The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-24
Would Make Montgomery
 Beautiful. ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING
Nearly 100 Persons Answered
 Call of Ladies.
sEarnest Speeches at Council Chamber n Interest of Cleaning Streets and Public Buildings and Inn
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Tho first public meeting of the Civic Improvement League of Montgomery was suspicious last night when nearly one hundred patriotic men and women 9Athered at o'clock in the City Coun- oil Chambers and discussed plans TOT 2 beautifying Montgomery.
 Enthusiasm and interest was appa- rent In every speech and the project to make Montgomery a clean and beautt- ful city had practical and business like beginning.
 Acting Mayor C. P. Mcintyre, presided over the meeting and at its opening he opoke earnestly of Montgomery's natu- ral beauty. its opportunities for im- provement if these opportunities were realized and taken hold of now. Such 1mprovement, he declared. would make Montgomery not only the best commer- cial city of the South. but the most beautiful city of the South.
 Montgomery. he said. had the best health, the best water, the best streets and best natural advantages of any city in the South and that there was no reason why it should not take first rank in cleanliness and beauty.
 At the close of the meeting. which lasted two hours nearly every one pres ent presented his name for enrollment
  League. and prospects look brighter than ever before for transformation in MontEomery's civic welfare.
 pr. Gregory Speaks.
 Rev. o. F. Gregory. D. D.. pastor Of the Adams Street Baptist Church fol- lowed MT. Mcintyre. pr. Gregory said Montgomery was a beautiful city. but it had not got to the point of cleanliness yet. T be- nr haf Improvement League will make it pos sible for us to say Montgomery is one of the cleanest cities in the country. I think clean city would cultivate church going by bringing us in touch with nature-God's work before us"
 One way we can keep the city clean. said Dr. Gregory, Is for every house. holder to sweep in front of his own house Beautiful lots all over the city are ruined in their beauty by dirt and trash. Cleanliness of the city will cui- tivate honesty, because if the city gives us these improvements 1t will be ours in trust and we will feel duty bound to respect this trust.
 Dr. Gregory was roundly applauded at the close of his remarks.
 Dr.. w. M. wilkerson was introduced to speak on Sanitation and Hygiene" Dr. Wilkerson said that the subject was so wide that he could say but lit- tie in reference to 1t. He spoke of the customary rule in Montgomery of put ting refuse matter means on the side walks to await the coming of the trash wagon and showed how the effects of our warm Southern sun made disagree able odors and diseased air in every portion of the city. As a remedy for this evil pr. Wilkerson proposed a met al can with a tight-fitting top that could be disinfected daily at a small cost.
 When the speaker declared that there was agreat sanitary evil in Montgome- ry and scored warmly the custom of splitting on the streets, he was greeted with burst of applause. He believed that the habit was due to thoughtless. ness but more so to ignorance. He pro- posed that the Civic Improvement League should inaugurate an active campaign against the expectorators. t.
 Rabbi Messing Introduced.
 Rabbi A. J. Messing was next intro duced to speak on "The City Beautiful and Civic Pride"
 He declared that Montgomery was the best paved city in the South and al- together not a dirty city in the strict sense of the word.
 You can't blame the poor widow who gets her dinner from some charitable source in a newspaper and then throws eAAc PdpcT III the street, ne said. We ought to be glad that she didn't have to eat the paper.
 The city beautiful, Rabbi Messing said. was not the work of day. Con- stant work in beautifying the city, he believed. would result ultimately in the cherished hope of the Civic Improve ment League.
 Frank Jackson then spoke briefly on the subject of parks. Montgomery. he nr nf ffo htefa was the objective point of all Southern tourists. It Is time we realize that we have passed the village state and we must have the requisites of a city.
 He thought that the park that Is best is the park that is convenient to all parts of the city. where children, rich and poor. might breathe fresh air and grow healthy in the warmth of the balmy sunshine. A square dedicated to music. he also thought, would result in good to the people.
 The most desirable places in Mont gomery now. he said. are the river front and the reservoir property on Madison Avenue. He thought that the ground should be secured now before it was gobbled up by private interests
 Warm applause followed Mir. Jack sons enthusiastic address.
 Address of Major Screws.
 Major w. w. Screws was introduced to speak on The Cemetery"
 Tt is an important subject to us all, . he said. because to us that ground is sacred" Major Screws went on to say that from the beginning of the world, history shows us that in ths primal age. the middle age and in every country and in every creed. respec, had been shown to the dead by those of their races. Even among barba'