Is a question of police regulations and not 6 proper measure to so into the organic law of the State.
 I have yet to get my consent to yoi- untarily rellnquish any of my politi- cal tbirthrights handed down to us by our forefathers or take the same from my neighbor, because some wicked sim ner has transgressed and abused n right given him for his decent enjoy ment. The man who wilfully abuses his sacred rights deserves punishment individually. that is the way we will be judged and punished when we are call- ed upon to give an account of our stewardship here among men,.
 It does seem that the most ardent prohtbitionlst should have been satis- fied or at least for while, with -se most stringent laws ever placed upon the statute books of any State. There is too great a tendency on the part Of many of our officials to centraiize pow gerous for a free people. amendment smells like 1t was conceived in sin and brought forth in iniquity. Randolph County has been q prohtbi- ton county for nearly thirty years, ana from the Indications 1t will gv against the amendment by large majority Men who are prohlbitionists under To- cal option are against the measure: Our people believe in. the doctrine Of autonomy, the power or, right of self government, the aafsgnSrd to liberty A Member of State Constitutional Con-
 vention of 1875. 'f -
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-12
Preventing Blindness.

Investigation shows that of the blind in institutions between 30 and 40 per cent lost their sight In infancy. It costs fifteen times as much to educate a blind child as A normal one. Two reports or British societies agree in urging that the government health agencies intervene in much the same way they do in contagious diseases, by requiring notification from doctors and nurses of all cases Of apparent disease this notification to be followed by the visit of inspectors who make sure that proper remedial treatment Is given As an argument for notification the results in Manchester are pointed to. where voluntary system of notifica- tion caused 40 per cent diminution in blindness from this source The medical association report also sought to establish a standard method of treatment. but this part of the report was stricken out. lest 1t would be given too authoritative construction h., the rOnrtP
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-12

Some of the good people of Missouri Governor Hadlsy may call an extra session of the Legislature soon. Of course the object is to legislate on the liquor question. That is mainly what extra sessions are intended to do these days. Missouri has some stringent license regulations. and sensible people can see no reason for an extra session at great expense to try to make the laws more effective. No doubt they are right. but these are extra session days.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-12

It is really discouraging to see some of the Alabama newspapers that are advocating the constitutional amend
 ment placing practically all their ar guments on the utterly false plea that the amendment is favored by all the temperance people" and opposed only by the "liauor interests" It is dis couraEing. because 1t implies lament able Ignorance or bitter and unreas- nning prejudice on the part of those papers or else they take their readers for lot of numb-skulls who have no more manhood and intelliGence than 10 accept whatever Is presented them. It may be possible that a cause back
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-12
VIII Democracy Diet

Charles Dana Gibson has a drawing tie daughter on her lap, and under heath Is the inscription. No time for politics" Now. let some other equally skilled artist draw picture of busi- for politics" And again. 1t might be well to have still another drawn of a mechanic tending his machine. or a his case, each one having fNo time for politics" And the set can then be completed by showing the ward poiI- tician rounding up the bum voters and driving them to the polls. though his motto will be 'Plenty of time for poli- tics" It is the lovers of home and family, the workers In office and fac tory, that must take time for politics if democracy is to live.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-12
SUNDAY. snrrnMBER is, 1908.
NOTICED AT LAST.

Union Springs was unfortunate enough a few months ago to be ss- ,sctea as the stamping ground of Northern fanatic. one A. F. smith. Enboidened, no doubt by the sue cess of that other carpet basger from ohio. smith set out to revise the mor- ais and arrange the political affairs of Alabama. He has been yelping at ths heoIs of The Advertiser. but as The Advertiser has been accustomed to having e small pack of thin voiced barkers. following its trail. no atten- tion was paid to the Illinois addition to the bankers.
 The last smart contained in The Bull lock County Breeze Is so violent. that 1t will serve it's purpose and attract the attention of The Advertiser. Smith goes SO far as to say:
 No, it was bad judgment for The Advertiser 10 strike at a political en- eny over the heads of these noble women. especially for the benefit of the brewers of Milwaukee and distil- lers of Cincinnati, a-nd other Northern rlies, >e .t- or-fr
 The assertion and intimation con tained In that paragraph are delib- ! crate. intentional and vicious false hoods. They. are contemptible as- sauits on the good name of a paper that has been published in Alabama for eighty years.
 This man says again:
 The Advertiser, however. does not seem 10 be built that way. on the contrary it sent special representa- j supbress and how to color the report. as was the case on the occasion or the meeting of the Alabama Conference oI at Greensboro, last December, when special reporter attended with instruc- lions from his superior to suppress in- teresting action of the conference which was dcne.
 That is a !anatical falsehood. The statement that The Advertiser sent a special correspondent either to Greens boro or to Union Springs to distort or misrepresent facts is absolutely at variance with the truth.
 The snarl in The Breeze in general terms attacks the fairness of The Ad- vertiser's report of the address of Governor Conner. We do not consider A. r. Smith proper person to enter upon a discussion with of the fairness of the report There are many other citizens in Bullock County who are supporters of the amendment and with any of these we would be pleased tc discuss the fairness or unfairness Of the report.
 The Advertiser was circulated in Union Springs before A. F. Smith ever heard of Alabama. It was circulated fin Union Springs when The Advertiser was standing courageously against the dominance of negroes and carpet baggers and when some predecessors of A. F. Smith from Illinois and Ohio were making the same attacks upor 1t that he makes now. It will clrcu. late in Union Springs when he has TUT his little course and possibly has re- turned whence he came.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-12

