The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-22
MISS BARBER LEADS
VOTING FOR QUEEN OF sELMA's
STREET FAIR.
Much Interest in the Race Is Being
Nanifested-The st. James
Hotel to Be Over
hauled.
Advertiser Bureau s. |,

Advertiser Bureau
Selma Sept. q.
The votes for Queen of the Street Fair.
as counted tonight shows that Miss Adj
die Barber still leads with S72 votes. Mss
Msesl sgrts sscon third %,'R with tn ST. Miss
OctaviaS LauderdaleT has IA; ana MISS
Maggie Hughes 1873. s e.,,,,,
d AZ tife committee went around ron
hoy 10 box and unlocked them a crowd OF
interested onlookers followed showing the
Heep interest that is being taken IN the
contest by the adherents OF the oin asaiTg
roung ladies. The contest Is exciung,
hearty as much interest as Democrauc
primary election. and the followers OF
The different young ladies are worKlns
HE city systematically for votes. what
votes have been cast up to now are sim,
pIy preliminary to the, struggle that Will
be Witnessed when the contestants come
fown the home stretch; Just 9eiol bsp ps fhe
baiIoting will be closed. There are al
torfs Of rumors about people being torc-
I'd to buy ballots for this or that young ie
Be held back until the last day. ro,.
The enthusiasm for the Street tair
crows apace, and by Oct. 18th Selma VIII
be on great :. iai wor pom and A many new
and novel attractions are oeihs oooAco
zach day.
The St. James to Be overhauled.
The old St. James Hotel. which was
Selnna's leading hotel for many years.
Will be thoroughly overhauled and made
modern in every respect. All the stores
downstairs have been rented EN-, he out moved a to
the second floor. The entire mouse an VIII
be reopened and 1t will be pit in a., nr 8.
class condition in every respect. ne 81.
lanes Is situated at the corner OF water
and Washington streets, and IN the very
center, OF the wholesale part Of the city.
The present management Will run rum inc ne
.,,rrsA aver to a thorough, up-to-date
hotel man.
The City Sulphur Well.
Mr.. George Stuck, who has as,I the eo, oonT
Chamber sulphur bored well. mas pesn
hard at work for several days. put as
yet has accomplished little: The Uncle
out the sand. but 1t appears that tine
casing has rusted out and the sand
flows in as fast as 1t Is washed out; Az
stream Of water and 1t came up In the
niping to = height of fourteen feet aboye
the ground, and when confined al the
1Te But the sand flowed in and
the stream was soon lost again. ~
would seem that the work that the city
is doing viii not amount T. d great a aGd
that will be difficult and expensive pro-
cess on account of the fire alarm tower
being built over the we'll The well mas mas
man and Parrish wells were bored and
it is thought that they struck the same Sam
streams that fed the city well ana mus
stoned altogether. Mr.. Stuck has run
q pipe 41S feet down into the wei, o WHICH, toat
is somewhere between 600 and 7OO feet
deep.
Major wsiles's Eloquent Speech.
Major William E. WALES. who was g
gallant Confederate soldier. was one OF
the speakers at the Mckinley memorl a
meeting yesterday, and here Is what ne
said on that occasion:
Mr. President: -.
u an ex-Confederate soldier, in sorrow
come to lay my 9u thst s uest'e wise and
pi,re, man, Major William Mckinley. .lats
President of the United States, who-tel
while in the discharge OF ofnciai ou's
General Robert EsEee declared duty
was the most, suhlttils word In the Eng
lien ~ s = TSe T up to it
f,IIIegt measure toward God and man be-
comes grandly sublime in his own CHAR
acter. The seripturaf injunctiodn, u,,tb nal al
yoIIr might" was literally obeyed. b!
William Mckinley, whether as scno os,
teacher where under laborious enorts ms Is
health gave way as private soldler II
the army. where his conduct won the
confidence OF his superiors as quarIer
master sergeant. where by ms neterI mn,
warm food and coffee to his famlsnlne
comrades for which his commander or
the field announced him Lieutenant.
or for special courage in the thlckest OF
Hattie Tor which he was brevetted ma
ior When the war was over Genera
Joseph Z. Johnston SAID 70 me- Let uS
not make mistake we mus glN oS 0 0rr.
nose we claim for ourselves. rms wa:
I've autifulIy illustrated in the lie OF WI
liam MCKINLEY as atteste9 py az VIM
III in, ha
tion and could you have seen the tears
drop from the eyes OF the oecrGplI o3 OF.
federate soldier in Aala tiIae Snd CONN., nm,
when the United States should care fol
the graves of the Confederate SOLDIERS
as 1T was doing for the graves . Oh Cnlo NOR
nanimitv of his character, you Wouic
have fet we are again In our Iather
house. Prom this suggestion Congres:
ordered that a plot should be set apar'
n Arlington Cemetery and made the APP
preparation and directed that the Con
federate dead should be gathered IRON
ali over the District and Reinforced In
Arlington and that marble head an,
foot Stones should mark their graves
and today
From the silence of sorrowful homes
The desolate mOurners go,
Lovingly laden with flowers
Alike for friend and foe,
Under the sod and the dew
Waiting the Judgment Day,
Under the roses the blue,
Under the lilies the grey.
How childlike and sublimely beautiful
that faith, learned at his mother knee
which could enable him in his last part
ing with her, who was the companion o
his manhood and whom he loved peIIeI
than life itself, to say. moi our WIN
hut His be done" and as his wearict
snirit sought to burst the bars OF TIM
Tenement Of clay and looking across tn
river, he felt the change. and sweet!
sung, with his expiring breath. Nearer
NV God, to Thee, Nearer, to Thee, a;
his soul filled with ecstatic JOY passed
from life unto life and winged its wa!
to that Eternal City whose Maker an'
builder is God. there to rest from nj
iabors and bis his . NgEks do follow him
SELMA PARAGRAPHS.
t,aptain Harry Peacock's handsome new
residence on Alabama Street has bee
finished and 1t Is very much admired b.
ali who have been through 1t. 1t is on
If the handsomest of Selmas man
handsome residences
Mr.. w H. Forshee of Clanton, Is
visitor to the city today.
Tax Assessor Joe Lumpkin has returne
from a stay of several weeks at Bloun
Springs, much improved in health.
Mr.. and Mrs. /. Matt Meyer Of Tilder
spent yesterday in the city
Mr.. B. F. Toler has returned from
few days stay at Blount Springs.
Mr.. George B. Burns, who has bee