The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-23
Fishing, Fishing, Fishing.

comes anywhere near holding its own with the baseball craze in Montgomery just now Is the avidity with which Montgomerians are going after the denizens of the deep" said Montgom- erian yesterday.
 Never in my life have I seen. as man .nS MpntsS%eTsns Sn tS5t With Mt pepsS rGsS Bream and Mir. Trout are holding funeral services in the bosoms of their families to such an extent that the fish preachers and overtakers are suffering from nervous exhaustion.
 The fish pond at one of our parks started 1t but now the men who had the fishing germ inoculated at that place are securing the country for miles, looking for creeks, ponds, lakes and branches where a good days sport and a fine fish supper will reward their search.
 Tt was out riding on a public road this afternoon and I passed no less than twelve men in buggies and proba- bly a score of negroes afoot and every man had fish, and there wasn't fish stall within three miles. bet l saw 150 fish and hadn't a drink aboard"
 Wants a New Court Hous>.
 T am not blaming the Board of Revenue for wanting to improve the court house of this county" said flor everyone knows 1t needs improve ment and needs 1t badly, but can't keep from thinking that the Board could better afford to hold off awhile and then tear down the entire building, which Is at best disgrace to the county.
 'The Board has been making additions and painting and repainting; putting Tn in that and doing what it can to make the old building look somewhere near decent. But the more new stun they put in the bid barn, the worse the hnf lnnlfa The hniIdinR have been a credit to Montgomery or rather reflected no discredit on 1t, in reconstruction days, but t seems to me, that now when everythift Is prosper afford something better
 'The new stun being put in, is only temporary at best. The old house has got to come down soon and the sooner the better"
 Business Men of Panama.
 Messrs M. Kaplan and s. Einsohn; business young men of the city or rey and will leave for New Orleans this morning from which port they will sail for the isthmus.
 The young men have been to New York and other Eastern cities on business trip. They stopped in Mont gomery hoping to join MT. w. c. Has, kins here. MT Haskins formerly re- sided in Montgomery but is now asso- clateu Wlln the lSlhHlidh Sanoi yum mission in Panama and Is neighbor of the young men. They found upon reaching here that MT. Haskins had completed his visit to Montgomery and had returned to Panama.
 MT. Kaplan. who formerly was In business in Worcester, Mass, has store in the city of Panama. He says there are great many Americans In business in Panama, but the natives appear to be the most successful. He is very hopeful for the future of the country believing that when work Is fully begun on the canal the industrial and commercial conditions will be im-
 eve get The Advertiser by every steamer said MT. Kaplan, and 1t Is one of our favorite newspapers"
 Governor Jelks returned last night from Eufaula where he spent Sunday. He has not yet decided on what day he will leave for Asheville, N. C., where he expects to spend two weeks.
 Major H. c. Gunnels, of the State Educational Department, has gone to Sylacauga to attend the closing exer- cises of the Fourth District Agricul- tural School.
 Messrs. R. w. Beck, Clark Williams, W. Graham and E. H. Andrews, were among the Birmingham men in Mont gomery yesterday.
 Among those who registered at the New Mabson yesterday was ex-Mayor w. M Drennen of Birmingham.
 Hon. J. Thomas Hefin, of Lafayette, from the Fifth Congress sional District, is in the city.