The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-10
FOR TAYLOR LECTURE ATTENDANCE WILL, BE A RE-
 CORD DREAMER. Services of Ladies Club of Xontgom- cry Are Sought By Those Inter-
 ested in vetsrans' Home Movement

The several committees engaged in the task of selling tickets for the lecture of Governor Bob Taylor are actively and enthusiastically at work. The entire city is aroused ir the cause.
 Each committee Is using its best efforts to excel the others. The Central Commit tee. which has charge of the sale of the tickets. has addressed encouraging letters of information to the district chairmen, the Presidents of several womeu's club. and those who have undertaken to organ ize clubs for the sale of tickets in places out of Montgomery.
 The Central Committee is composed of A. c. Forbes. chairman; Charles B. Teas ley. M. L. Greil and George w. Jones. In it's address to the chairmen of the dif- ferent district committees. the commit tee states that 1t is expected that 10000 tickets to the Taylor lecture will be sold In Montgomery. The letter directs that all of the committees assemble in the rooms of the Commercial and Industrial Association at 8 o'clock on the night of Wednesday, June II, when report from each committee will be expected on the work that 1t has dore.
 At tfis meeting. the Central Committee hopes that there will be many of the la dies who have nobly assisted in the work of disposing of the tickets to the lecture These ladies will also be given reserved seats at the lecture Saturday night. The committees are encouraged by the sug- gestion that one of the cottages at the Home will be named by the committee selling the highest number of tickets. At the Wednesday night meeting the treas- urer of the Central Committee, M. l.. Greil, will be present to receive the anc unt' obtained from the sale of the tickets and due credit will be given by Secretary Charles B. Teasley.
 The Central Committees letter to the Presidents of the various women's clubs of the city is a strong communication. It explains that the great Tennessee lec' turer will deliver his most eloquent per oration on the .Old Plantation" on the night of June 14 for the benefit of the Soldiers Home at Mountain Creek. The letter sets forth that the tickets will be sold by committees in the several dis tricts of the city, and asks the co-opera> tic II of the ladies. It says:
 Our committee has in mind the great achievements, especially for a cause or this kind, that have been successfully ac' complished by the ladies of Montgomery. and takes this method of invoking the hearty cooperation of yourself and the members of your club to lend assistance to the committees appointed so that ev- eryone of the 10000 tickets laid aside Tor Montgomery may be disposed of. Every Confederate soldier who will be benented by this undertaking will bless the name of the good ladies of the State for the kindly interest. There are more than one hundred of these noble men in the poor houses of the State"
 The committee suggests to each clup President that tickets be obtained for all members of the club in which event an attempt will be made to have arrange ments made for seating the members Tn body. The Presidents are requested to bring the matter before the several clubs at the earliest moment
 Letters explaining the efforts that are being made and the work that IS being done to make the lecture Of Governor Taylor an unqualified financial success have been written to prominent citizens of towns and cities near Montgomery. The recipients of the letters are urged to organize and systematically canvass Tor the sale of tickets in their respective towns. Among the prominent citizens or the different towns written to are H. Fl. Barnes. Myrtle; H. A. Belser, Pike Road; I. w. Bargainer, Cecil; J. M. Handy, Mt- Meigs: John c. Carter. Chisholm; A. H. Clarke. Hope Hull; Walter Bros, B. R. Reynolds, Tharin: J. T. Robertson, LeGrand, and $. w. Wiiham- son. Sellers.