The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-18

was $79.127. Thus far this year, there has been collected the sum of $112,119 from the same source.
 Taking up the subjects. of commerce in different lines of trade. the report | stated that the sales of the houses in | the wholesale grocery and provision | business have increased B Ia per cent in 1905. s15.0O0,0OO The retail sales | in the same line of commodities in 1905 amounted to $3.500.000. which rep
 ssIes of an worib Sf' dry goods in 1905, represents an increase of oo
 per cent. in five years. In boots and shoes. the amount of sales was Sl.0o0.- 900. an increase ofr25 per cent. in the same period. Hardware and machinery houses showed a total for 1905 of s4.- 500, 1000 in sales. which is an increase of
 50 per cent. over 1900. The sal sales II, in
 year, which represents 50 per cent. in this line, the total sales last year az
 gregating $75o.o0o. The greatest in
 perhaps, more than any other. the pro-
 gress that has been made. in Montgom
 cry. Is that in the building and material
 supplies. which. in 1905 totalled $1,o00,- 1900. The Southern Bell Telephone and
 Telegraph Company. the report stated. had increased to TOO, while last year there were 2.ooo installed in the city.
 The public school records ot ,1s7 of lsgo so pills. Ten years later this number had increased to 2,61e, while in 1905. there were 4.45o pupils in the schools of the
 The receipts of the Montgomery
 postoffice for 1898. show a total of s55.6so. Two years later this amount
 reaehed ran setaI Io of sioss7 and for the coming year it is estimate the amount
 will reach in the neig rhood of The ticket sales at the Union station. for the years 1903 19O4 and 1905. re.
 spectlvely. were $517,5Ss, sSoI4s1 ana of Montgomery during the last four years have increased fifty per cent: in equipage, 200 per cent. and in gross
 receipts. almost l2e per fea, r, Ihe anS rs three of the leading manufacturing concerns of fertilizers had a capacity of 105,000 tons per annum.
 Banking and Statistics was received with enthusiastic applause. .
 Chairman George ". Jones or the Committee on Publicity ana Froanut- nnrt This committee. he said. had been act ively engaged. and were considerins 2 a number. of valuable suggestions 5as Forwarding the 1910 movement. He referred 10 the fact that St. Elmo Mas. sengaie of Atlanta had been engaged to promote the advertising of the city. and that within a short time literature would be sent out to all parts of the country. advocating the advantages
 which Montgomery tSa cyaniaaisf aas sf oner the
 The committee, is also looking to- ward the selection of button. ne stated, advertising the movement oi to nnntIlAIl0n
 I00. 900 in 1910, which. it is planned,
 to give out to travelling men and toe to
 all those who may carry IL outSiue ol
 the city. One suggestion which Is pe-
 ing considered is the erection Of a large
 electric sign at the head of Commerce
 Street, bearing the words, "loo'ooo ln
 Chairman w. N. Cox of the Member
 shin Committee reported that the Club
 has added thirty-six new members 10
 its roll during the last month, ana tnat
 inc enthusiasm aroused by the l9l0
 moyemen. has had much to do with the
 It was following the reports Of the
 committees that a resolution Was Phe, Ppio,
 be extended 10 the Southern Wholesaie Grocers Association, now in convention in Jacksonville. to hold their next an nual meeting in Montgomery. Ihls in- vitation was sent later to J. A. Van Hoose of Birmingham by telegram Another message was sent 10 tne Mone- ROmery delegates at tHio con .SAN.NA'
 tto iise every means to secure this con- Vention. ,h A W B. Davidson here brought up, ths , question of the State Sunday SchooI Association convention which is to De held in Montgomery April "A to 70, From 500 to 800 delegates are expected to attend this meeting, he stated. The ne 1910 movement has gone all over tne
 State, and has intensified the feeling
 of the people who. want to see wna.
 Montgomery is doing and going to do;
 The committees in charge of the con
 yention are pressinng for suitable ac-
 commentators for taking ga6 care tbst gd thfse tbe
 Club use it's efforts to helpp, In the
 work of entertainment,. The sydH pu1l1e,eSg mrgeS
 fo cc-operate with the Sunday School
 workers and motion , was passsedd' ssed thd;r Hrg
 aid in suitably caring for the visitors.
 A suggestion which met with the ap.
 proval of the club was made'by George
 Stone to the effect that merchants
 should stamp or print upon all mall