The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-23
SIDEWALK PENC1LINCS
Controverny About Cars.

This mix-up over the question of installing separate cars for black and whites is fraught with a great deal of danger" said a citizen of Montgomery, who is accustomed to think of such subjects, in conversation with an Ad- vertfser man yesterday. There is more danger than appears right on the sur-' face, and it seems Co me that 1t is the duty of the Council and the officials of the Traction Company to get together, if 1t can be done. There is more, great deal more, to this question than
 Tt strikes me, as a disinterested spectator, who has no interest in the Traction Company, other than as man who occasionally rides on the street cars, and no interest in the City Coun cil other than private citizen, that there is some middle ground, which would serve to separate the races to should be reasonable to the car com pany.
 "One suggestion I have, heard, and which seems to me to be reasonable, is that the company should forthwith pre- pare loops at the ends of those two or three lines in the city where there are large numbers of negroes who ride on the street cars, and run either sep arate cars or trailers for their use. The balance of the lines have in the past given but little trouble, and I do not believe they will in the future, that Is. in anything like the immediate future.
 I think that some sort of parti- ton should be installed in all the cars, and I am rather inclined to believe that some sort of a partition, that could be moved backward or forward, as the proportion of the races should vary, would be preferable. That, how ever is one of the details that isn't so very essential. The main point is that the parties to this controversy should lose no opportunity to get together, and kEaHa
 "The way things have been going, with a pronunciamento from one side followed by burst of oratorteal hy- perbole from the other, with polite interchange of letters between the two at the same time, are very ludtcrous-- quite ridiculous, in fact-if one but permits himself to forget the serious possibilities for the future, if the con trOversy is not speedily g settled
 Mir. Munger Talks of Mr. Root.
 MT. A. H. Munger of Kansas City, who has extensive business interests in Montgomery, is in the city, a guest of MT. andMr s. A. s. Knowles.
 T. Munger believes that few things have happened in recent years of more importance to the South than the re- cent trip of Secretary Root to the South American Republics.
 Mir. Munger was guest at the recent banquet in Kansas City at which Mir. Root was the guest of honor, and was much impressed with the remarks of the Secretary of State. He believes that the trip of the Secretary has so greatly improved relations between the United States and the Southern Repub- lies, that Congress will pass more sat- isfactcry trade treaties with those countries and great amounts of raw product will be shipped to the United States from these great producing sec- tions for manufacture.
 'The proximity of Southern ports to these countries" said Mir. Munger, will make the South easily the best loca- ton for plants to manufacture the raw product. Tn my opinion, not many years will elapse before the South will profit ably feel the effects of Mir. Roots trip"
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 Gloom Over Bishops Death.
 Tn speaking of the death of Bishop J. J, Tigert of the Southern Metho- dist Church, which occurred at Tulsa, L IT. Wednesday, member of one of the Methodist churches of Montgomery
 I've expected to have Bishop Tigert at the meeting of the Alabama Con- ference at Eufaula, December 5, and his death will cast gloom over the Confer ence. He was elected Bishop at the General Conference of the Southern Methodist Church, which was held in May of this year. He was one or the strongest men in the southern Metno- dist Conference. and he will be greatly
 "Bishop Tigert married daughter of the late Bishop McTyeire Of the Alabama Conference, and one time pas tor of the Court Street Methodist Church."
 MT. John C. Osborne was among the Prattville people who came to Mont gomery yesterday .,
 MT. B. c. Faircloth came to Mont gomery last evening from Birmingham 3s A Se
 MT. w. F. Howell of Birmingham was a Montgomery visitor yesterday.
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 MT. George D. Reynolds of Birming ham is viSit9E k Non'SomerS'
 Mir. G. T. sbley is among the Bir mingham citizens in Montgomery. Mir. w. B. Cheatham. Jr. cam' down from Birmingham yesterday. # 7s 5sN
 MT. Robert II. Mangum Is visito in the Capital City from Selma.
 MT. E. B. Holloway T of Prattvin came to Montgomery yesterday.
 MT. John K. Watkins came, to Mont gomery yesterday ffrom oPelika'
 MT W. II. Jeffries of Birmingham came to Montgomery yesterday
 Mir. J. IT. Lundman, IT.. of Hunts vile is a Montgomery visitor.
 MT. J. B. Murphy Is visitor t Montgomery from Tuscaloosa. MT. l.. s. MetEger Of pemopolis i