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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-16
LUTHERAN MINISTER'S ] KEEP OUT OF POLITlC
Blrming gham Age-Herald.

Birmingham Age-Herald
 In his enumeration of religious bodies parsons, Mir. Jesse Stallings forgot to mention the conservative LutherRns The Lutheran church has perhaps more the present prohibition question in all It's phases to the place where 1t belongs the private Judgment of each citizen. { Mr. Jesse Stallingss virulent attack of Monday night upon the political pas tor who changes his pulpit into DO, rantings, often: as ufic cfafitable as they sense justiaabie. A pastor desertins his proper sphere.. that of proclaiming the Scriptures. In its truth and purity and dabbling in one foreign to his sa, weli-deserved reproach and has no room for complaint. The worst of the case Is that the demagogue on the pull pit brings not merely nlmseii, put tns E 1t the butt of much bitter sarcasm and even of scurrllous stump speaking. Thinking people feel and are ready t" day night. proves--any encroachment of the church upon, certain inaltenabie rights that belong to the body polite
 Such possible infringement on the part of the church our foreiathers hoped to forestaIl by insisting time and again upon strict Serv sspasstiGm soaest nolti cnurcn ana state' GNSAJ soH0SS P,. has striyen to keep this time-honored principle of our constitution intact. Whenever. the church tampers With matters of statecraft confusion always
 Now whether prohibition is bench cial or detrimental to a community, whether it improves CT counteracts the civil righteousness (justitia civilis) of a people is a question the decision or which must be referred to the Judg ment of the individual resident of that sense. In other words, every citizen may consider and decide this question either pro or con, as the dictates of his conscience and common sense impei, and no church on earth mas rlght 10 Influence his judgment. Hsnce in the present prohibition campaign one tning ought to be borne in mind; viz, that inc church as such and the ministers as such have absolutely nothing to do with prohibition, because the church can forbid that only which scriptures forbid.
 scriptures do forbid the intsmIerate the right to take into discipline such aIlv bound to dds so. But in no wise can the church tort Id the moderate, temperate use of spirituous, vinous, or malt liquors. The one simple reason iudRed hocks huri thenselves headlong into this political turmoil has been Of fen fully stated: the reason Is because they have forgotten the one grand mjs- sion of the church; viz. to preach Gods word. And whosoever torgets his true calling becomes a dabbler and a busybody. Re'geetSpliXw W XwsyISmsn. yISSHnsr
 Paston Zion Lutheran Church.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-16
OUT OF IT.

The Boston Traveller Is of the opin- lon that the exploits of Peary and Cook have consigned one Theodore Roosevelt to the limbo of departed greatness or something equally as bad. "of what avail now" 1t asks "that he charged Kettle Hill. stormed Panama, calmed Manchuria and depopuIated Browns vile? Where now the glamor of the bob-cat. the glory of the grizzle. the gusto and garrulity of the scare head? Gone where the woodbine twineth. Peary and Cook have found the pole but the pole has found Teddy and frost bitten him."
 Can it be possible that all his brag. blow and blofustication are of no avail now towards keeping him in the lime light? Are we to so soon forget all the great things he claimed to have done and merely look on him as one of the has-beens? If our Boston con temporary looks at 1t correctly, 1t Is now in order for him to say, Fare we'll long farewell. to all my great ness," and try to content himself with the reflection that there was a time when some deluded people really thought him great man. "sic transit gloria"-Teddy. He Z may keep up some dA~raA aR nofortot,. e.. ..
 by pot-hunting, writing improbable stories for the magazines and stock ing the museums with some of the results of his commonplace hunting exploits. but that Is all. The indica- lions now are that Peary and Cook have put him out of business as an alleged doer of things. Departed glory Is only left him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-16
CoCK.RossoN,
Wedding of Popular Young Persons at
 CullmRn.

