The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-31
Sidewalk Pencilings
sbouIa Make saloons Respec

should Make saloons Respectable.
While Montgomery is In the m ,,as
Of the discussion 9f sne citizen yes
terday, 1.-THE people will be interested
in a quotation from sermon preaShG5o
some time ago by Rev; ch Ge4es Y.
some will agree with all of 1t, ana ali
viii agree with some of 1t.
"He said that the saloon was ~ IN g ine
Wor@ to stay Tor ana his remark which
were that men wanted drink ana
would have II. FOLLOWING his line OF
argument. one might adduce many ar
stituted by some Of the SALOON men OF
Montgomery, who have animated them-
selves with the officers of the CITY IN
endeavoring TO a DOL lo Ev1Is shops in
' IF the saloon is necessary. and tenn
porarily. at least, 1t would seem sa ID
OF closing all the saloons. let society
nut those illegally operated out of bus
iuess."
Those Overhead wires
Ono of the first steps that l want 10
see the next City Council take" said an
Alderman yesterday, is TO pass
measures on the overhead wires that
have come to be such nuis s,reet anu anu
Dexter Avenue. The matter has been
repeatedly referred to in the Mayors
and City Electricians messages 70 tne
as FAR as they have gotten, whereas
the wires, in the meantime, nave peeh
getting more numerous ana cohs~-
quentlv more unsightly.
tened to the messages and taken steps
towards a remedying of the evli, the
expense of putting in the underground
system would have been materially less
than at this time. Two years from
now the amount of money necessary to
accomplish the work will be cores.
pondingly greater with the number OF
Years, and necessarily a greater hard
ship on the companies that own the
II do not think that the city can be-
gin too early on this matter. and
hope to see ordinances and resolutions
bearing upon the removal, passed IN
the initial meeting of the new Coun-
eli Here's one who will votesfor such
an undertaking. and I know of few
others who are in sympathy with the
movement Hr
The Montgomery 1910 Campaign
Song" has received much praise from
all present at the Commercial Club re
ception Tuesday evening. The words
were written by Mr.. w. B. Davidson
and the music composed by Prof tt
G.. Galloway. 1t is a bright ana spir-
are receiving many congratulations.
x x Il
Captain John Craig. United states
| Army, who had been visiting his fath-
er, Hon. George H. Craig. in Selma
| for several DAYS. passed through mont
eomery last night, en- route to WASH,
| ington, where he will be doing special
| topogra phical work for the War De-
! partment.
Mr.. c. q. Mercer of Eufaula, ac-
| companied by his wife and son, was
! visitor in the city yesterday. They
were registered at the New Exchange
Hotel
! Messrs f. D Lewis. w. w Knight
| B. Eberhardt and 4. a. Coins of Biz
mingham were in Montgomery yester-
| day
Judge and Mrs. j T. Cook have re
turned to Montgomery after spendins
week at their former home In Will
! cox County
State Senator Norman Gum o.
/ Thomasville. was among the visitors
who were registered st the Gienmore
Selma was represented at the Mont
gomery hotels on Yesterday by MeSsrs
l., n. Hoffman and ], NJ. Weiss
q 4; 4
su DF N N'f se c 2f y EGeRs He
accompanied BY, his vie
Mr.. R. S. Bo=d of Richburg visited
In Montgomery yesterday
Mr.. T. y, Fallen of Prattviile is
visitor to the city.