The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-05
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

Montgomery is hustling after many new
factories.
The municipal census of Dothan gives
the town 5O5s inhabitants. The census of
1900 showed 1900.
C. NJ. Cooper of Demopolis is the owner
weigh 1900 pounds.
The Greenvile Advocate says that opin-
ion is divided as to whether the late cold
killed the peach crop or nos.
Physicians of Demopolis held a post
mortem on a dead pug and decided that
its death came from appendicitis.
The amount of business done by the Tai
ladega postoffice indicates that 1t will
be in the free delivery class next year.
The Greenville Advocate says that at
the recent meeting of the Commissioners
court of Monroe county the commission
ers voted to build new courthouse.
committee has been appointed by the
citizens of the Selma Library associa-
ton to solicit from citizens pledges to
pay annual sums for the support of the
library.
The Wire Grass Siftings says that
Montgomery is to have baseball this
summer, and a new ball park and modern
grandstand, and the legislators can go to
grass, so far as the people at the capital
are concerned.
The Pinckard Star says that at a mass
meeting held at Pinckard last week for
the purpose of nominating city officers
the following were nominated: w. E.
Clements mayor; Charles Burke, mar
shall; B. w. Herrin, John H. Dean and
Jess Smell, councilmen.
There have been discovered eleven cases
of smallpox among the students of the
Alabama Medical college, says the Mobile
Register. The cases are all said to be mild
and some of the students are nearly well.
At first 1t was supposed to be chickenpox
and was treated as such.
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The big saw mill at Lenoir City, Tenn,
was purchased by a stock company, of
which Mr.. Fullngton of Gadsden is man.
ager. Mr.. Fullington is receiving carloads
of machinery every day, and when the
mill is rebuilt at Gadsden 1t will have a
capacity of 10000 feet of lumber day.
The Tuskegee Student says that one Of
Tuskegees graduates has devised plan
of helping the public schools of that To-
cality by securing pledges from patrons
to plant one-half acre of cotton for the
benefit of the school, He has secured thir-
ty patrons of the different schools who
agree to do this In this way each school
will get the benefit of fifteen acres of
cotton.
Mobile Register: At the annual meeting
of the Mobile Cotton and Mercantile as
ISOLATION yesterday, the following board
of directors was elected for the ensuing
year; J. w. Whiting, d. E. Huger, Win
ston Jones, John B. Davis and Ferdinand
Forcheimer. At a meeting of the board
OtIl. d. W. w HlllllS WdS tlcCttu pItSlutill
of the association for the coming year
and r. H. Boiling was elected secretary
The Greenville Advocate says that the
free delivery system of the mail service
is growing in extent and in popularity
daily, and it is only matter of a few
years before we will have it all over the
country. The automobile Is being brought
into use for this purpose as well as the
horse, the government already having
contracted for number OF these auto
mobiles to- be used in the rural deliv-
cry.
Tuskegee Student: William II. Baldwin,
Jr., president of the Long Island rail-
road, New York, is spending this week
at Tuskegee. Tuskegee's interests are
ever in Mr.. Baldwin's mind, and we are
indebted to him much more than we can
ever repay. He always spends his vaca-
tion seasons at Tuskegee. He spoke to
the whole student body for a few mo-
ments last Tuesday night and is to speak
in more formal way and at greater
length on Saturday evening.
Montgomery Journal: State Superintend-
ent of Public Schools Hill has accepted
an invitation to address the teachers in
stitute of Lee county which is to be held
at Phenix City on the 9th and 7th. Phenix
City is the old home of Superintendent
Hill and he is expecting to greatly en-
joy his visit. Referring to the recent gath
erng of school teachers at Cincinnati.
Superintendent Hill said that Alabama
had larger representation than any 9TH
err state, and he was quite proud OF this
fact, showing as it did deep interest
in education by the teachers of this state.