The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-18
SIDEWALK PENclzINcS
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Expeetorafjem at the Capitol
 Expectoration. t was re,narkisd aan,i ss.as as
 necessary In certain circumstances
 and must therefore, be. condone.i II
 not pardoned. when it Is done prop
 Now. confess I am not sufficiently
 versed in tho etiquette of spitting to write q work upon hoy. wh'n, why aaa 2 ] two eyes issa can see Ds iA 1t Is not not always 1 properly done here in the Capitol Note
 those spittoons upon the marble neors almost extraysganely large propor-
 tions, newspapers had to be spread un- l der them to protect the floors.
 man to crate with such polysyllabic friyIlous and nueatory matter: but l which is very moderate expression.
 It decently and not in manner inex- 1 cusable and indefensible. In one or two places there arc indications that | even the walls have been used as the eapaeious cuspidors required by some. l There Is not man in the State who, ] seeing the Interior of the Capitol in Its I splendidly white beauty, Is not seusibly proud to be a part-owner of It, and it
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 eareiessnsss or laziness
 Real Estate Trade Opens Early. l The spring movement in Montgom- 1 cry real estate seems to have begun prematurely.'' said a weiI-known busi- ness man yesterday. You know the spring season Is the real estate mans best reason, just as the retail merchant
 gets his best trade in the Christmas holiday.
 earlier than have ever known 1t. The ] winter Is by no means over, but real
 estate movement is already lively. Montgomery real estate man is buster "A great deal of this activity is con-
 1 MaI SosrSt s sos Montgonery last year than perhaps in any previous year of the city's history.
 s a sss in in its residence. district as well The houses are set closer together In Montgomery
 ,n any ,os5 osss city kn9w si9y The
 matter of course, has largely to. be in l the suburbs. In the old residential
 district. there Is no room, for add tionai
 meeting this condition Syy the building
 @The man of modest means who I to the suburbs. The growth of the i Mont gomery suburbs has been no less ! astonishing than the increase in the the real estate men are making nay while the sun shines, and the hay making season seems to have come
 early"
 Chair Has Historic Interest.
 You may not know. it. but it Is a fact that the Speakers chair in the of furniture in the South" said a leg l islator yesterday who takes an interest in the historical. There is a great story in. that chair for some one who rxyfIt fAni "A antG rlf klA life of that chair.
 More history has been made from it, perhaps than from any other piece of furniture of the South when we consid- CT the Secession Convention the First Confederate Congress the days Of Re- construction with its carpet bag occu- pants and negro substitutes and with the distinguished men who have occu- pied it in the last generation. And speaking of chairs reminds me of the fact that saw at the commence | ment exercises of the University of | Alabama chair made specially for Dixon H. Lewis when he was Speaker nf the Alabama House of Representa- tives. Lewis, when he was member of the Senate of the United States. had to have chair specially made for him. and since his day no other United States Senator has been able to fill that chair, because he was physically the ate. The chair in Tuscaloosa has been carefully preserved and during the commencement exercises. 1t was used as the seat of honor for the distinguish
 E ss % .t Jesse D, Beale. formerly well known young newsraper man of Mont gomery, but latel. of AshevilIe and paper work at the Legislature. MT Reale will represent The Birmingham American. He has for some weeks heen employed on that paper. He has a wide circle of friends in his old home Dr. Charles G. Thach. President of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, and Professor B. B. Ross. State Chemist. both of Auburn, were in the Capital City last night,
 Among the out-of-town Alabamians who were in the city yesterday: was MT. J. Robert s"nss M % oe .a Huntsville
 Among the, out-of-town visitors to Mont gomery last nieht was MT. Jesse B. Hearin of Demopolis.
 Mir, l.; P; kirkland and Mir. A; R. | gomery last night.
 MT. A. E. Williams of wetumpka. was visitor to the. Capital City yes- | terday. Mr. John M. Corr of Birmingham, was registered at the Imperial last night.
 Ss $ z Mir. s. E. Grearstedt of Dothan. was registered at the Exchange Hotel last night.
 1 Mir. F. H. Reynolds of Notasulga. was guest at the MahsCn yesterday. Ss Ss Ss
 MT. A. M. Troyer was a visitor in Montgomery from Calhoun yesterday. 5s Ts E
 1 Mir. K. D. McPhaul of Hay Minette was in the city yesterday.
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 Mir. J. IT. Johnson of Talladega was in the city last night.