The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-06-02
New Method Of Telling Ages.

new Mc1nO0 IeiiinS ASess
"a social for church benent, to
which tickets were being sold yester-
day, provides the new method 1or ar
irving at a person S age-that IS, II
everyone purchasing ticket does not
procrastinate.' said an observant CIT
izen yesterday.
The system might be a trifie I'M
wholesome to those of the Iair sex
one know how long they have beenl
toddling on mother earth
Here's the way the ticket sales are
conducted. A person receives paper
bag containing a ticket to the affair.
Accompanying the ticket is a note1
bearing specific instructions: give as
many pennies as there are ,ba years yo IN
are twenty-five years old, you should
deposit rs cents in the bag and re-
turn it to the proper source. INC
must deposit one dollar in the Dag.
In other words, the older you are, the
more you have to pay for ticket,
If everyone tells the truth, tn the b ret
understand that some discrepancies
have already crept in. l know per
son, who has just turned thlrtyI1ve,
who put 20 cents in the bag. l Wouldn
mention the SEX
County Superintendent BILL
II am interested to know what Will
come of the bill requiring that coun,
hold certificates as first grade teach-
ers." said a prominent citizen last
might. las State Superintendent Har-
ry c. Gunnels, of the Department. OF
Education, has recently stated In a
communication to the public, the Dill
is purposed to place the rural schools
on as nearly an equal basis with the
city schools as possible. MIR. Gunnels
says he has no charge to bring againt
the county superintendent but mere
ly agaist the law. He thinks that
school superintendent should be
school teacher.
while / have devoted a great part
OF my life to the study of education,
l do not presume to offer an opinion
upon this matter. / merely suggest the
reading of pamphlet that Mr.. Gum
nels has recently published. 1t con-
tains copy of the proposed bill and
letters from State superintendent OF
education from all parts of the coun-
try. 1t is notable that not one Of the
letters adversely criticizes the bill and
that all of them really are enthusiast
icallv laudatory. Those endorsements
of the bill, 1t seems to me, ought to
take it through
Mr. C. S. Leach, for tho past six
months commercial agent of the Clyde
steamship lines at Montgomery, lett
Witch he formerly held with the Nash
VILE Chattanooga and st. Louis rail-
road as commercial agent at st. Louis.
Mr.. Leach was recently appointed 10
the position, by sort of mutual swap
agreement, by which he and Hugh
Brown arranged to take each others
positions. Mr.. Brown has already tax
en- charge of the commercial business
of the Clyde Lines in this city.
MIR. Leach left Montgomery with the
regrets of large circle of friends
which he formed during his six months
residence
Mr.. ]. r. Tisdale, of Montgomery,
has returned from the Southern Biii
Posters Convention at Atlanta, ana Is
Himself ana to the peopiea Of Montgom-
cry that he succeeded in landing the
next convention of the association foT
montg3 n c tine next ext Appi and Mr.
Tisdale and the members of the asSo-
citation in Montgomery are already
considering plans for their entertain
ment.
Misses Ed Lewis and r. Vincentelli
well-known citizens of Montgomery,
will sail on Monday for an extended
tour of Europe. Both gentlemen will
be absent from the city for several
months. and will take occasion to visit
a number of the foreign countries.
Captain John Fitzpatrick. the only
surviving son of the date Governor
Fitzpatrick. is desperately III at FL
dictated only a slight chance for him
to live through the night
Mr.. Ed Abraham is now In New York
with his brother, DR.. Joe Abraham He
will sail for Europe June ., and ex-
poets to return home about Sept. J.
Mr.. C. J. Acosta of Birmingham
commercial agent of the New York
Central was in tho city yesterday.
Mr.. S. S. Field, of Mobile, who has
been on a visit to his nephew, Mr.. w.
II. Field, has returned home
Mr. F. w. Menafee, of Pensacola, has
been visiting friends in Montgomery
for the past two DAYS.
Mr.. c. j.. Joseph of Savannah. tax
agent of the Atlantic Coast Line. is
in Montgomery.
Mr.. Frank NJ 'McRae, of Clio, is the
guest of his brother, Captain Phil Nc
Rae. on. Heron street.
Messrs. c. Manigault and p. La
Dreamer, of Tallassee, are at the I'm
perial
Mr. Milton Andrews, of Birmingham,
ic registered at the Hotel Summers.
Hon. A. NJ Tunstall, of Greensboro.
is in the city.
MI D. II. Morris, of Geneva. is at the
Exchange.
Mr. B. T. Hin. of Mobile. was in
Montgomery last night.
Mr.. P. P. Hunter, of Jasper, is Wis
ting the city
Mr.. G. NJ. shook, Jr., of Tuscaloosa,
is in Montgomery.