The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-19
SIDEWALK PENCILINGS
Rennrtee of the LegislatOrs,

GNeRMEtGe Ot tWC AE8A~e@O."f
 They did not know one another be-" cause the overtures of the Representa- tive had been cavalierly rejected ana ignored by the Gentleman from the the Moses Building upon which by special invitation and joint resolution all the representatives and all the sen ators had expected to see tour the principal streets ,,,, of the eity; her III, |" the Representative remarked rumina- lively.
 they can say something funny; so the Senator. who is not one of the few but, as he so often said in the campaign. one of the many, murmured mockingly: Aren't they tearing 1t down.?
 well. then." was the genial reJoind, "a, CT of the Jovial Gentleman, maybe I'd better say, they rage 1t.
 "Do you mean rage or r-a-i-s-e?" He was fonetic as well as funny.
 The RepresentativSs see sesmSd ,ds tG o3 lose b;s moustache about the long, bony fng- CT and stuck the end of the -hirsute adornment into his mouth and chewed 1t.
 The Senator took the floor.
 "The Advertiser said the building would be dismembered,' he dec-ared exclusively.
 aWeii, dis member can't say anything like thaf" and as the Representative moved Away victory perched upon his shouldefs. The Senator sniffed. as in olfactofy perception of long defunct rodent in the ceiling overhead.
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 Illinois Farmer Likes Montgomery.
 Robert Carlson, a farmer, resident near orion. Ill. left Montgomery last night after a visitation of two days during which he saw sights new. Is delighted with Montgomery and its environment and will return next fall to make his home in this city.
 It was through the advertising de- partment of the Montgomery io0.OOo was drawn to the city. Much against the advice of his neighbors MT. Carl son came to see if what he had read in a Scandinavian newspaper were true. He left thoroughly satisfied 1t is
 Yesterday MT. Carlson visited the farms of B. B, Smith and Jesse Jones on the Wood1ey Road. On each place he found enough to convince him that Montgomery Is in the center of mag nificent farming territory which, when comparison of cost-price or of rentals is made, is far superior to the region whence he came. AS silent witnesses of what can be done on the farms near Montgomery, MT. Carlson took back with him punches of lettuce, radishes, strawberries, collards, roses and violets. all raised in the open.
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 T cannot understand wny men will not pay their poll taxes" said well known citizen, whose interest in .poli; 1t is notable. too. that the very men who don't pay their poll taxes and keep themselves enfranchised, kick hardest and longest at the wa things are are run run. They not only want the city government run by somebody wno will not trouble them at all about 1t, but they even want somebody else to elect ali In the iOD. Then i1 they miss a car, or the corner light doesn't burn with the briiilance he thinks is due. or the water lsnt Ice, cold when 1t comes out or the hyorah' he raps the men in office.
 T don't know exactly how many pol taxes have or have not tSere heen paid' oDI, DH about ten days on which they can can pay about ten days in which they can pay tinating. And they will procIrastinatt until February ], when IL VIII oe to'
 .There are about twenty-five hundred voters, in Montgomer" and l ibs assum, n, liable for poll taxes. It IS every man | duty to vote and vote hard, and l dis like to see anyone ren1diefed i9hemgi9te hanf 3b, simple payment 9f s tax
 "HOwdy'' the Word in Birmingham. ham now" said a man just returne from the Magic City yesterday. "Amonj the citizens 1t is the shtbboleth of pa triotic hospitality; among the man, 1 visitors it Is a slogan of good fellow ship, and for every man who wear the badge of the Southern Cotton As | sociation now in session there 1t is a open sesame to the generous heart of Birmingham people.
 There are no introductions. and tn most enjoyable informality has pre- vailed If you meet a man with badge you say Howdy,' and he say it back If he is without a badge yo say Howdy' anyhow, and he says back And there you are. on eas terms ct once. The men with tn badges have what they want and lot of it. but they can't pay for it; if the are of and by themselves. no none changes hands: if they are with me without the badge no change Is take out for them. I never saw more gen erous hospitality or better friendshi anywhere"
 Mir. J. B. McTyer, Of Shefield, l staying at the New Exchange. II is accompanied by lis wife.
 Gen. John ". A. Sanford will ad dress the people of Luverne today o Lees birthday.
 Capt Henry Franelich of Selma sper yesterday in Montgomery. He was O his way home from Birmingham Car tain Franelich. who has been prom