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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-28
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 Possibly on account of the inclem- ency of the weather of Tuesday night, a very small audience greeted the Tner- itorious performance of Blue Jeans" at The Grand. That the production is really meritorious is attested by the fact that the few present showed their enjoyment of the offering in their gen. erous applause.
 The Baldwin Melville Stock Com pany aim to put productions upon the stage under right conditions for good acting and to this end produce the right sort of scenery, and new scenery at that. It was said last night that the shift In the third act of the mel odrama have not been surpassed in ex- cellence by attractions demanding twice and three times the admission.
 But there must needs be some act. ing to go with the good scenery. While there are no Broadway stars In the company to be seen this week, the leading characters are good. and the production deserves good audiences.
 "Blue Jeans" will be the attraction at The Grand at matinee and night to- day.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-28
MEET IN NOVEMBER
ENCOURAGEMENT OF STATE LIBRA
 RY ASSOCIATION.
Place Named By Dr. Thomas M. Owen Is Anniston With Sessions Tn
 Jacksonville and Gadadam.

That the fifth annual meeting of the Alabama Library Association will be held in Anniston. with sessions in Jacksonville and Gadsden during the middle of November. is the announce ment made by pr. Thomas M Owen. director of the Department of Archives and History of the State. The an- nouncement included the statement that the details of the sessions have not been worked out, but 1t Is the general plan of the executive com mittoe to hold two eevning sessions In Anniston and two, evenings of pop ular interest.
 Librarians from all parts of the State will be present at the meeting. and all indications point to this years session, beginning November 1e, as the best ever held In the history of the organ ization.
 An interesting feature of the meet ing will be Symposium of Library Beginnings" in which librarians from several leading libraries will make ad- dresses. Also at one of the sessions Dr. Thomas M. Palmer, president of the Girls Industrial School at Monte vallo, will deliver an address.
 The officers of the Alabama Library Association are as follows:
 Thomas M. Owen, president Mont gomery; Charles c. tThach, first vice
 president. Auburn; E. F. Buchner second vice president. University; Joel c. DuBose. third vice president. Bir- mingham; Frances Nimmo Greene. sec- retary, Montgomery; Laura M. Elmore. treasurer. Montgomery.
 Members of the Executive Council (Tn addition to the offlcers): J. H. Phillips, Birmingham: Alice wyman, Montevallo; W. D. Striplin, Gadsden; Frances Higgins Selma; D. P. Chris tenherry, Greensboro.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-28
BIG TOBACCO CORPORATION
 ORGANIZED IN M0NTG0 G0EIERY

Papers of incorporation of the Fra leigh Tobacco Company were filed for record in the ofIice of Probate Judge Gaston. Tuesday. The concern, organ ized for the conducting of tobacco culture on large scale. is capitalized at $350, 900. divided into 2b.oOo shares of $i0 each. s.
 The central ofice of the company will be situated in Montgomery. though the property into the development of which the funds of the eol..pany will be placed. is situated near Madison, in Madison County. Florida.
 The officers of the company are 4. E. FraIeigh, Madison, Fla, president; E. w. Menefee, Pensacola, Fla, first vice president; T. c. Smith, Madison. Fla. second vice president; S. J. Cassels, Montgomery, Ala. secretary; Ola Sand CTS Madison, Fla. treasurer.
 Of the stock of the company. S1S6,- 800 is paid in, the holders being A. E. Fraleigh, T. c. Smith, L. A. Fraleigh and E. w. Menefee, all of Florida, and all of whom are directors.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-28
CAPTAIN LEE SPEAKS.
Small Audience Hears Republican ln
 Tuskegee,

Small Audience Hears Republican ln
 Tuskegee.
 Tuskegee, Oct. 27-t Special. )--Cap- tain James W. Lee, of Birmingham, gave an address on Republican issues at the court house Monday evening. His audience numbered eighteen. four of whom were negroes.
 Mayor O. D. Lewis Inns appointed J [. H. Drakeford, R. II. Powell and D. B. Laslie as delegates to the Waterways Convention to be held in Columbus, Ga, on November Q and 1e.
 One of the features or the convention Is to get a canal route surveyed from the Tallapoosa river via Tuskegee to the Chattahoochee river,
 The site where the oid livery stable now stands, one of the pEettiest and most convenient locations in town, has been purchased for the erection of the Episcopal Church; work to begin there on some time next spring.
 Mrs. Laura J. Alley and little son Charles, are the guests of Mr, and Mrs. E. W. Thompson.
 Mrs. Smith, of Albany, Ga, is the guest of here sister. Mrs. George T Hall.
 Miss Sallie Lane has gone to Hunts vile. where she will spend a portion of the winter months.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-28
MORRIS IS IN JAIL
DEFECTIVE BRINGS HIM IN FROM
 ARIT0N.
Charged With Half-Dosen Thefts, Among Which Was That of Motor Car From LocMl
 Garage


