The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-01

am convinced now that he did not, and besides he has been so good about every thing"
 Mrs. Mccarthy was one of the strong est witnesses against him at the trial. It is she rather than her daughter who seems now most anxious for the wedding which will take place on Tuesday
 Mrs. Doolittle is a Catholic. while Bush is Protestant, but he has expressed a willingness to join the Catholic church, and it is said will probably do so.
 An interesting incident in connection with the internal machine was It's deliv- cry by messenger boy to Fireman Will Harrison, 10 whom he was carrying his lunch. The boy had not gone more than block before he discovered his mistake and went back. MT. Harrison was just about to open the box when the boy told him that he had given him the wrong package.
 Atlanta's Bond Issue.
 After much travail Atlantas bond is sue is about to reach the stage of going before the people for ratification.
 March 29 has been set as the date for the election, but the bond commission has backed down from it's proposal to make the issue g 600, GOO and gone back to the original amount, s1 ,5O00O0, though a oif- ferent apportionment of 1t has been made under which sewers will get $70O000 in- stead of S50O000 at first proposed. and the amount given to public schools will be cut to S30000 The balance goes to the water works.
 Only one more proposition remains to be decided, and that is whether the issue shall be 30-year term bonds or serial bonds payable one-thirtieth each year. Under the last plan it is said the city al, tn ipta and other expenses, and it is more than likely that it will be adopted.
 The city council will ratify the com missions proposed plan at its meeting Monday afternoon and make preparations for submitting the issue to the people.
 Near Beer Restrictions.
 The city council is preparing to put practically the same restrictions upon the near beer dealers that were formerly in force upon the saloons in the days before prohibition.
 Several ordinances have been prepared bearing upon the subject. and the council now has them under consideration. Prac- tieally all of these propose to restrict the sale of near beer to the fire limits, to fix the closing hour at 10 o'clock D. m., to prohibit the use of blind doors and to forbid minors entering them.
 One of the proposed ordinances contains the requirement that there shall appear upon the label on each bottle the per centage of alcohol which 1t contains. En- actment and enforcement of this feature is urged by the Good Government club, of course with a view to preventing, If possible. the sale of real beer. It's sue cess Is not considered likely.
 There are approximately 150 near beer saoones in Atlanta, just about equal to the number of barrooms before the days .f 1fnl,f tl,a fffx md 10 state collect a $2o0 license tax from each. making a total of s3o0o0 that is paid into the treasury of each
 What Hartman May Do.
 Considerable interest is felt in railroad circles here over the apparently well founded report that John NJ. Egan, for mer president of the Central of Georgia Railway company. stands in the good graces of Edward II. Hartman, who has acquired control over 1t. and that there is possibility of MT. Egan's return, if not to its presidency to some connection with the anagement of 1t along with others of MT Harrimans properties.
 On the occasion of MT. Harrlman's re- cent visit to Atlanta some effort was made to ascertain just what intentions he had in that direction, but he avoided the subject in such a manner that no infor- maiien relative to 1t was gained.
 tflenlS or Ga1 J. F. Hanson. the Cen trals present president, assert that the report is wholly unfounded
 There are certain railroad men on the other hand who believe there is some thing to it. They point to MT Egans return from Brazil. where he has been e.ga sed in railroad construction, his vis- its 10 MT. Harriman's offices in New York, and MT. Harriman's announce rent in Augusta that he proposed to spend $10000,000 in improving and devel- oring the Central.
 '~hsse incidents. they believes, are re- lsted and while the effort to deprive more definite information during Mir Harri- mans visit proved a failure they in- cline strongly to the opinion that In them the return and reinstatement of MT. Egan is indicated
 It is the general belief that MT. Egans resignation from the presidency of the Central was due to the fact that he in- sisted on his policy of improving and building up the property before paying increased dividends