The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-21
COURT OFFICERS
 ARE REAPPO|NTED Men Fight Oyer the Question
 of Dancing
A BIG HARVEST PICNIC
Will Be Given at Mountainboro, Aug ust 24-Lieht and Power Com pany Asks for Franchise
 at Gadsden.

Gadsden, August 2O.-(special)-Judge John W. Inzer of St Clair county and G. W. Darden of Blount county were re- appointed Saturday as judge and soiie- itor, respectively, of the Sixteenth judi | cal district
 The Juvenile society of the First Metho- dist church will give a local talent play tonight entitled, A Batchelor's Reverie." The play will be enacted at the home of Mrs. Fitzgerald on Chestnut street. Mrs. Boyd Cox and Miss Lena Martin are di- recting the presentation.
 Quarreling over the question of who was the best dancer Tom Fleming and a man named Aderhold engaged in cut ting scrape in the rear of the Motlow sa- loon yesterday evening that resulted in Fleming being seriously cut in the chest and abdomen. He was cut in three places. one of the gashes almost dlsemboweling 1 him. The injured man was taken to the Ison Rails hospital, where he Is report ed to be resting well. Adderhold is in the city jail, awaiting trial for the crime 
 The citizens of Mountainboro have ar ranged for big harvest picnic on ths 24th of this month There will be speak CTS, music and a grand barbecue. The crops on Sand mountain are exceptionally fine this season, and the farmers feel like celebrating. A cordial invitation is extended to everybody
 
 night a petition was presented by the Etowah Light and Power company asking for franchise to enter this city for the purpose of selling light and power. No definite action was taken on the matter at this meeting
 l A franchise has been granted R. A. Mitchell by Alabama City to furnish that city with water for domestic purposes It l is the intention of MT. Mitchell to con struct the necessary plant at once, and Thornton Springs, near Gadsden, Is to be used as a source of supply
 The Webster University school will open September ?. The new building being erected for the accommodation of this school Is nearing completion, and will be ready for occupancy by that time 1 This is private enterprise, undertaken by Prof. C. H. Webster, former principal of the public schools here, and is meet ing with marked encouragement It Is preparatory school for boys and al- ready the enrolment is in excess of the accommodations.
 Rube Spurlin was arrested last evening by the sheriff and Deputy John Lister on d charge of assertion and failure to support his wife. Spurln was married about year ago and lived on Lookout mountain near Farview church. He de- | serted his wife several months ago. and l nothing was heard of him until a few | days since, when he showed up near his old home and was promptly arrested He is now in jail here.
 Repairs under progress on the plant of the Queen City Gin company are nearing completion and Manager Hugh Smith hopes to have everything in running or | der some time next week On account of the lateness of the season. 1t Is not expected that much cotton will come Tn before the 10th of next month.
 A well attended meeting was hold by | Company c at the armory last night Several new applicants were passed upon and accepted. There Is special interest in the company at this time as a new captain Is to be elected to fill the va cancy caused by the resignation of Cap tain Brindley. It is probable that Lieu ! tenant Stewart will succeed to the cap taincy, and that there will be a corre- spending promotion all along the line
 The district meeting of the Knights of | Pythias at Albertvie today drew a large
 
 party headed by District Deputy Bafour and numbered about twenty 1 five.
 F. " Pope of Ensley arrived in the city today to take charge of the Alabama City Gadsden and Attalla Railway Light and Power company. The management being made vacant by the resignation of J. A. Gauprey. MT. Pope has been in charge of the Ensley department of the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company for a number of years and un- derstands the business thoroughly. l Wyeth Pope has resigned his position with the Southern Steel company as night superintendent of the blooming mill. MT. Pope took this step on account of bad health and will go immediately to a bet ter climate to recuperate.
 Hon. O. R. Hood, C.. H. Schuler, and | Dr. Charles Gum will leave this week for 1 an extended tour of the west. They ex- pect to hunt large game in the mountains of Wyoming and Montana and also visit Oregon and other Pacific coast states. They will be gone several weeks
 Engineer Wilburn Hill and assistants | are at work today surveying the lot upon which the Ewing building Is to be erect ed. They are running the level and placs ing the stakes for the excavations for the foundations, which will be put down at once.
 Robert George is erecting a handsome | 7-room brick dwelling on Walnut street l between Fifth and Sixth streets. The foundation is about completed and ready for the superstructure.
 Kills Fox Hounds.
 Huntsville, August 20.-(Special)-J. r. l Blocker of Merrimack village. was ar rested and lodged in jail yesterday aft | ernoon on charge of killing two fine | t0 fFt,Ix