The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-28

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 Welded for Ten Years, Dr. and Mrs.
 Mason celebrate at Brewton.
 Brewton, March 27-(Special. )-The spring term of Circuit Court for Es- | cambia County convened at l D. m. to- day, Judge J. c. Richardson presid-
 The grand jury to examine into of- l lenses that have been committed against the peace and dignity of the State of Alabama within the past SIX months was duly organized with MT. James Clements as foreman. The judges charge was able, clear and lu- cid. impressing upon the jurors their manifold duties as citizens and that bility resting upon them. The laws of | the land should be observed, and IL | is the duty of grand juries to see that violators of the statutes should be in- The jurist dwelt at length upon the | importance of violators of the law | being dealt with, also the examinations | of the books of the county officers, the treasury. condition of public roads, 1 jail and poorhouse. and whether bonds | of all officials were sufficient. N. T. | Dixon of East Brewton was appointed bailiff to the grand Jury. Terry M Rich acting as solicitor instead of c. R: | Bricken, who is absent on account of | sickness.
 
 celebration by Dr. and Mrs. F. H. Ma son of the tenth anniversary of their marriage on last Wednesday evening was attended by a large number of invited guests and was pronounced by | all present to be the most brilliant event that has taken place in Brewton society circles for a long time. The parlors and dining room were beauti- fully decorated with numerous vari- -ff fntx1 1A flower garden, the exquisite perfume permeating the entire house. Dr. and Mrs. Mason were the recipients of a large quantity of useful and decora- tive tinware, and at late hour del- icate refreshments were served, and the guests departed wishing the happy host and hostess many more returns of the day.
 J. D. Leigh. Dr. P. H. NJ. Tippin, W. A. Crook, J. E. Finlay, w. w. Hinote and J. H. Brandenburg have been se- lected as delegates to represent the Brewton Methodist Church at the Dis trict Conference to be held in Ever green in the near future, with w. J. Holland, c. NJ. Luttrell and w. c. lStokes as alternates.
 There is said to be movement in iprogress, with a fair chance of ma Iterializng, to plant out an orchard of
 
 ern part of this county, and also to put out 100 acres in strawberries and later increasing 1t to 1000 acres. The fruit industry is assuming large pro- portions in Escambia County, and the day Is not far distant when beautiful orchards can be seen on every hand. The farmers are realizing that there are other ways of making an inde- Ipendent living without having togrow yaI1 price they are to receive for it.
 It Is announced that Rev. Otis B. Calhoun of Mobile will begin a series of meetings in the Methodist Church in Brewton on the first Sunday in April. Mir Calhoun Is said to be logical and forceful speaker, and it is expected the meetings will be largely attended
 Colonel Jackson delivered lecture at Institute Hall Thursday night on "Unwritten History of the Civil War" which was very entertaining and in structive to the numerous school chil- dren present. The lecture was illus trated by numerous pictures of events that took place during the war.
 Several nice showers of rain fell In this section during the past week, which were beneficial to growing truck
 Rev. M. w. Gordon, the new pastor | of the Brewton Baptist Church is ex-
 
 Fort Mill S. C.. and at once enter upon | Tfs ministry here. He comes very | highly recommended. and will receive a hearty welcome by his people here.
 J. w. Paul is the new manager of the telephone exchange It will re- quire some time to get the lines straight and the phones working smoothly, As soon as the company can catch up with their work caused by the heavy sleet storms of the past | winter a force of hands will be put to work movin gthe exchange Into the new quarters on Parker Avenue.
 Mrs. ]. H. Pittman and children have | returned to their home in Atmore, after a weeks visit to relatives in Brewton.
 Mrs. w. II. McMaster of Mobile is the guest of her sister, Mrs. T. w. Curry.
 Rev. s. P. West of the Alabama Christian Advocate. Birmingham, was a visitor to the city this week
 Miss Eleanor McCorvey of Tuscaloosa is the guest of her cousin, Mrs. F. T. Parker.
 Mrs. M. Brewton and daughter, Miss Maggie. have removed to Pensacola, where they will in future reside.
 Miss Waugh and Mis- Jeanette Jones, two charming young ladies of Selma, were visitors to Brewton a few days this week
 Circuit Court convenes in Brewton Monday 27th inst.
 It is reported that new paper will be started here at an early date.