The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-16
HORSE SWAPPING"
STOPPED At BOZA
CONVENTIONS HELD FOR THIS
PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE SAID
TO BE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
IN AND AROUND GADsDEN.

Gadsden, December 15.-(speeiaL)-J. D.
McCleskey, mayor of the little town OF
Boaz, has announced in very positive Ian
guage that there will be no more "horse
swapping convention" held there, and has
the place thoroughly posted to this eff
feet These horse swapping convention
| have caused much trouble during the
past few years, and that many people
had become afraid to visit the town when
they were going on and women and chill
dren were not safe on the streets. The
better citizens are determind to rid them
slves of the nuisance forever.
large and enthusiastic crowd wit
messed one of the most exciting games of
basketball yet played at the Y. NJ. c. A.
last night, all of the teams having tied
for first place with two more games to be
| played. The scores were; Blues 16, Reds
6, Blacks l. The winnig team will be
rendered d banquet New Years night An
all star team will be selected to play
series of games with other cities after
the serls here ar finished.
Gadsden fans are very enthusiastic over
the prospect Of getting this city in the
! proposed state league, and will have rep
resentatives at the meeting to be held In
Admission Monday, at which time the or
ganization will be perfected.
| The postponed meeting of the city coun-
! Gil was held last night at the city hall
! Nothing out of the ordinary came up for
| consideration, but considerable routine
! business was disposed of. An ordinance
making the city board of education, the
| board of trustees for the Carnegie lib
rary, was introduced and passed. Their
duties will be to employ the help and see
| that the library is properly conducted and
maintained. An ordinance was introduced
and passed making it an offense to leave
| any vehicle in the streets after the horses
| had been unhitehed. Street Tax Collec-
! tor Gus Cowan was made special stock
law officer in addition to his other duties,
and his salary was increased to $l5
| monthly.
Mrs. J. NJ. Patrick aged 30 years, died
at her home in West Gadsden yesterday
evening after short illness. The funeral
services were held this afternoon at 8
| o'clock from tn Second Baptist church,
Rev J. w. Dunaway officiating. Mrs
Patrick is survived by her husband and
! several small children.
One of the largest deals In residence
| property consummated in some time was
was yesterday when C. S. Ward sold to
some gentlemen residing in South Ala
| bama sixty lots located in the Turran-
tine park addition for $4,000 The prop
erty is well located and will be improved
at once by the new owners, whose names
are withheld at present.
VIII Darnell, the man who shot VIII
| Henley last Sunday morning, in a house
of i'll fame, was to have been given d
preliminary hearing today, but Henley S
condition has become much worse and he
may not live but few days, and Darnell
will not be tried until the final outcome
i of Henleys condition is known.
S. 4. Gillian has sold his large dairy
| bnsf%.ss in East Gadsden to j. c.. Led
| better and w. e. Carter of Admission. The
latter gentleman will remove here and
take charge of the business at once. This
dairy is one of the largest and most sue
cessful in the state.
The report of the police department for
the past month shows that there were l5d
arrests made. $4,000 fines assessed and
$76S 10 fines collected 1873 prisoners con-
victed and twenty-one discharged.
Rev j. w. Johnson, who was assigned
to the First Methodist church of this
city, has arrived and will preach his first
sermon tomorrow morning and he will
preach again Sunday night. Rev john
son has been the presiding elder at the
| Talladega district and is said to be an
eloquent young minister