The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-08
STATE NEWS ITEMS.


 Montgomery Journal: The state press should know that it's official title is the Jefferson Falkner's Soldiers home." It is well named.
 Progressive Age: The hardest rain that the oldest people can remember fell here on last Friday. doing a great deal of dam ge to land and fencing.
 The Fort Payne Journal says that if there is man in Alabama who deserves a monument for unselish patriotism that man is Col. J. M. Falkner of Montgom- cry.
 Choctaw Advocate; Last weeks flood caused some damage to bridges in the county by washing out abutments, etc. Some of the small bridges were carried away
 The Progressive Age: John Cunningham was over from Hollytree today and re- ports that coal oil was found imbedded in the limestone rock by the quarrymen getting out stone for the pike on the land of Paul Robertson.
 
 Sumpter County Sun: The public build ings and grounds bill, adopted by both branches of congress, carries $150,000 for Anniston $l2,0O0 for Bessemer and Sf5O0 each for Florence and Tuscaloosa, a total of S1775OO for Alabama
 
 Sumpter County Sun Rev. J. H. Me- Coy of Birmingham will All the Methodist pulpit here next Sunday morning and evening. He is editor of the Alabama Christian Advocate and is one of the ablest preachers in the south.
 Eutaw Mirrow and Observer: The Jew ish synagogue, the Episcopal and Christ ian churches have recently been robbed at Selma. They doubtless carried off the Lords table cloth to make dish rags of and then debauched on the holy wine.
 Mobile Correspondent in Montgomery Advertiser: Pierce Travis, while convict ed at the November term of the City court of carrying concealed weapons and sentenced to six months hard labor at Vinegar Bend, made his escape yesterday from the stockade. A reward is offered for his apprehension.
 Florence Herald The invoice has been received for a large shipment of material | to be used for the construction of com plete, new and up-to-date telephone serv- l ice for Florence with which the South ern Bell Telephone and Telegraph com | pany will replace the old and out-of date one now in use
 Choctaw Advocates The early overflow of the river will be beneficial to river farmers There is seldom more than ons overflow and now that it has come. river planters can begin farming early. The usual time for high river is in April or May Even then the rich bottom lands will yield good crops when properly cul- tivated We congratulate the river farm CTS on their prospects for this season. Montgomery Journal: Robert Poole, 1 commissioner of agriculture, is system atizing the work in his department and the work of his department is constantly growing in importance. Heretofore ru- mors have reached the office that many ] unlicensed persons were selling fertilizers throughout the state. He has printed list prepared of those entitled to sell fertilizers, and this list is sent to every | county in the state
 l Scottsboro Progressive Age: Jesse Heal l and Will Patterson, alias Gurley, were arrested by Constable Tanner at Callahan on the charge of breaking into Wollum's storehouse and the postoffce at that 1 place. It is claimed that sl0 was taken l from the postoffice They are both white men, and Gurley is said to be the man who was liberated from Oneonta jail some weeks ago by the daughter of the shertf | of Blount county. Heal is man Of sand mountain. The men are confined in a | room above the Scottsboro bank on ac- count of the smallpox case at the county | jail.
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