The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-09
THE NEWS OF MOBILE
JURY CORRESPONDENTS WILL MEET
 THIS AFTERNOON.
Interest in Ccntest for Membership In the Board of Revenue and Road
 Conamissioners--0the Events of the City on the Gulf.
Advertiser Bureau.

Advertiser Bureau, Mobile, Jan. S., Tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock the Jury Commissioners of Mobile County
 will meet for the purpose of drawing the grand and petit juries for the February term of the City Court. It Is understood there is to pc large num- Der of cases to come before the grand jury and that there will be the largest
 number of indictments returned in re- cent years.
 Tomorrow at noon the Board of Rev. enue and Road Commissioners of Mo- bile County will meet in regular monthly session. Much interest is manifested in this meeting as the two contestants for seats in the body have appealed to the Supreme Court of Ala bama with reference to the actions of the members. Messrs. Hoicombe and Garrity. in continuing to act, The contestants, Messrs. Cowley and Craft. will be in attendance at the meeting
 and. doubtless. will enter protests to
 the actions of the board with Holcombe
 and Garrity sitting. Holoombe has been president of the board since his induction into the office and has been recognized, with Mir. Garrity, by Messrs. Simmons. Bauer and Andrews, as members of the board. The results
 of the hearing before the Supreme
 Court are awaited here with much in . terest in view of the fact that the
 county employees have already been elected by the board, Messrs. Holcombe
 and Garrity having voted with Messrs.
 Simmons, Bauer and Andrews. 
 Tonight at Palmetto Street Baptist Church there was an immense gath.
 ering of members together with rnem-
 bers of the St. Francis Street and
 Dauphinway Baptist Churches. The occasion was @ welcoming to the re.
 gently appointed pastor. of Palmetto
 Street Church. Rev. A. J, Preston. Rev.
 Dr. W. J. E. Cox, paster of St. Francis | Street Church, officiated and conducted
 the services. The new pastor was .riy.
 en most hearty welcome by the large | assemblage.
 Tomorrow morning in the Circuit | Court, Hon S. B. Browne presiding. the motion on the part of the defense, fin
 the case of Clarence M Blalack versus
 the Louisville and Nashville Railroad
 for $25.000 damages. to have the case
 transferred to the United States Circuit
 Court. will be heard. l AASSNoy ui6Hb dS LuOlT nall on SDfinR i Hill Avenue the Mobile Deutoher Turn Verein will have their postponed
 Christmas entertainment and ball. This
 affair has been twice postponed, but
 this has made the committee of ar.
 arrangements the more determined to
 make 1t a great success.
 Tomorrow night the members of Ger ! man Relief Association will have their
 annual family reunion and dance. Tho children will enjoy a Christmas tree and distribution of presents. and be allowed
 the floor for dancing for an hour, af-
 ter which the older folks will dance,
 A supper will be served under the di- rection of Mrs. George Groeschner. The local Knights Templar will ob-
 serve religious services on St. /John's s
 day in Temple Shaarai Shomayim. The | committee of arrangements is Max
 Hamburger, Jr, chairman; Clinton R :.
 Mccartney, Myron sprague and John V. Falck.