The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-27
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Critici.es TeIephene serxice.

Aue teiepn0ne serplce m montgom- cry Is very poor" said a citizen whose business demands considerable use oi the phones -and the fact that 1t seems to grow worse daily is nor eHcourag- ns,,ds,, 1ng to those ,, whc are in a measure de
 That the people of this city were opposed to competing line; were un- willing to assume the nuisance of hay Ing tow phones in the house or the 1 attendant Inconvenience Of failure to do so, thereby giving to the company operating here the full benefit of 2 monopoly should command the respect of the company, and should be reward ed with. at least. San improvement in the service which 1t is giving. Allowing for the many unavoidable s%teh @ SSars sroubss snS other iss mate troubles. wide margin. and also allowing for an occasional lapse of the Slperators, q we are still ,to the bad, in
 With the equipment of the Mont. eEomery office of the Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company. it secoos to give the 1at enpso perfection as that. however. but 1t does seem that we should get better than the four minute service that is almost patrons might be treated with ordinary poifteness by the operators.
 The Nunsciual Primary.
 You know I think 1t would be a good law to have the Mayor and the Council take their seats in office about month after the Democratic munich pni, grimsry said pubic spirited a1 Mohtgomery system. the. Democratic primary for the citv takes place in April and it Is equivalent to an elec- on in May and there is then lapse of several months before the new of- ficials 20 into offlce.
 q have noticed that. after the. pri. mary. those. officials who have failed to be reelected los~ ,~at interest which they have formerly manifested In the ,citv's affairs. while waiting so their terms It is perfectly natural that thev should lose certain amount of the Interest they displayed in the
 sThe remedy have for this would be to allow a lapse of no more than month between the primary and inc installation of the new. officials The dates for sae i'm rsssy ana the to carry out this program I think 1t would work q great deal better for the interests of the city
 Police and Excursionfsts.
 we have afforded the excursionists the widest latitude since they have been fin Montoomcry." said a police or ficial yesterday. Tt has generally been our custom to be lenient with people who visit Montgomery. provided they are not flagrant In n1isconduct. These .neople came here for q good tire Montgomery invited them here and they should be allowed good time unless they get too unruiy or unmanageabie.
 we have had little trouble with the ex- cursionfsts The nolice docket has heen little heavier than under ordinary conditions and I think # is comnn- mentarv tn the visitors that they be- .syyhsie the excursionists were here. fhev worked a hardship on the police secause we sxrected gre Trea, detsi,sn ceI ore os extra duty fnr ~mer@encies. We are gratihed at the resnlts."
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 Father Montgomery Pleased.
 Before taking your exhilarating southwest windstorms with water my temperature has been at fever heat: writes Father Montgomery to the di. rector of the weather factory. but since have taken the doses of the last two days sleep has become a probabil- itv whereas 1t was before barely pos sible. Your doses of heat and humid ity have not been particularly oene- ficial. but the drops. from the hign points down to comfortable are very satisfactory" . ,r4 gomery yesterday was 90 and the min mum 12.
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 MT. Jake Wells. of Richmond. Va. promoter of Southern amusements, spent yesterday in Montgomery and was at Electric Park. in which he Is inter ested.
 Rev W. J. Elliott will go to Fort De- posit this morning to officiate at the marriage of Mir. Chandler and MISE pupre this afternoon at o'clock
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 MT William Lee, a leading lawyer of Columbia. was visitor to Mont gomery yesterday.
 Probate Judge George Leslie, of Houston county. spent >yesteroay III Montgomery.
 Mir. c. W. Carr and wife of Fort Deposit, are registered at the New Mabson.
 ceoIogical @t E Ni Survey. ' is at the Imperial Hotel.
 MT. L. V. LaTaste of Dallas, Tex, formerly Of Montgomery. Is ln the city.
 MT Columbus Bierce. of New Or leans. is in Montgomery.
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 MT. H. F. simrall. of Columbus, Miss, is at the New Exchange.
 MT. J. H. Adams. of Ozark, is at
 Mir w L. Murfee. of Marion. Is in the city.