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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1909-02-11
The Local Field.

--Correll & Martin for clothing
Fay Jacobs was in Chicago on bust
ness last week.
Will Chamley was a caller at Fenni-
more last Friday.
F. E. Davisson, auctioneer, left for
St. Paul on Sunday.
Five cents buys Red Trunk and
with it goes a good smoke.
George Day and family removed
from this city to Monroe last Friday.
George Chamley of Livingston Wis
tied relatives in this city the past week.
Horace Goldsworthy left Monday
morning for week sojourn in Chicago.
Mrs. Fawn Harker of GAINESVILLE
spent Saturday with relatives in this
city.
Mrs. Fannie Freeman of Cherokee,
Iowa, visited relatives in this city this
week.
Mrs. Jas. Terrill and son of Chicago
are guests of grandpa Terrill at the
city hotel.
"A. M. Jackson, roadmaster of the
M. P. Division, was a business caller
here Monday.
The C. NJ and st. Paul officers
were over the road Tuesday on an in
spection trip.
Mrs. John McMahan of Lancaster
visited the past week with Mrs Mary
Lynch and family.
The celebrated Regalia 10c Cigar
has never failed to satisfy the most
fastidious smoker.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Gorgen Jr. re-
turned on Friday evening from two
weeks wedding tour.
Mr.. Amos Vivian returned last Fri
day from an extended business trip to
St. Paul and Minneapolis.
Miss Clare Kergen 81 kendalltowr
spent last week visiting relatives and
friends in Mineral Point.
Mrs. VIM. Friday and two children
have returned from an extended stay
with relatives in the west.
Miss Treasa Simon left Sstl-day
morning for Madison for an extend &c
visit with relatives and friends.
Oscar Vivian is home from Free
port. He came to attend the funera
of his aunt Mrs. Mary Lanyon.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Mitchell 0.
Dodgeville spent Sunday at the hons
of Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Mitchell.
February is the shortest month il
the year, but it has four Saturdays an,
as many pay days So what's the odds
Miss Wilson, an instructor in tn
Darlington high school, visited friend
in this city from Friday until Monday
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Mosher re
turned to their home in Milwaukee O
Tuesday after spending few days a
the Alex Mcneil home in this city.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1909-02-11
PUBLIC SCHOOL NOTES.
Students Organize New Literary Society.

Friday being the centenary of Lin
coins birth and a national holiday. the
board decided that it would be better
not to have school on that day. Ap-
propriate exercises are being conducted
in the various departments TODAY.
The high school report cards are out
today. These cards will be of more
than usual interest to those whose
money is being paid for the time spent
in school by the children. You will
please examine carefully the result Of
the first semester examinations found
in the column marked Exams" In
the case of those studies which were
completed at the middle of the year.
the final standing is given at the right.
The high school students have lust
organized literary society, and hope
10 get to work very soon. The officers
are:
Wilbur Bergman, President,
Harry Crum, Vice
Rhoda Hughes, Secretary,
Edith Crum. Treasurer.
In the program as printed last week,
the following corrections should be
made: Miss Judson's reading classes
are first year classes. Miss Prideaux's
civics classes are both third year class
es. Mr.. jerks has another section of
book keeping, beginning at O'Clock.
The addition of the new assistant is
making the work much more satisfact-
DRY in every respect.
Everybody is having hard cold.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1909-02-11

The Lincoln centenary edition OF the
Chicago Tribune last Sunday was gi-
gantic in every particular and marked
an epoch in the newspaper business.
Each paper weighed approximately
three and a quarter pounds. The
weight Of the paper for the entire eli
ton was 300, 900 pounds, More than
five tons Of ink were required 70 print
the edition. The total number OF col
umns in each copy Of the edition was
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1909-02-11
Lincoln Exerei.es Tomorrow Evening.

Exercises in observance of the Lincoln
centenary will be held in the X. p. hall
tomorrow friday evening, under the
auspices of the Grand Army Of the Re
public Of this city.
An appropriate program has been
prepared with b. G. Fielder the princi-
pal speaker. Everyone is invited to at
tend
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1909-02-11

1853. One hundred and fifty wagons
and an equal number Of drivers were
employed to transport the papers from
the print shop to the trains and news
dealers. Fifteen cents in stamps were
required TO mail single copy to any
point within the United States.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1909-02-11
Commercial Club Reception Tickets.

