The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-20
M0NTGOMERY'S POOR WILL
 BE MADE HAPPY CHRISTMAS
Elks, Salvation Army and Other Organizations
 Are Preparing to Dispense Unstinted Charity to Unfortunate Ones.

Christmas cheer and Christmas char ity will be dispensed Iavishiy in Mont gomery during the holiday season, the hearts of hundreds of lEe children of the less fortunate parents of the city will be made glad, the little feet will be shod, little bodies will be conn fortably clothed. little stofnachs will be uncomfortably filled, warm fires will Do provided through the generosity of number of the Montgomery religious and fraternal organizations. by socie , ties and clubs and by Individuals who have learned through experience the blessedness of giving.
 Montgomery Is never benind In the matter of caring for the psor within her gates and this Christmas will be no exception to the established cus- tom of the past years. So thorough and with so much of system have the plans been made by those having in charge the distribution Of tFe Christ mas gifts of the several laTEer organ izations that 1t is scarcely possible that any one will be forgotten or over- looked.
 For weeks, pastors of churches and naen and women of Montgomery. bent On assisting in the spreading of good cheer. have been quietly on the out look for people who age In strengthened circumstances and hdA1es in which are not the comforts of life. and the names of all such have been furnished organ izatfons and societies whose av0wed purpose 1t Is to act santa Claus to Montgomery this Christmas season. And If every child in ><he city Is not remembered in a most substantial way during the next week 1t vsfff certainly not be the fault of the meu and ths women who. for the time being. will devote largely their time to the dis tTibution of the good things which have been collected for that purpose.
 ETIxs and Salvation Army.
 The Elks have always led in Mont gomery in the distribution Of Christ mas charity. hut thls year that fine tion Army, and yet Montgomery has grown so rapidly the past year, the population og the city has so increased. that the coming of the 5alvationists Is but another of the compatibility or the law of demand and supply" and there are places ready and waiting for the donations of every organization. there win be no surplus.
 It Is possible that the largest num- Der of people will be reached through the Salvation Army, as for the past several months the local members of the Army have been working to this end. and by reason of the close touch in which tbese good people come with the poor and destitute of the city, they are in a position to know where relief is needed and where st this time of peace and good will on earth" some of the things that are but ordi- nary comforts In the vast majority of Montgomery homes will be untold lux uries in hundreds of the homes of peo- ple who know the other sideg'.
 For several months Captain L. A. Cxiom of the Salvation Army and his staff have been collecting money and articles for a Christmas tree. which will be given on the night of Thursday. December 27, at the county court house. Placed on the tree will be gifts for about 400 children. Among the articles