The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-19
TEACHERS INSTITUTE.
Extensive Preparations Made fol
 Meeting at Fack1er.

 Scottsboro, Sept. 1s.-(Special )-Ex tensive preparations are being made for | the Teachers Institute, to be held at | Fackler, September 28 to 30. Below is | the program:
 Invocation-Rev. D. S. Collins. Welcome Address-Professor William 1 Cooper.
 Response-Horace Vandiver Penmanshp in the Public Schools | J. Lee Morris, Misses Annie Leach and Ada Howard.
 Class Recitation in United States His tory. Subject, Civil War Teacher-Miss Lula Davis.
 Dinner.
 1:30-Song by Institute. Recitation-Miss Stella Rorex. What Should be the Aim of Teachers in Reading School Journals?-A. J. Hawk, Misses Roena Stanley and Fran cis Caldwell.
 What are the Indications for Better Schools in Jackson Courty?-J. D. Rivers. J. HAJarnaSin. Glass Recitatlon-Grammar; subject, Verb; teacher, Miss Clara Young. Address-Hon. Virgil Bouldin. Address-Hon. John H. Roach. Song by Institute. Is Enough Attention Given to Pri- mary Work in Our Public Schools?- Misses Lora Allen and Lyda Hack worth.
 Best Methods of Teaching Spelling A. J Money, and discussion by Insti- ute.
 The Teachers Influence in Character Building-Prof. L. T. Gragin, Robert Moore
 Should Teachers Use Tobacco?-Jas- per Austin, Jesse Ambrester. Dinner.
 230-Song by Institute.
 The Good Derived from Attending Institutes-Harvy Hawk, U. s. Evans
 How to Teach Reading-Misses Sal lie Shipp. Eula Owen. Query Bag-Miss Ora Banard. Charley Wann of Stevenson and Miss Alice Cargile of this place ran away The affair was quite a surprise to the family and friends of the contracting parties. MT. Wann Is a prominent young merchant of this county. and q son of A. J. Wann, the recently nom mated tax collector of this county. Mss Cargile Is the eldest daughter of Judge of Probate c. l.. Cargile, and Is a most charming young lady. This makes the second daughter of Judge Cargile to run away and get married in the past few weeks.
 son was born to Mir. and Mrs. J. R. Green a few days ago that was blind and had six well-developed fingers oE each hand and six toes on each foot The child lived nine days and was visited by number of people. The citizens of Paint Rock Station will erect a fine new school building for their town. About $2,O00 was raised for that purpose in a very short time this week. The people of this section are beginning to awake to the fact that our county is very backward in schools and are determined to remedy the evil as fast s possible. Mrs. Jane Day. a most excellent wO- man and the wife of A J. Day. died at her home on September IA of fever. She was a consistent member of the Methodist Church, and greatly beloved by ali in the community. She leaves q husband and one child. A. H. Morris, an old and highly es- teemed citizen of this county, died at his home in Larkinsville, Thursday morning. His age was 65 years MT Morris served with honor throughout the war and was one of the brave Con federates that followed General Gordon. While gathering flowers from a mix" ed bed of nasturtiums yesterday morn | ing, Mrs. James Armstrong of this place discovered a very peculiar snake It was on the order of chameleon. The | bed of flowers in which the snake was | found have a variety of colors dar rll red deep yellow and light yellow. and l several other colors. As the snake | glidcd through the bright flowers, F.; | body would undergo perfect trans. formation. changing instantly to tbe | same color of the flower that camo m | contact with 1t. When finally kill q | by her brother, it measured over three
 feet in length. After death and while lying on the ground, the body was of a
 dark gray color. Several who saw the
 snake pronounced it different from
 anything ever seen in this section.
 The Southern Bell Telephone Com pany Is putting in an exchange office at
 Bridgeport. this county. this week
 They have already run their lines tC
 that place. and Bridgeport now has q
 first class telephone system.
 An unknown person. with malicious
 intent, cut the line of the Jackson
 County Local and Long Distance Tele
 phone Company at Bridgeport Friday
 W. L. Moody, manager, went to Bridge
 port and. upon investigation. founC
 that the lines had been cut by railroad
 employees. they claiming that the line O.
 the telephone company were fouling thu
 company's telegraph lines. The South
 ern Railroad was enjoined recently fo
 the same offence, and the case is beint
 tried In the Circuit Court here now, an'
 has taken up a greater part of the pas
 week.