 Returning at 6 o'clock Tuesday af- ternoon from triton. Detective Avant brought to Montgomery JoLn Morris. the young white man whose alleged depredations in the garage of Moseley and Haigler ended in failure.
 Charged with the attempted theft of two automobiles. and of various amounts of money Morris is now con- fined In the city prison, awaiting trial in six cases of grand larceny. The trial will probably come up before Jus tioe Young today or Thursday.
 The police claim that after his return Morris confessed to the theft of a bi- cycle from the Montgomery Brewing Company. which was p1r1oined as 1t stood in thes street. It was placed in hook for &6.
 the police had no cognizance at the time of the young mans arrest, there Is the alleged theft of the runabout of P. s. Black, the motor car of ". T. Robertson, bunch of checks made out to Moseley and Haigler. a watch, suit of clothes. and $2e in cash
 It will be remembered that Morris In the attempt to make away with goods, took from the garage of Nose ley and Haigler. the Black runabout. which he ditched on the Red Bridge Road. Returning to the city. he took from its place in the garage the motor of MT. Robertson, 1t Is alleged. which went the way of the first Trying the railroad, Morris went to Troy, thence to AFiton, where his attempt to cash check of he stolen bunch aroused the suspicious of merchant. causing his arrest.
 Morris admits the thefts of which he is charged, though. sullen he talks but little. He is a young man 22 years of age and hailing from Rhode Island. He came from the New England State but few months ago entering Montgomery in the employ of Moseley and Haigler at watchman at the gar age of the firm.
 fJhREnmAA- Wna-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-28
WEBB TRIES SUICIDE.

Decatur Man Was Arrested for Iu-
 sulting Woman.
 Decatur, Oct. 27.-(Special )-.Luke webb. young white man of Decatur. attempted to end his life last night oy cutting his throat from ear to ear with pocket knife. which the police Tailed to take from him when he. was locked up yesterday afternoon.
 The knife was dull. and this alone saved Webb's life. The skin on his throat is cut from ear to ear, but the wound Is only skin deep and Webb will recover.
 Webb was arrested yesterday after noon and locked up in the city jail In New Decatur on the charge of in- sulting and assaulting a white wo- man in South New Decatur It Is said that the charge against Webb Ia not or a very grave nature, but 1t seems that while in the city lookup he grew Respondent and decided to end his life
 Luke Webb was a soldier in the spanish American War and 1t iss said that he Is entitled to a considerable amount of back pay and also to a pension, but he has never made ap- plication for either. He has a broth CT, Louis Webb, who is a well known barber in Memphis, Tenn.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-28
Cost Former Prices Will Not Deter Us Closing Out Every Remaining Piano by 930 Thursday Nght-The Sale Tags Plainly Tell the Tale of the Awful Sac
 rhces in Prices
This is the Last oa Your Last chanceAct Quickly if You Would Secure One of These Bargains The Saving to You Will Be s15o to s25o-open Until P. M.
 Ill Dexter Ave.

Thursday night this wonderful sale comes to an end. That is the adver- tised closing date. We feel sure every one of these great bargains will be biy sure that not one would remain Thursday night we made another big cut In prices.
 We said at the beginning of this sale that neither cost nor former prices would deter us in closing out the en- tire stock. We predicted every instru- ment would be sold, and our prediction will come true.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-28

The pianos remaining are of the very highest grade. They must be sold. They will be sold. We made sure of that when we made this last great out in the prices.
 The question for you to decide. if you need a piano. is. will you be one of the lucky few to secure these last and best bargains of the whole stock7 If you need Q piano. now 10 the time for quick action. Secure one of these. save Si5o to s2So. and pay for 1t on any reasonable terms. Here they are:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-28
BALLOTS FOR JEFFERSON |.
Sheriff HIgdOn Is Preparing for the
 Election.

