Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-11
HAYNESVILlE,'
Crop Prospec; ;s-Brewer On Cuba-Field Fillad With Candidates-Land Invest
 ment-Personal and Local News.

Hayneville, July 9.-CSpecial Corre- spondence.)-At last we have had a nice rain, and all are glad and rejoicing. -..
 Some late corn is being planted, and with good seasons it will do well.
 The celebrated Alexander case in the chancery court will be sent to the su- preme court, whzre it will drag along for about .hree years. The register in chan cery is not shedding any tears from the fact that his fee to make the transcript will be in the neighborhood of $200. It is, howev=r, a very important case and should not be lightly looked upon.
 Much regret is expressed at the report from Washin gton that Hon. Willis Brew CT is opposed to Cuba, whln 1t is known that the entire delegation from Alabama in congress 1ayors recognition. We'll the colonel has never been in Cuba.
 Politics is getting hot in this county and candidates are cropping out In ev-ry direction. For judge of probate, twenty seven; for the general assembly, sixty five; for the board of revenue, twenty nine; for superintendent of education, one; for clerk of the circuit court, two; for congress- two. There are also for the various offices eigh,een dark or blind horses. The hot weather has nothing to do with the candidates They blow hot and cold all the time.
 pr. w. P. Russell has lately purchased the Evans plantation near Lowndesboro for $6,500. Some very fine plantations have been sold lately in th.s county MT w. T. Bright man has purcha sed the Ty- son Swamp plantation for $13,Oo0 Lowndes county is on the boom that is a solid beom and fine plantations are in great demand.
 Two gentlemen in Hayneville have $21,- 000 on hand, and have instructed their a. torneys to invest for them in lands to that amount
 Col D. K Middleton has been an- nounced by his friends as a candidate for the general assembly, and he will make a good orle.
 Tn the death of the late Girard Cook, Esq, Lowndes county and che state gen. erally loses one of its foremost citizens and best lawyers. He had many friends all over thl+ country, and will be missed from among us.
 Misses Isabelle and Helen Mushat. from Birmingham, two of your most lovely young ladies, are visiting their old home and are the guests Of the Misses HoI- combe. These young ladies w:re born and reared here. and it seems doubtful sometimes whether hey will be allowed to return 70 their adopted horn4 They have hosts of friends here, and are being entertained very lavishly
 Pase ball is all the go here. We have SIX nin:s. @z
 Harry Houghton, Esq, of Birmingham, IS ldl<lnS HIS NdCatlOn nefe, tllS being ms former home. Harry has lots of good friends here who are always glad to see him.
 Joe Walker, Esq. former attachee on the staff of the Citizen Examiner, ard on the Journal in Montgomery, is visiting his many friends. Joe. by the way is nephew of Lucien J. Walker, formerly of the Age-Herald.
 MT. R. L. Goldsmith, probate clerk, he just returned from an extended visit from Texas He reports that country in fire condition for a splendid crop. '- -s's
 A party of gentlemen leave here next week on a fishing tour to Florida. After all the arrangement had heen perfected 1t was found that the neighborhocd where they intended to do the most fishing was incorporated, and so arrangements had to be perfected to change the law for a fsw days. which was accordingly done by way of the Louisville and Nashville
 Mir. J. H. Sheppard our circuit court clerk, is sttl confined to his bed, much improved howevor. His friends hone to sec him cut in few days. eca
 The health of our county is excellent st this time ard we have q great many visitors soiourning here with us during the hot season, including let's of rs1r- ance agents hook agents and all othkr kinds Of agents al the rate of twenty day.
 Hon. Chas. A. Thitten has returned frDr11l a visit tO CIeareria