The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-31
BOY IS KILLED BY
FALLING FROM POLE
Rev. Sedinger'S Son Meets
Death in Limestone
COTTON CROP PROMISING
Athens Fathers Have Provided for Paw
Ing Streets With Gravel and Max
Ing Other Municipal
improvements.
COTTON CROP PROMISING

Athens, August (SpeciaD.-One of
the saddest accidents that has happened
in this section in a long time occurred
three miles east of Athens last evening
about 6 o'clock, when Lynton Sedinger,
the 17-year-old son of Rev. H. G. Sedin-
ger of this place met instant death by
falling from the top of a large poll erect
ed for the purpose of pulling up a smoke
stack at the saw mill the father of the
boy was erecting. He had just gone to
the top of the poll to fasten a pulley
when the pole fell, and the lad was
caught underneath, and his neck was
broken and death was instantaneous He
was fine boy, and the oldest child of
his parents. His remains were brought
to Athens by the grief-stricken father,
who witnessed the sad accident. He was
buried today.
Barn Burned In Limestone.
large barn belonging to Mr.. Mat
Phillips at Shoalford, eleven miles east
of Athens, containing two hundred BUSH
els of corn and twenty tons of hay and
a large lot of farming implements was
destroyed by fire a few, evenings since.
He had hood hounds sent for, but they
did not trail the supposed fire-bug. A
negro driver saw the fire about dusk,
but thought it was some one in the barn
with a lantern and took no more notice
for a few minutes, as he was busy un
hooking his team when he did look
again the small blaze had become a
seethng furnace, and nothing could be
done to stop the fire. The loss was about
$1,000; no insurance.
Talk of Opposition.
There has been some talk of opposi-
ton to the senatorial nominee from this
district on the part of the opponents of
the dispensary, but this talk will not
amount to anything, as Senator-elect
Hayes is a strong man, and Lauderdale
will give him her undivided support. and
the effort on the part of a few dis
gruntled persons in this county will not
amount to anything. An effort is to be
made to have the executive committee
force him to state his position on the
dlspensary question In this county. but
he will pay no heed to the demands II
made as he Is already the nominee, and
would have answered any legitimate
question put to him prior to his nominal
ton, but he does not deem 1t democratic
to catechise him now. He will have no
opposition that would in the least en-
danger his election There was a called
mittee Tuesday, and a resolution was
unanimously adopted that in future no
man who was not a member of the
committee could hold and voate a proxy
and that no man could vote more than
one proxy, and that must be his asso-
ciate committeeman from his beat. This
is a wise resolution.
Cotton Crop Promising.
The cotton crop in this county is prom
Using, with less shedding than ever known
in August and II 1t holds its present crop
and does not make any more there will
be fine crop. The hot weather and Just
enough rains to keep 1t from suffering
has been a great help. The staple is at
least three weeks late and there will be
no ginning for three or four weeks to
amount to anything. The farmers in
this section are In pretty good condition
for holding their crop and will not be
forced to SELL as is usually the case when
they get it gathered. There is less old
cotton In the county than for many years
Perhaps fifty bales will cover the total
cotton now in the hands of the farmers in
this county.
Athens to Lose Knitting Mill.
Athens is to lose one or her best indus
tries, her knitting mill, which is owned
and controlled by Mr.. Smith, who has
ming mill, and will move his knitting mill
to that point and run it in connection
with the knitting mill. The mill plant
will be moved in about two weeks. He
has made a success here and has made
many friends who wish him well. The
industry employs about one hundred
hands at fairly good wages.
Pave Streets With Gravel.
The city council has contracts for
several thousand yards of gravel for the
city streets and a great deal of 1t has
been put on and other Is being hauled by
a train of wagons. The city will have
fine streets. The city has a contract out
and the work is under way for a two
hundred thousand gallon water tank, and
as soon as this is complete the city will
run her electric light plant all night, and
do all the pumping necessary for the
town at night There will then be
sufficient capacity for the entire day. As
It is now the city only runs her light
plant until midnight.
LnIICE