Birmingham. Oct. 27--(Special. )- The ballots and ballot boxes to be used in the general election next week, have been turned over to Sheriff Mig don. and in the next day or two will be distributed to the forty-seveR voting precincts in the county.
 The official ballot is large and wide. A separate ballot will be used In vot- ing on the new counties amendment
 All arrangements for the election next week are almost completed, the distribution of the ballots and ballot boxes being the last thing.
 The campaign committee recently named in this county to oppose the new counties amendment has gone to work in earnest. the last week to be made busy one.
 Clerks and stenographers have mail ed out something like 25,000 pieces of literature showing reasons why the amendment should be defeated. The campaign committee in favor of the amendment is as busy as the oppon- ents.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-28
SHERIFF KEPT BUSY.
and Liquor Drinking fin
 Jefferson

Birmingham, Oct. 27-(Special. J. The Sheriff of Jefferson County and his men are busy. and in addition to daily raid on social clubs" where dozens of men are being arrested on charges of violating the prohibition law. gambling games are being closely watched for.
 A raid was made this afternoon on a negro crap game and seventeen blacks were escorted to the county jail and locked up until bonds could be made.
 Tn addition to a raiding force Colonel Hlgdon has a large number of men busy serving papers of all kinds for the several courts that are grinding away.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-28
STOREKEEPER SHOT
 BY A BOLD NEGRO

Birmingham. Oct. 27--J. A. Cum. mings. who conducts a store at a small settlement between North Birm- ingham and Sayro,; was shot through the neck and fatally injured tonight by negro who was attempting to rob him.
 manded Mir. cummings's money. Mir. seized a pistol and re-entered the store. The negro fired upon him first and made his escape in the darkness.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-28
I N SOC | E T Y
Moulton Street on Thursday afternoon

Moulton Street on Thursday afternoon at 3:$0 o'clock.
 Mir. and Mrs w. F. vandiver. who spent the summer at the Michigan re- sorts. have returned home
 
 Misses Jennie May Keeble and Hell en Keeble. who have been visitin . Mise Sadie Cummins. have returned home
 < Mrs. Frank Schiel and Mrs. c. Groeehe of Selma. have returned home after spending fair week with. Mrs. E. J. Foley. MT. Howard seay has returned from a short trip to Selma. Manufacturing parlor. s14 Bell Bldg. Ehone. s22s. Sunday hours. 9 to l2.
 fri-su-wed
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-28
IN HONOR OF MISS

IN HONOR OF MASS
 STEINER AND MIR. SAKE. Mir. and Mrs. l.. Steiner entertained at dinner last evening in honor of their daughter, Miss Hattie Steiner, and her fiance, Mir. Louis l.. Saxe, of New York. The marriage of this young couple which will take place to- day. will be an important nuptial event of the week.
 The, floral decorations of the attract i've table last evening were carnations and roses and festoons of smilax, car rying out a plan of white and green. Besides Mir. and Mrs. Steiner. their family and the guests of honor. the party included: MT. and Mrs. N. Lobman, Mir. and Mrs. E. Lobman, Mir Oscar Saxe of Boston, Miss Stern of Columbus. Ga, Mrs. Bendmanr of St. Louis, Miss Newman of New Orleans. Mir. and Mrs. S. Newman, Mir. and Mrs. Phil Baum, Mir and Mrs. c. Calm. Mrs. J. Greii and Mrs. A. Drum.
 MUSIC CLUB ENTERTAINMENT, Miss Fannie Marks, the gifted young lady vioiinist of Montgomery. gave delightful musical program at the Mu- sic club last night. The club. which secures a number of ouf-of-town at- fractions during the. season. was warmly congratulated on securing Miss Marks, who delighted large audience 
 to the city Miss Marks was the guest of Mrs. Alston Fitts. .-Tuscaloosa Re- cord.
 NEW OFFICERS OF a sf SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT, At the meeting of the Montgomery. School Improvement Association held yesterday afternoon at the Carnegie Library. the officers elected were. Mrs. Leon We'll President; wrs. W. H.. Seymour. Vice-President Mrs. Walter Fisk, Secretary Mrs. c. W. Crist, Treasurer; Mrs. Ernest Mayer, dele gate to represent the association in the City Federation. NOTICE, wOMAN's AUxIL-
 LIARY, Y. M. c. A. The woman's Auxiliary to the Young Mems Christian Association will hold a meeting this Wednesday, afternoon at { o'clock in the rooms of the As- sociation. All members are urged to be present as business of importance is on hand.
 Mrs. W. P DeJarnette.
 =. President. Mrs. T. D. McGough. Sec. MT. and Mrs. J. W. Avenger. who have been visiting relatives in Mont gomery. have returned to their home
  Misses Mary Casey and Dovfe Casey. who have been visiting Misses Lucille Perdue and Bernice Perdue, have rec turned to their home in Centerviiie. Mrs. M. s. Shelby has returned to her home in Centerville after a visit to Mrs. J. A. Perdue at her home on McDonough Street.
 + +
 Miss Lily Gafford. who has been the guest of Miss Lucille Perdue at her home on South McDonough Street. has returned to her home in Greenville. + +
 Miss Mary Bibb. who has been visit ing Miss Ethel Tresslar. has returned to her home in Selma.
 Mrs. J. J. Abercrombie and Mrs. Wiley Ross. who have been visiting Mrs. Belle Alien .Ross at her home on Washington Avenue, have returned to their home in Opelika. ssy,
 Y
 Mrs. W. B. Kelly will entertain the "wednesday Card Club at her home on
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-28
L. A. Hurst Says Work is Nearly cOm-
 Dleted.

