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blue FRIDAY MORNING. THE MONTGOMERY ADVERTISER. NOVEMBER. 28, 1902. "The Largest Clothing Store in Montgomery." Cold Weather Specials.

Our stock of Men's Suits and Overcoats is the largest, most complete and best selected in Montgomery. Special values today. Men's Overcoats and Suits $5 to $17.50 Geo. P. Haardt 13 Commerce St.

Telephone 399 In the Piano World No name is so familiar As CHICKERING- HONORED as the originator of Every Radical Advance in Riano Construction for the Past Eighty PREFERRED by the Famous schelles to the at Weimar his served. Constructed lished- by long Years! -Pianists from MoGreat Abbe whose home Chic kering Grand is jealously pretoday upon principles estabexperience, resulting in a degree of Excellence Beyond Comparison. We invite special attention to the Wonderful New Quarter Grand. E. E.

Forbes Piano Co. 26 Dexter Ave. Phone 407. Birmingham, Montgomery, Mobile. JOHN PRESTON CAUGHT ACCUSED OF ROBBING A SELMA RESTAURANT.

Thnksgiving Quiet Day in the Central City General Pettus Leaves to Be Present at the Opening of Congress. Advertiser Bureau, Selma, November 27. John Preston, the negro who entered Bayne's restaurant last Thursday night and stole a shot gun belonging to Deans Barber and a $400 diamond broach belongIng to Schweizer was arrested in this city this morning. He was recognized by a railroad man who bought one of the stolen articles from him as he was about to board a freight train leaving the city. Cab Bayne, who conducts the restaurant from which the articles were stolen, was telephoned for and the train was held at the crossing until he could get there.

He took Preston into custody and found in his pocket an order book and a receipt for $28 that he had stolen out of Mr. Bayne's cash register. The negro claims to be from Meridian and says he purchased the gun and diamonds from another negro. He is unable to produce the negro from whom he says he purchased the articles, and he was locked up in the city jail. Left for Washington.

General E. W. Pettus left for WashIngton this afternoon to be present Monday at the opening of Congress. He went by way of Birmingham and was Joined there by Mrs. Pettus, who has entirely recovered from her recent 111- ness.

E. P. Lacy, General Pettus's private secretary, will leave for Washington tomorrow. General Pettus occupies a warm place In the affections of the people of this elty. He is in splendid health and never looked better, which will be most gratitying information to his hosts of friends throughout Alabama.

Thanksgiving Day Observed. This is Thanksgiving Day and Selma has the appearance of a holiday. A great many stores did not open and others had very few customers. Everyhody who could get a gun and dog went hunting. and those who did not go hunting remained at their homes and enjoyed the day quietly with their families.

At noon most of the saloons closed and the day was one of perfect rest In this city. la Many a. good dinner was enjoyed the number of turkeys that yielded up their lives to furnish these dinners is estimated at several thousands in the city of Selma alone. PERSONAL AND LOCAL. A thief entered the residence of L.

Bamberger yesterday, while the family was at dinner and took all of the hats on a rack in the hall. Mr. Bamberger had to come down town bareheaded and buy 8 new supply of hats for himself and family. The Order of Railway Conductors of Selma gave a banquet at the Hotel Albert tonight. About thirty-five plates were laid and it was a most delightful occasion.

Lieutenant J. P. Doherty of the Dragoons, who was operated on for strangulated hernia a few days ago, is getting on nicely and is now on the road to recovery. Captain S. M.

Kirkpatrick left today to look after his large farming interests in Arkansas. He will be absent from the city for two or three weeks. Mrs. M. Meyer, who has been dangerously ill for sometime past.

reported to he getting on nicely and is on the high road to recovery. Captain Robert Meyer of Tilden, is in the city today. He is on his way to Cincinnati, where he will remain for several weeks. The steamer City of Mobile arrived at the wharf this morning with a fine load of freight and good list of passengers. The sand has been pumped out of Gilman's bored well and it has commenced to run a small stream again.

Mrs. Phillip Milhous is having a second story added to her residence, corner of Union and Selma Streets. The local newspapers took a day off today on account of Thanksgiving and did not issue. Prisoners at County Jail. Prisoners were committed to the Montgomery County jall yesterday as follows: Hattie Porter, negress, larceny, order of Justice W.

