The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-01
THE PASSING THRoNc
AIahnma OrnnGes.

If1enos capt. Peter F. Aipa, VI @A bile. These oranges are of interest because they were grown on Alabama soil. in Mobile County, and are Of the finest quality and flavor.
 Captain Alba writes that they were grown at his country place at Coden' without any especial care being given to them.
 The Coden home of Captain Alba. who is a prominent Mobile citizen, IS one of the show places of Mobile County. Here he has several hundred acres and large roomy house with every comfort and modern convenience. He goes in for experimental farming and stock -raising, and in these he has been more than successful.
 The oranges from the Alba place are extra large, skinned and sweet and juicy. A dealer in fruits said yesterday that he understood that the Satsuna orange did we'll in Southern Alabama, but he had never seen such excellent oranges as these grown ny Captain Alba, come from an Alabama grove.
 The growing of oranges promises to become an important industry in South Alabama. Several persons in Baldwin County have succeeded beyond their expectations. pr. Scott has a large grove near Battles Wharf, and finds a ready market for all of the fruit pro- duced
 Captain Alba does not raise oranges for the market. His experiment at Coden has, however. proved to his neighbors that the industry might be made profitable.
 Mr. J. B. O'Bannon. Superintendent of Education of Escambia County, is a prominent visitor to. Montgomery In att tendance on the Masonic meetings Mir, OBannon explained why so large a plant as the oil mill of the Brewton oil and Manufacturing Company was destroyed by fire without insurance.
 Tt was a most unfortunate thing" said Mir. o'Bannon. "The company was not so careless or so foolish as to go without protection of Its property. The fire took place at a time when the big water tank of the mill was supposed to have been rebuilt. The old one was torn away and during the time of con- structing the new one fire broke out The companies lifted insurance during the absence of the tank and thus the big property went up in smoke at a time when not a cent could be collect ed"
 The stockholders at Brewton are un- fortunate in this industry as the cot ton gin operated in connection with tho plant was itself destroyed by fire a sHoFI time ago.
 Former Representative j. M. Miller or Marengo, is among the large num- Der of visitors who are in Montgomery to attend the sessions of the Grand Lodge. From MarenKo comes the re- port of the shaping of a fight for the Probate Judgeship of that county which will attract the attention of the State. Senator John J. King, who was a prom lea AN.N r. t% who was recognized as a leader of the minority which opposed the "adm:nis- tratton measures" is recognized as a candidate for the honor.
 Mir. Miller. who has been. active in the political affairs of Marengo Coun- | ty, will make the race. And Probate | Judge 4. L. Nasty, who six years ago | won q sensational race for the hoaor. l proposes again, to be a candidate and | make the light he made in the last race.
 It is evident, therefore, that Maren- go County Is going to have a warm contest for the chief county ofiice with. in the gift of the people.
 Chief Taylor, of the police force, says he is trying to arrange for several im- provements in the headquarters office. The principal thing at present Is some thing on the order of gymnasium, not complete. but enough of the fixtures to enable the men to put in some good exercise every day or so.. 1
 we want a couple of Horizontal bars and parallels" he said, and think a few other fixtures would about fill the bil. There is plenty of room for the apparatus in the assembly room and the men need exercise other than continually walking"
 The Chief has talked the matter over with several of the Counctlmen and 1t will be put before the Police Commits sion shortly
 W. F. Oakley. Treasurer of the Houston High School, visited the De- partment of Education In the State Capitol yesterday morning and had the peculiar honor of being the first Coun- ty Superintendent of the new county high school system to draw a guar. terly' allowance appropriated for use in these schools. The appropriation was $500.
 The County Treasurer of Dallas County followed in drawing the sec ond check.
 Yesterday afternoon Chief Clerk Fea- gin was busy sending checks for the quarterly allowance to the Treasurers of DeKalb, Escambia, Morgan and St. Clair counties.
 A prominent lawyer of Birmingham, who Is in attendance on the Grand Lodge, A. F. and A. M, is Hinds Peevy, who came down yesterday. Mir. Peevy will remain through the sessions of the Grand Lodge before returning. He is responsible more than any other one man for the successful campaign that was waged for ShtrifE Higdon in Jefferson County, marking it probably the hotted fight for that office that was ever made.
 Mondays rain," said a local citizen Drought a smile to the faces of the local Nimrods, for there will be some chance now for the dogs to trail the birds. Hunting for the last few weeks has been more like playing golf than | anything else, just aimlessly tramp ing around and believing it's a lot of fun. But the rain yesterday will send the birds out from the swamps to the ridges and the hunting will be greatly improved"
 MT. S. S. Foshee of Brewton came to Montgomery yesterday to see "The Runaways. He will return to Brew ton today. MT: Foshee Is one of the at Pollard in a deal closed only a few weeks ago. He says that the mill is still being operated with a day crew. Eugene c. Worden, of the New York
 bar Assistant Secretary of the com
 mittee that Is endeavoring to have the l salaries of Federal Judges increased.
 was in the city yesterday.