pIeted.
 Anniston, Oct. 3T.-(SpeciaI. )-L. A. Hurst of Washington. D. c. who Is makinE a soil survey of this county in Connection with P. H. Avery, the specialist who was employed by the State under the provisions of the SlO,- 900 appropriation made by the last Alabama Legislature. was here today, and when asked about his work he stated that the Calhoun survey is near ang completion.
 government. and is in this city en route to his home in Indiana, where he will enjoy a short vacation before joining his co-worker. who is sta toned at Wellington. they having just finished an analysis of the soil in the neighborhood of Weaver and Jackson vile.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-28
FOR CRUISER BIRMINGHAM.
Citisens Will Present Handsome sIl
 yer Service.

yer Service.
 Birmingham, Oct 27-(Specisl. J. A silver service consisting of gold bowl and forty-eight gold cups has been purchased to be presented to the cruiser Birmingham, when 1t Is ready for commission.
 The committee making the selection and purchase was headed by Henry B. Gray. Lieutenant Governor of the State. and will be. presented either in New Orleans, during the coming carnival or at the docks at Boston, Mass.
 The fund for the service was secured here among the citizens, the greater portion of 1t being the refund from the Confederate Veterans reunion fund ip June.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-28
Two Offlcera Exoneratetl.

Birmingham. Oct. 27.--(special. )-Coroner Paris today exonerated Special Officers Barnes and Elledge of the Frisco Railroad who a few nights ago shot and killed Charles Davis. a negro. The negro was defying arrest and had actually fired on one of the officers when he was shot and mortally wounded.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-28
noafu Of Dtrectors VIII Hold Meeting fir
 Selma,

Board of Directors VIII Hold Meeting fin
 Selma.
 Birmingham. Oct. 27.-tspeeiaI.)-rhe - Board of Directors .of the Methodist Or phanase at summerfiled. will hold a meet ins wednesday at Selma.
 The representatives from the North Ala bamA Conference of the Methodist Episco-- pal Church. composed of Rev. J. W New man. of Talladega. RsV s. P. West. Rev. J. g. Chadwick. w. C. Brown and A. ". Smith of Birmingham. will leave early in the morning for Selma.
 The orphanage was instituted twenty years ago and It Is estimated that no less than five hundred children were given at- tention at the place. The average attend ance now Is eighty children.
 The meeting of the board of directors promises to be interesting,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-28
AIIens VIII Leave Anniston.

Anniston. oct. 27.-(Special. )-Mr. and Mrs. Wade Allen and family will leave on December 1st for Richmond, Va. where Mir. Allen has accepted a lucrative position with Mir. .wolfons. of the Woodstock Company. Mir. AL len and his family hold 8 warm place in the hearts of Annistonians. and their removal to Virginia causes much regret in a large circle of friends.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-28
R0Bs FRUIT STAND.
Bold Negro Gets S12O from BIrminE-
 ham Fruit DeaRDr

Birmingham. Oct 27-(SpeciaI. )-- A report was made to the Police De- partment this morning that during last night a negro entered the fruit stand of James Greenwood, on the corner of Fourth Avenue and Twentieth Street, and stole 9120 out of a show case.
 When the boy who was in charge of the stand, which remains open all night, attempted to stop the negro. he received some painful injuries. the ne- gro being armed with a knife.
 The boy gave the officers a descript- ion of the negro and efforts are being made to capture him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-28
THE PASSING THROAC

