The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-11
LEON M'CORD IS PROUD OF OLD HOME Where Farmers Are Getting
 Rich on Potatoes NEW DOCTORS MAKING Two Hundred and Fifty Students Will Apply for Licenses This Week.
 Alabama Marble In Favor.
 New Boat Line.

shade by the farmers of Marshall coun- ty, who are selling Irish potatoes in the potato belt of Michigan at a price that the lakeside raisers cannot meet. And the why is not that Alabama farmers are better than those of Michigan, but that nature. ever lavish to the south. lets two crops grow in this state in one year, with barely time for one in the other section mentioned. So 1t Is that Irish potatoes from Alabama are as com mon in Michigan as Irish potatoes afore- time from that state were in Alabama. 'The people of the Albertville section are getting rich on Irish potatoes" says Leon c. McCord, who is just home from visit to that part of the state to see his father. With two crops a year the farmers are making it impossible for other sections to compete with them. As result Sand mountain lands, once SUD- posed to be of no great commercial value. gre getting $50 an acre, which, you know, and everybody else knows, is going some. With good houses, plenty of modern schools and nice churches, the citizens of Sand mountain, always up to date, are getting right into the front part of
 
 New Doctors Making. Something like 250 students of Esculap- 1us will seek license to practice the healing art before the state board of medical examiners next week. They will register on Monday and begin work Tues- day. The board Is made up as follows Drs. T. L. Robertson, B. H. Sholl and D. F. Talley, Birmingham; Dr. s. W. Welch. Talladega; Dr. V. P. Gains, Mo bile; Dr. M. B. Cameron. Eutaw; Dr. S. G. Gay, Selma; Dr. L. W. Johnston, Tus- kegee; Drs. Glenn, Andrews, I. L. Wat kins and State Health Officer W. H. San- ders, Montgomery.
 Minor News Notes. Gov. B. B. Conner is expected back in his office by Monday, and the prospect Is that he will issue the official call for the meeting of the legislature some time next week.
 The Colona Casualty company of Hunt ington, w. Va, has qualified In Alabama, with W. W. Jackson of Birmingham as state agent. It has capital of s150,000.
 Looking for Hays.
 Though not yet certain, the prospect is still good that Assistant Secretary of Agriculture William Hays of the depart ment at Washington, will come to Ala bama for the Auburn summer school, which will be held later in the month He has been placed on the programme of the annual meeting of the plant breed CTS association for July 2S, according to announcement just made by C. H. Bill lingsley secretary of the organization. MT. Hays subject has not yet been se- lected, but 1t will deal largely with the general situation.
 Other speakers at this meeting will be F. E. Floyd, on breeding principles; Jesse M. Jones, one of the most success ful corn raisers of the state, on how he raises 1t; fertilizers for corn, by J. F. Dugger, of the Auburn institute; cultural methods for corn, by Commissioner of Agriculture J. A. Wilkinson; best type of corn for the Tennessee valley, J. s. Kernechan for the black belt, w. D.. Sistrunk; for the sandy uplands, J. C. Epsey.
 There will be addresses on all sorts of corn and plant breedings by the heads of the agricultural colleges and short talks by any number of others who have knowledge of such things. nota- ble feature will be the talk of Miss Ste phens of the Girls Industrial school at Montevallo on corn as a human food. Jesse M. Jones will be one of the judges for corn prizes
 Military Encampment.
 Col c. R. Bricken and his hefty men
 
 tional Guard, will be in camp at Pickett Springs all next week, as fine a crowd of kahki clad fellows as the south af- lords, or any other section Seven days later, July 19, the First will be brought to the same grounds by Col c. J. Hub- bard The signal corps and the artillery will go in camp July 20 at Mobile, and later on the Third regiment will encamp at Oxford lake, hard by the home of Col. w. H. McKelroy at Anniston. The cav airy will encamp at Eufaula, going in on the 10th.
 Fine Alabama Marble. ''The prettiest thing I have seen in building material in long time Is the Alabama marble in the finishing of the Night and Day bank on Fifth avenue, New York" said Edward Okel, a local architect, today. There is nothing to beat it that 1 have seen for some time. Every man who goes about the place stops to have a look at and admire the beauty of finish and coloring of this valuable Ala bama product which our own people are slow to appreciate"
 MT. Okel exhibited some samples of this marble which he is using in the remodel ing of the Noble theatre at Anniston, at cost of sS2000. '"Take a look at that" he said as he laid three polished samples before the newspaper man. There is nothing that can beat it in tone and fin- ish. l hope to see our people interest themselves in 1t, as 1t not only means a great line of industrial interest to the people of the state, but the use of class of marble that will make permanent the buildings that we erect'
 In addition to other buildings Okel & Cooper are erecting, $16.000 Baptist church at Dothan, which is one of the handsomest structures of its kind in that part of the state.
 That New Boat Line.
 Organization for the new boat line which the people of Montgomery will put on the Alabama river will be perfected on Tues day next, at a meeting of the freight bureau. Stock takers are plenty, and the interest Is running high on the part of the merchants of the city and section of the state. The plan is to have those in- terested take stock and in very short time get tug and barges ready for the service that is needed and will be required of them
 A look over the city develops tho fact that business men are anxious to have the line established. They take 1t that the river is fine avenue for freight haulage, and that 1t is in a manner crim. inal to let the opportunity 1t affords get away. At the same time government of- ficers have let 1t be known that if there is not more general use of the river Uncle Sam will lose interest in its development and cut out the appropriations. So there are many reasons for getting busy on thu river, and the business men will have all