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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-07
MORNING THOUGHT
BY !. MARVIN NICHOLS.
Immortal
 FIames.
If a man serves tho


 FIames. end unto which he was born, that end will consume him. ''We are remembered by what we have done.'' Like the candle. the design of which is to give light through its own consumption, 1t burns on and on until the flame snuffs itself for want of more to burn. David incarnated himself In Israel's psaimody and sung for the ages. Isaiah dreamed of prophecy until his very life became the expression of days yet unborn. Socrates spent himself un- til the Athenian youths were tolled to intellectual greatness. Alexander the Great burned with the spirit of war until his very tread made the earth culver as though already conquered. Dickens poured out his life among Eng lands poor until the world caught the sublime conception of human kinship Peabody transformed his life into gold and then taught men how to transform that gold into brains. O. no man can accomplish anything until his ideal con- sumes him! Flame on. thou restless soul! Burn on--and on, until the flame of thine own design consumes thoe! Here. and only here. begins thy truest myself, He who planned the design shall kindle another and grander flame whose years shall be lost only in the outstretched centuries
 Nothing Is more rational than our tribute to great men. They represent our history-our tolls. trials and trJ umphs.
 - No more saintly character ever lived than Frances Ridley Havergal Her sa. cred poems have been sung round the world. There is a beautiful story rel atlve to h"r last hours. Calling a friend to her bedside, she requested her to read the torty-second chapter of Isaiah Miss Havergal stopped her when she reached the sixth verse T the Lor6 have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand. and will keep thee" Faintly she whispered: Called -1held--kept-used. Well. I'll just Ro home on that" She did, for as the chariot swept by she mounted the ce. yond the stars.
 Live your love ana It viii need. no iuterpreter.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-07
Tl.uNurx's FIRST REPORT.
New York World.

New York World. -t.'
 For the first time. in it's history, the corporation of Trinity CnuTch made public Sa,uT,aSX sssd tSsrsts Si stS proSabiy by public criticism of the determination of the vestry to close historic St. Johns Chapel and consoli- date it with St. Luke's.
 value of productive property at taxed Valuation. Instead of being between $40, ,0O0, ,O0es and. $50,0oo.OoO. which has been the popular belief for years. and ,resity rsxs5 is ssf down at s1s's4Ss soo. and ,the bonds and mortgages on churches on which no interest is collected Is SS7O,946 .02. The total tssets. which includes all the propsfrty, owned ny the SSsSOIs"Ui scSSoois. and buying grounds. which 5r forth nat at sia.o7s, sSo. .{s me cash bal. anee' on hang and in bank SH July sl, income for the last fscal year was ap- proxirllAteiy $7S0,000.
 Tn reply to the charge that the houses and tenements owned by Trin- osu.es sS are Of sompan tSs oorpSrasiSn S fSn
 ss'fhe dwelling house property, owned Is not by any means In such condition ,ters. M but this property does present to the vestry d great and difacult prob- lem and one of the responsibility of which they deeply feel. The corpora slon cHps s1gs number sInst of small old cfanEed' character Of the neiShbo%r- ore hood. occupied by two or more fami-
 'This property is not. as has been often asserted, a source of tarGe reve- nue to the parish %
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-07
TM.o Rulen of Action

Charleston NeWs and C9urIer.
 4rn men will not join the Republican party so long as 1t has. one rule of ac.. tion for the North and another for the South. and 1t is equally certain, that no Republican administration has faii- cd to discriminate against the South. For example President Roosevelt has laid It down in one of his public utter ances as principle goverhink Federal inf che face of pronounced 0pposfffQn Of the communities that the appoITitesE are expected to serve and yet so far as the South is concerned. most of his ap-
 pOintees must have been chosen be- cause they. were distasteful to the Southern people. Probably not one In fifty of hIS appcintess in the South
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-07

