The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-04
Interesting Exercises In Honor of Occn-
 sion at Troy.


 sion at Troy.
 Troy, June S.-(Special )--Interesting exercises in honor of the birthday of Jefferson Davis were held this morn ing in the auditorium of the city school building. The veterans of Camp Ruffin were in attendance as were a number of the Daughters of the Confedcracy. The exercises were opened by an invo- cation from Rev. J. c. Sturgeon. after which Professor Selman, master of ceremonies, announced the first number of the program, Dixie" an instrument tai solo. by Miss Kate Murphree. fol- lowed by a reading, "The Shackling of Jefferson Davis" by Mrs c. S. Tut wiler. The Bonny Blue Flag" was sung in sweet soprano voice by Miss Nell Murphree.
 Professor Selman, in a few we'll chosen words, introduced the speaker of the day Capt. Frank M. Pennington. who, in half-hour's address, pro- nounced an eloquent eulogy upon the 'man without country" the honor of whose memory lies in the sacred keep ing of the South alone. Mrs. F. s. Wood, President of the Troy Chapter. U. D. C.. was present and bestowed Crosses of Honor upon two veterans, Capt. F. M. Pennington and D. c. Roet- ton. Rev. s. A. Pilley pronounced the benediction and the veterans departed to meet next on the 27th of July at the Pike County reunion at Pronto.
 The City Improvement Club held It's regular meeting yesterday afternoon with the President, Mrs. O. C. Wiley when number of timely topics were discussed. Mrs. J. S. Carroll. owing to unavoidable circumstances. resigned the office of Recording Secretary, and Mrs Carl Tutwiler was elected to fill the vacancy. The matter of watering the streets was discussed and committees appointed on each street to solicit the necessary subscriptions, the amount fin each case having been placed at a very low estimate by the city. With plenty of water in the stand pipe and the hearty cooperation of the city with the club, the dust devil is conquered in Troy The club took steps towards covering the stand pipe with wife net ting as protection against birds and other foreign substances Letters from Hon. A. A. Wiley and Dr. A. J. Messing were read, each promising a lecture in the early fall for the benefit of the club. It was then voted to write Mar tha Young, who is visiting her home in Alabama from New York, to give reading at an early date.
 The advertisement evil was intro duced from without by a request that the club protest against the use of the
 
 square for the purpose of planting be- fore the public things that not only shock the sense of the beautiful, but often proprieties as well. This subject is a matter of grief to the members of the club, who, realizing their limita- tions can only drop their eyes from the ugly walls to the little spot of living green" about the gray walls of the stately courthouse, and hope for better things.
 The following party returned from Union Springs this morning. where was presented successfully last evening, for the benefit of the City Improvement Club, an amateur play: Misses Aver son, Fannie Porter. Evelyn Knox, Lucy Knox, Mary Williams Sallie Williams and Mrs. Ellison; Messrs. Joe Boyd, Walter Coleman. McKinnon. " J. Mc- Kinley, J. J. Doster, Charles Copeland, Manly Cannon, Ross Rainer and Clar- ence McCartha. Mrs. Fl. T. Babcock accompanied the party.
 Harry Wiley has returned home from the University, where he graduated in the school of law. He is q son of the late Henry Clay Wiley, who for years was distinguished lawyer of Troy.
 Miss Sarah Hall returned to her home in Macon, Ga. this morning
 Martin Dannelly, son of Rev. J. s. Dannelly, is III with fever at the home of his parents on Montgomery Street.
 Mrs. Belle Gardner and daughter, Miss Catherine, have moved into their home on Murphree Street
 Jim and Bill Abbitt of Cross Roads Beat were arrested this morning by Sheriff S. M Reeves, charges with at tempting to murder Isham Shelman near the turpentine distillery of Lesesne & Holland at Linwood. The negro, who was shot in the throat and was not able to talk until recently. Is still unable to get out to attend court. so the case was set for the 13th of this month defendants being placed under a $500 bond each. It will be remembered that this. negro was shot down by un- known parties near the turpentine dis tillery several weeks ago.
 The first cotton blooms of the season were brought to town this morning by two parties. H. D.. Copeland of Pronto and A. P. Powell, who lives three miles west of Troy. Mir. Powell had his dwelling burned last Thursday evening. They did not know how the fire orig mated. Most of the household goods were saved.
 Mrs. James McLaney, sister of w. J. Watkins of this place and step-mother of James McLaney, died last night. She had many friends and was much be- loved.