The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-17
J. w. Sanders Resigns Super
intendency ofMiII
COLLEGES TO OPEN. 500
Tuscaloosa Prefers to welcome the
Return of the 6rlght-Faced Boys
and Girls-Nenro's
Body Found.

Tuscaloosa, August 16.-(Speclal.)-La
night the artesan well caught fire and
burned for half an hour. At nine o'clock
Officer Simpson noticed that the flow of
the well was growing weak and entered
the well house to turn on the light to
see what the trouble was. He struck
match and instantly the entire struc-
ture was filled with a solid flame re-
sembling a mammoth gas light absolutely
smokeless. Mr., Simpson escaped with
only the hair burned off his head and his
hands badly blistered. The fire depart
ment responded to tho call, but the water
had no effect upon the flame which
burned for half an hour. It Is thought
that somewhere in the well there is
gas pocket and that the water being
pumped out a certain depth caused the
gas to escape. Many are of the opinion
that the artesian we'll will lead to the
discovery of much gas. which will add
materially to Tuscaloosa's natural re-
sources.
j. w. Sanders, who has been superin-
tendent of the Tuscaloosa mills at Cot
tondale and the Rosenau hosiery mills of
this city, has resigned his position and
will In the future devote his entire at
tention to his own, the Sanders cotton
mills. over which he has also been super
intendent. Mr.. Sanders has been connect
ed with these three mills for the past
eight years and their success and growth
has in large measure been due to his
ability as a mill man. His successor has
not yet been named.
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will be filled with bright faces from
every hamlet in the state of Alabama.
On September the fifth the State univer-
sity will open, while the Central Female
college will open on the 14th From the
present prospects both these institutions
Will surpass all previous records. The
city public schools Will be opened on
the 10th, when the new Southside school
will also be opened adding very mate
rally to the already splendid public
school equipment. This building was
erected during slavery times at a cost
of $4,000 for material alone and is one of
the handsomest ante-bellum structures to
be found in this section. In the near
future several new teachers will be elect
ed to teach in this building, which is to
be thoroughly overhauled before the OPEN
ing day
The body of Lee Harrison, the negro
who was drowned at Lock 10 while at
tending his duties for the government
there, was discovered yesterday near the
Mobile and Ohio bridge. The body was
floating and was picked up and prepared
for burial by the Foster Undertaking
company.
II. II. Button, who has been awarded
the contract for building the Elks opera
house, is in the city ready to begin the
work. This structure when completed will
be an exact copy of the new Majesticc
theatre in Birmingham Klaw & Erlanger
are doing the booking for the house and
Tuscaloosa people will have the oppor-
tunity of seeing as good productions as
any little city in the South next fall.
Mrs. Bessie G. Walker, who died in
South Carolina, was buried here this
morning. She was reared In Tuscaloosa
and was the daughter of Mrs. Charlotte
German one of the early settlers of this
city In 1860 she was married to Andrew
p. Walker, an attorney and one of the
builders of the old state capitol, now tho
Central Female college. She Is survived
by one daughter, Mrs. Jerome Cochrane,
of Houston, Tex, who was present at the
burial.
City Clerk D. i. Robertson is spending
his vacation at French Lick Ind
e. L. Clarkson, who Is practcing law
at Mobile, is in the city for few days
visiting relatives Mr.. Clarkson will be
private secretary to Captain Hobson
when he goes to Washington to represent
this district.