The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-25
POOLE PLEASED
 WITH EXHIBITS Agrlcu Itural Commissioner TaIksof St. Louis Trip LUMBER FOR THE CANAL Alabama Dealers VIII Make Effort to Supply the Demand-Want Judge
 Randolphs Case Mol
 Pressed.
LUMBER FOR THE CANAL

Montgomery, October 24-(Special.)- | Commissioner of Agriculture R. R | Poole. who has just returned from att | tendance upon the meeting of the South | ern Commissioners of Agriculture at Baton Rouge, La, and is enthusiastic | over the outlook for the south. The as- l sociation held an adjourned meeting at l St. Louis on October F, and afterwards | had a look at the exhibits presented. | MT. Poole says that while Alabama has | no agricult lraI exhibit he saw nothing | in the southern displays that could not l have been made in the state. The exhib | it's of the southern states, says MT. Poole, | are very inc and are making good im- | rressions.
 MT. Poole is very much impressed with the work done by Commissioner of Az riculture J. c. Lee of Louisiana, who Is bringing great many desirable immi- grants into the state. He is being aided in every way possible by the railroads, | especially the Illinois Central. Every commissioner there felt that the St.
 Louis exposition is a wonderful opportu
 nifty to exhibit the resources of the | south and feel that every dollar spent | will come hack with thousands in return | in the way of investments and good people.
 Georgia Exhibit. | MT. Poole was very much impressed | with the Georgia exhibit, and spent much l time with Commissioners Hughes, Wash ington and Barrett.
 MT. Poole also says the Vulcan statue
 is one of the greatest attractions at the fair and a great credit to the mineral district of he state. It is doing much | to attract attention to Alabama. The people are just beginning to realize the | great advantages of the south, thinks MT. | Poole, and he believes the section is | about to enter upon an era of great pros- | perty. In Favor of Randolph. | A portion of ..-e recent grand jury have l petitioned Judge W. H. Thomas of the
 criminal court, to mol pross all the cases | pending against former Probate Judge
 F. c. Randolph, charged with embedding
 money while holding the office of probate | judge Eleven out of eighteen men on | the jury signed the petition. great deal of surprise is felt that
 the grand jury which adjourned last Sat
 urday did not ike up the matter of the | fire which destroyed the plant of the | Alabama Rift Flooring company some
 time since. The fire was investigated
 by fire jury which recommended that
 the grand jury take 1t up. It was thought
 the blaze was of incendiary origin.
 Capitol Waterman Dies.
 L. B. Bush. watchman at the capitol, 1 died this morning after a long illness
 with Brights disease. His body was | shipped to Mount Andrew, Barbour coun- | ty for interment. He was 61 years of
 age.
 Lumber for Panama. The prospects for good sales of lumber | for the budding of the Panama canal | has caused the Alabama lumber dealers | to begin to look out for the business. A. 1 J. Spencer, a representative dealer in Mo-
 bile says that the pine lumber used will have to come from this section of the | south and the trade will give great | impetus to the trade and the out in port | movements.
 The mills have been running to some
 extent short O. orders for some tune
 but they are now starting up and the
 outlook for big business is very good. l ',The lumber will come from the south | and from points nearest to ports from l which shipments are made," says MT. | Spencer.
 w. c. T. J. Meeting. 1 The annual meeting of the Womans s | Christian Temperance Union of Alabama
 will be held at Anniston on November 16, IT and IS. The president of the associa- tion is Mrs Mary T. Jeffries of Birming-
 ham. In a letter sent out to the minor | unions Mrs. Jeffries says: There Is work ahead a greater battle to be fought than l ever before, and now gather your forces,
 take the word of God, the sword of the l Spirit as your weapon, put on the whole armor and with God as your leader march | forth to battle with a cry of victory on 1 your lips"
 Has a Grievance. | N E. Turner, head of the Vinegar Bend
 Lumber company, at Vinegar Bend, has a grievance against the government Of
 Havana, Cuba, that will likely be car | jed to the state department at Washing
 ton before it is satisfied. Some months
 ago in the handling of their Cuban busi-
 ness, the Vinegar Bend company shipped
 machinery to Cuba and began the erect
 ing of a blaming mill to dress rough | lumber sent there from Mobile. Permits were secured from the city government | and work begun. Before long, however,
 an officer stopped the proceedings, saying
 that the permits had been revoked. | A protest was made, but it did no good.
 It was ascertained that Spanish mill men who feared the competition of the Amer jeans had caused the reversal of the au-
 thority. MT. Turner said he expected to | force the hand of the Cuban officials and
 have his permits renewed money re- turned from his investments and work there. The company spent a large amount | of money in Havana and expected to go
 elaborately into the lumber dressing busi-
 ness.
 The Winner Endowment. | beautiful monument has recently been erected to the memory of the late Bishop Richard Hooker Winner of the
 Episcopal church in Alabama, in Magnolia cemetery, Mobile. On one side is the in-
 spription: I'm Memory of Richard Hook
 CT Wilmer, Bishop. Born March 15, 1915.
 Ordained Deacon Easter Day, 1889. Or
 dained Priest Easter Day, 1840. Conse-
 crated Bishop March 6, 1862. Fell Asleep
 June IA 1900 May He Rest in Peace"
 On the other side of the shaft Is the text
 from St. Peter, 5:4: When the chief
 Shepherd shall appear ye shall receive
 a crown of glory that fadeth not away"
 On the ends of the cross, in sunken
 trefoil are symbols of the ministry. On
 the foot or east end. an open Bible. On
 the head or west end the mitre. On the
 right or south end, cross keys. On the left
 or north end, chalice and paten.