The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-03
THE PEACOCK IRON
WORKS ARE SOLD
Bid In By Trustee fer E. W.
PettuS Estate
FEELING OF OPTIMISM
selmians Are Looking for Truly Pros
porous Times by the Coming of
Fall and the Gathering
of the Crops.

Selma, august 2-(bpecial.) --ConSid-
cradle interest was evinced today in
the sheriff's sale under DEGREES out of
the city and circuit court against the
Peacock Iron works. one of the Oldest
establishments of the city. The DEGREES
We're for judgments amounting to about
$4,000 from 10 or 10 machinery firms
and others. The sales was made sub
5ect to a mortgage held by Richard &
Thalheimer, who had given notice of
foreclosure on August 81, the amount
understood being about $4,000.
There was only one bid made to the
sheriff, that of e. w. Pettus trustee,
who offered $4,000. An Interested spec
tator at the sale was Charles A. Wick
ersham, president and manager of the
Atlanta and West Point and the West
ern Railway of Alabama. Just what
interest Mr.. Wickersham has In the
matter is not known, If any, but his
presence has started considerable spec
ulation. On August 21 1t is expected
that all things will be made clear and
the hope Is freely expressed that ar
rangements will result whereby the
enterprise may be continued by the
Messrs. Peacock. The plant, including
the real estate, is worth at least twice
the amount of all Indebtedness and en-
barrassment will most lik ely prove tenn
porary.
Looking for Better Times.
There is a positive feeling of cheerful
ness among Selmians over the outlook
for the fall. While the crops around
this section do not give promise of be-
ing bumper ones, they are much better
than was hoped for three weeks ago
and there is in the air the strongest
optimistic feeling that has existed since
the panic came in 1907.
Despite the panic Selma has gone
head, paving her streets and inaugur-
ating campaign for good and per-
manent roads, which in the end Is
bound to be beneficial. Many new build
ings have gone up during the summer
and there are large number of
structures nearing completion at this
time.
Good Roads Rivalry.
There has sprung up a good natured
rivalry between Dallas and Autauga
counties over the building of a turnpike
road from Mulberry postoffice in the
latter county to Selma. This city has
large trade with that section of
Autauga county around Mulberry, and
the terrible condition of the roads led
the Commercial and Industrial assoc
citation of this city to take up the
public subscriptions among Selma mer-
chants with which to build road from
the bridge across the creek at the
county line to the foot of the big hill
mile distant. Autauga county's Of
ficials then pledged themselves to build
the road from the hill to Mulberry IL
Dallas county would build from the
bridge to Selma. The agreement was
made and the officials of both counties
have publicly ratified it.
Judge Livingston of AutauEa county
has written Dallas county enth usiasts
that Autauga will commence actual
work tomorrow on building its part of
the read and notifying Selma and Dali
las county that they must make good
their promise. Dallas will not be lack
ing and the result will be a turnpike
for about 13 miles into the heart of
one OF the richest agricultural sections
OF the state, radiating from Selma.
Judge Pitts Break,
Yesterday after the sermon at the
Broad Street Presbyterian church Judge
P. II. Pitts, clerk of the session of the
church, probate judge and formerly
solicitor of this circuit, arose to make
the announcements, the pastor being a
stranger. Judge Pitts said: IT am in
structed by the sh eriff to announce"
there was constanatiop over the con-
gregaton and there came from another
official member, you mean the ses-
sfon." 1t was some time before the
judge realized what he had said and
his friends twitted him considerably
after the services