The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-20
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

The twelfth annual Tuskegee negro conference began it's sessi at Tuske- gee Normal and Industrial institute yes terday.
 Mountain Home: The citizens of Ever green are happy, as the bill to establish dispensary at that place has been de- feated. The Baptist orphanage is located there.
 Greenville Advocate: The Baptists of Evergreen will build $l0,0OO church At a meeting of the membership last week s6600 were raised and the remainder wal be secured at once, so that the building can be commenced at an early date.
 Greenville Advocate: Slander is only sweet to the taste of the depraved No honest man or woman will find pleasure in the contemplation of another beings weakness or disgrace. Only animals trample upon their wounded comrades.
 
 Selma Times; The river had gone down about four feet at g o'clock last night and was still falling The cold wave com- ing the time that it did. stopped the rain and all danger of any further damage by the high waters has passed for the time being
 Thomas T. Hurst died yesterday at his home in Anniston. MT Hurst was one of Anniston's pioneer citizens, having lived there twenty-three years. He served four years in the Confederate army and never fully recovered from wounds received at that time.
 Huntsville Democrat; The International Gun Club association is corresponding with the Huntsville Gun club regarding the holding of a tournament here in July. About 15O famous trap shooters of the United States will participate in the tournament
 Mobile Register: The right of way agent of the Mobile and West Alabama writes to the president of the company that in coming south from Demopolis he has tied up the right of way without niis inr link So far. Every land owner in Ma rengo county on whom he has called has donated the right of way.
 
 Huntsville Mercury: The passage of the bill increasing the city limits of Mont gomery will bring the population of that city up to something like 5o,OO0. If Jeffer- son county will permit tho extension of the corporate limits of Birmingham along the same lines, Alabama will have two cities of no mean proportions. Eventually Huntsville must ask the same legislative favor.
 Mobile Item: Fairhope Socialists are preparing to organize local branch of their party at that place, This is partly the result of visit of the Rev. W. R. Gaylord of Milwaukee, Wis, to that place. That gentleman spoke there on last Saturday evening on Scientific Social ism' and preached twice on Sunday for the Congregational church.
 MT. Gaylord had hattering reception at Fairhope and has been invited to re- turn.
 Mobile Item: Wednesday afternoon in the office of J. K. Glennon & Co, the Ma hogany Lumber and Transportation com pany was organized The capital is $a00.- GOO. half in preferred q per cenD stock and half in common stock The board of directors are s. K. Linscott president of the National Bank of Holton. Kan; James O. Parker, president of the Ohio Valley Trust company and president of the Evansville Street Railway company; J. w. Whiting president Peoples Rank of Mobile; Joseph M Walsh and w. K. Linscott The object of the company Is to purchase a fleet of light-draught schooners to export yellow pine to Mex leo, Central America and Cuba, and to import mahogany as a return cargo. The prospects of the company are so fiattsr- ing that the greater part Of the stock was subscribed at the first meeting leav- ing only $io.oo0 to be subscribed