The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-20
SIDEWALK PENClLINGS
Alahana alan Honored.

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 The news of the election of MT. H. P Brown of Cleburne. Tex. to be Supreme piss, pi,,s, Chancellor of the Knights ol Pythians;" said a Montgomery Knight Ala. He is a. brother of former At. tH9rney1 torn General Charles G; Brown spa mingham. He left Alabama neari, twenty years ago end removed ,c Texas, In which State he is prominer, The. Wife of Mir. Brown was Miss Annie Lockett. a daughter of the la.s Judge Powhatan Lockett of Montsom- cry She is niece of Mrs. Georx "The new Supreme Vice chancellc, just elevated by the Supreme Lodge in New Orleans, has large family cod. nection in Alabama, and he is one of ans who began life in Alabama"
 Harmony of Negro voices. Tn my many years of travel" said a commercial man last night. T have hood days brought home as forcibly da last Monday night while I was in New T had finished a hearty dinner. and. desiring short respite from the no;ss 2 of the hotel corridor sought solitude on the levee. l had not advanced far along the board walk along the Ms. sisslepi when cane across four dnsxy work. And what do you suppose they were singing? The ribald or the popu lar? Not at all; 1t was that old-tin:s The voices of the singers blended harmoniously.. The tenor had voice of silver purity. and the baritone notes were clear and sweet: The third negro carried the aii. and the bassn When they came to the words. There is rest for the weary. there is l was seated in my mothers lap in that far-away New England town while the sweetest of voices. now silent for hummed that ne'er-to- be forgotten hymn.
 T was awakened from my revere by the sOngsters raising their voices F, startcd for the hotel. the last words 1 weary, there 's rest for you. And I wondered If there x x xas; x
 MOntR0mePy's Paved Streets. Tt is quite remarkable" said q visitor to Montgomery yesterday. the amount of paving that your city has. And from all that I can hear, the city officials in charge of that department of activity are not resting on their oars. but are going right ahead to se- cure more paving.
 r,"I, oI have ,s,, been in many cities 9t MaP aP. Somery which Tad no paving at all ex- Cept in the business district. and noth- ing to brag of there. But here. not tion of the city have their surface coy cred nearly with cobble stones or viti- fled brick, but far out in the residence districts one finds streets that present a most beautiful appearance.
 "I was out walking today. and 1t is q fact that circled around the business district and the close-in reslde9ce dIs- tricts for long time before I was paved. And when I did find such a street, I discovered that it had d neat brick gutter. laid on either side. with the intervening roadway covered with gravel. rolled down into a fine drive "The people Of Montgomery certainly have reason to be proud of the excel fence of the, permanent street improve
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 Capt. W. M. Selden. whose shoulder was dislocated by a fall from horse at his plantation in Marengo County. State Agricultural Department. but he still carries his right arm in band age.
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 IIol. D. D. DCone bUl Mt. IL Smith. prominent lawyers of Mobile. are in the city on legal business. MT. Boone. who Is City Attorney of Mobile is here to argue case before the United States csurt a of x Appeals, MT. Fred German. private secretary Of the Mayor of Des Moines. Ia. accom- panied by his wife. Is visiting Mont gomery on tour of number of the cities of the South.
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 MT. Henry M Hobbie, who is very i'll at his home on South Court Street, comfortably with no perceptible change in his condition, :,
 Mayor George H. Dent of Eufaula spent yesterday in the city. the guest Of his brother. MT. Warren F. Dent. Mr. W. IT. Fisher of Fitzpatrick is among the Alahham,ianss, in the city. MT. M. T. Perry and MT. o. L. Luker or Good water gre m M0n's0mery. Messrs. J. J. Doster and V. P. .l-c- Kinley are here fr.m g ITroy'
 MT. A. H. Feagin of Union Springs is visitor In Montgomery.
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 MT. D. s. Fellows of Birmingham is visitor in the city.
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 MT. J. F. Aldworth of Opelika is a Montgomery visitor.
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 Mir. B. Lawrence of Birmingham Is a Montgomery visitor.
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 MT. A. E. Riley is Montgomery wis itor from Notasulga.
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 Rev. w J. Cimmons of Autaugavillc Is in Montgomery.
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 MT. J. J. Bradley is in Montgomery
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 MT. Guy Rice is in the Capital City from Prattville.
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 Mir. ". A. Anderson of Selma is at Mabson's Hotel
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 MT. G. L. Youngblood of Troy is in Montgomery.
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