The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-03
ROAD ID NATCHEz
 WILL BE BUILT
Meridian Is Asked To Subscribe
 To The Fund
SURVEYORS HARD AT WORK
Railroad Work Will Be Begun Within the Next Four Months-Superinten dent of Gas Plant Dies as Result
 of Stroke of Paralysis.

Meridian May 2.-CSpeoiaL)-If there have existed any doubts as to the final
 construction of the Mississippi River Western railroad, which is designed to run from this city to Natchez, they appear
 to have been dispelled by the visit to
 this city of Charles F. Scofield secre-
 tary of the board of drectorsh of the in-
 corporators. The proposition to the bus
 mess men is that they put up an equal
 sum with that already subscribed by the
 citizens of Natchez $5O,OoO or as near
 that. sum as possible to raise, and not
 one cent of the amount is to be collected
 until the road is in operation over every
 mile of the route. This proposition has
 knocked the props from under the doubt
 Ing 'Thomases." MT Scofield waited on the different business men who have inter-
 ested themselves in the building of the
 road from the beginning and all are now firmly of the opinion that the road is a
 certainty, and that it will be constructed
 with all possible speed. In an inter-
 view with MT Scofield just before he left
 this morning for Philadelphia, that gen
 tleman stated that the corps of surveyors
 are now within GO miles of Meridian, and that they are coming this way at the rate
 of three miles a day. This survey, he said is a permanent one, and maps and
 profiles are being made with the view of
 securing the right of way immediately
 upon the conclusion of the survey Mr. Scofeld declared that he was of the
 opinion that actual road building would
 be begun within the next four months.
 It is the plan to begin the road building
 at both ends at once. The new road will tap one of the richest natural re-
 source sections in the state and already
 a number of town sites have been To-
 cated, and the sale of lots will be put on
 the market at an early date The rail-
 road however has nothing to do with
 the townsite proposition, said MT. Sco- | field.
 Chancery Clerk w R. Pistole announces that he has received word from Chancel- Tor Sam Whitman to pretermit the hrst 1 week of the chancery court term, which
 was to have convened Monday. May g. By the order of the chancellor the court will not be convened until Monday,
 May 10.
 w. J. Salter, superintendent of the gas plant of the Meridian Light and Railway company, who was stricken with paraiy- l sis late Wednesday afternoon While at 1 work In his office died at his home In this l city yesterday. Deceased came to Me ridian from Covington, Ky, and is sur
 vived by widow and three grown sons,
 John Salter of Covington, Ky; Charles | Salter of Knoxville, and William J. Salter
 of this city. The remains were shipped l to Covington for interment.
 ] Considerable excitement was created in the heart of the city yesterday afternoon l by a. 7-year-old boy, son of MT. and Mrs. 1 Ollie Morton, who had in some way got l ten possession of a big seven-shooter The weapon was loaded and he f1ourished it in a dangerous way at everybody who
 chanced to approach him, it Is said. The little fellow did not realize the danger
 and thought everybody who approached him wanted to take from him a highly
 prized toy. He tossed the revolver about in a most reckless way while the crowds stood at a safe distance fearful that the child would either kill himself or injure
 some one else. Finally some one mo- tified the police department and an of
 ficer was dispatched to the scene. The officer rode up at a gallop and grufiy told
 the boy to drop the pistol on the ground.
 The little fellow at the sight of the of fcer and the brass buttons and the as- stunned gruff speech. let the weapon drop to the ground and fled to his parents home a short distance away.