The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-17
NEW SCHOOL BOARD NAMED IN BESSEMER Dr. R. P. McTyeire Gets Five
 Year Term DOCKET IN CITY COURT Mrs. Bessie Whitmore Duncan Married To J. M. Williams At Fossil-Re-
 port of the Bessemer
 Librarian.
DOCKET IN CITY COURT

Bessemer, April 16.-(Speeial.) )-The City Council held an executive session this
 evening to elect a school board, and the following will go into office: .Dr. R. P. McTyeire, fve-year term. Dr. R. W. Waldrop, four-year term Walter l.. Rush, three-year term Dr. J. H. Downing, two-year term Will H. Lewis. one-year term. Under the new code the terms of of-
 flee range from one to five years, and the only member of the city government eligible to election on the board is the mayor. There were a good hlany appli- eants for positions on the board and the tickets as slated in The Age-Her- aid this morning was correct with one exception, that being G. F. Goodwin, Mayor Rush being elected instead of MT. Goodwin. It required three ballots to elect the board and they are given here as they occurred
 First Ballot-Dr T. F. Robinson, one; U. Schwbacher, one; w. H. Lewis, four; L. O. Smith, one; G. F. Goodwin, four; Dr J. H. Downing, six; Dr. w Wal drop. five; Dr. R. R. McTyeire, five; J. A. Lay, one; Dr. McNeil,, three; A. K. Murphy, one.
 Second Ballot-W. L. Rush eight; W. H. Lewis four; G. F. Goodwin, three; Dr McNeil. one.
 Third Ballot-W. H. Lewis, five; G. F.
 Goodwin, two; Dr. McNeil, one. After the election of the board the
 matter of the number of years that each man should serve came up and voted on. pr. McTyere had no trouble in leading the ticket. The only tie-up was the vote between pr. R. w. Waldrop and w H. Lewis. The vote in this case was an even break, and it was then up to President Lewis to mend matters. He soon adjusted it by casting his vote in favor of Dr. Waldrop and that meant that Dr. Waldrop received the four year term and MT. Lewis the one-year term.
 i There was a good deal of surprise ex- 1 pressed after the election with regard to MT. Goodwin having failed of election. As late as o'clock this evening it was believed that he would be elected and his friends regret that he could not be one of the members. He was for a num- Der of years principal of the High school 
 of Education for some time. The gen tlemen elected to serve on the new board 1 are all well known and it is believed ! that each one of them will devote his
 best efforts towards helping the schools
 along Dr. R. P. McTyeire is, one of
 the best known dentists in the city and
 he has been a member Of the board for
 some time. pr. R. w. Waldrop is also
 we'll known in the city and he is known 1 to be a man of broad ideas and eX-
 ceptionally good judgment. It is believed
 these two very important attributes will go a long way towards making him 1 valuable member Everybody knows ! Mayor Rush and when he was a membe- 1 of the old board he did much good fs
 the schools and has always taken grf 1t 1 interest in their welfare. MT. Dow .nS | has served on the board for qune
 while and is familiar with the work ngs 1 and needs of the different schools. w. i H. Lewis, the last member of the board i is cashier of the Bessemer National 1 bank, and is one of the most public spir- l ited citizens in Bessemer. It is be- | lieved that the council could not have
 made a better choice than MT. Lewis. 1 There is no doubt about his ability as financier and business man and in aGs dition to that it is believed he will ] take great deal of interest in the gen
 eral workings of the schools.
 Every one is glad this matter has at
 last been settled. Just prior to the pri-
 mary it was laid on the shelf on two
 occasions and some people had almost
 conceived the idea that it never would
 be settled. It turned out, however, that
 the council was only waiting to rid it.
 self of it's own troubles in order to take
 up the matter of the school board. It
 will now be up to the board to elect
 chairman, but it is not known just at this | time who it will be.