Wedding of Popular Young Persons at
 Cullmen.
 Cullman. Sept. 15.--(Special. )-The 6 marriage of Miss Lucille Rosson and MT. Fred Ernest Cock, was solemnIzed at the home of the brides parents Tuesday evening.
 Owing to recent bereavement in fam lily of the groom. no one was present except the immediate family. The cer- emony was performed by Rev. w. F. McGlawn. pastor of the First Method- ist Church. of this cttxs
 The bride Is the daughter of pr. Jo- seph RosSon. editor and publisher or The Cullman Democrat, and Is popu- lar young woman. The groom is young business man. formerly or wynewood. Ok. but has made his home in Cullman for the past year and holds the position of Business Manager, of The Cullman Democrat position he has held since his coming to Cullman.
 Numerous handsome presents were given by the friends of both the con- tracting parties.
 MT and Mrs Cock will make their home in Cullman.
 The work of grading the new rail- road from Cullman to Bremen, will be- gin next Mondav
 The company Is made up of a ,syndi- cate of Hollanders. and all preparations have been made for the completion of the road, and the work will be pushed
 The company will be known as the Cullman Coke and Coal Company. The transfer of valuable coal lands near Bremen has already been made, and S25 900 in. money has been paid to Hon. George H. Parker. of this city. It is for the purpose of developing the min eral resources at Bremen.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-16
Deficit and Comerinn

OcHnOpOllS 1lIneS.
 Comerism has about gone the limit. The State under the control of Conner Is behind 3750,Ooo and getting further behind all the time to say nothing of the hurtful and unwise legislation And the Governor has the audacItv fo go about the State and attempt to de- and unwise laws the cities are getting badly behind. Even the erstwhIIe prosperous and progressive city of De- mopolis is in bad shape. Her liquor licenses have been taken away from her and she recently had to borrow 1910 she Is likely to be so badly be- hind in her finances that she can't catch up. What Is true of Demopoiis Is also true of all the cities in this State. Now comes the special session of the Legislature and laws are passed ties will be stranded. Money is to be paid out of the county treasury to en- force the laws. when the officers are paid to do that very thing. Money is to be paid out of the county trea asury to help the high schools and there 1t goes. What will become Of the Statd If the conservative and wise men dc not wrest the affairs of the common wealth from Comerism. Politics all the time. New issues every year or Weakley to run for something The prohibition amendment was the scheme to that end. Every ordinary voter ought to know that It Is not neces- sary for the leaders to have to ex- plain the thing.
 All the predictions, years ago. by the papers regarding Corners ambition have come true. He Is the limit For the benefit of this and future genera. tions let's put Comerism down.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-16

on the face of the globe with the same Ieonine features9 And. if 1t were sought to deceive. would not this Inn poster at least attempt to initiate the dress and manner of the deceassdT The style of the humorists latest works also Is quoted in substantiation of the absurd thesis that he is literally dead and the writer concludes that whether the humor.st denies that he l. dead or fails to deny 1t he ia not to be believed. wherein he attempts to apply the same principle used In the days of witchcraft. Whether the ac- cLsed sank or swan, she was guilty as charged"
 We have not learned how Mark re- gards the story. or what he will do about 1t; whether he will treat it. as a joke. or deny it and bring suit for libel against somebody for having him buried and not informing him about it sooner. The strange thing about It is that the writer should have appa- rentiy imposed on such a publication ss The North American Review. which should have virtually made itself a party to this palpable hoax. By pub fishing the article. 1t gave respecta- bility to 1t which 1t would not other wise have obtained. The writer gives a number of alleged proofs that the real Mark Twain Is not living. none of which will stand the test of scru- tiny. Even if Twain were not con- stantly seen in the flesh. the arguments and ayermsnts of The Reviews con tributor would not be conclusive. Un- less the publication was intended as a shrewd scheme to advertise the works of the humorist. we pail to see the ob- ject of 1t. No doubt if the matter Is put up to Mark himself. he will insist that he is very much alive.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-16
A Hint to the Gox.rnar-

