The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-28
THE LIBRARY ] OPENS. MONDAY Public to View Interior of
 Carnegic'S Gift. AN INFORMAL OCCASION Board Hopes Every Visitor
 Will Bring a Book. Handsome Building on Perry Street Is to Be Turned Over to the
 People of Mont
 gomery.

The Carnegie Library of Montgomery will be opened to the public Monday morning at lel o'clock.
 The date of the opening vas fixed at a meeting of the Board el Trustees of the Library held at s o'clock yes- terday afternoon in the Library build ing corner of Perry and Adams streets.
 There will ke no formalities attach ed to the opening and although the doors will be thrown open without os tentation. 1t Is considered by many an epoch-making occasion in the history of Montgomery.
 the Library has been eagerly looked forward to. The Board of Trustees steadily adhered 10 their purpose, how ever, of admitting no one to the build ing until every detail was completed
 The building itself was completed some months ago and was accepted by the Board of Trustees. At the meet. ing yesterday the trustees accepted the work on the grounds and fixed the date and details of the opening.
 Every one residing within the police Jurisdiction of the city of Montgom- cry is entitled to the use of the library and the privilege of borrowing books for periods ranging from seven to fourteen days. Everyone is entitled to use the books in the Library building. No books may be taken from the Ld- brary Monday. s
 At 10 o'clock Monday moening the Board of Trustees will meet in the building and with Miss Laura Elmore. the librarian, will receive all visitors to the Library. It is expected that dur. ing the day, the members of the City Council of Montgomery will pay an official visit to the building.
 The Library at us opening will con- tain between 1000 and 5000 volumes. Three thousand of these books were the property of the Montgomery Library Association that inauguratsd the library movement in Montgomery. The other volumes were recently ppr- chased by the Board of Trustees.
 Everyone, who visits the new build ing nits opening day. is requested to bring at least one book, as a donation to the Library. In this way the True- tees hope to materially increase the number of works. It Is the wish of the trustees. however. that the public un- derstand that they are as welcome to the library without . book as they are with several.
 The Library movement was inauEu- rated in the spring of 1899, when q number of Montgomery, women form ed the Montgomery Library Association with Mrs. A. H. Munger, now of Kan sas City. as president The first huIid- ing occupied by the library was direct ly across Perry street from the hand some new structure to be opened Mon- day.
 In March, 1901, Andrew Carnegie, the famous multi-miliionaire philanthro- pist, submitted a proposition to the people of Montgomery to donate $50, ,0oo for building # the people would raise a like amount. The proposition was accepted and the money was raised.
 The City Council of Montgomery voted an appropriation of S5.0o0 annu- ally for the maintenance of the insti- tutlon. .e
 The building work progressed slow ly. but the Board of Trustees believes that the Institution that will be for maily opened Monday will rebound to the credit of Mintgomery.