The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-27
We'll Known Aldbdmians
 In Birn1i1ghd1ng Yesterday
By WALTER HARPER.

w. T. Lowe of Decatur spent yesterday in Birmingham. He was registered at the Metropolitan hotel. MT. Lowe Is the present state senator from the Second district.
 A. N Holland, a prominent republican and postmaster at Scottsboro, spent yes terday in Birmingham. He Is a member of the state republican executive com mittee and was here to attend the meet ing of that body.
 'Scottsboro is growing very rapidly" said MT. Holland. q was appointed post master at Scottsboro eight years ago and have held the place ever since. The first year I went into the office the re- ceipts of the office were $2211. The last fiscal year showed receipts of s4435
 This gives some indication of the de- velopment of the town and community
 "I have been away from Birmingham about two years and am surprised at the great developments that have been made during that time," said the Rev F. E. Rogers, pastor of the First Presby- >rian church of Sheffield, who is spend- ing a few days in Birmingham and at tending the sessions of the North Ala bama presbytery at West End
 'The panic seems to have left but few scars on the city. Indeed. there appears no sign of the recent depression. I am very much surprised at the great number of homes and other buildings that have been erected during the past two years, especially in the suburban sections"
 The Rev MT. Rogers organized and built the Presbyterian church at F'airview and is well known in the city and district.
 H. B. Ware of Florence spent yesterday in Birmingham. He was the first man from Alabama to put his name on the brand new register that was placed on the clerks desk at the Hotel Hillman yesterday morning.
 s. M. Adams of Thorsby was in Bir- mngham yesterday. He said: While the present cold snap is very damaging to vegetables and possibly corn and cot ton, 1t is believed that no serious damage has been done the fruit crop. However, the extent of possible damage cannot be determined for few days"
 H. A. Lipseomb of Carbon Hill spent part of yesterday in Birmingham on business.
 H. A. McArdle of Dora was in Birming- ham yesterday. He was registered at the Morris hotel.
 Fred l.. Blackmon, the unopposed can diate for Congress from the Fourth dis trict spent yesterday in Birmingham. He would not admit that he was worried over the probable action of the repub- lcans of his district, whose executive committee met here yesterday.
 John Sufferer, a prominent merchant of Cullman and chairman of the county republican committee of Cullman, was among the prominent republicans that watched the proceedings of the state com mittee which met in Birmingham yester- day.
 'The full programme and plans for the holding of the annual meeting of the Alabama Bankers association in Bir- mngham on May 20 and a are about completed" said McLane Triton of Pell City. secretary and treasurer of the as sociation, who was in Birmingham yester- day
 ''This promises to be the biggest meet ing of state bankers ever held in the south. The attendance will be very large, not only of Alabama bankers, but num- ber of bank officials from New York, Chicago and other leading cities. I have received letters from a number of the leading bankers and business men of the north and west who will attend.
 'The convention will give considerable attention to the framing and the discus sion of new laws regulating the banking business in the state. We need num- Der of reforms in banking laws and GUS toms and the bankers of the state are now ready to go after them in earnest.
 fnt1 nP f1,o nj 0h & Co.,, cotton firm at Decatur. Is an im- portant matter to the banking system of the state, as well as to banking institu- tions of all the southern states, The cot ton crop is handled like no other busi- ness in the world and this notable failure will certainly bring about some changes in the old methods.
 "As it has been heretofore drafts have been honored and cashed by banks before the actual delivery of the cotton. This system has enabled the cotton brok-