The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-08
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1 "MustcH Passes City Hall. Music hath charms to soothes the | savage breast" saith the poet or some
 person prone to making statements that no one cares to prove conclusive iy; It makes no material differences l who said 1t. Anyhow, the expression
 ea osen nssS o. %s s psoRs ne better to say by dealers in epigrams. This tine-honored statement--be it truth or untruth--has no personal all 1 cause that building was visibly affect- l ed from within and from the street
 yesterday by the strains of sweet
 Ltsrals hu,%,@,ns with the ssSs, of l ringing of phone bells, clinking of | money In the treasurer's office and the scurryinE footsteps of persons busily a great city. that old home of the mu- nicipal government experienced ver- itable shock when the Al c. Field Min strel band passed just outside Its great suwanee River" in ragtifne Mayor Teague mistook the tune for
 his favorite Annie Laurie" and with the words of that grand old musical
 sps snSs aars of the ing bonds that lay before him for sig nature. Nor was that the worst mis-
 hap that occurred in that office of dig niLY ana reserve.
 aParisien." the accomplished private
 secretary so far forgot his station of life as to rush to the opened window to view that magnificent pageant from which came such soui-inspiring airs. 1 Wide open his eyes grew in admirA<ion and off fell his glasses to the sidewaik beneath. He can't see how to work
 now.
 cty Clerk FsrIsy css.. wss much ta satslsS Ms
 known fire. insurance agent who nao just handed him $2oo.
 Even Charlie Faber ceased his. end
 less chain of work lons enough n 10 ,ern hav well the Monroe Street pavement stood the strain of the fat man playing the | flute. | nassed from view around the corner. | and as the last sweet strains faded m | to sweet memory, the work or tne | toiiers for the Montgomery public De- | gan anew.
 youId He Take Up the Asphnltf well, the. asphalt paving on my end of Hull Street is finished, and ioohs mighty nice... said a citizen of that
 dering whether like the street bet ter now that 1t is paved than ] did as 1 1t formerly was"
 Such an astonishing statement nat
 urally provoked the query as to the "It is this way" said the citizen T have several children, and my lot IS none too large, and they are continu-
 neighbors. But the autoists have dis covered that asphalt is fine for fast driving. and I see the heart-dlsease buggies coming along the street max ing not the slightest sound, but leav- ing a trail of gasoline smell and anx. ious eyed mothers behind in It's trail. I'm not kicking about automobilesa
 underStand, because 1 would ike 70 devils myself but I think the drivers
 might be little more careful ald go
 good deal slower while they are in
 There have been no accidents on the new pavement, so far, but every time one of the machines passes my
 house I am afraid that somebody mas
 been rum down and killed. So you see
 why I am debating as to whether l
 like the new pavement or the old street
 where there were no machines running
 "so say ! let everybody io,sas enjoy y.s the
 little caution and go slower!' Attorney General Is Back. Attorney General Alex M. Garber re- ] turned yesterday morning from St.
 Louis, where he was in attendance on l the convention of the State Attorneys oSASt0t AAO-t@ - the Union.
 Colonel Garber led the discussion of the question of conflict of Jurisdiction
 between State and Federal courts, cit-
 ing the present clash of authority In Alabama, and reviewing the complica-
 tions that now exist.
 Colonel Garber enjoyed delightful
 as well as instructive visit, and was
 present in St. Louis when President
 Roosevelt spoke. Despite the rain.
 Colonel Garber said. the demonstration
 which greeted the Presidents arrival
 was wonderful. The next session of
 the Attorneys General will be held at Chicago. Anti-trust legislations is the
 most vital topic being considered now. MT. W. F. Adams, of Dallas County,
 formerly a deputy United States Mar shal under the Tisdale administration | of that office, was in Montgomery yes- terday in attendance on the City Court as witness.
 Dr. J. l.. Gastpn has just returned | from the mountains of North Carolina,
 where he spent several months, after a serious spell of illness pr. Saston
 Is greatly improved in health.
 MT. H. s. Powell of Hayneville spent
 last night in the city accompanied by his wife.
 Dr. R. D. Jackson of Birmingham
 was in Montgomery last night. Mir. John D. Leigh of Brewton is registered at Hotel Summers. MT. E. T. Albritton of Andalusia is visiting Montgomery.
 
 MT. E. W. Foster of Birmingham is
 in Montgomery.
 ..
 MT. J. z. Schmidt of Mobile is at
 the Imperial
 MT. W. R. Baird of Tuscaloosa is in
 the city.