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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-28
MISS JoNEgs MUSICAL RECITAL

, Among the graduates in music at
 Wards Seminary in Nashville, Tenn.
 last Friday evening was Miss Mary Belle
 Jones of Montgomery. Of the recital The Nashville American
 says:
 "At Ward Seminary Friday night pupils of Mrs. Randle in piano, and vocal
 pupil of Mir. Starr, gave recital which
 excel.ed many professional concert
 heard in Nashville the past and other
 seasons. It was an artistic and high class entertainment which would have been we'll worth an admission price. The
 selections presented were those, which stand in the relation to music that
 Shakespeare does to literature. They were
 the finest, and while full of melody had educative value. The young ladies dem onstrated two things, erst the study and work they had been through and second. and perhaps best, the undoubted possess
 sion of heavens given talent which gave to their performance the touch of fire and genius which made 1t indeed a treat | to listen to- | Of Miss Jones in particular The Ameri- can says:
 Miss Mary Belle Jones achieved what 1 many professional pfanists fall on, ga sc | an intelligent and sympathetic intsrp'e- tation of Bach and Chopin" The program rendered by Miss Jones was as follows: | Bach, Prelude in q minor. Chopin. Prelude. Op. 2S. | Schumann- Liszt. Frulingsnacht. | Stcvenhagen, Caprice. Op. 2. Raff, Marchen
 | MozzRowsld Valse, Op. B. Mozart Concerto No. 3 (al,egro.)
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-28
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xr am fs Marshall WeHborn ot ! Se ' urle,. who have been the sues,s guests r Dent, eft yesterday for Admission yFn+ e aheywill visit MT. and Mrs. Max 1 z. Jsega iThey are on their wedding Journey ant will return to montgomery fore theN leave for New Iork, rom Sfish point they will sail for Europe. on J.l l 10. Mr. and Ms. Wellborn VIII spene the simmer abroad. Mrs, Ayefy C. Moore, who has been visiting ner parents Mir. and Mrs. Jacon Pepre rman will leave tomorrow morn ing on her return Journey to .Granseniie. Idaho She Ill be joined in st. i|ouis uy MT. Moore. who Is there now, sorsn,,. Mrs ing and will take with her the olo mammy who has been with the Pepperman fam- 1 fly for thirty years.
 By some error. the name of one of the writers for the bright little Backtalk- | TaIkback, Donnybrook Fair paper. was | left out. It was that of Miss Juiia | Moses who wrote some or the veIy | brightest of the bits that were so enjoyed | durlng the continuance of the fair. l Mir. James S. Hardawsy will leave the latter part of the week for Las | Vegas. New Mexico, where he will re- l main for some time for the benefit of his | health It is possible that his mother, Mrs J. H. Hardaway. may accompany | him. but this has not been decioeu upon. Mrs. Harry Graham of Chicago arrived | last evening and is the guest of MT. ana
 Mrs. Charles Stuart Hinkley. a Virginia l Avenue Mrs. Graham Is en route 10
 New Orleans and Wall spend a week in Montgomery
 Miss Louise Nix, who 'ecited in beauti. l full manner the poem at the memorial | exerc: ses Saturday, is the daughter or the 1 lat nd K,
 as was stated Sunday.
 Mrs. Grant Wilkins of Atlanta is ex-
 peoted soon to visit her brother. MT. New York visiting Colonel and Mrs.
 J. w. Woolfolk.
 Mrs. J. H. Chambers of oswichee Is the guest of her brother Mir. Charles G. | Abeicr onlbie, She is en route home from
 Atlanta, where she visited relatives and
 friends.
 The marriage cf Miss Stella Cantey to
 MT. Robert Minte- Alexander of Pratt.
 vile will take place this morning at the
 First Baptist Church at 9:So o'clock.
 Mir. and Mrs. Richard Arlington oi
 Eiba arrived Saturday evening and ar'
 guests of their mother. Mrs. Mary R. Ar
 rinston. on Church Street.
 | l from a pleasant visit to her son-in-law
 Mir John Yarbrough, at his home ir
 Selma.
 Miss Mvra Mitchell of Alabama City
 who ha 8 been visiting MT. and Mrs. Me
 Duff Cain, has gone to Louisville. KY. | The friends of Mir. Ferry lIarda wa!
 will regret to learn that he is again suf
 fering from rheumatism. 
 1, Mrs Edward Mccarthy. who has beei visiting her sister. Mrs. William Moo c ] has returned to Atlanta.
 | Mrs A. H. Sternfeld and Miss Dori ? Sternfeld will entert ain this evening st musicale at their home . The Thursday Card Club will be eute- tained th.s afternoon by Mss Berth Rice, at 1 o'clock.
 = Mrs. Frank Elmeco. Jr. 's' visiting he g parents. NIT. and Ms. R. A. Nit hel
 at Alabama City.
 The Tuesday Card Club will meet wit . Mrs. w. S. %aftel at the home of Mr
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-28
WOMAN Qn0
 SOCIETY.
cBx MRS. J. M. de coTTEs9