Tickets for the Commercial Clubs
annual reception and social, to be held
on Monday evening. Feb %, can be Sc
cured by calling on f. G. Penhallegon
Il the First National Bank.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1909-02-11
25 Dairy Cows for Sale.

Having decided to go out Of the dairy
business, | have for sale, twenty-five
choice dairy cows and two young bulls.
THOMAS ToNKIN.
Phone x Line IL, No. II. Off
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1909-02-11
ALI OUTING FIanneIs and Blankets al Aotua! Cos
ChiIdrenS Muslin Underwear at Saving Prices.

Children combination
hemstiched skirts, to 10 ID
hemstitched tucked ruf skirts
muslin tucked rufle ages o yrs
embroidery trimmed to u %
white drill waists II and 20
so pieces regular and embroderes at per yard
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1909-02-11
RUBBER COOS.

WE have at last found what we have
Wv been looking years to find; com
plete line of Rubber Goods that the
manufacturers have confidence enough mi
absolutely guarantee for 2 years to the
consumer. We honestly believe every one
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1909-02-11
ReadytO-use Sheets and Pillow Cases.

10 36 inch henmed pillow at less than You buy
cloth, lie, l21a and 5c each.
Full size beached hemmed sheets SOC soc, roc and SOC
During sale discount of per CT from above close prices
vsenoenes
for lengths These
double
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1909-02-11
THE WHITE HOUSE
The Shopping Event of the Season!
The items mentioned below marked such unusually low
prices to tempt quick clearing:
FOR A FLYER WE OFFER
NUMBER s

pieces all linen table damaSk, yds wide &c 9ua! 43c
90 pieces table damask ranging in price from 25c to $3.50
per yard will be offered same at discount per ct
We've o near oil cloths anne
20 doz. seconds in the famous "Burson seamless hose
regular 25c and 35c qualities at tOc and Sc.
The mperecons you you
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1909-02-11

10 doz full size sheets p 80 .39c, AGO. SOC and 69o
Are worth 50 per
Full assortment Of pillow plain and hemstitched
loc " @oc
pieces Fruit of Loom and Lonsdale, beached yd 89c
Good Standard BIeached Muslin per yd......... 6Hc
10 pieces LII fine muslin, unbIeached, per yd.. SIC
10 pieces Black Rock and Peppered Rock musins &c
% pieces Red Seal Gnghams, last seasons patterns 1oo
% Bates Bed Spreads full size each 98o
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-03

you, or are you not. wrestling with that sin which doth most easily beset you? Have you, or have you not. con . Quered that sin, whatever 1t may pc Remember God will have no reservation He must have all. Remember that you must keep all the commandments --if you offend In one point you ai guilty of all. Do not deceive yourseia with the idea that you may Violate any one law with impunity.
 Millions of men would be saved al most without an efrort but TOT one si.i The miser but for his gold; the drunh. . ard but for his drink; the envtouS t sns pis bis for his malice; the unclean but TOT ms guilty love Herod hears John giaoly; does many things because Of him- but there is one thing he will not oo' he will not give up Herodias. 1uuSs - one of Christs disciples; nay more one of the twelve; but he cannot lore, go the desire for those thirty pieces oi silver Lorenzo de Medtci nsteneu earnestly on his death bed to savona. say, a. rola, but there Is one thing he Will no5 do; he only turns away his face ana ana remains silent when the Prior or San Marco bids him set Florence free.
 Therefore as you love your lire, en- ter alone and with dread determine . ton the dark cavern of your own heart; face boldly once for all the non
 which lies lurking there. Lay aslde utterly the fancy that he can renIaln reI,aI. there without destroying you. lS up the idle notion that you can renee vourself against him by reason or phil osophy. or prudence, or vague procras- tination of the struggle. Nothing, nothing, will save you but Aesperate gathered forces of your life intensified by grace and prayer!
 The earlier this battle is fought the more surely 1t Is won. There Is a deep truth In the legend that Hercules while yet an infant in his cradle stran- gles the serpents sent to slay him And you may be sure that he wne l strangles the serpents in his youtf
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-03
WHAT A PROPOSAL,

