The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-04
JONESBORO HOLDS
 ELECTION TODAY Will Vote on Proposition to h.
 corporate Town SENTIMENT IS DIVIDED ceoe Carter, We'll Known Citizen of Llpscomb Died Yesterday-Fun- eral Will be Held This After
 noon at 4 O'Clock.
SENTIMENT IS DIVIDED

Ressemer September 3.-(Special)-Ihe election to be held in Jonesboro tomorrow promises to be one of the most closely con tested elections ever held in this section'
 There Is considerable opposition to the incorporation of the town, and there seems to be about an equal number or the citizens in favor of the incorporation.
 Roth sides are claiming the victory, and
 it Is impossible to make any satisfac-
 tory prediction of the result before the
 votes are cast and counted.
 Jonesboro is a prosperous and progress
 slve residence section lying about one . mile out from Bessemer proper, and has a population of something like 2OOO.
 At an election held on the same propo- stion some time ago the opposition car
 rled the town by very large and posi- tive majority, but 1t is claimed that since that time many of the most vigorous ene- mics to the incorporation have changed their views and are now advocating the plan.
 The division In the public school matters which has been thoroughly aired In these
 dispatches is said to be figuring some
 what in the contest, and it Is hard to tell
 just where these influences Will lead III
 the election tomorrow.
 
 Cebe Carter, well-known citizen or
 Lipscomb died at his home at that place this afternoon at o'clock of diabetis, from which disease he had suffered for
 some time. He leaves a wife and two children.
 MT. Carters death Is very sad one from the fact that while he was away
 for his health two weeks ago one or ms children died. The child's death affected him a great deal and he did not seem to recover from the shock before his own death. It is believed that his great grief in the death of his child hastened hiH own.
 The funeral will be conducted from the
 residence of the deceased tomorrow after noon at o'clock. The interment will be in Union cemetery.
 New Electric Line. Perhaps the most important matter to come before the City Council of Bessemer when 1t meets in regular session next
 Tuesday night will be petition from the
 Birmingham Railway. Light and Power company, asking for a franchise to build
 an electric line from this city to Jones' boro and other suburban points. It is believed that the franchise will be
 readily granted by the council, and If so the line will be built at once. The proposed line has created consid- l erable interest In both Bessemer and Jonesboro The road. If built, will go to | Joneshoro by way of West End lake and on to Raimond mines. and will return to
 Bessemer by Reader'r mines, entering the city on Short strc,4 The line will be great convenience to the people living on the routes as most of them do business in Bessemer. Notes and Personals. S. Schwabacker and mother, Mrs Mary | Schwab packer, will leave tomorrow for | Newark, N. J.. where they will make their l future home.
 The Daughters of the Confederacy will | meet Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. J. w. Carter on Fourth avenue. All members are urged to be present as officers are | to be elected for the ensuing year. | The Rev. R. c. Gilmore returned yes- l terday from his vacation in Virginia and filled the pulpit at the First Presbyter- | ian church today.
 The Rev s. l.. Dobbs, presiding elder of the Birmingham district, preached at | this morning.
 | The Rev. D. P. Taylor. pastor of the | Christian church, who has just returned from a few weeks spent at his old home at Roanoke. Ala. conducted the services at his church today.
 T. J. Batson has purchased three lots on Dartmouth avenue between Eighteenth | and Nineteenth streets and will build | a handsome residence at once. MT. Bat son has been in business here for about | a year. but has never moved his family l from Dolomite, where he formerly con ducted a business. He will bring his | family to Bessemer as soon as his new home is completed.
 c. H. Browning has purchased two lots | on Dartmouth avenue between Eighteenth and Ninteenth streets and his sister-in- | law Mrs. Outlaw, has purchased an ad- | joining lot Both will build homes at once The building boom still continues | in Bessemer. Something like forty new
 residences are in course of construction at the present time.