The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-17
STATE NEWS ITEMS.


 The Mobile Item says that citronelle is to have new commodious depot in the near future.
 There are 2s6 newspapers published in Alabama. Twenty-two of them are daily papers,
 Talladega News-Reporter: No get-rich- quick scheme has ever been devised to equal the one of living within ones in- come.
 The Right Rev. Bishop c. M Beckwith confirmed two large classes on Sunday In Anniston, one at the Church of St. Michael and All Angels and one at Grace church.
 Mrs. w c. Jenkins, wife of the post master at Camp Hill, died Thursday. She was very useful and efficient in her min istrations to the sick and the poor, and her death is deeply regretted by the com munity.
 The members of the Methodist church of Florence are assured of new strue- ture. The subscription for the proposed new building now amounts to s95OO, and the Rev MT. Wasson, the pastor, believes that they will get the amount desired s14, OOe-ln a short time.
 
 Florence Times: The three cities of Florence, Sheffield and Tuscumbia are destined at no distant day to be the nucleus of great industrial population. The signs are unmistakable. Next to Bir- mingham, they will be the center of in- dustrial development in Alabama.
 The farmers of Calhoun county are to have fair in the early fall and the busi- ness men of Anniston have started a movement by offering premiums to en- courage more judicious farming. This. fair will continue one week and be a source of considerable instruction and entertain ment and still closer cement the bond of union between Anniston and it's country friends.
 Mobile Item: A motorman on an out bound car of the Marine street line was almost frightened to death Friday night about s o'clock near the corner of New Jersey and Broad streets. His car, while going at a fair rate of speed. ran over the stuffed figure of man. The motor man did not see the object lying on the track until he was almost on top of 1t, and then with might and main he turned off the brake to save what he thought was human life. So quickly did the mo- torman stop the car that only one wheel passed over the object. With fear and trembling after the car was stopped the crew jumped to the ground and made an examination with the result already stated There was great relief afforded two men.
 The stuffed figure was evidently placed on the track by a crowd of small boys in the neighborhood.
 Mobile Item: J. R. Watkins of Alexan- der City, whose jewelry store was robbed
 5l worth of jewelry, arrived in this city this morning and went directly to the police station and identified part of the property found on the three men who were hTTeSleu ytSlSIudY as HIS.
 Tn three men who are under arrest will be sent back to Alexandr City for trial, as two of the men have confessed to hav- ing committed the robbery. The men told the police that they hid part of the goods in the swamp near Three-Mile creek, and a search revealed nine watches and a number of gold chains
 MT. Watkins says the men are well known around Alexander City, and are all three brothers. They effected an en- trance by breaking into the cellar and forcing another door into the place. MT. Watkins says that he will pay the police officers the amount of reward that was offered by him.
 Jim Req confessed to having killed negro at Alexander City.