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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-28
SACRED HARP SINGING.
Interesting Letter written onio-
Springs Herald In Reference
to Editorial.

Interesting Letter written Oh"-
Springs Herald in Reference
to Editorial.
Shellhorn, Ala. June 20, 1soS.
Union Springs Herald:
Having seen your editorials re-
printed in The Advertiser relative to
the tune book published by the father
of Rev Timothy Funk, and at your
request, will say the Harmonic Sacra
was not the SACRED Harp The Har-
monio Sacra found its best circulation
in Virginia and South Carolina, and
comparatively few copies found their
way into Georgia and Alabama, al
though the book was fine collection
of church music. The Sacred Harp
was compiled and published by B. F.
White, Harris county, Ga, and had
about four editions.
About the time Mr.. Trunks book
was published. william Walker. of
South Carolina, published the South
ern Harmony. He and B. #. White,
who were brothers-in-law, had about
completed the Southern Harmony when
they disagreed whereupon White pub
lished the Harp. while Walker COM
pleted the Harmony. Walkers book
was published ten or fifteen years be-
fore White published his.
Both the Harmony and the Harp
used the patent or four note system.
that Its the old Ia SO La, ana con-
tanned many of the songs of our IA
theirs and mothers which to the re-
greet of. thousands OF people are not
published in the new book.
Away back in the early twenties and
before the publication of Funk or
Walkers books and the first tune book
that I have any recollection of was
that which was published, 1.-THE Mis-
souri, Harmony" by Smith and Little
I have the most sacred reverence for
these old books, especially the Sacred
Harp as 1 am an old time Sacred Harp
singer. and sometimes sing some
of these dear old songs, such al
"Windham to the Worlds" Broad IL
the Road That Leads to Death" and
"Wondrous Love-" What Wondrous
Love is This Oh Ny Soul" How Firm
a Foundation Ye Saints of the Lord
and many others equally as dear.
Hoping this may be of interest to the
many readers OF The Herald and II
desired shall be glad to furnish any
information l can relative to these
old tune books and the dear old saints
of God who wrote many of the tunes
or as should say. set them to music
who. like the righteous Abel, "Beins
dead yet speaketh."
If you publish this will thank YOU
for copy of the paper
With kindest regards to every lover
of the dear old songs, and shall be
glad to hear from any Of them.
Yours truly,
John R. CaldWall
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-28
TELEPHONES AND LIGHrNING.

Do users of telephones generally
understand that there is danger to
them IL they stand at the phone dur
ing q thunder storm? And do the
telephone companies generally under
stand that they may be held liable for
damages that may occur in such cases?
These are two points that should be
kept In mind by the patrons as wen
as the companies. II everything is as
1t should be there is probably no dan
ger from lightning while one is using
the instrument. but IL there are faults
In the construction and connections
there may be serious danger.
case recently decided in a Texas
court is instructive. A woman was
using the telephone during severe
thunder storm and the lightning
struck the main wire. followed 1t to
the instrument and severely burned
the woman who was using it. She
brought suit for damages and. as we
find In a contemporary. in speaking
of the affair. "the court of civil APP
peals afirms the findings Of the lower
court against the company, pointing
out that the latter had reasonable
grounds to apprehend that lightning
would be conducted over its wires,
and that since accidents might fairly
be expected to occur, 1t must be held
to the exerise of due care in selecting
and maintaining such known and APP
proved devices for arresting the light
ming as are reasonably necessary to
guard against accidents. Telephone
companies In general understand this
and aim to protect their patrons and
themselves by properly grounding
their wires. II they did not, the acct
dents that occur occasionally would
be common enough to make the tele-
phone an instrument of danger, where
now 1t may be assumed to be quite
harmless. The managing companies
should certainly be held up to a good
sense of responsibility at this point
1 ne OCCdSlonal CaTeiesSneSS or mis-
take that brings a company into court
serves the purpose of guaranteeing
greater watchfulness guarding the
people from harm in the use of this
helpful device.
Possibly this may not be held good
law In other States, and possibly other
courts may not always follow the
Texas precedent. 1t is also possible
that cases of the same nature may
have been In the courts before, but
this decision is in the nature of a
warning to both sides. 1t is a warn
ing to telephone companies that they
must exercise due care and skill in the
installation of telephones and in their
connection; otherwise they may be
| held responsible for any injury to per-
sons or property. But whether the
woman recovered damages from the
company or not her case should serve
as an example of the danger of using
the telephone during an electrical
| storm.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-28

