The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-17

sheriff or allow the order and his duties to
 it to suffer
 MT. Fountain will continue in charge of the sheriff's office at Bessemer until De-
 cember 1. and possibly longer, when his successor will be appointed and in in- structed in the duties of the office. About January l he will move to Birmingham, where he will make his headquarters while performing the duties Of his new posi- ton.
 MT. Fountain was put in charge of the sheriffs office in the Bessemer city court division when the division and the court were established two and one-half years ago, and has held the place ever since. He has given good satisfaction and has made hosts of friends within the Jurisdiction. During his term of office he has had many difficult and embarrassing duties to perform, but has always shown himself equal to all demands, and has won the admiration of all parties concerned in his capable management of difficult proposi- tions.
 In speaking of his resignation today MT. Fountain said: T have resigned the position of chief deputy of the Bessemer city court division of Jefferson county to devote my entire time to the duties of the new position in the Fraternal Or der of Eagles, to which 1 have just been appointed.
 'I had hoped to be able to fulfill the duties of both positions, but I have found | that to be impossible. My services have been required in a number of the larger cities of the state in the fraternity, and find that it is impossible to answer these calls, and do my duty in the office of l deputy sheriff.
 ''The opportunities for the fraternity in | the state ore very great, and whilo the iron is hot the work should be done. There are only about twelve lodges now
 in the state and many more should | be and could be organized at once. The
 order is growing in popularity and within
 the year l hope to have Aerie organ
 ized in all the places of importance in l the state
 1 'T have calls from Anniston, Selma, Cullman and other places of like impor-
 tance where Aeries should be organized i and where the people desire immediate
 organization. l cannot answer these calls
 and attend to the duties of my office here
 at the same time.
 After due consideration I have come
 to the conclusion that the best thing to
 do is to turn this office over to some other man and enter the work of orga niz-
 ing the state in the fraternity while the
 time Is propitious and the people are
 ready.
 T will continue in office until my suc- 1 cessor has been named and has taken ! charge of the office. which will be early ] in December. About January 1 will
 move to Birmingham, from which point
 ] will conduct the business of my new
 positon.''
 MT. Fountain will go to Annston next Tuesday where he will institute an Aerie , of Eagles.
 Football Game.
 | While the Bessemer High school football ! team lost in the game with the Birming 1 ham High school team at West End park ] this afternoon, they take their defeat | good naturedly and feel somewhat com | pensated for the courtesies shown them by
 the victorious team after the game was | over
 | The contest was pronounced by all who
 witnessed it as one of the cleanest and
 best games of the kind ever played in
 the Birmingham district by amateur play | CTS
 i, Just after the close of the game at 1 West End park this afternoon Captain 1 Charles Estes of the Birmingham High l school team said: "The Bessemer High
 school team put up a good game and | showed up well in every feature. They
 are all clean players and graceful losers Every member of the Bessemer team | showed himself perfect gentleman and  took defeat with admirable grace. They
 show surprising skill in the technicalties of the game and we feel honored in being able to win from them." l Notes and Personals. l T. s. Jones, the old gentleman who was arrested last Sunday night for appropriat- | ing the horse and buggy of W. L. Rush,
 was given a hearing before Mayor J. j.. i Sullivan in police court this morning. and after a thorough examination by physi-
 clans he was pronounced of unsound mind
 and will be carried to Tuscaloosa for
 treatment.
 | City Engineer w J. Parkes and Alder man J. D. O'Hara have returned from
 Atlanta where they went few days ago
 to arrange for the shipment of curbng l for the streets and sidewalks of Besse- mer
 | It is understood that the Birmingham ] Railway, Light and Power company will