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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-17
MISS BYRD's RECITAL.

Last evening Miss Emily Byrd, assist ed by Miss Nomia Carter, soprano, gave a piano recital to which she had issued invitation programs to a number of her friends. Miss Byrd wore pretty toilette of white organdie trimmed In forget-me- nots and graced the piano with ease and self possession. She played with breadth of tone quite remarkable in so young a woman and in her performance gave great promise of high attainment in the future. -..
 Miss Carter in her numbers was the delight she always Is to the friends who have enjoyed her lovely voice
 The program last evening was as fol- lows:
 1. Carnival Mignon: 1. Prelude; 2. Ser enade d'Harlequin; 8. Tristesse de Co., lumbine: {. Polichinelle (Burlesaue); 5. Pierrot Reveur; S. Caprice Sganarelle (Eduard Schutt)-Miss Byrd.
 2. (a) Spring (Georg HenscheD. (b) Thy Name (Edna Rosaline Park)-Miss Carter.
 8. (a) "Hark, hark; The Lark" (Schu- bert -Liszt); (b) Nachtstuke No. 1: (b> Novelette, No. 8 (Schumann)-Mlss Byrd.
 l. (al The Contrabandiste" (Schu- mann-Tausig); (b) Nocturne No. (Sgam- beti); (c) Valse-Caprice (Rubinstein>- Miss Byrd.
 5. (a) Love the Pedlar Edward Ger man); (b) Songs My Mother Taught Me (Dvorak)-Miss Carter.
 G. Rhapsodie Guerriere (Sinding)-Miss Byrd.
 The following verses were written by Miss Norman Williams and were read by request at the meeting of the Ionian Club when entertained on Saturday by Mrs. Burwell Boykin.
 The lines were inspired by the beaud- full view of the Alabama River from the Capitol:
 Ever seeking the fathomless ocean,
 There to swell the silver spray, Broad. majestic. grand and beautiful,
 Wends the river its quiet way. Through sleeping village and thriving city
 Lies its path to the restless deep Through dreary plain and sunny meadow
 It's flashing waters sweep. Upon it's calm and smiling bosom
 Dancing sunbeams stop to rest And when the shades of night have falln
 In gleaming moonlight is It drest 'Tis resistless and unceasing
 In It's silent, peaceful flow While the winds that sigh above 1t
 Alone its shadowy secrets know. An. thou beautiful, mighty river,
 Winding swiftly toward the sea, Hidden within thy sparkling depths
 Lies the emblem of eternity.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-17
ALUMNI TO GIVE BANQUET.
University Men to Get Together
 Friday Evening,

Tho alumni of the University of Alabama living in Montgomery will on Friday nigh entertain their friends. alumni of the insti tuition, at an elaborate banquet at the Unior Station diningrooms.
 Prominent alumni of the honored institution from all over the State have been invited ant it Is expected that President John W. Aber crombie of the University. Judge William S Thorington. dean of the Law Department. ana pr. Eugene A. Smith. Professor of Geology will attend.
 There are at the Capitol now. including the legislators. committee clerks. heads of depart ments and their various clerks over sixty men who once studied in classic Tuscaloosa. Many of these are men of State and more than State prominence and the committee to whom the arrangements have bean assigned say that the affair will be A noteworthy one.
 Governor JeIks and Superintendent of Educa- ton I. ". Hill have been invited to be the guests of the University men.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-17
CRIMINAL COURT BEGINS.
will Watson, Negro, Convicted of
 Larceny.


 Will Watson, a negro. was the sole criminal convicted yesterday, the opening day of the criminal division of the Mont gomery City Court for the February term. Watson was charged with petit larceny, having stolen chickens from the yard of F. c. Shepard. He was fined in the court of Recorder A. H. Arlington but appealed to the City Court. A verdict of $10 was brought in against Watson.
 Other cases. ali appeals from the Re- corder. disposed of were as follows: City vs. J. F. Hutchinson. violating see- ton sos of the city Code, continued.
 City vs. P. F. Rallies and s. E. Shores, collision, continued by defendant.
 City vs. Albert Pitts, carrying concealed pistoI judgment final against defendant and suretes
 The jurors this week are E. E. Huffman, John Hanson, G. P Haardt. w. T. Dean. T. c. Savers, G. W. Dean, J. M. Talley. c F. Holiday W. M. Ganay, Jackson Boyd. D. E. Harris, F. E. Deyer.
 Jury No. PC. B. Davis, A. T. William son. J. S. Mahoney. J, A. Smith, B. p. Burson. shep Gardner. J. A. Chambless, M. F. sullivant. R. L. Knight, F. J. O'Dwyer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-17
IN COMPLIMENT
 TO MISS CLARKE

