The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-26

| total cash .recfipts for the year 1so5-ot
 10 De from all sources. al0.s41.s4. The totai expenditures Tor the year amount ca 10 SlO.bS2.S2. The amount of cash on hand October 24. 1905. added to the receipts left small balance in thl hands of the treasurer.
 Ihe report Of the treasurer after giv. ing the expenditures and the accounts into which they had assembled closed as folcws: "fhe collections have been , large this year and the agents report VIII show an increase over 1904-05. but 1 the expenses have increased. and will 1 or necessity be greater than in pre- vious years and join the Executive committee In urging the continued ooth Tor support and needed improve ments as the old building. if occupied, must be made comfortable and secure. or the probable disaster to the lives and health of the children--owing to US present condition-be chargea ble to the provisional laxity of Alabama Methodism."
 Sheriff Mskes seversI Arrests. Yesterday afternoon the sheriff ar- rested six negroes. All six of ths negroes lived in the city and when arrested they were lodged in the county jail The negroes arrested were Willie Robinson, for rape: Alfred Wilson. for forgery. and James Arm strong. Pearlie Turner. Tom Craig aAd John Benton for burglary. Harmony Clubs OpesinE Ball. At their club rooms Y on Alabama street tonight. the Harmony Club, the leading Jewish social club of the city, held the thirty-eighth annual ball ot that organization. For the occasion thx, <.f1 been transformed into a veritable low- CT garden and everywhere in evcr2 conceivable space. the eye was me; with the pleasing view of different flowers and plants,
 Tn the bright lights they made l pleasing back ground for the joy and lnerriment of the evening. Many beautifully gowned women had gathered for the ball
 In the spacious ball room there were many pots of ferns and palms, while on the ceiling and walls Jf th'< room, tastily arrangNn, there were great clusters of golden rod. Behind bank of ferns. palrus and golden rods was stationed the orchestra. which furnished the music of the evening.
 The hall was also tastily decorated with many varicolo.d flowers anu plants. whi:h made the club rooms most pleasing place for the even- Ing.
 The grand march was started at s:30 o'clock w.ti al ut sixty couples dent of the rI1b. B. J. Schuster. with his wife. Immediately behind him fol- lived the chairman of the entertain. ment committee. Sam Strauss wit his wife. Behind Mir. and Mrs Strauss the rest of the members of the entertainment committee follow ed. After them came the members of the club and the invited guests.
 The dance program carried out the elaborate views which had bren used in decorating the club rooms. Upon the front cover there was dn elegant embossed design of an old time min- uet The program contained twelve numbers but :s these were finished they were repeated as the evening began to wane.
 At 1:3O o'clock the intermissiou came in the dancing and the line of march to the hinoue, faIl was f6rm- ed. This march WIS led Dy Mir. and Mrs. Sam StraIss In the large ban quet hall the eyes of these who en- ;.tered saw loas tahl. uron which there rested many vases In which there were also many tempting dish es and with the sparkling of wine and the flow of brilliant convarsa- 'tion the luncheon hour proved one of the most enjoyable of the evening. After the banquet iancing was again ene.ged in until a late hour, when the merry gathering departed for their homes. As each lady entered the club rooms tonight she was presnted with beautiful souvenir. These souvenirs were beautifully framed japanese pict- ures. The subject of eacr souvenir was different.
 The thirty-eighth :, annual opening ball of the Harmony Club tonight proved a brilliant event in the lives of several of Selma's most beautiful young women. It was made the occa- sion of the debut Of several young wo- men into society and this event was made under most suspicious circum- stances.
 The debutantes were Misses Bertha Schuster Jeanette Meyer. Irma Wolf, and Sadie Meyer.
 Among the danceds there were the following young people:
 Miss Mathile woolfe with Sam Marks; Saddle Meyer with Jack Leva; Irma Woolfe with Harry Marks: Es- telle Adler with NJ. NJ Rosenberg; Ad- nette Meyer with M. L. sterne. Jr,; Francis Herzfeld with W. l. Bloch: IAl lian Leva with Joseph P. Bloch: Blanche New with Leo s I.eva: Bertha Schuster with Ed. Lillienthal; Flor rie Sterne with NJ F. Heinherg: Violet Marx with J. F. Sieeel; Sidney Strauss of Montgomery; Reuben Haas of Mont gomery.
 The ball will long he remembered as one of the most brilliant events in the history of the club. To Sam Strauss. the Chairman of the Entertainment Committee. there is due great credit. Tn the work he was ably assisted by the rest of the members of the Enter tainment Committee. which was com posed of Sam Marks, Monroe Heine- berg, Jerome Seigle and Leo krauss.
 Mrs. Thnlbeimer Entertains.
 Mrs Albert Thalheimer was hostess yesterdav afternoon fo- few friends at her home on Franklin Street. The ra rlors were tastefully decorated with palms and cut-fowers. Six hand euchre was played and the prize lovely picture, fell to Mrs. H. 5. Elkan. At conclusion of the games, a delicious