The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17

lcomplishments of manner which serve to round generous nature.
 Mir. Knox was admitted to the bar in 1878. after having entered the isw formed a partnership with Frank w. Bowdon. and the firm immediately as- sumed leading place in the profee- sfonal world of Alabama. This part nership was dissolved by the relent- | less hand of death. which laid It's Icy fingers upon the heart of Mir. Bowdon and cut down. in the first flush of glorious young manhood. one of thE most eloquent and valued members Of the Alabama bar.
 He has probably been over modest in seeking political offices. but has gtv-
 en to the Democratic party at all timer the power of his presence and the oratorical ability with which his na~ ture is SO splendidly endowed. Hol was twice chairman of the committees on platform and resolutions In Stafe conventions of his party, and twice a delegate from the State ar large to the 1 Democratic National Convention. l He has served also for several year1s as a member of the State executive committee tserving two years of this time as chairmanl. which Is the ofnctat head of the Democratic party in Ala
 That John B. Knox issendowed with that quality of discernment which TO- duces great questions to cold praett= cal problem, not to overwhelm. but tn be reasoned with by a clear, unswerv- ing judgment. has been most ably at He Is a man to whom the questions of the day. involving party policy, are but so many problems to be met and solved Firm and loyal unswerving in effort toward the betterment of mankind, chivalrous and kind. he is sss man with whom an acequaintance is pleasure and friendship an honor. HIS fife has been one long succession ot honors, and success has crowned every things to which he has turned his head and hand.
 Hom. Pat q. Lyons.
 The subject Of this sketch is a nativ0 of Mobile, over which he now presides as It's chief executive officer and again
 just elected to a position for another full term. an endorsement he well de- served and which his excellent admin istration fully merits from an appro- ciative people. Ills life Is closely con- nected with that of Mobile; he was one of the boys of the street and made himself by hard and well directed iicka. Born in 1850, he enjoyed tho privilege of school advantages for but a shors time when he was from necessity obliged to strike out for himself and how well he has succeeded his being at the head of the municipal govern ment is it's answer. As boy he did
 all sorts of jobs and was clerk In
 bar room on the site of the Cisy National Bank, of which he is the vice
 president At the early age of thirteen
 years he entered the steamboat ser-s vice on the Alabama river between Mobile and Montgomery: ana Dy rap.o and successive promotions, became clerk, then captain and finally owner oE several steamers. He continued in thiz
 busin ess until 1889, and so prospere1 that he decided to engage in the WnoAe- sale grocery business In Mobile. pe-
 ing member of the frm oL MicnaeL and Lyons, which had been organ ized and built up large ana lucrative trade some seven years be- fore. He has for some years been tho directing head of this concern. which
 is one of the largest in the south Mir. Lyons's business sagacity ana acn- men has been appreciated by hts fellow business men and he holds many posi- tions in the commercial world of honor and trust, being the President of the Southern Supply Company; Vtce-Preat- dent of the City National Bank and Trust Company. and stockholder m many of the successful enterprises now
 being operated in the city ot MoDLe.
 He was a member of the City Council. for more than twelve years previous to his election as Mayor. and was for some years President of the Council and Mayor protem. He is Democrat and is active and liberal in party sup port. often being a delegate to the diff ferent conventions of the party. He Is a devout Catholic, sympathetic and charitable in his dealings with tho needy and unfortunate and stands high in the Order of Elks. and is promi- nent member of the Mobile Mardi Gras societies. MT. Lyons has never mar, ried, but his good deeds are known and praised by the community in which he has spent his life. and no one has more friends than he.
 Hon. z. M. IF. InGe.
 One of the noted and successful law yers of Mobile is the Hon. Zebul0n Montgomery Pike Inge. who is na- tive of Greene county; a graduate from the Southern University taking the de- gree of master of arts. He attended the law school of the University of Virginia and in 1877 entered the prae- tics of law in Mobile. in which profess sion he has been remarkably success
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