The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-28
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ment endeavoring to advance this de- vclcpment, but other agencies are st work tending to encourage and aid tbe farmer. Some of these. ns in the cases of real e5tate settlement syndi- cates, are, 1t Is true, working through purely. selfish motives. but the value of their influences on the States devel- ried.
 Look at Baldwin and Mobile coun- ties. as instances, and nOtc tre amount of wealth tnst has been added to the State by the work of real estate sym dicates there. Another good movement which probably will do more to attract the general attention of cur people to agriculture, is the stats F'air. such be, act as a powerful stimulus to agri- cultural production.
 This year we are to have at least two good State Fairs, and probably a third, although thus far very little has been heard from Birmingham. At Sell ma. however. preparations are being made to ensure q greater success than the Dallas County people have ever had
 ''ThA Fair of the year. however will be the Montgomery State Fair From the plans being laid, I feel confid sn [ ever held in AIapama. People all over | the State are taking a lively interest | in the event and the prospect IS for big attendance during Fair week. The | I the State will be correspondingly great, and will be felt to its farthest bounda- ries.'
 Jim Brown Has "the Misery" An old negro woraan, who appeared at the Mayors office yesterday after noon in the interest of her son. afford | ed Mayer Teague no little amusement. | Jim Brown. Is city convict. She stood at the door for some time and | the Mayor invited her into hts office "what can I do for youT" inquired % aIs dis de General MayorY asked
 SYes. I am the General Mayorr' re- piled Mir. Teague.
 in the hands of the Mayor. The lines ] asked that Jim Brown be released from 1 police headquarters on July |.
 Are you the mother of Jim Brown?
 aYas, sir; hes my boy" she respond
 well. how is 1t you have different names7" asked Mayor Teague.
 over r1 her @ face and said: "Yer see. Tse beens married twice. MT General May or I want you ter let my boy out on July 1. so that he kin he'p me o1 o an on, he's been workin' time fer de city about CT year. Tel yer de truf. he's sought CT sick.
 | Mir Tsague inquired of her how long her son had been in prison the last 1 time. She could not fully determine i "De fust time dey had him. dey caught him in CT game an he wusnt out but three weeks when dey mad aim agin. He wuzn't playin' nothin' de las i time He tes come up an looked on at | de game an de police rested him 1. Never played. but tux him cause he l wuz dere."
 T will investigate the case and let | MaWnr From what you say. I guess your son IS sick
 :.Yas, sir. he have CT misery" and the woman placed her & hand 70 ..sI-e, ner reis ]; She left the office in happy humor.
 'Tt's a funny thing" remarked the Mayor after she had gone. every ne, gro who comes here on such an errand tells me the misery tale.
 The case was investigated, It was l found that Brown was an escaped con vict and that his time will expire be- | fore July 1. Mir. Teague will there | fore, let the sentence take It's course.
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 MT. Wells Talks of Park.
 ."I wish it to be impressed upon the the minds of Montgomery | P%eople %s es,dsnt ssrd | of the Ncompany which Is operating I Electric Park. "that 1t Is our desire to l give the public the best possible. ser l vice and the oleanest and most whole
 Owing to the fact that the street railway company Is making vast lm- provements in It's tracks and connec- lions. understand that the car service at the park has not been entirely sat isfactory within the past two weeks am sure these difficulties will De overcome shortly if they have not al, ready been overcome. have heard | 1t suggested, since I have been in | Moutgomery, that the delay in hauling | the people away from Electric Park I Nnl a. atre was due to our desire to hold the people at the park to patronize the kamusement devices. This cannot be toe strongly controverted.
 | Our experiences in catering 10 tne nublic has taught us that the best way ! to make friends is to give the People what they want. We would much pre- fer that each persor who sees the per, formance would get good seat and | leave on the first car if he desires to i do SO This would insure his going to the park again.
 General Manager Ragland assures us that the service to the park here after will be satisfactory in every par ticuiar. We want the people to have their own way at Electric Park. That is our purpose in operating tito give fine public a pleasure resort where they | may find comfort and diversion.
 Mir. Wells went to Atlanta yesterday
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 1 Mir Edgar C. Horton. who has been onnected with the St. Louis station of the Weather Bureau, arrived m Montgomery yesterday to assume the duties of second assistant Tn the iocal of1ce. Mir. Theodore T. Grrotenhuis who has occupied the position of sec ond assistant here will take Mir. Hor- toms place in St. Louis.
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 Col. Harvey Jones, State Tax Collec- tor, reported at his office in the Capitol Building yesterday for the hrst time i'm five weeks. Colonel Jones has been iii at his home in Spring Hill near 1 Mobile but Is now fully recovered.
 Alderman W. N. Cox went to Selma yesterday on the special train bearing inc members of Antares Temple, Ora the initiative ceremonial at that place
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 Mir W. G. Lifford, who was injured | several days ago when his buggy was struck by a train. was removed to his home at eos Adams Street, where he is resting comfortably; D .s g
 Mir. J. w. Smith went to Selma yes terday as one of the tyros who was initiated into the Knights of Khoras- san in the Central City last night.
 Messrs NJ. K. Collins, Hugh Morrow Frank White, T. S. Sharp and w. R, sharp of Birmingham are registered al the New Exchange;
 Major D. Plaster, President and Man ager of the Tallassee Manufacturing Company, arrived in Montgomery yes terday.
 MT. w. A. WatsSn. prominent young lawyer of Mnrianha, Fla, spent yester' day in Montgomery
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