Is there any probability. even a re- mote one. that the medical authorities will agree on the cause of pellazra :? At present they seem hopelessly di- vided on the subject. some positively asserting that 1t is due to spoiled corn and others declaring just as posi- lively that corn has nothing to do with 1t. How arc they to ever settle it2
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-12
AIasAma rress Mali9ned.

Mobile Daily Item. .,A.,,a ,x an address in advocacy of the prohibi- tion constitutional amendment. on Monday afternoon. made an asssla aOn which is far-retched, unwiss. uhtimeiy, si;,, item Is able to ascertain, aosolutey untrue. The minister made the state ment that the newspapers or Ala bama which are lighting the amend-
 Evidently Rev. c. D. Wasson ailowso his enthusiasm to get the better of his wisdom when he allowed his tongue sn utter such a charge against the pIsss the assertion that a large contingent of the newspapers of Alabama have heeh "bouEht" to make hght against constitutional amendment which tas as In direct conflict with a sDemocratic doctrine for which brave men fouRnt and died during the trying days or 1881 -5--State's Rights.
 Does 1t seem reasonapie 70 sshs .t,s man 10 believe that a majority ot the secular press of this State would stoop 70 low as to sell its principles Tor a few paltry dollars? Can 1t be possiois that a man of inteiiigenes would 1or 2 would permit itself to line up against Q proposition such as the one at Issue unless 1t honestly believes 1t was right In making such a nghtf, .k.. the statement that 1t does not believe there Is a newspaper in the entire State that would submit to the indiE nity of being approached with e prop. osition such as the Huntsville minister has charged was made and accepted.
 In yesterdays editorial columns The Item presented a partial list of the pa. pers of Alabama which have declared for and against the constitutional amendment In the list against the pro posed addition to the constitution are many newspapers in several sections of Alabama which have weAthered the storms of years and which today stand high in newspaperdom In Alabama and the South. In this list appears The Item. and lin speaking for itself this paper does not for a moment hesitate in declaring it's belief that the othar papers on the honor roll for the peo- pies rights have not sold their priu' ciples.
 If the opposition. in making it's light for adoption of the amendment. pro. poses to thus malign the press of Ala. bama. 1t is making grisvous error There was an attempt made to throttle the press during the recent session Of the Legislature by men who cham pioned the extreme In prohibition leg islation, but they readily Saw the error of their way and very quickly elim i mated the "gag" law. Failing in this, 1t seems there are some who would offer to cast aspersions upon this same press by charging that 1t mad been bought.
 more guarded in his utterances here. after during the campaign and if he would add to the strength of his cause he should adopt other and cleaner methods
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-12
Where Woman Would Be Missed. |.

LHUItB FICUIIuI.
 Struck the other afternoon by the least thirty to one-of women over men at a fine concert, I was set won dering what would happen if all wo- men suddenly determined to stand by each other and withdraw from char table functions, church services, thea tres, picture shows and so on until they got the vote.
 It Is very certain the arts would be poorly supported, philanthropy would be in a sad way, and indeed most things would come to a standstil1 if women were not energetic, kindly dis posed and possessed G,t love of the arts. One only realizes how much they do and think and influence on try ing to imagine at least one month of life in London alone In which women took absolutely no part.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-12
The Fighting Parson.

When the great-grandfather of the present Duke of Norfolk was engaged in any of his electioneering contests he was always attended by his chap lain. an athletic man. and one who had made such good use or ms nanos the name of "The Fighting Parson." MT. Dauncey. an eminent counsel, nay ing once to examine him as witness not the gentleman called ''The Fight : ing Parson." Y believe I am. sir" the divine replied; but If you require any more positive proof and VIII u9 will give 1t to you under my own band" No further evidence was