The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-03

I ing session as did the Rev. Dr. C. ". | Warren of Woodlawn. These addresses
 were attentively listened to by the dele | gates.
 Some time was spent in committee work | this afternoon. A number of young men | applied for membership in the conference | and were sent before the committee on | admission for examination. The commit | tee was instructed to give them thor | ough examination, the presiding bishop | declaring that ignorance in the pulpit | would be no longer tolerated. He was highly congratulated upon his stand. and | the negroes who are hearing calls to | preach will also have to hear a call | to prepare to preach.
 | The conference was addressed tonight
 by the Rev. W. H. Heard, D. D., of Att | anta, Ga secretary of the Preachers | Aid association. He urged the ministers | to provide for their widows and orphans. ! He regretted that his race had neglected | to do their duty in the past and hoped | they would do 1t in the future. | Prof. William H. Council of Normal, Ala, arrived during the session tonight and was given an ovation by the dele | gates and visitors present.
 Professor Council will address the con- | ference tomorrow morning at II o'clock. New Car Line. | Work is progressing with marvellous
 rapidity on the building of the new cleo | tric car line from Twelfth avenue on | Nineteenth street to the United States | Cast Iron Pipe and Foundry companys plant about a mile from Bessemer | force of men was put on the work yesterday and already more than block of grading has been completed and the | track laid
 It is understood that the line will be completed to the United States Cast Iron | Pipe and Foundry company's plant with | in few months and service inaugurated. | In speaking of the matter today a prominent business man in a position to know said; ''The building of this new l line though short one, means more | to Bessemer than appears on the surface. | Two very important industrial plants have | been waiting for the building of this ! line before locating in that section and | now that the building of the road has actually begun the plants will follow at once.
 "The building of the line also indi- cates that the Birmingham Railway Light and Power company contemplates | the building of the Jonesboro line as soon as franchise is secured from the city council of Bessemer. This line will be rather short to operate within itself and | the intention of the company is evident | ly to connect with the proposed line to Jonesboro. It is also possible that the line now being built will be extended to Woodward and Brighton
 Three Fires in Bessemer. The Bessemer fire department was call | ed to three small fires during the twelve | hours ending at noon today. | The first fire was small negro shack at Fifth avenue and Twenty street. The fire was discovered at l | o'clock this morning and before the de- | partment could reach the place the house wac The next fire was at 10:90 this morning | and was in Caanan Baptist church be- | longing to negroes at Tenth avenue and | Fifteenth street. A private school was in | session in the building at the time the 1 fire was discovered. The building was | beyond the fire limits and before the de- partment could secure hose to reach the l fire from the nearest plug the building and a small shack near it was destroyed. | The loss was about s750. The fire was caused by a defective flue.
 l While the department was at this fire another alarm called tfem to negro's two-story residence at Fourth avenue and | Twenty-second street. This proved to be
 f1ue burning out and no damage was done.
 Waterworks at Brighton. | The town council of Brighton will meet | in regular session tomorrow night and | it is probable that a proposition to erect | for the city a water works system will be considered and possibly acted upon. | Some time ago Adler & Co., of Bessemer made proposition to the mayor and
 council to build a system of water works and sewerage. mass meeting was held | and the people who met on the occasion petitioned the council to defer the mat | ter of considering the proposition for the | present on account of the financial condi- l ton of the town.
 After investigation 1t was decided that | under the town charter the people could not be taxed for sewerage service, and a new proposition was made by the wa ter company to supply water system
 only for the present. It is understood that the Birmingham Water Works company also ask for a franchise to build sys- tenn in the town and they will probably present petition with proposition at tomorrow nights meeting.
 Notes and Personals.
 The sale of the bankrupt stock of Sol Erlick, which was advertised for today at I12 o'clock has been postponed until the same hour November z.
 Miss Grace Judson will entertain in honor of the Fulton-Stevenson bridal
 party tomorrow night number or en- | tertainments have been arranged to oc-
 cur between this and the marriage, which will be solemnized at the First Methodist church in this city November 8.
 Miss Lucille Lowrey of Meridian. Miss, is the guest of Mrs. w. D. Taylor.
 William Reynolds of Bessemer and Miss
 Lula Harris of Birmingham were married
 at the home of the bride in Birmingham | yesterday afternoon. They will make their | home in Bessemer where MT. Reynolds is employed at the Savoy laundry.
 The Beavers and the Bessemer High school team played game of indoor baseball at the Beavers hall tonight,
 which resulted in a score of l6 to } in fa-
 vor of the Beavers This is the thirteenth game played this season by the Beavers first nine, and they have won all the
 Rich Richard rNy Laner, 4he young son of MT. and Mrs. w. D. Lanier. who has been
 quite i'll with pneumonia, is reported much | better today.
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