The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-18
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O1 the nnanceS or montgomery. i1o will leave Montgomery today for. Sir mingham. where he will continue his census report in this State. MT. Greene, who Is q native Ala bamian, expresses; himself ss very much pleased with the city's financial
 condition, and argues that the treas- ury Tor the year, receipts and disbarse- ments. shows considerable advance
 ment oyer previous years ,, Montgomery Is fine place, MT. Greene said yesterday, after the com- pletion of his work, "and I always i'vo to be sent here to do work. Whenever l 1pme. l am always courteously :e. ceived. and rendered whatever aid that cia!ly indebted to City Clerk Farley and City Treasurer Williams for their kindness to me. They have rend sred
 me most a valuable assistance. aooa compared with other cities. During | the past year there has been a marked
 improvement over the previous vea:s. Farley and Williams upon the excel- lent condition of their books. all of which are neatly kept and accurately" since being in the city MT: Greene
 working in the onlces of the treaslry and sanitary departments. He came to Montgomery from Mobile about ten days ago.
 
 "Sportsman's Paradise.o Hon. Harry Jones. a prominent mem Der of the Aldermanic Board of Bir-
 mingham. was a visitor at the Capitol yesterday, and paid a visit to the of- sioner John H. Wallace. Jr.
 Alderman Jones expressed himself as being delighted with the new game la Jaw. n, He l Is .,I in the the hardware business law yaStcrdaV hn aofd.
 It has already had most salutary erect on the game situation in Ala bama. In our business we formerly sold over 1000 cheap single-barrel shot each, purchased in the main bv negroes and Irresponsible write rif-raf of the country. This season we will not sell ao, ao per cent of tfP amount of guns we
 We have been in the habit of sell- ing about forty car loads of loaded shells each hunting season., Our sales this year will fall on 50 per cent, and with black powder.
 The country negroes have recog- nized the fact that they can no longer invade the fields and forests at will and snooo snp or at iinerty everything that wears
 Under the present operation of the game law. In the future, I expect to see Alabama converted into a sports -~Ae-se F0t o0AoOs
 works of Art on Jail Walls.
 As the old jail of Montgomery Coun- ty. which has remained standing for more than twenty years. is torn away. many fo 1i.ht interesting things ere brought
 In a room of the prison on the sec- ond floor, where white prisoners have heretofore been confined, the earmarks of an artist are revealed. Crayoned on the alabaster walls of the chamber are penciled life-like busts of some of the most distinguished men of history. Among the nhenesses ara those of General Fitzhugh Lee. In the corner of all the portraits except one is in- scribed the initials U. N. J." In one the full name of the artist. J. N. Jack appears that he ' either @ % came from rom or had attachments in Tuscaloosa.
 Present prison officials never knew that they had such an artist in cus- as to whether Jackson drew the por- traits from memory or copied them from magazines or newspapers which he chanced tos get while behind the bars.
 c. P. A. SOne on Last Trip.
 MT. c. l. Stone, General Passenger Agent of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, headquarters in Louisville. spent yesterday III MOuIKOmeTy. MT stone was accompanied by W. A, Rus- sell. Assistant General Passenger Agent of the same railroad. Both of the officials will remain in Montgom- cry until this afternoon.
 Mir. Stone was recently elected Pas senger Traffic Manager of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, with headquarters in St. Louis. and his Montgomery trip as q representative of the Louisville and tions with that road. He and Mir Rus sell are in Montgomery on business relative to the road which they at present represent.
 Mir. Stones successor has not yet been appointed.
 Sunday School h FlourishinE.
 Deputy Superintendent of Education Feagin has returned from Tuscaloosa, where he addressed the teachers of the University Summer School. on the Ala
 MT. Feagin reports that the summer school is fiourishing and has the lars- est enroliment in it's history. There are S25 teachers taking the summer first grade teachers license The examinations will begin Satur- day and last through Tuesday of the next week, which will mark the clos sion for six weeks These examina- tions will be held by the State Board of Examiners.
 Dr. Robert G. Patrick. President Judson College, Marion. spent yester- day in Montgomery. en route home from the mountains of Virginia. where he spent well earned vacation. Dr. Patrick Is in splendid health and Is very enthusiastic over the prospects for the approaching term of his famous old institution for the higher education pt women.
 Judge Oscar Hundley of the Fed eral Court and Dr. J. A. Bonsteel of the National Soil Survey. are in the city. pr. Bonsteel is interested in tho bill bama He will probably address one of the Legislative committees in SUD- port of the bill
 Mir Richard L. Butt. Jr., who is con- nected with the General Freight De- partment of the Southern Railway in Atlanta. Is visiting his parents Cap tain and Mrs. Richard Butt at their home on Sayre street.
 Hon. D. D. Askew Solicitor of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit. is in Mont gomery for the purpose of looking af- ter certain matters before the Legis- lature.
 Messrs. R. A. Porter, c. c. Snider, A. A. Jones and M F. German, of Birming- ham, are registered at the Exchange.
 Dr. J. G Heard. of Pensacola. Is visi- ting Montgomery accompanied by his wife,