The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-01
CELEBRATION OF
 GLORIOUS FOURTH
GADSDEN TO TURN OUT IN GALA FASHION-WORk ON L. & N. BRlDoE-couNTY COURT OPENS MONDAY.

Gadsden, June -(Special)-The. en- thusiasm and patriotism accumulated through perid of years of indifference will be turned loose in Gadsden this year in behalf of the nations birthday. Two celebrations have been planned, one on Saturday and one Monday. On Sat urday d series of entertainments of the kind that usually mark the day will be offered in the city and on Monday the grand Fourth of July programme will be carried out at the Elliott park. Excur- sion rates have been secured and large gatherings are anticipated for both days. The Saturday celebration has been planned by the merchants. while the one Monday has been arranged by the man. agement of the street car company.
 Eighty-foot piles are being used by the Louisville and Nashville railroad in the building of it's supports for the old bridge while the new one is being erected These timbers are all brought here from south Georgia, although it is claimed by local timber men that equally good ones could have been secured at points up the river anu floated down stream at small ex-
 
 building the temporary supports for the present bridge so that 1t may continue in use will take nearly 60 days, but this will not all be done at one time as the river must be kept open for navigation. The work must, therefore, be dong In sections. AS soon as the supports are provided .the task of rebuilding the piers will be started The pile driver and full crew are hard at work today.
 Because of the fact that the saloons have gone out in Tennessee and also or account of the approach of the Fourth of July, the receipts of liquor at the local express office have been usually heavy for the past few days. Ever since prohi- bition first became effective in the state the liquor shipments have steadily declined and it is anticipated that after this rush is over there will be a still further fall ing off in the local consumption of the fire water.
 A ball game between the clerks of the Herzberg- -Loveman store and those of other stores of the city has been arranged for to take place at the park on Monday The game will be played for the benefit of the Ladies' Aid society of the Presby7 terian church and a large attendance is certain
 The new fountain for the courthouse park, secured through the efforts of the City Beautiful club, will arrive in the citN tonight and will be put in place at once. It has been the wish of the ladies that the fountain be in place for the Fourth and 1t now seems that this is to be re- alized Appropriate ceremonies over the new acquisition will probably be held on Saturday, when the holiday will be ob- served by a celebration in the city.
 The county court has a heavy docket for trial at the coming session to be held next Monday. While this will be legal holi- day Judge Penn announced today that he would hold court and dispose of the cases as quickly as possible. The principal case will be that of Jack Whitmore, the man who killed Bob Berry near Turkeytown some weeks ago and who was pretty badly cut up with knife in the hands of a son of the murdered man. Berry was a negro and it will be recalled that in an altercation over the killing of a calf he was shot and killed by Whitmore. Besides this there are nine other cases to be disposed of.