The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-23
POOLE ID JUDGE
 AT GEORGIA FAIR Pleased With Outlook for Big
 Birmingham Show
BOOK TROUBLE IS OVER
B. K. Matthews Gets Into Trouble By Violating Quarantine Regulations. A Boy Is Hurt While Play
 Ing With Powder.

Montgomery. September 22.-(Special.)-
 Commissioner of Agriculture R. R. Poole
 has been invited to become one of the
 judges of agricultural exhibits at the
 Georgia state fair October to 21. The
 letter was written by Secretary Martin
 V. Calvin from his home in Augusta.
 MT. Poole was one of the judges at Macon
 two years ago and was invited last year. MT. Poole has just returned from Bir-
 mingham where he looked into the
 preparations being made for the Alabama
 state fair to be held in that city the lat
 ter part of the month of October and
 the first of November. He is delighted
 with the showing made so far and says
 that he believes that it will be in ev- cry way a success. The outlook for good
 horses is the best yet and the tracks
 are in the best of condition
 MT. Poole is impressed with the work of Manager Williams and the way he leads off in his opening of the fair prepara- tions. He believes that he is an ideal
 man in the place and that he will make the show of this year one of the best that could be held.
 Book Trouble Over. The school book controversy, concern ing the maintenance of a depository al
 Montgomery which has been hanging lire for some ten days, was settled today by the selection anew of E. c. Fowler, as the
 man to keep in charge, Whatever of diff faculties that before obtained against MT. Fowler have been abrogated and he will now be reinstated as custodian of the books for the schools of the south ern part of the state. The teachers and members of the de- partment of education generally are hao- py that this solution has been reached and that there will be no more trouble with the school book supply. The delay has had ts~e effect of causing more or
 less confusion and a large per cenf of the books needed were shipped from the Birmingham depository. As the matter stands now The Fair In Montgomery will be the local depository and will look after the Montgomery end of it. The new arrangement will make | 1t easy to get the books at all the coun- | ty points and will relieve the conjestion | at some of the schools. Violated Quarantine Laws. | B. K. Matthews, paymaster of the big l lumber mills at Paxton Fla, was brought up on the north bound Louisville and
 Nashville train this morning by State | | a gross violation of the Alabama quar- | antine laws.
 It appears that Matthews lives across the line. He went to Supervisor J. B. | Wood, whose headquarters are at Florala, and asked for permit to go to Ever green, Ala. MT. Wood told him that no such permit could be granted, that he
 well knew that permission to cross the l Alabama line from northwest Florida was 1 only given to the mill hands to come and go from their daily work MT. Matthews then called on Dr. A. L.. Wynne, city health officer of Floralla, | who gave a health certificate, stating that Matthews had not been in an infected ] district
 | The state officer on the train questioned l the certificate, but did not know exactly | what action to take and allowed the man 1 to go on to his destination He reported | the matter to Chief Inspector Brassell as
 soon as he reached this city. MT. Bras | sell wired down the road 10 the different | marshals to arrest Matthews. | Last night he received a message from Georgiana saying that Matthews was in custody and he wired to hold him until an officer could arrive. When Matthews reached here he told straight tale and Inspector Brassell de- cided that the only thing that could be | done under the circumstances was to send l him back to Florida. He was sent out | of town at II :15 today in charge of quarantine guard.
 Inspector Brassel1 says if a second case | of this kind occurs he expects to prose- cute the guilty one to the very limit of | the law.
 Charles West Fined. | A long distance telephone message from l State Quarantine Officer J. B. Worth 1 ington, who runs between Opelika and | Columbus, says that Charles West has | been convicted at Opelika of a violation | of the quarantine law and fined $100 and i costs.
 West endeavored several days ago to get into Alabama by way of Columbus. i Officer Warrington got on to the fact l that West had come direct from Florida
 and carried the man back to the Geor- | gia line.
 After West had remained in Columbus
 seven days he again started for Opelika. Officer Warrington said nothing until his man got to Opelika when he swore out a warrant. charging the man with
 swearing falsely. As stated, he was con- victed.
 Boy Badly Hurt. Yesterday afternoon a crowd of young boys went out to Electric park and de-
 cided to improvse some excitement in the shape of explosions.
 Several coca cola bottles were charged with powder and fuses attached. The | fun went on merrily for time and fully | half dozen bottles were exploded. The noise could be heard a great distance
 as the charges of powder were very large.
 Finally one bottle went off prema- turely and large fragment of glass struck Charlie Beeder, a 12-year-old boy
 between the thumb and forefnger of the | left hand, tearing the flesh badly. He | came to town and had his wound dressed | While the wound Is very painful it is ! not regarded as serious Purchase New Pipe Organ. ] Gadsden, September 22.-(Special. 1.-The ,bn hn.. nod