deliers and in pompons for the table. The bride wore an exquisite light creation of tulle with an overdress of lace that was worn by her mother on her wedding day. A long veil of tuile fell in soft folds to the hem of her garments and this was draped to her hair with a sprig of orange blossoms. She carried a shower of lilies of the valley and delicate asparagus ten- drills, tied with streamers of tulle."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-28

Eennsn's Taloum Powder, 9 cents @ box, 'at the Doomed Sale of Ed Mayer 6 Go.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-28

Harris Lithia Water 30 cents per gallon. Harris Lithia Ginger Ale, quart bottles 25c., pint bottles 15 cents.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-28

Two anniversaries that man always observes with solemity are his wedding day and the day his rich uncle died with out leaving him anything
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-28

Miss Susie Ha Is has gone to visit rela tiyes in Albany. Ga.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-28
MARRIAGE OF MISS GALLEY
 AND MIR. LIGHT

In Wetumpka Sunday morning was solemnized the wedding of MissAifieCallc J of that city. and MT. William D. Lisht of Decatur. both of whom are well known in Montgomery.
 The wedding took place at the residence of the brides parents. Mir. and Mrs. A.. c. Galley, and the ceremony was pess, formed at 1o.30 o'clock by Rev. W. J. Elliott of Montgomery. in the presence of limited number of~relatives and friends.
 After congratulations an informal din- ner and reception was given the bride and ~---.r, by Mrs. j. w.. Britt, who is relate4 [. Light.
 The an;1Vt-! -ct.eut of the engagement of Miss Galley to MT. Light was not made known to wetumpka friends until the day preceding the wedding.
 Mrs. Light was a popular and exceed ingly charming society young woman of wetumpka. She is sister of Mir. Norrie Galley of Montgomery. Mir. Light is a successful young busi- ness man of Decatur. He Is a member of prominent family of Fillmore County. MT. and Mrs. Light will reside in De- catur.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-28

The Tuesday Card Club will meet with Mrs. w. S. %aftel at the home of Mrs. J. c. Virden.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-28

MT. Percy Barrier of New Orleans iS the guest of Mir. ana Mrs. Char.os Stuart Hinckley.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-28
Too Great a Risk.

county for the beaaft of both teachers Lna pupils.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-28
Right Price.

The price of "GooD LUCK" Baking Pow dor to the housekeeper is ten cents lOcts) for a full pound (ls oz- net,, packed in a moisture proof tin can. This is the lowest possible price at which the best Baking Powder can Do manu- incurred Y Richmond, Virginia
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-28

Mrs. Frank Elm9co. Jr.. S visiting her rarentE,. NIT. and Ms. R. A. Nit heli. at Alabama Clty.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-28
Why Pay More?

