The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-23
WILL GIVE THANKS.
MONTGOMERY TO GENERALLY 0D-
 SERVE HOLIDAY.
Specsal Services to be Held In Msny ChwRehen-Pricea for Eatabies to be Obtained in Local
 Market.


 The observation of ThanksglVlns | Day iu Montgomery will be general to- . morrow. Many business houses VII suspend. the banks will be closed ana reIirfous services will be held py the coneregations of all the churcnes. The religious services have been made especial features of the oay VI thanks and all Montgomery VIII sve itself to praise and thanksgiving TOT the glad and prosperous year throusn which the city has passed.
 All government offices will observe holiday hours and all unnecessary Work will be passed over until Friday so that all workers from president to once poy may observe the day
 Governor Cunningham VIII mahe three speeches during the day. He VIII deliver aH address at the Court street Methodist Church at Il o'clock Tn tne morning when a union service of nearly all Protestant churches will be held; at s o'clock he will speak to the Jewish congregation of the city In Temple Beth Or. He will speak to the Young Mems Christian Association at night,
 A special Harvest Home service Will be held at St. Johns Episcopal Church at II o'clock and the rector, Rev. E. E. Cobbs asks that all donations sent to the church be there by 12 o'clock to- day. Offerings will be made at this service. A similar service will take place at the Episcopal Church of the Holy Comforter.
 Services at St. Peters Catholic Church will be at 7:3O o'clock In the morning when low mass will be said and at 7:5o o'clock in the evening when there will be 6 sermon and special ex- ercfses.
 The annual Thanksgiving dinner of the Young Mems Christian Association building for the members will be serv- ed in the evening and speeches and toasts by officers and directors of the Association will be features of the oc- casion. Governor Cunningham will be one of the speakers.
 Dealers declare that turkeys are ex- ceptionaIly scarce in Montgomery. They estimate that there will not be over 1000 turkeys for sale today to meet the Thanksgiving Day demand. It is said that Alabama farmers about Montgomery have not raised usual sup ply and that nearly all the chickens and eggs in the Montgomery market are being shipped here from Tennessee. For that reason the prices of fowls are con- siderab1y advanced over what they were at this time last year.
 Dressed turkeys are being sold for 20 cents a pound, chicken broilers at 25 cents, frying size at 35 cents and fat hens bring 50 cents each. Eggs are quoted at 30 cents dozen and that attribute of roast turkey, cranberries, are selling for IS cents a quart. The prices of celery vary from 50 cents to $1 a dozen punches and lettuce sells for 90 cents on the same scale. Oysters are sold for 50 cents to $1 per hun dred and the following scale of prices prevail for fish: Fresh Spanish mackerel IS cents a pound. red snapper and trout 10 cents a pound. No pompanb will be found in the market Onions are quoted at 50 cents a peck. Irish potatoes 30 cents per peck and sweet potatoes 25 cents per peck Country butter will cost the buyer 20 cents a pound and for the best creamery but ter. 25 to 30 cents will be required
 Tn meat, all choice cuts as tenderloin and sirioin steaks sell for Is cents a pound and pork chops, veal chops are about the same. Briskets sell for 6 and cents a pound and prime rib roast will bring 13v1-2 gents a pound. For set of brains, 12 1-3 cents will be the price. The price for cauliffower Is $3 a dozep and tomatoes will bring 50 cents basket 1T they are to be had at all. Florida oranges are selling for 25 to 35 cents per dozen and apples at from 10 to 20 cents a dozen and 70 cents a peck for the best. Lots of ap- pies are in the market and the prices are reasonable. Mixed nuts are sold at 90 cents a pound and home grown oceans for 12 1E2 to 20 cents per pound according to size and quality.
 Considered all fin all, the average Montgomerian need not go broke to secure nice spread for his Thanksgfv- ing table. He may have the turkey. too.