The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-03
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shop Early and Effectively.

shop Early and Effectively.
 The movement for early shopping IS in previous years. and it Is believed that the most of the congestion of re- tail trading that has characterized the business of Montgomery, round abou, in the present year. "A
 You know" said well known re- tail merchant yesterday, that the CT fort to have Christmas shopping done by year becoming more popular. and its results will without doubt be more satisfactory this year than ever before. Appeals from a bureau in New York, instituted to help the retail trade and those, employed in it, have been widely distributed and will be eff1cacious to assist not only the employees but pat
 Most of the retail stock for Christ mas sale has been received and there is no reason why the shoppers of Mont ally acquire what they wish to pur- chase. From a selfish standuoiut it would seem to be advantageous to them. and even a >yht considerstien side t,p erto been upon the rack for the few days in which Christmas shopping is generally done would induce men and women of Montgomery to distribute their trading as Judiciously as possi- ble. What seems easy for the buyer fs often very, very hard for the seller. and l think the people of Montgomery the question than ever before." -@ -r Childish faith is nothing when com pared to the confidence a woman has in horse she has never seen before" re- marked prominent citizen yesterday after he had shuddered and indicated to his helpless auditors woman stand ing between the wheels of a buggy while she held long and intimate par lev with hAr friand laa nfnQ 0racafIfl1V and amiably, but not providently. out ward so that her voice might be au- dible above the roar and rumble of a great city. The woman in the buggy held the reins loosely and listlessly in one hand.
 'All they need now to change a very pleasureable society comedy into q tragedy are gust of wind, a scrap of paper and a subsequent chance flut- tering of the paper under the horses feet. Then he would make a start, the down beneath the wheels, and there is no telling what would happen to the woman in the buggy after all those things had happened.
 Tt gives me the fan-tods to see any body. especially a woman. stand be- tween the wheels of a wagon. It is the most unnecessary and the most foolish as well as one of the most And as the D. c. walked jauntily away he trilled the refrain of the Poetic Persons latest topical ballad: When the geese begin to gather round
 your grave. Dear,
 I'll think of you. Gertrude and shed
 tear"
 Mixed on Smoking Law.
 strange how one little thing can set people to talking" said a street car conductor yesterday, as he savage ly Eanked the bell cord.
 nf 11 passenger the other day, because the passenger smoked on the car. Every smoker in the city seems to have seen that Tn the newspaper and every one of them seemed to have gotten the idea that It was against the law to smoke snywnere any oM H on the car Every man ,3 wn4 against the law to smoke on the plat form:
 ful for man to smoke inside the car and that Is why the arrests were made. But the Montgomery people for years have enjoyed the privilege. of smok ing have been fearing since the arrests that this privilege has been cut off, But 1t hasn't. Cigars and cigarettes are as much the proper things on the back platforms as they ever were.'
 Editor W. T. Hall. who runs one of the very best weekly papers in Ala bama; Is among the delegates to the
 
 the hard times never touched him or his paper, The Dothan Eagle. In the spring he happened to buy in advance a two years supply of white paper. raise on paper. Tie remainder of the weekly press of the State will hear of this with envy.
 Judge J. M Carmichael one of the best known men of the State. is stop ping at the Summers Hotek Judge Sarmichael, who in recent years was President of the State Board of Con- Vlct Inspectors and State Auditor. is now living at Ozark, engaged in the affairs.
 General W. ". Brandon returned yes terday from New Orleans. where he went to deliver the memorial orauon before the Elks there in their Lodge of sorrow Sunday. General Brandon was highly complimented on his effort, and was royalty entertained by the Elks of the Crescent City.
 Hon. Evans Hinson and Hon. H. M. Caffey, prominent citizens of Lowndes county. are among the visitors WnQ were drawn to Montgomery to attend the sessions of the Grand Lodge or Masons
 sNir. Francis W. Purifoy, of Camden, who Is pleasantly remembered as an at tache of the Legislature, Is visiting Montgomery.
 Mayor O.. s, Lewis, of Tuskegee. ac- companied by Mrs. Lewis, is stopping at the Ne" Exchange.
 Former State Senator Charles P. Rodgers, of LetohatchIe, is spending a short while in Montgomery.