Better laundry work and
 prompter service than we give you cannot be found and when our prices are right' why send your work elsewheree Other advansH ages, too, at this laundxx. Send one bundle to prove what "rerfsot laundering" means. A postal card or @ telephons call i00, and our wagon will respond promptly
 Our wagons traver 6 every { street in the city and suburbs Agents Wanted Out of Tcw1-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-28

The Thursday Card Club vii be eute-- tained thH afternoon by Mss Bertha Rice, at o'clock.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-20
DURBIN WANTS TO KNOW
GOVERNOR Is sPURRING COUNTY Of
FICIALs TO DO THEIR DUTY.
Inquiries Made as to Progress of
Cases Against vanderburg, Monroe
and Blackford Lawbreakers.

Judge Louis o. Rasch. of Evansville, in
day that the men under indictment for par
ticpation in the riots that occurred in Ev-
ansville the first week in July will be placed
on trial Sept and that the prosecution
will be pushed actively as possible. 1t is
understood that this letter came in response
status of the cases against the rioters. A
similar inquiry from the Governor in re-
gard to the cases against the Bloomingt
whitecappers brought from Judge j. 3.
Wilson, of the Monroe Circuit Court, a
statement to the effect that the men will
Some weeks ago six seven men while on
a spree brutality whipped d white woman,
using a strand OF wire for a lash The men
have been thrice indicted, the first two sets
of indictments having been found defective
on technical grounds, The Governor has
been displeased with the delays in the cases.
The Governor has also written the judge
and prosecutor o. Blackford county asking
what steps have been taken for the prosecu-
ton of the men who comprised the mob
that was formed there last week TO revenge
the alleged brutal assault by two negroes
on a white boy. The mob secured the coun-
ty for the negroes, ana then came into Hart
ford City and searched the jail. Later Ii ie-
veloped that the alleged assault was alto
sgether mythical and that the boy had him.
self inflicted the injuries On his body, but
prevented probable lynching OF any ne
groes who might have heen so unfortunate
as to have been ia the mob's way. The Gov
ernor has received NJ reply 10 his letter.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-20
GOVERNOR NAMES MARTIN
HE WILL SUCCEED M'CLEERY ON
MARION POLICE BOARD.
Mai. George w. steele Did Not Call
Upon Governor Durbin Relative
to Police Board Matters.

Governor Durbin has announced the ap-
pointment of Claude n. Martin as a Re-
publican member of the Marion Police
Board to succeed w. w. McCleery who
rendered his resignation Monday. A. e.
Gibson, Democrat, is now the only sur
viving" member of the old board. u. G..
Reardon having given way to Mark Sway
zee last week.
Mr.. Martin, the new member, is well
the Panhandle at Marion for twenty-five
years. He has been active i'm local politics
and has served a number of years as a
member of the city council. Before Marion
had the metropolitan police system, Mr..
Martin was member of the city police
one to Indicate that the Governor could not
have made better selection for the pres
ent board
An afternoon paper has made an effort to
show that the question of Mr. McCleery s
successor was creating great furry in
Marion and that delegations of prominent
Republicans of that city had waited on the
Governor to press the claims of various
candidates. 1t stated that Major George
W. Steele, former member of Congress from
that district, was one of the men who made
a call on Governor Durbin on this errand.
Secretary Lockwood says that the Cover
nor did not receive a single caller who had
anything to say about the police board mat
ter Major Steele was In the city yester-
day, but he was here on private business
and did not call at the statehouse until
several hours after the appointment of Mr..
even know that the matter was under con-
SideratiOn.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-20
USED CLUB TOO FREELY
SERIOUS CHARGES PREFERRED
AGAINST HAUGHvILLE POLICEMAN.
johnson Clark, Who Was Raped on
the Head While Intoxicated, Is
the Complainant.