When the Supreme Court of the State rendered Its decision in the Bes- semer case Brooks Lawrence answered in a defiant interview that he would see that the Constitution was changed He set to work at once with his po- litical machine, and commenced to bargain and intrigue with the politi- clans. The attorney of his organi- zation was spelling to be Governor. The only way for him to get the office would be to create an issue on a constitutional amendment. An other candidate for Governor was watching keenly, hoping not to be outdone by his rivars tactics. The Governor in office was anxious to re- habiIitate his shattered fortunes. Brooks Lawrence had them to bunch their ambitions on this one point. and by stsge-play and bargain, finally rammed the question of submission of the amendment down the throats of , the people. Ono UT the CdnuludleS IOT Governor when the scheme was about to fail, was dramatically rushed to the rescue to tell Senators his inter- est would be advanced by submission of the amendment. More politics was 1 played in two days in the Senate than ever before in the history of the State, Brooks Lawrence was the master spirit of t all.
 He sayaN now. in the face of the storm of indignation against the amendment. that it does not mean what It says. and had no purpose to bring about the things which every body knows will be brought about if it is adopted. This mans purpose is not far to seek. His attorney Is a good lawyer. They knew what they were doing when they drew the sec ond section of the proposed amend ment Brooks Lawrence had often be- walled that the citizen had some rights under the interstate commerce clause of tine Constitution of the Unit ed States, which he said ought to be
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-03
Methodist Minister Writes
 Vulgar Letter to MT. LiUely
AMENDMENT BURDEN.

makers of rot gut on the other side.
 No wonder the Elder Rev. Lively
 s dead sjaesss' jaeRsas the beliysehe fs f '0 Ss Of course the Bible is all on the | side of the dear brethren who are
 making such a heroic fight in order
 that brother Guzzler Hardshell can
 get his tod. Our father Noah got on
 a tear and went to sleep with his shirt
 tail up to his chin, and therefore we all ought to go and do likewise. Lot
 got so gloriously drunk that he got tangled up with his own daughters
 and thereby became shining example
 for the faithful. Of course the Bible
 Is full from one side to the other Of
 warnings against strong drink, but cause Brother Hardshel1 never reads or breaches them.
 There are two sides of this fight. On one side are the upright topers who
 have not been guilty of being sober
 since their children have been old enough to work, and the broad minded gentlemen who own automobiles and
 yachts bought with the clothes and bread of women and children. On the other side are lot of fools who be- lieve that men ought to spend their | money for the good of their wives and children. and who want to be able to
 sleep at night without lot of drunken devils making the hours of the night
 hideous with their cursing and yell ing fighting.
 of whiskey (This part of the sentence is omitted on legal ad- vice because of its vulgarity.-Editor The Advertiser.) 1t is nobody's business, Not long ago I was awakened at o'clock on Sunday morning by a drunken row in front of my house. and
 I felt like giving them the contents | of shot gun, but of course I had no | business to think of such a thing. They have a perfect right to scare my wife and children and make me stay in the house to protect them. and I ought to let them play he devil to their hearts content. If do not like l 1t I ought to move out of the country I have no right to interfere with a
 mans personal privilege.
 The Ohio valise toter is nothing but | a fool who tends to his business and | is not afraid to tell a stinking rum seller that he ought not to be allowed | to live in civilized country. He has l managed to get very much in the way | of some gamblers and whore -mongers, and therefore his virtous Hardshen brethren ought to ride him out of the l country on a rail. man who has lit- ] tie enough sense to preach the Bible | has no right to cumber the ground or
 a state where whiskey and beer are l sold by the train load.
 l Sincerely yours,
 Arthur c. Clayton. Please have this published in your | favorite, The Advertiser.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-03