Mrs. J. I. Mckinney entertained at dinner yesterday afternoon in honor of Miss Julia Clarke of Selma, when covers were laid for ten and the table was adorned in an artistic placing of violets and daffodils.
 A feature of the occasion was the verse written by the hostess on the name of each guest.
 After dinner some lovely music was en- ioyed.
 The guests were Mrs. s. G. w. Thor ington, Mrs. A. D. Sayre. Mrs. Frank Lockwood. Mrs. Halls Janney. Mrs. C.. w. Rettison. Mrs. Richard Browder, Miss Frances Griffin and Miss Mary Johnston.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-17
MISS HAMLIN AND
 MIR. ADAMS MARRIED

Announcement has been received by friends in Montgomery of the marriage of MT. William Lamar Adams. formerly of Montgomery, and Mis- Ina Beatrice Hamlin of San Francisco. Cal.
 Mir. Adams is son of Mrs. Dean of California. who was formerly Mrs. Jamie Lanier Adams and before her marriage Miss Lanier. The marriage of her son will be of interest to her friends in Mont gomery.
 The bride Is daughter of Mir. and Mrs. A. M. Hamlin of San Francisco.
 The young couple are at home at 1918 Pierre Street San Francisco. Call
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-17
MILLIKIN-BRooKs.

The following invitation has been re- ceived by friends in Montgomery;
 Mir. and Mrs. Evetus Whiddon in vitc you to be present at the marriage of their sister Carrie Louise Brooks to Captain William Wallace Millikin. Thurs day morning, February 26. 1903, at s:so o'clock
 At home Dothan, Ala, after March r.. 1903"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-17
Newr in Brief.

GOVERNOR JELKS yesterday appointed Johr Boswell Notary Public and Ex-officio Jus tice of the Peace for Beat 2. Talladega Coun ty. and as constables J. J. Phillips. Beat | | Talladega County: l.. M. Thomas, Beat i7 Talladesa County: W. E. Thompson, Beat Q Talladega County.
 THE Advertiser Is indebted to Mrs. W. Carno Holt for some beautiful flowers from hel garden at Ksnsington Heights. They wert like a glimpse of Summer despite the colo cutting winds of yesterday.
 A HIGHLAND Avenue car was deraiied las night at o'clock at the corner of Highland Avenue and Hall Street on account of sunken rail at a switch.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-17
B. F. CROSBY RELEASED.
Negro Who Was Accused of Pension
 Trauda

An order was Issued yesterday by H. H. Matthews. Clerk of the City Court, re- leasing from the county jail Ben F. Crosby, the negro charged with false pretense in regard to alleged pension frauds practiced upon ex-slaves.
 The recently adjourned grand jury fail ed to indict Crosby and the United States Commissioner failed to hold him for in- vestigation by the federal grand jury.
 The other prisoners. whom the grand jury failed to indict will be released to- day.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-17
Confirmed by Senate

Washington. Feb. 16.-Conf1rmations by the Senate: James B. Mclaughlin North Dakota, to- be an Indian Inspector; Will liam F. Stanley. Kansas. Commissioner to negotiate with the Indians of the Cher okee. Choctaw. Chickasaw, Muskogee and Seminole tribes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-17
Highland Parkers in Town.

Those citizens of Highland Park who are opposed to annexation to Montgom- cry were no doubt surprised when they learned of the ease with which the amend ment annexing their little village to Mont gomery slipped through the House yes terday afternoon.
 Their only recourse will be to appeal to Senator Screws, but 1t is understood that the Senator will ask the upper House to concur in the amendment.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-17
WOMAN Qno
 SOCIETY.
(BY MRS. J. N. de coTTEs.)

patrick for the purpose of making arr engagements for a fiddlers' convention which they will hold in March. The $25 promised the monument fund was paid to the director. Mrs. l.. G. Dawson, who win go to opeliza to attend a meeting of the board of the Alabama Division, U. D.. C.. which will be held there on February the 18th.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-17
General Johnston's Lecture Postponed

On account of extreme cold weather re- ported for Tuesday, 47th, the lecture to have been delivered by Gen. Geo. D. John- stone on this date, for the benefit of the Soldiers Home is postponed. Due notice of time for the 1eliv, cry of this lecture will be given. Tickets already sold good for the date to be announced. adv.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-17
Good Things to Eat.

