The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-07
PAVING QUESTION
 IS LIVE SUBJECT Many Citizens at Bessemer
 Council sMeeting AGREE ON CONFERENCES New School Board EIected-Acting Mayor Lewis Greeted With 40 Cases. Personal and General
 News of Bessemer.
AGREE ON CONFERENCES

was a large attendance of citizens at the council meeting this evening to- gether with representatives of paving concerns, advocating their kind of paw ing, and committee of property own CTS protesting against the city council letting the contract. The council de- cided to hold conference with property
 owners as to paving.
 It was decided that all bills of the
 city be published in proceedings of
 council. A resolution was passed that
 the paving ordinances be made final.
 City physician reported the death rate
 for the month of March as very low.
 Bids were ordered for the paving of
 certain streets and avenues in the city
 and new school board was nominated
 and elected.
 The meeting was most harmonious
 one and great deal of business was
 dispatched during the evening, all al-
 dermen being present except Huey of
 the Second ward.
 The Forbes Piano company asked that
 their license be reduced from $50 to
 s2O, the same as last year, which was
 referred to miscellaneous committee.
 An application was made for the of-
 fee of meat and milk inspector, which
 was referred to market committee.
 Rev. A. D. Glass petitioned to hold
 an entertainment without license
 which was granted.
 A. K. Murphy petitioned for refund
 of license as real eHtate agent, as he
 only used license for two months. The matter went to the finance commit tee.
 James Trotter, representing property owners, petitioned that a committee be appointed by council to meet similar committee from property owners to confer as to kind of paving to be used. He asked, too, that no final action be taken as to letting contracts for street paving. The committees were to have experts to appear before them. The pe- tition was granted and committee was named, consisting of the entire coun- cil, to hold special meeting for the
 purpose of hearing report. Mayor Walter L. Rush was granted two weeks leave of absence on account of illness.
 The chief of police reported 1O3 con victions in March, with fines of $1791. The city warden reported that 106
 prisoners in March cost s151 per month, l 61z cents per day.
 The keepr of live stock reported cost
 of feeding 21 head of stock s24O. The city physician reported IT births and eight deaths, every physician in 1 the city reporting.
 The special water works commit tee was granted further time. The finance committee reported ad- versely on new code of city, which was | adopted.
 The finance committee reported the
 March bills at s3,004.32 and they were ordered paid, by vote of 4 to 8. Bids wer ordered for paving ork on avenues and streets as by ordn zee passed at recent meeting. the bids to be advertised for and bids opened at the end of 20 days.
 T. Y. Huffman was elected for one year on school boar ]; T. J. Fitzpatrick fog two years; pr, E. P. Lacey for three years; Dr. R. w. Waldrop for four years, and G. F. Goodwin for five years.
 The Eagles were granted free license for Gentry Brothers show on April 12. Personal and General. Prof. J. A. B. Loyett has accepted an in- vitation to deliver lecture at the First Methodist church on Sunday evening, April IS, subject the Hidden Forces" | The laying of white stone on the foun- dation of the First Presbyterian church began this morning The contractors are
 pushing the work very rapidly and the
 walls will soon be going up fast. Acting Mayor I. A. Lewis was greeted with forty-one cases when he ascended the bench this morning and when he got through almost 5000 was the aggregate of tho fines assessed. Six alleged viola | tors of the anti-storage ordinance were given a round $100 each, all of them ap- l pealing their cases, while the crowd of young men arrested on Saturday even | ing for alleged gambling were fined differ ent sums, the total running to almost $1O0. | Detective William $. Patton will re- celve S100 as a reward for the capture of Henry Nunn, who tried to rob the off cer's house and who Is an escape from
 the penitentiary.
 The Athletic club will have a baseball team for 1909, and move in this direc- ton was made when the club last night elected Lacey Edmundson captain and A. J. Greffencamp manager of the team. There are a number of good players in
 Bessemer, and 1t is believed a strong team can be secured. Practice will com mence at once.
 The election Monday in Brighton as to whether there would be bond issue for
 ,0OO for sewers carried by the vote of
 A to 21. About two-thirds vote was boiled and the majority was 2S. A number of young people representing the Baptist Young Peoples union left this afternoon for Anniston to attend the
 annual convention of all of the unions in
 Alabama They will return on Friday The Ladies' Aid society of the Jonesboro Methodist church will give a mushcale at the high school building on Friday even-
 ing next. A splendid programme will be rendered.
 Mrs. E. K. Hanby entertained the La- dies Aid society of the Baptist church Monday afternoon at her home on Fifth avenue.
 Mayor Rush still continues i'll at his home on Second avenue. During his ill.,
 ness President of the City Council l. A.
 Lewis Is acting mayor.
 At a meeting of the town council of
 Brighton the following members of the
 board of education were elected for the
 ensuing two years: B. B. Knight, J. IT.
 Farr. W. T. Cosper. George A. Bancroft,
 and L. c. Farley.
 MT Ellis Griffin Terry and Miss Lula
 Audrey Craig. were united in marriage
 this evening at the home of the bride on
 Nineteenth street. Rev. L. P. Craig,
 father of the bride. performing the cere-
 mony, in the presence of a number of frinds of the family MT. and Mrs. Terry,
 after trip to Chattanooga, will reside in Bessemer. Both are well known in Besse-
 mer where they have lived for num-