The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-30

gomery, fully awakened, meant in the way of accomplishments.
 It has been said again and again and truly said. that the advertising Mont gomery has already received has been worth more to. the city than $10,000. Of the value of this advertising there could be no doubt The aroused spirit of new Montgomery has attracted at tention throughout the whole country and many papers throughout the South and North have printed news items and editorials upon it.
 In addition, the main object of the preliminary work has been accomplish ed. The sum of $f0.000 has been raised. There Is at hand the sum of $10,000 to devote to the upbuildlng of the city of Montgomery. The business men of the city who are working for the common good have this money to spend in the way which will bring to Montgomery | the most good. In this alone. in the | financial possibilities that this sum represents, much good for the city is | no doubt contained.
 | But of far greater value than the | advertising the city has gotten. of far greater value to Montgomery than the sum of s10,000 raised and subscribed Is | the strength that comes to the public spirit of the city in the knowledge that | a difficult task has been set and ac- complished. Of far greater value to the city is the knowledge that Mont gomery knows a new sentiments new spirit and that it Is a spirit which will sacrifice and labor zealously for the common good. A great thing has been planned. And a great thing has been done. Montgomery has come to the knowledge of a new strength.
 A New Strength.
 She can do things. She can do things she has never done before She can blow a horn and summon men to work for her good. This has not al- ways been true. IL has not always been so in Montgomery that her people were ready to unite in spending money on the upbuilding of the city. It has not always been true that harmony and concord were assured in an enterprise for the public good. Too often there have been men who have hung back and who have looked suspiciously and distrustingly at any movement inaug- urated for the sommon good. It is known now that the city can be de- pended upon It has done the thing it started out to do. It has succeeded and the victory 1t has achieved gives her a splendid position from which to march forward on another campaign.
 The subscription work of yesterday developed several interesting things.
 
 gomery has recently acquired an ener- getic and public spirited citizen In the person of Manager J. E. Hickey, of the New Exchange Hotel. MT. Hickey has only recently become citizen of Montgomery, but his wish for the well fare and prosperity of Montgomery is no less earnest than that of the man who has spent his whole life in the city MT. Hickey yesterday put down the J. E. Hickey Hotel Company for a subscription of $200. That's the sort of confidence MT. Hickey has in the future of Montgomery.
 The day was unusual. too. in the number of generous subscriptions from private citizens of Montgomery. Gen W. c. Oates contributed the sum of $50. The same amount was contrib uted by Hon John G. Crommelin. The Roman Cotton Company and the Coca Cola Boiling Works both gave con- tributions of $50 yesterday.
 The committeeman have only one sort of complaint to make of the way in which their efforts to raise this money for the good of the city is met. There is a disposition among some of the committeeman to complain at the lack of interest taken in the movement by number of the larger property own CTS of the city. They say. some of tho committeeman do, that the property owners are not willing to do as much all things considered, as the profes sional or the business men, although the returns from a Greater Montgom cry will be equally as much, if no more. to them.
 Tt is not the loss of their money subscriptions that hurts the cause, said a committeeman yesterday, in dis cugsing this phase of the campaign Tt is their example that hurts. 4 men Tn moderate circumstances Is dis poscd to help the cause. He learns that a wealthy property owner vii not contribute He tells us then, Wha is the use of my giving when So and SC won't give, when he owns all tha property? am willing to help tn, city but it don't look right to me fol me to have to help build up the valu'