The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-22
BRIGHTON PEOPLE WANT WATERWORKS Matter is Being Considered by
 City Council GIBSON 116 YEARS OLD He and His Aged Wife Will Be on Ex- hlbitlon at tho State Fair.
 Remembers War of
 1872.


 terested just now in the matter of put ting In system of water works and san ttary sewerage At special meeting of the mayor and city council held last night the matter was discussed, but no definite steps were taken further than the decis- ion that the proposition to build the sew craze system at this time without some sort of former legislation would be i'm, practicable and unsatisfactory to the peo- pie.
 If is understood that a proposition was submitted to the city council at the last meeting to put in the water and sewer age systems by Adler & Co.,, but on ac- count of some opposition it is understood that this proposition will be withdrawn and another providing only for the build ing of the warter works system will be submitted.
 It was the decision of the city council that the citizens could not be forced to connect with the sewerage system under the present charter of the city ana some special legislation will have to be enacted before the system can be built. The Jefferson county trunk sewer runs through the heart of the city and II would
 be an easy matter to connect with this,
 and it very probable that the system Will
 be authorized by an act of the legislature
 at 1t next sitting
 The mayor and city councilmen are very anxious for the installation Of both
 systems and the proposition Of the Au-
 Ter company is considered to be very liberal and practicable one. The matter will be further considered at the next regular meeting of the coun- ell.
 Williams Released.
 John Williams, the negro who was ar
 rested a few days ago on charge or
 stealing a caddy of tobacco at Jones'
 boro, and was later thought to be the negro who entered the Clarendon public school a few weeks ago and also pawned a Bible and silver service that had been
 stolen from the Episcopal church in this city. was released today in police court for lack of positive Identification. The pawn broker to whom the articles stolen had been pawned believed that Williams was the guilty party but he l could not positively identify him. A Very Old Couple. | Elbert Gipson and wife, who live about | eight miles east of Bessemer. are per | haps the oldest couple in the Unlted 1 States if not the world.
 | MT Gibson is said to be 117 years of age , and his wife is s9. They live together in an old-fashoned log hut and are surround
 ed by many of the quaint relics Of long ago which afford much curiosity to their visitors. They have in their household an old hand mill in which corn was ground
 into meal while held between the knees. This old couple will be exhibited at the state fair which opens next Monday. and will afford an interesting spectacle to all visitors.
 l The old gentleman's memory Is very 1 fickle and his mind wanders as he tries l to relate incidents of a century ago, but | he has a distinct recollection of the war of 1872 and the second administration of George Washington as President of the i United States.
 i MT Gipson was born in North Carolina In 17SS and moved to Alabama before it was admitted to the union. In 1898 he married a Miss Grimm of Calera. in this l state, and they are living together today 1 in their modest home in this county. They l have had no children and are cared for | by family who live in the yard near | their home.
 l This aged couple will attract a great 1 deal of attention at the state fair next
 week where they will be seen occupying l an old-fashioned log cabin. an exact re-
 production of the one in which they live Notes and Personals. | Miss Viola Franklin and MT. Sigmond | H. Bauer will be married at the home | of the brides uncle and aunt, MT. and l Mrs. Sol E,rlick, on Third avenue, in
 this city, next Wednesday evening at S:30 l o'clock. The wedding will be witnessed | by a number of friends and relatives
 of the contracting parties, who very l popular in this city.
 l At meeting of the Bessemer Board 1 of Trade next Tuesday afternoon final
 arrangements will be made for a grand barbecue to be given at Fourth Avenue | park In this city sometime next month, t! the date to be decided upon later. J. H. Etter has been appointed chairman of the
 arrangement committee and has already | begun work on the programme. l The public school children of Bessemer | will be given a holiday next Tuesday that | they may go to Birmingham to see Presi- l dent Roosevelt and also visit the State l fair. The indications are that a large | crowd will go from Bessemer to see the 1 President Tuesday afternoon. The State
 fair will also be well patronlzed by the l people of this city.
 The Bessemer city court will reconvene
 next Monday with Judge William Jackson on the bench and will take up the jury 1 criminal docket. There is considerable | business on the docket for the term and the court will likely remain In session for | several weeks.
 Ralph Bingham will hold the boards at | the Beavers hall in this city next Monday | night, and a large crowd Is expected to | attend. This will be the opening feature of a full lyceum course to be given at
 the hall for the benefit of the Beavers
 The course will be given under the d. rection of the Alkahest Lyceum Bureau
 of Atlanta. A number of season tickets l have already been sold.
 The new brick crossings have been com l pleted at Second avenue and Nineteenth
 street, and the work will be extended to | the other crossings in the business center of the city at once.
 The Bcssemer Board of Trade will hold it's regular meeting next Tuesday after noon and will complete the organization of standing committees and attend to | some other matters of importance. The 1 good effects of the Board of Trade have | already been felt in Bessemer- One of the | first things the board has done was to | secure an arrangement by which the eni- l ployes of the Birmingham Railway. Light | and Power con pany employed in Besss- l mer and this section are paid of in Besse- l mer instead of at Birmingham as has | heretofore been the rule.