The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-13
.Sidetuolk Pencilings
of Senator Morgan.

Versatility of Senator Morgan. Not long ago." said MT. Thomas H. Clark of Montgomery, in discussing yesterday, the death of Senator MOT gan, T called on the General at his home in Washington one Sunday morn- ing. As he came in the room the church bells of Washington were fiinging their peals over the city and aby way of ini- tiating conversation I said something of a commonplace kind about the sound of the bells.
 General Morgan plunged at once in to a talk about bells and he told or their use in various countries at vari- ous periods of history; their use in civil life and In religious fife; their man ufacture, the material. their size their he had heard. In short. he made my visit a distinct pleasure and no topic was mentioned except bells.
 General Sewell of New Jersey once told me he had seen Senator Morgan rise in his place to discuss an amend ment to the agricultural bill providing for experiments in growing cpcoons in silk culture. The Senate was ready to vote and saw with apprehension the Alabama statesman get up He talked, General Sewell said. for nearly an hour, | holding the Senate enthralled by the Immense variety of his information. on the cocoon industry. Tt was charming, General Sewell said.
 "General Morgan was accustomed to say he had only an old field school ed- ucation. He certainly had a most re- markable command of language In spite of his lack of an education, so-called He spoke copy as the printers call 1t, more successfully and admirably than any man of our time
 Couldn't Even Smoke.
 There are days when everything goes wrong Yesterday. according to point of view. was one of them,
 Everyone knows that 1t was hot that's a premise that needs no expan- sion. News, too. on this particular run. was as scarce as block of Ice in IIados. The reporter was all out of off his coat and was seated with hat off under the big electric fan that cooed chilling breezes to him. That however. was no balm to the shock he had received upon learning that notn1 ing new could be given on the financial situation of the city government. He was fuming and sweating. and all out of sorts.
 Enter a public official.
 You newspaper reporters" he grow1- ed to the awry individual. who is but human after all, "have an easy time of it. Here am I,"-and he Illustrated his remarks by producing great handker- chief with which to wipe the perspira- tion from his face-"sweatinga and cuss- ing oveE. the blooming temperature. and there you are happy and as cool as an iClCIe. 1alk dDOul yOuI noiu your cares and reverses Of fate-tell 1t to the marlneS. A
 And the public official proceeded to scrutlnize the awry individual in front of .him; took a cigar from his pocket. lighted 1t, puffed at it diligently, and inc newspaper reporter, sad and dscom- forted. all awry brushed away tear and gazed back at the public ofhcial, people. and taking in the incense-sec- ond hand-from a fragrant Havana.
 Captain A. c. Sexton, Deputy Insn= rance Commissioner, has returned from the reupion of United Sons of Confed- eIate Veterans, of which he is Adju- tant General. After the termination or the reunion, Captain Sexton was de by business of the society After wards he spent a short time Tn James town He visited his old home in Vlr- ginia for several days before coming hack to Montgomery
 Hon. J. A. Wilkinson, Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries. has ac, ceptcd an invitation to be present ana make and address at a farmers, lnstl- tute to be held at Schuster, Wilcox county. on July 4. It Is expected tnaI farmers from several counties peslues Wilcox will be in attendance upon the institute.
 Hon. John B. Weakley. of Birming- ham. was registered In the clty SSS- terday MT. Weakley is one Of the best known attorneys and politicians of the Magic City.
 Dr. J. S. Carroll, prominent resi- dent of Troy, was in Montgomery yes terday He was accompanied by ms wife.
 Among the visitors from Birming | ham who were registered in the city ! yesterday were s. L. Davis and Mt 1 tore Andrews.
 Mir. and Mrs. Hugh Foster. of Union | Springs. were among those registered ln the city yesterday
 Mir. Paul G. Hausman. well known citizen of Peoria. visited in Montgom- l ary yesterday.
 MT. J E. Robinson. Jr. a well known citizen of Clanton, was in Montgomery Yesterday.
 MT Kelly Murphy. of Eufaula, was ono of the visitors to the city yester- day.
 Hon. A. NJ Tunstall, of Greensboro, paid visit to this city yesterday
 MT Felix L. Smith of Rockford, was | in Montgomery yesterday.
 Playing the Drum. | Mobile Herald.
 Bandmaster Duss up north amour l ces that it takes real technique to play