The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-01
SIDEWALK PENClLINGS
Importance Of Court Oath..


 Not one witness In ten understand the nature of an oath in my opinion. The Clerk of the Court or his deputy. makos a,d witneassssaseatsd sss, or isnor, rattles off string of unintelligible something to which he gives an in- aulring infection and the witnesses what he Is talking about. As mat ter of fact most witnesses. even if the do you solemnly swear that the evil dence which you shall give in this nothing but the truth. SO help you GodT was carefully enunciated. would rot understand what 1t meant. It would take but little additional time sssmonT 0 to fs'us be Ssed q s nsturs Of the oath they take and the .copsequen- ces which will follow falsifying. and oTs witnsas s w0u1a Ds wth the fact that punishrnent is provided in this world and in the next for false swearers. he is not liable to lie if he can get out of t.
 Abuse of Trnnsfer Slips.
 An official of the Montgomery Trac- ton Company, discussing yesterday the company. said that the company regard- ed the man ar woman who abused a transfer privilege. in much the same light as 1t would r%sgard % the ns man saer or v
 T know two men who work in a store said the street railway man, smart scheme to rob the car company. Man No. comes down to work in the morning and gets transfer to an- psh,ass otsr section Of sr the city whsrs Sss @ NS the transfers and No. uses 1t to ride tc breakfast The frieud. or No. 9. goes back to the store from breakfast. i. who uses the transfer to go, to breakfast. They have swindled the. company out of ten cents. and yet If we intinated that they are dishonest.
 .sfhis sort of petty hoia-up of the company will continue until 1t will be s a o shas ias rsasssr that transfers are not transferabie by persons. and that they are tined. There should not be any s soSsusi0n. <
 ..- Interest ip John wiiIiama. North Aiabama.s said Mentgomery 7 drummer. who reached the city yester- overwhelming public sentiment favor- ing the cominutaticn cf the sentence Of John Williams.
 eyerybord soDf s sit % assp @ 'has Interest safS R the case. and did not hesitate to ex- press opinion favorable to clemency by the Governor: can not understand how those people are so unanimous in T was in the court room In Bir- minghann the day that Judge Weaver SnnGunced the decision that ne had 9S 1a1 fever of excitement I have never seen in any court It was remarkable thing to see excited men walk up and try to, warmly congratulate the aon- I'll.
 sThe feelings of those peopIc arc wrought up to such q tension now that believe th,ssy will resort to any means ,,, I have never seen such intense interest taken in any case sl ssafors-" a
 sexton Praises Artillery Camp. :. A. c. Sexton. Deputy Commissioner of Insurance, returned from Mobile yes terday, where he spent Sunday with Major S. T.. Westcott of the State Ar- Deputy Commissioner spoke highly of the conditions of the camp at Mobile, as he saw. them. and of the discipline maintained throughout the camp by T never never saw a more orderly camp, he said. ''Yesterday 1t bore the ap- pearance of q Sunday School. The men lining I noticed especiaIiy ivy was the re. re- gard in which Major Westcott is held by his men. I talked with several of them during the day. and they all tcry received from It's commander. From what was said to me. l came to the conclusion, that Major Westcott is under him. as we'll as he Is by those who ar6 his superior officers"
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 Mfr. Seymour Goes To Atlanta. sam 6Rson M soSEharn coton S5 ss AS as sSciation, sS went to Atlanta yesterday Der of the Court of Tnauiry which is of of iheesAs the Asssoeiation ln connection with .'bucket shops" In Atlanta.
 The court will begin It's sittings in Atlanta this morning It c9hsisss ans n.os sf gia Division. President ". II. Seymour. of the Alabama Division. and Col. W. L. Peak of eeorsia;s x @
 The Editor of The Advertiser sey- eraRday ago received notice Of his of Reception of MT. Bryan on his ar. Missouri. being chsirman of the Com MT. L. r. Thompson of Birmingham was in Montgomery last night on his He formerly resided in Montgomery and has many warm friends here.
 Messrs. Vassar L. Allen, l.. c. Dickey, " c shaekslfOrd srs and " TonfS0ngrS N Egdnipn; Se.terdayl Sf sITIn1nsnam' ~s " montgomery Mr. J. Walter Henry, of Mobile. for- merly a successful newspaper man, but now in the insurance business. in MT. A. L. .cassady left yesterday for New York City on business trip. He will be absent two weeks.
 Hon. Emnet o'Neal of Florence. can- didate for Lieutenant Governor, was visitor in the city yesterday <
 Mir. J. A. cargill, President of the Board of Trade of Columbus, Ga, spent yesterday in Montgomery.
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 MT. O. V. Wilson has returned from Savannah Ga, where he spent his va-
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 Messrs. Joseph SImpson, C.. A. creary and Tom Kahl of Mobile are in the city.
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 MT. J. H. Adams, editor of The Ozark Star. was in Montgomery yesterday. Mfr. A. J. Newell of Birmingham was a visitor in the city yesterday.
 Mr. W. D. Thompson of Tallassee spent yesterday in the city.
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 MT. c @. Zirkle has returned from a visit to points iR a yigginIa'
 State Treasurer J. Craig Smith went to Birmingham isss night
 MT. W. W. Horton of Birmingham was in the city yesterday.
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 MT. J. Browder of Birmingham was Mo-. uklw 1nTW