The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-06
ALABAMA

Frank Nunnelee of Selma has written story of India entitled "A Life for Life The story is issued in pamphlet form and is now on sale in Selma. The author has baen eomplimented for his vivid descrip- tions, and 1t is stated that the first edi- ton will be taken up in short time.
 r,,ractor Owen of the department of archives and history has received the only copy in existence of the muster roll or Company B, Fourth Alabama cavalry. The old document is an interesting relic and will be valuable in preparing the ros- ter of Confederate soldiers.
 Launch parties are quite the fad now at Mobile, and many pleasant excursions take place on the bay. The depiorable ac- cident to the Florodora, when she was struck by lightning and three of her pas sengers killed, has been greatly deplored. The report that Adjutant General Bran don would like to have the place of pro- bate judge in Tuscaloosa county seems to meet with general approval in all parts of the state, and in Tuscaloosa county also
 A city magistrate of Mobile has writ ten strong article commenting Gov ernor Jelks for ordering an investigation of the affairs of certain magistrates in the state and advocating a law which would provide for an investigation of all state offices
 The editorial genius of the Dothan Sift- ings announces that he is tired of reading
 about the pope. Such a complaint is | hardly Justified, if a person enjoys the
 most brilliant examples of newspaper | several years The correspondents
 turned out a lot of entertaining copy about what they were seeing-in their minds eye-on the plaza of St. Peters While the Second regiment is in camp at Montgomery the officers propose to make the soldiers walk a chalk line as an | example to the citizens of that town that | the Alabama volunteer can behave him | self when he feels like it. The boys an- ticipate a gloomy time, and are satisfied | that they will have more military than | fun.
 Walter Grubbs of the Decatur News says: Judge Jones has made the peon
 business unprohtable in Alabama. It
 ought to be made impossible" This is
 the sentiment heard on all sides, and the | people of this state are showing their ap- preciaton of Judge Jones course in con- | ducting the recent trials. It is also a
 great relief to Alabamlans to know that
 the papers of the country will now have | to find something else to fill their peon- | age column unless perchance. more cases are developed in neighboring states. | Alabama has bred few noted race horses
 in her history. However. Billy Buck.
 owned by Birmingham sportsmen, is mak- ing a splendid record on the Detroit track
 and has no difficulty in walking away | from his field. when he is entered for a race. Billy Buck has already captured a
 number of prizes, and if he keeps up his present record he will make name long
 remembered in the annals of racing. Rac- | ing is not as popular in Alabama as it should be. In Kentucky, at New Orleans, | in Louisiana. and in other states of the
 south the performances of the high-step- ping thoroughbreds are watched with
 much interest. Splendid strings of horses are sometimes kept in training during the
 winter months in parts of the state, but l they race on other tracks.