The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-15
Sidesoak Psncilings
ssTAe I.ine |. Busy .v

word bsfore?" remarked . business man yesterday. That's one word that rings in my ears and makes me think lots of times that telephones are . nuisance.
 This business of 50 many telephones being busy Is quite worrisome. espe- ciallyto g person who has to transact many affairs over the wire. l believe l am the hardest luck person in Mont gouery for having Central respond to me in that familiar term known as busy Just think 9f 1t. the other day phone and. as fast ss I would call of their phone number to the girl at the key she would, in cheerful voice. fn- form me that the lines were busy. Looks like everybody wants to tele. to.
 There are ssme few offices in Mont gomery that have two phones and ! am those places for know that if one of the phones Is busy can get the other one.
 For my part. I would like to see the word busy cut out of the English Ian
 Suggestion for Montgomery.
 Up in Kansas City we have an idea that we have been putting in practice for some years that has resulted in seoa ts ssd vstSr cty from
  Western Missouri metropolis last even ing. Kansas City, 1t may be said In passing, has the reputation or beln2 probably the iiveiisst city d between q, nsenb l5 or Atchison.
 The merchants in our city" contin- ued the visitor, elucidattng his ldea. have gone throughout that section oi country. and at the side of the hign- ways of all sorts-those operated by steam, electric or mule power-have erected big signs. telling how many miles 1t is to Kansas City,. Sometimes. accompanied by an attractive adver- tisemept for some particular Kansas
 I've have found up there that the of Kansas City. It gives the impres- sion to the chance pasaerby on some one of the railroads passing through that section that Kansas City IS IL ws . . H: S: rl.na Aad os fss' fss sHs aS' of the hustle and hustle Of kansas City. And I guess that advertise cement Is what most cities. like most business "e1 ws are so.e lSektns s1sim for to av. been tn. originators of this scheme. but we have worked 1t to a finish. and there isn't a miles within a hundred miles or Kansas City in hardly any 9irectlon by the roadside. believe that Mont gomery might well pattern after Kan sas City in this regard, and put up q bunch of these signs that would cal the attention of the travelling public to your city"
 And the Price Was Never Set.
 How much will you take for tnis car. just like 1t standsT"
 This was the startling query put up to a motorman of an Electric Park trolley car yesterday afternoon. just as the car turned into Dexter Avenue ana made It's first stop for passengers
 The interogator was just ssr,aas. a p,ain drunken white man. s put me se'1uo- ger mo- torman, provoked smiles from all tne passengers on the car But the iaoles wore a worried look, being afraid the motorman was going to place certents too ssnai'
 The drunken man stood 1h front oI the car ahd demanded that price be named. but as soon as he learned of the of S four that they were rated very high by Bradstreet and Dun, he immediately apologized TOT his mistake and sauntered Tn zlg1as style up Dexter Avenue.
 The car then proceeded peaceIuiiy on its way to Electric Park
 Mir. J. Fred Tough of Portsmouth Va. coal inspector of the Seaboard Air s Line Railway. Is in the city.
 MT. H. l.. Knott of Gadsden Is reg istered at Hotel Summers
 Judge A, H. Aston of Clayton Is registered at the Glenmore.
 MT. H. c. Grimley of Mobile Is reg istered at the Exchange.
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 MT. w. P. Cook of Selma was m Montgomery last night.
 Mir. Thomas Cobb of Selma Is visit inx the city.
 MT. O. B. Sparks of Birmingham Is in Montg omery.
 MT. E. H. Reynolds of Notasulga Is in the city