ality Of aay sas. asx msrs thAa tha mers desire to hold ths onacss. The party son,atimss falls undsr tho aoni- nation of unsafe isader& It has on mors than one ocoastcn bssa wrenched from its safe noosings and. forced ts cover the desires and objeefs of thoss who are governed by selAshaess or led astray by vain imsgfninss. Mors than oncs has its very existence bssn threatened becsass its memssrs have followed false prophets and listened to the siren songs ef those who were either deceived or whose object has been to deceive others.
 All this has nSt killed the party or deprived 1t of the power to be useful. The good of our common country de- mands that the principles of real and genuine Democracy shall be applied to the affairs of govefnmsnt. Already there are those ciassed as Democrats who are willing and ready to see the party surrender its organization and either fall in with Republicans or go of after strange gods They are not friends to Democracy or good govern n1ent nor are they faithful and loyal to, those who still keep the faith hsnd- ed down to them by the fathers. They show weakness or disloyalty. sorne- times both.
 And while we are As true to the Democratic party as ever; while we are as firm as ever in our belief that it is right in theory. and while we are ready as ever to abide with it and continue to fghts it's battles, we are equally strong in our belief that there should be strong opposition party. Two strong parties in the government will serve as checks on each other, and if the management of the govern ments affairs should shift away four years--or eight, at f,ost--it would be for the better. That long continued domination by, one party is not good for the country Is becoming more ap- parent each day. To continue to hold the reins of government through con tihuing and succeeding adniinistra. tions not only breeds carelessness but leads to ursurpation of power and op- pression and bad government for the people. Let us. have and hold two strong opposition parties to watch and curb each other for the common good.
 But we can see no use or room for third party that win have for its object the breaking down or .dIsplaee- ment of one or both the present or- ganisations. In that respect there is no room for 1t and nc, no need for its formation ort existeneei Those 1a who who cannot be sstisied with either nen1oc- 'racy or Republicanisn would not long be content with any new party. Of course we know that there will be new so-called parties to spring up at each election. but they will not do much harm. If the people as whole would be content with one or the other of the two principal parties there would De no call for another. Two are enough: and third would he sunerfl,,ouus '@'H s. >F,.- " -..,=-s- r@s
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-07
EDITOR RHoD.ss EXPLANATORY.

EDITOR RzoDEs's ExPLAHATIoNs'
 The Birmingham News comes to the front with plea of confession and avoidance in the matter of its editors adddess to Judse Taft st Augusta Ii ouafines and explains General Rhodess utterance. and avoids his entire respon- sibility by saddiing or good deal of 1t on the large Birmingham dele gation. which was with him and ap- plauded him. 1
 The News says. that General Rhodes was simply trying to let Judge Taft understand the situstion as the speaker believed 1t was," that neither he nor the delegation intended to re nounce the Democratic faith or accept Republican principles. The expisna- tion is entirely satisfactory. though somewhat amusing. It seems to be . case of hindsight being better than foresight. and the getting out of . bad box in an awkward way is neces- sarily justsa littls funny.
 We are sorry to see that The News regards some of The Advertisers criti- cisni as offensive, and that 1t revives some old scores. This paper did not intend to be personal or, offensive. and regrets that our contemporary so con- sidered cur references to "syeophancy" and "toadyism." However, when 1t has read the strong language of some other Southern daiiies. we trust 1t will review its nasty Judgment of The Advertiser. .
 Our rolled contemporary in its lack of something better alludes to The Ad- vertiser's support of Palmer and Buck iner in 1sse--a course that this paper has never apoiosizsd for. Furthermore. that stand was promptly taken whom the Chicago platform was adopted. This paper did not support the ticket for months. and then after the eiee- ton through it's editor declare that the "heart and head of It's section and city were all wrong. nor welcome the guiding hand of the man they had fought to lead them into the light. The Advertiser always knows It's head in time to guide its hand.
 It Is not yet certain that Editor Rhodes is out of hot water. notwith- standing his explanation of good mo- tives. His unloading a large part of his responsibility as mouthpieee upon his appiauding Birmingham dele gation may cell for more talk. If we mistake not, Editor Barrett. of The Ags-iieraid. was in that delegation. and he may not ike being placed among the applauders. And was not Judge weakisy also. along? Does The News mean to say that so clear headed and judicial g gentleman backed up General Rhodes in that utterancel And there may be others.
 Really was the '.heart and head" of Birmingham behind General Rhodes in his inconsIdsred wordsf Did the edi- tor of The News mistake the views of that delegation for the voice of the scuths If this ss ths ease. Gen. erai Rhodes should be granted abun- dant dissolution for wAat now seems clearly to have been on his part a mere sudden outburst of enthusiasm, an evidence of his admirably sympathetic temperament. which always responds to the excitement of a charming social nccaaiou.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-07

