The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-08-24
Advertiser Bureau,
Mobile Aug "a.


Mobile, Aug. %.
The General Committee on Confed-
crate Reunion met tonight in the Com
merciai Club home, General Chairman
Max Hamburger, Jr., presiding. The
meeting tonight. as announced by the
chat ~, '1-'H subcommittee.
Those committee, - s1-f t'''l be I'M
der the direction of their respective
c,,~' -.,~r. In order to accomplish re-
..:ts. he said. there must be concert
of action and each man Is expected to
act, He urged upon those present and
those who would be chairmen of COM
mittees the necessity of making the
reception of the old Confederates and
sons of Confederate Veterans. an era
in the history of their respective or
eanizations. He knew each man
would do his whole duty.
Colonel Harvey E. Jones, Adjutant
General of the Alabama Division L. G.
v. was present and rendered valuable
aid in giving suggestions. He stated
that November Is and Is would be ac-
ceptable to General Harrison, COM
mander of the Alabama Division. and
ON motion this date was agreed upon.
The several committees were then
announced as follows:
Finance-John Craft. Chairman; A.
H. Spira, A. S. Lyons. e. Z. Bern
heimer. r. L. Maupin. E. j. Buck. j.
C. Bush, NJ. ]. McDermott. Henry Hall,
H. w. Leainkauf. J. HI. Wilson, Jacob
D. Bloch, George II. DUNLAP. Sr.
Invitation-John F. Cothran, CHAIR
man; Jules E. Afford, William II.
Monk, Jr., James e. Armor. l.. +.
| Irwin. Harvey E. Jones, e. o. Zadek.
Program and Exercises-Harvey e.
Jones, Chairman: A. C. banner, P. ].
| Lyons, william H. Johnson, ]. ].
| Never, P. r. Alba, Robert T. Neville.
Harry T. Inge. E. E. Richard. o. j.
Semmes.
! Hotels, Rooms. Commissary and
( Public Conveniences-John F. Powers.
Chairman: Price Williams. Jr Safold
Berney, w. A. Alexander, F. A. Har-
vey, william Wizard, DR.. c. C. Net
| ties, J. NJ. Niolen.
Publicity and Information-Louis
Schwartz, Chairman; Richard Hines.
Jr., Phil. Cosminsky, ]. A. Dair, j.
weatherly. A. Green, W. B. Waddle,
lie. v. O'Connor, e. A. Drummer, Jo-
seph l.. Allabaugh.
| Printing-wiIliam F. Powers, Chair
man; William w. Groom, George H.
Jones. George E. Stone. John D. Ha-
| gan.
| Music. Lights and Decorations--w.
| X. p. Wilson. Chairman: E. H. Brit
ton, NJ. T. Judge. Harry T. Toulmin.
Charles Ollinger, c. L. Lavretta.
THOMAS A. Yeend. H. Austil. E. Craig
head.
| Amusements-Cary w. Butt. Chair
man: James Prendergast. James X.
| Glennon. George j. Sullivan. Phelan
B. Dorian, w. e. Mickle. Sir. ]. N.
| McAleer.
Parade and Reviewing stand-R. b.
| Dumont. Chairman; John D. Hagan,
william e Mickle. Jr.. Isadore Jacob
| SON, John Moulton. T, X. Irwin,
Charles A. Cunningham.
Reception and Entertainment OF
snonsors-J. w. Whiting. Chairman:
W. F. Tebbetts, Murray Wheeler. F..
III. Yerger. Joel w. Goldsby. l.. c.
Frv. James H. Webb, Devereaux Lake,
l. j. Bestor Robertson.
Medical Aid-Dr. F. r. Sherard,
Chairman; Drs. Rhett Goode, George
A. Ketchum. Harry T. Inge. q. Van
Antwerp and Messrs. George II. Jones
and w. S. Copeley.
Horses and Carriages-J. L. Ram
sey. Chairman; r. l.. Maupin, Robert
F. Neville, Stephe Stuart j. Wade
Cox, e. E. Spotswood and william
| Tebbetts.
| At the suggestion of General Chair
man Hamburger. Hon. Saffold Berney
was named as Vice-Chairman OF the
| General Committee. motion to enect
that Hon G. Wash Taylor, Congress-
man from the First Alabama District,
call upon the Secretary of the Navy
and request a United States cruiser 10
be sent here during the reunion was
unanimously adopted.
Other important matters were dis
cussed. 1t was the sense of the meet
ing that IL practicable the LIST 1nfan-
trv. A. N. G., be invited to attend the
reunion as guests of the city of Mo-
bile.
At 1890 o'clock this morning. Will
liam Henry Hall died at his home, No,
| SO7 Augusta Street. Mr. Hall had been
an invalid for many years. He was
a native of Mobile, "a years of age and
lin his early manhood was one of Mo-
lbiles prominent men. He was for a
Hong time engaged in the lumber bust
ness. Mr.. Hall was one of the origin
ators of the strikers" a mystic or
ganization which. in its palmy days,
Ihelped amuse the thousands gathered
lin Mobile at Mardi Gras He was
Twice married his second wife, Mrs.
Anna Ruth Elder Hall. surviving him.
One sister, Mrs. J. Willard Davis. and
a brother, DR.. A. p. Hall, survive
him, together with other relatives.
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| The automobile has come to Mobile
| to stay and already one club has been
lorganlzed. A number of these ma
chimes are already here and can be seen
every day and evening speeding along
| the paved district in the city and on
the famous Bay Shell Road.
| OF the total number now in use here
of all kinds of motor vehicles. only
FIVE have been registered in the Pro-
bate Court, in accordance with an act
| of the present General Assembly. Many
have completely ignored the law. which
| has provisions regarding speed limit,
and recognizing requests to stop from
persons driving horses or other do
| mestic animals. The recent act pro-
vides penalties and indictments are pre-
dicted at the next grand jury sitting.
NJ company, list Infantry tMobile
Rif1es). had their monthly prize drill
| tonight, Captain John Callaghan COM
handing. Henry Luscher proved the
best drilled man in close contest and
won the medal. Five members tea
for the inspection medal and In the
draw T. H. Williams won. The judges
were Captain Sextus Smith and Lieu
tenant Lee Smith of the Cadets.
A petition is being gotten up by
patrons of the Mobile Bay Shell Road
asking the directors OF the company
owning and operating this roadway, to
prohtbit the operating of autos and
liocomobiles thereon. The list of petit
ttons already includes many prominent
men who use this driveway, and 1t will
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