The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-10
What the State Papers
 Are Saying and Doing
A Needed Cemirittee.

Talladega Mountain Home.
 The Dothan Eagle suggests that on Christmas when the committee goes about relieving the needy, barrel stave committee" should go along to work on ablebodied husbands who fail to provide for family needs.
 Plenty ef Them.
 General Rhodes of The Birmingham News. has been severely criticised by the press of the State for courting and ffattering President-elect Taft at An gusta. Ga. This didn't look nice. but we have lots of Rhodes's in this coun- try-men who fawn upon and run after men in power. Rhodes is not so dif- ferent from other people. after all.
 old Alabama N Best.
 John w. Thompson, after living fn Oklahoma several years. has returned to old Alabama. and Is now located about a mile west of Moulton. We are glad to welcome him, and may prosper : ity smile abundantly upon him. Jchn and give him less than any country in the world
 Do More and Talk Lems. Opelika Morning Post.
 Don't talk hard times, but work to
 
 power to restore prosperity in a large measurey-Roanoke Leader.
 The Leader Is exactly right. If peo- pie would do more and talk less there would be no thought of hard times The worst thing that any community can possess Is q lot of chronic gruri- blers who can never see anything good in anyone else, and who think every- thing is going to the bad if it is not done according tO their way of think ing.
 only BirmInghaps'A Way. :, \, Marion Standard.N 4 -'sf -'--f' The papers that have been criti- cising Editor Rhodes. of The BlrniinR- ham News. so harshlv for. his extrava- President-elect Taft to visit that city in that the election of Mir. Taft was "as benediction from God Almighty him self" should remember that this Is just Birmingham's way of getting gay. Ex. Mayor Drennen took occasion to remark after paying MT. Roosevelt a visit that he was the greatest President AmerIca. ever had: Now If MT. Rhodes thinks Mr. Taft is the greatest President. and Ex-Mayor Drennen thinks Roosevelt is why not let them fight 1t out m Greater Birmingham. Barrett. of The Age-Her- aid. and Jim Smith. of The Ledger. were members of the Taft invitation commit = tee and they can act as referees.
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 The Celebration Resolved Upon. Mobile Register.
 The conference held yesterday to con. slider the subject of celebrating the founding of Mobile, in 1711i gave ex. precision to many views ots the desir- ability of the proposed celebration, and. after thorough consideration. 1t wag resolved by a standing vote, which was unanimous, that the celebration be un- dertaken. A temporary organization was effected, and a committee author ized to be appointed to prepare a plan of procedure. the same to be submitted to the organization at a meeting to be called by the temporary chairman.
 The Register recognizes this as a good beginning of a movement mosk important for Mobile. There were pres- ent. as participants in the conference, representative men from commercial life, men who have helped make Mobile what it Is and who are ready to do more in the same work of upbuilding this city. With earnest cooperation of such men, and others of like ability and push, the success of the enterprise seems assured.