C. Fuller; Mella Fielding, negress, insanity, order of Board of Revenue. Prickly Ash Bitters CURES SALLOW COMPLEXION. save to the city $1,450 annually. The Board of Mayor and Aldermen are being congratulated on the consummation of this deal.

The News of Mobile. The Advertiser is now delivered and on sale in Mobile beginning at 8 a. m. SUBSCRIPTION BUREAU. Orders for delivery may be left at R.

Davol's, South Royal Street, at regular rates, 65 cents per month for the Daily and Sunday editions. a Mobile, Nov. weather was delightfully cool here this morning for Thanksgiving and the early church-goers appreciated the fact that the fall season, long deferred, had at last set in with the prospect of a brief stay, giving way to the wintry weather which is already due. The day was generally observed throughout the city, many of the business houses being closed all day and the others closing at noon. Appropriate services were held in all the churches.

Never before in the history of the city was the demand for good things for the dinner table so great as on this day of fact, there was not a dressed turkey to Thanksgiving. As 8. an evidence of this be found in any of the markets, and dressed chickens for the late-comers brought extra fancy prices, small ones going at 75 and large ones at $1. The oyster dealers were in high glee, there being a great demand from all sections for the famous Alabama bivalves. One wholesale firm alone sent to the interior within the forty-eight hours up to midnight last night 472,000 oysters in bulk, to say nothing of the shell oysters.

The local demand was equally as great. One retail firm sold a 1,000 up to noon today. Frost Ruins Truck. The frost of this morning will prove disastrous to the truck gardeners in this section, it coming almost unawares. Many, owing to the unusually warm weather for the of year, had tender plants exposed, intending to house them preparatory to the late re-setting, and, in consequence, will suffer much loss thereby.

A Late Watermelon. One of the enterprising truck growers Ir the lower part of the county this morning brought to the city and presented to Peter Smith, a vegetable dealer in the Southern market, a fifteen-pound watermelon, which he yesterday afternoon pulled from a vine on his farm. To Establish Ladder Factory. S. T.

Waggoner, representing a manufacturing company of Racine, is in the city and is in communication with Secretary Paul Wilson of the Commercial relative to the establishing in this vicinity of a plant for the manufacture of an extension ladder, for use in private families and for extinguishing fires. Mr. Waggoner will remain several days, and hopes to be sucessful in securing the necessary site. Change in Personnel. There was a change in the personnel of the force of the Southern Express Company in this city last night.

E. Vass, who has been holding the position of bill clerk, resigned and his place was filled by promition of J. E. Penny, who was the night clerk. A.

E. Fritz was promoted to night clerk. The young men are promoted are efficient and deserving of the upward step. Probate Judge Works. Despite the fact that the court house is supposed to be closed today, the Judge of Probate, Hon.

Price Williams, found it necessary to open his office and issue a number of marriage licenses to young persons who had expressed a deside to enter the bonds of wedlock. A Small Riot. There was a small riot on Bavis Avenue beyond the city limits this afternoon in which some fifteen negro men and women engaged and about half of the number were injured by rocks and pickets which were used in the battle. The Sheriff sent deputies Murphy and Fatch to the scene and they arrested six of the Soldiers are Worsted. The Spring Hill College football team defeated a team of soldiers from Fort Morgan this afternoon on the college gridiron at Spring Hill by a score of 6 to 0.

It was a good game and the Collegians won in the first three minutes of play, the first touchdown being made around left by Rounds, the college full back, who also kicked goal, the touchdown being made in two minutes and seven seconds after play began. This was the signal for great hilarity among the college rooters, who thought It meant that their team had a walkover, but the soldiers took a brace after that and the collegians never got in striking distance of their goal line again. The soldiers missed an opportunity to score in the second half by a bad fumble right on the goal line by Broschinsky, who missed the ball and Blanchett fell on it for the college and the umpire called a touchback. The weather was ideal for football play. The Alamo Due Today.

The Mallory Line steamship Alamo is due here tomorrow from New York with a large cargo. Three fruit vessels arrived here today. They were the Fort Gaines, with 15,000 bunches, the Colombia, with 10,000 bushes and the Alliance with 1,000 bunches. Death of Mr. Skirving.

