The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-15
Gossip ci men
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Observation as to Streets.

QOn V. see now Wc n6y6 HO0u AOdub OA passable streets at all," remarked a tax payer yesterday. flor the fact is, the streets and roads when graveled or paved are not permitted to remain level long enough to get hard. Along comes the plumber, or the gas man or the street rail- way people, and they are torn up for block at a time. until they are all out of shape and the gravel is under the bottom or the paving is not put tr back on .a ieye. tna small piece of road that was gravelled from Jeff Davis Avenue to Burton Ave- nue on Hull Street. It was first torn up by the city fixing the water main. then on the west side and just about time that began to get hard again. the railroad people tore it up in the middle and on both sides of the track and the gravel was not put back on the top of the road. but was fixed all in with the sand. If the road had to be torn up, why not let some- body look after 1t and see that 1t IS put back in the same condition it was before being torn up? Verify, those who have vehicles to ride over the public highways have just cause for complaint, for they are never in order, and about the same complaint can be made of the sidewalks.
 Attack on Greater Montgomery.
 If there was ever any chance to keep us out of the city," said suburbanite yesterday. "the attack on the legislative journals was made too soon. If 1t IS true that the bill on the Journal of the House did not show that the proper endorsement and entry was made as to the action of the Committee thereon. 1t Is certain that the Journal shows 1t now, and no court in the land will go behind the record oi of State. If that is the only thing that the law is to be attacked upon. the con test had just as we'll be abandoned be- fore it begins, because the point has been decided time and again. and is not wor- thy the dignity of an argument.
 1T hear that there are other things to fight the extension act on, but l do not know what they are. and am convinced that the other points are as himsy and as groundless. as this one"
 National Guard Elections.
 '"The Alabama National Guard is to have several elections of field officers much interest is being manifested in them. It is most important duty, the selection of these officers and they should be chosen with care that they are com to make successful commanders. The contest in the cavalry is an interesting one and is provoking a sharp rivalry be- tween two most popular and excellent steps should be taken to make the sev- eral troops more efficient, and I believe that this will be done for all freely re- alize that the good of the service de- HudluS pToinpk anu utClSlNc dCtlOl III tHlS regard"
 Mistakes About Our Senators.
 Now here's another mistake about our two great old men from Alabama" eX- claimed an indignant one, holding up a newspaper. Doesn't 1t seem strange that reputable. newspapers would make so many errors about Senator Morgan and Senator Pettus?'' he asked. Society scribblers in Washington and the East have written about Senator Pettus as a bachelor, and a widower, because Mrs Pettus is a modest, reserved and digni- fled woman who cares little for the friv- oiities of the gay world. A more de- voted, tenderly affectionate old couple never lived than the junior Senator from Alabama and Mrs. Pettus."
 But I was speaking about this latest blunder," he continued here's the es- timable New York Herald, with a pic- ture labeled Senator Morgan of Ala bama.' It might be recognized as Sena- tor Pettus, but never Senator Morgan. The figure is wearing a typical Pettus hat and Senator Morgan does not affect that style. Any Washington man will tell you that Morgan and Pettus are regarded as two of the really big men of the coun- try, and it seems newspapers ought to be able to secure correct information about them"