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 home in Montgomery. He retained his citizenship in the county of his adop- tion, where he has been most success ful in both farming and mercantile operations.
 Mir. ,Norwood began work early in life. being first t''.egrApn rp-fat"r in the railway service. then as mer- chant and farmer. He located in the town of Fort Deposit, where he ccI- ducts a large merchandise and general trade store.
 Mir. Norwood is a large stockholder and President of the Peoples Cotton Mill of Montgomery, and Is largely ir- terested in the banking business in this city. He has never engaged in politics to any great extent. He was Mayor of Fort Deposit some years ago. Hon. Hubert T. Davis. Hon. Hubert Trevelyan Davis, dele gate to the Convention from the Sixth Senatorial District. is native of Ma con County. He was born In Tuske- gee, March 9. 1865. and was graduated bN the State University, of which DOdIu VI 4taotCCc hG ID AAVW o AiChA- Der. MT. Davis read law in the office of Col. M. L.. Stansel at Carrolltcn, Pickens County, and removed to Gads- den, where he began the practice of his profession. He. served one term as Solicitor of the City Court of Gads- den.. o
 Mir. Davis Is a member of the Com mittee on Order. Consistency and Har- mony of the Whole Constitution. He is also a member of the Committee on Representation. >
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 A. Hon. M. sollie.
 Hon. M. Sollie of Dale, delegate from the Third Congressional District, was born in Louisiana in 1864. He came to Alabama in infancy and was reared in the Wiregrass section on farm. He had limited educational advantages in boyhood, but after reaching his ma.xri- ty he took mixed literary and full law course at the State University. grad uating in 1888. He taught school several years and entered the law practice at Ozark in 1890, where he has from the beginning enjoyed a large practice.
 MT. sollie is close student of Con- stiutional law, and Is fluent, versa tile and ready speaker. He will no doubt be among the efficient working mem. bers of the convention. He has been one of the Democratic pary's best workers in his section for several years He was an slector on the Presidential ticket last year. but has never sought or held other office. He loves and prefers his professions.
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 Hon. W. N. Knight. Hon. W. N. Knight of Hale was born in Russell County. but moved when boy to Hale, then Greene County. He was educated in the high schools of his county and when quite young went to Mobile, where he entered a conn., mission house as clerk. At the out break of the war he eptered as private solder Company D of the 5th Alabama regiment. His health fail ing him, he was discharged, but after wards reinlisted and entered Company c of the 36th Alabama regiment of which company he was afterwards made captain. He was in many bat ties and skirmishes, but was never wounded during the war. Since the war Mir. Knight has engaged in cotton planting on a large scale. He has represented his county three times in the legislature. During the recon struction period and ever since he has been one of the most prominent factors in the politics of Hale County. He has three sons, one of whom has made an enviable reputation among the jurists of the State The other two are both successful planters.