The little girls and boys, as well as grown folks, like nicely risen cakes. pies. wAGiss. bis- cuits, etc. Why shouldn't they have them when a pound can of "GooD LUCK Baking Pow der-she best leAvener--can be had of the grocer for ten cents7 "GooD LUCK" produces the incest, lishtest and most wholesome bread, etc, and in every six-ounoe can win be found e sectton-two sections in every pound can. Are you saving themf
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-17
Passing Throns

0f- = =s1sss Q Dr. John A wyeth of New York. famous a. surgeon and author. spent Sunday in Mont gomery with his young son, Marion Sims Wyeth. who is named in honor of his dis; tingushed grandfather. the late Dr. Marion Sims. pr. Wyeth and his young son have been to Florida on a hunting and fishing ex- petition and were returning North. They visited the State Capitol and Master wyeth secured a number of kodak views of the his- toric building and grounds. A number of Montgomery physicians called at the Ex- change Hotel to see Dr. wyeth. He and his son left Sunday evening for Guutersville. the former home of Dr. wyeth, where they will spend several days before returning to New York.
 Rev. Father Hugh oBrien received a letter yesterday from Rev. Father D. Savage of St. Peters Catholic Church. which was dated at Queenstown, in which he said he would sail from that point Feb. 20. He win come via Halifax. Nova Scotia; Boston, Mass. New York, Niagara Falls. Buffalo. N.8Y Cincinnati, O. and Louisville Ky. and will spend 6 while at each of these places. Father O. Brien says he expects Father Saw age to return to Montgomery about April 1. Mir R. N. Parker prominent and influential citizen of Alexander City. was In Montgom- cry last night.
 Mir. H. o. Ray of Andalusia was in the city Sunday. He stayed at the Windsor. Mir. J. T. Brook of Birmingham was at the Windsor yesterday.
 Mir W. H. Lawton of Trenton, N. j., is al the Exchange.
 Mir. W. H Moore came down from Birming- ham Sunday.
 Mir. Lyman Ward of Camp Hill was in town yesterday.
 Mir. J. s. Moore of Jasper is e visitor to Mont gomery.
 Mir c D. Heart of Troy is in Montgomery to day.
 Mir R P. wilson of Auburn Is at the Mabson Hon. T. L. Long of Jasper is in the city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-17

| ceived by friends in Montgomery: Mrs. Anna c. Powell requests the hon. or of your presence at the marriage of her daughter. Mabel C., to Captain. Will liam M. Selden on Saturday. February | twenty first, nineteen hundred and three l at o'clock, St. James Church. Chicago, Illinois.
 "At home after March first. at 523 Dex- ter Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama" i A touching incident at the Soldiers | Home at Mountain Creek yesterday was when one of the old soldiers and one of the visiting members of the Legislature recognized ca ch in the other an old school mate. They had drifted apart and now | met again. One in his old age finds a | sheltering home. at this Home, provided for the old Confederate soldiers, and the other is serving his State as a law maker.
 MT. Hampton Black, son of Mir. and Mrs. J. Walter Black, writes from Cor nell University. Ithaca, N. Y. that so terrible an epidemic of typhoid fever has broken out in the college that the school Is broken up. There are seventy cases in the hospital now and several deaths have occurred. The boys are leaving rapidly. MT. Black will arrive home tomorrow.
 A party went with Colonel and Mrs. J. M. Falkner on Sunday to visit the Confederate Soldiers Home at Mountain Creek, including twelve members of the Legislature. The ladies of the party were Mrs. Margaret Clanton, Mrs. J. A. Kirk patrick, Mrs. Thomas Wilkerson, Mrs. Cameron, Mrs. Pierce of Greenville, Miss Sara Jones, Mrs. w. B. Jones.
 r1 nd ku1n dren, Misses Nina and Grace of Monte vallo. are spending several days with MT. Lyman at the Magnolia on Dexter Ave nue. Mir. Lyman is a member of the Legislature from Shelby County.
 The bridal party of the Norwood- Dun ham wedding, which will take place to- morrow, will be entertained this evening at the home of the prospective brides father, MT. Bradford Durham.
 Several small affairs wil be given in the next few days in honor of MT. and Mrs. Christian Gudebrod of New York, who are the guests of Mir. and Mrs. James s. Ptnckard.
 General and Mrs. W. c. Oates will en- certain at an informal chaffing dish sup per this evening in compliment to Gov ernor and Mrs. William Dorsey Jelks.
 MT. and Mrs. J. Walter Black have purchased the beautiful residence 216 South Court Street and will move in a few weeks.
 Lieutenant George A. Herbst, who will be best man at the Norwood- -Dunham wedding, is the guest of MT. Henry Bart lett.
 Master Jack Kirkpatrick spent the day Sunday at Mountain Creek with the par ty who went to visit the Soldiers Home.
 The card party at which Mrs. A. Uhl- fielder was to have entertained today is postponed until tomorrow afternoon.
 MT. and Mrs. J. F. Baldwin and son of Hamburg la, are in the city. They are stopping at the Windsor Hotel.
 Misses Alma Joseph and Theo. Welsh will entertain a few friends at a chaf- fng dish psrty tomorrow evening.
 Her friends will be grieved to learn that Mrs. c. R. Boyd is still very i'll at her home on Madison Avenue.
 The Willing Circle of the First Presby- terion Church will meet with Mrs. J. A. Kirkpatrick this afternoon.
 Miss Olin Pierce will entertain few friends at a chaffing dish party this avanfnH
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-17

