The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-15
Sidewah Penciiings
RaiIroad Man md Autkor,


 Railroad Man and Author,
 Mir. Marcus B. Toney. of Nashville, the well known and popular represent atlye of the Merchants Dispatch (New York Central lines) spent yesterday in
 MT. Teney Is the author of a thrill liuBly Interesting little book, The Privations of 8 Private" Of which a second edition has been published. He was Confederate soldier from start ';fa if sish anS his accounts 9s solSisr sae was published by the Publishing House South.
 Mir. Toney is due a great deal of Of res s ssSotss msh Ss and labor to the work of securing 1t.
 To See sqHome Run Heine."
 For the purpose of seeing. Hsine Buseh knock his home run at Athletic the City Hall turned out in a glitter ing array. All of the barricaded doors in the municipal building bore witness and Charlie, the janitor confessed that when the officials left the building they were snapping their fingers and whis- ling lively tunes. He also said that Wea ssa |Ss sstssqsy Py sp sDsn some sa Easef Tan mayos gss a9se aes ts Said knock the whole of the day. Something seemed to tell me thai Busch was ,d tP feeling as I did. | knew that it was other fellows in the building on to the prophet it came as an inspiration. :
 Treasurer Williams was the only one of the City Hall officials, so far as could be ascertained, who failed to put in his appearance at the base bali park. 1t is said of MT. Williams that he Is one of the few residents ot Montgomery who have never seen a dhothsr stery aenPssoh Pe Re admitted that yesterday also felt queer to him. and, he said, the credit had just as well go to Busch
 Thinks Prohibition Will Carry.
 T believe" said a visitor to Mont gomery yesterday. that prohibition Is going to carry In Jefferson County Should 1t do so, I think that by the tire State will be dry, and that Ala bama and Georgia will be standing side by side in the fighting of old King Booze. T have just come from Birmingham, and while there I learned much con corning the sentiment in regard to prohibition. The county Is taking a wide-awake interest in the matter. talking is unrestricted, and because Of this was able to learn much concern parties, However, think that the county will undoubtedly so dry, and I also think that a number of whiskey men will help to make 1t do so. doubt that prohibition in Jefferson will be good thing. They have an ele- ment of people there that need prohf- bition. By efrcumsiances they are not built to 1ght booze, many of them, ton in which they reside. However. 1t seems to me that the prohibitionists are going to win"
 wilI Soon Catch Up.
 Tt is quite probable that when the Supreme Court meets In November. the Court will be entirely up with the work before it.1 said Gen. R F. Ligon Clerk of the Supreme Court, yesterday.
 There were not great many cases left on the doekets undisposed of when the Court adjourned" continued Gen eral Lig0n, "and as the justices have been engaged during a good part of the vacation In preparing opinions, 1t is altogether likely these old eases now pending will be disposed of short ly after the reassembling of the Court in November.
 'It will not be so difficult for the Court to keep abreast with the cases as up with the work. The work of the Court is now well in hand.
 General Ligon is having the dockets prepared for the next term He has moved his office to the offices recently occupied by the Superintendent of Ed ucation. The later offices are larger and more commodious than those for merly occupied by the Clerk of the Court, and better adapted for the con- duet of the business of the office.
 
 Hon. J. B. Evans, Clerk of the City Court of Selma, and Hon. R. 1T. Man gum, attorney for Dallas County, and publisher of The Selma Journal. were among the prominent Alabarnians in the city yesterday.
 Messrs. Clarence S. Merriam and Sidney A. Merriam will leave today for Nashville, where they will enter the Medical University.
 MT. A. McGowin of Mobile was in the city. yesterday. MT. McG0win had his family with him.
 Hon. J. M. Poster of Tuscaloosa was greeting friends in this city yes-
 MT. NJ. A. spann of Enterprise paid Montgomery visit last evening.
 MT. s. M. Spencer of Knoxville, Alk., was in Montgomery yesterday.
 MT. O. O. Latimer of Mobile was in the city yesterday.
 MT. J. L. Jordan of Dothan paid Montgomery visit yesterday.
 MT. George Petrie of Auburn was in Montgomery yesterday.
 MT. c. E. Mason of Birmingham was in Montgomery yesterday.
 MT. J. T. schley of Mobile visited in Montgomery yesterday.
 MT. J. L. M Elder of Troy was in Montgomery yesterday.
 MT. D. J. Perry of Tuscaloosa was in Montgomery yesterday.
 MT. R, L. Autrey of Kirkland was In the city yesterday.
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