will slay monsters in his manhood. It Is in youth, in early youth, that men can most effectually win their victory, while yet they are uncontaminated by an unfaithfui past. The victory is more easily won at 16 than at 20, and more easy al 20 than at 80; ten-thous- and-fold more easy at 30 than at SO! rise. and. by the grace of God, Spring up again, gather fresh strength turn defeat into resistance. and resistance into victory. For 1t Is never too late "lion," and "to tread the young lion and adder under foot" God can clothe even the sides of the volcano with cornfields and vineyards, and i'll Its very crater with consecrated snow.
 You may be weak: you may be bad; you may be corrupt; you may be de- feated: all your life may have been wasted; you may have sunk deeply in the mire of sin. Yet hear this word of hope: Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool The, evil one will try to make you $ieglect these words for he knows their power Yet they are in truth Gods voice to you. Christs call and message to you. the Spirits appeal to you-eYen to you, whatever may have been your past. Oh! heed that voice of love and entreaty. The best of us are scarcely saved. and then 1t is only by His abounding peace.
 Whom did Christ come to save? The good or the bad? The pure or the im- pure? This. is a true saying. and Jesus came into the world to save sim ners" To save sinners, and therefore you. To save the guilty, and therefore you. To save the bad and therefore you To save the lost and therefore you. Hear His own words: "I am not come to call the righteous but sinners -sinners to repentance
 I pray you heed Ills call today!
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-03
THE LION IN THE HEART.
(SeIected Tor The Advertiser.)

(SeleCteu TOT The AQVeTtISer.)
 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and the adder; the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet" -Ps.. xci. IS.
 There are lions in the path of life which the slothful man will not en- counter, but which the brave must fight. come what may.
 These are the perils which come to us from the world, the flesh and the devil-perils from the lions of outward and public wIckedness. which we must face and fight as brave soldiers and true men. tread upon the lion and the adder"- refers not only to the beasts of cut ward evil, but to the deadly evils of sin concentrated in our heart: the evil thoughts and deeds and words and habits which continually assault and hurt the soul He who would conquer evil in the world must first conquer 1t in his own heart.
 The "lion'' has to be fought in his cavern, in darkness. and with no earth Iy weapon. It Is not the stout club, 1t Is not the keen blade. which can siay it. You must block up the exit Of that cave step boldly into the entrance. plunge through its murky gloom, and there by sheer force of arm ana the resolute might of that will which God has given you and which Is strength ened in you by the spirit of Christ, you beast. For the '1ion" is that inward sin, that special impulse and tempta- ton, which has most power yer you It ts that faVorite vice against Whlch you are weakest. Let none of us shirk that issue! Arc
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-03
sUNDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1909.
EAEmrrroNs FROM POLL TAX.

The, Advertiser is in receipt of communication from one of the best lawyers of the State which shows that the section of the code. requiring the fl members of the military and others hitherto exempted from payment of poll tax is in direct conflict with the present Constitution. The letter speaks for itself and Is so plain that no man can misunderstood it. Here it is:
 Editor The Advertiser:
 Section ls4 of the Constitution of 1901 provides: That the poll tax shall male inhabitant of the State over the age of twenty-one years, and under the age of forty five years who would not now be exempt by law.
 S The above language has Identical sneaning as though it had been writ zen: sThe poll tax shall be one dollar
 tant of the State over the age of years and under the age ce Softy-ave years. except. this pro-
 ns no% oS sLept epgy 'G shESe
 h'e find that at the time of the :, gptfon of the Constitution there
 ere three classes exempted there < from by law, namely. active members of the State militia, active county trustees, and persons permanently dis abled whose taxable property does not exceed i've hundred dollars. Now, IT 7 we interpolate into Section 194 the specific classes then exempt by law, that section would read thus: "The poll tax shall be one dollar and fifty cents upon each male inhabitant Of the State over the age of twenty-one years and under the age of forty-hve years, except, active members of the State militia, active county trustees, and persons permanently disabled whose taxable property does not ex- ceed five hundred dollars"
 So far from Section 194 of the Con- situation doing away with these exist Ing exemptions, 1t makes such exemp- fions permanent, and no future Legis- ylature can subject the excepted classes 10 liability to the tax.
 It is peculiarly a hardship upon the young men of the State who belong to The military organizations that they are \ deprived of a vote, because they were Ignorant of a law which required them ] to pay poll tax before the 1st of Feb Constitution clearly exempted them. ssaThis they understood to be still the
 Aw and according to our correspond
 1t is still their right It is too 4-e to test the matter in the courts }0efore the election on the 29th of November, but 1t certainly ought to be
 vigorously combatted at the earliest
 possible moment If the election on
 the constitutional amendment had been held next year the young men who are deprived of a constitutional right would have known of the new enactment and qualified themselves to vote. It would seem that those who had the ordering of the election pre- ferred to have II at a time when at least 100000 men would be deprived of the right to vote, because of fail nre to pay poll tax. They were wait
 ing to qualify for next years general f election and are deprived of the right Y to vote now, because the election has X been ordered for this year. ~
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-03

