The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-23
SIDEWALK PENClLINCS
ror !, r,..ner e,eme,ery.

For a Cleaner Cemetery.
 More attention should be given to City Cemetery said an observing citi- zen. Tt is possible that the fault lies with the people In charge of the ceme- tery, but 1t IS the people who own the lots and who have heart interest there who should do more toward nlak- ing attractive and beautiful old oak- wood. There is no cemetery In the South possessed of more natural beauty cry cemetery and with general cleaning at the besinning of each sea- son and then a continued and regular work alona that line by the authorities and the owners of lots there could not be found a more beautiful city of the dead in all this country.
 A phase Of the situation which oper- ates against Oakwood Is the inconven- fence in reaching the new part of the cemetery. To go there to attend fun- eral on the street cars one has to pass through the old cemetery and across the Central Railroad tracks and by the time the new portion Is reached. # the funeral procession was altcad of the street car. the services at the grave are concluded. The only way to reme- dy that trouble would be by T slight change in the route of the Belt Line. The ehapge would as a ee a made.
 Monroe Men for Cunninghans. It straws show the way the wind blows, Dr. Cunningham should have an. easy time in Monroe county In his race for the Democratic nomination for gov ernor
 A delegation Of nine prominent mon from Monroevi1le yesterday came to the Capitol in the interest of 16-year old sonny Coker. a negro, whose pe- tition for clemency is awaiting action of the Board of Pardons. The men were not chosen for any specific pur- pose. They had come to Montgomery, f,atF in the interest of the negro boy They are representative citizens of Monroe vile. every one Of them. That these nine formed the delegation was a CO., | B Slaughter J. |. Marshall tax collector, c. salter, editor of The Mon- roe Journal, Sheriff M Nj. Fountain, l.. J. Bugg. M. McCorvey c. ". Jackson. John ". Fore and ]. B. Barnett, vious to the meeting of the Board the talk drifted to politics One of the visitors suggested a poll on the .candi- dates for the Democratic nomination for governor: The poll was taken. Of the entire delegation, nine ballots were east for Dr. Cunningham. E. E. Conner did not receive a solitary ballot.
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 The PardeninE of Convicts. large majority of the criminals pardoned from the penitentiaries re- turn almost immediately to their ca- reers of crime" said a man who has made a study of the subject.
 The pardoning of criminals Is based on the recommendations of the trial judge and the prosecuting attorney and people like that who know in most cases nothing of the conduct of the prisoner after he has gone from their Jurisdiction. Of course, every prisoner will be tractable if he knows his best interests.
 If the pardoning board would take A rsrxa As<s s9Sa ~f~ chaplains, who are in close touch with the convlets, and know them and know what the other convicts think Of the man seeking the pardon. many who are and. on the other hand. a number free.
 ''The opinions of pardon seekers chaplain should prove a safe guide to the actions of the body having ad- vtsory power in dispensing ciemency."
 % A E As soon as Judge C. " Buckley re- mnquishes the office of postmaster to Mir. Joseph P. Dimmick, he will 20 to the Catskill mountains to spend the summer.
 MT, Whiting Ames. special agent of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad Compa- ny. with headquarters in Tuscaloosa, visited Montgomery yesterday.
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 Mir. Judge s. Williams of Barbour County, Democratic nominee for elec- tion to the House of Representatives, was in the city yesterday.
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 Prof. H. O. Murfee of the Marion Military Institute, spent yesterday In Montgomery.
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 MT. p. Fl. Dryer. one of Talladega's most prominent lawyers. is at the Ar lington.
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 MT. Shelby S. Pleasants. of Hunts vile, was in Montgomery yesterday,
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 Dr. W. B. Saffold Of University Is reg istered at the New Mabson Hotel.
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 MT. E. M. Blacksher of Brewton. is at the New Exchange
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 Mir. c. M. Couric of Eufaula, was in town yesterday.
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 MT. D. P. Byers of Charlotte. is at the Imperial