The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-24
MERIDIAN READY
TO PAVE STREETS
Quarter of a Million Paving
Certificates Are Sold
WORK WILL BEGIN SOON
p;tuI,t,,ic Material VIII BE Used in a
Greater Part of the Paving-Sus-
pects Arrested I'm Connection
with POstOffice Robbery

Meridian, Miss, February 2S.-(SpeciaL)
The city authorities today closed a deal
with the First National bank of cleve-
land, O., for the sale of $25OOoO worth oil
resident property paving certihcates. I'M
mediately following the close of the deal
the mayor was instructed to notify the
various contractors to begin the work
Of paving at once.
1t is thought this work, which has been
so long delayed for various reasons, VIII
he in full operation within 80 days.
A greater part of the paving will be
done with bitulithic. The other materials
to be used are: vitrified brick. granftoid
and wood block. Nearly all the principal
residence streets are to be paved.
Hill Kennedy and Sidney Rushing, Two
young white men, claiming to live In
Leake county, are under arrest here as
suspects in the burglary of j. d. Pick
cts store and postoffice at Toomsuba,
this county, last night The store and
poston1ce safe were blown open with
dynamite and something like $500 in cash
and stamps and $500 worth of merchandise
was stolen Four other men are under
arrest, two at Enterprise and two at
York also as suspects. All six will be
held pending thorough investigation by
the sheriff and postoffice department. The
arrested men are said to have been in
Toomsuba yesterday and are strangers. 1t
is believed that the perpetrators OF the
robbery are members of an organized
gang, who have been promlscuously
burglarizing and safe-cracking in small
towns in this section lately.
The news from Macon this afternoon
that Hon. w. N Ethridge. ST., one of
the leading lawyers of Meridian and east
Mississippi, was the victim of a stroke
of paralysis was learned here with uni
versal regret. Judge Ethridge was the
leading counsel in the prosecution Of a
murder case before Judge Buckley at Ma
con when stricken down. His condition
is reported as extremely critical.
John A. Lewis, formerly of this city, but
who since the death of John Alexander
Dowie. whom he succeeded, has resided in
Zion city. arrived in Meridian tonight and
is the guest of Capt. B. v. White. Mr.
Lewis stoutly denies the story sent out
from Columbus several days ago that he
had given up his work In Zion City
and that he intended TO return to Meridian
to reside. On the contrary Mr.. Lewis
says that he has just won one OF the
hardest fought legal battles In the history
of Zion City before the supreme court Of
,llinos-that of the reversal Of the judg-
ment of the circuit court of Lake county,
all in the case of Sam Stevenson, ap-
pelle, VS.. John A.. Lewis, executor of the
estate of John Alexander Dowie, and
others, appellants. and remanding the
case. This Is the famous mortgage fore
closure proceedings brought by Camuel
stevenson against John A. Lewis as
executor of the Dowie estate The court
ruled, according to Mr.. Lewis. that
every Zion lease given by Dowie for 100
years is equivalent to and as good as a
deed. In denying the statement from CO.
lumbus Mr.. Lewis said: Having put
my hands to the pillow. shall by, Gods
help. never turn back"