The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-17
TEXAS NEGROES ID HELP RAISE FUNDS 10 Build National Memorial at
 Huntsville DEPUTIES SERVE WRITS Vitrified Brick and 5itulthic Compost tion Will Be Used In Paving Streets
 of HuntsviIe-Deaths at
 Huntsville.
DEPUTIES SERVE WRITS

Huntsville, August 16-(Special D-Elder Elias Patton, treasurer of the National Colored Primitive Baptist association. has been notified that the Texas association has contributed $500 toward the fund that is being raised for the building of a national memorial in Huntsville. The amount required for the building is S10,- o00 and it will be subscribed by the as- socations of the several states. It Is believed the money will be in hand and the building well under way within the year.
 At the meeting of last month when the national association was formed, the new organization voted to tablish a memo rial building here and furnish offices for several of the national officers. The building will house the publicity depart ment.
 Governor Conner, who was expected in Huntsville today, to deliver an address to the Huntsville Business club tonight, and to the teachers of Madison county tomorrow, has cancelled the engagement. He wired President Bradley of the club last night that the pressure of official business required his presence in Mont gomery and that he would have to post pone the pleasure of coming to Hunts vile.
 Deputy United States Marshal John A. Steele, Deputy Marshal Arnold and Dep uty Marshal Root are visiting the sher ifs and solicitors of the several counties of the northern division, northern dis trict, today and serving on them the writs of injunction granted by Judge Thomas q. Jones in the case of the Louisville and Nashville railroad vs. the the State of Alabama. Judge Steele came up from Birmingham last night and met the field deputies and before nightfall the papers will be in the hands of all the officers for whom they are intended. The injunction restraints the county off cers from interfering in any way with the business of the Louisville and Nash viii Railway company.
 Representative A. D. Kirby of Mad- son county has awarded a scholarship in the district agricultural school at Jack sonyille to Prof. ]. Y. Balch of Madison
 Mayor R. E. Smith and several off cials of the city of Huntsville returned from Birmingham yesterday afternoon, after spending a short time there, in- specting the system of street paving. From the knowledge of the subject gained there they came to the conclu= sion that vtrified brick paving Is best for the public square and bltulithc com position suitable for the other streets in the business center of Huntsville.
 Jack Stone, one of the most prom nent citizens of the northwestern part of Madison county. died last night at his home near New Market, after a lin gerng illness. He was S7 years of age, ana was widely known throughout the country Several grown children sur Vive him.
 Robert William Chick. young son of MT. and Mrs R. L. Chick, died today after a brief illness.
 George w. Brown. aged Al years. died last night at his home on Jefferson street, after an illness of a few weeks. His widow and four children survive him. MT. Brown had been associated In business for several years with his brother James N. Brown. The immediate cause of his death was heart failure, that organ having been weakened by his illness and death was very sudden.