The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-02

| .ns Treat of oysters ....................... 1.5l turkeys for Thanksgiving:........... soo Cranberries .''.."'.'''.''''' 1'Ss So | Oysters for Christina. ma.s................. ID l Expressage on utlery................ l.90 | $8.so | Greenhouse.
 greenhouse. Mrs. Griffin has a choice col ] lection of plants and she has furnished | the money for the construction Of the house. which is F feet wide and p feet | hope to be able to sell plants and flowers | enough to pay for the outlay. The boys have dug the excavations for a coal cellar. for the water pipes and
 Our School.
 Our boys are doing excellent work in | the school room. and now that the num- Der has increased. we have arranged the details so half the boys are in school | and in the afternoon those who were in | the school during the forenoon take the places of those who were at work. in | printing office, shoe shop. carpenter shop, MT. S. B. Lowrie. teacher from Ohio and who gave up more lucrative posi- tion and joined our number for the good, he hopes to do, is assisting us in the school room and is making a success of Sunday Services Different pastors of Birmingham. East Lake and Woodlawn have been very kind to assist us in our Sunday services, and keep his appointment, we have the regu- lar service ourselves, with a Bible lesson and song service.
 Sickness. We have had very little sickness in our family. The absence of tobacco soon | az H. .xI lao A1axg appetites. Good. plain. wholesome food, regular hours for play. work and study, with plenty of sleep, soon makes mark ed improvement in the appearance of our having the services of the very best doc- tors in the country, free of charge Dr. Killough. Dr. Torrance and Dr. Brown have all rendered us material aid when we were in need of a physiciansl serv- | ices and all without charge. The managers of the school certainly appreciate the kindness of these three | physicians. all of whom have come at our boys. and Dr. Brown placed room at his intirmary at our disposal without charge. s..+..s
 We have not overlooked the military training of our boys Regular drill Is given them every week and they can march and go through most of the mili- tary evolutions of a battalion. We are
 
 guns so they may be taught the manual of arms.
 We then need a uniform, so that we may have the appearance of military or ganzation.
 Our Needs
 We need more tools in carpenter and shoe shops and more industries, so that we may keep our ooys employed at some congenial work.
 It Is idleness that causes most of the ffxy rir tHyifh hours for sleep, play and work, good, wholesome food, and regular meals, we are able to accomplish wonders. with the boys that are sent to us from various parts of the State.
 We need a good tailor, so that all the clothing, sheets, bedding, etc, can be made on the place. We ought to make all of our shoes. stockings and clothing;
 Our boys are from the following towns: Birmingham. 19; Woodlawn. 3; Pratt City, 2; Avondale, 2; East Lake. 1. Montgom- cry. 1; Guin,. l; Sheffield, 2; Eutaw. 2; vile, B; Attalla,. 2; columbiana, 2; from penitentiary 3; total 53.
 Of course a larger number is from Jefferson County, but the county pays for ten every mcSth. and eight others are paid for by parents or friends.
 The merchants of Birmingham have very generously given us goods at dis count. We buy groceries and dry goods of the wholesale dealers. at the same prices that the retail merchant pays. MT. King, the shoe man, gives us shoes for the boys at the cost price to him.
 Mr. Saks and others give us discount of 10 per cent. on goods bought of them. We bought all the caps of one kind that the Saks Clothing Company had in stock at a discount of 10 per cent. from his regular price. J. Black & Sons ordered for us two and one-half dozen more of the same to finish the number required and then made us a present of them when they arrived. If we had 8 good tailor. we could soon have our boys in uniforms with clothes made for each day.
 We feel that we have accomplished a little during the past year and half, but 1t Is not as much as we had hoped to accomplish We hope next year to be able to report more progress. We wish to thank the members of the Board for | their cooperation in all our plans for | the advancement of the work at the | school. We earnestly hope that the boys | may make such good citizens of them | selves that the noble ladies and gentle | men who are working with all their | might for the best good of the boys of | the State without any pecuniary com pensation, may feel that their labor has | not been in vain. Respectfully submitted, |
 c. D. Grifhn, Superintendent.
 Condensed stat sment of receipts and disbursements of the Alabama Industrial Farm for White Boys (by moaths) from January 1, 1901, to December S1 1901:
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