hockrord Chronicle.
 In the appointment of a fury com mission the Governor will not have to go out of the usual route to get men who are in favor of enforcing the pro- hibttion laws because there Is A gen eral wholesome sentiment in favor of those laws throughout the entire conn ty' There are other matters in which tne people Of the county are vitally in- terested and the Governor will confer 1avor upon the citizenship of the county If he will consult with some of our substantial people as to the auaii- hcation of the proposed commis issioners before he makes the appoIntmynt, There have been few appointments made for this county that. perhans, would not have been made If the Gov ernor had made more extensive enquiry into the propriety of making them. Our citizens feel that their most sub- stanttal men ought to have an oppor- tuntty of discharging those duties i,, . Xoivtng personal integrity and sound Judgment and that on questions seri- ously affecting the administration of justice an investigation should be maSe extending beyond merely political reference.
 The Governor certainly does not tn- tend to work politics In so delicate a matter as selecting juries for fine triai of the rights of the people in court. Even if he should 1t would be A verv dangerous experiment for him in this county, because no one man is now strong enough to dominate the conntv in the manipulation of politics, There have been some changes here worth v the notice of men who are in charge of public affairs. ~S VI
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-16
A SURPRISING INDUSTRY.
Product of Automobiles Amounts to
 . Hundred Million Dollars.

Hundred MtltOm OoAAars'
 Cincinnati Enquirer.
 Recent statistics relative to the au- tombile business of the United States exhibit a growth that Is marvellous. and that promises to become or stu, pendous importance to our Industrial the public at large. In 1895. 1t is stat ed, there were but seventy automo- piles in the United States. valued Ut a total of $157,50O. In lS04 there year about twenty thousand were man ufactured and sold in this country at an average price of $2,20O each; Last year more than fifty thousand were cent. in anumber over 1904. while dur ing 1909 the number built VIII oouple the output of last year
 The most accurate information op- ing out now carries the germs of dis ease to machines for 1910 indicates that almost two hundred thousand will be manufactured, or, in other will be doubled again next year. The average cost of the machines for this present year and the estimated aver age cost for the next year Will ap- this year being valued at more than S100. 000. 900, with a business In sight for next year of double that amount These figures are for automobiles manufactured in this country, while in addition to these sums. our people are importing cars that cost in az gregate many millions of dollars.
 Large as seems the estimate for the coming year of the number of Yehi- cles to be manufactured not. manu- facturer but is firmly convinced that the business is certain to assume still greater proportions. They have De, come an adjunct of business and social life that is sure to become fixture with the people of the world. The
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-16
The Homing Instinct.

EniiaOelphlA fEebs.
 How does the errant honey bee find it's way back to the hive? What guides the homing pigeon back to its loft from dis tance of hundreds of miles? No one knows though the naturalist speaks trippingly of the instinct as a special ''sense of direction" That primitive man was very probably en- dowed with the faculty of ''orientation' is shown by the fact that travellers in such re- mote regions Siberia and Sahara have observed and tested 1t in the present day Gakut and desert tribesman. With no com pass or landmark to guide them. these un- spoiled natives when led astray into unfa- miliar places. find their way >unerringly home. But while 1t is true that this valu- able faculty has been lAEt to civilized man in the process of culture from raw to com plex living yet, through the law of conn pensation noted by Emerson the looming instinct, in another and higher sense. has not died out but has been beautifully quckened and refined. Just how is illus trated for us daily in the family reunions which have made a national feature of home week" Modern man may not be able to orientate himself like the pigeon or the bee, but he can die of nostalgia; he may not find his way among waste Of dunes in a wilderness of tundra, but in losing this nomadic gift he has found, instead, and fostered. an instinct that has saving grace in death itself--a passionate affection for This native home deep imagd in his soul"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-16
~consl.tency Thou Art a Jewel.


 When the meeting ot those who fav- or constitutional prohibition takes place at Birmingham September 16 it will be up to those who take part in the proceedings to give some evidence of their sincerity.
 Now it is generally believed that among those who take part in prohi- bition meetings there are usually . number of the most inveterate booze fighters in the community and 1t Is claimed that these people make g louder noise for prohibition than all the balance of the people together.
 Now we suggest as 8 proof of the sincerity of those gathered together to place prohibition in the constitn- tion that strong total abstinence ity of every prohibition shouter be tested by his signing this pledge. If he wont sign he is a not sincere and simply wants the law made to regu- late the other fellow. while he orders all the booze he wants and tanks up as usual. This matter of regulating the other fellow without any depriva- ton to ourseves doesn't lock like thS way to settle moral question.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-16

