The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-13
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Farm work wei, Advanced.

Farm work We'll Advanced.
 Farm work Is better advanced for this time of the year than Tn any pre- vtous year in a long time," said Montgomery planter yesterday.
 The section around Montgomery has had an ideal season for the pitching of the crops and the beginning of the years work, l never saw more wo haS sSt and Tn open as n.r s pafe fa the closing days. of winter and In the opening days of spring the weather was splendid. We've had but few which farm work could not be done. The spring days have been particu- "As result. the farmer who keeps his work is in excellent shape. There is no occasion for an Alabama farmer to complain of bad luck and bad weather this spring. If he is to have come in hbe future. He has been giv- en the best of seasons for the prerara- tion of his land and the planting of his crops. But as a general thing take advantage fthe opportunities offered them"
 His Plea Didn't Help Him.
 "The headlines in The Advertiser this morning on the Sam Bowen case
 
 said a member of the Federal jury which convicted Bowman, who, 1t will be recalled. tried to lay the responsi- bility of retailing liquor without li- cense upon his wife.
 T don't hesitate to say" continued the juror. that the jury sympathized with Bowen until he tried to plead the same case as our old ancestor Adam did. We didn't have any more sympathy for the defendant after he tried to make us believe that his wife stole the apple.
 q will say further that there was only one man who tied up the jury the short time it was out--and he said that he liked apples, too. But he soon came around and we were agreed. Bowen is the white man of Randolph county, who was convicted in the United States Court Monday and, in his defense he set up the plea that his wife sold liquor without his knowl- edge
 Foreign Languages Not Popular Montgomery seems to be very wide awake town In most respects, said foreigner to a reporter of The lack of interest in the study of the modern languages is most amazing to one who comes from Europe for the first time. There. if one does not hardly eligible to enter polite society. In fact 1t is practically obligatory. But in Montgomery I have found only two or three persons who are acquainted with any but their mother tongue. In New York and the larger cities 1t is little better. but this is principally among the foreign element and not the native born Americans. It seems to me to be necessary. If Montgomery expects to bring fmmi- grants here. that her citizens should be familiar. with more of the modern languages"
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 City Treasurer R. S. Williams has been confined to his home by illness Tor the past couple of days. Ills con dition, however, is not regarded as seri- temporarily by License Inspector J. G. Cowan.
 Mir. J. c. Trawick, chief clerk of the Board of Convict Inspectors, left last night for his former home in Ab beville. whence he will bring his fam Montgomery will be No 8 l-2 Union street.
 Messrs. J. W. Randy and J. l.. Newman of Birmingham are at the Exchange.
 MT. J. E. Henry, a prominent attor- nev of Scale, was in the city yester- day. ;,
 MT. W. D. Wood of Birmingham spent yesterday % in a aMosts0mery' x
 MT. J.. S. Henderson of Brewton
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 MT. E. W. Pettus. Jr., of Selma, was in Montgomery yesterday.
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 Mir. W. J. Conniff. who has been ill, is again able to be out.
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 MT. F. M. Eubanks of Downing is at Hotel Summers,
 MT. H.. S. Taylor of wetumpka is visiting the city
 MT. J. P. Henderson of Sanford is in Montgomery
 MT. W. J. Bonner of Camden is visit ing the city.
 MT. Lee B. Morris of Eufaula is at the Imperial.
 MT. J. c. Cheney of Evergreen is ill town.