The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-12-29


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CITY ITEMS.
Robert Smith Wanted.-Miss Lode
Smith of Spokane, Wash, in a letter to
The Herald, inquiries concerning
her brother Robert Orderly Smith, who
came to Birmingham from Texas in
1900.
Supper for schooI.-The ladies of the
Powderly School Improvement asso-
citation will give supper for the ben
eft of the school tonight at the school
building. Music will be rendered.
DIR, Vines ConyaIescent.-Dr. ]. j.
Vines, member of the Board of Rev
enue, who has been desperately i'll for
a long while, is convalescent. and was
seen about the courthouse yesterday.
DR.. Vines trouble was pneumonia.
Slump in Paving Worlk.-The annual
report of City Engineer Mich olason will
show when 1t is completed, that the
amount of paving done in 1908
amounted to but $1o1,11S. against an
amount approximating $1,000,OoO in
1907.
Hanes Attends Conference.-The Rev.
j. o. Hanes, evangelist of the Alabama
conference of the Meth odist church, will
attend the conference of missionary
leaders, secretaries and evangelists to
be held in Nashville, beginning
Wednesday.
Telegram to Compensate Trades
Council yesterday sent the following
telegram to President Gompers: The
birmingham Trades Council extends
to YOU its support morally and finan-
cially in your fight for free speech and
q free press"
Troop d Meets.-There will be drill
and muster of Troop D. next Monday
night in the. armory of the city hall.
All absente8 will be courtmartialed.
and on conviction fined or imprisoned.
There was very excellent drill by the
troop last night.
Twenty-three Drunks. - Yesterdays
docket at the police court contained
charges against % men for drunken
ness. Unlike other seasons Judge Fea-
gin this year Is not showing the usual
clemency to Christmas drunks and the
fines in each case were heavy.
Masquerade Last Night-A masquer-
ade ball was given last night by the
ladies of the Knesseth Israel Cemetery
association. There was music and
dancing and the awarding of prizes for
the most unique costume. Quite fine
sum was realized for the cemetery
fund.
IsraeIites Have Come.-Reprsenta
tives from the House, of David, Israel
its, with headquarters in Benton Har-
Dor, Mich, have arrived in Birming-
ham, and are attracting attention with
their long hair while preaching on the
streets. The preachers are James Arch
er and Albert Manghum.
The FuIghum InvestigatiOn.-No date
has as yet been set for the investiga-
ton by a council committee of the
charges of bribery preferred some time
ago by Henry Eggler against Alderman
Fred A. Fulghum. 1t is considered
probable, however, that the committee
will meet for that purpose tonight.
Plants for QueenstOwn.+It is author
itatively stated that IA plants and in
dustries have opened negotiations for
opening business at queenstown, the
suburb recently Incorporated. The gem
tlemen who founded queenstown are
most optimistic concerning it's future.
Losses by Fire.-The annual report
of Chief Bennett of the fire department,
when it is made public, will show
great decrease in losses by fire this
year as compared with 1907. The losses
this year, unless some disastrous fire
occurs between this date and Janu-
ary /, will be about 5000, 900. The losses
last year Appropriated $335,O0O.
EIecting Health Offcer.-It was re-
ported yesterday that the Jefferson
County Medical society has discovered
q law whereby 1t and not the City
Council is empowered to elect the city
health officer. AS is known DR.. Hark
ness has been nominated by the society
for health officer, but the council has
not concurred in that nomination as
yet.
Pinkston McQueen's Prediction
Pinkston Mcqueen, an old negro who
has posed with much success through
a period of 40 years as weather
prophet, makes the following predic-
ton for next January: Cold and wet
weather in the beginning of each week
of the month, and fair and windy to-
ward the conclusion of each week;
stormy weather on January 15 and Is.
Educators Depart.-Dr. John w.
Abercrombie, president of the Univer-
sity of Alabama, and DR.. James Doster
of the University of Alabama faculty.
passed through Birmingham yesterday
en- route to Atlanta. where they will at
tend and make addresses before the
southern educational congress. They
were Joined here by DIR. A. P. Montague,
president of Howard college, and DR..
j. H. Phillips. superintendent of the
city schools.
Y. Nj. G. A. Night SchooI.-The win
ter term OF the Y. M. C. A. night
school will begin next week. The en-
rollment for the first term of three
months was quite large and excellent
progress was made by the students.
The following classes will be con-
Quoted: Graded English, arithmetic.