The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-08
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siayof .Te.xue.. Birthdsy.

1 NayoF Teaxue'. Birthdsy. l sure enourh secret, one that Mayor \ Teague was not particularly shx1uc ,bo citV making public was let out m m,tnrnoon. building early yesterday aIte.hoU sen Early in tho morning the Mayor con 1n hded the secret to a personai i'd lriena ana the building. but tongues StsSysav w"Ss5 was | the annivrrsnry of the birth of the
 Mir. Teague did not thmk that anyone ;ytnie Tn the buiidjng knew that he was duiet- iv ana ,snostnntntiously celebrating his | bIrthdav untIi about +;S0 o'clock yes terSay afternoon when and estended % him w., ,r, ony,,atiylat lions. The Mayor re. ceised the congratulations put ne Was perplexed to know ,,n"wn how ms aovthina vi
 At any rate, Mayor Teagae was s3 years old yesterday: aitnoush @ ne sai'
 "If you boys didn't have ske.oh o5 es my life in some Of your DOCKS, sala the Mayor 1T t.t hslieTs ts, 'nls faiseheod' 0n f and must tell the truth. I am 6$ years old, or young whichever way one LOOKS
 The birthday. was probably the happi- est the Mayor has ever spent in his
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 The Mayer went to the ofhce at his usual hour yesterday morning and tran sacted his routine business. During the earlier part of the afternoon. hc, went in buggy with Dr. Gaston GrciL Gity End. and made an examination Of the pond He returned to his office shortly | after 4 o'clock and concluded his days labor at D. m. when lie went 10 ms
 MT. reague, although born in Cal houn County. lived for some time in uary, 1883. since which time he has been a citizen of Montgomery.
 MT. Murphy. g Plans. Mir Edger Gardner Murphy, Of this city who has recently returned to New ts enrly nsd in Naase,S 5anSafy to hr bc under the treatment of pr. Theodore Scott, q specialist in diseases of the heart He wili come back much m chrrnii- lh,- ted to do no speaking in public and to | perform only d very limited amount of | work.
 As the Secretary of the Southern Edu- cation Board. Mir Murphy is as much | interested as ever in matters connec- Ef but Se sves a he greater part Of his time for the pres- ent to literary rather than to active w9rk HIS publieationof .s nS, last yaP year cais reached its fourth edition. In addition to the many favorable criticisms from ba abor sps al letters of appreciation from many of tn leading, men in public life in all FSess T he ths qh.ry is portae to publish the following from the late John Hay. Secretary of state:
 Department of State, Washington. De-
 My Dear MT. Murphy--'In spite of constant interruptions, l have stuck to f f have Tread read 1t over twice, and | feel that I must in common honesty send you word to jet you know how deeply and and profit [ have found in 1t. I have read nothing referring to the vital questions it discusses at all comparable wide eirculafion, especially aniong the North.
 ] Faithfully yours
 ITO the Hon. Edgar Gardner Murphy, | Montgomery, Alabama"
 After making stay in Montgomery, Mir, Murphy win pass the remainder of the winter with his mother in San Autonia, Texas. | Decoration of Heroes. q see the Governor of Georgia and the Mayer or AtIaaafa with s,atiay msiny otaSr T Carnegie Fund Custodian for a hero's I medal. to be awarded a negro in At all accounts of the deed of the negro he is worthy of decoration of anypody is To throw ourself in front of a pair of mad horses and be bounced about for nearly a hundred feet is hazardous act. Yet this is what the Atlanta Coaohman did and knew nothing of the people in the baronuch who were in great peril.
 T believe this rescuer ought to be decorated and 1 believe the Montgom- best known citizens should be given d medal He took his life in his own hands to save the life or lives of others fore he could stop the runaway horse'
 First Cracker of Season.
 P1p sang ad of started. Policemen hurriedly looked about and ran in the direction of the at; ments s1 rUshed s after % t5e blaecoats. Some men who were more timorous sought eoigns of safety in stores, while not a few women screamed.
 But the small boy---did he run. did he scream. did he fortlfy himself? Nay nay. He knew what the welcome sound Sioody as He revoiSer nPs had not craeEed aae He knew that the presence of the consta- bulary was entirely unnecessary. He thrown the first lighted fire cracker TO of the holiday season and he screeched with delight at the resulting fizz bang pop. And the older faces smiled. Rev W. c. Isaacs. of the Alabama Conference Methodist Church spent a few hours in Montgomery yesterday and left In the afternoon for Dothan | Mir. Isaacs is chaplain in the United States Navy and was appointed by Mir Cleveland during his first term. He is just of a three years cruise on the | Kearsarge and is enjoying a months leave of absence. After the conference, he will go to Pensacola to visit rela- | lives
 State Superintendent of Education l. Springs, Winston County, where he will attend a teachers Institute.
 MT. B. D. Armstrong of Elba. is reg istered at the New Mabson.
 MT O. c. Parker of New Decatur. is registered at the Imperial
 Judge Dan Gordon of Abbeville, spent last night in the city.
 MT. A. NJ. Pitts of Selma, Is registered at the Glenmore.
 MT. J. R. .Espy of Abbeville. was in town last night.
 MT. T. W. Bethea of Talladega, is vitising the city.