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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-02
skyscraper Churches.

NEW xofk WOriU.
 The new edifice of the Fifth Avenue
 Baptist congregation, of which Mir. Rockefeller and other prominent busi-
 ness men are members. will further il.
 lustrate the tendency in church archi.
 lecture to depart from the traditional, models and to build upward. Above
 the auditorium will be located the so. cial parlors, Bible classrooms and other features of the skyscraper institutional church. The main example in New
 York of this type Is the Broadway Ta-
 bernable. twelve stories hign, in which
 the Institutional departments are
 housed on separate floors. Pittsburg
 has church located in fourteen story office building, to the end that the
 bequest devoting its site to church
 purposes always and ever'' should not be nullifed,
 As against these examples of utifi- tarian church architecture the new Cathedral of St. John the Divine re- produces the ancient form of ecclesias. tical construction in all it's stateliness
 But the significant thing Is the evil the city church edifce conform archi-' tecturally to its environment. The skyscraper cnurch has been evolved from the skyscraper once building and hotel and that 1t is the type of
 church of the future seems probable. To thi development land values are no doubt contributing. but the main cause is the growing importance of in-
 stitutional work. It is announced that | the new Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
 will be "a place for work and worship" :" and in the statement is contained the keynote both of the new architecture | and the new policy. af j
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-02
THURSDAY, DECEMBER ?, 1909.
VOTING STRENGTH.

It is a great mistake to say that more votes were boiled in Alabama last Monday than ever known before. If all the white men who have regis tered had qualified themselves for voting by paying poll tax over 26o.- 900 would have been entitled to vote. Possibly so.o00 were disqualified by failure to pay poll tax and some who could vote, for one reason or another, tailed to do so. It seems that at least I25.0o0 votes were cast and this is the largest number cast at pri- mary or a general election since the adoption of the new Constitution in 1901. Prior to that, however. great many more white votes had been cas, at elections. In 1892 Mir. Cleveland received about 10000 votes and the Weaver and Harrison tickets 95,o00, and the aggregate of white voters in that election was over 100000. It can be safely assumed that in future elections the vote cast will be much larger than that of last Monday. Thousands Of men who have not paid their poll tax will do so before the lst of next February.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-02

cultivated. As long as they are not productive they are of little benefit to anybody. If they are cultivated they not only benefit the communities in which they are situated. but they also help to increase the trafhc of the rail- roads.
 There are hundreds of thousands of acres Of good lands In this section. The wonder Is that they are not under cul- tivation. With the same care and ifi- telligent cultivation they would yield more profitable crops than most of the lands of the West, which have made the Western railroads so prosperous.
 The truth Is that the railroads of this section have been depending so long on timber and naval stores for business that the timber Is disappearing. and that the time isn't distant when pine tree products will be but small part of their freights. Long before now they should have adopted a policy Of helping to settle these lands from which was time, not so very long ago, when they could have obtained vast tracts of them st 50 cents to Q dollar an acre. If they had employed q little of their surplus earnings in acquiring them and establishing colonies on them they for them to adopt the sSoutherp'ss policy. They are in a position to advertise lands and to assist in getting them oc- cupied by thrifty settlers. They can get In touch with the best class of Eu- ropean immigrants and also with home seekers of the Middle West, many of whom are now going to Canada. If the Western people were informed respect ing the opportunities the South offers it wouldn't be long before there would be steady movement from that sec tion to the South of very desirable class of n0Onle. 5s
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-02
Cattle Raising in India.

The superintendent of the Indian civil veterinary department throws . little light on the native method of cattle raising. The native living on a meal of rice with Q few herbs as seasoning expects his cattle will in like manner pick up what they can In the way of pasture about the vill- age 0r its adjacent lands, so that he never troubles himself to grow green food or prepare dry fodder for them the same plant which supplies him with grain feeds his cattle also with It's straw. In most towns and vill- ages cattle are driven out at all saa- sons to graze abroad and in the dry season they more frequently lick the dust only and return home as empty as when they started, to receive per haps few handfulsi Of straw or rub Dish. just sufficient to sustain life.
 Many of the beasts too. are worth less being too weedy even to put in the lightast blow. and they are al lowed to exist and eat up the rations of the more profitable ones. Undoubt- edly religious sentiment among the vast majority of the people is averse to destroying cattle. as among the Hindus the bull has always been con- Btdered to be sacred. and, inded, is worshipped. under the name of Nundi 1t having formed the vehicle of their deity Shiva during his peregrinations A Hindu would consider it 6 grievous sin to kill useless cattle. hence ii is that the terrible specimens referr. ed to are allowed to exist and eai the food which should go to the work. CTS
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-02
Farmers Attention.

