The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-05

itnt was n Ftcitot 70 GSiiuh toahJs
Tonight at the Broad street Presby-
terrain Church. Mr.. Glenn delivered q
lecture upon the subject OF Home Mis-.
sions" under the auspicies of one OF
the societies OF that church.
Mr.. Glenn arrived In Selma this af-
ternoon. and during his visit here was
the guest Of the Hotel Albert.
The church tonight was crowded to
its fullest capacity to hear the dis
tinsuished lecturer. statesman and re-
former. The speaker made . strong
ana lasting impression upon his audi
ence.
vaughaa Hslds Court.
Recorder Watkins M. Vaughan, for
the frat time presided over the session
OF the police court this morning.
On the docket OF the court there waa
number OF cases against negroes
who had been arrested upon many
charges, and these cases were quickly
disposed OF by the Recorder.
With Mr.. Vaughan presiding a. Re-
cofder over the police court OF Selma,
there win disappear from the docket
OF the court the charge Of being q
suspicious. character. During the court
this morning case against negro
who was charged with being suspi-
cious character was called. The Re-
corder asked what the. negro was
charged with.
when told, he stated that he could
recall no state law upon which q per-
son could be held under such charge
and had the warrant amended to that
of yagrancy. under which the negro
was fined.
0dd Fellows Next Week.
The two local lodges Of the Inde-
pendent order odd Fellows have about
completed all OF the necessary ar
rangements for the meeting of the
Grand Lodge Of that order In Alabama.
which will convene here on next Tues
day.
It is expected that there will be
about 1,i00 delegates in attendance at
the meeting and the convention viii
be the biggest that has ever been held
in Selma.
The sessions Of the Grand Lodge will
he held IN the pavilion at Elkda1e Park.
while the sessions OF the Rebeckas
viii be held In the ODD Fellows Hall.
in the Gilman Building on Broad
street.
About 100 delegates to the meetinss
of the Rebeclas are expected. and tney
will all be quartered ~ me hotei Al
bert.
The odd Fellows Hall. where the
r ebekas will meet has been completely
during the past week. A
new and handsome carpet has been
nut down and the large hall has also
been repapered and IL Will be an ioesi
place for the women to hold their meet
The local lodges will furnish all OF
the delegates with free transpo. tauon =
"a and from the city to the park. IN
n the weather Is warm curing G
the park win be oehsns.u a
place for the sessions Of tne
Lodge. h,,ra,,,
:, frforn1atiou for the delegates 70 the
Grand Lodge will be established mon,
dsv in one of the stores in tne Etote.
x1S.rt building, which VIII be ntseo
i'm with tables and other Consenashoss
for the delegates.
WIN Address Association.
r1ayfd II. Wtnslow, Uniteu $500 ~
gooJ roads expert Will ADDRESS rms
business men OF the city at tne NEE
ing of the Commercial ana . 80.
a ssociation which will be held next
sscrstarv Maryu,an Of the Associa-
tion win during the next few days seno
Invitations to all OF the farmers In Dali
Ia County to attend the meeting ana
haar the taIk which will be made py
NJ vvinaiove and IL IL expected that
large number Of them win attend.
MI. WINSTON accompanied BY County
Commissioner Julien Smith and others
will leave Selma tomorrow morning for
a trip through the western part OF Dali
las County to INSPECT the public roaos.
ON the trip Mr.. Winslow VIII sInoy tne
OF the road and will make
recommendation upon his return a.
to how they can be improved.
preach Baccalaureste sernAoa.
: Rev. ]. L. Rosser, pastor of the First
Baptist Church, will leave in the next
fev, days for Marion where on Friday
night he will act as one of the judges
In the annual debate between the
students of the Marion Military Insti-
tute.
On sunday Mr.. Rosser will preach the
baccalaureate sermon for the students
of that institution.
Attends Daocesan Meeting.
C. c. Grayson, r.. III. Mabry, =. K.
Marshall. e. C. Melvin and ". b.
Atkins will attend the annual meeting
OF the Episcopal Church In Alabama
ana which convened in Birmingham
this morning.
r. II. Mabry who is member Of the
committee which is considering the
proposition to divide the state into
two councils left for Birmingham yes
terday so that he could attend a meet
ing OF that committee today.
" b. Atkins, r. X. Marshall and d.
C. Melvin left this afternoon and Mr..
cravsop will leave for Birmingham to-
morrow morning
Death of Mrs. Lyons.
Mrs. !. /. Lyons OF Collerene. died at
n local infirmary last night after an
illness of several days.
The remains were taken TO Coiierene
this morning where they were inferred
in the family burial grounds this after
noon
The deceased has been q sufferer for
some months past and was brought to
Selma Friday for treatment. She was
a sister of Mrs. q. r. Dunkiin and
Mrs. John FauIk Of this city.
United states Court mt work.
The United States District and Cir
cult Court convened this morning at
$3.50 o'clock and the regular docket OF
the court was taken up The grand
Jury OF the court began the work this
morning of investigating such matters
as came before that body. The session
of the court will probably be concluded
by Friday.
Will Improve Temple.
The congregation OF Temple Mishkan
Israel is contemplating improvements
to the temple which is on Broad Street.