objectionable speeding and the fatal tiles consequent upon recklessness will be eliminated by enforcement of prop CT regulations and the prompt punish ment of offenders
 The standardization of the various types of the machines will increase their reliability. reduce their purchase price and diminish the cost of up- keep.
 They are already becoming the con- venience of the masses through hire or ownership, and areJ no longer in the exclusive use of She wealthy.
 The difficulties and excessive costs of designing and manufacturing have been overcome and the absolute re- Quirements of the machines have been w rTf Is Sni no iofisef an exbensrve and risky speculation to engage in their construction. and millions of dollars in invested capital will for the years to come give profitable employment to hundreds of thousands of our ar, tisans. Fifteen years have witnessed the creation and firm establishment ot a wonderful industry. -g
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-16
Yes, Whitherf
Dreamer" |"

Selma Times.
 It is said that last Sunday at Mt. a club was formed for the purpose of working for the passage of the amendment. The club was formed at the regular morning Sunday School bership of about seventyfive.
 "An1 God blesesd the seventh day and Sanctified 1t because that in 1t He had rested from all his work
 Let the chickens crow for day .tha, our point of destination may have the golden rays of the morning sun sun we may see whittier we are drifting
 On the morning of the Sabbath day, gathered in the sanctum of God io do him reverence. a congresation ot into club for the furthering of a pc
 If the Young Mems Democratic LsFus u05. of Dass G9Snty Sus shgaS 9aS the tariff and the income tax, what 8 mighty and just howl would rend the
 If the anti-amendment forces should next Sunday assemble and form another safe and sane" club. Oh! what a discord of deafening pro- tests and cries of Corruption" would make the breezes wish they weren't here
 If the ward heelers should select the Sabbath as a convenient day for the formation of plans to back can didate. or if the City Council should meet on the same day for the purpose of deciding whether LAuderdaie street is to be paved with asphalt or creo- sote wood blocks, we wouldn't give Q spoonful of meat for the chances of the cause they sought to promote.
 O. consistency. thou art q Veritabls sack of jewelry. with pair of Spec tacles thrown in for good measure!
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-16
he Chattanooga rImss predicts that

The Chattanooga Times predicts that before Cook and Peary will be permit ted to lecture in Alabama they will be required to file certificates to the effect that the trip to the Pole was ''beerless. We suppose that can easily be done. for we imagine that no brand of beer could have withstood polar frigidity. But they must care fully avoid use of the word saloon . in Alabama.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-16
sshool. Omen at riorenee .

Fibre 4 Sept, lO.-tspeolalI-rne FlofenckS University for women en- tered upon its second year tnls morn ing with interesting exercises In the college chapel. Short speeches were made by John T. Ashcrart. Presldenr of the Board: NJ. W. Camper, Rev. spencer Tunnell and others. rne pres- ldent, W. NJ. Hatton, made brief talk and there was music and elocution by members of the faculty. The enroll ment for the first day was more than double the entire enrolment For last year, and two new departmentsS vis.. violin and domestic science, hays e1an added
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-16
EIephanta on Rampare.

Phoenix. AriZ., Sept. 15.-Four ele- plants belonging to a travelling show company escaped on the desert yester- day while keepers were driving them from Maricopa to Phoenix. A few miles out from Phoenix the pachyderms stampeded while passing a hacienda
 broke down fences and charged an adobe house, In which were a Mexican woman and her six children. The wo. man fell in a faint. but the hugt beasts were unable 10 gain entrance through the small door of the place and at length the keeper subdued them
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-16
GREAT SUBJECT FOR DEBATE.
Dispute Over Vacation Expenses of Tn
 Sexes is Lively.

