The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-11
STATE NEWS ITEMS.


 A camp of the woodmen of the World will be organized at Hartselle very soon.
 Mrs. Mary Ella Keith of Montgomery, celebrated her 116th birthday last satur- day.
 The Geneva Reaper says that Judge P. N. Hickman has received his commission as judge of the County court.
 
 The coiored citizens of Calvert vicinity protest against working on the roads be- cause they have been disfranchised.
 Tippecanoe Tribe, of the Improved Or der of Red Men has been organized at Montgomery with over 100 charter mcm- bers.
 Geneva Reaper: Hope vanishes wth youth. As a man grows older he quits hoping and begins to gather unto himself everything in sight that isn't nailed down.
 The Alabama Steel and Wire company will soon begin the erection of a station on Willis creek, pumping water to the steel mill and furnace of the company at Gadsden.
 The Oakman News says that in twenty drops of city water. there are 3e,o00,0O0 bacteria. After drinking a glassful you must be carrying around a population as large as China's.
 It is announced that Athens is soon to have a handsome new depot and that great improvements will be made on the grounds A park is also in view and that will add much to the place.
 
 Coosa River News It is estimated that thirty thousand feet of lumber was wash ed away from Potash landing on Coosa river last Friday night, caused by the rapid rise in the river. The ferrymen J. H. Wood & Sons. caught about 5000 of lumber last Saturday at the Centre land ing.
 Troy Messenger: A handsome new col- Iege building, a modern graded school building, a fine two-story wholesale house, a hotel that will be a pride to Troy, and many residences are certain ties for the near future; there are many | other contemplated mprovements-Troy ts a-coming.
 becomes more and more popular People living In the country who have received the benefits of the system would not be without it for anything. It places them in close touch with the outside world and enables them to keep posted upon all im- portant happenings. Anniston Star: In the matter of public buildings, Anniston will also take front ! rank among Alabama cities. The magni- ficent court house draws forth unstinted praise from all who see it, and the wis dom of those who exerted their influence to make the building handsome and creditable one, is daily becoming more manifest
 Warrior Breeze: The town of Warrior has bright future and if our citizens will only be active, public spirited and enterprisng there is no reason why we may not have a city of which we may be justly proud. Let us all unite in a har- inonious earnest pull for the growth Of our beautiful city in the mountain of Jefferson county Alabama.
 oakman News: The Misses Smith, owners of a large portion of Tuly moun- tain, near Scottsboro. have offered to do nate. absolutely free, to the trustees of the Peabody fund, 420 acres of land on top of the mountain, and the sanitarium building on 1t, in consideration of secur- ing the proposed teachers school for that location. It is further stated that other inducements will be offered by the citizens of Soottsboro
 Montgomery Journal: It is rumored that one of the results of the visit of John Rockefeller. Jr., to Tuskegee Is that the Western railway will run their rail- road to Booker T. washngton's school As the railroad now runs from Cheehaw to Tuskegee the Tuskegee terminus of the road Is about two miles from the school. This necessitates travellers to walk or ride in conveyance about two miles over d large hill in order to get to the school. It is said that the railroad will lay their tracks around the hill so as to afford an almost level grade to the school