Adjutant General Bibb Graves has returned from visit to Chicago. He Is optimistic about the chances of Bryan's election and declares that ev- cry inch of the ground Is being fought by the Democratic hosts.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-28
COLLEGE FOR WOMEN.
Presbyterians Hold Meeting in Anal

ton.
 Anniston' Oct 27.--(Special )-con- siderable enthusiasm was injected into the campaign for the location of the Presbyterian College for Women, at the meeting Monday night in the Court House.
 Addresses were made by Dr. J. W. Stagg of Birmingham, Dr. J. c. An- derson. and Rev. J. D. Simpson of this city. pr. Foster of Birmingham who was to have been present, was unavoidabty absent.
 4 good audience of Anniston people were present and were much inter- ested in the addresses. Dr. Anderson presided over the meeting and intro- duced the speakers.
 A committee will canvass for sub scriptions this week and be in readi- ness for the meeting of the synod on the 10th of November.
 Chir0p0dy. Hair Dressing. ManleuP-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-28
stevens Won the Corn Prise.

J. B. Stevens, a farmer living near Montgomery, 1t was announced yes terday, won the first prize, an Oliver blow, offered at the recent Fair for the best acre of corn. The acre of MT. Stevens yielded 76 Ia bushels.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-28

W. J. sansby, Superintendent of Ed ucatIon of Choctaw County, and prin- cipal of the High School at Butler. spent Tuesday in Montgomery on bus mess in the office of the State Super intendent of Education,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-28

seventeen foot column Eurmounted by a nine foot figure of St. Paul is to be erected in the gardens of St. Paurs cathe- dral in London to mark the old Paul'S cross open-sir pulpit
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-28

pr. Shirley Bragg. State Convict In- spector, returned to Montgomery on Tuesday from Birmingham. where he has been for several months on ac- count of his health. Dr. Bragg Is much improved In health. and his pres ence in his office at the State Capitol building yesterday was the cause Of much congratulations.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-28

The friends of Captain Bernard of the Five Points Engine Company, will regret to learn that he Is i'll in his room at the engine house. Captain Bernard was In charge of the branch of the Fire Department which was on exhibit at the fair, as well as a pro- tectIon to the buildings. He was i'll when he returned from his duties at the fair. His illness. however, Is not regarded as serious
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-28
sUslNrERFIELD oRrHANAcr.

ChiropOdy. Hair Dressing, Mnnfcnr- lag. Mrs. Jansen. II0S Bell BTdR.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-28
SURVEY IN CALHOUN.

ChlrOpodY. Hair Dressing, ManlcuP- ing. Mrs. Jansen, HOS Bell Bldg.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-28

Miss Mary Bibb. who has been visit ing Miss Ethel Tresslar, has returned to her home in Selma.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-28

Mrs. J. J. Abererombie and Mrs. Wiley Ross, who have been visiting Mrs Belle Alien Ross at her home on Washington Avenue, have returned to their home in Opelika. esv.
 Mrs. W. B. Kelly will entertain the wednesday Card Club at her home on
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-28

Miss Lily Gafford. who has been the guest of Miss Lucille Perdue at her home on South McDonough Street has returned to her home in Greenville.
The Dickinson press., 1908-04-11

THIS IS A FERRIS DELEGATION.
The Dickinson press., 1908-04-11
As Seen by Others

The Sentinel, published at Ionia,
Mich, gave two columns of editorial space
last week to the Dickinson armory and
the needs of such a building for its own
town.
The Michigan paper starts out in this
wise:
"There are other states besides Michi-
gan that have voted state aid to their
cities for armory purposes. Dickinson,
North Dakota, is the first place in that
state to receive the aid and as a result
that energetic city, with a population of
5000, now has a fine building, which will
cost when finished, 10000. And North
Dakota gives only half as much as Mich
igan does to its cities, that is $1,000.
The other $4,000 has been raised by the
united citizens of Dickinson.
Dickinson is a lively town in Stark
county and the editor of the Dickinson
PRESS gets $3.50 cash in advance for his
paper. But that Is neither. here, nor
there, no more is expected of him than
of any other editor"
Following the above the Michigan
editor gives a description of the Dickin-
son armory. including Lieut.. Frank
Bakers dedication address, taken from
the PRESS.