The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-29
SIDEWALK PENClLiNGS
Chri.tma. Ia .Ieptxomery.

OAEhANMnN0 Am HA09l&OnfGEyt Do you know" said an old Mont- gomerian yesterday. "that there Is a de- ctded modification of the observance of Christmas in Montgomery and for that mas In the south Is as it has always been. the greatest holiday Of the year, but its observance Is not so violent nesy new comsr as n was ten s be inclined to doubt this, if he passed Christmas here. But he should have been here ten years ago. He should have been here. when small fortunes were spent in fireworks. when there was a fire works display in every house and display all day and all night long on Dexter avenue In those days there was always a fight and more than once there was an incipient riot
 Moreover, much less whiskey is drunk now than ten years ago. think this"
 Preparing For Legislators. q, The wyay, is already being cleared at islature which meets on January 8. The House of Representatives and the Senate chamber are being cleared and brIghtened up for the coming session. The janitors were busy yesterday In the hali of tho House of Representa- tlves. All the desks and chairs have ana kiistering Sq anu varnish TRe % furniture UT tvg as well as the hall is in better condi- tion than it has been in recent years. In the Senate chamber the furnituve has been cleaned and freshly vanished and preparations are being made for the reception of the law makers.
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 Mayor Teaguef Helned HuIhurd. An empIoye of the city conversant with the case stated yesterday that Byron ". Hulburd and his wife had Transportation to Atlanta not from the Salvation Arny's rost In this city but from Mayor w M Ten wtifs and nouae other charitable citizens whose names he he did not care to publish. raay stoS sopssy ,ess the to oty yow rsqasst Ss 1 tS Mrs. Huburd haif rates was made by President A. c. Forbes of ssxps 5Ss ,ss sa .m1nse GRs sx MsyS sssS the request to the company and paid half the amount charged for the half rate tickets. believe that the residue was paid by a well known citizen whose name I am not at liberty to use" Hulburd is the man who went to Att lanta with his wife and said he was seeorded nneharitable treatment in # # #
 Mir. ". L. Henderson. Southern agent of the Land and Industrial Hepartment of the Southern Railway and the Mo cry and will attend the immigration conference in the Commercial Club rooms today. Mr. Henderson. who was IQfmsfiy stationed m hdQDt1o, AntlclS pates an interesting meeting today and speaks hopefully of the cause of immi- grafton in Alabama.
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 Mir. Frank Thompson of Huntsville is in the city. Mir. Thompson is President of the Huntsville Commercial Club and is an active worker for immigration to Alabama. He is in the city to attend the immigration conference today.
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 Mfr. W. c. Dinwiddie of Bay Minette is registered at the New Exchange.
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 Hon. Sydney. J. Bowie of Birmng- ham Is at the New Exchange
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 Mfr. W. P, Rice of Century is regis tered st the Imperial.
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 Hon. M M. Baldwin of Birmingham is at tie Gienmore.
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 Mr. Lee Hayes of clanton is staying at the Windsor,
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 Mir J. J. Doster of Troy is staying at the Imperial.