The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1906-10-06
SIDEWALK PENCILINGS
Sounding Of Riot Call.

HOSe peTSOHS, sdiQ d IilcHu Ga ~
admirer Of Hon. X. Jackson. Private
Secretary to Governor Jelks. disposed
to criticise Mr.. Jackson for having the
riot call sounded in Montgomery the
other night to summon the Montgomery
Greys, do not realize the necessity O.!
the case
Mr. Jackson had received an urgent
call from Governor Jclks, who was In
Mobile. He said he wanted the Mont
gcmery companies before daylight and
they must be sent on a special train.
To do this. 1t was essential that the
soldiers should leave Montgomery at
the first moment possible.
fortunately, the Blues were at the
armory, but to get the members Of tho
Greys there within an hour was tn.
problem that confronted Mr.. Jackson.
He could not have aroused the soldiers
otherwise. He realized that the riot
bell would excite some of the citizess.
but he knew that the extreme situation
II. Mobile demanded it.
The ringing of the bell may have
alarmed Montgomery people. but the
people of Montgomery ought to ap
preciate what Mobile WAS passing
through and the necessity which caused
Mr.. Jackson to order the sounding ..
the alarm"
K q y
In conversation between Mont
eomery woman and teacher in one of
the Montgomery public schools, record
ed in the Sidewalk Penciling in tn j..
intended to be conveyed to the public
mind was that the children are SO
crowded in the school rooms that 1t is
physical impossibility for the teach
ers to find the time to devote to the
children as individuals. to teach all
those PRINCIPLES of neatness of obedl-
ence. OF refine ment Of manners and
which make for for the best inter interest OF Of
the child. and in justice to the teacher.
tention on the part of the woman
vice in any form is permitted in the
montgomery public schools the word
broad sense, Including the formation
of all those little habits and m ,nners
that go to marking the w"ll-trained
boy anu girl. and in which parents tx
pect their children in school shall re-
ceive some isntructions With the
present crowded conditions of the
schools, the teachers have neither time
'"'S 10 '"eir pap'is "sns these lines
Opposed by Blacks and Tans.
We are not responsible, for the State
ticket put out NY that mass meeting
in p,al Brmingham'' said a Montgomery
We have the only Republican organi-
zation in Alabama, and 1t is all out of
the question to think Of US recognizing
Davidson and his faction.
II can't see whore the candidates on
this ticket are going to get their votes
from: | have talked to numbers Of
cry and they saw they will not vote
for them. These so-called Lilly Whites
are out to make showing for the or
ganzation two years hence and to me
II seems like pretty bad showing
they will make. n the men belonging
to the real, genuine organization re-
fuse to vote for the candidates. 1 fail
to sec where the votes will come from.
even though a rigid canvass is made
every hour from now until the elec
tion
When Mr. Smith of birmingham ran
for Governor on the Republican ticket
four Years ago. he polled $4,000 votes,
to make any kind Of a showing they
must r'li at ie 3 !, so,eeo votes"
Montsomery's Show Windows.
"One of the most noticeable inn
rrovements which I have seen on this
trip to Montgomery said travelling
man ma who visits MONTGOMERY quarterly
which a number of Dexter Avenue
merchants are adjoining their pla ces OF
business.
Several of these show windows on
Dexter Avenue are handsome. and ALI
are artistic. They would do credit 10
a larger city than MONTGOMERY and to
larger business concerns. There is no
city In the South in the territory III
which travel that is showing more
decided signs of progress than is Mont
gom"rN.
ITO a person who makoa tho CITY his
home these lmproNem' MS RAY not be
So noticeable. but to on" whose visits
are less often the changes are strik-
ing"
Mr. Howard Lamar of Jasper is a
visitor in Montgomery
Mr. J. +. Howell is Montgomery
visitor from Trey = y
Mr. John c James Of Eufaula is in
the city,
Mr. $ Carroll of Troy is at the New
Exchange.
Il Il e
MIR. w j. Davis of Andalusia Is
visitor /" the ? i X q
Mr. y j. Traut Of Pratville is a
Montgomery visior.
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nr, G NJ Franklin. Mr.. NJ n. Eley
and Mr. Il =, Powell OF Union Springs
came I" Montgomery yesterday
Mr., G. G Arthur of birmingham came
10 Montgomery Yesterday.
Mr., lAnd"n Zell Of Birmingham il
X X x
Hon J"hl e. Eyster spent yesterday
il. Montgomery and returned to MS
home. in DteAtur on an evening. EARs-