The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-22

legislature. will introduce a bill in the coming legislature to prohibit the sale of whisky in the country districts of this county. The murders and other lawlcss acts which have taken place around these dens the past several years have aroused the law-abding citizens to a high pitch, and there will be little opposition to the measure.
 Houston Johnson, negro, was ace- dentally shot by Ike Gross, another negro, at the Crudup mines Sunday. and died from the effects yesterday. The coroner and sheriff were sent for yesterday to go to that place and hold an inquest but they found that their services were not needed. as Gross made a death-bed state ment exonorating Johnson.
 J. Wiley Pope of Atlanta, who has just been rendered the presidency of the At lanta chamber of commerce. is a native of this city, and his many friends are glad to see the high honor bestowed upon him. MT. Pope has had a remarkably success fus business career in his adopted homc
 According to the official records of D. P Goodhue. local weather and river obserr- er the Coosa river al this point will reach 1924 feet above low water mark. It is thought that the stream will go higher than this, the steamboat men who came in this morning from Rome, Ga. and
 
 is much higher above here, and is still rising
 Congressman John l.. Burnett left today for De Land Fla, where he will visit Ais wife and son. who are spending the win ter there. After his visit he will return to Gadsden to spend a few days before going to Washington to assume his duties in the sixtieth congress.
 A notice has been given that a bill will he ntrodnpad a ba of the legislature to amend sections 13 and 19 of an act entitled An act to declare the powers and Jurisdiction of the city court of Gadsden. approved February r, 1901 To amend section 13. by abolshng the jury tax fee of s4 set forth in said section; to amend section 19 of said act by fixing the salary of the judge of the city court at 5000.
 R. l.. Amos. city marshal of Albertville, has addressed a letter to the press in regard to the lawlessness at Mountain boro, in which he offers a practical eolu- tion of the question: He says in part: Let the good citizens of Mountainboro and vicinity swear out warrants for the offenders. and officers will immediately be found who are ready and willing to bring the culprits to justice. Officers must have the cooperation of citizens in an isolated community. and warrants are necessary Through fear or some other cause, the Noun ntainboro citizens fail to procure the necessary papers. When warrants are forthcoming the trouble down there will end
 Joseph farrell of Altoona. against whom two indictments were found by the recent city court grand jury charging the unlaw- full sale of whisky was discharged in the city court today, the cases being mol pressed. terrell is a justice of the peace of his native town.
 The first complete boiler ever made in this city Is being finished by local man ufacturer. It is a 20-horsepower boiler and is being made for a local saw mill outfit. The work is pronounced equal to anything ever brought to this city The industry was started here about a year ago as a boiler repair shop, and has grown very rapidly.