The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-30
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Capitol Clocks inquired man who
had no watch and looked desolately| at
the apparently wearied tmepieee on
speak of they very Indefinitely.
has shown symptoms of approaching
about Father MY Tim s%p'9d Diplomatic at
tache at the Capitol Of Alabama. Some
months ago. II began to drop behind,
ID cd al n shsir w own wseses and
witb much amusement how long u
would take the clock to go around and
aBut recently it has not gone around
at all and while not many visitors come
TO the Capitol to 'shee w,eels go wound.
as dtd the youngst,rs In ,Heiens Sa,
TO the Capitol from town at $3.50 In
the afternoon and ind that 1t is $3.50
when we arrive. This cant be blamed
on the Traction Company, Tor nave
Not less disconcerting is IT to have
good, late snoozc. eat late breakdast
and then nd out that It y S eSo IL w wns
so early / went back to bed. The
clock he's been there for SO many
ssar,sI was duly Informed BY nyys, that
To- Rno@.a padsp Il il Is outworn' The
state ought to buy another. II It isn't,
the jewelers. UNION ought to have 9
NJ u anu Sec II thus Suh 81
of the surplus out Of she treasury.
Bufiding n Bo,minv.
The building boom In M6ntgom-
dealer in real estate yesterday. There
are a large number of people who are
ready to begin building, but are nre-
vented by the fact that both nrchi.
all of them having. more business
ahead than they can hope to complete
for some time to come.
4 predict there will be more build
this summer than for several years
proceeding II combined,
9Th sale of .unimproved property
has been unusually large for the past
year. and many young men who have
invested In property on the installment
plan. on which to build. have found 1t
impossible to get an architect to draw
the plans or contractor to erect the
home.
while. this condition of affairs is
somewhat unfortunate. II is the best
indication OF The rapidity with which
the city is growing; .
w. H. Seymour. Director of the Ala
bama State Bureau of Cotton Statis-
ties. has gone to Washington. wher"
he will confer with officers Of the Fed
the gathering of statistics. Mr. Sey-
mour has for some time been In cor
respondence with the omcers of the
Bureau of Crop Statistics in the De-
much encouragement in the work he
has begun. Mr. Seymour will be abb
sent from Montgomery about week.
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Hon P Paws the s0s tate T Tns Conn en
oflicial visitation to Tnscaioosa and
other counties in Northwest Alabama
judge Mitchell. President of the Com
Limestone, Madison and other counties
in North Alabama.
Mr.. Ed. Abraham will leave this
Europe, whiting the prominent places
in France, England, Germany Switzer-
land and italy. He will sail next We'd
nesday on the Oceanic, returning some
Former state Senator Walter s.
Smith of Clay County is in Montgom-
cry attending tie supreme = r Court
Hon. John W. overtan,. Senator from
Macon, spent yesterday In the city ON
business before \ the !; supreme : Court
Messrs NJ. r. Abercrombie and E: r.
change.
Mr.. w. II. FehRln mas returned from
a short visit to the University of Ala
bama.
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Mr.. r. Hertz of Admission spent last
night in Montgomery en- route to New
York.
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Messrs. Claude Riley and j. F. San
ders of Elba, are visiting the city.
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Mr. j. M. Parsons of Ruston is reg
stered at Hotel Summers.
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Mr. II. w. Stoutz of Mobile was in
Montgomery last night:
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Mr. r s. Armistead left yesterday
morning for New York.
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Mr. T. s. Bolton of Birmingham is in
Montgomery.
Mr.. Otto Deal of Elba Is in the city.
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Mr.. d. H. Ellington of Mobile is visit
ing the city.
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Mr. A. H. Nichols of Mobile is at the