The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-15
SIDEWALK PENCILINGS
Memsrss. of Inangurasien.

As I stood on the steps of the Cap itol today and looked down Upon that scene. the flags flying. the roll or the drums, the steady tramp, tramp of the feet of hundreds of soldier boys. and the thousands of spectators 1t recalled yividly to my mind another scene which viewed frou1s those same steps nearly l forty years a6o, when Jefferson Davis was inangurated President of the ] southern Confederacy.
 who was taking @ to s group of friends yesterday after the parsie4 There were tears in her eyes as sne talked
 Through all the years that have get that scene of the impression 1t forget the intense feeling that per- yaded that multitude of people that the sound of cheering and waited it other. until the whole tLoroughfars ae sass ssS s o csoS soaag the largest ever seen at an inaugura- ton in Montgomery but there were Ilst ss many people st the inaugura- today makes me think of the wonder ful changes that have taken place in Montgomery during these years. re- member distinctly when the last Indian when the beautiful site of the Alabama State Capitol was known as Goat HILL and ail Fourth of July barbecues were sssa on tssf SseSs @ in sSsrssng sslsys g ss makes for the betterment of the .condi- tons of our State and our people. but lay like this makes me sad.
 Doubtless the citizens of Montgom- cry, or those of them who ares so bit terly opposed to fruit peddlers, think they have an absolutely unique prob-' IL f n &uy hrIf best cities--of the smaller size--have them, and nearly all of them conclude the matter by an application of the thoroughly negative treatment, IS pop u1ar and often efficacious.
 T have been rather interested in the attempts of the people,. the Council and Person. -I once lived in. Meridian. Miss. the town you hear about when ever the comedian wants to get funny sbout stsut. being ,s thirsty. Well sir, they again in Meridian. Xou may. not be- lteve 1t, but it went So far that lowiy fruit wagons. laden with humble ap- assuming oranges. were stopped. and their drivers estopped with most ma jestic injunctions, and 1t profited none except the small boy who Ipflfered un- der the protection of the law.
 rho law was that fruit could be peddled ferom stationary booths or from moving wagons, but the booths must be strictly stationary. and the Now the booths found 1t quite expe- dient to be constant in their attach ment to one spot. but the wagons could not 1, so1n,vsnietly De eyer yer moviag no a,,. ana ta make a sale or deliver purchase, and
 "But air through that merry, blight I ing war, there was one Greek, with a
 
 l injunction. who went serenely on his I way. He had horse, old Hippos, that knew the fruit business as well as his master. Old Hip never paused. but one had to sight him by pair of tele- 1 graph poles to determine his actual 1 progress There was always one of his feet in the air. and he lifted them with more or less regularity. order and sys. | tenn, but his action was the slowest and most deliberate I eyer saw. As some one recently said about the min ute hand @ ofs watch, you knsw n; ne was Old Hip was fast enough to defy the police. but sufficiently tardy to let his every patron buy and pay. There was CT. CT who who got rich. Hippos was a well l known character In Meridian and prob ably the oldest inhabitant can tell you more about him. You ought to ad-
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 They found him about { o'clock in the morning. The. grasp upon his pen as he impotently scratched the earth l with it he prattled like some poor. mad thing.
 display. spectacie, fiower of chivalry. brave men and beautiful women. the l culture of a great commonwealth, the soldiery elaborate decorations." :"
 Poor fellow. they inurniured' n. what
 Handsome gowns of the women, nat l ty uniforms. tramp of horse and rum bie of foot, dreamy mazes of the waltz. | men high in statecraft, true daugh- ters of those women of the Old South, resplendent in gold lace. the choice of a mighty people, exhibition of civic price. a shower nonquet or society puds. | of trumpet and rattle of drum, parti- l colored fires, the lily and the rose, brave illuminations.. beacon lights for the grand old Ship of State"
 Isn't there something we can do for you?"
 fare, in solemn and expectant hush. swayed as one man. midst merry smiles and happy laughter, by the surffage of a mighty people, impressive scene. sparrows twittering under the caves immaculate blue of the Heaven. the bright sunshine. echoed and re-echoed
 Newspaper man. was the laconic reply of a night patrolman who hap pened to pass that way. '~They seldom iivs through one of them balls"
 "The smile of Fortune upon great and prosperous nation, new era of benefcience of Nature" He clutched his pencil more tightly as they placed him tenderly in Lucile's protective arms Feast of reason and dow--say ain,t that enough? Thirty"
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 Among the legislators who returned to Montgomery to attend the inaugural CTS, Hon William B. Doyle and John D. Doyle, both of whom are in the House of Representatives. The former is Representative from Marengo Coup- ty. his home being at Dixon's Mill while the latter, who lives at Salitpa represents his constituents in. Clarke County. With the two Representatives was a third brother, Jesse B. Doyle who Is Tax Assessor of Clarke County
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 Mir. A. 1T. Lowrie. editor of The Elgin Qll) Daily News was in Mont gomery yesterday an interested spec tator- of the inaungration ceremonies Mr. Lowrie was returning North after Ia few weeks in Florida, and arrived early in the morning He expressed himself delighted with the hne. ap. pearance of the city and was pleased at having the opportunity to see new Governor. inducted into office. He Jeff for the North last evening.
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 Among those who came from Auburn