William Wilson, Haughvile patrolman,
was arraigned before the Board of Safety
yesterday afternoon on the charge of hav-
ing brutally struck and beat a drunken man
when there was no reason for this harsh
action. Johnson Clark, a Shelby-street
resident. is the man whom Patrolman Will
son assaulted, it Is alleged Moses Thomp-
son. owner of bicycle store at Michigan
and Bismarck streets. preferred the charge
against the officer. Thompson and other
residents of the neighborhood testified
against Wilson.
Clark, according to the story of the wit
nesses against Wilson. was drunk last
Saturday night He waved a handful of
bills in Thompson's face. Thompson was
standing in front of his place of business.
After showing his money il is said Clark
lay down on the sidewalk i'm front of
Thompson's store and went to sleep.
Patrolnian Wilson came along about 9:3O
o'clock and awakened Clark. Clark told
the officer that he could walk all right IL
was said, and that he knew where his home
was. Then. il is charged, the officer struck
the man over the head with his mace
Besides Thompson, j. b. Smith, A. Gore
and Joseph Henry, all of whom were at
the corner of Bismarck and Michigan streets
at the time of the trouble they said, testi-
fed against Wilson.
Wilson did not take the stand and he had
no witnesses before the board. His at
torney. John Wall. asked for a continuance
and the hearing will be taken up again this
afternoon.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-20
LOWEST BID ON ASPHALT
MARION COUNTY CONSTRUCTION
COMPANY MAY GET CONTRACT.
Proposition on Improvement of south
Illinois Street $4.93, Seven Cents
Lower than Barber Bid.

The Board OF Public Works likely will
award the contract for the asphalting of
South Illinois street from Russell avenue
To McCarty street to the Marion County
Construction Company. The board yester-
day received bids from this company, the
Barber Asphalt Company and the Western
Construction Company. The Marion County
Construction Companys bid is s493-seven
cents lower than that of the Barber As
phalt Company and twenty-five cents lower
than the other bid The bids were referred
to the acting city engineer.
The assessment roll Of the Northwestern
avenue main sewer was approved yesterday
by the Board of Works. Out of the total
cost. about $4,000. the Crown Hill Cemetery
Association will pay about $4,000. About
$4,000 was assessed against the abutting
property.
Acting City Engineer Culey yesterday re-
ported to the board that Blake-street prop
erty owners are getting up a remonstrance
against the street being improved with ma
cadam from Walnut street to New York
street. The demonstrators claim that the
Improvement should begin at Washington
street instead of New York street.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-20
The MAYORS GLAD HAND
1T WILL BE EXTENDED TO THE
COLORED MINISTER'S TO-DAY.
General Association VIII Convene
This Morning at Second Baptist
Church-The Programme.

This morning at o'clock the forty sixth
annual session OF the General Association
of Colored Ministers will bescalled to order
at the Second Baptist Church, on Michigan
street, east of West street The session
will continue until Saturday, morning.
and will preside. A devotional service will
be held at $3.50 and following the routine
work Mayor Bookwalter will deliver an
address of welcome shortly after 10 o'clock
There will be an address by the moderator
and also a welcome address by Pastor C. IL.
Johnson on behalf of the church. Routine
work will occupy the time of the associa-
ton in the afternoon and at o'clock an
educational sermon will be preached by
w. H. Ferguson.
Tonight devotional exercises will be held,
with talk by Elder B. Hillman. The cleo
ton of officers Will occur tomorrow morn
ing at 10 o'clock. There are over ninety
delegates attending the meeting.
Rev. b. r. Reed, OF Bloomington,
preached the annual missionary sermon
last night. He talked about Faith" and
aroused the audience TO great enthusiasm.
There was much shouting and joyous ex-
clamation. The following officers were
placed in nomination.: w. III. Ferguson, of
Marion. vice president: NJ. NJ Porter of
Mitchell. secretary; ID. w. Bloodworth OF
Lafayette. assistant secretary, II. @.
Learnord. of Shelbyville, treasurer; j. r.
Miller, of Columbus. corresponding secre-
tary.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-20
STATE PAYS TIDY sum
SITE FOR GIRLS INDUSTRIAL
SCHOOL WILL COST sIO,s3..5O.


