The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-09
HAPPILY WEDDED
 FOR FORTY YEARS Captain and Mrs, I. c. Carter Have Celebrated Anniversary TAG DAY TO BE OBSERVED Ladies of the Library Association of Meridian Will Raise Funds for
 Building for a Public
 Library.
TAG DAY TO BE OBSERVED

MlSS.t ApIll o.-NopSCialsJ- Capt. and Mrs. T. c. Carter of this city, on Tuesday, April 6, celebrated the for tieth anniversary of their marriage The day was also the sixty-fourth birthday of aptain Carter, and the celebration was made a joint event. Captain and Mrs. Carter, who was Miss Azalne Lott, were married in Mobile forty years ago. They gre the parents of nine grown children, four boys and five girls, all of whom are living and are enjoying the very best of health as are their parents. The boys are Messrs. E. L., D. H., E. G. and T. C., Jr., and the girls are Mrs. Mamie Crump ton of Evergreen, Ala; Mrs. Robert Ii. Powell of Canton, Mrs Frank Heiss and Misse Irma and Hattie Carter of this city. All the daughters and sons were present at the marriage and birthday celebration except Mrs Crumpton, who was |unavod- ably detained at her Alabama home. The family is one of the most prominent ;u this section of the state, and each mem- Der is strikingly attractive, the father and sons being perfect specimens of physi- cal manhood, while the mother and daughters possess all those rare gifts of nature which have made the women of the south famous the world over. They are perfect types of feminine beauty.
 Mrs. A. G. Weems. Mrs. H. F. Broach and Mrs. Will R. Woods, a committee from the Ladies Civic Improvement as- socation, have secured a lot close to the business center and propose to convert it into place of floral beauty as a play ground for the children of the city. A drinking fountain, walks. benches, swings and other amusements for the children will be supplied.
 Saturday will be "tag day. in Meridian The ladies of the Library association have adopted this method of raising funds for the building of public library in the city. All the young ladies of the city will be supplied with Library tags" and they will go forth to make the sterner sex come across. The man who refuses to wear a tag on that day had better hunt the tall and uncut in the fu- ture. That is, if he refuses to be adorned by one of the charming "tagsters."
 w. B. Spinks of Meridian, for the past several years travelling salesman for the Armour Packing company out of this city. has been appointed manager of the com 1anys business at Natchez. MT. Spinks is also prominent officer of the United Commercial Travellers organization of Meridian.
 Col. Conway c. Wyatt. who was on Governor Vardaman's staff during that gentlemans administration, has been in- vited by Governor Noel to participate in the presentation of the silver service to the battleship Mississippi. He Is the only Meridianite so far as known who has been thus honored by the governor.
 The local lodge of Elks installed the re- gently elected officers of the lodge last night. They are as follows: Paul Brown, exalted ruler; J. c. Chanler, esteemed leading knight; s. c. Mosley, esteemed loyal knight; Allen McCants, secretary; w. l.. Bostick, treasurer; Col H. Kerr chaplain; Sam Askew, inner guard; Jas per Boykin, esquire. Retiring Exalted Ruler W. E. Jones is the grand lodge rep resentative. A banquet followed the in- stallation ceremonies.
 The case of interest before the circuit court yesterday was that of a negro woman who sued the street railway com pany for 5000 for the alleged indignity inconvenience and humiliation of being elected from a street car. She was rep resented by a negro lawyer. The jury decided the case against the woman.
 Meyer Bros, wholesale grocers of this city. who recently suffered $25,00O dam- age to their Fourth street building and stock, have let the contract for rebuild ing. The contract calls for another story on the building, and from the plans and specifications it will be one of the most ornamental structures in the business dis trict.
 Company D of Meridian Is preparing to send detail to Vicksburg next week for target practice. They will go into camp at the government range for a period of four days. Each man will do his best as on his record as shooter will depend his chances of being In the detachment that goes from this state to the annual prac- tice shoot which is pulled off in Ohio each year.
 
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