Cuba Is to be governed by the Cu- bans. we are given to understand. That is all well enough, but suppose they fail to govern themselves, get up revolution and play the Old Nick generally. win our government step over and take possession of the isiands
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-07

Just how many other messages will go to Congress from the Big Sticlker is not to be predicted by ordinary hu- man wisdom but no doubt that body is feeling better each day that short ens the time for his performances.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-07

It will not be g great while now untfi we will hsar,sasm'es, people speak of the imprOyepnsHtafiip AfabasAa since prohibition 'Oetainsd. and then we shall hear others speaking of "the good old times before proh ibition." It depends much on the point of view.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-07

The announcement that Lillian Rus sell, etc. proposes to publish all the love letters she ever received Is in- teresting some people. If she prints the names of all the writers theren be some lodging, we predict.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-07
rnUnsDAY. sAxUAHv :. iass.

1t was somewhat late in coming. but we were watching for 1t. We refer to the announcement that an Atlanta man wAs kfiled in the recent earth quake in Italy. True; he was only an Italian street musician who had been making his home temporarily in Atlanta. but he win answer for the nresAnf.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-07

Lincoln. Nebraska. is preparing to hass q real bumper poultry show on the 18th to the 22nd of the present month and 1t Is predicted that chick ems ana other fowls of all varieties. to say nothing of loads of eggs. will be on tap for the admiration, and per haps the envy of visitors.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-07

The announcement is sent out that Castro is greatly irritated" over some of the press reports sent out. Plainly he is not a close reader of American newspapers or he would be worse than irritated.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-07

According to figures printed by the New York papers there were 52.000 more births than deaths in that city last year. The old city is building up its population right along.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-07

Perhaps it isn't courteous or kindly to dispute a mans word, but when Castro asserts that he hssF:A".always been a slave to honor and duty" we feel like suggesting the Ananias Club for him. '.~ Het .s9Ge $ 'es
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-07

We don't know just what started Kaiser Bill off so early but he seems to have made his good resolutions and taken iss seat on the water wag- on before any of the rest of us did
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-07

There are indications that some over sealOus Southern man Is going to ind himself very Lonesome on the Taft question.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-07

The suez canal ought to be a profit able investment if as stated, each ship of our big fleet must pay i've thous- and dollars in tolls for passing through it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-07

Net Daily Average, December. 1908 .lS, ,093 He& Sunday Averages December ieos .Is,ssS e l. Ffnigan, Circulation Manager of The x<Sntxemeyy Advertiser. being duly swern, Ths foreSofng statement Of The Adver- fisafss circulation for the month Of Decem- Der. 1908. is true and correct, and eompil- "a after all returns from news boys. news aesnfx. spoiled and leftover copies nave NeSa Aedt.cfed c. l. FTNfGAN
 E Circulation Manager. kfh day of January, 1909.
 RIGA ALEXANDER, Notary Public
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-07

It may surprise some that neither the vast money of Charles P. Taft, nor the steam-roller of Roosevelt could control the senatorial condition in Ohio.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-07
shades of the ImmortaI, Llstens

Wa1ker County NeWB.
 'You are the Attest man that was ever called to this high honor''--Rufus N Rhodes invitation spsech to Presi- dent-elect Taft.
 Shades of the immortal Washington. Jefferson, Madison, Lincoln and Cleye- land arise and behold thy passing glory in the shade of 300 pounds of the Twen-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-07

When MT. Taft sits down t6 partake of that feast of 'possum and 'taters what is he going to wash it down with? wnI there be nothing but persimmon beer? s'1
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-07

The South is in the habit of giving warm receptions to visitors, even if one should come In the form of cold wave.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-07
SWORN CIRCULATION.

