The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-10
Sidewalk pencilinss
state Militarx poard.

The State Military Board, ppomnsnt mlitsry 9ser anfies S tion with She military ana1fs nsrS acts State. Under the law the boaav Gasareor In an advisory capacity to tne o,,ihor- ity,. subject to the approval od v,,ile .ne Governor to make changes m .ne ihtt ., itary organizations of the Sta,I emu ana ,S formulate and omuuvgsrnment of the State troops. The Governor also usu- ally designates the Military Board to conduct the military exaniihiIa iaIa,,,.a NoI
 "The Board consists of Brig. Gen; ". W. Brandon, Adjutant GeneraI Brlg. Gen. R. R. F. csL Lis1Rn' L tnsPfoiit PHoit. Quarter, master General These ofhcers nave the i,, rank and title of Brigadier Generals m the Alabama National Guard. Iney y wsrs sonfirmes aePGb,tS by the State Senate in execu tive session The Constitution of the state requires that all general omcers be thus appoint,ed , ana aanss,Cnatea c1nite the Mill itary Board to attend all the encamp- n,ents of the State troops last summer and the suggestions and advice or .ne ns members of the Board while m camp were of much benefit to the officers and
 "Thefe are -four Brigadier Generals in the state troops. the three memoers
  @ 9Generals Brandon, Ligon, Clarke and Holt have been in the military service of the State for years, in fact in much longer service, very probably. than any other officers in the Alabama Natiohai Guard"
 Christmas Trade Opens.
 "Montgomery's Christmas business is just beginning to open up." said a well known merchant yesterday. Wnh all due respect to the fine price that cot ton has been bringing. l can say can, Montgomery up to a very few days ago was below the standard. And l cant understand why it should have been m these prosperous times, excep. TOT ,no ,no ago that we had any cold weatner ,I. a. all The weather was exceptionally warm for some time and people had no one thing. however, that since we have had cold snap our business has picked up wonderfully and am confident that it is much larger in comparison tbo, to the he Christmas we will have had enough trade to overlap that which we did not get during the warm spell.
 pr q c. Thach, President of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, came to Montgomery last night from potnan' where he attended the Alabama Metho- sst He VII our retsrn eofeee se has dition." said Dr. Thach last night: The matriculation this year has been bog, an increase of eighty over the previous year" s E1
 MT. J. C.. Crowson and family have moved from Chisholm to Bagaad' fln.' r Crowson is connected with the Bagdad Misunderstanding Company. MT. Graham Chisholm has also engaged In business in Bagdad.
 Rev. T. E. Roberts of oxford. form eriv r,sstor of the Dexter Avenue Meth odist Church, will preach to that con n- gregation at the mornlbntg ,1abt serVice ''-
 MT. George J. Crosby has been elect, ed superintendent of the Sunday School of the Cumberland Presbyterlan Cnurch to succeed the late Robert west Sr'
 Mayor W. M. Teague left yesterday afternoon for a short visit to Columbus Ga. He will return Monday morning
 Mir. w. F. Vandiver returned to the city last night from the Methodist Con ference at Dothan.
 Mr A. M. Ayres of Guntersville is in the city, accompanied by his wife. | MT. A. V. Wallace of Birmingham is registered at the New Mabson. Mir. H. c. Rankin of Brewton spent last night In Montgomery.
 Mir. G. E. McGehee of Lafayette Is registered at the Imperial.
 MT. J. l.. Glenn of Calera was in town last night.
 
 Mir. w. A. Porter of Birmingham is visiting the city.
 Mir. Charles Ellis of Andalusia is vis- iting the city.