The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-02
Shoo' Fly.

.This strange hattie kept up for about two hours, we all the while tTav- cling in the direction of the eity Ay- ev6n from the insects, for certain Of the asps had settled upon my nat. ana would kin every bug that came haa way; The nswspassrg arxsllsa s,raa aef p;,ls \ 'lnE of so many anisnaiss and fhe cor responding decrease of the aspe. Tor many of my friends yen know, were Killed in the encounters
 HThatss the story I told Teddy. ana its the one that he saw 1t to cuss over He called me--but you know what I'm going back to Africa some wtll be glad to see me. But to tell the truth. Montgomery is almost as interesting 2 city as KErene.
 1t Ks Melton street.
 Tho name of AIolton Street one of the prettiest residential streets of the city, is consistantIy and continuously misspelIed, although few Mcntgomer- ians know 1t. There Is no ''u" in the name, Ii was named for the we'll known Motion family, but the spelling has been corrupted throughout the years without protest.
 IL wag brought up last week by q letter written by T H Mplton- the well known business man of BirminE-
 
 sent 1t to the editor of The Moulton Advertiser, fnqufring thes origin of the old time capital of Lawrence County. In that letter Mir. Moiton points out that Clark Motion, . first cousin of his fathers, who was an officer in Jack sof's army, was named In hts honor and MT. Motion was told that the town of Mou1ton was also named for him
 He recalled that MT Mat Blue. an old citizen of Montgomery, who was Q recognized authority on the history ,of the city. once wrote letter to- the Montgomery papers protesting the spelling of Notion Street with ass.u.
 Mr. MoNon Is undoubtedly correct as to fhe speiling of the Street of Mont Somery. Editor Jourd White of The Nouiton Advertiser is inclined to be- lieve that the name Of his town should De spelled with 'u. He remempers for whom the town was named points cd out to him. although the spot is now no loIiger marked. An older cit- izen recalled that there was once a stone over the grave with the name Prank Mouiton carved on 1t His memory. however, was not positive as if might have been. The question or the tc0rrect spelling of the town Of Moulton is still open, but Molten street in Montgomery is nisspelled when "up is used in the spelling.
 
 wants More Ro0ting.
 s'I'm nightly glad, said a DaseDait fan yesterday afternoons ''to see the MalarIxy bunch back in town and do- ing business. They'reKa husky bunch Of fellows, deserving of much, praise and meriting the same when once its accorded Pt
 sBut what Montgomery needs at the present time Is to do more roofing and less thinking. Those who are tn- terested in the team. and all of us are, as for that, need to- think less of our position in the percentage tables. with the view of criticising. Let's root, the whole push Of us and the position will take care Of itself. We're going to the top, a settled fact. The only question that confronts us is how soon it shall be- and how far to the top.
 T believe. and I speak advisedly. that AIalarIEs has as good a baseball ,aggregatioh as any club. We've been playing in hard luck. exceptionally so, and have been down on luck The fel- lows did well today. They played ex- celently, with snap and determination, and won. deserving to do so. But what did most of the rooters do. Jeered the ump and sometimes cussed the team. and cheering madly when at last the game was won.
 What we need think. is to cheer madly all of the time"