The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-23
FIRE DEPARTMENT
TO HOLD MEETING
THE PRATT CITY VOLUNTEERS
ARE MAKING ACTIVE PREPARA-
TloNs TO ATTEND THE TOUR
NAMENT AT ADMISSION IN MAY.

Pratt City, February 22.-(Special.) 1.-The
Pratt City volunteer fire department will
hold meeting tomorrow night for the
purpose of hearing the final report OF
the committee appointed to purchase
equipment for the department to take
part in the firemens' tournament at An
niston in May.
The committee. it is understood, will
recommend that seven-foot ball-bearing
rubber tire racing reel, linen hose, noz-
zle and connection be bought, aggregating
the sum of $3.50. At the bazaar held at
the city hall the first week of this month
the department realized over $500.
In a few days the work of practicing
for the tournament will be commenced.
A captain will be appointed for the rae
ing squad tomorrow night. There will
be a lively contest among the members
of the department for places. AT the
tournament there will be representatives
from all the volunteer fire departments
of Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee. An
niston, it is understood, is already max
ing extensive arrangements to entertain
the visitors
Sam Foley e. j. Hudnall and r. Hoop
er, members of the Pratt City department,
have been appointed as an advisory COM
mittee to make all necessary arrange
ments for the people of Pratt City to at
tend the races. The entire fire depart
ment, 80 strong, and number of Pratt
City citizens will attend the tournament.
Furnace Making Record.
No. furnace at Thomas, which was
lighted last Wednesday. after having been
closed down several weeks, is making
one of the best records that 1t has made
at any time in its history. No. has been
ft.xra and f1 ra1F
in excellent shape for iron making.
Addition TO Plant Completed.
The Kennedy Stave and Cooperage
company at Thomas, one of the lading in
dustries in the district, has completed
several important additions to its plant.
A large new brick boiler room has been
built and several new lumber sheds have
been added. This company manufactures
kegs and barrels and gives employment
TO between $50 and 200 skilled workmen.
Ghe company is constantly increasing its
force.
Entertainment Wednesday Night.
The Rudisill Concert company will pre-
sent the story of ben Hur" next
Wednesday night at Foley's opera house.
The following are the members OF the
troupe: G. Franklin Rudisill, reader;
Charles Heyte, illustrator; Nora Schooner,
will be given under the auspices of the
Carnation lodge of Rebekas.
Maccabees to Have Meeting.
Tomorrow night the Pratt City Mac
cabees will meet in their hall and in
itiate twenty new members. Arrange
ments will also be made for the BAN
quet that the lodge will have at an
early date. In the last two months the
Maccabees have grown from fifty to near
ly two hundred members. The meeting
tomorrow night promises to be en- inter-
esting one. Representatives from all
lodges of the district and several grand
officers will be present
Small Blaze.
The house of william Lacy, on Fifth
street caught fire from a defective fue
this afternoon at 5 o'clock. The fire de-
partment was called out, but the fire
was extinguished by the neighbors pitch
ing several buckets of water on the flames
just as the company reached the scene.