The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-16

Ihhinks he is worth. No questions are asked about his past performances
 PrOfenniORal sOutheEner.
 The only thorn in the side of the prosr Srous and hard working south erner is that continual irritating sore called the ',Professional, sontherner He is person who .haran gnes- the boarding house table with accounts of the past valor of his ancestors anN jumps up and yslls every time band plays Dixie" Whether in saloon brawl or parlor he takes offense at some jest and rising on his dignity de- clares in tragic tones T am South ern gentleman" In other words he is a peFipatetic pest who insists on max ing himself conspicuous and obnoXHouO to real southerners wherever he oap7 pears. The real SoutheIner is known in New York, however, and is respect ed As a rule he is quiet and never makes himself conspicuous. In other words he is a gentleman.
 The New York public also knows the ''ProfessionaFs sSoutherner''t and he is a constant object Of fidicules Htsrgrand- father probably went 10 the South on a visit some forty years ago with carpet bag and that IS the sum and substance of the "proressional South erner's" acquaintance with the land he claims as his.
 PrODaDly the most prominent ol dll the Alabamians in New York is Judge Henderson M. Somerville, at the head of the Board of U. s. General Apprais- | CTS Judge Somerville, whose public | career in Alabama is well known, has been at the head of this board since 1890 when he was appointed, as a democrat, the board being nom -partl- san. by President Harrison. He Is the only member of the board who has been | air lind Fa lsomervillel was born in Tuscaloosa and was on the Supreme Bench of Alabama for years. He was afterwards de gn of the law school at the University of Alabama. Since his appointment to the Board of Appraisers he mas become not | ed throughout the United States through the fact that he has repeated | lv bested Secretary Of the Treasury shaw in the latters efforts to make the Board of Appraisers a part of the 1 Treasury Department and subject to the secretary's orders. Judge Somer- | vile has maintained all the time that his office is semi-judical and cannot be interfered with by the Secretary of the Treasury. The Supreme court has uphold him in this view
 McAnernY, n Millionaire.
 Another very interesting Alabamian now prominent in New York is Col. John McAnerny, a retired millionaire banker Col. M"t. serny Is not an Ala bamian by birth bat ne went to Mont gomery ten years before the civil war. He Joined the Confederate army and went out as Q member of the old Me tropolitan Guards which Montgomer- ians will remember. He started out as a sergeant but was later elected Cap tain and at the close of the war had established a great record for bravery and fidelity Some years later he came to New York and soon became the pres ident of a bank. He Is now a million aire and has retired His daughter be- came the wife of Lorenzo Semple who is lawyer of prominence in New York today Mi Semple Is a member nf 'he 1 firm of COudert Bros, and is rapidly forging to the front as one of the shrewdest lawyers Of Manhattan, He was born in Montgomery.
 To diverge a minute we will go Into the medical profession and we find at It's head Dr. John A. Wyeth, one of