The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-15
ELKS' FAIR IN SELMA
FESTIVITIES BEGIN IN THE CENTRAL CITY.
Fifth Regiment Band Pleases the Enormous Crowds by Its Music. Another Setback to L. G N.
 Bridge Contractors.
Advertiser Bureau.

Advertiser Bureau,
 Selma, Oct. IT,. a blaze of glory. The attractions com menced to arrive early Sunday morning and all day Sunday decorators and car penters were busy. busy at work The oSotns were placed in position this morning. and drags and wagons were driving through Elk Street, putting the tents and the paraphernalia of the different attractions on the grounds.
 The electric fountain will not be placed in position until tomorrow. It will be a great attraction.
 The horse and pony show Is on the outside of the inclosure at the end of Elk Street on Alabama Street. There are eleven ponies and any number of dogs, and they are great attraction to the
 There is a flying jenny" being put up at the intersection of Broad and Ala bama Streets. The Ferris Wheel will be the Christian Church have a kitchen and dining room inside the inclosure and will do a good business in feeding the hungry.
 From one end of Elk Street to the oth, CT the colors of the Elks can be seen and inside the inclosure looks nke one grand rainbow of purple and white.
 This afternoon at o'clock the queen of the Street Fair. Miss Margaret John son. and her retinue. came down the streets, and thousands of people witness ed the grand parade. The keys or the city were delivered to her in a most im- tative. MT. w B. Craig. made a most elo- quent and appropriate reply.
 All of the attractions will be in place by 12 o'clock tonight and tomorrow the Elks Street Fair will be on in dead earn
 The Montgomery Advertiser has booth on the grounds in charge of W. w. A. Smith, He has a phonograph crpnoI in it ars.i and crowds gathered about The Advertiser booth to hear the music: It is me in- strument and the old reliable Weekly Ad- CTS to its list this week through the effi- cient work of MT. Smith, aided by ms
 The 5th Regiment Band of Georgia, the music for the Elks Street Fair during the week. It is composed of splendid lot of musicians. The band consists or twenty pieces and is one one or - the best .ha m band. Fred Wedemueyer, solo clarionet. lc cader: Frank Liley. first clarionet; Louis wrenn. second clarionet; Dan McGuirk: F. iias, D. W. Burns. solo cornet: Fred Slate, solo cornet; Fred Bavber, first cor net; Perry BSuner. first cornet; Raymond Thompson, second cornet; Frank Vernoy. first alto: W. M. Bunstead. second alto; Wm Graf, third alto; Oscar Wiehart, baritone; Bruce Mclean, first trombone Dr. D. M. Shepard, second trombone; M. Allen. third trombone: John Masten, bass; Joseph Wusthuff bass; Fred Liiy: 1nr snare
 The 5th Regiment band gave It's frst concert this morning from the grand stand. at the corner of Washington ana Alabama Streets. The band then march :. ed to the office of the correspondent of The Advertiser. The Journal office and The Times office, and seranaded the newspaper men of the city. A tremend- ous crowd followed tle, band as 1t visited the different newsps Fer offices of the city, showing how thoroughly the music is ap- preciated.
 The coffer dam for pier No. l of the Louisville and Nashville bridge has been completed. and the work of digging the foundation for the pier in the clay at the bottom of the river was in progress when a flue in the boiler that drives the pump burst, and the water gained so fast on the wQrkmen. that they had to quit work. Before the hue could be repaired the coffer dam had filled with water, and 1t will have to be pumped out again before work can be resumed on the foundation. The contractors for tough time. but they hope to have better luck from now until the work is finished. They will have a couple of months, prob ably. to do the work before the fall rains set in. The Una Clayton Company re- ported to the police that 1t lost two fine diamond rings, S700 in money, a gold bracelet and other things between the acts Saturday night last, The IT ,,p police pd A are
 
 are said to be valued at $2O0.
 Late Sunday afternoon an alarm of fire was turned in. It proved to be In Ho- gan's Alley. The fire was in the Maxey House, a colored hotel A Montgomery negro by the name of Bill James had gone to sleep with cigarette in his mouth and set the bedding afire. When persons rushed into his room and com menced to arouse him he begged to be allowed to sleep little longer. In an- other second or two Bill felt fire and he got out of that bed in hurry. He lost his cap and coat, and the mattress was consumed before the fire was extin- guished.
 The Helping Hand Society of the First Baptist Church opened Its boxes and baskets on Sunday night in the presence of a large audience. Mrs. Ernest Lamar gan and the entire space back of the pulpit was covered with green cloth. across which were. the words in large letters, Builders for God"
 This little society is composed of thirty little children, and the ceremony of opening their little boxes and baskets was very imposing indeed. They built a pyramid of blocks. and as the children would step forward and deposit the block assigned to him. they would repeat a few words appropriate to the occasion. When the beautiful pyramid was finish ed, the words on the blocks read: Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel"
 Mir F. M. Stillwell made a strong, el- oQuent. appropriate address on the occa- sion, and 1t was most happy time with the little workers for God. as the amounts in each of their mite boxes was read out
 Last year the helping hand Society raised $500 for missionary purposes and every one thought that was the high water mark. but when the boxes were opened on Sunday night 1t was found that the sum of SAo.3S had been col
 Rev. J. V. Dickinson delivered short address to the children. His subject was. When to build. where to build and how to build"
 MT. and Mrs Gray Vaughan have re- turned from Baltimore, where MT. Vaughan has been in the Johns Hop kins Institute for several weeks past He has come out entirely restored to health.
 W. F. Nell an old Selma boy, who now travels out of St. Louis. is in the city for few days visiting relatives and friends.
 Mrs. A. L. Mcleod. who has been so dangerously Ill for two weeks past, is reported to be greatly improved this morning This will be gratifying news to this lady's hundreds of friends both In Selma and Montgomery.
 John G. Brady and son Philip. of Tus- caIoosa are in the city today, MT. Bra