Memphis Commercial Appeal.
 Is there corn club in connection with the public school system Of your county? If not. speak to your county superintendent of education and see if he will not start this for 1910. The merchants. bankers and farmers can give the premiums needed to interest the boys. Would you not now be a better farmer. n. In your school days you had had the opportunity to join corn club and learn to grow 100 bushels of corn per acre7 Give your boy chance by having a corn club for him.
 If your superintendent does not take any interest in such matters bring It to the at tention of the proper authorities and by peti- ton of the patrons of your district. urge the beginning of corn clubs In your county. No greater good can be done for the boys of the South than to have them learn by exper- fence that ample corn can be grown on every farm forSthe needs of that farm. It will dc more thanNapy other one thing to make them good farmers.~keep them out of debt and make them independent. If you have a corn club In your county for boys. then sugges, to your superintendent that poultry clubs be arranged for the girls. It is not fair to provide only for the boyH The value oi he poultry of the United States is enormous. The South Is we'll adapted to this. and fl your girls could be interested. In 0 few years the South would sell poultry and eggs Instead of buying as she now does. Start corn clubs at once; also poultry clubs.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-02
WASHINGTON FARMERS HOME.
Interior Furnishfng in Native Wood
 -DngxIes With Mirrors.

Interior Furnishfnx in Native Woods
 -DaxxIes With Mirrors.
 Spokane Spokesrnan- Review.
 Among the strangest houses on re- cord perhaps in the United States Is that of Alexander Stuart, of Waitsburg. a one-time farmer. He has spent the best part of two years in personally supervising the construction Of his res tdence, which, when completed, will be one of the finest examples of interior finishing in the Northwest, resplendent in mosaic floors of oak. mahogany and maple. shining with thirty plate glass and glowing with the dark red Of hr' finish ed in imitation of mahogany.
 To outward appearances the house Is an ordinary i've; and 9ne1haf story dinary street in an ordinary but pretty country town.
 Once within, however, the eyes are dazzled with elegance, which even in the unfinished state Is everywhere ap- parent. The floors are of rare parquet- ry design. with the elegant rug f1n- ish." The design runs through living room. dining room, hall and parlor, though no two rooms are foored In the same design!
 The baseboards, door facings. etc., are of curly fir, with the grain brought out clearly in deep red mahogany stain. Fine pressed beadwork adorns all the corners, giving sense of riotous rich ness. The walls are in hard white plaster, their simplicity contrasting sharply with the gorgeousness of the wood finishing.
 The sliding doors between hall and dining room are of plate glass panels of the finest grinding and polish. and this scheme has been carried out in all the important doors, both upstairs and down. Between dining room and kitch- en the door Is merely of plate glass and transparent. The windows, even in the back kitchen, are of enormously heavy French beveled glass, so clear that one Is hardly conscious of their presence.
 At every turn the visitor will be met by his own image, advancing or re- treating or siding away from him al an angle. From one point in the parlor a person can stand and see all the per- sons and objects in the dining room and even into the kitchen.
 Upstairs several bedrooms are finish ed in the parquet flooring and stained imitation of mahogany as below. They are spacious and we'll lighted. the same grade of glass being used here as else where. In the attic are three servants rooms, reached by a stairway of high ly polished mahogany steps uncarpeted A Masonic design on tiny light placed in the front gable will also ,, peep down at the passerby from It's high rest. There Is a special switch In the attic for turning on and off this gable light. In the basement heavy glass doors separate the apartments which arc well finished in cement floors and white, hard-plastered walls.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-02
DRIFTWooD

