The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-02-28
STREET PAVING
BEGINS At SELMA
Is Made Occasion of Great
Rejoicing
WORK IS PLENTIFUL
Several Jobs of Importance Are Unoer
Way and Many People Are Given
EmpIoyment-Local and
Personal News.
WORK IS PLENTIFUL

Selma, February pecia1)-Today
marked an epoch in Selmas history, the
beginning of work on paving the streets
being the event of distinction. For years
people here have been striving to the end
that modern pavements might take the
place of the mud and dust that has ruled
for a century and within the year Broad
and Water streets will have been paved
and work started on one or more resi-
dence streets.
This morning at s o'clock at the inter-
section of Broad and Water streets Mayor
v. B. Atkins and R. E. L. Mel, editor
of the Times. with picks began the work
of paving. There was no ceremony, the
work being begun with the trite saying
originated by the newspaper man of
Pave EN- Now" Under this slogan the
people have been worked up to the point
of paving the streets and it has become
a by-word all over the city.
The Memphis Asphalt and Paving COM
pany has the contract for paving Broad
street and it was under its contract
that work began this morning. The
Crockett Paving company has the con-
tract for paving Water street and work
on that street will begin during the COM
ing week Alabama street from the city
hall to the new postoffce building and
the county courthouse will likely be the
next street to be paved. Then residence
streets will follow, application already
being in for the paving of Lapsley and
Lauderdale streets.
Much Public Work In Selma.
At this time there is going on in Selma
more public work than has ever been
known at one time. Among the latter is
the putting in of the North Selma sewer
under contract with the Crockett Paw
ing company. The paving of Broad street
and Water street by the Memphis Asphalt
and Paving company and the Crockett
Paving company. The crawling and
grading of Maple street and of Parkman
street by the city street force. The i'm
provement of the water main on Broad
street by the Selma Water company. The
completion of the government building;
the completion of the Peoples Bank and
Trust company building, and the COM
pletion of the Harmony club building.
Something like 100000 is represented in
these improvements.
Local and Personal.
Mrs. Leroy Smith of Memphis, Tenn,
is visiting her parents Mr.. and Mrs. Voltz
on King street. AS Miss Otis Votz Mrs.
Smith was much admired.
Mrs. J. H Stanfiel will leave in few
days for Knoxville, where she will be
with her mother for two or three weeks.
Miss Elizabeth White of Newberne is
here with Miss Christine Nicholson on
fremont street
Mrs. John Robinson was in town yes
terday and last evening enjoyed Polly
of the Circus
Mrs. Beers of Benton is with Mrs
George Treadwell. She came to take in
Polly of the Circus"
Mr. VIII Buck of Hemburg spent yes
terday and last night in Selma.
Miss Emma Phillips, who has been Wis
iting Utica and Jackson, Miss, for the
past several months, is now with Mrs.
George Phillips on Union street.
The two tables of bridge, who played
at Mrs Niels on yesterday morning, did
not progress but it was announced at
the beginning that the partners who
made the lowest score would be given a
souvenir of the morning. On the cut
Mrs. A. w Cawthon won. Pressed jellied
chicken in lettus cups, apples stuffed with
jelly and almonds, coffee and curled sweet
waters were served Mrs Breeder will
have the club on next Friday morning
at 1870 o'clock.