The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-01
SIDEWALK PENCILLNGS
Tromble for Railroad Men.

There is always trouble on tap for the railroad man" observed promi- nent conductor yesterday. There IS no man or class of men immune rom double burden---his own and his com pany's. Along with bad coal, leaky engine fiues, hot boxes. long delays on e-ttacks, and all the other troubles which the average railroad man Is le- ultimately heir to, comes the politician aiming his blows at the railroad com panies by means of numerous anti-thls and anti-that bills which. after all, ef- feet, the companies far less than the
 aEvery anti-railroad bill before the Legislature, if passed, will work more hardship on the employees of the road than on the company. The railroad men of Alabama have taken the matter up, and will fight the passage of the bill to prevent the running or frelght trains on Sunday in g systematic way the several organizations of the State, in the different branches of the service, in concerted action coming together as
 TheNfailroad men of Alabama ave heginnifigl to awaken to the fact that something must be done without fur ther delay, and the best way as we see it now, to prevent future troubles, will Ss te tO %ote ne in up eSery S sne election iDere more than 6,000 railroad men in the State, wno have not qualined to vote. This statement will show conclusiveiy that for many of the troubles and hardships which we are called upon 10 bear we are, in a great measure 10 blame. Our next step will be to see that every man employed on Tailroau in Alabama puts himself Tn line to vote This will be solution Of the prop lem"
 Works Among Prisoners.
 There Is a man in Montgomery who does as much philanthropic and human itarian work as any of our cltlzens, ana ana still very few people have ever known what Is doing, said a cltizen yester- yst day. He Is altogether unostentatious and really desires nothing be said apout his work.
 "I have met this man frequently on sundays at the County la If ana ,Sasa ane gnsi eas tutions once every SunSa- generally in the afternoon, and is allowed access to the prisoners. He talks to them; word and reads to them from the Bible. He loves this work, and he does it out of a spirit of mans duty 10 man, as he calls It. When he Is away rom of what he is doing, but, if you happen to meet him while he is visiting one of the places of Imprisonment and ask him what he is doing you Will ma ne will tell you all about his work. ana u will be interesting to stop d teW mos ments and hear him talk
 T would not care to mention his name. as i know he would be opposed to such, but l will say he IS deserVins of the highest somme9ea''0"' s st
 Railroad OHlciaI Tells of Jamaica. MT, C. B. Gray, Vice-President of the 'tTisco, spent yesterday morning Tn Montgomery. He had just returned to this country from Kingston. Jamaica, l whither. as he expressed It, he had gone '.lust to rubber-neck.' He gave an in terestlng account of the conditions now prevalent in and near the stricken city.
 MT. Gray was m Panama when the recent earthquake occurred, and he went to Kingston as sightseer; The destruction wrougnt py tne Saf a.ia l1ssti, ation, and the subsequent prlvations and sufferings, equally terrible Ac- cordng to an anecdote told by MT. (;rav GoVernOr Swettenhams conduct towards Admiral Davis was not out ot ] Keeping with his normal behavior: Al ter the earthquake, MT. Gray said the Governor upon enc occasion round a man with a small bit of chain which he | nud picked up to carry as a souvenir l Governor Swettenham, in rage threatened to kill the man for footing
 MT Gray left Montgomery yesterday l afternoon.
 Lack Wharfage Facilities. l Lack Of adequate wharfage facilities | In Montgomery caused the Feopie | 1 weekly trip of their packets from Mo l bile to Montgomery.
 There will not be boat in Mont gomery this week." said Agent Hannor of the Peoples Line yesterday. There | Is nothing but a sea of mud around the | wharf at the root of Commerce street
 Tt would be impossible for me t. put A load of fertilizer or other freight 1r the wharf to wat the coming CT tht boat, as there Is no shea or shelter oi any kind under which the goods couic be protected from the rain. We mad tc ! turn the Hardcash back at Selma,
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 Hon. J B. Ellis. MT. F. c. Melvin 1 and AIr. J. l.. Clay of Selma were IT the city yesterday to represent the Cen tral Alabama Fair Association in th' conference of the Fair Associations O ! Alabama.
 Hon E. S. Starr of Selma. formerly { member ot the House of Representa- l tivcs, is in Montgomery.
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 MT Allen Crenshaw of Andalusia an' Mir. Harry Wiley of Troy are visiting in tho city
 Mir. D. P. CFlinn of Selma is wis itoT to Montgomery.
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 .Dr. J B. Foley of Chicago, who ha invested extensively in Baldwin Coun ty, was among vsstardaV's v'@tt"rs t'