The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-01
MOVEMENT FOR GREATER
 CITY WIDENS WITH EACH DAY

think about it and tell the other man that the job is too much for a city of the size of Montgomery they immedi- ateIy start an argument and the man who believes 1t can be done and the man who doesn't believe 1t can be done unite in advertising the progressiveness of Montgomery.
 T tell you the people of Montgom- cry have the right to congratulate themselves upon this new movement. The men who are undertaking 1t are doing a great thing for their city. In my work for the railroad am daily brought into direct contact with the indisputabIe fact that the South is attracting the interest and attention of the whole country. The tide of progress is coming our way. That cannot he denied. And the cities like Montgomery which are taking the lead in energy and progress are going to get the most of the movement to the South and they are going to get more than their share of the general pros- perity that is on in the South"
 Many Good Wishes.
 In her progress towards city of 100000. Montgomery has the good wishes of hundreds of smaller towns throughout middle and South Alabama. whose people are inclined to look up-
 
 interest. belonging to a grown and older sister. Most of these towns are knit to Montgomery in the closest ties of commerce and interest. They buy their goods from Montgomery. they sell their cotton here and many of their young men. as well as some of their older citizens. have moved to Montgomery to share the city's pros perity.
 The appreciation of these smaller places for Montgomery industry and progressiveness was yesterday voiced by Mark l.. Black, one of the most prominent citizens of Luverne. Mir. Black is Circuit Clerk of Crenshaw county.
 '.In Luverne.' said Mir. Black. we are all pulling for Montgomery and her 1910 movement Of course in the af- lection of Luverne Montgomery stands ahead of any other city of Alabama In fact. we almost feel like we are part of Montgomery and down there we are almost as much interested in this movement for 100000 people as those who live in the city. We be- lieve that in situation. in natural re- sources and in capital, Montgomery has all the locations for a city of 10o,- GOO people. You can depend upon it that we are talking as much Mont gomery as the most enthusiastic citizen of the place"
 The Right Place.
 'I am in Montgomery today to see if can't get the next place of meet ing of Alabama Circuit Clerks changed from Birmingham to Montgomery. You see the Circuit Clerks of the State have recently formed an organization for mutual benefit and Birmingham was selected as the next place of meet ing We'll. I believe. together with many other members of the associa- ton. that Montgomery is the proper place for the meeting of the clerks. Clerk J. E. Watson of Calhoun county is at the head of the organization. l have with Secretary L. L. Gilbert of the Commercial Club, been trying today over the long distance phone to have Montgomery named as the next place of meeting. I do not know that we will succeed, but 1 do know that Mont gomery is the natural convention city of Alabama, and all things being equal all Alabama associations should meet in Montgomery
 In the long list so representative of the general interest felt in Montgom- cry for the 1910 movement. published yesterday, there were certain errors. The contribution of the big wholesale house of Schloss and Kahn for one thing. should have been put down at $l00. A typographical error in the list made the contribution of the Montgom~ cry Light and Water Power Company s25 when proper credit would have shown that this company contributed to the fund the sum of $250. The con- tribution of $100 accredited to J. c. Haas belonged to the company which is rapidly developing suburban real estate in Montgomery, J. c. Haas and Company. The tailoring firm of Prick ett and Gerson should have been given credit for a contribution of $20. Tomorrow, a new start will be made. a new day will be put in and every patriotic Montgomerian who has not done so will be given chance to help along the fund.