The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-11
UNION SPRINGS NEWS.
"An Evening With Uncle Remus" At
 Opera House.

1An Evening With Uncle Remus" At
 Opera House.
 Union Springs, Oct 1O-(Speciai:)- Last evening in the opera house Mrs. Frank L. Parks and her little six-yesr- old daughter, Frances Craven Parks, gave An Evening With Uncle Remus."
 This Is the childhood home of Mrs. Parks and despite the indictment weather large crowd was out to do honor to one of their talented daugn- ters. Little Frances captivated the audience and gracefully responded tn oft repeated encores. The program was repeated this afternoon at mat inee. While here. Mrs. Parks and her talented little girl are guests of Dr. and Mrs. c. H Franklin. and their many friends are delighted to know that they will be here for several days
 Mir. J. Ming, one of the oldest and best known men of Bullock County died Wednesday night after being con- fined to his home for several months with cancer. He died at the home Of his son law, Mir George Chance, and his remains were carried to Bethel Tor interment by the s1Ge of his wife. who preceded him to the grave many years.
 It will be remembered that Mir Ming is the one who last year advertised Tor "helpmeet" and received hundreds or letters from all parts of the United States from women anxious to assume the position of a helpmeet. MT. Ming said there was so many that he could not make choice so decided Just to enjoy looking over the letters occa- sionally.
 MT. Ming was 80 ye@rs of age. a, good man, and a member of the Bap- | fist Church, and had been a resident of this section for fifty years. A few nights past, when Deputy George Carmichael went into the jail to lock up the prisoners he was over | powered by two of them, Nelson Black mon and Mack Seals. They took the Keys and made their escape Black : | mon was held for selling mortgage | property and Seals for burglary. AS yet they are still at large. | One night the past V, Sk while Joe | Alex Warner and Livingston Paullt were out 'possun hunting they stum- bIed over an old sack that was more or less decayed. It tore and reveal | ed lot of bones and upon investtga- 1 ton the bows were convi, ed that they were the bones of an infant. l Mir. and Mrs. R. E. l.. Cope enter tained the faculty of the public school | the past week with a o'clock dinner. l Miss Anastasia Pittman left Thurs day for Prescott, Ariz.. where she has | accepted a position to teach. Mir. John Hanson and wife, of Lees burg, Fla, and Miss Flora Hanson, of | this place, have returped from a Vislt | of six months to Ireland, England. Denmark and Germany. Their father. | the late F. J. c. Hanson, of this city, I was from Denmark and there they met 1 many relatives.
 J. B. Hunter. Jr., has gone to ln- dianola, Miss. where he has accepted a position with cotton oil company.
 Mir. F. W. Reid Aas returned from
 year spent in Florida
 Mir. E. D. Jenkins has moved his
 family to Montgomery as he finds II more central for him as headquarters in the territory through which he | travels.
 | MT. w. A. Branscomb. of Augusta Ga, visited his brother. J. s. Brans-
 comb here.
 MT. Joseph Russell. of Lowndesboro
 visited Mir. and Mrs. c. R. Russell thia
 week and attended the Fair.