The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-09
Letters to The Editor



Editor The Advertiser:
In certain newspapers have no
ticed reference to an article written py
Miss Fanny andrews . conce er,sn AND
said to have been .publisheA IN me
Montgomery Advertiser. WIZ you, Y
possible, please send me copy OF your
R Rotice f0 refer to states that Miss Al
drews sympathizes with Mr.. Calloways
Vigorous vindication of the Southern
people from, responsibility lot tna nat
Mr.. Cailoway's "vindication." or direct
me how to obtain 1t? 1shan greatly
appreciate your kindness
spent nearly q year in Andersonvtlle,
(Ga) and Florence Is. CO prisons in
is64-s5. and'r know personally of the
awful sufferings endured there; ouS
for those wrongs" i have never laid
the blame upon the people Of Georgia.
nor, for that matter, upon the rank ana
file of the Confederacy: believe that
whole. were just as kind ana as strong
ly opposed to any unnecessary hard
ship In the treatment Of prisoners as
the people Of the NORTH; IN Iacu.
by officers and prominent people OF
the South against certain conditions
At Andersonyilie . For the the Sontina or
something was to blame. do not
care at this late date to venture an
opinion as to who may have been re-
sponsible; but am free to say tnaI I
of the Southern people that we snouio
suffer as we did in Andersonville.
III was captured by the 9th ana S5th
say that they treated US more like
brothers than enemies; and so long -
we were in the hands and under the
care OF, old soldiers who had been on
the firing line we were well treated
they would share with US the last piece
of bacon and corn bread any day.
When we came under the regular pris-
t tr mnease WAS very Try different H
Though serving conscientiously TOR
the maintenance of the Federal Union,
I profoundly respect ana love the pep
fact that at the beginning of the great
struggle thereNwere two patriotlsfns
one Of loyalty to the Union as whole,
and one of loyalty to ones own State
and one was Just as sincere as the
other I know that Robert q. Lee. AL
exander H. Stephens and others loved
sh on up b
and patriotically compelled to go with
their States. In the heat of the ter
rible conflict 1t was hard and per-
haps impossible, for most of the con-
testapts to make due allowance for
one another's views and course of ac7
ton; but~now. after forty and more
oagat &C Gs a ans to Give eok
credit to those whom We must believe
to have been as conscientious as our
So look back npon the dreadful
conflict; and pray God that consider
ateness and loving Kindness may
characterize all the relations between
the two sections in all the years to
Pardon me for writing at such length
I hope you may be able to furnish me
the articles to which l. have referred.
rtIfv
James L. Gamble,
Late Co. &C." 9Th Ohio Cavalry. known
as the white Horse Cavalry"
Naming Streets and Numbering Houses.
To the Editor of The Advertiser:
Having recently moved to your pro-
gressive city to make 1t my future
spicuousness of Montgomery's un-
named and incorrectly numbered houses
and streets. I notice a number OF
houses that for instance bear the num-
while few IL any of Montgomerys mag
nificent streets have more than cheap
white board tackled up to a telephone
post which reads like this: south
not q very inviting spectacle for the
visitor or newcomer to city OF Co.
900 that Is boosting hard to have
population of 100000 in 1910.
Then outside of the inconvenience to
strangers and newcomers this ques-
ton has another aad more serious
side viz: When g city has large
enough population or the post Office re-
ceipts warrant 1t, the National Govern
ment will grant that city free delivery
nf it's mails but before doing so, an in
spector is sent there, after the city
authorities have had ample time 10 put
up name plates to all it's streets aud
avenues and correctly numbered all
the residences and business houses, to
ascertain whether or not his one conui-
ton has been fully complied with and
no free delivery will be made unless
this condition is fully complied with
I presume that at one time. years ago
Montgomerys houses were correctly
numbered and all streets had the name
ON at least every corner.
Now as matter of fact. IL the postal
authorities were cognizant of this ON
sion on the part of our city. ofieisls
they might do. here. as they recently
did in the case OF Gainesville, Ga.
where they notified the postmaste' that
unless omissions and errors we . cor
rected in the numbering OF the houses.
and name plates put on the various
streets and the side walks pat in good
shape. the department. woNld revoke
the free delivery of all mans.
Let's give this vital DIGESTION a little
airing, and let each ard every man IN
Montgomery see to 1t that he talks to
the alderman in his ward about this
matter and not only comply with the
general delivery fea&uro mentioned. but
see that our city is%correctly numbered
and streets named For the sake of visi-