The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-22
Advertiser Bureau.

8J 2llIllIlnlP kl | Advertiser Bureau. | Mobile. Sept. N., The influx of homeseekers from the
 northwest the past week has already borne fruit, so far as this section of Ala
 bama is concerned. The party headed I by E. A. Summers went to Baldwin County shortly after reaching Mobile and the report Is that many of them pur- | chased or obtained options on lands on
 which to locate and develope the lands. W. B. Miller, land and industrial agent
 for the Alabama and Mississippi Railway Company and the Vinegar Bend Lumber Company. with his headquarters in Chicago, chaperoned party to Fruitdaie, Washington County. including twenty three people, all of whom were on the search for locations for homes and farms Mr Miller. with his party. after spending few hours in Fruitdale, repaired to Vinegar Bend, forty-eight miles north of Mobile, on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad
 and at once began Investigating the
 quality of the lands on the railroad from
 Venegar Bend to Leakesville, Miss. number of the homeseekrs with Mir. Miler, were seen yesterday by your rep | resentative. all of whom expressed them- selves as well pleasd with the soil climatic |
 fact they were so well pleased that each and all of them purchased lands within | the neighborhood of Burbank, a station on the Alabama and Mississippi Railroad. three miles from Venegar Bend and a number of them decided not to return to their homes in Chicago and Milwaukee,
 but to at once begin the erection of
 homes and send for their families. Bur
 bank is new town recently originated hxrA lA vHv1A ,--l and Is already well settled. A school building and church house has already
 been contracted for and will be erected In the next thirty days. There Is depot at the place and the people enjoy a daily | mall and freight service over the new l road.
 Mir. Miller stated that he had another party of homeseekers booked to come to this territory the latter part of next | month. all of whom he expected to locate.
 Chief of Police Case this morning re- | commended to Mayor Mclean the dis | charge of F. A. Griffin. one of the de- tectives, from the Police Department. Mayor Mclean investigated the charges
 and ordered the immediate dismissal of
 the detective, at the same time advanc- ing Special Officer Joseph Lacey to the PUSiluH OL uctcCIiVe. The QlSmlGSdl was for a fragrant violation of the rules goy- erning the Department. Policeman William J. Collins was sus- pended indefinitely by Chief Case for vio- lating the police rules. The action of the Chief will be investigated by the Mayor tomorrow.
 iE. F. Shaw, a conductor on the Davis Avenue electric car line, reports that he
 was set upon by a negro at 1:3o o'clock
 last night and cut across the nose and
 slashed across the back of the neck, be- cause he had requested him to move to
 the rear of the car in accordance with
 the separation ordinance. The negro
 waited until ready to get off the car.
 when he used his knife and then es- capped.
 Mrs. Miller. a lady living on Hallett Street. between Spring Hill Avenue and Old She'll Road, in stepping from an cleo tric car on Dauphin Street this morning slipped and fell, sustaining injuries which necesttated her being sent to her home. She laid no blame to the conductor or motorman.
 Michael Buckley, a fireman aboard the British steamship Brookwood, fell through a skylight on board. dropping in- to the engine room and sustaining pos- sibly fatal injuries. He was taken to a hospital.
 Minnie Williams, wanted in Pensacola for assault with intent to murder, was apprehended tonight by Detectives Davis and Lacey. Her victim was another wo- man.
 Thomas Gartman, a well-known timber inspector of Dwight, Ala, died late Satur- day night. His remains were inferred in the cemetery at Citronelle yesterday. Mir. Gartman was well known in Mobile.
 Two mad dogs were killed yesterday, one by Policeman Sheridan on Lawrence be- tween Congress and State Streets, and the other by Policeman Gibson on Ry- lands Lane.
 Secretary Boiling of the Cotton Ex- change. reported receipts of cotton to tliis port this morning. as 2.7S3 bales. the lai sest for the present season.
 Mir. Jack Davis, day operator at the police station is i'll at Providence Infirma- him to morrow.
 Rufus Jones. late managing editor of The Herald. with Mrs. Jones, left this afternoon for Dawson. Ga, where they will reside.
 David P. Burns Is in Mobile, called here by the death of his little daughter, Bes- sic. mention of which was made in The Advertiser.
 C. w Soost has brought his family home from their summering on Mon Louis Island, as also has Captain Charles
 T. B. Taylor. Coleman Merriwether and H. E. Mccormack of Birmingham, are registered at the Battle House.
 w. D. Belingrath of Montgomery is a | guest at the Battle House.
 Dave Meyer of Mt. Olive. Miss, is in the city on a business trip.
 J. M. Cody of Montgomery is in the city.
 M. H. Bum of Birmingham. is in the city.
 Mobile Society News.
 Miss Alice Boyle has returned from a delightful trip to Canada, visiting Mag ara Falls and New York en route
 Mrs. Ferdinand Meyer and daughters have returned from Point Clear, where they have been summering.
 Saturday afternoon a most enjoyable tug party was given by MT. Horace Up- ton and MT. Mobley Lewis to a number