The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-03
COUNCIL ID HAVE
 A BUSY SESSION Railway Franchise Will Likely
 be Granted REVIVAL H AS B E G U N Judge Jackson Is Engaged on Non Jury Criminal Docket in Bessemer
 City court-CornweIl
 Case Next Week.
REVIVAL HAS BE C U N

Bessemer October 2.-(Special. )-The city council of Bessemer will meet in reg ular session at the city hall tomorrow night and will consider matters of impor- tance.
 At the last regular meeting of the coun- ell, which was the first meeting of the newly elected board, number of impor- tant matters were introduced and re- ferred to committees for action and re- port. One of the most important of these is proposition to float bonds for vari- ous street and sewer Improvements.
 The matter of granting a franchise to the Birmingham Railway, Light and Pow CT company for a line to Jonesboro will also come up for final disposition. Since the citizens of Bessemer in special mass meeting have voted favorably to the awarding of the franchise there will very likely be no opposition in the coun- cil tomorrow night.
 The Birmingham Railway, Light and Power coMpany has made the announce ment that work will begin on the build ing of the Jonesboro line as soon as the franchise is granted and part of the ma terial has already been put on the STOuHu IHe coiIpd1ly HdS Hldue tHe luI- ther announcement that unless the fran chise is granted upon the terms stipu- lated in the petition presented to the council two weeks ago the line will not be built.
 All the new city officials elected by the new council have taken charge of their offices, and the city is now entirely in the hands of the new administration. Some of the officials took their places immediately after the election. but many of the minor officials did not take charge until yesterday. October l.
 Bessemer City Court.
 Judge William Jackson took up the trial of cases on the non-jury docket in the Bessemer city court this morning and expects these cases to engage the at tention of the court all the week.
 Next Monday the case of the state against T. J. Cornwall, charged with em-
 bezzlement in connection with the failure of the Bessemer Savings bank about two years ago, will be taken up. Cornwell
 was indicted in fifteen cases, involving the alleged embezzlement of more than
 s2O0,OO0
 He has been tried and acquitted in one case and on this ground his attorneys
 have filed with Clerk E. A. Dudley plea which claims exemption from trial on the remaining fourteen cases on the plea of former jeopardy. It is claimed in the plea that the defendant has al
 ready been acquitted on practically every
 phase of testimony that will be presented to the court in the cases to follow The disposition of these pleadings- will be watched with interest by the people of Bessemer as well as over the state James Weatherly of Birmingham will preside over the court in the trial of this case. He was appointed by Clerk Dudley
 to take the place of Judge Jackson. who fe tx,AA t.ako been depositor in the Bessemer Say ings bank at the time it failed. Revival Has Begun. The union revival which will be con- ducted at Library hall on Fourth avenue during the coming two weeks opened last night with very large congregation in attendance.
 The Rev. pr. Nathan Buchman of Sweetwater Tenn, Is conducting the ser. vices and Professor Langston of Georgia Is in charge of the singing He has or ganized magnificent choir from the diff ferent churches of the city and the sing ing will be one of the principal features of the revival.
 Services are held every afternoon at 3 o'clock and every night at o'clock. The night service will be preceded by a short prayer and praise service beginning at 7:3O o'clock.
 The pastors of the various churches of the city are assisting in the meetings and the prospects are good for one of the most interesting and effectual revivals in the history of the city Beaver Dam Growing. Bessemer Beaver Dam. No. 2 is growing in membership very rapidly and the mem- bers are very much gratified with the success of the lodge. New members are being added to the rolls at almost every ttrer A o1n ,f being secured at the present time which promises to number at least fifty by Mo- vember l. Nineteen have already been enrolled on this list.
 The present membership is 16O and the members are ambitious to swell the num- Der to 200 by November 1. Dam No. has one of the best lodge rooms In the district and is very proud of It's record in social affairs. The Beav- CTS indoor baseball team Is one of the best in the state and has not been de- feated in a single game this year. The team has issued general challenge to all
 teams in the state for a championship game.
 Notes and Personals.
 James O'Gara, of the firm of Gallagher & O'Gara of this city has returned from Tuscaloosa. where he attended court last Saturday. He had been charged with talk ing orders for whisky In that county and when the case was investigated MT O'Gara was acquitted. The evidence showed that while passing through the county on the train MT. O'Gara was re- quested by friend to send him a jug of whisky, which he did, without any inten- tion whatever of breaking any law. Jonesboro public school term opened this morning with a very full attendance. The term will be seven months. Profes~ sor Harrison has taught a private school at the public school building for the past month.
 Walter Ritchie, who has been employed at Fulton Bros. drug store, has gone to his home at Aberdeen, Miss. MT. Ritchie is quite i'll with fever.
 MT. and Mrs. Phillip Erllck of Colum- | biana are spending a few days with the | formers brother Sam Erlick, In this | city.
 Envoy and Mrs. Moorland, who have | recently taken charge of the Salvation | Army work in this city, are progressing ! well and are making many friends among | the people.