The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-21
Capital Notes.

Capital Notes.
 1 Hon. Thomas NJ Owen, director of the department of archives and history, leaves tomorrow for Jackson, where ne will de- l liver tomorrow night his illustrated lec- | ture on Alabama history. He will spend Friday and part of Saturday at historic Mt. Vernon and come back by Mobile While in the latter city he will confer with Capt. Gordy Jones, commander of the Mobile camp, sons of Confederate Vet erans about the encampment of the Ala bama division, of which Dr. Owen is com mander. next November.
 The following tax collectors settled with the state auditor today: Joe Lambert of Wilcox. c. P. Morrison of Dallas and w. J. Whitehead of Henry
 These minor appointments were an- nounced by the governor today: Justice of the peace, J J. Marion, Sweetwa ter, Whitehead. Lauderdale county. and J. F. Edwards Pollard, Escambia county. jus tces of the peace and notary public; C.. O. Ware. Florence, notary public. Damaging Storm.
 Details of terrific hail storm which on Sunday passed over southeast Ala bama have just been received here. The storm covered an area fifteen miles long and nine miles wide, and destroyed abso- lutely and completely all vegetation In It's line. The Montgomery Journal has a story which says that crops were de- stroyed and the people were left in a pitiful if not starving condition. The cit izens of Elba and Enterprise are making up subscriptions for the benefit of the people in their immediate locality who have been made destitute by the destruc- ton of all their growing crops, including even gardens in many places. Hail fell nearly as large as hens eggs and tore the cotton stalks to shreds. leaving no polls on the stalk, stripping it of every blossom, and even skinning the bark of the stalk, so violent was the hail.
 Samples of cotton stalks were brought to the city today from the storm dis trict and exhibited here. They were without even leaves. and torn almost to shreds. James Gouldman a travelling man, representing Bluthenthal and Bick- ner of Atlanta, who has just returned from Enterprise and other points in Ala bama, says he never saw such devasta- tion. We drove over road that was filled with leaves from the trees that had been swept clean" he said. ''I saw a field of ten acres where hail had fallen three inches deep. and the hall in some places remained until Monday before it melted. The roads. as l said, looked like Il green cdIpet, anu dli NtBttdtlDn ndQ been killed Even chickens that had failed to take shelter under houses or in hen coops were killed
 There will be much distress among the people, I fear. whose crops have been destroyed. When I left the people were talking of a collection to help those whose fields and gardens had been destroyed, and I contributed on behalf of my house $50, which l know it will give when it learns the facts. but if they refuse, my check goes. I will gladly pay 1t. It was the worst storm I ever saw, and did the greatest damage I have ever known to the crops
 Capital Crowd Won.
 Yesterday afternoon al Oak park the Capital baseball team defeated the Beau voir club boys by a score of IA to 5- Ty- son pitched for Beauvoir and Thoring- ton for the Capitol team. Tyson was very wild at times. while Thorington pitched a steady game. The catching of Dr. Goldthwaite and Noble Billing was great. The game was prettily played, only a few errors being made on each side. The long drive of Robbins to left for three bags was the feature. Gaston Guntcr and Thorington hit the ball nearly every time they came to bat. Ed. Mahoney um- pired the game, and there was no kick coming It now looks like Manager Brooks Smith, of the Capitol team, has a winner sure
 Veterans Barbecue.
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