The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-22
SIDEWALK PENCILINGS
The Pa..,pe Of ronyille.

The Passing Of Fonville.
A prominent Democrat, speaking oil
the announced candidacy of ]. c. Fon'
VILE of Crenshaw County for C6nsress
az the next general election. character
mszd MS entry IN the race as the Pass
tnge0f Fonviile'
mfr. J. G. Fonviile has announced
himself as candidate for Congre 81
IN tho Second District, to be voted foI
az the next November election" he said
reasonably he is good citizen, gen
NOBODY questions his right, II II su:t1
MS pleasure, to ask the qualified voters
h, nors upon him He has already had
considerable experience Tut small sue
cess. In the office seeking business. He
VIII run for almost any little old thing
ainercnt occasions, for Secretary Of
state. as a JeffeIsonian Democrat, and
was each time defeated He then made
ne race az a Populist. for the Pro-
and was again badly beaten. He mex.
turned Up IN the Republican Lily White
GonyentDn at Birmingham. In Sep
GUIDED Nathan Alexander, Herchei Y.
Cashin. Ad Winds. AMI the other duly
accredited negfo delegates to that
liberations Of ttSat pow. WOW. Then
and there he was given, and accepted,
ehe nomination for. the office. of state
s as of
Republican. He canvassed the state
curing that campaign. ir the interest
OF the Republican party: ana was. of
course, overwhelmingly defeated.
vaughan AMI Dimmick at that time
were the Republican Referees. He
vas currying favor with them In the
been Il standing candidate for the post
cfiice' at Lnverne, even. before he re-.
t.oved there from Mt. Carmel
Learning that Thompson and Scott.
EeCAtl2a a.
sitfon to Rooseveltisnn would NOT en-
dorse him as against the present In
Sumbent. J. W. McNe'll. he did pot
hesitate TO proclaim to the world that
he would not accept an Office from tn,
Roosevelt administration il it had to be
obtained at the price of his own self
end from so-called black and tan
referees. Thompson and Scott, whose
fay ae he st II n wants sou t5n uverne post
off1ce. and has evidently consented TO
stoop in order to conquer that Is to
say. he. is willing to be used by little
Republican eoterie f,r purposes 1T
their own self-agerandzement
HE is ready. like a political juggler
to swallow himself. 20 recant, 10 go
characterize Roosevelt for the time be.
ing as our 'matchless President ans
to become a candidate of the black and
tan wing Of the radical Republican
for himself a small Federal office, viz,
that of postmaster at l,uverne,
Consistency is II Jewel. Mr. Fon-
| vile seems never to have discovered
He may get the Luverne rostoffice. but
he will never go to Congress from this
district"
Traction Company's New Barn.
THE new oar barn of the Montgom-
Avenue is one of the most complete
places of it's kind in the South" said
a contractor yesterday, "it is modern
in every respect and contains all Of
the modern appliances and equipment
necessary for cleaning, repairing and
For storing 30 forty foot cars and it
has ten tracks on the inferior.
The mechanical department of the
barn is of the most improved style
and there Is no doubt that the Traction
| Company is now in position to keep
all of its cars in the best of condi-
ton.
The front part of the barn Is two
stories high and. the Traction Com
pany has recently moved its uptown
offices in this part of the new build
Ing IA,
zens against the Traction Company
occurred during the time in which the
company abandoned the old barn ON
barn was building and, of course. the
company was necessarily Handicapped.
But now that all branches of the COM
pany have heen put under one roof.
| there is every reason to believe there
will be no more cause for complaints.
| The barn was put UP in remarkably
quick time. requiring but three months
| for its erection. 1t cost approximately
$65.000.'
4 x X
! Mr.. St. Elmo Massengale, General
| Manager of the Massengale Advertise ing
Agency OF Atlanta spent yesterday in
| n cOIfQFPncp officers
| and committees of the Commercial Club
In reference to the booklet which his
agency is to issue soon in promotion Of
the 1910 movement He went to New
Orleans last night.
Hon. Edward NJ. Robinson, the tall
ented young lawyer OF Mobile, whose
speech in he recent Democratic Con-
vention attracted such widespread at
tention, spent yesterday in Montgomery
and returned to Mobile last night. His
Montgomery friends congratulated MIN
warmly yesterday upon his eloquent
speech.
Mr. j. L. Henderson. who has benn
very i'll at Pass Christian, Miss for
Mr., u. A. Henderson, and went to j
local infirmary. His. condition is still
serious.
Dr-W. c. jackson. one of the most
beloved physicians of Montgomery, is
desperately i'll at his nome on South
Court Street owing 10 his great age
his family and friends fear that the
end IS near y X X
At late hour last night Mr. Fort
Hargrove WHO has been Ill several
months. was reported to be in a crit
| ical condition and his death was ex-
pected He is al his nome on Pleasant
| Avenue.
Superintendent j. l. MGklnney OF he
Louisville and Nashvlll" Railroad Conn
pany, left yesterday morning with the
pay car for Mobile
Mr. +. W. Kirkland. Division Freight
Agent of the Atlantic Coast Line, With
headquarterss IN n Ha6iao,nery fla
superintendent W. NJ Cox of the
/ Western of Alabama Railway returned
| from Atlarta last night. whers he
ent with the pay car:
Mr.. A. G. Dunn. Mr. j: B. Dunn.
Mr. l.. w. Williams ana MT. w: E.
Lesesne form a party Of Troy men who
are in the cry X y x
Mr. Paul Caldwell of AntanEaville
\ came over yesterday for a brief visit to
the Capital.
Mr.. Elliott Hannon was able 10 be
on the streets yesterday after sert-
! Gus illness
Mr.. D. Donivan of Bllingsley is
among the ut-of-town people in Mont
| gOmery.