The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-22
GADSDEN CARNEGIE
LIBRARY OPENED
APPROPRIATE ADDRESSES ARE
MADE BY A NUMBER OF PROMl-
NENT ClTIZENS-oTHER NEWS
OF GADSDEN AND VICINITY.

Gadsden, December 21-(Special) --Gads-
denis handsome little Carnegie library
was thrown open to the public today, and
any resident of the city can secure books
on application to the librarian. The for
NAL opening exercises were held last
night in the presence of a large and rep
resentative body of citizens. On behalf
of the city, Mayor Charles p Smith pre-
serted the library property to the city
Board of Education, who were recently
appointed a board of trustees. Prof w.
e. Striplin responded on behalf of the
trustees, in the absence of Judge j. H.
Disque, who was detained by Illness. Pre-
fessor Strirlin also explained in detail
the object and usages of the library, and
the few simple rules governing the same.
Appropriate and interesting talks were
, made by Congressman John l.. Bur
nett, the Rev. II. c. Kegley, pastor of the
Presbyterian church, and others. The
musical features were most entertaining
and successful, and We're in charge of
Mrs. C. w. Ewing. The library contains
over 2000 volumes and will be added to
frcm time to time. The building is said
to be one of the handsomest of its size
to be found anywhere, and is admirably
planned and fitted for the purpose. 1t is
built of pressed brick and stone and pre-
sents a handsome appearance.
The Board of Education have issued an
ADDRESS to the citizens of the city urging
them to turn out and vote for the issue
OF $4,000 school bonds on December 81,
which will be used for the construction of
much needed school building. The pres
ent buildings have outgrown their ac-
commodations.
Congressman John L. Burnett arrived
here last night from Washington and left
this morning for Cedar Bluff, his old
heme, in Cherokee county. He will go
from there 10 Florida to spend the Christ
uas holidays with his family, who are
spending the winter there. Congressman
Burnett is being favorably mentioned as
a successor to Congressman Bankhead on
the rivers and harbors committee, and
his friends are very hopeful that he will
get the assignment, as it is thought this
would give Mr.. Burnett more power to
work for the improvement of the Coosa
and other Alabama rivers.
Mayor Charles P. Smith has issued or
ders to the chief of police to allow no one
to explode fireworks of any description
within the fire limits of the city during
the holidays and the order will be rigidly
enforced.
Work on the extensions of the Southern
railway depot was commenced yesterday
and will be finished as soon as possible.
The plans for the additional structure
were made some months ago, but the
wcrk was delayed on account of the lack
of material. Besides the enlargement of
the depot and platform two new side
tracks will be built, which will greatly
facilitate the handling of the freight bus
iness
The fifth game of the basket ball series
was played last night at the Young Mems
Christian association rooms. The Whites
played the Reds and the Blacks the
Blues. The White defeated the Reds by
point, the score being IL to IL In favor
OF the Whites. The Blues defeated the
Blacks by a score of 13 to in favor of
the Blacks. The final game of the series
will be played on Friday n yht of next
reek. which will determine the cham