The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-05
LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
THE SECOND ANNUAL CONVENTION
 MEETS IN MOBILE.
Younx Man Arrested on Charge of Hav- ing Impersenated m Omcer and Struck Woman and Her
 Daughter.
Advertiser Bureau.

I Advertiser Bureau. ! Mobile, Ala, Dec. 1. I Tonight in the lecture room Of the | sembled a large number of people from ] all the leading cities of Alabama, the 1 occasion being the second annual con- | vention of the Alabama Library Asso- l ciation. The delegates present prior 1 to the calling of the convention to or- l der, mingled together and talked on 1 the subject. Libraries" in manner to ! indicate there would be considerable 1 interest manifested in the deliberations. l Secretary A. c. Harte of the Y. M. I C. A. called the convention to order. l introducing the president. pr. Thomas | McAdory Owen, who arrived on a de- | layed train. Rt. Rev. Edward P. Allen. l bishop of the Catholic diocese of Mo- bile, delivered the invocation, conclud-
 ing with the prayer t that the Almighty present in their educational work. Mayor Lyons. on behalf of the peo- pie of Mobile, made splendid address of welcome. He as followed by Hon. welcome on behalf of the Mobile Li- ! brary Association was replete with his- toric data and included Alabama libra ries from their earliest period.
 Polytechnic Institute was down for the response. President Owen ex- plained that delay of trains prevented i Prof essor Thach frcm being present
 and on tehalf of the association spoke of the warm welcome offered the visit l ing delegates. He dw.lt at length on the great ledu ational force of public i libraries. pr. owen read his annual report which was voluminous.
 Mir. Harte went over the program for tomorrow and laid stress on the fact
 that the meetings were open Inc t1 benee nne diction and the meeting adjourned until | tomorrow morning.
 Negro Shooter Shot.
 At an early hour this morning in the City Hospital County Physician Will liam G.. Ward, with other physicians, i operated on Pardus More. a negro. It | was the desire of the physicians to 10. | cate a bullet which had penetrated | Moore's back near the spinal column
 and penetrated no right kidney ana ana l entered the abdomen. Moore was | this county, and taken to the hospital The left thumb had been nearly shot away. his right arm. above the wrist
 had been punctured and bullet passed 1 through his right leg. The first wound l mentioned, however. was considered the most dangerous. From information l elicitcd at the sheriffs office this morn l ing. Moore. negro employe at Creola. was drunk late yesterday evening. He saw a gathering of white men close by 1 and without any provocation, pulled tunateiy. his bullets went wild The white men opened fire on the negro l with the results above noted The telegram to the sheriff arrived here too l late last evening for deputies to go to | Creola, but Sheriff Powers today mo- tified his deputy at Creola to get busy, investigate and bring to Mobile all
 who were implicated in the shooting | cured, in order that the shooting might be legally investigated.
 Board of Revenue.
 | nf Rnar6 Revenue and Road Commissioners was held this afternoon, all members except Commissioner Clarity being present. Mrs. Neola Leon, an aged white woman, bearing credentials showing she mad i been a volunteer nurse in the Confed-
 crate army, appeared before the Board
 She is of a Virginia family and is de-
 where she has friends, although all Of her relatives are dead. Her appearance before the Board was to ask it's assist l Tallahassee, Fla. The Board being
 powerless to contribute funds for the relief of the woman, Commissioner , Bauer passed around the hat among the members of the Board and others pres | ent, and a handsome sum was real
 ized. Judge Williams volunteered to
 secure a half-rate ticket for the wo- ter disposing of considerable routine
 work, the Board on motion of Com missioner Bauer, ordered an advertise
 ment printed in The Advertiser and To-
 cal papers calling for bids for the hire l of county convlcts for 1906.
 Capt. Speith Arrested.
 Capt Joseph Speith, a well-known
 steamboat man, was arrested this af- ternoon on complaint of President P. R. Tuntstall of the Independent Packet Company as a meeting of the com pany was being held and Captain Speith attended, as he claimed, to have
 his interests. in the company settled.
 Recently Speith and the mate of the
 Ouachita, the company's boat, had trouble on the city wharf, and Speith. since then, has been off the boat. At the meeting Dr. Tuntstall and Speith got into an argument, and the latter was arrested for disorderly conduct. Speith gave bond.