The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-18
ERWIN CANNON DEAD.
PFonfinent Farmer of Perry County H
 PnaaeR Away

@EOsnt1enb . FnFnler ON FefFy County Has Passed Away.
 Marion. Sept. 17.--(Special. )--Mr. Er. yin Cannon a leading farmer and prom inent citizen Of Brush Creek Beat this county, died ! Tuesday after a short illness of appendieitlss He was about 70 years old and was born and reared in the countY,t
 Work on the, new artesian well for the city is progressing rapidly and the contractor hopes to complete his work within the next three weeks.
 Judge Shjyers rendered his decision Monday in the habeas corpus case of Green ColwelI, indicted as an accomp. lice of Grifflp in the killing of Jeffie Hughey. in which bond was refused.
 Quite number of Marion young la dies left recently to teach. Misses Mary Lee and Ina Lockhart go to St. Louis, where they have held posi- tions for several years in the public schools of that city. Miss Jennie Pope and Miss Lizzie Hogue will teach at Abbevilie; MIss Julia Yeatman goes to Berlin. Lownties County; Miss Mary Ev- ins, who taught in the Marion Acad- emy last year. goes to Pine Apple; Miss Fine Cooke goes to Gadsden. These young ladies are all highly accomp- llshed and have already won an envi- able reputation in educational work.
 The following young people have gone to other colleges: Miss Annie Louise Miller enters Moffatt McLaurln Institute of Meridian, Miss: Miss Sue Beth James goes to Buford College, Tennessee; Mir. John Howze. Jr., goes to the University of Virginia; MT. Hugh Greer takes up his third year course in the Birmingham Medical Col lege; Mir. Willie .Caffee enters the Birmingham Medic& College; Mir. Char lie Greer goes to the State University.
 Perry Jemison. colored. known to all the old citizens as one of the few re- maining ante bellum negroes, who held inc confidence and friendship of both white and colored, died from stroke of paralysis Monday. He had accumu- lated nice property
 Mir Holman Barker, Clerk in the nrobate office, and Miss Miree. have bought attractive lots near Judson Col lege and have let contracts for hand some residences.
 The room adjoining the annex of the King Hotel. used for the storing and curing of the Perry tobacco crop came near being destroyed by fire Tuesday. The oil stove used to control the temperature exploded. but the flames were extinguished by the fire company betore any serious oalnaSe was done.
 The Marion Female Seminary opened today under very bright auspices. The building has been thoroughly renovat- ed and re-furnished throughout and "a now one of the most handsome col lezes in the State.
 Reports that the cotton crop Is very short continue to come In from every section, and that 1t Is all about open. Farmers are working hard picking. hoping to get She most of 1t picked bt. fore the heavy September gales begin,
 The municipal election will be held next Monday There is no opposition to the regular Democratic nominees and the election will only be formal.
 Work is now progressing putting flre | escapes to the Judsoh College in com pliance with the new law. The old l part of the building will also be re- covered Everything will be in readl- ness for the opening on September 2i, |