The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-03
NOTED SPEAKER
WILL Be HEARD
Alabama Presbyterian Synod
VIII Meet Next Week
INTERESTING SUIT FILED
Acreage in Montgomery County Be-
inq Laid Off in Small Farms.
State Fails in Liquor
Cases.

Montgomery, November 2.-(Special.)-
One OF the foremost prohibition workers
of the country. whose name is not yet
given to the public, will be heard on
temperance day at the meeting of the Ala
bama synod of the Presbyterian church,
which will convene November . for two
days. The announcement says: Besides
the report and address of the chairman
(of the temperance committee) there will
be an address by one of the foremost
prohibitionists of the hour"
A number of the leading men of the
church will be on hand In the lot is ex-
pected DR.. B. P. Fullerton, field secretary
of the. home mission board; DR.. J. w.
Darby, assistant secretary of the educa-
ton board; DR.. w. A Provine super
intendent of the Sabbath school work,
and J. M Patterson, field secretary of
the foreign mission board. The Rev. S.
D. Logan, moderator, will preach the
opening sermon. The whole scope of the
church work will be gone over, including
education, all kinds of missions and tenn
perance.
Local Presbyterians are preparing to
give In6 VlSlIOrS q BOOu anu q prOuL-
able time.
Sues for Cotton.
Declaring that he had contracted to
deliver to him 1000 bales of cotton, and
failed to do so, as a result of which he
has lost as much as $4,000, c. G. Gilmore
of Pensacola, Fla, has filed suit to re-
cover from j. A. Priesthood of Covington
fu Stata ho4
Prestwood was to deliver to him 800 bales
in October and as many in November,
the price to range from 1OA to L cents.
1t is alleged that Priesthood failed to
meet the October contract and has given
notice that he cannot take care Of the
November demands. Gilmore AYERS that
he made trades to deliver the cotton an
ticipated from Priesthood and as re-
suit of inability to do so, has lost lot
Priesthood has property, but has put 1t
beyond the reach Of the affiant An order
of some kind will be issued when Judge
Thomas G. Jones of the United States
court, in whose tribunal action is brought,
returns from business trip to Pensa-
cola, Fla
Making Small Farms.
Cook & Laurie contractors, have
bought 900 acres of fine farm lands few
miles from the city and will cut it up into
10 and 20-acre tracts for homes and truck
farms. The price paid was $50 an acre,
the total running to about $4,000. This
land was worth a short time ago not
over $25 an acre, but it's increase is not
different from that of thousands of acres
In the same section of the state. Mrs.
e. A. Wyman was the seller.
Liquor Cases Fall.
Cases against Joe Abraham and Thorn
as J. Kelley, charged with having knowl-
edge of liquors found In the cellar of the
Silver Dollar saloon, were dismissed by
Judge J. B. CASTOR of the county court,
who held that there was no evidence to
show that 1t was the property of either
of the accused, both denying ownership,
or that the Silver Dollar was being con-
Quoted in an unlawful manner. The liquor
was found by Sheriff Hood and Deputy
McCord, in a raid recently made. This
will settle the suits, too, as the court
has final jurisdiction.