The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-12
CARR CAMPAIGN CLUB.
oratory, Brass Band, Parade, Enthu
 siasm and Fireworks.

4ub euppOTICIS VII AhOkhd5 AaAt closed their campaign at the court house last night with one of the largest meet ings of the municipal contest,
 The close of the Carr campaign was de- cidedly lively with its oratory. enthusi- asm brass band and fire works.
 A number of prominent citizens testified to the peculiar fitness of MT. Carr for the office of chief executive of the city of Montgomery. The End Regiment band fore. during and after the meeting there were cheers and enthusiasm in abund- ance. The large crowd of Carr support CTS gathered on Court Square after the speaking and the air rang with their shouts.
 The court house meeting was held in, the City Court room under the auspices of the Carr Campaign Club of which Col onel Alex Garland is President. The at the Carr headquarters on Commerce Street.
 Before the meeting began the 2nd Reg iment band gave concert on Court Square and from thera marched to the court house where a number of stirring airs were rendered. At the same time fire works were set of and enthusiasm was keyed up before the meeting began.
 The assemblage in the City Court room was rapped to order by Colonel Garland. The crowd filled the court room to over flowing. All the seats and chairs were occupied and numbers stood about in the aiSleS and outside the door.
 A number of good speakers entertained the crowd in their advocacy of Mir. Carr. The fervor of MT. Cars supporters found full vent and none of the speakers had right to complain of a lack Of cordiality from the audience. The list of speakers H. Watts. J. H. Hartley. one of Mon- days deteated candidates for the Mayor atty; Judge John c. Winter. T. Scott sayrs. J. c; Haas; Ray Rushton, John Gunter. Terry Richardson and Alex B.. Garland.
 The speakers in the main devoted their remarks to Mir. Cars record as an Al derman of the city and his career as a citizen and business man of Montgom- cry. Mir. Carr's connection. while in the tity Council, with the public progress and municipal improvements was stressed upon. His aid and energy in the build ing of the City Infirmary. his work for the public schools of Montgomery. his assistance in the work of paving the streets of the city were declared by the speakers to be second to no citizen.
 The speakers declared that MT. Carr had made a success of his private busi- ness and was we'll worthy of the trust of the Mayoralty. They argued that his standing as business man. as Mayor. would mean much to the city of Mont somery. It was declared that Mr. Carr had been a part of the city's admins tration in the time of it's greatest pros perity and the time had arrived to get him back in the administration.
 It was contended that new and unusual conditions faced Montgomery and that a conservative man. who had been tried should he placed in charge of the city s affairs.
 sociated with MT. Carr during his twelve years service in the Council, spoke of Mr. Carr's energy and devotion to public duty. It was said that he was deeply Interested in the work of reforming the public schools of the city from the old conditions which failed to reflect credit on Montgomery. It was contended that in this work MT. Carr, as a member of the School Committee of the Council, rendered service to the school system of Montgomery second to no man.
 The former members of the Council who served with MT. Carr and who eu- logized his course in the Council were Thos. H. Watts, J, H. Hartley. Capt. J. M. Falkner and ex-Mayor John G. Crommelin.
 The crowd refused to disperse until 1t had heard from Mir. Carr. The cheers were loud and prolonged as he made his way to the speakers stand and it was some time before he could proceed For the demonstration and for the loyalty of his friends he said he could only thank them from the bottom of his heart. "I feel after all" said Mir. Carr, that the confidence and esteem of my fellow citizens Is worth more to me than being Mayor nfty times over. l VIII try hard, If elected Mayor, to so conduct the office as to have no man regret having cast his vote for me.
 At this time. with the largely in- creased territory of the city. with the necessity of increasing the police force of lighting the new territory and of extending the water mains. with de- pieted treasury, realize that it is no easy task to be Mayor of Montgomery. If I am elected I will look after the duties of the ofifce with the same care and attention that I give my private bus mess"
 In his address MT. Hartley said that he bore no bitterness towards any one for his defeat last Monday. After his defeat he said that he thought it was his duty to take sides for the man best fitted for the offlce. He had done this, he said. in supporting MT, Carr. After the meeting the crowd, headed by the brass band, marched down Law renee Street and Dexter Avenue to Court | Square.