The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-03
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Here'e u good one:


 A wag who is manager of Mont gomery estabiishment employing half q aoxen men, remarked casually several days ago to his employees that he had that proposed to pay sis for 1903 pen- nies,"
 Why, I had one yesterday" replied the credulous young bookkeeper. I'll look 1t up"
 The dignined empioye was very much interested in the proposition. Z It seems to me" he said, that see 1908 pennies. every now and then. I'll Keep wateh-out for them" one approached the manager, rubbing his hands with glee.
 q have three of them" he announced.
 Three of what?" asked the manager adarsss d sGs onssrn Gye pIease e rhs Is easy" he added. "Forty-ive dollars picked up and more to come" The manager drew g paper from his desk read an address and then - kts for 1908 pennies which, if you will do sum in mathematics will disclose to you amounts to $19.03. It's very safe hnaneial proposition. Nineteen hundred and three pennies is s1s.os.
 The dtgpiaed one saw. "Stung~ was ail he said. AFs 30W33 NOt 0 C&mNAUAtes Mir. George ". Jones, District At- terney of the Louisville and Nashville Ratlorad Company, will not be candis date for Alderman to represent Ward 3 in ..s the Montsemsry City Sys. Council, si,a ur Jones. have been kind enough to sug- gest that become a candidate that It seems proper for me to say that af- ter deliberate consideration of the mat ter l have decided not to run. T esteem # a high honor to have q ! part in making the laws of a great I city like. Montgomery, but the duties of my ofice are so exacting that could not give the city the time and atten- tion that believe should be given by an Alderman.
 "Besides this consideration, I am a member of the City Board of Education and t Is possible the interests might
 At any rate am not and win not be candidate for Alderman, and I thank my friends for their kindness. Mr. whitaeId Retfres. Announcement is made that Mfr. L. B. Whitfield has retired from the firm of w. F. Vandiver & Co.,, owing to the condition of his health.
 Mir, Whitfield has been q member of the firm ten years He is mar of in- defatigable energy and the effect of his confining duties and the arduous de- tails of the business had been such as
 
 It Is probable that Mir. Whitfield will soon engage in some business that will give him more activity and will con- tribute more to his health.
 MT. Whitfield has wide circle of friends who will feel interested In any business venture that may engage him. Dlsgusted With Weather, This Is fine weather we're having" snorted a Montgomery citizen, "fne weather. for the doctors and plumbers. First 1t blows hot and then 1t blows cold. One never knows when he goes to bed at nights whether to leave the heater at work or to leave the windows open.
 T think have suffered all of the dis comforts of the cold weather and had hoped it was oyer when here comes along another blizzard. My children broken to pieces. Oh. yes, it's fine lot of weather.
 There are said to be more sick peo- pie in Montgomery right now than in some time: Of course there ie no great number of serious eases, but q great many citizens have been nghting on pneumonia for the last<four weeks"
 Hon. John F. Proctor of seottsboro. has been in Montgomery this week at- tending the Supreme Court. MT, Proc- tor Is pleasantly remembered here as member of the last Constitutional Convention and as former Secretary of the State Senate. Mayor Thomas H. Carr, who has re- turnAd to his home on South Court Street. from St. Margaret's Hospital, is convalescing. and Is expected to be down town in a few days. Dr. s. H Dennis of Shady Grove, Pike County, was in Montgomery yesterday.