The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-02
THE PASSING THRONd.


 utor to the Cosmopolitan, Outlook and other leading monthlies of the North. Mr. Thrasher has recently published small but interesting book enttied "Tuskegee, its Story and It's Work, which has attracted much favorable criticism. He is now completing an ar ticle on Cotton for The Outlook.
 MT. S. J. Pettis of McGehee's Switch. was in the city yesterday, and reports serious damage from the heavy rams of Friday morning in that section or the county. He said that he had seen whole fields of corn that was standing just by the roots, with all the dirt washed away from it. This corn was a total loss and would have to be planted over. Mir. Pettus said the rain had done considerable damage to all crops and was very heavy in that por- tion of the county.
 Rev. F. H. Watkins of Orrville will occupy the pulpit of the First Baptist Church at II o'clock this morning and again at o'clock tonight. Dr. Stakely the pastor is in Birmingham. where he will preach the commence ment sermon at Howard College today. Dr. Watkins is a most eloquent min ister and no doubt large congregations will greet him.
 
 MT. T. A. McWilliams. a leading cit izen of Terrell County. Ga. and one armed Confederate Veteran, stop ped in Montgomery yestsrday on his way home from the Memphis Reunion to see his old comrade. Gen. George P. Harrison. MT. McWilliams Is com mander of the Veterans Camp at his home. He says that the crowd was so dense in Memphis that he did not have
 t@ h0k General Harrison.
 With the compliments of Hon. K. K. Pc ole, Commissioner of Agriculture or Alabama. The Advertiser has received an invitation from the Agricultural Exhibition Club of the Pan-Amerlcan Exposition to attend the formal open ing of the Agricultural Building which took place in Buffalo yesterday even ing at 5 o'clock.
 Mir. George W. Jones will leave this morning for Old Point Comfort. Va. where he goes to attend the annual Convention of the Travellers Frotec- tive Association. He Is leading the Alabama delegation in fight foE MT. Sam P. Jones for President of the As- sociation.
 Messrs. M. Sollie and W. W. Kirk land who are members of the Constr tutional Convention, went to their homes in Ozark yesterday to stay un- til Monday. They are in the practice of the law together and are doing very large practice in all Southeast Al abama .------~-
 Hon. J. Tom Heflin. delegate to the Constitutional Convention from Cham hers County will deliver the com- :. .mencement address of the North Ala bama Conference College near Birm- :. ingham next Tuesday. His subject will be Americas Place in the House. hold of Nations" MT. Heflin will go to Birmingham Monday afternoon.
 State Senator R. H. Arlington of FL ba. is in the city visiting his mother. MT. Arlington is a former Montgom- erian and he feels more at home here than anywhere else, although ne has taken a high stand at his adopted home.
 pr. I. L. Watkins and pr. c. A. Thigpen left last night for St. Paul, Minn,. where they go to represent the Alabama Medical Society at the an- nual convention of the American Med ical Association.
 Mir. Alex McCaskill, formerly of Will COX County, but now resident of Girard, La, is stopping in the city few days. From Montgomery he will visit friends and relatives in Wilcox County.
 MT. Charles c. Bruner, a young man who has been attending Howard College at East Lake. was in Montgom- cry yesterday, en route to his home in Greenville.
 MT. w. W. Thompson of Birming- ham. reached the city last night and will spend today here. He has many friends in Montgomery who are always glad to see him.
 Major John G. Harris left yester- day for Lanett, where he will hold | services today for MT. J B. Shelton, who is assisting Rev. MT. McCord in a protracted meeting in Brewton.
 MT. Percy Clark of Selma has beec | very i'll at the home of his brother-in- l law, MT. J. CoWpre, As South Court. He hopes to be able to be out next | week.
 Hon. Henry R. Dill, Representative | from Jefferson County in the lower | House of the General Assembly, was in Montgomery yesterday.
 Col. A. A. Wiley returned yesterday from Birmingham, where he went to i deliver an address at the closing of the | public schools.
 Mir. and Mrs. W. A. Gayle and fami- lv have gone to their home in Verbena | where they will remain for the sum- mer.
 Mir Albert L. Rankin we'll known | young lawyer of Andalusia, was in | Montgomery yesterday on legal busi- ness.
 Hon. Fred L. Blackmon of Annis- | ton. State Senator from his district, | was in the city yesterday.
 Rev. W. A. windham of Ozark, will | preach at South Montgomery Baptist | Church this morning and evening.
 MT. I. L. Ingram. Special Agent of | the Southern Bell Telephone and Tel | egraph Company is in the city.
 MT. C. NJ. Luttrell prominent mer- | chant of Brewton, was a visitor to | Montgomery yesterday.
 Judge Milo B. Abercromble of Tus- | kegee. is in the city.
 MT. W. R. Peacock of selInssq is a | visitor to the city. -4-.51t sJh-- -