The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-18


"And he came TO ireland to educate
the Irish. I suppose that Is why the
Irish have so much gall" interrupted
an Interesting listener.
Exactly" said Mr.. Moritx.
Mr.. Kennedy then gave his reasons
and wherefores as to the birthplace OF
the Saint Gentlemen have travelled
over Scotland, and / have seen with
my own eyes the spot on which stood
the house in which the saint was
born
But here Mr.. Foster settled the ques-
ton conclusively by declaring that tue
saint was born near the place where
savannah. Georgia now stands.
Mr.. Morits couldn't stand that state
ment, 20 he called Mr. Fosters atten-
ton &c the fact that the saints birth.
day was chronicied In 432 A. ID.
"oh, that makes no difference" said
Mr.. Kennedy. the place near Savannah
Is great deal older than that date"
So Alex Rice was called upon as a
disinterested person to settle the heated
dispute.
Gentlemen, don't know where st.
Patrick was born. but II / couldn't be
Jew I'D rather be an Irishman. That
ought to settle it,
Mr.. Rice's opinion as to where the
saint was born seemed to settle the
dispute, and President Forbes called
upon the minute men Who didn't get
chance at the banquet some days
ago" DR.. Stevenson was the first of
these unfortunates to be called upon,
but said that while he had prepared
an impromptu speech for the ban
quet that he was SO unfortunate as to
lose II, and therefore couldn't make
much of q talk.
Here's your inpromptu speech
Doctor" said Secretary Dave. and
amid laughter of all present DR..
Stevenson read as follows:
DE-. F.4C. stevenson,s speech.
While SO much can be and is being
said about. Montgomery as a manufac-
turing and commercial opportunity. too
much cannot be said of MONTGOMERY as
delightful city for an al1-the-year
residence. Ranking. as It does. with
about the lowest percentage OF the
citiesNof the United States in morhidity
and mortality record Montgomery to-
day offers the most desirable residence
to every class of citizens except physi-
clans and undertakers."
s. ]. We'll was next called upon, and
responding with a smile said. Dave
sgave me my speech las came in the
door. Here It is:.'
MIR. weil's speech.
Mr.. Weii's speech was on "A Dozen
Needs OF Montgomery"
First and foremost, we need -four
mill. This market uses annually about
100000 barrels of -four and 10000 tons
Of bran and shorts. Estimated value,
81. $50 900, representing /, 500, 900 bushels
OF wheat Other Southern cities out
side OF the wheat raising district have
-four mills. Atlanta manufactures and
ships Thousands of barrels of feur into
Montgomery.
We need q large grist mill. This
market buys from Nashville, Knoxville.
Atlanta. Columbus. Ga, Birmingham.
Talladega, Gadsden and other cities, an
nually about 100000 bushels corn
meal. Estimated value, 100000
We need q grain elevator and hay
storage warehouse. This ma rket easily
handles 100000 bushels corn. 1000 900
bushels oats and 500 carloa DIS of hay
per annum. If we add corn and wheat
that comes in as -four and meal, we
have the grand total Of about 100000
bush els grain and 10000 tons of hay.
We need a packing house. This is
one of the largest hog consuming cities
IN the United States The largest con
suming market of dry salt ribs in the
world. We buy about 25.000,000 pounds
of packing house product Estimated
value, $4,000, 900. It is needless to call
your attention to the effect on the sur
rounding country, IL corn and hog rails
ing was encouraged.
we need a soffee MILL This market
will handle about $4,000 bags of green
and roasted coffee annually. Estimated
value. S500.000, vet Mobile. Nashville.
Birmingham, Atlanta, Pensacola, and
even Columbus, Ga, are bringing coffee
from New Orleans, roasting Il and ship
ping 1t to the tobbers OF tlls9city How
long can we 'stand. thisf sRfI4 lW
We need a street level wharf
We need q box factory X *
We need a cold storage plant.
We need a furniture factory,
We need a paper box factory.
We need q paper and cotton bag fac
tory.
We need a tea and spice mill,
Get these factories and you will get
your rates without fighting for them.
@. A. Thomas was next called upon
and he spoke upon "our City He
said: f
Thomas's Speech. .ysT
Our City'-Abundantly blessed with
those natural resources so essential
for q permanently prosperous city.
Surrounded by fertile lands; and
with matchless mineral deposits
at our doors. Our city needs only
just appreciation of her real
worth. from her own people in
their continued, consistent. united eff
forts in advertising to the world. that
the home-seeker. or investor, who To-
oates here, has come to the garden spot
Of Gods Country--Montgomery-"Our
CITY,"
Hartwell Douglass was called upon
as the last of the minute men and aft
or a short but witty introduction read
his speech which he declared was not
delivered on the occasion of the ban
quet because all the other minute
speeches were twenty minutes long.
I'm going to get rid of the thing now,
and you people have got to listen" he
said. Mr.. Douglass spoke on 1.-THE
Cradle of the Confederacy." He said:
DOugIasH'H Speech.
Montgomery. the Cradle OF the Con-
federacy. is in the heart Of the culture
and romance of the old South; "replete
with historic scenes of famous past :"
proud Of the record OF her distinguished
sons. both at home and abroad: assured
of the grand possibilities Of a most
brilliant future; provided with 65 900
bustling, vigorous and progressive citi-
zens: nesting on the banks of the swift
flowing and winding Alabama whose
channel deepened and widened by large
appropriations from the present Con-
gress. thereby enabling both freight
and passenger steamers to arrive daily.
at the substantial and commodious
whalf. erected by our new city admin
istration. It is located SC as &c form a
geographical agricultural, railroad
shipping center; with handsome bust
ness blocks. modern sky scrapers, pub
lie buildings and palatiaI reSidances