The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-01
MASHBURN QUITS CITY COUNCIL Takes Place Upon The Meridian
 Water Commission SALARIES ARE RAISED Committee of Ladies Appears Before City Boards With Petition for
 Park Improvements Which Are
 Given Prompt Attention.
SALARIES ARE RAISED

Meridian, Miss, March 31-(Special)- 1 The city boards met last night received and accepted the resignation of Col A. w. Mashburn, as member and president of the council for the past eight years. and then elected him as a member of the water commission to succeed to the, va cancy created by the election of John 1 W. Parker as mayor and the necessary withdrawal of the latter from the board l The boards also adopted an ordinance which increases nearly every city off | cial salary. The mayor who has been receiving $135 a month, will receive s175. corresponding increase was made in other salaries, the highest being to $40 l a month.
 A committee of ladies from the Civic l Improvement league appeared before the 1 boards with a number of requests for more beautiful city. They asked that the 1 block on which the city stables are locat- l ed be turned over to them to be convert | ed into a playground for the children of l the city, they proposing to beautify it 1 at their own expense. This block is To- l cated in the heart of the prettiest part | of Meridian and is now considered to
 
 place. Each recommendation or request of the ladies was referred to the proper | committees and it is believed that they have awakened interest among the pow l CTS that be in their efforts for civic inn i provement all along the line.
 The directors of the Mississippi Masonic 1 Widows and Orphans Home of Meridian l announce that Mrs. Eunice Lockwood of Crystal Springs has been elected su- perintendent of the home, J. M Derrick the present superintendent having re- signed. Miss Mary Cessna, matron, has also resigned and Mrs. Lockwood is to i'll all vacancies and in fact, Is to have entire charge of the home, the pride of all Mississippi Masons. The announce 1 ment of the selection of Mrs. Lockwood. who won a statewide reputation in rais- ing the battleship Mississippi silver serv- ice fund, will meet with hearty approval throughout the state, as she is a woman of rare executive ability.
 The remains of O. F. Temple, who died suddenly in Silver Creek last night were brought to his late home in this city this afternoon and will be buried tomor- row afternoon at 3 o'clock, In Semmes cemetery. Deceased was AS years of age and one of the most prominent travelling salesmen of this section of the south He
 
 dren and brother, Fred Temple of Bir- mingham. He was a Canadian, having been born in Petrolio.
 The store of Hulett Bros. furniture dealers, was entered by burglars last night and the iron safe in the office robbed of about s102 Tn cash The bur | glars worked the combination to the outer door of the safe and then broke open the | cash drawer. The police have no clew to the perpetrators oI the robbery. | L. s. Perry of this city hasrsfiled suit 1 for divorce against hls wife, Mary Perry, naming assertion as cause for the separ- l alton. It is alleged that the couple were married in St. Joe, La, in April, 1894, and lived together as husband and wife | until March, 1902, when the complainant | found 1t necessary to leave Louisiana and ' his wife refused to come with him and has since refused to do so, wherefore | dissolution of the marriage obligations | and vows Is asked.