The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-06
IN B|G FLOURISH
 CAMPAIGN ENDED A. 0. Lane Makes Final Plea
 in BesSener VOTE WILL BE CLOSE eessemer High School Loses Football Game to owenton After an Inter-
 esting Contest Against
 Great Odds.

campaign closed in Bessemer tonight with i a great flourish of music. long parade through the streets and a strong display of enthusiasm for Col E. l.. Higdon. Thus ended the most strenuous, the most in teresting and altogether unique fight that l has ever been known in the history of i the place. Never has there been more uncertainty in the final outcome nor such wide separation and high tension among two contending factions.
 The streets tonight presented a charac- teristic scene. On every corner there stood and talked by the hour earnest little gatherings of men, confiding in each other, accusing and eondemnng the op- position in general, while every second the shouts of "Higdon for sheriff" and the reply of "Stlesl Stiles' rang through the whole town.
 | When the band with few leaders ar rived from Birmingham, the supporters of Colonel Higdon formed in line and, with shouting and waving of banners, marched to the city hall. They were some 200 strong. Filing into the court | room they nearly filled the large audi torium, and a more enthusiastic and ap- preciative crowd could hardly be gotten together
 The first part of the programme was in- terspersed with music, and amusing anec- dotes. W. K. Smith of the Higdon club, opened with a short address appropriate to the last of the campaign He pre- dicted a good majority for his faverite at this box and a sweeping victory in the county.
 Following this was an extended speech by A. o. Lane of Birmingham, filled with anecdotes and wit. The audience was well pleased with his efforts. He upheld the character of his friend in every par ticular, and ended with an appeal to the voters to rebuke the committee and vote for "the peoples candidate
 Carefully prepared talks were made by a number of local orators. Dr. R. P. Me Tyerre, T. Y. Huffman, Col. L. D. God frey, Major J. J. Sullivan and pr. J. s. Winters, five of the most active workers in Bessemer, addressed the club for few minutes each and the meeting closed at late hour in the usual high spirits.
 Stiles men returned to their homes early to get good rest for the last strenuous day. The democratic club held no meeting tonight. They are confident
  jority. if not larger than before. The polls will be opened at o'clock in the Rebie hall.
 It is said that both sides are perfectly confident in the character and honesty of all three managers and clean cleo tion is expected. The registers have been canvassed by several parties who will be present to challenge all illegal voters. There is no little interest in the proba- bility of the sixteen registered negro voters casting their ballots. In the pri- mary they were refused, so it is thus seen that they will have a large hano Tn changing the majority.
 High School vs. OWenton. The High school team, which went up to Owenton this afternoon, returned with resigned expression on their face in defeat but not without having put up great fight against enormous odds. The Owenton third team admits that they out weighed Bessemer seventeen pounds to the man, and that the boys defense was something remarkable. While all of the | Bessemer eleven weighed less than l2o pounds, there were some on the college lineup who tipped the scales at over 150.
 A good crowd of fans and delegation of fair sponsors accompanied the eleven and were.high in praise of the team work. | Following is the lineup:
 High School-Will Kennedy, fullback; 1 Fred Bailey, hafback: David Trotter, halfback Richard Lanier, quarterback; Vernon McWhorter, center; Allins Ben | ton, right guard; Grady Mlms, left guard; | Arthur Nail right tackle; Commerford, left tackle; Peyton McInry, right end 1 Berney Clay left end.
 | Owenton-Harris. Fullback: Perkins halfback; Orien Evans. halfback; Jim Britain, quartei<ack; Frank Horton, center; Campbell, right guard; Headley, | toft ,.io+ taa To Mcdonald. left tackle; Forest Shugart. right end John Norton, left end.
 The first half ended with the score , to O. In the second the High school made a touchdown by a ''cris-cross trick" in which Fred Bailey carried the ball for a long run. Owenton, however, made three touchdowns, and the time was called with the score , to 20.
 Owenton's second team wishes to secure game with the Birmingham High ! school eleven ..@.-
 Another Fire. The second fire in the heart of the busi- i ness section that has occurred this week destroyed all of the woodwork, of the | Bon Ton cafe, on Second avenue, near | Nineteenth street.
 Thc fire originated froni gasoline flames.
 While Greek boy was attempting to light & coffee urn, the heated tank ex-
 
 and soon spread the flames through the whole frestaurant and even out into the | street. -
 At 4,sO a. m the fire department re- sponded quickly to tie -'alafnf, and soon l had four streams playing upon the struc- ture Matters looked dangerous for a while | but by hard work, the ffremen finally l conquered the flames and prevented what was feared would be a aSdfsastrous fire to a whole block. Tie company is receiving many congratulations for the efficient manner in which they have handled these are now more confident of safety in the ! future.
 The loss is close to 5000, as the restau- rant damages were $50e and several hum dred dollars worth of furniture in the | storage rooms on the second floor belong ing to the Sweet Furniture company MT. i $i25a insurance, and as soon as this IS i settled. the damages will he repaired. and 1 the Greeks will begin business again
 Local Items. | The daughter of A. o. Kelley was re- moved to Birmingham today in Kennedy | Bros ambulance for an operation for ap- | pcndicitis. It is hoped that she will come | through safely, and be back among her | schoolmates in a few weeks.
 1 Mrs Zelphia Morrow, wife of J. w.. Morrow, died at the family home on Dart mouth avenue between Nineteenth and
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