The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-07-12

tauqua board today closed contract
with Prof. r. Douthwaite, cornet So
loist and leader, of Birmingham, to fur
nish the orchestral music for the Alabama
chautauqua assembly from August l to
August IS, rendering thirty minute con-
cert before each programme. Professor
Douthwaite will bring six artists from
Birmingham with him. 1t is likely their
home while here will be at Isbell col
lege. Birmingham has quite a reputa-
ton abroad as a musical center.
very high wind about p M, Monday
blew down trees signs, fences and filled
the streets with whrlwinds of dust. This
was followed by downpour of three
hours South of us there was quite
storm.
The Talladega County Medical society
met here today at noon. There are several
new applicants for membership. Already
this is a strong body of doctors, and
with one or two exceptions, probably the
best county medical organization in the
state.
The plumbers are hard at work plac-
ing steam pipe in position with which
to heat the court house. Three courts
are in session in the building trying to
work amid the hammering and noise.
Surveys are being made for a branch
sewer into the Northside city school
grounds. The cost of the work will be
s1100. The city has just completed q trunk
sewer line through Stonlngton, resi-
dence suburb.
Ira Rhodes. a farmer ten miles from
the city, sold one hundred bales of cot
ton here today at 10H cents.
The negro farmers of the county and
of several PRECINCTS of the county have
an agricultural organization which meets
annually to discuss agriculture. The far
mers of color of beat ia precinct six
miles north of Talladega-are to convene
on July 2S for agricultural discussion,
and a good time generally. 1t is no.
ticeable that the colored farmers of this
county make it a rule to convene during
the watermelon season.
There is but little to fear from race
suicide in this immediate section. The
last rural route established here serves
116 houses, and 1166 people, which cures
ten persons to the house 1t is in a local
ity where freestone water is useu ex-
clrsively. 1t might be well to call Pres
ident Roosevelt's attention to this item
while he spends his two hours in Bir-
minRham.
The oldest cotton mill of the three es-
tablished in the city declared its usual
dividend of per cent recently All the
mills are prosperous and there is talk
OF establishing another.
There is divorce case recently filed
on the equity side of the city court, in
which it Is alleged that the man is so
years of age and the woman So.
The management has contracted for
two evenings of grand opera at the Ala
bama chautauqua assembly with the
company of Romeo Frick of Cincinnati.
the dates being August 3 and A. Romeo
Frick is one of the finest young bari
tones in America.
For the first time in quite number
of years. the city spring has a superabun-
dant supply of water The spring is a
beautiful pool of water. walled and en-
closed. twenty feet wide. seventy feet long
and over six feet in depth clear that
a pin can be seen at the bottom. An
analysis of the water shows an entire
absence of bacteria.
Talladega college. just west of the city
limits has succeeded in establishing and
installing waterworks and sewer system
of its own and now they are organizing
an independent fire department The city
is considering proposition to furnish
the college with Jumper hose reel The
building. grounds, etc. of Talladega coll
lese a colored institution. is a village,
containing when the school is in ses-
sion quite 1000 people.
A petition Is being circulated asking the
city council to suspend the operations of
the "hog law until a given date in the
fall in order to enable the owners of the
fat porkers to dispose of the meat. The
effect of this would be to continue the
hog and hog pen In the city during the
hot season. Another petition will be pre-
scented to the board at its next meeting
by the dealers in bottled coco-cola, asking
the privilege of selling bottled coco-cola
on Sunday The soda fountain men do
not want the privilege of selling soda
water on Sunday and of course. they do
not think 1t fair for bottled ,coco-cola to
be sold. A majority of the board would
vote for the sale of soda water on Sun
day If the dealers wanted 1t that way,
but the dealers who run fountains desire
II otherwise.
In all this discussion the fact Is over
looked that there Is state law prohibit
ing keeping open store and selling any,
thing on Sunday, except drugs.