The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-24
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That Alabama is leading in the hIogresssNs movement in thls country tbs shesa h' ny the wonderful increase Tn spread like net work NOT over owe her sur hnssrsaid said man familiar with the oDsv.sinsss Ds.siss or the raIiroads m the State. seversa wsaan ne Past two or three years. ecenssrustsd. and in, eonseQuence many sno1sand acres of the most fertile lands m the state have been bought by sSyhalca1es S and land companies and sold or the Northwest, who. to escape the Iong and severe winters of that coun- ". were glad to come to country wnsfs the climate Is milder and the seasons merge one into another with iess variation; where there is no time ln the year that some sort of a safcable crsp cannot be raised
 With every fresh tract of country sne entire country a vast increase. of puslneNs- ' is nat aloMa faru,ing iands that have been recently made to nrlnG wonderful remuneration to the stare. but mineral lands and great ere nsds have been developed ani made crease of railroad mileage has na- tional result In the development of railroads have been repsid with an ever Increasing bssineas-'
 - pne Court Squnre Lights.
 am impatient" said citizen yes terday. Ito know when the lights to he placed on the fountain at Court square will arrve in Montgomery. I nave been looking forward to seeing them further Illuminate and adorn Montaomery's business district Eiec- tric lights of varied colors add mater ially to the brilliancy of the city. The souare is already the most attract i've point In the city. but. with the UKnfS fha haGfn xufl1 ha rnnrh more so.
 'sI noticed aiso that the 1910 com mittee of the Commercial Club Is go- be placed over the ? underpath at the foot of Commerce street They say 1t win talk Montgomery 1910. and think # Is good scheme for the advertise mert of oar city,
 AiabaHsa Supplies It's Meat.
 thoughtful man said yesterday:
 The information l get that our butchers are killing practically all the fresh meat consumed in this fparket, ts delightful With proper preparations for the slaughter. and the care Of meat In Montgomery and other cities of the State. we could cut loose, from PackinEtown permanently. Additional reason for this separation Is found ia the fact that Packingtown does not buy our cattle and cannot. and we are left aImcst without market for
 
 Eancial advaatase If it could De guar antfr ed permanently from the packing houses of the North !,
 Rain Helps Upland Farmers.
 Tha recent heavy rains in Montsom- cry county have greatly helped the upland farmers" said a prominent Montgomery farmer yestertay: 'tJrdE- should have the finest crop that he has made in years. The cotton plant IS growing well and not too fast in my pert of the county. don't know how w'.h thasr creps but the upland farmer Is thriving. My only hope now is. that 1t will ston raininT for some time. Cot ton has had ahont eneugh rain and a little more VII undo large part os Great Chief of Records William Smf- lee Smith, left last nieht for Aber- deen. Miss. where he win assist in the institution Of the Great Council Of of tho InsproveA Order of Red Men next Vednasdav. He witt be met In RfrpfInnham hv Great san ran J H. Cook who win also assist Great Council.
 MT. Thomas W Martin. who has been in tate Springs. returned to Montgom- cry yesterday aftet an ahseace of sew
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 Mir w. w. Guntsr of Elba. is in ASeSn,sanlsf 6 g a by hts wife. MT. B. W. Armstrons of Dothan. is in town. accompanied by his wife. MT, B. Friedman and Mir. Carl Ed- ward of Eufauia are ' s. in town. Mr. W. l. standifer of Holt, spent i last night in Montgomery. TE Sf % | Mir. J. I. Payne of Letohatchie, was | In Montgomery last night.
 z se < MT. W. E. Douglas of Birmingham, | V as in town last night
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 MT. R. H. Hit of Birmingham, Is | visiting Mont sorrery
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 Hon: Henry B. Gray of Birmingham. s in the city.
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 Mir. '. S. Perkins of Selma, is visiting he city.
 MT. P. F. stephens of Decatur. is in |
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