William B. Skirving, representative of the Samuel Cupples St. Louis, in Florida, Alabama and Georgia, well known through the Southern States in business world, died Wednesday night at St. Vincent's Hospital, Birmingham. He was a resident of Mobile for eight years past.

He leaves A wife and four young children. Mobile Society News. Miss Mary M. Corcoran of this city was married to Mr. Thomas I.

Hewlett of Montgomery at 3:30 o'clock this afternoon at the residence of Rt. Rev. Bishop Edward P. Allen on Conti Street, Rev. John Shaw of the Cathedral of the Imaculate Conception, performing the ceremony.

The attendants were Miss Ruby Conboy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thoma: Conboy of this city, and Mr. Dudley Williamson of Montgomery. The ceremony was witnessed by relatives and close personal friends.

The bride is the only daughter of P. J. Corcoran of Mobile, and a niece of the Rev. Father Corcoran. for more than thirty years pastor of St.

John's Catholic Church, Brooklyn, and of Mathew Corcoran of New York. She was educated at the Convent of the Visitation near this city, and in the year of her graduation was awarded the gold medal for the best essay in English. She is regarded by her teachers and friends as a very bright and talented young woman. Mr. Hewlett is well-known in this city and Montgomery, in which latter city he holds a position in the Fourth National Bank of Montgomery.

The bride was atticed in an imported cloth tailor made suit, trimmed with Persian panne velvet, with hat to match and carried a bouquet of Marchal Neil roses. The bridesmaid was gowned in cream albatross trimmed with cream peau de sole and cream silk applique. Mr. and Mrs. Hewlett left on the 4:15 train over the Louisville and Nashville this afternoon for New Orleans, where send the honeymoon, and will they will at at home in Montgomery after December 7.

had the D. A. with So thorughly Mrs. Rhett Goode as their able leader, public interest in succeeded in arousing their Colonial Ball, that it was no wonder that Temperance Hall was packed to the doom tonight to witness the pretty sightbeing used lavishly and palms and flags with mucn taste in the decorations and it was evident that the Daughters had to make their ball one spared no pains be remembered. Tickets to the dancto sold for $1 each, to the ing floor were for spectators only 50 cents, and galleries both places were filled to overflowing.

in the weather came just in The change time to make dancing a delight, and the looked so pretty in their old fashgirls ioned costumes with paint, powder and that it was no wonder that all patches succumbed to their charms. The men who danced the minuet were also in costume and looked remarkably well. The ball opened at 9 o'clock with a grand march led by Messrs R. H. Clarke and C.

S. Shawhan, followed by the young ladies and their partners of the minuet beautifully executed. Compliments are due to Miss Kate Irwin who trained these dancers. They were Miss Kathleen Williamson and Aifred Staples, Miss May Prince and W. G.

Born, Miss Venetia Danner and Erwin Little, Miss Kate Crawford and Ed Wood, Miss Katherine Sheriff and William Hunter, Miss Mildred Hutton and Shannon Hunter, Miss Eloise Withers and George Fuerst, Miss Josephine Mickle and Ray Carroll, Miss Mary Bullock and Carl Holzborn, Miss Lottie Belle Gould and Henry McConnell, Miss Ernestine Cook and Parry Williams, Miss Corinne Orton and Horace Upton, Miss Kitty Allen and Thomas Boone, Miss Julia Lake and Colston Kelly, Miss Edith Toxey and Hamilton, Miss Gertie Cameron and Hafry Houston. The gentlemen on the reception commit. tee were Mr. R. H.

Clarke, chairman; Dr. Rhett Goode, Colonel M. D. Wickersham, Major J. W.

Spratley, Dr. H. T. Inge, Dr. Greenwood Ligon, General J.

W. Whiting, Messrs W. J. Parham, R. Moore, J.

S. Holmes, H. M. Friend, T. H.

Lake, George Fearn, G. L. Smith, S. S. Rubira, Johnston, J.

O. Smith, W. V. W. C.

Fitts, R. P. Pope, Harvey Jones, W. K. R.

Wilson, Drs. 0. L. Crampton, W. P.

McIntosh and Hon. H. T. Toulmin. Floor committee, Mr.

