The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-14
Fine Showing Made in Mont
 gomery for Six Months
THE SHRINERS TO MEET
Members of Zamora Temple, Birmins- ham, Will Hold Spring Session In the Capital City-WiIl hi
 tiate Members.

Commercial club of this city has secured from City Engineer A. R. Gilchrist cer- tain data of interest to Montgomerans on the number of the building permits that have been issued in this city since the first of October. The amount involved was S754,7 "A for the six months ending April l, which at the lowest estimate taken are calculated 10 amount to an expenditure of ,00o, when the buildings are completed.
 The list as handed to the club did not include the recent theatre structure that has been contracted for by Messrs Hodg- son and Hannon of this city, nor did it include the handsome hotel that Is to be erected by the Gay-Teague Realty company. The record as reported from the engineers office undoubtedly sur passes any record in building for any six months in the history of Montgomery, and is illustrative of the city's growth since the inauguration of the 1O0,000 in 1910 movement
 Shriners to Meet.
 The nobles of zamora Temple, Brming- ham, of the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine will meet in Montgomery on Wednesday, April r. in regular spring session for the purpose of passing upon business of interest to the local members of the Shrine and in order to initiate in the mysteries of the order about fifteen candidates in the Zamora Temple district.
 Much interest Is being manifested ill the spring session in this city on Wednes- day, and from all indications a rousing good time is expected. There are at present about fifty members of this branch of Masonry in Montgomery, and they express themselves as determined to make the occasion one of the most en- joyable ever held here. There are only two temples of the order in this state, the one at Birmingham and the other at Mo- bile, though Montgomery is fast growing to sufficient power to have a temple of it's own.
 The meeting in this city will be held in the grand lodge room of the Masonic Temple, and will convene immediately upon the entrance in this city of the Birmingham and other state officers. It is expected that about fifty from Zamora Temple, not including the Montgomery members, will be in attendance besides the candidates.
 In all probability a parade will be held in the afternoon, though this feature is at present an uncertainty. The parade, if held, will be in dress uniform. Degrees will be conferred in the evening between the hours of and 10 30. and immediately after the conferring of these the Shriners will be escorted in body to Young's restaurant where 0 sumptuous banquet will be in waiting for them. The visitors out of the town will leave Montgomery on the following morning.
 Strikers Meet,
 A mass meeting Of the strikers of the Montgomery Traction company and of the strikers sypathizers was held in this city tonight on Court square, the strikers coming to the place of meeting in a body Hon. Thomas J. Hall and other addressed the meetinfi, the keynote of which was that order should be preserved by all means and that the union must have it's required support in order to maintain it's stand in the present situation. In order to lessen all hazard that might be incurred the police of the city fully pa trolled the square under the personal direction of Sergeant Oscar McDade.
 Appointments Made.
 The following appointments have been announced from the governors office:
 Notary public, A. NJ. Bond, Birming- ham; notary public and justice of peace, c. F. Smoot of Wetumpka, Fillmore county
 The following corporations also have been announced from the capitol The Planters Manufacturing company of OK ford. Calhoun county; capital stock, $l00,- 900; incorporators, William V. Bailey F. M Bailey, George T. Hoffman, r. N. Corr and N. s. Perkins. Purpose to own, operate and conduct a cotton mill or other mill for the manufacture of cotton, jute, hemp, flax and other flores.
 Powers Model Ginnery and Mil com pan; capital stock. s50O0; incorporators, D. w. Stay, C. E. Powers and 0, P. Barron. Purpose to conduct a general cotton gin nery. saw mill and grist mill and such other business as may be incident thereto
 Stephens and Lester Mercantile com- pany of Montgomery; capital stock. $5090; incorporators, J. L. Stephens, J. l.. Les ter and w. A. Brown.
 Continental Creamery company of To- peka, Kan, has filed a copy of it's ar ticles of incorporation. Chief place of business Mobile, Mobile county; agent, J. R. Courtney.
 Body Not Yet Identified.
 The body found in the Alabama river on Friday has not yet been positively identified, though the information lately received is that the remains were those of one of the three men who were drowned in the Coosa river a few months ago as the results of a dynamite explo- sion while the men were engaged In mak- ing d few investigations. One of the bodies had already been recovered from the river, being discovered Il short while after the explosition, but the other two, one of whom was named Jones, had not been heard from. The body recently dis covered is supposed to be that of Jones, though q positive identification has not been made.
 Call Sixth Division. The supreme court will call the sixth and largest division of the state on Mon day, including Birmingham and Jeffer- son county cases and surrounding dis tricts. A good week of work Is antic- pated by the justices.
 Barbour Paroled.
 r. w. Barbour a white convict of De- Kafb county, was on Saturday morning paroled by Governor Conner, after having served since August. 1904, on sixyear term of Imprisonment for the killing of a man in his county by the name Of Nick Petty. It is alleged that the distur- bance resulting in the killing of MT. Petty was due to political reasons. MT. Petty was q republican and Mir. Barbour was democrat. and 1t Is said that their differences in opinion resulted in the death of the republican,
 Because of the fact that Barbour had served for three and a half years faith fully and uncompainingly and because of the fact that he had already been sued by Mrs. Petty for 5000 in the civil court. which suit she had won, the gov cemency was asked to be shown by the pardoning board.