The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-23
TO BUILD TEMPLE.
Tuscaloosa MasOns Will Have Me
 Home of Their Own

Tuscaloosa, MasOns Will Have Nice Home of Their Own.
 Tuscaloosa. April 22.-(Special.) )-The
 Masonic fraternity has purchased from
 J. Q. Ralph lot between the Episcopal | Church and the City Hall, on which it
 Is the purpose to erect Masonic Tenn
 pie. The lot is 42 feet front by 132
 feet depth, and was bought for $2.259 | cash, the deed having been delivered yesterday. This Is considered to be a | fortunate deal for the Masons, as the
 lot is we'll located and the price paid quite cheap.
 Miss Ethel stringfellow. who has | been making a tour of Europe with
 Mrs. Minnie Scott of Anniston, has re-
 turned home. Miss Stringfellow has | had quite an extensive and protracted
 trip, having been abroad for nearly d year.
 Mrs N N Clements has received a | telegram from her daughter, Miss | Belle Clements from San Francisco,
 stating that she had safely landed and
 would reach home in a few days. Miss | Clements left here nearly two years
 ago with her sister. Mrs. Adams, for the
 Philippine Islands. where the latter's | husband, Captain s. P Adams, U. s. A. | was ordered. Miss Clements will be | cordially welcomed home after her very long absence, during which she had had l the opportunity or visiting DOth the
 empires of China and Japan.
 Misses Carrie Leland and Abbie F.
 Searcy left this morning for Brming-
 ham where they will be bridesmaids | in the approaching marriage of Dr. Partlow of this place to Miss Margaret
 Nixon of Birmingham.
 Miss Lucille Thorington, daughter of
 Judge w. s. ThoringtOn, left yesterday | for New York, where she will be the l ze. -N-A VNtVr
 Ing her stay in the city she will take
 advantage of the unusual opportunity
 of cultivating further her very fine voice under the instruction of some
 of the metropolitan masters.
 | Tuscaloosa had added new business
 establishment to her already long list
 in the lately organized Tuscaloosa Concrete Company. This company is | headed by Messrs. T. II. Wildman and M. T. Maxwell and will engage in the
 extensive manufacture of concrete building blocks, and plant for It's | occupancy is being erected on Sixth Street, east of the Tuscaloosa Grocery Company
 W. II. McCalla who has the contract
 with the city for establishing the grade lines and making an estimate for put ting in of sewerage has just complet- | ed a contour map which shows the various elevations of the city The
 highest point Is 235 feet above sea level, while the lowest is 216. and the city is shown to cover an area of two and a half miles.
 negro was dragged to death by a pair of mules yesterday out on Judge
 Fosters plantation. It seems that while driving the team the negro was thrown out by the wagons coming un- coupled and caught in some way on the tongue of the wagon and dragged for some distance. When the mules were finally stopped the negro was found to be dead as a result of the accident
 An interesting contest. the result of the recent election of Mayor and Alder men of Northport. has occupied the County Court here for the past two days, and has been continued over until Monday. The contest is confined to the seats of two of the aldermen only. S. NJ Freeman's election is be- ing contested by T. A. Rice. while w. S. Pursinger Is contestlng that of John B. Maxwell. It is thought that Judge Foster vii be able to decide the mat ter sometimes Monday, as about all of the evidence in the case is In.
 An election to fill the vacancy on the Board of Alderman of Tuscaloosa caused by the resignation of w. II. Collier, will be held Monday. The only candidates so far announced are pr. w. NJ Faulk and J. B. Murphy.