The age-herald., 1900-11-14
THE INCORPORATION
 OF ELYTON TOWN To Be Voted Upon by the
 People WARM MEETING LAST NIGHT On a Test Vote seVenty-five Men Stood and Were counted-After Much Talk an Election Was Call
 ed for November 2s.
WARM MEETING LAST NIGHT

There was a warm meeting at Elyton last night to consider the question of in- corporation. Nearly every one present had something to say, and often many men were saying it in chorus Motions, counter motions, amendments and resolutions were flying through the air and the chairman had difficulty in keeping up with them all. A meeting had been held there Saturday night, as told of in Sundays Age-Herald, which adjourned over for final action un- til 'last night, after hearing the report of a committee.
 The meeting last night was presided over by T. s. Smith, The committee which re- ported at the last meeting made an addi- tional report as follows:
 To T. s. Smith, Chairman:
 Your committee beg leave to make the following additional report;
 Upon further inquiry and investigation we find that there are about 25O or 300 white school children in the territory known as Smithfield, and in view of this fact we believe that a school building should be erected in this territory.
 We therefore recommend that out of the money that may arise from the sale of bonds a school building be erected in the Smithfield territory at a cost of not less than $3O0O including furniture and equip ments, and that school building be erect ed in the Elyton territory at a cost of not less than $4OO0 including furniture and equipments, and that these provisions and stipulations be embodied in the bill provid ing for the issuance and sale of bonds. We further recommend that clause be inserted in the charter to the effect that after the public schools have been built and paid for, the money remaining on hand from the sale of bonds derived from otb- CT sources shall be expended pro rata in the Smithfield and Elyton territories &C., cordng to the taxable valuation of prop erty in the two territories taking the Ely ton canal as the dividing line
 We further recommend that the corpo- rate limits be extended along Walker street and the limits of Birmingham to the Kan sas City, Memphis and Birmingham Raj road along said railroad to a point which would embrace and take in the houses and settlement west of Walker street, thence south to Smithers' boulevard We believe that the Tittleville territory should also be embraced in the corporate limits
 All of which is respectfully submitted.
 F. D. BLACKBURN,
 A. B. PERDUE,
 J. M. DUPUY,
 P. E. GREENE,
 H. J. SALTER.
 MT. Blackburn then made a statement explaining the object of the meeting, and that the proposed-lim had been extended on the north and west so as to embrace Smthfeld.
 T. H. Moulton, representing pr. Joseph Smith, large property holder in the dis trict, made a talk objecting to the incor- poration. He favored becoming part of Birmingham if 1t was necessary to incor- porate at all. He said that if the meeting decided to incorporate he hoped they would put provision in the charter making all street Improvements chargeable to the abuting property holders,
 When MT. Moulton finished talking many men began to discuss the subject.
 Some one moved that some motion be put as the meeting proceeding out of der
 \ The chair ruled that it was not particu- lar whether they were in order out of order so long as they were orderly. Laugh- ter.)
 MT. Mouton then moved that before ap- plying for charter that the question be submitted to a vote of the people. This provoked general discussion, some wanted