The commission which has charge of the
establishment of the new institution for
the Industrial School for Girls held a meet
ing in the Governors Office late yesterday
afternoon and appropriated the money to
pay for the tract of land on the Crawfords-
vile road that has been selected as the site
for the new school. The State will pay SIS
per acre for the land and there is supposed
to be 1271s acres In the tract. although this
will not be known exactly until the survey,
which will be begun to-day, has been COM
pleted. 1t is expected that the to be
paid over to A. n. Crawford. John Truck
sess and A. f. Brisentine the owners Of the
tract, will be so, $3.50.
The abstracts have been prepared and ap-
proved by Attorney General Miller and
everything is ready for the transfer soon
as the survey Is made. IL is thought that
the title TO the land will be vested in the
State before the end OF the week.
The commission also took up the question
of the selection of an architect to design
the buildings and to superintend their con-
struction, but took no definite action. Sew
eral architects are being considered and
the matter will be taken up again at a
meeting this afternoon and probably set
tied
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-20
DIR. BRAYTON VERY i'll
WELL-KNOwN PHYSICIANS CONDI-
TION ALARMING TO FRIENDS.
He Is Suffering from Complication of
stomach and Intestinal Troubles
Was Injured Recently.

DR.. Alembert w. Brayton. vice dean of
the Indiana Medical College. is seriously
i'll at his home, 2113 Broadway. Dr. Bray
ton is suffering from a complication OF
bowel and stomach ailments Recently he
fell from street car and suffered injuries
from which he has not entirely recovered.
DR.. A. w. Brayton is one of the most
widely known members of the medical pro-
fession in this State. He has been con-
nected with the Indiana Medical College for
many years. He is also editor of the In
diana State Medical Journal. He served two
terms as coroner of Marion county. He was
succeeded in his last term by Harry ID.
Tutewiler the present incumbent of the Of
flee.
His family and friends are alarmed at
the gravity of his illness, but express con-
fidence in his ultimate recovery.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-20
Will BUILD RAILROADS
INDIANAPOLIS CONSTRUCTION CON-
Germ Is INCORPORATED.
Big Mercantile Company of vfncennes
Has Capital stock of s1eO.OOO-An-
tiseptic Manufacturing Company.

The Southern Construction Equipment
Company, of this city. yesterday filed GER
tificates of Incorporation at the Office of
the secretary of state. The object of the
company is TO build construct and equip
steam. electric and other railroads The
capitalization is $4,000 and the directors
include Fred Cline. Frank N Fitzgerald.
William +. Lacey. Harry WE'LL and Alfred
T. HALTER. all of Indianapolis
Another Indianapolis firm Incorporated
yesterday was the Daniel Antiseptic and
Disinfecting Company, it's object being TO
manufacture and sell antiseptics and disn-
fectants. Its capital stock is $500. Harry
:. Daniels. William G. Frost and Samuel
T. Brown are the directors for the first
year
\ large company of vincennes was also
incorporated yesterday. Ii Is the Flint
Holmes Company, with "A capitalization of
sloo.ooo. The object of the firm is the buy
ms and selling OF merchandise and the
carrying on OF mercantile business The
Incorporating members were c. E Holmes
OF Nincennes; w. A. Flint. of Hoopston,
H.; t. s. Marshall. OF Salem. H.. and
GERS elected for the first year are G. F..
Holmes. president, w. A. Flint. vice presi-
dent, and George w. Holmes. treasurer.
The Hoosier Voting Machine Company is
a new firm of Shelbyville which incorpor.
ated yesterday. 1t will engage I'm the
manufacture and sale OF voting machines
The capital stock amounts TO $3.50. The
board OF directors inclue It. c. Kennedy
Harry McLane. T. b. Convery. w. G Melay
IL: {. Root. p. Nj. Rhoades and II. III
Walker
As result of meeting of the board oi
directors of the Little Hoosier Lead and
Zinc Company. held Aug. g. in this city
IL was decided To reduce the capital stock
OF the company from $4,000 To sS7 600 and
papers 10 that effect were filed in the sec.
rotary OF states Office yesterday.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-20
CHILD ACCUSES FATHER
LITTLE son OF CHARLES SEGNER
TELLS HIS STORY TO JUDGE.
Case Against Man Charged with Beat
ing Dying Wife Continued in
the Police Court.

