The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-19
THE GRAND JURY
 IS DISCHARGED Racy Report of Shelby County
 Grand Jury PUBLISHES U. s. LICENSES Gives Names of Prominent Business Men Who Hold Federal Licenses to Sell Spirituous Liquors
 In the County.

Talladega, April 1S.-(Special.)-W sixteen criminal cases set for this week the city court people thought busy week would be their portion, but from the fact the pleas of guilty, speedy trials and continuances have followed each other in rapid succession the court finds itself with nothing more for the juries to do this morning, and so they were dis charged, with the thanks of the judge. It is said that the celebrated DeYampert case, which is a prosecution against a negro preacher for seduction, that has been tried three times and has cost the country 5000 or more, will be mol pressed
 The report of the Shelby county grand jury was rather a departure from the steretoyped paper that the Grand In- quisition' of the county usually hands in to the judge. It seems that this particu- lar body had occasion to probe deeply Into the matter of the illegal sale of liquor in the proud old county by the river, and while doing so it discovered that twenty-five people, including mer- chants, contractors and citizens. had pro-
  United States government permitting them to sell liquor; and in view of this fact the grand jury proceeded to hand to the court. and consequently to the pub lie, list of the inhabitants of Shelby county who were so armed and equipped with Uncle Sam's peiNnission to yend liquids. Following the appearance of the report tongues began to wag, and at the present writing its easy to start a con- versation in Shelby county.
 Dr. Charles Wadsworth Lokey is den- tist by profession, and an amateur peach culturist His orchard of 12,000 trees lies on a wooded knoll two miles north of the city. When Dr. Lokey reads of the damage and total loss 10 the Elberta's done by the late freeze he wears q smile that won't come off as the trees on the north of his orchard acted as a wind brake and saved all his fruit. Should nothing occur of fatal character be- tween now and June to the trees there will be record breaking crop on those trees Strawberries also escaped in this county, except a few crops in exposed places.
 A citizen with a taste for antiquities has recently called attention to a curious delveranee of the Methodist quarterly conference at Owens Spring encamp- ment, September 19. 1895, recorded in the old faded minutes of that body;
 Resolved 1. That we totally disapprove of the doctrine and schemes of the Apo litionists and fanatics on the subject of slavery. 9 That we believe the views and sentiments of the church throughout our whole country are in accordance with ours as expressed above. 3. We will use our best exertons to stop the circulation of all papers, tracts, or pamphlets calcu- lated to stir up instruction, or excite re- bellion among the slaves of the south and west and to crush all plans or de- vices coming to our knowledge having any such tendency Signed by William Gar rett, secretary. This William Garrett was one of the stewards. class leaders of the Talladega church. afterwards clerk of the house of representatives and for thirteen years secretary of state, well known as the author of "Reminiscences of Public Men in Alabama" owen Springs is nine miles northeast of Talladega.
 The Electric Light company announce that no lights can be turned on until Tuesday of next week Later it Is un- derstood that most likely the time will be yet further extended as the owners have wired the superintendent not to use some old machinery he contemplates put ting in, but that several carloads of new fixtures are in transit Formerly there was steam plant used as supplement tai power to the water power at the Shoals and it may be that the company will be forced to again resort to this steam power. The limit beyond which the company can keep the streets dark has been limited to thirty days by the city council. and a week or more of this time has passed. Everybody is patient while the plant Is being overhauled, but 1t is quite trying to the citizens to con tinue to be where Moses was when the light went out.