The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-19
.Sidewolk Pencilings

There were three of them waiting for the Governor. They waited TOT nearly an hour, and when 1t was ap,, proaching the noon hour they decided work but before going they stated the object of their visit to the Newspaper
 we can't stay any longer" said the 1 tall one with the auburn locks. Per haps you can tell the Governor what we want. We game up to tell him how the boys in our office feel about this | legislation they are doing. We have been notified that we are to have our
 '4Of course we are all doing pretty well, Biii there is getting S70 and we are both getting st0, which we do very | we'll on, but we hear that we are all 1 to be cut twenty per cent which they figure will put our salaries below $50: l have wife and three children, and Bill has five, so you see He want to do | what we can to have this thing stop
 Bill also made a few remarks. Bhl was more sophisticated than the tail
 We all know what this thing %eaas %ent suffer s is,S Because assS have sos crops, and some of 'em are lawyers. What they do to the railroads helps them They get cheap rates for freight and for themselves; & so does does the the
 
 will be benefited.
 But we clerks. the engineers. con ductorB, brakemen. firemen, machinists, trackmen and hundreds who are depen- cut and will hardly be able to live, while the select few represented in the legislature will be- benefited.
 'TIow many of the farmers will be benefited?' he asked, with keen i'm sighted into the logic of the question. r9 ko, l,4, k..l a a the railroads They wni not get the benefit of the freight rates, but they are being hoodwinked while we starv- ing clerks are being crushed little please tell the Governor that we called in the interest of our. union"
 
 Commissioner Wilikinson to Speak.
 State Commissioner of Agriculture J. A. Wilkinson will leave today for Co., lumbia, s. C., where he goes to attend the ninth annual convention of the Southern States Association of Commits sioners of Agriculture and Other Agri- cultural Workers. Commissioner Will kinson is one of the speakers on the program and will show what Alabama has done In the past twelve months to- wards advancing the interests of the
 There will be prcsen; at this con- vention commissioners Of agriculture from every Southern State and -&ll of lHCih VIII HOtc tttC EcpOIt6 ItlAu6 Dy the different heads Of this important department in any State 6overnment Commissioner Wilkinson's address will be on the subject, What Work Not Now Undertaken Can Be Done by the Department of Agriculture for the Bet. eral States
 In his address Commissioner Wilkin. son will show what Alabama has done recently towards perfecting a soil sur | Vey, and experiments In the creosoting process for fence posts.
 He will also show the rapid advances that Alabama has made in taking ad. vantage of the offers held out by the | government for aiding all States in per. testing their agricultural departments .. SNeee4s With Sweet POtatOes.
 MT. J. B. Stephens. the well known Montgomery County farmer, who se- cured many prizes at the srecent State Fair, has made an extraordinary sue. yield and profit is ten-fold that of cot. 1 ton.
 His farm is within two miles of the corporate limits. His success Is due natural fertility of the soil. Mont Somery and Alabama need more of such farmera =l.t,t
 Hon. William E. Fort, private secre- tary to Governor Conner, was detained at his home yesterday afternoon through the serious illness of his youngest child. Friends of Mir. Fort were very soicitious concerning the condition of the child and extended their heartfelt sympathy. Hon. John E. Isbeu. Mayor of Tus- cumbia. was guest in the city yes | terday, and an interested spectator on the legislative proceedingsA at the Cap itol. 
 ] MT. William Fl. Mitchell, prominent 1 lawyer of Florence. and son Of Judge l J, J. Mitchell of the State Tax Commis- sion, was a guest in the city yesterday
 Hon. Samuel c, Cooke. one of Shef' | fields most progressive citizens, was a guest at the Capitol yesterday.
 Mayor Pat J. Lyons, of Mobile, is among the prominent South Alabamians now in the Capitol City,
 MT Walter L. Sessions, of Birming- ham was among the prominent visitors to Montgomery last night
 Mir. G. L. Yates and Mir. D. F. Greer Of New Decatur are staying at lhs repistered at the Hotel Summers.
 MT. J. Augustus Jones, of Lafayette is registered at the Imperial,
 MT. D. / Perry. of srusealoosa. i, staying at the Imperial Hotel.
 Mir. R. C. Smith, of opelika, was IT