The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-21
VINEGAR BEND NEWS.
Engineer W. H. Brant1ey Injured
 While Unloading Logs

While Unloading Logs.
 Vinegar Bend, March 2o.-(Special.) Engineer W. H. Bentley of the A. & M, freight service, was painfully in Vinegar Bend Company's pond track.
 Mir. Bentley was assisting the train crew unload the cars when he was hit by @ long log which passed over his right arm and shoulder, striking him on the head and severely brulsing his body from the neck to the waist.
 F.. H. Palmer Is preparing a ship ment of early radishes for the North ern market, which he expects to get Palmer will have strawberries for the He Is working out new ground and has added an extension to his dwelling house
 N. E. Turner will leave shortly for a trip to New York and other Eastern points, after which he will return to the Bend and complete arrangements for the commencement of the work on the A. & NJ. extension. He will hen visit the island of Cuba where he has extensive business interests.
 C. E. Murphy has left town for a week or ten days during which time he will visit Moss Point. Miss. Mobile and Chicora. Miss, Mir Murphy will inspect a shipment of lumber at Chi cora for the Cuban market
 Irving Mann Is improving hIs Second Avenue property. The house is under going extensive repairs and a picket fence is in process of erection, which when completed. will enclose the Mann place on all sides.
 James Flnlay, formerly of Richton, Miss, has been secured by the Vinegar Bend Company to oversee the shipping department and superlntend the yard work.
 J. NJ. Reynolds and family will again take up their residence at the Bend this coming week. MT. Reynolds left here to enter the service of the Mobile and Ohio road at Whistler.
 Miss Lizzie Brown, of Lucedale, Miss, Is the guest of her sister, Mrs. w. E. Kelly, of Second Avenue.
 MT. James Platt and family, former ly of Escatawpa. Ala. are installed in the Second Avenue cottage formerly occupied by J H. King and family.
 Mrs. J. s. Hallman IS convalescing from her recent Illness.
 MT. and Mrs Scion FaiIes will share the house with Miss Lilly Falles that she occupies with her father on Second Avenue.
 The residence of F. D. German OH Second avenue, was Slightly udndBeu by fire. The blaze was caused by Mr Gorman's daughter, who In the ab- sence of Mrs. German. secured some coals from the kitchen stove and de- posted them in the wood box which ignited the house; the smoke attracted nelghbors who quickly extinKuished the blaze. The child was unharmed
 The funds needed to cancel the in dehtedness on the new Methodist Church will be furnished by the church members. a certain number having al ready pledged themselves to pay a specified amount each month for one year. The $500 necessary is now as- sured
 The next regular meeting of the To- cal lodge of Woodmeh of the World will be held in the nigh school build ing Monday night All business that has been laid over from previous ses- sions will be cleared up. Arrangements will be made For the unve!ling of the monument that has been placed at the grave of the late sovereign N. B. Payne at Bay M!nette.
 Meetings at the Bend this coming week are: Monday night. WeS&men al the school house; Tuesday at 7:3O D m, prayer meeting for men at the Bap- tist Church; Wednesday night. regular prayer meeting at the Baptist church