The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-02

when he was making frequent trips the State in the interest ef ioear far Hill necessarily spent an unusual amount of time in the open air as cross-country trips were made almost
 The condition of the Superintendent is not of necessity precarious although he admits that he has been S9a possioy poss
 Mir. Bragg to Leave Auburn.
 T am sorry to know that Thomas mas Prs.sent PraTss assistant oi tSe a atheto vsS Board at the Alabama Polytechnic in- situte, will soon sever his connectlo1s with that college" said a lover or
 II say this not because am an aIumnus of Auburn but because truly feel that college athletics in tne en9M9 it,1 lose an ardent friend and reformer. He has. for the past four years been zen
 conspicuous dsuFe at AuonTm tbere TOT rhs g rise of Auburn in both baseball ana football since 1901 must be attributed in a greater measure to MT Bfagg erally known in the student body ana among the alumni as the watch dos, of Auburn's athletics. It is good "For r three 1t' years before the. great football record of 1904 1t looked as II | the Alabama Polytechnic lntsltute had cadence. The regularity with which football Yames were being lost. games heretofore precious to every follower more to the Hundreds of almuni throughout the country than to the student body. The alumni were crest. fallen because they rememnersea rene o tsS s~;d well iorn to Auburn's credit and had never known sucn disastrous times. It was found. however, that it was all that the contagion of the old Auburn spirit and 'tigrous' grit had been tenn porarily lost. few almost despalred gone, they said. and pigskin prestige was no more for Auburn until he was thought different These men got busy They stirred the contemporary student body and appealed to the men in the affairs of the world; There was was a sudden beginning of activities. At the very head of this was Thomas Bragg. He worked zealously for four years His efforts were crowned with | success last year. He had the honor on recommendation of committee or alumni of signing Coach Mike Dona- hue, now regarded without a peer in the S. I. A. A. His great record of l not a game lost last year on the grid iron Is familiar to all He has been | retained for the current year to cOdcn football, baseball and basketball and train in field athletics. No son of Au- | burn fears for these sports so long as Donahue is at the helm.
 | July 1, to accept a promising position with the greNt powder works at Wood bury, N. J. His numerous friends leave and Auburn interests will be | concerned for some time to find a good successor to this athletic manager. MT Smith as speeIaI Counsel.
 His attention being called to no tice which appeared in The Mobile Item to the effect that he had been been | and Nashville Railroad and that his duties would not conflict with those of Capt. J. M. Falkner and George District Attorneys. but that he would John VI smith made the following statement to a repeorter Of The Ad-
 "i was appointed Special Counsel for the Louisville and Nashville Rail road and will perform such duties In the future as may be assigned to me by the Law Department at Louisville and Montgomery. It is. perhaps prop ciai and in connection with the Law Department at Louisville and Mont gomery I would be glad that any [ publish this statement"
 That Idle Patrol Wagon.
 '"That patrol wagon that the City Council bought some months ago at an expensive figure and presented to l the Police Department is doing the city lot of go99d%s said citizen 1%,6S of l idle, collecting the dust of time In a stall under the City Building. and never has been used on official busi- ness yet. - the City Fathers, either in their wis dom or discretion, have not given the police department the horses, the har- ness and the men which will be ab- solutley necessary before the truck can be put into service. There may be some excuse that the aldermen have for waiting so long before they put to use a public necessity, but 1t eer- ltainly does not appear on the suTface. Seems as if they could pay SIbO TOT the wagon, they might spend a hum dred or so more and set some horses to pull it."
 Justice Dowdali's Vote.
 By an error in this paper Friday Justice J. R. powdell, of the Ala- lhama Supreme Court was reported as