The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-29
SideUolk Pencilings
Baby ts the Rescue.

. I IL was S:30 D. m.
 The suburban car had almost reach ed the spot where the dynamite came from.
 1 The atmosphere of the car seemed surcharged with tense excitement or | The girl on the front seat held her handkerchief between her teeth 10 bite on as we'll as to muffle the chat that held the handkerchief were so tightly clenched that the hngernails The old gentleman moved fugitively justed his spectacles and fixed his hat more firmly upon his head:
 The lady with the basket and the three bundles shifted them until she finally dropped them all.
 The men passengers sat very straight and stiff as if they were quite comfortable indeed: one of them even placed a great big, black cigar. that dinner smoke, in his mouth and 5aunt. | fly pretended that 1t was a municipal ordinance and not thought of impend- ing disaster that kept him from enjoy As for the little girl by the middle window-she was so tntently gazing out of the window that none could say whether she even knew there could be danger. though her mother sat beside her with head dejected.
 Suddenly the little girl shrieked, l CT, stood up, screeched. Bells tangled. the controller was shut off with a bang, the brakes ground, the car was stopped. In one wild rush the passen- gers. motorman, conductor, ran from m"There it isw cried one; No there!" cried another.
 It couldn't be found; they searched for 1t all along the tracks. Some placed palms to brows and looked out. I scout fashion, into the darkness. Then they cautiously returned into the car. | There was a strange man there and he was suspiciously stared at. But he didn't care: for he was holding lit tie girl very tight and she was shout ing with delight.
 "Oh My! Mommer! Here is Pepper! saw him and made the old car stop, too"
 End of a Foolish Fad.
 I am pleased to note the passing of the Teddy Bear fad" remarked The Man on the Corner. "Of all the silly brain waves that ever struck country think this one son,. is the na limit; nrs supposed to be the possessors of the usual amount of human intelligence going absolutely foolish about fuzzy This is even worse than the moth- CT who neglects her children to toy with the pet pug. The dog can at least show some canine intelligence,  1 Teddy Bear Is either approaching the state of paresis or was never the pos sessor of any unusual amount of gray matter"
 "The women of Montgomery are too evenly balanced" confined The Man on the Corner, ito have ever grown crazy over the fad, but few of these fuzzy toys were carried around for awhile and am delighted to see that they are To longer in the arms of any but infants"
 | Push Guarantee Fund.
 How about our guarantee fund movement" said a Montgomery bust ness man yesterday. '"The movement was launched with the greatest en, thusiasm by the Commercial Club. and the committees were appointed to raise the guarantee fund, but since then I have neither heard nor read anything about the proposition.
 T am heartily in favor of a guaran- tee fund and I believe it is probably the only means of securing industrial enterprises for Montgomery, and for this reason l should like to see the movement put on firm footing right away.
 "The only reason I can see for wait ing to canvass for the fund Is the idea tion out of the way first, and I expect that Is good policy, but I do hope that as soon as possible, the guarantee fund committees will get busy so that 1 Montgomery can offer industrial en- terprIses some sort of inducements to locate here."
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 Hon. H. R. Poole Talks.
 Hon. R. R. Poole, late Commissioner 'I of Agriculture. spent yesterday in Montgomery. Mir. Poole is now living his former home at Faunsdale. MT. Poole had a Beautiful country place on his Marengo County plantation near Faunsdale when he came to Montgom- tn Iz zfa @f RAtY Commissioner of Agriculture. On re- turning to the life of a planter Mir. Poole bought a home at Uniontown which he has greatly improved. The Canebrake plantations and gives him an opportunity of looking after his extensive plantation interests.
 ports as to the condition of the cotton crop in the Canebrake. Little if any Of the cotton has come up and the few plants plants, that at have H managed to push since they appeared above the crust of the earth,
 Speedy Fire Laddies.
 There Is one thing in Montgomery that. always surprises me-. said a foreigner yesterday, and that Is the remarkable quickness with which the fire department gets to a fire.
 T was in my house few days ago and heard the gong sound. Before I could hardly get to the front door the engines came past the house, strung a line of hose and in an incredibly short time a stream of water was playing on the flames. I suppose that is thought nothing of but to a Euro pean 1t seems truly wonderful"
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 Hon F. Perry Thomas. Senator from Barbour County and president pro-tem of the State Senate during the present session of the Legislature. was a prominent visitor to Montgomery Sat- urday night. Senator Thomas had de- livered an address at Tuskegee on Me- morial Day and was on his way to his home in Eufaula. Senator Thomas seemed in good health. During his short visit to the city he saw many friends. He left Montgomery yester- day morning.
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 M-. T. B. Walter, of Snowdown, Is re- covering after severe illness. He has many friends in Montgomery who will be gled to know that he is con- valescent
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 MT. M O. Cobb. of Selma, was tn Montgomery yesterday.
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 Mir. o. T. Kenan. of Birmingham
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