had also depleted the resources ofSthe
country by cutting of much license
money. To put 1t briefly. more money
was required and less was coming in.
When II came to the tariff the prob
lem was even more perpiexing. The
party had pledged itseif--certainly by
Implication IL not In direct terms--to
revise the tariff in such maner as to
re.1ove some OF It's most serious bur-
dens. Mr. Taft himself had made his
position clear in his speeches and let
tiers in favor of revision downwards.
and could not with credit to himself
go back on his word, 1t might ps that
the Chicago platform was not as defi-
mite In this respect as 1t should havo
been. but their leader had left no
doubt of his own sentiments and had
virtually pledged his party to them.
And thus 1t comes about that the
leaders Of the party in power are
catching at every straw that gives
promise of helping them out of their
dilemma. Thus It Is that they are try
ing to find new subjects of taxation
to bring in more revenue, and thus 1t
is that while they nave make an &C.
casional concession to the popular de-
mand for reduced tariff burdens they
are trying to Offset it by adding great
er burdens in other directions. 1t is
an almost pathetic position for a party
to be placed in, and we might really
feel sympathy for those who control
it were 1t not for the fact that they
desire 1t. They are reaping the whirl-
wind from the seed sown by their
much-lauded Roosevelt and his follow
ers, and we have no tears to shed
over their predicament. They are be-
tween tabled Scylla and charybdis, and
II they find themselves wrecked on one
or the other we shall feel like re-
minding them that they only got what
was coming to them. II their leaders
can steer them into safe harbor we
shall feel much mistaken.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-28
Letters to The Editor
OPPosRD no EVOLUTION,
Writer Criticlses Certain Modern Ten
denotes,


Montgomery, Ala, June 2s. 1909.
Editor Tie Advertiser:
! was pleased to note your editorial,
"A Singular Proceeding" 1t is indeed
z sigular proceeding for 2 so-called
Christian denomination to license men
to preach, who positively declare that
they do not believe In Adam. Eve or
the Garden of Eden. and that the Bib
Here is the battlefield between Gods
Word and so-cslled modern science:
The learned-including leaders OF
thought in nearly. II NOS al. theology
prominent pulpits are bowing down,
worshiPping the scientific" God called
The two theories are squarely at is
sue. II the evolution theory be true,
the Bible Is false from Genesis to Rev
citation. II the Bible be true. as we
hold f the M 5ns9ry Is
spect TO man. It is not alone the Cen
esis account of mans creation in the
Divine image must determine the mat.
the Word: the entire theory OF the Bi.
BILE supports the Genesis record and
stands or falls with IL. II man was
feet and mentally well endowed, he
could not. truthfuily. have been called
an image of God, nor could his Creator
have put him on trial to test his Mt
ness for everlasting life, nor could his
disc bedience have been accounted sin
punishable by death, nor would 1t
have been necessary to redeem him
from the sentence.
The man Christ Jesus" Is declsred
to have been the Anti -Lutron lor cor
responding price) for the frst mans
guilt. So surely as "all the holy proph-
cts since the world began" have de-
clared that there Is to be time OF
restitution, Gas passages in the Bible
that relates to this restitution either d.
rectly or Indirectly of all things
spoken" so surely the evolutionary the
DRY Is in violent antagonism to the ut
holy prophets.
Restitution would De a crime against
the race II the evolutionary theory be
correct. II by blind force or evolu-
tionary processes man has been cillno-
ing up by tedious endeavors and labo-
rious effort from prVtoplasm to oyster,
and from oyster to hsh, and from fish
to reptile, and from reptile to monkey,
and from monkey to lowest man, and
from lowest man to what we are-then
1t would be a fearful injury to restore
the race back to what Adam was or
possibly force the restitution further
back to protoplasm.
There Is no middle ground on the
question. The sooner coos people &c
eide positively in accord with HIS
Word the better 1t will be for them
and the more sure they will be OF not
falling into some OF the no ransom and
evolutionary theories now ahe2ts seek
ing to deceive, IL IL were possible. the
very elect. Let God be true, though IL
prove every man a lie. Rom. Ill =.
Yours truly,
Russell NJ. Irwin.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-28

The administration of Governor
Hoke Smith, of Georgia, true to its
character, passed out in strife, noise
and denunciation. A loud quarrel
among the leaders of the administra-
ton married its last days and gave its
enemies an opportunity to rejoice. In
contrast the administration of Gov
ernor Joe Brown began quietly and
orderly and unostentatiously. The
people of Georgia are trusting that
it will so continue and that the era
of noise and denunciation has passe
for all time.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-28
The English Pound.

