The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-16
GENERAL GRAVES
 ISSUES ORDERS Announces StafS of Military
 Departments
LUMBER IS BAD SALE
Court Street Fountain, Landmark at Montgomery, VIII Be OverhauIed and Repaired-crops Are
 Reported Good.

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 In general orders No. 8, just sent out. Adjutant GeneraI Bibb Graves an
 nounces the staffs of the military de- partments in line with the reorganiza- 1 tions orders of several weeks ago. Un- der the order General Graves is in charge of the military in every way. 1 looking to disbursements and general
 management. The details follow:
 Adjutant general and chief of staff, 1 Gen. Bibb Graves; Adjutant General
 w. L. Pitts, rank of colonel Adjutant General J. M. Dannelly, rank of col l onel; Adjutant General D. W. McIver, rank of major; Adiutant General c. A. Jones, with rank of colonel. Inspector general, Gen. R. F. Ligon
 colonels, E. H. Graves and Thomas E. Kilby, inspectors.
 Quartermaster, B. L. Holt; colonels, Winston Garth and M. V. Joseph; ma 1 jor, D. M. Scott, assistants. Engineers, W. H. Kettig, colonel; l Col. c. s. Robbins and Lieut.. Col. c. l H. Pulley.
 Ordnance Col. Frank Inge, chief 1 Col. R. A. Mitchell Lieut.. Col. F. B. Powell, Major Lucien Brown, Capt. J. A. Smith, Capt W. A. Collier. | Judge, advocate, Col. W. c. Crump- 1 ton, Lieut.. Col. J. B. Brown. Subsistence, Col. Thomas E. Knight, ] Lieut.. Col D. E. Laslie, Major A. c. | Sexton.
 l Pay, Col. l.. Y Dean.
 Medical, Col. Wyatt Heflin, Major J.
 E. Deadman, Major w. Oates Capt. H. N. Coleman, Major M. B. Kirkpatrick. | Capt. B. S. Chapman. Capt. II. D. Lay. Capt. M. H. Jordan.
 Lumber Bad Sale. Lumber and mill men say that there
 is no improvement in the price out
 look and very little in demand for the
 lower grades. They assert that prices | quoted for much of the low grades are
 far below cost and as rule, are not accepting them. As many mills as can have shut down within the past 10 | days and others are to follow suit as 1 soon as they can get out of existing contracts Mill men say that they will
 not cut lumber at the present prices.
 No Race Suicide. 1 Montgomery statistics for the week l make a fine showing for white long, evity and white perpetuity of the race. | There were four white deaths, aged 59. | 63, IT, 76. To offset this were eight | births Negroes died to the number l of nine, only one being classed as old,
 with nine births.
 Paint Historic Fountain. l The court street fountain, about 1 which there has from time to time 1 been much discussion, will be made | beautiful. Workmen are engaged in cleaning out the water holding basin
 and the entire structure will be given an overhauling and painted.s
 Handsome Windows. | Handsome windows have been put in l the Court Street Methodist church in l memory of the late J. J. Flowers and
 Mrs. Carrie Lomax. Mrs. Flowers had l the first put in and Miss Fannie Blunt 1 the latter.
 Crops Doing Well. Reports from all parts of the state l indicate that the farmers are well up l with their work and that in those counties wh ere there are good roads 1 the people are more prosperous ana l farther along with their crops MT. Julian Better. Frank N. Julian, secretary of state, who has been very i'll, is better and | will soon be himself again. Montgomery Fires. | The Montgomery department maue | 52 runs in February, to fires in build 1 ing valued at $S5,s5Q, with contents l valued at s29,350. The loss on build 1 ings was $161S, with insurance pad l s161s. loss on contents, $1410, With navments of $1400. The department had
 not had over 39 runs before.