The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-04
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

Greensboro is asking for free mail de-
livery.
The Rev. p. L. Mitchell has accepted
the call to the Baptist church of Eutaw
Mrs. w. II. Smith of Perry county has
grown a lemon that weighs a pound and
half.
The Rev. J. II. Mccoy of Birming-
ham preached in Admission Sunday at the
First Methodist church.
Five carloads of machinery for the
Sheffield brewing and ice plants arrived
this week and will be placed in position
at once
J. P. McCan of Ashland, Wis. is trying
to buy 10000 acres of timber lands in the
state, and is now in the vicinity, of
Montgomery.
C. A. Caldwell of Gadsden has just
shipped a large lot of stave timber to
ireland. Mr.. Caldwell has also shipped
timber to other foreign countries.
Three hundred and eight contributions
for the memorial logs have been received
by Capt j. M. Falkner, chairman of the
building committee of the Soldiers home
at Mountain Creek.
The Sheffield Reaper says that good
roads, good schools and stock raising will
do more to pull Alabama out of the mud
hole of poverty than the present slipshod
methods and heavy taxation.
The Mobile tug Echo. which was some
months ago converted into an oil burning
steamer, will go on the docks and have
the oil burning apparatus removed, pre-
paratory to returning to the use of coal
as fuel.
W. r. Pryor, the only son of the late
United States senator, Luke Pryor sus-
tanned stroke of paralysis at his country
home. ten miles south of Athens, and is
in a precarious condition. He is hardly
expected to recover.
Eutaw has the oldest Mason living in
Alabama Next April Sidney P. steele
will have been a member OF the Masonic
fraternity fifty-two years. He is now
seventy odd years old and is as active as
any young man and enjoys the best OF
health.
The Mobile Register says that Reese
Hutchinson of Mobile, who has achieved
an international reputation by his inven-
ton and discovery in the art Of renewing
deafness. and who has had as patient no
less a parsonage than the Queen OF Eng
land, is here on visit to his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. w. P. Hutchinson
farmers institute will be held IN
cuilman March !. says the Cuiimah ga
zette. Professor Mcintosh OF Auburn
Agricultural college, secretary OIL the
Horticultural society of the state OF Ala
h.r,a T.. II. Lister, horticultural agent
q, IN. Louisville and Nashville railroad
and Mr.. pullman. travelling agent, will
attend.
Den,,tv Collector Battle has captured in
cleb,,rne county fine STILL destroyed 100
salons of beer and other moonshiners
naranhernalia, and arrested Jim Edwards
and william Crew, white men on the
charge of retailing liquor without gov
eminent license. In Chiffon county he
DESTROYED a so-gallon still and 1000 gal
Ions of beer, but made no arrests.
Admission Hot Blast AT the service at
Grace church Sunday morning, the Rev.
]. G. Glass dedicated an altar chair and
a prayer desk. The chair was presented
by st. Adams guild, society of the
small children of the church. and the
prayer desk was given as a thank-offer-
ing from one of the members of the
church. Both the chair and desk are very
pretty pieces OF workmanship.
Mobile Item: The Mobilians who went
to Welsh. La. as the guests of the South
western and Metropolitan OIL company.
returned to the city on Sunday morning
and are delighted with the oil country.
Stops were made at Jennings. La, and
the excursionists visited the wells and
refinery in that district. A. Welsh they