New York Times
The English pound is derived from
the pound weight of silver which was
used as a money standard by the an
cient Romans. and was introduced by
them into their conquerer provinces.
Originally the pound of silver was
coined into 20 shillings. but from the
time of Edward II Q307-1S2O these
coins were gradually reduced in size
until finally as many as 2SS were coined
from the same weight of bullion.
In the ElizabethanI period, so sh1-
lings were coined TO the pound OF sill
yer, and in the time of George l this
number was increased to IS. This ratio
stiu continues, but the term pound has
lost its original meaning. and now sim
ply signifies 20 shillings of the pres
emit coinage.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-28
This Is Ny 4Ist Birthday
william L. CourtIeigh.

William L. courtleigh. the we'll
known actor, was born In Guelph. Ons
tario. June rs. 1885. At an early age
he removed with his parents to ST.
Louis, and his education was received
in the public schools of that city. He
began his stage career In 1883 and att
tanned prominence as a member of va
rlous companies under the management
of Charles Frohman. In recent years
Mr.. Courtleigh has been seen In sup-
port of Mrs. Fiske. Mary Mannering
and other actresses of note, and has
met with favor in England as well as
In America. For a number of years he
has flied the position OF president OF
the Actors Society OF America.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-28
Hate white-skinned Men.

Baltimore American.
hate all white-skinned men, and
Americans most of ALL" said Carl Bleg-
ner. of Hamburg, Germany. who has
represented a German firm in China
for the past five years at the Stafford
nThe excess of dislike for Yankees
is because they blame the United
States for interfering in the conflict
have tickled the Chinese immensely to
have seen the Japanese crushed by the
Cars armies. as they believe might
have ultimately happened but for the
while detesting all Caucasians, hate
the Japanese with a feeling OF still
more bitter enmity, for they have new.
err forgiven their own defeat at
the hands of the little brown men, nor
the loss Of conhscated territory i"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-28

The Elba Clipper in few optimistic
words announces that interested par
ties need not yet buy any crepe for
the Coffee county farmer because of the
failure Of his crops. All he needs
is a little clear weather to give him
a chance to get the better of the
grass. 1t might be said that several
days hard work on all the Alabama
farms at this juncture would force
tia, crop situation to assume a health
Ter and better attitude.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-28
A REMINDER.

A news item from Boston a few DAYS
ago told of the accidental killing, by
switch engine. of Sioux Indian
with the fantastic name of CHER of
Plenty Horses. In this day of con-
tinual new happenings few people will
regard that announcement as in any
wav connected with a terrible and
tragic event which occurred in our
country's history just one-third of a
century ago last Friday. but the fol-
lowing paragraph from The Utica IN.
70 Observer will explain the connee-
ton:
And yet, a third of a century ago
the name of Chief Plenty Horses was
length and breadth of the land For,
with Sitting Bull and Rain-in-the
Face, Plenty Horses was one of the
foremost Indians in as atrocious a
frontier history. 1t was on that date,
and at the hands of a horde OF red
skins numbering nearly 5000, that one
States 1 army ' ever knew met et his DEATH DEATH
together with 277 of his troopers. at
the battle of Little Big Horn in Mon.
tana-General George Armstrong Gus
ter.
In some respects THE Custer
Massacre" as 1T is called. was among
the most horrible affairs Connected with
the whole history Of our Indian trou-
bles. The Indians in this affair may
have believed they had ample grounds
for resentment, and they may have on
ly followed the red mans nature in
the fight but for all that it was hor-
ribly bloody episode of white and red
antagonism.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-28