The Montgomery Advertiser guarantees it's 94veftisefs (and makes 1t . part of the con- Heek when reauested) that it's daily eircu- lHtion is larger than that of any morning n1w1pzDer printed in Aiabama--and that it's Sunday edition has the largest circulation of Any edition of any nswspaper printed in AI4hamh wtthout exception.
 e Tho figures for December printed below represent the actual net circulation. all rs. ks1rns having been deducted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-07

Trenton, N. J., Jan. b-EVery daflv paper in Trenton will raise it's price to two cents on February IS, giving as a reason the increased cost of white pa . per and other increases in the cost of productton.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-07
RHoYEs's sPEECH.
Mere Comment on Ills August Utter
 anco.

Mere Comment on His August Utter Charleston Post. -
 We are glad to say that Mr. Taft for t was desirabis that e Dh' hsi so onSb@ be. fore Mf. Rhodes spoke his piece, 1t is almost necessary that he 60 there since It was spoken. that hs may see. not Rhodes represented as Worth seeing. s. eut also that the people of Rirmin6- nam are not the poor snivllers that he might judge them to be from what Ss.tSs S9s sSsirmsa said $ Sf tsr tss eo%@lst s # ar Taft .kaows the heart and the head of the sooths-sand we belIeyeai1e is learn. ing som ethtngs of themv-he Is not like. Rhedes offefed him. but H .he should M It Is not likely that. he .wjll bother his head any more about hkaEing friends for them. If the people of the South pcis,csl posd ssrtsn Iat Sr tSsy tSasyeoSy $ sse . as the while of any ststesman's troubling with until he needs them in his busi- ness, when he should be able to whistle them to hts heels. Of course. they are Is man of too good judgement to be- lteye them to be so
 MT. Taft showed himself more of c respecter, of the South and in better did MT. Rhodes. when. in reply to that verhowing gentlemans he said: 1T hope. you wiu not think that have mIisunderstood your coming; that am an extreme movement on the che hand. or tha t Jt is merely an expression of misled into suppossing that this means will not suppose that I think it indi-, of q partisan character" MT. TafS preserved his sense of humor and man aged to dodge the slopes
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-07

They may be able to stand it just now but what will they do when the dry and hot summer comSs'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-07

would have been elected to oface by A lev days ago the Secretary Of the Tfeasury. Mr. cortslyou, notified the
 CT ssES s nes or slss ssss iniitss. A 4ruie dlsmesricsify ppposea
 o ssnl this E gur:usa in rsspect to the sol; onicial wes . membsr of the Repubii- gan State Convention last May that elected delegates to, the Chicago Con- sss d wss ss. sesy; ,b n fUi. # and ,s South Carolina. The stamp of positive epprcbaticn is placed on this conduct m aos AT shs ss. dence points to pressure brought to bear on southern Repubiican ap. gsint gsiistsss rsqqirinS them L [? ,. see a hat venflons are .asfeeabls to the Repubii- can powers in washinston
 Tsft,s Messenger . cS4f Esxpers. tpsss.aec M sst nss su sslf p,szss fSs Gotonsl Aogey himeelf plays humble
 e: e ps ,.s ssd hss ;Sly s.ss 1s yssss ss Gr sorting stke $residenf's siect's nisii. iie isaoyer on the .AuEusta links chow 'iinEgs the taforesaid Colonel bogsy .
 Hs did the Augusta course recently in. 70, which beat by one stroke the best professional record ever made. on lowed him and sfterward sttesfed the score. which, was hung. up in the club. hslt M hsora round pf it the asss5 ssbss soe looked at his messenger. T wish.s said he. "he. could communlcate some of that skill. Loving was Imported from Hot Springs by Mir. Taft. He had always lived at Hot Springs, and Carpenter, Mir. Taft's private secretary, took q liking to him and offered him job as messenger. The boy was apt, and when Mir. Taft left Hot Springs ne decided to give up professional golf Tor steady job as messenger.
 Congress comes nobiy forward with sS0o.en0 Cor the sufferers In Italy. You can't lose this country when 1t comes to magnanlmity.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-07
MT. Taft and BirmunxAam's ~shackles..

