The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-02
A. NJ. EDWARDS FINED
FOR AN ASSAULT
Birmingham Deanery Meets at
GadSden Today
WILL BUILD AN ANNEX
First Baptist Church viii Be Greatly
Enlarged at a Cost of $4,000.
Needed for Sunday
:. School.

Gadsden. May Especial -One of the
men brought here yesterday and placed
to work by the Southern Bell Telephone
company on its construction work. was
assaulted by A. NJ Edwards. The assault
was not instgated in any manner by the
strikers. This is the first trouble of any
nature to come up since the strike has
been on. Mayor Smith fined Edwards SIS
and announced that he would protect both
sides.
Fowlers Ferry, which is located on ru-
raj route No. l. has been repaired and put
again in operation. This ferry is on one
of the most largely travelled roads in
the county and its suspension has caused
great inconvenience to many people
Paul Stevenson of this city, has signed
as pitcher with the Meridian Miss. ball
team and will leave for that place to-
morrow. Stevenson has been with the
University of Alabama team and is in
good training.
The Alabama Car Service associations
report for March which has been de-
layed. shows total of 4214 cars handled
in this district. which includes Gadsden,
Alabama City and Alfalfa.
Preparations have been completed for
the convocation of the Birmingham Dean
cry, Episcopal church in this city which
opens its sessions in the Episcopal church
in this city tomorrow. The programme is
quite lengthy, and will require three days
for it's discussion. number of promi-
nent ministers and vestrymen of this
church have already arrived and the
others are expected in tonight and to-
morrow morning.
w. P. Cobb of Tuskegee has awarded
contract for the erection on South Fourth
street of three two-story modern brick
flats. The buildings will cost when COM
pleted $500.
Contracts Were today awarded to local
contractors for the erection of $4,000
annex to the First Baptist church Of
this city. The building will be of yellow
brick to correspond with the present
structure. The annex was made necessary
by the rapid growth of the Sunday school.
The room will be so arranged that it can
be made one large auditorium by move
able partition. The work will be COM
menced soon as the material can be
secured
Altoona, the little mining city in the
western part of the county, has filed a
iiotlce WIFI the pTODdte JulBe THAT III
will ask the county commissioners to
create separate voting precinct to be
known as Altoona Precinct No. 32.' AL
toona Is now the largest town in the
county west of Alfalfa, and the voters
are compelled to go several miles to
vote. The town may also be incorporated.
there being some talk to this effect.
Miss Lucy Barron has accepted her for
mer position as manager of the Postal
Telegraph company in this city. and will
enter upon her duties in about thirty
days. Miss Barron was manager here
for several years and proved a most
efficient manager.
The republican county committee will
meet in this city on May 10, for the pur-
pose of selecting a candidate to make the
race for sheriff. in place of James G.
Dunn, who declined to run. DR. J. F.
Hurst and II. l.. Collins are spoken of as
the most probable candidates