The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-13


 ing elder and was one of the hardest working churchmen in the district. Rev. J Fl. Mccoy is a man of much ability
 VIII Dedicate Church.
 Bishop A. Coke Smith will dedicate the Methodist church at Owenton. The church is not very large but Is an i'm portant one for the district inasmuch as the students at the Owenton col lege, the Methodist institution in this district attend Rev. B. B. Glasgow is pastor of the church. A large congre- gation is looked for at these exercises.
 George stuart VIII Speak.
 Another great mems meeting will be held at the Jefferson Theatre at o'clock tomorrow under the auspices of the Young Mems Christian Association, It will be addressed by the evangelist. Mr. George R. Stuart, who is in Bir- mingham attending the general confer ence of the Methodist Episcopal Church South.
 The first of this series of meetings. held last Sunday afternoon. was att tended by more than fifteen hundred men and was pronounced the greatest meeting of the kind ever held in Bir- mingham. It Is anticipated that the theatre, including the top gallery, will be fille6 to overflowfng tomor- row.
 
 Man Is Made Out Of"
 The music will be led by Mir. N. B. Crabtree, who will be assisted by a double male quartette.
 Commercial Club.
 At the election of officers of the Com mercial Club, which takes place next Monday, the ballot will be opened at 12 o'clock and members may call at the club room to vote at any time auriug the day after that hour. The election will be in charge of c. R. Tar rant. W. Hill Ferguson and !. R Babb who were elected managers. The offi- cers who will be elected on Monday will not go into office unti some time the latter part of May at which time the annual meeting of the club is held The fiscal year ends on the second Monday it. May. but Tn order that there may be time for the compilation of statistics and preparation of reports, the meeting Is usually held close to June 1.
 Robert Jemison Jr. has no opposi- tion for the presidency of the club.
 Surveyors in the Field.
 There Is another crew of surveyors in the vicinity of Bessemer, but who they are or what their object Is cannot be discovered At present they are in the re,ghborhood of Prince Springs. the other. side of Old Jonesboro. The line which they are running Is evidently from the direction of Tuscaloosa. via Greeley and the brown ore mines, and It Is tohught that the survey being made ia either for the proposed line of the Dewberry Company or an exten- sion of the Birmingham Railway Light and Power Company
 The survey being made is very careful one as the stakes being driven are not of the temporary kind which arc usually used by a first survey, but of the same order as those usually used in a permanent one. Citizens who live in that community say that the en- gineers are absolutely reticent AS to which purpose the survey Is being made but the mere fact of them being there has caused considerable talk and many rumors are afloat, none oe which can he verified at this time.
 Big Developments.
 It Is very evident that the intentions of the Tennessee Republic Company, officially given out the recent meeting in Birmingham regarding the bringing of the mines and furnaces up 10 the highest point of efficiency will be carried out to the letter at Blue Creek as since that time there have been more improvements started than at any other time in the history of tho min ing camps here I7dependent or the new openings and slopes being driven and the new camp l" P' i"to'eu ht Valley Creek more than hundred houses are to b" built at the four camps in those regions At Getmore twentv-five houses are to be built at once. and at Sumpter and Johns the work on about fifty new houses has aireadv begun The old tipples are to he improved where necessary and new one to he erected at the new slope. The latest improved machinery is also hatne installed and before the end of inc wear this community will be in hetter shape for the handling of the nroduct than at any time. Bessemer feels especially interested in these irnnrovements as while no statement has been given out there Is general hei,ef that some extensive improve roents are to be made at the industries nf the company in this vicinity.
 Crushed by Elevator.
 Eugene Clark. aged sixteen years, Uas caught in the freight elevator in inc establishment or the Burger Dry Goods Company. and was badly in- 1,,red He was crushed In the chest. phvsicians called immediately after the accident announced that the young rnsn was seriously hurt.