The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-13
POPULATION IS 4S,7SO
MONTGoMERY's CITY DIRECTORY
 FOR 1905 ANALYZED.
Williams is the Most Pspular of All Surnames Recorded In the Book Some Odd Things
 Dfsclosed.


 The Montgomery city directory for .1s s shows that the city has popu- lation of 4S,7S0.
 The directory contains 1s.sso names. The publishers show in predatory statement that the usual method of reaching the population of . city Is to multiply the number of names in the directory by three, as each person named represents at least two more.
 "The industrial growth of Montgom. cry" says the publishers. R. l.. POLK & Co.,, in a predatory statement. mas been most remarkable. Ten new man. representing an investment of $1.3bO.00O and employing about 1000 hands.
 For the future the prospect is bright. Instead of the 170,0o0 bales of cotton received last year. Montgomery will doubtless receive over 100000 bales during 1905. Every indication gives promise of a splendid cotton crop this fall at good prices and & continuance of the commercial growth and the in- dustrial development which has so singled out Alabama's Capital City among other Southern cities during the past year."
 The city directory shows that Will Hams Is the most popular surname in Montgomery. Last year 1t was record- ed that the Smith family led all the rest, but the Williams's this year are slightly ahead of the Smiths. although the lead is won for the Williams sur name by the negro division of the book.
 While Williams is easily the popular name with negroes of Montgomery. Smith is still in favor with the whites. There Is a total of 269 persons named William in the directory of which for ty-two are white and 227 are black. Of the 257 Smiths recorded in the book. 127 are white and 13o are black. Next to Williams and Smith the popular names are in the order stated Jones, Johnson. Jackson, Brown, and Thomas. There are 23S members of the Jones family, III whites and 121 blacks; 2s6 Johnsons, 7s whites and 160 blacks I'll Jacksons, twenty-four whites and 147 blacks; 152 Browns. fif- ty-six whites and ninety-six blacks, and 143 persons named Thomas, eigh- teen whites and 125 blacks. These figures indicate the popularity of common names with negroes. Pursuing the study 1t is noted that | in the directory there are 122 Taylors, forty-two whites and eighty blacks: 122 Robertsons or Robinsons. forty | whites and eighty-two blacks; eighty | seven Wilson's. forty-one whites and forty-six blacks; eighty-three Moores, forty-three whites and forty blacks; | sixty-seven. Whites, which is a popular | name with the blacks, there being six teen white persons and forty-nine ne- groes by this name; and fifty-eight Thompsons. thirty-two whites and twenty-six blacks.
 The most popular single name in the directory is William Jones. Six white m at | addressed to this name. Next comes | the famous John Smith. of which there are seventeen in Montgomery, six white men and eleven negroes. John Williams answers fifteen times when the name of Montgomery citizens is | called; but one white man bears the name. There are eleven William Smiths. eleven James Smiths and eleven James Jones. Ten men respond to the six to John Johnson and three to | Thomas Thompson. There arc six Tom Smiths, seven Robert Jones, and eight John Jones:
 It is disclosed by the directory that we of Montgomery have as neighbors, Kings. Lords. Princes. Earls. Popes. Cardinals. Knights. Dukes. Bishops, Squires. Judges and others of rank.
 Then. too. there are fin Montgomery
 
 men who arc black. There are Blues Browns, Greens. Redds. and Pinkson's One gentleman Is Alfred.
 Five men In Montgomery perpetuate the name of George Washington. Four of them are negroes and one, a white man, is tanitor at the Bellinger Heights school Thomas Jefferson is a driver of 32 Cobb Street. William Mckinley is clerk for the Atlantic Coast Line and William H. Harrison Is a postal clerk. who resides on Decatur Street Two white men and three negroes bear the name John Adams and the names of Cleveland. Grant. Monroe. Madison. Pierce, Buchanan, Hayes. Johnson and Jackson are recorded in the directory. Oliver Cromwell. according to the directory. is clerk at the Louisville and Nashville depot!
 Not only do we find the name of the father of this country in the city di- rectory, but the father of mankind is written there. MT. Adam is a respect ed citizen of Montgomery who does not reside a great distance from Mir. Noa, who has wide circle of friends. Messrs. England. Ireland, Scotland, Roman and German are recorded as pa- triotic American citizens.
 Citizens are named Halfman, Tall man, Fassman, Waltzman, Fleeman and Zimmerman.