The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-25
uTY'S FLAGS AT HALF MAST Memory of Great Presi- dent Was Honored. WAS FOND OF THE CITY incidents of His Visits Here Are
 Recalled. He Was Greatly Admired in Mont- semery Where He Had Many
 Personal Friends.--How the
 News Was Received.
WAS FOND OF TIE CITY

The flags that float over the city of Montgomery were yesterday at half mast in honor of the memory of for mer President Grover Cleveland. They typified the general grief felt through out Montgomery at the death of the man who had made q great President.
 The flag of the Capitol was one of the first to be lowered to half mast, All day long in the summer breeze it floated just above the Capitol dome. On learning the news Mayor w. M. Teague early yesterday morning direct ed that the flag over the city hall be half masted. The highest flag In the city that over the First National Bank was lowered to half mast. The Adver- tiser flag was lowered as soon as the telegram was received conveying the news of Mir. Cleveland's death.
 Postmaster J. P. Dimmick early in the morning directed that the flag over the Federal Building be lowered to half mast. Some time afterwards he received instruction from Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Robert Win throp that the flag should be lowered and kept at half mast for the next 30 days. The same instructions were sent to the custodians of all public buildings.
 Mfr. Cleveland, even in the days when he was most misunderstood, had many warm admirers in Montgomery. In fact throughout the State Montgomery was looked upon as the city having most friends and admirers of MT. Cleve- land. when he was made the subject of criticism from the free silver wing of the party
 It is known, too, that he always felt a kindly interest in the city. Former Secretary of the Navy. and one of his close personal friends was Montgom- cry man. And this city contained a number of other personal friends of the only Democratic President since the war. He visited Montgomery in 1886 during his first term and was here the subject of a great ovation from the enthusiastic people of Ala bafna who assembled that day in Mont gornery, With him was Mrs. Cleveland who had only recently become the White House bride. Many Montgom- erians recall the enthusiasm of that scene when in the presence of a great throng President Cleveland stood on the balcony of the old Exchange Hotel and reviewed the parade that had formed in his honor. On that visit he and Mrs. Cleveland were driven about the residence section of the city and were cheered wherever they appeared.
 It is an interesting fact that the first electric cars he ever saw Mir. Cieve- land saw in Montgomerys They were first operated in Montgomery and they had been operated about a year before he came. Tn no other city of the coun. try were they operated and probably no other thing in Montgomery drew the attention of the President as the electric cars which he saw for the first time and which revolutionized the transportation question in all American cities
 The sorrow in Montgomery at Mir. Cieveland's death was almost universal The way in which the news was re- ceiYed was tribute to the great citi- zen. At times business was airnos, suspended throughout the city. Where. ever men gathered the news was the subject of discussion and when it was discussed. the character of Mir. Cleve- land was praised and tribute paid to his ability Throughout the day knots of men gathered on the streets, and dis cussed the great life that had ended