The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-28

Columbus, Miss, last Sunday night at l 10 o'clock Mrs. Booker was the wid-
 ow of the late B. R. Booker, whe was 1 Tax Collector of Lee County. and who died about three years ago
 Mrs Booker went to Columbus. Miss, | about three months ago to see her sis- ! ter who was seriously III at that tune,
 and while there she contracted the nal. 1 ady that caused her death. She was 3S years old and is survived by daugh- l ter Mss Bessie Booker,
 Her remains were brought to Opelika on the noon train from Birmingham and were inferred in the City Gene tery. Ahe funeral exercises being con
 ducted from the passenger depot
 Prot D. M. Banks. County Suprin- tendent of Education, mas arranged with the citizens of opelika, to enter
 tain the teachers of the County at the
 Institute to he held in this city next
 Friday and Saturday, On Friday af-
 ternoon Miss Latona Burns, State Sec retary of the School Improvement As-
 sociation. will be present, and will de- liver a lecture upon the work with which she is connected.
 The members of the West End Meth
 odist Church, after the sermon last Sunday morning voted upon the name
 to be given their new church. By q
 unanimous vote they decided to call
 In the future It will be known by that
 name.
 Diisey Garlic negroes of Les coun- ty, died few days since and at the time of her death it @ supposed she
 was the oldest resident in Alabama.
 Nil. J. Y. Edwards, who knew her. and knows of her history, said she was 115 years old, During slavery she be- ionged to Edward Garlic and was ia
 mIliarly known to everybody as Gran
 ny Garlic.
 home in that city last Sunday morning. MT. Mills was a former resident of Lee County having been born and raised at
 Smiths Station. At the time of his
 death he held' responsible position with the Tennessee, Coal. Iron and | Railroad Company. His parents, Mir. and Mrs. John Mills now reside in At Ianta. Ills remains were carried tO Smiths Station this morning for burial. Judge J. R. Dowdell of the Supreme Court, had the misfortune to lose the Sunday afternoon. The barn and all the produce 1t contained. were entirely | destroyed. The origin of the fire is un- known, and 1t is not known whether or
 not the loss was covered by insurance. The regular term of the County Court was held before Judge J. B. l Lyons at the court house last Monday
 morning at 10 o'clock Quite q num- | Der of felony cases were on the docket,
 and all the defendants were bound over | l convicted for carrying a concealed pis- | tol and Mary sutton was convicted for trespassing after warning
 Victor Cheny, who is employed by the ! Loeb Carriage Company at Montgom- cry. spent Sunday in Opelika, with rel l atives and friends
 Mrs J. B. Butler of Opelika left for Anniston Monday morning. where she | goes to be at the bedside of her father, who Is very ilI.
 Misses lone and Mary Charles G3arnes | returned to Opelika Saturday afternoon from Tuskegee where they had been visiting for several days.
 l. George W Griffin, postmaster at Tus-
 kegee, and Miss Sarah Elizabeth
 Thompson, were married in Opelika
 Monday evening by Rev. W. A, Talia-
 ferro of the Baptist Church. The bridal
 couple left on the 7:30 train for their
 home in Tuskegee.
 The rural mail carriers of Lee Coun-
 ty will meet at the court house Thurs
 day afternoon at 2:3O o'clock for the
 purpose of forming a permanent asso-
 citation. The body will be addressed by
 Hons. J B. Lyons and IT. NJ. Wilson Rev. J w. Shoaf of Columbus. Ga,
 but formerly pastor of the First Meth
 odist Church. of Cpelika, Is in the city
 today en route to the North Mississlppi
 Conference where he will be transfer
 red.