Sexes is IATeiy. Denver Republican.
 In Kansas, where life Is nothing If not controversial. n fine editorial dispute is going on regarding the question of which sex gets the greater amount of good out of vacation money.
 The editor of The Hiawatha World Is of the opinion that there Is only one side to the story. Here Is the way he puts 1t:
 Divide $500 between a boy and giEl, and start them on a vacation with It, and the girl will so twice as far. see ten times as much. and come home with new clothes and money in her purse But the boy will be dead broke and have seen less This Is the difference: girl. when out sightseeing will live on crackers and soda water. and the boy will stuff himself with three big meals a day"
 But the editor of the Topeka Capital boldly and not less sweepingly takes the other side of the controversy. Says he:
 "The woman on a trip spends s2 to the mans $l in nearly every case. Ask any To- peka man whose wife has been away from home this summer and he will tell the story in full"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-16

Those misguided zealots wro profess to believe that constitutional amend ment will enforce prohibition ought to take day off and read what has been the result of 4uch attempts in other States.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-16

It is but a few days now until it will be time for equinoctial gales but We don't need any fin Alabam this time. We propose to have some lively times with the Amenders from now on.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-16

Lieutenant Peary declares that he is the only white man who ever reach ed the North Pole. From all accounts he Is not acting exactly white" since he got in touch with civilization.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-16
SWORN EJACULATION.

SNOkN CthCULA1 ..cr.
 The figures for June printed below ISprs sent the actual net circulation, all resefn-' having been deducted. ,,s
 The Montgomery Advertiser guarantess r advertisers land makes 1t part of tne e,s,ia v Y tract when reQuested) that Its daiiy onrnInx ton is larger than that of any moInink ,. newspaper printed tn Alsbama--ana una. .,n ~. 2 Sunday edition has the largest cIeu.s cIs tn of any edit on of any newspaper pfihte~ ' Alabama without exception.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-16
DRIFTWOOD

Bissa Did he marry her for herself
 Riggs Yes; but he got nother-In- law along with her..
 s: you Dsa. s a Rns% Ssrr ysS 1nss or s;
 T don't--it was Jews. chinamen. Africans. Englishmen--in fact people saa,s@sn @ R1is E ia Sy sl '@s srsysis. Ss"' 'n' nave
 Parson snowball is the apostle of sunshine and optimism. Hear this: Berry well eontented--thankee-- Atnt complainin' much Ceptin' of de misery
 What put me on eru'ch. weods am full of po:sums sayin' to dem lazy houn's An dare' you to Kstch me, Berry well ontented-:.thankee--
 Chestnuts soon fall down hiHKe5nSs, in plsnsy XII, Kin seaiS Se iSun! oark' D%qn,t % ,s ssrs musn ;,., !, D: politics lse berry well contented
 When dAre's sumpIn good to fry. .choIIy. I believe I'll just go over an give that wude feliah a piece of my
 Molly. Don't do that--you have none to spare.
 Miss Antique: What R handsome
 S Warden: s ias He had a' such nsn' U saEinr way with women that one of them lost her purse.
 The country awaits with breathiess | tntefAEt thQ of the tU0 eynIOF- CTS with two North Poles.
 Now let Walt wellman get even by
 ns ss aa ths hs"fPaz
 Perry and Cook each have a good thing in the North Pole and they ought to freeze to 1t. Oh that the government's. anti-rat crusade extended to the heads of our fair sex.
 loeSs as if it % nsa Worth mors s0 than ' tRs l oid fashioned kind. flow a little mo- toriety helps out thing. 1 upon a $t bill. received 6 proposal of marriage. Girls, this a good practical | scheme all right--any girl. writing her ins n to uDsn us at thi: of,Ss viii na receive proposal by return mail all right. all right. Tt will take dynamite to lift the lid in Alabama" says The Atlanta Con- stitution. Oh no--tt may take nothing but common sense. some day when the people wake up. "Are melons fruit or vege.able?" is the latest question before a supreme court. Parson Snowball has been pom dering over the question and sayeth thusly:
 "MelSPs ta' n,s~ s~ melons an dars enough Fo' vegetables grow in de groun an
 fruit grows In de tree. De melon he grows on de groun' an
 so don't b'long to eeder. 4 melons des a melon an pow'ful
 good feederP'
 new Jersey man gave his wife dollar a year for twenty-five years and explained to the court thai she never asked him fer more. Poor wo- man perhaps she was overwhelmed with his generosity.
 In his telegrams to his wife and in- timate friends Peary signs his name Pear. As to whether this means there are pair" of roles we are un- man may be another advocate of the Roosevelt system nt simplined spelling. Who knows?