The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-07
RED HOT STOVE IS SAVED FROM RUINS Negro Woman Loses House
 But Saves Dinner HOTEL IS CLOSED UP Proprietor of Exchange Hotel at Tal- Iadexa Goes Into Voluntary Bank
 ruptcy-Mass Meeting for
 Mallory Is Held
HOTEL IS CLOSED UP

Talladesa, February 5.-(Special. )-Tal- ladega has had an unusual number of fires recently and in one of them, a day or more since, the house of a negro washerwoman, named Shealey, was burned. She had just bought a new $40 cooking range and was intent on cooking dinner when the roof began to fall in. With the help of neighbors she succeeded in getting out the hot stove with its load of bubbling edibles, and she and her family stood around and calmly finisheu the meal while the sills of the house were smoldering. Contrary to the usual cus- tom of the negroes, the house was in sured.
 Mir. E. c. Crowder, proprietor of the Ex- change hotel. closed Its doors Saturday morning and went into voluntary bank ruptcy; s5so of his indebtedness is secured, the Isbell National bank holding a mort gage on the furniture for 800. Four hundred dollars of liabilities are unse- cured, being mostly bills of merchants and supply houses. The furniture and fix lures are valued at $1000. Liabilities are about 1850. The Exchange hotel had been open more than 60 years. It was recently sold to the United States government for postoffice by the owner, MT. J. A. Blng- ham. and Is to be torn down or moved away from its present site.
 A mass meeting in the .lterest of Nal lory for governor was held in the court house Saturday. A central committee was appointed to select beat committee men and organize the county. This coun- ty was the birthplace of Mallory.
 The census enumerator examination was held Saturday by George w. Parsons, su- pervisor. Thirty-eight whites applied for examination and nine negroes. Six of the applicants were females, two of he six being colored women. The ages of the ap- plicants ranged from the age of IS to 70. In this district there are 150 selections to be made. The department has shipped aoo0 pounds of paper to Supervisor Par sons as the amount of stationery neces- sary to complete the needed wor., of the district.
 January is not good month for matri- mony in this county, and as a conse- quence the number of licenses issued dur ing the month fell below the normal. Twenty-three white couples mated, wlae Clay county, a neighbor to us, came up with the same number, but two colored couples united in Clay, while 1s welded in Talladega
 -Talladcga is very church. going city. At each one of the six white churches the pews were comfortably filled at noon ser vice. At the First Baptist, the 4.ev J. D. Gwaltney preached of the Worlds Great Optimist." The Rev. George W. lead of the First Methodist had for theme, "The Expediency of the Death Of Jesus" The Rev. F. B. Webb of the First Presby- terian spoke of the working Church. '' The Rev. James A. Kerfoot at the Chris tian church preached on Gods Will'
 The candidates are abundant for all county offices except members of the keg- islature. The place of senator and rep resentative seems to be going begging. The compensation is not large enough to pay expenses. and the man who taxes the job will have to do so for the glory that Is in it. No one has announced as yet, and there has been no rumor of any announcement for these positions. It is a ticklish affair, anyway. as there was but 15 votes difference in the amendment fight and the side upon which candidate for representative stood in that contest will not cut much figure in the race.