Cleveland PIain-DeeJer.
His aunt bequeathed her dearly be-
loved Bible to a New Jersey nephew
thirty-five years ago.
The nephew did not open 1t. The
dust settled on the ancient cover, tha
uages slowly yellowed meath the touch
of Times nicotined fingers.
The nephew grew gray and wrinkled.
And then one day the old volume was
opened and the amazed nephew found
between its leaves s4,S67. 80.
There Is a moral lesson that goes
with this story, and one OF its most dis
tressing features Is the fact that S4.-
g6T. 80 AZ per cent interest looms up
into a very considerable sum.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-28

in a few weeks II became alive and
spry he turned II loose in the stream
again. first marking 1t with a piece Of
silver wire. This year when John went
to West Baben again he walked by the
stream. He suddenly heard several
splashes, and some water fell on his
shoe. There was his trout II had rec
ognized its benefactor. Well and spry
as ever. the fish leaped about TO show
its good condition, doing this every
day when John appeared for his walk
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-28
Fighting High Prices.
,rv DisDatch to New York

A Pittsburg exchange wes formed
Thursday, composed of the retail gro
GERS and meat dealers who handle but
ter eggs, and cheese. Creamery but
ter is higher now than it has been at
This season of the year for thirty years,
and the same is true of cheese and
The retailers believe that the whole
sa1ers should be checked, and it is
likely that an agreement covering the
amount of butter to be handled will
be reached by the retailers. They as
sert that they are losing trade daily
through the high prices forced upon
tbeD1 nv the Wholesalers
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-28

Miuna Thomas Antrim, In Lippincotts.
That the telephone has blessed many
a man. saved many lives. and helped
pile up fortunes, Is true; but has 1t not
cursed some women. ruined more lives.
and FASTENED domestic misfortune? 1t
has. Has it not become the favoI9te
pastifne of the woman with nothing to
do? 1t has, Does 1t not accelerate
gossip? Aid the fiirt and the way
ward. constantly? 1t does Self-indul-
gent women waste their husbands
money by ordering food over the too
handy telephone. rather than bother to
dress for the street, thereby losing
both their wholesome morning exer-
else and their chance thriftily TO secure
the best there is for the price at the
market or at stores from which the
family larder is supplied The time
wasted by women in foolish phoning
can never be offset by time gained by
forehanded men in business, for what
shall 1t profit a man IL he gain the
whole world II his world" is lost
through folly?
Telephoning from a habit finally he
comes vice. and menace to the cour-
tesies. It has destroyed the flne art OF
social correspondence. 1t has crowned
Haste with Courtesys laurel
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-28

Puck.
Breadth is for the present a mascu-
line quality. though at any moment
the word may be flashed out from
Paris that the styles have changed.
What Is a broad man. then7 Briefly.
a man who goes out eff his way to
the bigot who goes out of his way to
agree with our neighbor; our neighbor
being one OF those fellows who be-
lieve a great many things which are
not only not so, but are furthermore
at variance with the best scientific
thought.
Blessed are the broad, for they shall
be credit to themselves and a soiace
to US.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-28
This Date in History
June %.

1776-The "Moultrie'' Flag was unfurl-
ed on Fort Moultrie. at Charles
ton, S. C.
1S09-Horn blowing on the streets of
Boston was prohibited by law.
1S36-James Madison, fourth President
of the United States, died at
Montpelier. Va. Born In Port
Conway, Wa. March 16 1851.
1S3s-Coronation of Queen Victoria.
1S64-The Confederates in command of
General Early moved up the
Shenandoah Valley. =. .......
1SS9-Maria Mitchell, noted astronom-
err. died in Lynn, Mass. Born at
Nantucket. August l. 1918.
lS92-The battleship Texas was launch
ed at Newport News.
1S95-Five firemen lost their lives at
4 fire in Minneapolis.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-28

The Hartford Times speaks of "Mr.
Taft and the other agents OF Roose-
welt and Bryan which sounds to us
like mixing things somewhat, To put
Roosevelt and Bryan on the same pole
win displease the friends of both, and
10 call TAFT their agent will stir his
friends to wrath. so it will be a
muddle all round
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-28
Cowboy Disappearing.

w HSuInBtUH f1tTdIu.
The passing of the cowboy. like that
of the Indian. is loss to the pic
turesque in the life OF the West; but II
means a gain to civilization. The In.
dian disappears in tradition more
squalid than poetic. but the white
cowboy, with the energy of his race.
becomes himself a producer instead of
a mere herder. Of wealth. The change
is a gain also to the consumer, for
not only Is the labor cost of the pro-
duct lessened, but the living animal
reaches the abattoir comparatively
fresh from the grazing land, without
the necessity Of refattening at the end
of a long, exhausting march.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-28
Grateful Trout
Milwaukee dispatch to New York


