The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-30
SIDEWALK PENClLINGS
About the Bucket shops.

read Tn tnlS mornings AdVertlser, said a well known merchant yesterday, whose place of business is on Com merce Street, "that the Finance and Judiciary Committee of the City Coun- ell met Tuesday night in the Council Chamber with a committee of cotton speculators whose operations will be discontinued if the Holloway ordinance. recently introduchd into the Council. becomes a law.
 T understand the meeting was held Tor. the purpose Of receiving represent ations from these men in regard to the alleged beneficial nature of their bus ciimen who have the measure under consideration will not allow their judg- ment to he influenced by whatever statements max have been made to ous and altogether unnecessary menace to the prosperity and welfare of the southern farmer.
 The operations of these brokers have done moro than anything else to re- tard the day when the grower of the South's most important staple will re- duct of his labor and watchful care Their ability to alternately infiate and depress the market price of cotton has wrsought Unsa gree. injury and loss; not the entire South as well, since no country, or section of country, can prosper beyond the prosperity of its inhabitants.
 An Echo of the Election. A prominent Montgomerian who takes lively interest in politics said Have you stopped to notice how the political situation in the Sixth Dis trict, with respect to its two foremost worked out to the satisfaction of the whole voting community? T mean that the adherents and sup porters of Messrs. Bankhead and Hob- D. litical developments in the Sixth. In the recent contest for seat in Con- gress, which was wased by Banknead friends of both men worked harder, perhaps, to elect their respective cam eidates than they ever did in the in- ical preferment. Those who favored Bankhead, mindful of his long and loyal service to his district and his State, thought he had earned a con- CTS, on the other hand, clalmed that new blood was needed and called attention to the Merrimac. here's high mental and moral qualities.
 ''Hobson was successful. Almost im- mediately after Bankhead's defeat. he announced for alternate Senator and. fiattering vote So, as the situation now stands, Hobson Is in the House. or will be, where he wanted to be. and there
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 Praise for the Library.
 For genuine courtesy of reception working force at the Montgomery Li- brary," said a Montgomery man yes- terday. 'It is pleasure always to go to the library, whether to exchange book, or to seek quiet corner to look over the late magazines and periodi- calls, They are busy set of people when they are found idlei yet they seem always to have time to extend courtesy to everyone.
 The Montgomery Library is one of the finest institutions in the city. It is open from g o'clock in the morning to 7:30 o'clock at night during the week, and on Sundays from o'clock to o'clock in the afternoon. The libra rian recently sent a large order for books of fiction and general literature. Any person desiring a certain book added to the Library is allowed the privilege of filling out an order slip provided for the purpose, at the Li- brary. It does not of necessity follow that the book will be ordered. but the ing an idea of the desires of the read ing public. On the first of October ap- plicants for annual examination for H. brary work will be examined. There the annual examinations.
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 Dr. o. A. Justice and sister, Miss Addie Justice, of Central, Ala, passed through the city last night on their way to Dallas, Texas. Dr. Justice will return in time to attend the State con vention to which he se n has been elected Mir. A. L. Linkenberry has returned to Montgomery after stay of three weeks in Kentucky and Indiana.
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 Mir John Adama of Tuskegee has ac- certed a position with the Southern Express Company St 9f N Montgomery
 MT. N. N. Boyan. Master Mechanic of the Southern Railway at Selma, spent last night in Montgomery.
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 MT. G. s. Brantley and MT. w. D. Mcleod. of Birmingham were Tn the city yesterday %%@
 Among the Birmingham visitors to the capitol yesterdsay a a was Mr. C. B. d- Mr W. L. williams, of Birmingham, was a visitor to Montgomery yester- day.
 Dr. B. M Smith, of Prattville, reg istered last night at the Glenmore. E. T. Gentry. of Birmingham. is stopping at the New Exchange.
 MT. C. S. wilson, of Birmingham, is
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 MT. Claude Riley, of Elba, Is regis tered at the Mabson.
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 MT. Clipp A. Locke, of Eufaula, is at the New Exchange,
 MT. J. R. MoNaen. of Geneva, Is at {, the Imperial.
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 MT. J, E. Carter, or Kingston. is in
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 MT. E, Luig of Clayton. is in the
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