The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-30
RICHARDSON SAYS
Conner is LEADING
Senator Morgan Likes Com
mittee'S Primary Plan
METHOD is COMPLIMENT TED
Society Ladies of cadsden Spend Two
Weeks Working in Local Canning
Factory-Furnace to Be
Blown in.

Gadsden, July -(Speciall-Jndge VIII
liam Richardson. congressman from the
Eighth district. who is considered one OF
the most prominent as wen as aonserya
tive democrats IN the state. while attend
ing the state press meeting which has
Just closed here, was asked how the race
for alternate United States senator was
progressing in the Tennessee valley, and
he stated that # was hard question to
answer, that he had found great many
voters who were Disguised with the action
of the state committee in calling for Il
| primary to nominate candidates for the
Senate and that they would not vote at
all 1t was a well known fact that Judge
| Richardson was a prospective candidate
for the Senate, but he declined 10 enter
the race ON the plan adopted. As TO the
race for governor he said that Conner
would be nominated beyond doubt If he
was half as strong elsewhere as he was
in North Alabama.
Senator Morgan was asked for his views
upon the subject and said that he felt
TO resentment toward the committee. and
that he did not believe Senator Pettus did
i either He said. Il consider the method
/ of selecting my successor as eompl-
ment." Continuing he said that he
4 thought that the constitution should be
amended so as to have the old method of
holding the sessions of the legislature
every two years. The state Is developing
so rapidly and conditions are constantly
/ changing that demand immediate legsla-
ton. Senator Morgan paid President
/ Roosevelt a high compliment and said he
i had brought about a new era in American
+ history that was attracting the attention
. i t.-Ifa
he said would rebound to our credit.
Society Goes to Work.
A novel and Interesting scene was wit
messed here late yesterday evening, when
about forty of the citys most prominent
/ society young ladies were driven from the
/ great Elliott fruit farm up Fourth street
to Broad and on Fifth to the company
/ city office where they were paid for two
weeks work in the canning factory, along
| with two hundred other employees. The
/ young ladies We're seated in large farm
wagon and made the streets ring with
/ their merry songs and laughter. All of
/ them enjoyed their outing and returned.
i bringing with them cheeks as rosy and
velvety as Miss Elbertas
The large furnace of the Southern Steel
/ company which was blown out about ten
weeks ago. has been refined and complete
4 " overhauled and will be ready for the
I
tensive improvements being made on the
stock bins will probably not be fired until
i August 10. While the furnace was I'M
dergoing repairs. a supply of iron was
1 furnished by the Alabama Consolidated
Coal and Iron company the molten metal
being carried in hot pots three miles.
This was the first experiment of this kind
ever tried in the southern iron industry
and was very successful.
Governor May Return.
Governor Jelks was so pleased with the
splendid climate and scenery at Bellevue
and the cordial reception given him while
here, 1t is quite probable that he will re-
turn with Mrs JellSs and Miss Katherine.
/ his daughter, to spend the remainder or
/ the summer.
Gus moore. a negro. fell from passen-
ger train on the Southern railroad this
morning north of the city, and had his
foot badly mashed He was brought to
the city and given prompt medical at
i tenton.
Robert b. Zuber well known machn-
/ ist employed by the Alabama Consolidated
Coal and Iron company, was overcome by
gas at the company's furnace in this city
! last night while making repairs to one
of the stacks His condition was con-
sidered serious but late this afternoon he
was reported out of danger.
county Primary.
Nearly all of the returns of yesterdays
| primary election, held in Etowah county,
! are in and show that Alto V. Lee, Jr.. and
! II p Smith have been nominated for
! the lower house of the legislature b. NJ.
/ Pike is still leading the ticket for sheriff
/ with j. r. Cambron second and John Lis
/ ter a close third. IT is now certain that
! two of the candidates will have to make
/ the race over In the state primary in Au-
ortef as II will be inpOssible for anv one