The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-14
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Defends TeIephone Service.

Asman or woman Will grow lmpatIehe at the telephone If the operator does not give them instant attention.
 Tt often requires as long as two or three minutes to get glass of soda water, or to secure the attention of a clerk in store. But in those in stances you see the efforts made in your behalf The telephone operator may be making every possible effort to secure q connection for you. but you canpot see her and you wouldn't be human if you did not believe she was asleep at the switchboard. Even at that she never keeps you waiting longer than a few seconds. And after she makes the connection she cannot force the people at the other end or the line hurry to answer your call.
 'Tf telephone users would remem- Der that the only thing telephone company has to sell is service; ntnri ana ested in giving quick service than the subscriber is in obtaining II, then the demands and expectations of supscrlo- CTS would be more reasonable.
 Colonel Cazey in Montgomery.
 Col. Francis c. cafrey, formerly bar. but now of New York city, IS onel Caffey is spending well earned vacation with the home folks at ver- bena and he came here last night to mssf i. old friends In Ssr sf Ne York city, undoubetdly the ablest bar in the country, has not escaped the notice Of Montgomery. At the end of four years ton in the Metropoiitan bar Is assur- building. where Montgomery visitors have always found southern welcome , onel caffey, MT. Breckinridge, mem.s Der of the famous Kentucky family or that name. has been rendered and has position in the legal department of the municipal government of the city or
 Colonel caftey. came to verbena last tion for two weeks longer.
 Not the least enjoyable feature Of life in New York" said Colonel Caf- tiser. tHSs 1t Is considered a paper of the highest rank, not only in Alabama but in New York city. To tell the truth. get better idea of the news of the graphic news. from The Advertiser than from any other paper. or course more and better foreign news is con. sansd n he Nsw aers sxea n oher directions. But The New York papers: take it. exaggerate the importance or local news and. minimize the impor. the common country. So much spaee Is devoted In the New York papers to local news that there is but little room
 ',so, from The Advertiser I get a fuller idea of what Is happening in the United States than I get from any of the New York papers.
 New Yorker Is a very provincial per son. He knows less. he has a smaller of the greatness of his coun- try than the man of the n.sdr same intsii, sn.. ton. The New Yorker, like the New York newspaper. emphasizes all that relates to his city and minimizes that which lies beyond the boundaries or
 Colonel Carey Is enjoying splendid health and Is much heavier than wnen he went North
 Danger of Trolley Wires.
 Considerable comment was provoked from a Commerce street merchant xes- terday ts Ten II, the don trolley wss Ss entanEled In the net work or wires at the intersection of Commerce and Bibb streets, and the trolley and board to the top of the car and thrown to the pavement. while the wires shook dan- gerousiy.
 street here at any time" said the mer: wires and so many cars switching In and out in different directions that l them the a'wni viii be jerked down and endan-
 "At such places as these the eonduc- tors should be required to stand on necessary, guide the trolley so that there will be no fear of its jumping the wire. It Is frequent occurrence down this way to see these trolleys lump and set the entire net work to swaying; If they fall once' there Will be serious accident
 The Montgomery True Blues.
 why the people and the newspapers Insist in calling my old command the Montgomery Blues I can't understand" said an ex-captain Of the Blues yes. yes. correct and unchangeable name of the company is The Montgomery True
 I've fellows who organized that com adopted the name with especial pride, and I for one of the survivors, insist that the word True should never be There are other reasons, too, why I dislike to see the word left out
 Some years ago there was negro @Sry casS in tss waS Blues and we protest against being eoafounded with that command"
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 Prof. z: H. Webster. of ,,s the public for several days, making special re, searches in the history of the removal of the Cherokee Indians from Ala composition of a thesis for graduate work in the general subject of histo- tE lions. sna aPFofessor op+S WSebster is making a of Archives and History at the Capi- tol, where he has found a large mass of original material on the subject, es- pecialiy among the files of old newspa- Dsrs of the State;
 Dr. R. M. Cunningham, IT, of Ensley; came to Montgomery last night and joined Governor Jelks and his party. The party left on a night train for Mobile where the Governor will review the soldiers of the 3rd Infantry.
 MT. w. N. Cox has returned to Mont Romery from attending the Montgom- cry District Methodist Conference at Loachapoko
 Mrs. Waiter Smith of Midway was visitor in Montgomery v yesterday
 MT T. I. .Tiilman ot valdosta was a visitor to the city yesterday.
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 MT. T D. Fallan of Prattvtlle is reg istered at the New Exchange
 Mir L. w. Foy of Eufaula is regis teed al the New Exchange.
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 MT P. r. Stephenson of Decatur was in the city yesterday,
 Mir Sake Simmons of Huntsville was in the city yesterday.
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