" OTIu.
popular sense Of the term. but a truth
ful recital of well-vouched- for facts,
and II anyone does not believe it he
can ask the mand who had the expert
ence. John Koerner, a Milwaukee al
derman rather Interested in baseball
and West Baden trips.
A year ago. when Keorner was walk
ing by a little stream above the
springs. he noticed large rainbow
trout feebly wriggling.
Now. John had rheumatism, and he
OWNED the cause of the ish's limp
He reached for the creature, which,
seeing in Koerner friend in need, al =
lowed itself to be caught.
John took the fish to the hotel and
put it in one Of the springs. and when
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-28

Harper's Bazaar
Mrs. Won Cerious was discovered at
a. m. sitting up in bed reading the
encyclopedia.
What In the world are you doing.
Emma" cried Mr.. Won Cerious.
why, I couldn't sleep very wen, and
an article I saw the other day said
much learning could be acquired at
odd times. This is the oldest time !
could think Of"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-28

The Chattanooga Times thinks Mr..
Roosevelt could make a fortune by
bringing over a large cargo of those
''beer trees that have been discovered
in Africa. Right you are. We don't
know if the prohibition laws would
knock out that brand Of beer or not,
but if not it would prove a popular
addition to the horticultural interests
In some States
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-28

Boston is waking up in earnest to
the Importance of pure and clearly
ice. and well may it do so, judging
from the result of recent investiga-
TONS It is doubtful If even the mint
and other things required to make a
perfect julep could kill some of the
deadly germs to be found in much of
the ice used In that city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-28

The Mississippi woman who soundly
horse whipped both her husband and
the man who had given him a drink
of whiskey might easily qualify as a
lieutenant to Carrie Nation in her work
of putting down the rum demon.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-28
The OLD Drendnought.

New York World
first Of England's modern hattleships
was referred TO as the old Dread
nought" England has been scared SO
often since II was built that II Is, no
wander her first Dreadnought seems old
and like a tale that is told.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-28
Cholera Cases Reported.

St. Petersburg, June 2T.-Five cases
of Asiatic cholera are reported at
Cronstadt. Two cases are reported at
Pinega Moscow has establish ed
the quarantine against passengers from
St Petersburg. There were sixteen
new cases and six deaths from the dis
ease in st. Petersburg province to-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-28
swoRN ClhcUL.ATION.

SWORN CIRCULATION. ram
TIL. fisures for May printed below aep
resent the actual net cirGoision' ~
having been deducted. rantee. it,
The Montgomery Advertiser guar ~ son
adyertisern land IIiaAes It part o. ~ ,,re,-
tract when reQuested) that ATS aaHg incoming
nswspaper pr.nted n. Alabama-ano w., Ion
sunday edition has he largest sar,nssa IN
Of any edition OF any new spapsf
Alabama, without exception.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-28

Mobile Register
have invented a hen which will lay
two eggs dav. II this proves true
Luther Burbank's last performances in
Improving fruit have been DISCOUNTED
Tor hen fruit is the most valuable fruit
crop RrOWnJ
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-28

1.-THE Honorable Hoke Smith may be
possessed Of a gigantic brain" rumi-
mates The Columbus Enquirer-Sun,
but is it any more gigantic than his
cheek2" We should say not. II his
brain corresponds in size with his
cheek he needs a frame 70 hold his
head upi
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-28
In Later Years.

LouisVille Courier-Journal.
I'VE" remarked the young married
woman, ctr see how few quarrels
we can have in a year"
I'VE" said the old married woman.
"try TO see how few cooks"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-28
A piscouraged Constituent.

O1scouEa8eo COnDtltueht.
Washington Star.
my speech on the tariff set every
body in Congress thinking" said the
statesman.
Ibid it?" rejoined Farmer corntossel,
gloomily We'll suppose that means
still more delay"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-28

c. l. Finigan, Circulation Manager OF Tne
n ontgomery Advertiser. oeing duiy s"oEH'
says. .A,,..
The foregoing statement Of The Aover-
t,sar,s circulation for the month OF MAY.
1908 Ia true and correct, and compiled after
ali returns from news boys, news agents.
SsetsS q l. FINIGAN,
Circulation Manager.
Sworn to and subscribed before me TINS
ard day of June. 1903. .,,nup
Notary Public.