The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-28
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

Thomas Howe has been elected presi- dent of the Montgomery Retail Grocers association.
 The cement factory at Demopolis has been closed down three weeks by the breaking of a portion of the machinery
 Anniston Hot Blast The world will sometimes give you credit for your good intentions, but you can't cash until you deliver the goods.
 The cotton warehouse in Gadsden has so far received about 640O bales of cot ton, a little over one-half of the re- ceipts last season.
 The school house at Pleasant Ridge, was blown down few days ago. and considerable damage was done to the church at that place.
 The old hotel building almost in the center of Scale has been burned. The building was not insured. It was one of the towns land marks.
 The DeKalb Fire Brick company has been organized with John H. Altman, of Ohio. as president and general man. ager. The capital stock is placed at $2G- 600.
 A movement is on foot to ask the legis- lature to make some correction in the lines between Lee and Russell counties so as to put part of Girard in Lee county.
 t.. No5 ak Rockford at an early date, says the Coosa Argus. Men from Baltimore have been getting options on several thousand acres of timber land in that county. Evergreen Courant: Evergreen is to have an ice factory in the near future. The Courant feels that It can give this glad news to the citizens of Evergreen with some degree of certainty.
 Dick Prayor, one of the wealthiest and 1 best known planters of north Alabama, residing In Limestone county near Quid Nunc. about six miles north of Decatur had stroke of paralysis and Is in a dangerous condition. l Tuscaloosa Times-Gazette The Tusca- loosa Plumbing company has been re- organized and started out on new ca- 1 reer with a fine corps of officers and the best sort of prospects. The company is now Incorporated in the sum of $10,060 It's officers follows: F. B. Clements, | president and treasurer; J. w. G. Rat terree, manager; Ebert Daniel, secre- | tary.
 1 Mobile Register Gen. William P. l Craighill, retired chief of engineers of the l United States army, Is a guest of the l Battle house. and will remain there for 1 the winter. The general spends his win l ters in the south regularly now to avoid | the severe weather of the north, and 1 he finds Mobile very agreeable. He wit messed the Mardi Gras and enjoyed the parades and the festivities generally.
 
 Evergreen Ceurant: The indications now are that the fruit crop in this section is safe. The orchards were not blighted by 1 the icy breath of few days ago, and the trees are now in the fortunate condi- l titn that the buds are nos apt to swell and don their dainty pink dhC white tog- Esry before Old Sol and Miss Spring are ready to make atmospheric conditions pleasant for them.
 Mobile Item: Charles Kee, native Chi, nese, and who is acting interpreter for l the government, Is In the city to act in conjunction with Inspector A. J. Ton, In the prosecution of the eight Chinamen charged with violating the laws prohibit l ing their entrance into the United States unless bona fide Chinese merchants. The l government will make strong case against the men arrested. Interpreter l Kee will be at the services of the com missioners who will dispose of the l charges
 Mobile Register: Maj William D. Craig hill, son of the general, will relieve Cap tain Cosby next week and will thenceforth have charge of the Mobile harbor. The major comes from Wheeling, w. Va, l where he was last stationed. Previous l to that he was in the Philippines for two years. He there in an engineers ca- pacity, well as in the army, as he went down there with the Fortieth in- l fantry of which he was major. He was also with Chaffee in Pel<in, and his ca- reer throughout has been quite brilliant