The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-05
NEWS OF INTEREST GATHERED
 IN AND AROUND THE TRI-CITIES

arrange for the improvements on Ten
 nessee street from Pine street to Sweetwater bridge.
 The first candidate to plan for the
 mayoralty office is Naomi P. Morrison. While the election will not take place
 until September, yet men are begin-
 ming to think of good men to fill of | ficial places. MT. Morrison is president
 of the city council and will be hard
 man to beat.
 The Bau Bell club of the State Nor
 nal received it's beautiful new uni- ] forms and were out on the athletic l field in full force yesterday.
 James F. Koonce, probate judge, opened commissioners court yesterday morning. | The usual preliminary routine was under taken and work will now begin in earnest. | It was rumored yesterday that bona l fide case of smallpox had been reported to the health officers. A ripple Of excite ment was caused thereby. An event of marked interest and pleas
 ure will be given at the courthouse next Monday eevnlng, when Alvin w. Roper will give a classical musicale. MT. Ro- per Is an excellent pianist and is an route to the great Sunday school state conven- tion to be held in Selma April 10, Il, F.
 Rev. Egbert w. Smith, D. D., of Nash vile will deliver the commencement ser- mon and pr. Geo. Petree of Auburn will deliver the baccalaureate address at the college chapel at the commencement exer- cises on May 26-29 of the State Normal col lege.
 The Colbert county circuit court has commenced work in earnest at Tuscum- bia. The criminal docket is so large that progress cannot be made rapidly. The civil docket, however, is smaller than usual
 The grand jury will probably be in ses- sion for ten days or more. Several civil cases have already been disposed of. The
 larger cases will not be heard until next week.
 The returns from one of the small precincts in Colbert county has changed the commissioners slate and now new men altogether are in office. Kimbrough and Rutland were candidates for com. missioners for the Northwest district. It was supposed Rutland was elected by a small number of votes, but when the box from Srygley was opened the two candidates were tied on 95S votes each. Then the box from Riverton gave Kim brough three more votes than his op- ponent. However. Rutlands friends demand an official count of the votes before they accept defeat.
 On next Tuesday night. April g, the Masonic lodge will have as their hon ored guest Grand Master Daniel A. Greene of Birmingham and the grand secretary, George A. Beauchamp Of Montgomery. All Masons from Sheffield and Florence have been cordially in vited to be present. One of the social features will be an elegant banquet served at 1O.SO o'clock.
 sheffield, April 4-(SpeciaL)--Th Sheffield Civic improvement club held it's spring meeting Wednesday. After discussing various plans for beautify- ing the streets and vacant lots. pro gramme was rendered which proved pleasing surprise to the members and visitors.
 Mrs sydney Jones gave a musical number, while R. c. Johnson's interpre- tation of. "The Other Wise Man" was good in all its features. The addition of the musical and literary numbers will add much to the meetings in future
 It has been proven recently that Rev L. E. Brubaker is most popular preacher ana pastor. ldils nave pceh extended him from the Presbyterian church U $. A, of Starke. Fla, Tulla- homa, Tenn, and Mccomb, III. Either of the three places offer higher sal ary than the Sheffield church feels able tc pay. Yet Mir Brubaker has declined these calls, because he has projected plans that will be better crystalized in Sheffield by his own personal super vision than by a new and strange pas tor.