whntss Coming. T wonder what's coming over the people these. days? Don't you know" NO; what's coming over themT Why the automobiles, of course!"
 sea-Weed. speaking of Christmas Turkey, let us hope we'll all be too full for utter Booth Tarkington has taken to farm. Ing. which ought to encourage the Alabama poets who have taken 70 over in Englani the suffragettes have taken to using the horse-whip, evidently under the. impression that they hold the 'reins."
 The Detroit Free Press wishes to abolish Cook and Peary. Cook seems |salready to have. abolished. In the so warm that we shouldn't wonder If 1t hasn't melted the old North Pole completely. HolIeys Comet still wags it tail through the newspapers spaca.
 Alas after a couple has been mar ried a while they soon discover that all the jars are not in the pantry
 Fact. When the contents of jug
 Get into a man hell find. 5 If he doesn't mind.
 w'.'sf Fires. Winter fires q blazin'.
 Piles on lots O wood. Lord. ain't 1t amazin'
 Ole world feels so goodS Roastin' sweet pertaters.
 Apples too. jes' right. All the children smuggle roun, When the blaze burns bright Winter fires blazin'
 Pass the cider round. Wind outside a raisin.
 Cold snow frum tn ground. Inside all Is merry
 Children's laughter light. Everybojy's happy.
 When the blaze burns bright.
 Sing Song ., Chri.tmas. Sing song O Christmas, Pocket full O. change, Hear the dollars jingle, An 1t don't seem strange. All the world Is happy Hearts are light an free. Come right in an hay cheer-- Ole Prosperity. Sing a song O Christmas. Holly berries red Mistletoe hangin' From the certin' over head Pretty gals blushin' Like they didn't know. They're always standin' under It. With pretty cheeks aglow. Sing a song O christmaa Log fire burnin' bright. All the young folks gathered roup' Upon a winters night. Maxim preparations
 Big folks an the small Sing & song O Christmas The gladest tIme of all.
 PHIL H. ARMSTRONG.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-02
COTTON SPECULATION.

Federal Inquiry Said to Be Probable. Washington to New York Herald.
 Cotton gambling in New York and Boston is to become the subject of legal action by tn e Departmnet of Justice, which may result in landing in jail' some of the biggest cotton spectators of the country under the provisions of the sherman antitrust law. While no action has yet been taken by Attorney General Wicker sham. President Taft has discussed the matter with him with a view to planning a thorough investigation by his department and the Department of Commerce and Labor.
 From New York today came the re- port, which has not been denied in official circles here, that such an ln- vestIgation has actually been ordered by President Taft. and is about to be. gin in New York, under the direction of Herbert Knox Smith, Commissioner of Corporations. It was learned here tonight that if this work has been agents of the Bureau of Corporations will be employed. and for the present nothing will be divulged in regard to the work.
 Behind this latest move on the part of the government are the congress- States of the South and of the New England States. in which the great years has ben prominently identified who is largely responsible for the interest which members of Congress and the President have shown in cotton speculation. Is Senator Smith of South Carolina. who for many years has been prominently identihde with the cotton growers
 Cotton mill owners who are ready to furnish the government with inc formation and are determined to wage the fight to the very end. re- present an aggregate capital Of S260.- 000. O00. Their interests and that of the cotton growers is the same In this instance. and the fact that they have Joined forces to aid the government in It's proposed investigation and legal action. Is taken here to mean that the work will be done thoroughly.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-02
Serene. indifferent of Fate.
 Thou sittest at the Western Gate,

