The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-29
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 For the purpose of attending three days session of the Southern Eduea- tionai Association to. he held in At. lanta beginning at 10 o'clock this Superintendent of the Department of Education, and Hon. IT. J, Willing ham. secretary of the State Board of
 ,sts left ast night fer the GeoE of edueatlon might be represented. Chief Clerk W. F. Feagin, of the De- pertinent, will leave this morning and vii remain in Atlanta during the ses- sions.
 It Is announced by the Committee on Arrangements and Program that all preparations have been attended to, given to make this years session of the Association as far reaching in results as possible.
 Most interesting papers have been prepared by eminent educators the South over upon topics that have pug zled. These papers will be discussed by the body of delegates, making every session of she association one of the Among the prominent Alabama ed- ucators who will attend the sessions in addition to the members of the State Department of Education, will be ondary Education at the University of Alabama: Dr. J. III. Phillips of Bir- mingham; Dr. c. c. Thaeh, President | of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute 1 at Auburn. in addition to other prom inent educators whose names do not appear upon the printed program.
 That Occupation Tax.
 Doubling up his fists and thwaeking the table. tine citizen who does things.
 ''The matter of the occupation tax is getting to the snapping point. The people do not tell the Assessor the A...N aI AAq Co hurts the town. Energetic men who want to come here and do business. and l who are here, are collared and made to 1 pay up to the limit while the old-lins | years are allowed to name any old value and 1t goes at that. The real hurt is not so much to the city in the | financial returns, but in the way eft scares away business
 '.There Is a store in Montgomery to- day that has a branch in Atlanta, not i half It's size, but the Atlanta branch pays four times as much taxes as the home office here. Its bad all the way through. Prosperous times are coming hack, that is. If the fool wassamuckeTs do not put the whole country on the bum, but anyway. the real estate mar ket is brightening and the low financial | tide turning and coming back, but we | will be slipping back on the wrong side of the wave unless there are a few great changes in municipal modus op- sTandi."
 ATontgOmery County Kgoads.
 Montgomery should be proud of her | good roads" said a visitor yesterday. | "one needs only to take e trip down | In South Alabama O. fin North Ala | the high standard of roads in this l county The excellence is worthy of | imitation by a majority of Alabama l counties. Of course the economic value | 70 a the nFfuuA rnngfdAF- ation of all highways, but I am in- | terested in them just now because of l their value to motoring; man who owns an auto in this city has double | the advantage of him who owns one in | a backward county. The difference is ] felt most in the cost of maintaining l the machine and in durability. The | superiority of Montgomery County in l thfs respect Is compelled to make 1t a motoring center of no little note. I l predict that in a couple Of years the | number of cars in the city will inc That reminds me that if they get l cheaper two years hence l may mort gage my rubber plant farm and buy | machine.
 HeEira of Tapsters. .'There are bets going the rounds ' aaId the bibulous gentleman to whom prohibition is the question all in all nowadays. "as to which wet town will claim the most of Montgomerys liquor men after this week
 T was in a crowd with three of them today. The trst cast his lot for Pen sscoia. and pulled his wad to back the ststement that the Florida town will gather the most of the Capital City sa- loon men The other was fervent packer of Chattanooga. that Southern Milwaukee, while the third picked Jacksonville, Fla. as the town to catch ali the Atlantic coast trade. At any rate. 1t Is conceded that these three towns gre about equal as Meccas for the men who sell the booze. and 1t prob ab;e that there will be good sized Montgomery colonies in each by next week"