The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-29
sidewalk peneiIinas
Ohstructlon nf street..

- Obstruction of Streets.
 ,ndignant as he spoke of some city Why do you allow unused vehicles ant toos.ruet some of your most import through Lee Street today and found tnai the livery stable men had prac- S.eaiiy monopolized that thoroughfare. Vehicles stood in the street on both S,aes uatii only a marrow passage way strs. 4s test; 1 turned into Washington Pc the people own these streets or are they set apart for the exclusive use of private persons? We would not allow susa 2 monopoly of our country roads; North Lawrence Street was almost fll- ed with vehicles in front of stable: tt~q to street railway lines were allowed iieved the, condition somewhat, al- though have heard that the stable man protested loudly against the lay
 Now and. then read in the newspa- pers complaints against Commerce Street merchants for obstructing the as much right 'S to obstruct Sidewalks as these liverymeu have to monopolizing streets as we'll as sidewalks
 selma's Great Fair.
 T think all the farmers and business agricultural counties of this section to the Fair isna project preje in Selma said Montgomery citizen last night ''Sel- ma people have made good headway In able elements that are going to consti- tute the Fair in that city.
 'It Is spoken of as Central Ala for the last jealousy. Every part of the State should come to the assistance of the men behind the Selma Fair and ake bas n rya @ any tats ths Department, Commissioner Poole has said, will assist the movement with the same zeal as it Is now doing In point. There should be goodly num- Der of agricultural. live.-stock, horti- cultural and other exhibits in Selma good natured rivalry between the diff latent in most every farmers heart should be put Into practice. The only Selma Fair.
 T believe if the Montgomery Coun- ty farmers will get started in this the mdde ns Section ssa of RRIn9bsea Rnabama ~ proGd The section needs to be represented at a well attended fair right in the coun- try where the products and exhibits
 Rifle Range Practice.
 c,'nAaaa What's besome of the rife range at
 usas yesterdas at the ycleae of the various regimental encamp- ments this summer, the papers were full of the great things that the local militia was going to do on the Cypress Pond range. Marksnianship in Ala bama was going up just as fast as Adf,an Alabama S,,u1s farmers CTS would like to see to be continued by the local militia men through the winter and by next summer sum they were all going to be a. Krag- -Jorgensen. But now the mili- tiamen have seemed to forget that there Is a good range right off a car Irne. a. For a few weeks after eneamp- heard each afternoon. Now the only gun Ire heard in the neighborhood is the fire of shot guns in the hands of supper. Let the military men get a fresh start and let some of the officers get busy with the range"
 To Speak in Town Creek.
 Major Harry C. Gunnels, Chief Clerk of the State Department of Education, left last night for Town Creek where tute for the counties of Colbert, Lau- derdale, Franklin and Lawrence Ma Jor Gunnels will address the institute There will be other addresses of inl- portance and the occasion is expected to bring together one of the largest of that section of the State. i-MaJor Gunnels will return to Montgomery Saturday.
 Lieutenant Governor R. M Gun ningham came to Montgomery last night from Birmingham. He spent the night at the Imperial Hotel and will where he will speak today In the in- terest of local taxation for school pur- poses
 Chief Clerk Jesse c. Adams of the state Department of Agriculture and Industries, has returned from a visit to Birmingham where he went early in the week in the interest of the State exhibit at the fair in that city.
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 Mir. William c. Oates, Jr., has been admitted to the regular class for full University of Virginia at Chariottes- Vile, and has gone earnestly to work to win his degree.
 General Robert F.. Ligon. Clerk ot the Alabama Supreme Court, with his family, have returned from an extend ed summer visit in Virginia.
 Hon. Sid J Bowie, Fourth District Congresspan. came to town last night from his home in Anniston. He will be in Montgomery today.
 MT. J. Henry Bush of Clayton is visitor in Montgomery.
 at the New Mabson. :. Mir. J. c. Wright Of Roanoke Is in Montgomery.
 Mir. E; T. Albritton of Andalusia is in the city.