The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-02
SOc PACKAGE SALE. Begins at 8 O'clock Today, LeBron Jewelry Co.,,
 Ike Loeb's old stand.
THE NEWS OF MOBILE
Advertiser Bureau.

 In all parts of the city today were seen deIaRations of representative eitt- gems, soliciting subscriptions to the fund for raising the debt on the young Mems Christian Association building. No person of high or low degree or creed was overlooked by the commit teeman. It was the expressed nope that the amount necessary to wipe out the debt would be raised.
 Secretary Harte tonight announced he could not give an estimate or the total amount collected by. the many committees. Rougniy estlmauns; ne the 5000 had been subscribed. Special committees will be sent out tomorrow and next day to make further solicita- tions.
 A special meeting of the board of public works was held at o'clock to- night, called by the mayor for a spe. oific and important purpose; n0ss t,on S1 from his honor to the council as the previous session. Present were ChHr- %an A. S. Ly9insk; yTirk;briaEs Aidermsn and Inge and Councilmen Smith, Michael Holt. obsrhaus and Carrell.
 The communication which was read announced that the mayor had called the council together for the purpose of receiving bids for the bonds isstted for refunding the old city debt The
 
 received. The communication was re-
 Alderman Kirkbridse moved that in view of this fact the mayor be reausst- money market he might see fit, to se- cure purchasers for the bonds the clty to bear the expense. The motion pre-
 Alderman Derney asked for sus- pension of the rules. which was grant ed. when he moved that Chief Of Police for week to attend the confederate reunion. It was unanimouslV adopted Adjourned.
 purpose of taking up the present out standing bonds and doing away with the tax commission, which is heavy burden upon the city taxpayers; pay ,aas Lns than par can be accepted for the re- funding bonds and unless this price can be secured and Ithe bonds floated mission as at present, to continue col iecting revenue from property holders to meet the old debt.
 rsooker T. Washington of Tuskegee returned to Mobile this morning from Meridian, Miss, and at 10 o'clock in the Franklin Street Baptist Church (col- ored) delivered an address, his subject being. Get property; get bank ac- count and above all, cultivate friendly relations with the white people. There were a goodly number of white people in the audience.
 The sum and substance of his talk was the same as that heretofore. as he said. used in his efforts to ais people tbrouRhout the country. Aside from emphasIzing his subject he advised the negroes to teach their children not to regard labor as disgrace and, by all means, avoid id1eness. He urged them
 aNA AVxN cultivate friendly relations with the white people and be loyal to their city and State. There are. he said, great onportunities at their very doors for proRress in every direction, but the ne- eroes must prove to the world that they can perform the service as well if not better than any one else in the world. The man or woman who learns to do something well, whether making with the hand, head or heart, has solved a problem. He expressed pleasure at the signs of progress of the colored people Uf Mobile.
 Eighteen days ago yesterday the steel hulIed steamship Telefon, for many years in the trade between Mobile and Cuban and Mexican ports, went upon the ways here for extensive repairs The Union Iron Works, one of tine in- fant industries. contracted to make the complete repairs in twenty-five days. because charter requirements. The contract called for an immense amount of work in fact old steamship Inen say 1t was the largest ever performed in this port.
 Harry Murray, general manager of the iron works, informed The Adver- tiser this morning that the steamship had been turned over to her charterers in eighteen days, and that no work was performed on Sundays. This is an ev- idence of Mobiles growing facilities for doing shipbuilding and repair work
 Tonight in German Relief Hall the members of the Young Mems Benevo- lent Association met to hold their twen- ty-sixth annual session and olest off, cers and to celebrate the occasion with banquet.
 The committee in ohaEEe of the ban