The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-14
FELL CITY HAS
 NATIONAL BANK Lathrop-Hatten Lumber Plant Resumes Operation HAS BIG IMPROVEMENTS Mill Has Daily Capacity of 75,ooo Feet. Negro counterfeiter Is Captured.
 Has Spurious Coins in
 His Pockets.
HAS BIG IMPROVEMENTS


 Pell City, August 13-(Special.)- IA tele- gram was received this morning from the l comptroller of the currency at Washing ton authorizing the First National bank of Pell City to begin business as sue | cessor of the Bank of St. Clair County, and the instructions were at once com piled with No other changes were made and the oldest and largest bank in the county has now become it's only national institution.
 The Lathrop-Hatten Lumber company has resumed operations on full time and pay rolls after a short shut down for repairs. A number of improvements were
 made in the plant during this period and 1t is now one of the newest and most modern in equipment in the state with a total daily capacity of about 75,00O feet. J. Gardner Green Is an applicant for position in the 1910 census and is confident of winning the supervisorship of this district. MT Green had several years experience In the census depart ment at Washington and Is an expert auditor, having been employed by the city of Birmingham to examine and audit It's books. He Is receiving hearty sup port from his many friends of both par ties.
 A large crowd will leave Pel City today and tomorrow as delegates and visitors to the County Sunday School convention set for Saturday and Sunday at Spring vile. The meeting promises to be the largest ever held in the history of the association. Sumter Cogswell and Mo Lane Triton of this place are among those on the programme for addresses. A revival meeting is being conducted at Pell City Baptist church, which has awakened much religious enthusiasm. The Rev. Bentley of Ensley and the Rev. Joe Veasy of Riverside are conducting the ser vices. Quite a number of visitors from the Coosa valley have come up to take
 part in the meeting.
 United States secret service officers came here Thursday to investigate a case of counterfeiting that had been
 brought to their attention. J. o. M. Hard wick, a prominent merchant of Fountain Run, had three bad silver dollars passed on him by a negro. The suspects home was searched and complete counterfeit ing equipment was captured with some of the bad money. The negro was a late arrival here from Virginia and evidently | had received warning. He took to the woods, but was later captured by Sher- | if w. H. Crow. Five bad dollars were 1 in his pocket at the time, all fairly good | imita tions of the genuine except as 10 | weight The United States officers car | ried the sherfff's captive back to Birming- ham last night with sufficient evidence to insure conviction.
 MT. and Hrs. M. J. Kendrick of Eden have bought a home in North Birming- ham and will soon move there to take up their permanent residence. Mr. Kend- rick is well-known business man of St. Clair and has been for several years in charge of the warehouse of the PelI City Manufacturing company and it's shipping department
 A number of Birmingham capitalists have been out looking into Eden's ad- vantages as a town and manufacturing site with a view to making extensive land purchases in that neighborhood Eden Is on the Southern Railway, two miles west of Pell City and has for many years been a trading point of some importance. the center of a prosperous farming ter ritory. Within a short distance from it is a waterpower of considerable value which will be sooner or later utilized by some industry.
 The county meeting of the Masons will be held shortly at Odenville Odenvllle stands an excellent chance of being se- ected as the site for the State Masonic Home and the St. Clair Masons are bending every effort to win the prize Very liberal Inducements have been of- fered by Odenville and 1t has many a. vantages in the way of location, water and climate which will make her strong contender for this distinction. The high school is practically completed there now | and will be ready by the day Prof L. K. Benson summons his pupils for the new school session.
 Master McI.ane Triton III of this place had very serious accident while in Birmingham this week. Playing in Love- man. Joseph & L>oebs store he slipped and | fell breaking the left leg in two places near the hip joint. The youngster is now wearing harness at St. vincent's hos pital bearing his misfortune very bravely and his friends are hoping for an early and complete recovery.
 Very little political talk is heard now adays. The county candidates having made their announcements are now set | tied down for the long, steady stride re- | quired by the time that is yet to eiapso before the ballots are counted There were rtmors that St. Clair would be in- cluded in a smaller county's bill but all references to this possibility have died down. While St. Clair can hardly be counted among the Conner counties 1t will vote for Bessemer. biennial sessions | and constitutional Drohthition If given A 1 chance. though opinion is by no means un- | divided