The case against Charles Segner, who was
arrested last week by Bicycemen Hull and
Griffin on a charge of criminal neglect of
his wife, whom, it is said, he beat while she
lay on her death bed, was continued until
one week from Thursday in the Police
Court yesterday.
Segner. it is charged, allowed his wife and
little son but 10 cents a day to live on and
refused to provide medical attention for
his wife, who was in the last stages of
consumption. She died fifteen minutes after
he was placed under arrest and Segner
refused to attend her funeral, although
released from the police station bond
shortly after he was arrested. The woman
was buried by friends and neighbors and
her body was later ,exhumed by the coroner
as il was alleged that she died from kick
in the stomach delivered by her husband.
No external marks of violence were
found, however. but the man was held to
trial for brutality beating his little boy, who
testified against him in the Police Court
yesterday.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-20
ONLY FIVE LIES A DAY
THAT Is ALL THOMAS YOUNT PRO-
POSES TO ALLOW MEN.
Draft of a Liars Bill" Submitted to
Governor Durbin-Text of n
Unique Measure.

Thomas Z. Yount, OF Alexandria, fears
that the stock of lies may be depleted II
men are permitted to lie as often as the
inclination strikes them, accordingly he
has submitted to Governor Durbin the
draft of liars BILL prepared by him,
for which he asks careful consideration.
The bill prohibits adults of supposed
sound mind from utterng by any means
more than five whole lies in any one day.
so that the stock of lies may not run
short. Lawyers, politicians, brainless edi-
tors and others unable TO get their quota
Will be allowed to seek assistance from
their neighbors. 1T being the design of the
act to further the ethical theory of equality
before the law.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-20
SITE FOR new PESiHOUSE
MAYOR BOOKwALTER HAS TRANS
ACTION WELL UNDER WAY.
Council May Appropriate Necessary
Money at Its Next SessiOn-Large
sum Is Available.

1t was announced yesterday by Mayor
BOokwalter that he has transaction for
the purchase of a site for the new pest
house we'll under way, and that as soon as
Council makes an appropriation for the
site and the building, the deal will be taken
through
The city controller several weeks ago in
troduced an ordinance calling for an APP
preparation of $4,000 for the pesthouse.
About 5000 of last years appropriation for
this purpose is available. Chairman Wynne.
of the finance committee, says the COM
mittee will take favorable action on the
ordinance and that il likely will be passed
at the next Council meeting.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-20
NO BOUNTIES FOR BABIES
GOV. DURBIN WRITES A LETTER TO
PROUD FATHER OF TWINS.
Secretary Lockwood Makes an Addi-
ton to President Rooseyelt's Data
on Race Suicide Problem.

Stephen A. Reese. of New Albany, is the
proud father % the third consecutive"
pair or twins and he has written letter TO
the Governor setting forth his record on
the race suicide problem. and, incidentally.
inquiring If he Is not entitled TO a premium
of some kind for his service to the State
and country.
Governor Durbin replied with a note Of
congratulation, but was forced to inform
Mr.. Reese that the State of Indiana does
not offer boGnties for large families. Yes
terday Secretary Lockwood forwarded Mr..
Reese's letter to- President Roosevelt.