The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-03
ALL SECOND HAND
STORES MUST co
Bessemer Council Places Ban
on Clothing Shops
FOR SANITARY REASONS
Believed That Sale of Second Hand
Garments Tends to Spread Dis
ease-The Clerks Hold
Meeting.

Bessemer, February 2.-(SpeciaI)-All
the secondhand clothing stores in Besse-
mer must go. The mayor and aldermen
met in regular session tonight and de-
cded for sanitary reasons that the sale
of secondhand clothing in Bessemer be
prohibited, 1t being claimed that the sale
of this clothing tends to spread smallpox
and other infectious diseases.
The council met In regular senli-monthly
session with Mayor Huey in the chaii and
with Aldermen Randle, Dennis, Hurd and
Mundes present. The annual reports for
the year 1908 of Mayor Hucy, Treasurer
Cook Fire Chief Nolan and City Engineer
Parkes were read and ordered printed in
pamphlet form.
Under the head of petitions and COM
plants A. A. Randle presented a petition
complaining that the Birmingham Rail-
way, Light and Power company had re-
fused to install electric lights in his stores
unless he placed deposit with the COM
pany. The petition was referred to the
street railway comittee. The petition that
the barbershops be permitted to keep open
on Sunday ELECTED a warm discussion.
The motion that the shops be allowed to
keep open until 9 a. m. on Sundays was
passed, Aldermen Rodgers, Dennis and
Mundes voting In the Affirmative and AL
dermen Hurd and Rande in the negative.
market on Twensy-frst street lie placed
at $500 was granted
The council intrusted the city attorney
with drawing up an ordinaee prohibiting
anyone from entering a saloon on Sunday
under any pretense. The board requested
the attorney to place clause in the ordi-
nance disallowing anyone to go into
saloon for the purpose of cleaning up the
place.
On motion the salary OF the city en-
gineer was placed at 500 per month he
being allowed to do outside work.
Clerks Hold Big Meeting.
Bessemer lodge of the Retail Protective
Clerks association met tonight in their
hall This being the first meeting in the
month the members were allowed to bring
ladies' The meeting was largely attended,
and in addition to the other business fif-
teen applications were received for menu
bership.
Circular Causes Speculation.
A circular distributed on the streets
this afternoon calling attention to the
section in the Alabama code prohibiting
anyone from working or causing another
to work on Sunday has caused consider
able interest. There is no name signed
to the circular and it is not known at
whose instance it was issued.
Banks to Be Organized.
At meeting of number of business
men in the office of Hollingsworth & Por-
ter yesterday afternoon, a movement was
started to organize a new bank in Bes-
semer. The name of the new institution
will be the Bessemer State Bank of Bes-
semer, Alabama The capital stock will
be $4,000. OF this amount s23,S00 was sub
scribed at the meeting yesterday after
noon.
The promoters of the new bank will
meet again in the near future to name
the directors, who in turn will elect the
officers
Negro Slain by Companion.
Ed Thomas, a negro, shot and instantly
killed John Tolbert at the latters home
last night and then made good his es-
cape Both of the negroes were employed
by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad
company,
Thomas, 1t is stated, went to the place
where Tolbert was boarding and called
him to the door and opened fire on him.
The cause of the shooting is not known.