The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-09
CITY ITEMS

Byars succeeds MeAdory - H. M. Bvars of Johns has been chosen 10 succeed Prof. l. w. McAdory as mem- Der of the county board Of education. MT Byars Is superintendent or the coal mines of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company at Johns and for
 many wars has taken a prominent part in the educational work of the county. He is progressive in his ideas and 1t IS predicted that he will make val" uable member of the board. Professor
 McAdory recently resigned as mem Der of the board on account of failing , health.
 RaiIraod Men Meet Today-A meeting of perhaps 25 officials of the Illinois Central railroad and the Central CT Georgia will be held at the Tutwller
 hotel this morning to discuss inter- change switching charges in the local terminals The meeting will be pre- sided over by E. F. Stovall, general agent for the Illinois Central, accord ing to present plans. It was stated | yesterday that majority of those at tending the meeting today would De local officers but that there would pos
 sibly be several general officials from
 the two companies present to go over the details of the work. The question
 of switching charges at local terminals invariably calls for adjustments during each season. The meeting aside From
 the above question will not be fea- tured with any other work of conse- quence.
 CatIett Held On Arson Charge-C. A. Catlett. barkeeper at the Inn saloon was bound over to the grand jury on
 a charge of arson by Judge H. B. Ab- ernathy of the court of common pleas
 The preliminary hearing was com
 menced on Monday and finished late yesterday afternoon. The charge against Catlett grew out of fire that occurred at the Inn saloon about 10 days ago and which was believed 70
 have been of incendiary origin. The de- fendant denied all knowledge of the fire or any circumstances connected with it. Judge Abernathy fixed his bond at 5000 Assistant Solicitor James Davis represented the state; the de- fendants attorneys were John w. Alt
 man. John P Abbott and Charles S. Williams.
 womsp Sent to Detention Home. Vera Blanchard. a white woman, ar rested by the federal authorities on a charge of violating the recently enacted anti-narcotic law, was sent to the de- tention home of the city welfare de- l.,- Vat fad states commissioner She was placed under a $500 bond pending the action of
 the grand jury The charge against her is having narcotics unlawfully in her possession
 steeIe-smith Creditors Meet June 22. The first meeting of the creditors of the Steele Smith Dry Goods company will be held Tuesday, June 22, at 10 o'clock At this meeting a trustee will be elected. There are 300 creditors Involuntary Bankruptcy Petitson--In- voluntary petition in bankruptcy was filed yesterday against Robert Fulen- wider, former president of the Atlantic Lumber and Roofing company The peti- tion was signed by John S. Coxe and other creditors, who state that Mir Full enwider is indebted to him as trusteee of the above company and who claim the said Robert Fulenwider is insolvent and has committed an act of bank- uptcy by making one of his creditors preferred.
 SherifYs Are Sued--A. w. Synder has entered suit in the circuit court against Sheriff Thomas J. Batson and his of- ficial sureties in which he claims s3O. 900 as damages for an alleged wrongful
 arrest and Imprisonment. The plaintiff alleges he was arrested without proba- hle cause, imprisoned without being ai-
 lowed to make bond and that he was the subject of assault and battery at the hands of the agents of the sheriff A suit in which $10,0O0 damages is claimed by Joe Morgan has been filed i'll the city court against w. C. Palmer. sheriff of Tuscaloosa county. The plain. tiff alleges that he was wrongfullv ar- rested and placed in "a foul and ill., smelling jail at Bessemer and later carried to Tuscaloosa.
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