C. S. Shawhan, chairman; Messre Tom St. John, T. J.

Partridge, Stanley Finch, L. H. Horn, Hunt Chamberlain, Archie Smith, W. B. Lyon, Inge Selden, Wyndham Lyon and Beverly Wilson.

The ladles in charge of the ball were Mrs. Rhett Goode, vice- regent; Mrs. M. D. Wickersham, registrar; Mrs.

Thomas St. John, treasurer; Mrs. C. S. Shawhan, recording secretary; Miss Metta Thompson, corresponding secretary and all the Daughters.

Miss Adile Batie was the charming hostess of the Discards Wednesday afternoon at their regular weekly meeting. Only few of the members were present, 50 the places of the absent ones were filled by guests, among whom were Mesdames J. 0. Dickens, William Mastin, J. Acker, J.

G. Thomas, Shelton Sims, E. D. Ledyard, C. A.

Hall, W. M. Higley, W. Patterson, E. W.

Faith, H. Hopper; Misses Meyer of North Carolina, Virginia Bullock, Mary Brown, Daisy Brown. Annie Louise Harrison. The club members present were Misses Rosa Lyons, Maribel Williams, Virginia Thomas Ethel Hodgson, Lily Bragg, Kate Irwin, Adile Batie. The first prize, a pretty Wedgewood tea pot was won by Miss Rosa Lyons, the consolation, an ornament, by Miss Maribel Williams.

The club will meet on next Wednesday at two o'clock with Miss Kate Irwin. The handsome caddy bag offered by Mrs. Penrose Vass for the ladies' golf contest was played for this afternoon at the Country Club. There will be three trials in approaching and putting. the other two come off November 29th and December 6th.

There were a number of entries today and a large crowd was In attendance. The morning was given up to a handicap for the men-four dozen balls being the prize played for. Miss Daisy Tacon entertained at an elaborate dinner Wednesday evening. The table decorations were white carnations and bridesmaid roses artistically combined and the evening was one of rare pleasure. Besides Miss Tacon there were present Misses Rosa Tacon, Janie Berney, Lilly Bragg.

May Lee Robinson, Gros Claude, Messrs Tacon, W. G. Horn, Landon Hopkins, Frank Winter, H. T. Inge and Dr.

Peterson. The meeting of the Drawing Cards was changed fom Thursday to Wednesday this week, owing to Thanksgiving Day. Miss Kathlean Williams. one of this year's most attractive debutantes was the hostess and entertained her guests in the most delightful way. Bid euchre was played, the first prize falling to the lot of Miss Katherine Sheriff, the consolation to Miss Julia Lake.

At Alabama Port last night a large number of Mobilians were present participate in the reception extended to Captain Patrick Lilly and his bride, nee Abbot. The grounds and the home of the newly wedding couple were brilliantly lighted and the night was made merry with dancing and games. Delightful refreshments were served during the entire evening. The following invitations were received by the friends of Mr. Edmund Rhett in Mobile today: "Mr.

and Mrs. Isaac Bail request the honor of your presence at the marriage of their daughter, Loti Moultrie and Mr. Edmund Rhett, Wednesday December 3, 1902. at 4:30 o'clock. St.

Michael's Church, Charleston, S. C. Dr. W. P.

McIntosh and Mrs. McIntosh are spending a few days at Stockton, the guests of Mrs. McMillan. Miss Rosa Lyons leaves today for Montgomery to be absent sometime. She will visit her sister, Mrs.

Luther Hill. Mr. and Mrs. E. L.

Russell and Miss Eoline Russell spent Thanksgiving in Mississippi. The Do- As- You-Please Club will be entertained Friday by Mrs. Inge Selden. OLD BONDS BURN. Paper Once Worth $126,400 is Destroyed in Tuscaloosa.

Tuscaloosa, Nov. burning of $126,400 of old Tuscaloosa bonds in the presence of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen and of the bondholder, Robert M. Rother, President of the Hopkins Place Savings Bank of Baltimore, occurred yesterday. The city was enabled to take up these bonds by the sale of $125,000 worth of new refunding bonds, which have been bought by the above named bank. The old bonds were redeemable from 1918 to 1928 and bore 6 per cent interest, except $10,000 of 8 per cent bonds.

