The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-13
SIDEWALK PENClLINCS
Globe TrOtter Reached Montxomery.

M LOUIS ANendis SlopS thVeoA VIZ France. reached Montgomery yester- day on a tour of the world. He can speak very little English but. from what he carries, he is newspaper man of Paris who started out from that ltcity January l, 1903 for the purpose iof encirciing the globe. When he Irite. a book giving an account of his
 When Mir. Apensl reached California tave Laurent of MarseilIes. France. ac- companied him. In the fall Of l905. Laurent was murdered in the raiIroad yards at Bedding, Cal, and MT. Avenal
 Recently. the globe trotter visited several points In. Mississippi, reAching there from a number of western cities which he visited. He came to Mont gomery from Selma, and was here but a few hours before he had called upon a number of State and city ofhcials, in- cluding Mayor Teague, Police Cher officials f ali ali gave him testimonials.
 M Avenal expects to leave Mont gomerv Monday for Macon, Ga, thenca ida. He will then proceed to Cuba, af, ter which he will visit Mexico ana Central America. and will then go 70 Australia. He will return to Paris
 The visitor was highly pleased with Montgomery He contrasted Its clean. Illness with the condition of numDer of the other cities he has visited. He says his object is to secure informa- tion of the industries. manners ano customs of the different peoples of the world for the purpose Of writing book.
 Holiday for schoOl Children:
 Tt seems to me-" said Montgom- cry citizen yesterday, that the oecas- ion of the Inauguration of the new Governor as the chief executive of the State of Alabama Monday noon, is an event of enough consequence that the give the children opportunity to wit in practical governRental affairs,
 The event Is one thst takes place | but once in four years, and 10 the | child now attending school who is | studying the lessons about the history of his native State. the inaugular oere- monies would mean some,n.hhs TsFy reer event for the child than or the average man of affairs who will witness the ceremonies. ......--.,. comes. the child will have grown out of the school into young manhood and | young womanhood, the knee pants ana the short dresses will have given away to the business quit and the bedeckings of the society belle. This Is the last opportunity for the boy and the girl to witness an inaugural ceremony o,,r
 "A number of people about the clty have spoken to me on the subject, and all have expressed themselves m tavor of a holiday for the school children to witness the induction of an Alabama Governor Into his office"
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 weather Man Fools the Birds.
 Tn the springtime a young man man thought lightly turn to love" quoted a suburbanite as he caught an early morning car to go to his Office.>
 Now that's the only spring time @ quotation l can think or, but 4hnS im,S obts das and spring days. I think some approp- riate quotation on spring IS the very thing this morning. This Is as tIne 2 last week of April or the first week
 Did you hear the birds singing when you got on the cars? The trees were fun of them. This weather has fooled every mocking bird in town. Out my way, they are having grand concert and I honestly believe some ot men the sparrows The sparrows seem tc be drunk with the delight or this weatr CT. and all of them seem to believe thal those pieeons over tGere on that stable You can almost hear them cooing tc one another. The weather man hai put up the greatest joke on the blrds
 "Even the grass has been fooled Look at it sprouting out on every bank And in my yard roses are pluoIt ing in the open. What do you think of that for the middle of JanuaryT
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 Sidewalks Are BIOc<nded.
 "I don't see why some action Is moi taken to stop the blockading the side walk on Commerce street by some O the merchants" said the proprietor o Commerce street store yesterday "Sometimes 1t is almost impossible tt pass along the street. because of th' goods kept stacked upon the sidewall from earfv morning until late at night Today | have noticed one place par tieuiarly. l saw several boxes of good placed in a pile on the sidewalk cart tbis morning. IL is now late Tn the at ternoon. and the boxes are still there