The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-19
BESSEMER COUNCIL
 MEETS TONIGHT
FINAL DISPOSITION OF WATER- WORKS QUESTION WILL BE MADE. MALLORY TO SPEAK IN BESSIE MER FRIDAY NIGHT

Bessemer, April 1s.-(Special 1.-The city council will meet tomorrow night and the last echo of the water works case will be disposed of. Alderman Carlisle will introduce resolution calling for the ratification of his action as chair man of the special water works com mittee in dropping it. This will be done without opposition and the last formali- ties of a very bitter. fghl will have passed.
 It will be remembered that Mayor Lewis has refused to sign check for E. D. Smith, the special attorney in the liti- gation, which was expected to bring on more complications. This will not be the case as MT. Smith has announced that he will charge the city nothing for his services. This will get around a very interesting problem in municipal poli- tics.
 Another important matter that will be transacted tomorrow will be the final ac- ton in having Second avenue paved from Eighteenth to Twenty-hrst streets. Tie ordinance will be made final and the city engineer instructed to advertise for bids. It is very probable that vitrlfed brick will he used but bids will be sub mitted for both the brick wood block and bitulithic. The session tomorrow night, while not sensational will be one al which much business will be trans Il, ted
 Tom Green. a nesro man. was fined siae in the police court this morning for passing green paper money The negro scheme was to present the paper. which looked like d sl bill. to a negro woman, asking her to change 1t. Suspecting noth- ing she did 80 and later found that it was worthless.
 Tine negro woman. Mary Green. who was thought to have been fatally cut last Saturday night will recover. She was wearing a heavy wig at the time of the cutting. which doubtless saved her life Eugene Thomas cut another negro this afternoon in the Cyclone building, seri- ously wounding him. The weapon used was an oid-fashioned bill hook knife. Thomas was captured and lodged in the city jail
 H. s. D. Mallory will speak to Bes- sener citizens at Rebie hall next Fri day night and large crowd Is expected piil u ltrai iilNi. All arrangements were made this morning. Many candidates are expected to he in Bessemer during the closing weeks of tie state campaign.
 The revival services at the Christian church are attracting large congregations each day. The Rev. Snively and the Rev. Senif have made a very favorable inn pression on the Bessemer churchgoers.
 The barn of Henry Robinson. near Pleasant Hill church, was totally de- stroyed by fire this morning at o'clock. A large amount of feedstuff and harness was destroyed Only t'ae horses were gotten out. It is thought that the fire was of incendiary origin and the de- tectives are working on the case.
 Supervisor John T. McEr.-y reports that the census work is progressing nicely for this end of the district. The office force Is busy checking up the daily reports of the enumerators.
 Mrs. James Tolhem is visiting rel atives in Gadsden for the week.
 c. l.. Odell left today for Montgomery to attend the supreme court.
 Miss Edna Ball entertained the senior class of the High school tonight at her home in Feeders. This was the first of the commencement entertainments. The senior class will be rendered a num- Der of receptions before graduation.
 Mrs. F. E. Jones and family have re- turned from South Carolina, where they have been spending some time with rel atiVps