The new bonds bear 5 per cent Interest. There are $50.000 which will run for thirty years and $75.000 which can run for thirty years but' are redeemable after 1904. when $5.000 can be taken up and each year thereafter $6.000 can be redeemed. By this transaction the city retires $1,400 worth of bonds absolutely and the new bonds COLLEGE PRESIDENTS COMING. Eliot, Harper, Butler and Others to Visit Alabama.

Huntsville, Nov. -Persons interested in educational matters in Alabama. have succeeded in making dates for Presidents Pritchett of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Eliot of Harvard, Butler of Columbia, Harper of Chicago and Dr. Kent of the University of Virginia. to lecture in several cities of the State.

All of these eminent men will visit Alabama during the present season. The marriage. of Nettle Well to Mr. Ike Meyers, of Helena, was quietly solemnized Tuesday night at the residence of the bride's father, Mr. John Well.

Rabbi P. Jacobs officiated. The marriage was a quiet affair because of the death of the bride's mother. Mr. and Mrs.

departed at an early hour this morning for Helena where they will reside. An overcoat pierced through by a bullet, belonging to Jim or Virgil Jones, the negroes who were pursued and fired upon by a Sheriff's posse Sunday, has been found. Sheriff, Rodgers has received information that Jim Jones Was shot through the stomach and will probably die. His whereabouts are unknown. Judge Kyle of the Circuit Court has dismissed on writs of habeas corpus Nick Jones, Shed Wright and Louis Jones, negro boys, who have been in jall several weeks for the robbery of Cantrell Young's drug store.

Two other boys remain in jail on the same charge. G. W. O'Neal, one of the pioneer citizeng of Gurley, died Monday night after a brief illness. The funeral was conducted Tuesday and the body buried with Masonic honors.

UNIVERSITY NOTES. University, Nov. E. A. Smith, State Geologist, returned to the University yesterday morning from a trip in Florida.

The following has been appointed as the editorial board of The Corolla, the college annual, for the present scholastic year: editor in chief, G. H. Jones of Bullock; business manager, W. D. Kyser of Dallas; assistant business manager, E.

H. Hobbs of Dallas; associates, F. G. Stickney of Marengo, Anna T. Hunter of Sumter, James H.

Kirkpatrick of Montgomery, R. P. Coleman of Geneva, Bessie W. Leach of Tuscaloosa and J. H.

Vardeman of Shelby. The recent death of Hon. Tennent Lomox has called forth expressions of regret from students, faculty and townspeople. All realize that in him the University has lost one of its best trustees and truest friends. The young ladies of the Annex entera tained their friends at a candy pulling last night In celebration of Thanksgiving.

The work of repairing Garland Hall 1s nearly completed. ALLEGED COUNTERFEITER. Secret Service Agent Makes a Raid on Monte Sano. Huntsville, Nov. Secret Service Agent Shaw of Birmingham today raided a counterfelting plant on Monte Sano and arrested M.

V. Evans, the alleged coiner. A large number of dimes, half dollars and dollars were confiscated. They are so perfectly made that only experts can determine their character. The full outfit of coining utensils was found.

Evans was committed to jail in default of $1,000 bond. Lemming- Woods. Florence, Nov. 27. -(Special)-O.

N. Lemming and Miss Lulu Wools, a couple hailing from Sheffield, called at the office of Protate Judge Mitt hell this morning. secured a license and were married on the spot.If it was a runaway natch, the objections came from the family of the groom, for the bride. was accompanied by her mother. Thanksgiving at Centerville.

Centerville, Nov. 27. giving passed off quietly. A Thanksgiving service was held at the Methodist Church, conducted by the Rev. J.

T. West of the Presbyterian Church of this city. Mgr. Falconi at Service. Washington, Nov.

Falconi, the newly appointed Papal delegate, attended a solemn militarx mass at St. Aloysius Church at 10 o'clock this morning, it being his first official presence since arriving at his new post of duty. The Monsignor was escorted to the Church by a battalion of the Gonzaga Cadets. He occupied the throne in the altar but did not participate in the services except at their conclusion he pronounced the Apostolic blessing. INTERESTING FACTS.

