The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-09

 PULLMAN CLUB HAS BEGUN REAL WORK Will Call Mass Meeting on
 Good Roads . SEEKS STATE COLONY Dr. McWhorter Favors Cullman for Epileptic Colony--Renews the ' Fight for the Law and - Equity Court
SEEKS STATE COLONY

Cullman, March s.-(special )-An en- thusiastic meeting of the Cullman Com
 mercial club was held at the Buchanan hall on Tuesday night From the reports made by the different committees 1t ap-
 pears that something of material worth
 will be done for the interest of the town was increasing in membership and in in- tercst The membership has increased from about S5 to 117.
 The matter of devising some plan by which a system of good roads might be secured in this county was one of the principle topics for discussion The idea of calling a mass meeting of the citizens of the county to ascertain just what the sentiment of the people Is regarding this important feature was advanced by Pres ident Robertson. No definite date for the
 calling of this meeting was set. but every
 member present urged the importance of this step, and the club will get behind
 the movement and try to push the matter to a successful finiah.
 Another matter of importance was that of making an effort to secure the location of the state epieptic colony. A letter from Dr. McWhorter. president Of the commission, was read, in which he clear ly put forth the fact that he was partial to Cullman county as suitable place for the location of the colony because of the high, dry and healthful climate and because of the fact that the soil of this county is especially adapted to the culture of fruit and berries. This proposition with that of the location of the 3lO00 900 agricultural school was referred to the committee on location of industries. with instruction to use every effort possible to
 secure one or both of the institutions. The following named men were added to the list to complete the different com
 mittees, the chairman of each committee
 having been announced at previous meeting: Railroad and transportation, G.. w. Hanlin and J. K. Messersmith; legis-
 lation, F.. V. Tilford and 8. J. Griffin
 membership, Dr. c. w. Beldsoe and J. J.
 Buchmann: location of industries, c. A.
 Stifelmeyer and M. L. Robertson; pro
 motion of trade, S. M. Lovelady and John
 F.. Beyer: publicity, J. D. Searcy and
 George Stiefelmeyer; immigration, F. J..
 Buchanan and L. N. Buell.; information
 and statistics, Asa B. Fuller and A. G.
 Coe; public roads, John Sufferer and k.
 E. Ryan; entertainment, M. l.. Robert
 son and w. J. Cottingham; auditing. D.
 c. Fuller and o. M. Ficher. w. A. Heck
 R. B. Thompson, George Stiefelmeyer,
 John F. Beyer, 8. J., Griffin and A. G.
 Coo were announced as a board of d.
 rectors. h'4
 A telegram from Joseph B. Babh, sec
 retary of the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce. was brought to the attention of the club. In which Mir. Babb urged the club to aid in, the defeat of the revenue hil that is pending before the ways and means committee of the state senate and asked that a. delegation from the club be sent to Montgomery with instructions to use every honorable means to defeat the bill because of some objectionable clauses that are calculated to have a tendency to keep capital from coming into the state. s. J.. Griffin. F. V. Tilford and George Stiefemeyer we're appointed and went to Montgomery to appear before that com mittee to voice the sentiment of Cullman against the passage of the bill. Quite number of the prominent citi- zens' and politicians of Cullman went to Mont emery Tuesday for the purpose of assisting Representive A. A. Griffith in the passage of the bill creating a law and equity court for Cullman county, including F. F. St. John, J. E. Brown and J. M. Fitzpatrick. Others went to protest against the court. MT. Kil- patrick returned to Cullman this morn
 ing and when seen regarding his opin- ion as to the possibility of the passage of the bill did not appear to be very optimistic over the outlook. He said :: We made an effort to show the need of tho court to the judiciary committee of
 the senate. and were very cordially re-
 ceived by the committed, but from the
 appearance of things in Montgomery it
 would not seem that the bill has any great chance of passing the, senate.
 However. Mir. Griffith'is hopeful that he
 may yet land the court that Is 80 much needed in Cullman." e. E. B. Wallace has sold his handsome suburban home to L. G. Denson of West
 Cullman. Tho deal was made and closed
 yesterday. Mr. Wallace will move with
 his family to Birming gham. where he has a responsible position with the
 South ern States Fire and Casualty com pany of that city. He has been for the
 past four years assistant postmaster In
 cullman. but owing to the condition of
 his health Mr. Wallace resigned to &C., cept the position with the insurance company in Birmingham.
 The friends of Miss Lillie Knappke..
 who was for several years a resident
 of this city,aswere deeply grieved to
 learn of her death at her homo In Ohio.
 Miss Knappks was. while she lived in
 Cuilnan. ono of the teachers in Sacred
 Heart academy~for girls, where she
 was an, instructor, in violin music. She
 was an, accomplished musician. The
 Knappkes are well known in Cullman
 and were very prominent people and
 have host of friends who are. indeed,
 sorry to learn of the death of this tall
 ented young woman. She has brother.