The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-16
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sioner A. c. Sexton have gone back to Louisville, Ky, to further examine tho Citizens Life of that city. Stock propo- sitions that the company is working out do not appeal to the officers, though there is nothing to indicate that there will be any stoppage of the company.
 Sanders on a Tour. Dr. w. H. Sanders is off on tour or north Alabama, preaching the import ance of providing mortuary and vital statistics After Tuesday in Birming- ham his dates will be as follows: Wednes- day at Oneonta Thursday at Cullman, Friday at Decatur Saturday at Athens, Monday at Huntsville and Tuesday at Jasper.
 Reward for Bodies. Capt. W. T. billiard has offered a lib- eral reward, not to be less than S25 for the recovery of the bodies of his son, William Dillard. and nephew, Thomas Harper who were drowned In the Alabama river last Wednesday. The pet terrier of will billiard, Fox" who was in the boat, at the time of the ac- cident, spends most of his time on the bank of the stream, crying piteously for his lost master.
 Had Wrong Man.
 After chasing Nat Wolf across three states revenue men arrested him hero Monday on a charge of forging the name of the postmaster at New Orleans. c. H. Dickey and S. M. Gutman came on from the Crescent City to identify him, | when. lol 1t was the wrong Nat Wolf ' He looked like the man wanted and had the same name. but there was a substantial difference that let him out Parker Bad One. Eli Parker, who shot and killed T. j. Swearengen several weeks ago, and is out on bond, has been ordered back to jail. It is shown to the judge that Par ker was arrested by the police charged with carrying a pistol. being drunk and shooting at negro woman.
 Seeking Refund of Tax. A demand has been made by Joseph Norwood. a citizen for the refund of road tax in Lowndes county, collected under a local law It is held that general law has taken the place of the local and the tax is now legally col lected. Judge Armstead Brown refused rule nisl to have the officers of the county show cause and the case will be appealed to the supreme court.
 Cotton Mill Sold.
 NJ L. Griel and associates have bought the Peoples Cotton Mills, with num- Der of city lots. for $104,50O The prop erty was sold under mortgage to satisfy a mortgage. It is understood the new owners will operate the plant.
 Wife SIayers Trial.
 Alfred Allen who shot his wife to death a few nights ago near Wetumpka, claiming that he thought her burglar. will have trial on a charge of murder at Wetumpka next Thursday. An indict- ment was recently returned by the grand jury since which time Allen has been in jail There is a great deal of feeling against him in the neighborhood of his residence.
 Dies Eating Peanuts.
 Henry Gibson, a negro, aged 65 dropped dead on the street Monday. He was in the act of eating some peanuts when the end came. He was well known and very popular as negro. Heart failure was the cause of death.
 Wilkinson Talks.
 In talk to the members of the Com mercial club on Monday Commissioner of Agriculture J. A. Wilkinson urged the i'm portance of educating the boys of the south to work in the cotton mills and manage such plants. He pointed out what an enormous increase in value came from the manufacture of cotton and showed that while the south made the raw cotton the rest of the world made the profit The idea was to bring about better desire to devesop cotton mill in dustries.
 Field Trial Clubs.
 There is marked interest in the organi- zation of state field trials club to be attempted at a meeting to be held here next Friday. State Game and Fish Com missioner John H. Wallace, Jr., says that 1t means great things for the promotion of game and first-class sportsmanship All of the states nearby to Alabama are interested
 Baseball Colony.
 George Whiteman. star outfielder, has arrived and joined the colony of Mana ger Greminger. Spike Shannon writes that he will be here by the end of the week, and Elmer Bliss by March 2O These will make the bunch large enough to begin to get in some real good work There are now here Greminger, Persons, Guese, Daley, Backenfeld. Kerwin and DeBald. They are out every day get ting limbered up and they begin to show that the confidence of the big manager 1 nthem is not misplaced.