The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-31
PARK COMMISSION
MEMBER IS DEAD
Successor Is To Be Named For
General t. A. Carman
AFTER LIQUOR DEALERS
State Revenue Agent of Tennessee is
Trying to Find Out Whether
Wholesalers Are Doing In
terstate Business.

Chattanooga, December 30.-(Special)--
Official notice of the death of Gen. f.
A. Carman of the Chickamauga park COM
mission has been received in this city.
With the message conveying the Informal
ton, however. were no details of Cen
eral Carman's demise, and no indication
of the plans for the future. To be eligible
to the office of Chickamauga park COM
missioner one need not to have been a
commissioned officer in either army. The
federal statute which outlined the Chick
anauga park reservation and created the
office of park commissioner also defined
the qualifications of the commissioners,
one of whom shall be a federal soldier
who participated in the battle of Chick
amauga or some other campaign in or
around Chattanooga, one of whom was a
Confederate having the same qualihca-
tons, and the third of whom shall have
been commissioned federal officer with
the same qualifications. The statute also
provides that the latter commissioner
should be detailed by the Secretary of
War to serve as secretary of the COM
mission.
Strenuous plans are TO be adopted for
collecting privilege license from the dozen
or more wholesale liquor dealers, now
presumably doing an Interstate business
in Chattanooga The plan is 10 employ
spoilers. who will collect evidence that
the business OF these dealers is intrastate,
possibly local. and not interstate. as
claimed by the parties at interest. The
state revenue agent, ]. Frank White, now
has case pending against the whole
saiers before County Clerk Hays. which Ia
due for hearing this week. when they
will be called upon to show cause why
they should not pay state, county and city
license as liquor dealers. In case of a
successful conclusion from the standpoint
OF the state tie revenue men will secure
q fee of Is cents for every dollar of IL
cense collected. II there are Il dealers
and each Of them pays $500 the fees for
the revenue agent viii aggregate $3.50.
Mayor Thompson has succeeded In bor-
rowing from three local banks $4,000 to
be used IN paying interest on bonds Is
sued by the city of Chattanooga and in
meeting the pay roll OF the city of Cnat-
tanooga for the last month Of the year.
The money was secured from the HaInil-
ton National, the Citizens National and
the First National banks. Each loaned
the city $4,000. A check for $50, 2S1. "a was
mailed to New York bank for interest
due on recent bond issues. The money
remaining In the treasury will be used to
pay off the city employees on January l.
A. A. Martin and Miss Edna, both resi-
dents OF Rossville, Ca, ran away from
home to this city and were married by
Squire d. II. Hixson. The young mar
ried people tarried long enough in Ross
Vile TO send word to the young lady's
parents in order that there might not
be any worry, and then came to Chatta-
nooga and engaged rooms at the Williams
house.
Hinged with sadness was the special SER
vice held Sunday morning by the members
Of the First Presbyterian church when
bidding farewell TO the old church on
the corner of Georgia avenue and Seventh
street, where they have worshipped for
rs years. The congregation recently sold
the Georgia avenue property to the WAL
nut Street Christian church, which will
hold its first service there next Sunday.
cupy the magnificent church building be-
ing erected on the corner of Douglas
street and McCallie avenue.
K A Padgett, an attache of the First
National bank of Scottsboro, Ala. and
Miss Cloe Webb of the same city, were
married In the parlors OF the Read house
Monday night, the Rev. Peoples of ST.
Elmo performing the ceremony. Only a
few intimate friends of the couple were
present.
w. q. Smith. inspector In charge of the
postoffice inspectors office In this civ
received dispatch announcing that the
postoffice at Pidcock was robbed sat1,r-
day night. No statement of losses has
, been received. The office is a small az
fair and the losses cannot be large.