The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-27
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| I of the most prominent among the | many yNMontgomersps wbmen who are making asspeeialty, of raising flowers, and whose back yard Is even st thIs have blighted and killed many of the tenderer plants, a thing of neauty.'
 Before the contest there were more ragged back yards Tn Montgomery | than any place I ever saw and feel ] that can say now. and that without 1 exaggeration, that there are as many beautiful back yards in Montgomery
 The. contest in itself was a simple tnlngl but the results. have been splen-- aid. Scores of the flower lovers of Montgomery who. prior to that time were unknown to each other. have since met together exchanged ideas and talked flower lore, have exchana- ] ed cuttings and plaes. and there have In several instances of which I know sprung up Friendships that will be lire long.
 den until now have every available Dit of space filled with flowers. EveH in my kitchen garden alternate the aSws rosa os onlons and beans with roy berlnE over nay stable are nine dis- tinct species of vines and over the walks in the garden I have built tre'- lises where I grow my climbing roses.
 Another and an important out growth of The Advertisers garden contest Is the civic league wonder
 
 of that fact? And yet another impor- tant outgFowth of the contest is tho annual flower show which is attract ing attention 10 Montgomery from all
 .whlle the frsosts have done great damage Co the vines and blossoms Marechei Niei,ss for this time ' of the year, is especially fine The great secret of success with roses is In keep ing blossoms cut from the bush. cut bushels of roses every Saturday and Sunday for churches, hospitals and for my friends and before another Satur- day comes. there are just as many more on the bushss."
 Good Ednenti0nals Move.
 sThe meeting called recently by the president of the Uniyersity of vir- cational circles of MonTgomerv yester- dav, %to niy mind is one of the most important that has been held in the days of the convention. which was at tended by the leading figures in edu- cation in the South, the chief topic un- the gap that now exists between the colleges and the secondary schools
 Those of us who live in city scool herg s hne ucet so preDare h the st dents in the public schools for college without further study. do not appre- ciate in its full significance the mean
  pie who live In smaller places, and who have boys and girls whom they wish to send Co college, the ifnpor~ tance of the movement Is apparent at
 Tt is an unpleasant truth that thus far the Southern states have not been schools which viii stand comparison wYth schools of the same vlass in other sections of thelc country In stating this fact. I an speaking of the cities and Montgomry,, Birmingham and other large cfties of Alabama, and in the larger cities of other States, this, of average town of say 10000 to 3o,00O population. 1t is seldom one finds a high school of sufficiently high stand colleges of tue first rank without fur tfssr preparation.
 There are many people In every childrsn the advantages of the best education, but who aare unable ro send them to preparateTys schools for one to eposeed ms thaSg thneg high school. and where that school IS weak. the boy or girl loses just that much. Again, when pupil has z fin-' hewill have to take another year or two in preparation before being able to enter college this fact acts as a
 ''The object of the meeting in vir- ginia, as understand 1t, !s to raise Throughout the South, not only in the larger cities. hut in the smaller cities as well. so that the gap between the and the first grade in the colleges and universities will have been closed. If, in the deliberations of the. body of ton, any plan has been devised or outlined which will tend to produce 1 this result, the convention will, as l to bs sesa end S aesSp as of tbe GdT try south of Mason and pixon's line"
 ReckIessness of Drivers.
 An accident on Court Square yester- | day morning in which negro hoy | was thrown from buggy by runa- way horse moved a well knon Mont- |
 q think it remarkable that there are not more runaways and accidents l from horses and buggies on the streets l of Montgomery, these boys drive with |
 Now, I d3n't know whether this boy was driving that horse recklessly | when he started to run. but , am con haVU horses and buggies turn them | over to small negro boys to drive | back home to stables and as soon as they try the spead Of the. horsA. to the limit. There isn't man of Mont | gomery or a lady who uSeS the streets | reguIarly' who can't recall gone incl 1 down by fast trots ssT or pacer driven | by some negro boy.
 Talk about speed madness-the l speed madness of an automobile is nothing to the speed ntadness of a twelve year old negro boy when he gets a chance to drive a three minute | trotter in front of him. And Dexter Avenue is just as good track as he wants to let the horse out"
 Rev. L. O. Lawson of Tuscaloosa is l in the city to attend the meeting of | the State Mission Board of the Rap tist Church: He is staying at the New Exchange Hotel.
 MT. J. B. Rudolph of Haynevilla was registered at the New Mabson ''' e @ @ posit was registered at the Imperial e''s' NAs' $ a E
 Mir Arthur Hall, well known pla" ter of Benton. was in the city last night.
 Mr. A. Eliasberg of Selma was reg istered at the New Exchange last night. s... .,~-.
 Capt. E. W. Booker of Birming-
 Henry McDaniel Esy, of Demopolis. was in the . v "a syssstsersay' $
 Mr. E. T. Pittman of Brewton was at Claneys last night.