Herewith is a letter written by Rev. MT. Arthur c. Clayton. pastor of the Methodist Church at East Tallas- sec Ala, to Elder William Lively, a minister Of the Primitive Baptist Church at Birmingham, Ala. The let ter was sent to The Advertiser by Elder Lively. with permission to use 1t as this paper saw fit. The letter It. self shows in its postscript that 1t was intended for publication in this paper
 One clause, it will be seen. has been omitted by The Advertiser. on the ad- vice of very able lawyer, for fear that 1t might be construed as too ob- scene for the malls. However, there are other sentences as will be seen, which also nearly go the limit in the same direction.
 The only provocation for this out rageous assault on Elder Lively and his entire denomination of Primitive Baptists was a communication from Elder Lively against the pending Pro- hibition Amendment. which had ap- peated In The Advertiser
 This is the letter:
 East Tallassee, Ala, Sept. 2l, 1909. Elder William Lively,
 Birmingham, Ala.
 Dear Sir:-In the great State of Alabama is a paper named The Mont gomery Advertiser. This paper is the champion of the people and the guardian of all that is holy and pure. It has been subsidized by the whiskey peddlers till you can smell its breath half across the town. In the City of Montgomery convention was held by the sane and sound gang who could not live if they could not sell and drink all the whiskey their capacity will admit of To this meeting we note with pleasure that a large number of Primitive Baptists" Hooked like buzzards to a carcass on the off side of a swamp. Also in the aforesaid paper appeared an article written by preacher who has spouted "Elec- tion'' until 1t has soured on his stomach. The noted paper in question holds up the article to the people of Alabama and proudly exclaims Elder Lively true to the Doctrines of his | Church" It Is not strange that the paper that ordinarily would turn up It's nose at Hardshell is glad to give space in its columns to any thing that looks or smells like whiskey.
 Here is a combination to make you get up six times in the night. The grand old Hardshell Church, the onliest of the onliest, on one side. and The Advertiser (the virtuous Adver- tiser) in the middle, and the moon-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-03

Judging from the information that has come to The Advertiser, and also by what we have read in a number of our contemporaries. we are bound to conclude that the horned snake is not g. myth by any means. The fact that comparatively few people ever saw the reptile is no evidence that 1t doesn't exist. There are many who never saw an elephant, but there are others who know that there are such animals. As to the snake sticking his horn into a tree and killing it-well, We will have to be shown, but we are not going to deny that there are horned snakes As a matter of fact this writer saw one in his school boy days That was quite a while ago, but the memory of 1t has not de- parted. We must admit that we didn't see 1t rolling along hoop-fashion, and really don't know whether we believe that or not.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-03

Recently The Charleston News and Courier had an editorial on "The Pass Sng of New England" Thereupon The
 chester Union rises up and re- slarlks: New England passed long ago --passed right up to the head of the |cIass, where she contentedlg remains. " f-1e rather like cheek and assurance, Even when they are plastered on in sextra thick coats. as In the above. sgtin 1t is perhaps true that New Eng and "contentedly remains" where she ks been for generations. with ap- t'ently little ambition tb advance
 class she heads wouldn't satisfy
 srsssive section.