The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-20
THE NEWS OF MOBILE
Advertiser Bureau,

Advertiser Bureau.
 Mobile, March 19.
 In local newspaper circles editorial reportorial and pOssroom, today was the record breaker in the way of Hands up-grand change" Not one. night had a change in the personnel of their staffs and. in two pressrooms there were new faces.
 J. F. Carter, Jr, some time editor of The Daily Herald. assumed the duties of the editorial department of The Dali ly Item. Mir. Carter. though young in years. is versatile. active and ener- getic, wields a good pen and is thor ough in all that pertains to the digni- ty of the "art preservative.' His asso- citation with The Herald, though but a little over year, was happily spent and his colleagues in the reportorial department, as well as in the other de- partments. parted with him with re- luctance. John A. Green. for some time. manager of circulation and later assistant manager of The Herald, as- sumes the desk vacated by MT. Carter. MT. Green Is 8 practical printer, of wide experience in the mechanical de- partments of a newspaper and also an adept in the "art." As an editorial writer he has proved himself sharp, active and always ready to strike to the vitals when dealing with a subject of import locally.
 With the advent of MT. Carter on The Item. MT. J. J. Weatherly, for three years managing editor of that paper, closed his career there and as- sumed the toga of assistant editor of The Daily Register MT. Weatherly Is member of the Fourth Estate" of wide experience. a conservative wield- CT of the pen and alive to the interests of whatever journal with which he may be connected. The presentation of yesterday afternoon. by the proprietor representing The Item. mention of which was made in today's Advertiser. speaks for itself as regards the feel ing for MT. Weatherly on that paper. Today Jack A. Dair. for a long time professional nurse in Mobile and for several months on The Item then on The Register. as a newsgatherer .as- sumed his new duty as hospital stew ard of the Mobile City Ambulance De- partment The place vacated by MT Dair was filled by H. o. Allen of In- diana. who is a recent arrival in Mo bile. MT. Allen has had considerable experience in newspaperdom. Charles Allen. some time proprietor of the Pioneer Printing Company. now defunct. has accepted the position of advertising man for The Herald. | MT. Kersh, for a long time connected with The Age-Herald, Birmingham. is now proof reader for The Register. while Jack Spencer. who formerly held down that desk. has assumed the du- ties of telegraph editor of The Regis | ter, succeeding D. B. Harris. J. c. OConnell. some time assistant mana ging editor of The Register. gave way | to MT. Weatherly.
 MT. Peter Mattel. fo ra period of | Register. without the loss of a single day. is now in charge of The Herald pressroom. succeeding F. w. Jones. who goes to The Herald
 MT Evans, of The Registers circula- | tion department also joins The Herald | force.
 Other changes may occur in the near future. though there Is nothing definite to prognosticate at this time.
 At an early hour this morning the engineer of q switch engine of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad found a hat on the cow-catcher of his engine Investigation revealed the fact that a white man had been killed by having been run down and injured by the engine on a switch track and the mans name was ascertained to be Albert Duck, coal passer on the Unit ed States lighthouse tender Ivy, now in port The man is supposed to have | been intoxicated and in attempting to reach his berth, laid down on the track and went to sleep. When found his lower abdomen was badly crushed, as were his legs. He was hastened to | the city hospital, where he died in a few minutes.
 Duck was a native Of England and his people are thought to be wealthy. Mobile Council Knights of Columbus, today recieved 51 candidates into full l membership, the installation ceremony | being of d very interesting nature. Delegates from Montgomery Birming- ham and Pensacola were present to as- sist in the initiation. Tonight, despite l the inclement weather, a banquet was served in the council chamber, there being present a large number of | Knights.
 At noon today rain began falling | and continued without interruption | during the entire afternoon and even l ing. Government Street west or Jack | son, although paved as far as Broad, | was q continuous sheet of water and | other streets west of Jackson to the | north and south were in almost the same condition. In the wholesale dis | trict on Water and Commerce Streets, | at nightfall. the water was covering l the floors of business houses, except where floors were unusually high. At | o'clock the rainfall ceased ofr It. tie, but indications at that hour were that rain would fall during the entire | night The official prognosticator had predicted showers, but the people did not anticipate the terrific downpour which came.
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 Negro LynchInG Threatened. | Muskogee, I. T.. March 1S.-A negro tonight shot and killed the l2-year-