The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-02

hanging out and eyes bulging I;., q
Penny raced through that neio IKE
snrjnx zephyrs through a rustic's WINS
kers. He crossed the tape zen ien xs snt
to the go ,Sa n nnH = seou - ~
But the Joy of the wise ones We
short lived. disgruntled Jockey WIG
had been held in the paddock 70 p1e
nm the nurse, so as to save suspicion.
raced to the judges stand ana uppsu
ihe whole thing of. 1t was necessary
to call out the police reserves 70 pre- Pre-;
and beaten until he had to be carried
to a hospital, where he renamed LOT
several weeks. Bad Penny was ois.
oualified and the wise ones walked out
Of town.
The EsBen Hu" Crowds.
at bel,sve that three-fourths Of the
Q. 900 odd persons who witnessed the
presentation of Ben Hur mere WeIS
from out of town." said Manage a. ,d
I FIRMLY believe that we could nave
sold out another house IL an aoui.
tionai performances could have been puL
on here without interfering WIN '"0
piT Evervone who attended the perform:
ances al The Grand was impressed
with the large numbers oL.arSav q III
ernoon swarmed with those from Gut
OF town who came in on the morning
trains to witness the s nmn asinSss OF of doi.
lars were spent here, as we'll as sent
away with the company. ,,nA~
Restaurants, hotels, hack nnEs,
t Was Better eG" during the three days e
the stay of the company mere tnHn M ~
has been since the state Fair: MARY ny
of those who cane ne, 20 ooc~sion 20 do do
performance also TOOK oec~s'on " Wv
IN cir shOppinE.
not been SO heavy SINCE the SsaIv
people came to the performances OF
ben Hur' as came to any three Gays
OF the Is s q safe Estimate to say that
there were fully 1000 strangers in
city was crowded to capacity. and at
accommodate all who wanted to sat
isfy the inner man. Not IN many
years has Dexter avenue presence
such an animated appearance rs T. did
yesterday afternoon after tne n'~'iAee'
Secretaries to Organise.
Secretary. Dave, OF the CcmmereiaI
information to be Incorporated IN the
bylaws and constitution Of the Mobile
Basin and. Tennessee river Assosc asS
ton, which was intormariy no "a vas
made one of the COMMITTEES 70 wnlcn
the task of preparing formal articles
of organization as assigned
Secretary Dave is also preparing TOT
the ORGANIZATION of the secretaries of
MONTGOMERY for the purpose OF brfng-
ing them closer together. HIS IDEA -
to have every man who acts In the
Gomery's enterprises to meet together
and discuss matters of mutual interest;
No date has yet been set for a formal
organization.
MIR. VandiveF Better.
News was received yesterday to the
effect that the condition OF W. F:
Vandiver is very much improved, and
that he will shortly start on his re-
turn trip to Montgomery. A letter was
received by Mayor league yesterday
T Sns T ESsRs h from Mr %an
Montgomery next week.
Mrs. Vandiver is with Mr.. Vandiver,
going to New York with her husband.
Mr.. Vandiver stopped over in Wash
ington IAng enough to have a confer
ence with the Interstate Commerce
fS9 this Rear rfieS of the @
Freight Bureaus charges of discrimt-
nation. He went to New York from
Washington on private business
Mr.. S. H. Dent, Jr.. Solicitor OF Mont
gomery County, delighted his friends
down town yesterday by appearing in
DAYS, during which he had been Ill.
MIR. Dent, though he has not fully re-
covered his strength, is greatly inA-
proved and expects to be able to take
care of his private and public business
without further interruption.
Governor Conner left Montgomery
last night for Brewton where he has
accepted an invitation to address the
Sunday School convention which Is to
ha hall He aKnHrtQ to
return tonight.
=
Mr.. ] B. Knight. a prominent citi-
zen of Elba, accompanied by Mrs.
Knight. is a guest in the city.
DR.. John Rush, q we'll known physi-
clan of Mobile, is in the city visiting