The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-05
OFFICERS NAMED IN BOARD OF TRADE Business Men of Bessemer Are
 Interested STEVENSON Is PRESIDENT First Meeting of Board of Mayor and Aldermen Held In Jon.sboro.
 Many Ordinances Are
 Publicly Posted.
STEVENSON Is PRESIOEN-

Bessemer, October 4-(special)-At a public meeting of businness men of Bes- semer last night the Bessemer board of trade was formally organized and the following officers elected:
 George H. Stevenson, president; Will liam T. Kennedy, first vice president; J. A. LaRue, second vice president Jacob Marks. third vice president; w. P. Gum, secretary. and w. S, Eidge, treasurer. The board of trade has started out with very good membership and hopes within few months to have practically all the business men of the city on the rolls.
 Each member of the organization will be required to pay one dollar per month dues for expenses and other items. The secretary will be paid a salary of s25 per month.
 One of the first propositions to be taken up by the board of trade will be the mat ter of getting out advertising matter to be distributed over the north and other sec tions of the country exploiting the ad- yantages of Bessemer and the district as a manufacturing center.
 Already a considerable sum of money for this purpose has been subscribed and collected, and the work of having adver- Using matter printed and distributed will be taken up at once.
 The following committee was appointed at the meeting last night to draft consti- tuition and bylaws for the organizations William J. Parkes S. E. Jones and Dr. | c. Curry.
 First Council Meeting. The new mayor and board of aldermen of the town of Jonesboro held their first regular meeting last night and transacted considerable business. A large number of ordinances were framed and ordered posted In three public places in the city limits. Jonesboro has just been incorporated and is without laws or a charter. The newly elected city officials will be busy for some time adopting laws to govern the city and bringing order into the various depart ments of the administration John D. Martin is holding the position of mayor without opposition Chambers McAdory. who was sworn in and who announced that he would contest Mar tins right to hold the office has with drawn from the fight. and it Is thought that there will be no further difficulty
 
 Mir. McAdory contended that as MT Martin had not qualified as a legal elector he could not legally hold the office of chief executive, but upon investigate 1t was found that the law was silent on this point, and since Mir. Martin had re- ceived majority of the votes cast in the election McAdory withdrew from the contest and allowed MT. Martin to as- sume charge of the office without active opposition. Since the election and when afforded an opportunity Mayor Martin paid his poll tax and is now a qualified elector. It is thought that this will end the matter
 Nctcs and Personals.
 MT. and Mrs. E. l.. Huey went to Bloc ton to attend the marriage of the for mers' brother, Dr. Thomas F. Huey. to Miss Hattie Green, which occurred at that place today.
 Joseph Chambers and family have gone to St. Louis, where they will spend the winter.
 Bessemer and Birmingham bartenders will play a game of baseball at Fourth avenue park In this city tomorrow after noon at o'clock. The game promises to be an Interesting one and a larye crowd | is expected to attend
 The revival at Library hall. which ;s being conducted by the Rev. pr. Nathan Buohman of Tennessee. is progressing veil and large crowds are attending every service.