The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-22
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want. Independence Day Celebrated

Wants Independence Day Celebrated.
 Times change as tho years go by." said an aged citizen of Montyomery gsstsrday: "Before the war the Fourth
 sSsy yeaI was % Gne Sa of sash sas essfne nee Ss war It's observance in a general sense has fallen into, disuse. There have been intermittent efforts made in some cities or the South to have obSeryances and We have had several here in Mont gomery But we have never had since the war general annual plan of ob-
 As an old man who lives old cus- toms, I would like to see a resurrec- tion of the big days which used to mark to have my memory finger over the days of the big barbecues, the crowd gathered from the country, the fervid Speech Sae making of the, the oratoT Gato or fns went to make up one of the greatest celebrations that the people talked about for months afterwards. I hope carried through that will make the old time Independence Day another great day of the year in Montgomery.
 Question of F'riendship.
 One who is truly a friend" said a here and there acquaintance yesterday. would risk his stalwart right arm for that companion; he would go down to the abysmal depths for the purpose of rescuing him from the fate of a Jonah; he would place himself in the mouth of cannon so that he could divert the bullet that would nip In its bud the youth of a soldier of slenderer mould. who should perchance be low ing and adoring acquaintance Aye. more than all that he would even for felt heritage so that his friend could secure 1t. and he would content himself to live ever thereafter in recurring and ignominous disgrace"
 He was of poetic disposition.
 Whom I should call a friend" said another of the crowd lis one in whom unlimited confidence can be placed, even to the extent of a well loaded purse. Were to have such friend, I should expect to get the money back, even with usury. could borrow of him enough and he would be satisfied to wait life time in which to get the baublos back"
 He was communist, mercenarian.
 My idea of friendship" said the third present. lis this: I love a girl, and so does he-both loving the same girl. She is hummer, all to the must ard, true blue and a yard wide. He is my friend; ergo, Rhoderick.' he will say, you have her. I volunteer to go into perpetual exile,'". He was an amorist
 For a while there was stiffness One other only left to speak his thought, and they all were waiting. He is a friend" came the voice, dry and hol- low, who is truly a friend. Who, then is a friend? Who? I call him friend who will not wastes time in a senseless argument over such abstrc- tions. but who will the rather say, Come boys, drink I'm busted. Who Is my friend?" and the realist searched the faces of the others imploringly, with a spark and a laugh in his eye.
 Lewis c. Smith, commercial agent of the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railway, with headquarters at Nash vile, was in Montgomery yesterday.
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 Mir Henry Stone of Oklahoma City, formerly of Montgomery, is expected to arrive in a few days to spend month with friends and relatives.
 Tax Collector Max Adams of Taila- poosa County yesterday made final set clement with the State Auditor.s