The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-14
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H1& EzE F7l''r s;l'r so-long vanney, vanney we will miss you so. so-long vanney. how we hate to see But we'll all be longing for you, Van ney, while you roam. So-long Vanney. don't forget to come back home.
 | (Acknowledgemen to 50 long Mary.") ss sk se Tips and Obse quiousness. have noticed" remarked The Man on the Corner. the average man from attention he receives from the south ern negro. Considering the race to be Of more importance and taking the ne- gro more seriously than does the soath- ern man. the Northerner goes up sev- eral degrees in opinion of his own im- portance when he is addressed by the negro as Captain or Colonel which happens from the time he passes the back to the heather of his nativity. The southern negro Is natural born 5ollier and any white man he meets is a Captain or a Coloner-the rank depending altogether upon She size of the tip which the negro receives For 10 cents one can become a Cap tain and if the tip happens to be as much as 25 cents, the white man is immediately promoted 70 the rank of Colonel
 There Is one peculiarity about this, however, and that Is if the coin tossed to the negro happens to be of larger denomination than 25 cents the donor is given the title. of Mister and the negro then takes the trouble 10 find the state of being just one of his many Captains or 'Colonels' and have as- spmed far greater importance and in- Montgomery's Good Fire Department. Judging from the report of the fire prevention committee of the National Board of Underwriters. on Montgom- that Montgomery's fire fighting facili- ties are not even good, and that Mont somery, as whole, from the commit tees standpoint, would be very risky place for fire insurance companies to do business" said a citizen. Despite all the reports that any committees may make, 1t Is known that Montgomery has fewer heavy fire other city in the country. Montgom- cry, everyone knows. has one of the best fire departments in the south. The fire prevention committee, it looks to me, is perfectly honest In its views. but the views of the committee must necessarily be based on ideals of the highest standards. In other words, it seems that the committe mas adopted certain ideas as to what should constitute the best conditions in q city to provide against fires, and 1t would to such views. but I venture to say, if the committee acted just the same to other cities as 1t did toward MontgomS cry, as much, If not more +auit was e., axrrfA 1.~4- GnrhN En1I h..
 Tt would have been tho rignt thing if the committee, after commenting on Montgomery as compared with the comittee's set views, would have gwen sort of comparison with other cites" Aiabma Conference College.
 Commencement exercises of the Ala bama Conference Female College in Tus- Monday and Tuesday following. pr. Bowman of Oxford, Ga, will preach the commencement sermon and Hon. Chas. Carmichael will deliver the literary ad- w Wright will make the baccalaureate address.
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 Mir. J. J. Meadows of Machen. Ga, ih letter to The Advertiser says: / T have just noted in your columns the death of Leander J Bryan. late United States Marshal for the Middle District of Alabama. It is with regret
 
 ranks of Lees army of the great civil strife, soldier who did as much in the career of the Army of North srn Vir- ginia as any unit therein to make the soldier. He slept under the same blanket with my kindred. some of whom died by his side. and others of wb om. survived testified to his unselfish gal lantry.
 His adher ance since the war to tho Republican party l believe was from lfis conscientious judgment, no matter how l may disagree with him. He was as brave as Julius Caesar with a heart as trustfuI and unconcerned aa to danger and always generous and '''' @f%
 morning for Washington and New York on vacation to continue for several two cities named for a few days, to saidi from New York dn May 25. for tour of Europe of indefinite length.
 MT, Vandiver's health has not been the best in the world of late. and it is because of that fact that he feels im- pelled to go where he can forget busi- ness for few months and recuperate.
 After an absence of forty-one years MT. Robert Troy has returned to Mont gomery In that time he has gone through many and varied scenes. MT. Troy, in his early youth. lived in this city with his uncle. the late Colonel Daniel S. Troy. The Montgomery he now visits is very different from the one he left in 1866.
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 MT ". T Martin. well known cit izen of Wilcox County, was visitor to IMontgomery yesterday from bis home at Oak Hill. While in the city he paid visit to some of the officials at the Cap itol building
 Msessrs. H. P. Rankin and G. F. Rankin, Of Brewton, are registered at Hotel Summers.
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 Mir o A. sihley, of Samson, was in the city last night, accompanied by
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 MT. E. T. Albritton. of Andalusia, is in the city, accompanied by his
 MT George W. Mcclellan of Mobile is registered at the Exchange.
 MT E. J. Laney of Troy was in Montgomery last night. %. < Ia
 Mir. J w. Collins, of Eclectic, spent last night in the city.
 $ $ % MT F.. L. Keiser of Birmingham, IS visiting Montgomery.
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 MT. Lawrence Cooper, of Huntsville is in the city.
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