but the next generation--or the second. at
 any rate-wIlI pay the debt. They will name a boulevard in honor of the author of Plain Language from Truthful James, they will preserve his features in bronze and write his fame in triple brass; and when years enough have passed the buoyant people of the wick edest city in the United states Will observe the centenary of Bret Harte's birth.
 The board of aldermen, vaguely wondering who Bret Harte was. will pass resolutions making the day a holiday; the banks VIII close SO that the overworked clerks may have an opportunity to go fishing; the public school children will lisp the meiodious verse of the master; the mayor of the city VIII de- liver felicitous address on Bret Harte s
 civic virtues-he had very few, put that VII VII make no difference in 1889. The fact that he never voted the straight ticket VIII pc forgotten hv that time. and the people Of that day will look more leniently than did those of his generation upon the sareastical things he said about their city: fhey Will
 know as we know today. that he spoke the
 truth. .... ,.. nos..a away San Francisco will have paid the deot fl owes to Francis Bret Harte. But mean while the stranger within the gates or mat lively town will seek the literary na1nts or inc author of '.rhe Luck of Roaring camp;
 fin tne vain They do not know Bret Harte in San Francisco today, hls nS nSN'e heard in the city he discoNereu'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-02
EdncntIon and the Soil.
Omaha Bee .

On11nb btes
 idly losing ground Is the idea that anyone with no previous training or experience can be q successful farmer. and one of the chief agencies of enlightenment is the government bureau of soils. This useful adjunct of the department of agriculture Is rapidly conn pletInG its investigations of the actual values and needs of the earth in various parts of the west and It's reports will constitute e valuable compendium for those already en- eaKed in agriculture or about to embark in 1t. demonstrating that the day of hGphnsard soratchinE of the surface of the earth Is passed. and that for most successful results nrscticai training, if not thorough scientific education is needed. t is the aim of the hureau of soila to establish accurately the nutritjon values of the earth in varying sec. tons for producing the greatest abundanee of nuitable crops and with such definite basis to help the huSbsndman proceed with ment ThIF sort of official knowledge Is sure to establish man to make many blades of grags grow where few or none grew be- Tore Tor ita natural development will he the intelligent cultivation of every erabie acra of iand that can be made to yield profile able crop
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-02

One of the questions to be asked by the census enumerators is, "Who is head of the house?" and The Albany Herald thinks that in many instances the reply will come in a feminine voice, well l guess I ann" That re- minds us of the old story of the agent who called at a house and found man and wife engaged in a regular hair pulling scrap. Who Is head of this house?" asked the agent. Well stranger" answered the man, that's just what wire tryin' to settle. Pos sibiy the census man may find cases of that kind.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-02

Among the hustling contemporaries that have done themselves proud by the issuance of special editions we must not forget The Columbus En- quirer-Sun, though other pressing matters caused us to overlook 1t for the time. On Sunday last 1t put out . special Industrial Edition of fifty two pages. handsomely printed and illustrated, and In every way a credit to the office. It was principally. a Columbus edition.. but 1t contained much matter of interest to all read CTS. In short 1t was just bully"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-02
corNrnY ANp CITN LIFE.

It has been g pretty general opinion among those who have studied the subject that country life has been made much more enjoyable. as well as desirable. by the changes which have taken place in recent years in the line of giving rural dweilers many more of the convenienees of life than they possessed in former times. Rural free delivery of the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-02
Not The Usual Romance |.

Muscotah Recorder.
 Recently one of our most fastidious young men bought pair of over alls and found in them the name or the sewing girl who made them.
 He very promptly wrote her letter with all the enusiveness necessary fn such a case and in due time received a reply. which. however. was void ot the romance usual in such cases Here it Is:
 T am a working girl. 1t Is true. but I make a good living and oo nov care to support husband, as ! would Az Is married some silly noodle who aeta mashed on a girl he never saw Permit me to say that do not know how my card got in that pair of over alls. and that when do marry, if ever. 1t will! be some fellow who can afford something betten than 4T-cent pair og brooches"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-02
AN AFTER woRD.

