The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-29
THE NEWS OF MOBILE
Advertiser Bureau.


 This is the week for closing with the city and County public schools. Other institutions of learning in the city will also Close during the week. The clos ing exercises of the Barton Academy high school will take place on the night of the 31st in the Mobile Theatre. On this occasion large class of boys and girls will receive diplomas, as fol- lows:
 Boys High school-George Baldwin Austin. Albert George Barnwell Ben nett, Franklin Earl Fisher. George Hall Haziehurst, Charles Dudley Henderson, IT., John Ignacius Hyde. Jr., William Brainard Jones, John Thomas McNa- mara, Jr., Greer McInnis Marechal, Av- elin Paul Tacon, Owen Cornelius Tag gart.
 Girls High School-Hattie March, Della Sutton, Lillian Edna Kettles, Hll- da Abernathy Grayson. Emma Dollie Doak. Leslie Vivian Johnson, Jean nette Dunn, Hollie Worthingron, Grace Chace, Tabbie Louise Blake, Erie Lu- retta Taylor, Elsie Barclay Broun, Grace LaCoste, Josephine Eleanor liar grove, Corinne Agnes Long, Rosa Meta Miller. Ethel Alma Kenyon, Cora Clyde Simmons. Georgia Cecil Hooks, Clara Belle Locke.
 The salutatorians will be Tabbie Louise Blake and Greer McInnis Mare chal and the valedictorians, Elsie Bar clay Broun and Franklin Earl Fisher.
 At Broad Street Academy, the negro public high school. twenty-four stu dents will graduate.
 The past week mention was made that Ben M. Flippin, export agent of the Mobile and Ohio and Southern Rail- roads, had rendered his resignation, to become effective on June 1. At that time Mir. Flippin was out of the city. and 1t could not be ascertained where he would go. This morning he stated that he had accepted the position of assistant to Vice-President and Gen eral Manager Charles S. Clarke Of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, formerly General Manager of the M & O.
 Messrs. Flippin and Clarke have been warm personal friends for many years,i especially so during the period when they were located together here, though not in the same departments. Mir. Flippin's going with MT. Clarke. 1t is conceded, will give the latter a most valuable assistant in his new field.
 Yesterday MT. Flippin was presented q handsome gold watch and chain by the employees of the export department Of the two roads of which MT. Flippin has been the head for several years. The present was from Miss Lowering, Messrs. Davidson, Kelmer, Spencer. Prince, Poe and Pickens of the office, and Captain Erickson and W. A. By of the Munson steamship Company, and was a testimonial of the appr sciatton in which Mir. Flippin is held by these.
 In the departure of MT. Flippin and his charming wife from Mobile society will miss two prime favorites and the Mobile and Ohio and Southern Rail- roads a most valuable Snd faithful of- lcial. The successor to MT. Flippin has not yet been announced.
 VIII the stores close on Friday or Saturday for the half holidays? Ss the question of moment just now agitating the minds of the Hundreds of clerks in Mobile. Some half dozen or more of the larger business houses have pro- nounced, in print. their willingness to close on Saturday afternoon, while at least a hundred. If not more. said they would be willing to close on Fri day afternoon. It was hoped by those who so greatly interested themselves in getting the consent of the merchants to give their employees a half holiday once week during the summer, begin ming the first week in June, that some conclusion would be arrived at in the matter. As yet, however. definite de- cision has not been made.
 The movement was begun more than a year ago by the Young Woman s Christian Association. It lulled for a time and this spring was again taken up by enthusiasts, among the most prominent of these being Mrs. l. Dahl heinber, who went about among the business people, and made a personal appeal to them for the half holiday. She succeeded In getting more than eighty-five firms, representing close to 1000 employees, to sign for the half holiday. For this work she received the praise of hundreds of people.
 It will, perhaps, be known before Friday whether the half holiday will be on Friday or Saturday Unless some definite conclusion Is reached whereby an unanimity of action ob- tains, 1t Is feared by those interested that the halfholiday will fade and die away like bruised flower.
 Secretary A. c. Harte of the Y. M c. A. feels assured that the committee in charge of the effort to make Mo bile's Way Day" a success will bring about the desired result, to wit: Rais- ing a sufficient amount of money on June 1 to eradicate the debt hanging over the association building. The lo- cal press has been giving generous space to the movement and the mem bers of the committee to ask for cdal- tributions are thoroughly imbued with the importance of the movement.
 An unknown negro, in trying to jump a moving freight of the M J. and K. c. at Brush, Miss, was struck terrific blow in the head. He was brought here for treatment. As the ambulance corps was removing the the man from the car he died.
 The Athletics defeated the Dorgan- Youngs at Monroe Park this afternoon 1 to 8. About 500 witnessed the game.
 A Story Joseph Jefferson Told.