The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-10-08
Mr., MALLORY CALLS
STATE COMMITTEE
VIII Consider TangIe Caused
by LuSk Decision
TO MEET IN BIRMINGHAM
Selma Odd Fellows Complete Arrange
ments to Give Third Fall Festival.
Serious Fire Was Averted
Yesterday.
TO MEET IN BIRMINGHAM

Selma, October 7.-(Specfal)-
About noon today Private Secretary
Jackson called Hon. II. S, ID. Mallory
up over the long distance phone and
notified him that the governor had de-
termined not to call an extra session
of the Legislature to remedy the con-
fusion occasioned by the supreme
court deciding the Lusk bill unconsti-
tutional.
Immedia, ely Mr.. Mallory issued the
appended call for the meeting of the
state executive committee in Birming-
ham next Tuesday and letters went
OUT on the afternoon trains summon
ing the members of the committee to
the meeting. Mr. Mallory requests
your correspondent to make the state
ment that he hopes members will at
tend the meeting whether they get the
notification sent out in time or not
and that Lie presence of every mem
Der of the committee in Birmingham
next Tuesday that can possibly get
there is earnestly urged.
The call is as follows
Headquarters Democratic
Executive Committee of Alabama
Selma, Ala, October Z, 1904.
The failure Of the Lusk bill and the
the announcement of the governor that
he will not call an extra session of
the legislature necessitdtes a meeting
Of the state executive committee at
tie earliest possible date.
A meeting of the committee is here
by called, to be held at the city hall,
Birmingham, Ala, Tuesday next, the
18th, at 10:30 a. m. Your presence Is
earnestly requested.
II. S. d. MALLORY, Chairman.
Dallas Executive Committee.
The county executive committee of
Dallas count has been called to meet
in Selma on Tuesday, October 10, at
which time inspectors will be named
to be recommended to the appointing
board. There is not little enthusiasm
abroad in old Dallas regarding the
election, and the Parker and Davis
club formed here Tuesday night has
got down to work and will see to it
that every possible voter goes to the
polls on election day.
Serious Blaze Averted.
By the quick response of the hands
of the International Oil mill, which
have been trained in fire drill, con-
siderable loss to the plant was averted
yesterday afternoon. There is a cot
ton gin run In connection with the
mill and in some manner the cotton
in one of the gins caught fire. The
alarm was given and the hands imme-
diately ran to their stations and
streams of water were soon pouring on
the blazing room. The damage will
not be very great. There was not a
little excitement caused in the bust
ness part of the city by the blowing
of the whistles giving the alarm, a
rumor being started that it was the
compress afire.
Third Fall Festival Launched.
The third fall festival for Selma will
be given on the streets around the
court house on October 81, November
l, 2, 8, and s. The festival will be
given for he benefit of the Odd Eel.
lows, and the success that has attend.
ed the other two affairs is predicted
for the coming event.
r. 70. L. Mel is president and Enos
r. Stewart secretary of the Fall Festl-
val association and will have the man.
agement of the coming affair The
Gaskill company will furnish the at
fractions, and round trip rates will be
given on the railroads from Talladega.
Tuscaloosa, Akron, Meridian, Mobile.
Flomaton and Montgomery and all In.
termediate points.