The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1900-09-07
WILL Do HONOR TO
GENERAL WHEELER
People of Florence viii Receive
Him With Open Arms.
A POPULAR DEMONSTRATION
His Home Coming Has No Political
Signifcance-The Misses Wheeler
Are Also Expected-Other
Interesting Items

Florence Sept. 6.-(Special) 1.-The recep-
ton to General Wheeler next Tuesday will
be the occasion of big popular demonstra-
ton, to be participated in by people from
all sections of the county and district
The general will arrive in Florence on
Tuesday morning, and will be the guest of
Judge w. j. Wood. General Wheeler will
be retired from the army on Monday Sep
| TENDER 10, and will leave Immediately for
Florence. He is simply coming back to
visit his people of the Eighth District-the
first time since the Spanish-American war,
except when he came on the sad mission
to bury his son Tom, the naval cadet who
was drowned at Montauck Point, and on the
occasion of the river and harbors commit
tee trip down the Tennessee on a tour of.
inspection.
General Wheeler has been constantly In
the service of his coutry for two years, and
will now take a short rest. A committee of
citizens will meet him on his arrival, and
he will speak at the courthouse at o'clock
in the afternoon. He will be given an infor-
NAL open-air reception In the city park
at o'clock at night, and the Wheeler
Rifles, named in his honor, will take pat in
the celebration. Mayor John B. Weakley
will deliver the address of welcome and
Hon. Emmet O'Neal will speak on behalf
of the people of Lauderdale, welcoming
General Wheeler back to the district. The
general will visit Sheffield and Tuscumbia
on Wednesday, and will make tour of the
whole district.
General Wheeler has large landed interest
in Lawrence County, and he will devote
some time to looking after his personal in
ferpStS which have i'm ha
past years. In an interview with Judge
Wood In Chicago, he stated that his visit
had no political Importance, and that he
mad no plans as yet as to his future After
a few days rest he will decide on some
line of action. The Misses Wheeler are eX-
pected to return with their father and will
be given a reception on Tuesday night by
Mrs. Wood.
Hon. William Richardson, candidate for
Congress In the Eighth Congressional Dis
trict, will open his campaign In Lauderdale
at Florence on Monday, the 18th inst. Hdv-
ing been elected to fill the short term of
General Wheeler, he is now making the
canvass for the long term. Lauderdale
County was one of Richardson's banner
counties in the recent contest for Wheel
er's seat. Richardson will fill four appoint
ments in the county Judge Richardson Was
educated in Florence at the old Wesleyan
University before the war, and has many
friends in the city and county.
John H. Garrard of Greenhill this county,
who is serving on the jury this week, is re-
membered by many of his old comrades for
bravery and gallantry on the field of bat
tie. At the battle of Sharpsburg, Garrard
snatched the colors from the color sergeant
who was shot down and led his company
in a victorious charge. For this act Cen
eral Wilcox of the famous Ninth Alabama
promoted him from the ranks to provost
ma q a CantRinI
John M. Chisholms company from Lauder
dale County.
Delos II. Bacon has made final settle
ment in the estate of the late c. M Bran
don, superintendent of the Cherry Cotton
Mills, and one of the best mill men in the
south. The estate paid an inheritance tax
of $500, and Is the only estate In the county
that has paid the tax The executor dis
tributed over 900 to the heirs.