When q woman goes down town to buy a silver gilt safety pin she begins with pricing diamond tiaras.
 once an honest man went into politics, but Ahe died from shock
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-17
NOTICE FEDERATION
COMMITTEE

The members of the Arrangement Com mittee of the recent Federation Conven- ton will please meet on tomorrow (Wed- nesday) afternoon at 3:30 at the home of Mrs. J. A. Kirkpatrick on Court Street.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-17
MEEr1Na OF THE rINTAoIL.

The members of the Tintagil met with Misses Mary and Nimmo Green yesterday afternoon when the study of the play Antony and Cleopatra" occupied the clubs attention, and a paper on the city of Alexandra was read by Miss Nim- mo Green.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-17
Police Commission Bill.

The Montgomery Police Commission bill is still on the desk of Governor Jelks not yet having received his official ap- proval.
 It is said that a determined effort is making to convince the Governor that the bill should not be approved. Lawyers visited the Governor yesterday and under took to show him that the act is uncon- stitutional These lawyers would not say whom they represent.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-17
MEETING OF SOPHIE BIBB
 CHAPTER. IT D..

The members of the Sophie Bibb Chap ter of the United Daughters of the Con- federacy held a special meeting yesterday afternoon at the home of Mrs. J. A. Kirk
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-17
NOTICE NO NAME CLUB.

The No Name Club will meet tomor- row Wednesday, with Mrs A. D. Seeley at her home on Perry Street. The hour Is 10:30 o'clock.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-17

The worst thing about waiting for dead mems shoes is that you are apt to get cold Seet~..
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-17
FIRST GLASS SERVICE
Not the Cheapest But the Best a
 Holt's Dye Works,

We are better equipped than any house in the South to do high grade cleaning dyeing. pressing. repairing, alterations and tailoring. There are others cheaper but none better. Telephone 432. adv.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-17
Delegation from Evergreen.

A delegation of twenty-one citizens of Evergreen. including Mayor H. o. Shields and Councilmen J. M. Sims, M. A. Gault and D. E. Witherington. held meeting at the Exchange Hotel at 8 o'clock last night to advocate the bill which provides for a dispensary in Evergreen and which has been adversely reported by the Com mittee on Temperance.
 The purpose of the coming of the dele gation to Montgomery is to interest rep- resentatives and Senator Butler of the Seventeenth District on the dispensary question, and request that the inhabi- tants of Evergreen be allowed to vote on the issue. It is expected that Senator Powell will introduce similar bill to- day
 It is said that the prevailing sentiment of the people of Evergreen is in favor of a dispensary. The nature of the bill Is similar to all other dispensary bills, ex- cepting that 1t provides that 25 per cent of the proceeds of the dispensary will go to the public schools of the county.
 The delegation is composed of the fol- lowing: H. o. Shields, J. M. Sims, M A. Can't, D. E. Witherington, J. F. Good son, c. P. Deming. G. R. Farnham, W. W. Wild, L.. w. Wild. A. Jay. IT,, Dr. Thomas Mcdonald. L. W. Savage, F. J. McCreary, J. D. Burnett. Y. M. Long. L. Jackson, J. D. Deming, c. M. Ether idge. W. W. Pridgen, w. T. Wiggins and Irby Smith.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-17
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The following invitations have been re- ceived by friends in Montgomery:
 Mrs. Anna c. Powell requests the hon. or of your presence at the marriage of her daughter. Mabel C., to Captain. Will liam M. Selden on Saturday, February twenty first, nineteen hundred and three at 8 o'clock. St. James Church. Chicago, Illinois.
 "At home after March first. at 523 Dex- ter Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-17

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-17
LEGISLATION
 AND LEGISLATORS
For A Greater Elba.