! AN AFTER WORD. .A Among the satisfactory and encour- aging iessons brought out by the late election none stands out with greater prominence than the fact that the men of Alabama, in town and city and country, can control themselves and be governed by moderation and 1 toleration on an occasion where dff- ferent course would not have been at | all surprising. Not in recent years. at least, has there been in Alabama "a campaign so strenuous. and 50 call cuiated to arouse bitterness and hard feelings among those who participant ed in, 1t. and, 1t was freely predicted that disorder and violence at the polls was to be expected.
 But those whose apprehensions had been aroused were agreeabiy disap- pointed. Taking 1t as a whole we have rarely had more quiet and or derly election in Alabama. With very few trivial exceptions there was no disorder anywhere. Even in the iar-. ger cities whire there is too often a disorderiy element to be found on all such occasions everything of the kind was notably lacking. The vot- CTS had made up their minds before hand and cast their votes accordingly. Each side realized. not only that the. other was entitled to freedom of thought and action, but that nothing was to be gained by efforts to intimi- date or to improperly influence vot- ers.
 And so 1t came about that we had peaceful. quiet and orderly election. The people of Alabama, without re- gard to differences of opinion, did credit to themselves and their State by good behavior at time when something different would not have caused wonder. If there had been SC. rious disorder many would have look ed on 1t as a natural result.
 And with this record of farmers and moderation to our credit as a people let us hope that alI will agree to let the dead past bury its dead" and al- low all the bitterness and hard feel ings epgendered by the campaign to sleep where the ballots have buried them, and not allow that past to in- terfere with future relationship. -
 We are all citizens of one great state. As such citizens all of us are alike interested in the future of Ala bama, and all are obligated to make that future prosperous and harmon ious. Thera was much of unpleasant ness in the campaign; much said on each side that might better have been left unsaid, but the people have spok- en with a voice not to be misunder- stood and their verdict is to be con. sidered as final. Let us hope and believe that the result will soon be acauiesced in, and that all who have been temporarily estranged will draw the curtain of oblivion over any un- pieasaptness that may have arisen and unite like brethren for the good of the State and its institutions. z
 There is that in the industrial and commercial world around us that may well engage the thought. the energies and the patriotism of all the people of our loved State. There is enough of promise and of duty in the future to engage all our attention and leave no room for thought of an. unpleasant past All of us can find something in 1t to regret. but all of us can for give and forget and look with con- fidence to a bright future. Such is the duty of all Alabamians.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-02
SILLY BOSS c. i. xtnu iftrai& au fa~

: SILLY BOSS c. . q How do you like 1t as far as you've . got, [ silly Boss C., silly Boss C.? ( . Are you glad you began 1t. or . wish you had not. ( z Silly Boss C.. Silly Boss c. z Do you feel yourself sitting in . Bankhead's high chair, z Or does Washington seem quite . North Pole from here? . Do you think the good wives. ( who brew native wine. ( . Silly Boss C., Silly Boss G.? ( soothingly whined. . ( Silly Boss C.. Silly Boss c.? r . Just come to your Guv'enur. wo- . men who sin. ( : And break all the laws. and I'll
 just--take you inr z Do you stiIi think "The country < C on horseback" should ride : Silly Boss C.. Silly Boss C.? ( . Roughshod OCT the city. to boost c up your side. sev>s. s-,r ( Silly Boss C.. Silly Boss C.? ( z Or would-yeu prefer that Bill Taft
 should sbtgins ss oas . In earnest to pack you straight off
 to Pekin? q A pretty Amendment" for great C men to start [ Silly Boss C.. Silly Boss C.? q The spawn of weak head, or of [ ( Very bad heart. ( Silly Boss C., Silly Boss C.? q Which begs from Ohio the right q sort of spunk | To make "Bill of Rights" but q mass of old junk, ( ( While you peer under bed. or in q bandbox or trunk. | Have you once paused to think C how much safer twouid be [ q Silly Boss C., Silly Boss c.
 . To stop the big hole in the State c Treasuree, ( 6 Silly Boss C., Silly Boss CT C You made it. you know. just to q help you to win, q While the poor country workers ( were squeezed for the tin" { So, as you have lost, you had bet ( ter crawl in: [ Political death Is the wages of % sin! { So, Silly Boss C., let us bid you ( good bye, ( With your burlesQue as broad as { { THE ROCK. OR THE RYE. { { Mobile, Nov. 30th, 1909. |
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-02

Instead of wasting time and money in iIl-advised efforts to amend our organic law the State and its officials especially the Legislatures. would dc much better if more care were taken to observe and carry out the provis- ions of the Constitution we now have That is a duty that might well engag more attention in future.