The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-21
HOLD SESSIONS AT
HOTEL BELLEVUE
COMMITTEE AT GADSDEN HAS
ABOUT COMPLETED ALL AR.
RANGEMENTs FOR ENTERTAIN.
MENT OF ALA. PRESS ASSN.

Gadsden, July 2O.-(Special. 1.-THE local
committee on entertainment has COM
pleted all details for the entertainment
of the State Press association during
their stay here next week, and royal
round of pleasure is in store for the dis
tinguished body
Manager Hart of Hotel Bellevue, has
rendered the use OF the elegant ball room
for the sessions of the association and
| the committee has accepted. Transports
| ton has been provided to and from the
| city and the association is assured of a
| most delightfully."- cool place for their de-
| liberattons
, Wednesday evening a grand ball and
banquet will be rendered the association
by Manager Hart at Hotel Bellevue which
promises to be the social event of the
season in this part of the state Bel
levue hotel, the place selected for the
| meetings is an ideal one, being located on
the brow of Lookout mountain which
overlooks the city and the beautiful Coosa
river valley, with the river winding its
way down through the mountains to the
southwest 1t is hard to determine which
is the more beautiful the day or night
scene as presented from this point At
night the furnace fires from the great
steel plant and the several iron furnaces
illuminate the beautiful valley for miles
and 1t resembles fairyland.
All the hotels In the city including Hotel
Bellevue have granted special rates and
the visitors can stop in the city or go
to the mountain hotel as they may choose.
I. 2. Kane, deputy and acting comp
troller of the currency, has directed
Thomas NJ. Thornton, receiver OF the de-
funct First National Bank of Alfalfa to
take all necessary proceedings by suit
or otherwise upon the shareholders of
that institution to collect $780, 600 the full
amount of stock held by that bank s
stockholders to be paid to the receiver by
them on or before August g. 1906 De-
mand is made upon each and every one
of them for 500 for each share OF stock
issued. This bank failed last April and
its president and cashier were subsequent
ly arrested and are now out on bond
Misses Canterbury and Shanks two
young ladies from Lowndes county, who
are visiting their uncle, Mr.. @. F. Can
terberry, were painfully but not seriously
injured yesterday evening by being
thrown from a buggy at the corner of
Sixth and Chestnut street. The two young
ladies were driving with Frank Canter-
berry, when the horse became unman-
ageable and the young ladies were at
tempting to jump from the buggy when
the horse suddenly turned and threw
them to the ground.
The Alabama Car Service report for
this district for the month of June shows
a slight decrease. The cause of the de-
crease Is said to be on account OF the
large blast furnace of the Southern Steel
company being out of commission for re-
pairs.
The remains of Charles Bishop, a young
man, rs years of age. we're carried
through here to Cherokee county for
burial today. The young man was kill
ed at railroad construction camp near
Hattiesburg, Miss, while trying to quell
a disturbance among the negroes. who
were fighting. He is the son of L. NJ.
Bishop, one of the most prominent and
well to do citizens of Cherokee county
and much sorrow is felt over his untime-
ly death.
The second exhibition game OF indoor
baseball OF the boys department of the
Y. NJ c. A. was played yesterday after
noon before large and enthusiastic au-
dience. The score was 26 to 10 in favor of
the Blues The batteries were: Blues
johnson, Pool; Reds-Ewing, Ramsey.
Houston, Elliott