The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-08
SIDEWALK lPENClLINGS
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houses in the residence portions of Montgomery this summer than I have ins cIa,xsn n long whiIs said ,sn. an obsery os lnformaticn tackled over the walls of houses all oyer Montgomery Is either sn evidence of fewer changes Of resi- oents this fall, or 1t Is an expression of 2 more pronounced spirit of independ-- ence in the people who rent houses. a,ways thought 1t must be an unpleas- ant and dfsagreeable task for the house. wite to be compelled to keep open house for at least three months before moving time, and that was just what U amounted to. with people, who. for any reason. were changing their place ol residence in the fall. Agents in Montgomery required their tenants to the lease of houses about the first of July of each year. or state positively that they would give ID the house, In the inevitable sign. for rent was forth with tackled on the house. and. presto, trouble for the housekeeper began. are fewer For Rent cards on houses this year. and l hope the reason is that housekeepers have firmly refused to homes out to the prying gaze of the public for three months Of each year.
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 Conventions Help City.
 that a whole lot % of time s and money mo T is unnecessarily wasted in political con- ventions.' said Commerce street mer- like to see them when they are held in Montgomery. Of course. most men are In politics for what they can get out like the. prestige attaching to a politi- cal position of importance. and others like the game itself. But whatever the s.sai, at.raction 1t possesses, politicians are get a crowd of them toqether. such as were here yesterday to attend the meet 1 ing of the State Democratic Executive Committee. # means good business. The | average person can have no idea of the | number of collars wilted in long and | hot session of politicians. nor of the | man announces an adjournment Then | there Is the question of liquidation to | be considered. and hotel accommoda. though others may grumble at the time | and money consumed by a political 1 convention. I am glad to have them in | spend their money are the men who l can afford to. and treat deal of It goes to swell the revenues of those who need it most"
 The Baptist Meeting. "The twenty-fifth annual meeting Of | the Montgomery Baptist Association; Baptist Church this week." said prom inent Montgomery man. was one or the best attended meetings in the his
 
 showed that the Baptist denomination | in the Montgomery Association are like all thing else in the Capital City, grow | was more money given for the various causes levied by the church this past year than ever before. and the indica- | tions are that the amounts given Tor | inc causes next year will be far In ad- | vance of any year previous. There could be no real growth or a sIts 9r soqnStry tnt ysnTitmo weIi as the commercial side. and the best evi- dence of the future success ana pros perty of Montgomery sy,aenced i tns ssep in all the churches of the city. Faith and works are both necessary elements n min the nlan of salvation. ana Ipe tne ialaN ast,n mated by the way in which they try 70 heiD others and giving to others IS the best possible sign Of % ' aaitn'
 SoIidity of old Capitol. A state official who stood examining the interior of tie rotunda on the sec- ond floor of the CaRltoi Ibe wgSrknen gesk.erga who n were tearing up the floor to put down the marble tiling was moved to com, ment upon the soiidity of the material 'na air inc inc, old days" he said. they did some things better than they do In | these days. For one thing they built thick and solid sleepers. It would take dynamite to get them out of place. There is nothing cheap or shoddy about Capitol was built in lS4s, but they are 1 as sound as they were the day they were laid. And loo kat that masonry. It is as solid as any you could possibly get in this day. sometimes think 1 that shoddy pretension is one of the characteristics of our day and that we do not admire solidity and strength as our forefathers did :"
 
 Mir. Jacob Pepperman returned to Montgomery yesterday from Idaho wners ten Mrs he has A1er% Seec Moore S Weser that State. for the last four weeks.
 s isa Among the Tuskegee visitors to Montgornery yesterday were MT. E. w. Thompson and Mir. H. P. Merritt.
 E E MT. Francis NJ. Lowe of Birmingham, was visitor to Montgomery sI yesterday MT. N, B. Powell of Union Springs. was a visitor to the Capitol yesterday.
 M%% Mir E. M Lovelace and wife. of Brewton, are at the Mabson. MT. w A. Carter of Thomasville, was in Montgomery yesterday. MT. w. D. Mcleod of Ozark. spent yesterday in Montgomery.
 E & < Mir. J. E. Foy of Eufaula, Is register ed at the New Exchange.
 S 3e3 Mir F. W. Jones of Opelika, was in Montgomery yesterday
 q & E MT J. E Wilkinson of Selma is stop ping at the Imperial
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 MT. A. c. Griggs of Brewton, is reg istered at the Imperial.
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 Mir. Leslie Place of Troy. was in the city yesterday.
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 Mir. Alex Moore of Montevallo. is in the city
 Bryan and Generalization.
 New York World.