The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-07
LEWIS PRESIDENT
 OF CITY COUNCIL BeSSemer SoIonS Settle QueS-
 ton At Caucus PRIMARY WILL BE APRIL IA City Executive Committee Meets and Decides on Names of Officers To
 Be Placed on the
 Ticket.
PRIMARY WILL BE APRIL IA

Bessemer, March 6-(Special)-At a caucus held this evening by the members of the City Council, Alderman l. A. Lewis Was elected president of the council. Percy Benton was elected alderman from the First ward to succeed MT. Lewis. Day Warden Hathaway was discharged. Night Warden Speeks was discharged and street Foreman Ratlif was reinstated. D. B. barnett was elected day warden and G. B. Mngea was elected night warden.
 The race for the presidency of the coun- ell was between Alderman Lewis and AL derman Winters. When the vote was taken It Was seen that MT. Lewis had se- cured a greater portion of them, and the vote was made unanimous. The ward lines were changed from Twenty-frst street to Nineteenth street, the center of the street being the boundary line. D. L. Milton was elected to the position of market in- spector
 The question of the school site was dis cussed, and the matter. of purchasing the water works was also taken up, but noth- ing was decided upon in this connection.
 The political pot has been boiling for the past few days and there was much speculation as to just who would pc elected to the position of president of the council. Mr, Lewis has been member of the City Council for a number of years, and his appointment to the position IS a source of much satisfaction to his many friends and admirers in the city.
 MT Lewis is one of the best informed men in the city on municipal affairs, and he has always made it rule to give the city his best efforts. He has served the city in the capacity of alderman faithfully. and has shown on more than one occasion great deal of executive ability. He is at the head of the Lewis Hardware company, one of the largest hardware firms in the city. and is the kind of man that every city likes to hays.
 Percy Benton, the newly elected alder man from the First ward, is one of the best known young business men in the city He is one of the firm of Benton Bros. X Roberts, grocers, and has served the democratic party in other offices al various times and has always given ab- solute satisfaction MT. Benton is the youngest member of the board and ne has proven on more than one occasion that he has wide grasp of municipal affairs. He is wide-awake and progress sive, and it is believed that he will make a valuable addition to the board.
 The selections of the day and night war dens are believed to be good ones, and is hardly probable after this that there will be any more escapes from the jail. MT Barnett the newly elected day war den is on to the job, and it is an as- sured fact that he will make it his busi- ness to see that the prisoners are checked in as they enter the jail each evening, and he can be counted on to keep them in the jail during the day. which is a sight more than has been done recently.
 MT. Mingea, the newly elected night warden, Is too well known to the citizens of Bessemer to need any boosting He served the city for three and half years as day warden and during that time not a prisoner got away. He knows how to control prisoners and has made a study of it. He is absolutely fearless, and he is at the same time just and considerate man. Tine above selections, it is believed, are the best that could have been made, and it is the general opinion that the board at least put in one good night