The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-06
TROY

i Troy, October 6.-(Special.)-A big Inn.
 Der deal involving ss5o0,OOo was consum
 mated in Birmingham this week by capi-
 tallsts from Troy, Chicago, Florida and
 other sections, when the big lurnbe,
 mills at Bagdad and Munson, Fla. known
 as the Bagdan Lumber company. were
 purchased. Those buying the mill were
 FOX Henderson &s Sons of Troy, W. B Haroeson, A. F. Bullard of DeFuniak, Fla! c. o. Watts of Caryville. Fla. and J. D. Henderson of Tuscaloosa. The financiers from Chicago who sold the property met the party of Ala bamians and Floridfans at the rptwi,er
 notsl m Birmingham and were enter taineo by them at supper the first nisht i tthere At the meeting were Iawvers stenographers, tax experts, etc. about 1G persons being involved in the transac- tions The mills will be Adoubled. twin mills Delng built at Munson, Fla. and MT. Harbeson of Defuniak, Fla. will manage the mills, which will be continued under the same name.
 and has capacity for 2Oo,oo0 feet of lum- per per day. working day and. night l shifts. This will be doubled This firm owns ioo,otO acres of timber lands. two towns, Bagdad and Munson, including hotels, stores, etc; railway 50 miles long, + locomotives and numbers of cars. $oVoo worth of boats, orange grove. stocK farms. with 800 head of Duroc nogs and graat numbers of white ced Hereford cattle; two great commissaries with about s75,O00 stocks. It works at present 1900 men.
 The officers of the new company have not yet been chosen
 The circuit session for the third Monday in october here will be for non-jury and equity cases The first week of the court Will be given over to the civil docket and will have jury. but as the second week of the court is the week of the Pike C. unty Fair no jury will be empan- eled and csses not requiring juries will be held. Ali criminal cases will be post pcned until the third Monday in January.
 The new officers for the First Baptist Sunday school have just been elected, and are as follows: Superintendent. ]. W. Bowers: assistant superintendents, Leo Bashinsky and A. M. Anderson; su- perintendent intermediate department. E. c. Rassett; superintendent junior de- par tment, Mrs. Towles Pierson: superin- tendent primary department, Miss Florrie Peacock: superintendent beginners and cradle roll, Mrs. W. F. Thompson. Of- ffcers of the Brundidge Street Sunday school are: Superintendent, D. B. Wilker- son. assistant superintendent, Prof. w. B. Speer; secretary and treasurer. J. c. Thomas
 Mrs. Polert McBryde of Troy is i'll in a hospital in Montgomery, but is now improving, Her husband, Robert Me- Bryde. and Sidney Sims. her brother. have each given pint of blood for trans fusion. Miss Winnie Williams, formerly of Troy and q friend of Mrs. McBryde. generously offered to give her blood. but as both the men had taken successful blood tests. the specialists decided to use them. Miss Williams is now auditor of the ULited Grocery company. a very responsible position, which she fills with great ability and sue sess.
 Abe Cohen has purehased he Josh An1ons E;ace on Nosth Three Notch street and J. Coley Thomas nas pur- chased the Warner piAae oIs Asadison street through the Coielnaa NEeScS
 R. r. Powell editor og tke Trog Her. alc, is i'll al an infirniagy ~ Mputsom- cry. His friends here hoar for his,l an improvement and recogerg frJEi ais re- cent serious iiiress.