The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-17
SIDEWALK PENCILINGS
Thanks from Gulf Coast.

the Coden Relief Committee, of which he Is member, now engaged In the work of alleviating the sufferings of the Gulf Coast more than two weeks ago. In the letter. the writer expresses his appreciation, of the clothing donat- the stricken in Coden. and forwarded tu the Relief Committee by The Ad. vertiser
 The sincere thanks of the committee those associated with her in their work and the information is given that tn:
 clothing is now being distributed amSnE the coden ths ot6aS donations
 purposes. Mayor Teasue mailed to Mayor Pat J. Lyons of Mobile. check
 previously sent the sufferers by the
 people of Montgomery. This is the | third donation sent by Mayor Teague, the first having been a draft for $5OG, and the second check fer sl.0o0. In the last letter accompanying the con- tribution. the Mayor took occasion .o again express the sympathy Of Mont. and their appreciation of the unselfish work of citizens of Mobile toward their relief.
 Fire CEief Talks of Meeting.
 Fire Chief John F. BrOwder, of the
 Montgomery Department has returnei
 from Dallas, Tex. where the annual of Fire Chiefs was held last week.
 we had a great time" said ChieF Browder. There were about 130 chiefs siderable number of their wives and daughters, and representatives Of ire apparatus concerns Probably 250 per sens attended every session we held. 'The meeting was in the nature or i combined business and pleasure trip. The meeting of the fire chiefs is about the only recreation chief has during the entire year. if he sticks. to busi- ferent chiefs took advantage of the opportunity. But the sessions were Of practical nature. making the meet irg really of great profit to us, as well as pleasure. There were practical papers on the best manner to fight a fire of certain character, and there was display of right-up- -the-inin- ute fire fighting appartus
 There was one incident of the meet
 ing that marred our pleasure. and caused us to adjourn adjourn rhit little earlier sudden death of Mrs. John Stagg, wife Of the president of the Association, who had come with her husband dnd their son and daughter from their meeting.
 Mrs Stagg had been quite well, al parently and on Wednesday went With the rest of the crowd to d great Texas! barbecue that was given in our honor. An hour after we had ben called to | order. there came message for Fres- ident Stagg to go to the hotel at once: that his wife was i'll. He turned th. meeting over 10 the Vice President, hut in the course of couple of hours, there came another mesSaGt that Mrs Stagg was dead
 ! Tt was MT. Staggs request that Wr should not let the incident interfere
 with our pleasure as it vas the lam scattered about. to view the sights, il
 stead of remaining in session.
 We did not elect officers: simply charge of the Association until our
 next meeting. which is to be held 'n Washington, D. C. The time for the next meeting as left. according to ons custom. to the executive committed. ..-:@ E < #
 Brilliant Record of Mr. Warren. w. T: Warren. young man former
 moved to Birmingha has some bril- | liant things already accredited to hum
 as an architect and his career is to a Birmingham Age Herald man."He came here to submit plans for the new ] southside Baptist church After four years in the Columbia school of Arch,o
 Paris. On completion of his course
 there he was employed by McKin,.
 Mead & White the foremost architects nf this country. Shortly after his r-- put in charge of the interior work Of
 'rinany's new s2Ooo.0 900 building on | Fifth avenue, and later of Dr. Park hurst's church. which was completed
 n few months ago.
 "To have won the Paris SChola"shlr
 from tho School of Agriculture of Co 1 lUmbia University is. it is ncedl ss to
 say a very high test of talent. But to
 view the artistic confidence of a firm | like Mc<im. Mead X White is even more. It is perhaps the most coveted | t. c i.,l
 d young architect
 MT Warren is an Ala lananian. as | have said. lie Is from Montgomery. anu | a graduai" of Auburn. am glad that l after being so admirably equipped in | the two artistic centorS Of the world h, has dorird to come back to his oU-j; | state to live. seeing that in the South. , winch is awakening artistically aS
 otherwise. is to be found the most at his future as absolutely secure and l predict for him in Birmingham quick l 'c0guitiun of his talent.
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 Returns After Nineteen Years. After being away from Montgomery nineteen years. J. C. Hutchings. a ma tive of this city. who now resides in Houston. Tex. returned to Montgom- cry yesterday morning to find that ! the city of his birth has undergone re
 markahle changes since he last saw I it.
 ! Mr. Iiutchings appears to be about ] forty years old and Is q court stenoE- ! rapher in Houston. He is visiting his sisters. Mrs. w. E. Johnson, and Miss 1 Annie Lee IIItChings of this city. E.t ,s..l,, a