The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-13
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ful trip to Cherokee and Etowah coun- ties, where he delivered addresses in the interest of his candidacy. He was gresly pleased with his reception Tn
 Last Monday. General oates was among several candidates for offices who spoke at Center. Cherokee coun-
 o the hs say was ana svsn lerse snd n terested audience heard the candidates; Among other candidates who delivered addresses were Emmet A. ONeal, can didate for Lieutenant Governor. VII. liam c. Fits, candidate for alternate senator and B. B. Conner, gubernato-
 General Oates and MT. Fitts address ed an interested audience at Gadsden Tuesday, and, Wednesday General Oates was in Annaston. where he met many friends. He spent Wednesday night in Birmingham and reached Montgomery from Birmingham at noon
 General Oates will leave Montgomery Sunday morning for Moufton. the coun- ty seat of Lawrence county, where he will speak Monday.
 The Stray Dos Nuisance.
 T notice there has been another mad dog scare. said prominent cit izen last evening, 'and it brings to mind what The Advertiser has several times suggested regarding the hand HE oi tHe StTdy QoH.
 There i9nc greater nuisance. to my mird, thanvthe stray cur which hangs about the streets snarling' at passers- by, and menacing children at play on the sidewalks. While 1t is true that very few Of the so-called maddogs prove to be effected with the rabies, there are occasionally cases of the kind. and the exception, in my opinion, is of snfficient importance and danger, to warrant tlfe most stringent pre- m942uI9E. E.~ <rThe city council has several times, once recently, brougn. up the matter of dfsposing of worthless CUTS. but for tracked. The danger. nevertheless, is plainly apparent. If a dog Is really mad, it invariably attempts to bite other canines. The disease spreads, and in a short time we are likely to have half dozen dogs running about the streets, menace both to the peo- pie, and also to valuable dogs.
 An ordinance requiring the mug zling of dogs during the hot weather. danger. Owners of valuable dogs would go to the expense to save their animals from molestation. while the ownerless CUTS would be placed where they could do no damage and if not redeemed, could be put out of the way"
 nown Town Churches wiIl Go. church is a thing of the past" said a Montgomery minister "The time IS rapidly approacghing when the sup port of several downtown churches Is going to be a difiicult problem to be "The reason for this assertion is evil dent, If one would take moment to consider the conditions surrounding the city of today and the city of ten
 Rapid transit when first instituted was in great measure. the cause oi many line churches being built down convenient to reach the church and more pleasant to worship on the site where their parents had for years wor-
 "To the same cause assigned for the building and remodeling of old down town churches may be traced the rea- sons for the building of handsome su- vent of rapid transit people of all classes, wealthy and poor alike, are making their homes away from the down-t town district, and for the sams reason they want the churches in tho suburbs and nearer their homes
 "An example of the truth of what. 2 boring State where down town church. and one 6f the richest and most influential churches in the south, . is now sSvpporuso snbArs Sy ns ar bres sn burban churches. The church is there | and must be supported; so the one | time members who now worship in the churches which they have builded near. CT their homes. for the sake of the past. contribute tc the support of the church, otherwise the doors would have to be closed.
 "The old order of things is passing away in religious matters as well as in secular matters"
 Picnic of the Veterans. Judge John B. Fuller, the commander of Camp Lomax says: The barbecue to be given by Camp Lomax, at Pickett Springs on, July 19. will be a great by the camp is most gratifying, and Il fully up to our expectations. Every member of the camp is pledged tc make the occasion a great Success
 be in charge of the best barbecue cooks l in the County.
 "In addition to the dinner thsre will Ss speahkIlng sn0 polities1; music. soO4
 "Everybody is invited and all are promised a good time
 | Governor Jelks, Accompanied by his staff, as Commander in Chief of the Alabama National Guard, yesterday morning left Montgomery for Selma fwhere he inspected the 2nd Regiment is expected to return to to the capitoi thi. | morning, and will spend today in his | office. leaving tonight for Mobile wherS the Srd Regiment of Infantry is en. | campeo.
 Mir. Joseph Maxwell, an alumnus ol | tho State University and former pop | ular citizen of Tuscaloosa, who Is now associated with one of the government | departments in Washington is in Mont, | gomery. visiting hts brother, MT. Johr | Maxwell
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 l MT. George W. Jones received a tele gram yesterday announcing that hi: mother was dying at her home in Eliz abethtown, Ky. MT. and Mrs: Jone' and their son, Alston Jones, left fol that place on an evening train. # 'y S2
 Messrs. Arthur Ellsberry, Will Els berry. Carnot Dexter and Lester Smitl | have returned from Western Florid; where they spent two weeks with Mt Gerald Bunkley at his summer home or | Perdido Bay
 Hon. D. J. Meador, o fMyrtlewood candidate for Lieutenant Governor, was ,n the city yesterday. He is en route to Au'erHe' B j.
 terday from Blount Springs where h. has been since Saturday.
 Mir H. B. Metcalfe left last night fo Louisville Kv., to visit his daughte
 who is there at school
 Messrs. H. E. Wilson and H. G. For Iester of Dothan, are registered at the Mabson
 Capt. L. F. Gellerstadt and son. oi Troy. were in Montgomery yesterday
 Mir E. Fl. Dryer, a prominent lawye