The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-11
WEDDING
 AT TALLADEGA
MT, Charles Ellis Marries Miss
 Pinckney Woodword
MASS MEETING CALLED
People of TalIadeea County Will De- eide the Question of Holding a
 Prohibition Election-A
 Water and Gas Plant.

Talladega, July 10.-(Special)-A beauti- full church wedding was celebrated at [ o'clock this morning at the Presbyterian church. MT. Charles Scott Ellis of Colo rado, Tex, was marired to Miss Pinck- ney Corlnne Woodward. George P. Kyser and W. A. Hubbard were the ushers, Mrs R. H. Woodward matron of honor, and Miss Maude Dixon maid of honor. The bride wore a light brown coat suit with hat and gloves to match and carried red roses. Mir Ellis is formerly of Birming- ham, but is now practicing law in Texas. Mrs. Ellis Is one of the city's most popu lar young woman.
 A meeting has been called for July 30 to determine whether or not to hold pro hibition election for Talladega county. This county now has eleven saloons and one dispensary. The meeting has been called at the instance of the Pastors union of the city and will be held in the first Baptist church Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock, July 30. At an election sev- eral years since the county voted against dispensady by a majority of less than 300.
 The city council has decided to employ sexton at a salary of $40 per month, and to erect a cottoge for him at the cemetery, the building not to cost moro than $500. The present sexton, Lewis Morriss, occupied a home adjoining the cemetery, rent free, and received SIS per month and all the fees for digging graves as compensation in addition, but his health has failed to such an extent that the city council pensioned him a short time since.
 A sanitary ordinance, in addition to a whole batch of sanitary ordinances al ready existing on the same subject, has been passed, to go into effect July 15 re- quiring parties in 400 feet of the sewer to make connection. There are but three plumbing firms in the city, and various parties have excused themselves from sanitary connection heretofore on the plea that tn eplumbers were too busy to do the work.
 The gas and water plants are owned by the city, or are supposed to be. Oc- casionally information Is given out as to the condition of these two plants. From published figures made by the superinten- dent of the commission It Is stated that during 1906 the total net earnings of the two plants was $7007.20 after dedueting from this the interest on the bonded in- debtedness leaves net earning of $4257 20 Recently there has been a proposition from private parties to purchase the gas plant. Both the gas and water plants are under the control of a commission, consisting of Dr. B. B. Sims, Dr. Light cap and w M. Boynton, and freel from any real control by the city. During the seven years In which these utiliteg have been conducted by the commission neither gas nor water have been reduced }to the citizens In price, nor has a dollar been paid into the city treasury from the sale of gas or water, outside of an annual in- terest on $50 900 worth of bonds, Which has been paid each year by the con1 sion.
 The county Sunday school convention has a published programme announcing meeting at Sylacauga on July % coptnu- ing two days. Following this the Baptist Sunday school convention will assemble at Winterboro on August 2 and l9ten to speeches and reports from it's county workers