A Greater Elba Is the object or dele- gation now in the city from that place. Messrs. James Murphree. F. P. Rainer, w. M. Rushing, M. s. Carmichael H. R. Bradley and W. NJ. Tucker are here to urge upon the legislators the advisability of extending the limits of the town so as to make it a mile square at least.
 But the Elbans are not all expansion ists. This Is evidenced by the presence in the city of a fighting delegation com posed of Messrs. c. S. Lee, A. V. Buck, J, w, Duke and G. E. McGowan, who contend that the town is already large enough and who will contest the expan- sion movement.
 A bill to extend the limits of the town has been introduced in the House and is under consideration by the House Com mittee on Municipalities. Hearings are to be given both parties to the controversy before the measure is reported.
 Senator Halls Big Mail.
 Senator Hall of Baldwin needs three or four able-bodied Secretaries de osteo- pathy. As a result of the Senator's re- cent stand in defense of the bill intro duced in behalf of the new school of medi- cine. he seems to have been singled out as sort of modern Don Quixote. rither of wrongs. and savior of despairing causes.
 Letters from every section of the State are coming thick and fast, urging, plead ing and praying him to use every infiu- ence at his command in the interests Of the osteopathy bill. Among the writers are the lame, the halt and the blind, who have tasted of the water of osteopathy and found 1t good.
 Senator Hall cannot, single-handed. cope with the situation. He cannot read all the letters he is receiving daily. much less answer them, and they are piling up in his apartments in an alarming manner.
The independent., 1903-03-12

taxed at the same rate as other prop
erty in the state. That was the issue
in the last campaign. The subject was
given so much prominence and so full
ly discussed that it was impossible
that the voters should not know what
the issue was. The railroads main
tanned that they were taxed enough.
They went to great expense to pub
lish their views, paying for the inser-
ton of articles at regular advertising
rates.
The other side of the case was just
as fully presented. The fusionists
claimed that the value of property was
what it would exchange for in money
and that all property should be as
sessed upon that basis, That where
roads had lately been sold for from
$4,000 to $4,000 a mile that that
should be the basis of assessment for
taxation. The campaign was fought
out Uu tudt tihS dHu q iudJOII ItJ VI IuS
people of the state said by their bal
lots that they did not want railroads
and other corporations to pay the same
rate of taxation that the remainder of
the people of the state paid on their
property. They voted that they did
not like the kind of government that
reduced the state debt, doubled the
apportionment to the common schools,
provided for the state university, de-
clined to pardon convicts, refused to
increase taxation, and that they want
ed a government that would not tax
the property of corporations the same
as other property was taxed, that
would increase the state debt, reduce
the apportionment to common schools,
curtail the usefulness of the uniyer-
sity and raise the rate of taxation.
They did that after all the facts were
presented to them.
The Independent holds to the prin-
ciple that the majority should rule and
will not abandon it. The majority said
The independent., 1903-03-12

what kind of government they wanted
and they should have it, Members of
the legislature elected by the republic
can party who refuse to exempt the
railroads from the payment OF the
same rate of taxation as other prop
erty, are traitors to their constitu-
ents and are not heroes and patriots.
II they held those views before elec-
ton, then they deceived the men who
furnished the funds and secured their
election. Deception is not an attri-
butte of patriotism. Representatives
in the legislature should carry out the
wishes of those who elected them and
not turn over to the opposition. "A
republican member of the legislature
who votes with the fusionists to tax
the railroads is not hero, but base
deceiver and betrayer of those who
elected him.
A fusionist who betrays his constitu-
ents and votes with the republicans to
exempt the railroads from paying
their share Of taxes is a man of the
same character. No reform paper
would think of making hero of him.
The independent., 1903-03-12

The Independent is forced to take
exceptions to the course that some re-
form papers in this state are pursu-
ing. 1t cannot see the thing in the
same light they do. The facts, which
none of these papers will deny, are as
follows:
The fusionists held the state govern
ment for time and during that time
greatly decreased the state debt. This
they did in the most severe years of
depression and hardship that this
state has ever known. They greatly
increased the apportionment to COM
mon schools. They provided gener-
ously for the state university. They
did this after the state treasury had
been robbed of over half million dol
lars by representative of the repub-
lican party, and without increasing
taxation in the slightest degree. The
people of the state did not like that
Kind of government, turned them out
and restored the republicans to power.
Upon regaining power, the republi-
cans pardoned the man who had
robbed the treasury, reduced the ap-
preparations to the common schools
and their governor vetoed an appro-
priation for the state university and
greatly crippled 1t in its work. By
the appointment of inefficient guards
two of the state buildings were burned
down, large number of convicts were
released from the penitentiary through
pardons and combinations and the
state debt began to increase at an as
tonishins rate.
To meet this new condition of af-
fairs the fusionists proposed that rail-
road and other corporations should be