The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-08
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 SUCCEED SMITH Change In Officials of Gads- den's Business League MORE TALK ABOUT PAVING Citizens Object to Proposed Change in Method of Paying for Paving.
 More Discussion of Annex
 ation Question.
MORE TALK ABOUT PAVING

l Gadsden, September 7.-(Special l)-At l the meeting of the Business Mems club
 last night Charles P. Smith, president,
 resigned and E. T. Hollingsworth, presi- dent of the Gadsden National bank, was elected In his place. Mr Hoingsworth was treasurer of the club and upon his 1 resignation from this post the place was l filled by the election of W. c. Bellenger. 1 The club passed resolutions calling on the l city council to proceed with the street | paving and also ndorsng the proposi- | tion to take in the new territory on the north and west of the city for which pur- | pose an election has been called, and | pledging the support of the individual members of the club to the movement. James Afford, janitor at the courthouse, | died at his home last evening very sud denly of heart failure. He performed his duties at the courthouse yesterday as usual and made complaint that he was not feeling well. After locking the building at 2 o'clock he went to his home In East Gadsden and ate his sup per. The supper over, he lay down on
  He went soundly to sleep and was snor- ing loudly, when all Of a sudden he be- came very still. His wife went to his
 bedside and spoke to him, but he made
 no reply. She then took hold of his arm | and found that it was perfectly relaxed and placing her hand on his breast dis covered that the heart had ceased to beat. He had passed from his after supper nap to the sleep eternal. MT. All l ford was Confederate soldier having | gone to the front at the age of Is, and l served until the surrender of Lee. He | Is survived by wife, two daughters l and five sons. The funeral will be held | tomorrow at 10 o'clock.
 l At regular meeting of the city coun- | cil last night objections were heard l against the proposed street paving. No | formal objections were filed, but a peti- ! tion signed by a number of the property i holders affected was presented asking 1 that $200O0 which was voted for street | Improvement before the law making it l possible to assess the cost against the
 property was passed be now applied on l the present proposed pavement This | brought on considerable discussion as a | part of this money has already been l spent and several of the citizens present | engaged in a more or less dramatic dis
 play of temper. No bones were broken,
 but the time of the council was taken | up and the matter of the final adoption
 of the paving ordinances was again post
 poned to a special meeting to be held
 next Monday night
 meeting has been called for tomorrow
 night in South Gadsden for the purpose
 of discussing with the voters in that ter ritory the proposition of incorporation
 with the city. A large number of speak
 CTS from the city will be present, and l talk to the residents of the section pro- | posed to be incorporated about the ad- ], vantages of being included in the city 1 limits. It is not known that there is any
 opposition to the movement, but 1t is de-
 sired that there be perfect harmony in l the matter.
 l The outside work of the new depot of l the Louisville and Nashville railroad is
 now completed and the carpenters and | others are engaged in finishing up the l inside It is estimated that the work can
 be fully completed and the new station
 thrown open for use by December l. 1 J. M. Gallant, who has been the post | master at Gallant for the past 20 years. ] has resigned from the office and will at l once remove to this city for residence l MT Gallant is a democrat, but he held | the office through successive republican
 administrations, with no attempt on the
 part of politicians for his removal It is | said that he will be a candidate for the
 probate Judgeship of the county next year, but thus far he has not announced | himself and refuses to either affirm or | deny the rumor.
 | Several good real estate deals were l effected yesterday. N. A. Hamman and l others made a purchase of 26 lots on | Newton and Park streets for something l over 5000, and Dr. s. c. Tatum of 1 Center bought residence property on Wal nut street for $4S50. Other minor deals l are being reported right along and tho l real estate men of tho city are buster | than they have been for years.
 l The county commissioners are still in l session and are today engaged in the 1 task of trying to locate a farm for the l use of the county. The county farm was | sold some months ago and will be sub l divided TOT lotS Tn the steer pant ulstrlct | and a new location must be provided by l October l. A number of suitable loca- | tions are under consideration and se- l lection will probably be made before the l commissioners adjourn.
 l The Rev. w. E. Hill of the First Pres 1 byterian church, and his wife, left this l morning for Farmville, Va. where MT. 1 Hill has accepted a new charge. The l doctor and his wife have made many | friends here, who regret very much the l loss of them. They go to place much | nearer the home of Mrs. Hill and this l is said to be the chief cause of the l change as his work here was eminently 1 satisfactory.
 l FUNERAL LARGELY ATTENDED.