MT. Taft and BirnaingAam's sshackIes." {" Richmond TImes-Dispatch.
 eams sDsaans k snvs fSs M fTslfs'V Tats a Visit wfGa s minghsrn. General Rufus N. Rhodes thus addressed the President -elect:
 The thing of all things we want isl though a Democrat. and a lifelong Democrat, l am willing to say it-help us strike off our hands the shackies of an ignorant political system"
 thatf Does the city of BirnIneS liam. am. in fact. need the services of an Ohio Republican t3 help 1t strike on It's political shackies. whatever they are? the spirit and the character of that enterprising Southern city.
 The Times Dispatch regards talk of this sort. which we have heard In nari- in the extreme; and as altogether un- justified by any facts, It is a direct confession from the South of its own political incompetence. Mir. Taft said that General Rhodes's hospitable ebul- lition was very sweet music to me-" Naturally It would be. So far as Bir- mingham is concerned, 1t was a strik- Southern source. of his own tlunt sug- gestions that the South is not adequate 10 manage it's affairs,
 This newspaper has been offended by LuSSo TcuCGLlOnSs IL mas resented the frequent implications. whether from Mir. Taft or from other Northern spokesmen. that "the South" Is existing in certain dark condition vaguely Known as political bondage" :" from which 1t is powerless to extricate itself without the assistance of kindly hands from above Mason and Dixonfs line, The Times Dispatch regards these suggestions as an ahront to the character and intelligence of the South. But 1t is difficult to repudiate such in- pudence with any degree of effective ness if Southern men are content to embrace 1t as living and enthroned truth.
 The voice of these men. we make no doubt, is the voice of the Independent clubs" confused and enabarrassed by the progress of expedient migration from the party that reconstructed their country for them Mr. Taft has seen wisely and far. But we venture ,- to take issue with him, and with our in- terested Northern contemporaries, and with General Rufus N. Rh odes. The South is not. as they courteously suR. gest. the dark. continent of politics It is not populated wholly by blind men, thick wits and irnbeciles It Is on the contrary, altogether capable of re- as 1t has remade the whole structure of it's civilization. with no schoolmas- tering from abroad What are those "shackles' which General Rhodes is SO anxious to have stricken from Blr- mingham we have no idea. But we win do hia city the justice which he seems to deny it in insisting that it can accomplish the process without the guiding hand of MT. Taft.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-07
ThroaKh the Mall Bag.

samson, Ala, Jan. Z, 1909 Q Mir. Phil Armstrong, Montgomery, Aha
 hama. . was glad to see your picture in Sundays Advertiser. I have been keeping up with "Drtftwood" for the past several months and was a little surprised to learn that you have been voting only a few years. Really, I had pictured you as being 'BaId-headed bachelor" Since seeing your picture, cannot understand why you say: T would give up life without f murmur." Surely you must be joking.
 May the New Year bring to you hap piness, prosperity and all the good things of this life. E. T.. 44- = ..i 'sss+ Cusstta, Ala. Dear Drift: Az sure as the rat runs round the
 rafteF, .,;7- 2 You're the man that I am after.
 Saw your picture in The Sunday Ad: vertiser.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-07
So Different. .

There's many a thing in life
 That vexes; But think of living In ... Houston. Texas..
 Montgomery Advertiser. That's right. when you feel sad
 And whiney,
 Think of Houston. Texas. where LifS's sunshiny. Houston Post
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-07

Muffs of every description will be carried by women this season except the round one, which has gone quite ways willing and ready to pay for af. ter.theatra suppsfs will also be car. rfed by many women. 4-s-.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-07

The busted drum and the broken tsys at least have Iessened some oe the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-07

Congress comes nobiy forward with eS0o.en0 Cor the sufferers In Italy. You can't lose this country when It comes to magnanlmity. & {.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-07

The spangied net sleeves ars most becoming to any wofa9n whose arms are well shaped; those whose arms re- getnble twins string are advised to don Q shawl f Yr
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-07

1909, you're looking fine" sings Mir Drift" Armstrong in The Montgomery Advertiser. Sure, he is;. he's right in Herald
 "It begins to look like the Liquid South were a thing of the past" ob- serves Drift" Armstrong; We con- gratulate Drift" From this time on 1t ie quite unpardonable to use like" except In a conductive sense.-Houston
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-07
no Raise PrIce of Pnveru.

Live your love and It will need. n iuterpreter.