The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-12
.Sidewaik Penciiings
New York Closing.

New York Closing.
 T had a rather odd experience in New York recently" said one who has Just returned from a trip to the me- tropolis
 T was with several friends but on the particular night about IF o.clock I parted from them to retire when l ran upon a man from Montgomery whom have known for years. He ! suggested that we go to one or the popular restaurants and take plra eye view of New York life in one or and we soon found ourselves in a beautiful establishment There were plenty of people in there and ther'
 was gay New York that l had so Ire
 ners knew that the people there were
 not of the highest social standing, We
 watched them and ordered light | lunch.
 T had not felt the least alarmed ua- til I heard some one shout in so- norous voice:
 Everybody to the cellar T had no idea what 1t could mean:
 Instantly the lights were turned out
 and we were almost showed bodily
 down stairs and when we arrived
 there we found ourselves in place
 precisely like that on the upper noor | The fixtures and furnis q ngs were | facsimile and. had I not known thai | we had been forced down the steps
 I would have not realized the change. T had often heard of bunco games | in the big city and I was beginnins | to fear that I was up against such a | proposition when ascertained that we l had been forced into the cellar pe- fcause of the New York law compelI. | ing saloons to close at l a. m. II
 was exactly l o'clock and this was the | reason we had been lowered. The New York law allows saloons to keep open after 1 o'clock if the proprietor I pays $10 for every hour thereafter | that he keeps open. The proprietor of this place evidently put us in the cellar as a means of getting arouho
 the extra fee.
 after considerable reflection I asked
 the keep how we might get out. He | directed &is to narrow, dark, wino- | ing stairway With our hearts in our
 mouths we threaded the stairs ana after a slow process found ourselves 1 again on the sidewalk Both oi us
 uttered a sigh of relief and declared we would never go sight seeing Tn
 such place again.
 l Governor . HOrseman. "Governor Conner has made many
 mistakes" said prominent citizen
 yesterday. Politically 1,v l am not .Sa an admirer of the chief executive, ano personally I do confess that don't chortle in my joy when l am in com.
 pany with the chief executive. put | eauineiy | am forced to say that ths | | shoulders above any Governor Ala
 bama has had in many years. The nrss 1 time I saw the Governor on horsepack was at the review of the cavalry squadron Friday afternoon and he rode ! his animal with that ease and grace | that marks the born horseman- Hs | was in strikin contrast to | number of members ol
 the various troops and was equally
 at ease at a walk, trot or saLIop have also noticed that the Governor drives his big motor car In excehen' style.'
 Hon. J. Lee Loug of~Greenville.
 member of the Legislature, is at the
 Exchange.
 MT. Frank H. Tally of Pensacola is
 registered at Hotel Summers. MT. Charles T. Walker of Birming-
 ham Is in the city.
 MT. George sibley of Birmingham is l in Montgomery
 Mir. A. A. williams of Evergreen
 is in the city.
 MT. Eli GIddens of Evergreen is iD | Montgomery.