The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-07-03
WILL CELEBRATE
ITS Centennial
Huntsville Arranges Big Pro-
gramme for Tomorrow
CITY is 100 YEARS OLD
Bishop Beckwith Was in Huntsville
Yesterday-chattanooaa Still
Lads Tr-state League
BY Few Points.
CITY IS 100 YEARS OLD

Huntsville July 2-(Speciai. 1.-The hun
dredth anniversary of the settlement of
Huntsville and discovery by John Hunt
of the big spring will be celebrated on
Tuesday and the city is expecting to en-
terrain thousands of visitors for that
day.
The Citizens centennial committee has
been working for six weeks past arrang-
ing an attractive programme, which has
Just been made public. Sunrise will be
saluted with one hundred guns.
The grand floral and industrial parade
Will take place at II o'clock with o. K.
Stegall as CRANE marshal and handsome
cash prizes will be awarded the best
decorated carriages, traps, wagons and
floats. The afternoon will be devoted to
field sports and during the whole day
there will be free street shows. Prizes
will be given the tallest and heaviest
visitors and there will be public double
wedding. Two games of baseball will be
played by the Huntsville and Sheffield
teams.
The Woodmen of the World will have
a district log rolling and organize the
Log Rolling association of the Eighth
congressional district. Woodmen from
many counties are expected and they will
be welcomed by an address by Frank j.
| Thompson. Hon. r. T. Simpson of f lor-
ence will deliver an address in response
and Hon. II. F. Slmrail of Columbus,
Miss will deliver an address on Wood
craft. The climax of the celebration will
occur at the baseball park at night in
the reproduction of the naval battle in
| the Sea of Japan in fire works.
Bishop in Huntsville.
Bishop C. NJ Beckwith of the Episco-
pal diocese of Alabama paid an official
vie III N-at
and confirmed a class of communicates.
An osteopath institute will be estab-
| lished in Huntsville in the near future
The head physician of the institute holds
license to practice medicine In Ala
hama and will be the only osteopath
physician practicng in this state.
The month of June has been a severe
one on the cotton crop of this section
and the heavy and continuous rains have
caused a noticeable deterioration in con-
diton. The growing crops are full of
grass and the farmers can hardly hope
to work out their full acreage. Labor is
very scarce.
George r. Marsh for several years
superintendent of the Merrimack cotton
mills, has resigned that position and will
devote some time to rest. Superintendent
Bradley from South Carolina has been
appointed to succeed Mr.. Marsh.
Albert Draper, aged % years, died at
his home near Lacey Springs yesterday
afternoon. Draper was well known
young farmer and had been i'll several
months.
Baseball Standing.
Chattanooga still leads in the pennant
race of the Tri-state league, the rela-
tive standing Of clubs being as follows
w. L. Pc.
| Chattanooga. ;. ....... 9 .692
sheffield. ........,. IL .eot
/ Huntsville. III 3o5
Dalton, ....... 3 10 .231
The Dalton team has been strengthen
ed by the addition of four men and the
three games won by the team have been
out of the .ast seven played.
Mack Gamble was signed last week by
Huntsville and his appearance here with
/ Chattanooga has caused President Smith
to protest the games In which he plays.
| Gamble must play with Huntsville or
| quit the league according to Mr.. Smith.
Mickey OBrien has been signed to
| catch for this team.
Huntsville has played eight games at
home and lost six in the last week and
a half and the principal reason for the
! defeats has been wild throwing. The
team has averaged very nearly twice as
many hits in each game as their oppon-
ents.