For Nearly Every Man, Woman or Child. A short time ago we published an article recommending to our readers the new discovery for the cure of Dyspepsia, called Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets, and the claims then made regarding the wonderful curative properties of the remedy have been abundantly sustained by the facto People who were cautious about trying new remedies advertised in the newspapers and were finally induced to give Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets a trial were surprised and delighted at the results. In many cases a single package, costing 50 cents at any drug store. made a complete cure and every instance the most beneficial results were reported. From a hundred or more received we have space to publish only a few of the latest, but assure our readers we received SO many commendatory letters that we shall publish each week a fresh list of genuine, unsolicited testimonials and never publish the same one twice.

James Yemmeisler. La A oss. From Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are doIng me more good than anything I ever tried and I was so pleased at results that I gave away several boxes to my friends who have also had the same benefts. From Jacob Anthony, Portmurray, New Jersey: I have taken Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets with the best results. had Dyspepsia for 6 years and had taken a great deal of medicine, but the Tablets seem to take right a hold and I feel good.

I am a farmer and lime burner and I heartily recommend to everyone who has any trouble with his stomach to use these Tablets. From Mrs. M. K. West, Preston, have received surprisingly good effects from using Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets.

gave one-half of my last box to a friend who also suffered from Indigestion and she has the same good results. From Mrs. Agnes K. Ralston, Cadillac. I have been taking Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets and I am very much better.

and I feel very grateful for the great benefit I have received in 50 short time. Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are A certain cure for all forms of Indigestion. They are not claimed to be a cure-all, but are prepared for stomach troubles only, and physicions and druggists everywhere recommend them to all persons suffering from Nervous Dyspepsia, sour or acid stomach, heartburn, bloating or wind on stomach and similar disorders. "HEADQUARTERS FOR RICH JERSEY BUTTER." Austin Nichols Sunbeam Asparagus Tips The greatest delicacy obtainable for the table. I pound tins 25 cents.

I also have Austin Nichols Sunbeam Asparagus (full length) in 24 pound tins at 40 cents. Fresh Edam Cheese, $1 Fresh Pineapple Cheese, 6oc each. J. A. Schneider.

Imported and Do mestic Groceries. Telephone 26. 107 Dexter Avenue $250.00 IN GOLD AND SILVER GIVEN AWAY JANUARY 1ST. 1903. Voting to Close December 24th.

READ BELOW. The Largest Cash Customer $25 in Gold. The Second Largest Cash Customer 15 in Gold. The Third Largest Cash Customer 10 in Gold. The 4th to 23d (inclusive) Largest Cash Customers get $5 each in Gold The 24th to 43d (inclusive) Largest Cash Customers get $2 each in silver The 44th to 103d (inclusive) Largest Cash Customers get $1 each in silver Total 103 Cash Prizes $250.00 Buy for CASH and Get Some of Your Money Back.

Ed. C. Fowler 13 Dexter Avenue. LAP ROBES AND HORSE BLANKETS. We have the largest and most complete line ever shown in Montgomery Chase's Whip Cord, Broadcloth and Plush Goods are world beaters.

$1.50 to $13.50. Loeb Carriage Co. 112 Commerce St. Telephone 314. To Our Good Customers, and All Others, Greet ng: We take pleasure in announcing that we have just added the following new tools to our already well equipped Machine Shop: One Bradley Hammer for heavy forgings, one Universal Milling Machine, one Acme Bolt Cutter, one Portable Crane, one small rapid Drill Press and one Lathe.

This is the second installment of new tools which we have added to our shop in the past six months. We are better prepared to execute all kinds of jobbing machine work than any other shop in this section of the country. Liddell Machinery Supply Co. Foot of Coosa MONTGOMERY, ALA. "Lowest Cash Price Whiskey House in the State." FALMOUTH CORN.

TULIP RYE. Medicinal and Family use. Choice Old Whiskey. 4 FULL QUARTS $2.75 4 FULL QUARTS $2.75 JUG JUG GALLON $2.50 GALLON $2.50 Express Prepaid Express Prepaid Write For Price List. Mail Orders Solicited H.

Levystein Co, Wholesale Liquor Dealers. No marks on box to indicate contents. 22 Commerce St. Montgomery, Ala..