The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-11
Notes from Jasper

The perfect weather of the last two weeks and the good crop prospects have produced quite an improvement in busi- ness conditions In Walker county" said J. H. Cranford, president of the First National bank of Jasper.
 Crops in our county are the best have ever seen. The report is that cotton is possibly 60 or 65 per cent of a normal crop, but the deficit of this crop is made up in sorghum and potatoes, to say noth- ing of the increased yield in corn, and pretty fair pea crop Our farmers have made the present crop at a very low cost. some of our merchants claiming that 1t was made at about half. of the former price. 2
 The grammar school and the Walker County High school both opened septem- Der 6 with very flattering enrollments. MT. J. w. Letson. superintendent of city schools, is beginning his eighth year as principal of the grammar school. and his work is so satisfactory that he will likely have the place as long as he wants it.
 MT. J. Alex Moore is serving his fourth year as principal of the Walker County High school, and the increased patronage of that school is high tribute to his efficiency. He, too, is very popu- lar with his patrons.
 The recent official statement of our local banks, made in response to the call of the treasury department, indicates that our financial institutions are enjoying prosperity, and our banks seem to have l funds to take care of all legitimate busi- ness. MT. Felix A. Merrell, sswho was one of the original promoters of the Gen. tral Bank and Trust company, but who has for sometime been president of the bank at Carbon Hill, has returned to his first love and has been elected cashier and has taken charge of the Central Bank and Trust company. MT. Glenn Guthrie who has formerly held that position, con templates entering a law school Jasper people are not so engrossed in social and business affairs that they neglect the religious institutions of the community, and just now a union revival is in progress. the principal speakers be- l ing the Reverends Bass of Macon, Ga Patty of Morristown. Tenn. and Staple. ton of Atlanta. Much good Is being ac. complished, and the friends of the churches are very hopeful of fine re. sults."
 | Polk Was Demopolis Boy
 "In reading in the form of an inter
 view with a Brooklyn man. printed il
 the Lobby Column of The Age-Herald.
 sketch of Frank I.yosrPolk recently ap
 pointed counselor of the state department | in succession to MT. Lansing, I noticed | the omission of an interesting fact" sai, Al c. Garber. cashier of the Merchants S
 Mechanics Trust and Savings bank.
 "In the sketch, referred to it was re lated that MT. Polk graduated from Yal in 1894 and from the law school at Colum
 bia university in 1897; that he was cor
 poration counsel for the city of Ne, l York, but 1t was not said where h was born.
 This gentleman, who has come int
 national prominence, was born in m
 home town. Demopolis. He attended tn public school there up to the time hi family removed to New York. He is Q the distinguished Lyon family. Althoug
 comparatively young man. he is sev eral years older than am and wa
 therefore not classmate of his. bu
 the older set remember him well and ar
 proud to claim him as Demopolis boy. | The Iron Market William M Byrd of Hammond & Byrd iron merchants of this city. arrived
 day or two ago from Chicago. where h
 has a branch office He said that whi'
 the pig metal market was comparative
 ly'quiet now. following therecent heav
 buying movement in this section. 1t wa
 in healthy condition and prices wer firm.
 Mathew Addy & Co.'S Cincinnati cir
 cular, just issued for tho week. say
 in part:
 , 'aThe iron market is so good at pres ent that the chief concern of tronmas 'ters is regarding the future. The ques