The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-27
PASSING THRoNG.

m.SS==SsSS , Mir. Phiio C. Dix, the General Secretary of the Young Mems Christian Associa- ton of Henderson, ky, Is in Montgom- cry. spending his yearly vacation with his fathers family.
 MT. Dix is a brother of MT. Lell D. Dix, the local General Secretary of the Y. M. c. A. He has accepted an invita- ton from the Religious Meetings Com mittee, to deliver an address before the mems meeting at 4 o'clock next Sunday afternoon. '"Tlse Motto Text of the Chris tian Life" has been announced as the subject of his address.
 Mir. Dix has many friends in Montgom- cry, having at one time been associated with the local organization of the Y. M. c. A. as Assistant Secretary. MT. Dix was identified with the Y. M. c. A. work during the Spanish-American war. hav- ing been stationed with the 1st Alabama Regiment After the conclusion of the war with Spain Mir. Dix attended the Secretarial Institute Training School of Young Mems Christian Associations of North America. where he graduated in 1901.
 Mir. Dix is devoting, his life to the Y. NJ. c. A. work, and because of his en- thusiasm and strong convictions, there is no doubt but that his address will be an interesting one.
 The Birmingham Age-Herald has the following to say of a prominent Mont gomerian:
 "Mr w. F. vandiver. the leading wholesale merchant of Montgomery. and who is also connected with almost every prominent public institution in the beau tiful capital city. was a visitor to Bir- mingham yesterday. He came here to meet a party of capitalists to discuss some matters in which he Is interested and incidentally he contracted for years supply of coal for the Montgom- cry Light and Power Company, of which he is President
 MT. Vandiver. with Colonel B. L. Holt. recently financed in New York a new street railway for Montsomery, and he stated yesterday that the work of con structing the new road was progressing satisfactorily. The company expects to have cars running to Pickett Springs, the famous pleasure resort near Montgomery, by August 1.
 A special from Washington to The New York Evening Post contains the follow ing interview with United States District Attorney Warren s. Reese of this city,
 
 in Alabama: I
 ''rhe young Republicans are ambitious to build up a clean and vigorous party which shall prove attractive to the white people. In their efforts they do not wish to be handicapped by the presence on the Executive Committee of negroes, who are not able to register under our new law, and who could not. therefore, vote. The election laws that Alabama has adopted were framed chiefly to keep the negroes from voting; if the ultimate result be not the building up of Republican party that the voters will eventually prefer to Democracy, l am greatly mistal4n."
 Hon. John w. Abercrombie, State Su- perintendent of Education and Presi- dent-elect of the State University, re- turned yesterday morning from Tusca- loosa. He is closing up his affairs with the State Educational Department pre- paratory to going to Tuscaloosa Tues day to assume his new duties. An ad- journed meeting of the Board of Trustees of the University will be held in Tus- caloosa Tuesday and Mr. Abercrombie kwill be present at this meeting.
 Mir Gordon R. Catts, an old Montgom- cry boy, who has been at the United States Military Academy at West Point. N. r., for two years, is at home on furlough and is spending a few days in the city with Mir. John Pitts on South Lawrence Street MT. Catts Is in excel lent health and he has improved very much during his stay in the Empire State.
 Mir s. H. Hardwick. General Passenger Agent of the Southern Railway. was in Montgomery a few hours yesterday en route to Washington from Memphis, where he has been attending a meeting of the Southeastern Passenger Agents Association. Mir Hardwick is a native of Montgomery. and has many warm friends here.
 Colonel Ben F. Fillmore of Demopolis. came to Montgomery yesterday from El- more station where he has been visiting his parents. He is accompanied by Mrs. Fillmore .and her children They will re- main in Montgomery until Saturday.
 Mir. A. E. Carruth. Tax Collector of Cleburne County, was at the State Cap itol yesterday from his home in Edwards ville and made his final settlement with the State Auditor for the tax year 1902.
 w W. Benson of Fort Deposit High School passed through Montgomery yes terday en route. to Knoxville Tenn. to take the sumner course
 Judge John Stewart of Marion, a dele gate to the last Constitutional Conven- tion was in Montgomery yesterday.
 Bryan Was Not Invited.
 Lincoln. Neb., June 26.-W. J. Bryan this evening made the announcement that he was not invited to the Tiden Club ban quet in New York. addn gthat it he had